The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-06-19
JUNIOR EXHIBIT OF
ST. ALOYSUIS
Pupils of the Academy and
It's Branch. Loretta Hall,
Render An Excellent Pro-
gramme
AN ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIE NcE
BEAUTIFUL PICTURES PRESENT
ED BY THE CLEVER CHILDREN
THE KINDERGARTEN GRAD
YATES

UAIES
A splendid entertainment was given
yesterday by the pupils of the Junior
department of Saint Aloysius Academy.
including number from Loretta, Hall,
a branch of the Academy. 1t was thor
oughly enjoyed by parents and friends
of the little ones and friends Of the
Academy, who almost densely packed the
Academy's Auditorium. Not only did
the pupils acquit themselves with credit
to themselves and their parents-and
above all to their teachers-but they add
ed much to the animated picturesque
ness, if such it may be termed, to the
magnificent and artistic stage setting.
The stage stretched across one end OF
the spacious hall, and although some
what crowded by the pupils, still admit
ted of enough room for marching and
drilling, which was done in such man-
ner as to set the feet of parents who
were obliged to stand beating time with
their feet in rhymthic unison. There
was look on their faces which sug-
gested the thought expressed in the open
ing lines of an admirable poem
Backward, turn backward. oh Time, in
: thy flight
MAKE me a child again, just for to-
night
It was certainly a rosy picture
on which the audience gazed and through
which the little ones gazed at the audi
Tence. For in front Of the upper part of
the stage stretched strings of real pink
roses and the stage was banked alb, S
with potted flowers and palms. A beau
tiful white and gold statue of the
Savior formed the central piece of the
decorations. The stars and stripes figured
largely in the decorations. The effect
was very pretty. In and out of the aisles
Of the auditorium lodged smart looking
little fellows in blue uniforms. some of
them trimmed with gold lace and bear
ing medals courteously showing the MEM
bers of the audience to seats and dis
tributing programmes.
The first part of the programme was
taken up by the Loretta Hall children.
They first sang very sweetly Rosewig's
Tribute to the Sacred Heart" Master
J. McGuinness, the salutatorian of the
class delivered the greeting in very
clever manner. The rest of the pro-
gramme leach member of which won ap-
plause, was as follows:
Recitation, ''The Lost Child" by the
Minims; song, Two Tired Turkeys
(Gottscalk), by unmber of boys and
girls; recitation. "Give Us Little Boys
Chance" by boys (mueh applause);
chorus, "Pansies'' (Senour), by vocal
class very sweetly sung; recitation,
"Grandma's Angel" (Perrine) by the
junior elocution class; Farewell to the
Kindergarten" by Marie Claussen, vele-
dictorian of the kindergarten class (yery
clever; chorus, "Dandelions" (Senourl,
by the vocal classes (elicited much APP
plause); recitation, Little Christel;;"
song, wild Rose" (Senour), by Misses
Luker, Wendt and Rodgers (sweetly rem
dered), and "Spring Song" by the junior
elocution class. From this time on the
pupils attached to the Academy took
hold. They began with a chorus of De
Koven's Swinging. While no encores
were allowed on account of the length of
the programme the applause which greet
ed singers was enough to have insured
them a triple encore This was followed
by a recitation of Birds Eye View
avery, by Miss Ruth Anderson, that
was equally successful to judge by the
amount of applause Then outstepped the
vocal class and sang Troyer's Foolish
Little Maiden" that entitled them to a
triple encore.
Then Miss Grace Anderson recited
Whittier's ''Schoe Days" in manner
that elected great amount of applause
The recitation, Three Bells" by girls
got considerable applause. Miss Mar
guerite OhIrogge's rendering of the song
..Thistle Dew (CIaffey) was sweet and
artistic. and she drew as much applause
as had been bestowed upon any of the
embryo students and artists who had fig
ured individually on the programme.
Her number was followed by song
(recitatiye) Of .The Lost Chord, proc
tor. It was hsrs|tAat the teachers sf-
,fciency in the training Of vocal music
in the Academy wae brought TO promi-