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TABLE OF CONTENTS - Cut of St. ·via:tor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Influenee of St. V'ia:t or .. .......' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Pa.ss6on -Play .. ·.................................... ~ . . . 7 I,

vV e~ lc.o1ne to Fa~ther Hicke!y ........................ , ..... L! · ·vannntelli Receives Viatorians ................ ·......... 16 Cut of Va.nnut.e ni ........................ : . ........... 17 R.ece:p tion of Fathe!r R:obert: ... ·.. · ....................... 19 Cut of Fathe1r Robert, G. ·s. V .......... . .... ............._20 Ohild ·Fa:ncies>--Poeti:n1............... ·...... ... ... : ...... 25

D·e ath of F:a ther, LHnlhert ... ... .. ·....... . .............. 26 J£,d itorial .... ............ . ............................. 27 JlJu~onmwatru

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SAINT VIATOR

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VIA1~0RIAN ''FAC ET SPERA "

VOLUME 28

OCT OBER , 1910

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INFLUENCE OF ST. VIATOR HI LDHOOD is pre-·e minentlv the a2'e of dreams'' the ., ~ a1~e when! btnrldin:g ca:srtles in the RJir is legitinwte ~~ and! s"'reet:, vvhen plans for life a,r e lruid with little e=:~~w=======- know ledge burt unlimited eonfiden ce.

The child bHssfully ignorant of evil, except as personified in the books he, has 1~ead a.s had men and terrible dragons \vho,In gallalllt knights kill, always imagines him.self as the champ,ion; of right ·a nd the brave defender of the weak and innocent. Ambition, the constant com pan ion of his imagination, ever takes the1side of virtue, and has not ye.t learned to borrow the weaponS> of vice to aittain its end. Beautiful drea:m.s of childhood, who would have been without you? You remain with us yearg afterrward.s as the precious· leg:a cy of a: time when each one of us carried his o1w n fairy god-n1other with hhn in his in11a gination, when a field w:a:s large a.s1 a1 world, a:nd a day seemed a glorious eternity. Alas:, that in 1nany c:als:es! you ha:ve proved untrue, that a clos·e:r acquaintance has been made with evil, and that ambition ha1s often pro:v,e d a tra:itor to virtue.

In the world today ambition is chiefl.Y directed t.owards the .~ttainment of fame, wealth or' power or of the three combined. Men im~gi.n~ethat no per1nanent gnoCL can be worked ·except by those who corn1mand at lea:SU one of this trinity, arid'' " . flartter themselves that in desiring them they desire them only as m·e ans and not as an endi. T'he child of yesterday ·who dreamed of heroie deeds: for virtue's sa:ke, as the man of to·day, ma~ he engaged in relentles~s pur.suit of fame, wea1lth or power under the fond delusion that he can thereby; periTII3Jnently benefit the world. No more cogent refutation of such an error exist1s1than the calenda~ of the Church's saints. The greater majority orf them were not fa.m·orus during life, nearly 1

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aU of them, were poor, amd con1pa1ratively few of ,t hem exercised· any po,ver in the s.ense the "World understands the word, yet. no ca,talog!U·e of the world's Great Ones· repres:ents1 a s much . p:ermta nent good a:s: dioes' the R:oma!ll Martyrology. The w·o rld pointsi t:o fa,me, weailth and powm•, the Saints to obs·c urity, pO!Verty ainldt obte dience as the1 roryaJ· m·e a1n s t:o tlie grea:test1 benecfit of mankind, .and: in this matter, as in others·, the saints o;vm~come the worl<l. vVe need not r~fer to the suns a:n d m1oons: of the :firmaI11ent of sa.i ntdoml to prov·e this~ ; An instanc{j of one of the obscurest, poorest and humblest Q1f tb.e saints will suffice, whose nam.e was Vialtor, a1nd who live'dJ. toward·st the end of the fourth century in the ea:t hedraf city of Lyons ais a mere Lectotr and ca1techetieal instructor, yet the result of his g~ood deeds lives to this day, as1the following pa:ges1will show.

History does not retc a'l l the names of St. Viator's parents, but their worth has been immorta;lized' by the virtuous: life ,of their S'O[l who, .Adon, · ru reliable hagiolog1is.t , relates, sanctified himself while still quite young. S.t. Just, who wa1s then Bishop· of Lyons; attracted by Via,tor's: remarkable virtue, elevated him to the rank of Lector, the second of the :Minor Orders, and appointed him· to tea1ch: .Ohris:tian1 doctrine to the children of Lyonst, and a beautiful legend relates that he was in the ha:bit of going1 throu'g h the s.treets of Lyons, ringing a bell: to ' call the children to crutechism. Humility and obedience, two virtues that go hand~ in hand', were ever pra:ctis,e d by this1 young s1a:int, who1 a 1Ways recognized the will of God in the slighi;et;;;,t wish. of. Bishop Just. When the latter decided to retire, to ...the, desert of T!b.eba,i d in orclier to give himself to pena:o.,~;e a,.n,d prayer, St. Viator determined! that God was crulling hiir.L to · ·do liket\:ise, a1n d surrendered everything the world holds· de~r to emhrace obseurit.y , poverty a:nd! the .bond of o;b:edi~ee . .. T··o:g ether the venerable Biis,h op, ·grown old in the ,service of God, and' th~ bo~ jUist sta:nding o1n the threshold of Inanhood purs:ued the toilsrnneJ journey to Scete, one of the nu'merou:s monasteries of the Thebaid deste rt, the hom.e of S:o many remarka,ble saints:. On their wa!Jl they pass.edi thl'()!Ugh ~umerous towns1 andJ cou:llitrh:~s~, famoru:s in the annalS\ of hiSlOOTy, literature and art, but God being their bourne, they tu;rned not aside fo[" a? moment to examine even the greatest monum:e nts of hlliiilan g€11ius1. Arrived' .att Seete Jus1b and Via1tor concea1led their a:n tecedents S'O that no man mig:ht know 1

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the sacrifices they had n1ade in o1~der to answer . the Divine· call, "Go sen all th.art thou hrust, take up thy: Oross, and fbllow :Me." Continual pena1nce:, pr.a!Jer a.ndi n1or't ifieation occupied . the two saints fo;:r the fevv renw.Jining1 yeairs of this; life, during which they had been united by the bond of love of God, a~nd "in their dea;th they w~ ere not divided," God calling thmn to their reward within a 'ferw months of one another.

Such is a brief· skert;ch of the life of St. Viator which no one can deny wa~ obs:c ure, poor and! hunl!ble, and yet the good deeds of this holy youth are bearing fruit to this d.ay. vVhen !!"ather Querbes founded a religious' COlllillluni.ty for the purpose of teaching Ohristia,n d'octrine and the service of the Holy Altar he chose St. Viator as its prutron, and this cormmu- ' nity has foi~ three quarte1~s of a century been spreading the kingd.Jom of Jesus Clhrist throug1hout many la:nds. Here is casting bread on the ·waters and finding it after many da·ys., here is forceful refutation of the error that posterity can only profit through fame, wealth and power. Le:t the Great Ones of · the earth 'vhot floru rished at the SiaJme time co1ne forth amd show where their farme, wealth amd porwer are benefiting ma,nkind to the same extent as St. Viator's obscurity, p·o verty ar.nd humility. · The youth of 1nany land's today are reaping the fruits of St. ,Viator's exalted virtue. ·T hey a:re sitting at the feet of his spiritua1 children learning les:sans of duty) nobility of chairaeter, and of ru Wisdom· that .tr.ain scends and surpasses a.ll earthly wisdom. They are leaJrning thart man was not made for earth, that earth can: not sa:tisfy the aspirations of his sou:l, that the rewa:rds of -ea.Jrth mre a,s; va1in and: tr.alnsitoa:oy as the very m.e n who seek . them·. Upon their tender and receptjve minds· is impressed the truth ' that the good m.ust always: be s:aught and intrinsic evil ever shunned·.

The secret of St. Viator's influence which ha:s come dlown to us through centuries lieH in his co:n fonnity with the will of God. H.e re is tO' be found the key-not,e to true succe.ss, the "open S.esame" to the door of Influence thait can never die.

Fame ma~ be a;cquired, burt will die; wealth ma.y be amaiss:ed., but will be squ:a.Jndier·e d in· time; powev may be gained but will dwindle, but even ()Ill€ good action done in order to be in eonfomnity with the Divine Will will inf.aUibly bring forth a hundred ~old of everlasting good. M:a n's knowledge is limited, but God's is infinite, and the fame of the least good deed

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reaches His ears, in His sight it is immensely rich in Inerits,_ and carries with it a1 po.w-e:c drawn from the Infinite. · A good deed' is a flower tha.t never "wastes its' sweetness on the des:e rt air." Thus aJr e the obs-c urity, poverty and. humility of the Saints superior to the fanre, wea[th and power of the w:o rld1, fov they begert:. the only fame, wealth and power worth posseiS!Sing,.

T'h e ambition of all should therefore be directed to atttadning conformity with the will of God, for this is: the only thing worth attaining, and this! ambition should! be strong' and. ardent enough to overco1ne alll difficulties that lie in the way.

Few s:t wdent!s: in these daiJs a·r e. called to make the hell~oic sac- , rifices, to perform the bitter pe:n ances amd sU'bmit to the austere mo,rtific:a:tions of St. Viator, but all ha;ve their own paii.n s, troubles and difficulties:, and no one who ha.s come under the infi.UJenee of St. Viator s1hould: wish that th-e1se might .be less:, so long .a:s. ·they are the will of God. To quote t he noble wordts of B:r owning: .

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"Then welcome each rebuff, That turns ·ea·rth's: smoothne1s-s rough, Etwch sting. that bids nor .s it nor srtand, but go!

B·e our joys three parts pain!

Strive:, and ho1ld cheap the str:ali n: Learn, nor wccount the pang; aare, never grudge the thr~oe.''

Praetis;e this aa:td care not: whethe1~ s1ucces:s con1es: to you or not, for yoru a.r e gaining a1 higihm-- srucces.s~ tha:t the world knows not of, and ne:Yel~ \Vill be a:ble to understand.

THE P'ASSION PLAY FRED F . CONNOR '13

. JIE!R1E: exis;t s in t he· hun1an hearr t an unquenchable ·· · desh,.e, ,not only to put \Vhart n1oves the innermost soul into words., but a lso to express: it dran1:at.i cally in son1e form or other." This. has been 1nanifeste:d i n ail ag'es, even an1ong the 1nost prhnitive people, for the J ·erws amd Gentiles of old were a:c qua:i nted with relig.ious pla.y s.

The Roman Church waged .a successful vva:r aga~ins:t the gl orification of the flesh pra!c ticed by the ·R.o1na.n En1perors1; and introduced to her mre mbers: a new and purged: dramatic poet.r y to· replace the fo:rmer licentious a;c t of the Ron1ans.. · \IV e can can this Inear&ure: taken by the Church tor prot•e:c t the faithful frorm the arbuses of the Ro;m an st~ ag.e, the real founc1a,t .i on of that historic dramatic production enacted at Oberammer•ga,u every ten years.

