The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-06-19
ATTENDED BY LARGE NUMBER
WHO WERE WELL PLEASED
WITH ABLE EFFORTS OF
THE SCHOLARS.
MEDALS, PRIZES AND GIFTS PRE-.
j SENTED TO EFFICIENT STU
DENTS FOR EFFICIENCY.
81. Joseph's Academy Completes Another
Year of School Work with centen-
ial Hall Entertainment.
The SCHOLARS

In step TO the strains of Gobbaert's
Alarche Triomphale, op. SO, rendered by
q piano and mandolin scxtette consist-
ing of six charming young ladies. the
smaller girls of the primary classes of
st. Joscph's Academy marched down the
central aisle ofthe auditorium of Gen.
tenial hall Thursday evening at the be-
ginning of the annual closing exercises
of that school. They were followed by
the older girls, all being dressed in pure
white, and then, in turn, the boys of
the different classes. Marching to the
front of the hall the students took their
places in front of the stage in the front
rows.
The hall was filed with large, inter
csted and pleased audience. The annual
closing exercises are unusually elaborate
and interesting, and always attract a
large number, including both the parents
and relatives of the children in the diff.
fcrent classes, of which there are quite n
number, and their friends.
At the conclusion of the class march,
the piano music rendered by the sex
tette was finished, and hearty applause
was given. The young ladies composing
the sextette were Misses Alice Chorpcn-
ing. Hegina killcen, Isabel Quinn, Nellie
Could, Clara Stanficld and Ada Donahue.
playing the piano. and Misses Bessie
Byrd and Mamie Keenan,. playing the
mandolins.
A chorus, Niinim's Lullaby. was render
ed by the smaller girls of the classes,
each being dressed in white and carrying
baby doll, which they nursed to sleep
while singing the lullaby song:
"Rock-a-bye baby, in the tree tops,
When the wind blows the cradle will
rock,
When the bough breaks the cradle will
fall,
And down comes baby, cradle and ALL
The chorus was rendered very nicely,
the little girls showing unusual musical
ability. The smaller girls in front with
the dolls were pretty and cute, and the
number brought forth applause from a
pleased audience.
Departing from the usual order of
things. eight recited the poem, "The Leap
for Life" in unison. Their articulation
and pronunciation were clear and dis
tinct. They gcsticulated in the rccita-
ton, adding emphasis and force to the
delivery They were also greeted with a
storm of applause.
The whole class then sang in chorus,
The Meaning of the U. S. A." This pa
triotic song was sung with fervor by the
Young patriots in the class.
A piano quartctte, "Obcron," tH. Al
bertl was then executed upon the two
pianos upon the stage, in a graceful and
able manner by Misses Loretto and Eva
Keenan,, Mary Moran and Vera Pike.
Miss Bessie Byrd's essay, Education
an Aid to the Imagination demonstrate
cd the fact that she had given studious
attention to her school duties. She told
how intellectual improvement assist
ed the inventive and imaginative powers
of the human soul. Her elocution was
good. and she acquitted herself in an
admirable manner.
@schottish Caprice" tw. vrcclandD.
was artistically rendered by mandolin
and piona quartette composed of Misses
Bessie Byrd. Mary Keenan,, Mary Moran
and Hazel Shires.
The senior class, consisting of about
thirty young ladies and gentlemen, then