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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18
CENTENARY
ORDER or ST. DOMINIC cELE-
RRATEs SEVEN HUNDREDTH
ANNIVERSARY OF IT'S OFFICIAL
EXISTENCE.

One of the greatest celebrations ever
witnessed in this country has taken
place in Washington, at the Catholic
University of America, during the past
week, when the Dominicans in the
United States honored the 70Oth ami
versary of the approval of their Order
by Pope Honorius III.
/ On Tuesday, November IA, which
was Hierarchy Day. of the celebra-
tion, the three American Cardinals
were present. The Pontifical Mass
took place in the chapel of the Domin-
ican College, and was sung by His
Eminence Cardinal Gibbons, while His
Eminence Cardinal Farley of New
York, His Eminence Cardinal O'Con-
nell of Boston, and Most Rev. Arch
bishop Bonzano, Apostolic Delegate,
were present in the sanctuary. Arch
bishops and Bishops from all parts of
the United States were also present.
The sermon on this occasion was de-
liyered by Right Rev. Bishop shahan,
rector of the Catholic University.
Wednesday was University Day
when the Pontif1cal Mass was sung by
the Apostolic Delegate, Most Rev.
John Bonzano. The sermon was
preached by the Very Rev. DIR. Peter
Guilday, professor Of Church History
in the Catholic University. The en-
tire faculty of the University and the
student body participated in the exer-
cises of this day.
Friday was Dominican Students
Day" At $3.50 in the AFTERNOON a
scholastic disputation on theological
subject was defended by Rev. Brother
Richard Walter, o. p, of Piedmont,
Va. The Dominican obiector to the
thesis was the Rev. Brother John
Welsh, O. p, of Chester, Pa. Rev.
Antoninus Marchant, o. p, discussed
the Dominican Order as combining
the active and contemplative life.
Thursday was "Civic Day" The ex-
ercises were held at $3.50 p. m. Ad-
dresses were delivered by Hon. w.
Bourke Cochrane of New York, Hon.
Charles Bonaparte of Baltimore, and
others.
Sunday, Nov. 10, will be Religious
Orders Day"-when all the various
Orders in the Catholic Church will be
represented. The Mass will be sung
by Very Rev. Alphonsus Donlon s. j.,
president of Georgetown University,
and the sermon will be by Very DIR.
Paschal Robinson, o. F. M, of the
Franciscan Monastery.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18
GIFTS TO c HARITY
MRS. JOSEPHINE De JoNGHE
LEAVES LARGE SUM TO SIS
TIERS or GOOD SHEPHERD.

The will of Mrs. Josephine De
Jonghe, of Chicago, wife of Henri De
Jonghe, one of the owners of the hotel
bearing that name, was filed last week.
Charity is benefited chiefly by the will,
which disposes of an estate of upwards
of $5O0.OO0. She gives $4,000 for the
erection of home for working girls Of
Chicago, and $4,000 for the erection Of
a dormitory to be used for aged women
under the supervision of the Sisters
of the Good Shepherd. The same
society is given $4,000 for the erec-
tion of home for crippled children.
Mrs. De Jonghe gives the East End
hospital of Pittsburgh $4,000 for the
endowment of a bed for the free use
of poor and deserving persons.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18

business, announcement of elections;
6, adjournment; evening, banquet
Sunday, November 26-11 sA NJ,
High Mass at Cathedral with sermon
by Very Reverend Doctor Pace, follow
ed by reception by Cardinal Gibbons
to delegates and guests; 2 P. NJ, gov
ernors' afternoon; $3.50. reception and
installation of new officers.
Monday, November 27-Play Day in
Washington.
At the formal opening of the con-
vention on Friday morning His Emil
nence Cardinal Gibbons, honorary pres
ident of the Federation, will preside
and address the assembled officers,
delegates and alumnae members. The
Cardinals address will be followed by
that of the Right Rev. Bishop Shahan,
rector of the Catholic University and
active director of the Federation. The
Rev. Father Prendergast, of Loyola
College, Baltimore, will be the next
speaker.
Although organized only in 1914, the
Federation has already gained inter.
national support and cooperation
among the great army of educated
Catholic women, as well as the cordial
recognition and Endorsement of the
hierarchy and clergy. Through the
medium of association and unified en-
deavor and by the widespread power
of Christian charity and culture il
1 s,~S,
and education and thus become dom
inant factor for good in the world to
day.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18
FOREIGN MISSION AUXILIARY
ORGANIZATION o or WOMEN TO
HELP STUDENTS FOR THE
MISSIONS.

