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Manufacturer of LIMf

· Wholesale and R etail CeMent, Brick, Sewer Pipe, Sand, E tc.

Office and W a reh ouse 12-16 West Aven ue KANKAKEE, ( LL .

W. W. HUCKINS DEALER IN

Hard and Soft ·coal '

Corner Court S t. and E ast Ave .

c Voss for · Photos

207 COURT STREET

Henry E. Volkmann & Son · _KANKAKEE, lLLilVOJS

Dealers in

Diamonds, Watches & Jewelry

l'Vatdz Repairing and Engra1.1ing

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Mattresses, Couches A J.so specialties in. Feather Ren.ovating

Special Prices to I nsti tu tions

Kankake e , Illinois .

GEORGE ARSENEAU BAKERY

Specialties:_ Pies and Cakes

B,ou r b o nna is, Il lino is

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Kankakee, Illinois

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Sash, 'Doors and Mouldin{fs Interior Finish a Specialty

Plate and Window Glass Always on Hand . '

143 Washington Avenue, Cor. Bourbonnais Street, J{ankakee, Illinois Central Union Telephone, Main 276w : : Independent Telephone, . No. 166

Kankakfe Book Store· 176 Court Street

Fine. Statz'on/ry, PojJulat Copyright Alger and Henty Books, Post Cards q,nd A !bums, Pennants and Pz'llow Covers, Sporting Goods. ·

The -Gift Sto,-e

F. MAISONNEUVE High Class

Shoe Repairing · Satisfaction Guaranteed

Basement, ,City National Bank Bld~.

ALCIDE L'ECUYER & COMPANY Mercantile Jobbers

Confectionery and Cigars .a SjJecz'alty

East. Ill. Trust & ~av. Bank Bldg. Both Phones 601 Kankakee, Ill.

TEL, FRANKLIN 480 "W.J.GILBERT, MGR

CHICAGO FIRE BRICK COMPANY MANUFA CTURERS OF

Fire Brick, Fire Proofing, Fire Clay, Hoi· low Blocks, Hollow Brick, Flue Lining, Sewer Pipe, Wall Coping Chimney Tops.

508 CHAMBER OF C OMMERCE CHICAGO

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E~BETOURNE .Druggist and · Optician ,

Kodaks &. Supplies

Students' Elect1£c

R eadz"ng Lamps

Kankakee Electric light Co. NORRIS & FRITH

Hard-ware and

Sporting Goods

PATRICK· BETOURNE PHARMACY North Si~e of Court Street

ID~r il(n~ak ~qnp The Largest Stock of Photographic Supplies, Pl~t~sJ~ Films, Lamps, Enlarging Cameras & Developing Papers in the City.

LUMBER H. H. TROUP & co. LUMBER KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS

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The · Standard Roofing; CO. Established 1866

ROOFERS

-692 N. HALSTED STREET CHICAGO, ILLINOI$

Phone Monroe 430

Medal and Dzplomas at World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, I893 ,­American Instz'tute of Architects' Exhibit, Chicago, I89¢

ESTABLISHED 1884

JOHN CARETTI & CO. JOHN D'AMBROSIO, Proprietor

OONTRAOTOaS OF

~TERRAZZO-CERAMIC _ Mo~at'c~ Marble and Enamel J.~~ " " •• ••

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Heating ,

Ventilating Apparatus Complete Power

Plants

Sanitary Plumbing Municipal Water Works

and Sewerage Systems

37 to 45 ·oHIO STREET, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

·Long Distance Telephone; North 1833

THE NEW WORLD CHURCH GOODS STORE

We have a large selectionof Prayer Books, Scapula'rs, Candlesticks, Rosaries,

Medals, Crucifixes, Sanctuary Lamps, Holy T1/aterFonts, Cards, Statues Pictures ,

Gold and Silver Crosses, Sick Call Outfit$, etc., at very moderate prices. Mail

orders given prompt attention.

543 Wabash Avenue (Near 12th Street) C~icago, Illinois.

D. J. O~LOUGHLIN, M. D. Practice Limited to

EYE, EAR, NOSE AND TH~OAT

Ind. Phone 704 191 Court Street, Kankakee, Illinois

School Boards · Buying Andrews' Schoo Desks a.re sure of satis­faction, prompt ship­m.i:mt, fair dealing.

Ws alsalead the world in Opera Chairs, Set­tees, etc., for halls and auditoriums.

The A. H. Andre'-Vs Co. 174-6 Wabash Avenue :-: . Chicago, Illinois

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MONEY· TO LOAN ON CATHOliC CHURCH PROPERTY . AT LQWEST RATE

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.NAPOLEON PICARD . 1159 LaSalle St. Chicago, Illinois

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Whalebone Teeth $5.00 Gold Crowns $5.00 White Crowns $4.00 Gold Fillings $I oo Teeth fitted with the Alveolar System without plates

Platinum Fillings $z.oo B.ridge Work per tooth $ 4.oo, .full set $7-50

CHIC AGO DENTISTS Office 'Houts, 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. Sundays, 10 a. m. to 2 p. m .

. Phone Ind. 893 65 EAST AVE. Opp. I. C. Depot

Dotnestic Palace Steatn Laundry Telephone No. 178

311 Schuyler Aventte .Kankakee, Illinois I

. . , OUR ICE CREAM & SPECIAL DESSERTS win praise wherever used. Made in ==============· == a modern plant by competent work­men, using only absolutely pure cream and flavors. Special patty prices.

ANDERSON DAIRY COMPANY "Every Mouthful Delicious"

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All New Ideas in Fashionable . Foot~ear

1:88 Court Street K.a:nkakee, Ill.

Distilled Water I ' · ) The Family' Ice

Ce { Absolutely Pure

F.:n. RADEKE BRG. CO. Both Phones 132 Kankakee, IH. ·

Legris Brothers

:JBanke·rs

Kankakee, Illinois

The "La Petite'' Theatre Kankakee's Most Popular Picture Show

Best Singing Best Pictures Best· Music Matinee 2 to 5 p.m. Evenings 7 to 10:3€1

New Show Every Day Admission 5c

Roy's Pharmacy · 193 Court Street

Drugs, Stationery, Cigars, Paint~ Oils and Varnishes

Prescriptions a Specialtg

STITH BROS.

Restaurant and Lunch Room

182 Merchant Street, Kankakee

Knox Hats · Lion Shirts H &. P Gloves Everwear Hosier~ All are striking examples of the perfection of American Manu­facture. Necessities whose comfort and goodness will appeal to you long after you have forgotten the price, Sold exclusively in KaQkakee by

B. B. FERRIS··~Distributor of Men's Wear

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North SC:!huyh~r Avenue and City Limits, Kankakee, Illinois · Both Phones No. 277

Dr. z. J. Pa.ya.r1.

DENTIST Crown and Bridge Work. Gold· Fillings a Specialty.

Popular Prices. Excellent Work. ~rompt Execution . .

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The Finest Assortment of 'Room Fur"" nishings in the city will be found at

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Largest Insurance Agency in Kankakee County

Shirley Moisant & Co. Fire Insurance.

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T IB es~pecially n:otieeatble that the vast and exten­sive hoisto:ry of modern times. has been ma:rked by m,any gloi'"ious' and notable achieveme.nts~. The mod­ern bra,in is peculiarlyr of the constructive type and

such has been its universrail exm"'cise that we s~ee everywhere the wonderful progress ,attained. Tracing back the advance­ment of · the civilized! world1 to the time of its infancy or m1erelyJ looking1 baick o;v-.er the rug1gedi :voads of nineteen centur­ies we cannot but be aa:narzed' att the ~Oiuntless monuments of eonsrtructiv.e gen;ius;. On the1 Ollie hta!nd: we s1ee nerw empires grow­ing upon the smoruldiering ruins of old ones, new law.sr follorw­ing in the wake of worn owtJ m,a,ntdwtes., eo:mmercial tides plaiJing upon nume·rou.s · shores, · ar11J and s1cienc:e dervelopin~ into new foTm;s unJdie.r the · infltr:enoe of tlhe ahlest intellects, philosophy andJ th'elo.logy .s:m1iling froiJ:n the ze·niths of their glory. If the1se be the jewels -o1f sruch a1DJ intellect then much can be .said in her favor. Burt as thi~ w~ork of -civilization; is so ·extelllsive and, as ·.so many, details e1nter into its1 perfe!ction the,re is al wa1ys great danger of .adm'i tting1 into )t~s structure weak aJnd uns:talble element,s. This is the re!arson tli.a,t toda1y we are witness1ers of a1 gr~eat forthcoming cris~is',, aJ crisis wb.ich un~ le1ss a;vertedJ will aff.ect the prolit.ic.ail1 and sociatl w,e,lfare of the nation. And of th~ mn:ny cau;se:s1 which a~re cons·piring to · bring albout this thre.a.t'ening1 ruin; g11~eedi s:r;ands as the le·ader.

Inde1ed · it is s1a1di to think tha:t the ~lori:orus work of the pa1~t will be lev.eledr in th'e dUlst of d!esolartion a:nd · r'u.irli which this insidious monsrt,er will ere1a~e if it is; permitted to .strike a,t the very core of human prog;res-s·. Forno civil­ization is worthy of · the naane unl~es-s it berttei1~s its- fellow-

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men and leads them ·to God. BUJt in the as1cent of this moon­talin o~ righteousness,. nmlll m1UJst ·encount:er and overcome the lean alnld -'b.ungry she wolf .of wva:rice, if he wishes to b~sk in the li~ht of D·ivine lorve. · It is perha1ps aJ dr.iscoura1gin~ fa.ct to note ,that man, in d:eaJling with this probl·em,, .stands today the accuser and the accused, for he denounces in most scath- 1

ing terms the aidvenu o:f:1 thiJs viee wh1ch will ultimately .sap the vital principle of nationa:l and spiriturul adva.ncem·ent, while his denunciation rewrites in scarlet letters his o·wn eond ea:nn:artion.

Oast a. glance orv·er · the conditioll!S1 of the present aJge, s1ee horw dim that hea:con light1 has1 become which before brightly lit the palth of those who toiled' for . ma:nkind's, c.arilJS·e, notiee the muttering.s of diss1artisfa;etion which accompap.y the labor of the 'vorkin~ classes and then you. 'viii a1s:k what does aill this mealll? And in · the wJ?.isper,s of a dying generation you will ht~ar thie a:nswer thart the evil spirit of a;va:rice has crept into the souls of the mastel'SI to obstruct their pa1ssage onwa,rd to reaHy great achi.everrnent, and has thrown their ord.erly, ranks · into utter confusion. Yes, those leaders, whom a1 people have chosen to dtre·ct their course, h:ave prorven t,r'aiitors to their ca:use .amd~ halVe imllnel'"sred' their s~ouls in the .setlfish t .orrentJ of srwollen fortune. It mu:st not be Ullld-erstood tha;t wea1lth in its1elf is an ·evil, far fro,m it, but the m·eans wheveby iinrm.ense riches are ·som1ertimes collected a1re ' dishonest aJnd damnable. Is: it .aJ w.onder thait lahor cries out in · loud protests a:g,ains.t the tyra1nn.y of pre:datocy we~wlth? I:s it not pathetd.c on .the one hand tb :s·ee thait the laboring men them~;elves are catching1 the contagion a:nd· rure eaiten by a ·desire tio1 illidUilg,e in rul:l s.o:rtst of luxury?

Polities with her bribing ·seailld.ruls, capitalism with her monoplies, trusts a1nd eorpiOirtartions, andl inn:Umerable other mieallls rervea~l the dis!honelst mea:s:ures: by which individUia.ls enrich thmnselves:. Pe:vsonaJ gain, s·elfishness, pride and ambition tra[[:nple tJ::lel rights of thousand'S under their feet while on their · WaiJ to: off err ho1nlag1e in the temple of matm· m10n. Ind:eed it is lamenmtbl·e to think th8Jt intelligent peo­ple ail"e hoodwinked! by the selfislhnests orf others, and that their; grand' and ·exeeHe;nt endea;vors should be mercilessly infested with money rats of low aim.

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will eeas1e to he a ,so1ciaJ being, the spiritual and higher go:od.s . will harve lost their sterling value, God will · be forgotten, rundi then the scorching vice will usher us into an era. wherre aJl is dread' confusion and interminable despair. Yet, let

·us e~amine the ruttitude of the nation with rega,rd to this aJl importaint question of tainted riches. It has been true in times pa1Sit thart individuals have been afflicted with this inord.inate desire of ill gotten wealth. But now this ungodly thirst is nort lim\ited to the few, no, the nation a.s a, whole is rreaithilllg1 the fetid alir of dishonesty' and will soon be af­flicted with aJ plagrue whos;e dir'e effe'cts aw~ irremediable.

Whereve1r there are al few whos1e sole ai1n is to horcle up wealth at the erx:pense of orthers, there we will a1lso find thos:e who ·have been victims of sru1ch robbery, endea,voring with an their mig1ht, to regain wha.t " ras taken from them by disihon.est measu.r'es.. And thes'e' pe1~s~ons who thus su:ffer J:rilllf even turn a .sa1credJ g,ift to· ill us.e if such will afford'

· them any su:cees1s in the a.ttainJn.ent of their end. ·As a, natur- . al consequence, la;ws, will be viola~t.ed with impunity, aiUthor­ity will be eondierrnned and: disused. In thiH ·ev·ent la.w will be withoru~t .s:wnction, allld' then ma1n will rush into the suh­lim·e sanctUia:cy of civilization, eacr:-rJ1 off her sa.cred trus,ts amd den1olish the work of nineteen centuries;. Indeed t.his will . be the condition of a.ffair1s:, if greed i.s: per~nitt.edt to run r.rum.pa:nt " rith impunity. Yet, befoTie thes1e terrifiC' thunder­boliUS break aho!Ve our he1ad.s1, th·er1e are many signs, which her.aJ1d the com.ing st.orm.

