The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-30
ST. AUGUSTINE'S GRADUATES CLASS
 OF 2I MEMBERS
Rev. Fr. M'Elroy COngratulates the Graduates Upon COmple- tiOn of Their Grammar
 School Course

noon greeted the graduates or the St Augustine's parochial school and guests were happily and instructively entertained by the admira ble pro- gram presented. Of the twenty-four receiving diplomas in the Class of 1910, twenty-one have been admitted to the public High school without examination, their standard of schol- arsh1p during the year having been S5 per cent. or above.
 The pupils participating in the pro- gram rendered their respective parts in excellent manner, evidencing much individual ability and capable train ing on the part of their instructors. It is believed that the young people of this class will add strength to the Fresh Freshman al ., class entering the High Prior to presenting the diplomas, Rev. Father McElroy addressed the graduates, congratulating them upon the accomplishment of their gram mar school course and extending en- couragement for the life which awaits them, as both students and factors in the world His words deeply inn pressed his youthful auditors who re- ceived with great pleasure the feli- citations and advice of their pastor. Supplementing the grammar school diplomas, certificates of graduation from the Palmer method of penman- ship were awarded thirty-eight pupils of the school. The random speci- mems of work in this line executed by the children were convincing evil dence of the value of the system. To be appreciated, the writing and ar tistic designs must be seen, and the inspection of the same is we'll worth the time spent thereon by anyone in- terested in beauty, facility or legi- bility of penmanship. The diplomas in h is nfh fad f I,a supervisors office in New York city, where all work is inspected prior to adjustment.
 The order of exercises, with a ros- ter of the graduates in both depart ments, follows:
 Selections by the orchestra.
 Assembly of graduating class.
 Patriotic selection, c. I. Rice, Up- on each breeze that floats along, is heard the voice of song.
 Word of greeting, Mary Ellen Mur- phy.
 Piano solo, Austrian Song, Pacher, James Joseph Kane.
 Chorus, The Dance, Wiegand, To the pipe and tabor, and merry song.
 Recitation, The Death of Absalom, Vincent Thomas Callahan.
 Singing, Down in the Dewy Dell" ! Piano solo, whispering Waves" Blake, Mary Irene O'Connor.
 Merchant of Venice.
 Act 4.
 Pefsons Represented.
 Scene I Fenice-A Court of Jus tice.
 The duke of Venice, James Kane Antonio, the merchant of Venice, Vincent Callahan.
 BaSSania, his friend, David Molloy. Salerio, a messenger, Charles Mo- Namara.
 Gratiano. friend of Antonio, Jenny Sullivan.
 Shylock, a Jew, Lawrence Lennon. Portia, a rich heiress, Anna Hayes. Nerissa, her waiting maid, Wini- fred Maher.
 Magnificoes of Venice, Thomas Car rigan and Timothy Gillane.
 Distribution of diplomas, grammar courses and business writing, Rev. Fr. Charles J. McElroy.
 Closing chorus.
 Music supervisor, Alfred T. Bris- bois.
 Glass of Nineteen Hundred and Ten.
 Grammar Course.
 Charles Leo ,Bergin, Vincent Thom- as Callahan, Leo Peter Clancy, Anna Catherine Callahan, Mary Eliza beth Cooney, Helen Elizabeth Coyne, Mar garet Agnes Daley, Francis Timothy Gillane, Frances Dorothy Higgins, James Joseph Kane, Lawrence Crem-
 
 David Joseph Molloy, Lawrence Ed ward McKeon, Michael Joseph Mo Dermott, Charles Joseph McNamara, Winifred Agnes Maher, Mary Ellen Murphy, Sydney James Neal, Mary Irene O'Connor, Jenny Elizabeth Sul- livan, Alice Clare Hayes, Helen Eliza beth McMurdie, Anna Marie Hayes.
 Palmer Method Graduates.
 Helen Elizabeth Coyne, Mary Eliza beth Cooney, Anna Catherine Calla- garet Agnes Daley, Frances Dorothy Higgins, James Joseph Kane, Law renee Cremin Lennon, David Joseph Molloy, Mary Ellen Murphy, Michael Joseph McDermott, Mary Irene O'Connor, Jenny Elizabeth Sullivan. Alice Clare Hayes, Anna Marie Hayes
 Seventh Grade.
 Helen Veronica Bliss. Kathleen Mary Corrigan, Mary Ellen Fenton, Regina Elizabeth Kiely, Genevieve Angela Kelly, Marie Charlotte Will son, Alice Mary McMurdie. Ellen Ryan, Elizabeth Catherine Reilly, Alice Petronilla Thomson.
 Sixth Grade.
 Cornelius Joseph Buckley, Cath crime Theresa Buckley, Mary Agnes Brannick. Helen Veronica Daley, Harold Thomas Molloy, Marie Cecilia Lucy Margaret McElroy, Mary Helen O'Neill. Alma Theresa Rice, Mary Josephine Stofel. Cecilia Gertrude sullivan.