Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-06-28

tNtilHS dt the COllSepm
In some respects il was the most re-
markable and Interesting in the his
tory OF the school. In the first place,
conf orming with the wishes of me
state school department, the exer-
clsea were minus many of the fril!s
that usually so with such affairs.
For example. the programs were
common ordinary ones, not the far
cy ones usually had and which are
carefully preserved in many cases as
mementoes; no orchestra was hired,
the school orchestra furnishing MI
sic. IN tbs case. however. it was no
hardship. indeed, it would hava
seemed much worse had they hired
one. for We are one and all proud #
our school orchestra. There were ~
flowers, ,he decorations and the
dresses inexpensive. For fOllOWin :
these rules the school was presented
by Supt. Ross during the latter pa r
of tho evening with a certificate from
the state department.
Again. another feature that VIII
mark the graduation Il distinct from
any Of its predecessors and which
was with the exception Of the ava u
of diplomas. the feature of the eve
ming. was the presentation of ser
vice aag bearing 80 stars, the gift "f
the alum. Tho presentation speech
was made by Everett H. Maxcy ana
was Il rouscr. Mr.. Maxcy is a grad
,,,ta of the school and wears the
khaki The acceptance was by Be--
nnrd Leighton. a member of ms
graduating class who has already n
listed IN the navy and who came on
especially for this purpose.
Through inc generosity of Mrs
Laura l.. Richards two prizes w2re
awarded for excellence in schola- :
ship. To George Naimen was award
ed the Life and Letters Of :. q.
Howe" and TO Miss Lcttie DAVIS
The Life and Letters of Julia ward
Howe" The diplomas were presented
bv Supt. of Schools l.. A. Ross. The
class ode was written by Ray1nonc
e Managhan and was sung to the
tune Of "Ttere's Long, Long TraH
The stage was draped
with the class colors, blue and WHIT
and the galleries where sat the un-
dcrgraduates were hung with the COL
orS of the various classes.
The valedictory was by George Nai-
men and the subject was the Develop
ment or Gardiner High. Beginning with
tho first high school which was held l.i;
20 wears ago in the old Gardiner Ly-
ceum building, he traced the history OF
the school through the so years to the
present time.
The salutatory by Lottle Davis was 4
gem. cleverly worded and pleasin1iy
delivered The subject. Success, was
clearly discussed from it's many phases.
4 demonstration of the Babcock mix
test was given BY Ersley l.. Goldsmith,
assisted by 3. J. bowling. This gas
highly interesting and was perforned
on the stage by the lads. ,Ir. Goldsmith
explaining the details as the test pro-
ceeded
The violin solo by Raymond {. Mon-
Afghan was charmingty executed "%d
enthusiastically received, as this 70 lag
man is a skilled performer.
What Women Have Done in tie
War was the subject of Miss CON
stance NJ. Turner essay, From the
traditions of the Amazons and the tih'e
Of the eth century TO the present "'1r
and the martyred Edith Cavell, sne
told of women AID their connection
with war. The work was excellent.
The Principles of Dyeng" "5Ys The
euiiect Of the ESSAY by John Heselton.
I, was :, grammatical gem and deliver
cd with unusual ability and merit lie
told Of the ancient practice Oh dyeifs
and the pre-war methods and conul-
tlons Then of the growth of dyeing IN
America, brought about through pc
cessity, until at the present day more
are 20 corpora tions making dyes.uiis
and supplying more than enough !or
home consumption. He then gave DE-
tailed account of the present methoI
and gave demonstration thereof as
sisted by John Barnard.
In the presentation OF gifts ny MISS
Catherine Hickey. each member OF
the first part of the class received
some little gift more or less appro-
priate to the individual. and in the
class phophecy by Carleton Jones,
The balance were remembered.
The graduating class, the largest
n the history of the school. is COM
,osed as follows: Gladys ", Baker,
John n. Barnard, Eleanor M Bar
ON. Myrtle a. Brookings. Harriet r.
ranter. Milton NJ. Canter, Rachel Il.
'arleton. Ethelyn V. Danforth. Lottle
NJ. Davis. Helen NJ. Desmond. Bene-
iict j. bowling. George G. Dulac.
[leona l.. Dunton, Ernest w. Gam
non, Eva NJ. Gillespie, Leslie r. Hall,
Alice II. Harmon. Helen j. Hartman.
Henry Heselton. John Heselton, Cath
,rine A. Hickey, Edward c. Jones.
William NJ kearns, Thomas F. kel-
ev. Margaret NJ. Lashow, Bernard
:. Leighton. clyde NJ. Lougee, George
". Manson. Martha +. Mcclure Ray
nond c. Monaghan, Hazel Moody,
Muriel e. Moody, Leon w. Moore,
ieorge J. Naimen. Harry NJ. Naiman.
agnes c. Peaslee. Harold +. Pomeroy.
r. Potter. Margaret w Pot
er. Francis r. Ridley, Sarah II. Roll
inc, Eta j. Schlosberg, Frances G..