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THD MUCH-A W A ITED contest in Elocution has happened. W e cannot say that as a whole it surpasses th at of a year ago. However, such as it w as, i bis year's di splay unquestionab ly evidences able training and good talent to ~how it forth . vVe are as anxious as any to know who is the lucky one. Who ?

*** APPLICANTS for degrees are daily seen promenading along the shady places counting their closely writ note-books and making a sure thing of it. We laud their deserv ing dili gence and hope on t he grand day to applaud thei r mer ited success.

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TH E DESTINIES of premiums auc1 medals a re the all· absorb ing topic of discussion at this hour, Th is, as a sign ofthe times, is a fa vorable and a gratify ing one.

** * EDITORIALS. A RUMOR has it that we are to be regaled by Band recitals t wice a week during the even ing recreati ons. A nything that heightens our enjoymen t of our college life is most welcome. Let us have thP- Ba.nd by all means!

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T HE ORCHESTRA is to be congratulated for its late selection and rehearsal of pieces which we thi nk will be more relishable, though perhfl.ps less classique. T he popular taste always deserves more or less con-1 siderati011, and we are· happy to see that our mu sieal gentlemen hnve. condescended to accord us something we can ·all relish and clap our han!ls at. ·

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FOR CLEAR MUSICAL sounds and a sure and felicitous execution we v ery much admire. the young clarionetist, Mr. A. Frazer and his harmonious bower flutist, Dandurand. Their potes are full of soft mellowness, and are given with a readiness and a precision so faultless that we hesitate not to pronounce a remarkable fu ture lor these young amateurs. We love to llear their e q_uisite solos.

"SWIMMING is a healthfu l exercise," says herr Con vey in a late elucubration on thi s subj ect ,· "and it aug ht t o be freely ind ulged in especially by the young ." W e are of an opinion with the sentiment.

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IT IS WITH much pleas ure we lear n aud announce that the ordinations which hav e been ex pected for some time are to take p lace c1 uring the first week of J urie or th ereabouts. They will be performed by H is Grace Arch bishop Feehan in the cat bed ral of the Holy N arne, Chicago, Ill. We anticipati vely congratu late the happy aspirants who will on that occasi!?n see the accomplish. ment of their arden t wishes, receiving the priesthood . It will be a day of all happiness, of triumph, a glorious day .

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HIS GRACE Most Rev. P . •T. Feehan, Archbishop of Chicago, will preside at our annu al commencemen t on the 23rd of June. He will also in the evening assist at the closing exercises of Notre Dame Academy. We reckon it high honor and encouragement to be favor ed with tile distinguished presence of our devoted Archbishop and we are therefore, students and Facu lty, deeply and sincerely thankful tv him.

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LECTURE IV. "BooK s AND Trmr R lNf'LUto:NCE -No.vu,s" DeLJvrm.F:D rn: H.EV. F. Hto:rLI.Y OF' G rr.MA N, lLL .. AT ST. VrATEUR's CoLLiw r,, W EONE::iDAY, APinL 27, 188."/. ( Concluded.) Then 1f:w oo nsid erations m<lkc manifest the import.hat ou r literary fav orit es be t.he healthi e::;t, wisest an<l best. ArlJ to th is the prec i1 .usness of time : that life is too short to whi le it a way in uf'eles:;, mu ch less, f!a ngerous employm e nt n.nd w e become impressed with the urge ncy of giv in g our f' pare moments to making li tera ry in c ursio11s into fielcl s of bloom and f1ower ratlter t.ha.n venturi ng into t he coloring an cl festening swamps. Going still farth er than tlt is in spe:tking of books, R usldn asks, " \Vi ll you g-Q ftnd goss ip with your hOllSeIH<Jid or y our staul e-boy, when yon may ktlk with kin gs and qneens, wltile t.hi s etemal court is open to y ou with its society wid e as tl!c world, multitudinous }\S its days, th e chosen anJ t lfe m ig ltty of every place and time ? Into that you may enter always, in that you may take fellowship and rank according to your wish; · from that once entereJ in to it, yo u can nev er be outcast but by yow· own fault.'' Th ese worJs of Ruskin spoken of boo ks in gen~ra l in contradi~ t in c tion to idleness or willful loss of time and implying the di g nity ancl nobi lity of student life, may also l•e ap plied to the novel. .Just ~bink of the host of novels, even good ones, that tlle present century alone has broug ht to light. S ..;ott, Bu lwer, Th:wkeray , Dickens, George Elliot, ll:we each written much with which the student of literature ca11 ill affd rd to be un acq uainteJ. They are leaders and have left the impress of triumpha l march. vVe have, besides, the nan t ical novels of Marry at, tbe politica l ones of Disraeli, the military, of Lever th e muscular christian of Kingsley, the governess novels of Bronte , school novel of Hughes and Funar, sensational of Wilkie Collins and others. In our country, Hawthorne, Cooper, Bret Harte, H awe ils, the .James, Helen Hunt, ,Jackson, Cab le, have introduced us to paths which Bancroft penetrated not. These are a few, a very few, of those known to the reading public. Each of the ma ny monthly maga;dn es bas its regular story writers, all trying to gtve us the yet unwritten American nove l. Not a fe w catholics are doing much in t his line; •'Fabiola," " Callista" "Loss and Gain," "The Betrot hed" etc, are now literary common place.:l; but as Dr. Newm an tells ns, Englisb literature wi ll a l ways have been protestant. lVIrs. Sadlier, Ohrist iau Reid, K athaleen 0' Meara have written that iu wh:ch there is true encouragement. I am simply to-night accepting the fact that you are going to clo a certain amount of novel reading, and t~~ n cc

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that as wise men-eSi-'1-!Cially lt5 men of educationyou will cast. your fortunes only with the best company. To do otherwi1'e is a willful, wanton loss of time. To reatl fiction for any other purpose than thought and styte is mentnJ ~uicide. "Not to be wlliled away in aimless dreams, life and its cboicest faculties were given," The thought value, expressional value and impulsive virtue of a book uught to determine you in the selection of reading matter. As a rule the book which leaves a bad impression, leaves one weak, discouraged, full -Of dou b !, or that draws the mind away from its noble convictions ofright, is detrimental, positively bad in result. A goorl book should be a power .upon one's life, an iaspiration to sen<i one forth to be and to do good. Unles-3 we rise from the reading of a novel with higher icleas of courage and nobility and purity and manliness, feeling th8.t a support, true encouragement, has come from an unl ooked for quarter, belter were that novel unread, for the mind has been only dulled and rendered passive. For these reasons is Thackeray perllaps my genentl favorite . L earn therefore, whatever Jour aim ill life or wberevPr cast in future to be tru ly gooJ readers, "which., '' as Carly le says ; "is perhaps a more difficult thing than you im agine. Learn to be discr iminaturs in your reading; to read faithfully, and witb your best attention, all kinds of things which you have a real interest in,a real, not, an imaginary,- ancl wllich you find to be really fit fo r wb[l.t you are engaged in.'' Tite end of literatnre is to do that which Ct•uld not be done without literature. Make it so io your case.

BEN- HUR. \

There is in the fictitio us li terature of to-day and acknowledged lack of Christian, or rather Cathol ic productions. The really legitimate, wholsome, true and good department of fiction has in Eng lish and especially in our American literature been sadly neg lected. In t his class, however scanti ly furnished it may be, we wou lcl point out two novels as pre-eminent, not alone becau!'e they are Christian stories, but because t.heir hero and heroi ne are the very embodiment of the noble, the heroic, the good, and the pure. These two are Cardi nat Wiseman's Fabiola and Lew Wallace's Ben-Hur. Fabiola has adorned literature for upwards of thirty years, Ben-1-Iu r is little more than five years old. The a uthor of t he former was a constant writer and his collected works woulrl fill many volumes, Wallace is comparatively a novice, hav ing written only one other work besides Ben-Hur. T he former although a grand and at the same time a beautiful work is perhaps little

