IS- THE 8UNDAX OBEGONIAN, P.ORTLjCNO JTmm 21, 1903 mm THIRTY-FOUR :r STUDENTS GRADUATE F.ROM THE ' PORTLAND ACADEMY. .. .Florence Josephine Wolfe Prank: Foatcr Rath. Gray X. D. Haat, of Iadlanapolla, lad. Barbara Mary Crocker Mildred Gertrude Doty It, DeV. Johnson, of Oregon City, Harold Baldwin, o Prlnevllle Rath Caarck ' ''" III 'm' W Frederick A. Adams, of Spokane Claud Vernon Charlesoa Carleton B. Hording, of Oregon City Waldcmnr Krnmbela la. C. Hopkins, of Chinook, Mont. - ;-v iff iisV "ii w William Maxwell Wood Frances Agnes Honey-man Ambroie Scott Hannah Jane Connell A J.. Chalmers, of Ceatervllle, Or. J Martha Elizabeth. Pollrka. v George Clifford Cae Staart Iiohlnaoa Strong Margaret Wilson Henry Robertson Failing Clare Barbara Thompson ss&t; tBsssssalsi&& Josephine Marie Sckell Iceland leaUe Smitk Haei Fullerton McKenzie Luther Todd Unsea Sadie Mildred Xoyes Incj- Christina McLean Irene Mary Hlgglns David Morgan, Jr., of Astoria Bagaaar Georgeaom, of Sitka, AlaakA The Portland Academy class of 1903, -which -vras sraduated at the First Baptist Church on Friday evening. Is the largest class that has ever been graduated, from' the lnstituton since its establishment. The members, 34 In number, have taken active parts In the student affairs Of the academy, land will leave behind them a creditable record, Jn scholarship and in athletics. Unless otherwise noted, students are from Portland. Photos by MeAlpln. 129 Serentn. SOCIALISM A DREAM AND ONLY A DREAM BY THE RIGHT REV, M. C MATZ, CATHOLIC BISHOP OF DENVER. THE .fretful . condition of our age is due in a measure to. a new power, which Is forging ahead at a tremen dous rate, and demanding recognition at tho hands of modern society. This new power is organized labor, which is com posed of the bone and sinew of the labor ing class. -Young, full of vigor, conscious of its strength, and buoyant with nope, it Btorma pur capitals, Alls' our legislatures with representatives, formulates laws and carries them .into, execution. Willing or not, our age shall have to reckon with this power, arid the sooner it' prepares to do eo the better it will be for all con cerned. Youth and vigor are by their feature prone to rashness and fond of ex perimenting, with no "thonghtof what 2nigh be the cost and ponsequences of the experiment The Catholic Church has ever been la bor's etanchest friend, and has never failed to strain every nerve" in bettering the condition s tho laboring classes. When she had freed them from the bond age of slavery she devoted herself heart and soul to educate them. She it was who created the fincient guilds to protect labor from the "ruinous power of competi tion and the oppression" ot -the usurer. Under the mantle of the. ch,urch's protec tion these guilds grew Into power and their members became wealthy. Their destruction by the revolution has been deplored by the relghljig pontiff, Leo XIIL These are facts which cannot he con tested. And yet where can you find at this -day one of thoae-iabor-advocates or labor leaders willing to admit these unde niable claims? The truth is, these men an openly committed to socialism tha enemy of the church. They have made a publlo confession of this in their conven tion in Denver, and they are pledged to hand over the labor organizations which they control, bound hand and foot, to so cialism. Socialism, in a nutshell, Is the destruc tion of private property, which would be transferred to the keeping of the social istic state, wherein universal suffrage should govern. Socialism, therefore. Is a dream, and will never be but' a dream aa long as man Is what we know him to be, an imperfect being, full of passions and prejudices. For this reason Christ, who understood human nature perfectly, did not reconstitute the human family In the new law under tho pattern of n religious community. It now becomes 'my duty as bishop to warn all our Catholics against any and all unions, whatever may be their name, that would commit them to socialism. We have always stood forth as the stanch triend of the laborer; wo have at all times advocated his right of associa tion for mutual protection, better wages where labor is hard and surrounded with dangers, shortening of the hours of labor under similar conditions. These are legitimate aims, and associa tion for the securing of these alms is equally legitimate, just as much as asso ciations -of capital for