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JULY 25, 1936
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC
JULY 25, 1936
N. Carolina Forest Memorial to Joyce Kilmer
TIMBER RESERVE TO
HONOR FAMED POET,
AUTHOR OF “TREES”
Dedication of Memorial to
Catholic Poet in Western
N. Carolina July 30
A great tract of virgin forest, 3,800
acres in extent, in the mountains of
Graham County, North Carolina, near
the Tennessee line, will be dedicated
July 30 by the United States govern
ment to Joyce Kilmer, Catholic poet
and World War hero, the dedication
coming 18 years to the day he was
killed in action in France.
The plan to dedicate a forest to
Joyce Kilmer was sponsored by the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Boze
man Bulger Post of New York in
troducing the resolution at the 1934
national convention in Louisville, Ky.
The convention adopted the resolu
tion and appointed as the committee
Paul A. Williams of New York, chair
man, the Rev. John B. Kelly, chap
lain of the Catholic Writers’ Guild
and Lieut. John McCloy, U. S. N.,
retired. The government authorized
the memorial through the secretary
of agriculture.
Joyce Kilmer was born in New
Brunswick, N. J., December 6, 1888,
graduated from Rutgers and Colum
bia, taught school for a year at Mor
ristown, N. J., and then began his
illustrious literary career, serving as
an editor of the Churchman and la
ter on the staff of the New York
Times. Despite his early and untimely
death in France, he had achieved an
international reputation as a poet and
essayist, “Trees” being but one of in
numerable notable poems from his
pen. As a young man he became a
Catholic, and most of his poems and
other literary work are on religious
topics and on the simple things of
life.
The forest reservation which will
be a memorial to Kilmer is consid
ered the finest of its type in America.
Here are great poplar trees as large
as seven feet in diameter and 20 feet
in circumference, towering 125 feet
into the sky; magnificent hemlocks,
red oaks and other majestic trees
keep the poplars company. The ring
of the woodman’s axe has never been
heard in this forest, and it is the gov
ernment’s intention that it never
shall. The forest is at an elevation of
3,000 feet; nearby are towering peaks
such as Stratton Bald, 5,000 feet; the
inhabitants of the Kilmer Forest are
for the most part Cherokee Indians,
descendants of those who secreted
themselves in the mountains in 1838
when the government sought to re
move them to Indian Territory.
The forest is adjacent to a tract of
between 30,000 and 38,000 acres it is
hoped the government will also ac
quire. The memorial forest consti
tutes the entire watershed of the Lit
tle Santeelah Creek in Graham Coun
ty, North Carolina, a few miles from
Robinsonville; it is accessible over
Federal Highway 129 from Knoxville,
which joins Federal Highway No. 19
between Atlanta and Asheville at
Topton. A short spur road will be
built through a portion of the Chero
kee Reservation to make the area
more accessible, Joseph C. Kircher,
of Atlanta, Southern regional forester,
announces.
Many of the trees in the forest are
hundreds of years old, and wild life
abounds; there are deer, bear, golden
eagles, cliff ravens and wild Russian
hogs; th wild Russian hogs are de
scendants of hogs which escaped
from a game preserve on Hooper’s
Bald in 1912. There is a variety of oth
er game and it is planned to make
the forest a game as well as timber
reserve.
Benedictines Make
Solemn Profession
Abbot Vincent Presides at
Ceremony at Belmont
(Special to The Bulletin
BELMONT, N. C. — The Vener
able Fathers, Brendan J. Dooley,
Martin W. Hayes, and Hugh P.
Hagerty, all of the Order of St.
Benedict, pronounced their Solemn
Religious Profession on Sunday,
July 11, at Belmont Abbey. The
professions were made during a
Pontifical Low Mass celebrated by
the Most Rev. Vincent G. Taylor, O.
S- B., D. D., Abbot-Ordinary of
Belmont. Present in the sanctuary
were the Very Rev. Nicholas Bliley,
O. S. B., and the Rev. Fr. Vincent
Campbell, O. S. B.. who assisted
the Most Reverend Abbot, and the
Rev. Fathers Eugene Egan, Michael
Mclnnerney and Maurus Bucheit,
all of Belmont Abbey. The choir
of clerics was directed, and ac
companied by the Rev. Father Gil
bert Fuchs, O. S. B.
The newly professed will remain
at Belmont Abbey to complete their
studies for the priesthood. They
The Rev. Cuthbert Allen, O. S. B.
