The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-05
ENGLISH PRIEST IS
HOME RULE PLEADER
HE SPEAKS FOR IRELAND

Jurists, educators. bankers, college
presidents and others high IN various
activities assembled at the Metropolitan
Cluh In Fifth avenue last nigh, to at
tend n dinner which was unusual amonc
club functions in that the guest Of honor
was a jesuit priest. the Rev. Father
Henry j. Browne, :. J.. professor "
Greek in the new National University 90
Ireland. who is here to study American
methods Of teaching the classics.
The hosts at the dinner IN honor
OF Father Browne were ". Bourke
cochran, James Ryrnc. Justice Martin j.
keogh, John Quinn and John ~ RYAN.
president of the Anaconda Copper COM
panN.
Although there was a pieponderance
OF Irish blood among the thirty or more
guests invited to meet the distinguished
British cducator-Father Browne vas
born In Ensland and took his masters
degree at oxford. but for many years
past mas we'd and worked In Ireland
men descended from many nationalities
ana or various religions we're In at
tendance.
AnonS the guests were cambridge
'"lby' Francis T.. Garvan. J. T. G clarke.
Justice Victor Bowling. Robert T..
Bowling. Lawrence Godkin. col. Robert
Temple Emmett, william Temple kmmct.
pr. John III. FINLEY, state Commissioner
OF Education Prof. W. H. Goodyear OF
the brooklyn Institute. Joseph f.. Grace,
III. {. Idle. Frederick James GREGG. Mar
tin i. Manton, BENJAMIN Guinness. &.
+. Kelley, Shane Leslie. William II.
Guthrte, j. II. Yeats. the Rev. Joseph A..
Mulry. :. j.. presidcn, of F'ord{im TINT
rersity Morgan j b'Brieu. i g Walsh,
tonde Fallen, the Rev. Jonn !. WNnne.
:. j.. Alfred J. Talley. justice Luke n.
Stapleton. the Rev. Cornelius clifford
OF WhipranN. y. J.. and the Rev. Dr.
James :. Driscoll of New Rochelle.
Father Browne IN n brief address after
the dinner spoke of the work Of the rev
National University Of ireland and told
OF the astonlshment Of a member Of tho
faculty OF the University of Michigan
upon learning from Father Browne that
no only were ON admitted freely
To the courses of tn, Dublin institutions
hut are also faculty members and lee
turers and admitted To membership in
the national UNIVERSITIES senate. the gov
crning body. which has sole power Of
appointment to the chairs of the uuiyer-
sitN. even the highest.
II have been FOR wears a home ruler"
said Father Browne after saving that
he, an t.nglishinau born. hoped his
Claim To speak before au Irish audi
ence on an Irish subject would not
he considered impertineut. One OF the
strongest reasons for home rule to my
mind Is that II viii strengthen the posi-
ton Of England as pnssessor Of "a world
wide empire. Anyhow. YOU are an here
agreed thai Ireland ought To be and
must be restored to her position among
the nations Of the earth.
Gentlemen. a nation which has con-
troll OF its own higher education, mean
not merely In science hut such matters
as history. philosophy. morals and rsli-
gion, IL not. cannot he. iva n state of ra-
tioual euslavement; and I have said that
home rule IN the political order must
logically and even necessarily follow
educational home rule such as we have
IN the National University of Ireland"
In Niew 81 recent mighty happenings
IN Dublin and the presence at the din
mel Of MANY persons deeply interested
i'm Irish affairs Father Browne said
that the present moment may appear
hardly propitious FOR n calm review ~
ACCIDENTAL matters. especially as to
what regards Dublin" Nevertheless the
honor guest Of the evening ayolded mill
tary matters and touched upon things
political only where they had To- do di-
rectly with the work % Irish education
as IT is progressing at the National TINT
versity.
The success of AN Irish uniVcrsity."
he said, us by no means a question IN
which there can be any conflict hetw cen
the interests 81 England and Ireland.
And I desire to urge strongly mat in
the settlement which has been made Of
the university question on lines accent
able to catholic Ireland We have an
important iustalneut or home rule. We
have, IN fact, alrcad' got through II
what Call intellectual home rule
The force that makes America great.
said Father browne, is her great body
of educated, and therefore self-reliant,
young men: and It is that kline of young
men his university is working to turn
out that they. too. may make for Eriu's
greatness.