Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-06-24
WATERVILLE.
C0BURN SENIORS
Bid Farewell to Work at the
Classical Institute.
Presentation Exercises Held at the
Baptist Church in the Morning.
Graduating Exercises at the Same Place in
The Afternoon.

the Baptist church. The morning eX-
ercises were devoted to the presenta-
tion programme which was carried out
in the Institute chapel
The attendance at the morning ex-
ercises was very large, besides the
usual number of townspeople in at
tendance. there being a great many of
the graduates of the school and a large
number of the parents of the gradu-
ates.
Although no elaborate decorations
were planned the decorating was very
tasty and in perfect keeping with the
commencement season. At the rear of
the platform where the members of the
graduating class Ware seated was the
class motto. supra nostri gradus sint,'
in letters Of violent and green, the
class cOlors. The chandeliers We're
made more attractive by the decora-
tions Of crepe tissue Of the class colOrs.
shortly before 1890 o'clock the class
filed onto the platform under the lead
erShip of the class marshal. Millard B.
Long. When prayer had been offered
by Rev. w. A. NewcOmb of Rockland,
the class history was given by Carl c.
Piper He reviewed the life of the
class in very thorough manner touch
ing upon those points which are of es
pecial interest to the student. During
the course of his address it was
brought out that more than half Of
the class will go to college. Twenty of
whom will enter Colby and one Bow
doin His manner of presenting the
history of the class was very pleasing
and created much favorable comment.
The class poem by Miss Betsey a
Nickels showed a decided artistic trend.
She took as her theme a traveller
pressing onward to his goal. reciting
the trials which he had overcome and
from that drew her lesson. The beauty
Of the poem was much enhanced by
her manner of presentation.
In his Grafton on The Peace Confer
ence" Lewis G. Lord gave a carefully
prepared history Of the movement and
then recalled the arguments for and
against it. In conclusion he held that
It would mean the first step toward Sc
curing the universal peace which is so
much desired. by settling all questions
of dispute by arbitration instead Of
war.
The presentation Of the class gift,
the furnishings for the library. was
made by George w. Thomas. This he
did in a very pretty address in which
he spoke of the manner in which the
the class had become endeared to the
school.
The gift was accepted for the trus-
tees by Hon Josiah H. Drummond,
who spoke of the ffttingness of the gift
and how much it would mean to those
who attend the Institute in future
years. He referred to the manner in
inb ba rrif Ind ha ole 10
the Institute and cause them to re-
member and not forget the school.
The class prophecy by Miss Grace e.
Estes was very prettily given. 1t was
in the steam from a caldron that she
saw the future of the class. She was
often interrupted by the laughter of
the audience which showed an appre
citation of the clever manner in which
she brought out the characteristics of
her classmates.
Miss Bertram l.. Smith in her ad
dress to the undergraduates gave
words Of sound advice recalling to the
minds of each class the duties that
now came before them with the de-
parture of the senior class. Her part
was admirably presented and was of
unusual interest and significance.
The exercises closed with the sing
ing of the class ode. the words for
which We're written by Frank w
Moody and the music by Cecil NJ. Dag
gett.
The Graduating Exercises.
The graduating exercises of the Co
burn Classical Institute concluded the
commencement exercises of that insti-
tuition, Friday afternoon. The pro-
gramme was given in the Baptist
church and commenced al , O'Clock
There was not the usual number pres
ont. from the fact that the weather
was threatening. There was. however
a good attendance. the greater part of
the audience being made up Of the
parents and friends Of the graduates.
who could not have been deferred from
attending by anything short Of a cy-
clone
The following programme was carried
out:
Greater America"
Sheppard Emery Butler
Raphael Florence Perry
Inc Rod cross, Edith Marion Allan
Nelson Dingley'' Leon Carver Staples
RudNard l\ipling, Gertrude Lewis
Socialism in America,
Cecil Murice Daggctt
ne Arcadlans, Alice Elmira TOwnc
Music.
''Anglo-American Unity"
Wendell Crosby Washburn
The Mystery of Life"
'The Dreyfus Case,
Lorenzo Eugene Thayor
Two Tales and Query
Deborah Williams
Music.
Address to Graduating Class
Rev. w. A. Newcombe
Presentation of Diplomas
Greater America the subject of
the Grafton by Sheppard f. Butler
showed an unusual knowledge of the
history of the past year and Of the
possibilities that may come from that
epoch. In the delivery as much care
was shown as in the preparation.
Miss Florence Perry in her essay
Raphael, had an unusually carefully
prepared part and gave new ideas of
the beauties she saw in his creations
Even to those who have but slight in
terest in art she made the subject IT.
teresting. Her stage presence addod
10 the enjoyment of her part of the
programme 'i
A slight political flavor was sivan tha
exercises exercises by George w. Thomas,
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