Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-18

DHFCULTIks APPREHENDED.
"You apprehend difficulties?n then INQUIRED one
OF the bishops companions
"What important Undertaking. Unanswered. "has
ever been accomplished without them2 Every
great work OF The Church OF Christ especially has
tSa Iae s cGOss ~ IL ana we neither nor desire
"F,om what sourds ~ Sba anticipate thems"
"WelI, it is but reasonable to exnect them from
both friends and foes. Differences Of opinion are
very natural In regard to all weighty questions,
ana even people OF the best intentions are apt TO
So C9utentlous Then, too, 1t Is not to be won
oered at that some evil minds should be found
ready 10 Invent what Is false or to put malicious
Ssasn on what is true; and, doubtless
vi o., w0rk on which he can look with no favor.
But really we have met nothing thus far TO cause
contrary, we have been astonished at the smooth
ness OF our course. The success attending our ef-
lois mas surpassed our hopes and the counter
comment and excite interest,
HOW THE MONEY Is TO BE EXPENDED.
III am not mistaken" timidly ventured Mr..
u, the Unitarian, "you are erecting mag
innocent structure that will cost some millions?"
he saw by the amused look in my face that he
sods mistaken, but / relieved his embarrassment
Dy telling him that 1t was not the 1rst time had
Iounu That impression entertained.
mo" continued, ''the building which we are
putting up, while suitable In style and proportions
Tor the purposes OF university viii be character
lzed 6y the simplicity and modes!y becoming the
divinity studies to which iJ Is to be dev0Ied, and
Will cost only part Of Miss Caldwell's gift. We
nave never forgotten, as one OF our critics rather
snapp1shly accused US OF doing, that IL Is not
buildings but men that make a university, and the
Iunds which we are now collecting are meant
almost exclusively Tor the men, Tor The endowment
Oh the professorshipS, and afterward for the
scholarships and fellowshlps."
oon ~ notice." put in Mr.; c.. that your critics
To come, to bring together body OF distinguished
professors In America"
"Yes,"I answered; Eve are blessed with few
~ Va LAT lOln 1frrhf OF
the diIculteS 10 be overcome. And this Is as
suredly not small one, nor has 1t been overlooked
arod rev years, ol course, we VIII have TO look
ABROAD Tor most OF our professors and we find
already that there is no dedrth or men OF learning
ana renoWn willing to unite their lives with sucn
u WORK In our young republic. We Will need only
eight or ten Tor faculty OF Divinity and there
Is now no reasonable doubt that we will have our
corps suincentiy complete In time Tor the inaugu-
ration Oh tne university In November or next
THE LOCATION.
"May be allowed TO ask, said one of the Cath
olcs, whether there is any truth In the assertion
which have heard, that the present plan OF the
ealnoic University goes entirely beyond the idea
and intention OF the Third Plenary COunc II"
"Realiy," answered, "IcannOL Imagine on what
such notion could De based. The council de-
creed the establishment or university course OF
ecclesiastical studies around which, it expressly
SAID, the other studies of a true university might
he grouped. That is precisely the plan which we
are working Out. only we must say in all thank
fuineSS that the development OF facts since the
council has given US reason TO hope that the en-
re plan can De realized in far less time than could
then have been expected. You may rest assured
the executive committee OF archOiShops, bishops,
priests and laymen, appointed by the council and
VINO NUMB sixteen In all, will not be likely TO
commit 50 egregtous mistake as 10 transgres5 the
councils Intention" "BuL" he ventured avs it
not runored that the bishops are divided among
themselves on the question OF the university, and
especially In regard TO It's location at Washing
"Yes," said I, sirumoreo by adventurous scr,h-
nd
nave, knowledge or facts. invent them 10 order
Ihat there should be absolute unanlmlty on every
point Is not expected OF any committee entrusted
WITH any question OF Importance; but a more mar
mOnlOuS committee never managed great work
Imam That IN cnsIge Of the university. As TO the
location, you are DOUBTLESS aware that alter care
lully weighing he reasons pro and con- ma jority
Oh the board voted for WashingtOn; and when, at
the request VI our molly rather tae pops the bishops
OF the whole country were asked 10 express their
views ON the question, the majority In favor Of
washington was 50 great That there could be no
hesitation as TO the nnal decision. And the press
Whetner Catholic or not, both In America aud In
Europe, has been almost unanimous Ia commend
lug the Wisdom Oh the choice"
THE UNIVERSITY AND GEORGETOWN COLLEGE.
