Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-06-10
GRADUATION EXERCISES
HELD BY St. MARY's.
Forty Third Annual Commencement
Yesterday. Large Glass re-
ceived Diplomas. Spleen
did Program.

TO few men does life bring a
brighter day than that which places
Lie crown upon their scholastic labors
aud bids them go forth from the balls
OF their Alma Mater to the great worlds
battlefield. There is freshness III
these early triumphs, which, like the
bloom and fragrance Of the flower,
IS quickly lost never to be found again.
.ven by those for whom fortune re-
serves her most choice gifts. 80 says
one Of our foremost educators, and one
realized the truth of bis words at the
commencement exercises yesterday
when three students received the grad
uating gold medal and diploma IN the
academic course, two in the music
course, and large class fully equip
ped in the commercial course for the
business world, went forth the happy
recipients Of ST. Mary's commercial d.
nloma. The day was to quote the poet,
'one Of Jnne's rare days" when earth
md heaven seemed to unite IN their
fforts to bless the going forth OF cher
he'd daughters from the protecting
shelter Of Alma Matters halls into the
ranks OF st. Mary's Alumnae, that
noble band OF women, growing larger
each year in numbers, and more
levotedy loyal with the years IN Their
ffurts TO repay, as far as they may,
tho love OF their Alma Mater whence
they drew LIES inspiration aad success.
Lannon'S Opera House was filled with
an enthusiastic audience Of parents
and friends when at three-thirty the
,urtaiu went up on stage decorated
sith palms, ferns and June's fairest
blossoms, and the following program
began:
Chorus, Vocal Class; a. Praise OF
Spring; Reinecke; b. Barcarolle, Often
bach; Piano, Virginia Downey; Marche
Des Tambours, Smith; Pearl Corl, Julia
Kprby, Leslie Cox, Katherine Wesch-
Ter; The Queens Court, Arranged;
Juniors and Minims, Piano, Helen
Daily; Oheron. Liebich; Mildred Hell
auth, Pauline Helmuth, Bessie
Phillips, Bessie Davis, Della Phillips,
Mary Dougherty; Saluatory, The
Last of Life for Which the First was
Made", Ellen Florence Murphy;
Ernani, List; katherine Carroll
Waller; Gayotte, Semi-Chorus, Giese;
Piano, Virgiuie Downey; Valse I'm
promptu, Raft; Virginia Downey, Edna
Brill. Anna Sawyer, Christine Wagga-
man: Gondoliera. Mendclssohn;
Violins, Alma Desio, Lillian Hill,
Pauline Herfurth, Sydney Wiel, Lola
Ashton, Ruth Morgan, Winlfred
Bayne, Carl Appich Pianos, Dorothy
Smith, Mary DAILY; Euryanthe, Weber;
Kathryn Brill, Helen Corbett, Julia
Kirby, Lillian Hill; Glass Poem, Of
Thine Own Country Sing; Catherine
Carroll Waller; Grand Caprice Hon
grois, kettererop I; Theresa Waters,
Ethel Dix; Concert OF the NightingaIes,
Bechtel: Violin and Mandolin accom-
paniment; Pianos, Virginia Downey,
Eva Newton; Norma. Rosellen 'op 2l;
Katherine Carroll Waller, Lola Ashton;
Naledictorv, Earth With Her Thousand
Voices, Mary Kathryn Teresa Brill;
Alma Mater Fare Thee Well, Gradu-
ates; Address to The Graduates,
Reverend II. J. Cutler.
The vocal music at St. Mary's al
ways receives favorable notice at the
hands OF critics and this year the large
vocal class showed fine training In all
L. IL "a ohlV
balanced. and as one noted the shading
one realized the work entailed to bring
about such splendid results. The
Concert OF the Nightingales" in which
the solo parts were ably sustained by
Kathryn Brill and katherine Waller
was notably excellent and received
hearty applause. The piano numbers
showed 4 fine mastery OF technique
md an ease of artistic expression eS-
pecially noteworthy. There was quiet
simplicity about the performers that
proved they though. Of the music not
the audience, as fully conscious that to
hem was lett the sustaining of S..
Nary's excellent reputation as the
acme of music, each performer rose to
the occasion, and gave her best efforts,
the result being that the music unm-
,ers were fully up to st. Mary's usual
high standard. Worthy of special
mention were Grand Caprice Hon
yroiS" by Theresa Waters and Ethel
Dis, "Euryauthe" by Kathryn Brill,
Helen Corbett, Julia KERRY aud Lillian
Hill, and Gondaliera" by eight young
violinists all OF which displayed inter
pretive and executive ability of 70
mean order The graduates in music,
Lola Fitzhugh Ashton and kltherine
Carroll Waller, rendered the ever popu-
lar Norma" with technical skill aud
artistic expression that proved them
equal to the Interpretation of the mas
tiers and the applause which greeted
the m few minutes later when they
received St. Mays graduating medal
in music proved they had done credit
10 themselves and to the music depart
ment of their Alma Mater Miss
Walters solo number, Lists
'Erna, came up to the expecta-
ton of those who have noted her
musical talent and their congratulations
were sincerely offered The Queens
Court" in which ninety little ones
participated, took the honors even
from the graduates. Ii WAS a charm
ing number, as. atlirsd in snowy white,
Sobeiitting their sweet innocent faces,
or costumed as fairies and butterflies,
they paid their homage in dance and
song to the queen Of the fairies in her
elin court. The graceful precision o.