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a r 4 THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA. MAY 11. it) 2 9. THE BULLETIN The Official Organ of the Catholic Laymen's tlon of ^Gcorgiar ~ ~ Catholic School Products The Catholic educational system o£ the Diocese of Associa-_ _Savannah can point with pride to the result of the recent newspaper-sponsored high school oratorical RICHARD REID. Editor. Member of N. C. W. C. News Service and of the Cath- <Hi Press Association r.f the Oniu-il states and Canada. Published semi-monthly by the Publicity Department w ith the Approbation of the Rt. Rev. Bishops of Ra leigh Charleston, Savannah, St. Augustine, Mobile and Natchez. , 1409 Lamar Building, Augusta, Georgia. Subscription Price. £2,00 Per Year. FOREIGN ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE S. T. Mattingly, Walton Building Atlanta, Ga. ASSOCIATION OFFICERS FOR 1928-1929 P. H, RIQE, K.C.S.G., Augusta President COL. P. H. CALLAHAN, K.S.G., Louisville, Ivy., ADMIRAL WM. S. BENSON, K.C.S.G., Washington, D. C. BARTLEY J. DOYLE, Philadelphia Honorary Vice-Presidents J. .7. HAVERTY, Atlanta... First Vice-President J. B. McCALLUM, Atlanta Secretary THOMAS S. GRAYr Augusta Treasurer RICHARD REID, Augusta Publicity Director MISS CECILE O. FERRY, Augusta Asst. Publicity Director Vo!. X.MAY 11. 1 929.No.' 9 Entered as second class matter June 1 .T, 1921, at the Pest Office at Augusta. Ga., under Act of March, 1879. Accepted for mailing at special rate of postage-provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized September 1, 1921. ’, A Bulletin Milestone The Bulletin today greets its readers in ne\v garb. In January, 1922, it was changed from a ' monthly magazine to a semi-monthly newspaper, printed by The Augusta Chronicle, which over a half-century ago’ printed Father Abram Ryan’s Banner of the South. Now, after eight years of friendly relations, mechartical conditions make it impossible for The Chronicle to continue to print The Bulletin. The Augusta Herald has agreed to undertake the work and this is the first issue under that arrangement. In this period of transition The Bulletin will appear in eight page form. More advertising will mean twelve page issues. In the meantime The Bulletin will carry all the news, but it will be necessary to limit the length of articles. Cor respondents are therefore requested to record ail the facts in their stories but to omit all un necessary details. The Bulletin was launched in 1920 as a quarter ly. The following year it became a monthly. One year later it was changed to a semi-month ly newspaper. The next step would be to make it a weekly. The Bulletin has hopes in this di rection; the Southeast needs a Catholic weekly newspaper. With the assistance of our readers these hopes can be realized. We should like to have the reaction of our members and subscrib ers to this suggestion. Must We Support Our Detainers? Some time ago Father Charles J. Mullallv, S. J-> •contributed to America an article entitled “Does It Pay To Insult Catholics?” in’ which he urged Catho- —» lies to write to the business offices of newspapers misrepresenting their Church and cancel their sub scriptions. He advocated that Catholics let it be known that they would not buy a magazine or news- elimination contests in Georgia. Julian Halligan of the Benedictine School, Savanrlah, won- the champ ionship of the first Congressional district. Vincent Cefalu of Marist School, Atlanta,’ was the winner in the fifth district. They and the winners in the other ten districts of the state gathered a week ago Satur day in the State Capitol to compete for state honors. The board of judges included the Secretary of State for Georgia, the president of Georgia Tech and the state supervisor of high schools. Vincent Cefalu, fifteen year Old sophomore at Marist School was de clared the winner, with Julian Halligan second. Vincent spoke on "The Constitution, a Guarantee, of the Liberty of the Individual.” He will represent the state in the semi-finals at New Orleans. Julian’s subject was “America’s Constitution.” The triumph of the Marist School orator, who is this year repeating his record of a year ago, and the winning of second place by the Benedictine cadet is a tribute to them, to the Marist and Benedictine Fathers who trained them, and to the excellence of the Catholic school system of the state. They' met worthy opponents in the representatives of the other Congressional districts; their victory was due to their own fine performances and not to any lack of able competition. They demonstrated not only their conspicuous oratorical ability but their familiarty with and devotion to the Constitution. The eleventh Congressional district was represent ed by Miss Marie Goodyear of Glynn County Acad emy, Brunswick. Miss Goodyear is a graduate of the parish school, conducted by the Sisters of St. Joseph, the only Catholic School there, ahd a member of the parish of St. Francis Xavier. Fruits of Mexico’s Government Dr. James J. Walsh, historian and lecturer, and Rev. Dr. John A. Ryan, of the faculty of the Catholic University of America, Washington/ D. C., at a meet ing of the Foreign Policy Association at Baltimore early in April emphasized phases of the history of Mexico which are so obvious that they are often overlooked. Dr. Walsh