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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-10-11
HISTORICAL CONTEST
CATHOLIC HISTORICAL SOCIETY
AN N o v N CES COMPETITIVE
TEST ON CATHOLIC SUBJECT
OF INTEREST.

The United States Catholic HistOri-
cal Society announces the second in
tercollegiate historical competition.
The competition is open to all under
graduate students of Catholic univer-
stiles, colleges and seminaries.
The conditions to be fulfilled by all
competitors are as follows:
1. An essay on Catholic Day."
March %, 1884, the distinctiVely Cath
Ollie anniversary Of the United States.
On that day Father Andrew White, S.
j., celebrated the first Mass on St
Clements Island, in the Potomac, and
the Colony of Maryland was estab-
lished by Lord Baltimore. From this
event follow in unbroken sequence
public worship; religious liberation;
the first native born priests, and the
first native born religious, men and
women; the Hierarchy; Catholic edu-
cation, the first schools, the first col
leges, and the first Catholic civic unit,
ST. Mary's City.
2. The essay should show painstak-
ing historical research, with refer
ences to primary and secondary his
torical sources, and should be accu-
rate and impartial in estimating his
torical values. The style should be
simple, direct, and clear
g. Every contestant must be certi-
fed by the faculty as a student in
course, of the institution to which al
filiation is claimed.
5. The MSS. which must be type
written must contain no fewer than
$500 words and may not exceed 5000
words. 1t must be received at the
Office of the United States Catholic
Historical Society, 346 Convent Ave-,
New York, before January, 1920. The
papers will be passed on by the Edit
ing Committee of the Historical So
ciety, and the successful essay will
be awarded prize of one hundred
dollars and published in the United
States Catholic Historical Society
Records and Studies,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-10-11
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE
THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT.

The National prohibition amend
ment, which will come into operation
next January provides that any bev-
erage containing more than one-half
OF one per cent of alcohol is 'intoXi-
eating liquor" 1t makes it unlawful
to manufacture, sell, barter, give
away, transport, import, export, deliv-
er, furnish, receive or possess any in
toXicating liquor, except as authorized
by this Act" The only exceptions are
for medicinal, scientific Or sacramen-
tai purposes, or where liquor is stored
in private homes before prohibition
goes into effect, for private use. Ad-
vertisement of intoxicating liquor, by
any method, or telling anyone where
he can get a drink is prohibited Bill
| boards with liquor ads must be re-
moved, or enforcement officers have
| the power to paint over or remove
them. Any picture of brewery, dis
tillery, bottle, key, barrel, box or 9TH
er receptacle designed to serve as ad-
vertisement thereof is illegal. No
formulate or recipes for making liquor
nor any tablets, substance, compounds
or preparations for the same pur-
pose may be sold. No newspaper or
periodical can print statements con-
corning the manufacture or distrbu-
ton of alcoholic liquors. for which the
paper received compensation, unless
with the article is the following state
ment, printed as paid ADVERTISE
ing. Drinking liquor in public or On
a railroad train, auto, dining car or
Vestibule of train is prohibited and
conductors are given the power to ar
rest. All vehicles used for the illegal
transportation of liquor, including mo-
tor cars, boats, buggies, and airplanes,
are to be seized by the officers and
disposition will be ordered by the
court
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-10-11
RIGHT REV. ABBOT OFT
LEARNED PROFESSOR OF ST.
JOHNS UNIVERSITY LEAVES
FOR NEW POST OF HoNoR-To
BE ABBOT IN SASKATCHEWAN

