The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-16
ST.
THE CONVENT HALL CROWDED TO
ITS FULLEST CAsAclTY.
Fhe Closing Exercises-The Enter.
tainment n Grand uceess ana
One Long 10 he Rendered.

u One Long TO be Rendered.
'e A large and enthusiastic audien'
: assembled at the Academy Hall
witness the Annual Commencement
Exercises which took place Wedne
;, day evening. There are two thing
r that must be conceded 10 st. Vii
D cents. She attracts larger audience
r than any other school in the city, an
:. the sbsolut. Fly perfect quality Of he
r entertainments is neve disputed
4 The occasion was rendered mol
: interesting by the presence of RICH
Rev. Archbishop Kain, of st. Loui;
and other distinguished clergy OF tn,
diocese.
The floral decorations OF the hal
and stage were superb and have no
been equaled here before for bcaut!
of design or cfTcc.i i've ensemble.
The art exhibit was greater tlii-
year in numbers, and in point OF cx'
cellence than for some wears.
The crayon portraits were exceed
+: ingIy life ike and showed the touch
of n master hand.
Miss Allie Albcrt's "Winter Scene
in oil, was much admired ana ahUwcd
the unmistakablc genius of the artist.
Among others we noticed the fol-
lowing credita5lc works: Winter
: S"'ne" in pastel and one portrait in
crayon by Miss l.. Eur@h. Oac ror-
trait in pastel AMI picture Of dagS
Miss Tiiie I~tccSer. Gaze ross ii
pastel. M;ss CARR. E;~s'"h. Fruit
picture in pastel and one PORTRAIT in
crayon, Miss Jennie l;olwing. One
picture ~ stare. ore of ltu>scS, two
panel pictures. (water lilies and
rosrs) all in pastel. Miss ". Burns.
One picture of Roses in pastel, !:
Nc@rlsansr~ HSu:Hr:cr Scene in
oil. I'D rTavcn of st. John. the evan
gclist Miss l.. lsoc>rr. One portrait
in craven. one fruit picture, one
Winter S"cnc." unc"Summcr Scene
one cross, rSi.>:es and waller lilies,
Miss Gertrude Morgan. Near the
stage WAS 4 life size portrait of little
Mamie Lilly whose sweet voice now
huSh~d in death. - often thrilled
with delight the audience, assembled
ut 1t. NinceIis.
The exercise cfcned promptly at
: o'clock with the cho. las. You've
been a friend 10 me with violin.
guitar and l,i~ro accompaniment.
With .]i:cIiis by the entire school. At.
the ci0>c of this song Miss +. l~;ocscr
stepped forward and rery gracefully
delivered fhe Words of greeting tU
Archbishop Kahn" Il beautiful roe.l.
with a touching tribute 10 the Grand
Old Man" Right Rev. Archbishop
EGmrIck. At the conclusion his
Grace conferred CROWNS OF lIte-arr
merit upon the four graduates and
presented 10 eGli. 1 gold medal fer
cxccilc.lcc.
Gold medals were also presented
to Miss Ratio ltcScH ftr Christian
Doctrine. Miss L. Iireser for ii,.sic
and Miss Clcndiair for etiquette.
"CiaS<inatcs hear u word from me
with offering of cmblematic flowers"
was the theme L.;J.cii hy Miss T.
Tie tender ren:inecauces of
happy school days gone forever
lived again in artistic word
painting before parting fnre"er. 1t
The conclusion of her essay Miss Best
sang a beautiful soprano solo, her
reverberating through the
;;ii!d;ng, making TIC echoes bring .
back the sweet melody.
Sircbogs, "Talse Brilliant" trio. or
.hrce p%ian12. by Misses I. Ser"our
B.. McIIalr. y. Manning. l.. Speak. \.
)stcrloh, ID. lIarbir. L. Stafford, ;.
Judcn and NJ. Powers. These little {
mes PLAYED well and kept admirable ,
ime. |
Essav-~Our Uncrowncd Heroes" l
" Miss Minnie Burns. gave evidence l
the high culture the writer has at I
aimed. II was written in elceart ;
language aud was rcp!etc with noble
bought. and at its conclusion re- {
eivcd meritcd applause. 4
Foes beautiful poem Cf 1.-The Bells" :
recitcj by the different classes in !
locItion. |
Sleigh Bells" by Marie Carroll. =
10y Gawronski, NJ. F'arrar, NJ. Pow !
rs, VI. Stratman. Laura SrcGk, BldEcE y
Icndrick. Nellie Wolford. e. Bujac. !
|. Wilson. +. Smith, l.. Manning. G.. =
'arrar and n. Carroll. These little "
ots trIppcd iipGn tie stage ard exc ,
4 pretty waltz, accompanied by /,
sc music of the violin and piano, Vt
lille the mc:rt sleight bells were I
card in the distance. After retiting I
l conccrt and singing an appropriate
election. they executed again the
movement and retired from the
age amidst greet applause.
The following little girls then ap-
cared upon the stage attired as
rides and rccitcl Wedding Bells" u