Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-13
KNIGHTS CAPTURE CITY
In Peaceful Possession on
Popular Mission.
TEN THOUSAND STRONG
BEARERS OF CHECK FOR $4,000
TO CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY.
Local Councils, K. of c., Serving as
Hosts-The Program of En-
tertainment.

representative order OF the Cath0iic Churcn-
The members of the order have come into
the city 10000 strong. In the old days a
| body of men of such proportions would have
levied tribute the municipality. and
would have compelled the local treasury to
disgorge vast sum to redeem it unscath-
ed from the hands of it's captors. Such has
been the reversal of things in the progress
of the ages, however that instead of levy
| ing tribute these good knights have come
| here at great expense to themselves from
every section of the country for the express
purpose of giving to one of the leading in
situations of the District the sum of $4,000
to insure to posterity an adequate knowl-
edge of the secular history of America ana
its progress.
The presentation will take place this :af-
ternoon at O'Clock at the Catholic Cnivef-
Sity the institution which is to dement, Dy
the largess of the knights. and Is to be &C
companed by unusual ceremony. On
stand decked with the national colors en-
twned with the white and gold of the Ro-
man Church Mr.. Edward L. Hearn of New
Haven Conn. supreme knight of the or
der, will present to Cardinal Gibbons. TIT
ular head of the university, check ten feet
long and four feet wide, which will be an
order for the $1,000 made payable to the
trustees of the university. The cardinal
will make short address, and Mgr. OCon-
nell, rector of the university, Will make the
Garrigan, formerly vice rector of the lnsn-
tuition, will make an address, and Mr. John
j. Delaney, corporation counsel or the city
of New York, will make the reply ON be-
half of the knights of Columbus. During
before and after the ceremonies the Marine
Band will render program.
Origin of the Movement.
The movement for the endowment of the
chair of American History at the Cathonc
University owes its inception to an address
made before a national convention OF the
order in March, 1893, by Bishop Garrigan,
then wee rector of the institution. The ad-
dress made a profound impression ON TIE
members of the organic atom. General lack
of knowledge of the United States. Its IN
S buttons People and the Catholic Church
of America among the other peoples OF the
world is what prompted the address IRE
fact was brought out that the heads OF the
church elsewhere and the people of the
church elsewhere were unfamiliar with the
conditions in America or the church here.
1t is considered as peculiarly appropriate
that the fist step toward correcting this
condition Should be undertaken by the
Knights of Colun bus, order which bears
the name of the great admiral who first set
foot these shores.
In his address to the knights at the time
of the beginning of the movement Bishop
Garrigan said
I'VE ask you to JON hands with in
correcting the many errors which have been
spread abroad for the last hundred years.
here and elsewhere, about church.
about our faith and about our people; to
clear away the clouds that have been hang
ing over us for the last century and bring
the truth to the light of day so that all men
may place us where We belong"
With these words inspiration the
members of the order went to work with
will to secure the needed funds for the es-
Enlistment of the chair of history They
worked in every conceivable manner to at
tain their object, and after five years of
labor they have at last accumulate the
necessary amount, and with deserved salts
faction will present the result of their
labors to the university authorities today.
The check itself IS in keeping with the s'za
OF the sum it represents. Ten feet long
and four feet wide. it is highly ornamental.
and when it has been cashed and cancelled
VIII be returned to the Supreme Council of
the order, where 1t will be framed and hung
in an appropriate place in the meeting
room.
In his address this afternoon Mr.. De-
laney. who gave the first impetus to the
movement for the raising of the fund after
tie seed had been sown by the address of
Bishop Garrigan. will tell the history of the
movement and the work of the members of
the order.
The Advance Guard.
The first contingent of the knights ar
rived in Washington yesterday from the
north and west There were about 800 of
eorted to the temple of the order, COG f
street northwest. Immediately after their
arrival. BY nightfall the number of visit
ors had been swelled to several thousands
and every train that arrived at the twO
depots was bearing its quota of knights
rms Kept up all of last night and all Of
today until now there are close on to 10 GEO
knights in the city, many of them accom-
panied by ladies. The visitors are brought
to the temple soon as they arrive in the
1ra Inv ,1>o,e,
the reception committee of the local coun-
ellis, with whose assistance the visitors find
quarters for themselves The cadets of
Gonzaga College, in their natty gray uni
forms, serve as the messengers of the COM
mittee and escort the visitors from the
depotS to the temple, and then to the stoD-
ping places assigned to them The local
knights rendered the visitors a reception
last evening at the temple when all
strangers were made to feel at home An
excellent program of music and yaude-
vile specialties was rendered. One of the
features of the evening was the perform
ance of Prof. Maurice A. Joyce physical
director of the Carroll Institute Prof.
Joyce is trained athlete and his ey-
hibitiOn in the athletic line was heartily
appreciated by the visitors The music
was of a high order. Many of the visitors
are musicians of no mean caliber them
selves, and they joined with those of the
local contingent to make the evening n
success.
| >~S~ScS~SA ~ S0ANSASASy 9IOoCuJS.
The student body of Georgetown Univer-
sity has perfected arrangements to give
a complimentary entertainment next Fri
day evening in CASTOR Hall, in honor of
the Knights OF Columbus. The entertain
ment is free and all ladies and visiting
knights have been invited to attend
A select program. comprising numbers
by the Georgetown Glee, Banjo and Manjo-
lin clubs. has been arranged. Following the
musical features an informal reception will
take place.
Another reception will be rendered the
visitors at the temple tonight. Tomor-
row afternoon the President will receive
the members at the White House. and
from there they will go to the Catholic
University, where they will witness the
ceremonies incident to the dedication of
the apostolic mission house. The mem
bers of the Keane Council, No. 353 of this
city will entertain the visitors at a recep-
ton and smoker tomorrow evening The
members of the Supreme Council and dis.
tinguished guests of the order will be en-
tertained- at dinner this evening by the
trustees and faculty of the university
Designated by Badges.
The visitors are all provided with badges
at the expense of the local committee.