Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-04-19
CARDINAL HAYES
TO LEAD CEREMONY
New York PreIate to Lay Ii
brary Corner Stone Wed
nesday at Catholic U.

Cardinal Hayes of New York will
lay the corner stone of the new John
K. Mullen Memorial Library at Cath
Ollie University Wednesday afternoon
at $40 o'clock. Speeches will be made
by Cardinal Hayes, Bishop Shahan,
rector of the university, and Rev. DIR.
Peter Guilday, professor of church
history at the institution.
The ceremonies will bring to the
university a number of leaders in
diplomatic, academic, civic and &C.
clesiastical circles. Numbered among
the guests will be many members of
the diplomatic corps, Rear Admiral
William S. Benson, District Commits
sioner Cuno II. Rudolph, Cardinal
O'Connell of Boston, Cardinal Dough-
erty of Philadelphia, Cardinal Mum
delein of Chicago, the apostolic dele
gate, Most Rev. Pietro Fumasoni-
Biondi; Archbishop Curley of Balti-
more and other members of the Cath
Ollie hierarchy, the presidents of local
universities and representatives of
many eastern colleges and the dele
gates of fraternal and, civic organiZa-
tons.
Meets an Urgent Need.
The erection of the Mullen Library
marks the fulfillment of what has
long been an urgent need at the
Catholic University. Students have
been handicapped by the lack of read
ing rooms and by the inaccessibility
of so many of the 100000 volumes
which comprise the university'S col
lection at present.
The new structure will afford am
pie facilities for reading and provide
stackage for 1000, 900 volumes. 1t
will be 207 feet in length by $50 feet
in depth, three stories in height
throughout 1t will be topped by a
basement of Massachusetts granite.
The upper structure will be of Ken
lucky limestone.
The site upon which the edifice will
stand is the highest point of the
Catholic University campus. Its
Byzantine architecture, rising oppo-
site the National Shrine of the I'm
maculate Conception, will balance
nicely the Romanesque of the great
bethel The new library is the gift
of John X Mullen of Denver, Colo, a
prominent Catholic philanthropist,
and when completed will cost in the
neighborhood of $500. 900
The building is expected to be-ready
for occupancy in the fall of 1927.
Commencement Week Plans.
Walter J. Costello. chairman of the
commencement week committee, an
nounces that plans for the senior ball
have been completed. The affair will
be held at RauscherS May Is.
The ball has been held on former
occasions during the week preceding
commencement, and it has been ad-
vanced a fortnight this year to avoid
the crowding of events which usually
attends the seniors last few days at
school.
The competitive examinations for
the knights of Columbus scholarships
were held at the university yesterday.
The scholarships are open to college
graduates and those who expect to re-
ceive the bachelors degree in June,
drawing candidates from colleges
throughout the country More than
so men took the examinations, which
cover mathematics, American history,
English, the physical sciences and
both the classic and modern lam
guageS.
Favors Fifty Students Annually.
The knights of Columbus scholar
ships are founded under 10000
endowment of the order and provide
for the maintenance of so students
annually at the university, providing
room, board and tuition during the
academic year from one to three years,
upon the degree sought.
The Easter holidays at the uni
versity began April s. Glasses were
resumed Thursday morning.
The board of trustees will meet at
the university Wednesday morning at
10 o'clock.