The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-10
CATHOLIC SUMMER
SCHOOL BEGINS WORK
Three Hundred Students Enroled-Lec-
lures by DR.. Shields and
Rev. DonehY.

The Columbian Catholic summer school
held It's first session at the state capitol
yesterday, over 800 students being regis
tered from practically all the Western
states, from Illinois to Washington.
DR.. Henry Austin Adams, of Chicago,
who was to have lectured last evening
before the summer school, has not Vet
arrived in ST. Paul. No word has veen
received from DR.. Adams by those in
that, his delay is the result of a miscal-
culation OF dates or delayed trains. Rev.
?. Danehy Of Minneapolis, president Of
the the summer anne school, spoke in Dr.. Adams
/ 1.-The Commonplace of the Bible" The
speaker traced in simple yet eloquent
fashion the history of the Bible from it's
birth in the Hebrew and Greek tongues
down to its translation into the English
language. Father Danehy compared the
work of the Catholic and Protestant
Why the Catholic church considers it's
own translation the better one. The
speaker asserted that it was not alone
the Catholic scholars, priests and lay
men, who had proven the falsity of the
charges made by the followers of Martin
Luther in regard to the Catholic Church's
mon people, but non-Catholic and i'm
partial scholars as we'll. Father Danehy's
occasional digressions were as interest
ing as his main argument for he gave
his audience an occasional glimpse into
those literary workshops of the middle
ages, the monasteries. A large audience
enjoyed the address.
The morning lecture was by Rev F. E.
Shields, Phi. D., who gave the first of
three lectures on Mental Development"
which he treated in lucid manner, de-
lightfully freee from technicalities.
EDUCATORS, said Dr.. Shields. 'have
best interests Of the child's development
are served by leading it to functional
experience in each Phase of the ancestral
With this belief the speaker differed,
holding that if man, in his mental I'M
folding. were to reach the highest plane
in civilization. the ancestral phase must
be abbreviated and unfunctional.
While it was true that there was no
other system of life that mioht be given
the child but that of inheritance it was
power of diverting this stream. The
struggle with the ancient impulses of a
vanished past, caused st. Paul to cry to
DR.. Shields warned his hearers against
the belief that their sole power of di-
recting the child's unfolding lay in in.
the parent, and the teacher to reinforce
the good impulses, rather than repress
shalt not kill; thou shalt not steal" was
love thy neighbor"
DR.. Shields will lecture this morning on
Social Heredity," and tomorrow morning
on Personal Acquisition" The morning
lectures next week will be given by Rev.
Josepn Gamppeli on fundamentai Eth
ics," THE Ethics of, Conscience and
THE Ethics of Morality
DR.. Henry Austin Adams the distin-
guished New York historian, will give the
next four evening lectures.
Next week there will be afternoon ses-
sions, devoted to the Sunday school con-
ferences, of which Rev. j. f. Dolphin,
man. Papers will be read at this con-
ference by number Ct distinguished
clergymen.
Among the lecturers still to come are
Rev. w. j. Kerby, of the Catholic Uni
versity of Washington, who will deliver
three addresses on Social Reform" He
is an authority of sociology.
Hon. M. j. Wade, Of Iowa City. will
lecture on Lincoln" and Christopher
Columbus on July Is. Hon j. G. Mon
lures on Diplomacy, Commerce and the
Consular Service" Other lectures will be
announced. The character of the speak
ers is guarantee Of an intellectual feast.