This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HYDE, MAYHAR, BEDARD, LYNCH, WILSON, HASKINS. ROOD, LEONARD, DEWEY, WILLIAMS, FLOOD, LAMB, MCGRATH, BOYCE, GRIFFITH, BIXBY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0AC.2ACI/2584 Message Board Post: Following is a scan of the program for the class of 1896, Poultney High School, VT. Class of ‘96. CARRIE EMILIE HYDE, PRESIDENT. JULIA ALICE MAYHAR, VICE PRESIDENT. BEULAH MAUD LOUISE BEDARD, SECRETARY MARGARET LYNCH, TREASURER. LENA MATTIE WILSON. CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH HASKINS. MARY PAULINE ROOD. Graduating Exercises of the Poultney High School In Village Hall, Friday Evening, June 12th, 1896, at Eight o’clock. Programme Class Motto, “Finis Coronet Opus.” ° Music, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ORCHESTRA. Prayer, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . REV. C. L. LEONARD. Essay, Success, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MISS BEULAH MAUD LOUISE BEDARD. Piano Solo, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MR. H. B. ROOD. Essay, The Blessings of Labor, , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MISS JULIA ALICE MAYHAR. Vocal Solo, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MISS LOTTIE M. DEWEY. Declamation, The Soldier’s Prayer, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MISS MARY PAULINE ROOD. Piano Solo, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MISS GERTRUDE WILLIAMS. Essay, The Importance of an Education, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MISS MARGARET LYNCH. Programme Vocal Duet, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MISSES MAME AND IRENE FLOOD Essay, The Magnitude of Trifles, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MISS LENA MATTIE WILSON. Vocal Solo, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MISS MABEL WILSON. Declamation, The Swan Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MISS CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH HASKINS. Essay, Our Noblest Birthright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MISS CARRIE EMILIE HYDE. Music, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ORCHESTRA. — à à Awarding of Diplomas à à — — USHERS: — MISS ALICE MARION HYDE. MISS ALICE MAY LAMB. MISS MARY EDNA MCGRATH. MR. ARTHUR GILMORE BOYCE. MR. WILLIAM JOHN GRIFFITH. MR. CHESTER ARTHUR BIXBY.