The whole liturgy of the Oa;t holic Church is composed! of higher poetry and sa~cred drama, from. which our 1nodern dram.a has1 sprung, for , in the sacrifice of the lVIas.s., we ha~e "a blending 6rf symbolic action, Scrjptural nar'l~a.t.ive, and outbursts of s:ong; producing~ arn arr tis,t ie conception, ai drar1natic progression . with pantomimie, epieal a.ncl lyricml elements.~' This pra1ctice of pres:e:n ting the lives of the saints or the events nar1~ated in tihe. Go·srpels to the illiterate became s~ o univerrsa,l , that, in the twelfth century, there: was; hard,l y a, place in all ~entra:l and we:steTn Etu rope which d'idJ nort ha;ve a1 special re!ligious stage. Man.y of the plays presented took the formr of Pas.s,i on Pla\fs, which portrayed' the Agony, Scourging, Or:owning with Thorns, unjUist condeann!art;io~., Cru1cifixion a.ncl Resurrection .of our Lord,. Fraternities sprang up, whose pa.rticu.la:r alim wa.s1 the preseut:artion olf P;a rsrsion Plarysr. Foremost a1n.o ng these wa1s the B'a varian court in 1\funich, where saered ch~atma srtoodl in speeia,l fatvor. A period orf arl mos1t univet~sa.l wa.r : led t ra the neglect of the PassrioDJ P lary throughout Eu.r0rpe, a!n d. it was1 only when a terrible plague was1 rwging in 1633 thalt the

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people of a certain district in U pper• Bavaria\ turned· the:i r thoughts wgJa1in to the Pa;s sion Pla~.

ThiS! was a.t OberaJ.nmergau, a: small villag~e )lidden away in the Tyrolese Alps in the mountain vrulley_of the Am.Jil!e:r, tw1o thousand. seven hundred and sixty feet above sea level, and forty-five miles southwest of Munich. The pla:g~ue had s.:vv·ept over rull Bavaria, leaving s1o rrorw a;nd d'es.olation in its train, for the people were dying by thousa~ nds. Afte~ about one hund1red -of the inhrubitants of Obera1nmerg:a:u had fallen . a p~ey to the pestilence, the villarge madre aj vow to God.! to re:stior~e the forgotten Pa:s1 s ion Play, if H:e would free · thmn from· the death-dealing ·infection. From that hour the plrug1u e was checked· perm:a:nently, a~s~ not another pers.on died a1 though severa:l were suffering from the dJiseas;e. Since thait time the villagers haiVe fulfilled their vorw by pe:r:5orming a: d1~atma of Cihris:t',s life andl srurffering1s eve1ry ten yea,r s,; a duty which they have handed down froiDJ generation to generation as a sa1c1~ed l.e:ga:cy~ Thus we see that the Ob~rammerg1an Passion Pla~ is not exa:c tly a s:urvivrul of a; mediaeval myst,e ry or m1iraele plaif, but owe:s1 its: ori·g in to the vo~w made by the inhabitants of the Bavarian village. .

1 It is ass e rtted. that the Play wa:s. firsrt held in the a:n·c ient Benedictine; ~1,onastery of E:ttrul as ea1rly a,si the twelfth centu~and that the orig1ina.l text andJ a1 rDange:rnents w:e:re n.o do-Uibt made by the monks: of this m:Onastery. ·_ The text has .been revised several times, chief among which revisions; was that of Father Ottm.a;r Weiss!, ai Benedictine monk of J ese·'\Va,ng, who rea:noved unsuitaihle aJnd inharmonious pa~ss:age,s ., and' snbstituted pros·e for dogger'e l vers'e. The improved text, how·ever, as: now uS'ed, was: compiled! with great care: by Father Daise:n berger, the Vicar of Oberammergatu.. The text of the pla~y has thus gone tln..orugh succe!s:s ive alterations~ a!lld r eyisions, until it · h.a:s gr,orwn froirr the ha:r:d, even: coarse, pla~ of early days~, to the excellent version used; today, free fr'o m triviality, well-developed and fuU of life; making the Pais:sion Play- the grealt1e st tragedy the world ha,s: ever known.

The performance takes place on the Sunda:ys. of sun}[}ler.

This yea:r the first oecu1·red on ~1aly; 16th am.d the last on September 25th. The fad~ thart two h'urild~l~OO' arnd fifty thousaln d guests were expected to vi.s11t the qu:ali nt little village to witnes,s the perforn1ance of the play this: yea~r sth ows tha~t, wHh each succeeding. decade, it is acquiring a wider reputation orver the

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' wod-d. T'he pe:rformance comr:rne~nces aJt eig;h t · o' elock in the morning until five in the1evening' -with a short .Intermts~:Hon . a.nd . .acontinues t noon. The pla~, which is d1vtdeid into three parts,, with seventeen acts mnd t~wo tableaux before each a1et, possess:es: two peeu:~liatritieis:; namely, the tableaux vi·vants: or prophetic Old _T1es1bainlent type:s', and a, chorus; of S.ch utzgieister or Gua!I'td'i an Angels:. E!a!ch scene from the his1tory o1f Ohrjst is prefa.ced by a t.a:b leau of t~ypical import fron1 the Old T1estament, and is intended to foreshadow· the follo1wing tableaurx , ·, which are ·taken from the New T1estam,e nt·. The first a1ct, is Ohrist's entry into J erus:rulem1; the fallowing atc tsl follow the text of the S.cripuureSo closely until the pla1y ends with the .A~~cension of our Lord a,nJd the Hrullelujah Ohorrus:.

The , 1 .Ohorus consists of nineteen per sons, ten male:s1 alll!d nine: fem:ales, the leader being called the Prologue or. Chorag1-m.

Tlhese spirit-singers, presiding as1 Guarl(lJian Sp:irits orver the entire perf:ormanee, prepa,r e the a1u dience for the con1:i ng scenes,, and they explain andl interpret in delig1h tfully · harrmonious strains the eonnectioDJ bet;wee:n the type a:nd · the fulfillment. T'h eir beautiful melod:y, floati,ng up: to heavelll produces' an indes·criba:ble sublimity orf feeling in the arudienee a;s if c:elesUaJl choirs of rung1els were adoring God. The great amditorium in which the pla,y is presented Slea,t s four thousandr people at present, but if the eonemlrs.e of people which pours into, OberaLJll'mtergarur eontinues to inerea,s:e, the pr:e parations recently made vvill be inadequate. 'Tihe stage, S!arve for the d~ntr!ail portio:n, the pl"~OSiceniuin, is without a cover. At one . end, on a blue backg:routnd, are pa;i nted\ the figu~--es of F 'a ith, Hope, and Charity, an·di a1 pelican feeding her yorung fr:om; her hea['t's1blood!; while for a1 ba!e kgrrorund there: is the sky and the snow-covered! Alps. There a:re five distinct plateeiSI of action ; the prosceniUJm, for the chorus:; the centrra l stage, for the tahlooutx vivantS', and the usual d'ramat:i,e scenesr; the pala:ee of Pilaite; the paJla:ce of! Annasr; the streets of J erusalem. The whole pres:e ntation, even in regard tlo the s;mallest details: is a; faithful interprert.ation of the 8criptnre.s.

Words eannot express: the sentin1ient.s whieh air e aroused in thos.e who witness this play. ·T hey are lifted above and beyond the pre:sent time:, and li~e in the emotions of the 'actors, who ha~e a: positive genius in the way they conceive a.nd impersonate their roles1. The scene of the Crucifixion is the most thrilling in the drama:, for we see!In to see Christ -

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Himself suffering arnd dyin~ fo'r us, · in the person of Anton Lang, who hangs' on the Oros S' twenty-t1wo Ininutesr, while all the details na!rra,t ed in the Gospe1s are faithfully· ena.e ted.

L1ang is a m:a1n of noble chara,c ter a,n d• m.aj-e:srtic figure; and has a very refined conception of his, role. T1o he able to see the various incid'ernts .solemnly aind religiously represented under' the open sky l"~epUJysl ahnost any ,s;a.e rifices: or incou~ veniences which the thousands of t,o urisit sr undergo, for the sight ling~e1~~~ in the me:morr y like a1 benediction.

The villag~e:rrs rega1rd tile Pa:s1S1ion Play as ai solemn a1ct of religious \vorshjp, and the pe,r fonnances a:r e cha,r:a,c terized,. by the greatest reverence throU!ghout. The principal characteTB ha,ve usually been heredita1ry in certain faaTitilies, a:nd harve been handed d'orwn from father to son; but all the cha.r acters a!r e selected for their' relig'ious: devotion amdJ purity of- .life a.s vv·e ll as: for' their dran1art ic ability. Life holds no higher honor for these peaga;nts. than to be chosen to enact the role of the Ohristus or the Virgin lV[.ary. The proudest gir'l in all the world today is Ottilie Zwink of Oberam,m.e rga;u, fot~ she has been chosen fron1 am.o ng the Obera.Inine:rgau g~irls as pure in mind, soul, and' bod~, and thus, quaU:fi.eid to enact the part of :M:ary, the ~1othe'r of God. In the yea1rs between the pi~esenta­ tions: the villagers wre: carefully drilled in. dralna,t ic perfornlalllces by their pratstor, a~nd, by con1bining their relig,i ous fervor and their artistic instincts', they are able to produce a play, the drama tic fbrce of which is eq ua:l to tha,t seen on any stag':e occupie:d by the greatest actors of which the 'vorld can bo'a1s t.

In both the village church and s.chool the children a,r e drilled in dran1atic impe:r :s onation, and they a·r e thus adarprted and tra1ined to ena:ct cert;ain parts with such ma1rvelous enthushl.iS1ll · and relig1ious fervor that they air e inin1.it.ahle'. The preceptor of the village school is a 1n.usicia1n ·as, well as. a eorm:poser, and he teaches the children to sing passa:ges fro1n the PasHi,on Play, which forn1s t1;te Alpha1 and' Omega of their lives; and they grow up to 1natn hood a.nd1 \VOilllarnhood' with the highest id1eals of beauty a~ncl m1oraility ever1 befo1re them. T'h e Pws.sion Play is not meant a!s1ar lit:era:r y or drama,t ic masterpiece, yet there is a:rt, and high dramatic as \Vell a:s: deep religious! feel- · ings; ailld the world bows before the r ea1Ustic faith of the, p eo- , ple of Obe:ran11nerga u:, allld honors. then1 for th e grea.t tr1.1ths they teach to s.tranger.SI, " rho a:re lifted' up to a:n acknow ledg1

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ment . of their God through the humhle pii.ety of those· lowly mountaineers. · Besides the ' instruction. allld pra;c tiee which the people reeeive a:s they grow up, :many . other influenee~s ha·v e been a.t work to produce the pea1S!ant players. The very nature of' the epuntry and their oecurpat4ions~ conspire to give them an innate' fa:culty :w hich adapts them· to the presentation of the Passion· Play. All the m·o re intelli~ent membe1rs of the cofJ.ntnunity a:r e wood-carver:s: and the religious. su:bj.e:cts which they choose in their carving fit them: for impersona,tion: on the stage. T1hey strive to put a1 suul into the pieee of wood hefoTe them rus: a sculptor' s1trive:sJ to ca.r ve out into real life his eonception ; · and, in doing this, they uncon:s,ciou.sly develop the art of realizing and p:ort.ra~ing tha,t which the n1ind eunceives.

Thus t.he~y live: in the .atmnsphere of and their daily occupations atre in line with religious1 life. vVhen on the stage they ~ trive to approach the cha,r acters:·they are portraying full of holy awe. a1n d paiS1s iona1te :fervorr'; allld w'e , thus: have al nlas:terpieee of religious feeling, which has been preserved . intact for In ore than t ·wo h u.ndlred and fifty yeair8.

