The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-10-12

| possible, for a university is &. home OF
| great teachers or it is not a university
at all. Costly structures rich endow-
ments, well filled libraries, thoroughly
J equipped laboratories. many students
are but symbols of those delightful and
! luxuriant climates where all save the
spirit of man is divine, if great teachers
are lacking.
! The chief value of university lies in
| its power to attract and hold such men.
| by giving them the fairest opportunity
| for the exercise of their high gifts. The
| hero of a brilliant naval exploit. but
! just returned to his country, fills the
whole land with the noise of acclaiming
voices. 1t is a tribute of the popular
heart to the worth of courage, skill and
daring. 1t is privilege to be able to
feel the thrill of genuine admiration in
the presence of any high human quail
ity but the noblest hero is he whose
achievements are wholly benefcent
who triumphs and scatters blessings
without bringing sorrow or death to
any child of man. Such a hero is a
great teacher who lives from genera
ton 10 generation, in minds made lu-
minous, in hearts made pure, in wills
confirmed in the love and practice of
truth.
1t was our pleasure to listen to Bishop
Spalding on this occasion, and the effect
which he produced on his hearers was
the most remarkable that we have ever
witnessed from an American orator.
So much for the Bishop who is both
scholar, orator. and above all, church
man.
The address of Archbishop ireland
was, in its way, also notable. There
was, however, a vast difference both in
the matter and manner of the Arch
bishops address. as well as a decided
difference in the audiences which greet
ed the respective prelates.
Archbishop Ireland spoke to a. gath
ering Of Republican politicians distin-
guished and otherwise, in which there
was commingling of citizens of Chi
caSo, who had assem- bled out of respect
to the President Of the United States.
but taken altogether, it was much like
the average Republican convention.
whose members are outwardly in thor
ough accord with the policy of the adj
30 matter What their real
NAV be.
OF course, it was not to be expected
that the address of the Archbishop |
should contain the polish and culture
and high literary style that character |
ICES the every effort of the Bishop of |
Peoria, but, after the Archbishop's I
style, it, of course. was received with |
tremendous applause by the politicians
Archbishop Ireland's views. as
at the Marquette Club. were
n direct opposition to the views enun-
lated by the Bishop of Peoria at the
'onvocation of the University of Chi
ago. This, of course, was to be ex-
'ected, for the Archbishop is LOYALTY
tself TO Mr.. Mckinley and his admin
stration. There was, however. in the
Archbishop's address no victory for the
rator, no victory for thought, nothing
'ut the commonplace, uttered TO men
whose business it was to wildly cheer.
'hese occasions furnish a striking con-
rast which our readers will be quick
o grasp. I
That Bishop Spalding more correctly
the real views of American {
'atholics than did Archbishop Ireland !
obvious. Why it is that many Amer
AN people conclude that Archbishop /
reiand, in his pro- administration ut /
frances, voices the sentiments of a cen S
derable body of American Catholics. c
one of those ridiculous things which l
re conclusive only in establishing the a
of those who profess to be- t
eve them. i