The Somerset reporter., 1904-06-16

may enter the same institutions az can
didates for the degree Of Bachelor Of
Science, no entrance examination being
required The graduates If the General
course have done an amour, Of work
equivalent to either Of lie otAer eou1ses
but Of different selection.
some Of the class have already made
plans for their further education 20 be-
entered upon after the summer vacation.
Ralph L q. Bailey VIII enter Dart
mouth, Ben Z. Fogler WI 70 10 Co.4m.
bian University, V alter ) Hera8, -
land D. savage and Robert K. steward
will attend the University Of Maine and
Maurice P. Merrill will continue his
studies at some classical college though
he has not as yet made biz decision as
10 what one. Miss Bessie ". Alien and
n iss Jessie g. Haddocks are ~ take a
course at the New England Conservatory
Of Music, Miss Lila Y. H0Bes vii 20
to Wellesley and Miss {. pearie Esta-
brook will attend some New Eag. and
college to be decided upon later Ms-
Minnie K Brown and Miss Leila L.
Fairbrother are to attend Commercial.
schools the former Burdett's and tie
latter Bryant d STATIONS, Mss Donna
TozIer will take course at the Teach
ers Training school at Bangor and N So
Helen Tozer will enter Colby college
Just previous to the presentation Of
diplomas the principal, Nj D. H..
Perkins, announced the award of prizes
from the Shepherd fund as follows,
stating that the first prize was $45 and
the second 1876 in each case.
Senior class, LIST prize, Minnie h
Brown; End prize, Ralph E 6 Bailey.
Junior class, LIST prize, jeanette L.
sturtevant; End prize, Howard D.
Perkins
Sophomore class, 1st prize, Mabele
Arbuckls; 2nd prize, John f Taylor.
Freshman class, 1st prizs, Leon ".
Smiley; 2nd prize, Daisy a. snow.
William H. Fuller presented the di.
plomas and made brief address to the
graduates, this being followed by the
benediction pronounced by the Rev. B.
b. Merrill
The hall was very ptettily decorated
each evening in the high school colors,
orange and black, and the stage was
rendered very attractive By a large
numoer of potted plants, very tastefuly
arranged. these coming for the most
part, from the greenhouses of F. @
Danforth who kindly donated them for
use on this occasion.
Kendall's orchestra performed its
part of the program in a highly pleas
ing manner. One Of the numbers rem
dered by the orchestra was II pensero
80" a concert waltz, composed by
Arthur Inri Merchant, one of the gradu
ates, and dedicated by him to his class
Claude Barker, as oornet soloist. wa,
particularly well received. He wat
formerly Somerset county boy, resid
ing in Athens until about ten years age
when he went to Massachusetts, to con
tinue his musical studies. For the past
three years he has been a member OF
an orchestra in Hartford Conn.
Following the exercises ia Coburr
hall occurred the senior e.ass banquet
at Hotel Coburn and the members OF
the class of 1904 with invited guests, in
Guiding many of the alumni of the
school, to the number of sixty-two
were present Edland d. Savage served
very acceptaby as POSTMASTER for the
postprandial exercises and Ralph Z q
Bailey, Miss Grace Cover Guy {
French, Miss Ethel Walton, Miss Bessie
NJ Allen, Submaster Waldron and Mr.
Perkins responded to toasts Later a
large company of graduates and theil
| friends assembled in Milburn hall where
the time was very pleasantly passed il
| dancing for two hours.