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Eclatants de blancheur, des anges radieux Semblent venir a nous du Ciel meme des cieux: Car, a leur front si pur, qui doucement s'iucliue, Resplendit un refiet de l'extase divine. Dans notre sanctuaire, attardaut leur essor, Ils rehaussent l'autel d 'un ravissant decor; Et la, pres ile Jesus, p1eins d 'un amour immense, Il semble que vers Lui tout leur etre s'elance. Anges, n'arretez pas les elans de vos coeurs ! Ravivez de vos feux les brtl.lantes ardeurs, Pour consoler Jesus des froideurs de tant d 'ames Dont la vertu languit sous des liens inH1mes. Demeurez avec nous, celestes messagers, Pour nous garder toujours a I 'abri des dangers; Par vous nous apprendrons cet hosanna sublime Que nous voulons chanter dans la sainte Solyme. FRA' LUIGI.

During n1y research e.g·in Rrnne- .fol' ancient lit rary wo on behalf of a certain ' E '·_ glf$lf~~U~ · J'l!eceiv~ ·peiw.i *·'ion to explore the ruins of an ofd CaStle on the outSkicts .of.Rom:e. . A the owner was a well-known = litt~rateur he read.ily ~l()J)V.~:)Ile to examine the works I desired to peruse. I found niany valuabTe ~w6tks ' ib.~ tfie·, niain liBrary, but I has~tily marked these and put them aside, as I wished to inspect the contents o,f a locked vauJt ~qjoining the library, in which I felt sure some vahuible manusc·ripts were hidden. I was not mistaken, for I came upon -s-e-veral large manuscripts, bound . with hea.vy thongs and lnOuldy with age,- packed a.way in a. dark corner. I could scarcely·wait 'while the thong-s were cut and a candle procured. I picked·up'·ooe .of the volumes and ha tily turned to the fly leaf, ·which ·wa~· of thinner>p~fr&hnu~nt than the rest. On it, in a bold, ang~~ar ha~c~, were inscribed the following 'vords: "Psalter. Cyril. 'Ah~xan·d. A. ·D. 440." I had indeed chanced u_P.on q valuable book, written by an f'arly ecclesiastkal wrjte_r, .whQ w~_s:sf!int~. It .contained a true Yersion o the lives of many early Egyptian martyrs. As I eagerly conned its aged· page8·; i' ca:nieup6n ·tbe:foUO'\';'irig legend of St. Oa.t herine of A'lexanu'rhi,:·a· ma1·tyr·wlro\wasj b6t'll about 370 A. D. At first I difl think it w_as 'of ~anytrif.re v:ihre than the rest of the biographies, tliougb tney - ~ 1 p-dss~ed ,.. sterling worth. When I had finished it the ~rc.e, . beat,ty, ~nd u~affected simplicity of the story had sucl.r a . P. wer~l .~ffect Qn me that it completely changed the whole C{}\lf&e qf roy~ life, causing me to regard Christim;lity in its· real light,- and as , Qmething not of this world. There, in the dim, flickering light of the candle, and, ·with such uncanny surroundings, is it a wonder that the following a.ccount ·thus affected me? It eemed · to be a message frmn the past, pencilled by the truthful fingers of that historic instructor,: old -Father Time. There is not the least doubt in my n1ind th.a t the narrative will not have the same beneficial effect on others, as it had on myself. Here ia a truthful copy :

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People in this age of mere naturalism look upon thi a.ct as d cidedly unparental; but if it is taken into con id r-ation that the gTeat majority of the people of her time were the obedient and willing servants of their powerful ma ter , i. e., their pa sions; and that the licentious emperor would, in all proba.biity, have confiscated her estates, and, if not murdering Catherine, would ha.ve forced upon .her a life far more degrading and shameful than death; jf he _once had her fully in his power, is it a.t all surprising that her pagan parents disowned her, thereby ingratiating themselves with the emperor, saving tl1eir property and, above an, giving Catherine the means of escaping what he considered the greatest dishonor tha.t could befall her? ~!any persons, with this triple object in view, would have acted in the selfsame manner. If a good na.me is a fortune, many worldlings, though having amassed much treasure, are nevertheless very poor. Even in her girlhood Catherine displayed those characteristic traits which later on marked her as a champion of tru h. Once, while in school, a warmly contested debate occured amo路ngst the pupils. Some of the disputants were mild and ca.lm, others fiery an"d excitable. After all had expressed their opinion on the subject in question, Catherine stated her opinion in an impressive, yet modest manner. In so doing, she combined firmness of reasoning with such an eloquent ma.nner of expressing her idea , that, though she thoroughly convinced her youthful opponents of their路 errors, she gave utterance to no words that gave offence, nor did she attempt a. va.in display of wit. The vicfory in this intellectual jon twas but a forerunner of t.he greater spiritual triumphs which she accompli hed a few yea!r s later. She had an excellent tra,ining in the liberal art , but her knowledge of these only supplied her more reason for practising the virtues which she had resolved to make her rule of life, and fo continue in her acts of charity amongst the poor. . Her singular acumen and n1ental penetration enabled h r to discern at once the exact truth of every argument pr ented t</ h~r, Sb~ looJ{ed upon a thoro11gh education as the best .a,nd

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· niost direct means of attaining her highest ambition, that of pl'cserving her virginity and of enlightening the n1inds of others S'O that they, too·, might se:e that it is· possible to' be clean even in the midst of filth. In her eighteenth year she becmne justly angry at the cruel and ·barharous trea.ment of her fello~w Christians a,t the hands of the emperor, and she resolved to make a personal a;ppe:al to hin1. She \vould have been as successful ha.d she appealed to a blo-ck of marble, fot~ the emperor, turning a deaf ear to· a.U her entreaties:, used all his power of persuasion to te1npt her to abandon her life of seH-fmpo;:;ed isolation, a.n d to become,one of his n1any hand-maidens. She indignantly refused the base offers o.f the pagan demigod; and he, .s urprised at her reiiiaining firm where so many before her ha.cl fallen, listened half unwillingly to her arguments. There in his OV\'n palace, a den of iniquity, surrounded as: he was by his richly attired heathen slaves, and where all hut Catherine were the votaries of the vilest pleasures, this wicked e.m peror ''ras :tlnal'ly convinced by this bra,v e gir 1, to his own great astonishme:n t and chagrin, that absolute faith in Christ and a, life of irreproachable integrity are two of the most necessary means towa.rds.sa.lva.tioti. This is not to wondeted at, though; for any person, inspired as was Catherine 'vith heaven· ly grace, can eaily cope with and vanquish the legions of the devil. Convinced, but obstinate-, the emperor, unable to refute her statements, caused her to he detainedin his pala.ce, while he summoned the ablest heathen philosophers· in hjs· realm to co.me a.nd argue with this obdurate girl. The emperor's brains; being muddled from riotuous living, he was simply stupified at her resolute bearing, and was consequently no match for her, inspired as she was with the glowing ardor of a gre.a.t and true cause. He was c-onfident that his sa.ges could easily confound this t'oo outspoken n1aiden. In the argu1nent with the philosophers: which ensued, she, Jl.s in het" ·S'chool days, tdu1nphantly convinced then1 of the cor-

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rectness of her belief, and even succeeded in converting a 1 -ge number of them; for they, unlike the emperor, wlien shown ~ nd made to understand the true light, gladly accepted it. The r maining few, probably from fear or habit, Clung tenacious] . to the worship of the Egyptian deities~ :Maximin, greatly enraged at the loss of his a.ble t phil ophers, made ma.r tyrs of them all by burning them in the ame fire. On t heir wa.y to the place of execution they further angered their former maste.r by ~inging the glories of their new religion and by saluting Catherine with glad cries of u alve Victrix." Their conversion and martrdom were as flaming rubies in t he already n1any-jeweled crown of this budding saint. The emporor made several more vain ass-aults upon her virtue, and then, becoming greatly incensed at his repeated repulses, he determined to resort to force to break her untamable spirit. She was pitilessly scourged with rods as t he terrible re~ ult. of his savage fury. This cruel treatment, though i~juring her physically, had no effect on her firm resolution. She wa then thrown into a dark, damp dungeon, foul with creping vermin, and was left without food or drink in this miserable state for eleven days. 011t of compassion the wife of the empernr, a.ccompanied by one of his generals, visitedÂˇ the cell of the unfortunate young woman, with the hope of persuading her to yield to the importunities of the emperor; but in vain; Catherine arose from h r miserable pallet of straw and pleaded so eloquently with her visitors, that they instead of causing her to apostatize, became "hristia.n s themselves. The tyrant could not understand wi h what unseen power he was coping, but unwittingly through his ungovernable fury, he added to the glory of Catherine by rewar ding the two converts with martyrdom. In his now boundless wrath he abondoned all hopes he had heretofore entertained of ever overcoming such a dauntless spirit, or of succeeding to tempt such confirmed virtue from duty; so he resolved to put an end to her annoying career by putting her to he torture of the wheel, which puni hment he considered a just reward for those who thwarted hi royal d(7

