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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07
Bishops Jubilee Request
BISHOP OF LIMERICK ADDRESSES
HIS PEOPLE.

The Bishop of Limerick, Ireland,
the Right Rev. Thomas Edward
O'Dwyer, D. D., in thanking the peo-
pie under his jurisdiction for their
congratulations on the fiftieth an
niversary of his priesthood, said:
Il pray God to bless them and theirs
abundantly. And l would ask one
other favor at their hands. Ny time
must be short now; it would be a
comfort and support if felt that the
people of the diocese would pray that
God through the merits of His Only
Son and the intercession of His holy
Mother, would grant me the grace,
for the remainder of my days, to re-
pent of my sins and shortcomings and
prepare for the great account which
shall have to render of myself and the
souls that have been committed to my
care
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Investigation Removes
Indian School hfanaeer
ADMINISTRATION AT HASKELL
INSTITUTE CHANGED FOLLOW
ING AGITATION BY FATHER
GORDoN'S CHARGES OF PROSE-
LYTiSM.

The change of administration at
Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kan, re-
Gently announced from Washington,
whereby II. B. Pearls succeeds j. r.
Wise as superintendent, can be
traced to the agitation initiated by
Rev. Philip Gordon, the Indian priest,
last year.
At that time Father Gordon found
the Haskell Institute veritably a
Protestant seminary, with the Y. NJ
C. A. enjoying a non-legal govern
mental propaganda against the Cath
olic Church. An investigation fol-
lowed Father Gordons sensational
charges and several changes were
brought about, while a new set of
rules to govern the religious situa-
tion at Haskell were drawn up and
put in force. Still later Commissioner
Sells relieved several of the en-
ployes from duty at Haskell and one
or two others were dismissed from
the service.
In October of last year an effort
was made to remove Matthew Flynn,
who had incurred the enmity of the
Haskell authorities through his per-
sistent cry of fair play for Catholics
Father Gordon Immediately tele-
graphed President Wilson and the
President acted promptly and effec-
lively and Mr. Flynn is still at Has
kell.
With the coming Of Mr. Pearls,
Catholics will undoubtedly fare bet
ter. Mr.. Sells, the Indian Commits
sioner, has chosen a strong man for
Haskell and one whose long expert
ence in Indian work will keep him
from the shoals that will wreck any
mans career-bigotry and prejudice.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07
American College Alumni
FORMER ROMAN STUDENTS WILL
MEET IN BALTIMORE.

The thirty-third annual reunion of
the Alumni Association of the North
American College, Rome, Italy, will
take place on May % in the Hotel
Belvedere, Baltimore, Nd The Off
GERS Of the Alumni Association are:
President, the Rev. M. j. Riordan,
Baltimore; vice-presidents, the Rev.
Nicholas Walsh, Boston; the Rev.
William A. Scullen, Cleveland; secre-
tary, the Rev. James J. Talbot, New
York; treasurer, the Rev. Joseph NJ
Corrigan, Philadelphia; historian, the
Rev. Francis c. Campbell, New York;
executive committee, the Very Rev.
George A. Dougherty, the Rev Louis
Stickney, the Rev. Bernard J. Nc
Namara, Baltimore.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07
A Quaint Idea.

One of the quaintest of the old time
and now discarded ideas concerning
the festival was that on Easter Mon
day women had right. to beat their
husbands, and on Tuesday the latter
could return the compliment
In Germany, however this curious
custom, or something that nearly re-
sembles it, is preserved in a tradition
that maid servants shall whip the men
servants on Easter Day, and vice
versa on Easter Monday. The tradi-
ton, it is said, is lived up to. An
other pagan ceremony which lived on
after the Introduction OF Christianity
in different countries was the light.
ing of the Easter fires on the top of
mountains. 1t must be kindled by
new fire drawn from wood by fric-
ton, and in pagan days was intended
to symbolic the victory Of spring
over winter. A similar ceremony has
been adopted into the Easter services
by the Church, but the new or paschal
fire on Holy Saturday is drawn from
flint and is intended to symbolic the
resurrection Of the Light of the World
from tomb closed by a stone. Easter
day is day of general merry-making
and of various sports and games in
Greece and Russia, as a reaction
from the rigors of their long and
severe Lent.
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after which the student body of the
college held celebration in honor
of the two educators. The inyesti-
ture will take place soon. The recog-
milton of these two Iowa educators by
the Vatican authorities, at the instance
of their Archbishop, meets with the
universal approval of the clergy and
people of the diocese Right Rever-
end Doctor German, as president of
Dubuque College, has made that insti.
tuition one of the best of its kind in
the West. 1t takes rank with the
highest state institutions, and is SO
recognized by various secular associ-
ations. Right Reverend Arthur M.
Clark has been noted benefactor Of
the same college.
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PATRIOTS DRAWN FROM FRENCH CLERGY

