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d race questions must be eliminated

from It,"
There Is rumor to the effect that Carolina
Satolli has been advised TO induce Mgr
OConnell to award the vacant vioe-rector.
ship to German professor In order 10 make
more complete the cancellation Of the Ger.
mans. The Archbishops considered the
suggestion most unwise, saying chat II the
university ia to escape the pitfalls of the
past, IL 1t la to be kept above all race and
party prejudices, then the administration
must have free hand to guide and dir, oct
1t on lofty academic principles.
Mgr. O'Connell, when asked about the
rumor and the stand OF the Archbishops
replied: The question Of the vice-rectorshir
has not been decided. However, the
position Of the Archbish0ps Is the only
possible one for a university. The Catholic
University is too big to be hampered by
questions OF race prejudice or party con-
siderations'
The suggestion was made to Mgr
OConnell that, to complete the Cancellation
between the university and the German
element, it would be wise to award the
vacant vice-rectorship of the university
to some German professor. This was not
approved by the hierarchy, following the
note struck by Mgr. O'Connell. whose first
asserted policy was Cancellation, to accom-
plIsh which, 1t was argued ALL race and party
questions must be done away with.
IN the man for the position be German,
said Mgr. 0'Connell, -he should receive
the appointment, not because OF his ma
tionality, but because he Is the best man
for the place.
my policy Is to feed the university from
its own offspring. These will be attached
to the different faculties as instructors,
then as associate professors and finally, as
professors. Thus, DR., Healy Of New York
has just been made instructor in history,
and DR.. Melody Of Chicago professor Of
moral theology: to succeed the illustrious
DR.. Bouquillon.'
Archbishop Farley will send four, possibly
six, students to the university next year.
They will he selected from the class Of dea-
cons at Dunwoodie, and will be ordained
priests before their matriculation at Wash
ington. The Revs. William Cashin Mathew
Duggan, Joseph o Connor and John Morgan
are mentioned as likely 10 receive these
scholarships.
Mgr. Falconio. the Apostolic Delegate,
the attitude taken by the Archbishops,
and has recommended the mission Of Mgr
O'Connell to Leo XIII and Cardinal Satolli,
Cardinal Project OF Studies, who has re-
Gently taken the university under his i'm
mediate jurisdiction.
a, Msr o, Go. a1s is regarded as highly
XIII. has elevated him He is endowed by
unusual natural talents and has enriched
them by the best culture to be had in the
great schools and universities of the old
world, having spent nearly twenty-five
years on the other side Of the ocean in
constant and deep study. He is at home
in a number Of foreign languages and
can quote Dante from the first line Of the
Inferno to the last line Of the Paradise
He has spent years Of study and close COM
partnership with many great scholars of
Europe. He knows well every Cardinal
in the Roman Curia and every prelate
connected with the administration Of church
Affairs at Rome.
Mgr 0'Connell expects to return to the
United States about the middle Of Sep
TENDER. While abroad he will visit Ok
ford and other universities of the old world.