The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-08-20

We rive in full the epAe"oAu a
,;va,ed ON the occasion by T. A. Flanagan Esq, q
one of the best lawyers and moss es.eeme1
citizens of our sister city OF shreveport !
Flanagan is q graduate OF the OniVeiS'.s - {
Notre Dame, st. Joseph county, Ano'ana, "n'o"
institution may justly feel proud 81 sne pro
found learning and brilliant elocu.lon u
polished gentleman. 10 many Oh our o"n
Kittens Mr.. Flanagan is not unknown, having,
a few years ago, while on q visit here' osptn.eo
ana of the fairest flowers of the Crescent CITY
the second daughter of our wen-kno~n anu
respected fellow citizen, Mr. John 1. Moore
R.yerend Fathers Sisters Ladies' and Gentlemen:
II Ia certainly q refreshing pleasure somec
4;nes to retire from the tolls and turmolls OF
everyday life, from the wearying practical ..
the ETERNAL to the calm ana gen5.e ;art Of
of this internal, that loitier I'LL" oo''
man, the intellect. at. +.a;on.
Many persona may pronounce tnls .eS r"bae;
TGintsressns Affords pleasure
om% ,.euiarlv characsersic deep. that it is
nnreiy Of the heart and intellect; characterst.o:
because it is pleasure . ,naf Suliy afford. With
the magic power of Aladin's tabled lamp, ~
inVokes the good and guarding Gen" OF yeaIs
assc[ In the loved and cherished scenes and
% Sau DAYS of youth; happy, indeed: because
free from sin and care days when k9e" h NO
1nv dear old Alma Mater again wander with
ny fam;l;ar freedom of child at hom" through
her study rooms and science,lsden naNs
Again 11amble sporfdys pictured a.
ne ynre With the famiiier faces, musical with
the mingling voices of merry schoolma aS.
Ag1 ~ bailowed Misunderstanding the earn.
eet nraver of childhood's heart for loved ones!
And again see and hear me first ana iona .nS
IN that choir of boyish voices, chanting the
miSniSht Christmas Mass, OF raising in solemn
saTo tSat beautiful hymn of alteration to the
newborn Saviour, 1des.e fdeles :; ana men On
the ceremonies o. noty sad to the Catholic
hearti These, followed by the festive joys OF
Easter sunday-the gladstone, glorious cnoras'
FRANCES too sweet to be forgotten-aimost TOO
sacred to be aroused from memorys trmo
And what but scenes like this can 80 wen re-
call such memories as these What can give tSe
quickly back to us, as fresh as yesternay, sne
free and happy days of youth Here, wltn UNI "a
the brief ticking of an honr we I'VE Gg' Ws &c
on~onslv. so hopefully, SO ambitionsly strng.
gled for honors like to these distributed he a.
to-day; and have we forgotten our }oys, s 1t
and friends. no less proud and happy than we
to witness its And is it no pleasure to re e,
call these scenes ,s and see 'he" Oh "s'''
Hence repeat, the pleasure of the Presen
occasion is one, deep and chdrdcter'shc Whet
can we find such lnnocence,+ School sJ An
xyhere can we find that innocence so Jealousl
Guarded and protected, as here at a Conyen
School9 Where can we see 50 many erect nr an
gladden. us at q school exhloitlon Anu t,"art
can we find such full and gladstone hea!t
whose futtering throos OF 'nn 1 S Ky the
oIow of purity and lovei believe that IL
5ast experience of every gnest mere .o.a "a,
lenders each fully capable of recognizing al
annreciating the facts and feelings expires e
We have assembled here to enjoy TINS ae'
and characteristic pleasure, ana ell, pe eni"y,
p il. This distribution of premiums, my ue
friends. is not SO insignificant or trivia. an .
fair as it is so often thought to pc; me IN.
needing, busy world, may pass it lightly !
and deem it of but little consequence TO y
Commerce of eur country, to the growth q,
business of our town, or to the buiiaing Oh
roada and factories and other great WORKS
While Improvement; but, in oil seriousness
assert, that our schools, both male ana 1ema :
and their every proceeding which ten ttb Se
Faction of the education of the chlldTen
youth of our land. have ereryth'ng TO 90 w, W,
- the commerce and growth, the puoiic "oi
ond prosperity of our country.
an Ven pb had as we'll assert that the foundI
and workshops had nothing to do with
massive iron columns that support some IN
A we'll tell me that the mallet and en-
had nothing to do with some magnlhcenI1 IN
BILE shaft that points heaTen ntHaT Of 'e the
.eyer-enduring letters, It's hlstorJ VI 'ne
- A we'll tell me that the fountains, WI
riynlets trickle down Jne iai oh -
sides, have nought do with the meand 1f
that water 50 Gdsy nd dha so way we to
sea AS we'll tell me that the loom ana
Shuttle have nought to do with the III +
tanestry of the monarch's halls or as wen ven
sa zap tSaf the sunlight and the deMs give
coioring to the flowers of the vale! 80, d.
Take from us our schools, and WIN % ~
sonic hand you drag from the temple Oh n
mon that magnificent structure OF comm
and science, its chief supporting column,
cultivated intellect of man. Take from III
schools, and you at once drag to ea fI !.
level with animal nature, that beautif9l
With all the lettering of its history, chiseled
by the Great Creator, the Master Architect
- sslf the elevated, the eternal MIND Oh
Take from us our schools, and, with rnt
hand, You snatch from the palace OF socie
Ticbest. most beautiful adornments, Tn
fined accomplishments of woman.
from us our schools, and you at once
mn. or prison, which is worse, the foun
Of honesty, morality and virtue whose y
now flow throughout, enrich and III
the soil of society. In fine, take from u
schools, and you rob the flowers alon
pathway of life, of all their beauteo Hn1