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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-02-25
SCHOOL SISTER DIES
SISTER GERTRUDIS OF ST. MAT.
THEW'S PARISH SCHOOL WAS
ILL BUT FIVE DAYS.

Sister Mary Gertrudis died Wednes-
day, February Is, after a brief illness
of five days, at ST. Joseph's hospital,
this city.
Sister Gertrudis was member of
the Congregation of the School Sisters
of Notre Dame, and at the time of her
death was stationed at st. Matthew's
school, st. Paul, where she conducted
a class of third grade pupils. Previ-
Gus to this appointment, she had been
engaged at st. Michael's, Mimi, for
four years. She was loved and rever-
ed by all her pupils, who deeply feel
the loss of their cherished teacher.
Sister Gertrudis had been in relig-
ion ten years. She entered the Con-
gregation of School Sisters of Notre
Dame at Milwaukee, was vested with
the religious habit and took her vows
at the Mankato Motherhouse. Her ell
ementary education she received at
st. Agnes parish school of this city,
to which parish her bereaved parents,
brother and sister still belong.
The funeral took place Saturday,
February Is, from the Convent Home,
500 Hall avenue, whence they pro.
ceeded to st. Matthew's church where
a solemn Requiem Mass was celebrat
ed for the repose of her soul. The in,
terment was at Calvary cemetery.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-02-25
ONE CROWDED YEAR.

Saturday of this week witnesses
the completion of the first year of
Mr.. Hardingt's administration as
official head Of this Republic.
Truly has it been a crowded year.
The country gradually but sanely
has been led back to state of
normal existence. Clever and
skillful direction has averted
panics in the social and industrial
world. Efforts at inopportune
legislation have been negatived,
while judicious use of executive
powers has enabled the country to
right itself smoothly after the
storm.
One of the principal achieve
ments of the administration has
been the successful gathering
in Washington of officials from
many lands for the purpose of
minimizing the evils of war by
removing the causes of universal
upheavals. The arms parley re-
suited in effective conclusions that
mean not only saving OF billions
in money but also a removal OF the
chief incentive to strife: enormous
ornaments. This alone is a
triumph for the foresight of the
late Pontiff who was the first to
suggest such limitations. His adj
vice, then scoffed at, has now
borne fruit.
| Not the least gratifying result
of this first year is the cordial
state of feeling between the Presi,
dent and the representatives OF
| the Catholic Church, in fact, OF
all churches, in this country The
President has been gracious or
many occasions towards the
| Church, as witness his letter last
week to the Bishops, and his con
dolences, expressed through thu
secretary Of state, on the death o.
| Pope Benedict XIV.
i Mr.. Harding has deserved wei
of the country and Of the Church
| He has thus far shown just how
amicably church and state may ex
list and cooperate for the genera
welfare. May these genial rela
tions long continue.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-02-25
GO TO JOSEPH.

The recurring cycle Of months
brings around once again the
memory Of the lowly carpenter OF
Nazareth, Joseph, head OF the
Holy Family. That little group
stands out in bold relief as the
model for all Christian families
for all times. Limitless wealth
was there in the person OF Christ
poverty the most humble in the
lives of the. members. Perfect re-
Spouse to the will of God and
heroic attachment to the ideals OF
heaven marked their every
thought and movement. Filial de-
votion and conjugal love mingled
with parental affection: all the
virtues there found joyful habl-
tation. The little home was cor.
ner of heaven, for God was in
their midst
We are hidden look up to the
standards placed before us in all
things, both material and spiritual
Every enterprise, work and pro.
fession has it's models which those
who aspire to success are taught
to initiate. So it is with the family
Of today. In far off Nazareth
there was erected the model fol
the ages. The outlines are cleal
and the invitation is unmlstak
able.
Go to Joseph, has been the com
mand obeyed by countless Chris
tians. Go to Joseph, to learn from
him the secret of happiness il
labor, of contentment in poverty
of serenity in the possession O
good fortune. Go to Joseph, Il
also the slogan of those in distress
Why? Because interceding will
him one is drawn close to the mar
selected by God Himself as thu
guardian Of the most precious
persons in existence: Jesus ant
Mary. Such proximity and sucl
authority must Of necessity carr,
with them corresponding power
Go to Joseph, therefore, il
trouble and trial, that he ma,
have an opportunity to exercis
that power which he so desires t.
put forth in the interests Of thos
who trust i'll him.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-02-25
ORIENTAL SCHOLARSHIP
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY ACTIVE
IN WORK OF ORIENTAL
RESEARCH.

