Banquet to Visiting Delegates. At the conclusion of the sessions of the Catholic Educational Association the members were the guests of the Rt. Rev. Bishop of Cleveland, at a banquet given in the hall of Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, on Franklin avenue. Addresses were made by Rt. Rev. Bishop Horstmann, Monsignor D. J. O'Connell, Revs. Louis S. Walsh, and F. T. Moran, Walter George Smith, Esq., and others. Meeting of the Teachers of the Parish Schools of the teachers of the diocese of Cleveland at the Catholic Club. About three hundred teachers were present, and listened to a lecture on "Methods," by Very Rev. E. A. Pace, D. D., of the Catholic University of America. The teachers had the opportunity of presenting questions, at the end of the lecture, and an excellent discussion followed. On Wednesday afternoon at 3:30, there was a second meeting of the teachers of the parish schools, and a lecture was delivered by Rev. T. E. Shields, Ph. D., of the Catholic University of America. He spoke on "Imitation". A general discussion followed, in which many of the teachers took part. Meeting of the Diocesan Superintendents of Catholic Parish Schools. At the Hollenden House on Tuesday evening, there was an informal meeting of diocesan school superintendents. There was no program prepared, but there was a general discussion of many phases of diocesan school organization. All present felt that there should be suitable study and discussion of the various points connected with the diocesan organization of parish schools and the problems and methods of supervision for our schools. The necessity for adequate and uniform supervision of school work in a diocese has become urgent, and the movement is growing over the country. It was the desire of the members that steps should be taken to prepare a program for a more thorough study and discussion of some of the problems of organization at the next annual meeting. Financial Report of Catholic Educational Association. The following itemized statement shows the money that has been received by the secretary general and turned over to the treasurer general of the association: 1905. July 13. Cash July 19. Rt. S. Lynch 1906. RECEIPTS. Rev. Msgr. J. ..... Jan. 1. Stamps for report.. Feb. 13. Rev. F. Cassilly, S. July 6. Niagara University, School Dept. 2.00 May 9. Rev. J. J. Schneider, per Rev. J. F. Fenlon. July 3. Rev. C. Mohr, C. PP. S., Carthagena, O Seminary Dept. per Rev. 20.00 1.00 20.00 School Dept. 2.00 June 6. Mrs. B. Ellen Burke, July 11. St. Francis' Semin- 20.00 20.00 56.00 St. Paul, per Rev. J. F. Fenlon 20.00 June 9. St. Mary's Seminary, PAYMENTS. F. Fenlow 20.00 June 9. St. John's Seminary, Total... To Very Rev. B. J. Mul- $1,145.51 Boston, per Rev. J. F. F. W. HOWARD, Fenlon 20.00 Coordination and Cooperation in Catholic Educational Work. Papers Read at a General Meeting of the Catholic Educational Association, in Cleveland, Ohio, July 11, 1986. Points of Discussion, VERY REV. JAMES A. BURNS, C. S. C., PRESIDENT OF HOLY CROSS COLLEGE, BROOKLAND, D. C. The subjects to be discussed this evening deal with a feature of Catholic education which has, up to the present, received but little attention from Catholic educators, although it is manifestly of vital importance. Catholic college men have been busy with the problems of the college. Catholic school men and women have been giving all their time to questions that concern the school. The seminaries have kept strictly to their own field. These three orders of establishments have grown up practically independent of each other, and although there exists a certain underlying unity of purpose in their work, there exists no practical working relationship between them today, save only what results from their meeting in joint conferences under the auspices of this association once a year. The situation, while it is the result of circumstances rather than choice, and while it might be said to have been almost inevitable. up to the present at least, is not one to be contemplated with indifference, still less with satisfaction. It goes without saying that there must be unity in our educational work. But how much unity shall we have? We have a common principle at bottom, and there is over us all the protecting aegis of the authority of the Church. Is anything more than this in the way of unity needed? It must be remembered that purpose and principle are things that belong to the ideal order, the order of ideas. They mean much or little according to the extent to which they are lived up to and put in practice. In the matter of educational unity, community of fundamental purpose and principle will be of value according as it is worked out into coordinate institutional forms, and given effective |