The Irish standard., 1915-06-12

secured through general agencies and
literature calculated to interest them
is mailed to their addresses. Instances
Of failures of college graduates and
instances of success without a col
lege education are used to influence
the minds of those whose parents may
see nothing practical in a college cur.
riculum. The superior training, know.
ledge, and resourcefulness which come
with college training is in this day
and age evident to all but those who
refuse to see. Commercial, manual
training and engineering courses as
we'll as special lines of literature work,
together with the training of certain
professional courses, fit the candidate
for a job as soon as they leave school.
The same special training in practical
things is manifested in courses in.
tended for young women. Makeshift
courses with diplomas granted to
"while-you-wait" students in the long
run is of no commercial or practical
value. Aside from this it is said that
IS per cent of the value of a college
life depends upon the friendships that
are made, the atmosphere of simple.
fty, culture and ambitious democracy
has an unreasonable value. An op-
portunity is given for every individ-
ual to pick out the sort of people they
need. Every we'll regulated college
attempts to give the mind balance
and poise by the coordination of the
mental and physical, while directing
the intellectual pursuits of the true
or the religious pursuit of the good.
In this the Catholic colleges and uni
versities are singled out for distinc-
ton. 1t is particularly important that
Catholic young men and women should
seek the higher education. 1t is said
of Oxford University that it furnishes
the brains which runs the British en-
pire. Equally true is it that the fu-
ture of our country depends upon the
professionally trained and educated.
With a High School on almost every
hillside and a college in every CON-
munity it will be to his shame and
not his boast that a man announces
that he is self-made. Father Rick.
ably, once connected with Oxford Uni
versity, stated that the great value
Of university education to a Catho.
lie girl was that it aided her to sift
evidence. 1t is plain that the influ.
ence of trained Catholic minds among
the fathers and mothers of the land
Is not only necessity but a great
power for good. Catholic schools,
large and small, impart an individual
ity all their own for the reason that
the students within the walls have
their individuality nodded faster and
firmer than in any public institution,
where, for reasons which are plain,
such conditions do not exist. The
announcement of Catholic colleges and
higher institutions of learning very
frequently appear in secular papers
or magazines where it may be sup.
posed that the institution desires to
seek a large enrolment and meas.
ures its broadness of view by the
number of mont Catholics on the stu.
dent roll. 1t is not an easy matter
to determine just what effect adver.
Using in secular periodicals has upon
the lay mind. Some colleges may take
credit to themselves by pointing to
the confidence non Catholics have in
their curriculum and training by
pointing to the number of NOM atho-
lies upon the roll. But the good old.
fashioned Catholic fathers and. moth.
ers have far more interest in the an.
nouncements contained in Catholic
newspapers and magazines concerning
the training afforded by Catholic col
leges. The campaign in the interest
of Catholic education is waged by
Catholic papers. Such papers are
called upon constantly to stand be.
tween the Catholic idea of education
and a criticising public. 1t is to be
seriously doubted after all IL the ex-
orbitant prices paid for advertising
space in secular papers by Catholic in
situations is not real hindrance and
has the appearance of an unjustified
attempt to pad the roll by liberality
not In keeping with the atmosphere of
Catholic schools and colleges. A con-
sentative Catholic atmosphere should
be maintained at all hazards and
should be held up as the one feature of
Catholic higher education and never
let the doubt be raised in the minds of
inquiring patrons whether or not mer.
cenary activity Is the basis of the
institutions growth.
BRYAN'S RESIGNATION.
William