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out against the cruel injustice which was about to be c n umated. Catherine meekly submitted and ,ya bound to the whe 1. But, oh wonder of divine pity! no sooner had the d~th dealing machine been started than the cords which bound her . . were snapped asunder by an invi ible power, and he wheel was shattered into innumerable fragments. The crowd was stupefied at this miracle, and the en1peror to.ok advantage of this moiuentary hesitation to flee from the scene, for he feared for his personal safety. It was with great difficulty that his body-g·uard efficiently covered his ha ty retreat, and suppressed an uprising on the part of the frenzied mob. As it was, the majority of those who witnes ed the miracle there and then embraced Christianity, thereby glorifying ·Catherine's successful attempts to bring souls to Christ. The emperor become fearful, that, through her powerful influence, he would be dethroned, and, resolving to take no cha,n ces·, sentenced her to instant decapitation. He dared not make it a public execution; so he hired a. deaf ancl dumb Tubia.n swordsman, he himself being the only other witness of her death. Catherine heroically bared her neck to the sword, knowing that her tin1e had indeed come. The emperor viewed her death with 1ningeld feelings of satisfaction and resentment, the first feeling eausd by the death of Catherine, and the second by her succe s in th,varting his evil designs and preserving the pearl of her 1naiden virtue, and fina1l y by ha:ving such an easy death! In those days it was not very often that a king of the reahn wa ubjected to a general defeat a.t the hands of a mere girl, and so h is mortification knew no bounds. The headsman a.fterwards broke his sword, one of the best in the land, and became a Chri "tian. ~nd why? Because, even in death, the Nubian stated in hi written confession, hrist bad given her the power of saving souls. Instead of t he horri· ble expr ions of anger a.n d fear u ually een on the pallid countena.n ces of those who meet violent death, there was such· a heavenly look on ller seren~ count'ena.nce, which always remain-

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Jiay her life a.nd example incite us to love Ohri t a truly as ~;he loved Him; and may her prayers 'vin us gra e to be truly ';\'ise and ever clean of heart-May those who rea..d these words !lnd in them something to nourish th~ir moral strength. a.nd to i ift their aspirations. to higher planes." So fascinated was I with this touching story and the a.p pealing eulogy that follow ed it that I could not r esist the t emptation of making the a.bove trans lation of them in my note book. I lu11Ve often since r er ead them and always with nmv pleasure and profit. :May the condensed account given here prove alike interesting and helpful to n1y readers. RAPHAEL THIERS, Second Rhetoric. GOUNOD.

Fe\v countries have been more celebrated for art tha n Fra.nce. She has given to the world such ma.rvelous tnodels in architecture, painting, sculpture, and music as could entitle her to be called the Ho-me of Art. France has not been less distinguished for her production of musical works than in the other fine arts. But in a.rt t he most worthy chi.ld, one who was destined to e.. ercise a va~st and powerful influell:ce on future music, one who has compelled Fran ce to be aeknowledged as the t emple of dra1natic an<] r eligious music, and who has caused the musical world to gaze upon her with a.n envious glance and at the sa.me time with a deep and sincere admiration, was a musical genius-Cha1rles Gounod, one of the 路most distinguished. tone poets the world has ever known and the lead.e r and founder of the younger French School of dra.rnatic music. \Ve cannot think of the name Qf Gounod but we. associate with it two of ihe most remarkable art creations of the 19th century-The opera Faust and the ~fesse Solennelle, the brightest a.n d most precious jewels which shine in the crown of this musical king; the:r are works full of the highest inspiration, dignified, noble a.;nd strong in style; masterpieces in the fullest sense of the 路word, \York destined to live as long a mu ic and

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whkh have placed, their author among the most renowned 1nusical wTiter~ of the world. Few works have created more pro found admiration -aJl.d genuine enthusiasm than Faust. Th e opera is artistic to the highest degree and from the very start the composer's brilliant genius and creative ability \von ilnmediate popul~rity and well deserved p1·aise. This musical production sho\Ying a very distinct and unmistakable individuality is the outpouring of an intense soul, loving and deep in its expressions. Unlike some opera .writers who unfortunately set their n1usic to a· sickly or sentimentml love story, Gounod chose for · his libretto the great .·poem of Goethe. It will be remembered that Gounod \Yas not the first musician who selected Goethe\3 poem Faust as a libretto; Spohr's Faust reigned supreme in Germany until the advent of Gounod . who in spite of national prejudices completely dethroned bhn. There has been much ·d iscussion concerning the relative merits of the Italian and .G ermany Schaols of opera, and of late years opera. composers ha·ve sought to co•m promise and unite the peculiar 1nerits of these two fam-ed schools. ·vvith the Italian s'chool melody prevailed; the orchestral accompaniment was considered seconary. On the other ha,n d the Gennan school indined to make the accompaniment predominant, sometimes detrimental to the singing.~ To my u).ind Gounod has solved that proble:In of niarriage bet\veen the Italian and Gern1any schools .in a 1nore satisfa,ctorry manner than l\1a;s cagni, Puccini and others. The· a.uthor ·Of Faust has united the graceful Italian me.lody to the strong .Genna,n h~rmony. r.rhe style of Faust is eharacterized by·clearness, a keen sense of harmonic beauty and effect; Gounod's n1use is always facile and a,bove all, n1elodinus; he combines the fluency of Verdi with . the seriousnesss of Beethoven. In vV.ag1;1er'.s operas the. vo.ice is at tiines lost aJnid the violent storn1 of notes con1ing from the orchestra; agner would often have us realize tha,t the orche;stra. and not the voice ought to predominate. No n1atter what the ardent admirers of of Wagner,advocate they 1nust not be unm.indful of the fa,ct that ftfte:r all tqe hlJm,.an voic~ is t.he greatest of ~11 in~truments and

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must not be deluged in the roaring waves of sounds. ounod ha.s not committed this fatal mistake, although his in trum n .. tion contains immense richness, a true knowledge of the u e and effect of each instrument, a brilliancy at times well-nigh dazzling and ru viYid coloring which never fails to charm, yet in no way does it weaken or obscure the strength or beauty of the human voice. The opera Faust is an -e.xcellent proof that Gounoo is a master of melody. He is proficient in a style singularly attractive, ma,rked by decided melodies whicli flow in an easy, graceful manner,-melodies expressing every shade of human passion and sentiment, cannot but find ready response in the hearts of tile listeners, and, as a critic aptly remarks.Pn,ust always was in existence, meaning thereby, that it is an universal heart hitherto unuttered, but now uttered with such marvelous knowledge of human anture, in accents so true and just, everyone says to himself: "Ah I have felt all this before." \Vho is not moved by the melting tenderness and refined pathos iu the "P rayer" of :Marguerite? \Vb.o can resist the seductive strains contain ed in the exquisite "Garden Scene" in Romeo and Juliet? Truly in passionate and pathetic passages Gounod has uo superior. The saying that •'art is the expression of life," is manifestly a~pplica.ble to the music in Faust. Gounod's reputation as a lyric composer and his success in melodic forms have in no way made us forgetful of his scholarly trmtment of the harmonies. Here again the greatest French compo. er shows evidence of the most consummate artistic qualities in his perfect mastery of harmonic form, a knowledge of all the resources of the modern orchestra, vivid iina.gination, and a fine sense of harmonic color. I t is readily admitted tha.t the orchestra plays an importa.n t part in the opera ; the instrument as well as t he human voice ha its own passionate, emotional significance; the trength and meaning of Gounod's accompaniments are a.lwa.y in prO'portion to the degree of passion on the tage. The · udent of Gounod knows "o well his delightful handling of harmony--hi bold di onances cle erly resolved, surpri ing, origin~l ~nd fascinating moduJa~

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tions, .his clima.xes, especially when worked up chromatically, so finished and satisfactory that "it is not difficult to disceTn the masterful hand of the genius. Nor has the delicate, refined and graceful accompaniment been neglected by Gounod when the nature of the n1elody demands it. 'Vitness the beauty, taste and charm in the cello accompaniment to the song of Siebel. "When all was young." The endless and a.t tin1es n1eaningle:ss recHatives which occur in many operas are a,voided by Gounod. It is true we find them, but of a reasonable length, a;ccompanied by a varied and heavy instrumenta,t ion so expressive of the dra1na.tic action and em phasing the .sentim.ent of the poen1 that we would believe both poet and n1usician felt the sa,me. 路 Not the least interesting feature of Gonnod's art, wa.s the weaH:h of ideas contained in the developments of his themes. It matters no-t how trite the thmue 1nay be, it is certain that Gounod will treat it in an original masterful manner; common place subjects beco,me passa.ges of real grandeur, logically developd to their fullest extent, leaving nothing to be desired. Faust in many respects, is such an unique production that it is impossible in an article of this brevity even to hint at its n1anifold st.r iking features; its transcendent qualities as a work of art has so appealed to musicians that they have pla.ced it in a catagory of its own-some more enthusiastic, have tho-ught it the greatest opera ever written. :Majestic a.nd vigorous, graceful and elegant, the opera "D.,anst does not pa;int to us a trashy love story, nor scenes frmn na,ture; but as the great poet, an adept in human n.ature, Gounod, in language vehement, passionate and deeply expressive, depicts hu1nan passions, the soul's longings, hopes路, joys and sorrows. It is:a pleasing and at the smne time a difficult task to estimate the a;scendency Faust has gained in a.rt and among artists and people; the key note of its success 1night perhaps be found in .its trueness to nature. It is an epoch making opera not unlike the gorgeous Gothic ca.t hedarl whose structural perfection and strength will mo路ck the inroads of time, and whose grand out-lines路 of beauty with its elabroate orna,m entation will be the admiration of men as long as . they can appre-

