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TOLERANCE GREAT NEED
SAYS SENATOR STANLEY
Kentucky Leader Tells N. C.
C. M. Its Absence Is Re
sponsible For Present Day
(By X. C. \V. C. News Service)
Cincinnati.—At the banquet of the
Council of Catholic Men hetcl at the
Hotel Sinton, Senator A. O. Stanley,
of Kentucky, delivered an address
**on “Tolerance,” in the course of
which he said:
“The imperative need of the world
at this tragic hour is ‘tolerance.’ To
compel all men without regard to
race, creed or conscience, to accept
one dogma, religious or political, to
fashion their lives by a single stand
ard, erected by church or state; to
crush all varied and multitudinous
sons of God into a single mold, has
been the iridescent dream of ignor
ance and bigotry since the twilight
of time. This blind coercion lias
filled the world with tears and
darkness and despair. Its night is
lighted only by the glare of the
stake and the auto-de-fe whose
sullen chillers still glow like blood
red carbuncles upon the ashen
breast of barbarism. It has billowed
the earth with graves and tittered
continents with the dismembered
bodies of the slain.
“The atheist denying the truth of
revealed religion, blind to every
evidence of a divine purpose in
nature* is impossible. Yet, better an
atheist than a bigot! The atheist
ff~denies only the existence of God,
the bigot impugns His wisdom, His
justice and His-mercy.
“From my boyhood I have ab
horred the institution of chattel
slavery that barbarous custom im
posing chains and stripes upon the
body of a cowering wretch to make
him work to suit you. It is only less
abhorrent, it is only less barbar
ous, than that still more savage
thing, intolerance—the servitude of
the soul—invoking the thumbscrew,
the rack and the boot, the stake and
the jail to make men think and 'act
to suit a self-constituted master.
“Concord among men, based upon
the penalizing of their . different
opinions, is impossible. It is attain
able only by tolerance.
( “Here in America, the great
apostle of civil liberty first pro
claimed and first incorporated into
the law of the land the eternal
principle of civil and religious tol
erance. Enacted for the governance
of an obscure and distant colony, it
filled tile world with a new hope
and gave mankind the assurance of
a new freedom:
“ ‘The Virginia act for religious
freedom,’ wrote Jefferson to Madi
son in 1786, ‘has been received with
infinite approbation in Europe and
propagated with enthusiasm. I do
k jxot mean by governments hut by
the individuals which compose them.
Catholic Teaching Aid to Public
Health Says Government Bureau
United States Public Health Service Pamphlet Declares
Catholic Ideal of Monogamous Marriage Diminishes So
cial Diseases—Tribute to Work of Cardinal Mercier.
Hoover Commends Work
of Catholic Women
[NATIONAL COUNCIL OF
CATHOLIC MEN MEETS
(Continued on page 10)
Washington.—A pamphlet on So
cial Pathology issued by the United
States Public Health Service cites
observance of the Catholic ideal of
monogamous marriage as one of the
strong influences aiding in the cam
paign which the Public Health Ser
vice, in eo-operation with the Health
Departments of the various States, is
carrying on against the spread of so
cial diseases. Mentioning the inter
national' aspects of this campaign,
the pamphlet also contains commen
datory references to the work which
has been done in Belgium to com
bat the ravages of these diseases,
and gives credit for the achievement
there to the influence of Queen Eli
zabeth of Belgium and to Cardinal
Mercier.
Monogamous Marriage a Protection.
Discussing the role which various
marriage customs play in the eli
mination or spread of social dis
eases tlie Public Health Service’s
pamphlet reads:
“While monogamous marriages
may have fallen short of the reali
zation of an ideal, yet the examples
of this and the enforcement of laws
governing il, will diminish promis
cuity of illicit sex relations. When
the diminution of the latter is more
forcibly carried out one of the pre-
Velant scourges in the form of so
cial diseases will be considerably
checked. The home will be made
happier and more permanent. A
healtlieir race will be produced. And,
moreover, through these construc
tive forces society Will he benefit
ed in the elimination of sex delin
quency and illegitimacy. Divorces
will be less frequent. Marriages,
too, by the formation of laws will
eliminate the union of diseased with
healthy individuals.”
In its review of the work of com
batting social diseases abroad the
pamphlet quotes with approval an
article published in “Le Matin” of
Paris dealing with the aid given to
this campaign by the Queen of the
Belgains and Cardinal Mercier. The
article from “Le Matin” recounts
the change in public attitude in re
cent years which makes it possible
today to carry on a campaign
against social diseases openly and
concludes with tlie following words:
“The Queen of Belgium and Car
dinal Mercier who gave an example
of courage during the world war,
come now to give a noble example
during peace. And the latter is
more difficult because in the time
of battle military courage was found
in all the big roads, while civil
courage today is found hut in (he
streets.”'
In Belgium a national league to
combat the social disease menace
has been formed under the presi
dency of Dr. A. Bayct with the pat
ronage of the Queen, Cardinal Mer
cier, several members of the Cabi
net and the presidents of the Sen
ate and the Chamber of Deputies.
