Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-06-14
BLUEHILL GRADUATES.
COMMENCEMENT AT BLUEHILL-
GEORGE STEVENS ACADEMY.
BAccALAUREATE sERMoN-JuNIoR Ex-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. EXERCISES
AND CLASS CONCERT.

BLUEHILL, June II Especially Last week
was commencement week at Bluehfll-
George Stevens academy The exercises
for the week began on Sunday, June A,
when Rev. E. Bean preached the baccalau-
reate sermon in the Congregational
church in the morning, and in the even
ing Rev. r. l.. Odds addressed the class in
the Baptist church.
JUNIOR EXHIBITION.
Monday evening, June 5, the junior
exhibition was given in the town hall.
The following programme was finely rem
dered:
March ..........................M Miss Fardy
Prayer...-...-..."..,, ...... .....Rev L Bean
Chorus: Esther Allen. Elizabeth Maddox,
Amy Astbury. Marion Mcintyre, Belle
Butler Ethel Pert, May Clay, Gertrude
Townsend, Jennie Grindle. Alberta
Treworgy.
The Master Key Original story,
Lois Belle Butler
The Lost Word. ........ Helen Joy Hinckley
song-Little Boy Blue. MILFORD Grindle Conary
Influence of Men CA Character
Jennie Grindle
Influence Of Books on Character.
Clarence Irving Chatto
Music by the chorus
The Song of the Drum, Myrtle Parker Pillsbury
The Railroad Crossing.. Fred Leslie Greene
Song The Sweetest story Ever Told.
Esther Merle Allen
sketch from 1.-THE Merchant of Venice,
Alice Rozea Hinckley
Dramdtis Persona.
The Duke. Brooks Cousins
Antonio........ ......-......, Wilford Conary
Bassanio. .......................C Clarence Chatto
Solarnio ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Everett Hale
Gratiano.. Lyman Slower
shylock .........,..... ......T Thomas Hinckley
Portia-..-........... ..............Joy Hinckley
Nerissa. ...... Marion Mcintyre
Clerk. Fred Greene
The costumes for the scene were hired
from Boston, and the stage effect vas very
fine.
JUNIOR RECEPTION.
Thursday evening the juniors gave a re-
ception to the other classes, to the faculty,
the alumni and trustees. The academy
rooms were handsomely decorated, and
the event was very pleasant. There was a
musical programme after which refresh
ments were served.
GRADUATION EXERCISES
Friday afternoon the town hall was
filled to its utmost capacity by an audi
ence interested in the closing exercises of
the graduation. The stage was tastefully
decorated in green and white, the class
colors. Long festoons of white cheese
cloth alternating with evergreen were
caught up to the ceiling near the front
of the stage where they were held by
wreaths of evergreen. In semi-circle at
the back was the class motto: "Live to
Learn and Learn to Llve''-in letters of
green on a white background. Mrs.
Abbie Slower had charge of the decora-
tions.
The class numbered eighteen, and it is a
| class the town and institution may well
be proud of, for individually and collect
lively they rank in every way with the
best young people of the day. Space for
bids an extended report of each part of
the programme, but they were all excel
lently prepared and rendered.
Judge Dunn's address to the class con-
tanned much wise counsel, presented in
forcible and pleasing manner.
The programme follows:
March. '...................-.. --Mlss mayo
Prayer........ ....................Re Rev X L Odds
Piano solo......................M Miss Nettie Clay
saluta tory-The Launching Of the Ship,
*Edith Chase
Essay-Maine In Literature. ... Carrie Sargent
Plano solo...... ......Miss Belvidera Gross
Glass History and Prophecy. Elsie Philip
Essay-Alexander Hamilton.
Eugene Hamilton
Violin solo. Herman Carter
Essay-National Songs............ldaE Morse
Presentation of Glass Gifts......C Mary Curtis
Essay-A Plea for shylock. valedictory,
Mabelle Babson
Glass Ode
Address to class
Presentation of Diplomas. Judge Dunn
Music .....Apollo quartette
Benediction. Rev c G HARDWOOD
sin the absence of Miss Chase. Miss Rena
johnson spoke few appropriate words Of
welcome,
The graduates are: Mabelle E. Babson,
Edith Chase, Sylvia NJ. Chapman, G. Mary
Curtis, Raymond r. Carter, Carrie T. Grin
die, Jennie f. Grindal, Gladys NJ Grindle,
Abbie L. Gross, Eugene B. Hamilton,
Rena A. Johnson, Orendie L. Mason, Ida
e. Morse, Allie f. Osgood, Elsie Philip,
Carrie B. Sargent, Arson B. Thorn, A.
Maude York.
The class officers are: President, Ma
belle f. Babson; vice-president, Ida D..
Morse; secretary and treasurer, Abbie E..
Gross.
The class ode by Abbie Eloise Gross, and
set to music by Daniel |. Gross, was finely
sung. 1t follows;
IT'S June and the breezes blow softly;
NIL ao..,a,a ra hIoon,tr,,