quoted authority after authority to show that* in the old Catholic days in Mexico when education was under the care of the Church, it was much further advanced there than in .the United States in all lines, especially in medicine, law and science. Mexico had colleges and universities gen erations before the first permanent English settle ment in the colonies, and the first Mexican univer sity, a Catholic institution, was established in 1553, 83 years before Harvard, the first within the pres ent confines of the United States. Dr. Ryan, after stating that he had much sym-j pathy with many of the objects of the revolution, as we all have, said that he felt that “there is a question whether these objects have been wisely pursued in view of the fact, for instance, that less agricultural products are raised than before the revo lution and in view of the fact that 1,500,000 Mexicans have left their country. “I feel that the present administration in Mexico has deliberately antagonized the* Church, and that* Dixie Musings Confederate Memorial Day vivid ly impresses on us the fact that j followers of Lee and Jackson are | becoming fewer and fewer. The j reunion of the gray veterans will be held this year at Charlotte, N. C. Coincident with the Memorial Day observance the Augusta Chronicle carried a cut of Mr. and Airs. E. C. McCarthy of that city, who were married April 22, 1866, after Air. McCarthy had served through the entire four years of war, in the Confederate forces; this was there fore the sixty-third anniversary of their marriage. Air. McCarthy is 87 arid Mrs. ATcCarthy 85. They are both in good health and their friends pray that they w T ill be spared for their diamond jubilee. At Alobile on Memorial Day Rev. D. P. Lawton, S. J., state chaplain of the Spanish-American War Vet- erans, assisted by a group of stu dents, decorated the grave of Rev. Darius Hubert, S. J., the famous chaplain of the Confederacy. The remains of Father Plubert were transferred some time ago from the Jesuit Fathers’ Cemetery at Alacon to Spring Hill College. Father Hu bert served in the Army of Vir ginia, and among the boys assisting at the exercises at Spring Hill were grandsons of Confederate soldiers to whom Father Hubert ministered during the War Between the States. Change in publication arrange ments and increase in the amount of news make it necessary for The Bulletin to ask its correspondents to condense their contributions as much as possible. There, will be room enough for everything of in terest, but minor details which would not be interesting to the one writing if they referred to a city a hundred or more miles away should be deleted. The obvious should also be omitted. But The Bulletin is as anxious as it ever was—indeed more anxious—to re ceive news items of interest, timely and to the point. The headquarters of the Klan will move back to Atlanta, according to a news story which asserts that no ex planation of the move is given. Klan officials say that the organiza tion changed its headquarters to Washington in order to defeat A\ Smith and it accomplished its purpose. Georgia cast its vote for Governor Smith. Perhaps the Ku Klux suspects some enemy has been sowing wheat in its cockle patches down here. Dr. Phelps, of Y"ale, says that near ly every magazine article, sermon, lecture, and speech is too long. Audi ences cannot escape long vocal dis courses ,but a reader of an article can, and if he sees ft runs over fifteen or more pages he will read something else. He therefore urges brevity. The Echo of Buffalo disagrees. “We won der what old Dr. Brownson would have said to this plea of Professor Phelps?” it asks. We wonder how many outside of Catholic scholars— and how many of them—read Brown- son todays We wonder how many would read him if he were writing lengthy, scholarly articles now. In order to make his nressage effective, is it not probable that he would heed the suggestion of Dr. Phelps as far as possible? Question Box Q.—How do we prove that the Bi ble is inspired? A.—We believe the Bible is in spired because we are so told by the Catholic Church. The infallible au thority of the Church is the only con vincing reason for inspiration. The intrinsic proof to be found in the sacred books, the general approval of the Old Testament by Christ ahd His apostles, and similar proofs are in adequate either to establish beyond a doubt the genuine books of the Bible or their inspiration. As Saint Augus tine, one of the early fathers of the Church, says: “I would not believe the Gospel unless the authority of the Church moved me to do so.” The Bible is the Word of God “because” ns the Vatican Council defines, “hav ing been written by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, the Holy Scriptures have God for their author.” Q.—When did the Church begin to give people Communion only under the form of bread? A.