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TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS t

TO VIRGIN ISLANDS this will be something en-
trely new. We have known of the two major political parties,
have sent delegates to the conventions, but in reality have
never actually engaged in conducting local politics along
those lines, and the reason is very obvious. Our entire policy
is determined and governed by>whch party is in power in
the national government.
IN A GREAT many areas the two major parties are in
philosophy, and even on some questions OF national policy.
There are a great many on both sides who are what they are
because of tradition, or the force of circumstances, and it
does not matter what the situation is. Maine, for example,
is Republican and that's all there is to it. On the other hand,
certain Southern States are democratic for no other reason
than that they want to be the opposite party to that Of
Abraham Lincoln.
IT MAY BE WELL to note some of the differences in
passing. Throughout the years the Republican party has be-
heved in high protective tariffs. Goods made in other coun-l
tries should be taxed high SO as to protect the domestic in
dustry, and the workers in that industry. The Democrats,
on the other hand, tend to believe that it is not wise to have
such high tariffs because this penalties the other nations in
that it prevents them from buying from us. The recent case
Of heavier taxes on Swiss watches is a good example.
THE REPUBLICANS believe that the Federal Govern
ment should perform only skeleton services which cannot
possibly be performed by either the States or private indus
try. The Democrats, on the other hand, believe that there
is a certain merit in public ownership where it would serve
the majority Of people in an area. The Tennessee Valley
Authority is an example. President Eisenhower called it creep
ing socialism, Democrats think that IVA has done a better
Job than any private industry could have done.
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come DCCW members and guests.
Mrs. George ]. Parker, General
Chairman of the Conference and
President of ST. Mary's Parish
Council, has announced the ap-
pointment of the following com
mittee chairmen: publicity, Miss
Lyn Doudna; decorations, Mrs.
James G. Parker; decorations CO.
chairmen, Mrs. Jarvis Stewart and
Mrs. Ray Tabler: ushers. Mrs.
Thomas G. Mcnamara; music, Miss
Veronica Basbagill; first aid, Mrs.
Margaret Brawley and Mrs. r. Z.
Foley.
Assisting Mrs. John Hanrahan as
chairman of hospitality are Mrs.
Walter Warner, Miss Mary Ma
honey, Mrs. w. M. Brown, Mrs.
Clarence Warner, Miss Dorothy
Hepner, Mrs. Norbert Strohm, Mrs.
Margaret Herriot, Mrs. Joseph Hen
ry, Mrs. Frank Piersol, Mrs. JOS
eph Fisher, Mrs. William Custer,
Mrs. Leonard Hoffman, Mrs. Frank
Hepner, Mrs. Edmund Ferris. Mrs.
Thomas O'Keefe. Mrs. Paul Ward,
Mrs. Frank Vining. Mrs. Charles
Haas, Mrs. Fred Slone, Mrs Harry
Beck, Mrs. Robert A. Parker, Mrs.
A. 7. Davis. Mrs. Ray Harwood,
Miss Ann Whitman, Miss Patricia
Winning, and Mrs. Francis Fravel.
Chairman of the reception is Mrs.
John Keefer and committee mem
bers are Mrs. George F. Fleshman,
Mrs. Larry E. Seidle, Mrs. Henry
Wolf, Mrs. Robert E. Parker, Mrs.
Bernard A. Lyons. Mrs. James
Eberst, Mrs. Sterling Geesman,
Miss Mary Gay. Mrs. George Fla
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-04-02
PassiOnSundav
Set As Special
Day OF Prayer

Catholics throughout the Us.
viii spend day in prayer for the
"Church Of Silence" on Passion
Sunday april A.. Bishops across
the nation have asked the faithful
to pray for the prosecuted in lands
behind the Iron Curtain that day,
as requested by the Vatican Marian
Year Committee
In rural and city Churches spe-
cial Masses will be offered for the
Cardinals, Archbishops, Bishops,
priests. religious. and lay people
who have suffered and are still
suffering for the faith
Exposition of the Blessed Sacra-
ment will be held in many parish
es with special prayers, and Blsh-
ops have urged the faithful to re-
ceive Holy Communion on that day
for the spiritual and temporal vel
fare of the prosecuted.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-04-02
Church Attack
is Scored By
.Episcopalian

