The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-30
ORPHANS HONOR
BISHOP SCAkLAN
Nearly 200 Children Take Part
in Exercises at Cath
oliC Institution.
A CREDITABLE PROGRAMME
ELEMENT OF PATHOS IN EF-
FORTS OF LITTLE ONES.

One hundred and eighty-siX children,
most of them homeless little orphans,
gave a simple tribute of their love for
the Right Rev. Bishop Laurence Scan
Ian. their guardian. in the observance
of the twentieth anniversary of his or
dination as a bishop by their exercises
at the Kearns St. AIMS orphanage last
evening.
The program marked also the close of
the school year at the Orphanage. In
many respects these closing exercises
differed materially from those of many
school children. Most of these children
had no fond parents to appear at this
little entertainment. no indugent re-
latives to praise them for their sue
cess.
The Touch of Sorrow.
There was an element of pathos in the
efforts of these little boys and girls
Each little life has had its tragedy. a
long time ago a good man from Naza-
reth, as he sat on a hill in Palestine.
said, Suffer the little children to come
unto me- The same divine love for
The little ones that prompted this utter
ance seems to prevail among the gentle
sisters under whose guidance misfOr-
tune has brought these children.
That this misfortune has been
changed to good fortune was evidenced
by the atmosphere of the Orphanage
! last evening when the children made
( their bow to the public. Their exer-
cises were original and quaint. They
were planned entirely by the pupils of
the institution.
Little Edith McCailum. staid and
solemn as any orator who ever graced
Il forum. gave the address of welcome
She was followed by choruses of the
little girls and little boys. Up, Up
in the Sky was sung by the little
girls and we Are a Merry Set OF
Boys" by the little boys.
Tiny Girls as Teachers.
4 novel feature Of the program was
the examination of The different classes
in geography, arithmetic, composition
writing and stenography Each class
had one of the pupils as teacher. Wee
Cecilia Whelan was the teacher for the
tiny children. She assigned the work
and i'm department and bearing was
every inch a teacher. The examina ton
of the third and fourth grades was
made by Hazel Buttles. and that of the
fifth. sixth and seventh grades by Bes-
sic McNulty
The tiny girls gave a Sweep. Sweep
song and drill that brought much APP
plause. Each little girl had a decorated
broom. and the ensemble was very
pretty. Columbia, Beloved Land,
was the title of Il chorus and tableaU
by the larger girls. led by Bessie Nc
Nulty, dressed as Columbia.
Rev. Fathere Ryan dictated a letter
10 the stenOgraphy class. no member OF
which is over Is years old. The letter
was written with accuracy and dis
patch and transcribed on the typewrit-
CT. At the close of the exercises the
Right Rev. Bishop Laurence Seaman
bestowed the medals on the pupils
showing the greatest efficiency during
the year. The gold medal donated by
Bishop Seaman for Christian doctrine
was won by Edith McCallum. The Pat
rick Phelau gold medal for good con-
duct was awarded to Mary Giacomo
Bessie McNulty won the medal for gen.
eral improvement given by the Very
Rev. Dean Harris. The medal for the
best pupil in the stenOsra ply class, do
mated by Rev. Father William X
Ryan, was won by Sylvester Mitchell
Irene Pergrosse was given the media
donated by STEPHEN LAWN for i'm
prOvement IN music.
Bishop Seaman Talks to Children.
Following the bestowine of the
medals Bishop Seaman made a short
ldlh 10 lIle boys ana girls OF Ine lnSJl'
tuition. He told them TO look forward
10 going out into the world to make
their own living. and said that they
must continue to work diligently with
this prospect in view.
The children asked that Father Ryar
talk TO them. After much urging he
made a few remarks Indicative of the
pleasant nature Of his association witt
he little ones. In behalf of the insti
tuition the Very Rev. Dean Harris
chaplain of the Kearns ST. AIMS or.
phanage, paid a glowing tribute to the
work OF Bishop Seaman. Dean Harri:
is from Montreal Canada, and for the
past four months has been assigned Il
The diocese of Salt Lake. He has traV-
eled extensively in all parts of the
world in connection with his religious
duties, but said last night that he haC
never seen a better institution of its
kind than the Kearns St. AIMS or
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