The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-06-01
disqualification of Degrees
kniuhts of Columbus.

The knights of Columbus INVADED
Salt Lake City last SUNDAY IN large
numbers and whilst here MADE the
welkin ring with genuine columbian
enthusiasm. 1t was an approach to
convention, for nearly all the surround
ing towns of several states were rep
/ resented by strong Delegations with
scattered individual units from several
parts of the United States Represen-
tatives We're from Park guy Eureka
and Ogden and arrived by special
| trains. The ceremonies OF the uaE We're
opened with q mass at tpe Calhedral
celebrated at 1920, through Tue kind
ness. and courtesy OF Ri. Rev Bishop
ScaIflan. After mass, the Ecnalnuer of
! the morning hours were spent IN get
! ting acquainted. The eNempiitIcation
of degrees began in the ca Fly afternoon
in the Knights of Colunf bus hall on
First South A class of eighty-three
answered roll call and btaved them !
selves for the first, second and third
degrees. The first degree was confer
red chiefly by local knights under the
| leadership of George Gibson. The sec |
| ond degree was eXemplified by local
and foreign talent under the direction
! of J. J. Harvey After a short respite |
! the candidates were marshaled through |
the last act and let the curtain drop
at 9 o'clock. After the initiation the
knights were quickly ushered into the
Electrical Union hall, where the MEM
bers of the Altar society had prepared
an inviting banquet, which was much
enjoyed. After the banquet it was an
nounced that the speech making would
be in order and that furthermore, as
the rules of chivalry forbade the UNI
generous act of now excluding the
ladies', they would be permitted to re-
main.- Roy Byrnes prince of toast !
masters" then proceeded in his own
inimitable way to draw fire from the
surcharged oratorical artillery. With
| jest and banter, retorts, stories, rem
linescences and serious appeals the time
flew until the trysting hours of night. |
Jude Maginnis of ogden, in we'll
worded address, made forecast of
the future progress of Salt Lake coun-
| Gil and predicted that it would in time
wrest the laurels in the number of it's
membership from Ogden, which was
now the banner council of the state. |
Joseph O'Meara, a member of the
Orpheum Stock company, extended the
thanks of the knights to Nle young
ladies who had SO gracefully lent their
aid to make the evening enjoyable !
Mr.. O'Mearas address was most in
teresting. Father Guymard of All
Hallows college was next introduced. !
He addressed the audience on the du-
ties of the Knights of Columbus as
American citizens, and spoke of the
dual relationship of a knight to his
church and his fellow citizens. He
congratulated the membership of Salt
Lake council on some of its late charit-
able work and appealed to them as
men of the Golden West" to throw
into their conduct the lofty idealism
| Ia; INTrf Gn Mi,
ciples of the order. and which must
be impressed upon by the very nature
around them.
Among the other speeches of special
note was that of j. H. Devine of Og-
den, who eXemplified the third degree;
Grand knight Kelleen and Past Grand
knight Gibson of Salt Lake, P. J. |
Reilly of Goldfield. New, H. Bennett of
Pocatello and Mr.. Wood Of Salt Lake.
After the banquet the three hundred
knights sang America and closed
with AUD Lang Syre." Roy Byrnes
was presented with all the flowers in
the banquet room by. the ladies in ap-
probation of his wit and of the pro-
fuse compliments which he shOwered
on them in the course OF the evening.
T. J. O'Brien, chairman of the enter
tainment committee, was the object of
many congratulations for his mastery
work.
The knights taking the third degree IN
the order were:
Eureka candidates-C. j. Hannefin, John
Keno, a. Brennan, John Diamond, Hen
ry Brannon, John Donnelly. Tim ONeill,
NJ. O'Neill, T. Leary, j. McKendry, j.
DOwnie.
Park City MISUNDERSTANDING Cum
ningham, Robert Hurry, John McAvoy, p.
F. Ryon, Charles Tracy William Don
aghy Richard Fleming. John Crawford,
Joseph Burns. Joseph Clark, John Payne.
John MCLEAN, Patrick McAvoy, Joseph
Payne, Clarence Payne, Michael Henry,
John Fleming, John Marten, w. Dea-
son, William Quinn, John Leahy, Thomas
'Hynes.
Salt Lake candidates--John j. Brennan,
c. W. Bump. j. j. Burke, George A.
Callahan Harry A. Connally. P. H. Can
non, John G. Dryer, John Daley, Philip
Finegan, Francis V. Fitzgerald. j. P.
Tanning. DR.. William T. Gleason, T. A.
HerringeT. Harold R. Began, James d.
Hanley. Cyril E. Jasmine, Hugh Kilkin-
ney. Timothy Kinney, j. F. Kelley, Lewis
L. Lecuyer, F. A Lennon. James b. 4
McEnany, Ed Mccormick, Lawrence Nor
kin. Bernardo Mecklenburg, William w.
o Brien, Michael Power. John J. Riley,
John w. Roberts, Quinlan o. Sullivan,
John 3. Stephens, ]: f. Sullivan. Fred G.
West, NanHorn l.. Wood, j. Walsh.