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The Road To I rue Peace Lead* Through Mary Vol. Ill, No. 45 Classes Begin At Watterson September 13 Bishop Watterson High School will open Monday, Sep tember 13, according to an an nouncement made this week by Monsignor Edward F. Spiers, Ph.D., principal of the new diocesan school. Four diocesan priests and five Dominican Sisters from St. Mary of the Springs Con vent will comprise the faculty for the first year. A total of 150 students have registered for classes at Watterson High School, which is located on Cooke Road, one block east of North High Street. Tuition for the new inter-parochi al high school, the first to be built from funds obtained in the Frank lin County- Development Fund drive of last Summer, will be the same as now prevails for the par ish high schools. Monsignor Spiers also announc ed that no uniforms will be re quired of students this year. How ever, it is planned to design a uni form for the use of girls, beginning September, 1955. A letter will be mailed later this month to parents of students who are registered giving more detail ed instructions concerning the op eration of the new school. It will be necessary for the first few months. Monsignor Spiers pointed out, for all students to bring their own lunch. This practice will be continued until the cafeteria is completed. Only seven of the thirty class rooms in the academic wing will be open for use in September. The other sections of the building which house the chapel, cafeteria, assembly hall and gymnasium will not be completed until January. Present plans call for no public opening ceremonies until the build ing is completely equipped near the end of the school year. Follow ing the formal dedication of the building next spring, elaborate ceremonies will be held to com memorate the completion of the di ocesan high school. Over Third Of Students At Tokyo U. Are Catholics TOKYO —(NC)— The student body at the Jesuit-conducted So phia University here numbers 2,128, of whom 746 are Catholics, according to latest statistics. ‘Congressional Grot States: (N.C.W.C. NEWS SERVICE) WASHINGTON Coexist ence between the free world and communism not only is an impossibility it is a guar antee of all-out war. This conclusion was empha sized by the House of Repre sentatives’ select committee on communist aggression at a press conference in the Capitol in connection with the release of its second interim report after conducting hearings in Chicago, New York, London. Munich and Berlin. Six recommendations for win ning the cold war were recom mended to Congress by the com mittee. They are: (1.) That the President convene an international conference of free nations to work out an agreement by which free non-communist na tions, working together, will with draw diplomatic recognition and terminate all commercial treaties and trade with Moscow controlled communist governments. (2.) That acting under the 1951 Mutual Security Act. the President immediately establish national mil itary units of escapees of military age to be incorporated into NATO forces and serve as a magnet for de fection of unwilling military forces behind the Iron Curtain. (3.) That Congress enact HR 8000, known as the Political Asy lum Act of 1954. to provide for effective reestablishment of select ed escapees in the free world. (4.) That coexistence ba "clear ly identified a* a communist myth" and be rejected "on the grounds that it is impossible for a civilization based on a belief in Almighty God, to coexist with an aggressive criminal conspir acy dedicated to the destruction of civilization and the enslave ment of all mankind." (5.) That an international juridi cal commission be established within the framework of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) “so that communist crimes perpetrated against humanity be fully recorded and officially noted for prosecution.” (6.) That the committees report and record of testimony be trans mitted to the U.S. Ambassador to the I nited Nations with the re quest that they be made available 4o delegates of other nations “so Only four short weeks from now, approximately 23.760 school chil dren in the diocese will be back at their desks again trying to clear away the vacation cobwebs and tackling readin’, writin’ and Tith metic. along v ith a good many oth. er subjects. Diocesan elementary schools will open their doors Tuesday. Sept. 7, and the high schools will open for business the following day. Grade school enrollment is up to about 18,712. including 3.944 first graders. High school enrollment is that the world may see the incrim inating evidence against the inter national conspirators who seek to destroy nations and individuals, religion and education, free labor, free enterprise, free speech, free press and freedom itself.” Rep. Charles