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Father Van der Zons
Efforts to Celebrate
Mass End in Mis Death
(Continued from page one.)
tlie Solemn High Mass of Requiem
at the Cathedral, Rev. H. A. Clark,
of Athens, deacon, and Rev. J. A,
Petit, S. M.j of Brunswick, sub-dca-
con. Rev. Dan McCarthy, of Sa
vannah, was master of ceremonies.
Rt. Rev. Benjamin J. Keiiey, D. I).,
was present at the Mass, with Rev.
P. A. Ryan, S. .1., of Augusta, and
Rev. O. N. Jackson, of Atlanta, as
his associate. The folowing mem
bers of the cergy assisted at the
services: Very Rev. Jos. D. Mitchell,
Administrator; Rev. T. A. Foley
and Rev. Thomas P. Hayden, of
the Cathedral of St. John Hie Bap
tist; Very Rev. Bernard Hass, O.
S B, and Rev. Eugene. Egan, O. S.
B,, of Sacred Heart Church, Savan
nah; Rev. Gustavus Olireclit, L. A.
M., and Rev. Eugene Peter, L. A. M.,
of St. Benedict’s Church, Savannah;
Rev. H. A. Sehonhardt, Augusta;
Rev. Richard Smith, S. M., Atlanta;
Rev. Henry Schlenke, Columbus, ami
Rev. Fr. Stephen, O. S. B., of Cull
man, Ala. Rev. Emmet Walsh de
livered the sermon. Interment was
in the Cathedral Cemetery. The
office of the day was recited by the
priests before Mass. The pupils
of all the parochial schools of the
city were present at the services for
Father Van der Zon.
HIS LIFE.
Rev. Leonard Peter Van der Zon,
whose sad and tragic end brought
sorrow into the hearts of Cathoics
of Georgia during the joyful days
of Easter, was born in The Hague,
Holland, on November Gth, 1885. He
came from a family of well-to-do
and prosperous farmers, who were
able to give him the advantages of
a good education. Under the strict
discipline of stern Dutch parents, he
developed a character of more than
ordinary strength. In the atmos
phere of a pious Catholic home, his
faith ripened into a practical under
standing of the truths of religion
that was characteristic of his priest
ly life.
After finishing the preparatory
schools, he entered the seminary of
Gi'abe, Holland. Here he was pro
fessed in lhc Congregation of the
Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
(C. SS. CC.), after competing the
prescribed novitiate of two years.
He pursued his studies at Gralie
until lie had completed his theologi
cal course, arid was ordaiped in 1910.
His superiors then sent him to Lou
vain to take a special course in
preparation for a professorship at
the theological seminary at Gralie.
He taught here at his Alma Mater
for two yeais, when his superiors
discerned in him a marked ability
as a preacher. This led to his ap
pointment on a missionary band to
conduct missions throughout Hol
land.
At the time of the invasion of
Belgium, Father Polycarp, as he was
called in religion, was at the study-
house of his congregation connect
ed with the University of Louvain.
He witnessed the burning of the his
toric institution, and more than once
was held in captivity by the in
vaders. But escaping the fate of
some of bis confreres, because of
his Dutch citizenship, he returned
to Holand uninjured, after several
trying experiences.
COMES TO AMERICA.
It was in 1917 that his superiors
determined to send hit' to the Unit
ed States to undertake work among
the Portuguese in the Fall River dio
cese. He was especially adapted to
this work, because of his unusual
aptitude for languages. Shortly
after his arrival in this country,
Father Polycarp was seized with a
long illness. The trouble was diag
nosed as inflammatory rheumatism.
On the advice of his physician, he
came South with the hope that the
mild climate, would be more con
ducive to the return of InSajUh.
Upon his application to the Rt.
Rev. Bishop of Savannah, he was
accepted and asssigned to work in
Albany, Ga. During his stay in Al
bany, his health was almost com
pletely restored. Father Van der
Zou entered upo lihis new life with
a spirit that made his success as
sured. His mind was always open
t oAmerican ideas, and he manifest
ed extraordinary facility in adapt
ing himself lo American cu: loins
and in learning the English lang
uage. In his zea for sou’s lie
worked hard to equip himself for
fruitful work on the Georgia' mis
sions. His constant prayer and
earnest desire was that he might
become a useful priest in upbuilding
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
Catholicity in his adopted country.
