The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-06-29

The exhibition of the graduating class OF the
High School took place yesterday afternoon at
City Hall. The hall was quite well hl,ed, out
not crowded. as we have seen it on some pre-
vous like occasions. On the platform, be-
sides the graduating class aud the teachers
were the School Committee and Mayor Kings
bury. The programme was briefer than last
year and the exercises consumed but an hour
and half The Glass Song was followed by
Latin Salutatory by Franklin G. Smith, III
which he gave general welcome to the frlehas
of the class, and paid his respects gracefully TO
the teachers aud Committee. Florence ~
Curtis chose weaving as the theme OF the o'as'
Essay. Life is made up of small and ihsis
cant threads. which we weave into greater VI
smaller results. as we will Emily A. " hilil-
ar pave n innocent satue on Mems Rlehts.--
They have \ ri,bt to be modest, and polite, to
make GOOD husbands, aud above all, to ask
their wives how to vote, and then they will
vote right. A Greek Grafton, entitled Onward
and Upward, by Henry Preble followed. The
glee, Home by the River, by nine male mem
bers OF the class, was very good Charles II.
Cushmau, in discussing the proposition that
Every Man is the Architect of his own For
tune, demonstrated that work is the surest
agent by which to achieve success. Ada b.
Curtis entitled her essay, Multonl non Muttd-
She divided learned men into three classes,
and showed that great and not many achiove-
ments are most beneficial to the world. The
Omega-class paper was read byWalter A. Ford
Its contents were editorial, sacred poem en-
titled The Widows Son, tue Prophecy, the
chronicles and The Glass of II. In the latter
the names of the class were very ingeniOusly
woven. The Prophecy was also good; the
other articles of fair merit. Ella F. Butler
followed with a French recitation on Peace
and War. A Galop Briuiar,te, an instrument
tai duet by Misses Carrie N. Dana and Lizzie
III. Sparrow was very well rendered. Memory
Bells, the class poem, was beautiful in senti-
ment and harmonious in rhythm. 1t was we'll
read, too. George A. Deering Gspoke of The
Heroism of Young Men as illustrated by Luth-
er, Napoleon, Alexander, ct id Onanes and plead |
ed for encouragement for the herosm and ar |
dor of young men. Ada Small was the Vale
dictorian. Italy lies beyond the Alps was the
title of the paper. Napoleou's famous passage
of the Alps was the Smile used in her parting
words to her classmates We are to-day on
the summit and one Italy lies beyond. There |
are obstacles to encounter, encouragement to |
meet and cities to be conquered. farming |
gracefully from the theme she made a beauti- |
full allusion to the death of their we'll beloved |
teacher, Miss Small
The diplomas were then conferred by Mr.. |
True, chairman of the School Committee. The |
class united in singing Latin Ode, and Mayor |
Kingsbury awarded the Brown medals. He |
prefaced the pleasant duty by the statement |
that the Committee of award had experienced |
great difficulty in aiming at a decision, the |
claims of some OF the candidates very even, and |
the scale was turned by the weight OF a hair
The names of the recipients OF these proud |
honors are George A. Deering, Franklin S. |
Gerrish, Henry Prebe, Amanda L. Boothby, |
Carrie N. Dana and Ada Small Mr.. True |
spoke briefly to the class in relation to their lu-
ture and referred to the gatifying fact that |
woman was being gradually accorded her |
proper sphere, and believed the day was not |
far distant when all callings and professions /
would DE open to her and that she would be |
paid in accordance with the value of her labor /
and that the discrimination against her sex /
would be abolished. The class and the audi /
ence united in singing Aud Lang Syne, and
the pleasant exercises were over