The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-24
BRIGHT LITTLE PUPILS
There Are Many Of Them In St. Pat.
fick'S Pafochial School.
Speeches Made, Stories Told and
Prizes Awarded at the Clos
ing Exercises-A Flour
ishing School.
BY the standards special Wire.

BUTTE, June 23.-The first school year
of st. Patrick's Parochial school closed
to-day with appropriate exercises held
this afternoon. The splendid school
building, the finest in Montana, wa
completed last September and the school
opened mt that time. During the year
there have been under the admirable in
struction OF the Sisters between $50 and
400 pupils. During the past few days ex-
aminations have been held, the result
being most fiattering not only TO
the brightness of the children,
hut to the t~horoughness and
efficiency of the teachers. The examina-
tons were unusually rigid. A percentage
Of 80 in the higher grades and IS in the
Tower was requisite To pas from n
grade to a higher, while those falling below
20 i'm percentage were put back to the
next lower grade.
The prizes were in the shape of draw
ings for medals. All those whose per-
centage in a certain grade was within
five points of the highest in the grade
were entitled to draw for a gold medal,
presented by Father Van de Ven.
In the second and third grades the
high percentages were as follows:
Josephine Mulville 81, Martha Me
Driscoll ~, Maggie Coleman ~. Ernest
Desjardins ss, Luke Kennedy ". The
above drew for the gold medal. which
was won by Annie Kennedy.
In the fourth and fifth grades the
high percentages were as follows: Julia
Kelly 93E, Therese Courtney a3, Maggie
Hardiman 80, Mary O'Neill 92, Grace
Goodwin 9OE, Maggie Sullivan ~, Louis
Andrieux ~. The medal was won by
Maggie Hartman.
In the sixth and seventh grades the
highest percentages were: Annie Muir
gle Mcmillan 9.H, Bessie Hughes SO.
Mary McGinnis 9iE, Frank Mcdonald
92L Sadie Mcbride slE. The c was
won by Bessie Hughes.
In the seventh and eighth grades Ma
mic wedin stood ~, Annie Wedin ME,
Mary Holland drew the medal.
The drawing for the medal awarded the
music class was participated in by Rose
McDermott. Maud Brown, Alice Lam
glois, Annie Lachapelle, Josie Barth-
auch, Bertha ~Langloise,. Mary Burns,
Dora Burns, Belle Robinson, Cassie
Laird, Anna Breslin. The fortunate mem
Der Of the class was Alice Langlois.
In connection with the drawing for
medals this afternoon there vas an ex-
cellently rendered programme of music
and recitations by the pupils; The enter
guests richly enjoyed the entertainment
and are TO be envied for the favor shown
them. II is expected that next year the
exercises VIII be public.
The programme to-day
Chorus, Americas Emblem the Violet,
Girls, aecompanist, Miss a. Bn'slll
Me Still Miss A; iI,nglol'
Nocai duet. Music on the Waves -
....... Misses !: Borihwick and B. langloi'
instrumental solo, Knocking Bird" ..";.. :,
Miss A. iA'rlapeh'
ieei'a'ioh' 100 '@'e' MAST. !; iiii;,;,,ri.
y. .i,' ~ al. mi ~; o Mas,er r. harrington
Miss n. Mcnermot,. ac'mp'.t A. Lacilaiell,
Instrumental solo, FISHERS iIornpipe, -.
Dialogue, THE Expected Visitor" =.
Misses n; Lynch, "; HYlald' A. Medii
>'ea' Master o IL IL Gnu,,mnvs a,'mn,I III n; i%,n.loi
Recitation" 'aHs conquest" NJ. !. krnnI.,,,
Vocal solo, Little Annie Rooney,
....... ;"".;.".. Miss y. Robinson
ite'i'a'i'i'' "ihdel"iidehce beh' ~ Nil,
.,,,,,.JiI , so,,L,, '.i,v,L;,,ii n. an Wiz ~. I'LL Me'"
son' ' ""+ Miss j. HoIhwie
Dialogue, .'The Novel Reader, $500 .
Misses ". Mrlin, l., o'Grady, VI. NcyI
Vocal Solo, us TIA! Mr., Esilly,"
Master :. Mclaughlin ae'mr,st A: Bresll
H. =" Ash's' Lam
'" Misses 4. Dr,.slip. n I.,nrloi.. 4 I.osiwir
Distributions Of premiums.
Chorus, Vacation Song, ........,..."...
..g....,. Girls, accompanies, NJ. b, iangloi
The promotions announced were: Fror
second to third grade; Charles Nevir
Eugene Campana, Charles Bonner. Eddi
Finegan, Nellie Murphy, Willie Morgan
Katie Murphy, Lizzie Murphy, Emm
Newberry, Lena Alverigi Katie Beauper
From third to fourth grade; Pete
OConnor, John Murphy, George Brown
Alex Mcmahon, Ernest Desjardins, Stell
Kennedy, Rose McDermott, Ann a
han, Mary Goggin, Bridget McGlynr