The Irish standard., 1908-07-11
CATHOLIC SUMMER SCHOOL

CATHOLIC SUMNER SCHOOL
Formal Opening Of Seventeenth Ses.
sion at Cliff Haven.
the celebration of the Mass on Sunday
and sermon by Rev. John Talbot
Smith, LID, President the seven
teenth session of the Catholic Summer
School Of America was formally OPEN
ed here Sunday, for what augurs we'll
to be the most successful session in
the history of the Assembly,. All is in
readiness. The grounds, always pref
ty, are this year perfectly beautiful.
From the handsome new station of the
Delaware & Hudson on the west Of
the grounds to where the tersely-
trimmed lawn rolls away to the his
toric lake, all is a perfect picture of
loveliness.
With an extra week added to the
splendid schedule of lectures, the
friends of the school are assured an
unusual intellectual feast.
An Unexpectedly large audience
greeted Rev. John Talbot Smith last
evening for the opening lecture of the
session. DR.. Smith was at his best,
and spoke with much feeling and in
terest of Quebec, Old and New" With
an artistic sense of the beautiful, Dr.
Smith pictured in most graphic fash
ion the romantic charms and histori-
cal significance of that ancient colony
founded on. the principles of the Cath
olic Church and of which Samuel
Champlain still stands out as a splen-
did exponent.
The Historical Significance Of the
Tercentenary Celebration at Quebec,
and the Centenary of the First Bish-
ops Of New York and Philadelphia"
upon which Dr. Smith will lecture for
the remainder of this week have a pc
culiar significance at this time. AS
President of the Summer School, DR..
Smith has been invited to participate
in the Quebec Centennial the latter
part of July, and in return the School
looks forward with pleasure to the un-
expected visit of Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
The eleven weeks session is full to
the brim with treats, intellectual, So
cial, athletic. The opening lecture Of
next week will be by Miss Helene H.
McGrath of New York City, under
whose guidance trips will be taken in
to the holy and historic land of the
Bretons. to the habitat of the Vides
Pochois, among the peasants of Ire
land. Mr. James Francis O'Donnell,
who has won recognition throughout
this country and Canada with the
"Sign of the Cross" is to favor the
school with two evening recitals. Miss
Mabelle Hanlyn Mcconnell, whose su-
perb voice made such a marked i'm
preston last year, is again to be
heard at the School next week.
The Cliff Haven Dramatic Club,
with Miss Mabel Crawley and Mr..
John Harrington in the leading roles,
will give it's first of ten performances
on next Saturday evening. A novel
venture, these Saturday evening per-
formances are bound to prove profit
able and wholesome amusement.
All the cottages are open and the
social swing will be inaugurated with
a formal dance at the Champlain Club
on Wednesday evening. The spacious
ball room has been artistically decor
ated with flags and bunting for the
occasion.
Besides these splendid intellectual
and social features there will be some
thing always doing out of doors. In
golf1ng circles the Mccall Challenge
Cup will this year divide interest with
the Conway Cup. the gift of Hon.
Thomas F. Conway to the Ladies' Golf
ing Club.
The camp opened last Saturday and
the boys are making ready for the
athletic contests which have been ar
ranged for July.
All in all, things never looked more
encourag ging for the School.
Sullivan, United States Commissioner.