The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-11-12


Canon Cheurlin received them with
the following brief call to order: Seen
tlemen, you are not in choir vest
ments." Canon Cheurlin recovered at
that time. He was ninety years Of
age at the time of his death.
Open Catholic Reading Room
Owing to the large number of Amer
lean and English Catholic visitors to
the French Riviera, a Catholic library
and reading room is being started for
their benefit at Mentone. If it sue
eeeds, it is hoped that similar ones
may be established in the other prin-
cipal Riviera resorts. The, library will
have exclusively Catholic books and
novels by Catholic authors, and will be
affiliated to the well known Bexhill
library, which owes it's existence and
success to the generosity and energy
of an American, Mr.. Reed Lewis, who
is much interested in the Mentone
project. 1t is intended to place in the
reading room, in addition to Catholic
papers and magazines, secular Amer
lean and English newspapers. Doubt
less, many mont Catholics who come to
read these may be attracted to read
and become interested in the Cath
Ollie literature.
czechs May Discuss Church and
State.-The Prague government,
which had agreed with the Grand
Lodge of Paris to introduce the
separation of Church and State
in Czecho-Slovakia, does not want
to fail in it's obligation, but it
fears that such action may bring
about the dismemberment of the
Czech State. For two years the gov
eminent has been inventing new pre-
texts to reach its objective without
causing trouble. 1t has been reported
that the government will send Deputy
Schramek to Rome in order to obtain
the consent of the Vatican for the
project of the government. 1t is said
that Deputy Schramek hopes that the
separation may be brought about with
out difficulties, and that the Vatican
will consent. In order to obtain this
consent, the Czech government, so it
is reported, would make the somewhat
doubtful promise not to confiscate any
church property if the Vatican will
approve the separation project.
Gospel Discovery.-The st. Louis
America calls attention to a re-
markable discovery made by the
Rev. w. Schmidt, S. V. D., the
noted ethnologist and exegete of Wen
ma. Father Schmidt contends that the
entire four gospels are built up in
verses and strophes and this, not &C.
cording to a subjective disposition, but
to objective rules. This is not only a
new discovery, but it upsets what was
earlier thought to be the architecture
of the gospels; for up to now subjec-
tive structure has been recognized in
the conversational portions of the sa-
cred writings, but it has remained for
Father Schmidt to show that there is
an objective arrangement, not only in
verses and strophes, but in greater
artistic divisions of which the latter
are but the units. The consequences
of this discovery are at once obvious.
Textual criticism will be relieved of
many difficulties and the authenticity
of certain readings can be examined
and judged by the manner in which
they fit into the architectural whole.
Vatican Scientist Honored by Bonn.
Father John George Hagen, S. j., di.
rector of the Vatican observatory, has
lately been created Honorary Doctor
of Philosophy by the University of
Bonn. The occasion for this honor
was the completion of his work, ode
Veraenderlichen Sterne," in which he
gives full credit to the celebrated sa.
wants of Bonn, Argelander and Schoen.
field, OF the last century, founders OF
the science of variable stars. Father
Hagen is well known in America, even
outside of scientific circles. He did
much of his early work when stationed
at Campion College, Prairie du Chen
Wis, and later he spent number of
years in developing and directing the
astronomical observatory at George.
town. He is the author of several
scientific works of international i'm
portance, among which are a "Synop,
sis of Higher Mathematics, and cat.
las Stellarum Variabilium' and a work
on experimental proofs of the earth S
rotation, in which, besides proposing
the proofs of other scientists, he fur
nished two original proofs of his own.
Innovation in New Church.-Car-
dinal Dubois recently blessed the new
church erected in Paris and dedi-
Gated; in accordance with the desire
of the late Cardinal Annette, to Saint
Dominic. This is the fiftieth religious
edifice opened in the diocese of Paris
during the sixteen years since the
separation of Church and State. Tween
ty parish churches and thirty auxil-
larry chapels have been constructed
during that period. The Church of
Saint Dominic is remarkable for an
innovation. The chapel of the Blessed
Virgin, instead of being, as is the GUS
tom in French churches, the central
chapel of the apsis, or one of the two
chapels of the transept, is, in this case,
a separate nave, entirely distinct from
the rest of the church, Cardinal
Annette considered this arrangement
absolutely necessary in the new
churches in order that two services