The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-10-16
MOUNT SAINT MARY'S
CENTENNIAL.

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Present to Join in the Grear
Celebration Gov. Crothers
and His Staff Also IN At.
tendance.
Mount st. Mary's College, EN-
mitsburg. Nd, celebrated the
completion of it's first hundred
years and the opening of Its sec
ond century on Wednesday and
Thursday, October 18th and 18th.
The college, the second in point
OF time, OF existing Catholic ones,
was actually begun on the 9th of
October, but the celebration has
been deferred to suit the conven.
lence of Cardinal Gibbons, a
steady, warm friend and patron
of the institution. The Cardinal
himself, forseeing his detention
IN Rome and estminster. Eng
land, suggested the postpone
ment. for he cherishes in a special
way The Mountain" as it is
called, the only establishment
in the United States having under
the same management lay col
lege and an ecclesiastical semi
nary, and owned and conducted
by the priests of the various do.
ceses and laymen from the differ
ent parts of the country, the Car
dinal being President of the
Board of Trustees.
During the Civil War the col
lege, like all of those on the Dor
der, met with severe reverses, but
the Lord inspired able and will
ling volunteers to cross Mason's
and Dixon's line and devote Them.
selves to restoring what had been
overthrow. With His blessing
and by their steady, faithful la
bors the college rose again, and
not only reached but has now far
passed its former prosperity, hav-
ing today a large mum Der of cler-
ical and lay students, with a
more numerous faculty, than ever
before, and possessing IA equip.
ment in the way of baths, gym
uasium laboratory, ETC., such as
the times demand.
The roll last year contained the
names of 1913 lay students and
o. candidates for the ministry.
There were 10 priests and 8 lay
professors, besides IL tutors, while
10 Sisters of st. Francis took
charge of the domestic arrange
ments. This year. a further in
crease in 1.-The number of students
is expected. as owing to the new
building the accommodations are
nearly doubled, and large num-
Der OF additional private rooms
will DO available.
POntifical Mass of Thanksgiv
lug was celebrated by Cardinal
Gibbons, and the serm mon
was preached by the Rev.
DIR. Cunningham, of Pittsburg.
Pontifical Requiem was cele i.
brated by Bishop Allen, of Mo
bile, Alabama, formerly president
OF the college, on Thursday,
morning. The Papal message
which was sent by Archbishop
FalcoDi, was read by Rev. DR..
Flynn, as follows:
To the Rector, Faculty, Alumni
and Student Body. Mount ST.
Mary's College, diminishing,
Md.
Upon this suspicious occasion.
when 100 fruitful years have pass
ed. our Holy Father, Plus X, com.
missions me to say in his august
name. his words of Thanksgiving
and praise to the rector, the fac.
ulty, the alumni and the student
body of Mount st. Nary's. EN-
mltsburg.
In the sacred cause of educa
ton the name of Mount st. Mary's
has ever been pre- eminent.
When trials and difficulties
threatened her very life and made
the way of progress hard the he
roic band Of Christian educators,
true to the ideals and principles
of their sanity founder. pressed
forward undaunted.
Now that the way lies open and
success crowns the early tolls and
labors, we are happy to find the
same lofty ideals, the same guiding
principles, the same devotion aud
| sacrifice among the sons of Mount
st. Mary's as in the days of old.
A wonderful career has been
vouchsafed to this venerable seat
of Christion culture. We find
her sons in every walk of life.
Whether we read the story OF the
first American Cardinal, whether
we turn to the blessed labors of
Archbishops and Bishops who
acclaim Mount st. Mary's as
alma mater, whether we follow
the devoted priests who have left
these hallowed walls and who
with fearless steps have carried
l Il do