The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-01
D,srp,pur,oN AT MT. DE CHANTAL.-

Distribution AT Mt. DE CHANTAL.-
THE largo hall of the Academy Of ths
Visitation, B. VIM, at Mt. de Chantai
was filed with invited guests yester
jday. to witness the distribution OF pre-
| miums and the bestowal of academic
honers on the young lady students ane
graduates. We estimated the attend
ance at about five hundred persons
embr aciug some of the most cultivated
and intelligent as well as the most
fashionable of our citizens. The stage
was was very prettily decorated with bOughs
and was occupied By Bishop Wheian
the Mother Superior and many of the
Sisters. a
The exercises were opened by the rem
5ition of the March from Tannhausert
bv Misses Bette McHenry, Mary Trow'
bridge and Rosa aud Nora Houston on
the piano, and Kate McHenry and Ella
Frasier on the harp. 1t was most ef-
fectively played. We have heard IT
\ given by Dodsworth's celebrated band
of New York, when il did not ring and
stir the soul as when played by these
young ladies.
The march was the signal for the
Young ladies of the school to enter. AS
they came in two and two, most becom-
ingly arrayed in white, bowling now to
the Bishop and then to the audience,
we could but thank God for the beauti-
full, healthy, fresh appearance of these
future wives and mothers. Their faces
glowing with intelligence, their eyes
bright and sparkling with health, we
felt the Sisters deserved as much praise
for the physical as for the mental de-
yelopment of their pupils.
Marching to the platform they sang
the chorus, by Beethoven, "Die Ehre
Gottes," and their rich voices made the
air dance again with harmony.
After the distribution of premiums to
the meritorious pupils of the Fifth class,
among whom we noted Cora McAtfee,
Kate O'Brien and Emma Snyder, OF
Wheeling g, the audience was favored with
vocal Duet by Misses Louise Gegan
and Ella Gordon and very pretty harp
duo by Ella Frasier and Kate McHenry
After it Miss Anna Scully sang Schu-
bert's serenade very sweetly and effect
lively.
Among the deserving pupils of the
Fourth class who received premiums,
we notice the names of Miss Fink and
Miss Fanny Burns, of Wheeling.
Miss Madge Peters read descriptive
sketch Of Beetboven's Senate in d ma
jor. This young lady read in clear
full voice that reached every portion OF
the room, and received, as she deserved,
the applause of the audience. Imme-
diately afterwards the Sonata was
played by Miss Kate McHenry. We
watched this young lady's execution
closely. She touches the instrument
with the careless grace of master, and
fully brought out every beauty and
point of Beethoven's sweet, stirring and
extraordinary composition.
Ia the division Of the Third class
Miss Mary Burke, of Wheeling received
premium.
Miss Susie Williman's essay on Suffer-
ing was fair production. We can't
agree with Miss Susie. She says the
man who has never suffered cannot
sympathize with those who do suffer.
Not SO. AS well might she argue that
none but those who have been intoxi,
Gated know when they are sober.
The overture to William Tell by Ros-
SIM was excellently given by Nora
Houston, Mary Trowbridge, Kate and
Bette McHenry, Julia Porcher and
Susie whitman. The manner in which
these young ladies rendered the ferid
music of Rossini was of itself sufficient
to demonstrate tho high order of mu-
steal culture pupils attain. at Mt. de
| Chantal.
In the Third Glass Mary McAfee, Lucy
Mason and Mary Brown, of Wheeling,
were awarded premiums.
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two more performances ofextraordinary
merit. The song, "The Wanderer," sung
by Miss Ella Gordon, was most effect
lively given, and with one exception the
best vocal performance of the day. 1t
was given with feeling, the words were
spoken clearly and accented properly.
/ There was none of the abominable slid
ing of one word into another until one
feels that the words were as Ineligible
in Choctaw as English. The exception
we allude to above is Miss Mena Waring.
She has fine vocal powers, her chest
notes are full and round aud her upper
notes are as clear and sweet as the tones
of flute. Her compass is good and her
enunciation perfection. Who that heard
her sing 81 know that my Redeemcr
liveth," would not agree with us in our
admiration of this young lady's vocali-
cation
The other young ladies of Wheeling
to whom awards were made were, Misses
Mary Trowbridge and Susan Sturgeon.
A gold graduating medal was award
ed Miss Kate McHenry, of Cumberland,
Md, for completing the prescribed
course or the piano.
The tuition at this Academy includes
| what shonld be taught at every college,
academy or other institution for the
education of woman, in the land we
mean the useful art of sewing, darning,
mending and house keeping. When
Miss Mary McAfee received premium