Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-24
Commencement at the Holy
Names Convent.
An Enjoyable Entertainment
Provided for Visitors.
The Graduates and Their Creditable
Performance.
The Essays Delivered by the Young La
dies-A Number of Well Deserved
Medals Dfstributed-The
Proceedings.

passengers had to stand during the trip
out to the convent of the Holy Names
yesterday afternoon. Arrived there the
crowd was packed carefully and skillful-
ly in the main hall of the school, and
had time to look about before the ex-
ercses.
The hall was handsomely decorated
by the pupils, evergreens, flowers and
paintings by the scholars being taste
fully arranged about the walls with
pleasing effect.
The programme began with an over
ture upon two pianos by Misses Mar
garet McDevitt, Ida Smythe. Mary
Harmon and Francis Harmon.
An opening address by Miss Eta
White followed the overture. The
young lady presented a fine appearance
on the platform, has an exquisitely mod
ulated and well-trained voice, while the
composition of the address would have
been credit to person twice her age.
The singing class came out and filled
the platform to sing, with sweet, we'll
trained voices, The Crimson Glow OF
Sunset Fades.
The essay, Woman's Sphere, by Miss
Edith Shorb, was one of the finest things
on the programme. 1t was we'll con-
structed, we'll written paper, with a
poetical strain running tn rough it like
q thread of gold in an alrea adv brilliant
fabric.
A very fine part of the programme
was the performance of in Old Madrid,
upon the mandolin, guitar, violin and
piano, as follows: Piano, Miss Ida
Smythe; guitar, Miss Eta White; man
dolin, Misses Emily Barbeling and Lizzie
Workman; violin, Miss Nettie White.
The elocution class rected in concert
Corlstrom's Wife, in way to enhance
the effect of that most beautiful poem
AS one voice and one person the class
went through the recitation, winning a
storm of applause.
Another musical piece, an instru-
mental double duet upon two pianos,
came next, by Misses Margaret McDev-
lit, Emily Barbeling, Julia Rhodes and
Minnie Cummings.
The elocution class came on again
now, this time for piece part sung and
part recited, Longfellow's Old Clock on
the Stairs, in which the perfection of
the musical and elocutionary training of
the class was particularly apparent.
Don Juan, piano duo by Miss Mar
garet McDevitt and Ida Smythe, was a
particularly we'll rendered performance.
Next came an event not on the pro-
gramme, a comic recitation, The Cork
screw, by Miss Ida Smythe, all the more
enjoyable, perhaps, because unexpected.
The audience tried to bring the Young
lady back for an encore, but encores
NOT n nrHnr +haxy Il
to settle down to listen to the
essay of Miss Margaret McDevitt,
one of the two graduates. Misses Nc
Dewitt took for her theme the Utility of
Physical Sciences, and treated the sub
ject in an able manner. drawing several
lessons, moral and otherwise, from the
facts and theories she wrote of.
The last part of the musical and lit
erary programme was Roses and Violets,
avocal alquartette by Misses Katie and Ida
Smythe, Emily Barbeling and Anita
LazZarevich.
Miss Shorb and Miss McDevitt were
here called forward to receive their
graduation certificates and beautiful
gold medals of merit.
Ribbons of merit were awarded as
follows
First ribbon, Misses Ida Smythe and
Anita Lazzarevitch second, Grace Deer
ing; third, Susie Bernard; fourth, Anne
liza Carson fifth, Julia Rhodes sixth,
Elizabeth Workman; seventh, Eta
White.
Second course ribbons were awarded
to Miss Rosie Bernard, Eva Solari,
Adelia Solari and Elva Shay. A ribbon
of encouragement was given little Myra
Phillips.
A gold medal, presented by Hon. S.
M. White, presented for excellence in
Christian doctrine, was awarded Miss
Edith Shorb. Other gold medals were
as follows: Politeness, presented by
Mrs. j. Bernard, awarded to Miss Grace
Deering; painting, presented by j, De-
Barth Shorb, awarded to Miss Anita
Lazzarre witch vocal music, presented
by the Provincial house, at Oakland,
presented to Miss Ida Smythe; instru
mental music, by Mr.. j. M. Tiernan, of
San Gabriel, Miss Emily Barbeling
mathematics, by Mrs. Scott Chapman,
of San Gabriel, presented to Miss Mary
Harmon French, by Mr.. j. Lazzarevich,
of Los Angeles, to Miss Susie Bernard;
penmanship, by Mrs. l.. l.. Bradbury, to
Amelia Carson.
Special honors in the first English
CldSS WCIo dlSO dCCICullCu W MISS 0IdCO
Deering, Miss Anita Lazzarevich, Miss
Ramona Shorb, Julia Rhodes, Nellie
White, Emily Barbeling, Lille Bodkin,
Susie Bernard.
In the second English class honols
were awarded to Francis Harmon, Min
ME Cummings, Amelia Carson, Eliza
beth Workman. In the third English
class honors went to Eta White, Miss
Rosie Bernard, Marie Skinner, Annie
Scovell and Lucretia Richards. In the
fourth class mention is made of Made
line White, Ethel Shorb, Eva Solari,
Adela Solari, Edith Kellogg, Margaret
Blooner, Lizzie Solari, Elva Shay and
Bessie Kellogg. The fifth class awards
honors to Miss Grace Jordan.
Among other novelties in the school
awards were honors awarded for darn
ing, plain sewing and domestic economy
which were greeted by party of young
men in the rear of the room with en-
thusiastic applause.
When the exercises were all over the
visitors adjourned to the refreshment
and sitting-room, where they were en-
tertained until train time, when all the
visitors took their departure.
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