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THE BULLETIN
The Official Organ of the Catholic Laymen’s Association
of Georgia.
RICHARD REID, M. A., Editor.
Published Semi-Monthly by the Publicity Department
400 Herald Building. Augusta, Georg,a.
Subscription Price, $2.00 Per Year.
ASSOCIATION OFFICERS FOR 1921-1922.
P. H. Rice, K. S. G., Augusta. ..... • ■ • • • ■■■■ ■ ■ ■■ • • ■ ’ yYce-Pres
Col P H. Callahan K.S.G., Lou,sv,lie, Ky.^Hon.
J ■ J. Haverty, Atlanta Secretary
•T. B. McCallum, Atlanta. ......•»•••••• Treasurer
Thomas S. Gray, Augusta Publicity Director
Richard Reid, Augusta V*‘V'V T>„uiinitv Director
Miss Cccile C. Ferry, Augusta ■ ■ .Assistant Publicity D,r
VOL. III.
AUGUST 10, 1922.
NO. 14.
Entered a*s second class matter Ju "® , 19 ^V 7 n at Accepted
Office at Augusta, Ga., under Act of March. • g cc t,on
for mailing at special rate of postage Trovided_for in Section
1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized September 1. 1941,
From Our Bishop-Elect.
Marist College,
Washington, D. C.
July 26, 1922.
Mr. P. H. Rice, K. S. G., President,
Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia,
Augusta, Ga.
Dear Mr. Rice:
I wish, through you, to thank the
Catholic Laymen’s Association of Geor
gia for the cordial greetings and kind
congratulations on the occasion of my
appointment to the See of Savannah.
The excellent work of the Catholic
Laymen’s Association of Georgia is
known and felt, not only in Georgia, but
throughout the entire United States. I
feel that I shall not be alone to face the
tasks that await me. What might other
wise be almost impossible will be render
ed easy of accomplishment through the
cooperation which you have promised
me. Be assured that in return I shall fol
low faithfully in the footsteps of my re
spected predecessor, Right Reveiend
Bishop Keiley, and that I shall give ev
ery support and encouragement in my
power to the Catholic Laymen’s Asso
ciation. -
With kindest regards and all good
wishes, I am,
Gratefully yours,
W. J. KEYES, S. M.
then is the home, and her first duty is to
her parents. ‘Honor thy father and thy moth
er that thy days may be long in the land.
Nothing but a divine law to religious life
should ever be allowed to take permanent
precedence of home duties. The Church, in
fact, does not accept religious candidates
whose presence is urgently needed at home
for the support of parents. She has it in her
power to be the greatest comfort to father
and mother. Over her brothers and sisters
she may wield a wonderful influence, second
only to that of the mother. In the home cir
cle she has a most abundant field for her
activities. Yet we have instances of highly
educated young women who prefer to dabble
in social work, reading ponderous essays be
fore the elite, or running after the waifs and
strays of the slums and the gutter rather
than lending a helping hand to the bringing
up of those who, by the ties of kindred have
a prior claim upon their attention and devo
tion. For some unaccountable reason these
philanthrophic characters never seem to
have thoroughly grasped the idea that wel
regulated charity begins at home with our
own relations—brothers and sisters, neph-
ews and nieces, who ought to be near anc
and dear to us.
“If through frivolity, vanity or wayward
ness such a lady gets a little passing pleas
ure or notoriety at the cost of turning her
back on home duties she is simply giving
up a wonderful opportunity for an empty
bauble. If for the sake of amusement or so
ciability she disregards the advice and wel
fare of her parents, she is weaving for her
self a garment of unhappiness. No young
woman ever purchased contentment by hav
ing her own selfish way against the rea
sonable wishes of parents.
“As a girl approaches nearer to woman
hood, she may more and more decide for her
self in many things. But the more she makes
her decision conform to paternal views, the
more, generally speaking, she is consulting
her own personal welfare. Besides, as a dut
iful daughter, she will be giving her pa
rents the best proof of her filial love and
loyalty.
