The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-06-23


unfair because it is the pupil him.
self. not the teacher. who has failed
10 do his part So be fair to your
parents. to your teachers and to your
selves BY doing your school work
faithfully.
And now my own classmates, | am
not able to express my feelings as
stand before all of you for perhaps
the last time But when We are
struggling In hfes battles. let US
think of our splendid class of 1921
&. n. s. and fight all the harder.
NAV we all individually adopt the
motto that as class we have taken
BE sharp. be natural, but never be
fiat"
Major John ". Fogler announced
the Shepherd PRICES. Della Hilton
winning first for the Seniors. Ow-
ing 10 a tie in the honors between
Marion Thompson and Clara Brack-
EFT, the second prize was divided be-
tween the two. Other prize winners
were: Juniors-GeneYa /. Lewia. Isl,
Beatrice +. Weston, End; Sopho-
mores-Beni. Oddly, LIST; Hector j..
chabot 2nd Freshmen--Geneva
Belts. LIST; Richard Thompson. End.
Owing to the absence OF Leslie h.
Jacobs. chairman of the school com
mittee. who was away TO attend the
graduation of his son, Lauriston ia
cobs from Wesleyan, Miss Gertrude
S. Weston, another member OF the
board presented the diplomas and
Rev. George Merriam pronounced the
benediction. The graduates then re-
tired to Join in the alumni banquet III
Grange Hall.
THE 1921 CLASS
The following are the graduates
numbering Al:
General Course-Errol Leon Buker,
Ivan Sumner Clough, Willard Weston
Dunbar, Benjamin Francis Lewia
(Bizier), William Winthrop phil
brick, Vincent Provencal, Fay Edwin
Stoodley, Frederic Joseph Thibeault,
Wendell Leavitt Thompson, DAVID
Saunders Thurlow, West Edmund To-
hey Ethel Marion Bailey, Leona Ma
RE Blanchette (Certifcate), Dorothy
Gaylord, Elsie Pauline Cox, Bernlce
Eva Holt (Certificate), Anna viola
Porter, Verna Martha Porter, Gladys
Elizabeth Rowell. Ruth Mae Valliere.
Classical Course--John Oddly. Ken
meth Stinchfield Smiley, Beatrice Lo-
vina Whittemore.
Scientific Course-Lawrence Stew
ard Cockburn, Raymond Gilmore La
casce, Arad Linscott Tobey.
Commercial Course-Pearl Elsie
Bernard, Clara Ellen Bracket, Juli-
ette Carriveau, Barbara Milliken
Chase, Dorothy Elsie Demo, Agnes
Marie Groder, Emilia Marie Halle,
Hazel Frances Herrin, Della Ethel
Hilton, Cecilia Marie Lessard, Bea-
trice A. l.. Lowd. Lois Matthews
Luce, Gladys Elva Kicker Marion Ar
dele Thompson, Caroline Grace Toz-
Ter.
The alternates in the English Hon
or part debate were CAROLINE Grace
Tozier and Frederic Joseph Thibeaut
MANY WILL CONTINUE EDUCA-
TION
A large percentage of the class Will
continue their studies elsewhere next
fall. Among those who have already
decided are Werner M. Porter and
Beatrice L. Whittemore who will at
tend Kindergarten training schools.
Fay f. Stoodley plans to enter Wes-
leyan University Emilia Halle, Mas
son Institute: Ruth M. VALERIE, Cor
ham Normal; Della Hilton a bust
ness college. Raymond E. Lacasce
VIM. M. Philbrick, Wendell Thomp-
son, Bowdoin College and David
Thurlow, Colby College.
BIG FRESHMAN CLASS
The Freshmen class to enter Show
hogan High School next fall will
number sixty-six students.
THE ALUMNI BANQUET AND BUSI-
NESS MEETING
One hundred and thirty-one former
students gathered at Grange Hall af-
ter the graduation Friday evening and
were served to a delicious banquet OF
grapefruit cocktail, cold meats
mashed potatoes, fruit salad, ice
cream, cake and coffee, Mrs. Kate
s. Simpson catering in her usual eff
cient manner. After the banquet, the
annual business meeting was held
with Miss Hannah r. Page, the pres
ident, presiding. The same slate of
officers were reelected: President,
Miss Hannah r. Page; vice president,
Mrs. Mabel Phillips Judkins secre-
tary, Miss Celia Packard; treasurer
Miss Marie G. Fletcher; Executive
board, the officers, &. Allan Went
worth, Roy e. Symons and Gridley
R. Fogg. Principal Ralph w. Leigh
ton announced that about $440 had
been received for the Soldiers Me-
mortal fund and made public the fol-
lowing committees to serve on the
purchase and erection of u suitable
memorial marker. Col. r. l.. Mar
ston, from Simon Peters Post; W. H
Cummings, from the Skowhegan
School committee; c. p. Merrill from
the Board of Trustees of Bloomfield
Academy; Selectman Clyde H, Smith
from the town; Mrs. Florence Waugh
Danforth from the Woman's Club, a
local organization who has been re-
sponsible for raising a large part of
the fund. to date; Mrs. Helen c..
Wentworth from the Daughters of the
American Revolution and Prin. Leigh
ton and Miss Dorothy M. Elliot from
the High School faculty.
At the post prandial exercises, At
torney VIM. Folsom Merrill presided