Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-06-28
Ursuline Academy, Arcadia, Mo.

OAoNAAA0 xASoeAGAAy, RAC0O4a, &0Os
The Seventeenth Annual Commence
ment of this well known institution
was held on Friday, June 22d.
The following excellent programme
was admirably rendered:
| Greeting Song-Misses c. Gatti, c. Grubbs
| Maude and May Hanglin, X. Grady ant
! NJ Hennessy.
Polo Duet-Misses Maude and May Hang.
lin.
Then followed an Historical Drama of the
| Fifteenth Century, entitled sloan of Arc; Oh
the Maid of Orleans''-in FIVE acts. Its sew
eral acts were distributed throughout the pro-
! gramme. The characterizations were: King
! Charles VII and Queen Marie of Anjou,
| Sovereigns of France, by Misses C. Ottenad
/ and NJ. Downey: Earl Dunois, Compile o,
| Orleans, by Miss ]. Buckalew; La Hire and
! Duchatel, French Officers, Misses A. Bois-
| menue and l.. Ortenad; Fastolfe, an
| English herald, Miss NJ. Zinsmeister; Raoul,
a Page, Miss X. McDonald; Thibaut d Arc,
a Wealthy Countryman, Miss NJ. Rolfmeyer;
Margot, Louison and Joan. his daughters,
Misses X. Grady, NJ Hennessy and c. NJ
gent; Etienne, Claude and RAYMOND, their
suitors, Misses A. Rolfmeyer, NJ. Sanguin-
cite and L. Layton; Bertrand, Shepherd,
NJ. l.. Butcher; Seer, Miss NJ. Boismenue.
''Believe Me of All Those Endearing Young
Charms-Piano Solo-Miss E. Grady.
0 Summer Nights-Vocal Solo-Miss Cor
inne Grubbs.
La Belle Melusine-Piano Duet-Misses r.
Scalzo and C. Barnette.
Piano Solo-Mozart's 18th Sonata-Adagio
and Allegro Movements-Miss X. Scud-
Seville-Piano Duet-Misses N. Zinsmeis-
ter and c. Barnett.
The Brooklet-Motion Song-Misses B.
Greve, E. Storrs, NJ. Blaine, J. Storrs, A.
Mcguire and Alice Barnett.
Oberon-Two Pianos, eight hands-Misses
X. Scudder, L. Ottenad, c. Nagent and
c. GATH.
Essay-Moral Influence of Painting and
Sculpture Marguerite Downey.
The Storm---Vocal Solo-Miss c. Gatti.
Essay-The Beauty OF Nature, Enhanced by
Associating it with the Creator-Miss Gar
RE Ottenad.
I'm Songe Dune Mute D'Ete-Misses E.
Clemens and NJ. Hennessy.
Farewell to our Alma Mater-Nocal Duet
rendered by the Graduates, the Misses c.
Ottenad and NJ. Downey. Chorus by
Seniors.
The pupils, one and all, performed
their various parts most creditably.
and the awarding of prizes evoked ire
quent and enthusiastic applause.
The highest honors of the Academy,
the graduates gold medals. were
awarded to the Misses Carrie NJ. Otte-
mad and Marguerite Downey, both Of
St. Louis. The following young ladies
also received gold medals: Gold med
al for Exemplary Conduct, Miss Ida
Layton; for Christian Doctrine. Miss
Agnes Boismenue; for StenOgraphy,
Miss Ella Grady; for Fancy Needle
work, Miss Louise Ottenad; for Draw
ing and Painting, Celeste Gatti; for
Type-writing, Miss Maude Hanglin;
for Plain Sewing. Miss Katharine
Grady: for Order and Personal Neat
ness, Miss Clara Nugent; for highest
position in her class, Miss Elizabeth
Grubbs.
ARCHBISHOP KAN,
who invested the pupils with their
golden trophies, also crowned them
with golden wreaths. having a kind
word for each as he conferred the
donors. A very handsomely bound
hook. as 2 reward for Amiablity and
Department, was drawn by
a class of FIVE and won by Miss Marie
A large number of beautiful volumes
was distributed among the pupils. bat
space forbids a mention of the fortu-
nate recipients.
Among the clergy present were Vi
Muehlsiepen, Rev'ds L. j.
Cooney, P. W. Talon, P. Gross, T.
Jones, j. Kern, J. Muehlsiepeu and l..
C.. Wernert.
At the close of the exercises, the
addressed the graduates
and their companions. His Grace be-
gan by congratulating the young ladies
on their classical essays, their fine per-
Torrance. and the Sisters on the sue
cess of their great and good work.
After dwelling on the Convent home
and its surroundings. on which nature
had been so lavish, his Grace spoke of
the gratitude which they should feel
to their Holy Mother Church for the
exaltation of woman in Christian coun-
tries; that they should bear away with
them the amiable disposition acquir-
ed in their Convent home; that the
happiness and morals of the world are
in the hands of women; and if they
would be the means of drawing others
to the worship of the beautiful. the
good and the true, they would nobly
fulfil the mission entrusted to them by
A.