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MANCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI BANQUET. 
First Annual Affair, Tuesday Evening, Largely Attended; 22 Classes 
Represented; Past Teachers Present. 
Supt. Mackin Suggests 
Changes in Hig*h School Course. 
The first banquet under the aus- 
pices of the Story High school AI- 
umni association at’ Manchester was 
held Tuesday evening in the Town 
hall. It was very largely attended. 
Sixty-seven past graduates of the 
school were present, 22 classes be- 
ing represented, beginning with the 
first class, 1878, and ending with the 
last year’s graduating class. Two 
hundred and eleven persons sat 
down to supper. 
The banquet was held at 7o’clock 
and was followed by speech-making, 
with Prof. A L. Sabin, principal of 
the High school, as toastmaster, and 
was followed by dancing which last- 
ed until 12 o’elock. 
Among those present were Prof. 
N. B. Sargent, the first principal of 
the High school, who taught here 
for 22 years, and A. B. Palmer of 
Everett, who taught here shortly 
after Prof. Sargent. Both gave in- 
teresting talks, recalling incidents 
of school hfe during their service 
here. Mrs. John Baker (Miss Hattie 
Damon) was the only other past 
teacher present. Prof. W. 8. C. Rus- 
sell of Sprinfield and Deacon Jo- 
seph A. Torrey, who taught at the 
High school at one time, were un- 
able to attend. 
The catering was by the Dirigo 
Catering Co. of Beverly. <A neat 
menu ecard, printed at the Breeze 
office, contained the following 
menu: 
Baked Fish Creo Sauce 
Hot Roast Stuffed Turkey Brown Gravy 
Cream Mashed Potatoes 
Squash 
Ham Croquettes 
Vanilla Fritters Lemon Sauce 
Rolls and Butter 
Ice Cream 
Vanilla 
Ices 
Raspberry and Pineapple 
Assorted Cake 
Coffee. 
Divine blessing was asked by 
Prof. N. B. Sargent. At the guest 
table were Prof. and Mrs. A. L. 
Sabin, Prof. and Mrs. N. B. Sar- 
gent, Prof. and Mrs. A. B. Palmer, 
Mrs. Seddie Follett, Supt. and Mrs. 
John C. Mackin, Miss Nellie Hobbs, 
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Following the supper, Prof. A. L. 
Sabin called the gathering to order 
and extended a cordial welcome to 
all present, at this, the first banquet 
of the High School alumni. He gave 
a brief history of the High school, 
saying that the history of the school 
went back to very early times. It 
was not so old in years as in ob- 
seurity. Mr. Lamson’s history, he 
said, recorded that in 1848 the town 
voted that there be a high school 
established for the benefit of the 
whole town. This was the intro- 
duction of the ‘‘High school sys- 
tem,’’ as it was called, in the re- 
port of the committee, as distin- 
guished from the former ‘‘ District 
system.’’ The committee was in- 
structed to put the Town hall in 
suitable condition to accommodate 
the high school. According to some 
old Essex county records, he said, 
there were in Manchester, in the 
earlier days, three public and. pri- 
vate schools besides the high school. 
In the middle of the last century, 
high schools were not so much in 
vogue as private schools. The first 
teacher of the High school, in 1848, 
was John C. Long. The first course 
of study was introduced by Prof. 
Sargent, who took charge of the 
school in 1866 and remained until 
1888. The speaker had always ta- 
ken much pride in the movement 
started by him the first year he was 
here, in 1891, to start an alumni 
association and he was glad to see 
it had prospered and could now 
boast of this big gathering of peo- 
ple. He went on to say that Deacon 
Torrey was now the oldest living 
teacher, and that we would all re- 
member Mr. Torrey for the beauti- 
ful ideas expressed by him in poetry 
and that these will live long after 
he is gone. 
Prof. N. B. Sargent was then in- 
troduced by the toast-master, the 
introduction being prefaced by a 
profound problem in geometry, 
which Mr. Sargent did not under- 
take to answer. He said he felt 
somewhat like the colored actors 
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schools are doing everything that 
can be done for the young. Some 
times I think we do too much ¢nd 
that we are taking away the things 
which inspire ambition in the young 
and make their work too easy.’ 
He alluded to the old days at the 
high school and to the grounds on 
the hill—he could never forget that. 
He spoke feelingly of his remem- 
brances and love which he bore the 
town and its people. He closed by 
quoting the last verse of his now- 
famous song, ‘‘The Same Tides 
Flow,’’? which we print in full. 
O’er these rugged hills so grand, 
Now to us a joy and pride; 
And along the rocky strand 
Where we watch the rolling tide, 
Masconomo, chieftain bold, 
With his arrows and his bow, 
Used to wander, we’ve been told, 
Many years ago. 
CHORUS. 
But the same tides flow; 
And the same stars glow; 
And the waves sing the same wild glee. 
Just the same the sea birds screech, 
And the shining, Singing beach 
Takes the kisses of the same old sea. 
But the Indian hunting ground 
Has become a garden fair; 
Where the wigwam once was found, 
Stands the mansion rich and rare. 
Wealth and skill have brought their power, 
Everywhere their work we see, 
Love and Beauty grace the bower, 
This is Eden-by-the-Sea. 
Now the school is on the hill, 
And the church is in the vale, 
And our homes with light they fill, 
_ Brightest hopes that can not fail. 
They have been the beacon light 
As the years have passed away, 
Brought us from the gloom of night 
To the splendors of the day. 
Lawyer George E. Willmonton 
was next called upon as represent- 
ing the schools of that section of. 
the town known as ‘‘Up in Plain.” . 
Ile paid tribute to Prof. Sargent, 
who was at one time his teacher, and 
spoke of him as ‘‘ Just, generous and 
able.’’ He had a fund ‘of humorous 
stories and incidents which kept the 
company in good humor during the 
process of his remarks. 
Miss Ethel MéeDiarmid then ren- 
dered very sweetly, ‘“‘If I had the 
world to give you.”’ Miss Annie L. 
Lane presided at the piano. 
Prof. A. B. Palmer was the next 
one called upon. He said that about 
1891, two great events occurred. 
One was the introduction of trolley 
cars in and, about Boston, and the 
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