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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-16
VALUE TO A STUDENT OF NOTE.
TAKlNG-IT PROMOTES YER
SATILITY.

(The Catholic Bulletin prints on this
page excerpts from brief chapel talks
on variety of subjects delivered by
the late Archbishop Ireland to his
students at st. Paul Seminary. The
series is copyrighted by the San Fran
cisco Monitor.)
=. The Value of Note Books.
A good student should have a noble
ambition, an aim in life and ceaseless
energy in striving to reach it, for
there is no success without effort.
We should aim to leave our mark in
the world and not to have lived in
vain. Let your light shine. We can
do that by writing and speaking we'll.
Lift up your lamp that all may see it.
There never was an age in the world S
history when intellect is so much adj
mired as it is today, and in no coun-
try on the earth is it more appre-
ciated and respected than in the
United States.
The greatest man in America, if he
were dressed in rags, would not be
noticed; whereas a mere nobody
dressed neatly and well would at least
pass current. The form counts for a
good deal, mind you. l would not be-
little the Importance of substance, but
of what use are depth and profundity
of knowledge if nobody can get at it.
We read of certain men that they are
learned historians or profound thee,
logians but all that amounts to moth.
ing, if they cannot clothe their
| thoughts in fitting garb. A fine rich
style and a good power of delivery
are requisite for every public man who
would do any good in the world.
These two subjects of writing and
speaking are of vital Importance, but
they have been much neglected in
the past. 1t was supposed that stu
dents would acquire these arts natur-
ally, but neither naturally nor super
naturally were they acquired.
l want to impress upon you the
necessity Of writing. The eye and ear
are not enough to use. st. Augustine
said he learned what he knew by
writing. Pascal asserts that we are
not sure we have grasped any idea till
we have put it down on paper. If
you want to amount to very much
you must do your work pen in hand.
Your note books and compendiums
should be nicely kept. What is well
thought Of, will be we'll written.
Leave wide margin on every page
of your class note books for addi-
tional notes and references. You
must not fill out the whole page, as if
that were all to- be said on the ques,
ton. You may be sure that it is not.
will always remain something further
to be added.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-16
SEES NATIONS BORN
NEW DECLARATION OF OPPRESS-
ED PEOPLE MADE AND NEW
LIBERTY BELL RUNG.

A newborn democracy was pro-
claimed in Philadelphia on October
26, for the 65,000,000 people Of the
oppressed nations of Middle Europe.
Assembled in independence Hall,
Americas cradle of liberty, the ac-
credited representatives of these
States rang out defiance to autocracy,
aristocracy and Imperialism, and pro-
mu1gated a Declaration of Ir1depend-
ence in the very chamber in which
the Declaration of 1776 was read by
the colonists
To fittingly proclaim that the eigh.
teen Slav States of the German EN-
pire had united under a banner of
their own and shaken off the yoke of
domination, the Mid-European Union
had a new Liberty Bell cast, as well
as new national flag, which was I'M
furled alongside the Stars and
Stripes flying on the roof of Independ.
ence Hall.
Liberty for all the world and all
the inhabitants thereof" is prominent
ly inscribed on the new Liberty Bell
which is replica of the bell which
rang out Americas Declaration 142
years ago. .'. Il
The new Declaration of Independ
ence was signed on the same table
where Hancock, Adams, Jefferson
Franklin, and those others of the pa
friot fathers signed the immortal pact
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-16
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE
ALCOHOL A DEcEIvER.

