Evening star., 1935-11-24
FATHER O'LEARY
INSTALLED BY C. u.
AS SD PRESIDENT
Delegates of 275 American
and Foreign Colleges at
Impressive Rites.
HONORARY D. D. DEGREE
BESTOWED ON EDUCATOR
ENJOYS Of % Nations and High
Government Officials Join in
Colorful Ceremony.

Rev. Arthur A. O'Leary, S. j., thirty
third in line of Georgetown Univer-
sity presidents, spanning 146 years Of
academic traditions, was formally in
stalled last night in the presence Of
official delegates from approximately
275 American and foreign institutions
of higher learning.
A declaration by the new president
that he would dedicate his course to
carrying on the purpose of George
towns founder, Ito train men to an
understanding Of the rights and duties
Of citizenship" followed his induction
by DR.. Edmund A. Walsh, S. j., chan
| cellor Of the university.
Few academic occasions in Washing
ton have rivaled the brilliance of the
Inauguration that was staged In
crowded Castor Hall.
The Apostolic delegate, Most Rev.
Msgr. Amleto Cicognani, and Dean
George E. Hamilton of Georgetown's
Law School, accompanied Father
O'Leary at the end of the long pro-
cession of delegates.
High Officials Attend.
Members Of the Supreme Court, the
cabinet, and the diplomats of %
nations joined with loyal alumni, after
the colorful ceremony ended, in greet
ing the 48-year -old priest and edu-
Gator, whose record Is unique In that
he is the first native washingtonian
to head its Oldest educational insti-
tuition.
Before Father OLeary was indicted
DR.. Walsh conferred On the new pres
ident an honorary degree Of doctor of
divinity. as was done when his prede-
cessor. DR.. Coleman Nevils, S. j., was
inaugurated seven years ago.
Georgetown's oldest local alumnus,
George E. Hamilton, dean of the Law
School, presented Father OLeary as
candidate for office on behalf Of the
Board of Regents.
Cites Problems of Educators.
New problems, difficulties and re-
Quireme7ts confront the educators Of
the pres ,nt," he reminded, "and the
future TO. eshadows the coming of con-
ditions thit will bring to all schools,
colleges and universities greater need
for prudent, constructive and progres.
sive administration and control"
The vacancy caused by the retire
ment Of DR.. Nevils had to be filled, he
said, "by man iinbued with the spirit
Of Georgetown, who, knowing her past
struggles and triumphs, her present
needs and future possibilities, was fully
equipped to place another milestone on
her broad highway in the field of edu-
cation"
In Father OLeary, he said, the re-
gents had found "the right man for the
time and place"
Paying tribute to Archbishop John
Carroll, founder and Revolutionary
patriot, Father OLeary stressed in his
inaugural address the aim of the insti-
tuition to train men for citizenship"
He emphasized also the need of uni
versity training "for the entire man"
in contrast with present tendencies
toward an excess Of specialization"
Need Genuine Culture"
"Any one who examines closely the
present conditions will see at a glance"
he added, that what we need is not
technical experts so much as men and
women of intellectual power and moral
courage-personsg gifted with a general
and genuine culture, a culture which
is a result of harmonious training of
the faculties Of the soul.
1T is not so much our intention 70
produce specialists as to give an excel
lent foundation for specialization. In
the spirit of rush and hurry which has
found its way even into American coll
leges, specialization begins early. Not
so in our university"
Taking as his theme "The George
town Tradition in Education" the new
president reminded that the college
had been founded in 1889, the year the
United States Constitution was rati-
fed, as an adjunct to the new-formed
Republic.
Recalls Carroll's Aims.
Carroll formed a college," he said, |
"to support and perpetuate the State
through the dissemination of truth |
and of those principles of law and |
order by which alone the Government |
envisioned by the founders of the Re
public could fulfill its high mission of |
dispensing justice and ruling with |
equity its future citizens. He foresaw
that government by the people would
last only as long, and flourish only to
the extent, as the morality and edu-
cation of its citizenry we're based on
principles that could bear the test of
time"
Father O'Leary declared the pledge
and tradition of service to God and
Government" that has linked the uni
versity with the Republic has never
been broken.
In explaining the emphasis placed
on training for citizenship, he stressed
that he meant mot a citizenship di-
vorced from religion, but one founded
on a philosophy of life which Is just
and equitable because taught by an
unchanging revelation of an unchang-
ing God"
Lists Distinguished Teachers.
He enumerated some of the more
distinguished Georgetown teachers of
the past and named some of those
contributing to the "happy record of
achievement" of Georgetown gradu-
ates.
One of them was Chief Justice of
the United States, another was the
first American to lay down his life
in the World War, while William w.
Corcoran, he pointed out, a George
town alumnus, was the donor of the
treasure house Of art which graces
our Capital City"
After he had been presented with
the symbols of university authority
the great seal and charter-Father
OLeary conferred honorary degrees
on four prominent Georgetown men.
The degree Of doctor Of laws was
bestowed upon Rev. John j. Toohey,
1see GEORdETOWN, Page H-s.lI !