The times., 1899-10-06
THE HOLY CROSS COLLEGE
Arrangements Made for Dedica-
tion Ceremonies Next Week.
Cardinal Gibbons VIII oHiciate and
archy VIII lie Present-WOri of
the Institution-The Artistic New
Building - The Laetnre Medal.

The Holy Cross College. situated direct
ly in the rear of the Catholic University,
viii be dedicated Thursday, October u,
the services being conducted about
O'Clock p. M in the chapel. Cardinal Glib
bons will officiate. assisted by the Very
Rev. DR.. J. A. Zahm, c. S. c., who ar
rived at the college last night. accompa-
MED by Archbishop Riordan. of San Fran
cisco. Archbishop ]. L. Spaulding. OF Pc
oria H., will probably deliver discourse
on higher education and the purpose of the
institution.
The American hierarchy win be assem-
bled in annual session on the day of the
dedication and its members will attend
the services. They will meet in Mcmahon
Hall, and with the professors of the uni
yersity and the affiliated colleges and their
students, the friars of Mount st. Sepulchre,
and the priests of the Mar.st and Paulist
colleges viii march to Holy Cross College
in body. Monsignor Martinelli, the Pa
pal Delegate. will be present, as will many
representatives OF the Government.
Rev. Father Franeiscus is the principal
OF the college. He is forty years of age,
and has travelled extensively throughout
the United States. He has been superior
of many colleges conducted by the order.
The provincial Of the order Rev. DR..
Zahm, is an advanced scientist of European
and American reputation. He has been
very prominent publicly through the for
NAL withdrawal of his book, Evolution
and Dogma which was not approved by
the Congregation of the Index at Rome.
The death of Father Corby made Dr. Zahm
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from Rome. He may eventually make his
headquarters in Washington, but for the
present he will alternately be here and at
Notre Dame, Ind, where the order has the
largest Catholic college in the United
States.
The Fathers of Holy Cross were the third
/ to establish a house in connection with the
+ Catholic University, opening in 1895, in
rented quarters in Brookland, which
afforded accommodations for only fifteen
students, and became entirely Inadequate
a year ago. Very Rev. DR.. Zahm then
commenced to search for a site for
building that would compare fayorably
with any affiliated with the university.
! The Rosemont estate of six acres was
selected and the construction OF the coll
! lege was at once begun. The building
was completed three weeks before the date
| specified in the contract for its erection.
The college is combination of the
colonial and renaissance styles OF archi-
lecture, and, while having very impos-
| ing appearance, it is not ornate but purely
| classical. The dimensions of the structure
are l35 feet frontage by so feet deep with
| plans so drawn as to allow the addition of
| two wings on the ends, each forty feet
| wide and eighty feet deep. forming an
open rectangular court. The exterior is
| built of Indiana limestone and Vermont
/ granite.
| The main entrance consists of three cir
cuiar arches about a wide balcony and
above il is a portico surrounded by four
large and majestic Corinthian columns,
supporting a gabled roof. which has large,
pain white cross in the tympanum OF the
/ pediment The interior has been arranged
artistiealiy, but with due and careful re-
gard to its special educational purposes
] There are sixty apartments, including a IL
brary, chapel, offices. two parlors. and a
| guests room, billiard and recreation
rooms, bedrooms for the faculty and stu
dents, and suite of room reserved for the
| exclusive use Of Cardinal Gibbons and sew
eral other Church dignitaries when visit
/ ing the college
Holy Cross is intended for those semi
narians and priests of the congregation of
the Holy Cross who have taken their de-
grees at Notre Dame, Ind. They are sent
| 10 lAe former coilege 10 complete their
theological studies or to pursue Post-grad-
Uate courses in some of the many depart
ments of the Catholic University These
students viii equip themselves for future
| work IN the various educational institu-
tions conducted by the Holy Cross congre-
cation here and abroad or they will pre-
pare themselves for missionary and cog
nate work. While the college is mainly
designed for students belonging to the
province of the United States there will
also be in attendance a limited number of
| members of the order from Canada and
Europe.
The order of Holy Cross annually confers
the Laetare medal on a prominent Catholic
man or woman, who has rendered distin-
guished services to the Roman Catholic
Church in the United States Marquise de-
Merinyille Monsters, who founded ths
Catholic University was the recipient thi:
year OF the distinction. The late Augustir
Daily once received it,