The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1919-12-04
from former High school stu
nent W. w escott,

ment w. Wescott,
u, City of Belfast, Me.
iays since my attention was call
lrticle in the Republican Journal
stated that DR.. Dudley Allen Sar-
Cambridge had ven $1,000 to
School Building Fund for Bel
ought to have been So, 000, if It
embered and considered how he
rned over, topsy-turvied, upside
aead-over- heels, all the boys of
SID fifty years ago. 1t was COM
-dt to see the Common covered
boys either standing on their heads,
hand springs, somersaults or
On their heads. At the close of
noon session of the schools there
mad rush for Hayford's barn
free circus conducted by MessrS.
m Mitchell, Hilton, Cottrell, and
Intellectual pursuits Except by
D. we're almost wholly abandoned.
ng this Master Wiley said that
.es instead of working out their
in Algebra and scanning their
rises were striving how they
s-cceed in skinning the cat or do
giants swing. To this someone
Sargent has turned your school
gymnasium; and such ! think
nave been the fact had it not been
L Young ladies. Sargent even IN
iA to carry this influence into the
~oom itself, He was always strong
nation-his subjects would be
lis to the Gladiators, Regulatus
p Roman Senate, Pericles to the
something of equal verility.
ave said is true-you ask Tom
..rs, Bob Chase, Jim Hartman,
,s Washburn, or any of those
aho stood on their heads in those
hey will back the statement.
L9m Dinsmore broke his arm try
Kin the cat on the iron horizontal
agent had erected on the Common.
wen ask Sargent himself what Mrs.
aue said about him when he came
iJer one of his gymnaStic exhi-
lie knows and can't and won't
sargent may say of the writer,
r shut up, land | think perhaps
.l be right about it, | am handing
eek for one thousand dollars for
nj, which am very happy to do to
The good work, for it is a good
nthing better for Belfast.
only suggestion | have to make IS
school be called not the William
shy School, but the Anne c. Crosby
1t is enough honor for the Gov
81 nave so splendid a granddaughter,
Very sincerely yours,
B. II. S. Student, 1860
. B. GilchIest writes from Grand
S Michigan, at follows:
.uld not feel that l was loyal to
home town if | did not do all
I 5000 would at some future time
subscription of those who are
q yut not able to give the larger
..s am ready at any time to head
.lt}ZenS OF Belfast would travel
-a the small towns of Michigan and
beautiful school buildings they
ei ashamed not to give all that
..essary to build a building ade-
.r Belfast, as it will be in the
md not build it for today only.
lot stand still if we do we are
.= and | hope the total subscription
4leQuate enough so that Belfast
a school which will be a credit
lad more Miss Crosbys, Belfast
e able to retain II ore of her young
.g are going to other cities in order
out their latenr ability, as the
ty today is not what it should
se-fast, and by the means of au
sic school it means higher educa-
hope this will mean that the
men will stay and help build up
ST because the opportunities will be
by them"
Pythian Sisters will nave a supper
luan Hall Monday evening, Dec.
which the Knights Of Pythias and
'anllies are invited. After the
p card playing will be in order.