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Show CATHOLIC TTNIVEKSITY. Recent Benefice From the lats Mrs. Sarah Terris Devlin. Word has come to the university i that it has been made a beneficiary ; under the will of the late Mrs. Sarah j Devlin of Boston, Mass.. for the sum of $50,000. The university authorities are deeply grateful for this noble gift, and are very much encouraged in their exertions to complete this year the en-j en-j dowment fund of the university. On Saturday, the 15th Inst., a solemn mass ' of requiem for the repose of this good lady's soul was sung by the vice rector. I Very Rev. Dr. Garrigan, at which the professors and students of the instltu- tion assisted. The Right Rev. Rector Bishop Conaty occupied his place in the sanctuary, and the bereaved hus- ! band of the deceased. Mr. Edward Devlin, was also present. I A special committee having charge of the publication of the Year Book for 1902-3 report that it will soon be ready ! for issue. It is expected that this year's will be the most complete that : has so far been sent out. i The Easter recess began March 21, and will end on April 2. Most of the professors and students have scattered to their homes, some to take part in the Holy Week solemnities of their parishes, par-ishes, or for a needed rest before the coming hard work preparatory to graduation day. A special meeting of the board of trustees of the university will be held on April 9. The right reverend rector, in the name of the university, sent a cable- gram to our holy father, Pope Leo j aiil vu oci nisi.. Luiio:ai.u.'Uiu I on his jubilee, and on the same day 1 received an answer from CarJinal ! Rampolla. conveying to the university and its rector the apostolic blessing. The jubilee of the holy father will be observed at the university on Lev Sunday by a portl.'lcal mass. Some of the visitors at the university lately were Prince Henry de Croy ft Belgium. Monsieur Leopold Mabillon, president of the Musee Social of Paris, France; Sr. Alejandro Alvarez, secretary secre-tary of the Chilian legation to the Pan- f American conference at Mexico: Rev. W. H. Fitzpatrlck of Boston, Mass.: Hon. Hannis Taylor of Mobile, Ala., and Dr. Timmins of Boston. Mass. j Hon. William C. Robinson, LL. V.. j dean of the law school, lectured on . Wednesday afternoon. March 13, in the public course at the university on "Th i value of the studv n? lnw is a means ou 5- general intellectual culture." before a very representative gathering. Anton? ; other things he said: "The value of m.v" science as a subject of study is to ? measured: First, by the importance Ol i i the science itself; second, the in- ; I tellectual discipline which the study affords; and, third, the collateral fields of knowledge into which it introduce f I the student. The importance of a set- ence depends upon its utility to mail , in his present circumstances and con- f dition. Of the sciences pre-eminently Important on this account there an? f five: religion, logic, hygiene, private . snnnnmlra onrl In All rvorsons in SO- ciety are bound by the law. whether they know its rules or not, and are U- able to loss of liberty, property, and f even life itself through their, ignorance ; of its provisions. - ' "For general purposes the stu the law of rights and wrongs suffices, leaving the law of remedies to the pro- , fessional lawyer. Atpresent this subjecc is too much neglected: but recent wdi- ; cations point to its reinstatement in au ouf schools of learning, as a matter o universal instruction." I r |
