The Irish standard., 1916-11-18

meeting of nominating committee; Z
to 8, credentials received; 8, business
meeting and report of nominating
committee.
Saturday, Nov. %, 9 to 10 a. NJ, ere.
dentials committee closes, business
meeting, reports of governors of
states and provinces, report of ere
dentials committee; IL M. adjourn
ment; IL m. to p. M, election polls
open; 2, business meeting, unfinished
business, announcement of elections
6, adjournment: eSening banquet in
the Belvedere Hotel
Sunday, Nov. &c, II a. m., High Mass
at the Cathedral followed by recep
tion by Cardinal Gibbons to delegates
and guests; 2 p. m. governors after.
noon; $50 reception and installation
Of new officers.
At the formal opening of the con.
vention on Friday morning, His Emf
nence, Cardinal Gibbons. honorary
president of the Federation will pre-
side, and deliver the opening address.
He will be followed by Right Rev.
Thomas j. Shahan. rector of the Cath
Ollie University, and active director of
the Federation. The Rev. +. Prender-
CAST, of Loyola College, Baltimore. will
be the next speaker. Miss Ella Lo-
raine Dorsey, an alumna of George
town Visitation Convent. will also
make an address. and the Hon. James
Fl. Preston, Mayor of Baltimore, will
extend the cordial welcome of the city
to the convention visitors.
Mrs. Frank P. Scrivener, chairman
of the local biennial board, will pre-
sent the speakers and deliver an adj
dress Of welcome, to visiting alumnae.
The response will be made by Miss
Clare /. Cogan, a. NJ, President of
the International Federation of Catho-
lie Alumnae.
At the banquet on Saturday evening
a brilliant musical program will be
rendered, and responses to numerous
and appropriate toasts made. Mrs.
Cora ]. Woodruff, alumnae OF Balti-
more Visitation Convent, has been ap-
pointed toastmistress of the occasion.
On Sunday morning the High Mass
will be celebrated in the Cathedral by
the rector the Right Rev. Monsignor
William A. Fletcher, and the sermon
delivered by Very Rev. Edward A..
Pace, S. T. d., Ph.D., assistant director
of the Federation. Cardinal Gibbons
will be present and intone the final
benediction. The reception by the
Cardinal will be given at his residence
after the Mass.
In the afternoon, after automobile
trips through Baltimore's suburbs and
the Green Spring Valley, the visitors
will be entertained by the faculties of
local Catholic colleges and high
schools.
At the final reception on Sunday
evening, distinguished speakers will
discuss the three departmental activi-
ties of the Federation, viz: Catholic
education, Catholic literature, and
Catholic social work. Prominent
among these will be the Right Rev.
Mgr. c. F.. Thomas. editor of the Balti-
more Catholic Review, who will take
for his theme Catholic Education"
The brilliant finale of the 1916 con-
vention will be Washington Day" "
which falls on Monday November q,
when the delegates and their friends
will come to the national capital,
where they will be guests of local
alumnae associations.
Several hundred alumnae have al
ready registered for the celebration in
Washington, and the various chapters
that will cooperate in the entertain
ment are the following: st. Joseph's,
Emmitsburg, Nd; Mt. St. Agnes Col
lege, Baltimore; Notre Dame College,
Maryland; Brentwood, Long Island;
Visitation, Frederick, Md; Trinity
College, st. Cecelia's College; Immac-
ulate Conception Academy; st. Pat
rick's Academy; Holy Cross Acad-
envy; st. Mary's, Alexandria, Va;
Notre Dame Academy of the Sacred
Heart, Academy of the Sacred Heart
Of Mary, and Academy of the Vista
ton.
The program for Washington Day"
as announced by Miss Ida Hill Bowie,
Chairman of the Washington Enter
tainment Committee, is as follows:
The International officers, delegates
and alumnae of Baltimore, will leave
that city on special trains, via the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, from
Mount Royal Station, at 9:45 a. M, on
Monday, Nov. 9th, arriving at Uni
versity Station at 1O:45, where they
will be met by the Washington alum
nae. At II O'Clock reception will be
given in Mcmahon Hall at the Catho-
lie University Of America, which will
be followed by a luncheon from IL to
2 p. m, in Caldwell Hall.
In the afternoon they will go to the
White House and Pan-American Build
ing and are invited to visit the Library