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AMERICAN CATHOLICS AND WORLD PEACE By Rev. John A. Ryan, D.D. THE ST. LOUIS CONVENTION OF THE C. P. A. PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS IN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS By Frances M. Crowley THE NEW ORLEANS HOLY NAME ARCHDIOCESAN UNION THE KNIGHTS OF ST. JOHN-MODERN CRUSADERS IS VICE PRESIDENT DAWES RIGHT? By w. J. Cochran

Around the Conference Table Holy Father Sends Blessing to N. C. C. W.-Selling Religion in Oklahoma-What Catholic Unity Did For France-Jesus Christ, Universal King of Society-Menace of Salacious Literature-Importance of Chicago Industrial Conference

What Catholic Men and Women Are Doing at Home and Abroad

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By THE EDITOR ow MANY AMERICAN CATHOLICS have seriously considered their personal responsibility in the very important H question of world peace? If the number could really be known, the total would undoubtedly prove to be disappointingly few. Yet His Holiness, Pope Pius XI, it is stated, is looking to the United States to "bring about the pacification of the world." N. C. W. .C. Just what attitude should American Catholics take? DR. JOHN A. RYAN, in his very important article in this Issue BULLETIN . on "American .. Catholics and \i\Torld Peace," furnishes us a guide in as much as he sets forth the attitude of recent pontiffs Published Monthly by the toward this subject, tells what pronouncements the American Hier­ archy and the Administrative Bishops of the National Catholic NATIONAL CATHOLIC WELFARE \Velfare Conference have made on disarmament and international CONFERENCE peace, and outlines three distinct lines along which Catholics can Entered as second·class matter October 6, 1921, at the post office at Washington, D. C., \york in the effort to realize "The Peace of Christ in the Reign of under the Act of March 3, 1879. Accepted Christ." Dr. Ryan's very concrete and practical suggestions should for mailing at special rate of postage provided receive the careful consideration of Catholics everywhere. Only for in section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, through such positive and specific action as he recommends can authorized October ZJ, 1921. Subscription Price; One dollar per year in advance; out­ American Catholics measure up to the expectations of their Su­ side the United States, $1.25 per year. preme Pontiff.

N. C. w. C. Administrative Committee UR READERS WILL find in this is ue a very interesting discussion of the O much-agitated question of revising the rules of the United States Senate MOST REV. EDWARD J. HANNA, D.D. in the article entitled "Is Vice President Dawes Right?" by W. J. Cochran, Archbishop of San Francisco who shows that this question, like every other one, has two sides, both of Chairman which are presented in an able and unbiased manner by the writer. MOST REV. AUSTIN DOWLING, D.D. HE SUMMARY OF the proceedings of the St. Louis meeting of the Archbishop of St. Paul T Catholic Press Association, printed in this number, unfolds an inspiring Chairman Department of Education and heartening record. It shows that The Catholic Press, equipped with the seven-league boots of the N. C. W. C. News Service, generously provided RT. REV. P. J. MULDOON, D.D. by the Bishops of the United States, is progressing at a pace that augurs Bishop of Rockford well for the cause of religion in this country and throughout the world. Under such favorable conditions, it is not surprising that the Catholic editors, Chairman Department of Social Action in gratefully acknowledging the cooperation of Bishop McDevitt, chairman RT. REV. J O~EPH SCHREMBS, D.D. of the N. C. W. C. Department of Press, Publicity and Literature, should Bishop of Cleveland express the hope that his leadership will be available for many years to come. Chairman Department of Lay HERE IS NO DOUBT that organized Catholic lay activity in the United Organizations T States is, like the Catholic Press, increasing in scope and influence. In th:s RT. REv. EDMUND F. GIBBONS, D.D. . issue alone, from Louisiana, Missouri, Ohio, Kansas, Idaho, Oregon, Wash­ ington, Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, there are Bishop of Albany chronicled accounts of most remarkable meetings of men and women, together Chairman Department of Laws and with evidences of most praiseworthy accomplishments by them. No wonder that Legislation outside the United States, in Canada, in France, in Australia, as accounts in this issue also indicate, the keenest interest is being shown in the Lay RT. REv. PHILIP R. McDEVITT, D.D. Organizations Department of the N. C. W. C. and that the organization Bishop of Harrisburg itself is being held up as a model to Catholics of other countries where the Chairman Department of Pttblicity, Press need of a similar agency is felt. This confidence should inspire us all to greater accomplishments so that the light of our good example will permeate and Literature to every place where the cause of religion and morality can be aided through RT. REV. THOMAS F. LILLIS" D.D. the unification of Catholic forces. Bishop of Kansas City EATURE ARTICLES dealing with the work of the Knights of St. John F and the New Orleans Archdiocesan Holy Name Union appear in the REV. JOHN J. BURKE~ C.S.P. Men's Council section. Francis M. Crowley, director of the N. C. W. C. General Secretary Bureau of Education, explains in an article entitled "Parent-Teacher Associa­ tions in Catholic Schools" the significance of this rapidly growing movement. Two western Catholic institutions of learning-the University of Santa Clara and the College of San Rafael-are dealt with in this month's installment CHARLES A. McMAHON, Editor of the series telling the amazing story of the growth of our Catholic institu­ tions for higher education. Office of Publication 1312 Massachusetts Avenue HESE AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS to our regular BULLETIN depart­ T ments are respectfully offered to BULLETIN readers as the contents of the Washington, D. C. first number of Volume VII of this pUblication. June) 1925 N. C. W. C. BULLETIN 3

AROUND THE CONFERENCE T AB,LE "Come nO'lu, 'that we may take counsel together."-2 Esdras, Chapter VI: 7.

M EMBERS OF THE National Council vinced that the Catholics of Oklahoma Lorraine. M. Massiani, Paris correspon­ of Catholic Women were most grati­ have caught the missionary spirit of their dent of the N. C. l/V. C. News. Service, fierI to learn on May 1, through the Rome forward-looking Ordinary and that Bishop does not hesitate ~o assign as "the · chief correspondent of the N. C. W. C. News and people together will accomplish great reason" for this abandonment of the anti­ Service) of the cordial things for the Church in that section of clerical Government's program, if not rever- Holy Father interest of His Holiness, the United States. - sal of its policy, the effectiveness of this Sends Blessing Pope Pius XI, in the Bishop Kelley's latest effort is being organization of laymen. To N. C. C. W. work of their organiza- devoted to an advertising campaign which "Under the direction of General de Cas­ tion. On the date men­ has for its object "selling religion" to the telnau," says this N. C. W. C. correspondent, tioned, Mrs. Michael Gavin, president of people of Oklahoma. The first feature of "they have organized with a rapidity and the New York Archdiocesan Cotmcil of Bishop Kelley's unique venture was a vigor which , have caused general surprise." the N. C. C. W. and for three years presi­ two-page article in the magazine section of The Government itself, it is manifest, dent of the national organization, was the Daily Oklahoman's issue of April 19. was surprised most of all-and brought to received in private audience by the Holy ' In this article the Bishop showed the Cath­ its senses. The language of M. Painleve, Father, who gave a blessing to all the olic Church not only as a preserver and the new Premier, contrasts sharply in its officers and members of the N. C. C. W. promoter of education but of civilization pacific tones with the truculence of M. and exhorted them to increase their efforts itself. Incidentally he stated that the first Herriot last June-before the organization and to augment their members. Christian minister to set foot on the soil of of the Catholic Federation-when he boldly Work such as the N. C. C. W. is Oklahoma was Juan de Padilla, a Francis­ announced his intention to break the faith so energetically promoting was greatly can friar, who entered Oklahoma ' with that was plighted to the Catholics of Alsace­ needed, the Holy Father stated, and most Coronado, and who was the first to shed Lorraine during the W'ar and "laicize" their ~mportant in these times. Member~ of the the blood of a martyr on _American soil schools. In the lexicon of the Latin anti­ Women's Council had set a splendid ex­ for Jesus Christ. clerical, "laicize" is a synonym for "de­ ample, he said, for other Catholic women Bishop Kelley, in urging the advisability christianize. '~ throughout the world. He expressed his of advertising religion, pointed out that the "As for recovered Alsace and Lorraine, pleasure and , satisfaction that such ex­ clergymen are the salesmen of the Church they are too dear to our hearts," says M. emplary work was being . performed and and that the twelve apostles were the great­ Painleve, speaking 'one can hardly doubt, extended his blessing to the members and est of all advertisers. with the Catholic Federation in mind, "the to all their undertakings. day of unspeakable joy on which they re­ "With a hostile world against them," stated The Holy Father's gracious reception Bishop Kelley, "with governments · giving them turned to their true country is still too nothing but prison stripes and marty,rdom, with of Mrs. Gavin, whom he had previously society at its lowest and with sin at its highest, vividly impressed on our memory for · mis­ honored with the award of the "Pro Ecclesia they went out to sell the gospel of Jesus Christ. unde1'Standings, passionate, perhaps, but There were then no papers to advertise them; et Pontifice" gold medal for her generous there was no printing to multiply their sermons; destined to be appeased, to involve any real but they used every means at their disposal to benefactions and good activities, and his preach Jesus Christ and Him crucified. Tbey lack of accord between them and the Gov­ solicitude for the success of the work succeeded, and the proof that they did is the ernment." Before preparing this passage fact of Christianity." for which she has labored so zealously, of his ministerial declaration, M. Painleve have bl'ought great satisfaction to the It is stated that Bishop Kelley's cam­ summoned Canon LQuis and other Cath­ present officers of the N. C. C. W" who, paign is not only making for a better and olic spokesmen of Alsace-Lorraine to in receiving the blessing of the Supreme more enlightened feeling throughout Okla­ Paris to obtain their approval of its terms. Pontiff, will be heartened by his paternal homa but is likewise leading many to in-. The Socialists, Communists, atheists and interest and inspired to greater efforts vestigate the claims of the Church. The hierophants of the Grand Orient who have than ever in extending the scope and in­ methods and results of his "s~l1ing religionl1 been accustomed to trample Catholic rights fluence of their organization. campaign will be watched with interest by under foot on their way to political power Catholics and non-Catholics alike. and control in France have had to INCE THE advent of Right Reverend . reckon practically for the first time with S Francis C. Kelley, D.D., to the Diocese a Catholic organization that "crusades for of Oklahoma, there have been inaugurated NMOST WITHOUT parallel in the God." In the next issue of the BULLETIN under his direction a number of move­ re~ent history of the Church is the will be printed a detailed account of the ments which are engag­ growth of the Catholic Federation of methods of operation and some of the ac­ Selling ing the activity of the France, the organization whose powerful complishments of this virile French federa­ Religion in clergy and laity of the defense of Catholic rights tion whose courageous policy holds so Oklahoma diocese to a degree un­ What Catholic and interests, particularly much of inspiration for their coreligionists precedented in that sec­ Unity Did those in the realm of . in every country. tion of the Southwest. One has only to For France religious education, has peruse the issues of The Southwest stayed, if not perma­ I N AN ARTICLE contributed recently to Co~£riel", maintained under the editorial nently defeated the Herriot Government's the N. C. W. C. News Service, Rev. direction of Bishop Kelley, to become con- assaults on the Catholic schools of Alsace- James H. Ryan, Ph.D., gave a com- 4 N. C. W. C. BULLETIN June, 1925 prehensive and interesting review of a or less than obscenity masquerading under fered to the American public in the name movement rapidly gain­ the thin disguise of art. Many such have of literature." Jesus Christ ing headway throughout been denied the priyileges of the U. S. mails Here is a worth-while and urgent work Universal King the world and having for and are transported by express from place for the Catholic laity of America whose Of Society its objective the estab­ of publication to the local distributors. In members might well profit by the example lishment of a new Church view of the statement by officials of the of their co-religionists in Ireland, who are Feast "to honor the Social Reign of Jesus Post Office Department, who seized over at this very moment waging with great Christ amongst us and to emphasize those 50 tons of salacious magazines during 1924, zeal and effectiveness a crusade against un­ aspects of the Christian life which should that it is illegal to put such material in in­ clean reading. Parents, especially, should stand out prominently in our daily lives as terstate commerce in any manner what­ see that their children are not exposed to the subjects of a kingdom of which Christ ever, it is strange, indeed, that there have the contaminating influence of the prev­ is the Head." been so few prosecutions of those engaged alent type of objectionable book, magazine The movement, launched during the reign in such practices. The Post Office Depart­ and newspaper which threaten on every of Pope Leo XIII and publicly recognized ment, while convicting 32 publishers of por­ side to undermine the morals of our Cath­ by that learned pontiff, has been officially nographic literature last year, claims that olic bGys and girls. approved by succeeding pontiffs, His Holi­ it is handicapped in its campaign against ness, Pope Pius XI, having adopted "the salacious publications because of insufficient HE THIRD annual meeting of the Peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ" personnel to scrutinize the mails more care­ T Catholic Conference on Industrial as the consecrated motto of his pontificate. fully for violations of the law. Some of Problems to be held in Chicago on June In pointing out the inroads upon the spiri­ the money so freely appropriated to favored 24 and 25 at the Morrison Hotel prom- tual kingdom by theological modernism and federal bureaus might be applied, with ises to be the best in its politic~l liberalism and in emphasizing the profit, to a cleanup of a situation which is Importance history. An able corps need of calling men back to their allegiance rapidly becoming a national menace. of Chicago of speakers will appear to Christ, Dr. Ryan states: Unfortunately it is mostly the youthful Industrial on the program. The "A feast celebrated all over the world would element in city and hamlet alike that pur­ Conference time, the place, the undoubtedly do more than anything else to fix chase these corrupting publications to the our minds on the essentially social outlook of the character of the pro­ Gospel of Christianity and to obtain a practical extent of millions of copies monthly. A expression in our daily lives of belief in the gram and the interest already aroused leadership of Christ and in the perpetuity of His general cleanup of this nasty situation guarantee its success. Kingdom amongst us. With the Increasing im· should be inaugurated in every American portance being placed on the participation of every Injunctions, employee insurance, con­ man in the affairs of society, due to the spread of city and public officials should be called democratic ideals and practices, and with the ciliation and arbitration and women in universal acceptance of the truth that a good upon to apply the strong arm of the law ind ustry are the topics to be discussed in Christian is the best possible citizen, there should against every unscrupulous vendor who go along a public expression, on the side of the order at morning and afternoon sessions Church, of her belief in this doctrine i. the form traffics in what Henrik Willem Van Loon, of some great act of public worship • • . of the two days of the Conference. The "That the idea of a feast in honor of Jesus i.n referring to the current magazine output, meeting will close with a dinner at which Christl the Universal King, is pregnant with great characterizes as "the vilest collection of possibilities for the Church and for our individual speakers of national reputation will ad­ and national lives, no one can doubt who would smut, dirt and plain pornography ever of- take the trouble to try to understand what such dress the Conference upon Pope Leo's a feast implies. The world was never in more Encyclical on the Condition of Labor, the need of Christ ana His Truth than it is today. section on industrial relations in the Shaken to its very foundations by the last war1 our present social order is in imminent danger or destruction. As in every past century, when Bishops' Pastoral Letter and the Bishops' Borne great evil menaced civilization, the Church Catholic Conventions Program of Social Reconstruction. has found an effective means to avert the im­ pending disaster, so today she is prepared to Dates and p ces tor conventions of These meetings of the Catholic Confer­ offer to mankind, if we desire it ardently enough, ence on Industrial Problems are coming a refuge from disorder, injustice, greed, and Catholic organizations scheduled for war in the Feast of Jesus Christ, the Universal the remainder of this year: ·to be exceedingly important. Started King of Society." June 24-25, Chicago.-Catholic Con­ somewhat timidly as an experiment, the A great number of American bishops ference on Industrial Problems. Industrial Conference has proven itself. have signed the petition for the establish­ June 26-27-28, Cincinnati.-Francis­ can Educational Conference. The Catholic Church and the spirit ment of the Feast. Bishop McNicholas of June 29-July 2, Pittsburgh.-Cath­ which the Church inculcates are after all Duluth is energetically promoting the idea olic Educational Association. the saving force in the industrial life of of this Universal Feast throughout the July 8-9-10, Atlantic City.-Daugh­ our country. Catholic social teaching is United States. It is hoped that faithful ters of Isabella. July 21-25, Atlantic City.-A. O. H. conservatism in the best sense of the word, in America will zealously cooperate in this and Ladies Auxiliary. but it is animated throughout with the great movement to the end tHat there may August 4-5-6, Duluth, Minn.­ realization that justice and peace do not be realized, even during the lifetime of our Knights of Columbus. rule industry and that they must be made August 21-22, Cleveland.-Catholic present Holy Father, the sublime prayer of to rule it. The Catholic Conference on his pontificate-"The Peace of Chri!t in the Union of Ohio and Catholic Women's Union. Industrial Problems has this as its object. Kingdom of Christ." August 23-26, Cleveland.-Sixty­ Its method is a simple one. It is the ninth General Convention of the Cath­ method of discussion,-of discussion of the o THOSE AT all familiar with the olic Central Verein of America. pivotal and outstanding problems of in­ T contemporary magazine field, the need September 10-14, Washington, D. C. -Conference of Catholic Charities. dustrial life. No votes are taken on ques­ of a nation-wide prosecution of publishers September 16-17, Washington, D. C. tions of industrial policy. Discussion and and v:endors of licentious literature b~comes -Annual meeting of the American discussion alone is the method that is at once evident. Most Hierarchy. followed. November 8-12, Washington, D. C. Menace of of the publications of the We extend our best wishes to the Chi­ Salacious -Annual Convention National Coun­ . type referred t()--'-and cil of Catholic Women. cago meeting of the Conference. We trust Literature they have been increas­ December 28-31, Ann Arhor.­ that it will b. well attended and that ing by the score with American Historical Association. its fruits will be a greater measure of each succeeding month-are nothing more justice and peace in American industry. iuneJ 1925 N. C. W. C. BULLETIN 5 Is Vice President Da wes Right? A Discussion of the "Pros" and '·'Cons" of the Proposal to Revise the Senate Rules By ·W. J. Cochran