Realizing the importance of work
ing as an American among Ameri
cans, he took out his first naturali
zation papers as soon as possible.
After, demonstrating his woythK
ness for a year and a half, Father
Van der Zon was incardinated into
the diocese of Savannar by tjie Rt.
Rev. Bishop Keiiey, who recognized
his value as a priest. His life
seemed full of promise, when he
met liis death on Easter Sunday in
tile discharge of his duties. After
celebrating Holy Mass in Fitzgerald,
he was on his way to ThomasviRe,
about a hundred miles away, to give
the little congregation there the op
portunity of attending Holy Mass
on Easter Sunday. The long trip
while fasting between Masses was
his own thought, born of his zeal
to have the significance of Easter
realized in the hearts of his par
ishioners. This burning zeal w'as
characteristic of liis service on the
Southwest Georgia missions. He
died as he wanted to die, “in the
harness of the Lord.”
His death seemed a striking ful
fillment of his daiy prayer. He
seemed to have a constant feeling
that liis death would he sudden, and
so he prayed that it were God’s will
to call him suddenly, the summons
would come after Mass, when he
could answer fortified with the Holy
Eucharist just received. In his
death his friends have lost a whole-
souled and warm personal friend,
and Catholicity in Georgia has lost
an earnest and devoted priest.
GOVERNORS FROWN
ON FEDERALIZATION
(Continued from page one.)
HUB COLLEGIANS MATCH
MINDS, AND NOT MUSCLES
Boston.—Freshmen and sopho
mores of Boston College have
substituted mental for physical
tests to decide supremacy. In
stead of a battle with elbows and
fists and feet tile question of rel
ative prowess lias been determin
ed by a debate, a clash of in
tellects and tongues.
This week, when every one
was looking forward to a glori
ous combat’ as of yore, the stu
dents got together and had a
pow-wow. The upshot of it was
that the freshmen challenged the
sophomores to a matching of
minds. On the day appointed,
the two classes sat comfortably
while their chosen champions
fought it out.
“Resolved: That the Boston
Elevated Railway should be mu
nicipally owned.” That was the
subject of the oratorical and dia
lectical struggle. It was a hard
and heavy debate, punctuated at
frequent intervals by the hand-
clapping and shouting of the
auditors, as first one side and
then the other scored tellingly.
The judges decided that the
sophomores had done wonderful
ly well—it was magnificent. But
the freshmen were more wonder
ful and more magnificent—and
got the prize. There may have
been some figurative sore spots
here and there, but there were
no literal bruises on shanks and
shins.
hooks will be placed in a newly
opened section, close to the British
section, where, previously,'the few
books dealing with Ireland in the li
brary were included.
The audience of Marquis MacSwi-
ney with the Pope took place on the
eve of the feast of St. Patrick. His
Holiness recalled with satisfaction
liis first meeting with tip: Marquis
in 1906, when the latter was doing
research work in the famous Am
brosian library, and gave every as
surance of the special benevolence
of the Holy See towards the Irish
people, whose history in the past
had shown such splendid devotion
to the faith and whose future was
so bright witli promise.
BISHOP ALLEN OBSERVES
SILVER JUBLIEE MAY 16
Mobile, Ala.—The twenty-fifth
anniversary of the consecration of
the Right Hev. Edward P. Allen,
Bishop of Mobile, will be celebrated
oil May 16, and the exercises are
expected to bring a distinguished
gathering of Catholic prelates from
many different parts of the United
States lo Mobile. Archbishop
Shaw of New Orleans, who served
as a priest under Bishop Allen of
Mobile, is expected to be among
the guests.
George J. Sullivan, former Demo
cratic Congressman from Alabama is
TRIBUTE TO RELIGIOUS
FOR PRESERVING HARP
Chicago,—High tribute to re
ligious orders for the preserva
tion of liarp music in the United
States has been paid by Miss
Maude Morgan, distinguished
liarp virtuosa of New York, who
is arranging details of the Nat
ional Harpist’s Convention to he
held in Chicago in April.
