The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-11-09

-, 1hN4 academy met at the dear ole
school for the third meeting and ban
The business meeting was held al
o'clock, Miss Luce presiding. The
minutes of the last meeting were then
READ by the secretary, Miss Kane, after
Whlch the members discussed some i'm
portant matters. The first subject was
about changing the time for the an
nual meeting from November to June
A motion was made and all desired that
the cnange be made; another import
ant item was to lower the dues of the
association from two dollars per annum
to one dollar.
The members next proceeded to the
election of officers for the ensuing
year and the balloting resulted as fol-
/ lows:
President, Miss Frances Phillips;
vice president, Mrs. n. A. Dunyon;
secretary, Miss Mamie Farlinger; treas
urer, Miss Mary Kinney.
The meeting over, the Alumnae pro-
ceeded to the study hall and enjoyed a
delightful musical and literary pro-
gramme given in their honor by the
graduating and first senior classes.
The following splendid programme was
rendered:
Miss NJ. Nissler.
Vocal duet, Come With Me Cam
........ $3.50. ............-..'. pana
Misses Preston and Morrison.
st. Mary's Journal ..Alumnae Number
Misses Ashton and Plumhof.
Fantasia for harp 49,. 49, Nalenze
Miss e. Egan.
Vocal solo, May Blossom" 49,.
| ........ ....,. ................ Gribel
Miss NJ. Nissler.
Recitation ...... -. The V. A. S. E.
Miss Mullon.
| Miserere ...,..,..- ----.... GottSchalk
Miss E. Egan.
Drill .. 1.-The Vestal Virgins"
| Nine Young Ladies.
THE BANQUET.
| The banquet was given at o'clock.
The assembly rooms were beautifully
decorated in the colors of the associa-
ton. blue, gold and white.
Rt Rev. Bishop Seaman and Rev.
D. Kiely, V. G., and Mr.. Tim
othy Kinney were the invited
guests. The parlors of the academy
were converted into a banquet hall.
The rooms were ablaze with lights.
flowers and palms were in bountiful
profusion. A beautiful hand-painted
frieze, the work of one of the Sisters,
hung over the bay window. Tall
white chrysanthemums banked the
presented a beautiful scene, with the
magnificent floral decoration. The
color scheme of blue, white and gold
was entirely carried out.
During the banquet the orchestra,
made UP of academy pupils. added to
the enjoyment of all by we'll rendered
selections. At the close of the ban
quet Rev. Father Kiely, in his usual
graceful and kindly manner, pro-
ceeded to announce the toasts.
''OUR ALMA MATER"
Miss Mary Farlinger class '9S de-
livered the following address in reply
to the toast given by Father Kiely:
Hail to thee, fostering Mother in life's
happiest hours, st. Mary's girlhoods
peaceful home!
Would it were mine to tell with poets
power or sage's eloquence what thou
hast been and what thou are to us
who gather at this festal board!
Our Alma Mater. dear to every loving
heart, whose joys and sorrows here find
expressions, and not in vain, for in the
hour of gladness, her, smile brings add
ed pleasure, and when sorrow casts
grim shadows upon our lives, ah; then
she clasps us to her bosom, the while
she whispers tender words of sympathy
and love.
Here's to the Alma Mater! Thy |
daughters glory in thy honor! Aye,
whether their lives be spent within the
shadow of dear ST Mary's or in distant |
homes, even as thy benign benediction !
ever follows, so, too, their prayers go |
up to Heavens throne for thy success! |
May thy influence for good go on for |
ever, and thy Christian. womanly |
ever bring thee fair re- |
nown.
~, 4. e,;z...r Ia H.. -. a..
guiding spirit of st. Mary's. Who but |
has seen and felt her power for good, |
uplifting the tender hearts that come
within her gentle influence. Long may
she govern this sacred home of learn
ing, where her name will ever be in
benedictioni
Here's to each kind Sister, who, like
rare and precious gems. adorns our
banquet hall tonight, aye, and to the
absent Sisters, whose memory en-
hances the joy our hearts feel in this
hourl Intellectual molders in time, we
know not the worth of each impress
upon the immortal marble beneath
your touch!
Dear Sister Ruberta! We miss her
tonight. For years She shared our
trials and our successes; now she is
far, far away; but in our grateful
hearts her memory linger and with
sweet recollection is linked all that is
true and good and nobel
Once again, hail to our Alma Materi
And as we quaff from out the cups of
cast within these sacred
walls, let us, Alumnae of st. Mary's,
pledge ourselves to be ever true to the
fostering Mother" of our girlhood, our
lear Alma Mater.
OUR BISHOP. AND CLERGY"
Mrs. j. c. Sullivan, class "'91," re-
'ponded to this toast,
AS no theme touches the heart of a
,hild of faith so deeply as that of it's
priesthood, so none seems so difficult
% frame into adequate language. Per-
laps it was some such thought as this
hat almost appalled, me at first when l
vas honored with the response to Our
Bishop and Clergy" but soon [ was
,heered by the counter-refiection,
True greatness is ever allied to sim
,licity," and though my words may fail
o voice to sentiments of the Alumnae,
1t least my attempts will not be mis-
judged by those for whom it is in
ended, Well you know, beloved
bishop and fathers, that no visitor is
yer so welcome, whether it be to the
estiYe hall. to the class room or to the
amily circle, no guest of honor is to
oyaIly hailed as the laborers whom
,hrist in His own garden chose to be
lis helpmates. Royal indeed as our
oval hearts can coin them are the
reetings we offer today to our cher
she'd pastor and priests, and we thank
ou most cordially for gracing this
Meeting of our Alumnae. Hearts that
re greatest beat never loud" sang the
oct priest of the South, and a new sig
ificance seems to enter into these !
lords when we think of the quiet force
nth which our devoted clergy of Utah !!
abor for good of all. AS loyal senti- !
els on the watch towers of Faith, they