Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-06-18
CLOSING EXERCISES.
BIG AUDIENCE ENJOYS FINE PRO.
GRAM AT LoRETTo CONVENT
LAST NIGHT.
Musical and Literary Features Of un.
usual ExccIIence.-Many Medals
Awarded.

| Commencement exercises at tht
| Loretto convent last night were at
tended by a large and appreciativs
audience. The curtain rose at |
O'Clock promptly, and already there
was scarcely any standing room in The
capacious exhibition hall
The Elite club, the college orchestra
opened the program by rendering
Lustpiel overture in manner thal
would have been creditable to a pro
fessional, orchestra. This was follow
ed by chorus song in which all the
children of the school took part: al
the end of this song little Aurora LII
cero recited the welcome to the pub
lie, and did her part SO we'll that she
has been the recipient Of warm con
graduation from every source.
Then came the Seguidilla, light
and airy, suggestive of frolic and
springtime. played by several young
ladies on the piano, and with Hen.
rietta Chacon and Stella Cayot at the
front with cymbals and triangle
Little house maids, the flower drill
the last rose of summer and the Jap.
anese Fantastic, suggestive of the
power and poetry of that most terri.
BILE of weapons in the hands of wo-
men-the fan, kept the audience en-.
tranced while the numbers lasted and
many regretted that there could be no
encores.
Miss Ridenour's recitation was
pleasingly and effectively rendered,
and Miss M Phillips read carefully
prepared essay on the subject press
on" which showed the young lady to
be the possessor Of very fine and
practical ideas.
One notable feature of the evening
was the recitation of little Aileen
Trainer, SO pretty and so young, that
she is hardly able to lisp her words.
But she is born artist, and goes
through her part with a naturalness
which older people might copy
The two vocal solos by Mrs. Eusebio
Chacon, accompanied by Miss Katie
Stapp were charmingly rendered. The
lady has lovely voice and rarely has
is sounded to better advantage.
The exercises closed with awarding
of medals, and the following were the
recipients of such medals; Gold medal
for Christian doctrine, donated by FIR.
Gslberton, awarded to Miss NJ. Phil
lips; second medal for same subject,
donated to Miss A. Baca.
Music; Medal donated by Fr. Pou-
get, awarded by lot to Miss NJ. Rud-
olph. Medal for orchestra attendance
awarded to Miss A. Romero. Deport-
ment medal, donated by Rev. A. Rab-
eyrolle Of Santa Fe, awarded to Miss
II. Taylor Gold medal for politeness,
donated by Mr.. Chas. Held, awarded
to Miss a. Phillips Medal fer neat
ness. donated by Cept. ]. G. Clancey,
awarded 10 Miss Carolina Clancey.
Medal for application, donated by
Hon. F. A. Manzanaras, awarded to
Miss NJ. Ridenour Christian doctrine.
class B, medal awarded to Miss Hen
riette Chacon. Second medal for
same awarded to Miss III. Narcotic.
Medal for diligence awarded to Miss
Amelia Delgado, donated by Mr.. L..
Hostetter of Las Cruces, N. M.
After the exercises the audience
was requested to pass into another
department of the school building
where refreshments were served up
to an advanced hour Of the night,
while the band discoursed appropri-
ate music from the broad veranda.
The Optic congratulates the good
sisters for the manner in which t.!.g
entertainment came of. 1t shows that
they are deserving of the hearty sup
port which the people Of Las Vegas
have given them for the last thirty
four years. The young ladies' also
deserve congratulations for they
evince no mean order of intelligence.
and last night they were all at their
best.
One sad feature Of the affair. and
one which everybody could not help
but notice, was that the good and
amiable Mother Superior, Sister Au-
gusta. under whose kind and watchful
eye this academy has grown to such
measure of usefulness, was not pres
ent. She laid down her life but a
short time ago, and was not spared To-
witness this closing triumph OF the
scholastic year She lies buried In the
little silent grave yard Of the convent.
where the willows shade all that nov
remains on earth Of that sanity and
noble life.
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