New Britain herald., 1929-06-19

| clean. The, work of the members of the American Legion on the town lot at the corner of Whiting and Maple streets is a step in the right direction, but the Town Beautiful is to be attained only through. the CO., townspeople."
 Following Miss Usher's address, which wss loudly applauded. the girls Slee club sang "The Morning Wind" The song was followed by tho address of the evening by Clyde M. Hill. Ph. D., Of Yale. Dr. Hill spoke of the future work of the graduating class and urged the members to continue their studies il possible.
 Miss Ruth H.mlin Tyler. an honor pupil. then followed with an address on the subject. Railroads Versus Aviation" Her speech showed care .ul planning and contained many in- .eresting facts.
 Governor John H. Trumpull pre- tented diplomes to the class Of 22, ,recedins the presentation with d ahort address iE which he voiced the views of Mir. Hill. urging the grad uates to plan for their future life in ! careful manner and to continue ,heir studies in higher institutions.
 Following the presentation of di- plomas, the class ode, which was composed by Dorothy Ives. was sung by the members of the graduating class. Benediction was given by Rev. Arthur A. Ball, pastor of the Plain- vile M. E. church. The program was brought to an end with Mendols- sohn's march, War of the Priests az a occasional.
 List of Graduates
 Those who received diplomas from Governor Trumbull were as follows: Carl Peterson, Martin Conlin. Nelson Royce. Oscar Johnson, James Simp- son, Jr.. Earl McGibbon. Howard Purdy. Nickolas Faniola, Walter Gcrke, Robert Deegan, Lucy Ra- packy, Abbie Usher. Dorothy Ives, Ruth Lewis, Anna Rusczyk, Anna Coleman, Doris Spencer, Ruth Tyler, Constance Vicinus, Esther Sneidman. Katherine Grabowski, and Vivian Davis.
 Honor Pupils
 The honor pupils of the graduat- ing class were Vivian Davis, Anna Coleman, Constance Vicinus, Abbie usher. and Ruth Tyler.
 Senior Ball Tonight The commencement exercises will be brought to an end this evening with the senior ball in the high school gymnasium. The advance sale of tickets has been very large and about 100 couples are expected to be present. Music will be fur nished by Norm" Cloutier's Trav- elers' orchestra. The patrons and patronesses will be as followA Mir. and Mrs. Henry Washburn. NY. and Mrs. Leon C. Staples, Miss Barbara Beach. Doug las s. Macdonald. Miss Alice j. Hayes and J. Fuller Mitchell.
 The committee in charge of ar. engagements has been working hard to make the affair success The ;chool gymnasium is decorated with the class colors of crimson and white.
 The committee consists of Miss Abbie Usher. chairman; Dorothy Ives, Dories Spencer, Carl Peterson and James Simpson. Jr. Awards Given At Assembly At assembly held at the high school this morning, Earl McGibbor was presented with the key of the athletic society for having an attain ed . sports letter in his senior veal and for having attained an average of so per cent in his studies.
 Jack King and Charles Buell. were tied in the contest for secur- ing the most first places in the track meets. It was decided to let King have possession of the cup for the first six months and Buell. for the second six months. Next year the winner of the most first places will be allowed to have perma- ncnt possession of the cup. Al King and Roland Gauthier were awarded blue letters in place of the customary white letters for having received letters in three sports.
 The following girls were awarded the ''s" for having made the Plain- vile High soccer team last fall: Louise Hill. Clarice Giddish. Tessit Dillon, Alice Peterson. Helen Con- lin. Lucille snyth. Helen Bergan, Jean Gillis. Mary Sasek. Annie Ger. tani. Grace Easton, and Gladys Chambers.
 Swimming letters for girls were given to the following: Helen Bol- iver. Helen Bergen. Clarice Giddish, Isabelle Carucci, and Annie Certani. An emblem representing a fish con- stituted the award. Requirements for earning the award were as fol- lows: greatest amount of progress, attitude in class. and concrete ac- complishment in strokes. The three swimming instructors were the judges.
 Track emblems 10 boys were awarded to the following: H.Yea- mans. Jack King. Charles Buell.. W. Sneideman. E. Holden. and Hep worth. The requirements were as follows: Must take part in three meets, place in at least one event, show proper attitude and sports (Continued on Page ID