Foreign Language Press Service

The Archbishop Michael Heiss of Milwaukee invites, in an enthusiastic petition, the Catholic-Americans of German origin to become actively interested in the Catholic University that is to be founded in Washington. He proposes, in his character as member of the Board of Directors, that German-

The Lutheran Synod held a meeting yesterday regarding the erection of a college. A Mr. J.P. Badem promised a donation of $50,000 providing the institute be called St. John's Lutheran College; $30,000 to be used for the building and furnishings, and $10,000 for annual maintenance.

Dr. Isaac M. Wise, President Hebrew Union College Dear Sir: Your favor of the 22 inst. to J. L. Gatzert, president of Chicago Sinai Congregation, reporting that Messrs. Morris Newfeld and Simon Peiser have carried on their studies for the year 1893-4 to the full

This society has the purpose of promoting by word and deed the benefits of a higher education for Polish youth. It is urged particularly that the high education of Poles be gained in Polish institutions, wherever they exist. By word and pen the society will remind the Pole

p.11..................From Bethany College latest Director's meeting we have the following: Dr. Swensson reported the following donation from the Hon. C. A. Smith of Minneapolis, Minnesota, twenty-five million feet of lumber on the root from Mr. Smith's timber lands in Oregon. This lumber is

In the United States there are at present two million people who still speak Swedish. It should be close to the hearts of all friends of the native land to strengthen the sense of unity these immigrants have for the homeland--for its culture and language. Although these people have found a ne

The Ausra Society has completed plans and arrangements to give four lectures this fall for the Lithuanians of Chicago. The purpose of these lectures, as we all know, is to promote the intellectual development of our people. The Ausra Society, a student's aid and general educational

In view of the struggle that marked the beginning of Luther College and the subsequent struggle to keep it going, it is of interest to all of us to know more about the College. At the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the College, Professor Ludvig Hektoen, of the University of Chicago, spok

Mr. Hauman G. Haugan, who donated a considerable sum last year to finance the summer vacation for boys of the Christiania Orphanage, has again shown his generosity and bigheartedness. He recently donated five thousand dollars to the Lutheran College endowment fund, the largest individual sum g

The following letter was sent to James J. Hill by the secretary of the United Lutheran Church: "Honored Sir: Pursuant to a resolution passed by the United Norwegian Church of America at its recent annual convention, I hereby take great pleasure in offering to you the most grateful a

The newly built addition to the already large H. A. Haugan School, at Sunnyside and Hamlin Avenues, will be dedicated on Friday, January 10. Mr. A.F. Husander, well known in the Norwegian Colony was the designer and supervising architect. The new building,which has thirty class and work rooms

The committee which arranged today's celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of the Cesko-Slovanske Podporujici Spolky (Bohemian-Slavonic Benevolent Societies) assigned to me the task of presenting to you the statistics of that organization since the time of its foundation. Sixty ye

The well-known philanthropists, the brothers Samuel M. and Dave Travis, have announced that they have promised to contribute exactly as much as the campaign for ten thousand members for the Yeshivah Rabbi Isaac Elchanan will bring in, to be used as a fund for the erection of a new building fo

p. 274 .. The National Council of Bohemian Catholics has set aside $5,000 to be used as a nucleus of a scholarship. This fund will be awarded to a poor but worthy young man who will pursue studies at some of the higher Catholic institutions. Those interested should communi

From 1884 to 1913 the Norwegian and Danish Baptists conducted the Dano-Norwegian Baptist Seminary at Morgan Park, Chicago. The school had organic connection with the University of Chicago and its Divinity School, which is Baptist. The first head of the Morgan Park school was a Dane, N. P. Jen

The well-announced tea party given by the women of the 110th Place School, which was held last week at the home of Mrs. C. Kostelyk, may be called a financial success. More than $77 was taken in for the building of a new school. When we plan a yearly meeting of three hundred members, just abo

At the council of the Chicago Greek diocese it was formally announced that a contribution of $25,000. was given to the Episcopate by Mr. John Bantsolas, a native of Macedonia. The donation was given for the reopening of the sacerdotal school of St. Athanasius. The announcement creat

Since one of the purposes of the Polish University Club consists in helping students of Polish extraction to obtain a university education, and to foster better social contact among Polish students in general, the Polish University Club realized that some worthwhile recognition is due the Pol

Mr. Max Adler of Chicago donated $50,000 toward the Endowment Fund of the Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, Ohio.

An endowment fund of $500,000 to be known as the Louis Marshall Memorial Fund will be established at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, by Julius Rosenwald.