Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-16
HALL0WELl HIGH
Graduation Of Class of'06
Friday Afternoon.
Large Crowd Enjoys the Exer-
cises at City Hall.
Reception and Gall 6iysr
Ia the Evening.

at City hall Friday afternoon. No bet :
n" hearts Of gra luatcS ana teachers
| ara to insure real and gratifying sue
| cess I" their ltbors. The class is small
or ms year than usual. Unfortunately
| IRE membership dwindled from the
| ilcHtjln1u enrolment Of u. but the in
| i"r'-' ana cndeavorS Of the seen com
| l'lttirl% Inc course in no way lessons
| their feeling Of honor and reward fpi
| schc"l duties we'll rendered.
The attendance yesterday Afternoon
was large and the exercises very inter
| eStn@ for all who attended.
After Il selection by Carey'S full or
| chest:'a. PRAYER was offered by Rev. Mr.
| \ic!clS and following this was anoth-
| er musical selection.
| til" salutatoiy and essay 1.-THE Col
| lee.n Erred and Self Educated Man" NV
| Hurry David Shea was followed with
| interest. Mr.. Shea said in part:
''rhc W"rld is h"cumin" one. vast in
dustriil condition. Society Of today is
III y" form Of economy and industry.
| the conquest Of the world is made
| through the locomotive. steel bridge
| ana hundreds Of other modern I'M
| rrovementS rather than through the
bdttleships and rifle. in this industrial
| condition the United States is a leading
| power and finds itself manager Of
! enormous business interests
| Nh. Shea thought that improvement
| in bettering the industrial situation lay
| in the furnishing of well-cquipped
works. Whether or not the college does
equip its graduates to be workers in
the world. tire speaker desired to sup
port tie, idea that the graduate of an
American c64fgt is best fitted to ad-
minister the great Industrial move
| lrent. "A fool cannot be made wise or a
medicdle; man brilliant College train
ms can bring .out nature and perfect
il. Natural gepius often displays great.
noWcr. but college can develop system
and method and the ability Ia think
quickly and logically. Business of ev-
cry sort requileS men Of power to
think. To do Alright, to appreciate to
begin things and endure Some, men
rnss ass there manifold powers. nihere
30 not and the college is not to L1na.
iZe but to develop each to- his utmost
capacity. individuality Of character is
essential and this isl destroyed by a
wrong choosing of q calling. I'll" col
'..''.. lsf ,t'>,s tAsnte the man of sober
mindedness, Of personal resolution.
.i:I abstract Of the class history by
james Leigh Dinsnrore follows:
So far as membership is concerned
the class of 1906 has always been unfor-
tmr,te-t this with rtferchce TO quantity
ana MT quality. Looking at this small
nunlb.r "f young men. no doubt you
viii be surprised to hear that the class
in entering Ihe Iii9h Schcol numbered
y members, of which seven We're girls
ana - boys. At the end of the year the
membership was reduced by four girls
ana three boys. The haZing experiences
of 1906 We're unique and quotations
touching numerous episodes We're read
verbatim. In the second year Others
lrCpped from the class leaving 10 boy,
AMI one girl The priZr speaking contest
originated in this H@2r ana an athletic
meet OF the cour classes was held. In
The third year the drama "A Country
Kid" was presented ANA the fact that
the cast demanded three female char
acters while thnr" was only on" Young
the representation by the boys. The
play was Il great amateur success.
Severty-fve dollars was cleared after
settling EXPENSES of 81. During the last
term two more members Withdrew.
one on account of sickness leaving til"
present membership of six
Martin O'Connor. bright lad. who
has given thorough attention to studies
and school duties throughout the
course. evincing natural tendencies to
study ana oratory,Was unable t. be
present and take part in the gradual
ing exercises. owing to illness. He had
prepared an essay on Graft.
TIC class prophecy by Clarence
Shepherd was an interesting paper. IN
it he related his experience with the
funny little geni. who distracted him
through underground raSsagcwayS I'M
| til they reached 4 large cavern in
which there were many books. One of
these volumes marked "1a06' in gilt let
| terS had written on its pages the flu
| tur" of members of the class. The I'll
| tie page bore the likeness of the presi-
| dent of the class. Clarence Longfellow
| TIL. reading matter in connection with
| the picture referred to his success in
| conducting an apiary at his old home
| in West Farmingdale of his success in
manufacturing and Of the value of his
! book on "How to Make Drone Bees
+, Work"
! ON the second page of the book We're
the words "The jury brought in a YER
dict of not guilty and the prisoner. Pearl
RIaiSdel withdrew from the court
room" 1t was due to the able defence
of Hon. Martin O'Connor throughout
the trial that the court was convinced
Of the mans innocence. II appears that
i i.tl'r al! had been charged with dis
al Ing i number Of promising football
players. ON the following page in the
big book was an account Of the MILL
merry successes of Harold Smith. "who
makes n specially of high prices ana
natural flowers" Harry Shea developed
into an actor and was rounding out a
notable career as DR.. Jekyl i'm the
tragedy "Dr. Jekyl and Mr.. Hyde" al
the time the book was written.
1t was printed in the book that James
Leigh DinSmore would graduate from
BowGOin at the head of his class and
| Hponl1 ratllrp IN Hal,Uan 70