The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-07-16
Tnterlnoun(ain FleWs.
CHEYENNE, WYo.
Academy of the Holy Child Jesus.
Especial Correspondence

gave an exquisite pianoforte recital at
the H. c. j. academy, Cheyenne. Many
friends of Miss Duffy were present ana
could not help but feel that she Is
perfect artist.
The address was delivered by Father
/ Charles O'Connor an eloquent young
priest, whose poetical tribute to music
was d fitting close to classical enter
tainment Father O'Connor said:
1T is too bad our good bishop could
not be here this evening to perform
grateful task which l, unworthy, am
now TO do,
Il feel that l voice the sentiments
which possess the many friends of Miss
Duffy here present when L say that we
enjoyed very, very much the exquisite
entertainment to which she has just
treated US.
Since self-prafse is no recommends
! ton and the habit thereof a defect OF
! character that more than any other
! bores and estranges, we would feel
/ rather much beside ourselves if Miss
Duffy only told us what she can do;
/ how she can wed to the silent cord the
soul of music, make that soul weep
and laugh and speak and impart to the
sound the various infections of the
human voice, than which no other
sound in nature is sweeter in melody
or more rich in variety.
But our good friend is too refined,
too cultured and much a lady to tell
what she can do; she simply does what
she can.
I'VE wish we'll to Miss Duffy and are
pleased to learn of her signal gifts of
mind and soul. But this evenings per
Torrance speaks for itself and tells
/ that she can do much and well.
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vorced from sentiment is less estima-
BILE than a musical soul Did man pos
sess only mind and no heart, life would
be without poetry or charm, and be-
come very much a second-rate article.
But every noble and generous senti-
ment knocks in its own good time at
the door of a musical soul. The sob
that accompanies the sailed tear is but
the musical expression of the hearts
grief; and rolling laughter the over
flow of an exultant spirit.
Music is the language of feeling,
indicative of a sentimental nature. 1t
is also the language of heaven in which
the angels celebrated the birth of the
little Bethlemite babe. Angelic choirs
transport the souls of the blessed to
heaven midst strains of music and vir-
gins clothed in milky robes sing a song
none else can sing as they follow the
immaculate lamb, whithersoever he go
eth.
Love, then, the noble art as drop
of the sweetness of the Deity itself
Love it rightly and well as did Cecilia
of old: and remember that it is a
beautiful gift OF God in a beautiful
soul, given for his glory and your good.
Be it dear 10 you through life and
respect your gift as part of those
will q la n
Paradise.
Bright and whole-souled as you are,
it is not necessary for me to touch upon
your obligations toward your good
preceptor, who have spared no pains in
the work for which you have been en-
trusted to them. Justly do they feel
proud of you tonight; your dear parent
and friends feel proud also; and this is
not, 1 trust the last occasion when
you, too, will feel proud of yourself.
Experience will teach you that years
spent under the shadow of this home
of learning and piety must be reckoned
amongst the happiest of your life.
Yet while and you will bid long !
but not, I feel, last farewell to your
Alma Mater Your friends bid you
farewell, still nourishing the hope that
it will not be final farewell
distribution Day.
The distribution of premiums at the |
academy took place on the forenoon of !
June 90.
The pianoforte selections by the !
Misses Duffy, Keefe, Marks, Turkey /
and Martin were much enjoyed. The |
children gave some pretty recitations |,
and the juvenile amateur band ac- |
quilted itself to the great delight of all |
present, who indeed felt on this as on D
other occasions that the academy of |
the Holy Child Jesus enjoys not only |
the advantage OF being thoroughly up I
to-date and situated in. perhaps, the /
prettiest and healthiest of our western |
cities-but is as a bishop recently said |
the most progressive college in the |
western country.
The young ladies went through a |
programme that for matter and exc
cution reflects TIE t%3atest credit on |
pupils and teachers alike.
Tie premiums were distributed by |
Father Charles O'COnnor, whose clos
ing remarks were:
AT this moment the words academy
and study sound distasteful. The
sweetest l could utter as expressing
the objects most dear to you, are home
and holidays and for some, maybe, the |
st. Louis exposition
IF my company be not objection
able, l am with you, not precisely on
a trip to st. Louis, but in desire to
make it.
cat this distribution Of premiums I
have seen that you are Americans to
the core, and how grand and noble is
the American character. Your be-
haviour makes me feel that after my
own, 1 would be of no other country
but America. The American is modest
in success, and is not jealous of, but
rejoices at the success of others
IF benevolence towards you gives
me little grief that all have not been
honored with a prize, the modesty of
the lucky ones and the dignified de-
pertinent of the others under their lit
tie disappointment gratifies so, that
since universal success would have de-
prived me-a foreigner practically-of |
THIS beautiful illustration of American
character, / scarcely regret the turn
things have taken.
Il do wonder if all are alive to the
significance, the Importance of carry
ing off a prize-tantamount to the i'm
portance of a character
No one possessing a spark of man
hood, but is fired with the ambition of
success. The man without ambition Is
lost to God and to his fellows. and to
such one the Romans would give
dip in the Tiber
Your own experience teaches that
not tie brightest intellects always take
prizes, and to overcome PETROLEUM so
the Romans called an examination. is
a test, of genius not to lay too much
stress upon. But either is indicative
of a gift more important, to my mind.
than genius in the strenuous battle of
life-the gift of ambition.
In the material life as i'm the higher
order of grace. not to advance is to
Iecede' and whom the success of
equals and interiors and his own signi
ncance does not quicken, who SCOTS
at those that enter seriously into the
unhill fiaht for $1,000. -