In honor of the newly elected Abbot
of ST. Peters Abbey, Muenster, Sas-
katchewan, Canada, the Ri. Rev.
Michael OFT, o. S. B., the University
dramatic club, assisted by the Glee
Club and orchestra, staged Vacation"
a tWo-act comedy, in the college au-
ditorium Monday evening, October 6,
prior to his departure for his new
field of labor. The election took place
on July %, and the Holy Sees con-
firmation of the election reached here
on September 26. The installation will
probably take place some time this
month at Muenster, Sask, the seat
of the new prelate's future activities.
Rt. Rev. Michael OFT, o. S. B., was
born in Observation-Disclosures, Bavaria,
March IS, 1870. In 1884 he entered
st. Johns University where he fin
ished his classical studies and on June
"A, 1889, Joined the Benedictine order
In 1892 he was sent to the college of
st. Anselm, Rome, to specialize in
philosophy, where he was ordained on
June 20, 1894 and obtained his de-
gree of Phi. d. In 1895 he was ap-
pointed to the chair of philosophy in
st. Johns Seminary, which he has
filled with marked success for the
past "A years. For IS years he served
as project Of studies in the college,
and was editors Of st. Johns Record,
the students monthly publication, for
number of years. During the past
8 years he was also sub-prior of the
abbey. AS professor he always held
the esteem of his students in both
college and seminary His pen has
been active during all these years;
he contributed about 300 articles to
the Catholic Encyclopedia and has
written several stories for the Catho-
lie magazines. During the vacation
months he has been much sought as
retreat-maSter for priests and sisters.
Though man of solid learning and
close study, the AbbOt-elect' has al
ways deported himself in a plain, I'M
assuming way and has stunned pop
ularity and publicity. While his de-
parture has aroused much regret
among members of the student body
and faculty, his acquisition by the
struggling Canadian monastery will
prove a great boon to Catholic edu-
cation and Catholicism in those parts.
The students and seminarians en-
the event.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-10-11
DISCHARGED FOR ENTERING
STORE.

A business man tells me that he saw
one of his employees come out of a
certain store, and when he reached
his office he promptly discharged him.
Have you business men any doubt
what the store was? 1t was probably
a book store and he feared his clerk
was becoming too intelligent; or, it
was a restaurant, and he feared the
young man was getting too much to
eat; or, it was a furnishing store, and
he was about to wear clothes too
good for him. If We were half-Witted,
we might miss the kind of store out
of which he came. There is one kind
of store which you will not allow your
trusted employee to frequent and that
is, the liquor store, the saloon. A rail
road company was much disturbed
about the habits of it's employees. 1t
held no brief for their morals, and
had no foolish notions about its right
to restrict their personal liberty, but
it felt that certain habits made them
inefficient, that they were not likely to
be reliable if they went to certain
places. lie COHlpdlly ulu IlOL Say IhdL
they might go limited number of
times a day, with that beautiful spirit
Of true temperance which some men
urge did not trust the men who kept
these stores to watch that these men
| kept truly temperate. That would
have been sweet thing to say and
also idiotic. 1t said to them: "9ou
enter those places, or use their prod
ucts, and you will be summarily dis
missed from the service" Now it is
sufficient that the forbidden places
were not book stores, nor grocery
stores, nor restaurants, nor library
buildings, but saloons, and any places
where liquor is sold. You may claim
the right to be a user of liquor your
self, but you will not willingly ride
in train behind an engine whose
cab is occupied by man to whom
the saloon is an institution of common
personal experience. You may be
willing to live next grocery store,
| but you neither live nor raise you"
children any nearer a saloon than you
have to be.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-10-11
CARDINAL MADE KNIGHT
CARDINAL MERCER is KNIGHTED
BEFORE BRILLIANT NEW
YORK ASSEMBLAGE.

Cardinal MERCER had the degree of
KnighthOOd conferred upon him at
reception and banquet at which he
was the principal guest OF the Knights
Of Columbus at the Hotel Commodore
on last Thursday evening The cere-
mOny was performed before one of
the most representative gatherings of
the great hostelry of New York.
James A. F'laherty, Supreme Knight
Of the Order, conferred the degree
which made the Belgian prelate a
member of the great order
The dinner to honor the Cardinal at
a public reception was placed in the
hands of the New York Chapter of
the Knights of Columbus by Arch
bishop Patrick J. Hayes, who was one
of the speakers. The others were
Justice Victor J. Bowling and Will
liam P. Larkin. Among the other
prominent men present were Gov
ernor Smith, Mayor Hylan, John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., Rodman Wanamaker.
Maj. Gen. Thomas F. Barry, Admiral
William S. Benson.
John Mccormick, the Irish tenor,
volunteered to sing several songs and
the Belgian national anthem The
supreme officers of the Knights re-
Gently voted to confer Knighthood on
the heroic prelate of Belgium whose
stand during the war typified the
cn1opdid manhood ond charity Of tho
knights of olden days.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-10-11
CABBAGES AND KINGS.

