The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-26
CLASS OF SACRED HEART SCHOOL IS ITS LARGEST EVER Father Mclean Delivers Inspiring Address to Parochial School
 Graduates Father Judge Presents Diplomas and Special Awards to 4I
 Graduates

Commencement exercises of the class of 1913 of the Sacred Heart school were held last evening at the Sacred Heart church when forty-one young men and women, the largest class ever to graduate from the school, received their diplomas.
 The address to the graduates was delivered by Rev. P. c. McClean of Milford. The speaker reviewed the quest for education from the early tioular making reference to the efforts of the Christian church to advance learning. '~T!he public school.'' he said, tis not acquisition of the present day but goes back beyond the Middle Ages. It is worthy of note that present day educators seek the books of our ancestral school"
 Commenting on the instruction of the children in the parochial schools, the speaker said, Man must be edu- cated body and soul. It is not well for the individual to educate the mind and neglect the soul-his spiritual side must also be educated. That is what the parochiaI schools today are do- ing. Not only is the child receiving that thorough education in the arts and sciences but his spiritual side is given training.
 GA child we'll trained spiritually makes. for a good man. Man is the
 
 the family, society, the town, the state, the country. If the individuals who go to make up society are not good, then that society cannot be good A society made up of good individuals will be grand and prosperous. It is the aim of the Catholic church not only to give to her children an edu- cation of mind and intellect and to knowIthe things of this world. but also to understand the relations between man and God, and the duties that de- volve from that relationship. The Catholic church has great duty to
 perform and how well she is doing it the history of the United States i1- | forms us. In this country today there
 are about 5000 parochia1 schools while hundreds of seninaries, academies and
 colleges are furthering the education of our young men and women" Father McClean completed his ad-
 dress by explaining to the graduates
 what was expected of them as Catho- | lie men and women trusting that the efforts their teachers and advisers had made in their behalf would never be
 misplaced or forgotten.
 The church was well filled when the exercises of the evening were started. Following vesper services. the Magnificent was sung, after | which the graduates sang the Hymn | to the Sacred Heart Then followed | the distribution of diplomas, medals
 and premiums by Rev. Matthew Judge assistant pastor. AS each young stu dents name was called he advanced to the altar, where Father Judge was seated. to receive his diploma. The young. people who received their diplomas last evening were: Mil dred Margaret Alvord, Frederick Paul I Baumann, Samuel Joseph Black, liar 1 old Joseph Bradley, Margaret Mary
 Frederick, William Thomas Burke
 Jane Agatha Callahan, Edward Thon- Isas Carroll Thomas Leonard Clancy
 William Henry Cordially, Madeleine
 Helena Craddock, Margaret Mary English, Raymond Andrew Folkman
 Walter Ward Gerrity, Elizabeth Lucille Harrtgan, Katherine Mary Hassett
 Frances Alban Johnson, Helen Bea- trice Kelly, Edward Francis Kelly 1 Esther Lucina Kenney, David Francis
 Kerwin, Joseph Kieran Lawler, John 1 Joseph MaIoney, Philip William Mo Coy, John Patrick McGuire, Henry
 Patrick Mclaughlin, zita Beatrice Mooney, Mary Ann Morgan, John l Francis McNamee, John Harold Nell son, Florence Elizabeth Noonan, Mar garet Julia O'Brien, Eleanor Agnes ERyan, Eleanor May Ryan, Eleanor
 Beatrice Tehan, Florence Teresa Up- ton, John Robert Whe1an.
 Prizes were awarded as follows: . presented by Rev. T. R. Sweeney awarded to Jane A., Callahan l Second prize for Christian Doctrine ;! awarded to Walter w. Gerrity. l Gold medal for scholarship, present ed by Rev. B. P. Mooney. awarded to Walter W. Gerrity.
 | Second prize in scholarship, awarded 1 to William s. Fay.
 The honor pupils. in the class besides 1 the above mentioned are Mildred M Alvord, Margaret M. Frederick. Jane A. Callahan, Madelaine H. Cradduck Margaret J. O'Brien, Eleanor A. Ryan Eleanor M. Ryan, Thomas L. Clancy l William F. Fay, Raymond A Folk l man, Walter w. Gerrity, William T Honan, John J. Maloney, John H. Nel- lson, James T. O'Day.
 The pupils WAe have perfect attend
 ance marks for the year are Samue
 J. Black, Edward T. Carroll, Margaret M English. Mary A. Morgan, PhiliT
 w. Mccoy, John H. Nelson. Margaret J. O,Brien and Eleanor M. Ryan