The Irish standard., 1905-06-24
DE LA SALE INSTITUTE.

LIE LA 0kA11&G INSTITUTE.
Commencement Exercises Well At.
tended Wednesday Evening.
There was large attendance at the
public commencement exercises of the
De La Sale Institute at the Bijou
theater Wednesday evening. Not sin.
gle hitch took place in the excellent
program, the graduates acQuitting
themselves in most admirable man.
ner. Archbishop Ireland made pow.
erful plea for the education of the
youth OF Minneapolis and deprecated
the present preference which is Civ
en- to girls. The archbishop also la
mented the fact that parents often, in
their anxiety to add few more dol
lars to the family income, put their
boys to work in factories and else
where when they should be in school,
Put away any such temptation" urg-
ed the speaker; the precious years
Immediately following the close of
work in the grammar school are those
in which the mind absorbs more learn
ing in one year than in five years lat
er in life. If there is to be any pre-
ference in the education of the sexes,
give the preference to the boy. If there
is any slight advantage to be given to
either one, let the boy have it. Too
often the girl is the one to whom the
education is given, and the boy is put
out to work. This should not be. The
boy will be the man with mans re.
sponsibility. He should be given
every opportunity"
The archbishop extolled the oppor-
tuntties existing in America for the
requirement of material benefits, and
said that young man of the proper
mould and we'll equipped with an edu-
cation has only himself to blame if he
does not make high place for him.
self in life. Without an education the
wings of an aspiring career are clip
ped, and the young man is handicap
ped in life. Education is better than
riches in the view of the archbishop,
and he said that it would be we'll if
the parents would devote their ener-
gies to giving their children a good
education rather than piling up riches
for them. He said that the young man
who could not make his way in the
world after being well trained for the
battle, was not worthy Of possessing
the riches for which his parents
spend time and labor.
The archbishop lauded the work of
the Christian Brothers, under whose
management the school is conducted,
and gracefully complimented the grad
uating class, upon whom he conferred
diplomas in person. The program was
given ENTIRELY by the members of the
graduating class, with the aid of the
Ardon quartet, which rendered several
pleasing numbers
tThe first part of the program con-
sisted of recitations, while the second
part was given over to original discus
sions. Dramatic selections were given
by George Sherman, who recited Der
nardo del Carpio," and by Emmett
Stack, who under the title "The
Friends" gave the story of Damon and
Pythias. A humorous recitation, mo
Use for Babies" was given by Charles
De Veau, and Edward Gallagher rem
dered the tale of Darius Green and
His Flying Machine" in excellent
style. A selection entitled 1.-The Or
phans Lament" was given by William
Doyle, Albert Boes and Gilbert Ora
ham, with splendid effect and Henry
j. Lally recited in interesting man.
ner The Price OF Drink"
The various phases OF the Panama
canal question were treated in three
discussions by Sylvester Cunningham,
Ralph l.. Hoy and Felix C. Plouf, after
which the diplomas were granted
Gold medals were awarded for ex-
ccllence in scholarship to Felix Plouf,
Joseph Murphy and Edward Dahlen of
the senior class; to Arthur Graves, Ar
thur Koch and John Gleason of the
Junior class; to Maurice Culhane, An
thony Weber and Will Doyle of the
third class, and to Alfred Violet, Will
Turgeon and Edward McArdle of the
fourth class. The graduates were:
Robert Bowers, Roy Blakely, Sylves-
ter Cunningham, Edward Dahlen,
Ralph Hoy, Fred Howard George
Long, Joseph Murphy, James White,
Frank Sleavin, Emmet Stack, William
Rogers, Felix Plouf and Anthony Muir