The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-12
ST. MARY'S SUMMER SCHOOL
SPECIAL COURSE IN ENGLISH,
PHILOSOPHY, POLITICAL SCI
ENCE AND CHRISTIAN EDUCA-
TON GIVEN AT ST. MARY'S
COLLEGE, NoTRE DAME, IND.

The Summer School for the Sisters
of Holy Cross held at st. Mary's Col
lege, Notre Dame, Indiana, closed on
August 5, after session of splendid
enthusiasm and unequalled profit.
Regular graded classes in mathema-
tics, rhetoric, grammar, and drawing
presented and discussed plans and
methods of teaching these particular
subjects in the grades and High
School. Apart from these, the special
features of the summer school were
the classes in English, Philosophy and
Political Science.
The classes in College and Post
graduate English, under the direction
and personal instruction of the Rev.
Charles L. O'Donnell, C. s. c., Phi. D.,
| represent essentially constructive
work in English and set standard
and method for teachers summer
| courses which few other schools,
| Catholic or secular, have realized.
The field of work embraced class or
ganization, class procedure, theme
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of verse, methods of teaching poetry
with studies of Browning Francis
Thompson, and the contemporary
poets. The course concluded with a
lecture on present day Catholic writ.
ers, subject upon which Father
O'Donnell speaks with authority, be.
ing personally acquainted with the
foremost writer's of the day and him.
self occupying place of prominence
and promise among them.
| The courses in Logic, Ethics, and
| Epistemology were conducted by the
Rev. John c. McGinn, C. S. c., and in.
Guided study and refutation of Mod.
ernism and especially Pragmatism
The subjects of Logic and Ethics were
studied as a whole, with the consider.
alton of special questions such as the
relation of the Church and State, the
rights of the State over the child
and a number of social problems
which spring from economic condi
tons and which will, in few years
change the import Of Ethics. Father
McGinn is recognized authority on
these subjects, being the head of the
Department of Sociology at the Uni
versity of Notre Dame and a member
of the State Conference Committee
on Charities and Corrections. His ex
haustive study of the different phases
of Modernists' PHILOSOPHERS he has
embodied in an authoritative work
Truth and Pragmatism, An Appre
ciation."
The classes in English and Phi
losophy were attended by about sew
enty Sisters doing College and post
graduate work. OF these fifty are
qualifying for Bachelors Degrees and
a number of others will receive thei1
Masters and Doctors Degrees at the
completion of their special research
work.
A very fine postgraduate course in
Political Science was given by the
Rev. William A. Bolger, C. S. c., Phi
D., to the Sisters holding Phi. B. de
grees. The course covered the field
of Economic History and Philosophy
with extensive reading and reference
work. Father Bolger is one of the
most competent and discriminating
authorities in his line, having spen
the past twelve years in an extensive
study of Political Science and it:
many problems. He is at presen
Professor of Political Science at the
University of Notre Dame, and il
4 Ina cIHh
ject.
The subject of Christian Education
itself was handled by the Rev. JohI
B. Delaney, C. s. c., Phi. D., at pres
emit head of the Department of Canon
Law at Holy Cross College, Catholic
University, Washington, D. C. Will
! "The Life of Christ, the Beginning
and End of Education" for his subject
Father Delaney developed a perfec
! parallel between the events of thu
life of our Lord and the basic periods
of education Nazareth was the frs
Christian school, the Mount the frs
University, the Gospels the first tex
book, and Christ Himself the first
: the model teacher. On these lines
J methods of bringing the Gospel mar
, ratives and lessons naturally and in
, timately into the lives of the children
were suggested and developed. A sin
gle ideal was kept steadily before thu
teachers throughout the entire course
, Christ, the model Teacher. In tn
perfect imitation of Him lies the sc
cret OF perfect teaching.