The Catholic Women's Foreign Mis-
sion Auxiliary began its third year
last week at the Sacred Heart Con
vent, Madison Ave. New York City.
This organization is especially design
ed to meet the personal needs of stu
dents accepted by the American For
eign Mission Seminary at Marykn0ll.
The Auxiliary was founded by Mrs.
Mary Ida Livingston Of New York
City, under the patronage of His
Eminence Cardinal Farley. 1t was
placed under the direction OF Mon
signor Dunn, who, soon afterwards,
transferred its energies to the work at
Maryknoll. The opening meeting
brought together q representative
gathering of active women from New
York and adjoining cities. Ten meet
ings are held from October to June
four In the fall. four before Easter
and two after Easter Mrs. Henry WV
Taft Is the secretary of the society.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18

| ing that the private ownership of land
| is natural right and necessary for in
dividual welfare. At the same time he
points out the limitations of the land
owners right to rent. An historical
survey of landownership, with remarks
on the defects of the existing system
and various methods of reforming our
land system, completes the first Sec
ton.
In the second section the author
takes up the subject of the morality of
private capital and interest He ex-
coriates the Socialists claims with re-
gard to Capital and Labor The sub
ject of the nature and morality of in
terest receives remarkably clear and
cogently logical treatment With the
keen scalpel of the trained economic
surgeon he lays bare the diseased por-
tions of the body polite and economic,
and cuts away the gangrenous excres-
cences that have grown upon the body
of society.
Following up the subject of capital
and interest, DR.. Ryan, in the third
section. considers the moral aspect of
profits Here he touches directly the
subject of distributive Justice. He
passes in review the principal canons
that govern the distribution of Justice,
draws the line of demarcation between
indefinitely large and minimum profits
and goes into the subject of the moral
ity of monopoly. Stock-Watering and
other evils are exposed with regard to
their moral wrong.
In the last section the author is per-
fectly at home in the field ia which he
is considered supreme, the subject Of
a living wage. In this part Of the
treatise the author considers various
theories of wagejustice. The subject
OF living wage is laid before the read
er in its various aspects, and insist
ence is made upon tho right to de-
cent livelihood
A summary of the previous sections,
considered from general viewpoint,
closes the work.
1t is safe to say that this latest state
ment by DR.. Ryan on the subject of
dfstributive justice will easily place
him in the van Of the increasing num-
Der of economists who are endeavor-
ing In various ways to solve the great
industrial problems of the day. The
especial feature of DR.. Ryan's work is
to be found in his strict adherence
not only to the principles of sound
reason, but also to the theological prin-
ciples upheld by the Catholic Church.
While clinging closely to the canons
laid down by the Church, he helps the
reader by his lucid treatment of ques-
tions which have not been passed upon
by the Church but have been merely
discussed pro and con by theologians.
Distributive Justice is issued from
the press of the Macmillan Company,
New York, and sells for $1.50.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18
VALUE OF CATHOLIC TEACHING
FOR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
IN PiTTsRUReH.

The superiority of Catholic schools
over the public schools was demon
strated unexpectedly in Pittsburgh on
October 30 The occasion was the one
hundredth anniversary of the city
charter, and in honor of the event the
Western Pennsylvania Historical So
ciety offered eighteen prizes for the
best essays in English on the history
of the city, the competition being open
to the sixth, seventh and eighth
grades of the elementary schools. and
the ninth, tenth and eleventh grades
in the junior high schools. Both pub
lie schools and Catholic schools COM
peted, and to the amazement of the
city authorities, when the prize lists
were read out in Carnegie hall on the
evening of Monday, October 80, it was
found that eight of the first nine names
read were from Catholic schools.
Catholic schools captured ten of the
eighteen prizes. And this, too, in
spite of the fact that the number of
Catholic children competing was
about one-third the number of public
school children. That the victory is
no empty one is evident from the fact
that lecturers went about from school
to school in the public schools pre-
pairing the children for the contest.
The board of award was composed al
most entirely of non Catholics, and in
every way the achievement of the
children in Catholic schools is not
able one, and proves that there is no
reason at all for sending children to
any other than Catholic schools for
their entire education.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18
FEDERATION OF CATHOLIC ALUMNAE
PROGRAM OF SESSIONS TO BE
HELD IN THE HOTEL 5ELVE-
DERE IN BALTIMORE NEXT
WEEK.

