The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-08-04
SECULAR COLLEGES
WHACKED HARD
BY K. OF G..
Catholics Urged Not To Seek Educa-
ton There Because Atheism Is
Very Common and Agnosticism
Very Fashionable"
Cambridge Springs, Pa, Gets Next
onvention-E Entertainment Fea-
lures To Be Cut Down.

Cambridge Springs. Pa. will be the
meeting place OF the Knights OF Column
bus In 1912, the selection having been
made In the final session OF the De-
troit convention, Thursday afternoon.
Strange as II may seem, Cambridge
Springs was chosen because OF its lack
of entertaining facilities. as compared
with larger cities. The delegates were
greatly hampered In their work here
ON account OF the entertainment pro-
vided for them, and they decided that
In the future more attention should be
paid to business than pleasure.
Resolutions were passed against the
printing OF details OF criminal cases
In the newspapers; urging all Catho-
lie parents TO send their children to
Catholic schools; recommending the
establishing OF libraries In all X. Of c.
club houses and giving boys between
10 and Is years OF age the use Of the
club rooms In order to interest them
ia good literature; recommending that
Cetholic books and magazines be plac-
ed In all the public Libraries OF the
country; indorsing the university ex-
tension work % the church and urg-
ing all members Of the order who can
do so to attend the unwilling OF the
Columbus monument In Washington
next May.
The convention turned down q reso-
luton. to ffiliate with the American
Federation of Catholic Societies, but,
because of the wish Of some OF the
bishops, an amendment was supported
to the effect that g subordinate council
may join the federation.
The delegates also voted down the
proposal to appropriate 100000 for
the establishment Of tuberculosis
sanitorium. On this vote, some insur-
gent members tried to debar certain
delegates from voting, on the ground
that they were not properly accredit-
ed but the effort didn't prevail
In the report Of the special commit
tee on Catholic higher education, en-
phasis was laid on the declaration that
education had reached such degree
OF perfection In parochial schools and
Catholic universities that there was no
further excuse for Catholic parents
seDding their children to secular
schools. The committee set forth that
ants is not calculated to promote the
church. and devoted the following par
agraph of its report on the point:
Zone reason why Catholics are sent
as rule to secular universities Is for
the social prestige. They will meet
people above them In the social life
of the country and will presumably
form friendships that will benefit them
IN after life. Social climbing Is re-
sponsible for The presence OF many OF
the Catholic students at secular uni
versities and we venture 10 say that
their mothers are often more RESPONSE
BILE for this than their fathers. There
Is an opportunity then for fathers to
exert the weight OF thei influence In
this matter. II may be well to remind
mothers that sisters usually marry
their brothers friends, at least two
thirds Of all the marriages In this
country probably occur In that way.
Many OF the mixed marriages then are
due to this meeting with Catholics and
Professionals brought about by the
brothers presence at secular uni
versity with the acquaintance which
1t Inevitably presupposes. Mixed NAV
riage IL one Of the important sources
OF the unfortunate leak ut the top
which has led many Of the so-called
better class Catholics out Of the
church. The other phase Of that leak,
though they are rtally coordinate fac
tors, 10 education In secular universe
ties. That Is perhaps not so serious
now az In the past, when there were
fewer agencies. Catholic students
clubs. sodalities and various Catholic
organizations like our own Knights OF
Columbus to influence young men. On
the other hand, the spirit OF the unit
yersities Is more insidiously irrelig-
ious now than II was In the pa. In
differentism has become the rule
among teachers, atheism II very com
mon, agnosticlsm very fashionable, q
deeply religious spirit extremely ex-
ceptional. The world the flesh aud
the devil still war against the church.
and secular universities and society
represent the world In our time"
The convention will forward reso-
luton to Pope Plus x. expressing Its
loyalty to him as the spiritual head
of the knights of Columbus, and de-
nouncing Mayor Nathan, OF Rome, for
insults which he IL said to have direct
ed toward his holiness at the opening
of the Roman exhibition. Cardinal
Gibbons will be congratulated by reso-
luton OF hisrgolden jubilee s. priest.
A rosary, made Of gold nuggets. just
as they were mined In Alaska, will
also be forwarded to the cardinal II
| Is the gift Of Sister Mary Clare, Of the
Convent of the Presentation. ST. John.
IN. B. For her generosity, the conven-
ton voted her convent $1,000.
The moonlight excursion provided
for the delegates and their friends,
Thursday night. was well patronized,
the two boats, Britannia and Ste.
Claire, chartered for the occasion, be-
ing taxed to their capacity. Every
body had a good time and the outing
was a fitting climax to the three days
convention, In which business and
pleasure were combined, though, as
has been pointed out, pleasure Inter
| fered too much with business, In the