South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-08-28
DIAMOND JUBILEE
PLANS At NOTRE
DAME ANNOUNCED
Include Visitation by Two Ex-
Presidents, Governors and
as Many of the Catholic
Hierarchy as Possible.

Diamond Jubilee. year o. Notre
Dame university will oe observed
with a program Of festivities as brill
liant as the name or the anniver-
sary indicates If the program for
the year. just completed and an
nounced today. is carried out In its
entirety.
Prominent among the features OF
ibis plan. which is or noble proper
lions, and which has been conceived
and thought out by Rev. John Cava-
uaugh. G. :. c.. viii be the array or
notable visitors at the university
during the diamond jubilee year.
AIMING those expected are expires
tdent Roosevelt. the governors of
states and other prominent officials,
the laetare medalists. and members
OF the American Catholic hierarchy
including the three American car
dinals. Gibbons. Farley and O'Con-
nell. I'm addition. it is planned TO
have the greatest gathering of alum
ni in the history of the schOO,-
10 IltNiitAAf NV DutiAAiAEs
Dedications OF new buildings will
also be "a feature of diamond jubilee
year The new library viii be COM
pleted and also. IL is expected. the
knights Of Columbus building; and.
81 possible. the engineering building
and old student hall viii be ready
FOR dedication before the expiration
of the jubilee year
Pageants showing the history and
development of the university VIII
be staged during the year. "a num-
Der of works by various professors
of Notrc Dame will be ready for
publication. and the largest number
of degrees in the history OF the uni
Nersity Will be conferred
Cardinals To- BE Invited.
According TO present plans. the
three American cardinals viii make
their visit at commencement time.
Al that tine 800 as many as posi-
bic of the ninety seven bishops and
fourteen archbishops of the Ameri-
can Catholic hierarchy viii meet at
the local university. Those who
cannot be on hand for commence
mcnt viii be urged To- make their
visit at some other time during the
year. The great meeting of the
alumni viii also take place at com
mencemeut time. The Notre Dame
alumni have taken upon themselves
the erection of old students hall.
funds for which are being gotten to-
aether regularly and satisfactorily.
Father CavanaUgh is confident
that there Will be no difficulty i'm OBJ
tanning the consent OF Mr. Taft and
SIR Roosevelt 10 make addresses
while at %otre Dame The same is
true OF most of the governors of
states. of the visiting prelates and of
other distinguished visitors; SO that
the lectures 60 be heard during dia-
mond jubilee year bid fair 10 sur
pass i'm number and in quality those
of any year i'm the history of Notre
Dame. and 90 challenge any pro-
Eram OF special lectures ever at
tempted i'm AN American school.
Many Degrees 10 BE Given
The unusual number OF degrees TO
be conferred at the diamond Jubilee
commencement viii be due chiefly
10 The larger umher OF graduates
and not 10 any wholesale conferrine
ct honorary degrees. There viii be
81 few more honorary degrees con
fprred than i'm ordinary years but
they must De won by every honor
man by coming up 20 the usual
strict Notre Dame requirements.
As many as possible of the OBJ
servauces of diamond jubilee YEAR
pageants. lectures speeches. etc. will
De open 20 the people OF SoutE Bend
and 10 friends Of the institution
from more distant points.