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education, less of our boys. as Arch

be educationed in non-Catholic uni
- 'versities. For it is a notable fact that
Catholic girls, who seek higher learn
Il ing, do so at the conventional schools
In brief, the chief benefits of Cath,
Ollie higher education in contra dis
this: Catholic education really edu-
4--s''%cates, because it fits a man for citi-
Il zenship in a higher and more COM
Y 'plete way than non-Catholic institu-
millions be their portion and the pro-
9 s fame learning of the east and west be
gathered in their halls. 1t is nearer
the Grecian ideal without the latters
s. defects than has been any system OF
I'm education propounded by Protestant
ism since the evil day when it sprang
10. s.Sftt. from the brain of q rebellious
y traant to the authority of Rome.
~ Catholic higher education equips 8
man for life, it is therefore eminently
80 practical, since, underneath it all, lies
the true philosophy of life without
which such distortions as sex hygiene
S% and universal eugenics become pos
80 sible.
80 The above may seem to some out
aside the church bold claim. 1t is a
bold claim, but the claims of truth are
lever bold. need not, 1 hope. stop
II, here to show how, in matters of cur
&'.artculun, in purely secular branches,
t-NGatholic institutions of learning en-
Hsa brace all, and that as ably as their
w non Catholic neighbors. This again is
~ only matter of glancing at any cata-
rsslogue and comparing it with that of a
similar non-Catholic seat of learning.
sseBut the charge can be made that the
erblight and curse upon non-Catholic
steducation is secularism; that secular
ism, affecting both the intellectual and
moral, cannot hope to adequately
fEs-equip citizens for the higher func-
'ae-tions Of citizenship-it tried to do so
sssin, the reign of the Encyclopedias in
saeFrance, and found its efforts smoth-
.st'ered in the revolution; while on the
AZ other hand, it can be shown that edu-
s~ cation as conceived by Catholic insti
tasstntions has accomplished the end
sis1ffaath and morals. has consistently adj
stayocated.
. Catholic institutions develop the full
pa man; they aim and succeed also to
2. arfn 1oIo hal
human faculties which play the most
prominent part in education.
- What are these faculties? The will
as.and the intellect. The one governing
81 the moral life, the other the rational
life Neither Of these can secure
~ proper development in nom Catholic
ssschools of thoughts and action, be-
~ cause outside the Catholic school there
@atiss no complete system of philosophy
"A sAworthy the name. At most, UNIVERSE
ties but offer history Of philosophy
';'which becomes memory routine or
an elective system SO diversified that
1t contradicts itself at every turn. For
siexample, it is safe to say that today
evolution Is an accepted doctrine in
ss.snon-C Catholic halls Of philosophy, and
.sayet how far from the truth would that
2 false teaching lead mems minds. The
difference between Catholic and nom
sisCatholic higher institutions of learn
ing is not one of secular branches, or
stOfi mere method, it is vital, a differ
ti{: ence that effects the most important
y. interests of man, the attainment of his
gisiast end. For any scheme of educa-
ssftion not welded to religion must be
SIS a sperversion and education only in
w name. Catholics, patronize your own
higher schools of learning. What Is it
sssts that they have not? Do you forget
fassthat Irish monks and sanity men of
M9 later ages have climbed the Hottest
nMheights Of scholarly attainments, and
that the Catholic church which saved
~ classic literature to Europe, and
y Whose footsteps mark the advance Of
~ civilization from its cradle to it's fuu
~ zenith. do you forget that this church
srtshas the knowledge and the power to
ais;s1ve her children the best there is to
ytbs found in educational thought? In
. word the Catholic schools possess
all the advantages Of the non-Cath-
Ole without the disadvantages. Dis
advantages, If such exist, in no way
III initiate against the free advance Of
Catholic students in all walks of life
sf IN. an age and country when free OBJ
.portunity is the slogan OF an enlight-
Il ssned humanity.
KNIGHTS OF COLUM-