Mr. Speaker. I rise today to pay tribute to St. Johns University. Jamaica. NY. on the occasion of its celebration of its 125th anniversary year of excellence in education. St. Johns University was founded in 1870 by the Congregation of the Mission to provide the growing immigrant classes of New York City with an opportunity for higher education at an affordable price. Responding to an invitation from the first Bishop of Brooklyn. John Loughlin. the university was established so that the youth of the city could have access to an intellectual and moral formation. One hundred and twentyfive years later St.
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