The state chronicle., 1893-06-11
81. MARY'S SCHOOL.
lhe Commencement Exercise. tbo r..
Week.

week.
Ihe annual musical recital and Grad.
uatng exercises Of ST. Mary's have
always been peculiarly arts ic, and the
entertainments en, of last Wednesday and
thursday only added to the wide renu.
tatlon which the school has enioved for
over fifty years The programme for
the concert made the lover of music an
tlclpate ehsl ming evening and was
said by well known musical artist 70
compare tavoraoly with the best recitals
given abroad. The first number was a
concert overture by Reissiger and was
rendered with the fire and precision
which one would have expected from .
quartette trained by an experienced or.
ches raj leader. 1t is u.eless to speak
OF Miss Dugger's beautiful voice to .
Raleigh audience and we will only saw
th.t her selections were pecuiiarly
happy. Miss Staples showed her va.
rety OF talent by her vocal solo "Pil.
grim Lane" and by her recitation "St
George and the Dragon" which, without
striving after dramatic effect, showed
great appreciation of her subject and
unusual power of presenting it to others.
AS quite contrast to this heroic legend
was Miss Masten's humorous impersona.
tion of Mr.. Pickwick in his embarrass.
ing situation with the lady in yellow
curl papers, which WAS exceedingly we'll
done. Miss Kate "OPENS sweet voice
and wlnsome manner won all hearts.
and we look forward to hearing her
again with pleasure.
The l. strumental music represented
two distinct scho ols, the ancient and the
modern classic. AS interpreters of the
former Miss Vass and Miss johnson
llayed admirably Beethoven's Septe;te;
Miss E.eanor Gregg evinced remarkable
musical appreciation; her rendering of
VanW eber was unusually spirited and
gave promise of high artistic deyelo,-
ment, and Mis- Garrett faithfully in
terpreted Mendelssohn exquisite senti-
ment and delicate harmony.
AS the exponents of the new school
Miss Margaret Smsdes gained great ap-
plause by the sweet touch and accurate
rendering Of SO difficult piece of mu-
SIC as L!szt's Venecian Boat Song.
Miss Martin has a clear, belll.ke
touch delicate yet strong, snd evinoed
perhaps more musical intuition tran
any of the players, while Miss Payne
and Miss Quincy admirably interpreted
Schuman's difficult Quinte te.
The most brillisnt performance of
the evening, howe yer, WAS Miss Annie
qreggs' rendering of Killers L Sharp
Major Concerto. Her mastery tech
nique, comb ned with her spirit and
style, must have impressed one who was
not musical critic with her great tai
ent. That the programme was of a
tine order was evinced by the unusual
attention Of the entire audience for
more than two hours.
The CONNIE ncement exercises on
thursday morning were so far above
the usual order Of such things as to Gre
ate general comment The ESSAYS were
admirable, each and all, and showed
that careful and thorough study had
been given them The salutatory, de-
hvered by one of those most seriously
hurt IN the accident which happened to
the school last Easter was SO full OF
feeling and gratitude to the people of
Raleigh that it should be quoted here
"Many classes have in turn welco me d
you, and thansed you for your interest
in them and in their work, but no other
c'ass has had given it the oppo1 tunity
of knowing the dear people of Raleig Oh
as has ours, when our joyous Easter
Tide ended in great sorrow, you, dear
friends, comforted us in the dark hours
OF pain and anxiety. We thank you
from our hearts for your untiring inter
est, and we will love you always"
Those who attended the Chapel ser
vices r'mediately following the reading
OF the es ays, and who say there the
beautiful and reverent service, and the
spirit which s emed to permeate every
participant, new understand the infiu-
encs which animates the school, and find
in that the explanation of the self sac
1lhce and heroism evinced by all the
pupils ct the time of the sad accident.
DR.. Smedes ought to be congratulated,
not only for his school and the excellent
work done there, but also for his pro-
gressive teachers, who seem untiring IN
their different departments and who in
spire their pupils with extraordinary
love and affe ;tion.
A CITIZEN.