The evening times., 1895-10-02
Imposing Services Held at the
Opening Of Mcmahon Hall.
BLESSED BY THE CARDINAL
Splendid Procession of the Greatest
Catholic Dignitarirs I'm merica-A>-
sisted in q he eCeremOnics-Add
Nude by Bishop keane, Mgr. Sa.
TOLL a nd Cardinal Gibbons.


The ceremony was held under the auspices
and direction OF the higher dign:ta ricS oi the
church, and WAS blessed. III the FIRST m
stance. by superb weather, which OF itself
was abcnedictiol on the gre;i tandtmrortant
undertaking.
The great natural beauty OF the environ
nient was enhanced by tine ri:.ltest sunshine,
a c.ou,Iiess sky, and IA bracing and luyiSorat-
ing air.
The history OF the ,-benefa'tion OF Mgr.
McMaiion, which is now realized III 'ine
greater university has been published
enthusiastically IN The Times aud need net
now he repeated Monsignor Mcsiaiicn was
Il part OF the great event OF yesterday and
was signally designa ted in the address ofHis
Enlnence Ca r,lnal GihbunSa a theclosc ofthc
ceremonies of the dedication.
The religious part OF the ceremonies was
in no wise different from that of hcblcssing
of any other school, bat in view of the high
place which this university holds as Il
literary cen;erand especially at the Capital
of tiIe nation, II WIS performed by the most
prcniEcn. and faI.ois iirelaies oi the church
III America Leo Nil was represented by
his American delegate and a letter of the
Pope was read by ihe learned bishop
kc;nc. rector of TIE university.
The dcdIcatiou oI this imposing bIiu-
ing to ills lofty purposes was unarSed by the
presence OF suinc of the most distinguished
educators not oi the Catholic Iann OF inns
country, among whom may not be invidi-
ousIy mentioned Prcsiucnt Whiiinah, OF
the COLUMBIAN University, Of Washington,
and President uiinian, OF the far-i;ifn'u
John Hopkins University 81 !'a!timore.
IN BEAUTIFUL ROBES.
The religious character 81 IA part of the
ceremonies ncccssitatcd The appearance
OF the chief diEritarics of the church in
their beautiful rubcs which thus afforded
an opportunity ur witnessing one OF tho
most imposing functions IN tnc pofnp and
ceremonial oi the church.
This was pait;cuEiriy observable IN the
opcD-air PROGRESSION anu the scene IN the
sanctuary oI the chapel oT tue school OF
divinity.
Witn tic exception OF Archbishcps Ire
land, of st. Paul, Chapclle, of Santa Re
Gross. uI Savannah, Rcariou. al thc Pacific
coast, Spaiding OF Peoria. and Marty, oI
st. Cloud, all the ;ioIapre pTriai,s "a the
church nonorcd the occasion hy their pres
eDce.
Tne distinctiveiy religious features OF
The event took place III The chapel of the
Divinity Hail. un the circular walk. from
the Divinity school front entrance in 'hat
OF Mcmahon iiai!. IN the pori.co oi the lat
Ter and in its C,'rirui nail.
Al = 70 u. IN. his sIn;urncc tie Cardinal,
has cxCcl,rncy the papal - Ll'sit", the visit
ing archbishop> aui bishops, bishop h'.lnc,
and "A alIrgeconCodr>cof III % the hrh'rtldnuNi>iiIng
clergy assembled M ana usa z the sanctuary
OF the chapel, which was softly Illuminated
by the tender glow oi the aitar cInnirs
Tncpr.iatt.S of tneUn nurCii wcT,.ra>li yna rrcd
by The purple CRIMSON and gold or their
pontiIiraI robes and formed a brilliant and
imposing group. There wcr. III tins bright
a~>t@nula.sv TEA aTchhshop- ana bishops,
the cardinal, and Mgr. SatOIi.
Tn" ceremony mere was simply the chant
ing OF the hymn. ''VcDi Creator Spirilus."
wnieh was sung In IulI round chorus by
the priests TO the grand swell OF the organ
siraiIS- In the meanwhile the procession
was forming outside, which, when COM
pieied, embraced about 400 pcrSnos-
It's Componcnts were first Father Lynch,
of Alabama, the cross bearer. He WAS bare
headed and was rObcd it, yellow silk. with
white lace surplice. on either side of him
was a seninar arian in black cassock, with
white lace surplicc, each bearing an un-
lighted candle in a gold candle siIch.
