The Irish standard., 1912-05-18
Chief Justice White of Supreme
Court of U. S. Delivers
Principal Address.
Attorney General Wickersham Tells
of Patriotism of the Great
Prelate.
Many Distinguished Guests Partici-
pate in the Elaborate Cere-
mony of Unveiling.

On Saturday morning, May 4, the
ceremony Of unveiling the statue of
Archbishop Carroll, founder of
Georgetown university, Washington,
D. c., took place on the university
grounds. A long procession of clergy,
Government officials, faculty members
and alumni. headed by the rector of
the university and Attorney General
Wickersham, President Tafts personal
representative, with Cardinal Gibbons
and Mr.. George E. Hamilton immedi-
a>tely behind them. wound down from
the main building to a platform that
had been erected just in front of the
statue. Mr.. Hamilton, as president Of
the National Alumni Association, then
introduced GeorgetoWn's most distin-
guished son, Chief Justice White, who
in words as earnest as they were we'll
chosen, presented the university with
the statue of its founder. It was the
first time in the history of the United
States that the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court delivered a public ad-
dress at a public function. The
speaker dwelt upon the high value of
the legacy John Carroll had left his
country and said that the Capitol it.
not long. survive the ruia
of institutions like Georgetown, where
science and learning were never SUM-
dered from religion and morality.
The Statue Unveiled.
After the Chief Justice had con-
cluded his address the Stars and
Stripes were slowly lifted from the
statue while the Marine Band played
Maryland, My Maryland" and the
sun shone down from the cloudless
sky. The surrounding throngs then
beheld a noble figure in heroic pro-
portions Of Father John Carroll wear
ing his Jesuit habit, and sitting in an
attitude of deep thought, as If mar
Yelling at the present growth of the
little college he founded one hundred
and twenty-one years ago. The statue
looks toward the gate of the college
grounds and is supported by a low
base of North Carolina granite which
stands in the center of a lawn. The
pedestal bears in front the simple in
scription, John Carroll, Founder"
and behind the words, "Priest, Pa
triot, Prelate." All is the work of Mr..
Jerome Connor, Catholic sculptor
of Washington.
Father Alphonsus J. Donlon, S. j.,
as president of the university, for
mally accepted the statue, referring
in the course of his speech to the
honor the Chief Justice had brought
his Alma Mater and indicating the
points of resemblance between the
earliest and latest Archbishop of Bal
timore.
President Taft was down on the
program for the next address, but be-
ing detained by pressing duties he
dcputed the Attorney General to
speak in his place. Mr.. Wickersham
dwelt upon Archbishop Carrolrs ca
reer as a patriot and as the friend Of
Washington and Franklin. Mr.. Ham
ilton then introduced Cardinal Glib
bons. who praised the enduring work
for Christian education that we owe
to his predecessor in the See of Balti-
more. who in founding Georgetown
"builded better than he knew" His
Eminence was followed by Baron
Hengelmuller, the Austro- Hungarian
Ambassador and dean of the Diplo-
matte Corps, who gracefully coupled
Georgetown's history with that of the
University Of Vienna, where he was
| once a student, for both institutions
in the minds of their founders were
designed to spread learning that is
permeated by the Catholic faith. The
Hon. Champ Clark hurried from the
Speakers Chair in the House of Rep
resentatives just in time to close the
| exercises with tribute to Archbishop
| CAROLS "unimpeachable standing as
| patriotic citizen"
Among the guests and alumni of
distinction that filled the platform
were Bishop O'Connell of Richmond.
Bishop Northrop of Charleston. Mgr.