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(lulveaton was founded on the land
of Michel Menard, a native of St.
Denis-sur-Rlchelleu, near Montreal.
It also appears that in 1846, when
the United Suites of America thought
of annexing TexaH, they thought of
unnexing Canada too. And now, "si
parvu licet componere magnls," my
presence here, in answer to your
kind iiwitotiont j : tit nie like a -new
link between my beloved Province
mul your Powerful State.
is it not characteristic of our time
that this event should take place
under the puitronage of university
training, and is it not a new proof
that the world of intelligence and
learning is truly international? { fos-
ter a great hope that, in the future,
the u 111 versHiettji shall work steadily
toucher in a sense ol1 mutual undor-
sttirding between imtiolk. and do
their share in the maiutetiahet' ■'.of'
peuee. ■
i': i.-^.'i •■ !,S'; 'l!;1
Now, to deal with tin' subject of
tills paper, ilet mn first veil you how
I have been induced to ihocwe it, We|hmi. protect him and be his bene-
have, in MoirtiiMitj.'ii *mtw unlvetMity,j.l c<w,
well-known to you, 1, 'lielievti: I name. * '
"(Mil McCiIlity The piir.ciiial of Me-, WV are aware that there exists ,a
Oft tain feelinn of uneasiness, of difi-
e^iVtent rather, among university lead-
si ty training, although you may
judge It somewhat antiquated, will
appeal to you as an important and
sound achievement.
1 :-i' -,:r ■;- ' it 111 ■ ■ fM!
The task of education is a beauti-
ful one. It is a work of art,
it is a work of life. When
a young man enrolls in a university,
•his education has previously been
brought to a certain degree of effi-
ciency, Put there still remains much
to be accomplished. Indeed, we have
to put the finishing touch on the
work of our predecessors, who have
labored at the intellectual and moral
formation of the student: we have1
to make a man Of him, a complete
man.
In my mind, a complete man must
be learned, philosophical and religi-
ous. Kven this is not sufficient,
When we have taught a young man
"how to think." there is something
more we must teach hint: we must
teach him to be a leader. No Chris-
tian has the right to live for himself
alone: he must live for others, be
serviceable to his neighbor, enlighten
(iill. js an Arikipi8t|'; (|lf Canadian
descent,'.'M.fc' 1 ,t-sviH-WiUitini Douglas.
Ifeiiie: a friend of mini;. H askijChtiii
w hat iiHeretitlng. sul jtfct he thought
■a ', uni'
Vtrsip- .''Rfltoirr might ai>jx.•-•pi iatel.v
.li'vii'li'tjl iii-o'rif.yairV.1; utidiitlnci^jm!
!. ;n, ,,rj km] th^t I W'lUld i-xpistirt;', to
. ... "W hut i- our 'idfti nf ;i t'Jitivm -
els of ..English-speaking America, They
Complain of the unpreparediiess, of
the lioy.-i! and ..girls enrolling in' their
faeviHit's .and of the exaggerated spe-
• iitlizai ion I M|f the'' students. Ijij"have/1
heard tin- president of a New Eng
great deal more; we inculcate to the
s>tudent a method of thinking and a
particular philosophical dictrlne.
After this eight-year course, the
qualified student obtains his B.A, de-
gree. Now, he may be ullowed to
register in one of the leading facul-
ties of the university (divinity, phil-
osophy, medicine, dental surgery,
law), and he is ready for specializa-
tion. I do not speak of our facul-
ties of sciences, engineering and
hiifher commercial studies. Natural-
ly, a B.A. degree is always aft offi-
cial matriculation in any of these
departments, but other diplomas are
accepted as well.
We are perfectly conscious that
the traditional classical course takes
a , long time and thoit the average
|§ti|l*)B will not get a livelihood lie-
learning itself. The faculty of phil-
osophy should act as Jp sort of com-
pensation bureau or "clearing house"
in the midst of the intermingling ac-
tivities of all other faculties find
schools.
