The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-06-18

uy olCdl 1IdlulDSy WING CoAAO VI viz
benefits of athletics for the young, especial
| ly for women. The expression "the weak
er sex" would soon cease to have mean
ing if physical training among the young
women were more general. He gave a
brief history of physical training and its
effects from the days of the Spartans until
| the present time. He spoke of the time,
| soon to come, when physical training for
everyone would be as general, and regarded
as necessary, as moral and intellectual
! growth.
Frank Wesley Twombly rendered as a
clarinet solo the ''Second Air Varie" by E..
b. Thornton, and his rendering was credit
to himself and to his instructor, Mr.. F. j.
| Rigby.
! Miss Ethel Mae Woods well written es-
! say ON "Our Transatlantic Cousins refer
red first to our common language. She then
spoke of the ignorance of the people of one
nation as to the life, customs and habits of
other countries, but noted better knowl-
edge of one another arising from intermar-
riages. She gave her listeners interesting
glimpseS of the social customs and home
| life of our relatives "across the pond"
| The chorus, 1.-THE Lake." by Abt was
then rendered by the school, and ''Who is
Silvia,'' by Schubert, was given as an en-
core.
Albert William Stevens, the class prophet,
showed great thought and ingenuity in de-
scribing the methods by which he was
enabled to see his classm; 5es in various
places over the country, busy 1T their chosen
vocations in the year 1880. An airship trans
ported him to the home of group of scien-
fists at the North Pole, and by newly
invented and marvellous electrical device
scenes thousands of miles away were
brought before his eyes.
The school sang as a chorus "The Grena-
diers," by Schumann, and responded to an
encore with ''The Pigtal," by Bullard.
The presentation of gifts by Clair Leroy
Hartman was an amusing sequel to the
class prophecy, giving to the members of
the class some exaggerated mementos of
the sphere of life to which the prophet had
assigned them. He closed by presenting to
the Principal, for the school, the bas relief
of Guido Reni's ''Aurora," the contribution
of the class of 'O3 to the schools art gallery.
Daniel Augustus Gould, the valedictorian,
had an interesting and instructive essay on
''Wireless Telegraphy,'' clearly expressed.
He described the process of message send
ing and receiving, the apparatus, ETC., CIV
ing, also, a short account of the steps toward
the completion of the present system made
by various scientists, and their adoption,
| combination and perfection by Marconi.
| Mr. Gould's valedictory, although brief,
| was full of feeling and original in express
sion.
Charles S. Bickford, chairman of the
School Committee, in presenting the di-
plomas gave brief address in which he
spoke in praise of the work of the school
and of Principals Howard and Eaton, and
| their assistants, Misses Field, Townsend
| and Barr. The schools, he said, are labor
| ing under three disadvantages, unsuitable
| buildings, small pay for the teachers and
lack of interest on the part OF the parents.
He hoped that these difficulties would soon
| be overcome.
The class ode, the words and music by
Frank Wesley Twombly, was sung by the
class, with piano accompaniment by Miss
DilWOrth.
Following is the class poem by Mr.. Twom-
bly,:
As we enter on life's duties
Looking forward to the end,
Step by step through unseen meshes,
Pleasures with our trials blend.
Tasks completed, studies ended,
Memory holds the pleasures, too.
Shade and shadow, light and sunshine,
Mingling, blending, fill our view.
| AS we travel on life's journey,
May we take the memory true
Of the friendships we have formed here,
AS a token of the hue
That may color all our future
/ With light that e'er will last,
frightened by our earnest efforts,
| Linking future with the past
Now we're standing at the entrance
Of life's earnest toll and care,
| Better fitted for the struggle
! Coming years to us will bear.
Day by day the labors finished, =,
Towards the goal our footsteps bend.
! Finish life as in our school days,
| The work is crowned by the end.
The exercises closed with benediction
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