The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-28
ST. JOsEPH'S ACADEMY.

St Joseph's Academy for Young ladies, at Flusniug
L. L. held is sixteenth annual commencement yesser-
day. ono hundred pupils dressed In spotess white,
were seated upon temporary stage forming three
sides OF a square open toward thu audience with the
nine young ladies who were to graduate In tho centre
The eyes OF the spectators wera charmed with the
beauty OF for rosy cheeks and bright eyes lent color
to the picture and the summer wind stealing through
omen windows, sway.ng the flowers in tho easements
and rusng the gauzy dresses Of the girls, added the
charm OF motion.
Tho exercises began with q march for thirty-two
hands BY Sydney smith. Some OF the performers were
SO young that their little feet danged above tho floor
with the music stools lowered to the uttcrmost; but
the composition rendered with a precision simply
wonderful, all the instruments being manipulated as II
the hands were moved by common power. Bishop
Loughn Of Brooklyn, conferred the academic honors
Miss Marguerite Cotton received for prize translation
from the French gold medal presented by Rev. Ber
McHush, OF ST AIMS Church, Brooklyn, In pur-
suance oil u system suggested by him TO givo tho
pupils q deeper and kcener interest IN their
graduates each year translate Tor publication "A
selected work from the French. Copies distributed
among the pupils will form pretty and distinctive SOU
venirs OF the various classes convenient for dstrbut
ing among their irenus The work oil the present
class is translation OF Nine. Foa's pretty boersphi-
cal sketches OF Michael Angelo, Sebastian Gomez,
Mozart Haydn and Antoine vatican.
Gold medals were awarded to Misses Veronica
mathematics Katie Coye for musc, Lizzie Gilgnn for
drawing and Sadie, Madden tor Christian doctrine.
number OF young ladies noted tor particularly good
department were crowned with wreaihs OF bay.
eloquent address to tho graduates was delivered
by Miss Mary +. O'Brien, herself former gradu-
ate of the Academy The feature OF the exhibition
was an original aegory, written by clever
sister too modest to reveal her name, and per-
formed by eight young ladies' In its opening the
Human Soul rs discovered sooquzing upon lie and
the future when the Angel Of Inspiration enters ana
warning OF the dangers OF the world and prompts
high ASPIRATIONS After the Angel retres the Spirit Of
Wealth comes In dazzling attire TO tempt the soul from
thoughts OF heaven but the coupses OF the Angel
bcred and Woallh poweress to move her Then
approaches the spirit Of Ambition endeavoring to WIN
constant 10 God the spirit retrcs Lastly comes
Pleasure robed IN beauty dancing and swinging rope
OF flowers With sweet words and tales of endless
flies with her The promised happiness however,
fails satisfy tho Soul which soon returns
to thoughts OF heaven guided by the Angel
spoken with Israeli Raphael and Azrael,
aud the latter takes the tired but triumphant
Soul home TO everlasting rest Miss Annie Sher-
10 the Soul with grace and feeling. Miss
Mary Corr made ent,clng representative OF
Wealth. Miss Maggie o'Hara was highly p.cssng
and Mss Mary Mccormick very little lady gave EVIL
dence Of great natural Evolutionary power aud nstrionc
Ability as Pleasure. Miss Veronica Mcclure inter-
pre;ed the counscs and fears OF The Angel OF Inspira
ton with dellcacy and tender graceful express
sion. The Death Angel was presented oy Miss Kate
o'rooe. Miss Sadie Madden hly portrayed tho sweet
tongued Israeli, and ''the anaple archanges lines
finely read by Miss Lizzie Glgan
Latin address to Bishop Loughin, written by Miss
Sarah sullivan, was then read Miss N, squres read
original humorous sketch of sWidow Squires'
apiano composition Tor forty eight hands
was performed, and Miss Annie Sheridan made the
valcdictory address. Premiums were distributed to
the lower classes. fcw vocal and instrumental
ectons performed and the EXERCISES closed with
an address by Bishop Lougnn.