Cathodograph

A name that has been suggested for the permanent picture made by use of the cathodic rays; otherwise known as radiograph, skiagraph, shadow graph, . Catholic Apostolic Churches. ( Eccl . Hist .) A name given to a body of Christians who hold that the Church Catholic is made up of all the baptized, and has apostles for its highest ministry. See IRVING (EDWARD), and IRVINGITES. Catholic University of America. An institution of learning founded at Washington, D. C., under an endowment of $300,000 made in 1884 by Mi Mary Caldwell. It was incorporated in 1885, as a superior institution of ecclesiastical learning, and approved in 1887 by Pope Leo XIII, who granted it the power of conferring degrees. The faculty of theology was opened in 1889. In 1891 Rev. James McMahon, of New York, donated $400,000 towards the philosophical department. Various other donations have been received. The university is governed by a board of directors chosen from the episcopate, the clergy and the laity. It is now (1897) under the presidency of Rev. Thomas J. Conaty.