Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-06-21

of town for assistance and received
reply that he had invented machine
similar to the biograph, consisting or
film. on which is picture of the person
whose future is to be disclosed. and
which, by means of electricity ana the
organism oe the apparatus, RECORDS tne
desired result on a second slim of the
machine Her description of the man
ner in which she secured the photo-
grams of the members of the class,
without their knowledge, was interest
ing in the extreme and the subsequent
Developments were more so. The fut-
ure Of each member of the class was
thus determined and the truth of the
matter left by Miss Larrabee for the
time to prove. Another selection by
the orchestra followed the prophecy
and then Ralph Atherton Bartlett gave
THE Victor of Marengo' very salts
factorily.
Two presentations to the school fol-
lowed this, the first, by Hattie May
Poyal. who presented in the name OF
the class of 1902 large framed picture
of the Roman Forum. Austin L. Lar
IA bee, in behalf of the class of 1895 and
in short speech, presented TO the
school a statue, standing about i've
feet high. In his acceptance of the
gifts Principal Powers spoke of the APP
probation of the school for the gifts,
the objects for which they stood ana
the influence of presents of that nature.
He also acknowledged the present Uf
Rosa Eonheur's Horse Fair" from this
years Freshman class. The Valedic-
~, (,ornlina Eleanor Stone who
chose for hel theme THE Northwest
Passage" Miss Stone dWelt upon the
failure of Columbus in finding The
Northwest Passage for which he
sought and she compared it to the use
lessness of seeking like short cut &c
success or the attainment of ability IN
the ordinary walks of life. Her vale
dictory was given in n manner
Thoroughly appreciated. Lauren M
Sanbon, superintendent of schools pre-
faced the comforting of the diplomas
with a few we'll chosen remarks to the
graduates and then gave to each the
diploma earned after four years work
in the school. The class then sang the
class ode to the tune 'Juanita" with
the following words composed by Ellie
Melva Wise:
Now we are gathered
Waiting for last adieu;
Sad is our parting
From friends kind and true.
Happy days departed,
Never more our hearts to cheer,
In our lives Will ever
Hold place most dear.
CHORUS.
Classmates dear claSSmate9
We must part to wend our way;
Classmates, dear classmates
We must part today.
School days are over
And our hearts are full of woe,
Four years together,
Onward we'll go.
Future days look dreary
AS the parting hour draws near,
But Wen still press onward,
And We'll never fear.
The class officers at the time of the
graduation We're: Harvey Philip Win
slow, president Lula Mabel Larrabee
vice president; Caroline Eleanor
Stone, secretary and treasurer; George
Howard Osterhout Jr., marshal.
The graduates are George Howard
Osterhout Jr., Charles Tolford Dolloff
Walter Albert Wood, Clarence Chester
Hunt, Maurice Joseph Kane, Ralph
Anterior Bartlett, Ernest Archibald
Goodwin, Ralph Avery Stone, Harvey
Philip WinSloW, IneZ Marion Glass
Olive May Glazier, Lucy Ella Dorr, Hat
tie May Royal, Matte Belle Eldridge
Minnie Cobb Eldridge, Caroline
Eleanor Stone, Lula Mabel Larrabee
Ruth Jane GOoden, Ella Melva Wise
Ruth Beulah Strout, Villa May Knight
Ivy Belinda Thompson.
The program for the occasion was
very attractive, having on the cover g
cut of the High school building set be-
tween the two pillars of an arch, across
the top of which were the letters
MCMH. A scroll, wreath and branch
were at the base of the arch, over the
ground base on which was Gardner
High school in large letters. On the
top of the arch We're two books with g
students lamp above them. A gradu-
ate, dressed in cap and gown leaned al
each side of the arch and the effect
was very artistic. The cut was de-
signed by George Osterhout Jr.