St. Viator College Newspaper, 1904-10

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TO TH''E VENERABLE FATHER LAJOIE. ------~ ----------

0 father, dear, thy children welcome thee, And hmn.a~ge hring to greet thy golden years, Love's solaiCe bear. to dry thy exile'S! tears, 'l~o thee, a:s so 路n~, we ple:dge fidelityE'en as the Thinster blesf5ecl youth's pur}ty And ca:llecl the children to His fond em brace, So路 'wilt thou bless us路 with a, f:a1ther's gra:ce And' caH us to the a.r1ns: of sanctityK ind father, heaven crowns路 t hy sacTifice; Tlwugh 'cross the se::'.t~~::; thy innoce'n ts must grieve, Yet other lands thy holy care receive, rr'hy holy l'n is,s ion all to educate.

Oh, what a host, \vhen we and they a., vait 'l"'lo pa.y our debt to thee in Paradise:

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A BUILDER OF CTVILIZATION.

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CONTEST ORATION DELIVERED JUNE,

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. In looking back through the vista of ~geg, what aJ gran:d panorama arises before the mental gaze of the historiaJD; mighty kingdoms and empires, which to. other eyes, are loog since buried, in the darkness of o-blivion, a.re ever present to hi s mind in all their majesty and splend1or. The centuries ' ' vhich have flitted by a.re to him eve'r present, ever constant, ev r spreading out, e1nbracing those vwried 3illd multitudinous events 'vhich, woven together by the laws of cansaility, consti· tute the texture of modern civiliza,t ion. F~om his exalted posi· tion above the clouds and dust of his generation, which is but settling into its place in that grand' m'osa.ic of the past, the historian th~owing out the search-light of hum.a'n knowledge and exh·:tustive research upon times, events, nations and individuals finds all united, a.s it 'vert-, into one grand, magnificent land· scape, with rolling prairies and towering mountains,. smiling meadows and rough was tes, winding streams and rottring cata.acts.

Viewing in thh; true and philosophic light the pas.t, which for us is full of interest, a p<."Lst which is no,t dea:d, but throbbing with life, we will limit out hi toricaJ gaze to one of those men :vho, collos<"Ll in stature a,n d gaint-like in strength, have exercisetl a.n undying influence on their ,a.ge, a.n influence which has ever increa,setd ina.Sinuch m it h~s helped to give a right direction to human tbonght, to social and political development.

As in the natural m~der the monotony of the level plain is relieved by those broken chains of mountains, whos e snow-torppecl ~ ummits ea.teh the ethereal raJy and "parkle with da,z zling effuhycnce, so too, in the historical world, we see throughout the

succeeding generHJtions, towering m·o untaJn like .rubOiVe thei1' fellmvs, those o-rea.t men who in m·o numental gra.n deur stand above the wrecks of time defying its vicissitudes, ever like bea.con light set upon the hill-tops, enligthening not merely

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the generation whicn wa:s hon:ored in possessing them, but the whole world, the. golden pages of whos:e history their lives adorn.

Among those epoch n1akers, those grea;t men who in the early centuries guided by a ke·en a.rnd penetr:a,t ing intellect, a \Vide and lofty genius, laid deep and solid the foundations. of the va.s t fabric of Europea[}j greatness, we feel proud in seeing so n1a:ny of the successors of Peter, who! -en;throned upon the hills of ancient R.ome, ruled the world. High upon their exalted position, they ever :stand. before the enquiring ga.ze of the 1 Inultitude, as with one hand pointing heavenward, they constamtly reminded n1en of their eternal destiny, while with the other they guide nations in the fulfillment of their temporall mission.

Among those pontiffs who, besides fulfilling their divine mis,sion as rulers of the church, exercised a powerful influence on the advancement of civilization, there is none perhaps who <Showed a keener insight into the thnes and circum.staln ce in which he lived, who utilized his mighty sway over the hea.rts and minds of men to better purpo:s·e, than the clea:r-n1inded and m.a.gnanimous Leo tb e Thir:d.

To fully appreciate the true gt~ea.tne.ss that marked this noble ~ soul, let us for a few mon1ents consider the condition of the Christian world at the time of his aJSeens~ion to the Chair of Peter. Looking out fr·om the :seven hills of Rome he saw the raging billows of ba.rbarism bea,t ing on her coasts trying to overwhelm. her; the west ravaged by the N orm.ans and Sa,racens; the east broken from the fold and pl ung·ed into a; lamentable schism·, the bonds of discipline wea:kened, the taste for ecclesia1stic.al studies dying alWay, the monks and the clergy becorning la.x ; lu~ s.aw his chur·ch threatened with ruin, tha,t Church, which, after a burial of three centiUri,~s, had is~sued forth from the c.wtacmnbs a;s bright and glorious a1s did Christ after the three days' bondrugc of the tom b. He beheld Rome, once the n1istress of the world, outraged by her enemies, overwhelm·e d with ,s;o rrow, forsaken by; her children, and sunken in

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.I 4 her own ruins. Ye he knew that the divine pi~otec ion ever watchful of her intPrests, would not forsake the church at thi critical rnament, for sustained by t.he prot c:t.i ng arm. of Providence he ever stood forth a · tl1e unshaill:en bulwark of fajth and center of truth a.ga,i n t h ;r enemies. :Moreover, he realized that the only hopes of a.v ing the Ohrisrt:ia.n world fron1 returning to ba.rbra.rLm lay in a close aHiance of the tem.p(}ral with t.he spiritual power.

In ·h is great mind he sruw the glorious possibilities that "~ou1d arise from this union a.nd for the realization o.f this ' noble purpos·e he put forth all the energies of his soul, tha~t he might elevate the Church .a bove those ruler , ·who, ambitious of fmne and power, desired nothing so m.ueh a:s to degrade her to the level of a. mere instrument in the furthera,n ce of their own miS'era.b lc selfish a;ims. He knew tha.t from nch s.onrces the great _., t danger threatened the bark of Peter, and his foreca.::;t of the storm which wa then brewing in those lm-rering clouds of pa,rt · -pirit that hung on the horizo·n wa .·oon verified, for scarcely llad he entered. upori his pontHicute when the tempest burst upon him and he \YUS forced to fl ee an exile from Home and seek protection in <i strange land. But he went forth unconquerable a,nti t.o conquer. \Vith tha.t loftine.s: of purpo-Re .: nd "'trength of will, ch.rurm~t.eristic of hhn, he determined to seek in Fra.nce tha.t help wl1ich had never yet been withheld from the Holy See. \ "erily it wag the finger of Providence tha,t guided him in those trying circum.,ta.nces, for s·ea,r cely ba:d he Ret toot on the s-hores of France when he saw eYerywhere the promi~e of that ~1.!·sista.nce "·l1ich wat then so mueh needed to stay the progre s of t~ebellion and to s-ecure to the Church that p n,ce which would enable her to continue in the exercise of her ivilizing influence upon the na.tiorn~ whieh were then but in the fir t ta.g e · of their develo.pm€11t. N.e ver wa the guiding hand of Providence more vi ible tha.n in the Illa!llner in which ther wa raised up to the Church at this perilous moment a· champion through whom he omnipotent voiee of God could say to the turbulent pa~ ions of men, ' Thu f.ar, but no farther.''

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In his exile Leo was' more powerful tha,n when seated on his throne for there God gave him rus the rig·ht arn1 o:f his defence that gra:n d an:cl noble soul whose wisdo1n w.a,~·, a~ it were, the beacon Ught of his age, whose knowledge wa1s fa.r ahead of the times in which he lived, who in governing. had that penetr:ruting eye ·which fa,t honled the depths of the grave questions confronting him, a.nd 'vl1o· comprehended in one broad sweep- the circumstances .a.nclJ conditions of hi.s reign; the noble, vit·tunus a.nd victorious Charlemagne. A.t the first news of the venerable exile's approach Charlemagne went fur'vard to meet hiin follo,ved by a. numberless• throng ~)If soldiers, eit.izens and clergy: The multitude prostr:a:tecl them:s,elves before T..<~eo, who never n1or~e :resplendently than then, when treading the rough path 'vhicb hi.s l\faster trod,reflect.ed the glor:y of hfs divine a•Inbassadorship, as he g·a ve them his bles>Sing~ and pra,ye:d for them.

He embraced Ch.arlen1a:gne with tears. of affection and chanting the"Gloria in E-xeelsis"was led in triumph to Paderhone. 'Vhat a: grand, m·a.gniticent sight! T·h ere stood the Vica,r of Ohrist, the per:s onificatio1n of right and justice, and ho:"\ving before him Gha.rle1nagne, the very embodiment of valor a.nd might-one appointed by God to rule his spiritual kingdom, the othe:r, the conqnerer of the \vorld in who~·e hands Providenc-e had placed the fle:stinie's of nations tha~t yet were young. Surely the hea.vens must have s:m iled on beholding sueh rtJ s-cene a.s· this' and the hearts of the people 1nust have throbbed with joy npon beholding a.n event so felieitous, a.n ervcnt which 1\·a.s to them a. pledge of their future prosperity and content,m e.nt-the first two requisites of earthly happiness. This meeting had its effect at Horm.e, the enmnies of the Pope trembled before the· aJ\vful sword of Charlemagne, and a few 1uonths la,t er Leo entered the city trium.pha,n t; while the people, wild with joy, showed their love and a,f fection by t.lle repeated ·s alutations with which they greeted him.

