Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-06-16
ST. ELIZABETH COLLEGE
HAS ITS COMMENCEMENT

owe the injection of bodies In such g
way as to preserve them, and she also
vanished and colored them SO that the
deterrent work of dissection would moi
have to be carried on to UGH an extent
as before, yet the actual human tissues
might be used for demonstrating pur-
poses. As q result, there is not a single
century since the thirteenth when there
have not beer some distinguished
women professors at the italian univer-
stiles.
Movement interrupted.
1.-THE spread of this movement from
Italy to the rest of Europe was dis
turbed by the Heloise and Abelard incl
lent at the University of Paris, and as
all the western universities owe their
origin to Paris, they took the tradition
thereafter that women should not be
allowed in the university. Later. how
ever, the Renaissance again admitted
women on absolute terms of equality
with men, and some of the women be-
came distinguished scholars. The
ohuroh's influence is seen In this, and
women tool part in h Greek and clas-
sic Latin plays before cardinals and
prominent e~cclesiastics everywhere.
This feminine educational movement
spread all over Europe. Anne OF Bre-
tagne organized q magnificent school at
the French court for the women OF the
court, and such women as Mary Queen
Of Scots, Margaret of Navarro. Hence
of Ferrara, Louise La Gordiere. are q Few
of the French women of the Renais-
sanoe who attained distinction In broad
culture and education at this time.
Spain. too. had its women Of the
Renaissance, among them Isabella OF
Castillo, and her daughter Catherine.
who later became Queen. of England.
Lady Jane Grey preferred the study OF
Greek to going to balls. and sacrificed
hunting parties for her lessons in the
great Greek authors. Queen Victoria
knew Greek and Latin very well.
Tho great history of the Benedictine
Order Is the history of woman's edu-
cation. but even before the foundation
Of the Benedictines we have a great
living example of the church for the
higher education of women When the
great Irish people came into the fold
of Christ under the Apostle Patrick
and his SUCCESSORS. the first thing that
was done was to found schools, and
schools not reserved for men, but those
also affording women opportunities OF
scholarship and culture. Only second
in Importance to st. Patricks great
school at Armagh was st. Bridget's
School at kildare. and with these facts
In mind, It Is easy to see that the
church. far from opposing in any way
the higher education for women, not
-, ---..----l L,,k A-kv,aIIxY nofrnn-
ICED It whenever there Is q demand for
1t on the part of any generation In his
tory.
1.-THE church Is not only willing but
anxious to give her children the benefit
of IL and the growth of higher education
for Catholic young women In America
in the last decade Is the best evidence
of this. Our teaching s~isterhoods in this
country have nobly lifted themselves
up to the occasion demanded. and we
we'll be proud of our Catholic col
leges for women. Personally, I know
that 1t is being done in four of them,
and I have no hesitation in saying that
they are giving a better. solder.
though perhaps less snowy, education
their secular rivals. OF your work
at st. Elizabeth's / have had such per-
sonal information as makes me realize
how thorough are the efforts to pro-
vide every possible opportunity for
higher feminine education, and how
successful they are.
you can understand then that when
I say to you,, graduates of st. Eliza
beth's, go out and fulfill your missions
whatever they may be. I mean that
you shall be ready to take UP any work
for which your education and your
training fits. and God grant 1t may
bring you such opportunities for good
as have been exemplifled in the lives
of so many Catholic women all down
the ages. Mother church, far from
wanting to push woman into the back
Ground, has always accorded her full
and equal rights in her own domain,
and has given her absolute independ-
ence so far as that may be, In the
church organizations. The glorious
examples of the Catholic women of
the past; educated, intellectual
women, some of whom like St.
Teresa, ST. Catherine of Sienna, St.
Jane Frances de Chantal, and st.
Brigid. are among h greatest intel
lectuaf women-yes, among the great
ebt H6QluBob VI tl0 fdCo tidt cNCI liNou,
will be your guiding stars, and IL you
keep them in mind, o shall not go
wrong. Remember that we expect
much OF the women graduates of our
Catholic colleges-you have a great
mission; you have put your hand to
the plough; do not look back"
The program was varied and beauti-
full. Three grand anthems, n Of
prayer one of praise. and the third of
thanksgiving, won deserved and pro-
longed applause, while the excellent
music d%iscoursed by the college glee
and orchestral clubs elected round
after round of expressed approval.
Degrees Conferred.
Monsignor Stafford then presented the
candidates for degrees, fifteen young
women taking the bachelor Of arts de-
gree, eleven the bachelor of science.