Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-10-02

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the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SatoIh's
Address Delivered in Latin.
Washington, D. C., October with
the dedication to-day of McMahon
Hall, the central and most beautiful
building Of the Catholic University
group, that institution enters upon the
work Of education IN secular branches.
The dedication ceremonies were held
at o'clock this afternoon in the pres
ence Of distinguished assembly rep
resentng the dignitar.es Of the church
from every section Of the country.
Robed in his scarlet vestments and
attended by a score Of archbishops,
bishops and priests, Cardinal Gibbons
blessed and dedicated the building
Following this Mgr. SatoLH delivered
the opening address, in Latin, on Phil
Osophic study. 1t was the Introductory
lecture on philosophy which the dele
gate had delivered at Rome during his
courses in philosophy there. Addresses
were made also by Prof %. A. Pace,
dean Of the Department Of Philosophy,
and Prof. W. c. Robinson, dean of the
Department Of Social Sciences and Law.
Cardinal Gibbons closed the exercises
with cOngraJula-Ory address on the
eventful step the University was about
TO take.
Among those participating in the eX-
ercises were Archbishop Williams, of
Boston; Archbishop Elder, of Cincin-
natl; Archbishop COrrigan, Of New
York; Archbishop Kahn, of st. Louis;
Bishops Macs, Mean, Sullivan, Foley,
Stanley and Horstman; MOnsignOres
Farley, Mcmahon and Schroeder; Pres
ident Richards, Of Georgetown College;
President Cannon, of Fordham Col
lege; President Vergi, of Woodstock
College, and Rev. William O'Brien Par
do, Provincial of the Jesuit Order.
President Gilman, of Johns Hopkins
University, also occupied a place on
the platform.
The new schools are to embrace a
department Of philosophy, with Prof.
y. A. Pace as dean, and a department
Of social sciences and law, with Prof.
w. C. Robinson. late chief lecturer Of
the Yale law school, as dean. After
the dedication ceremonies of to-day the
actual work of the schools begins in
McMahOn Hall tomorrow, when at 9
o'clock students viii be enrolled by
the registrar. and at 4 O'clock the fac
ulty holds its first meeting for organ
izatiOn and beginning work.
The handsome structure dedicated
to-day has cost q little short Of half a
million dollars and the entire amount
was given by Monsignor Mcmahon. He
is now 70 years old and has been 53
years a priest. He inherited a small
fortune and swelled it to large proper
ti0ns by judicious real estate in, est
ments i'm New York. On joining the
faculty of the university he gave his
entire fortune 10 it. reserving only such
small portion rs is requisite for his
personal comfort. In recognition Of
this munidcence the Pope has conferred
on Mgr Mcmahon his present title.
The building is The central one Of
what is to be an extensive group and
is intended to be the most beautiful one.
1t is 255 feet long by 40 to 100 feet in
depth; four stories high throughout, and
q fifth central story. The entire build
ing is of hewn granite, of ROmanesque
style. but approaching closely to the
classic. Its lowest story viii be entire
ly devoted to civil sciences and engin-
eering. with the exception of lOunging
and club rooms for students. The first
floor contains the school OF social sci
ence in the west wing, mathematics
and physics in the east wing, and ad-
minis-ratiOn offices i'm the center. The
second floor has the school of letters in
the west wing, biology and botany In
the east wing. and assembly room and
senate chamber in the center. The
-hird floor is devoted to psychology and
other branches of philosophy in the
west wing. chemistry in the east wing,
the museum of ethnOlogy and profess
sors rooms in the center. The fifth
floor contains the chemical museum
and class room Of chemistry. Even
the roof has a large flat space its entire
length for scientific experiments.
The various labra-ories and these
several Sc.elDuC DItucucs Ioht Dtcu
constructed and equipped according to
the latest advances in science. The
astronomical observatory has been pro-
yided with several new and valuable
instruments.
The interior Of the building was
handsomely decorated IN honor of its
dedication day American flags were
looped along the sides of the main hall,
while further back the papal colors,
white and yellow, were drapad about
handsome life-sized marble figure Of
pooa Leo. about to be unveiled The
r:cb and substantial interior furnish
ings of the building were set of by
elaborate decorations Of palms, pOtted
plants and flowers.
one of the features of the dedication
TODAY was the reading by Bishop
Keane. rector Of the University, of the
PONIES letter to Cardinal Gibbons, eX-
pressing his great satisfaction on the
extension of the University into the
faids of literature and science, thus
tending 60 the advantage and the
honor both Of religion and Of the re-
public"