Putnam patriot., 1924-09-19
PHI GRADUATES
 NOW IN COLLEGE
Eleven of Thirty-three Members of Class of '24 Continue
 Education

Last June thirtv-three Eeniora of the Putnam High school received their l diplomas. and entered upon what they 1 mad been warned would prove a harsh world Now eleven of these thirty three are continuing their education. two more gre helping others to get l their education by teaching in rural schools, five are at home and sixteen are employed.
 Eleven Continue Schooling
 Only one of the thirty-three stu dents entered a classical college this l fall Francis Curran, now student at Holy Cross, Is the one referred to. Allen Thayer has been at West Point, the United States Military Academy. for nearly three months now. At the Willimantic Normal school. three Pomfret girls. Misses Helen and Mae Botham and Rita Kelley are now students. Two girls of the class have decided to take up nursing as a life work and Misses Ruth Sweet and Ruth Chase are at the Rhode Island hospital at Proyi- dence taking three year nurses train ing courses. Three boys. Gerald Marcy, Robert Bruce and Franklin Perry are spending part of their time in post graduate work at the high school in preparation for college next year The last k employed af- ter school hours at the Patriot office.
 Two Teaching School
 Miss Ruth Fallon is teaching at Harrisvilie after spending the sum- mer at New Haven, taking a normal course. and Miss Susie Chilkott is in strueting in the district school at North Ashford.
 Only one of those receiving di- plomas for the completion of the com mereial course is now doing adyanc- ed school work Edward F. Keefe is student at the Stone School of Accounting at New Haven. Others of the commercial course Rraduates are emp.CFed. some in clerical and commercial work, others farming. others in shops.
 On the Farm
 Five Pomfaet boys. Everett and James Mann. James McBriety, Edward A mold and Irving Emlott are all working iB their home towH. The l isst mentioned and McBriety are em- plDsed on the Clark estate. \ mold is working with his father, Jim Mann at the Thompson estate and Irving Emlott. the best student in the class l in the lines of science and mathe- l @atics. is working on the Sabin farm i
 Alec Cardinal. another Pomfret ! youth, is at present working at AL l laHd's store in Pomfret but may short y move to Southbridge where he would take work with the optical com pany. Percy French of Eastford holds a position in an electrical shop at Hartford.
 Getting back to the girls of the class. we found that five of them: Misses Dorothy Nichols. Evelyn Cal houn. Dorothy Ames, Mildred Hattia and Helen Wheaton are at home. Some of these have plans for the im- mediate future. others for next year. while some are undecided just what they will do.
 Clerks and Bookkeepers 1 Four who were clever with the 1 typewriter are now holding clerical positions. Miss Alice Alverd with the Putnam Buick Sales O.. Miss Gene gieve Letters with the $. A. Amuse- ment Corp. Miss Elsie Swanson at the Bancroft garage. and Miss Lucy Bove in another Putnam office Miss l Molly smith is working in Danielson. Miss Margaret Murphy is with the Byrne Company
 John Davis who took the coopera- | tive course. learning the machinist's trade at the trade school while per l suing Che general course at the high school has been able to secure ma chinist's berth at the Putnam Foun- dry and Machine Go. Ralph Davis is 1 working on the highway departments tank truck
 While these statistics are no doubt 1 interesting. similar set published ten years from the present would | be doubly SO. By this time all of l the class members will have finish. el their schooling. many will hold espousible positions. others will be i beginning to settle into ruts, others still casting around for what best