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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JUNE 25, 1949
Rector Emeritus—Bishop England High School
MONSIGNOIt O’BRIEN
When the Right Reverend Monsignor Joseph L. O’Brien, S. T. D.,
LL. D., a native of Avoca, Pennsylvania, came to the Diocese of
Charleston, in 1914, after completing his study for the priesthood
at Mount St. Mary’s College, Emmitsburg, Maryland, and at the
University of Friebourgh, in Switzerland, his scholarship and
executive ability were recognized by the late Bishop William
T. Russell of Charleston, and the newly ordained priest was com
missioned to establish a high school for boys and girls in Char
leston. The next year, gathering a handful of students about
him, Monsignor O’Brien conducted the first classes of the high
school which honored in its name the memory of the first Bishop
of Charleston, the great Bishop John England. Through the
years, Bishop England High School has grown and flourished
and its fame has spread far beyond the limits of Charleston and
of South Carolina. Monsignor O’Brien retired as rector of Bishop
England High School two years ago, but his name will be re
membered lor generations to come, along with that of the high
school he founded, in the hoiAes of its alumni and alumnae.
Father John J. Cavanaugh, C. S. C.,
President of Notre Dame University,
Addresses Alumni Club in Greenville
(Special to The Bulletin)
Greenville, S. C.—Speaking be
fore several hundred members of
the St. Mary’s School Alumni Club
and their guests at Gallivan Me-
moral Hall here on June 11, Father
John J. Cavanaugh, C. S. C., presi
dent of (he University of Notre
Dame, delievered an inspiring ad
dress on “Today's Challenge to
Education”.
The meeting was opened with
prayer by Father Sydney F. Dean,
assistant . pastor of St. Mary’s
Church, and Miss Mary Slattery,
vice-president of the alumni club,
presided in the absence of the
president, Dr.. L. E. Dellinger,
Jr., who was out of town. James
F. Magarahan, an alumnus of
Notre Dame, presented Father
Cavanaugh to his audience.
Earlier in the evening a dinner
honoring Father Cavanaugh was
given at the Hotel Greenville,
where Miss Slattery presided and
the guests were welcomed by Bob
bie Pitts.
Immediately following the din
ner there was a business session
of the alumni club at which re
ports were submitted by commit
tee chairmen and the annual elec
tion of officers was held.
Dr. Dellinger and all other offi
cers of the club were re-elected,
including Miss Slattery, first vice-
president; Miss Ruby Berry, sec
ond vice-president; Miss Cecilia
Joseph, treasurer; Miss Sue Rose
Johnsey, recording secretary; Mrs.
Theresa Murphy Robertson, corre
sponding secretary; Miss Mary
tlraham, historian, and Father
Ronald P. Anderson, moderator.
Board members elected for two
years were Mrs. Louise Howard
Francis, Robert A. Dowling, Miss
Margaret Dumit; Miss Rachci King,
Miss Sherry Porter, Miss Joan
Healey, Bobbie Pitts, and Miss
Josephine Kerr, of Charlotte.
Remaining on the board for an
other year are Miss Mary Jane
Goldsmith, Sam J. Francis, Miss
Rose Easy, Frank Boniface and
Mrs. Lois Whitmire Philips. Sister
M. Ursula, principal at St. Mary’s
School, is ex-officio a member of
the board.
_ Reports were submitted by Mrs.
Teresa Murphy Robertson, chair
man of the membership committee;
Miss Mary Jane Goldsmith, treas
urer; Miss Cecilia Joseph, of the
activities committee, Miss Mary
Graham, historian, and Sam J.
Francis, publicity committee chair
man.
Special guests included Father
Edward P. Joyce, C. S. C., of
Spartanburg, Father Thomas A.
McLaughlin, O. F. M., of St. An
thony’s Friary, Greenville; Bill
Dunham, who will enter Notre
Dame next fall; Rex Enright, ath
letic director at the University- of
South Carolina, and Edward Din-
neen, civilian personnel manager
at the Greenville Air Force Base,
both of whom were former class
mates of Father Cavanaugh.
Also attending as guests of the
club were Mr. and Mrs. J. Merrelle
Mock, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M.
Ryan, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Egan,
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Cassidy,
Mr. and Mrs. James Biely, Mrs.
Charles Mclver, Mrs. -James Duff,
and Miss Anna Magarahan.
The banquet committee, which
was headed by Miss Slattery, with
Mrs. Philips as co-chairman, in
cluded Mrs. A. O. Peters, Mrs.
Clyde J. Swedenburg, Miss Sue
Rose Johnsey, Miss Joan Healey
and Miss Rachel King. The in
vitations committee, Sam J. Fran
cis, chairman, Mrs. Teresa Murphy
Robertson, cochairman, Dr. L. E.