the maintenance of fair prices. But when capital combines for the purpose of advancing prices or depreciating labor beyond the limits of justice it commits a crime against society Just as great as labor when. It attempts to raise wages beyond the limits of equity. If the fear of God possessed our hearts and Christian charity formed our rule of life there wouli be no need of any such trusts or associations. Their existence points to an evil &lch Christianity would banish from the face of the earth with that simplest of all commandments, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor a3 thyself." Sympathetic strikes are unjust, because they Imply the breaking of a Just con tract freely entered upon between con tracting parties. They are unjust because they are the ruin of industry and com merce, bring hardships on the people and create disorders endangering the welfare of the commonwealth. In the erection of one large building in Chicago there is a record of 27 strikes, and our own St. Vincent's orphanage in Denver has been- delayed fully four months because of strikes. In the mean while the Sisters and children were crowded together all through the Winter in a condition ot sanitation that could never have stood the test of an Investiga tion by the board . of health. And this abnormal state of affairs Is owing to the normal condition of the country, with the dally occurrence of strikes throughout the land. That this is an outrageous situation which must eventually exasperate the peo ple to such an extent as to bring about a revolution must be evident to any think ing mind. The reasons advanced to Justify tho sit uationnamely, the betterment of the la boring classes may be ever so plausible, but If this betterment must be brought about by unjust. Iniquitous means, it will never stand. We want to see the condition of the laborer improved, tha church wants It; she Is pre-eminently the church of the laboring man, but that Im provement must be wrought along the lines of justice and equity, otherwise she could never countenance It. Now, If this betterment be attempted in the way con templated by socialism and communism, then the church must say to the labor party: "You cannot do this, for thJ would imply an enormous Iniquity name ly, the expropriation of landed proprietors and the confiscation of wealth." Let no man be deceived on that score. The church is God's representative on earth, and with God she will say -withr her last breath, "Thou shalt not steal." When Maxzinl, the most celebrated Italian revo lutionist and the most gifted and ardent plotter in the cause of Italy's unification undel the form of an Italian jrepublic, of fered to Pius IX the presidency of said contemplated republic, Pius answered: "Xon possumus," we cannot; it is an in justice, because it involves the extinction and destructipn by violent, unlawful means of all the principalities, dukedoms, and little kingdoms of the realm which have existed for centules In Italy. Now the- Ealvatlon of the labor union lies, not in the embrace of socialism, but aa the holy father clearly states, In a re turn to Christianity. The church has saved labor twice: First, by the aboli tion of slavery, to which it had been con demned by paganism: and, secondly, by the establishment of the guilds and the fostering care she bestowed upon them In the educating and training of the laborer In the Industrial schools, tha ancient mon asteries. She can and she will save labor a third time, hut on the one absolutely necessary condition namely, a return to Christianity, without which she caanot exert her saving and elevating Influence upon the laborer. She aloae holds the key to the solution of the labor problem, which rests with Christian charity. O sire me the joy of living. And -coate glorious work to do! A spirit of thanksgiving, "With loyal heart and trae; 8ome pathway to maka brighter, t Where tired feet now stray; Borne burden to males lighter TVhlle 'tia day. Select ea. The satires of Irdl never aUew a fakir af whom there are 3,009,098 wte lira By feefflsg to ataxTK SOME OF THE GOOD PEOPLE WHO WERE LOST A LITTLE GIRL,. FORMERLY OF HEPPNER, PENS HER THOUGHTS OF THE CALAMITY. MABELi C: Redlngton, a little girl who iormerly lived at Heppner, sends The Oregonlan the following thoughts on the great calamity: "One of the most pathetic pictures of destruction In stricken Heppner must be