ST. V1ATEUR'ti CO LLEGE JOURNAL. known ontsine Catholic circles, the latter bas won for it.self anrl its author such a favor and widespread repu tatLm among all denominations as places it on an equal with any of the best English novels, Catholic or nonCatholic. After comparing these two works I may conclude t-hat Ben-Hur and Fabiola are in point of merit abont equal, but in popularity the former far exceeds the latter. But, not to wander too far from my subject, I mnst endeavor now to give the snper-abunctant merits of Ben-Hur itself. The first exclamation tb:\t passes thE lips of the reader as be finishes the last page of Ben-Hnr is that ''It is bc..'l.utiful." Yes, from b~ginuing to end it is a most fasci nating :work; attractive not as the ordinary novels by wooings and winning<~, and adventurous hope and mishaps, bnt made attractive first by the exquisite style of tlle author. I scarcl:'ly dare call his manner ancient; but the quaint diction is so adapted to the characters, times, anct places, that I am sometimes even persuanecl to say l:>O. Jenkins snys of Lytton; "The a uthor of Pompeii dict not absolutely overcome the peculiar ctifficult ies inherent to a subject of antiquity.'' The same cannot be said of Wallace. The seconrl very striking feature of Ben-Hur is the profusion of rare ctescriptio::~s, scattered throughout the work, which bring vividly ap d distinc tly betore the mind wh~tever tlw author attempts to de s~r ih e. He leaves little lo the im::1gin::nion. Hi s picLnres are certainly painted with a richness at once ann a delicacy and color that cannot. fa il to elicit the highest encomium from the most severe critic. The three descriptions which impressed me the most were the meetin g of the wise men in the desert, the chariot race in the circus at Antioch, ann the crucifixion, and all are certainly excellent., if not far beyond anything in fictitious or historical literature. Wrapt as you are in his beautiful style you almost forget what you read anct seem to be present in very person, now, wn.tching the approach of the wisemen on the far eastern desert, now at the auti ochian circus, gnzing with breathless anxiety at the glittering ch1-riots ot Ben-Hur and Messela as they double the benn for tlte l a~t time and approach the goal of victory, and again by his seemingly magnetic power he bustles yon along 'mid the Jewish rabble to Cal vary height, there beholding in. sacred awe the death of Christ. What for instance could be more accurate and at the same time more beautiful than the tollowing passage on the death of out· Saviour. Doth it not speak to the soul this? "The face theu plainly seen by Ben-Hur, bruised and black with bloocl and dust as it was, lighteel nevutheless with a sudden glow: the eyes opened wide and fixed on some one visible to them in the far heavens; and there was content and relief, even triumph in the shout the victim gave . . ...... the ligllt in the

ey es went out; slowly the crowned head sank upon the laboring breast. Ben-Hur thought the struggle m-er, but the fainting soul recoll ected itself, so that he and those around him · caught the other and last words, spoken in a low voice, a~ if to some one listening close by: - "Father into thy bands I commend my spirit.' ' A tremor shook the tortured body; there was a scream of fierce.,t anguish, and the mission and the earthly life were over at once. The heart witll all its love was broken; for of that, o reader, the man died .'' Another, and not by any mean" tbe lea!'t beauty is that, throughout, the work evinces a thoroughly cllristian spirit. Written as it is by a Protestant, and a l\1ethotlist, one would expect at lea8t a p::trtial spirit piercing through in speaking of th ings Catholic, whereas on ihe Cr •ntrary Mr. vVallace speaks most beautifully of the Blessed Virgin and the e<trly Christians, and the hero himself becomes a christian and an able defender of the S:tllie religion. The f0llowing beautiful pas<age bears witness to the 34thors appreciation of Mary: "She was looking up at the bold top of Geclor. The sun touched her upturned face aJ1cl filled the violet depths of her eyes, and upon her parted lips trembled an aspiration which could not have heen to a mortal. For the moment 1tll the humanity of her beauty seemed refined a way : she was as we fancy they are who-sit close by the gate in the transfiguring light of lJeaven." The plot is intricately woven and .does not for a moment cease to preserve the attent.ion of the reader. I feel myself inadequate to relate th e story in a relishable manner for each incident is so essential that the omission of anyone would mar the whole. It would seem like exibiting a skeleton to give an idea of a grecian athlete. To appreciate the work you must read it, and to reacl it is to admire it: for its style, its descrip_ tions, its Christian spirit and its plot are such as will cln.im the admiration of all and any who peruse its deligh tfuI pages. P. W. '89. THE SCHOOL QUESTION. REV. MODERATOR, OFFICERS, AND MEMBERS OF 8T PATRICK'S LITERARY ASSOCL\.TION:

It is not my in tention in this Short paper, to speak of the great injustice Catholic.; suffer fi·om the Public school system as now understood and carried out, nor to propose a new system, but simply to show some of the pernicious effects which naturally flow from such a system of education as the one now existing. That this question of schools is one of great importance, it is hardly necessary for me to say. Every one

