The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-17


capacity Of the theatre pushed their
way into Rhode Opera House on Mon
day evening to attend the annual grad
uation exercises of S. James School and
the evening Is entertainment was the
most interesting ever held by any of
the parochial schools of Kenosha. 1t
was a great night for the students of
ST. James School and especially for the
fourteen members of the 1915 gradual
ing class. There were wonderful dec
orations of the theatre and the children
who had part in the program greeted
q great crowd of their friends and
relatives The program may have been
a little long but the audience was
seemingly just as much interested in
the appearance of the last one Of the
children as the first, and generous APP
plause kept the curtain bobbing during
the evening.
The program was a varied one.
There were musical numbers by mem
bers of the class, the diplomas were pre-
scented by the Rev. r. j. Smith, pastor
of the church and the Rev. j. M.
Naughton of Racine delivered a brief
but very interesting graduating ad-
dress in which he made strong appeal
for the Christian education of children
and pointed out to them the high ideals
which brought a successful life The
valedictory was given by LaRonde
Grignon and the program closed with
two little plays produced in most
charming manner with the cast Of char
acters made up entirely from the stu
dents.
An interesting little feature not on
the printed program was the presenta-
tion Of medal to Theodore Bill as a
recognition Of excellence in catechism.
The presentation was made by the Rev.
Father Conway, assistant pastor Of St.
James church. The medal is of es-
pecial interest as it is a memorial to
the late Miss Mary Bailey. Miss Bailey
was the founder of the Catholic
Women's Club of Kenosha and the club
members have arranged to have mem
orial to her in some form at each grad
uation exercise of the school.
After the program of the evening was
over Mrs. j. H. Bill was hostess to the
members of the graduating class at
dinner given at the club room of the
Hotel Borup. Covers were laid for
twenty and the dinner was one of the
prettiest things of the kind ever given
in Kenosha.
The members Of the class who re-
ceived diplomas and who attended the
dinner were LaRonde Grignon, Resale
Kennedy, Walter Doherty, Theodore
Bill, Ambrose Pennefeather, Grace
Hebson, Gertrude Burkhardt, Philip
Schnell, Ralph Ritter, Sarah Gallagher,
Richard Roemer, Floyd Dorsey, Ward
McCarron and Catherine Quinn. The
program for the commencement exer-
cises was as follows:
Program.
Marche Aux Flambeux $3.50. Clark
Renila Isermann, Adelaide Swift.
Graduating Exercises.
Presentation of Diplomas.
Rev. r. j. Smith.
Address to the Graduates.
Rev. j. M. Naughton.
valedictory.
La Ronde Grignon.
Glass Song School Days, How Fast
You are Fleeing .......... Parks
Piano, Bernice Rhode.
Violin, Florence Frederickson.
-. -. -. Engelmann
Ward McCarron, Theodore Bill.
''Tom Play Fair
Drama in Five Acts by FIR. Finn.
Scene 1-School Yard.
Scene 2--Mr. Middleton's Office.
Scene 3School Yard.
Scene 4--In the Woods.
Scene 5-School Yard.
Piano Duet Les Caresses Du
Printempts' ......... Calvin
Louis Bill, Earl McCarron.
Baseball Song Hurrah for the
Games We Wonn ...... Adapted
Chorus by St. James Eagles
Piano. Ralph Ritter.
Plano Solo Novelette7 - SAWYER
Ralph Ritter.
"The Heavenly Gates Aiar.''
Sung by Boys Supplied Choir.
Pantomimed by Junior Girls.
Tableau Angel, Marie Ratigan
Piano, Bernice Rhode.
Bernadette.'
Drama in Four Acts.
Act l-Bernadette, her mother and
the village children at Lourdes.
Act 2-The Blind Princess, Rosabel-
la, her sister Lucilla, mother, Princess
Eleanor, friends in Castle at San Sc
bastiano in Spain
Act 5 - Grotto at Lourdes. The
Princess is cured during the Apparition
of the Blessed Virgin.
Act 1.-The Castle of San Sebasti.