—From its earliest days the Church followed in many instances the practice of giving Communion oply under one form. It is quite cer tain that hermits in the desert and the martyrs in prison did not receive Holy Communion under the form of wine. The first law forbidding the laity to receive Holy Communion un der the form of wine was ordained by the Council of Constance in 1414. The law was directed against the Russites, who declared that it was necessary to receive under both forms. This had been the general practice of the Church for many years before the Council of Constance. Many rea sons may be assigned for discontinu ing Communion under the form of wine. The scarcity of pure wine in many places and the danger of spill ing the consecrated species would alone be sufficient. It is not neces sary to receive under both forms that we may receive both the Body and Blood of Christ since He is whole and entire, Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity under each form. Q—.Who were the Mennonites and what do they teach about war? A.—This sect is named after Men- no Simons who was born in 1492 in Switzerland and ordained a priest in 1515. In 1536 he joined the Ana baptists but shortly separated from them and founded a sect of his own. They are now divided into many variations. They number about 250,- 000 and approximately 55,000 are in the United States. They rejected in fant baptism, oaths, law suits, hold ing of civil office and their members are forbidden to resist violence or bear arms even when their country is at war. Q.— Is it true that priests are al lowed to marry in some countries? A.—It is forbidden for priests in communion with Rome to marry. In the Eastern Church married men are admitted to sacred orders but this does not mean that men in sacred or ders are permitted to marry. Q.—Why is the Mass Book carried to the other side of the altar at the Gospel? / A.—The practical reason for mov ing the Mass Book or Missal from the Epistle to the Gospel side of the al tar is that it is more convenient for the priest at the Offertory and dur ing the Canon of the Mass. Jt is moved just before the Gospel. The mystical significance is that the .lews repudiated Christ and God took away •from them their inheritance and gave it over to the Gentile peoples. paper which jnsults their faith. The Wesleyan Christian Advocate is much dis turbed about the matter. “What is to be done about 11?” it asks editorially in a recent issue. “Certainly this much: we must be on our guard against the en croachments of this powerful organization and fight them by every fair means. If Catholicism can in timidate the press and business into subservience, Protestantism can stiffen their backbone into inde pendence. Boycotting is a business that two groups can play. And there are more Protestants than Catholics! If America is cursed by a muzzled press Protestantism must bear the blame.” If the Wesleyan Christian Advocate were to urge Mehtodists to cancel their subscriptions to publica tions offensive to them, we should think that it was not only within its rights but expressing a natural reaction. We should regard Methodists or Baptists or Catholics or Republicans or Democrats or prohi bitionists or anti-prohibitionists or any other group jus foolish if they were to continue to patronize news papers which insulted^and misrepresented them. The Wesleyan Christian Advocate criticizes Catho lics for considering such a natural course. What The Advocate seems to want is some rule or law making Catholics buy publications that are offensive to them. The Advocate asserts that “boycotting is a business that two groups can play.” Father Mullally urges something like it against newspapers which mis represent Catholics. The Advocate threatens it not against those which misrepresent Methodists or Protestants, but against those which do not make themselves objectionable to Catholics. We feel that the truly Christian readers of the Wesleyan Christian Advocate repell the suggestion quite as much as our readers w r ould if The Bulletin were to sponsor a simi lar anti-Methodist policy. In a book presented to the donor of an infirmary freedom of religion, as w T e know it in the United States, is unknown. I challenge the statement that the Church in Mexico is in alliance with the force's of reaction. I have never seen a single specific proof of such alliance. General statements do not get any where. If such alliance exists it wrould appear in the acts of the clergy and in the pastoral letters of bishops or sermons of priests and it has never been shown to me.” Senor Aloises Saenz, assistant secretary of the Department of Education in Mexico, speaking be fore Dr. Walsh and Dr. Ryan, had declared that “although the Church party has generally opposed all the great reform movements started in 1910, it is not behind the present trouble, for its worst enemies are among the generals in revolt and all their pre tended friendliness fools no one.” In reply to the Catholic speakers, he said that “it is difficult to answer such a challenge without documents and in a few words.” He presented not a single fact, and despite Dr. Ryan’s point that “general statements do not get anywhere,” said: “It is a matter of record that certain of the higher clergy have opposed the social changes which the people of Alexico desired.” Certainly an official of the government ought to be able to cite some definite evidence or quote the record if it were common knowledge, as he con tended. Then, too, after asserting that “the Church party has generally opposed all the great reform movements started in 1910,” he retreats to the charge that “certain of the higher clergy (whom he does not name) have opposed the social changes and progress which the people of Alexico