Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-06-23
THIRTEENTH ANNUAL.
AIumnae Association Net Once nOre
At Banquet Board.

The 18th annual meeting of the
AIumnae association of the convent of
Notre Dame ait the convent hall last
night was a noteworthy event. This
organization Is one Of the largest and
is the second Oldest in the United
States, and last night it's members
turned out in force for the feasting
and fun which mark each annual re-
union. The clergymen from the Inn
maculate Conception church were the
guests of honor, and there were vlsl"
tors from New York, Hartford and
New Haven present
Luncheon was served at s o'clock
and during its progress all the latest
music of the day was played by a
pianola from the Steinert music house.
The class of 1904 occupied a table In
the center Of the hall and grouped
about them were representatives OF
every class from 1878 down to the
present day.
Miss Emma Hendrfck presided as
toastmistress and she ruled royalty.
Her introductions sparkled with wit
and eloquence and her good natured
shafts at each speaker caused great
merriment Mary Mccarthy respond
I'll IL UAG uOdSt u I1O6nCA ~ A1S5COA1
assuring the reverend mother of the
loyalty and affection OF the alumnae,
and Miss Gertrude Guilfoile gave the
toast to the clergy paying high tTib-
ute to the Catholic church and present
ing compliments to the gentlemen or
the cloth" present
The ''class OF 1904" was most gra-
ciously welcomed to the association
~ 0x1A Tor p all.
ly gave rous1ng toast to the Alum
was Elizabeth Holohan's toast to the
officers, her character sketches expa-
tiating on the fads and foibles as well
as the good qualities Of each one were
filed with appreciation and fun.
The most humorous toast of the
evening was the one ITO Our Matrons"
by Miss Nora Mahoney. whom Miss
Holohan designated as 'tthe Margaret
Healy of the East Miss Mahoney
was at her best and poked all sorts Of
fun ait the married members and the
wouId-be married members whom she
designated as 'the envied and the en-
vious."
'The Convent Girl" by Miss Mary
Mcdonald. was a really eloquent
ppCCCIs dlIO was IOlIOWC0 ny 14llAdOCCu
Byrnes' compliments 'eTo the Gentle
men" The last toast to "Alma Ma
ter" aroused the loyalty of all and
was given by Miss Elsie Delaney, who
paid high tribute to the convent of
Notre Dame and it's teachers.
The musical part of the program
was in charge Of Miss Marie Heringer,
assisted by Miss Lila Loughlin and
Miss Cathayine Harrington on the
piano, Misses Holohan and Kilroe on
the violins. and Mrs Thomas f. Nc
Larney on the harp. Miss Gay of the
class of 1904 sang solo. and by re-
quest Cecilia Her1nger, Cecilia Mori-
arty and Mrs william Monaghan sang
Tennyson's Break, Break, Break
The alumnae song. written by Mary
Agnes O'Connor. was sung by the
above trio. Mary Mahoney, Eulalie
Madden and Stephanie Heringer and
closed an evening which was certain
ly not only, as Father O'Br1en said,
"a social pleasure, but an intellectual
treat"
A feature of the evening was the
reading Of a letter to the alumrae
from Mother st CECILIA, to whom the
members sent purse on the occasion
of her golden jubilee last month A
telegram was sent to the reverend
mother from the meeting expressing
the affection and loyalty of the mem.
bers.