The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-24

! Nblll VI run AH'Hbll tlil' l's l'h FNl'NAoH
was laid amid much pomp and ceremony.
and Notwithstanding the rain which
came up Just about the time set for the
ceremonies to begin, the crowd that wa1
present numbered several thousands.
Al the local Catholic societies turned
out and paraded from the St. Alphonsus
church, on the South Side. where they
formed. ut o'clock. In the following
order:
Mr. Clarity. from the Bcnwood Division.
A. O. H., Chief Marshal.
First Division.
ITackctts Band, Of Bcllaire.
Knights OF ST. George OF st. Alphonsus
Church.
Knights OF st. John, Of Benwood.
st. AlphOnsus Society.
st. Stanlslaus Society.
Second Division.
The Liberty Band.
BcnwoOd Division, 4. q. II.
Grand Opera House Band.
Knights OF St. George OF Cathedral.
Mulln Division, y. o. Fl.
Parkc Division, A. o. II.
The procession moved promptly at
o'clock. marching up Market street to
Twelfth, up Twelfth to Eon, down Eoff
to Fourteenth and up Fourteenth TO
Byron. where the exercises took place.
As the head OF the procession reached
the platform 1t halted md the command
open order was given and between the
lines made by the societies, marched
Archbishop John Joseph kain. Father
Boutlou and the entire local clergy
dressed In the garb Of their respective
Office. preceded by the alter boys and
members OF the boys sodallty.
in gnt 80 m FrVt ~ tho
building had been placed In position.
md a large platform erected on them for
the occasion. The front platform. where
| the clergy and prominent members of
| the church sat, was protected
| from the rain by large canvas canopy.
a handsome large American flag floatcd
| from n staff In the centre OF the plat
| form, and others were attached to the
| canopy on either side, making very
pretty picture. -
As the clergy took seats the bands
played appropriate airs. after which
| Rev. Father Boutlou called the assem-
blage to order and Archbishop kain
| stepped forward to address the people.
Archbtshop's Address.
The archbishop began by saying that
| the overhanSinS clouds and threatening
weather warned him that he must be
brief IN his remarks, and that he would
not keep the people standing In the rain
long by delivering 4 lengthy address.
The blessing OF the stone, In itself"
said the archbishop, rs a very short
ceremony, but to the Cathedral and the
Catholics In general 1t has Sreat deal
| OF Significance. For nearly half CEN
| tury this spot has been marked as
| place OF education and the children OF
| the Cathedral have been instructed here
| for years. But as times move We must
move with them"
II see many before me whose heads in
| dicate that they can go back with me
| forty or fifty years. when educational
| advantages were not what they are at
present. In the state of Virginia for In
stance, that state which has had the
| benefits OF so many opportunities, edu-
| cation has been sadly neglected, and the
| educational advantages in that state are
| few indeed. The Catholic church wants
| to keep pace with the times. She Is the
| foster mother Of education. as her his
| tory will show. We, here in Wheeling
mean you here In WheelirG-Qaugh-
| teri want to be In unison with the rest
| of the country and therefore you have
| decided to erect this handsome new
structure.
"The youths of this city have elegant
Catholic church has done all It could do
| to promote the existing conditions In that
| line. The Cathedral parish has been
| foremost In this respect, but It must
| move onward with progress,
Tho Teachers.
The speaker here referred to the char
acter and quality Of the teachers who
are to take charge OF the school and said
| he would guarantee that they would do
| their work we'll He has seen them In
other cities and has observed the results
| of their work, md had only the words OF
| the highest praise for them.
Hcurged the people OF the city to give
| the new school their support and said
| that in order that the work done here,
| shall show good results, tn. members or
| the Catholic churches must cooperate (
with the pastor and teachers. The aid
must be OF n financial nature as well al
| sympathy, and rs their former bishop he
| appealed to the laicty TO give their
generous support to the boys school.
FOR, while there are educational facil!-
| tica around you, there Is something
| lacking In Them and that IL that In the
| education OF the youth we must develop
| the religious clement. Teach the child
| its duty toward Almighty God. Tint
element is lacking In other schools, aud
we must build christian schools In which
| 10 educate our children. II we want to-
see the country prosper, we must give
our attention to christian training in our
| schools"
"If you VIII read the declaration Of one
| OF Americas formOst men, the beloved
| father OF his country, YOU will find that
| In his dying words he warned the clti-
zens of this fair lHnd Of 0ura. not to
separate religion from education"
ltiblc In the schools.
The archbishop referred to a society
that claimed rs It's object the protection
OF the schools and the reading of the
Bible therein. In answer he DESIRED to
| say TINT the Catholics were Il unit In tho
belief that the Bible must and shall be
| sustained In tho schools and that chris
| t!an training and education shall so
| hand In hand.
The speaker closed his remarks by say
| Ing that II is the duty OF every Catholic
| TO send their children to this school and
| give II their support and that he knew
| that the result would he that as nm edu-
cational institution the new boys school
would he pride 10 the city and the do
| cese OF Wheeling.
At the conclusion of the Rrchhishop's
| address, the clergy md the alter boys
| dccendCd from the platform to where
| the corner stone lay and Archbishop
| Kain blessed 1t according to the ritual.
| After which they rcasccn6cd and DR.,
| Charles a. Wingcrter addressed the peo-
| pie, as follows:
Dr. wingcrter's Address.
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