r PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS SAVE STATE LARGE SUM ATT P TTrnpT^Q Contents Copyrighted— Permission to Reproduce Given After 12 M. Friday Following Issue CONTRIBUTION POWER OF SPEECH FADED GLORY ESTIMATED AT HEALTH TRIUMPH ™ ™ 'n| DENVER CATHOLIC A* a result of an appeal made by the Rev. Charles E. Coughlin, Detroit’s "radio priest," in his OVER MILLION broadcast last Sunday that his au­ SEAL CAMPAIGN dience of the air telegraph sena­ tors in Washington to vote against the World court, telegraph com­ 1934 Contest Shows $545 Gain Over 1930, 12,452 Colorado Pupils Are Getting Their panies had to employ an "over­ flow” forco to handle the traffic. Previous High Year— Winners Education Under Catholic Auspices, It was announced on Tuesday that more than 40,000 telegrams were The National Catholic Welfare Conference News Service Supplies The Denver Catholic Register, We Have Report Reveals Are Announced Also the International News Service (Wire and Mail), a Large Special Service, and Seven Smaller Services. received in Washington urging the senate to defeat the issue. The Christmas seal campaign for 1934 in the Diocese This year, taking the latest figures available on the Father Coughlin declared the of Denver was a record-breaking success, and the great­ VOL. XXX. No. 24. DENVER, COLO., THURSDAY, JAN. 31, 1935. $2 PER YEAR per capita cost of education in the state of Colorado, and court is "a double-headed hydra, taking the first semester enrollment figures issued by the born of the League of Nations , . est achievement ever recorded in the annals of the Holy part and parcel of it . as much Childhood association in this section. Predictions made, Pope Praises Catholic Press office of the diocesan superintendent of schools, the Cath­ related to the league as the brain and hopes expressed, that the contest would surpass olic elementary and secondary educational institutions of is to the body . a Frankenstein the record of $1,655 made in 1930 have been more than [ the diocese will save the commonwealth an estimated raised up by the international fulfilled; 7,000 parochial students in 38 Colorado Catholic $1,179,951.52. Of this amount $614,155.68 applies to the bankers and plutocrats for the purpose of preserving by force of schools sold 220,000 seals and earned $2,200 for the mis­ city of Denver. The total census of the first semester of arms their plutocratic system sions— the greatest single contribution to the Holy Child­ this scholastic year shows 12,452 pupils enrolled, against against the possible onslaught of hood association ever made in the Western United States. H D . CLimC a total of 12,360 in the first semester of 1933-1934. An Communism." St. Mary’s academy, winner in the 1933 contest, again increase of 92 pupils over the same period last year is fo7**Ame*r^can aXerlLce’ 'o'^ihS silver loving cup Offered for the grand prize brought out in the enrollment figures of the school popula­ winner by averaging $2.87 per tion of the Diocese of Denver just league body and having the back­ ADPOBT S low s issued. ing of President Roosevelt, went student. The first three prizes down to defeat Tuesday. awarded to the schools in Denver In analyzing the totals in the selling the most seals in proportion Splendid charitable work done secondary or high school depart­ Sister Emerentia I to their attendance were awarded for poor of the district served by ment, an increase of 117 pupils Fame is indeed a fickle thing. to St. Dominic’s, Cathedral, and St. Anthony’s Neighborhood house over last year is recorded. Den­ Seventeen years ago Kaiser Wil­ St. Elizabeth’s. Outside of Denver was reported at the annual meet­ ver parochial high schools show 58 helm II was the man of the hour the winners were the Sacred ing of the Denver chapter of the additional enrollments, while the • n Germany. The climax of the pimiiciPiiiE III Heart school, Pueblo; St. Louis’, National Catholic Federation of schools throughout the remainder Is Nun ^ Years, World war was not to be reached Louisville, a n d St. Patrick’s, Nurses. At the center’s clinic 1,- of the diocese had an increase of for several months yet. German Pueblo. 860 cases were treated in the only two students. Non-parochial people, probably their leaders as , Individual cash prizes, given to year, 569 being adults and 1,291 Catholic high schools had a regis­ well, still thought they were to be the boy and girl selling the most children. tration of 431 scholars in the first the victors. On Monday, Wilhelm, HUPS m R H Superior for seals, were won by Charles Kelly Tonsillectomies were arranged semester last year, and an enroll­ the ex-Kaiser, celebrated his 76th of the Annunciation school and for 215, St. Anthony’s hospital ment of 488 this year, an increase birthday, quietly, at his home in Veronica Baudette of St.' Eliza­ donating care for 77 cases, St. of 57. The total enrollment in Program in Her Honor Is exile in Doom, Holland. He put Vatican City.