The Portland daily press., 1896-06-26

ialom utteriy unlntelllglble to foreign
students of the English language. The
paper was ably written and del iyered.
An grafton on Patriotism" by Amos
Worthen Shepherd of Bar Mills. was
| excused.
Nelson Broos Willard of Turner made
strong appeal for the Cubans in their
struggle for liberty, and urged American
interference.
| Miss Evelyn Theodore Kahrs of West
Falmouth, was the valedictorian of the
class, and in bidding the seminary, its
teachers, pupils and her GLASS farewell,
did so in most touching and graceful
manner.
Then President Whitman in appropri-
ate words, presented to the class the
following diplomas as a recognition of
their faithful and conscientious work /:
Laureate of arts, Charlotte Edith Crow
ell, Ida Leora Leighton, Mabelle Elmer
son Merrill; Mary Belle Sheppard; Lau-
reate Of Science, Jennie Matilda Cilley,
Persis Geneva Knight, Ella Adams Syl-
vester; College Preparatory Course, John
Barber, Evelyn Theodore Kahrs, Min
ME Ella swasey; Scientific Course, Sui
livan Lane Andrews; Advanced Course,
Robert Hubbard jackson, Warren Elliott
Searles, Amos Worthen Sheppard, How
ard Gordon Taylor, advanced course;
English Course, Annie Louise Booker,
Helen Maria Hoyt, Mabel Gertrude Pal
NOR, John Philip Smith, Nelson Brooks
| Will lard.
The class ode was then sung by the
class and the exercises in the church
closed with the benediction and the
marching from the chapel of the class.
THE BANQUET.
| After the graduating exercises the
alumni, trustees and friends of the SEM
mary, together with the graduating class
assembled at the young ladies' hall and
passed pleasant half hour in meeting
old friends and forming new acquaint-
ances. At half-past one O'Clock the party
marched into the dining hall and seated
themselves at the tables. which were
prettily decorated with cut flowers and
surrounded by bevy of pretty seminary
girls, who served on this occasion as an
| efficient corps of walters. Those who
were seated at this tables were: /. j.
Mead, editor Gospel Banner, Augusta
Isabel T. Ray, NJ, Westbrook; f. NJ.
Ray, Oscar A. Marden, Stoughton,
Mass. George @. Hamilton, Everett
Alice Blanchard, Portland; Ex-Goy.
Sidney Per ham, Paris; Rev. DR.. Henry
Blanchard, A. e. Blanchard, Rev. Il.
S. Whitman. Mrs. H. S. Whitman, Mrs.
George +. Bryant, Alfred Woodman,
Mrs. Alfred Woodman, Augustus B.
Mouiton, John P. Swasey, Ella e. Swasey
Rev. Frederic t.. Nelson, Dsering; Jen-
ME Hubbard, Miss Hubbard, Ellen H.
Jackson, Paris; Mrs. Harriet B. Toney,
Mrs. A. NJ. Quinby, Westbrook; Mrs.
A. d. Barnard. '67; Mrs. M. B. Cool
| idge. '65; Geo. L. Wadlin, Mrs. Belle
Swasey Wadlin, Payson Smith, '73,
Portland; Carrie Emile Swasey, o., Can
ton; Mrs. S. S. Andrews Nashua, N. II.
Mrs. Oliver Hay, IA, Portland; Mrs. H.
Bernard Smith. rs, Troy, n. Y; Mrs,
@. NJ. Bisbee. '76. Rumford Falls; Lille
G. Andrews. Herbsrt W. Edison, Port.
land Miss Minnetta Carney, Mabel A.
Steward, Carrie M. True. Deering; Oliysr
NJ. Harris, '79, ". I. Cousens, 95, Port
land; Frederick NJ. Thompson, '95, Mis-.
E. II Thompson, Woodfords; f. II. An
drews, M. D., West Summer, Me-; Mrs.
A. P. Andrews. West Paris; Sarah A.
Ray, 'S5, Westbrook; Mrs. John Leslie,
SO. Yarmouthyille Edith M. Litch field,
East Someryille, Mass. W. W. Hooper,
Deering; John Barber. '96; Warren e.
Searle, '96; Sullivan L. Andrews, '96;
Robert H. jackson, '96. Paris; Minnie
Fl. Swasey, Canton; Charlotte Il. Crow
ell, Orono; Ella A. Sylvester, Lisbon
Falls; Ida Leora Leighton, Deering
Persis Geneva Kni light, West Falmouth
Philip Smith, Portland; Amos W. Shop
ard, Bar Mills; Annie l.. Booker, Deer
ing; Mabel G. Palmer, West Falmouth
Howard 6. Taylor, Desring; Mabelle
Emerson Merrill, West Falmouth; N.
Brooks Willard, Turner; Jennie M. Oil
ley. Deering; Mary Belle Shepard, Bar
Mills; Jennie B. Shepard. Bar Mill; Eve
Ign Theodore Kahrs, West Falmouth; G..
W. Foster, Woodfords; Mrs. Winnifred
L. Nelson, Portland; Mrs. Winnifred
| l.. Cordwell, Gum berland Mills; Jessie
L. Henderson, Arlington, Mass. Mrs.
A. W. McKenney. Bar Mills; Hannah l..
Wood,nan, $50, Bar Mills; Cynthia NJ
Record, '67, Mrs. Irene s. Record. Brum-
becomes, Ala; Florence G. Woodbury.,
Portland; Sarah A. Coolridge, Wood
fords; Helen NJ. Staples, Lancaster,
Mass. Harold B. Fobes, 81, Portland
q. G. Folsom, 81, Oakland; Franklin
B. Williams, Boston; W. G. Jefferds,
Argus; d. E. Moulton, 'Ss; Helen M.
Hoyt. '96, Pleasantdale.
After a prayer by the Rev. Frederick
t. Nelson of Deering, Caterer Robinson
proceeded to serve nm elaborate five
course dinner, to which the half famished
did ample justine. When the feast was
closed away President II. S. Whitman,
who presided at the alumni table, arose
and introduced the Rev. DR.. Henry
Blanchard as gentleman who has taken
a deep interest in the seminary for over
IA years.