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:1s it if< unchr isti11 n. ln til e fi rs t pl ace t hi s sys tc• m is l.Jnscrl o n th e v ery tcllectunl prc~ p~· 1 ily uf o11r cuuntry: t!.ey :q·e t h e m on ld 'i that fo rm 0 11 r eitizen s . .A~ h is IIoliiiC'RS, Leo l':1,lse pr incip le t hat ec1nc:tl i0:1 :1 nd rc· li g ion h:we no ne crssa.r y CO IIn ect ion ; LlHLt., in o rd er to mnJw g(>Od Ch ri s./ LII so W<"ll and tr uly s 1y s in <I IH' ol' his lettPrs, ''t.li e f'C hno irOlllil is dw g 1·e:<L b:U Ll c- lii'ld upon w hich i~1 t o be t i >lll ~ a nr1 good cit iz.,ns, we need not teach r e lig ion in <ieeided tll c l H'\Jid\~! 11 o f whe1.llcr Ll1c wor ld i t; to rem a in t. he r> eiloo l ~ ; 1.hr1t e hildren ca.n ge t a ll th e r e lig ion t hey c:hri stian a 1Hl e ivi !1ze.d or to bc·c ·,me ag: 1in p:1.ga n H11 ;1 ncc·d fi'olll tll ri r p:1r e nts anrl t he S u ncl ay Schools ; in a u:Hlnru ns." vVh\' 1'\'f:li'O dnc,.; it I H!G!lrtH~ us a;; c hri st.i:UIS ~~~(11'11, Lh:,to u1· pu l> lic sch oo ls m nst be n<:> utrnl. V<' ry fi ne t.o r:dly up c> u r l'• l i'G\'S :tt1 d t:tku a huLl :;La nd in so im- prineipltJe incl orr1. B 11t w lmt t hen is erlucftt lon? Is it no t '.he formn.Lio n o[' t he be::1r t., t he mo ul di ng of ch 'J'~, ctr r, p J l' ~:.l t lt :t :;t ru gg·ie. Our prCSP. II c :;Gilllul sysL m, wllicd1 we cl:tim i~ nnjn ~;t t he c1irect in g of t he wi ll anrl lhe be:1u ti (y ing Md cleVfl.ti ng of t he Ron I ns well ns ~he t. mining of th e i nt.f ll ect ? n.nd in every w:ty d dic: E' Il t in its m e:tn~ to lo~' tle C'<iu cn.t iOII , is, w e knc)w," JlCI'V:.l necl CH IC, :uH1 hy uo means A nd bow can a ll t his h e ncq ui red un i,'ss mora l a nrl wh:1t i ~~ origi 11 ntors iutend ed it to l.JC'. \ Vo see t b:tt it r eli g io us lessn11 s fn rm :t pa rt ·of t he d nily f•xerc:i ~es nt LoP k rise in tho 1\" e w I~ 1ghnd St:ttes wh ic:h wc,rc so t.t.led schoo l ? Re li g ion ind recl is n·•tm nl in t his nw ch lh ::tt m a n uy ;t ~ ct u[ Ut'tlVe lll C!I wb ) twlullgotl t.o t.he pro t PStaut 0H11!l nt :tltogdher igno re Go d , hu t not in thi s scnsP. tl1 nt soet$ know n as C r ) ll g r egatio n : ll istt:~ nnrl P 1·<:>shyter ians. t he t r ne know ledg·e of Goc1 nn d o nr d n t·ies t o him w ill F ired by a la uJ:t bl e zeal fu r tll u c·course of cclucnt ion, oomc: to us without o nr co-OlWnttio n. Mn n is pro ne to o ne uf t he lir:>t LhiPg s t ll e3c: peo ple <1 id was to h uild evi l nnc1 tm less his bn d inr.linaLions fl l'O <'0 \ml er nctc d by si;!Joolt;. Tl \IJ~e ~c: lwo l s were supportcf1 by tax::<Lion le v - contin ua l mora l lessons, ho~ soon fi JJ·ge t.s hi s d uti es toied e ither o n th e pru peny o r 1 11~<li s Lri ct or p er capita wards Go>cl :u1cl h is ncig bhor. A nd :~ga. in: schools mnst he ny utml. But-hns n ot ex perienC'c shOWIJ that scl ,ool s on t l1e scholars :1tten<l in g, wl1ich latter met hod was t he mo:;t eon1mo n a rrd [dso t. lw m c·st ju st <I S ~: y it only en.nnot he JI Out.rn.l ? t hflt fro m t he m ome nt th ~.v :1re not those we re t:txed who used the sc!J oo l . L ·t tc r o n how- cb ri sLi:1n, tli()y hrcome d Pcicled ly nnL i-chri stin n ? RC' liever, t:I:S: :t tiot, w:ts 1,bcecl n.lLogeLher on p r(J pc·r ty, nnd gion is ~o 11 nivcrsn l nnd nil pcr v:ttl ing th ;~.t, ont.si<l e o f t il i:; fo r tlle very guod pu rpose of ex te ndi ng lll c be ll O- th e vc r v rttdimr-nts o f :r ny brr~nch of lcn.n1i ng , t he re can fiLs d' ec1ucatiou equ :1lly to a ll c l a~:.:w s . B tl.t neve r di d i t he no p ure ly ~ r:e ul nr scl> oo! ing. For insti1 1:ce, l1 1Jw ca.n en ter th e miu r~ :; of t lt0se me n l o sepnrate re lig ion fr om P hilosop hy an cl hi story, t hose two n (l l.>l eB t s•· ucl ios of n ecl tiC:ttion: tlt ey wete o[' Lll e con v iet io n t l1:1t t hese two thinking m ind, he t:n1g-ht nn less iu COn 11ecti·on with Go d thi ngs sho nlrl :d ways go lmnd in hnnd, ft nd they car- nm1 i:11vs c•f moral ity . Go rl, l'flli gion, is t h e g ren t p ri nciYied u n t, he i r s<:lwo ls aeeo rcl i ll g ly . T he pastor of 11. p:l - ple. t h:1.t enters into nil th ings nnc1 it fo !l o·,ys t ktL from r ish v i ~ i te d t il e soll oo l <l.ll c1 gave t here rel ig io11 s instr uc- the n~om c nt we try to iguore th ~'t g r eat pri nc iple we ti on :ls o ft.en a:; be saw li t . Ot' Ci1tt rse we C>tt holi cs ho ld f:1ll rl eep i n to <"l'l'Or. Bn t we need not go to so mn c b tr on hle to pro ve ti1ftt Lh:tt t-ll ':\ r e ligio n 1a \1gbt w as nut the true c• ne, ye t it r e t a ine r\ so mething of C hr io:t i:w ity and as ;; n C' h w ns vas t - th e pu bli c sc hool system is fo un de r! upon t\l!se p ri ncily superi o r t o no reli g io n at a ll. A t any rate th e sy st em p les, p ri nciples a!tugcL her u n c hr i ~ tia n and pemi cious t o was guud in i ts prineip les and we ean not bur, adm ire it tir e w<:>J f:m:: of t ile 11ation. vVe nmy a lwflys safely juclg e in \tse if. a t ree by its fru it, an educati oua l in sti l ut.ion by t!Je The t;tat e 1·,lms becmn e p r o tH1 of its i'choo l syste m;:-~ me n it pr ou nccs, an d in the ease und er quest ion the re sy.sLem whi c ~1· nnd e r t he c irc um stances wn s indee(1 is no r easo n for a ny fe<ll' of b eing mis tak en as t he g reat gr~ n c1 a ud nob le Hs it g~tvc eq11 <el cha nces to t he ri cl1 m ass of Ou r Am er ic11.n peo ple !Ja ve been e duc;Jteci in a nd p oor, fo r r ece iv iu g a good ed nca t iou , a n(] as all pnblie schoo ls a nd are exac t ly what tb e pub lic schools co uld attencl t hese sel roo ls wit hc; ut doi ng viol<"nce t•J have mncle Lbcm. t heir eon ~ e i enep. "\V hat th en, c]o we noti o,; e in on r A m er ic:tn people ?B n t when Catho li cs scHiei1 in th ose part.s anrl in tbe Th:lt tho c lcl. love ami rever eJl{je f()r reli g ion and m orali ty co urse of y ear,;, beC>Im e nu mer o ns, c irc ums tances we re is fhst di;;a p pca ring, and t bat iufit1e li ty un der its many c hftng()c1. Cat ho\ins were no t free to attenc1 Lll eseschools different form s is tJ.st inc rects ing : t ll:tt r elig io n is not, as and :teco r<l i 11 g ly th <'y protes ter1 ~ga i nst he ing t:1 xed for in form er cb.ys, a liv ing principl e which infln es on the t hc i r s n ppor t. T hey cl emlw r1o cl t ll r ir w or.ey to erect c\Jfll'<<ctcr , the h eart, th e e very ac tion of a man; tha t , on schools o f t. heir o wn. To t his cle mam1 the Stat e wo n ld t\i'e contrary, peopl e tr<-ftt it as sund ay clothes w hi ch n ot :tccerle but t hinki11 g to sftt.isfy a ll j)ftrtics it cx.pellecl tt;ey take off whenev er Lbey ha ve any d irty peace of a ll r e lig io n fr oru the sc hools ::tnt1 macl e them pw ·ely wo rk t o c1 o; t hat, the swnmun bomtm is tbe mighty secnlwr. Th is th en is t h-e prc.-;ent c<md it.ion of onr p nb- Dollar; thnt Money is t he measure of hon no r and r esli c sehuo ls wbi ch we rn nJotn.in is ns h lse a nd cln.n grr ous p ectnh il ity ; th at if a man p oss e~ses m01wy , no matt er

ST. VlATEUR'S COLLEGE JOURNAL. how he came by it, he is respected and the law seem3 to mnke an allowance for hiru . -Rationalists and m~teri alists may call this progress, ci vilization, but facts of experience are there to prove the contrary. It was jn t such a civilizatioT', such a progresf', 'that lead Greece and R•)me to their c1ownf.'lll. I cannot help bringing under yonr notice a littl e incirlent whi ch will speak for itself. Some months ago I was reading in some news-paper that of all the letters of condohnce received by Mr:::. Logan at the s:1<'! occasion of her husb;1.nd's death, letters coming from Senators and Representatives, t.he head men of the nation . only two mentioner1 the nam e of the Deity. The paper ac1ded that so:ne few years ngo snclt a thing would have been considered an un pardonable forgetfulne,·s on the part of the wr iter, be·c ause no such Jetter coul<1 l:;e complete without some consoling allusivns to God, who is the judge beyonc1 th e grave. It is on such occa ions as this that we can see most plainly the natural expression of men's id eas. Of course we cannot conclude that all these own are infir1els; but we can plainly see wha.t is their id-ea of God, as effected by our e(lucational system. They h:we been taught., from their chi ldhood, t.o consiuer Gor1 somewhat as t he unknowable, who can be adored under any form with eqnal merit. They ])ave f"llso been t(l.ugbt tb(l,t the great work of salvation, for which Christians believe life . wns given us, is altogether a private concc>rn between each in cEvidnal and bis maker, and th(l,t it is policy, ::tnd a mark of good breell.ing never to m(l,ke allusion to God or reli g ion for fear of offencling those who profess llOt to believe in such nonsense. These are some of the results of our neutral system of schools. Not many years ago, to be an infid el was cunsic1ered a crime and no one dared uphold infi<lel doctrines for fen.r of violence. Now we see mfln acquiring great wealth and wide-spreacl ·r :otoriety by preaching infidelity, a~beism and otller such fa tal systems. And we bear, on all sides, the que tion "Whither are we drifting?'' If we may rely upon the old axiom, that like causes proc1 uce liKe effects we need but cast a glnnce on the pages of history anll. we read there our answer in bolcl letters. But the school question is of late assuming a new aspect. Catholics after sounding the alarm and giving timely waJDing ofthe results that must inevitably follow from such a condition of tllings, withdrew from the field m1d built schJ ols of their own. Now american Protestants have entered the list. They have at last opened their eyes to the tact that the free schools, besides · being unfair to Catholics, are exercising a demoralizing influ ence on our Am erican youth. They llad, indeed, made a mistake but they have the moral courage of coming forwanl and retracting. Gradually, their best men are coming over to the Catholic idea of education.

