The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-09-07
THE SECOND DAYS SESSION
DOINGS OF THE CEMETERY SUPER
INTENDENTS YESTERDAY.
In the City-OHicers for the Coming
Year characterization To-day
Father Corcoran's strong Papcr-Con-
yention Ends To-day.
vention Ends To-day.

! Year NOminateu-E To-day.
Father Corcoran's Strong Papcr-Con
yention Ends To-day.
The second days session of the con
vention of the American Cemetery Su
pe.intendents passed off most success
fully yesterday. The weather was per
feet for the long drive the delegates
took yesterday afternoon to some of thu
interesting places about the city. They
with a number of ladies and invited
guests, drove to the Evergreen an(
Mapledale cemeteries and around the
western part of the city to East Rock
| When they arrived at the top of the
Rock they were surprised by the beauti
full view from all sides which they be-
held. Many of the gentlemen said the
view was the finest they ever saw
| They consider New Haven a beautiful
| city and feel very grateful for the cour.
teous way in which they have been en-
tertaned while here. The party yes
| terday numbered about one hundred
and returned to the city by way OF
| Whitney avenue.
Yesterdays session began at
o'clock when the superintendent were
shown through and about the crypt UNI
| der Center church. This historic place
was of much interest to the gentlemen
who We're informed of its history by
| the members of the local committee
acting as guides
The roll call at 10 o'clock showed a
slight increase over that of Wednesday,
there being now about seventy attend
ing the convention.
Following the roll call came the
nominations of officers, which resulted
az follows:
For president-William Stone, pine
Grove" cemetery, Lynn, Mass.
For vice president--Gcorge M. Pain
ter, West Laurel HIP cemetery, Phil
adelphia, Pa.
For secretary and treasurer-Frank
Zurich, woodward Lawn cemetery,
Detroit. Mich; william Ross, Newton
cemetery, Newton Center, Mass; John
c. Dix, Riverside" cemetery Cleve-
land, o.; l. NJ. Boxel, Oakland" GEM
etery, St. Paul Mimi; 7. Mccarthy
Swan Point cemetery, Providence, r.
l.
The election of officers will take place
this afternoon just previous to the adj
journment of the convention.
An address yesterday morning by
Father Corcoran on Sunday Funerals"
was the principal paper on yesterdays
programme. The convention is decid
eddy against such ceremonies on Sun
day and the trend of the long discus
sion which followed made this more
emphatic. 1t was not only the senti-
ment as whole, but every member
was in favor of abolishing Sunday fu-
nerals.
Father Corcorans address was a very
powerful one, in which he gave reasons
why he thought the Sunday funerals
should not be observed. He said good
deal depended on necessity. The key
to the solution of the question, he said,
seems to me to hinge on the word ne
cessity; for when imperatively neces-
sary, the reasons against Sunday flu
nerals are not cogent but when unnec-
essary. as they usually are the very
same. reasons have full force
The first reason that Father Corcoran
origin and spirit of the Lords day. The
second was that public sentiment
against them is daily growing stronger
SO that they are on the decrease, be-
ing less frequent than in former years
nearly all of them being in private
Other reasons were that they We're too
much like the street parade and that
they disturbed the quiet of the Sab
bath and in this way tend to disregard
the Lords day. Another reason given
was, that it took the needed rest and
harmless recreation from thousands
who are given the Sunday in which to
rest and worship God.
At the conclusion Of the address Fa-
Their Corcoran was heartily applauded.
Two other papers were read yesterday
They were: How to Make
Single Grave Sections Compare Favor
ably With Other Sections" by F. d.
Willis of St. Paul, Mimi, and IF An
nual Planting or Establishment of Lots
s Discouraged or Reduced, Can the In
terest of Lot owners Be Maintained?"
'ead by T. Mccarthy of Providence
The papers We're very interesting.
After the morning session the gentle
men were photographed in front of
osborn hall.
Gorge H. Scott and Timothy Doulan
we're to have read papers on Beauties
md Benefits of Modern Cemeteris" and
Should Monuments and Markers Be
Set BY the Cemetery" respectively, but
10Th were unable to attend the conven-
ion.
A very interesting paper was read by
Ion. Burton Mansfield entitled THE
public Parks of New Haven" The pa
,er was written by Henry I. Blake, |
resident of the New Haven park com.
Mission
Another interesting paper, winter |
York in Cemeteries" was read by |
,harles Nichols.
The programme for to-day is as fol-
1Ws:
Morning Session--13O O'Clock
Toll Call
aper-Funeral Attendance at Graves,
Appliances for Lowering Caskets and
Protection of Mourners-H. ]. DER
ing.
aper-W. H. Barlow, President Dale
cemetery, Sing Sing, N. Y.
lection of Officers.
discussion.
Afternoon Session. O'Clock.
n the hands of the Executive Commit !