The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-08-07

FIRST DIVISION.
English grammar-lst premium, August
lIaieie; 2nd premium, Gustave Melancon.
Spelling-lst premium, Aug. lIafele 2nd
premium Gust. Mclancon.
Geography-lst premium. Aug. Hafele;
2nd premium, Gust. Melancon.
French grammar-Gust Mclancon
SECOND DIVISION.
Spelling-1st premium, Armand Babin
2nd premium. Ernest Leroy
Keading-lst premium, A. Babin 2nd
premium, K. Leroy.
The HEATING ACADEMY Ex1I1E1-
TIoN.-We doubt if the d. S. G.. i.
Hall ever held a larger number of
people than assembled there last Sat
urday evening to witness the cxhi-
bition by the pupils of Prof. Keating's
Academy, and the entertainment was
certainly oltly the audience. The
seats were crowded to their utmost
capacity, mostly with ladies, and
both on the main floor and in the
galleries gentlemen and youths oc-
cupied nearly all the available stand
ing room. The programme was
lengthy and varied, and although it
was after midnight when the exer-
ciscs came to an end, the interest
never tagged and few persons left
the hall ere the concluding piece,
Camp life in Vatcrland," was played,
and the curtain finally lowered.
The exhibition opened with an air
from the Silver Cornet Band, rem
derel i'll the usual fanltless style of
that superior organization. Prof.
Archimedes Observation-Disclosures
Master Arthur Claverie-tllen de-
livered All Introductory address from
the stage, surrounded by his pupils
otherwise his schoolmates. The
mock pedagogue sounded the praises
of his mock academy in grandiIoquent
language, and ever and anon APP
pealed to his pupils for veritication
of the truth of his assertions, which,
of course, was enthusiastically and
promptly given by the dutitnl urchins.
An original prologue, composed by
Prof. Heating and consisting of
rhyme couplets, was recited by the
pupils in proper order, after which
the routine of declarations, dia-
logues, comedies, songs, etc, as enun,-
Grated upon the programme, was
taken up. Our time and space will
not permit II specific reference to
each of the numerous performances,
which is matter for regret, as every
pupil merited praise in some degree
for the manner in which their respec-
tive parts in the exhibition were rem
dered. The songs and choruses were
much admired especially lie Gucrier
lie Monaco by Arthur Claverie, and il
comic character song by Laurent
Comes. The duos by Miss Armide
Claverie and Laurent Comes, the for
mer playing the piano, and the latter
the violin, were fine selections, splen-
didly executed, and richly deserved
the enthusiastic applause accorded by
the audience. The Ethiopian sketches
were highly ludicrous and evoked
shouts of laughter, notably from the
boys in the gallery, some of whom
seemed in perfect esticacies of delight
whenever the Senegambian mimics
appeared upon the stage. The best
among the comedies were: The School
master Abroad, by the Junior pupils
The French Lesson, by the same
Tanning Husband, by Misses Sarah
Rhodes and Ida Pforzheimer and JOS
eph Heating; The Greatest Plague in
Life, (Which was represented to be
the plague of hiring Servant) by
Misses Jane Gingry, Armide Clavcrie,
Sarah We'll, Emma Pforzheimer, An
nie Gingry, Sarah Rhodes and Han
nah Rose The Rival Poets, by John
Terrio and Jos. Heating lie Poulet
lae je ne Mangecis pcs, by F. Landry.