The experimenter took three SUBJ
stances for the eXperiment-food, al
cohol and hot water. After taking
the food he found the heat in the in
terror of the body increased as. the
food digested-the organs of the body
became filled with warm blood, and
the internal temperature became con-
siderably raised. At the same time
he found the surface of the body be-
came cold. Hot water and hot tea
raised the internal temperature and
external temperature, but when he
took alcohol curious thing occurred
When he took it, diluted, of course, it
the first time he had taken any for
many years, and he felt that feeling
of warmth, with the result that he
asked himself whether they had not
been making a mistake all these years,
if there was really an increased tenn
perature within the body? When the
temperature record was developed,
however, it showed that at the very
period he had thought his inside was
being warmed by the alcohol just the
reverse was taking place. The sur
face temperature had risen consider
ably, but the internal temperature had
gone down. Alcohol was a deceiver.
There was no doubt about it in regard
to temperature The actual tempera-
ture was falling at the time he thought
it was rising. This proved that men
taking alcohol before going into the
night air were doing a very unwise
thing, and possibly preparing them
selves to be chilled.
Prof Sim WoodheGd. M. D., UniUeEsitD Of
| Cambridge, ENGLAND .s1-..
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-16
ton on the part Of the mass Of the

tion on the part Of the mass Of the
people.
Wealth and power, even in the
individual, may be great bless
ings. Often they are the result of
Legitimate effort and personal ac-
tivity, and they are expended for
the uplift of religion and human
ity. But the crying injustice that
so frequently accompanies the on
ward trend of Capital 4 brings
about a state Of chaos when it
meets the injustice and pretence
of Labor. The world wide problem
that awaits solution is just this !:
to SO adjust the two. great forces
in human progress,that, both Labor
and Capital may meetlJon equal
terms; understand each other, and
fraternize in an intelligent man
ner. The spirit Of Christian JUS
tice must animate both forces.
Any other solution that is attempt
ed will inevitably end in such up
heavals as the French revolution
and the present cataclysm that
has swept the earth.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-16
THE SOCIAL QUESTION.

With the end Of the war has
come peace to the nations. Who
is so childish as to believe that the
signing of the peace terms will
spell absolute harmony for all
time? There still rests mighty
problem for the nations to solve.
This is the social question, the
burning question of Capital and
Labor. Bishop Muldoon is quoted
as saying: "The battle for right
and justice will not end with the
war. The real battle will start
after the war. It will hinge round
the social question, question with
regard to which we have not been
doing our full duty"
Bishop Muldoon is by no means
an alarmist. He is one of the most
sohdly poised and best informed
men in the American Episcopate,
not to say in the entire nation.
The grievances Of Labor form the
backbone of every economic prob
lem that has confronted the world
for the past century. The accu-
mutation of wealth tends natural
ly, in the vast majority of cases,
to promote a spirit of independ-
ence, of aloofness from ones fell
lows. 1t creates a magic circle
about its possessors. It places
them upon a fancied pinnacle
whence they look down with pity
or scorn upon their less fortunate
fellows. Some, it is true, make
use of wealth for the betterment
of the rest of mankind. They are,
however, the small minority. For
the rest, riches and power in the
individual tend to disintegration
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-16
TALKS TO STUDENTS

Besides carefully writing down all
our professor says. we should embody
the matter in words of our own in
compendium. We do not know the
matter till we have digested it, and
made it part of the fiber of our very
soul so that we can never forget it.
Just as nature takes up the food
which enters the stomach and makes
it part of our very flesh and blood, so
should we assimilate knowledge.
We must study, analyze and reflect
upon the lecture heard and try to
verify it's teaching by consulting books
of reference or the professor, and even
endeavor to discover flaws. The stu
dent who never sees any difficulties,
and thinks that the whole matter is
very easy, simply hasn't compre-
hended the subject. Perhaps he
wasn't able to see the difficulties, but
they are there, and very many of them
sometimes
Moreover, we should embody in our
compendiums what our textbook has
to say on the matter and also any
other books or articles we may find
time to read.
Furthermore, we should keep a
note. book in which to jot down what
| ever fine expressions or sentences we
: may read or hear in conversation;
also any fine thoughts that come to
ourselves. An American Bishop and
very successful writer has never al
| lowed a day to pass without writing
down a few original sentences of his
own.
A third note book should be called
Literary Analysis" 1t should con-
tain brief synopses of articles and
books which we have read. Be able
to put on one page in brief outline an
article of say twenty pages on Con
| temporary Evolution Note down
difficulties, explanations, where the
author is wrong, what you approve,
| disapprove, etc. Analyze books and
sermons in this way, Selling on the
central idea. You must be able to see
it and criticize it.
We are to be thinkers. It is our
business to do this kind of work. /
would be much mistaken in human
nature were 1 to suppose that all of
| you would do this. Some will not.
Ask man who deyours books whole
sale and doesn't digest anything, what
| the article said. He doesn't know any
thing about it, only it was very fine.
If you don't wish to amount to much
and desire to do an incalculable harm
to your minds and careers, then do
not do what say is for your own in
| terest.
do not like to boast but wouldn't
give up my compendiums for a good
deal. Our compendiums should be
! carefully preserved and treasured for
| life. They may be of great service to
you in twenty years. They are the
foundation-the basis of all your
| knowledge on these subjects.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-16
PEACE ON EARTH!