“We owe the harp to the sis
ters of the convent,” declares
Miss Morgan. “I must say that
any pupil who has ever come
to me after receiving first musi
cal instruction from the nuns
lias always been well grounded
musically and I have never had
to correct her position.”
Miss Clara Louise Thurston, a
graduate of the Convent of Our
Lady at Longwood 111., is presi
dent of the Chicago chapter of
the Association. A convention or*-
clieslra of one hundred harps
will he a feature of the gather
ing here and a special matinee
performances will be given for
flic benefit of religious commu
nities and tlieir pupils.
IS
among the members of the celebra
tion committee, which has already
collected a substantiaf purse for
presentation to the prelate.
commonwealths when the federal
constitution was framed and adopt
ed.
Speaking of the taxing power of
the federal government and the use
to which it has been put by the
advocates of centralization, the Post-
Dispatcli says:
“It was intitiated to encourage road
building in the states, a subject that
congress is constitutionally compe
tent lo deal with. But from that
point it is now luring the states
more and more into subordinating
to some Washington bureau such
strictly local functions as health anti
education. In such eases ‘federal
aid’ is nothing more than federal
taxation for state purposes, in which
the states receive back a mere trifle
of the sums collected.
It is the natural process of all
governments, even limited -ones, to
gain ground at the expense of civil
liberty. But if to this inherent
quality is added a limitless purse,
as was done by the legislatures of
our states in 1913, it can cause no
Surprise if the government thus en
dowed becomes a - political profli
gate.”
There is a steady growth of fed
eralization, the Post-Dispatch points
out, and it notes this trend not only
in the legislatures but also in the
federal courts.
“We find the situation today to he
that the powers declared in the in
strument (Constitution) to have
been reserved to the people, to he
delegated or not in their wisdom,
have been largely absorbed by the
federal government through the sub
tle processes of legislative construc
tion and judicial interpretation.
Through tile doctrine that congress
may enact any law ‘appropriate,’
‘convenient,’ ‘conducive,’ to the ends
of its enumerated powers, nearly the
whole realm of power has been
gathered into its hands.
“We have awakened to the realiza
tion that there lias grown up over
us ail almost unlimited government,
to which we have recently given an
unlimited purse. The form of dual
government remains; the substance
has disapproved. We are headed in
the same direction that every other
unlimited government has taken and,
if we submit, the time may not be
far distant when the federal gov
ernment will actually deny the right
of the people of the states to limit
its power in any respect. Then our
only recourse will be rebellion or
reformation.”
Views of Governors.
Governor San Souei, of Rhode Is
land, in his response to tile Post-
Dispatch’s appeal says:
“I am of the opinion that one of
the gravest problems that we are
facing in this country today is the
steady drift towards a centralized
government, and I believe it is the
duty of - every good citizen to re
sist this dangerous tendency in or
der to keep this country true to
the splendid principles laid down
by its great founders.”
Governor McKelvie, of Nebraska,
declared that: “If this course” (of
centralization) “is to lie aontinued
it must mean that the purpose of
popular government will have been
subordinated to centralized bureau
cratic governmental control and
when that happens, the effort that
was waged by the framers of the
constitution in the establishment of
this republic will have been made
in vain.”
A promise to “contribute to the
cheeking of the extension of federal
power at the expense of the states”
is made by Governor Hardwick, of
Georgia, and Governor Campbell of
Arizona, and Governor
Arizona, commends the suggestion
that the whole problem be made
the subject of the governors’ con
ference at Us next session.
Senator James A. Reed, of Mis
souri, has caused the Post-Dispatch
editorial to he published in the
Congressional Record. Several mem
bers of the house of representatives
have written to the paper in ap
proval of its statements and to sec
ond its efforts to arrest the inva
sion of stales’ rights by the federal
government.
So great was the, demand for the
editorial after its original publica
tion that the Post-Dispatch liad to
issue it in the form of a pamphlet,
of which many thousands have been
printed.
IRISH BOOKS AT ROME
Special Section Reserved for
Them at Vatican.
Rome.—A distinctive Irish section
of the Vatican Library has been
created as a result of the reception
of the Marquis MacSwiney of Masli-
naglass by His Holiness Pope Pius
XI last month, when a tine collec
tion of works on Irish history and
archaeology was presented. These
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