The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-07-27
Saint Mary-Jeferson College.
COMMENCEMENT ExRRCIsRs.

Mary Jefferson College opened with q musical
greeting addressed to the throng from city
and country already assembled in the parlors.
The exhibition was announced to come off
thus early in the day for the purpose of en-
abling any students desiring to go home with
their parents to do so at the close. The wish
tors from the city went up by boat the pre-
vious Saturday, or by rail on Sunday. Gentle
men unaccompanied by ladies were as usual
entertained at the College and treated with
the most unbounded hospitality.
But to the literary feast and it's fine flow of
Temperance wine." The music was of the
first class-vocal and instrumental. The vio-
lin was handled with exquisite tact. 1t stud
ded the scene with Marst poses as the
bush studs the lawn with the leafy gems of
morning" The orchestral parts, in which the
st. Bfary's brass band participated, yielded
some fine bursts of manly music variety of
beautiful airs was thus sung and played in
concert by Father Pompallier's Choral Society
and Father Hslbwacks' well-trained pupils
The Ghost, a comedy in three acts, inculcated
it's moral with telling effect, as it was well
presented and played with undoubted ability.
AS literary and dramatic display it rebound
ed to the credit of the actor and his Alma Ma
ter. The heavy part rested on the shoulders
of Master John Kennedy, and fonnd in that
young gentleman a staunch support. Masters
Parmentier and Weber were the moving
spirits in Irompette et Vert de Girls, one of the
funniest farces that could possibly have been
conceived. To see this alone had been worth
a trip to the College, Any number of penman-
ship samples had been strung in convenient
reach for examination. The ornamental and
b I'D busness-like hand were the les follow
ed. Ranged along with these were several
specimens of linear drawing, conceived in good
taste and ably delineated. Nature was copied
with much exactness in the landscape and
other paintings exhibited. This department
was in charge ofProfessor Heating.
The fact had been noted that the students
this session were particularly tractable and
studious. The number attending had been
hundred and twelve. The health of all was
remarkably good. The College seems to enjoy
o special exemption on all occasions from the
visitation of sickness or pestilence in any
for II, though the same may be raging outside
the walls. The testimony is borne that in
this school there is found no such thing as q
Ounce; aud why Because the teacher con-
cludes that in every cbild-even the dullest-
endow wed 18th reason, there is and must be a
talent for something another hidden away
in the soul He takes to seeking for this ia
lent, he fluids it, he fertilizes it, and gratis
upon it twig from the tree of knowledge.
The twig takes root and leaf and branch ; and
by and by, blossoms and bears fruit.
We subjoin list of the students receiving
First Premiums, with an enumeration of the
several branches in which the awards were
made
RHETORIC, OR FIRST CLASS.
Christian Doctrine, Excellence Diligence,
Literary Analysis, Principles of Rhetoric, &C.
ography-Joseph Claudet
Translation of Latin into English, Oratory
mpositon-Joseph Coustarot
Translation from English into Latin-Henry
Salles
Excellence, Diligence, History, Chemistry
LIST division, Natural Philosophy LIST division
William Harang.
English Discourse, Elocuton-Jno. Kennedy.
ElocHton-Henry Poursine.
Natural Philosophy, I'd division, Theory of
sccounts-Octave Harang.
Translation of English into Latin, Geome-
try and Trigonometry, acknowledgements
teal coursc-Joseph Gourdain.
Penmanshp-Lucen Moutegut.
HUMANIT1Es, OR SECOND CLASS
Christian Doctrine, Excellence, Dill9ence,
Logical Analysis, History, Geography, Chem
istry I'd division-Ernest Darby.
Christian Doctrine, Translation of Latin
into English-John Heslin.
Algebra and Arithmetic combined-Lievin
Weber
Greek-Marcel Boudard.
Literary omposition-Ernest Harang.
Principle of Grammar aud Literature, Trans
lation of English into Latin, Sd class-Benj
Bourgeois.
Reading and Ellocuton, Algebra and Arith-
metic combined, Natural Philosophy I'd divi-
sion-John Fleetwood
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Chenet
THIRD CLASS.
Christian Doctrine, Excellence, Diligence,
Grammatical Analysis and ParsiDg, History
Geograpby-Wilsou Tregre.
Christian Doctrine Joseph LIE Bourgeois.
First Communion, HistOry-Joseph Heating
Translation of Latin into EnGlish-Henry
Parmentier.
photography, Reading and Elocution, Latin
GRAMMAR and Translation. 5th clasy-Jamcs