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MIEN the next day. if I aid 
t get a telegram before then not 
7 There were three Allens 
| on the committee, Luther F., W. H., 
wnd George Forster Allen. I came 
o Manchester, as appointed, and 
met the committee. .They told me 
to go to the station and if they 
wanted me they would send Mr. 
Rich down before the train left to 
notify me. It was an anxious half- 
our that I walked up and down 
the old station, but at last the tall 
form of the superintendent was seen 
“it I was notified to appear “or 
o come. 
duty the following Monday morni. 2. 
' “The first-class to graduate had 
seven members, the next, 14, and 
the next two, 12 each.’’ It was dur- 
‘ing his first summer here, he said, 
that he had his first business ven- 
ture. He went into the ice cream 
business, hired a horse and the first 
day out, the horse ran away, broke 
his neck and cost him $100. He said 
_ that during his stay here and dur- 
ing his teaching career he always 
_ tried to bring out the best in those 
under him. He alluded to the speak- 
_ ing contests which he had conducted 
and which many would remember 
with much pleasure. He hoped 
these banquets would be kept up 
every year and he would make it a 
point to come. 
4 Supt. Mackin’s Remarks. 
Supt. John C. Makin was next 
 ealled upon. He suggested, among 
other things, some changes in the 
present course in the high school. 
He said: ‘‘I understand that this 
association is interested not only in 
meeting once a year and reealling 
_ the scenes and incidents of school 
days, but that it also is interested 
in furnishing a strong backing for 
- the local high school, and so a word 
— about that institution may not be 
out of place. 
“The high school in any commu- 
nity is a very important institution, 
as it has practically the last chance 
at the formation of character. The 
foundation of character necessitates 
the getting of knowledge, not the 
getting of knowledge in one par- 
ticular branch, for that tends to 
make one narrow—but the getting 
of a foundation knowledge in as 
many branches as possible. 
“The high school today is the 
_ peoples’ college and as such it must 
offer a sufficient variety of courses 
- -thatothe) student tmay«get a: founda- 
tion alongithnee dinesrsthe voeation- 
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I would suggest that there be added 
to this, manual-training for the boys 
and domestic science for the girls. 
“This does not mean that the 
school is to become a trade school 
for the chief aim of the high school 
hike all other schools is not to make 
men mechanics, but to make mech- 
anics men. 
‘“‘One more suggestion. I am in- 
clined to believe that the average 
eighth-grade boy or girl who enters 
the high school directly and _ at- 
tempts to carry on the regular work 
of that institution is too immature 
for so doing, and that one of three 
things is likely to happen: First, 
he becomes discouraged on account 
of his inability to grasp the sub- 
jects and drops out of school; see- 
ond, he takes a post-graduate course 
at the local high school or a year 
at some fitting school; third, he en- 
ters college with conditions and on 
account of immaturity and lack of 
preparation is compelled to take an 
extra year at an added expense of 
at least $500 or $600. I would sug- 
gest, therefore, that the course of 
study in the Story high school be 
changed from four to five years and 
that the eighth grade pupils enter 
what would be ealled a sub-fresh- 
man elass. This would give them 
an opportunity to become adjusted 
to and get a proper foundation for 
the regular high school work. I be- 
heve these changes would furnish 
an opportunity for a better equip- 
ment not only for college but for 
life.”’ 
Prof. Sabin then sang ‘‘The Stein 
Song,’’ all joining in the chorus. 
Allen 8. Peabody was then called 
upon as representing the graduates 
and he recited ‘‘John Smith, U. S. 
A.,’’ prefacing his selection by sev- 
eral humorous stories. Mr. Pea- 
body’s reading was excellently ren- 
dered and was greatly enjoyed by 
the company. 
The company was requested to ad- 
journ to the upper hall while the 
tables were cleared and the hall pre- 
pared for dancing. Long’s orches- 
tra furnished musie for this. About 
100 couple were on the floor. The 
graduates present included: 
1878—Mrs. Mary E. Blaisdell, 
Miss Lucey Baker and Mrs. Lizzie 
A. Floyd. 
1886—Mrs. Nellie M. Rogers and 
Mrs. Seddie L. Follett. 
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and; Miss Nellié M.:Lieonard) is01) 
1892—Miss Grace H. Alleno and 
Percy A. Wheaton. 
1893—Alfred CC. Hooper, Mrs. 
Bessie K. Needham and Miss Ger- 
trude B. Goldsmith. 
1894—Mrs. Eva H. Rand and Mrs. 
Catherine Cleary. 
1895—Mrs. Edward W. Baker, 
Walter R. Bell, Mrs. Elsie Stanley 
Macdonald and Miss Mary E. Mor- 
gan. 
1897—Mrs. 
Edith R. 
Rita Mitchell, Mrs. 
Williams and Allen S. Pea- 
body. 
1898—Frank A. Rowe and J. Alex. 
Lodge. 
1900—Miss Eleanor R. Morgan, 
Mrs. Ruth Pulsifer Hoare, B. L. 
Boyle, Miss Mabel Walen and Mrs. 
L. W. Carter. 
1901—Miss Elizabeth Lethbridge. 
1902—Mrs. Hollis L. Roberts. 
1903—-Miss Mary Edith Dodge, 
Miss Lena M. Jones, Miss Ethel 
Sheldon Hooper, Miss Elizabeth Lee 
Allen, Miss Ruth J. Blaisdell and 
Miss Marion C. Allen. 
1904—Mrs. ©. F. Doane, Misses 
Mabel R. Morgan and Annie Leigh- 
ton Lane. 
1905—Miss Elizabeth P. 
Harry R. Floyd and 
Hooper. 
1906—Misses Mary A. Rust, Ther- 
esa Walsh, Alice Sargent and Edna 
Kitfield. 
1907—Miss Ethel C. Stanley 
uel Rowe, Miss Ethel Palmer 
Miss Nellie M. Hobbs, 
Lee Blaisdell, Mrs. Agnes Carter 
Cook, Walter J. Fleming and Miss 
Ethel Frances Standley. 
1908—Willard L. Rust, Miss Flos- 
sie P, Allen and Miss Princie Dodge. 
1909 i Ethel Seott, Robert 
Baker and Miss Abbie P. Floyd. 
The hall was very attractively 
decorated for the occasion with 
ferns and potted plants and green- 
ery being caught around the elee- 
tric fixtures about the room. Under 
the clock in gilt letters was hung 
the words, ‘‘Auld Lang Syne,’’ 
which, by the way, was sung before 
the banquet, by the company. Prof. 
Sargent’s song, ‘‘The Same Tides 
Flow,’’ was sung at the close of the 
speech-making. 
The committee in charge of the 
affair was composed of Mrs. L. W. 
Floyd, Mrs. G. W. Blaisdell, Mrs. E. 
L. Rogers, Mrs. H..L. Roberts, Mrs. 
L. W. Carter, Mrs. E. W. Baker, G. 
Albert Sinnicks, W. Rust, H. R. 
Hoyas and, Miss. Ethel Standley. 
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