Exceptional opportunity now being
data and records bearing on many
phases of Biblical and archaeological
interest is being reflected in increased
activity on the part of the American
Schools of Oriental Research, of which
the Catholic University of America is
a member.
The Association aims to promote
the study and teaching and to extend
the knowledge of Biblical literature,
and the geography, history, archeol-
ogy and ancient and modern languages
of Palestine, Mesopotamia, and other
Oriental countries, by affording edu-
cational opportunities to graduates of
American colleges and universities
and to other qualified students, and by
the prosecution of Oriental research,
excavations and explorations.
To the Jerusalem school, the only
American school now established, has
been assigned the excavations of Tel,
al-Quadi, the Biblical Dan. England,
Germany and France also have estab-
lishments in Palestine. The French
government recently recognized tho
Ecole Biblique, conducted by the
Dominicans. as the official French
school. Schools Of other Municipalities
have official government sanction and
government support, but the American
School is financed and controlled by
private enterprise.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-02-25
GOVERNED TO DEATH.

At their recent meeting in
Washington the American Catho-
lie Bishops deplored what they
termed tendency towards ex-
cessivc bureaucracy in this coun-
try. This spirit is manifest in the
attempt, perhaps unconscious, to
draw all powers and privileges to
the central government. 1t is a
downright denial Of the fundanen-
tai principles upon which the
basis of the Republic rests. True,
in certain matters where the wei.
fare Of the whole country is at
stake, it is the province of the fed.
eral government to legislate fol
| all the people. But the Constitu-
ton reserves to the several states
certain definite rights and power,
which cannot, without species Of
usurpation, be denied them.
Former Governor Lowden of II
|linois well expressed this idea til,
J other day in an address before ;
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-02-25
SUCCESSFUL NIGHT SCHOOL
BOSTON REGISTRATION RISES
FROM SlxTY.FiVE TO TWO
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
SOLID METHODS PREVAIL.

Twelve years ago, the Young Mems
Catholic Association of Boston insti-
tuted evening classes in few sub
jects for the benefit of it's own mem
bers. Sixty-five persons enrolled.
This winter the Young Mems Cath
Ollie Association night school, open to
men and women regardless of race,
creed or color, is believed to be the
largest evening school in America.
Certainly it is one of the largest.
From IS students, the school has
grown to registration of $500. Five
nights week the classrooms of the
Boston College high school are jam.
med to capacity. Students come from
more than 100 cities and towns in
three states, some travelling from
places nearly so miles away to attend
classes.
The remarkable growth of the
school has attracted attention through
out the country, and inquiries about
it's methods are received from educa
tors and educational institutions in
many states.
Yet there is no secret to it. Sound
instruction by recognized experts
has been the rule followed from the
beginning. Frills and fads have beer
cut out. Common sense instruction
by the true and tried pedagogical
methods, instruction upwards from {
lsolidly-laid base have produced the re
suits.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-02-25
A CATHOLIC GOVERNOR
CATHOLIC ELECTED GOVERNOR
OF BUENOS AlRES-PLANS
OWN PARTY.

The election for Governor and Vice
Governor of the Buenos Aires prov
ince has resulted i'm defeat for the
Socialists. according to the Southern
Cross and triumph for the Radi-
cal Party, which is the term given to
ia progressive political organization
that is working constitutionally in the
interests of Argentine and whose sue
cessful candidate for governor, DR..
Cantilo, is a Catholic.
The Socialists were badly beaten in
the first five districts, but made gain
in the sixth district, where they OBJ
tanned 1928 votes, as against 7,149
in the same section in 1918, and have
secured two electors. These two
electors are all that DR.. Moreno will
gain from his coalition of conserva-
tives.,
AS yet, comments the Southern
Cross there is no Catholic political
party in Argentina, but 1t will come If
the occasion requires it, for Catholics
| in various parts of the country, with
eyes turned on the success of the
Partito Popolare of Italy, are realizing
1.-THE strength of such an organization.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-02-25

