The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-07-26
Commencement mt Gorham.

Commenccmcnt at GOrham.
The examinations of the higher classes at
Gorham Seminary were conducted on Wednes-
day, and they developed thorough system of
intellectual training on the part of Mr.. G. M.
Dodge, the accomplished Principal, and the
other members of the educational faculty.
The public exercises of the graduating class,
with some excellent evolutionary recitations by
several members of the Junior class, took place
at the Congregational Church yesterday after
noon. The edfce was well filled with the
friends of the school, and the graduating class
and the towns people generally. The walls of
the church and the front of the galleries were
adorned by several notices in letters of green
leaves npon field of white. The exercises
opened with prayer by Rev. L. L. Ferris, and
then went ON according to the following pro-
gramme:
Music.
Prayer.
Salutation, Mr. yere; NJ Hill, Buxton.
Days of Yore Miss Emma E. Towle, Saco River.
Music.
Cloud Pictures, Miss Dora q. Whitney Gorham
German Selection,
*Mss Emma NJ Chadbourne, Standish.
Recitation. .Miss Fannie Cummings, Gorham.
Selfmade Men,. Mr.. j. S. Leavitt, Gorham.
Music.
Life . Miss Nellie F. Harrington Rochester, N II.
Defamation. =. *Mr Albert h Pencil, Saccarappa
"By the Wayside,". Miss Eva e. Foster, Bethel.
Music.
True Success Mr. W. s. Appleby Portland.
French, Selection, *Miss Fannie r. Porter Gorham.
ValedictOry, Miss Sadie A. Gates Sheburne, n H.
*Juniors.
Glass Song by Miss j. E. Dodge.
We stand upon the border-land between the old and
We pledge the heart, we join the hand for dear old
Together we have wandered on for many toilsome
With friendships fadeess flowers blooming all along
the way.
Comforting Degrees
Benediction.
These interesting exercises evinced beside an
advanced mental Development, degree of self
possession quite unusual in the speakers and
they all delivered their parts with much clear
ness and the suitable emphasis, and they re-
ceived at the conclusion of their parts profu-
sion of bouquets of beautiful flowers. The ex-
ercises were most pleasantly preceded and inter-
spered by the music of quartette of this city,
consisting of Messrs Coffin and Stockbridge
and Misses Ada Cary and Nellie Barker, and
their music was very acceptable to the auditory.
Miss CHM presided at the piano with her usual
correctness and good taste.
While not wishing to make invidious distinc-
tons, we should be pardoned if we mentioned
the finely rendered selections in the German
and French languages by Misses Chadbourne
and Porter respectively. The Salutatory and
Valedictory were each appropriate and well
| written and delivered.
The Board of Trustees of the Seminary is
composed as follows:
President-Frederick ROBBIE
Secretary and Treasurer-J ohm A. Waterman
Hon. Daniel G. Emery, Marshall Irish, Jo-
seph Ridlon, Humphrey Cousins, Stephen
Harding, George B. Emery, Henry II. Hunt
NJ d., George w. Hammond, Tobias d. Ray
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HOTEL ARRIvALs.-B. T. Brulter, SacO, j
F. O'Neill, Springfield, P. Fitzgerald, Spring
| field j. H. Coombs Lisbon Falls, j. Judkins
Halifax, Geo. Cross, Boston, j. c. Armsted
j. p Whitney, Oxford, S. H. Dawes, Harrison
John T. Sands, New York, S. T. Luden, Salem
Mass, ii. C. Mahurin New York, T. w. Fish
er, Huntington, are at the City Hotel.
A. G. Page, +. Reed, and Geo. Preble, Bath
ID. NJ. Mcclellan, Boston, A. S. Twitchell, Ora
ham, n. H., Young and daughter, Cincinnati
j. L. Mitchell wife and daughter, Gardiner
Frank Jones, Portsmouth, N. H., d. L. Fern
aid and wife, Camden, d. B. Mckay, Brant
ford. S. p. Burnell, N. Y, are at the Preble.
j. L. Bacon, PASSPORT, G. A. Bartlett, Boston
A f. Beard, Syracuse, Rev. Frederic H. Hedyn
Boston; Mr. and Mrs. Thos Peck and family
Montreal, A X. Sloan and G. I. Sloan, Ne,
York, Osgood Bradley and family, Worcester
Mass, Geo. w. Peck, Flushing, N. Y, H. n
Loomis Buffalo, Hon. P. d. Morrow E. 7
Elliot, and G. d. Montgomery, Tonawands
Pa, Fred Reed and party, Boston, are at tn
Falmouth.
A. b. Justice, Philadelphia, L. E. Howar
and wife, Springfield, Mass, w. +. Ganne
and ladies, Philadelphia, are at the st. Julian
TEMPERANCE MEETING.-Mr. James Woo
berry spoke last evening at Allen Mission Chal
ell TO good audience. Mr.. w. has been in OIL
city for the last two months, during which tim