The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-06-28

to st. JOseph's Church, Common street,
wMc1 Is under the pastoral care Of our
Weu-k9own Eazaxist Fathers, came off on
Thursday and ETiday evenings at the large
hall corner Of DAybigny and Common, be
fore large audience that filled it to its ut
most capacity. . - : - - - :
Besides the Rev. Fathers Of the Church,
the Rev. Messrs. Smith, Boglioli, and
OF other churches, among whom were
Fathers jeremiah Moyniha1, Father Cor
nelius, his brother, Father Kenny, and
others whose names we do not remember,
| besides many of our we'll known citizens,
with the parents and guardians ofthe young
gentlemen to be examined.
These schools are under the direction of
the farHfaRed Christian Brothers, many of
whom, with the justly popular Brother Am
brOse, director of the FOucher schools, at
their head, were in attendance, and must
have felt q, special pride during the exam
nation, while their able and talented CO.
| lab0rer, Brother Justinian, who is the inn
mediate head and director of these schools,
of Late, with an experienced and MASTER
hand, was exhibiting to an admiring audi
! ence the splendid results of their long dis
tinguished system of intellectual training.
Brother AmhrOses schools, was in attend
ance both evenings, to: the number of
eighteen or twenty, handsomely attired in
uniform, who, both in appearance and mu-
sicai skill, added quite q charming feature
to the evenings enjoyment, while they re-
and the school they belong TO, if we were to
judge from the rounds Of applause that fol-
lowed each performance. p, 81
The exercises of Thursday consisted of
the following: ~AsF
Overture, by the Brass Band; Hymn, by the
Pupils; Opening Address, VIM. Lohmiller =
KELIGIous INsTRUCTIoN-EeooHd aud Third
Ciasse~.- VIM! O'Donnell: Music,
Brass Band .tssss ,,ls - -r45 -. go
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and Third Classes.-song,
Pupils; Defamation, Geo. Bouch.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES asd Third Classes.-Music,
Brass Hand; Defamation, John Canan. ~ lfsE
AnrTHNiETrc-Seo and Third Caassss Song,
Pupils :.Declamation, N. Hart. eve 49, .
HISTORY - High Dialogue, Louis
Freshet. William Niles, and James Monroe;
Song, Pupils, Finale, Brass Band. -.
The, examination of the above classes
was conducted in thorough manner by
Brother Justinian, and plainly shOwed that
there was no collusion between him and the
questions. His style Of questioning showed
this, and though his questions followed in
rapid succession, he not q Whit too quick
for the examined, who replied to his
charges TO use military phrase lin
eq%ahy quick returns. ~. -. :. ]
style Of shot and reply, and the class
moved off with flying colors. Sacred his
tory was equally sifted from beginning to
end, the boys still triumphant. Geography
next followed, the pupils still holding their
own WsmITSsn honoss, aopsg won on the
"a 70 asefs% sSsss b a records eon
nected with the places, yet they never
tagged; but took everything In their way
= matter Of course, and lsft The rostrum
Grammar was, next ;. gone through, from l
the naturp and Of fsn<k &Jse
ANALYSIS of sentences and here Again the
boys caIfeo of vietoxfotlH; nef1ectinR reserved
credit ON tl1emsefvee and teaghers Arith.
n1etic and, history followed, and = NO less
thorough end searching sexa ton was
made in 4iiem than in the fSrnaer, when the
young intellectual dcombatxnts aesecsaded
from the Form, sas fkesaz and as Sigorous
aswheR they AScended sWhilest their yottfll-
f1l fsces gi0wed with conscious pride ut
the hearty aapplause that greeted them at
the c0nclqsion Of the exercises. asssA sF.~
But we must not0n1ft te acknowledge the
pleasure derived from, the pieces declaimed
ct certain intervals between the examine
items, and the sweet music ifiscoursed by
the brass band of ST. lGasy's. An combined
to make the evening pass 60 pleasantly and
so unlike the dry, uninteresting style of
some examinations, that the time was
scarcely felt passing;g and thus concluded
Thursday evenings examination, to the
qualification of all, and to none more than
the modest and beloved pastor, Father
Smith, who, in a few words, expressed the
deep satisfaction he felt at the evenings
exercises, and congratulated, in suitable
terms, the parents whose children, by their
examination, had reflected So much credit
on them and all connected with their edu-
cation at the same time paying q we'll
merited tribute of thanks to the Christian
Brothers, and, more particularly, to the
accomplished director and head of the
9chnpls Rrfyf4aRr JnStiJ1Sam
the pupils to such perfection in the very
short time he has had charge of them
90 FRIDAY EVENING.
This evenings exercises consisted of the
examination of the higher classes of the
more advanced pupils. The hall was
thronged to oyerfowing; and though no
effort was made 70 rain attraction Nv the