The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-22
NEW WORLD ITEMS

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College Changes Name.-St. Francis
College at Quincy, ILL.,, in existence for
81 years, has changed it's name to
Quincy College and Seminary
s X. C. Scholarships.-T New York
State Council of the Knights OF Co
lumbus is maintaining eighteen sehol-
arships in various colleges.
Papal Knight Dead.-The death oc-
Cured at his home in Atlantic City
on November % of George P. Pope,
on whom the late Pope Leo XIII, con-
ferred the Knighthood of St. Gregory
in recognition Of his generous benefac-
lions to Catholic charities.
Church in Bahamas.-About six hun
dred miles off the coast of Florida are
the Bahama Islands. The Church
there is under the jurisdiction OF the
Archbishop of New York. They have
two churches: st. Francis Xavier's
and ST. Saviour's, which is a chapel.
Episcopal Anniversaries. - r g h t
Rev. John ]. Hennessy, d. D., Bishop
of Wichita, Kansas, quietly observed
on November % the forty-eighth ami
versary of his ordination. Two days
later occurred the twenty-ninth ami
Versary of his conservation as first
Bishop of Wichita.
Convent nspection.-The Sister SUI
perior of st. Vincent's Convent, Savan-
nah, Ga, was summoned to appear in
court Monday last to explain her al
legged refusal to permit the Grand Jury
to inspect the convent in accordance
with a State law The attorney for
the convent maintains that the con
vent inspection law is unconstitutional
Gave 1850 Pieces of CIothing.-The
Christ Child Society in Chicago dis
tributed in the year ending March /
among the children of the destitute
poor, 100 pieces of clothing. 1t also
purchased an entire stock of 600 girls
coats from a wholesale house at about
one-third of their value.
Catholic Journalists in Army
Eleven of the twelve young men grad
uated last June from the School Of
Journalism at Notre Dame University
have entered the army or the training
camps. Only one is engaged in news
paper work. This one is expecting {
call.
New Hampshire Chaplain.-Rev. L
Arthur Ramsey, curate at st. Mary's
Church, Manchester, is the only pries
from New Hampshire to be appointed
a chaplain in the United States Arm!
during the present war. He is will
the Three Hundred and Third Artil
lery at Camp Devens, Aver, Mass.
Originated RecreationaI PIan.-Dan
iel p. Long, for nine years West TeXa.
district deputy of the Knights OF co
lumbus, originator of the plan of tina
organization for recreation halls il
army camps and financial secretar.
of the Eel Paso Council of the Knights
is dead at his home in Ell Paso, Texas
Heard in Halifax.-From Halifa.
comes this: When the explosion cam
little Lola Burns, s years old, was OF
her knees by her cot saying her morn
ing prayers. Hours later, Lola wa
found in the midst of the wreckage
hemmed in by fallen timbers, SUI
rounded by broken glass, unharmet
and praying fervently still on he
knees.
Seminarians Study Foreign Lar
auaqes.-Rev. James A. McFadden
rector of ST. Mary's Seminary, Cleve
land, o., announces that new cours
in languages has been introduced a
the seminary. At present the student
are studying Italian and Hungarian
This addition to the course of stud
has been undertaken because of thu
prospective shortage of vocations t,
the priesthood from the European
countries now at war.
college Day."-The third and con
Guiding event of the celebration of tn
centenary of the Society of Mary, wa
observed December II at Dayton
Ohio, with an elaborate program
Three hundred guests were in attend
ance. Solemn Pontifcal Mass wa
celebrated at $3.50 a. m, with Jane
Cardinal Gibbons, as celebrant. Mos
Rev. Henry Moeller, d. D., and Righ
Rev. Ferdinand Brossart, Bishop Q
Covington, KY, attended in the sane
tuary.
Georgetown Boy Honored.-W
was received last week that Henry T
Warren, member of the universit
law class of 1912, has been awarde
the French Cross of Honor for bray
cry. Warren, who is in the ambulance
Service, recently drove machine fifty
five consecutive hours without slice
or rest, during period of lombard
ment of the French positions. He wa
graduated with high honors in 1911;
Ills home is in Waukeegan, Ill.
Will Sing for SoIdiers.-It has bee