The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-17
"CASEYS" TO
take UP MANY :
TOPICS AT meet
Night Schools To Be Dis
cussed-Presentations
Made.

The gift of a $4,000 statue of La
1ayette to France and the adoption
Of plans for the spending of the ST.
100000 balance of the Knigts of Co.
,lumbus war fund on free night
schools for former service men and
cost-courses for civilians will be the
outstanding features of the thirty
eighth supreme convention of the
Knights of Columbus to be held in
New York city on August 2, 3, 4.
The convention will consist of 500
delegates with voting power, but it
is expected that fifty thousand
attend.
Every state In the Union will be
represented at the convention, the
maximum voting power from any
state being ten; in this way the bal
ance of government of the K Of G. is
maintained as between various sec
tons of the country.
James A. F1aherty of Philadelphia,
supreme knight of the K. of c., will
preside at the convention and Depu-
ty Supreme knight Martin H Car
mody of Grand Rapids, Mich, will
have charge of sessions when Mr..
: F1aherty is engaged in executive
work. The internal details Of the
convention call for the election of
several, members to the K. Of C. SUI
premel board of directors, and the
presentation of reports from supreme
officers Of the work of the organiza-
ton during TIL eyear, besides the
consideration and disposal of resolu-
lions for action coming from the
state convention held in May.
At. the convention the Knights will
formally declare the presentation to
France of the K. of C. statue of La
fayette5 made by Paul w. Bartlett,
the we'll known sculptor, a native of
Connecticut. They will also declare
the gift to Marshal Ferdinand Foch
of France of the K. of G. jeweled ba-
ton--the most costly ever presented
to marshal of France. The statue
with its four bas-reliefs Of Columbus,
President Wilson, General Pershing
and Marshal F'och and the baton are
free-wil1 offerings from the Knights
of Columbus, no drive having been
made for the funds for these gifts.
The French governme nt will send
representative to address the K. of
c. conventionn and prominent edu-
Gators will appear before the knights
to address them on their education
program.
The x of c. have undertaken the
establish ment of the largest singly
controlled chain of night scfAools in
the country, giving business and
technical courses. The K-C COM
menced their educational work in the
camps and when the War Depart
mept took over the K-C camp
sch o6ls, the Knights opened schools
in Metropolitan centers, 10 of them
having been started within the year.
10000 former service men and
women being graduated in June. The
Knights plan to have $50 schools in
operation in the early fall to accom-
modate 1000 students. The
schools will be thrown open to civil
ians.
Another interesting feature of the
K. of C. convention will be the re-
view of the work of the K. of c.
employment bureaus, As of which
operated throughout the year in large
cities, placing 100000 ex-service men,
free of charge, in jobs, the minimum
weekly wage set by the Knights be-
ing $40 per week for a single man.
falL
At the close of the convention the
x. of c. pilgrimage to France and the
Holy See, numbering 500 men, will
sail on the morning of August Z on
the 8. s. Leopoldina, led by Supreme
knight F1aherty and other officers Of
the order. The local council of the
K-C will be represented throughout
at the convention by Rev. Patrick
McGivney, supreme chaplain of the
order. John Phelan, past supreme
Knight and George T. Kelley. Mr..
Phelan was one of the organizers of
the Knights of Columbus and for
eleven years was supreme Knight.