Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-10-21

RevFather Herbert C. Noonan, S. J..
president of Marquette University, and
DR.. Wilson S. Naylor, Dean of Law
renee college, spent yesterday in Wau-
| sau in the interests of the Wisconsin
| Colleges Associated. They arrived in
the city at nine o'clock in the fore
| noon from Amigo and were busy every
minute of their stay here Today they
| are at Merrill, where addresses will
be made at several meetings. The
distinguished visitors accepted an in
yitation to speak at the High school
during the forenoon session, where they
were introduced by Karl Mathie..
Guests of Rotarians
Rev. Noonan and DIR. Naylor were
guests of the Wausau Rotary club at a
luncheon at st. Johns guild hall at
1915 O'Clock. Vice-President John N.
Manson of the Rotary club presided.
Several other guests were also pres
ent.
After the luncheon Dr. Naylor gave
brief address, referring in the OPEN
ing to his experiences in France as a
Y. M. c. A. worker. with the American
EXpeditionary Forces. The men of
the first army, he said, realized their
need OF higher education and returned
to this country with new ideas of the
institutions of the world and the value
OF citizenship. The government, he
agreed, has made it possible through
the Nye bill for the soldiers and other
ex-service men to secure the educa-
ton they demand in the schools of
this country. /
practical education brings with it
a better citizenship and as conse-
quence promotes production, and won
derfully increases the opportunity for
success. This is proven in the case
OF Massachusetts,, where there are the
most schools and where production
is the highest; and by Tennessee.
where illiteracy is general and the
production the lowest of record.
There are two opportunities for
higher education in Wisconsin, said
the speaker, one maintained by taxa
ton and the other through the en-
dowment of private schools by free
will offerings. At the University of
Wisconsin the speaker stated that
there are about six thousand five hun
dred students while about the same
number are attending the nine en-
dowed colleges now associated in the
campaign for larger endowments.
The latter are in a way local insti-
tutions, as forty per cent of the stu
dents come from within a radius of
fifty miles and seventy-five per cent
from a radius of one hundred miles.
In these schools the cost of education
is only one-half what it is at the
state university, giving many an op-
portunity to become better and more
efficient citizens who could not afford
university course. These colleges
are also benefit to the state as they
graduate their students without a
penny OF cost to the taxpayers. In
addition to this saving, had all the
students desired to attend the uni
Versity they could not have been ac-
commodated. These lesser colleges
are asking the citizens of the state to
increase their endowments by S5.OOO.-
900 so that their work can be con-
tlnued and made more efficient.
Rev. Father N0Onan
In his brief talk Rev. Father Noonan
stated that the campaign of the asscci-
ated colleges is unique in that it is a
union of institutions of different re-
ligious beliefs banded together to help
one another and to bring about a new
measure of religious tolerance. This
idea, he said is one of the results of
the world war, and the movement is
permanent. These colleges, the speak
er averred, have for one of their great
aims the combating of bolshevism,,
the greatest menace to the world. to-
day.
That this spirit of religious toler-
ance does not mean the sacrificing of
religious convictions was one of the
points emphasized by Father Noonanr
as each college will continue to have
its own definite convictions. There
has been too much religious bigotry
In the past he said, and peace and
war will establish a better under
standing among the followers of the
different creeds The schools will be
especially benefited by this revised
spirit of tolerance, as it will permeate
their very atmosphere and will fol-
low the graduates into their social
and business life, uplifting with its
great moral effect.
The effect of a christian training.
no matter under what creed. was also
emphasized. 1t is the only force to
protect the moral law and only those
who follow the rule of the ten COM
mandmentS can rise to the full meas
ure of desirable citizenship.
Karl Mathie Speaks
Karl Mathie, former superintendent
OF the Wausau public schools, who is
district chairman in the campaign of
the Wisconsin Colleges Associated.
spoke briefly, paying a high tribute to
the endowed colleges. Had it not been
for these colleges. he said, the oppor-
tunity would not have been open to
him TO secure his education.
At three o'clock Monday afternoon.
DR.. Naylor and Rev. Father Noonan
gave addresses before a Joint meeting
OF the Ladies' Literary club and the
Tuesday Musical club at the Wausau
Club house. The former told of his
observations in France while engaged
in Y work and followed with a plea
for a higher education. Rev. Noonan
again spoke of the new spirit of re-
ligious tolerances and told of the ben
efits il promised. John A Sullivan
presided at the meeting.
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