has just fallen a few yards away;
the lamp is eXtinguished and sol
der killed. o God, receive my soul.
Death is ever nigh and ever possible.
My soul is ready to welcome it, and
it will be my deliverance E.
If | come out of this war, how | will
devote myself to the ministry of
souls. But here too | am
still a priest; and so | ought to give
an example Of courage.
What a week Maundy Thursday, the
day of the priesthood; Good Friday
the day of sacrifice; Holy Saturday
the day Of recollection in face of
glorious resurrection A short time
after writing these last words Captain
the Able Million left his shelter on
duty: a shell caught him, and Easter
was for him the glorious resurrec-
ton of which he had written.
Christ's sufferings and death were
for the salvation of men,
and, like their great High Priest,
the priests OF France are Offering
their lives for their country and
their race. To quote again from a
letter by the young Jesuit, Pere de
GirOnde: ITO die young, to die as
a priest-soldier, in an attack, in a
rush forward, in my full priestly
giving perhaps last abso-
luton; to shed my blood for the
Church, for France, for my friends,
for all those who carry in their
hearts the same ideal as myself, and
for others that they may know the
Joy of believing. All, how
beautiful this is"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07
ORIGIN or THE TERM-TIME OF
c { L { 3 RATING THE DAY.
QUAINT IDEAS ON ITS oBSERv-
ANCE.

Easter, the most glorious feast Of
the Church, in that it commentaries
the resurrection of Christ from the
tomb, and His triumph over death. is
with us once again, and all the Chris
tian world rejoices.
According to some of the authori-
ties the English word Easter relates
to Eostre, a Teutonic goddess of the
rising light of day and spring. Eas-
ter is the center of the ecclesiastical
year, and there is moreover a real
and ideal connection between the
Jewish Passover and the Christian
feast OF Easter. 1t is real because
Christ died on the first Jewish Easter
day; ideal because Christ's death and
resurrection had its types and figures
IN the Old Law, particularly in the
paschal lamb which was eaten on the
evening OF the l4th of Nissan. The
connection between the Jewish and
the Christian Pasch explains the NOV
able character, of this feast. Easter
has no fixed date like Christmas be-
cause the 18th of Nissan of the Semitic
calendar was shifting from date to
date on the Julian calendar. Because
the Sunday after Nissan II was the
historical day of the Resurrection, at
Rome this Sunday became the Chris
tian feast Of Easter. Easter was
celebrated in Rome and Alexandria
on the first Sunday after the first
full moon after the spring equinox,
and the Roman Church claimed for
this observance the authority of IS.
Peter and Paul. The spring equinox
fell in Rome on March %, and in
Alexandria on March 81. Ecclcsiasti-
cal history sets forth not less than
three great disputes among the learn
ed doctors of the Church concerning
this question of the date of Easter
and the Resurrection of the Savior
The first took place in the time Of
Pope Victor, about the year 100. The
question debated at that time was
whether Easter should be celebrated
on Sunday, or any. day of the week,
the same as the Jewish festival of
Nisan. The second great debate took
place at the time OF the Council Of
Nicaea, which was in the year 325
While it was at that time agreed
that the festival must be held on Sun
day a new dispute arose as to the
determination of the particular Sun
day on which it was to be held.
The following is a synopsis OF the
| finding Of that Council Of the Church
authorities: That Easter must be
celebrated by all throughout the world
on the same Sunday, that this Sunday
must follow the fourteenth day of the
Paschal moon, that that fourteenth
day must follow the spring equinox.
The third debate arose when the
Roman missionaries coming into the
British Isles, in the time of ST. Greg
ory the Great, found the British Chris
tians still adhering to an ancient sys-
tenn of Easter computation, which
Rome itself had left aside. 1t was
| not, however, until the synod of Whit
| by, in 664, that the Christians of
| northern Britain, who had derived
their instructions in the faith from
the Irish missionaries, at last accept
ed the Roman system and came into
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07
A UNIQUE PRAYER BOOK is USED
BY THE SOLDIERS IN THE
ARMY - PAST AND PRESENT
ARE BOUND TOGETHER-SUP
PLlcATloNs TO PATRON SAINTS
OF cITlEs-PRAYERs FOR sPE-
CIAL WAR NEEDS.

