The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-07-29
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The Catholic Chautauqua.

The Catholic chautauqua.
The 20 cation of the Catholic Summer
School at Plattsburgh is singularly for.
tunate. On the grassy banks Of Lake
Champlaiu it stands between the great
Adiro: dack chain and the Green Noun
tains Every spot OF the land around
is redolent of tradition and legendary
lore. It was among these hills that
Fenimore Cooper found many of the
characters that sparkle on his pages, and,
indeed, the country with it's towering
peaka, it's frowning cliffs, its pinetree
ridges, bosky woods and luxuriant mead
ows might we'll inspire the most unim5
aginativs mind. There Is the memory
of Mohawk and Algonquin, of council
fire ard savage bsttle, of the French and
the English in hostile array, of Fort IL
conderoga and it's little band of heroes.
Away in the distance is the grave OF
John Brownie Of Harper's Ferry fame
and far along the horiz m rises Mount
Defiance. that speaks of Burgoyne and
Ethan Allen. For those whose minds are
East in heroic mold, who love the rugged
asrects of nature rather than the poetic
and the picturesque, there is the native
wi :dness Of the woods, the beetlin crag,
the awful chasm-ulth strange, odd
names, as the 'DeviPs Pulpit and
"Spitfrs Pond"
The attendance this year promises to
be unusually large. Authors, college
mon, clergymen and teachers from every
point in the Union have signitied their
intention to bs present. Bishop Cab
riels has taken the initiative in move
mont that bids fair to become universal.
He has issued a general permission to
the teaching Sisters of the diocese OF
Buriiue ton, VT, to attend all the leo
lures at the Summer School, an action
that will recei the appreciation OF
thinking Catholics throughout the land.
1t is expected that many other bishops
will follow his example. !.
The Summer School began it's first
SO sion July Is and will coatinue up to
Aug 6 There is hardly any branch Of
intellectual inquiry that Is not repre-
sented by ut least one lecture in the
course.
Prof. J. A. Zahm. G.. s. c., of Notrs
Dame, Indiana, opened the school by. q
series Of lectures Oh "Science in Relation
10 Religion Father Zahm is one Of
the foremost men of science in the
United States, and his work on Sound
add Music" published this year, has
taken lts place as The standard treatise
on acoustics in the English language.
Another scientific work OF his has just
been issued by an eastern publisher. and
his articles on tho Gage of the Human
Rice" now running ia thu m sgazines,
have provoked storms of both censure
and applause.
The Jesuit, Father D,ona1, f,llowsd
with four lectures 90 IN sntal Phil
osophy." Other lectures for the first
week Of the school were: Very Rover
on I A. D. Hewitt, D. d., of the Paulists,
New York, who spoke of tue Anthem
city of the Gospsls;' Thomas 81. Cum.
mings, OF 3 oston, Mass, treated of tbs
"Discovery of Am ,rica and Columbus,,'
Helena t. Goesmann, of Amherst, Mass,
subject, "Indebtsdness of America to
Isabella of Castile;' Agues l.. Sadlier, Of
New York. subject: "Women of the.
American f ,volution;" Donald Downie,'
of Montreal, Canada, subject: "Nev
France and Old France" .
Ihe second week of the school began
last Monday. 1t was opened by Brother
Azarias, Of D. La Sale Institute, New
York, who delivered five lectures OIL,
! educational epochs. Brother Azarias IL
one of the best known Catholic authors
in the English language, besides being a
coll ege man of very large experience.
He was followed by the genial story
to Ter, Richard Malcolm Johnston, Of
! Baltimore, with a series of "Studiss
Among Famous Authors
In addition to these lecture there is a
woman's auxiliary committee, which
will probably arrange special session
for woman's work. A number of bright
women have already offered their SER
vices and the movement is now being
rapidly pushed forward.
Tue managers have procured $50 acres
OF good land on the west side of Lake
Champlain and this gives them lake
frontage of over half mile, with fine,
sandy beach and great rugged peaks be-
hind. There is good fishing in the lake,
perch. pike and pickerel being found in
abundance. Altogether the new site Of
fers rare union of advantages for profit
able work and opportunities for pleasur-
able recreation.