The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-07

| les pplAhNh " lliG luelSAs lOhlAsS lAANAA ~
today" He said in part:
The response to the toast assigned
me, THE young men of today" is in
| deed a pleasant duty, for we deal not
with the story of bygone days, not with
| the achievements of the past, but with
the actualities of the living present and
the boundless hopes of the pregnant
| future
1t is not the ideal youth of the past
would speak of tonight, but the prac-
| teal youth of this prosaic, work-a-day
world. The Illusions, aspirations
dreams of the youth of other days
must give place to the realities and
endeavors of an age that believes in
working, not dreaming, in accomplish"
| ing, not theorizing.
What conditions meet the young
man of today as he stands at the
| threshold, ready to go forth to take
| his part in the affairs of life? Are the
conditions ever becoming more favor
able or do obstacles well nigh unsur-
mountable confront him to his imme-
date undoing and disCouragement? /
would be sorry to believe this pes
simistic view could find Judgment in
the heart of any young man. weaken
ing his energy and wrec1ing that price
less boon, ambition. At no time, L pc
lieve, have the opportunities for the
yOuuS llldu Dctll So COlllEL CiACAA1AN Z etihe'
so remuneratiVe as at the present day.
But half a century ago the fields of
endeavor were limited practically to
law, medicine and agricultural pur-
suits, and it is unnecessary to dwell on
the efforts that were necessary to OBJ
tain a higher education.
In the industrial arts, activities be-
yond the widest dreams of the most
hopeful of our fathers have sprung
e inc n
pie and discovery of natural wealth.
And the end is not yet.
Viewing the two sides, so to speak
of the young mans life, the economic
and the political, what motto may we
| inscribe as the standard of daily ac-
| ton? I would answer, in the econom-
| ic life, Progress; in the political life
Independence"
In the economic world, so rapid is
the onward march of human invention
| that the young alone can keep up tC
| the pace it has set. The wonders OF
steam have yielded to the greater won
| ders of the unseen energy of electric
| ity; today from the very air we
breathe, is obtainable power that may
carry us on our streets, on our rail
ways, over plains and hills and valleys;
tomorrow the potentialities latent IL
the recently discovered liquid air, may
revolutionize the conditions of indus
trial science. We are scarcely accuS-
toned to the wondrous possibilities of
the telephone when wireless telegraphy
rises to astOnish us. The young man
of today must keep his mind attuned
to the modern spirit of discovery; he
must, in short, be as progressive as the
age in which he lives, ready at every
moment to grasp the possibilities OF
that moment.
Leaving the economic side, let us
turn to the political. Were 1 asked for
est possibilities for the young man in
his relations to the state, 1 would say
independence, and by that 1 mean the
duty Of every young man to think for
himself and to act accordingly. Lead
ers are necessary in all the phases OF
government, bosses are not. At every
step of our political life, they are be-
inning to stand, like the robber brig
and of old at the cross-Ways, demand
| ing tribute, not merely pecuniary trib.
ute. but the tribute of unquestionet
obedience to irresponsible authority
The young men of today are the lead
| eTs of tomorrow. Will they be mas
| ters or subjects? Will they enjoy lib
erty of action, or bow the neck to cor
rupt, usuTped authority? Our future
| is bound up in the answer to this ques
ton, and l am optimistic enough to be
| leve that the declaration of independ
ence and the constitution of the United
States are still vital forces in the body
polite to inspire the young to the high
est political virtue.
| Hopeful Of the future, l believe in the
| young man Of today. He has Obsta
| cles to overcome, arduous duties to full
fill.
Patrick M. Conlon sang Deck me
not" and Mrs. Daniel Downey sans
| Hearts delight" The toast, 9TH,
Supreme Grand Knight Hearn, had tt
be passed over, and John F. Jandrol
very ably responded to the ladies.
| The exercises closed with the sing
ing of "Auld Lang Syne."
The committee of arrangements con
sisted of the following officers of tn,
council: Grand Knight S. ]. Morgan
| Deputy Grand Knight NJ. A. O'Rourke
| Chancellor p. F. Sullivan, Treasurer e
M. Whalen, Financial Secretary DR.. M
P. Higgins, Recording Secretary A.
| Carroll, Spiritual Director Rev. M. I
! OBrien, Warden M. G.. Fitzpatrick
| Advocate ]. F. Jandron, Inside GUAR
7, F, Scanlon, Outside Guard II. ]
| Hennessey, Lecturer w. Levi BOusquet
| Physician Dr. e. F. Murray, Trustee
P. J. Stanton, J. F. Harrigan, w. n
! DfOnan, d. +. IWOmeyi M, a Howard
| Guards H. M. Shaughnessey and J. J
! Dowd.
Committee on catering, printing anC
decoration, e. NJ. Whalen, Rev. M. 7
| O'Brien and J. F. Toomey; committed
on music, F. ]. Carr, H. H. O'Rourkt
and Daniel DOwney,
Reception committee-M. F. Cosgrov,
| chairman, F. P. McKeon, 7. B. Law
Ter, c. E. McGillcuddy. F. E. Murray
DR.. J. w. McKoan, DR. c R McDer
mott, Dr. D. B. Lowell DR.. J. T. Dug
gan, DR.. J. J. Brennan, H. H. O'Rourke
B. J. O'Rourke, J. P. Butler, w. J
Larkin, F. J. Charbonneau, w. A. At
kinson, T. A. Brennan, Emile Landry
J. F. Healy C. A. McCaffrey, Jr., M
w. Donohue, w. ]. Tansey, C. NJ. Cal
| lahan, NJ. n. Skerrett, D. F. Rourke
VIM. Mullin, Daniel Downey, w. H
Condor, N. J. Chandley.
Dancing followed in charge of Ste
phen J. Horgan, assisted by NJ. A
| O'Rourke. P. F. Sullivan, E. NJ. VIVA
len, Dr. NJ. P Higgins, A. J. Carroll, NJ
G. Fitzpatrick, T F Scanlon, r. ]. Hen
nessey, DR.. f. J Murray, w L. Bous
uuet, p. ]. Stanton. ]. f. Harrigan, w
/ n. Drohan, ]. F. Toomey, NJ A. How
ard, ]. F.. Jandron, J. J. DOwd, H. NJ
Shaughnessy, W. A. Atkinson.