Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-16
CARDINALS SPEAK
AT ANNIVERSARY
Distinguished ChurOhmen and Lay
men Attend Silver Jubilee Of
American Catholic Uni.
LETTER FROM THE POPE IS READ

|
ty-fifth anniversary Of the Catholic Unit |
versity Of America was celebrated here |
today is the presence OF one OF the most
distinguished assemblsges OF Catholic
clergy and laymen ever gathered in this
country. The three American cardinals,
eight archbishops thirty bishops. thirty
monsgnori. eight heads OF religious or
ders. sixty representatives OF colleges
and universities, over 800 clergy and hun
dreds Of distinguished laymen and women
from all over the United states were
present.
The ceremonies began this morning
with solemn pontificel mass at ST. Pat
riok's church. at which Cardinal FARLEY
of New York was celebrant and Cardinal
Gibbons delivered the sermon; followed
\ by a luncheon. and later academic exer-
cises at which a letter from Pope Bene-
dict XIV was read and addresses were de-
! livered by Cardinal O'Connell OF Boston.
President G. Stanley Hall of the Ameri-
can Association of Universities, DR.. John
Cavanaugh, president of Notre Dame uni
versity, and Bishop shahan, rector of
the Catholic University of America.
Cardinal Gibbons in the course Of his
sermon at the pontiflcal mass said:
The growth OF democracy does not
imply that each man shall become a law
unto himself, but that he shall feel in
himself the obligation to obey. II the
enacting power has been transferred from
the will of the ruler to the viii Of the
people, the binding, coercive power has
been laid with greater stress Of RESPONSE
bility than ever before upon the individ-
ual conscience. Unless men be taught
that obedience is right and honorable and
necessary alike for private interest and
public veal, Legislation will avail but
little, the lawmaking power will become
a mockery and the people themselves
will complain that legislation has been
carried to excess"
Cardinal Gibbons Address.
Cardinal O'Connelrs ADDRESS at the
academic exercises on THE Office and
Responsibilities OF the University in
American Life was In part as follows:
I'VE stand today at the beginning Of a
new era in the history of higher Catholic
education in America. We rejoice in the
goodly heritage OF these twenty-five
years; but we also look with solemn
thought to the future
The existence OF this Catholic uni
versity is an evidence quite as much of
our interest In our country as of our in
terest in our church. Both Catholic and
American, the university will gain force
through its service to the country, while
its Catholicity will keep it in constant
and unerring touch with that tremendous
spiritual world power which has MAIN
tained the whole truth among all ma.
lions. In all ages-the Chair of Blessed
Peter"
President Hall Speaks.
President Hall of the American Assoc
citation Of Universities In his address at
the academic exercises said In part:
The medieval universities were not
, fiat Institutions, created by church. state
or miihonaires, but they grew inevitably
out OF the Utmost needs OF the time. and
bulls and edicts usually confirmed a
status already attained. Their close re.
lations to the church gave to learning a
conservation that It never had in an
tiouity, and which 1t may never have
again. The fifty-five universIties es-
tablished in Europe q century before the
discovery Of America and their work and
It's results constitute perhaps the great
est achievement Of the middle ages. ana
their effects upon the progress of Eu-
rope and the world has been without pre-
cedent or parallel"
Letter from the POpe,
letter from Pope Benedict XIV was
read at the exercises today commence
, rating the twenty-fifth anniversary of
. the Catholic University OF America, The
letter speaks in high terms of the work
OF the university and Of the gift OF $500 900
from the Knights OF Columbus for the
endowment OF scholarships. The letter
is as follows;
ITO Our Beloved Sons, James. cardi-
nal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore:
John, Cardinal Farley, Archbishop Of
New York; william, Cardinal oConneII
Archbishop OF Boston; and to Our Other
Venerable Brethren. the Archbishops and
Bishops OF the United States OF America
Greeting and apostolic benediction.
h We have recently learned that prepare
tons were being made at Washington
I for observing with due solemnity the
( twenty-fifth anniversary OF the found
] ing or the Catholic university and that
: the celebration, graced by your presence
and by that Of distinguished members
OF the latty, would be quite in keepInR
= with the singularly happy character of
the occasion That you, beloved sons and
Z venerable brethren, should, above all, re-
. )oice at the prosperity of the university
Is obvious to every one who realizes that
the beginnings and the gratifying prog
}. ress OF this seat of learning are owing
especially TO your wise and timely care,
; And yet this Joy of yours is not 80 pc
culiar to you but that We, also, may in
sine wise share IL. For we Iove-nay,
we dearly cherish-the American people,
forceful as they are with vigor Of youth
and second to none in efficiency OF action
and thought; and as we earnestly resire
that an overwhelming path TO the highest
level OF human achievement may open
before them, 90 we cannot but feel the
deepest pleasure at everything that
furthers their progress.
Still, In your tireless endeavors vol
aimed not merely at enrichins the mind
with learning what you chiefly sought
was to Undue 1t with that heavenly wis
dom whose light cannot be put out and
with which all good things shall come
to your flooks. These proofs, indeed, OF
your pastoral solicitude must appeal &c
every fair~minded observer as worthy OF
the highest communication and deservinl
OF the appreciation and support of Won,