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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
ST. GENEVIEVE-OF-THE-PINES,
ASHEVILLE, N. C.. COLLEGE
DEPARTMENT
Asheville, N. C.,—Two Bachelor of
Arts degrees and three Lycee di
plomas were awarded at the 1923
commencement exercises of the Col
lege of St. Genevieve-of-the-Pines.
Itt. Rev. Leo Haid, O. S. B., D. D.,
Bishop of Belmont and Vicar Apos
tolic of North Carolina, delivered
the commencement address.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Lyons of
Anderson, S. C,, and Miss Mary
Beatrice Mathews of Ashevile, N.
C., received the degree of Bachelor
of Arts, and the Lycee diplomas,
awarded on the completion of the
course for prospective professors of
French, went to Miss Dorothy Vir
ginia Devany, Dencjron, Va., Miss
Helen Halpin Laughlin, Cleveland,
Ohio, and Miss Mary Beatrice Math
ews, Asheville, N. C.
Jeanne D’Arc, a tragedy in three
acts, featured the commencement
program. The play was given in
French, and the young women seem
ed to he as much at home in this
language as in their native tongue.
St. Genevieve-of-the-Pines is noted
for its French courses, the mem
bers of the faculty in this depart
ment being natives of France, and
they revisit the schools in France
at regular intervals.
The commencement exercises op
ened with prayer and the singing of
the “Veni Creator.” Miss Lyons
delivered the address of welcome.
Miss Helen Crawford, Black Moun
tain, N. C., and Miss Anna Louise
Mulhcrin contributed a duet to the
program. Miss Wilson followed the
presentation of the play with a
piano solo. A tableau, St. Michael,
St. Catherine and St. Marguerite, was
presented by the Misses Lyons of
Anderson, S. C., Catherine Brown
of Asheville, and Catherine Green
wood of Mobile, Ala. The Alma
Mater song, the words of which
were written by Miss True and Miss
nlocnH »h*» qhiHpnU'*
of the program.
erinc Stuntz, Havana, Cuba. The
Misses Neal, Margaret Loughran and
Francesca Howland, all of Ashe
ville, entertained with a very pleas
ing French recitation, Les Pauvres
Gens, after which the Misses Mul-
herin and Crawford played a piano
duo, Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C
Minor. The valedictory was given
by Miss Brenner. “The Witches’
Dance,” a piano quartet was the. con
tribution to the program of the
Misses Teresa Quesada, Havana, Cu
ba, Florence Rexford, Elmira, N."Y.;
Gladys Hornsby, Havana, Cuba, and
Natalie de Golian, Atlanta ,Ga.
The officers of the graduating class
are; President, Miss Turner; vice-
president, Miss Laurey; secretary,
Miss Rutledge; treasurer, Miss Bren
ner. The class motto is: “Semper
Fidelis.”
Church, with which the Academy is
connected.
Denza’s “Garden of Flowers” was
cleverly interpreted by the graduates
and the girls of the lower classes
rendered “Voices of Flowers.” Miss
Mary Cabrera contributed Von Web
er’s “Polacca Brilante” to the pro
gram. Miss Josephine Arnold was
pianist.
ST. GENEVIEVE-OF-THE-PINES
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT
Ashevile, N. C.,—The Academy of
St. Gcnevicve-of-the-Pines held its
commencement exercises the day
previous to the College department.
The graduates in the college prepa
ratory course were Miss Elizabeth
Gatewood Brenner, Charleston, S.
C., Miss Catherine Collins Brown,
Asheville, N. C.; Miss Catherine
Marie Greenwood, Mobile, Ala.; Miss
Hiawatha F'enton Neal, Asheville, N.
C., and Miss Christa Gillis Wells,
Asheville, N. C. Diplomas in the
literary course were awarded to Miss
Helen Crawford, Black Mountain, N.
C., Miss Mildred Elizabeth Laurey,
Charleston, S. C.; Miss Anna Louise
Mulhcrin, Augusta, Ga.; Miss Doro
thea Barclay Rutledge, Fletcher, N.
C-, and Miss Margaret Marie Turner,
Quitman, Ga.
