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Published by the Catholic Lay men’s Association of Georgia. lltlin i “To Bring About a Friendlier Feeling Among Neighbors. Irre spective of Creed” VOL. XVI. No. 2 AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 15, 1935 ISSUED MONTHLY—$2.00 A YEAR Snap Shots The Reds are blue. Film dirt is no longer pay dirt. The newest Mohawk Trail led forty to eternity. Why does Baton Rouge? Its blush should suffice. Most people who say there is no hereafter only hope there is none. In closing Protestant missions, the Mexican government has opened Protestant eyes. The birthday parties for our dem ocratic president were coalition par ties. Catholic Press Month note: Up holding the Catholic Press does not ntean holding it up. Anticipated news report: Hitler demands plebiscites in Cincinnati and Milwaukee. The decision of the Supreme Court does not alter the value of the Golden Rule. ..Opposition to Papal Infallibility comes chiefly from those claiming personal infallibility. The reaction to Will Rogers’ gags is an example of the power of gag rule. New Jersey reports that the Haupt mann trial cost it $MH>0 a day, and the tabloids say it was worth it. The editor of the Darien, Ga., Ga zette says that if he had quintuplets he would not name any of them Bruno. The birth-controllers are having trouble making themselves heard above the din raised by the Dionne quintuplets. With announcements made in elev en languages in one London church, people still call the rectory for the hours of Masses. The University of the South made Postmaster-General Parley a Doctor of Literature. Why not a Doctor of Letters? Harry Elmer Barnes, divorced and remarried the same day, is sdll a “great moral leader.* Tire blind leading the dumb. Monsignor John A. Ryan advocates the elimination of the incompetent small business man. The sheriffs and "bankruptcy courts have been .at tending to that. A prominent clergyman indicts the members of the senate as murders of the World Court, and they plead justifiable homicide. New York's Commissioner of Po lice has appointed 125 “intelligenzia” in the department to special duty. These foreigners get all the soft jobs. ..“Hold everything'’ should be coun sel in time of excitement and not when the collection basket comes around. CATHOLIC EDUCATION LEADERS OF NATION MEET IN ATLANTA University and College Pres idents and Faculty Mem bers Attend Conference (By N. C. W. C. News Service) ATLANTA.—Prominent educators from many Catholic colleges and universities attended the Mid-Winter meeting of the College Deoartment of the National Catholic Educational Association. The Rev. William F- Cunningham, C. S. C., Notre Dame University, president of the Depart ment. presided. The Rev. Francis L. Meade. C. M„ dean of Niagara Uni versity. N. Y.. was secretary. The Executive Committee arranged the program for the annual meeting of the College Department in Chica go on April 24 and 25. It also approv ed, for representation at the annual meeting, the report of the organiza tion- committee proposing a complete reorganization of the department along the lines of regional units. More than 80 representatives of Catholic Colleges were present at a luncheon-meeting, when preliminary reports of the standing committees were presented and discussed. The report of the Committee on Educa tional Policy and Program was pre sented by the Rev. William J. Mc- Gucken, S. J.. of St. Louis Univer- . sity. The Very Rev. Samuel K. Wil son. S. J.. president of Loyola Uni versity. Chicago, presented the re port of the Committee on College Ac creditation. “Financing of the Cath olic College” was the title of the re port presented by the committee of which the Rev. Dr. Maurice S- Shee- Uy, Assistant to the Rector of the Catholic University of America. Washington. D. C.. was chairman. The Very Rev. Edward V. Stanford, O. S. A., President of Villanova Col lege, gave the report of the Organiza tion Committee. Among other well-known educa tors present at Atlanta, were: the Rev. Daniel H. O’Connell. S. J., Loy ola University, Chicago; Mother An tonio. president of St. Catherine Col lege, St. Paul; the Very Rev. Dr. Lo renzo C. McCarthy, O. P.; president, and the Rev. Daniel M. Galliher, O. P., dean of Providence College; Sis- t er Mary Aloysius Malloy, president of St- Teresa’s College, Winona. Minn.; Sister Mary Evelyn, dean of Rosary College, Chicago; the Rev. George Johnson, Secretary General of the National Catholic Educational Association; the Rev. Alphonse M. Schwitalla. S. J.. and the Rev. Tim ber M. Smith, S. J.. of St. Louis Uni versity; Brother Patrick, F. S. C., president of Manhattan College: Mother -Grace Damann. president of the Ursuline College, New York City; the Rev. Mother Marv Felix. R. H. C. J.. provincial, and Mother Mary Ig natius, R. H. C. J, president of Rose- mont College, Rosemont, Pa.; the Rev. Hugh Conahan. S. S. J . dean of Xavier University. New Orleans; the Rev. Thomas F. Maher. C. M„ dean of St. John's University. Brooklyn; the Rev. Dr. Felix N. Pitt, superin tendent of schools. Louisville; the Very Rev. Dr. James Moynihan, President of St- Thomas College, St. Paul; Sister Madeleva, C. S. C., President of St. Mary’s College. No tre Dame. Ind-; the Rt. Rev. Abbot Ambrose Reyer. O. S. B„ president, and the Rev. Aloysius Menses, O. S. B., dean of St- Bernard College. Ala.; (Continued on Page Eight ) Father Nevils Lauds Work of Late Head of Red Cross J .Carroll Payne Narned Knight of St. Gregory □ □ (BY