HALL THE RULES of the United States Senate gov­ and Robinson, on the other hand, maintain that the exist­ erning debate upon pending legislation be amended so ing rules permitting unlimited debate are safeguards against S as to restrict discussion to a limited degree? measures that would be inimical to the public interest. Will the country be the gainer or the loser by a revision And here the issue stands. Just how it will be settled of the rules that ·will make poss.ible the early disposal of is difficult to predict. Repeated attempts have been made proposed laws, regardless of their importance? to revise the Senate rules and to invoke a so-called cloture Would it be wise to substitute haste for the traditional under certain conditions. A partial cloture rule was ap- deliberation that has characterized the proceedings in the . proved in the Senate some years ago, but advocates of upper branch of Congress almost from the beginning of really restricted debate assert it is not satisfactory in that the Government? it does not allow the majority of the Senate to put it in force. These and related questions are now agitating members Under the Dawes plan a majority of the Senate could at of the Senate and a considerabl~ number any time fix a time limit upon the debate of citizens of the country who have been on any bill and thus insure its passage aroused by the demand of Vice President or rejection within a certain number of Charles G. ,Dawes, presiding officer of hours. 011 its face this might seem to be the Senate, for an immediate reform in a reasonable proposal, but the opposition the rules. insists that such a rule would deprive the The issue is vital and upon the solu­ Senate of its present right calmly to con­ tion of the problem may depend the fate sider matters before it and would cause of many suggested laws involving dras­ undue and, perhaps, dangerous haste in tic, almost revolutionary, changes in gov­ the enactment of laws. The House rules, ernmental policy. At least this is the which limit debate, necessitate, it is fear of not a few members of the Senate urged, more careful ·consideration of leg­ who are vigorously opposing the Dawes islation in the Senate. program. The fight is now being waged before SENATE A DELIBERATIVE BODY the country and the opposing elements Proud of the distinction which the Sen­ are seeking to crystallize public sentiment ate has cherished for a century or more for and against the proposed revision dur­ of being the "greatest deliberative body ing . the congressional recess. in the world," supporters of the present Vice President Dawes is taking the CHARLES G. DAWES rule of unlimited debate declare that only que~tion directly to the people through a Vice President of the United States, who through prolonged discussion of great is taking directly to the people his proposal series of addresses he is making in all to amend the rules of the United States questions may the country become in­ Senate. With equal vigor, Senator Georg~ parts of the nation. He is not having a H. Moses, of New Hampshire, has re­ formed of the issues involved. sorted to the public forum in an effort to clear field, however, as Senator George H. combat the Dawes· crusade. If legislation is rushed through the Moses of New Hampshire, President Pro Senate as it is now jammed through the Tempore of the Senate, also has taken to the hustings to House, under the restricted 'debate rules in the lower body, combat the Dawes crusade. a serious situation would result, opponents of the Dawes reform assert. CONTEST Is NON - PARTISAN ·"We are suffering from too much government rather The contest is non-political. Although both Dawes and than from any failure of Congress to enact necessary laws," Moses are Republicans, Dawes' chief supporter in the Sen­ Senator Robinson said, in a recent speech against the sug­ ate is Senator Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama, a Demo­ gested change in the Senate rules. crat of potential influence in his own party, while Senator "If every precedent for Senate procedure were over­ Moses' principal ally is Senator Joseph T. Robinson of ridden and the Seriate immediately converted into a mere Arkansas, Democratic leader of the Senate. mass-meeting with power to render quick decisions, we Senator Underwood agrees with the Vice President that would still experience vexation and annoyance by reason the present rules of the Senate are obstructive and give of governmental interference in what should be private too great power to a minority that may be inclined for sin­ affairs," Senator Robinson continued. ister reasons to block desirable legislation. Senators Moses "Whatever may be said in criticism of the Senate rules, 6 N. C. W. C. BULLETIN June, 1925

they do not lend themselves to corrupt or ill-considered leg­ lic opinjon, reflected in the attitude of the Senators .them­ islation. It is helpful and wholesome to maintain somewhere selves, would crush the proposal like an egg shell. in the legislation organization an assembly where free "Reform in the present rules of the Senate is demanded nof discussion may be enjoyed and where decisions cannot be only by American public opinion, but I venture to say in the indi- .forced until public opinion has become fully informed." vidual consciences of a majority of the members of the Senate itself . . Senator Robinson referred to the gradual encroachment "As it is the duty on the part of the presiding officer of the Senate of the Federal Government upon the functions of the States to call attention to defective methods in the conduct of business by as one of the evils that could be held in check by free dis­ the body over which he presides, so, under their constitutional power, cussion in the Senate. it is the duty of the members of this body to correct them. "There is too much centralization," he said, "and no one "To evade or ignore an issue between right and wrong methods is knows just how many government spies there are in the in itself a wrong. To the performance of this duty, a duty which various departments probing into private affairs. This is non-partisan-a duty which · is non-sectional-a duty which is alone condition is intolerable. The true remedy is not to enact in the interest of the nation we have sworn faithfully to serve--I more laws, not to appoint more spies. ask the consideration of the Senate, appealing to the conscience and "A careful revision of Federal laws would be helpful. the patriotism of the individual members." Not only should fewer laws be passed and greater delib­ VICE PRESIDENT BRINGS ISSUE BEFORE PEOPLE eration given those· that are passed but public opinion should be consulted." Vice President Dawes said even more than this to the Senate. He inj ected a few pertinent dares into his address, and while he failed The filibuster, possible in the Senate under the exist­ to bring about any action upon his demand for immediate revision ing rules, is one of the targets aimed at Vice President of the rules, he did succeed in bringing the question forcibly to the Dawes and his supporters in -their attack on the Senate attention of the country and there he is keeping it in his present rules. Senator Robinson is a defender of the filibuster speech-making tour. under certain circumstances. He says it has operated as The fight will continue in the open, perhaps, until the Congress reconvenes in December, when it is expected a determined effort will much to keep bad legislation off the books as it has to de­ be made by the Vice President's supporters on the floor to bring the lay worthy measures. issue to a vote. There will be many strong arguments made against a change in ROBINSON HOLDS PRESENT RULES ADEQUATE the present ystem. It will be difficult to convince two-thirds of the The present rules of the Senate, Senator Robinson added, Senate, the number necessary to bring about a change in the rules, tbat it would be well for the country to abandon the prevailing check are adequate to expedite leglislation, if properly inter­ upon vicious legislation now in the hands of the Senate. preted and enforced. As one writer recently pointed out, not only Congress but an array "The Vice President," he said, "by the simple process of reformers act upon the assumption that the treasury of the United of exercising the function of his office would accomplish States is an inexhaustible pool of plenty. Various leagues, associa­ . in a single sentence more than can be done by months of tions and societies are constantly importuning Congress to authorize additional public functions, create new offices and new sources of ridiculing the Senate's rules. The fault, if any, lies not in ~xpenditure. the rules so much as in the interpretation of them and that

is up. to the Vice President." SENATE NOT EXPECTED TO SURRENDER RIGHTS It was in his inaugural address to the Senate, when Vice "With such conditions and propensities in existence," remarks this President Dawes assumed his duties as presiding officer ·of writer, "any sort of check upon legislation is valuable, and so much the Senate on March 4 last, that the doughty General threw at least must be conceded in behalf of the present Senate rules. They his rules reform bomb into that august chamber, much to are susceptible of abuse, and there have been instances of great abuse the astonishment of the dignified membership. --but in their ordinary operation they really possess a more salutary character than shows on the surface. "In past years," he said, "bec.ause members of this body "But now that the issue has been distinctly raised and is receiving have cherished most commendable feelings of fairness energetic championship, it would be a great tactical blunder to set up courtesy and consideration for each other as individuals) a flat opposition to reform of the Senate rules. The only sound certain customs have been evolved. These have crystal- policy is to broaden the issue so as to bring up for examination and lized into fixed and written rules of procedure for the trans- settlement the entire legislative process-a matter which necessarily action of public business which, in their present form, place iJ1c1udes the relations the administration should sustain to the process. It is really to a defect in that particular that most of our troubles power in the hands of the individuals to an extent at times are due.)' subversive to the fundamental principles ~f free govern- Few believe that Vice President Dawes will succeed in bringing ment. about the complete reform he proposes. The Senate, jealous of its "Under the inexorable laws 01 human nature and human own prerogatives, is not expected to surrender entirely its rights of reaction, this system of rules, if unchanged, cannot but deliberation. It may agree to curtail debate when plain effort to block desirable legislation by a destructive filibuster is apparent, but lessen the effectiveness, prestige and dignity of the United whether it will yield to the demand in some quarters to place the States Senate. Were this the first session of the Senate power to limit discussion in the hands of a majority of the body and its present system of rules, unchanged, should be pre- rather than two-thirds is decidedly problematical. That, really, is sented seriously for adoption, the impact of outraged pub- the crux of the whole controversy.

c&-; 3~ June} 1925 N. C. W. C. BuLLETIN 7 St. Louis Meeting of the Catholic Press Association ATTENDED BY fifty delegates remedy, namely, to restore Jesus Christ to His rightful place in indi­ 1\ and favored by the presence vidual lives, in the home, in the university, in all human activities. of Most Reverend John J. Christ must be introduced into every walk of life if we are to put an end to civic corruption, atheistic education, materialistic philosophy, Glennon, D.D., Archbishop of St. lack of law and order, racial and religious hatred, obscene literature Louis, Right Reverend Philip R. and family disintegration." McDevitt, D.D., Bishop of Harris­ FATHER BURKE . EXPLAINS WORK OF N. C. W. C. burg and chairman of the N. C. W. C. Department of Press, Pub­ Father Burke then addressed the delegates on the aims and purpose licity and Literature, and Reverend of the Welf~re Conference. He described in detail the special func­ tions of . the various departments and emphasized the necessity that John J. Burke, C.S.P., general sec­ exists for cooperation between these departments and the editors of retary of the Welfare Conference, Catholic publications. Without the bond of mutual interest and BISHOP McDEVITT the fifteenth annual meeting of the thorough cooperation, he declared, it would be very difficult. if not Chairman. N. C. W. C. Catholic Press Association, held in impossible, to carry out the aims of the Hierarchy in establishing the Department of Press National Welfare Conference for the benefit of the Church in this and Publicity St. Louis, May .15-16, proved one country and for the advancement of true citizenship. of the most interesting and helpful ''The Catholic Weekly from the Educational Standpoint" was the meetings in the history of the organization. The conven­ subject of a paper by Benedict Elder, editor of The Record, Louis­ tion sessions opened at the Statler Hotel with President ville, Ky. Joseph P. O'Mahony, editor of the Indiana Catholic, and Patrick F. Scanlan- in the chair. Addre~ses of welcome Anthony Beck of the Michigan Catholic led in the discussion of were delivered by Archbishop Glennon and Mayor Miller, Mr. Elder's paper", following which reports of the Catholic Press both speakers praising the manner in which the Catholic Assoc:ation were submitted by President Scanlan, Secretary Elder, and Treasurer J aegle. press of the country was fulfilling its m~ssion and assisting the cause of religion and moral truth. Bishop McDevitt MR. MCGRATH'S REPORT followed with an address in which he 'pointed out the At the second session of the convention, Justin McGrath, director Catholic and American aspects of the meeting. of the N. C. W. C. News Service, presented a report covering the activities of this service during the past year. He announced that BISHOP McDEVITT'S ADDRESS two additional foreign correspondents had been secured last year­ "It is a Catholic gathering," said the Bishop, 'because we are en­ V. Myslevic, Jr., editor of Cech, correspondent for Czechoslovakia, gaged in a supremely Catholic work-the spreading, protecting, pre­ and Dr. Alexander Mombelli, Canon in the patriarchate of J eru " serving, perpetuating and propagating of the faith of Jesus Christ. s!,!lem, correspondent for the Near East. New subscriptions to the We come together in an endeavor to make our work more effective service were reported as follows: The Catholic Obse1'ver of Phoenix and efficient, and with the deep realization and recogni60n that we Ariz. ; Good C07msel of Philadelphia; The Diocesan of Toledo; Th; have in our power agencies for leading mankind to a larger, bigger, Bulletin of Vancouver; and Catholic Opinion of Kingston, Jamaica. better and br;ghter life and to a future of supreme joy and happiness. Mr. McGrath explained the many special services of an important "A gathering of this kind, my dear friends, must necessarily and character that had been supplied through the N. C. W. C. News Ser­ fundamentally be interesting to the public, encouraging to our spiri­ vice during the past year and referred to a number of commendations tual leaders, in.spiring to those who cooperate with us and stimulating of the service" received from editors and others both at h~me and to ourselves. abroad. He reported that the News Service now has 76 subscribers "Besides being a Catholic gathering this is also an American gath­ to its regular service, 24 t6 the cable service, 16 to · the picture ser­ ering. From the time of Washington down to the present there has vice, and 47 colleges and schools subscribing for teaching purposes. not been one public-spirited, important, influential or far-seeing states­ Following the reading of Mr. McGrath's report, Bishop McDevitt man in this wonderful country who has not agreed upon the belief again addressed the convention. He asked from the editors a frank that religion and morality make for good citizenship. And when evaluation of the News Service and told them that the purpose of you come together today, in- the bishops in establishing sisting upon, standing up an international news service for, defending and uphold­ for the benefit of the Cath­ ing religion and morality olic papers had been to make you are rendering a distinct available to them in the best service not only to your journalistic form the news Church but to America, you of Catholic activities are showing yourself to be throughout the world. He a living, breathing citizen Eaid he was desirous of who has the very best in­ knowing from the editors terest of our country at themselves whether this ob­ heart. j ect was being attained "We have a considerable through the exist;ng ser­ personal, family, educational, vice. He sa i d he .would philosophical, racial, relig­ welcome any suggestions ious and governmental an­ the editors had to make. archy today. Our Associa- " PATRICK F. SCANLAN JUSTIN McGRATH Following the remarks of tion gives the world the Reelected President of the C. P. A. Director, N. C. W. C. News Service (Continu,ed on page 20)

. , 8 N. C. W. C. BULLETIN June~ 1925 Holy See Promotes Bishop Chartrand to Cincinnati Archbishopric Bishop McNicholas Transferred to Indianapolis and Monsignor Noll Appointed Bishop of Fort Wayne RANSFERS affecting two distinguished members of Diocese has become one of the most important sees in the the American Hierarchy and the elevation of a well- Middle West. T known monsignor to the American episcopate have Bishop McNicholas, who will succeed Bishop Chartrand been announced in cable advices received from Rome. in Indianapolis, was consecrated Bishop of Duluth Sep­ Right Rev. Joseph Chartrand, D.D., Bishop of Indian- tember 8, 1918, and has served with conspicuous success apolis, has been, promoted to be Archbishop of Cincinnati, in the 1tIinnesota Diocese since that time. A member succeeding there the late Archbishop Moeller, and Right of the Dominican Order, Bishop McNicholas has a nation­ Rev. John T. McNicholas, O.P., D.D., Bishop of Du- wide reputation as one of the most eloquent preachers in luth, has been transferred to the See of Indianapolis, the American Hierarchy. filling the place made vacant as a result of Bishop Char- Bishop-elect Noll is best known as the founder and trand's transfer. The other appointment is that of the editor of The Sunday Visitor~ read by more than 3,000,000 Right Rev. Msgr. John F. Noll, D.D., of Huntington, Ind., Catholics and non-Catholics every week. In addition to to the See of Fort Wayne, vacant since the death of Bishop his duties as pastor of St. Mary's Church in Huntington~ \. Alerding several months ago,. where he has built up a complete parish plant, Msgr. Noll Bishop Chartrand will succeed to the metropolitanship established the Sunday Visitor Press and a Training of one of the most important provinces in the United School for Missionary Catechists, the latter costing over States, the Cincinnati jurisdiction including at present $200,OCXl He is the author of many well-known and widely dioceses in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Ten- circulated books and pamphlets. Msgr. Noll was born nessee, and lower Michigan, as follows: Cincinnati, Cleve- fifty years ago in Fort Wayne, see city of his diocese. land, Columbus, Covington, Detroit, Fort Wayne, Grand The N. C. 'w. C. BULLETIN extends to these three di - Rapids, Indianapolis, Louisville, Nashville and Toledo. tinguished prelates cordial felicitations and best wishes. Bishop Chartrand was ordained September 24, 1892, We pray that God may continue abundantly to bless them maue u-Atij UlUl tBL.op 0 11l r l;.l1lnpnl C, 'fl1 (1m I 15, ill tIl ir '1 i rlllJuI Iuh >11 rrny~r which. Wf' are sure. 1910, awl ~uL.L.l.;cdcJ lo the Sec of Indi:l.n:1poli S p mhpr will find fervent respon e In the heal t~ 01 all UUl 7, 1918. Under his energetic leadership, the Indianapolis readers.

<=&- 3 3~ 1? Organization Similar to N. C. W. C. Urged Upon Catholics in Canada HE NORTHWEST REVIEW~ published in Winne­ "We lack solidarity; we lack national outlook; we lack that peg, Canada, in an editorial appearing -in its issue of Dominion-wide organization which would enable us to function as a T Apri125, 1925 and headed "The N. C. W. C.," deplores national unit, and to bring the full weight of our influence to bear on every question in which the interests of the Church, in any part of the lack of solidarity among the Catholics of Canada and Canada, are involved. We have altogether too many myopes who urges a national union similar to the N. C. W. C., which, the cannot see anything, and consequently take no interest in anything article state$, has produced "such splendid results" in the outside their own little parish, or city, or diocese, or province. United States. The scheme of organization followed by the Parochialism is responsible for much of the discrimination by which National Council of Catholic Women and the National Catholics in various parts of this country are handicapped, notably here in Manitoba. Council of Catholic Men is recommended to the laity of FOLLOW EXAMPLE OF CATHOLICS IN U. S. Canada. The Catholics of Quebec Province, to whose "To remedy this deplorable condition we have only to follow the leadership all Canada looks, are asked to take the initiative example of our brethren in the United States, where the organization ~1"l. t.h n 11I:t{~OI1 of !l {l ( t r naoiltn union g il-niz CI along of th National Catholic Welfare Conference has produced such the lines of the W lf~l·e Conf rence. The editOrIal follows splendid 1 l;!l;U1LS. Ullc1u Lit US)!''-..... uI lIu .. nod"Il .. t UB' J1I.:. til in part: Naliuuul Cuum.il or Cuthol1c {en nncl it, N;)tion::ll Cottn it of Catho­ lic Women have been instituted in nearly every diocese. The watch­ "What is wrong with the Catholic Church in Canada? word of all these units is national service. They express a united "Many of our readers will, no doubt, be ready with the indignant Catholic viewpoint on all questions; they exert influence because they answer, 'There is nothing wrong with the Church in this or any represent power. We need a similar national union in Canada. The other country.' We admire and commend the spirit of loyalty that Knights of Columbus and the Catholic Women's League, already would prompt such an answer to such a question. It is a very good operating in nearly all the larger centers, would no doubt be quite answer, only it is not true. If there is nothing wrong ~ith us, then willing to fall in line and form the nucleus around which such a in Heaven's name, how are we going to explain the palpable facts that national union could be formed. our influence is so nearly negligible, that, in the deciding of national "From a national standpoint we English-speaking Catholics are issues of vital importance to us, we are often quietly ignored, that greatly dependent on the province of Quebec. We are especially our rights are tramped on with impunity, that our religion may be dependent upon our French-speaking co-religionists in the matter of insulted without fear of arousing the indignation and resentment leadership. It is impossible for us to accomplish anything on a that should be visited upon the ignorant fanatics or designing mounte­ national scale unless Quebec takes the lead. Without Quebec we can banks who favor such contemptible tactics? .... do nothing; with Quebec showing the way we can do all things." June~ 1925 N. C. W. C. BULLETIN 9

In the Field of Immigration

THE FUNC.TIONS of the N. C. W. C. Bureau of Immigration with offices at Washington and the ~h'/;ef ports of entry are: (1) Assisting immigrants at ports of entry and ports ~f em~arkatwn, ~2) follow::up work and helping immigrants to destination; cooperating ~n !h.e:r beh~lf .wzt~ authon~ed !oc~l Catholic agencies; coordinating Catholic immigration actw#Jes; d1-Str1butmg Amertcamzatton and related literature,' aiding immigrant. education and natur~liz~tio~, (~) coop~rating 'lvith U. S. governmental and other national agencies, (4) comPilatwn of 'lnformatwn and statistics, (5) handling special immigration problems.

