The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-16
Twelve Pupils Are Graduated
From the Catholic High
School Yesterday
Evening.
LARGE NUMBER PRESENT
Exercises Attended by Large
Crowd of Friends and Rela-
tives of the Glass
Members.

| ne COIulueuCGmSHl eASI
cises of ST. Peters high school were
held at st. Peters hall last evening
when class of twelve students were
graduated. The exercises were attend
ed by large crowd that filed the
hall to capacity.
The diplomas and certificates were
awarded by the Very Rev James Gil.
lespie while the address to the gradu.
ating class was made by the Rev.
| Stephen Davis of What Cheer, Iowa.
In his remarks to the graduates on
awarding the diplomas, Father Giles
pie paid the highest tribute to th<
members of the class for their excel
lent work during their years spent in
I St. Peters school. He also spoke in
words of the highest praisS for the
/: teachers and parents of the students
| OF the twelve graduates, two receiv-
| ed diplomas in the classical course,
/ nine in the commercial course, and
! one in the business course. They
were: Classical course, Charles Fran.
! els Griffith and Paul Dwyer Moore !;
commercial course, Robert Morris
| Bell. Elizabeth Louise Boyle, Rather
| inc Marian Ewers, Margaret Mary
| Farraher, Max Cecil Veith Margaret
Mary Finigan, Emmanuella Flood,
| Mary Myrtle Hatton, Thomas Francis
Real; business course, John Loren
McAndrew.
The program was opened with the
professional during which the high
school pupils, not members of the
graduating class, marched in double
| file from behind to the front Of the
! stage and then down the steps where
| they were seated in front of the stage.
! Members of the graduating class
then took their seats. The exercises
were opened with an essay by Robert
Morris Bell, "At the Gate"
| This was followed by the singing
of tGlad Festal Day" by the members
of the high school choral class in
which the members of the graduating
! class took part.
A piano duet, "Grande Polka de
Concert" was played by Moreno and
Margaret Farraher in very spirited
! manner.
Spanish Fanta Sizes" the next mum.
| Der, was given by twelve girls of the
class of 1917. 1t was very pretty
| drill Each girl carried a tambourine
in imitation of Spanish dancers.
Drift My Bark" was sung by three
girls of the graduating class, Marga
E ret L dl Edll6T ana MARY Il lIiSdu. 81
prapos, and Emma nuella Flood. The
song was very capably rendered
Three essays, each centered around
the theme, ION the Bridge of Life. "
we're read by John Loren McAndrew
Thomas F. Real and Max C. veith.
THE Storm Fiend'' was sung by q
chorus of high school boys, following
which 1.-The Erl-king,' a piano solo
was played very capable by Emmanu
ella Flood Abide with Me-" sons
by the girls of the senior class with
Miss Marie Moeller at the piano, was
very we'll received.
| An essay by Francis c. Griffith was
then read, after which the high schoo
CHI oral class sang IT'S Morn"
, Dreams Of Youth.
The next number. Dreams o
, Youth" was opened with most beau
. tiful tableau in which girls OF thu
classes of Is and 16 dressed in white
and each wearing or carrying flowers
were arranged in the center of the
stage in the shape of clock dial
Numbers from one to twelve in golt
, letters were carried by the girls. Dur
, ing the number, recitations were Civ
en- by Elizabeth Boyle, Mary Hattor
and Katherine Ewers.
An essay by Paul Dwyer Moore
"Esto Quod Esse Videris,' followed
. by the singing of 80 Gloriosa Dom
, ina" by the members of the higi
school choral class concluded the frs
, part of the program.
; Father Gillespie then presented t.
, the members of the graduating elias!
their diplomas and certificates, ant
lawarded the prizes that had been wOI
during the year.
In making his awards, Father Gil
!. lespie stated that the following hat
entire year:
Moreno Farraher, Katherine Hayes
: Marie Faber, Helen Sargent, Mar.
Bevering. Mary Landmann.
He also announced that the follow
: ing have not been absent during tht
] term from Sunday school:
: Margaret Mary Farraher, Mar,
5 Myrtle Hatton, Moreno Farraher Ann;
: Landman, Katherine Hatton, Mar,
s Landmann.
Honor students were as follows:
Third year: Edward Veith.
Second year: Katherine Hayes
: Joseph Code, Helen Sargent, Elois
1 PEBBLES, Irma Carr.
: First year: Hortense Moore. Mar,
/ Bevering, Raymond Dickey, William
Reddy.
2 Address to Graduates.
2 Father S. Davis of What Cheer
: Iowa, former assistant at st. Peters
c delivered the address to the gradu
ates In the course of his remar