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Show OGDEN. Commencement Exercises of Sacred Heart Academy. The graduating exercises of the Sacred Sa-cred Heart academy were held in the academy hall Wednesday evening. June IS, and were probably the most successful success-ful ever held in the long history of the institution. The hall was gracefully draped in the class colors pale blue and orange. There were seven bright and talented young ladies in the pradu-ating pradu-ating iass the Misses Ruth Avery, Jean MacMillan, Ann Moran, Edith Hawley, Marion Reid, Edna Cannon and Cora Sullivan. me musical numDers were particularly particu-larly fine and elicited much applause, as did also the various productions in verse and prose of the young lady gra- I duates. The opening chorus was rendered ren-dered with dash and brilliancy. ! Miss E. Hawley's "Salutatory" was a graceful composition . in verse, upon which she received many sincere compliments. com-pliments. The piano octette, though a difficult selection, was rendered with an ease J and grace that evinced great musical ability oil the part of the young ladies. Miss C. Sullivan's essay was a very thoughtful, well-written production, and was admirably given. One of the most interesting numbers was the harp and piano duet,; Miss j Avery handling the harp with great skill and brilliancy, and Miss Cannon the piano with a delicacy of touch that ' marks the musical artist. j "The Prophecy of the Class of 1902" j was a greatly, humorous poem, thor- I oughly original in tone and treatment. and delivered in a manner that Avon I great appaluse and appreciation. j Miss Johnsop delighted the audience j with a violin solo, which was accompanied accom-panied by Miss Cannon on the piano. Miss Johnson certainly surprised the audience by. the purity of tone, the skill in technique and the brililancy of execution of a very difficult violin selection. se-lection. Miss Moran's essay, "More Than Queen a Woman," was a thoughtful, dignified prose composition that reflected great credit on her literary lite-rary ability. This was followed by an instrumental selection on harp, piano and ten violins, which was one of the gem numbers of the programme. The bowing of even the youngest violinist was perfect. The class poem, by Miss MacMillan, followed. This was a com position of rare merit in stately verse, expressing the most beautiful thoughts in the purest English and richest style. It was given in a most effective manner, man-ner, showing rare elocutionary talent and fine literary ability. The most dor lightfully artistic number of all, and the only one of which a encore was demanded, de-manded, was Miss Avery's vocal solo, "Thou Brilliant Bird." This very brilliant bril-liant and really difficult composition was given with an ease and grace truly charming, and in a voice which showed an unlooked-for power, sweetness, range and purity. Although custom at the ademy does not usually permit responses to encores, yet Miss Avery was allowed to respond, and sang with exquisite sweetness a lullaby. Miss Edna Cannon then delivered her essay, "The Dominant Key," a charming charm-ing composition In prose. Music was the underlying theme, and she handled the subject tactfully and with an ability abil-ity that mare a distinct impression on the audience, not only by the subject matter, but also by the manner ofj delivery. de-livery. The Sacred Heart Cecilian club then rendered the "Caprice Brilliant" in a faultless manner Though twenty-seven twenty-seven musicians took part in this number, num-ber, yet harp, pianos, violins, mandolins mando-lins and guitars blended together as one instrument, producing a most. striking effect. Rev. P. M. Cushnahan conferred con-ferred the gradutaging diplomas and medals on the young ladies who had just finished the academic course. Miss Avery then recited her valedictory valedic-tory in a most impressive manner, her voice and gestures suiting the ideas admirably. Her subjecUwas "Cycles," and was a pleasing poem, graceful in diction, dignified in style and beautiful in thought, the central idea being very appropriate to the occasion. The final number was a sacred canto and chorus, and the exquisite modulation modula-tion of the pure, young voices in the beautiful selection rendered it a fitting climax to a choice programme. As dirties of a sacred character prevented pre-vented Right Rev. L. Seanlan from attending at-tending the exercises. Rev. P. M. Cushnahan Cush-nahan consented to address the graduates. gradu-ates. Though the discourse was but an impromptu one, yet the audience was unanimous in declaring it one of the finest efforts of the gifted orator.. After congratulating the young . ladies on their mental attainments and uniform lady-like demeanor, in a forcible manner man-ner Father Cushnahan outlined woman's misison in modern society, and expressed the hope that each of the seven would prove true to this sacred sa-cred trust. and to the inspirations she had received from her alma mater. The reverend - speaker then congratulated the mothers of the young ladies, and paid a glowing tribute to their