Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-15
Four Boys and Two Girls Re
ceive Diplomas From Catho-
lie Institution
DR.. KERRY GIVES ADDRESS
Members of the Senior Class, Alumni
and Pupils of the School Appear in
the Commencement Program at the
odeon-chiIdren of the Lower
Grades in Matinee.

-Four young men and two young
women, members of the senior class OF
st. Mary's Institute, We're graduated
with honors at the twenty-eig an
nual commencement of the school, held
at the Odeon Thursday evening before
an audience which partly filled the
house. Members of the graduating
class, alumni, and pupils of the school,
appeared in the program, which closed
with the address of Very Rev. w. j..
Kerby, d. D., of the chair of sociology,
of the Catholic University of America,
Washington, D. c.
The class occupied seats upon the
stage, on each side of which. banked
about the base of the proscenium, were
cut flowers and potted plants. The
colors of the class, gold, blue and white,
were draped about the stage and boxes
and around the balcony. In the boxes
were seated the teachers, the Sisters
of Humility, Rev. Fitzpatrick, who
presented the diplomas, and Rev. Ker-
by. Over the stage was suspended the
class motto, Climb, Tho the Rocks
be Rugged
The members Of the class We're Nor
gan Coleman, Thomas Carney, Florence
Herman, Stanton Bowman, Lucien
Freeman and Helen Fahey. Miss
Herman was the salutatorian of her
class, and Launched was the sub
ject of her grafton Miss Helen Fahey
was valedictorian and the subject Of
her essay was Memories
The GIee Club of the school, the
treble clef circle and the juniors and
alumni contributed numbers to the
program. OF these the vocal duet,
Moonlight on the River" by Misses
Florence and Vina Herman, and the
reading "The Angels of Buena VISTA"
by Miss Frances Mooney, were espec-
tally good.
DR.. kerby's Address.
1t was late when Rev. Fitzpatrick
for only short time. The essence
Of his address was the essentials,
necessities and requirements of educa-
tlOu. he SdlO III part
Whatever our differences in re-
ligion, politics or temperament, we are
all one in looking on education as a
sacred duty. We are one in our sac
rif1ces and services for the education
Of our children, and to this education
the school, the church and the home
contribute. However excellent the
home and the schools may be, one thing
is self-evident, and that is that after
ALL those who take advantage of OPP
portunities are those who never lack
for education. Those who lend their
efforts with opportunity. with church,
school and home, will always be edu-
Gated Our efforts should be such that
the boys and girls will respond to
them"
Touching on the phase of opportunity
Rev. Kerby said: Opportunity alone
is not sufficient, for the Individual
must make the opportunity"
Dissecting the fundamental require
ments of education he continued: mo
man or woman is educated until he or
she has acquired an accurate knowl-
edge of the value of life, and a capacity
for faith. BY faith is not necessarily
meant religious faith, but the capacity
for believing and trusting those older
and wiser and placed in institutions
over him. All education must lead to
control Of feelings. The young life
must know which is worth while, and
must attain poise and stability thru
these things Wisdom consists in
knowing those who are wise and in
following them. We look upon the
church, school and home as the three
essentials. Each must have some
of the characteristics of all. Our
faith must enter into our schools, and
if we believe we must bring our relig-
ion into our school ROOM"
AS parting admonition to the class
he said: Go forth and live up to the
principles Of the church and the
school," and to the parents" uphold
the school whose rooms have turned
out these pupils"
Children in Matinee.
The children of ST. Mary's Institute
in a musical program in the
afternoon at the Odeon, which was
called a Musical Picnic" A fair
sized audience witnessed the perform
ance.
In attendance at the commencement
exercises from out of the city were
Very Rev. NJ. Cooney, of Waterloo:
Rev George yVaring, chaplain Of FIT.
Des Moines, formerly curate of ST.
Mary's: Rev w. j. Convery, of Edo
ra; Rev. Francis Renter, of Ames; Rev.
P. Carroll of Tama; Rev Joseph
Schlueter, of Haverhill: Rev John
Friedman, of State Center; Rev.
Mother Vincent and Sister Mary AL
berta, of st. Joseph's convent, Ottum
wa, the mother house of the sisters of
the Holy Humility of Mary of this
proyince and Sisters Mary Margaret