ST.
VIATEUR'S
CoLLEGE JOURNAL.
LECTIO CEI-tTA PRODEST, VAH.IA DELECTA'l'. Seueca.
VOL. I.
BOURBONNAIS GROVE, ILL FRIDAY March, 2 1883 SALUTATORY.
No. 1.
colo r ed aucl embelishecl with nrt, ~nch a nt:ln can contL nn'1lly command the attention of the A meriea.n people, can ingratiate him self into their affection, into their h ear ts. To the objections, that might b e rn.isecl by each one itS having no neees:;;ity to learn to write fo r the Press, we wou lcl s:t.y to s uch, t)nL occasions musL occur in the lives of all, espeehlly. in tbis cge-and more espe<::i:llly to us C:1tholics, who must st-lncl up and ple::tcl 110t phys ically,· but intcllecttplly, f(Jr Lhe doctrin cs·oft!Jc Chnrdt :1.nd d e fe nd her ri o·ltt.-~ ~g • ill~t l1cr nun ;<cTou s cne111ies t!Jns show to t he hoELile wo rld th :1 t ~ h e is :1 n iu sLitntion ol'Divine origin :md not hunvm :1 ;; l\l:iC:lllley would hn.ve it. A second~ry but no t nnilti]lor t:lJlt eonsi<l era li on h~s n.lw g ive n e xis te nce to thi:;; li ttle .i ourml. Jn a college of thi~ kincl ,how nnny w u·m att·w ltmc nts s pring np -ho w mcny Lon cls o f frien sllip nre f\>rmccl-whi elt e ven · a lite time c:Hu .otse ,rcr.l n t he promo tion and eo n t inn ~ nce of this, tlte ".Jo um,.l" sh:1ll :llw·:1ys be :1n in ce ntive. lL sh:1 ll Le h~ ilccl lJy :1 ll \\-~ trust with plen::;u r c,-tbosc, who are y et with us ·ns we ll :1~ t.h(•;oe, who !Ja ve t~ k e n the ir r :1.nks in tb e bn~y h:' llll ts (lf life: olle rin g to tl1e fo rmer th e co n so l~ tion of knowing th e ir del cu mpnn ions nrc we ll, :wei to t lte latter ncting in the c:llJ:l City of a "swift winger! mef'I'Cnger " l>e:J nng ticlit,gs <•f the old fi · i eml~ _yet nt :->t. Vi:J tC' nr'8. Su elt nrc Lhe \Jb,iects of the " ,Juurnnl" . \Yi th these two motiv e;; only we ~ enrl it f(, rth to the ~ tucl~:;,nts nne! fri e nd s of thi;; in;;ti t ut ion to receive their p:• truJ1:'gc in a ceorrhnce with its cle;;e rts: with these o l>je('b on ly in v ie w we ~e nd it ivrth t u th e puiJlic: in gcnCl·: •l,· to <>tu' College :•s;;oei :l te;; who :1 r e cng:1gecl in the like h !Jors t ru ~t in g, tint t bo.<e '"h o m~y be inclin ed to be cri t ieil l will t re:• t u ~ kindl y :' t the Lcginning, nn e! nt lc:Jst, gi ve u ~ n. eh:, uce to li Vl', nn<l tl 1enee gww and Jl~ uri ~ h .
