The Republican journal., 1919-11-13

signed do hereby agree to take such a
part In the proposed entertainment as our
abilities will permit, and try to do justice
to the school as well as ourselves
! Are we not as capable of giving public
exhibition as were the pupils of 18-?
Shall we have it said that this school
does not possess talent and independence
enough to start an exhibition of this sort
and carry it through? Shall we allow
the genius and talent of this school to lie
dormant because we never have had
teacher before who took interest enough
in it to propose such thing2 No. think
not Let us therefore bestir our wits and
faculties-let us combine what talent we
| have got, whether it be musical or dra-
matical, and show the people of this city
what we can do.
| The exhibition will be ven one week
after the annual examination of this
school. The performance will consist of
music, singing, declaiming, dialogues, etc.
The money obtained is to be expended in
purchasing library for the benefit of the
school. Please sign"
The signatures of this list of persons
then follows;
Edward A. Dyer George F Hartman
Augustine Hersey Everett Wadlin
Fred Pote Herbert S Wilson
E. H. Hilton Frank Reynolds
j. w. Cunningham Edward Wiggin
A. P. Thombs Nathan Wheeler
| do not remember that the proposed
exhibition ever took place, but the high
school discussion evidently started inter-
est In larger movement, as appended to
the same paper | find the following list of
names of a proposed Dramatic Associa-
ton:
+ Col Philo Hersey, John H. Quimby,
George P. Field, Albert Burgess, William
Bean, Clarence Poor, Frank Patterson,
/ Arthur Brown, Richard Moody, Charles
Hazeltine, Ed, Hilton, Duo. Sargent,
/ Charles johnson, Willie Washburn, Ross
Lewis, George P Pote, Elbridqe Pierce,
1 William Hal, Kate Poor, Hattie White,
Carrie Sargent, Ada Pote, Annie Bean,
Belle Anderson, Mrs j. II. Quimby, Mrs,
/ W Woodbury. Frederick, Susie Bean, Emma
White, Mary A. FuTber, Rebecca Palfrey,
J Mrs. Philo Hersey, Flora Patterson, Josie
/ hnowlton, Mrs. Reynolds, Lizzie Lothrop,
/ Fred Barker, Fred 2ote, Dell Mcdonald
The committee in charge presumably con-
sisted of Messrs, Hersey, Quimby, Brown,
Patterson and Sargent.
In looking over this list Of names many
naturally occur to me. | will spare you,
however, at this time such an affection
as | might impose upon your readers. The
attempt that Belfast is now making to
raise subscriptions for new school build
ing reminds me of my personal obligations
to the city.
1t was in one of those low back seats
in the present high school building u at
| first read the "lreatise on Anatomy,
Physiology and Hygiene" This Dock
gave me the VISION of the Importance of
physical education for which have COL
tended for the past fifty years with more
or less success.
Such service as | have been able to
render to the country III behalf of the
physical betterment of its people may be
said to have started IN my high school
corner in Belfast.
am enclosing my check for 81, 900 to
the Mayor toward the school building
fund and know that many of the old
timers whose names and faces | have re-
called will, if alive and well, make their
respective contrib utions to this praise
worthy undertaking. Certainly no one
person should give SO much as to deprive
any present or former citizen of the op-
portunlty to contribute something
The facile pen of the late William H.
/ Simpson described one of DR.. Sargent's
| exhibitions and It is with pleasure we
quote from the files of The Journal Of
Feb. %, 1867.
! IHE YOUNG ATHLETES. We think
everyone who was fortunate enough to
be present at the gymnastic performances
at Plerces' Hail, on Saturday evening
1 confessed TO very great degree of sur
prise at the high character of the enter
tainment. We acknowledge to A feeling
of astonishment that these Young GENTLE
men should have made such proficiency
and that they were able to hold the LARGE
audience with unflagging interest," for two
hours and half, showing their apDrecia-
ton by loud and long applause. These
performers are but schoolboys, the oldest
only seventeen years OF age; and when
Master Sargent, the leader of the troupe
came one day to our office, and LAYING
down his school books, signifed his de-
sire TO nave some handblls printed an
nounclng the performance, we looked
forward to nothing like the reality nre-
sented on the following Saturday evening
For when the same young man appeared
tune, with the calm bearing of conscious
power. we beheld a young Hercules,
thin flanked, broad = shouldered, deep
chested, with arms rounded and swelling
with muscles, and who put up forty
pound dumb-be with surprising ease.
Young Mitchell, with less muscular DOW
er, is very symmetrical, and 1.-the and
supple as panther, as his exercises with
the Indian clubs showed Two Younger
lads, perhaps eight or ten years old, Hur-
ley and Twombly, manifested aptitude
and careful training
There was feeling in the audience
that the performers made their pro-
gramme too extended and fatigued them
selves unnecessarily. But of the feats
themselves, we are free to say that we
never saw better by regular professional
gymnasts-and some of them we feel
sure are entirely new and novel. For
instance, Sargent. grasping with his