Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-27
AT THE SACRED HEART.

Interesting Exercises Close the School
Year-Three Commercial Graduates.
The twenty-second annual closing
exercises of the College of Our Lady of
the Sacred Heart occurred last Thurs
day morning at the college hall, which
was well filed with an audience Of
friends of the institution. Following
was the programme:
SOLDIERS Farewell ......... e -.
-. 49,. Philharmonic society
Oration-'.our Future Republic II ]. Walsh
Essay-"Charles Dickens Nv. A. Murphy
Oration-"Genius of Art " j. T. Geraghty
Address. Very Rev. D. ]. Riordon, Chicago
Chorus-"6ne More Song !. :. ..e...'i..
....................Ph Philharmonic society
Awarding of honOrs and comforting of de-
sgrees, etc.
All the numbers were given in a
capable manner that elected hearty
approval from the audience. The es
says by Messrs. Mulberger and Muir
ply were well read and showed careful
preparation; the former took for his
ideal orator the great Celtic man of
letters, Edmund Burke, while the lat
ter gave an interesting delineation of
the life and principal works of the la
mented subject of his ske tch In "Gen-
Jus of Art'' Mr.. Geraghty very aptly
depicted the beauties of the artists
calling, but, treating his subject in a
broad sense, said we need not neces-
sarily go back to the grand old masters
for realization of our cravings, as we
of to-day are all artists; in every hui
man breast is the genius of art in some
way manifested. But perhaps the best
effort on the programme was the ora
ton of E. j. Walsh on "Our Future
Republic" He is a speaker with sur
prising gifts of powerful and eloquent
oratory and handled his subject in
mastery manner. Mr.. Walsh said
that the American republic was still in
It's infancy and predicted a brilliant
future for it, although at present suf-
fering from an unfortunate financial
panic. But he said that, to accomplish
this end, the three great vices now so
rampant in our midst and affecting our
government-b bribery, socialism and
anarchy-must be subdued. The ora
tor of the day, the Rev. Father Rior-
don, delivered a scholarly and able
address, in which he gave some sound
advice and suggestions to the students,
cautloning a strict regard for religion,
which was here taught as the funda-
mental principle of their education.
The musical numbers ofthe programme |
were under the direction of Prof. w. |
T. Thiele.
A large majority of the students were
recognized by the faculty for proficient
work during the past year, the presi-
dent, Rev. Father John O'Keetfe, !
awarding the honors and comforting |
the degrees, assisted by Father Boland |
There were but three graduates, all in
the commercial course, namely, Will |
liam Schlueter and j. D. Shinnick, of |
this city, and 2. 7. McGillis, of Menom-
inee, Mich. Some twenty gold medals
were awarded, among the principal of
which were, the DR.. Johnson CONNER
eial medal 10 William Schlueter; theJ. !
I. Mccarthy elocutionary medal to J. |
I. GeraGhty, of Rosemound, MINI. |
Christian doctrine medals to J. O'Con- |
nor, of this city, and to j. 7. Geraghty; |
penmanship medal to w Mathews, Of |
Chicago; military medals to p T. Nc
ellis, Of Menominee, Mich, and to P.
J. Sullivan, of Hancock, Mich.
Among the visiting clergymen pres
ent@were: Rev. Fathers j. NJ. Ward, |
Beloit; H. Mcmahon, Oconomowoc; J.
j. Lillis, Doylestown; H. Murphy, |
Columbus; NJ. Wynn, Clyman; ].
Hanlon, Monches; E. McGinnity,
GAINESVILLE; NJ. Condor, Oregon; T.
@Cosgrove, Fond du Lac; j. Ryan, Mil
waukee; E. Reilly, Lake Geneva; Thos.
Dempsey, Monroe.