Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-26

these my bretnren, ye nave uone II JILL
to me-
II Thus each teach on the endless path
Of life found the Eternal Treasure.
where she least expected and was new
Ter again deluded.
III Awards Of 10000.
II After the selections the awards of
II 19O8-1909 were announced by Principal
Stevenson:
II Sustained by Hon. w. Scott Libbey
Of Lewiston. Me, who was student IN
| the school in the years 1879 and 1871.
/ The purpose Of these prizes is ex-
II pressed in Mr.. Libbey's words. as fol-
lows:
II desire to offer two annual prizes
OF $25 EACH one to boy and one to q
girl of the Senior class. The basis of
the award shall be substantially as
II follows:
1.-THE faculty OF the school shall de-
| eide during the last month Of each
n school year what boy and what girl
of the Senior class has throughout the
whole course performed the best all
round work. i. e., has In the Judgment
Of the teachers of Coburn Classical In
II stitute, made the most of his or her OPP
portunities. Remembering that it is
the duty Of every Individual to take the
N qualities with which he is gifted and,
working with these, to develop him
self to the uttermost, 1 desire that
these awards shall never be made on
II the sole basis of sheer superficial
achievement, but rather in recognition
of the high purpose and strong persis-
tency with which each person shall
have worked to make, in all ways, the
best Of himself or herself. Scholarship
Il shall not necessarily be the first con-
II sideration.
In every case the faculty shall, so
| far as they may be able, take into
careful consideration al the circum-
/ stances by which the career Of each
candidate has been affected"
The Libbey boys prize is awarded to
Donald Head White. for steadiness
and reliability, and for one conspicuous
instance of independence in judgment
4 and fearlessness in action.
The Libbey girls prize Is awarded.
under conditions as follows: The Co
burn faculty declines, sometimes. to
award a prize, because there chances
/ to be no student who pre-eminently de-
| serves that particular prize. The Lib
| hey girls prize is awarded to no in
dividual girl in the Senior class, not for
this reason, but because there is no
girl in the class who does not deserve
it. This prize therefore, Is divided
among all the girls Of the Glass of
1909
Junior prize reading-First prize, An
ME Pauline Cole. East Livermore; Rob-
ert Hall Bowen, Waterville; second
Sc cond prize, Mary Marjorie Meader,
Waterville: Gerald WEIGH, Oakland.
| Durham Mathematics Prze-Sus?
tanned by H. r. Durham. Of the Glass
! of 1882. Bessie Noble Tobey. Oakland.
George Otis Smith Latin Prize
Sustained by Hon. George Otis Smith,
| Director Of the United States Geological
| Survey, and president of the Board of
Trustees. Gencvieve Frances Cole,
Prospect Harbor.
George Otis Smith French Prize
Divided between Genevieve Frances
Cole and Meroe Farnsworth Morse
Elizabeth Boutelle Foster Reading
Prize Sustained by Mrs. Elizabeth
Routelle Foster of Watervillel This
| prize is awarded to the person who,
| during the school year, has pursued
| the best course of private reading, in
| subjects outside the regular school
work. Such course is meant to in
clude books. magazines and newspa-
pers Each contestant is required to
write, in not more than fifty words. an
| appreciation Of each book and each
| magazine article read; to write, also.
| in not more than two hundred words, a
| criticism of the general value Of some
newspaper as a source of information
and a mOulder or public opinion.
! Awarded to Genevieve Frances Cole.
Prospect Harbor.
| Colby Prize Scholarships-Sust
by Colby College and awarded to the
boy and the girl who have maintained
the highest rank throughout the course
500 for each of the four years of the
college course Donald Head White
Waterville; Gladys Erdine Knowlton,
| Waterville.
Horror Books-The following students
have won very high rank during each
of the six half terms of the year now
ending. They are, thereby, entitled tc
the permanent possession and wearing
Of the Ut Prosim pin. AS an additional
mark of honor, they are presented each
with volume of worthy literature
bound in the Coburn colors-crimson
and god-and containing the inscrip-
ton, 'Virtuti Retro Ire Non Licet."
Seniors Elizabeth Theresa Friel
Gladys Erdine Knowlton. Meroc Farms
worth Morse Bessie Noble Tobey
Emily Marguerite White
Observation-Disclosures Bowen. Robert
Hall Bowen, Harold Calvin Morse. Eva
Isabel Pratt. Frank Leforest Collins.
Observation-Disclosures Boutelle.
Freshman-Henry Ludwig Flood
Kregcr
In comforting the diplomas Principal
Stevenson spoke as follows:
I am about to bestow upon you. the
members Of the Glass of 1909. the diplo
ma Of this Institution. In comforting
this diploma, Coburn Classical Insti-
tute manifests its faith in you. it's love
for YOU, and its assurance that you are
endowed with such qualities as will
enable You to perform useful and high
minded work in the world, and will
stimulate you to strong effort in the