There h~ miuch t~) be feared1 when the lahoring cla.siS!eS begin to Sleeede fr.om the activity of t'he world:. If laboring faithfully, they are plUJndered of the r'esru1ts of their work, what cons'o1a.tion: is le:ft them when they a.re wa,srt.ing blood and tissue to furnish the a1Vatriciou1s and: ,greedy with an ignoble ea:s:e and illgortt:en contentment? It is na,tura.l for them to feel .aJ certain inexplieahle repugnance to pove·rty. And when the:y s!ee that the t~de of a:etivity leads ·them to this end, aJ ees:sarti·o1n O·f laibor V\rill be thei~r only saJlvation.. Tfh·en, a1s MgT. TihenJ s1a1yB, "There are onl;y two wa~ys open for them . t.a retrieve their rights', anarchism. a1nd' s.oeiali:sm. A new S/YStem is n1erededt, atnd needled at onee . . The present la,ck of nationa1l legislartion I hold to be a disgra1ce."

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Again, this craving, a1ft.er rkhes1 tends ·to lower the ideals of .ru nart.io:IlJ. How .true are these words of Goldsmith:

"Ill fares that land to hws1tening ills a; prey, Where wealth accua:nulartes, a(nd: m·en deca07."

As ·the .srtre;arrn rises not higher than i t,s source, so neither do the id'eaJls of a natioo rise hig1her than the ideals: of it.s citizens'. If individu1aJls a:re steeped in soDdid material ·.a:i.nis,, so will the . naition ct'!arv:e only . mlarteria;l ~oods, sru.ch a:s much te['ritory, mud1 comm.er,ce, marny fwctories,, strong atrmies and naiVies:. But nartionatl idealls rise with the idea:ls . . oif the

. citizens'. Let individu:atls glow with the desire to perfect their spiritual na,ture, to tea,ch their m:inds, the truth, and train their wills to seek the g1oold: which i~ to be found in the a,ecomplishing! of duty, then an the efforts of the nation Virill be dire,ctecl! to. tha!t worthy :end', to facilitate the a,ttain­ment of WhaJt the . ciltizens miOSU arrdlentjly deSiire. The sta,t.e exisrt,s only for thi.s, to m1ake it eai~ier for mwn t.o attain his perfection. The state d'oes this by enact:ing laVirs which af­ford ' citizens opportunities of d'ecent livelihood, of secular education a1n:d religious traJi.ning. T'he sta:te is the ally of the chUircb.. in tb.e oomplete developm,ent and; upbringing of. man. A state which hars not this eonception of its own dig­nity .s:inks to the role of a n11er~ collection . of eolonies•, a W1a:re1hOUSe, al mere gil'lalllialry.

Fron11 this ii1 is very evid·entJ that "wealth will orut~strip re:ligiom Alndl then witJ1 the adrvent of plutocra,cy will c-o1ne all thos:e ervilSI hitherto prophesied'. .

Since we a:re now arwa~e tha1t .arvrnrice .as a national vice vvill inevitialbly bring: us ruin, \Ve a,re: oblig~ed by an that is hOlly and true, . to check her in her ra,velliOUJS cal'leer. L,et USI, rulers of .aJ repubHc by the po,ver of the baUot box, restrict andl cTush the eon:qu:est of thos:e who· m:a1y be properly des.ig­na1ted, "ma.lefa!ctors of g1reart w.ealth." Roosevelt while still oecup~ing: the presidential ·chair, ·sounded a: note of w"arn­ing to the citiz!ens of Am·eric:a:,. wheDJ he elllJpha~S-ized' the fa1ct thart "this eonquesrt .wgainsrt ill g~ortten weaJlth would determine in the ·end who -sihall rule thl.s governm,ent," and the late Farther Lambert does ·not he's1itate to1 start.e "that this is the grea;t;e:sm issue which the American pe·ople have been calledJ upon to settle sinee the clo,se ·Of the Clivil "'Tar." It is

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Aga1in, let our people obs.er:v:e the Oomm.andments~, a:nd em.brUJee, the Golden R:u:le, · ar~Jd then they will have no ca:use ot feariu~ the enemy. I would s:a:y, let' the civil and sociaJ powers parve the w:aiJ to .the ehu:reh a1n;dl unite their voices in the coneo~diant chants of an undying g1r!attitude .

No doubt it woru~l.(i a1s:o be a profitruble lesson fO.r us~ to lend a will:ing ear to thes1e solemn warnings of the greaitest int1ellect-s -a1s they pier.cre the v.eH .. of a:ges. B~grinning: with the greate1srb. of them. all, the God' main, we hea::t'" this · ter'rible · trwth,. "thart it were ea1sier for a eam;el to paiS!S through the eye o£ ai needl·eJ th.an fOil'~ aJ . rich main to enter the rringd1om: of heaven." Even the voice of that tuneful bard of Florence t:urns terrific when sp;eaJkingr · of this viee:

'' AJceu1l~s.t be· thou, · Inveterrute wulf! whose gorge ingluts' more prey T[h:an every beas.t besd:de, yet is n101t filled, So borttomileS's 'thy m1arw."

A prolonged refl.ection upon these words will t.e:nd , to dispel the disreased illusion of a t·an,. fair mountain of elXeel­lenee upon whose :verdant summit loom1s1 the beautiful temple of weralth a1nd throru~h whose port1a1ls. pas1SI th:e countless wor-

. shippers of ~amm1on. Let not man· build! his hopes on . ~:mrch aJ sunimit. For f~orm: the suim/Init of this: m!Ountain is:s:ue surch fumes as portend an eruption ewla,mitous to an the hwndiwork of civilized endewvor.

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· fO!r its prosperity in the long: rUJn upon univeesa,l educatiorn than any other nartion." H:enee th·els:e univ;er!sities a,nd college& musrtJ . strive with might· and main to become perfect in:s:tit,u­tions. S.ehoo1:s to be perfect insrtitutions must be seats of culture and refinement; they must be n:urs:eTies of . g,ood citi­zenship; in short· they mu1srt:J imp:art true ooucation. Now the question naturrully aris:es, what is tru.e edu~c:artion or silnply educ:a.tion:. Ekiucaition is thart by ·which a:· man per·fects him­self; or a1s; .a greai:l. aneient school pult1S1 it, ''education is that which impwrts to the ,soul and the body. the grea1test beauty and perfection of whi~h they are caipalble." "Genuine eduea­tion," says Bishop S.pa1lding, "is thart which trainBi to g1odli­ness a:nd virtue, toi truthfulnes1s arndJ the love of spiritual beau­ty." Or we m.ay S!a(Y that education eompri1ses two · thingS!, s,cholarship amd' eondU'ct. Burt as spiritwa;l excellence is siU­perior to m'erely intellectuall CU!ltur'e, so is cm:uduct superior to scholarship. Therefore thos1e 1schools only arre s'earts of t1rue education which uphold: both: conduct ail1d scholrurship. Hemce we S'ee that s~mmetrical edru1c:a1tion emh~a:ce:s not only the in­tellect but the will, the heatrt, the conscience, in a wo~d the whole man, a;nd! su1cih it mu:st ha;ve been from· the beginning. As a1 child t:odary ~eeeives his first educ:art.ion in the home, so in the infa:ncy of the ra1ce the home was the school, the father a;nd the mother then exevci.sed the functions o.f the college professor:~ of t:oda:y. But a~ the earr."th becante more popu­lated, people beganJ to live in com.munitie~ and a,s each m.em.­ber had his own pecuJ.ia[" work to do ·we s~ee tea:chers arising, who become the vicegerents of the parents., a1nd whose bu:si­nes:s it was to ·ed'uca,te the growing g1enerations. This formed the nucleus~ of the .schools amd colleges of today. Looking

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bruek upon thos1e 01ld temch.ers throu~h the vistru 91f ages, we' see them retire with theliv prupils: to .s~ecludedi spots: and there with sympathy and energy insrbruct and ed u~calte their youthful charges thoroughly, pr:epmring1 theo:p.! in their younger years for a thorough and comv~let:e lif.e. 0, wh.art w noble m1an thait t~eaJcher _ was, what higih ideals he atlwruys pla1ced before the minds of his attentive pupilS!. AndJ agruin with what docility a:nd ·genuine respect those yoruths regarded the profound learning and! _ the nobility, of .sorrul of their ma1ster:

"The godlike rrumn, the noble peda1gogue Who c:mst .aJ people iDJ he1"oic mould."

T\his give1s UJS SiOm:e ideru of .a true s1ehool, of what sort of atm6sphere should SUir.round it. There is .a certain Sinaic :S!a:credness and solemnity' about a1 school that segr'egates: it, that uplifts it above the noisy tumwltuou1s c:rowd. Indee1CL it is this .saltne .spirit -or instineiJ of ,s1ech~sion that, prompts build­ers to forund college-s andi schools .mwa~ from the nois.e and din of the ·world. -This is the reason why we hardly ever ,s1ee a school founded in a la,rge city; oDJ the cointr.a1ry s~chools rurise in small places out.s:ide and .aJway from. the busy cares of the multitud-e. · If today we find grea1t s:ehools in larg~e cities it is beeause of neees.sity. AndJ yet the insrt:inct of .seclusion, in su,c:h c~ses1, h~s not enrtil"ely d~isappea,red. Did you ever pas.s by aJ lwrge school in a populoU!s, city, without feeling, a eertain mys-terious- spirit . of retireanent hovering about the plarce? For it S~eem1s .s1o u:nnatural runclJ out of plruce to find the ja:r of marterial interes1ts and! the noise of trifling disrtractions about · those pl.a!ce~s where the tea:chers .are enga:ged in the mo­mentous busines.s of fmshi-oning the ideail eitizens of the morrow.

Now that we have an ideru of what a school is, let us1 eon­sider the s:eeul:alr c-olleges of todlay. Let us, m.~rk wha,t s-ome of their m·ost noted m-en sa~. On Nov. 3rd lwst, Pres. James o:f Illinois .s.pea,Jlingi before the :MJinnes:ota1 Eidu'cationaJ Asso­eiaition~ am1ong orther ~qually am.atzing sta,teiuents' rg_ade this, one, tha;t "'T.he c.ondlitions1 of Am'eriean edueaition to­daly a:re in marny resrpect.s .a1 nartional r1eproaich." Pres.. Lowell O'f Harv.a;rd voicedi similar sentim1ents1 on Oct. 28-th last when addTessin:g the univer.s:ity convocation, .saying, "Thart the a.p­preeia.tion of sicholar:ship _ amo-ngJ s1tudents at the p1~esent day is low woru.ildJ ha1r:dJly seem to n'eedl demlons.tr!ation." And on

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Oct. 2;9th lwslt, sprea1~ing1 before the Weslbern Section 01f the , North~rn Illinod,s Tleruehers Association, D1r. G. Stanley Hall smid! thwt, "'The m:oraJl cond.ition o:fl the ,students in most of our universities is . indes1eribable." 'T!h.ese .staggering starte­m-ents by men who knorw whereof they s1preak, reveal to us to what low stiamdards, to whart for'bidd!ingr dlepths amongst stu­dent1s, scholarrship a,nd: conduct ha1ve sunk. Knowledge is con­sidered bJI the maj oritYl of these stuidentSI as being lower in , dignity and value tham ·social prominence; the ma:n of learJ;l­ing a1na; virtu1e h!~ }esls dignified than the "sport."! 0 how re­vol t.ing the thought of it!

