Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-06-25
Fifty-Two Hebron Graduates
RECEIVE DIPLOMAS FROM THIS TIME
HoNoRED INSTITUTION.


envy this year, while attended with all
the pleasant features usually attendant
upon its Observance, was of even more
than ordinary interest, and large at
tendance of parents aud friends testified
to the interest felt ia the graduates and
the Institution which has done and is
doing 80 much for the education of our
youth. A class of tifty-two received di
plomas at the graduating exercises.
At the annual meeting of the trustees
on Tuesday, Hon. George d. Bisbee of
Rumford, who has served as president OF
the board for some years, presented his
resignation, and Hon. John ID. Long Of
bingham, Mass, was elected in his
stead. j. W. Amick of Freeport was
succeeded on the board of trustees by
W. L. Bonney of Bowdoinham. and Dr.
j. W. Beeds of Auburn by William p.
Brennemsn of Auburn.
Class day exercises of the class of 1912
were held in the church Tuesday after
noon, with the following program:
Music
Prayer by the Chaplain - Roy Clifford Hurd
Address to Halls and Campus
Frances whipple CARL
Address TO Undergraduates
William Arthur Carey
Music
Oration-Child Labor IN the United States
Alexander Gray Miller
Glass Prophecy
Marvel Martin
Walter Burns Long
Presentation of Class Gifts
Erma Florence Thurston
Singing Of the Glass Ode
Music
The concert Tuesday evening by Mile.
Scalar, once teacher of music in the
Academy, who has since achieved such
wide fame in the operate world, was a
noteworthy feature OF the week. Mile.
Scalsr was received with great enthusi-
assn by an audience which filed the
church, and all were delighted with the
opportunity of hearing her magnificent
voice.
At 10 O'Clock Wednesday the COM
mcncement exercises were held in the
church, with program as follows:
Music
Inv .tion
Music
Our English Vocabulary
Edith Wentworth verril
The Awakening OF China frank Payne Farnum
Paul Lawrence Dunbar and His Works
Ethel Ruth Pierce
The Raising OF the Battleship Maine
Roderique Francis Soule
Music
"MichaeT" Olivia Josephine Church
An Appreciation OF Nathaniel Hawthorne as an
Author ----..--. .--- Ivan Cecil Ames
Irving's Representation tthe Dutch settlers
Hazel Alta Durgtu
The Canadian West James Franklin Parsons
Music
ualan Mav HutchIna
The Value Of CuItivating Taste for Reading
Marjorie Alden Hopper
The Rhodes Bequsst. Ralph Picksrd Goodrieh
"Burns' The ~; Susan Martin
Comforting Diplomas
Address to Class
William P. Brenneman, ESQ, Auburn. Me-
Awarding Prizes
Benediction
f'Salutatory Honor
'-Valedictory Honor
Fifty-two graduates received diplomas.
Their names and courses are:
COLLEGE
Edith Olive Bearce, Turner
Josephine Scott Bourgeois. Lynn. Mass.
James Scott Bracket, Phillips.
Neal kingshury Brewer. Portland.
William Arthur Carey. East Boston. Mass.
Francis Whipple Carl, WATERFORD.
John Cogan Fitzgerald, Bath.
Marion Harmon, West Falmouth.
Marjorie Alden Hopper. Martinsville.
Roy Clifford Hurd. Charlestown. Mass.
Helen May Hutchins, Rumford Corner.
Walter Burns Long, Pressure Isle.
Marvel Martin, Somervile. Mass.
Susan Martin, Rumford Point
Alexander Grav Miller, Long Cove.
Norman Hunt Nickerson, Rel Reach
lanes Franklin Parsons, Barnston, Que.
Ethel Ruth Pierce. South Thomaston.
Harold Marshall Pratt, oxford.
Marion Scribner smith, Norway.
Norman Luther Stevens. Cherry deli.
Edith Wentworth Verrill. West Minot.
ENGLISH
Laura May Barden, West Paris.
Lewis Grin Rarrows. Newport
Russell Eustis Jarrett, Rockland.
Frank Stanley Bennett, Paris.
John Robert Burke, Holyoke, Mass.
George Russell, Day, Skowhegan.
Earl Brentwood Fuller. Concord, \. VI.
Ralph Pickard Goodrich, bingham.
Herbert Wentworth G itdn. skowhegan.
hristine Hanson, Maiden. Mass.
Florence Pennell Libby. Portland.
James Hugh Prince. Pol ind Spring.
stephen Robert Purinton. Kennebunk.
Walter Maynard Richmond, South Livermore.
Edward John Staples, Cape Elizabeth.
Erma Florence rhurston, Newry.
diploma withheld pending completion of
course.
SCIENTIFIC
Ivan Cecil Ames, Moth Haven.
Donald Mckeehnie Ashton. Springfield, Mass.
Carroll Everett Besse, Albion.
Merle Ashley Chapman, South Poland.
Olivia Josephine Church. Tvertop, RI
Arthur Lester Dow. wslthsm. Mass.
Hazel Alta Durgin, wea; Forks.
James Carroll Elliott North Rumford.
Frank Paine Fsrnum. New Gloucester.
Flynn Martin. New Gl2ucesterN
Percy Freeman Orne. Boothbay Harbor.
Hiram Ellsworth Perkins, Sycamore, Mass.
Roderique Francis Soule. South freeport.
Scott Dana Staples. North Haven
Special
Erold Robert Farrar. Monson
Excused
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