WASHINGTON - (NC) - Citing
attacks some ministers have recent
ly made upon the Catholic Church,
an EpiScopalian theologian warned
here against spreading disunity at
a time when communism seeks to
destroy all religion.
The Rev. DR. Charles w. Low
ry, the theologian, mentioned the
Rev. Dr.. Robert J. McCracken, min
ister of Riverside Church, New
York, and the Very Rev. James A.
Pike, Dean of the Episcopal Cathed-
raj of st. John the Divine in New
York.
DR.. Lowry told a congregation at
the National Presbyterian Church
here:
Last Sunday, / chanced to be a
worShipper at the Washington
fEpiscopaD Cathedral. The preach.
er was Dean Pike, a friend of mine
and, it happens, former pupil. To
my CONSERVATION he took up the
precise refrain of DR.. McCracken
in a gratuitous attack upon the Ro.
man Catholic Church."
DR.. Lowry then quoted Dean Pike
as repeating a charge made by DR.
McCracken in a recent attack upon
Continued on Page p
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-04-02

The Christian Herald, an inter
denominational magazine promot-
ing evangelical Christianity, cur
rently carries an article, based on
a survey, which claims that 4144,-
366 Catholics were converted" 10
Professionalism in the last 10 years.
The article seeks to prove that, be-
cause 1,071 1897 Protestants are re
ported to have entered the Catholic
Church in the last decade. one must
not assume that the traffic in con
versions was "all one-Way" The
article says that, even allowing for
error. the figure on Cathollc-tO-
Protestant change could hardly be
less than two or three millions and
in all probability runs closer to
five millions"
The Christian Hersld's claim is
based on 3 sUestionnsire Sent 10
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-04-02

25, 900" Protestant ministers in %
cities, out Of the le1, 900 Protestant
ministers in all parts of the United
States. OF those $4,000 TO whom
the qUesiionnsire was sent, only
AIS replied, which is rather low
proportion of respondents. The
method by which the questionnaire
replies were stafiSticsIIy snalyzed
is not altogether clear. Mention Is
made of "a projection TO the total
number Of chvreh-serVing pastors
in the United States" Apparently
this means that il the number Of
replies eqUslled, say one per cent
of the total of "church-servins pas.
tors" in the country, then the
number of converts" claimed on
those replies was multiplied by
about 100 to estimate the total
nUmb ber Of cathoIic.Protesfanf
Converts" in fhe last 10 years. BY
some such method, il seems an ss-
fiuste of 4.l44.366 was reached.
To get valid results by mail
QUESTIONABLE is difficult First. il
would have to be proved in the
present case. that the $4,000 minis
ters who we're sent questionnalres
we're typical of the 181,00 minis
ters IN the country. Secondly, ii
would have TO be proved that those
who actually replied we're typical
of the $4,000 who we're questioned.
No evidence is given that either Of
these requirements was met by the
survey. II has been the constant
experience OF social scientists us
ing mail questionnaires that those
who have favorable information to
report reply in disproportionately
high numbers.
One needs to be no expert to see
much wrong with the survey under
consideration. 1t was conducted in
such way as to violate some of
the basic norms of polling, and its
results are reported in grossly
misleading manner. Catholics, who
welcome such surveys, viii join in
the regrets that this one went
awry.
Loaded QUESTIONABLE
The questionnaire cites early the
report that 100000 Protestants
were converted to Catholicism in
each of seven consecutive. years,
and expresses the suspicion of
many of us that the Proclamation
of traffic lin conversions) is in fact
in the Catholic-to-Protestant direc-
ton" Then the minister is asked
to give the number of Roman Cath
olics he has received into the fell
lowship of your church" during the
last 10 years. Naturally, few report
Continued on Page 81
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duplication Week Set
At Diocesan Seminary

Graduates of High School who feel that they called to
God His holy priesthood and to labor the Diocese of
Columbus should make application during the week of Apr 2a
through their respective pastors for admission to the Diocesan
Seminary of St Charles 2010 Broad St. Columbus g. Ohio
Each applicant will be assigned time for interview. Is
important application be without delay Young
who the senior class high school should not wait for their
day of graduation to apply
financial difficulties scholarships avail
able scholarships to be made by the
applicant will take the matter directly with the
Most Reverend Bishop.
young feels called the priesthood who thinks
that he pesy vocation although he is not of decided
full opportunity of seminary training Nor
young fail TO heed the divine invitation show
following where lead He should his
application for admission to St Charles
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-04-02

