Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-11

here today before a large crowd Q
guests and friends of the graduate
and students.
The presiding dignitary was III
Rt. Rev. John J. Oconnor, of tn
Newark diocese. who also delivere
the baccalaureate sermon, the prin
cipal address of the day
Among the many clerical digna
taries present were Ri. Rev. Thoma
F. Hickey, bishop of Rochester; tn
Rt. Rev. Monsignor John A. Shep
pard, of Jersey City, vicar genera
of the Newark diocese; Rt Rev
Monsignor Isaac p, Whelan, of New
ark; Rt. Rev, Monsignor James F
Mooney, president of Seton Hall Col
lege, and Monslgnor MeDeYitt, o
Philadelphia.
Twenty-three young women re
ceived their bachelor of arts diplo
mas from the hands of Bishop O'con
nor.
The year just closed was one of thu
most successful in the history Of TIN
institution. The new recitation hal
will be ready for occupancy in thu
fall and is to be known as SAINTS
Maria Hall. This forms the first o
the college quadrangular group o
buildings which will stand on thu
top of the hill overlooking the grea
Whippany valley and the slopes o
the Passaic.
Studies will be resumed in the col
legiate department Monday, Septem
Der 10
The outgoing class has alread!
filed contracts for positions in va
rious schools for the fall term.
The Program Today.
The following was the program o
the day:
"The Heavens Are Telling" Haydn
Hymn to the Madonna" Kremser
Spicker. class of 1918. soloist Luci'
Clotilde oConnor, A. B., harp, ergar
and string quintet accompaniment.
Address. Religious liberation il
America, John Grant Coyle, NJ. d., j
D.. knight commander of the HOLY
Sepulehre: violin. solo Wilhelmj; a
,'Walther's Prize Song" Wagner; b
"Rondo Capriccioso,' Renfeld, Irene
Cecilia Tetreault, A B.; choral, "Avt
Maria" Brahms; presentation of can
didates for degrees, the Rev. JOSEPH
James Gately; baccalaureate address
the Right Rev Bishop of Newark
choral, Strauss.
SpecIaI Gift Announcements.
After the honor awards had been
made Father Gately. the chaplain
announced the following special gifts:
The Rev. Denis Joseph McCartie
scholarship, founded by the sisters
of charity June, 1918. in grateful
memory of the unfailing friendship
and devoted services of the late
Father McCartie, rector of st. Mi
chaers Church. Newark, N. j. TINS
scholarship. admitting candidate to
either a full academic or a fun col
legiatc scholarship, or both, is to Dc
open to a member of st. Miehaefs
parish, Newark.
The sister Mary Agnes O'Neill
scholarship founded py a
gift of the Alumnae Association, NO
vember Q, 1912, in memory of the de-
voted services in the cause of educa-
tion of the late Sister Mary Agnes
O'Nenl, oofoundress and first dlrec-
tress of st. Elizabeth Academy rms
scholarship is to be open in per-
petuity to the graduating class of the
academy, emitting the winner, by
college entrance eXami-
nations, to four years course in The
College of st. Elizabeth.
A sun dial. the generous gilt OF the
class of 1912. of the college, The
of building fund toward
the erection of a guest home on the
college grounds, from the class OF
1918.
The Schumann Clubs scholarship
including one full years tuition In
piano forte, harmony and theory, i
awarded for the year 1894 to Mis-
Alice Jane Hannick. of Scranton, Pa
DR.. Coyle's address was as follows
Giving a brief history of the rise
and progress of the colonial founds
lions. and the spirit in which those
foundations had their birth, tn
speaker said in part: ut is wholly
untrue that religious liberty IN an!
true sense was one of the great prin
eiples that actuated the American
colonists. Religion and religious
statutes appear frequently in roya
charters. colonial documents, ant
public decisions of the days befor'
the Revolutions. but. in most in
stances, the spirit of these religious
enactments is extremely narrow anC
bgoted, and religious liberty in SOM
colonies meant only the liberty fo
the predominant sect, with restric
tions and penalties for others; whil
In other colonies there were alterna
ting periods of religious liberation anC
moderation. Reviewing the individ
ual history of each of the colonies
in turn. DR. Coyle concluded his mas
terly address as follows:
ut is singularly true and striking
that the two faiths so generally pro
scribed and penalized, the Catholi'
and the Jewish, should have been thu
oldest of the faiths represented in thu
American civilization. 1t is singular
and striking that these faiths ar,
Wonderfully virile today. 1t Is no
singular to the Catholic observer, bu
Ii is singular to the non-Catholic OBJ
server and commentator upoi
the progress of humanity" Enumer
ating figures to substantiate hi
words. DR. Coyle then went on
Religious liberation and religion
liberty have been won by the sacri
fees of sincere believers of man.
ereeds. Baptist, Quaker. Moravian
Presbyterian, Lutheran. Mennonite
Methodist, Unitarian, Catholic ant
Puritan as we'll as Episcopalian, Il
our land, has each made sacrific
for his creed. Out of the strifes o
creeds. out of the blood. the ruin an