The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-06-13

soUru BEND, ISp., Juno l2.-Arch.
bishop Ireland was tho principal
speaker ut tho golden iubilco OF Notro
Dame ~uniyorlity, and his address was
devoted to oulocizing tho work OF
Father Edward sorin, tho founder Of
tho unircralty, and tho dcliycranco Of n
powerful argument in favor OF higher
education. lilo particularly praised the
state institutions, saying thoy wore
necessary. md that tho Catholic, make
n mistake in lighting tho system. On
thia latter subicc. no said: Tho
Catholic church always made liberal
education ono Of her most cherishod
works. Schools woro built by hcr as
carly as monastorios. In America the
state builds schools. colleges and uni.
vorsitics, and Is lavish in itI expondi.
lures for their support. Tho question
Is put, why docs not tho church leave
tho work Of education to tho state,
which commands wealth aud power
mo former cannot hope TO possess.
Tho question calls for a brief answer.
[ have no quarrel with the educational
world. | admire. I am proud Of my
country in this matter as In so many
others. America understands tho i'm.
portance OF education. Sho always
priced primary education; and today
she aims at being tho peer OF all other
countries. My ideal school 10 tho
Christian school where secular knowl-
edge and religion are wooded in inscp-
arabic union. Ye. | do not blanc tho
state. What can the state do in Wow
OF all circumstances il tho courts OF tho
country leave out religion. and in this
matter strive to make schools rs neu.
trail as schools can be. The state docs
tho best it can. Lot us DO just to it,
praisinG it for the good itdoes and ad.
hitting tho force OF tho reasons for its
short coming.. Where ,hoy are IN.
%0voIdable our practical duty Is to make
up for these shortcomings by extrnor.
binary efforts in other ways.
70 ara,liematizs tho state Is q wron.
aud 4 folly. Would you have the STATE
close its schools and colleges? But in
no other ann can the masses receive
an education. Moreover tho state will
not close its schools and colleges, and
tho millions will and mus. continue to
frequent them. The lcSions OF your
Catholic children will be umong their
pupils. fou have no buildings to-day
TO accommodate more than one.third Of
gOINr NhtlIrnp and ,,ot, unnr,ol,. 30 80
teachers for that number. Will yoI, |
ask, censure those who believe in state
institutions and In anger withdraw from
them all spiritual w~atchfulncss? By so
doing some may reply We show our
special prediction for the pupils OF
Catholic institutions. But will you, /
ask, dare neglect unto death two-thlrds
OF your children in order TO a Y more
easily the other third?
| will speak my full thought. l
would work with double energy to
make up for tho necessary exclusion OF
religion from tho programme Of state
institutions. and do all in my power TO
bring in some other manner their
pupils under religious influences, aud
while so doing l would build up, but
not in angry protest against tho state
school. the Christian school. And /
would say to parents and to children,
thrice blessed are those whose daily
mental nutrimcnt is secular aud reli.i-
Gus knowledge united. Tho Catholic
school and the Catholic college have
their mission among tho Catholics of
America. They arc the ideal schools.
From them. therefore, there mus,
come ideal fruits. Without these fruits
Catholic schools and Catholic colleges
cannot justify themselves and cannot
give reasons for their existence"