The Irish standard., 1911-07-08

vestment of his money in the prosecu-
stion Of those ideals must be a matter
of gratitude to those whose ideals are
equally perverse. But the rest of us
cannot reasonably be expected to en-
visage his head encircled in an aure-
ole of broad minded and universal
benevolence. The sober facts Of the
case-adulatory and extravagant rhet-
oric aside-are that he desired ito aid
in large and helpful way" only those
who cooperate in propagating secu-
larism among the young"
That Father Brosnahan does not be-
lieve the Foundation is going to re-
suit in the "betterment of tho teacher"
may be gained from the following WE'LL
founded statement: Salaries will be
fixed with reference to pensions, as
long as the pension is received through
. the institution that pays the salary,
for it is quite evident that an institu-
ton that can retire it's professors on
a pension is in a position to demand
equal talent and learning for Il less
salary than it could if it had no such
power. The natural result will be that
In accepted institutions salaries will
be prevented from rising to the level
which they would reach if pension and
salary came from independent and
disassocieted sources. When the pro-
lessor Fetires, or is retired, the pen
sion that he receives is not gift to
him, bat to the institution for which
he tauEht, not a grant bestowed in
recognition Of past service, but de-
ferred payment for service rendered"
InQptsang into the aims of the Car
negie Foundation, Father Brosnahan
says: 'The resemblance between the
awowed purpose OF this richly endow-
ed educational agency and the pro-
fessed purpose of socialism is curious,
if it IL not significant. We have the
Same use Of the word competition" In
m Offensive sense to disparage indi-
g, vtdual enterprise, the same misty
terms of attainment are proposed as
remedial forms by which the excuses
supposed to arise from competition
are to be prevented. Now there is
competition that is the practical en-
preston of emulation, the act of one
y. who seeks by lawful means to obtain
what Is at the same time sought by
another. There are men today to
whom colleouvism either democratic
or oligarohic has become a form of the
all idea OF final causality, they can
conceive Of no unity and conference
that is not brought about by central
efficient causality. To them CONSOLE
sdation, either through control by the
8 community or by Il powerful corpora
= tion,- is the ultimate term of progress
Before passing to his conclusion the
speaker called attention to the mis-
leading name which the Foundation
bears: 1--WE may now suggest name
for the corporation" he said, which
will in d fuller measure indicate it's
purpose than that which after much
discussion and long seeking" was
designated THE Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Nom Sectar-
ian Teaching" 1t would have been de-
Scribed with more intellectual hon.
esty. If 1t had been called 1.-The
Carnegie Foundation for the Secular
ization of Education" it's purpose and
ultimate aim would have been mani
tested"
At the close of the convention reso-
lutions were passed pledging fealty,
service and devotion to the Holy Fa-
-ther: dsprecating the work of the
Carnegie Foundation. favoring the
safeguarding of Catholic interests by
catholic colleges; approving the de-
velopment Of the Catholic High school
movement and the Catholic University
Extension movement.
The general officers and executive
board elected for the year BILLIE are
as follows: Honorary President
His Bminence, James Cardinal Glib
bons, Baltimore, Nd: President Gen-
eral-Rt. Rev. Mgr. T. j. Shahan, d.
D., Washington. D. c.; Vice-Presi-
dents -General-Very Rev. James A.
Burns, c. S. c., Washington, D. c.;
Rev. w. J. Stanley, Ill. D., Danbury,
Conn; Very Rev. H. T. Drumgoole,
LII. D., Philadelphia, Pa; Secretary
General-Rev. Francis w. Howard, L,
L. D., Columbus, o.; Treasurer-Gen-
eral-Rev. Francis T. Moran, d. D..
Cleveland, O.; Very Rev. E. J. Walsh,
sCs'M., Niagara University, N. Y; Very
Rev. E. R. Dyer. s. s., d. D.. Balti-
more, Md; Very Rev. w. Stehle, O.
s. b. Raattv Do View, De-. Ns A