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. Though GOUJ?l~d's ~lr~mfl!t~c wor.~~' .wrticnl~rJ Fan t . 1,!9.q1e.o and Jul~et, hav:e Pl:~ced t.4$." ~u.t4o.r in an :q .U.9~l elevated .p osition among .m~s~c~~s_, ~~iJl if ~:0 w;Qrl<} h p ·~ -~ .know~ these, hi~ religi9us p'~~c(_<?-~ w.ouJd A~Y~ . Ul1 . hi. el_a im .t o immortality; they _a re .aJJlQ~g fhe mq&t ya};"ij~ :b.@U.U .. Gounod has left to posterity. His saered w.r it4lg .~r..e in.d~ a reali~ation in tones of the deep signit.\GaP.t m.~·:ai.ng _Q'f t;b.e most .holy truths of religion. G<.>UIJ:~ :was Qf a reU_giQt"QS t~per~e.t;lt, a wan of prayer and loye ,~q .t;t;l;i.s h.~ D.<t.t J),e.ep. witho"Qt ipfluence upon h~s music. Thl:s gr~t .~9w..poser w~ ~l).tiflJ.ly a religious writer; no mQder,n wus~.cian up4 .. t<!O:d Q.etter t_he spirit a.nd sentiment of the sa~cr:e4 te~t. J ~m -~t~fied tlm,t Gov.nqd has given ~o tl;l.e Oh:u:t;,ch ~n~ic suita.l)~e ~~n4 adap.t; d to the grave and holy character <;>f thosz ;trnth.s., w4i~4 llis :~pl).jc renders more effective and il}lp~e~~~ye. :Music, notwithsta.ndip.g sm;n.e IQ.~~C~!J.p.s advocati~g t4e coijtra~ry, is not a de:fin~tea~d d~stinct lang:uf}..ge; it is yaglJ_e and indefinite and conveys ideas to the mind OnfY wh_en ~ssQcia.Wd with wor;d.s. The world will p.~v~r qh~i:r;t tl}e d.~t"4.il.s .of .bflttles or ofany other event through notes. lVpetl:).er mn .i~ ts ~t to profane or sacred su}:)jects, its I}.li ~iQR- i.~ to be t:Q.,e q~Q.m~d o-f these; the style and sentiment of the lllll ic mq.J cop-es_p;<>nd a.nd be so perfectly adapted to th~ word tllat tJwy will tll~ m~re imp:r~~s qur minds. No one ha~ _so well s~cc~~d in setting music to the greatest trut4s of ~·eHgiC?:Q ~~ Gol!~94· In thi.,s ~ gard Mozart and Haydn have m.i~r..ablY f.~.tl~. Th_ey ca~ he jl!stly reproa.ched for frivQ~it_y ~:nd .in 4H~~n:it:y; t4#~r. ml!Ji~c lacks that grandeur, subliiP;ity ~U:Hl gray~ty Wll~~h s:P.<?-qld aJ?oye all things char.acteriz~ :r.eUgiQ-qs~ Jl?.\1 . \c. .t\-8. :mq.~i~ works th¢r masses of Mo7..art, Hay4:Q, L~~~P~. ~nJ! qtlJ,_ers, G~-p.n¢: do have accompa.nied r~ligious th~¥1~· On the cont~ary ~he Jl!~t striki1;1g feature of the GouD:od ~~es is tha.t exact adaptiq-n of notes to the holy theme-e.very ~o:t~~~PS: to b~~g qqt n;t():re clearly and unmistakably the meaTling. o.f th~ ~- Un.lik~ ~e masses of :i\foza..rt, Hay(l~n, ~~~ ~I!tJ., qt ~' GQ~I!o.4 . do not tend to send the woo: .l!ipp~-r'~ II!IDQ W .~h~~~~,.~ .i _t _ . of

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to heaven. There ·i's 'Of' course a similarity in Gounod's style of opera ~nd. sacred musi:c ;an auvl:ror cannot be divested of his. peculiar mode of presoo.tin:g ideas no.r his individua.lity. But the s-ame ma.s terful hand which so well p-ortrayed human passior:s in the oper:a ha,s a.Iso given befitting music to 1~eligion. S@me of the :masses which h·a ve made the deepest and most lasting impression on musiciaJJ.s are the Grand l\ia.ss dedicated to the Cathedrals, the beautiful 1\fess:e Breve in C, with it:'3 ~superb Sa.n ctus, -the stape.ndo"Hs work, the mass in Ho.n or of Joan of Arc, a,n d the mass :destined to live·as lo.n g as n1usic las ts, a. mass so replete with :deep religious feelings, tha,t none but the man tho:coughly iinbibe:d with Catholic belief a,n d spirit could have penned it-the '-<Messe :Solennelle" s<nne times·· caHed the ma:ss of St. Cecilia. As to its originality, perfect rhythn1, clea-rness of .m elodic fortm, a .po,veTftil trea.tment of ·the ha.rmonieEl, .fl..g reemen:t b~tw·een me!ooy and words, there is nothing like it iu · the Wtr()le tea;l m of sac..red music. There is not in this mass a weak or an arid passage; in it Gounod's genius soar. ·N i to the loftiest heigHts a.nd never once did its powerful wings 'fail to sustain it in these ethereal regions. There is a constant attempt in this Mass to climb higher and higher so that it is diffi:cult to judg~ what ,p art is .the slipet>ior. :\'Vhat an £u:dent .p r:awer i£ Gounod's Kyrie in the l\1esse :SolenneUe·"! ~'hat an intense supplication for n1ercy! 'rhere are other I{yries written in a :broader, more difficult a.nd complicated style, .but norre can equal this tender appeal for pity. Note the gi·ad oo1 rise of ead1 phr&..~; like the sinner extending his · arms higher and higher, .pleading ~n agonizing tones for coni passion . . Then .comes thf.tt magnrfi·c ient triumphal hymn-the Gloria.. , It op-etrs witli a soprano solo accompanied by closed lips, perhaps in imitation of:the angelic voices which first announced the birth af.Christ,.in the Laudamus te, we would fancy that every power in heaven and on ea.rth vie with each other to lrerald the c--oming of the S.a;vi'Our; nothing can restrain them and they give .vent .to their feelings in jubilant song. l\1oza.r t a=ntf Hmyd:a had .tfre pernicio'a:s b:abit of introducing fug-uesi or : ~~nQ"ns in "their roas.s~,.,pr-i:nuipaHy at the end of the Gloria,; the

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fugue or canon should appear in dramatic C()mposHion, ·and then only when they are the natral outgrowth of the ~~u tio11 and thought of the characters. In masses no reason ean legitimize their introduction; they are usele s and meaning! (}ounod understood this and in spite of the prevailing custom, had the good taste to utterly do away with them. The· finale of the Gloria, with its subtle and abrupt modula,t ions is an admir· able and imposing n1odel of a climax. Who can listen to the majestic and forcible Credo, with its "'lvondrous, massive, independent accompaniment, ' ~tliout feeling a sense of awe steal over 'him which irresistibly moves him to worship? Gounod in the Credo has clothed all that is vita.l in man's belief with the highest forms of art. The elements of intensity and power, breadth a.n d grandeur, a.r e contained. in the Credo, more than in any other part of the mass. Gounod's deep conception of the mystery of the Inearnation is by .. far superior to any melody ever set to the "Incarnatus Est," he desires this to be cha.n ted as soft as possible in order the more to impress us with this a.weful mystery. These expressive strains come as a, relief and a.r e a. vast improvement on the light and meaningless melodies we are accust-omed to hea:r. In the Sanctus we find a deeper inspiration and higher spirituality, than in the Credo. It is truly an angelic chorus. The most casual observer cannot but note the perfect symmetry in the Sa.nctus. Wha.t enchanting and heavenly beauty · are . the sweet and gentle waves of harmony in the "Pleni Sunt Coeli r' In this pa.rt,as well as in the other parts of the mass, it is those sudden ingenious harmonic cha.nges which give to· the .rna s its largeness, force and rapturous attractiveness. A more : ~·tis factory a.nd magni:ficient chorus is hardly available. · The balmy fr shne , sweetness a.n d g'race contained -in the Benedictus and Agnus Dei seem a.s breezes from heaven hic'h ·· · .. eome to soothe and comfort the sinner. On a whole I think the ~I esse Solennelle one of the -greatest masses ever written; other rna es may be mu ically superior; but in respect to the clearness of con truction a.nd perfect setthlg of mu.si<; tQ t-he te::s;t of the mass the Messe Solennelle h~

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rs1la.lt not ask wheth~r not a.ny you have ever · purchased· gqld .b:i'icks 0~ d'eri:ft witli a green goods . merchant, whether · you have ever made bargains with lightning rod agents.- or been . fnveiglled hito a ·''get-rich-quick" scheme -- no, .I shail not ql~es or not you have been personally the victfn1 of the mariy confici:~nce men who ply their tracie ori every hand. · I do not wish to recall any unpleasant reminiscences; yet it.. is safe say that eacli .ari-d every one of us has had an ' oc~~u~io:n to know what fraud is and why it is so justly called the eldest bO.rn f>f the·'father of lies. Il there are' any people wh~ _ought to be prai~ticall~ ~c Q..tutJnted with fraud 'it is we here in America, for thi~ land is avowed a blooming garden of shams. Ba,r nuin, the thr·e e