Union of Families on Humane and Moral assured him of our anxiety to correct any Permission Obtained for Mother and Grounds Favored by Secretary Davis erroneous impression which might have been Children to Sail Together . carried in the immigration pages of the IT IS WITH PLEASURE that we pre- Last minute intercession on the part of BULLETIN. pare this paragraph as supplementary to the N. C. W. C. resulted favorably in the the immigration pages of the March BUL­ Spanish Student Aided by N. C. W. C. case of a young Italian mother who came LETIN in stating the attitude of the Honor­ Bureau to this country with her husband four years able Secretary of Labor towards uniting the ago, but who since the birth of her last One week a young Spanish immi­ families of resident aliens. Secretary Da­ a~o, baby has been confined in the New York grant arrived at New York stating t4at he vis in recent letters protested our statement State Hospital for the Insane and, becau~e was coming to study electrical engineering that he favored the union of these families of this public charge status, has been or­ chiefly on economic grounds. In reply we at the Knights of Columbus School in that dered deported. For some months the doc­ quoted as our authority various "newspaper" city. His certificate showed that he had tors decided that she could not travel but studied this subject in Spain and a letter accounts reputed as being a farewell state­ when she later improved so that it was safe from the school proved that he had been to . have her make the voyage, the deporta­ ment at the time of his sailing for South America, two in particular being from the accepted as a student. His testimony fur­ tion proceedings automatically went into ef­ ther showed that his family was well able Philadelphia North American of November fect. to support him while in the United States The husband was quite distracted. Both " wi th(' llfillu,p(JfP!'r Tri{11lnl' of Novem­ :lntI llut h V hUll ' i hi:. inklltiqn Clf h~ ;:tl1fi his wiff' ;Jgreed that it was best for ber 9. coming merely to stUdy and return after­ her to retui U Lo Ilc:t1y I.lUL dIe Ilt.J ... LunJ c\ lJ In his r '(,; lit I 'ltc::l, Se l' tnry Dnvis h~~ wards Spam, as his a v i,sa 1 c­ llut wi 11 the st.igmn ot deport:ltinn ntbcherl assured us that he fav;ors the union of fam­ to non-!lut)( qui red. The difficulty lay in the fact that to his wife's name and both desired that ilies chiefly on humane and moral grounds the school apparently was not on the ap­ their three little children should accompany and that while there does exist an economic proved list of the Secretary of Labor, al­ their mother. reason, it is of lesser importance. The though the boy insisted when testifying With deportation only four days away, knowledge that the Secretary of Labor has before the Board of Special Inquiry at Ellis the N. C. W. C. Bureau of Immigration taken this commendatory position relative Island that the consul had told him it had appealed to the Secretary' of Labor's Board to this existing need is most refreshing. He been approved. has supplied us with a copy of his farewell of Review, requesting that the wife be al­ The N. C. W. C. representative appeared lowed to leave at her husband's expense. speech broadcast from Station WEAF on at the hearing in Washington in behalf of November 6, 1924,and we are greatly The Board consented, but delay in writing the boy and made an investigation which pleased to note below the underscored por­ up the decision caused it to reach Ellis resulted in finding that, on January 30, the tions which relate to the question herein Island too late. The wife was already on school in New York had been approved by board ship as a deportee. ' discussed. the Secretary of Labor for this particular ApPEAL By N. C. W. C. BUREAU boy, and that this fact was recorded in the SECRETARY DAVIS' STATEMENT office of the Commissioner General, where­ The thought of the three small children While the present law is operating well, we upon the boy's immediate admission was or­ left behind, the two who had been born in are discovering ways in which it might be im­ proved. I believe that the Congress during the dered. Previously there had been grave America, in a foundling asylum, where the cornil1g winter qe!!sion should take steps t? pro­ danger of his deportation. father had had to place them since their dd ....." "lSI I,,, pI' Vf Htlnll til rDarntl n of families through tne operation. of ~11C l~w. n" m thor' illne . and ttl littl ~ ~Ii n born IlIUlllLY d l11:mel.. tl1:1+ our lmnugratlOn cod International Council of Women Discusses shall not opel'ate to keep husband and. \VHe, one being cared for by a neighbor, cau ed brothers and sisters, or parents and chtldren Quota Restriction.s the N. C. W. C. to make a fre;:;h appeal to apart wherever it is possible to bring them to· gethe~. Our whole civiliization is builded upon At the seventh Quinquennial of the Inter­ Assistant Secretary of Labor Husband. Al­ the unit of the family, and nothing in our laws national Council of Women held in Wash­ though Ellis Island was by then officially should operate to destroy tha~ .unit. Ther~. is an economic reason, too, for Unttll1g the fam~bes ington last month the standing committee closed for the day, Secretary Husband suc­ or immigrants. It wo~ld be well to .co?slder ceeded in telephoning the authorities there some method of providmg for the adrrusslOn of on emigration and immigration discussed the alien families as a unit. principally the question of the separation of to have the mother taken off the ship. Ar­ In our replies to Secretary Davis' letters, families caused by the quota restrictions of rangements were made by which she and the we have stated the sincerest hope that his the United States immigration law. This three children sailed a few days later, attitude on the union of these alien families is a subject in which the N. C. W. C. Bu­ leaving the husband and father sorrowful will find expression in legislative amend­ reau of Immigration is deeply concerned to be sure at the separation, but happy that ments to the present law which will care and against which corrective legislation is at least his wife and children were together for these humane and moral needs. We also . to be hoped for in the next Congress. and that they were not deportees. ~? 36 ere:> 10 N. C. W. C. BULLETIN June, 1925

National Council Cat'holic Men Chairman: RT. REV. JOSEPH SCHREMBS, D.D. OFFICERS AND MEMBERS EXECUTIVE MEMBERS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE Martin Conboy . Admiral William S. Benson, President Archdiocese of New York Archdiocese of Baltimore T. J. Cahill Thomas P. Flynn, Vice-President Diocese of Cheyenne Archdiocese of Chicago Francis R. Lowther Joseph M. Tally, Secretary Archdiocese of St. Louis Diocese of Providence Charles J. Korz Charles I. Denechaud, Treasurer t Diocese of Newark Archdiocese of New Orleans . Joseph H. Reiman Richmond Dean, Archdiocese of Chicago Diocese of Pittsburgh Michael B. Hurley, Archdiocese of St. Paul Charles F. Dolle H. A. N. Daily, Archdiocese of PbJ.ladelphia Archdiocese of Cincinnati James E. Deery, Diocese -of Indianapolis Peter A. Drury, Archdiocese of Baltimore Executive Secretary: Edward J. O'Connor

History of New Orleans Archdiocesan Holy N arne Union Organization Has 113 Branches in Louisiana, Including 31 Junior Societies

N THREE or four important respects the Holy Name credit for this quickening of the spiritual life of the Arch­ Society in the Archdiocese of New Orleans is an exemplar diocese. I for Catholic organizations in every othe~ section of the The Holy Name Society of the Archdiocese of New United States. The most significant of these is perhaps its Orleans wa founded first in St. Vincent de Paul parish, practical and impressive demonstration that patient and New Orleans, in 1899, following a mission conducted by the painstaking effort overcomes even the most formidable dif­ Passionist Fathers. Two years later the second branch wa ficulties. The Holy 1 arne Society in this Archdioce e is organized in the parish of St. John the Baptist, al 0 at the strong and permanent because its progress has been slow conclusion of a mission given by the Passionists. Father and substantial. In the course of twenty-six years the l\1ichall, noted as an eloquent preacher as well as fervent organization has spread through the State of Louis:ana missionary, gave the impetus to the society. In 1903 the and across the borders of Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi third branch got its beginning in St. Alphon u parish, where and Alabama and has enrolled in its mem­ Father E. Cantwell, C.SS.R., had just bership not only the white Catholics of the closed a mission. Father Cantwell is now Archdiocese but also thousands of colored Provincial of the Redemptorists with head­ Catholics. quarters in St. Louis, Mo. 1 here are now 113 branches of the Holy Name Society in Louisiana. Of these 69, WORK OF FA'UIER CANTWELL including 31 Junior Societies, are in New Mo t Reverend Archbishop Chapelle was Orleans. The aggregate membership of present when the 600 men who had formed these branches is nearly lO,OOO---and it is this branch stood with lighted candle in growing steadily. The various branches their hands and pronounced the olemn are linked together in the Archdiocesan pledge which they took as members of the Union, which was established about twenty Holy Name Society. His Grace was years ago. L. E. Thoman, at who e sug­ greatly moved and, mounting the pulpit, gestion the Union was organized, is now delivered a powerful sermon in which he serving in his twentieth consecutive term exhorted the men to keep true to their as its president. Mr. Thoman has fur­ pledges and by the example of their purity nished able leadership and eloquent ex­ and piety win others to their organization. ample to the Catholic laity in this work. This branch continued to flourish and He has associated with him, under the di­ proved so great a leaven to the parish that MOST REV. JOHN' W. SHAW, D.D .. rection of Most Reverend Archbishop Archbishop of New Orleans Father Cantwell urged the establishment John D. Shaw, D.D., a score of zealous and Under whose p'ltronage the New Orleans of other societies in the various parishes. Archdioce an Union of Holy Name Soc'eties active co-workers who share with him the has attained a remarkable growth At his suggestion a committee was ap- June~ 1925 N. C. W. C. BULLETIN 11 pointed to solicit the cooperation of other for its splendid organization. This branch pastors. has a "uniform rank" of some forty mem­ L. E. Thoman (now president of the Holy bers. Clad in their immaculate white uni­ Name Union of the Archdiocese) became forms, with gold trimmings and dress chairman of this committee. The pastors swords, they present an impr~ssive appear­ gave their support and the laymen responded ance. They have a fine silk American flag in considerable numbers. In the years that with a handsome standard and this they have followed, branches have been estab­ carry wherever they go. They have fre­ lished in practically every parish in New quently taken part in public ~xercises and Orleans and in most of the parishes of the always evoke pride and admiration .. state. Mr. Thoman traveled throughout Louisiana in his effort to form a society in COLORED CATHOLICS HAVE OWN UNION every community. The branches founded There is inspiration as well as interest in in Texas, Arkansas, a~d elsewhere outside the story of the colored laymen who have of Louisiana were eventually withdrawn L. E. THOMAN joined the Holy Name Society in the Arch- from the roll of the Archdiocesan Union and termNow asserving president his twentiethof the New successive Orleans diocese of New Orleans. They now have a became separate organizations of their Archdiocesan SocietiesUnion of Holy Name parochial organization of the Holy Name respective dioceses. Society in each of the nine parishes in New Father Cantwell was transferred from New Orleans to Orleans. They have their own Archdiocesan Union, with Portland, Oregon, about twenty years ago. He had endeared their own officials and hold their rallies separately. In Holy himself to all the people of New Orleans, but particularly Ghost parish some 200 members are enrolled and in St. to the members of the Holy Name Society. A special meet- Katherine's about the same number. The organization in ing of the Holy N arne Society was called to give him a token Holy Ghost parish has its own brass band. Following the of the affectionate regard in which he was held and of the rallies of the Diocesan Union of the colored men's branches loving recollection of his life and labors in New Orleans. they march through the streets, usually ending the processions This token was a beautiful ostensorium, appropriately in- at St. Katherine's church because of its central location. scribed, for use in his new church. On the evening of The pastor of Holy Ghost parish reports that last year Father Cantwell's departure, members of the Holy Name (1924) there were 37,000 Holy Communions of colored gathered in the rectory as an escort. They accompanied him people in his flock. This record is considered notable. In to the station in a special car and bade him a farewell that their Dioce an Union, which held its latest rally on . the was a grief to him and them. second Sunday of last January, about 2,000 men and boys Father Cantwell's last recommendation to the laymen was were in the closing procession. that the Holy Name branches already organized should be The officers of the Archdiocesan Union 0.£ Holy Name b~ought together in an Archdiocesan Union. There was a Societies of New Orleans are: L. E. Thoman, president; rally in which all the branches participated. The special Joseph M. Rault, vice-president; Earle J. Christenberry, committee appointed. to organize this rally became a perma- secretary, and Thomas J. Donald, treasurer. Very Rev. W. nent board and established the Union. The first rally was L. Polk, C.SS.R., is archdiocesan director. The Union and held in 1905. Twelve hundred men attended it. At some of all its constituents are under the patronage of the .Most the recent. ralli s s v rat times that tlumb r hav aU nc1

12 N. C. W. C. BULLETIN June, 1925

Forty Parishe's Represented at Meeting of Dayton Deanery Council IX HUNDRED and five men, some of whom uch completene and precision that the entire program was pre­ traveled more than one hundred miles in trains and sented, without an omission or a disappointment, within the two and a half hours allotted. Mr. Johnson would accept no place on the S atltomobiles, attended the Dayton Deanery meeting program, preferring to remain hard at work all day-and even of the National Council of Catholic Men at Kenton, Ohio, throughout the meeting-to insure its execution to the last detail. on lVlay 17. Kenton is the home of Walter T. Johnson, It was remarked by observers of Mr. Johnson's industry that "it was president of the Cincinnati Archdiocesan Council of the no wonder an example like that given by the president of the organ­ National Council of Catholic Men. ization ~hould bring such creditable results from its members." Charles F. Dolle, member of the national executive committee of In the big gathering at Elks Hall, the only place in the National Council of Catholic Men and vice-president of the Arch­ Kenton large enough to accommodate the assemblage, were diocesan Council; Rev. Francis A. Gressle, secretary of the Arch­ many non-Catholics, not a few of whom were invited after diocesan Council; Judge Edward T. Dixon, long a conspicuous figure they had inquired whether they might among the leaders of the organization, and attend. Mayor T. R. Castor of Kenton A. M. Boex, executive secretary of the Arch­ welcomed the delegates and visitors diocesan Council traveled from Cincinnati (a round trip of nearly 300 miles) to take part and remained throughout the meeting. in the program. Mr. Dolle recounted the Congressman Brooks T. Fletcher was work of the Archdiocesan Council's Legisla­ one of the principal speakers. Neither tive Committee, of which he is chairman. In Congressman Fletcher nor Mayor Cas­ addition to deliveririg an address on "The tor is a Catholic. C"tholic Viewpoint," Judge Dixon presided. IIb atltlre~s was a plea for the Cathulic. cu­ In addition to delegates from nearly UP!';I atiull ill tll ci vh,. Ii fc of the eounl1'y LIld everyone of the forty parishes in the for religious tolerance. Several non-Cath­ Dayton Deanery, there were present olic attorneys and public officials, who, though about twenty men from the Diocese of unacquainted with Judge Dixon, had heard Toledo, only a few miles distant from reports of his eloquence, were on hand, when Kenton. The pastors of six parishes he spoke. in the deanery, including the Rev. H. FATHER GRESSLE RECOMMENDS ((BULLETIN" J. Schumacher of Immaculate Con­ Father Gressle urged members of the Na­ ception Church, Kenton, were in the tional Council of Catholic Men and the laity gathering. Father Schumacher ad­ in general to subscribe for the N. C. W. C. dressed the meeting and declared that BULLETIN, which, he said, is an "impressive the Men's Council of his parish had WALTER T. JOHNSON record" of the work that Catholics of the United States are doing, under the direction worked to the "spiritual and social President of the Cincinnati Archdiocesan Council, N. C. C. M., who, with a corps of able laymen of their bishops for the moral, social and edu­ benefit" of his congregation. Begin­ and the whole-hearted cooperation of the clergy, has made the Men's Council Movement an out­ cational welfare of the country. Mr. Boex ning as the weakest organization in standing success in the Cincinnati Archdiocese. reported the amount of dues paid by the par- the parish, Father Schumacher said, ishes in the deanery for 1925. the Men's Council had become the strongest and most Eighty-three members of the Dayton Deanery Council renewed useful. At both the Masses in Immaculate Conception Church their subscriptions to the BULLETIN. Father Schumacher announced the time and place of the Francis M. Crowley, director of the N. C. W. C. Bureau of Edu­ cation, summarized its purposes, program and activities and pointed meeting and urged that every man in the parish attend. out ways in which these may be furthered by the Men's Council. The six hundred men who overflowed the auditorium of the Elks Delegates from various sections of the Archdiocese were unan­ Club were there in no spirit of outing or recreation. A heavy storm imous in their reports that interest in the Men's Council and appre­ had raged in that section of Ohio the previous night. By Sunday ciation of its endeavors are growing. Some of these spokesmen told morning the temperature had dropped to the point of chilliness. of a strong sentiment for a diocesan convention early next autumn. The skies were overcast and threatening. To many who drove to It is now regarded as likely that this convention will be held. There Kenton in automobiles, the journey meant bad roads, an aggregate are predictions that it will number several hundred delegates and of several hours on the way and return to their homes after night­ attract four or five thousand visitors. The executive committee of fall. Their presence under these conditions was proof of their in­ the Archdiocesan Council has not yet given approval to the project. terest in their organization and its activities. This big Kenton meeting was not without its social aspect. Mrs. ENERGETIC WORK OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON C. Fletcher played the piano delightfully and David Quinn sang in a All the principal executive officers of the Archdiocesan Council \vay that prompted encores. Judge Dixon's humorous stories were and most of those of the Deanery organization were at the big meet­ by no means the least of the entertainment. Following adjournment, ing. President Johnson is credited with a large measure of the the delegates were guests at a buffet luncheon provided by the Ken­ success of this first attempt to assemble the members of the organ­ ton parochial council. ization in the remotest part of the Archdiocese-at a point only a President Johnson is to visit Rome in J une_ On his way to the few miles from the boundary of the Toledo Diocese. The arrange­ Eternal City he will call on General de Castelnau, president- of ments, which he personally planned or snpervised, were realized with the Catholic Federation of France. June} 1925 N. C. W. C. BULLETIN 13 Knights of St. John Guided by Spirit of Crusaders Order Has FQstered Finest Ideals of Catholic Manhood for More Than Half Century