tho site of the late home of Mrs. Keithley,' who was drowned and washed nine miles ddwn. the creek. She was always an In dustrious woman, and. kept her family cow and her fine chickens. For IS years she had devoted much time to work among those flower-beds and rose bushes and shrubbery. Her plants were the fin est to be had, and her garden was famous throughout the Heppner hills, and one of her greatest pleasures was giving her bouquets to othera. Her grandchildren caught trout and minnows in Willow Creek, which ran through her orchard only 30 feet back of her house. I shall never forget the time when myself and' little sisters visited Mrs. Keithley. and accepted her motherly in vitation to remain over night. What soft, restful feather-beds she had, made from the 6im sas had been accumulating for yean from the ducks and chickens she had herself raised. What sweet, well ,ventilated bedrooms she had. with the honeysuckle, fragrance floating In at the open windows on that early Summer night, and how quickly the daylight came In the cool of the morning. What a kindly old soul Mrs. -Keithley was, and how com pletely at hosae she made us children feel. We all hope that her home la heaven will be as bright. "Bat it is. terrible to thlk that of that beautiful Heppner home not a vastlse now remains, and that its site is scooped out and torn up and piled high with mud and debris. And how sad to think that her husband, Uncle Julius, who was so kind to us children and gave us our pet rab bits and showed us how to take care of them, should be enabled to rescue other people, while it was not within the power of any arm to stretch itself forth and rescue His wife. How fatefully wrong many things often go. How I would wish to once more kiss the kindly old face. "Ajid our little girl friends that we played with when wo lived in Heppner. It Is awful to read so many ot their names in the list of the lost. There were the Howard children all such nice, beautiful girls, full of life and Joy when we knew them, only two short years ago. There never was in the world a sweeter little girl than Mabel Howard, 0 years old. As she and our little sister Bernlce were the same age and inseparable companions, we saw much of Mabel, and we all loved hrr Very dearly. "And Blanche Redfield wa3 another loved companion who was brimming over with mirth and Joy, like her dear, beau tiful mother, whose sweet life also went out In the awful flood. Our hearts ache for poor Mr. Bedfleld in bis great loss. And Ella Ayers. and Stella Hpckett, and Leah Minor, and Lela Campbell oh, how their loving personalities as we knew them rise up before us now. And how hard it is to realize that their -sweet lives were thus snapped off In that terri ble moment of anguish. And the dear little Stalter children, six of hem. whose father .wis always so cheerful. And to think of the cruel fate that caused him to be away at his mountain mines, 100 miles, distant, when his loved Ones were hurled to death. I shall never forget what appreciative children they -were, and what Joyous pleasure It was to pre sent them with our doll buggies and sand wagons and other playthings when wo were packing up to leave Heppner. "And Mr. C A. Rhea untold sym pathy he deserves. He was one of the most gentlemanly of men. and how kind he was to rent us his beautiful home, where the crystal waters of Willow Creek made music over the boulders' and sang us to sleep, through our open windows, and we bad our rabbit-hutch under the tall trees, and played by the hour, and had the childish experiences that we will never forget. And now, to think that beautiful home Is completely destroyed, and Mr. Rhea's family all dead. 'Oh, how hard to realize It, and the sorrow of It all. "Never will we forget our dear play mates at Heppner, and when time may dim jnemory the kodak pictures that mamma took of them may again bring the'tears. May the lupines bloom a mors beautiful blue o'er their little graves on that Heppner hillside, and the meadow larks sing sweeter songs where together we wandered among the wild-flowers la the eirly spring-time." Ia Happy Iaad. Atlanta Constitution 1XV 'pickaninnies: Swlngln on de gate, D-AAy wid da flihln' pole Gallon Jug er bait. River des a-whlrlin De water lilies man 2J!gger wid a catflah TVelghln twenty poun't Ain't fie country booiala'l Talk er happy lan 'XJndy, llgat da sro a fetch de fryla sat ,