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ring carnival king, has styled us lovers of humbuggery and we are known the world over as the easy victims of hoax performer and unscrupulous schemers. · Yet, I do not intend to treat of the ludicrous aspect f fraud, but I am to consider it from its more serious view point. Fraud is the act of deception deliberately practiced with a iew t gaining unlawful or unfair advantage, or as Blackstone a·efines it-a violation of public or private confidence. Wfiether it be practiced in business, in petty contracts, in religion or in p{)li· tics, whether it be styled cheating, peculating, graft~ng or boodling, it is the sa.me thing--a breach of trust. As such we are very familiar with the term and the thing. today for the American people are being confronted with every sort of fraudulent dealings. vVe are hearing of corruption in politics, of boodling, of grafting, and every manner of scheming a.nd contempt of law. Fraudulent n1ethods are being used in municipal affairs, in our state legislatures, on the circuit and supreme bench·es, in our congressional and sBnatorial halls, yes even in our departments of state! Oould all this have been foreseen by that ' grand statesman, James :Madison, who before departing from this life left as his will and testament these words of counsel·: "The advice nearest to my heart and dearest to my convictions is that the union of states be cherisned and perpetuated. ·Let the ·avowed enemy it be regarded as a Pandora with her box open· and the disguised one as the serpent creeping with deadly wiles into Paradise.'' He feared not so much the formidable power, the strong army, the allied forces of nations, a the internal evils, the enemies to concord, those vulturous evils, lilte.corrnption and lawlessness, that gnaw silently at the very vitals' of the nation. · · Our national morality js becoming debased and-' we are branded the world over as protect.ors of boodlers and ·deceiver . What? America means .f raud! It is time for our people t~ act and redeem the reputation we are fast losing. Is otir glorious land of liberty to become the home of the plunderer and corruptionist, to foster this debasement in public life which, as · our President says, brings the ruin of free institutions? Is that

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f~.ag,. st,ip. ~~·IVP with t)le blood of ou,r martyred forefathers, that symbol which so often .struck terror into the hearts of our e:p,emies ~nd. caused them to bend in submission beneath its fp~,4s~ i~}~~t glorious banner to he dragged by us in the mire of pollutiol!? ,; .I s our ·f ate to be that of R-ome and France? Are . tp_be torn~ ~rom the Alpine su1nmit of glory and plunged down int9 tl;l~; ~·l:>-Y~~ of corruption? It is time for the American people . ~o estaqHsp .a higher standard of morality in public life. As :l3.~rke , sa,y~: ''the temple of honor ought to be seated on an emi,n~p.Ge." . ,· )\7Iien men no longer sell their votes, whe-n employers ';:po· ~on~pr c·o erce their -employees, when we find honol~ 'vhich can ,n()t_Q~ ... pD:rehased 'by paltry gold, then we shaH have dean _politiQs., . ~)e~n offiees and a cle:an government. . ·'·:But;{( was not my intention to dwell so long on this subj ect WAia·h _\'~a$ so ably discussed by one of our members so short a . tJ.~e agq~ ,.. 'J;bis evening I ask you to deseend with me into the : ,!n!~~na:11;egions and see fraud _there so personified that we may ...~ fLY, t!l~ ,po~t has given it a local habitation and nan1e. So real~st~c;. is:~th~ 1d,~scription that you can almost touch it as you view hifi;~,C?,v-;sp.ess of the evil. -, ·' i , , ;Il~~tRry, and in fact his own work, shows us that Dante was .· a.- map;of.sincerity and honesty, an intense lover of truth, an un. }!9JJ.l:Rf.OI}li~:ing :h ater of sham. Hence he was exeellently quali· ... ~~d bp~l;lJ~'Y his intellectual and moral gifts to treat this subject , , jp. ~)Ytfl·~t~rly fashion and he thus acquitted himself of the task. ;• :J... Jn.. ,.his Inferno he devotes several cantos to the treatment of this : ',. ,: • 1 J~:r, n~~~ph1g evil, fraud. It is the yawning gulf of :M:aiebolge, . dtllql! ;1YPi.Ch tJ1eTe is nothing more frightful in the Infer no, tha,t Dante ha.s made the abOde of the fraudul ent sinner . .•, i •.W;~p;t;tust ad1nire the ingenuity of the poet even in the device ..... bywl};ie\l..:P.e descends into the pit of woe. With his guide, he is , ; conv~y;~d; bel<;>·w on the back of a monster whieh is the ve:ry type : of Jr~nicl . , ',ro form an idea of the 1nonster, to pereeive the hide•; 1 .~ - ousn ~· ~~ p f its appearanee, it were bett~r that you hear the poet's .I;~. PWJJ. g:r~ph~c dscription of Geryon. ·

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And firm emhat~leQ. spears, a.ud with his filth Taints a.U the world. * * * Forthwith that image vile of Fraud apye~t'ed. His head and upper part exposed on land, But laid not on the shore his bestial train. His fa,ce the semblance of a just man's we-re, So kind and grMious was its outwa.:rd ehee.r; The rest was serpent a.ll; two sha-ggy claws Reached to the arm pits: and the back and breast And either side, w-ere painted o'er with nodes And orbits. Colors variegated more Nor Tnrks nor Tartars e'er on cloth of state With inter changeable embroidery wove, Nor spread Arachne o'er her curious loom. * * * ~ In the void, Glancing his tail upturned its venomous fork, With sting like scorpion's armed."

' And now let us accompany the poets on th31t perilou. s .ride down to Malebolge, seated on the back of this terriple' WOfl~teT. Like a vessel leaving port, Geryon loooed himself fro~ Ia~~ it;nd steered in mid air. Terrified were the poets to find ~h~~~yes suspended thus apart from land with a yawning abyss below. Swiftly the monster descends, but Dante was unable to tell which way he traveled save by the fact that the ait · i~i'sing struck him in the face, or as he states, "breathed on fr()m below." Down, down, they swiftly descend until arrived ·a~ _the foot of the precipice, the poets aUghted from the monster . a&d found themselves in Malebolge. But before we view the scenes in this dreadful pit, let us see this Geryon once more 'a:nd' nOte tb.e symbolism in Dante's description. With a fair, ' chlirniing face, the lo\ver parts beastly, and a venomous tail, it is a personification of real fraud with its enticing side, confiden.ce-----00.. speaking like the human countenance, but it also has its vUe side which is the ind x of its true character. A& Shakespeare said many years after Dante: ... , . .

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our pent-up soul gust forth in free effusions to welcome ·t11e. timid Sr--ing. vVe have almost come to the conclusion., that there is not. going to be any Spring at all this memorable year of · '04, .nor any Spring fever! vVe ha,ve so fa:r faHed to discover that · ~·peculiar balminess and want-to-go-fishing feeling in the aii;," .which .our southern friend, the Decaturia.n, complains of. The ,.. twittering birds are twitted on all ha,ncls fortheirpr·e mature aid · v.en:t a:nd for their unbirdlike persistence in fighting snow · storins and enduring' cold feet. But mayhap the belated Spring ·· "'i,Il ' ·c.oine at the eleventh hour and 'viii get busy spanglinK the ,. '1neadows and lawns' with patines of bright gold, the festive dandeliotis,and will take the delighted angler by the ha,n d and .s~how_ ·h im ".a good place" on the bank beneath burgeoning bough8.that arei actually vocal with the· thrilling song of woodland quiris.ters T'h en the ha.r dy tiller of the soil will no longer be constrained to : :weau 1llittens and ea,r -muffs as he turns the sod and sows his - grain; sl)ggetions to heat the gra~ndstand will be uncalled for, .. a:a(jf,if the poet's bos01n swells with the divine afflatus~ we shall :let him have his say. ;

. . •lfhe first competitive exmnin.a.tion is over, and the second is .. · ~lr;eady in sight. Really between these pitched battles all:d the . , p:liiU31,l}fl1l campus it is. :s o diverting tha,t one ha.s- hardly thne to think what kind of cravat he will wea.r comn1encement da.y.

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The oratory class which-has j.ust finished its se ion·s - may well cong:ratuhtte itselr:f U'pon the woi'k a;ecom-p lished during tbe year; On'e of the·helpful exercises of thi· · ela S'"i tlffi'· weekly reading_of a criticism by one of its m-.:~ni~rs. 'l'he cr-itic careful~ ly weighs the arguments adryanced b-y the speakers, judges of the ~rra.ngement of the pa:r ts of their discourses and also of the ·style and delivery. This wo:rk _was done tliis year witn; renrarka·bl-e-ability and- ·w ith most gratifying :results. Among.the subjects treated by the m.ubers -of -tlle-claJSs were the following: "The True Character of Brutus,'' ~f. Breen, C. S. V.; "The Eternity of Dante~s Hell,'·' J·. Oliffo-Pd, C. S. V.; "American-and-Irre"li-giont P. Ka.iS!~:r- ;'-' uwas -St. Peue:r in.-Rome,." M:-Hayden; "T'he Lesson of 'lfy New CuPate;" J. O'Laughlin; "College .Athletics," :J. Dahe, 0. S. V.,; "~t. Atl1anasius,'-' D. Drennan -"Leo XIII," G .. Ganncni ;"Pius X." R SulHvan·;"Da.n te's s. ygian Pool," \V. Irish·; "St . Francis ·Df Assissi," J.- Lonergan; "Trustworthiness of the Senseg;' A. ~Ia.rtin; "Descrates,?' B. lfa,r sile; "~ibnitz.," J. ~i:nnday' "Layrnen's Heligious Indifference, ~ T'. Rice, C. S. V: ; "The Hight to Govern;" E. Schultz; "F:ra:ud, a s Pictured. by Dante," G. ~1ulvaney, 0. S. · V.; "The· Pre~s," J. Kirk, C. S. V.; · "Th-e DrnJnaUc -in Dante;" J. Flanagan;· "The R-ights of · the On'ilddn .Educationa.l :Matters," vV. Surprenant; C. S. V.; "A ·P lea for· Religious Educ:ntion;" vV. ~hlher; "Ans-wer to Sundry obj~tions . Against Religious Schools," F. Cosgrove an{l P. Bu~wB· ,. C. S. V.

