The Irish standard., 1905-08-05
DULUTH NEWS.

is the proud possessor of an Irish lin
net. Last fall friend of his made a
trip to Ireland and as a souvenir of
his visit to the old land, brought over
to Jim the Irish bird. Great care mas
been taken of the little pet by Mr..
Coughlan, who feared that the North.
western climate would not agree with
the bird. 1t has lived through it so
far and now sings as gay as if it were
in Old Ireland Jimmy is delighted
with the bird and no money would
buy it of him.
Il fear that the plan promulgated by
Rev. David w. Hearn, president of St.
Francis Xavier society of New York,
to establish a system of Catholic high
schools the country over, is too broao
in its scope for immediate realization"
said Right Rev. Bishop James McGol,
rick, last week. Nevertheless, be.
lieve that his suggestion, made at the
recent meeting of the Catholic Educa-
tional association in New York, will
be productive, in some measure, of
the fulfillment of his plan. l believe
that something in the nature of a,
high school education will be offered
by the church in the near future. The
feature to which l refer is already
operative in a number of the larger
cities of the country. The plan
brought forward was to establish
series of schools throughout the coun-
try which should be taught by Catho-
lie fathers and which in their curricu-
lums were to be commensurate with
the regular public high schools of the
land. 1t is aimed to provide for the
poorer class of children whose parents
connot afford protracted course OF
education, a thorough grounding in at
least the rudiments of business prin-
ciples. We would strive further to
give them thorough course in book.
keeping, stenography and typewriting
and the like. In addition we believe
that an elementary knowledge of the
classics would be of great benefit.
This would enable many of our young
men, who might later decide to enter
the priesthood, to do SO with greater
ease and dispatch than would other
wise be the case. / have been striv-
ing in Duluth two years to attain
this result. We have ample room in
our school to provide for these extra
classes. have already made applica.
ton to the Superior of the Christian
Fathers at Manhattan, and hope that
by next year we will be able to vel.
come four of these fathers, whose
work in teaching the young mind is
uneXcelled in church education. So
soon as they come these advanced
classes will be opened and we will be
in a position to fit our young men to
grapple with the battle of life with a
knowledge of the tools which they
will be required to use.'
Mrs. James H. Sullivan, who has
been very sick at ST. Mary's hospital
for some weeks, is now much better
and will soon be around again. Her
many friends will be pleased to hear
of her early recovery.
D. P. Mcdonald left for Boston last
Saturday evening. He will be present
at the national convention of the c..
o. F.
Mrs. James Brotherton and daughter
lima, of 317 Fifty-first avenue west.
have gone to New Castle, Canada, to
visit with friends for month. They
will return by way of Montreal and
New York.
ST. James court No. GA, c. O. F.,
held its regular meeting last evening
in Gilley's hall. The local society
joined with the Catholic societies Of
the head of the Lakes in the reception
rendered Bishop Schinner at Superior
last Tuesday evening.
The festival of St. Anne was cele-
!, brated last week at St. James Catho-
lie church by Father Kelly, who said
mass. The attendance was large.
Mrs. J. C. Cook, who has been visit,
ing her brother, Joseph Brayden, has
returned to her home in Ontonagon,
Mich.
Miss Anna j. Brayden has taken a
trip down the lakes.
Mrs. James Clancy of West Duluth,
is entertaining Miss Anna Carroll OF
st. Paul.
Mrs. C. B. Nunan of 324 Twenty-fifth
avenue west, has returned from trip
to Toronto, Ont.
Rev. Father Floyd Of Eveleth, was
detained in Duluth with an attack Of
illness last week, but returned home
on Wednesday. His place at st. Pat
rick's was filled by French priest,
Father Gamache of Hibbing.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Kelly left last week
for trip to the Pacific coast.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. J. Callahan of Minneapolis, formerly
of this city, will be very sorry to heal
of the death of their son, Joe. Blood
poisoning was the cause OF death.
Mrs Callahan was sick at the time of
his death and much fear was express
ed for her recovery on account of the
shock. The family has the heartfelt