The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-05-12

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 over 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 offcialdom 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 II 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 wearer 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 after the first OF the
year, prominent clergy and aymen began to lay
plans for commemorative exercises the cardinal
expressed the hope that there would be as little
display possible.
Finally there will be ceremonies connected with
the laying of the stone and later the dedi-
cation of what is to constitute the permanent trb
to Cardinal Gibbons in connection with the
jubilee-namely. Cardinal Gibbons Memorial
Hall to be erected the grounds of the Catholic
University of America in the District of Column
bia. It is planned to erect a monumental struc-
ture that will cost at least 100000 and will be
purpose at the great of learning which has be-
come the center of Catholic activities this con-
tnent. The funds for the erection of this COM
memoratve 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 23, to be exact,-by
other significant anniversary. This second
mentus occasion of the summer will be the Car
dinas attainment of the seventyseyenth mile
stone in a very active life 1t Is but little less sig
nifcant than the other event If for other
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
advanced an age. Furthermore 1t would be diff
cult to find better example of the benefits of
simple and systematic mode of life.
Many persons not familiar with his early career
of Erin. On the contrary, he 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
States. To be sure he of Irish parentage and
during his boyhood his father took him to ireland
where he received the groundings of liberal edu-
cation. He was but youth when he returned to