Los Angeles herald., 1890-03-31
A GOOD WORK.
The Convent of the Sisters of
the Immaculate Heart.
1t Receives the Formal Blessing
and Dedication.
The Very Impressive Ceremonies of
the Occasion.
The New Building at Pico Heights-An
Address by Father Hartnet-The
Scope of True Education.

at 3 O'Clock in the presence of a large
crowd of visitors The building just com
pleted is situated in Pico Heights on
Pico street, and is an edifice which does
credit to the order and to the city. The
architect is f. J. Captain and the con-
tractor H. Grant.
The building, which is 20 feet by SO in
its dimensions, will accommodate 100
pupils. On the main floor are the par
lors, chapel, kitchen and refectory. Up
stairs are the classrooms, library and
Sisters dormitory. All are large and
well lighted and admirably arranged.
The upper floors contain the living
rooms of the pupils. The institution
starts out with thirty-seven pupils, and
will undoubtedly receive excellent
patronage.
The ceremony of dedication was con-
Quoted by Bishop Mora, assisted by
Bishop O'Connell, Father Hartnet and
several Of the local clergy. The address
of the occasion was delivered by Father
Hartnet.
Father Hartnet's Address.
Right Rer. Bishops, Tery Rec. and Rec.
Fathers, Sisters of the Immaculate Heart
Of Mary, Ladies and Gentlemen:
1t is with pleasure that l accept the
kind invitation of the good Sisters to say
to you few words on this occasion. 1t
is an auspicious one indeed, and marks
a new epoch in the history of the Sisters
of the Immaculate Heart. Since their
advent to this diocese their work has
been principally confined to the paroch-
ial institutions; now their sphere of
usefulness is so extended as to embrace
the conducting of an academy wherein
young ladies may finish their education
and be fitted for the entire fulfillment of
their duties, no matter what position in
society they may hold. The achieve
ment OF the success which this day
marks for the Sisterhood, is due in no
small degree to their prudent zeal, their
untiring efforts in the cause of educa-
ton, and the unanimity which has char
acterized their every effort. Circum-
stances have SO changed since the good
Superioress who presides over this insti-
tuition set loot on California, that one
should not be surprised to see the mis-
sion of the order brought to close. But
what do we find today? Instead of
sounded, we hear JOYOUS notes
which unequivocally proclaim that
the order has not passed to its re-
ward, but rather having entered new
espousals has given birth to an institu-
ton which will bring abundant bless
ings, both to those who now exist and to
those whose existence is as vet but a
mere possibility. | need not review the
labors of the good Sisters in order that
you appreciate their efforts. 1t sufficeth
to say that they conduct an orphanage
without material aid from the commu-
nifty in which they live, parochial insti-
tutlons without imposing burdens on the
poor, boarding schools without ostenta-
ton but, nevertheless, sufficient to i'm
part such an education as will enable a
young lady to go through life with eclat.
lmpressing others with the conviction
that her education, so far from beiny
neglected, is truly solid and Christian.
| need not tell you who are here
assembled what a good education means.
You know well that an adaptabilitv for
for the fripperies OF fashion does not rem
der a young lady educated You know
that an eagle eye for the latest novel and
an almost Unsuitable desire for a knowl-
edge OF its contents are not bv anv
means indications OF an educated mind
You know that an ahectation of superior
mental ability and of knowledge of
everything movable, so far from be-
tokening good education is rather evi-
dence of pride which darkens
the intellect and of an ignorance which
leads to excess Affectation without
knowledge and knowledge without hu-
mility are twin sisters. Both are de-
formed and deserve alike the conmiser-
alton of every well-informed man
There is no one who is educated and
consequently observant who cannot
easily distinguish between education
and atfectation, learning and Ignorance.
Those, therefore, who wish to be GO
teemed educated, but are not so in re-
allty, must be sooner or later disan-
pointed in their hopes.
We all admire education. no mattar
what the subject be in which it is met
with. We do not all, however know
how to discern between education and
knowledge. A man may possess mental
attalnments in an eminent degree and
yet not be an educated man. man
may be Demosthenes in eloquence a
Plato or Aristotle in philosophy. a Co
pernlcus' or Galileo in astronOmv-in a
word, may be an encyclopedias, and
nevertheless not be an educated man
In order that a good education be i'm.
parted to anyone it is necessary that not
only the intellect be perfected. but ike.
wise the moral being, which with tho
intellectual constitutes man what he ;s
An education which reaches only ono.
hall OF man is only half an education
1t IS like tower which is not nernen.
dlcular, and the center of gravity Of
which will, if its erection be continHIeS
sooner or later fall without the base
thus insuring its collapse.
The intellect may be develoned ond
the moral being neglected or rice rerso
In either case an education is not i'm.
parted. You may crowd mans mam-
ory with facts and dates and leave him
almost nonentity as far as morality m 10
concerned. Nor is he thus fitted for {ba
proper discharge of his duties as a mem
Der Of society. Take those who cause
most damage to the social body. are
they the illiterate? No. They are those
whose intellect has been developed, but
whose heart or moral entity has been
dwarfed. By whom are the trusts and
the various organizations which Cypress
the poor formed? Is it by illiterate
men? No. By whom are individuals
and the State defrauded of thousands
ana millions? By the illiterate? No.