The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-24
ST. MARYS ACADEMY

not be sent to parents or guardians
At the end of January the regular
semi-annual bulletin of examinatio
marks will bear a report in detail q
all the work done by each student
since her entrance, while the monthly
report card will show the averages fol
December and January.
Among the comforting reflections
which will doubtless add to the pleas
ure Of the Christmas vacation fol
those inclined to be anxious about
such matters is the thought that sew
eral of their examinations are already
over. Latin and algebra in the ffrsl
and second academic classes were the
subjects of such thorough written
tests during the week as to obviate
the necessity of further examination
until the end of the year.
The last meeting of the fourth AGA
demic literary society was unusually
interesting. the time remaining after
the routine exercises being spent in
debating the question: Resolved. That
knowledge is a greater source of good
for mankind than wealth" Sister SUI
perior was present and followed the
argument with keen interest The
victory though rather difficult TO de-
eide, was finally accorded the students
of the negative side, Misses Sidenfa-
den, Davis, Chapman and Shannon.
The Sodality of the Holy Angels has
been reinforced by the addition of
seven new members; Alice Sheehan,
Bernadette Ryan, Beatrice Wilkinson,
Genevieve Giles, Mary Sheridan, Mar
garet Reynolds and Helen Cuddihy.
The reception took place Sunday aft
ernoon, the Rev D. Slattery, chaplain
performing the ceremony of confer
ring the badges and medals. The act
of conservation was read in the name
of the candidates by Bernadette Ryan,
and after the Benediction of the
Blessed Sacrament Father Fabers
Dear Angel Ever at My Side" was
sung by the choir. The officers of the
sodality for the year were elected on
the Sth of December, the feast of Our
Blessed Mother being chosen as an
suspicious occasion for organizing the
society and placing its interests and
endeavors under the patronage of the
Queen of Angels. The election result
ed as follows: President, Evelyn Pad
dock; vice president GeneVieYe Giles;
secretary, Marjorie Mundy.
One of the most welcome visitors at
the academy for many days was the
Rev. Patrick Power of Livermore,
Cal. who called on the sisters, of
whom he Is an old and welI-tried
friend, Sunday morning Returning
as he was from a transatlantic trip
of several months, he had much to
tell that was of more than ordinary
interest to many whose native places
he had visited on his way. He saw
the Passion Play, and his impression
corresponds with that reported by all
who have had the good fortune to
II cfv 4
ton" Father Powers visit was one
of those whose pleasure endures far
beyond the hour of personal presence
The long-awaited last day of
school, was greeted with a prevailing
eXuberance of the hOme-gOing spirit
Wednesday morning. Regular class
duties extended up to the very hour
of the Christmas program that
brought a happy conclusion to the
scholastic exercises of 1910, and ush-
cred in most fittingly the joyous
Christmastide. The little folks of the
minim department, as if fully aware
of their greater rights in the celebra-
lions of the season, had program of
their own at $3.50. After the reading
of their notes for December they pre-
sented several appropriate selections
in excellent style, the Merry Christ
lions and the songs. A bountiful treat
of candy added a touch of substantial
reality TO all the ideal sweetness that
characterized this pretty little closing
for the holidays. An exhibition of col
ored drawings was one of the interest
ing features to the visitors and re-
vealed some very clever interpreta-
tons of Christmas subjects by these
primary artists.
The Christmas program was given
at O'Clock, at which early hour there
was a large audience in the audito-
rum of the assembly hall, all doubt
less filled with expectations grounded
on past experiences of seeing only the
best presented by st. Mary's students |
There was no cause for disappoint-
ment, the entertainment being fully
up to the standard both in the matter
of the selections and in the merit of
the performance. The minims in full !
force sounded the keynote of the pro-
gram in a pretty chorus with the bur-
den of the refrain: wish You Mer- |
ry Christmas" Miss Catherine Chip |
mans piano solo, Caprice" by josef |
fly, won from the audience the hearty !
applause which this earnest student |
of her art well deserve. A graceful |!
expression of the thought and senti-
ment which art, literary and pictorial, |
has attempted to express on the in |
spring theme Of Christ's birth was
presented by Miss Virginia Shannon |
in the form of an address entitled |
Pictures of Bethlehem
The little girls of the junior depart |
ment appeared in a cantata, the char
acter roles of which were well carried |
by the Misses Evelyn Paddock, Mar |
tina Struck, Bernadette Ryan, Gene
We've Giles, Gladys and Myrtle Coke,
Kelley, Anna ellis and !
Mory Dooley.
THE Christmas Tree" was taking
number, in which Miss Patsy Spenser,
soloists sang the pre-eminence of the
Christmas tree above all others that
grow upon the earth.
The leading vacolists of the school
N double quartette gave two selec-
ions from their repertoire: ave Ma
-ia,'' by Henneman, and Silent
Night" TIL members of the club are
he Misses V. shannon, E. MERCER, III.
Brown, A. Smith, W. Sosinskey and P.
Ford
In instrumental ensemble "Gavotte"
by Slit was given by the representa-
ives in their respective classes: First
7iolin, Misses NJ. Mcponough, r. ia
,obson, NJ Ward; second violin,
~ I'll =.