The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-24
WAS A BRIGHT COMMENCEMENT.
Savannah Young Ladies HOnOred at
81. Joseph's Academy

Washington, Ga. June 23.-For the
twenty-third time the spacious halls of
St Joseph's Academy were filled with
flowers. and the flash of organizes. rib
bons and laces; the shady piazzas re-
and sweet music.
On Tuesday morning an oral examin-
alton was held, showing that the young
ladies' were exceedingly proficient in their
studies. Bishop Becker compllmented
them highly on their recitations.
In the art department, presided over
by Sister Sacred Heart, a most beauti-
full display of crayon work, paintings of
all kinds and embroidery was exhibited.
The china painting was especially at
tractive to all lovers of beautiful things.
Thursday afternoon followed the mu-
scale, with its well rendered music tax
ing. recitations and beautiful choruses
Wednesday night came the graduatin
exercises. The graduates of this year
were only two, making up in quality what
was lacking in quantity. They were Miss
Stella Gallagher. Savannah, Ga. and Miss
Lillian Harris. Atlanta, Ga. Miss Harris
is a daughter of Joel Chandler Harris
who was present to see his daughter grad
uate.
The programme of Wednesday night
was as follows:
Piano trio, Oberon, Weber, Misses L.
Doughty, S. Gallagher, b. Biechele.
Recita lion, Flying Jim's Last Leap"
Backs. Miss Sadie Valinhno.
Song, THE Stars and Stripes" Sousa
Recitation, Helen Tambre," Miss Lump
kin Doughty
Piano solo, "Printemps d Armour, Cots
chalk. Miss Burdeene Biechele.
Song, The Little Miikmaids."
recitation, The Innocent Drummer"
Miss Emmie Shackelford
Concert waltz, Mosgkowski, Misses
Doughty and Gallagher.
Recitation, The Marble Dream" Miss
Esther Lowe.
Essay. Opportunities" Miss Stella CAT
laghor.
Recitation, THE Ride of Jennie Nc
Neal" Carlton. Miss Gretchen Miller
Tableaux and songs. The Wise and Fool
ish Virgins"
Wise virgins, Misses Gallagher, Dough-
ty Harris Valinuno, Moran and Murphy
Foolish virgins. Misses Biechele, ShackeI-
ford, Nal-ntino, and McCarty.
Recitation Pauline Pavlovna," Miss
Ethel Almand
Piano solo, Etude de Concert.
Goria, Miss Stella Gallagher.
Pantomine, angels of Buena Vista"
Essay and valedictory, School Girls"
Miss Lillian Harris.
ooHSs Iou Is watching OVer All, ADJ.
Awarding OF honors.
Bishop Becker then delivered the prizes
TO large class of girls. The list filled four
foolscap pages. The names of the Savan-
nah girls who won prizes are as follows:
Miss Stella Gallagher, medal diploma, and
crown, also honor for excellence in music;
Miss Winnie Moran. for scholarship Gull
martin gold medal; Miss Fannie Dickinson
prize for Improvement in writing.
Where all was so good, it is perhaps in
vidious TO mention special parts, but il
is allowable to say that the "Milkmaids
Song and Drill with it's shining tin pals
and fancy steps. was specially taking.
''The Angels of Buena Vista" also was
very beautiful, with the groups of fair
girls, in antique costume, in their various
graceful attitudes. Most striking of all,
however, was THE Wise and Foolish Vir-
gins" an adaptation of the parable of the
Wise and Foolish Virgins" and of Ten
nyson's Late, Late, So Late, Ye Cannot
Enter Now" The mournful plea, "Oh,
let us in, that we may kiss his feet" an
swered by those who have entered in unto
the marriage, TOO late, too late, We can
not enter now" haunts the memory still