POR MORE than fifty years the Knights of St. John clergy members, a~d municipal officials reviewed the parade. has been conspicuous among the Catholic organiza­ The Knights of St. John had its beginning in Rochester. tions which have been protecting Catholic interests, Its oldest and youngest commanderies were there in 1924. promoting Catholic ~nterprises, and fostering the ideals of St. Maritius Commandery No.9 was the first to. be formed. Catholic manhood in the United States. Along with the That was more than fifty years ago. Since then the Or­ Christian chivalry of the Crusaders, the Knights of St. John der's growth has been steady in numbers and it has spread has practiced their charity and followed their example of to every · section of the country. There are now more than usefulness to the Church. Many Catholic enterprises have 300 commanderies. The late Cardinal Gibbons was the been assisted by the Knights. Among the latest beneficiaries first Spiritual Adviser of the Knights of St. John and of its benevolence is the Cardinal Gibbons Institute for col­ one' of its staunch friends till his death. ored youth in Ridge, Maryland. The Order ranks high wherever its benefits and its influ­ A writer paying tribute to the Order said: "In our work ence are known. It is a strictly Catholic organization. None for God and humanity we try to teach but Catholics are admitted to its mem­ the necessity of every member being bership. There is hardly a Catholic a Knight in fact as well as in name, community in which the Knights have and R Q'ood Catll lies to b ar in mind 11 t iv'n rn h 1p t indiv'du 1- th:1t th Knight<; of St. John always institutions. Its charities to individ­ in ulcate<;l chastity, obedience, and uals, however, are never made public, benevolence. We accept the teach­ Every Knight of St. John is impressed _ ings of our patron Saint, ur loye one. with the obligation of sustaining the another and to carry out the precepts high reputation of the name he bears. of Faith, Hope and Charity with unity He is required to live an9. act as a and loyalty added. This means unity Knight "on knightly errand bent" and in purpose and good works, among to keep constantly in mind the high ourselves and our neighbors; loyalty character whose name the Order has to God and country." taken for its own. He must, if he is Knowing the appeal which knightly faithful to the pledges he takes, be a honor has and recognizing the attrac­ good Catholic-and a good Catholic tiveness and benefit of drill exercises is also a good citizen. No true Knight and military discipline to young men, of St. John can fail to love God, his it was natural that the Knights should country, and his 'home. organize uniform societies of semi­ Two of the material advantages of military character, as a means of ex­ membership in the Knights of St. emplifying the ideals and precepts of John are the sick benefit and the pro­ the Crusaders. Accordingly, the uni­ HON. FRANK X. SCHWAB tection given to widows and orphans Supreme President, Knights of St. John form rank of the Knights of St. John Is also Mayor ~f the City of Buffalo, N. Y., being of members .. The payment in the case has become a strong and edifying or­ the first Catholic ever to hold the office of chief executive in the Queen City of the Lakes. The of the illness or injury of a Knight is ganization. The present uniform was Knights of St. John has been affiliated with the NatiolJal Council of Catholic Men since the formation made weekly. The beneficiaries of the adopted in 188B. of the latter organization and has been one of its most interested and cooperative supporters. widows' and orphans' insurance receive The biennial conventions of the the amount of the policy on the death Knights of St. John are among the most notable Catholic of husband and fath~r. Many thousands of dollars have gatherings in this country. At the convention in Rochester, been paid out in these benefits during the existence of the N. Y., last July, more than ten thousand Knights and mem­ Order. The report to the convention of 1922 showed that bers of their Ladies' Auxiliary attended. The Auxiliary a total of $45,000 had been paid into the widows' and or­ held its convention at the same time. Following the re­ phans' fund in the preceding year. ligious services with which this convention was opened, The Holy Father has testified to his affectionate regard some 3,000 Knights and members of the Ladies' Auxiliary for the Knights of St. John by granting special indulgences marched through the principal streets of Rochester. With for the recitation of two prayers by the Order's members massed bands and their colors upraised, they made an im­ each time they don their uniforms for any functions in which pressive appearance. Supreme President Frank X. Schwab, they may participate in conformity with their own rules Mayor of Buffalo, who was reelected, other supreme officers, ( Continued on page 14) 14 N. C. W. C. BULLETIN June, 1925 Australian Cath~lic Federation Shows Value of Organization ANY USEFUL lessons for American Catholics may be port of rural parishes, and for the establishment and continuance of read in the latest annual report of the Aus~ralian C~tholic. scholarships. In addition to this amount there has been spent a M Federation, one of the most alert and actIve agencIes of considerable sum in the promotion of its other activities-aid to the sort in the world. This organization is now but twelve years immigrants, care of orphans, assistance to the Catholic summer old, but it has been in that relatively brief pe~iod a big factor in school, etc. compelling recognition and respect for the religious and civil rights Recently the Catholics of Australia were confronted with the pro­ of Catholics in Australia. posal for compulsory reading of the Bible (generally one of the Most Rev. Dr. Mannix, Archbishop of Melbourne, has given not Protestant versions) in the state schools. This propbsal originated merely approval but active support to the Australian Catholic Federa­ with a powerful group which was represented in the Australian tion. Under his leadership, the clergy have helped its spread and legislature by a fanatical minority of 35 in a total of 65 members. participate'd in its programs-which include assistance to Catholic The latest annual report of the Federation gives the information education, immigration, general welfare enterprises, social action, and that the election "again resulted in the defeat of the supporters of an apostolate among those outside of the household of the Fa·ith. the 'Bibles in Schools' Party, whose numbers are now at most 15 in a house of 65." PROMOTES TECHNICAL SCHOOL FOR CATHOLIC YOUTH "The position of Victoria where the Australian Catholic Federa­ One of the most difficult and at the same time one of the most tion is a virile and active body, contrasted with that in other states beneficial projects of the Catholic Federation was the establishment where the Federation is non-existant, is a striking proof of the value of a system of technical education for Catholics in Catholic institu­ of organization in Catholic interests," says the annual report. tions. A beginning has been made and realization of the whole plan EFFECfIVE IN SPiTE OF SMALL NUMBERS is assured. Australian Catholics are neither numerous nor wealthy. They are ('atholic youth wC'r at:1 c1is:utV:111t.lgf', th ~ Ferler:1tion discovererl, in fact uut cleven hundred thou and in a total population of nearly in industries which required technical education of a high standard. 8,000,000. TlIat b 1 '!>S than the ratio of the Catholic popUlation of the The only opportunity to obtain sueh training was in the state schools. United States to the whole number of Americans. Notwithstanding Two years ago the Federation studied the situation and reported the their numerical inferiority these Australian Catholics have made a findings to Archbishop Mannix. distinct impress on the religious, civic and political life of their "The Archbishop was particularly interested in the matter, and gave country. They are an intelligent and influential minority. his promise to forward it in every way," says the Federation. "The Archbishop Mannix has publicly given his appra:sement of the seed thus sown has taken root, and a Catholic Technical Sch'Jol will Catholic Federation's achievements. In an address to the students be opened early in 1925. At the request of His Grace, the Christian of the Australian Summer School, he said: Brothers have undertaken, and will commence the work at a newly- "When I have some great purpose in view-something for the bu:lt and equipped school at South Melbourne." promotion of the interests of the Church or for the promotion of the In the last four or five years the Australian Federation has rai ed a greater good of Australia ... I can always turn with absolute con- total of about $30,000 for the propagation of the Faith, for the sup- fidence and without fear of failure to the Catholic Federation."

~~~ The Knights of St. John N. C. C. M. Reorganizing in Leavenworth Diocese (Continued from page 13) Reorganization of the National Council of Catholic :Men in the and the authority of the Church. These indulgenced prayers Diocese of Leavenworth is in progress with the prospect of a renewal were obtained through the good offices of Right Rev. Joseph of· the large membership and useful activities which characterized the Schrembs, Bishop of Cleveland, in 1923. The prayer to be recited local branches there three years ago. Pastors have re ponded quickly on donning the uniform. is this: "May the Lord clothe me a new and effectively to the call for the re-establishment of parochial man, who is created in justice and truth." That to be said when the councils, and the prediction is made that before the close of the helmet or cap is donned is this: 'Place, 0 Lord, on my head the present year there will be a unit in every parish and a vigorous helmet of Salvation, that I may overcome the assaults of Satan." Diocesan Council. These prayers make the act of donning the uniform an act of faith. Leo Nusbaum, president of the Diocesan Council, and head of the OFFICERS OF ORDER Atchison Branch, reports that the need of the Men's Council in the The officers of the Knights of St. John-now the largest Catholic ci"io.cese has been emphasized by recent events. He and his a sociates military order in the United States-are: Supreme Spiritual Ad­ -particularly G. ]. Hamaker, of Topeka, secretary of the present viser, Right Rev. Thomas F. Hickey, Bishop of Rochester; Supreme organization-have been watchful of Catholic interests and have ac­ President, General Frank X. Schwab, Buffalo; Supreme Vice-Presi­ complished a good deal, but it is now felt that reorganization and Gent, General Henry A. Leusch, Cleveland; Supreme Second Vice­ extension of the Diocesan Council and its branches will insure a wider Pres:dent, General Theodore Schneider, Cincinnati; Supreme Secre­ range of activities and a larger measure of success. tary, General Leo G. Schu, Evansville, Ind.; Supreme Treasurer, For more than a year preceding the Holy Father's decree of 1922, General Joseph]. Treppa, Detroit; Supreme Counsel, General John C. the Men's Council of the Dioc~se of Leavenworth was one of the most Shea, Dayton, Ohio; Supreme Medical Examiner, Dr. C. A. Lenhard, thorough organizations in the country. Nearly every parish and Detroit; Supreme Board of Trustees, Frank X. Schwab, Leo G. practically every Catholic man was enrolled. The achievements of Schu, Joseph J. T;-eppa, Frank H. Biel, Rochester, and Emil Cort­ this Diocesan Council were in proportion to the numbers and en­ verse, Massillon, Ohio. thusiasm of its members and constituents. The nucleus of the original Editor's Note: This is the tenth article in the BULLETIN'S series organization has been preserved and the officers have remained alert dealing with the work of OHr Catholic men's organizations. The and attentive to Catholic concerns in the diocese. For these reasons series, which has created widespread interest, will be continll,ed t~ext their announcement that they are to restore the former number, nwnth '[elith an. article on the work of the strength and effectiveness of the parochial councils is equivalent tn ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY an assurance. June, 1925 N. C. W. C. BULLETIN 15

Presidents of French Federation and N. C. C. M. Exchange Letters IN THE March issue of the BULLETIN there appeared an account. of the formatwn of the National Catholic Federation of France, which is patterned after the N. C. C. M. and headed up by the famous French patriot General de Castelnau, together with a reprint of letters exchanged between General de Castelnau and Admiral W: S. Benson, president of the National Council of Catholic Men. Since the publication of these letters the following additional correspondence has taken place: "General de Castelnau, President, Federation Nationale Catholique, 76 rue de Saints Peres, Paris, France. "My dear General Castelnau: /I Please accept from me and from my associates in the National Council of Catholic Men our cordial thanks for the generous sentiments expressed in your letter of February 5, 1925. It is an honor as well as a pleasure to have your commendation and good wishes. Be assured, my dear General, that your fine Catholic spirit and the aims and works of your Federation have our sincere admiration. " Under separate cover there have been sent to you a copy of the constitution of the National Council of Catholic Men, the Pastoral Letter of the American Hierarchy, issued in 1919, a set of the Council's Information Bulletins for the last six months and certain pamphlets recounting the program and the activities of our organ'ization. With this letter you are receiving a copy of the National Catholic Welfare Conference News Sheet containing an article concerning your letter to me. This sheet is part of the neWs service that is supplied by the Welfare Conference to about 90 Catholic newspapers (including one daily) in the United States and Canada. These newspapers have more than two million Catholic readers. I trust that this widespread introduction of you my dear General, and of your Federation, to A merican. Catholics, will increase even the present high esteem in which you and the Federation are held in the United States. " With grateful acknowledgment of your kindness and earnest well ,wishes for the success of the Catholic Federation of France, I am '. il1Cl'rl'ly alld jG1',J,!II11y, lV. . Rl'I1S01l, Prl'S1t}(,IlJ."

II National Catholic Federation, 36 rue du Montparnasee, /I My dear Admiral: "I tha'nk you for sending the documents concerning the 'National Council of Catholic Men.' I rece'ived them with grat·itude, together with the publication en;;losed in your letter. /I I am happy over the feelings of friendship and mutual esteem which unite the Catholics of our two nations, and I beg you again, my dear Admiral, to receive the assurance of my high esteem in common devotion to the cause of religion. "General de Castelnau."

Idaho Laymen Hold Annual Conference Month, two one-year subscriptions to the N. C. W. C. BULLEUN were awarded by draw. Members of the Idaho Catholic Laymen's Association held their Sacred Heart Parish now has under consideration the building annual conference and elected officers on March 24 in Boise and of a new school, auditorium, residence and church. The erection voted to c ntinue the program of Catholic work they have been doing this y ar of the school at a cost of $125,000 is tentatively planned. lor the last year. Harry L. lJ..ty was 1 ee1cctcu pn!Siuclll. TIlt! uthcr In this connection the executive board has been asked to handle officers are: P. M. Davis, secretary; J. icCuc, ire ~urcr, and J. the work of taking a parish census and organizing for a drive W. B. Hu sman, W. V. Caswell, Jess Hawley, and T. C. McCauley, for funds. vice-presidents. The organization is affiliated with the Tational Council of Catholic Men. . INDIANAPOLIS, IND. After attending High Mass at St. John's Cathedral the members Appreciation of a gift to the Indianapolis Library of a complete of the conference opened their sessions at St. John's hall. Their set of "Civics Catechisms on the Rights and Duties of American first business was the reaffirmation of the purpose of the Association. Citizens," in the 14 different languages, made by Leo X. Smith, This is: "To uphold and defend the Constitution and laws of the an attorney of that city, was shown by a request for five additional United States and the State of Idaho; to preserve religious liberty; sets for use in the library branches located in the foreign quarters. to establish a better understanding of Catholic belief and practices; The request has been compliec;i with. to maintain friendly relations with all citizens regardless of creed and to encourage observance of the duties of American citizenship." Many prominent Catholics from different parts of Idaho attended Eighty Year Old Subscriber Appreciates the convention. Bulletin A letter received at N. C. C. M. headquarters from John J. A. Notes From N. C. C. M. Councils Williams of New Orleans contains the following appreciation of the BULLETIN: ST. PAUL, MINN. "I am deeply interested in my copies of the BULLETIN and, while Socred Heart Parish Council, N. C. C. M., recently held an open possible, shall try to keep up my subscription for same. My age meeting to which all members of the parish were invited. Short is within two months of eighty years. Thank God for the blessing discourses were presented by members of the standing committees of being able to enjoy the many fine articles and addresses of our on "Things Are in the Saddle" (taken from the December and grand Catholics, both lay and clerical, reported in the BULLETIN. January issues of the N. C. W. c. BULLETIN) and "The Structure This paper gives me and my friends new views that make us enjoy of Freemasonry." Father Gaudence Worm, O.F.M., spoke also one another's company. on "The Deposit of Faith!' Subjects assigned for the next meeting In a postscript, Mr. Williams, who is a veteran seaman having were "The English School Law" and "Bishop Hughes and the School served in the U. S. Transport Service during the Civil, Spanish and Question." As an evidence of the Council's interest in Press World Wars, sends his kind regards to Admiral Benson. ~~ 16 N. C. W. C. BULLETIN iuneJ 1925

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CHAIRMAN ORGANIZED TO SERVE AS Most Rev. Austin •Dowling, D.D. (1) A clearing house of information concerning Cath­ Archbishop of St. Paul 1 olic education; EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Rev. James H. Ryan, D.D. I (2) An advisory agency in the development of Catholic schools and the Catholic school system; DIVISIONS Statistics and Information (3) A connecting agency between Catholic Education Teachers' Registration Section activities and Government Education Agencies; Health Education Research Catholic Education (4) An active organization to safeguard the interests Library t of the Catholic school.

Parent-Teacher Associations in Catholic Schools By Francis M. Crowley

HE 29TH ANNUAL CONVENTION of the National tions have done much to arouse parents, fathers as well as Congress of Parents and Teachers was held at mothers, to a full appreciation of the gravity of the situation T- Austin, Texas, in the latter part of April. Accord­ and to move them to discharge the obligatiqns assumed in ing to press reports the membership of this organization founding a home. at the present time is composed of 700,000 mothers and The parent-teacher association has been aptly termed "a educators. Even if this total is somewhat exaggerated, modern social device for bringing parents and teachers to­ it at least conveys some idea of the magnitude of the gether in frank, informal, friendly conference for a natural movement. Twenty years ago only a mere handful of understanding of the problems of the home and the school women were interested; today membership is rapidly ap­ as related to children." Through these organizations the proaching the million mark, and men, in appreciable num­ parents gain a first-hand knowledge of their children's school bers, are contributing their time and talents to forwarding life, an intimate acquaintance with the teachers, an under­ the interests of the organization. standing of the school standards and methods, and a vision of the school needs. The teachers gain an opportunity to COOPERATION BETWEEN HOME AND SCHOOL know the parents of their pupils, a convenient time to ex­ While we can in no way agree with the National Presi­ plain to them the requirements of the school, and a social dent when -she says that "the child of today-even the relationship that creates a partnership between the home and average child-is being considered less and less as the per­ the school. All of which are very laudable objectives to sonal property of its parents, and more and more as belong­ strive to attain, especially in view of the fact that "out of ing to the State," we must recognize the tremendous good the 180,000 hours between birth and the age of legal matur­ that is bound to come from the unselfish efforts of an or­ ity, the child spends an average of only 7,000 hours in ganization of this type~edicated to a great cause-the schooL" The remainder are passed in the home or else­ promotion of better cooperation between the home and the where. The great need for sympathetic cooperation be­ school. And it can not be said but that it has striven tween parent and teacher is evident. valiantly and unselfishly to reach its goal. The primary purpose of the parent-teacher association is MATERIAL Am TO SCHOOL AUTHORITIES to restore the understanding between the home and the In addition to promoting sympathetic relations between school that existed in the days when the social life of the parents and teachers there are many ways in which these community centered around the school and the teacher was organizations can materially aid the school authorities. a personal friend of each one of the school's pa~rons. In :Money is often raised by them for the purchase of victrolas, our present complicated school system the parents and the school furniture, maps, supplementary reading-texts, etc., teachers of a child very seldom meet. As a result, many through staging entertainments. School officials have found parents are leaving all the work to the schools and blaming them to be an invaluable aid in supporting the costs of such chem when their children turn out to be failures in later auxiliaries as medical and dental inspection, the school hot life, little realizing that they have contributed in large meas­ lunch, and nursing service. . ure to their deficiencies through shirking their own responsi­ It is difficult to say just how many parent-teacher asso­ bilities in the home and the school. Parent-teacher associa- ciations, under one name or another, are operating in Cath- JuneJ 1925 N. C. W. C. BULLETIN 17 olic schools at the present time. In fact, the main reason dered is in large part determined by the alTIOunt of money for this short article is to secure information about those at the disposal of anyone group, it can be seen that the now functioning, so that it may be compiled in pamphlet parochial schools of Milwaukee were especially fortunate. form by the N. C. W. C. Bureau of Education. If you art'" Los Angeles has a large number of parent-teacher asso­ a member of one of these school auxiliaries and wish to aid ciations functioning in the diocesan schools. Trenton has in this project, please supply us with copies of your pro­ 30 in operation. St. Louis, Des Moines, Charleston, Denver, grams and a resume of the work you have done. The Duluth, Boise and Mobile are other dioceses where they methods of procedure employed by organizations already are reported to have been organized. Cincinnati is now in existence with a summary of their achievements can starting to organize them in several parishes. They were thus be placed at the disposal of school officials contemplat­ recently made the subject of a pastoral letter by Rt. Rev. ing the organization of parent-teacher associations. Alexander J. McGavick, Bishop of La Crosse, in which he The Archdiocese of Milwaukee has a well-organized and vigorously urged their formation. The N. C. C. M. and the unusually active group of parent-teacher associations func­ N. C. C. W ..have done and will continue to do much to tioning in its schools. One association raised $2,000 during help in their organization. They could not undertake better the past year to carryon its program. Another parish in work. The N. C. W. C. Bureau of Education seeks the the same diocese reported total receipts for the school year earnest cooperation of all in supplying it with information of $1,563. Since the amount of service that .can be ren- on those already in operation in our Catholic schools. Loyola High School Student Second in National Oratorical Contest 1,400~OOO Pupils Participate in Competition Based on Study of U. S. Constitution .

