The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-01-28
MIMI APOLIS.

Seton Guild: Rev. James f. CASH
dy OF st. Thomas college spoke on
The Women of the Gael" Monday
evening at the Seton Guild club rooms.
Dinner was served for all those who
wished to attend the lecture and the
classes that followed.
Clarence" three-act comedy, will
be presented by the Seton Players
club in the Studio Recital hall in Feb
ruary
Miss Frances Walsh met the mem
bers of the Choral club Monday eve
ming to begin work on two-act op-
eretta to be given later in the season.
One thousand invitations have been
issued for the first OF a series of pre-.
, Lenten socials to be given in the ball
room of the Curtis hotel on February
1, by the Merry Makers club.
1T Pays to ADVERTISE a two-act
comedy, is being rehearsed by the Sc
ton Dramatic Art class under the di-
rection Of Miss Katherine Jeffries.
League of Catholic Women: Mines.
G. c. Barry, M. R. brennan, c. G. Hen
executive board of the Minneapolis
League OF Catholic Women and the
Tuesday Settlement club will assist
Mrs. c. G.. O'Brien with the arrange.
ments for the annual entertainment to
be given Wednesday, February Is, at
r ,sr,u HIT I,xrf hn
Proceeds of the affair will go toward
the Margaret Barry settlement build
ing, of which Mrs. Mabel Alt is resi-
dent director.
Church of the Ascension: The Rev.
]. II. Harrington, energetic pastor of
the Church of the Ascension, was pre-
scented with token of appreciation
by 5000 of his parishioners ar /, big
clubhouse, Seventeenth and Dupont
avenues north; Wednesday evening,
January IS. 1t will be used by him
to get a much-needed rest, and to re,
gain his failing health.
A $4,000 check was presented lim
uI I1IC luCSIllS3 W iAdhS q NdCdIIOu ptS-
sible. Practically every man, woman
and child in the parish contributed to
this fund. Not until the check was
presented to him did Father Harring-
ton know anything about the plans for
his vacation, which volunteer COM
mittee had been arranging for nearly
two weeks.
The Ascension church has spent
$250,000 the last year in the erection
of new parish house and new club
house and gymnasium.
The clubhouse, which was opened
in December, has a sub-basement
basement and two floors, and contains
the latest facilities for clubhouse pur-
poses. 1t has meeting rooms for clubs
and lodges, an auditorium which seats
l 200 and when social functions are
in progress, may be turned into clear
hall. 1t has also school rooms, gym
nasiums and domestic science rooms
The endorsement contains the boil
| er for heating the entire plant, which
includes the clubhouse, the parish
house, the church and the Ascension
school, The basement has bowling
| alleys, billiard room, a playroom fo1
children, {; manual training room, &
swimming pool, shower baths, locker
room, sterilizing apparatus for the
pool and other facilities.
| On the first floor are the schoo
rooms to take care of an overflow
| from the present Ascension school fol
a time, womens club rooms, mems
club rooms, lodge room and audi
torium seating 500. The large audi
torium of 200 capacity is on the sec
ond floor of the building. A stage a
the end of the auditorium is used fol
ltheatricals. E. A projection machine il
lireproof booth is also installed
According to Father Harrington, thu
aim of the clubhouse is to counterac
a certain trend of the times with it,
cheap pool rooms, cheap movies ant