J. Kersten of Wisconsin, committee chairman, explained that the committee de cided to release the report now in view of the tense internation al situation. He said the report is the story, first hand, of what happens to "the ordinary peo ple" when a nation is swallowed up by communism. Questioned by newsmen as to what steps might be followed in breaking off trade by free world countries with communist-ruled na newspaper divirion Summer Daze ill Soon Give Boy .. ... To School Davs "You moan I have to go through all those to get a high school diploma?" Little Tim Feeney, who will enter the first grade at Rosary Grade School in September, is just a little amazed to see the tow ering stack of text-books that he will be required to plough through by the time he is eligible for a high school diploma. When the official School Calendar was released this week by the Diocesan School Office, Tim got a little curious concerning the work ahead for him. When he was made to realize that he'll get his education in small doses, things didn't look so black. He's looking forward to join ing the 3,944 first graders who'll take their first trip to school, Tuesday, Sept. 7. Tim is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Feeney, 569 Bulen Ave., Columbus. about 5.040. Other important dates noted in this year’s Official School Calendar released this week by Father Ben net Applegate, diocesan superin tendent of schools, include the Principal and Teachers meeting scheduled for Sept. 1 and 2 the School Lunch Workshop, Oct. 12 the High School Choral Concert, Nov. 21 the Elementary Music Fes tival, Mar. 20. A new entry on the calendar is Holy Father's Day, Mar. 12, a day on which all school children Coexistence With Reds Is Path To War tions, Representative Madden ex plained that it was not up to the committee to devise these ways “but the free nations had better get together and do something quickly.” He acknowledged that while a break-off of trade might go hard on some free nations, it would “put the Kremlin on the spot” in trying to explain to the enslaved people the shut-off of goods and materials. Rep. Michael Feighan added: “We have a pres ent problem that.needs solving. It is up to the President and the free nations to solve it.” Mr. Madden-told newsmen that the work of the committee simply was using the greatest weapon against communism—truth. He said millions of people have believed Annual Teacher Meeting Will Be Held Sept. 1-2 The 52nd annual Columbus Diocesan Teachers’ Institute will be held this year at St. Mary of the Springs College, Sept. 1 and 2, Father Bennett Applegate, diocesan superintendent of schools, announced this week The Institute, which affords teachers in the diocese an op portunity to discuss new trends in teaching methods and to exchange ideas, is expected to draw approximately 600 reli gious and lay teachers from schools throughout the diocese. One of the highlights of the ses sion will be teacher-editor’s discus sion of problems connected with the instruction of reading. The speaker will be Dorothy I. Andrews, editor of the three sep arate School editions of Our Little Messenger. Catholic classroom weeklies for the primary grades, and the monthly Teachers’ Study Guides. A teachers’ teacher by ex perience, Miss Andrews will dis cuss the values to be derived from effective use of periodicals in the instruction of reading, showing how weeklies can be an integrating force for almost every study in the grades. Miss Andrews came to her pres ent work with unusual teaching background which includes being an elementary grade teacher a su pervisor. and a college teacher. She has been especially interested tn the primary level for many years. Her teacher-training experience in Catholic colleges includes teaching courses in children s literature, the methods in teaching of reading, educational psychology, the psy chology of the elementary school subjects and principles of super Dorothy I. Andrew* vision. She has also supervised stu dent teaching in Catholic parochial schools for several years. Miss Andrews came to the (Continued on Page 2) The catholic Times Columbus 16, Ohio, Friday, August 13, 1954 of the Jiocese will offer special prayers for the intentions of the Pope. The next important date in the calendar is May 7. the date of the annual spelling bee. Finally, the most important date to the youngsters, June 2. the last day of school for high school stu dents June 3, the last day of school for elementary school pupils. The complete school calendar is carried in this week’s Times on page 2. We suggest that you clip it for future reference. that communism was some sort of theory of government, but have learned differently alter feeling “the cruel lash of communism” across their backs. He said that the committee has been “exposing communism for