The Irish standard., 1914-01-17

On Tuesday, January 9Th, the Su
preme Council of the Knights of Col
umbus met by appointment His EN-
inence Cardinal Gibbons at his resi-
dence, to present him with the knights
of Columbus Endowment Fund o1
Five Hundred Thousand dollars fol
the Catholic University of America
which the Order has been collecting
during the last four years.
Mr.. Flaherty, speaking in the name
of the Order, addressed His Eminence
as follows:
"In reverence to the Catholic Uni
versity of America, founded by the
late lamented Leo XIII, in devotion
to the interests of Catholic educa
tion, in sympathy with the designs
and wishes Of the Hierarchy, but most
of all in the fulness of our personal
love and affection for our beloved
the peoples beloved, Cardinal Glib
bons, we have come here today to
redeem the promise made to your
Eminence to raise the sum of a hall
million of dollars for the Catholic
University Of America.
1T is the Offering of three hun
dred thousand Knights of Columbus
in the cause of education and Catholic
truth and I may truly say in their
names that, while it represents some
labor, some sacrifice, right willingly
they make the endowment for the
cause of Catholicism, and, as an evi
dence of their love for the Orders
first and greatest friend in the per-
son Of your Eminence.
ITO emphasize perhaps the personal
element, we have asked that the fifty
scholarships to be awarded by the
University shall be given to the nom
1nees of your Eminence, knowing and
feeling that as the interest and wei
fare of the Church in the United
States have been so carefully guarded
and guided during many years by
Your Eminence, so our Order and
this Endowment will have the bene
fit of your wisdom and advice.
"The gathering of this fund has
rested largely in the hands of Com
mittee wisely appointed by my pre-
decessor, that great leader of men
Past Supreme knight Edward l.
Hearn. The Committee has worked
hard and today's presentation is evi
dence of their success. l am proud
to say they are here with us and tc
call upon the Chairman, Brother Ed
ward H. Doyle, of Detroit, to make the
presentation"
Mr.. Doyle, who is also Commission
er of Banking for the State of Mich.
igan, said:
"Your Eminence,
I'VE are here today to present to
Your Eminence, and to the Trustees
of the University, Five Hundred Thou
sand Dollars, in high class first mort
gage underlying bonds. Mr.. Pelletier
Will submit to you plans for the dis
tribution of scholarships which have
been approved by the Board of Di.
rectors of the Order.
"Our Inspiration in beginning this
work, aside from the splendid encour.
agement it would give to higher Cath.
olic education, consisted in the pleas.
ure it would surely afford our beloved
Cardinal Gibbons, whose fondest
hopes for the Catholic University are
we'll known to all; and as a final trib.
ute to him the suggestion has come
to us, that we provide a suitable dor.
mftory at cost of One Hundred
Thousand Dollars, to be erected on
the University grounds to house our
Scholarship students, and for such
other use as the Right Reverend Rec.
tor of the University may desire. We
will ask permission of the Supreme
Board of Directors to raise this
amount from the membership of the
order by voluntary assessment, or we
WILL ask the Councils of the Order
when they convene at St. Paul next
August. We are satisfied it will be
given cheerfully and quickly.
Our Committee, Brother Hart and
myself, therefore trust that we will
pc able to meet Your Eminence and