The country surroundijng, the pla,ee of performing the play lends illlspiration aJiid.' be1aurty. to the whole picture. T'h e pictuT'e:s queness: of wood and river a'n d! mountain blends: with the ha.Uovved' s:cenes:. The plale idi blue wa:ters1 of the1 Amm,er, the ca:s1tled era,gs of the lofty Alps; with thejr wooded heights:; the lord.l y pleaJS:Uir e horuise:s1, in cont.raJsrt. w;i th the coquettish villas. of the tiny villages; dignified' b~ the time-t-inted: ruins of fl:; mona1s tery, make a1 natural background for the presentation of the play which delfies the taste or sikill oif the; n1os.t accomplished a;r tist to supplant. - High u1p on the peaks of the snow-capped mountiwins a1re Ininiatu.re Calvaries! with the three cros:s.e s standing1 ourt d!istinctly, while leading up to each Oa.lvary are twelve stones., the Stations: of The Oros:s. The sides of the road le:ad'i ng up to this unique spot are lined with images of the ~1adonnas1 for "T'he way to the pres'e1n tation of the Pa1ssion Pla,y should he ru wa~ of Pena1n ee. " Orverlooking an on the highest peak of the taH Kofl sta:nds1 a grea1t . 'vhite Cross· which the pe1a s:arut:s erected more than two hund1red years a:go, s~hedding a! B·e nediction o;ver aill. T:h e faith of the peasants ]jke- the n1ounta,i n aii r · penetra,tin.g· every nook and ' corner of their h nn1ble mountail1J ho1n1,es, wafts into theh ..

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hearts and souls,· the halm of peace a:n d ha ppiiless. They are thr oug~l their realh;tic faith :rnade "'IYOrthy to offer up to God a sa.c rifice V\' hich is seeond anly to tha,t, offered up on the aHa.r during the Sacrifice of the n1:ws:s; atn d su rely it ·must be a pleasing sight to God 'to see sueh an exa·m ple on earth of. real piety and worship unsta ined! by any thoug,hts of worldly gain or better:rneut.

It. is . to be regretted thart the senthnerut in fa1v or otf keep~ . ing the Passion :Pla,y i'n Obera~n1n1e:rgau is dying out. 'The in11pressri on that "like a: n10Utn t.arirr :f:lol\ver it, w:ould not bea.1· transplanting" sree:rns a.pp:r·o p·r iat.e whh the original ide:at of the Play. All adYain ces t~.i: outs lUl'LS· to :rnake: of it a. inoderrr d raana ha.v e been religiously arn d sternly refus.ed. In the ea;r ly history of the: play, the presenta~tioni wa;s often beset with :rnauy obsta,cle:s, and, at one time the pla:y was: forbidden by the Ba:v a.r ian go-vern:rnent, on the groun:d:s. that it was not co·nduci-ve to the enlightenment of1 the people, and · not in keeping· ·w ith the existing non-bdief. . The pa.ris:hioners~, however, showed ·what a strong' spirit for the Cartholic faith df\velt a.1n0.ngst t.he::rn by presenting pett ition after petition to the government, until pe rmiss ion was: gra1nted: allow'i ng the perfor:ruanee of the P'a:Ssion Play. N 01w "'IV€1 fear not tha~t the p~resenta.tion of ther Pla(Y will he f'orbidtd en, but thart t he concourse of fa;s.hionahle visitors1who throng to the perforn1anc e~r: , will gradually have the effect of in1;pa1iring its1-ge:n uinenes1s, and si:rnplicity. Then too, the faet thati a; short time ag.o the P'a.ssion Play in t"'lventy-one acts wa1s: presented in the Oolis,eun1 at San J1"'~randsco, by at east of one· hundred characters, a1ided by three hundred supernumeraries~, a1 chorus of tw'OI hundred voices., and an orchestra of fortry pieees., to an audien ce: which filled the vast stru:ct~ure to it:Si dloors, increa1ses. our fears that the Play w.ill be conunercializedl. The P:a rstsri on Play of the Wes;t, was w'ritten by F 'a ther Joseph Krou:s of the: Franciscan Or de:r. The effect on the audience was one of the :rnost reverent attention; and att. ti:rnes. it m·o vedi tl).em to t ea:rs arnd e-ven s:ohs, which cotiJd not. be rest~a~ined. It is: a good thing t hat SO many thousands can. rec·e ive t,h e benefits of' \Vitnessing this Play, com:ri1en1orart:in·gi the Pas~s.ion of Ghrist, but it is to be ·feared that thist mos;t, sacred of an dramas will be made con1n1ompia;ce and commercial, a,s1a, result of mercenary m·e thods. vVhen the Passion Pla:y origina·te:d the people1 d ecided to give the' Play only once in ten yea:r'"S;, in order that it n1ight not {

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be cheapened by frequency, but ·if the Passion . P'lay hecon1eB universal in .AJnerica, it wHl frust.ra,t e: the hopes -of the pe.o ple of Ober'a:riHnet·g-a:u. · ·T he profits1 o·f the Pla.y ' ar·e divided into : four parts, the first, part going to the p oor, the s-econd to de·frayi_n g the erx:pense:s1 of the plary, the third for the hospita~l, the· school, and other ins1titurt.ions of' the villa,g-e; the fourth is an hono~Jt~rium for the · actors. So far little· a~tt~ention has been paid to the n110neiJ mecruing: front the Play, but, the great . profits which undoubrt.e dly will be received this year · and e•n suing year:s: nla.y Ina[' the genuineness of it. - Thus we perceive many things. ·conspiring ag~a1 ins•t those s.i inple · de·v out peasants of Obera1Inn1erg,au to rob the1n. of their unique and so1einn act of worship which s till pnsses:sesr a:ll the stre:ng~th and purity of its· first presentation. · Therefore le·t us all e~ a ,rnesitly hope ·that the Pas:s~ ion Play of Oberanunergau: n1ay continue .stHl unbl en1isl1ed and untainted by worldly 1notives, as1a1Inounta~n flo•wer inclig·enous! to tha.t country; that thiSi Play which has fo;r its1 subje·c t none ort.h er than the Passion of Ohris1t n1a.y serve to keep the. people of Obe·r:an1n1etgau, as1well a:s all thoHe! who a1re fortunate enough to Yvituess it., ev·e r fa1ithful to the trust God' has pla:ced upon them in this life.. L1ert usi trust tha1t any desire on the part of s;p eculat1ng n1en to eorrtipt or con11n1ercialize the Pla,y a1Si 3J Inoney-Inaking schelllliel, "\vill be firmly and religiously frowned at; that the villag·ers· "\vill eontinue to hand down fr'mn. g,enera,t ion to generation the Passion Pla1y as. an inviolable trust.; and that all who "\Yitnes.s the Play 1111a~ he able: to respond to Anton Lwng's call, "Betet, betet 1nit uns," ~ pra.y, pray "\Vith us!

WELCOME TO FATHER HICKEY W. J. STEPHENSON, A.·B. '10 Delivered on Class Day, June 19, 1910 I

s vVE Ineasure the greatness of a.n individual by the infiuelllee he has) exer·c ised for the betterment of humanity according to the S>tandard of Chris,t ian ethics, .so likewis:e do we m~ easure the greatness: oif a naition by the p.rurt it has played in the advancement of civilization through the deeds of its~ Christian men and women. A<ecord- · ing to this criterion we unhesitaltingly as.se1r t that, no other nation in proporrtion to area andl population has contributed more ·to the betterment. of humanit.y\ tha.n has ''the little lsiland beyond the sea."

(F'r om that s~a:cred .soil, oft bedewed· with the blood of conseerart ed virgins and other holy ma1rtyrs, millions of most generous, God-fea~ ring, L~ibert;y-loving .souls1 ha.v e gone forth into mlmost every part of the known world, souls: thait harve been nurtur'ed and strengthened by thart swblime Faith, which eenturies, of relentless pers,e cution in their nart;ive land h.a:ve failed to pervert or des,t roy. w ,e need only eornfine our visri on to the limits of this glorious republic in orr1der to rearl ize the vvond:erful influence of Ireland's. Sons and D~aughters1. Whether you gaze tovvarrd the frozen north, or the baln1y south, the cultured· east, or the bustling w·e st, you will find that in every sphere of honest toil and noble endeavor, lrelarnd's children harve left the undeniable im1;)ress of their Ohrisrtian manhood and womanhood.

In every depair'tment of co·m merce, . la:b or a.n d seience, their influence and power ha,y e been felt. Their willing hand:s haYe constructed ra.ilro-aJds, built out industries, and now their brilliant minds1 direrc:t .them. _Their ·. appreciation of An1erica.n freedom is evidenced by ·their valor in w.a,r, their virtue in pea,ce and by their s:entiments of lofty patrioti-s m, which frequently resound thrl()·u gh the haHs of Obngress. It is not necessa.r y to particularize in amy special department of human endeavor, in order to den1onstrate the ability a.nd the

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energy of Catholic ireland in promoting the welfa,r e of h urnan society.

But tonight our thoug)lts are turned towal~ds, a bra,v e a:n d gentle soul "\Vho enters the intellectua,l a:renar, clad in t4e hu1nble g.a:rb of a Cistercian Monk, to battle far truth, against the destructi,v e forces of fa1se philosophy. From his peaceful hom~ e, in old Mt. M:e llery, where the a,tD:lrO sphere is e:v er laden w~th holy thoug1hts and devorut aspirations, which constantly ascend to the . throne of Mercy in behalf O'f a world deluded by vanity a1n d sham.e--yeaJ, a world an unmindful of n1.arn's · reaJ purpose and his ultimate end-from out those consecrated haJl,s wherein none but the holy m:a,y d.well Rev. Father Hickey through the pa:ges of his' work, emits brilliant raysi of philosophic thought, which show fo['th the beauty of that Truth ever ancient and everr new. vVhen we ~onsid:er the eminent pos:ition ·which this humble Ois:te:rcian has already a tta,inedJ am'ongs~t modern phiioso- \ phers, our m~ inds are carried! back to the da(Ysl when arn other Gistereia:n was obliged to lewve his monastic pearce in defense of truth to enc'Ounter and' cru:sh the most fallnous dialectidan the world had ever known. :M:osrt of yorm aa:-e fallnilia,r with that famous meeting at which the leade:cs of thoug)lt were ass:embled to witness what they expected would be the greatest intellectua,l combart of all timesr. The rationalisn1 of the m.ighty Abelard! hald swept arc ross the entire continent, his fan1e wa1s the topie orf the day ; he hadr destroyed . sc hools1 of lung established repurtart ion and his, doctrjnes had p!ervaded almost every sanctum~ of thoug1ht, . until even some -of God's elect were deeei veld by hiSi skilful sophistries.

Quietly and unostentatiously comes that holy Cistercian, the humble St. B-e rnard; invoking the aid of Divinr• Assistance; his eounte:n ance shj~ning with the refulgent rays of enlightened faith, eonsrcious: of his orwn nartive weakness: compared to the tra1ined intellect of his opponent, yet strengthened by the aJ>morur of tha,t F'arith~ which overcO!Illes the world, a!lld totailly demolishes the theorie1s:, a!lld challenges1 the champion of rationalisn1 to d e:f end his pernicious doctrines. But the haughty Abelard could only reply "I wHl not answer the 0 :].~LC.l c1an.

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whos1e voice co1nes. to :t;ts, across the Atlantic.. They will ·not, ior they cannot ans.wm··, be·c ause truth ever remains a.s unassailable to forces, of e:rror', a:s does· the rockbound sho.re, to the splwshing· of the waves.

And a,s1 the lovers of truth in the twelfth century, welcmne!Cl St. Bernard, so t,oo d'o we of the twentieth extend affectionate greetj,ngs t.o -Ireland?·s, latest . cha~mpiou in · the cause of truth. vVould that the veil of prejudice a:ncl bigotry '\voulcl drop frO>m before the vision ·O·f 1na.ny noble1 s-ouls; who are deluded by va1in. and pretentious sophis1t.s, '\vho-s-e blatant n1outhings djs:s1en1inate fa,l s.eho,od' instead of truth; produce d~isturhanc e in pla,ce of pea:ee · and: · disp·ens,e, m:e ntal pois.o u where they should p~oduee intellectual vig1or.

