The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-06-22

Will Establish a Chair of Journal
ism in Notre Dame.
DR.. Max Pam, a well-known Jewish
American Lawyer of Chicago, has
founded five scholarships in the Catho-
lie University at Washington, for the
study of the Social Sciences, and in
the following remarkable letter to
Cardinal Gibbons he sets forth the
reasons for this benefaction.
2O01 Empire Building,
New York, June l, 1912.
Your Eminence:
1t gives me pleasure to hand you
herewith check covering the first of
five scholarships, each being in the
sum of five thousand dollars, estab-
lished by arrangement with Your
Eminence in the Catholic University
of America, for the purposes herein
after indicated. The remaining schol-
arships shall be remitted for, one each
during the next four years.
First. The holders of the scholar
ships are to take at least one of their
studies in the department of sociology,
economic conditions in the interest of
the well-being of the nation.
Second. The holders of the scholar
ships are to be students, whom, dur
ing my lifetime, | shall designate,
after consultation with the officers of
the Catholic Church Extension Soci-
ETY. at Chicago, and the Rector of the
University, reserving, however, the
right to arrange with the Board
of Trustees for a change in the
method of designation whenever in
my judgment it may seem necessary
or wise. After my death the designa-
tion or nomination of these students
shall be made by the Executive Com
mittee of said Catholic Church EX-
tention Society in consultation with
the Faculty of the Catholic University
of America at Washington, D. G.
Third. Each scholarship shall be
limited to three years, subject, how
ever, to extension to period of four
years on the recommendation of the
Rector of the University.
Live and Help Live.
The reasons and motives impelling
me to found these scholarships are as
follows:
The spirit of Tive and let live" has
been the dominant characteristic of
our people up to the present time.
From a material standpoint we have
been very fortunate. A land of bound
less resources and manifold opportuni-
ties, the struggle for existence has
been deprived of the hard features
which characterize it in most other
countries. But conditions are rapidly
changing. A phenomenal increase in
population is straining our resources
more and more each year, and oppor-
tunities are proportionately decreased.
AS a result of these changed condi-
tions the spirit of live and let live"
must sooner or later yield to that in
dividual selfishness begotten of a
more intense struggle for existence
unless another and higher spirit, the
spirit of live and help live, comes to
it's aid. We are not and should not
be, in any state, individual units, seek
ing our own selfish ends, and con-
cerned only with what affects our own
personal welfare.
Live and help live should be the
true patriots motto. Rich and poor
have fought side by side to save this
country and to give it freedom They
have worked together to upbuild it.
The rich of today are the poor of
yesterday. There is no dividing line
of blood between them and none of
the artificial distinctions of caste and
class which are to be found in older
civilizations. And I do believe there
is less class hatred in America today
than in any country under the sun.
Our men of wealth, as a class, have
shown themselves to be unselfish and
patriotic and American philanthropy
is a worlds wonder at the present
moment.
Every European country today is
face to face with grave economic prob
lens. Our turn is coming; in fact,
it is a grave question if it be not al
ready here. We hear advanced, from
time to time, new and strange theories
of government. There are some who
claim, even at the present hour, that
the Constitution has outlived it's use
fulness. In spite of assertions to the
contrary, am strongly convinced that
the spirit of our people is sane, con
servative and just. There is plenty
of respect for law and order, consid
Grafton for the rights of others and
a general realization that the millen
mum promised by political visionaries
will not arrive in a week or year
The people at bottom are right, but
they need wise and honest leadership
false leadership is the nations
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