FR. CUTHBERT NEW
RECTOR AT BELMONT
Father Paul Milde, 0. S. B.,
Is Appointed Dean of Men
(Special to The Bulletin)
BELMONT, N. C.—The Rev. Cuth
bert E. Allen, O. S. B., has been ap
pointed Rector of Belmont Abbey
College by the Most Reverend Abbot-
Ordinary Vincent G. Taylor, O. S. B.
D. D., of Belmont. The Abbot, who
is President of the College, also made
known the appointment of the Rev.
Father Paul Milde, O. S. B., as Dean
of Men. Father Cuthbert succeeds
the Rev. Father Benedict Rettger, O.
S. B., who has been transferred to the
faculty of Benedictine School, Sa
vannah.
Father Cuthbert is admirably qual
ified to be an executive. He posses
ses a knowledge of college men and
details of educational administration
born out of five years experience as
Prefect and Assistant Registrar, coup
led with keen vision and youthful
determination. His appointment
comes as a welcome surprise to the
faculty of Belmont Abbey College
and its alumni.
Father Cuthbert is a native of New
Hampshire. He was born at Man
chester in 1906, he attended the local
schools, did his higher academic
work at St. Anselm College, and was
sent by the Abbot-Ordinary of Bel
mont to Saint Vincent Archabbey in
1926. He made his novitiate there and
was professed as a Benedictine in
1927. In September of that same
year he joined the staff of Belmont
Abbey College as a Prefect of Dis
cipline. He was ordained priest in
1933. He received a Master of Arts de
gree at Catholic University in 1935.
Sociological, ethical and historical
studies comprise his educational for
te. Over the past year he has served
as Associate Head of the Department
of History, Director of Dramatics,
Head of the Department of Speech,
and Moderator of a campus forum
organized to discuss and interpret
current problems.
The new Dean of Men, Father Paul,
was bom in Brooklyn in 1895. He at-
Lenoed his praochial school in that
city, St. John’s Prep and St. John’s
College. He also made studies at the
Catholic University, Washington. He
initiated and completed his seminary
work at Belmont Abbey where he
was ordained priest in 1923. In 1924
Father Paul was professed as a Bene
dictine. He has been connected with
Belmont Abbey College in the capac
ity of Prefect and teacher, and served
as Disciplinarian for a short term.
Father Paul’s last eight years have
been spent in Savannah, where he
has been a member of the faculty of
Benedictine School. His experience
witn high school and college men has
given him a working knowledge of
disciplinary details essential to schol
astic life.
The changes become efective at
once. Father Cuthbert will be at the
College throughout the summer and
Father Paul will take over his duties
at the beginning of the scholastic
year.
The opening of Belmont College
begins on September 9th. Catalogues
and view-books may be had by ad
dressing the Registrar. Belmont Ab-
beytrCollege, Belmont, N. C.
will enter their second year of theo
logy in September.
Father Abbot preached a brief
sermon, in which he dwelt upon
some of the lights and shadows of
the religious life. His message was
a personal one—directed toward the
newly professed.
After the Mass, Benediction of
the Blessed Sacrament was given.
The choir rendered the Gregorian
versions of the “Adoro Te” and the
“Tantum Ergo.”
Appointments of Jesuits for
Southern Province Are Made
No Superiors Changed and No Changes in Parishes in
Southeast—Faculty Changes at Spring Hill and Tampa
(Special to The Bulletin)
NEW ORLEANS, La.—Administra
tive and professional appointments to
Jesuit colleges and high schools
throughout the South were announ
ced by the Rev. Joseph M. Walsh, S.
J., provincial of the Society of Jesus.
Administrative heads for the var
ious colleges and departments of
Loyola University remain the same,
as follows: The Rev. John W. Hynes,
S. J.-, president; the Rev. James A.
Greeley, S. J., dean of the college
of arts and sciences; the Rev. Percy
A. Roy, S. J., assistant dean; the Rev.
E. A. Fields, S. J., secretary; the Rev.
F. A. Cavy, S. J., treasurer; the Rev.
Leo O. Abell, S. J., director of the
university radio station, WWL; the
Rev. Samuel H. Ray, S. J., dean of
men; the Rev. John D. Foulkes. S. J.,
regent of the school of law; the Rev.
George A. Francis. S. J., regent of the
school of pharmacy; the Rev. J. J.
Wallace, S. J., regent of the school
of dentistry.
