Evening star., 1896-10-20
Significant Occasions at the Catholic
University Of America.
BISHOP KEANE'S SUCCESSOR
Endowment Of the Chair Of Gaelic
History and Letters.
SKETCH OF THE INSTITUTION


nificance tomorrow. The first will be the
meeting of the board Of directors Of the
university for the purpose of selecting
three names from which the pope will
choose successor to Bishop John J. Keane
as rector. This meeting has been the sub
ject of so much speculation, and its result
Is so enveloped In doubt, that nothing can
be said in relation to 1t that has not al
ready been limited or rumored. The meet
ing will be held in the lecture chamber of
Mcmahon Hall in the forenoon, and will be
attended by the following directors: Car
dinal Gibbons, archbishop of Baltimore,
who Is also chancellor of the university;
Most Rev. John Joseph Williams, arch
bishop of Boston; Most Rev. Michael Au-
gustine Corrigan, archbishop of New York;
Most Rev. Patrick John Ryan. archbishop
OF Philadelphia; Most Rev. John Ireland,
archbishop of St Paul; Most Rev. Placide
Louis Chappelle, archbishop of Santa Fe;
Right Rev. Camillus Paul Macs, bishop of
1Gy,ngtoa; eiHhng on Right aey John S. Foley.
aorstmann, bishop of Cleveland; Right
Rev. John NJ. Farley. auxiliary bishop of
Sew York; Rev Thomas S. Lee. pastor of
81 Matthews, Washington; Thomas E.
Waggaman of Washing ton, Michael Jen-
kins of Baltimore and Joseph Banigan of
Providence, r. /.
With these are associated ex off1cio all
an advisory board of government
1here are TWO vacancies in the board
one being occasioned by the resigna-
ton OF Bishop keane and the other by the
aeath OF Bishop Marty of St. Cloud. Bishop
Spald1ng OF Peoria, who is a director, is
In Europe, and therefore will not be pres
ent.
All the active members of the board law
men as well as churchmen, will have a
vote In the selection of the nominees for
rector Bishop Keane's name will not, as
has been stated. be one of the three Sc
lected, as he has, so it is understood, made
q personal request of the directors to take
no action of that character.
other than this, nothing whatever is
known about the probable action Of the
directors, and it is also believed that no
publicity will be given to their proceed
ings in relation to the rectorshp until the
announcement comes from Rome itself.
Presentation of the Gaelic Chair.
The other event will occur in the after
| noon, and will be the presentation to the
trustees of the Catholic University the
sum of $4,000 subscribed by the Ancient
Order of Hibernians for the endowment of
| chair in the university for the perpetual
teaching of Gaelic history and literature
and to be known as the Gaelic chair The
national officers of the order, who will ar
rive in this city tonight and be quartered
at the Shoreham Hotel the guests of
the District members of the Ancient Order
Eah, Ca. president; John c. Weadock Bay
City, Mich. vice president; James O'Sulii-
van, Philadelphia, Pa. secretary; 7. j.
Durdon, Columbus. Ohio, treasurer. The
directors are: NJ. F. Wilhere, Philadelphia.
Pa: J. c. Weadock, Bay City, Mich; NJ. j.
Burns, Indianapolis, Ind; T. J. Mahoney,
Omaha, Neb.; John D. Murphy, Norwich.
Conn. The national chaplain RI Rev
John s. Foley. bishop of Detroit. is also
member OF the board of directors of the
university.
The order in this city is in quite -four
ishing condition, having between four and
five hundred members the greater number
of whom will attend the exercises incident
to the presentation. The latter will take
place in the auditorium of Mcmahon Hall
at o'clock tomorrow afternoon. and the
public will be welcome so far the limit ed
space will permit. At that hour the visit
ing delegation will be introduced by the
acting rector, Very Rev. DR.. Philip j. Car
r.gan.who will deliver a speech of welcome
President O'Connor will then present the
gift on behalf of the Ancient Order Of Hi
bernians, and addresses will be made by
other officers of the order, to which Car
dinal Gibbons will respond He will make a
lengthy address.
Entertainment of the Visitors.
Tomorrow night the visitors will be given
| a reception by the local divisions of the or
| der at Carroll Hall, and the next day will
| be spent in visiting points of interest in
and about Washington. Mr.: Thomas E.
Waggaman will invite them to visit his ex-
| tensive art galleries, and will probably give
a reception in their honor. There is no
doubt the delegates will receive a hearty
welcome from Washingtonians being all
men of more than local prominence in their
particular communities and long connected
with the establishment and growth of the
organization they represent.
The endowment of the chair Is regarded
as one Of the most significant events in the
| history of advanced education. The fund
| subscribed for the purpose represents the
subscriptions of 1900 or SO,0OO men, most
| ly of humble station in life, and many of
| them untutored beyond the rudiments. and
yet they have all contributed to the extent
Of their means to give this impetus to the
progress of higher learning. No other in
stance of this sort has ever been recorded
| in the history of institutions similar to the
Catholic University, and thus it may be
properly regarded as remarkable.
Other Gifts to the Institution.
Other endowments of chairs in the uni
| versity which have heretofore been made
are as follows:
By Miss Mary Gwendolne Caldwell of
Newport. r. l.: The Shakespeare Caldwell
Chair of Dogmatic Theology, the Elizabeth
Breckenridge Caldwell Chair of Philoso-
ply.
By the Misses Andrews of Baltimore
| Md: The Andrews Chair of Biblical Ar
| chaeology.
by tne MISSES Drexei OF Pnlladelph1a,
Pa: The Francis A. Drexel Chair of Moral
| Theology.
By Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Kelly of New
York: The Eugene Kelly Chair of Eccle-
siastical History, the Margaret Hughes
Kelly Chair of Holy Scripture.
By Hon. NJ. P. OConnor of San Jose, Cal. :
The O'Connor Chair of Canon Law.
By Mr.. Patrick Quinn of Philadelphia,
Pa: The Quinn Chair of Ecclesiastical
History.
BY the Catholic Total Abstinence Union
| Of America: The Father Mathew Chair of
Psychology.
By Mrs. Celinda B. Whiteford of Balti-
more, Md: The Whiteford Chair of Com
mon Law.
By Mr.. Joseph Banigan of Providence,