The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-11-11
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A LESSON FOE CATHOLIC AnrRroAas.
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Assembly enacted tho Law permitting Tree
Catholic universities TO be established, sna
tina Catbolics Of France, through their
authorized representatives, at once set
| about cultivatiDg the field wbich "aa sn9s
opened TO them. Measures were lmmeoi
ately taken towards the estsbiisnment OF
| Ave great Catholic institutions which shouio
| vie successfully with the great stare UNI
versity which had previously epyeyeo TUG
monopoly of higher education. ihese no"
| ;nstitntons were to be the legitimate sec-
cessora of the great Catholic universities oi
| the Middle Ages which bad either disap-
| neared in the general confusion OF the
| French Revelation or had allowed mailgn
| influence To turn their teachings from the
| maths of truth in which they had set out
| And more particularly were these new seats
of learning required, since the great maj
| tution organized by the first Napoleon
| when he wished to model new ORDER OF
thipgs out of the discord of the Revolution,
was essentially even more the creature anu
the tool of that Revolution than was no him
| self. Possibly against his intention, 1t soon
| became n nursery of anti. Christian doc |
trines, o hosbed of infdelity. And to make
| the danger greater, even primary eoucation
was In the hands of the same maiign lnna-
ence. The Catholics claimed their rights
| ia the matter of education but it was only
| on the morrow of the Revolntloo of le4S
| that even q partial respect was shown for
these rights. In 1s49, when the government
was yet Republican, the Count de Falloux,
who was then Minister of Public Instruction,
had an act passed making public instruction
! free. We have lately published some
statistics tending to show what the results
| of this measure have been. In puolic
competitions the pupils of the Christian
Brothers carry away all the honors leaving
little or nothing to those of the lay schools,
even where, as in the city of Paris, the
latter are vastly in the msjority. 1t 10
more than probable that this succees OF
Christian instruction had very much to DO
with the persistent refusal to grant liberty
of higher education;-nay, IT'S most consls
tent opponents have told Ms 80 themselves.
Bot after many delays the boon was at
I length granted, and this time, too, by q
legislature elected at the close OF another
; revolution and in the face of unprecedented
. national disasters. This is one OF the most
important items in the legacy of legislation
2 which the defunct National Assembly has
j left TO France, and well is it. for the future
prosperity of the country, both morally and
h politically, that such provision was MADE
k iust only in time. After chequered career
70 of less than Ave years the NanoEal Assem-
D. blv ceaaed to exist, to give way to q rev
10 Legislature consisting of two branches. Ih
10 Chamber of Deputies elected on the 2Osh o
% February, 1876, was anti Catholic, o
er rather anti Christian, by very consldera
BILE msjoTity. Ia strict accordance witt
the principles of such majority, almos
"a | the first care of this new Chamber was t
is repeal the law creating the Catholic un!
IN yersities before giving the measure eve
he the time to be tested. bare
a. MAJORITY OF FIVE VOTERS
30, in the Senate saved the infant institution
nc from being smothered in the cradle.
Nv Thus narrowly have the Catholic un
yersities escaped this danger which threat
jus jus ened them 10 their infancy, but whose onl
on ., apparent effect hos been to give them
m
es izers and patrons work more energetical
of towards the conclusion and perfection
st. the great undertaking. OF the Eve untve
me sities of Paris, Angers. Lyons, Touio1
rec and Lille, all are now established on Sol
al basis, and some have reached the compl
ton of their organisation. That of Lille
ow the furthest advanced in THE as In mo
eW other respec;s. By the beginning OF N
An' u yember it will be q complete universlty
ur eyery sense of the word. The faculty
at- medicine, to which most oppoelslon
in made, was legally acknowledged IN
,al- month of July last, and the faculty OF To
in oloUy will open its course in November. !
ing the aggregation OF it's i've facultes, oy
namber, talent and devotedness OF lts Pl
ton fessore, by it's libraries, collections ano :
laid means of study within the reach OF I
as vOunR men who 60 there to make tn
ane .a1e studies, as well by the different instii
! az tions open for the benefit OF the etaoen
nan this university will present comOinatl
the of advantages which 1t wouIo % olnic
eets to find even in cities in which unlvers
'nce may have been long in existence. The II
ulty of law which has been opened for
Z In last two years, has never for o mom
late ceased to make good the promises W
a%Ser % which it set out Rs soon as It could lega
,eie- 'a exist but of the thirty students who hs
thi. been examined by the mixed jury, TWEEN
tea. five have passed this examination succe
can fully. The came proportion has b
that main tanned in the case of those who h
and presented themselves before the state 1u
nsve This success will tend to increase
ans. ans number of those students who Will foI
'Als the course of this faculty. Many yo'
men, who are destined to direct
sars' IMPORTANT FARMING OR INDUSTRIAL oP
ault ATOMS,
s;,er followed these courses last year, am
ioss Others being the sons of merchants II
ronR the most important and hourishing to-
the in the north of France. Others will
b he fail to initiate their example, and will
iont to make their studies at Lille, psrticuls
ger Ger, that of law, along with those to whom