N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE) WASHINGTON—Tribute was paid to Judge John Barton Payne by the Rev. W. Coleman Nevils, S. J. presi dent of Georgetown University, as the late chairman of the American Red Cross was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery amid ceremonies attended by outstanding leaders in civil and social life. Father Nevils was invited to deliv er the eulogy at the grave on behalf of the American Red Cross, and in his brief address declared;: “We cannot but feel that there is universal sorrow for dear Judge Pay ne. There is mourning in all the world, because in Japan we saw 60 nations pay tribute to him as the great Red Cross leader. Then, too, there are thousands, nay, millions, he has helped. There is the consoling thought that todajl he is receiving a welcome from those who have gone before, and are waiting to greet this great father of mercy. Our loss is heaven’s gain and heaven is all the more attractive because he had pre ceded us—our dear, devoted, loving and sweet father—Judge Payne.” Father Nevils attended as an Amer ican delegate the thirteenth interna tional conference of the Red Cross held last October at Tokyo. In speaking with some friends, Father Nevils told how Judge Payne had attended his Mass eacli Sunday during the journey and encouraged others on the boat to do the same- In the course of the trip, Father Nevils said, Judge Payne had discussed with the Georgetown rector many religi ous problems. In the course of Judge Payne’s final illness, Father Nevils was the only clergyman who attended him. This was at Judge Payne’s own insis tent request. He was not a Catho lic. Holy Father Honors Leading Atlanta Catholic Layman, Bishop Keyes Announces (Special to The Bulletin) ATLANTA, Ga.—J Carroll P/iyne, one of Atlanta’s most widely known and most influential citizens and business leaders, and an outstanding member of the Georgia Bar, has been named a Knight of St. Gregory by the Holy Father, according to word received by the Most Rev. Michael J. Keyes, D. D.. Bishop of Savannah, and communicated by him to Mr. Payne. Mr. Payne has been associated with practically every major Catholic movement in this city for the past two generations, and has been a moving spirit in most of them, and with him Atlanta’s other Knights of St. Gregory. Col. Jack J. Spalding and James J Haverty. Born in Virginia September 21, 1855, Mr. Payne is a member of pioneer Virginia and Maryland fam ilies. On his paternal side, he is a descendant of Capt. William Payne who recruited the “Fairmount Blues” during the Revolution; on his mother's side he is descended in direct line from Governor Thomas Green, second governor Maryland, who came to America with the Calverts in 1634. Mr. Payne's mother was, Anne America Semmes, and his father Major Rice Winfield Payne; his fath er, a leading member of the Virginia bar, became a Catholic many years be fore his death. Senator Borah Cites Evi dence That Government Has Abused U. S. Citizens (By N. C. W. C. News Serice) WASHINGTON—The Senate of the United States is called upon to pro test “the anti-religious campaign and practices of the present rulers of Mex ico;” to condemn strongly “the cruel ties and brutalities that have accom panied the campaign,” and to author ize its Committee on Foreign Rela tions, or a sub-committee of that group, to hold hearings and collect evidence on the religious situation in Mexico, in a resolution presented on the floor by Senator William E. Borah of Idaho. The Senate committee would collect data, the resolution states, “for the purpose of determining the policy of the United States in reference to this vital problem and in what way we may best serve the cause of tolerance and religious freedom.” THE RESOLUTION provides for an oppropriation of $10,000 to defray the expenses of such hearings and would authorize the investigating committee “to require by subpeona or otherwise, the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers anl documents.” Following the introduction of the Borah Resolution, Senator David I. Walsh, of Massachusetts issued a statement saying that “it is expected that the Senate will take prompt and favorable action on the resolution and that hearings will be held in the near future.” He stated that for some time a group of United States Senators have been giving attention to the many protests and petitions directed against the religious persecution in Mexico. SENATOR BORAH declared his res olution asking that the Senate Com mittee on Foreign Relations investi gate the religious persecution in Mex ico was prompted largely by evidence that American citizens were maltreat ed. Replying to critics who asserted that this resolution was inconsistent with his fight to keep the United States out of foreign entanglements that might result from adherence to the World Court, Senator Borah said: “My interest in this matter has been by reason of evidence furnished me that American citizens are being mal treated and deprived of their property in Mexico, and also by the fact that thousands of refugees are being driv en across the Mexican border and are (Continued on Page Five) | J. CARROLL PAYNE, K. S. G. | □ □ ing from the Jesuit Fathers at Georgetown University, Mr. Payne entered the law school of the Univer sity of Virginia, transferring after one year to Tulane University, New Or leans, where he received his degree in law. He then became associated with his uncle, Hon. Thomas J. Semmes. in the practice of law in New Orleans. On November 25. 