The herald., 1915-06-17
SPEECH OF ROBERT YOUNGER AT
BANQUET OF GOLDEN JUBILEE.

Our bOsoms have heaved alternate
ly with feelings of emotion nd of
pride as each speaker brought before
our mental visions the personality or
works of one or other of that noble
band of Marist Fathers who have la
bored in this parish
We all realize that the happiness of
this occasion is due, in a great meas
ure, to the untiring efforts of the hon.
orable gentleman who presides over
this festive board, and we sincerely
hope that the Diamond Jubilee of this
parish will find him higher up in the
nations service, as Governor of this
great State or wearing the senatorial
toga of this grand and glorious coun.
try.
When we gaze upon the venerable
countenance of our pastor and note
the energy and zeal of his two able
assistants, We have no fears for the
present; but when we come to the
consideration of the future, its posi-
bilities for veal or woe, the important
bearing il will have on our own lives,
and study carefully the intelligent
and comprehensive plans they have
devised for the welfare and happiness
of this community, all other feelings
in our heart give place to one of the
deepest gratitude to Almighty God.
who has entrusted the care of thit
parish to that great order of religions.
Drawing their inspiration and
knowledge from the Catholic Church,
which for twenty centuries has watch
ed over the development of mankind
with tender solicitude, they realize
that the prosperity, material and spir-
itual, of this town depends. in
great measure, upon the training that
they give to the boy and girl of to-
day; in other words, upon the Chris
tan education of the child They
know that there are within him lat
ent capacities which must be devel-
oped so as to fit him for the duties and
activities of life.
They behold within that soul two
distinct systems of power. both nee
essary for the man, both acting upon
and influencing his life.
First of all, the intelligence.
This must be trained to its full ex-
tent to enable him to compete favor
ably with his fellow-man in the vari-
Gus avocations of life.
Then there is the heart; in it lie
the affections and the WILL
To this second power of the soul and
to its development they devote the
greater part of their time and of their
care, for the study of history and the
experience of their priesthood have
taught them that there is nothing
more cratic, nothing more change
able than the heart of man; nothing
wilder in its acts, in its propensitieS
than this same treacherous heart of
man. They are convinced that the
education of the heart is the very
heart of education. With full appre-
citation of the power of example and
of the initiative tendency so deeply
rooted in our nature, they take hold
of the child even before he comes to
the age of reason and place him under
the instruction and gentle influence
of the Sisters, those pious and self
sacrificing women, who have labored
so long and so devotedly in our midst
and the impress of whose noble char
acters is clearly discernible in the
lives of the best men and women of
to-day; they tell the Sisters ito let
every light which human knowledge
end science can bring be thrown upon
that intelligence, but at the same
tire to direct those affections, purify
those passions and instruct that heart
ard fill it with love for the Master be-
fore the appeal of passion excites the
earthly love, before the mystery of
iniqrity that is in the world is re-
vealed to his reason"
These holy women keep that high
aim always in view and make it the
main purpose of their lives. Some of
you here present are probably asking
yourselves what have they done to
give us a guarantee for the future
men of Algiers. A few short years
ago, If we looked into the classrooms
Of our school and very diligently
counted every pupil, young and old,
we arrived at what we thought was
a large number when we had enumer-
ate0 seventy, but now as we pause
along the way and count that stream
of young humanity filing out from one
house of God into another, that is
from our parochial school into the
church, we count and count until in
our amazement we cry Enough" and
with joy call out Five hundred"
Gentlemen. our great country boasts
of its increase in population, which
is at the rate of so per cent. What