The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-11
SECOND ANNUAL REUNION.
EARLY DAYS OF CHRISTIAN
BROTHERS SCHOOL ARE
PLEASANTLY RECALLED.
SOME INTERESTING SPEECHES.
Archbishop Ireland Among the List
of Those Who Responded to
TOasts-SynOpsis of Talks.


Members of the association and guests
to the number of $50 were present,
and course dinner was partaken of
to orchestral music. At the guests
table were seated Archbishop Ireland,
Rev. Fathers Hebron, Lawler, Mayer
and Gibbons. Brothers Emery, John,
F,millian and Cyril, President Reding
ton and T. D. O'Brien, who acted as
postmaster.
After the dinner had been served
President George T. Redington, in a
short speech, introduced T. D. O'Brien
as POSTMASTER. Mr. O'Brien called on
P. T. McDermott, who responded to the
toast THE Old Cathedral School" He
referred to the old school as being
one of the happiest spots in memory,
not only of his own, but of the other
members of the alumni. Associated
with the old school were the names of
many of the prominent men of st.
Paul-Archbishop Ireland, Bishop
Stanley and others. The pupils of the
old cathedral school did all things well,
from studying to stealing apples. The
task of teaching to which the Christian
Brothers had devoted their lives was a
noble one, and he spoke the mind of
all the alumni when he said to them:
| God bless you and the old cathedral
school"
T. F. Naughton responded to the
toast Young Mems Societies" He
said the good that flowed from gather
ings of young men was eXempllfled
by the gathering there present. There
was room for an organization of the
young Catholic men. This was the age
of organization, and, while there was
a diversity of aims, the Catholic young
men did not as a rule realize the ne
cessity of an organization, such as the
Christian Brothers school alumni. The
organization was not for the present
only, but for the future. The associa-
ton had a grand work before it, and
the members should give it their at
tention. Let high standard of man
hood and citizenship, he said, be set
by the members The pleasure of life
was not to be gagged by dollars and
cents, but by strengthening the forces
of manhood and citizenship.
Toastmaster O'Brien changed the
course of toasts to introduce Rev.
Father Hebron to speak on the sub
1ect of "St. Paul seminary" Father
Heffron said he was a graduate of
Cretin school and was proud of it. The
alumni association had always been
dear to him. He was fearful that the
association looked too far in the
future in it's toasts. He alluded to
school days as the happiest ones in the
lives of the members The large gather
ing was the best evidence that the as
ISOLATION would be a success. The
noble men who stood by the members
and guided them in their school days
should be remembered and never be
forgotten.
Peter Copravi of Faribault, spoke
briefly, but denied the statement made
by the POSTMASTER that he had been
preparing his speech for the past three
months.
Religion and Art" was the toast re-
sponded to by N. r. Brewer. He said
that he was not as we'll prepared to
talk on the subject allotted to him as
others, but it was probably owing to
his being 'dauber'' by profession that
he was called upon. The noblest eX
pressions of the mind were called forth
by art. Divorced from religion the
course of art was downward. The his
tory of art was that it had reached
it's highest perfection when brought
in close connection with religion.
Decadance in art set in when art lost
It's HODlG purpose. Iueit NOulu IeNGI
be return to grand art until art re-
turned to the true inspiration of all
art religion.
Rev. Father Gibbons was not down
for a toast but he expressed gratifi-
cation at being present and, as he said
lifted up his voice to testify to the
grand work done by the Christian
Brothers in st. Mary's parish as well
as in the other parishes in the city.
Tn ba nj hnfOrp tho n
asphalt pavements. the postmaster
stated, there used to be scrimmages
with rocks between the boys of the
Assumption school and the old cathe-
dral school. There were none now and
to explain why this was so he called
on Rev. Father Mayer, of the Assump-
ton church.
Rev. Father Mayer briefly explained
that there was now the utmost har-
mony between the schools and yearly
from a dozen to a score of the As
supmtion scholars graduated to the
Cretin school. He wished the Cretin
school and the brothers who conducted
it God speed" There was need, he
said, of more Catholic high schools for
young men. The young men should be
equipped with education and learning
for they had to bear the brunt of
the battle Of life. Statistics showed
that there were more high schools for
girls than there were fOf young men
and this should be remedied.
Captain" William Louis Kelly re-
sponded to the toast "The Cathedral
Scholar as a Soldier" He said he was
Just as much entitled to the title Of
''Captain" as the POSTMASTER was to
the title of Hon" Both he and the
POSTMASTER had sought the titles but
had been defeated at the elections.
]. D. O'Brien was enthusiastically re-
I,n fn
toast. Character" He said Of all the
influences that came over his life the
most benifcent were those he had re-
ceived at the Cathedral school. The
beginning and end Of all education was
character, and this was the founda-
ton stone which was sought to be es-
tablished by the Christian Brothers
schools Character was particularly de-
sired in countries where there was free
democratic rule. This was taught at
the schools presided over by the Chris
tian Brothers and was one of the rea-
sons why these institutions were so
successful.
Archbishop Ireland was cheered by
the banqueters as he was introduced
by the POSTMASTER. The archbishop
said the addresses. speeches and faces
called him back to 1923 when he was
a pupil of the Cathedral school. Few
were the classmates of his now in st.
Paul. The only one he could remem-
Der was James O'Brien, now connected
with the postofice in st. Paul. A few
days ago he had received letter from
a distant state which said the writer
wanted a favor He was member Of
the G. A. R. and had further claims
for the reason that he was a school
mate in the old Cathedral school in
1852. The favor was that writer want
ed to be appointed as watah1eoae,e tn q