The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-07-22
SUMMER SCHOOL
Nearly Three Hundred in Attendance
Sisters Represent Twenty-Five
Communities-Staff of Twenty
Five Professors-Class
Work and Recreation.

The Catholic University Summer
School for Teaching Sisters and Wo-
men Teachers has proved great sue
cess. The registration has reached
nearly three hundred, by far the
greater number being sisters. They
come from nearly forty States of the
Union and from points as far apart as
OEa-9n, Florida, Texas, Louisiana,
Minnesota and other States. Twenty
five religious orders and congrega-
tions are represented and about sixty
Independent houses. The University
buildings have been placed at their
disposal, and several of them serve
as converts. A number of sisters
also reside in Trinity College and
others in various converts in the city.
All classes are conducted in Nc
Mahon Hall, whose excellent equip
ment was never more serviceable
than at present
The students of the Summer School
are all enthusiastic over the opening
of the University during the vacation
months to our teaching sisters and
women teachers and it seems quite
certain that successful future is as
sured to the school The professors
are twenty-five in number and all the
branches usually taught in a summer
school of the highest class are well
represented. During the recent ex-
cessively hot weather Washington
was particularly favored; and the
health of the sisters was most salts
factory. The University grounds are
considerably higher than the rest of
the city and constitute very agree
able park-like reservation Immedi-
ately adjoining them is the Soldiers
Home with it's splendid park of about
seven hundred acres. No more agree
able or healthy situation could be
found for this great work.
The Sisters continue to live pre-
cisely as they would in their own con-
vents at home, observing with great
exactness all their religious exer-
cises. On Sundays there is Solemn
High Mass with sermon in the Uni
versity chapel and during, the week
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
is given frequently. Glasses are con-
Quoted regularly from s to l and
from 8 to 6. Many classes are very
largely attended so that the capacity
of Mcmahon Hall is seriously taxed.
On Saturday, July 8th, all the students
visited Mount Vernon and placed a
beautiful wreath on the tomb of
George Washington. They were very
cordially received by the superintend-
ent Of the grounds, who showed them
personally over the historic site. On
Thursday, July 18th, the entire school
was received at the White House by
President Taft, who shook hands with
each Sister and congratulated all
most heartily on their good work.
Public lectures, often with stereopti-
con illustrations, are given several
evenings in the week by speakers of
distinction i'm the assembly room of
Mcmahon Hall.
1t may be said without eXaggeratiOn
that through this school the Univer-
sity is entering on new and larger
field of usefulness. Hitherto it opened
the way to higher education for the
sons of our Catholic people; but
henceforth its advantages are at the
disposal of their daughters, and espe-
cially of the noblest and most de
voted among them, the chosen souls
who have given themselves entirely
to Jesus Christ to labor for the spread
OF His kingdom