ST. PATRICK'S.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 104, 29 October 1909, Page 3

ST. PATRICK'S.

THE COLLEGE JUBILEE. CATHOLIC LIBERALITY. At a largo meeting of clergy and laity held at St. Patrick's Hall last evening, it was decided to mark the approaching jubilee of St. Patrick's College in a fitting manner, and nearly £1000 was raised at the meeting. Mr. Martin Kennedy presided, and in the course of his opening remarks stated that in 1835, when the college was founded, the grounds and buildings cost £21,300. The total expenditure to date was £40,000. Of the £21,200 to which he had referred, £10,000 had been subscribed by the public. The JMarist fathers who constituted the teaching faculty, had advanced in twenty-four years £16,020, and in addition had supplied the college with its teaching" staff. The college itself had advanced £6000. The total debt on the college was £7500, and for the period between 1886 and 1909 there was owing to the college bad debts amounting to £6700. The total cost of the college to date was. £43,277. To this the State had contributed nothing; but Wellington and Chri&tchurch had contributed £10,000, the Marists of the college £25,777, leaving the presnnt debt £7500. THE WORK OF THE COLLEGE. Coming to the work of the college, the chairman stated that its aim had been to impart sound secular and religious education to the children of Catholic parents and this aim had been most successfully accomplished, as was well known. A thousand students had passed through the college, and of these thirty had been given to the priesthood. Tn the learned professions and the Civil bervicc and elsewhere former students of .bt. Pauick's were to-day holding honourable positions. Had it done nothing else, St. Patrick's had done enormous service in its contribution to the priesthood. The parents of these students h* maintained, had made no sacrifice whatever m the matter of payment, for in any of the State-endowed colleges the cost, would have been as great, or even greater. The success of the college waa due to the self-sacrifice of the Marist lathers. (Applause.) Their cheerful services were the only endowment of the college. Ihey represented fully £3000 a year. He then moved— "That this meeting affirms the desirableness of celebrating in a worthy manner the silver jubilee of St. Patrick's College, which occurs on Ist June, 1910. v T i his «'?S seconded by Very Rev. Father O'Snea, and carried unanimousA SCIENTIFIC MEMORIAL. Al?n" <?\v A> J J I tf Ughnan then m oved, carried-— dell seconde(i , and it was "That it is desirable to j-aise a fund to be known as the St. Patrick's College- Jubilee Fund, to be applied to (a) the building and the equipment of sciencq laboratories (so urgently required) in connection with the college; and (b) the reduction, if not the complete extinction, of the existing mortgage debt on the college." Mr. Loughnan made a strong appeal for scientific training, which would bnng the students into the front rank of science as in mathematics and classics. PROPOSED ART UNION. «™ Ir " J- J> Dovine next moved: — That, subject to the consent of the Minister, a monster art union be organised, and v that an appeal for help be mado throughout the Dominion." The meeting then considered officers for the control and management of the jubilee fund and the means for raising Revs. Dr. Kennedy and Dean Regnault, Mr. Martin Kennedy and Mr. H. S U'ardell were appointed trustees to administer the fund. . All present were constituted a general committee, whilst an executive was appointed to carry out all arrangements, the following being the members.— Messrs. H. S. Wardell, B. Whitaker, F. M'Parland, Doherty, T. Buckley, L. Dwan, J. J. Devine, A. Gasquoine, Maurice O'Connor, Martin Kennedy, P. J. O'Regan, and Colonel Collins, together with clergy and with power to add to their number. Rev. Fr. Goggan was appointed senior secretary, and Mr. M. Kennedy treasurer of the general cbmmitteo. SUBSCRIPTIONS.' The chairman announced that St. Patrick's Old Boys were convening a meeting with the object of aiding the roovenjent. The following subscriptions were raised in the room : — £ s Dean Regnault 500 0 Mr. Martin Kennedy ... 100 0 Mr. Maurice O'Connor ... 100 0 Fathers of St. Patrick's . . 100 0 Marist Fathers, Thorndcn 25 0 Marist Fathers, To Aro . . 25 0 Dr. Cahill 25 0 Mr. B. Whittiiker . 15 0 Marist Fathers, Xowtown 10 0 Mr. P. Sheridan . ... 10 0 Mr. Segrief 10 0 My. H. S. Wardell ... 10 0 Mr. J. J. Devine 5 5 Mr. F. M'Parland 5 0 Hon. P. A. Loughnan ... 5 0 Mr. L. Dwan 5 0 Mr. K. Gibbs 5 0 Mr. T. Buckley 5 0 Mr. P. J. O'Regan 3 6 Mr. W, Jsnniiigi ... ... 3 3 Mr. M. Mriior ,„ „, 3 3

Mr. M. O'Kane 2 2 Mr. Diamond 2 0 Mr. J. J. Bourke 1 J Mr. Yourelle 11 Mr. E. Reichel , 1 0 Mrs. Dunne ... „t ... 1 0 Total 981 1