It Is evident that a course of phil-
osophy which wouid be a mere study
of all intellectual errors and theories
of men since the beginning of civil-
ization, could not accomplish the mis-
sion we are advocating, Besides, we
educationists, consider it our duty to
shield the young minds entrusted to
us from dangerous intellectual ex-
periences, to which their lack of ma-
turity would surely expose them.
Therefore, a doctrine, a system of
thought, is necessiiry; the Catholic
universities have selected the phil-
osophy of St. Thomas of Aquinas,
university and its sturdiest rampart the Vatican comes to us, as you know,
against doctrinal error is to add to by means of Encyclical Letters or
fore lie is twenty-five. But we are, which is, as you know, the philosophy
so deeply convinced that this Is the
only adequnte preparation for a : uni-
versity student, that we will "stick to
it," thus .following .the advice of many
a president of American universities
who voulil, if he could, exact from
matriculating students this .safe and
traditional standing. It is no easy
task, I a-sure you, to maintain it
even among pur, Latin-minded, peo-
ple, for every young man today' is
eager to nialsc money. But, to hurry
if a mi^f-ake smd'to build a house on
tj poor t'l.ondation would ' • fXtf
avail. . : : , ,: .
fSii'i>i)i ■■■■*'■ ' * • !*' I
Of Aristotle, ehristiaiiixed, conslder-
ahl.v augmented, and fully adapted
to the needs of our (lay,
This system is not purely ecclesias-
tical: it can be described as the "'na-
tural philosophy of the human mind."
There is a danger for many stu-
dents, that of clinging to the sensible
without ever rising to the thinkable.
Philosophy will show then! how this
can lie avoided, "The soul and life
the gleam of natural lights the splen-
did rays which eome from Above! to
pursue its researches in the bright-
ness of this double focus and to pene-
trate Its teaching with the principles
of Divini Revelation. Then sacred
theology, by Its incomparable noble-
ness as well as by the absolute cer-
tainty of its ' object, surpasses all
other knowledge, it associates the
earthly man to the eternal science
of Cod Himself."
I could continue on with this fine
quotation, extracted from an after-
dinner speech, delivered by a former
chancellor of Quebec University, the
late Cardinal Rouleau,
In Montreal, our faculty of theol-
ogy has taken the means of propa-
gating theological doctrines among
laity and putting higher. religious
teaching within, the reach of the man
on the street. It litis organized pub-
lic classes on liturgy, canon law,
Holy Scriptures, morals, Catholic
action]1 ami pontifical doctrine. The
late Pope Pius XI has been, in re-
cent years, the champion of Catholic
action.
Catholic action is a lay move spon-
iif i -i
■ diuali'N'eWntiin'
'• . ajiii- •-.pu-stioli.
' . qui
|1|B
1,1!.
all heard of
famous I "ink. i'in
'ilei'e 'is ' one' j'rf
t':jions.; "A i'ni-'
a ■ 1,1 poet's
;i'i..lthilews' .of BSbk
!•'?. II i-'i'l'.li'i"lit'
cess. A university is a laboratory
no I of thought, the home of abstract sci-
I once, pure theories, fundamental
, ! principles, i.e., thought, and ex-
l.adies and gentlemen. what is itiamined in all the breadth of their
university in our
higher .learning- and research ij'.and I
land university blankly acknowledge| professional trainimr as well; The • ••dices, what is the being, untolded
these two evils at a centennial cele-i modern tendency leans towards the; in all its modalities and measured
brat ion. Others believe that modern j teaching of all human knowledge. according to if limits generically,
liuivei >itif.- r.,mpri.>c too many pro-, I* niver s i i.y diplomas have become' specilically and dil terentially. '
fes>;. iial -i hoiiN oi so-culled facui- \t ly piipitlai ill ill cbissc.s of vhii tj," 1 nui t apologize foi (so obscure a
similar documents, such as the one
on racial theories. It deals with dog-
matical, moral, and social subjects.
The four last Popes, Leo XIII and
Pius XI, in particular, were very re-
markable leaders. Their masterly
writings have been honored with uni-
versal commentaries and admiration.