Leo had be:en for a1long time m·a ,turing a design of inunense im.port. 'rhe hour of its execution was art hand. 'rhis. design was the crowning of Cha.rlema.gne a.s Emperor of the West; it

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meant the re:st{)lring of the lloman Empire '-hich had three centuries before been overthrown. The E~mph·e of the Fnui.k tSh hero extended over the entire \vest, tiie renHYtest nation'S differing widely in latngna.ge and enstom·s, longed to be under the sway of him who gloried in reigning for Jesus Christ. During those ages religion \Va's the mainstay of society; the spirit of religion permeated every action of public a.nd private life, aninlating not only the noble-s but even penetrating and forming the nu1sse:s. As tl1e church gave to the tes:mpOTaJ power a sanctjo:tf wl1ich 1nade it saJcred in the .eyes Qf its subjects-, so, too, in t,urn the tempora.I power united ·with the church in order tha.t both .acting ha.r moniously might procure the pr-o sperity and dviliza.t ion of mankind. The Church having tamed the rude and warlike spiritrs of thos.e sa.v age a.nd \Yarlike hordes who swept down from the north upon the crumbling empire of Rome and Slettled upon her ruins still continued to exerci.s e a restraining power upon the passions of n1:e u; more than once she saved society fr•om returning to balfba,r isrn. From this it follows naturally,t.ha,t the clergy, by r~as:on ()If their supeTior intelJig·enee .a,n d learning, should exercise a weighty influence atnd take part in all the &ctive affairs of sta1te; but still grea;ter was the influence exercis·eld by the bisho'P of Rome upon society. He \VaS held as aJ father a.n d judged by all, s·o thait when Leo crowned Charlemagne a,. Elmperor of theW est, he raised up a. barrier agadnst those destructive forces which had hitherto done so much to ret.al"cT tbe progroos o.f civilizrution. .

On Christmas day, A. D .• 800, Charlemagne entirely unconcious of the momentous design of Leo and' w-e aring the i?signia o~f a R.oona.rr patricia.n, came to the BasicHica at Home to assist at the solemn feas t. The church was all ablaze with light'S, the eountle:ss throng forgot: for a; 1noment the sacredness O'f the pla:ce and broke out. into one spontan-eous a~cclronmaHon as he entered. Leo vested in: his pontifical robes a1pproached the king ::~.nd placed the parkling dia.dem and royal unction on his brow and then paid his first homage to the ne"'~ Emp·eror ~f the "\7\ est. The people, unable to testrain: their joy, filled the lofty

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dome with joyous accla.m mations. How often in the eourSie of ages have like a;cclammations h ruiled ~n ephentera.l r eign-but here the beauty of the scene was hardly a·bove the hero·. It added nothing to the porwer of the Framkish hero but this: event clothed his authority with a splendid prestige. The moral effect of such a _scene; this impressive figure of the union of Church a:nd State; has been perhaps too much overloo~ked. Such a. scene gave to civil authority a divine sanction on the eyes of the people, for before them were two rulers·, one but a. few m·o ments before eonsecra,t ed art the ha.n ds of Christ's Vica,r, to \va.tch over their temporal welfare, the other appointed by God to rule his spiri tu.al kingdom.

1"o this event ha·s rarely been aSJsigued in history the commanding position its importance deserves. .A.t a time when countles;s hordes of fierce barbarians were l.a,y ing waste the fairest portions of the decrepit R01na.n E~n1pire, when Civilization hers•elf was threatened tJo be ·e ngulfed in the inundation of lawless hordes, Leo procured for her an asylu1n where she could rest secure while the t·e mpest raged rund from which she c·o uld issue forth to begin anew her beneficent work in the e:au;Se of humanity. · The srtates of the Church, prot.ecte:d by the power . ful aTm of Charlemagne, beea.me ais it were ain is·la.nd in the midst of the seething waves of ba.rba,ris1n, which surrounded it, where lea1rning, religion and civiliza,t ion were preserved.

The Popes thereby obtained such a con1n1anding _rosition that they could effectively check the turbulent passions of . kings a:nd princes. As Archbishop Kendrick s:ays·, "T'hey crea.ted a new order of things assigning to each potent:aite a: pa,r t.icular position and controlling them by eertadn laws, ma,inta.inecr perfect harmony between Church ana Sta,t e:" The effect of this alliance between Church and Starte cannot be m.ea,s ured, the people were more zealous·, their intellectual progre-s.s was wonderful; the 8jrts and science1s flourish'ed, it .a1lso brought prosperit:y and happiness to both Ohur'ch a,n d Strute.

Behold in our country today the ·effect of this rupture between Ohurch and State-anarchy; alnd ,s,o cial despotism a.r e run

p.ing _wild ..- What is it .tlt~t is need.ed· t.o c.h eck _he e evil ? '"i 11 _ .Brownson. we. m.a.y sa.y, ""'1lat we. need · a .. power ·rong . enough to restra.i n.the state. when she becomes d votic and the individual W~len he becomes disloyilll ,and reoeUio-u . Th e t ·' 0 elements will e-ver be pitted. 4lt~,in-st . eq·ch. -oth_er, ea-ch triving for the nu\.stery, ~d tha.t power which will . save our .c-ountry from ruin, will be tJ..te C~tl;lolic ,. burch." l "rolll thi w s e that Loo had tha.t penetra~n~ .eye which. could discern he benefits that not .only his own .thn-e but future genera.tion enjoy fr'.o m this clos-e aUia.nce betw~en Ohurch and State.

- In n~t ure h.ere .are tll:ose mighty forces whose .power ca1n lr felt over the whole world, '\vhose activi y a.ttra.-cts. ·he attentio-n of the inquiring public, such as. the- eruptions of volca.noes; but besides thesa there .a-r e.more secret forces noticeable only to the trained eye of .the ~dentist, whose effects on growth are such a.. _fH'USe ,the trees to .blossom and .the flowe1~s to bloom. In like )n.a nuer in the historical wo;rld.there. are. those s1,1c-h a1s an Alexander a.nd a Ga.e~.:r: whos-e conquests, like vol~anoes, have haken the world . ..:Put wb-at .today rema.ins of the vast power which t.bey v;· i~lded :?. 'Yhat _ha.ve they left tha.t "·ouldJ benefit mankind'? . Nothing but J1 .na..me. .1'heir im.m ense kingdoms have been , ~plit in t.v\ a,in by discords and eivil strife. Behold a Napoleon who dr~.atrnt of , e.:d.e nding the Jdngdom of , unny Fr.a.n ce front ocea.n to ocean,.put no sooner . had _h is ascendency waned tha.n Erance return-ed to her former position. Bu un1ike those CJ clonic forces which_ha,ve been 1nor.e p~werful in pulling down tha.n i.n building up, which ba.ye b-een o-m rupotent of.dP.st-ruction a.n d .1~uin, Leo'.s cla-i m. upon the -gr3Jtitude of posterity .rests upon the gentle, const.a.nt and unceasing influence which he exercised for the betterment amd dev-elopm.ent of man1

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l.eo had a mind t.ha.t was wonderfully suited t.o rul over his ext. rnsive k~ngdom. .Vast in .his. design~ and quick in their execution, he possessed tha.t ... uncom,m on . f~culty of performing . the.grea:te.s t·hings easily and Jl~e most difficult ·w ith- facility . . Particularly_,admirable in Le() i ., that w.<.mderful impli ity,

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that great humilit;y, which appeared in all his ordina~ry a1c tions.

But what :we must mos't of aU admire is his grea,t piety, for it is .sa,id' that out of the fervor of his: devotion he celebrated the holy sacrifice of the mass; seven and eight t.imos, .a day. How could God help crown with success the efforts of this: noble soul'?

A n1·a n who has achieved such glorious a:nd pern1anent triuinph'S, so grand.and nurnei~ous, must truly call forth .all our feelings of lorve and ad1n.ir.ation. .T he waves run high, the rocks are seen to threaten the ba.rk of Peter. Altho·u gh the storm oJ human calumny and hellish hate ma,y rise up a.nd strive to sillbmerge ~er in the deep, yet as long as she is piloted by the powm~­ ful ,arm· of such men .as Ijeo she sh.aJl glide proudly on with .sails unfurled evm• buoy~oo' up by the two-folcl a~ssurance of her Divine Founder tlta1t the ga·t.es of hell shall not prevail agains~t her an:rd that HE shall be with her all davs even unto the con" summation of the viTorld.

