The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-11-12

academy library, winch nau peeii
splendidly fitted up as banquet hall
Beneath the golden glow of yellow
! chrysanthemums, shaded lights and
candelabra similarly decked, two ia
'bles extending the entire length of the
room with a short one connecting
these in the middle, all forming a huge
H, presented most attractive sight.
on the small table was a rich center
| piece in the form of an immense
pumpkin overlooking with the fruits OF
autumn and beneath the shining mir
ror on which it rested was an elegant
square of cluny lace over yellow. The
Alumnae colors, gold and blue, were
further displayed IN the big bows or
blue satin ribbon and yellow tulle that
hung from the chandeliers, the yellow
streamers reaching down to the cor
ners Of the tables, ending each in
similar fluffy bow of the combined
colors. At every one of the fifty or
more places lay a large yellow chrys-
anthemum, the flower of the assoc1a-
ton, while an exquisite hand-painted
card with designs in the same flower
and colors and the name of the guest
written in gold, signitied to each her
place at the festive board.
The highest seats of honor we're
held by the Very Reverend Dean Har-
ris, the Very Reverend J. A. Guinan
OF All Hallows, and the Reverend
George O'Grady. The faculty was rep
resented by the Sister Superior and
few Sisters former teachers of the
Alumnae. Needless is it to note the
sumptuous character of the menu that
had been so bountifully provided by
the committee in charge Of this chi,
function of the day. And as the merry
feasting went on to the accompani-
ment of happy voices and smiling
faces, while the sweet strains of many
an old familiar air floated in from the
adjoining room where the academy or
cheStra was stationed to render the fin
ishing tribute of music to the fair COM
pany all too swiftly the bright
winged hours flew by; and, suddenly,
as it seemed, while in reality it was
towards the beginning of the third
hour at the table, the toastmistress,
Miss Frances Phillips, arose to dis
charge the function of her honorable
office
With a voice surcharged with the
emotions of a lOng-tried and over
faithful love for her Alma Mater, she
rendered the grateful appropriations of
the association to Sister Superior and
the Sisters for the words of welcome
that they had sent out to each and
every one, and for the warm ana
motherly reception they had given |
them in this their happy convent |
which was such a pre- |
cious boon in the busy turmoil of their |
lives. She then called upon Miss Ethel |
class of 1903, to give
toast ITO Alma Mater" In this short
tr-ih he
lied the truth of Miss Phillips prom
Use of originality and sincerity as in
herent in the loyal Alumnae chosen for
this subject.
The second toast. especially per-
tinent by reason of two recent
instances i'll the case, was an
nodnced thus: ITO our Brides. Past.
Present and Future" Here, too. the
selections of the speaker was most apt;
for Mrs. A. w. Robinson edna
Clarke, '03) delighted her hearers by a
ooettcal address of the first order. 1t
S regretted that a copy of these eX-
luisite verses, as well as of the other
wo toasts also, was not procured for
Miss Grace Sullivan re-
'ponded to the third toast, ITO Our
Guests by a greeting that was as sim
,erely heartfelt in its tone as it was
graceful in its composition and deIiv- ;
Try.
The president of the association I
hen made speech, which, though of !
claI in its import, being a cursory re-
lew of the history of the association
oWn to date, yet touched many a ten '
Ter chord and set the strings of men,
ny vibrating with sentiments of love
nd gratitude. Very Reverend Dean I
1arris then said grace" and ranks
7ere again formed, moving this time !
o the assembly hall, where the class
t 1911, assisted by students in music }
nd gymnastics, proffered the formal
reetings of Alma Mater to the Alum :
ae associates in convention at this an
ual reunion
The grand entrance of the Alumnae
D the measures of a splendid march.
The Victors," played by st. Mary's t
orchestral club, drew forth hearty '
from the large audience
lready seated in the assembly hall.
The direct expression of greeting I
as embodied in an address by Miss
Chapman, president of the class
IL, in which, besides voicing the Il
~ of all at st. Mary's in welcoming
ack the graduates of former years, y
lie treated in an effective way the
lreefold significance of this annual 8
.union, namely, to the Alumnae her :,
If, to the Sisters, and to the present "
udent body. Her talk was listened =
with keen interest, and was surely n
'nvincing to all that Alumnae day is n
aught with most beneficial conse- r.
fences to all concerned. "
Two groups of readings were also il
resented by the class, each prefaced il
7 an appreciation of the single au-
or from which the selections were
ken in each case The first of these 7,
as DR.. Drummond, "the Poet of the w
abitant," who was introduced to the IT
ldience in an interesting talk by Miss m
Curley; while the Misses E. Bixby c;
Id P. Ford made very successful at m
mpts to recite some of his most pop IL
ar poems in the French Canadian tt
alect. h;
The second group of readings was
ON 1.-THE Book of the Lily" which.
Miss L. Davis explained in her in in
oductory speech, is a volume of fir
ems, exquisite in both substance and in
rm, and the work of an old pupil of \