1t seems rcgrettable that on
solemn or joyous occasions not
infrequently a sinister spirit arises
that spills the incense Of grateful
homage that is being waited to-
ward some worthy parsonage.
There is a rift in the lutte, a caco-
phony in the chorus, Mephisto
among the angels.
Some time ago America hon
ored herself by inviting the Bel
gian king to visit our country.
That he was a king counted for
nothing: it was the stalwart war;
rior, the man of steadfast pur-
pose, the heroic defender of his
people who attracted the admira-
ton Of this great land. The cities
of America We'd with one another
to show him honor, feeling that
1t were privilege to entertain
and to fete modern Leonidas.
Milwaukee, the field Of social
lStlc experiment, boasts mayor
who has aroused the antagonism
of every true blooded American
by reason of his stand when we
were in the throes Of war. This
creature has succeeded in alienat-
ing the sympathies of all loyal
people in his own city and else
where. When asked to invite the
fearless Albert to tie city Of Mil
waukee, the swivel patriot re-
ferred sneeringly to kings in gem
eral and his execration of royalty.
He could not distinguish between
the royal purple and deeds of
gold. A demagogue is not always
a competent judge Of exalted feats
of valor. The rose does not al
ways flourish in a truck garden.
There are cabbages and kings.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-10-11
THE ALBERT MADONNA
FAMOUS STATUE REINSTALLED
FOR ATION-ARCHBIsH
OPP OF AMIENs SPEAKS WORDS
OF HOPE.

Writing from Amiens on September
8, Philip Gibbs, the famous war cor
respondent, says:
a sense of the miraculous was
strong in the hearts of many French
peasants today amidst the ruins of
Albert, where | saw an act of faith
in the renaissance of France after the
death blow of the war in a scene
where there was little but faith to
encourage the people.
All British solders-and Americans
who were with them in the last phase
will remember Albert, because of
that church from which the Golden
Madonna hung head downwards with
her Babe outstretched, until after
| March last year the statue fell under
an avalanche of red bricks and rosy
| dust.
Like Amiens, the town of Albert
! has begun it's new life, at least so
far as having a few inhabitants again.
| But to these peasant-folk the outward
| symbol Of renaissance is a new church
| OF their own faith, which has been
built for them temporarily near the
old church by the American Red
| Cross.
1t is wooden hut, large enough to
hold two hundred people or more, and
to this little shrine was brought this
morning an old statue of the Madonna
and Child, which stood for more than
six centuries in Albert, until the Aus
tralians removed it to a place of safe
ty in the time of peril. In honor of
| its return the Archbishop of Amiens
came to Albert, and after High Mass
in the wooden church, spoke to the
people who had gathered there as pill
grims to their old town.
Through the open window as he
spoke one could see the wreckage of
| their homes, and the words he spoke
were inspired by that scene. Wear
ling his golden inter and crimson
robes, a tall, erect, richly-colored fig
ure as though he had stepped out of
a medieval painting, he was stirred
with the same emotion that moved
those peasant women in their black
/
cardy, when he told of the new hope
that lay in the future now that the
awful days." had passed with their
horrors, their slaughter of men, and
their degradation of humanity. Sin
had brought the war into the world
he said, and had caused all that ruin
| Now by the virtue of people, by new
faith born out of the agony, they
could look forward to a new world
and rebuild the country that had been
destroyed.
| met the Archbishop as he walked
afterwards in the town, blessing the
people who had come back, and he
said, I'VE are making a beginning, nc
more than that, to give life again tC
the poor stricken place. 1t is day
of great heart, of good hope, but il
will take a long, long time to make
this desert fertile
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-10-11
LARGE CLASS ORDAINED
NEW YORK TO HAVE MANY NEW
PRIESTS THIS YEAR.

TWenty-nine young men, all of whom
had made their theological studies at
st. Joseph's Seminary, DunWOodie,
N Y, were ordained to the holy
priesthood by the Most Rev. Arch
bishop Hayes at st. Patrick's Cathe-
dral last month. This was the larg-
est class ever ordained at one time
for the New York Archdiocese. 1t is
expected that the class to be pre-
scented for ordination next June will
number about fifty. young men. This
large number of yocations for the
priestIy life is occasioned by the
growth of Cathedral College, the
preparatory seminary, which is now
beginning to show the fruit of it's full
development.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-10-11
MONEY AND LIFE.

