Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-07-02

!. Hunting Song, school.
2. Salutatory Uatin,) Hofa e X. True.
8 Defamation The Death Penalty"
Victor Hugo, W ). Thompson.
4. would that My Iove,-Ductt
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! l. Spring Song. school
! 4 ESSAY IicroiSm," lSa Smell.
Q. Essay,-"The Ideal and Real
10. Essay,-'.woman's Rights Addie I. Blake,
H. "IIistory of the Glass" Addie b. Pill-bury
Il. Sword of Liberty, Song, school.
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TO- The swallows school
GIVING DIPLOMAS.
Ii. Singing of the ode
The hall was lastly ornamcnted with plants
and creeping vines. and back of the stage was
the motto, 'fortiter, fdeiiter, feliejfer."
Prof NJ. c. Miliken presided with his
usual grace and skill at the piano daring the
singing which interpreted the decIamatons.
About fifty of the members of the school,
neatly dressed and bearing bouquets Of flowers
Joined in the songs. which were rendered to
the complete satisfaction of the audience.
Previous to the parts of the graduating
class, there were declarations by the mem
beers Of the school, as will be seen by the
programme. True, in his Latin SaIutatory.
appropriately ad dressed the directors, the
teachers and the audience. Thompson's Sc
lection was Victor Hugo's argument against
the death penalty. The speaker has good
voice and Will after practice on the parts re-
quirng dramatic expression, make an excel
lent speaker. The French recitation by Miss
Goodwin showed familiarity with the lam
guagc Miss Johnson's rendering of the Sc
lection from Saxes humorous poem, where it
is narrated that young man attempted 10 fly
with borrowed plumcs, but who lad a fall,
was true to the life, in tone, gesture and idea.
The exercises of the graduating class then
commenced. Miss Smell and Mis- Blake
were both excused.
Miss Florence Waite read an essay on
"The Ideal and the Real" taking the ground
that there are two worlds by "hiCa We are
surrounded-the real and the imaeinary-to-
wards which all our powers tend. There are
times when we hove to soar into the unreal,
when We divest ourselves of the material.
Every earthly sound is hushed, and music
floats in from higher sphere we gaze on the
sunny splendors Of an ideal world. We all
have an ideal of everything which constitutes
life. We never can reach the idcal-there is
always something boyond-new heights to be
scaled, and fresh obstacles to be overcome.
Without this power of idealism, with nature
tending to evil, we could not discover the good
angel within, representing the better side of
life. If we could only see the truth as repre-
scented in our ideal vision, how soon would the
world be transformed from shadows into a
| glorious and beautiful hsbitation. The essay
was well conceived and delivered with quiet
and modest grace.
The History of the Glass was then given by
Miss Addie b. Pilsbury As the members of
the class were now about for the last time to
break the ties that had been cementing them
together for years, it might be profitable to
take a glance in review. She then gave
comprehensive and general history of the
high school itself. which was exceedingly in"
teresting, especially to those Immediately
connected with the school. She referred in
complimentary terms to Mr.. Warehouse, and
told of the despair that settled down upon the
school when he had determined to give up his
! charge here. The historian then turned to
the bright record made by the present Prin-
cipal. Mr. Lambert and his perseyering eff
forts for the good of the school; alluded in
touching terms to the early death of Allan
Rutherford; and passed to the consideration
of the peculiar and perhaps fancicd charac-
tcrst,s Of some of the members of the school
The history was connected, filled with quiet
refined hd.lJr, and was read in az easy and
pretty manner.
70 Miss Jennie a. Philbrook was assigned
the duty of raising the veil that hides the
mysterious future, and to read the events that
await her associates and herself in the days
that are beyond. On such an occasion she
would not call up the spirit of sorrow and
melancholy, Eut that of hope joy nd happi-
ness. With the power of Sybil, the prophet
ess, she would trace ont the wanderngs of
the class She had kaet in trembling before
this prophecies, and been permitted to look
upon her classmates as they viii appear
twenty years hence. We cannot give in the
glowing words of the prophecy, the happy
destiny Of each, but can simply say that 10
Addie Blake was assigned stately residence
in Chicago, with wealthy merchant for a hus-
band Florence Waltze was to become the
author of a celebrated poem on the "ldeal
and the Real" with magnificent mansion in
Boston as her residence. The Empire city
was to witness the brilliant efforts of Addie
Pilsbury, where she would sway immense au-
diences by her burning eloquence upon the
subject of Women's Rights. In Rome, in a