The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-02-19
ARCHDIOCESE of ST. PAUL


of Columbus, will be observed on
Tuesday, February %, with special
ceremonies. In the afternoon a class
of about sixty candidates will receive
the honors of the third degree under
the direction of an out-of-town team
and in the evening at half past seven
banquet will be served in the St
Paul Hotel which will be followed
by a program of toasts commemora.
tive of the anniversary. The Hon.
T. D. O'Brien, first Grand knight OF
the council, will preside as toast
master and addresses will be delivered
by John A. Burns, State Deputy; w. d.
Dwyer, National Director; M. J.
Ryan, Grand knight; Rev. ]. M. Rear
don; Hon. D. w. Lawler; and Fl. Won
der Weyer.
When the st. Paul Council was
established seventeen years ago it was
the first council of the Order west
of Chicago. 1t is the parent of all
the councils in the State of Mime
sofa and of North Dakota, and was
instrumental in establishing the first
council in Western Canada, in the
city of Winnipeg. Under it's auspices
the first exemplification of the Fourth
Degree ceremonial west of Chicago
was given in this city. The Council
possesses one of the finest, if not
the most elaborate and best equipped
club houses in the United States, and
has a membership of nearly twelve
hundred. The Grand Knights of the
Council is M. J. Ryan, and this is the
second Initiation to be given by the
Council since he assumed the direction
of it's affairs last October.
College of St. Thomas: The lunch
con and smoker given in the College
dining hall last Tuesday evening, Feb
ruary Is, under the auspices of the
Alumni Association was attended by
about 125 graduates in addition to the
members of the faculty and invited
guests. Mr.. NJ B. Hurley of st. Paul,
President of the Association, acted as
POSTMASTER and brief addresses were
delivered by A. III. Anger of Minneapo-
lis, J. A. Hartigan, p. A. Mccain, J. e.
Probst, Frederick d. Mccarthy and
Professor Jameson of st. Paul.
The principal address was delivered
by the Most Reverend Archbishop who
sketched the history of the College
from its foundation i'll 1885, when 1t
had an enrolment of sixty students, to
the present time when its roster con-
lowed the announcement that new
chapel would be built during the year.
The next meeting of the Association
will be held the first week in April.
On Friday afternoon, February Is,
Mr.. John G. Flanagan, Secretary OF
the Water Department and candidate
for Comptroller of the City of st. Paul,
delivered an address before the mem
bers of the commercial department Of
the College in which he dwelt on the
value which an employer places on
efficiency on the part of his employees
and exhorted his hearers to fit them
selves for even the highest positions
in the business world which are open
to men of intelligence, ability and in
tegrity. His address was much appre-
ciated by the commercial students and,
no doubt, they will profit by the sug-
gestions and information it contained
for their future welfare.
Fourth Degree Assembly: The an
nual district assembly of the Fourth
Degree district, knights of Columbus,
comprising the states of Minnesota
and North Dakota, will take place next
Sunday afternoon at half past three
o'clock in the knights of Columbus
club house, st. Paul. It will be at
tended by representatives OF all the
Fourth Degree assemblies in the dis
trict and presided over by Mr.. Henry
G. Soucheray of st. Paul, the Master
of the Fourth Degree. At this meet
ing three names will be proposed for
the Master who will have charge of
the district for the next two years.
These will be forwarded to Vice SUI
preme Master Thomas P. Flynn OF
Chicago, who will make the appoint
mont. After the reading OF the
reports from the different assemblies,
suggestions will be made for the
furtherance of the fourth degree work
in these two states. The meeting
will be followed by a banquet in the
st. Paul Hotel at which a number of
informal addresses will be delivered.
Oh Monday night Mr.. Soucheray will
leave for Chicago where he will at
tend meeting of the Fourth Degree
officials of the Marquette Province
under the Presidency of the Vice
Supreme Master, Thomas p. Flynn.
Church of ST. John: The third par
ish annual of the Church of st. John,
st. Paul, of which the Rev. 7. F..
Gleason is pastor, has just been
issued from the press. 1t makes a
brochure of sixty-four pages and con-
tains a record, for the year 1915, of
all marriages and deaths i'll the par
ish, as well as of all money received,
together with the names of the con-
tributors and the amounts contributed,
and the manner in which the money
was expended. 1t shows that the
majority of the people of st. Johns
parish eagerly respond to every ap-
peal made on behalf of the Church
and contribute generously to every
worthy undertaking. In addition to
this, the annual contains a large
amount of well-selected and instruc-
tive readinpr for tho family