Money is a potent means OF
bringing to person great many
things that are perfectly useless
i'll life. The possession of money
enables one to acquire pleasure,
luxury and certain benefits that
follow wealth. But money accum-
ulated for itself alone, money
boarded for the sole purpose of
affording its possessor the thrill
that comes from glinting gold: in
a word, money that gives one the
.entree into what men call society,
is not by any means primary
goal in life. For the gilded fools
are perhaps quite as numerous as
the tattered ones.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-10-11
SODAL|TY SUNDAY
DATE NAMED FOR PUBLIC DEM
ONSTRATION OF HONOR TO
BLESSED MOTHER.

AT a meeting of the Diocesan Union
of Socialists of the Blessed Virgin,
held in Pittsburgh, it was determined,
upon the suggestion of Rt. Rev. Bishop
Canevin, to hold public demonstra-
ton in Pittsburgh, in honor of the
Blessed Virgin. Sunday, November 9,
was decided on as the date, and the
celebration is to include all pastors,
spiritual directors, officers and mem
bers of all sodalities of Allegheny
county Preparations are being made
to make this affair most solemn and
an open profession of the devotion of
the young women of the diocese to
the Blessed Virgin. Bishop Canevin
will preach the sermon.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-10-11
MARSHAL FOCH'S SON
KILLED EARLY IN WAR-CRAVE
NOW SOUGHT.

rior has given instructions for a
search to be made for the place where
was buried the body of the son of
Marshal Foch, who fell during the bat
tie Of VirtOn in the Belgian Ardennes
in the early days of the war. The
Allied commanders son is believed to
have been buried near the road be-
tween Baranzy and Corey. The son
of Rene Viviani, who was French
premier ct the outbreak of war, was
killed in the same neighborhood, as
was also the we'll known writer, Err
nest Psichari, a grandson of Renan.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-10-11
OCTOBER IL.

When Christopher Columbus
discovered a new land some four
hundred years ago he did more
than reveal an unknown world: he
laid the foundation for the deyel-
opment of Catholic spirit along
untrodden paths. He made it pos
sible for a body of men to arise
and to proclaim to the world the
charity that actuates the Church.
The Knights of Columbus are to-
day what their predecessors were
in Europe. The Knights Of Malta,
the Templars, and the Teutonic
Knights all rendered invaluable
service in their day and genera
ton. At one time or another the
Church was proud Of these her
valiant sons. So today with the
Knights Of Columbus.
October twelfth will ever be a
day dear to the heart of Catholic
knighthood. When the clouds of
war have completely rolled away,
there will stand four-square to the
world the splendid monument of
deeds wrought by these sturdy
scions Of a knightly race. Their
record in war is equalled only by
their vast plans for peace. Not a
blot besmirches the bright escut-
cheon Of their valorous service III
the cause of God and country
Not finger is pointed at them in
scorn or condemnation, not an
abuse of public confidence marked
up against them. Everywhere and
under all conditions did they
cheerfully give of their best: ask
ing naught in return but the salts
faction of brother raised to life
a fellowman rendered happy, g
comrade soothed in his agony.
In the days of peace the Knights
will continue to bind closer anC
more closely the bonds Of patriot
ism and brotherhood that helped
so powerfully to unite our gallant
warriors on the field Of common
cause.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-10-11

A writer in the Atlantic
Monthly for September, who
claims to have talked to $4,000
soldiers in the camps on the sub
iect of religion and tailed his
findings with scores of chaplains,
gives it as his opinion that eight
out Of ten young Americans are
just pagans, so far as their knowl-
edge of religion goes. Still with
these conditions right here at
home the Protestant sects think
they are needed in Catholic lands
to lead the benighted Romanist
into the pure light of the gospel
as interpreted by the hundred OF
more SectS.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-10-11

The st. Thomas College Alumni
Bulletin has made its first appear
ance this season. The snappy
monthly is dressed in tabloid
form, is racy and interesting, and
trimming over with pertinent
illusions that give the individual
touch to magazine. 1t should
prove strong bond of sympa-
thetic union among the numerous
alumni Of the Midway institution
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-10-11