The wearing of rosaries, cruel
fixes, medals, scapulars and the
like. was the means of bringing
the Viaticum to the many Catho-
lies who were victims of the
disastrous wreck of the Knicker-
booker theater, Washington, ID. g.,
Oh the evening of January %.
Rev. Francis j. Hurney OF St.
Patrick's church, Washington,
who attended the dying, wildly il
Illustrates this in a graphic descrip-
ton of the catastrophe. "When-
ever of any of those assisting In
the rescue work found such ar
ticles as rosaries, sacred heart
badges and medals on the person
of victim they Immediately sent
for one of the three fathers who
were busily amounting the dying.
Many of those to whom we were
summoned were unconscious.
Some were already dead. Few
were able to call for priest. Ii
it were not for these signs of their
faith, many Catholics would have
died without the consultations OF
their religion This story is a
striking example to Catholics, OF
the value of always carrying signs
of their religion.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-02-25
TWO LOCAL ANNIVERSARIES

February % is not only day
of note in American history, it al
so holds a special place i'll the
archdiocese of st. Paul. For it
was on that date, though forty
years apart, that the first two
Bishops Of the diocese of st. Paul
closed their eyes in death.
On February %, 1857, the saint
ed Bishop Cretin gave up his soul
to God. The first Bishop OF the
newly created diocese, a mission
airy by instinct and choice, he had
succeeded in bringing eccleslasti-
cal order in this far reach Of the
north. The Indians were cate
| chized, the foundation of future
schools and seminary was laid,
| and the, incoming settlers of
French, German and Irish blood
were cared for by priests of their
| own tongue. If he had done
naught else but send those two
noble youths, John Ireland anG
Thomas O'Gorman, on the road to
the priesthood, the name OF Bish-
op Cretin would forever be en-
shrined in the annals of local
history. But he builded wisely
and we'll in laying deep the rock
upon which the present flourish
ing archdiocese of st. Paul rests.
He was the spiritual forebear OF a
line of Jealous prelates who have
wrought grand works for God and
country.
| Forty years after the pious
| Cretin had finished his labors his
successor, Bishop Grace, on the
same date, peacefully yielded up
his spirit to his Maker. A South
ern gentleman of the old school,
refined, gracious and scholarly, a
son Of St. Dominic, the courtly
Grace developed the program for
growth and expansion outlined by
| his predecessor. With unfagging
Zeal and energy he strove, and
successfully, to transform the
rude trading post. his see city. in.
Ito a stronghold of religion. Sim.
pie exercises of faith and devotion
were promoted to such an extent
that the Catholics of this city and
the surrounding territory became
thoroughly grounded in their re
ligion and remained steadfast tx
their Church in the face Of highly
paid opposition. :
i Bishop Grace was ably assisted
, in his sacred labors by the youns
giant, Father Ireland. When tn
latter was about to be appointed
, | to the vacant see of Omaha. hi
Bishop pleaded to have him re
tanned in the field which he so wei
knew how to cultivate. In thi
way the man who later was to b
a tower of strength, in spite Of hi
t enemies, to the young Church il
: America, was saved to st. Pau
0 and the northwest. On Februar
: %, 1897, the gentle Bishop Grace
h who some years before had retire
i from active service, was called
t heaven.
b So it is that the natal day Q
r the Father Of his Country is ais
e the sacred anniversary Of S
0 Paul's first two prelates.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-02-25
ONCE REPORTED DEAD
PRESENT POPE WAS LOST ON AL.
PINE TRIP.

Pope Plus XI will have a strong
hold on the fancy of the sporting
world as the first mountain climbing
Pontiff. He is member of the Ital-
ian Alpine club and frequently has
assembled to some of the highest peaks
in order to study glacier movements,
a subject on which he has written i'm
portant treatises.
One of the smaller roads reaching
three-fourths the way up Mount Blanc
bears his name. On one occasion, the
present Pope was lost in blizzard
and was forced to remain for hours
on a narrow ledge overhanging a crev,
ice. Friends below sent out kilograms
announcing the death of the entire
party, but after a time the storm lift
ed and all members of the party were
able to reach the village in safety.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-02-25
PENANCE. FOR ALL.

