The Washington herald., 1921-07-17
AFTER WEEKS OF
SOCIAL AFFAIRS,
CASEYS REST
Local Knights Meet to
Adjust Outing
Business.

Five thousand local Knights or
Columbus and their families made
the trip to Chesapeake Beach on
Tuesday of last week for the Sixth
annual Catholic family reunion.
Knights from Alexandria and mem
bers of the Daughters of Isabella
were in the party. DR.. Charles l.
Griffith, chairman Of the Excursion
announces the excursion as one
Of the most successful ever held.
An invitation was extended the
boys connected with the Christ
Child Society and many Of them
were on hand for the athletic
events. The entire proceeds Of the
excursion will be used for the an
nual Christmas tree party for the
orphan children of Washington.
The following official announce
ment appeared in the July issue or
the Columbiad: Beginning with
the August issue, the order will take
over the publication of its official
journal. A change in both name
and form will be made. The maga-
zine will be known as Columbia. II
will be printed in standard period
ical size, with colored covers and
the most modern mechanical ana
artistic workmanship throughout.
Columbia will be edited, pub
lished. and its every detail OF man
agement handled by the staff of the
supreme office. The nations fore
most public men, essayists, fiction
writer's and artists viii be among
Columbia's contributors; the edito-
rial policy will be one of outspoken
religious and patriotic conviction
tempered with secular instruction
and entertainment, and the single
vide the order with a publication
worthy Of its power and prestige
and meriting the heartiest support
OF the entire membership"
scholarships Awarded.
Awards of Knights Of Columbus
scholarships at the Catholic Uni
versity for the coming collegiate
year were announced today by the
Right Rev. Thomas ]. Shahan, rec
tor of the university. The scholar
ships are awarded on the basis OF
the results of competitive examina-
tions held throughout the country
last April.
Only students who have received
the degree OF Bachelor of Arts, or
its equivalent from a college of
recognized standing are eligible to
hold these scholarships. which are
maintained on the income from a
donation OF s5oO.000 made several
years ago by the Knights of Column
bus. Board, room and tuition are
provided for the successful candi-
dates during the minimum time
necessary to secure the advanced
degree for which they apply.
Maj. James T. Duane, State COM
mander of the American Legion.
has just been appointed a district
deputy Of the Knights OF Columbus.
Fighting Jim" Is known to
thousands OF veterans in the United
States. After doing nine years in
the ranks of the old Irish Ninth of
the Bay State Militia, in which he
saw service at the Mexican border
in 1916, he attended the first Platts-
burg training camp and cams
through with honors.
During the Democratic conver-
tion in Chicago in 1896, while will
liam Jennings Bryan. was making
the famous Gross of Gold" speech
that resulted in his nomination for
the Presidency. a band of twenty
three Catholics met in a hall a rev
blocks away and organized Chica-
go Council No. 1872. Knights of CO.
lumbus. the first council organized
west of the Allegheny Mountains. In
the twenty-five years that have
elapsed Chicago Council with its
twenty-three members has become
the parent of sixty-seven councils
in Cook County, with a membership
OF $4,000 and of ninety-one councils
outside the county in Illinois, with
an aggregate membership for the
entire State of close to $4,000.
The silver jubilee of the X. of c.
order in the West was celebrated
in Chicago on July at Hotel
Shoreham. A program that COM
bined a tribute to the living ana a
memorial to the dead members was
carried out. Seventeen charter
members were present.