And why should they not? Are they not with us ndorers of the same Goff , followei·s of the same Christ? Why not, then, defend, en,ch in his own way, the standnrd of the cross against the attacks of infidelity? Why not forgf't ou r little enmities, as becomes christians, and make common cause ag:tinst the "G-odless Echools?" Thus migllt we yet bring about the christian system o£ e(lncation. and thereby dispell the cloud that a.re fast growing thick and obf'curing the bright sun of our nation's progress. Whatever course Protestants and nominal christians may take, our mode of action is plain ly traced. Christian edncation we must and shall have. We may have many difficulties to encounter but we will encounter them cheerfu lly, resting in the justice of our cause and our consciousness ofright.-Already the work is nobly began, and f.:atholic educational institutions are springing up as by mngic. We have now as many as 90 coll eges, over 600 academies, and nearly 3,000 parochial schools, which are train in g over ~00,00 0 pupils, at the same time in learning and the fear of the Lord. L et us continue onr great work with the assurance that before long all true Americans, after the 8xamples ot some of their greatest men, will thank the Catholic Church which hn.s preserved in Americn, to the present day, a ;;ystem of schools true to tile theory of education upon whi ch our fathers fonuc1ed the public schools of the nation, and which have been so madly perverted

A. L. G. LOCALS. -Spring (ye) chickens! -Nosegays in profusion! -Ordination very so::m. -In the Vi ctorian parlance it's put thus "Dont you sLame ?" - The phunny Cleary has a decided relish for barbwire pie, tis said. - Base ball is experiencing the ups and clowns of life. - Is any one possessed of such intuitive tts to possibly discover the reason why Don Juan More left the infirmary? - It is with regret we announce tile death of our classmate, Alphonse Marcotte, who hac1 beeri for some weeks very low with consumption. He died at his home on the 17th. of May, after receiving the sacraments. May his soul rest in peace. -When a lamb rnns into, or frisks about a barbour, there is dange~ of the latter's being plunged into, is there not Shortie? - Peeclie has lately taken to meditating as to whether or no he sh~ll take into himself another year of latin.

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" -Th e g u e >t s at Mr. D o re's \nb le re m :trk Lhrtt Vic., Lileir wniter, does n ot nppenr. ns otlH~ rs of o u r gen ns, ~:< nhj c ct t o ~ h e c h a n ges of t im 8. TJ H".Y f,ny t hnt tbry c~t n : 1 l wny& r e:trli ly rr cogn ize hi m on hi s oec~1 si onn l visit nt t J,ei J· c nrl of t he d inin g ha ll. H e a lways hla\·cs t hem r't lrt cat({ li11 e w i t h •' I wi ll ret urn!' ' -Mo ns . R o:1c ll docs 1he ' "· Drn(l l\lan's F lont" with WOJl cl r (: ll S g H l CC ll n<l ( nfe . E x hi bi t ions o f Y(tri() ns sw i mJHi ng feats e ve ry T lln :·s(b y afte rn oo n nt Ror·ky 13r.ac h. - T: .e secon d comp eti ti on for p1)zes is no w pnssi ng . T he next :tJHl t!,i rd,.. .w ill be the las t. " 1\l:J.ke !J ay wltile th e sun shin ec." ~ - Th e B ;w <l plnyccl t ll e f u ne ra l mn rc!J r om nrkah ly wc lll fl st F ri rhy. - R e v. l\'I. J. M n rsi le C . S . V . we nt to St. A n ne last T hnrscl ny to g ive a m i s~:; i on a t Re v. Z. Be mr rl 's ch nr ch. - S o lewn v espers we r e chanter] lnst T hurscb y evening wi t h Rev . 1\1. A. Doolin g C. 8. V. Cc lc•bra nt, Ruv. C ha, . Pe bord e D. D., Deac o n, Rev. A. M cGavi e;k, SubDoavon, n. n c~ M e s ~ rs . J. Dore ancl J . B ro u i lla rd c ha nte r ,;. T il e orc!Jest m accompa n ie d th o s in g ing o f t he psn lm !:i an 1 byrn ns. A b ea ntifu l Av o lVI:u ia by L:1mbi llottr1 wns r endered uy Re v. E. L. Ri vn.rd C. S. V. and R ev . E.

fi rst communion on the dny of PentPcost.. They are prer· ·tr in g t,brrnselves in recollection fo1' that grent moment, t he g ren t est. of l.bei r life. Hnppy chi ldren, m01y you ever cherish the ron1C'mbr:ll1C\' of the burning nesires which now df'l ight your so\l ls. -:- " Tim " is one of the rolislwrs ( ?) of b (JOk-kePping. In rloed, h e wo 11 ld hll in ]o,·e with i t, i f some of his •' .::bssieal" friends cli cl not keep rericnti ng to him t he [Jpanties nf a Virgi l err of a Cicer o. 011o of a erowrl :- '''V'.'hen wM.; .Slln kc8penre bom ?'"-Du<lo :- "He wns'nL born at. vJJ; b e wns a sel f marl e m:tn !''

-There i~ t a lk of a '·clark horse" in the contest for t he History l\'Ierh l. Bewarrl, ye compntito r s! -Decoration clny is nnxionsly awn iterl. It will 1h' n. p~nse a 1!rl a rest fo r Lh e fevere d br ai ns of t hohnrd-wo rking stn <lents. - Re v . Bro. Senoc:J l C . S. V . . htely rerui'Jii n!S from C hicago, tells us he met onr little frien ds the Evnmi boys b ot h hnsi ly employo(l ns otriee boy~. George, rern omhorecl an:ong tl:e .J tm iors ns "Une le," is nt tho G ran d P~1cific Hutel, an<1 Willie at t ile Tril.Jnno oiiice.

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Sto pp tb nt mn sie! 1 Bil li e Ty nan is mfl stcr or En ch a perp lP:xing com h i nation or e nr ves t hnt Cec il's m e n a ll i11 vari ah ly fitn -

o u t. J,ate ly t hey tri ecl t o b ri be th e w e ll-k now n n mp i re E. Mc:D onald . '' \\' bat will b e t he ir next d o d g-e?" nsks W illi e. - L 'En fa nt M oses nfte r a fe w d ay's hy- o:ff i n t he i nfi rm :w y ngn in illnm ine:; t be seni or cam pu s w it h ll is g oo d- hu m o rerl s mile . - " Got any m ilk ? '-No. -- ' ' G o t any pi e ?" -N o . - -"Go t a ny tbin g to eat?" - Y es I bave some bread b ut I ha ven ' t any b utter. -E. Fox, of St. Louis, nrrivccl on tl! e :~ 9th . n it.. , nnrl enli st ed i n th e J uni o r's ranks. - A new pl; .y e ntit led ••A J\li(ln ig-ht Escapade" of 200 0 Jines, wn s lnloly r e n cl crocl with qnite a sensation hy t h o G rifltn Co. - 8:1.m is tb <J ori g iu ato r of rt n ew liternry sty le-the

H oops- to ny-a n ! - \Vm . Pr e n<l e rgn~t, of Lh o Jnnior Jtnd, was recently c:dl crl upo n l.Jy a commi ttee of the minim's side to nmp ir o a g n1n 0 Of b ~tSO U tl l a nd [ll"Oll011liCO GS j>C<:iaJJy OJJ

til e v a lidi ty and li c it n ess of cur.vcs n.nrl bnlks ... . II·~ ca me Lo tea- unhur t. - Gu s's head is nclt i ng from the strain given it dur. ing thr prc pnrrt l iun fu r the 1~1s t competition. Smely, not e v er y o ne in t he sl urly -h al l ca]j sny as much as he, in t hnt l'CS[)\!Ct. -

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Zum C. S. C. T h is pnmp hl et, written in the form of lett.crs, cloPs not pretend to be n.n oxh:m~tive work on this suhjl'Ct b ut is rat.lwr, a~ the :1.uthor s tys, "~' ::;)/ll'f'JZir of a pol'tion of a p l (>as:-~ntly spent v:.tcation and noti,ing more." Y et, l.Jotween the covers, there u1:1y be fonn!l a fun d of l?Jfo r m:·tL ion c-oncerning tl!c elinwte, uatnre, hi:-:;toJ·y, an(l po lilicnl, ~oeiu l nn cl cclnenl ionol prngn'sf' of the: c r·ompar:ltively unknown islanrl ;; not p·t.::ily within tho re·~c!J of the gen e ra l r ending public. Fur, b':)3ides t,hat m;uly of the books written are d itlicult Lo obtain, or :u·e E'J1tir\'ly ont of pt·int., there nrc no oth(·r s o urces of information open to tH th;m n n occ:1sional Jwwsp;qwr n rticle, or pe rhaps, n eontrihution to some or our nnt'l'lcrons mngnzines. Coming bl•f,,re the )mblic at a tilne " ·hen t!Jo qnorn of t.he,;o islands is ,-isiting this counl.ry, the Rov'd prOfCSS01' 7 ci letterS Calll10t fai] tO Catch the ]"'0]lll}:ll' HtteqtiO!l. Dowtluw's Jl{aga:ziue for June ecnt:1ins intrre&th·g n.rLieles on lri3h S:c lw"lls, Foreign Travel, Cardinal Gibbun\; pion for iho Knigltts of L'll.Jor, a ])!l per hy \V. J. Otnllfl.n of Chicago vindic:1 ting a pntriot Shick!£ who was somewh:1t f'everoly criticizeil in the Century. Th<-.

