UNITED STATES

New Zealand Tablet, 4 January 1912, Page 47

UNITED STATES

CARDINAL. GIBBONS' MEMORIAL. A According to an announcement by Bishop Corrigan, the full amount collected for the Cardinal Gibbons Memorial Hall of the Catholic University of America, the corner stone of which was laid on October 12, is 121,462 dollars, about half of the amount necessary to complete the memorial. ; A GENEROUS DONOR.. - Realising the importance of the Catholic University and the necessity of providing ample funds "for it's expansion/Mr. James J. Ryan, of Philadelphia, called on Cardinal Gibbons in Baltimore recently and placed in his hands fifty 1000 dollar bills. Mr. Ryan believes in the charity ' that doth not vaunt itself.' He took precautions to prevent the very name of the donor being made public, and paid in cash and not K by cheque in order to escape notoriety. But such good deeds in this day and time cannot long be hidden. The fact that a chair of Scripture was to be founded at the University and that ; the Cardinal had selected for it the name ' The James J. and Hannah Cusick Ryan Chair of the Old Testament.': gave the clue, and Mr. Ryan was compelled to .confess that he was, the donor. [g. The gift of Mr. Ryan--isSa personal ' tribute: to : Cardinal Gibbons; one of the most notable of the many that has marked his: jubilee year.. ,'-''"■., / ~ r;. DEPARTURE FOR ROME. , j s ;' Two of the three American Cardinals-Elect, Archbishop Farley of New York, and Monsignor Falconio, Apostolic Delegate ,to Washington, sailed - from New York ■on November 14 on board the Kronprinzessin Cecile for Rome. ■ They were the central figures in a remarkable religious demonstration at St. Patrick's Cathedral,- and thousands cheered the Archbishop en route to the pier,