Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-07-31
MUCH Done BY
A.OF C.LAST YEAR
>0th International Conven-
ton AT Shore To Report
Many Activities
EDUCATES $4,000
WOUNDED VETERANS

The fortieth annual international
convention of the knights OF Column
bus. to be held in Atlantic City be-
ginning tomorrow. marking, as Il
aroes, the close OF the fourth decade
of the organizations existence. will
also constitute a turning point in the
history Of the X. of c. The war-won
laurels of the Knights OF Columbus
while not fading. are none the less
familiar and the Knights, at their
1922 convention will have the OPP
portunity TO review their successful
Ettempt during the past twelve
months TO turn their energies wholly
into the channels Of peace activity
and to plan for further expansion Of
those energies for works peaceful
and permanent.
Since last year the Knights have
fexpended approximately 100000
on their program Of completing the
expenditure of their war fund for the
benefit Of the disabled and other ex-
service men. II has been a virtue of
1.-THE Knights OF Columbus that in
seeking TO dispose of their war fund
they have always borne in mind the
'just principle that the greatest good
for the greatest number should be
the final end.
!. There have been. and there will
always follow In the wake OF every
war, scattered cases OF individual
suffering which, in the aggregate.
amount to a portentous total. requir-
ing great resources to bring about
alienation and comfort. with the
knights it has not been problem 10
meet the needs Of these cases. for
. the remedying Of these needs rightly
belong TO the government that called
the sufferers into service. With the
Knights II has been a problem TO do
devise their plans Of activity that
they were able TO meet eneric needs.
Their welfare work during the war.
based upon the well-known principle ]
of Everybody Welcome and Every
thing Free" was beneficial TO all
men. because IL was intended for all
and adapted to all. So, too. their vast
employment work met the desire Of
the mass OF the returned men for
some medium through which they
could obtain decently paid employ
ment without any handicap Of fees
for registration or other red-tape
distractions. And the free evening
schools OF the Knights Of Columbus
were of the same pattern Of the
greatest service for the greatest
number genuine and effective
attempt to, in some measure. restore
the lost economic advantage entailed
by months OF service in the army or
the navy.
Yet these benefits had obvious
limitations. It was OF no avail TO
maintain job-seeking bureaus when
all the worthwhile jobs had boon
sought and found; it was only meet
ing part OF the problem to establish
and maintain evening schools among
industrial communities when the
rural communities stood in just as
great need. Hence the Knights OF
Columbus, late in 1921, took a most
important step, the magnitude OF
which is now fully realized by the
indisputable emphasis OF simple
arithmetic. The Knights decided that
TO meet the just demand for atten-
ton on the part OF the ex-service
men in the non-urban sections,
means must be devised TO reach
them with Institutional advantages
similar to those enjoyed by their
comrades In the cities and towns.
And the first free correspondence |
school ever established came into !
being
To date more than $4,000 vet
Grams OF all creeds and colors-al-
though. and II is Americas good |
fortune. colors are less varegated |
than creeds-have applied for |
scholarships in the new institution,
which offers courses in thirty differ