Philosophers s·eek the causes of things~. So let us now a1sk ourselve1s, whart ma1y be the ·caU!sle of thiS! derplorrahle ill, the lack of app.reciartion of .sleholalrship .on the part of the .students. _W·e can hardly s1a~ thart it is: the la1ck of knowledge on the ·pa1rt of the profes1s:or's for these as a rule a1re highly capaJhle men. Tlhen it mus.t be that the school is not what. i,t used to be; thwe mus.t be lwcking the right .artmospher~ or magnetis1m. And such is the lacrnentaJble trwth. The actua1l fa:cts acre that the mJagnetism of the s1chool, . the .atttraction of book,s:, is neutraJizedJ . by coUlnt:er artJtra~etioillis which exercis1e ~ .srtrongrer influence upon young people. The:s;e distractions are m1ost · ·enslarving1; they- cons.i,st in different fr:a.ternities, Greek ,letter s10cieties, and' countless sociatl functions, banquets·, diaJnees', a.urtiomobriling, boating, the3Jtres, ha1Zing1 and other such diversions imported from ·without aind which corr.upt the in­te1lectual1 a,tmosphere o·f the .school. In: those s:chools where the stUJdents are their ·own m3Jsters, one d()les not have to .study at night eveDJ if it were ollily to pass arwa~ time, for -something is giOin~ on eveTJ night. When there arre no society meetingis OT balll.quets or haziDJg., there are the danees and the theatres. Tlhetsle are the brune of eo1llege life todta~. It were permisrs1ible to harve s1oc:iaJ functions every three week~s1. But such is: not the ea1s!e; t:hey· are datily oecurrences; they distract the niind from books andi stud;y; they c.aru~s;e .a[}) irrepatr.ahle loSJs of in­val ua~ble time; they not: onJy create aJ dista1s.te for serious school woTk, but they tend to s~ev.er the ,student entirely from it. The. :fa1cu:lty indeed spre3Jds an intellectrual banquet every daly, but th~s:e eounUesSJ distr.a;c~iOIJl'S like Harpies· defile when they do not whoJly destroJlJ theste ihtelleetu3Jl via1nds. Wiho can wonder that aanongJsrt s.tu1dents . scholarship is so derided? Considering, this revol urtionacy starte of affairs it could not be

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'otherwise. HoweJVe:v the fruculties a:re not entirely innocent. For the~ tolerate andl by being present encourage these socie­ties ·and social functions:. -H-ence they. are not excus1a.ble for if they had the cou1 .. a1ge to a1ct they surely eould check these

_ evils and red1uice th·em grea,tly. . .Amothel'l caJuse of the unpopula['ity of ,s.chola,rship . among

··students is the a1lmost frenzied fond·ness fo,r sports and games. Now, m1y dea['! friendis,, do nort for one mom-ent believe that I am ag1a1ins:t aH sports. On the contrary I .aan in favor of athletics;; and W1ere they to he elhlllinat,ed I would be one of the fir:srt ones to p;rotesrt. Outdoor .sport,s are neees.s:a!ry in a ,schoiOil, a[l}d the at~leties of toda~ a1re eerta,inly exeellent means _ orf mentrul r.est and focL" dlevelopin~ our' physique, which is a requis1ite for -goodi ment1all woTk. But these games.- must be kept w.ithin the bounds! of reason; they m1ust remain sleeon­dary; thery must continue a1Si· m;ea[]1sl for good' school work and nJOfb atS etnds in th:em~Soelves. Burt under actua1l conditions: athl.eUcs and OtUiidooT sports, all'e cons,idte,red an end in them'Selves:. The .s;tudent body' ast a whol~~, a,ct,ing through im­puls'e, works itis:elf into a soTt of most umrnart:ural and: artificial enthUJsiasm fo1~ althlet:ic heroeiSi, and the din andl the smoke that a1rise shut ourtJ from their view the hundiredJ times. more im.­portlaint books a1nd :s:chool work. AJndi now, behold, whart hruve we? W-e hmve a colle1ge which is' a1 s1chool of profes.s~ionail ath­letics, a ~school ot~ disrtraiet;ions1, in short we ha:ve a S·Chool which i1s nort a ,school! Why, shoUJld we marv-el the:n a:b the low arp­precia:bion' o~ s1choJa1rship preva1leniJ amnng the stud1ents of ou:r seculwr universities arnd' c1olleges-? Surely so long as a! ma:­jorit~ of the gay, sportier, stu'dent;s of a college bJindly em­bra,ce athleticg a/s their only god and point out vvith s.eo·rn the few ea1rne:st .s:chola.nj a1s grea.sy. grinds, it is us:eles:s to expect even mediocrity in .s:cholmrs;hip.

Now I will briefly cons:ider the caus:e's of the lax: morals in m1os,t of orur Am·e1ricrun univers1ities. These secular college:s a:re :sup,pos:ed t;o be s:ealt.s of edu:cartiom But -edueation ha.s _reference to oondu'ct as well a1s to kno:wledge. Now if the conduct of stu:den,tis is b!ad, and W·e well knorw, that a.s D·r. Hall sa!JSI, it is inrlesrcriba:ble, then it follows that there n1ust ble a r.rudiical1 diefe·ct in these large eollegeiSI. Tihis: defect is well knorwn to aill; in is to be fou1nd in their religious. and m1oral t:ea,chings. Aside from philo,sopihy a1nd reHgious qures­tious the s.eeular college's c:an be conside·red as1 of the :firs1t

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rank. A.s regards purely secular know ledge we ·mary bid them to exert them:S"elves as much as they can. But when they com~e to philosophy and religion we cannort subscribe to thcir propositi·ons. For their teaching tends to eradicate the v·ery germrS/ of m!orailit,Jl pla1eed in . the hea;rt of man by, his M~ker. 'These philosophers openly tea,ch to yorung m·en and' wormen that there a1re no absol urt.e ·evils; thart an immoral act is m.erruy .. one contrary to the preva,lent eoneeption:s of society, and that no D:eit.yr is offended thereby; tharb ·C:On'ceprt.ions of right a.rnd wrong Me aiSI u:nstaibl~e aJSI ,styles o£ driesst. I,s: it to be wondieTed at then, th:art th~ com1'uet of .students is1 low? They are openly atnd ·eloquently· taught th.art tihere iSI .no SIUch thing ·as sin. So it would rruthe:r be surprising, that good' moral:s .should reign in · ,s,ercU!latr eollege:s:. Thes:e professorS! blindly sorw the wind!; is it not naturrul thart they shoru:ld! re:ap. the whirlwin4 and the stOII"m'? .

I need not continue on this gloomy sru'bject for you well knorw the faet:s:. All that remaiins :fb:c you is that, when con­sridering thing!s: pertaining to the secul.atr colleges: and univer­sities:, you iSthoulrdJ not! minim1i,ze or obsc'Ulre thes:e fa,ct:s.. T'hese seeula1r colleg~es have almost eeased t01 be real s~chools of · edu ... eartion, i. e., S 1choiQils: of: sichol:a:rship and' conduct. S.cholar:ship is des.pis1ed by their :s:tud:ent.s, .s:ocial prominence a1nd excel­lence in athleticS! rur'e more important. But w·orst of an they have choked moraHty; mora1lity ha!r:dly exists either for the student 0[' the pr'ofessor. Tlrmtly sHd ·is the case; however we murslb not dJes:pa.ir, for there yet eiXistsl the Caltholic coUege, whetre in Il1J01St c:a:s:es . 3J high reg1a1l'IU fo~ iS:ChOl.a!r:ship among the stUJdem.ts is, still marintained; whe:re .a1thleties are s:econdatry; and where lll101~arlity i:s ·ever reg,alrd·eid! a.s the necessary aeeom­paniment . .of l·ea;rnin:g. Happy then will the cmning gene:ra;­tion be if it only knows how to profit by t~he exis.tence of thes.e Oa.tholic colleges.

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· · OU are aH, trheotreticaJly a~ lea;st, · aequiaintedr with . the t~elescope1 . . . YoUJ · know, that with this s.impl1e in­.strum~nt~. it · is poss:ible to penetra,t;e the S·ecrecy q·f the hearvens anldJ to1 observe bodies1 'that were bef61•~e

inVISl 1 e'; ·to dis,cern their rupipear!aJnCels:, shapes, and motions, a liJJJd, with .tJhe: · a~d : <)£ other· devices · atD.:d. t:he Sreiein~ce o·f rilla;th,e!­m:atics, to comipurt,e tiheir srizes/ disrtalliees1, :tn:aS1ses and vohi1mes:. It . is ·ind!eedl ma1rrvelous th.att we can · loo.;rri . all these t;rurtlhs a:bou:t bodies ' thart ar'e infinitelY! dlis,t:atn1J from! us:, ahou.t p,lruriettg w:hich no· one haJS ever visitJedJ, a;bout places1 to which ' We naiVe

·no a,ceesS\. · The samre holQ.iSI trru!e of the cycle.s:, centUJries1 arid ag:e~ that h.arve , pals:s,ed. We a1r:e permitted 'to look bwek rund to learn' whalt people, wha:t naltio!D.s, what ra,ces; ·inhabited this earth from i,ts v~ery ereartion. We can .a1equire ,a; know!ledg,e o.f their m'anners am·di"c:uJstotmls, the religion· they · pra1cticed, their larw,s rund formfsl orf1 g10vernm:ent, · their amU:iSieJnent;s., their: e6h­ditions .. aJnd dis:tinctionSI of s1ociet;y, their art, their literatur1~ in! short w:e ca:n lealr,n a!s illU1CTh of th'e· hi:story oif the ancimits as we know .o:fi tlhe history ·of· the people of t:oda(y. · And how do we ac'quire: tlh1s knowh?Jdige? 'W ·e cam no mor'e traJJ.sport ourselve1s bwe~ to the daiy·s when_ lD@1)rt amd Persia and Gre1ece were mighty than w•e c:a[U r'eaJch the pla1net: Mar,s. But j usiJ rus w:e hatve inS1trmlmJents by whkh: we rna~ 'l-earn the phenom.:. ena of neavelllly bodie1s s:o hwve we t ieles1eope1s: with which we cmn· pieriC'eJ the mlJ!s!tiie elou!d:SI a;nd! fathom t:he mysrt,eries ·of the di;m pastt. And! · thes1e telescopes: a:r.e the w'orks ·of a11"'t of the early .nationS\. ·

When1 I speak otf the works of a~ o:fl tlb:e ea:r ly. nartions1, I do nolt lim,iiJ m~s1elf1 t lo their p3Jinting;s, embroideries .attld s<mi:prtUires~, but I incluld!eJ their literaitUJrle as well. For' what is alrt burt; t ihe eoneret:e exa,m\ple or~ the g1enius orf man p.r.oduc­·ing whatl -is. bealllrt.ifu:l. LitierartUJre sho1ws grea:t geniUJs~ it · f.s, iiLnqUies~tiona:bly. beaititiful, th~refor:e it rig]ht1y belongs1 to1 the arts.

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But to continue mYJ c:ompaJrison. You know that the telescopea' atre m:aide with ru vatrie·t:Yl . ()f different l~nS€1~; that they · are s01 c'Oinstru~c:teid1 tihatt with some it is posstihle to see objects S(~ distant that witih a;' lorw·e~ porwer instrument they would be invis1ible. It is the satme with ea~rly art. Some w.orks giv·e u:s a view of th:e -very a[}JcientJ Elgyptiail·s others the .Ptersians while sorm1e allow us to d!is:c:erlll fa1ctis no·t further dis~ . . - . -

tant tharn the dalf:Sl of Mtig;hty. R~)me. Peop~l~e o~ .· toda(Y fwil to I"ea[ize the t,r.em,endou.s import ..

aillee of eartly; art in the C!ompilarbion of the world's history. Without it we woruld now know no more of the history of the wotrld than we know of the hisrtocy of the real or ima:ginary inhrubitamt:s ofr the plan1et Matrs1. w .e would know nothing. otf the people who lab!or"ed a1nd totiledi on this earth before us but

: for . the writing1s they have left; nO!thing of their appeamance and d1I"ess hut: for their pa;intings aind embro~deries', crude

· though they be, and1 their sculprturres: tha!t haive withstood the r.ruva~es of tim·e; nothing: of thei~ aJ"chi tectu.re but for the m1a1rble and gra[lite columns thart haiV·e been excava,ted' from the m1ounds that w·ere onc:e palaicesi and! temp1es; nothing of their laws and for1ns of g.overninenrtJ but for the an enduring taibl;ets of · bron~e, engrraved by handls that now lon.g stince

· wea1ried by their tais:k have a1g.arin mingJ.eldJ with the ea:rth. We · woUJld be ttoda~ without the likene.stses o~ the herroes1 of a:ncient . history were it not for' the a['ttisrt and sculptor. For it was Ion~ before the aldvent of the cam.era and the s;ensitive plarte; it wa:s nort the age of plaster of Patris and Parpier mache; but the bralinJ ain:dJ tihe ta~enti and! the pigmentsi of the atrtist allld the mallet a[l:(L t ,he chis!el aJndi the g1elliUS of the sculptor

.· gave us the lifelike ima,ges of. the makers of history. The artJ of the E\giy.prtiam.s we COill'eede wa:s: far frOIIn per­

fect. T'he~ haJdJ no idtea of perslpective., i,t is1 true. Their kings a[H:lJ g:ods were miaJde to1 towoo above orthers while th()lse of lower r:aillk were pic:turred on a1 proportionate scaJle. N ev­erth:eless these paJpyrr~i hruve been of inest~imahle vaJue in the determina,tionJ of the srtate · of civilizartd.:o>n of Egypt. Th·ese pictures rep1res.ent .scenes in ·every da:y life, such as plowing, · reaping, hunting, brick making, etc., and from, them W·e can readily c:orneludte wha,t were the . occupa,tions and pursuits .of the people. Their s1culprtures also a1re vall.u.able, inasmli(eh as they aillow us fu fo;rm smn~ idea of their appearalnce and dress. The reaJ genius Olf the E\gyprtians:, however, the srtu-

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' poodouJsnes1S of theiir unidertakings and their 'Orig:inalit.y are ev•erla:stingly porrtr!atyed in the greatt Spihinx and the Pyralln1d's

· of Gizeh. And whart shaJll I say of thei Rosetta! stone! · Wh:a:t · of the prudlenee wnd :floresigh-b .of him1 who made the keJi by ·which posterity~ might urnloek the ancient lihrarie:s a:nd delve inrto the Slecrets of hieroglyphic and cuneiform c;h.arlaiC:tiers:.

