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...Patrick was a Scotsman. He was born, son of a Roman decurion, in 387 A. D. in Kilpatrick. In his 16th year he was kidnapped by Irish marauders, sold in slavery to a Druid chieftain-priest named Milchu. Six years later he escaped Ireland, eventually reached Rome whence he was sent back by Pope St. Celestine I to begin his celebrated conversions. Up Strangford Lough he sailed in his galley, was mistaken for a pirate, 1,500 years ago this year or next. St. Patrick converted the Irish, consecrated 350 bishops, among them a friend of his named St. MacCarthem...
With much patriotic ado was begun last March the celebration of the 1,500th anniversary of St. Patrick's arrival in Ireland, although some authorities (including the Catholic Encyclopedia) give 433 as the date. In Saul the old sod was turned and blessed for a mighty statue and altar to St. Patrick. Then began preparations for more extensive doings. Planned long ago for June 1932 was the 31st International Eucharistic Congress of the Roman Catholic Church. Like monster church picnics, these gatherings are designed to promote religious solidarity, give the faithful an outing on a large scale. Eucharistic Congresses...
...airports. Ex-Convict Madden, who says he is in the "laundry business," has ordered an elaborately equipped biplane from his instructor, Major Thomas Lanphier, U. S. A. retired, partner of Col. Lindbergh in Bird Aircraft Co. Rumrunner Higgins. who calls himself a "lobster fisherman," is said to own an Ireland amphibian. When they arrive at Roosevelt Field for lessons, their first questions are: "Madden been here today?", "Higgins around...
...proponents of the North Atlantic route were heavily outnumbered, partly because those who had flown it were not all eager to do it again. Capt. Wolfgang von Gronau (North Sea-U. S. 1930, 1931) was enthusiastic over the Iceland-Greenland route, as was Navigator Gatty; but Capt Hermann Koehl (Ireland-Greeneley Island 1928) wanted no more of that part of the ocean. Neither did Jean Assolant (Maine-Spain...
...Chapman '35, L. A. Cook '34, T. L. Dammann '35, A. B. Deardon '34, G. R. Divens '35, Jarvis Farley '32, D. A. Fuss '32, A. B. Gardner '33, C. T. Hall '34, G. M. Hazelton '33, H. E. Holm '35, Frederick Ireland '33, G. N. Johnson '34, J. R. Keim '34, W. H. Kerr '34, R. W. Kuhl...