Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-06-22
HAPPY GRADUATES
Of the High School Receive
Their Diplomas.
Baptist Church Crowded, "Wednesday
Evening, at the Exercises.
Each Participant Heartily Appauded for ex-
celIence Of His or Her PART.

ulStUtlIE new anu IiIt'hN 9 5''''N
movement over the methods formerly
used.
| The church was very hastily deco
| rated for the occasion, the platform
| being one mass of flowers. The pro-
gramme was Of unusual interest and
occupied the greater part of the even
| ing.
Instead of the usual confusion which
| Is usually noticed on such occasions
everything was arranged to such 4
! nicety that there was not hitch any
where in the arrangements. While 4
march was being played BY the or
chestra the members Of the graduating
class. headed by Elmer Allen, the class
| president. entered the auditorium from
the door at the right of the stage, and,
| proceeding down the body aisle, march
| ed to the rear of the church. then up
| the body aisle al the left of the church.
! across the front to the outer aisle
where in the outer section the five peWs
of seats in the front of the church had
| been reserved. There the members re-
NAMED standing until at a signal from
the baton in the hands of the class
| president they seated themselves.
During the prayer by Rev. George w.
| Lindsay the class remained standing.
After a selection by the orchestra
| Elmer w. Allen delivered the Saluta-
| tory. His delivery was very fOrceful
| and showed careful study on his part,
! both in the preparation and the deliV-
cry. At no time did he allow the in
terest of the audience to abate but
| kept every mind with his until the
closing words had been spoken.
Miss Edith +. Merrill in her "Ameri-
can Women in Literature showed the
excellent advantage to which she had
turned her course in the literary de-
partment giving a clear and concise
sketch of what had been accomplished
| by her own sex in the world Of letters
and of the value of their works to the
| literary world. Her manner Of deliv-
| cry was very pleasing and her stage
| presence graceful
! The English honor part was held by
Miss Lois Easton HoXie and she chose
as her subject Indian Old Point"
| The part showed unusual care in prep
aratOn both in the subject matter and
| in its composition. Her easy, graceful
manner added a great deal to the en-
| jOyment of her part of the programme.
That it was all Greek to the major
| ity Of the people in the audience was
| literally true of the part of Miss Mabel
| f. Dunn. who had the Greek honor
| Even though what she said was unin-
| telligble to the majority of those pres
ent through their failure to keep up
their Greek, her clear enunciation made
! that part of the programme a pleasure
for the auditors.
The address to the undergraduates
| by Arthur G. Vose. while Of especial
| interest to the members Of the school.
was not lacking in interest by any
means to the audience. AT all times
| forceful. it brought home To the mem
bers Of the school the places they must
now fill in all departments of life, now
that as far as school life is concerned
! the class of SO is a thing of the past.
In her selection of Jean InglOw' as
a subject Miss Ethel G. Lindsay show
| ed the rare tact of having made a choice
of a subject with which she was per-
fectIy familiar. Her treatise of the
works of the poet We're added to by
the unusually charming manner in
which she brought il before those who
were her auditors.
The hard work necessary to secure
an important part as the Latin honor
gave the auditors abundant reason to
/ expect something of an unusual nature
from Miss Hattie NJ. Drake. Nor was
any one disappointed. Even to those
to whom the Latin was unintelligible
there was much pleasure from her
musical tones while those who had fol
lowed up their classics We're loud in
their praises of the manner in which
the part was handled.
Miss Helen A. Butterfield in her pre-
sentatiOn of "The Modern Girl" was
seen from the commencement to be an
active champion of this creature Of tfc
present century. She could not see
that the modern girl by keeping
abreast of the times was any the less
womanly, or that the sex was deprived
of any Of its charms. Not only did
the subject receive careful handling
but more than that it showed carafu
study and insight into human natUre
: that was quite remarkable.
Prohecying the future Of the class
fell to the lot Of Miss Florence T.
: Wing, and she did it in a charmtne
7 manner that caused many a ripple 81
: laughter from those acquainted with
I the peculiarites Of her classmates. as
1 well as from those who through schoo
life could appreciate the probability 81
such predictions. There was a fresh.
n ness to the prophecy that was quite ii
contrast with the usual methods u
dealing with that difficult part
g The American Navy and It's Splen-
q did Achievements" was the subject
a matter of the Grafton by Harold J. cox,
g While the manner of delivery was
! enough to hold the closest attention OF
e the audience yet there was meal
enough in his Grafton to show that he
was one of those who had taken an IN
usual interest in the events Of the past
year. His was one Of the most enjoy
d. able parts of the exercises.
In her delivery of the German honor
part there We're none who excelled Miss
Edith A. Hunt. To her lot as With
those who had won the Greek and
Is Latin honors, fell the difficult task of
a making interesting what but a small
part of the audience understood nar-
u fectly. Yet the fact that she carried
n the audience with her showed how
= thoroughly she had mastered her task
l. and the many expressions Of approval
le gave to those not so well acquainted
u the success of her undertaking.
d Miss Stella l. Libby showed Nv her
h