"But" he urged, "wilI IL not be sad disadyan-
tage 10 Georgetown College?"
'Can you suppose for moment" replied, "that
the bishops could have ben capable OF deliber.
ately aiming blow at dear Old Georgetown or at
any other OF the Institutions that have been hitn-
erto the bulwarks OF our Christian educatIonY
ASsuredly, nothing could have Deen farther from
tneir Intention, nor have they any idea uhat sucn
VIII be the result. These institutions take BAYS
at very tender age, and lead them 10 to gradua
ton al the age OF hlneJeen or twenty IL is only
then that the proposed university Is TO begin lis
work win them, anu lead them TO the highest
scholarship, 10 the fullest learning. Hence every
young man In whose heart the desire is Awakened
10 snare Ia the advantages OF the University Will,
Dy the very Tact, De LED 70 one other OF our COL
leges as the way to IT, and will have In the Thought
an incentive 10 application and success which
scarcely anything else could supply Thus the
university, Instead OF being a dlsaayantane to
Georgetown college or any other, Will be help to
thein ALL as they In their Lurn ny their afflialion
thorities OF the University OF Notre Dame one OF
the foremost institutions OF the country told me
recently Inat 70 nave such relationship with the
ambition and their earnest endeavor. Even when
we have come as lar as the establishment OF The
professional faculties all care sall be taken that
our Schools shall WORK with theirs I'm fraternaI
harmony and mutual aid. Our aim is nor TO de-
stroy or to inJure, but 10 develop and improve"
THE JEsUrrs.
"But" he persisted, "lnlght not Georgetown. or
some such college, have been chosen as the nu.
cleus OF the university And let me ask in all
candor, may not the Jesuits so long the foremost
Champions OF Christian education, rightly feel
asgreved that the university was not placed un-
"As matter OF course" said L "the executive
committee took into careful consideration the
claims OF the principal colleges already existing
and the great and UNREASONABLE merits OF the,
JeSuits as our chief educators. But the final
decision was That the proposed university could
not be a development from, nor an addition 10
any OF our colleges, but must be- new institution
entirely related 70 them ali, but distinct from
them all, and above them all. They also decided
as dld he third plenaIy cornell before Them that
the universal and comprehensive character which
they wished the new university TO possess, would
not permit Its being IN the hands or any one
relglous oroer; that IL must be organized on the
plan Oh the churchs own Organization, under the
direction OF the bishops Of the country, and with
room both In It's PROFESSIONAL chairs ana on lbs
students benches for every order and every RANK
and condition, with no distinction save that of in
di'iduai a6ility and merit This decision our
hoiy Iather, the pope, has most emphatically not
oniy endorsed, but made his own"
why WASHINGTON WAS CHOSEN.
'Permit me, said Ar. G., "to ofrer one other
dmculty. Is there not danger that many will
regard the university as o Southern Institution.
because situated south OF Mason and Dixon,s
.Wel. feaiis. II Sassssssrsso .tnat womb ne
most singular stretch OF the spirit OF sectionalisn
San me national capital be considered a Southern
city VI Ine seat of southern Institutions IL was
plecisey Ia oruer 10 avoid every semDlance of any
Alnu VI ssctionaiism that the bishops decided in
LAvor Oh tne national capital They aid mot even
aovert 70 US being In the Old mother see OF Raifi
more tor tney desire that IL should no more belong
70 any one see In particular than to any one sIate
or section In particular. SUCH too IA the .inI "
Leo XIII, who earnestly desired thar The mnSvar "
sty should 0e located in the very capit nj ar onr
country, mat II may thereby be more Ihoron,SIv
ldehtlneo Win the NE OF the whole conntrv
Surely THIS must be obvious To anv ,essonahy:
mind, ana with unreasonable peope Won rn,s,.,