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AUGUSTA, GA., NOVEMBER 22, 1930.
ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY—52.00 A YEAR.
COLUMBUS ENTERTAINS 15th C. L. A. CONVENTION
Cardinal Aids and
Endorses Red Cross
Archbishop of Boston Ex
presses Hope That Its Ap
peal Will Be Heeded
1 (By N. C, W. C. News Service)
BOSTON, Mass. — His Eminence
[William Cardinal O’Connell, Arch
bishop of Boston, indorsed the annual
toll call of the Red Cross here which
began on Armistice Day.
Cardinal O’Connell sent a check for
J100 with a letter to the local Red
Cross chapter. The letter read as
follows:
“I am very happy to send my con-
Iribution to the American Red Cross
roll call. I regard it a privilege as
iwell as a duty to assist in the hu
manitarian work of this great organi
zation, the chief object of which is
to prevent and relieve suffering in
iwar and in peace, at home and
abroad.
“During the war the American Red
Cross wrote a record of achievement
unparalleled in history, and the same
illustrious record it is continuing to
write in times of peace. It is the na
tion’s recognized agency for extend
ing to suffering humanity the help
ing hand of mercy, and its greatest
Virtue is its readiness to act in an
emergency at a moment’s notice. We
have had many notable examples of
this constant and effective service of
the American Red Cross during the
last year, not only at home, but also
in lands across the seas.
“Consequently, I take great pleas
ure in indorsing this annual roll call,
and I trust that it will meet with
great success and with the generous
support of all public spirited citi
zens.”
Widely Known N. Y.
Woman Becomes Nun
jMiss Mary Lucille Begg
Enters Cloistered Order
I (By N. C. W. C. News Service)
' NEW YORK. —Miss Mary Lucille
Begg, prominent in New York social
Circles, has entered the cloistered
Order of Franciscan Poor Clares here.
Many friends and relatives attend
ed the Vesper and Benediction Ser
vice held at the Church of the
Blessed Sacrament here which mark
ed Miss Begg’s last public appearance
in the world and her entrance into
the religious life. The Rev. Dr. Ful
ton J. Sheen, of the Catholic Uni
versity of America, a close friend of
the Begg family, delivered a discourse
at the ceremonies in explanation and
[defense of the contemplative life.
Miss Begg is the daughter, of the
late Joseph Begg, formerly a mem
ber of the New York firm of Travers
and Begg. She attended the Con
vent School of the Mesdames of the
Sacred Heart and later the College of
St. Mary’s-of-the-Woods in Terre
Haute, Ind.
Notre Dame Honors
G. K. Chesterton
Confers Doctorate on Famed
Author at University
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
NOTRE DAME, Ind.—Gilbert Keith
Chesterton, famous British author, re
ceived the degree Doctor of Laws here
by the University of Notre Dame.
The degree was administered by the
Rv. Charles L. O’Donnell, C. S. C.,
president of the University, in a brief
ceremony. Mr. Chesterton after
wards addressed the senior class,
thanking the University for the honor
bestowed upon him and expressing
his pleasure at being able to deliver
his series of lectures on the history
and literature of the Victorian period.
A reception for Mr. Chesterton by the
faculty was held in the evening.
Mr. Chesterton will complete his
present series of lectures on Novem
ber 15.
CATHOLIC LAW ALUMNA
WINS NATIONAL HONORS
New York Girl First in Scholastic
tSanding
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
NEW YORK.—Miss Dorothy Slay
ton, a graduate of St. John’s Law
School in this city, has been named in
a nation-wide contest conducted by
the Iota Tau Tau, national law fra
ternity, as the woman achieving the
highest law scholastic standing in the
Country.
Miss Slayton was graduated from
St. John’s Law School in June with
an LL.B. degree.
U. S. Bishops Hold Annual
Meeting at Catholic U.
Seventy Members of Hierarchy Attend. Unemployment
Discussed. Episcopal Chairmen of Various Departments
Render Encouraging Reports
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The Bishops
of the United States, assembled at the
Catholic University of America here
for their annual meeting, which end
ed November 13, took cognizance of
the unemployment situation that is
confronting the country. They au
thorized the Most Rev. Edward J.
Hanna, Archbishop of San Francisco,
to issue a statement in the name of
all the Bishops.
The meeting, attended by three
Cardinals, eight Archbishops, 58
Bishops and an Abbot, also sent a
special message of filial greeting to
His Holiness Pope Pius XI. The mes
sage, signed by Cardinal Hayes of
New York on behalf of all the
Bishops, was as follows:
“Seventy of Cardinals, Archbishops
and Bishops of the United States, as
sembled here in annual meeting, Na
tional Catholic Welfare Conference,
send Your Holiness this expression
of filial devotion and affection. Wc
all pledge anew our utmost effort to
forward the work of your Pontificate
and are happy to renew our conse
cration to you, the Vicar of Christ,
the Shepherd of the Christian
world.” . .
