The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-06
Poems Written by Departed
Student Read to Classmates
at st. Mary's.
LITERARY AND MUSICAL
CLUB Is ORGANIZED
Banquet OF Alumnae Reyives
Beautiful Friendships and
Tender Memories.

st. MaTy's academy was The scene
OF a brilliant aud happy gathering last
night, when the members Of The Alum
banquet.
The business meeting was held at 5
o'clock, when many important details
were voted upon, tho principal ono
being the organization of literary and
musical club. at which all the mem
hers will meet every two months dur
ing the year. After the business meet
! ing the members adjourned to the par.
lors, where an elaborate banquet was
served
The tables were arranged in the form
Of Il cross, al each place was au OK
Guisitely hand-painted chrysantbemum
place card Suspended from the cell
ing in the form of Il Maltese cross were
strcamers of blue and gold tulle, the
colorS of tho association, a yellow
chrysant was also Mt each place,
and yellow covered candelabra threw
softly shaded light on the tables.
Members and Guests.
Besides members of tho association,
The invited guests were ut. Rev. Bishop
Scanlan, Very Rev. Dean Harris, Rev,
w. X, Ryan. Rev William Flynn, Rev
Rev. Daniel S!attclJ, Very Rev. A. e.
Guinan, Rev. Louis Miller, Rev. j. y.
Vincent. Miss Frances Phillips was
the clever, graceful toastmistress, and
those who responded to toasts we're
Miss Ethel Mcdonald, on "Our Alma
Mater;' Miss Grace Sullivan, "Our
Guests;' Mrs. Edna Clark Robinson,
HOur Brides, Past, Present and Flu
ture." During the banquet the acad
envy orchesta, under the direction Of
Sister Margaret Mary, rendered. de-
went TO the assembly hall to hear the
interesting programme prepared by the
students and the class of 1911. composed
of Miss Catherine Chipman. Miss Cath
rine Curlev, Miss Lillian Davis, Miss
Mary Hall. Miss FstelIe Kane, Miss
Virginia Shannon, Miss Berenlce Siden-
fadcn
The others taking part were the
Misses +. Jacobson. M. Ward, G. Gavin,
o Brien, r, MERCER, II Brown, Z.
O'Neill. V. Shannon, p. Ford. Y. Lu-
beck, Mr.. Hoes. V, Burton. A Egan. l..
Collins, j. Cunningham, II. Brown, M.
HeaStou, A, O 'Brien, F.. Johnson. !.
Goulser, T.. O'NeilI, W, Sosinski, V.
Romncy, V. Lubbock, A. Smith. p Ford,
l.. Mosher. +. Treweek, II. HAYNES, C.
Chapman. +. Bixby. H. White. There
was also a clever dumb bell exercise by
the juniors.
An interesting aud pathetic feature
of the programme was the reading of
the :" Book of the Lily a collection Of
verses written by Sister Rita, sister
of the order and former student of the
academy, who died last July. Sister
Rita.Igas known in the world as Louise
Heffernan and left in her graduation
year TO enter the religious life at Notre
Dame, Ind, Among the cherished me-
seDted to the institution by Sister Rita,
The book bears the inscription. "4Tc
Miss Louise Heffernan, in fond Tcmem'
brance of MANY happy days spent with
her noble. unsclfish father, from Joseph
S. Alemanv. archbishop of San Fran
cisco Archibald Alcmany was the
first archbishop in the west.
The verses written BY Sister Rita are
gems of poesy that have won recogni.
tion throughout the country. Sister
Rita left ST. Mary S here in 1876 80 fol-
low her religious VOCATION She was
strictly a western gi6. and her poem.
" Ny Castle of Dreams, the Beautiful
West which WIS charmngIv read by
Miss Mary Hall, brought the quick
tears to the eyes of all who know and
loved the gentle, beautiful soul whose
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nails.
Informal Reception.
After the programme. pleasant in
formal reccDiion was held by the alum
mac and tho sisters. the superior being
Sister Alexis. who was ut St Mary 5
IN thc early days and who is very dear
to all the former students AS well as
those Of the present.
Members Of the association present
we're. Mesdamcs 4. 4. Kerr. Fred Day
idson, Freeman Bassett, ID. Lenzi, Peter
n Carroll. A, w. Robinson, Eliza Van
Dyke, A. n. Carruihers. A. +. Bunteu;
Misses Margaret Winifrcd, Iiosc, Kalh.
crime McDonongh. Florence Sullivan.
Grace Sullivan. Mary Sullivan Aliuc
Carter. Martha PIumhof, Elsie McMil-
len. Ethel BiNby, Lydia White, Ethel
Mcdonald. Maud Taylor Mary T.. Sui
livan, Anna Pot2Icr. Minnie Folsom,
Frances Phillips, Mary |. Sullivan: Sig
ter Dorothca, Sister Bcruice, Sister
UcuySc.
|; WAS late hour indeed for the con
yonl inmates when The alumnac decided
90 adjourn. after enthusiastically giyang
vcut TO th lr affection for dear, old ST.
Mary's. kilograms conveying loving
messages were scut 10 Sister Mary Fran
ccs Clare, former superior Of ST Mary IS,
and Sister Mary AIocoquo Of Fresno,
Cal. who taught at The academy for The
past thirty wears.