CATHOLIC high school­ of the competitors, carried off first prize by a very narrow margin, Loyola of Los Angeles-had Mr. McElmeel winning second place and a cash award of $1,000. A the proud distinction of see­ President Coolidge, in addressing the audience at the Washing­ ing one of its students, Eugene F. ton Auditorium, emphasized the tremendous importance of a move­ McElmeel, win second prize in the ment that had interested nearly one and a half millions of high National Oratorical Contest in a school students in a general study of the Constitution. He pointed field of 1,400,000 competitors. Ac­ to the enlightenment of thousands of fathers and mothers as a by­ cording to President Coolidge, that product of this intensive study and stated that the whole nation is the astounding number of Amer­ could not help but he greatly benefited by the result. . ican boys and girls who actually participated in the' preliminaries of CIVIC EDUCATION PROGRAM OF N. C. W. C. this unique contest which has as It is with the greatest satisfaction that the directors of the Civic its fundamental requirement the Education work of the National Catholic Welfare Conference have study and debating of the Constitu­ watched the development of this great civic education movement. tion of the United States. They are satisfied that the nation-wide citizenship campaign in­ EUGENE F. McELMEEL Young McElmeel emerged suc­ augurated nearly six years ago and carried on intensively since Catholic High School Winner in National Oratorical Contest cessfully as Pacific Coast champion that time in the Catholic school system and in a great variety of following four gruelling elimina­ community Americanization activities has contributed in no small tion contests. He f5rst competed against nine other students of way to this very edifying result. The N. C. W. C. has circulated Loyola High School, winning the senior gold medal for public hundreds of thousands of copies of civic education pamphlets, its speaking and the honor of representing Loyola in the district Civics Catechism on the Rights· and Duties of American Citizens final in which he competed against the following five schools: having been · printed in 14 different foreign languages, thereby Uni~ersity High School, St. Agnes High School, Catholic Girls' enabling great nu~bers of aliens to study in their own tongue High School, St. Mary's Academy, San Diego Army and Navy the American Constitution and the fundamentals of our American Academy, and Polytechnic Evening High School. Winning first government. The N. C. W. C. congratulates those who have prize in the district contest, McElmeel passed on to the Group {IF" been instrumental in promoting the National Oratorical Contest semi-finals meeting the following district school winners: Roose­ . and congratulates particularly the 1925 national winners, among velt High' School, Belmont High School, Burbank High School, whom the graduate of a Catholic high school competed with such and Owens Valley High School. He again won this group contest credit to himself and his first alma mater-the Loyola High School and the handsome silver cup presented by the Rotary Club of Los at Los Angeles, California. Angeles. He finally became eligible to enter the Los Angeles Times grand finals and met and defeated other group winners from "THE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL," Pomona High Scliool, San Bernardino High School, Franklin High School, Moorpark High School, and Bakersfield High School. a booklet of 48 pages, answers q1testions such as these: What are the By the unique distinction of winning nine first places of the 16 advantages of a Catholic High School Education? What is its ballots cast, he won The Times grand final prize of $1,000 and economic valu,ef What spiritual benefits can be derived from it? the honor of representing the Pacific Coast in the national finals What percentage of Catholic st1tdell,ts attend high schools' What at Washington, which were conducted before the President of the fields and professions are open ONLY TO HIGH SCHOOL GRAD­ United States and a distinguished audience of 8,000 persons. UATES? Price: Single copies, lOc,' lots of 50 or more 8c; postage Robert Sessions, of Birmingham, Ala., fifteen years of age, youngest f,'.1:tra. N. C. W. C. Publications Department.

~3 00 [~ 18 N. C. W. C. BULLETIN June~ 1925 Catholic Institutions for Higher Education IX-University of Santa Clara

ONDUCTED by the Jesuit fathers, the University of Santa Society of Jesus to Santa Clara. The invitation was accepted, and Clara is situated in the town of Santa Clara, in central accordingly on March 19, 1851, the Rev. John Nobili, S.]., laid the C California, forty-eight miles south of San Francisco and three foundation of the University of Santa Clara and began the work. miles from San Jose. It is located on the site of the Old Mission of Fr. Nobili adapted the old adobe build;ngs to the requirements Santa Clara. The valley of Santa Clara is famous throughout the of a school, and in a few years numerous students were in attend­ world for the beauty of its scenery, the salubrity of its climate, and ance. On April 28, 1855, the institution was chartered a University the excellence of its fruits. The climate is mild and equable both and continued for many years to be known as Santa Clara College. in summer and winter, and on that account singularly favorable for In 1907 lectures were commenced with a view of preparing persistent study and research as well as for the maximum of agree­ students to enter upon the professional courses in law, medicine able out-of-doors recreation which such work makes necessary. and engineering. By 1911, the pre-medical course was thoroughly On January 12, 1777, two Franciscan padres, de la Pena and es.tablished and the law school was begun. Realizing, therefore, Murguia, planted the Mission Cross on the banks of a little stream, that the college was practically doing the work of a university, the called from that time the Guadalupe, at a spot now forming a part of ::president, Fr. James P. Morrissey, S.]., and the Board of Trustees, the Laurel Wood Farm, near Agnew. Two years later, a flood decided to adopt officially the name of "The University of Santa destroyed both church and monastery, and the padres in consequence Clara," and this decision was publicly announced on April 29, 1912. sought a site on higher ground near the present railway station at In the summer of 1912, engineers of high standing were engaged Santa Clara. to carryon the courses in engineering, and in the next summer a There! on November 9, 1781, they laid the foundation of a large thoroughly equipped laboratory for engineering was prepared. In adobe church arid mission buildings. Three years later, on May 15, the same year the amount of work required of law students was 1784, the new church was dedicated, by the Venerable Padre Serra, increased and almost all classes in law were thenceforth held at then padre presidente of all the Missions of California. night. During the war, the pre-medical course was suspended, but This church, however, was so badly shattered by several earth­ it is being resumed with the 1923-1924 session and at the same quakes in 1~12 and 1818, that the padres were forced to build anew. t:me a College of Commerce and Finance is being inaugurated. This time they chose the site which the University now occupies. Even more pronounced than this material growth has been the There, on August 11, 1822, a still larger church was dedicated, improvement wrought in the student body by the judicious selection which did service for many years till the violent e.arthquakes in the of applicants for admission. The principle of the faculty has been years 1865 and 1868 so cracked and weakened it that extensive to receive and retain no one whose habits are not irreproachable. repairs were necessary. By the year 1885 it had been almost entirely Today parents realize that education which neglects manners is a removed, having been' gradually replaced by the present frame build­ . mistake and that a university which overlooks or takes little ing, the. interior of which is a nearly perfect reproduction of its account of morals is a monstrosity. predecessors and retains some of the old ornaments and furniture The Jesuit system of education aims at developing side by side and the ceiling of the sanctuary. the moral and intellectual faculties of the students, and sending The Mission of Santa Clara was secularized in 1836 and passed forth to the world men of sound judgment, of acute and rounded from the hands of the devoted padres intellect, of upright and manly con­ into those of politicians, who in deal­ science. And since men are not made ing with the helpless Indians violated better citizens by the mere acquisition God's laws of right and justice, as of knowledge, without a guiding and well as the laws of the Mexican controlling force, the principal facul­ government in whose name they ruled. ties to be developed are the moral Santa Clara was soon robbed of her faculties. Moreover, morality is to lands, and her children were oppressed be taught continuously, It must be or driven away to the forests. the underlying base, the vital force When Rt. Rev. Joseph Sadoc Ale­ supporting and animating the whole many, O.P., arrived, as Bishop of the organic structure of education. It Diocese of San Francisco in 1850, must be the atmosphere the student he found only one Franciscan in breathes. It must suffuse with its charge of the mission, which had been light all that he reads, illumining restored by the American govern­ what is noble and exposing what is ment, though in a sadly reduced form. base, giving to the true and false most of the land being occupied by their relative light and shade. squatters. It is one of Desiring to the decided save the rem­ ad vantages nants of the of the sys­ mission, and tem followed also to begin at Santa a college to Clara, t hat meet the the student growing need may beg i n of the time, in the Pre­ the Bishop SOME OF THE IMPRESSIVE BUILDINGS OF THE U JIVERSITY OF SANTA CLARA parato r y invited the Above: Administration Building. At left: Montgomery Laboratory. At right: Seifert Gymnasium. School con- June, 1925 N. C. W. C. BULLETIN 19 ducted under the supervision of the tories for the Engineering Depart­ University authorities, and then pass ment, Alumni Science Hall for the on, through the University Courses, General Sciences, the Service Building to graduation under the same direction and the Donohoe Infirmary, these and influence. This secures, besides are completed and are most modern the moral influence thus gained, a uni­ each in its respective line. It is hoped form and homogeneous course of to carry out the remainder of the teaching and training. The result of building plan in the near future and so this system is a continuous and normal afford young men seeking an educa­ development of the mental faculties tion at Santa Clara accommodations . along well-defined lines, and the pos­ equal to those offered by institutions session of a clear and coherent system of a like grade and ranking. of principles. Seventy-five years have passed since The University is carrying out a GLIl\IPSE OF OLD nSSION OF SANTA CLARA the inception of the College and it can building plan, erecting successive units confidently be hoped that with the in the Mission style which is so peculiar to California, and so ex­ tremendous growth of California which is looked for so con­ pressive of the true ideal of education. fidently during the next twenty-five years Santa Clara will Senior Hall, for college men, the Administration Building, Kenna soon take her place with those larger Catholic institutions which Hall, the Seifert Gymnasium with its swimming pool-the largest are doing such commendable and worth-while service for · Church inclosed collegiate pool in California-the Montgomery Labora- and Country. X-The Dominican College of San Rafael, San Rafael, California HE DOMINICAN COLLEGE OF SAN RAFAEL is con­ dents who fulfill the requirements. The graduates of the college ducted by the Dominican Sisters of the Congregation of the are thus prepared to pursue courses in the universities, or to teach T Most Holy N am, of Jesus, under the patronage of the Most in the public or in the private schools of California. Rev. Edward Joseph Hanna, D.D., Archbishop of San Francisco. It To extend more widely the advantages of Catholic education to is situated in San Rafael, an hour's journey from San Francisco by intelligent young women unable to meet the full expense of college railroad and ferry, two hours from the University of California, life, openings have been made for assistant librarians and student and three h~urs from Stanford University. teachers, who are thus enabled to pay their own way; and to en­ The college was incorporated in 1891 with the power to confer de­ courage talent and to develop high standards, the college offers grees under the laws of the State of California. In preparation for honor scholarships to gifted students. collegiate work, a high school department was strongly equipped in The college campus is singularly beautiful. It lies on the outskirts accordance with the requirements of the University of California, and of San Rafael, at the foot of the Marin County hills, with a view of in 1902 was a~credited. In 1915, the Dominican Junior College was an Pablo Bay at one side, and on the other, Mount Tamalpais. The organized in response to the recommendation of the University au­ grounds include about eighty-five acres, partly laid out in lawns and thorities that all competent high schools extend their course two gardens, partly in well-cultivated farm lands. The golf links, hockey years and prepare their students to enter the junior year at Berkeley. field and polo grounds are opposite the Administration Building, the The new institution was immediately accredited by the State Uni­ tennis and basket ball courts are in the East Garden near the swim­ versity and junior certificates awarded. The need of the other two ming pool and the gymnasium. college years was perceived by the directors of the Junior College, In the Administration Building are the main chapel, the offices, and with the sanction of Archbishop Hanna, a full college course and the library, which occupies the whole south wing of the building. leading to the degree' of Bachelor of Arts was planned, and degrees Angelico Hall, southeast of the Administration Building, contains an were publicly conferred in 1922. auditorium which seats over a thousand persons. It is provided with The college is on the approved list of the Catholic Educational a four manual pipe organ and has every facility for conctrts and Association, and of the University of Califor­ theatricals. Grouped around the auditorium are nia; it has been accredited by the State Board offices, classrooms for academic work, sound­ of Education to grant credentials for the regu­ proof studios, practice rooms for the School of lar elementary and high school certificates, and Music, and a hall for the students' recitals. for the special Music Certificates to those stu- Albertus Hall contains the biological and

ATTRACTIVE BUILDINGS OF THE DOMINICAN COLLEGE OF SAN RAFAEL, SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA Angelico Hall St. Thomas Hall Administration Building 20 N. C. W. C. BULLETIN June, 1925 chemical laboratories and lecture room; opposite stands the phys­ Yale, Oxford, Gottingen and Louvain and other well-known Catholic ics building, equipped like the chemical laboratories with every and non-Catholic universities. convenience for lecture and experiment. The curriculum has been carefully planned for the best develop­ Meadowlands and Edge Hill, the residence halls, are attractive, ment of the students, physically, mentally and morally. The foun­ well-built houses that originally belonged to private families and ders of the college desire to offer them the most vital advantages now offer the combined charm of home and college life. of the great secular institutions of learning-opportunities to study, The faculty of the Dominican College is large enough to include so that they may live more happily and usefully- in the practical men and women of strikingly different personality and training, world where men and women have to make their own way; and yet small enough to become personally known to the individual opportunities to learn, for the sheer delight of learning. But students. In addition to the sisters, who have received their de­ most of all the college desires to give a Catholic education; to grees from the University of California, Bryn Mawr, and the Johns teach the truths of the Faith, so that the Dominican College Hopkins University there are on the staff other professors, both graduate may meet life, not only strong in her own belief, but priests and laymen, 'educated at the Catholic University, Columbia, prepared to convince others of the joy and truth of her belief. St. Louis Meeting of Catholic Press Association (Continued from page 7) the Bishop, a resolution was adopted that the address of Bishop Mc­ Catholic Press Association and the N. C. W. C. the facilities of its Devitt be sent to the editors of all Catholic weeklies in the form of bureau. Father Burke celebrated on Saturday morning, in the old a questionnaire and that each editor be asked to write his views to St. Louis Cathedral, a Mass for the deceased members of the asso­ the Chairman of the Department of Publicity, Press and Literature ciation, at which he preached a sermon extolling the labors of those of the National Catholic Welfare Conference. who had followed faithfully the ideals of Catholic journalism.

FATHER SMITH SPEAKS OF "CATHOLIC WEEKLy" OFFICERS CHOSEN FOR COMING YEAR "The Catholic Weekly from the News Standpoint" was the sub­ At the concluding session, the following officers were elected: ject of a paper r-ead by Rev. Matthew J. W. Smith, editor of the Honorary President, Rt. Rev. James J. Hartley, D.D., Bishop of Denver Catholic Register. A short discussion of Father Smith's Columbus. paper was led by Fred B. Sharon of the Davenport Messenger. President, Patrick F. Scanlan, The Brooklyn Tablet. Delegates and invited guests to the number of 150 participated in Vice-Presiednts: Rt. Rev. Msgr. Thomas V. Shannon, The New the banquet at the Hotel Statler on Friday evening, given by the World, Chicago; Benedict Elder, The Record, Louisville. Jesuit Fathers of. St. Louis. The occasion was featured by inspira­ Treasurer, Charles J. Jaegle, Jr., The Observer, Pittsburgh. tional addresses delivered by Archbishop Glennon; Bishop McDevitt; Executive Board: Rev. A. A. Breen, S.J., Qtteett's Work, St. Msgr. Quinn, dir~ctor in the United States of the Society for the Louis; Dr. Thomas P. Hart, Catholic Telegraph, Cincinnati; Anthony Propagation of the Faith; Msgr. O'Brien, president of the Catholic J. Beck, Michigan Catholic, Detroit. Church Extension Society; Father Cloud, S.J., president of St. Louis News Bureau: H. P. Pagani, Indiana Catholic, Indianapolis; D. J. University; Msgr. Shannon, and Rev. Louis O'Hern, and Father Ritter, Catholic News, New York; J. W. Mehring, Our Suttday Vis­ John J. Burke, C.S.P. Conditions in Haiti were explained by Father itor, Huntington, Indiana. Burke, who asked the editors to inform themselves about the conduct Literature Bureau: Rev. James M. Gillis, C.S.P., Catholic World, of affairs there and to see tha.t Haiti's population, which is almost New York; Humphrey Besmond, Catholic Citizen, Milwaukee; Simon wholly Catholic, receive more of a square deal .from the American A. Baldus, Extensiott Magazine, Chicago. Occupation. President Scanlon acted as toastmaster of the evening.

