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Attacks Army Hygiene Lectures Some Falsely Assume that Immorality is Normal Condition *Resentment of Young Catholic Soldiers against being treated as of Degraded Character Some Army doctors and instructors take it for granted that the men of the fighting forces lead immoral lives, and they base their lectures to
the troops on that assumption.
His Grace the Archbishop of Sydney, the Most Rev. N. T. Gilroy, D.D., said that during an address at Auburn on a recent Sunday. This false assumption, he said, was resented by many young Catholic men, and it was an indication of the low grade of morality of the lecturers themselves. The full text of his Grace's address, delivered after the blessing of the new residence for the Marist Brothers at Auburn, is as follows: "The very great value of schools that are conducted by Brothers consist in this: Boys are taught virtue, while secular knowledge is imparted to them, This is taught to them even more powerfully by example than it is by precept. "The lives of the Brothers, cultured, saintly men, are in themselves an education and instruction to every boy who has the good fortune of coming under their influence. "This outstanding lesson is taught by the Brothers: God must be loved in the first place; and there is the obligation of using the gifts of God accord. ing to God's own express desire. 'More than ever, perhaps, in the history of the human race, such education is required. to -day, "It is required in order that boys may be trained to become citizens .who will be a credit to the nation. "The nation needs, in every branch of life, men who are honourable in character, who exercise self-control, and But these virtues who are reliable. do not grow spontaneously. They have to be taught, and, having been taught, it is necessary that they be
cultivated. "A man's deeds are what his life is. A good tree produces good fruit, and an evil tree produces evil fruit. It is
been so. own day.
It is particulaily so in our
"It frequently happens now
that
the boys leaving the clean. wholesome, decent atmosphere of the schools conducted by our splendid Brothers are
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the ambition of every religious Brother that good fruit will be produced in their schools, so that the boys who go forth from their schools will be citizens of whom the nation will have reason
to be proud. "The training which is given to boys in the Brothers' schools is subject to a very severe test immediately after they That has always leave the school.
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thrown into the vortex of our fighting forces. Some, unfortunately, wilt disappointingly under the strain. Others the majority, I hope and certainly believe, sustain it magnificently. A proof that they do is given in this. "One frequently hears complaints and expressions of resentment by our young men who have been thrown into the fighting forces against the attitude that is adopted by instructors and by doctors, to whose lectures they are compelled to listen. Some of these men who should be leading our young men to noble ideals, instead take it for granted and assume that their lives are lives of immorality. "They assume that this is the normal condition of every normal man, This false assumption, resented by those grand, young men, is but an indication of the low grade of morality of these men themselves. "While we lament that there should be such men lecturing to the youth of our fighting forces, we rejoice in the fact that so many of our young men resent being treated as men already of degraded character.
"What is wanted in the fighting forces is precisely what is wanted in every walk of life, That is to say, men who are truly, really men. A real man is one who at least strives by every means in his power to exercise self.control. Any fool can give orders. There is nothing difficult in commanding others what to do. The noblest type of man is one who strives to live according to the highest code of honour, and that is the law of God."
St. Ildephonsus' Old Boys The Secretary of St. Ildephonsus College Old Boys' Association advises that he is anxious to obtain information about the movement of Old Boys in the fighting forces, for inclusion in this year's College Magazine. The As-
sociation Committee appeals to parents, relatives and friends of Old Boys in the fighting forces to communicate with either Mr. K. Henderson, 168 Vincent -street, North Perth; Mr. A. Urquhart, 224 8th. Avenue, Maylands, or Mr. J. H. O'Halloran, 117 Wright street, Perth, immediately in connection with this matter.
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