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. ning C lu h, t he Rounfl TH bk, Lbe .T:wern Clu J, , ·t lw .l".t . T it <~ e ntnrtn.inmcnt wn,<; most rcli 8bn!Jlc in cn~ry rcRBoto lpll Clnh, th e Olcl Cor ner · Book Slore, n.n<l (Jt he r pr.ct. T he ~< pr e.rhrs w.·rr. VP.ry carefully s(·l eeterl , ro:ll{ing l'CtlOL't'S which \vere til e renrl ezv o u~, for poe~S, n o vcJi sL~1 fl,ll agret'Hli ]C Vnriet.y of th e COmic nnfl the ~erir,u s . ·we p:l in t~r~, sc nl rt flrs, muf:ici,1ns, . actor s n.ntl nil in lr rcHtNl n oticed nmong the comp >tit.OJs n, few ·f:nnili~r f:lr:~>s in nrt o r letters. T b e re nrc po rtr.1 iL!; of Frn ncis Pn rlowm who hac! 011tc recl fm n sPr.•1nrl rn ce1 hnt, f.>r nPnrly fl.ll it (f'ronti sf)icce)., of .J:'un es RitSsol L owe ll; Lou is .Uhan (.l ler ·wns t he ir fi rst nppeamncc. A ' notiec~ble ff'ntnre Wfl.S the 1Uo ui \(ll1 , .T1 'lm Fitk, S:n a Ome Jc"·ctt, ,Jolin Boyle nn mbpr o r minim s w ho spok<>, anrl itwns 11(> "s in g-9ong'' O'Heill,y,Th om:ls " rr n tworL h Hi gginwn, George 1\tl:l.kc- ·. with t he m e ither. ,'J here is :1rnong these younger ::;tnrlpence Towe l, Wi!linm P enn Howbll , Q; vV. IIo lrnefl , . ents n, cl eeicl ed tall~ nt for eloc ntion wl•ich will with the Thomas B-ti ley A ldri ch, Henry Bel'll:'l'fl Carpe ntc •· , vroper practice rnnke as rnnny E>xcellcnt. speakere. 'Ve wil.\1 oLiw r illustrations ora q ll a intn. ntl int~ t:es ti ll g ll!lt ure. tlmnk t he young ge ntlem e n for thP.ir splendid entcrtain"Js it a crii11e t o. ow n L1;Hl," ·by Joh11 Philip· PL1ill ips, is mont aml hope· t lmt t lJry will fnll y rlevelop the prcf·ious n to ess:1y " ·ell wori'.!J re:1cli ng. " ._' o me cxp~ri~nee · ns ·a n t:1lent of wui eh they have giv en unmistakable evidence. Aut ho r' ' by .J. T. Trowbridge, ''Ge ,1eral G rnnL's lt nlJ its," a tH.l ·_se\·er::Il ot !Jer· s~or t pnpe rs o.f rl ive rsifiecl tope :1re WIIAT WE S EE 0~ NEWSPAPERS. ot heJ' items of Lhe llfayazi11e's rrlif llfll> le menu . \Vc ht1vc :1lso upon o nr . table .t lte nm~s un1·in ;s h ut In this s hort css:1y, I ev i<1ently rl o not propllse to eliv ely li tt.Jc Libra ry.1Vay(( _zine, Blackii'Ood 1lfagazi11 c, fl.nd, .:ts .smnc of our ju vcJJi lo ren.<lc rs nre often l1eard en.ll· num erate speeifi cnlly all Lhe f:te ts, in e itl ents and etlo em; "the dnnrly ,)'t. J.Vicholas" ant! "L it e fnn :-:y Oas- ve nt~, all the theories, v iews and spcunhtions, that daikr11's Jlaya-::ine." L(t .ReuuP. Ccwarlienne; Le F1 '(w~·rth, ly and lwurly D11rl their W<tY into the th o ns:-tn rl s"Of uewspnpcrs. l\Iy intention is merely to JorJk at the newstlnrl mnlly (ltlters. paper in n. kin<! of g-eneral way:; nrl prese nt to yon a few iELOCUTION cl e:ls, wlti c: b t he thing;; therein suggest. To handle Lhe suhjcct more nearly, let ns take up There nre in the sc holnsti c yenr n.s in a g r eat cle ert a some g reat p opular thily, t:ay the Chicago or L o n eert:~i'n number of ouses in wh(ch.: we pnuse o n o ur d o'n Ti mcs. Look througll nll its p:1ges. Sean the i nnum. journey S<J JY)t im es for 2 \\:bole <~ ny, more frcq nnnt ly fo r ·erable l.Jcalli ngs and tit les that d ut its column!'. The first an artern(I0!1, a.Jd occasio nall y for an eveni ng . Tbi& n~sl'. th ought th :1.t strikes us ia tbe wonderful varie ty of sub is ge ner::tlly &CCO! Il}):l.niecl by :lllJ ll ~emcn Ls o r $Otne kind, j eets treatefl. H ere a heantifu l poem, there a scientific li g hter Jitcrn.ry, cl nu nntie, o r s po r t iv e. view of ea rthq ua k es ; one column is ckvoted to mntters vVe spe nt an e vening in one of those g r:t ssy·grce ns of reli gio n aiJ d momli ty, anff s id e by side with it, ano Tnesdiw t he lOt.h. inst., anrl thi~ time we eombi ne<l hn si- ·. ther publishes to th e world; to young anrl t o o ld, the ne ~ s with ple:1sure of a lite ,·a•·y c harncter: it w~1. s t).u most fil thy :1nrl scan d a.lo ns f:tets that rlisgmce th e cbr0n evenin g set apart for the c locntio nary contest 'for t he icles of m :1 n~s do in gs·- .,ncouragement to t hose, alreatly l-hg:m elocution m etLl.l. The sp irits of asp iran ts heat o-1(1 in crim e, Rnd a bli ght npon tbe son is of the good and hi g h about h:d f-pn.st seve n when th e jLtrlges, l1ev. Ii'r. pure. One page is t:1 l.:cn up with great ques tions of poJLl.l')meyer, o' Ka.nka.kl•e, Rev. C. Pe.bonl c D. D. a nrl·' !i tinn.'l ceo no01y, wit.b intcrnntionn,l wrangling ~ ud disputR ev. ,J. D:tly, of th e college , e nte rctl .th e ball acCOill[)fl.· . tn g, with bat.tles a nll sieges, treat ies an d conventions, in nied by 'the· Re v. Facu lty. Tbe bm1d played a liv ely w!Jich the whole worlcl is interesterl, an rl lo! the next overtni;e nHer wbicb. the followin g pt'ogra mm e w:ts r en - i·econis p er haps a cockftght or the stl"l.ying away of derefl: "G racie's Passie," Mn.st..e r ,Hn.rr.v C ul ver of Vet · som e fai1· lady's pooclle cl og. Naturall y , we exclaim, F ,1.yette, In('!.; ''T he Mus ic Box,'.' Louis Grn. ndcb:ttqp. 'w hat a variety 1 There is no s uhjcc t untou eb.ccl, no deA I pen a; Micb:; "0bieft.ai n' s Jla u,ghter," lVL L. Conlan, par t m ent of know ledge or information which is not Chi cngo, IlL; '' The Polish Boy," Wm . .. P r endergnst, intren ched upon. Chicago, Ill.; . "T he S:i.i lor Boy's Dream,"' Frank The news-writer is everywhere; nnrl n,nything of inteMoran, C le v e la nd , Ohio; " Be lsbRssar," }limm Lina.,Je, r est to the public, whether it be t h e falli11g of an emp ire La Fayette, I nd.; "1'he C harcoal- Man,' ' Ju lius R iv;rd, or the tumlJling of a fat man on a slippery sicl e wnlk, Bou rbouMds, I ll. ; :'The Soldier's Pard on," .J. J. O'Calbe jots cl own. with the snme avidity and' hurries it on lagb :m, Cb ic::1go, IlL; "Corns," Eddi e Collette, Du P r6, b r: fo re him for pnblieation. A r L, seieu cc, philosophy,

