Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-06-22

terest, was told in pantomime by nine
young ladies. 1t was an apostrophe to
a tattered Confederate banner. The
pantomime was a study in delsarte and
expression that reused the audience to
enthusiasm.
ION the Race Course was a descrip-
tive piano selection rendered by the
younger pupils, Misses Hampel, Neher,
Pitts. Hampel, Sandoval and Ortiz. Its
crescendo and diminuendo passages, as
we'll as several changes in time, We're
we'll executed by the players.
The Loretto choir san the "Magnl1-
cat in Latin with fervor and sweet
ness.
The concluding selection was T. Mat
ter's Grand Valse de Concert by the
Misses Upton, Zaczynski, Murphy and
Hampel. The tripping measures, the
smooth flowing and yet grand
of the selection We're well interpreted
by the pianists.
There was an air of expectancy as
Vicar General Fourchegu stepped upon
lHp STAKE " dIlIlouIl1C NiiI o"NA SAo "
prizes, and every winner was greeted
with applause as Father Fourchegu,
Bishop Bourgade or the donors OF the
medals bestowed the golden prizes, as
follows:
Gold medal for lady-like department,
presented by Very Rev. A. FourchePu,
| merited by Misses Lulu Hudgens, Mona
| Murphy, Katie Kennedy, Florence
| Hampel, Cecile Truswell, Rosalla Ro-
nero and Ynacita Cordova; drawn by
| Miss Flossie Hampel.
Gold medal for Christian doctrine,
| presented by Rev. j. Deraches, merited
! by Misses Mary Upton, Mary Sena,
Katie Kennedy, F. Hampel, Cecile
Truswell, Carlota Jaramillo, Rosela Ro-
nero, Anita Sanchez, Marie Sarracino
| and Cornelia Gonzales; drawn by Miss
Mary Upton.
Gold medal for music, presented by
Rev. George Juillard, awarded to Miss
Gabrielle Zaczynski.
Gold medal for mathematics, present
ed by Hon. F. A. Manzanares, awarded
to Miss Mona Murphy.
Gold medal for excellence in studies,
presented by Loretto Academy, award
ed to Miss Lulu Hudgens.
Gold medal for elocution, presented
by Mrs. B. Seligman, merited by Misses
Mona Murphy, Lulu Hudgens, Mary
Upton, Nicolasa Delgado and Cecile
Truswell; drawn by Nicolasa Delgado.
Gold medal for diligence, presented
by Mrs. j. M. Castillo, awarded to Miss
Katie Kennedy.
Gold medal for application, presented
by Loretto Academy, merited by Misses
Cecile Truswell, Matte Sandoval, Car
lota Jaramillo, Lottie Garcia, Helen
Gildersleeve and Lenita Ortiz; drawn by
Miss Matte Sandoval.
Gold cross, presented by Lorette
Academy for vocal music to Miss Mona
Murphy. Miss Murphy possesses a
voice of marvellous richness, volume
and sweetness, and her renditions last
evening were superior to those of many
a professional singer who has earned
fame and wealth with her voice.
Crown for good conduct, junior de-
partment, merited by Misses Carrie
Neher, Matte Sandoval, Guadalupe
Jaramillo, Anita Berger and Edna Dow.
ME; drawn by Miss Anita Berger.
Misses Mabel Gildersleeve, Katie
Kennedy and Mary Sena, graduates
from the grammar department, meri'
special commentator on their high av'
erages in examinations.
Father Swift, an eloquent priest from
Pueblo, made the closing address. HI
is a brilliant orator, and paid deserved
tribute to the educational work of the
Sisters of Loretto, and the work of the
pupils. He made the assertion of Wash
ington in his farewell address that thi.
nation would last az long as it remained
a religious and a moral nation.
The entertainment last evening wa:
the forty-sixth annual commencement
of the academy, and there is nc doub'
were it's work better advertised thu
academy would not be able to accom-
modate all the pupils that would seel
admission next term. It's work, espe'
cially in music, elocution and art is un'
doubtedly very successful, and merit:
general recognition.
In the audience last evening were
many visitors from a distance. Many
. of the pupils left for their homes today