Portland High School, Portland, Maine - 1891 Graduation Booklet of 33+ Pages

33+ page booklet published on the occasion of the graduation of the Class of 1891 at Portland High School at Portland, Maine.

Graduation exercises were held at City Hall on Wednesday, July 1, 1891.  The booklet was printed by Smith and Sale of Portland, Maine.

As shown below, the booklet contains:

• Class History by Grace J. Nash
• Poem by F. J. Laughlin [Frederick J. Laughlin]
• Class Prophecies by M. E. McGunagle [spelled McGunigle on the Order of Exercises page] and Colley P. Smith [Collingwood P. Smith]
• That Eventful Day
• Order of Exercises
• Class Song by Ada L. Davis
• List of Graduates [and a page indicating Class Officers]

Order of Exercises, as shown below.

• Class Song, pianist Charles L. True
• Essay "Happiness or Contentment" (with Salutatory), by Lizzie C. S. Libby
• Original Declamation - "What the World Owes the Jew", by Martin W. Berry
• Recitation - "John Maynard", by J. Maud Fabyan  [Julia Maud Fabyan]
• Paper, "The Echo", by Louie M. Small, Editress
• Piano Duet - Salut a Pesth, by N. Cora Webber and Edna M. Plummer
• Essay, "Woman's Place in the World", by Grace J. Nash
• Declamation - Extract from Oration by Depew, by Frank P. Ufford
• Class Poem "Athena's Message", by Fred J. Laughlin
• Class Prophecies, Girls: Marion E. McGunigle [spelled McGinagle on the Contents page]; Boys: Colley P. Smith; Read by Hattie A. Armstrong
• Original Declamation - "Character" (with Valedictory) by Arthur H. Longfellow
• Conferring of Diplomas
• Awarding of Medals
• Closing Song - "The School Days of Auld Lang Syme", Pianist Alice M. Fernald

List of Graduates

Marion E. Ames	Gertrude C. Fuller	Clara B. Pitcher
*Harriet A. Armstrong	Grace L. Hitchings	Edna M. Plummer
Georgia F. Bryant	Georgia A. Johnson	Alice Rollins
Elizabeth F. Cragin	Emma E. Lamson	Emma G. Sawyer
*Ada L. Davis	*Lizzie C. S. Libby	*Olive M. Shaw
Edith H. Deehan	Eva B. Mahoney	Alice E. Shirley
Lucy M. Eveleth	Grace M. Means	Maud A. Simpson
Julia M. Fabyan	Grace J. Nash	*Louie M. Small
Myra P. Farnsworth	Alice E. Neal	Annie R. Swett
Alice T. Farrington	Laura E. Parker	Charlotte R. Walker
Alice M. Fernald	Annie L. Patrick	Cora N. Webber
*Martin W. Berry	Walter S. A. Kimball	Frank W. Rice
William P. Davis	Frederick J. Laughlin	Philip E. Shirley
Robert W. Dunbar	Thaddeus S. Lewis	Collingwood P. Smith
George H. D. Foster	*Arthur H. Longfellow	*Frank P. Ufford
*Alfred S. Goody	John H. McKinery	Henry W. Varney
Robert W. Hersey	Edwin C. Nesmith	George B. Whitten
*Lewis H. Jack	James H. O'Brion	Llewellyn Wildes
* Medal Scholars

Class Officers
President - Martin W. Berry
Vice-President - Gertrude C. Fuller
Secretary - Harriet A. Armstrong
Treasurer - Lewis H. Jack

Below, the pages in order, minus the blank pages - click on any image to enlarge it.