Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-30
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY.
The Program for the First Year a.
Outlined by the Rector.

The arrangements for the dedication Of the
new Catholic university are being completed
On the evening of November -, when the dedi-
cation exercises will be held, q spiritual
retreat will begin which will last during four
days. On Monday, November Is, after mass,
the classes Of the divinity faculty will be
opened As already announced, the faculties
for the laity will be opened within few years.
The rector, Bishop Keane, has issued an
official announcement, in which he states that
AL the students are expected to be present
at the beginning of the spiritual retreat at
O'Clock in the evening Of November Is. They
will be welcome TO come as early as Monday
the 18th. Students whose admission has not
been previously secured are required to pre-
sent an application from their ordinary and
certificate of their previous seminary course.
Before entering the university every student
is supposed to have gone with credit through
the usual seminary course, or at least the
philosophical course and three years Of theol-
ogy II is not contemplated to make use at
present Of the derogatlon from the law OF the
third plenary council, graciously accorded by
our holy father Pope Leo XIII, in favor Of ex-
ceptional cases"
VARIOUS CLASSES OF STUDENTS.
Students may enter, Bishop Keane says,
''either with q view Of gaining the university
degrees, or to pursue some special course OF
study for a longer or shorter time, without re-
gard 10 degrees. Priests will be admitted as
resident students in either OF the above classes
without any previous test OF proficiency, but
with the authorization Of their ordinary. The
clergy living within the reach of the university,
and all priests staying temporarily In the neigh
borhood with their ordinary's consent, will be
made cordially welcome to the classes upon ap-
phcation to the rector or vice rector Of the uni
versity."
THE DIVINITY cOrRsEs OF THIs YEAR
Although the organization OF the divinity
faculty will not be complete at the opening,
the courses will be sufficiently numerous and
varied to form an excellent beginning of uni
versity studies, and will offer an abundance OF
intellectual food which will more than suffice
for the time and strength OF even the most
talented students.
Hence. from the beginning and still more
when the courses are further multiphed,a judi
cious elective system of studies will be OBJ
served The choice of the principal and ac-
cessory studies of each student will be mainly
determined by the wish of his ordinary, or the
advice of those who have guided him through
his seminary course. Fitting counsel will also
be given. and the final decision made by the
authorities of the university.
There will be lectures daily on dogmatic the
ology. moral theology, sacred scripture and
higher philosophy; tri-weekly on English lit
erature and sacred eloquence, and at least
weekly on ecclesiastical history, liturgy, scien-
tifc subjects and the problems of the day.
The university hopes this year to bestow ten
free scholarships or burses. In the case of
students not thus provided for nor supported
by diocesan burses the most reverend and
right reverend ordinaries are requested to state
how payment is to be made.
THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS.
The stained glass windows Tor the chapel Of
the Catholic university arrived in New York
from Germany few days lgo. The windows
are 1O2l feet high and feet wide. They were
designed and executed in the Royal Bayarian
art institute in Munich. The five windows in
the sanctuary represent the sermon on the
mount, the resurrection. pentecost, the ascen-
sion and Christ giving the keys to st. Peter"
The face and form Of Christ in the painting of
the ascension are said to be the most perfect
work ever done on glass. The subjects of the
other twelve windows, which will adorn the
sides of the chapel. are Our Lady of Lourdes,
st. Peter, st. John the Baptist, 81. Leo Magnus,
St Thomas Aquinas, st. Francis Xavier, st.
Joseph, st. Paul, ST. John the Evangelist, st.
Augustine, st. Francis de Sales and st. Vincent
de Paul