The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-31


The several dialogues introduced. including
comic pedsntry, ignorance COMPOUNDED, Yankee
| landlord trying the characters, dancing Dutch
man, and the Irish interpreter, were highly anus
ing, and the careful selection of the pupils re-
spectve merits TO represent the several characters
| ensbled them to render some of the presentations
irIesistbly ludicrous exciting the rlsibilities of
grsyer hearts than our own.
| The exercises OF The high class included the
drama of civilian Tell" with he following
dTamats persona:
Geser. Master John B. Nolan.
tung MASTER mos bsAer
o. srds Masters Henry Henderson Edwssd Furleng wn
Sogan John johnson, James heCsbe, rhos CLARKE, Wm
SWISS.
William M@ter j. J. u0rcoran
Meetai Master Michael Downey
Alma. Master Thomas rita gerald
Masters John NJ Consen Ihos johnson hos
Dougherty, Geo. Pagan, Wil.m Henhessy, Frank Raw
Inns, John Ackenha, Theo. Marsh.
Master j. J. Corcoran won several rounds of
applause by his able efforts to sustain the charac
| ter of the mountain cbieftain.
| Farewell to st. Alphonsusn was sung by the
pupils; very admirable address delivered
| by Master s. j. Byrnes; and the exercises closed
| with the distribution of more than one hundred
| and hity premiums as awards to the more distin'
| guished pupils.
Wednesday evening we had the additional
pleasure of witnessing the examination and
eTcises Of the girls school, which was, as usual,
| the crewniDg feature OF the annual commence
ment. IL may seem strange to some readers that
secular schools Of this kim, where all are required
to pay, more or less, according to their means,
should continue to grow into greatness from year
| TO year, in city where education is free under
| our municipal polity. Bat t. B. Macauley has SO
fully answered this problem in his history of Eng
| land where he Gays "there is something more
than natural in their teachings, else they could not
Withstand the storms and tempests Of ages which
beset them" Another evidence of superior fit
of 10 faf nd cir
to fill the fair white page of the mind of the ten.
derest portion of Gods handiwOrk, is the impor.
tsnt fact that they not only carefully instructed
| in the several ars aud sciences which enable them
u scquit themselves 10 their several duties through
life, bat they are also instructed in the more
| allied duties which they owe to that immortal part
| that survives the grave-landmarks which point
out the rough and thorny way to heaven.
We were much gratifed to see Miss Chevallier,
the former principal of the DeSoto School, now so
ii mly fixed OF the principal teachers 10 this
school, with her able assistants, Misses Lee, Dun
can, and others whose names we were unable to
| obtain.
The usual critical examination was gone through
| with IN the several classes, which evinced excel
lent requirements and careful study in the pupils
and the sssiduous industry and preeminent quail
| feation of their teachers.
| We were not in time to hear the comic dialogue
| by the first class, but were informed that the
several characters we're creditably sustained. The
| grand spectacle Of the evening was the Martyr
| dom of St. Philomena:"
Phlomena.... Miss Clara Cooke
DOeetHn' 1e Olake
Miss N aria Ferguson
Eucles Miss tgge Rogers
DoIia....... ...................Mss Mary Monaghan
Aglee......... Orine Duncan,
Mss Julia Murphv.
Numt Miss Eua Kelly
The Miss Maggie Nc Donald
| This was put upon the stage in full grand cos
| tunes OF the Orientals, and the performances Of
| the actors would have done credit to many of the
| professional GevOtees of the sock and buskin.
Misses Cooke. Clarke, Rogers, Monaghan and Dun.
can were marked by evidences of high culture
| and extraordinary powers of delivery, which won
the repeated applause Of the audience.
| Twelve young ladies graduated, received
their diplomas, and Miss Maggie Rogers carried
| Of the gold medal usually awarded to the bright
est graduate. This young lady read her vale
| dctOTy in a clear firm voice, until she spoke of
| parting from her teachers and school mates, when
she falteIed, and the fountains Of the heart began
| 10 flow; but che soon recovered, until she spoke
| of Father Sheeran-uow at st. Louis-when the
foodgates opened again to relieve heart which
| oveItOwed with gratitude. The address will ap.
pear in Sundays CRESCENT.
COLLEGE OF THE IMMACULATE CoNcEPr1oN-
| JeSuts.-The annual commencement exercises of
this popular place of learning we're held Wednes-
day in the lecture ball of the college, corner Of
| Baronne and Common streets, which was filed to
overlooking with the elite and fashion of the city.
fine orchestra was engaged, under the direction
Of Professor Herman Braun, and among the must.
cal performers was Mr. Myers, the popular leader
| of the st. Charles theater.
The piece selected for the occasion was " Sede-
| cias, the last King of Judah" written by one of
the Jusuit fathers in Maryland and produced
here for the second time on any stage, with the
following dramatis persona:
sedecias King Judah ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Boland
EiiaEin, / Young Princes, sons Of j. s. soisad
Rahbath, seoectas... r. ID. Williams.
NahuehOdOnOsor, King Of Babylon. q. Ogden.
Emere Sen Of R. Broussesu.
yeremish. the Prophet. d Ogden
T. Du our
A'axes NV. W. Bernard
fifs bsssettl
Pages Soldiers.
| The performers dressed in full Oriental cos
| tunes specially prepared for the occasion. {. G..
and F. ID. Ogden sustained their various parts
with great credit, whilst the difficult character Of
Sedecias lost nothing in the personaton by Master
Boand, and Elmero strutted the stage and de-
claimed like veteran.
After the conclusion of the play. one hundred
and fifty premiums, consisting of instructive and
interesting books, were distributed TO the most
mertOTiOus pupils in the several classes.
This college differs very materially from other
places OF learning in our city, as the system pur-
sued is especially adapted to students who intend
to enter theology or the professions of law, medi
cine, ETC., where a thorough knowledge Of the
| classics becomes indispensable.
| IL would be supertlu0us of us to speak OF the
| professors qualifications as their reputation is
worldwide and tie merits Of their students are
1 btet hNtchtu ny DliBhb OiuoLnoutb VIC udhJ
meet in every profession who received their edu-
| cation from the Jesuit Fathers.
DURING THE SHARP SHOWER about three O'Clock
| yesterday, gentleman was crossing Chartre;
street. al its juction with Canal. 1t was raining
hard, so he " went for y the she'd in front o.
D'ATcy's in rather rapid style, holding his UNI
brells in front Of him to protect him from the
driving torrents. juvenile tooth-pick seller just
| at this time made a start also very rapid, from
D'Arcy's shed to the other side Of the street
| Unfortunately both crossers adopted the same
line of march. The result can be imagined, bu
we thus briefly summarize it: One gentleman
very lame from having his toe trod upon. one um
brella considerably battered, one small boy howl
ing with pain, and one lot Of tooth picks strewed
around promiscuously. The gentleman picked NJ
the umbrella, the small boy himself, and the small
boys friends the toothpicks. By the time all these
operations were concluded, the shower hai
ceased, this reporter left the protection of the
shed, and further deponent saith not"
DOSE OF OPIUM resulted yesterday 10 the
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