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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEOBG1 \
MAY 21, 1927
Savannah Convention to Consider
Literary Awards Foundation Plan
Chicago—-Simon Baldus, president" Mary Synon, Noted Writer,
of the Catholic Press Association, J J . _
announces that at the seventeetli an- A— Cnmrantinn PmflfTHITI
niial convention of the Association, UD l/QUYeilllUlI I lUgldllf
which will be held at Savannah, Ga„
May 19, 20, and 21, he will present
a concrete plan for the creation of
a Catholic Literary Awards Founda
tion.
all’. Baldus has arranged a tenta
tive schedule showing now the an
nual awards will he made by the
Foundation.
“A Catholic Literary Award Foun
dation,” said Mr. Baldus, “means a
permanent fund of fifty thousand
dollars derived from life member
ship fees, invested in interest or di
vidend-bearing securities, which will
place from $2,500 to $3,000 a year at
our disposal to distribute as awards
among Catholic writers and literary
and journalistic workers generally.
“An idea as to how these awards
will be made can be obtained from
the following tentative schedule:
“$25 for the 1* st poem.
“$75 for the best essay or article-
“$100 for the best short story.
‘$150 for the best book of poems.
‘$150 for the best juvenile story
(book.)
“$250 for the best novel.
“$250 for the best literary work
(book.)
“$250 for the best religious work
(book.)
“$250 for the best book of a gene
ral character, historical, bio
graphical, etc.
“These awards, made annually, will
be announced at Ihc annual conven
tions of the Catholic Press Associa
tion.
“Naturally as the fund increases
by the continued enrollment of life
members, and by benefactions and
bequests that may be made to the
Foundation, a larger sum will be
available for awards.
“Under the auspices of the Foun
dation, the Catholic Press Associa
tion would also conduct a number
of contests, calculated to encourage
Catholic writers. One of the neg
lected branches of Catholic literature
is the short story. There would be
an annual short story contest open
to all adult writers for fiction. The
awards would be $250 for the best;
and $100 for the second best short
story. These would be published in
all the papers and magazines that
are members of the Catholic Press
Association.
“A special effort wiM he made to
stimulate interest in Catholic liter
ary subjects among the students in
Catholic colleges, academies, univer
sities and seminaries, by annual con
tests in the writing of short stories
and essays and an award for $150 for
the best short story; and $100 lor
the second best in each contest.
“On the theory that there is con
siderable latent literary talent to be
found in our Catholic high schools,
the plan that will be presented pro
vides for an essay contest open to
the students in their last year of
high school. There, too, the awards
would be $150 for the best essay, and
$100 for the second best.
“Nothing quite so constructive and
encouraging to Catho ic men and
women engaged in literary pursuits
and to the Catholic youth with lite
rary talent, has ever been proposed.
The possibiliity of creating a Catho
lic Literary Awards Foundation was
discussed as long ago as the first
convention of the Catholic Press As
sociation held in Columbus, Ohio,
seventeen years ago. That the foun
ders of the Association had tbe cre
ation of such a Foundation in mind
is shown fiy the provision they made
fqr the admission of *ife members.
‘‘The seventeenth annual conven
tion at Savannah, Ga. will probably
see the full fruition of the original
intention of the organiazers of the
Association.”
Jesuit Debaters Win
New Orleans, La.—Tile Jesuit h'gh
■chool was awarded the Glendy
Burke debating cup here recently by
its victory over Newman Manual
Training school, runner-up in 1lie in
terscholastic competition. The de
bates were sponsored by the Glendy
Burke society of Tulane university,
and the cup becomes the permanent
property of the school winning il
three times. Jesuit High, school pre
viously defeated Warren Easton
school, and Newman defeated Holy
Cross, thereby winning the right to
engage in the.finals, in which Jesuit
High defended the affirmative of the
question, “Resolved, that the eight
eenth amendment should be repeal
ed.” The high school committee in
charge of the debate, co-operating
with a committee from the Tulane
society, was composed of Prof. J. W.
Sewell, of Manual and Rev. Thomas
Maher, S. J., of Jesuit High. The
members of the winning team were
Carl Buehmann and Jack Schwab.
A. D’LEGG
Tailoring for Ladies
and Gentlemen
842 BROAD STREET
AUGUSTA, GA.