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literature, religion, politics, history, every species of and wn.tching for her deliverance. Gladst(,ne treats the thing which comes uncl er the genPral title of informa- world to a beautiful essay on Tennyson's Lockley Hall tion and which wonld tend, in any way, to utility, Sixty Years After, and realizP-s more from his few pleasure , or even satisfying idle curiosity,-all this is pages of pt·aise than the aged Laureate does from his in clud ed in the field of the newsman's operations. No studied poem. wond er then tha1; in om· grat Lonflon or Cbic~go flaily Russia stands at bny, like a lion, watching for an thet e i::; su ch a variety of sul:lject-matter ·and such in- opportunity to pounce upon her coveted victim-Turt ermixture of facts :md views and th eories which have key. no relation whatever to one another, save that of But ah! look here! There, away in the Celestial Empire, tim e. see the first streams of human blood. Look well t(l it. The Another thought, which to the dullest cannot fail to pure innocent blood of a thousand martyred Christians, present itself, and w!Jich touches upon th~:: real excel- a thousand martyred Catholics, cries to Heaven for lence and usefulness of the newspaper, is t,hat it exhibits vengeance. And have the days ofPagnn Rome r0turneil, to us a picture or image, if we can so express ourselves, and floes Nero indeed sit once more enthroned? It of the doings and workings ofthe whole worlcl, a ' ' iew would seem so. But bold; you 5ee, amid the darkness of the life and energy, the change and growth of nations and silence of night, yon locomotive with its breath of fire dashing wildly an~ swift as the mind along its iron and man and things. These pictures or images, though each day attmctive anrl full of interest, are, like the wny. Suddenly a crash is heard and that rushing landscape the traveler views, ever varied, never the train, with its hundred men, women and children, are same. One is bright with the sunlight of happiness, heaped into one great sha.peless mass. Oh God! the prosperity and progress, another dark with the hea·vy sigl1t I cannot describe; my pen shrinks from it. Oi1e instorm -clou,~s of war and disaster, .a nd yet another en- dividual I have watched with special interest. Held fast veloped with the sickly glare of wide-spread pestilence · between two timbers, his limbs broken and distortecl anci plagues. In one may be seen, standing out in bold and the scorching flames already slowly consuming him, relief, a field streaming red with fresh warm human he is suddenly released and torn from the grasp of blood, and f~tr beyond a thr(lne toppling to the earth death by a feat of bravery and heroism which would amid the sighs and groans of a ruined nation; in the have done honor to Achilles. They carry him to a next, perhaps the sunlight of heaven beams down upon neighboring house, call physicians, but to no purpose; a glad and joyous people, reverently knelt in humble the man is dying. Tarry a moment. He regains his senthanksgiving to God for the ble~sings be bas never ses; soon be has health and strength. Learn, olt men! the ceased to shower upon their beloved country. This potency of Hood's Sarsaparella. It's the only ' cure for picture is tinged with sorrow; that one with joy, and burns, scalds, and wounds. Telegrams from the North Pole state that the Esquihere is another full of joy and sorrow, hope and despair, maux are yet alive. Things indicate that Austria will prosperity and disaster. Let us examine, more particularly, one of these pic- join -Germany in case of war between that country and tures. Here is a large and beautif11l one, belonging to France. But then, let us not wander off so far. Say we exaour own present time. You can discern in it the outlines mine something nearer home. The Colle,qe Journal of States and Countries; nay, you can even distinguish records startling intelligence. As soon as an unwary lad persons and things. Behold America, the land of freemakes a break, they have him on the list. The victim dom and liberty, rejoicing in the midst of blessings and prosperity, made doub.ly blessed by peacP. and content- m11.y be se.en stalking about searching for the offf,nder ment. All are rnohing forward, hurrying on in the tiusy threatening to waylay the fellow who t!Jus painted him . pftth of progress, yet, in the music and harmony of their · in the. "Locals.'' This then is a brief sketch of some of the pictures march, one discordant note is heard; it is Henry George proclaiming to an intelligent world that man cannot which daily publications_present. We cannot therefore own land and that the Catholic Church, that grand in- say but that newspapers are certainly good and useful stitution, the work of a divine hand, is all a sham. Look and serve a good end. The only gres.t objection that to Europe; dark clouds appear on the horizon: rumors can be made against them is that they too often bring of war are whispered about. France and Germany are to light faets which it were better to have left in darkdaily increasing their armies and are hourly inventing ness. Scandalous riews does nobody good, but many harm. NevertheleQs they are the only means we have of new weapons for the destruction of human life. Spain has just quieted down from the excitement of knowing what is going on about us: and without it the a few days ago over the disappearance of the Crown world would be dark in<leed. J. M«~. 2nd. Rhetoric. Prince. Ireland. tbe enchained captive. stands waiting

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IN MEMORIAM. Again has D eath sad, but eloq ue nt been in on r midst. B ut a few mouths ago, wllen last visited by its clark slmJes ~ve had deemed i ts miss ion a good lesson. However, it llas pl eased Pro vidence that another b e t:1ken from our ran ks, and death's summon fell to our lnrnented com panion Alphonse Marcotte. A lthongh it is in tears that we in our as cend ing prayers bid him a fund farewell, yet there cannot but ming le in our t houghts a feeling of Solemn joy, when ""e r eflect On his happy death a nd readiness t o rueet b. isMaker. The d eceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Mose Marcotte, of Bom bonnais; was seventeen years old, of a Jile:1.sing, cheerful dispo:o.itiou, and apparently healthy; but the ger m o f consumpti011 had set in , all(l during a few short mouths be began to racle a way' tiil at last he w~ts at t be point of den.tb. Tnescl''Y ev ening, at May dev oti ons, Rev. Fr. 1\larsile announced the a ppr<>auh iug d eath of our companion. W edueslky moming early, the villnge ch urcb bell rang out in solemn to11e8 the " curfew uf his so ul." DeaLh brtd COHle during the !light alJout the hour of ele ven, a ud 'Icparted with its prjze. T lle funeral which took place Frid ay morning , th e 20th iu st., proceedell from tile llvme of t he deeeasec1 to Lhe college, and llere in Lhe front ball , the re mains were pll\<..:ecl Lllnt his companions m ig ht pay llim some tribute of love and gmteful remembrance ere he would be lead to the silent grave. A crown of flow ers was placed over the dead, and amidst pra.yers and Lem·s t he coffin was thence borne to the P a rish ehurcb followed by the parents, b rothers, s isters, r elativ es and fe llow students of tile beloved dep~u·ted.

Rev. Fr. M~1. invill e and Bro. Lauz,J.n chanted the requiem hymns. T be church aoJ rdso the front ball of tile college were heavily dr:tped. A fte r tlle solemn Requiem Mass was celebrated for the benefit of the depr•rted soul, the funeml proceeded to tile v illage ce me tery wh e re no w rests cold and low the body of Alphonse Marcotte. Rev . Fr. B eaudoin offieiated a t the Mass , and Bro. Lauzon lead tLe cLoir. The pall bearers w ere M essrs. Arthllr Lesn gc, Philip Houde, Jobn B eltou, Thomas Maloney, Chailes K nisely aucl Jus tin Ricon. In th is fair mouth of May when every where we s<>e beauteous gifts spread about us, a nd when we listen t o the s weet calm song of na ture in its evening repose, let us think of our clep ar tecl friend a nd comp:tnion. His cteatb was sad incleed. Youn g , t alented and v erg ing into manhood, be was a fair flower in the garden of hum an souls; but as 1.he lo veliest r ose ~ and lilies are

al ways pin eked first, so in prefe rence to many others, God Cftllecl him brig ht nnd beautiful, to his Heaveuly lwmc where we hope a utl iu truth sincerely belie ve be r ests to-d ay. We hearti ly condole with the bereaved parents, to whom he wns so rl ear ·; and with the relatives, by whom he was foncll y ch crishecl; a nd to all, in th is the sadllest trial with wl tich God afflicts his chose n ones, we extend our hea r tfelt sympa thy . HOLY NAME SCHOOL

ROLL OF IIONOR. COM MERC IAL COU RSE.

J.:> ,.O'Connor. } . ... .. . . .... . ....... .. . Gold Me<'! a!. · I . u 1 mogue. CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE MEDAL. M. McDonald, .T. Lynch, K l\1oban, F . \Valsb, E. Kennelly, F. O'Hara, J . Fitzpat rick, M:. l\hrley J. O'Connor, P. Minog ue, J . Carne:y. DI~TINGU ISHED.- Wi lli am Lawler.

EIGHTH GRADE. Silver Medal-F. f-Iealey, .R. Gav i n, F. Donahue, J. Sh erid an, A. Na.sh , J . McHugb, E. Sm it h, P. M cNall ey. DISTIN GUI:-:i HED. D. Th1c Donalcl, H. Yerco ut er. SIXTH GRADE. SILVER .MED A L .... . ............ Dennis Carro ll. DISTIN GUISHED. - William W alsh, lVIicha.el G leason. FO URTH GRAUE. SI LVER MED A L ... ... . . .. . .. . .... John Reynold. DISTINGUISHED. - W. Clark, J. Tierney. THI RD GRADE. DISTINGUISHED.- W. O ' Bri e1~, F. Curran, W . Coleman, T. O'Beirne, P. Murray, W. Hereley, A. Oarroll , J. Maloney , J . Sheridan, ,J. Coyne. SECOND GRADE. A ustin McDonou gh .. ..... . ......... . . Silver M ed:tl. DISTINGU ISHE D.-J. Cannon, T. Harper, C. H ay es. FIRST GRADE, DISTINGUISHED.-J. Coyne, P. Brophy, T. Doyle. PRIMA RY DEPARTMENT. Silver M ed al. . .... ... .. ....... ..... .. .. J. Monahan DIST I NGU ISHED._:__J. O'Halloran, J. Burke, T. Carroll, R C urran, .T. T ormey, G . Coy ne, E. K elly.

