Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-28
Mt. De CHAN1AL JUBILEE.
The Programme for the Celebration
Has Been Arranged.
1t Will Continue for Three Days.
Noted Catholic Clergymen Will
Be Present-Former Pupils Will
Attend the Exercises and Will
Form an Alumni Association.
something of an Historical Ma
ture.

FORM an Alumni Association.
Something of an Historical Ma
ture.
Preparations are being made on an
elaborate scale for the celebration of
the golden jubilee of Mt. de Chantal,
which Will take place on June 7. and
.. At the academy everything shows
activity. Preparations are being made
for further Illuminating the grounds.
Arc lights are to be attached to the
dynamo now in use at the academy,
which will give final effect to the
already we'll lighted grounds.
The celebration will not only attract
all the former pupils who can be pres
ent, but there will be an asemblage of
distinguished Catholic clergymen, sew
erol of whom will make addresses. His
Excellency, the Most Rev Sebastian
Martinelli, D. D., has accepted an in
vltatlon to be present at the Jubilee.
On Tuesday, the first day. the exer-
clses Will open with solemn pontificial
mass OF Thanksgiving, in the chapel,
with the lit. Rev. P. J. Donahue, D. D.,
as celebrant. The sermon will be
preached by the Most Rev. John ].
nam, ID. d., archbishop of st. Louis.
In the evening there will be a drama
TIC entertainment by the present pupils
or the academy in the hall.
At ten o'clock Wednesday morning
solemn potnfcial requiem mass will
be celebrated in the chapel for the late
lamented Rt. Rev. R. V. Whelan. first
bishop of Wheeling. The sermon will
be preached by Rev F. IT. Mccarthy. a
prominent Jesuit. The fiftieth annual
commencement exercises will take
place in the hall at eight o'clock in the
evening.
On Thursday will be alumnae day.
At ten O'Clock a meeting for organiza-
ton will be held in the music hall. The
Rev. Joseph Stengef, of Charleston.
the first chaplain of the Mount, will
deliver an address. A banquet will
follow in the evening.
The sisters in charge of the Mount
have applied to the Wheeling Passen-
ger Association for reduced rates on the
iOtdS wheeling, dIlu TIE DIS
ISOLATION will recommend rate of one
and one-third fare for the round trip.
At the request of the sisters the fol-
lowing ladies constituted themselves
committee to look after the arrange
ments for the meeting 10 be held for
the purpose of organizing an Alumnae
Association: Mrs Howard Simpson
Mrs. Platoff Zane, Mrs. Martha Will
taker, Mrs Jacob Grub, Misses Della
Carr, Augusta Handlan, Tillie Riley,
Martha Medill, Anna Reymann, Helen
Devries, Emma Johnson, Amy Nash.
1t has been decided to call a meeting
for April is, at O'Clock in the after
noon. Mrs. Anton Reymann has gra-
ciously offered her hall at her residence
for the purpose, and it has been ac
cepted. AS before stated anyone who
has been for a year pupil of the Wis
itation Academy while located in
Wheeling or at Mount de Chantal will
be eligible to membership in the asso-
citation.
Every day letters are received ex-
pressing delight at the hope of again
visiting the Mount. Pupils of AS and
81 write that they feel young and girl
ish again at the very thought of re-
newing the associations of their child
hood and again meeting the sisters
whom they all love so dearly.
Meetings are also being held in sew
eral cities In this connection. the
following from the Pittsburg Post will
be of interest:
THE post graduates and students of
Mt de Chantel convent, Wheeling are
taking step to form an alumnae asso-
citation, which they hope to have fully
organized in a week or two. The
golden jubilee of Mt. de Chantal will
be celebrated at the academy in June
The fiftieth anniversary of it's found
ing comes in April. There are be-
tween 80 and 100 of the ex-students in
Pittsburg, and two meetings have re-
Gently been held at the home of eX-
Judge OBryan, North Highland ave-
nue., to effect the organization. The
graduates Of the school include a num-
Der of Pittsburg's oldest citizens, in
many instances mothers and daughters
having received their education at the
Mount, and one of this years grad
yates represents the third generation
of her family who has attended the
academy At a meeting Friday Of
next week at the home of Mrs. G. G..
OBrien, Fifth avenue. president viii
be elected At the late meeting Mrs.
J. D. O'Bryan was appointed treasurer,
and her daughter, Miss Sarah O'Bryan,
secretary. Invitations for the celebra-
ton will shortly be issued for distant
visitors The celebration will continue
for three days, during which time all
guests will be entertained at the con-
vent Among the oldest of the grad
yates now residing in Pittsburg and
vicinity are: Mrs. Du Ross O'Bryan,
Mrs. J. D. O'Bryan. Mrs. Dunlevy Con-
way Mrs. Thomas Hackett, Misses
Murphy, daughters of the late Graf
tan Murphy, of Sewickley. and Mrs.
Grace, of Crofton. Among the younger
students are Mrs. G. G. O'Brien, Mrs.
Glesenkamp. Mrs. James P. Barr, Miss
Sarah O'Bryan, Miss Cora Burns, Miss
Ruth Weldon and Miss Munhall."
In view of the approaching jubilee.
the following notes taken from a. for
mer number of the Mount will be of in
terest:
The academy was founded in the fall
| of 1S4S by the Rt. Rev. R. Y. Whelan,
then bishop of Richmond, whose do