The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-07-10
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At Emmitsburg.-At the annual
meeting of the Mount st. Mary's Col
lege Council, Emmitsburg, Ind, al
ways held at the close of the school
year, the following officers were elect
ed for the ensuing year: President,
Monsignor Bernard J. Bradley; vice
president, the Rev. Philip j. Gallagher,
d. D., LII. D.; secretary, the Rev.
James G. Burke; treasurer, the Rev.
Thomas j. Burke. Governor Albert c.
Richie of Maryland in his address to
the graduates at the one hundred and
twelfth commencement at Mount st.
Mary's, laid stress on three points:
the necessity of sticking fast to the
principles of the American form of
government; return to the Old-fash-
toned American spirit of work; en-
phasis on the really vital and impor-
tant things of life, Ito think sanely,
see clearly, act and speak fearlessly,
believe and trust in God"
A Leper Colony.-Leprosy in New
Brunswick, Canada, is the title of an
interesting article in the New Free
man of ST. John, N B. Tracadie is a
colony of long standing. Sisters of
the Hotel Dieu have served it since
1868. The nearby parish priest had
previously interested himself in the
sufferers, long before any government
provision was made. 1t is encourag-
ing to note that the ravages of the
dread disease are diminishing. At
present there are only thirteen pa
tents, seven men and six women.
The number was at one time as high
as forty Since 1910 fourteen new
ty-two have died The lepers live in
a spacious stone building erected by
the government in 1894, on the shore
of Tracadie bay, an inlet of the Gulf
of st. Lawrence. Father Levassem is
the Damien of today.
Greqorian Chant To Be Restored
The restration of Church music in
pressed by Pope Plus X is certain to
| be successful. according to NJ. Joseph
Bonnet, organist of the Church of st.
| EuStaChe, Paris, who has just finished
a short visit to Baltimore, after at
tending the International Gregorian
Congress in New York. Church mu-
sic will be restored" declared NJ. Bon
nett. 1T must be restored. simply be-
cause the restoration of Church mu-
sic is Gods work. Of course, time
will be required. Perhaps ten years,
maybe fifteen years will elapse before
the change is completely effected. But
the transition from the f1orid operate
music Of many of the churches must
take place"
Doctor Guilday Goes To Europe
| The Very Reverend Peter Guilday, Phi
D., professor of Church History in the
Catholic University of America and
editor of the American Catholic His
torical Review, sailed for Europe on
the steamer ''Leopoldina," on June %
DR.. Guiday will spend several months
in Europe, during which time he will
make final researches in the historical
archives of England, France, Italy
and Spain for material for the second
volume of his monumental work, THE
Catholic Refugees on the Continent
He will also present specially bound
volume of the American Catholic His
torical Review to Pope Benedict XIV
At the same time he will take a con
spicuous part in the restoration OF
the famous library of the Catholic
University of Louvain. AS the last
graduate from the university before
the outbreak of the war, Dr. Guilday
has a deep interest in restoring this
great library. He has contributed ma
terially already to the work by having
a collection taken up amongst all the
Louvain graduates living in America