Catholic University

At Washington, D. C.; incorporated Nov. 1885; approved by the Pope 1887. It originated in the gift by Mi Mary Caldwell, 1884, of $300,000. In 1891 the Rev. J. McMahon of N. Y. City gave $400,000 toward the department of philosophy. The theological department was opened Nov. 1889; philosophical courses were offered Oct. 1894. Thus far it has received only post-graduate students. It has 8 profe ors and 2 lecturers. The chancellor is Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore, the rector Bp. J. J. Keane.