If it is 'advisable to be taught by our enemies,let us but reeall the wa.r'lnly affectionate testimony which the iLfide1 Renan bO.re to the adrnh·ahle worth of his t:ea1cherB a.nd to the priest-· hootd in genm~al. George Sand said that the nuns who taught her \Ver•e the ve1-<y incarnation of everything that is Inos.t. excellent jn reUgion.

T'h e erring: Pere Hyacinthe. a1nd the unbelieving lVIcCahe spe.ak in 1nuch the same str:ain. None of these att.ribute tlwir ·d efectio·n frmn the right to the supposed harsh d g:or of Catholic educational methods. tf we entertain a high r~g~a.rd for tlws'e devoted to our education we shaH pos·sessi one of the redeeming tra.it.s of those men amf won1en, 'vho, t:ho' self-condemned before the Christian world, C'Ould not be wholly bad.

Open a parenthesis in tb e midst of your speculations as to Chic.ago·' s new cha,r ter a1nd1the ch'a nces of :.Mr. Parker's e'l ection; or bE ~te.r, forget theR,e small n1.a;tters entirely a:nd send in your subs1cription to the Vi.a:t.orian. This' is the all-important and most urgent matter just now.

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ABOUT BOYS. A· few weeks ago while cud.~usly cooning over som~ of tll'e \V ekly papers t11at had accujnmulated: qn the excha.nge de,Sk ('J-f the "Via.tor·i.a.·n·, I ca.me upon a_, sbort editori~l' in the _-.EUW?Juin~e Citizen, entitled "A Ba.d·Style of Youtili.'J I r~en1be - tltat'a fri nd of mine who is much traveled a:nd jtrdicious in his Uippre.. dation CYf wha.t he sees, told me he had · never detested wa.r so much as· .a fter seeing Veresteh~gen's war pictures. · It mcy be th:i.t young men will de ·pi~e ro\\TdyiS"ID all the more hearti1y if th~w but taJre the trouble to l ook a;t the portr:ait recently drawn of the unfortunately too common tpye of the young "tough." '_rhe editor well expresS'es his contempt for that sort of a: huiOOill thing by calling him "it." Here .is the Citizen's picture of the species that often adorns the rogues' gallery: '~There iS! a. type of the raw, overgrown bo·y that neerls to be 11en pictui~ed for his own go·od. Let him look upon hims.e lf a!lld ~ee whether he is an object to admire. His fa.c e ·w ears an expre ·sion nf cons,t ant leering. If his mouth is not occupied with the na.sty ,,~eed, it is relaJXed to that half-open cDndition "~hich signifies gwwky a:t.tention. This type occupies itself \Yith noticing what it can g-uffaw at in the attitude or rna/finer or dreSJS or 3.1ppeara.nce of passing humanity. "Get onto tha:t feller's hat," or "vVill you'SI mind that gai.t or him'?" or its cha.ra:cterist.ic expresf,ions. It jeers at the hohbling old ma.n, cracks a:ddlepateld jokes a.t. t.he lame a.nd roa,r s with plea;suFe at: the victim o,f accident. It is nart:urally inclined to load:' about and sight s.ee, sharrnbling a.long when it haS! to move, and staring or ga:ping or leering as it gaes. .

"So far a it has any a.m bition, it prides itself in comic songs and low th~t:rical.s, rehashing witless ga gs and always beginning to adrniro somet.hing when it kicks its heels in a ctog.''

"The youth who admires :right objects, who has e;a.rne-stness in place of leering di position, whose mooth is not tobaJcco stajn · , whose makeup is devoid of aJI the suggestive signs: of th tough o~ the dude, is the pr·e sent pr·Oilll.i se of 3J good and .l

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worthy ma,n. But ofteill the right · distpos,it,i oned youth is J).·o t happily placed whem he is sur·r~oundred, by types of the ra;w boy.

It amuses its jeering. s'e lf in noticing him, nickn.a~ming hiJn a.nd seeking t!o ridicule all the right w.ay.s which he pursues: different from· itsr cowboy custo'l:ns. If they could but know it., thersre illm'aJnnered youths' are doing, themselves the grea.t est degree of injury by faliling t()l loa~ seriously at 1na..tters a;nd people a,b out them·, and: holding back their leering laught:er to turn it upon their OWili folly."

The week after the .arbove wa:s1 published it, was quoted by the :i)iichigatTh Oa,t holic with an ed:i toria:l comment entitled!: "The Children of the T'oiler.s'. " Is niOt· the · prominence given this subject by .serious men r'art her s't.riking? It certa,inly emphatsizes their well directedr effort to' .a.bate .a: nuis.a.nce. As we arll should, in order to avoid pitfalls a:nd to improve ours-elves p~rofit by wha,t;ever is1w'r itterr or said for the right guLdanc:e of our y.e ars of youth, I will aJsk you to read carefully the following remarks by the editor: of the Michiga,n Oart holic: "The bo~ who assumes1tl1e rowd:yis1n of the "tough" and the habits of the waywarrcl, will develoip e intl()i a n1:a:n of worthlessness. vVorthlessoos;s of cha,r a.c ter, and uselessnestS' iru life will mark his career from the da,wn of m~;nhood to the grave.

Is there itnything more weary, to people of advanced years, tha:n to see a boy P,laying, the role Of premature Inanhood towards his elde-cs, and making hilnself conspicuous·s~ by his loud- · mouthedness, in public, anrl hy his' want of respect to superiors?

A youth who will strut down the street with a; cigiarret~te perched between his· teeth, at an aJ~ut e angle, ain d who pars1ses· hisr leisure hours illl pool room.s ainJd the com p.any of evel- mind'e~d com pianions, will never am;o unt to .anything in life.

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"Resp ect fo1~ paff'ents a·nd. those who a,r e chaff'ged with the mora.z arn.d in.tellect~t.a· l. instructioYn of youth shouJd be charracterisUc of a w1ell-b ehaved) good-l,i vin.g boy. T'o a.srsdst his fa:ther

and mother, when requested·, is the duty of every bo1y. If parents a:r e poor, honest ~nd honora:ble labor in shop, store, or faictory, perform·ed, by aJ boy, when of legaJ a:ge, is dutiful and is· rreces

12 s:rury to help in providing for the hou ehold. But a.wv all,e e hDy hoold be ambitious to obtain and educa-tiO'J.~, and he ea.n do . o, even if lle perfornm .ru day's work of ten hour ·. ~: :Many of the nation's greate-st a.nd best citi~ nc ·ork d in their bOt.Yhoocl on a. fa.rm, or in a fa:ctory to n si t their pa.r en .

They accepted every advanta-ge offered to obtadn an education a·n d t.o improve their n1ind by ·s tudy after work. "'.F1H! youth of today haye advwntages of educa.t io·n ·w·h ich the boys of thirty years· ago had not; atnd the young people of the city of D·e troit hu.ve advanta ges to improve their minds by study wh,ich hoys rai..;·e d on a farm ea.n not oht.ain.

"Tb be God-fea;ring, modest-spoken, and obedient to parent is t.he cl'ut.y of aill boys, " -hether they are oor n into riches O·r enter the world surrounded by poverty. Purple and fine linen, a.nCL a, mansion to- dwell in, do not rnake 'the best ho,v._.

The gre~1.1test citi~en.s of the Hepublic spra·ng from a. lowly nYironmen ; wea.r ing the DWil' k of toil for a: coa.t-of-~.rm, , a111d the implements of industry for armorial bearings.

"The children of the t!()ilers a.re the Jife-g·nard·. · of the nation. The off~spring of the masses is the strength of the RepubUe." _ The Ca.t holic 8ta.ndaro and Times, of Philadelphia, in one of it~ recent. i.s.s:tw.s also. eaUs· attention to the disgraceful conduct of college students, who are fa:r from a,hYLlys immune frmn the stigma of hoodlumi.sm. Although tlris jo·u rnal sp·ea.k·s of secular colleges and tna.c es the ill pranks of these youth~ to the s·e cret, s-ocieties whir.h a.re r"ife in these institution · , yet it i. useful for us to he warned ag-ainst the invasion of such i~iotic :pra.ctices a.s a.re t11e hae.ings and a: s:core of other such " oda.l amenities?' a.s ha.v e m-a de ev·e n great seats af learning inglor1o.usly fatnmrs. Self-respecting college students, w·h ile adnlitt ing into their society the joy-r.ays of wit and other refining runusem.e nts, will inf;ist. that their cmnp:a:ny be a, school of good ma.n ners .and if th-ey ~a.n:n{)'t !Correct or repress the pl..Otf-e ionru gu;rnin: a..Bd the grim.a:cing idiot the-y wiH peremptorily ostraiCize

them from th'eir 1n.idst.

J. P.

_ RECEPTION OF V. REV. P. D . .LAJOIB, C. S. V.