“Some girls act as if they owed neither
obedience, nor respect, nor submission to pa
rents. But the path of such is always filled
with thorns and usually ends in misery. A
brief period of so-called female independence
may exact a lifelong penalty. The jazzing,
cigarette-smoking, turkey-trotting flapper
with her vanity box of powder puff and war
paint, lipstick and cosmetics, may think that
Dixie Musings
The London Universe of June 23,
publishes an account of a discussion
at a Paris conference on the pro
priety of a Catholic paper carrying
a financial page. The general opin
ion was that.it can not, with clear
conscience, La Croix, a Paris- daily,
has forfeited large profits by refus
ing to publish such a page. “Were
we to get a metropolitan Catholic
daily press, the question of how to
handle financial news and affairs
would be one of its most difficult
problems,” remarks The Fortnightly
Review.
When we do get our Catholic dai
lies, how will they be able to justify
the publishing of such a doubtful
piece of news as the daily weather
report ?
The small number of flags which
graced Atlanta business houses and
residences on the occasion of the
one hundred and forty-fifth anni
versary of its birth resulted in a
letter on the subject from Charles
Gavan, published in the Atlanta
Georgian. Mr. Gavan, who is a mem
ber of the Catholic Laymen’s Asso
ciation, deplored the absence of Old
Glory from flagpoles on its birth
day. “Perhaps Atlantans have for
gotten that this same flag is the one
that waved victoriously at Yorktown,
on Sail Juan Hill, and the Argone,”
he wrote. “That old flag represents
the sacrifices which some of our
proudest sons of all creeds have
made on the battlefields of this and
foreign countries, and the greatest
respect which we can show it is to
raise it on Flag Day, if on no other,
for that was the birthday of the
American flag.”
Convent Education.
The whole philosophy of Catholic convent
education, is revealed in an illuminating ad
dress delivered by Rt. Rev. Bishop Dunne, „
of Peoria, 111., at recent commencement ex- ghe ig j iav i ng an uproarious time, but general
ercises. Bishop Dunne did not give advice to , terminates in a roar of grief. Why, the
It was common enough in the past
to have a candidate for political of
fice in Georgia run on a platform
of intolerance, and although condi
tions have changed for the better,
such a practice is far too frequent
today. One of the most gratifying
signs of the changing tide is the an
nouncement of an Atlanta financier,
a candidate for City Council, whose
platform is tolerance. When Atlaxi-
ta has more men with this spirit
out for public office, it will enlarge
to the proportions it deserves—but
which it will never attain until the
unfortunate narrowness which has
been holding it back is driven out
by the force of strong, healthy pub-
li copinion.
the young women graduates. He merely ae
scribed what a convent-bred girl Should be.
He told them what their duties were, what
they owed their homes and their parents.
Knowing their duties, the convent graduate
is expected to gravitate toward them as the
fiowers of the field turn tov/afd the blessed
sun.
Bishop Dunne did not urge the graduates
to see “careers”, the apparent end of educa
tion in so many non-sectarian schools for
women. He did not advise them to enter pol
itics. He did not tell them to nourish social
aspirations. He did impress on them the fact
that their first duty is to their home and
their parents, and this duty is so paramount
that the Church even puts it before relig
ious vocations. But let the words of the Bish
op speak for themselves:
“It seems almost superfluous to give ad
vice to the convent graduate. She is suq
posed to have absorbed so much of it during
i-,™- r-nm-fiP nf Ktndies that we feel inclin-
Current Comment
ROME, GA., HERALD.
It is not our intention to attempt
to reform municipal politics in At
lanta, although heaven knows it
needs it badly enough, but recently .
an effort has been made to inject
religious belief into the politics of
that city, and this is a matter that
concerns not only Atlanta alone but
the whole state of Georgia. Con-
equently, we feel justified in com
menting on the situation.
