1897 Graduation Program of Belfast High School at Belfast, Maine

1897 graduation program of Belfast High School at Belfast, Maine.

Graduating Exercises of the
Belfast High School
Class of 1897
at Belfast Opera House,
Monday Eve, June 14, 1897
Motto: Lowly in Spirit; Lofty in Aim...
Class Colors: Gold and White
Class Flower: Daisy
Music by Belfast Band

Programme

Overture, "Zanetta," - Auber - Belfast Band
Invocation, Rev. G. G. Winslow
Salutatory, Margaret Nickerson Hazeltine†
Essay, The Evolution of Government, George Winslow Holmes‡
Recitation, "Prelude to Vision of Sir Launfal," - Lowell; Emeroy Ginn†
Class History, Josephine Evelyn Patterson†
Piano Solo, "Home Sweet Home", with variations, - Ryder; Annie Leila Chaples†
Essay, Our Own Country, Frank Palmer Wilson‡
Recitation, Selection from "Evangeline", - Longfellow; Clara Luella Smith†
Class Prophecy, David Peirce Ellis‡
Essay, Practical Uses of the Camera, Ethel Gertrude Barr‡
Vocal Solo, "Memories," - J. C. Bartlett; Ralph O'Connell‡
Essay, Life in Colonial Times, Leila Abbie Hayes†

Class Prophecy, Viola Elsie Ryder‡
Essay, Artemus Ward, Fred Davis Tucker*
Essay, Lucy Larcom, Elizabeth Knowlton Robbins‡
Piano Solo, "Villanella," - Raff, Helen M. Dunton†
Essay, College Settlements, Grace Matilla Dodge‡
Recitation, Selection from "Merchant of Venice," - Shakespeare, Lu Hilton Littlefield†
Class Poem, Harold Thorndike Sibley*
Valedictory, Addie Stimpson Gordon*
Awarding of Diplomas, Rev. G. S. Mills
Singing Class Ode
Benediction, Rev. C. H. Wells
Music, "Maine Capitol," - R. P. Chase, Belfast Band

* College Preparatory Course
† Classical Course
‡ English Course

Class Ode, by Harold Thorndike Sibley

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