Exhibition: Commencement Day
Notre Dame University
Venue: Exhibition Hall [Washington Hall after Feb 1864]
Date:Wednesday, June 24th, 1863, at 2 o’clock, P.M.
Order of Exercises.Overture: College Band
Poland–Oration: E. M. Brown
American Literature–Essay: D. J. Spillard
Music.Patriotism–Oration: J. H. McManus
The Crusades–Essay: L. G. Tong
Music.College Associations–Oration: M. Corbey
Address from the Philopatrian Society: Thomas Ewing
Music.Address from the Deaf Mutes: George D. Kelly
The Valedictory–A Poem: Joseph Healy
Music.Conferring of Degrees and Distribution of Premiums.
Play: The Reverse of the Medal (a minor comedy)
Author: Unknown
Date: Wednesday evening, June 24, 1863
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: the Juniors [boys 13 to 17]
Venue: Exhibition Hall [Washington Hall after Feb 1864]
Cast List
Prologue, by: Thomas Ewing
Kreutz: George Haldorn
Frederick: Thomas Ewing
Neighbor: Horace Owens
Walk: R. Pinkerton
Fairy: Louis Marks
Geronimus: P. Fitzpatrick
Head Pupil: John Dillon
1st Pupil: F. Guthrie
2nd Pupil: Henry Harris
3rd Pupil: Michael Mahony
4th Pupil: Charlie Spencer
Play: The Drama of William Tell
Author: J. C Friedrich Von Schiller [1804]; or more likely, James Sheridan Knowles [1825], with the three female speaking roles cut, probably by Father Shaw
Date: Wednesday evening, June 24, 1863
Director: Father Shaw
Producing Organization: Thespian Society
Venue: Exhibition Hall [Washington Hall after Feb 1864]
Cast List
Tell: E. M. Brown
Gesler: J. H. McManus
Albert: J. P. Kennedy
Sarnem: W. P. Cotter
Conrad (substituted for Emma): D. J. Spillard
Melctal: C. Haines
Verner: J. A. Kelly
Erni: J. Healy
Furst: M. Corbey
Pierre: L. Goselin
Michael: B. Maguire
Lutold: S. A. Flercher
Theodore: T. A. Cantwell
Note: Also produced in 1870 and 1876.
Play: Grimshaw, Bradshaw & Bagshaw
A Farce By the Thespian Society
Author: John Maddison Morton (1809?-1891)
(Adapted For Boys.)
Grimshaw: M.Corbey
Bagshaw: J. Healy
Towzer: P. W. Talbot
Bradshaw: C. Haines
Benjamin: J. B. Kennedy
Robert: L. Goselin
Source:Catalogue 19, 1862-63, 58-60. This is the first publication of the Commencement Exhibition in the Catalogue.
last edited by MCP, April 5, 2014