When the United States was first
settled, the primary political prin
cipal was laid down that this was
to be land of religious freedom. The
first settlers fled to this county
from religious intolerance in Europe.
They settled in a howling wilder
ness, braved the dangers resulting
from the activities of wild Indians
and wilder beasts, in order that they
might worship God according to
tlieir own consciences, in freedom
and safety. This led to the adop
tion of “Land of the Free and Home
of the Brave” as the motto indi
cative of those principles that should
control in the institutions and gov
ernment of this country.
But this motto would indeed be
inconsistent should Catholics or
those of any other religious sect >e
barred from participation in the
government. We do not know that
such an effort has been made with
the same seriousness in any other
city of the country as was recently
made in Atlanta, when an effort was
made to bar all Catholic teachers
from the public schools of that city.
Fortunately, that effort failed, as
it should and probably always will,
in any city in Georgia, but it tends
to show to what lengths some dirty
politicians are willing to go in order
to entrench themselves in power.
We do not belong to the Catholic
faith, and have no intention of
adopting it at any time in the fu
ture, but .we feel constrained to pro
test against the efforts that strikes
as the very foundations of Ameri
can institutions.
her long course of studies that we feel inclin
ed to learn from her rather than venture
upon the perilous task of imparting any ad
monition.
“Whether it be fond parents who call her
their favorite daughter, of whom they are
justly proud, or younger sisters and broth
ers who invariably speak of her as their big
sister who graduated from the convent, she
is- certainly one of the most providential
gifts and blessings to mankind. It may be
that the education of the entire household
is vested in her, unless there happens to be a
priest in the family. Even in that case, what
is he expected to know outside of his the
ology ? They may take their faith and mor
als from him, but in a question of domestic
science or economy her opinion carries
weight. She is placed upon a pedestal and all
the members of the family will listen respect
fully to whatever she has to say. Why, thev
wouldn’t dream of selecting a bonnet or *
gown, or furniture, decorating a room, hang
ing a picture or even setting a table for a fes
tive occasion without taking her into con
sultation.
“The graduate’s first field of operation
ly it terminates in a roar of grief. Why, the
women who wear out their lives in wretch
edness because they had their fling in youth
are beyond counting. It is so much easier to
run down hill than suddenly to put on the
brakes that may not work when on a steep
incline, and many a silly girl, preferring the
insipid compliments and dangerous familiar
ities of designing strangers to parental pro
hibitions has spent her middle and old age re
pining.
“Some girls fancy that their duty lies ev
erywhere expept at home. In many domiciles
there are probably younger brothers and sis
ters who need special care—more, in fact,
than the usually overworked mother of a
big family is able to give them. There will
be your opportunity. Don’t let your poor
mother be the drudge of the household. With
the high cost of rent and living, very few
nowadays can afford the luxury of hired
help. The work, if done at all, must be ac
complished by members of the family. There
is the weekly washing and ironing, the daily
preparation of meals, followed by a pyramid
of dishes in the sink, the darning of socks
and the mending of clothes. This may appear
like a very commonplace occupation for a
convent graduate. But if you have really
grasped the spirit of the Holy House of Naz
areth, you won’t neglfect such homely, do
mestic cares that our Heavenly Father sanc
tifies and blesses. In spite of all these do
mestic duties, j ou will have ample free time
for hbnest amusement and recreation to
which you have, a perfect right. Don’t waste
your free time in frivolous reading. Read on
ly what may improve your mind and talents.
Keep up yoqr religious exercises the same
as you did while in the convent. Henceforth
you will not have p sister at your elbow to
remind you of your duties you will be thrown
more or less upon your own resources.
“But, as stated in the beginning, advice is
altogether unnecessary to you graduates.
You understand thoroughly your duties and
will cheerfully fulfill them. We have every
reason to hope that you will be the joy, com
fort and consolation of your good parents,
and the Glory of Holy Mother Church.”
