Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-10
THE EXERCISES CONCLUDED
And the Golden Jubilee Of Mt. de Chan
tai a Thing Of the Past.
Success Marked Every Stage Of
the Three Days Celebration.
Yesterday Was Given Over to
the Alumnae Of the Institution
Visitors Departing tor Their
Homes.

With last evening the three days
celebration Of the Golden Jubilee Of
| Mt. de Chantal Academy came to an
end, and the affair has passed into his
tory.
That it was eminently successful, all
in attendance will readily attest, and
the Sisters in charge are to be congra-
| tulated upon the outcome of their eff
forts. The celebration imposed a Sc
we're task upon them, but the duties
consequent were discharged worthily
and well. Last evening the departure
| of the guests of the institution began,
/ and by to-day most of those who have
been at the Mount will have gone their
several ways with renewed respect and
esteem for the grand institution whose
fiftieth anniversary was so fittingly
celebrated
Yesterday was given over to the eX-
ercises of the Alumnae of the institu-
ton and it was day of happy reun-
ion for the old-time pupils of the
Mount
The meeting of the Alumnae in the
morning was presided over by Mrs.
Littleton, of Athens, Tenn. The Con-
stitution and Bylaws Of the Associa-
ton were read and adopted by sections.
By an unanimous vote the school pub
LEGATION, the Mount was made the Of
fetal organ of the Association
The election of officers was then en-
tered upon. Mrs. Cecilia Brennan
Beauty, of Washington, D. c., was
elected President unanimously. She is
the oldest graduate of the school.
After this election, business was sus-
pended, and Rev. Father Joseph Stem
GER of Charleston, delivered an adj
dress to the Association, which was
listened to with the closest attention.
At the conclusion of the address, the
election of officers was resumed, with
the following result: Vice President,
Mrs O'Bryan, Of Pittsburg; Second
Vice Presidents, Misses Nash and Kirk,
of Chicago; Mary Brennan, Of New
York; Miss Healy, Mrs. Fontaine, Mrs.
Littleton, Mrs. Zane, Mrs. Howard
Simpson The honorary members
elected were Miss Eliza Ellen Starr,
Miss Katherine Connolly, Mrs. Chris
tian Reed, Miss Eleanor Donnelly. Miss
Helen Devries, of this city, was elect
ed secretalS' Miss Rose McGraw, cor
responding secretary, and Miss Annie
Reymann, treasurer
The event of the afternoon was the
Alumnae banquet, for which the ca
terer was Mr. E. B. Carney, of the Ho-
tel Windsor. Plates were laid for
about one hundred and fifty guests.
Mrs. Milton Kirk, of Chicago, was
POSTMASTER. The toasts were as fol-
lows
alma Mater"-Mrs. Mary Brabson
Littleton, of Nashville, Tenn.
"The Sisters"-Miss Margaret Ken
ia. of Charleston, w. Va.
"Music"-Miss Fannie Boreland New
in, of Dayton, Ohio.
"The Alumnae'-Miss Amy McNash,
of GallipClis, Ohio.
college Journalism" was the toast
replied to by Miss Emma Johnson, the
editor of The Mount, the official organ
of the school and the Alumnae Asso-
citation.
Following the banqpet the Associa-
ton bestowed upon the Sisters in
charge a substantial testimonial OF
their esteem and also rendered vote
of thanks, and the Golden Jubilee Ger
emonies were at an end