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VOLUME 25

NOVEMBER 1907

NUMBER 2

DEDICATION .DAY ~'i"'i"'!:'=""--•.n UESDAY, Novernber 5th, \vas a gala clay for Bourbon-

nai s and a memorable one for St . Viateur's. W hen the deep t on ed v illage church b ell ran g. out th e m ornin g angelu s the village awoke fronT a shlmb er of p eace to a sight of .joy. W or ship er s could be see n early w ith reverent st eps making their way to Mate rnit y church for . h er e the day's festiv iti es ·vver e to begin. An hour before the open ing of th e serv ices u shers took th eir stations and it was not lon g until they had _-c ity folk a nd rural r esident, sunny yoitth and ve11erable age n eig hb orin g one an other closdy in th e press fonroom. At nine o'c lock th e choii- chanted the openin g anth em and · w h en th e first soft strain's of th e ent ry mar ch stol e from th e or gan loft a long line of altar boys an d clergy followed by th e~ R t. Rev. P. J. l\{ulcloon started to m ove si l ~ ntly and r ever ently u p th e · center aisle of the church t o t h e sanctuary. vVh en th ose w ho form ed th e procession had taken th eir p laces the R ev. A . l\~Iai nv ill e began th e sacrific e of the m ass with R ev. F. Carih er ;and R ev. J. Lynn r espo ndin g as deacon and sub-deacon. At th e clo se of th e gos p el Bishop J\,t( uldooi1 came forward to the altar rai ling a nd th ere with al1 the ardor of an earnest soul delive red a serm on th at was m ost helpful t o those whose wo rk is educational or w ho:5 e aspiration is learning. The Bishop was po eti cally ingenious in a comparison instituted b etwee n the inhabitants of Erin who we re wont to light their torches at the national East er fir e and students· attendirig Cathoiic colleges where they go to lig-ht their 1nincls w ith the fires of knowledge ai1d faith. The peopl e · had scarcely left the cln1rch when the · i11orning trains brought -another throng of visitors and in a few mom ents the large court separating the, buildings was a scene of gladness, .with friends exchanging greetings and felicitations. Members of the faculty met the _visitors and escorted them to the va1~ious dei)artments. Besides the architectural beauties of the buildings · ai1cF the attractive outlay of the. grounds other points in which the visitors found special interest were the parlors, science halls, conservatory of music and class room s. . ,., ~ At one · o'clock the clergy and laity went to the banquet hall

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where a specia~ sp read arranged by the c~llege chef wa! prepared f@r them. Dunng the banquet the college orchest_ra rendered several selections. When all had dined on the rareties of the table the Rev. P. C. Conway arose and in his naive humor which made the walls of old St. V iateur's resound w ith laughter and mirth announced in tt1rn each of the speakers at the banquet. In· re~ s ponse to the firs·c c·a u the Rev. P. J. Tinan ,arose and .with admir~bl e adroitn ess told of the labors of " Our Archbishop" in the s t ~ te 's m etropolitan see. The next sp eaker was the V. R ev. J. C avanaugh C. S. C. His position as h ead of a g r eat university enabled him t o sp eak w ith forceful in s ru ction on " Our Unive r it ies." A savory fea ture of the toast was the choice spread of epig rams t~at adorn ed it. ·In the toast "OJur Seminaries" V. Rev. P. V. Byrne C. l\r1., t old w ith stirring earn estn ess of th e noble work done in semin ari es and of t he growth of these institutions in this ·coun,.h y . . F ollow in g l.:,' at he r B y rn e ca m e R ev. F. B. Cassilly . S. J.. 1vho i·n his theme " Our Colleges" g ave those assembled an instructive d iscourse on th e nature of a Cathol ic coll ege and of the advantages to b e had therein. Interest w as k ept un abated w hen R ev. Z. P. Ber ard w it h hi s su ave delive ry and soulful expressions t old of the clevo,tion and loyalty that lir!ked th e ((Clerical Alumni" to th eir Alma Mat er. H is g low in g tribute to the work the r eti'red president and hi s pledge of loyalty to the n ew direct or were r ec eived with loud app lause. "O u r L ay A lumhi" was th e next t oast and Mr. H . Ru el carried t h e a udien ce ov er th e scen es an d inc ide nts of stud ents' days. Th e r eception g iven Rev. J. J. Shan no n w h en he rose to speak on "Our Frien ds" was no unus ual greetin g for th ose w ho have h eard Father Shannon befo r e k new th e treat in stor e for them w h en h e )iVas to _speak. H is su rvey of th e d evotion show n St. Viateur's by her alumni and adm irers; hi s pledg e of th eir firm support and his g r at eful r eferen ce to 1\:Ions; ig noi- Le gris' loyalty brought forth prolon ged ch ee rin g. H ere F at h er Co nw ay happily br oke aw ay from the or de r of t h e p rogram and s ummoned to the list of speakers, the Rev. J. P . O' l\1ahon ey C. S. V. who told in a tend er ariel affecting talk of the r eHown brou g ht up on Old St. Viateur's by its o-reat, grand and glorious psesid ent, F ather Marsile. A h earty app lause foll owed his expressions of gr atitude for the notable attendance at the clay's exercises. A fitting conclusion to these intellectual repasts was the· toast "Our Holy Father" by Most Rev. J. E. Quigley. After eulogizing three pontiffs whom it was his pleasure to meet he ,por-· trayed the particular virtues that marked each reign. He spoke ~£ his firs t visit to St. Viateur's several years ago and of how h1s fondne.s s for this cei1ter of . .learning has been ever ·on the increase. In concluclino· his address His Grace promised his firm support to · the new president and his corps of teachers in all t~eir enterprises

