The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-10-05
SPLENDID RESULTS.
Hibernians Profit by Teaching Of Irish
History in Schools.

A. q. H. OF Milwaukee,, gives some
interesting facts regarding the teach
ing Of Irish history in the Milwaukee
the history mentioned and the work
itself should be encouraged every
where throughout the land. Prof. Ro-
han said:
Milwaukee, Sept 9, 1907.
j. S. Hyland & Co.,
Chicago, III.
Dear Sirs and Brothers.:
| Replying to your recent letter rel
alive to what my observations were
on the effects produced by the intro
duction of A. M. Nolau's History Of
Ireland into the Milwaukee parochial
schools last term, permit me to say
that l have no words adequate to ex-
press my appreciation Of it's beneficent
effects.
Our Division purchased the books Of
your firm, and gave them to all the
children for rs cents, as an induce
ment to its introduction. We also gave
prize at the end of the year to each
school wherein it was taught in the
seventh and eighth grades, and, as the
Rev. Father Blackwell, State Chaplain
Of our Order wrote, ut aroused an in
tense enthusiasm in his children, ana
he further suggested to me, that if we
want to perpetuate the greatest Cath
| Ole and patriotic order in tne world
today, the most efiicacious means at
our disposal for doing 50, is to intro
duce the History Of ireland into the
parochial schools Of this country
I have secured the winning paper
, from the competitor in each class, and,
from now on, will have the two youth
full victors appear at each of our meet
ings and read his little effusion on Ire
lands galaxy of heroes-her grandeur
among the nations; and, inspired by
the hearty applause which they viii
receive at our hands, the young, Irish
American citizen, perhaps the presi-
dent Of our great Order in the near
future, will henceforth drink deep from
that inexhaustible fount of romantic
knowledge
All the pastors have again signified
their Willingness to continue the study
during the coming year, and have told
me that they will make it daily re-
cital this term, instead of supple
mentary reading. which was all that
I could get from them last year.
Our own members have also bought
several Of the books and given them to
prospective candidates, which they
found to be another most effective
method in swelling our ranks. , am
fully convinced that so per cent of the
boys now reading and studying the
history will be enrolled in our order
within five years. if our members do
their duty and solicit them.
How many noble Hibernian, now
passed away, have we. known spending
many weary hours after a hard days
work trying to induce the youth of his
neighborhood to join the Division to
which he belonged, and receive naueht
for his sterling patriotism but the con-
temptuous frown and supercilious
smile-equivalent to saying what her.
itage has Ireland left her chilydrcn
save ignorance and poverty?
Had some kind friend but induced
him in earlier years to read a graphic
story Of Ireland, such as we are now
giving the little ones. he would be the
champion Of our grand and ennobling
work-in other words. fighter in the
splendid crusade in which we are ulti-
mately bound to conquer Should I
never again do another act, during my
term as County President" the h,st
and only office held by me, during a
membership of "a years, than get your
book in the hands Of 400 school chill
dren here, feel that will leave be-
hind me an indestructihle monument
that shall mock at grim time.
If we wish to reach the 100000
mark, the goal set for us in 1908 by our
patriotic and progressive president,
Brother Matthew Cummings Of Boston,
we, especially the State, County and
Division presidents, should bend our
best thought and energy to the real!za-
ton Of the wished for millennium.
Let my eritaph." said the great Mir
abeau, "be none other than my deeds"
and I might add. our deeds in the sa-
cred cause Of Irish nationality and
Irish independence. If you think that
my hastily written eulogy can add
one brick to the superstructure, you are
at liberty to use it.
After careful perusal Of the other
histories i nthe market, am fully con-
WINGED that your History of Ireland"
has no superior, as a text book for
school children, in this country to-
day.