Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-06-23
Commencement at Hebron Academy.
INTERESTING ExERC1sEs ATTENDING
GRADUATION OF LARGE CLASS.

Characteristic Hebron spirit was man
ifest In al the exercises and events Of
commencement week at Hebron Acade
my, and weather of comfortable cool
ness combined with the return Of large
number Of graduates and the attendance
of many other visitors combined to make
the week Q memorable one.
On Monday evening was held the usu.
al junior prize debate. Question for
debate, "Resolved, That the national
enactment which exempts American
vessels engaged In coastwise trade
from payment of tolls for passage
through the Panama canal should be re-
pealed." Affirmative, Jacob Ham. Lew
iston; Grace Littlefleld, Gardiner; Fred
Chadbourne, Waterford. Negative,
William Damn, Swanville; Letitia
Mitchell, Pownal; Harold Sawyer,
Pennington; The team prize OF Sl2
was awarded to the affirmative, with
prize of So for best individual debate to
Fred Chadbourne.
The annual meeting Of the trustees Of
the academy opened at nine O'Clock
Tuesday morning and lasted nearly all
day. A large amount of business was
transacted. Officers for the ensuing year
were elected as follows:
Vice. Pres-N. NJ. Marshall, NJ. D., Portland
Sec.-Albert n. Richardson, Hebron.
Treas.-William e. Atwood, Hebron.
Trustees for three years were elected
as follows:
John d. Long. bingham. Mass.
George M. Atwood, Paris.
Mrs. Eugene n. Foss, Jamaica Plain. Mass.
Henry K. Stearns, Hebron.
Hugh Chisholm Leighton, New York, n. 7.
Tuesday afternoon the class day exer-
cises of the class of 1914 we're held in
the chufch, with program as previously
published.
Following the class day exercises
there were dedicatory exercises OF the
Deacon William Barrows monument on
the campus. The program included
several selections of music, and was
opened with prayer BY Rev. A. T. Nc
Whorter of South Paris. A poem was
read BY Mrs. Annie B. Robinson. A
paper on early days at Hebron" writ
ten BY Rev. G. NJ. Prentiss King. D. D.,
of tho class of '5S. was read by Miss
Ruth Colt Pearce of the class Of 1915.
The dedicatory address was given by
John Stuart Barrows of Boston, Mass,
and the exercises closed by the singing
of the Hebron centennial ode.
Tuesday evening large audience en-
joyed the commencement concert by
the Lotus Quartette of Boston and Miss
Dorothy Berry Carpenter, reader.
At 10 O'Clock Wednesday the gradual
ing exercises we're held in the church,
when class of sixty-five received diplo-
mas. The program has already been
given. The address to the class was
given by Frederick R. Dyer, Esq, of
Buckfield.
At l O'Clock the commencement din
ner was served at Sturtevant Home.
Prizes for the year, in addition to the
debate as given above, are as follows:
Defamation. Girls. First prize, $40,
Kathryne Mary Sturtevant, North Var
mouth, Maine; second prize, S., Grace
Evelyn Littlefield, Gardiner, Ne. Boys.
First prize, $40, John Bowers Matthews,
Troy, N. Y; second prize, Harold An
drew Henderson, Portland, Me.
Lyford speaking contest, Colby Col
lege. Four special prizes, aggregating
500, the gift OF w. d. Lyford, class of
1879, Colby College, were offered to
young men from Maine preparatory
schools. Third prize, SIS, awarded to
John Bowers Matthews, Troy, N. Y.
In the girls division of gymnasium
work two prizes were offered, based on
attendance and excellence OF work.
First prize, s., was awarded to Kath-
ryne Mary Sturtevant, North Yarmouth,
Me-; second prize. IS, Winifred Mar
guerite Hollis, Canton, Me.
The Leavitt Composition Contest.
Three prizes, aggregating $40, the gift
of Mrs. William Leavitt, were offered to
the freshman class for the best compost
ton on any tenn perance subject. First
prize, IS. Leta Alvena Weymouth, How
land, Me-; second prize, IS, Margaret
Emma Green, Skowhegan, Me-; third
prize, 80, Stanford Lawrence Miller, Au-
gusta, Ne.
Scholarship Prizes.
slO-Highest rank in Greek, Florence
Ina Sawyer, La Grange, Me.
Sl0-Highest rank in Latin, George
Lawrence Evans, Biddeford, Me.
SlO-Highest rank in English, Ruth
Gott Pearce, Glen Arm, Md.
S1O-Highest rank in German, Kath-
ryne Mary Sturtevant.
$1O-Highest rank in French, Clarence
Crombie Pc, BasseiD, Burma.
S1O-Highest rank in mathematics,
Marston Leadbetter Beverage, North
Haven, Me.
slO-Highest rank in science, Marston
Leadbetter Beverage.
slO-Higbest general rank In all
studies for the year, Clarence Crombie
Pc.
sl0-First prize in music, Clyde Stan
ley Murch, South Casco, Ne.
S5-Second prize in music, Virginia
Mary Bean, West Minot, Me.