San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-29
CATHOLIC WINTER SCHOOL.
Some Eminent Lecturers Secured For
The Term.

The Term.
There is every indication that tn
| Catholic winter school, which is sched
uled to open in New Orleans on Marcel
4 next, and continue until March 20
will equal, if not exceed, the session O.
last year in the brilliancy and soliditS
| of the discources to be delivered.
The duty of securing the lectures is
intrusted to a committee, of which
| Rev. Father Nugent, c. NJ, is the
! chairman, and that eminent divine is
now engaged in correspondence with
a number of the most learned lectur-
ers in the country, with a view to en-
gage their services for the coming sea
son. Among those who have already
signified their willingness to come
south are the following:
Rev. Father Knapp, o. p, the emf
nent Dominican, of st. Hyacinth, Can
ada, who delivered the sermons at the
cathedral during Lent last year, will
lecture twice at the winter school,
once in English and once in French.
His subject has not yet been made
known.
Rev. Father Power, s. J., whose lee
received, will deliver three lectures on
Reason and Revelation"
Rev. Father Mullaney, LII. D., who
is called the founder of the winter
school will deliver two lectures on
Some of the Phases of Modern
Thought of the Church"
Rev. Father M. S. Brennan, A. M,
of st. Louis, who will deliver three
lectures this year, his subjects being
Solar Physics" European Travel
and Cyclones; Their Causes and
Laws" He is especially qualified to
discuss the last named subject, having
made a special study of cyclones, and
having been in the midst of that great
est of tornadoes which wrecked st.
Louis a few moths ago.
Prof. Brown Ayres, of Tulane Uni
versity, will deliver two lectures on
Science"
The only woman lecturer will be
Miss Helena Goessmann, of Amherst,
Mass. Such being the case a few words
about this learned lady will be of in
terest. Miss Starr lectured last year
and the managers of the school
woman who would come to the high
thought it would be hard to find a
standard set by Miss Starr but they
consider that they have found such a
one in Miss Goessmann. She will de-
liver four lectures on 1.-THE Historic
Woman of Shakespeare" and, among
them she will treat of Joan La Pucelle,
known as Joan of Arc, who figures in
Henry VI" She will
deliver also one lecture on 1.-THE
Christian Woman of Society, Ethical
ly and Historically Considered"
Miss Goessmann was born in AM
herst. Mass, and secured her educa-
ton in the best local schools, sup
plemented by special instructions by
private teachers in German History
and Literature, under the personal di-
rection of her father, Charles Anthony
Phi. D., LII. D., of Massa-
chusetts State college. In, 1887 she
course by graduating at Elmhurst
Gadies of the Sacred Hearth at Prov
idence, r. 1. Since then she has de-
voted herself to special work in his
tory, literature and ethics, aided by
college lectures and the libraries of
Amherst, as well as by the best talent
of New York and Boston. The Uni
versity of Ohio conferred on her the
degree of master of philosophy, for adj
vanced work in the three branches
branches mentioned. At the invita-
ton of Prof Phillips, of Yale, she is
now taking post graduate course in
the department of history and litera-
ture, and preparing herself for the de-
gree of Phi. d. In 1892 she delivered
course of lectures before her alma
mater on Historical Literary and
Social Spain of the Fifteenth Cen
tury." At the Plattsburg summer
school, 1893, she lectured on "Isaballe
the Catholic" and for two successive
winters she has Spoken before the
Fen-elon Reading Circle, of Brooklyn,
the largest organization of its kind in
the east. She appeared several times
before the Lawrence Literary Society,
and numerous other Catholic societies
and non-Catholic clubs of the north.
1t is hoped to have lectures by Bish-
ops Keane, and Spaulding and Arch
bishop Ryan, of Philadelphia. Arch
bishop Panssens will invite the new
papal delegate, Mgr. Martenelli, and
his attendance at the winter school is
eagerly looked for.
The course of lectures will begin
March 4, but the religious exercises
opening the school will take place on
Sunday February 2S.
The railroad managers will extend
the excursion tickets of visitors to the
Mardi Gras so as to enable the holders
to remain in New Orleans for the win
ter school.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.