The Portland daily press., 1878-05-03
Dedication of the Deerfng High school

| Building.
| The new and capacious school building re-
Gently erected at Deering Centre for high
school was dedicated last evening with very in
teresting exercises. The building, which is a
credit to the town as we'll as to the committee
under whose charge it was built, has already
| been fully described in these columns. Last
| evening the school room was filled to repletion
and glance over the audience assembled as
| ured our reporter that Portland does not con-
tain sIl the bright eyes and pretty faces of the
| universe, otherwise there could not have been
SO grand display of good looking ladies as
was presented at these exercises. Every avail
able space was filled until not even room for an
| infant scholar was left.
The assembly was called to order by Col.
| John M. Adams, who nominated David Moul
| ton, Esq, as chairman. On taking the chair
| he made short speech, in which he disclaim.
ed all pretensions to fill the place assigned him
| by the correspondent of the Sunday Times in
it's last issue. He then alluded to the former
inconvenient and limited accommodations for
school purposes, and congratulated the citizens,
parents and scholars on the com pletion of the
new building. At the close of his address he
invited the Rev. Mr.. Wheelwright to invoke
the Divine blessing upon the purposes for
which the company had met
The musical exercises were performed most
| acceptably by an improvised choir under the
lead of Mrs. A. j. Moasher, who presided at
the piano.
The ceremony of presenting the keys of the
building to the school committee was opened
with an historical address by Andrew Hawes,
| Esq of the building committee. At the close
of his address he delivered the keys to A. j.
Mosher, ESQ.,, who received them in behalf of
the school committee and the town, in few
we'll chosen and well delivered words.
Addresses appropriate to the occasion were
| made by E. H. Elwell, ESQ.,, John M. Adams,
81. A. Hart, Esq, F. G. Nash, Esq. w. f.
Morrill,, Esq, G. H. Kimball, the architect of
the building, and f. E. G. Robbins, the princi-
pal of the school.
During the evening the chairman read an
humorous poem entitled "Ths High School
| Ring,' in which some capital local hits were
made and were received with applause. The
chairman remarked that the poem was handed
to him to read. 1t was strongly suspected that
the author was the reader. As the poem is
uuu0rSGOOu W uo COpyEiSutous IL COulu uOb Do
procured for publication.
The exercises were continued until quito a
late hour, and at the close the people of thi /,
thriving town exchanged congratulations on
the bright future awaiting their children who
are yet to be educated preparatory to the battle
of life upon which in a few short years they
| must enter.
1t is significant fact to which alusion was
made by one of the speakers of the evening,
that nearly all our great statesmen. divines,
and successful merchants have received their
early training and education in country school
houses. Who will dare say that from the
building dedicated last evening there shall MOI
be sent out statesman and divines as eminent
as any that have become famous in life and
service throughout the world.