Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-06-10
Commencement Gould Academy
BETHEL, June @.

BETHEL, June o.
The exercises of commencement week
at Gould Academy began Sunday after
noon with a bsccalaureste sermon By
Prof. w. b. Mitchell of Bowdoin College:
Forgetting those things which are be-
hind and reaching forth unto those
things which are before, press toward
the mark for the prize of the high call
ing In Christ Jesus" was a text which
brought to the pupils forcibly the need
of purpose to win success. II was full
of courage and inspiration. Special
music was rendered by a full chorus
choir, the three churches uniting, under
the direction Of DIR. /. II. Wight. The
decorations were particularly dainty,
composed of the class cOlOrs, green and
white.
Examinations filled Monday and Tues
day.
Thursday was an ideal day for the
graduation exercises, which took place
in Odeon Hall. 1t was literally packed,
and many were obliged to go away.
The stage was decorated with back
ground of frs upon which was 1918 in
white letters. In the archwsy hung the
class motto, "Viucit Qui Laborst."
Flagg il Plummer's Orchestra was ip
attendance. Program:
March.
Music.
Invocation.
Latin Salutstory, Carroll Edward Valentine
The American Flag, Alice Gertrude Swan
LIQUID Air, Joseph Deegan
The Responsibility of the Teachers Profession,
viols Gertrude Bartlett
Norman william Hamln
The Panama Canal. EDITH Berry kimball
Ralph Elwen Abbott
Music.
The Mound Builders, Ruth Elaine Harrington
Are Athletics Help OF q Hindrance In School?
sClyde William Lapham
Class History, Edith Burbank Marsden
What Would Do with Million Dollars,
mildred Georgia Eagle
Class Grafton, vincit Qul Laborai,
Winfield Emmons Wight
Memorial Day Lessons. .Ella Alice Carey
Sylvia Esther Swan
Acceptance OF Gift. Hon. A. Z. Herrick
Music.
The Seven Wonders OF the World.
.Gladys NJ. Russell
What 1t Means to be Educated,
'Adelmsr Raymond Brown
Glass Prophecy, Alta Charlotte Cummings
Aerial Navigation, 'Urban Clark Bartlett
Class WIZ, Edward Henry Tenney
Music.
Niagara Falls, Ralph Herbert Young
Presentation OF Gifts, Eva Marion Bean
Agriculture. 'Arthur Sylvester Cummings
Music.
Comforting OF Diplomas.
Award OF the Maurice Pratt Prizes.
Singing OF Class Ode.
Benedit ton.
All of the exercises were marked by
most credtable degree of efficiency.
Carrie Kings class ode was fitting
close to the graduation exercises Of the
class of 1918, which has held a high
record, not only for being the largest
class ever graduating from Gould's
Academy (twenty-four), but also for
being well equipped to go out into
broader fields of education.
The commencement concert was of an
exceptionally high order, given by Mr.
Leigh G.. Henderson, Violin Soloist; Miss
Verns Ashe Noyes, Soprano SOlOist: Mr..
Fred A. Clough, Bass SoloIst; Miss
Mabel e. Johnson, Pianist, and Miss
Sylvanis Beatrice Hacker, Reader and
Impersonator. Program:
Reading. Selected
Miss Hacker.
Solo, Selected
Piano Solo-"Rigolelto," Verdi Liszt
Miss johnson.
Solo, "Ah, Love but q Day." Mrs. Beach
Miss Soyes.
Violin Solo
"Adoration," Borowski
"Mazurks," Mljnarski
Mr.. Henderson.
Reading, Selected
Miss Hacker.
Solo, Selected
Mr.. Clough.
Violin Solo
"Adsgio PathetiQue." GODDARD
Hungarian Dance" Brahms
Mr.. Henderson.
Solo-"A Birthday" woodman
Miss Noyes.
The reception OF Friday evening given
by the seniors was as usual one of the
pleasant features of graduation.