Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-16
COMMENCEMENT
Of the Cony High School
Held, Wednesday.
City Hall Completely Filled With Those
Interested in the Graduates.
Essays that Reflect Great Credit Upon the
Graduates and Teachers.


'9S severed themselves, as students,
from the Cony High school.
The stage on which the members of
the graduating class and the principal
of the school We're seated was lastly
| decorated, the soft light from piano
lamps further adding to the beauties
of the decorations of evergreen and
potted plants and palms The front of
the stage was entirely concealed by a
bank of evergreen extending TO the hail
floor. Old rose and white bunting the
class colOrs, extended around the bal
cony railing completing the tasty de-
corations.
Dennis Orchestra furnished delight
full music which was interspersed with
the essays, which were delivered in Il
manner that reflects great credit upon
the graduates and the teachers.
Bernard Wlnslow Capen. the salutato-
rian. in his essay ELECTRICITY in Naval
Warfare" gave a clear idea of the part
well as the possibilities. He said in part:
The Importance of electricity in naval
warfare. is now We'll established. Ii
forms the basis of nearly all recent war
like inventions. Though ii is now great
power, it is still in its infancy. Electrical
instruments photograph and record the
flight of a rifle bullet travelling at a rate
exceeding 2oo0 feet per second. by ma
chine called a range finder, the big guns
are aimed, but they are fired by an cleo
4tty
coming tower. The first electrical APP
pardtus in the navy was 4 dynamo to
light The frigate Trenton. in 1888 The
search light enables vessels to signal
when 30 or more miles away at night,
Telel honing over wires suspended from
kites ana balloons, has been tried. There
is a method being tried to telegraph
without wires. one of the most horrible
and destructive implements of the navy
is the automobile torpedo. They carry
batteries to actuate the motors. ana are
automatically Stecrcd and fired. No sue
cessful attempt has Yet been made to pro-
pei Il Warship by electricity. but ii is lc-
knoWledged as the future power.
The Hero of the Shenandoah" WAS the
next subject and the life of Philip Sher-
idan. was well portrayed by Harry NJ.
Lyon. who said in part:
F'rom The revolution in every battle that
has been fought. some general has gained
4 great victory. ana made record to be
proad OF. Among those who arc best
known in our history is philip Sheridan
Whether America will produce such
generals WHO can and viii tight Ike our
former heroes. remains to he %,tn. f,ut
We have h" confluence To believe that the
Unit.d StaGes Will have as brave Mon as
eyer 80 eight hcr battles. and us many
valiant generals to lead them.
Miss t.hcl ". Iishness i'll her essay
"'rEe SOM of Roland" reviewed TAD his
loiN OF France in HE days OF CHARLIE
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money is successful. and all others are
failures. This is a false idea. He is
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worthy ambition. whatever II may be
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