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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1911-07-06
Modern Education Not a Farce.

tinguished citizens. in the course OF
speech recently. made the assertion
that modern education was q failure
and : farce. he believed that We
should so back TO hickory lie,
freely applied and vel rubbed in.
he deprecated, also. the tendency
OF woman . more and more control
II civic affairs as vel as affairs OF
state and nations
II modern education IS q farce and
fsilur-. his generation IS responsible
~ i. FOR are We not the heirs OF the
ages and OF his age7 Modem edu-
eaton IS but an evolution o. the eou-
cation OF MS day and time which was
confined 70 the privileged classes
representing IL his boyEeod another
civilization. 4 not a better one. Ger
tsinlv more exclusive one. How
ever rich L nav have been II TIE
classics. MADE richer stu D. the
"uickory ie" O. the Imported New
England pe6sgogus. is richness was
considerably mellowsd by its ex-
clusiveness. So exclusive was il
that very lirtls OF its richness Gowe5
ovzr into The homes CT the poor 70
I.sr Their sons OF OF the banetu
shadows OF TIE general ignorance Of
the age.
Our GOO friend. when he made
the assertion quoted ABOVE. was
oeclairaing OF the beauty and utility
OF no5ern things and Proclsining
progress. Heheld hsr standard high
II one hzu6. While with the other be
dragged il down n the dust OF the
ages. ne was toT progress II ma
tsr;zl thiugs-in that he was the
tEe-ae,a man. But Il matters CT
education. OF nind-trsiring and
mental development he proved him
SET 70 DC Z rsuogressiouist OF the
deepest hue.
The opponents OF modem educs-
tonal methods are found chiefly
among those whose mental training
was gotten from the classics. The
very nor-oWness OF such training IS
bit illustrated II the opposition Il
has bred 70 other methods o. edu-
cation however effective they nav
prove II ftting BOYS and giris &C
grasp the problems Of modem living.
That edrcoion IS pest tkst best Its
Us toT our environment.
Seemingly or trend has forgot
ter thst CIT OF MS tme and out Q:
his generation has been evolved thc
genius OF modem education. u i
is failure it's because il IS ouildec
upon q bad foundation. the corner
stones Of which were laid BY hi
fathers while his oEn genersuoi
completed the walls. Inc Pres-n
generation IS building the super
structure. Il CONCERNING or Worl
he but condemns himself.
BIT We 90 not condemn ais az
nor MS generation noT tie genersuo
Of MS fathers. Or TIE ether nan
We e2rol their bsnclwork and gior
IL the heritage they have transmit
ted. Furthermore. We fee safe ]
asserting that as a people We nav
neither wasted or Inheritance u
buried our talents. however prooigi
We may hsye been with both.
Modern education a fsrceT Te
IL 10 the heather and ne vii lsue
you 70 scorpi Modern education
fslnfeS 60 where il mas been a.
pied and il VII Tefute the char
and put its trsducers 70 sham
Never 10 all the toe Of tine has 4
welfare of the youth Of our lsi
been 50 carefully gusroeo-the nc
"a. physical. moral and spiritl
welfsre--as az this very MONIES
As each has niche 10 I'll. so ey
before DC is born the niche has DC
made ready tor him and be for
The irnbecilifv ~ 6ecrvinO fhe 4
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1911-07-06

Il. J.. HENLEY, Deceased
June l3. 1911.
II appearing 10 the court that the
reports Of the accounts Of Norvell J..
Henley. Executor on the estate of r.
L. Henley. deceased. have been filed
IN the Clerks Office OF this court. and
that more than one year has elapsed
since the qualification of such executor,
therefore. on motion Of Robert +. Hen
ley. a legatee under the Will Of said Il.
J.. Henley, deceased.
It is ordered that the creditors Of
said r. /. Henley, deceased. do appear
on Monday. the l4th day of August,
1911, and show cause, If any they can.
against the payment and delivery OF
the estate of the decedent to his lega-
tees. IL is further ordered that a copy
hereof be published. once week for
I four successive weeks, in The Virginia
Gazette.
A copy-Geste:
! T. II. GEDDY. Clerk.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-09-09

