Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1922-06-23
GRADUATION OF
CLASS OF 1922
All Commencement Exercises
Attract Large Audiences
Baccalaureatc BY Rev. c. c. Chayer -
Address by Rev. DIR. GilIsey - Class
Day and .ilumni Reunion

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Day and Alumni Reunion
Thrift, hard work, a new reverence
for established law, and cooperation are
the four important lessons to be learned
if civilization is to be saved. declared
Rev. James Gordon Gilkcy, pastor of
the South Congregational church of
Springfield, Mass. Tuesday night i'll adj
dressing the 80 members of the gradual
ing class of Brattcboro high school in
the annual exercises in the Auditorium.
The address was one of the best ever
given before a graduating class here.
AS usual much interest was mani
tested in the exercises, which began at
s o'clock, practically every seat in the
Auditorium being occupied at 7.45 and
many persons standing when the pro-
gram began.
Members of the prudential committee,
speaker, high school faculty and post
graduates who had taken the teacher
training course occupied chairs on the
north side of the stage. while the mem
bers of the class of 1922 occupied chairs
on the south side. The class marched
down the aisles in the Auditorium and
up inclines over the orchestra pit at
either end of the stage.
AS has been the case every year since
the first Austine prizes were awarded
there was great interest in the an
nouncemert of hOnors, award of prizes,
presentation of the class to the pruden-
tal committee and presentation of d.
pluInas.
The Honor Roll.
The honor roll of the four classes con-
tanned the names of % students, nine
being the senior class, six in the Junior
class two each in the sophomore and
freshman classes, and four post-gradu-
ates. The Austinc prizes We're awarded
to Howard Crosby Rice. ir., Philip
Henry Wheeler, Mary Catherine Grady
and Marion Esther Laughton, each re-
ceiving check for $112,50. These awards
are from the income of a bequest to the
school by the late Col. William Austine
of Brattlcboro and are given each year
to the four members of the graduating
class maintaining the highest scholar
ship marks throughout the four-year
course. No University of Vermont
scholarships were awarded this year as
none of the pupils who stood in line for
such award plan to enter that institu-
ton.
Following are the names of those on
the honor rolls of the various classes,
having maintained an average of so per
cent or over for the entire year:
Post graduatcs-Evelyn Hamilton,
Mildred Taft, Amy Johnson, Beatrice
Glass of 1922-Eyclyn Austin Mary
Butterfeld, Gladys Chaplin, Mary Cath
crime Grady. Marion Laughton, Rhona
Patterson, Howard Rice jr., Frank
Subway, Nina Wood.
Glass of 1923-Howard Aplin, Alice
Boyden. Dorothy Edwards, Mary Put
nam, Ruth Reed, Cheney Williams.
Glass of 192t-Archie Adams, John
Russell.
Glass of 1925-Mary Crane, William
Williams.
The program opened with The Mil;
fa,s. h., I...l, al,
selected chorus. while the high school
orchestra. under the direction of Earl
A. Braman ands with Miss Jessie l..
Hawley at the piano, played. The or
chestra then rendered Memberships
March Of the Priests IS 18th the narshals
corted the graduates to the platform.
The invocation was offered by Rev. DIR.
Herbert p. WoOdin, pastor of the Cen
tire Congregational church, and Princi-
pal Ernest r. Cavcrly introduced Rev.
Mr.. Gilkey. whose subject was, Can
Civilization be Saved?
DIR. GilItey's Address.
The speaker called attention to the
fact, in opening. that civilizations of
the past have not been guaranteed i'm
munity from disaster. and mentioned
the nations WHICH have gone down. add
ing that the saving of civilization is not
a rhetorical question. but Il great ques-
ton which is being faced by the world,
for the solution of which the Young
pconle are trained.
He emphasized four essentials which
young people must learn if they are to
save civilization, and these were brought
out SO clearly and incisivelv that there
seemed to be no question as to. the
soundness of the argument. Occasional
delightful bits of oratory gave the ad-
dress a finish that made it particularly
imrr"ssive.