Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-05-24
10000 PEOPLE SEE
CORNERSTONE FOR
NEW SCHOOL LAID
Bishop O'Connor Officiates at
Exercises In Harrl-
~ son.

yesterday afternoon by Bishop John
j. OfConnor. 1t was exactly 1927
o'clock when Rev. George l.. F'itz-
patrick, rector of the Harrison
church, handed the trowel to the
bishop, and at $3.50 the stone was
being lowered into place. Monsignor
Isaac Whelan made the address.
Prior to the laying of the stone
there was a parade of Catholic So
eieties of West Hudson, this city, and
several sections of Hudson County.
Town Clerk Peter J. Goodman, of
Harrison, was marshal. About three
thousand men marched behind him
Organizations represented in the line
were the Holy Name Societies of
several churches, Knights of Colum-
bus and Ancient Order of Hibernians
The formation of the parade was at
Harrison and Passaic avenues. The
line of march was along Harrison
avenue to Second street, to Central
avenue, to Fifth street, to Harrison
avenue, to Lodi street, to Jersey
street, to Fourth street, where the
cornerstone was laid. At the Holy
Cross rectory, in Lodi street, the
parade was reviewed by Bishop
O'Connor
Many CIergymen Present.
Two monsignors and a number of
priests accompanied the bishop to the
school site On the right of the bishop
sat Monsignor Patrick F. Cody, of
st. James's Church, this city; on the
left was Monsignor Whelan. About
thirty priests were on the temporary
stand. Mayors John j. DAILY, of Har-
rison, and Cornelius A. McGlennon,
of East Newark together with the
Board of Aldermen of each munich
pality, occupied places on the stand,
as did also the members of the Harri-
son Board of Education.
Peter Hauck, sr., Peter Hauck, jr.,
Corporation Counsel Hugh c. Barrett,
Park Commissioner William j. Davis
and former Mayor Joseph P. Riordan
were also guests.
The address Of Monsignor Whelan,
which, following the laying of the
cornerstone, was In part as follows:
Monsignor Whelan's Address.
"Your presence here in vast num-
bers is significant of your interest
in the system of education which the
Catholic Church proposes to fit your
children to become good members
of society, but more particularly to
fit them for the Kingdom of Heaven.
"You have always been known for
your answering loyalty to the
teachings and glory of mother
church. Yonder beautiful edifice is
proof of that; the old school was
proof of that; and now, added evil
dence comes in the new one you are
erecting, wherein you may the better
train and educate your children in
the happy expectation that you will
thus contribute to the betterment of
our glorious country and make sure
the eternal salvation of those en-
trusted to your care
ut may be asked why, when the
State provides so literally and so
freely for the dissemination of knowl-
edge. and the cultivation of patriot
ism in her schools, why we Catholics
go to such expense to build separate
schools for ourselves? Not my dear
friends, because we do not wish to
fraternize with our fellows. not be-
cause we do not appreciate the won
derfully equipped and wonderfully
carried on public schools. No, we
wish them we'll for what they do. We
find much in them that is worthy
of commentator. They maintain a
standard of intellectual efficiency
among our people that is not eXcelled
by any country in the world. They
are of great service in welding into
a, homogeneous whole the various
elements that make up our popula-
tion. What would sixty million peo-
filiated with any religion, do without
them?
1--WE wish to see them reach the
highest plane of practical efficiency
and are proud when we pass school,
and salute Old Glory waving above
it.
Need Of Religious Education.
"But we maintain, they do not do
enough, nay more, they do not do
what we consider more important
than what they do, they do not i'm
part a religious education; we hold
that any system of instruction for
the young that omits religion is
one-sided, and deficient; for with
out religion there can be no
morality, and without morality
there can be no stability of our
civil institutions here, and no hope
of Heaven hereafter. In this view we
stand side by side, with the immortal
Washington who said, Let us with
caution indulge the supposition, that
morality can be maintained without
religion, for morality and religion
are the props of society and the pill
lars of the State
"The teaching of religion is as
much of a science, as any of the
secular branches, and needs as much
time that it be woven into the woof
and warp of the child's developing
character and we hold that half an
hour on Sunday, given to religious
instruction, and twenty-five hours a
week to secular instruction, in an in
adequate allotment of time, so mad
eouate that we are forced for con-
science sake, to put upon ourselves
after having paid for the public
schools, the extra burden of paying
for our parochial schools.
''The Catholic Church, true to her
God-given mission to go forth and
teach all nations, has for two thou
sand years claimed, and she now
claims, that education must take in
every element of intellectual and
sniritual well-being. Education must
affect the whole soul of man, Nand
every capacity of that soul. Edu-
cation must develop and train every
faculty, and every power that Is In
that soul. Education must aim at
the training of the heart, OF the af-
fections and of the will, hand and
hand with the training of the intel
lect.
.Train mans intellect as you will,
nour into Il the knowledge of sciences
and the arts, teach 1t natures Sc
crets and natures mysteries. you viii
not thereby make him honest, make
him pure. make him God-fearing, Be-
cause a man can read and write well,
hecanse he is brilliant, because he is
an intellectual giant. is no guaran-
fee that he will make a good citizen,
a good husband, good father. good
member of the community But he
needs instilled in his mind that these
aifts were given him first, for the
glory of God, and then for his own
salvation; and he needs the habit
of living these out in his actions, and
these come not in a lump in a hurry.
hut are the gradual growth. that must
80, h, aten with his intellectual