A prayer book given to the SOL
diers of the army of Italy is OF inter
est:
1T is entitled With God for Our
Country, and the picture on it's front
ispiece shows Christ in q heavenly
light accompanying an Italian infan-
tryman up the steep sides of a noun
tain which looks much like the Carsic
height near Gorilla.
The soldier is told that in the fu-
rious impetus of battle he must re-
member the noble traditions of Latin
gentility,' and therefore must avoid
being cruel towards the enemy, or Of
fensive to his prisoners, or disrespect-
full towards any woman He is re-
minded that, with the help of God,
the nation is performing it's duty Of
loving aid to the needy, and that
therefore he should not worry about
his dear ones at home, because the
Patria and thousand good citizens
are surrounding them with sympathy
and neighbourIy assistance.
Protector of Aviators.
"As might be imagined, the pro.
tector of aviators must be sought
among the angels. Ever among the
winged hosts of heaven are to be
found, of course, martial spirits
Did not the Maccabees pray the Lord
| to send an angel to save Israel:
Did not an angel appear to Joshua
| And was it not the Archangel Michael
the winged warrior from heaven, whc
came with a flaming sword to st. Leo
| Magnus when that brave Pontiff wen
out to meet Attila. the Scourge o
God?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07
BECOME MONSIGNORl
TWO IOWA cLERGYMEN RECEIVE
PAPAL HoNoRs.

According to cable advices received
from Pone Bepedict XIV, Very Rev.
n M German, d. D., IL. D., president
of DUBUQUE College,, Iowa, and Rev.
Arthur NJ. Clark, professor and bene-
factor of the same institution, who is
also resident chaplain at Mt. Carmel,
motherhouse of the Sisters OF Charity,
B. Y. NJ. have been elevated to the
rank of Monsignor. The notification
was received and given to the honored
clergymen by Archbishop j. ]. keane,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07
PRAYERS IN ITALIAN ARMY

"Of the other Archangels, Gabriel
and Raphael are too tender and deli
cate of nature for battle service, but
Michael, as the Angel of Justice, has
always been a leader of hosts. There
fore he has become the patron saint
of aviatOrs, as st. Martin is that of
the infantrymen, ST. Barbara of the
artillery soldiers, st. Maurice of the
Alpine troops, and ST. Christopher of
the military chauffeurs.
Prayer in the Trenches.
The Prayer in the Trenches right
ly begins like a De Profundis;' it
draws resemblances between the early
Christians in the darkness of the
catacombs and the Christian soldiers
'of today in their inhospitable dug
outs; it asks for patience during the
long days and interminable nights
for health in the squalid dampness'
of their earth shelter, and begs that
the trench may not prove "a grave
for the dead, but the sepulchre of
men who will rise victoriously to
glory
"The striking characteristic of this
and other books of soldiers prayers
in Italy is the insistence of linking
the promises and comforts of relig-
ious faith with the history and great
ness of Italy.
Patriotic Christianity. @1
"Thus the sailor in the Prayer Be-
fore Battle turns to Christ, our Lord,
whom the glorious republics of Venice.
and Genoa, of Pisa and Amalf, rever-
emily saluted when their fleets sailed
forth to distant shores to which they
brought the light of civilization and
faith. Even more stirringly patriotic
in its historical references is Our
tCountry's Litany,' reproduced in sew
eral camp prayer-books.
This Litany is in the usual litur-
gical form, with invocation and re-
sponse, and might be called summary
Continued on page 81
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FOR PREPAREDNESS
REPRESENTATIVES, OF CATHOLIC
UNIVERSITIES TO ENLIST IN
MOTOR AMBULANCE CORPS.

Washington is to furnish motor
ambulance for service at the front if
the United States has war. DR.. Ryan
Devereux, who has had ten years
service in the army and is fully
equipped for such work, is the lead
ing spirit in the proposed organiza-
ton, which is to be composed of un-
dergraduates of Georgetown Univer-
sity, George washington University
and the Catholic University. 1t lis
planned for DR.. Devereux to serve as
captain and for the several educa-
tional institutions to nominate the
officers.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07
NEW DRASTIC MEASURE
WOULD BAR ALTAR WINE IN
STATE OF COLORADO.

