Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-05-24

"While we look" he said, "for the founding OF
true university we will begin as the University OF
present University OF Louvain began fifty years
ago. with national school Of philosophy and the
ology, which Will form the central faculty OF a
complete educational organism. Around this the
other faculties will take their place in course Of
time, and so the beginning which we make will
grow until like the seed planted In the earth, 1t
menL"
THE BOARD APPOINTED.
AS one response to Bishop Spalding's appeal
Miss Caldwell offered to give $780, 600 TO aid the
project. With this large sum as a basis the pre-
lates interested went forward with confidence to
lay out the plans for the future. A committee or
university board was appointed by the Baltimore
plenary council in 1855 This board consisted OF
Cardinal then Archbishop Gibbons, Archbishops
Heiss, Williams, Ryan and Corrigan, Bishops Ire
land, Keane, Spalding and MartZ, Mgr. Farley,
Rev. DR.. Foley, Rev. Thos Lee Rev. Dr. Cnapelle,
and Messrs. Eugene Kelly, Michael Jenkins Ber-
board at once issued an appeal to the Catholics Of
the United States "to provide the means TO endow
the eight prOfeSSorShips with which the university
Will enter upon It's work, and also TO found the
houses"
In this appeal the board said; "The creation Of
tlonal significance undertaken by the church In
this country; and when we consider what the
various dioceses and parishes have singly accom-
plshed In few years in building churches,
schools, colleges, academies, asylumS, and hos
pitfalls, 1t Is not possible to doubt that the united
ness and generosity are attested by 50 many and
such noble monuments, will prove equal TO any
enterprise, however vast or difficult. 1t Is obvious
that the dignity or the Church In America demands
that 1t should have at least one institution which,
transcending local needs and interests, shall as
sumo national alandrepresentative character: and
what other institution can 50 well take this posi-
tiOn as great Intellectual center OF Catholic In
telgence and influence. which will unity and CON-
honor and focus Of light for our schools, colleges
and seminares?'
TO HARMoNIzE CONFLICTING ELEMENTs.
The appeal also said: "We come from many
lands bringing with US our national customs and
languages, together with the thousand divergences
OF opinion and sentiment which characterize men
in the different parts OF the world and the unity
OF purpose and the sympathy which Catholic faith
tends TO produce are here opposed by difficulties
university which win be the intellectual center
not OF the Catholics OF this or that nationality
but OF all the Catholics OF the United States what
professors will be chosen singly with q view to
their fitness, must necessarily tend to harmonic
and unity the many elements of which the Church
One feature OF the Institution is the establish.
ment OF "University Burses." The burse is a fund
out OF which poor students are cared for Every
person is at liberty to pay whatever sum he or she
may desire into 1t. The proceeds are TO 60 toward
defraying the beneflciary's expenses while in the
minded man whose aptitude for scholarly attain
ments in the scientific, or the historical, or the
mathematical nelds or human knowledge are
known but not brought out because OF the lack Of
means to develop them.
In 1885, Bishops Keane and Ireland went as
delegates Of the United States lay the details Of
The matter before the holy see. Leo XIII well
coined the project, and by an apostolic BRIEF dated
Easter sunday, April 10, 1887 gave his Official ap-
subsequently the University was Incorporated,
the board OF incorporators being the same as the
provisional board that issued the appeal save that
Bishop Borgess., OF Detroit, was substituted for
Archbishop HeiSs, Of Milwaukee.