Methods of the Catholic Laymen’s
Association of Georgia are being
adopted in various parts of the coun
try. In Oregon, where the anti-
Catholics have ben conducting a
drive against the Catholic schools,
a series of advertisements, on Catho
lic citizenship were published in the
daily papers. The first of the se
ries was a sort of “Plea for Peace.”
A Catholic Defense Guild has been
organized. Questions from non-
Catliolics are answered and com
ments on the advertisements wel
comed. The advertisements are
courteous but unequivocal, charita
ble but just. Such a high grade
method of meeting dishonest attacks
should prove as effective on the
nothern Pacific as on the southern
Atlantic.
“Credit to whom credit is due
sems to be the guiding line of the
Baltimore Catholic Review, a paper
which is able to distinguish a part
from the whole and which does not
generalize from particulars. In a
recent issue it discusses Protestants
in Georgia in a manner as refresh
ing as it is just. After referring to
the prejudice against Catholics ex
isting in this state, it continues:
But let us he fair. If things
ran true to form, Catholics in
these States would not have a
ghost’s chance to live. The Co
lumbus Enquirer Sun of Georgia,
edited by a non-Catholie, is at
tacking Watsonism tooth and
nail, and is defending the rights
of Catholics unceasingly. That
editor is a real man. Expediency
finds no place in his vocabulary.
Protestants of Georgia by the
thousands have taken up the de
fense of their Catholic brethren.
Those Protestants are real men
and real women. Thank God
that we have theml They are
worthy sons and daughters of
men who fought for a cause they
loved. The sons and daughters
will fight the battles of real Am
ericanism, real decency. They
will fight on behalf of their
brethren who are weak numeri
cally, but who have souls and
hearts of brave men and true
men, brave women and true wo
men.
Very true. Sweeping condemna
tion rarely does any good, for it is
usually wrong. H. R.
SANDERSVILLE, GA., PROGRESS.
The school board of Atlanta de
clined to adopt the narrow policy
which had been advocted by a few
fanatics in the selection of the
teachers of that city for another
year. When religious bigots endea
vor -to regulate schools by the elcc-
tion of teachers of certain beliefs
and turn against others who have
different creeds, they become intol
erable. When this country was first
settled it was the guarantee that
every man should worship God ac
cording to the dictates of his own
conscience, and the narrow members
of some school hoards who take op
posite views and try to regulate the
religion of others are unworthy of
the position which they hold.
TALLAPOOSA, GA., JOURNAL.
The only kind of intolerance which
should be tolerated in America is in
tolerance of intolerance. The nar
row-minded have entirely too firm
a grip on American life and habits.
They would snatch away from Ame
ricans the sacred rights guaranteed
to them under the greatest master
piece of.man—the Declaration of In
dependence.
ALPHARETTA, GA., PRESS.
Atlanta has a number of devils
who are promenading under the
guise of Christian leaders. They are'
persecuting Catholics and appealing
to the passions of the ignorant and
vicious. They are enemies to so
ciety. They ought not to be coun
tenanced by the good people of our
capital city.
TIFTON, GA., GAZETTE.
Editor Shytle, of the Adel News,
says it for us better than we could
say it, in this: “The muddle in At
lanta over the school question is to
be deplored. One commissioner
wants to oust all tlie teachers of
the Catholic faith who are teaching
in the public schools for no other
reason than they are Catholics. Why
should it matter to what church or
any other organization teachers be
long so they fill their places ac
ceptably and don't try to proselyte
the children under their care? Only
one man in the whole city of At
lanta, so far as we are advised, is
finding fault with these teachers. It
is to he regretted when church af
fairs are to be brought into our
school systems. Usually the man
who harps on the church affiliation
of another to try to oust him is try
ing to make capital for his benefit.
This country was founded on the
principles of religous liberty, but
some people are slow to^egalize it/*