The Republican journal., 1920-06-10
Belfast High School Week.
The Baccalaureate Sermon.

used. Suspended between the pillars in
the rear of the pulpit was the class motto
in red letters on a white surface, "Build
for Character Not for Fame" The SEMI
ors, led by their class marshal, Maurice
Cobb, were ushered in by the Juniors led
by marshal Bartlett Whiting, the Sopho-
mores by marshal Orland Orchard and
the Freshmen by marshal Granville Hof-
fess, having seats reserved for them by
bands of their class colors. The teachers
occupied seats in the rear of the school,
Excellent music was furnished by the
regular church choir with solo parts by
Mrs. c. W. Wescott and A. P. Goodhue.
Rev. Arthur E. Wilson preached a very
helpful and appropriate sermon on "To
the Testing" taken from St. PauPsslet-
ter to the CORN thians, featuring the life,
death and teachings of Christ, the good
foundation. The superstructure is for the
individual. The testing of lives in made
on the foundation furnished by the
school, the church and the home, wheth-
er perishable or imperishable. Opportu-
mites should be made use of in lives as
in buildings and ships should use only the
tested materials He urged the youth
before him to play fair and not cheat, to
meet every TEN ptation with the light of
conscience, to avoid egotism and false
pride, to be religious and make their B.
H. S. motto their life motto. His sum-
mary was addressed to the seniors stand
ing as a class. He also read from The
Builders by Longfellow. 1t was sermon
as helpful to his adult audience as to the
pupils.
The Prize Speaking Contest.
The second annual prize speaking con-
test open to the entire school for the $40
in awards offered by the City National
Bank of Belfast took place in the Armory
Monday evening and was a credit to the
school and its English teacher, Mrs.
Georgia Burrows Parker. Several musi-
cal selections were given by the school
under the direction of Miss Margaret NJ
Mitchell with Miss Elizabeth Hills at the
piano. The judges were Rev. A. C. Ell
lott, Ralph A Bramhall and Miss Grace
A. Lord, and their decisions met the ap-
proval of all. The chairman, Mr.. Elliott,
remarked as he announced and distributed
the prizes that where the entire program
was of unusual merit it was somewhat
difficult to discriminate and each pupil
should be commended for good work. The
prizes of IS, So and 81, were awarded to
named Miss Black, MISS Dutton, Miss
Stackpole, Master Meservie, Master
Hoxie and Master Moody Master Nick
erson was absent on account of illness.
The program:
Herve Riel, Browning
Katherine Frost '22
Mice at Play, Anon
Verna Greenlaw '2l
True Americans, Roosevelt
David Hoxie '22
Selections-Your Boy-My Land, Guest
Pauline Stackpole '23
The Last Hymn, Farington
Rena Dutton ~
The Courtin, Lowell
David Moody '23
Barbara Fritchie, Whittier
Theora Gross '23
Education, Van Dyke
Lenore Thompson '21
Mans Progress and the Problem, Brown
Charles Meservie 30
Dobb's junction, Abbott
Mildred Black '22
Make Victory Complete, Marvin
Kermit Nickerson '22
The Junior class exhibition, held at the
Armory Tuesday evening, was a most
enjoyable affair and was a credit to the
school. The program included:
/ Vocal Duet, Helen Wescott
| Charlotte Knowlton
Reading, Lenore Thompson
"The Petrified Fern"
May Lydia Branch
| Piano Solo, Beulah E. Young
Reading, Bartlett j. Whiting
(a) "The Society Upon the Stanislau"
(b) "The Heather Chinee"
Francis Harte
Character Dance, Olive M. Morse
Guilty or Not Guilty" Anon.
Piano Duet, Margaret Rogers
Charlotte Knowlton
Reading, Elizabeth X. Kittridee
I 'Trouble-A Pet Dog"
Louise Karr
Violin Solo, Ethel V. Dexter
Reading, Agnes M. Hills
''Inquiring About Trains
A Monoloeue
/ Music, Orchestra
! A handsome maple tree decorated with
the class colors, was planted on the upper
school common Wednesday morning un-
der the direction of the class president,
Ashley Mathews. Principal Foster offer
ed remarks and Rev. william Vaughan
as the guest of the class spoke and offer
! ed prayer
The regular graduation will tax place
in the Armory Wednesday evening, toe
late to be reported in this issue. The
banquet will be given in the Baptist YES
try Thursday evening, when the class
will, etc, will be given and will be fol-
lowed by the class ball in the Armory
Friday. The class accompanied by their
teachers will 60 to the Vickery Camps at
Lake Quantabacook for few days.
ADA H. ROBERTS.