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State Papers and Addresses

where their education equipped them to exercise their rights intelligently and
to fulfill their obligations. It was for this reason that the Jesuits conceived,
as early as 1640, the plan of erecting a college as a necessary part of their
program. Although it was a century and a half before the realization of this
dream, it came through the establishment of Georgetown, then in Maryland,
in 1786.

Certainly, any land endowed with such institutions of learning as the
Jesuit Order has given to America may well feel it is blessed beyond the
telling. 'Too well is it recognized today by thinking people everywhere that an
accumulation of scientific or other facts, no matter how complete it may be, is a
poor substitute for that rounded education which develops and disciplines the
heart, while it develops the intellect.

On this occasion of the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the Jesuit
Order, it, is a source of deep gratification to us to be able to look back upon
our years of training under the members of the Jesuit Order. It is also satisfy-
ing to realize that today many thousands of our young men and college grad-
uates are receiving that very same education, and are being fitted by a
fully-rounded education to step into the affairs of our Country and to contribute
their thought and leadership in the maze of problems that now confront us,
and that undoubtedly will be with us for some years to come.

As Governor of Maryland, and as a former student who fully appreciates
and treasures the traditions and philosophy that it has been a privilege to
receive at the hands of the Jesuit Fathers, I respectfully salute the Order and
ask the continuance of God's blessing on its work of education among the
future leaders of our Country.