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED Twenty-Second Annual Meeting of C. E. A. Resolutions were adopted as follows: Thanking Archbishop Glen­ The Twenty-Second Annual Meeting of the Catholic Educational non for his courteous welcome to the delegates and his address and Association and its departments will be held at Pittsburgh, Pa., on inspiring words at the banquet; extending hearty thanks to Very Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, June 29, 30, July 1 Rev. Charles A. Cloud, S.J., president of St. Louis University, for and 2, 1925. The Right Reverend Hugh C. Boyle, D.D., Bishop of his courtesies to the association and entertainment furnished the dele­ Pittsburgh, has given a cordial invitation to the association to hold gates at the banquet on Friday evening; extending its appreciation the meeting in his episcopal city, and his welcome and patronage in­ and thanks to the local committee, headed by Rev. A. A. Breen, S.]., sures the success of the important educational conferences arranged for the splendid convention arrangements; instructing the secretary under the direction of the association. of the C. P. A. to express the gratitude of the association to Mayor A committee of leading Catholic educators of Pittsburgh has been Miller for his cordial welcome; expressing the gratitude of the appointed by Bishop Boyle to make the preliminary arrangements. Catholic Press Association to the Hierarchy of the United States for Rev. Ralph L. Hayes, D.D., superintendent of parish schools of the their generosity in making possible the N. C. W. C. News Service, Pittsburgh Diocese, is the executive secretary of this committee. which has been, the delegates stated, the most effective agency in The William Penn Hotel will be the official headquarters of the improving the Catholic press; thanking Bishop McDevitt for his association during the meeting. presence at the convention, his encouragement, interest and zeal for Two representatives of the N. C. W. C. Bureau of Education have the welfare of the Catholic Press Association anrl pledging him, as been assigned places on the C. E. A. program. Francis M. Crowley, chairman of the Press and Publicity Department of the N. C. W. c., director of the N. C. W. C. Bureau of Education, will read a paper continued support and trust that he will hold his office, so important on "Mortality in Secondary Schools;" and Charles N. Lischka, re­ for the welfare of the Catholic press, for many years to come. search specialist of the Bureau, wUl discuss "The Attendance of Father Burke thanked the editors for their cooperation in the work Catholic Students at non-Catholic Colleges and Universities in 1924." of the N. C. W. C. Department of Historical Records and asked for The announcements contained in the preliminary program indicate their continued ' interest until the work of collecting the Catholic that the twenty-second annual meeting will measure up in every re­ war data was completed. A letter was read from the Catholic In­ spect to the high standard of previous annual gatherings of the formation Bureau of Indianapolis, offering the Catholic editors, the C. E. A. JuneJ 1925 N. C. W. C. BULLETIN 21

, a, H h I lE " H low in quick succession, the plan being to keep up a continuous Education building program until the entire plan~ is completed. Progress of Catholic Austin, Texas.-William M. Ryan, a senior in the College of Interesting Notes From Many Fields ] Arts and Soiences at St. Edward's University, has been selected fE 9E ,~ , a winner in the Southern District of the National Intercollegiate 'E 'E '~E=E Oratorical Contest. He has been informed by the judges that his Providence, R. I.-The Catholic High School Million Dollar oration, "John Marshall and the Constitution," has been declared Drive was the subject of an address broadcast from Station one of the seven best submitted in the district, which includes the WD\VF, 011 Friday, May 15, by Rt. Rev. Wm. A. Hickey, Bishop twelve Southern States. of Providence. Figures were given to show that more than 20 Cincinnati, Ohio.-The Franciscan Educational Conference will per cent of the total school population of Rhode Island are cared hold its seventh annual meeting in Cincinnati from June 26-2S. for in schools and academies supported by Catholics without any The subject chosen for discussion at this year's meeting is Sacred outside aid, the saving to the State being estimated at about Scripture. The Conference embraces the eleven provinces of the $1,SOO,OOO a year. This is the third installment of the drive, money Franciscan, Conventual, and Capuchin Friars of the United States previously subscribed having cared for the erection of several boys' and Canada. Catholic high schools. Cleveland, Ohio.-The corner-stone of St. Wendelin's new $230,000 St. Louis, Mo.-The Peter Claver School Association, an or- school was laid recently by Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph F. Smith, LL.D., ganization devoted to establishing, maintaining and regulating V.G., officiating in the absence of Bishop Schrembs, at the time grade schools and institutions of higher education for negro en route to Rome for the Holy Year pilgrimage. The new building children in the Archdiocese of St. Louis, has filed a petition with is to contain twelve classrooms and an auditorium. the local circuit court asking for articles of incorporation. Most Pittsburgh, Pa.-A School of Pharmacy will be opened by Rev. Archbishop John J. Glennon is chairman of the board of Duquesne University in September. A nationally-known pharma­ directors. ceutical educator has been employed to act as dean, and a group Cincinnati, Ohio.-A tract of land known as "The Ripples," of experienced teachers will be secured to assist him. A three­ located ~n the Little ~ Miami River, near Cincinnati, has been pur- year course leading to the degree of Graduate in Pharmacy, and chased by tl:te Society of Jesus as a site for a novitiate. The a four-year course leading to the degrees of Pharmaceutical purchase price is reported to have been about $100,000. Ten Chemist and Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, have been decided professors will care for the instruction of novices in the liberal on. The new school will be housed for the present in Canevin arts and normal courses. It is the sixth institution of its kind Hall, erected in 1924, where temporary laboratories are to be fitted to be established in the United States. up to serve until Science Hall, which is to be erected in 1926, is New York, N. Y.-Thirteen Catholic colleges and universities ready for occupancy. are now members of the National Catholic Alumni Federation, Detroit, Mich.-The construction ot" the first three units of the according to a report made public recently. The purpose of the future Marygrove College, to be located on an SO-acre tract in organization is to promote and defend Christian ideals of educa- the suburbs, is now under way. The three buildings now being tion and of life. The Federation officials feeJ that this can be erected are the liberal arts building, the residence hall, and the done only through united action on the part of the alumni of power plant. The college will be devoted exclush'ely to the edu­ Catholic colleges and universities in challenging and effectively cation oj women and will be conducted by the Sisters, Servants counteracting the various movements on foot at the present time of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. that would destroy these principles. All communications should St. Mary's, Kansas.-A new $2S0,OOO "classroom building of Tudor be addressed to Hugh A. O'Donnell, Times Building, New York Gothic design, containing twenty-four recitation and study rooms, City. is now being constructed on the grounds of S,t. Mary's College. Milwaukee, Wis.-The Marquette Tribune, a student newspaper The native stone to be used in the building is to be quarried on of Marquette University, was awarded first place this year in the the school grounds, a two thousand acre grant secured from the collegiate newspaper contest conducted annually by the Wisconsin government in IS40 by the Jesuit Fathers, who ,had come to Kan­ Intercollegiate Press Association. The Tribune has taken first sas with the Potawatami Indians, among whom they worked as place in two out of the last three contests. missionaries. Indianapolis, Ind.-First prize in the American Legion's Na- Brooklyn, N. Y.-A, fund of $120,000 has been raised to finance tional Essay Contest, a check for $750, has been awarded to Robert the construction of a new school for St. Rosalia's parish. The Krumboltz, a student of St. Raphael's High School, Springfield, building' is to be located on property already owned by the church Ohio. The subj ect of the contest, in which over 200,000 children and will represent an outlay of half a million dollars before it took part, was "Why Communism Is a Menace to Americanism." is completed. The winner intends to study for the priesthood. Milwaukee, Wis.-The $500,000 Mercy High School is expected San Rafael, Calif.-The first unit in the group of six home to be ready for occupancy by September 1. It is centrally located buildings planned for .St. Vincent's Boys' School, near San Rafael, and will provide accommodations for 500 girls. The Mercy High was dedicated on May 10 by Most Rev. Archbishop Edward J. School Parent Teacher's Association is doing some very effective Hanna Archbishop of San Francisco. The unit in operation at ",'ork in raising money to finance the cost of construction. the pr~sent time cares for 360 orphans and consists of the Arch- New Orleans, La.-Rev. Joseph C. Kearns, S.}., of Loyola Uni­ bishop Hanna, and James Walsh center, and one other home versity, has been appointed as superintendent of archdiocesan center to be named later, and the auditorium, known as the parochial schools. The new appointee has occupied the chair of William Babcock Memorial. Its cost is reported to have been English literature at Loyo~a University since September, 1922. He $92,000. It is estimated that' the other five units and improve- was appointed director of the summer school and of the extension ments on the I,Soo-acre tract will call for an additional $500,000. courses in pedagogy offered by the University, in September, 1924. Every effort has been made to get away from the old "institution" Since a large number of the Sisters teaching in the schools of the background, each unit being finished and furnished differently. archdiocese are enrolled in the extension and summer school Denver, Colo.-Construction of the new St. Thomas Seminary courses which Father Kearns supervises, he is peculiarly well fitted will begin late in June or early in July. The dormitory and ad- to discharge the duties of his new office, through knowing in an ministration building is to be erected first. Other units will fol- intimate way the problems they have to face. ~G C~ 22 N. C. W. C. BULLETIN JuneJ 1925

N.C. W. C. Social Action Department CHAIRMAN ITS FIELDS ARE: Rt. Rev. P. J. Muldoon, D.D. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Bishop of Rockford CITIZENSHIP SOCIAL WORK DIRECTORS RURAL WELFARE Rev. John A. Ryan, D.D. John A. Lapp, LL.D. N. C. W. C. Headquarters 30 E. Ontario St. t+ IN THESE FIELDS IT SERVES AS Washington, D. C. Chicago, Ill. I (1) A clearing house for Catholic social teaching; BUREAU OF RURAL LIFE + (2) A bureau of information and standards; and Rev. Edwin V. O'Hara, LL.D. (3) An active organization to assist in establishing Eugene, Oreg. I civic, social and economic welfare.

American Catholics and World Peace By Rev. John A. Ryan, D. D. IS EMINENCE, William Cardinal O'Connell, was will guarantee to all independence and equality of right ." recently quoted in the press as stating that Pope Benedict XV, no less than Pius XI, relied chiefly upon H Pius XI looks to the United States to "bring about the United States for the pacification of the world. Un­ the pacification of the world." Beyond question, this is a doubtedly, - Pius XI desires and expects, no less than reasonable expectation for the Holy Father to entertain. Benedict XV, that a large share in this great work should America possesses the means and the power to place inter­ be performed by American Catholics. Let us consider to national peace upon a solid and enduring foundation. No what extent these papal expectations have been fulfilled by other nation enjoys similar opportunities or occupies an the faithful in the United States. equally influential position. Whether the country will PEACE PRONOUNCEMENTS OF AMERICAN BISHOPS make effective use of its power and opportunities in the In the Pastoral Letter of the Archbishops and Bishops cause of peace, is a question which cannot be answered of the United States assembled at the Catholic Univer­ by anyone without the gift of prophecy. sity of America, September 26, 1919, we find these In his solicitude for international peace, Pope Pi~s XI sentences: is continuing the policy and aspirations of his immediate pred~cessor, Benedict XV. Although many of us have, One of the most effective means by which states can assist one unfortunately, forgotten the event, it is not yet eight years another is the organization of international peace. The need of since the latter proposed certain very definite methods for this is more generally felt at the present time, when the meaning obtaining and assuring peace among the nations. In his of war is so plainly before us. address to the Belligerents, August 1, 1917, Pope Benedict On February 2, 1922, the Administrative Committee of proposed that moral right be substituted for the material the National Catholic Welfare Council issued a statement force of arms in the dealings of nations with one another; concerning the Washington Disarmament Conference, that the nations enter upon a just agreement for a simul­ which had been concluded a short time before that date. taneous and reciprocal reduction of armaments; and that That statement includes the following: armed force should be replaced by "the noble and peaceful institution of arbitration," with the provision that penal­ Differences may exist as to particular conclusions of the Washing­ ton Conference. Some may feel that topics have not been considered ties shouid be imposed upon any state which should which demand action. The Conference as ~ whole and its general refuse either to submit a national question to such a tri­ results, however, have worked for the peace of the world. For this bunal, or to accept the arbitral decision. we may be both grateful and hopeful. The spirit and many of the results of the Conference· are singularly in line with that or:ginal PEACE EFFORTS OF HOLY SEE inspiration to world peace is ned by the greatest champion of this In his letter to the American people on the last day of humane cause-the late Pope Benedict XV-in his note of August, the year, 1918, the same Pope expressed a fervent desire 1917. As Catholics-brothers of the Pri'lce of Peace-and as A 'mer­ for the establishment of an international organization icons, we have the spiritual l'esponsibility of promoting peace Hot only in ottr own, country but throughout the world. America has set which, "by abolishing conscription, will reduce armaments; a generous example to the nations. She has not labored in vain. by establishing international tribunals, will eliminate or We trust that the practical. results will not fall short of the ex­ settle disputes; and by placing peace on a solid foundation, pectations of our peace-loving people. JU1le, 1925 N. C. W. C. BULLETIN 23·

On 1'vlay 2, 1924, the Administra­ The second step is to oppose all forces tive Committee of the National Cath­ and movements in this country which tend olic V/elfare Conference gave out to increase the danger of war. One of these another statement on peace, which forces is the .teaching of excessive national­ ism and jingoism in the schools. One of included the following sentences: our most distinguished Catholic laymen, "We sh01dd, individually and through or­ Professor Carlton J. H. Hayes, of Columbia ganizations, earnestly study to preserve the University, expressed the hope in la~t month's peace of the world. Our thoughts, our aims, N. C~ W. C. BULLETIN, "that all thoughtful should be in the path of peace. Peace persons will actively and strenuously resist should be our goal. In our dealings with any further nationalization of our schools"; other nations we should refuse from the and he emphasized the distinction between na­ very outset to falter in justice or to give tionalism . and "true patriotism, the unself­ offense. We have as a nation our own ish love of one's community and country, destiny: we have our own soul to keep. which presupposes a sympathetic regard We need not unfairly discriminate against for patriotism everywhere, even in foreign particular peoples and we should exhaust countries." Proper pride in our national every channel of conference and discus­ history and veneration for our national sion with other nations on any matter heroes can be taught in our schools without in dispute. In all these conferences we filling the minds of the children with hatred should always keelJi in mind the funda­ and contempt of the foreigner. Unfortu­ mental principles of Christian doctrine nately, this is not always the way in which HIS HOLINESS, POPE PIUS XI and action, a right regard for the dignity American history is taught. \\'h(~ looks to the United States to "bring about Another of these war-provoking fac­ of the individual man and of the family the' pacification of the world." "The Peace of unit in our civilization." Christ in the Kingdom of Christ" has been tors is agitation for indefinite "prepared­ adopted by the Holy Father as the consecrated The sentences which I have ventured motto of ilis pontificate. ness." A calm and comprehensive exam- to italicize in the statement of the Ad­ ination of world conditions at the present ministrative Committee of N. C. W. c., are an excellent summary time will show that our country is at present fully prepared to meet of the obligation resting upon American Catholics to promote and defeat any military or naval attack upon it that is possible in internationaf peace. This obligation, say the Bishops, binds us the near future. Therefore, no increase in our naval or military as Catholics and as Americans; as individuals and as organiza­ equipment is needed at the present time. On the other hand, any tions. Nevertheless, the obligation has not yet been accepted by considerable increase in our armed forces creates a positive obstacle American Catholics. Substantially nothing has been done either to world organization for peace. It is no exaggeration to say that by individuals or by organizations ' to carry out the recommenda­ agitation for larger armament is a distinct violation of the duty of tions of the Bishops. It is not necessary to set forth in this place charity which the United States owes to other nations in the present the reasons for this general failure. The complexity of the prob­ critical world situation. lem, the conflicting nationalistic and political interests, the re­ PROMOTERS OF INDEFINITE PREPAREDNESS moteness of America from the place where peace is most en­ dangered, ami the lack of definite views as to the means which The magnitude of the influences which are promoting the gospel are most conducive to the furtherance of peace, are probably the of indefinite preparedness in the United States is not generally principal factors responsible for the inactivity of Catholics. realized. The most recent manifestation of these forces was the attempt of the War Department to convert Armistice Day into LINES OF ACTION OPEN TO CATH.OLICS "Mobilization Day," or "Defense Test Day," or "Muster Day." No more impudent or indecent proposal has ever been made by any There are three distinct lines along which we can move in the department of our Government. All honor to President Coolidge effort to realize "the peace of Christ in the reign of Christ." The . for having promptly vetoed this indefensible and stupid program I first lies in the domain of the mind and heart. Each person It is to be regretted that no Catholic society was included among should ask himself and compel himself to answer the question, the many organizations which sent protests to the President against "What does Christian charity require of me in the present world this proposal of the War Department. situation? I have some idea of the horrors involved in another Still another preliminary work in the cause of peace is to oppose world war. I am told that war will come unless the world becomes all those forms of agitation which strive to disseminate the idea org~nized for peace. I know that my country, America, can do that certain nations must be punished through war before the world more to build up such an organization and to prevent another war can righteously be organized for peace. The proponents of this in the near future than any other of the great nations. As an idea take the position that international charity and international American, and as a Catholic, I must recognize my share and my peace must be subordinated to the demands of vindictive justice. duty in this great work. I realize that Christ's commandment to Apparently they count all the sufferings of a world war as a smaller love one's neighbor as one's self applies to all persons and all evil than the possibility that certain nations will escape punishment nations, to international affairs, as well as to the relations be­ for past international crimes. This is a curious perversion of tween me and my immediate neighbors. Th refore, I must think moral judgment. It is explainable only on the theory that a bout peace, talk peace, and make an earnest effort to discover the nationalistic hatred sometimes drives out of the mind all regard ways to peace. As a preliminary to any effective effort, I must for international charity. make an act of faith in the possibility that war can be made The third way along which American Catholics can move in the indefinitely remote through an adequate organization for peace. effort to promote international peace involves positive support of If I lazily assume that war will come, it probably will come; if I specific measures. Let those who believe in the League of Nations reject this cowardly doctrine and do what I can to promote peace, give active support to the movement for participation by the United there is at least a probability that the next war can be pushed States in that organization. Let those who believe in the World out into the indefinite future." (Cont1'nllt'd on pa.CJc 28) 24 N. C. W. C. BULLETIN June, 1925 Program of Catholic Conference on Industrial Problems Meeting to take place in Chicago, June 24-25, 1925

