The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-06-29
CARMEL CONVENT
Closes its Fifty fourth Year
Distribution Of Medals
and Premiums.
Last Year One Of the Most
Successful in it's History
s Large Attendance.

Fifty-four years of faithful work
in the education of the young is
indeed = record Il. be proud of.
3 More than half century ago the
nuns of Mount Carm-l Convent
came to Lafayette and laid the
foundation for an institution which
has, from the very beginning, exer-
cised a most wholesome influence
on the intellectual and spiritual life
Of this community. Many wears
before the war these good nuns,
who were among the pioneers of
education in this parish, began to
SOW the seeds of scholastic learning
and religious culture in this com
munity, and the harvest has been a
most bountiful one. The large
number. of bright and noble women
who have been sent out into the
world from the classic walls of
Mount Carmel is an eloquent tribute
to the great work done by this de
serving institution, Too much
praise can not be accorded the nuns
of Mount Carmel. Their unselfsh
work in educating the girls and boys
-eQuipping the youth for the Sc
nous duties of life-is worthy Of
emulation.
The large attendance at
the Convent during the term
which has just closed shows
the large measure of pop
ularity enjoyed by the school. I'm:
der the management of Mother
Patrick the conven, has received a
full share of the public patronage,
the enrolment this year being up
wards of one hundred aud fiftv.
The commencement exercises held
Thursday morning was fitting
close Of most successful term.
The exercises, which were Witnessed
only by the pupils and their relatives.
were unusually interesting. The
program was rendered with perfect
order and was greatly enjoyed by
all present. The distribution of
medals aud premiums was fol
lows:
CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE.
First course-Misses Clara Martin, Sadie
Mouton, Agnes Breaux. Louise Verret.
Clara Hebert, Emma Verret. Ellen Gerac,
Elmire Martin.
g Second course-Misses Felicia Broussard,
Isabella Vial, Teresa Martin, Selas Olivier,
Philomene Broussard, Alfredo Begnaud,
Ellen Church, Vivian Martin, Paola Della
houssaye, Marie Louise Mouton, Marie
Daigle, Amelina Duhon, Hor,a Lombard.
Louise Martin, Edith Mouton, Stella Weber,
Nathalie Hohorst.
Third course-Lillian Weber, Louise
Bienvenue, Laurence Broussard, Francis
Whalen, Annie Coleman. Carmelte Church,
Katie Mooney, Mamie Mooney, Julia
Coleman, Hattie Mayfeld, Paola Mouton.
SENIOR CLASS.
Rhetoric-First prize: Misses Clara Mar
tin, Clara Hebert, Louise Verret, Agnes
Breaux.
mpos,ion-Misses Clara Martin, Agnes
Breaux. Louise Verret, Clara Hebert.
History--Premiums: Misses Clara Hebert,
Agnes Breaux, Louise Verret. Clara Martin.
Geography-Premiums: Misses Clara He
bert, Clara Martin, Louise Verret, agnes
Breaux.
Book-keeping--First premium: Misses
Louise Verret and Clara Martin.
Second premium: Misses Clara Hebert,
Agnes Breaux.
Arithmetic-First premium: Miss Clara
Martin.
Second premium: Misses Clara Hebert,
Louise Verret, Agnes Breaux.
Algebra-Misses Louise Verret, Clara
Martin, Agnes Breaux, Clara Hebert.
Mythology-Misses Clara Martin, Louise
Verret, Agnes Breaux.
Familiar Science-First premium: Louise
Verret, Clara Martin.
Second premium: Agnes Breaux, Clara
Hebert.
SECOND CLASS.
Miss Sadie Mouton and Miss Emma
Verret won the first premiums in grammar,
history, geography, familiar science, arith-
metic and algebra.
Neutrality-suspicious. premium: Miss
Sadie Mouton.
Mythology--First premium: Miss Emma
Verret.
THIRD CLASS.
Misses Elmire Martin and Ellen Gerac
won the first premiums of their class in
grammar, history, geography. arithmetic
algebra and familiar science.
First premium in bookkeeping: Miss