SeJd()m--if evev · lias it been ou:r· g~ fO"rimne to ptf'li!!e- a work of local historical color so conscienciousl written; , ith a.ll its matters so well arranged· and classified, a work of such · nbiorbing interest, a.n d so atti!~[ctively OO't'tn€l, printed a.rrd' illustratoo as· the- one whooe tiU:e hea-d ·:this: article. Indeed;- if we mistake not, tlii'S' worlt iS~ almost·eRtireiy unique in thi pttt"tienlas cla s of historical conrpilatio-ns. Unlike ·other :hist--ories ·of

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T'HE VIATORIAN. -this kind' it does not simply relate the dry fact's of local parish interest in a monotonous regularity, but covers a, broade·r field a. nd _e~l)races a much more extensive scope. · ._!::··· It beginS' with the coming to Elgin from the historic city Vinee;nnes, of the missionary fathers St. Palais ad Guigen, those fathers who, imbued with that truly apostolic zeal for the win~ uing·of souls, endured every hardship, surmounted every obsta~le, in their efforts to rais'e the ·cross in the wilderness; men tp· whose persevering energy and enthusia.stk ardor, with that of tb;~:ir :iiU:mediate predecessors, :Marquette, Joliet and the others, is\ due, the credit for having builded in the west the foundation of tGoQ.?s morning. · .. ;" ·After the passing of the missionary priest, the book dea,l s 'with the many vicissitudes· the pioneer pa.sto;r had to encounter In :m inistering to his small but widely scattered flock, and speaks of the Elgin congregation up to the year 1850, assemb:ling; ~very fourth Sunday in each month to hear mass under any shelter obtainable. ,The next two yea.r s however were to witness a great change ·in the a.ffairs of the struggling congrega.tion. . For the replacing .of:the old sta.ge coach line by a railway fr·onl Chicago t'o Galena -gaYe a d:ecid,ed impetus to business· generally; and the incoming .uf- n1any Catholic workingmen, whose· generous support embQlden:ec;. ~- h e pastor, Father Feeley, to attempt the erection of a · church . . T he histm.'J' then details the gradual growth of the church in Elgin under t~ n1ost efficient parstorships o.f its many nohle p,rj,e~ts, up to that or Rev. Father Mackin's who in his untiring effo't ts a.nd saintly zeal "~a.s instruinenta1 in erecting the prese-P;t . spJ,endid edifice, of St. Mary's. Which wo~rk is being ably ·. (·arried ,fOcompletion by his ~~orthy successor the Rev. Father J\fcO~.nn.. . It was during the pastorship of the latter that the ~hp:-rch _was dedicated in the fall of 1901, by Rt. Rev. Bishop .-~f.uldoon, of Ohica.go, and at the ·saine time was celebr ated the G:olden Ju.b ilee of St. :Mary's parish. T'he Rev. E ~ L. R iva.r o of ,St~ . Yiateur's College gave the dedicatory sermon, which w~l;S, a ...... masterly effort in ~·a..cred eloqueuce.

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THE. VIATOR! In a; cursory glance ·over the pages of thi book w noted with ph~asure among the nurnerou pO'rtralt tha familiar f · e of one of the college lStudents, Master R.3tphacl Thi r , O'f the Rev. Fathers McCann, Gildea and ~1urra~,and al~o ··hose of the jubilee orators,Rev. Fath-ers T. J. Whal-en, F. T.• cox,'3.,nd E. L. Rivard·, with the fuH text of th ir bea.utifu.l oorm.ons. Much :credit is due Father :M cCann a.n d Mr. D. Gahan and those wh{}l so u.nselfishly assis~d them in coUe.eting the neces~ sary d<Ocu..tnents and materia:! for the work, a.nd who classified and -a.I Tanged the matter so admira.bly. The binding is of morrocco, with gilt le tering and gilt edged leaves. Its pages ate printed in a clean and attractive type, and moreov-er embellished with m.any a.nd most b&"l.u tiful illustrations; it is in truth a getn of the printers art. Tlre ma.rket edition is in press at Henneberry Co., 554 Wabash ave., Chica.go. D.P. D. EXCHANGES.

Some time ago one of our exchanges suggested that the exmen na:me S'<m1e of the best magazines on their table, and h~r.e we venture our opinion of the r elative merits of the journals we have been reading and reviewing for over a year : Among the 1nens' publications we would place theNotre D ame Schola.stic first,which,though a weekly, is able to make any bt-monthly or monthly on our table, look to its laurels. 'Vere it published each month instead of each week, it would unquestionably be .:>.asily in the lead a.s ~ literary magazine. 1'he "G€orgetown College Jon mal" would come next, with the Davidson College lll a.ga4in..e ancl Holy Cross P~urple following close on its heels. An1ong the publicantions of the ladies' colleges, we would ~n a.:rd the paim to the Yottng Ea.gle V{ith the Aloysi<un, Siby l) and Alpha Pi 11lt~r, contending for the supremacy. Among the ex:men, the Georgetou;1~ man is king, while our pu.gnaciOtl · fri nd l\Jr . .Bee, takes rank o er the others. Such is out• opinion of the college magazines and exmen, ba ed on sufficient experien e and more than plausible 1·e~.sons (which we da re not, and ould

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j!Rd·gm.ent af .ou::r :erit'io.a,z ~powers. In :a so.nter~v:ha.t -ra,Jnbling a•r:tic1e on the .sensitive so'B:l, .a:ppeai~ing in a recent issue of the B: V. ·0. Fndew) an amhitious n}an r:o1ls up his ~sleeves, expectora.tes in his hands and then n,p,dertakes.to den1olis'h with one fell b1ow the Scholastics:' posit!.o.n on the brute soul. YVe quote the gentle1nen: aThe reason that scholastics give on affirming it perishes is tha,t the sensitive soul is created in order to inform or actuate the body, and consequently it depends .a bsolutely on the animal organism. I r.ep-l y thci sensitive ,sma[ .cloes not de1_3.e nd upon tb:e · orga;nism, h€iefMil:&e ·:· First, it is a; substance; second', it is absuPd -to affirm th·a t a superior and ilil.~ote perfect being depends upon a les:s }Jert!-~wt Gne, as the a.niinal body ifS infe:rio•r and less· perfect than its fonna sttbsta.ntia.lis ). third, the ·sensdtive soul is immaterial, a.n d it is nonsense to say that an iinma.terial being depends upon a }na,t erial one; fourth, the fonna, substa,ntia.zi.s of a suppositum e::~nnot depend up:o n its organism." Your firs,t reason, that the sensitive soul is: a substance, assines the brute soul to be a complete substa.nce, which it is not; a_n d every tyro in philosophy knows that it is not repugnant · for an· incomplete substance to depend upon an organism. In your subsequent explanation, wherein you attempt t01 parry a blow; you evidently lose sight of the spirituality of the human soul, which it has in addition to the function of inforn1ing the anirrial -organism, and in 'vhich spirituality we find one of the r~ea,sQ~ns for; its imn1ortality; whereas the brute soul is endowed with ,the sole. f.unetion or power of actuating the animal organi~m, ~tnd la.cks -spirituality. T'he . brute. .soul depends upon the aniinal organisn1 for its Gperation as experience proves. If yqu say, it survives the body or animal organism, y.ou must admit that in this after life it is abs.o1uf,e ly in-o:per:a.tiv.e. Hence, it exi-sts and at the sauxe time lta:s no reason for its exis,tence, ·whieh is a purr:ile contradiction. Your argument to tb.e effect that the demand of future ex. istenee to the sensit:iNe soul is equivalent to· an admission of its

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annihilation, needs to be distinguished. The brute so-ul peri b and is passively annihilated, or falls into nonentity by reason of the inherent neccesBity of its nature, we concede; by an act of of Divine omnipotence, we deny. vVe admire your enthusiasm, sincerity and courage of convictions, but would advise you to leave such questions as the brut'e soul, essence and existence and the like, to the treatment of philosophers. The April Transylvanian is the best issue of the K. U. Journal we have yet seen. T'he articleson 'American Humorists' a.nd "Our Ma.rtyred Presidents" are scholarly, original and ably written . The eulogy of "Washington" is an oratorical gem, a credit to the author and journal. Short~ 8P

quantity and quality of literary m.a.tter is all we care to savr about the College Index for April, from Kalama.zoo, :Mich. The "Pa.cific" and "Future of America.n Literature," in the April College R eview are instructive essays, the former especial ly impressing us as praise-worthy, both for novelty of theme and ability evinced in the treatment. vVe must confess that our conduct towards the ((DiaZ:) has been simply scandalous. vVe have been forgetting or neglecting to review our worthy friend from St. Mary's, Kansas, for nearly a:year, a,nd, now we humbly say,mea c路ulpa. The ((Dial/) be it known, is one of the very best of our exchanges; in fact always has been an1ong the top-notchers in college journalism. The April nun1ber is an excellent issue of the esteemed exchange in question. All the stories, e 'Says, and poems are good; and the exman performs his duty conscientiously ~d well.

W. J. MAHER, '04.

PERSONALS.

T·h e following note was addressed to several of Rev. Father l\tfenard's friends here at the college: "Escanaba, Mich., l\1::arch 30, 04. Dear Friend: l\tfy mother died this mo,r ning, I reccomInended her to your pi_ous prayers. Funera.l T'Ues-day, April 5, at 10 a. m. Father Menard.'' Rt. Rev. l\fgr. G. M. Legris, D·. D., and l"{ev. l\f. Lettellier, of the college, assisted at the funeral of }lrs. l\fenard. We respectfully offer our sympathies· to }1..,ather l\1enard upon the loss1of his mother.