But the cause of truth will n ever Ia.ck defende1:.s so long a!S we have a Ziglia,r a: and· a, ·Hickey to ·1nouid the weapons. for its. defense and a R.ivardJ and a. B.ergill' to tea:e h us how to u se the1n. To an the classie:SI thart ,are t-o follo-vv us· up to th e coflireted heights1 of College . Gr'a dua:t ion we cheerfully connnencl F:a.ther Hickey. . vVith hiln for .their guide through . 1n.azes of philos;ophy, they need) not, fear' the quagmir'es o.f doubt, the an1bus:c ades of error nor the devious pa:t hs of sophis,t ry.

In eonclnsion, we expr'e:s;s. the hope that every earnest s:tudent, seeking fbr the truth, 1nay take for -his · con1 panion aucl g'uide, M1is clojster'ed' sage, '\\71hose soul, i1lun1ined with the light of Fari.t.h, finds1 eonsrtatn t jo~ys in meditating on tlfe s:uprmne ·T'r uth atnd' in· the conten1pla!tiO>n of supm'·n al Love.

Tile' COllln1unity of St. \Tjat.(n-- is- on'e o.f seve:ra,l religiorus con:grega:t ions over which' Cardina1l . Vh1ce:nzo \Tannutelli pre~­ s.ides; as lH~Ot· eetor. ' T1o these the per~6nality of the g,rea,t E·u charigtie Ca:r!dinal is es1pecia:i li dea,r, for it js upon then1 thwt the graiciotis: chur'ehn1a:n lai\rishes his: 1nost constant, ea1·e, and in their behalf he spen.cLst a laL r ge porr tion of his busy tin1.e.

The \ T]atoria,n si esteemed it no slig·ht privilege then to have an hour ~('t a.pa1rt. for them by his Gra:ee, our thoughtful a.rebbishop, d II rLng whieh they l11ight ha.v e theli r be·loved ca,r'Clinal

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Protector aJl to themselves while oDJ his brief visit to Chicago.

A peculia~" cir~cums.tlaill.ee which .srtil1 enhances the ··s;ingular fa~or was the fact thart the s:ons of St. Viaft,oir were invited by the a1rchhishop to be the first to greet the eai~dinal a1fter his arrival in the city. With eag~el'l joy a1nCU filial reverence Fath~ ers: and BrotherSJ from far ailld! nea1r aiS-semhled in the patrlor of the archbishop'.SJ residienee at 9 o'elock a.. m. Sept. 26.

They had; not walited! lo,n g when the good archbishop ca'ime a1c companying the veneralbl.e cardinal; it 'vas an impressive rnom·e nt, not .s o much by the m:a1jesrty.. of authority .as by the charming go1odness and' the s;i.mJple kindne:ss1of thes·e two grea,t churchmen. The archbishop present~ed th~ vis1it1ors to the cardinal aiSi m~emhers of aJ brarve bait rtalion of his eceiesiaBtical militia! and: withdrew·. The c:atrd'inrul found among his .caUers severa1l O'l d, and very dear friends:. The V. Rev. )Father Robert, 0. 8. V., of Bruss1els, ~ecently elected! vicM" of the co:rrqnunity; the V. R.ev. Fa1th~r Drucharme, 0. S. V., provinciail of Montreal; the V. Rev. F aJther O:Q.air lebois, G. S. V., provinciaJl of Chieago; the R.ev. F:atthers1 Dug~a.s:, Rivatrd and Laplrunt.e who all had the privilege of calling upon his Ellninenee in R:ome.

The cardinal in his aHocU!tion to the little group of Viatoria:nSJ urged; them~ to continue by their energietie effo,r ts to des<erve t,he approbartion and encoru ralg1ffillJmtt of the g:rea,t archbishop· in whose diocese they~ are working. He had but congra~tulwtions for the resru>lts aecm.p.plished by this little band of Christian edruc:a.tor.s in this part oif the immense field tha,t America unfolds to apostolic activity. "How encoura:gingi is the pasrt, how ip..srpirin.g the' future! Oontinue to s'en:d forth from. your .s~ehQolsl ailldl colleges gol()ld m:em. for the church, the sta:te aind the home. R:e dio u1ble yoru.r efforts am.d your nulllJber:s.

T'he Christian school is an indispensable means for the renewa1l of .all things in Christ. ·T[he a1ge need'S' you, your greart country needs you, the Church needs youi and. thrice bles's,edJ will he the home where the father and the son:s have lea:rned the lessons: that yoruJ teach to· childhood: and youth."

The ea:rdinaJ, upon the reques:t of V. R.ev.' F·arther Oha1rlebois:, G. S. V., imparted his special blessing to all the members of the con11lllunity of the province of Chicago, to their pupils· and parishioners·.

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R.ECEPTION TO V. REV. FATHER ROBERT, C. S. V. Vicar General of th~ Clerics of St. Viator

Very Rev. Father Robert, Vicar General of the Clerics of St. Viator, arrived at St. Viator college Septe·m ber 29, accompanied by Very R,ev. P :aJther Ducharme, G. S. V., Pro·vindal of the Oanadia:n ProiVince and V. Rev. Fa.t her J. ..A...

Charlebois, 0. S. V., local Provincal. Fa;t her R.obe!r t is visiting the jnstitutions in charge of the Olerics of St. Viator as represrenta;tive of. the Superior General, whom old a:g e prevenU~ from. makin~ such a1 lli ext,ended! trip. T'he students v\Te1re as:s:embled on the steps of Mrursd.le Hall to greet the distin~ guished, visitor on his1 a1rriva1l, the Oolumbia.n. Gu~~d's• a,e ting . · as aJ guard o:£ honor.

On the following day a; formal reception was, tendered to Father Robert by the srt.ud e1n ts in the giylllJnrusiium. Fra:n cis A. Oleacy, president of the sre nior ela;ss, read a1n address of welcome which was replied to in feeling terms~ by Farther R.o:bert, who gra1n t.ed the .s tudents a1 "grand conge~" a1n d then shook hands with every one of them.

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The address of welcome a.nd F'a1ther Roihert's' reply were as follow:s : Verry Reverem·d Fa.thetr Rob·e rt: 1'o me the signal honor ha:s been assig,n ed of extending to you the greetings of the students a.rid fa1cul ty · of St. Via1tor college. The ,s tudent body knows a;nd feels thart ru Cle1ric of St. Viator is1 at home whenever he corme1s1 within the influence of whart in the pwrlanee of this insrt.itution is known as the: Viatoria:n spirit; hence to ·sa~ thart you are we-leom·e . by the faculty were .superfluous. We rejoiee with our teachers' a!lld superiors in knowing1 thart yorn_.r advent will Ughten their cares and increase their joy. Your coming iSI that of a, farther to his expectant children, for in your person js: repres~ented that grand old man whO.m: Provid·e nce has1 blessed with a: length of da,ys: even beyond the s1e ripturaJ y·eail"s: in order that his young and vigororus eommunity 1nay prosper, under the djreJCtjon of his wisdom! which grows1 1nore fruitful every da.y by rea·s on of his eonstantly incfleasing experience and sanctity.

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As: t:Q.e repres.entat.ive of the Superior Gene~ral of the Cleric·;_, O'f St.~ Via~or, the ·venm~arble and the1 beloved Fa:ther L~joic, we greet yo{!.. and bid you welcomie. Since '\Ve ca,n not greet in per~on tl;la:t fa:therly father, that exen1pla:r y religious:, ·. that wi s~ and· prudent rulm·, that just n1an who for nigh a. quarter of a. . century ha1s stood a.t the hehn, g;u,jding the bark which wa.s launched by the S1adntly F ·a.t her Querbes, we earnes.Uy beg of you V·e ry Reverend Father, to bera,r our 1nessage of love to hilu a.nd tetll him that. t.h e .srturde:nts at. Bourbonna.is of the p·r esent generation have but one de·sire, namely, to be . \vo:rthy expone,~ltsr of the t,e-achi:ng of the SiCYllS1 of St. Via.to,r: T'ell hin1 that w )fat the collerg:e has ev.et~ gloried in is' our glory and our pride. It is. our a1in1: to nlainta,i n and pe:rpetuarte, with t ha1t ·increcu:,e whkh evinces! vjgorou S; lifer and hea.lthy growth; the noble· tradition:~\ the fair -nm.n e and the grand spirit which has e'\r.er cha.ra~cteJ~'jz ed this' institution since it '\V~1S. b·egotten b·y . a BeaiUdoin, . baptizeu]; by a R.oy, arn d: confir1n.ed by a lVIa,r s;i le. Jusrt ws ad'vers:ity jn the f'ormJ of persecution in Fr'a,n ee ha1s expo,s:ed the valor and virtue .of your confrere-s in tha.t c·ountry a,n d a.s, .a,, consequence has:. 1n.ade your cmn1nnnity mor~e extensive a;ncl prosperous in E1u·ope, SiO too t he: trials which. Provirlence s.e nt to this ip.s.titution , has only t est ed the met;t le of the \ Tiatoria1n s: in this·· field of la:hor a.nd by proving it una.llo~ed has n1a1cle it n1ore effeetive. .\'Vhile '\Ve s-ympa.t hize w'ith your eonnnunity in Fram,ce andi deplore the statt e to which the enmnie'S . of our holy reUgion ·have' llirought the · eldest daughter of the Ohurch, we ·fere l confide:n t that right vvill prevail ove r 1night, thart the rege111eration of the land of Joan of Are is, in the S''\YOrd· of truth '\vield·edl by .the exiled religious a1nd fadthful clergJ! o:f that ,histtoric• nation. JYiay ·the God of 1night, the God of right n1:aike you and your e<:><Ininunity srtout of ·he1aLrt, strong of arm, and ke!en of intellect in the strug1gle which the exiled re.Ug1iou·s1.arr e waging in defense otf p1~in:ciple. vVe know, Very · R.everr~end Farthe:r , tha,t yo.ur zca,l, your ta1etn t and your virtue pla:c ed you in the: forefront of the battle when, a,s: Provincial! of Vourles, the cradle of the · \ Tiatoria:n Order, you djrected your suhjeets1 when the ha111d of th e despoiler was ra1ised aga1ins1t thmn. You prorved yourself then a. good fighte!r , fighting the g,oodl fight for Christian educa.t ion, for truth, for God. This: give!S yoruJ one m.o re title to our hea:r t.y welcmne, and a. strong one, for our ad1niration goe:s1 forth t.o a1 bra ve1sroldier, esrpeciatlly a1 soldietr of J esus Ohris;t. W er are