Action has been taken in a con-
ference of the officials of the Anti
Saloon League Of America and the
state superintendent and head
quarters committee. A five-year
permanent financial campaign was
agreed upon, in which there will
be raised fifty million dollars for
state, national and world work on
a graduated scale. In addition
there will be put on an intensive
drive for twenty-five million dol
lars or more to be used in the
Americanization of foreigners and
in the worldwide Prohibition
fight, working in foreign countries
Z 4
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-10-11

Those New England governors
are not mincing in their express
Sions for Irish freedom. Governor
Bartlett of New Hampshire re-
Gently addressed President De
Valera, in these words: con be-
half of the five hundred thousand
people | welcome you to the state
OF New Hampshire; and on behalf
of every man, woman and child
within my state, | officially recog-
nize you as the President of the
Irish Republic. -
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-10-11

Gabrielle d'Annunzio, who is
leading the "heroic" deserters of
the Italian army against consti-
tuted authority in Fiume, is a
jew, who made a notorious name
for himself by writing obscene
literature. He gave himself the
pen-name Gabriel of the Annun-
citation, which effrontery and
blasphemy has been perpetuated
by his silly exploits during the
War and his super-patriotism. A
long term i'll prison and exile to
cooler climate might clear his
head and rid Italy Of a real
nuisance.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-10-11

The Catholic Laymen's Associa-
ton of Georgia has just issued an
interesting pamphlet entitled,
Catholicism and Politics. 1t is an
able REPUTATION of the bogus "Na-
tional Catholic Register" charge.
This accusation was aimed at a
supposed alliance between Catho-
lies, the Democratic party and
President Wilson. The charge is
shown to be worthless and the
National Catholic Register an
imaginary sheet.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-10-11

DR. Polal, a Jew, thirty years
Il sanitary adviser at Warsaw and
now a professor at the University
of Warsaw, said recently at Buff
falo, that the stories about
pogroms against the Jews in Pc
land lacked foundation. The
Poles and the Jews get along very
well, he said. Stories of pogroms
have been given out, he main
tanned, for political effect.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-10-11
THE BOOZE IN BEER.

1t must be remembered that the
more alcohol in the beer the less bene-
fetal effects there are from any other
ingredients it may contain. 1t is not,
then, a wholesome, palatable, tonic
beverage that is advocated by those
who shout SO loudly for what they
call stronger beer but a liquor
which will make man drunk-which
will enable him to beat his wife with
out compunction or qualms of con-
science, until afterwards.
The Pioneer
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-10-11

Apropos of the statement by
lreland's president, it may be re-
called that John Adams, writing
from London to the President Of
the American Congress, 1888,
states Of the British Cabinet Of
that day: 1.-The rivalry Of Ire
land is terrible to the ministry !;
they are supposed to be at work
to SOW jeaIousies and divisions
between the Protestants and Cath
OlicS of Ireland"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-10-11
PREPARING FOR CARDINAL

The Notre Dame Knights of Column
bus, recently reorganized, are plan
ming to cooperate with the reception
committees in the neighboring cities
of South Bend, Ind, and MishaWaka,
in giving Cardinal MERCER the big
gest welcome ever accorded visitor
when he comes to Notre Dame the lat
ter part of this month.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-10-11
FAvORS IRELAND
BRITISH LABOR PARTY FRIENDLY
TOWARDS IRISH.

In Glasgow, Scotland, recently, the
trades union congress unanimously
passed a resolution stating. it views
the situation in Ireland with alarm
and reaffirming its belief that the
"only solution is self-determination.
The congress demanded that the
British government substitute deter
mination for military rule, and eX-
pressed sympathy for Ireland.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-10-11

through the cooperation of the
World League Against Alcohol
ism. The real period of the finan-
cial drive is expected to be the
week beginning January 16, the
date on which the constitutional
amendment becomes operative.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-10-11
SATURDAY, OCTOBER II, 1919.

The Irish Bishops, in meeting at
Maynooth, said: "With us it is
the rule of the sword, utterly I'M
suited to a civilized nation, and
Supremely provocative of disorder
and chronic rebellion.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-10-11

Look at the dead yesterdays only to
see their final meaning as they lie
still in the pitiless white light of the
irrevocable. But then turn to today;
and make every sin and every agony
an education, take the past up into
the spirit, and offer the one atone
ment-consecrated living now.-Ed,
Uard HOlCGrd GriggS.