The sun., 1900-11-22
SACRED HEART CENTENARY.
,yyyBBarIO,s ~ UO>,tNN oI 1--WE
smJtIJ yUI WORiD OWN
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,.me..ii ou higher tdu'"t'o" "f women

I,,b.t,2 bousrs 81 t'r Su'i"'y Il The Sh'f"u
Heart, which Ar. ~ all fht's ~ 'h' 'lVh<"'
sotit excerpt the continent ~ ANo we 'h-
t.nat, ~ the -,ci.i, Wa ''hiiai'd I's'fdHN
m New yofk 'hr aitNN'nD NhH "l'i"d
by a reunion ~ M" HIrnip ~ NE Mhhia'-
,anyill, convent. who n--"'u'l"d 10 ne huH-
her ~ 400 ~ he convent tt - Ni'h' hs ma
,onyent avenues The aliIuiG ~ met bv ln'-
,ation. NJ they hay" no organization, although
they hold 4 reunion annually IN 10" sILhR
Yesterday the ceremonies ~ III" centenary
began with solemn ponliilcal high na'~
~ which Archbishop ,orrgnh vas ih'
..lebrant Tn" chapel II the convent "us
FLIED with the Irrscnt pupil, and The alunr ~,
the numerous clergy who 'sr." 10 'nh" rant
IN the anniversary obsINanc,s. and 'hc nLrs
Of the convent The go pupils marched int"
the chapel. all in white dresses and wearing
white wells
The assistant priest At the mass wa MKT
Mooney. Nicar-Genrral the deacon was the
Rev James " Power th" sgb-delcon. the
Rev b. Slattery III. masters " c"remories
were the Rev. Jane, \ Connolly. Archbishop
Corrican'S secretary. and ih" Rev Thomas
y Myhan The Rev james Mclean and
the Rev " Penny were honorary deaoon-
The Rev Thomas Campbell : j read a
paper on The Higher Education OF Women
with especial attention to the work Of the found
or OF the Society 81 the Satr red Heart. Nine.
Sophie Baraf. who established the society in
1870, when she was II year> old She lived
to be- SIS YEATS old and established one house
for every year of her life
There are now 700 religious In the society,
1900 pupils in the convent schools and .OOoo
pupils In the free schools The first house Of
the society in New York was In Houston street
The AanhatanNIlle convent was established
there in ls47, being transferred from Astoria
Father Campbell! In the course OF his address
said
ent over what II Is pleased to consider It's mag
ranimous ard novel conception OF the higher
education of women Never was So nuch
,nonev expended in mnl;iI Ilicity of schemes
- further IT, never was so much of what. by
courtesy, may be called thought bestowed
TO perfect IL. and in view Of all that was eN-
sults obtained i could not he otherwise.
for oil the splendid erdoavorS are one-sided,
i-odvised md Incomplete
1T Ia beyond peradvrntire true that the
scholastic triumphs which constitute the glory
Of the nuns Of former days have failed Of ac-
complishment in our own. But the blame Is 20
he put where 1t belongs 1t ia the fault of the
age in which we live. II is a threcfold com
querahle dread OF even temporary seclusion
from the world 49,, ..,.
vents adapting themselves more than they
do TO the requirements Of the times In which
we live. II adapting themselves 70 the re-
Quirements OF the times means yielding more
than they have already done to the camorous
demands of parents for Interruptions of study
and more plringes on the part of their students
into the vortex Of the frivolous amusements
81 tho day. Of theatres and receptions and
routs of every description, and consequently
more relaxation Of the moral fibre and more
inability to work, then the position II modern
Catholic educators is a hard onf. placed ns
they thus are between the impossibility ~
really educating their charges or the necessity
OF closing their establishments.
-Thrv are confronted not with problem Of
education but Of domestic economy. God
grant they may NJ least preserve the traditions
Of Christian modestv. and that the staggering.
overroniident dausel who Affects masculine
vices may never issue from our convent
schools
vent, there was n reception and EXERCISES OF
narrative form. Illustrative of the history 0f
ANarward Misa Anre Stewart Bailey read an
address on behalf of the allmnm and the Arch
bishop said a few words to the asscnhlage.
Aft,rward the Archbishop said q grand bene.
dictlon in the chapel and the obs'rvanccs Of
the dny were over except for the nuns vespers
at evening. To-day the alumnS and pupils
and nuns are to have n holiday all by themselves
and on Saturday thore will he a holiday cele
bration for the benefit OF the poor children OF
Bishop Farley and the Rev Fathers Cardella,
Brann. Mcmahon, DYER Farrell puNy. Bray
lev. Craig. Gordon. Wall Taylor iiealv. Quinn.
RYAN. Keenan,. nuntman. Henry and OKeefe
were among the clergy present Yesterday.
The Society of the Sacred Heart is devoted
entirely to teaching. and occupies llace among
the communities of women In the catholic
Church corresponding somewhat to that ~
include repre- scntatives Of families Of wealth
md social pOSitiOn.