1885, he was united in marriage to Miss Helen Fairlie Hill, daughter of FATHER FREDERIC IS ELECTED ABBOT Former Georgian Named to Succeed Late Abbot Ed mund of Trappists (By N. C. C. W- News Service) BARDSTOWN, Ky.—The Rev. M. Frederic Dunne, O. C. S O., Prior of Gethsemani Abbey, near here, for 33 years, has been elected Abbot suc ceeding the late Abbot Edmond M. Obrecht. The Most Rev. Corenun Guyader, O. C| S. O., Abbot of Melleray, France, presided over the election. The blessing of the new Abbot, which will be a public ceremony, will take place some time this month. The Most Rev. John A. Floersch, Bishop of Louisville, will officiate on that oc casion. Abbot Frederic was bom in Inonton. Ohio, April 25, 1874, the son of Hugh Dunne and Mary Louise Stenger Dunne. When a very small child, the (By N. C. W. C. News Service) Protestant ministers and Jewish rabbis were nine-tenths of the more than 500 signatories whose names ap peared on a statement made pub lic recently by the National Con ference of Jews and Christians. This statement pointed to the persecution of religion in Mexico and expressed “our alarm at every restriction upon the right of churches to function, and the right of individuals to practice the religion of their choice.” Dr. Issac Landman, editor of The American Hebrew, and Dr. Everett R. Clinchy. a Protestant minister, were outstanding among the speakers who vigorously condemned the per secution of religion in Mexico be fore a mass meeting of several thou sand persons in Brooklyn shortly be fore Christmas. Frank A. Thorne, president of the Methodist Episcopal Hospital of Brooklyn, introduced a CATHOLIC EDITORS NAME ATLANTA AS CONVENTION CITY Catholic Press Association to Meet in Georgia’s Capital City for May Conference (By N. C. W. C. News Service) CHICAGO.—Atlanta will be the headquarters of the Catholic Press of the United States May 23, 24 and 25. At the conclusion of its two-day meeting at the Stevens Hotel here, the Executive Board of the Catholic Press Association announced selec tion of the Georgia city as the place of the 1935 convention of the asso ciation, and also the dates. Host to the convention will be The Bulletin of the Catholic Laymen's As sociation. and the Atlanta branch of the association, Richard Reid, editor The Bulletin and former president of the C. P. A., presented the invitation to Atlanta, among invitations from several other cities. It was extended by the Most Rev. Michael J. Keyes, Bishop of Savannah, whose diocese includes Atlanta, and was backed up by letters from the mayor, civic bodies, all the newspaeprs of Atlanta, and the Georgia Press Association. Discussions, calculated to bring practical aid to the Catholic publish ers and editors of the country and in particular to place before delegates first-hand accounts of successful edi torial. advertising and circulation building devices and experiments of the last year, will mark the Atlanta C. P. A. convention. While numerous routine matters and special problems were disposed of Joseph J. Quinn, Editor of the Southwest Courier, Oklahoma City, and President of the Association, set aside one complete day for discus sion by the Board of Convention plans. The entire program was can vassed, several changes from previ ous convention procedure were made, and subjects and speakers were tentatively chosen, even though several months remain before the actual convention. Special handlers of particular sessions are at once to arrange acceptance of speaking as signments. Thus those who will ad dress the convention are to have ample time to make surveys and studies, where these are required, to obtain data for their papers to the convention. The actual program is to be announced later. Activities of the Circulation Vigil ance Committee of the Association in suppressing or discouraging activities of improper salespersons in the field of the Catholic Press were reported to the Board by the Rev. Jerome W. De Pencier, O. S. M., Editor of Mother of Sorrows Magazine, Chica go. The impressive work of this committee in an important field over a period of years was brought out. A plan was approved for submission to the convention whereby these ac tivities would be considerably ex panded. Present at the Board Meeting be sides President Quinn, Father De Pencier and Mr. Reid, the latter two being Board members, were: Joseph H. Meier, publisher of The Catholic Press Directory, Chicago, and Secre tary of the Association; Charles H. Ridder of The Catholic News, New York, Treasurer; Dr. Thomas P. Hart, Editor of The Catholic Telegraph, Cincinnati, and Benedict Elder, Edi- resolution which was approved con demning the religious persecution in Mexico as “a serious blow aimed both at religion and human liberty.” The Christian Century, undenom inational Protestant journal of reli gion, declared that the statement on the Mexican persecution issued by the Bishops of the United States last No vember is deserving of “ringing ap proval” in its main contention. Say ing that the statement would have been re-printed in its columns if space permitted, The Christian Cen tury then asserted that “the Bishops are right in saying that there is war against religion in Mexico” and that “the Roman Catholic Bishops, Arch bishops and Cardinals are right when they say in their closing sentence: ‘We are pleading not only the cause of the (Continued on Page Four) After receiving his collegiate train- (Continued on Page Eight) Senate Resolution Asks Mexican Trouble Inquiry (Continued on Page Eight) (Continued on Page Four) Protestant, Jewish, Secular Editors Denounce Mexico