The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-10-18
NEW WORLD ITEMS

dents are coming to the United States
for higher education and will attend
various colleges and universities, but
no Catholic institution is included in
the list
Ronors Cardinal Mercier.-Colum-
bia is joining other American univer-
stiles in honoring Cardinal MERCER,
Primate of Belgium, and has con-
ferred upon him the degree of S. t. d.
The ceremony took place Tuesday,
October Z.
At Notre Dame.-The Notre Dame
university enrolment of students is
greater this year than in any previous
year. Among the student-corps are
II Peruvians, and a number from Ire
land, France, Cuba, Philippines, China,
Central America. Mexico and Canada.
K. c. Scholarships. - Out of 1920
young men who applied for the schol-
arships of the Knights of Columbus,
922 have been declared eligible to take
the entrance examinations. Their
names have been sent to their home
institutions. From "A states, 1872 ap-
piled Tor scientific and technical cours-
es and 1910 for academic training.
ST Ignatius University.-The Rev
Plus Moore, S. j., head of the Japanese
Catholic Mission in San Francisco, has
been appointed president of ST. Ig-
of hot ait n
coed Rev. P. ]. Foote, S. j., who has
been assigned to the department of
mathematics.
Episcopal Bishop Welcomes Card-
nal-Recalling the sacrifices of Thorn
as a. Beckett and of st. Stephen Lang
ton in English Church history for SIM
lies Of Cardinal Mercier's fearless sup
port of right and justice against OPP
pressing wrong, Bishop Rhinelander
made one of the speeches of welcome
to the distinguished prelate on the &C.
casion of his visit to Philadelphia. The
Bishop said that through himself and
other Episcopals the entire community
gave forth a sympathy of welcome"
to the Cardinal.
Priest Studies Warfare.-Out of a
total of 1900 appointees, only 100 of
whom were selected, Rev. NJ M. Hoff-
man, former chaplain of Dyersville,
Iowa, Council, K. Of c., was one of the
officers of the TeXas-O Oklahoma divi-
sion sent to Oxford university to study
British methods of warfare. He is a
son of NJ. M. Hoffman, of Dubuque
whose other three sons-Herman, AL
fred and Martin also were in the serv-
ice. Father Hoffman is now Temporal
rily located at Immaculate Conception
Church, Fairbanks, Iowa
Catholics to Aid JeWs.-The Rev
T. Shannon, pastor of the Church of
st. Thomas the Apostle, Chicago, and
100 of his parishioners, have pledged
themselves to take part in the cam
paign of Jewish war sufferers, which
is to open in Chicago October &c. Faith
er Shannon, speaking at a luncheon in
the Congress hotel, at which a wom-
ans subcommittee was organized, pre-
dicted that the Catholics would be
among the most active workers in be-
half of the fund. Judge J. P. McGoor-
ty and Judge Harry Fisher who were
also present at the luncheon, promised
their support.
st. Norbert's CoIiege.-St. Norbert's
College at De Pere, Wis, decided at a
recent meeting to solicit moral and f.
1,1s 80
Science Hall, the erection of which
viii involve an estimated expenditure
of 100000. This is the first public
appeal st. Norbert's has ever made. A
circular Endorsed by Rt. Rev. Paul P.
Rhode, Bishop of Green Bay, F. ]. Sen
senbrenner of Neenah, P. NJ. Martin of
Green Bay, Gustave Keller of Apple
ton, Mayor c. G. Wilcox of De Pere,
and the officers of the college, has
been sent out as a preliminary to
personal campaign for sufficient funds.
Estate to Ursuines-The we'll
known Tracey McGregor estate on the
river front, a mile above Ford City.
Ontario, has just been purchased by
Mrs. Josephine Gaulkler, of Crosse
Pointe, for $125,000 and presented as
a gift to her daughter, Reverend Moth
err Clare, superior general of the Ur-
Suline religious. The fine estate COM
prises, in addition to a handsome mod
ern mansion, 70 acres of land extend
ing from the channel bank back to the
Tecumseh road, also live stock and
farming implements. The estate is to
be known henceforth as "Glengarda
UrSuline Academy of our Lady of
Prompt Succor." The site will be used
Tor school purposes and as soon as
possible will be adorned with a group
of buildings.
Mass on Warship.-One of the most
Impressive spectacles ever witnessed
in New York waters took place SUM-
day, September %, aboard the Italian
battleship Conte di Cavour, when His
Grace the Most Rev. Patrick j. Hayes.
ID. D., Archbishop of New York and
Catholic Chaplain Bishop for the Unit
ed States Army and Navy, celebrated
military Mass. The entire personnel
of officers and crew was drawn I'M at
attention as the admiral's launch bear
ing the Archbishop and his encourage
set out from shore to board the battle
ship at its anchorage in the North
River. His Grace was greeted on deck
by Admiral IJgO CONF while the shin,s