The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-27


Were Fifteen Priests and Several
sisters in ttendauce..P .PrOgramm
Will BE Repeated Tuesday Evening.
Second to none held this season were
the graduating exercises Of st. Johns
parochial school, South Side. yesterday
afternoon in the church hall on Fig
street. Right Reverend Bishop O'Hara
was seated in the position of honor
facing the center of the stage. and In
adjacent places We're the following
clergymen: Rev. James A. Moflitt and
Rev. II. p Burke, of st. Johns; Very
Reverend Monsignor James Walker
and Rev. ]. ]. Cannon, of Letter Kenny,
Raphoe diocese. ireland; Very Reverend
John Finnen, of Pittston, vicar general
Of the diocese; Rev. A. r. McAndrew, of
Wilkes Barre, former pastor of st.
Johns; Rev. ID. w. Mccarthy, Of Mi
nooka; Rev. Nj. B. Donlan, of Dunmore;
Rev. ]. J. b. Feeley and Rev. James Nc
Andrew. OF the Cathedral; Rev. W. p.
O'Donnell. of Providence. Rev. d. A.
Dunno, of Hyde Park; Rev. =. +. La
velle and Rev. j. j. Greves, of Pittston,
and Rev. j. F. Jordan, of Rendham.
Besides the bishop and priests there
were several of the sisters from st.
Cecilia's convent present The parents
and friends Of the graduates took up the
rest of the space In the hall. The exer-
cises will be repeated next Tuesday
evening at 7.30 for the people generally
of the parish and an admission fee of
25 cents will be charged. 1t is well
worth that amount.
Seven young ladies and one young
man belong to the class of SO. They are
Misses Belinda A. Byron, Helen n
Reardon, Margaret A. Moran, Nj NJ
Boland, Helen J. McGuinness, Elizabeth
r. McAndrews and Mary V. Doyle, and
Joseph A. Donnelly. He is the first male
graduate Of the school and he Is a
bright and intelligent young man. Tho
class motto is, "Remember thy creator
in the days of thy youth"
DIPLOMAS GIVEN GRADUATES.
outside. the hall the pupils Of the
school were arranged in line by the sis.
ters and when everything was In readi-
ness for the exercises to begin the
word to march was given and they en-
tered the hall passing up the center aisle
to the stage, on which they took seats
Then they sang a greeting chorus to the
right reverend bishop, and having
acquitted themselves in very excellent
manner they gracefully marched out
again and left the stage clear
The graduates came forward to the
left side Of the stage and Rev. Father
Moffitt made the announcement tina,
they would be presented with diplomas
as a testimonial Of having completed
the course of study and passed the eX.
animation successfully. They approach.
ed the bishop and kneeling down re-
ceived the honor Of a diploma from his
hands. Coming back second time the
girls knelt and were each crowned with
a wreath Of flowers. In addition tC
these there We're many bouquets ant
baskets Of flowers and gifts presented
by friends.
The smallest girls of the schoo
formed a chorus of about fifty voices
| and rendered woodlawn chorus IL
charming style. One of the most en-.
joyed numbers was an instrumental
| selection which came next and was
played by the following: Guitars, Misses
Nellie McGuinness, Katie Coyne, Mamie
Boland and Mamie Gallagher and
Charles Heffner; banjoes, Elizabeth Nc.
Andrews, Katharine Barrett, Loretta
McDonough, Nellie Reardon and Mamie
Quinnan; mandolins, Miss Grambo
Mamie Dunleavy and James Boland
violins, James McAndrews, Jennie
Walsh, Laura Kelley, John Healey ant
Arthur Rose.
BOYS MILITARY DRILL.
While Miss Katie Walsh and her
brother Harry played a duet march
the boys of the school marched out up
| on the stage and We're attired in mill
tary uniform. Those on the right wore
gray uniforms and on the left the uni
form was blue. One side carried guns
and the other swords and they both
gave clever exhibitions of the evolu.
ttons of military drill. They also sang
patriotic songs and two recitations OF
historic events Of the Civil war were
rendered, one by Joseph Donnelly, the
other by Thomas Barrett.
A drama in three acts "Out of the
Shadows" was presented. There were
three scenes in the first act and two
In each of the others. Misses Elizabeth
McAndrew.' Mamie Boland, Annie Nc.
Aloon, Katie Rafter, Mary Doyle. Mel.
lie Reardon, Nora McGuinness, Mary
Moran, Winifred Durkin and Mamie
Dunleavy were the dramatis personae
| The evolutionary ability of Miss Nc.
Aloon and Miss Boland was specially
noticed. The plot of the drama empha
sized the reward of virtue In the sec.
ond act Maypole dance was a refresh.
ing feature and 1t won applause.
Following the drama an operetta
Lilly Bell" was sung by the Junior
| pupils. Miss Mary McCormac. Miss
Belinda Byron, Miss Mary O'Conno,
and Miss Glare Donahoe had the lead.
Ing parts, assisted by Master Joseph
Walsh. The parts of wood nymphs
and naiads We're taken by the junio,
girls In chorus. The music of the opers
was very tuneful and was we'll sung
The last number was O valedictor,