THEN CAME THE CARDINAL
Immediately after these came the semi
narians of the Holy Cross, the Marists. and
the Paulists. These were arrayed in the
usual black cassock and scholastic cap
After these the priests and then came Il
.roGp of bishops and archbishops. lmine-
diately behind the bishops was Cardinal
Gibbons, robed in magnificent gold en-
broidered cape and wearing a gold cni-
broidered mtrc. The cardinal carried the
pastoral STAFF, or bishops crozier He was
attended by Fathers Reid ard Fleming, OF
the university.
Bishop Keane, the president of the uni
versIty, walked with the faculty which.
with the trustees in citizens dress, had
position Immediately in front of the cOngre-
CATION az bishops and archbislicps. He was
arrayed in purple pontificals. All OF the
purple miters.
The line was one of sngularly pictar-
esque aspect, not only from the distinctive
robing or the individual parts, but from
the artistic blending of the colors. The
rare beauty of the day, the brilliant sun
shine, ami the exquisite Temperature con
tributed largely TO the general effect ard
impression OF the procession
AT precisely fifteen minutes before
O'Clock the procession moved toward the
south door oil the hall to be dedicated. The
portico was embowcred in palms and roses.
When the procession reached the pOrico
the cross-bearer halted and permittetithe
bishops. archbishops, and other tlignta-
ries to enter, the candies having been
lighted
Entering, the cardinal proceeded to a
temporary altar in the center of the hall,
where he performed the ceremony of
the blessing and dedication after the form
of the Roman ritual. The incidents which
addressed themselves to the eye were
the publication of the environment, typi
cally, by holy water and incense The
prayers and forms were read in Latin.
This hall was decorated with the United
States flag, which floated everywhere.
In the recess at the north end OF the hall was
the beautiful marble statue of Leo XII,
over and around which were draped the
papai rolors. In the recess were also large
palms and potted plants.
THE LITERARY FEATURE.
The ceremony here was very short and
simple, after which Bishop Keane in-
vited the assemblage into the assembly
Udll, feature Ol tUt
day was to take place. When the crowd
entered the stage had already been filled
with those who had been invited to seats
there.
Conspicuous on the rear wall of the
stage was the steel engraving OF the
Pope, the companion piece of. which was
the papal flag; with the iron crown:
The stage was draped with the national
flag, the flag of NJ aryland in honor of
the cardinal, and the papal coiors in
festoon.
l., 80 .o,tor 4, fI,o front NJ -, @, g, r., -;,,r
Gibbons, who had divested himself of his
pontificial robes OF cardinal-archbishop,
and wore crimson ca ssock of watered silk,
coyered by surpiice OF rare old lace.
His head was covered with cardinals
crimson cap.
On his right was the papal delegater
ArehSshop Rya1 Of Phfadeipha PM ell ns one etf of
the charter members of the university.
This place would have been occupied 6y
but was yielded as a matter of courtesy.
Bishop Archbishop Ryan was attired in
citizen dress.
Keane. Monsignor McMahon, DR.. Rich
ards. rector of Georgetown university;
DR.. Whitman. president of Columbian
University: DR.. Gallaudet. of kendall
of Johns Hopkins University; Dir. Pace,
dean of the faculty OF philosophy; Judge
Robinson, dean of the school of social
williams, of Boston; Corrigan Of New
York, Kain of st. Louis, Janssens OF
New Orleans, Elder of Cincinnati,
COvington: Foley, of Detroit; Ryan, of
Buffalo: Sullivan. of Mobile; Don0hue, of
Wheeling, and members of the faculties
or divinity, Drs. Dumont, Orban, Schroe-
der. private chamberlain of the Pope; Bou-
quillOn, O'Goman, Grannon. Shahan. Hy-
yefnat. Peries: OF philosophy, Drs Griffin,
Greene Cameron. Shanaban, OHM, Searle,
Du Saussure. Stoddard, Egan, Shea,
Rocker. and Stafford; Mgr. Stephan, head
Of the Catholic Indian Bureau; Thomas E.