The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-07-22
TALES OF TRAVELLERS.

Catholic educators heads of colleges and uni
versitles fraternized for week in New York and
adjourned the other day. Not enough of the
proceedings have reached the public to provoke
comment or speculation but it is presumed that
Catholic education, secular and religious was
thoroughly and comprehensively threshed out and
the advocates Of higher education" spun plausi-
bic arguments to introduce it in the school Later
on we shall know all about it,
About the time our Catholic pedagogues were
discussing plans for the future two priests of ma
tlonal reputation were aboard two ships bound for
Europe, and by this time are enjoying their vaca-
ton on land. Father Phelan of ST. Louis. editor
OF the Western Waterman is one of those priests 4:
Father 1orkel of San Francisco editor of the
Leader, the other
Although these two are much alike in mental
strength, forceful oratory and incsive diction it
IS not assumed that mental telepathy communi-
Gated the thought of one to the mind of the other
when both sat down to write their observations
aboard ship. 1t is only mere coincidence that
both were moved to the same reflections at the
same time. 1t may turn out that these reflections
could be usefuly applied to the propositions urged
by the Catholic Educational association. We sbau
see.
Here IS a couple of paragraphs taken from
Father Phean's letter to the Western Watcbn,on
This tendency to travel is one of the hopeful
SIGNS oI our times Travel is great civizer 1t Is
strange to see how the hundreds of people who sec
each other for the first time on sbins deck rae5
each other For the first days they scarcely salute
men ehey gradually thaw out, and by the end of the
Journey are the fastest friends The savage that is in
lC f1lln
the enemy of every other man is not wholly nassed.
lingering crop OF sayagery tarries the veins of the
must eillghtened of US Perhaps the two most init
mate travellers on this ship today are priest and
Sampbellte preacher, who never spoke to priest he
lore The six hundred who live and breathe and eo+
ana sleep IN this little world floating expectations
VIII remember each other long life lasts and will
recall with pleasure the few all too brief days they
spent together.
Travel is a great evangeizer There are = bo1f
uoze Ffotestant ministers this ship but the priests
are the oniy ciergymen recognized by ALL special
reverence is paid them. What they do and saw is
noticed and where they propose going and what sights
they intend seeing become doubly interesting hacouso
OF them 1t seems that every minister on board shin
Is ready with an apology for his office and presence
one reason for this Isl the priest is the most perfect
cosopote in the world The farther he is away from
home the nearer home is he. He lands in paris nv
cologne, or Berlin, or Vienna, or Rome and he is to
the manor born. Every altar in Europe is his He
raises his hand to bless and every head bows He s
German IN Germany: Roman in Rome: ana a
Catholic priest everywhere"
That confirms the interest which the inquiring
non-Catholic now takes in religious belief which
is positive and consistent, and the desire to get
all the knowledge he can from persons capable of
imparting it. Father Yorke is more luminous in
observation. Here is extract from his letter to
the Leader
On board ship you are thrown in with all sorts
ana conditions of men. That is if you don't v,ran
yourself up in your dignity enyone yourself in the
fetIned seclusion of the ladies' cabin. The smoking
room Is the great arena. Jew and Gentle