Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-09
HOLY CROSS ACADEMY
TWENTY-FIFTH COMMENCEMENT
HELD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
Lafayette Theater Thronged With
Students, Their Families and
Friends-The Program.


ditorium was filled at the opening of the
opening of the exercises. and during much
of the time the standing room at the rear
was well occupied. Seated on the stage
which was decorated with palms and flow
ers of many varieties. were about fifty
girls. all dressed in white, making it beau
tiful. The ten members Of the graduating
class were seated in the first row. fronting
the audience.
The address on the occasion was made by
Rev. DR.. William J. kerby, professor of
sociology at the Catholic University His
address was not in the usual form of COM
mencement speeches. He spoke to the grad
yates of their disadvantages. He pointed
out that while they calculated the cost of
twenty pounds of butter and of four pounds
of meat, still they had never been COM
PEELED to decide on what butter was worth
and whether this was good and that bad
butter. Their education had never been
put to practical use. And so with their
Judgments 1t is the best practical use of
these that counts in the world. he claimed
The apostolic delegate, Mgr Diomede Fall
COMO, presented the diplomas and certifi-
Gates. The members Of the graduating
class, to whom diplomas and medals were
awarded. are Misses katherine Loretto
Byrne. Helen Modesto Cleary, Cora Veron ca
Colford, Gertrude Cecilia Davis. Mary
Louise Darr. Carmel Katherine Egan
Marie Louise Loeffier, Catherine Anna Mo-
riarty and Mona Louise O'Brien.
Special medals were also awarded to
Mary Bernadette Connor and to Dolores
Hernandez of Porto Rico. The members of
the graduating class. at the invitation OF
Sister Angelica, the lead of the school, will
be her guests at the summer home at Dun
barton for a week.
The Program.
The program for the commencement exer-
cises, which was chiefly musical delighted
the large audience which appiauded gener-
ously. 1t included the following numbers:
"Estudia ntina.' solo. Katharine Byrne;
chorus, vocal class; 'ungari S;h stnT arr,
RE Loeffier, Mona o Brien. Adele May, Eliz-
abeth Leech; violins, Helen Dillon, Anna
May OToole, Amelia Garet. Rose Clarke.
lmogen Harms. Gertrude murphy MAI
guerite Bernhard, Agnes Hamilton; harps
Suzanne VERIFY, Marguerite Curtis, Ce-
line Mcdonald. salutatory. Mary Louise
Darr; "Romanza." Anna Manning, Mona
o'Brien: "Polacco Briliante," Mar,
guerite Curtis. Agnes Downey. Ethel
Harms: "Morceau Fantastique. harp
solo, Marguerite O'Toole; Annie Laurie
solo, Gertrude Davis; semi-chorus, private
vocal class: "Hark! Hark! the Lark vio-
Clarke. Anna May OToole, lmogen harms.
Gertrude Murphy. Marguerite Bernhardt
Agnes Hamilton, Margaret Leech. irene
Schaeffer; Fly. Singing Bird, katharine
Byrne, Louise Brinker, Mary Lowd: valedic-
tory, Carmel Egan: "Serenade." solo. Anna
Manning; chorus. vocal class.
Miss Egan, the valedictorian, is the
daughter Of Maurice Francis Egan' the local
writer.
Among the churchmen who attended are
Dr. T. ]. Shanahan DR.. E. a. Pace. Morris
f. Egan. E. l.. Buckley, ]. F. Magee OF
Sacret Heart Shrine, ]. Walsh Of St. PAU $:
T. s. Lee of st. Matthew'S, c. M. Bart OF
ST. Teresa's. M Stickney, secretary OF the
legation; ]. Burns of Holy Cross College,
]. McPeak of Rochester, ]. Mackin OF ST.
Paurs, c. Fay of Brooklyn S. ]. Kelly OF
NJ Tiprney of New YORK,
Brothers Germanus and Paul of st. Johns
College, Fathers Resented. Fleming, Cor
Coran. Corbet of Gonzaga College, Quill and
Conway of Georgetown and Caughey of st.
Stephens.
Certificates Awarded.
Certificates were awarded by the apostolic
delegate as follows:
Second senior class, premiums in cate
chism, church history. algebra, rhetoric.
history of England, American literature,
reading French music, art and penman-
ship were awarded to Mildred Cain, Mar
guerite Curtis, Suzanne Ecklof, Gabrielle
Griffin, Ida Hayes. Lolita Hernandez, Ethel
Harms, May kearney. Elizabeth Leech,
Agnes Murphy. Anna Quackenbush and
Marguerite Titus.
Third senior class, premiums in catechism.
church history, algebra, modern history,
rhetoric, reading, American literature,
music, art, French and penmanship were
awarded to Rose Clarke. Mae Conroy, Ella
Dick. Agnes Downey, Harriet Emery. Agnes
Hamilton. Imogen Harms and Marie Parks.
First preparatory class, premiums in cate
chism, Bible history. algebra. arithmetic.
grammar. rhetoric, literature, ancient his
tory, music, art French and penmanship
were awarded to Louise Brinker Nannette
Brundidge. Mary Downey, Gertrude Eichon,
Louise Howser Louise Kilgour. Pearl
Langley, Blanche Madigan. Gelene Mac
Donald. Pearl Montgomery Gertrude Muir
ply. Eleanore Loeb. Angela Mcmahon.
Marguerite Nels, Katherine Schaefer Anna
Sullivan. Anna Swart and Suzanne VERIFY.
Second preparatory class-Premiums in
catechsm, Bible history, arithmetic, gram
mar, etymology. reading, sewing, history
physical geography, physiology. mythology,
composition, letter writing. map drawing
penmanship. music. art and French were
awarded to Eloise Brett Margaret Bern
hardt, Margaret Butler. Ruth Colford. May
Esher Katherine Esher, Mary Crowley
Marjorie Durham. Amelia Garet, Helen
Howser, Katherine Machen, Agnes Murphy
Florence Mccarthy, Viola Mallet, Sophia
Miller. Rose Osgood. Irene Schaeffer Dor
othy Simms and Hattie Swart.
Junior class-Premiums in catechism,
spelling, arithmetic. grammar, geography,
history, reading, French music. art pen
manship and sewing were awarded to the
Misses Marie Osborne Frances Pepper,
Margaret Pepper. Frances Ellery. Ella
Leech. Meta Evans. Regina Loughran,
Mary Gallagher. Antoinette Tyssowski,
Helen Goodhue, Marie Chapman, Mary
Johnson, Ivy Rupp, Ethel Schaeffer, Theo-
dosia Conroy, Edna Conroy. Eugenia Lieu
taud, Violet Hickman, Dorothy Murphy
Margaret Machen. Dorothy Rice, Mariana
Machen, Louise Chapman, Marguerite Es-
puta, Bernice Rigby, Catherine O'Connor,
Mary Reidy, Mary Rhoades. Mary Shugrue
and Mary Elery.
Minim class-Premiums in catechism,
arithmetic. reading. penmanship. spelling.
geography, music, art and French were
awarded to the Misses Elsie Bartran, Dor
othy Bopps. Helen Chapman. Mary Dono-
van, Cynthia Giusta, Marian Giusta Celeste
Hill, Augusta Machen, Marie Monaghan,
belle Tyssowski. Pauline Ziegler, Harold
Giusta, John Saul, Bernard Saul and Relino
Zeh
Monument Unveiled to Minute Men,
The 125th anniversary of the battle Of