Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10
c. j. WILL OBSERVE
Plus ORDINATION
Impressive Services Will Be
Held in National Shrine
on Tuesday.

The Catholic University will observe
the seventh anniversary of the corona
ton of His Holiness, Pope Plus, VI, at
impressive services to be held Tuesday
morning in the National Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception.
Many distinguished guests, including
members of the diplomatic corps, off,
Gals of the Federal and District govern
mentS and :, number of prominent citi-
zeoi will be present at the solemn high
mass which is to be celebrated in the
crypt of the shrine at 1890 o'clock
The celebrant will be Right Rev. Mgr
Filippo Bernardini, professor of canon
law at the university. The discourse Is
to be delivered by Rev. John j. Burke,
c. S. p, S. T. D., general secretary of
the National Catholic Welfare Confer
ence. Most Rev. Pietro Funasoni-Bi-
ondi, the apostolic delegate, will be pres
ent in the sanctuary. An academic
procession consisting of those who are
to take part in the ceremonies, members
of the faculty, and the student body
will leave Caldwell Hall at 1915 o'clock
will tender reception to the guests.
Begin Annual Retreat Friday.
The annual retreat for the lay stu
dents of the university, which is to be
Eucharistic retreat this year, will
b n next Friday evening. 1t is to be
conducted by Rev. Tintman F. Beckley,
o. P, an alumnus of the university,
who recently was named chaplain to
the Catholic students at Princeton Uni
versity. The retreat will be brought to
a close on Sunday morning when the
students will hear mass in the chapel
of Gibbons Hall and receive communion
in a body. The closing sermon will be
delivered by Right Rev. Michael j. Cur
ley, Archbishop of Baltimore, chancellor
OF the university, who will enroll the
students in the Holy Name Society.
Right Rev. Mgr James H. Ryan, rec
tor, has just returned from To-day visit
in Havana, where he visited DR.. Aver
off, president of the University of Ha-
vana. He also visited the Archbishop
of Havana, Archbishop Ruiz, a graduate
of the Catholic University.
Mgr. Ryan has accepted an invitation
to speak at dinner to be given by the
fourth degree Knights of Columbus in
Chicago, February "a. He will speak
also at the convocation at Marquette
University, Milwaukee, February 20,
when the honorary degree, doctor of
laws, will be conferred on him.
At a meeting of the staff Of the
Tower, campus lay student weekly,
which was held last week, the members
appointed new managing board which
is to take up its years duties next week.
The new staff includes: Editor-in-chief,
Francis p. O'Keefe, Philadelphia; BUSH
ness manager, James v. Mcnamara,
Paterson, N. j.; managing editor, Clar-
ence E. Martin, Martinsburg, W. Va;
sports editor, Harold j. Ogden, Hart
ford, Conn.,: advertising manager, Will
liam Cotter. Hartford, Conn, and cir
culation manager, Thomas A. Murphy,
Salem, Mass. The officers of the edi-
torial board will be appointed at the
first meeting of the new managing
board.
Lecture Series Is Started.
The first lecture of second series of
lectures being given at the university
this Winter was delivered last Monday
evening by Prof. Dana G. Munro Of
Princeton University. He spoke on 1.-The
Crusaders in the Holy Land" Dean
Henry G. Doyle of George Washington
University will lecture tomorrow night
at 8:15 o'clock in the auditorium of
Mcmahon Hall. His topic will be 1.-The
Spirit of Spanish Literature"
Last Thursday afternoon the Cath
Ollie University was host to the Argen-
tine group of educators which is visiting
the United States under the auspices of
the Argentine American Cultural InSti-
tute. The visitors were conducted
through the various departments of the
university and to Trinity College. At 6
O'Clock they were received by the rector
and vice rector at the university and
they were the guests of the rector at
basket ball game in the gymnasium be-
tween Fordham University and the
varsity. Many Of the guests on this oc-
casion witnessed their first basket ball
game.