R OLL OF HONOR. L ATIN COUl{SE J. McGavick ... .. .. . ... . .. : ........ . Gold l\fcclal. S. Sa,incl ou . . ... . ....... .. .... . l st. Silv er M edal.

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John o路c ~tll aghan .... .. .. : ..... 2ncl. " , DISTINGU !RHED-V. L:tmarre, L. Fally, J. Ricou. T . Normoy le, L. Grandchamp, Wrn. Conv ey, J. Cleary , F. Dmrluranrl, P. Granger, R. Fitzgerald, D. Cahill, H. Lingle. COMl\1 1-<:RCIAL COURSE. M. Conl an . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . ....... Gol d Mella!. J. Benn ett ....... .... . .... .. .... 1st. Si lver Medal. E. Ben ne tt .. .. .. .......... ..... 2nd. '' DrsnNGU lS!IIm-W. Tynan. J. Duffy, W.Prendergast, T . Burns, L. Walsh, A. Lesage, J. Rivard, H. C ulv er, J . Frie<l rn ~11, T. L \gei:;, G. He:dy, M. For Lin , E. Collet, J. Btllton , F. E uri ch, W. Stnfl'urd, J. Barry, G. G ravelir. e.

GUILFOYLE COMPOSITION MEDAL.

J . Bennett ........... . . . . ... .... ... . Gold Me(lal. DrsTINGUISHED - S. Saindon, T. Normoyle, J. McGavick. COMW A Y MEDAL. John O'Callaghan . ...... .. ..... . ..... Gold Medfll. SENIOR DEPARTMENT. P. Saffer .... . ...... . .... . .. ...... Con dnct Medal. M. Rosel1thal. . ............ ... .. . Politeness .Medal. DrsTINGVISHEo- R. Fitzge-rald , P. Granger, J. Suarth, L. Grandchamp. JUNIOR DEPARTl\1ENT. DrsTINGU !SHED - V. Cyrier, W. Lehman, M. Fortin, E. Fraser. MINIM'S DEPARTMENT. DrsTINGUISHED- L. Falley, V. L:cmarre,_ G. Mallory, E. Smith.

SPORTIVE. Shamrocks to the front! Stafford's nine won ~me game at last. Poor W ill. has Lard lu ck witb his men. Th e C. S. V. League fo r some reason unknown, deci<led to discontinue leagu e game. The standing at the close was: two games won and two lost for each of the clnbs. The minims have some well contested games on their grounds. Lamarre, Ti ern ey and Tynan will undoubtedly develop into v ery goQ(l players. The. Shamrocks have appeared twice on the campus and each time gave a good exhibition of ball play ing. The Kankakee Browns put the same nine in the fi eld this year as last. We are waiting fo r them. Since the hot weather has reached us, t he river seems more enj oyable than th e fli amond .

As路 swimm ing is so mu ch enj oyed by a ll , why not a ll of us t11ke a few ho urs and remove a 1ew of those stones from that part of the ri ver near the cave? The only obj ection t o swimming th ere is th e difficulty of walking out to deep water over those sharp rockti. At a meeting held May 8th . the first nin e of the house, which will be n ceforw ::~.rcl be known as the Shamrocks, was fonnerl. Rev. E. L. Rivard C. S. V. was unanimously chosen Presirlent and Manager; Mr. Sullivan, Field Capt.; Mr. Ell. Bennett, Sec.; and Mr. Roach, Treas. Mr. Burns was appointerl U mpire a nd Mr. Rdl Official scorer. After a littl e minor business the following nin e was presen ted and received; Sullivan C.- MeGavick P.O'NeillB._,_Roach 2B.- Bennett 3B.-Cusack S. S.Dore L. F.- Legris C. F.-Cleary R. F.- Wa lsh ~uh. The team that is mentioned above, starts out with the best wishes of success from everybody. Th ey may not be as strong a combination as last year, b ut. that rem ains to be Sf路en. As far as batting is concerned we can safely say they m:e superior ancl with a little prac1ice they will do as well in the fi eld. All t llat is necessary is confidence and hard work. Wi th these r equisitP-s we trust th:1t the ~hamrocks will add victory upon victory to th e chains won in former y ears by the College Nine.

PERSONALS. Clifford-We had the pleasure of meeting P. Clifford, '83, who came the other day to vi sit his alma mater. He is now occ upied, in the capacity of a la wyer, by the Peusy l vania anii Ohio R. R. He enj oys good hen lth and seems well pleased with hi s position in life. He was surprised to fincl so many cbanges in the college and so very few of the stud ents of his tim e. Pat. enjoyed himself however as nicely as of old with th e few of his classmates who still remain in St. Via.teur's. McA uliffe-Owing to inform ations given us by Clifford we are enabled t o give t~le following details concerning Florence McAuliffe, '84. He is engngecl in the same office as Prof. .Jiurphy, working for the C. B. & Q. R. R., Chicago. He presnrves hi s natural good humor and finds time t o enjoy a good laugh onee in a while at anything but his own expense. Toomey- Through forgetfuln ess we faile<l to notice sooner the removal of i:l,ther Toomey, '84, from tlie church of All Saints to that of St. Columbkill, Chicago. We wish him continued happiness in the new field o f his labors. Concannon - James Concannon, '84, is now employed as telegraph operator at Grr,nd Crossing, on the way to Chicago. Success to the Champaigner. Rivard-Alexius Rivard, '85, of the Grove, is now visiting in Manitoba. This trip to the salubrious clim es of the North West will no doubt invigorate him. When at

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ST. VIATEUR'S COLLEGE JOURNAL. nome, "Leblanc" -busies hi'msPlfwith superinten<ling the works of t!Je farm left to him hy his father a few yenrs ago. 1-Valsb-Krisman-Father Marsile spent the Sunday of May 15th. in Dwight, where he bad the pleasure of meeting Nick Walsh, '76, an<l Henry Krisman, '80, both of whom are healthy and successful in their occu- · pations. Nick was accompanied by his wife an<l two ' blooming chil<lren, n.n unmista.lmble evidenee of prosperity and happiness. It is always a sourcf· of pleasure for us to bear of such good news from the part of former students of our college. Bradley-We hear that William Brn,dley, '82, is now doing successful work in Peoria in the line of Journalism. Father Shannon, '86, met him in that city not long ago sporting a "plug hat'' in grand style. The young man intends giving us a call by commencement, we are told. Welcome! Morrissey-O'Day-Mr. John Morris:;ey, ' 84, n.nd William O'Day, '86, are pursuing their respective studies in Niag~ra. We noti ce thP. latter's name in the Index in connection with some Ba':le B.1ll club. Brosseau-By the latest news Freel. Bt·oe;seau, '86, has been promoted to the Bauk of Highmore. Highmore, Da'<ota. He is well pleased with his new pos iti(m thoug h it requires a great tleal of labor. He inquires about tbe grariuates of '87, and remembers the arduous · ta£>k of the gracl uates of '8G. Rassette-We learn from his mother now visiting here that Levi Rassette, '7 7,. is now organist in the new parish of Father Goulet, in Pullman, Ill.

EXCHANGES.

