The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-04-17
Splendid Preparations for the En-
suing Season at Madison.
THE WORK OF 1896 ECLlPsED.
Best Talent of the Nation Will
Devote Time to Special Topics.
A WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS.
Rev. P. Danehy, Of st. Paul Theo.
logical College, Will Speak.

logical College, Will Speak.
A correspondent of the Chicago Times
Herald in writing from Madison, Wis,
says: ~~
Arrangements for the annual session
of the Columbian Roman Catholic sum-
mer school are almost completed. The
program lacks hut few numbers,
which will soon be Slled up. \ most in
teresting season is promised for those
who attend. The summer school will
open on Sunday, July II, and close on
Friday, July 80.
The program so far as it is completed
at present includes lectules by many
prominent scholars, covering a wide
range of subjects of the most interesting
ci,.-. acted. hight, .Kev. IS. G. Messmer
D. D., will lecture on Religion and Poll
tics," subject that is full Of interest at
all times
Right Rev. S. G Chatard. the bishop
of Vincennes, Ind, will deliver series
of lectures on the christian Antiquities
Of R6me."'.. The Bishops long residence
in Rome as head of the American COL
lege, especially fits him for ably hand
ling this unique and interesting subject.
While in Rome Bishop Chatard made a
particular study Of the Christian an
tiquities of the eternal city and is ia
miliar with the remains Of the ancient
times when the followers of the then
new religion were sadly prosecuted by
the Romans. This series of lectures
promises to be the most interesting mat
ter in the doings of the school next July.
No one in America is more adept than
is the Bishop. of Vincennes in this i'm
portant branch Of archaeology.
Bishop Burke, of st. Joseph, Mo-, will
lecture the summer school scholars On
Dante The bishop has made study
of the great Italian poet and his expo
sition of "the divine comedy" is valua-
BILE and scholarly. ,
Rev. P. Danehy has outlined a course
of talks on the "Holy Scriptures" which
will be really continuation of his lee
lures Of last year on this fascinating
topic He is distinguished for his cru
dition and his eloquence and his COM
munications to the summer school on
the questions that are now so prominent
In the public mind with reference to the
Bible are timely, modern, original in
many respects and delightfully."- present
ed They are said to be a splendid ex
position of the Roman view of the Bible
and its lessons and bearing on religion.
This alone clothes these lectures with a
very high value, inasmuch as Roman
Catholic theologians participate but lit
tie in a discussion which is just now the
one great affair in religious thought and
controversy. Fathey Danehy speaks as
one with authority, as he is an attache
of St. Paui's Theological Seminary,
which is in the City of St. Paul, MINI.
The Madison philosophers will be by
no means neglected in another topic
which is even more widespread and
more generally and less technically in
teresting in this age of the world, name
ly, political economy. Everybody now
adays is an economist and an authority
in that line of philosophy, or science, is
Rev. Francis w. Howard, d. D., Of the
great Columbia University, New York
City. DR.. Howard has In preparation a
number of lectures on this prolific theme
and they are really the carrying out of
his lectures at the Madison philosophy
farm last summer. This year DR.. How
ard will so into the questions of the dis
tribution of wealth. wages, interest and
rent.
Conde B. Patten, Ph. d., the brilliant
st. Louis Journalist, will continue his
notable lectures on literature. Mr.. Pat
ten is one of the most forward young
laymen of the Roman Catholic faith in
America. He has good understanding
of the theology of his faith, and is an
dUek1Is M feCASi6. ~ 1aASs ASCSu1SS VI 1seSI
summer were early Missions After the
Pioneers" He will recount the unwrit-
ten history Of missions lii America, a
matter with which he is very familiar,
and to the preparation of his essays on
this topic he brings large and patient
research favored by exceptional adyan-
tages. The results of his work will be
given to the public for the first time at
tho Madison school.
metaphysics will be touched In. three
lectures on psychology by Rev. Thomas
e. Shields, Phi. d, JOHNS Hopkins: It
Is said that this year they will be Of
signal interest.
Judge NJ. ]. Wade. Of Iowa City, will
lecture on Law, It's Origin and
Grow ID, "a IN of the I.ard,'' :
:.sI,i ts ~ IS /.