The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-25
SACRED HEART ACADEMY.
THE CLOSING EXERCISES HELD
AT OGDEN YESTERDAY.
Four Young Ladies Graduate and Re
ceive Diplomas-A Programme of
Unusual Interest.
Grace Gertrude McGonagle.
Virginia Madeline Houtz.
Rosa Hulaniski. .

druuOuS course OF the Sacred Heart
academy and received diplomas and
medals from the hands of Ri. Rev
Bishop Seaman. Public intesest never
flags in the work of the Sacred Heart
| academy As Judge Rolapp happily
phrased it in his address yesterday, the
grand old schools work is known and
honored from the western Golden Gate
where the Pacific ocean kisses the sky
to the east far beyond our majestic
| snow-capped mountain ranges"
Owing to the thoroughness of the in
struction and high standard of the
school but comparatively few ever
attain graduation. but the work it does
for higher education is felt over the
whole west
A significant feature connected with
the closing exercises this year was that
Hon. H. H Rolapp, a prominent and
| influential member of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, de-
/ livered the address to the graduates.
| That he should be asked TO do so
| shows how completely the restrictions
| of creeds is ignored in its work and
| that he should accept was proof that
/ its work is recognized as important
and influential in the domain of educa-
ton as well as being proof of his broad
| mindedness.
The exercises of the past two days
tending with the high degree of perfec-
ton attained in art, literature and mu-
sic. Some of the Jriumphs of the school
in painting were suggested in The
Herald of yesterday. The commence
ment exercises held yesterday will be.
for convenience, reviewed first as TO
their literary features and second as
to the music, though, of course, on the
programme the numbers were inter-
spersed.
No extra decorations were provided
for the roonGy hail, the idea evidently
being that the visitors came to see the
Intellectual and artistic progress of pu-
pills rather than specimens of the 10
rist's art.
Miss Virginia, HoUtz delivered the
salutatory in q clear, bell-l:ke voice.
that much enhanced the literary excel
lence of the piece. It was, ike two
other exercises of the day. written in
original verse. Il breathed high in
spiration and noble resolve in every
stanZa. yet withal II bespoke a sincere
welcome TO one and all.
The doer of deeds and the dreamer of
dreams We're contraSted in graceful
language by
MISS GRACE MGONAGLE.
She referred TO the two elements
planted in the soul of man, the one
truths the other TO make him seize the
passing advantage. the temporary
practical gain. She drew examples
from history TO show that the dreamer
of dreams, the eXpounder of truths
eternal. lives longer than the practical
worker in the hearts ard the histories
of men. Great as were their services
to mankind, the names of Whitney
Franklin, Fulton-the builders of ma
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ing dim on history's page, but the fame
Of him who sung that we can make
our lives sublime is growing clearer
as the years go by. By an ingenious
and effective rhetorical device the
author withheld the line of. poetry
which formed the theme for her essay
till the very close. Then she recited
the stanza, in which appeared this
line: The dreamer lives forever, but
summary TO her essay.
The crowns she has worn, what fields did
subdue:
The empires o'erthrown by her mystical
The BEETLES she's won for the glory of
p Cod
We're the opening lines of the class
poem-'Vincit Neritas by Miss Eta
Kiesel 1t continued in the same meter
to the end, but it was some
time before many in the audience real
lied that the young lady was not quot
ing from one Of the poets instead Of
delivering an original poem on the
eternal power, the underlying beauty.
the final, ultimate triumph Of truth.
1T will reign DER the master of proud
empires ruined pile;
1t will reign when earths beauties shall
"a cease to beguile;
When monuments crumble to ruin and
dust,
1t shall point heavenward-a hope to the
just"
Some Swords Rust Where Others
Flash" was the title and ruling thought
of Miss Houtz's essay. In clear cut,
graceful sentences she spoke of the
powers for good that are used and
those that are not used: the blades that
flash and the blades that rust. Her ex
amples were drawn from the heroes of
history. ancient and modern, and about
the figurative title she constructed an
essay that sparkled with genuine wit.
She spoke of the sword of England
rusting when it should be flashing in
defense of the lives of thousands of
Arnenians assailed by the barb2rOus
Turks. Spartacus, Patrick Henry. Pres
colt. Putnam, Adams and many sons
of Erin were cited as examples of men
whose swords were not allowed to rust
in times when right was TO be defended
against might and wrong.
The presenting of the diplomas and
medals was performed by Father Cush-
nahan and Bishop Scanlan.
Miss Rose Hulaniski began the vale
dictory with the line Gould We But
Weld the Poets Pen?" but before she
got through the audience realized that
she had little need to wish for such a
power as she had welded a pOetical |
pen. In a rich musical voice rising
and falling in effective cadence she de- |
livered a poem rennarkab BILE for its phil
osophic thought and rich imagery.
People all but forgot how pretty she |
was in listening to her musical voice |
reciting in graceful language, IT'S !!
Beauty Calls and Glory Leads the |
Way" Her words to the sisters, Father |
the bishop and her class
mates were likewise couched in grace !
full poetical lines.
Father Cushnahan introduced Judge |
Rolapp as a broad minded friend of |
education who saw beyond sectarian |
and theological limits and beheld the |
real. the important results of an edu-
system.
After a tribute TO the work and fame |
Of the academy Judge Rolapp adj
dressed the graduates briefly. He al
IOQeQ 10 lnS importance OF the occasion !
to them, marking as it did the closing
Of an important chapter in the book
Of each of their lives. The writing of
future chapters must be done by each
Of them with less of the wise censorship /
Of teachers and parents to help them.
In referring the the power the grad
yates would exert in the years to come,
he speaker asserted that woman is and
If right ought to be the noblest crea-
ton of the world"