The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-08
NEW WORLD ITEMS

Orphan Society Prosperous.-The
Archdiocesan st. Aloysius Orphan So
ciety. of Cincinnati, received during
the year $42,070.22; disbursed $42,-
O7022 1t has balance on mana Vi
$4170.
A Roman Conference.-The Rev. DR..
Othmar. of the Minor ConVentual
Franciscans of Rensselaer,, N. Y, mas
been appointed English Confessor III
St. Peters, Rome.
Oldest University.-The Oldest uni
versity under the American nag Is
that of Santos Tomas de Aqulnas' the
famous Dominican seat of learning IN
the Philippines. 1t was founded In
April, 1911.
Valuable Books.-The Grolier CluD,
New York. has a Psalter printed al
Navence on the Rhine, by Fust q
Scboeffer, successors of Gutenberg
Also a Missal by Jean du FRO, nrst
Partisan printer, and a BreVlary
printed at Venice in 1879.
Chapel to Observation-Disclosures Glen
non. of st. Louis, suggests the cree
ton in his monumental Cathedral, OF
a hundred thousand dollar chapel IN
memory of soldiers and sailors who
lost their lives in the war. He hopes
n donor of this memorial chapel will
be found before Easter.
COLLEGE Jubilee.-Plans are already
under way for the celebration OF the
golden jubilee of ST. Mary's College,
Kansas, which is to take place I'D
June. during commencement week. AT
the same time the triennial gathering
of the st. Mary's College alumni is
expected.
War Organization Made Permanent
With the approval of Archbishop
Glennon, the Catholic Women's League
of st. Louis, Mo-, which was organized
for war work, will continue as per
manent organization doing reconstruc-
ton and social service work.
: .sea,a'
Priest Killed after Mass.-The Rev
A. BENJAMIN Berto, of lrvington, n. j..
was run down and killed by trolley
car recently in front of st. AIMS
Church, Newark, where he had just
celebrated Mass. The last rites OF the
Church were administered by the Kew
Theodore Peters, pastor of the church
years old.
Missing Chaplain is Safe.-lieut
Eugene Kennedy, a Jesuit priest ant
army chaplain, who was reportef
missing October 16, now is known tt
be with his command, the 15Oth Ma
chine Gun Battalion, which is movlnS
ND to the German border. Lieut.
Kennedy cabled recently to his brother
Louis Kennedy, a member Of the tlrh
of P. J. Kennedy & Sons, publishers o
the Catholic Directory in New York
To Catholic Officers.-At the re
quest of former Governor Judson HaT
mon. the original tablet erected in tn
OS''~A
House to the memory of Captain job.
J. Desmond, will be used in the neF
building to mark the spot where tn
young Catholic National Guard office
fell during the 1884 riot. The table
will probably be placed in the ives
wall, and dedicated with appropriat
ceremonies. Captain Desmond lie
buried in st. Joseph's new cemetery
Price HILL
Bigots Frustrated.-The parochia
schools of the State of Michigan ar
not in any immediate danger of SUI
preston. The petition filed to brin
to a vote next April the proposed cor
stitutional amendment eliminating a
parochial and private schools in tn
State has been declared invalid by tn
attorney general. This is the secon
time that the efforts of the enemie
of the Catholic schools have come
naught, but the matter is sure to
brought up again.
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Home for Working GirIs.-A dowl
town administration building an
working girls home and two settl
ment houses in Columbus, Ohio-on
in the north and the other in tn
south end-for work among the TO
eign-born element, will be opene
shortly in that city with the approx;
of Bishop Hartley, and under the au
pices of the National Catholic Wa
Council.
Soldiers Observation-Disclosures of G
lumbus overseas secretaries, whe
they return make a report to Willia
P Larkin, director of K. of c. Owe
seas Activities. They are asked
state what especially impressed the
while serving American soldiers ar
sailors Invariably, they refer to tt
American soldiers unselfshness,
desire to share everything good wit
his comrades and his generosity.
distributing cigarettes to Pershing
men in camp, afield and in hospital
it was almost impossible to Undue
them to accept more than two or thrt
at time. They insisted that seer
taries divide 'em up so everybot
can have smoke"