The mills of God have ground
exceeding small. Virtually every
nation on the face of the earth
bears upon its brow the scars of
vengeance. The crippled, wound
ed and manned drag their en-
feebled limbs with painful effort,
as they display the mute evidence
of the role they have borne in the
terrible tragedy of human islaugh-
ter. Nearly every country counts
it's dead by the thousands, or even
millions. What war has spared,
has largely been invaded by fam
inc and pestilence. The sins of
men have cried to heaven for ven
geance: and vengeance has been
Forthcoming. Not the guilty alone
have suffered: the innocent also
have been enveloped in the clouds
Of divine wrath. The innocent
endured torments that the guilty
might live and repent. The JUS
tice of God is mysterious: we can
only bow the head in humble sub
mission to the divine Wisdom.
Peace on earth! After four
years and more Of a living in
fernO, the foodgates Of hell have
swung on their hinges and closed
back the torrent Of horrors that
have inundated the earth. States
men will argue as to causes and eff
fects, proceeding ever from the
human viewpoint. Faith discloses
the vista which reveals an outrag-
ed God Let man return finally to
the belief in an Immortality Of ex-
iStence. War has brought the hui
man element face to face with the
tremendous problems of life: the
human element has seen and has
trembled, has come back in sor-
row and repentance to it's Maker.
Let man wander from God, and a
still more terrible catastrophe will
visit the nations.
Peace on earth How many per-
sons have returned thanksgiving
to God for the boon of peace. The
present armistice is without doubt
the prelude to the perfect har-
mony that will soon flow in flaw
less measures throughout the SYM
phony of life. Let peace reign
without hindrance. While justice,
stern justice, is being melted out,
may it Ebe tempered with a
spirit of democracy, Of Christian
itv II = : 81 81 - -
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-16
When The Stars OF Blue
Turn To Stars Of Gold

There's a service flag with star of
gold
Where a blue star shone before,
And a mother prays, "Thy will be
DONE"
Tho her heart with grief is sore.
For anon the gloom of her lonely room
Seems cleft by angel wings,
While voice that she
Thought now hushed would be,
To her this solace brings:
Your brave boy died that other boys
Might learn that wars must cease;
For other boys are mothers boys,
And brothers should have peace.
You may not have another boy
To comfort you, but then,
You'll find balm in Mary's heart
For her Son died for men,"
Just Comrades, rest and sleep,
The thoughts of men shall be.
And sentinels to keep
Your rest from danger free.
Your silent tents of green
We deck with fragrant flowers,
Yours has the suffering been,
The memory shall be ours.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-16

On Saturday, June %, every
parish priest of the world, acting
under orders from His Holiness,
the Pope, celebrated Mass for the
cessation of war. All other priests
had been requested to offer up the
Holy Sacrifice for the same end.
At that time, just four months
ago, it did not seem that peace
could possibly come for many
years. God has heard our prayer,
says an editor. A few weeks ago,
Bulgaria capitulated. Then Tur-
key withdrew. Shortly afterward
Austro-Hungary, formerly one of
the most powerful of the world s
empires, completely surrendered.
Germany has been forced to ac-
cept terms of surrender. 1t is
utterly impossible to explain all
this except through the power of
prayer. Prayer is never wasted.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-16
To Restore Louvain 'U"
DR.. BUTLER HEADS COMMITTEE
TO REBUILD FRENCH
UNIVERSITY.

