Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-23
ELEVEN GIRLS GRADUATED
Young Women Complete Course at
Mount St. Mary's Seminary.
CROWNS AND MEDALS ARE GIVEN
BishOp sesnnen Presents the Prizes
and Many Clereymen Occupy
seats on the Platform
During Exercises.

Gertrude Berry Bessie O'Connor
Clara Boyle Florence Rush
Elizabeth Kass Katie spellman
Winifred Kibbe Eta Weston
Florence Martin Helen Weston
Julia Moylan
These eleven young women received
diplomas at the graduation exercises Of
Mount st. Mary's seminary. Fifteenth and
Castelar, streets. Monday morning. Also
many other students Of the seminary were
given crowns. medals and ribbons for spe-
cial merits.
Bishop soannel occupied a place OF
hoi or and with him on the platform were
Fathers jeanette, Smith, Kelly, S j.; Kin
sella, s. j.; Morarity. Dowd, wallace. Nc
Govern. Buckley, Aherne, p. F. Mccarthy
Of Jackson and Father Dunphy Of Sutton.
Mother Acquin, head Of the seminary, and
some Of the sisters also occupied places
OF honor. The chapel Sas handsomely
decorated with the class colors, palms and
flowers. A large audience Of friends Of
the graduates saw the exercises. which
were very pretty and Interesting.
First the graduates and about sixty other
pupils OF the school entered by twos, adj
vanced and bowed before the bishop and
then took their places, while Misses Katie
Spellman and Elizabeth Kass played a
march. The vocal class sang a song OF
welcome and Miss Maude Andrews spoke
the salutatory. Miss Elsie spitko played
Verdi's 'sicilian Vespers."
Bishop Presents Medals.
The bishop himself presented all the
cmblems of honor. For special excellence
in studies in various classes the following
undergraduates received crowns made of
lowers: Marguerite Toilllon, Nellie
Powers, Clara Delehanty. Frances Dele
hanty, Gertrude Miller, salome Sears, May
Barnes and Margaret Wagner.
For good department the following were
decorated with ribbons: Eta Weston.
Helen Weston. Katie spellman, Bessie
o'Connor, Vivian Gallagher, Agnes Savage,
Agnes Miller and Gertrude Berry.
Miss Maude Andrews received a special
gold metal for elocution.
The gold medal given by Father P. f.
Mccarthy of Jackson, Neb., for excellence
in ethics was won by Miss florence Mar
tin and at the request of the recipient he
was to make the presentation, but he ar
rived too late.
A special gold medal was Ftven Miss
Blanche Normandin OF Lead, s. D., who
completed a special course in music.
A double duet was played by Misses
Cooper and Savage and Misses Talbert and
Gallagher.
"Wynken, Blynken and Nod" a soprano
solo with chorus, was sung by Miss Flor
ence Martin, with a chorus consisting Of
Misses Spitko, Samuel, Rush and Marie
Martin.
Miss Florence Cooper recited with mucl
feeling, THE American Captive and Miss
Mcbride rendered a piano solo, "DenfiemC
Mazurk."
Following this came the presentation
- A. As.Lz-, - at.i1A.an lanai eroutp,
and handsome gold medals to each of the
members of the graduating class.
VaIedictory ON "Woman Character
Miss Florence Martin delivered the val
dictory on Woman Character" Sht
traced the rise Of woman through the age
and her present status and declared tina
her future depends upon her ideals. tina
IL these are high and noble instead o
frivolous and ephemeral all will be wei
not only with her. but with the futur,
generations.
Bishop scahuell, in a brief address to tn,
graduates, emphasized what had beer
brought out by the valedictorian, e X
horted the young women to aim high, Blu
at the same time to bear themselves witt
humility toward others who have not hat
as good advantages in the world.
With a hymn of praise by the vocal class
the exercises closed, after which the grad
yates and other pupils received the con
gratulations Of their friends.
Preliminary to the graduation exercise
were the closing exercises Of the Euterpeal
Musical society last Wednesday evening
the final program of the St. Thoma
Aquinas Literary circle Friday evening
and the elocution contest Saturday after
noon. At the latter the following c~onteste,
for the medal. Ailene Deyenney. H1si
/ spitko, Louise Kunzel, lola Samuel. Maud
Andrews. Florence Cooper, Marie Marti
and Agnes Savage. After a long confer
ence. the judges gave the honors to Maud
t Andrews, Agnes Savage and Ailene Devon
, ney.