The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-11
E.. H. DILLON & CO.
A.,ClEhT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS
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The three Divisions of the Ancient Order of Hibernians Will give con- cert and ball at Eagles hall February g., 1912. It will be the beginning of many entertainments which the order will hold in order to realize a suffi- cient sum to defray the expenses of the coming state parade and conven- tion which will be held in this oGty in August next.
 The committee and members are working with renewed energy and ar dent hope, that this-the year of the golden jubilee of the order will bring many changes for the advancement of the greatest >Irish Catholic organiza- ton in the world. The local divisions are preparing to amalgamate and work more closely to build up this order which has displayed more interest in the cause of faith and fatherland than any like organization.
 The members of the order through their committee expect to realize a sufficient sum to defray the expenses of the coming convention and parade through the patronage of the Irish race, and through the support and en- couragement of businessmen, who know what the bringing of 15,000 to our city means. It means that at least $30, 900 will be spent here. Local mer- chants are to be asked to patronlze the souvenir book.
 To those of the Irish race who have not as yet affiliated themselves with this organization, we take the liberty to quote a few or the many things the members have done for the NatioE al Tndependence of Ireland. They have thrown the moral weight of this great organization of American citizens in public opinion through every channel opened to them, by voice and pen, by sacrifice and faith. By every social influence that they could bI6ng to bear they have kept for all time the sacred cause of Irish National indepen- dence before the people of the United States.
 FOUNDATION OF THE
 GAELIC CHAIR
 As time wore on they have interest,", ed themselves in the intellectual side of life.
 They remembered that a nation does not die while it's language lives, since language is the loyal custodian of the innermost spirit. the genuine soul of a nation, saturated with it's most ten derest and most ancient emotions, quick with. all fts ideals, alive to it's joys and sorrows and hopes in time of which no other memory remains.
 Language, as Max Muller has shown the world is the oldest and surest book of history, filled to overflowing with the most intimate and typical documents of a race or nation.
 This language was in danger of per istGng on it's native soil. and they founded in the Catholic University at Washington chair Tor it's preserva- of the literature history and antiqui- ties of the Gael.
 The moral influence of that action has already made itself felt abroad and at home. One of the foremost educa- tors of the United States and presi- dent of a great university. declared before a banquet of millionaires that this was a unique act in the history of education and most creditabIe to the many thousands of men who made each a little sacrifice to accomplish a great end. They have added to their merits for they aid annually the worthy Gaelic Lea que in Dublin. They are working with fair success to have Ire and's history taught in the paro- ,hiaI and other schools in this country