Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-28
ST PATRfcNs SCHOOL
 GRADUATED cLAsssoF 55e
Rev. Waiter MeEIroy of Fair Haven Made-4Addeess o.0raduatss.

Rev. Waiter MeEIroy of Fair Haven MadeAAddsess +o,eoradl,atss.
 The class of 1915 of St. Patricks Paroch1al school. numbering the un- usually large total of 55. attended the vesper service at St. Patriclrs church on Sunday eysn4ngtand .tferesrecetved from the. hands. of their pastor, Rev. JoSn H. Frederick, the diplomas that certify difficulties surmounted and tasks accomplished during their school wears The graduating class, the girls Of which were uniformly gown ed in white, were seated in body at -Tnafnder- of the church was we'll filled by the large gatehring of parents and other relatives and friends.
 Following the magnificent. the. pres entation of the diplomas and the VOW of consecration to the Sacred Heart Rev. Walter F. McElroy, of St. Francis church, Fair Haven, delivered the sermon, and conveyed to the mem berS of the class about to- depart what St. Patrick's school and their edu- cation received therein should mean Ito them in their future lives. Father Mathew 29s: 1920 and his theme was Education. as made known to us through the words from the lips of our divine Lord.
 The mission entrusted to the~church by Christ was Education in its broad through life without His continued assistance as teach and guide, said Rev NcElroy. The eechurch has hown itself as a vigorous promoter of all that is true in education, an opponent of all that is false. She established schools throughout the world The in- Stitutions at Antioch and Rome and elsewhere are her monuments. She has ever been an important factor in the intellectual, artistic and scientific development of the human race. There are few chapters more inspiring than the hitsory of the monks, those holy men of Ireland who day and night worked assidiously in their monas- teries to preserve the treasures of ari and literature. They copied and wrote new treatises on medicine, mathema- tics and natural science and to theil untiring efforts must be attributed much of the knowledge of today.
 The Catholic church has establish ed a splendid system of parochia' schools, the concrete embodiment oi all the high ideals for which the Church has stood through the cen turnes for true education, touching heart and mind and will. The paro-
  branches get just as good instruction as in any school in the country. But what doth it profit a man if he gaiI the whole world and lose his owT soul? Education is more than in struction, more than acquisition o1 knowledge. It is a preparation tc live well, and thus the scope of the church's educational missios i: to fit men for usefu life on earth and for Q blessed life hereafter in heaven. The Catholic school system in this country is one of the greatest assets the country has; it is doing an enormous work fol good sound citizenship and strong and sturdy Christian manhood and wo- manhood and the schools deserve praise and help.
 By reason of the change in the year, the class was in two divisions and honors were so divided. Int leading pupils were:
 Senior room-Highest five: Anna Madeline Riordan, Mary Virginia Dris- coll Mary Alice Mcknight, Raymond F'urlong, Mary Rose Sullivan. The last two tied.
 Junior room-Highest five: Heller Gertrude Guinan, John James Sulli- van, Ester Mary Mayer, Mary Louis' Duhaime, Philip Michael O'Brien. 11IBLGSl III SIlAtSl1clA OOSlA AA4CB 4AeA Turner Shugrue.
 The list q graduates is as follows
 Girls: Anne Sonsilia Zezelewsz, Ma ria Eugenie Rouleau, Anna ElizabetI Bobsein, Catherine Elloise Sullivan Anastasia Alice Tighe, Elizabeth Mar garet Mccarthy, Loretta Madeline Cish, Julia Lorett1 Bowen, Margare Mary O'ConnelI, Adeline Valerif White, Katherine Agnes Blair, Mar Louise Duhaime, Mary Alice Mo Knight, Mary Elizabeth Finnegan, An na Tarrant Holmes, Irene Alicia flag gerty, Mary Virginia Driscon, Cath onica Sullivan, Julia Dohovan, Ros' erine Helena Driscoll, Elizabeth Yer Elizabeth O'Connor, Catherine Gracr Desmond, Elizabeth Frances O'Neill Mary Turner Shugrue, Margare Mary McVeigh, Sadie Patricia Con nelly Helen Gertrude Guinan, Este Mary Mayer, Mary Veronica Burns Mccarthy, Mabel Teresa McCarth! Margaret Mary McNamara, Heller
 Mary Lynch, Mary Rose Sullivan Mary Genevieve Shea, Anna Madelin' Riordan.
 Bows: Armand Leonard Lanoie Floyd William Aubrey, Philip Michae O'Brien, Austin Francis Furlong, Pat rick James Mahoney, Roger Henry Tight. James Edward Driscoll, JohI Joseph FurIong, Howard Augusta: Ryan, Edward Owen McVeigh, George John Tracy, Thomas Hartigan Con nell, Ernest Francis Gagnon, James Henry Flynn, Thomas Joseph Connel- ly John James Sullivan.
 The diplomas were attractively tiet in the clas scolors of green and gold The members of the graduating class have been in the efficient care of Sis ters M. Consilie> and M. Choysostom and until the supervision of Principa Rev M. P. Calvin.
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