The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05

new members are added to the ranks.
Mrs. Alphonse Campion was elected
president at the first meeting; Miss
Mary Alice Rittman for seventeen
years private secretary to the late
DR.. John B. Murphy, secretary. Mrs.
William G. H. Keough, who, with Miss
Rittman, originated the idea, is chair
man Of the lodge committee OF the
army and navy.
Wins National Music Club Prize
1t was announced on Wednesday that
Mary L~oughney, of Philadelphia, a con
tralto, who recently won the State Fed
Grafton singing contest, has been de-
clared the winner of the National Fed
Grafton of Women's Music Clubs prize.
The contest was at Birmingham, Ala
bama. Miss Loughney is contralto-
soloist in the choir Of the Church OF
ST. Charles BOrromeO OF Philadelphia.
Government School Named After
Benedictine.-The United States Gov
eminent paid a singular tribute to a
Benedictine monk by naming one Of
its Indian Boarding schools in his
honor. Former Commissioner OF
Indian Affairs, Francis E. Leupp, in
recognition of the efficient and faith
ufl services of Father Martin Kenel,
O. S. b., who for many years was
the superintendent Of one of the
United States Indian Schools Of
Standing Rock Reservation. known as
the Farm School, on Father Martins
retirement, called the school the Mar
tin Kenel Institute.
Sacred Heart ColIe3e.-The Re-
ligiOus Of the Sacred Heart, Manhat-
%tanville, \. Y, have received their
charter from the State Board of
Regents authorizing the establishment
Of Il new Catholic college for women,
TO be known as the College of the
Sacred Heart. 1t will be under the
direction of the religious. above named.
It's course of studies has been unre-
servedly approved by the New York
State Board of Regents. as embracing
all the branches that qualify a stu
dent for the usual college degrees.
Traditions OF A. o. H.-Of the many
hundreds of Catholic organizations
which have offered aid to the govern
ment in the present war crisis, none
has a more interesting record than
that of Division No. /, Ancient Order
of Hibernians, of Pittsburgh, Pa. The
division was organized in 1859 by Capt.
Daniel D~ougherty and at the outbreak
of the Civil War the entire member
ship enlisted in the Union army,
forming Company II, SiXty-third regi-
ment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. OF the
149 who Joined the colors but three
returned at the close Of the war. The
division is again prepared to do it's
part in the present conflict.
To Censor the Movies.-Trinidad
Knights of Columbus have been con.
sidering bringing a plan before the
coming Colorado state convention al
Colorado Springs, to get a censorship
of moving pictures through the su
preme council. While all knights are
agreed that it is necessary for public
morality to suppress the many
vicious phOtoplays now shown, there
is doubt about whether this is the
type of work that the supreme Coun
Gil might wish to take up. Hence
whether it will come before the state
convention is not known definitely al
this time. The convention is to be
asked to instruct delegates to the
forthcoming supreme convention tC
work for a national tuberculosis sana
forum.
Loves the FIag.-At the flag-raisina
exercises, conducted by the Dorches
ter Catholic Club, Boston, last week
the Right Rev. Mgr. Roman, pastor o
st. Peters Church, expressed his love
of the American flag and his gratitude
to it. He has lived under it since his
seventh year. 1T has been a SooC
friend to me- he declared. II respect
it, | reverence it and | revere it. II
has been a good friend to many Of
the people of my race, especially il
the famine years of 1916, Al and 49,
Soldiers to Plant Academy Grounds
THE Sisters of Loretto at LorettC
Heights Academy, which is located or
the outskirts of Denver near Fort Lo
gan, have just given permission to the
United States regular soldiers at the
fort to put a large part of the eX
tensive academy grounds in crops, sc
as to follow the suggestion of the gov
eminent in planting all available
ground. Catholic nuns all over the
nation, now that war has been de
clared, are giving such public evidence
of their patriotism.
Generous Donor.-The death O.
Philip Thompson, a former wholesale
merchant, who was buried in New Or
leans last week, recalls his many
charitable donations. Mr.. Thompson.
charity was mostly in connection will
the Catholic Church, and he was par
ticularly generous with the Church O
his patron saint, ST. Philip. He con
tributed $4,000 toward the building o