Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-06
KENT'SH HILL
Com n.enee ment Program


The commencement exercises at
Kent's Hill Seminary will be held on
June 1915. The program begins
with the annual meeting of the
trustees on Friday, June ~, at 1
p. M. At this meeting the teachers
are elected who are to return to the
Seminary for the following year and
general matters of policy are dis
cussed. While this meeting Is in
progress Mrs. +. w. Watkins enter
tains the wives and other ladies' Of
the trustees families at Blethen
Hall.
The first event Of general interest
is the Prize Speaking Contest In
the evening. The program will be
varied by selections furnished by
the members Of the Music Depart
ment Of the school. -
After the Prize Speaking Contest
Is over the members of the boys
literary societies. Calliopean and Lit
erati, hold their annual banquets In
nearby towns. These banquets are
attended by both graduate and I'M
dergraduate members.
Saturday is the busiest day on the
schedule. The program, begins at
a. m. with the Glass Day exercises.
These are held in the Music Audi
forum in Kicker Hall and are who'll
ly in the hands of the Senior Class.
At 1890 Is held the Last Chapel" of
the school year. The prayer at this
service will be offered. as it has for
many years past. by Rev. George r.
Palmer of Portland, veteran of the
Civil War, a member of the Glass Of
1867, and the senior member of the
Board of Trustees. The speaker will
be DR.. Albert E. Winship 80, editor
of the Journal Of Education, and one
of the best known speakers on edu-
cational topics in the country today.
At this meeting also the graduating
class presents its gift to the school
which will be accepted by Fred e.
Eastman Of Portland, President Of
the Board Of Trustees.
At IL M. Is the commencement
luncheon and at p. M. will be held
the reunions Of the various classes.
Prominent among these classes will
be those Of 1875. 1900, and 1915,
which are observing their fiftieth,
twenty fifth, and zenith anniversar-
les, respectively. Complete prepa-
rations are being made by all these
classes, particularly by the twenty
five year class, which will have one
entire dormitory reserved for its own
use. At p. M. the commencement
ball game Is scheduled and at 4.30
the members Of the Adelphian and
Eromathean Societies get together
for their reunions.
At P. M. the annual alumni din
ner is held: Walter e. Weld, 1900,
I,pf Boston will be the POSTMASTER,
and it is traditional Of this event
that only a former student or a
teacher of the school is liable to be
called on for talk, the first require
ment Of which is that 1t shall be
brief. At $50 the Expression De-
partment of the school presents a
masque under the trees on the
campus.
On Sunday the graduation sermon
will be preached at the Jersey Me-
mortal Church, the service beginning
/ at 1880. At 2.30 in the afternoon
the Music Department will present
the cantata Ruth. In the evening
| the school Y. M. c. A., Y. w. c. A.
and Epworth League unite In con-
Quoting a vesper service in the Rick
er Auditorium.
On Monday the graduation exer-
cises themselves are held. The day
opens with the Senior Chapel held
as usual in Deering Chapel. The
seniors sit in their accustomed plac-
es, one of their number plays the
piano, and no one is present except
| themselves and Principal Watkins.
After this brief but impressive serv-
ice the commencement procession is
formed under the direction of the
Commencement Marshal, George E.
Kimball, 1900, of Boston. and march
es to Torsey Memorial Church. The
speaker on this occasion will be the
Rev. James A. Beebe, d. D., Dean of
the Theological School at Boston
University. After the address the
announcement of prizes and awards
and the presentation Of diplomas
will occur.