The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-07-23
CATHOLIC COLLEGES.
Third Annual Conference of Directors
at ST, Louis.


The third annual conference of the
Catholic colleges. schools and Semin-
aries in the United States took place
in St Louis. July 18th. 18th and l4tl,.
1t was the largest and most enthu-
siastic meeting that has yet been held.
and steps We're taken to amalganaate
the associations into one large organ
| Zation, With three sections. one ior
the pArochial school. one for the Cath
Ollie college and one for the seminary.
The meeting was held in the large
and connections halls OF the ST. Louis
university. and the visitors Were &C
corded generous treatment at the
hands of the Rev w. Is. Rogers. S. J..
president of the university.
The exercises were opened Ivy SOL
clan high mass in the magnificent col
lege church. tie celebranr of the mass
being the Right Rev. John Janssen,
bishop OF Eellevi!le. The singing of
tho mass would have done the heart
of Plus y good to hear. for it was
strict Gregorian by the we'll trained
Franciscan choir of st. Louis. The
preacher of the mass was the eloquent
Most Rev. John !. Glennon. arch
bishop of st. Louis. who hade the dele
gates a hearty welcome to the Worlds
Fair city. In the course of his adj
dress the archbishop said that Catho-
lie education. while of the highest
quality. had not yet met the generous
financial support it meritel: that
while other education was :,eing law
ishly dealt with by the state and by
private donations, Catholic educa-
tional institutions were struggling
along. Moreover. in his opinion. Cath
Ollie educators had not vet learned the
art of advertising their wares. and
consequently people outside of the
church had no adequate idea of the
magnificent educational system which
she had built up in their midst
OPENING OF CONFERENCE.
The conference was opened with
prayer by the Right Rev. Monsignor
d. ]. O'Connell. rector of the Catholic
j university, who sketched the work out
for the conference. The various Sec
tons of the conference then retired
to their respective meeting halls.
On Wednesday the College associa-
ton met to discuss the question,
Methods of Teaching Latin in the
College-Od and New" The Rev.
Charles Schrantz. s. S., Of st. Charles
college, Ellicott City. Md, read
learned and interesting paper on this
topic. in which he gave historical
development Of this branch of study
At the college section on Thursday,
July 14th, very interesting paper on
'"rhe Function and Scope of Philoso-
ply in the Catholic College Course"
was read by the Very Rev. NJ. A.
Hehir. G. S. sp., of Pittsburg. Fol-
lowing is an abstract of Father Hehir's
paper:
After explaining what is generally
meant by philosophy and the extent
to which it is studied in this and
European countries, Father Hehir
maintained that the chief function of
philosophy is to coordinate the various
principles, methods and conclusions of
the different sciences in order to ar
rive at truth. He asserted that the
study of philosophy is now pursued in
Catholic and nom Ca holic colleges to a
degree unknown to those of the past
generation, owing to the advancement
Of higher studies in other branches
and departments of science, and the
necessity felt for an equilibrium in
the mania manifested by our genera
ton for specialization. The reverend
gentleman favored an early acquaint-
ance with philosophy, at least with
logic, for when the foundations have
been laid during the early years Of
college life, leisure hours are devoted