The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-30
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On Thursday evening, Dec. %, the
faculty of All HalIows College gave a
sumptuous banquet t. the students on
the eve of their departure for the holi-
/ Gays The dining hall was profusely
/ decorated with the national colors re-
| HeVed by sprays of holly and miStle-
/ toe. In the center of each table were
! ported plants and vases of American
beauty roses. This banquet is an an
nual event at the college, and is looked
forward to by the students as the be
ginning of the Christmas festivities
| 10 the new Students it was a revela-
tlolr OF the generosity of the president,
| KEY rather Largin. and the faculty
anu 10 the cd students it seemed to
SuIpass' II POSSIBLE, even the closing
banquet Of last year.
Durlng the banquet the following
teIegram Was received from some of
| the graduates of All Hallows:
Butte Mont, Dec. 81, 1899.
KEY. L. j. Larkin. Presiding at our
Boys Banquet, All HallOws Col
iege, salt Lake:
A pleasant evening, a happy Christ
mas and joyous New Year to stu
dents and faculty.
&C. NEVIN.
"F. LAIRD.
HUGH RYAN"
1he speeches were bright and witty,
teemlng with local illusions and hit
Llng Off the hobbies and habits of diff
Iereht professors and students.
Professor Robert A. Canning made a
dlstlnct hit with the students by his
humorous essay on the Ranch and it's
ants 60 In Ts,,rr
OF the college professors. Professor ].
T.. RAINING made an excellent impress
sion by his vigorous speech on college
athletics. Professor j. A. Gallagher
spoke on the past, Mr.. Thomas WOlo-
nan ON the present and Mr.. Edward
Bonner on the future of the college. |
Professor j. McKenna and Mr. Thomas
Powers praised the feeling of fellow
snip and harmony for which All Hal |
lows is noted Rev. Friar NJ. Murphy |
made an eloquent appeal to the patri- |
otism OF the students and was rOundly /
applauded. FIR Taylor paid glowing /
lFlDule TO the virtues and talents of /
the Holy Father, Leo XIII. Mr.. c. /
Furey, IN piece of rhyming, touched |
OH the different college celebrities. Mr.. |
Rosie Flynn sang the glories of the /
dying year, and Mr.. j. ClOOnan cele- /
brated the victories of the West Wind \
IlAC dllthS1GdiGu eighty 1--WE
pound champions of Salt Lake City. |
The address to the faculty was made /
by Mr.. John Talon and is as follows: /
very Rev. President, Esteemed Pro +
lessons, Kind Fellow Students and /
Gentlemen:
There is no word in the English Die
t1onary that has had it's meaning more
perverted than the simple term edt-
cation. By some it is understood to be
mere crIO naf h1
the social person OF the artif-
clal student of etiquette. By some it
is the capacity to smile OPPORTUNITY. to
speak glibly, to bow prettily. BY 9th
erS still it consists in the craming Of |
memory with geographical and histor-
cal facts, or in the dry, stiff, unyield-
ng, lop-sfded development of some
particular faculty. By the intelligent
ma the wise it is seen in it's true light,
md held to be the forming of a man,
he shaping of a Christian as well as
/ citizen and a scholar. 1t is giving
pack to man the nobility and the per-
ectfon he lost by the sin of Adam.
education is the ennobling of the heart,
he strengthening of the mind, the
strengthening of the conscience, the de-
Ielopment of every faculty of the soul
n sweet unison and according to the
'egree of their Importance.
1t is at once the uplifting of sentiment
md the conquest of passion. the Gull
.ure OF poetry and the restraint of i'm
lg1nat1on. 1t is at once the establish
ng of the queenship of reason and the
Of faith. 1t is the making of
religious man without bigotry. it is
he forming OF a patriot who can also
De a citizen of the world by the die
ates of charity. 1t is the making of
/ scholar and a Christian gentleman.
t is the framing of the character of a
Christian Brutus of whom we might
Jay: His life was gentle and the ele-
nents so mixed in him that nature
night stand UP and say to all the
World, This was a man." He who forms
his man is him whom the world might
lonor, for whom fathers might feel
,ratitude for whom mothers might
ray, and whom country and home
night bless, and the institution that
furnishes such men should sit on the
'innacle Of education and battle in
he sunshine of prosperity Be that
Institution materially small be it com
'aratively poor. let its name and fame
e circumscribed to narrower limits it
hould nevertheless, by the character
its work. claim the gratitude of all ;
enerationS. And such an institution.
oys, is ours. Such is All Hallows.
there the sunniest days of our pill
r1mmage here below have passed
Wealth our Alma Mater does not yet
lain to possess. Fame, outward fame.
has not yet broadly conquered. It '
as not yet thrown any lofty spires to 5
ne breeze, nor yet hung golden chimes /
/ proud ancient towers. nor is mod S
m luxury yet resDleDdant in marble I
ais That day will come must come, {
1 proportion as its noble work will E
Dread. But enc thing it has and can
cast cf-true, loyal. learned men: men
tho can teach us the beauty of sacra- T
ce. men who can fnstil devotion into Z
ur fGarts, men who can teach us vir- Il
le and lead our minds with kindly q