·The literature of the period i,s mea1g1re. ·. Tlhe hand: of .a Hoa.ner or, a Daute or a Shakespeare had not yet stirred. Yet from

· the few: book,s of the time much can be learn.ed. Tihe Book of · the Dead giv·es UiSI aiDJ in:stight into their. religious customs and pratc~iees. Thei~ treartis1est on med1icine, a1stronomy amdl the orther s.cien~c:es tSihow us the extent of their erm:dition. While

· their novels, fatbles andl ·epics tell urs1 thart they cultivatedl aJnd prodruced I~iterature takeDJ in its stirictest sense. ·

Th·e history of Greece, the home -o1f art,, c:a:n aJlso be de­termined fr~}ml h:er art. }'rom vas1e paillJtings: .and; sculptures we c.a:n lea:rn much of her manners and custoJns.. Ther lofty Lyrics of Pinda:r tell of the .stplendor of the Olym,pia.DJ cj:ariot races antd d:es,cT'rbe in mus:ica:l sttralinsi the Pythian Games. Her Tragic poets Ae:s1chy I uis', Sophotcles and Eh:I~ipides hawe dra­m~atized the leg1endts1 .of the semi-hi,sto'r'ieat periods of their orwn country :atnd of · other land:si. A!side fuomi the hisrt:orical worth of thes1e works they al:"e va[uahle in another wa~, for they often eontalin soone gr'eat erbhie:ail lesson or expound! som·e pro~oundl phHo!S1oiphi,eall idea. XeniQiphon in his An:ar baiStiS teHS in 3J thrilling m(atnmer of the r 1ertr'eat of the TieD!

· thousand ill fatiedl . Greeks.. Had! he not spent ma:ny wea1ry hou~s inJ writing, the incid!ent·s of that now framiOus march wo·uld be forgotiten:. B·ut for the imlmorta;} epics of Homer the nam:es of H~eetor andl Prialrn and Achilles W'()uld not h:arve a:dorned' the pag1es otfl hist;ory. The P3Jrthenton at Athens, an ·emhodim.enrt of aU thart is best and most cha:ralcterisrtic of

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R.om:e's history is learn€ld1 chierfly. through her literrutu:re, althoru.1gh1 T\ralj.an·'S1 dolumn witJhJ itls Hculptured sides is1 .a: valu­abte widJ to htstory ars: it is the best aind· a[mos:t the only reeord we now pots'S€SIS1 of· the Dalcian wars. Tlhe nlaJ:Jlle:S of Cre~s:a,r, Cicero, 8allusib andJ Liry a.nid Taicit'uls are nortJ foreign to mk:>1St

.' of our ears1. Tiho;s·e 01f us' who: ha;v;e read th·es.e w.orks1 can · readily reailize· of hotw mJtleh es:beeni they alr'e worthy. H:ad

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nort Ores1a~ fqrr a1 time . for'g,orttenJ h-is: :ambition:s1 and : political troubles., to reeor;dJ Afue . mJeJ:m:or:ruble battles,,. marches and. sei~e1s of the Gallie war~ . we . woiUJldJ DO!W knorw little of . that und!err-­taking . . ,Sa:llUISit in! hri~ .O:atailine :.arnd' Oieero illl hiSI four· un-

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SUl"'palssed; orartions have giv-e1n mnre · f:wm·e: tio -Oalta1line t~han r

would ever h~ve ; aJcerued1 to his name haJd they not written. Livy, UJl~houg')l only ·aJ · fL~awnent - of hiH work remmins: t.ells · us

· of the -history . of Rom,e from; the -eaw.liesit ages:. Al thoug)l the ea:rly part ·of this WQ/rk is now !•CVecla!l"ed' unreliaible; it is nerver­the}eSIS aJ ·most enterta1ining -aeeount o:f whart the Rom:ans1 them­selves thoughrti .aJnd. believedi eon.eerrnting1 the: ofiig1in of theiT ra1ee . aln:dJ the deecrs--of their fathm:s. · · -T:a1citus, in his: ·Ger­mania, tells us o:fl ·the m!aJnners andJ eus.toms ·o·f the·· Germans andl of the viCeiS! ol:fl c'UJltured: Riom-e.

I will not s:a:y anything of the imrporta:nee of the elaiS.s~k-aJ writers iu s·cienc·e, in -e.thic·s and in philosophy. Ind:eedi it is unn:eeessa,ry, fo;r you; .run know' how imrportaint in thes:e branch­es alre th-<:1 wqrks: of .S.ell'elca,, Plato,. A'ri:s~tortle, Pliny, Soerate:s', Quintilian, Pythagoras, Archmides and Euclid;

It is muc-h to! be ~egretteld thart in l:arte yea,rs there ·is aJ

fast g1rowin:g lruck of aprpire:ciaitioTIJ . of the · c1-a.ssies-.. T1his is espeeiaJly true of claiSisie litrerruture. 1The . intterest absorbing novel , a1ndi the tiim'e w.a:s1ting1 m.a;gooinie s:tiory are· erowd1ing tlhe desire for hig:herr £orms1 of lit-er;alture from the -heads of tho~.e who are a1lw.a~rs ·seeikin~ the .ealsier taslk. These · p:eople argue that· they can. learn vUJlu:alble leissons and1 at the s.ame time de­riv-e m,uch pl·earsuire· fr'orru the lighter formrs of litm~a,ture while the intelligent . perusaJl of trhe elmsis'i~s requires ,mu;ch la.bor' .a.nd an aibundaint ,knowledge of history; atndJ mlythology. T'hi:s is

. in som-e m,ea1sure true, brmt it i,s the mto'Slt uniSIOUnd amd illogical principle ever p~opagarbeid!. F :o:r .no one with a reaisonahly sound mind! can erx:p:ecrtJ tor learru with-ourt the expenditure of som-e laibor. Horwe:v-er the O·prponent;s of the elalssies' :steadily increas:e in nucrn.ber; and' srtuJd!ies . tiha,t were a few yea.rs aigo corn.p,ulsory inJ the curriculum of ev-ery well governed s~chool are being1 dalily m1ade opt<iona1l or band:sihed. And. th-e C'l:a!ss,ics aire being r'elegafud, in the \VOid1s of M'acauley, "to the dust ailld silence of. the upper> shelf."

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;; .. phg~~~:prpb.y . <;>~ life. it :w~.e · bet!ter, fir'srt, .. to prie:fly re­l!::iiE:::~===='·'..u~i · · yiew her lif·e, , f.q.r , thus we :can Il'LOrte e:a:s.ily follow ,st~ ·bYl s1tep the extiens:ive y.et ineornplete a1nd .sad development orf tl;l~·SI .. gre~a1t g0ni u:s. . . -. Ela;r ly in :1 if e she , lost the fa,i th of · her c'hildp.ood, · by · end~av:o:ring .. .to . aroa,lyze , the . truths · of :Chris­tian . theology. t!lJ;rolil.!g~ the . sole .:ruidJ , .of . her-· ow.n ... ·.rea.s10n ; and, n~e mlalny. ,be~ar:e .her, :faJU:ing into. error; ftn:rully : 'loBt

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GeJO. E[iot acceprted the fur.nd'am'en:ta[ doctrines of . this S!Chool andJ . elung1 to them untH her dioorth'. T'h.is positivism not o:nJy affected her pers10n:atlly but narturr.aillY' round its way into her works) so th:at marny of them1 are permeruted with her faJse doctrines1. She is de~ply reliig~oru:s., however, in her feelin:g;s, .alnd thr:Ofllghout all her emrliw work~· often ·expresses striking­ly OathoHc semtiments. · She herself Siaijs:, "I have no objection to Christiarnity but its warnt of evidenee." Although she con~ sid€redi the exi:srtence 9rfl aJ Go!d: inconceivable .a!nd the immtor­t3Jlity of the srou:l unworthy. o:fj -er:edenee, yet she held stead­falsrtly to the pertemptoriness of duty torwwds our fellow m.en~

It may be truthfully sru1d· thatJ Geo. Elliot's religion wa.s o1n:ly half gone. She wor.shipedJ God in hU!Illlatnity. She be­Hev·edJ that happiness couldl only be attadned1 through the re .. nUJDJciation o:fl ·~elf aJnd! a1n aJrdenrtJ love of our fellorwttnen. When J·esur~ was ais:ked what were the two grea1t eommrun'd"' mlents of the law, He ans.wered: "Thou sh.a1lt l~ove tilie Lord thy God with thy whole heart, with thy whole sorul, with thy whole m1ind, and with thy whole J,s,treng.th. And the s:econdJ is lik'e unrto ifu.i·S: ·"Thou: shalt love thy neig1hhor as thyS'elf." Geo. Eliot nev·e~ conf.ormoo to the . :fir,srt burt she obeyed the second with unrelenting zeal, arndJ thereby hoped to obtain happineSiS alndJ a s1ort of Slllhjective im.m1o:rtrulity: in the minds of furouTe generart,ions. .Du:ty to the world! amid t:o her fellow­men was the essence of her creed, ·the wrutehwo:vd of her li.fe, atndJ the ·pa;ramount principle of her phHoiSIO'Phy.

The principfe UJPIOn which all her mora1L. philosophy rested mayr be satidJ to be: The attalin:rnJerniJ of haprpinesis isi the orn·ly true morality, a1ndi immorality is such becaru:se it des.troys h.alp­pd.n:es·s. Thjs philosophy, although es'sentially unsound, is neverthel'es.s p3Jrtly true. Man's ;SIUJpreme aim' in life isl to a:c­quir:e h.a~pines:s burt this: felicity c:a1n only be a,ttainedi in its: entirely· in the B:ewti:fic Vi:s:ion. r_Dru'e haippines'Si, happiness wbich can cornJpletely satisfy the ermings of the human soul and b01diJ71 can never be .alttialinedJ in this lif,e. Man's SOIUl' is imm1ortal and there:f<ore can nevoo be fully satisfied with the perishable and: tem.pora1l poiSSleStSiions of this world. He must poss1es.s something imperish.atble in ord·er to be happy, and this

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is the haprpiness enjoyed by the ble1ss:ed in H~e~Jven. Thu~ Geo. E;Uot was .right in believin~ . that malll?s su:prFeme . a.im in life is the arttarinm·ent o~ happiness, burt she selected the wrong souree o:fl this happipes:s. She vainly l·ookedJ for it in this w:orldi, forgettingJ to rais:e her eyes to Heaven and there discern the sole Au·tho:v o;:e a[l true happines,s: · in the Bremtific Vi,sion, and her principlesr being derived from a; wrong s:ource, aaidl being! therefore faJse if pushed to their logical conclu­sions will be SIUJbrversive . of aill moraJity. . .

'r.hus we see. that, albs:ol;utely speaking, ,Geo. Eiliot?s1 prin­ciples were all wrong andJ oppOis:ed to . God and fa·ith its1elf. But in her books she is bett,er than her principlest, being in this respect inconsis,tentr. Btlft, as aJ matter of f:mct, few. nov­elists are consistent \Vith their principles. Wa1lt.er Scott in.· his . works .admires the m1agnificent .and cultured civiliza1tion of the Middle Ages: while bitt,erly condemnring the OathoUc church, the real produeer of thi,s: ve,ry civiliza;ti:on he admires. The fa1ct that WaJter Scott unre:l,entingly condemns the Clart:.h­olic church is no reason for despisiing~ him', a1ndr casting a:sdde his vivid .andJ Sly:lllrpaith.etic des1c:riptions ·which make the M1iddle Ages liv.e agad.n . in our mind!Sl, a1lthoug1h we cannot but find faru.Jlt with him for his illogic:arl and untruthful arttaicks on the Church. Therefore, why should! we not esteem Geo. E[iot for the beautiful, true, amdJ virtuoUIS! characters s1he has cr:ea;te:d, ev·en if he·r priD!ciples1 of philosophy are u1ns:ound: and illogica1l? T'he WO['ldJ ha1s c:erta1inly be1en' bettered' by sruch characters as Din:ath M:orris, Adam1 B·ede, and :Nl:a'ggie Tulliver. Proba:bly no E:nglish author, except the imm,ortal: Shakes;pea:re, has. sur­passed or ·even eqUia1led her in depic:ting rea:l live m:en and wom·en. Her cha,r:ructrers with their virt-ues; a,nd vices, . tri­ullnphs a:nd tri:aJls:, joys a1nd .s:orrow.s1, a1re certainly aLrnon:g1 the most na turml and realistic the h um1arn mind! has eve!r cre­ated. They live and a~ct within the m1ind' of each individual reader s:o thart he feel,s ·and · sympaithize1s with . them as with his JD,ost beloved frie1nds. · ·

The influooce for good ·Or evil of aJ book upon its read­ers does notJ 'depend: s:o much on tlhe personal opinions of the author a1s urpon :p.jjs manner of describing1 c:haT.ructers and· situa­tions. Nio noveU·s:t hars ever d:epiet,edi indelicate scen.e1sl in al more refined! mn111ner thH1ri Geo. . Elliot. T~aa\:e, for exanl!ple, the scene betweenJ krbhur D1o1Jlnithorne andJ H·etty. Sorrell in Adam Bed:e and comrpari"e it with' a stimil:a.r scene between

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New us, extending tfb:e .s:ea~s'on? s happy g,reetings1. Yea~r Opportunity; knocks .at our door, and' succ€/SIS

srt~md:s r 'erudy to amsrwer ·Our> can. The WO[''ld is hearvily la{jjen with treasures :aJndl a · wealth of riches lies hidden in the earth, a,wai.iting; som:e one to s1earch thecrn out. Strange indleedl is the mortal who fails · tio hewr the N·ew Y~ea:r:'s can; who does not feel the brearth o£ new life, amd whos.e spirit is unmiO'ved by . the rou;sinJgi spirit of the steaison. The preSJeniJ is the tim:e for a:p_ awakening if the pa1srt h.a;s fou1nd us SDtmnolent. ·This yewr mJay meatn life oT death' to OU[' hope:s andl 'Oili'r destinies thUJs qui.i·c:kly: s;olved. We mrusiJ aJrou:se ours:elves by shaking, off old h:tbits. No1 better time, no m:ore opport:une moment foo the attad.nm·ent of hig;h'er idooJ:s than during the new y~eall'. W ~ musrt .strive according-

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ly ' then, if we WJish to m:3:k:e tJ:Li·s the banne~ ;reair of realized hopes~ · Com~m.1enee w·el:l, end well. . .TimEr call~ us burt once, we ea:n: alniswer only at the m1oment of opp1orlu:ttit:y.