The two letters known as "Rerum
Nuvurum" and "Qualdragesimo an-
no" constitute the charter of modern
Catholic social doctrine. Well-in-
formed and far-sighted, courageous
and wise, cleur and moderate, they
show the way to the bettemutfit of "
the economic and social world and
to the healing of modern plagues.
English • speaking non • Catholics,
who have read these letters, found
in them statements and theses most
comforting to their minds and hearts.
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•mli i, •. it d.'i.ii-l- "« ' pi[on.ip>yV;i.:geo-.
■.: 11) >11 or. Ar.-l-.ille- <••! Newtoil's," of
n.i|,!.;ow!i.-. .., Wasb'ihgtiui.-. ."i"' Ita-
;,li'e:ii <-i Shakespeare;-, MMteBi
r l|j' :iat!iri; if has •jii-foi1II.w
1 'aifieo within its pfecilic'!
.J'li.l on the other iiani
ties and that three or four of them;
lie,-illy fundamental ones -should suf-
''Ih'e' VTlflS pits been clearly written.
wdenl of one of
I dare say.they ate even a fetishism.
jii jllfi; -;iI. i; i'-' ■ ' •■■/■''
ijc.rhaii* il i-> | ciiinplimenl to the
'.... .i Ve>. y cU'Ver pri-.-i<lent ot one o! univcrsil ies but it is also a trouble-
>o,n . . -e<: a'!® wealthiest univer-i- M,m,. problem. Some years ago. I
fVi^iiiiiaily, 1 eiidoise I Ik- es- j received from a celebrated seat of
1
'• i iirii'J, ttu o ^ :.li< i/Xpirriiai n-
*.1 ii ' thi .or, the eijgi:.!i;:=ei
i-! ;is _r>i within
!• Bui a l.'ii.iversity tVn'ir.ing
!h" if) cut ordinary . nn ans. ' to a
• 'Ml I• u 1. orainav
■ -ii i sji- ' thiv;intelledliiiji.! tof-e pf
■ •ty. at euitivaimr the public mind,,
at. purifying the national 't-siste, at
onjilying 11 v;, principl,'.- to popular
I rlthusinsin and fixed aims to pop-
ular .ispi.-ation, at giving enlarge--
1 eixloise
Mai in tlref.e •>jM\oas. .'
IJl Q'.leiit."oui old sy-teni of edu-
I'.iltiiou has' -.Willed us I'rotn -oille '«if
I'iu-.-i ri-pu'ti'-il esils. A l>oy who w ishes j ))ai-lieular knowledge for chauffeiirs
-.vithiui '-i-e. tiu- a «•!,-.-yniar.. a physician. am| policemen, but I wonder if it
phriitietdogy.; But let me, once nioie
use this abstrnC languaee to iyve a
few examples of the pt'actical1 utility
|i philosophy. ■ -:^1.. fi; ./
Witlani! it. 1 cannot see bow a still-
dent : could judge of ,- imperialism
learning a circular letter announcing !a,ul 1'H.mm.monisn,. forj
instance; -of naturalism in pediigog? |
l. ,U,-:\' (..,1,1' , • .HUH
courses oil City Traffic. 1 entertain
do doubt as to the importance of this
:• i- a ' iawyei; tuusi
;ivi lv. , , nter i-iii1 Hi' our
classical collides •Jiirty-two for a
pn),i,,aiiii!i of 'J.aoiv.UiMi - where he
'will follow an irigbt'-yi-ai course of
at the age o't i >hollld enter the scope of
Vtrl; it aims at French .-mil' !•' i . 1 i -1 i it he two official'
languages of III country), Latin and
.Greek, . history, ^cograp
and science:
em at it
ii'ligi..n.
