The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-16
CATHOLIC SCHOOL
 COMMENCEMENT
Closing Exercises of St. Joseph's Aead- emy Mark We'll the Passage of the Fourteenth Year of This
 Institution.

Wlth a program so complete aud varied as to cover every branch of mental development which would come under tht course of most thorough prima' ry college, the students of tht St. Joseph's Academy of Meni Wednesday ght of last week fur uished delightful entertainment to large audience at the Davi: opera house.
 The program opened with se- lection from the young ladies or chestrs, "A ng ell s Serenade.' y Mandolins-Maud Board, Irma Allen, M bel Lee, Ruth Meyers,
 Guitars = Lillian Dollarhide, Beulah Petty, Dell Affholter.
 Violin-Gladys Lichlyter.
 Voice-Agues M. Donohue.
 Piano-Irene Henderson.
 Then came a vocal march "Over the Meadows" and the hymn, "Our Queen Immaculate by all the pupils. This has been one of the most pleasing features of St. Joseph's annual enter tainments. The stage filled with bright sweet children beginning on the front row with the little tots from the primary grades and ranging back to the dignided young ladies, all lending their voices to the music of well direct ed choruses.
 The program contained four piano selections in each of which two instruments were used. The first IA May Day" by Rathburn h which Irene Henderson, Ed monia Petty, Elizabeth Fuchs, Ruth Myers, Cora Cox and Nellie Girrigan were the performers
 The second; "Grand Galop Brilliantly Wollenhaupt, Az nes M. Donohue, Irma Allen, Mabel Lee, Lillian Dollarhide, Dell Affholter and Beulah Petty.
 The third; "Love by Moon light"-by Durand, Ruth Myers, Agnes Garrigan, Leonora Wier- auch, Mary Lockwood, Gladys Lee and Marie Metzger.
 The fourth; "Valse Brillante'' by Mozkowski, Maud Board and Gladys Lichlyter.
 These specially difficult musical numbers brought fourth much praise for the performers and re- flected much credit to the musical department of the school, as did also vocal solo Il Am Spring" " by Miss Agnes Donohue, who has remarkably strong. clear voice, and the vocal duet by Irma Allen and Gladys Lichlyter, each pos sessed of very sweet we'll trained voices.
 There were many other features during the evening which gave much pleasure.
 The character song, Little Street Waifs" by the junior boys, and Water Lilies" in which 16 little girls dressed to represent lilies went through the drill of a sweet charactersoug sung by the vocal class. Both were fine. Per haps the most striking of this class of work was done by a class composed of Gladys Towson, An touiette Grauschuph, Mary Dris- coll, Winnie Dickens, Irene Hen- derson, Florence McKenna, Es ther Isman, Mary Ballard, Cora Cox, Gertrude Anderson, Vera Montgomery, Olga Reeves, Nell lie Garrigan and Mary Robert These young ladies in full Japan csc costume and makeup gave the drill "Jananese Fantastics" by Haughwant. It was very pleas ing and the closing tableaux was very pretty.
 Miss Della Affholter gave a hu- morous reading with degree ol success we'll shown by the hearty laughter from the audience, and the comedietta, Slightly Deaf, 2 acted by Irene Thinues, Phillip Cornell and Thomas Wright caused much amusement.
 The program closed by that
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