The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-30


Farnsborough, England, and three
years ago she established a college in
Massachusetts.
Harvard Aids Professor
Lowell. President of Harvard Univer-
sity, has sent a cablegram offering one
of the exiled professors of Louvain
a lectureship at Harvard for the
second half of the college year.
Catholic Orphan Society.-The Cath
olic Orphan Society of Brooklyn has
the care of 1877 orphans. The So
ciety disburses annually over 100000
for them. The Christmas contribu-
tions range from $4,000 TO $4,000.
Religious Publishes. Songs.-M Mother
Alexis, of ST. Xayier's Convent, Provi-
dence, R. l., has published two songs
for the, use of class celebrations or
for closing exercises Of schools and
converts. One is a setting of Ten
nyson's Break, Break, Break for a
single voice; the other is. three-part
Chorus for female. voices of Longfel-
lows THE Day is Done" This latter
is. varied in. movement and should
prove an effective number ON a school
programme.
Catholic Converts. League.-At a
meeting of the Catholic Converts
League held ON January in the Hotel
Plaza, New York, the. following off,
GERS were elected: President, Stuart
p West; treasurer, Harold 3. Atkins !;
secretary, Francis d, New; recorder,
A. Vincent Freeman, NJ. D.; vice presi.
dent, the Very John ]. Hughes, G. S.
p; directors, Jesse Albert Locke, Hen
ry Heide, Charles e. Jacobson, Walter
n. Waters, Fronde G. Rambusch,
Michael d. Sheridan, James A. Nc.
Dayitt, and the Rev Henry O'keefe,
G. S. F., spiritual director.
Priests Perfects AutomobiIe.-One
of the many. new improvements to he
added Ito automOb iEeS this year is a
new. hand cranlSing device, the inven-
tion of Rev. Thomas J. Glynn, acting
chaplain of Providence Hospital at
Beaver Falls, Wis. This simple i'm
provemeH places the .landcrank in
the ear near the steering wheel in
stead of the old way In. the front OF
tile car. At the end of this shaft is
a 12-ineh gear, geared to six-inch
gear, geared to 3-i1ich gear on the
motor shaft You turn the crank w
over to the left to turn the motor and
start the car The new device is in
expensive.
New Cathedral Rector.-The Arch
bishop Of Toronto has appointed
Father Trailing, of Orillia, Rector OF
st. MichaeFs Cathedral, in succession
to Mgr. Whelah, recently made Chan
tcellor and SECOND Nioar-G General.
knights Pay for Fixtures. The cleo
trical' fixtures Installed in. the new ST
PatrieRs Church at Naukon, Ia, add
greatly to- The Beauty.sof% tile ,interioi
and REPRESENT an outlay of$nearly .ont
thousand dollars, the expense of, which
will. be borne by the; knights Of. Co
lumbus council. - ~ H..
Catholic settIefasnt House. st
Mtchael's, st, gHdE ard's4 AND the WISH
Etation parishes, Phlla lptia, Pa, have
combined to maintain u settlement
house and day nursery where children
of mothers who are compelled to work
will: be cared for. AN employment
Office will be ia, feature. The sick and
poor will be visited and general 'nurs
ing provided The usual club for boys
and girls will be- organized. The Sal
esia1i Sisters Of the Blessed Sacra
ment will be in Charge.
z Fathers of the Holy Ghost.-The
Holy Ghost Apostolic College of Corn
wells, Pa, is an institution in charge
of the Fathers of the Holy Ghost
who, it will be remembered, were the
first, in the last century, to open VI
the missions i'll Africa. About two
thirds of their entire number are la
boring in the Dark Continent. The
Apostolic College at Cornwells is Oh
the outskirts of Philadelphia. 1t pub
fishes q magazine called the Paraclete
VIII Remain in Convent.-In Balti
more court on December 20, Judge
Bond dismissed the petition of Mrs
Elizabeth E. Wright, of Washington
for a writ of habeas corpus TO obtain
the custody of her daughter, Madeline
w. Wright, who, she alleged, was i'm
priSoned and detained against her will
in ST. Raphael's Institute of Provi-
dence, a convent in Baltimore. The
Judge said the case was to be decided
upon the age of the girl. She was
twenty-one and a, free agent. Miss
Wright, who is known as Sister Mary
appeared in court with Mother De
Sales and took the witness stand. She
said she had been in the institution
for about seventeen months and was
convert to the Catholic faith. She
was happy and wished to remain in
the convent.
Young Italian Poet.-Scharmel Iris
is the real name of the young Italian
Catholic poet in Chicago, whose work
when he was in his teens, was praised
by Ruskin, Gosse and Swinburne! He
is now twenty-five years of age, and
has published volume of his poems
which shows, very fine. work indeed