The ai'ijl of this lengthy course is
to train the mind of the young man
:t am; -ooriety 10- the ideas of the and to give him a general culture,
MjijBJ at . "facilltat.'.iiifj' 1 t;he
ipolilicu-l 'pi;>w:e-r, ||® MiMti-iffljf .ph.e-in-
i. reoin -e of privuio life. |- ,s the
■ diicatjoii which gives a man a clear
• on.M'ious view of his op.uions ami
iiingnieii-ts, a triiih; in developing
jfhein. ar, eioiiiience ii
illifem
thirty-two si(y
l'l-oni ti)i. -s l :.l 111 I [ i. >i!::. t le Ku'l-p.
]K-;in ceneeptidii ijl a iii.iversily dif-
fers from ours, if I am not mistaken.
i.ei'i lis ..take' Che. '.'hivii'tsity of M(in-! . ■
ti'i'-il, fl e.xaillple. We b„ast of « '""ollgst Us. A .sound
iaeUltie*, (w,-jve affiliated
•iiy,
philosophy and
thoroughly disinterested, w i t h o ii 1
specialization in any particular sub-
ject. quite unlike the English curri-
culum of high schools and arts'
course where optional subjects ai^ej
customarj. As a matter of fact, we
ar, eioqiieixe i: expressing consider such options premature and
and a torn- jii urging liiein." prejudicial to general training.
\ Vulonv would siaie.-ly suffice |ffi Nu'te two years of pnilosophi''al
in.'i,• ■ 111 on l he.-'- iilie ' " foil- ■ .1' • studies winch are the fit. and ueees-
;!- tai.ee. . . . l-sar-y completion of the course of see-
Biit I'iardiiial "Newnrii-n wrote hisjionifai-y teaching. And mind you. we
■:■.i■,k, 'i.- Iiii'i'idpifed :ye.ai"M: ago 'arid he had . do not . unilerstand phijoEophy. as ; ii
ii ih'int «lt 1 i e-Ml 1 'i|i>er ijtjt in Bub- tineie pei'iisal- of all the philosophical
fjli I'Ht:!-i.!f>s'i;'--of a. Fi-i-ricii IJuniveilic.eti iiie.i khow-p. to the World;.! of
i!,", i ml. liifl'ei. -in t fi'oin a religious ! un. i w,- have to mmlysso I'tiiem jfl|
. ■v ii'.^V'.'j'i. .{il't,; .ijiffel's 1' roa i ■!>■ is) n i; ii i> . ■. i i. - (■ .they .explain,' iteeause fbeynfe
olfhi,'!; -r:ileviBe.-i'is--:. . 1 sup sure I '^'unesses to • the evolution of phil-
i.j.tevV,! o'ivjl'i '-oiieeiitiuii .|| utiivi.■! - , i : .pliicni thought; bill, we do. H
ics; in mathematics ami physic-,
what could he think of Einstein's
relatjivjsivi the tli.d|iff|s :of evolu-
tion; in psychology, what of deter-
minism; in social economy, what of
iIn- :i>e-\v f,,nr:ms of Marxism; in polit-
lea! -eiooce. what of ,-o many sys-,
teillSi "laseists, «] o In.-' ..
Natiiral sciences become more and
-even
sehoo'ls. iind iis nnii.y --o-ealleil an-
liexeif kchoi'lls. Kur"i,eai'.-mi:ided, sve
•ttliili hiVy:eViir.efe.ri;etl' to WW W'
fiM-UM'ii'sfflnjjy, with ii lew' (iffSmed1
'school, l;iut' this irilpo'pi-it,i|e. All,
- ii ts of iliplqhi'iis hc'irtg aiviirdetl
'.thronghiiiit',j. fi'it'naiiii' and :t:he I'liitc'l
Ntfltes, :|!ij|; Vii,i,;iou : nffi iff si'n.'ciul
i;enc)'tin,g,: !we; jia'd ii.c i^r't^e/'stivne |:||j
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o'firir.gly Voicefi by 1'he President of
the; University of Chicago ami his
Wordsw'Oi.'ils'! cpnifvii'TiteiJ oil Hill pSB,
tii.he'';ei;i'n;tlii,ie''ii'f..;" 1 ;.. i |! :
|| I do not||i|S tiliat' i ^Mgilw'isi h lii'ni
Oil all ]>riirvt^:; Some of fchelii : 'are I'tro
'radical, The l'i>-s:i.iei-t ij|| the Hli-
ve-i'sity: 'of Chiciigo ill hnv'e ^hanged
his riiiiicl since lie ottered his revolu-
tionary plan of reform; nevertheless,
till? is what he -aid. 1 '
•In his opinion, a- university should
lie composed uiiioiiely of three facul-
ties: metaphysics, social sciences, and
natural sciences, lie considers as
mere professional training the teach-
ing of theology, law, medicine, en-
gineering, and commerce, and lie sets
it apart from the university proper
with all the institutions of special
researches.
