The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-06
THE CLOSING EXERCISES
CONCERT BY PUPILS OF THE INSTI-
TUTE FOR THE BLIND.
The Occasion Made Sad by the Death
of a PupiI-Commenceme Ex-
ercises To-day.


sons concerts was the closing exercises.
last night, of the Indiana Institution for
the Education Of the Blind. There was just
one shadow TO mar the pleasure or the
evenings enjoyment, and that was the
death and burial in the afternoon OF one
of the classmates and graduates, Harry
Monroe. Mr.. Monroe has been pupil at
the school for the past eleven years and
was one of its most promising musicians
On the programme of the closing exercises
he was down for an entire recital, to have
been given on May Is. in both piano and
organ numbers. He had been i'll about fif-
teen weeks and was buried yesterday after
noon from his fathers home, on Minerva
street.
The programme last night was varied
one and the assembly hall and wide corri-
doris Of the institution were filled with
friends and relatives of the pupils. The pu-
pills Of the school were seated on plat
form. the girls dressed in dainty white
dresses and the boys in evening dress. The
programme rendered was as follows:
"Joyl JOY Freedom To-day. .Balfe
Chorus.
Piano solo-Impromptu, Op. 80. No: 3d.:
'''''' oliver Ingram. ''enuOer'
Songs by Children's Choir. ......... Selected
Organ solo-"Marche Pontificale" .Lemmens
Louis Martin.
Vocal duet-"Good Night" .Geibel
Ellen Hendren, Nettie Minthorn.
Brass quartet-'The Bugle Horn
Oliver Smith, Paul Breading. William ia
cobs, William Fox.
Piano and organ duet-"Marche Nup-
oliver Ingram, Nellie Ebersole.
Piano solo-(a) "Barcarolle" ........;.. .Nevin
Nellie Ebersole.
Cradle Song ...........................S Smart
Chorus.
Piano solo-"Sonata Pathetique" Qn-
PRODUCTION, allegro, adagio). Beethoven
Louis Martin.
Down in the Dewy DELI Smart
Girls Chorus.
organ SOlo-ta) prelude. CHOPIN
(b) Gavotte from Mig
nom ........Thomas
Alphonso Burrows.
Song-"The Better Land .............. Cowen
Jessie Armstrong.
Impromptu, OPP. 80. No. Schubert
Clara Castor.
Good Night, Good Night, Beloved" .Pinsuti
ouartet-.'Ungarische Tanze, No. o.
Marguerite Aileman. Pearl McGibbon.
Chrystal Jacobs, Nora Keys.
The commencement exercises will occur
this morning at 10 o'clock The graduates
are: Anna Marie Hayden. Howard Steven
son, Martha ]. Fritzer, Roscoe K. Hawley.
Fred M. Powell and Oliver Ingram. The
programme will be as follows:
Music-Organ Voluntary. -. Louis Martin
invocation .................R Rev. NJ. l.. Haines
|. Mans Star of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
-................ Howard Stevenson
"Charlemagne in History" ................
.............-...-.......... Martha j. Fritzer
Musician Open Secret" ........W oodman
Mrs. Bertha Swain.
Conquest of Sword and Pen.
Roscoe K. Hawley
Influence of the French Revolution.
..-....treu M. Powell
Music-ta) The Robin Sings in the APP
pletree $3.50. ........ .MacDOwell
(b) 1.-THE Robin" ..... Neidlinger
Mrs. Bertha SWAIN
THE Common Man in Literature.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Marie HAYDEN
Talent and Occupation" ..... Oliver Ingram
Presentation of diplomas.
.......................Gov James A. Mount
Music - Piano quartet "Ungarische
Idnze, NO. ..-......................B Brahms
Marguerite Alleman. Pearl McGibbon,
Chrystal Jacobs. Nora Keys.
Benediction.. ......Rev. E. B. Rawles