Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-07-02

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tenn of education without n basis OF
morality, or In other words religion.
is acknowledged by all right minded
men who have the welfare of the state
at heart IL has taken then fifty years
TO understand the position of the
church. They now see that each gen
Grafton OF che children of the nation
outside of the Catholic church is
brought up and remain infidels. They
know the lesson of history. No nation
without religion ever survived long or
became powerful, peaceful and pros
porous. You cannot have society
without morality and you can't have
morality without religion. Man, as
our catechism tells us, is composed Of
two parts: the body and the soul, the
brute and the rational nature. II
reason and the desire To do what is
right are in control, man is bound 10
progress; but IL the brute passion of
avarice, greed and lust obtain sway,
then the end is destruction and death.
l might quote long list of states
men and popular educators TO voice
the sentiments of the country on this
great question, but time will not allow.
However, few will not be out of
place. President Eliot of Harvard,
one of the prophets of secular and the
arch-enemy of religious education
says: 1T is indisputable that the
country has experienced u profound
disappointment in the results thus far
obtained from widely difrused pop
ular education"
President Hadley of Yale says, ~
do not believe that you are going to
make the right kind of citizen by
goddess education, and then adding ON
religion afterwards"
Ex-President Taft, says, IL hold
that the love of God and country are
compatible and that an education
where these two principles are com
bined makes for happiness when the
young man or woman goes out into
| the world"
Speaking on this .ubject cx-Presi-
dent Roosevelt says; III is "a line thing
To be clever, to be- able, Ia be smart,
but it is a better thing To have the
qualities that find their expression in
the Decalogue and the Golden Rule.
We must have education In its broad
est sense: education of the soul as well
as the mind. The future
of this country depends on the way the
average boy and girl is brought up. -
Now the people of this part of old
Maryland have been long in coming
into their own. Here living in land
fertile above others, blessed by abun.
dant waters, by genial climate tina,
outrivals Italy in its sunshine, Switz.
land in its mildness, they have fallen
behind in the onward march of pros
lperiiy. The flower of her youth and
manhood have left this land 81 find q
living in other parts often less favoret
or 10 swell the vast throngs in Tn,
throngs in the cities grinding labors
, Neglected or forgotten in educationa
advantages by the state, this Southern
land had little to offer the boy or CIR
along that line-and on education viii
/ depend the future welfare of the boy
IL is true he brought To his task tn
/ sturdy manhood of the country bo,
, and the high ideals Of home life givei
: him by his honest father and mother
but today this is not enough. This i
the age OF education in its broades
, sense, of soul and body, of intellec
and will, of brain and heart, of sue
things as are taught by those goo'
: brothers of Leonard Hall. II the boy
? of Southern Maryland in the past ha,
r the opportunities you have they woul
. have remained here and built up thei
5 homes, so that IL could not be- no,
: said that the population of Charlie
4: and st. Mary's were greater in iS2
: than today. II these boys had
E Brother Simeon to- teach them scien
: titic farming as you have they an
: their children would be happy in pos
4 session of the land of their fathers
q Why is it that study young American
n of the good old Teutonic stock are pre-
4 pared TO pay high prices for the farm
e abandoned 10y those very young me
r who throw up the sponge and sa,
r what chance Is there for a youn
g man in Charles or st. Mary's cour
S ties?" II is because they are taught ,
O know that all wealth comes from III
$ soil and that the giver of every earti
e ly blessing IS the soil scientificatel
5, treated and managed. The very thin
}, that Brother Simeon is now impre
d sing on your youthful minds. Here
Il this man you have an example of Il
s denial of the will, the love of II
o church for her children and for b.
,r manity. A man Of superior educ
s. tion and endowments who might cor
le mand "A large salary in the wor
sr chooses rather To spend his life al
n time and talents for your sakes, th
in your hearts he might further u
m kingdom of God. Thus with all u
,s brothers who have come in your mid
NJ and by their energy and time in a fe
,x years, they have built up for you at
h. for your children q great institutio
a, that in the opinion of men who kno
IA is second 10 none in the state In
10 lclassical, commercial and agricultur
"A course, no matter how much they IN;
=. be endowed by the state for the pa
IA Inent of salaries, the extension
Il buildings, or the pursuit of expe
ment and research work.
xt Oh!men and boys of Southern Mar
o. land you are blessed by the speci
he Providence of God to have this scho
It's and these brothers among you TO tea
k, you the science OF agriculture q
he commerce: while their lives and {
ce ample will teach your children go
Fe. citizenship, patriotism, the denial
re the will and the love of your neighbt
A. "a