Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-06-22
FORTY-FIVE GRADUATES.
They Complete the Course at VIM,
R. Smith Grammar School.
Exercises Held in Opera House With Fine Pm.
gramme and Large Attendance.

attendance was very large as the interes
in the school is developing year by wear
IL was an impressive sight to see the Al
young girls and boys seated upon th
platform upon this occasion, which wa
an important event In their lives. IT. i
the largest class that has ever graduate,
from the school, and next year the mum
Der Will probably be about so. In tbi
class were "a girls and 81 boys. Arranged
IN an attractive manner around the from
Oh the stage were ferns and potted plants
hanging over the front OF the platform
was large flag very Hastily draped. Ii
the right box sat the directors, Capt. C.
Il. Nash, G. 3. Chick and G. w. Vickery
Nearly every seat In the Opera house wa.
occupied by the parents, relatives ant
friends OF the graduates. Tho exercise.
began at O'Clock, the hour named, with
invocation by Rev. ]. S. Williamson.
The interesting programme was opened
by piano solo, Hungarian Dance, >
rhoma, by Miss Lucy W. Glidden, who
has attained quito a marked degree Of
proficiency as pianist, and the music
which she furnished for the exercises was
we'll chosen and skillfully rendered.
Vocal music, Welcome ALL" by Won
Weber, was sung by the entire class,
which formed in line upon the front OF
the platform. In rendering this selection
the culture of the class in music was
manifested to marked degree
The salutatory. by Walter H. Thatcher,
was the next on the programme He ex-
tended to all hearty welcome and in be-
half of the class expressed the pleasure it
gave the graduates to see so many present.
His short remarks were nicely spoken, and
in closing he said:
Kind friends, We thank you at this
time for the establishment and constantly
increasing power and strenth Of our gram
mar school. We realize that it Is to you
and to those who have gone before, and
will be glad to be permitted to enjoy a
share of the training which 1t affords.
Our aim in the future shall be to keep an
interest in its welfare.
Long live the good school going out year by
year;
Recruits to true manhood and womanhood
dear.
Brave boys, modest maidens, in beauty set
forth,
The living espistle and proof of its worth.
Herbert Dunton had the next part on
the programme, "Chocorua, (adapted)
and he spoke of Gerrish Peak, In the
southwestern part Of Maine, that stand
ing upon Its highest elevation and look
ing to the eastward were rolling hills,
while in the front of your view were
mountains, Teneriffe, Moose, Green,
Ossipee, Bald Cap and Paupus, while in
the distance lowered hoary- headed Mount
Washington. In speaking of this noun
tain he related the Indian tradition con-
nected with 1t. In the valleys near this
mountain were the haunts of the tribe of
Indians called the Pigwackets. In 1875
the Massachusetts colony sent men there.
and between the soldiers and Indians en-
sued the battle OF Lovewells, in which
Chief Pagus was killed. After this battle
only remnant of the tribe was left and
the last chief was Chocorua. His wife
died and later his son, both of which
caused the Indian great grief. He believed
that his son was murdered, SO he massacred
the Campbell family in that neighborhood,
which angercd the whites, so they drove
him to tho hills and there put him to
death. t
The vocal music lin four parts) 1.-The
Pilgrim Fahers," was especially fine and
sung in soprano, alto, tenor and bass, by
the members of the class.
The rendering Of the play, "Our Coun-
try" in six parts, was very interesting
feature of the programme. All who were
to take part in this, after forming upon
the stage, said together these words:
"From British rule the States are Free at
length; with differing gifts we come to
Join our strength" After this an appro-
pirate selection was recited by each stu
dent for the state represented, as follows:
"New Hampshire" Grace e. Paris
"New Jersey" Mary f. Murphy; penn
sylvania," Gertrude M. Carver; "Dela-
ware, Lillian E. Bascome; New York, y
Elva A. johnson; Connecticut, " Annie L..
Jones :" Georgia, Nellie l.. Tobey; Mas
sachusetts, Bessie A. Durfor; South
Carolina, " Edith NJ. Bicknell Virginia "
NJ. Lizzie Nickerson; Maryland. Alice
Fl. johnson; North Carolina" Annie M.
Clancy" Rhode Island" Pearl L. Stevens.
Next on the programme came the repre-
sanitation OF "Our Government and the
Republican Idea which consisted Of
selections written by well-known authors
upon the subject and delivered by the