The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-06-23

he said, nothing was 50 clear as that
their children should be educated. He.
congratulated the parents Of the chil-
dren on their happiness and power to.
make sacrifices il sending their children
TO such a school Rev. Father Fox's
address was followed BY Kings sEbb
and Flow as a chorus This was fol-
lowed by Rossini's sQuis est Honor
from the Stabat Mater by Miss Emily
Adams as vocal duet. The next num-
Der was vocal solo, "Chanson Pro
vencaf' Delqua) By Miss Judge. This
was one of the really brilliant gems Of
classical programme. 'The Perils of
the Passenger Train.S' recited by Miss
Anna Atkinson. was not down on the
programme and came as a pleasant sur
prise. It prepared the audience for
great elocutionary treat further down
the programme. where Miss Atkinson
was down for the recitation Of Edgar
Allan Poe's The Raven" The first
effort was followed BY selected scenes
from Mary Stuart" in which Miss
Irene Willes appeared as Mary Stuart,
Miss Marie McNenney as Elizabeth
Tudor. Miss Helen Bannerman as the
Earl of Leicester, Miss Agnes v. Radi-
gan as the Earl of Shrewsbury, Miss
Grace Brannagan as Kennedy, Miss
Margaret White as Sheriff and Miss
Helen White as exeeutioner. All ap-
peared in full costume. The roles were
difficult ones for graduates. but this fea-
ture Of the programme polished off the
rest. The scene in which Mary Stuart
begs Elizabeth Tudor tospare herlife was.
well presented and Miss WiIles and Miss
McNenney showed fine conception of
the two characters that are so prominent
in history The tableau of Elizabeth
Signing Mary's Death Warrant was a
picture which, from an artistic stand
point, was a fitting close to a splendid
programme 1t followed Miss Akin
sons recitation Of THE Raven
In addition to receiving diplomas and
laurel crowns, the graduates of the Acad-
emic course were awarded prizes as
follows
Gold medal gift of Allan L. McDer-
mott, to Miss Irene Willes; gold medal,
gift of Robert Davis, to Miss Helen
Bannerman, of ST. Joseph's parish; gold
medal. gift of Edward c. Young. to Miss
Agnes Radigan, Of st. Joseph's parish:
gold medal, gift Of G. Heppenheimer, to
Miss Grace Brannagan. of st. Patrick's
parish; gold medal. gift of james C.
Clark. to Miss Marie McNenney, of st.
Peters parish; gold medal. gift of Will
lam c. cahill, to Miss Mary Judge, Of
st. Joseph's parish.
Besides diplomas. gold medals were
awarded the following graduates of the
Commercial department, the first three
medals being gifts Of Daniel Z. Cleary,
William J. Moran and Eugene Kinkead,
the others being the gifts of st. Aloysius
Academy May Stewart. West
Hoboken; Miss Pauline Hahn, Union
Hill; Miss Anna V. Skiffington. st. Pat
riek's parish; Miss Margaret White, st.
Bridget's parish, Miss Loretta Blank.
St, Paul Of the Cross parish: Miss Eva
Underhill, St Peters parish: Miss Lii
Ian Callahan. st. Michael's parish; Miss
Mable Jacobs, St Paul of the Cross
parish; Miss Lillian Moran. St. Aloysius
parish Miss Cecilia Langam, ST. Alloy
sius parish
Diplomas were granted the following
graduates of the Stenographic and Type
writing course:
Miss Edna NJ Cookson. Miss Margaret
H. Curry, Miss Ida May Keefe Miss
sIarcella Marchand. Miss Mabel AIcAIur-
dy. Miss Margaret Murray, Miss Rita
B. Murphy. Miss Catherine r. Norton,
Miss LorettO G. Shea, Miss Hannah
Walsh, Miss Mary Mutually.