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Show -.)( UTTLE MAIDS FROM ST. ANN'S ORPHANAGE. " 1 fyf " -Courtesy of the Salt Lake TriV.t;:-.. ;55jqww j ' jftQftjppfviifwtmmmti 7"'" ,l " "" " " XA -c-- l, i-t A - V. M p:i;tV.!?:'r iijip ,-a . j "f fAi fi v- ' I t . &Tr fx t. - " ORPHANS HONOR OlSHOFSCiU Nearly 200 Children Take Part in Exercises at Cath-". Cath-". olio Institution. One hundred and eighty-six children, most of them hon-jJies' little orphans, gave a simple tribute of their love for the Right Rev. Bishop 'Laurence Scan-Ian, Scan-Ian, their guardian, in the observance of the twentieth anniversary of his consecration as a bishop by their exercises ex-ercises at the Kearns St. Ann's orphanage or-phanage 'last evening. The program marked also the close of the school year at the orphanage. In many respects these closing exercises differed materially from those of many school children. Most of the children had no fond parents to appear at this little entertainment, no indulgent relatives rel-atives to praise them for their success. The Touch, of Sorrow. There was an element of pathos in the efforts of these little boys and girls. Each little life has had its tragedy. trag-edy. A long time ago a good man from Nazareth, as he sat on a hill in Palestine, Pales-tine, said, "Suffer the little children to come unto me." The same divine love for the little ones that prompted this Utterance, seems to prevail among the gentle sisters under whose guidance misfortune has brought these children. That this misfortune has been changed to good fortune was evidenced i by the atmosphere of the orphanage last evening when the children made their bow to the public. Their exercises exer-cises Were original and quaint. They were planned entirely by the pupils of the institution. Little Edith McCallum, staid and solemn as any orator who ever graced a forum, gave the address of welcome. She was followed by choruses of the little 'girls and little boys. "Up, Up in the Sky," was sung by the little girls, and "We Are a Merry Set of Boys" by the little' boys. , . Tiny Girls as Teachers. A novel feature pf the program was the examination of the different classes, in geography, arithmetic, composition, writing and stenography. Each class had one. of the pupils as teacher. Wee Cecelia Whelan was the teacher for the tiny children'. She. assigned the work, and in deportment and bearing was every inh ateacher. The examination exam-ination of the third and fourth grades was made by. Hazel Buttles, and that of the fifth, sixth and seventh grades by Bessie McNulty. The tiny girls gave a "Sweep, Sweep" song and drill that brought much applause. ap-plause. Each little girl had a decorated broom, and the ensemble was very pretty. "Columbia, Beloved Land," was the title of a chorus and tableau by the larger girls, led, by Bessie McNulty, Mc-Nulty, dressed as Columbia. Rev. Father Ryan directed a letter to trie stenography class, no member of which is oyer 13 years old. The letter let-ter was written with accuracy and dispatch dis-patch and transcribed n the typewriter. type-writer. At the close of the exercises the Right Rev. Bishop Laurence Scan-Ian Scan-Ian bestowed the medals on the pupils showing the greatest efficiency during I the year. The gold medal donated by Bishop Scanlan for Christian doctrine was won by Edith McCallum. The Patrick Pat-rick Phelan gold medal for good conduct con-duct was awarded to Mary Giacomo. Bessie McNulty won the medal for general .improvement given by. the Very Rev. Dean Harris. The medal for the best pupil in the stenography class, donated by Rev. Father William K. Ryan, was won by Sylvester Mitch- ell. Irene Pergrosse was given the medal donated by Stephen Lavin for improvement in music. Following the bestowing of the medals, Rishop Scanlan made a short talk to the boys and girls of the institution. insti-tution. He told them to look forward to going out into the world to make their owii living, and said that they must continue to work diligently with this prosaect in view. The chiPdren asked that Father Ryan talg to tJiem. .After much pressure he made a few remarks indicative of the pleas'antf nature o his association with the littiA.ones. In behalf of the institution, insti-tution, uivb Very Rev. Dean Harris, cliaplaijj of the Kearns St. Ann's or- phanage, paid a glowing tribute to t rework re-work of BUhop Scanlan. Dean Harris is from Montreal, Canada, and for tlv past eight months has been assigned' tn the diocese of Salt Lake. He luis traveled trav-eled extensively in all parts of thf world in connection with his religious duties, but said last night that he had never seen a better institution of its kind than the Kearns St. Ann's orphanage. or-phanage. This fact he attributfd entirely en-tirely to the patience and zeal of Bishop Scanlan. The "clergy present at the exercises were the Right Rev. Laurence Scanlan, Scan-lan, Very Rev. Dean Harris. Rev. Fa- thers Kiely. Ryan and " Montricchio. j Salt Lake Herald, June 30. "I |
