The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-24
s. ]. c. |. CLOSES.

Annual Commencement Of Popular
Institution Conducted by Brothers
of the Sacred Heart-Five Grad
yates Awarded Diplomas-Re-
union of Alumni Association.
A large gathering assembled at
the Gondran Theatre last Tuesday
forenoon at ten o'clock to witness
the closing exercises of st. Joseph's
Commercial Institute. The program
was simple but very interesting.
The playing of the orchestra at
| tracted particular attention This
is a popular feature of the school,
and under the painstaking care of
Bro. Theodosius these young must
clans have developed an orchestra
that any college could be proud of.
The singing of the Glee Club, as
usual, ELECTED the greatest applause.
The instrumental duet by Miss Alice
Leblanc and Prof. Richard Landry
was particularly brilliant rendition.
In order to encourage elocution
and to give an opportunity for the
young men of our town to appear in
public and thus create a spirit Of
self-confidence, Ascension Council,
of the Knights of Columbus, who are
ever ready to advance the cause Of
education, offered a gold fob to the
best declaimer of the day. The fol-
lowing young men were the contest
ants: d. G. Mattingly, R. P. Stake
lum, C. Guillot, NJ. Wild, Elmo Lam
dry, P. Thibodeaux, S. Richard The
judges were Messrs. w. D. Park,
Richard Melancon and Wilfred Ian
dry While the consensus of opin-
/ ion of the judges was that the
highest order, they awarded the
prize to D. G.. Mattingly, who deliv-
cred his grafton in an exceptionally
mastery manner.
The honors of graduation were
conferred on the following young
men: R. P. stakelum, L. j. Gaudin,
is. M. Richard, G. H. Richard, Jr.,
and NJ. F. Wild Richard Stakelum
/ delivered the valedictory, the sub
ject being the class motto, "Volo.'
/ Young Stallelum developed quite a
! histrionic talent, and Leo. Gaudin,
| who was salutatorian Of the class,
astonished his many friends by the
| forceful way in which he delivered
| his welcome speech The class horo-
| scope by G. H. Richard, Jr., and the
class poem by S. NJ Richard were
gems of literature. Father V. Scra-
| muzza introduced the speakers and
took occasion to congratulate the
young men upon their success and
to express his admiration for their
integrity and good character.
B. J. Vega addressed the grad
yates in his usual eloquent and
scholarly style, the dominant note
of his speech being that religious
training is an inseparable adjunct
to an education; that the heart
| should rule the head; that men Of
heart were the big men Of the ma
| ton, and that we must bring out
the best that is in us for the bene-
fit of our fellows:
The Alumni medal, awarded to the
pupil who obtains the highest av-
erage in the graduation examina-
tons, was awarded to Richard Stake
lum by Wilfred Landry, president of
the Alumni Association.
The excellence medals in the diff
ferent grades were awarded by
| Father ScramuzZa as follows:
High school-DraWn for by Louis
Delatte and Adam Leblanc Won by
Louis Delatte
Grammar grades-Drawn for by
Robert Delatte, Paul Thibodeaux,
Edward Cox and Edwy Landry. Won
by EdWy Landry.
intermediate grades-Drawn for by
Xavier Courreges, Andrew Courreges,
Armand Constantin, Euclid Crochet.
Marcel Leumas, Alton Poche and
Huchez Braud. Won by Xavier Cour-
! reyes.
| Primary grades-Drawn for by
Joseph Acosta, Clay Braud, George
| Blum, William Forcha, Philip Man
iscalco, Janssens Melancon, Lee
| Rogge, Victor Maurin, Laurence Fal-
con, and Maurice Ramirez. Won by
| Laurence Falcon
Elementary class-Drawn for by
Leonard Braud, Leo Fontana, Joseph
Fontana and Edward Royce. Won by
| L. Braud.
| st. Elmo Landry having obtained
| the very creditable average Of 100
per cent in the nine monthly tests
| for Christian Doctrine, was present
ed the first gold medal donated by
the Very Rev. Canon j. M. T. Mas
sardier. Paul =Melancon having OBJ
| tanned an average of SO per cent in
the monthly tests for Christian Doc
trlne, was awarded the second gold
medal donated by Rev. Massardier.
4 =
At o'clock p. m. the alumni as
ISOLATION held their annual reunion in
the Knights of Columbus Hall, and
| It is safe to say no jollier crowd
ever gathered together. Everyone
was in the best of humor and all
without exception contributed to the
| mirth of the evening. After the
inner man had been satisfied by the
generous spread served under the
hospitable direction of Messrs. Hen
~ Terrio and Richard Melancon, the
POSTMASTER, Wilfred Landry called
the assembly to order, and feast
of reason and flow OF wit ran
riot. Notable among the toasts was
the class horoscope read by Hubert
Richard, who caused much amuse-
ment by his keen predictions of the
future of his classmates. Sam Ri
chard's poem was enjoyed as only
such cultured audiences could enjoy