The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-08-30

MARTHA FRENCH BUNKER
Oldest living student
:, Academy cooking club presid-
mo tables. Excellent music
mrnished by Max Cimbollek's
.D,ra If Waterville, and Mark l..
~ , of North Arson presided as
,m.ster Mr.. Pullen, who has
srs Years served the Alumni AS
.son as its president, was very
! At home at these post prandial
oyercjses and he added much
sure and grace to the occasion
|s,s Introductory messages. The
sneaker was Judge A. NJ. Spear,
was principal of the Academy in
vears of 1911. Old memories
keenly alive in Judge Spears
pehs and he spoke with much
riment of his early associations
the institution. The chief
me- of his address might be called
u and order and this subject he
ded with an ability such as only
usiee OF long experience on the
hes of Supreme Court could ham
4 The second speaker was
r. Williams, the present princi-
a, Arson Academy whom Mr..
len introduced as a "Perfect
boil teacher" He spoke of the
sent condition of the school and
relation of the Alumni Associa-
to The community. Hon. Fred
Bunker, president of the board of
tees, gave a brief but dignified
rws, saying just enough to ex-
lily bis position 'and showed why
ryone was back for the occasion,
Ing herewith the appreciation of
trustees for the large attendance
BIT Of town and state people.
n Perley Walker, dean of the en-
p1hg department Of the Univer-
d Kansas, who graduated from
lademy in 1892, was the next
Ia. Mr.. Walker is also field
stiTe for the Coal Storage Com
sbn Of the Federated American
hering Society and he inter-
n sentiment for the old school
y The serious problems of the day.
spoke especially upon education
Fearing upon all economic sub
e. Mrs. Winifred Ware Bodfish
Palmer, Mass, a member of the
i class, that Of 1880, to have
lduating exercises, offered sincere
parks which showed real love and
crest for the old school and its
dents. She was followed by Mrs.
Hfa Hilton Newell of Waterville,
pher member of the 1880 class,
} offered a few words suitable for
scasiolf. Oliver Cults of the
: Of 1892 and present physical
|sior Of Bates College, offered rem
htsnces which kept the banqueters
10 uproar so humorously were
y quoted. Mr.. Cults was star
lie Of the Harvard football team
ne winning game with Yale in
L. He was then a student of law
harvard. Charles II. Clark Of
ason, one of the older students
most successful business man,
Ae briefly and County Attorney
ls II. Thorne of the class of '09
us eloquence delightd his listen
,and warmed them up with a keen
utss Judge f. w. Sawyer, a
nate of Mr. Thorne, and prob
Ene youngest judge in the state
y very thoughtfully likening the
va OF the Academy to an oak
which had taken centuries to de-
v Lowell Il. Bailey, an insur-
: man OF North Arson and chair
VI the executive committee, be-
as MS appreciation of the assist
people had given him in prepar-
! OF the Centennial booklets
81 Judge Spear had quoted as the
: beautiful and fitting thing he
ever seen, and also dwelt on the
auers Of the institution who had
'leq that liberty and peace might
preserved, the future is ours
We must build something that
j. V enduring until the last" Mr..
y graduated from Arson Acad-
,sa ~ 1897 and from Bates College
,', 100 much credit cannot be
y MN for his splendid work in
4'euon with the centennial obser-
-, non. Frank H. Holley, a
I,ueht resident of North Arson
m'oduced although he was not
. .'aua'e OF the academy. His
'"lmerly Elizabeth Dinsmore,
,.,.,g graduate however and Mr..
4 interest in the institution is
49,. through his efforts in the
10 $4,000 have been procur-
:. Tue Academy in the last six