Elaborate arrangements for the Sec
ond biennial convention of the Inter-
national Federation of Catholic Alum
nae have been perfected, and this
great assemblage of educated Catholic
women of the United States and Can
ada will confer in business and Off
3cial sessions at the Hotel Belyedere,
Baltimore, Md, on November "a, 20
and 26. A programme of great interest
has been planned and prepared for the
entertainment of visiting officers and
delegates by local committees. The
schedule for the convention days
briefly outlined, is as follows.
Thursday, November 2S-9 A. M. to
u NJ, meeting of executive board; 2
TO $50 p. NJ, meeting of executive
board, meeting of committee or
amendments, meeting of resolutions
committee; 1880 to $3.50, credentials
received; s to 10, receiving of dele
gates by officers.
Friday, November 24-9:30 to 11:3C
A. NJ, credentials received; 10, officia
opening of convention; II NJ, adjourn
ment: / P. NJ, business meeting, re
ports of chairman of local biennia
board, reports of officers, reports o
committees, conferences on education
social work and literature; s, adjourn
ment; l to 4, credentials received; 4
meeting of nominating committee;
to s, credentials received: s, business
meeting and report of nominating com
rnittee.
Saturday, November 25--9 to 10 A
MI, credentials committee closes, busi
ness meeting, reports of governors .
states and provinces. report OF cre
dentials committee; 12 NJ. adjourn
ment: 12 nj. to P. NJ. election poll
open; 2, business meeting, undnlshe
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18
cONsIsTORY N ROME, DECEMBER 4
TEN PRELATEs REPORTED TO BE
ON LIST OF NEW APPOINT.
MENTs.

It is officially announced that the
Pope will hold a Consistory December
when he will create ten new Cardi-
mails. These will include, as reported,
the Archbishops of Rennes, Rouen,
Lyons and Requena, Monsignor La
Fontaine, Patriarch of Venice; Mon
signor Sbarretti, the former Apostolic
Delegate in Canada; Monsignor Ra-
puzzi, former Major Domo and Mon
signors Boggiano, former Apostolic
Delegate to Mexico and secretary Of
the Holy Office; Marini, secretary OF
Apostolic Segnatura; and Giorgi, sec
retary of the Congregation of the
Council. Although several changes
may be made in the above list before
the Consistory, these names have been
sent out as practically certain. Car
dinal Scapinelli, Nuncio Apostolic at
Vienna, and Cardinal Fruewirth, Nuncio
Apostolic at Munich, are going to
Rome to receive the CardinalitiaI In
sigma from the hands of the Pope.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18

The Rev. John A. Ryan, D. D., asso-
ciate Professor of Moral Theology at
the Catholic University of America,
Washington, D. c.. is looked upon by
all students as one of the foremost
Economists of our day in America. AS
a professor of Economics and Moral
Theology in the st. Paul Seminary,
st. Paul, Mimi, DR.. Ryan made an en-
viable reputation for himself as writ
er and a lecturer on all phases of eco
nomic discussion His authoritative
treatment of the living wage, and his
public discussion with Morris Hillquit
have assured his standing as one of
the great thinkers of our time.
DR.. Ryan, in the present treatise, be-
gins by quoting declaration made by
the late Federal Commission on indus
trial relations with regard to the
causes of industrial unrest. The Com
mission stated the first cause as an
unjust distribution of wealth and in
come" DR.. Ryan now attempts to dis
cuss Systematically and comprehen-
the various processes through which
the product of industry ordinarily
,asses. He lays down the principle that
the product is actually apportioned
among landowners, capitalists, busi-
ness men and laborers. Considering
the subject of distrfbutive justice from
these various viewpoints, he rears
stately and solid structure which rests
upon this fourfold basis. He consid-
ers the rights and the corresponding
obligations of these several classes
who are interested in the distribution
of the industrial product. At the same
time he makes practical effort and,
be it said, a successful one, to propose
reforms that would tend to remedy the
defects of the present system and to
promote larger measure of Justice
While various treatises have been
written on one phase or another of in
dustrial problems, there is possibly no
other work which considers the moral
aspects of the industrial process in all
its parts.
DR.. Ryan's treatise opens with con-
sideration of the morality of private
landownership and rent. He discusses
the landowners share of the natural
product, and then passes on to an ex-
animation of the arguments advanced
against private landownership, show
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18
EXPERIMENTS IN COMMUNITY
GOVERNMENT PRODUCE MOST
UNSATISFACTORY RESULTS
INDIVID UAL REWARD PRO-
NOTES AMBITION.

