New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-18
ST. SIICHAEL's SCHOOL.
First Annual Exhibition.

First Annual EX1ID1LE0na-
Adjoining st. Michaeps Church, which is
opposite Annuneiation square, on Chip
pewa street, is an unpretending building
formerly used as a carpenter shop, but now
occupied by the parocbial school attached
/ TO the church, which has now several hun
dred pupils ST. Michaels parish is bounded
by Carondelet or Apollo, Terpsichore, the
river and Felicity road, and out Of its depths
the pupils are gathered until the school,
though scarcely three months old, OverfOws
in numbers. The institution is under. the
management of the Rev. Father Tobin,
who but short time ago was a simple
curate, and is one among the few youngest
! priests in the service Of the Church.
An exhibition took place yesterday even
ing in the unpretending building or wig
wan, and the interior was crowded to such
an extent with the parents Of the children
that standing room could with difficulty be
obtained These exhibitions usually show
the training and develop before the gener-
GUS audience such traits and gems Of rhet
Oric and elocution as well evinee the care
Of the teacher. Viewed in this light the
entertainment last night showed that the
trials of the excellent corps of instructors
did not pass unTewarded. The exercises
were conducted according to the following
programme:
Opening address-Master Willie Brown.
RecitatiOn-Look AIoft, Master j. j.
Haggerty.
Recitation-AmbiHon, by Pierce Shan.
non.
Recitation-Three Grains of Corn, by
Master Curran.
Dialogue-When I'm a Man, by several
boys.
Dialogue-Base Ball Enthusiast, Neail
McDevitt, j. Hall, Thomas johnson.
RecitatiOn-VacatiOn, Mark McKendFick.
DialOgue-ResOlve of Regulus, d. B. Hag-
gerty and John Campbell.
Reeitation-Ba;tle of Linden, Mark Nc
Kendrick.
Song-Irish Cobbler, Willie Brown.
Northumberland of Sir John Moore, P.
Shannon.
RecitatiOn-semprOniOus for War; VIII
liam johnson.
Acknowledgement Banner, John
Campbell.
RecitatiOn-Reply to Conquered Banner,
John Bolton.
RecitatiOn-Dutch Sermon, John hall.
Recitation-Charge of the Light Brigade,
D. B. Haggerty.
DialogGe-T6e Letter, John McCue-and
Ed. Kelly.
-Waehington's Farewell to his
Army, Dennis Haggerty.
Observation-Disclosures Address, Willie
Brown.
RecitatiOn-schoOl Boys Complaint, N.
McDevitt.
Recitation - Imprisonment for Debt,
James f. Grady.
Recitation-The Maniac, Willie Brown.
Dialogue-LochiePs Warning, d. B. Hag-
gerty and j. McCue.
Dial0gue-The Bet, w. johnson and E.
Kelly.
Diaiogue-The Spelling Glass, several
boys.
RecitatiOn-Bri1ade at Fontenoy, D. B.
William Tell-William Tell, D. 3. Hag-
gerty; Gesler, j. Campbell; SaFnen, J. Nc
Cue; Officers, E. Kelly and F. johnson; Al
bert, James f. Grady.
Closing Address-D B. Haggefty.
This was the first annual exhibition, and
for that reason was watched with cOnsid-
cradle nervous anxiety and being triumph
ant there was all the more cause of CON
graduation. In the recitations there was a
strength to the delivery not found among
DOD . q BDA4C4dA ILALE5s anu Al al ulO 5CS
turing was alive-was not the mere dead
motions such as made by inanimate bodies
under the spell of magnetic current, but
emphasized the speech itself The Base
Ball Enthusiast" was one among the speei-
alties that won great approval The Irish
CObbler" was rendered in costume, the
young man singing in strong and natural
accent the well known song while he
pounded away at the cobbler's bench. The
recitation of the Conquered Banner" was
effective. The 'Dutch Sermon" was re-
peated, so well did it satisfy all hearers,
and the manner of the youngster mimick-
ing the German, and counterfeiting
the broken English, together with his ges-
ticulation, brought down the house. The
decidedly comic thing of. the Spelling
Glass, which wound up with "ShoO Fly,'
both being done in the true style, and the
scene from "William TELL" were done in
costume with all the grace of veteran per
formers, though not all the compOsure.
The exhibition was decided success. To
day viii take place the young ladies' exhi-
hilton