Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-22

domestic duties are hers. but home and
childhood have obligations to education. and
these obligations fail upon the mother as
well as on the father. She owes to edu-
cation the union OF her intellectual ana
moral life, that she may do her whole duty
to childhood Intellectual culture. conduct
ed on right lines. should not lead to the
neglect of practical duties. but should ana
to better improvement Of them. lnteili-
gcnce and piety LEAD to true culture. They
lead to good judgment, to strong virtue, TO
true happiness. AS Fenelon says: "A judi
cious woman, pious and earnest. is the soul
of a great house. No public man can reach
to effective good so well the man who
has the aid of q good woman. The world
is not phantom: it is a gathering of fami-
lies. and is not intelligence needed in that
one in whose care are placed the destinies
of the homes Of the land?
What the College Offers.
who will question the advantages which
the college offers to women? The broaden
ing of life, the clearer perception of the re-
lations Of things. the more intelligent knowl-
edge OF religion, the more general insight
into the history of nations, the close IA
miliarty with the cultured minds of an
tiquity, the sound philosophy which leads to
God, the discipline of mind and body, tend
ing to develop the will according to the
laws of GOd-all these produce the trained,
cultured woman who, daughter, sister,
wife, mother, is competent TO direct and
lead in home education. The woman of in
telect and piety, who is trained to that
the study of nature does not obscure the
vision of God, but rather marks the foot
prints of a great Creator. whose loves and
laws are fully made known by the revealed
Word. The college woman, the Catholic
coilege-bred woman must be force for
truth and life and light. She must he an
influence for virtue in all spheres of en-
dcavOr. While keeping pace with the de-
mands of an intellectual womanhood she is
trstI tah Ia nf
philosophy which believes in God. and
psychology which builds itself upon belief
in an in mortal soul We need women of
culture; but in them should be found the
goodness which comes from practical virtue.
We need cultured women, but women
whose culture is built upon and permeated
with religion and finds its fragrance in
virtue. Religion is the soul of all true cul-
ture. 1t !llumines and ennobles natural re-
flnement and advanced scholarship. infusing
into both the sap Of supernatural life, which
makes our lives like unto God.
I'm this holy year, with the blessings of
the i,lustrious Leo XIII, on the threshold
of the twentieth century. Trinity enters
upon it's lifework, leader and not fol-
lower in education. To the Sisters of Notre
Dame, in the joy of the dedication Of Trinity
we offer sincere congratulations. The Cath
Ollie womanhood of America is proud of this
day, and hopeful Of the years to come. We
cannot avoid the feeling that to them may
be said the words Of the Gospel: Well DONE
good and faithful servants, because you
have been faithful over few things. /
have paced you over many Faithful you
have been to the Catholic girl in school
and academy; faithful you will be to the
Catholic women in collegiate development
Twenty-Five years of my priestly life
have been spent in close contact with
your educational life and in justice
am forced to say that you have
never attempted what you could not do,
and what you have done has been done
thoroughly. To the pioneer women of
Trinity, who have come from academic
schools to enter upon their collegiate work.
we bid them have confidence. loyalty and
courage. On them Trinity looks with anx-
ious care. They are Trinitys first children
they will be Trinity's pride. To Trinity the
university gives greetings as to younger
sister. 1t bids her to enter upon the work.
bring success. Vivat, floreat, crescat-may
it live the life of faith and grow and flour
ish like mighty tree. sheltering under Its
branches thousands of women seeking
knowledge. In comeliness and beauty, may
she proceed prosperousiy and reign. With
in her walls truth, meekness and Justice
will rule, the right will lead her into the
wonderful realms of knowledge where God
dwellS The home of wisdom the mother
of valiant women, the pride. of our church
and the honor of our country, Trinity Col
lege will stand as bulwark of religion and
morality, the nourishing mother of true
Christion womanhood."
The Afternoon Reception.
The reception committee this morning was
composed of Gen. Thomas M. Vincent IT,
s. A; DIR. Maurice Francis Egan of the