Dellinger, Jr., Miss Rose Eassy,
Miss Jean Healey, Miss Mary Slat
tery, Miss Mary Graham, Miss
Cecilia Joseph and Miss Mary
Jane Goldsmith. The hall commit
tee, Robert A. Dowling, chairman,
Frank Boniface, co-chairman, Bob
bie Pitts and Mrs. Clyde Sweden
burg. The nominating committee
was composed of Sam J. Francis,
Mrs. Lois Whitmire Phillips and
Father Ronald Anderson.
Ushers for the lecture were T.
Francis McNamara, Jr., William L.
Brigham, Jamile J. Francis, Earle
J. McDevitt, Lee Kivett, Jr., Rich
ard A. Bindewald and Edward C.
Ligon.
Three Graduates at
Belmont Entering
Abbey Novitiate
(Special to The Bulletin)
BELMONT, N. C.—James Solari,
of Richmond, Va., John Graham,
of Bryn Mawr, Pa., and Horace
Patty, of Asheville, N. C., members
of this year's graduating class at
Belmont Abbey College, have been
accepted by the Chapter of Bel
mont Abbey for admission to the
novitiate.
After a Retreat of eight days at
the end of June, the three young
men will be formally invested with
the habit of the Order of St. Bene
dict by the Right Reverend Vin
cent G. Taylor, O. S. B., D. D.,
Abbot-Ordinary of Belmont and
begin their year as novices.
The Retreat for the novices will
be conducted by the Right Rever
end Aidan Williams, O. S. B., who
was formerly Abbot of the Abbey
of St. Michael and All the Holy
Angels, at Belmont, Herefordshire,
Wales. Abbot Aidan also conducted
the Retreat for the community of
I Belmont Abbey, June 13-7.
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Dr. W. C. O'Driscoll, of Charleston, Named
Professor of Anatomy at Medical College
Vacation Religious
School in Douglas
DOUGLAS, Ga—At the invita
tion of Father Frederick V. Gil
bert, O. M. I., pastor of St. Paul’s
Church, three Sisters of the Third
Order Regular of St. Francis, from
Allegany, N. Y., are conducting a
summer vacation school of religion
for the children of the parish here
and for the children of the mission
parish in Fitzgerald.
On the Feast of Corpus Christ!,
a group of children attending the
classes, received their first Holy
Communion at St. Paul’s Church.
In the class where John Lott, Rich
ard White, Tommy McKinnon, Re
becca Ann Harper, Nancy Harper
and Sara Francis Reynolds.
With the cooperation of the Com
munity Center, a full program of
recreation was arranged for the
children attending the religious in
struction classes and the youngsters
were entertained at a picnic at Jay
Bird Spring.
The Altar Society of St. Paul’s
Church sponsored a Fathers’ Day
entertainment at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. James Nahra.
Befort suspending its regular
meetings until fall, the Altar So
ciety met at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. A. C. Hanna.
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Dr. W.
Cyril O’Driscoll, who probably has
taught more South Carolina phy
sicians than any other living man,
has been promoted to the post of
professor of anatomy at the Medi
cal College of the State of South
Carolina.
Announcements of Dr. O’Dris-
coll’s promotion from associate
professor to a full professorship
was made by Dr. Kenneth W.
Lynch, dean of the medical col
lege, at a faculty' meeting.
Dr. O’Driscoll began his associa
tion with the medical college near
ly half a century ago. When he
was still a medical student in 1901
he served as an assistant in the
anatomy department.
With the exception of service in
the American Expeditionary Forc
es in France as a major in the
Medical Corps during World War
I, he has been with the medical
college ever since.
The son of Dr. Daniel Moinihan
O’Driscoll and Mrs. Mary Eliza
beth Cantwell O’Driscoll, both of
Charleston, he was graduated from
the medical college in 1905.
In the summer of 1914, he mar
ried Miss Rose Helen Bertrand, of
Burlington. Vermont. They have
one son, W. Cyril O’Driscoll, Jr.
The vast majority of physicians
now practicing medicine in South
Carolina were taught by Dr.
O'Driscoll. He is widely known
and respected in the medical pro
fession, and his popularity is at
tested by the numerous honors
which have come to him from his
associates.
He is a past president, secretary
and librarian of the South Caro
lina Medical Society; past presi
dent of the Medico Chirurgical
Club of Charleston, and is district
deputy for South Carolina for Al
pha Kappa Alpha, medical fra
ternity. He was a member of the
advisory board for the erection of
St. Francis Xavier Infirmary here.
Dr. O’Driscoll has been active
in civic affairs and his non-med
ical honors include serving as com
mander of Charleston Post 10,
American Legion, and on the ex
ecutive committee for the Boy
Scouts. He is a member of the
Charleston chapter of the Reserve
Officers Association, and is a ves
tryman of the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist.
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