Evening star., 1949-11-13
Dr.. Hayes Receives
Gibbons Medal al
Catholic u. Reunion


Carlton J. H. Hayes. professor of
history at Columbia University,
told Catholic University alumni
last night.
DR.. Hayes was awarded the
Cardinal Gibbons Medal for out
standing contributions to the
Catholic church and the United
States at the Catholic University
Alumni Associations annual re-
union banquet at the Mayflower
Hotel. He also delivered the prin-
cipal address.
The medal was presented to
Dr.. Hayes by Andrew P. Maloney
of Madison, N. j.. national presi-
dent of the alumni association.
DIR. Hayes said the historic inter-
relationship of freedom and reli-
gion is nowadays being obscured
and endangered by a growing sec
ularism and by novel interpreta-
tions of the separation of church
and state" He said he knew of nc
Catholic who is not equally loyal
to any Protestant to that Ameri-
can idea of separation of church
and state.
Sees Double Taxation.
Instead of supporting both pre-
scriptions in the Federal Constitu-
tion-about no establishment OF
religion and about no abridgement
of religious freedom-the current
idea seems to ignore and even in
validate the latter" he declared.
Schools in which any kind OF
religious instruction is regularly
given are Disseminated against by
what amounts to the imposition
of double taxation upon them
while in state-supported schools
atheists appear to have more
rights than believers in God"
DR.. Hayes said human freedom
has been a pretty consistent" ira
dition of Western civilization but
that recently actual setbacks to
this freedom have occurred.
He branded the half-Oriental,
lf-barbarian Stain" as being
exactly like Hitler and Mussolini,
completely unscrupulous and a
bitter foe of all political and civil
liberty.
State Socialism Trend.
But the setback in freedom is
attributable only in part to the
strength of acknowledged foes,
Dr.. Hayes continued. He said
the weakening of devotion and
effort has contributed as well as
the enormous development of
capitalistic enterprise" and the
rise of the welfare state"
He said the new deals" and
President Truman's ''fair DEAL"
although he did not mention Mr..
Truman by name, represent a
trend in the direction of state
socialism. He said the faulty
thinking of today lis evident in
the notion that the most impor-
tant thing in life is material we'll
being. and that if man is only
we'll housed and well fed, and pro-
vided with some cake and cir
cuses, he will automatically be
contented and good"
"It is perhaps symptomatic OF
the newer drift that among the
-Four Freedoms recently pro-
claimed and presumably supplant-
ing all others. the two most con-
spicuous are Freedom from Want
and Freedom from Fear" he con-
tinued.
"These freedoms are precisely
those most enjoyed by prison in
mates. Any of us can easily ac-
quire them for the rest Of our
life by committing a crime that
leads to a life sentence in jail
Any solution must come by a
return to "our heritage of free
dom" and our Christian herit-
age" he added.
Awarded for First Time.
Mr.. Maloney. in presenting the
Cardinal Gibbons medal to DR..
Hayes, noted that it was the first
time the medal has been awarded
but that it would be an annual
event from now on. He said "a
nominations for the medal were
considered but that the commit
tee selecting DR.. Hayes was unani-
nous in its decision.
He reviewed DR.. Hayes career,
pointing out that he has been with
Columbia University for 49 years,
is the author of many works on
modern European history. received
the Laetare Medal from Notre
Dame University in 1916 and
served as Ambassador to Spain
from 1912 to 1945.
Msgr. P. j. Mccormick. rector
of Catholic University, spoke brief
ly, telling the alumni of the ad-
vances made at Catholic Univer-
sity during the past year. Among
the gains he mentioned was the
establishment of a counseling serv-
ice, and an enrolment of 4,64f
this year.
The enrolment was 13 less thar
last year. he pointed out, but this
compares with a Is per cent de.
crease reported generally by col.
leges and universities of the coun.
try.
The Most Rev. Patrick A
O'Boyle, Archbishop of Washing.
ton. spoke briefly. welcoming ths
graduates and friends of Catholic
University.
Woman Reops Reward
Mrs. Muriel Tuckey of Kew
England. picked $50 peaches thi'
year from a tree that grew from
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