The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-22
Wesibro0k Seminary Com menccrueut

Yesterday was as delightful day as could
be wished for the commencement exercises at
Westbrook Seminary, and in anticipation of
that event large crowd was gathered in the
lastly decorated church at Stevens Plains at
an early hour yesterday morning The class
won deserved praise for the faultless manner
with which the programme was carried out.
The orations ard essays were carefully written
upon well selected subjects and were delivered
in manner that showed thorough drill The
exercises were considered fully equal to those
of former years, and lot few were heard to
declare them the best. The followitg was the
programme:
Prayer.
Music.
Latin Salutatory-Th0mas Everett Lindsay. Carroll
Curved Lnes-Sadie Babb Hawkes.. ....... Windbam
Ruins-Ace Josephine Buchanan .,,.... =. Deeripp
Hidden Germs-Jua Evelyn Snow. 900. .ScarOorO
Music.
Truth-Edmund Russell Luce. .....,. New VINEYARD
Lessons of the Rocks-Ella Frances Bradley,
Portland
Mrs Browning-vesta French Edgecombe Turner
Mountains Mary Belle Littlefed ....... .Standish
Discussion: Will Civilization be advanced by the
overthrow Of the Turkish Government?
Aft ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Hall, Dixfeld.
Negative-Elisha Gilpatrick Lindsay. Carroll
Star Worlds---Dora Eenore burlington. ..Saccarappa
Worth OF Patience-Jennie Emily Hight. ...Dayton
President Hayes Southern Policy-Lucius
Fremont Adams P Spf@aS
True HerOism-Josephine Belle Tibbetts. Westbrook
Ladies of the White House-Caroline Annie
CoonuSe' '......'.. ..,.'...Deerlng
An Educated Ballot-Albert Clifford Cobb. .Deering
Natures ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Eleanor Pennell,
Saccorappa
Valedctory-Alice Rea Hunt. .,........... Deering
Excused
The class then sung the class song written by
Miss Jessie f. Adams of this city, and the d.
plomas were conferred by the Principal. The
following were the graduates in the different
departments:
LADIES' COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT.
LAUREATE OF ARTS.
Jessie f. Adams, Sadie B. Hawkes.,
Alice Adta, =; Buchanan Buchanan Alice ;eo R. Hunt,
LAUREATE OF SCIENCE.
Jennie E. Hight, Ella F. Bradley.
SEMINARY DEPARTMENT.
COLLEGE PREPARATORY.
Albert G. Cobb, Vaudeville Hall,
Lucius Ii. Denison, Elisha Il. Lindsay,
Thomas E. Lindsay.
HIGHER ENGLISH.
Carrie A. Coolidge, Carrie E. Penne
NJ. Belle Littlefeld Dora e. Purington,
Edmund r. Luce, Julia e. Snow.
The audience was then dismissed and led by
j. W. Fogler as marshal, large company pro
| ceeded to the Seminary dining hall, where the
I commencement dinner was served. On the
walls were noticed these appropriate notices:
Gas is the labor so is the recompense," and
"No steps backward" legends thot the guests
were by no means 10th to accept. Short and
| appropriate after dinner speeches vera made
/ by Hon. Sidney Peream, DR.. E. 2. Weston,
| former Principal of the school, DR.. Quinby and
| others Several of the speeches gave interest
| lug accounts CT the history of the seminary and
| all spoke lagingly Of its present and tu-
| ture prospects.
| In the afternoon Dr.. L. NJ. Fuller of Bath,
| graduate of the Seminary in the class of go
| delivered an Grafton before the Alumni 10 the
l church. His theme was well indicated in the
| subject The graduate, and the duties that
| await him." The Grafton was carefully pre-
pared and we'll delivered
Later in the afternoon business meetings
! were held by the Alumni and Trustees. We
are informed that the business transactions
would not be interesting to the public.
Last evening the Alumni held their annual
| reunion in Hersey Hall
| Chambers band furnished the music through
the day
The class of rs have made handsome addi-
] ton to the ornaments of the campus in the