The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-06-09
Contributed by the Rev. T. Moore,
pastor of St. Mary's Church, Waverly,
Minn.)
CLASS OF 1917-ST. MARY'S PA
ROCHIAL HIGH SCHOOL,.

The class play as presented last
Wednesday evening in the City Hall
was in keeping with the usual classical
performance of the students of St.
Mary's Parochial High School, An
audience crowding every inch of
space in our large auditorium gave
enthusiastic expression OF it's appre-
citation, and the individual members of
the cast received cordial approval for
their splendid Interpretation, and their
vivid realization Of the character al
lotted each. 1t is with the greatest
pleasure that we accord each and
every member of the role our cordial
felicitation.
The play was a dramatization Of
Blackmores famous novel, Lorna
Doone. The plot is good and we'll
developed; and the style, with the
quaint and pleasing flavor of the time
OF James H., has a very remarkable
poetic grace and charm, and the fig
ures have much life and movement.
Besides reproducing this play,
three of the graduates, Mr.. G.. c..
Quinn, Mr.. Raymond Calvin and Mr..
Edward Soshinek favored the audience
with three splendid papers on Patriot
ism, American Citizenship, and Sue
cess. The selecting the subjects, the
collating, the arranging, the material,
the literary excellence as we'll the pro-
ficiency in delivery reflects great
credit not only on the students, but
particularly on the mastery efficiency
of their preceptor.
Of the other members in the gradu-
ating class Miss Marguerite Walsh
selected as the subject for her essay,
Songs That Will Never DE-" and
Miss Luella >Berkner has written on
Thompson poems, dealing particularly
with the Hound of Heaven. Both
these essays display keen appreciation
OF the subjects discussed, a critical
acquaintance with poetic require
merits, as we'll as extensive knowledge
Of the beauties of literary excellence.
We trust these pupils will present
their friends a literary symposium en-
bodying these essays, a remembrance
of the graduates of 1917. The Rev. P.
r. Cunningham in mastery dis
course definitely stated the church's
attitude and responsibility in the edu-
cation of her children. We regret our
inability to reproduce this learned eff
fort. We append a few items of the
many the orator forcibly impressed on
us Someone has we'll remarked that
everyone speaks consciously or other
wise in terms of philosophy. This OBJ
servation is prominently true when a
subject is vitality related to the chief
interests of life as is the formation
and direction Of the young. The edu-
cational ideals and methods of the
Catholic Church become easily intel
ligible in the light of her religious
philosophy. According to our belief
the religion of Jesus Christ has it's
concrete and permanent embodiment
in visibly organized divinely commits
stoned institution which from time i'm
memorial has been called the Catholic
Church. We hold that the rulers of
the Church in union with their chief
Bishop have been Divinely empowered
to shepherd the flock entrusted to
them, in all that concerns their moral
and spiritual interests. The Catholic
parent understands the value of Chris
tan knowledge and the essential
means of character formation. He
holds that there is no body of truth
comparable in excellence and impor-
lance to the Faith of his fathers. He