The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-06-21
Commencement Exercises of st.
Mary Magdalen's Graded School.


graded school of this place were held
on Monday evening, June II, at 8
o'clock in the German Catholic club
rooms. The Following interesting
program was rendered:
Overture. ...... G. G. G. Orchestra
welcome song ............ Glass
Salutatory ....... Dolores Rickert
Recitation. lone Thing at a Time
Paul Schwesinger.
Recitation ........ Our Colors"
Marie Drummer.
Song, Flag of Liberty" ... Class
Recitation The Curfew Bells"
Leila Hessling.
Selection G. G. G. Orchestra
Recitation Vacation Time"
Francis Bales
Song, Far Away. ........ Glass
Valedictory ..... Bertha Weniger
M. j. Hanlan delivered the COM
mencement address. He congratu-
lated the young people on being
fortunate enough to be the first grad
yates of St. Mary Magdalens Paro-
chial School. He refuted the charges
made against the church that it is
non-progressive and does not seek to
educate it's members. The desire
of the church to educate humanity
intelligence and morality in this
country is evidenced by the fact
that she is maintaining institutions
OF learning in the United States in
which nearly two million boys and
girls are educated without one cent
of cost to the national, state or mum
icipal government. The church has
been one of the greatest factors in
civilization ever since the establish
ment of Christianity When the
Northern Tribes swept down over
| Europe and conquered the great
Roman Empire, the conquerors were
converted by the Roman priests and
became the missionaries of the
Christian faith. They founded mon
I asteries and other institutions in
which the learning of Europe was
preserved and by their faithfulness
and zeal saved the Old World from
| being plunged into an abyss of ig-
norance and vice from which it
would not have yet emerged. But
it was here in America that the
highest ambitions of man were to be
realized. Here on the western
shores of the Atlantic a nation has
arisen which bids defiance to the
monarChies of Europe and is might
!
World. But the stability of that ma
tion depends on the intelligence and
morality of it's citizens. Hence it
! behooves the American people re-
gardless of church affiliations to es-
tablish and maintain schools where
in the young people will have an op-
portunity to acquire the greatest
| gift, an education. Our govern
ments, national and state, are spend
! ing millions of dollars annually on
! the education of the American boys
and girls, and the old Mother Church
, is contributing her share toward the
| dissemination of knowledge in the
| great land of the free. The speaker
| closed by advising the graduates to
! be loyal to their God, true to the
! flag under which they were born,
and faithful to the ones who strug-
gled and toiled for them and made
every sacrifice in order TO give them
the education they have acquired,
! their parents.
Rev. DR.. j. w. Balta then gave
the award of prizes.
SIXTH GRADE.
Gold Medal, Paul Schwesinger;
Gold Cross, Leila Hessling.
Second Prize: Life of Columbus,
Edward Flederbach; Gold Chained
Rosary, Mildred Guetlein; Longfel-
lows Works, Marie Brunner.
Prize for Catechism: Fabiola,
Bertha Weniger.
Prize for United States History:
History of the Civil War, Dolores
Rickert.
Prize for Spelling: Meredith's Po-
etical Works, Loretta Weidner.
Prize for Arithmetic: Scott's Po-
etical Works, Francis Bales.
Prize for Vocal Music: History of
our Own Times, Robert Stegner.
Prizes for Fifth Grade: Life of
Columbus, Joseph Reisch; Key of
Heaven, Hildegard Mohr.
Honorable Mention for Good At
tendance: Edward Flederbach, Ber-
tha Weniger, Loretta Weidner, Ger
trude Herold.
After presenting the awards DR..
Balta admonished the graduates of
the parochial school to attend the
Honesdale public school, if they
could afford to do so.
Graduates of 1912, st. Mary Mag
dalen's Graded School:
Edward Flederbach. Walter
Welsch, Vernard McArdle, Francis
Bales, Arnold Smith, Robert Steg-
ner, Paul Schwesinger, Paul Her
zog, Frances Kiegler, Marcella
Wuest, Marie Brunner, Dolores Rick
ert, Mildred Guetlein, Loretta
Weidner, Leila Hessling, Bertha
Weniger.
Mrs. Elizabeth Robbins of Wood