South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-06-15
MANY THINGS TO STILL
VOICE OF CONSCIENCE
Rev. J. J. French Gives St.
Mary'S Graduates Advice on
How to Become Noble.

At high mass at $50 o'clock sun
day morning in the COLLEGE chapel the
baccalaureate sermon was delivered
10 the the St. Mary's graduates by Rev
j. ]. French, G. s. c. of Notre Dame
university. The text taken from Job,
BE We like vessels bearing fruit"
was the foundation for a strong and
inspiring talk
Greater than anything else which
man has made. bearing a more mark
ed individuality and partaking more
of human nature" said Father French
in part lis the ship which is launched
into the ocean.
For a safe and successful journey
four things are necessary. A compass
chart, an anchor and a pilot. Your
compass. my dear young friends, is
your conscience, your chart is Gods
moral law; your anchor is unfaltering
trust and confidence in Him; your
pilot is Jesus Christ.
Armed with these il would seem
almost impossible to go astray. but
the world, as yet untried by you. holds
many things TO still the voice of con-
science, to comfort the moral law, TO
shake your confidence in God, and to
make light of your Pilot
Must Master Passions.
I'm the economy of our natures,
there are passions All of them are not
evil. None of them are, indeed, un-
less uncurbed. They are your crew.
young women, the crew with which
you must make this journey OF life.
See that you are the MASTER You
must not permit them to say to you,
Come here or Go there Keep them
suhOrdinated. You are captain Some
times you Will have to discipline, some
times wound and some times even kill
that you may keep them subjected.
you are taking into the world the
wealth of mind and soul. You have
that for which the rest of the world
hungers. 1t hungers not for bread of
the body but for the bread Of truth
and justice which you can give to il.
You are not merely the harbingers of
eternal love and justice but their ac-
tual bearers
The sermon closed with a beautiful
tribute to the Sisters of the Holycross
who" said the speaker, have sacri-
feed all that is priced by the world,
to make you, of their own sex, grand
and noble women, and VINO find their
only monument in your queenly bear
ing
Tennis Finals Played.
Following the mass the tennis fl
nails and the archery contests which
were interrupted Saturday by the rain,
were completed
The tennis doubles were won by
Misses Mary McCabe and Mary Joyce.
cOllegians, who played against Misses
Geraldine O'Nein and Marjorie Shep-
ard, academies. Each of the winners
received a tennis racquet with silver
engraved name plate.
The prize in tennis singles, beau
tiul silver cup, presented by Mother
Pauline, went to Miss Marie McCabe
who won two out of three sets played.
The prize in the archery contest
went to Miss Louise Burt. Tt was an
artistic bronze cup presented by Miss
Mary Lee of Salt Lake City, Utah, who
won the archery contest last year
Ribbons for second and third places
were given to Miss Claudia Redmond
and Miss Alice Murdoch.
When the games were called Sat
urday Afternoon on account Of the rain
Misses Joyce and McCabe had won the
first set and the second stood three to
three. When they were resumed on
morning the first game went
to Misses O'Neill and Shepard as did
the second. The third was won by the
but the fourth went to the
academies giving them the set by a
score of six to four. The final set
went TO the collegians by score OF
six to two.