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glad that your visit to Am1e rica was· s:o happily timed that you wer~e a.b!E;~ to witness that splendid! world ,p rofes1s:ion. of faith in the Etuehalristic. God, which only sueh a Cartholic country as1Olain mial eorwld' call forth. T1o participate in sueh an event mrt11s:t make yorru feel tha,t yoru have contributed: in a speeia1l manner to that voice which has ·caught up the echoes of th~ pasrt, 1nade them resound in the pres1e nt, allld reverber~ arte through the centuries tOi corme, proclaiming tha1t God reigns in the hea~ens' by His: might and upon our all ta.r.s by His love. The dialnlond ju:bilee of your Order in Canada which ga~thered atr ound the devoted Superior of that prorvince, our estee·m ed guest Very R;erverend· jF:a1ther Ducha.rn1-e and his zealous c.o-lalborers1 Sio many. loyal aJlumni, friend·& and benefalctor'Si, has shown to yoru horw fruitful the mother of our province has be1en. W,e take this OCCaiSion while eongratu.lai'cing and welcoming: you V,e ry Reverend Father H:obert also to . felicit~arte and greet your dJistinguished companion Very R.erv- · erend Fruther Du:chaJrrne. We want to tell ' F~:the~r w hart; he already know.s thalt the students a1s well a1s the fa:culty o.f St. Viator coUege rejoice in the prosperity of his province a;s~ n1a.nifes.t ed in the recent jurbHee a1ndt that they hope and pra.y tha.t the Lord mtruy extend his: wis;e and paterri.ail administra)bion into the d'istarnt futurre. Y ou!r kind fa~ce has mirrored itself in our souls befiore, dear F 1aither, and w-e have felt, whenever, in . eonjuri.Dig: up the memories of the pa1srt tha,t image ha!S come ba;c k to us:, ain in:s~piraJtiOJn tOi think kindly and to aie t charitalbly . . We harve other reaiSons to be grateful t:o yoru· d,eatr Father .Drucha:rme, and the ·srtrongesrt is the interest which you manifested in our welfare when despite the sacrifice which it enta1iled' you willingly acceded to the desires of your Superior · Genera1l in giving your a:ble associate Very R,everendi Fa,t her Ch.a1rleboisr t:01 this province a~s it.s~ head. We appreciate the sa1crifice which you made nort only because through it the influence o:f the Viatorrh11n s' has been . extended in our country, and other students in new colleges have been: mad:e the fortunate recipients of its bles;si.ngs, but principally becaus'e in the two yea:rs1 thart Farther O!harleboiSI ha.SI been with us he ha1s ma!de usr feel tharb he is not only a true ·f ather to the religious who are the immediart,e olbjec.iJ of his· care but that he is~ likewis-e a g01od father to ervery Via,t odan student. We would eons1ider our filia,l dU:ty far from fulfilled Very R.everned Farther Oharr lebois, did we not profit by this occasion to con-

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grartulate you upon the hea1lthy gro\\:th which has: . taken plwce in your province, ma,i nly by reason o.f yqur prudent zeal. '" e appreciate your kindly visits and we horp·e that durino· the ' 0 year they ma.y be frequently repeated. ·1 vVe hope Very Rev;erendi F:ruther Rolbert, that your' sojourn , in the United StalteSI illlaly be very pleasant rund that when you return you will cherisih as one of your most plea1sia nt Jneinori e:3 · your visit to St. Via1tor college.

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Revevrend Fa,t hers a.nd 1Brother8'. De:a r Friends: I a[l]]J ve,r y confu~ s1ed, a:t . the heaa:-ty and be:aurtiful welco1ne which yort.l1 ga;ve m:e yesterday, amd' at, the lovely \vord'Sl which you just addres1S1etd: to me by, the lips of this young but allready eloquent .speaker. . In turn for yo1ur kind eomplin1enrts, I should be delighted, if I eoUJld ea1Si ly express you the fe elling.s of my hea;r t. Unfortunately; a1s' you obs1erve, I cannot spe1ak E·nglish well. Excuse m1e, plea:se, and; be . indulgent for rny strange a1nd bar'ba!rous1 pronunciartion, wh:Lch will annoy your ears·.

About: four months a:go I w:a s saHing from Oherborurg (France) to New York, on the great German liner, Kais;e1rin Augusta~ Victoria with' over three thous~arnd passengers, emigrants: for the m:o st part, coming from aill the countries of Erurope, to settle here in the Unit.e d; Stat,es:. There were Germans, Po1les~ R.us:sia,ns, Bohernialn s:, Italians, Greeks, Syrians:, Jews aln d many orthe·rs. TihO!s,e pe!Ople 1na.nifested no mark of sorrow, or sad'ne1ss~, not even an appa.r ent regret. Old m~en ain d you:ri·~ men, poor and' rich, all appeared' to be glad and hopeful. Why this1? thought I to . myself. Djd they not leave their nart.ive land, their sweet home, their de:a.r pair Ants?

How could it be, tha1t they a!p pea;r ed without any ca1re? vVhy? B:e eause, if they left~ aH . behind . then1, they saw _beforG them· a. la1n d of irreSii:srt,i ble attraction, the well nam•e d land of intense . life, ; la1rge horizons, wiide hope:s, and true• freedom, your own lmnd. That a1ttra,c tion I now feel in n1y turn, atn d I s,i ncere•l y decla1re thait I am, j f nO.t perhaps tota.Ily Aanerica.n, a,t least ha1lf American.

Land of freedon1:! How strongly thrills a French hea.r t. a.t this word. It is France that helped your forefathers to win politic freedom. It is a Freneh artist--you . a,r e arwar8 of it-who cast tha,t allegorical and gjgantic statue whjch towerS! ahove the innnense harbor of New York, I)bert:v en light1

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ening the1 world. But now a1las1! it is France whose gove:rn.llH:'l H strang'l~'S' liberty, drives a,w a\Y the r eligious orders; eloses. the C:a1tholic Sichools, and deprives the Church of her property.

Oh, n1y friends1, after ha,vin.g: seen, a1s1 I did, so rnany Slchooh~, coUe:ges, .s mninaries1 dosed, .so many monks and nuns: rohbt:d and :fO'I"ced to exile, so rnany flourishing estahlishntents tailing into ruins:, whrut plea,s ure, \Yhat joy to experience at rnee:ting you here, fre1e tea1chers~ free s~t.udents1 in a sp:lenclid a1nd really free coUe1ge, ha1p py and f're:e citizens of a great and really free1 republie. Learn how to a1ppre~ciate your~' good fortune! for what it is worth.

And now, let m~e tell you tha1t I was loving you before ~. eeing you.

The newspa.pe,r sl, the Via1torian and the New ,;v odd~ often brought to rn:e beyond. the ocean1 your nan1e1s., your succesis1es, the g1aornes \\r-hich you \Vin every year a,t ba,selb:aill, and, wha1t is: better, your , good spirit, your' piety, your attachme~n t and devot~erdne·s:s-. to y ou1-- Aln1a1 }\f,a;t er. I . love:d yolll ag1a1in, because long1 a1go · I personally knew· s~ev eraJ of your: . z·eailous1 andJ distinguished profes;s ors:. Fr. R~ iva.rd, Fa1ther Laplante, Fa1ther 0'1VDahoney, your pres,Emt a:nd so kind pre~s.id.ent, your for1ne!r and' ne'V'er"-to-be-forgotten President, F 'a ther 1\l(a,rsrile, your' aie tive, good! a:nd virtuous' Superior Provincial, V e:ry Rerv. F'arther" CharleboiS'. T he~ hecarne my friends atst SiOIOn as I knev\r, then1. You, pupils1 of n1y best friendst .and of n1y confreres, you a:r e ahnost rny owri pupils. · For a:ll thes,et reasons I greet you with joy, pupilS! of St. Viator; I greet you in rny ·oyvn naJ.ne, and in the name of the Right ~ev. Superio1'" General, FUJther Lajoie, the great a:nd veneralble old. man, \Vho sent rne here frorn Belg'iUl11. I will rerna1in a: \Vhole \veetk in the rnidst. of you, living your life, sharing in your joyful a,rnuse!lnents, trying to g·o back to. your careless atge, arid: r1e!e ollecting the happy tirne:s during which I presided oveT' a1 eoUe:~e like thjs:, in Paris. I greet you and tha:nk yoUI not only ·for your reception a'n d your addr~sts ., but yet n1ore for the pleasure which you will procure me during rny VJS'It. Perrnit n1e, in finishing, to aiCTd one w:ord of advice. You are he,r e, at the college, a;eeording to whart, I re:a d in the annua~l eata.logue of the eolle1g t\ principrully to buHd up your cha1racter, to rearl ize that a,t aill t,imes rig·ht eonduct is es;s:entia~l to 1nanhoocl. Hen1ernber this faithfullv. It is' cha,r a.cter that 1

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in life. A n1an is: not what he has, but ·'" hat he is, not wha.t he sa,ys, but 1vhwt: he .(loes'. . · :Jlake it your principal business: to build up partiently, courageous:ly, w·ith the help of the Divine grace, your eha.r a,cter. You will be useful to your fe:llowmen in' the measure in which yo u are · true: to yours-e,lf, to the principles of rea,s on and fa.i th whirh n1ust ins:p irei ana a:ctuat~ your life. Ye•s1, wo·r k this:, build up your character, a character, \vhich can defy an a1ction of tirne, a cha.racte·r that can stand the tests' of this lo\v world, a. cha.ra.c ter ·tha,t will des.e:rve- the r'e wa1rd of God, and s~ecure you, after tilne, a gloriOUS• ert ;ernity in the land beyoncl the stars. ·I forg-ot something. There is. indeed a thing, which the pupils in E1urope wre. very fond: of, and, I suppose, in America too. I willingly grant yon w "Grand. Conge." You will take it according to the judgrnent of the R.ev. Fa,t her President.

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CHILD· FA.NCIEiS. When yet I dwelt in childhood's: reahn, By, fa.n cy's! power swayed, I thought the moon a ~ilver ball, vVith which the ang.e ls played.

I thought the rnyriad starrs a1bove, \iV ere dia,rnond:s' spa,r 'kling bright, The jewels .s·e t in crowns: orf' sa.i nt.s, R.efle.cting heaven's ljght.

And when the• gentle tee1ning rain, · Besprinkled glade a.nd glen, I dee1ned· perhaps the a1n gels wept, For s·i ns1 of ·wieked men.

T'h e: fl eecy snorw I long~ believed, vVasr down fron1 cherub's wing, ~Phe· whispering win~h~ blof\Yn o'er the lea The psaln11S1that angels: s•in g-.

But childhood's, dreaJns· now long ha1ve! fl ed Disrobing- n1e of Inirth, ~ly happiness was grea1 te:r then vVhen Heaiv en seerned on e:a1rth.

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DEATH OF FATHER LAMBERT Father Lambert i.s dead, Christianity ha.s lost 'a chainpion, and the New York Fre~eman1'Si JournaJ mourns an editor whose pla,ce can .never be filled. · C:hris,t iatn s of all deno,m ina,tion,s. feel they halVe susta,inedJ alll irr'epra~ralble! loss, ·as: they go ba1ck in men1ory to the days Bhort.Iy after the close of the Oivil war, when Colonel Ingers:oll, like an impudent, Goliarth, was challenging the Ghris~ian hosts to war, and Father LHrrnbert, like a1n other David, issrtted from tp.e obs:curity of a1s~m1aH country parish where .he -w1a1S tending his flock to1 do battle with . this blatant Philistine, rund s1lerw him by 1nea~:ts1 of the sling of simple, forcible Elnglis:h a:nd the pebble of logic made smooth in the brook of Faith. We of the · Church M· ~lita,nt, mourn, but the Church Tlriumpha1n t is rejoicing, for a conqueror has gone to his triumph. F'rom habit the pra;yer, "Requiescat in pa:ee," rose to our lips when we hea;rd of his death, but almost eharnged to "Ora: pro nobiiS'" when we thought this galla:nt soldie1r .srtood before the Wounded · Judge whose cause he had alwa(Ys bravely defended.

The sad news of Farther Lanrbert's dearth only reached us a1s we were going to press1, s:o .spa,c e forbids~ an extended a ppreeiation of his life allld work, but this deficiency will be supplied. in our next n urn ber. .

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Once n1ore do 1ve co1ne forth fresh from the press to gre~et ihe old, and to 1neet the1 new, at this, the opening of another schola~s~Ne year.

As editors1 of an up to date journal, we shrull en~ea:vor to cover Sa,zuta·t ory. every pha1se of student a:e tivity, a1nd with a renewed energy put forth eve,r y effort to eneourage rull branches; of litera,r y endeavor.

Our voice, · then, will s10und the note of student effort and with the support orf r eal liv.e :s tudents1, our monthly issue should conta,i n nothing sa1v e real live interest,.

