The record-union., 1897-02-23
THE YOUNG MEMS INSTITUTE,
HOW the Local Councils HOnOred Wash
ingtOn'S Birthday.
Patriotic Songs and Recitations-
Interesting Address by Hon.
III. E. Highton.

The second celebration of Y NJ 1. Day
by Sacramento Council, No. II, and
Capitol Council, No. ~, Young Mems
institute, which was held in the Met
ropolitan Theater last evening, proved
an unqualified success in every par
tlcular. Standing room was at a. prem
lufn long before the exercises opened,
and every available spot was occupied
py persons eager to hear rendered one
OF the best programmes of the season.
Potted palms and ferns gave color to
The foreground, and the red-whi and
blue was so disposed as to make
charming picture. To the right was
suspended a white and gold banner
bearing the words PRO Dec, Pro
Patria," while to the left was a large
portrait of Washington, above which
We're the letters ~. NJ. L." and below
the words, Greeting; February 22,
1897
The Committee of Arrangements were
II. j. Carraghar chairman, Frank J.
klernan Secretary, Ed. West, A. J.
Mclean, ?. Douglass, J. J. Moran, J. c.
German, G. Edward Hook, NJ Scanlon,
T. A. Fitzgerald, J. T. McNiff, w. F.
Gormley and Joe Blair. They had for
gotten nothing which could tend to in
crease the comfort and enjoyment of
those present.
James Doody in a few Introductory
remarks touched a responsive chord,
and after extending a hearty welcome to
the audience retired with applause ring
ing in his ears. He stated that the love
of country was instilled in members of
the Catholic Church equally with the
love of God. Mr. Doody gave a brief
outline of the Y. NJ. I. order, after which
he introduced Major w. A. Anderson as
President of the Evening.
Major Anderson paid a high tribute
to the memory of the Father OF His
Country. Miltiades at Marathon, Wash
ington at Yorktown and Grant at APP
pommatox he said were instrumental in
forming three of the greatest epochs in
the worlds history, and to the spirit left
by Washington, was due the fact that
throughout this broad land the spirit of
personal and religious liberty reigned
supreme.
He thanked the Young Mems Institute
for the honor conferred upon him, and
introduced as initiatory to the exercises
the Sacramento Institute Orchestra,
given in full further on.
Two changes only occurred in the pub
lished programme, the first of which
was the absence of Rich It. Cohn, whose
place was acceptably filled by Walter
Longbottom, who rendered Let Me
Like a Soldier Fall" and was the reci-
pient of round after round of applause,
and Mr.. Hanlon withdrew from comic
JtT lnF+ Il
shoulder th4 responsibility, which he
did with great success.
Thomas w. Hefron rendered THE
Curse of Regulus" in fine style, and
being recalled, put his audience in fine
fettle by his inimitabIe rendition of
Casey at the Bat"
He was followed by the male chorus
composed of the following gentlemen:
JOS NJ. Anderson, +. A. Griffin, H. Mi
tau. L. Bell w. s. Howe, d. Mcgowan
r. H. Blair, L. A. Jacox, a. Pritchard
G. H. Bentley, II. y. Kidder, c. NJ. Phin-
ney, C. s. King. F. c. Schuler, ]. c. Car
roll, w Longbottom, c. NJ. TRULY, NJ J.
Desmond, w. E. Lovdal ]. r. Weeks
W. II. Dunster, g. B. Lovdal, j. A
owens. E. S. Elkus. C. T. Milliken, NJ
K. Barrett, f. j. O'Neil, H. A Crocker
companist, Miss Louise Milliken.
MR.. HIGHTON'S ADDRESS.
Hon. Henry E. Highton of San Fran
cisco, the orator of the evening, was
we'll received, and his address on PA
triotism" was punctuated throughout
with applause. Judge Highton sub
mitted that from the first America had
been dedicated to religion-not to one
r h4rf h.. ,f.+
was the Declaration of Independence
and the formation of the States under
a Constitution allowing entire religious
freedom to all. The Government. he
said, was not Catholic and it was not
Protestant, but neither was it pagan
nor atheistic.
He quoted from Washingtons inau-
gural address To show that the father
of his country openly and officially rec
ognized the power of divine omnipo-
1ence and realized and acknowledged
that patriotism and religion were one
and the same.
Patriotism. the speaker said, is an
elastic word varying in meaning in
different epochS and among different
people. The word patriotism had
in the United States. acquired a deeper,
wider meaning than 1t had ever be-
fore had. 1t meant an extending of
the blessings of life to the nation. AS
the type Of men rose the nation rose.
and nothing could 50 elevate the type
Of man as education. Patriotism to-
day, he said, means to elevate the
country TO plane whence there can be
no retrogression. Good citizens meant
patriotism, and morality and intelli-
gence We're responsible for both. Nor
alIty and intelligence would place the
country on foundation too solid to be
shaken by dissensions and rebellions.
The speaker next took up and ex
plained why Washington's Birthday