The Washington herald., 1907-06-03
SPECIALISTS NEEDED
DR.. Tracey Outlines Field for
University Students.
SHOULD CREATE LITERATURE
BaccaIaureate Sermon Delivered by
Boston Preacher at Morning Ser
O'ConneII - Divinity Hall Filled
with TheoIoginns and Scholars.

Strong words Of encouragement and
careful explanations OF the meaning of
education and the intellectual idea were
embodied IN the baccalaureate sermon Of
Rev. DR.. Joseph Tracey, Of Boston, Mass,
delivered 70 the graduates Of the Cath
olic University yesterday morning IN
Divinity Hall The occasion was purely
an academic one. The little temple OF
worship was arranged with scholastic
simplicity, and made an ideal background
for the grave theologians and the learned
philosophers whose multicol0red gowns
and hoods were in strict accord with the
decorations
Before the mass, which was solemnized
by Mgr. Dennis O'Cmnen the rector Of
the university. the academic procession Of
the faculty made its way into the chapel
with the theological students. in white
SUPPLIES, following First walked the doc
tors Of divinity. marked by the red hood
and the red button on their barettas.
then, with solemn dignity, came the po-
tent philosophers. whose rank was de-
lAtAFl 10y tAAt bAAH ileEtlttL A4l llltAl kNfF le
the doctors Of laws and letters followed.
with the distinctive purple on their hoods.
while learned medicos and scientists
brought up the rear, distinguished by
their colors Of green and white.
Sermon by Dr. Tracey.
When all were seated. the choir began
Its 'Asperges" in the prescribed strains
Of the Gregorian chant. and after the
mass benediction was sung by tho cele-
brant In his sermon 10 the graduates
who were arranged on kneeliug benches
in the back Of the chapel. Dr. Tracey
said. in part:
Gentlemen: American Catholics need
specialists-eminent specialists who viii
create literatures In the various fields
of research; and If there be any 90 whom
they have a right TO look for relief, II IS
TO YOU. Not all can achieve what they
need. but some Of you should be able
to do so. DO not shirk your RESPONSE
billty The essay required for your
licentiate or the brochure of the doctor
ate does not clear your account, II Is
merely the earnest Of what you owe;
forget #. until you do something worth
while. Let not the burden and routine
Of necessary everyday duty hinder or
choke the unwearying effort, the exact
ing discipline, the persevering sacrifice
of ease your higher task demands
Work, work. work, Work systemat-
iCally planned, effectively applied and
generously expended; investigation cx-
pertinent. and research-by these means
alone viii the crude ore Of your labora-
tory or study become the pure gold Of
asCeTtained result
VIII Benefit Work
BE assured, moreover. that the devO-
tion Of time and labor mastery OF spe-
cial line necessitates, instead OF hinder
ing, will immensely benefit your every
day work The quickness and exacti-
tude OF comprehension engendered by
such a discipline develops a practical
ability that reduces physical and mental
waste to a minimum; by habit, as it were
instinctively, YOU get at the core Of a
matter or diagnose a situation. realizing
at once how 10 act effectively and ex-
peditiouslv. The more you do. the less
you slave; the more you give. the less
you lose.