The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-31
St. Mary's Academy

The first weekly exercise of unusual
importance at st. Mary's academy is
tho public reading of the notes IN les
sons. music. department and the luxe
which takes place every Monday holu'
ing al II O'Clock This frequent re
mirdcr Of the reco-J student Is MAJ
ing in her school work opportune'y
soryes as a spur to increased efforts Tor
tbc week Just beginning, 80 1sr, INC
notes. on tho whole, have been iairi
hut there is vet sufficient margin Tor
still more strenuous cXertlons IN oruPr
io reach tho bigh-watcr mark OF excel
leucc denoted by g 100
From the assembly ROOM. where INC
"points' are read, the seniors pe.nMe LIN
themsalyee TO the ever-delighttul par
suit of drawing, The subjects OF re-
cent lessons ia this class have been
appropriatclv selected from the apun
dance of material Offered by Dame Ma
furc in this season OF mlsts and me-,
low fruitfulness y number oil bal-
loveeu stndies. too. has been cIeVcrly
executed by some of Inc young a''is's'
Tho social spirit which usually
grows moro active when holidays arc
in view has manifested itself by Vari-
ous signs tho past few days. although
nm air Of secrecy still hangs over the
expected event The chief consplra-
tors seem TO he among the graduates
but, Judging from all the whispercd
coinscllinps over costumes, 1T is salc
to saw that there Will be large at
tendance at the reception TO the four
mysterious guests" Sleeping Beauty
and '.Princc Charming. Mother
Gnose'' and ''Jac5, the Giant killer:
TIE next budget of news Will tell the
tale, for Halloween will then be 4 thing
oi the past.
Thc ccutle art Of nccdleworlS. plain
and fancy. but chiefly plain. is the am
hition towards which every pupil IN
1bc school has the opportunity OF BEND
ing her energies for two or three hours
every week The mending boxes OF
t6r different classes form "A regular
feature of this part of the domestic
economy for the boarders. and when
the pleasant tasks of darning, patch
jnr and the like arc over, the secrets
with which the workbaskets are already
slowed NAV claim their share of at
fcntion. Looking over the dreams that
arc Ia he realized by dcft and busy
fingers ere the Christmas season rolls
around. one recalls that noble saying:
"Love can do all things'"
The odor of roses filed the sanctu.,
.fN dNl uualtu lUibuSu lh'
hallway at the bcncdiction service Fri
dav afternoon. the source of all this
fragrance being some five or SIX dozen
ot cXuuisitc blooms. red and whuc.
from thc rose gardens of the B. C..
Morris Floral company, which filled the
vases on MI the altars. To the thought
iul kindness of Mrs. ConklIn, whom
former pupils of the academy viii re-
meuaber as Miss Anna Nibaur, the Sis
1crs are indcbted for this lovely re
mcmbrancc.
The little girls of the Holy Angels
sodality must have been very good
during the month devoted to their
special patrons, the Guardian Angels,
foy they were favored Thursday after
noon by n pleasant surprise in the form
of a delicious hon-bon treat. The les
son for which this diversion was sub
stitutcd was not "mlssed, and the
hour thus happily devoted TO the
sweets of school life will doubtless be
iuscrlbcd in their class journal in the
brightest colors.