Evening star., 1925-03-15
mullen LIBRARY
STONE TO Be LAID
Cardinal Hayes to Speak at
c. U. Exercises, Set
for April 22.

The laying of the corner stone of
the new John X. Mullen Memorial Lii
brary at the Catholic University will
take place April %. Cardinal Hayes
Of New York will deliver the address.
The new structure will have stack
Ing capacity of 100000 volumes. 1t
has been named in honor of it's donor,
John X, Mullen, a prominent Catholic
phflanthropist of Denver.
Excavations are completed and the
work of laying the concrete footings
is nearly finished. The first story Will
be completed, 1t is expected when the
corner stone is laid. The library will
be constructed in the Byzantine style
of architecture to balance the ma
tioHal shrine across the campus. One
of the features of the main facade
will be the beautiful colonnade, which
VIII admit an abundant supply of
light to the main reading room. This
will be located on the second floor.
There Will be three large windows on
each side of the main entrance. On
the right side they will give light to
museum of first editions, rare manu-
scripts and pamphlets; on the left
they will light up students study
room. These two rooms Will open
from a large memorial hall, TO which
the main entrance will give admis-
sion. The wings will contain Offices
and seminary rooms.
The Club Plans Schedule
The University Glee Club has an
enrolment OF so men. Prof. Leo
Behrendt is directing the club.
George Ba ssett Of Memphis, Tenn,
president of the organization, an
nounces that a program has been ar
ranged for the coming Spring. The
club will first be heard by the radio
audience on the evening of March 25,
when they will sing for WCAP. Their
next appearance will be with the
Passion Play, which will be in Wash
ington the week of March 80. They
will sing daily at two matineeS in
conjunction with this production. The
following week they will be heard in
Baltimore with the Passion Play,
singing at one evening and one after
noon performance. During Easter
week they will sing in New York and
Atlantic City and in Cumberland, Nd.
The last appearance OF the Glee Club
will be at a concert TO be helo at tne
New Willard Hotel
-Four Win HOnors-
The latest problems rendered by
the department of architecture for the
Beaux Arts Institute of Design re-
suited in honorable, mention for four
members Of the department. The
problem was a French Gothic clois-
ter" and eight men performed the
work-Messrs. Keller, Reynolds, Bas-
sett, Hunt, Locraft, Mcmahon, Patter-
son. Schrier Those who received
honorable mention were Messrs. hel-
her, Bassett, Hunt and Locraft.
Word was received at the univer-
sity last week of the death of Rev.
DR.. John Webster Melody, 5. T. D., in
Chicago, where he had been during
the past eight years the pastor of st.
Jarlath's Church. He died March !.
Right Rev. Mgr. Filippo Bernardini,
professor OF canon law, went to Chi
cago as the representative OF the uni
versity to attend the funeral which
was held Thursday. DR.. Melody had
been an associate professor of moral
theology at the university until 1871.
Last Sunday evening a number or
students who are members or the
knights of Columbus gathered In Al
bert hall to organize a X. of Z. club.
Tempo .-ary officers were elected, with
w. Getto Mcdonald as chairman and
w. Clark Fisher as secretary. DIT.
Charles A. Hart, chaplain of the
Washington Council made an ad-
dress. A committee of five was ap-
pointed to draw up a constitution,
which will be presented at the next
meeting.