Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-06-22
LAUNCHED INTO
SEA OF LIFE
Commencement at
St. Michael's
College
-FOUR IN GRADUATING CLASS
Ceremonies are Held in Lo-
rerto Hall in Presence of
Large Crowd.

The forty-eighth annual commence
ment exercises of st. MichaePs Col.
lege were held last night at Loretto
Hall Although numerically the grad
uating class was not as large as last
year. the scholastic term just closed
IN, point Of attendance has been the
best in the history of the institution
The graduates who finished in the or.
der given were Benjamin j. Kelly
Of Bisbee. Arizona; James V. Robins,
Of tiillsboro; David NJ Gillespie, of
Springer, and Charles Kiesov Of San.
Ia Fe.
II had been the intention to have
The ceremonies incident to the sum
mer closing Of the college on the
campus as was done in 1906. The
open air entertainment last year
proved to be such pleasing innova-
ticn that 1t was decided to hold the
exercises out of doors again this year
but the plan had to be abandoned OW-
ing to the unreasonable weather.
Loretto Hall which was the scene
on the previous evening OF the clos
ing exercises of l.oretto Academy
was crowded again last night Oh the
occasion of the commencement pro
gram of st. Michaels College. Among
the audience were many out of town
people, relatives and friends Of the
graduates and other students. Seated
in the front half of the hall We're the
junior classmates who will be gradu-
ates themselves in the years to come
-sniess for some reason they quit be-
fore that time. They were all
dressed in natty black suits with
boutonnieres in their coat lapels from
which also hung ribbons embodylng
the college colors.
The first number on the commence
ment program was selection by the
college orchestra which rendered In
a manner beyond criticism medley Of
popular southern melodies which end
ed with the enlivening chorus OF
Dixie" This orchestra is composed
of eighteen pieces and is first class
musical organization Some of the
players are still mere boys. A Span
ish recitation was next 1t was deliv-
cred by Earnesto de la Ossa which
was much appreciated by those of the
audience who understood the Ian
guage.
The program was interspersed with
a variety of musical numbers in addi-
ton to selections by the orchestra.
Among the pleasing features were
three vocal solos and vocal duet by
little boys. Carl r. Kiesov sang
"Apples for Penny" Leopoldo Ma
zon sang "In Cherry Time" and
Carlyle Hollahan sang 'Do They Miss
Me at lIome?" Norman Hampel and
Jose Moya, the former singing alto
and the latter soprano, rendered
"Home, Sweet Home" All were re-
cipients of applause which was well
merited
There were three instrumental
solos which were also greeted with
hand clapping in appreciation. Two
of these were piano solos by Henry
Kaune and Charles iKiesov and the
other was a cornet solo by Daniel
Taylor. They have musical talent
which is bound to improve with fur
ther training Another pleasing
musical number was selection by an
Instrumental quintette composed of
James V. Robins, Daniel Taylor,
Charles Kiesov, Juan Lucero and
Brother Fabian, the latter being musi-
cal director of st. Michael's College.
The st. Michael's band which is com.
posed of twenty one musicians played,
very acceptably schottisch entitled
Flowers Of Love-" and the orches-
.ra played another creditable selec-
tion. "Andante and Polka
The entire study body sang two
choruses which were very appropriate
to the occasion, the first being Cheer
Old Glory and the second Merry
and Free They completely filled the
stage and sang with youthful vim
and precision that evidenced careful
training. This completed the musical
side of the program. The balance
was given over to literary numbers.
Fred 7. Gregg recited poem de-
scriptive of three eventful days of
Christopher Columbus with his mutt
nous inclined sailors just preceding
the discovery of America. His deliv-
cry was very dramatic at times and
he was rewarded for his effort with
unstinted applause Joseph H. Rey-
holds delivered defamation en-
titled "a Hundred Years From Now"
1t was also very commendable. He
spoke with clearness and his ges-
lures added to its effectiveness.
Ron niamin + Kpl1y James " Roh-