The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-22
FIRST WEEKS WORK
SUCCESS ATTENDS OPENING OF
CATHOLIC SUMMER SCHOOL
AT DETROIT
REV. JOSEPH CAMPBELLs TALK
Very Rev, j. II, Dolphin, Also
of st. Paul, Lends Valuable
Help to the Con-
Vcntton.

DETROIT Mich, July N.-(Speclal.)-
The first week of tbs seventh annual
session of the Columbian Catholic sum-
mer school was the most successful in
the history of the SCI ool the attendance
being largely in excess Of that of last
year.
The session opened at the Lyceum thea
ter on Tuesday evening with an informal
reception to the officers of the school.
The house was filed to the doors. Seat
ed upon the pla form were Rt. Rsv Bish-
op Foley, Rt. Rev. Bishop Messmer,
president of the school; Mayor william
c. Maybury, Rev. P. ]. McGrath, Of
Charles City, Iowa; Rev. Joseph Camp
bell, d. D., OF ST. Paul Mimi. and Rev.
Francis J. Van Antwerp, of Detroit.
Mayor Maybury welcomed the summer
school in a very happy manner. He
was followed by Bishop Foley, VINO ex-
pressed gT eat pleasure that the school
had again come to Detroit and prom
ised 1t the hearty support Of the clergy
and the people of the diocese Of Detroit.
Rt. Rev. Bishop Messmer, of Green Bay,
replied briefly to these addresses of well
come.
The first speaker of the session was
Rev. Joseph Campbell, D, D., of ST. Paul,
MINI. Dr.. Campbell spoke on the gen.
eral subject of Ethics" his first lecture
being on Conscience" the second on
Morality" and the third on Imputa-
Dility of Moral EVIL" He succeeded in
making the abstract subject of Ethics"
tangible and clear to his audience. and
his delivery left nothing to be desired.
The evening lectures of the last week
were delivered by DR., Henry Austin
Adams. dls first lecture was on DAN
lei O'Connell;" Thursday evening his sub
ject was ''DonoSo CorteS," and on Friday
evening William II. MaIock."
The afternoons of the first week were
occupied by the Sunday school confer
ences under the direction of Very Rev. ].
4. Dolphin, president Of ST. Thomas col
lege, st. Paul, MINI, and Sreat amount
of interest was manifested. The first
conference on Wednesday began with a
paper by Rev. ]. T. O'Connell, OF Toledo,
Ohio on the Need of Sunday Schools
Thursday afternoon the Rev. NJ ].
O'Br.en, of Green Bay, Wis, spoke on
Organization of Sunday Schools in City
Parishes" at the Friday conference Rev
Frank ROrke of Monroe, Mica, spoke
on REL gious Instruction In Country Dis
tricts.' At the final conference on Sat
urday. Miss Minnie Keliiher, of Green
Bay, is, read paper on the Sun
day School Teacher" Each paper was
Followed by discussion OF the subject,
and the conference resulted in great prac-
teal good to those who attended.
THIS WEEKS PROGRAMME.
The speakers for the second week Of
this school are: Rev. Myles ]. Whelan,
of st Mary's seminary, Baltimore, Md,
who speaks on Authority in Religion"
Religious Indifferentism, and the RE
union of Christendom;" Rev. Joseph
Schrembs of Grand Rapids, whose sub
ject is TIE Catholic Church and Civil
Liberty" The Rev. E. P. Graham, of
Cleveland, Ohio; Hon. M j. Wade of
Iowa City, Iowa, who speaks on Some
Grave Social Problems;" Rev P j. Car
roll, d. d, Dubuque, Iowa, on King
Lear and Thomas O'Haean IL D., OF
Toronto, on Woman in Shakespeare"
and Charles Dickens"
The direction of the teachers institute,
which was introduced into the work of
the summer school last year, has been
placed in the hands of DR.. Edward Nc
Laughlin, of Chicago. The institute will
continue during the two we5ks of the
school, from July Is to 26, inclusive The
subjects to be considered at the first
conference are Education (a) Its Nature
and Principles; o. Essent al Qualifica-
tions of a Teacher for the Work of Edu-
cation. Second MISUNDERSTANDING: (a)