The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-24
ARCHDIOCESE ofST. PAUL
ST. PAUL.

erend Archbishop will administer the
Sacrament of Confirmation next Sun
day morning in the Church of St.
Michael, st. Paul, at eleven o'clock.
In the afternoon His Grace will con-
firm a class in the Church of st. Law
renee, Minneapolis, at three o'clock.
Confirmation Held: Last Sunday
the Most Reverend Archbishop admin
istered the Sacrament of Confirmation
as follows: In the morning he con-
firmed a class of 147 children and
three adults in the Church of st. John
the Baptist, Jordan. An Offering of
$45 was made towards the chapel of
st. Boniface in the new Cathedral. In
the afternoon of the same day His
Grace administered the Sacrament of
Confirmation at st. Benedict, Scott
County, and at ST. John, lie Sueur
' County. At ST. Benedict a class Of
twenty persons was confirmed and an
offering of $40 was made for the cha
pei of st. Boniface. At st. Johns
forty-one persons received the Sacra-
ment of Confirmation, and an Offering
of $50 was made towards the chapel
of St Boniface.
Cretin High School: On Thursday,
May Il, the feast of st. John the Bap-
fist De La Sale, Father of Modern
Pedagogy and founder of the Order
of Christian Brothers, was solemnly
observed at the Cathedral. The event
commemorated the Booth anniversary
of the death Of the Saint. Rev. Thomas
r. Keane officiated at the Solemn High
Mass and the Rev. Lawrence f. Ryan,
Rector of the Cathedral, delivered the
panegyric of the Saint. Master John
Dwyer, soprano soloist, sang the Of
fertory The entire student body of
Cretin High School, as we'll as many
friends Of the Brothers, attended the
services.
The Annual Scholarship Examina-
. lions were held at the school on Found
ers Day. One hundred and thirty-one
eighth grade boys from the various
parochial schools of the city took the
tests in arithmetic, grammar and or
biography. Following are the names
of the successful contestants in the
order of their standing: l.. Kurkoski,
st. Johns; w. Gillen, st. Agnes; e.
Coates, Cretin; H. Kelly, st. Marks;
j. Rauer, Sacred Heart; J. SillOrski,
st. Casimir's; w. O'Nel, Cathedral;
r. Belair, ST. Patrick's; J. O'Brien, st.
Nincent's; f. Crowley, st. Luke's. 1t
is very singular fact that each OF
the successful candidates represents
different school. The scholarships
will be awarded at the Commencement
Exercises in the auditorium on June
IL.
The Cretin r. O. 7. C. Cadets made
very favorable showing last Satur-
day morning when they were inspect
ed by Colonel Perry /. Miles, U. S. A,
of the general staff of the army. He
expressed himself as we'll pleased with
the Cretin Unit The boys of Cretin
High School did very WE'LL the Colonel
said in q statement to the press. They
were put through squad drill, army
calisthenicS, close order work and sig
mailing. The discipline was very good"
Colonel Miles declared that in his
opinion the Catholic institutions get
the best results from the r. o. T. c.
A preliminary inspection was made
Wednesday by Colonel Lewis of the
District Inspectors office.
The commissioned and the non-com-
missioned student officers of the Gre
tin r. 0. T. G.. were formally presented
with their commissions and warrants
respectively at the ArmOry last Mon
II hn ct
field artillery, presented the commits
SionS and warrants. Mayor l.. Hodg-
son delivered a very practical speech
to the entire battalion. He declared
that it was his privilege to cOngratu-
late the Cretin students on the part of
the citizens of st. Paul, on the excel
lence of the work they have done and
are still doing as a student body. He
emphasized the fact that the youthful
officers had merited their commissions
only after a most strenuous cOmpeti-
ton lasting over ten months. The
Mayor impressed upon his hearers that
the religious training which they re-
ceive should fit them we'll for the
higher duties of life. THE greater the
relationship that man has with his
Creator" he said, the greater the
amount of service that he can render
his fellowman" The Cretin Band
played for the first time in public the
new march, "Cretin Battalion" COM
posed by Brother James. Following
the ceremonies the Cadet Corps gave
an exhibition drill for the visitors.
Mr.. Smith, visitor from the UniVer-
sity of Minnesota, spent a day recently
at Cretin and eyinced great satisfac-
ton at the work done in History, Lit
erature, Science and Mathematics. He
expressed a keen appreciation of the
value of military discipline to school
work.
The dramatic club is very busy these
days, preparing for the presentation OF
Half Back Sandy at the Metropolis
tan on June 6.
College of ST. Catherine: AN En-
semble Program was given by the
Music Department of the College
Tuesday evening, May 20. The open
ing number, Schlepegrills Overture
rendered by an orchestra composed OF
violins, cellos, harp, piano and organ
was a splendid exposition of ensemble