desired.” Don Bosco, founder of the Salesian Fathers, who are laboring at Ybor City, Florida, as well as in numerous other places throughout the country and the world, will soon be beatified by Pope Pius XI, according to news from Rome, the next step in the pro cess toward canonization. An un usual feature of the beatification, scheduled to take place June 2, is the fact that the Holy Father not only knows Don Bosco but as a yo»!t:g priest lived with him several days 46 years ago. “We English-Canadians and Eng lish-Americans are fairly open to the charge of having mistaken the means of preserving and sustaining life for Life itself,” writes W. H. Moore, of Toronto in The Clash, page 142. “The French-Canadians, as a people, do not regard civilization as consisting of a mere increase in the complication of material wants, which can be satis fied only by fuither material produc tion. That is not the end for which they maintain a national existence. Quebec has two or three public holi days to Ontario’s one; and these days, set apart by Church customs, are in variably spent in enjoyment. The Church in Quebec teaches its chil dren not only how to pray, but to play as well. ‘They are always holi daying in Quebec,” groaned a com mercial traveler from Toronto to me in a French-Canadian town one day as .with stores and shops locked up, he impatiently kicked his heels on the hotel veranda. Selling goods. and^ more goods, was his main aim in life, was, in fact, his life; and, unfortu nately for him, he was in community where buying and selling is only a minor—and perhaps a regretted— means to the appreciation and enjoy ment of life.” That there is difference of opinion among Catholics, among the clergy and among the higher clergy on the merits of the revolutionary program is hardly an occasion for wonderment when, according to Senor Saenz’s own words, some of the generals in revolt against the government fostering the program are as anti-Catholic as the Calles-Gil-Saenz forces, proving that the Calles school of thought is not in accord on it. “Because quinine was discovered by a Catholic and There are millions of people in the United States who regard the things Mr. Aloore commends as indications of “Roman Catholic backwardness.” But the French and people of similar “backward” Catholic states unfor tunately are unaware of their plight and go on their happy way, while those who fortunately are aware of the essentials of real progress and well-being race around madly to drum up new business to meet payments on some new fangled article they must have to keep them from being miser able. Putnam Trip to Alaska (By N. C. W. C. News Service) WASHINGTON. — Robert Dick Douglas, Jr., of Greensboro. N. C, a 16,year-old fresliman at George town University here, has been chosen by George Palmer Putnam, New York publisher, to make a trip to Alaska and then to write about his experiences while camping, hunting and fishing in that coun try. While the seven weeks of adven ture that lie ahead of the George town youth would prove of sur passing attraction to almost any boy, they will mark but another chapter in the life of good fortune and travel that has been young Douglas’ lot. The freshman was one of these Boy Scouts who last summer earned the right to accom pany Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson on their invasion of the African jungle to hunt and photograph big game. The three boys later col laborated on a book, "Three Boy Scouts in Africa,” which Mr. Put nam published and which enjoyed remarkable success on the market. It is in recognition of young Dou glas’ work on the first book that Mr. Putnam has selected him for the Alaskan trip. The authorities at Georgetown has permitted Douglas to take his examinations early, that he may leave Washington tonight for New York, en route to Seattle whence ha sails May 15 for Koniak Island, off the southern coast of Alaska. It is the youth’s plan to complete his book this summer, and to return to Georgetown next fall, to cohtinuo his studies leading to the degree ot Bachelor of Philosophy. Bishop Toolen Confirms Adult Class in Mobile! (Special to The Bulletin) at Dartmouth College, Calvin Coolidge wrote; “To Edward K. Hall: In recollection of his son and my son, who have , the privilege by the grace of God to be boys through all eternity.” A truly Christian thought which may comfort others who have stood by the bier of a departed child. named for a Catholic, Protestants in Great Britain refused to have anything to do with the only known specific for malaria,” Arthur Brisbane writes in the Hearst papers. That, we are glad to say, beats near ly anything in the anti-Catholic campaign of recent memory and its hangover, , The Southern Messenger reproduces from a source it is not able to identify the following punctuation rules enun ciated by a printer: “I set as long as I can hold my breath and then I put a comma; when I yawn I put in a semi-colon, and when I want a chew of tobacco, I make a paragraph.” We are about convinced that this fellow sometimes sets type for The Bulletin. MOBILE, Ala—Rt. Rev. Thomall J. Toolen, D. D., Bishop of Mobile, confirmed a class of about sixty adults at the Cathedral April 28. A class of children received their first Holy Communion at the Catedral and another at St. Patrick's the same morning. \