should be sent to a secular school,
we feel that very much good
would be accomplished All the
friends and advocates Of Catholic
education would like to see the
Individual members Of that Order
take determined stand in this
matter. It is within the power Of
each one of them who has child
or children depending on him to
see that they attend Catholic
schools wherever it is possible.
1t is the duty Of every Knight Of
Columbus to see that no child of
his attends school conducted I'M
der non-C Catholic auspices wher-
ever it is possible to patronize a
Catholic school. Unless the mem.
bers Of this organization do every
thing possible to uphold the Cath
Ollie school system it is useless for
them to protest that they are
loyal members Of Holy Mother
Church. Their influence in COM
munity counts for much if they
are faithful to the ideals Of their
Order and the teachings Of the
Church. IL any member fails to
send his child to a Catholic school
he is recreant to these ideals and
faithless to these teachings. No
Knight Of Columbus, worthy of
the name, should countenance
such deviation from the path of
obvious duty as is implied in the
sending Of his children to non
Catholic schools. His interest in
religion and in the future of his
children should not permit him to
seek professional advancement,
business success, or social prestige
at the expense Of their immortal
souls. It is to be hoped, there
fore, that those members of the
Order who have patronized non
Catholic schools in the past will
make amends for their bad exam
pie by putting into practice the
recommendations contained in the
report read at their National Con
vention.
To what school? Let there be
but one answer given by Catholics
to this question throughout Am
erica-to Catholic school.
Then will Catholic schools pros
per; then will religion flourish.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-09-09

Some people fritter away their
time wishing they were like others
"a most Improbable proceeding.
They envy others the things which
God has given them forgetting
that, by so doing, they are criti-
cising the wisdom of the AL
mighty Who dispenses to each
one according as He wills. Why
God lavishes his gifts on one and
withholds them from another with
an almost niggardly hand is a
question the solution Of which is
locked up in His bosom. We are
not responsible for the number
and kind of gifts with which He
has been pleased to endow us; but
we are responsible for the use we
make of them. Whether we have
one talent or ten does not matter j:
it matters much what use we
make of them. If we use them to
the best of our ability we will be
rewarded accordingly: if we mis-
use them, a punishment proper
tionate to our guilt will be meted
out to us. The servant who was
given five talents by his master
and made good use Of them re-
ceived praise and reward equal to
that bestowed on him who re-
ceived ten talents; and there is no
reason to doubt that if the serv-
ant who received only one talent
had employed it in the service
of his master his reward would
have been equally great.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-09-09
NATIONAL ECONOMICS IMPROVED
BY ABSTINENCE.

An improved economic condition is
also to be realized through abstinence.
do not mean the direct saving which
would result from a smaller expendi-
ture for alcohol nor avoidance of
the colossal indirect loss from alcohol
caused by poverty and crime, but a
higher economic development which is
the product of greater physical, intel.
lectual and moral activity, a phase of
economy that is in no small degree a
moral question. In modern economics
we do not reckon simply from one
day to another, we take a wide out
look. It is not question of the
great profits of few capitalists but
of the economic strengthening of the
masses.
I may cite Finland as an ex-
ample. We see here a small people
who in spite of the barrenness of their
land have developed their industrial
system, dairying particularly, so thor
oughly and widely that in efficiency
they have surpassed the Germans.
And this small people devotes annual
ly to the cause of abstinence a million
and half Finnish marks ($300,000).
The decentralization of the people by
means of abstinence-that is the point.
In all the ramifications of thought,
feeling and living, abstinence can show
positive results; it is not a negative
quantity. Abstinence offers the broad
est possible road for progress.
| close with the declaration that one
OF the most important movements in
the life and civilization of all nations
is the struggle for the sobriety of the
peopie' c. 7. A. u. Advocate.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-09-09
THE FEDERATION OF CATH
OLIC SOCIETIES.