AS THIS issue of the N. C. W. C. BULLETIN goes of insurance and is now active in its administration. He 1\. to press, the program of the annual meeting of the will speak on "Unemployment Insurance." Catholic Conference on Industrial Problems promises Mr. Ernest F. DuBrul, Cincinnati, Ohio, general mana­ to be an exceptionally able and interesting one. The Con­ ger of the Machine Tool Builders Association, who will ference meets in Chicago on June 24 and 25 at the Morrison act as chairman of the session on "Employee Insurance." Hotel. Miss Agnes Nestor, vice-president of the National Each one of the four regular sessions of the Conference Women's Trade Union League and president of the Chicago will deal with a single subject. At the first session, on the branch. Miss Nestor has long been active in behalf of morning of June 24, labor injunctions will be the topic working women. She will speak on "The Organizing of discussed. That afternoon, a comparatively new develop­ Working Women." ment in industry will occupy the floor-group insurance of Mr. -M. J. Feron, general manager of the Chicago, North employees by the company they work for, by the labor Shore and Milwaukee and superintendent of the Chicago union to which they belong, and against unemployment Traction Company. Mr'. Feron's company has taken out throught the j oint agreement of employers and the union. insurance for all of its employees and he himself has had The first day's session closes with a business meeting, at much to do with its introduction and administration. Mr. which Prof. David A. McCabe, of Princeton University, Feron will speak on "Employee Insurance." president of the Conference, will deliver an address. Rev. John M. Cooper, D.D., professor of Sociology of The second day begins with a session on conciliation and the Catholic University of America. Doctor Cooper _has arbitration. ' In the afternoon, the status of workingwomen spoken and written extensively on the question of women will be considered. industrial workers. He will speak on "The Present Status The Conference closes with a dinner at the Morrison of Women in Industry. Hotel at which distinguished speakers will address the Con­ Mr. Edward J. Evans, vice-president of the International ference upon Pope Leo's Encyclical on the Condition of Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Mr. Evans' union Labo~, the section on Industrial Relations in the American has set the pace for other unions in its plan of insurance of Bishops' Pastoral Letter, and , the Bishops' Program of its membership. He will speak on "Labor Union Insurance." Social Reconstruction. Mr. Bernard J. :Mullaney, director of Industrial Rela­ tions of the Peoples Gas Company, Chicago. Mr. Mullaney BISHOP MULDOON HEADS SPEAKERS' LIST will speak on industrial arbitration and the plan of industrial Among the speakers and chairmen of the various sessions relations in his concern. are: Rev . .Russel ]. Wilbur, a parish priest of St. Louis, Mis­ Rt . . Rev. Peter J. Muldoon, Bishop of Rockford and souri, Rev. Francis ]. Haas, Ph.D., of St. Francis Seminary honorary president of the Catholic Conference on Industrial and Marquette University; Mrs. James E. Mehan, editor of Problems, one of the bishops who signed the Bishops' the Woman's Catholic Forester; and Miss Linna E. Bresette Program of Social Reconstruction. Bishop Muldoon will of the N. C. W. C. Social Action Department, will also ad­ speak on the Bishops' Program itself. dress the convention. Mr. Hugh C. Kerwin, Washington, D. C., director of the United States Bureau of Conciliation, which every year Knights of St. George Appreciative of settles or forestalls countless strikes and lockouts in Ameri­ Bulletin Publicity can industry. Mr. Kerwin will speak on "Conciliation of Joseph H. Reiman of Pittsburgh, supreme president of the Knights Industrial Disputes." of St. George, which has been a powerful and constructive influence Mr. D. F. Bremner, Jr., a Chicago manufacturer who in American Catholic life for more than a generation, writes to the employe,s many women in his concern. Mr. Bremner will Headquarters of the National Council pf Catholic Men to express for speak on "Working Women from the Standpoint of an himself and his associates in the Supreme Management an apprecia­ tion of the account of the Order's efforts and accomplishments pub­ Employer ." lished in the April number of the N. C. W. C. BULLETIN. His letter, Mr. Matthew Woll, president of the International Photo­ addressed to Edward J. O'Connor, executive secretary of the Engravers and vice-president of the American Federation N. C. C. M., is as follows: of Labor. Mr. W 011, himself an attorney as well as a labor "In behalf of the Supreme Management of the Knights of St. official, will speak on "Labor Injunctions." George I wish to express our sincere thanks to you and to the National Headquarters for the publication of the article in reference Mr. James A. Corcoran, New York City, assistant direc­ to our order, the Knights of St. George, in the last issue of the tor of the Unemployment Insurance Fund in the Garment N. C. W. C. BULLETIN, and for the valuable space and publicity Industry in New York. Mr. Corcoran worked out this plan thus afforded to our organization we are indeed most gratefu1." June,1925 N. C. W. C. BULLETIN 25 r Some Recent Events of Social and Civic Interest .:{

The Welfare Council of New York the use thereof." The financial interests dictated the policies of the The Welfare Council of New York has been organized on the plan European nations. prepared by a Committee of the American Association of Social "The Catholic Church on Opium" Workers which won the thousand dollar. prize offered by the Better In The Commonweal, March 25, the Abbe Felix Klein writes on Times magazine for this- purpose. At the inauguration meeting, "The Catholic Church on Opium." The article cites briefly the Governor Smith sent a cordial message of endorsement. The speakers efforts of the Holy See to suppress opium. In 1830 the Congregation included James H. Post, Monsignor Francis J. O'Hara, Arthur of Propaganda sent instructions to the Vicar Apostolic of Siam rela­ Lehman, and Michael M. Davis. tive to the opium trade. Several other efforts were made by the Holy The plan provides for a federation of federations made up of See in the past century, and the instructions from the Congregation groups of agencies carrying on similar tasks. It is expected that the of the Holy Office in 1892 crystallized the Catholic doctrine on the new Welfare Council will devote itself in the early years to organiza­ subject. These instructions point out that the abuse of opium is in­ tion and to a more intensive study and planning of its services. One evitable, and because of this it becomes illegal and must be forbidden. of its earlier tasks will be working out of plans for joint publicity The use of opium in .medicine is allowed. The CatJlOlic Society of and information service for the social agencies in New York. International Studies presented these documents to the recent con­ Study of Marriage Laws ference on opium in' Geneva. The recent publication by the Sage Foundation of its important Playground Model studies of marriage laws in this country has created widespread in­ A miniature model of a playground for city children has been terest and comment. The report emphasizes the inadequacy of - the constructed for the Children's Bureau and is on permanent display laws in most states to protect children and minors. It contains at their offices in Washington. It will be loaned to important child important information about the prevalence of child marriages in welfare conferences or exhibitions. European and American groups which result in so many cases of unhappiness and tragedy to the young people. Several important A School of International Relations recommendations are made for the cure of these evils, including legis­ The Walter Hines Page School of International Relations has been lation requiring a minimum age of at least sixteen years for girls, endowed and inaugurated at Johns Hopkins University. The address five days advance notice of intention to marry, requirement of of Owen D. Young, presenting the project to the University, has been documentary evidence of age and the presence of both applicants for published. Mr. Young describes the aims of the Page School and marriage license in person, and other significant considerations. believes that it will be instrumental in developing a science of in­ National League of Women Voters Scholarship - ternational relations, in serving as a body to ascertain facts on particular problems, and in developing a group of men trained in The National League of Women Voters will grant a scholarship science for service in the field of education, government and business. for the coming year at the Robert Brookings Graduate School of Economics and Government, 1724 Eye Street N.W., Washington, 23rd Conference of Interparliamentary Union D. c., for the study of the American Indian problem, the successive The Bulletin of the Pan American Union for March contains an policies of the Government, and the contemporary administration of announcement of the 23rd Conference of the Interp~rliamentary Indian affairs. The amount of this scholarship is one thousand dollars. Union which will be held i~ Washington October 1 to 6, 1925. The Correct Dance Month Interparliamentary Union was organized in 1888 and is "the foremost of those international bodies devoted to secure the cooperation of An interesting experiment in cooperative enterprise between the their respective states in the establishment of international peace and commercialized dance halls and the Juvenile Protective Association cooperation between peoples by means of a universal organization of was recently carried on in Chicago. The latter association interested nations." the Ball Room Managers Association in high standards in dancing The present trend of the work of the Union is described by the and music. A "correct dance month" was in reality a culmination Secretary-General, Christian L. Lange, as follows: "To suggest and of many years of effort to bring about better conditions in the dance stimulate new measures; to aid in the employment of international halls. The next step in this work is the promotion of local and reforms as soon as they shall have received the sanction of some national conference groups in which the civic and social workers international conference; and to give an opportunity for personal can discuss with the leaders of commercialized amusements better contact and open discussion between the publicists of different coun­ plans for more satisfactory recreation. tries and even of different continents." The Union will meet this Results of Opium Conference year on the express invitation of the President of the United States. Ellen La Motte sums up the result of the Opium Conference in Can Community's Social Work Be Shown in the Movies? Geneva in an article in The Nation of May 6, entitled "The Ameri­ The Motion Picture Producers and Distributors organization, cans Wouldn't Compromise." Miss La Motte reviews briefly the through Mr. Will Hayes, has offered to produce a film on social work. attitude of the European powers toward the opium trade which made The aim is to educate the public in the processes of rehabilitation, it impossible for the conference to agree on any control of the traffic. character-building and relief which is carried on in every community Switzerland and England were united and successful in their de­ under the name of social work. The Committee on Publicity Methods termination to render the proceedings of the Conference futile. Even in Social Work and the American Association for Community Or­ the Board of International Control which the Conference agreed to ganization have appealed to the public for an idea for the film. Any­ set up, is made impotent by their insiste~ce that "It shall n~t .be one interested may send plans or ideas for a movie to the Committee within the competence of the Board to questton or express any opmlOn on Publicity Methods in Social Work, 130 East 22d Street, New on the amounts imported or purchased for government purposes or York City.

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National Council Catholic Women Chairman: RT. REV. JOSEPH SCHREMBS, D.D . . OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS DIRECTORS Miss Florence Loeber, President Mrs. Harry Benzinger Archdiocese of New Orleans I Archdiocese of Baltimore Mrs. Michael Gavin, 1st Vice-President Mrs. John MacMahon Archdiocese of New York Archdiocese of Chicago Mrs. Arthur Mullen, 2nd Vice-President Mrs. James Bach Diocese of Omaha I Archdiocese of Milwaukee Mrs. John N. Jackson, 3rd Vice-President Mrs. C. O. Lamy Diocese.of Seattle Archdiocese of St. Louis Mrs. M. B. Daly, Treasurer Mrs. C. J. McConville Diocese of Cleveland Archdiocese of St. Paul Miss Anna D. Gamble, Secretary Mrs. Joseph Donohoe Diocese of Harrisburg t Archdiocese of San Francisco EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Mrs. John D. Campbell MISS AGNES G. REGAN Diocese of EI Paso

Women of South Rally to Support of N. C. C. W. Archbishop Shaw Sends Blessing to Convention of New Orleans Archdiocesan Council

HEN THE National Council of Catholic Women diocesan as well as the National Council of Catholic Women. at its Fourth Annual Convention elected as president Archbishop Shaw, who was unable to go to Donaldsonville, W of the national organization Miss Florence Loeber sent the following letter which was read to the delegates: of New Orleans, the attention of the great N. C. C. W. family was attracted in a very special way to the ancient city ARCHBISHOP SHAW SENDS BLESSING on the Mississippi, for it was felt that under such leadership, April 30, 1925. and in'an environment so rich in Catholic tradition, the New Miss Florence Loeber} Pres. National Council of Catholic Women} Orleans Archdioces~n Council should become one of the New 0 rieans} La. largest and most active of our d:ocesan branche . lilly dear Miss Loeber: The New Orleans Council is not among the oldest. It is . I deeply regret that official duties in the country will preclude tlty not one of those whose annual conventions have kept pace showing my appreciation of the kind invitation to attend the annual with those of the national body. But it enj ys the unusual meeting of your estimable organization in Donaldsonville on May 2. I background of Catholic traditions reaching back through wish, however} to assure the members who will be present that I am heart and soul with them, and that my prayers and blessing are several centuries, the leadership of a woman whose attain­ for a most successfu,l meeting. ments have won national recognition and the whole-hearted The excellent work in the cause of religio't~} charity} and ed1£catio" -support of His Grace, Archbishop Shaw, and of the clergy t'n which the National Council of Catholic Women in the various of the archdiocese. The only question that remained, dioceses of the country has engaged with remarkable Sl£ccess needs no therefore, was "What will New Orleans do?" speci.al commendation at my hands. I feel conjideM} however, that the truly Catholic spirit 'Which ani111,ates the members of the New 300 DELEGATES AT SECOND ANNUAL MEETING Orleans Council 'Will not only insure a hearty welcome to all visiting members but will also make the 1925 meeting memorable in the annals This question has been answered, in part, by the econd of the National Council for the enthusiasm which will be aroused} as annual convention of the New Orleans Council held a few well as for the practical resolutions which will be adopted to promote weeks ago in Donaldsonville. This meeting showed the re­ the further development and success of the variotls works to which sults of the work of organization which has been going on 3'ottr organization has pledged itself. With a cordial welcome in the na'me of the Archdiocese to all you,r in Louisiana during the past months, for it was attended by visiting me'mbers and a blessing on your deliberations, 300 delegates. Busses with special parties came from New I am, yours sincerely in Xt. Orleans, Baton Rouge, White Castle Houma and other ~ I. W. SHAW} points, some of the'women traveling over 80 miles in order Archbishop of New Orleans. to be present. The Donaldsonville branch of the C. D. of Father Chambon spoke briefly, describing the Catholic A. acted as the hostesses for the occasion. traditions of the Bayou section and the generosity of the The convention opened with Mass celebrated in the beauti­ early Catholic settlers toward the Church. The same subject ful Gothic church by the pastor, the Very Reverend C. N. was touched upon by Mr. Frank L. Knobloch, state deputy Chambon. The business sessions began with an address of of the Knights of Columbus, in a stirring address in which welcome by Miss Florence Loeber, president of the Arch- he asked the women to become interested in the affairs of June, 1925 N. C. W. C. BULLETIN 27

the Church and of the State and Nation; but that the majority of the defects could to be -leaders not trailers in progressive be easily remedied. He then urged the educational, civic and social movements women as an organization to take up as and to inspire their husbands and broth­ one of their principal activities a health ers with a greater interest in civiC and program in the parochial schools. Health religious problems. His plea for the work, he declared, was directly connected preservation of historical Catholic land­ with the work of the Bureau of Charities, marks met with at::l immediate response and in urging the women to take up this in the form of a resolution pledging coop­ work he said he was speaking with the full eration with the K. of C. in their efforts know ledge and consent, in fact on behalf to preserve historical records connected of Father Kearns, S.J., the newly ap­ with the Catholic discoverers and early pointed Director of Education, who was Catholic settlers of Louisiana. unable to be present. The work and objects of the National The afternoon meeting was devoted to Catholic Welfare Conference and of the MISS FLORENCE LOEBER reports from all organizations affiliated National Council of Catholic Women National President of N. C. C. "Y. with the national body, representatives \Vhose leadership of the Women's were described by Miss Margaret Lynch, Council Movement in the New Orleans of deaneries and parish unit£. Archdiocese has won the cordial ap­ of the national headquarters in Washing­ proval of His Grace, Archbishop Shaw. Mrs. A. B. Booth, state regent, C. D. ton, who has been doing field work in the . of A., made an address on cooperation, New Orleans Diocese for the past six weeks. lVIiss Lynch which deeply impressed the women present. told in detail of all the activities promoted by the N. C. C. W., particularly the National Catholic Service School ENDORSE RESOLUTIONS OF NATIONAL BODY in Washington, and made a fervent appeal for increased In addition to the resolution .nlentioned above, pledging lnembership in the national organization and whole-hearted cooperation with the K. of C., a resolution was passed de­ support i!1 its program. ploring beauty contests and the exploitation of young women in affairs of this kind. Other resolutions followed FATHER WYNHOVEN EXPLAINS HEALTH PROGRAM very closely those passed at the Fourth Convention of the The work which. is to form one of the main points on the national organization last fall. program of the Archdiocesan Council, namely, health work As the terms of four members of the Board of Direc­ in the parochial schools, was described in a remarkable tors expire each year, the following were elected to address by the Reverend Peter Wynhoven. Speaking of fill this year's vacancies: Mrs. John Wells of Baton the dangers which menace the home, Christian marriage, Rouge, MFS. Edward Ford of New Orleans, Mrs. An­ paren.tal authority and of the temptations confronting the drew :McShane of New Orleans and Miss Henrietta Koepp youth, he went on to declare that much delinquency and of Covington. much unhappiness and many of the failures of life are Plans were discussed for carrying out the health pro­ caused by physical defects and handicaps which can be gram. This is a proble~n which is awakening national remedied in the days of youth. Father Wynhoven quoted interest. The manner in which it is met by the Catholic statistics showing that of the children examined in one ' women of Louisiana will therefore be watched with the school 79 per cent were found to be defective in some way,. utmost attention by women in other parts of the country.

c&-3 3C :~ Have You Sent in Five New Members This Year? Since Our Holy Father Himself has urged us in no uncertain Mrs. R. Scott, Jersey City, N. J. terms to extc1 ~ d OHr activities and inc1'ease our numbers, we must Mrs. M. Lull, Jersey City, N. J. not let this Holy Year of 1925, the fifth year of our life as a Mrs. M. Frank, Jersey City, N. J. National Council of Catholic Women, go by without making every Mrs. G. Gubbins, Jersey City, N. J. effort to obey this request which has come to us from the Holy See. Mrs. B. McQuinn, Jersey City, N. J. In October. the great International Union of Catholic Women's Miss Mary E. Williams, Benton Harbor, Mich. Leagues will meet in Rome. It is essential that, as an affiliated Mrs. James A. Bach, Milwaukee, Wis. organization, we be able to report marked progress over our mem­ Mrs. W. Cooke, Jersey City, N. J. bership at the time of the last meeting in Rome two and a half Miss B. Walsh, Jersey City, N. J. years ago. Won't you help by sending in five new members? Mrs. Walter Fitch, Eureka, Utah. In the last issue of the BULLETIN, we published a list of those St. Patrick's Parish Council, EI Paso, Texas. who had sent five new members as a birthday present for the N. C. Cleveland Diocesan Council, Cleveland, Ohio. C. W. In this issue, we include some more name3 which d:d not Hawthorne Branch, N. C. C. W., New Jersey. come in in time to be listed last month. We should like to publish a list of this kind every month. Won't Mrs. M. Fallon, Jersey City, N. J. you help? 28 N. C. W. C. BULLETIN June~ 1925 Progress of Harrisburg Diocesan Council, N. C. C. w. N MAY 7 the Harrisburg Diocesan Council of the and State Aid." Father Moran deplored the increasing N. C. C. W. held its second semi-annual conference tendency toward church taxation. "The Church is an inde­ O in Lancaster, Pa. This Council, the president of pendent society and commercial obligations cannot be placed which is likewise the s~cretary of the national organization, upon it." It would be sheer injustice on the part of the has made great progress and has been carrying on several state to attempt -to impose such taxation, he declared. He pieces of concrete work since its organization nearly a year analyzed the relations between church and state in this coun­ ago. The N. C. C. W. work in the Harrisburg diocese has try and showed how the contribution of the Church in the enjoyed, ever since its inception, the approbation, support upholding of the authority of the state and obedience to and encouragement of Bishop McDevitt, and the present law, as based upon the divine law, is the greatest safeguard conference shows that it is gaining in influence throughout of our institutions. But in addition to this, the Catholic the different counties as well as in the cities. Church, because of its position in regard to education, Opening with Mass, celebrated in St. Mary's Church by saves to every state in the country an amount far in excess the Rev. Thomas J. Crotty, the conference later convened at of what would accrue from taxation. Catholics are there­ the Hotel Brunswick where the delegates were welcomed fore meeting in no uncertain way their responsibility in by Mayor Frank C. Musser. A short address by Miss supporting their Government in a material way.

