The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-22
JOAN OF ARC A HEROINE
CLASS PLAY OF ST. MARY,S SCHOOL
AT THE METROPOLITAN
"sleepfng Queen" Bnlfe's Beautiful
Operetta, Also Given a Delightful
Rendition by Pupils of the school
In Celebration of the Completion
Closed.

Joan of Arc was very well presented
by the pupils of ST. Mary's school last
evening on the stage of the Metropoli-
tan opera house. This was the second
presentation Of the play by the young
people, the same programme having
been given yesterday afternoon in st.
Marys hall
Miss May Morrison played the part
OF Joan with dignity and some strength
and was very well supported, the cast
throughout being good. Arthur Horri-
gan was Prince Charles and Master
John Rowan as "Vaiianto' the Pink of
the Valley won his full share of ap-
plause. Others in the cast were Daniel
Michigan, Michael Miles, John Curran,
Eddie Leininger, Joseph Kelly, John
Lane, Mary Darmody
The Sleeping Queen" followed. This
little operetta in one act by Balfe was
given by the members Of the choir of
st. Marys under the direction Of Miss
Elsie Shaw. Miss Grace DAM, Miss
Alice Whitaker G. G.. Zenzius and
Frank Hoffman sang the principal
parts.
The medals were awarded by Father
Gibbons to Joseph Kelly for scholar
ship and to Christina Grant, for de-
pertinent.
The remainder Of the programme was
carried out by the younger pupils of
the school. There was a pretty fan
drill, some patriotic choruses and drills,
and two clever little dialogues, "Auntie
Dimple" and "a Practical Joker"
Those taking part were Grace McDer-
mott, Agnes Welsh, Matilda Lavalle,
Patrick Casby, Leslie Hoffman, Marcus
Rogers, Eugenia Atkinson and Edna
Hayes. The house was filed, among
those in the audience being noted:
Eath
braith. Miss Henly, Miss Whitaker, John
Whitaker. Mr. and Mrs. John j. Rogers Jr,
MI and Mrs Joe Rogers, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Kenny, Mr.. and Mrs. C.. H. A. Smith and
party, Mr.. and Mrs. J. G.. Horrfgan, Miss
Tanning, Mr.; and Mrs: Tom Davis, Mrs.
Shaw, Miss Shaw; Mrs. Foley, Tom Horrigan,
V. Mullery, the Misses Mullery Mr. and Mrs.
D. B. Hickey, the Misses Shaw, Mrs. Shaw,
Tom Link and others.
I The exhibit of the years work In the
rooms of the school and the displays by
penmanshlp, needle work and drawing
closed last evening.
The work is remarkable for it's near
ness. Not thumb mark or blot is
visible, though much Of the drawing
| is done in pen and ink and gilt is used
for some of the map and design work.
The water color sketches from OBJ
jects and from copies is neat and done
with a show Of artistic skill.
The work throughout is interesting.
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specimens of writing clear and fine
In the first grade, where the pupils
range from six to eight years Of age,
the drawing Is neatly arranged on
background of white, hung against the
walls and set with pressed ferns. Cats,
| elephants, butter cups, etc. in silk sew
ing are displayed and water color work
OF potatoes, apples and violets, with
| little verses attached, hang on the wall
next.
| In the seventh grade there Is an
excellent display of map drawing In
colored inks with neatly written de-
scriptions attached. There are also
sample lessons in physiology, showing
| the bone structure. In the nature
studies, ferns have been one of the
pretty lessons by this class. Lessons in
carpeting and plastering are illustrat-
ed with sketches and a new diagram
showing the system of the Alps has
| been nicely drawn by these pupils. In
the B fifth and A fourth grades is some
good pen and Ink work, and several
| patriotic drawings. The A and B sec
| ond grades display some interesting
| stories of Hiawatha and Indian stories
| The kindergarten room is interesting
| throughout. A sketch Of the Maine,
| made of small sticks and pasted on a
/ big sheet of white paper, and many
| other designs and pictures Of patriotic
| nature show how the little minds are
| trained. The B fourth and third pupils
display some fine needle work, and the
B sixth and A fifth have some hand
some maps and history stories to show
| The work by the advanced class and
| the eighth graders is very good. His
| tory, science, mathematics and Ian
guages are all given place in the, ex-
hibit