The reception given on :Monday, September 26th, in honor of the Very H.ev. P. D. Lajoie, 0. S. V., Superior General of the Clerics of St. Viateur, will long be remembered by the faculty and students, as an occrusion ·Of grea1t joy.

At 11 o'clock, Faither Lajoie, acoompanied by the V m~y Rev. Provincial Cyri l Fournier, G. S. V., R.t. Hev. :.M gr. G. _Legris,D. D., V. Rev. P. Beaud!oin,C. S. V.,Rev. J. B. Jjaherge,D. D., a·nd Rev. E. L. RivUJrd, C. S. V., entered the gymnasium and " na.s e:S1Corted to the st.ag,e by the Very Rev. president, Fr. l\1ar:sil·e·. After the re:ndition of s-evera.l .s ong's hy a• chorus of well trained voices, a·n addres·s wa.s delivered in I1"'rench by Nir. A. :i\fa.r tin ~tnd· one in English by ~fr. ~T . :McCa~rtlly. Both these gentlen1en paid .an eloquen:t tribute to the Venerable Champion of mduca:t.ion, who had undergone so- many tria;ls. anclhad even suffered ba:n ishm ent frotn his adopted · country be·cause of his . zea l for the religious instruction of youth. In speaking of his good work a.s head of the community they laud·e d especially his la.s,t officia.l act of wisdom in appointing VeryRev. Oyril Fournier, C. S. V., a.15 Superior of the Province of Ohiea:go. They congratulated :Father LajoiE'! on ha;ving recently celehr:a ted t'he fifty- second anniversary of his. ordination to the priesthood and hoped that Providence will grant hhn many more yea:r s to· r eign over such a· prosperous community. In conclus-ion they expressBd a \vis-h that the wa.r against the religious in France ma.y sool1! end· in order th.a1t he may return t.o the scenes of his labors.

Father Lajoie then responded with a few well chosen word•s in which he tha.n ked the students for the demonstration. He remarked the gre1a,t~ cha:nge that had ta1k en place here since his last vi cit in 1897, a.n d ·sa.id the hn.prorvement was. due to the efficient \\TOrk of the l~a~thers and Brothers employed- here. At:l one experienced in matters of ecluca:tion,he warned the S•t udents againBt the evil results of indolenee a.nd arlNis.ed them to tn.a;ke

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good use of the time.- ·hey are spending here. In speaking orf the unhappy state of France, which is· a:s incmnprehensible as i is sad, the fa:ther said he trusted that Providence would oon right a,ffa.i rs in tha·t unfortunate land. In all his time of tria.l and ~uffering, he said he found sweet consolation in the kno1 ledge thait his community, though it was being persecuted in Prance, . \Y3JS. prospering in America, the · land of liberty, 1vhere God's a.postles al'C l ~thori ng unmolested. He concluded hy promising to ret.nrn to this country, if God should spare his lif~, and celebrate hi s diamond jubilee in the halls of the Greatc•r St. Via:t.e:nr's. He conferred his: bless'ing upon the faculty and ~tu(1ent.s and after granting ru holida.y , left the hall amidst pro]onged .acclammations of aipplause.

JOHN P. BRADY-3rd Rhetoric.

V. REV. C. FOURNIER IS APPOINTED PROVINCIAL.

The appointment of the Very R ev. Cyril Four'Ilier, C. S. V., to succeed the late Father Corcoran as· Provincial Superior of the Commun~ty of Olerics o.f St. Viateur in the Obedience of Chicago, wa,s officia1ly announced Septen1ber 14, by the Very n .ev. Superior General P. Q. Lajoie, C. S. V. Tb.e newly chosen Provincial, 1Yho i well-known among the clergy a:n d laity throughout the archdiocese, was born in Quebec, Canad:a, sixty-two years a'go, and h?JS spent forty years of his life in the cornmunit3. After spending therequired time in the novitia.t e at J oliette, he wa sent to O~gden.')­ burg, N. Y., to act a.s director of the Oathedra1 school, which po~ ition h e fill ed for a number of years. In Decen1ber, 1873, he was or(ta.ineld priesi; by the Ht. Rev. Bishop \ Vadha.m.s, of Ogdensburg, and soon after was recalled to Canada to act as' Provincia1 Visitor. In thi · capa.rity he vi. ited St. Viateur College in Bour onnais, Illinoi , which institution \ Ya then in charge of a priest a nd several brothers from Canada. A fel\ year later the S uperio1" General decided to form . ~· ne"' bran~th of the com- ·

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munity in the United Sta,tes. and' ap.po·i nted Very F:a ther Fournier as the herad of the n~w Province of Ohica.go.. FB.:ilier Fournier arrived here in September, 1882, and opened a novitiate a,t Bourbonnais, which w:a1si' s•o on filled, w-ith young m.en d esirous of entering religioru,s life. After some yea:r s it became apparent tha.t Chicago wouldi be aJ more desi:rahle place for the adminis,tration of the affairs, of the' COinmunity, a:nd a1ccordingly the novit.i ate was rmnoved in 1888 to· Irving Pa:r k to the present site pf St. Viateur's Normal Institute. Here :B.,a.ther Fournier · continued his: ·work, not only in n1a.naging; the aiff.ati r,s· o.f the community, andJ in tra.ining~ young men in the virtues o:f a. religious and teacher, but in esta1bHshing• and' erecting St. Viait eur's parish, of which be was pa,s tor. As: Superior and parish priest he lahore1d untiringly both for the welfare ·o f his: r eligious subjects and for the needs of the congregation entrusted to his c.a1re. . <\:ft.er . the chapter of 1900 he \vas relieved fro1n the: dut,i es of Superior and was a,p pointed pastor of M:.a:t e,r nity Chur ch in Bourbonnais, while the v .e ry Rev. A. T. Oorcoran, G. S. V., wa~s: named. Prorvincial. At the death of P.ather Corcoran in Ja!nuary of this year the duties of Superior developed t empo:r.a;r ily .upon Father Four·nier, and this official appointment is: but the approval of his good work. . 1:1-.,a.ther Fo;u rnier is; in every way qua:lified to a:c t as: the Director of the Province which owes· to him its e:xistence.and over which h e has presided for eighteen yealrS'. United in hin1 a:r e th e gifts of a true religious· and those of a m1a.n of affa.i rs. H e is beloved! by his· subje:ct1s arnd has- won the es.tee1n of all who have come in contact with hun. Under his guidance! the eommunity will pr·osper a nd t h e work h e has begun will eontinue to he erown:e:d with good r eJs!Ult's:.

G. P. M.,-'06 ...

If you cannot s:encl us a1dolla:r for your subscription s:end a bushel of potrut.oes or the traditional pu1npkin. T'he juniors- a re contempla.t ing .a dram:a:t ic perfonn:a!nce soon and pumpkins will be at a premium. Disca;rded' cats can not be reeeivoo as there is already. a la/rge colony of strange felines!art tbJe b'a rn.

THE ACOLYTICAL SOCIETY. 'Vithin a few days a meeting will ta.ke place, which, while seemingly unimportant, may become t.h e turning point in be lives of some of tho._e in a ttendance. Those who M enden.voring to master the elassical course, wi ll, as in bygone year , be banded together for nw purpose of ass isting personally ru rna a.n d the other holy functions celebrated here during the year. \ Vhile in r eality u.n advantage to be eagerly sought after, not a few .strive to shirk at every opportunity, which shows but too plainly a spirit of ignorance and indolence. vVe a,re, as i stated in some prayer-books, doing· tha,t which a·n gels perform with trembling a.w e a.nd humblest adoration. I f this privilege is s·o grea.t as to thus affect pure beings, it is certain thart unworthy mm'taJs like ourselves, who, for the moet part, a.r not c:1pable of r ealizing the greatness of our tasks, should always fulfill our duties wjth d.iligence, resp ect and a.n xiety, lest we should offend the Omnipot-ent.

As it is, at loast not a the present writing, my duty to impose a. s·erm.on upon the youth of this college, a few m~ore r emarks will suffice.

Last yea~r, material a.s well as spiritual favors were granted, including a picnic at the end of the yea.r, which '\YRS deemed a most fitt ing termination of t.he yea·F s '\vork, and was pronounced a. complete success by all part icipants. This outing took place at Rock Cr eek, a. place of primeval be.a:uty, ~bout eight mil e~ distant. Thi'ougltout the day, which was an k1eal summer's day, fishing a.ncl hunting were enjoyed by those whQ' were so inclined, and wi th gratifying success. Those who delighted in the beauties of nat ure had but t() look a.bout them to alm()st t ropica l vegetation through which thundered a waterfall, sending doud upon cloud of silvery spraiJ into th e leatp ing to'IT'ent helo,v, to see he reflection of almost perpendi cular cliff , whose sides were t.he a~bode of many fern · and advent u rous flowers, in the pla1cid' depths of sha,d y poo:ls, and to see audacious quir1

17 rels looking down from. the tree-tops, upon birds· flitting tune· fully a.bout a:nd gay fi·s h rushing hither ain d thither in the murmuring s:trea1n1. lb might be ·well to ad·cl, on the side, that not one came ba1ck with an unsatia:ted craving for nourishment, for ·the best menu of the seas,o n was served, both at dinner and luncheon.

