New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-30

Mont Eagle Ridge, Ike some huEe caSlle
on the Rhine. commanding view Of
the country for miles around. FOR sixty
wears il has lowered there ln the midst
Of it's three hundred acres. although
not always with the grandeur u now
exhibits II draws numberless lnqul'
ries from the slghtsecrs roaming z
region whore grandeur ls almost COM
mouplacc. 81,
The Rev. John Joseph Lynch. {. VI,
afterward Archbishop Of Toronto pui ,
chased the site, but was consecrateI
bishop before the erection OF any OF
the present group OF buildings IL was
incorporated in 1863 as the seminary
of Our Lady Of the Angels. although
from the beginning it's college courses
were open also to students VINO we're
not aspiring to the priesthood. otateiy
building has been added TO sta'eIy
buildiup. until II now looks Ike the
little college world that II u.s..
With the addition Of medical ana
law dcpartmcnts iu Buffalo, ~ became
Niagara University in 1888. II was IT'S
medical department that initiated the
movcmca. which resulted IN the TOUR
wears college entrance requirement 10
AN medical colleges IN the state OF New
York. The medical and law depart
mcnts have lost their alllauon with
Niagara University. but her thcologiral
scientific and art courses continue 10
send forth sons worthy Of their alma
mater.
The Vincentian Fathers in New York.
To greater New York the sons Of ST.
Vincent de Paul came In 1868. The
humble frame building in which their
work was inaugurated now exists only
as painting in oils. which hangs IN
the college parlors as reminder 70
the present generation Of the acorn
from which grew the magnificent lnstl-
tuition Of today. Scarcely a year had
clapsed after the foundation when TINS
frame building was replaced by fine
structure, which still stands at the
corner Of Lewis and Willoughby ayes,
BROOKLYN Twic. additions have been
made. each as large as the original edl-
fee. and yet the well filled classrooms
still call for further additions. In these
halls of st. Johns the youth finds the
culture and treasures of the classics,
the raining of the exact sciences and
the healthy influence Of religious IN
struction. The physical and chemical
laboratories compare favoraDly with
any I'm the state. These. together with
the splendid gymnasium and swimming
pool Of crystalline water. show that
St. Johns College is not satisfied with
Juvenars recommendation Ito pray Tor
a sound mind m sound body but
that IL does what in IL lies to secure
that best OF blessings.
At the corner of Hart 81. and Lewis
eve. was built I'm 1891 st. Johns Iheo-
logical Seminary. devoted exclusively
to the training Of the levites of the
great diocese of Brooklyn in the higher
courses Of their long career Of study.
According 10 the philosopher. Sir Will
lam Hamilton, there is nothing great
in the world but man. and there IS
nothing great in man but mind II ny
mind you mean mans moral ana intel
lectual faculties. this dlctum Is a great
truth. but if you exclude the viii when
YOU sneak Of "thcre being nothing great
ia man but mind you have most
pernicious pedagogical error For char-
acter after all, is the nobleSt thIng
i'm life. and IL is but another name TOR
the well trained will. Culture u the
shibboleth of the hour The Romans
called it humanity. and it rs not gong
TOO far TO say that ideal humanity IS
for manliness was "virtus." and from
this we have our word virtue. 1t is in
deed true that the radical idea Of
virtus among the Romans was original
IL pbvsical strength. but with this idea
was soon welcomed the notion Of moral
strength under the same term, and
Christian civilization has placed moral
strength in its sure position infinitely
above mere brute force. Does not this
indicate that the cultivation of the rea-
soning powers alone. without the train
ing of the will, is a very lop-slded sort
of education?
The fact that this education rs catn-
Ole. which means universal, and con-
sequcntly I'm touch with world-wlde
organization, frees il from dangers Of
provincialism that might otherwise
come. The teaching bodies Of the Cath
Ollie Church are also. for the most part,
in close utilization with educational m
stitutions i'm various countries through
out the world, and this surely works
for a broader culture. At 81. Johns
College. Brooklyn. for instance, there
arc frequent visitors from all parts
of the world. Not long ago there met
AZ St. Johns the Right Rev. Valentino
Ar1pucro. Bishop of Puma. in the in
terror of Peru. and the Most Rev. John
Hartv. Archbishop Of Manila. the for
lner a Vinccntian. educated at Rome.
the latter a graduate of the Nincentlan
College Of Cape Girardeau, Mo. They
then discussed the widely divergent
circumstances of their TWO distant fields
Of labor.
The thoroughly equipped pedagogical
department at Z. Johns has attract
cd many Of our religious teachers, some
Of whom have already attained their
A. b. and 4. VI. d.gnas, and also hun
dreds OF members Of the teaching stan
Of the public schools. Thoroughly
American i'm the best sense Of the
word. I'm close touch with all the up
lifting influences OF an older culture
and civilization. with n keen apprecla-
ton of the value of character and
moral excellence. and with a New York
up-to-datcress ~ all of ito courses, it
is small wordcr that So. Johns is able
20 point With rr.dc 20 her hundreds Of
GRADUATES amouc the CLERGY and in all
tho learned professions. In the political
end business world aad is able, with
an alma matters tender pride, 20 say.
in the words OF Coruelia, Those are
my jewels