Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-15
Especial to Kennebec JournaD


mencement exercises Of the 73rd year
of Oak Grove Seminary were brought
to a close on Wednesday evening with
the customary Alumni Reception
which was held in the gymnasium.
The commencement festivities have
lasted since Saturday evening when
the program was opened with the
Sophomore Defamation. Sunday was
full day with the Baccalaureate Ser
vice. Vesper Service and evening song
service.
The last chapel service was observ-
ed Monday morning, Prin. Owen pre-
sided and addressed the students The
orchestra furnished special music for
the occasion. At this time Mr.. Owen
presented Mary Wilcox, '23, of New
port. r. T., with beautifully bound
| book in appreciation of her four years
service as pianist at the morning
chapel services. Examinations closed
! Monday noon.
! The annual Junior Prize Reading
Eas held Monday evening at p. NJ.
in Sophia Bailey Memorial Chapel.
From the first note struck by the
nine piece school orchestra until the
last chord had died away, the program
went through with remarkab BILE
smoothness. The readings We're each
! original essays written by the con-
testants and they were delivered so
unusually we'll that they brought forth
prolonged applause. The program
was as follows:
| Prohibition as 1t Is Working Out To-
| day, Miriam Elizabeth Rice
| Famous Cathedrals
| Florence Sherman Gushee
Present Day Superstition,
DONALD Allan Carter
! FOLK Songs Nancy Sweet Clark
Music
Tie Passion Play
Florence Edna Fuller
| TIH Exploitation Of China
Frank Kreiger
Famous Eelis OF The World,
! Harriet Estelle Tow le
The graduating exercises Of the
Junior Department were held in the
chapel at 10 a. NJ. on Tuesday. Again
the school orchestra furnished music
people delivered their parts in a man
ner that was a credit not only tc
themselves but also to Mary Rand
Thompson the devoted and efficient
head of the Junior Department The
diplomas were presented by Principal
Owen who urged the young graduates
TO take advantage OF all the educa :
tional opportunities to which diplomas
entitled them. The program was as
follows:
captain csTo nIaf@ V;ctori, corso Rchards
| Handful of CLAY. Van Dyke
Ruth Washburn Purinton
The New Church Organ, Carlton
| Horace Edward Brown
The Lady of the Castle. Anon
Josephine Garland Rand
Queen Of Shcna. Tatun
Florencn Elizabeth Turner
Presentation of Diplomas
The Senior Glass Day Exercises
were held in Sophia Bailey Memo.
rial Chapel at ?. NJ. Leon Odlin
president of the Senior class, presid.
ed, The different parts were bright
and clever and the prophecy and pres
entation Of gifts were especially en-
tertaning The address to the under
graduates by Harry Muir was one o.
exceptional merit and he delivered il
exceedingly we'll. The program was
as follows:
History. Alma Elizabeth TAYLOR
Address to Undergraduates
Harry Muir
precenta tiOn of Gifts
Olive Florence Fowler
Prophecy, Hazel Mae crosby
Grafton, Francis HoXie Jones
The Juniors again held forth or
Tuesday. at p. NJ, when they pre-
scented the prince Chap" in the gym
nasium before large audience. The
parts We're we'll suited to each player
and were portrayed SO excellently
that many declared it was the finest
commencement play that they had
ever seen at Oak Grove. Clement
Taylor, as the struggling young artist
played his role with force and SINGER
ity.
Eliot Williams was right at home
as Ronion and added great deal
to the play. Airline Porter as Claudia
!
child and captured her audience al
once. Francis Fairbanks pla. ed the
difficult role of Claudia's dyin moth
or very tittingly. Miriam Rice as
Claudia at 10 and in the last act as
young woman Of 10 played a diff
cult part with charming sweetness
and interpretation. Beatrice Free
man threw herself into the part OF
the poor street wait "Puckers" with
vim and success. Lawrence Goddard
as the Earl of Huntington, was d
typical English Lord The minor
parts of artists and attendants were
also well done and formed splendid
background. The whole credit for tho
production belongs to Miss Clifford
the Junior class teacher who has
spared nothing to make the play a
success.
After the Junior play the members
of the Senior class had a little sur
prise for Principal and Mrs. Owen
Mt the dormitory when they present
ed them with a handsome soft leath-
or bound volume OF Services poems
az an expression of their regard and
esteem.
The graduating exercises OF the
class of 1922 We're held at the So
phia Bailey Memorial chapel at 1890
A. NJ. Again the church was arts
tically decorated with ferns and cut
flowers in simple but charming taste
The class marched in to the strains
of the school orchestra which fur
nished music for all of the exercises