Evening star., 1914-04-23
Has Place of Honor in Lobby
of the Gibbons Memo
rial Hall.
A GIFT TO UNIVERSITY
BY MICHAEL JENKINS
Presentation Address Made by Very
Rev. P. C. Gavan, Pastor of
Sacred Heart Church.

\ bronze bust of James Cardina. Glib
bons. chancellor of the Catholic Univer-
sity of America. was unveiled at that in
stitution yesterday afternoon at :; o'clock
The donor of the work of art is Michael
Jenkins of Baltimore treasurer of the
university.
Very Rev. p. &. Gavan. pastor OF the
Church of the Sacred Heart of this city,
and for many years the chancellor Of the
cardinal, made the presentation discourse,
and the bust was accepted in the name
of the university by Most Rev. John j.
GlenDon. Archbishop of st. Louis. Cardi-
nal Gibbons himself was present and was
surrounded by the board of trustees of
the institution, its professors and stu
dents and the heads of eight religious
houses in the vicinity.
The bronze bust of the cardinal is
slightly over life size. The pedestal is
of roseate marble and upon 1t is the coat
of arms of the cardinal, likewise in
bronze. The bust is the work of j. Max
well Miller, a sculptor of Baltimore, a
native and prize student of that city
Mr.. Miller likewise executed the medal
lion which was struck on the occasion of
the cardinals double jubilee.
Stands in Center of Hall.
The bust stands in the center OF the
reception lobby of the Cardinal Gibbons
Memorial Hall. Around the hall are set
in sixteen large open panels as many
bronze shields, upon which are inscribed,
in Gothic lettering of red and black. the
names of 113 principal benefactors of the
hall, persons who gave 5000 or more To-
ward its erection.
The event marks the completion of the
memorial hail. begun three years ago in
honor of the double jubilee OF Cardinal
Gibbons, and recently completed at to-
tai expense of $3.50 900. This large fund
was contributed by personal friends and
admirers of Cardinal Gibbons, so that
the edifce stands today free Of debt. 1t
has rooms for 130 students. besides sew
eral large apartments, and a number of
halls for social and administrative pur-
poses.
1t is with feelings of keenest pleas
ure. and with Il deep sense of the honor
conferred upon me, that / make the
formal presentation to you of this bust
of the most eminent chancellor of the
Catholic University. said Father Gavan
in his presentation speech 1T is hardly
necessary to say that | am presenting 1T
in the name of one whose unaffected SIM
plicity of character makes him shrink
from active participation in any kind of
public demonstration whatsoever in
which he himself is personally concern
Baltimore. And although his active in
terest in the university in general has
never tagged from the beginning. he has
taken particular interest in this mag
nificent memorial hall on account of his
profound esteem and affectionate rever-
ence for the distinguished prelate -
whose honor il has been erected.
Motives of Presentation.
al, xx~o.o,tiro tbiS off the donor has
been influenced by two predominant mo-
tives. The first was to stamp the name
of Cardinal Gibbons on this hall so clear
ly and unequivocaliy that all who enter
its portals may know at once its mean
ing, and desire to know its history; to
give the dead stones life by placing in
the very heart of the building the life
like and speaking portrait of him who in
such large measure has been the life and
eloquent voice of the university from its
very birth: to place, as IL were. jewel
of the plastic art in the beautiful archi
fectural setting SO admirably prepared
for it. For this representation of the
cardinal is indeed work of fine art, of
consummate ski | and exquisite workman
ship. 1t is proof, too, that the divinity
which rules over the domain of sculpture
does not always limit her favor to any
one country or period of time. but con-
descends sometimes. as in this case, to
guide the fingers and illumine the brain
of earnest and aspiring American youth.
Memorial to Chancellor.
The second motive is much higher and
more far-reaching. 1t is to keep ever
before the eyes of the students of future
generations, both ecclesiastical and lay,
whose numbers we can now safely pre-
dict will be legion upon legion. a worthy
and eloquent reminder of the first chan
cellor of this university. of the eminent
churchman whose life and work have re-
iected so much glory on the Catholic
Church in the United States, and whose
answering devotion to the highest ideals
In religion. in patriotism and in Christian
education should be an inspiration toward
the highest spiritual and intellectual en-
deayor to all who behold it:
g For the lives Of great men all remind
We can make our lives sublime. "