The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-10
HUNDREDS IN ATTENDANCE
At 1R|-C|TY INITIATION

visitors and introduced Mr.. McNa.
mara. The invocation was pronounc.
ed by the Very Rev. James w. Gil
lespie of st. Peters Catholic church.
Christian Education.
In Introducing Grand knight A. J.
kissler of the Fort Madison council,
the POSTMASTER said there was moth
ing In which the knights of Columbus
We're more interested than education
Christian Education was the subject
or Mr.. kissler's talk, and he delved
into history and political economy in
bringing home his points. He spoke
OF the fact that before the Pilgrim
Fathers landed in Plymouth, a band
of franciscan monks were spreading
the gospel of education among the In
dams in the great southwest. From
the time of the landing of the Pill
grims strife grew between the white
man and the red, until the christian
izfng influences of the early monks
was lost. The sending forth of the
early disciples of the church to edu.
cate the children OF the church ante
dated the present parochial school
system, which the speaker defended
in an able manner and held that the
church should not be accused of dis
loyal things because it is maintain
ing at its own expense splendid
school system, and relieving the state
of a burden. He spoke of the fact that
the average educational system leaves
out the christian angle, one which
the church considers highly import
ant, and he closed witt, the statement
that this system furnishes the fire
from which others light their torches.
The POSTMASTER announced the
campaign which will be conducted
for st. Ambrose college. There will
be an endowment fund of from five
hundred thousand to million dol
lars to be raised, and the knights
are going to be called upon to help
in this campaign.
Be One Flag.
Augustin A. Bowe of Chicago, was
the next speaker. His talk was on
Topics of the Day. and in his
speech he threw challenge to the
red flag of anarchism and urged the
going forward of the nation under
it's one flag, the starry banner of
America. The speaker said that we
are facing a period of transition to-
day, that the nation is facing new
circumstances and new problems.
With diverse factions working
against one another in our nation,
how is it to be possible to compose
peace out of this state of affairs?
He spoke of theory or nobility and
how in theory it is good, and how
selfishness in practise brought nobil-
ity into disfavor. He spoke of the
attempt to establish a nobility in
America at the close OF the revolt
tionary war through the society Of
Cincinnati, and how it was laughed
down. Theoretically there is no
bility, the speaker said. 1t is in
theory composed Of a body of men
and women with one service and one
purpose and that is loyalty to the
state in the personification Of its
ruler. The only trouble IS that this
theory does not hold in practise.
Selfish interests cause its downfall.
Self Sacrifice Necessary.
He spoke OF the necessity for self
sacrifice, for the sacrifice Of class in.
terests, for the sacrifice Of bigotous
beliefs, If the nation Is to succeed.
Glass against class VIII never ac-
such an end, the speaker
declared. The destiny OF the future
rests with the American people, if
they will turn to the fountain head
of all that is good in christianity.
The early christian martyrs were
the precursors of liberty, and they
laid the foundation ror not only
christian faith but liberty as well.
The speaker said he did not believe
that Christ looked on the asonies of
death that we might take the light
OF such christianity as our guide.
"Our people are too proud OF our
institutions to let demagogues lead
them to ruin and destruction he
said.
"CIean of heart America need fear
no foreign agitator, nor foreign fac
ton; she will go forward"
Methodist Speaks Next.
Alex r, Miller of the Washington
Democrat, spoke next. Mr.. Miller is