The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-30
The First Class to Graduate From
the New Emerson School.
List of Promotions from
Grammar High School.
Some Granular and Primary
Held No Formal Exercises. \

The city schools closed yesterday for the
long summer vacation. In many OF the
grammar and primary schools exercises
appropriate to the final graduation of the
Glasses were held. In some of the schools
where exercises were held last ysar the
formal programmes were omitted. Below
will be found an account Of some Of the
graduation exercises and the iiss of pupils
who may be admitted to the High school.
EMERsoN SCHOOL.
The people in ward one are proud Of
their new Grammar school building, the
emerson school, proud of its princi-
pal. Miss Marada Adams, and also OF its
tsachers. Yesterday afternoon the first
class to graduate from this new sch DOL
building found the handsome kassem bly,
hall Of the school crowded with their
friends who came TO witness the final
exercises No attempt ut decoration was
made, though the secord class girls had
placed handsome wreath In which were
the figures "g9'' over the stage. The
handsome hall needs no decoration to
add to its sttractiveness. The approaches
TO 1t are very artistic, adorned with
handsome engravings and etchinas,
reproductions Of famous paintings. They
also have many handsome casts and busts
other potted plants in the hall and In the
approaches to It, The artistic adorn-
ments of this building were all purchased
by Miss Adams, the principal, from
money contributed by the residents of
Munjcy mill who subscribed over 500
without an effort being made to raise the
money and who also patronized the
school fair last March so literally that
nearly $500 was raised. This sum of $500
has been go we'll used that Miss Adams
has the honor OF presiding over the best
equipped and most handsomely adorned
school building in Portland, II not in
New England.
The class which graduated yesterday
from this school was credit to 1t and to
the efforts OF Miss Adams and her eli
Gent corps OF teachers All Of the class
parts were ex remedy interesting, espec.
tally tine class prophecy which was done
in verse by Miss Charlotte Isley and
was one of the most entertaining parts In
the programme The musical mum bers
were also very interesting. Mr.. A. B.
Hall, who has charge of the school, was
present as well as Rev. MIR. Wright ahd
many others.
The following was the programme of
the graduating class:
Song-Summer. School
composition1, Elsie M, 3. Mitchell
Emerson Graduation March,
Mandolin Club-Arthur o. Curtis, Sam.
uel II. Dealy. Harry A. Laird, Austin
st. Clair, Walter Ii. Curtis.
Composed by Walter o Curtis.
Value of the Study Of U. S. History
Original composition),.
the Hills and Wales Resound.
Emerson Quartette
Observation-Disclosures Fool, Ruth Written
Sony-In the Forest, 9Th and 9th Grnfes
Violin Accompaniment. Seward &c. Wes-
cott, John Il. Comley.
Message to Garcia, Leslie w. Moselev
March OF the Msn of Columbia, School
three Chafsrs,
sth and 9th Grades
Violin Accompa niment, Seward E. Wes-
oott John E Conley.
Medley. ~
Leon NJ. wbitehouse. Austin St. Clair.
W. Henry Van Stone
Glass Prophecies, Charlotte r. Ilsley
Mandolin Club
Class Poem. Josie M. Greenwood
Presentation of Cards. Mr.. Hall
American Hymn.
The names of pupils receiving cards for
rhs High school from the Emerson school
are: Haven A. Cobb, Frank S. Dolley,
Harold r. Farnswurth, Carol Libby, e.
Roy Monroe. Leslie W. Moseley, John
L. Sheafe, Austin st. Clair, Leon M.
Whitehouse, Merle b. Willis, Alice ii.
Clayton, Eleanor M. Davis, Isabel G
Gould. Josie NJ. Greenwood. Charlotte
r. Ilsley. Gertrude M. johnson, Ethel
NJ. Levin. Esther NJ. Lowell, Elsie NJ.
+. Mitchell. Edna A. wescott, Ruth
Written.
JACKS ON SCHOOL.
At the jackson school the more formal
part of the exercises was given by the
graduating GLASS, although the lower
classss had exercises. and the unique fea-
tnre Of a treat OF Ice cream Sand cake
addsd. greatly to the enjoyment of the
pupils, 1t is needless to say.
The rooms, already well decorated BY
the pictures and busts of the school room
decoration committee. were rendered still
brighter by the specimens of the work in
drawing on blackboard and on paper