Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1915-10-28

The stage was appropriately dec0rat-
ed with the State and national coIors
in keeping with the program which
was patriotic In tone.
Miss Elizabeth Dale. president of
the society, made the announcement n
the following order
MY Country IT'S of Thee. .
Maryland, Ny Maryland - Lncy
Maddox Glee Club.
Biography of Mistress Brent
Miss Elizabeth Dale
III-s'The Bivouac of the Dead's-
lRecitationD Miss Julia Plummer.
IV-"Scott's Love of Country
lRecitotionl, Miss Josephine Hodges.
V-ssThe MarsellaiSe''-fIns instrument
tai Solo), Miss Lillian Meredith.
NI-'sTrue Heroism''-l Recitationl.
Miss Katherine Gator.
VII "Kipling's Recessional'' -
lBecitationD, Miss Mary Hines.
VIIl-"Dixie"-Lucy Maddox Glee
Club.
IX-Debate. Resolved. That il Is
Better TO be born Witty than Wise. -
Affirmative-M Misses Ruth Burroughs
leader: Lydia Mortimer, Ruth Walsh
Negative Misses Jessie Walker,
leader, Frances Nicols, Lillian Stew
ems.
JEdges-Mrs. L. v. Maddox, Mrs.
Bronze and Miss Creighton.
The merits of the arguments kept
the judges celebrating for some time
but the negative won
Tuesday night the dining room was
in a iiutter of excitement the de-
lightfui birthday celebration given by
Miss Creighton and her girls in honor
of thirteenth birthday of the beloved
L. Il. - al III
Pink candles cleaning over a beau
tiful chocolate cake announced to all
present that Elizabeth had entered the
coveted teens" and boxes piled high
bore evidence of the love and good
viii OF friends.
Ices and CONNECTIONS completed the
list of dainties spread before the
guests, WHO we're as follows: Misses
Lillian Creighton, Elizabeth Polleys,
Julia Plummer, Bessie Dent. Jessie
Walker, Gladys Mitchell, Dorothy
Herman and Emma Wiley.
Miss Maddox was the guest of the
Current Events class on Thursday
afternoon, when the following reports
were given in excellent form
Our National Defense Miss Vir-
GINA Stonestreet.
''The Mexican Situation 49, Miss
Matte Murphy.
The War of the Nations''-Mrs.
Marie Manning.
THE Metropolitan Museum Work"
Miss Lydia Mortimer.
1.-The Latest in Wireless - Miss
Julia Plummer.
Owing to the Chinese boycott of
japanese trade, a new committee will
follow developments in the Orient, I'M
der the caption of THE Far East"
with Miss Ruth Burroughs a. leader,
assisted by Miss Katherine Parran.
On Saturday night, the 23rd Instant,
Delta Phi Epsilon sent out invitations
limited to members and two guests to
be initiated for their first gathering of
the season IN their club room in Com
mencement Hall. A charming little
rhyme announced the names OF mem
bers To be initiated.
Misses Elizabeth Brice and Claire
Redding were the young ladies who
were made free of the club and Seemed
jubilant over their election.
Rehearsals of the 'Parsifal' pro-
gram of Monday night, the 23rd inst,
indicate an evening of rare pleasure
To the music loving element of st.
Mary's City.
Mrs. Maddox will be in charge of
the scenic effect, which is in itself
promise OF an artistic treat.
Halloween is always "Senior Night"
at the Seminary, and there are whis-
perS of highly original handling of
the mystic rises of she time-honored
festival under the present class lea
ders, Marie Manning and Elizabeth
Dale.
The following young ladies received
Al in English History this week for
map-drawing: Misses Gladys MofTett,
Katherine Gator and Ruth Burroughs.
Miss Emma Wiley was equally sue
cessful in General History. while her
roommate, Miss Olive Dent, led her
class in the Sophomore Grammar test
of Tuesday last.
PERSONALS.
| Miss Bessie Burroughs, Mrs. JAS.
Burroughs, of Mechanicsville, Md.
MIR. and Mrs. Clarence Mathewson and
and little daughters, Josephine and
| Virginia, of New Haven, Conn.,, were
guests of Miss Ruth Burroughs, of the
Seminary, on Wednesday afternoon.
Father La Fargo, of st. Inigoes,
called on the faculty of st. Mary
early in the week. bearing the glad
tidings that yachts from the villa
will convey our party of teachers and
pupils to the supper of Tuesday, the
26th instant.
Miss Flora Adams will be hostess of
another party on board her brother )
launch, Miss Abel accompanying them
as chaDeron
The girls expect to have a glorious
1 swag ..se ~ H. 10 IA.
rons.
Misses Janice Loker and Josephine
Hodges visited the st. Mary'S County
Fair, At Leonardtown this week.
Mrs. ChaS. Grason and Mrs. Hodg-
don were callers on Thursday after
noon.
Misses Virginia Maddox and Lillian
Creighton left for Baltimore by the
boat Thursday afternoon, where Miss
Maddox will visit her uncle. Mr.. Geo.
Lancaster. returning with him To his
home in Chattanooga, Tenn, for an
extended VISIT. Miss Creighton ex-
poets to- be with her parents few DAYS
before their departure for their winter
home in Florida.
On Sunday DIR. and Mrs. Hodgdon,
MIR. Dana Hodgdon and Mr.. Giffen,
of Baltimore, were callers, returning
home with Misses Merjorie and Vir-
GINA Maddox as guests until Monday
afternoon.
Dinner guests of Thursday night
were Mr.. Bright aud MIR. Doyle, OF
New York. Later the gentlemen play
ed hosts to Misses Maddox and Min
nick, on board their yacht The Frey, y
Mrs. Minnick chaperoning the party.
Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Maddox