The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-06-18

inspiring. and noble in human life is
neglected or lost, and nothing but a
sordid and uncertain success is
achieved. He alone is u success VINO
by probity of life, the worship OF prln :
ciple and fidelity to duty, has added
something to the great storehouse Oh
usefulness, and has made those around
him better and happier
You now, my dear young ladies, VIII
enter upon new life. and grand tu-
ture opens before YOU all; future
freighted with grand possibilities and
terrible responsibilities; but remember
you have the means to accomplish your
purpose and to succeed. You nave
health and strength and youth and in
telligence, besides many other good
qualities and characteristics. | nave
no patience with boy or n girl having
these things-youth and strength ana
education--who says, I cannot sue
coed. You have only to will it. Your
future will be just as you VIII ii. There
Is an old German proverb that says
Man can do what he wills when he
Wills what he can Cart you adopt
that principle7 If you are faithful to
the education, moral and intellectual,
which YOU have received In this instltu-
ton; if you allow your hearts 10 speak
and act-those hearts which are full OF
the grandeEt and most Denefcent in
stincts-you will succeed. Hearts
Women's hearts especially. 80 full of
love and tenderness, and Kindness, and
pity and con1passion--what are all
these placed i'll a Womahs heart Tor.
by the author of nature? They are
placed there to be exercised for the
happiness of fellow beings, and for
their own happiness Let these hearts
of UD
good to humauity--the outpouring of
those hearts in kindness and sympathy
and charity and compassion and ten
derhess-they will do more for civil
ization and for the benefit and happi-
ness of our race than all your Intel
lectual qualities, however great.
Enter then humbly upon the ocean
of life. Work work as if nature denied
you everything except the power TO
work with the assurance that not a
drop from your brow shall be wasted.
1t may be that history a hundred years
hence will not have any record of your
doings. or of your great works: but
what does that signify? A drop of rain
falls into the stream and the stream
goes on to swell the river. and the river
flows on forever. The famous German
poet wrote these memorable words:
He who has been of his day, has been
of all time. He has done his duty. and
has his share in the creation of things
eternal
Now, one would suppose that grad
uatihg day would be day of JOY and
gladness. Yet l noticed in your beau
tiful and touching valedlctory. a tone
of sadness and lonesomeness running,
as if you were 10th to leave these hal
lowed walls and get away from those
4 10
you looked upon as very severe. But {
that Is Il note of warning to you. Now
when your minds are calm and un-
clouded by passion, you see clearly how
those rules and regulations that you
regarded as severe, con-
stituted your real liberty; because lid
erty consists not so much in the power
of self -acting as in the freedom from
being unjustly and ipjuriously acted !
upon.
II congratulate you once more my
dear young friends, on having hnlshed |
your course, and thank you, on the part !
Of the sisters, for the beautiful exam +
pie which you gave the young inmates |
of this institution. and wish You from :
ny nearu every success ana blessing /
IN life
Work of Art.
IN the eAnlDlIlOH TOOIllS uON ilS Oil . /
was exhibited a large and varied array ,
Of the handiwork of the students of the
academy Among these were many
works. by pen, pencil and brush, highly |
,reditable to the students. Specially
noticeable among the collection were !
pen sketches and pastel by Miss Ev-
ans, water color paintings by Miss .
Santschi, the valedictorian. who cap
ured a special premium. Miss Ashton
has some very fine efforts in pencil.
The china painting and the fancy toilet
articles were excellent, and the draw
ngs showed, too. proficiency that
spoke well for the instruction given.
Little Miss Neuhausen had very cred
table drawings.
Comment on the work of the
rood sisters of st. Mary's acad-
my is needless, their life work is
lone an eloquent tribute and common
airy. The sisters look to the educa-
ion of women with all practical earn
stness and enlightened zeal and they
eem to be endowed by God with many
tastes and talents that
ender their work always so success
ul May success ever attend the SPLEEN
i'd work of ST. Mary's academy.