The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-09
Wethersfield Firm Awarded Contract For New Sewer
Elaborate Ceremonies
Held For New Rector
MOnsgnOr Mccormick, Native OF Norwich, Conn.,, In
stalled at Catholic IT,; Archbishop Murray Attends

lie University Of America, Tuesday
afternoon, November 9Th.
The program of the exercises TO
be held in the gymnasium Of the in
stitution was arranged by .ecial
committee headed by the Rt. Rev.
Msgr. Edward B. Jordan, vice rector
OF the University, with membership
selected from the faculties and ad-
ministrative staff of the University.
Among the Catholic hierarchy who
will have a part in the program arc
the Apostolic Delegate, the Arch
bishops of the Baltimore and Wash
ington diocese and the archdiocese
of st. Louis and st. Paul, and the
Bishop Of Rochester, N. Y. An hon
orary degree will be bestowed on
DR.. Victor Andres Belaunde, vice
rector of the Catholic University Of
Lima, Peru, one of the outstanding
educators of South America.
Preceded by an academic process
sion Of the student body, delegates
from colleges and universities and
learned societies, provincials of re-
ligious orders, the University facul-
ty and members of the hierarchy
and trustees of the University, the
ceremonies will begin at 4 o'clock
in the gymnasium, and will be fol-
lowed Immediately by reception to
the newly installed rector in the
reading room Of Mullen Library.
The professional will be played by
the band of the 2517th service unit
of the Army Specialized Training
Program, which forms part Of the
student body. The Most Rev. John J.
Glennon, Archbishop Of st. Of st.
Louis will give the invocation. The
decree of appointment of Monsignar
Mccormick as Rector will be read BY
the Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni CT
cognani, the Apostolic Delegate. The
Chancellor of Catholic University of
America, the Most Rev. Michael j.
Curley, Archbishop Of the Baltimore
and Washington diocese, will make
the principal address. Preceded by
Handrs Confirma Hoe, sung by the
University Choir, under the leader
ship Of DR.. Leo Behrendt, the degree
of Doctor of Laws to be conferred
upon DR.. Belaunde will be read by
the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Edward B. Jor-
dan, Vice Rector of the University.
Archbishop Curley will confer
upon Monsignor Mccormick the de-
gree of the rectorship, followed by
the inaugural address Of the new
rector. Beethoven's Hallelujah
Chorus by the University Choir will
precede brief greetings in behalf of
the clerical alumni by the Most
Rev. James F. Kearney, bishop of
Rochester, and In behalf Of the lay
alumni by the national president Of
the graduates, Andrew P. Maloney
of New York City. The University
Choir and the audience will sing
The Star Spangled Banner imme-
diately preceding the benediction,
which will be pronounced by the
Most Rev. John Gregory Murray,
Archbishop of st. Paul. The service
band will play the occasional.
The procession will form at $3.50
o'clock with the students gathering
in front of Mullen Library; the
delegates from the colleges and uni
versities and learned societies In
Mcmahon hall, and the faculties,
the hierarchy and the university
trustees in Caldwell hall. DR.. Au-
brey E. Landry will be grand mar
shall Of the procession. assisted by
the Rev. DR.. Edgar A. Lang, dean
of men, DR.. Eugene A. Leonard dean
of Women, DR.. Roy j. Deferrari, the
Rev. DR.. James Campbell, Miss
Catherine Rich, the Rev. DR.. Louis
v. Arand and the Rev. DR.. Ignatius
Smith, o. P.
The State of Connecticut was Of
ficially represented at the cere-
monies today by State Labor Com
missioner Cornelius J. Danaher, who
was delegated to attend by Gov
ernor Raymond E. Baldwin.