Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-27
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picture represented.
He returned to the members of the
Lyceum his sincere thanks for the hon |
or that had been bestowed upon him. |
He assured tine society that he would
ever labor in its interests In the future
e.s he had done in the past, not combining
his efforts to temperance work alone, |
but extending them to athletic and lit
erary features of the society as well, in
the belief that to overcome the saloon
and its influence it was necessary to
have counter attractions that were Just
as interesting to the mind.
Superintendent Clarence F. Carroll
was the next speaker. He spoke to the
boys on the temptations Of intemper-
ance, which, he said, were great. He
did not, however, agree with one col
lege professor who made the statement
that it was impossible for young man
to take college course and still remain
total abstainer. While he thought that
college life placed great temptation in
this line in the way of the young man,
he was certain that if the student had
the will power and the desire, he could
overcome the tendency. He cited his
own case and that of many others in
his college class of $50 as instances of
this.
Fred Lamb then rendered a bass solo,
after which that veteran total abstainer
of the city, who is the Oldest member
of the oldest Catholic temperance or
ganization in the city, was called upon.
No banquet of the sort would be COM
plete if the boys did not have an oppor-
tunity to listen to Mr.. Goggin's words;
and, although the years have left their
traces upon him, Mr.. Goggin still re-
tains exactly as active an interest in
the cause as he did years ago
Then came Hon. John r. Thayer, who
was introduced by the postmaster as
the mayor Of South Worcester. AS
usual, the genial advocate made one Of
his witty speeches, but there was one
regret that fingered in the minds of the
members during his five-minute talk.
1t was that the mayor, Rufus B. Dodge,
had left the hall before Mr.. Thayer was
called upon. Had the city's executive
been there, he would have had to have
taken the brunt of some good-natured
sarcasm in return for what the mayor
himself had said of Mr.. Thayer in the
earlier evening.
He told the members that he did not
believe there was any society in the or
ganization which was richer than the
c. Y. NJ. L. AS a mild Protestant, he
was proud of the Catholic young men
of his district, and the work they were
doing in the cause of temperance and
sobriety.
The evening was fttingly brought to
a close by the address Of DR.. Conaty
who had come all the way from Chicago
to be present on the anniversary eXer-
cises. DIR. Conaty left Chicago Tues
day morning, and will return there this
morning. But the pleasure he derived
from the banquet, he said, more than
atoned for every discomfort of the trip.
He spoke in part as follows:
Young men of the Catholic Lyceum
and Friends 1t is a source of great
pleasure for me to be able to attend
your annual banquet, which cannot fan
to have pleasant memories. | can never
forget that wherever duty may call me,
and in whatever responsibilities 1 may
be placed, you are still my boys" and
your interests are my interests. I still
realize the Importance of the work
which began in this parish with this
Lyceum 13 years ago. 1 know how nee
essary to this is the continuance of the
same noble work. I have always told
you, and repeat it now more forcibly
than ever, that as Catholic young men
you are called to ideal citizenship, for
of all men in our body polite Catholic
young men have the best means by
their education and their religious sur
roundings to realize fully the meaning
of true Americanism.
citizenship comes to us as result
from us the best possible manhood. On
the individual citizen our state is built,
for the home is the nursery and the in
dividual IS the unified people. AS the
individual is so is the state. Public mo-
rality is absolutely necessary for the
welfare Of the nation, and public moral
ity springs from the morality of the in
dividual citizen.
There are dangers that surround us
IN eli in ait IN
is the corruption of the demagogue;
there is the war between class and class;
there is the badly balanced relations
between labor and capital; there is the
rapidly developing selfishness which
finds its expression in monopoly and the
many forms of greed which are mani
Testing themselves throughout the coun-
try. Organized effort strives to combat
these different dangers and to remove
them as far as possible from the peo-
pie.
"In your organization you are COM
batting a great evil, which with others
threatens us with ruin and disaster
you are organized for self-protec-
ton; you are bound together to save
your manhood, your Christian life, your
from contagion with this foul
disease. In this community you have
stood for a dozen years as protest
against the evil. You have determined
to protect your manhood from it's infiu-
ence, to save your homes from it's de-
vastating hands. You have been an in
fuence for good in this section of the
city. Under the shadow of your church
and the leadership of your priests you
have been taught to be good men, good.
Catholics, good citizens. You have been
honored year by year by the presence
of neigkbors who value your worth. The
chief magistrates Of this city have rec
ognized your power for good in this
city, and from you goes out to them an
earnest appeal to be protected from the
tyranny of the ever-increasing saloon
power. You have labored to make South
Worcester a place fit to live in, and our
constant wish has been to keep the
saloons away from our homes. We know
and recognize the legality which per-
mits their existence, but we know also
that if measured by the law under
which they claim life, few of them
would be allowed to live.
From the university must ever
look to YOU as exemplars of what you
are taught in the Sacred Heart Church. |
The priests who have led you in the
past and the pastor who guides you
now. have only one purpose, and that Is
your welfare, not only spiritual, put
temporal. They have had, and they havel
but one ambition, and that is to make
you good men and good citizens. With
all my heart L wish you success and
prosperity and bid you go on in your
work, assuring you that you nave the
blessings Of the manhood you save, the
home you protect, the church you honor, |
and the citizenship you ennoble."
MIR. LYONS FUNERAL.
AT the meeting of the society, which
was held Immediately after the ban
quet, to act upon the death of Mr.