Evening star., 1941-03-24
Group in Capital Joins
Nation in Marking
Jesuit Anniversary
Breakfasts Held in $50
Cities; Gov. O'Conor
Among Speakers

of the founding of the Society of
Jesus, Gov. O'Conor of Maryland
and other speakers in a coast-to-
coast broadcast yesterday paid trib-
utes to the loyalty of Jesuit educa-
ton and doctrines to the support
OF tolerance and democracy in
America.
With Washington forming one
link in a chain of communion
breakfasts held in about 18O cities,
$50 alumni Of Jesuit schools assem-
bled in the Mayflower Hotel. George
town University, oldest Catholic
school in the United States. spon-
sored the local observance.
Earlier in the morning the local
alumni attended communion
thanksgiving mass in Dahlgren
Chapel, at which the Very Rev.
Arthur A. OLeary, S. j., George
town president, was the celebrant.
Gov. OConor, speaking from a
similar meeting In Baltimore. re-
called that Georgetown University
was founded by the first Catholic
prelate in this country, Archbishop
John Carroll of Baltimore.
Loyalty Pointed Out.
Stressing the type of education
furnished by Jesuit schools, Gov.
O'Conor noted that "of the deepest
significance in this our hour of
emergency is the thoroughly ac-
cepted fact, while some other sys-
TENS of education have been subject
to criticism and doubt because of
alleged subversive teachings, that
never, now or in any previous hour
OF our country. has there been any
question of the loyalty of the teach
ers or students OF Jesuit institu-
tions."
Alumni of 20 of the Is Jesuit COL
leges and universities in the country
were represented at the Washington
breakfast.
Father OLeary, in welcoming them.
stressed the fact that the small band
OF Jesuits accompanying Father
Andrew White on the Ark and the
Dove which landed in MARYLAND on
March "a, 1884 had expanded to
$500 in North America. DR.. Casimir
Leibell was chairman of the break
fast
Other speakers on the broadcast
program were William F. O'Neil of
Akron. Ohio, president of the Gen.
eral Tire & Rubber Co; Pierre
Crabites of New Orleans, American
national commissioner under the
provisions of the Egypto- American
treaty; DR.. A. H. Giannini OF San
Francisco. president of the Cali
fornia Medical Association, and the
Very Rev. Jacheus j. Maher, S. j.,
American assistant to the Jesuit
general in Rome
Message of Appreciation.
Father Maher. who spoke from
the New York meeting, read a mes
sage OF appreciation from the head
Of the Society Of Jesus.
An estimated 10000 Jesuit alumni
in this country heard the broadcast
which originated from half dozen
cities.
The heads of the various depart
ments of Georgetown University,
including DR.. William N. Cogan.
dean emeritus of the dental school.
and DR.. Edmund A. Walsh, S. j.,
vice president, were at the guest
table. Others included Representa-
tives John M. Costello of California,
DR.. Wilfrid Parsons, S. j.. OF Catho-
lie University; Ernest johnson. DIR.
John Mcintyre, head of the George
town dental alumni: Joseph Carey,
head of the law school alumni; DR.
James A. Cahill. head OF the medi-
cal alumni; the Rev. John j. Kehoe,
S. j., faculty director of athletics:
John Saul and Martin Mcnamara,
Georgetown and Holy Cross alumni,
respectively.
In the evening many of the
alumni attended the 2lst annual
Mi-Careme concert of the George
town Glee Club in CASTOR Hall on
the campus. 1t was under the di-
rection Of DR.. Edward P. Donovan,
head of the music department.
The 81 members of the chorus
gave a program which featured len
ten songs. James F. x. ORourke,
tenor, and Thomas J. Dee, violinist,
were soloists.