The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-22
ENDS SUCCESSFUL TERM.

| st. Joseph's Commercial institute
:, Terminates Scholastic Year witt
t Interesting Exercises-DipIoma
- Presented to Eight Graduates
! Medal Winners.
Before a large assembly of en-
thusiastic admirers and staunch sup
porters and friends, St. Joseph's Com
merc1al Institute closed it's twenty
fifth session with brilliant exercises
at the Gondran Theatre Wednesday
forenoon. The program was a varied
one, comprising the following inter
esting numbers: Overture, S. J. G.
!. Orchestra; song, Greeting schoo
chorus; salutatory, intermediate (a)
4 grade; Plans intermediate (b)
Il grade; "A Fellow Who is Came L.
G1sclard; What Has Been Done May
be Done Again. A. Schroeder; What
n Mean to Be- second and third
grades; selection, orchestra; Litter
airy Enigmas," intermediate grades;
song, Good Bye to School, inter
mediate grades; selection, orchestra;
one-act farce, Wanted, a Confiden-
tlal Clerk, members of graduating
class; selection, orchestra; song,
.Strolllng,'' advanced grades; award
ing of the alumni medal, Wilfred
Landry, class 1907; awarding of ex-
| cellence medals, Rev. Joseph V.
Monteillard; presentation of diplo-
mas, Very Rev. Canon j. M. T. Mas
sardier, valedictory, Adam j. Lee
Blanc; address, Father Massardier;
finale, orchestra
The graduates were Jorda NJ. Gre,
| Raymond N. Dehon, Damien P. Fal-
con, St. Elmo P. Landry, Adam ].
Leblanc, Daniel c.. Mattingly, Arthur
2. Michel, and Wilfred E. Rodriguez.
The gold medal for scholarship do
mated by the S. J. C. I. Alumni AS
ISOLATION was awarded to Adam Lee
Blanc.
A gold medal for excellence, do
mated by Rev. Charles Gardes, pastor
Of the Smoke Bend Catholic church,
was awarded to Joseph Richard.
Gold medals for excellence in the
various grades, offered by the Insti-
tute, were drawn for and won as fol-
lows:
Graduating and superior course
Competitors: Adam j. Leblanc, Dan
lei G. Mattingly, Wilfrid E. Rodri-
guez, Damien p. Falcon, Jorda NJ.
Gre, Arthur P. Michel, Joseph Rich
ard, Lawrence .. Brun, Raymond
Blumenthal, EdWy. Landry. Drawn
by Ray. Blumenthal
Commercial grades - Competitors:
Paul Thibodaux, Robert Delatte,
Carlton Guillot, Euclid Crochet, Geo.
OschWald, Marcel Leumas, Huchez
Braud, Leslie Werner. Drawn by
George Oschwald.
Grammar es-Competitors An
drew Courreges, George Blum, Fran
els Mistretta, Philip Maniscalco, Lee
Royce, Jack Lavigne, Joseph Acosta,
Percy Bradford. Roger Gre, Charles
Charlet, Victor Maurin. Drawn by
Andrew Courreges.
Intermediate grades Comp etitors::
Elphege Dugas, Lawrence Falcon, Eu-
zelien Leblanc, Gaetana Mistretta,
Robert Gourreges, Edward Rogge,
Francisco Leblanc, Edward Hanson, +
Frederick Landry, Maurice Ramirez,
Leo Fontana, Clay Braud. Drawn by
Maurice Ramirez.
Primary grades Competitors Leo
nard Braud, Allen Mattingly, Daniel
Foley, Pasquale Mistretta, Leon
Fontana, Rene Gaudin, Maurice Bar
thelemy, Francis Cannon, Carl Mol
iere, Leo Matting1y, Emile Marshall,
A. Schroeder, Felix Hebert, Treble
Esneault, Joseph Fontana, Roy
Smith. Drawn by Felix Hebert.
Gold pins for Christian doctrine,
donated BY Very Rev. Canon J. M T.
were awarded to Paul
/ hibodanx, Robert Delatte, Lee Rogge
and Carl Mollere.
An enjoyable feature of the exer-
cises was the music rendered by the
S. 3. C. Il Orchestra. This organ
Ization Of young musicians has play
cd at several festivals and enter
tainments during the session, and
On each occasion won great praise
and applause from it's numerous adj
mirers. It's members are: Bro. II
bert, director and second cornet; G.
0sehWald, piano; Louis Goldberg, st.
Elmo Landry, Marcel Leumas, first
violins: Adam Leblanc, second man
1oiin; Euzelien Leblanc, second VIC
in; Emile HouilIo1. first cornct;
sam. Landry, bass violin; Felix For i
Ter, drums and cymhals.
The past session of the Institute (
aas been a most successful one ]
n every respect. The attendance
exceeded that of the previous ses- !
sion, and excellent results were ac-
in all grades. The eff |
.icient faculty of the institution is Z
of Brothers nbert, Hubert, j
Joseph, Adrian and Gonzaga. (
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