maternal mater-nal devotion which directed them to select se-lect Sacred Heart for their daughters. To the mothers first lesson he ascribed as-cribed the noble impulse of their gifted daughters' hearts and the upward moral mo-ral bendings of their wills. But the central idea of the address was the smbolism underlying the number num-ber seven. This symbolism the reverend rever-end speaker illustrated by the happiest allusions to the seven branched candlestick, candle-stick, the seven gifts of the Holy Ghost and the seven-fold channels of grace. Occasionally he referred to some striking point in one or other of the essays, and spoke touchingly of those among the class whom he had watched grow up from babyhood under the shadows of the Sacred Heart. j The Alumni of Sacred Heart Academy On the evening of the 18th the Alumnae Alum-nae gave a banquet in honor of the class of 1902, which was in every sense a notable function. Some twenty-five members were in attendance, and all pronounced the reunion a very happy and enjoyable one. The officers, assisted by some of the other members, spent the entire afternoon after-noon arranging the academy parlors for the occasion. The floral decorations, consisting of white carnations (the class flower( relieved by delicate green foliage and festoons of smilax, were exceedingly chaste and beautiful. Rev. Fathers Cushnahan, Casey and Hayes presided at the tables. At the conclusion of the banquet the president," presi-dent," Miss N. Maguire, welcomed the graduates of 1902 into the Alumnae, and Miss Jean MacMillan responded in a short but graceful and effective speech. Miss Rae Kick's response to the welcome wel-come accorded the class of 1901 was a happy blending of humor and seriousness. serious-ness. Each of the preceding, classes was represented in turn, until the class of 1896 was reachfd, -when the unavoidable unavoid-able absence of Miss Loona .Cahoon caused a break. The members request ed Rev. Father Cushnahan to substitute substi-tute Miss Cahoon7 Father Cushnahan graciously acceded to the request and expressed the. pleasure it gave him to substitutcone of whom the society, the academy and Ogden may justly be proud. -He paid a high tribute to all the graudates of the institution, congratulated con-gratulated the Sisters on their good fortune in numberingrsuch noble young ladies on 'ther graduating list, and the Alumnae members n their gratitude and devotion to their alma mater. He also expressed: his conviction that the new members . would, maintain the honor and prestige of the association and increase' its power.. Rev. Father Casey . addressed the banqueters in a short but touching discourse, dis-course, and -expressed the hope that he would have the happiness of being present at' the next banquet given by the Alumnae of Sabred Heart academy. Rev. Father Hayes also responded. The I members then amused themselves with songs and music until after 10. On separting each bore away a very pretty hand-painted souvenir of the Alumnae banquet of 1902. ". . Miss Maynard !of Salt Lake is visiting visit-ing Miss Marie. McGuire. Mr. Con Smith of Boulder, Mont., returned re-turned to his home ' Monday after a visit with friends in the city. His nieces, Misses Anna and Sadie McGuire, Mc-Guire, accompany him and will spend the summer in Montana. TVednesday afternoon of last week Mrs. Thomas Fitgerald entertained a large party of friends at euchre, followed fol-lowed by a delicious luncheon, being assisted by Mesdames Ryan and Francis Fran-cis and Miss Kate Carnahan. It was one of the most aengntrui iuncuons of the week, and was enjoyed by the .Mesdames F. J. Kiesel. Maguire, Allison, Alli-son, Hume, Spargo, Bell, Whalen, Heywood. Hey-wood. Tyler, Andrews, Baker, Brick, Armstrong, Matson, Hurst, Reynolds, Healy, Nelson, Kiesel, Stevens, Nye, Wenner, Dalrymple. Rowe, Toy, Kan- j ady, Corlew, Hansen. Patton. J. Peery, Young of Salt Lake,-Lewis, Herrick, A. Kuhn, Abe Kuhn. . Wertheimer, M. j Kuhn, Warren,- Cullen, A. Bigelow, Bigelow, Stewart, Hodge, Van Allen, Marlnor, McDermott, Perkins, Conlisk, Jones, Gilliland, Kiesel of Sacramento, Cal., Misses Green, Hendershot, N. Hendershot, C. Conroy, Schansenbach, E. Kuhn, E. Wright, N. Healy, Dalrymple, Dalrym-ple, Kuhn. Mrs. Thomas Whalen entertained a number of her lady friends Tuesday afternoon of last week in a charming manner in honor of Mrs. F. J. Kiesel, jr., of Sacramento. Among the ladies 1 present- were Mesdames F. J. Cannon, J. Peery, T. Fitzgerald, F. J." Kiesel. S. Brick, J. W. Guthrie. L. Francis, D. Ensign, J. Spargo, D. Healey, A. Schansenbach, Schan-senbach, J. Tyler, A. R. Heywood, E. M. Allison, Misses Louise Peery and May Hume. Mrs. Powell of Cheyenne is visiting Mrs. Meaden at 2333 Jefferson avenue. Mrs. A. R. Heywood spent last week in Salt Lake, visiting with Miss Frances Phillips. O. G. Maher of Evanston was in Ogden Og-den during the week, calling on friends. Mrs. E. M. Morrissey and children left Wednesday morning over the Union Pacific to visit her old home near Columbus, Co-lumbus, O. Mrs. Joseph Young of Salt Lake was the guest of Mrs. T. D. Ryan last week. |