The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1868-07-19
AcADxxY OF TIE v1srrAr1ox.
ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT.

We take from the Mobile Erening News
Of the 18th inst, the following account o.
the annual commencement of the Academy
of the Visitation:
The annual commencement of the above
we!i-known and most excellent institute
took place yesterday. The exercises com
the attendance was not so large, nor was
the exhibition on so grand scale as usual.
This we learned was attributable to the
absence in France of the Superioress and q
number OF the Sisters, and on that account
| atively private.
Among the visitors we noticed on the
platform nearly all the Catholic clergy in
and around Mobile, besides several Jesuit
Fathers from Spring Hill College. The
distributed the premiums.
The programme selected, but not extern
sive, was well and most admirably carried
out, and showed that the young ladies had
studied well their various parts. The mu-
sical portion of the entertainment reflected
their talented professor, ,|Beltzhoover.
After the distribution of the premiums, a
List of which will be found below, together
with the programme, the Rev. DR.. Barry
congratulated the Sisters as we'll as the
pupils, on the result of their labors, as dis
that as he had spent over sixteen years in
several colleges, both in Ireland and abroad,
ne had dsome little experience in scholastic
matters, and he had no hesitation in saying
that the examination of the different
classes .evinced sound, jndicious, and care
full training that the foremost paPis-in
each class equaled, if they did not surpass
the best pupils in the first academies of Eu-
rope. This was particularly true of the
senior class, and the speaker appealed to
Rev. Mr.. Browne, who assisted in examill-
ing, as to whether he had ever heard any
thing better than the examination of Misses
Herrick and Kelly in history, mythology,
natural philosophy, including astronomy,
etc. He mentioned these young ladies in
order to arouse a spirit of emulation among
the younger pupils, many of whom possess
as much talent and energy as these two
young ladies.
He then read a letter from the Superioress
in Paris, informing the children that she
would be back in time for the opening on
the first of October, and that she would
bring with her other Sisters to teach Ger
man and Italian, besides the French, Latin
and other languages now taught in the
school.
Music-Hymn to the Blessed Virgin
Oh Holy Mother" Piano Solo-Jaell's
of "Norma miss Kennedy.
English Observation-Disclosures Glass
First, Miss E. Kelly; second, Miss E. Ken
nedy. First Class-First, Miss A. Herrick.
Second Class-First, Misses Bella Park, +
and M. Riordan, equal; second, Miss S.
third, Miss NJ. Finnegan; ac-
cessit, Miss NJ. Beltzhoover. Premiums for
Application-Misscs j. Parker and j. Voc.
glin. Third Class-First, Miss NJ. Thrower;
second, Miss NJ. Burke; third, Miss A. Mon
min. Miss r. Hudson, absent through sick
ness, rewarded for diligence. Fourth Glass
First, Misses J. Dooley, NJ. and J. o'Brien,
nnn irl
Misses C. Herpin and NJ. ID. Atkinson, equal.
c. Swain. Fifth Glass
First, Misses H. BcltzhOover and d-J-De-t
briere, equal second, Misses F. Noonan
and j. Beltzhoovcr, equal third, Misses NJ.
Humphries and A. Nicllers; equal. Sixth
Class-First, Misses Mary Keegan and Lau-
IA Buckley, equal; second, Miss j: Murphy.
from "Massanicllo"-By the
singing class. Prose Composition-"T The
of the Machabees Miss L.