Two Catholic High School stu
dents have taken top honors IN
the state Employ the physically
Handicapped" essay contest.
Mary Ann Quigley. senior at
Rosary High School, Columbus,
won first prize and received her
award of $3.50 savings bond from
Governor Frank J. LauSche, last
week.
Second place winner was Dolores
Gombert, a senior at Julienne High
School, Dayton. She was awarded a
S75 bond. Third place winner was
Mary Elizabeth Ewing, of Madison
Local High School, Mansfield. She
received an award of SIS bond.
Miss Qusgley's essay was adJudg-
ed the best of 1900 essays submit
ted by Ohio high school juniors
and seniors on the toplc-"The
Physically Handicapped Compel
ent and Dependable Workers" The
contest was carried on as part OF
the activities of the Ohio Inter-
Agency Committee for the physical
ly handicapped, and is an annual
event in the promotion of a ma
tional program for employment OF
the physically handicapped.
Winning prizes is getting to be
"old hat" for Miss Quigley. She was
already won district and state schol-
arship honors in English, and only
last year won second place in the
Franklin County's Il Speak for
Democracy" program. She is plan
ming on a teaching career after
graduation from college.
The State Association of Moose
for the third consecutive year do
mated the savings-bond prizes.
Judges of the state contest were
Wilfred Eberhart, Professor of Ed
ucation at Ohio State University;
Albert G. Giles, research attorney,
Ohio Legislation Service Commits
sion, and Benjamin Townley Spen-
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elementary schools in the city will
be present for the ceremony.
Laymen's Committee
Under the direction of Mr.. Leo
Hall the combined Parochial Grade
School Band will play the National
Anthem while the Boy Scout troop
of Immaculate Conception Parish
raises the flag.
Bishop Ready, assisted by Rev
Earl Holtzapfel, pastor of ST. Au
gustine Parish, and Rev. John
Byrne, pastor of st. Michael Par
ish, will then bless and set in place
the cornerstone.
Occupying places of special hon
or on the platform for the occasion
will be the 40 members of Lay.
mems Advisory Board headed by T.
Faber Biggert, general chairman,
and the 81 parish chairmen who
spearheaded the drive for funds for
the new building.
Copper Repository
Sealed in the heart of the corner
stone will be a copper repository
containing numerous items of re.
ligious and historical significance
Pictures of the reigning Pontiff
Plus XII, Blessed Plus X, for whom
the school chapel is named, Bishop
Watterson, Bishop Ready, President
Eisenhower and Governor Lausche
will be included.
Front pages of several issues of
the Catholic Times and the current
local daily newspapers will be in
serted for posterity as well as ar
ticles describing the sacrifices OF
Catholics in Columbus who made
the building possible.
A special copy of the Marian
Year prayer and medal will be in
cluded, as will the customary piec-
es of new currency, All of these
articles will be placed in the cop
per box and sealed In the corner
stone shortly before il is blessed
and set into place.
Special Choir
A choir of children from sew
eral of the northend parishes has
been organized to provide special
music for this historic occasion
Children from the following parish
schools are taking part: Immacu
Continued on Page .
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-04-02
Bishop Ready
Scholarship Tests
Set AT Seminary

The annual examinations for the
Bishop Ready Scholarships to St.
Charles Preparatory School will
be held next week at the Seminary.
Fifteen scholarships are available
for those receiving the highest
grades in the examination.
The scholarships represent one
year of full tuition
All eighth graders interested in
competing should call EV. 1869
for further details. The examina-
tions are scheduled for Apr. 8 at
100 p. m. Last year, more than 200
eighth graders took the examina-
tions.
The tests will serve as entrance
exams for all those planning to
attend St. Charles in September,
Last day for registration for the
fall term is May /.
Following the examinations. the
students will be taken on a tour of
the buildings and campus.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-04-02

ed by the Polish communist regime
last October about the same time
that it seized Cardinal Wyszynski,
the Polish Primate. Since then the
Polish state prosecutors office has
been trying to gather "incriminat-
ing evidence" for a show trial" of
the Bishop.
Information reaching here states
that the regime is trying to get its
discriminating evidence" from i'm.
prisoned priests who formerly
worked in the now government
operated Catholic Caritas and from
jailed members of the Sodality of
the Blessed Virgin and Catholic Ac-
ton.
Now so years of age, Bishop
Barsnisk accompanied Cardinal
Wysrynski to Rome two and one
half years ago when the Primste
paid q visit to the Holy See. The
Bishop served as the Primate's
secretary at the time. . post he
had also held with the late Az
gust Cardinal Hlond. the former
Polish Primafe.
Bishop Bsranisk was eonseerat.
ed in July 1851.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-04-02
Sr. Carista's Death
Ends "a Years OF
Work For Orphans

