ST. PATRICK'S COLLEGE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 650, 29 October 1909, Page 8

ST. PATRICK'S COLLEGE.

. SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS. ■NEARLY iJOflfl SUBSCRIBED' IN .ONE ■ ' EVENING. ' , ; A 'general meeting: of clergy ' and laity- was caUed in St. . Patrick's Hall last evening to discuss .ways ' and .means. for celebrating the silver V jubilee of St.; Patriok's College. The ohair was ocoupied .by. Mr. .Martin Kennedy, who presided over' a large and enthusiastic gathering. 1 The ohairman gave some interesting" particular?. of the career of the college, and pointed- out that the building, and grounds cost, .£21,300.-.in 1885) iIO.OOO being subscribed by the people, and X 5300 by the' Marist Society. The Marist Fathers', had; paid. .£BBO6 for buildings up to 1907, and to keep the college financial .they had advanced ,£4870. The total moneys ; advanced by the. Marist Society in 24 years, not counting the services of 'a staff, of nine fathersi :was; i! 16,020.' The coUege-itoelf, had advanoed atotal of X 5957 10s. The,debt on: the. college in 1885 .was. J65500, and'.to. this, was-, added ,£ISOO in 1901, and another i 6500 in 1908,, making a total debt The amount owing to tie-.'college' for bad debts -betweejj 1886 and :1909 totalled no less, than .86700. The total cost of-the college to date was >643,277 10s. .Of this, amount the "State;-paid nothing;; the.people of the Wellington 'and Christohurch diocese \prinoipally iIO,QOO, ■ and the Marist Fathers and the : . college, j£25,777 10s., leaving the present, .debt, as lie had stated, '.£7500. '.The' speaker also dealt at some length with .the excellence of the work done, at the and' by : college pupils. ' Mr.. Kennedy formally moved that the meeting affirm the desirability of celebrating' irf ; a: worthy-manner the silverjubilee of the college, which occurs on Jtuie l, 1 1910. , ;<■ t' ' P?he Vory Rev. Father ,o'Shea seconded the motion, and expressed hope. that.the celebrations would'be worthy of .their chief educational establishment in'the. Dominion. . .' •• The motion was-carried unanimously. - ' The Hon. R. A.\icughnan moved:—"That it is desirable to J 'raise-a':fund, to be ..known asthe St. Patricks Collie Jubilee Fund, to-be applied to (a) the builidng and the equipment of. science laboratories': (so urgently, required) in, connection, with, the college; and.(b) the reduc-tion,,'ifnot-the complete extinction,, of-the existing ' mortgage .', dpi.:: on the. college."-. Mr. Lbugnnan considered that the-talent at the'college should, be, provided with a training, which ■would bring. them to the front' rank- of science, as they had in tji'o past been in mathematics and .classics. - ' .' '■ .* Mr.. H. S. Wardqll', seconded ': • the motion; which was carried.. ' ■ The" cl-.airman "stated that from ■ inquiries ma'de he understood that the actual laboratory building would cqst'fiom iElOOO'tp iIMO.; 'The. equipment had'' to-follow.:; 1, :• On the motion'pf.-Mr.'J., J.'- v D.enflo,'- :^ecbh, ded. by 'the Venerable Archdearon'^DeVoyi-it jvis '.de? cided; that, in : order'-t? carry out the above object, it; was- resolved Uria)' To,'organise •an art union, subject: to tho consent, of the Minister for Internal Affairs';, (b) that, subject to the approval of the . ecclesiastical authorities, an appeal .be, made to the friends and well-wishers ;i>£ the'college throughout- the Dominion for direct subscriptions,' and: that as a-commence-nx-nt, a subscription. list be .opened at once, subscribers; to bo given the option of payihg within tho next/six months in one or more I'M' •stalments. The Rev. Archdeacon Devoy stated that he had already received promises of iseven pic-, tares towards an art union. r .-.i; : In,reply, to a. question,.,the-chairman stated that the art union would,; he took it, be limited'to works, of art. It would- be for, the committee, to see - that everything-possible was done to • confine the art: union to works of : art. Mr. Kennedy ..paid ; a tribute to. the work ' of tho Marist Bros. • •• '' ■ A-strong-committee'of . oler'gy- and-laity was 6ot'.up -to,.give. ; efect-' to the '-foregoing resolutions.". ».' \r'- ' : The? Rev. Dr. Kennedy, Dean Eegnault, 'and Messrs. :M.' -Keimedy. ; aid H'., S-:Wardell .were appointed't'mstees of the.fund, the'.'ReVi-Father Gogean was. appoiited. secretary; And Mr. ,Mar-' ;tin Kennedy treasurer., ... ' , All executive; committee was appointed con'-' sisting; of- twelve- members of the ■ clergy ■ and' Colonel' Collins,'■Messrs. M-; ; Kennedy,-; H. S; ; W. ,C- Gascovne, J.: J. Devinei Mau--, rice 'O'Connor,' P.' Jv'; O'Regan, B.- Doherty, L. Dwan, Buckley, B.; /WhitaKer,. and; F.. M"Par-, land,J..;'':, : - .

Tie following donations, : totalling-'.£BBl Is., wore.given-in tile. room:—Dean Eegnattlt, v JSOO; Martin 1 '.O!0)BlK>r,, .£100; Fathers at, St.', Patrick's, College," 1 IfilOO; Marist Fathers, 'Thorndon, £25;- Marist Fathers,, Te Aro, i! 25; Dr.'. Cahill.' JE2S; :B, Whitakerj IiSIS;', Mr.'.!Soffrief, .£10; : jManst. Fathers, Newtown, .',£lo:' P.■ Sheridan, JB10; iH. 'S. - Wardoll, J6loj J.: J.,;Devine, ,£b fan, P.. MTarlajad, £i; Hon;' E. Loughn'an,. £5; L.i .'E.-Gibbs, .£o;.Thoß. Butler, X 5; B. Doherty, £3 35.; M. Maher, !£3 3s W Jonnings, M.P.; .£3 Bs.; P. J. O'Eegan, £3 35.; J..~ Diamond, ,£3; M. O'Kano, <£2 23.; J.' J. Burke, ;£1 Is.; —. Yourelle, XI Is.;. E. Beitchell, ,£l;Mrs. :Dunn,.Jßl.,'