Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-08
TWELVECIRLSAT
VILLA SCHOOL TO
COMPLETE WORK
Bishop Edmund VI. Dunno VIII
Preside at Commencement
Exercises May 81.
ANNOUNCE HONOR STUDENTS
Field Day Exhibitions On May %
to BE One of Interesting
Features.

To two Moline young women go
the highest honOrs accorded at Villa
de Chantal commencement this
year. Miss Charlotte Mccartney.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs ] A Nc
Caffrey. 1885 Twent-fifth street. Mo
line, being chosen by the seniors
as valedictorian and Miss Loretta
Rank. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick J. Rank, 1918 Ninth ave
nue.. Moline. as the salutatarian.
A gold medal for general excellence
during the 10 years she attended the
academy was conferred upon Miss
Naomi Murphy. daughter. of Mrs.
" J. Murphy, 2207 Seventh avenue,
Rock Island.
A class Of u is TO be graduated,
the exercises to take place at the
academy Friday morning, May 81,
at 10 o'clock. Right Rev. Edmund
NJ Dunno, bishop, will preside.
Very Rev. James shannon, vicar
general OF the Peoria diocese, will
deliver the address to the grad
yates. The graduates are to pre-
sent shakespeare Twelfth
Night" as their farewell 10 Villa
de Chantal schOoldays. The play
will be given on the campus the
evening of May % at o'clock.
Twelfth Night" is a merry COM
edy of improbabilities as its sub
title suggests.
School FrOlic May %.
Second only to commencement in
Importance are the Field day eXhi-
billions, an established feature Of
the closing weeks of school. Thurs
day, May %, is to be devoted to this
festiyity, the program taking in the
hours two till seven. with Maybas
ket lunch served on the grounds.
The Maybasket lunches are pro-
vided by the girls of the school for
a small sum. including an admis
sion ticket. and are filled with sand
witches, cakes and delica cieS. Can
dies and hot and cold drinks also
will be offered for sale. The pro-
ceeds of the day will be divided be-
tween the knights of Columbus
war fund and the Red Cross.
Several interesting special fea
lures are arranged for the enter
tainment which is composed
largely of patriotic numbers. DR..
j. W. Melody of Chicago will give
an address and the G. A. r. and
kindred bodies have been invited
to be present A welcome also is
extended to newcomers to the city,
the wives and children of arsenal
employees, who may make partici-
patton in this day of athletic sports
ana contests a pleasant outing. A
medal for the best athletic work
during the entire year will be de-
CiGed upon by judges and there will
be music throughout the afternoon
by the F'ryckman orchestra.
Villa de Chantal boasts of a
trained military corps. composed
of 40 girls who use the full size
wooden army gun in their drill.
Miss Olivia Bartell, physical direc-
tor of the academy has revived this
method of physique building and an
exhibition of military evolutions
will be given Field day. The
youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. James
F. Murphy, 1049 Twentieth street,
will raise the flag at the
opening of the program. 1t is the
custom at the academy for the
small child OF some one of the
alumnae to perform this function.
The flag is the beautiful emblem
presented the academy at the gold
en- jubilee celebration two years
ago. Following is the Field day
program and to which a general
invitation is extended the public:
Field Day Program.
The raising of the fiag-Myron
Jerome Murphy.
merica''-Audience
Salute to the kindergarten
and first grade children.
Our Flag" Second grade chill
dren.
The Service Flag Third and
fourth grade children.
Union and Liberty" (Holmes)-I
Fifth and sixth grade children.
odd Glory" Games Whitcomb