The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-06-10
Commencement Week.

As commandments week approaches,
the LIST Of its important events. rs
previously announced, is somewhat
extended by additional assignments.
That they may appear together, for
the convenience Of the large number
Of our readers who are interested IN
them, the more recent appointments
are here given with others which
have previously been made public.
The week opens with the senior re-
ception on Friday evening, June IS.
This occurs in Weston hall and Is
given by the members of the gradu-
atlng class TO parents and teachers
and to all citizens who are interested
in the school. Tie baccalaureate SER
mon will be preached by the Rev.
George Merriam at the Bethany
church, Sunday morning, June 2oth.
Junior exhibition and the gradu-
ating exercises will take place at the
Opera House, Monday and Tuesday
evening, June 81 and % The annual
reunion and banquet of the alumni
Of the Skowhegan high school will
occur at Hotel Coburn, after the COM
mencement exercises, Tuesday even
ing. Tickets for the banquet will be
on sale at SIMPSONS drug store dur
ing the week ending June 10. All
alumni Of the school, with their hus-
bands and wives, are invited to at
tend.
The closing incident of the week.
so far as is now known, will be the
senior picnic, to be held at Smithfield
pond, Thursday, June oath. Each
member of the senior class will invite
one guest for this occasion, and the
| junior class will also be invited to
participate. Kendall's orchestra will
furnish music for the senior reception,
for junior and senior evening and for
the alumni banquet.
There are % pupils in the junior
class, and of these, seven have parts
in the play which will be given as a
part of the program for the junior
evening. Others of the class will have
parts in the program, but the exact
number to participate, aside from the
play, has not been determined. Under
new plan adopted this year, those
only are eligible for the speaking
parts of the junior exhibition who
have maintained a certain satisfactory
standard of rank. Eight students now
on the eligible list have the privilege
of preparing piece and of receiving
training on it and from those who
| thus qualify, a committee of Judges
will select the five best to take part
on junior evening. There will also be
piano solo by Miss Margery Smith
The graduating class numbers %,
this number being equally divided be-
tween the four year Latin and the
English courses. Those who have
completed the four year Latin course
are John Lewis, Enoch Markham,
Arthur S. Merrill, Leon Seekins, Ethel
NJ. Brainerd, Lula NJ. Chapman, Lois
A. Cool, Hazel r. Holden, Ethel L.
Merriam, Sarah E. Pennell, Isabelle
B. Thomas. Those graduating from
the English course ere William
&. Andrews, Harold w. Brad
ley, Frank NJ. Pratt, Walter P.
Ennis, James o. Reed, Cleber c. Tay :
lor, Carroll c. Goodwin, Anna NJ.
Berry, Edith F. Gaylord, Mabelle E..
Ross and Marcia G. Williams. Some
of the graduates have already plans
for further schooling. Cleber Taylor,
Walter Ennis, Enoch Markham, and
Elroy Seekins expect to enter the
University of Maine. John Lewis is to
go to Bowdoin next fall and Arthur
Merrill expects eventually to go to
the same institution. Carroll Good :
win, Ethel Merriam and Sarah PEN
nell plan to attend Colby college at
Waterville. Hazel Holden is to go
to Wellesley, Marcia Williams will
attend Wheaton seminary aud James
0. Reed is to enter Pullman college in
the state of Washington. Others OF
the class have plans more or less
definitely formed but not sufficiently
determined to be announced at pres
ent.