Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-20
COBURN COMMENCEMENT.
Glass Day Exercises Full of Interest to
the Large Audience.

The final exercises of the Coburn
commencement were held, Friday. The
class day exercises were held at the
BAPTIST church in the forenoon, the
the graduating exercises there in the
afternoon and the reunion and banquet
of the Alumni Association at the build
ing in the evening. 1t was not one OF
those rare June days, but on the whole
it did very well as it was cool and
without rain.
The class day exercises are always
interesting for the friends of the school.
These include the class history, the
prophecy, the presentation of the class
gift to the school, the poem, and events
of that sort. There was a large at
tendance at the church, the seats on
the floor being well filled. Music was
furnished by Halls orchestra and was
very fine. Everything went very
smoothly indeed and the audience en-
ioyed every minute of its stay.
The first speaker was William Haines,
who was the class historian. In his
comment on the first year of the class
at Coburn he mentioned as Il note
worthy fact that all it's members kept
their faces clean, but after all this
could be expected, for the class received
washings enough from the sophomores
They even went so far as to make them
sit on red hot radiators to dry off after
thew had been thoroughly wet. But the
class during this period had been mark
ed by excellent scholarship and dcport-
ment and had made a record for itself
in the school.
AS sophomOres the class had been
characterized by the sophomore wild
ness. but in a way that indicated I'M
usual ability. As juniors it had per-
haps been puffed up by the success OF
the past two years and showed Il de-
gree of carelessness. but withal finished
successfully. AS seniors the speaker
intimated that the class had been the
pride of the school and the despair OF
the under class men.
This part was finely one. 1t con-
tanned many neat hints concerning
events in school life that delighted the
class and others that the audience could
understand and enjoy. The honor and
dignity of the class was fully main
tanned and it's deeds justly me-
morialiZed.
The class poem was by Miss Adelia
c. Mcfarland and was excellent. A
pretty little story of Otto, king and en-
peror of the Germans. was nicely told III
verse. His browning, his conquest OF
Italy and staying of the king and the
wooing of the widowed queen were al
described. Then when he had won the
queen and a splendid banquet was be-
ing held in honor of his marriage she
avenged the death of her king by drink
ing with Otto a poisoned glass of wine
All this was very prettily worked out
in the poem and was made very in
teresting.
The Grafton was by Arthur f. Wins
low on the theme 1.-The Academy IL
Education" He briefly traced the orr
gin of the academy. showing how II
came into existence, it's growth and the
place in education it had come to MI
He touched upon it's influence on the
lives of the great men of Maine. de-
claring that nearly all of them had re-
ceived new inspirations and new IDEAS
there. The effect of the High school OF
the old academy was noted and the
present position of this style of school
Among the advantages of the acade-
my he mentioned the greater freedom
of choice in courses, the earnestness
of the students and the Christian in
fiuences. He thought that students whf