The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-08-20
WARM RECEPTION TO TWO
DISTINGUISHED PRELATES
SIXTH WEEK OF CLIFF HAVEN.

(Cor. Intermountain Catholic.)
4 Cliff Haven, y. Y, on Lake Cham
pain, Aug. 1.-THE session of 1904 Of
the Catholic summer school has beer
notable not so much for the visits OF
one or two dignitaries in church or il
state, but for the constant association
with men and women famous in Telig-
lous, literary, political and social cir
| cles. The members of the school have
| from the beginning cordially welcomed
visitors of note, but they have never
given a warmer reception than that TO
the two distinguished guests of the
sixth week, the Right Rev. Charles H.
Cotton. bishop of Buffalo, and the Right
Rev. Mgr. O'Connell, rector of the
! Catholic university at Washington.
The reception in their honor in the
Auditorium on Sunday evening was one
OF the most impressive events of the
week. The address of welcome was de-
llVered by the president of the school,
Rev. Dennis j. Mcmahon, D. D. In be-
half of the members of the school he
expressed pleasure at the honor con-
terred by the visits of these prelates,.
and added that he hoped that relations
thus pleasantly begun would continue
TO exist. He was followed by Bishop
Cotton. who received d tremendous
ovation from an audience composed of
his friends and admirers. In his ad-
dress he dwelt upon his previous inter-
est in the work of the school, and his
constant admiration for its lofty aims.
But" he proceeded, 1.-The realization
exceeds the expectancy Here is a To-
cation sacred in the history of the ear
ly missionary days and of our country
and magnificently beautiful in setting.
Here are all the comforts and conven-
fences necessary for your work. God
has amply blessed you thus far; my
wish and prayer is that he may con-
tlnue TO do so, that your work may
stand as a beacon light to the Catholic
people of this country" An equally
hearty reception was accorded Mgr.
O'Connell. He said: Il am at a loss
to account for the cordially with which
have been met ever since my arrival
at Cliff Haven. 1 have seen the like
OF it nowhere. Indeed, l am truly con-
WINGED that it is the atmosphere of the
school, the atmosphere of sincerity and
of social harmony. Coming as I do to
represent the Catholic university,
feel that this is a tribute from one !
great Catholic institute to another, and |
50 doubly appreciate it,
programme and musical numbers |
added attractiveness to the event. a
quartette composed of Miss Sadie DON
nelly Of Flushing, Miss Gertrude Gal /
lagher of Brooklyn, Mr.. Bernard Sulli
van and Rev. John Talbot Smith of
New York, sang four beautiful selec-
tons from Rossini's Stabat Mater.
others taking part were Rev. Bernard
NJ. Began of Railway, n. j.; Miss S.
Lawlor of Brooklyn, Miss Cecilia
Hughes of Rochester and Mrs. Marion
lopez of Mex York.
This week was Irish week at Cliff
Haven. Not that all the lectures were
IN Irish topics, for Rev. John T. Dris-
oil, S. T. L., the we'll known Catholic
and lecturer, spoke morn
ngs at half-past 10 on philosophy in
America During the Nineteenth Cen
ury." But in the evenings at $50,
Rev. Henry Z. O'Keeffe, c. S. P. an ac-
authority on Gaelic lam
-uage and literature, talked on the
Neo-Celtic Movement" a topic of in .
crest to all Irishmen and 10 all stu ]
ents of contemporaneous literature i
these We're harp recitaIs by |
IT. John Cheshire, the famous and
alented harpist of the Seidl orchestra.
lis selections We're distinctly Irish, I
lany of them having been approved by '
ne Feis Agus SeanucheS of the New
ork Gaelic society. s
Socially, Cliff Haven has been very
ctive this week. A most enjoyable !
vent was the dance by the Boston cot ,
lge Monday evening. a geography =
arty at the Marquette, minstrel per- ,
,rmance at the Auditorium, a euchre i
the New York and the weekly hop :
the Champlain club were other pleas i
Mt affairs. :