The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-19
FOR HOMERS EDUCATION
Trinity College to Be Dedicated
Next Thursday.
Invitations Issued by the sisters OF
Notre Dan.e-Ca=dinaI Gibbons to
Bless the Buildings and Monsig-
nor MarsineI4i TO Celebrate Mass
Il Description of the Ediaces.

The Sisters of Notre Dame, through
Sister Julia. the Superior OF Sisters Of
Notre Dame Of Namur in the United
States. have Issued cards of invitation to
the dedication exercises of Trinity Col
;ege, which will lake place next Thursday,
November %
The solemn ceremonies viii be opened
by His Emfnence Cardinal Gibbons. who
at a quarter before 10 O'Clock viii bless
the college buildings. This ceremony
consists of professions around the build
ings outside and inside, accompanied with
prayers and the sprinkIing Of holy water
by the Cardinal Two deacens VIII assist
His Eminence. as we'll as Rev Father
Burke. of the Paulist Fathers. master OF
ceremonies, and acoIytes.
AT half-past 10 O'Clock Monsignor Mar
tineli will celebrate Pontihca3 Mass, in
which Rev. Father G'ReiIly, of Lawrence,
Mass, viii act as assistant, and Dr. Rock
er be sub-deacon Rev. Father Whitney,
Of Georgetown College, and Rev. Father
Magnien, of St. Mary's Seminary of Bal
timore. will be deacons Of honor. Dr.. Du-
mont will be an assisting chaplain in the
ceremony The sermon wiz be preached
by Monsignor ConaIy Rector Of the Cath
Ole University.
After the ceremonies the sisters will
serve luncheon to q number of specially
invited guests in the corridor CT the sec
ond floor of the college The reverend
Mother Provincial of the order and the
college faculty, assisted by the ladleS CT
the college auxiliary board Will receive
from To O'Clock in the afternoon, dur
ing which time the Marine Band vii!
render selections Sister Lidwin is pres
ident Of Trinity, Sister Ignatius IS d=an,
and the faculty is composed CT Sisters or
Notre Dame and associate instructors
and lecturers Trinity College is the WORK
OF Sister Julia. who is its founeress-
In March, 1883, ground was broken Tor
the convent chapel. and the first building
OF the college. The laying Of the Ger
ner stone took place at O'Clock in the
afternoon of Friday, December S, 1929
The college is situated in the northeast
section of this city. near the grounds of
the Catholic University and the * enslVs
park of the United States Soldiers Home
The campus, which contains twenty
seven acres, lies at the junction CT Mich
gan and Lincoln Avenues, and IS known
as Trinity Place The site, in its diver-
sifed beauty. is well adapted TO the puT-
poses Of college, and the environment
suggests the sources whenee~a Catholic
college for young women must draw faitl
and inspiration, on the one hand DsinS
the Catholic University, the dones of
the Capitol and National Library Fls-ng
on the other side.
About one-third of the group OF build
ings 10 comprise the college have been I'm
;shed. The college building proper has
four stories and a basement Il Il con-
structed Of light granite. from Port De
post Nd, Quarries, and the trimmings
are Of white North Carolina granite. The
first and second floors contain class
rooms, a temporary chapel, and refeetory-
The students rooms are on the third and
fourth floors. The convent which is con-
nected with the college. is five stories in
height. and serves as home for the TWEEN
" teachers of the colleges as well as Of the
servants employed by the institution A
beautiful church will be erected adjoining
the convent H &. Durang. of Philadel-
Dhia the architect of the college builC-
ing. is also architect Of the proposed
church edihce, the foundations OF which are
already laid
Trinity College has for its purpose the
higher education of women under the aus
pices Of trc Catholic Church -1s q first
step toward the attainment OF this end,
its courses of study are planned according
to the best standards Of our American ed
ucatioaal system. Every facility Is offered
the students to fit themselves for graduate
work The curriculum embraces al the
branches taught IN the best colleges OF the
same grade for women, with the addition
Of the science OF religion domestic econe-
my. and the branches deemed useful in fit
ting woman for her proper sphere IN the
home and society. The college was opened
fos the reception Of pupils last October,
and already the enrolled pupils represent
twelve different States Of the Union.
The advisory board is composed Of Car
dfnal Gibbons, president ex ofhcio, and the
following members eX Officio. The Rec
tor OF the Catholic University Vice Rector
of the Catholic University the Provincial
Superior Of the Sisters CT NotTe Dame,
the President of the College the Dean of
the College Faculty, the President of the
Auxiliary Board.
Members elected for three years:
Charles J. Bonaparte, Baltimore; Marian
Lindsay. St Louis; Joseph F. Daily and
Sophia Howard Ward, New York; Emma
Ferries Cary, Boston; Walter George
Smith, Philadelphia; Charlotte z. Lin
coin, Cincinnati; Thomas II. Vincent, Al
bert ~ Wilson. Ella Lorraine Dorsey. and
Olive RisIey Seward. Washington
The Auxiliary Beard OF Regents IS COM
posed of the following ladies:
Miss Olive Risley Sewart honorary
president; Mrs Thomas H. Carter. presi-
dent. Miss Marie E Patterson honorary
vice president; Mrs. Maurice Francis
Egan. vice president: Miss Ella Lorraine
Dorsey, recording secretary; Mrs " c.
Robinson, corresponding secretary; Sister
Mary Euphrasia. treasurer; Mrs Eugene
A Carr, Miss Mary T. Turner. Countess
de Lichteryelde. Miss Emily Mason Mrs
Thomas NJ Vincent Mrs. Z B Vance,
Miss Sarah Carr Upton, Mrs. Francis N
Ramsey, Miss Marie CIetiIde Redfern,
Miss Catharine Roach. Mrs ". C. Robin
son: Miss Mollie Elliot SeaweI. Miss
E7I5ya he'll, Sherman Miss : + Tv7ef