The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-20
RECTOR or CATHOLIC COLLEGE,.
Impressive Ceremonies at the Install
IatiOn of the New officer.

latiOn of the New Omcer.
Washington, Jan. 19.-Rev. DIR. Thomas
j. Conaty of Worcester, Mass, was in
stalled as rector of the Catholic Univer-
sity of America this afternoon. The eX'
ercises took place in the assembly room
of the Mcmahon hall of philosophy, where
a large and distinguished audience had
gathered. Among those composing 1t
were Senator and Mrs. Carter, Senator
and Mrs. Roach, Senator Smith, Hon. d.
l. Murphy commissioner of pensions; the
wives of the Brazilian and Mexican minis
ters; Senior Andrade, the Venezuelan min
lister, and Sonora Andrade; the Marquis
and Marquise de Chambrun, Gen. Thomas
Q. Vincent, United States navy; Bishop
Hunt of the Methodist University. and
representatives of local and neighborins
educational institutions. A large dele
cation from New York, Boston, Worces-
ter and Springfield and other places were
also present.
Among the members were Maj, John
Byrne of New York, John ID. Kelley of
Brooklyn, John NJ. Mcclure, surveyor of
the port of New York; Rev. Father La
velle, rector of the New York cathedral
Gen. Lloyd Brice Rev. b. S. Conaty Of
Springfield, brother of DR.. Conaty Miss
K. c. Conaty. his sister. and several
friends from Massachusetts,.
Mr.. Patrick Conaty, the venerable
father of the new rector, who accompan-
led the party to Washington, was unable
to attend on account of fatigue.
On the platform with DR.. Conaty were a
number of distinguished Catholic clergy
men, including Cardinal Gibbons Arch
bishop Ryan of Philadelphia, Archbishop
Elder of Cincinnati, Bishop-elect Prem
dergast of Philadelphia, Manager Marti-
nelli, the papal delegate; Bishop Donahue,
of Wheeling, Bishop Beaver of Spring
field, Right Rev. Joseph Farley, auxiliary
hi -Iaf,F, - TN~ff
Boston; Manager Mcmahon of the Catho-
lie university; Mgr. McGinnis of Boston.
All were arrayed in their robes of Of
fee. The faculties of the divinity and lay
branches of the university appeared in
their cassocks and gowns, and the divin-
ity and lay students were also attired in
their appropriate dress, the former in cas-
socks and baretts, the latter in gowns
and trencher caps. Most of the lay stud
ents wore capes and ribbons of the papal
colors, gold and white, with which the
Mcmahon hall was tastefully decorated
The proceedings began at O'clock. The
pontftical brief of appointment was read
by Prof. Daniel w. Shea, secretary of the
university senate, as follows;
ITO Our Beloved Son, James, Cardinal
Gibbons Archbishop of Baltimore: Be
loved Son-It is with pleasure that we have
received the letter which you sent us of
the meeting held in Washington to des-
ignate another president of the university
evincing, as it does your eager desire to
provide for the welfare of the great seat
of learning. Yielding to your request, we
have considered the names of three can
didates, whom you have proposed as
worthy to discharge the Office of rector
OF these we have deemed fit to choose
and by our authority we do hereby ap-
prove the first on the list, namely, Thorn
as j. Conaty. heretofore parish priest in
WOTCGSfpT nf or
school. Both the learning and zeal for the
advancement of religion which character
ize this distinguished man, who is by
your joint suffra GEES recommended. inspire
us with the well-grounded hope that his
efforts will not be without abundant fruit
in watching over the interests of the uni
versity and in enhancing its lustre.
How dear to our hearts is the matter
cannot but be known to you, for you are
aware how unyielding was our solicitude
in founding this institution, that we
might deservedly reckon it among those
works. (which, in the interest of religion
and science, we have out of our loving af-
lection, undertaken for the furtherance of
the glory Of your country, and which we
have with Gods help, been able to bring
to a happy issue. Meanwhile, as an ear
nest of heavenly grace, and as an evidence
of our spirit of good will, we most low
ingly in the Lord impart to you our be-
lONou Spils " tic nCW pltSAANAhb VI tile UNI
versity. and 10 all its faculty the apos-
tolic benediction.
Given at Rome. at St Peters, on the
2Sd day of November, 1896, the nineteenth
year of our pontfhcate.
"(Signed) Leo p. p. Kill"
An address by Cardinal Gibbons followed.
His reference to Bishop Keane and Dr.
Conaty were applsuded. Then Very Rev.
Father Philip ]. Garruga, vice rector of
the university, presented to DR.. Conaty
the book of constitutions and the univer-
sity seal. DR.. Conaty was applauded loud
" when he rose to deliver his inaugural
discourse. He was applauded frequently
and evidently made an excellent impress
sion
After the exercises DR.. Conaty held
reception in the rotunda of the Mcmahon
hall.
Among the congratulatory kilograms he
received was the one from Bishop Keane
dated Rome: Cordial greetings, prosit."
Foram to BE Confirmed.