The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-02-05

Immaculate Heart of Mary, on Janu-
airy II. An interesting feature of the
events Of the day was the awarding
by the Mother Superior Of tie Order
of contracts for the erection Of a new
building to cost close on 100000, and
which will be used as a school for
boys. The establishment marks de-
parture from the methods of the sis
tiers, as prior to this time their efforts
were confined to the teaching Of girls.
Irish Course at University Irish
Prose and Poetry of the Sixteenth
and Seventeenth Centuries" is the sub
ject of new course in modern spoken
Irish to be given at the University of
California, Berkeley, CAL, this year by
William w. Lyman, Jr., instructor in
Celtic and English. The valuable
Irish library which is being built up
at the university through recurring
annual gifts of the Knights of st.
Patrick has helped to make such in
struction at the university possible
Gift for HospitaI.-A check for
$4,000 has been donated to the fund
for the scientific development of the
st. Agnes Hospital, Fond du Lac,
Wis. The name of the donor has not
been made public. The check was
received during the past ten days and
will be used in the development OF
the laboratory and other departments
at the hospital As yet the staff has
not decided in which department the
$4,000 will be spent.
Fire in Hospital.-Several score oil
patients were endangered in an early
morning fire which partially destroyed
the new addition to ST. Mary's Hos
pital at Pueblo, Colo, recently. The
entire fire and police departments
were called out to fight the blaze and
rescue the inmates, in which the Sis
ters of Charity and nurses aided. Nc
one was injured seriously. The loss
is estimated at $4,000. Crossed cleo
trio wires caused the fire.
For Masses and Charity-The late
Bridget Higgins of Columbus, Ohio
bequeathed $500 for Masses to St
Andrews Church, Ayondale; $3.50 fol
Masses in st. Xavier Church; 5000 to
st. Joseph Orphanage, CumminsVille;
5000 to the Little Sisters of the Poor
Florence Avenue; 500 to st. Joseph
Infant Asylum, Norwood; $500 to the
building fund of st. Andrews Church
and $500 to st. Teresa Home, Mt. Au
burn, besides personal requests to
relatives and friends.
ST. Vincent de Paul Society.-ln the
Baltimore Province of the st. Vincent
de Paul Society there are "a confer
ences of the society; in the Boston
Province, 103; in the Cincinnati Prov
'ince, 90; in the st. Louis Province
"a; in the Philadelphia Province, ISL;
in the New York Province, 237, anC
in Brooklyn so. In it's varied works
of charity the ST. Vincent de Pau
Society in this country last year ex
pended more than $800,000.
Boston Women's Federation. - Tht
various societies of Catholic womel
in the Archdiocese of Boston arr
about to federate by union with thu
already comprehensive League O
Catholic Women, of which Mrs. Jane,
Dwight is president. This union viii
not affect the object or the antonom,
of any individual society, and viii
cost to it only nominal fee. Th,
object is the same as in the case o
the Mems Federation, to have thu
strength of all behind the strength o
one.
Catholic ornithologist.- AL
phonsus, assistant editor of the Amer
lean Midland Naturalist published a
Notre Dame University, Notre Dame
Ind, read a paper before the Chicago
Ornithological Society at Chicago
University, Tuesday, January4. Broth
er Alphonsus, who is an authority OF
bird life in the north, reported tina
during the year 1915, III species O.
birds lived in the vicinity of Notre
Dame. During the past twelve years
Brother Alphonsus has found some
very rare species of birds. He record
ed that, five more species appeared il
1915 than in 1914, the dates when they
were seen, and also recorded the
species not present during the past
year.
Catholic Pupils Win Award-The
pupils of Holy Family school, Ashland
KY, have won a contest in shorthand
The competition took place last sum
mer and was statewide for pupils Of
beth public and parochial schools
Last week the contestants from the
Holy Family commercial class received
the gold medal for proficiency, the
highest award
Bishop Scannell's Cousin. Dead
DR.. Edward j. Collins, 67 years old
for more than twenty-five. years con.
nected with the postoff1ce department
and active in Catholic fraternal cir.
cles in Washington, D. c., died sud.
denly on January Is at his residence
in that city. He had just returned to
Washington from Omaha, Neb., where
he had attended the funeral OF his
cousin. the Right Rev. Bishop Scan
nell. DR.. Collins was a native of Ire.
land, having been born in 1S49. Upon
coming to this country he came to