The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-21
THE REARING OF CHILDREN Theme of Speech of
 Roosevelt. DEDICATION OF SCHOOL President Lends His Presence and Makes Address.
 -S-~- Says America Is a Long Way short of Perfection. Bat 1t Has Made
 Some Progress Since
 Its Birth.

washington, Nov. 2O.-President Roosevelt made an address at the eleventh anniversary at St. Patrick's Church and the dedication of the Car roll Hall, the new parochial building and Parish school The Rev. pr. D. U. stafford, erctor of St. Patrick's acted as the master of ceremonies. Cnrdinat Gibbons, several archbishops and other dignitaries of the Catholic Church, Intended the exercises, the former making an address immediate ly preceding the President H. B. Mcfarland president of the board of directors of the District of Columbia, was the concluding speaker.
 The addresses were made from a balcony on the second floor of the rcctory and the audience gathered in the streets. The intersection of Tenth and c. Streets was packed with peo- pie and the crowd extended fully a square. north and south, east and west from the rectory. Dr. Stafford. in his opening remarks, referred to the fact that during the century and more St. Patrick's church had worked in Washington. no honor had come to 1t 50 great as the visit of President Roosevelt.
 Rnfekts form Guard.
 The Rights of Columbus formed guard of honor for the President, but the squad of policemen was not able to open the way through the crowded streets. He was met at his carriage by Father Stafford and as he passed into the rectory a children's choir of two hundred voices, stationed in front of the church, sang hymns.
 Before the ceremonies were begun the President was shown through the handsome rectory. When he stepped out on the balcony he was cneered loudly.
 pr. Stafford the first speaker, told of the work of St. Patrick's parish, It's growth. and It's aim for the future. He introduced Cardinal Gibbons, who testi- fled to the value of the parish and gave great credit to the efforts of it's rscssr p4 astaRora then intredfgoed President Roosevelt as The man of even handed justice; the president of the Square Deal.'"
 President Roosevelt thanked the rec- tor and joined in the laugh which was prolonged, Then he spoke as fol- lows:
 Speech of President.
 Cardinal Gibbons. Father Stafford. and you, my fellow Americans:
 Tt is a great pleasure to me to be present with you today to assist at the dedication of the school, hall and rec tory and this parish. whose 10th an niversary we also now celebrate, for this parish was founded six years be- fore the national capitol was placed in the present district of Columbia. I am glad indeed to have been intro duced, Cardinal Gibbons, by you. the spiritual representative in Q peculiar sense to that Bishop Carroll, who play ed so illustrious a part in the affairs of the church and whose kinsfolk played as illustrious a part in the af- fairs of the nation at the dawing of'this government. In greetink all of you, I wish to say that I am especially glad to see the children here"
 You know l believe in children. I want to see enough of them and of the representative kind. I wish today in the very brief remarks that l have to make, to dwell upon this thought, the thought that ought to be in the mind of every man andwoman here, the thought that while in this country, we have wise laws, honestly and fear lessly executed and while we cannot af- ford to tolerate anything but the high est standard in the public service of the government, but In the last analysis, the future of the country must depend upon the quality of the individual home
 
 that home. The future of this country depends upon the way of the average man and the average woman does his. or her duty, and that very largely de- bends upon the way of the average boy or girl Is brought up."
 Responsibility on Teachers. Therefore, peculiar responsibility rests upon those whose life-work 1t Is to see that the spiritual welfare of our people and upon those who make 1t their ufe-work to try to train the citl- gems of the future so that they shall be worthy of that future. In wishing you we'll today, wish you well in the work which Is allotted to any your peo. pie to do.
 ''The rules of good citizenship are simple. The trouble is not in finding them out; the trouble iS in living up to them after they have been found out I think We all of us know fairly well what qualities they are which in their sum make up the type of eharac- ter we like to see in man or wife, son or daughter; but, I am afraid. wo do not always see them as we'll developed as we would like to. I wish to see in the average American citizen the de- veiopment of the two sets of the quail ties, on the one hand, which make the man able to hold his own, and those which, on the other hand make them Jealous for the rights of others just as much as for his own rights.
 ''We must have both sets of qualities. Tn the first place, the man must have the power to hold his own. You prob ably know that do not care very much for the coward or the moral weakling. want each of you boys and the girls Just as much. and each of you young men and women, to have the qualities without which people may be amiable and pleasant while things go well. but without which they cannot succeed in times of ster ntriai.
 Willingness to Work.
 'T wish to see in the man, manliness; in the woman. womanliness. I wish to see courage, perseverance. the willing ness to face work, to face you men, if 1t is necessary. danger; the determina. tion not to shrink back when tempo rarily beaten In life as each one will be now and then, but to come up again and wrest triumph from defeat. want to see you men strong men and brave men, and in addition. I wish to see each man of you feel that his strength and courage. but make him the worse