The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-08
FAMOuSST. AARY'S SCHOOL
THE COMMENCEMENT ExeR-
ClSES THIS WEEK.
Will be Held Monday and Tuesday
The Address by Rev. Mr..
Mar shall.

There has not been time, at least dur
ing this generation, when st. Mary
School held such high place in the hearts
of the members of the church of which it
is the foremost educational institution.
The people of Raleigh, too, always proud
Of it and it's honorable career, are coming
year by year to cherish it more and more
as of the city's chief jewels, and to give 1T
a constantly increasing patronage.
Take out of Raleigh, out of North Caro-
lima. and out of the whole South
the alumnae of st. Mary's Cfor
hundreds of women from other Southern
States have been educated at this famous
old institution and you would lose much
of the best in womanhood and motherhood
that blesses our city, State and Southern
country.
The growing usefulness and popularity
of st. Mary's under the wise management
of DIR. Bennett Smedes and his corps of
efficient associates, is an indication that
the people more and more prize that thor
ough instruction and superior training for
which st. Mary's has long been famous.
The purchase of the property by the
Episcopal church, authorized by the con-
vention in Raleigh last month; the abund-
ant labors of Bishop Cheshire to rally the
church to the duty of owning the buildings
and ground; and the hearty response and
deep interest Of the alumnae and friends
of the school-all these things show the
deep hold ST. Mary's has upon the people
of the Commonwealth.
The closing exercises of st. Mary's
School will be held today, Wednesday
and Thursday of this week. This after
noon at 5 o'clock special and important
meeting of the alumnae association will
take place; all the members of the asso-
citation and all former pupils are earnestly
requested to be present, as Mrs. Iredell
will have a report of great interest to
make. After the business meeting, After
noon Tea will be served in the studio.
On Wednesday evening at $50 the an
nual concert will be given. The program
is unusually fine, and in addition to the
well chosen vocal and instrumental selec-
tons prominent part of the program will
be devoted to the work of the chorus and
of the orchestral class.
The annual concert at st. Mary's will
take place Wednesday, June 9th, at $50
p. m. The invitations to the concert and
to the graduating exercises on Thursday
are not transferable to children.
On Thursday morning, the essays of the
gradual ing class will as usual be read in
the parlors of st. Mary's. The address by
the Rev. NJ NJ. Marshall will be delivered
in the chapel where the diplomas will be
conferred. The names of the young ladies
who will receive diplomas are as follows:
Miss Mamie G. Clark, Miss Mamie NJ.
Hauff, Miss Lily e. Koonce, Miss Theo-
dora Marshall and Miss Isabel Pescud.
In the paper, the "St. Mary's Record"
published June list, the notice for the
alumnae meeting should read June Sth,
at 5 o'clock, instead of May Sth.
METHODS OF WORK AT ST.
MARY'S.
''St. Mary's Record" for June contains
the following which will be heartily en-
dorsed by all its patrons.
Ever since DR.. Bennett Smedes has
taken charge of the work at st. Mary's he
has taken every care not only to preserve
the former high standard of the school but
to advance each department to meet the
of the times.
"Many of the teachers are specialists in
their departments and represent some of
the leading schools and colleges of the
country. Two Of them were students at
Cornell, and from time to time many of
them have attended summer schools at
Bedford, Chapel Hill, Denver, Harvard,