Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-06-10
FROM BAR HARBOR.

BAR HARBoR, June (specisl) 1.-THE
| graduating exercises of the class of 1903
| OF the Bar Harbor high school took place
at the Casino Monday evening, June s..
The Casino was prettily decorated with
green's which were trained around the
balconies, while on the front OF the stage
| were palms, ferns aud potted plants.
On the stage were seated the members
of the school board, Julien Emery, b. l..
Hsdley and II. e. Wakefield; Superin-
| tendent- OF Schools Head, and the teach
ers of tie high school, Principal Thomas,
Miss Hutchinson, Miss Long, Miss
| Cheney.
To the music OF the Casino orchestra
| of nine pieces the members of the grad
uating class, led by the marshal, Carl w.
Reynolds, 1904, marched in and took their
places upon the stage, and the exercises
began.
Music by the orchestra was followed by
prayer by Rev. Angus M. Macdonald,
pastor of the Bar Harbor Congregational
church. The graduates and their subjects
were as follows:
salutatory.
Essay-when theLand Was Young,
Inez Meta Suminshy
Essay-From the Walls of the Monasteries,
Lena Imogene Hodgkins
| Glass History. Georgia Belle Hoagkins
Essay-Business Traits. Mary Frances Wood
Address to undergraduates. Marion Rich
Glass Prophecy Cora Edna Schoppe
Essay They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships.
| vesta May Stubs
Presentation of Gifts, Clarice Pearl Getchel
| Valedictory Essay-Forw.lrd,
Beuah Frances Whitmore
| The speakers all acquitted themselves
admirsbly the matter of their essays
being excellent and we'll delivered. A male
quartette composed OF g. Prescott Cleaves,
first tenor, Mr.. Mahan, second tenor,
Frank e. Whitmore, first bass, and A. Fl.
Kidder, second bass, sang two selections
in very pleasing manner, and responded
to vigorous encore each time.
A piano duet by Miss Ina Guptill and
Maurice c. Rumsey was received with en-
thusiastic applause, to which the perform
ers responded.
| With few remarks Principal Thomas
introduced Mr.. Emery, chairman of the
oShOoi bouios Whof hAtSi q chOAt dodlG co
to the graduates, presented the diplomas.
| The following ode, the words of which
were written by Vesta M. Stubs, with
music by Clarice p. Getchell, two of the
| graduates, was then sung by tine class:
We have been so long together
| That 1t seems no change could be,
Yet tonight we end the school life
OF the class of nineteen three.
| Since the life we've passed together.
Swift clouds before the sun,
Swift as shadows In the summer,
Its four years have swiftly run.
We feel we've oft been thoughtless,
That we might have kinder been,
Might have known each other better,
Had we thought of parting then.
And now with sadness, schoolmates,
| Tho with joy for aught well done,
We wish you all good fortune
| AS we sing our last farewell.
The exercises closed with benediction
| by Rev. Angus M. Macdonald.
| The officers of the class are: Clarice
Pearl Getchell, president; Vesta May
Stubbs, vice-presiden; Georgia Belle
Hodgkins, secretary; Beulah Frances
| Whitmore, treasurer; executive commit
tee, Inez Meta Suminsby, Mary Frances
Wood, Cora Edna Schoppe. The class
| motto is Finis coronat opus.
| The baccalaureate sermon to the grad
| uating class was delivered Sunday evening
at the Episcopal church by Rev. Stephen
| H. Green.
| The Newport, Marlboro, Porcupine and
Belmont hotels are now open for the sea-
SOD, and each has several guests.
| During the past week many we'll known
summer people have arrived, and the
streets and drives have taken on quite an
| appearance of summer. Many of the
stores along Main street, which are closed
during the winter, have been recently
| opened, prominent among them being
Bees and the flower store OF the Mt
| Desert nurseries, the latter in charge of
| +. III. Moses.