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is five per cent inspiration and ninety-five per cent perspira- 

 tion." In other words, no matter what God-given gifts you 

 may possess, you must work terribly hard to get the most out 

 of them. Work and incessant work at an idea or a theory, 

 is the only way to develop it or to develop yourself. Careful 

 and exact work is the greatest thing needed in the world to- 

 day, and you ought to take your share in it. 



There is much for the educated woman to do in the field of 

 sociology, philanthropy and good government. Most of the 

 writers and experimenters of to-day leave out of their calcu- 

 lations in these spheres the influence and power of religion. 

 Their ideas for the betterment of the world make a creedless, 

 prayerless and almost beliefless reconstruction of the relation 

 of man to his fellow-man. They aim to have statistics, eco- 

 nomics and the card-index take the place of faith, hope and 

 charity. It may be within your province to illumine all these 

 questions by showing the true position and the teaching of the 

 Church regarding them. At any rate, you have a noble equip- 

 ment with which to go forth into the world, and to take your 

 place among the workers and scholars in the myriad ways 

 which the field of knowledge opens up to you. 



You have the opportunity in this twentieth century to renew 

 again the magnificent showing which Catholic women schol- 

 ars, teachers and professors made in the past. You can rise 

 to as great eminence as they ; in doing so you will be only liv- 

 ing up to the great traditions of your history ; and there is now 

 no barrier here to forbid you doing so, for in this latest of 

 centuries woman has had again thrown open to her the oppor- 

 tunity of learning and achievement which she always enjoyed 

 under Catholic auspices. That the class of 1914 may do so, 

 and that its success may inspire coming classes to emulate 

 and surpass it, is my fervent wish for you as graduates of this 

 College. 



May every one of you attain a success of which Catholic 

 womanhood may well be proud. 



