South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-10-16
De VALERA TALKS
At UNIVERSITY
Pays Tribute to Late Fr. Cor
by, President of NOtre
Dame.

canon De Valera. perfectly at
home IN college once more" AZ he
lold his audience Wednesday morn
ing. received one CT the greatest
ovations ever accorded "A visitor
upon his arrival at Notre Dame He
was received by Very Rev. James
A Burns. president Of the university
wildly and members Of the faculty
greeted him cordially.
Accompanying DeValera 20 Notre
Dame were. his secretary. Harry p.
Boland. Sean Nunan. Rev. DR. James
Grafton Mythen and the Hon Pa
trick O'Donneu OF Chicago. He was
escorted 20 the university by a re-
ception committee of students from
the university.
Following an exchange OF greet
ings with the faculty az the Main
building. De Valera went 10 FIR Cor
by's monument and there placed
wreath In honor OF Notre Danes
president and Civil war chaplain.
In a few words the Irish leader ex-
planned the Importance of chaplains
in war work The wreath bore the
Inscription:
'Frcm canon De Valera in
loving tribute 10 Fr. CorDy who gave
general absOlutiOn to the Irish
brigade at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Visits Library.
Immediately afterwards he visit
&c the university library and view
ed the Gaelic collection there. He
manifested particular interest in
Gen. Meagher's sword and the flag
carried by the Irish brigade at Get
tysburg
From the library he went to tbs
heart Of the campus and planted
tree. Rev Cornelius Hagerty ex-
planned that Very Rev. John Cava-
naugh, former president, had sug-
gested that the tree be planted in
memory OF De Valera's visit An
onlocker remarked that the Irish
leader was good with the spade.
Yes" he said. I'VE served our
apprenticeship in the jails Of Ire
land and England"
Another remarked that Jail life
across the sea was no slnecure. TO
which he retorted.
We'll. college life is a good pre-
paration, in some respects for Jail"
The crowd took kindly 20 his wit for
Washington hall was jammed.
F'r. Burns Introduces Speaker.
Rev. James A Burns in intro
ducing De Valera observed that
Notre Dame was the first university
IN the country 20 go on record in
the establishment OF q branch Of
the Friends OF Irish Freedom and
that students and faculty membe
had exerted an active interest in
Irish affairs throughout the middle
west ever since its inception
Il feel perfectly at home, here in
college once again" said De Valera.
He told Of the aims Of the Irish re-
public and why the Irish sought rec
ognition. Ireland. he claimed. new
or was a part OF England He told
why he opposed the League Of Ma
tiOns in its present standing-and
ridiculed the Ulster myth" For
an hour and thirty minutes the over
fow crowd listened attentively TO his
arguments.
He was succeeded by Rev Henry
Grafton Mythen. whose fiery oratory
quickly established him as one of
the most interesting orators heard
at the university i'm recent years.
De Valera. accompanied by DR..
Burns. Very Rev Andrew Morrissey
and the Notre Dame reception COM
mittee went 20 ST Marv's. where in
short address he outlined his
cause and the cause Of the Irish
He returned 10 NOtre Dame for
dinner The Notre Dame orchestra
led by Dillon J. Patterson. rendered
musical selections throughout the
dinner After an Informal recep-
tion in the university parlOrs De Va
lera and his party left at O'Clock
for Detroit by the way OF Niles.