Loyola University Maryland - Evergreen / Green and Gray Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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14 THE LOYOLA ANNUAL HE ' press at the present day is all powerful. Its influence reaches everywhere; but while the Protestant denomina- tions are belching forth thousands upon thousands of papers every year the Catholics have only about ten representative papers. It is true that they are excellent papers, excellent as regards style, news and interest, but their subscription list is very small, the writers poorly paid, and the influence of the papers extremely slight, and merely because of the indifference of Catholics towards their religion. Every Catholic should read a Catholic newspaper. Together with the standard non- religious papers it should have an honored place in every home and should be thoroughly read by every member of the family. Why should not the press, which has done so much against the Church, be used to accomplish great things for it? The faith and workings of the Catholic Church differ entirely from those of the various Protestant sects and of the world about us. To understand them requires much time and special study. Modern newspapers, the majority of whose editors are non-Catholics, do not give either the time or the study, the subject requires. The result is that Catholic news at best is written by a non-Catholic, more often it is written by a bigot who considers anything true that is against the Church, irrespective of the evidence advanced to ' prove it; and that everything in favor of Catholicism must be absolutely false. The modern papers are not eager to publish anything fav- orable to the Catholics. They are controlled by Protestants, wealthy Masons high in office advertise in them, nothing can be printed which would conflict with the ends and aims of

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THE LOYOLA ANNUAL 13 (§nr Nm On May 16th, the Reverend William J. Ennis, S. J., was appointed successor to Rev. F. X. Brady, S. J., as president of Loyola College. As this appointment had been predicted and hoped for, the news was less surprising than welcome. Father Ennis but very recently had preached a mission in St. Ignatius’ Church and was in sympathetic touch with the affairs of our College. Moreover, he had spent one year as Professor of Rhetoric at Loyola, within the knowledge of some of our pres- ent students. It is no stranger, then, that comes to us. The bond between the students and their new President was made lasting when on May 19th, the classes tendered him their welcome. College, High School and Preparatory depart- ments each expressed their pleasure over his appointment. And the glowing words of acknowledgment they heard from his lips assured them that they had received a President, who would be to them not only an official, but a father as well. It is our wish that this spirit of affection between the head and the students not only increase, but show the effects of its growth in increased numbers and the lasting prosperity of Loyola College while under the guidance of Rev. Fr. Ennis.

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THE LOYOLA ANNUAL 15 Protestantism and Masonry. An excellent example of this can be found in the recent troubles in Portugal. When the Jews were massacred at Kitchenef, the American press im- mediately protested, denounced the outrage in the most bitter terms, threw open its columns to the tragic stories of the refugees and even advised government interference. But when Catholic priests and monks were driven from their monasteries, beaten and thrown into prisons, when Catholic nuns were turned from their convents and herded like cattle in foul jails and prisons, or forced, penniless to leave the country, the press of America was silent; distorted accounts of events v ere all that was printed. Even when no calumnies are reported, insinuations, arrange- ment or marshalling of facts often cast a slur upon the Cath- olic Church. This was clearly seen in the Roosevelt- Vatican incident. The press was full of the insult offered to America’s foremost citizen and forgot the right of any man, especially the prince of the Catholics, to impose conditions upon those who request an audience. No mention was made of the means of the Methodist propaganda. The benefit to be had from a Catholic newspaper are mani- fold. It puts the Catholic hemispheres in touch and sympathy with each other. During the last twenty years, great changes, vitally affecting the church, have taken place in France, Italy, Spain and P ortugal. The Catholics of America desire an ac- count of this and for the sake of truth and justice the condi- tions in foreign countries should be fairly stated. This most newspapers never do. Cable despatches are manufactured, the truth distorted and every suspicion of rabid anti-Catholics given to the public as undesirable fact. During the trouble in Portugal it was admitted, even by the Protestant press that all the despatches passed through the republican authorities, and yet they were published as a fair and unbiased account of