Sister Mary Carista's "a years of
service at St. Vincent's 0rphanage,
during which she helped care for
nearly 5000 boys and girls, came to
an end last week. The German-Dorn
franciscan nun died Mar. 26, two
days after she had marked her 77th
birthday.
Sister Carista was still a novice
in the Sisters of st. Francis of Pen
ance and Christian Charity when
she came to the st Vincent's in
1900. She remained at the orphan
age during her entire religious
life.
In point of service, she was the
oldest nun at the E. Main st. in
stitution, and according to Mother
Ida, superior at the orphanage, no
other sister in the religious order
had ever been stationed at one
place for as long time.
AT st. Vincents, Sister Carista
supervised teen-aged boys in the
care of the vegetable garden, cook
ed, sewed, and performed many
tasks for the children. In the early
years before the institution had
running water throughout. she
would carry buckets of water from
the basement to the fourth floor
in order to bathe the children.
She had been in falling health
for the past two years and her du-
ties were limited to taking care of
the flowers on the orphanage
grounds.
Bishop Ready, who gave the SER
mon at the Solemn Requiem Mass
at the orphanage chapel Monday,
praised the Sister for her humble
life and for not seeking the ap-
plause of men in her service of
God. He said the Columbus Diocese
and St, Vincent's 0rphanage owed
her a great debt of gratitude for
her 54 years of service.
CeIebrant of the Mass was Fa-
ther William Z. Kappes. director
of Hospitals and Charities. Father
Albert CulIiton and Father Robert
HarWick served as deacon and SUBJ
deacon respectively. Chaplains to
the bishop were Msgr Herman E.
Mattingly and Msgr. Francis
Schwendeman Father Lawrence
Coreoran and Msgr Roland Winel
were masters of ceremonies.
Present at the Mass was Mother
Gonzaga, of Stella Niagara, NY,
provincial of the Eastern Province
of the Order.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-04-02

Gray Chapel on the Ohio Wes-
leyan University campus in Della
ware will be the scene on Sunday,
April 25, for the Ninth Annual
Spring Conference for the Column
bus Diocesan Council of Catholic
Women.
Bishop Ready will address the
assembly during the general meet
ing and offer Pontifical Benedic-
ton in st. Mary Church following
the program.
approximately eighteen hundred
representatives. from all parish
councils and affiliated organiza-
tions within the twenty-three coun-
ties which comprise the Diocese of
Columbus. are expected to attend
the meeting, scheduled to begin at
three o'clock.
During this Marian Year the Con-
ference program honors the Moth
er of God and provides an opportun-
ity for all Council members to pay
tribute TO Mary. The featured
speaker will be Sister Mary Janet,
SC, a member of the Committee
on Citizenship at the Catholic Uni
versity of America in Washington,
DC.
After Benediction, a reception
will be held in st. Mary School
Gymnasium, with Western Deanery
Council members serving as host
esses. Women of the Diocese have
been invited to attend the general
meeting and reception aecompan-
led by their husbands.
!. Miss Mary Louise Black, Presi-
dent of Western deanery, will vel
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-04-02

During the trial" last fall of
Bishop Czeslaw Kaczmarek of
Kielce the public prosecutor accus-
ed Bishop Baraniak of sending
abroad intelligence, material and
reports to the detriment of the
peoples democracy"
Some reports described the. Bish-
op as having been instrumental in
sending abroad the May, 1858,
joint memorandum of the Polish
Bishops, which accused the regime
of a mad will' to destroy the
Catholic Church in Poland.
A member of the Society of St.
John Bosco, Bishop Baraniak was
active in educational work and pro-
noting vocations to the priesthood
before becoming secretary to Car
dinal Hlond.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-04-02
Urges Profession
OF Faith BY All

INSTRUMENTATION in
the current day should be positive
rather than negative, according to
Federal communications Commits
sioner Robert E. Lee.
Speaking of the National Council
of Catholic Mems Faith in our
Time" series over the Mutual radio
network, the newest member of the
FEC declared that IF men of all
nations publicly professed their
faith in the wisdom and guidance
of Supreme Being perhaps the
world might come closer to the
tranquility that has thus far eluded
us"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-04-02
australia Names
Minister To It0Iy

SYDNEY-(NC) - Dominic P
Mcclure, distinguished Australian
Catholic, and internationally known
as an author and lecturer, has been
appointed Australian minister to
Italy.
Last year Mr.. Mcclure was ap
pointed Australian Ambassador to
Ireland, but the appointment was
subsequently cancelled because the
two governments could not agree
on his credentials.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-04-02
X OF Council
To Be Formed
On East Side

