The Washington times., 1912-04-26
FAMOUS MEN WILL
SPEAK AT UNWILLING
OF CARROLL STATUE
President Taft, Cardinal
Gibbons, and Champ Clark
on Program.

President Taft. Cardinal Gibbons,
Baron Hengelmuller, Austrian ambas-
sador to the United States; Chief Justice
White. of the Supreme Court, the Rev.
Father A. J. Donlon, S. j., president of
the university, and Speaker Champ
Clark of the House of Representatives,
will be the speakers at the unveiling
tomorrow morning of the statue erected
to the honor of the Right Rev. John
Carroll, founder of Georgetown Uniyer-
sity.
Chief Justice White will present the
statue on behalf of the alumni of the
United States, and the Rev. Father A.
j. Donlon, new president of Georgetown,
will make the acceptance. President
Taft will pay the countrys tribute to
John Carroll as a Revolutionary leader,
who stood high in the counsels of the
colonists.
Georgetown alumni, many of them
State and National officers, will gather
from every State in the Union to par
uctpate In the exercises. The statue Is
the gift of the alumni, made as a re-
suit of response by the Rev. John s.
Conway, s. j., professor Of ethics in the
school of arts of natural law, to the
toast Our Founder" at an alumni ban
quet three years ago. In an impas-
stoned address Father Conway aroused
such enthusiasm that his proposal of a
memorial to Bishop Carroll met with
spontaneous acceptance.
The unveiling exercises will be made
the occasion of a three-day celebration,
beginning with a reunion of the Philo-
demic Society in the College building
this evening.
Reception and Smoker.
This reunion will be followed by a re-
ception and smoker in the dining room
In Ryan Hall to all the friends and
alumni of Georgetown. Thomas Walsh,
of the class of '92, will present an orig
inal poem on behalf of the old alumni,
Vincent Daley will speak for the pres
ent alumni, and a man yet to be chosen
will speak for those who are to come
in later years to the banquet board.
The Marine Band will play during
In,rning. and the gathering Of the
fessional men and political and bust
ness leaders of the country = stand
TOR the speakers Is being erected today
facing the statue in niche to the side
or the main entrance to the Healy
building. the college building proper.
The statue is bv Jerome Conner,
whose bust Of Thomas Moore, the Irish
cor,spicuons place in the Corcoran Art
Gallery. Competent critics say that
this. his latest work, is n mast erpiece.
IT IS Of heroic sizs and presents the
first Catholic bishop OF Baltimore sittin z
R;azing down the Potomac upon the
city that had its inception soon after
he determined. upon the founding of
Georgetown University His features
arc, in repose. in an attitude Of thought
ard contemplation.
John Carroll came of, the, illustrious
Carroll family Of Marylanad. descend
C1arles Carroll, sisner Of the Decia.
s1stion ." Independence. In his early
youth he was sent to Europo. for that
education which, as Catholic. he
conld not receive at home. In Europe
nc entered the Society of Jesus. in
which he lived md labored until its
suppression in 1775
Came Back to Fight.
When the clouds of revolution gath
cred h" felt called upon to return to
his native land and share In the fate
CT his fellow-citiZens. He came back
To Maryland and espoused the cause
Ct freedom. the cause Of his people.
His Influence over the Catholic clergy
was so great that though they were
nearly all English, they indorsed his
views in the struggle against British
sunremacv It was at this time that
Eress to accompany the three commits
siners to canada to win over the Cana
dams tn the revolutionary cause. When
psa:e Caihe, ana tne church was 1rced
OF bondage. John Carroll was appoint
ch by the Pope as supervisor over all
the HatIolic clergy. His first thought
ana act was of II Catholic college. and
he founded Georgetown.
Tomorrow afternoon there will be a
reunion of all of the classes of George
town at the university, and In the even
ing the annual alumni banquet will be
held at the Willard Hotel.
Sunday morning at 10 o'clock solemn
pontifical mass will be said in Dahl
gren Chapel Bishop Northrop. nj
Charleston, s. c., will say the mass
ana the Rev. Father Shealy, s. j., OF
New York. will preach.
Sunday afternoon Father Donlon will
give a reception to the alumni and to
the friends of Georgetown in the Uni.
versity building
The celebration will be a memorable
event in the history of Georgetown
Hundreds of visitors from every Sec
tion Of the country will attend.