1'he Blessed Virgin, who vvas patroness of the occasion, besides granting excellent Yvea.t her, carefully gururded her ch.a.rge,s, as no a,c cidents occurred to m:a.r t he pleasure of the day.

Brot,her Brown, who so successfully man:a1ged the affairs: of the Society la:s t year, will have charge again this yea,r. This will he pleasing news to the old st udents who intend to join.

Any person can enjoy these many spiritual and t emporal hles~:ringss by n1erely giving his sp·e cial services· to his loving Creator a few times during the year. All cla:ssical student-s should be prepa:re!Cl to respond gladly when they are sum1noned, and they will not regret the a ction, a:s anyone speaking from ·expede:riee will as~~mre them.

R. THIE'R S- l st Rhetoric.

FATHER RIVARD'S

BOOI~.

'Ve submit the following fron1 among ma.ny similar press ·notices of R.ev. E:. L. Rivard'S' fort hcoming volume, which will be entitle:d "Views of D·a nt.e." In the editot·i.a,I colum-n s• of the New York Fremn.an's J ourna,l of Sept. 24, Fa1ther Lambert said: "T:Ienneberry & Co., of Chicago, are a1bout t o is,s ue Views: of D:ante, by Rev. E:. L. Riva,r d, C. S. V., of St. Via~teur's, CoHege, BourbonnaiS<, Illinoi s. The bo.ok cons;i.s ts of lectures deliver ed by the author, a~nd published in :Mosh er's :Magazine. The a~t­ tention which these studies on the immorta l aut hor of the Divina Com,edia attr:a1cted, a,nd the high atppreci.rution in which they were held by compet ent crit.ies, indu eed the aiUthor t o harve

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1.8 them put in book form. 'l'his book will ucp1ply a wan in tholie liha,r ies; to Catholic student , e peciaJly tho · · inter in philo ·ophy and theoJog ·, it will be a; help to the und r tanding f the grea:t est Catholic poet. Dante was not only a great poet; he 'vas a:lso a profound philo1sopher a:nd theologian. Hi · Di ine Comedy bas been the subject of a v.ast litera~ture,some ex ellen , s01ne poor."

"The introduction to Father R.ivard's views of Dante i by Ut. Rev. Bishop Spalding, of Peoria."

The New "\Vorlcl, of Chica,go, August 6, contained the following in its page of literary comm·e nts: '~\Ve looJ>n from a recent number of the Ave l\lariRJ that llev. E. L. Rivard, C. S. V., of St. Viateur' College, is preparing a volume of Dantea'n essays for publication during the a ut umn. Fa,t her Riva~d is an ,a,ccomt)lished student of the grea,t F lorentine, and the essay.s he is. now collecting attracted widesprea(l attention in the magazines. The New \Vorld, wishes the Heverend author every success. He is an honored addition to Catholic litera.ry Il linois.~' It may he of interest to the college fra.t ernity to know that this hook is· designed especiall y for the young men a.nd the :young ladies of our colleges and academies . . It is made up of the lectures which the a.uthor delivered before his elas · of literar.r critidsm here and which afterwards forund their way into the magazines. It is expected tl1at the volume will be ready sometime before the winter holidays.

P. 'Joi Dear :M other: You want t01 know what studies. I a.m talcing? vVell, I am. t.a.king.dor:mitory, refectory, gymnasium, UJt.hletics, reereation, tactics and chaJpel. These a~re not el ctive subjects, 2111 harve to ta·k e then1. If I hme a:n y spare time, I may pil · on gramma.r a:nd arithn1etic; hut I am afra.i d of r.arnm1ng. \Yhat do you think?

It is much a: ier to 1~now oneself to he blame-worthJ than to believe that others have born u nfair te timony.

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THE VIATORIAN. Published monthly by the students.

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BOARD OF EDITORS. J. J.

FLANAGAN ,

Lours O'CoNNOR

S. SULLIVAN U. MAHONEY

AN A TOLE DROLET J. HAYDEN

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The record.s of the present yea1r a.t~ St. Vi3Jt eurJS! open with the chronicling of the visit of the V. Itev. P ere: L~ajoie, C. S. V., the superior gene1ral of the con1n1unity of St. Via teur, a;nd' the appointment of V. Rev. C. Pour nier, G. S. V., a,s provincia,! superior. These two auspicious events will he foUowed by other great doings in orur college 'vorlcl, tl1e celebrating of festal da.ys:, gra:nd r eunion,s1of a lun1ni; a'nd ·we trust 'Ye 1na·y be: fortuna.t e enough to gi V (~ our re:a ders, ,a,n a.ecou nt of t he new building which is now being contemplated.

The dollar ·w hich you paid la;s t yea1r t o: th e Via·t or ian '\Ya.s la.s t year's .subscription. Do the sam.e now.

Cha:s.. is mystified and wond ers 'vh ether, when he' lw.:s. finished his· education, h'e will be able t o a:nmver the. ques tion: "\Vhat d·i d the vVoggle bug say?"

"Anything the m.altt er with you r n erve, boy?" from Ohicago."

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REFLECTIONS BY OURSELF.

Now tha,t the g-raduate's of last year hav~e in their com· menccm ent orations se tied every vexing question, there seem'S to be li tie left. for us to do lmt to level our gla.s: es and b~e the .·o:eial cosn1os adjust itself nicely to the iderully perfect o.rder tra:ced out for it. Before beginning conquests of our a wn we can think symp~thizingly of Alexander " "'h o felt aggrieved when he saw no more \Yorlds to conquer. \.Ve might ha,v e armed for a joust in the educational a·rena; hut in this field mu· predecessors have already fought, learving· the nh'l.rtial sa.ncl. trewn 'vith mortaHy transpierced foes. \.iVe ha:d dreamt of training for a. contes-t a:ga.i nst s·o cialism; but-this enemy to~o has been la,i d low by June's doughty schoohnen. And thus on and on throngh tihe long list of ·d ebatable subjects, from fm~hions t•o interna,tiorralla.w, is there scarce a topic upon which the gowned and cappe(T sages of ' 04 have not finally pronounced. . . . . .. The doz n candidates for the pre's idency have now all been ceremoni<!us'ly notified 3Jnd ha.ve all rashly accerpte:cL without awa.iting our aidvice. vVha:t a YacUJnt .and unpromising outlook fo,r young enthusiasts 'Yho feel t11ey h a.y e a world-moving n1ission:!

Or a1re we p erha.p s looking too far .athea,d or quite too !ngh?

Are there not nea:rer home conquests in which we may advan· tageousl y exercise our combative spirit'? The educationa l con· ferences held during the Ya.cation h UJve d ecided that Latin is bound to stay and that philo ophy has an important functio!Jl in a well ordered curriculum. \Vhy not employ our zea.I iri oYercoming our perhaps native r epugnance to the tho·rQ!Ugh m.a•tering of thed~ fine ,Yeapons of the intellectual at hlete? And. there is history 'Yhich is a mental eye-opener; literature whi<:h gives polish; ma.thE"'lwtics which gives mental trength and a<g ili y; the cience. . ·which enable men to triumph over matter; the phil· osophy of religion 'Yhich confirms fa.i th a.nd is w effecUve antid'ot against' t h e poisonou microh~ of agnosticism; civil gov1

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ernment .3Jnd politieaJl economy which teach the citizen to act Uke a sover-eign; all thes'e .and many more kindred subjecbs we . have so far but nibbled a;t. vVhile a it the Pieriain srprings,Jet us. drink deep and copious draughts of. their vivifying w.a:ve. This is no+ the tim~e to loll in illusory dreams: of grea,t \Vorld-conqnestS'; but it is: the thne to arm, to t1~a:in for the ba,tt.les that will surely come, for every decade developes; its mvn pDohlems a;nd calls for men " rho a:re prepared to solve them. Old error'S' often reappear under a new guis-e and old truths .a1re as:saHed \Vith new lies. Any one who discovers a1new .argu1n.ent \vhere.with to defend a truth or to refute an old error ther:ehy confeTrs a.· htrger blessing upon 1n.ankind than if he invented an eocplos:ive \Yhich would 1now down a:cre:s of soldiers or aJ flying machine that 'ivoulcl' r.eall.y fly. A student's' study isr sacred. to so1itud:e and reflect,ion. There, in thi,s asylun1 of silent seclusion, in this atelier of ideasr, the intelle1c tual Edison or T'heclar \vork ;:;:, pa-tiently forging and combining ideas a;n d reas ons. It is: fron1 those \Vho h.atve thus' out of devotiun to the real progreS's of m.a.n~ . ]~ind learned t;o closet them:s·elve:s: and to m:aJre of their s:e clusion fecund centres of thought that. the \Vorld n1a.y hope to re1ceive those intelleetually electrifying currents which ·will hreak forth into brilliant. jets of new light, and will impa;r t a new and wondrous w.a:rmt,h ancl motion to the world of thought, which, .a.fteT all, is tJ1e proper world of men. Not, therefore, upon childish disgruntled despite must \Ye feed our souls, nor upon vain a.nd 'f oolhardy aspirations t'O fight the bat tles of giant's while still wea1ring the knickerbocker& of intelleettLaJ childhood, nor yet upon the mental breakfa;st-foocl.s of e:duca,tiona.l faddism; no, but it. is upon the subsrt:a ntial rund life-giving intellelc tul viands which will be d;a1ily spreaid before us here, t.h.a.t we: must nourish our minds: if we ever hope to twke our place a1n:ong those whoste influence: am.ong men is la·rge .a nd benefi cent.