Miss Laurey delivered the address
of welcome, which was followed by a
piano quartet by Miss Mulhcrin, Miss
Crawford, Miss Celestine Kissinger,
Chattanooga, Tenn., and Miss Cath-
ST. JOSEPH’S ACADEMY, ST.
AUGUSTINE, FLA.
St. Augustin, Fla.—The commence
ment exercises of St. Joseph’s Aca
demy this year marked the silver ju
bilee of the ordination of Very
Rev. James Nunan, D. D., vicar-gen-
cral of the Diocese of St. Augustine,
and the exercises were held in his
honor.
Miss Evelyn Wessner was saluta-
torian, ahd instead of the usual sal
utatory address she voiced jubilee
greetings to Rev. Dr. Nunan for the
class. The Senior Class sang the
“Welcome Song”, which was follow
ed by a tambourine drill by the pu
pils of the seventh and eighth grad
es. Miss Ruth Vansant sang a solo:
“Dannie Boy”. “Our Last Meeting”,
was next given by the Seniors. Miss
Clarissc Simms contributed a recita
tion, “Jubilee Chimes”, which was
followed by a chorus by the Junior,
Sophomore and Freshman classes.
A solo, “Father In Heaven”, by
Miss Eunice Banta and the presen
tation of bouquets, at which Masters
John Hart and Edward Fishwick as
sisted, preceeded the delivery of the
valedictory by Miss Irma Lee Mic.k-
ler. After the class song, “Farewell
to St. Joseph’s,” the diplomas were
presented by Rt. Rev. Patrick Barry,
D. D., Bishop of St. Augustine, who
also delivered the address to the
graduates.
The graduates, the first three of
whom are class president, vice-pres
ident and secretary respectively, fol
low:
Ruth Elinor Vansant, Lucile Eli
zabeth Lynn, Alliene Estella O’Brien,
Evelyn Ruby Wessner, Irma Lee
Mickler, Elinor Almeda Lott, Wilma
Irwin Rogero, Lila Mae Andreu, Vera
Lazetta P'rankc, Manuela Hall Jones,
Catherine Gleason, Agnes Elizabeth
Carrera, Edith Dean Cardy, Thelma
Barbara Masters, Mary Agnes Colee,
Marie Antoinette Schmidt, Winifred
Alicia Lynn, Julia Melanie Mickler,
Leorc Gertrude Brown and Frances
Isabella Thompson.
CONVENT OF OUR LADY, STAR OF
THE SEA, APALACHICOLA, FLA.
Apalachicola, Fla.—The Convent of
Our Lady Star of the Sea, awarded
diplomas to four young ladies and
one young man this year at the an
nual commencement exercises. The
graduates were the Misses Louise
Messina, Katherine Floyd, Eva Doyle
and Elizabeth Nedley and Herman
Long. The exercises took place in
St. Patrick’s Church, the graduat
ing class being preceded into the
church by the Juniors, Carl Morton
and the Misses Catherine Lewis,
Myrtle Corley, Madeline Rocco and
Maud Marr.
Rev. Dr. Cullen, pastor of St. Pat
rick’s, delivered the address to the
graduates and awarded the diplomas.
The graduates then assisted at the
special mass which followed, at
which an augmented choir rendered
Leonard’s mass. At the offertory
the Misses Loretto Long and Floyd
Rice sang: “Behold the Bread of
Angels!” The music was under the
direction of Mrs. Ewing Rice.
ST. MARY’S SCHOOL, HUNTSVILLE
ALABAMA.
Huntsville, Ala.—Graduating Exer
cises of St. Mary’s School took place
this year in the Church of the Visi
tation. The graduates, Miss Marjo
rie Cooney and Masters Walter Mc-
Lane, Philip Brosemer and Philip
Thullen, received their dlolomas
from the Rev. T. H. Kennedy, pas
tor, who preached a very eloquent
sermon on the occasion. Benedic
tion of the Blessed Sacrament closed
the ceremony. The Church, beauti
fully with palms, lillies and other
decorations, was crowded with
friends and relations of the grad
uates.
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ST. ALOYSIUS COLLEGE, VICKS
BURG, MISS.
