Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-03
ONE HUNDRED YEARS
Since the Founding Of the Catholic
Hierarchy in America.
DEDICATION OF TIE UNIVERSITY.
The Law Trouble in Connection With the
Foreign Faculty.
WILL START WITH FIFTY STUDENTS

" ANONCmOCA - S-~
dedication of the new Catholic University
on the 18th of the present month, Catholic
education in America will receive mighty
impetus. In 1890, the first year of the es-
tablishment of the Catholic Hierarchy in
this country, there was but one Catholic
institution, the historic Georgetown Col
lege, formed by the Jesuit Fathers in 1788
and the alma mater of so many distinguished
men in America. To-day there are $50 col
schools in the United States.
Thus the opening of the second century
OF the Catholic Hierarchy In America will
be marked by the founding of an American
University which tits the hope of the origin
ators will tend to elevate ecclesiastical
learning In this country to higher plane.
The faculty Of the university will be COM
posed Of men of the highest religious and
secular learning. The decision of the
Treasury Department as to whether the
foreign professors can be admitted to this
country under the provisions of the contract
labor law has not yet been given, but Bishop
Keane, of Baltimore, the rector of the new
university, is confident that the law can be
so interpreted as to admit of their entrance.
ONE LITTLE CLOUD.
Should an adverse opinion be rendered it
will go rather hard with the university
as the majority of the members
OF the faculty are from abroad. DR..
Schroeder, who will expound dogmatic
theology for the edifcation of the embryo
priests is from the Seminary of Cologne. DR..
Boquillion. professor of moral philosophy,
and Prof. Hyvenat, who will have charge OF
Scriptural instruction, are from Belgium.
The Rev. DR.. Pohle, who will deliver
lectures on philosophy, is from the Uni
versity of Fulda. Father Hogan, pro-
feSsor Of sacred eloquence and liturgy, was
formerly of St. Sulpice, Paris, but has lat
terly been teaching in an American semi
nary, and so will not come under the ban of
the law. The extreme penalty for violation
of the contract labor law is 81, 900 for each
ofense. Father Hogan, assisted by the
Sulpician Fathers, will have charge of the
discipline of the students and the domestic
affairs of the university.
The university will open with some 30
students selected by the various bishops OF
the United States. Where a student is not
able to bear the expense himself attendant
upon his course in the university, he will
be supported by fund set>apart by the dio-
cese from which he comes.
Upon gently sloping ground adjoining
the Soldiers Home, and overlooking the
park and cemetery of that institution, stands
the massive stone structure known as the
divinity building, the only one of the uni
versity group yet constructed. Standing on
the avenue leading to the Soldiers Home,
through the masses OF richly colored au-
tumnaI foliage, one catches glimpses of the
heavy wallis broken here and there by
gables and chimneys, standing out in strong
relief against the sky. Situated as it is, in
one of the most picturesque portions of the
city, finer site for the university building
could scarce have been chosen. Pleasant
drives lead to it IRON the four points of the
compass, while it will be easy of access to
the immense crowds of the faithful who
will be present at the solemn ceremonies at
tendant upon the dedicatory exercises BY
way of an electric railway which will be
shortly completed. 1t can also be reached
by the Metropolitan Branch Railroad,
which lies short distance to the east.
A MASSIVE STRUCTURE.
The main or central portion of the
divinity building is five stories in height,
while the fanking wings are but four stories.
1t is built of a blush stone found in the dis
trict, relieved by trimmings of Ohio sand
stone. The exterior of the building presents
no elaborate ornamentation, but the severe
lines OF the Romanesque architecture give it
a striklngly solid and massive appearance.
Upon the pinnacles OF the building are
placed figures of ancient philosophers, and
over the arches of the windows are placed
smaller figures. Above the main entrance,
which is In the center of the building, in a
niche in the wall, is z marble statue of the
Savior, the work of q Munich artist.
AT this entrance there is a stone porch in
the pediment of which is set slab with a
Latin inscription commemorative OF Miss
Mary GweDdolen Caldwell's magnificent
gilt. 1t was mainly through the efforts and
wealth of Miss Caldwell that the structure
was erected. As mark of his appreciation
the Pope invested Miss Caldwell with the
Order of the Golden Rose, decoration con-
ferred but once before upon an American.
Mrs. General Sherman, some years ago, was
honored with this order. The entrance to
the chapel is upheld by number of small
pillars with handsomely carved capitals.
On one side of the chapel entrance stands a
large statue of Mary, the Mother of Christ,
the gift of a Partisan lady.
Upon each side Of the main entrance are
the receiving parlors. In one of these par
Iors will be placed handsome oil painting
Of Pope Leo Kill, his gift to the new
This picture was presented to
the Pope during the Golden Jubilee, and it
was intended that it should hang in the
halls OF the Vatican at Rome. Upon either
side of this painting will be hung counter
felt presentments of Washington and Arch
bishop Carroll, the first Bishop of Balti-
more, under whose administration the Cath
bic hierarchy in America was established.
THE PATRON SAINT.
From the Eternal City comes another OBJ
ect OF deep interest to all Catholics. Upon
he Pincian Hill the Roman government
has placed busts of many of her dis
,inguished sons, one of these, being that of
St. Thomas Aguinss, the patron saint of the
During his recent sojourn in
Rome, Bishop Keane became we'll known
% the members of the English COLONY
through his lectures and sermons before
hem. Upon the announcement being made
If his choice as rector of the new university.
he English colonists had COPY of this
statue made and presented to the Bishop as
mark of their loving remembrance.
Bishop Keane has been informed that Mr..
'. Loubat, Frenchman, nov residing in
New York, will present to the university
colossal statue of the present Pope. This
statue will be of the finest Carara marble.
ind will be the work of Italy's leading
sculptor.
The first floor Of the building will con-
ain, besides the parlors, the lecture room.
chapel, reFectory or dining room and
In the chapel are 13 marble
lltars executed in Caen, France, the grand
lltar standing at the eastern end, with the
mailer ones upon either side. From Mu-
lich comes the stained glass windows of the
chapel. A resident of the city has pre-
;ented the university with $1,000 organ
or chapel use. Leading to the second floor
s broad and spacious staircase, splendid
pecimen of the wood carver's art On the
econd and third floors will be the rooms of
he professors and students. Upon the fifth
ioor will be the recreation rooms, one being