South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-26
KNIGHTS TO HOLD
SUPREME MEET
IN new YORK
Ihirty-eighth Annual Conven-
ton Will Represent
100000 Men.
JOHN b. KENNEDY.


State IN the Union. from All the
American possessions and from the
Dominion Of Canada and the colony
Of Newfoundland will assemble in
New York beginning August 1st for
tho thirty-eighth annual supreme
convention Of the K. Of &. There viii
be coo accredited delegates with
voting power, representing zoo. OOo
knights. and the city will be host
70 many thousands OF Knights and
their womenfOlk who will thrOnG
New York for the big meeting. which
viii initiate a new phase OF K-C
welfare work.
The dominant note Of this conYen-
ton viii be the emphasizing OF the
international work OF the Knights
Of Columbus. On August eth, go
Knights will leave New York on the
:. s. Leopoldina on the largest peace
pilgrimage that has ever gone 10
Europe. They will present the X.
OF q statue Of Lafayette to France
and the statue. which has cost tho
knights $4,000, Will be accepted by
President Deschanel and unveiled
by Marshal Ferdinand FOch. To
Marshal Foch, also the Knights will
present the costliest baton ever given
To a marshal OF France, and Supreme
Knight James A. F1aherty of Phiia-
delphia, who will lead the X. OF G..
pilgrimage. will induct Marshal
FOch as a honorary member Of the
X. Of c.
Dual Result
In giving this statue the knights
achieve the dual result OF memoir
talking those who have fought for
American and French liberty and in
presenting their baton 20 Foch they
VIII go on record as the first organ
izltion to so sfgnally honor the great
Trench hero. Marshal FOch recent
" requested that the statue be pre-
sented TO him in the hall Of St.
Clemente College, the old Jesuit
school where ne received his higher
education. This will be done. The
Knights raised the funds for the
statue and the baton without ap-
pealing TO the general public, as il
was their desire 20 make il a purely
spontaneous offering from their
membership, especially from the
100 900 Knights who saw service
during the war.
obviously. this striking display OF
international good feeling will
eclipse all other happenings at the
greatest civilian farewell party 10 be
staged in recent years. even in New
York, when the K-C pilgrimage
sails. The pilgrims will be all men.
for tho European authorities cannot
give assurances Of comfort 10 wOln-
en- travelling In large numbers, and
the knights, being a thorough de-
uocracy. rule that il all wOmenfOlk
cannot go. none shall go. They have
a long itinerary before them, which
eliminates in Rome when the Pope
viii preside at ceremonies for the
knights in the Vatican Gardens
with the massed Vatican ChOirs Civ
ing their final Roman recital before
embarkins for their second Ameri-
can tour.
But. apart from the importance of
the picturesque aspect OF the +. OF
G. convention, the Knights will
launch, in New York. a work that
is destined 10 be one OF the most
in DOrtant ever undertaken by a
private organization. Their cduca-
tiOnal convention. recently held IN
Chicago. prepared a plan for the
expenditure of the 100000 bal
ance OF the X. of G. war fund on
community night schools for former
service men and civilians. During
the past year the Knishts founded
% such schools and grad lated
more than 10000 eX-service men
ard women. II remains for their
supreme convention 10 ratify the
plan, which calls for the extension
of the K-C school system through
out the country and for the open
ing OF the schools to civilians who
pay cost fees.
Convention Proper.
u u
held on August 3-4-5, the dogs inn
mediately proceeding and following
being taken up with various com
iaitttC meetings. All the amalgl-
mated business of the X. Of G..
which includes one 90 the largest
insurance systems i'm the country, Is
dealt with at the convention and
usually consumes every minute Of
meeting tims. entertainment features
at lS-C conventions being always
SubCrdinated 10 the business in
hand. The supreme convention is
The highest governing body Of the
knights and n thousand and one
details come before IL for decision.
The principal sessions viii be held
az the Commodore Hotel. supreme
knight James a. Flaherty initiat-
ing the meeting with his annual re-
port after the preliminary prayer.
In 1918 The knights. meeting in
New York. launched their drive for
SIS. 100000 for their war work. and
10 seems appropriate thar they
should meet H. New York to render
their final accounting 90 the public
for the money which they have
spent we'll and CnEaged economic
ally SO that they have a large bal
ancc for tleir reconstruction work
without having 20 appeal again 10
an pver-1rfNfn rubfi.