Vicksburg, Miss.—Diplomas were
awarded seven graduates of St. Aloy-
sius College in this city at the re
cent commencement exercises. The
graduates were Florian Gussio, Na
than B. Lewis, Herman Marcus,
Mathias M. Meislieimer, Jr,, John J.
Ryan, Jr., Walter M. Shannon and
W. J. Vollor, Jr. The address to the
graduates was delivered by Rev. Ne-
lius Downing. St. Aloysius College
is conducted by the Brothers of the
Sacred Heart, with Brother Marti-
nian as president and Brother F’lori-
mond, of Augusta, Ga., vice-presi
dent.
The valedictory address was deliv
ered by Nathan Lewis, and Mathias
M. Meislieimer was saluatorian. The
S. A. C., Glee Club gave three selec
tions, one in French, all of which re
flected great credit on them and
their teachers.
The Alumni Gold Medal, awarded
to the graduate securing the highest
examination average, went to the
salutatorian. James J. Parker was
awarded the typewriting prize, his
record being 55 words a minute for
fifteen minutes. Samuel A. Romano
also earned a medal for typing over
forty words a- minute for fifteen
minutes.
URSULINE ACADEMY, COLUMBIA,
S. C.
Columbia, S. C.—The Ursuline
Academy of Columbia, S. C., and St.
Peter’s Parochial School, both under
the direction of the Ursuline Nuns
had their __ closing the last of May
with fitting commencement exercises
in the distribution of premiums and
the awarding of diplomas and a va
ried and interesting program. The
graduates of the year were—Mr.
John Park, Mr. Thomas Zobel, Mr.
George McDougal, Miss Nellie Mae
Abbott, Miss Mary Mcllroy and Miss
LaCraystal Carter, of St. Peter’s High
School, and Miss Mary Fahey, Miss
Margaret Hoefer and Miss Margaret
Narey of the Academy.
Rt. Rev. W’m. T. Russell, D. D„
Bishop of Charleston, in his address
to the graduates, emphasized the fos
tering of religious vocations to carry
on the work of the Church in her
educational institutions. At the con
clusion of the exercises, the Bishop
bestowed his blessing.
CONVENT OF MARY IMMACULATE
KEY WEST, FLORIDA
Key West, Fla.—The convent of
Mary Immaculate, under the direc
tion of the Sisters of the Holy
Names, sent out four graduates at
its fifty-fourth annual commence
ment. The graduates were the Misses
Hortensc Gomez, Ida Meltzer, Adella
Davis ahd Claudia Demeritt. Miss
Gomez delivered the valedictory,
and Miss Demeritt the salutatory.
Miss Demeritt was .awarded the
alumnae prize for the highest schol
astic average for the school year.
The address to the graduates was
delivered by Rev. L. P. White, S.J.,
pastor of St. Mary, Star of the Sea
ST. GENEVIEVE OF THE
PINES
ASHEVILLE. N. C.
College - Academy - Grammar
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level. Unsurpassed climatic con
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A French Department where
studeuts have the same advan
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A limited number of lady
boarders are received during the
summer months.
For information, apply to the
Mother Superior.
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COLLEGE
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Conducted by the Benedictine
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Four-Year College Course leads
to A. B. Degree. High School
Course prepares for College or
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Classes Limited.
Private Rooms and Dormitories.
Situated in the Asheville-Pine-
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Table supplied from its own
farm of one thousand acres.
Board and Tuition, $409 a year.
Private Rooms, $100.
For information or Catalog
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Rev. Fr. Thomas, O. S. B.,
Belmont, North Carolina.
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MACON, GA.
Conducted By the Sisters of Mercy.
Primary, Preparatory, and High School Departments.
Charming Location. Modern Building.
The advantages of the country with the conveniences
of the city.
Boarding and Day Students.
For further information write—
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GREENVILLE, S. C.
Conducted By
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PRIMARY, INTERMEDIATE AND ACADEMIC
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Building heated by steam—all modern improvements.
Physical Health, Solid Knowledge, Cultured Manners,
Moral and Religious Training, the aim of the Sisters.
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Ninety-fourth Session Begins September 12
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