The San Francisco call., 1905-08-22
YOUNG MEMS INSTITUTE BEGINS ITS
ANNUAL SESSION IN SANTA CRUZ
Members Attend Church in the Morning and
q Hold Their First Meeting in the Afternoon
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SANTA CRUZ, Aug. 21.-The Grand
Council of the Young Mems Institute be-
gan its twenty-frst annual session here
to-day. The delegates are adorned with
badges of pink silk, upon which is one
of the big trees.
True to the motto of the order, PRO
Dec. Pro Patria" (''For God, For Coun-
try'o the first thing done was to at
tend divine service. This morning at 10
o'clock the entire delegation went to Holy
Cross Church, where solemn high mass
was celebrated. Rev. P. J. Fisher, rector
OF Holy Cross Church, was celebrant;
Rev. p. Foley of Alameda, deacon, Rev.
P. ]. Hennessy of Capitola, sub-deacon.
and Grand Chaplain Rev. M. d. Slattery
of Napa. master Of ceremonies. The SER
mon was by Rev. P. ]. Fisher of Santa
Cruz. He took the motto Of the order as
q basis for his remarks. making a plea
for loyalty, sacrifice and devotion toward
their religion and urging the members Of
the order to take an interest in national
affairs. Rev. Mr.. Fisher spoke Of some
of the glaring evils Of national life, espe-
cially that of divorce. He said that in the
question Of capital and labor 1t was to be
remembered that capital has rights and
duties, that labor has also rights and
duties. and that the great public was to
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hearty welcome to the city.
The convention was called to order at
the Casino at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon.
Grand President J. p. Fitzgerald pre-
sided and appointed committees as fol-
lows:
Credentials. ]. Moroney. ]. F. Glas-
son. Henry Kinsley, M. Clashan and M.
Forno.
Press-J H. Bruer, D. j. Hallohan, w.
RiIev
Laws and supervisien-F. ]. O'Brien. J.
j. Callahan, ]. C. Hanley, H. Costa and
Rev. w. r. Thompson.
ResoIutions-F. ]. Kierce, Rev. T. ].
O'Connell r. d. Blake, ]. M. Kelly and
c. D. Hastings.
Finance. B. Queen, w. Noonan, r.
Kinsella, e. Sullivan and P. p. Curtis.
Mileage-F. Collins, w, Aggler and ].
Driscoll.
State Of Institute-A. r. St. Sure, An
thony Schwamm, D. M. Burnett, ]. Hen
ry Long and p. Rendon.
Among the prelates present are Rev. M.
D. Slattery of Napa, Rev. John A Grant
of San Francisco, Rev. w. R. Thompson
of Port Costa. Rev. H. Kelly of San
Francisco, Rev. T. j. O'Connell of Ala
media, Rev. P. OReilly of Castroville,
Rev. r. NJ. Mestres of Woodland. Rev. p.
Foley Of Alameda. Very Rev. Father
Hudson of Giiroy, Rev. M. Coleman of
Marysville, Rev. p. J. Fisher of Santa
Cruz and Rev. P. ]. Hennessey Of Capt-
tola.
State President T. E. Lahan Of the An
cient Order Of Hibernians sent letter OF
greeting, which was read. kilograms OF
greeting were sent to Cardinal Gibbons
at Baltimore, Archbishop P. w. Riordan
of San Francisco, Archbishop George
Montgomery Of San Francisco, Bishop
Scanlan of Salt Lake City. Bishop Grace
of Sacramento and Bishop Thomas j.
Conaty of Los Angeles.
The meeting adjourned out Of respect
to the memory of the late Past Grand
President. John Lynch.
This evening the first social affair OF the
week was held and it proved great
success. 1t was a reception at the
Casino, the ladies Of st. Agnes Council.
Young Ladies Institute. in charge. The
decorations were blue and white. the
hall being festooned with ribbons. On
the stage were ferns and flowers, the
national flag and on each side the en-
blems of the Young Ladies' Institute and
the Young Mems Institute. The COM
mittee in charge were Mrs. John Roney,
Mrs. James Kerlin, Mrs. Joseph McVey
and Mrs Enoch Alzina.
The Thirteenth Infantry band sof Angel
Island furnished the music. The address
of welcome was made by John ]. Doran,
president of Santa Cruz Council, and the
response was by the grand president,
John P. Fitzgerald.
Miss May Stein of San francisco, past
grand president, and Miss Mary Sullivan,
grand director of the Young Ladies IN
stitute, were both present.