The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-01
degree. The speaker said that such
a knight KNOWS that he knows that

degree. The speaker said that such
knight knows that he knows tina.
he knows; follow him" Professor
Sherlock said that it Is easy for a
Knight OF Columbus to be one among
knights. but 1t is not so easy for him
to be one where knighthood does not
prevail. He spoke of the purpose of
the order, saying that there Is a time,
need and necessity for an order
like the knights of Columbus 1t is
an organization which associates the
enthusiasm of youth with the Wis
dom of old age; where our standards
are standards Of virtue; lay organ
ization guided by the virtues of the
church, but distinctly outside of it.
1t Is an organization which helps you
to keep holy six days of the week and
the Sabbath takes care of itself For
such purpose as this we can direct
our thoughts along a channel, but let
us not be over Jealous. You will get
what YOU bring into the order but
nothing more We look for great
things to do and miss the little
chances, We have moved upward and
onward and we have personality
that is the personality of the order
and our hearts are ever together.
Religious Prejudice.
Religious Prejudice and Our Or
der was the toast responded to by
A. ]. Kessler Of Fort Madison. The
cpaokor co;d tbot ral.r;ouc ,nre3ndica
against the order may have its origin
in various ways. but it can be traced
to q direct misapprehension of the
doctrinal teachings; the deliberate
ISLANDERS and calamities through the
pulpit and press, and thirdly, that
while many Catholics believe their
teachings in theory they disregard the
church in practice. He spoke of the
duties which are owed to mont Catholic
friends and pointed out the necessity
of thoroughly posting ourselves on
the study of Catholic literature.
Knights have the duty Of standing up
and asserting their rights, The speak
er then told of the unsuccessful eff
forts made to introduce the bible in
the public schools, and said that
Catholics, who are taxed to support
this institution should always rise UP
against such move. If the public
schools wish to teach religion, he
said, they should support their schools
exclusively as the Catholics do.
THE Spirit Of '76," was the toast
assigned to DR.. z. r. Kane OF st.
Louis, Mo. Dr. Kane had the third
degree in charge during the afternoon
and many of the knights would have
been pleased to listen to him. How
ever, the evening had grown late and
1 it was necessary for him to catch a
train shortly before his time on the
4 program came.
1 The last speaker of the evening was
4 Edward w. McManus, one of the can
/ didates who received the initiatory
| work in the afternoon. He was as
signed the task of giving his 'Impres-
sions of the Day Ed is good after
dinner entertainer. especially just af-
ter he has provided himself with a
i new charge of stories. Last evening
i he was extremely witty But he did
not confine his whole time to story
! telling, but gave a few sidelights on
i the days work. He said he had gain
ed great deal by the days exper-
fence But he likened the candidates
+ to tile great artist who does not rely
upon the first Impressions. The mind
\ is susceptible to the beauty that first
/ Impressions leave, but such impress
/ sions are Lot to be relied upon. The
mind is so constructed that it cannot
/ be at first relied upon to grasp a great
4 truth. but with reflection gives way
/ to deeper impression. AS the beau
I tiful and impressive rites were ex-
4 emplified the speaker found himself
seized with emotion. To him had
I been revealed new standard. 1--WE
had known You as band of knights
! he said, but how big was our con-
/ ception of your body. Tonight the
4 veil OF mystery is lifted. This age
/ has entered into better understand
ing of man. Brother knights, you
might as we'll fancy the world whirl-
7 ing off into space as to imagine man
existing Independent of his fellow
men. What splendid spectacle it is
to see men banded together by the
noble bonds of brotherhood.
The banquet was in charge of Her,
man Weinberg, lecturer, and the
amusement committee. The lecturer
and members Of this committee arc
+ given credit for the best banquet the
order has ever had here. The commit
tee members are Ed. G. Vaughan, Geo.
Gredell, Louis Rovane, Bernard. Hur-
ley.
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