Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-18

That the Spirit of Cony High
school is immortal was demonstrate
ed on Wednesday when four hun
dred loyal alumni of the school on
the hill gathered in the assembly
hall to participate in the splendid
program of the second annual re-
union of Cony graduates and for
mer students. The emphatic de-
clarations of the several speakers of
the, evening further testified to the
strong character of the old school,
and the enjoyable session of last
evening eliminated in the organiza-
ton and election of the first group
of officers of the Cony High School
Alumni Association, whose purpose
it is to foster and perpetuate the
ideals and traditions of the school.
Robert Byron Williamson, 10,
was unanimously elected first vice
president of the Cony High School
Alumni Association, Frank G. Far
rington, vice president, and Miss
Edith Newman, secretary-treasurer
The slate of officers was presented
by a nominating committee of which
Lewis A. Burleigh, Jr., was chair
man, and the names were read by
Miss Alice Reynolds, the reverred
! former member of the faculty.
The program of the evening fol-
lowed the banquet session, at which
about four hundred alumni .assembl-
ed at the long tables, by classes. and
Judge Benedict F. Maher of the
class of 1894, presided most ably as
POSTMASTER. Judge Makers intro
auctions and interpolated remarks
in his capacity as chairman of the
post-prandial exercises, were at all
times timely and scintillated with
brilliant bits of wit and laugh pro-
voking humor.
The tables were tastefully arranged
| for the banquet and were graced with
bits Of green ferns. The menu IN
| cluded fruit cup, lobster and crab
salad, potato chips, rolls, olives, rad
ishes, cake, ice cream and coffee. A
group of the young lady undergrad
uate students of the school were
most efficient mattresses. Assembly
| hall was attractively and loyalty
| decorated for the occasion with red
and white the predominant note of
| color. Over the center section Of the
hall was a great canopy with hang
| ing streamers in those colors, and the
lights and wall brackets were fur
Their enhanced by crepe paper
| fringes. The decorations were the
| work Of group of the class of 1925.
| Prof. Wellman the Speaker
| Professor Justin o. Wellman Of
New Hampshire State University
and of the same Cony class as the
toastmaster-s4-was the speaker of
| the evening and after a glowing in
| PRODUCTION IN which sterling tribute
was paid to his record as a member
of that tllustrious class and to his
work and high standing as an edu-
| Gator, Jerry" Wellman developed a
most interesting and thoroughly en-
joyable address upon the theme
Educational Ideals"
| The speaker carried his auditors
back with him to other days in the
history of Cony High school and his
| great store of anecdotes and person.
al "reminiscences enhanced his re-
marks. He declared that the effort
of educators of the present is to real
lie the capabilities of every child
and student under their instruction
and guidance. and instruct him ac-
cording to those abilities.
The after banquet program was
opened by John C. Arnold, Cony 49,,
chairman of the second reunion pro-
gram committee, who declared that
the character of the school as typi-
| fed by its students and alumni dis
tinguished Cony High school above
all others. There were brief re-
responses to toasts by several speak,
ers and the remarks of each were
| vibrant with that Spirit of Cony."
which has ever carrier her students
and athletic teams in scholastic eff
forts and physical contests through
to moral victories.
Some Old History
Addie Dana Hanks, '82, in respond
ing to the toast "Cony in kits" re-
called Interestingly the old Cony Fe-
male Academy. which was the prede-
cessor of the present free high school,
and the early days of the high school,
even before 1t occupied the present
group of buildings. Her remarks also
contained tributary references to for
mer instructors who have been closely
associated with the interests and his
tory of the school, and she spoke feel
ingly and reverently Of the late Miss
Helen William Fuller, one Of those in
structors. who recently passed away.
The toast "Cony, Her Brain and
Brawn," was responded to in charac-
| teristic manner by Herbert e. Locke,
'08, and Mayor Ernest L. Mclean, '9S,
gave scholarly response to the toast
to STANDARD Bearers"
Several special musical selections to-
| gether with the mass singing Of old
school songs and other numbers added
features to a fine program which per-
mitted Of the participation Of every
old graduate present. Earl WEIGH, a
former special student at the school
and Braggiotti pupil, rendered two
baritone solo selections which met
with the immediate approval Of the
large gathering and were applauded
appreciatively.
Musical Features
The Cony High School Trio. compos-