Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-09

AT ROWLAND HALL
Special Services at ST. Marks Cati,e-
dral This MORNING. Graduates
Receive Diplomas.

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The commencement exercises at Row
land hall closed this morning In an
Elaborate breakfast for the seniors ut.
Rowland hall ut $3.50. followed BY a
special church service nj st. Marks
cathedral at II o'clock, with Bishols
spalding presiding.
Tho breakfast table at the hall was
laid In form of a cross. and the dccora-
tons were In red peonics, a program of
toasts being given With Miss Colbourne=
as toastnlistress and a2half dozen guests
| responding Among those present We're
Bishop spalding, Rev. G. L. Perkins,
| Rev. Rice, Mrs. w. G. Jennings, Mrs
Iglehart, Mrs. Morris Richie. Mrs.
| Clarence Dresser. Mr.. and Mrs. Powell,
Mrs. George Bradley Miss Flandersand
Mrs G. M. Benedict, who have been
connected with the schoolsin a musical
capacity and Mrs. NJ. S. Bascom and
the Misses Amy and Isabel Osbourne.
all Of whom are past graduates of the.
Institution, Mrs. Bascom having the dis
| tinction OF being the first graduate of
| the school.
| Afterward the guests, faculty and stu
dents of the Institution re-
| paired to st. Marks cathedral where
| elaborate exercises We're held. and II
special service conducted by Bishop
Spalding being the feature at il o'clock.
The chancel was banked with flowers,
and the students in dainty gowns
| marched UP the aisle to the sound of
STRAINS from the organ. After a short,
prayer service, Bishop Spalding took
/ Ia, Hr1.,
Not honor but honors, preached an
I impressive sermon upon the fultilment
! of this ideal, whose requirements
| mean being more than doing, the sum
/ or character more than that of
! achievement" The school world is not
| a large world" said Bishop Spalding.
1 but it is a very real one, and in it
! You are trained in! knowledge in noble
/ thoughts and necessary discipline. 1t
/ is there you store up much of your
/ capital for future life and that is what
/ makes the school commencement mo-
\ mentOus
Iii the past year you have gained new
/ Knowledge of the heavens above. and
/ the earth below; many useful and up
/ lifting truths have come into your
4 consciousness, yet it Is only as you
1 live the life that Christ lived, assin-
| Hating His example and teaching. that
YOU viii have any real power in your
/ physical, mental or moral lives. He
! closed with a benediction upon the par
Elephants in the exercises and "A prayer
4 for their guidance through life.
4 Aftelward the names OF those who
had Won honors and awards during the
T. past school year were read, and then
4 the students following the cross borne
i down the aisle formed in procession and
lmarched from the church. while the
choir and congregation sang My Soul
Il 3Tho,I5 NIuStHRe Weakening -
The two graduates, Miss Meta Pow
81 ell and Dora Bradley, received their
diplomas and various awards were
made, Mrs. G. G. Plummeris medal fol
1 the girl doing the best work in vocaI
( music going to Miss Meta Powell, who
also Won the Bishop Leonard media media
for the best school record in average
Y scholarship, Miss Powell,s credits
! throughout the year never going
under %.
/, In the boarding department Dorotb
Rlunck and Katherine and Georgi
: Creighton Won prizes for the best ker
rooms; Bertha Norton prize for til
I ment Alice Calper1y prize for same
|, preparatory department: Dorothy II
! gram prize for best progress in siXtl
81 seventh and eighth grades Ma,
# Woodward for same in fourth ar
. fifth grades; Ellen Evans same
Y primary. For best work in gym;
SUM Dora Bradley; same in depor
: ment Helen AicViehie.
Those who have been neither abse,
nor tardy during the year are Pr
II paratory department, Margaret Ca
d low, Myrtle Cunnington, Ellen Evan
=. Margaret Mcmillan. Helen McYichi
In the academic department, Alder
=, !, Bradley. Wilda Davis. Bertha Nortp
!. Christina Schoer. Beatrice Sunni
! and Florence Ware.