The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-18
CELEBRATE THE SILVER JUBILEE
Sacred Heart Academy Holds Closing Exercises of School To-
gether With Ceremonies Appropriate ito Twenty-fh An
niversary of Foundation of Institution

The silver jubilee the twenty-fffth an
nlYersary of the Sacred Heart academy
IN ogden, IS being appropriately eele-
brsted- The exercises are held at tie
academy building in connection with the
regular closing exercises aad are attended
by large numbers OF people from all over
the lntermountain country. While the
institution Is Catholic school, founded
and maintained by the Sisters of the
Holy Cross order. il is nevertheless
patronized by people of all creedS and
states of the great west. The present
commencement is especially interesting
from the fact that the sisters founded
the school q little over a quarter OF a
century ago in the building now known
as the Lawrence hotel. at the corner
of Twenty-fifth street and Washington
been steaay and sure. Some years ago
a splendid now building was erected and
this has been added 70 and improved
from year TO year. The improvements
in this the Jubilee. year are quite ex-
tensive and important.
Yesterday. the first of the three days
celebration, was Junior day The crowd
which thronged the hall noted that
new and tast efuI background, represent
ing a sylvan scene. had been painted for
the stage.
The exercises opened with the Meadow
Song. by the Junior vocal class. 1t
was a chorus by some twenty pupils the
fresh young voices bringing out the eX-
quisite melody Of the piece IN fine har-
mOny.
''The Dance of the Gnomes," diff
cult and nelodious selection, was per
formed on four pianos by the following
dozen clever musicians. Misses Trap,
Bel, Niedercorn, Sullivan, Cannon, Rear
don. VaIlereauX, Murray, Jackman. Nc
Carly, Butcher. PlatfOOt.
Little Genevieve Malone quite captured
the audience and had to repeat her violin
selection The little tot was accompanied
by her sister on the piano and Is but lit
tie taller than the bow which she welded
with such skill.
A very pretty exercise. half dance and
half march was Jubilee Bells. by the
minin music class. Each white robed
little miss had a cardboard bell suspended
from her shoulder by a silken ribbon.
The cardboard had painted thereon some
letter OF the alphabet and was tipped
with tiny bells that gave forth a. sweet.
silvery tnlie as the graceful figures
moved about in the mazes Of an intri-
cate march. The march was so timed
thOt when the marchers advanced to the
front Of the platform for a final salute
the letters on the pendant bells spelled
cut % - Jubilee Greeting 'O3 The audi
enCe insisted on an encore of this pretty
exercise.
A bar-beH drill by the juniors, each
white-robed girl carrying wand through
intricate and graceful figures, was also
a very popular feature
Another selection was performed on the
four pianos b. eight girls as follows:
Misses Mercer. Malone. -TrapD. Sullivan.
CoOney, McGuiness. Niedercorn. Krauss.
The ever popular and widely celebrated
Cecilian club Of the Sacred Heart
made" the performers being: Pianos
L. Rowland, H Brown, L. Newton. M.
CoHman, NJ Schultz, G. Wotherspoon, NJ
Iverson. r. Landers
Twenty-four minins presented a unique
and altogether meritOriOuS exercise called
the Flower PolonaiSe- The dancers
were divided into sets Of three two car
rying an arched haIf-circlet of flowers
and the third-in each case n. diminutive
little miss with butterfly wings of gauze-
marched under the arch between the
other two or fitted about like the but
terf1ies they represented amongst the
other dancers, seeming always TO be at
the right place at the right time
The closing musical number was La
Primavera-' by the senior vocal class
Father Cusbnahan presented the certfi-
Gates and read the standing OF the pupils.
At the close of the exercises he made a
brief address. reviewing the trials of the
little band of sisters which had twenty
five years before set out to establish
the celebrated school in ogden. He point
ed out the splendid triumph OF their
achievements. He congratulated the pub
lie and thanked the listers Of the Sacred
Heart for their steadfast and unselfish
devotion to duty and high ideals that
had characterized their work.
The art rooms Of the institution were
visited by hundreds during the day In
these rooms are arranged the work of
the pupils IN the way On d[ IS pant III.
ing and decorative arr of all forms Tne
needlewOrk, typography and painting eX-
hibits are some of the very finest seen
anywhere. The art room VIII be oDen
is extended % all to visit and inspect
At 10 O'Clock this morning occur the
closing exercises and tomorrow evening
the alumnae banquet.
Among the members of the Catholic
clergy present from other states were
Fathers Thomas Phelan Of Deer Lodge.
Hendricks of Boulder and Thompson Of
MOufDelier. Ida