Newman's idea' that "University
'teaching" withoii.t. Uieido.gy is. simply
tpiphijosophieal," :is far , from his
m ml And that is otic of tjie reasons
why we doinot agree, with him on all
points, in Krencb-Ciuiadii,
Xniitlier difficulty arises u|jon uX-
innitiitig this new doctrine, Were it
understood, first, that all clom&ntary
teaching of a given subject,.t eVeii
leading 'to the biiccahuireiite, is,. no'
part of university, training, and see-,,
oud, that this elementary knowledge
iis: Kufficienl for the practice of a
given profession, we would be ready
to admit the .author's idea. Ilut there
are' sti'feh things us doctorates .and
milstci ies of these briiiiches of learn-
ing, ami Why wotiid thtse degi'ees
hot iicrtain || .university feaching?
Aloreover, to me. scientific rpscarch
which supposes a thorough know-
ledge of a particular science and a
fair knowledge of others, is (he very
stamp of university Work and it, Is
also considered as such by a major-
Hjv ''
Hut there is a point in the1 int-
• hoi's argument where 1 join him
heartily and without restriction: it
is when he i-eeognisses a leading role
to philosophy in his new program
He speaks of metaphysics: I speak
of philosophy as a whole. The aim
of higher education is Wisdom, does
he say, and we all know that phil-
osophy is the school of wisdom, Here
I feel that we are teaching the nu-
cleus of this speech.
* «H «
in our opinion, the study of phil-
osophy is not only a preparatory dis-
cipline for those who are attracted
by higher learning, it is a necessary
guidance in the attainment of this
philosophy will, above all, maintain
in this particular realm the funda-
ment;!' principle of finality as the
formal bond of experience and the
conducting wire of scientific thought,
opposing to tlu so-called scientist the
necessary existence of prima r y
causes.
. Science is ,, privileged with complete
autonomy: in' ifr?' methods and conclu-
sions. But philo.-ophv lias the right
fi;;iti<.:iy.e scionc-ilv; and it is pliil- j
bs'ophy thiit.poiiitfe out t-i) its the exact-
s< iwi|, th'j '1j..t;ne and i c ach of laws
Iffl t'ornuiliis.
Tft qu'l^te 'aghi.'l t'ardiiiiil Yilleii-
c.wye, Chancellor of 'Quidkec ,.Univer-
sity';'||i|. . 'he true University man
is the ione, tjtho doc- not pimply p'os-
mmm knowledge And a fair ci.ll-
MM in scient'e and arts but who,
moreover, knows their.■ 'major princi-
i pit's . . . l;l|)b).sf>phy iilone links the
IjHiffJaBni teaching's on a comrton
.gnitind au-l provides the root, and
strength Of every. ^science. Ill other |
woj-ils, ■phiiosophy; nbini' gifts the,
thinker with intellectual power and
triiliscemleilt'y, thus1 enabling him to j
eoissiilei the pVobleniS; of truth a- a
uiiiversalist; philosophy alone creates
the luiive.rsity mind apt, to judge
tin ill uuiversaily, and trains the
geiii.il spetmjist Who finally con-
quers the , elite. . . . "
Philosophy ranks first because it
possesses the power to iirganize the
different branches of humau know-
ledge and to show the hierarchy in
uhicli they stand. But. in our esti-
mation. the noblest of all our Facul-
ties is Iheology, whose object is (,od
himself.
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