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Rector; Honors
Eisenhower
High Catholics See
President Receive
Honorary Degree
By james G. Deone

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Catholic University installed a
new rector yesterday, with pomp
and ceremony that included the
presentation of an honorary de-
gree to President Eisenhower.
Most of the Nations Catholic
MISUNDERSTANDING, archbish-
ops and bishops-were in the
audience of $500, which packed
the university's gymnasium to
watch the installation of the
Most Rev. Bryan j. McEntegart
in the university's top post and
the honoring of President Eisen-
mower with a doctors degree.
The President told the gath
erlng, in effect, that he believes
the Russians and all other people
want peace. And he urged uni
versities to help achieve it by
furthering international under
standing.
1T is my unshakeable con-
vlction," the President said,
that no people. as such, wants
war. On the contrary, believe
that the longing for peace
among those people that we now
must class as hostile to us is as
great as it is among us. Else,
why would their leaders have
constantly to urge upon them
the argument that we know to
be false, that the free world
wants warp"
Hope in Understanding.
Hopes for peace, Gen. Eisen-
hover added. should be placed
mot only in tanks and in guns
and in planes and in bombs"
There must be knowledge
and there must be understand
ing to use knowledge" he as
serted.
Bishop McEntegart also
stressed the role of the univer-
sity as an instrument of peace.
asserting that it must help in
Americas mission "to lead the
way to peace in charity and
justice"
The new rector called on stu
dents AMI faculty to work un-
ceasingly to broaden the hori-
IONS of society,""
The hour ceremony began
with a colorful procession of the
clergy and other dignitaries into
the gymnasium.
President Eisenhower was
greeted outside by a color guard
Of Air Force ROTC cadets and
with enthusiastic applause both
from the audience inside and by
hundreds of others who were
unable to get in and stood out
side to listen to the ceremonies
by loudspeaker. =
At Head of Procession.
The President walked with top
prelates at the head of the pro-
ceSsion to place at the front
of the stage.
There he sat while the Most
Rev. Peter L. Ireton, Bishop of
Richmond. gave an invocation.
The audience then rose for the
National Anthem.
This was followed by the read
ing of a decree of appointment
for the new rector by the Most
Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cicognani,
Apostolic Delegate to the United
States. Archbishop Cicognani
read the document in Latin and
then delivered congratulatory
in English on behalf of
Pope Plus XII, who made the
rector's appointment last June.
The Most Rev. Patrick A.
O'Boyle, Archbishop of Wash
ington, then spoke briefly, call
ing Bishop McEntegart "a gifted
priest" and asserting that the
new rector brings to his new
office a background rich in the
variety of its experiences and un-
commonly successful in the full
f1llment of the tasks to which
he has been assigned"
Bishop McEntegart then de-
livered his own address, and this
was followed by the comforting
of the honorary doctorate of laws
on Gen. Eisenhower by Arch
bishop O'Boyle and the PreSi-
dents answering address.
Three Cardinals Present.
Three of the four American
cardinals-James Francis Cardi-
nal Mcintyre of Los Angeles, Ed
ward Cardinal Mooney of De-
troit and Samuel Cardinal
Stritch of Chicago-were present
for the ceremonies. Francis
Cardinal Spellman of New York
also had planned to attend but
left Unexpectedly because of the
death of a secretary in New
York.
About $50 of the country's 185
archbishops and bishops also
were on hand. The bishops cur
rently are holding a semi
annual meeting here. The color
full robes of the dignitaries made
an impressive sight on the stage
and in the procession.
Representatives from many of
the country's educational insti-
tutions, clad in black academic
gowns, also were present. They
marched in the procession and
sat just in front Of the stage.
President Eisenhower also wore
an academic gown. His hat was
adorned with a cleaning gold
colored tassle, and his gown was
trimmed with velvet.
The President drew laughter
when he said his own sojourn as
a university president was not
long enough to entitle him to