The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-29
AT PRO-CATH EDRAL
Schools Twelfth Annual
Commencement
LARGE AUDIENCE PRESENT
-Four Ladies Finish Their
Academic Course.
LARGE AUDIENCE PRESENT

Though the night was very warm and
the day just preceding sultry and painful
ly disagreeable, yet the auditorium was
crowded with people, mostly relatives or
immediate friends of the participants.
Promptly at o'clock the assembled su-
dience were stiIled and waving fans and
the din of whispering were silenced as
the bishop, the Rt. Rev. ]. J. Hennessey,
entered the auditorium, followed by :he
clergy, both resident and visiting. The
bishop assumed his place in front Of the
stage and on each side were grouped the
clergy Of this diocese and those v no were
the guests Of the occasion from the out
side. Behind them followed the class of
'99. the four young ladies who were to
appear in the most important parts of
the evenings entertainment, and after
them the school, including the chorus, the
'tMinims' and the other grades Of the
school. The procession at once arranged
themselves on the stage in a semi-circle,
the four graduating girls in front and be-
hind them the assembled school. Che
graduates were attired in white, zach
holding large punches of beauty roses
clasped with bands Of white satin. Music
by Prof. and Mrs. Pitts escorted the
procession 10 the stage.
The salutatory was rendered at once
after the ladies were arranged on the
stage. The salUtatorian addressed a
pretty tribute to the bishop and the rev.
erend fathers and In the course OF her re-
marks suggested that the preface CT
their life had been closed, but the real
and active ljfe was yet before them cnd
tia: the noble thoughts and aspirations
and hopes of the past might be realized
in the present and the future. Truth.
earnestness and duty should mark the
efforts and the best endeavors of all those
VINO really desired TO follow the class
motto.
Following this entree the class left the
stage in columns for the lobby below,
the four graduating girls arranging them
selves in a semi-circle just before the
stage and grouped around them the rest
of the chorus aHd the school, the music
all the time being a medley by piano end
violin made up of the favorite old-iime
popular airs.
The next number was one Of the most
entertaining of the evenings program in
the musica! parts. This was a chorus en-
titled "Song Of the Daisies" by the
''Minims." First entered a chorus of lit
tie girls from the primary grades with
bright yellow caps on, representing daisies
and their very finely rendered pantomime
was a matter which attracted the most
enthusiastic comment. The little girls all
clad In white, singing their Daisy song,
and their gestures well handled. and the
natural effects, male a picture which was
very pretty and showed long and careful
training. AS they said good night to the
audience they sank on their knees, and
at once came trooping in a throng of
fairies with wreaths of green about their
heads. who to the music Of the piano sang
TO the sleeping cherubs a glad anthem of
morning awakening. They acted all their
movements and thrilled and held the
large audience with the lovely effects of
their well trained gestures. There was no
attempted stage effects in this part and
no studied theatrical efforts; neither was
there the too apparent footlight attempts.
But all through this number appeared the
sweet and gracious enthusiasm of youth
and the sweet faces of the little girls
aided by the well trained movements
made of their number one of the finest
of the evenings program.
Next came the first essay. entitled "a
Grain of Incense" by Miss Catherine
Campbell. In this we'll studied and able
essay the author and speaker showed how
after all I'm this world of trials and dis
appointments there ever appears the
grain of incense" She said in effect
that though We may fail to listen to the
promises of hope and love they will yet
return to us Astounding in fru!tion of
great worth. Self-sacrince. humility and
charity are the elements which make for
much, and Gods watchfulness over HIS
children will not be for naught. His
kindly light Will lead me-" and a perfect
life well rounded and honestly lived is
''the grain II incense whose fragrant
perfume arises frem the golden censor"
Next came the chorus Sailors Glee,"
by the entire school, and the solo parts
and the chorus were well received by the
audience.
Miss May Spellman appeared next on
the program N her finely rendered essay.
''Do Noble Things. Not Dream Them"
This was among The best Of the evening.
And was so practical and yet sincere and
attractive that il won enthusiastic COM
ment from the audience. Among other
things. she said that men and women
ought not 10 1--we for themselves alone.
but for all humanity, and while We work
out for ourselves lasting name and fame
we ought also 10 remember all our kind
and be earnest in assisting all these who
need our aid. As the snowdrift Is piled
high IN the lull Of the wind. 50 truth is
piled high and strong in the lul Of cal
umny and malice. Womauhood as pro-
tected and euloEized and made much %
in the Roman Catholic church = 4 force in
'he world which brushes the head % the
serpent. The pathos Of the soul tells best
OF immortality. and the loyal woman
pours out her soul in a lifelong devotion
IL her home and her church. Pandora's
mystic box was akin 20 the modern bal
lot box, ana through thorns along TIE
pathway Of life she might vet be useful
Not 10 sit with inertia beside the stream.
hut 20 be u? ana active WAS her advice
20 all. and holiness. virtue and sarctstv
were not a dream for the idle. bur n
stern reality FOR the active, the sincere
and the earnest.
Ihe hoop dance entitled Flowers was
spiendidly displayed by twelve little girls
and their finely given gestures 10 music
showed that they had been we'll drilled
In the intricate movements
The chorus Evening Shades are Fall
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