The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-10-12
beauty, expect that of It's generous
hearted inhabitants.

beauty, expect that of its generous
hearted Inhabitants.
There was no bargain made with you
or with your parents that or anybody
else. besides the good Sisters. would be
here to talk to you, to teach you, to
help to educate you. AS soon as Moth
er Pauline and the good Sisters heard
that was to be with the boys at Notre
Dame, they did not rest until they had
me down for a. talk or two to you girls.
Gladly would l give them for nothing.
This did not fit in with Mother Paul
lines plans. must be paid. dare not
tell you how much Mother Pauline Of
fered me. l had it cut in halves before
could believe it was fair. She did this
for whom? For me?" Not at all. For
you. for YOU. for you girls. dear to her
as the apple Of her eye Foolish people
might say I should have taken all I
was offered. want to come again.
Foolish people might be prompted to
say Mother Pauline should have saved
the money. Mother Pauline is wiser.
she wants the girls that go away from
st. Mary's to be its best advertise
ment.
Seed Time and Harvest,
This, girls. is a good time. It is for
you the seed time. What is.the harvest
to be? As you go out at these gates.
you are confronted with two roads, one
to the right, the other to the left: which
will you choose? One leads into pleas
ant lands. filled with rich harvests,
singing birds. golden dawnings and
glorious sunsets. The other leads
down into dark pens, where serpents
crawl, where poisonous waters flow.
and where poisoned air is breathed.
One leads UP to the bosom Of God and
life. the other to the abode of death,
to the Valley of Desolation.
1t. l would fail, however-be far from
doing my duty, would be wanting in
what think is the speakers mission
If I failed to give you a message. I
said this is the sowing season in your
lives
In Egypt. in India, In China, in Pal
esttne, the rivers overflow, at least
once a. year. in the early spring. This
is due to the melting Of snow on the
mountains of Africa and Asia. When
the waters have nearly subsidized, when
there is only an inch or half an inch.
of water and mud, the husbandman in
those lands, by the banks of the Nile,
the Ganges. and the rivers Of China.
Palestine, etc, etc, go forth. grit round
with a sack containing rice seed. This
Is the bread referred to in Holy Writ.
They scatter 1t over or ION the waters"
After many days. in the harvest time
when the hot sun Of the Orient has
done it's work they reap a rich har-
vest. The bread cast upon the waters
comes back thousandfold Here you
are at work casting bread on the wa
tiers. BY and by, if wise, you will reap
a rich harvest. All these depend upon
yourself. The rich sail the wonderful
waters from the fountains of health
and knowledge flow here for YOU a pe-
renntal stream.
I have no desire to discourage you.
1t is no part Of my purpose to paint
possibilities of which the fulfillment Is
doubtful. Nor have I any desire to
paint a picture that will in any way be
different from the one painted by your
parents when they sent you, and by
yourselves when you consented to
come. What am after is fair sras
of the situation. want you to under
stand what it is to be educated. DR..
Buffers inheritance, literary, scientific,
institutional. religious and esthetic,
good as far as they go, are not enough.
More is wanted. Character is called
for. first last and all the time. The
great pearl Of price is character. Lack
ing character. all the learning In the
world is worse than worthless. It is
liable to lead us astray. Nor is knowl-
edge either III the concrete or abstract
enough. Merely co-ordinated knowl-
edge will not be enough. You can pack
a library high as the Himalayas with
books; II they are not catalogued and
indexed they will be worth only a small
fraction Of what they would be worth,
properly catalogued and indexed.
1t Is only as we learn to correlate
what Is gained in these halls with life
outside that we succeed in getting out
Of our education any good. Never ne.
elect this line Of thought. knowledge
piled up as books and boards are some.
times piled Is of Iittlo vaIua-axao