The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-24
OPERA HOUSE, WAS FILLED
INTERESTING PROGRAMME REM
DERED BY THE PUPILS OF
TWO SCHOOLS.
PRIZES AND MEDALS AWARDED.
Graduates-Rev. j. j. Lawlcr
Makes Some Remarks.


When the curtain went up at the
Grand opera house last evening, an
audience as large as ever listened to
an entertainment there was present.
In the parquet, dress circle and bal
cony every seat was occupied, and the
gallery contained but few vacant seats
The relatives and friends Of the grad
uating class of Cretin high school had
! indeed turned out en- maSse to give
! them a right royal send-off, and the
class did honor to themselves and their
instructors in the excellent manner in
which they carried out the lengthy pro-
gramme Occupying the boxes on
either side of the stage were Reverend
Fathers DR.. Lawler, Gibbons, Colbert,
eros, Hammet, Hart. Thomas, Busch,
| Woods and Fitzgerald, together with
the faculty of the Cretin school.
1t was but a few minutes after 8
| o'clock when the evenings programme
| commenced with a piano duet, 'Valse
Noble" by Misses M. Boyle and M
Keegan, which was followed by the
singing of the ''NeW Hail Columbia"
by the girls choir. These girls, rang
! ing in age from five to sixteen, were
fifty voices. Their singing was pleas
ant to the ear, the rhythm and unison
Of their voices being excellent.
A comic recitation, How Jimmie
| Took Care of the Baby" by Jerry
! O'Brien, was we'll rendered and loudly
| applauded. A pantomine, six Little
Grandmas," by Miss Nellie Culnane
and six Of the smaller girls Of the
| school, was the next number, and was
| credftably performed.
The boys choir made it's first appear
ance of the evening, singing Flag Of
the Free" after which light skit en-
titled Wanted, an Adventure" was
participated in by Louis McCauley,
| James McMahus, Paul Mcclellan, AL
fred Barbeau and William Savage.
Following a song, Lightly Row."
by some of the younger girls, and a
recitation, THE Gift of Tritemius,"
by Miss Grace Kelly, both Of which
numbers were well rendered, Patrick
Ebbes' essay, "Rambles in st. Paul."
was read in the writer's absence by
| John Blanchard.
The essayist took the audience on a
general trip through the city, detailing
! POINTS of interest, and pointing out
best mode of locomotion for the sight
| seer; he preferred pedestrianiSm him.
! self, and would recommend it to his
friends. He had noticed many per-
sons on just such, rambles as he would
| describe during the past spring. He
| would first visit Rice Park, where the
/ silver tOngued orators had delivered
| their addresses to the people in the
! cause of free silver, and had, no doubt,
| tried their best to avert the prosperity
that every person is enjoying at the
! present time. Iaughter). Coming from
Rice Park, he would stop a moment
| and listen to the chimes on the court
house. Of course, there were more eX-
| pressive chimes upon the Minneapolis
| court house. but they refuse to ring in
| cold weather, while in hot weather they
seem to be in doubt as to whether they
! had better ring or not Of course the
| cause for this is apparent to all in the
fact that the Minneapolis funds are
kept for the city officials to make away
with, when they get a chance, and
| these chances appear to come pretty
| often. Passing from the court house,
| he would walk down Wabasha to the
/ bridge, and from this point of van
tage would be able to witness the
/ many factories which as yet show no
signs of activity. These factories were
undoubtedly awaiting the arrival Of
President Mckinley and his promised
! prosperity to set their wheels in mo-
| tion On a trip like that described, he
had visited the capitol and found
! Messrs. Hicks and DOnnelly scrapping
over some bill, in which the Dakota
| countY statesman appeared to have the
| better of the argument by a score Of
| 2 to l. In the essayiSt's opinion, the
| most important bill introduced during
| the past session was Senate File No.
| 1, $4,000 for expenses Of Legislature
of 1897.
A song, Roaming in May" by a
select choir Of nine boys, was well
received by. the audience, as was the
action song Japanese Fan" by the
| junior girls. After a recitation. ''The
| Dukite Snake" by Frank Calvin, an
allegory ''Lightheart's Pilgrimage "
| was taken part in by the pupils of
both schools. The principal characters
| were:
Conscience, the Guide go. Miss Mary Mullen
Frivolita, Queen of Pleasure: Miss Lizzie Cook
Mlrth ........'....''.. MISS Laura Ryan
Sport ....................M Miss Anna Hagerty
Folly Observation-Disclosures Miss Grace Kelly
Falsehood ................ Miss Mary O'Keefe
Shame vo, ;;;....'. Miss Mary Ryan
Celesta, Guardian of Wisdom
Miss Laura Conway
| Reason ...............M Miss Gertrude Muller
Religion ......... .........M Miss Helen Culnane
Dwellers on the Heights ........... Juniors
The boys choir again entertained the
| audience by singing America" after
which Frank Glennon recited "Ship-
| wrecked" and acquitted himself cred
itably.
An interesting feature of the evening
was the violin solo "Eulenstein," by
| little Mary Mcmahon, one Of the small
er members Of the girls school. She
handled the bow like an old music
| teacher, and was loudly applauded.
E. L. Quinlan, John Blanchard and
John Mccarthy made laughter for
| everybody in farce entitled Poison"
after which John Grady, in an essay,
| compared arbitration and war as
He showed the vast advance that had
| been made by arbitration during the
past fifty years, and claimed that it
was but question of a few more years
| when all the nations Of the earth
would recognize it's benefits
Queen Flora's Day Dream" a pref
| ty little operetta, was sung, the prin-
cipal characters being taken by Miss
Anna Mcclure, Miss Anna Kelly and
Miss Mary Keegan.
! This closed the musical programme,
| and Rev. J. u. Lawler stepped for
ward and in few words thanked the
audience for 3!their attendance. He
| then turned to the classes, and calling
the successful pupils forward, present
ed them with their prizes. The list Of
those receiving medals and other prizes
is as follows:
Class of 1S97-John Grady, Patrick Ryan,
| Frank Villaume, James McManus, John
Blanchard, George Scanlan Henry Klinkham-
mer.
| Medal for Christian doctrine, donated by
! Rev. Lawler-First, Louis E. McCauley;