Evening journal., 1908-06-25
GRADUATES OF
ST.PETER'SSCHOOL
Father Lyons DeplOres the
Worldly Ideal OF'WOman-
hood Portrayed in Novels
LIST OF MEDAL WINNERS

The modern worldly ideal OF woman
hood as presented by women them
selves in novels and plays. was de-
plored as the cause Of the decadence
Of chivalry by the Very Rev. John A. /
Lyons. vicar-general OF the Roman I
Catholic diocese Of Wilmington, at the (
annual commencement exercises of st. /
Peters Female scnooi In the school
hail, Sixth and West streets. yesterday
afternoon. The address followed the
presentation of an elaborate program
IN which the graduates and undergrad
yates Of the school appeared in songs.
drills and a two-act play, Constance.
or True to the End"
The large auditorium In which tho
exercises took place was comfortably
filled. Ferns and cut flowers were tho
decorations Music was provided by
an orchestra directed by James r
O'Donnel The salutatorian was Miss
Mildred Walsh, and a valedlctory was
recited by the four graduates in uni.
son.
The feature of the student exercises.
.of course, was the play. This was
very ambitious effort but was well in
terpreted by the young women, and ap-
plause was generous. The cast was as
follows;
Mrs. Percivai. Miss Martina Dana
noe; Eleanor. Miss Sarah German.
Justine, afterwards Constance. Mas
Mary Gordon; Isabel Orlsby. Miss
Anna M. Greeley; Jeanette Miss El-
hora Crumlish: Grace, Miss Mary
Phalen; Olga. Miss Hannah Sullivan;
Mrs. Hawthorne. Miss Gertrude Glynn,
susette. Miss Mary Byrne; Aunt Betsy.
Mary Sullivan; Kittie Adams, Miss
Margaret Walsh; Miss Ethel Van
Rensselaer,, Miss Catherine McArdle:
Miss Sylvia LeClere. Miss Madeline
Hertel: Miss Florentine wellington.
Miss Nellie Taylor; Mrs. Darlington.
Miss Gertrude Walsh; Mrs Words
worth. Miss Anna Lyman.
A flower drill by the physical culture
class was also a feature, while a let
lby Misses Margaret Walsh and Mary
McCaherty won much appreciation.
Miss Catherine Lynn was accompanist
for the flower drin.
Father Lyons Address
Father Lyons. in a brief address.
atter distributing diplomas and prizes.
congratulated the young woman on the
excellence with which they had pre-
lsented the entertainment. Passing from
the remark that the play had demon
strated the varied moods of woman
Kind, Father Lyons deplored the fact
that not all women were angels. This
was more especially to be applied 10
lour own times If the day of chivalry
had passed, women had only them
SELVES to blame, he said. Some women
had departed from the tradition OF
womanhood The popular ideal OF
/, woman as portrayed by women them.
! selves in their books. their plays ant
/ their magazine articles was all thai
I. was wrong
Was. there a wonder then, tina. tht
days Of chivalry had passed. the day,
When man had looked upon woman al
most as a divinity2 What was woman
IN these days and why had this great
change IN mans attitude TOWARD
woman come about? All were not OF
the class Of popular herolnes. fortu.
nately' The true realm Of woman wa.
the home. She was to be a good wife
and a good mother. either a natura
wlte or natural mother. or a spiritua
wife or a spiritual mother; there wer,
) Was not the ideal Of the moderr
, woman nothing more than to eat
/ drink and to dress. to make a name foi
| herself, no matter how unsavory II
, might be. There We're, after all. womer
who went as far as they possibly could
without in their own minds, becominl
an enemy of God. But the real idea
Of woman was the highest standard OF
generosity zeal and sacrifice, the idea
of the obscure and self-sacrlhcina
Blessed Virgin, the good mother, the
good wife, the good woman. These
were the standards that he hoped the
young women would ever keep before
them.
Awarded Medals
Gold medals and diplomas were
awarded by Father Lyons TO the fol-
lowing young women for having COM
pleted, with honor and success, the
academic course of the Cathedral High
School; Gertrude Cecilia Glynn, Sarah
Agnes German, Mary Agnes Gordon
and Martina Gabrielle Donahoe.
} Gold medals presented by the Rt
Rev. John ]. Monaghan were awarded
to the following young women for per.
feet att Vidance during the academic
J course: Gertrude Cecilia Glynn and
Mary Agnes Gordon.
Certificates for proficiency in rapid
llegible business writing were awarded
TO Mary McCafferty, Mildred Walsh
Mary Sullivan, Agnes Monaghan, Cath
/ arine McArdle and Madeline Hertle.