Author: Benjamin M. Reed

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-07-05

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 9781330777374

Excerpt from A History of Education, in New Mexico: Pertinent Advice to Students, Education and Its Relations to the Discovery, Conquest, Civilization, and Colonization of New Mexico, the Minister of God and the Teacher Reverend Fathers, Beloved Brothers, Student's of Saint Michael's College, Ladies and Gentlemen: For the 52nd time since this famous institution of learning opened its doors to the youth of New Mexico and to the youth of the rest of this western part of our nation, on the 22nd of December, 1859, have the parents of its students and friends of the college gathered here to honor the good Brothers with their presence and to express their gratitude to them and their satisfaction and appreciation of their noble efforts in promoting science, religion and the welfare of the country by a christian education, which is the only education worthy of the name. At the unveiling of the statue dedicated by the alumni of the college to the memory of our beloved departed Brother Botulph, pioneer christian educator, today, you all heard the address made by the Reverend and learned Father Jules Deraches and the addresses of two ex-students of this college on the founding and history of this institution. In them you were told all about the sufferings, troubles and sacrifices the good Brothers had to experience; each and all of them having been men of wonderful energy, unblemished character, poor as poverty itself, but of a heroic resolution, of undaunted courage and purity of life. You were also told of the great good this college has done in forming the character of the young men entrusted to its keepers. A truer picture could not have been drawn. We know the value of a good christian education, we know that there is nothing more pitable than an uneducated person, - the man or woman unable to realize the depth of their ignorance, much less to dream of the superiority of an educated being over one who never knew the meaning of the word education. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.