Co-operation Among All Charities. Dr. James E. Hagerty, The Parochial School in Relation to Relief Work. Rev. The Uses of a Catholic Charities Directory. The Secretary of WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1912. 9.30 A. M. Section Meeting of the COMMITTEE ON NEEDY FAM ILIES. Vice-Chairman's Address. Mr. John Rea, President of the Modern Views and Methods of Treatment of Inebriety. Dr. The Parish Nurse. A Sister of the Institute of Mission Our Catholic Immigrants. Mr. Wm. J. Vavra, Assistant Discussion. 9.30 A. M. Section Meeting of the COMMITTEE ON DEPENDENT CHILDREN. Vice-Chairman's Address. Miss Stella Hamilton, Board of The Selection of Children for Placing Out. Mr. Wm. J. The Education of the Dependent Child. Brother Henry, Director of the New York Catholic Protectory; New York Discussion. 9.30 A. M. Section Meeting of the COMMITTEE ON DELINQUENT CHILDREN. Vice-Chairman's Address. Hon. Patrick A. Whitney, Commissioner of Corrections; New York City. Causes of Delinquency. Rev. James Donahoe, City Mission- Treatment of Delinquent Children. Mr. Michael Francis Discussion. Opened by Judge William H. De Lacy, Juvenile Court, Washington. At the close of the Conference the following officers were elected to serve during the years 1913 and 1914. Honorary President, His Eminence James Cardinal Gibbons; President, Rt. Rev. Monsignor T. J. Shahan, Rector of the University; Secretary, Rev. Dr. Wm. J. Kerby, Washington, D. C.; Assistant Secretaries: B. A. Seymour, Detroit, Mich.; Miss S. G. Gaynor of Chicago; Bernard C. Kelley of Boston, Mass.; Treasurer, Hon. Wm. H. De Lacy of Washington, D. C. Vice-Presidents: Daniel B. Murphy of Rochester, N. Y.; Miss Mary V. Merrick of Washington, D. C.; Richard Crane of Cincinnati, Ohio; Mrs. T. J. Meder of Chicago, Ill.; Rev. Joseph Ruesing of West Point, Nebr.; David F. Tilley of Boston, Mass. The Conference is now engaged in the work of compiling a complete and authentic directory of the institutional and lay Catholic charities of the United States. It is hoped that the work will be completed in 1913. The report of the first meeting of the National Conference of Catholic Charities makes a volume of 430 pages. Price $2.00 in cloth binding; $1.50 in paper. Up to the present, the Conference has been financed by the contributions of its friends and by the sale of the Report. Beginning with the 1912 Conference, it has been found necessary to add paying membership, as follows: Paying and sustaining members will receive a bound copy of the Proceedings without further charge. Sustaining members may receive a second copy without charge, upon application. The Conference bespeaks active sympathy and support in its work. It asks its friends to send a subscription in either of the manners above indicated, and to make any suggestions or send any information which will improve its efficiency or encourage its efforts to serve the great interests of Catholic charity in the United States. Address all communications to the National Conference of Catholic Charities, Catholic University, Washington, D. C. UNIVERSITY CHRONICLE. Visit of the Apostolic Delegate. His Excellency, the Most Rev. Giovanni Bonzano, Apostolic Delegate to the United States, was entertained by the Rt. Rev. Rector of the Catholic University on May 13. This was the first public appearance of the Apostolic Delegate since his arrival in Washington. At the dinner given in his honor by the Rector the Delegate was officially welcomed to the University by the Rector, who spoke on the intimate relations existing between the University and the Holy See. Monsignor Bonzano responded in English, expressing his appreciation of the reception given him in America and especially in Washington, and his deep interest in the University whose career he has watched from the beginning. After the dinner the professors of the University, the heads of the affiliated colleges, and guests were presented to the Delegate. Andrew Lang Prize Essay. The Prize offered by the late Andrew Lang for the best Essay on a Homeric topic was won by Mr. Charles F. Tansill, of Brookland, D. C. The contest was open to undergraduate students of the University. The Summer Session opened on Sunday, July 1st, with a Solemn High Mass in the chapel of Divinity Hall, at which the Very Reverend Doctor Dougherty was celebrant. The Sermon was preached by the Right Reverend Rector. The Session closed on Friday, August 9. Attendance at the Summer Session. The total registration of students at the Summer Session was 314. Of this number 11 were lay students and 303 religious. The religious represented 26 orders or communities and came from 55 dioceses of the United States and Canada. Public Lectures. During the Summer Session Public Lectures were given at MacMahon Hall at eight o'clock on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The lecturers were Reverend Doctors Pace, Shields, Turner and McCormick. Retreat for Sisters. At the close of the Summer Session a retreat for Sisters was begun. The exercises were conducted by the Reverend Paschal Robinson, O. F. M. Sisters' College. The first academic building for the Sisters' College is being erected on the grounds of the Benedictine Convent, Brookland. It will be completed for the opening of classes, October 4. It is It is a building of the "portable" type, and will be moved later to the permanent site of the Sisters' College. Registration. A week before the formal opening of the University the Registrar reports that every room in Gibbons Hall and Albert Hall is taken. will be well over one hundred. The number of new students |