The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-05

the dialogue Nickel Rooney" All
taking part sustained their characters
well. Thomas Heninger Is Nickel, was
the star His imitation of Nickel in
action and dialect was certainly clever.
The closing number was an address
to the Bishop by Thomas Heninger.
He, in behalf of the orphans, once more
thanked Bishop Seaman for his loving,
loyal care of them in the following well
chosen words:
'Rt Rev. Bishop: Thirty-two years
at the foot of the altar was the joyous
event you celebrated last Tuesday.
This is half a life time. These years
have been well spent-so say all; and
we, the least and smallest of your flock,
have good reasons for saying so, too.
/ Today, fifteen years ago, your good
works were made manifest in the hon
ors and dignity bestowed on you by
our Holy Father, the Pope. You were
made bishop and our catechism tells
us that our good bishop is the success
sor of the apostles, to whom we must
all look as the link that unites us to
the head of the church Without our
biSohp's direction and good will we
would not be loving, obedient children
of the church, and ever since you our
dear bishop, took the place of the apos-
ties in Utah, all your children have
shown their love and devotion to you.
but to none will the children of Kearns'
st. AIMS yield in love and loyalty. AL
ways rendering you on this ever happy
day, our best wishes and love, our
prayer ever-will be that you enjoy
many happy returns of this ever mem
orable day"
The exercises over, Bishop Scanlon
addressed the children and audience;
My dear children: l congratulate
you on the nice evening exercises you
have had and the nice manner in which
you have acted. 1 am sure that all
your parents here present have been
highly pleased with the manner in
which you have prepared and acted
your respective parts. thank you also
for the words of love and esteem you
expressed for myself and / assure you,
my dear children, you will always
have my warmest sympathy. And now
just one word to these friends We
thank you for coming here tonight to
encourage these young children. This
is one of the grandest works on earth
The work of true reform must begin
with the children. Very little can be
done with the adults. From time to
time we may bend them towards right,
justice and virtue. 1t is just like
We sometimes. of course, succeed
through energy and perseverance, and
it is hard task, but it is easy to bend
the plant, and howsoever we bend it,
so it shall grow. So it is, too, with the
children. This is the grand lesson
given us tonight If we want to have
good and useful members of society,
then we must begin to cultivate the
family; if we want to have honest.
honorable and worthy citizens we must
cultivate, train and educate our chill
dren, morally, physically and intellec-
tually. Just let me impress this one
point on your mind tonight my dear
friends. The parents are responsible
for their children-responsible to So
ciety, to the state and to God. They
should see that they are we'll cared for
and trained, if not by themselves, at
least in some institution like this, COM
petent and responsible. See these
beautiful children! How susceptible
of the proper training and education
they have proved themselves here to-
night / am sure you will all agree
with me in saying that they have all
done admirably well, and in assuring
them that we are not sorry for COM
ing.
The hour is late, my dear friends,
and | will not detain you any longer,
as the cars are waiting for you, but
permit me to again thank you for COM
ing here tonight and encouraging both
these children in their little efforts and
us in our work of caring for them.
One of the most interesting parts of
the programme was the awarding of
class prizes and medals. Even the wee
babies were not forgotten. and for
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the older children receiving books. Dur
ing the distribution Father Kiely pa
thetically called the attention of the
people to the medal donated by the
late Mr.. P. Phelan. A year ago Mr..
Phelan, who was always a dear friend
of the orphans, attended their exer-
cises, and was so deeply affected by
their sweet programme that he ex-
pressed a wish that he be allowed to
donate medal for the next exercises
In accordance with his wish, beauti-
full gold medal was awarded for good
conduct to Miss Hannah Peterson.
LIST OF MEDALS.
Gold medal, for Christian doctrine,
gift of Rt. Rev. Bishop Seaman, award
ed to Miss Helen Townley.
Gold medal for good conduct, the gift
of Mr.. P. Phelan, awarded to Miss
Hannah Peterson.
Gold medal, for elocution, gift of Rev
Father Morrissey, awarded to Miss
Clara Stevenson. Honorably distin-
guished, Thomas Henninger, Edith
Rely, Martha Warner, Frances Glas-
set, Florence Anakin, Harry Stevenson
and Martin Glasset, all of whom re-
ceived prizes.
Silver medal for arithmetic, awarded
to Miss Alice Townley.
Silver medal for catechism awarded
to Master Martin Glasset.
Silver medal for good conduct,
awarded to Miss Rose Pergrossi.
Silver medal for stenography, award
I'd to Miss Florence Anakin.
Silver medal for penmahship, award
ed to Miss Flora Andrews.
Silver medal for spelling, awarded to
Miss Flossie Paterson.
After the bishops address, the i'm
mense audience filed out of the hafS
highly pleased and deeply impressed
by what they saw and heard, and
words of praise for ST. AIMS and it's
could be heard on all
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