V. Rev. l\f. J. l\fa,r sile, C. S. V., Rt. Rev. Mgr. G. ·l\1. Legris, D. D., and Rev. J. Ryan, C. S. V, assisted at the funeral of Rev. Father Coughlin a,t St. Charles' church, Chicago, April 11. l\1r. J. F. Parker writes from St. Stephens, Fremont Co., '\Vyo., where he is e1nployed in the capacity of teacher and prefect in an Indian l\Iission school, conducted by the Jesuit .Fathers. l\tfr. Parker also attends< the course of theology given in the institution. vVe wish our former schoolmate all success. Rev. E. I1. Rivard, C. S. V., assisted at the silver jubilee celebration of Sister Mary de Sale;s. and Sister Mary Clara, his cousin; at St. Xavier's Academy, Chicago, April16. A1nong recent callers at the college were Rev. W. Burke, of Ashkun1, Rev. ,V. Granger, of Brighton Park, Chicago. •

:i\1r. Charles Johnson, of Ob,icago, has successfully stood examin~tions for admission to n1edical studies and intends entering medical co1lege soon. vVe likewise tender -our best wishes to l\1r. Joseph Granger .and wife, who sent the following joyous note to their college friends: Joseph Granger, Elizabeth Chalifoux, married, l\1ond.ay, April the eleventh, 1904. Rev. William Granger officiating. At }lQJile ~fter ~fay fi,rst? Kankakee, Ill."

259 1\Ir. Ed' Platt, who attended school here as a minim in 1 92 and 3 and is now successfully engaged in the bookselling business in Chicago, visited the college April 17 and was delighted to n1eet his former teachers. • Our popular postmaster, 1Hr. William Lamarre, and Mi s l\I. L. Brosseau were ma.rried April 12 in ·M aternity church by V. Rev. 0. Fournier, C. S. V. Our congratulations to the newly wedded pair. · l\ir. Irena.eus Leduc and bride, of St. Lambert, near 1\Ion· tral, Canada, paid the college a pleasant visit on their wedding four early in April. Mr. Leduc, who is the brother of Rev. L. r .educ, C. S. v.; instructor in commercial course, and graduated in the business class here, three years ago, has a renumerative employ in the Grand Trunk office at :Montreal. vVe wish our Canadian friends happiness and prosperity. We are happy to learn that Rev. A. D. 1\Iainville, C. S. V., whow as recently ill at the Alexian Hospital, Chicago, has returned home to St. Viator's Normal Institute perfectly restored. OUR GENEROU.S FRIENDS·

Those beautiful angels, those white concretions of sublimat eel spirituality in the attitude of adoration and ecstacy,' hich have r ecently alighted in our sanctuary as though fresh .from the realms of heavenly b1isss, what an eloquent object lesson they are for us aU how to pray, how to adore! Oh that we could be thus recollected, and thus inflamed in the presence of God in the Ho1y of Holies! The Italian artsist whose chi el ca.I"Ved out of spotless marble the"'e fairy forms must have felt stirring jn his inmost soul the very spirit of prayer; he must have been charged with the spirit of fa.ith and wa.rmed with the fire of di~ 'ine lov , to make dull stone thus i:ptensely pray, adore and loye. There seep1s p.gtbing la.c king in the technique ()r in the . .

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ha,ndling of plastic beauty to give these ideas a.n d se;timents their perfect expression in speechless marble. These rare visitors a.r e the welcome gif'ts of our generous friend, :.Mr. .Frederick Legris, whose many other benefactions are inscribed upon the tablet .o f our grateful men1ory. The Rt. Hev. :Mgr~ G. l\1. Legris, D. D., has adorned the a.ltar of St. Joseph with an exquisitely 'i'iT'anght marble statute of Ita1j an workma.n ship, which is the most perfect one of its kind we ha.ve had the pleasure to look upon. Nor does the altar of the Blessed Virgin now lack its proportionate adornment.A beautiful marble copy of theVirgin Immaculate of Lourdes was presented by the Rev. l\L Letellier, whose zeal and taste for the beautifying of our chapel 've gratefully a,cknowledge. WHY NOT EARN $300 DURING THE VACATION SEASON?

Over fifty college and seminary students will be in the field .for us the coming season. They learned of the great success of Joseph Herman and others last year. Mr. Herman is a. student at l\1t. St. Mary's Se1ninary, and in six week.s he earned over $250. If you viran.t to do profitable work that 'viii be an education in itself 'ivrite us. Give particulars as to whether you desire to do work in your home territory or to travel. We are now reserving territory for vacation workers. Send today for particulars.· Don't -delay until vacation time, but write now so that all arrangements n1ay be m.ade beforehand. This. is an especially good oppo·r tunity for seminarians, college S<tudents and teachers. :Men and vVomen is the great National ·catholic Home Jour-. nal. · The Men and vVomen Publishing Co., 111 to 117 Longworth Street. Cincinnati, Ohio. "vVhat every student need.s is the wide, general culture \Vhich can come only fron1 the syrnn1etrica,l developement of all three phases- o.f hu~nan nature-the mental, the physical and the moral." -T·h e vVinthrop CoVege Journal.

VIATORIANA. Stop! Boyle it! Spring bonnets. Stack up Rufus. Optics. Buster Brown of Bourbonnais. The Berry season has arrived. Another house in the -village. Pass the Cocoanut puffs or stewed figs. Shorty says :-"I never care to ride a wheel. For I have got an automobile; with my automobile I can depend to run across a lot of friends." (How rude.) Professor of mus.Jc-Stop! stop! you mustn't sing tha.t way sing from your diaphragm. Shorty-(Faltering)-"I didn't bring that with me. Charley--aThat new student is remarkably brilliant." Tom-"Oh! I don't know; it doesn't take much to dazzle you." They're off! Play ba~l! Senior-\Vhat 路s Edmund Lamb crying about? :Minim-One of the impudent juniors caned him a mutton head. Alex's recipe for Bath Buns-In a good size bath tub set sev eraJ sponges to rise over night. In the morning remove the sponges, squeeze well and add two ounces of powdered soap and an ounce of common sens.e. 1\Iake up into small buns, pla.ce care fully in a sponge basket, .and fry in boiling lard. When done sprinkle thickly with powdered sugar and serve with 3: broom to all spongers. Tbe Prefect was passing through the gymnasium when he heard voices in the athletic ro~om. . Opening the door softly, he beheld two seniors playing cards . with two juniors. He stood quietly behind and saw two games played. When entering upon the third game one of the Seniors a ked: "What's trumps? when the kind Prefect, laying left and 路right with the stick, answered: "Clubs are trump , and it's my deal."

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The worlds famous Orioles opened up the season on April 18th' against the Midgets. Owing t'o the fact that last yea.r 's, manager had purchased a new ha.t the team were unable to apper in pink pajamas but their reception was none the less heartrending. Promptly at 2:15 a, benzine taHyho with Manager Parlucah as cbiffon,ier drew up to the club house. T'he Hungry five sttuck up Bedelia on the jm~vs l1arp and the heroes descended amid a shower of pop bottles. A vast concourse of fans (c01nposetd of Sunny Jim and Petrus) cheered them to the echo. 'T'he manager at once borrowed a ball from one of the Profs. and the preliminaries were on. All showed :fine form after the training jaunt to Brighton Park and the large and fashio·n able audience was enthusiastic. Cha,r ley Elfelt and· Michael Hayes occupied (soap) boxes a.nd the Boyles took up the remainder of the grounds. After the green and orange pennant had been run up on the corn crib the official handicapper grasped his, trusty hammer and ascended the u1npires' rostrum. :Thfurphy took his position to windward, and hurled the sphere across: the pancake. Crack-the ball struck Birren's ba.t and sailed over to the conservatory. 1:he Village police were on hand ·with a $earch \varrant however 3nd the battered sphere \Vas once more in a.c tion The :Thlanager ~djusted his necktie. Pete Lynch was up and :M urphy sent along a wide one. But alas, l{elly had laid aside his ma.sk a.,nd was deep in reveries at the pas:s ing Co-eds, when the envious :Murphy's twister landed on his bugle, and he IYent down for the full count. lliran1 and Foxy rushed over to. comfort the Co- ed~ and the umpire s1nilecl profusely. After order had been restO'red the "twenty o:ne years old"b9y wa:S• avirakened and went behind the bat a1nidst cheers from the bleachers. Pete knocked a high ball, over towards the town hall and everybody adjourned to Johnny's to look for it. Special telegran1: we regret to announce tha:t the ball has not yet been recovered. Who cares if Jap or Russian win their game- Our club will clhnb the steps which lead t·o fame.