In no time baiS scienee ever rea:chedl the heights of excel­l·ency to which preserutj dlruy energ1:i:e~ harve carried her. Still

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witb.l aill this development, there ha:s been no time when srcieniji:fic res:ea,rch was ill! greatte~

dremarnd. Rapidly increa1sing d:is:cove:ciesJ, con;­stant progrres>t~ al:on~ scientiftc lines ha,ve .ad­dedi many new phases t~· the study of ,s:eience.

So it is thatJ the whole educartionall world aJnd' mo[''e espeei,aHy the Oatholic edueartiollial world, is org1runizing barnds. of ;socie­ties for sci·entific inve1stigation. Religion and: science .rure closely .aJlied! .atndJ hence ~u i,s thatJ we need\ Catholic scientist1s alll1d ,needJ them badly. Let US' eo~opera;te, then, with: the good work oif scientific orga;nizaitio:n and w·e ean d.Jo this right herre atnd at hom~e. T'he college has. been especiaJlly honored b~ her irew scientific society and miOre s10 by the adoption o~ D:r. W·alsh's name t1o lead herr on to srucces!s. Dr. W.alsih is truly one of th·e gr!ea,t OatthoHc Hcient.ist.SJ o:fl the day and we ean be jUistly pr'OudJ of his narrne. God g1rant tha;tj there will soon be ma1ny mor'e, just HUieh me:n andjn this great work we wa[lrt the heaxty eo-operattion of ,every Catholic ·srtuJd1ent.

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thaill tha:t which is found; in books. He must aicquire, by. earrnestt obs!ervartion, a knowled~ge

of presle1nrt day que~stion!SI amdi pr:ohlems. The enemies of his Gold', his soul m~d his relig,i:on a.re ga1ining imm:enBe pow€![' . atnd he must train

himseU tlol cope with: these advers1alries~ M1odlern tim·es d'e­mJacrl!dJ aj mod!ern mJaln and aJ:n up t:o d'ate srtu!dent. S,ci,ence, M'iJ, amdJ ·edUJcation aJre attJ their hi~eJstt and we must posHes1s a1

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l\l~·pvy.~~dge 9( ~11 .. t~·~~~~Q. .. On .the ortP-~r hamdl we mu.st . bewa1re Qlf :a,,p: ,ug to da1~~~ . r:eligi~)JJ.' for all br:mnches1 of kll'owledge ma!y undergo changes, ., .sav~ , thts: I,telig;ion . 'vhether modern or aJDJeient is a.hva1ys and· ever the ·s:a,m1e. Student:s then, should be alive to every new bra;nd of inteUectua,l a:ctivit~, but

l ' ' ' I ' shoruld• •be ·eare~ful 1 :of' a I new f 'eligion: ' J\foid·ffi'n times: dema1nd Iiliordern ·mlethods in ' .aili thiri'g's '.smve ~ religion~ ' The Sltrug;gile is

. near ' rut ha;nd and · we m UJSt be i'ri perfect eon:ditio11 fo,:r· the .fra[Y. ;., . .. ,. ,,, 'i .:>l· ', •1:·· ~ ·+ · '· ~ . + '·: . ' ~ ' ; ; , ~. • ~ i t ' ' ' I .•. -' \ ~ f ; I •: ~. . \ ) 1 : ' : ' ~ I . '; ' ' : : .; \ i ! ' ' I ' : • '

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, The Semri- , ~~~:r t ·-~~ .~a,,nd~ .. , ;~Y pr:<;>g:ros~s . ~v~. ~ta1v:e _be1en A n~,t~aJl . ; , n1~k~;qg, . d\trip.·g1 .. ~h~ .P:t:es~.ep.,t . year. lll: \llS~ soon pe

~.:e;e:n .. '. ~P.·d.· ·,. ,vhe.rtih,e:r _ ·''_r_e have w,_ork_ ~d. diligen~ly ~ Ex.am- •.,

a .. '~cl . fai_thfnll.Y: ,or . w~.et~;e;r' w~ .,ha~e .. not: worked in;~a,tion,s: .. , ' .. , . .

1 ~~~ , aillJ , ';r~ll _ hav·e , aill . bee11. , px'~oven, The first

~e~~~i?~ ~~iY 'h,a,vy.· .'f9~i:p.d: ~s . ~r:arnti~g1, ~f ,s:q, let .. us . strive to bet­ter ou~:.s.elves. O:rcrwn the work . we . have .eomme1nced by 3J

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s;o1lution to the i~t.e1lectu1~,1 , pr:o~l~m;, . eaJrn;e~t zeal the . keynote ., ·, . ; ·• . '! ; ~: I: ,.'. , ' ,' • ' ' ' . . \ ; : J . ' '

of suc:ee1s!S. .An un,s"rerving . lo~rulty , to a1 well de:fi;I;te.d purpos1e is the true m;a,rk' of p~og:re~~s aJlong wny line of intellectual en­deavor.

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· · An:f 'oDJe "rho : th'orrigh tJfu1ty con tempiaite~ , the heavens ·on 3l1S,tar1"y nig~ht 'm111st be filleid1 with the ~thoilig~ht of man's: insig­llifieanc'H ' a!nd ·nothingn:ess. Tfh·eis1e mryriad eyes have .looked dJown ,upQ·n cou,ntle.ss · .gener.altious of mren .like himself, have s:een t'4~ml f~U ,alWay ;and witjher li:ke the ,giraiS!S'. , .They SraJW the founding of .the _ E!tern:al · City, .. aiild the d~struction of that lnl'ghty empire ! ~rh:osle •, een~ter' \t . wasl, . andl have coldly witness·-

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ed· the rise ;~uldl' frull of llliwltituide1s of d'Ominationsi a.h:d powerS!. Tlhey · hmve ·s1hone! ·on · barttle:fi.eldls s:ta:ineldl with· the blood· of thousand's: ()If men cut down ifll tihe: ·florwer · of 1 theh1• i youth,' · a1n'd on p'eaeefu11 ·hamlets ; wihe~re m·en; haiVe grown old, and snnk into, their graJV·es from! very · ·wemrineiSIS .. ; ·· Their~ ·raysi ·haYe :played: :o·n the v:ene:rahle head of · bHnd · Hu1J.ne1~ · ·eom;pds:ing·· the Hi aid; the firs:t gn:-eat ·epic, , as they pla:y today · upon the · fr·esh · g~'r'a1v-ei of 8winbur1:tl:e; · th1e l.a1srt of' the · poets, a1nd their light · ha's; rested upoDJ Afth·e~ns, ' st:irre~d ib its deprths' by the-· bu1~ning words · ·df D1emos.thmH~1si, ··a1s1 i1J . re,s:tsl tod.a1y ·onr the H'alls:· df · oong~~·ess~, yes, and as it· will · r~est on the sram~ spot when that· m.assive ptile is a ruin, 3Jnd this naJtion is. merely repr'esentedf by some pa1ges of history . . Tlo the st:a'r:s whart .atre natiions, a,nd how IDJU:ch les:s .aire m:en? And yet DJ~an is p1~.orqd, and vatumts in his: in­telle1et .aind porWe11". V adn , crear£u:re, J·OIU ail'!e hurt d tLS,t, anclJ to dUist yoru shall retur'n, but youm sou1l is immorta1l, an1d the· s.t3Jrs arre n()rt,, but ·berwalr 1e lesiJ yow may wi·sih . you: 'hald1 neve!r been c·reated im·mio,rtrut .·

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It is at tim·e1s d:iffiicult to belieJVe in the objectivity . of beauty , as . there ar1e · so many differenii : opiniotD.:s respecting what constitute~ it. · One will findi be:atutty · whetre auorbher se:es notlhing1 but ug1liness1, .alnd nothdn:g is1 cormmo1ner than to ·find orna~telnes;s confou1n1ded! witlh beauty. I w.a~ndere1dJ ·by chanee one d!alY diuring1 th;e month of Mia(Y into a church, .rund saw t:or m,y horror aJ reallJ be:atutiful stattiu1e of the Blessed;. Virgin, chis!elle:dJ fro·ml pure Gara1r'al m1a.rble, dr~alped:, and gar­laDJdJed with flowers. N 01 dwwbt the Sod'a1lity ladies1 who per-· p:et rarted this aibomlinattioDJ thoUig!htl tih·e res.ultJ divinely be:auti­fuJ, brut iiJ . is harrd: to enter into mindls thatt think the be~urty of virgin maJrble, ch.iselledl by a1 mralsrt~er halnd, can be improfV!eru b~ drapin:g with s1ilk, andJ · g,a~r.land:ing1 with flower's. · ·T'he lalck of arti,s:tic insrt[nct in . ·srureh miinds maik.esl one shudd:e:r. ' . ·Tfh·e man who dJis.eovers ·some sup1re1ne crit•erion for beatuty will . earrn the gratitlud:e of the human raic'e a s well as undying f~:rne.

Some oine hws cadl-ed1 the 1\fe:diterr.aJl'eati:J.-, the ' ''s:ea . of m:oa,n­ing m~e:mories:," and whatJ a worid1erfuUy exprressive fi.J'nd be9:ra­tif<uJ title this is:. Roorr·e, Greeee, Oarth:alge, ·Egypt, Fr~anee, · S.paiin, Mo~oeco a1ndl Elngland! hruve fought their baittlesi, arid" made history OTh its W.art.e~S Olr by. its1 s:hor!eSf~ 'afnd, . OU the ea1St '

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it is pounded! by t:he Holy Lwnd:, where OtuT Loro lived and work,ed, andJ where the blackest trageidy of history was en~ acted. Well mal}" it be called' the ·sea1 of m\Oatning memori·es1, yeit t.ra;velers t~ell UJS it is the ca[mest amd1 m1osrt pla1eid of all sea:s. Perhaps it ha,s ,so mtt.J:ch grief pent up in its depths tha.~ i~ ·eatnnortJ rage. Deep ~r1i-ef is nUilllbring, nort rage inspir,ing,

- aiDJd hence it suits the eterna[ fitness of thing:s1 thaJt the sea .of history s:horruld! o1nly IDI03Jn,-moan oiV·er the sin and md,Sie!l"J, the loiVe a~d harte, t:he fe~r and hope, the intr~gues, plo~ts amd petty ambitions thaJt make up the grin;t1 tragedy of life and the bitternesS! of ·history. - S. U. N. _

. SOCIETIES.

. The Rivard Literary and D1e!bating club h.as been hold-. ing regulaJ" meertings every w·eek at which man~ fine speeches have been. deLivered. A diversity, of .sUJbjects ha1s been treat­ed, amd the wa~ in whi·ch tlhe mlemhers haiVe hand:l·ed their subjects 'Shows the pralctica[ benefit of their oratory c~uh, and the ahilitYr orf. their ModeTator R4ev. E\. L. R.iva1vd, C. S. V. T!he work and progiress of this so1ci~ty is interesrting and imrportan t, -as the youn~ men who com;pos-e this elub will soon gp forth

· from their Alm1ru MJaJt;er to dee~de these questions of moment eoneernlin'~ which they haiVe in the~r deba:tes ad:vanc·ed~ such logi~ca[ orpinions1. We a1re gl31dl to 'See tharti the subjects haind­led .a;re ·SIO pralctieal audl important. AJ few of the speeches de-

- liv·eredJ thUJS fan are ais . f01llorws: "Greed," J. A. Lowney; . · "Olhristmas Spirit," F 'r,ancis Olerury; "Eivolution," Jerem.i-ah

O?Maihoney; "InflUienee of the Knights o1f Oblumbus," Jrum1es Fitzg-er!a[d; "Thanks1giving," GeraJld: Blergan; "Schola~ship.,'' · Joseph Lareaill; "DJau:i:el O'Connell," Richard .Q?Loug)llin:; "Oo1I1Jditio1ns in Irelatnd," Willia/m Samcrnotn; "F'raud," J os1eph Gor.don; "F~reediom1 of the Will," El1der Bou:ligne; "E:xerc1i1se of the Will," Eidwardl QUJilleJ. .

. A; very intere1srting little entJertJruinm1ent w.rus g~iven by St . . Viattor Acolythical society~ on Dtecemlber twentieth, 1910 art the

· college lecture room. 'rlhe interesrt whieh t:he bo~s take in this societYi is plerusing iio notbe, am.id we a;re swe the benefits tihey a1ccrue aire inestimable. The program for the . evening was

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"Welcmne Add~ress~," S. Bwikosiki; "Obed'ienee to Ru.les.," . ~J. Garrity; "'TIJ:t:e Infa1nt J ·eiSfUSI," Geo. K:atne; Chorus, "Adeste Fide}s," members; "dhris.t,ma·~s S>tory," T. H:etheri:rugrton; "Oreea[}J Sta~r," W. Steidl·€1; "OihristmalSl," E1. Riely. After re-

. · froshm:ents were served!, aJ nUJmber of . the falculty present con­g]ratu}arted the ,soci·ety on itisl prog~ress,, aind: arb the same time

. :t.J.!rged. urpon the m€lmJboos the imJp01rtamce of their b.eha:vior

. when. taking pwrrtl in r:elig1iou1S ceremornies1; that is, the pa1rt they take in the ceremonies as .A!colytes~, should·' be acoom­

. painioo ·by ru pious am:d reverent attitude.

