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Show : fh, WELCOMED BACK TO ALMA MATER W . BY SISTERS OP THE HOLY CROSS U -1 ( 1 ' The sisters of the Jloly Cross had 5 jj ; iho pleasure of welcoming buck to iy ... I alma mater Snturdny afternoon a large ! !') number 01' tlio graduates or" the j'pi ' J ucjideniy. t was " t ho regular annual reunion of (he alumnae, an organ isa- . J J tion that counts on its roll women J ' J J , whoso al'tcrschool careers arc a credit ' i , i (o (he institution from whose halls I ' Lhcy have gono forth crowned with the i ; 1 ; highest honors in its giving-. J t .Some, of them aro married, more of I , them single, and somo six or eight aro , " professed members of religious orders, j 1 two of these being present at; the ex- m ' ercises of this .year Sister M. Dora- i i , then (Miss Alioo Bnmeau) and Sister i M.-Berenice (Miss Eugenic Brnnoau). 1 The business meeting wai; presided , , j over by Miss Frances Phillipps. The I chief item of importance at this year's ','. mooting was an election of ollicers. Tho j result of the ballot was ns follows: ( i President Miss Roso McDouough. . t I j( 1 Vice president. Miss Miunio italsom. j .Secret ary-treasurer Misn Mno Kane. 'Vt1' . Assistant, secretary-treasurer Miss J , Anna liotr.ler. J 'j i I Tho loriu of oflico for caoh is three ,. . . care. t'10 conclusion of tho meeting the ( ,1,: doors of tho banquet hall wero thrown , s k open, revealing a sight as dcloctablo to , k tho aesthetic senso as to that to which f i j J ii. was particularly inviting. When tho 1 ( , j ' forty-four ticsfs took thoir places, a i photographic view of tho scono was ji taken as a souvenir for days to come. ) f! Mrs. "William Jeffers was lonstmis- ' . jl tress., and as tho happv hours sped on ) i nj . she called for responses as follows: 'To Our Guests," Mrs. A. N. Uuii-nion; Uuii-nion; "To Alnui Mater." Miss Margaret Mar-garet McDouough; "To tho Old Girls," Adelaide Sun. Thn toasts wore interesting in their variety of sentiment, and poetry, wit and humor. At 7 o'clock tho complimentary programme pro-gramme given by tho pupils was ready to begin and a largo and appreciative audience hud gathered in flic assembly hall. Tho feature of tho programme was an original play by tho members of the graduating class. The story of the plot centered about, an episodo of a reunion of the class of ID 10 held in the year 1910, the naturo of which .iustilies tho title of tho play, "Tho Missing Member." Mem-ber." Tho prologuo was delivered by Miss Muna Mono, who also carried the iitlo role in the character of a millionaire mil-lionaire minor. Tho Misses .Margaret McDonough and 13ort.hu Michaolis appear ap-pear in the garb of sisters of tho Holy Cross, both boing mombers of the faculty facul-ty of St. Mary's acadomy at tho time of tho play. Miss Mario Hughes (in the play) has .iusr, been wedded lo a Marquis of Franco: MisH Adelaide Run is a eonnlor from "Wyoming; Misa Florence Flor-ence Sullivan is a Ica"dcr In phvsicnl cuJ-fcuro cuJ-fcuro and hygiene; Miss Nolly Smith, a physician foremost in tho medical ranks; Miss Lydia Whito, a musical composer; Miss Rhea Whutloy, an artist art-ist of international ropnto; Miss "Winnie "Win-nie McDonough, a literary cclobrit3': "Miss Mary Sullivan, an astronomical discoveror, and Miss LUlio Broylcs, an invcntresB of tho porfeot airship of tho Twentieth century. The incidonts of the play are interesting not only from the number of surprises, but also from the. very naturalness with which the simple little plot unfolds itself. Purporting Pur-porting on tho general programme lo fill tho requirement of one of the numbers num-bers of tho school paper, St. Marv's .lournal, it more than answered I fiat purpose, containing; as it. did a number of literary productions from the composition compo-sition class, various little squibs and fancies, sparkling with wit and humor, and many a good-natured hit at the "things that be." Music, vocal and instrumental, nlso entered into the scheme; and as a whole it. was a splendid splen-did sotting for the various accomplishments accomplish-ments of this talented class. Tho chorus training at St. Marv's is alroady widely known for its exceptional excep-tional nioritn. and the double chorus with which the programmo opened was ar.othor splendid continual ion of this high estimate. Tho lirst part was a "Yachting Gloo" bv William Culbort-son; Culbort-son; the second, "The Venetian Boatman's Boat-man's Kvoning Song," bv .J. T. Hnt ton. Tho soloist was Miss Eugenie Morcior. Accompanists: piano, Miss K. Chipman, and violins. Misses M. McDonough, Mc-Donough, L. Broylcs, 13. Topham and 17. Jacobson. Lovers of the soulful music of tho harp wero dolighted with Miss Lydia Whito's sympathetic interpretation of Thomas's "Autumn," a thcmo familiar to ooneorfcgocrs and a favorite with all who hear it. Nieodo's "Tarontclla" na rendered by Miss Alice Woldon, plainly showed tho high degrco of excellence 'to which that young lady has alroady arrived in her piano study. "Springtime." a pretty song by A. "Woolcr, was tho vocal gem of tho evening's crown of music, "Miss Margaret Marga-ret McDonough, the acadomy prima donna, boing at her best in this piece. A violin solo. "Komancc," bv Alfred Al-fred lletlisch. was another warmlv appreciated ap-preciated contribution from the snme young lady's repertoire, this number being incorporated in the third act of the play. A vocal duct, "Dark Davs of llor ror, "from Soniiramidr-Ko'ssiui. was beautifully sung by the Misses Oys t;il Montgomery ami Uuzd Hicks, their voices blending in an exquisite harmony har-mony of tone color. At the doV of this complimentary i programme the guests wore conducted to the parlor reception room, which was most elegantly trimmed and furnished fur-nished for tho Hocial function of tho reunion. re-union. The class of 11)10 was honored with the privilege of entertaining the guests, and most creditably did they acquit, ac-quit, themselves in this capacity. Miss Mario Hughes presided at the punch booth and Miss Nolly Smith at the fudge corner. Among the iamcs of tho evening was a novel and ingenious device de-vice which might be called "The Conquest Con-quest of the Pole.'-' Miss Angeliuo llcckarf being in charge. The feat of planting the Stars and Stripes to a pole surrounded by impeding- icebergs was to bo the point of victory. Cards and various other amusements, with a little danciug, engaged tho party till a. late hour, when with good-byes and hearty assurances of having the most enjoyable en-joyable tune the gucsfs departed and the alumnae reunion of 1001 was another an-other happy memory for alma mater and her do voted children. |