The state senate of Colorado on
Friday, March %, passed a bill pro-
hibiting the importation of liquor
into Colorado even for medicinal or
sacramental purposes. The vote was
10 to Il. The measure goes to the
house. Those in touch with the situa-
ton say it may be passed. Governor
Hunter, in view of his message ask
ing stricter prohibition laws, is ex-
pected to sign it. The measure
would take effect Immediately upon
signature by the governor.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07
MGR. O'KELLY DIED
HE WAS EDITOR OF THE PUBL.
CATION, "ROME."

Sunday evening, March 25, in the
hospital of the Blue Nuns in Rome,
Italy, Right Reverend Monsignor
O'Kelly, the well known and highly
respected editor of Rome" died
peacefully and holly, fortified by all
the rites of Holy Church. For the
past ten years he had been the Roman
correspondent of the London Tab
let"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07
ORDAINED IN ROME

The following ecclesiastical stu
dents from the United States were
ordained to the holy priesthood on
Saturday, March "a: Rev. Father
Gross, of the Diocese of Los Angeles
Cal; Rev. Father Devlin, of the Dio.
cese of Winona, Mimi; and Rev
Father DriscoH, Of the Diocese OF
Brooklyn, N. Y.
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Sacred Heart College
INSTITUTION FOR WoMEN'S EDU-
CATION CHARTERED IN NEW
YORK.

The College Of the Sacred Heart,
an institution for the higher education
of women, has been Established in
New York City, with q charter from
the regents of the state. 1t will be
under the direction of the Religious
OF the Sacred Heart, in connection
with the group OF academies of that
order in the eastern part of the
United States.
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Seminarists and Novices.

There is also abundant evidence
to show that the same spirit ami
mated the seminarists and novices
Read, for example, this document of
the battlefield, blurred with his ebb-
ing blood and found in his dead
hand, which Marie Lucien Gaillard,
student of the Grand Seminaire OF
Chavagn gnes-en-Paillers, wrote while
lying mortally wounded, in solitary
agony, on the field in the first Sep
tember of the war: My darlings all,
when you get this letter your Dodou
will be in heaven, or else will have
been taken from the field by some
ehart te1Gag morn
ing whilst You We're 1T Mass-a kind
attention on the part of Providence
! was struck in the thigh by bull
let. fell, and remain where | fell,
for, by an unworthy resemblance to
my Saviour, | am truly nailed to my
cross, being unable to move an inch.
As long as | keep still my wound
causes me scarcely any trouble, but
am suffering dreadfully from thirst.
My spirits are good, and | have no
anxiety. With my crucifiX before me
pray and wait for the merciful will
of God. You know that before
leaving l made the sacrifice of my
life, and since yesterday morning
have renewed that Offering several
times. | do not fear death; l have
seen it, and see it now, too near for
that. There is nothing terrible in
it, for it brings happiness. And do
you, | ihplore you, let your sorrow
be silent, resigned, and almost JOY
Gus. My one trouble is leaving you
but l know that | shall soon see you
again. Here we have fresh and
striking evidence of the way in
which these Catholic heroes, these
Oblates of the battlefield, breathe
calmly amidst its horrors the atmos-
phere of the supernatural, and see
beyond that better world where
their place awaits them. AS NJ.
Maurice Barres remarks, after Civ
! ing young Gaillard's letter in the
Echo de Paris: The mystics say
that we must nail ourselves by desire
to the Cross of Christ, and there is
a we'll known letter of st. Catherine
Of Siena on this subject; but, after
all, what is the most ardent teach
| ing by the side of an act? This
priest-soldier nailed to the cross and
| the soil of France is fact in the
blazing light which transports us
ex umbris ct imaginibus in verita.
tem"-from shadows and images into
reality And whilst thus giving such
a splendid example in their own per
sons, the priests with the armies are
| probably also the loudest and most
generous in their praise of the deeds
and deaths of their comrades. "Theil
death has been worth supreme sane
tity for them," writes a chaplain: ''s
collection of their letters is a VERT
able dossier of canonization.' AnC
another writes: Il have witnessed
/ splendid acts of preparation for deatl
and deliberate sacrifices made in ad
! vance. / treasure in my heart secret
which will brighten my whole priest
ly life. If shall fall, | shall bles
God for having given me on earth S,
comforting vision
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SOME EASTER CUSTOMS

friendly relations with the Bishops of
the South. The universal rule as to
the manner Of ascertaining the date,
each year, of Easter, now being that
Easter Sunday shall be the first Sun
day after the first full moon follow
ing the 21st of March, or spring
equinox, the earliest possible date
for Easter is March %, and the
latest, April %, between which dates
the feast must now be kept for all
time.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07
Easter Customs.

