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Show CHEYENNE, WYO. ' (Special Correspondence.) The November reports were distributed distrib-uted to the juaiors, and in most cases they showed a marked improvement over last month's, but in some cases, chiefly : through absence, the children lost their places. Those-who had studied, stud-ied, hard and obtained the first places in their classes were as follows: Misses - Loretta' ' Stnpleton. Bessie O'Connor. Ruby Denny, Margaret Walsh. Mary Howard. The musical numbers were given by Mis-w5 Margaret Dineen. .May Riley, Margaret and Catherine Walsh, Mary Ellis and Ida Welsh, whose violin solo was remarkably good. The little ones were delightfully naive and simple in their recitsitioij called. "The Grateful j Swan." The "Queen of Mirth." sung by the third and fourth grades, was I much liked. A new 'feature in the, programme pro-gramme was the fifth and sixth grades' calisthenic exercises, accompanied with music. It was a pleasant afternoon and the Reverend Mother seemed well pleased with the children's progress. On the following day the seniors held their concert and had their reports read. Those who held tlie places of honor in their classes were: Misses Elizabeth Niland. Georg'e ! Sullivan, Catharine McCabe. Nellie Barlow, Helen Keefe, Rolla Mo'se. Musical exercises in scales and -technique were given by Misses Madeline Farley, Ethel Warlauinont. ' Carrie Welsh. Ora Murphy, Anna Ketcham. Jennie ' Brooks. Gertrude Geddes. and on -the violin. Miss Mildred Ketcham. Misses Julia Brown. Mary ' Kcogh. Maria Leahy and Nellie Barlow gave two scenes from act III of. Mrs. He-mars' He-mars' "Vesners of'P.'ilermo:" and Mjss Catharine McCabe and Miss Ethel Warlaumont recited selections from Longfellow's "Golden .Legend." which showed careful training. . Miss 'Elizabeth 'Eliza-beth Keefe; '06, read a highly instructive instruc-tive essay on "The Life and Works of J. G. - -Whittier." Reverend Mother then spoke a fiw words of encouragement.' encourage-ment.' after which all d'spersed. resolving re-solving to work with great earnestness during the next term. I The .tumor clsss in the academy grave. j a set of calisthenic exercises with i duinb-beHs. and recited in concert a Piece entitled. "Because They Didir'r Think." . They sue receivim?; special tra'nlyg in Physical culture and elocution, elocu-tion, and these exercises prove, how effective the lessons sire and how much they are liked by the students. Many Chris mas. carols have been learned or ri hearsed by the choir, and approDriate ''(citations studied for the benefit of "those at home." In the work room sill h-ive been busy finishing- presents, and Christmas will reveal many beautiful pieces, oi embroidery and other fancy t rtieles. In the studio all ftra work'ng zealously zeal-ously to finish the paintings ?nd other work on hand in t'me for Christmas gifts. The more advanced pupils are finishing some large scenes ' or -fruit studies: while the beginners are striving striv-ing to finish smaller works, and all arr producing da'ntv cards. The convent fair was very successful success-ful this year, thanks to the kind friends who were so e-euerous in giving' all the help they - could, and to whom i the siste-R offer grateful thanks, ae- coiiieiinied by earnest nravers for their 1 welfare and for blessings during the I new year. |