The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-06-20

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II ing Exercises of High School.
| The graduating exercises Of the higl
school were held in the auditorium Fri
day night. The hall was filled ane
hardly standing room left. The pro
gram opened with invocation by Rev
i William A. Remele, followed by com
mencement song by the high school
salutatory, Clifford Wallis; chorus
Morning Invitation" the high school
The next number Of the program was
an address by Rev. Frederick Sellars
Of Moretown Mr.. Sellars spoke to the
school at their assembly and the grad
uating class chose him to speak to
them at their graduation. His address
was along the line of getting higher
education, of climbing higher, not to
give up when half way but to keep on
until the goal is reached.
! The next on the program was Scotch
Melodies high school orchestra; val
edictory, Andrew Blair Baird. Superin-
tendent Of Schools Merle Willis pre-
scnted the diplomas to the pupils who
enter junior high next fall. The chair
man of the school directors, George W.
Wallis, presented the high school d.
plomas to the graduating class. They
are as follows:
huron, Mary Belts, Edith Tucker,
Mary McAllister. Frances Seeley, Wini-
fred Joslin, Birchard Kast, Donald Mo-
riarty, Edmond Boyce, Clifford Wallis,
Andrew Baird, Elvin Graves, Guy Saw
age, Niles Carey and two POSTCARD
yates, Marion Bisbee and 0rmon Tuck
err.
The scholarships and honors were
awarded by the faculty. The scholar
ships from the University of Vermont
were given to Ruth Mehuron and An
drew Baird. The principal, Miss Marion
Dana, decorated Ruth Mehuron, An
drew Baird, Clifford Wallis and Ed
mond Boyce with Pro Merito pins,
which were personal gifts from her.
The Pro Merito society il society to
promote good scholarship in high
schools Of the country Vermont has
recently organized several branches OF
this society.
Next, Mr.. Abbott. in the name of
the Boys Athletic association, gave
letters to the baseball team. They
were 0rmon Tucker, Mark Seaver,
Howard Long, Guy Savage, Clifford
Wallis, Donald Moriarty, Floyd Somer-
vile, Niles Carey, Andrew Baird, Leigh
ton Leno, Lyle Ford. Paul Gotta and
Henry Hoskings. The medal which was
TO have been given to the home eco
nomics girl who held the highest marks
for the year was not presented Friday
evening because four girls had the
same marks. They were Mildred New
ton, Mary Moriarty. Eva Gone and
Kate Hoskings. This summer they are
each to write an essay on some home
economic subject, and in the fall the
girl who has the best paper will receive
the medal
The next number on the program
was chorus, Forget me not tGiesel,
the high school The announcements
by Mr.. Wallis for the beginning Of the
school year in September in regard to
the teachers were that Howard Abbott
from Tilton, N. H., will be principal.
He will teach agriculture and mathe-
mates. Miss Mary Northrup of Burl
lington is coming back and will teach
English. The new teachers are Miss
Brodie from Burlington. TO teach
French and Latin; Miss Evelyn Orion
from St Adams, TO teach history, and
Miss Amy Hammond from Burlington
to teach home economics. Miss Eliza
beth Maxwell will return for the pri-
mary room and Miss Bethany Powers
for the intermediate grades. Miss Shir-
ley corliss will teach in the south
school
Much regret is expressed that Miss
Dana, Miss Pcrrine and Miss Mullings
are not coming back.
During the past three years, many
things for the betterment of the school
have been tried and carried out. The
one is student government
ind this was the first student govern
nent school in the state and perhaps
n the country which has attained such
| state of perfection. The Athletic club
md the school orchestra, the school pa
Der, the Riverside" and the school
lnnual are all good and successful I'M
lertakings.
The pupils who were promoted from