The Washington herald., 1907-09-01

ties would demand a review Of the
church's achievements in the last four
centuries.
The press Of the day gives ample
proof OF the truth of what has been said
in the treatment OF the hackneyed sub
jet Of educationA
'IgnatiUs, the apostle Of the schools,
has spoken his message, and speaks It
every day 10 the materlalist of Amer
lea. To give YOU an outline OF
what Ignatius has done through his sons
for you-for Washington, for ST. Aloyslus
Parish-in the matter OF education and
religion would take many times the space
allotted for these few words We read In
history OF our own loved GOnzaga, He
that would write the history Of education
in Washington. must begin with GOnZaga
College, creation o. the Jesuits. an
organ Of Ignarus. who has not excepted
Us in his mandate. Going, therefore.
teach We all nations
Would not the consideration Of what
Ignatius has done-not for the world IN
his multiplied missions, not for society
past, present. or future in the perennial
religious vigor instilled into the whole
church-nOt in the church Of American
his colonial CHARACTERIZATION continued to
ince Of Maryland-New York IN the twelve
colleges and two universities and ecclesi-
astical houses Of studies-nor IN the
South. the scene Of its earliest activities.
and Of its first martyrdom TO faith in
America, but Ia Washington-in Gonzaga
alone, and even in st. Aloysius Parish
would not this memory give you suffi-
cient reason TO rejoice to-day?
You viii view. In your fond recollec-
ton, that yet time-weathering monument
OF our fathers earliest activities. where.
considering not the wretched pile of
brick and mortar, now so happily under
going such effective repairs-but the
bright. shining galaxy of intellectual
stars. students who have passed through
her modest classrooms, bright with the
luster of learning and virtue. those
young men who have ever taken and
maintained their place among Washing
TONS best. MOdesty and respect for the
living forbids my reading the roll, but
you know them; they are in your courts
Of Justice. among your judges. among
your clergy. and your men Of public
spirit
May my prayer be prophetic that
through your prayers, your love of Ig-
natlus, the principles, truths, and educa-
ton for which his name stands, through
your cooperation, spiritual and temporal.
Gonzaga College in 1921, its centenary.
may number out of the $1,000 or 10000
young students of this city-out of the
1000 classical students Of the schools
goodiy host of ardent souls, to become the
salt Of Washington society and public
spirit. May the edlfices reared by your
hands be monument TO the nations
Capital, worthy of your faith,
In defining what he meant by the ten
cts Of modern materlalism in Goddess
schools and by the absolute commercialism
affecting education at the present time.
Father Fortier paid a high tribute of
praise to the press Of the day. and espe-
cially to some of our own city journals.
that had shown such strength and good
viii in decrying and had. to good effect.
exhibited such capabilities of their staff
in denouncing that system Of modern-dav
teaching which would make education
stop at the knowledge OF the materialistic
needs OF life, that would make these su-
peTior TO the spiritual welfare of the soul.
that would have man ignore and forget
God, the sole end for which he was ere
ated
What better cenotaph for materlaIism
that hides It's grossness under the right.
but not sufficiently far-reaching conclu- /
sion OF psychological pedagogy, for alb
solute commercialism by which Goddess
schools inthrall the soul-by which the
money-making spirit letters both mind
and body. What better monument 10
record for your children and your chill
dren's children, the memory of your faith.
the story OF your sacrifice. the history of
your heroism in the service of God, in
making Him first, the end for which we
educate, for whom and unto whom we
educate, and for whom alone we exist.
What better source for creating the in
MIGRATING atmosphere of virtue; that at
mosphere which kills the excessive devel- !
opment and indulgence of the senses, !
stopping short of real intellectual culture, |
which destroys the aspirations Of the de- /
graded soul after sordid gain alone and
for its own sake, or the dedication OF the
human mind in the idolatrous culture OF
self and the worship Of society in the
state