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12 THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA institutions adequately to equip those who are to come after us so that they can win respect by de serving it, we are wasting all. The standards of a quarter of a century ago are not those of today. The boy who goes into his life’s work with only a gram mar school knowledge can not hope to go very far or high. His competitors are better equipped for the struggle and he is handicapping his innate ability. With this thought stressed upon them the editors of 1 he Bulletin have devoted much space in this issue to education. Three experts have prepared articles treating the subject in the abstract; accentuating the importance of religion in primary and secondary schools; and finally pointing out the value of the higher or collegiate training. There will be more about this in future numbers of The Bulletin, but there is enough here and now to cause every parent in particular and every Cath olic in general to think. Education is the one great requirement for the success of Catholicity in Georgia. THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH. Particular attention is called to the article in this number entitled “Christ and Peter.” It is the first of a series by our Right Reverend Bishop. Every Cath olic should read it, for seldom has one the privilege of seeing such a marshalling of Biblical quotations to prove a religious point. It is a pleasure for the ed itors of The Bulletin to be able to print it; it should be even a greater pleasure for our members to fa miliarize themselves with and disseminate it through out Georgia. Moreover, it should be a source of pride to us that we can show it with the knowledge that its author is the chief Catholic of the state and a Biblical scholar of note. Our non-Catholic friends frequently assail us for not basing our religion upon the Bible, but surely none who reads that article can dare assert that its writer has not shown the primacy of Peter as not proven by the Holy Book. THE NEXT CONVENTION. A recent meeting of the executive committee selected Savannah as the place for holding the next annual meeting. It will be on some Sunday in Sep tember, the exact date to be determined later. It is not too early for the officers of the different societies and local associations to begin their planning for this event, perhaps the greatest of the year for the laity of the Diocese. We of Georgia have much to be proud of in our Association, for there is now no doubt that before many years similar work will be under taken in each state of the Union. It is a fact that the publicity department of the National Catholic Welfare Council has endorsed its methods and is urg ing the Ordinaries everywhere to begin its operations under their various jurisdictions. Since the first Bul letin one of the officers of this Association has been sent to the states of Florida, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Mississippi, New Jersey and Louisiana, and has met such encouragement that it is certain but a short time shall elapse before the work will be under way in most of these places, and the itinerary mapped out will carry the message to other states before Septem ber. Thanks to the generosity of the Catholics of Georgia there is no doubt but that the work here will continue without interruption for some years, and it is only at these annual gatherings that full knowledge of what has been done and is planned can be obtained. The Savannah meeting will be the biggest yet held; every society not represented will be the loser. Each should send as many delegates as it is entitled to, and each individual thus honored should present his or her ideas as to what should be the work of the future. It is by exchange of ideas that we arrive at a con sensus of opinion, and this is what has so greatly helped to make the Georgia Laymen’s Association a model recommended to Catholics throughout the country. We have started something here, the end of which no man can foresee; its continuance places a responsibility upon each of us none should avoid, no matter what petty sacrifice it entails. MR. OGLESBY A CATHOLIC. Of the various booklets issued by the Laymen’s As sociation none has had a greater vogue than “Cath olics in American History.” It was of this little work that a distinguished New York divine said: “It should be in the hands of every Catholic school teacher and in every library in the country.” The author was Mr. Thaddeus K. Oglesby, who was secretary to Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, vice-president of the Confed erate States. Mr. Oglesby first delivered the address in Savannah, and upon request of the Assocaition not only consented to its use, but revised and edited it into its present shape. He was a scholar of wide rep utation, and was a recognized authority upon the history of the South. Mr. Oglesby died several weeks ago in Savannah, and was baptized and received into the Church upon his death bed. He always had a deep reverence for the Church and was a staunch defender of Her when attacked. His sense of justice was keen, and he had little patience with those professional defamers who have so maliciously maligned Catholics and their be lief. May his soul rest in peace. The sympathy of the Association goes out to Vice- President M. A. O Byrne, of Savannah, who lost his son recently. To him in his time of grief is extended the mutual sorrowing of us all. THE SEVENTEENTH AT ROME. Rome, Ga. The Young People’s Society of the First Methodist Church observed St. Patrick’s Day with a silver tea at the pastorium. An in teresting program, followed by delightful refresh ments, made an attractive afternoon for all who called.—Atlanta Constitution, March 21st.