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Show OGDEN. (St. .Patrick's Day entertainment at Sacred Heart Academy. Ogden, Utah.) More than ordinary interest always centers around the celebration of "St. Patrick's day at Sacred Heart academy, acade-my, not only because.it is the. paternal of Ireland's apostle, but chiefly because jit is the feast of Rev. P. M. Cushna-han, Cushna-han, the well-beloved pastor of St. Joseph's. Jo-seph's. This year the classes of 1904 and 1905 rendered the occasion, , memorable by the presentation of ah up-to-date drama dra-ma flavored with wit. . The humorous situations arising from the pranks of a mad-cap set of college girls the meddlesome schemes of a prying French teacher and the checkmating check-mating of her device by a witty Irish girl furnished a vein of pleasantry which was heartily applauded by a large audience. j The dignified touches M-ere given by the principal of the. college and the mother of one of the students and the pathetic and tragic elements by a ryp-sy ryp-sy and her youthful companion. The. musical part of the programme was, as usual, both varied and excellent. excel-lent. Miss Ryan sang with much expression expres-sion and fine feeling a soprano solo, "Asthore," in striking contrast to which was Miss Coltman's contralto selection, selec-tion, "A. Handful of Earth from the Place :of My Birth." The vocal gem of the evening was the beautiful quartette "Kathleen Movourneen." to the accompaniment ac-companiment of harp, piano and violins. The instrumental selections, though few in number, were appropriate to the occasion and amirably executed. Miss Maloney gave "The Last Rose of Summer" Sum-mer" as a charming violin solo, and the Sacred Heart club, a sprightly and effective rendition of. a fine arrangement arrange-ment of favorite Irish airs. The piano trio, "Uncle Sam's Medley," gave an American flavor to the celebration of Ireland's great national festival. This flavor Mas still further empha sized by the blending of the Stare and Stripes with Erin's banner In the scheme of decoration! A bright chorus of sweetly blended voices closed what M-as pronounced by all a very enjoyable entertainment. St. Joseph's School. On the eve of St. Patrick's day the pupils of St. Joseph's school commemorated commem-orated the feast of their devoted pastor. Rev. P. M. Cushnahan, in a manner befitting this happiest of anniversaries. Right joyously they rendered their charming programme, their sympathetic sympathe-tic songs and touching greetings awakening awak-ening in Father Cushnahan's mind thoughts of home and memories of his mother, while his words of praise and gratitude made their young hearts glow with joy. Two poems by. Miss J. Rice, Sacred Heartacademy, Ogden L'tah: (As sung in the South.) Cold symbols of-the barren North, j The Wasatch mountains lift on high Their rugged heads against the sky; As coldly, boldly standing forth. They bid defiance from on high. Rude giants of a desert land, Unbeauteous Cyclops, grim and bare, With, furrowed sides and hoary hair. Rising from wastes of sage and sand, Facing the world with sombre air. Grim, huge, uncouth, unloved they . face A world unbeautiful as they, A dreary world, sad, bleak and gray, A world in'which there's not a trace Of anything serene or gay. Sad fate is theirs, fore'er to stand Like gloomy sentinels to guard A land so cold, so rough, so hard, A selfish, grasping1 Yankee land. A-land unsung by any bard. ' ' (As sung in the North.) In majesty the Wasatch rise, Glad giants kissed by smiling skies: From heights sublime they look below. On pigmy men that come and go. Kings of immutability! A thousand years of time they'll see; And yet serene, ' unchanged they'll stand, ' God's monuments, unmoved and grand. Great bulwarks of the mighty West, Calm' sentinels in grandeur drest; Oh! lift your snowy summits high And proudly greet , the glowing sky. And let your noble -vastness teach-The teach-The greater things that we may reach; The grander selves $ Jiat we may' be And rise like you, 'sublime and free. |