— (NCWC Cable) beth’s, the latter selling the as­ the high school department for the -High appreciation of work of Joseph’s, 65, and Mercy, 66. in his daily period of wood chop­ tounding total of $57 worth of Nurses gave 396 hours to clinic first semester of 1933-1934 was Held in Colorado ping on his birthday, but only two the Paulist Fathers in putting seals. Bonus rewards for selling 2,227, and 2,394 for the- same pe­ souls on the road to heaven was work and doctors donated 147 Springs newspapers of Germany even men­ over 3,500 seals were merited by riod in 1934-1935. The fact that expressed by Alexis Henry Car­ hours. The average number at tioned the anniversary, while Juanita Arechiga of Cathedral and the clinic each week was 47 pa­ the Catholic schools, privately sup­ stress was laid throughout the dinal Lepicier, preaching in the Colorado Springs. — Venerable American Church of Santa Susan- Charlene McLellan of Annuncia- tients. All medicines used were ported, have more than held their country upon the second anniver­ own in the recent trying times is a Sister M. Emerentia, superior of na, in Rome, Sunday, when, by tion. Sister Louis Marie of St. furnished by the Nurses’ federa­ sary of Adolph Hitler’s call to the . , , _ • Mary’s academy, whose room av­ tion. splendid tribute to the devotion St. Francis’ hospital and sana­ Chancellorship on Wednesday. The, permission of the Con^e- of Catholics, religious and lay torium, was the guest of honor at gation of Rites, the Feast of the eraged $3.93 per student, won the St. _ Anthony’s Neighborhood former Kaieer !« acareely even room prize. house is one *f several Catholic alike. a reception given in the beautiful Conversion of St. Paul was ob­ library ot the institution last week memory in hii homeland today. Pencils will be sent to the fol­ agencies working to alleviate the What factors entered into the served there in conclusion of the on Thursday night in commemo­ lowing boys and girls in Denver suffering of the poor in Denver. 2ff-pupil decrease in the elemen­ Octave of Unity. Santa Susanna, ration of the feast day of her Speaking of birthdayi, that of who were the leading seal-sellers It operates entirely upon funds do­ tary division of the Catholic in charge of Paulist Fathers, is patron. Saint. Emerentia. Sister Our own President Roosevelt was the titular church of Cardinal in their respective schools: Jos­ nated by friends and a great deal schools of the diocese are hard to commemorated in a splendid man­ eph Keane and Juanita Arechiga determine, according to the Rev- Emerentia, who has been a mem­ Lepicier. of its activities is carried on by ber of the Franciscan Sisters for ner Wednesday, when practically of Cathedral, Joseph Blesenber- volunteer workers. A wide range William D. McCarthy, diocesan su­ As a theme of his sermon, Car­ 46 years, has been a superior 25 every city of anv size in the coun­ ger and Veronica Baudette of St. of community service is accom­ perintendent of schools. Gains of dinal Uepicier took the conver­ Elizabeth’s, Joseph Donald Adams years. She ^ was superintendent try staged a birthday party in bis plished, the clinic being one of its 34 and 37 pupils were recorded in of the local' institution 16 years sion of St. Paul and his great love and Mary Gallegos of Presenta­ the parochial schools of Denver honor. Proceeds of the parties will more important works. Graduate and then was transferred to St. go to help victims of infantile for Christ. tion. Charles Kelly and Chariene nurses and students from the three and through other parts of the Anthony’s hospital at Denver and Msgr. Eugene S. Burke, rector (Turn to Pago 6 — Column 5) paralysis. President Roosevelt, in- Catholic hospitals of Denver offer diocese, respectively. A decline St. Mary’s hospital at Gallup, New (Turn to Page 4 — Column 1) of the North American college in of 96 pupils, 23 for private and their services at the clinic each Mexico, where she served in the Rome, was celebrant of the Sol­ week. emn Mass. Cardinal Lepicier was (Turn to Page 4 — Colnmn I) same capacity. She returned to HOLY HOUR FOR assisted at the throne by the Rt. resume her office at S t Francis’ Rev. Msgr. Matthew Smith, editor s r i i f E s r Photographed in the Vatican immediately after tbey bad come in September, 1933.