Miss Synon, one of the most
widelv known women writers in the
United States, will read a paper on
the Standard of a Catholic maga
zine at the Thursday morning ses
sion of the magazine section of the
Catholic Press convention, a paper
which will be discussed by John F.
McCormack, associate editor of The
Commonweal. New York, Rev. James
M. Gillis, C. S. P., editor of the Cath
olic World, New York, and Rev.
Faustin Hack, O. F. M., managing ed
itor. The Franciscan Heraid, Chi
cago.
Miss Synon is a native of Chica
go and was graduated at the Uni
versity of Chicago. She started
newspaper work on the staff ol
the Chicago Journal, and numbers
among her books “The Fleet Goes
By,” “My Country’s Part,” “Mc-
Adoo,” the approved Bobbs-Merrill
book of a few years ago, and several
others; she has also been a l'requent-
contrihutor to Extension and other
Catholic magazines and to Scrib
ner’s, Bed Book, Good Housekeeping,
McCall’s, Designer, Ladies’ Home
Journal, Pictorial Review, Harper’s
and others. Miss Synon lives in Chi
cago.
E. T. Cassidy, Macon, To Be
Grdamed Jesuit Priest
Macon, Gp. -A recent issue of The
Bulletin carried a very gratifying
story of one of Augusta’s sons who
has given his life to the higher call
ing and will be ordained priest of
God in June. Macon has a contem
porary of whom we are equally
proud. Edward T. Cassidy, son of
Mr. and Mrs. James Cassidy of this
city will also he ordained in June at
Woodstock, Md. Mr. Cassidy made
his novitiate in Macon and pursued
his studies in the regular order of
Hie Jesuit’s life. returning from
abroad just a few months ago His
parents, many relatives and friends
from Macon, Massachusetts and New
Jersey hope to jo'n him in June for
the greatest day that God has given
them.
The friends-of Chris. F. Sheridan
are welcoming h'm to Macon after a
stay of two years in Florida. Under
the name of" Chris F. Sheridan Com
pany he has established an up-to-
date paint store on Third street and,
with his experience in this line, is
in position to - apply the best.
Mrs. W. C. Shafer, President of Jhe
Catholic Woman s Club, has returned
from Tampa after accompanjing
“Daddy Shafer” ninety three years
old to the reunion—an annpal occas
ion he has never missed, despite his
years.
Miss Eleanor Keiinington, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs Henry Kennington
entered the training school in the
Macon hosp tal April 1. With Miss
Mary Huthnance, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Huthnance; Miss Marj
Lackay. daughter of Mr. and Mrs
John Lackav. Ihere arc three Cath
olic girls, all pup : ls of Mt. de Sales,
members of Ibis local institution.
Misses Anna Sheridan, Mary Wood
ward and Margaret Callaghan, all en
thusiastic scouts, attended the Scout
convention in Charleston recently.
The many friends of Mrs. I)an Tar
ver are sympatliiz’ng with her in
her great bereavement in the death
of her sister, Mrs. Catherine Pritch
ard. During the past several months
Mrs. Pritchard was the guest of her
sister, and dur'ng the Lenten ser
vices was a daily adorer—so we feel
that we have lost one of our congre
gation, although her home was in
Savannah.
.The Circles of the Catholic Church
were active during Easter week: Cir
cles No. 2 and 4 conducted a cake
sale at one of the local Rogers stores
on which a neat sum was realized.
Circle No. 24 gave an Easter egg hunt
on the lawn of St. Joseph’s school
which was both remunerative and en
joyable.
lh Central of Georgia Railway
Welcomes the Catholic Press Association of
United States and Canada.
We hope you traveled to Savannah on the Central of
Georgia and that we will enjoy your patronage on re
turn trip. Our Ticket Office at 37 Bull Street, Tele
phone 83, Savannah, Ga., will serve you courteously and
efficiently.
Sincerely,
F. J. ROBINSON,
General Passenger Agent.
Qeorgia Railroad
Extends a Cordial Welcome to the Catholic
Press Association of the United States and
Canada.
J. P. BILLUPS,
General Passenger Agent
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
RAILROAD
Extends Greetings and a Cordial Welcome to
the Seventeenth Annual Convention of the
Catholic Press Association of the United States
and Canada.