The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-06-04

| The members of The Senior class of the Bel
| fast High school were guests of Miss Margaret
| M Craig at The Battery last Thursday even
f.! ing. A picnic supper was served and the
! evening was spent with music and dancing,
Z, Alphonso Richie playing on the violin and
other instruments. surprise came when the
hostess produced large class cake with "B.
/ H. S, IA" in yellow on its white frosting. AL
ton Johnson, the class flirt, found the button
and Clyde Shorey the penny, but the key and
shell were left as SO many good things were
| eaten before the cake appeared. 1t was one of
the most enjoyable events preceding gradu-
J alton.
BACcALAUREATE SUNDAY. The public Joined
with the Seniors and undergraduates of the
Belfast High school at $50 last Sunday night
when the taccalaureate sermon was preached
in the Methodist church by the new pastor,
Rev Horace B. Sellers. The church had been
appropr ately and tastefully decorated by the
Juniors for the occasion. The altar rail and
the pulpit were draped in white and the class
colors, gold and white, were carried out In
tulips lilies, etc. There were also large bunch
es of ferns in jardineres. The class motto,
Coward and Upward" was in large gold let
tiers on white strip above the keyboard of the
organ. Mr.. Sellers was assisted by Revs,
Walter F. Sturtevant, Baptist, Charles b.
Ames, Unitarian, and Haraden S. Pearl, Con-
gregationalist. Miss Edith M. Davidson, the
regular organist, and Mrs. W. B. Fletcher
! PLAYED the Accomplishments for the following
music: vocal solo by Mrs. Thomas E. Bow
ker, clarinet solo by VIM. A. Lower, and a
| male quartette, Arthur F. Johnson, Orlando
| Titherlngton. John Parker and E. S, Pitcher.
The hymns were sung by the congregations
which practically filled the church. The grad
| yates wore caps and gowns and marched In
occupying seats reserved for them in the front
! of the church. One member, Miss Myrtle
| Frost was absent on account of illness. Mr..
! Sellers took his text from the 18th chapter OF
Luke and his theme was the story Of lac
chaeus and Jesus-the magnanimity of Jesus
! to the despised Jewish tax-gatherer whose life
was transformed from mere selfshness to the
desire for retrifution and service. The ser
mon was of unusual interest and abounded In
| practical advice and suggestions. 1t was d.
yided in three sections-the vision, the prep
aration and the service. The plea for higher
! education and the earnest exhortation for the
best service the young of the present genera
ton are called upon to render was earnest anC
eloquent His reference to his own High
echool days in Wilmington, Del, was interest
| ing and tim ely. As to college education thu
speaker said:
maybe some of you young men and womel
have been considering the question of a col
lege or university education. AS you hav'
considered the cost. you have felt that yo'
could hardly afford it, and you have asked. L
an education worth while. does it really pay t.
spend the time and money in going off ant
through some university Well Tn
function of university is not to make brains
You mus. have these to start with. If yo'
believe YOU have this endowment my advice ii
to take the time to 60 through college. II
YOU have not much money but are brilliant AM
willing to work. you can make your own tuitiol
and way through almost any OF our larg
universities,
.There are many honorable ways of helping
yourself. if you have the ambition to max
something out of yourself. Business men o
large experience today increasingly prefer col
lege men, because they maintain that the
various activities and studies in the college
curricula so develop the college man or womal
that they can adapt themselves more easily t
varied necessities of business. and thus ar
sibility.