Anyone wh() oo~ys that harmorny prevail.s at a gan1e of ball between the first and second minim t eams vdth four junior:r; a s umpir.esrsuccessively is· evidently not a: goo<.l judge of n1US1ic.

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vVith feelings of "mingled pleasure and regrBt,' with 'b wishes f.or success'' a.nd undoubtedly, to.o, with a~ cided en :e of relief, lUJst year's' ex-n1·en have suffered tJ1e mantle of th ir g-rea ness to fall upon their successors. In as many colleges a there ail'"e new ex-men today there may be seen one lorn and olit.ary figure who divides ~is time between rna tica, ing the endr of his pencil and wondering how he shall introduce him· elf with pl't>per effec into the charmed and charming cirC'le of "exchamge-eds/' both elect a·n cll eft over. F'o r the sake of conven.. h~nce, however, let the form.a Eties be dispensed "·ith, let eruch budding dispenser of unbia.se<l criticism aLlld mt()'Ulder of o-ther peoples' policies place a guard a.t the outer wicket of his ganctum, r emo~ve the dust a·n d cobwebs from the two-fo·o t pile of commencement num hers a.nd begin to n1a.rvel at tlte Iliumb€-r of clever head.s that made college journalism faJ110u~ last year.

Yes, "marvel" is the word; becau se r espectful aumii·a.t ion is the beginning of exchange wisdom.

vVa.y bad\: in those "halcyon da.ys of old," (tho e "good' old cktys" that we're g-oing to sing a.n d ta.lk about at some future nJumni ha.nquet, maybe,) wh en we were but an innocent bys tand er and before \Ye ever thought of hUJving a chance to say it jn a1n official capa.city, we thought well of the Georgetown Colleg Journal. N {)f\\~ that ·we've been "elevatt ed·'' it is incum·b ent On US to discharge the long StR.n ding debt Olf "our respects."

Here1s how, Georgetown! In the ~Tuly number of the J ournal the ·i\Ionroe Doctrine is given a lucid treatm:ent. The ·reader cam hardly fail t•o know the what, whence allld whether a.b out that ~' prescription of old Doc :Monroe," a am English paper once called it. ':The Girl \Vho vVas Lonely," in the sa.m e number is a fair stm·y, becaruse tha,t ' · just the way girl a.ct, suppo&edlv. There i a cholarly air (we ca..n alway rec gnize the cho,l arly air) about those Horation trans-lation · aLlld the ex-exman's fa,r ewell i decide:dl chal~a.cteristic of that. gendal ·CTibe.

· 'The ·co.n tributor of '·'·T he Eng11sh~ :E:s:saiy and Els sayists., " in the Oscotian for tl une, displays a• com·m enable a ·c qua.i nta:nce 'vith that delightful and m1dtiring form: of literature o1f which his o-\vn '\\:·oTk is a pleasing specimen. rl"lJ e airticle is th:e firs~t nf a serie!s , a.ppa.rently, for the writer only takes us· to Go~lds-mith.

It is: gra,tifying to find Dick 8teele coming into· his' o·wn. Generall v he stands' in the sha·d:-o\v of Ad;(]json's g;reat:n es's ,· but the Oscotia,n pla:ces' him in the lime light for a time at lea:.s t.

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Hoflv nO'IV, Lincolnian! All tlla,t gold medal ora-tory about the Red Crus's s;o ciety, a,nd not one little. \vord fo'r the pio-neers of the movement, the gentle nuns? Is: tha:t Linco,l nia.n?

By 'vay of a. ca.m.paign pron1ise, 've may s:a,y tha,t : from. time to tilne during the year we'.ll try to s:a.y s01nerthing~ real nice about everybody. Vve;ve been told that that. is: the surest way of acquiring a~ reputation fo:r' supe·r ior' judgment.

PERSONALS. Rev. l\1. D erm·o dy was recently

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from the parish of F.landre:au to that of Aberdeen, South Dakota. Father D-ermody, \rhoEe ra.re talent, genial cha,r aeter a.nd priestly zeal had made him -cles:er·vedly popular in Flanclrenm \va.s: tendered many s~incere and substantial tokenS' of their esteen1 by his parishioners,.::tnd townspe·op1e,on the ocea.s ion of his lea-ve-ta.king,and h e received a \Ya.n n welcmne in his new field. Together wit.l1 his appointment a:~S pa;stor of Aberd·e· e n,Fat1H~lir Dermody was ra:ised to the dignity of dean. vVe heartily congr·a tlua,t e ]"'athel" Dermody and ,,·ish him continu:ed succe~ss in his priestly lahor:s.

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pioneers. These devoted religious men d-eserve s uccess in their nob1e cause.

R .v. Philip Dnhe, C. S. V., who is re1nt:m1bered her a an earnest student and a . killful muskian, was ordained prie in the new c~x-hedral of J oliette, Canada, Augu t 2 , b ht. Rev. Bi ~ hol}_) Archambault, D. D. Pather Dub has alread. r taken up his labors a's chief n1nsical instructor in the flouri bing college of J o'liette. Our hea.r ty congratulations a!lld best wishes to J: a.thcr Dube. .. Bro her A. Gira.rid', ·. S. V., will continue an<l fini~h this year his course af scientific stuujes at J oliette College under hi s distinguished mast r, the Rev. Father l\fm·in, C. S. C. Brother J. Dube, C. S. V., \Va · recently transfered from St. Viateur's to the St. Louis School in 3font.real, where be will conduct E-nglish classes.

Rev. P. O'Dwyer, of CheLanse, a successful church builder of the diocese of Peoria, erected a. very beautiful church in his Olifton mis,s ion .Uu1•ing the pa-st year. 'l"he ne\v St. Peter's church of Clifton \Yas d dicated with very impressive ceremoni son the 2nd. of August, by Rt. R ev. Bi. hop Spalding, D. D., who preached an eloquent se1·mon on the· occa ion, paying a: deserved tribute to tlle zoolows Fa.t her O'DY\Jer. Mr. Vict.or Lueier is a.ttending N ebra ka 1J niver ity where he is ta,k ing a p ecial course in civil engineering. ~1r. T. Carson is doing very suceests·f ul wor k with the Ot tenhcilner Clothing Co., a.t Decatur, Illinois. · ~lr. S. aindon, of the Sis ·eton Indian Rchool, South Dakota, accompanied by his "\vife and' three sons, pa,i d the cofl g1e a very plea ant vi sit during th ho·l idays.

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.1\fr.. , Berna~rd Niar·s ile ha,Sl taken up a, course ot dlt mtistry in l\1ontrea.L Rev. J. Kle.insorg waJs recently appointed pa,s,to•r of Hoop Pole, Henry Gounty, Illinois. . 1\'[r. Joseph Lonergan is pu1~suing his philos'o phic s't udies .in the seminary of Rochester, N. Y. Rev,. J. Arm,s trong i.~ appointed ass,i stant to V. Rev. Vicar General vVeldon B.Jt Bloomington, .Ill. . B!o· G. Vien, 0. S. Y., our su:eeesgful French ins•t ructor, .will be ordained· priest early in the autumn. , 1\Ir. A. ,Goud-r eau, of Kankakee, has, matriculated at. . Rush . J1ecUcal College, ·Ohi:~:argo, where class,es: o~pen . Oct. 1. l\ir. J. Lynn and :Mr. F. Curr:aill will finish their theologica1l studies this: year in St. ~iail>~is: Sen1ina:r y, Gincinlllirti.

Rev. J. P. O':M:a honey, G. S. V., ·s pent a month in Butte, : 1\fontana., during va:ca;t ion, assisting R•ev. eT. OaUagh:an.

Rev. J. F. R.ya.n, C. S. V., and·lVlr. :B.,red Legris rnade a1business trip to Oolorad'o during the latter· part of A ugus:t.

