368 Presidential Addresses 



AT THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL, ALBUQUERQUE, 



N. M., MAY 5, 1903 

 Bishop : 



Permit me to thank you and to say how much I 

 appreciate the courtesy you showed in putting your 

 self to such inconvenience to come here to greet me. 

 I had hoped to meet you at Santa Fe in the cathe 

 dral, where I participated in the baptism of the son 

 of one of the men of my regiment. 



I greet the school children and the sisters. There 

 can be no greater privilege than to meet a mis 

 sionary who has done good work. Of all the work 

 that is done or that can be done for our country, the 

 greatest is that of educating the body, the mind, and 

 above all the character, giving spiritual and moral 

 training to those who in a few years are themselves 

 to decide the destinies of the nation. 



AT THE INDIAN SCHOOL, ALBUQUERQUE, 

 N. M., MAY 5, 1903 



Mr. Superintendent: 



I wish to express the peculiar pleasure it is to 

 have seen the Indian schools to-day, and through 

 you, Mr. Superintendent, I want to say to the In 

 dians that are right behind you, what a fine thing it 

 is to see the industry and thrift of their people. I 

 was struck by their orchards, the irrigated fields, 

 and by seeing them working in the fields and 

 along the road. The Indian who will work and 

 do his duty will stand on a par with any other Amer- 



