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Show CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY. (Correspondence Intermountain Catholic.) AVashington, D. C. Jan. 16. The un-1-veu!ty reopened after the Christmas holidays. AVednesdav. Jan. 3. when claiiseo ware resumed in all the departments. de-partments. It was observed that there was an increase of students in the different dif-ferent Schools. The anniversary Mass for living benefactors ben-efactors i3 one of the events at the university uni-versity at the beginning of the New-Year. New-Year. Saturday, Jan. 6, was the day selected for this occassion this year. The Right Rev. Rector, Mgr, Cona.ty, was the oulebrant at the solemn mass, at which the professors and students cf the university assisted. The university uni-versity thus bears in grateful remembrance remem-brance the living benefactors who, by thair reptated acts of generosity, enables en-ables it to carry on its work sueeess-I sueeess-I fully. At the beginning of each school I year, in November, a solemn mass ol requiem is said for benefactors who have, passed to their eteirnal reward. B-jsides this there is felt, by every professor and student of the university, especially those who are priests, the obligation in gratitude of a monthly roinembrance in the holy sacrifice for all those who in any way contribute to the maintenance and development of the university. The public lecture course was resumed re-sumed on AA'edneisday, Jan. 10, by Hon. Carroll D. AVright with the one on the Relation of Single Tax Doctrine, Nationalism, Na-tionalism, Anarchism and Nihilism to Socialism. The lecturer did not undertake un-dertake to discuss the merits or demerits demer-its of the single tax doctrine, the purpose pur-pose of which is to abolish all taxation save that upon land valuas. As the essence of socialism is "to each man according to his needs from each according ac-cording to his abilities," the doctrines of H'-nry George is a species of socialism, social-ism, although Mr. Georgo himself was not a socialist. (Anarchism is the antithesis an-tithesis of socialism, although the anarchists an-archists and the socialists are aiming at tho same end. in one sense; as illustrated il-lustrated by thoir combination in the International Workingman's associations associa-tions founded in 1864, when they worked together in agitation with diametrically dia-metrically opposite theories, the socialists so-cialists wishing to avoid inequality by incr&asing state interference, the an archists by abolishing it. Eacn was trying to secure equality in conditions. The nihilists, representing on one side the extreme of Russian revolutionists and one the other those who believe that by doing away with particular forms of objectional government they can secure universal equality, are erroneously er-roneously supposed to be partisans of universal destruction, having no constructive con-structive elements in their programme, but this is not correct of a large section sec-tion of the nihilists. Nihilism has for its immediate object the overthrow of the autocracy, reckoning, however, so'loly upon the power of the proletarians proletar-ians Nationalism, which grew up after af-ter the writings of Edward Bellamy, is dimply modified and mild stato socialism social-ism The adherents of the doctrine be-live' be-live' that tho state should gradually take over to itself function after function, func-tion, and industry after industry, until finally it should control all. On Friday, Jan. 12. Professor Egan began his course of lectures with the one on 'L'iterature and Life." He stated stat-ed a: his thesis "Literature is so closely close-ly the expression of life that we can hardly limit it. except by life' ittilf." In' support of this he showed very clearly the failure of the important attempts at-tempts to define it. particularly that of Professor Posnet as an example of tha modern scientific process. I am not certain,"- he said, "that the great and overhanging subject it stands for can u niifiiv dAse.rihed. But it seems to me that today literature is the expression ex-pression in writing of thought, observation, observ-ation, experience, emotion, mood, knowladge personally expressed.' Dr. Egan." speaking of the conflict between science and literature, said: 'These mis- understandings have led the most methodical and scientific men of letters to assert that science is bankrupt. Now, science is not bankrupt; it has enormous asserts asset so great that it need not apply to the men of letters for the certification of its checks. Its bad reputation is entirely due to the fact that certain of its stockholders have forged drafts on that groat theological establishments which it can neither dominate nor destroy." : rch bishop Keane returned for his New England trip and spent the Christmas holidays at the university. He preached at the Cathedral of New York on Sunday. " Jan. 1-1, and is the gnd-t of Archbishop Corrigan during his work in that city. During his stay in New England he was successful in arousing enthusiasm for the establishment establish-ment of chair in the name of, tht I venarabln Archbishop Willams of Boston. Bos-ton. The love which the pile f its and people cf New England have for their Archbishop leave no reason to doubt that the nocessary fund for tho endow-ment endow-ment will be presented at the next meeting of the board ot truste-.es ot tne university. By the death of the late Dr. Hoffman Hoff-man the university has lost a very j zcialous and devoted friend. He wan for several yaars the honorary curate I of the university museum of ethnology, , a department which he practically created cre-ated and organized. While holding the position cf honorary curator of the university uni-versity museum. Dr. Hoffman was appointed ap-pointed by President MoKinley United States consul at Manheim, Bermany. j Owing to ill htalth. he was allowed a I six months' leave of absence, and he reJ.urneil to Reading. Pa., his native place, where he died. During his sickness sick-ness Dr. Hoffman had the happine-?. of being received into the Catholic church, and his last hours were bler4-i'd j and comforted with the sacraments. . Very Rev. Dr. Carrigan, the vice rec- ! tor of the university, who was a warm admirer of the deceased, visited him at his home in Reading and had the pleasure of baptizing him ar.l of cheering cheer-ing his last hours with all the spiritual comforts of the church. At the January meeting of the university uni-versity senate the following resolutions resolu-tions ware offered and unanimously adopted: I. Resolved: That in the death of Walter James Hoffman we recognize the dispensation of an Allwise Provi-dence, Provi-dence, a.nd we bow to its decree with j reve-rence and sorrow. II. Re-solved: That in Dr. Hoffman's untimely - demise science has lost an eminent and devoted student of American Amer-ican archaeology- and ethnology, who. by his researches and publication, had attained a foremost place among the scholars of our arre. III. Resolved: That ' the Catholic University of America hereby places on record its indebtedness to Dr. HofT-mant HofT-mant for his cordial sympathy with its work and for his distinguished services as Honorary Curator of its University Museum of Ethnology; a department which he organized with scientific , skill and taste, and enriched with many valuable contributions. IV. Resolved: That these resolutions be incorporated in the minutes of the : University Senate meeting of this date, ! and engrossed and placed in the Museum Mu-seum of Ethnology; also that copies of the same be forwarded to the bereaved I family and immediate relatives of our late friend and colleague. The Feast of St. Paul the Apostle, the Paternal Feast of the Faculty cf Theology, will be the occasion of the usual solemn ceremonies in the Divinity Chapel. Rt. Rev. Mgr. Sbaretti. the Bishop-elect of Havana, will pontificate, pontifi-cate, and the sc-rmon will be delivered by Rev. Dr. Edmund T. Shanahan, Professor of Dogmatic Theology-. The Right Rev. Rector delivered the oration at the fiftieth anniversary of the Father Mathew Society of East Cambridge. Mass. Thursday evening, Dec. 28. He is expected to give the principal address at the meeting of the Holy Cross Alumni at Worcester, Jan. 22. The Very Rev. Dr. Garrigan preached the eulogy at the funeral cf the Rev. Richard J, Patterson, the former for-mer pastor cf St. John's Church, Clinton. Clin-ton. Mass., with whom Dr. Garrigan was many years associated as a neighboring neigh-boring pastor. |