Tlhe Wa,1sh S.cientific societ~ iSI maiking prepara:tions to open up a nic·elJ71 furniisthed elub room\ where the members can spend! main~ otherwise d~eary; hours of winter in the company

· of aJ well supplied! libracy ·on S.cientific ,s,ubjects'. This will hJatve a great sociarl as wJell as; ed:UJc.ationaJ value upon the m,embers. It will t.endJ to Ulnite the memlbersr in good- fellow;. ship, and tJh us promrote the interests of the . s.ocLety. Farthe~r Brown has eharg1e of the fitting orut: of the room, and we are sure it will be a1 model ·el Ulb room . .

The delinqu~ents in arttendarree m,ay not enjoy the p:arlia­m,entalcy routine of the meet~ngS!; burt no doubt t.hey can be

· induced! to come to hea~r the interesrUng1 'Sicientifie papersr which · fitting!lJli bring the meeiJing~ to a close, so1 W'e . urg'e their at­

tendranree.

The Oon:cert o:f Popuilatr M1u1sric b(Y the Mozart Gle-e club · under the dlirection of R:ev. \F. - ~. She~r1d'an in honor" of St.. Cleci'lia'~ day, was perhaps the IDiOJS't .enjoyable affaiir hffid in

· the gymnasium thiS! yea1r. Although! the p:opular. UH1Sk' wa,s predominant , still the few ela1s:sric:ail numlbers int~er:s-pers:ed1 were loudly applaud:edJ showing that there ~~S! a very appreciative auJdienoo prres:ernt. ThiS! mu1siea1l barnquertJ was held in honor of St. Oecilia?.s1 day; as. a1 triburt:e to that greart saint and mu­,s:iciatn whos·e miasrberfUil touch brought forth! the har,moni,dus srt:Jralins -whkh ewrried the m,es:slmges of h:e1r sportle,srs: srou1l to its Maker. With tlhe inrspiring portra,1ts: otf 8t. Oecilia a1nd' Mto~a:rt tas,tJily aJrra:nrged on the stage, and! the mu:s:ie :filling1 the large ruudlitoriUim, aiprprrobatiotrr w:ais wr1tten on the coru:n-­tena\nces of a1li present.

Th.e orc:h:esrbral diesierv.es. srpeciarl oomimend'a,tion for its well rendered · num:b€ll'ISI, a[IlJdJ thi:S as: w·eli11 aS' ·tJi'e €!Utire progratm re- .

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fl.ect:~{gr:ea',t CTeciff itpont Reir: F;.' A. 'Sheridlani vvh.Q:' la!bioired lin­tir1~n:g4J.y, fo11~ ' 'tlie ~~u~c~:ess1 of 't·he co·nc·e~rt. · ' · ·'Tilie foliow1n@ p~o·~

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grain wmsr r~tb.rdet·ed: : . S;electliOJ)·, '"DiaiUas . P'rinc~ss. vVa:ltzes," orehestr1ar; 'chornH~,' . "Oom:e' ' Where ' the ' 1Lilies Bloom/' I Glee

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club; s101lo andJ' chorurs1, '"Go10d E:nough for. 1\fe," .''Goodby B:etty. B/r!O!Wn/' 'EL ''Unrull:t;'' .viorHn :SIOii•<), '''T1he s~wriil1o·W·S'," Ei. "Gpulid:; s~()>~(), . ~'¥'othe!r," ·''Liitrt:le' 'P1.ir:ff' ' orf S:mok;e' GO.od.nigfut/' . ,r. u~ L.e­Ol.air ;-qhatl'·tett;e~ "Ml.t~ls~1}~ 'in tlie Ootld, Olold: <1rouiid';'' "F'i-8111-

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ing," F'. Weit:al; violjn .s'o,lo; "Sioruvenir de D'edla," F. Cbnn1o~; .solo, "M:ony Lee," "W·iiy · Do'rn't the-'·:Band Plaij ' D~ixl.e '?" J .. ':Kis­sane; vioiJ.i,nJ qu!aJrtette, "H:ope M:atrch''; solo, "My Heart H!as L,ealrne!Cll· ·ta· ·Love' • •Y6~1~" ~'I vV.a!Tht tb1 · B1J.y· .. S.orrrN~~ rLorve:/' H '. K ·eel e,y: ; ·Violi'u du,et, "B.ercenrs~," ·F. · dame~ · a.n;dr E i; · !Gould: ; · vocal duet.; ''L,if~s · D'>r:eatmr is O'·er,"': ·J: Kfss·ane and: H. Ke~ley; selec­tion, "'E~e1ry · Lit~Me ·· l\1bvemiEmtl,"• · olr!CUeStrlat; · .add1re:s,s, "l\1ruisd:e;" El. ·L : "1'tli.vardi; l'ch<)ru~sl; : "G:olbdtnight,"· Glee club; I •.

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·: W :e are· pleasred· tu ·note th.artl ·the benefits1 of mem."bership in ' 'f'rhe·· ~Phespialns;" · aJ."e notJ left ·alt the .co1lege: .. when· the stu­dent ;takes· : hi~ final d 'epa!ri;ur.e. ~.1\.1 recenrt ediito~ of The N e'VIr

World ~nform:s us that the Rrev. J :. B. Shiel, '07, has org;arnized ai d!r:aall!a.tic club am.ong; the you1ng; m.en of St. Mels pa1ris:h, Ohi­cago, ·wh'erel he is srtlarttionedi. , .. Under the directjon of F 'r.: Shiel a high ·ela!s:s vaudeville. , perfOirin:Jad:lce wa1s gjven 1as1J month. Need,les.s to · sary irtJ wrus:al grerarti su1eees:s1. It could nort be other­wis:eJ with Fr. ShieJ. art · the ·helm fo~ he is a pa.st master iit the hist:riorn1ic · art!. · · , .

. '.A:imostb sirruultaneoUisily. with Fr. Shiel'S! piroductian ' 8J

m.hisrt~!el show_· waJs giver1 a~ Rock ,Island.:~ Ill.; u 1nder the (ii:rec­t~.oJ;i~ , p:('th~. l~ev. vv~ · Ole~,ry, '03, wp.o · i~ eq:rallly fam·ous. with F ·r. Shi:el _ a is .a Tlb.espi:run.

· Fr. Clea:ry ·is ructi.ve a~long pther lines alsro and' has org3JDJ­izedl aJ ·nerw soei<%y under the title! of "·The Western Catholic U·nion," ·whose obje:et is to benefit its m·embers, .spiritu~lly and sociaUy .

. ~fr. ~~cnrert/ Qlornway, ·,08, : Siouti. :City, Ia., is' now "d.o~nK' poHties 3.Jlld city h.arli' on the· S.i·oux City Tlribune. Mr. Oonway

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was formerly exchange editor of" T.HE VIA TORIAN. We hope that in a short time we .shall haiVe the pleasure. of .s:a1l uting Emmet as CitJ7 Elditor Cbn,va~y.

Mr. Columbus Blo~le, Chicago, Ill., !Fourth Aeade111ic, '10, is alttendin~ S~t. Thomas Military Aca:de.my at St. Paul, 1\linn.

¥r. A. Slattery, eommrciaJ, '07, i.s' in the cotton busi~e1ss in Atlantw, G:av

Tlhe R,t. R.erv. Bishop O'R.eilly, of Baker City, Oregon, reL cently underwent an opera.ti.on at the lVIercy hospita~l in Chi­ewgo. vV e sincerely hope for the srpeedy re:covery of the Rev. Prelate.

Tlhe R·ev. D1r. Gaffney, who spent, n1any years at ·St. Via­tor's both a1s ai studernt and' profes,siO'r, ha~· been a.ppointed pa~stor of St. Mwry's church, · West Cihicago, Ill. ;For the past few yP.ar~ D:-. Uaffney has been Professor of Greek at the Cathedral College, Ohicago, Ill.

Mr. Louis M. O'Oonnor, '07, Erlington, Ill., has. r(t1cent1ly received major orders art Rochester, N. Y. vVe a.re expecting w visit froin. D~eacon O'Oonnor in the nemr future.

Mr. E[ias M. K·elley, '09, Ohjcatgo, Ill., took the! holy habit of a Olerric of St. Viator on January 14th, 1911, a~t St. Viator's Normal Insrt.itute, Chicago, Ill. Rev. vV. J. Bergin, C. S. V., delivered the s:ern1on art the ceren110nies.

M:r. Thoma,s Zorilla of lVIadrid, Spain, '06-'09, is now as­s!Ociruted in business with his uncle a~t T1ampico, 1\fexico.

The Rev. J. M. Kalllgley, ord.a1ined from our sre1ninary in '07, form~erly of the Apostolic Mh31Stiona,ry Band of the Peoria diocese hals been appointred asrs-istant; pastor a,t Pontiac, Ill., whe1re the R.ev. J. H. Oannon, a1s:o an ah1mnus, is pastor.

Mr. Leo Kenned~y, Fourth High, '10, holds a, lucra.tive position with the Alll'e['ican Glucosre C:on1pany art Waukegan, Ill.

Mr. John Hansman, Fourth High, '09, Ohieago, Ill., is: in the stock eommission and broker:a:ge business with his father in Cfhica,go.

The Vecy R,ev. W; J. Suprelllant, C. S. V., and the R.ev. G. P. Mulvaney, 0. S .. V., president a1n:d: vice-president respect­ively of Columbus College, C1haa.nherlain, S. Dar., spent Jan.

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8 and 9th at Bou~bonnais. F·r. Suprenant then returned to Olhaa:nbedain while Fr. Mulvaney· left :f.or the sunny south in

·quest of · hea1lth..

T!he Rev. M. P. Sammon, '03, pastor of .St. Berna;rd.'s chUlr.ch, Peoria, Ill., has ·beginn the construction of a beaiurti­ful new school. Tlhe building1 when eontplete will have cost $140,000 a:nd wilil be one of the best paroehiatl schools in the Peoria\ d!i1oees:e.

l\1r. B<:mna~rd Clos's, l\!Uendota;, Ill., who was here from '07-'10, is this year .attending Brucredl Heatrt eollegre, D~e:nver, Oolo: "Lefty' pitchedl the varstity to ma:ny victori·es during the sea-sons~ of '08 amd '09·. ·

Th-e R1t. R;ev. Mlsgr. G. M. Legris, '80, is tra1veling. in Af­rica). Th~e Rev. Monsignor ha~ been albroad ·sinee: May, 1910, and has visited nearly aJll the inter·eslting p~laces in Elurope.

T'he Rev. x. lMJartin, '04 of Pullm1an was a recent visitor art' the college.

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ORD1INAJT'ION. THE VIATORIAN is haippy tio recordl the elevation to the.

priesthoto:d of R,ev. Bro. Hae;en, C. 8. V., w1hich took pla1ce at Srt·. Peter's dthu1rch, Oeonrbo, Wi~s. RtL R.ev. B·ishop Fox per­rorme:d the ceremony. Fat:hw H:azen sa;ng his first mass in this church. V·ffi".Y R.ev. J. P. 0'1\la:honey, C. S. V., acted a:s assi~~tant priest, R.ev. A. L1. Riiva~d· was deacon and R~ev. G. P. l\1ru.~lvalney, 0. S. V., sub-d'e1a:con. R,ev. J. V. Rheams, 0. S. V., J. Vien, C. S. V., atnd V. LeCl3Jir, 0. S. V., w-ere in the s:amc­tua:ry. Rev. Farther Vanier preatched the sermon. A sump­tuous banquet ·was tend~eroo hi'S' friends jn the school h:all, the evem-in~ of the sam~e da~. .

A d:eligilitful progratllll of music and play w-as arranged by the sisters in hono·r of the newly orda:ined. Father Ha~en was the recipient of ID!UillY valu:aible alnd bea!Utiful presents. After aJ short va~eati!on Father HaiZen returned to the college to re-assume his ·duties aSI teacher.

R-ev. Bro. Q?Leacy, C. 8. V., and: R,ev. Bro. Oorhett, 0. S . . V., reeeived Minor Orrders on D'ecember 21 from Rt. Rev. J .

E. Quigley, at:r~ehbisihop of · Chicago.

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-The D1~cem!ber .exchaing:esl were replete with stories1, poe1m.s

andr essa~s dJealing1 w1ithi Clhrisrt:.mas:. A era1Ze1 for short stories has taken a1 iirm grasrp otf mallly exchanges1 and as a c'Onsequence ins:tr'uctive eSisay~sr ar1e eliininated. The well

' written, sound! ess~a~ .a:lwa1ys yields Inore benefit to the reader andJ writer thain ,silly short s1tories of an intangible ord.er. T:he editor1als of not a f.e:w eocc:halllges: haiVe no pa!I'ticularr interest fo~ the student. If t .he stu!<lent's needs are not studied and sruppliedJ they 'vill ta~e but a: pa1ssive interest in their colleg'(~ paper. Who then .should edito['S cater to exc:ept the studentt? Oru:rc exchamges, many of them los~ sig1ht of the vital point: aud are continually dleploring the laick of interest studentsr take in college j·ourna1isn1; The high school student is nort expectted to digest ar.n· essa~ on the '''A!ctive amdl pa·s,siv.e Intellect" or on tJhe "Immensity of God" or "The Nature of Possibles~." Wihy not, then, give thrun somethin~ which is in ke·eping vvith the s·tudies they are prursuing and not devote the whole pap€r to alrticl•es which a,re :strictly the work orf philosopihell':s., and of interes1t o:nly to philosophe['SI?

