The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-08-23

seminary, Wlnona; Sacred Heart In
stitute, Duluth, all in Minnesota; and
st. Alary's Academy, Notle Dame, Ind.
The foregoing institutions cannot be
surpassed. and they are worthy of ulle
patronage of the people of the North
west They are so we'll known to our
readers that it is needless to speak of
the grand work they have already &C.
complished in the moral and intellsc-
tual training Of youth. The graduates
of these colleges and academies have
reflected honor on their alma matters
and have made their mark in every
walk of life and every department of
business.
y glance at the courses oil studies
taught will convince every Catholic
parent OF the high standing of the
colleges and academies we have
named. Not only do the students get
a Thorough training in every branch
of secular knowledge, but their moral
aracters are strictly amended TO
Education in it's fullest meaning is
given within the portals of these in
stit,tions, and the boys who are
trained therein become good members
of society and useful citizens.
While away from home, they are
kept out OF temptation. Unlike the
students attending commercial colleges
i'll the cities, the boys in the Catholic
colleges are always under the super
vision of their teachers. and they are
just as safe as under the parental
roof. When they get out in the world
they act as gentle en and not as edu-
Gated rowdies. That is why denom-
national institutions Of learning are
preferred to the state universities and
the public schools where no moral in,
struction is impaired. Education"
says Webster's Dictionary. "implies
not so much the communication of
knowledge as the discipline of the in
tellect, the establishment of the prin-
ciples, and the regulation of the
heart" At a recent conference Of the
representatives Of the Catholic col
leges Of the United States in Chicago.
Rev. DR.. John f. Quirk, s. j., COM
pared the Catholic and non-sectariap
systems of education and said of the
Catholic graduate:
HE is better citizen of his coun-
try than his fellow with whom he is
compared by reason of his greater &C.
quired reverence for authority. He is
again better example of the patriot
because he has learned to merge in
one his love of God and country. For
he has been taught to view all piety
as united in his love for God, so that
God, country and parents blend to-
gether in his eyes as almost one object
compelling alike, though unequal, love
and devotion. 1 dare to claim all this
for the graduate Of the Catholic sys-
tenn who pursues his course of study
faithfully to the end. I claim for him
in society a place Of prominence as
a lover Of law and order, as useful
member of its ranks, as the embodi-
| ment of civic virtue and patriotism.
Finally, 1 attribute much of all that
he is and has to the character of his
education.''
Every Catholic parent who can
afford it should give his boys and
girls Il sound Catholic education. It
is far better for them than silver and
gold. We direct the attention Of par
ents to the advertisements in these
columns of the colleges and academies
named in q foregoing paragraph and
urge them in the strongest manner to
give tlrem the preference for the en-
suing school year.