The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-09-26
A Jesuit Exhibit

Father Martin, the superior general
Jesults, has granted American Jcsuits nar. The
to have exhibit at the Worlds Fair in T. sSlon
next year There could be no more anrr.- LOUIS
exhibit. The Jesuts were the true pioneor PIRATE
territory which a hundred years AGO ,,,, III The
tn United States by Napoleon They had Nv ;'l to
cred the Mississippi, and they had pcuctt 'Ieoy-
unknown wilderness beyond the Father ,f w The
years before a Puritan had caught q ,I 'aIers
the Aleghenies The Protestant historia,,' 81 OF
man, has told in glowing language the sf,. ark.
their struggles and their triumphs LILY OF
1t is interesting to picture in Imaginable. -.5
the final outcome of the Jesuits' heron, aF " Idt
would have beeen if their work in behalf of r iots
tanity and civilization had not been rudolf
rupted. The red man might have been saved ' r
determination and his descendants Chris+i,;;om
and civilized, and today might be- cadiro ~, q
and contented lives IN territory ,orung Iv f,rca
and fraud from the aborigincs of the rresf -
But this was not to be. The Indian wa vto r.S.,
mated and the noble ambition of the Jcsrit -;.I
neers not realized.
1t is well, however, that the memory -of ,rI..
Father Marquette and other Sons of ST Tgr.4; :a'
accomplished should be revived ON the oro,.is1
of the hundredth anniversary of the acoii H.;
of territory which extended the frontier of rbo W.
public from the Mississippi far toward the .o+
ting sun. As eX-Congressman Glynu, who will
have charge of the Catholic educational EXHIBIT ~
the coming St. Louis Worlds Fair puts it:
"liere men whose missionaries have
tramped through the virgin forests of Arar;.o
from Hudson bay to the remotest districts Of tbo
region along the Mississippi We have not EvoJ
yet TO see Marquette given that honor which bo
deserves of this country The Jesuit exhibit will
teach this lesson-that this notable body of TO-
ligious men have beeen great factor i'm the I'M
building of the American republic
The Jesuit exhibit is to be divided into grous
and sections in such manner that visitor, win h.
able TO see just what the Jesuits have done an6
are still doing in behalf of the higher education
The first group will occupy three sections the
exhibit being furnished by the seven Jesuit inst-
buttons in the Province of st. Louis The first sec
ton will deal with the labors in this country a
the Jesuit missionaries and teachers from as early
a period as 1923. The second division will repre-
sent the work of the twenty-four Jesuit colleges
in the United States. The local institutions py-
hibit will include maps, sketches, designs paint
ings and everything of historic interest bearing
on the labors of the Jesuit missionaries in the Hu
son bay region, and scenes from the old Jesuit
missions. The third division is to be devoted en-
trely to the work of st. Louis university and its
associate institutions, Milwaukee, Chicago. Gin
cinnati Omaha Detroit and St Nary's. Kan.
By far the most striking feature of the ex-
hibit will be the gallery of immortas, containing
sculptured busts old paintings, etchings and draw
ings of celebrated men who received their early
training from Jesuit teachers. Among the no.
tables will be the poets TassO, Calderon. Molere
and Corneile; scholars such Calico, Descartes.
Vico and Maratori; such distinguished generals
as lilly Conde Wallenstein, and several Roman
pontiffs including the late Pope Leo XIII.
1t is expected the Jesuit exhibit will prove TO
be one of the marvellous educational features Of
the fair.-Freelnan's Journal