what it is.” Since placing the blame on the Russians for the massacre of thousands of young Polish officers in the Katyn Forest, as the result of hearings three years ago, Mr. Madden said the committee “has contributed more to the battle of the free world against communism” than the United Nations or any other committee, in this or any other country. The report dealt with the wide difference between communism in theory and in practice. It detailed that during the hear ings, the committee heard 122 wit nesses and accepted more than 200 Sttmn statements from individuals dealing with how communism takes over a country and the tyranny it exercises in maintaining control. One of the witnesses was King Michael ot Rumania, who told of cruelties practiced on his people, principally the aged and children, by the communists. "Communism is in irreconcil able enemy of religion, whether it be Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Orthodox or Moslem," the re port said. "The committee is in possession of documentary ma terial relating to the persecution of all forms of religion. Eyewit ness testimony concerning Card inal Mindszenty's ordeal and show trial in Budapest was re ceived by the committee. The Cardinal appeared with his face gaunt and emaciated, covered with pink makeup to create an impression of health he used communist jargon as if it was his usual way of speaking saliva was trickling down his chin he (Continued on Page 2) -------------------o------------------ Bishop Read) Preside* At Funeral Of Priest's Mother Bishop Ready presided at the funeral of Mrs. Clara Kintz Dunn, 85. who was buried from St. Rose Church. New Lexington, recently. The Bishop also performed the ab solution after the Mass which was celebrated by Father Eugene Dunn, son of the tate Mrs. Dunn, and pas. tor of St. Vincent de Paul parish, Mt. Vernon. Besides Father Dunn. Mrs. Dunn was sunned by four daughters and five sons. Notice Tomorrow,. Saturday, August 14, is the Vigil of tha Faast of Our Lady's Assumption into Haavan. It is a day of complete fast and abstinence. All parsons savan years of aga and over are bound to abstain. All those-be tween the ages of 21 and 59 in elusive are bound to fast. Be cause this is a day of complete abstinence no meat may be eat en at any meal. Guild Adopts Resolution To Bar (tommies LOS ANGELES —(NCI— A resolution declaring commun ists ineligible for membership was unanimously adopted at the American Newspaper Guild’s national convention here. In another resolution the convention’ recommended to local chapters of the Guild that they resist “by every means possible any discharge or dis cipline of Guild members on grounds that fhey refused to sign a loyalty oath, or that they exercised their right of freedom expres sion, or that they invoked the pro tection of the Bill of Rights. “Invocation of the Fifth Amend ment must not be allowed to constitute cause for discharge, nor presumption of guilt. Guilt must be proved.” it was stated. A report of its Committee on Human Rights, unanimously adopt ed by the convention, asserted that it was a purpose of the Guild “to guarantee as far as it is able, con stant honesty in the news, and to raise the status of journalism and the ethics of the industry.” "If we are to be true to these ideals," it added "constantly ex ert pressure t- eliminate unneces sary racial designations, to avoid editorializing in the news, to eliminate commercial abuses, and to guarantee fair use of (legally) privileged material." The report also vrged Guild members to be ‘active in working against such abuses as compulsory 'loyalty oaths', black hsts. McCar ran-Waiter Immigration Act, Smith Act, the excesses of Congressional committees, restrictions on peace ful picketing and the like.” (The Smith Act makes it a crime to con spire to teach and advocate the overthrow of government by force and violence.) o------------------ Secular Paper Praises Parochial School System SPRINGFIELD, O.—(NC) Com menting on a property gift made by a local family to the Archdio cese of Cincinnati for a central high school, the Springfield Sun. secular daily here, called the pa rochial school system “a fountain head of Christian citizenship.” “The parochial schools of this city have contributed many gener ations of valuable citizens to our nation.” said Sun editorial. “At the same time they have eased the tax-supported public school burden to an extent almost impossible to calculate. A good parochial school plant is not simply desirable: it is an absolute necessity .” The P. J. Shouvlin family gave the larffi of their 50-year-old home, stead lo the archdiocese. Call For Valiant Women: Aged Rumania Bishop reed Commie St vie VIENNA INC) The re lease from prison of an aged Rumanian Bishop carries with it no indication that he will be permitted to exercise his of