Evening star., 1915-03-14
American Cardinals Will At
tend Silver Jubilee of Brook
land Catholic Institution.
STARTED ITS CAREER
QUARTER CENTURY AGO
Growth Has Been Rapid-Elaborate
Exercises Will Begin
April Is.

Honored by the presence of the three
American cardinals, of practically the
entire hierarchy OF the Catholic Church
in the United States and of thousands
of alumni from all parts of the coun-
try, the Catholic University of America
is to celebrate Thursday. April Id, the
silver jubilee of its existence.
This institution in Brookland. which
opened its doors twenty-five years
ago. is unique among the institutions
of the country in that 1t is supported
and maintained by no one religious
body of the Catholic Church, but by
the entire Catholic Church of the
United States. It's growth during the
last quarter of century is equally !
distinctive Twenty-Five years is reck- |
oned as little time in the life of a great |
university. The entire existence of
the Catholic University is but twenty |
five years, and 1t Is to celebrate its |
rapid growth that the silvel jubilee |
exercises have been planned.
Exercises Start April Is.
The exercises will start the morning |
of April Is with pontifical high mass |
in st. Patrick's Church at 10 o'clock. |
Here the three American cardinals for |
the first time will unite in great re-
ligious service in this country. Cardi- |
nal Farley of New York will cele-
brate the pontifical mass. Cardinal
Gibbons of Baltimore. chancellor of
the university, will preach the sermon |
Cardinal O'Connell of Boston will de- |
liver the opening discourse at the
Archbishop Bonzano. the papal dele
gate, is to conclude the academic ex-
ercises with benediction.
The church exercises are held in st. !
religious edifice on the university |
grounds of sufficient capacity to accom- |
modate the attendance that is expected |
Will Build National Shrine.
The Catholic women of the country, |
however, have organized what is |
known as the Salve Regina Society, |
which is to build a national Shrine OF !
the Immaculate Conception on the uni |
versity grounds. a model for this |
shrine is now on exhibition at the Pan
ama-Pacific exposition.
The academic exercises of the silver |
jubilee celebration are to be held in |
The New National Theater at Pm
Cardinal Gibbons is to preside. Hon |
a number of prominent Catholic lay
men. DR.. G. Stanley Hall of Clark Uni |
versity; Worcester. Mass, is to deliver |
an .1.aIdeI,a address az representative of the
Very Rev. John Cavanaugh. c. 8. c.. |
president of Notre Dame University, |
will speak for the Catholic institutions |
OF higher education.
Alumni to Hold Banquet.
The alumni reunion and banquet will
ne held in the evening in the new
dining hall of the university. and dur
ing the following two days the uni
versity buildings will be thrown open
for inspection. delegates from other in
stitutions of learning will be welcomed !
and all friends and visitors will be |
conducted about the various depart |
nents of the institution.
Invitations have been issued to the |
entire hierarchy of the United States, !
to many distinguished clergymen. to |
the faculties of all other colleges and |
universities in the country. to the en-
tire body of the alumni and to bene |
factors and friends of the university. !
Responses already received insure = |
very large attendance at all the jubilee |
exercises.
While the celebration is to be held .
April Is. the exact date of the open
ing of the Institution. was November !
13. 1889 !
growth of the university. Four pro-
fessors and thirty-seven theological /
students began its academic career |
To-day the teaching staff numbers |
y,
in all the varied branches of its activi- |
ties the university gives instruction |
10 more than 1900 students.
Growth in Buildings.
twenty-five years ago there was but
one university building, Divinity Hall:
today there are seven university !
buildings and eight edifces of religious
communities that have clustered about
the newer buildings. such Mcmahon
Hall, Gibbons Memorial Hall, Graduate
Hall and the Martin Maloney Chem
zeal Laboratory. are among the finest
school buildings in the country.
The novitiates of religious communi
ties that form part of the university
plant are the Dominicans. Franciscans.
Paulists. Marists. Sulpicians, the Holy
Cross Fathers and the Apostolic Mis-
sion House.
The university site in Brookland
covers eighty mine acres, adjacent to
the National Soldiers Home. 1t is par
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