Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-20
BISHOP KEANE'S ASSOCIATE.
A Talk With the Viee-Rector Of the
Catholic University.

Rev. p. J. Garrigan, the recently appointed
vice-rector of the Catholic University, has been
in the city for several days. As the rector,
Bishop Keane. has left for an extended visit in
Europe, Father Garrigan is the official repre-
sentative of the university. In his hands will
come the executive management Of the new
enterprise, which includes the finances. When
it is considered that the funds of the university
now amount to nearly million dollars, and to
carry to completion the entire enterprise an
expenditure Of some four or five millions will
be necessary, it will be readily understood that
the management of the financial affairs of the
new university will form no small responsibility.
Father Garrigan is q guest at st. Matthews
parsonage, where he will remain at least until
Father Chapelle returns from Europe. His
plans for his future residence here have not
been definitely fixed. He has been spending
the first days of his stay in seeing the city. It
is a new city to him and it is hardly necessary
to add what he told STAR man last evening,
that he thinks 1t is a very beautiful city.
1T is unlike any other city have ever been
in,'' he said.
I'm what respects?" asked the listener
"Wel," was the reply, Il may say in the
harmony and completeness of the plan. Then
there are your broad streets. Why, the side
walk here is nearly as wide as the entire street
in some cities"
Father Garrigan lives near Boston and is
naturally more or less familiar with the
wandering paths which, as a rule, form the
thoroughfares of that city.
In what other respects is this city distin-
guished from others2" continued the listener.
Il am not presumptuous enough to imagine
that my opinions are more than surface deep
on subject that know SO little about" OBJ
served Father Garrigan in rather deprecating
way, but still l am only giving my impress
sions. 1t has seemed to me in walking about
the city that there are a great many more men
to be seen than women. Perhaps the weather
has been disagreeable since have been here,
and rather suspect it has been," he added
smiling.
His listener assured him that the population
was not limited to one sex, and that the census
showed larger proportion of women than
men.
Father Garrigan laughed and good naturedly
refrained from saying anything about the
weather. past or present.
In reply to a question he said that he had
visited the site of the new university where the
workmen are engaged in rearing the walls of
Divinity hall. Father Garrigan said that it
was grand building, beautifully located and
ner. He thought that the weather would pre-
vent the roofing of the building this fall.
There was now about year left in which to
complete the work and he thought all of that
time would be needed. Father Garrigan said
that there was nothing new in the affairs of
the university. The routine work was going on
and he expected that everything would be in
readiness for the opening next fall.
THE idea of the university seems to be well
received among the people 1 have met" he
added. "Of course there are some who have
not quite come up to it. IL is little in advance
of them. Like every thing of the kind it wins
favor in certain directions slowly. The
clergy, with but few exceptions, recog-
nize the importance of the new university and
it can be said generally that the projects meets
with the cooperation and sympathy of every
one."
Father Garrigan has not yet attained
his fiftieth year. He has what may be called a
good face and his manner is winning and at
tractive. He has the faculty of gaining the
confidence of people with whom ne comes in
contact, and the congregation at Fitchbury.
Mass, of which he was pastor, parted from him
with regret