Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-03
GRADUATING CLASS
St Margarets Commencement
 Exercises Held To-Day.

Ho ComiucuComcuI 6A0TClS0S Oi the graduating class of St Margaret's school was held this morning. The commencement' address was made by Flavel s. Luther, president of Trinity college. Hartford, and the diplomas were awarded by the Rev Francis T. Russell, D. D., of Grand Rapids, Mich. who is the chaplain of the school. The girls who were graduated to-day are as follows: Miss Justine Ames Brown. Water bury; Miss Helen Johnson Scovill, Watertown; Miss Margaret Walter Mashey, Long Branch, N. J.; Miss Helen Porterfield, Pittsburg, Pa; Miss Olivia Henderson Failing, Port land, Ore; Miss Elizabeth Grafton Nevin, Pittsburg, Pa; Miss Eunice Walker, Waterbury; Miss Ruth Chipman Segur, Waterbury; Miss Daisy Mead Talbotf, Dayton, O.; Miss Florence Natalie Hogg, Pitts burg, Pa; Miss Helen Whitney Smith, Brooklyn, N. T.; Miss Mar garet Sara White, Pittsburg, Pa; Miss Frances Eleanor Woolworth, Waterbury; Miss Marjorie Murphy, Brooklyn, N. Y.: Miss Margaret Campbell. Pittsburg. Pa; Miss Lesley Louise Hyndes, Waterbury; Miss Hazel Jessamine Fogg, Waterbury.
 Although the exercises of the past few days have been deeply interest ing to the graduates, tonight is the event which the young ladies have been so patiently awaiting. It is the class dance. one of the social func- tions of the year, and will be attend ed by many guests from out of town. It is the finale of the program of the graduating class.
 At St Johns Episcopal church yes- terday morning the Rev John N. Lewis delivered the baccalaureate sermon to the members of the grad uating class of St Margaret's school. The speaker opened with the follow ing paragraph:
 Life is struggle; books which present it for our consideration in any other aspect have no abiding place in the literature of the age. Teachers who hold it up before us as anything other than a struggle have no extensive hearing. Life is not passive acceptance of things as they come to us, but is invariably an earnest contention to work through struggle to achievement. This strug- gle is constant, not once fought and then ended for all time, but 1t per sists unto the very end of exist ence."
 He then pointed out the lessons to be learned from life and the knowl- edge to be gained as one goes into the world to battle with the prob lens of the day. He made 1t plain to the graduates that without re- ligion very little of real success can be obtained without religion, and concluded as follows:
 Believe in the world as a sphere for you to use your God-given abili- ties. It is beautiful and glorious old world, and it needs you. Mill lions have gone into the world be- fore you. They have left splendid heritage, but they have not done your work. Your task lies there and 1t has never been taken up.
 Make provisions in your life for faith. Preserve above all things the religious instinct. Open the window in your soul which opens toward the eternal dawn. Believe in life, be- lieve in your friends. believe in your school, believe in your country. be- lieve in the mission which you as in- dividuals have to fulfill in your own sphere, believe above all things in your God! Believe in the best dreams of your youth. Some idols will be shattered. but use the belief which you have now and 1t will lead you to greater beliefs"