A new Knights of Columbus
Council-the fourth in Columbus
will be organized on the East Side
next week.
Announcing plans for the new
unit, District Deputy Paul j. Lynch
said the first meeting will be held
at 8 pm Thursday in the Holy
Spirit School Hall, 1888 Z. Broad
st.
Present will be the officers from
the state council and district who
will give the history and purpose
of the Knights and the program
under which they operate. A tempo
rary chairman and financial Secre-
tary will be elected at the session.
When the unit has at least 40
members, Lynch said, application
for charter will be made with the
Supreme Council in New Haven,
Conn. Once the charter is granted,
members will choose a name for
the council and elect permanent of
fieers.
Primarily, the new organization
will serve ST. Gabriel, Holy Spirit,
Christ the King, St Thomas, ST.
Catharine, Holy Rosary and Corpus
Christi Parishes, Catholic men from
other parishes, however. are in
vited to attend the session.
The council will be the second
one to be organized in Columbus
in the past seven months. Assump-
ton Council, No. 1927, which has
headquarters at so Dominion Blvd,
was organized Oct. 18 for men in
the North Side parishes.
Lynch said the formation of a
new unit is in line with the Su-
preme Councils plan OF establish
ing suburban councils in the metro
politan fringe areas, and moving
out with the Church TO serve on a
wider scale. Although this expan-
sion program is aimed primarily at
securing new membership. all for
mer Knights are invited to again
become active in the group.
At present there are approx
mately 1900 Knights in the Assump-
tion Council, Council No. 400 at
Sixth and State Sts. and Santa
Maria Council No. 1898 at 2596l2
w. Broad st. In all, there are 159
councils in Ohio.
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hive, Mrs. Edmund Reinhard, Mrs.
Francis Strohm. Mrs. Wayne Cub
berly, Mrs. Alfred Ransel, Mrs.
Fred Dinovo, Mrs. Leo Basbagill,
Mrs. John Factor, Miss Helen Han
rahan, Mrs. Edward Flahiye, Miss
Patricia Foley, Mrs. William Nc
Namara, Miss Mary Parker, and
Miss Francis Vining.
Parish presidents are urged to
send in reservations to Mrs. Stan
ley Manter, Peachblow Road, r. d.
4, Delaware, Ohio, by Friday, April
Is.
Presiding al the meeting Will be
Mrs. Alexander j. Glockner. pres
ident of the Columbus Diocesan
Council. Brief inspirational mess
ages from each of the five stand
ing committees will be presented
by the following diocesan chair
men: Mrs Frank H. VogeI, st.
Catharine's parish, Columbus-Re-
ligious Activities; Mrs. Harry K.
Thrailkill, st. Colman's parish,
Washington c. H.-Catholic Chari-
ties; Mrs. James f. OLeary, I'm
maculate Conception parish, Co
lumbus - Parent-Teacher Asoeia-
tions: Mrs. Robert r. Richards
SIS. Simon and Jude parish, West
international Relations;
and Mrs. John r. Holden, Christ
the King parish, Columbus,-Soci
Action.
The closing prayer will be offer
ed by the Msgr. Roland 7. Winel,
Chancellor of the Diocese and
Spiritual Moderator for the Coun-
Gil.
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organized one year ago. Although
it is not scheduled for completion
until Jan. /, 1855. Watterson High
School will go into operation in
September with an anticipated en-
rollment of 200 ninth grade pupils
in order to accommodate the rapid
ly increasing number of elementary
school graduates.
The st. Charles Seminary choir
will lead the procession of the cler-
gy down the length Of the first
floor of the partly completed build
ing to the main portico where the
ceremonies will take place. Repre-
sentatives of all high schools and
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-04-02
Protestant Convert Claims
Called Totally Unconvincing'
By Two Catholic L. Experts
Article In Christian Herald
Result of Hopeless Sampling

The authors ooWng members of the facuty
OF the Catholic University Of Washington D. Fufey
popularity throughout tie country
Among scholars he topHotch statistical
analyst and authority optRonanpLHg Dr. MulUdney has
recently the study Catholic population
the United States and Of the highest authorities tis field
the present
BY Paul Hnly Fvrfey Bernard G. MuvansY csV
Written for N.c.Wye. News servicel
The claim made BY the Christian Herald that than
900 Catholics have Joined Protestant churches the past
10 years totally unconvncng both because the evidence
presented inadequate and because the claim contradcts
known facts