1t is as true today as when first
uttered that unless you do pen
ance you shall all perish. - The
particular form of such abnega-
ton is not specified in this ulti-
matum, but the force Of the words
remains ever true. The standard
is that as much as she hath glori-
fed herself, and hath been in deli
cacies, SO much torment and sor-
row give we to her. The way of
sin must be retraced and the re-
tracing thereof is filled with grief.
Lent is period wherein man is
invited voluntarily to impose upon
himself those various forms of
| modification that here or here
| after he must Of necessity bear.
The stains Of sin-and who has
them not ?-cannot be erased but
through personal exertion. Divine
| grace, it is true, restores the soul
to Gods friendship: but faith
teaches that there still remains a
debt which man is obliged to
liquidate by individual labor. The
| Church wisely has set aside time
for this work: kind of campaign,
an intensive drive for the elimina.
ton Of spiritual waste and rub
bish. He who enters this contest
| freely will profit by the special
| help which the Church invokes up.
on her children in their efforts
| He who neglects, however, to avail
! himself of the special assistance
vouchsafed will simply be hello
over for further chastisement
penance in purgatory is not vol
untary affair, it is an memorable
law whence no one can escape.
AS His Grace Archbishop BOWL
, ing says in recent letter: elem
stresses modification of the flesh
of the imagination, Of the will
Modification of the flesh means
fasting and abstinence or what
ever mitigated form Of self-denia
is substituted for them. Mortified
Ition of the Imagination deal
, largely with the retrenchment 0
amusements which are not sinfu
!, but which distract us from God
| Modification of the will is til
turning of the reluctant min,
) from earth to heaven, from ma
!, to God. 49,
!, Every Catholic worthy of hi
! faith and it's high traditions wi
arouse himself to spiritual fervo
. during this holy season He wi
aim at frequenting the sacramento
/. attendance at daily Mass, pres
+ ence at Lenten devotions, an
/ above all strong endeayor an
r a powerful attempt to raise til
/ standard of his daily life and al
S tions. In a word, Lent for hil
s will mean regeneration OF h
# soul, q purifying of its facultit
and q renewal of the grace of Go
/ which, when left alone Withol
Ie our cooperation, soon is force
a out Of the soul.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-02-25
uestern COLLEGE. He said:

western college. lie Salu
THE federal principle oil gov,
eminent has never been employed
on SO large a scale before. 1t was
the question of federal or state
government that was the cause OF
the civil war. The federal prln-
ciple won then and it has sur
yiyed the test Of armed rebellion.
1t is constantly confronted, how
lever, with dangers OF a more IN
sidious kind. The federal govern
ment tends to encroach more and
more upon the just prerogatives
| of the state.
bureaucracy at Washington is
always alert to extend its power.
1t does not distinguish between
those functions which pertain to
the federal government and those
under our scheme of government
which belong exclusively to the
state.
"During the great war the fed
eral government, in order to give
UNITY to our efforts, undertook to
do many things which the states
had formerly done. 1t intruded
into the administration OF almost
every field of state activity, such
as education, employment and
public health.
"The bureaucracies are now
loath to give up this power. They
seek to salve the wounded pride
of the states by offers of large
federal appropriations. Propa
ganda is being carried on day by
day, under the guise of liberal
contributions to the state, which
will result in taking from the fed
eral treasury hundreds of millions
of dollars for objects which must
remain in care Of the state if the
state is to remain an entity in oul
national system. y
| These words are pure American
doctrine. Once the bureaucratic
spirit succeeds in asserting itseE
without successful opposition, W,
may look for federal control O.
every activity. For if it be ac
cepted i'll one form why not en-
force it i'll everything.
| 1t amounts simply to this. Thu
| federal government will collec
| hundreds of millions of dollar
| from the states and then return
part Of it to the states to ALLOW
them to use it in the way which
they alone should be permitted t.
| judge. 1t is sort of paternaliza
ton on a large scale, making tn
states but wards of the federal de
partments, when they should b
free, independent and sovereign
in their own right. This tendcnc,
carried to certain lengths will re
suit in an approach to the wors
form of monarchism. Education
and the home will be the chic
sufferers from the over-zealou
patronage of government bureaus
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-02-25
ON IMPORTED AFFAIRS.

