The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-02-03


the Auditorium Thursday night. when
DR.. Hyde delivered his famous lecture
on the revival of the Gaelic language.
Not Il vacant seat. All were taken and
over three thousand enthusiastic people
listened attentively to the interesting
and instructive discourse. 1t was about
$3.50 o'clock when County President J.
j. Fitzgerald of the A. o. H., in n few
wei. chosen remarks, introduced Rev,
Father Harrington of Ascension parish
as presiding officer. Following was the
program of exercises for the evening:
Program:
Opening remarks ...............
....J. j. Fitzgerald, Co. Pres. A. o. III
Organ recital. Miss Eulalie Chenevert
/. FESTIVAL Fantasia" ..... .Tschurcll
9. '"rhe Lost Chord" ........ Sullivan
3. Fanfare in C".............Fa .Faulkes
GEMS OF IRELAND.
Il. Erin, the Tear and the Smile.
b. Killarney.
C. 'Tis the Last Rose of Summer.
d. Kathleen Mavourneen.
e. Kerry Dance.
Harp ........... Miss Loretta Dellonc
Organ accompanist ...............
..............M Miss Eulalie Chenever,
a. The Minstrel Boy.
b. Loves Young Dream.
C. Believe Me If All Those Endearing
Young Charms.
Solo, "AsthOre" ..............T Trotere
Miss Rosetta v. Monahan.
Address OF Welcome. Rev. J. Harrington
Lecture DIR. Douglas Hyde
Harp solo. .Sextette from Lucia Chesire
Miss Loretta Dellone.
Sole, LET Erin Remember the Days
Chas. S. Laird.
Harp solo
a. IA Harp That Once Thro' Tara's
Halls
b. Come Back to Erin"
Miss Loretta Dellone.
Closing anthem, "Star Spangled
Banner" ....................
Miss Rosetta V. Monahan and Audi
ence, organ and harp accompaniment
Rev. Father Harrington paid a splen-
did tribute to DIR. Hyde and the work
in which he is engaged, and in the
name of the Ancient Order of Hiber-
mans of Hennepin county welcomed
him to Minneapolis. He considered the
occasion as one Of the most important
that has taken place In our city fol
some time and in an eloquent, forcible
Mariner endorsed the Gaelic movement
Not only would the native language bt
! restored but the Industries of the ole
land would be greatly revived. Wher
! Ireland lost It's language, he declared
i it lost its history it's fame, It's educa.
tion, its enterprise and everything thai
tended to distinguish 1t from Other
nations The president of the Gaelic
lICIRuC Uiu COlIlc dCIOSS llc oeAS ~
help revive the great and glorious Ian.
| guage which means much to Ireland
and in the name Of the great audience
beft re him he took the utmost pleasure
in introducing DR.. Hyde. After the
app ausc had subsidized following Father
Halrington's address, DR.. Hyde spoke
as follows:
81 am here Tonight to explain TO you
the life and death struggle upon which
| we are engaged in Ireland. / see that
the more sympathetic of the leading
papers say that this is the last grant
F, struggle of the Irish race to preserve
their language. Oh, gentlemen! it is
i ten times, it is hundred times, it Is
n thousand times more far-reachini
than that! 1t is the last possible life
and death struggle Of the Irish race
to preserve their national identity Gap.
plause).
We have now opened the eyes Of the
Irish race to the awful yawning chasn
which gaped beneath US, over which q
single false footstep would have taker
us-the awful chasm of Anglicization
which, believe me, is only another