Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-08
WATERvILLE
GRADUATION OF
WATERVILLE
HIGH SCHOOL


WATERVILLE
HIGH SCHOOL
The graduating exercises of the Wa
terviiie high school were held at tie
City Opera house Friday evening ana
at the appointed hour every seat In the
house was filed with expectant pa
rents and friends Of the class of 1918.
Wateryille high school. When the cur
tain rose the entire class was seated
on the stage An innovation this year
was the wearing OF popiin gowns OF
gray.
Seated on the platform with the grad
yates were Supt. Chas. y. Perkins.
Principal Nelson I. Mixer OF the higA
school. Judge A. a Matthew, chairman
of the board Of education. Frank T..
Brown Of the board of education AMI
Rev. Ernest A. Legg. The exercises
opened with a selection by the orchestra
under the direction of Eva Towne, fol-
lowed by prayer by Rev. +. A. Legg
The class then sang selection in cho-
rus.
Miss Pearl Elliott gave the ora
ton. her subject being Woman ana
he War" She touched upon the w.
men of Germany. France and Eng
land and what they are doing and
closed by telling what the American
women should be doing for Their
part She appealed 10 the women of
the United States to take on the bur
dens the allies are shouldering ana
give them their support in this time
Of need.
Miss Anne Sweeney gave IN es-
say on "Tirgil's Influence" in which
she referred to the Sclogues. the
Georges" and "Aeneid' which were
written by that great author. ara
the influence that they had on tho
people Of that period. She showed
how this influence had come down
through the ages and in what man
ner it is felt at this time. "CreuSa
Phantom" was an original transia-
ton from Virgil by Miss Elizabeth
O'Donnell. who told the story 81
Aeneid and his wife in a very inter
sting way.
The next number on the program
vas q "Trihute" i'll which Miss Mil
dred H. Sandner unprecedented tn :
Spirit Of the Womanhood" of Bel,
GUM and Miss Maudc G. Heron the
Spirit Of the Red Cross" Miss Sand
ney was dressed in soft cl'ngins
gown II gray draped with the IA
tional colors OF Belgium. She first
paid her tribute to the Spirit of tie
Red Cross in appreciative words ana
then Miss Heron in the costume of a
Red Cross nurse paid her tribute &c
the splendid spirit shown by the wo-
men Of Belgium in their tragic ci'.
cumstances.
Miss Alice L. Murray gave a wo!
derful demonstration Of speed and &c
curacy in IypewritinG and shorthand
for which she received the plaudits
Of her audience. Aiphonse Daudets
La Derniere Glass" pathetic story
supposed TO be told by an old AlsA
tian scholar was given in French oy
Miss Esteile L. Daviau, who preface!
her story with Il brief history of Al
SAGE Lorraine from the early Roman
times up to the Franco prussian war
and showed how the Germans i'm
loscd upon the people Of that coun'
try and their just resentment Of the
treatment accorded them.
Miss Bertha Cobb also spoke in
French, her subject being Il 'oriG.no
dc la Marscllaisc. par Lamartinc
She gave first on outline Of tie
French Revolution. touching upon Ihe
execution of King Louis and the
famine Of 1902. She then told of TIC
circumstances under which Rouge'
de Isis, the poet and MUSICIAN
wrote the F'renci, National Hymn.
The address to undergraduates wa
given by Harold d. Frost, who passed
along to his Young Schoolmates in
superior knowledge that he had
gained during his years at school,
giving them the benefit Of his advice
and counsel. An interesting demon
stration in chemistry was shown D.!
Herbert a. Perkins, who showed the
enormous amount Of heat generated
by powder thermit com ined win
flame. which is used for Welding
pieces such as large parts Of ship :.
He gave q short talk on the part that
chemistry is playing in the war pr
vcus to the dcmonstration.
The prophecy. which is always eager
~ looked forward to by the young
graduates. was no disappointment Miss
Frances A. Leahy gave full rein to her
imagination and her classmates found
themselves in strange situation. much
TO their amusement and surprise.
The presentation of gifts was most
satisfactorily performed by Irving Tai
berth for the boy and Miss INA r.
Flagg for the girls. There we're many
. hits given with subtle finesse and sor,c
that seemed TO cause some embarra ss-
ment 10 the recipients Of the shafts Of
! Wit accompanying the gifts. But all 0!
| these were taken as they were intende 1
and were enjoyed alike by the audiences
and the graduates.