The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-05-03
NEW WORLD ITEMS.

posed monument to Thomas Darcy
MCGEE.
DenVer's New charity.-A new char
table society had its birth in Denver
and will be known as the Good Sa-
maritan Aid. The initial meeting was
held at the home of Mrs. Eleanor j.
Corson. Those who met to organize
the new society paid Mrs. Corson the
compliment of making her its first
president. The Good Samaritan Aid
will have for it's particular object the
furnishing of clothing for the poor.
Endowment for Girls High School
A chair of literature in the Catholic
Girls High School, Philadelphia, has
been endowed by the Catholic Philo-
patrian Literary Institute. At re-
cent meeting at the institute it was
announced that the labors of the COM
mittee authorized to raise the endow-
ment fund of $4,000 had been COM
pIeted, and that a check for that
amount had been forwarded to Arch
bishop Prendergast.
Vice President at ST. Mary's.-Hon.
Thomas r. Marshall, Vice President
of the United States, has accepted an
invitation to deliver the address to the
graduates at the commencement ex-
ercises of ST. Mary's of the Woods, st.
Mary's, Ind, in June next
Costly Convent Near Philadelphia
A beautiful academy for girls is being
built in the picturesque Chester val
ley, between Philadelphia and Harris
burg, by the Sisters of the Immaculate
Heart of Mary. The new institution
will cost about $1,OOO,OOO when COM
pleted and furnished
Georgetown Wins From Cornell
Georgetown University won the Ere
call of judicial decisions" debate
against Cornell University at Castor
Hall in the university. The Catholic
university, taking the negative side
of the question, easily carried of the
honors. The judges were Hon. John
Burke, Treasurer of the United States,
Representative Graham of Illinois, and
Mr.. F. w. Newell, chief of the Reclaim
alton Service.
The influence Against Divorce
United States Senator Ransdell of
Louisiana says that the number of
marriages dissolved" by our courts
in the last twenty years is 945,625.
Carroll D. Wright, non-Catholic off,
cial, says: However great and grow
ing be the number of divorces in the
United States, it is an incontestible
fact that it would be greater we're it
not for the wide spread influence of
the Catholic Church"
New Home for Cleveland Nuns
The Sisters of Notre Dame, in Cleve
land, will erect new institute costing
approximately $175,OO0.
For a Catholic Charities Building
Cardinal Farley at recent confer
the erection of building, which would
be a species of clearing house for
those engaged in works Of Catholic
charity. In speaking of it His Emin-
ence said: "Our great need is for
Catholic charities building. Our non
Catholic friends have one, and they
are not so numerous as we are. do
not see why we should not have such
q building. This is something hope
to live to see realized, with Gods
help"
Ladies of Charity of ST. PauI.-At
the eleventh annual conference Of the
Association of Catholic Charities, held
in New York Tuesday, April Is, it was
announced that the members would be
affiliated with the Ladies of Charity
of st. Paul. 1t is the first time that
branch of this order has been estab-
lished in the United States. It was
founded by ST. Vincent de Paul him
self.
Gift From misunderstanding a
small salary as cher at ST. InomaS
Seminary, Denver, Colo, Thomas Null
len, born in slavery, has donated $50
for the founding of fund for the
benefit OF sick members Of the Holy
Name Society and the assistance of
young men aspiring to the priesthood. |
Mr.. Mullen, who was a servant in
Southern family, received Catholic
baptism in his youth, and has always
been devout adherent of the Church.
Parish School Girls Triumph.-Al
beautiful gold medal recently offered
by the Board of Trade of Lowell, |
Mass, for the best essay on Lowell in
the Civil War;" was won by Miss |
Marie Hearn, pupil of the parochial
school of the Sacred Heart parish, of |
which the Very Rev. T. w. Smith, o.
M. l., is rector. All Of the grammar
schools of the city, public and private,
were represented in the contest.
A Temperance Hotel In New York.
Located in the very heart of the
great metropolis, East 18th Street, be-
tween Madison and Park Avenue, there
has been established hotel for tenn
perance people.
It's proximity to the great centers |
Of religion, art, education and COM
merce enables it's guests to take adj |