The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-06-18
Commencement Week
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the class, to whom they had beer
addressed, but he did believe they
would retain something of the inspira.
ton which had been his as he had
/, aimed to make the fullest use OF hit
opportunity to convey helpful mes.
sage to them. These final sentences
cannot fail to be very wildly retained
for many years by all who heard
them and Mr.. Merrill's hope that the
lesson of his entire address may live
with his auditors, and especially with
the graduates, must be realized in a
large measure. A Skowhegan bust
ness man who was in the audience
told friend as they were leaving the
church of the Baccalaureate sermon
delivered before his class twenty
nine years ago, his being the class OF
1879, the fourth to be graduated from
the Skowhegan High School. He
recalled plainly that the address was
given by the Rev. Charles Allen and
that the text was run, speak TO this
young man" The gentleman could
remember much of the discourse
delivered at that time; the incident
would be proof, were it needed, of
the interest taken by both the grad
yates and their friends in the Bacca-
laureaute exercises of our High
School.
THE JUNIOR EVENING.
Junior exhibition occurred at
Grange Hall on Monday evening and
here assembled at the proper hour a
sufficient number of friends of t he class
to fill every available seat. The class
of 1908 were, of course, the guests of
the evening and made their entrance
in state and dignity, marching slowly
up the aisle to the music of the or
chestra and taking their seats at the
signal of their marshal, Mr.. Frank
Elmer Nolin. Beautiful potted plants
and cut flowers adorned the stage
and the class motto, equality not
Quantity looked down upon the
audience from the usual place in the
proscenium. The juniors carried on
the whole show alone. Their teach
ers were present in the audience but
they took no part in the conduct of
the evening and everything indicated
that the members of the class were
charged with the responsibility of the
entire program, this of itself being a
most excellent drill in self reliance.
The class had been trained for this
exhibition by Mrs. J. p. Oak and be-
sides the hours of faithful work that
have been devoted to special study
and rehearsals, there have been in
cidents to cause many anxious mo-
ments for both instructor and in
structed. First came the injury to
Mr.. Markham, as reported in our last
issue, necessitating the omission of
his piece, which was to have been
the first on the program. AS his part,
however, was entirely independen of
the others, its elimination was a COM
paratively simple matter; but of more
serious concern was the illness of two
of the members of the class, Miss
Hazel Holden and Miss Isabel Thorn
as, who appeared in the cast of the
play, ga Case of Suspension" as
dorothy" and mildred" Both
these young ladies were very i'll and,
when it became apparent on Friday
afternoon of last week, that Miss
Holden could not possibly take her
part, Mrs. Oak assigned the lines to
her daughter, Miss Pauline, now in
the freshman year of the Skowhegan
lIlSl oCIOOI. IC llIIiC III IliSillO-
rizing the part was very short and
there was opportunity for but three
rehearsals, but Miss Oak was equal
to the emergency and susta aimed her
role so successfully that no hint was
given of the circumstances under
which it had been assumed or the
brevity of the time which had been
possible for its study. Miss Thomas,
although still quite i'll, was able 10
meet the necessities of the case and
[ take her part. She rode to and from
the hall, remaining there only the
time actually necessary for her APP
pearance on the stage, and was care
full to omit the parts of the play
which called for dancing or other
action of fatiguing nature.
A very agreeable feature of the
evenings program was the prompt
ness with which events succeeded
each other. The speakers followed
each other without waiting or delay
at any point and the play was ready
and moved to its conclusion with like
commendable promptness. The ex
purience and ability of their instruct
or, Mrs. Oak, was evidenced in this,
as well as in the individual excellence
to which each speaker or actor at
tanned. The following is the program
as printed and, with the explain ations
above noted regarding changes
brought about by the injury to Mr.
Markham and the illness of Miss
Holden, shows the events of the
evening as they transpired:
PARr
Music
/ +L,r,cb MARKHAM,
Bobby Shaftoe, Homer Greent
Mabelle Ross
Miss Pettigrews Reception,
Eta Anthony Bake
Sadie Pencil
Music
Legend of Skowhegan Anon
Edith Gaylord
Brier Rose, Hjalmar III. Boyeser
Anna Berry
/ A Harvard and Yale Football story,
James Reed
Music
A Legend of Bregenz. adelaide Proctor
| Ethel Merriam
Mabel Martin John &. W hittel
ElVa Cunhh
The Lost Heir, Thomas ilooc
Myra French
Music
Excused
PART II
"A CASE OF SUSPENSION.@
A COMEDY y Two AcTs.
THE CAST
Dorothy J -. H.. 81 Hazel Holden
Alice onhS lead1es "a Lula Chapman
Mildred lhe 7eihiA@iS Isabel Thoma
Harold Undergraduates Roy Seekins
Tom ola Arthur Merrill
lack College nearby John Lewis