fice. At the same time it spotlights the fact that not a single Catholic Bishop in Ru mania is now permitted to carry’ out his pastoral func tions. The release of 83-year-old Bish op Augustine Pacha of Timisoara was announced here by the lega tion of com.nunist Rumania. No direct confirmation has so far been received from Catholic sources in side that country. Bishop Pacha was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment in Septem ber. 1951, on charges of “espion age” and “treason.” Three years earlier he had been “deposed” from his diocese, which was “sup pressed” by the Red regime. Both before and after his "trial" in Bucharest the Bishop was reportedly forced to join a slave labor gang working on the proposed canal linking the Dan ube River and the Black Sea. It was reported in 1952 that the Bishop had been injured in an accident during the canal con struction work. The Rumanian legation announced that the Bishop was released because of ill health. Other reports from communist Rumania stated that the aged Bishop had been severely mistreat, ed during his imprisonment be cause he persistently refused to as sume leadership of 3 schismatic "national Catholic Church.” -------------0------------------ Mississippi To Continue Segregation JACKSON, Miss.—(NC)—Missis sippi’s Goverfior Hugh White has announced he will call a special session of the State Legislature Sept. 7 to consider a Constitution al amendment to empower the abolition of the State public school system in order to prevent racial integration in the schools. The Governor made the announ cement after a meeting with the 25-member Legal Educational Ad visory Committee and a group of 85 Negroes from all parts of the State. After the meeting, House Speaker Walter Sillers said: "Instead of 95 per cent for segre gation, we have 99 per cent against it." It was Mr. Siller* who originally proposed the plan of a Constitutional amendment to abolish the public school system. Governor White said he would not advocate launching a building program of Negro schools as ad vocated by Negro leaders at the conference “without some protec tive measures, because ’t will not succeed.” Cornerstone Blessed For Holy Name School Bishop Ready celebrated Pontifical Low Mass and presided at cornerstone laying ceremonies for the new eight classroom Holy Nam* School, Sunday. Pictured above during the ceremonies are, left to right. Monsignor John B. Donahie, pastor of Holy Name parish Monsignor John Fagan, pastor of Immaculate Conception parish Father George Kennedy, pastor of St. Agatha parish Bishop Ready, and Father Peter Essman recently returned from graduate studies in Rome, Italy. Construction on the one story $184,869 project is expected to be completed let* this fall. Th* school was designed by Floyd F. Gless, Columbus architect and is being constructed by the Sever Williams Co. of Washington C. H. Th* new Bishop Cites Role Of omen In Modern Day At 1). of 1. Meet In picturing the valiant woman of today. Bishop Ready recalled the virtues of the "valiant woman the woman that feareth the Lord” of the Old Testament and pointed out that it was her intel lectual and moral maturity that brought her the praise of the Lord. “The valiant woman of Scripture is presented as most admirable in her personal character and in the capable management of her own household.” the Bishop said, but went on to note that ‘‘in our day she would be called upon to ren der service, not alone in the do mestic sphere, but in the commun ity at large.’’ It was to the magnificent re sults of their early realization of the new horizons offered them by membership in the National Council of Catholic Women that the Daughters of Isabella were highly complimented by Bishop Ready. Summarizing their record of the past years, Bishop Ready said that “in the Mercy of God the Daugh ters of Isabella, by fidelity to their own special purposes as well as by an unselfish Catholic spirit have huiit great and notable monuments for the welfare of the Church and the Nation: "The sacrifice* of devout Daughter* of Isabella have en riched the Catholic University endowments and have brought generous aid to the Sovereign Pontiff in his unflagging deter mination to be indeed a Holy Fa ther to the world's distressed suf fering children. The Isabellan spirit of love for Christ living in His Church ha* multiplied 1 school is being erected on the site of th* 49-year-oid church-school, th* first structure to be completed In the event of ram, the services in the North Side par$h. ‘twill be held in St. Mary Church. There I* No Vacation From Your Religion Prico Tan Cants $3.00 A Year A call to be valiant women sources for good in the service of the Church both in the home and in the community was sounded by Bishop Ready in his sermon during the Mass which opened the International