The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14

Cullman. June 1S.-(Special.) )-The COM
mencement exercises of the Sacred Heart
academy, which took place yesterday ait
ernoon. were full of interest and were
we'll attended. Miss Lizzie Baird opened
the programme with piano SOLO. ms
was followed by the comforting OF sraou-
alton honors, distribution of certincates
and testimonials by the Very Rev. Father
SEVERN, o. S. b.
For completion in in the academic
course Miss Olga McCurdy of Birming-
ham, and for completion In the CONNER
ciai course, Miss Marie Justin OF Tusca-
loosa, were awarded diplomas and gold
medals Certificates for sight singing ana
plain chant course were given to Miss
Olga McCurdy, Miss Emile Kramer Miss
JuIiette Romeo, Miss ALA Rawson, Miss
Alice Ketcham and Miss Jessie Justin
The rest of the programme was as fol-
lows:
For High School: Katherine DAILY, kath-
leen Burke, Loretta Narley
Bookkeeping Course (from Author; Miss
Marie Justin
Silver Medal Course in Music Miss
ALA Rawson, Miss Olga McCurdy
Palmer diplomas for the completion OF
business pennanship course are issued
by the author to: Juiette Romeo, Kath-
crime DAILY, Helen DAILY Mary Shea, Min
ME Mauter, Thelma Dent. Alice ketcham,
Mary Conoly, Esther Levy, Nilma Ste
phenson. Elizabeth Simmons.
Testimonials: Elocution. Emile Kra-
mer: piano, Lizzie Baird Stella Baird,
Ruth Hastings, Juliette Romeo, Mary
Gusmus; violin, Loretta Varley, Emile
Kramer; sight singing and plain chant
Miss Marie Justin, Loretta Varley, Zeita
Greeneaf.
Certificates from Professor Palmer for
penmanship: Eva Massey. Maggie May
Virgins. Lena Miller, Elizabeth Virgins.
Rosa Azbik, Thelma Johnson. Hattie
Burke, Mary Nolan, Minnie Scotch.
Vocal Duet: Greeting" (Mendelssohn).--
Misses Johanna de Koch and Myrtle
Miller.
Essay: "The Philosophy of Expression"
Miss Olga McCurdy.
Vale Dc TOpera Faust de Gounod
(F'ranz Liszt.
Piano Solo (a) Choruses from the ker-
messe Scene in four parts; (b) Scene
''Mephistophees' (c> Duet "Margarita)
c'Faust'D: Id Waltz. chorus, etc.-Miss
ALA Rawson.
Sight Singing Classes: Potion Scene
from Romeo and Juliette, (Shakespeare)
Miss Emile Kramer,
Vocal Solo: THE Song of the Blind Girl
to Her Harp with harp accompanimenD
Loretta Earlev.
Piano Solo, Rhapsodie 'l1ongrose lP'
tFranz Lszt)-Miss McCurdy
Selection from I'll Troyatore" &c. l..
Lewis)-violin orchestra.
Cathedral Scene from Faust (Goethe)
-''AIargarita,' Miss Olga Mccurdy: Me
phistophles.' Miss Emile Kramer; chorus
of demons, Junior Elocution class; chorus
of priests and bows Sight Singing class;
organ, Miss Alla. Rawson; violin. Loretta
Varley.,
|. Margarita llneeiins by the holy water
font.
II. Invisible demons calling her
III. A tomb opens and discovers Me-
phistopheles who taunts Margarita with
her former innocence and tempts her to
despair.
" Her prayers are interrupted by the
chant of the choir.
V. The devil reveals himself in his prop
er person at last, and she falls in a
swoon.
Essay: Catholic Authors'-Miss Marie
Justin.
Kinder Symphoney (Romberg).
a Kinder Symphony is a musical COM
position in which the piano and stringed
instruments play the principal parts. and
are accompanied by the toy Instruments
The object of the symphony is the awak-
ening Of the pupils attention, which is
so important in the culture of ensemble
music
Pianos, Miss McCurdy. Stella Baird
harp, Loretta Varley: violins Emile Kra-
mer, Jessie Justin. Helen DAILY. Minnie
Mauter. Tony Burke. Mabelle Downey
mandolin, Hattie Burke; drums, Ruth
Hastings, Lena Miller. Minnie Scotch
trumpets, Mary Conley, Lucille Keife,
Elizabeth Simmons. Emily DAILY, Ruth
Jones, Madeline Howle; triangles. Alice
Ketcham, Zeita Greenleaf, Maggie Mac
Wiggins quails. Myrtle Miller. Mary Gus
mus; Kathleen Burke; cuckoos. Mary
| Justin. Katherine DAILY; nightingales Ju-
kette Romeo, Elizabeth Virgins; rattlcs