For the first tim e in tlle history o f St. Vh te ur's Colk~re we come torth to-<l :1y with th e first iss ue of this b , . w li Ltle Journal, of exceedingly modest pre tensiOns . e h:w e ueen actu =<tcd to 1U: dw this exper iment Ly the pures t and Lest moti v cs; not, indee d, to g tin _the praise a m! d emand the ac:kno wlcdgemcntl:; o four eon li"er es, who ar~ eng •gee! iu v;1riou;:; boor;; of th is kind. It would be for ei<Til to common sense :md mu eh more ' to t:Jn·iEti:ln v irtue"' to ~k rt a little p:: pcr in a Ct1Lllo l IC Collc<re to show torth <mr v::mity, .if not our w:1nt of skill, 0 l . iu e Dcie wouring to eontns t om litter:1ry pwc nctwns with tl:wse of the grc •t mind,; of thc . chy, of whom the Americ:1.n press nny well !Jo ~st; e:op ect: 1lly ;;o well <tw::re of t he all-i m port·IJlt f' •ct, tll:1t o ur en<Jrb, no matter ho w good , a rc, ne ver t helc:s:<, the olf':;pri1~g of the Loy :mel not. the m nn-tlte rc;:;nlt of p:ll' t i:d iipphc:ttLOn , cl epnv ed 01 th:t t vast b ulk of ex perie nce, th:1t the ne11·spnper literati require ~mel pOS.5C<'S. A long felt wa nt -a :-timuhnt to nruu,;e the torpi cl fee ling~ o f the orclin:1ry s tudent; to '-' n self to liter:1ture in it.~ v:lri o u siG\~:.IJ :l PP ly u 11 · r : n'tmcnt.stu extcllfl to him a meclium by whi c!J he m :1y IJe iiiJle to ~cc hi:; own produ ctio ns on jPpcr, :1ml t lterelJy tvrm a cr iterion or his own aiJ ility m ·•y be s:~ i < l tv lJe tlw prit:cip •l c , n~e of tmcl ert:l king this t:Lsk-, ple·1s:wt, prub:tbly, llllt yet :lCCum p·111ic<l with m:my l:~l> o rs. . ln t lti:; ce ntury, es pcci:dly , nt the present tim e, the i mport :nee of Engli;.;h Compo~ ition uo one cnn <len?·· K 11 uw le<lge b now so di ll'use<l -e dn c·1tion m :1y IJe s:11cl to he the acqnireme nt of-: ·ll, :mel no ngent is more po t 'lit i:t eontrulin g the mi11 fb of Lite 11l:1SSCs th:1n the fi·ce u ntr.; mrnelled pres:; of thc ' n :~ tion: :;o mn ch so, t h1t tl:e n e·.,·~ p peri ,; c::llerl the "iu:;trnc tor ot' the mul tit ncl c;;" . .A~Hl ju;.;tly ,: s 1i'o m its ecmel u"' ion::; mostly :d!n .c n, p o~ - -----··-·- - - ~e,~'1110' e ither :1 hi 0O'h o r med inm edu e:1tion , fonu th e ir . '' 0 -Locals. 0 : in ion ~ if not thcir. con v ietio n;o. Ev\'ry thin g goes! Th e f'e ie nce of' co mpo~ i tion wh.cn comp:-recl with tl 1e. - Fr:1 nklin is clcnd 1 Who killed him ? o :hcr scicnc·e:< o f the d '.Y y irld:' to no ne in Ftlpi ri ority -The future rivals oftilosson ::mel Sexton-th e two i :1 ns mu ch "Sit is :1 li ving pr: c Lic: d seicnce- n perpetu·' T vms" . ~ 1 PtnTent f(.>r rliff'tt~i11g om thonghts ~ nd ~~ ll~ ~ unitin g - " Paul Wilstil ch is certai nly not t he lan kest Loy in continent with co nt inent :l lld nn n w1th Jus tello11· men 110 m:1.ttcr wh" t rli st nee ll1 ".Y :<ep- r:1 tc them. Jl e who th e ho use; ne ith e r is Tom Gibbons", so soliloquizes IJoc .11 110 -.v wi PH :1f 1c: i!C' , skil fu l pe:1. wlw c: m f'C:lttcr hro·l d- g:l n in one of his mentnl abc rrnti o n ~ . -Dr. "Grime:; s:~ ys. tha t measels are lhtLenin g'' . One cas t Llle l'ruit of " hc.Ll Lhy ur:.iu, or ~L fe rtile illl:l gilutivn