Montreal, the most Catholic city on the American continent i~ to be eongratu1a;t ed upon the s;ueees;s of the first E'u charistie Oongres1s held on the western shores' of the Atlantic. In this old Oa:n aEuoharistic dian eity vva,s witne1ss:e d a gathering, S'lN?h as Congress. the' Ca,t hoUc Church alone could assemble, of world· fig:mres:, · bishops~, S'chola;rs, prea;chers, monks, prie1srts and laymen, all giving testimo1n y to thei r ,belief in the E,ucha1ristic God. Under thei banner of faHh, the

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Gros!s, assembled :men aiild women of an · callings. amdJ .s·ta~tio~us in life in the sacred' streets1 of :Nlontrea~l ·w hence haiVe ·g,oiile forth noble mis:s.iona.r ie,s to cope with the damgers. of the un~ trodden vvilcls, to ruttest thaJt the trut.hs1 of Christianity are still a Living :f.oroe in the '.Yorld, and that the belief of the A posrtles is. the belief of the grearber prurt of the Ohrist.iau w"Orld today. S.uch a; gaJthe,r ing can not fali l to g·ive a: new impetus to Catholicity on tihe Arnerican continent, and we trust that God in His mercy may make the CongTess fruitful jn a. great harvest of souls J\1ay W'e soon ha1ve ano·t her Eucharistic: Congres:S in Am·e rica:.

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----.::.____ PHR;O NEil\1AjT'A. "This is. the noblest thing yet discovered under God-'s sky," wrote Oar lyle of haii~d work, a1n d this is one of the noblest and trUJesrt sentences that ever flowed from. the pen of perhaips the grandesit of all E:nglish writ·ers. 'iV ork of all kindsi is exa,l ted, but as bl"la1in and m•i nd are .SIU peri or to bra:wn and matter, m,e ntal work is superior' to Illianua'l wo-rk. The student is called to thh~ noblest of vvork, andl with the key of good will and honest effort ca1n unlock the goldea:L door to the court of the Inl'nlrortals. He . is cailled to inthna.t e converse with minds that CaJill nat di.e, andi to live in the re131hns of intellect ra,i sed a1ln11ost to infinity. This is1the voc:a1tion of -the stude•n t, a,nd has he right therefore t;o con1plain otf hard work, when nu1nberless men are daily pwyjng fa,r heavier toll to enter the C'OU'rts of wealth a1n d birth? Ha1·d \vork is1 worship, and when it is af the Ind.nd, it Jnrukes Ina:n 1nore like God, for in his intellect main is: a1lmost' D'ivine.

Is it: not s.trang1e tha;t s·mTIJe 1nen .should find difficulty in believing jn the D·i viriity of Christ becausJe 0 f the· v,e ry aba;s.ement of His humanity? If H·e had com,e on ea1rth as a pr'ince o.r potentate, they would instantly a1StS!e nt tha.t He was God, but does not the lowliness of His station a is man prove tha,t He wa1s. divine? If nut,n wished to invent ai God-n1an, \vould 1

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he ever ha:ve dreamed of . having hhn bo,r n in a: s·t able and lea1ding a life of porvert~ and ob~curity, and dying the jgnominious' death of al criminail? The J ewislh ideru of the :M::~esisiah is the express:jon of how man'·s una~dJedi reas·o n would depict God a,s: man. · Gold! aJo1ne could think a:nd endure the utterInost abasement, andJ surely in this v-ery fact we have an additional proof of the D ivinity of Ohrisrt.

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Another school yea1r ha1s begun, a[ld in the course of a fe,w m1o;n ths will harve rwnged i.tsel'f beside many others1in the history of the past;. H!o w mlallly vaiin l"egrets, how 1na.n y lost moments, bow m:ain y '\Va,srted1 oppo1~tunities will this: yea:r leave behind to reproa1c h us in years to come? The pasis a.ge of time, especially in youth, is a1 solen1n thought, wh,ich s:horuld harve its' sHllutary effe1ct OlD. aJI. Other thjngs s:top, but the stream of Time rushes on, bea1ring; us: to · the Oeea:n of Eit ernity.· At the end of this; yea;r we ~shaill be one y.ear nea:r er the solution of all the questions thaJt vex our curiou's' hearts, but shall we be one year better :fittle dl to receive the true solution~ This rests With each individru:all. Tim'e is1 short and rapid, but . E\ternity is long wjth no beginning and no end, and therefore God being eternal isr the only B'eing1 who can a::fford to be s.Io.w in doing " rhat .Slhoruld1be doone. Man not being eternal ha1S1 to hasten, lest he he1 lost 1n E ,t ernity's 8ea1 hefo~e his duty has been accon1:plished.

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The prayerful 'sympathy of the fa:culty and entire student borl.y goes out to Fra1nk Lcvnch of the: S.enior clepartn1ent who in the dea,t h of his: heloved fa1ther sU'stained a severe loss·.

Very Rev. J. P. 0'~11~honey, 0. ·s. V., attended the funeral services ailld aeted a1s deacon at the mass.

Mr. ~L Donahue of the S.emina:r y elicits, the heartfelt eo.ndolence of the faculty an·d s~t.udents, in the untimely dearth of a, devot·e d brother who wa:s. sudd,e nly killed. · In the dearth of Rev. J. H;en.nessy S.t. Via,t or's loses a friend a:nd benefa:c tor. Rev. J. P. O~ Mahoney, . 0. S. V., Rev. ,V. J. Clifford, 0. S. V., and Mr. O'Brjen -of the s .e 1ninary at. tended the funeral eeremonies.

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ALUMNI In re-opening this deprurtment, we wish to inform our ever loyal Alumni) that it will afford UIS m,u ch pleasure to publish whatever items eoncernJing their a,e tivities they 1nay wish to appear in these columns. "The Viatorian" offers an exceptiQnal opportunity of , SJpeaking~, not only to the legion of fellow merr111ber:s, but. aLLso ·to the countless adn1irers hot.h in a:nfl out of c.ollege. We hope that this mlild appeal will be sufficient to e~er our table with responses.

Walter N ourie, '10, of Beaverville, Ill., last yea,r 's s:t ar full back is having1 the h.ficrdest game of his career a,t :Michig~an University, this yewr. vVrulter's' opponents a~re not frail flesh and blood, but huge volUimes of Blackstone's Oomn1enta.ries.

Howeve~ r, vValter will not have to fig1ht the battle alone as Harry Kaa·rpern "\vill be on hand' to~ help him go through the line.

The R;ev. W. Joyce spent hisi vaca;t ion at Portland, Oregon, with Bishop Oarr roll. Fr. Joyce was, ordained frortn our · S em:inary inr '08.

Mr. Eillimett Conway, '08, i's eng1a;ged in newspaper ·w ork in Sioux Oity, Ia. Old. Deadiers will remem,b er Mr. Conway - as a contributor and. a:s:s oeiate editor ofi The Via.t orian. '

R,ev. J .. M:u ln d;a ,y, '05, took his degree in theology and a fellowship at W1a,Sihington, D•. Cl. Fr. ~Iunfia,y completed his coru rse with hig1hest honor~'· Mr. Jan1es Dougherty, '08, of Piper Oity, Ill., will soon . begin the pra1c tiee of la.w. F ·o r the la,stt,, two year:s Jim Dougherty has been studying larw at ths Clartholie University orf Alnffi"i C'3J. Melchior Ooreora1n spent Thursd:a~, S,ept. 15th, among old friends .art the coUege. This; yea.r will find Melch's naane on t'h e register alt Illinois' University.

Rev. John Fla,n a1g:an, recently ordained is1 no"\v seeretary of Bishop MUJld1oon: and a1ssristant Cha,n cellor in the Rockford· D1ioeese.

M:r. Joseph Leg~ris,, '.08, orne of the greates:t football and baseball star.s ever prod'u eed by St. Viator's, made per~petuaJ

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vows· i.n the order of the M:o st Holy R ed:e mer on August 15th.

A Ia~rg:e delega1tion of friends a.nd rela:t ives froin Bourbonnais attended the cere1nornies ·" Red" Kelly, '07, " rho since leaving; St. ViU~tor's hrus been ' a1tt,e ndin:g the law depa.r.tment of Notre D~a.me Univer:sity, has .been dra~fted by the Ofhicago "White Sox." R.ed su:cce:S:s.fully c a pta~ined the N ortre DHJID'e Va1rsi ty la,s.t s,eason.

Rev. · J. B. Shiel enterta,i ned the alta.r boys fron1 St. Mels, Clhic.a:go, a1t the 'corllege .( luring the s-ummer. Since his or<fina.tion last Ju:ne Fr. Shiel ha~ s- been a1ssiisrt.ing Fr. McDonnell at S.t. Me:ls.

The Rt. · Rev. M1gr. · Legris, te1ac:her of Moral theology i.n the · Seminary is sojourning at OaJrlslbad, Germany, w_h ere he is undergoin~ a eours:e of. treartn1ent for his health. L,a.t es~t reports a~re most faiVora.ble.

Mr. S.: J. lVIiorg]an, '0'9, whQ hars been employed in the traffic derpa1rtm-ent of the Illinois1 Oentr~a ~l Railroad Co., for some time will enter No:tre Datme this faJl. Mr. Al lVIcOia1rthy, the lightning third sacker who played on the 'V.ars:i ty for s:e veral .s:e asons has signed up with the Pittsburg Pir~art:es~. We beg~n to see pennant hopes · for the · Pira:teg in 1911 ~ Our old friend T'r •o y l\1umson is at last coming in for his rights:. Lra test report.s-1 a1re ·thart he will m·a.ke the Michiga.n 'Var:sity t~his1 frull: This however is no great surpriS!e to those who sa,w him in action on ouir 'Va1rsity in '08. · M,r. Leo. Koenezer has' entered t:be mercantile world.

Viewing the hus1inesis like m1~nner in which Leo conducted the bowling alleys· last ye~Lr. we ca.n see: nothing but su,ece.ss~ for hint in his1 ne"r ventUire.

Mir. Elugene Corcoran, la1s t year"s vice presiident of St. Pa1trick's Literary and Debating Society will this yoo:r display his oratorieail powers .art the Univer.s!ity of Notre Dame.

We a1re pleaste d tiO .note th.att Mr. Francis Donovan, who was so,m e time ago com1pelled to g,ive up his~ studies on1 a,eCOUint of ill health, is much stronger.

Mr. Louis Bachaln t, fonner Gaitcher on the 'V a.rs,i ty, ha~s hatd .a: sea1 son of ill luck with D:es Moines. In breaking

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Rev. J os.eph PHon, who finished his Seminary eourse in '09, is: d'oing1 g;ood w'o rk building up foru:r miss,i ons a:r ound Winter., Wisie on.s in.

Im:ais R:i ee wa:s v;rith us for a few hours1 on Sunday, Septemib er 25th. "I" will attend the Physicians; and· Surg·e:ons CbUege at Ohiea:go this yea:r.

Mr. . Arthur , Bergeron is1 pursuing1 his cour's e of studie~s · at Loyo'l a University this yea~r. Our bes1t wishes attend "Doc." ·

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R,ev. Jas1. W. Frierle·r ich, '01, has been appointed starte Oa:t holic chaplruin for St. Char'les1 schools for boys, arnd the Geneva s1chool for g1irls.