"Critique" in the North- W estern Chronicle refl ects great credit on the author. The criticism is not less beautiful a.nd tasty tha n the exquisite poem which is criticized. The I nvesti,gato'r from the Dixon Normal Schoo l saunters into our s::1.nctum replete with local news and advertisements. There is little t<1 interest tllC outsider ; your paper would be greatly improved by more literary matter. The Student, o£ Cumberland University, is a welcome visitor iu its terra-cotta dress. The make-up of this paper, in all its dep:utmen ts, is really praiseworthy. It always contaius a numher of interesting articles whinh never f:til to please. It is with genuine pleasure that we look over the pages ot the Notr-e Dame Scholastic as it comes to hand every Monday morning. The pages of this almost Magazine contain rare literary gems in profusion, and the other departments reflect great credit on there respective editors. We would suggest to the 8cholrtst·ic a reg-

ular exchange column, it would add much to your relishablen ess. "Edmund Burke" in t.he current number of the Kalamazoo Colle,qe Inde:x;, is a well enough written article, what there is of it, but don't you think Mr. Author (without ~uggesti ng that you should write an enclyclopedia) that a great deal more might have been s::tid a~out this em inent writer and speaker? Wh at about his •'Vinclication of Nat.ural Society," "The Letters on the Regicide Peace,'' and have you forgotten the R•>flections on the Revolution in France which elicited from Schlegel tbe well deserved encomium: "He corrected his age, wheu it was ut the height of its revolutionary frenzy; and without maintaining any system of seems to have seen fart her into the true philosophy, nature of society, and to have more clearly comprehended the effect of religi on in connecting individual security with national welfare, thao any philosopher or any system of ph tlosophy in any su cceeding age.'' Few (1f our exchanges give us more pleasure than the Kunkel's .lYiu.sical R eview. In addition to many morcea.ux, wbic.b onr "musical editor pronounces excellent, this mag"zine is replete with some rare literary selections. The editorials in the .M:ay number were especially relishable, and we would recommend the article on Orchestral Pi:missimos on Stringed Instruments" to ::tll pupils of those instruments. U nbappily the neglect of shading is frequently apparent in orchestral executi ons. Color and shade are just as important to the orchestra as to the stage. What would we think of an actor who_would torture our ears during a whole performunce with a "monmful monotone?" Shading is precisely as important in a musical performance: and nothing is more provoking than to at~end a concert when the musicians plunge headlong intc, a composition, play ing the notes and keeping time perhaps, but never seeki ng to discover the spirit of the piece or even to mind the signs. Though the Catholic Amer,ican News has been from the start an excellent paper, it will hardly be bad grammar to say that it is getting more so every day. It is a pushing paper. It is alive, wide,awake, full ot freshness, fresh-newsy, and, in its judgements upon men aud thin gs well-balanced. We like a Catholic paper of this type. It is the favorite of the reading room along with its Eastern companion the Boston Pilot and our nearer friend the St. Lmt'is Catholic Wor-ld. What the St. Louis Catholic Worlcl doGs not noti ce in its weekly rounds cannot be of much importance. The editor gleans extensively from ~he foreign prer,.s. The matter, however, heterogenou:, as it necessurily is, appears always well digested. We hesitate not to affirm that this is one of our standard catholic publications, excellent both in tone, style,.a-nd matter.

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tiT. VIATEUR'ti COLLg(}E JOU RN AL.

CA T H OLIC N OTES. Last T ltu rsclny we celebrated t he beau ti ful fe 1st of t he A scension of Onr Lord into I-lea ven. T b er1~ are 500 con vents of Mercy in t he wor ld, occ upi ed by near ly 10,000 re li g ious. T he Uni ve rsity of Lo uvain, B elg ium , was founcl ecl by Pope Martin V four huncl rccl years ago. . B ishop Ireland was met i n Ne w Yo rk, on hi s arriva l fro\11 E urope, by a commi t tee of thtl T otal A bstinence U nion of Am erica.. Al'(.: hb isho p Lemy of N ew Orlea ns is about to leav e for a trip t o Europe o n bu siness as well as for t he be nefi t of ltis impaired hea lt h. After a prot rac ted consiclerntion of tli e c:=~ se th e representatives of t he Prov ince of Q uebec ad opted t he Bi ll in co rporat ing the J esuits. Thi s g ives t he Socinty th e r ig ht to possAss, t o r ece ive, to inherit. I t is now on t he foot ing of oth Br reli gio ns so cieties in Canada . Th e pa pers menti on t he death, in Lon d on, of J ames G rant, an a utho r of hi storical romances, among others : "Hig hl and er s in Spain," "I-lig hlrtnd ers in Belg ium,'' "Bothwell ; or , tb e Dflys of Mary Queen of Scots," ·'Lu cy A rdon," and " Th e Master of Aberfeldi e." Mr. G rant abju red Protes tantism in 187 5 anfl w as receiv ed in t he CuLholic Church by t he Cur d i11<tl archbi shop of W estmiD s1:er. Th e Rt. Rev. Bishop Borgess o f D etro it has resig ned Lis see on acco un t of old age. H is career of 17 years bus bee n an arduo us one co n ~ id e rin g the many d iffi uul ties be encountered i n the exercise o f his a ut l10rit.y . The P relate 1\ ns born in Old enbu rg, Ger ma ny, 182U , and came to t bi s cou ntry whe n on ly 13 ye:1rs of ag e. He is a grad uate o£ St. Xavi er's Coll 0ge, C incin uati. T l1ere is a ru mo r th~tt the R e v. Dr. Cbapel le, pastor of St. Matthew's Ch urch, W ashin g ton, will be mad e coa<lj utor o f A rchb ishop Leray of New Orl ean8. T he Re v. G entleman is one of t he T ru tees of t he Catho lic U niversit y and b.as a rr.p ntation of high c ult ure and vari ed learnin g. "A cong ress of Eng lish-speaki ng Roman C:Ltb olics will meet in London shortly t o di s~ u ss r eli g io ns prog ress, labor an d capital, tem perance, the ft , _and other sn biects. It is expecLed that america n Prelates will attenet Car d in al Manni ng is the lead ing spi rit in the movement." I t is consoli ng and refreshin g to meet with such an hum hle apology as that mad e by M ichael D av itt for the " heated words" he had spoken in Ne w York concerni ng Card inal Simeoni 's relations t o the L an d L eag ne uncl ·Dr. McG!y m. Prior G ly nn , lately arrived in thi s country from Rome, bas £umi shecl us the exemplar y retracta tion of Dav itt. A true sp ir it of Chri stian Charity seem s to be bud-

ding forth in o ur Catholic lay men. Ttte rich should ne ver forget on t heir death-beds the needs of 1,lJe poor, of t he Ch urch, of E d ucation. The late Mr. Tully, of Boston, has left over $90,000 in su ch good works as we have just menti o ned . Ho w many praye r<> will rise t o H eaven fo r his soul's repose in return fo r that generosit y! The E ng lish Cn tll ol ics in t end t o present th e Pope with a collectio n of all the Catholic books p ublished in the Eng lish languagP in th e last 50 years, at the occasion of bis ,J n bil ee. This is in cleed a Jumin ous idea. The pt~ r i o d t bu s cove red wou ld in clu de t he r ev i val of Catho li cis m in G reat Britain , it wo uld form an interesting I ibrary. Cardina l Gi bbons spent a few day s in F rance v isit in g t lie Catho lic Clubs of W orki ngmen as organized by . Comte Albert d e Mun and Mg r. F rep pel. Th ere ar e no w 500 of th ese clubs in opera tion and g iv ing the best sat- , isfac:ti on. Th e bosses and the me n all meet to clisc uss wages and other matters in a most fri end ly mann er. Th ey bny food, clothing, mecli cin e, etc., on the principles of co-o perativ e stores. TtH·y are en t irely Christi an. W e often stop to think if it is not an inj ostic:e tllan t o ca ll Am eri ca a Protestant count1:y. Th e population of the U nited States is f1 boul. 58,000,000, th at o f Can '1d::~, 5,000 ,000; Hnd Lhat o£ So oth Am eri ca, 45, 50 0 ~00 0. The P o pul ati on of tbe 1wo Ameriea ns t hen, in ro und num. bers; is 108,000,000. Now, we can not count any protestants in Sou th Ameri ca. In North America we count 12,000,000 Ca th olics. So after comparing, . we find a majori ty of 6,00 0,000 Catholi cs on thi s side- of th~ Atlan tic. Can we call Am erica a Protestant country? .... Th e Catholic yo ung Men's N ati onal Uni on will bo ld its annual Convention in New Y ork by the end of this mon th. T b.e moti ve of this Union is t o· consolidate and streng t hen th e Ca tholic y o uth's influen ce in Soc iety, in bus in ess, in a ll und ertakings. P apers will be read on the fo llowing subj ects at the coming reuni on : 1. Some reasons why the Catb oli c socie ties raise tbe standar d of Am erican c itize nship. 2. T he foun d ers of o ur rep ubli c; how were they educa tecl. 3. H e w should yo ung men oppose intemperan ce ? 4. Op portuniti e<>-How they are neglected , a nd how t hey may be put to prac tical usP, especially in acquiring an education . 5. Moclels for Catholic laymen-O'Conn ell, G orres, Ozanam, Brownson. 6. Ho me life in la rge cities. 7. H ow much tim e can young men g iv e to literary c ulture in th e societies of the union? Thi s Programme speaks for itself and we can be certain of tb e good that such a soci ety undoubtedly operates arr.ong young men .

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VIATEUR'S COLLEGE JOURNAL.

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