Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-06-20
ST. PATRICK PUPILS.
GIVEN DIPLOMAS:
ELEVEN GRADUATE.
FATHER CHRISTOPHER OELlv.
ERS ADDRESS-DRuM CORPS
AND "SNOW WHITE" PERFOR.
MERS DELIGHT AUDIENCE.

A very large number of people gath
cred al St. Patrick'S hall last evening
to attend the annua! graduation exer.
cises of St, patrick's pafochal school.
The school has just completed one of
lis most successful years since beng
f0uIded.
The fife and drum corps composed
1t the boys Of the parish made the
hrst public appearance ana greatly
surprised and delighted the audience
Dy its excellent quality OF music.
Diplomas We're presented to the
graduates By Father llackett and a
'ery excellent address was made by
aim to the members of the graduating
class and he public The address Of
he evening, stirring appeal for
analloyed patriotism and clean liv'
ne, was delivered by Father Chris.
t0pher of Minneapolis. MINI.
Father Christopher spoke on edu-
cation and patriotism Education con
sists in developing the faculties Of
mind and heart If the mind is de-
yeloped at the expense of the heart
he result will be disastrous. The
classic example for all time Of the
banetnl consequences Of IA theory Of
education which displuses with God
and the moral law is the German gov
ernment German philosophers and
literateurs have been intoxicating a
maieralisLie philosophy for the past
forty years. Bismarlt, the man of
blood and iron. waged askultur war
with the Roman Catholic church be
cause the church would not submit
10 the doctrine Of state supremacy
We in this country prior to the war
We're being rapidly negotiated with
the materiAlstic philosophy as lenun-
2ated by exchange professors from
German universities The only insti
tuition which sounded warning note
was the Catholic church, which for
the past twenty centuries has main.
taned that secular instruction and re.
igious training must go hand. in
hand, That is why at an enormous
sacrifice Catholics have maintained
their parochial schools. Not that
they wish to hold aloof from the rest,
but because the religious principles
taught at our public schools, must of
necessity, be considerably diluted to
please the 1S6 different religious de-
nominations that are represented in
our public schools. AT times certain
people have attacked our paroehial
schoolst C5ntending that they breed
party spirit and even disloyalty, but
The best test of any system is the re-
suit produced Though Catholics
form but one-sixth of the population
Secretary Baker credits us with
forming 35 per cent. of the army and
forty-iive per cent. of the navy. This
is sample Of the disloyalty taught
in our parochial schools The Catho-
lie church has always defended
lawfully constituted authority You
cannot be good Catholic unless You
are a good citizen. Father Christie
pher spoke of the glorious part
which Catholics have taken in all
our wars He mentioned the help
which Washington received from
Catholic France and Catholic Poland.
lie then went on to refute the cal
umny that the Catholic church has
been the foe of education 1t was the
Catholic church that civilized the
nations of Europe. most of the great
universities antedate the reformation
When President Wilson looked about
him for men of executive genius to
direct the various activities necessi'
tated by the war. among others he
selected John D. Ryan, Edward Hur
ley. Charles Schwab and j. Hettinius
ADMIRAL Benson, the highest ranking
officer in The navy, is Catholic and
Generalissimo Foche has always beer
noted for his virie Catholicism. Faith
er Christopher reminded the gradu
ates that they were leaving school II
a wonderful year. He asked then
always to remember the lessons of pa
triotism which they Learned in thu
parochial schools. Our flag has neve
been unfurled save in the cause o
right and to Il has been reserved th'
sublime privilege of being the savior
of humanity and civilization. II,
spoke of the conditions at Cam
Grant and asserted that the younI
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