OUR YOtmO PRIESTS·

Rev. J. P. O'b~Iahoney, C. S. V., and Rev. A. Nawrocki were ordained priests Saturday, April 22, by His Grace, Archbishop J. E. Quigley, in the Holy Name Cathedral, hicago. R v. Father O':Mahoney sang his first mass in his parish church, Utica, Ill., where a large concour se of fri ends and parents assist ed. Rev. FaH1er Sheedy, the pastor, was assistant priest, Rev. M. J. ~farsHe, C. S. V., was deacon and preached. llev. T. J. McCormic-k, C. S. V., directm.· of the Holy _rJ ame School, was '>sub-deacon. l\1r. D. Feeley and Brother Rayrnond sang, l\lessrs. '~r. Keefe and F. :Munsch, of the college the entire congregation after ruass. The whole ceremony was a Ino·s t impressive and beautiful one. Father O'niahoney sang his first ma.ss at the college, ~Iay the first. The editors of the Viatorian offer their. warn1 congratulations to Father O'Mahoney, who several years so ably filled an important post on the editorial staff and is still connected with the financeering of our college paper. We wish him heath' and iong life in the holy priest hood, whose ranks, we are assured, he will both strengthen and honor. Rev. A·. Nawrocki sang his first mass in the Polish church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, of which his brother is pastor. The ceremonies accompanying this great event were splendid and willlea.ve a lasting and delightful impression upon the m·emory of the young Father Nawrocki, who will henceforth la.b or with his brother in their large Polish congregation. 'Ye cannot wish anything better to the new Father Nawrocki than to prove an able assistant to his brother whose excellent work is so evident in the magnificent church and school over which he has ruled now over a decade.

ATHLETIC NOTES. BASEBALL LE·A GUES. The Senior league has· opened "'lvith some brilliant contests and the -race for leadership is exhibiting some surprising talent in a high grade quality of baseball. If you can steal an afternoon fro1n the cares of free study and the 1nonotony of the plugger's cell, go out on the grand stand and cheer for your favorites you will be n1ost agreeably repaid and your fingers will itch to join in the sport. Official scorer Carney submits the following statistics to date: T'e a.m-All Stars-A. Burke, Captain; Battery, :Maher p., :l\fcEvoy c; Percentage, .666 Tean1- Oubs-W. Keefe, Captain; Battery, Sta.ck p., Oarden, c.; Percentage .G66 Tea.m -Youths·- vV. Burke Captain; flattery, ~T . Burke p., ·M:arcotte c.; Percentage ..666 Tean1--Kids-A. l{elley, Captain; Battery, Hickey p., l\1cCarty c.; Percentage .333 Tea.m -Orphans-B. Sheil, Captain; Battery vVuerst p., Sheil c.; Percentage, .250

The ~Junior ShaJnrocks have started with their accustomed - vhn and nothing short of professionals. can hope to get a. look in. The dope 1naster says that last years. aggregation are selling platers .alongside of this coming bunch, whilst the confident Coach, Bro. Boudreau, sn1iles knowingly and waits for the flag to f_all. The budding national leaguers line up as follows: . . _1\:r Jr. Shamrocks. Reserves. A. l\1arcotte p. J. Reyers p. vV. N ourie c. L. Dandurand c. F. Br6wn lb. ,V. Short lb. J. Mulloy 2b. J. Robinson 2b. A. M·c Carthy s·s H. Burke ss. R. Russell 3b E. Savary 3b. C. Katzenherg lf. A. :Mudd l. f. R. Cunningham cf. J. M.adden c. f. L. Finnegan rf. A. Klucher r. f.

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The Minims' league has been organized by Bro. t. Aubin and the tea.m which wins the prize will know tha.t they have been playing, for it is neck and neck and ea.c h game more d per ate than the last. The Seniors thffilselves crufha.rdly snrpa ihe fast and heady work of these coming LaJ oies and Wagner , for it is a. long time since so many good ball tosse:rs have been seen on the west grounds. It is with feverish anxiety tha.t we a.wait the coming g.ames, confident that the fines points of the uational sport will be thorol)ghly exhibited by the lively tlu1n1pions. Pick your choice from the line up 路and cheer them on to victory.: "American Ea.gles"-J os. :McDevitt, ca.ptain and pitcher. A. Dandurand, catcher. "Scratchers"-Al. Birren, captain and pitcher. L. Grogan; catcher. 路 ''Stars''-Orion Ford, captain and pitcher. F. Legris, ca.tcher. "Eclipses"-J ohn Cronin, captain and pitcher. J. Boyle, catcher. 20th CE,NTURY 15-00LLEiGE. 14. T'h e Indoor Baseball team completed' the season by playing the 20th Century club a:t the Armory and it was a grand sta.nd flnish to the yea.r's successful campaign. Both teams. were tied for first place and an immense throng of fans were on hand to ~ee the rub, expecting a good exhibition. In this they were di.appointed and a.fter the first inning scarcely a person could be found in the seats, for the game wax:ed from good to bril.liant the rooters _he.a rts were up where their collars belonged and everybody was on his feet or his neighbor's. The roof of the armory was in imminent danger of departure路 in the last inning when with the score tied the 20th Century squeezed in a. run and the cha,mpionship was. theirs. V\ e are forced to ay that we cannot praise any of our men for their work, because we know not where to begin. It \\as simply a case of gra.nd team work, the fastest kind of ball a.nd every man doing his very best. Both sides richly merited the gan1e and both won on 路 fol'ID but the

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huge tyra.nt called "base-ball luck" decided_not to~ spoil the flag by halving it. To the following gentlemen all praise and congratulations are due: W. Burke, Capt. p.; Shiel c.; Burns, lb; A. Burke, 2b; E. Burke, 3b; A. Kelley, r. s.; :Magny, 1. ss.; P. Berry, s. s.; Ke~fe, 1. f.; J. Hayden, r. f. REVISED SCHEDULE. April 30, St. Oyril College. :May 4, Chicago Clerics. l\1ay 5, Corby Han. l\lay 7, :Morgan Park Acad. 路 :May 8, .A.Jnerican Medics. :May 14, Physicians and Surgeons. l\fa.y 21, Chicago E,reshmeu. l\1ay 22, St. Ignatius, CDUege. :May 28, Armour Institute. lVIay 30, Illinois Scrubs. June 5, Lake ],orest University. June 11, Wheaton College. All to be played at home. BASE BALL. St. Viateur's 1路7 - -Kankakee Anchors 3. The first game of the season \vas played '\Vith the Kankakee Anchors April 17th, a,n d resulted in an easy victory for us by a 路 score of 17 to 3. The game was uninteresit ing and one-sided from beginning to end aS: the I{ankakeeans, though pass:able ball players, were far outclassed by our fa.stm~ and 1nore experjenced n1en. In fact had it not been for our three errors in the seventh inning, ead1 of which a.llow a sco,re, the Anchors would have received a shut-out, while our boys made the circuit ten . times in the first inning, most of which were e~arned, runs1. Though the game on the whole was not interesting it showed to advantage the fine n1a,terial of which this. year's teaLJ.n is c01nposed. Capt. ]Hartin, our regular pitcher, played left field, while Stack, last year's Junior twirler, presided in the box and )!itched a ga,mc worthy of a veteran, allowing but eight s:ca.tter-

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ed hits amd a; single pass to first, while six fanned the air. heil w h() fur the last two years has pla.yed a, star game at hort and third, proved to. be an old timer behind the bat. He gathered in everything in sight and threw the bases' with ea e and ac urB.l y. Jones was as much at home on first as he formerly was at short while Hickey and :McDonald were better than ever at their old positions, short and-second. A. -Burke, last years cra.ck left field~ er, played a.n excellent g'.anle ~ ~.t..third•, ' handling nine chancestwo of them difficult flies-wit~ Q,n"ky (me~ error. · Kelley and vV. Burke gathered in everything ;that entered, tl1e out-field with the ease of professionals. ~I cDJriald an<f -Kelley led in batting closely followed by A. Burke, IIickey; JO:nes and W. Burke. Drolet and Andrews were ·<rn the slab -for the Anchors, but were batted at will by our superior batsmen, who straightened their benders for fifteen clean ·hits. · · SUMMARY: St, Viateur's

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Richard, 1. £. ••••. 5o o 2 o o Seberg, r. f ....•••. 4 o 2 1 I 2 Vander Grift, 3b .. 4 o I o 2 I Babst~ 2b ....... . 4 0 0 4 I I Longtin, ss ....... 4 o I I . 2 VadeBonker,c.£ .. 4 o I 7 o I K1.1ntz, 1b .... . .. 4 I o 6 o 3 Denean, c .... ... . 4 I 0 5 2 I Drolet, p . ... ..... 2 o o o o o Andrews, p . . . ..... 2 I I o I o st • v·1.a teur 's •.............. . ......... I o o o o 4 I o 2 *- I 7 Anchors ...........•.. , . . . . . . . . . . . . o o o o o o 3 o o- 3

McDonald, 2b .•.••. 6 3 3 1 2 o Kelley, c. f ......... 6 2 z 2 o o Martin, 1. f .......... 6 3 I I o I A. Burke,"3b'........ s ·_2 : 2 2 6 I Hickey; : ss: ·~ ·.: .. .... 5 'o 2 o · I ·I Stack;p·.-. :::.... ·... s ' I -I · o 4 o Shiel, ·. c : .. , . . .. ........ ,s ...o : 8 4 · o . Jones, I b .. : . ~ • ·, ••.• ··5. 3 2 ' I 2 ,2 0 W. Burke, r. f .••••. 5 2 2 I o o t lt

Bases stolen: St. Via.teur's 16; Anchors 4. Two base hits: J 9:o.es, A . .Burke, Longtin; base .on b~lls by Stackl, by Drolet 4, by Andrews 2, passed ba.Il, Shiel. Umpire: Taylor of Kankakee ST~

-VIATE<UR'S 5- -American Medics 4. On April 23rd wa.s played one of the fastest and rlos·e s t ga;n1es every witnes. eel on the local diamond. Tbe American 1\ledicJlJ College, of Ohjcago, lined up against the 'varsit. in a hard pla~ed eleven inning game in whi ch our boys triumpheti by the score of 4 to 5.

