Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-06-17
ST.MARY'S GRADUATES
five STUDENTS OF 1916
Pleasing Commencement Exercises
in St. Mary's HaIl--Personnel
of Class.
RECTOR DELIVERS DIPLOMAS.
Presents Each Graduate With Gold
Class Pin---The Program Of
Exercises.

a large and appreciative audience
last night, the occasion being the an
nual commencement of st. Mary's Pa
rechial School
A well arranged program of exer-
cices was opened with a chorus sing
ing Ave Marie" No school children
are better trained along musical lines
and in elocution than the pupils of ST.
Mary's. The voices were well attun-
ed and all sang in perfect accord. The
soprano and alto parts were we'll ia
ken by the scholars.
A chorus of little girls in dainty
white costumes, delicate swiss and tar
Teton. with flowing sleeves and each
one wearing white slippers and stock
ings' looking the embodiment of little
human snowfiakes, sang "Snowflakes
Welcome" very pretty feature of the
evenings program.
The boys dressed in grotesque fash
ion each to resemble scarecrow, and
each carrying a pumpkin, sang Scare
crows A-Roaming" in fine style. The
boys made great hit and won much
applause. They were the boys of the
Second and Third Grades, and deserve
much credit, and all the applause they
won. A very clever little sketch en-
titled THE Thief of Time" was pre-
sented by the older boys,each of whom
deserves much credit for the excellent
manner in which he played his part.
A chorus Home for the Holidays"
was well sung, after which the fare
well address was delivered by Miss
Eva Himmelheber, one of the grad
yates. Her delivery was excellent, her
enunciation clear and the subject mat
ter was praiseworthy.
The Rev. Father Cornelius Warren,
C. SS. r., Rector of st. Mary's, deliv-
cred the diplomas to the following
graduates:
Eva Himmelhebcr.
Joseph IIimmelheber.
Paul Wiegard.
Kathleen TOlsOn.
Catherine Kimball.
The Rector made an address to the
graduating class, and presented each
with a gold Glass Pin, in the shape of
a shield surrounded by wreath. and
''St Mary's, 1916" is engraved on the
shield At the close of the exercises
the Father Rector asked the audience
to join with the graduates and the
school in singing America"
The commencement exercises were
dignified, and inspiring. There was
also a patriotic air to the evening S
program and in the decorations.
The RectOr's Address.
The Rev. Father Warren in his adj
! dress to the graduates of ST. Mary's
| School, spoke as follows:
my dear Graduates of 1916, Ladies
and Gentlemen:
"In the life of most people there are
| days that stand out prominently, as ii
were in bold relief from the back
ground of ones ordinary daily routine
| They may be likened to milestones on
the road of life's journey-indicating
how much ground has been covered
and how much still remains to be ira
versed before the end is reached. Such
is this day for the graduates of ST
@Mary's school of the year 1916.
"Your graduation day, my dear boys
| and girls. is the milestone that indi
Gates the progress you have made thus
far. You have finished the studies o.
your Grammar grades and finished
them successfully, and for this reason
we are gathered tonight. your teachers
parents and friends, to congratulate
you. and we do so most heartily.
Graduation day is called commence
ment day, and fittingly So because it i
the milestone that indicates the begin
ming of the more important part o
life's journey. What you have accom-
plished so far is but the preparation
of what is to follow.
Don't be deluded by the though
that you have now acquired all th
knowledge that you need, and all tn
experience necessary for successfu
career in life.
Be assured of the fact that there j
much more to be learned and a larg
fund of experience with which you ar
still unacquainted
There is one thing, however I
! which 1 wish to draw your attention
and that one thing is of such far
reaching Importance that make 1t tn
burden of my talk tonight.
You have received a good menta
training. an intellectual education dur
ing these years-a training that com
pares favorably with any you coul
receive in the best schools of the lant
On this account you are deeply indeb'
ed to the hard-working, self-sacriii,
ing Sisters. who have been devotin
their best efforts for your welfare
and l trust you viii always be mindfu
of that fact
"It is not to this however, that
refer. 1t is something of more trans
cenadant Importance | refer to th
moral training you have received eve
since you set foot in parochial schot
Development of the mental facultie
is a very worthy pursuit and one ths