Professional appointments for the
college of arts and sciences follow:
The Rev. R. M. Brooks, S. J., the
Rev. Martin Burke, S. J., the Rev.
Charles C. Chapman. S. J., the Rev.
Terence King. S. J., the Rev. Karl
Maring, S, J.. the Rev. J. J. O’Brien,
S. J., the Rev. Eugene J. O’Connor,
S. J., the Rev. R. J. Mullin. S. J., and
the Rev. Louis Soniat, S. J.
Appointments to the faculty of
Jesuit High school. Carrollton ave
nue and Banks street, are as fol
lows: The Rev. Louis J. Mulry, S. J.,
president; the Rev. J. B. Bassich, S.
J., principal; the Rev. W. H. Babb, S.
J., assistant principal; the Rev. J. G.
Courtney, S. J., student advisor; the
Rev. T A. Cronin. S. J.. treasurer,
and the Rev. L. M. Bellocq. S. J., the
Rev. John Cronin, S. J., the Rev. W.
A. Fillinger, S. J., the Rev. F. A. Fox,
S. J., the Rev. J. H. Johnson, S. J..
the Rev Joseph Maring, S. J„ the
Rev. J. H. McKervey, S. J.. the Rev.
R. D. Needham, S. J., the Rev. J. H.
Stritch. S. J., the Rev. T. E. Stritch,
S J., and J. M. Buckley. S. J., H.
Douville, S. J., A. Foley, S. J., J.
Dardis, S. J.. F. X. Hamilton, S. J.,
A. B. Kearns. S. J.. A. F. Mangiar-
acina, S. J., E. V. Meyers, S. J., J I.
McEnaney, S. J., Vincent Muscat, S.
J„ J. J. O’Keefe. S. J., and J. E.
Schwing, S. J., teachers
SPRING HILL
Following are the appointments
for Spring Hill college, Mobile, Ala.:
The Rev. J. J. Druhan, S. J., pres
ident; the Rev. A. C. Smith. S. J.,
assistant dean; the Rev. M. J. Cro
nin, S. J., secretary; the Rev. T. A.
Ray, S. J., treasurer; the Rev. David
Lorig, S. J.. student advisor. Profes
sional appointees are: The Rev. W. J.
Crean, S. J., the Rev. J. L. Dorn, S.
J., the Rev. J. V. Deignan, S. J.. the
Rev. John Hutchins. S. J.. the Rev., F.
Janssen, S. J., the Rev. W. A. Mul-
herin, S. J., the Rev. W. F. Obering.
S. J., the Rev. H. A. St. Paul, S. J..
the Rev, P. H. Yancey, S. J„ and W.
P. Donnelly, S. J., J. H. Fichter, S. J..
G. J. Lemieux. S. J., E. D. Stewart,
S J.. and Jacques E. Yenni, S. J.
Appointments for St. Charles col
lege, Grand Coteau, La., follow: The
Rev. F. X. Entz, S. J., dean; the Rev.
Thomas A. Carter, S. J., the Rev. An
thony J. Achee, S. J.. and the Rev.
John Murphy, S. J.. professors.
TAMPA COLLEGE
Appointed to the faculty of Tampa
college, Tampa, Fla., are: The Rev. M.
McNally, S. J., principal; the Rev.
Lawrence J. O’Neill, S. J., student
advisor, and the Rev. Leo Garvey,
S. J.. the Rev. Warren J. Martin, S.
J., and Messrs. I. A. Fabacher. S. J..
E. F. Gross, S. J.. R. L. Levell, S. J.,
and RoDert E. Walet, S. J., teachers.
Other appointments which affect
New Orleans Jesuits are: The Rev.
Lawrence J. O’Neill, S. J„ to Tam
pa college, Tampa, Fla., as student
advisor; A. William Crandell, S. J..
and Cecil E. Lang. S. J., will attend
Ignatius college, Valkenburg, Hol
land; Joseph H. Fengler, S. J., and
George B. Hamilton, S. J., to Ceylon
for educational and missionary work
among the Tamils; Auguste Coyle, S.
J., to Brebeuf college, Montreal; the
Rev. Charles J. Quirk, S. J.. to St.
Louis university; and the Rev. A. B.
Gooaspeed. S. J., to St. John’s High
school. Shreveport, as principal.
The Rev. Dr. William D. O’Leary,
S. J., who has been acting as minis
ter at Grand Coteau, goes to Cleve
land, O., for his year of testmanship
there.