Dr. J. Z. BergeTo,n, who ha.s just returned from· Europe, is enthusia,s tic over. the m:e dical schools of Vienna, Berlin and .London . .. l\1r. .Arthur .B ernier, who wa1s· n1a.rried i.n June la,s t, is now · these lnany years in the employ of the Booth Co., on Sta,t e and J...a.ke, Chicago. . R~v .. Father H.a.yden, untll recently, assist,a,nt. to Rt. Rev. BishoP' O'R,e illy, D. D., in Peoria, waiS .appointed pa.s tor' . of Chillicothe, Ill. Rev. F 'a1thers Bergeron, J ·e nnings a1nd Dunne, of Chicago·, had'. the happipes: ~ of a private intervi~v with the .H oly Fa.ther on their recent; visit in Home. . Rev. vV. :P. Burke, of St. M:a.ry.'s Owthedral,Peor'iai; will.pur. su~ speciarl . studies~: in vVa:s hington Catholic Univer s:it.y in .view of giving missions to non-Oat;h~lics 1

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l{ev. J. Lenm:~.~rtz, C. S. V., who was acting pa tor of Viato·r'.s church since the death of V. Rev. A. Cor o1~n, will rem1Lin thene to as ist Father McOormick.

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Mr. P eter Dufa ul , of Kankakee, has returned to :Montreal, ·where, with his companion, Mr. Eugene Oaron, he will re ume his studieSJ int heology in t he Grand Seminaire. ~1r .

A. Sta.n fel is art.te.nding the Seminal'Y of S. S. Cyril a.n d l\fethodius-, D etrooit, :Mich., w?-ere, while completing his theo~ 1ogic.al studies·, he will perfect hims-elf in the Sda.vic la,n guages.

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Early during t h e holidays Rev. }""'. O'Reilly, of St. :. Mary' Oatl1edra.I, P eoria, and R ev. Fr. Quirk, of Otta:wa, Ill., returned from their lorng at11d 1nuch enjoyed trip to Eituope and the Holy Land.

Rev. Augustin :MaJ>tel, C. S. V., cme of the veneT.c ble founders of thiSJ institution,has, recently taken up his residence with Pa,theT Dugas, C. S. V., in St. :Thfary's, Ill., where he will enjoy 'vell earned rest.

Hev. F. :M:cOo·rmick, C. S. V., who recently re urned from Butte, :i)fontallla·, where he was as isting R.ev. J. CaJlagh.an dur]ng the -vacation montJ1·s, hats been appointed p::1o tor of St. Viart.o r's church, Chica:go.

R.e-v. L. Gos·s elinr C. S. V., of )}Iontreal, Oa.ooda, who made Hlain :y friends here during hi..,o sojourn among us la yea.r, has g1o,n e to St. Via,t or's· N orma.l Institute where, it is hoped, he wi ll succeed in completely recovering his healt h.

V. Rev. P. Bea!Udo-in, 0. S. V., Rt . R e-v. Mon ignor, G. l\f.

Legris, Rev. Dr. J. Laberge, and Brothers L. A. Senecal a'n d .

Boisvert, have a.ll returned from a; very enj oy.ahle trip to Canadru \V here they spent a: p-a rt of the -vacation.

Re· . F.a ther AnthO.ny :i)f.a~~nville, of Brimfield, Ill., made an exte:O:d-ed trip to Oan.adaJ during July and Augu t, yjsiting hi man friend .a,nd relativ in the fatherland. During his absence R :v. Eno· Barnes· took charge of tbe pMi h at P-rimfield.

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Rev. E:. L. Rivard, C. S. V., rund' 1\:fr.. J os,etph I_)egri.s visi bed the St. Louis E:xposition in July, and ais sis:t ed at the conference · of Ga,t.holie colleges held in the St. LOliis University.

Hev. A. D'. :M:a.inville, 0. S. V., who u.nderwent several painful operationS' a.~ the AJe.xi.an fiospita.l during the va.cation just pass·ed, is now in the. best of hea.lth a.ncl a.c t.ing a1s as,si.staillt to the novice ma:ster' a,t St. Viator)s. Ins,t itute, Chic'a~go.

Bru. L. Leduc, C. S. V. our effici ent b:usinesJS-das's' professor and former assistant treasurer, was: reeently transferred to the :Mile E .n d Institute, l\fontrenl, where he will as~iist Bro. L. Goudreau, C. S. v.; in n1a.na.ging the finances of that institution.

Rev. J.D. L,a,p lante, C. S. V., who is in charge of the Novice hou~se at Irving Pa~rk, Ghicago, reports a. larger a:t tendance tha1 n ever this' yea,r and l1a.s. consequently reinforced his fa,c ulty by s·ecuring the .a;ble S'e rvices of Bro·. C. Raymond, C. S.. V., a.nd Bro. ·c. Du ,St. Am.a ndt. l\lr. George Sorule, wlJO· is r e1nemher ed heTe a's 3J genial child of the sunny south, writes inquiringly about r~,ather P erry, his form er friend and t'e:a,cheJ'. :Mr. Soule now reF;•idoes in BaiJ St. Louis, l\1is,s·., where h e is conducting a pro8perouss busfnes.s: a nd wher e his three children a,r e a;t tending school.

Rev. Dr. Id~va,St8~ut~ h as jusrt emnple.ted the d (~cora.tion o.f his church a tJ I./E>rwhle-, Ill. 'fhree beautiful a1ltars of the best Canadian \VO,r kmanship We're! installed and severarl other improvem ent~ 1~ecently made in the church will entHle the people of L)E'r abler to proudly clain1 one o.f the m·o st beautiful. plruees of worship in Ir:oquois! county. Ht. Rev. BiSJhop Spalding. will preside at the solemn rer- apening of the ch urrh on which occa,sion confirma,t ion will he conferred, Oct. 5.

The only change in the faculty is the arppointlnent. of Rev. J. P. O':Mahoney, C. S. V., a ,~ P erfect of Stu<lies for· the ensuing year. As: Father· O'Maihoney has been employed in collegiate w ork fo•r a! nu1nher of ye:a.rs and is ,a,n excellent teacher, he will no do'Ubt be ·SucceiSsful in his. new posHcion. Rev. \ iV. J. Bergin, 0. S. V., continues to act! as P erfect of Disdpline, .aS'sisted by

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Rev. Brothers J. D. Kirle , T. Riee·, J. '1'. Quirk in the nior d partm·e nt; Rev. Bros. J. Corbett and P. Brown ·it h the Juniors, and Rev. Bro. A'. _LV. St. Aubin and V. Le Cla.i re in charge of tl1 ~Iinin1s. 'l''he corps of teach r is now greatly strength ned' by the addi ion of Rev. Brothers \V. Remillar 1 J. RheaJns, J. Corbett, P. I_jeary, E'. Solon, Patrick Brown and Lc Claire, recently nf Holy Name U.athedraJ School, Chicag~o, and Rev. Brothers J. F. Roche and P. Cotter, of St. Via1teur's ~ onual InSiti 'u te.

V. REV. FATHER P. D. LAJOIE, C. S. V.

V. R.erv. P. D. La,joie, G. S. V., Superior General of the clerics of St'. Viafeur, a.rrived here from- ~fon real, Augn ~ t 31., accompa,nied by R.ev. Brnther Coudere, C. S. V., of Toulouee, France.

Very R.ev. P. D. Lajoie, C. S. V., 'vho was born in Canada seventy-nine yea:rsr ago, was one of the fir•st: in that count . to e·nter the community of which he is now at the head. Fifty-two years ago he \\·as el vat0d to the prie thood, and· all these year wer•e spent in tile service of the church and his c.01nmuni J. In appreciation of his worth he ""as made superior of the province of Canada·, which position he held until ca.Iled to France in 1880 to a;ct as vicar-general of the c.ongreg-a,t inn. In 1890 he wa.'5 chos.en superior general of the community, a~nd· sinee that time he has been ruling hi subjects with the wis.dom and love of .a. kind fatther. Unhappily for him and his follo:"'Ter , the relig;iou ss troubl e hroke over them in France a.nd they were comp'Clled to take refuge in Belgium.

On Sund'a y, September 11th, Father a.j oie celebrated the fifty - ec.ond' anniver ary of his ordination to the pric. · hoD-d.

Solemn High l\1a l'i' ' ·ung in the college chapel 'dth the very 1·everend uperior a. c.e:lebrant, a i ted b the Very llev. P. Beaudoin, C. S. V., n dea,con, Rev. 1'. J . Bergin, . S. V. a . sub-deacon, and Rev. P. F . Brown, C. S: \ ., rna: ter of ceremonie . Right Rev. ~lgr. G. L~gris as present in the sanctuar 1

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T;h e sermon was delivered by Very H.ev. :NJ. J. M:a.rsile, C: S. V., ''vho chos:e f\or his text the n1otto of the clerics of St. ·VHtt:eur, the wo1"ds of the S'arvior' "Suffer the 1ittle children to com.e:·unto '1\Ie.". · In the cours'e of hi8 ·rem.a;r ks F.aith:er• 1\La~r:sile pa,icl an eloqu;e nt tribute to the exiled religious: O'f France, wh01 were obliged to leave their country b'e:caus·e they l:ahored for t.h e Christia1n education of youth. He spoke in grea~t p:caise of the venerable old Ir'utn, \Vho, t'horugh w~i~hed do'\vn under the burden of seventy~nine y·ea~rs,, and hea,r:t-broken over the tria1 ls of ba.n ishm·e nt and sepa:r~ation from hi~ dispe,r sed flock, yet h.ad crosrsed the deep in order to 01:ffer encoura.g,e1nent to thos~e of hi.s: childr'en who are lahorin~ for the san1e c'a use of education in Am.erica.