At the last conference of the organ
ization, Dr. Bayet, * after referring
to the necessity of overcoming pub
lic indifference to the ravages of
social diseases, declared:
“Our country was fortunately
awakened from its apathetic indif
ference by a call of it’s real duties
to humanity. A voice arose which
told us that we must react and give
all of our energy to conquer this
devastating enemy. It was the voice
of our queen. She understood, with
her womanly sympathy, her mother
ly instincts, her patriotic duty, the
hidden miseries and saddened dra
mas that took place in the midst
of the indifferent public. She un
derstood these sufferings, and as
soon as she had measured their ex
tent and ravages, she wished to aid
in putting an end to this unhappi
ness, to these silent massacres of
peace, as murderous in their inexor
able continuity as tlie great casual
ties of the war.”
CHURCH NEEDS TRAINED
LAITY SAYS McDERMOTT
Former Lieutenant Governor
of Kentucky Tells N. C. C.
M., of Lay Possibilities.
Catholic Encyclopedia to Become
“Booh of Universal Knowledge :
Washington, D. C.,—The Catholic
Encyclopedia is to be made a per
manent institution wilh enlarged
^ scope that will make it a general
encyclopedia covering the entire
range of human knowledge and de
signed to meet the needs of non-
Catholics as well as Catholic readers,
according to an announcement made
by tiie editors of that publication.
‘‘Universal Knowledge” will be the
name given to the general encyclo
pedia, which will he published in
fifteen volumes. Whilst compiling
this work ,which is expected to be
completed within five or six years,
the editors, including the Right Rev.
Thomas .1. Shahan, rector of the
Catholic University, the Right Rev.
Monsignor Edward A. Pace -of the
Catholic University, Conde B. Pall-
en, l’h. I)., the Rev. John .1. Wynne,
S, J., and Dr. James J. Walsh, the
well-know nauthor recently elected
to fill a vacancy, will engage - their
large staff of writers and editorial
assistants, here and in other coun
tries, in producing much-needed
'books in English which will he not
only of Catholic, hut oC universal
interest as well. Articles appearing
in “Universal Knowledge” will also
be condensed for a dictionary or
compendium in one volume for those
who do not need or cannot afford
the larger work.
The editions of the Catholic En
cyclopedia printed already amount
to seventy thousand sets, according
to the announcement, and it is es
timated that they would exceed twice
that number if it were a work of
general reference. As it is, the En
cyclopedia contains over one- half
the information a general encyclope
dia should contain, since it treats
thoroughly not only every sulVject
in religion but also such subjects
as art, education, history, law, liter
ature, psychology, science and sociol
ogy and many others. -
The enlarged scope will permit of
the treatment of more than a score
of other classes of subjects such as
agriculture, commerce, electricity,
engineering, geology, civil history,
industries, languages, medicine, me
chanics, physics, politics and trans
portation.
Cincinnati.—In his address before
the convention mass meeting in
Emery Hall, Edward McDermott
former Lieutenant Governor of Ken
tucky, urged Hie importance of train
ing Catholic laymen in a full appre
ciation of their duties and oppor
tunities for service.
“There arc important tasks which
a layman is best fitted to do. He can
sometimes get a hearing denied to
priests and bishops,"’ Mr. McDermott
said. ‘The urgent need of today is to
develop a greater number of gifted,
highly educated laymen, well train
ed in the essential doctrines of the
church and its history; well-trained
in the classics, secular history, sci
ence, economics, and civil govern
ment.
“The layman’s value rises greatly
if he is also endowed with a talent
for writing and speaking. Bright,
sterling boys, capable of attaining
great learning and blessed with the
gift of eloquence must he entered
and kept at college and Hie univers
ity until thoroughly equipped for
service and success in the highest
places. Sacrifices must be made by
parents and by others to give these
opportunities to boys and young men
of special talent. The foundations
must be broad and deep. .Some must
rise in business; some in the pro
fession ; some, in the pulpit and on
the lecture-platform: some, in the
newspapers and magazines; some,
like Hilaire Belloc and Ghesterton,
must he able to write sound, attrac
tive, powerful books that may travel
far and wide. It is not enough to
write and speak well merely for
Catholic audiences; there must be
opportunities for reaching others not
of our fold. Too many Catholic
young men, sometimes working in a
chilling, if not malignant, atmo
sphere, are in subordinate places
merely because they are handicapped
hv a lack of thorough training or
by the want of helpful assistance
in their efforts to get deserved pro
motion. Too many of our money
makers arc unwilling to give enough
money for the endowment of our
schools, colleges and universities; for
the support of our newspapers and
^nagazines, our book writers and
book publishers.”
Washington, D. C.,—Secretary of
Gommerie Herbert Hoover address
ing the recent convention in this
ciiy of the National Council of
Catholic Women, voiced his firm
belief in the efficacy of volunteer
organizations in welfare work. He
complimented the National Council
of Catholic Women on the work they
have done, particularly as one of the
organizations co-operating with the
American Child Health Association.
