The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-06-13

when the new term begin in Septem-
ber by having the extra wing equipped
for classes. The Sisters or Charity of
Cincinnati, who have charge of the in
stitution, rank we'll as teachers
throughout the country. The high
school department has successfully
turned out a great number of young
men and young women. The new ad-
dition to the school will cost $4,000, and
will be completed at once.
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In his address to his eighth grade
| graduating class last Sunday Father
j. P. Carrigan, pastor of st. Patrick $
| church, and the logical head OF the pa
rochial school, gave considerable time
to the question of Catholic education
and parish schools. The exercises were
held in the Broadway theatre in order
to accommodate the throng of friends
Of the boys and girls participating.
One drill alone included 325 children.
Members of the class receiving di-
plomas for completing the grades
were: Catherine Meehan, Rose Carney,
Genevieve Tierney, Ella AkOlt Isabel
Mulderman, Catherine Sullivan, Ella
Stranahan. Ella Shea, Erin Lewis,
Stella Meehan, Mary Hagerty, Marga-
ret Sullivan, Mary Boyle, Marie
Gaughan, Francis Tyne, Edward
Boyle Bart Finn, John Finn, John
Riordan and Thomas Lynch.
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In part, Father Carrigan said:
1.-The Catholic people of these United
States have established a great system
of public school education. This great
school system is only of twenty-five
years growth, and already it numbers
100000 children.
There is one great fundamental rea-
son which every intelligent Catholic rec
ognizes, whether others do or not, and
that is that religion and morality must
not be divorced from the education of
the child. There can be no religious
training in the public school system.
This defect is the sole reason why Cath
olicS build and maintain schools where
religious and moral training may go
hand in hand to upbuild the character
of the child during its school life.
Herein comes our debt of gratitude
TO the teaching sisterhoods of the Unit
ed States. We may talk of sacrifices
we make for Catholic schools, but see
what they make( and unless they made
it we could have very few schools.
ITO you young graduates / would
say, You have laid the foundation of
your education. Whether you continue
your education in some higher inStitu-
ton or whether you go out into the
university of the world, you will never
need to blush for any fault in your ear
ly training. The groundwork of your
education is well laid; you can enter
any higher school in the land and pass
any examination with honor to yourself
and credit to your school"
An example Of unselfishness which,
because of its infrequency, is notewor-
thy comes in the story told by Rev. H.
L. McMenamin of a little girl and her
savings bank. The child is Helen
O'Neil, the little sister of Harry O'Niel,
a young man who succumbed to pneu-
monia two months ago. The other day
the child, with her savings bank held
tightly in her hand as if it were her
most cherished possession, called at the
parochial residence and announced that
she wished to have a mass said for her
brother. She proudly counted out 100
pennies, which represented her savings,
and inquired when the mass might be
said. The little girl is only
6, and her thoughtfulness is a pretty
lesson. The mass for Mr.. O'Niel was
read on Thursday morning.