Evening star., 1919-11-26

How the people of Swampoodle in
! 1862. when the then new St. Aloysius
| Church was commandeered by the
| government for a military hospital,
built a three-building hospital to ac-
! commodate 250 patients within eight
| ment was told last night by Rev. Paul
| R. Commit, S. j.. pastor of the church.
| as an inspiring example for those now
| engaged in drive to collect 100000
| in ten days.
Many interesting and historic events
about the old Jesuit parish and
schools were quoted by the pastor
thusiastic rally of the campaign
workers in Gonzaga Hall last night.
He emphasized the fact that The Star
has for more than half a century
chronicled the important events of the
parish.
DR.. Kilroy Chairman.
The meeting of the campaign organi-
zation last night was the most en-
thusiastic in the history of the parish.
DR.. James J. kilroy. who had charge
of the selective service in Washington,
in cooperation with Gen. Crowder and
whose leadership has put across liberty
bond and other drives in that section
of the city, was announced as general
chairman of the 10000 campaign. The
other officers are: Joseph E. Lanahan.
vice chairman; Walter l. Plant, secre-
tary; Rev. Paul R. Commit. S. j., pastor
of the parish and president Of Gonzaga
College and schools, treasurer
Intense rivalry among the sixteen
teams that are contestants for the silk
banners to be awarded each night dur
ing the campaign and for the silver
has developed. The captains of these
teams are
Women's division-Miss Ann L.
Dillon. Miss Sadie Fitzpatrick, Mrs.
Margaret Fogarty. Mrs. John A. Foley,
Mrs. ]. G. Haskell, Miss Margaret A.
McAllister, Miss Agnes K. Maxwell
and Mrs. Catherine H. Welch.
Mems division-Frank J. Bresnahan,
J. E: Cotton, A. s. Fennell, jr.: George
A. Garner, A. J. Gleeson, John F.
keeley, A. w Neale, jr., and Louis c.
Schell.
Charles Jerome Sheffield, who
directed the former campaign, is also
directing this drive.
Roll Of Honor Board.
roll of honor" board, forty-five
feet long and standing twenty feet
high. has been built just north of the
church on North Capitol street and
on the lawn of the boys school. A
big clock in the center of this board
will show the progress of the cam
paign and on either side will be
painted the names Of those who give
more than 800. This bulletin board
is illuminated and is expected to draw
big crowds each night while the drive
is on, until December 13.
1t Is expected by the fathers of the
parish and by the $50 workers in the
campaign that the full sum needed
for the schools will be pledged before
Cardinal Gibbons lays the corner
stone on December IA. Elaborate
plans are being made for a big cele-
bration on that date.
At another rally on Sunday the
parish lists are to be thrown open,
and then each team and each solicitor
will have a chance to, select in a sys-
tematic way, the prospects" from
whom the contributions are to be
asked. These lists are being carefully
prepared. SO that every person in the
parish will have q chance to con-
tribute.
After the solicitors had been coach
ed last evening in the best ways in
which to solicit contributions there
was singing school, in which cam
/ paign songs were sung, arousing more
enthusiasm.
| The pastor. Father Connifr, quoting
| from The Star and some of the older
| parishioners. reviewed the history of
| the parish. He told of the first serv-
ices in the church sixty years ago,
| attended by President Buchanan and
his niece, Miss Lane, the lady of the
| White House"