Concerning the latter organization
he outlined the 'work it is doing in
the way of making surveys of child
health conditions in various com
munities. in some cases co-operating
with the local authorities to remedy
conditions disclosed liy such inves-
tigaiions and in other instances
merely announcing the results in
the hope that public opinion would
demand amelioration. He declared
that there has never been an ade
quate study of child health condi
tions in the United States as a
whole.
That such a survey is needed, he
declared, was disclosed during the
war, when information compiled in
connection with the draft showed
“that while eighty per” cent of our
children are horn normal, less thap
twenty per cent arc normal at ma
turity."
Marist Superior Elected
Brussels.—The General Chapter of
the Marist Fathers^ held recently in
Belgium, has elected as Superior-
General Rev. Father Ernest Rieu,
who had been Ihe Vicar-General since
the death of Rev. Father Raffin.
Before tlie war the new Superior-
General was superior at the resi
dence of the Marist Fathers at
Valenciennes.
Third Convention, Held in
Cincinnati, Surpasses Pre
vious Gatherings.
./
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
Cincinnati.—The third annual eon-*)
vention of the National Council oft
Catholic Men, held here during tlu£
past week, proved to be the mos^,
enthusiastic gathering of that liodjf
since its organization.
A solemn pontifical mass in th«f
Cincinnati cathedral celebrated I>*
the Most Rev. Henry Moeller, arch#
bishop of Cincinnati, was the formal
opening of the convention Tuesday’’
morning. The Rt. Rev. John j*'
Swint, bishop of Wheeling, preached^ 1
the sermon. Following the mass, tha‘
delegates assembled for the firs®
business session in the Sintorf
Hotel. There was an address of wel
come by George P. Carrel, mayor of
Cincinnati, who presented the key
to the city to" the delegates and de
clared that the people of Cincinnati
were proud to have had the privil
ege of entertaining a group of men
brought together by such high-
minded purposes. Reports of Dr.
Michael J. Slattery, executive secre
tary of the National Council, and
Charles I. Dencchaud, treasurer,
were presented at this session, Vice-
President Thomas P. Flynn presided
in the absence of Admiral Wm. S.
Benson, president, who was detained
by government business in Wash
ington.
In his opening address, the Rt.
Rev. Joseph Sclirenibs, bishop of
Cleveland and spiritual head of the
Men’s Council, struck the keynote
of the convention.
“It is a real pleasure, I assure
you,” the bishop said, “to gaze into
the warm eyes of so many men
gathered together from every part
of our United States, sacrificing all
personal interests and coming here
to spend themselves in conference
on the welfare of the holiest inter
ests that are ours—the .interests of
our Holy Mother Church. That is
precisely what you are doing. A
gentleman spoke to me a moment
ago, and lie said: ‘Bishop, I think
it is one of the most unique ex
periences of my life to coinc into
this hall and sit down with these
other men. I am from Maryland;
right alongside of me, I found a
man from Houston, Texas; on the
other side of me was a gentleman
from Boise, Idaho, and right behind
me a gentleman from West Virginia,
aiffi vet,’ he said, ‘we are all of us
here on the same errand bent, all
animated by the one desire, to come
here and to take counsel together,
how best to promote the interests
that lie nearest and dearest to our
hearts, the cause of our'Holy Catho
lic Faith.’”
Ireland Bending its Efforts to
Promote Total Abstinence Ideal
Dublin—Temperance reform has
become a live issue in the Free
State. At the Congress of the Catho
lic Total Abstinence Federation a
practical and moderate scheme for
checking the evil of intemperance
was put forward.
The Congress appealed to the Dio
cesan Executives of the Priests’ Fa
ther Mathew Union to organize dio
cesan councils and to hold diocesan
congresses of the Federation during
tlie coining year.
General O'Duffy, Chief Commis
sioner of the Civic Guards, in a com
munication to the Congress, stated
that in the first eight months of the
year the Civic Guard had instituted
6,140 prosecutions for breaches of the
licensing taws. In addition 390 per
sons had been prosecuted for mak
ing moonshine, while 48 complete
distilling apparatuses and thousands
of gallons of spirits had been con
fiscated. He mentioned that there
was no place in the ranks of the
Civic Guards for any men who in
dulged in intoxicating drink.
The Congress acknowledged that
{ the Civic Guards were doing splen
did work.
The Catholic Total Abstinence Fed
eration comprises at present 400
total abstinence societies with a com
bined membership of about 200,000.
Temperance Teaching in Schools
Advocated.
One of the best papers read at tha
Congress was contributed by Mr.
Henry Morris, Irish Inspector of ele
mentary schools. He stressed tha
necessity of temperance teaching in
schools and colleges. The biggest
work before them today was to build
up the national character. In this
work the .schoolmaster, the Irish
teacher, and the temperance lecturer
were doing or were in a position to
do, greater things than the legisla
ture.
He recommended managers not t6
appoint teachers who were not total
abstainers. He suggested that the
state should pay a bonus of 6 or 10
per cent extra to teachers, civic
guards and other public servants
who were teetotalers.
Archbishop O’Donnell wrote to the
Congress; The progress of temper
ance is so closely connected with
the spiritual and temporal welfare
of the people that no effort is too
1 great in so good a cause."