The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-28
WON HoNoRS AND DIPLOMAS.
GRADUATING EXERCISES OF ST.
VINCENT DE PAUL ACADEMY.

Interesting Programme of Music and
sOng-Miss Florence McDermOtt
and Miss CeciIe Mclaughlin Glass
VaIcdfctOrian and SalutntOrian.
Very Rev. b. j. Kelley Presented
the Honors and Crowned the Grad
uates-A Successful Year brought
10 a Successful Close.
The grauating exercises of st. Vincent 5
Academy took place a the theater in
the presence of a very large number of
the patrons and friends Of the school,
at $50 O'Clock yesterday afternoon. The
programme was varied and interesting.
most credtable In every aspect to the
school and enjoyable and enjoyed through
out.
The curtain rose promptly at the hour
announced upon a scene of girlish lowell
ness and grace. The stage was filled with
the pupils of the higher classes of the
academy, a pyramid of them, draped in
the conventional white Of graduation and
with roguelsh eyes belying, while they
accentuated, the demure expressions that
they thought fitting ard tried 10 assume.
Occupying the trent and center Of the
stage were the members of the gradu-
ating class, FIVE in number Misses Flor
ence McDermott, Julia O'Gorman, Cecile
Mclaughlin. Mary Gailaner and Maud
Eason. The chorus, HAIL Festal Day."
was sung by the members of the graduat-
ing and undergraduaung classes, who
were on the stage
The class salutatory was read by Miss
Ceciie Mclaughlin. 1t was couched IN
charming phrases of simple and giriish
greeting. a kindly word TO the friends OF
the academy who were present, loving
one for the classmates and schoolmates
whom she was to part with that day.
The hackneyed phrases of the salutato-
rjans of everywhere were avoided win
becoming care and marked success and
there was an entire absence OF the pre-
scriptIons for right thinking and rlSht
living that commencement Jay auule"Ses
are wont to expect.
The programme from the delivery OF
the salutatOry 10 that of the Naiedictofy
was interspersed with pleasing musical
numbers, vocal and instrumental. Iheis,
were solos quartettes and chofusest anu
all of them were GOOD. Possibly Tue oiie
OF those that the audience enjoyed most
was the solo by Miss Mae Palmer who
sang very sweetly Jesus, Lover OF nay
Soul. while the class of about twenty
Young ladies' expressed and illustrated IN
rs ntonime and tabeauX the movement OF
tbe sacred song. The concluding tabieau
was especially beautiful ana aroused the
most enthusiastic applause.
The Mandolin Club OF the acaaehy'
Misses Maud Eason, A. O'Brien and Lii
lie Belle Jewett, mandolins; Miss Mae
Palmer banjo, and Miss Julia Boyle
guitar. rendered the march bohemia
in dashing style. Than this number there
was nothing prettier on the programme
The academic honors were presented by
Very Rev 3. j. Kelley, vicar general
of The diocese, who also crowned The grad
yates and conferred the diplomas. The
hieh hest honors of the academy were con-
ferred upon the following young ladies'
for having successfully completed the
prescribed course; Miss Rose ttorehce
McDermott. Miss Julia Cler q CIOftnah,
Miss Cecile Catherine Mclaughlin, MISS
Mary Helena Gallaher and Miss Maude
Mozelle Eason To Miss McDermott
were awarded a laurel crown, diploma,
GOLD medal. the Cafferty badge for mathe-
MATES, a dictionary for the best exam
ination in written spelling and Father
Keileys gold medal for Christian doc
Urine: to Miss OGorman laurel crown,
diploma and the bishops gold medal for
excellence: TO Miss Mclaughlin a laurel
crown. diploma and gold medal, and to
Miss Gallaher a laurel crown. diploma and
gold medal. To Miss Eason laurel
crown, diploma and gold medal
The Cafferty gold medal for Christian
Doctrine was drawn for by Misses McDer-
mott. OGorman, Gallaher, Christian,
Kennedy. Lyons, Sulter and Gaudry, and
won nv Miss Kennedy. The gold medal
for excellence was awarded to Miss Pearl
Carroll. and the gold badge for instrument
raj music to Miss Amelia Adams. rather
Keiley's medal for Christian doctrine was
drawn for by Misses O'Gorman, McDer-
mott. Gallager and Kennedy, and Won, as
indicated in the list of awards that she
received. by Miss McDermott- The ex-
cellenoe medal won by Miss O'Gorman,
was drawn for by herself and Miss Nc
Dermott.
In the senior B and C classes the gold
badge for Christian doctrine was drawn
for Nv Misses Kate Blum and Mary Verdery
ana won by Miss Blum. The gold badge
for excellence and premium for spelling
was awarded to Miss Verdery. A gold
badge for excellence was drawn for by
Misses Rosalie Kwileck and Kate Blum,
and won by Miss Kwiiecki-
The Yaledictory was delivered by MASS
Florence McDermott and was pretty
and daiutily worded farewell TO school
mates and school days with an exhorta-
zion TO those OF the class who We're just
entering upon the sterner duties of life
10 make for themselves in the present
such lives of usefulness and honor that
in the hereafter they might face the
throne with clean hands and a Gear con-
science We have passed the morning OF
life said the valedctorian, and are enter
ing now upon its afternoon. An appre-
citation of lis duties and responsibilities
should have dawned upon us by now and
we should strive to make the afternoon
and evening more creditable to ourselves
more useful TO others. BY such exertlons
and by such sacrifices time is conquered
and the crown is won.'
Miss McDermoNs paper was an excel
lent one and her friends, who from her
success in winning academy honors for
the present year had expected much of
her We're not disappointed. 1t was de-
livered with a clear self-confidence that
added to the effect which it produced and
a distinct enunciation that made every
word easily distinguishab.e.
An address TO the graduates was made
by Father Kelley, in which he exhorted
them 10 realize that their education had
but begun. The lessons of truth and NOR
aHty, the reverence for the good and the
Scorn for the evil that their teachers had