The herald., 1897-06-22
ST. VINCENT'S COLLEGE
STUDENTS PRESENT A DRAMA
BY CARDINAL WISEMAN
A Large Audience at the Los Angeles
Theater-A Lengthy Pre-
MUM List

This Is commencement week at ST
vincent's college, and the opening of the
exercises was marked last evening by
the presentation at the Los Angeles
theater of "Alexius," a drama in four
acts, by Cardinal Wiseman.
A large audience assembled. made up
of the relatives and friends of the stu
dents, and remarka bly, clever presenta-
ton was made of the drama, which in
itself is just trif1e heavy. The story
is simple and free from any puzzlirg
complications.
The title role was taken by ]. Nc
Lafferty, who very happily sustained
the character, which, however. places
limitations on the capabilities of the per-
senator. The following were the diam
ats personae:
Euphemianus, a Roman patrician....
Observation-Disclosures. M. hugo
Alexius, under the name of 1gnotus,
his son....................J McLaHerty
Carinus, boy, his nephew. e. Booth
Proculus, his freedman and steward.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. j. Reardon
Eusebius a slave Greed after Act D..
.......................... Il. otrouu
Bibulus, slave. e...................C PuthaH
Davus. slave. ve..............."....W. Hanlon
/ Ursulus, slave. ....R. bell
Verna, slave. ................. .....f. Bel
/ Gannio, a beggar; an imperial chamber
lain; an officer; slaves; pages robbers.
The piece was we'll staged and cos
| tuned, and the orchestral accompain-
ment added much to its enjoyment.
Not the least attractive part of the pro-
| gram was when Father McCabe, the
prefect of the college. appeared upor
| the stage and read the premium list fol
! the term just ending. In the following
( list the premiums disting guish those stu
dents who are at the head of their class
and the prizes in all cases are books o.
standard excellence and value. Those
students who are honorably mentioned
are those who have, in the severa
branches mentioned, obtained 70 mark!
CT over out of a possible 100. The lis
is as follows:
Anumada, Miguel-Premium, book
keeping; honorable mention. Spanish
English composition, reading, orthogra
ply, etc.
Alton, Francis-Honorabl mention
pe,manship, Christian doctrine.
Amestoy. eph-Honorab mention
banking, commercial law, etc.
Bailey, Walter-Prsmium, Spanish
reading, etc; honorable mention, gram
mar, English composition, etc.
Bastonchury, Dominic - Premium
French, bookkeeping, etc; honorable
mention, grammar, English composition
Bastonchury, Gustave - Honorabl
mention, grammar. reading, etc.
Bean, James-Honorab BILE mention, his
tory
Bell, Francis-Honorable mention
banking, commercial law, Christian doc
trine, etc
Bell Robert-Honorabl mention
commercial law, natural philosophy, etc
Bergin, Charles-Premium, Englis
composition; honorable mention, gram
mar, history, etc.
Biscailluz, Eugene-Premium, Englis
composition; honorable mention, his
4 tory, elocution, etc.
Booth, Elmer-Honorable mention
English composition, etc.
Borchard, Henry-Premium, gram
mar. commercial laws; honorable men
ton, German, English composition ett
Brown, Wilfred-Premium, reading
photography. etc.; honorable mention
English composition, Christian doctrine
etc.
Conroy. Charles-Premium, bushes