garded as of only local significance
had not Judge Martin in a rather ex.
tensive review of the case sought In
broad or narrow language, according
to the viewpoint" Gas one expert de-
clared), to define the artistic value of
affairs in general. Speaking of the al
tars in question, Judge Martin said:
Affairs in General.
ut is true that they were artistical-
ly designed and constructed, but their
adornment belonged to the decorative
and Industrial rather than the fine
arts. They are essentially the prod.
uct of builders and ornamentalists
rather than artists, for after all, they
are structures of church equipment
for use in religious worship, and are
not esthetic objects created or pro-
duced by artists to appeal to the emo
tions through the eye alone. Such OBJ
jects are not works of art within the
sense of the statute"
| Again referring to the artistic val
ue of the affairs, Judge Martin said:
Articles OF Utility.
Moreover, we think that the al
tars are excluded from the operation
of paragraph 652 because of the pro-
lviso that the words sculpture and
lstatuary' as used therein shall not
be understood to include any articles
of utility. 1t is, of course, we'll known
THAT the affairs Of Catholic church
lserve an all important use and func-
ton in the religious observances held
Therein. They are essential parts Of
1.-THE church equipment, and according
lily they possess the quality of utility
In fact, that quality gives the present
PARTICLES almost their sole value, hence
they would be little more than waste
stones if removed from their position
of service in the church. Nor are they
any the less useful as affairs because
of their cost and their beautiful and
artistic adornment, for they serve
their religious uses none the less eff
fectively on that account"
Judge Martins decision is regard
ed as warning that imported affairs
and similar objects must first be do.
mated and secondly must be of estab
lished artistic merit to be entitled tC
: free entry as works Of art.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-02-25

CHURCH ART RULING BY GUS
TOMS COURT CAUSES CONCERN
-TREAsURY WILL NOT GENER-
ALLY APPLY DECISION IN CAL
iFoRNIA CHURCH CASE THAT
AFFAIRS ARE NOT WORKS OF
ART-EAcH CASE SEPARATE.
Customs experts of the Treasury de-
partment announce that they will
make no general application of the re-
cent decision of the United States
Court of Customs Appeals, on the sub
ject OF imported affairs and other OBJ
jects of religious art for churches, but
will determine each such case on it's
merits. The decision of the Court of
Customs Appeals sustained the action
of the Collector Of Customs at Los An
|geles in refusing free entry to three
marble affairs imported from Italy for
st. Anthony's church of Long Beach,
Cal, and in imposing on them an ad
yalorem duty of As per cent.
Affairs Not Exempt.
Speaking of the affairs in question
Judge Martin, who wrote the decision
of the court, said: "They are essentia
parts of the church equipment and &C
cordingly they possess the quality o.
utility" and as such, it was held, they
were not entitled to admission to this
country duty free. The existing tar
if law allows the free entry of sculp
ture, statuary, paintings and replicas
under certain conditions, provided
they are not ARTICLES of utility"
| The court of Customs Appeals de
clared that the affairs were not works
of art, and were not original in tina
the designs had been made in tn,
United States and not by an Italian
designer, even though it is admitte,
that he was a professional artist. TIL
decision held further that the churc]
was not included under paragraph So
as an institution established for tn
encouragement of art, science, agricu
lture and education; and that the a.
tars were not presented as a gift t
the church in compliance with para
graph Sos.
Judge Martins Views.
The courts decision would be re
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-02-25

Prof. Ross of Wisconsin univer-
sity is a Malthusian who fears that
the world is going to be over
populated, and the remedy is to
let more Of us die. He calls at
tention to the fact that the death
rate has been lowered by medical
progress, says an observer. "But
no one seems to realize that death
is a very large determining factor
in an increasing population" he
continues; and: eff twenty-five
babies are born, for instance, to
every nine people that die, pop
ulation is increasing rapidly
enough to cause justifable alarm
1t is obvious that the increase
must be stopped at one end or the
other" If Prof. Ross would jump
into the lake he would do his bit to
stay the awful calamity a-coming