The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-22
Graduation Al
 Mt. St. Joseph
Bishop Milan Presents Dl
 plomaS to Graduates

Hartford, June 21.-Eighteen young women were graduated yesterday aft ernoon at the hirty-eighth com mencement of Mt St. Joseph Semi at the exercises. The class of 1911 1 has the distinction of having been | the last to leave the old seminary and the first one to be graduated from the new one. Miss Rosalie Reeve of | Hartford was the Valedictorian and Miss Marian Hannah of Danbury was 1 the Salutatorian.
 1 Simplicity and grace characterized the features of the program and the pupils made most creditable appear ance. The seminary hall was scarcely able to accommodate the assem- bled company of parents and invited friends. The opening number was Weber's "Euryanthe," a finely rem | dered overture by the seminary or | chestra. This selection was followed by Lambilotte's "Quis Ascendft,' by a chorus The next was Rossini's Tan cre,' an overture by the orchestra and the closing chorus was Cheer fulness,' by Gambert.
 Rev. Dr. Edward A. Pace of the Catholic University of Washington, D. C., made the commencement ad- dress and congratulated the class up- on the beautiful program which had been rendered so admfra bly,. He spoke of the fine arts which the
 
 vated. wherever she had been allow ed to work out her own destiny, and of the great importance which should be attached to the elements of educa- | tion and how the Roman Catholic system of teaching aroused and de- veloped beauty in the souls of the pupils. And when people came from the outside world Whey would expect just such program as they had list ened to. The speaker referred to the 11 significance in that, situated upon the mountain, it was, so to speak. removed from the great business world be- 1 meath, and yet all that took place in that great busy world owed it's suc- cess to the good influences and teach ings of such educational institutions. He dwelt emphatically upon the inn portance of reverence for and obedi- ence to law and authority, which, he said. was the aim of such Catholic institutions to build up and advance. He closed by urging the importance of the classmates living close to the sentiment of their chosen motto, "Let us follow the. better things"
 Bishop Milan presented diplomas to the eighteen graduates. as follows:
 Academic Course-Miss Mary. Bar rett, Windsor Locks; Miss Madeline Driscol, Norwich; Miss Helen Maria Dunn, Southington; Miss Mary Car mella Dwyer, Hartford; Miss Marian Hannah, Danbury; Miss Jane Lucy Hazen, Brockton, Mass; Miss Edna Frances Howard ,Norwalk Miss Esth- CT Thomasine Laflin,. Windsor Locks; Miss Lauretta Cecilia Lynch, Hart ford; Miss Katherine Gertrude Moon ey, Windsor Locks; Miss RosaIe Agnes Reeve, Hartford; Miss Agnes Monica Reilly, Meriden
 Music Course-Miss Josephine Cath crime Garrick of Naugatuck; Miss Mary Agnes Hennessey, Waterbury.
 Commercial High School Course Miss Clara Louise Caufield, Hartford; Miss Helen Agnes .Connor, Hartford; Miss Mary Josephine Cross, Hartford and Miss Agnes Mary Kelly, East Hartford.
 Bishop Milan then briefly likened the members to the children of old, who had received the blessing of the Saviour. 1t rested with them as to how they would profit by it. He said that the Mt, St. Joseph Seminary had given them the best education the in- with the. blessing of the Saviour. and prepared them to meet the influences of the world into which they were going. The thing has been to make your ambition in life to be to cling to Him." said the bishop. "The Sa- viou's blessing, you have 1t now, will you keep it? Keep away from the bad and cling to the good. There is no indifference, only goodness and badness" He advised them so to live that none of them would be ashamed to ask the blessing of their Saviour,