· OBITUARY. ·one ·of la1slt year'~s~ · com~ades, 1\tJ.:r. Arthur Fortin, of Beaverville, Ill., was cailled a,w:a:y dnring1 the varc~tioTh after .a, brief illness. 'rhe lrus:t summons ca,me on the 14th of July. After our young friend had received the last sacram.en.ts of the church.

Arthur vtas' a; quite and ·\-\;ell-behaved: young nran .and a ·promising student. ·VVe tender his bereaved fa1nily our sincere sympathy. \

Rev. · Sis,t er l\fmrie Ambroise Granger, of the Congrega;t.ion of Notre Da1me, died on the 27th of .August, at Notre .Dame Acade1ny, Bovrbonnais, shortly after her return fr·om 1\tJ.:ontreal, where s:he had .s uffered from consumption. Her death is a loss to her community, of which .she was adevo;t ed and capable member. vVhile offering our eondolence to her religiouS' s·i sters a:nd to her pa1rent:s., we pra1y for her soul's ete!rn.a1l res:t.

--------From Sher1aan, in fa!r a.\va.y T exas:, hailed .tiheJ s:ad news of the untimely end of our genial companion, 1\tJ.:r. John Spr:a;tt, during the ·rec:e nt vacation. 'Ve offer his m'o ther our heartfelt . sympathy. The following extra·ct fronr the Sherm·a n Daily Dmnocr:at, .s hows how highly our friend John wa1s: thought of ·at 1

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Baby J ohn c:.a me into l1is mother's welcoming anns at a time of unspeakable affliction, alter his father's life had be n smitten from. the haunts of 1nen, and she gathered him to her gobbing breast a.s ai sweet~ messenger of love a:nd pea.ce. Responding to his fond idolatry, he brought into her lHe the tender solace she so greatly needed, and ever after he re1nained her sunn;y-hea.r ted con1patllion, the focuss of her pride acr1fl runbition.

As a; s·t udent he gave prmnise of glorious possibilities. 'rhe.re 'Y3JS in the bright future of 1nenta.I development nothing which might not have been predicted for J¥m. He was attending a military college at the time of his sudden and tra.gic end. But alwa3·s the sweetest sa:clne&S of her thought will be of hi s loving devoUon to his mother. 'l"he hea:ven of her harpr>y life lie. now in 1ark eclipse a·nd every human conso~lartion swns , \rept away.

In vain t he offering of tears \V e mingle with her moans; Life~s message falls upon her ears In sorrow'S' undertones."

Another well re1nembe1"'ed co.mratde who had to answer the last Rumm-ans was :M~ r. Raymond Ha1ev, of Joli et, Ill. ~·1y had gone out on a few day.g outing with friend in 1\fichig.an a.nd while out boa.t ing on Pawpaw lake wa drowned '\"dth one of hi companions. \Ve incerely regret the untimely demi e of our genial fellow-stud nt and we offer his berea.ved pa.ren our espectful sympathy.

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On Sat.nrdaiy, October 17th, aJ solemn requiem ma:~: s was celebrated in the college chapel for the ha1ppy repo:s'e of the s10rul o~ Professor J. J. l\1eMullen's' sister,who w:a ~s buried on that day in. :Thiinerwl Point, "\Vis:. Iu their hour of trial :Mr. 1\ie:Mullen a.nd his affiicte:d relatives ha.ve a. large shar'e of the sympathy and prayers of both fa;culty and students.

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VIATORIANA. Tut! tut!

Pos's ible?

The-Pike!

W-oggles:! ''Gee Whizz!

Ohee!r up!

Polly Prim, the critic !

Shorty is back. Where is my clock? :N augt~ymobile. Get your ea1r laps:.

The Gold dus~t. t-vdrrs. Ahvays in the wa.y.

Pl em:re pa.s.s the porte:rhous,e, vVoggle Bog. ·\Vho broke the pa.p et trust'? King Cole.

Vege:tably speaking som'e of the par:snipSi just in a·re peaehes \Nell! vvoulcl you look at Cholly? he has a shoestring for a

necktie and a: necktie for a S'hoestring.

Joel-\Vhat ails T'o mmy?

John-He is suffering from eva.cationitis.

Joe-\Vhat's that?

John-School has opened.

Bring 011 your pigs.k ins and chrysa.n themnms !

Shorty-T'ha1t hus•ky looking fellol~' from Lead City would sink to any depth for money.

Dick-I ~ he a prize :fighte·r ?

Shorty-No, aJ diver.

The frost is on the pun1pkin, th e pigskin' s on the grid, a.nd tP:E? straw hat is sup:pla:nt~d by the bran n;ew a,utumn lid.

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Micheal Hayes-Well, J·oe, what did yoo do aU ummer.

Joe-Why, I had aJ store in Port Arthur. l\iichael-How wa business?

Joe-Russian.

T'h e following lines were extracted from th ~!orri Daily Post: " J ohn Goff ·writes hon1e from Bour bonn~l.is colleg-e, Kan ka.kee, that the school is all right but the "grub)' is poor. ~Irs. Goff say,s JO'hn has lived on fudg·e and ice cream S'oda, a.n d plain food is whaJt he needs. J ohn ha·s been nicknamed "Chauncey Depew," probably on a;ecount af his ability to taJk and tell a good story.''

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:Many of the students consider the a,pp€:aJrance of t:he Viatorian month after m·o nth a '"' a ma.t t:e r of course. It might be well to remember, however, tlla.t they are not doing their du y to the paper, no•r do t hey possess the tl*lle college spjrit unless thev hand' in their subscription. \Vithout the support of the students no college paper can hope to succeed on i Oiwn merits.

8.t. Viateur's day, October 21, the patronal feast of t.he college will he celehra.t ed h ere ·with unusual magnificence. The The ··piam are preparing "The. l\fa.lediction," w draJna in three act". The dramatic tra.ining is attended tO' by the Rev. M. J. l\far ile, C. S. V. So va.ried, in fa:ct, i the a1ction o·f the pla;r, that it ·will t st to the utn1o t t he talent of the college studonts.

HmY ·ver, the tude:tlt , of S. Viateur's, have. won e:nviahle reputations in their fonner drama and there. i every reason to xp et t11a.t they '.Yill acquit them elv with equal credit in The l\Ia.Iediction.

The principa.l cha.ra·ct .. are ca ,t a follow : Don Va :co D Gomez, John .J. Monahan; D on Alonzo,_JolJn F. Fla<nnnga<n; Don Lopez, Fred Shippy ; Pedr o, Frank Ra.ine ;

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The 1nusica.l prepa·1~a1tion is in the able hands; o:f Rev. I.~. A. Go·ulette, C. S. V. The chapel choir will be cmnpo,sed of _one hundred spleildidly tra,inecr voices.

Undm'" the efn eient dir'ec tion of R ev. A. St. Aubin, 0 . S. V., the minims s -woi~d Squ:a.d isi preparing a.nother s·u rpri.se in the way of military movements, \Vhich \Vill he executed on St. Via.teur's day. .

The college Battallion was org·a.nized Sept. 17, by C'{)llon.el . Sheil. Although composed entirely q·f n e'\v men, the o-rganiza- . tion proniises to uphold in an able m.a nner its high standa.rd among the lea.cleiT.s in Western College ba,t ta1ions. lJ.ow fa·I" remo·v ed from the fancied shaggy barbaris·m of the so-called "dark ages?' is the proua civilization which latwles-sl hang·s .a,n d burns hum..anl beingS' in Alaba:x na and Georgiru because they are' bla.ck? AltJ..toug-h a thousand centuries ab.e:arl is it a:thousa.nd· miles ahead? II ow lo\v paced is moral progres·s, which, after all, is the very e ;:,··e nee and test of true civiliza.tioin!

"Unfa·ir" meat, ·was it? \Vhy, tile strike is over long ago.

You will not regret pat:ronizing our advertisers. Give t:h€'m a; call.

"Sitting at the pedal extremity of the ta.ble is w good phvce to stand lots," 1unses hungry J os.

Our advertisers do not advertise in order to see their• nam s in print; they want to gee yo•n.

Another question th:a:t is settled i& that ·va,ca,t ion is a good tlling, John \V. Ga.tes to the ·c ontra.ry notwit11standing.

Th.at ereakin:f§ sound you he:a·rd the other morning ' a~ sl eepy T:o1n screwing up his courage to the ris,ing po~int.

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