The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-05-13

for the untiring efforts. the impartial and
efficient administration of affairs exc.
humble as our efforts may appear, we
offer with fullest sincerity and big
hearts our appreciation and thanks to
Officers Of our state council. We congrat graft
ulate them in the fulfllment of worthy
cause. in a most worthy manner; we
them t that deeds win be
cherished. .'
Better words and finer expression of
the loyalty Of church to nation cannot be
eminence Cardinal Gibbons to President
Wilson at the beginning of the war, and
we quote as follows: ..
Ollie tradition and history from the very
foundation of this nation, we reaffirm in
this hour of stress and trial our most
sacred and sincere loyalty and patriot
and our flag acknowledging gladly
the gratitude that we have alwS.ys felt
for the protection OF our spiritual liberty
lions under the flag we pledge our de-
votion and our strength in the main
tenance of our country's glorious leader
which haVe bees A%eTeas pproudess
boast We stand ready, we and
all the flock committed to our keeping,
our president and our MAJ national oi'J govern
ment, to the end that the great and
holy cause Of liberty may triumph. and
that our beloved country may emerge
from this hour of test stronger and mob
Ter than ever. Our people now, as ever,
will rise as one man to serve the nation.
Our priests and consecrated women
Of our country. win by their bravery,
their heroism and their service. new adj
miration and approval. We are all true
ity and our condition permit. to do
whatever is in us to do, for the preser-
walton. the progress and the triumph of
our beloved country"
We regret that it is Gods will to have
taken from us leader of men. Cardinal
Gibbons; excellent priest. learned mas
ter; vlgilant pastor. statesman and ex-
deeds shall never die. His life has been
an inspirations; his memory a benedic-
ton; his loss. not only we. but the world
We most earnestly recommend our
coordination and cooperation with the
National Catholic Welfare council in their
and sane policy and We urge upon the
Grand Knights of the subordinate coun-
ellis to carefully read their bulletins and
bers advised and informed of their plans
and requests made from time to time.
Let us not forget the youth and the
we ete are b Wen aware OF the envr
woman is thrown while attending the
university. The problem Of preserving
the faith in boy or girl while attend
serious and it demands the. attention of
the only organization which we deem
capable of rising to the occasion.
state deputy be directed to appoint
committee in such numbers as he may
deem advisable. and that this committee
complete investigation as to conditions
in the University Of Minnesota, affecting
Catholic student life; that this commit
tee be instructed and directed to devise
ways and means of assisting in or es-
tablishing permanent Catholic club and
to submit to our next state convention
their recommendations or the proper and
ious treatment of this very serious prob
lem.
Our government can be no stronger
behooves us to assume a portion of the
responsibility of seeing that the American
childhood and American youth develop in
and state flfa to shu hs
shown a remarkable increase in recent
years and is serious problem confront
ing America today. A movement has been
by placing a child in the proper envir-
onment. il by natural circumstances he
is denied this right. in this manner he
institutions. A child, with proper guild
ance in its youth, would probably
never be forced to correction OF this
designed for the purpose Of placing every
child whose tendency is toward delin-
quency In charge Of some man who will
see. that he secures clean amusement
We urge upon the Grand knights in
the various councils to endeavor to Sc
ha nd ~
their council and to encourage the mem
bers thereof to assist in the work of the
big brother movement whenever this
movement is established in their COM
munity.
On several occasions in the past, and
again today, the state deputy has in his
P%onthy ander e Re assees OF
the state council. We feel that our coun-
Gil can no longer fail to ignore this
and many other states ep possessing a much
smaller membership than does Mime
sofa has, and successfully supports a
monthly o Rublieaton Minnesota can no
at very early date establish by means
of monthly publication system of
INSTRUMENTATION between the men,
We recommend that the state deputy
be directed to call meeting of the dis
triet deputies and state officers; that the
this meeting select and appoint from
among themselves or from the members
of this council. or for both a committee
with full power to act on this matter.
No man can object to honest, sincere
open and fair criticism of his acts,
when such criticism is constructive and
not destructive. We do not condemn.
however, in unmistakable terms and
without equivalence the insiduous. an
nonomous, unjust and UNI Catholic attack
made upon our supreme officers and
board Of directors. These attacks seem
to us to be groundless and cannot be
made in good faith. Do we need a more
striking Illustration of the sincerity,
fraternity and efficiency of our supreme
officers and board Of directors, than
they have given US in the brilliant
handling of our war work? BY and
through the administration of our war
activities they have made known our
organizatio the world over.
We, therefore, recommend that the
Minnesota state council in convention as
sembled, in the City of Mankato, State
of Minnesota on May 10, 1921, endorse
the policy of the supreme officers and
board of directors and tender to them
our cheerful, united and continued sup
port.
Reports show that in the past two
years our membership in the state of
Minnesota. has had phSnomenal growth.
The Knights of Columbus today stand in
position where membership in our
order is being sought, where formerly
the reverse situation was true, and we
had to seek the applicants. With this