Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-06-24
GRADUATING EXERCISES
At MOUNT SAINT MARY
Rev. Michael Earls of Holy Cross
College POrtrays Virtues That
Form Character of True Chris.
tian Observation-Disclosures and
Prizes Awarded

The hall at Mount st. Mary's Academy
was crowded to the limit Tuesday after
noon at the commencement exercises of
the class of 1920. The program opened
with Awake Ye Bards" from king
Arthur Smieton. by the Glee club, fol-
lowed by Caprice Niennois." by Kreisler,
played by Miss Regina Raymond of Plain
field, ". j., volinst. with orchestral
accompaniment. Then came a selection by
st. Cecelia's orchestra, March of the
Dwarfs." Grieg. and Hymn to the
Madonna" Kremser-Spicker. by quin-
tette. Then came the comforting of the
graduating honors by the Very Rev J. F.
Gillis, V. G. Following are the winners
of the prize medals and special prizes:
PRIZE MEDALS
Gold medal for Christian Doctrine, Gift
of the Rt Rev ]. j. Rice, d. D., awarded
to Miss Pauline Frances Lynch; gold
medal for church history, gift of a friend,
awarded to Miss Agnes Mulligan of the
class of 1921; gold medal for English, gift
of the Rev. +. a. WEIGH. awarded to Miss
Constance Anna Canning; gold medal
for highest average, gift of the Rev. j. p.
Rand, awarded to Miss Lucille Mary
Hardacre: our lady's medal, gift of Mrs.
T.. NJ. Baird, awarded to Miss Dorothy
Lucille Corley.
SPECIAL PRIZES
Prize for ethics, gift of the Rev w. II.
Cassidy. awarded to Miss Regina Nc
Naboe Cooley; prize for science, gift of the
Rev. T. J. Leonard awarded to Miss
Louise Elizabeth Brennan; scholarship
donated by the University of Vermont,
awarded to Miss Lucille Mary Hardacre
and prize for mathematics. gift of a
,riend awarded to Miss Anna Cecilia
Oliver,
There also were two scholarships to
the College of New ARochelle, n. Y.
which were won by Miss Louise Bren-
nan and Miss Frances Kelley, and one to
Mt. ST. Mary's College at Plainfield,
n. j.. which was won by Miss Regina
Cooley. Then in the name of the Bur-
lington Chamber of Commerce T, B.
Wright presented to Miss Agnes Sulli-
van of the class of 1921 $500 in gold for
the best-essay on the benefits OF enlist
ments in the United States army
The Rev. Michael Earls, S. j., of the
College Of Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass,
was the commencement speaker. Father
Earls who is ranked as one Of the ablest
pulpit orators in the country, also is a
poet and writer of rare talent. He was
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His novels and poems have received
favorable criticism In this country and
in England. Maurice Francis Egan, the
noted diplomat and writer, regards Father
Earls as one of the greatest of present
day writer's.
In his address to the graduates Father
Earls spoke of the great significance of
commencement day exercises When a
tradesman learns his trade, he said, he
goes on with no particular ceremony and
when a professional man finishes his
training nothing Is said about 1t. He
simply hangs out his shingle. as they
say. But when pupils in schools and
college finish their work they are given
distinct recognition of their work in
the past and encouragement for greater
things in the future by exercises in their
honor and in honor of the occasion
This shows that the church and the State
like to encourage in every way possible
the training of the young people. FIR
Earls deplored the lack of religion and
the shutting out of God in many OF the
OF the country He said that
In many OF them the students are being
taught doctrines alike in every way to
those practiced by the Reds" upon the
streets of the large cities and then people
wonder why the ideas Of the Reds" have
taken such foothold. He urged the grad
yates to do all they could to curb that
sort of thing and to encourage Goodness
in the college and round about them and
to show others that this was the only
solution to present-day problems. He told
them what the church should mean to
them and what they should do for the