The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-28
News of St. Mary's

That holidays and their accompany.
In" diversions do not seem to Interfere
with the habits of studious application
that prevail in our academic circles is
demonstrated by the zest with which
contests were carried on in several
! Thanksgiving. Such was the impress
sion gathered from a review of the
month s lessons in astronomy by the
students of that branch on Tuesday aft
crnoou. The examination was con
ducted in the form of competition,
with the Misses Nelly Smith and Flor
encc sullivan as leaders of the opposing
sides. Among those who scored the
! highest points of credit were Miss Ange.
/ line Hcckart, who won first place. but
she was closely followed by the Misses
! l.. White. y. Smith and L. Broyles
Among the intcrclass affairs of the
year the most exciting perhaps was
that which the first and second aca-
denies had on Wednesday morning.
when, as ''ladies Of the quill" they
entered the lists (under assumed namcs)
useful as well as elegant art of para
"raph writing. Each contestant had
her own choice among several assigned
topics. and the task involved the ap-
plication of the rhetorical principles
pertaining to this part of English cons
position, chiefly unity. conference and
punctuation. Owing to the Interrupt
tion IN classes. the decision of the
Judges has not vet been given out, but
Judging from the searncstncss displayed
| by the contestants we may forecast that
victories will be counted by not a few,
Thanksgiving found Il very small
number of girls remaining at st,
! Mary's, Many of those living al points
near to the city avaIled themselves of
A., Ia, nd mt
home; others accepted invitations from
| friends and classmates in Salt Lake,
so that there was u qmctness through
out the house not unlike that of the
! Christmas holidays or the summer va
cation. The graduates interrupted the
! studlous' pursuits 10 which, with high
resolve, they had pledged themselves TO
devote these class-fr days. by spend.
| ing Friday afternoon at Il delightful
party at the home Of Mrs. +. Davidson
| thus doubly binding themselves to CRATE
full obligations TO their generous hostess
for it is to her thoughtful Kindness
particularly that the pupils are in
debted for the extra holiday on Friday
The same fortunate class has accepted
another invitation for one of the coming
Saturdays irom Mrs. f. c, Tying, for
merly Miss Lorraine Hyde, one OF their
classmates IN previous years.
Tho literature section of the academy
library has been recently increased by
the addition Of II splendid set of twcn-
ty volumes of ''Classic Tales of Fa-
nous Authors, - Ranging, rs may be
seen from the contents. from Homer
down to story writer's Of the present
dav, and including tales OF all doscrip,
tions as TO both matter and manner,
this collection seems To leave nothing
10 be desired, and as the book lover
looks AT the shelf with its inviting
array of appropriately bright .colored,
vet dgnGcd looking volumes of world
stories, she signs for Il dav Of leisure
10 give with mind and heart 10 these
boon companions of the reading room.
Another valuable addition 10 the
general library though rs vet ncom-
plctc. is the Catholic Encyclopedia, q
work whose worth TO the school as Il
source of general information is not
computablc The sixth volume, lntely
received, proved of quite particular
interest TO the sisters and their pupils.
when upon looking over its pages they
found biographical sketch OF Mother
ANGELA (Gillespie). the superior of the
Sisters Of the Holy Cross at tho time
OF the founding of our own st. Mary
here in Salt Lake City.
The literary appreciation of the
student body nj St Mary 5 seems 10 be
ono of the characteristics Of The school
ihc usual complaint of the pupils be.
ing not that they have too much io
read. but rather TINT they have not
time enough 20 read as much rs thcv
ShoulL IL.