OF course the Easter egg is a time
honored symbol Of the festival. the
primal cause for this being on account
OF the use of eggs being forbidden
during Lent they were served with
great eclat on Easter day, and in an
clent times were cOlored red to sym
bolize the Easter JOY The custom
may also have had it's origin in some
form of paganism, for a great many
pagan customs observing the return
of spring gravitated toward Easter,
and in pagan times the egg was the
emblem of the terminating life of
early spring. There are many Gus
toms connected with the use of eggs
on Easter, including the game known
as egg-picking, and the practice of
egg-rOlling by children on Easter Mon
day on the lawn of the White House
in Washington The Easter rabbit is
another emblem for the festival which
we have borrowed from the pagans,
with whom the rabbit was always the
emblem of fertility. Handball play
ing was favOrite Easter amusement
in continental Europe in the sixth
century and afterwards, and strange
as 1t may seem, priests, monks, and
even Bishops INDUCED in the game
as relief from the severe restraints
and disciplines of Lent. In England
the municipal corporations set aside
their dignities, and indulged in a
friendly game of handball as the cor
rect amusement in observance of the
day.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-11-28

Co, TO exhibit tent theater show for
enc week for SIS. viz: Recommending
that petition be denied
j. Hunter Hopkins, Chairman, V. {,
Bourne. \. +. Leybourne. Claud Dart
]. Sidwney Roberts, B. F. Jones, Geo
II. Cook. Adopted
From the Committee of the Whole
on petition of The Banner Publishing
Co., for an appropriation of $100 for
advertising the City OF Brunswick gen
orally in an industrial write-up and
trade edition to be published the lat
ter part of November, viz: recommends
ing that an appropriation of $50 be
made for such purpose.
Respectfully.
J. Hunter hopkins, Chairman; V. c.
Bourne, Claude Dart, Geo. H. Cook.
j. Sidney Roberts, b. F. Jones, NJ b.
McKinnon. Adopted
Hon. Mayor and Council:
Brunswick. Ga Nov. &c, 1917
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motion the matter was referred the
the Mayor
Resolutions
Be it and ii is hereby resolved by
the Mayor and Council of the City of
Brunswick in council assembled. that
the Mayor be and he is hereby au-
thorized to borrow on behalf of the
Mayor and Council the sum of Ten
thousand dollars for the purpose of
paying notes for like sum maturing
Dec. ., 1917 and to execute a note
or notes to the lender or lenders of
such money; such note or notes to be
payable within six months from date
or shorter period, and to bear in
tereSt at rate not greater than eight
per fentum per annum.
Fif'ther resolved that the Mayor be
authorized to renew said note or notes
for be whole or any part of said sum,
il IN original be made for shorter
periMl than six months from the date
date hi the original note or notes.
."s'N dopted.
.inanceS.-
he following ordinances were read
first time and referred to the
finance Committee and the Commit
of the Whole:
the Mayor
AN ORDINANCE. An ordinance
ohib:ting the wasting ani unneces-
AIRY use of water through open pipes,
alter cocks and water valves, CT
lrougl leaking pipes. wat9: cocks and
alter valves; providing a pc. atty for
violation of the same, aud for 9th
, : purposes.
Section l. Is. it ordain,t by the
'yor and Aldermen of the City Of
tnswick, Georgia, in council assem-
Il. that it shall be illegal and I'M
full for any person, firm or corpor-
On to have or use, IN said city, any
IN pipes. water cocks and water
ives. whereby the having or. use of
: sma utrmits OF allows the tnnec-
ar wasting Of w .er b: ough
"
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-11-28

City Engineer J. i. High reported
orally that the drain recently con
structed by the American Shipbuild-
ing Company. at the foot of London
street was not satisfactory and cn