The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-11-21
THE 40. h. CHAIR
AT WASHINGTON

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most distinguished preiates Of the
Catholic Church in America in secret
session at the annual meeting Of the
Board uf Trustees Of the Catholic
University, today commended the
dismissal Of Dr. Henebry from the
Gaelic chai. Of ,ht institution. ~
! Dr. llcncbry has occupied The
chair ior three years and since the
failure Of the Board to reappolnt
| him on October 20, many divisions
OF the Ancient order Of Eiberians
Throughout the country have adopt.
ed resolutions deploring the action
Of Tie niycrsIty management.
Cardinal Gibbons. chancellor of the
niversity, presided today and the
ot.er members present were Arch.
! bishops Ryan of Philadelphia: Cor.
cogan of New York: Ireland of st.
! !'an: kcane Of Dubuque, and vii.
! liams Of Boston: Bishops Spaulding
Of Peoria. H.. Macs Of Covington.
Ky. Horstman of Cleveland, and
Messrs. Michael Jenkins Of Balt!-
more. and Michael Cu1aEy OF Chica-
60. lay m'mUe!a.
The Board authorized this state.
ment
"A' iEc annual meeting of the
Board ui Trustees at the Catholic
nivcrsity, Wednesday November 20
the most cMctul consideration was
given to the recommendations of the.
university faculty aud Senate rela.
tive 10 Rcy. Dr.. ilcncbry's reap
pointmen. as associate profess or In
Gaelic. The Board Of Trustees unau.
!ncus!N declined to rtapDOint him.
With equal unanlmity it declared
its in'en.ion OF holding sacred the
trust committed toll bY the Aucieut
Order oi llibernians, and yields to
no body oil men IN lis conscientious
interest in al, the purposes OF this
endowment No thous hi OF divert.
ing the earnings ol the Ancieut
Order OF llbernians chair 10 any
other teaching than that Of Gaelic
mas ever leen or ever can be enter.
tanned. The right reverend rector
was instructed to make every ef-
Tort 10 secure as soon as possible
IN instructor in Gaelic, who shall
te engaged until such time as
regular professor NAV be FULLY
equipped Tor the work, TO which he
will entirely devote his time. Sew
eral applications have already been
made for the temporary work 10
this department '
The treasurer reported the trust
funds OF the University as $50, 1858.
the permanent properties Of the
nlrersjiy aggre. ate SS6S, SO. and
the assets oil the University as
SlSi.S14, making total OF 81, s7l,-
9SI. The total recci pts during tho
amounted TO slo0,5ll. and the dis
bnrs-ner.s were $lS1 SO, leaving
cash balance Oh haud OF $29+l.
OF this disbursement $4,000 was
na,d on the Indebtedness VI the
| nvcrs'iy. reducing this item to
sos, 900, and $50, 900 was added to
endowment fund.
The Committee on Organization
reported the resignation OF DIR.
Charles Warren Stoddard. to take
effect September 30. 1902.
Tomorrow the annual meeting
OF the Archbishops tor the discus
sion OF fairs OF the hierarchy
will take place.
Regarding the dismissal OF DIR.
llenebry. one OF the faculty of the
university to-day said
without rejecting ON DR.. Hene-
Ory S abilities at all. 1t as deemed
eXpedlent by the university m an.
agement to equip a philologer, DR..
Dunn. who has l.. d. from Yale,
for future work. In the meantime,
as the instruction seemed likely to
! psc, negotiations were opened
.th DR.. Douglas Hyde, one Of the
,noSt famous Gaelic scholars in the
world.
Gaelic societies had nothing 10
do with the git of $500 esta blish.
ing the chair They have evident.
ly gotten the impression that the
chair is 10 be suppressed and the
fund TO be diverted, a suggestion
out OF the question. AS the income
o the fund has been conserved for
Gaelic, and nothing else, the con.
tcnton Of the Gaelic societies lails
10 the ground.
y gentleman prominent in the
nationa al circles of the AncieT Or. :
der OF libcrulans said this after
noon.
.lhc university has taken the
position OF conSersator OF the Gaelic
lund oil $50, 900. and for this reason
has drawn on itself all this criti.
clsm. Dr. ilencbry seemed 10 be
entirely out Of touch with the Irish
national settlement, since he never
attended auy meetings OF lrishmen
III the District, and point blank re-
fused 10 Join the Ancient Order of
!iibernians, the order which afford.
ed him position OF atiluence aud
dlstnCtl"r.
while the controversy. as it ap-
pears IN the newspapers. would iu-
dicatc that the Ancient Order Of
lIibernians is supporting the case
ot DR. llenebrv, the very reverse 10
actually the case.