The. .Mercurry fl'Om Getey.shurg Oollege', Pa., has its1 qu:ota of Chrisrtmats sto['ies1, ·es1sa~s and' poe·ms which a1re well writ­ten and breathe aJ heaJthy spirit. Your edit:oriatl and e~cha.ng~e columns .a1re w'ell ha1ndled. Hiorwever, ·we do not ag:ree w1ith your opinions i:nJ the ex·ehainge ·C:olumn rega,rding~ athletics for if officiaas are not' guilty1 critic~Siill will not injure them. Le·t us haiVe all criticismr pos1srible; it will ril.iake us be1t.ter.

The Solarnd.arv. froini Srt. Francis1 Clollege, Quincy, Ill., has maide its appeatranc:e i;n our sanctU!mL The absence of aJll' ex:­chain.ge depa~rtmBnt dtettra:cts from this otherwh~re interesting paper. The articles a:r1e in every i,nJs;tancr~ carefully s1eleeted a111d written. There can be no dloiUbtl hutJ that the prhn1airy ob­ject of a . college is the eultivation of ch:a;racter a1nd t!he 'vriter of "Ei:ffeets of Clolleg1e E/duJcaJtdon" s!how:s this to be strikingly true. Since the · Cartiholic college furnis1hes true Clhr,isrt.ian principles only there c:an m1a:nly charracter be cultiva.t,eiL Sher -

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idan the orator a,ncl d~ramatist" is the life .sto•ry of that brilli­ant genius, though hewed by bitteirness: and:. disappointment, yet "with his chara,ct.eristie grit undiSIID)a~ed by failure re­wrote the plot of the "HivaJs'' whose fame live's on~ Lack of spa1ce forbids u:s m1entioning · ea:ch a:rticle. All however· de­serve credit.

"The Portugues:e Republic a1nd R.adiealis,m" is: the su.l)ject of 3J highly interesting arnd! instructive article in s. v. 0. Stud.ent. Toda[Y the bra,ve pri·ests rund. ·nuns' are exiled from tha;tJ country bra.nd'e:d a1s a m:eila1c:e to the Republic. The a\I·­tiele in the Student gives fa:cts showing the injustice orf the new regin1e in Portug~a,l. "Scienee and t.he Church" proves that "Ti~uth can never oppose truth" · for "vVhat God has paint.ec1 in the s.ta1rry firmam•e.nt above, or s:culptured in the earth benewth, camnot be a·t varianc-e w.ith that which He has spoken to His Ohurch." Tihi:s article aidvoea,tes exactly 'vha.t the vValsh Scientific Society of St. Viator's ha:s. for its obje1ct - the com:pat:ibility of science and religion.

T'ho Fovrdh.aon JJ!l onthly for J anuaTy ha.s, a: variety of arti­eleSI. T'he g:raiVe and the ga,y a,re found side hy side and e!UICh. receive·s its shmre of .mttentio~n. "More tha,n a Ma,sterpiee~' is the story of Ra1ph.a1el's: "D'i.sputa del S. Saermnentd' which to­day adorns the walls of Stamza della Se:gnatura in the Va.ti­ea:n. The Immort.a:l Dante and S~vana1ro•la a,re seen in this work of art. "S~a.netuin" is, we believe, a, new deiparture in the Ji1ordha1n ll!Iorn.thl'y aind ·Compares favoralbly with a department o:f a siinila1r na1trure lately eonducted in T'HE V~ATORIAN viz, Phroneiniata. On clos1er ·ex.aminaltion, however, vve find that "Sa~nctuTn" notes: a1re reailly the editoriails but we should neve:r have knof\vn by the airrang·em,~nt.

vV.e wonder if the Notre Darn~e Schola~Stic has ceased pub­lica,tion. Seve~a~l weeks have elaps•ed s1inee we received a copy. We caa::Lnot afford to lose you hence: get husy a.nd put in a1n a.ppea:I' a nee.

T':t-tE VIATORIAN is gratefUJl for the n1any flattering refer­ences from. college papm''Si. It is a gratific.ation to know that the work of the mana,gement and editoTs is a,ppreciated! by highly · esteeinieid' . j ourma.Is1.

We gra.tefully mckno,wle:dge the receipt of the following college and a,cademy publications: Floor De Lis of St. Louis University; E.choes1, Kentu'cky; Pacific Star, Oregon; The D:ia.I, St. l\fa1rys, K.ans:as; Buff a,nd Blue, vVa,shingion, D. 0 . ;

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Georg1etown CoiHege Journal, D' . . 0:.; .L'alUrel, St. B-onaventure, N. Y.; Oblle:gia1n, Oakland, O!ail.; Abbey Student., Atchisron, Kruns1a;s; Mountaineer, Mt. St. Mad:-y',s: Oollege, Md.; Niaga['a

,Index~ N iaga1rru Faills, N. Y. ; Young · E!a:gl e, Sins;ina wa, Wis1. ; St. Ignartiurs, Oolleg:ian, Olhicag}o; 'The Na~a1r:erth Chimes, Lra-

, Qrange, Ill. ; The· N azarenre, N!alza!reth, Mich. ; 8t. 1\fa,ry's, 1\fes;­Sienger, .Monroe, Mich.; University of Otta~vru Review, Otta:vva, Clan. ; The Oseotian', Osc1ott 0/ollege, Birmingha1n, Eng. ; The Oollege SpokersiJil:an, Druibuque, Ia,~; Ma1nhatrtan Quarterrly, N. Y.; :mchoes frto1m the Pines, Obaitlia1n, Ont.; Exponent, D:aytorn, 0. ; Partrician, Obi UIIDilms~, 0. ; D:' Yonville Mia,g1a~ine1, Buffa~lo, . N. Y.; VillaJ Sancta Scholas:tic Qua1rterly, Duluth, Minn.; The Rredwood!, ClaL; Hedd1ng Graphic, Abin~don, IlL; St. Mary's Sentinel, Ky.; The Loretrt:ine; Tihe Schoolman, Berlin, Qrnt.; Tlhe Lrarbarum!, DublUique, Ia. ; St. ·Vincent Oollege J ournrul, Beatty, Pal.; TIJ:1 .. e Xarvier N. Y.; Pitrbs!burg Oollege. Bullin, · Pa.; The Loretto Maga~ine, etc., ertc.

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BiOOK RIEiVIErws. IBible Symbols. \

Here is a delightful book for ·children. Catee:hism and bible histo.ry are blended together very skillfully throughout the entiir~ texti--a;ndL..tihis is the fetching feature of the book fqr the young. This insttruction is further pres~ented in "rebug form of aJ practiea[ c'harwcter." There are thoustands of pictures ·Oi[' symbols to arbtract t:he young mind and' s:et it on the alert to reconstructing the sacred text from the illustra­tions. It is a very ingenious arrangen1ent in which is revealed the fine pedagogicail inst:inct 01f the author, the R;ev. D~r. Thomas Gaiffney, pr'ofless!Or o:f biblic:a1l study at the 0\a,thed:ral College,, Chica:gro. · H1iSI stelection . of ,storie1sl f~om the ·old' teHt:aJ­mrent ·and of pa1rables am.dJ evenrts' from the new tesrtam·ent is most ·felicitous and his1_ pre1sent;a:tiO!n of! th1ets1e subjects in ea~y · colloquial style sta1nps the book a classic of the Sunday school room. I commend! th:e book t1o homes whe1re the "funny" Sun-day sup~plemlelntJ oiftei?- ahs:orhs~ too mu1ch attJbention, and to aill STi:nda:y ·schoo~· c1as:s:es. In vie·w of the wide diffusion . which t lhiS ·book dJeiSierVeiS J' WrOIUldJ SrUggersrtl a[n, ed1tion of it whi,ch woru!ld1 bri.!lg it e 'a.sily within the bruyiuw· power .o·f · ,S,u1nda~ sehdiQ,r elas:sieS large .and ·.strnan. The bolo]r is prublislt·ed hY' the John A. He!rte1I ... Oom~parny, O!hi,cago · a(Ild . B1oston. . . .

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vVheartJon 28; St .. ViatoTI 16. With a partched lineup andJ aJ team tha1t was together for

only two d!ays1, St. Via,tor',sl went oClown in defeat before the cla.s.s.y Whearton five in the eollegte gym-nasimm. The gam·e was an enjoiJa.ble one to witllle's's', being~ · dean• a!Ilid little dela,y wa·s oecasi·onedJ during: the eont!esrt. WheartoiJlJ had· been playing sinc:e Thanksgiving and! put up 'Siotrn·e of . the finest team work s1e:en on the loca1l floor. Tihe v.a\r:sity being together fo1'" ·such a ·short tilne eould! not break u!p the well oiled machine amd , took the defeait graJc•efUJlly y·et pl.a1ying with a doeterminatj;on that eerta1inly spealk.s1 well for Coaieh F'itzg~erald·'s t1~aining and prophesies mueh fo[' the co1m.ing barttles. Fo•r 'iVheaton Md.lls w.ais bYJ fa,r the leading "·Tungsten,'' .arnCU Long and :McKenzie aJs1o sho·wed them·selve'sr toi be finisihed pla;yers. For the loca.ls "Sol" D·oem'ling .shone, as diclJ G.ordon and: :M.oynihaJJ.. Dtur­ing the ·short tim.e C'aprt. F 'itzg1eraJld1 pivoted the team, he sta1rt­led the vj:slitor!st by ·his speedt and g:ing1er. Fis.cher, the ex- · 8pa.lding1 strur played~ a he.a1dy g1alillie a.,t eenter, holding his o~­ponent to .ru srtrun:dsrtill. · L,in.eup:

Wheaton. St. Viator's Long R. F. Moynihan Mills, Gr.ange L. F. Doemling, Fis·cher Elsen, 0 lmsteoa'd C. Fi1scher, Fitzgerald (Capt.) Snyder ( Caopt.) R. G. Kissane McKenzie L G Hordon, Cleary

Goals fro in field-Long ( 5), Mills ( 4), E'l~en ( 2), .McKenzie ( 1), Doemling ( 1), Moynjhan ( 2), Fischer ( 2), Fitzgerald ( 1) . Goals fr.om foul-Mills ( 3), Olmstea·d, ( 1), Do em ling ( 2); Moynihan ( 1), Fitz­geralld ( 1). Referee-Immenha us en. Umpire--B:achant. Timer.s­Legris and Straw.. Time halves, 20 mjn,

B!OrvvlLIN G. NeV-er before in the history of bowlin~ at the college have

the bowlin~ alleys been s1o well patronized. ·The up.starirs of the "gym." is fwirly: ailive with the ·enthusiasts" of the winter pastime. Tlhe m1aJ::iJa1gemJent' in: ord·er to make the competition keen, ·is a.,ward!ing1 a va1lualble prize each week to the hi~hest borwl€1[', and! the m:ruples· a.re meeting, tiheir farte timely and oft.

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In the five contests which the lo1cals have' participated they were victorious in 4 ourt of 5. Thus: far they harve won two grume!S fr:on11 the K. of CPs., one from the Y. M:. 0!. A. of Kanka:­ke·e, aJ:l1d one from the B,rad11e~ A. 0. The only gn11ne lost w·as' to the Y. M:. C. A. on their rulle;ys bJl aJ clos'e score. In a,n the s~ets the toita,l pins werre eormnte1d a,nd' the Va~rsity has given s.om·e fine ·ecx:hihitiolfis to theh, mruny ad1nirers, and' iss·ue .3.J

sweeping ehaJlenge to erveTy a,s.piring1 bowling aggregat.ion. lVIr. 0. ~!f.cOauley is lea1ding the coillege with ~al s.co·re of 267, \Yhile Helta with 242 a1nd O?Brioo el,osie with 237 .aJ"e giwing hin1 a tight ra1ee. Orthe1~s ~howing elaiSISI are D·onahue with 22·5, Fit.z­geraJd 2~3 ~ndl A. G. Quille 210. The alleys all-.e kept in fiue c-ondition and ~fessl~SI. Leg1ris and ~feOiaruJe~ . are proving1 ideal manage,rs.

TrH'EJ J ·UN!IORIS. B,askertbaH is occupying the attention of the Ji1niors1 these

da:ys. Tlh·e tiea.m promi.s!es to be a Cl"a1cking :fa,st quintet and tbe s.eas1on vvill be orpernedi S.atu~d!a,y. Ooa1ch M:oynih:an ha,s taru@ht thm11i ·a great repertorire of dazzling p1a,yS', which a1re sure to pla1ce the . Juniors on the lalrgje side of the .s.c:ore a:nd n1;a:ke t1hed,r oppone,nrt:s come out -sec'Ond be!srt. The . team is .nlea,rly . choiSJen, amid the f1ollowing m~en wre most liahle for plaees: Oonklin, MeGee, K·ekieh, Sullivan, Gartland, O)Learry,

· She:w, MaJgJrudeT andl K.elly. iT'he· Juniors harve als1o r'eceived aJ servere: ea1s:e of "howling­

His." \F'or in the firsrtJ ga1m·e of the s:ea.son they triumphed OiYer t ,he ee1ebraJtedl Braid:l:ey bowle~s, by .ru torta.l of 249 pins. , A, G·ea;ren sueeeedled in tUJrning ·O'urt a: winning team. in shotrt ord~er, and has .ru skillful squad of youtfh,fu'l rollers. Tlh·e c01ntes.t was excitin~ a1nd was witnessed by many enthusiasts, who rooted vociferou1S1ly for the locals!. "J ohri,niev' B.ergin proved! the mainst.aiy of the Junio1~s with an average of 135 for the three ga,mes~, 'vhHe M:runager1 Gea.ren " r.a1s: a. close seeond with-133. Tbtal pins1 S. V. 0. 19'2.0, B\r'latl:ley 1681.

