The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-17

the inexhaustibie treasures of kncwl
edge, poetry and art. she has led yo'
far afie,d in the realms of science az
astronomy, of history and letters; sh
has trained you physically in athletic
so that the familiar yell of All Hal
lows college is dreaded by your com
petitors wherever you may meet them
But above and beyond all, she has Civ
en- you catholic Christian education
She has fitted you out as gentlemen ant
! scholars, prepared for the race of life
and she has nurtured your good i'm
pulses, trained your intellects by TIL
| rule of faith and instilled into YOU
/ hearts those eternal principles of NOR
atty and religion which. if strict.
pursued, will make you good citizens
and prepare you for the eternal here
after. The aspirations OF humanity al
point to an existence beyond the grave
| The untutored Indian looks forward tt
a happy hunting ground. the swarthy
| Hindoo, by self-denial and prayer, pre-.
| pares himself for endless progression
| of future existences, the ChinamaI
| burns his JOSS stick for the happy dead
| the infidal describes the passagt
through life as a travellers journey
frcm one mountain top across the in
terInediate valley to the succeeding
mountain top whose summit to him is
seeks his need of immortality in fame
and glory and the hearts of his coun-
trymen; the Christian knows that be-
yond the grave there is a grander life
for which the struggles of this one are
but prelude, a maze through which
We sass-a maze in which we must be
guided and directed by the rules OF
morality and religion in order to attain
the perfection intended to crown oul
existence.
knowledge and culture are not every
thing. Science has not exhausted the
mysteries of the earth, and astronomy
has not done with the skies. The rules
of arithmetic do not inculcate honesty
and no measure of integrity can be
found in calculus. The classics are
wonderfully deficient in morality, and
the lessons of history are but imper-
feet checks upon human passion, An
education that is confined to the intel
lect leaves the better half of human
nature undeveloped.
Greece and Rome produced a dazzling
culture and luxury, but their intellec-
tuality was the intellectually and Gull
ture of the senses and corruption, and
immortality fiourished. Paganism had
nothing with which to appeal to the
heatrs of mankind, and knowledge
without virtue was but the lotus flower
which lulled the moral sense to sleep
and brought individual and national
destruction as its consequences.
We have a magnificent public school
system in this country. but to the
catholic mind it must now appear in
complete. Believing as we do that
each individual must work out his own
destiny with the tools that are. fur
nished him. and inscribe upon the
judgment roll his every act and deed.
whether for good or bad, we necesSar-
lily believe as the congress of the Unit
ed States in the ordinance of 1897, Gre
ating the Northwest territory, eX-
presses it, Religion, morality and
knowledge being necessary to good
government and the happiness of man.
kind, schools and the means of educa-
ton shall forever be encouraged
Our schools should inculcate relig-
ion, morality and knowledge in the or
der named, and an education which
does not include them all is not COM
plete education This we believe as
matter of religious belief and also as a
matter of public policy. AS a great
writer has said, "if illiteracy is men
ace to free institutions, vice and FIRE
ligion are greater menace. The cor
rupt are always bad citizens; the ig-
norant are not necessarily so.'
Alma Mater of yours, conducted by
elf-sacrifcing men. who have devoted
~. lives to the education of true
49, 80 women, that for a thousand
f.,-~~r reserved to the world the beau
- the Greek and Roman classice,
the writings of the fathers, the very
Bible which is the cornerstone of
Christianity, and. indeed, all that we
know of history and ancient science
and literature. 1t was such men as
these who founded all the great uni
versities of Europe, Oxford and Cam
bridge, and Bologna and Paris and
Leipsic. 1t was under the sheltering
wing of the church that the system of
higher education now in vogue was
perpetuated by her devoted monks and
nuns, and she has always been the
friend of true and complete educa-
ton. Her warriors have been engaged
not in bloodshed, but in dispelling the
ignorance of the heart and the intel
lect, fighting the powers of darkness
She has taught you that heroism is
not confined to the battlefield. that
into the life of every man come trials
and struggles and temptations which
overcome. constitute him as much of
hero as the leader of fOrlorn hope.
She teaches the stern lesson of duty to
God and man, of loyalty to country,
not only because of love of il, but be-
cause it is ordained by the law of God;
that happiness for yourself consists in
living uprightly and doing thoroughly
that duty which each DAY presents to
you.
Great events are stirring in this
world into which you are now being
ushered. Nations are aghast at the
new principle of International law
which this country of ours is enforcing
at the cannons mouth. Humanity be-
fore conquest, right before might. How
ong the conflict may last, no man can
say, but it is inevitable that the prin-
eiple will be established. 1t may be
that before the contest is over each
1ne of US may be called upon TO take
up arms and defend the flag we have
been taught to love so well. Were it
lot that other ties and obligations bind
is down we. would all be in the fore
'front.' of the battle. But "he also
serves who only stands and waits and
when the necessity comes-which God
'orbid-we will all be ready. aye, more
han ready, to do our part.
You boys must not think that it is
,nly your youthful blood which stirs
md tingles and courses rapidly at the
irum beat and the trumbet's call. As
ne rhymester says:
The grammars bad, but oh. my son.
wish I'd did what Dewey done"
The proceedings were interspersed with
| number of selections by the. orchestra
md band. and. to the strains of the Pills
Jury march, the audience dispersed.
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