All the members of the Administra
tive Committee of the National Cath
olic Welfare Conference were re
elected by the meeting, and, in addi
tion, seven other members of the
Hierarchy were elected this year to
assist the members of the Adminis
trative Committee in their work.
Prelates elected in this latter group
are the Most Rev. Samuel Alphonsus
Stritch, Archbishop of Milwaukee;
the Rt. Rev. John F. Noll, Bishop of
Fort Wayne; the Rt. Rev. Emmet
Michael Walsh, Bishop of Charleston;
the Rt. Rev. John Francis O’Hern,
Bishop of Rochester; the Rt. Rev.
Joseph Francis Rummel, Bishop of
Omaha: the Rt. Rev. Edward F. Ho-
ban, Bishop of Rockford, and the
Rt. Rev. Edwin V. O’Hara, Bishop
of Great Falls.
The prelates re-^ected to the Ad
ministrative Committee are the Most
Rev. Edward J. Hanna, Archbishop
of San Francisco; the Most Rev. John
T. McNicholas, O.P.. Archbishop of
Cincinnati; the Rt. Rev. Thomas F.
Lillis, Bishop of Kansas City; the Rt.
Rev. Joseph Schrembs, Bishop of
Cleveland; the Rt. Rev. Philip R.
McDevitt, Bishop of Harrisburg; the
Rt. Rev. Hugh C. Boyle, Bishop of
Pittsburgh, and the Rt. Rev. John
Gregory Murray, Bishop of Portland,
Me.
The Sub-Committee on Apologetics
was requested to continue its pro
gram during the coming year. Its
membership consists of Bishop Noll;
the Rt. Rev. Francis C. Kelley, Bishop
of Oklahoma; the Rt. Rev. John Mark
Gannon, Bishop of Erie; the Rt. Rev.
John J. Swint. Bishop of Wheeling,
and Bishop O’Hara of Great Falls.
A message of sympathy was sent
by the Bishops to the Most Rev. Aus
tin Dowling, Archbishop of St. Paul,
(Continued on Page 7)
From N. C. W. C. Reports
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
N.C.C.W. Completes
Its First Decade
News Service Has 75
Subscribing Papers
The 1930 convention of the National
Council of Catholic Women, the first
held in a western city, marked the
beginning of the second decade in its
history, the Rt. Rev. Joseph Schrembs.
Bishop of Cleveland and Episcopal
Chairman of the Department of Lay
Organizations, N. C. W. C., said in
his report.
The 10 years that have elapsed since
the council was brought into being,
through the organization of the Na
tional Catholic Welfare Conference,
hase been marked by the difficulties
incident to any new movement, Bishop
Schrembs continued, but have been
intensified because of: (1) the lack
of understanding of what a national
federation of this character meant; (2)
the failure to recognize the need for
such federation; (3) the extent of ter
ritory involved, and (4) the lack of
material resources to carry on the
work of organization expeditiously.
In spite of these difficulties, Bishop
Schrembs reported, the Council, while
still far from the goal set for it,
may register really worth-while ac
complishment. The Denver conven
tion this year marked the high point
in this series of annual meetings, he
said, pointing to the fact that of
ficial delegates from organizatione in
57 dioceses met to report on progress
to date and to plan for continued
participation in the great program of
Catholic Social Action for which their
organization was called into being.
Cite Federal Bills
in Education Report
In presenting the report of the De
partment of Education, of which he
is the Episcopal chairman, the Most
Rev. John T. McNicholas, O. P., Arch
bishop of Cincinnati, reiterated that
the Catholic Church’s educational pro
gram must be kept safe from the in
fluence of secularism and materialism.
The report of the Department of
Education called attention to the fact
that there were introduced in the 71st
congress as many as 15 bills which
were of particular interest to educa
tion, and that the most important of
these were the Capper-Robsion bill
which would establish a Department
of Education with a secretary in the
president’s cabinet, and the Brand
bill, which would authorize the ap
propriation of 5100,000,000 a year for
two years to be distributed ot the
states on a fifty-fifty basis. In this
connection, the report directed atten
tion to the pamphlet entitled “The
Case Against a Federal Department of
Education,” prepared by Charles N.
Lischka of the staff of the N. C. W. C,
Department. •
In presenting the report of the
Press Department, the Rt. Rev. Hugh
C. Boyle, Bishop of Pittsburgh and
Episcopal chairman of that Depart
ment, announced that the N. C. W. C.
