The record-union., 1896-05-30
AT THE THEATER.
Exercises by the Sacramento Institute
Students.

The commencement exercises of the
Sacramento Institute, conducted by the
Christian Brothers, were held last even
ing at the Metropolitan Theater, and
the seating capacity of the building
was tested to its utmost. Quite num-
Der of members of the Grand Army
were present. The work of the stud
ents was all commendable, and they
received plenty of substantial encour-
agement in the shape of applause. 1t
was requested by the management that,
owing to the extreme length of the pro-
gramme, no encores be insisted upon,
and the audience respected the request
throughout, except on two occasions.
These were when little frankie Ryan
and Bennie Bauman went deep down
into comic opera and tackled ''Titwil-
low" but they did it well-better, in
fact, than many professionals. And
when Harry KIeinsong lived up to his
name in singing the English ditty,
IF it Wasn't for the 'Ouses Hin Be
tween The audience would not be
satisfied and demanded a return, which
was finally accorded. The boy did him
self credit, but carried his victory easi-
ly, and scarcely seemed to realize that
citation had carried away his audience.
The exercises were concluded by a
short address to the students by Hon.
E. E. Leake of Woodland, Commis
sioner of Public Works. He exhorted
them to consider well what path in life
they would follow, and then follow it
with a will, so that when gone people
might say, The world is better because
I;<rsz
he said, were the corner-stones upon
which the Nation was founded. The
Constitution guaranteed free speech,
thought and the right to serve God,
every man as he saw best. 1t was the
duty of all good citizens to protect the
Constitution and with it those guaran-
teed liberties with all the power God
had given them.
Mr. Leake admonished the students
not to forget the faith of their fathers,
and pointed to Sobieski, Richard of the
Lion Heart and others of the Catholic
faith who had helped to make the
world what it is. All good citizens
might not be good Christians, but all
good Christians were good citizens.
Mr. Leake then turned his attention
to Memorial Day, and paid a glowing
tribute to the members of the Grand
Army of the Republic. Their num-
bers are, he said, growing smaller each
day, and the time is near when the last
of them would be called to sleep with
their comrades. Decoration Day aWoke
the most tender memories-memories
which bring back the struggle of the
nation, and which recall the parting of
friends and the unnamed grave in the
PARKWAY South.
1t was the dl;$y of every student he
said, to gratefOiy remember the deeds
of those men and honor their memory
for the deeds they had done and the
blessings they had secured for the ma
ton. And on the morrow when earth's
choicest Offering would be laid upon the
little mound of earth, he hoped there
would be equal
Tears and love for the blue
Love and tears for the gray.
DIPLOMAS, ETC.
Diplomas were awarded to the follow
named pupils:
Commercial-Andrew J. Finan, Jo-
seph NJ. Murphy, George F. Stubbe.
Charles J. Criley and Thomas F. O'Con-
nell.
Collegiate-William A. Hughes, P. D.
Lavelle, Henry J. Stubbe and John P.
Fitzgerald.
Commercial Certificates-Henry A.
Senf, Allan r. Sweeney, Charles d.
Buchanan, Joseph F. Quinlan, John F.
Mcclure, John A. Lavelle, John M.
Gayner, Ralph J. Harcourt.
The following named pupils having
received testimonials Of merit, are pro-
moted to higher classes: Henry S.
Burke, Honorius N. Marcelais, Coleman
G. Flaherty, George F. Marcelais, Will
lam c. Turton, Joseph B. Lynn, Thomas
Z. Hall, William A. White, Joseph F.
Ryan, John S. Casey, Francis M. Azeve-
do, Thomas E. McArdle, Cornelius NJ.
Coughlin, Francis L. Bronner, Victor
A. Fuchs, Francis III. Ryan, Byron j.