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The honors of the·da.y belong to Captain :Martin, whose speedy·twiste'rs the Chicago boys ·were entirely uim.b le to -solve, 1·e.eciving only five -h its -and one free p-ass to first, while twelve of them retired with three st:r!ikes. vV. Burke, thot.1g1i llrrsrerro·riin the fifth inning wa,s the cause <)f: two: 1ne·n adva\ncing a.nd: one: O:f them seoring, more thUJn:red-eemed him-s elf by ffig-ny ~ l!aggiug iiive'l11es· ·t-wo of then1 hard ,. . .., . .. . . . . eha.nces--wh·e n -a:a :'error ··wt)uid have lost the -ga.me . . Jones and A: · Burke ·led .- in~ batein.O' . . - .' ",·. · ... -· · · , _. : , - .- - . . . . . . • - -- . · ::!> • ·Th·~ 'va.:~;sity-: 1Se:t)r:t"~d- ~OJ.IJ;_ !'UI}:S: in t~e. ~ecq~d: i~nn,ip.g ·when. A. lltn:~ke r~a.che(l· -ftr$-~ _O:I;l ·W. ~.gne:r~~J erro~r: al!9- · stole~ ~eG~)I~cl on the fir:st ball: ~pit:ch~d. .:: ~Ui(:'l\>ey - fpl~o~ed · with a hit to rig4t field, advancing A~ JturlJe·J9 tP,jr:.d,:~ ~~d - ~teali_itg ~e;<:o)l<J,. Thier.~ :· s~ot the b:a.ll to ·seeQn:_4 '.i-n~~!?- t.~.H-1!~ ..c~;t~hjl}g . :S.arl~~ ~.t home . put Sm.ith threw wild ' a.nd · poth; B)uk~: ap_d.·liickey ..scored. Lqn~r.K~n. got a hit to left field ana: ,vq.s_adya.nced to second on Shi~l's sacrifice :hit. ·J ones followed with ru two-ha.gger. Lonerg.a~n · · s-coring. 'Sones scored on \-V. Burke's sacrifice. :McDonald drove out a . th1.,tee ba.gge:r· to center, but died on third, l{elley 'flytng out to ' F:.elie'r. ·' Our boys ·were unable to make ,another seore·utrtil tire (~leventli i'nning when wjth one out,Hickey got a .s afety to right fi~tci·~ a.nd·- by fast ·:;;prifitiilg ·and ·daring base sliding, stole ·-b9tf~ s~c·o ,fic1 . arid t~ird;~·s. d6-r~n g a.hd· win~nin{f ~he. ·game·on-Long•:erga.-Q;~s: hit.: . . . . : :· ,. ~.. : . · · .'''Tlf~ ~doctors bunclled~ f.oui"'· hits inl the fifth inning getting .:Uiree sco·r~s while 6.fie s- coi~e ,'w as huided in the sixth by errors, .<luring the rema.ilicler,·_ of 't11e : ga.;m e they _e ither succumbed to , ·~:fa.rtin's benders or knbCited pop-ups which our boys easily :> Handled. Osbo-rne !eel i'n·the fifth with a safety to right. MiHer reabl:led firs.t a.nd Osborne third on vv. Burke's error. Os:b orne s.~ored~· OJl .a passed-bali while l{eller struck out. W.agner fol,1(!\-ved with a two-_bagger: to ~eft scoring on Lonergan's error, · wldle :M iller ·scored \on 'the hit. Cowan flyed out to .second and ad~~nc~:d to th,i t~l b.n~,s~~th~.s-:hi.t,but was caugl1t ·on ·home hy I.~onergfi~n's- tl;u~t:y--h. rip, i\~liler dyipg <?P ~rst. · ·' ,. . ; "Iri~ t:tie· sixth ·{fb1ing: Steven~dn · re~. c~ed second. bi bumping into' Jones wh'o W.a.s t+:fingto catch· his· pop-up on the base li;ne. ~

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Osborne hit to Jones who threw wild to third allowing t. . en· son to reach that bag. vVith a man on third Osborne thought it an easy matter to steal second but Shiel's true wing lined the ball to Hickey who tagged his man and returned the ball to Shiel, while Stevenson hugged third not caring to risk himself with such accrate arms. 1\filler reached first on Martin s wild throw, Stevenson scoring. Miller was called safe on second wh,ere he remained, Keller flying out to W. Burke. There were close and brilliant plays through--out the ga.m e especially in the ninth inning, when with two men out Lindberg drove far out in left field, Lonergan recovering threw to Hickey who, from left field, caught Lindberg aborut six inches frOin home plate. Also but for poor base running and coaching we should have scored in the ninth when Shiel hit safe and was followed with a two bagger by Jones. Tho~gh

our batsmen connected with his curves for twelve clean hits, Osborne pitc ed a good game, striking out ten of our men and allowing but one transport to first. T'hiers did excellent work behind the bat, and Lindberg excelled with the stick. SU~fMMARY: ~edics

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Lindberg, z b & s s.. 5 o z 2 2 o McDonald, 2b Smith, 2 b and s s .. 5 o I z 3 I Kelley, c. f. . . . . . . Theirs, c . . ........ 5 o o Io I o Martin, p .•••••... Stevenson, 3b .....• 5 I o 2 I o A. Burke,3b...... Osborne,p ........ 5 I I I 3 o Hickey.,s.s ....... Miller, rb ........ ·5 I o IO o o Lenergan, I; f ..... Keller,c f. ..... ··5o o 3 o o Shiel, c ........... Wagner, I. f .•. , . , . 4 I I I I 2 Jones, I b. . • • . • • . . Cowan, r. f ....•.•• 4 o o o I o W. Bur)(e, r. f. . . . . St. Viateur's ...................•.• o 4 o o o o o Medics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • • • . • . • o o o o 3 I o

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Bases stolen: St. -Viateur's 8, Medics 7, left on base, St. Viateur's 5, Medics 6, two base hits: A. Burke, Jones 2, Wagner three base hits: :McDonald, Lindberg. Bases on ba.ll by Martin 1. Hit by pitched ball : Corva.n, struck out by Ma.r tin 12, by Osborne 10. Pa sed ball : Shiel, Thiers.

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ST. VIAT'E UR'S, 24; KANKAKEE ANCHORS, 0. On April 24 the Anchors again appeared on our diamond and for eight innings gave us. slow pra~ctice. Stack was in the box for us and proved a, veritable enigm2~ to our Kankakee neighbo-rs, holding them down to two hits. Andrews: did slab work for the Anchors but was hatted out of the box in the sixth inning. He was succeeded by Pedley who wa.s even an eas-ier proposition. SU1\1MARYSt. Viateur's

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McDonald, 2b .... · 6 4 2 o 2 o Seberg, 3b ....... Kelley, c. f. . . . . . . 6 3 I o o o Fitzgerald, ss.. . . . Martin, c. f. . . . . . • 6 3 5 2 o ' o Vade Bonker, c. f. A. Burke, 3b ...... 6 I I 2 4 o Kuntz, I b. . . . • • . • Hickey, ss ........ 6 I . I 2 o o Longtin, c ........ Stack, p. . . . . . . . . . 6 4 3 I 2 o Andrews, p. . . . . . . Shiel, c. . . . . . . . . . 6 2 2 6 I o Richard, 1. f. . • . . Jones, I b. . . . . . • • . 6 2 I 1 o o o Pedley, 2 b . , . . . . . W. Burke, r. f.. . . 2 I I I o o Babst, r. f. ·... , . . . Lonergan, r. r.. . . 4 3 4 o o o St. Viateur's .......................... o o 2 I 2 Anchors ...................•......... ·. o o o o o

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Bases stolen: St. Via,t eur's 9. T\vo ba.se hits: :M cDonald, l\1a.rtin, llickey, Stack, Lonergan 2. T'h ree base hits: :uartjn, Stack, I,onergan. Bases on halls: Andre,vs~ 4, Pedley 3. St~·uck out uy ~ta.ck .J, .Andrews 5, Pedley 1. 'Ihe batting and fielding averages at the present writing are: BA.T'riNG. AE

Lo·n ergan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l\fcDonald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . vV. Burke . . . . . . . . . . . ... . ....... ...... Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :M artin ...... .. ............... ...... Jones .............................. Sl1iel . . . . . . . . . . . ................... ,. . . . A. Burl{e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hickey . . . . . . . . . . . . . .,. ,, ............... }{tell;,r ... : : . : : . . ~ r ~ ' ! ! ' , t

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. ... 3 :McDonald 2b ....... . ICelley, c. f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Stack, p . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............. 1 Shiel, c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 A. Burke, 3b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Jones, lb .. .. .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . 32 IIickey, s. s. . . . . . . . . . . . .. ; . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 YV. Burke, r. f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 l\fartin, p. and l. f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Lonergan, l. f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

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Rev. Fr. Krug, of Chicago, paid a pleasant visit to tbe college the last week in April. Rt. Rev. l\lgr. Legris, D. D., Rev. l\L J. 1\larsile, C. 8. V., and Rev. J. Ran, C. S. V., assisted a.t the funeral of :Mother Genevieve St. Xavier's Academy. The 'Varsity team beat the St. Cyril College nine 25 to 1 Saturday April 30. Several wonderful catches have happened along the Kankakee; but several more expected ones did not happen. Commencement Day is on the 16th of June. Archbishop Quigley will preside.

His Grace

The halls will soon resound with the voluble voices of elocutionists and orators in tra.i ning for the usual contests: There are lesser evils. t