News Service now serves a total of
75 Catholic publications, 55 of which
are in the United States the remain
der being in a number of foreign
countries. He also announced that
the Department shows a reduction
in the deficits in all three of the
headings under which its accounts
are kept: (1) News Service and Ca
ble and Special Service; (2) Features,
and (3) Picture Servie. The Cable
and Special Service gained three
new subscriptions, the Light Feature
Service obtained four new subscrip
tions, and the Picture Service sub
scriptions remained unchanged, the
Bishop said.
A matter referred to by Bishop
Boyle as of importance to the News
Service and its future was the Inter
national Catholic Press Congress held
in Brussels, Belgium, in August, at
which the Director of the N. C. W. C.
News Service was afforded the op
portunity of speaking and was very
well received.
Among the year’s special news
events. Bishop Boyle continued,
were the International Eucharistic
Congress at Carthage and the cere
monies at Borne commemorating the
fifteenth centenary of St. Augustine,
to both of which the N. C. W. C.
News Service assigned its Paris Cor
respondent. Bishop Boyle also call
ed attention to the fact that when
Wjlliam F. Montavon, Director of the
Legal -Department, N. C. W. C., went
to Haiti with President Hoover's
comission to study conditions in that
country, he served as the News Ser
vice’s special correspondent, report
ing important developments affecting
Catholic interests. These accounts,
he added, gave Catholic papers cov
erage of which they otherwise would
have been deprived. Bishop Boyle also
called attention to the fact that Mr.
Montavon, following a recent visit to
Mexico, wrote for the News Service
a series of articles on present-day
conditions in that country.
Bishop Boyle reported that the
News Service has added two writers
to its staff of foreign correspondents
—one in Berlin, the other in Mexico
City. He also reported upon the fa
vorable responses that greeted the
Christmas and Easter supplements,
the series of articles by the Rev. Dr.
Fulton J. Sheen, of the Catholic Uni
versity of America and the Rev.
James M. Gillis, C. S. P., Editor of
the Catholic World, the series on
sports figures, by Vincent deP. Fitz
patrick and other special features.
Q 0
BISHOP WALSH. Elected to
N. C. W. C. Post
O O
N.C.W.C. Executives
Meet in Washington
Bishop Walsh of Charleston
Named Associate Member
of Administrative Body
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON.— The members of
the Hierarchy elected by the general
meeting of the Bishops at the Catho
lic University of America to consti
tute the Administrative Committee ot
the National Catholic Welfare Con
ference met at the headquarters of
the N. C. W. C. here, following the
general meeting, and effected an or
ganization. Meeting with the mem
bers of the Administrative Commit
tee were seven other members of the
Hierarchy, selected by the general
meeting to be associated with the
Committee.
The Most Rev. Edward J. Hanna,
Archbishop of San Francisco, was re
elected Chairman of the Administra
tive Committee. The Rt. Rev. Thomas
F. Lillis, Bishop of Kansas City, was
re-elected Vice Chairman. The Rt.
Rev. Philip R. McDevitt, Bishop of
Harrisburg, was re-elected Secretary,
and the Rt. Rev. John Gregory Mur
ray, Bishop of Portland, Me., Trea
surer.
The members of the Administrative
Committee were re-assigned to Epis
copal Chairmanships as follows:
The Most Rev. John T. McNicholas,
O. P., Archbishop of Cincinnati. De
partment of Education; Bishop Lillis,
Department of Social Action; the Rt.
Rev. Joseph Schrembs, Bishop of
Cleveland, Department of Lay Or
ganizations; the Rt. Rev. Hugh C.
Boyle, Bishop of Pittsburgh, Depart
ment of Press; Bishop Murray, Legal
Department.
The Committee, by unanimous vote,
assigned the associate member of the
Administrative Committee as follows:
The Most Rev. Samuel Alphonsus
Stritch, Archbishop of Milwaukee,
Department of Education; the Rev.
Edward F. Hoban, Bishop of Rock
ford, Department of Press; the Rt.
Rev. Joseph Francis Rummel. Bishop
of Omaha, Department of Lay Or
ganizations: the Rt. Rev. Emmet
Michael Walsh, Bishop of Charleston,
Legal Department; the Rev. Edwin
V. O'Hara, Bishop of Great Falls, De
partment of Social Action: the Rt.
Rev. John Francis O’Hern, Bishop of
Rochester, Executive Department.
The Rt. Rev. John F. Noll. Bishop
of Fort Wayne, the other associate
member of the Administrative Com
mittee, will be occupied with his
apologetic work during the year.
Tlie Rev. Dr. John J. Burke, C. S.
P. , was re-appointed General Secre
tary of the National Catholic Welfare
Conference.
ARCHBISHOP DOWLING
CONTINUES TO IMPROVE
ST. PAUL, Minn.—Reports con
cerning the condition of the Most
Rev. Austin Dowling, Archbishop of
St. Paul, indicate that the improve
ment which followed an unexpected
rally by His Grace continues satis
factorily.
