In 1902, Father Delurey resigned, and Prof. John M. Reiner, of Villanova College, was elected in his stead. The next year Father Huber was similarly replaced by Rev. Germain Ball, O. S. B. In 1904, Father Delurey was re-elected to the Committee and made Treasurer, having been preceded in this position by Father O'Hara and Father Conway. The Fourth Annual Conference was held at the Palmer House, Chicago, it having been found more convenient to the delegates to have a meeting-place that was centrally situated. Philadelphia was chosen as the place for the fifth meeting; and in 1904, at the invitation of the President-General of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, was selected. At the Chicago Conference of 1901, in connection with the discussion following a paper read by the Rev. Jas. P. Fagan, S. J., on "Educational Legislation in the United States," the sug gestion was made that the time was ripe for the organization of our parochial school educational forces along the lines of the College Conference, and Mgr. Conaty expressed his willingness to confer with the Bishops and Archbishops concerning the matter, with a view to securing their co-operation. This suggestion resulted in the presence at the Conference the following year of about a dozen diocesan school representatives, who took part in some of the discussions, and who met before the Conference was over and organized an association to be known as the "Conference of Diocesan Representatives of Catholic Parish Schools." It had been felt all along that one of the chief ends of the College Conference was to bring about a co-ordination of Catholic educational work, and when the Conference of Parochial School Superintendents was organized, the desirability of ef fecting some sort of working union or co-operation with it was apparent. The matter was discussed at the Philadelphia Meeting, and a committee from each Conference appointed to devise some plan whereby the two associations could be brought into practical affiliation, without interfering with the autonomy of either. The two committees met in March of the present year at the Catholic University, and finally agreed upon the plan which was adopted at the St. Louis Meeting. According to this, there is a central board of government made up of officers chosen by the conferences in joint session. These officers consist of a President-General, and a Vice-President, a Secretary, Treasurer, and a Standing Committee, to be composed of members from each Conference. Provision was made in the constitution for new Conferences, as they might be organized in the several departments of Catholic educational work, to be affiliated with the central board, and at the St. Louis Meeting, the Conference of Catholic Seminaries was thus united to the general organization. By this happy arrangement, the individual organizations preserve a complete working autonomy, their several constitutions remaining unchanged, while the great end of unity in Catholic educational work is subserved by their being leagued together in a common organization, involving as it does, the holding of meetings at the same time and place, the joint discussion of certain topics of common interest, and effective unity of action in all things which affect their common interests. The following is a list of all the papers read at the annual meetings of the College Conference: CHICAGO CONFERENCE, 1899. The Typical Catholic College; What Should it Teach?.... .. Very Rev. John T. Murphy, C. S. Sp. Problems of Catholic Education in our Present Social Needs .Rev. John A. Conway, S. J. The Catholic College as a Preparation for a Business Career ... Rev. M. P. Dowling, S. J. What the College may do for Preparatory Schools.... Very Rev. Vincent Huber, O. S. B. College Entrance Conditions..... Very Rev. Wm. L. O'Hara Requirements for College Degrees. . Rev. James French, C. S. C. CHICAGO CONFERENCE, 1900. Uniformity of Entrance into Freshman Class. .Very Rev. L. A. Delurey, O. S. A. The Relative Merits of Courses in Catholic and Non-Catholic Colleges for the Baccalaureate-Rev. Timothy Brosnahan, S. J. The Elective System of Studies... Rev. James A. Burns, C. S. C. Religious Instruction in College... Very Rev. Patrick S. McHale, C. M. The Teaching of Modern Languages in College.... ... Rev. John P. Carroll, D. D. Development of Character in College Students.. .Rev. M. P. Dowling, S. J. Plea for the Teacher; President's Address.. .Rt. Rev. Mgr. Conaty CHICAGO CONFERENCE, 1901. The Catholic College of the Twentieth Century. Rt. Rev. Mgr. Conaty: President's Address The Catholic High School Movement. . . . .Rev. James A. Burns, C. S. C. The Teaching of Science... . Rev. Henry J. DeLaack, S. J. The Teaching of History in Colleges. Rev. L. A. Delurey, O. S. A. The Teaching of English in College.... The Study of Greek. .Prof. E. J. Ryan .Rev. James P. Fagan, S. J. . Rev. C. Eichenlaub, O. S. B. CHICAGO CONFERENCE, 1902. Intellectual and Moral Education in Catholic and Non-Sec tarian Systems.... . Rev. John P. Quirk, S. J. Principles of Pedagogy in Collegiate Work... .Rev. John N. Poland, S. J. The Training of Teachers: President's Address... Methods of Teaching History in College. Rt. Rev. Mgr. Conaty. . Rev. B. Verheyen, O. S. B. Teaching of Social and Political Science in Colleges... Prof. J. M. Reiner. PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE, 1903. The Study of Mathematics. . . . . . . . . . Rev. J. J. Deane, O. S. A. Moral Training Without Religion. .Rev. B. Guldner, S. J. Shall the College Course be Shortened?.... Rev. John J. Tierney. Experimental Psychology in the College. Rev. Thos. Crumley, C. S. C. ST. LOUIS CONFERENCE, 1904. Statistics of Attendance of Catholic College Students at Methods of Teaching Latin in the College-Old and New ... Rev. Charles Schrantz, S. S. The Function and Scope of Philosophy in the Catholic College Course.. .Very Rev. M. A. Hehir, C. S. Sp. The Federation of Catholic College Alumni.. .. Rev. Edward J. Gleeson, S. J. History of the Parish School Conference. At the annual meetings of the Association of Catholic Colleges the project of organizing a conference of diocesan directors of parish schools was broached several times, and the advisability of taking such a step was informally considered by those taking part in the meetings, and also in other quarters. The first practical step in the direction of organizing such a conference was taken by Rt. Rev. Thomas J. Conaty, Rector of the Catholic University of America, who, as president of the Association of Catholic Colleges, and acting on a resolution of the last annual meeting, issued the following circular letter to the Most Reverend Archbishops and Right Reverend Bishops of the country on June 25th, 1902: RIGHT REV. DEAR SIR: THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, It has frequently been suggested that great benefits might accrue to our parochial school system if the Diocesan Directors could meet and discuss methods of work and perhaps a plan of general organization. If you think well of this suggestion, you might send some one to represent your diocese at the next annual meeting of the Catholic College Representatives at Chicago, July 9 and 10, when an opportunity will be offered for a meeting of Parochial School Directors. I am, yours sincerely in Christ, President. The time was short but there were a number of replies to the invitation, and all favorable. The delegates, representing eight dioceses, met with the College Conference at the Palmer House in Chicago on Wednesday, July 9th. At the conclusion of the morning session of that day, the Rt. Rev. Bishop Conaty called the delegates of the schools to order and a general discussion of the various aspects of the subject was held. The benefits that |