The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-26
ARCHDIOCESE of ST. PAUL
ST. PAUL.

AfcnDlShOp VIII administer the sac
tament of Confirmation in this parish
on Sunday, May q.
The members of the committee on
the fund for the Blessed Virgin S
chapel in the new Cathedral will meet
at the st. Paul Hotel Tuesday, May 20,
at 2:30 p. m.
The subject of the Sunday evening
sermon, May 81, will be, The General
Judgment. -.
On Sunday, May 20, the Sodality
of the Blessed Virgin elected the fol
lowing officers: President, Mary
Hickey; assistants, Evelyn Manning
and Marie Kelly; secretary, Anna
Walsh; treasurer, Marie Clark.
Confirmation Dates: Right Rever-
end Bishop Trobec will administer
Confirmation as follows: st. Patrick S
Church, St Paul, May q; Richfield,
May %; Savage, May 81. He will
preach in st. Patricls at the High
Mass.
Annual Communion, X. of c.: The
Knights of Columbus of st. Paul will
next Sunday, the feast of Pentecost, in
the Church of ST. Mary, Ninth and Lo-
Gust streets. A Mass, exclusive for
them, will be celebrated at eight
O'Clock by Rev. J. NJ. Reardon, Chap
lain of st. Paul Council. A special
musical program will be given by the
choir, under the direction of Miss Elsie
M. Shave After Mass the Knights
will march to the Ryan Hotel, where
breakfast will be served.
College of st. Thomas: On the af-
ternOon of May Is Colonel julius A.
Penn conducted the annual military
inspection of the College. The eXer-
cises began at l 80 p. NJ, and lasted
until six o'clock. They comprised not
only company, battalion and regimen
tai drill, extended order manoeuverS,
and Massee's Manual, but also two
field problems which were set by the
inspector and carried out in the
woods on the banks of the Missis-
door exercises Colonel Penn inspected
the students quarters, returning on
Saturday morning to complete the
work.
Ideal weather added to the attrac-
tons of the exercises on the campus
and drew many hundreds of the stu
dents friends to the College. 1t was
subject of much regret to the Cadets
and their friends that owing to condi
tons imposed by the war on the Uni
VerSity of Minnesota and ST. Thomas
the annual competition between the
two Institutions could not take place.
The sOldierly bearing of the cadets
and the wonderful precision with
which they executed the various ma
noeuvers, called forth many warm
commentators from the spectators
A military tournament was given by
the st. Thomas Cadets and the ST.
Paul companies of the Civilian AuXil-
larry in the ST. Paul Auditorium on the
evening of Friday, May %. 1t was a
civic entertainment, all expenses be-
ing borne by the city. Governor
Burnquist, Mayor Irwin, and many Of
ficials of the State and City of St.
Paul were present.
Cretin High SCHOOL, The Honor
able Thomas McGrath, '03, addressed
the students on Friday, May Is. His
lecture was a lucid explanation of
state craft, and the future citizens
political factors by their intense in
terest in all the orator had to say.
On Friday evening the members of
the elocution class met at the Cathe-
dral Auditorium for. their first con-
test. Harold Farrell took first hon.
ors, with Rienzi's Address to the
Romans; Marcus Tierney was a close
second, with maSterful delivery Of
Emmet'S Defense and Walter Vii,
laume, as the Rum Maniac, was
awarded the third place. Rev. Law
renee Ryan, DR.. J. Davern and Thorn
as O'Regan acted as judges. The
medal for first honors will be award
ed at the Commencement Exercises,
June ).
The annual scholarship examination
was held at the school Saturday, May
10. Over one hundred boys from the
Twin Cities came to take the test.
The successful contestants were:
John Luby, of st. James School, with
an average of $50, Charles Keenan,,
of ST. Luke's School, 92R; and Neil
Gibbons, of st. Marks School, 92%.
The monetary value of the scholar
ship is $3.50 These will be formally
awarded to the successful eighth
graders on June 5.
81 Students Choral Club: The Holy
City,Ea sacred cantata by Alfred Gaul
will be given by the Students Choral
Club next Monday evening, May %, al
the Cathedral auditorium. The sacred
text, showing the trials and triumph
of the Chosen People, and the music
of creative genius in which Gaul sets
forth and adorns this text, prove botf
inspiration in this time when civiliZa
ton is menaced, and an instruction
and delight in the hearing of goot
music.
A musical festival by the Cathedral
choristers, assisted by the distin
guished contralto of Minneapolis, Al