The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-01

The dinner was served in the large
meeting room Of the club quarters,
made beautiful by artistic floral doc-
orations. After the menu had been
thor 1ughly discussed the cigars were
passed and general good feeling pre-
vailed during the after-dinnor re-
marks.
Just before the speechmaking began
TIE following beautiful poem. typify-
ing the purpose of the order, was sung
by all staading:
Sing yc His praises loud and long,
And let the unenliphtencd know.
In every echo of your song,
The great deeds done though long ago.
By Columbus III the valiant soul
VINO first old Neptune has controlled,
Despite Of envy, intrigue. gold,
In the dim past of long ago.
With vessels three DER stormy sea.
He thrilled the world of long ago,
While wisdom, linked with destiny.
In justice scales its weight did throw,
We are his heirs; we bear his name;
We boast his deeds; We spread his
fame:
Our order IL the shining flame
That lights the gloom of long ago.
BOURKE POSTMASTER.
r. j. Bourke. grand knight Of the
council. acted as toastmaster and
proved a most able and clever one. In
his opening remarks he referred to the
great progress made by the society
since its organization two years ago,
the membership having been increased
from % to 115 in that space of time.
The first speaker was Hon. James j.
ONeill of Carbondale, whom Mr..
Bourke referred to as the "Chancey
Depew of Lackawanna county"
Mr.. ONeill spoke on THE knights Of
Old" He said that chivalry was one
of the most beautiful things in all
history and The very soul of knight
hood is the individual honor" Mr.
O'Neill traced the history of chvalry
from its earliest beginnings after the
fall of the Roman empire to the pres
ent time. He said:
'knighthood elevated woman from
the condition of a serf to her present
proud position as mans equal. Men
who have practced knighthood have
left their mari; on the history of all
ages. a knight is always a soldier and
whether fighting for a right or a wrong
| cause is always a true knight
He referred to the modern instances
| of chivalry taking as examples L. s.
Grant and Robert T.. Lee. and told ot
the latter's surrender at AppotomaX Y
| when the former refused to accept the
| sword of the latter.
The next number was given by John
Cunniff. who delivered in magnificent
| voice "Saian's address to the sun
| from Milt"n's immortal poem. Para =
| disc ost' AS an encore he gave
| that clever littlr poem, me and JIM"
MEDICAL KNIGHTS.
Or. W. NJ. Rcedy, the medical eX-
aminer of the organization. next spoke
ON Medical Knights He said that
| there was nothing in the annals OF his
| tory To surpass the daring OF AleXan-
| der Mcdowell the first surgeon to open
| IA living human body. 'who were more
| brave" said DR.. Reedy than the first
| physicians to use anaesthetics."
The status of a nation is not per-
| petuated by the work done by the few
| il is rather the work of the rank ami
| file. and the common ordinary phvsi-
| clan is as great IA man as any of them
| If he but does his part and does il
WE'LL"
The next toast was responded to by
Rev. -. J. McGOldrick. s. j., the chap
lain of the council. who spoke in his
usual able ana scholarly manner on
THE Knights Of Columbus and Lib
erty."
In commencing his remarks Father
MacGoldrick referred to an incident
he had read in one of the English pa
pers regarding meeting Of a certain
secret society in Edinburgh. one oi
the members, referring to the war II
South Africa, stated that the organiza.
tion should not take sides with eith"l
party. as there were brother members
on both sides.
THAT man." said the speaker, "wai
not a true citizen Of his national coun'
try: he was a traitor and the very
hlackest kind Of a traitor, for above
all hc should he loyal to his Countr,
despite the organization # which III
was Il member. Thank God that thi.
organization o! which we Are member,
teaches no such tcn,ts but teachr!
piimarily loyalty to country when a.
enemy threatens her"
WHAT LIBERTY Is.
Liberty is only the right 10 10 tha
which can not be wrong. That whicl
is reasonable is right and that which
Is not right is not reasonable \ tru
Knight of Columbus cal never swerv
from the arChanscl of liberty. N,
knight of Columbus understanding tn
rules of the order can do wrong ii il
follows those rules implicitly
'There is no condition in the ordo
where there is a suspicion of mem
ber having tn forswear allegiance 4
his native land. One Of the creates
functions We can exercise is loyalt
to country, which Is truly loyalty t
God, We ara a Sc, ret socicty and L.
me say why. There are societies who's
object and aim is secret II this ob
jeCt Is secret il canno. be reasonab!,
We are an association of cathoil
young men bonded together for socia
Intercourse and our secrets are oni
secrets from day to day in order tha
young men may be attracted by in,
fascination of secrecy.
There Is. however greater attra i,
, tion. II Is the attractiveness of asso
ciating with men who have upon thei
faces the stamp of true manhood an
in their voices the ring Of true hor
: esty."
; At this point John \ lroote. of Arch
bald, rendered a delightful guitar sol,
] and after much applause gave a sec