The Federation of Catholic So
cieties met, resolved, and adj
journed. The meeting, as an
nounced, was at Columbus, Ohio.
The delegates from affiliated So
cieties were in the hundreds: sew
eral Bishops and the Apostolic
Delegate were in attendance: the
Catholics of Columbus worked en-
Enthusiastically and successfully to
give to the visitors a cordial well
come.
Gatherings of Catholics, animal
ed with the true Christian spirit,
are always productive of good:
those taking part in such gather
ings are strengthened in the bonds
of mutual friendship, made proud
er Of their faith, spurred on to
give, henceforward, more telling
expression, in life and in action,
to it's teachings and it's inspira-
tons. In this regard, the Conven-
ton Of the Federation had a
splendid outcome: we congratu-
late it's organizers and officials.
In its announcements and reso-
lutions the Columbus Convention
deserves commentator. 1t was,
in prudence and in wisdom, far
superior to previous conventions
Of the Federation. There was no
loud boasting Of imaginary work
accomplished during the forego-
ing year, no ambitious posing as
the great and authorized Convo-
cation of Catholics of America. It
was a meeting of Catholics, lay
and clerical, speaking for them
selves, Of what, so far as they
were personally concerned, so far
as their influence was able, or
might be able, to broaden into
activity the societies by which
they were accredited, they had
been doing and were ready to con-
tinue in doing. To judge from the
Columbus Convention the Fedora
ton has entered upon saner path
ways, and has discarded the pre-
tentious and rather offensive atti-
tude that heretofore had kept
aloof from it the more thoughtful
and conservative element in the
Church. We sincerely augur for
it perseverance in its newer pro-
gramme of Catholic action.
Certain of its resolutions bear
upon eminently practical themes,
are well advised in concept and
utterance. There is the merited
Reputation of the late edition Of
the Encyclopedias Britannica, y
because of its unfair and untruth-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-09-09
LES BALLETS RUSSES.

Announcement has been made
that Les Ballots Russes, series
Of performances made up entirely
of dances and pantomimes, will be
presented in the St. Paul Audi
forum on September q and %.
They are advertised as Zone of
the sensations of New York's last
theatrical. season. By all ac-
counts their sensation-produci
features are not to be discounted.
Indeed, the sensuous appeal of
Les Ballots Russes was so obtru-
sive that the attention of the mu-
nicipal authorities Of New York
was called to it and the police
were about to put an end to the
performance when it was with
drawn from the stage.
In the Green Book Album for
September, Charming Pollock de-
scribes in detail several of these
dances. He sees no harm in their
appeal to the senses which he re
CARDS as the primary purpose of
art; but he admits that ssthe pas
sion, the sensuous beauty of the
spectacle is indescribable.' "Sy-
baritic voluptuousness" truly
Pagan white flash of vivid life.
a riotous shrek of screaming mo-
ton, = and similar phrases more
or less meaningless are used by
him seemingly for the purpose Of
CLOSING over the hideously real
istic appeal to the passions made
by these performances. The dance
is abandoned" and sensual. !"
In one of the ballads "hysterical
happiness is followed by grim
tragedy and so on ad nauseam.
This gives a faint idea of what
the patrons of the theatre may ex-
pect when the curtain rises in the
Auditorium If these ballets are
not interdicted by the proper an
thorities. Surely a Christian COM
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-09-09
WORKMEN IN THE MIDDLE ACES
Had Many Feast Days-Worked Hard
Left Masterpieces to Posterity-
Better Off Than Modern
Craftsmen.

A writer for the International Cath
Ole Truth Society, commenting on the
recent Motu Proprio concerning feast
days, says: Uniform legislation is not
the only reason given by the Pope
for this important change in the feast
days of precept. The demands of
modern business and the increasing
cost of the necessaries of life make
it desirable that those who get their
living by their own efforts may not
be too often interrupted.
What far cry from the days of
the craft and trade guilds, when the
feast days were numerous and fitted
so well into the daily life of those
who toiled. The twentieth century
socialist, who tells us about the de-
lights of the earthly paradise which
he intends to provide, might do worse
than look back to the days when the
workingmen were really happy. Of
packed in cardboard boxes, ready to
serve, or moving pictures, or porce-
lain bathtubs, or rapid transit facili-
ties to distract or uplift the working
man Of the thirteenth century or the
fourteenth. But he managed to get
good deal out of life and to stamp
the impress of his individuality on
stone and bronze and painted glass.
He found time to take an active in
terest in theatricals, he was a prolific
producer of mystery and miracle
plays. and in England did much to-
wards the paving of the way for the
mighty dramatists who were the chief
glory of Elizabeth's reign AS far
as we have any standards of measur-
ing, he was as happy as his fellow
workingman of today. He went to
bed earlier, and his clothes were
rather coarse, but he did not seem to
mind; in fact, he was freer to give
his best thought to his daily work.
That is why we go over to Europe
and bring back Gioto's Tower or the
Bargello and put them up i'm the air
and call them by modern name
That is why we are happy when we
are able to say that our church build
ing is a replica of some French or
German or English cathedral
We moderns are paying daily and
unconscious tribute to the working
men of the Middle Ages. They re-
veled in the feast days, that unsym-
pathetic and prejudiced writer's are
inclined to sneer at; but all must adj
NIT that their work days were prolific
in masterpieces that will live as long
as the world admires beauty.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-09-09

