Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-12
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN.
Special Mass Incident to the Opening
of niversitY-General Items.

VI ~ hAS CA Sly al AICAAAo.
Special services incident to the annual
opening of the Catholic educational institu-
lions was held in Dahlgren Memorial
Chapel of the Georgetown University yes
terday morning. Similar exercises are held
in all Catholic institutions for invoking the
blessing of the Holy Ghost upon the school,
the classes, the faculty and the student
body, upon the commencement of the scho-
lastic year.
In addition to the students, many emf
nent clergymen of Washington and other
cities were in attendance at the George
town institution yesterday The chapel was
brilliantly Illuminated by tall candles and
innumerable electrical lights, and the deco
rations of the altar included potted plants
and cut flowers. The service was begun
with the singing of Gounod's mass by
mammoth choir, composed of the members
of the senior class and the priests of the
school, under the direction of Mr.. H. A.
Gaynor, S. ]. Mr.. Joseph Battle of the
sophomore class sang 20 Salutaris' and
'Sanctus.
The mass was chanted by Rev. Father
Jerome Daugherty, president of the uni
versity, as celebrant; Rev. w. r. Mullan
as deacon, Mr.. ]. c. Geale as subdeacon
and Mr.. G. ]. Hennesy master of cere-
monies. Rev. Father John d. Quirk. presi-
dent of the Loyola College Of Baltimore,
Md, delivered eloquent sermon follow
ing the mass, in which he defined the rela-
ton of relion to education.
Rev Henry Carroll, late pastor of Mt.
Zion NJ. E. Church and now attached to
Ames Memorial Church of Baltimore, Md,
accompanied by a large number of the con-
stituents of the latter church, attended di-
vine services yesterday at Mt. Zion Church
The minister was rendered an ovation, and
he, with his Baltimore friends, were the
guests of the choir of the church. Mrs.
Corria Gail, f. L. w. Scott and Thomas H
Barnes. the latter chairman of the recep-
ton committee, attended to the comfort of
the visitors.
Rev. William H. Gaines, Rev. Edgar Muir
ply and Mr.. Harry Bell, who We're elected
the missionary convention of the NJ f.
Church to be held at Philadelphia, begin
ming today. left yesterday for that city
Upon the receipt of his new $40, 900 French
automobile Mr.. John r. Mclean, president
of the Washington Gas Light Company
was assessed 81, 100 as duty on the machine
Robert Walker, colored, thirty-siX years
old, living at 1242 9th street northwest, had
five stitches put in his lower lip and seven
in his scalp at the Georgetown University
Hospital yesterday morning. Walker also
had d sprained ankle, but was not talkative
about his injuries
e c. Dye, fifty years old, who resides at
heart trouble about o'clock last evening
while standing In front of his home. He
was conveyed to the Georgetown University
Hospital for trea tment.
DIR. William Petty, son of Mr.. James T.
Petty of 1888 o street northwest, is con-
fined to his home by illness.
The work of improving the roadbed of 33d
street, between n and P streets which
thorOughfare 1t is said, has been in an al
most impossible condition for several
years, begun this morning by a force
of laborers of the District government