The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17
~ DEPHR TMENT
Ogden, March II.
FEsTAL GREETINGS.
To Rev. Father p. NJ. Cushnahan by
Sacred Heart Pupils.
Ogden, March II.

To Rev. Father p. NJ. Cushnahan by
Sacred Heart Pupils.
Last night at the Sacred Heart
academy the pupils had exercises COM
plimentary to Rev. Father Cushnahan.
While no elaborate preparations had
not only to the tfloroughness Of the
instruction given at that institution,
but also to the affection in which Rev.
Father Cushnahan is held by the pu-
pills of the academy The exercises
We're decidedly illustrative of Irish
characters and characteristics, and
formed pleasant reminder that to-
day is st. Patrick's Day.
The first number was a medley of
Irish airs on violin and harp by l..
Farmer. A. Kenny and E. Keck, and
it proved a very enjoyable number.
Then came a poem written for the
occasion by Miss Kate Carnahan. 1t
was entitled, "Festal Greetings" and
was addressed especially to Father
Cushnahan. In beautiful, vigorous
language the author recited the char
acteristics of the Irish people as illus
trated in the reverend father to whom
the poem was dedicated The meter
of the poem was varied and the ex-
quisftely modulated voice of Miss Car
nahan rendered it very effective.
Following are some of the stanzas:
Loi the ages silvery fingers
Weave a tale of tears and woe,
Of the shamrock, crushed and bleed
ing,
Where its leaves should greenest
grow.
Trampled, crushed. yet pure and holy,
Emblem of noble race;
Gethsemane's shadows are around her,
Hallowed with her masters grace.
Meath the cross uncrowned heroes,
Kneeling, bowed their heads in
prayer,
While their lofty faith-proud, holy,
Spread through every cline and air.
With a radiance all divine
Did it glow through sorrows night,
And a beauty born of heaven
Glorified the worlds sight.
Miss Ada Barratt sang kathleen
Mavoureen" in her charming manner
and received hearty applause. Miss
Langsdorf played the harp accompani-
ment to Miss Barratt's beautiful selec-
tons.
Next came a unique exercise called
1.-The Battle of the Books" Each char
acter represented a study and in a
few choice words stated the claims of
that particular subject to rank first.
The subjects and characters were:
Christian Doctrine, Miss McGonagle;
Primer. Edna Barton; Reading, Flor
ence Reddy; Spelling, Emma Hughes;
Grammar, Gertrude Kinney; Penman-
ship, May Conroy; Geography, Jennie
Moynahan; Mathematics, Grace Fitz-
gerald; Rhetoric, Ray Keck; Logic, d.
Green; History, Nora McDermott; Lit
erature, Mamie Donelin; Botany, Ma
mie Carville; Astronomy. H. Barton;
Geology, D. McMullen; Elocution, V.
CaSsin; Attendant. F. Wilson, Justice.
N. Fitzgerald; Natural Philosophy
and Chemistry, Katherine Blunden.
Next came a tableau wherein the
prize in the contest was shown to have
gone to Christian Doctrine, and rep
resented Miss McGonagle as receiving
the crown.
Miss Langsdorf eulogized The Is
| land of Destiny in fine recitation.
Three little misses. J. Wilson, B
Payne and B. Cullen, then gave piano
trio with a precision and skill thai
was crediitable in the extreme.
Miss Cullen recited 1.-The Dead
Singer" bringing out with her clear
earnest tones the ruling thought of the
piece. which is that the true poets
| influence never ceases.
lie CllOldl CldsoS gave d lIcI llOl luz
selection, after which Miss Noel rem
dered harp solo. Erin, the Tear an6
tha Smile in her usual effective man
ner.
The Sacred Heart club rendered
Henleins Ensemble" and Katherine
| Blunden recited "St. Aloysius at the
BALI very prettily.
Ruth Avery performed a solo on th'
harp very creditably.
THE bells of ShandCn
That sound SO grand on
The pleasant waters
OF the river Lee"
And the rest of the poem was recitet
in concert and half the audience wen
home ieciting the rhythmic lines. Aftel
this came Irish Airs on the Irisl
musical instrument, the harp, by Mis-
Langsdorf, which number was hearth.
applauded.
Miss Cassin recited 1.-The Exile of tht
Gaer' in an excellent manner. Thi
was followed by song from Mis-
KieseI, The Harp that Once Through
Tara's Halls Miss Keck furnished
the harp music which accompanied
this sweet music. 1.-THE Maid of Erin
was then represented in a very prett.
tableaux Father Cushnahan made ;
few closing remarks at the close of al
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