The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-21
CASE OF DR. HENEBRY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES DECLINES
 TO REINsTATE HIM.
Chair of Gaelic in the Catholic University Will Be Given to Another-Report of Fin
 ance Committee. .

Washington, Nov. 2o.--A notable assem /. blaze of high Catholic prelates attended
 the annual meeting of the Board Of Trus- tees of the Catholic University today. Cardinal Gibbons, Chancellor of the Uni versity, presided and other members pres ent were Archbishops Ryan of Phlladel-
 phiu, Corrigdn of New York. Ireland or St. Paul, Williams of Boston and keane of Dubuque; Bishops Spaulding of Peo- ria, Ill, Macs of Covington, Ky, Horst
 mann of Cleveland Thomas k. WaSga-
 man, Treasurer. Washington, and Messrs. Michael Penkins of Baltimore ana Nlcn- ael Cudahy of Chicago, the lay members
 The Board is made up or three com mittees having Jurisdiction over studies and discipline, organization and hnance.
 These met before the Board convened anu framed their statements as to what they
 needed and, submitted them to the tul Board.
 Tomorrow the annual meeting of the Archbishops for the discussion of affairs of the hierarchy will take place. The
 Board adopted the recommendations O. the Finance Committee as to the reports of the Treasurer and vice. -hectnr and then discussed several means for tn,
 purpose of enlarging the endowment tnnl and diminishing the general expenses The trust funds with their dlnerept in- vestments were found to be In satis- factory condition.
 The Treasurer reported the trust tunds
 of the University as $S76,S73 the perma- nent properties of the University aggre- catinT sS63 Si9 and the assets of the Uni versity are $1313H, making total of $l,- | S71, ,937 Tho total receipts during the wear amounted to $l60,5l1 and the dis bursements were $lol,'S9, IeaVihB casn balance on hand Hf &'AA. .o., ooo Of this disbursement &l.JO was palC on the indebtedness Of the university reducing this item to $2Oo,OoO and S4O,VUO was added to the endowment fund. The Committee on Organization report
 ed the resignation of Dr. Charles Warren Stoddard to take effect September 30
 1902 and thanked him for his services during the past thirteen years.
 A feature of today's proceedings which
 were secret was the discussion of the case of Dr. Henebry who recently was
 dismissed from the Gaelic chair of the University and whose case attracted widespread attention. The Board author
 lzed the following statement relative to At the annual meeting of the Hoard
 nf Trustees at the Catholic University
 Wednesday, November 2O, the most care
 fuI consideration was given to the recom-
 mendations of the University faculty and
 genate relative tn Dr. Henebrys reap
 nointment as Associate Professor in Gaelic The Board of Trustees unani- mously declined to reappoint him. with
 equal unanimtty it declared its intention
 of hoIdinc sacred the trust committed to if hv the Ancient Order of Hibernians and yields to no body of men in its con- acientious interest in all the purposes of
 this endowment. No thought or divert
 ing the earnings of the A. O. II. chair tO any other teaching than that of Gaelic baS over been or ever can be entertain
 ed. The Right Rev Revtor was in- structed to make every effort to secure
 as soon as possible an instructor In Gaelic
 who shall be engaged ontii sucn tune as
 resnJar professor may be fully equip ped for the Work. 70 WHICH hs VIII eh- lively dayOte his time.