Catholic Educators Commended

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 16, 22 April 1909, Page 621

Catholic Educators Commended

In the coxirse of a friendly notice of the St. Patrick's College (Wellington) annual, Blue and White, the current (April) issue of the Triad (Dunedin) refers to the love cf 'the old' boys for their Alma Mater.' 'In short,', says our breezy contemporary, 'we have renewed proof of tho fact that the priests of tlie oldest Church are excellent educators of youth. They are eminently human, and in their, schools there is no damaging tendency to pedestal the. mouldy bones of a dead idea. With all due reference for ancient things worth while, they keep constantly iv

mind tho world that, we have to live in is a world that is here and now. They live and work with their pupils in an atmosphere of illuminating friendliness. These priests, with their freedom from the small- affairs and domestic distractions, live in and for their work, with an enthusiasm that never fails, a constancy that never flinches.'