Gamble, the president~ was followed by the reports of offi­ POPE~S BLESSING RECEIVED cers and committee chairmen. The report of the secretary, Bishop McDevitt then read the message received from Mrs. J. P. Gallagher, showed an encouraging increase in Rome imparting the Papal Benediction to the N. C. C. membership. Mrs. George P. Vanier, of Steelton, was \lv., its officers, members and works, and urging an increase in unable to be present to give the report of the Immigration effort and numbers. His Lordship then made a forceful Committee, which was a disappointment, as immigration address. on the subject of immigration, paying special atten­ work is one of the principal features of the Harrisburg tion to the assumptions on which the present immigration program. However, reports from the county chairmen laws are based. Comparative figures secured from the re­ describing this work proved most interesting. "The Work ports of the United States Census showed plainly, he de­ of the National Council in the Field of Immigration'" was clared, the manifest injustice of basing such legislation on described by Miss Agnes G. Regan, executive secretary of the presumed superiority of one race over another rather the N. C. C. W., who also . spoke of the general aims and than on the individual merit of the immigrant. purposes of the N. C. C. W. and its parent body, the Bishop McDevitt then brought the meeting to a close, National Catholic Welfare Conference. giving his blessing to the work of the N. C. C. W. and to The report of the legislative committee revealed an intel­ all the women present. ligent grasp of a big problem. Miss Mary Reilly, ~hairman of this committee, presented an interesting statement of the American Catholics and World Peace study made of bills introduced in the state I gislature, point­ (Continued from page 23) ing out those which were of especial interest to Catholics. Court do likewise. I am not expressing any opinion on the merits The afternoon session was opened with an address by of either of these institutions. But I believe that some Catholic Mrs. F. M. Coppinger, social service worker of the Lan­ support of them will be more conducive to enlightened interest caster General Hospital, on the subject, "Social Service." in the problem of peace than utter inactivity. Miss Agnes Ferriter followed with a talk on "Juvenile There are two other specific proposals which should have the hearty and active support of all American Catholics. These are Delinquency. " the outlawry of war by all the nations, and world disarmament by Another special work undertaken by the' Harrisburg international agreement. At the present moment, these projects Council is the remailing of Catholic literature, which was enjoy a greater amount of support in America than any others. described by the Rev. Joseph Schmidt. As it is impossible, They should have an especial appeal for American Catholics, since in the space allowed in the BULLETIN for reports of this they were among the measures proposed several years ago by Pope Benedict XV. Probably they will receive more discussion during kind, to quote extensively from anyone paper or address, the next year or two than any other proposal for the prevention of it is planned to save Father Schmidt's paper for a later war. Catholics should have their full share in this discussion. issue, in the belief that Catholics in other parts of the They can make their voices effective by organizing peace societies country may be interested in the methods he describes. of their own, by JOlmng peace societies which are already or­ ganized, and by utilizing for this purpose existing Catholic BISHOP -McDEVITT GUEST OF HONOR organizations. The Rt. Rev. Philip R. McDevitt, Bishop of Harrisburg, Only through positive and specific action of this sort can Ameri­ can Catholics comply with the recommendation of the Administra­ was the guest of honor at the evening session and made tive Committee of the National Catholic Welfare Conference: "We an address which deeply impressed all the women present. should, individually and through organizations, ear1testly study to The Rev. Keiran Moran, C.M., spoke on "Church Taxation preserve the peace of the world." June, 1925 N. C. W. C. BULLETIN .29

Archbishop Glennon Speaks at Third Annual Meeting of St. Louis Council

E ALL KNOW how successful conventions can by the St. Louis Archdiocesan Council. Letters from Miss be when they are organized by the St. Louis Arch­ Tholen and Miss Gallagher, the two students from St. Louis W diocesan Council. The second annual convention now holding these scholarships, were read. A letter of of the St. Louis Council was no exception. Attended by congratulation from the Rev. John J. Burke, C.S.P., general three hundred delegates and about one thousand visitors, secretary of. the N. C~ W. C., was also read. and presenting a program of serious interest, with many The morning session of the second day was devoted to noted speakers, it marks another and an important milestone formal business af).d the evening to several addresses. Miss in the progress of the work of the N. C. C. W. in St. Louis. Stella Gillick, first vice-president, presided at the evening Mass, celebrated in the New Cathedral by the Rt. Rev. session, at which the Rev. Father Joseph F. Lubeley, su­ Msgr. J. J. Tannrath, marked the opening of the meeting. pervisor of Catholic work among the negroes, made a After the Mass, His Grace, Archbishop ' Glennon, made a forceful appeal for interest in this work. The appeal is brief address, submitting four subjects which he suggested' especially strong in St. Louis, he said, as there is a colored be taken up by the delegates and their organizations for popUlation of 100,000. study and discussion: Civics, Education, Religion and The Rev. N. W. Brinkman, treasurer of the St. Louis Mission Charity. Society, spoke on "Our Home Missions." The Rev. E. A. Garesche, The first, he said, includes the relation of citizem LlnOng S.J., spoke on "Cooperation in Women's Work." "It means getting together, and that is what we Catholics need," he said. "There are themselves, the study of government and government prob­ many needs, financial, and for individual activity and support. You lems, but the question of for whom to vote does not come must give your talent and strength and you must try to have all under this head. It is intended to train people to vote in­ your societies join the national Catholic religious, social and educa­ telligently and patriotically. True education is direction tional movement by' affiliating with the N. C. C. W. In all ques­ and correction, His Grace said. You must study how to tions the Catholic women should be leaders in ideals and patriotism. If you cooperate you will do your part in meeting our great promo.te Catholic education and prove that this Catholic opportunities." system is right for those who have to grow up in wisdom Congressman Harry B. Hawes spoke on "Woman's Present-Day and grace. He then urged the women to give their support Responsibilities and Power." to the three Catholic high schools and to the colored schools N. C. W. C. HEALTH PROGRAM PRAISED established in St. Louis. The health work carried on in the parochial schools under the auspices of the N. C. C. W. received a high tribute from Mrs. ARCHBISHOP URGES SUPPORT OF CHARITIES W. McN, Miller, health chairman of the Missouri Federation of The third subject, Religion, includes all the others, Arch­ Women's Clubs, at the morning meeting of the last day of the bishop Glennon continued, for if we are poor Catholics, we convention. An interesting paper on "Girls' Welfare" was read are poor in citizenship. Groups of organized Catholic by Miss C. E. Brennick, secretary of the East St. Louis Community House. Under the title, "Are We Our Brothers' Keeper?" she told women should help the scattered families in the diocese so of dangerous associations and unsanitary conditions frequently en­ that each hamlet might have its church and its teachers and, countered by young girls seeking employment. Mrs. Edward J. in turn, radiate religion through the outlying rural popul.a­ Walsh spoke on "Girl Scouts." tions. As for the last topic, Charity, there are 33 or 34 "The Vision of the Future" was the subject of the address made charitable organizations in St. Louis, His Grace said. You by Mrs. C. O. Lamy, national director of the N. C. C. W. from the Province of St. Louis. Her vision, she said, was of a million must show interest in and work with all of them. In that individual members in the N. C. C. W., and of the wonderful things way you will have and show the spirit or" charity which which may be accomplished when the organization has adequate belongs to the Catholic faith and springs from it. The means for carrying out its program. The work of the national Archbishop then. imparted his blessing to the women and body also formed the subject of the address made by the Rev. their work. John C. Spencer, on "The National Council of Catholic Women." The N. C. C. W. aims to overcome the tendency to be provincial, MRS. DONOVAN PRESIDES he said. "It seeks to have Catholics think and act as a unit. If we can do this we shall be most helpful to our country." Mrs. W. T. Donovan, president, presided at the opening The Rev. Martin O'Malley, C.M., made the closing address. "You of the business sessions, and Msgr. Tannrath, spiritual di­ Catholic women," he said, "have in you the spirit of the greatest rector, delivered a message of welcome. In her report, Mrs. of women, even that of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Joined together Donovan announced that a special course bf lectures was with one objective you can make the noblest band of women . anywhere." planned for the coming year on Civics "for of the four subjects suggested by His Grace, Civics is the one we most OFFICERS REELECTED need to give attention to, for it is not so well covered by The officers of the St. Louis Council, all of whom, with one ex­ ception, were reelected, are as follows: us at present as the others." Mrs. Donovan then spoke President, Mrs. Wm. T. Donovan; first vice-president, Miss Stella with special earnestness of the work of the National Catholic Gillick; second vice-president, Mrs. J. P. Crowley; third vice­ Service School and told of the two scholarships established ( Continued on· page 31) 30 N. C. V\T. C. BULLETIN June, 1925

What Catholic Women Are Doing at Home

PORTLAND, ORE. EW YORK, N. Y. Health Work Under Auspices of Portland Deanery, N. C. C. W. Cardinal Hayes Presides 'at Meeting of Ladies of Charity One of the last activities of the late Archbishop Christie. whose The twenty-third annual conference of the Ladies of Charity of death has meant such a loss to the diocese of Oregon City, was the Archdiocese of New York was held in the Waldorf-Astoria on the organization of the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women. May 2 with His Eminence, Cardinal Hayes, presiding as the guest last November. He had great faith in the Council and pledged to it of honor. The amount of work carried on through the numerous his hearty support. committees of this great organization was briefly described in the Much good is being .accomplished by the dental clinic being op­ report of the president, Miss Teresa O'Donohue. The active chair­ erated in the parochial schools of Portland by Dr. T. ]. \Vall, man of the meeting was the Rev. Bryan J. McEntegart, and the under the auspices of the Portland branch or the N. C. C. W. speakers were His Eminence, Cardinal Hayes, the Rev. Francis Through the efforts of the Council, the Oregon Tuberculosis As­ 'Le Buffe, S.]., and Justice Thomas C. T. Crain, of the Supreme sociation has assigned several visiting nurses to accompany Dr. J. Court. Fath~r Le Buffe gave a beautiful interpretation of the Milton Murphy on a round of visits to the parochial ~chools where name, "Ladies of Charity." the children are weighed, measured and examined for any physical Cardinal Hayes congratulated the women on the work they have defects. The Portland Archdiocesan Council has 24 affiliated or­ done and expressed particular appreciation of the address delivered ganizations and eight well-organized study clubs. by Justice Crain, emphasizing the value of probation work. "What causes boys and girls to be brought to court ?" His Emi­ DETROIT, MICH. nence asked. "There is just as much obligation to study the moral Service School Scholarship to Bear Name of Noted missteps of the boy or girl as there is to study disease, and instead Catholic Woman of putting them in a place where there is no remedy, we should see to it that they are put in a place where they may be given The Florence Bain Seymour Scholarship to the National Catholic such spiritual and · moral medicine as to prevent the recurrence of Service School, founded by the Catholic women of Detroit, will crime." serve to perpetuate the memory of the noble woman whose life and Miss Teresa O'Donohue, in her report. described not only the example were so full .of inspiration to all who lmew her. No more many phases of work carried on in the field of charity by the fifty­ fitting tribute to her memory could have been found. The purpose one parish centers of the organization, but told also of the coopera­ of the Service School is to train Catholic leaders. The women who tion given the New York Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women go forth from the Service School will be able, thanks to the gen­ in carrying out the program of immigration follow-up assigned to erosity of the women of Detroit, to carry far and wide the Cath­ them by Cardinal Hayes. Special mention was given in this connection olic spirit of service which was the dominant note of Florence Bain to a band of Polish ladies known as the Paderewska Ladies of Seymour's whole life. Charity who are cooperating with the Archdiocesan Council of the DAVENPORT, IOWA. N. C. C. W. by visiting Polish immigrants, and of a group of Italian women who are performing the same service for their com­ Bishop Davis Urges Diocesan Council in Davenport patriots. Bishop Davis, of Davenport, has issued the following letter: CLEVELAND, OHIO. To the Presidents of all Catholic Directors Hear Report of Winter Activities Women's Clubs and Organizations: We have undertaken thrOtlgh an active committee of Catholic H.epresentatives from the five deaneries attended the meeting of the women to bring all the Catholic WOme1'l-, through their organiza­ Board of Directors cf the Clcveland Diocesan Council of Catholic tions, into close tOttch with the National Cottncil of Catholic Women. Interesting reports telling of the activities of the Council Women. There is great need for this organization, which is during the winter months were presented. Mrs. M. B. Daly, presi­ approved by the Hierarchy and which is the only organization dent of the Diocesan Council, and treasurer of the National Council. through which all Catholic women may speak and act as a 1tnit. presided. Another meeting will be held June 30. and reflect nationally the Catholic attitude of mi1~d. It is desired that yOt' lend all possible cooperation that the ST. JOSEPH, MO. women in your organization may be reached. Support Pledged to New Diocesan Council Sincerely yours in Christ, The newly formed Diocesan Council is steadily gaining members ~ JAMES DAVIS, Bishop of Davenport. and is meeting with enthusiastic suport. At the recent special meeting of St. Elizabeth's Aid, held in the As a result of the above letter, the meeting of organization repre­ Assembly Hall of the Cathedral Convent, Miss Laura Lawlor, sentatives was well attended and plans were made for the early president of the Diocesan Council, addressed the large and very formation of a diocesan council. Miss Linna Bresette, who is conduct­ appreciative audience, outlining the aim and objects of the N. C. ing the organization work, will remain in Davenport until the diocesan C. W. in a most convincing manner. After pointing out the power council is completed. The meeting was addressed by the Right for good to be derived from nation-wide organization and unity, Reverend Edward D. Howard, D.D., Auxiliary Bishop of Daven­ she explained what may be accomplished locally by a coordination port, who stressed the importance of having an organization through of work. The members of St. Elizabeth's Aid expressed their appre­ which all Catholic women may coordinate their work. The Rev.' ciation and assured the president of the St. Joseph Diocesan Council C. J. Donohoe, pastor of the Church of St. Paul the Apostle, pre­ that she might expect loyal and ready cooperation from their sided at the meeting. crganization. June, 1925 N. C. W. C. BULLETIN 31

YOUNGSTOWN. OHIO KANSAS CITY, MO. Women of 'St. Edward's Parent-Teacher Association Praise CathoHc Girls Trained as Scout Leaders Bulletin The Kansas City "Diocesan Council, cooperating with the girl \\Triting to the executive secretary of the N. C. C. W., Mrs. scout commissioner of Kansas City, organized a training class for Thomas C. Muldoon, lay organizer of St. Edward's Parent-Teacher girl scout leaders. The course lasted one week and was quite suc- Association, Youngstown, Ohio, has the following- to say about the cessful. . BULLETIN: "The members are most enthusiastic over the merit~ of the N. C. W. C. BULLETIN, many of whom never saw it until they received their Housing Survey Report Ready first number. The magazine is one of the best Catholic periodicals At the last convention of the N. C. C. W. a most interesting extant." session was devoted to the discussion of a survey made by the SEATTLE, WASH. N. C. W. C. Social Action Department of housing of employed Catholic Center at University Planned by N. C. C. W. women and girls. The report of this survey is now available in printed ' form as Mrs. Frank M. Carroll, pr·esident of the Diocesan Council of No. 3 of the "Service Series," under the title {fA Survey of the Catholic Women, has announced that plans have been made for the Housing of Employed Women and Gi1'ls." It gives a very compre­ establishment of a Catholic center for the Catholic students at the hensive view of the whole question, the need, the way in which it has State University. These plans call for the securing of a h~ll where been met in various cities and by different organizations. What is Catholic students may meet, the installation of a reference library of greater value, however, are the valuable suggestions about t.he and the services of at least a part-time secretary to arrange for various problems met in conducting homes for girls: location, type programs and I perform other services for the students. The ap­ of building, financing, supervision, administration, etc. pointment of the followiJ!.g new committee chairmen has also been Any group interested in girls' work w~l1 find this pamphlet Gf announced by Mrs. Carroll: Mrs. Albert Schram, Activities; Mrs. great value. It can be obtained on application to the N. C. C. W. Wm. Turnac1iffe, diocesan chairman, Immigrant Aid and Follow-up; Cost, including postage, 60 cents. Mrs. T. R. Bresnahan, city chairman, Immigrant Aid and Follow-up; Mrs. E. J. Parks, Census; Mrs. J. Ryan, Membership; Mrs. C. A. Ouellette, Constitution; Mrs. A. R. Tyson, Ways and Means. More New Life Members The quarterly meeting of the Council was held in Tacoma on We had hoped to have this month just as many new life May 19. members as we did last month. But we are grateful for the NEWARK, N. J. ones we have received so far, and our sincere appreciation Annuai Rally Brings in Many New Members The custom has been established of holding an annual rally on goes out to the friends whose names are listed below for . the third Sunday in May in the various counties of the Newark this evidence of interest in our work: Diocese. Complete reports of the annual rally have not yet been re­ Mrs. Theresa Molamphy, Pittsburgh, Pa ...... $100 ceived, but over five hundred memberships have been sent in al­ Miss Catherine O'Donnell, -Pittsburgh, Pa; ...... 100 ready as a result. Mrs. M. S. Neracher, Shaker Heights, Ohio ...... 100 ST. PAUL, MINN. Mrs. L. F. Loree, New York, N. Y .. ~ ...... 100 Plan to Establish Mission School for Boys The Minnesota Division of the N. C. C. W. is especially inter­ ested in work among the Indians on the White Earth Reservation Archbishop Glennon Speaks at St. Louis and plans are now being made t.o establish there a mission school Meeting of N. C. C. W. for the Indian boys. The reservation has a school for girls, which ( Continued from page 29) is doing good work, and in a letter sent out to its affiliated organ­ izations, the Minnesota Council tells of the need for a boys' school president, Mrs. John Born; fourth vice-president, Mrs. F. M. Switzer, and asks support for the plan to establish it. of the Kirkwood Deanery; fifth vice-president, Mrs. A. J. Edwards, ST. CHARLES, MO. Jefferson Deanery; sixth vice-president, Mrs. Charles Pieper, St. Charles Deanery; seventh vice-president, Mrs. Agnes Hollow, New Member of Council Ninety-seven Years Old De Soto Deanery (newly elected); eighth vice-president, Mrs. John "The enclosed check for $2.00 is for two individual memberships Mauthe, Washington Deanery; ninth vice-president, Mrs. Jules in the N. C. C. W., one for myself and the other for my aunt, who Rozier, Ste. Genevieve Deanery; tenth vice-president, Mrs. Philip was ninety-seven years old in December and who has been most Hoch, Cape Girardeau Deanery; eleventh vice-president, Mrs. M. H. interested in this organization." Isn't that wonderful? The N. C. Murphy, Mexico Deanery; secretary, Miss Regina Dougherty; C. W. has never felt so much pride in any membership. treasurer, Mrs. E. C. McGrath; executive secretary, Miss Florence M. RUTLAND, VT. Tierney. C. D. of A. Form Study Club The Council's constitution was amended to provide for a Board Court Gaffney No. 298, C. D. of A., has formed a Study Club of Directors of fifty members from which the officers will be and is taking up current legislation. An interesting talk on this chosen. The adoption of the amendment necessitated the election subject was given at a recent meeting by the Rev. J. M. Brown, of these additional directors: Mesdames John Bey, John Born, spiritual director of the Court, who discussed various pending bills, A. M. Butler, ]. A. Calnane, James Byrne, A. A. Cervantes, W. T. pointing out in particular the disastrous consequences which would Donovan, James W. Grace, Frank Goodwin, A. B. Harrington, follow passage of the Birth Control bill. Mary Hogan, W. J. Prindible, Josephine Regnier, J olm E. Riley, Father Brown urged his hearers to subscribe to the N. C. W. C. Paul Robyn, Edward]. Scott, Margaret Sickles, Edward J. Walsh, BULLETIN in order to keep in touch with current events and the Misses Stella Gillick, Marie Harkins, Agnes Hollow, Emma Lang Catholic attitude on subjects of moment. and Katherine Murray, 32 N. C. W. C. BULLETIN June~ 1925

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