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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
GRADUATION 
FOURTEEN GRADUATE FROM STORY 
HIGH SCHOOL © 
Thursday evening an unusually 
large class was graduated from the 
Story High school, numbering four- 
teen in all. The scores of friends 
who came to wish the young people 
luck upon this happy occasion 
crowded the hall to its utmost capa- 
city. 
The members of the graduating 
class were: Francis Marshall An- 
drews, Jr., Sarah Gertrude Cough- 
lin, Roland Hayden Knight, Lilla 
May Lewis, Beatrice Lennan Long, 
Rufus Wilfred Long, Dora May Mar- 
shall, Allen Goodwin McKinnon. 
Yatherine Elizabeth Meaney, Hazel 
Torrey Semons, Adele Bertha Sjo- 
lund, Marion Francis Spinney, Mar- 
garet Louise Walsh and Helen Clif- 
ton Wing.. 
The organization of the class: 
President, Rufus W. Long; vice- 
president, Helen C. Wing; secretary, 
Allen G. McKinnon; treasurer, Hazel 
T. Semons. 
Following is the program present- 
ed: 
Chorus, Selection from ‘‘Melusina’’ 
Hofmann 
School 
Invocation, 
Rev. A. G. Warner 
Salutatory, ‘‘The Trend of American 
Government’? 
Roland H. Knight 
Chorus, Waltz from ‘‘Faust’’ Gounod 
School 
Essay, ‘‘Charles Dickens’’ 
Hazel T. Semons 
Chorus, ‘‘Sweet Genevieve’’ Tucker 
School 
Address, 
Professor E. Charlton Black 
Chorus, ‘‘Berceuse’’ Lynes 
14 Girls 
Valedictory, ‘‘Excelsior’’ 
Helen C. Wing 
Chorus, ‘‘Excelsior’’ MeConathy 
School 
Presentation of Diplomas and Medal, 
Mr. John C. Mackin, Superintendent 
of Schools 
Chorus, ‘‘The Glorious Morn’’ 
School 
Mascagni 
Benediction, 
Rev. A. G. Warner 
Roland Knight, as salutatorian, 
weleomed the people who had gath- 
ered to see the class take leave ot 
the school. Just now, when Ameri- 
can politics are so much the topic 
of general discussion, his paper up- 
on ‘‘The Trend of American Gov- 
ernment’’ was especially appre- 
ciated. The paper was excellent in 
every way and showed the careful 
thought and investigation which 
had been devoted to it. Mr. Knight 
spoke in a clear, concise way of the 
influences which had been brought 
to bear upon our Constitution and 
form of government, also he touched 
upon the referendum and recall and 
our present day government. ‘The 
delivery was good and the words 
well chosen. 
The honorary essay was delivered 
by Miss Hazel Semons who chose 
for her subject ‘‘Charles Dickens.’’ 
This year, as the one hundredth an- 
niversary of Dickens’ birth, when 
the name of the great master has 
been doubly dear to us all, brought 
an ideal opportunity for a paper 
upon his life and character. . Miss 
Semons made the most of that op- 
portunity and presented to her ap- 
preciative audience a comprehensive 
paper covering the greatest events 
in Dickens’ life. Miss Semons is a 
pleasing speaker and her essay 
gained for her the admiration and 
praise of all who heard her. 
Professor E. jCharlton Black of 
the Boston University gave -the ad- 
dress of the evening. His subject, 
which was very appropriate to the 
occasion, was ‘‘No Palm of Victory 
Without the Dust of Struggle.’’ The 
title was chosen from Horace which 
in itself goes to show that the idea 
is as old as the ages. Prof. Black 
is an able speaker and it goes with- 
out saying that his address included 
every phase of his subject. He 
showed in his vivid way that the 
‘‘dust of struggle’’ is of more real 
worth than the ‘‘palm of victory.’’ 
From those things in the fight of 
life, that choke and blind us we 
gain all virtues. The first of these 
is sincerity. Sincerity is something 
more than mere truthfulness; it is 
getting hold of the essential things, 
the things ‘‘realky worth while.”’ 
Simplicity, too, is one of the good 
qualities which the ‘‘noble drudg- 
ery’’ of labor brings to us. To un- 
derstand ‘‘the other man’’ is worth 
striving for; that is true sympathy. 
Professor Black quoted a bit of 
modern slang when he remnded his 
audience that ‘‘there are others.’’ 
Dickens had this understanding of 
people about him. From the dust 
of struggle he gained his sympathy 
with all classes of people, especially 
of London’s poor. To ‘‘strike a 
blow for the poor’’ was his first 
thought upon becoming a writer. 
Professor Black also mentioned per- 
severance as a result of getting 
down to the depths of struggle. The 
dust of disappomtment and dis- 
couragement will finally foree upon 
us the rugged virtue of persever- 
ance, which conquers all things. We 
would make better men and women, 
Professor Black told us, if our work 
was doubled. The really great men 
are those who do their allotted tasks 
in silence, although they are accom- 
plishing far more than the man be- 
side them who is continually whim- 
pering about ‘‘overwork.’’ The pro- 
fessor closed his address by remind- 
ing us of the finer things in life 
than the every. day round of busi- 
ness. He advised all to read a lit- 
tle real literature every day. From 
these ‘‘great, still books of litera- — 
ture’’ comes the realization of the 
glorious struggle which all the 
world’s great men and women have 
endured, He closed by quoting 
Rudyard’s Kipling’s verses entitled 
“Then you'll be a man, my son’’ 
which he reminded us was as appli- 
cable to young women as to young 
men. Professor Black’s words were 
greatly appreciated by the audience 
as well as by the graduates. The 
class motto, ‘‘Exeelsior,’’ is but an- 
other expression of his subject, ‘‘No 
Palm of Victory without the Dust 
of Struggle.”’ 
‘‘Exeelsior’’ was the title of the 
valedictory by Miss Helen Wing. 
She had studied her subject from 
the time of the promotive Saxons, 
and her paper showed deep thought 
and careful preparation. From the 
days of Beowulf to the present time 
Miss Wing pointed out the steady, 
inevitable improvement of the races. 
Iler words to her classmates were 
well-chosen and impressive and she 
closed her address with the sincere 
wish that they might all live in 
keeping with their motto, Excelsior. 
The musical numbers of the pro- 
gram were unusually good. ‘‘Ber- 
ceuse’’ by fourteen girls of the Glee 
club was very well rendered and 
gained great favor. The chorus by 
the school, ‘‘Sweet Genevieve’’ was 
one of the best. It is a favorite with 
the singers and they put their best 
into the singing of it. 
After presenting the diplomas, 
Mr. J. C. Mackin, the Superintend- 
ent of Schools, presented Francis 
Andrews with the medal for exemp- 
lary conduct, punctuality and at- 
tendanee. With a few well-chosen 
words, he wished the graduates sue- 
cess on their road through life, 
