The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-06-12
CLOSING EXERCISES
OF CATHOLIC SCHOOL

A vray entertaining and interest
ing program was presented by the
pupils OF st. Joscph's Catholic
School Tuesday evening at the
Opera House. The songs w"r" all
pantonmic and contained some
sweet strains of music. Jimmie
Crokc rs "Mr. Doolcy,' Claude
Zwart in "Skiddoo," the adopted
heir of his Uncl" Samuel, and Hon,
Paul Kennedy, the "spcechcr' OF
the evening, looked like real actor
men.
The "Birdics' Ball" by the wee
little ones, "Thc Wave Song" by
the Junior Girls, and the Contest
Of Nations by the sub-grads, mani
Tested some very marked clocution-
AIRY and vocal talent.
The camp scene Of "UncIc sam s
Boys was very realistic. The en-
tire program showed careful train
ing, and the remarkably well pre-
served order, on and off the stage, Of
the children reflected much credit
on the training given them by the
Ursulinc Nuns in charge Of the
school.
Miss Augusta Lawrence accom-
panied the children in their songs
and drills, and in this and in her
rendition OF MendelsSohn = Hunt
ing Song" and "The Spring Song
manifested decided ability as II
pianist
After cnmplimcnting the children
and Ursulinr Nuns on their work f,
and expressing his appreciation t."
the donors Of the ten gold medals to
be awarded the pupils, Father Col
Inns gave brief summary Of the
principles upon which the parochial
school system is founded. Resting
upon Christ as the corner stone aud
His Christianity as the guide in all
education, Catholics, while not op.
posed to the State schools, cannGt
in conscience he satisfied with the
education it imparts that the Cath
ollie Church considers that religious
and moral training hold very inn
pOrtlnt place In education; that the
non-rclginus ornon-scctarinm school
cannot impart this training without
| teaching positive Christianity; that
where schuulS are created for all,
Jews and Goutiles, iulidcls aud free
thinkers, Protcstauts and Catholics
| il is unfair to teach these children
any poeitiv" religion; that IN" con-
slant effort 10 huy" the Bible taught
| in the school. shows that tn" Amer
lean p"nplr, r"yor"ut-miudrd and
Christian, ar" not satisfied with the
present teaching given i'm the STATE
schools; that the teaching Of the
New Testament To- III" jews, ui th"
Protestant Bible to Catholics, and
uf the Catholic Bible To- Prutrstuut~,
would be equally unfair; that train
ing the mind alone will never max"
Il Christian people; that children
must be- taught that religion is nee
essary, that when children see re-
lIgion placed in II position Of such
minor impOrtancc-that they must
spend five entire days acquiring
secular knowledge, while one hour Il
week at Sunday School is all the at
tention religion descryes-we can
not expect them to be anything but
very indifferent Christians; that
the only complaint or criticism we
have to make against the State
school is that children are taught Of
land and sea, but not of heaven,
while the parochial school teaches
them all the secular branches, as
they are taught in the public school,
teaches them all they must know to
earn a living here, and gives them
also IA knowledge ~ and IA desire for
the life hereafter, makes them bet
ter citizens with Christian charac-
ters, teaches them of heroes and
statesman, but teaches them also
Of God and Christ and Christianity.
Awarding Premiums.
The gold medals donated for the
several points Of excellence had to
be- drawn for, as thcr" were 50 many
in each class that showed equal
merit, as follows:
Senior Division.
Gold medal for Perfect Conduct,
first and equal-lrcnc Lang, Irene
Antoine, Esther Rudolf, Anna
Kraenzlc, Lavinia Rozier, Emma
Herman, Emma Pritch"tt.
Gold medal for Christian Doctrine,
first and equal-Irenc Lang, Irene
Antoine, Esther RudloN, Anna
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