Physicians attending his Grace,
howeevr, pointed out that the pre
late's condition remains very seri
ous.
!
300 Attend Great
Annual Meeting
Bishop Keyes, Dr. Coyle,
Benedict Elder, Mayor
Dimon Among Speakers.
Captain Rice Elected Pres
ident for Twelfth Time
(By N. C. W. S News Service)
COLUMBUS, Ga. — The Rt. Rev.
Michael J. Keyes, Bishop of Savan
nah, Dr. John G. Coyle, noted Cath
olic lay leader and orator, of New
York, and Benedict Elder, editor of
The Record, Louisville, Ky., and pres”
ident of the Catholic Press Associa
tion of the United States, were the
principal speakers at the fifteenth
annual convention of the Catholic
Laymen’s Association of Georgia, No
vember 9. attended by 300 delegates
and members from every section of
this state's 60,000 square miles.
For the eleventh consecutive con
vention, Capt. P. H. Rice, K. C. S. G.,
presided as state president. Captain
Rice was re-elected president of the
Association in the elections held. The
convention selected Atlanta as the
site for the next annual gathering.
The convention opened with Mass
at Holy Family Church, of which the
Rev. D. J. McCarthy, recently state
chaplain of the American Legion in
Georgia is pastor. The sessions of
the convention were held in the as
sembly hall of the Ralston Hotel.
Mayor Homer J. Dimon, of Colum
bus. who welcomed the previous con
vention of the association here in
1924, again extended official greet
ings. Col. Jack J. Spalding, K. S.
G., of Atlanta, a former president of
the Laymen’s Association, and the
winner of the Laetare Medal two
years ago, responded. James J.
Haverty, of Atlanta, first vice-presi
dent of the organization and one of
the South’s leading figures in the
field of business, presided at the af
ternoon session.
The report of the publicity bu
reau, submitted by Richard Reid,
publicity director and editor of The
Bulletin, revealed that the bureau
had distributed over 190,000 pieces of
literature in the course of the year,
conducted an advertising campaign
in the daily and weekly newspapers
of the state to acquaint non-Cath-
olics with Catholic belief and prac
tice offering to answer questions on
the subject, answered inquires not
only from every section of Georgia,
but from all parts of the United
States, checked the newspapers of
Georgia for erroneous references to
the Church, giving the editors the
facts in answer to objectionable ref-
(Continued on page five)
Officers Elected at
C. L. A. Convention
Capt. P. H. Rice, K. C. S. G.. pres
ident of the Catholic Laymen's As
sociation of Georgia since 1919, ap
peared before the nominations com
mittee to emphasize the announce
ment in his report of his intention
to lay down the office of president
at this convention. The committee
nevertheless renominated him unani
mously. He then advised the con
vention of his determination to de
cline the nomination because of his
age and the length of his service in
the office and because he was con
vinced a change in that position
would be helpful to the Associatiqp.
Bishop Keyes in a few words punc
tured the Captain's arguments and
the convention unanimously elected
him for the twelfth time. Other of
ficers elected follow:
J. J. Haverty, Atlanta, first vice
president and chairman of the finance
committee; John B. McCallum, At
lanta. recording secretary; Miss Ce-
cile C. Ferry, Augusta, financial sec
retary; Thomas S. Gray. Augusta,
treasurer; Alvin M. McAuliffe. Au
gusta, auditor. Publicity committee:
Richard Reid, Augusta, chairman;
Thomas F- Walsh, Mrs. Joseph E.
Kelly. Savannah; E. A. Sheridan, Ma
con; R. A. Magill. Evelyn Harris, Miss
Kate Murphy, Atlanta.
State vice presidents: Augusta. Al
fred M. Battey, Mrs. John P. Mul-
herin; Atlanta, . Jack J. Spalding,
Mrs. Mae McAlpin; Albany, James
H. Lynch, Miss Mary Brosnan: Bruns
wick, Kenneth Ammons, Mrs. J. C.
Styles; Cordele. P. F. Fitzgibbons;
Macon. M. J. Callaghan, Mrs. E. A.
Sheridan: Savannah, Henry Brennan,
Mrs. J. P. McDonough; Milledgeville,
R. W. Hatcher, Mrs. Jno. W. Hutchin
son; Rome, B. S. Fahy, Mrs. Sarah
Fahy; Athens, Frank Costa, Mrs.
Hines; Washington, G. A. Poche, Mrs.
Gilbert; Waycross. E. H. Hegearty,
Mrs. J. W. Cason.
President Rice has appointed from
the state vice presidents the follow
ing finance committee: J. J. Haverty,
Atlanta, chairman ex officio; M. J.
Callaghan, Macon, Jack J. Spald
ing, Atlanta. Henry Brennan, Savan
nah, Alfred M. Battey, Augusta,