Organization in this country of a
national committee for the restora-
ton of the University of Louvain was
announced in New York last Sunday.
Headed by DR.. Nicholas Murray But
Ter, president of Columbia University,
the committee will cooperate with cit
liens of twenty-three other nations in
rebuilding the Louvain University
halls and restocking as far as posi-
BILE the shelves of the great library
burned with it's 100000 volumes by
the German invaders of Belgium, in
1914.
Among the members of the national
committee are former President Roose-
welt and former President Taft, Car
dinal Gibbons, Elihu Root, former sec
rotary of state, authors, artists, cler-
gymen and leaders of commerce and
industry.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-16
SPLENDID PHILADELPHIA.

During the past few weeks one
Of the worst known epidemics in
the history of this country has
ravaged the land. No place, APP
parently, has been spared. The
scourge has respected no class Of
Apersons: age, sex. Il dignity, ply
steal condition, all have ruthlessly
been swept aside. The hand Of
the reaper was raised for a mo-
ment in warning: it fell with a
swift stroke, and its sentence was
written in black letters around all
our cemeteries. M
According to reports the city of
Philadelphia was the hardest hit.
158 out of each 1000 of the popu-
lation succumbed within a few
weeks. In the midst of the plague
the facilities of the city were
found to be- inadequate to cope
with the magnitude of the scourge.
At this !. moment Archbishop
Dougherty stepped into the
breach and placed the whole do
cesar organization the disposal
of the health authorities. No
reservation was made. All the
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-16
DAKOTA PRIEST KILLED
REV. c. E. O'FLAHERTY, MITCH
ELL, SHRAPNEL VICTIM
IN FRANCE.

Right Rev. Bishop O'Gorman has
received a letter from Rev. P. T. Mon.
Afghan of Parker, S. D., who is now in
France, announcing the death of Rev.
c. E. O'Flaherty of Mitchell, who died
while doing chaplain's duties on the
front. Father Monaghan in part says !:
II learned today of the death of
Father O'Flaherty at the front and l
hasten to inform you. On the after
noon of October 1 the town in which
Lieutenant O'Flaherty was stationed
was badly shelled.
There had been some Smelling and
considerable damage done. The chap
lain stepped out after shell burst to
see if any one was injured and was
struck by a piece of shrapnel, dying
instantly. He was buried in the
American cemetery of field hospital
No. H."
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-16

The st. Vincent de Paul Society
took charge of the burials as far
as possible. Schools and churches
were turned over to the officials
and became emergency hospitals.
Two thousand two hundred nuns
were scattered throughout the
whole city to aid the stricken.
They entered homes, irrespective
Of race, creed, or other conditions.
Once there, they became nurse,
cook, housekeeper until the pa
tents recovered or succumbed.
Now the scourge has passed.
Within two weeks it carried off
seventeen thousand persons.
Among them were about a dozen
priests and about twenty nuns.
The whole city, citizens and off
cials, rose up and proclaimed the
glory Of the Catholic Church, her
august prelate, and her heroic
men and women. God looked
down on His faithful children, and
doubtless He was well pleased to
see the old Church of the ages rise
to the splendor of her pristine
Christian charity.
The Church in Philadelphia has
not only brought down the en-
comiums of the city upon herself
she has shed glory upon the
Church Universal. Our gratitude,
as citizens and Catholics, to the
Church in this great American
metropolis goes out to her sin
cerely and intellectually. Truly
has she exemplified before the
world that she is in truth, the city
of Brotherly Love.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-16

In a sermon at a. memorial Mass
celebrated in the field at Camp
Meade for soldiers of the camp
who have died in battle, Cardinal
Gibbons called on the people of
the United States to thank God
for the victory of the Allies and
to ask Him for grace to "walk
the ways of wisdom, obedience
and humility" The Cardinal said
a critical time has now come when
the peoples of the Allies must use
the fruits of victory to good adj
vantage, and when the people of
this country must unite behind the
authorities. ~
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-16

It is appropriate at this season
of the year to take membership,
for deceased relatives, in the
Propagation Of the Faith Society
Fifteen thousand masses are APP
piled yearly for all members liv-
ing and dead. The three degrees
of membership make it easy for a
person to associate himself or 9TH
ers with this beneficial organiza-
ton.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-16
CHILD LABOR DAY
WILL BE OBSERVED IN CHURCHES
s. AND SCHOOLS NEXT
JANUARY.


