The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-09
r,.rcises Held In ST. Mary's Hall
Last Evening, Attended
bya Very Large
Number.
ADDRESS BY G1GL1NGER
Father GlsIinger Presents Diplomas
and Honor Medals to the
Members of the
Class.

The annual graduation exercises of
HE st. Mary's school was held at st.
yary's hall yesterday afternoon and
evening. A class of eleven students
Jaw their grade school careers ended
when they received their diplomas
from Rev. Father Giglinger last night
and they are now ready to take up
their studies in high schools.
The exercises last night were at
.tended by a crowd that completely
filed the large hall in ST. Mary's
school Those peresent were delight.
ed with the exercises by the school
pupils which marked the early part of
The program. The exercises were very
we'll presented by the pupils and show
ed the results of their careful and
diIigent training.
Eleven pupils received their diplo-
mas last night. They We're: Florence
Belt, James Brady, William Ewers,
Loretta La Feber, Lawrence LAUDER.
sheimer, Charlotte O'Bleness, Harold
Craig. Mary Roam, Joseph Stabl, Ar
thur Vogt, and Lawrence Winkler.
Two honorary scholarship medals
we're awarded and both these prizes
were WOu ny gil IucIuUcIS VI lllc
class. They were Florence Belt and
Charlotte O'Bleness. Miss Belts prize
was awarded for her work in the
study of history, largely the history
Of the United States. Miss O'Bleness
won the prize medal for her work in
christian doctrines.
Two Prize Medals.
mt Ill H.
local council of Knights OF Columbus
which encourages scholarship in this
manner in both Catholic schools in
this city. Father Giglinger remarked
in presenting the medals that the or.
ganization deserved much credit for
the interest it has shown in the work
Of the school children and for its en-
couragement offered the school pupils
in their application to their work.
The program was presented by the
pupils OF ST. Mary's school. 1t was
arranged in the form of playlets of
such character that practically every
one of the pupils had speaking part
at some time during the evening The
program was opened with a waltz. ~
and H. by Re Hildreth. Miss Marie
Vogt was at tie piano, Miss Adeline
Vogt played thu violin and Miss NADIA
line Vogt played the cornet. The drill
by number one regiment YVES Dartici-
pated in by the following: Timothy
Boyle. Earnest Busch. Frances Reil-
Ing, William Elmer, RAYMOND Ewers,
Henry Ewing. Joseph Fischer, Elmer
Heinz, John Herbner, Edwin LAUDER
sheimer. John Maerz, Louis Miller,
John Neyons, Joseph O'Shea. John
PETER, William Peters, Joseph Roam
and Maurice Schwiete. This was con-
Guided with song by Abe Holzmann
Blaze Away"
The regiment was followed by a
short playlet, The Carnival of Song"
in which large number of both boys
and girls took part. The children
we're dressed in beautiful costumes
that gave extremely pleasing effects
as they went through their drills. One
OF the most interesting features of
this part of the program was the part
taken by twelve little girls. Six of
them. arrayed in pretty yellow dresses
represented sunbeams. The other six
represented raindrops The "rain-
drops" were each equipped with small
garden sprinklers-
Father Giglnger, American.
The diplomas were presented to the
members of the graduating class by
Father Giglinger at the conclusion of
this part of the program. Father Gig
linger then made his address to the
class. He made an interesting adj
dress, bare of formality, in which he
spoke at some length of the regret he
and the teachers of ST. Mary's school
felt in knowing that the members OF
the graduating class were through
with their work in that scho1o.
Father Giglinger spoke briefly Of
his trip to Europe which will be start
ed the latter part of the week. He
said he had been advised by Hsany
friends, both Catholic and non-Cath-
oils, not to- make the trip. ~ will try
to keep my head above the water" he
said He stated that he expected to
visit Rome while roaming around"
as he remarked. He drew forth Wig
orous applause from che audience
when he stated that while it would be
his duty to administer to the men OF
all countries, that he could not forget
that he was an American. IT Was
not born a citizen of the United
States,'' he said, 'tbut I was made a
citizen Of the United States and l can
never forget that am a citizen of the
United States"
The Evenings Program.
The following is the program for
the exercises last evening: