The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-01

EDUCATED M0NS9ERS.
Father Condon's Sensational
Address to st. Alloy
sius' Graduates.
INTERESTING EXERCISES YESTERDAY
Music, Tableaux and Essays
Medals and diplomas
Presented.
INTERESTING EXERCISES YESTERDAY

The graduating exercises of st. Alloy
sius' Academy were held yesterday al
ternoon in the Academy of Music The
exercises were most interesting and com-
prised instrumental and vocal music by
the pupils and essays by the graduates
Miss Eleanor Herman gave the salutatory
and welcomed the friends. teachers and
scheolmates very gracefully. She ex-
pressed her pleasure at seeing so many
In the audience and hoped the exercises
would be profitable to them. An essay
by one Of the graduates Miss Blanche
Wiele, .sThe Coming and the Passing OF
Arthur was read by Miss Elizabeth
Nelson. The essay gave the story OF
King Arthur, his courtship Of Guiflivere
and mis- tragic death. Miss Nelson read
It pleasingly.
The third essay was by Miss Bridget
A. Wood, ssTrue Worth Is in Being, Not
| Seeming, together with the valedictofy'
Miss Wood urged the a~dvisability Of liv-
ing coed lives because of the right and
not for what people say; of not trying to
seem som sthing one is not. In bidding
farewell to her classmates and teachers,
Miss Wood expressed her regret thai
school days We're over ard the time for
! parting had arrived.
Tine musical part of the programme
was, overture, Pandora Edward Nc
Nenny, Charles New illians, Claudio
McNenny, Arthur Smith, J. B. Berry
chorus. Forest Greeting; piano duo,
Hungarian Fantastic Misses Kennedy,
Hetherington. Soaners, Prof. J. Moylan'
vocal solo. s'Quando a te lieta, Miss
Maud Farrell: piano solo, "Amicitias'
R Pdssan MaTg aiasnn vocs shora a5lo. l aave
Marie, Miss Blanche Wiele. mandolin
duet, Poet and Peasant Misses VIM
berry and Byrne; piano solo, .Salat a
Pesth,'' Miss M. Hetherington: overture,
mandolin club; and vocal solo. TINS
Nesting Of the Waters" Master z. kele-
the Rev. J.. Condor, S. j. presented the
medals, and diplomas to the graduates
and made the address. Mss Herman, Miss
diplomas. certificates of graduation and
laurel wreaths The Rev. Father seemed
a little uncertain as to the use of the
wreaths, bot finally succeeded in croWnins
the graduates. The medals were present
ed by Allan McDermott. Charles SDmers
and L. Heller. Miss Margaret Meany,
Miss Catherine Mccormack and Mrs.
Martha O'Brien, graduates from the stem
agraphic department, were also pre-
scented with diplomas.
Father Condor denounced, in his adj
dress. public school education. He G
o~eavored to impress upon his hearers the
Importance of 2 good Catholic education.
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the day is that of education. 1t is most
important because on 1T depends a chfld's
future. If there is one curse Almighty
God let's fall on man IT is the curse OF
utter ignorance. If you deprive man OF
education you put him in competition
with the beasts. The beasts are stronger
and they conquer II you take God away
from the schools where destiny for time
and eternity is decided You turn out edu-
Gated monsters. Monsters, because heart
and soul are left u Net having beer
trained in hearts ana wills they follow
carnal impulses. Public schools, while
training the mind, leave UNFRAMED the
heart and will, and the children become
educated monsters. That is not the kind
Of education the Catholic Church approves
of. The principle of the Catholic .eduea-
tion are first, the whole individual must
be- educated; second, the education OF
hearts and Wills is of i-ncomparably great
er Importance than all else,
of dissolying S-hakespearean tableaux were
given. The young ladies were grouped and
costumed effectively. Sixteen little girls
them to slow music. The characters were
Porta. Miss B.. Wood; Shylock. Miss j.
Connolly; Antonio. Miss I. Burke; Bassa-
MeNenny: King Lear, Miss 3. Rodihan
Cordoba, Miss NJ. Farrell; Regan, Miss
u Delany: Goneril, Mss T. Brock; ophe-
fl. Lane; King ClatidiuS. Miss M. Byrae.
Laertes. Miss M. Meany; Juliet, Miss r
Wiele: Leontes. Miss N. Byrne; Hermit
Kefnedy: Prospero. Miss M. Kerwin; Fer
| dsnand. Miss J.. Coyle; Lady Maebeth
Miss r. Nelson; DOCTOR Miss G9blin
Janus Miss T.. Ellington; volumnfa, Miss
G. Refill; Virgilia. Miss M. Hetberfngton
Queen Catharine. Miss A Wfnperry
G 4 ron,waN: Pauisna. Miss K. Conway
Perdita. Miss c. Rellill. .s,..
5 Miss Annie WNdnberry then rec lie, ] ;1i Il
Sirens" which was very prettlly lAuS-
1890 ~, -axara1 unlfnV ladies.