Nationwide child labor day will be
observed throughout the country dur,
ing the last week in. January: Janu-
airy 25 will be the day in the syna-
gogues;. January rs in the churches;
January q in the schools.
The children's bureau of the de-
partment of labor will have reports
from its field workers for the pro-
grams of churches, clubs, schools and
other organizations.
The children's year work includes,
besides the baby-saving campaign, a
crusade against wartime child labor
and nationwide black to school
movement. Child Labor Day, accord,
Ing to one official, viii be a day OF
stock taking as to preparations made
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-16
! ~. IT, ~ "
THE POOR MANS WORST ENEMY.

All of a poor mans wealth is in
vested in his children. The poor man
sacrifices his whole life to raise his
children and hopes that when they
grow up they will be a help to him
in his old age. If the rich mans chill
dren 20 to the bad the rich man still
has money to support him, but when
the poor mans children go to the bad
all his wealth is lost and he is left
in his old age to life of misery. The
saloon is an institution that robs the
poor man of his children and he ought
to be against it even more than the
rich man. .,.
The rich men will not live where
there are saloons. They will have
their land deeds fixed up so that no
saloons can be established, or they
will have laws made to bar out sa-
looms. Some Christian people ease
their consciences by having laws
made to keep the saloons away from
the church doors; but when you drive
the saloons away from the rich mans
home and the doors of the church,
you drive them to the homes of the
poor people-the least able of all to
Withstand their ravages. The. poor
man cannot drive the saloon away
from his door with money, like the
rich man, for he has not the money;
but he has a vote, and with that vote
he can, and should, drive the saloon
away from his door.
-JOhnF CunneeH
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-16
Churches Are Damaged
DISTURBANCES CONTINUE IN
PORTO RICO.

Another heavy earthquake shock
was felt recently in San Juan, Porto
Rico. The disturbance is reported to
have caused further property loss at
Mayguez and Ponce, and small loss
of life and of property at Aguadilla.
In the recent earthquake Govern
ment property on the island was dam
aged to the extent of more than ST.
100000. This includes damage to
schools, insular and municipal build
ings, bridges and telegraph lines.
Bishop Jones estimates the loss to
Catholic churches at 100000. No
adequate estimate as to the damage
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-16
To Check u. S. Soldiers

To reassure families of soldiers and
sailors overseas, after the signing of
an arnlistice, that their relatives in
the service are safe, the knights OF
Columbus will distribute to the 2,O00,-
900 men in European territory post
cards to be mailed home. The cards
will have spaces for the writer's name
and regiment, with the information,
I'm safe and sound"
They will be distributed after hos
tilities have ceased.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-16
CROOKSTON PRIESTS DIE

The Crookston Diocese mourns the
death of two priests, who accomplish
ed excellent work for the progress of
the Church and the salvation of FOULS
in this new Jurisdiction. Both cler-
gymen had an attack1of influenza, but
they nevertheless attended many urg-
ent sick calls. a2T4
Rev. J. H. Perrin Laurent exercised
effectively the ministry in the mis-
sions of Fisher, Fosston, Evansville,
Euclid, st. Vincent and lately as pas
tor of Terrebonne, where his remains
were inferred.
Rev. George Proulx, ordained last
May, was a promising young priest.
He was pastor of Fosston and missions,
and recently received the appointment
of superintendent of the parochial
schools of the diocese. Father Proulx
was a native of Argyle, where his pa
rents still live and where he was
buried.