The conception of common property
has been prominent in the minds of
men for centuries. During every great
upheaval of European society, from
the Middle Ages down to the present
day, has it's establishment been con-
sidered by some as among the chief
means of creating more just and
harmonious order of things. Com
paratively few attempts were made,
however to put this idea into prac-
tice in Europe, and they failed, as did,
for example the communism of Jan Of
Leyden in the German city of Nun
Ster.
The New World which, at least in
its northern portion, was for so long
a time to continue a haven of refuge
for all these holding ideas obnoxious
to the ruling powers of that day in
Europe, seemed to offer all possible
opportunities to those wishing to es-
tablish the common use of property
or it's collective ownership, either as a
means or as an end. And of such at
tempts to put these concepts into
practice, there have been many, but
with the exception of few religious
communities, notably the Amana So
ciety in Iowa, disaster, as with the
few European attempts, has been
their common lot.
Thus the Puritans, coming to the
coast of Massachusetts, decided to
hold property in common. In Mary
land some fifty years later the Laba.
dists established their colony with
communism as a tenet. The Shakers,
at home in the New World since 1774,
even today know not private property;
Rapp, a German sectarian, considered
collective ownership necessary, as did
the founder of Mormonism. But after
all, common property was not the es-
sential thing with the founders of
these sects. The idea, to eliminate
private property, was incidental to
certain religious conceptions; a com
mon ownership was to be established,
&C tlsat. greed for property ard money,
as obstacles to brotherly love, might
be forestalled and a more perfect
state attained. Partly misunder-
standing a certain passage of the
Scripture alluding to the conditions
prevailing in the first Christian com
munity in Jerusalem, regarding prop.
erty, the conviction obtained with the
founders and first members of these
sects, establishing colonies on Ameri.
can soil, that their circumstances re.
quired the adoption of this principle
from religious motives.
Experiments Not SociaIistic.
These were not therefore expert
ments in Socialism, as the term So
cialism is now understood, but rather
experiments in the founding OF
churches, or rather religious sects
having common property as one OF
their tenets. And the author of ar
article published in one of our maga
zines some years ago and treating Of
the failure of common property
among the Mayfower people, in choos
ing the title: Our First Experiment
in Socialism" missed the mark by {
good deal Between the founding o
Plymouth Colony and Owens New
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18
REv. DR.. RYAN APPOINTED
SUCCEEDS REV. DR.. MELODY AT
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY.

Rev. DR.. John Webster Melody, since
1903 Instructor in Moral Theology and
since 1907 Associate Professor at the
Catholic University, Washington, D. c.,
has resigned to accept the pastorate of
st. Jarlath's Church, in Chicago. 1t is
with great regret that the university
loses the services of loyal and dis
tinguished teacher, a disciple of the
venerated DR.. Bouquillon, and intimate
1y associated with all the interests of
the University almost since it's founda-
tion. Rev. DR.. John A. Ryan. hitherto
Associate Professor of Political Science
in the University, and from 1902 to
1915 Professor of Moral Theology in
the Seminary of st. Paul, has been
appointed to succeed DR.. Melody.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18
A CHINESE DAILY
THE YIH sHIH PAo Is A LEADING
NEWSPAPER IN CHINA.

