attitude of the secular clergy of the vast diocesan parishes throughout the land at least that is the way I look at it, that there seems to be a species of either acquired or native lethargy, so strong in possession, not only of the entire body, but furthermore in absolute possession of the individual priest, that he seems to be unable to rise up to the level of what we understand, or what they understand at least in Europe, by a higher education. Now we may talk until doomsday as to what are the proper methods, what are the effective plans to be adopted to sidetrack all our efficient young men in the direction of higher institutions of learning, such as colleges with a very superior curriculum, or universities; we may talk until doomsday, but unless we have created a spirit and have acquired a taste ourselves for creating a multitude of young men who wish to pursue these higher studies, it will be merely a waste of words to confer time and time again as to the proper way to educate our young men, and to deplore the fact that they go to non-Catholic institutions in order to acquire their education. The point that seems to me practical is that every clergyman in the United States should turn over a new leaf as regards his appreciation and his study of the situation in this country in reference to collegiate and university education.

With regard to parochial education, I don't believe but that as time goes on we shall have perfected a system here that shall rival anything the Church has ever witnessed. And with respect to high school education, however much I may have criticised some of the methods and plans, I say, with all due deference, that it is a blow aimed at the higher education of Catholic people in this country, that it is a truncated education and while it may be adapted to certain utilitarian uses for a certain time, it is a truncated education, and not satisfactory to the needs of our Catholic people. What was referred to here yesterday was the absence and the impossibility of creating anything like a multitude of men who are to compete and cope with a corresponding body of men in non-Catholic institutions for the great professional positions, the first positions in the country, for that large influence in the lay body which is to create Catholic prestige in this country which will necessarily reflect back upon the clergymen. I am a clergyman myself, and interested in what the clergy is and the future of the clergy, but if we keep on stagnating ourselves and are satisfied with our little curriculum, and will not study conditions and will not go about and look at this as a work of zeal that we pick out young men, seek to put them into Catholic institutions, we shall never have a body of Catholic citizens that will cope with the body we have around us today, lawyers, doctors, diplomats, ministers, and men that control the great corporations and industrial operations of this country. They will never be of our faith until we adopt a plan to give us the men who will eventually bring us the prestige and influence.

So therefore, in connection with this admirable paper, I think we ought to go into these conferences and seek to create that sort of spirit in ourselves. We seem as it were to float in a lower atmosphere, we don't seem to rise to the full comprehension of our duty and our mission for the future of the United States. And that future, I will let you say what you please of the parochial school and the high school, the future destiny of this country depends upon the university and college education of your young men.

Parish School Department.

Fifth Annual Meeting of Representatives of Catholic Parish Schools.

Report of Proceedings,

TUESDAY, JULY 10, 11:30 A. M.

The meeting was called to order by the president, Rev. Louis S. Walsh. A committee on resolutions consisting of Rev. Fathers Thornton, Shanley and Hickey was appointed. The report of the meeting of the Executive Committee of the School Department held in New York on February 16, 1905, was submitted as follows:

MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT, NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 16, 10 A. M.

The meeting of the Executive Board was called by the President, Rev. L. S. Walsh. There were present the following members of the Committee: Revs. L. S. Walsh, P. R. McDevitt, W. J. Shanley, F. W. Howard T. A. Thornton. and F. T. Moran.

The meeting took place in the Cathedral College. The program of the meeting in Cleveland was discussed. It was decided to have three papers, two by priests and one by a Brother of Mary. Subjects were proposed for discussion, and the final decision on subjects and writers was left to the President, he having heard the opinions of the members on these points.

It was proposed to have the school department fee $2 for each member or institution. This was the sense of the meeting. Rev. Francis Moran of Cleveland was elected a member of the Executive Committee in place of Father Wegmann, who resigned.

The question of the appointment of a Text-book Committee decided on at the annual meeting came up and the matter was left in the hands of the President. The Executive Committee

expressed the conviction that the General Secretary of the Association should be a salaried officer.

The secretary was directed to send a letter of thanks to Very Rev. P. J. Hayes, D. D., rector of the Cathedral College, for his courtesy in placing the hall at the disposal of the committee for the meeting

A motion that said report of the Executive Committee be adopted, was seconded and carried.

THE PRESIDENT · Last year five dollars was the fee for all institutions, schools and academies. It has now been made two dollars. Monsignor Lavelle was not able to be present at the meeting, and the paper prepared by him was read by Rev. T. A. Thornton, Supervisor of Schools, New York City.

After the discussion of the paper the recommendations of the Executive Board of the Association were read. It was moved and seconded that the department approve the recommendation that the present plan of organization be continued for another year. Carried.

It was moved and seconded that the recommendation in reference to the Publication Committee be adopted and that such printing be authorized as will be for the good of the Association. Carried. The meeting then adjourned.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 9:30 A. M.

The meeting was opened by prayer. After sundry announcements, a paper was read by Brother Baldwin of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, New York, on "The Teaching of Catechism." A paper on the teaching of Bible History was read by Brother John Waldron of the Brothers of Mary, Cleveland, O.

A motion was made that a committee be appointed to act in concurrence with a similar committee from the Seminary Conference to report on suitable text books in the matter of Bible History and Church History. The motion was carried.

THURSDAY, JULY 12, 9:30 a. M.

The meeting was opened with prayer.

The president announced that the first business on the program.

was the election of officers of the school department for the ensuing year. A motion was made and seconded that one ballot be cast for Rev. Louis S. Walsh for president. The secretary put the motion, which was unanimously carried and Father Walsh was declared elected President of the School Department.

REV. LOUIS S. WALSH - I give my hearty thanks to the School Department for this manifestation of their good will. I think an office should not be held too long by one person, although there is no tradition in the matter. I shall do everything in my power to work for the interests of the School Conference. We all realize how important the work is, and we all know that the security of the work lies in the point of going slowly and patiently and perseveringly, securing a little more each year of the public confidence, both Catholic and non-Catholic, putting the high Catholic ideals of education before the great American people with the hope of winning always in the long run.

It was moved and seconded that one ballot be cast for Rev. P. R. McDevitt for vice-president. The motion was carried and Father McDevitt was declared elected. It was moved and seconded that one ballot be cast for Rev. F. W. Howard for secretary. The motion was carried and Father Howard was declared elected. It was moved and seconded that one ballot be cast for Rev. W. J. Shanley for treasurer. The motion was carried and Father Shanley was declared elected.

Brother Victor Eliphus of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, New York, and Brother John Waldron of the Brothers of Mary were elected members of the Executive Committee of the School Department.

Very Rev. J. A. Connolly, V. G., of St. Louis, and Rev Walter J. Shanley of Danbury, Conn., were elected members of the Executive Board of the Association from the Parish School Department.

The president announced the names of Rev. Francis T. Moran, Rev. Thomas O'Brien and Brother Victor as members of the Committee on Text Books of Church History and Bible History. THE CHAIRMAN Another committee was appointed in reality last February at a meeting of the Executive Board, but it was not announced to the Conference. Last year we had a long and

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