The sun., 1909-06-22
ATTACKS on BIG COLLEGES
BISHOP MF.AUL Says THEY
UNDERMINE MORALITY.

Harvard. Princeton. Yale and Like
Pisces-Makes strong speech At
81. Francis Xavier Commea meacemont.
The great colleges Of America were
severely condemned by Bishop McFaul
Of Trenton In an address be made last
night at tho fifty ninth annual commence
ment exercises OF tho College OF st.
Francis Xavier. f.
L'The parents who sent their children
to the popular colleges said Bishop
MoFaul. like Harvard. Princeton and
Yale. whore rasoality. immortality and q
diEespeot Of NWomankind are fostered
would attempt TO tear down the buildings
did they know the grave mistake they were
making.
Such colleges as Yale and Prinoeton
arc great fsctors in the undermining OF
morality. They do not even study the
Bible. which Is 80 much spoken OF and 80
seldom read by their advocates.
Catholic families are sacrificing faith
and morality because they wish to 81
into society. Aotuated by that one dom
inant and fanatic idea. they send their
sons to the large colleges. where they dc
not even learn tho Ten Commandments,
such as Thou shalt not steal Thou shalt
not commit adultery and Thou shalt moi
bear false witness against thy neighbor.'
sThe professors In these institutions
attempt to prove In a learned manner
that there is really no difference between
right and wrong. and say that no mar
may show where right ends and wrone
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their teaching.
How may We expect great thingi
from men who attend colleges where
they are taught that morality is ole
fashioned and wrong merely a matter
OF personal viewpoint
President Taft said in an address
delivered some time ago that 1t was 9
shame and an outrage that the people
OF the city OF Cincinnati should be obligee
to pay 100000 In taxes because they
stood by their religion and h cid strong gly
for Catholic education.
sWhiie yield to no man in my admira
ton for the strength OF the Catholic peo
Die here In the United States ! realize
that there IL great deal in which we fai
utterly. There Is point detective
| Tho nation that We should initiate is the
German. The Catholic people OF Ger.
many through the aid Of their greai
leaders have created great Catholic
To-day there are 500 Catholic papors
! In existence, and every German who is q
religious man goes homo on Saturday
and takes with him a news organ that
tells him the trend OF the different move
ments.
4 la fxat NO r<>nH fha M
papers, but the great body OF the people
who might be expected to do 90 fail TO
support the Catholic press.t Tho last
time / was down at the sea shore ! went
into a number Of homes. On the study
tables found the latest popular novels
and the magazines. The people said the
Catholic PerodiSsls @ .s. wsse uH PIN IN t5s the bed
f'oHs; oYou men S Who are % going % out into the
world from this institution have had an
excellent training. and trust that you
will do all In your power TO win Q desire
for Catholic literature. The people must
know what Il going on as regards Church
affairs or they can't be expected 10 take
any particular interest.
enormous leakage Of former years. which
has been caused by . lack Of churches,
priests and schools. We do not want
political power in America, but We must
bring about Q new order Of things-and
TO do that We must soon have Christian
education
Tho honorary dagres OF doctor Of laws
was conferred on Bishop Charles y. Mo-
Donnell Of Brooklyn, Bishop AcFaul,
Leonard A. Giegerich, Justice Of the. .Su-
prerne Court. State Of New York. and
George F, Roesch, LII. NJ.
The degree Of doctor Of philosophy
was conferred on Joseph b. Wade. Phi. ID.
The degree OF master Of arts was CON-
sferred on Frederick C. Rossi-diehl. A. B.,
and Vincent L. Leibell, A. B., IL. B,