A letter from Father Morel, quoted
in the Field Afar," gives interesting
details concerning the Catholic Chi
nese daily, "Yih Shih Pao," published
at Tientsin. Though it can claim only
5000 subscribers, it has become the
leading newspaper Of North China and
is noted for its reliable information
and careful editing. 1t appears daily
in twelve large pages.
"Since only one thirtieth or one
fortieth of the subscribers are Chris
tians," writes Father Morel, I'VE are
obliged to address ourselves to the
pagan mass. In the beginning, the
paper was quite neutral, but little by
little ii revealed its Catholic spirit.
The people are not deceived. They
speak Of it now without hesitation as
the Catholic paper and yet they con-
tinue to subscribe for it. Several con-
troversial or apologetic articles have
won conversions for us, and we hope
this movement will increase when we
can supplement the work of the print
ed word by lectures, to be given as
soon as our new hall is finished"
To indicate the enterprising spirit
of this handful of Catholics, we are
told that school of Catholic journal.
ism has been opened under the direc-
ton of former newspaper manager
Plans are likewise under considera.
tion for publishing special editions OF
the Catholic daily for Pekin; this will
gradually be done in all the large
cities. Besides the "Yih Shih Pao'
or Social Welfare" there is a weekly
paper intended for Catholics alone
and an illustrated weekly, the 'eYtt
Shih Pao," or "Woman's Social Wei
fare, which is designed ''to carry the
Catholic idea among the Chinese wom
en- When the war price on paper
from which China, too, is suffering
has gone down, the editors hope tc
give the widest diffusion to this Cath
olic Chinese journal for women
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18
SKETCH or THE FOUNDATION
AND GROWTH OF THE JAPAN
EsE MISSION IN CALIFORNIA,
ORGANIZED sY FATHER eRE-
TON.

One OF the most interesting articles
in a recent number of the Extension
Magazine Is. contributed by John B.
McNellis and deals with the Japanese
Missions in California AS the writer
observes, California offers splendid
field for the evangelization Of the
Japanese people of America.
From the article in question we
have compiled the following data con-
cerning the foundation of the Japa-
nese Mission II California, which will,
no doubt, appeal to our readers
Some eight or, nine years ago, a
young Japanese man named Leo
Hatakeyama sailed from his native
land to America, intent upon making
his way in this land of opportunity
He had fought for his country during
all the years of the Japanese-R Russian
War; had issued from the conflict a
tried soldier; and when his country
no longer needed his services, he felt
at liberty to depart His first expert
ences in the United States, from a
material standpoint, were very sue
cessful; still, there was one essential
lacking to render his happiness COM
plete. He was a devout Catholic,
anxious % fulfil his religious duties,
but not being familiar with any
language except his own, he could
not make his confession. AS a
natural consequence he was denied
the life-giying food of the Eucharist;
priyation he. felt. most keenly.
Nevertheless he perseyered in his
devotion privately, assisting regularly
at Mass. The same prayer-book that
he carried In his pocket on the battle
| fields of Manchuria he deyoutly kept
with him now. first in the rice-felds
of Texas, and then on the ranches Of
| California. But his ardent soul
thirsted for the sacraments, and when
the succeeding years brought no salts
| faction to his religious desires, he
bethought himself Of q plan OF action.
He wrote q letter to the Bishop OF
his diocese In Japan to tell him Of his
situation, and he asked him il he
might write his confession and send
it by mail, suggesting that by way
of precantion he would send II bJ
registered letter, and that the Bishop
might remit the absolution I'm the
same way,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18
NUNClO IN MUNICH
MOST REVEREND GIUSEPPE AVER
sA, PAPAL NUNclo IN BRAZIL,
WILL SUCCEED CARDINAL
FRuEWIRTH.

The Most Rev. Giuseppe Aversa,
Titular Archbishop of Sardi, who has
been Papal Nuncio in Brazil since 1911,
and who has been called to fill the
important post of Nuncio at Munich,
where he will direct the relations be-
tween the Holy See and the Central
Powers, is well known in America,
where he has many friends. He has
been visiting in New York the past
few weeks, and he sailed last week
on his way to Rome and thence to his
new post at Munich.
Archbishop Aversa was born in
Naples in 1862. He made his early
studies there and finished his higher
studies with marked distinction in
Rome. He served as under-seeretary
in the Consistorial Congregation with
Cardinal Gasparri, now Secretary OF
State, and also at the Nunciature OF
Vienna. He was appointed Delegate
to Cuba and Porto Rico in 1905
Through him the pending negotiations
between Spain, this county and the
Holy See dealing with the property
of the Church, were successfully set
tied. AS Delegate to Venezuela he ar
ranged a modus vivendi between thai
government and the Church authori
ties. He created two new ecclesiasti
cal provinces and two dioceses, whose
Bishops he consecrated before his de
parture from the country. In 1911 he
was sent to Brazil as Papal Nunico
where he rendered distinguished serv
ice He formed twelve new dioceses
three archdioceses and consecratet
fourteen Bishops.