The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-06-21
from the National Capitol
BY Stanton LaWton

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the graduating class of the immaculate
Seminary, Washington, D. c., that
women have no place in politics.
Their place is in the home, where they
can be the housewives and the moth
ers In the home they will have all the
influence which they need through that
influence which a good wife will have
over a husband.
I would advise you young ladies to
pay particular attention in after life
to the lessons Of courtesy, the acts of
kindness, and of self-denial which you
have learned at this institution. At
the present they may appear to you
as trifles. but they mean in the end
perfection, and perfection is not a
trife."
Rev. ]. P. O'Calaghan, c. S. p, rec.
tor of the Paulist Church, Chicago. ILL.,,
who is O personal friend of President
Wilson, had long conference with
him on last Thursday.
Inasmuch as Father O'Callaghan has
recently made a strong public protest
concerning the fact that there is no
Catholic in the cabinet, it may be sur
missed that he expressed his views
freely on this point to the president.
Very Rev. F. A. Spencer, o. p, 81
years of age, died at Providence Hos
pital, Washington, Thursday, June u.
Father Spencer was former provin-
cial of the Dominican Order, and
convert from an Episcopalian family
originally. He was the author of a
new translation of the Four Gospels
from the Greek, and had just finished
an entirely new translation Of the New
Testament from the Greek, which will
be published in the near future. In
recent years he was stationed at Saint
Economics church. Washington.
The commencement exercises Of the
Catholic University of America were
inaugurated by a solemn high mass
which took place on Baccalaureate
Sunday, June sth, in Gibbons Hall
Chapel, at 1890 o'clock The mass
was celebrated by Rev. John Nainfa,
S. S., with Rev. P. D. O'Connor, Of
st. Louis, Mo-, as deacon. and Rev. ].
w. Marren of Providence, r. l., as
sub-deacon. The sermon was deliv-
cred by Right Rev. Mgr. Thomas j.
shahan, rector of the University.
The students and professors, in their
academic robes, assembled in Divinity
hall prior to the mass and marched
across the lawn to Gibbons hall.
On Wednesday morning. the COM
mencement exercises were held in Nc
Mahon hall when Honorable James M.
Graham, member of Congress, of
Springfield, ILL.,, delivered the address
to the graduates.
The dean Of each faculty awarded
the diplomas to the members of the
various graduating classes. as follows:
Law, DR.. Thomas E. Carrigan; letters,
Very Rev. John D. Mcguire; philos-
ophy, Very Rev. Edward A. Pace; SCI
ence, DR.. Daniel M. Shea, and theol-
ogy, Very Rev. Patrick J. Healy.
One of the particularly interesting
features of the commencement was
the awarding of degrees to the rep
resentatives of the different sister,
hoods, who have attended the Sisters
College at the University.
Very Rev. Thomas D. Shields, dean
Of the Teachers College, awarded the
diplomas; % candidates received the
degree of bachelor of arts, while rs
received the degree Of master of arts
These sisters possess qualifications
markedly above those usually found
in candidates for these degrees. To
thorough academic and professional
training they have added years of ex-
fperience in teaching.
The course for the sisters was un-
der the direction of the professors of
the university, and was identical in
content and method with the parallel
| courses given by these instructors in
other departments of the university,
DR.. Shahan was host at a. luncheon
given at the university after the ex-
ercises.
Now that the class of 1913 has re-
ceived its degrees, it is well to note
the names of some of the high digni-
taries of the Church and prominent
laymen, who have been associated
with the university, which is, of
course, as yet very young institu-