The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-20
GIRLS TO SING AND PLAY.
ST. VINCENT ACADEMY's GRADU-
ATEs AND HONOR PUPILS OF 'o7.

/ The Annual Commencement to Take
| Place Tomorrow Afternoon at
Masonic TempIe-Miss Smart and
Miss O'Brien the Honor Graduates.
winners of the Examination
PrIzes-FfnaI Examinations in Pro-
gress in the High sehOOIs-F'Orty-
Seven Boys and Girls I'm the Grad
uating CInss-St. Mary's school
Commencement.
The commencement exercises of st. Vim
cents academy will be held at Masonic
Temple tomorrow afternoon at clock
There are seven young ladies in the grad
uating class. Miss jamie Smart will de-
liver the valedictory and Miss Maggie
O'Bren the salutatory. The other grad
yates are: Miss Lizzie Byrres, Miss Meta
Cherry. Miss Annie Lynch, Miss Irene
savarese and Miss Mary keenan,.
The annual examinations of the academy
have been in progress for the last two
weeks and have just been concluded.
Most of them were written and showed
the work accomplished by the pupils dur
ing the year to have been of the highest
order. The papers were especially admired
for their neatness and excellent penman-
ship.
The standing Of some of the pupils, not
only in the graduating class, but in the
lower classes, was high. Miss Minnie Sui
ter and Miss Annie Hess, of the under
graduates, both attained a percentage of
100, while Miss Marie Fry made a per-
centage of 80 and fraction. Nearly all of
the other examinations were good and the
percentages in general were unusually
high.
A remarkable examination was the writ
ten contest in spelling Of 500 difficult
words. The prize in this contest is a
copy of Worcester's dictionary, and it is
always sought for earnestly by the gradu-
ates and undergraduates. 1t was won by
Miss JAMIE Smart. The words were the
most difficult and varied that could be
picked and were dictated to the pupils
Miss Smart did not misspell word, but
one word had been corrected and this
was counted as wrongly spelled.
The Father Cafferty medal for Christian
doctrine was contested for orally by the
graduates and undergraduates, and, after
a
the following young ladies': Miss JAMIE
Smart, Miss Maggie O'Brien and Miss
Minnie Suffer. The prize will be drawn
for at the exercises tomorrow.
The mathematic badge was won by Miss
Maggie o. Brien, who stood a most credit
able examination. Miss O. Brien's aptnesS
for mathematics is hereditary, coming
from her father Principal NJ. A. O'Brien
of the Cathedral school, who is recog-
nized as a thorough mathematician.
The class prize for general excellence in
all branches of the undergraduating class
will be awarded to Miss Minnie Suffer-
In the senior class the class prize will
be drawn for by Miss Annie O'Brien, Miss
Florence McDermott and Miss Cecilia Nc
Laughlin, their percentages being 100. The
badge for Christian doctrine, contested
for by this class will be drawn for by
eight young ladies, all of whom stood the
examination.
In the grammar grade Miss Marie Rosa
Mcmahon will be awarded a badge given
by Bishop Becker for general excellence,
In the intermediate grade Miss Lilly Nc
Intire, Miss Pauline Myers and Miss Lor-
eta Mcmahon stood highest in their class
and will receive premiums.
The examinations were conducted under
the personal supervision of Bishop Becker,
who has always taken a warm interest in
the Academy. He has been a constant
visitor at the school during the year, and
has watched the progress of the pupils
closely His visits to the school are al
ways pleasant occasions TO the pupils and
the sisters.
The programme arranged for the COM
mencement is varied and will include some
| highly entertaining features. A very
pretty feature will be an operetta entitled
Fairies OF the Seasons" which will be
participated in by number of young la
dies and children. The preparation of the
operetta has been under the direction Of
Sister Magdalen, who has arranged some
pretty tableaux, grouping scenes and
! dances.
An allegory called life" will be pre-
| scented by the graduates, in which the prin-
! cipal part will be taken by Miss IreR Sa-
varese. She will represent pilgrim start
ing from school on the road of life, not
/ knowing which road to take. The other
characters will be: Vanity. Miss jamie
Smart; Beauty, Miss Meta Cherry; Wealth
Miss Lizzie Byrnes Fame. Miss Mary Kee-
nan; Pleasure, Miss Annie Lynch; Relig-
| ion, Miss Maggie O'Brien. The motto Of
the class was selected by Bishop Becker
and is "Semper Optimae." Always the
| Best"
The musical part of st. vincent's COM
| mencements are always a shining feature,
! and this year will be no exception. The
| class Of music under Sister Petronella has
been carefully trained and will render a
! fine programme. The following young
! ladies will take part: Miss Marie Fry,
Miss Sadie Fry. Miss Annie Duggan. Miss
| Mamie Riley Miss Stella Ambrose. Miss
| Maggie Brown. Miss jamie Smart. Miss
/ Lizzie Byrnes Miss Annie Lynch and Miss
| Amelia Adams. Miss Isabelle Smart OF
the class of '92 will assist In the musical
/ renditiohs, as will an orchestra under tho
! direction of Prof. Franz Hubner
| The year just closed has been a most
successful one and the sisters are highly
| gratifed with the standing of the acade-
my and the excellent showing of its pupils.
FORTY-SEVEN MAY GRADUATE.