Charleston Sisters Lose
Beloved Members by Death
SISTER M. VICTOIRE SISTER EUPHRASIA
HEADED INFIRMARY 53 YEARS A NUN
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Sister M.
Victoire of the Sisters of Our Lady
of Mercy, died here Saturday, July
11, atfer an extended illness. Notwith
standing the fact that failing health
was asserting itself for the past few
years, her spirtit of sacrifice and de
votion to duty in the care of the sick
and afflicted at St. Francis Xavier
Infirmary never wavered. In the hope
of gaining renewed strength, she had
taken a vacation of a few weeks, but
in the sight of the Master her work
had been completed.
At the time of her death, Sister M.
Victoire was the Superior at St. Fran
cis Xavier Infirmary. For 24 years
she had rendered most faithful ser
vice in that institution in the prac
tice of the spiritual and corporal
works of mercy. Her passing away
is considered a great loss to the
nursing profession and to the com
munity in general.
Her funeral was held on Tuesday,
July 14. The solemn High Mass of
Requiem was sung by her nephew,
the Rev. Joseph L. O’Brien, of the
Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The dea
con of the Mass was Rev. J. L. Man
ning; the subdeacon, the Rev. Hen
ry Wolfe. The Most Rev. Emmet M.
Walsh, D.D., Bishop of Charleston,
was present in the sanctuary, attend
ed as deacons of honor, the Rev. L.
Ford and the Rev. M. J. Reddin. The
Master of Ceremonies was the Rev.
J. J. McCarthy.
Other members of the clergy at
tending were Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. J.
May, V. G., the Rev. O. F. Ferri, the
Rev. John Clancy. Rev. A. J. West-
bury, the Rev. W. F. Cleary, the
Rev. E. Burke, Rev. T. O'Shaughnes-
sy. The honorary pallbearers were
the doctors of the staff of St. Francis
Xavier Infirmary. The active pall
bearers were members of the vestry
in the city parishes. In the congre
gation were members of the Alum
nae of St. Francis Infirmary and
many friends of the deceased. Inter
ment was made in St. Lawrence Cem
etery.
In the hearts of all who knew her,
Sister M. Victoire has left the mem
ory of good deeds done, of kind words
spoken, of consolation imparted, of
cares lightened, of solicitation for
others in their endeavor to follow
the Master whom she was serving so
faithfully.
CHARLESTON, S. C. —Sister Mary
Euphrasia Mullane died at noon at
the Convent of Our Lady of Mercy,
June 21 at the age of eighty-one
years. She was born in County Cork,
Ireland, and was known in the world
as Ellen Mullane, the only daughter
of John G., and Johanna Ryan Mul
lane of Augusta, Ga.
Sister Euphrasia was educated in
the Catholic schools of Augusta. She
entered the Community of the Sis
ters there in 1883. For over forty
years Sister Euphrasia devoted her
time and her interests in caring for
the orphan girls. Her tender care of
these children and her gentle minis
trations to the sick endeared her to
them and won for her their love and
gratitude. When her advancing years
made it impossible for her to be on
active duty with the little ones at the
Orphanage, she was transferred to
the Mother House where she spent
her closing years.
She celebrated her Golden Jubilee
three years ago. The Jubilee Mass
was sung by her cousin, the Rev.
Father Eugene Egan, O.S.B., of Bel
mont Abbey. The Bulletin carried an
account of the celebration. Sister
Euphrasia was widely known in Au-
gus.a, where she has many relatives.
Surviving Sister Euphrasia are her
sister-in-law, Mrs. M. J. Mullane, one
niece, Catherine Mullane, and four
nephews. Ryan, Will and Philip Mul
lane of Birmingham, Ala.. John Mul
lane of Washington, D. C„ a niece.
Mrs. Eugene Clark of Mobile, and
eight grandnieces and nephews.
A High Requiem Mass was cele
brated in the Convent Chapel, the
Very Rev. John L. Manning, D.D., of
the Cathedral being celebrant of the
Mass, and the Rev. John Clancy of
St. Patrick’s Church, deacon with the
Rev. Father Guinea of Sacred Heart
Church, sub-deacon. The Cathedral
choir rendered the music. The Rt.
