Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-07-04
Closing Exercises OF St. MicliaePs
Academy.

Academy.
The closing exercises aud annual
exhibition by the young ladies' and
girls of St. Michael's Academy was
given last Thursday evening at the
Academy building. The room was
crowded, and this fact, combined
with the intense heat OF the evening,
would have made the listeners some
what uncomfortable, if the exercises
had net been unusually interesting.
But people OF refinement. and in fact
almost everybody, would be willing to
endure q certain degree OF physical
discomfort for the sake OF such an in
tellectual treat as was given under
the direction of the Sisters on this
evening; and after the exercises had
fairly commenced, everybody forgot
everything else except what was be-
ing enacted before them on the stage.
The programme was made up of
musical and dramatic exercises and
tableaux, all Of which were very cred
liable and pleasing. "Filiola," a
drama in four acts, in which the little
girl, who is constantly wishing to be
a woman. that she may be able to
command instead of obey, is sudden
ly transformed by the fairies into a
young matron; her friends grow old,
her young and beautiful mother be-
comes the gray-haired grandmother,
and she, with the cares Of family
devolving upon her. sees her error
and bitterly repents. When she is
again changed by the fairies magic
back to innocent childhood, her joy
knows no bounds. The presentation
of this drama was perfect, and the
lesson taught will leave an impress
sion on the minds of the young actors,
and the boys and girls who witnessed
it. that will make them better In all
the coming years of life. "The Chill
dren Of To-Day" a farce in six
scenes, pictured "Sham and Shoddy,
the real and the true in education,
social and everyday life, just as they
really exist throughout the land to-
day; and il the young ladies and girls
who participated and those who list
ened are not benefited by the exer-
cises of Thursday evening, 1t will be
strange indeed. The valedictory, by
Miss Mary Sullivan, reflected credit
on the author and institution. The
exercises throughout were good; we
shall not particularize or individual
ize where all did well. The closing
remarks by G. 81. Reeve, Esq, were a
fitting tribute to the perseverance
and sacrificing spirit which has en-
abled the sisters to accomplish SO
mnch. The ice cream festival which
was given In the room below at the
close of the exercises, was no doubt
appreciated by all. We think that we
hazard nothing in saying that the ex-
hibition, in the moral and refining in
fuence which it was calculated to
exert, taken all in all, has never been
excelled in our city.
The class honors were distributed
in st. Michaers Church Sunday eve.
ming, after vespers, as follows:
Musical Department-First Glass
First Honors-Miss l.. Loesch and NJ
Sullivan. Second Class-First Honors
Miss Katie Sweeney. Third Class =
First Division-Honorable mention
made OF Misses l.. Stegman, b. May.
er, L. Klinghammer and c. Singler
Third Class-Second. Division-Miss
Martha Crippen, Katie Weckerle, l.
Body, M. Nussbaum, N. Altman and
Katie Reed. Fourth Class - Misses
NJ. Krout and Katie Reed.
academic Course. - First Senior
Class-First Honors-Misses Sullivan
| and Wolford. First intermediate
Class-First Honors-Misses Katie
Sweeney, M. Sweeney, Lizzie Steg
man and Master w. Hendricks. Sec,
ond Intermediate Class-Miss Maggie
Langdon, Little NJ. Sullivan and d
O'Brien. Junior Class-Miss Martha
Crippen. Primary Department-Firs
Honors-Misses Katie Wade, Dors
and Flora Stegman.