Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-12

The class days exercises were OBJ
served yesterday by the graduating
class OF Coburn Classical Institute,
the seniors having the afternoon pro-
gram and the juniors the evening.
Last evening finished the class day
programs and today the graduation
exercises will take place.
Yesterday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock
In the First Baptist church the SEN
ior class held their program, which
was as follows: Music; prayer;
music; class history, Grace Morrison
and Ethelyn V. Thurston; class will,
Merle L. Ingraham; prophecy, Muir
icl Robinson and Henen T. Cox;
presentation of gifts, Edward A.
Council and Harold E. Wescott;
poem "Ut Prosim," Herbert C. Jen-
kins; address to undergraduates
Woodford l.. Wilcox; Grafton. 1.-THE
Crisis" John p. White; singing of the
class ode.
The class history, will and pro-
phecy We're carried out in a very
humorous as well as pleasing man.
ner, as was the recitation of the
poem. "Ut Prosim,' the motto Of the
institute, by Herbert Jenkins.
The address to the undergraduates
was given by Woodford Wilcox and
in this speech he advised the under
clasmen of the school to follow the
footsteps Of traditions in the school
and never to swerve from the path
of duty Wilcox advised the under
classmen of the institute to boost
and never to knock and to strive in
the path of learning until the goal
was reached.
The final number on the program
was the grafton by John p. White,
which in part was as follows:
1t has been four years since the
Treaty of Versailles brought the
great war to a close. What a great
relief that event was to a war-weary
world. We sighed in Thanksgiving
and turned our hands and heads to
the pursuits of peace. We. here in
America especially took peace for
granted and proceeded to forget and
neglect affairs across the sea. But
not, after four years, do conditions
look as bright or peace as glorious as
before the war? When we stop to
consider Europe as n whole and COM
prehend its present state, we may
well be startled. Governments are
weak and unstable. commerce Is
cramped, and in many countries peo-
pie are starving. The old policies are
still being followed, and tn culture is
darker than ever
Even now French hands are closing
on Europes jugular vein. The French
policy is runous. not only to Germany
and Europe in general. but even to her
self Moreover. it is whispered that
Germany. with nothing TO lose. may
ioin with Russia. There are many
OF her alliances that would be equally
as formidable Unless the whole stu
alton undergocs a radical change in the
near future, another great war Is In
evjtable. And the results of another
war of anything like the magnitude OF
the last one, with all our poison gas
and modern methods OF destructive
warfare, can only be left to the imag-
nation. That America now stands at
the parting of the ways Is clearly man.
ifest. The present condition or a1alrs,
whatever may have been the cause, Is
nothing short of a crisis on the out
come of which will depend the pro-
yress of civilization for generations 10
come. 1t is certainly then our duty to
learn the cause of this situation and
TO discover remedy before another
disaster overtakes us. The causes are
deep-rooted in the past.
federation has made our republic
what it is. The process by which our
various. diverse peoples nave peen
brought into a harmonious and strong
union is often called the American
Melting Pot" Instead of using diifer-
ont metals. we have used different peo-
ples. and we have produced nation
of bronze. Each type has made It's,
contribution. No one faction mas ever
ruled and none ever will. But all the
people Coach original group submerg-
ing it's own particular desires into the
common good) have governed tnem-
selves not by selfishness but by justice.
In short. the American Commonwealth
Is a great proof that people of different
origins can live together in peace. hap
piness and prosperity.
Our principles relationship can pe'
and will be. applied to Europe ana TO
the whole world. The time will come
when each nation. like each American
state, will give up something LOT the
common good, securing in return tne
blessings of peace and prosperity" or
this. we may have the utmost falth.
What remains uncertain is whether we
can achieve a reasonable, attitude be-
fore another war delays the application
of these principles for many centuries
more. This crisis is the burden or our
generation. 49,,
know thy neighbor as thysell.
This is the warning we must quickly
heed.
After the exercises in the church the
girls of the physical department gave
some exhibitions of aesthetic dancing
on the lawn in the rear Of Hanson hall.
The program was:
The Hobby Horses
Girls Of the freshman class
The butterfly Annie Mckay
Highland Fling Louise Murray
Tarantalla, Italian Folk Dance
Dorothy Woods and Janette Willett
Song Of Spring
Girls of the freshman class
Kerry Dance. Irish Folk Dance
Ruth Daggett and Evelyn LydricK
The Moth Muriel Robinson
Miss Dorothy Daggett officiated at
the piano for the various dances.
The evening was devoted to the men,
bers Of the Junior class with the pre-
sentation of the junior exhibition In
the First Baptist church at O'Clock.
The program was as follows:
Music
Prayer
TINr