The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-04-09
St. Mary,s Academy Notes.

The feast of the Annunciation-a
day dear to all the clients of Our Lady
was duly observed. Early dawn
found the sisters and the Children of
Mary in the academy chapel to assist
at the Holy Sacrifice celebrated by the
reverend chaplain, Father Brennan. Our
Lady's altar was banked with beauti
full flowers and the SWeet-Scented air
pulsed with the music of prayer In
the afternoon an eager audience had
gathered in the assembly room, where
the second and third academies made
their debut as addresses, by the presen-
tation of their manuscript class paper,
''Vota Mariae,' in which the serious
and light blended, with clever touches
of satire here and. there. Following are
the subjects handled by the young la
dies:
Part Reader, Miss Lizette Ruvane:
Dedication" oversee, Miss k Chapman;
MARY Stuart" Miss c. Griffin; 'Life's
Cup" Miss A. Cameron; "Sove Moving
Pictures" Miss V. Burton; 'At Ten to
Three" Oversee, Miss K. Chapman;
THE Blessings of Friendship" Miss e.
Kane Part II-Reader, Miss Sylvia
Griffin: THE Annunciation, Miss ].
Cunningham; "A Message oversee,
Miss V. Shannon; princess Ida-A
"Gleamings." reporters: "a Legend of
the Good Thief oversee, Miss A. Sui
Ivan. Part III-Reader, Miss E. Kane;
Spring" Oversee, Miss L. Ruvane;
"Comus," Miss L. Davis; "Gleanings,' .
reporters; Mythology" Miss K. Cur
ly; Twilight Hour" Miss 3. Seiden-
faden. AS usual, the musical pupils
assistance lent the charm of variety to
the entertainment. Miss A. Egan
played "RicoIdati," by Gottschalk;
Miss Virginia Shannon sang I'm Sunny
SPAIN" and Miss L. NJ, Osborne rem
dered LeschetiZki's Mazurka in E fat
At the weekly points" on Monday
last the art of eXtempore speaking had
its opponents in the Misses Angeline
Heckart and Lilly Broyles. Each of
the ladies had chosen "PoIiteness" as
their subject. Considered from their
politeness is the keynote. to
and happiness.
x );
By way of review, the first prepara- |
tory and Fourth primary classes held |
a spirited contest in Bible stories. They |
were captained, respectively, by Miss |
Mary Mulryan and Miss Henrietta Ro-
eckelman. Both sides showed careful |
though the first prepara-
ISdCQ6Q
and maintained the highest class aver
Misses Mulryan and Roeckelman occu- |
py the place of honor in their class.
-s-e-s
Short Road to Perfection.
It is the saying of holy men that, if
we wish to be perfect, we have nothing |
more to do than perform the ordinary |
duties of the day we'll A short road TO |
perfection-short because not easy, but |
because pertinent and ineligible. AS
soon as a person really desires and sets
about seeking it himself, he is dissatis-
fled with anything but what is tangible |
and clear, and constitutes some sort of |
direction towards the practice of it.
We must bear in mind what is meant |
by perfection. 1t does not mean any
service, anything out of |
the way or especially heroic-not all |
have the opportunity of heroic acts of |
sufferings-but it means what the word |
perfection ordinarily means. By perfect |
we mean that which has no flaw in it, |
that which is complete, that which is |
that which is sound = we /
mean the opposite to imperfect. He, !
then, is perfect who does the work of |
the day perfectly, and we need not go |
beyond this to seek for perfection.
If you ask me what you are to do in /
order to be perfect, say, first: Do not |
lie in bed beyond the due time of rising, |
give your first thoughts to God; make |
a good visit to the Blessed Sacrament; |
say the Angelus devoutly; eat and drink |
to Gods glory; say the Rosary well; be /
keep out bad thoughts; I
make your evening meditation well: ex-
anime vOur Conscience dailv-Cya rfIinaI !