Convention of the Daugh ters of Isabella in New York Tuesday. His Eminence, Francis Cardinal Spellman presided at the Mass celebrated by Bishop Joseph F. Flannelly, Auxiliary Bishop of New York in St. Patrick's Cathedral which 1500 delegates of the organization from throughout the country attended A large contingent of delegates from the Diocese of Columbus was present New York for the soci ety’s four-day convention. They ac companied Mrs. Helen T. Howard, a member of Our l^dy of Victory Parish here, who is tjie National Regent of the Daughters of Isa bella Mrs James Gilmore of Holy Rosary Parish and Regent oi the Columbus Circle of of I.. headed the delegation. magnificent gifts to the Missions and brought hope as well as means to the Shepherds, pastors and Sisters laboring in the hard difficult pastures of the Mastor on this vast continent. “Your personal service as well as financial aid to essential works of religion, education, and mercy give evidence of your loyalty to noble ideals in serving the least of Christ’s flock.” the Bishop contin ued, noting that “the Daughters of Isabella have been the first of our organizations to recognize on a na tional scale the great needs of the aging population Devotion to the Church as a whole and not only to some single activity was pointed up as the proof of the valiant spirit Of the Daughters of Isabella by the Bishop. You are, he told them, "united primarily to serve the Church and by your truly Catho lic lives to show its beauty and unity to this American society.” Commenting on the present ef forts now being expended by the various non-Catholic church groups in the cause of unity the Bishop noted that Catholic organizations have essential unity to start with. “We are of the one Church,” he said. “One Lord, one Christ, one Baptism, one God and Father of All: one sheepfold, one shepherd one doctrine, one essential wor ship: one altar, one Sacrifice: one faith, one hope one undying Christlike charity.” Thus is denied the need to meet to form :?.le code or to draw up const it u’ions to establish Christian unity, the Bishop showed noting that any other process of unifica tion is the “work of men ... a unity superimposed on fact and often out of agreement with fact.” "Many influences, particularly the diffusa development of the democretic idee end ideal during the last two centuries," Bishop Ready explained, "have imposed upon us all the duly of collective end cooperative social effort. To be effective we must now stand (Continued on Page 3» 6 South Side Parishes To Honor Virgin Mary In Ceremonies Sunday An estimated 5.000 Catholics from six Columbus parishes are expected to take part in a unique Marian Year celebration Sunday, *the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The procession to St. Mary s Church—oldest church in Columbus dedicated to the Blessed Mother will form at Schiller Park Shelter House at 4 p. m. It will bl climaxed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament to be celebrated by Bi shop Ready on a special altar erected in front of the S. third St. church. The Bishop will also address the gathering. The chief focal point in the six block long processior will be on a five-foot statue of the Blessed Mother, carriea on a float by two laymen. The’ atatue has been bor row ed for the occasion from the convent of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary who are stationed at St. Mary’s. In front of th* statu* in th* march will be a color guard from the Catho'ic War Veterans' Co- lumbus p«t. To the rear will ba the laity, sisters from the six parishes, eltar boys and th* cleroy. En route to the church, the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary will be recited, and two verses .of “Ave Maria” will be sung by all. The city has consenteo to block off S. Third bt. between Living ston Ave. and Schiller Park from 3:30 to 5:30 p. m. At the special altar in front of St. Mary's Church, pastors will lead the assembly in the recitation of the Litany of the Blessed Vir gin and the Marian Year Prayer, and in the singing of “Come Holy Ghost. Deacons of honor to the Bishop will be Father Francis Riehl, pas tor of St. l^adislaus Church, and Father Albert Kessler, pastor of Corpus Christi Church Msgr. Edmund Burkley, pastor of St. Mary’s will be host to the five other South Side Parishes— Holy Cross, St. John the Evange list, St. Leo, St Ladislaus and Cor pus Christi. Although the pilgrimage in honor of Mary is primarily plan ned for the six parishes. Msgr. Burkley has stressed that all members of the clergy and laity in the Columbus Diocese are wel come to participate. A plenary in dulgence can be gained during the Marian Year by taking part in such a pilgrimage to any shrine or church dedicated to Mary. Entire families are especially urged to march in the procession.