munity will not permit such an
indecent exhibition to be present
ed in the Auditorium under the
guise OF aesthetic art. Is it too
much to expect that the self-re-
speeding people Of st. Paul will
not be found in parquet or box
when these degradingly sensual
dances are presented? In this
connection they have an oppor-
tunity to rebuke those who as
sumo responsibility for booking
such unbecoming performances by
teaching them that they cannot
insult with impunity the Christian
sentiments Of the people Of this
city.
There is no dearth Of clean and
elevating productions which sub
serve nobler purposes than the
sensual appeal Of Les Ballots Rus
ses that could be selected if those
who arrogate to themselves the
right to declare what theatre
goers must accept were relegated
to the background and not per-
mitted to foist on the public their
own crude notions and immature
conceptions Of what constitutes
true art.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-09-09
a CHALLENGE TO THE
*. OF G.

Onthe question ofeducation chal-
lenge was recently issued to the
Knights Of Columbus. 1t is contain
ed in one Of the recommendations
made by the committee appointed
by that order to investigate the
question Of Catholic higher educa-
ton.
After impressing upon the dele
gates to the recent convention at
Detroit that there is now no ex-
cuse for sending Catholic children
to secular schools the report
goes on to say: IF the recon-
mendations Of this committee
should accomplish no more good
than that next year no child Of
any Knight OF Columbus that
could go to a Catholic school
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-09-09
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE.
GENERAL GRANT FEARS DRINK.

The following message is from Gen.
eral Frederick Dent Grant, who, in
his uniform as an officer of the United
States army, walked at the head OF
temperance parade i'm Chicago. and
was severely criticised for SO doing
by men engaged in the liquor bust
ness:
Tell the young men that General
Grant does not drink a drop of liquor
has not for eighteen years-because
he is afraid to drink it, I tried to
drink with extreme moderation, be-
cause knew that alcohol is the worst
poison man could take into his sys-
tenn, but / found it was an absolute
impossibility to drink moderately,
Because moderate drinking is prac-
teal impossibility, I became an abso-
Lutte teetOtaler-a crank, if you please.
| do not use it even in my house.
Ninety-five per cent of the assertions
and acts of lawlessness in the army
are due to drink.
eff / could, by offering my body as
sacrifice, free this country from the
fell cancer, the demon drink, I'd thank
the Almighty for the privilege of do
ing it. If had the greatest appoin-
tive powers in the country, no man
would get even the smallest appoint
ment from me unless he showed
proof of his absolute teetotalism. AS
it is, of my own appointees, the men,
bers of my staff, not one of them
touches Drop"
The NeW Ce1tYp.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-09-09

