Saint Mary's beacon., 1914-06-18
Ss. Mary's Academy Conn
mencemsnt. 1914

The 2sth Annual Commencement of
st. Mary's Academy, Leonardtown,
Nd, was held on Tuesday morning
in the Academy Hall. The program
opened with Welcome Chorus from
Finsuti, rendered by the entire school
with choral effects. The Seniors
Grand Flower March elicted conflnu-
Gus applause.
The dominating theme OF the exer-
cises was Duty" illustrated by
choral singing and tableaux yiyants.
of-St. Cecilia and Blessed Joan of
Arc, as types of Duty tried and proven.
Mss Elsie Collins, II, sustained the
main roll in the recitation, assisted by
the Misses Mary Burch, Edith Ching.
Elizabeth Edwards and Pauline
Greenwell
In the first tableau, Miss Mary Law
Ter impersonated st. Cecilia. She was
surrounded by a chorus of christian
inaidens and choir of invisible angels
could be heard in the distance chant
ing a welcome to- that charming chris
tian martyr.
Miss Sallie Greenwell impersonated
the secondtype of duty. Blessed Joan
oil Arc. The angel voices, now so
famous could be heard calling to the
sweet Maid of Orleans. Sombre clad
maidens chanted her dirge and hushed
for time the merry song of the little
maids of Rouen.
The final tableau was strikingly
beautiful and majestic: II was vision
OF religion, characterized by Miss
Jeannettc Bowling, crowning the two
Heroines of Duty. About the trio
were grouped the angels, the christian
maidens, the villagers of Domremy
and the little maids of Rouden. The
scenic and choral climax came with
the triumphal Hymn of Praise from
Benedict'S st. Cecilia.
Miss Elsie Collins delivered a noble
and touching Valedictory on Ideals"
in harmony with the theme of the day.
Duty" The closing chorus was
Wilkins "Jubilate Deo.' The un-
usually large school this year brought
large audience from outside the
county, and from the District OF CO.
lumbia.
Rev. l.. J. Kelly, S. j., conferred
the honors and medals and Rev. Jas.
i. Moakley, s. j.. of ST. Joseph's :
College, Philadelphia, made the ad-
dress of the day. He congratulated
the people of Southern Maryland for
having in their midst such an institu-
tion as the Academy with its peerless
training OF mind and heart and soul
The exercises of the day were abund-
ant evidence of that training even If
there were no others such as can be
seen wherever the graduates and pupils
OF the Academy have exerted their in
fiuence and followed their ideals.
While not denying the ability to vote
| inteIligently the Reverend Speaker
hoped our women would never forget
that their Kingdom was at home and
that they would never descend from
that height to the oft times degrading
field of politics. He exhorted the peo-
pie of st. Mary's to- do in their meas
ure for the Academy what the wealthy
patrons of Smith, Bryn Mawr and
other womens' Colleges are doing for
them.
First Literary Honors were conferred
on the only graduate of this year, Miss
Elsie X. Collins, of Richmond, Va.
Gold Medals for Christian Doctrine
were awarded or drawn as follows
First Class---Miss Edith Ching.
Second Class---Miss Ula Heard
Third Class---Miss Eliz Matthews.
Fourth Class--Miss Catharine Green
well.
Fifth Class---Miss Maria Greenwell
Sixth Class---Miss Madeline Russell.
Roll of Honor Gold Medal was drawn
by Miss Thelma Graves. Forty-nine
had qualified for this medal.
The Gold Medal for Punctuality was
drawn by Miss Sallie Greenwell; for
| Astronomy, by Miss Elsie Collins; for
Composition. by Miss Mary Burch; for
Elocution, by Miss Mary w. Greenwell;
Wathen; BOarders' Premium for Gen
eral Excellence was awarded To Miss
Regina Abel.
Class Medals were awarded as fol-
lows
Second Senior---Miss Edith Ching.
| Third Senior---Miss Sallie GreenweII.
Fourth Senior Miss Helene Green
well
In the Grammar Grades, from Eighth
Grade down Class Medals and Premiums
were awarded as follows
Eighth Grade Marguerite Hebb
| Seventh Grade---Miss Mary B. Ham
ilton.
Sixth Grade---Miss Madeline Russell.
Fifth Grade Miss Ethel Graves.
Fourth Grade Master Benedict Dru-
ry.
In the Primary Grade, Miss Hope
Greenwell won the Premium.
The Gold Medal for Domestic Science
was competed for by large class and
drawn by Miss Katie Mclaughlin.
| Palmer Diplomas for Penmanship
were awarded to Misses Catharine Mat
tingly and Ruth Waters.
Diplomas for Twentieth Century
Bookkeeping were awarded to Misses
Eta L. Ewy and nj. Jeanette Bowling
| On July 3. 1913, the Atlantic Gold
Medal for Penmanship was swarded to
st. Mary's Academy over all the Acad-
emies of Delaware. Maryland and the
South Atlantic States.
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