Rev Msgr. James J. May, V.G., was
present in the sanctuary, and a num
ber of the clergy of the city were
also present at the mass and the ser
vices. The children of the Orphan
age attended the funeral in a body
and formed a bodyguard as the re
mains were being taken from the
Convent. The Chapel was well filled
with many friends of Sister Euphra
sia who on account of her unselfish
thought for''others drew many to her.
Sister Euphrasia was laid to rest in
the Sisters’ plot in St. Lawrence
Cemetery.
The pallbearers were vestrymen
SAVANNAH’S NOVENA
ATTENDANCE GROWS
Two Services Necessary:
Each Monday at Cathedral
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The congrega
tions attending the services of the Mi
raculous Medal Novena each Monday
evening at the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist have become so large that
there are now two services, at 5 and
at 6:30; even with two services the
great Cathedral Church is well filled.
The devotion was inaugurated by
Bishop O’Hara.
B. B. WILLIAMS was named pres
ident of the Benedictine School Class
of 1930 at the sixth annual reunion
at the De Soto Hotel. Benjamin
Fleury was named vice president, An
thony Deegan, secretary and treas
urer, and Joseph Rossiter, sergeant at
arms.
MRS. JOHN PAUL JONES was
called to Louisville, Ky., early in Ju
ly by the death of her brother, John
J. Tully, a World War veteran, who
died after a short illness. The fu
neral was held from St. Boniface
Church, Louisville.
ROBERT J. SAUERS OF
SAVANNAH PARISH DIES
Robert J. Sauers, a native of Sa
vannah, where he was bom 29 years
ago, died here early in July. Mr.
Sauers was a member of Blessed Sac
rament Church, from which the fu
neral was held with interment in
Laurel Grove Cemetery. Surviving
Mr. Sauers are his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. J. Sauers, his wife, Mrs.
Clifford Owens Sauers, and three
sisters.
FATHER CORNELIUS WINS
SENIOR GOLF TOURNAMENT
Father Cornelius, O.S.B.. of Bene
dictine School, won the senior goU
tournament at the municipal links by
defeating J. A. Duncan in the finals;
Father Cornelius shot an approximate
84 for the tournament, to Mr. Dun
can’s 87. Father Cornelius recently
shot a 73 over the Savannah Golf
Club course, going out in 37 and com
ing back in 36.
Miss Mary May of
Augusta Parish Dies
Widely Known Young Nurse
Was 111 in New Mexico
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Miss Mary May, a
member of one of Augusta’s most
widely known Catholic families, died
early in July at Albuquerque, ]M. M.,
after an> extended illness from- which
she appeared to be recovering until
shortly before her death- Miss May
was the daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Marion May; her great-grand
father was mayor of Augusta for
many years, longer than any other
chief executive of the municipality.
She was educated at Mt. St. Joseph
Academy and the University Hos
pital Training School for Nurses, and
was 26 years old at the time of her
death.
The funeral was hied from Sacred
Heart Church here, with interment in
Westover Cemetery.
Surviving Miss May are her grand
parents, Mrs. Mary McCarthy, three
brothers, Frank, James and Marion;
her sister, Miss Rita May, all of Au
gusta, and six aunts.
Miss May was universally popular
here and her death when she seemed
to be on the road to recovery, was a
source of deep sorrow to the com
munity.
Fr. Rockwood, S. J
Finishes Tertainship
VICKSBURG, Miss. — The. Rev.
H. W. Rockwood, S. J., the first na
tive of Vicksburg to become a
Jesuit, has finished his year of ter-
tianship at St. Stanislaus College in
Cleveland, and has been assigned to
the Jesuit High School in New Or
leans for the summer. Father Rock
wood was ordained two years ago
at St. Mary’s, Kansas.
Chattanooga Parish
Holds Annual Picnic
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.—A record
crowd attended the annual parish pic
nic sponsored by the Laymen’s Din
ner Club of Sts. Peter and Paul par
ish at the Chattanooga Rod and Gun
Club July 15. O. J. Hubbuck and Her
bert Haile were general chairmen, as
sisted by committees from the parish,
the Knights of Columbus and parish
circles and sodalities.
H. A. STUHLDREHER, one of Notre
Dame’s famed “Four Horsemen”, has
been named head football coach at
the University of Wisconsin. As coach
at Villanova for the past eleven
years, his teams have won 65 games,
lost 24 and tied 10. He is 34 years
old,
from the various Catholic churches
of Charleston, John Riley, William
Ehrnardt, John Rooney, George
Spain, William Condon, Thomas
O’Brien. ,_ L