The morning times., 1897-01-18
THE OFFICIAL PROGRAM
The Profession of Faith to- Be Made
at Mass of the Holy GhOst-Ad-
dresses by Cardinal Gibbons, DIR.
Garrigan, and the New President.
Reception to Guests and Visitors.

| O'Clock in the afternoon, at which VIII be
present a very large assemblage of people
| incl uding presidents of local and other col
| church, who are officially related to the
university government. TWO thousand
cards of invitation have been issued, on
which ladies may attend with the re-
ceivers of the cards
The program has not yet been printed,
| but the following order of exercises was
| given yesterday by the Very Rev. DR..
| Garrigan, vice rector of the university: AT
| a. m. tomorrow the mass OF the Holy
| Ghost will be celebrated in the chapel Of
| Caldwell Hall by Dr. Garrigan in the pres
| ence of the professors and students of the
divinity school. Cardinal Gibbons, chancel-
| loro the university, viii be in the sanctuary.
and will receive the profession of faith of
| the new rector, which is usual and re-
| quired by the canon law ofthe church of all
| professors of universities. Should Cardinal
| Gibbons not attend the profession may be
| received by the acting rector.
| At u. III. tile academic exercises OF
! the Inauguration will be held in the as
sembly room of McMahon Hail. DR.. Gar
| address touching ON the significance of
| the occasion. This viii be follow by
the reading by Prof. d. w Shea, secre-
| tary of the University, of the letters OF
| the Pope and of Chancellor Gibbons re-
| ferring to the elevation of the rector
elect. The chancellor will then deliver
| his address to the rector r-elect, this to be
succeeded by the formal transfer of the
| Conaty by DR.. Garrigan, acting rector, III
| an address which Will be closed by the
| handing to the new rector OF the book
OF the constitutions of the university.
DR.. Conaty viii accept the trust and
| deliver his inaugural address, this 10 close
| the formal exercises Of installation.
| immediately after these incidents the
new rector Will hold reception TO guests
and visitors on the floor immediately below
the assembly room. DR. Conaty viii take
| position near the beautiful statue Of Pope
Leo XIII, tie presentations to be made
| by Hon. A A. Wilson, marshal OF the
| District OF Columbia.
| it expected that number of the board
| of trustees who elected, or rather sug-
| gested DIR. Conaty as 'dignissiInus'' among
three names sent to Rome for the consid-
| Grafton OF the pope for the rectoTate, will
| attend the ceremony. Among those who
| Will certainly be here are ArchbishOpS
| Ryan of Philadelphia Elder Of Cincinnati.
and Williams of Boston. 1t is not proba-
| bic that Archbishop Corrigan will at
| tend owing to present pressure Of affairs.
Mgr. Martineli, papal legate, and the
| officers of the legation Will, of course be
| present DR.. j. HayenS Richards of George
/ town University. Rev. DR.. b. L. Whitman OF
| Columbian University President Rankin
| of Howard University, the presidents OF
| St Johns College and OF GonZaga Col
| lege, this city, and others will have seats
| on the stage
The new rector has been for a few days
| the guest of his friend, Maj. Byrne Of New
York city. He was here Tor short time
| yesterday, called on Mgr. Martinelli, and
| returned to New York. He Will be here
again tonight as the guest of DR.. Garrigan
at the university, which Will henceforth be
| his home.
| The history of the change in the office
| of rector of this university is too recent
| to need restatement. The Rev Dr. J. J.
| Keane, the former rector was notified by
the pope through Cardinal Gibbons OF Ills
| retirement from that office. Catholics GEN
orally were surprised A meeting OF
| prominent members OF congregations was
/ held, at which several addresses were mGde,
| all OF which touched only on the affection
ate regard in which DR.. Keane was held
| in this country, he having in the meanwhile
retired TO California for period Of rest
The pope in his letter to DR.. Ke1ne
spoke of him in terms of appreciation and
| with these were coupled tenders of pre-
| ferment to higher office in this country
| or at Rome. After due consideration Dr..
| Keane accepted the latter and is now
understood to be one OF the chief ad
| viserS of the pope on matters affecting the
| policy of the Catholic Church in America.
| The election of q new rector was male
| the basis for the most grotesque specula-
| tions by some of the Washington new s.
| papers, most of which turned on she as
sumption that the change in the rectOrate
| was the blossoming of a German Catholic
| or ''ultramontane" plot to summarily stop
| the liberalization" of church policy On
this side of the Atlantic, Dr. Keane being
| alleged, with Archbishop Ireland, the great
Apostle of the West, to be the principal
actors in this conspiracy.
| This ecclesiastical tempest in secular
| teapot was calmed, beyond any chance o
| reruffling, by the pope himself, who, by
his elevation of Bishop keane, and accept
ing him as one of his counsellors in Ameri
can church matters, showed the happiness
| of all of the guesses, hazards, and meta
| physics that had been written on the sub
Ject
The career of Dr. Conaty has been re-
| Gently published in The Times. He is now
the prpsident of the PlattSburp Summer
School of Philosophy He was educated in
theology and divinity at the Grand Semi
nary of st. Sulpice, Montreal. DR.. Conaty
is familiar to the literary guild in Wash
ington, having delivered the Father Mat
thew lectures about two years ago at the
Catholic University, and later appeared al
Carroll Institute, this city, before a very
large audience. He is an intimate friend
of the acting rector, DR. Ganigan, whC
spoke yesterday in the highest terms of his
scholarship and ability. Should there be
any change in the policy OF the university
government, and there has been nothing Sc
far TO indicate it, it may be referred to by
DR.. Conaty in his inauural address tomor
row afternoon.
DR.. Garrigan also spoke briefly yesterda,
OF the Work and prospects of the institu
tion, both of which he regards as emf
nently satisfactory. Dr. Garrigan hold
an elective office and viii not be affecte,
by the change.
The new dormitory, a magnificent struC
ture of red brick. has just been completed
the building having been turned over T.
the university by the contractors ON sal
urday night It is for lay students, ancI
| student TO have two rooms which 1r