The times., 1901-04-24

/ lectual clergymen to the country. but also
Intelligent churchmen 10 appreciate and
/ hear the clergy.
Rev James Burns spoke briefly on the
benefits accorded by the Catholic Uni
! versity to the smaller colleges in the
United States. He said that q great eNo-
/ luton going on in the educational
/ system OF the United States and that the
high schools were today doing a great
deal which was formerly left TO the col
+ leges. He argued that il was strange that
the German and French student got
. through his education years before the
/ student in America and this came through
! the fact that the transmission Of IDEAS in
/ an easy way had been solved tN the for
eign educational institutions He said that
/ the small Catholic colleges would either
/ be compelled To keep their students to
/ themselves for the full course or be rele-
/ gated to the position of high schools. As
President of Holy Cross College, he said
that the small college was here to stay,
! but that the greatest boon ever conferred
( upon the Catholic Church in America was
I the establishment of the Catholic Uni
verSity.
The next speaker was the rector of the
university, Rev. DR.. conaty. who said
III. the university graduate had sounded
tho praises of the college, and this was
tho best praise and the highest. The
we'd Of the alumni, said he. was worth
mo than that Of those in the admins
tra,ion. He wasy proud that all of the
praises were true and that the college
could be tested hPr results. In a decade,
enough TO ill a book 1t had never gone
TO Congress for an appropriation. 1t had
gathered together the flower of the Catho-
lie Church in America as its educators
and ii threw open its doors to students.
1t is the only institution in the United
States today which has done away with
the undergraduate work. Today the
teachers are equally divided between the
priests and the laymen
1t is an institution from Cod" he said
and was endowea by the greatest Pontiff
kg tas-pr cd 4 he zHva
may 90 forward with hope and confidence
in the future of our university. We are
but beginning our great work-the better
ing of our educational conditions and the
lettering Of mankind. Let US only be
loyal to our ideals of the university We
are Americans as well as Catholics, and
we are freemen in land we love Let
US try 10 aid in the good work of free
dom and go forward-onward- always"
Letters Of regret were read from Mon
signor Martnelh. William C. Robinson
Professor Of Law. Georgetown Universe
T.; President Whitney. of Georgetown
University; Brother Abdas, of St. Johns
College, and others.
Those present as the guests OF the
alumni were His Eminence Cardinal Glib
bons, the Rev. DIR. Magnien. President OF
St Mary's Seminary. Of Baltimore; w
Bruce King. President of the Columbian
University Alumni Association; the Rev
J. a. Burns, President of Holy Cross Col
lege; the Rev. !. 3. Descreux. of Holy
Cross College: the Rev. Walker Elliott
Of the Paulist Fathers, and the Rev. God
frey Schiling, Superintendent of the
Franciscan Monastery
The business meeting OF the association
was held in Mcmahon Hall at the univer-
sity yesterday afternoon. PAPERS were
read by Father Joseph McSarley, c. S
p. the Rev. Lawrence Deering and the
Right Rev. Rector Monsignor Conaty.
The officers elected for the coming year
are as follows: President. the Rev VIII
liam Kerry; Vice Presidents the Rev.
William Russell and James L. Kennedy:
Secretary, the Rev Maurice O'Counor:
ecutive Committee the Rev. WiiIiar
Fletcher. the Rev George Lealey. the
Rev. Joseph McSarley. George Twohv
William z. Jackson
RESOLUTIONS Of regret on the death of
Monsignor Mcmahon were adopted
The association adjourned to meet IN
Baltimore in April next