PERSONS AND PLACES . R:ev. J. F '. R.yaln:, G. S. V., who foe n1any years directed the fina.n ees1 of the colleg:e ha1s: been: pr•omorted to the office of Prorvincia!l Proeurato1... B~efore1 becoming tre:a,s:urer of the college Father R,y an hadJ a:lso held t:he responsible po,s itions of Prefect of Discipline and Director' of Studies1, both of v;rhich offices, he :srutc ces1slfully mana:g:ed. Uneomtmto n bU!siness: ahility, addres:s and execUJtion: w:e re the ehara,cter'i.srtie mark,s' of F'alt her Ryan as1tre1a surer of the colle·ge, a;s ·was! plainly shmvn hy the manner in which he Ill'astered' the difficult po,s ition of the college im•m·e diately a,f ter th:e fire. . Oong~ratula~tions aln d 'v.ishes' for sueees1s attend Fa·rther R~a,n frorm_ hi,s, host of friends.

The d:edieait:i.on of R:ev. 0. E!. MeOa:bel's1 splendid new ehurch took plaee Su:ndJaiJ, Oct,. 2. R,t. Rev. Jos:e ph AlerdJi1ng Bishop of F o~dJ Waiyn:e officiarted. M1arny distinglll~ i~sthed c1,ergymen an'd laym~en asstemhleld to ,e elehrat'e th~ event and' c:on:gratu1ate the pa;srt:or on the .su:eces:stfUil iss ue of his: efforts.

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The fiftieth anniver.sta cy of St. Oolu1nbkille's: Ohurch, Chi. c:a:go, w.a1s1 obs1e rved with' due S!o lemnity a[)Jd impres1sive cevemorties. The eelelbrat.ion covered three da(Ys:. .Allmos:t an the clergy who orffitc ia:ted! were prietsrt;s: oTda1ined from1 the pa,r ish.

St. Oolumbld1lers bomsts of givirig 1nore pries1ts, tio the church than any other parish in Chieag·o. The pa:stor, Hev. P. ~J.

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T'inaru IS to be congra1tulatted! not only on occa,sri on of the Golden JuhHee but bec'afn'se of the mwny improvemetnts he ere:c ted in the short time he hrus been pastor. The magnificent ma1rble vestibule amdJ struirca1se, new m1aJrble altars, and th~ general improvemre nt ·Of the premirs:e s put S.t. Corh1mhkille's among the first class churc:hesr of the city.

The enrorllment of studemts at pres:e nt exceed·s tha:t of any former year. The number is still increasing and bids fruir to taoc the caprucity of the college to the utmost.

The found>art ions of a building1 to be used as a.n infirmary which will be in cha~ rge of sdsters have· just been completed.

Next year sri sters will be · here to ca1re for the students in sickness.

R,ev. J. El. Bie lair, 0. S.. V., has1 .s ucceeded Rev. J. F. R~an, 0. S. V., as trea;s urer. )Father Belruir's ability rende:rs him thoroughly fit to direct the finarn ces of the: institution.

ReV. P. F '. Brown, C. S. V., left re:e ently for the C'ruthorlic University a;tr Washington, D··. C. · F 'a ther BrDwn will take up a speciaJ cou:rs1e in · Theology, and likewise pursue a, couT·se in missionary work. The many friends of :F'ather B~rown at the crolleg~ wish him success in: hi~ studr1es a:nd will be anxious to we:lc'Oirne him barc k at the end of his c'Ourse.

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Rev. C. J. St. Amalllrt has been appointed assistarnt at Maternity church, BouTbonnrul.sr_, to fill the vacancy left by the removal of Rev. J. E. Belruir, C. S. V,, to the eollege.

F'rom arcrOSiS the plruins' we received glowing reports of Corlurnbus College, Ohamherlain, So. . Dakota. The student register of last yea1r ha1s1 been doubled. The new building: is well under construction amd will soon be ready to m.e et growing demands'. , · . .

Rev. J. D·. Kirley; 0. 8 .. V., amd W. J. Olifford, C. S. V., returned from their Etruropean trip just before the opening of school. We ma,y expect illustrated' lectures o,ccasionally from the H.e verend }F:a;ifuel~SI during the Ion~ winter mont hs.

Rev. J·. V. Rheams1, 01. S.. . V., has been promoted to the position of Director of StudieSr. The well kno·wn abilities of Father Rheams· 1ea,v e no room for doubt that the high stand·-

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S.hea, student orf '09, after having undergorne an operation . forr arp pend:icitis art St. Marg1a1ret's. hospital, Hammond!, Ind., is still lying dam:~er'ously ill. That he ma~ safely is~soo from danger and have a, spe~edy rec:orvery wa:s the prayeT orffered by the entire colleg~e bod:y.

A.mongl the .recent visitors ·w ere: Rev. J. Sammon of Peoria; Rev. P. H. Drurrkin, Rantoruf; Rev. J. E!. Meyers, Goodrich; Rev. J. T1. Bennett, Ka:n kake:e'; R.ev. W. Granger, Kamkakee; Rev. Fr. Mic Guire of Bart:avia1, Ill.; Rev. J. Larb rie, :Nlomenee; R~ev. F 'r. Ortrow:stki, Kalllkaike:e; Rev. Fr. Ha!JeS of ChiCagio·; Rev. J. Arms:trong:, F 'a;rmer City; R;ev. J. B. Shiel, Chicago; Mr. D·. }F. Ourley, M:r . A~ l\1Ja['!stbon, Mrs'. J. O'Leary, . Mr. }F·. F'isher, 1\fr.s'. W. Walter:s1, Mr. and! M'r s1. Fraill:k Murphy, ~ir. Charles B~rown, M:r. John Winsor, ~fr. and M'rs.

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T'h e Class '11 is starting: forth upon the last lap with enthus,i asm and confidence. They have kept their ranks' intact for three long yea1rS1and they hid fair to contdnue a guiding star' to the lower c:ltaiSiS'In'eln. Tfll'ey h~ve already beg;un class activities1, aS' they are IMl.iking: prepatra,t ions to appe'a:l to the social s1ide of the collegiate .s,t udents in the way of a1 banquet. N o'v that the Seniors! have "sta:r ted the baill rolling," the ·Juniors and "Sophs'' will not be long in falling into stride. The F 'r eshmen, true . to their name, will soon be org,a nized and be S'Oiliciting attent,iolll from, their dignified uppe~r dass~men. The following prog1ram1 will be rendered at the Senior's banquet in the Oollege Auditorium: Salve, Francis' A. C!leacy, '11; Olasg Spirit, Ja:m es :NL Ji"'itzgerald, '11; Pi ano Solo, Ra:l ph Legris,, '11; S.ocial Union, Jeremiah P. OlM:ahoney., '11; Violin Solo, Fred F. Connor, '13; Sidelights on Philosophy, Eil der Boulig.ne, '11; Vocal Solo Ha1rry Keeley, '13; Promising Lights, Gerald Bergan, '12; 'vocal Solo, Cla :renee Jaeobs:, '13; Views: of Hickey, R.ev.

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E; L. RJv.ard, D. 'D'. ; The Student, Rev. W. J. B:e rgin., 0. S. V.; T:ravels in Elu rope, ,IV. J. Cllifforrd, 0. S. V.; Olo~'ing R.emarks:, ·v. R,ev. J. P. O'MaJhoney, Cl. S. V. · The old m·emlhe·rs. of the· Scientific Society hav~e held a n1eeting at which they formulated t:heir plans for· the corrning year. ~n importa;nt ques:t ion discussed w:a s the a4Inittance of the IUta ny new m:e:rnbers, who are 3./nxious to indulge in the frequent eoccruT'sio~ns to the ravine and otherr places of inte,restt in q uesrt of bottaJnieaJ a:nd zoologica.l specim,en'S.. La;s't yea!r thes'e visits resu:l t;ed in the acquis,i tion of' nlJa,n y rare specin1'ens·, atn d the' Society hopes this' yea:r to be a.b le to add to its large collection. Under the able direction of Fa,t her B.r own the society should peog·ress1 in scientific work, and should be an important fate tor in increasing the interes~t of the .studoots; in the ste iencesr.

We cannot overlook St. P3Jtrick'S! Literary and Deba;t ing Society, which, a :l though confined to the se,c ond ye:a,r high school, has an: enviable r~ecord borth in numbers and in literary merit. The importance ain d the good 'vork of this society in the high school is inesrbim:alble, arid we look forward to the tim·e when it shall include the whole high school depa,r tm,e nt.

The Moderator of the society, Brother Sheridan, expects: n1any new m·e mbe.r s this ye:aJr, a:n d he i:s n11a king plans for a 1nosrb su~ ccessful year. · Those who admire the g1enius and power of a Demos1thooPJ~ will enjoy the deba1tes1 of the Riivard Literary and Debating S:ociet.y, which is c'Oimposed of merrnber's o.f the Senior and Junior classes. They wHl soon be winning orur a,p plause by the force of their logic.

The zea,l ous: support,er.s~ of the Th-espian Club are looking over the new mJent. Those who a:r e aibJe "to render an old thing new" will be m~o~:t wel corrne in this soeiety, ,;vhieh will st.ag~e a number' of college plays during the eoming yea.r for the entertainment of the Sltudent body.

Once ag1a1in harve the d'oor~ of the Viatorian sanctu1n 9pened and sent forth the trusty scribes who 'vill g"uide~ the destinies, of the now unlettered pagBs otf 19·10-11. It is1with a sense of res1pons:i bility the e!x cha1nge editor adjusts his pen to recor:d the n1·e rits1 or defec~s o·1 the exchanges: tha~t a1re: daily a1rriving in the sanetu!ln. Ptdly, indeed, does he rea,l ize the impo~rtant rol·e he is: called upon to play in the are•n a: of' litera,r y criticism, and he " rill endeavor to have hj,s; pen ever in ha.r1nony with t1h e la,w s of t.r uth a:n:d jus.tice. To thos:e whose , excha~nges ha1v e ,already graced our s1a:nctu1n the s:rune hea;r ty welcorn1e is: extended, a~s. also to those whose a.c qua,jntance it will be ourr1 privilege to' forn1 du1ring , the cmil'ing· ye~ar.

That our relations ma1y be mos:t pleasant a:n d profita:ble the exchange editor will d:evote his1 best effort.s1. But should orur policy not m1ee:t ·w ith universal favor t:he Eix. Ed. will not grow di~:cou1r.a1ged a:s long as his pen i,s~ confor1nable with strict impa,rt.ial,i ty. This is ·w hat is expected in return when criticising the productions tha!t vvill ~race our colleg~e parper. (

VVhile we do not clas's the "Oatholic School J ourna1l" a;m ong our college list of exchange:s, yet there · is sufficient ma;tte~J> of a high grakie in it1to make i,t, a1 useful an1d valuaib le pap·er. The September · issue is replete w'ith useful info rmatiolt1: for pupil's a1nd: teaiche~s. A b~ief a1c count of the Edruca,. tional Oonven:tion at Dle tro.it is one of tJhe m1a ny articles of this is:sue. Brother Philip F. S. , C. c:antribute1s: an able paper on the duties andl rela~tions1 of a princi~pal with his S!chool. . "\tVhile the adrvice given seems conmnonplace yet many incidents mentioned: a,r e oft:e n pra~cticailly overlooked arnd hence the necessity of the paiper. Tlhe study of ru great picture is a history of the "La1srt Supper" by Leona1:rdo Da Vinci. T'he writer toru·e hes upon the history otf the artist a:nd offers a few rema1r~s on the excellence of his work. A s1tudy of Gra,y 's Ell egy ·isi a comprehensive all'ticle and possesses high litera·ry merit, doing fu'll justice to that excellent poem.

