1904 Graduation Program of Standish High School, Standish, Maine

1904 graduation program of Standish High School at Standish, Maine.

The graduation exercises were held at the Congregational Church at Standish, Maine, on Friday, June 17, 1904 at 1:30 p.m.

Class motto: "Launched but not anchored".

Program

• March
• Invocation by Rev. G. K. Goodwin - Rev. George Kittredge Goodwin (1868-1943)
• Salutatory - The Value of Friends - Lilla Gertrude Hinkley
• Essay - Great Governments of Today - Mattie Lillian Buzzell
• Class History - Frank Earle Sawyer
• "Director's Choice" - March - Mandolin Quartette
• Class Essay - The Development of the Drama - Bessie Mae Higgins [see her graduation photograph here.]
• Essay - Why - Nora Ella Hooper
• Class Prophecy - Myra Pearle Dow
• Oration - Great Men of America - Alonzo Elmer Burnham
• Mandolin Solo - Mr. Winslow
• Essay - Value of World's Expositions - Vera Ethelyn Dow
• Presentation of Gifts - Mattie Lillian Buzzell and Nora Ella Hooper
• Valedictory - The Panama Canal - Walter Everett Marean
• Class Ode
• Address - Hon. B. F. Chadbourne - presumably lawyer and civil engineer Benjamin F. Chadbourne (1849-1911)
• Conferring of Diplomas - Rev. G. K. Goodwin, Chairman, School Board
• Alice, Where Art Thou? - Mandolin Quartette
• Benediction

Written at bottom: Alumni Association, Meeting and Banquet

Class Ode - Vera Ethelyn Dow

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1901 Graduation Program, Deer Isle Grammar School, Deer Isle, Maine

Booklet Program for Graduating Exercises for the Grammar School at Deer Isle, Maine, Class of 1901.
Hopefully all of the students participated, so that they are all named below:

Salutatory:  Guy E. Torrey, "Welcome"
Essay:  Ernest Foster, "Kindness"
Essay: Ernest H. Pickering, "Electricity
Oration: Nellie E. Pinkham, "Education as Related to Prosperity"
History: George D. Carman, The Past and Present"
Song: Class of 1902, "Good Bye"
Essay: Bessie G. Lowe, "True Nobility"
Essay: Charlena C. Holden, "Perseverance Brings Reward"
Oration: Burton A. Haskell, "The Decisive Battle of the Rebellion"
Prophecy: Villa M. Haskell, "Upholding the Future"
Singing:  Misses Green and Haskell
Oration: Jasper P. Haskell, "George Washington"
Class Will: Frank H. Powers
Valedictory: Angie M. Gray, "Climb though our Path Be Rugged"
Conferring Diplomas
Singing Class Ode
Benediction

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