The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-08-27
AT CLIFF HAVEN.
Gala Day For Children on Feast of
Assumption.

Assumption.
Correspondence Intermountafn Catholic.)
Cliff Haven, Aug. 22.-The idea is
current that the Catholic summer
school exists solely for the clergy and
for the teachers-that within its eXclu-
| sive domains there is little room for
anything save for that which pertains
to the Intellectual, and that therein,
youth and merriment, maturity and
seriousness can find no common meet
| ing ground. The utter falsity of this
has never been better proved than dur
ing this week, the seventh of the pres
ent session. For the past few days
l.Lave been halycon ones, not only for
| the young men and women but also,
and more particularly so. for the chill
| dren of Cliff Haven. AS for the latter,
| Monday. the beautiful feast of the As
sumption of the Blessed Virgin. was
their gala day. for it was the occasion
of the fist annual lawn fete in their
honor given by the women of the
school. The pine groves along the lake
shore. usually the resort of the studious
in the afternoons, were early alive with
| excitement. Hero a sack race and
there a potato race engaged the eager
attention of the children who sought
| in friendly rivalry to win the beautiful
| faVors awarded to the successful. y
pretty drill or two lent color to the pic
| tdre and gave pleasure to the older
| folk who had gathered to enjoy the
sight. But TO the children, the feast
Of good things TO eat provided for their
deleCtation was the glorious climax OF
the day. Ice cream, cake, fruits, can
dies and nuts were there in plenty. and
they made the most of their golden
To
think that this is only one of a series
of equally enjoyable entertainments
5iven in honor of the children and that
there were participating in each Of
these somewhere near 100 children. he
can readily conceive how child's idea
# paradise is Cliff Haven. And it IS
the summer schools proudest boast
that she can attract so many children
to her and thereby bring them early
into touch with high ideals of work and
play.
Young and old have whiled away the
evening hours most pleasantly this
week The Algonquin, the Champlain
club and the Philadelphia have been
.he entertainers; on Tuesday, Wednes- |
day and Thursday evenings. Friday
night was a particularly festive one, |
IN account of it being the occasion Of
d dance given in honor Of the guests !
of the summer school by the officers
uf the Fifth United States infantry 1T
the post nearby. In many ways it was |
the most attractive social event of the !
session.
In point of general interest the re-
teption held Sunday evening in honor |
of the former president of the school. |
the Ri Rev. NJ. J. Lavelle, F. g., was |
notable occasion. For it commem- |
Grated in fitting manner the honors !!
that have been accorded to Mgr. La |
velle during the past year, the bestOwal |
of the vicar generalship of the diocese, |
the raising to the dignity of mon |
signor and the suspicious celebration of |
his silver jubilee.
A new lecturer and an old favorite |
have given the only lecture courses OF |
the week. The first, Dr. J. D. NJ.
Ford, professor of romance languages
in Harvard university, made pro-
rounced success as d lecturer on Span
ish literary history. His point Of view
was that of the philosopher who saw
the gradual evolution of a literature. /
and so his discourses were marked by
unity and profoundly that were emil
nently satisfying The other lecturer.
Rev John P. Chadwick. chaplain of the
ill-fated Maine, has long been re-
noNned at Cliff Haven. His lectures on
: Glimpses Of Missionary Life in For
ign Lands" proved that he has lost
rome of his eloquence or of his power
Turing his long absence from this coun-
try. He made clear, as few other lee
turers could do, the exact situation In
The east.