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Th0 8ociety of the Divine "\Vord, T'e chny, Ill., . is1 to be congr:a:tulated on the exceHent produetiori of . St. ~:tichael's A:lmana.e for 19·11. This horutsteholdi faiVot~ite contains - instructive and interesting reading, matter embracing, religr ·ions a:nd secular su"Q,j'ercts. l\1any of the contributions: are by well kn'Oiwn ·w riters. A copy of this. vatl uable Almanac may be had, in either German or E/nglish, friom' Techny, Ill., Society of the D~ivine w :o rd. lVI:a.ny o:fl the S.eptemtber exchanges; ·eontain echoes of : commeneem.e nt day. The "Youn~ E la.gle'' has its quota.. The eoonmencement addres;s of the Right R,ev. Thort1as OJGornlan, D'. D., Sioux F 'aills, So. Dakota~ js, indeed, a masterpieee atn d invites Sterious .stud1y. 'T he BaccalaureUJte Sermon, too, deserves the publicity which was extended it on the occas,i on of its delivery aJt Sinsinaw'a. In poetry the Young Eagle excels jt,s:e lf this month. · Who earn read that perfect gen1 "T'o the Lord of Hosts:'' without pronouncing it the product o,f aJn unusually gifted' pen?

T'he Notre Dame S.chola:stie is one of our regula:r and most weleon1e visti torsi. Its .srpicy art,i cles interspersed' witb rare bits of verse give it a1 flatVOT~ thart is not found in many college journa[si. A recent issue contains an: excellent article on "St. )F'r arrcis orf Ass:isiSii -Poet." The madority of peop-le are ignorant o:f the fa,e t tha1t St. Francisi possessed wonderful -poetic genius. ;'He: ·was a1s1a1int," the write'r S'ays~ "and' because he was a1swint, he was a1grea1ter poet fm:• he more truly unders,t ood na1tU!re, a:nd eould speak from this knowledge." vVe shall read with pleasru re the continu:atiorn of this article' in sucees:sive is1sues. "AJ Ha1r!d F'all" is a cleverly written story. , It has a local tone. 1" The B.ruces in Irelallld" is an. h:Ustorically correct artiele. . T'he editoriatl s, though brief, deal with topics of interesrt to students.. It is ea_,s y to und'erstand the sorrow ·which the S,chola!s.t ic-- experiences jn announcing1 the death of the mother of the V. ·R,ev. J. Oavaillau.gth. T'he ViatOOrialni extends a not.e of s'y mlparthy to the beloved president of Notre Dame.

The Ola,t holie Hon:t€! Annual is in its 2-8 th year of publication. T'he 1911 number is1 veritahly a, little encyclopaedia, and, Ill'Oreover, is bea'rutifully ill usrt rated. .· It is published by Benziger Brothers, New York.

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O!UR CIOACIH; Both Manager Olea1ry and St.. Viator college are to he . congratulated upon securing the s1ervices of ~Ir. L. J. lY!aii'ks to coa1c h the footbaU squad. T'o. a ll lovers of the college g~a,me the nan1e of Mr~ Marlts1 is by no means:· a strange one. For the- past three years, he has: been the st1rur of the strong Dartnlouth oollege eleven a1n d by his stella1r work of last s:ea1son was selected as fullba;c k on Walter O:amp'·SI second All An1eri. can T eam. RiB thorough knowl€d~e of the new style of play, coupled with his aggressiveness: and. popularity with his playe~"s, stamp him a.1s a. coa1 c h of whom St. Viator or any other col- , lege might well be pr'Oud. In the short space of tiln.e he has been at St. Viat.or).s he hals worked wonders with the team:, a,n d p·roanises~ a mosrt. succesls fu:l sea:son.

Ooruch ~1a;rka " ra1s the one man need1ed, and: the alreadiy rosy prospects only become brighter eve,r y tim'e he drills the defenders of the Old Gold and Purpole. The Viat.o:rian in the name of the student body extencls :Nir. ~1a1 rks1 a wa:r m welcome.

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FOOT'BALL. Hacrdly had St. Via.t or beg1un the new year, ''rhen Oapt.

Fitzgera;ld issued a, call for all footba.ll candidates to 1~eport.

His summons was ansrwered by· the largest and best array of · footbaH talent hitherto seen at the college. In all the prelinlinary pra,c tiees: thus far, both the vetera,n s and recruits: are showing: then1selves to be nToleskin artists of first rate calibre.

Th~ rivaJry for positions on the team is: s:o inte:t;J.se, a1n d the pla,ces so closely c-ontested:, that no predictions. of a probable lineup can be made 'until the first graa.ne. Of the veterans1 of last yea1r, we have the indOimitatble a1nd, ever per:seve.ring Oapt.

Fitzgera:ld who by bis1 stellar virork lastt season was again elected . to lead this1 y~ea,r's' agg.reg1ation. Sherman, the powerful eeuter, D'a rche a.nd' Sullivan the sta,r guards, and Q.uHle at quarter· are 'still with uiS: and seem~ to have their pos.itions secure. Amongst: the recruits Storr, Mlo~n.ihalll, Sa,mlll'On, Bergan, R. Lre gds, V\1elch, and Brenza1 are: showing surprisingly good form. Oa1shin, T1radnor, Ganarv an., Hail"rison, _I(iss:ane, .I

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f)ougherty, Gord:on, v'Va:ll, O'L~ea,ry, Ledwell, Warner, Duffy, 'Vaters and NleDonaJd are imrprovingJ daily -a nd are sure to be heard from.. Tih e team appears to be the best that ha~s ever defended the OJd Gold! ailld Purple, ·and the student body is: overflowing with enthusiasm aboru.t itSi chances.. l\1anager Clea1ry ha1s been very busy compiling a schedule and thus fa1r announ.eesr g~a~m,es with Hyde Pa1rk Athlet.i c Olub, Wesleyan, :Millikin Ullliver~sity, DleParuJ, Lo~ola,, and prrobably vvith Dixon or B:r adll ey "Poly," giving one of the · best schedule:s our pla,ye:r s1have had.

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ASISrOlOII.A;TT ON. During' the first we1ek of school, the St. Via1tor's:. Athletic AsJSO'c ia1tion held a.1 rous,i ng me,e ting:, laying plans for the ensuing year and electing~ the following officers : President-J. M. F 1itzgeraJd. Viee-Presri dent--E L J. Quille.

Secretary-R. Legris.

T'r easurer-F. A. Ole1a ry.

The association is! in a, flourishing condition and gives prcnnise of a s:uecessful yeatr". · BIASrKEiT: ·BACLrL. Althoug;h it, may be a little erurly to issue a forecas,£ about basket ball, yet the prro~spects loo1m up so rosy tha,t this: little: notice could not be suppressed. From la1srt year, Oa.pt. Fimgerald, 1\tloynihan, Oleary and Kis:s:rune remain, and with the new luminaxies a,ppreaJ·ing on the horizon, a; fast, S})eedy quintet is a!s.sured'.

While football natu:raHy is the main attra1c tion a.t pres-ent, nevertheless: the other sports are receiving the:ir due sup.. port. Both the 'ha.n dball a:nd: bowling alleys have been pu·t in first class condition, - mnd these coupled with the pool and billia1rd tableS are being USie d to their full limit.

TIH E1 JUNIORrS. The Juniors under the directiorn of Coach Q.uille a:re adap-ting themselves' to the ne"r .style of pla1y w.ith great raprid·ity. The tea m: while not a;s heavy as' last year promises to be the fastest aind! best in years:. T'he mostt promising ea1n didates are, Conklin, l\.feGe·e, Zorilla., O'Gonnotr", She1a:, Kelly, Prime:aJu , 1

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l\lagruder, U del, F'org~ie., Holt, Whysocki, R.iehe!rt.s', L,. lVlort.ell, l\[foynihan, Kennedy, lVlcAndrrewsr U~nd Boi.srvert.. Gan1e.s1 are beingi .arranged w'ith the hesrtJ hig)l school t,e1a ms in the vicinity and the season is: sure to produce som'e :fine football.

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Coach McDonald's team. isr prog1res's ing nicely. Thorugh servera.l of his old stars haJVe left a1nd can be found in the Juniors: he promises a sqUiad that will uphold its reputation as' the 9路5 lb. eharmpions of Krunk:a:kee to aill, comers'. The team will be picked from: the fo:llowing: Pepin, Oa1nphell, Senesac, G. Kane, Oamp, Kis:s ane, Fitzpart:ir'ick, Dandurand, Dillon, P. Boyle, D. B:oyle, J. Karne, Baker, E i. F lynn, Kekich and Cyrier.

The Minim1s. a1lso silo,ved their' usual! bwselball a:bility and in a double header overwheln1ed the village team 23-3 a.nd the Bradley ''Hus< k s" by a, score of 24-4.

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-H·e inz!

Heinz!

vVha.t's the matter with Pickles?

-Bill (rut taible)-"vVhy do they erull thjs: water1nelon"? :E'ramk- "P'ut me wis1e." · Bill-"Becaus·e it is plarn ted in the spring!" ,-"Fish" Samrm on had better take to the; deep wat.e:r. one fish. ·

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--Keeley has broken into local politics- Oh,

Ha~rry!

"'iVhy?

-"T'hoy" Rainbow is· here!

-Large pa~r~y arrived from R.ivers.ide. gang's. arll here.

-Willie-"! denie1s the

HaH! Rail! The

ri.o~nination."

-A. L..- "He's .s:o. thin 3;;01.1 caill see the ribs in the baek of

his n e:c k."

-Art-T'ie your little pony outside.

- His broken hea,r t ·no more is; pining, He hum:s~ no m.o re those love-lorn a:irs, Dick vow's' thalt all bids~ he's' dJeclining Thart take him nea:r convent affairs.

-~i tz

(on · grjdiron) -"What can you play"?

1\tfikef--"VVell, l'n1· purty good on the a,ccor.din and fine on the n1outh-nrgan.';-Eix.it l\fike!

-Piper Oity returns· to the fold. the Kelly twins this yea1r.

Leo, J.awn a;n d Louis. and

-Upon inves:t ig1ation it ha:s been found that "Glli';;" · and "Red" 1nake· a good-sized shado'I\T when pla:ced ba:ck to hack.

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-lzzy-Well, hoi,v' do you fetel R.ed.?

Hed.· Like seven days:.

Iz-How's that?' · Kind o1f ·weak ! ·Rie d-Well, no~v thatt the "Oowch" is! here· we will begin to "trajn" and try t:o "e1n gine1er'' a few prlwys. Rrels'olved to miaike no bad "br.akes."

-Iz-"Gos:h durn you Mruig gins1! Quit snorin'."

-A young mra n fr'orn the torwn of Miomenee,

In attempting; fo hurdle a; fencre, His eoa£ caru.lghti oiil! a nan And he turr ned: very p~le, ·As .h e said, "I .can't stwnd! thist sus:pens~e !"

- · No more :visritsr in the gloralmii ng.,

In yoruT room you: m~l'sttJ rem~Jin, In the haills there's! no moire roatrning, Ourferw haiSJ rung onc:e ag:ain!

-For Sale-Onre per~ed;1y good, slightly used banjo. ply · E i. Q. ·Third co~ridor. .

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-Personal! Notiee!--Nott: resrporn.s ible f.or g;dnding and gn~ashjng noises, proreeedingr from ·RooiJ:nJ 219· afte~ da1rk. J. F ·.- · -P. ~Lootking art: his 1ow sib. oetst on, a ·cold day in Oct:Orber, Gee. I look like a su1m mer resorrt. '

- · R.a:ven is· aJ "bird" of a pH.c her arnd · harsr a peacch otf a "wing."

-WhO us:e d sleep·?

Pickleisl! " Tho us~ ed peep? . ' .

P-,.1ckl es.

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Pickles!

Com·e back! Oh, om:ne ba ck ! a:nd: jerk the old co\v-bell once more, ~!fake j uniorg how 1 and seni01rs· s:corw l a's. you hwve oftimes done before.

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