The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-24
ST. MARY'S COLLEGE.
THE CARDINAL VISITING HIS ALMA MATER
GREAT ENTHUsIAsM AMONG THE CLERGY AMI



THE CARDINAL VISITING HIS ALMA MATER-
GREAT RNTHUsIAsM AMONG THE CLERGY AND
STUDENTS.
EMMErTsBURG, June %, 1875.
Mount St Mary's College, one or the most IA
nous Catholic institutions ofIearnmg in America,
Is located In beautiful valley at the foot OF Car
rick's Knob, a small mountain detached from the
Catoctin range or the Blue Ridge. Early in the
century Father Dubois one OF those indie aIigable
French missionaries whose zeal and industry are
felt 70 this day IN many portions OF this country,
bought tract of land in the vicinity OF Emmetts-
burg Nd, and established an ecclesiastical semi
nary. lew primitive but compactly built log
huts served this pioneer and ms associates. and
one or the original buildings OF sturdy logs and
plaster yet remains to attest the strength
with which they builded but the foresight OF these
early workers in rne vineyard has been long since
demonstrated by the erection OF elaborate stone
edlrces. spacious, roomy and capable or accom-
modating much larger number or students than
have ever vet tested their capacity me GROUNDS,
winch were then wilderness, have been subjected
10 the skilul manipulations or the landscape
gardener; the woods stripped OF their tangled I'M
derbrush, spread out In verdant lawns for tue de-
location OF the student, the well titled fields
groan under the weight OF rruit. grain and vegeta-
bles. literally producing the 'corn, wine and oil
that gladden. the heart OF man. The old church on
the brow OF the KNOB, erected under the mperyi.
sion Of Father Dubois, subsequently Bishop or New
York. is excellsnty preserved II is built OF stone
and dressed over with plaster, and Is used for all
Sunday ana extra services small chapel in
one OF the new buildings being used during the
week for the ordinary services. Mount St. Mary's,
founded as an elementary school for the educa-
ton OF priests. soon enlarged les sphere OF useful
ness and in 1885 It was chartered as a college and
empowered by the State OF Maryland TO confer
degrees. Many or the most prominent citizens or
this and the neiphboring States constitute its
alumni ana a. fashioner or ecclesiastical digni-
tsrIes II has not MS equal in this country Among
its distinguished graduates are Archbishop
Hughes, OF New York tdeceased) Archbishop
Purcell. or Cincinnati; Bishops whelan, or Wheel
ing deceased; Loughiin, or Brooklyn, and
Becker Of Wilmington; Archbishop Wood, OF
Philadelphia; Bishops Elder, OF Natchez; Quiplan,
OF Mobile Gilmour, or Cleveland; McCloskey, OF
Louisville brother or the President; Fitzgerald or
Little Rock; Conroy, Of Albany; Mcfarland, or
Hartford gdcceased); Corrigan. OF Newark
Quasters, Of Chicago tdeceased) GaiAand, OF
Savannah (deeeasedl DUBOIS, or New YORK
and Brute, OF ylncennes, the two latter
founders Of the institution, both deceased
and many other remarkable prelares, among
whom may be mentioned Father Hickey, OF Balti-
mOres raLneI SOurin, tue renowned Jesuit ana
Father Jalnes Mullen, OF New Orleans, whom Cen
eral Butter threatened to send 10 Fort Lafayette
during the war But greater tnsn these has
arisen to give dignity and honor 20 his alma
mater. Americas arst prince OF the Church,
Cardinal McCloskey was educated at Mount Sc.
Mary's, and many are the peasuraole traditions
and anecdotes current In this locality OF his amla
bliy, goodness ana absolHte fitness for the hat he
wears 50 we'll Mount 81. Mary's Is not without
It's war record. In 1861 = number or Southern
students we're suddenly cut or from home and
friends. They we're cared for Iy the coheKe
authorities, their wants supplied and their educa-
ton COMPLETED. when the mighty armies APP
preached Gettysburg in "a the college was in
their line or march No soldier OF either
side went on MS way TO death or glory, atarst or
endangered. me college iarder was thrown open
tslities. the boys rom tse south-many Of them
that IL 10 say-saw their opportunity and tney
seized IT, with an enthusiasm whlcn only boys
comrades, and not a lew "m0aned out the death
rattle" on that neld which buried forever tue
hopes of southern independence The professors
and students from the sod Of the mountain w.t.
messed The onset OF the tive armies, and the rever
beratlone OF tie guns rolled through the hills and
over the valleys wltn startling distinctne = call
ing sadly TO mind the probable tate O the buoyant
young soutnerners whose amlaole traits and cLlv-
arous natures mad securely entwtnod them about
toe hearts Of these noble ana self-sacrl1cing
fathers.
deaf OF The college. tie was born in Brooklyn,
N. ", and mas been mere ever since ne was four
teen years old. At bis first coming there was but
stone building on the premises and a Re y log
nuts EmmettsDurg, one or those remarkable
towns whose existence cannot be accounted Tor
by any known laws, which spring up NOBODY
knows how ana which nOarsn nobody knows
WIN, was then as large ~ IL Is nov, and II may
fairly be presumed was a place or TAR more com
mercial importance, as II Was on the direct road
IRON PittsDurg 70 Baltimore, and lavorIte rally
ing point for the Cumbersome Conestoga wagons
wRlcn tnen numbered up and down the sl0es OF tae
Blue Ridge and the AllegDspes. Father McUlos-
key took ms degree Of A. b. in 1885 and was or
dained Dy Bishop Hughes in 1910. II the boys OF
1875 were suddenly permitted 10 behold their pre-
dec OF '35 they would be apt 70 rebel against
the extraordinary curIaiment OF their privileges.
10 was customary III those days for each
student to be provided vita Dis ride or shotgun
and powder horn, and many an antiered Duck
bowed low MS stately mead before the Somebody's
unerrng aim. DR. McCanrey at present. emeritus
President, aad Cardinal McLiOsxey were both
projects over MIN. In 1871 Father MeClosKey was
made vice President and Treasurer wDIcn posi-
tlons ne nled win emin ent use ulness and wisdom
until the oecining years or Dr. McCadrey In
duced him to EEK the repose TO which MS a0ora
a President entitled aim, and Father McCl0skey
reigncd his stead. single glance AZ the
bright happy faces OF the loo students Of the IN
stltutOn Will convince tue most sceptica OF tue
esteem winch fataer McclosKey enjoys, and his