The Portland daily press., 1896-06-26

and the buildings of the school are bet
ter than ever before. ut is to President
Whitman" said DR.. Blanchard, ssthat
we owe the great Improvement in this
school, and that gentleman deserves the
greatest possible praise from all who ar @
interested in Westbroook Seminary. /
believe that the curriculum of the school
ia the highest of any school in the coun-
try, and now what We want Is lots of
pupils. We want money, too, and I be-
lieve that money is to come to us very
soon."
DR.. Blanchard addressed the gradual
ing class in very pleasant manner. and
gave them few W lords of kind advice.
The speaker said that he was mu Oh in
terested In the system of physical cult
ure and he wants the graduates to scon
tinue In the impro vemen5 of their physi
!, cal body, and he thought that it was his
duty as a minister of God to encourage
the study and development Of themselves
and the making the most of themselves
both physically and intellectually
Ex-Governor Sidney Perham said that
he could not remember just when ho
first came to this school, but that it was
the improvements in MISUNDERSTANDING
and the longer he lives the greater grows
his love for the school. Although the
school is not paying expenses at present
from its regular income, 1t is $4,000 bet
ter off than it was last year and he be-
lleyed that some large endowments may
be expected very soon. Every year our
expenses are growing greater here" said
Gov. Perham, "and we must try and
make our income equal them and get
some pupils to take up the course here.
In this the alumni and students must
J act together. 1t doesn' cost much more
to have 100 students here than it does rs
and the school would be much better
off with larger numper.''
Gov. Perham made some very pleasant
references to the exercises of the morning
and closed by wishing the graduating
class the greatest Of su ccess in its battle
OF life.
Hon. John P. Swasey of Canton, said:
81 am q trustee of this school and had
| graduate from it and take great pride
in whatever success she may have had
hers. And while I cannot promise to
, endow this school as Gov. Perham sug-
gests we do and while | cannot hope to
!; leave such property for my heirs to quar-
rel over and for other lawyers to inherit
have put ny money that have paid
, | rs co.,
in the best investment / possibly could
and where it cannot DO stolen away by
all the lawyers in the world. Tt should
be a source of pride of every graduate to
go away with diploma from this school
and it is a source of pride for any parent
to have child graduate here. West
brook academy is situated IN the atmos-
pheIe of the most intellectual city in the
State of Mamie and is doubly blessed in
it's 10 cation and advantages
Mr.. Fobes '91 and of Tufts '96 said:
s'It seems to me that the life of every
educational institution is in it's alumni.
On these depends it's growth and life and
to them we must LOOK for the help that
is to come to this institution He
strongly advocated the encouragement
of athletics as a sure method of increas-
ing the size of the school and bringing
the young men to it as students..
Rev. George Hamilton of Everett,
Mass, of the class of IA, made very
pleasant sp czech in which he testified to
his love and devotion to Westbrook Sem
mary.
Judge Marden of Boston, said he hadn't
q right to come here as an alumnus but
he had been to Westbrook Seminary in
the early seventies and dearly loved the
old place. He paid glowing tribute to
the memory of the pupils and teachers of
those days, referring in particular to
DR.. Snow, who was then president, Mr.
Varney, Miss Pratt, Mr.. Arthur NJ. Johns
and Prof. Jacob Norton. He said that
q medical man in Boston, who had
graduated in IA, and whose wife, a
member of the same class, had died few
years after her marriage, intended short
ly to endow Westbrook heavily in mem-
ory of his wife, who has been dead many
years.
Mr.. +. M. kay of West brook who at
tended the school in 1856 81, made a brief
speech full of "reminiscences OF the old
school days and plans for the future
seminary.
Last Light reception was held at the
hall by the graduating class, which was
largely attended, as was the hop which
followed, many being present from
Portland.
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