Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-09
GO NZAGA ALUMNI
SIXTH ANNUAL BANQUET Al
THE sHoREHAM LAST NIGHT.
Brilliant Addresses Made by Rev
Father Fink, Bishop Conaty, Judge
Clabaugh and Others.

Unity graduates or SOnZaSa C0ileSe were
present at the sixth annual banquet of the
Alumni Association at the Shoreham last
evening. Mr.. Daniel O'Connell Callaghan
acted as POSTMASTER. At his right sat
Bishop Thomas ]. Conaty, rector of the
Catholic University Mgr. F. z. Rocker
secretary of the papaI legation; Rev Father
Fink. president of Gonzaga College; Judge
II. N. Clabaugh, Rev. Father Dougherty,
president of Georgetown University; Sena-
tor Kearns of Utah. Rev. Eugene Hannah
and Allison Nailor, jr., also occupied seats
at the head of the table
In the absence of the president of the as
ISOLATION the Rev. E. J. Fink welcomed the
alumni to the reunion. He reviewed briefly
the history of Gonzaga College, showing
that It's rolls have known the names Of
4,OoO or o,OOO young men who are now out
IN the world working for their church. The
speaker said the college should be proud of
It's position, as 1t was the bulwark to the
church; No system of education, he said,
could bring good results unless it was
| united with the church. He cited the fail
ure OF the educational systems of many
countries as proof of his position. In clos
ing he predicted that the UNCONVENTIONAL
that soon 1t will be the universal custom to
combine religion with education.
DR.. Rocker Speaks on the Pope.
DR.. Rocker spoke on the life and reign of
Pope Leo, and the beginning of the twenty
fifth year of the pontificate. He said his
subject had been pretty thoroughly dis
cussed during the past week in all the
Catholic pulpits Of the country. Still. he
said, the subject was so inspiring that he
was delighted to speak upon 1t. DR.. Rocker
referred with pride to the fact that Pope
Leo was reverently referred to by Secretary
Hay in his address at the Capitol upon the
occasion of the memorial of the late Presi-
dent Mckinley.
"a pope is the most curious figure In his
tory. He is man who at the beginning
of the twentieth century is the only man
now in the world who. before the light of
modernness, advancement and liberality,
can stand before the world and say, In the
name of Cod He has the authority and
power to stand up before the people of the
whole earth and teach the lessons of Christ
by Divine inspiration. He is the only man
in the world who can do this. and that is
why the world feels special devotion and
special affection for Pope Leo"
DR.. Rocker paid glowing tribute to the
pope for the wonderful truths he has ut
tered. Truths which have appealed to the
classed the pope with the grand old man
Of England and the iron chancellor of Ger
many" calling the three the greatest trium-
virate of the nineteenth century, and re-
ferring touchinglyI to the fact that the
pope was the only one of the three left-the
one absolutely commanding figure of the
world today.
Bishop Conaty's Address.
Bishop Conaty followed DR.. Rocker be-
ginning his remarks by greeting the alumni
and congratulatng them upon the posi-
ton Gonzaga College has attained in the
educational work of the Catholic Church.
eli spoke OF his alma mater, Holy Cross.
telling of the joy and pleasure which came
to him a student. Bishop Conaty re-
viewed briefly the record Of Holy Cross as
an educational, institution, referring par
ticularly to the accomplishments Of DR..
Bob Brady, who was rector of Holy
Cross when the bishop was a student. The
speaker told of the differences between
the college life of thirty-fiye years ago and
that of the present, showing the hardships
and inconvenience of~the old days We're
really beneficial. they developed char
acters which do not round out so readily
under the present system. Bishop Conaty
described in detail the trials of the stu
dents as to haZing, strict discipline, etc.
Judge Clabaugh spoke briefly of the lod
college days at GonZaga, and Captain ALI
son Naior, jr., gave some interesting rem
iniscences of the days of the old semi
nary which preceded .Gonzaga College. All
the speakers were roundly applauded by
the members of the alumni.
Those present last evening were Bishop
Conaty. Rev. Joseph H. Ham, Mgr: Rock
er, Judge Clabaugh, Rev. Father Dough-
ton, D. ]. Foley. T. ]. Ferry, ]. A. Mulquin.
H. G. Thyson, William B. King. Joseph A.
Petty, Charles L. Ferry. E. H. Neumeyer,
N. H Shea Francis X. Gallagher, William
F.. Downey, B. F. SAUL w. M. Wallace,
Charles H. Handy. Allison Nailor, jr.; Dan
lei O'Connell Callaghan, David Keith, Rev.
Eugene Hannah, DR.. Franklin T. Howe,
s. j. Kubel. William j. Frizzell. ]. R. Not
tingham. Edward Voigt, Edward P.
! Schwartz and ]. j. Murphy.