St Stephens Academy - Academician Yearbook (Port Huron, MI)

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Before we donned the sack cloth and ashes for the holy season of Lent, the K. of C. Dramatic Club gave a pre-Lenten party for the benefit of the S. S. A. A. The E. and T. Club Rooms were used for the gathering. Music was furnished by Danny G'reen,s Orchestra. Miss Janice O'Rourke showed plainly that her talent did not run en- tirely along the elocutionary line when she gave a Class Party on April 22. This charming little hostess provided great fun and pleasure for her sixteen companions. On March 18th, in keeping with the custom of former years the Senior Class of Twenty-two entertained Very Reverend Father McManus in the Music Studio. This being the sixth centenary of the death of Dante Alighieri, the most eminent Italian poet, it seemed only natural that he should be chosen as a fitting subject for the enjoyable program for Rev. Father McManus's Feast Day. The ladies of St. Stephen's presented him with a purse of gold. The program was as follows: Greetings ...................................... Chorus Address ............... .... C larence Adamson Gems from Ireland ..... ........ G race Moore The Irish Shillelagh .... ...Janice O'Rourke Mother Machree ..... ........ G irls' Chorus Adoration-Violin ...... ..... G eorge Fountain America the Beautiful .... ........ B oys' Chorus Life of Dante .......... .... W ellington Burns The VVorks of Dante. .. ..... Louis Samberg The Divina Commedia .... ...... J ames Stack St, Joseph ............. ......... C horus Dante, the Catholic ............. .... I oseph Easton Dante, and our Blessed Mother .... ..... C harles Wyllie Ave Maria .................................. Senior Girls On Monday, May 29th the students of St. Stephen's entertained several members of the Grand Army of the Republic and a delegation of the Women's Relief Corps. The Academician goes to print too early to allow us to give the details of Class Day or the junior Banquet, which will be held on Monday, June 12th. But we wish to state that we fully anticipate that both occasions will prove to be a fit closing for the festivities of this scholastic year.

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UCI l g.jl's!LlY There are no times like the old times- They shall never be forgot: There is no place like the old place- Keep green the dear old spot! There are no clnuns like the old chums- May heaven protect them allg There are no friends like the old friends- God bless them great and small. The social activities for the school year could not have opened with a 'more delightful party, than the surprise tended Miss Margaret Cashman by her classmates at her home on October 24th. This party proved to be a fitting opening for the good times which followed. The evening was spent in dancing, games and music, after which a delicious lunch was served. The evening of November 26th was the occasion of a jolly dancing party, given in honor of Private Francis Fisher, U. S. Marine Corps, by his former classmates at the home of Miss Nora Molloy. This was his first furlough and the effort made by one and all made it an evening that will long be remembered. The Foot-Ball season was brought to a successful close by a Banquet prepared by the Senior girls on the evening of December 14th. The room was attractively decorated in their colors, Blue and VVhite. The Guests of Honor were Very Reverend Father McManus, Reverend Father Brennan, and Mr. Hudson. the coach. At the conclusion of the banquet toasts and impromptu speeches were given. Much praise was given to the team for the spirit they had shown throughout the season, and they showed their -appreciation by responding with their best yells. But the good times were not to end with the old year, and to make sure of this Irene McCarthy showed her ability as hostess, when she enter- tained the class at a Valentine Party. The decorative scheme and the dainty refreshments were in harmony with the day.

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St. Steplzerfs School of Music Grace A. Moore ,2I gave her Graduation Recital on Wednesday even- ing, May 3ISt, at eight o'clock. Program Sonata Op. I3 ........... ..... ..... . . ..Beethoven Grave ,Allegro Fantasiestucke Op. I2 ......................... Schumann Why? No. 3 Whims No. 4 One Fleeting Hour ........................ .... L ee Dorothy Green-Voice Florence Smith-Violin Serenade--Trio ....... . ..., . ..n. . . .. ...i. ...... . . . . Widor Florence Smith-Violin I Elizabeth Hill-Violin II Beata Burke-Cello Revolutionary Etude ............... ..... C hopin Spinning Song ................. .................. L itolif Scotch Poem ................................ Mac Dowell Andante Finale, C Lucia di Lammermoornj-left hand .................Leschetizky Contra Dances ......................... Beethoven-Elman Florence Smith-Violin Dorothy Green-Piano Rigoletto . . ....................... .... V erdi-Liszt Dilomas of Honor are awarded to the following pupils of St. Stephen's School of Music: Jean Adamson, Kathleen Addison, Genevieve Bernard, Mary Canham, Gordon Carlisle, Easter Duchane, Ruth Hardy, Catherine Karrer, Mary Louise Karrer, Delmar Kernohan, Dexter Kernohan, Morris Leahy, Freda McLaughlin, Delbert Molloy, Vera Montrose, Rosalie Polito, Claire Rawley, Ethel Robidue, Edna Waite, Charles Wright, joseph Wright, Margaret Jones. The following list of pupils are the Diploma Winners of St. Stephen's School for the Palmer Method of Writing: Elwin Bowshow, joseph Letzgus, john Perz, Lillian Kelly, Leona Cote, Winifred Wilder, Helen Pick, Kath- erine Karrer, Frances Roy, Ann Conger, Kathleen Cristner, Elizabeth Eas- ton, Theresa Marone, Beatrice Netter, Josephine Zezinah, Sadie Anter, Catherine Moser, Margaret Jones, Elinore Patton, Loretta Cote.