The Portland daily press., 1896-06-25
ST. JosEPH's ACADEMY.
A Glass of Four Young Ladies Graduated
Yesterday Afternoon.

| The graduation exercises of the st.
Joseph's Academy, Deering, took place
yesterday afternoon at 3 O'Clock and were
| largely attended by the friends of the
school and by the Catholic clergy in the
neighborhood Of Portland. The following
clergymen from this city were present:
Bishop Healey, Rev. Michael MoDon-
ough, Rev. John O'Dowd, Rev. Dennis
O'Brien and Rev. Charles Collins from
the Cathedral and Rev. Edward Hurley,
Rev. jeremiah CoughIin, Rev. Father
Huot of the other churches. Rev. Will
liam Donald of st. Stephens, was also in
| attendance.
| The school room in which the exercises
were held was ella borately decor ated with
HoWefs, evergreen and potted plants
Twenty SIX pupils of the sch DOL were
seated upon the platform, all dressed in
white and formed very pref ty picture.
In another class room was exhibited
some OF the work in painting and EN-
broidsry done by the young ladies of the
Academy in their leisure moments dur
ing the year.
This exhibition was very beautiful and
was highly commended by those who saw
| it. Miss Rose Conneen. had very beau
tifully embroidered center piece, Miss
Agnes White of Eastport set of hand
painted china, magnifcently en-
hroidered center piece and sofa cushion.
On another table were one half dozen
plates. cups and saucers forming tea
set, painted by hand in an exquisite
manner by Miss Mary Deehan of this
city. Miss Regina Shaughnessy of ST.
Stephens, N. B.. exhibited an EN- broiderad
sofa pillow, handkerchief case and center
pieces. A five O'Clock tea set on tabls
by itself hand painted and set upon a
beautifully embroidered linen table cover
| attra cited all eyes 1t was the work of
Miss Christina Quinn Of Hallowell.
| Miss Nellie Gordon Of Portland exhi-
bited set of china hand painted with a
pansy design and handsome embroidery y.
Miss Annie Keegan, Miss Alice Murphy
and Miss Mary ONeil exhi bited oil
paintings and they were finely executed
Miss loretta Lappin of Portland had
on exhibition yellow rose. hand pa inted
tea set with fine embroidery Miss Alb
bic Boyd Of Damariscotta Mills showed
collection of magnificent china paint
ing and FANCY work. Besides these men
toned, there were many others exhibits
all of beautiful design and execution.
Following the examination of the
work of the young ladies the following
programme was SUCCESSFULLY carried out:
Chorus-Spring Song, Waltz,
Jos. Nentwish
Saluatory,
| May Deehan. aae
1 Glass Recitation, Leading on to Battle
Piano Solo-Allegro in B minor,
LoreUto Lappin.
Recitatian-The Bogie Man, "a
Joanna McInnis.
A Glimpse of the Muses., Delsarte
| Piano Solo-Etude de Style, Ravina
Mabel Gordon.
Ess ay-On Music,
Grace Durham.
| Vocal Solo-Consider the Lilies, Topliffe
Annie Keegan.
| Charade en- Action, Bouverie
Recitation-Legend of the Best Beloved,
3. Donnelly
| Agnes White.
A Glimpse Of Childhood, 81
Juniors. IN
Chorus-ThJ Cascade, J. L.. Roeckel
A It the close of the exercises Bishop
Healy addressed the graduating class
briefly and then conferred the graduation
honors, gold medal and crown of lau-
rel, upon the following young ladies:
Misses Mabel Gordon and Mary Deehan
of Portland, Miss Grace Durham of
Deering, and Miss Agnes White of East
port. The valedictorian was Miss Mabel
Gordon and her essay was an able COM
| Dosition