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Show CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY. Annual Meeting and Consideration of Reports. The annual meeting of the trustees of the Catholic university was held on Wednesday, ! Nov. 12, in the McMahon hall of the university. Those present were his eminence, James Cardinal Gibbons, Most Rev. John J. - Williams, D. D... archbishop of Boston; Most Rev. Patrick J. Ryan, D. D., archbishop of .Philadelphia; Most Rev. John Ireland, Ire-land, D. D., archbishop of St. Paul; Most. Rev. John J. Keane, D. D., archbishop arch-bishop of Dubuque; Most Rev. John M. Farley, D. D., archbishop of New York; Right Rev. John L. Spalding, D. D., archbishop of Peoria; Right Rev.:;CamilIusiP. Maes,' D. D., bishop of Covington, Ky.iand secretary of -the board; Right .Bev. John S. Foley, D. D., bishop of Detroit; Right Rev. Ignatius F. Horstmann. D. D.. bishon of Cleveland, and Right Rev. Thomas I J. Conaty, D. D., rector of the university. univer-sity. Cardinal Gibbons presided. The forenoon fore-noon was given to consideration of the reports of the different committees. The committee on finance, of which Archbishop Arch-bishop Williams is chairman, found the report of the rector and treasurer clear, full and satisfactory, and accepted ac-cepted the report of the auditors who had examined the assets and . investments invest-ments of the university. It was found that the finances are in a most satisfactory satis-factory condition. During the year the receipts amounted to $158,917.29, and the disbursements to $155,268.73, leaving a balance of $3,648.56. Of the amount received re-ceived $66,517.25 "came from the earnings earn-ings of the trust funds arid other ordinary or-dinary sources of revenue. There has Deen received in bequests during the year $26,370.95; from sales of property, $33,222.19; by endowments this year, $19,465.41, and from the bishops' guarantee guar-antee fund, $10,400. Eleven thousand seven hundred dollars was paid this year on the general indebtedness of the university. The gross indebtedness of the university is $193,500; the assets on hand amount to $59,493.10, making the net indebtedness $134,006.90, or $11,700 less than last year. . The committee on studies and discipline, disci-pline, . through its chairman, Bishop Horstmann, reported in commendation of the programme of studies as proposed pro-posed by the university, as also the reports re-ports as to discipline in Caldwell hall and Keane hall. The committee on organization, Archbishop Arch-bishop Ryan, chairman, reported in favor fa-vor of the establishment of teaching fellows in different departments of the university. The co-ordination of . faculties, facul-ties, reported by the rector, was approved. ap-proved. The appointment to the chair formerly held by the late Very Rev. Dr. Bouquillon was referred to the April meeting. The meeting amended the bv-laWS Of th hoard hv vntlno- fv change the time of meeting from November No-vember to the Second Wednesday after Easter. ' "Bishop Mathew Harkins of Providence, Provi-dence, R. I., was elected trustee to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Archbishop Corrigan. . . The board elected the following officers: offi-cers: His eminence, Cardinal Gibbons, president; Most Rev. Archbishop Williams, Wil-liams, vice president; Right Rev. Bishop Bish-op Maes, secretary, and Mr. Thomas E. Waggaman of Washington, D. C , treasurer. The rector, Bishop Conaty, was appointed acting asslsto.nt treasurer. treas-urer. There was - no appointment to the vice rectorship, the place being left open for the present. The board appointed ap-pointed a committee on investments consisting of Cardinal Gibbons, Bishop Conaty and Mr. Michael Jenkins of Baltimore. Dr. Joseph H. McMahon of New York, who is assisting the rector in the completion of the endowment fund, made a report which was very satisfactory. The .board voted to lease ' a site on the university grounds for the erection of a new : apostolic mission house. Several matters of importance were referred to the April meeting |