The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-05-31
NEW WORLD ITEMS.

three vessels in which Columbus
crossed the Atlantic which were ex-
hibited at the Columbian exposition,
Chicago, in 1893, has received re
quest from Harvard university stu
dents for the designs. 1t is under
stood a plan is afoot at Harvard to
construct similar caravals to send
through the Panama canal when it is
opened. 1t is proposed that the ships
will go to San Francisco afterward.
Summer School Program. - The
Board of Studies of the Catholic Sum-
mer School at Cliff Haven, N. Y, has
issued an announcement of the lee
lures which will comprise the course
for the 1913 season. The subjects to
be discussed are variegated and in
most instances of current interest.
The season begins on June 80 and
lasts ten weeks, closing the first week
in September. During that time lee
lures will be delivered by twenty of
the foremost lecturers of the country.
Michigan Colony FIourishes.-The
German speaking, Austro Hungarian
colony, established near Stephenson,
Mich, is prospecting. At present there
are fifty families there, and a Catholic
Church to be dedicated in October.
Father Liedgens is pastor.
Benedictine UniVersity.-Early this
month Mishop Meerschaert laid the
cornerstone of the new university,
which is being erected at Shawnee,
Oklahoma, by the Benedictine Faith
ers. The main school building, when
completed, will cost $500, 1000 and will
be the center of group comprising
total of sixteen. The academy at
Sacred Heart, north of Shawnee, will
be retained as preparatory school.
Stoddard MemoriaI.-A monument
to Charles Warren Stoddard, one of
CALIFORNIA; most famous authors, is
being erected over his grave in Mon
terey, and will be dedicated May 80.
The monument is the tribute of pupils
and associates of Stoddard during the
days when he was Professor of Eng
lish literature at the Catholic Univer-
sity of America, Washington, d. c.,
and at the University of Notre Dame,
in Indiana.
Degree for Bird S. CoIer.-The Hon.
Bird S. Coler, former comptroller of
New York City, and author of 1.-TWO
and Two Make Four" will receive an
honorary degree from Loyola College,
Baltimore, on the occasion of the an
nual commencement of that institu-
ton on June Is. Mr.. Coler, who is a
non-Catholic, will address the gradu-
ates. His Excellency the Most Rev.
John Bonzano, Apostolic Delegate,
will preside.
Bishop Budka's First PastoraI.-Right
Reverend Bishop Budka has just issued
his first pastoral letter to the Ruthen-
ian Catholics of Canada. The Bishop
deplores the lack of organization and
urges a closer union of the 10000
Ruthenian Catholics in Canada on the
basis of their religion and their own
rite. He discusses the pressing need
of parochial schools where the chill
dren will be able to learn their own
language as well as English. He re-
views the friendly aid of the two and
one-half million Catholics of Canada
and gives public thanks to the epis-
copacy and the clergy for their gen.
erous friendship. He also announced
that from ten to twenty priests are
expected this year from Galicia.
Military Mass at CIeveIand.-A mil
itary field Mass will be celebrated in
Rockefeller park, Cleveland, Ohio, on
Sunday, June 20, under the auspices
of the First Brigade of Ohio Knights
of st. John. Ri. Rev. Bishop Farrelly
has been invited to preside, and a
large number of priests will assist at
the solemn and beautiful services.
The chaplain of the Brigade, Rev.
Nicholas Pfeil, pastor of st. Peters
church, has charge of the arrange
ments for the Mass.
Builds Chapel. - The auxiliary,
Branch Sc, Detroit, Michigan, of the
Ladies Auxiliary of the Catholic
Church Extension Society, although
organized less than year and half
ago, has now sufficient funds to build
a chapel.
ST. Margaret's Home a Modest.
Margaret's home, Chicago, has been
given a clean bill of health" by the
committee of the Illinois state legisla-
ture now investigating charitable in
situations. The chairman of the COM
mittee stated that st. Margaret's was
the only bona f1de charitable mater
nifty home that the committee had
been able to find.
Catholic Judge in IoWa.-Judge A.
H. Van Wagenen of Sioux City has
been appointed United States attor-
ney for the southern district of Iowa
John Mitchell Named Commissioner.
Gov. Sulzer, of New York, has NAM
ed John Mitchell, former president of
the Mine Workers union, as chairman
of the state commission of labor.
Library to Missionary Seminary
Through the will of the late Bishop
Carroll, formerly of Nueva Segovia,