an instruction given on the
church's teaching in regard to the
value and efficacy of prayers and
good works offered up for the
dead.
The idea underlying the observ-
ance Of Cemetery Sunday is one
that appeals to all Christians.
The dead have claims upon the re
membrance Of the living which all
should recognize and discharge.
Though dead, they are still our
brethren bound by the ties of
Christian charity but so situated
that they are in direst need OF the
assistance which our prayers can
obtain for them. AS members of
the Church Suffering in Purgatory
they look to their brethren of the
Church Militant on earth for sue
cor and help in their distress.
Their piteous appeals for our suf-
frages never cease to fall upon
ears attuned to the teaching of the
gospel. Too often they are neg
lected as a body. Relatives and
intimate friends are remembered
but what Of those who have no
one to pray for them? How often
do we think of those neglected
souls?
Cemetery Sunday recalls their
needs and bids us pour forth
prayers for all who are buried in
the parish cemetery, irrespective
of their relationship to individual
members. Our thoughts are drawn
to that silent abode of the dead
where the departed members of
the parish rest in their long sleep,
and the heart throbs for them as
the eye falls on the grassy mound
that marks their resting-place.
The sweet incense Of prayer floats
above their graves and the dew
of God s grace falls with refresh
ing GOODNESS on souls that culver
beneath His Christening hand.
AS a preparation for Cemetery
Sunday the graves Of the dead
should be put in order so that
nothing unsightly may offend the
eye or distract the pensive mind
when the solemn prayers Of the
Church's liturgy are being poured
forth in behalf Of the dead. The
plots should be neatly trimmed +;
the walks and drives free from
weeds; the hedges and fences re-
touched and put in order; and
the unsightly wooden ratings and
markers removed entirely. Peo-
pie should take pride in keeping
the burying ground as neat as the
surroundings Of the church and
parochial residence. A little at
tention bestowed upon it from
time to time will make the GENE
terry an attractive spot to the liv-
ing, the mecca Of their footsteps
on many an occasion and the scene
Of their most fervent prayers for
the souls Of the faithful departed.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-09-09

September II is Cemetery Sun
day. Every Catholic who can
possibly do so should pay a visit
to the parochial burying- ground on
that day and pray for the dead.
The souls who are released from
Purgatory or whose sufferings are
relieved by these prayers will not
be unmindful of their benefactors
when they, in turn, stand in need
of spiritual help.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-09-09

Parents should show an intelli-
gent interest in their children s
school-work. Impress upon them
the necessity Of preparing the les
sons assigned for home study, and
see that they apply themselves to
their books long enough to make
the necessary preparation for the
school-work on the following day.
A little attention to this matter
will insure a profitable school
year to the children.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-09-09
A TRAMP'S TESTIMONY.

A tramp asked for drink in a sa-
loon. The request was granted, and
when in the act of drinking the prof
fered beverage one of the young men
present exclaimed:
stop! Make us a speech. 1t is
poor liquor that doesn't loosen a
mans tongue"
The tramp swallowed down the
drink, and as the liquor coursed
through his blood, he Strengthened
himself and stood before them with
grace and dignity which all his rags
and dirt could not obscure.
Gentlemen" he said, 81 look to-
night at you and myself, and it seems
to me that look upon the picture of
my blighted manhood. This bloated
face was once as handsome as yours;
this shambling figure once walked as
proudly as yours, for I was man of
the world of men. ], too, once had a
home and friends and position. had
wife as beautiful as an artists
dream, but / dropped the priceless
pearl of her honor and respect into
cup of wine, and, like Cleopatra,
saw it dissolve, then quaffed it down
in the brimming draught had chill
-dren sweet and pure as the flowers of
spring, and saw them fade and die
under the blighting curse of a
drunken father. Ihad home where
love lit its flame upon the altar and
minfstered before 1t, but / put out
the holy fire, and darkness and DESC
lation reigned in its stead. had
aspirations which scared as high as
the morning star, but I broke and
bruised those beautiful forms, and
strangled them, that I might hear
their cries no more. Today am a
husband without a wife, father
without child, tramp without
home, and man in whom every good
impulse is dead. All have been swal-
lowed up i'm the mae1strom OF drink"
The tramp ceased speaking. The
glass fell from his nervous fingers,
and shattered into a thousand frag-
ments on the floor. The doors were
pushed open and shut again, and
when the group looked up the tramp
was gone.
And this, gentle reader, Ia true
tale, the tramp at one time having
been prominent attorney.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-09-09
CEMETERY SUNDAY.

The Most Reverend Archbishop
has designated the third Sunday
of September to be observed
throughout the Diocese as Gene
terry Sunday" This year it falls
on September II. On that day
the pastors and people Of the diff
ferent parishes will hold commem-
orative services in the local GEM
eteries for the eternal repose
of all who are buried there. Spe-
cial prayers will be said for the
souls of the faithful departed and
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-09-09

About this time our Catholic
schools are opening their doors to
the pupils who will fill their class
rooms during the coming months.
Parents should see to it that their
children return to school at the
beginning Of the term and attend
regularly during the year. Tar
diness and irregular attendance
hamper class work, and have a bad
effect on the child who is thus
permitted to cultivate habits Of
carelessness and unpunctuality
which prove detrimental in after
life.