The Yale expositor., 1911-05-11

to have the chief events of June 80 take the form
of service in the Cathedral of the Cardinals
home city of Baltimore, to which church digni-
taries from all the country will be invited to
be followed by reception in the neighboring city
of Washington which will take the form of trib-
ute by American officialdom to the venerable head
OF the church and will be attended by President
Taft and all the highest officials of the nation.
However, 1t is expected that other cities will
also desire to pay tribute to Cardinal Gibbons in
connection with this dual anniversary and If he
continues to enjoy the good health for which he
has been famous for so many years 1t IS probable
that he will wish to accept invitations for later
dates from churches at more distant points so that
1t will be strange if the eminent of the
red hat is not kept busy for several weeks
acknowledging the popular expression of good
wishes in one form another. All this, too in
the face of the fact that the Cardinal rather depre
ciates the plans which have been in the making
for sometime past to take due cognizance of the
double jubilee. When, soon after the first of the
year, prominent clergy and laymen began to lay
plans for commemorative exercises the cardinal
expressed the hope that there would be little
display as possible
Finally there will be ceremonies connected with
the laying of the corner stone and later the ded
cation of what Is to constitute the permanent trib
ute to Cardinal Gibbons in connection with the
jubilee-namey, Cardinal Gibbons Memorial
Hall to be erected on the grounds of the Catholic
University of America in the District of Colum
pa IL is Planned TO erect q monumental SITuC
ture that will cost at least $780, 900 and will be
notable architecturally well serving useful
purpose at the great scat of learning which has be
come the center of Catholic activities on this con
tnent. The funds for the erection of this com
memorative building being raised by nation
wide public subscription and thousands of dollars
have already been pledged. The great interest
which Cardinal Gibbons has always manifested in
the university makes particularly fitting that the
enduring testimonial to his career should take the
form of an addition to this seat Of learning.
The double jubilee in June,-the first event of
the kind celebrated in this country will be
followed in July,-on July %, to be exact,-by an.
other significant anniversary. This second mo.
mentus occasion of the summer will be the Car
dinal's attainment of the seventyseventh mile
stone In very active life. 1t is but little less sig
nfcant than the other event If for other reason
than the remarkable vigor and vitality constantly
manifested by the eminent churchman Indeed,
person meeting him casually and unaware of
his identity would suspect that he has attained so
advanced age Furthermore II would be diff
cult to find better example of the benefits of a
simple and systematic mode of life.
Many persons not familiar with his early career
have the impression that Cardinal Gibbons is a son
of Erin. On the contrary, he was born in Balti.
more.-that Is in the diocese OF which he Is now
archbishop in addition to holding the position of
primate of the Catholic church in the United
during his boyhood his father took hiN to Ireland
where he received the groundings Of liberal edu-
:ation. He was but youth when he returned to