T1HlE1 MIN·IMS. The Minim1s neatly c'hud in th~ir new swits won tbe1ir :firs,t

g~arrne by defea1ting the Bou1rbonna1i's Nonpaireilsl 65 to 0. The village team w.ais utterly orv-erwhelmed and' a,t no stage of the gam·e couJd .stop th~ rushing M'inimsl. Ci01a1ch McDonald has a well trained team amd no d:efeat.s should be haillded them this

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winter. Caiprt.' Fitzpatrick rut cente r is a tower of strength and runs the tea1m w·ell. Pepin ailld Eldga1r a;re ideal f.orwa:rd1s, as clever aJ · pair a1s could be mated, and G. l{ane and Kiss-ane a1~e as tight a:s clos1e on the opposing1 hemver:s1. Dandurand, Sted.n and Senesac a,re very exeeHent recruits and 'fill the brea1chs to the de:ligh t of their :mJalny adn1irers. A hard s.che~d ule is ahenld and aH are sure of sueeesJS..

T1HRiU A KNOT'HIOLE.

Through som:e typ101~r:a1phicaJ e'rror, the name of Welch w.a1s unintentionaJly orm.itt,ed from the list of footha11 players winning1.an emblem1. M:r. V\Tel·ch pl:aty·ed an' unbeatable ga.me .a;t gma~d and was one 01f the ma1instayS1 in the1 line. He indeed richly deserved the token aJnd' is w·e:a~ring it to everyone's! great delight.

M:a1na~er · O~ewry certadnly showed grea:t taste in the .s.ele~c­tion of the footba.ll srwea.te1r co:f:t.t:S. The hu~ky moleskin veter­aus are wearing1 ru maDoon s<"r;earber with a gold foott:hall .mnd purple emblmlll, bring1ng ba:ck to thetm the vieto·rie1s! ·of 1910 . .

The ba,sketbaJl' team-atp,pea1red fo[" the . first time in their new 1suits in the VV:heat1oru. gam:e .. · The artistic taste of M:a111-a1ger Cleary wa,s als!O mmnifesrt in his s:election. The · shirts are giold with aJ p111rpLe stripe, while the pants al"e purple -witih .aJ gold srt:ripe on the s1ides. Gold S!O:cks with purple bmnd a1lso aidids to t~h1e beauty. Here's wisrhing the wearers of the

· Pu:rple and! Gold! basket1s ru plenty of baiSketbaH eontests1, and baskets of suC!eess.

·The appe1a~alnC'e 01f "Louie'' B'aichalnt, umpiring the Wheat­. on contest was the ·o>C!C:alslion. of mto.1ch ha:nidJsihaking among the old: boys. "L1010ie'' W.al~ ·OIITe of the best gt.La:t:ds, ever pr.oduced at S. V . . C. allso' the ,greart.esrt eart~cher on tli'e Vars1ity nine.

The rooting thu:~ fa:r · has be:en 01f .a 'high sta.nd:aTd of e:x:­eellence. Mos:t of this credit !s due to Mr. W. A. Samn1on our ev.er pe:cs.evering che:er leader·. "B." h.a1S1 more ginger corked up in his s:ystmn1· tharn a1 •S!Ciocr:e of Other.s amd it is aJ'waysi mani-

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. , . , Wh:alt did yoi(ll think of the r~1ee in the indoor b.a.~eball _ , l~ague? - The penn.anif:J ·was ;nodi .decidedi until the . last · garme

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when the Pafthfinders defeated the Rivals 8-4. ' T'he Never S.weats as usua1l trained in the rear.

One of the most interesting basketball games1 of the season was played Jan. 15 between the Roy Hall and j)farsile. The game wa1s very close, ending 9-8 in favor of Roy Hall. The lineup of the wj.nners was Cashin am.d Curley fDTwa~rds Sher­m1an center; Warner and Trainer, guards, a,nd af j)fars:ile Hall: Srunm-on and' Dronnelley, forwards; CUJna,va,n, cente:r; Wall and Carter. guards.

The following games- ha;ve to be m·et by the Va,rsity five: 0Th3.Jrga, D'ePaul, Lewis Institute, St. Bedes, Morga n Park, Spalding aud Bradley. All classy contests.

B'asebaJI is in the air, and threatening to: des1cernd a,t any minute. At _present a group: of leaguers a~re practicing on the indoor diaunond. Al M~eCairlhy star of '08-'09 now with the Pirartes, B:ruchrunt the best catcher in western college ball during the saJne year-s, now with DesMoines in the \¥estern ·circuit. Billy Mortell is scooping ground'ers and will do the sllillle next summ~er for Jrucksonville, Florida. Jarvis the 'Mom1ence star is here getting ready for the Southern Michigan leaigU·e, and Eidldiie Sta1ck whd promises to bring the ·world's charrnpionship to the Quaker City a1nd Bert O)Connell a:re ex­·pect.ed daily. Tfue pl'lospects are not a:s r-osy as they could be for the Varsity, yet when the spring sunshine a~ppears from ·behind the leaden skies, our spirits Ina(Y rise, a31d a winning team should result. ·

A:ll ready to put the a1ir bvake1s1 on Onarga ..

One bra'Ilch of athletic that has not received its pue share of art:tent.ion at the college is track aJthletics:, allld none which is more important. Tlhis yea[' there has been more talk of having aJ tr.arck team than ever be:fo1re, and it would he ar good plan, if the students took som1e s'erious .steps torwa:rd having tra1ck athletics in t<he fwture. Th-ere · ought to be plenty of ­good materiaJ rumong the seniors, a,nJd there is' no; re~son why w-e should not turn -out a tra:ck t·eaa:n, as representative of our ·Alina Marter · a,s our fOiotbrull, basketbaill and bas!eball ·aggrega­tions. Think it over, then do sorrnm-hing.

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"Speak thre speech, ·I pray you, as I pt"!Onouncedr it to you, trippingly, on the tlongrUJe." ,

N everr, s1in.ce tihre d:aiySJ of Sthrukespea;re, did' the adviee of Hraimlet to the prla~r er:si flaiH Oifi' miOre vvilling earsr than when ;R;ev. J. W. 1\II!aJguire .adJdires,seCL theilll to the members of t~he Sen.jor class the first evening they a;s:se1nlbl~d to rehearse the "Private S.ercr·etao:-y." HiS! w·ords: were almost verified to the letter. E:aich play;eT ca~ried orut his ins,tructions admir:a:bJy, suiting, the arction to the word, the worrd: to1 the a,ction and' throughout the three a1cts holding the mrirror up to na1ture per­fe:ctly. Indeed iiJ ma\Y be s1arfely :S!aiidl that the "Priva.te Secre­tary" was the mosrt sru.ccessful pla1y sta:ged at the ·college in recent years a1nd' the entire f.a1culty amd student body feel greatly indebted to these worthy seniorS! and their director for this rare intellectua,lr treat.

T·he colleg~e the:a,tre was tarxerd' to its catpa:eity lo~ng~ berforre the pla,y begian aindJ for two and a ha1lf hours. the audienee vv.ars thrilled! witbJ the srprlendidl interpretaJtion of this modiern play. Mr. Eldiward! J. Unruh acted the: pa1rt of Mr. Cat.tennorle ·with all the dr'amat.ic skill of al finished alcto·r, ~vhile 1\ir. E:ddie Quine, ars1 the ·eccentric: old m.inrist.err kept the a!Udience in con­t.inua1l ~oodJ humorr throug'hoiUrt. H!is int.eTpretation of this rarther d'iffilcUilii role was' eoccelilent. 1\ir. l\1:i. J. 8pa.lding need,s no int.rrodUJction .arsi atn .a:etor. He has already hecom·e ru :faJvo1rite " r.ith arll tJ'UI€1 lorvers of dram•atic a1rt, sutffiee to .s:a.y he: s.ustain1e:d hi:s pa1r'b OIDJ t,his oc·ca.siorn wit;h char:a1ct:eristie ability. Tfh.e satme mtay be sraid of Mr. Jamre!S! F'it1Zge~a~ld .aincl' Francis: C:leia!r~. Mr. William S:aliDmiOTI! as SJ1d'ney Gibson the tailor and g1entle­m,am:., wa:s inim1ita:ble in .hjs DJew role. l\1r. Ger'a.ld Berg,an as Mrs. StreadJ was "faidle princeps'" among1 the fem,ininel ehara:e­t.errs.. l\fr. J. Kils!satne, E i. Kekich: .a:nd El. K ennedy were also very g16ord in their respective parts while R'a!lph Legris! a~cted tihe part! of the writ server• with1 ra1re skill andi activit.y. Pro-grarrn follows : · Mr. Marsland, IM. F. H.. . . . . ................. Martin J. Spa·lding

Harry Marsland, his Nephew .. . . .. ........ ..... Jame·s M. Fitzgerald

Mr. Cattermole ... . ............................ Edwa!'ld J. Unru'h

Douglas Cattermole, his Nephew .................. Francis A. Cleary

R-ev. Robert Sp::'\'lding, a minisJer .................. Edward J. Quille

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' Mr. Sydney Gibson, tailor of Bond street ........ William A. Sammon

J ·ohn, a servant .............. .. } Knox, a writ server . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .... ..... .. . Ralph J . Legris

· Gaildner .....................•. Edith Marsland, daughter to Mr. Ma.rsland ..... . ...... .. E. Kekich E:va Wlebster, her friend and companion . . . . . . . . ·Edward K·ennedy Mrs. -s.tead, Douglas' landlady .......... . .. : ...... Gerald T. ·Bergan ·Miss -As;hford .................... ·. ~; ............ John' D. Kissa,ne

S.~TYPOSIS OF SCENES.

ACT I.-"Found." ·Douglas Cattermole';s Chambers. ACT II.-''F·ull Cry.'' 1Mr . .Marsland's Gountry Sea;t.

i·' AGT III.-"Run to Earth." Mr. Marsland's Country Seat.

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----.College boy, Cloa1venrt girl, · L:Orts ·of joy, · Heaids1 arwhirl, · Winning ' look, Cihamee book, N UJff S!ed.

LOCALS

-Oh B!ert'! vVhy d:itd1 you get R,os'e-tecl?

-· 8tu:delllt-I should think we'd;. be a:llorwed1 to go to the ba,­zaa1r andl spend' ou1r money for Olhalrity':s, sake ..

Prefect--I :didn't know _, ther.e wa1s . a1 girl orver there b~ that nam.e! ·

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-R.e:d L.-"Ge1e ! He can't contradict his businet;·S, can he'?"

-A lit~tle eat sat 0~1 al r'ruilr:oad trwck She didnr't hea'r the whisrtle! T'ootl! Tloot! P s-s:t! Scat! Meow! Pony Coat.

-"Reckless1 bunch at the bazaar." "How'.s th.artl?" "Why, they we~e taking all kindiSI of chances."

-Fritz: "Wh'ere's1 Danriy ?" Gus : "Why?" FriteJ·: "I wa:niJ to aBk him if I can .sha,ve today"

-There wa;s a, youn:g1 fel1low from Morris Who tried to g1et into a chorris He gat upton the stage But went int10 ru ra:ge . When they told him : his' voice was too horris.

-Silence is go1detn, but donr't let that stop' you from asking foT th:e second piece of pie if you think you ca1n get it.

-·-"Is he gone?" "Who?·" "Izzy." "Is he what?" "Is he g1one, I meain Izzy." "Izzy is."

-No longer ra\YS of summer's sulll with . wanning comrfort greet us,

We haiVe no zephyrs from the s1outh at rising hour to m:eet us,

When l\forpheru~ takes his ta1rdy flight we stallld with naug(ht to heat us. - - . ·

At ra1dtia1tors col:d; · a1s i,ce .. W e st~nd arn'd.say SOIB.ething; not nice,

Discarding .an urbanity · We salY-with m:ild profanity • "Goshdarn that janitor anyway!"

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-T~runk is a "chesty'' sort of a fellow is.n't he·?

-"Hell.o Mike! Did you 'get atny rabbits:?" · "Nopre, lliOU even a h:m~e (hair)."

- Specia:l to Bourbonnais Farther:

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Tne Wife Seeker'S Uni011i has · done another service to ·marnkind · ill! procuring a.nr affinit.y for F. A.. 0.

· -Affeetiona.tely ded'i.eat.ed to our' belOiv·edl Oscar : Lives of rueto~·s all remind usr We cain . sometimes be the rage1, And d:epairting 1-earv.e -behind us F 'ruit and eggs1 upon the st~.1ge.

- . Will you plearse wa:it for me, Kid?

Lost-·OI).e .a.ppertite. Finder will pleas.e return to owner· at 223 Roy Hall. '

vVwnted- More heat. Al Over, Roy Hall.

NEIVV: BOOKS.

"The F:air art the Fair.." A love ruffa.ir by "Bert K.," in which m.any ehanee:s. aJ.~e taken by the hero.

"The Stolen Bases." A s~ory of a bas;e plot in a1 basebarll gan1.e. By Muggins.

"How to Pla.y Billiaircls, T'hough Manager." A story of great int.ere:s:D to cue experts;. By 0. Lee, author o·f "Quit yer KkLdin'," "Mutton Cutlets'' arnd ma,ny ·others.

"Gravy," a1 tale of a,ncient Greece by Eugene:, 1n which the villa,in "meats" his· just "de,sts:erts."

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