Evening star., 1924-09-23
-FOUR CARDINALS
IN SESSION HERE
First Time This Number Has
Met in U. S.-Hierarchy
C0nvenes Tomorrow.

An epoch-making assembly in the
history of the Catholic Church in
America gathered today at the Catho-
lie University, when for the first
time four American cardinals met
Amid an assembly of distinguished
ecclesiastical dignitaries and as mem
bers of the board of trustees Of the
university. the four princes of the
church gathered in Caldwell Hall
with the other members Of the board
to discuss the affairs Of the center
of Catholic learning in this country.
No ceremony marked the meeting.
Each of the cardinals quickly walked
into the board room, where under the
chairma nship of William Cardinal
O'Connell. the senior American cardi-
nal, and the leadership of Dennis Car
dinal Dougherty of Philadelphia,
George Cardinal Mundelein of Chi
cago and Patrick Cardinal Hayes Of
New York the meeting quickly got
down to business
Precedes Annual Conference.
This gathering today precedes the
opening tomorrow of the annual confer
ence of the hierarchy of the Catholic
Church in America. Tomorrow's meet
ing will be brilliant gathering of the
cardinals and 81 of the archbshops
and bishops of the country. They will
meet in secret conference to discuss
the affairs Of the church in the United
States
Those members Of the board OF trus-
tees who were at the meeting this
morning. besides the cardinals, were
Archbishop Curley of Baltimore, Arch
bishop Moeler of Cincinnati, Archbishop
Messmer Of Milwaukee, Archbishop
Glennon Of st. Louis. Archbishop keane
Of Dubuque. Archbishop Hanna OF San
Francisco. Archbishop Dowling Of St
Paul, Bishop Harty OF Omaha, Bishop
Lillis of Kansas. Bishop Muldoon Of
Rockford. Bishop Molloy of Brooklyn,
Bishop Shahan, titular bishop of Ger
Minneapolis and rector of the univer-
sity; John Joseph Nelligan of Balti-
more, treasurer; James J. Ryan Of
Philadelphia and John Girard Agar Of
New York.
Stadium Opens October 4.
Announcement is made that on Oc-
tober 4 the new Catholic University
Stadium will be opened. The huge
oval will hold nearly $4,000 persons.
II will be the only structure Of it's
kind in the National Capital, and il
is expected, will be the scene of many
Interesting events.
A colorful ceremony has been ar
ranged for the dedication Of hte sta
dunn, which will be concluded by
foot ball bame between the Catholic
University team and the United States
Marine Corps. Delegates from prac-
tically every civic organization in the
city will form a citizens committee
of ESQ to attend the opening exercises.
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur will
deliver the principal address, and in
I mi q Of
the leading scholastic institutions in
the country. Maj. Gen. Lejeune,
commandant Of the Marine Corps, will
perform the flag -rasing ceremony.
High ecclesiastical authorities. lead
ers of the Federal Government, dip
lomats and persons prominent in civic
life will attend the ceremony, which
will be broadcast by WCAP. Ampli-
fiers will also be installed, SO that
persons all over the stadium can hear
the addresses.
Curley to Bless Seminary.
The stadium is placed directly be-
hind the gymnasium and is on the
top of a hill. which provides a natu-
raj waterway for the drainage of the
playing field. The structure has been
erected so that 1t will be possible to
enlarge il at any time
AlieT the meeting or the trustees
Archbishop Curley of Baltimore,
chancellor Of the university, at 4
o'clock this afternoon will bless the
foreign mission seminary at Harewood
road near the Catholic University
The seminary is in charge of the Or
der of the Holy Cross. Here are
trained the young priests who dedi-
cate their lives as missionaries in the
Orient and in secluded and uncivilized
spots of the world.
colorful procession will escort
Archbishop Curley from the Catholic
University to the seminary, which also
will form a part of the university
Dressed in armor and with the ban
ners Of the crusaders of the Middle
Ages, representatives of all the Cath
olic educational institutions of high
er learning and hte Catholic Student
Mission will form part of the pro-
cession. Several of the priests who
will take part in the ceremonies will
leave soon for India. Bishop McDey-
lit of Harrisburg will make the ad-
dress.