Evening journal., 1915-06-10
ST. PETERS Alumni
in THE CHAPERONE'
Parents and Friends of the
Graduates Entertained
By Comedy
NIGHT FESTIVAL
FOR BALL CLUB

Special to'THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE, June TO-. In the pres
eucc of an audience which packed every
inch of room in the basement of II.
Peters Church last night, st. Peters pa
rochial schools 10 class, held commence
mcnt exercises. The graduates are Miss
Anna Regina Gallagher. Miss Rose Agnes
McCaughan and John Joseph Gallagher.
The class graduated in all English
branches and the full commercial course.
Miss Gallagher has accepted position
with Victor 1orbert. OF the Dclmar'la
Advancement Company. m the DUPONT
building. as bookkccper and stcnogra
phcr. while Miss Met aughau has accepted
d position as stcnographcr with Cohen a
Finkelstein. of Wilmington. The base
mcnt was tastefully decorated and the
graduates were remembered with many
costly presents
Miss McCaughan was salutatorian, and
sad
"Aeain the revolving mouths have
brought commencement night, and II Is
my happy privilege to bid You wei
come. To YOU. Rev. Father. who has so
often raised pricstly hands in bcnedlc-
tion over many OF those present, we turn
in love and reverence, and greet you
with ioy a. our own most honored
guest. Our debt of gratitude TO You for
/ all your interest in our souls salvation
and our intellectual advancement can
never be repaid Him. who has prom'
= iscd to reward the giver of even q cup
| of cold water. VIC shall beg TO bless you
in his own good way, and to repay you
a thousand fold for all you have done
for us-His children. Beloved parents
we bid YOU welcome. No need to dc
even this for YOU know commencement
would lose half its charm If we did moi
sec here present the faces of those who
arc nearest and dearest to us. our fonC
parents.
"Kind friends, who are interested il
our school work. and our closing eXer
ciscs. welcome. thousand welcomes
That you may enjoy being here. a.
much as we enjoy seeing you, IS th'
wish Of those in whose name ! now bit
YOU hearty welcome
! Miss Anna r. Gallagher was salutator
ian of the class, and said;
FAREWELL the word that heart and
lips alike refuse to speak,
How falls the truant tear drop on the
yet unfurrowed cheek.
That strange pathetic music dwells
in the magic word,
Whose cadence. sad and mournful wa'
until this hour unheard.
To-day, we reach the close OF oul
school life and we are gathered her
tonight, dur hearts filled with
strange mingling Of sadness and JOY
of sadness al the thought OF partin
: from childhoods companions, an
from scenes. which in years to come
will serve only to recall happies
memories. those OF innocent child
hood.
Dear reverend pastor: We thin
Of you today as our kind friend an
benefactor Much of our success II
school life and work has been du
in no small measure, TO your untir
ing efforts. in the interest Of ST. Pet
. er's school. II is with grateful heart
thanking you for all the care yol
have taken in the education OF min
and heart, that we bid you farewell
Dear classmates This is a two
fold parting for us. we must say fare
Well TO our friends and to each other
For though we may frequently NEE
in after years vet the close hond o
friendship which existed among u
will never again be ours. We ma
consider ourselves pilgrims today. w
i, have completed one journey, and nov
we take our feeble staff Of knOwledg
and go in search of another educa
! tion. to be acquired only in the schoo
Of bitter experience. We are nov
standing with reluctant feet wher
4: the brook and river meet. uncertain
! which path TO choose-looking bac
half regretfully into the past. gropin
as one blind into the shadowy future
Let us devote our thoughts an
energies not to the dead past or ye
, unborn future. but to the living pres
} ent II alone is ours. Let us. dea
) classmates. ere time tempers IN
! buoyancy Of youth, plan a life O
, usefulness. OF service to others, o
+ duty to our beloved parents. eve
! resolving not to waste one Of thes
, precious moments. which are, alas
/ only too rapid in their fight. Let Il
, not be simply good, but good for some
, thing. remembering that each actio
, of our lives touches some cord tba
will vibrafe in Trfornifvn