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HT. REV. P. J. MULDOON A li.fe ·lonf( .friend of St. Viateur's, 'wh o preaclzed tlie ser/llon at tlze 71tonzing sen;ic:es.

THE V I A T O RI A N and wo rk . T h e a u d ien ce th en r ose a nd t h e a r chb ishop p r onounced th e wo r ds of t h a n ksg-iv in g . T he cle r gy present who e names it ·w a 5 poss ible t o o btai n wen~: 11ost R ev . J ames Edwa r d Qu ig ley, Arehbi s hop of Chicago; ~t . R ev . P. ]. :iv1 u ldoon, Chicago; Very Rev . C. Ducharme, C. S. V., PrO\·incial of Clerics c f ~·t. Viateur, Canada; Very Rcv. J. Cavanaugh, C. S. C., President of ::-Jot re D•amr: Cniversity; Very R ev. P. V. Byrne. C. ~1.. President St. Vincent's College; Rev. F . J. Cassily, S. ]. Vice President of ~t. Ignatius College; Yery R e\' . F. de Lang·e . Prc:idc1~t St. J osep h's T echn ical school, Techn:y; Vcry Re ,·. C. Fc:.1rnicr, C. S. \'.; Rev. P. ]. Tinan, Chicago; Re,·. P. C. Conway, Chicago; Rc,·. J. ]. Shamwn, Peoria; Rev. E. Dunne, D. D .. Chanc~llor: Re,·. 1. P. ]'arker, Chebanse; Re ,·. A. D. Grang-er. J':bnlnlce; Rev. E.· \V. }(ramer, Chicago; Rev. C. F. ~'d c Bri de. ( )ccnommvoc. \V is, : Re,·. \Y m. Kearney, Chicago: Rc\·. 'V\1. J. Drum my. Elkhart. Ind.; Re,·. E. F. Ric~. Chicag-o; l<.e,·. E. E.~ Ha•..: k::-tt. ~\ f ar:-=.ci ll es; Rev. F. Caraher, Redclick; R n·. C. ~ \. Han~cr. Seneca; Rc,·. A.. \\T. Kr~schowitz, Toliet; Rev. R. F. Flinn. ( )h io. _Ill.; Re,·. T. F . Quinn, Chicag-o; Re\·. F. l\T ull a l~ - . C. S. P., Chica :~·o : Rt~\·. D. O'Dwyer. \Y e:wna; Rev. P. 'f. \\' a l:-:11, Tclu:~·:1: He\·. T. r. :\fcCorm i;.:k. Chica·::o; Re,·. :\I. A . Ouirk, Ottaw~t: Re\· . f. H. Dinncn . LJFav : > ttc. Ind.; Rn· ...:-\. l\T ai;.;-vi lle. Hri m fieH : R ,,_,·. . J. T. F itz~·e:1r ld .. lc'om in gton : Re,·. F. C. Le n t ?. . Piper l if..,.: P.c,·. J. D. L8plantc, Chit ago; Re,·. D. J. Sullivan, Pekin: Rc,·. J. A_. Lynn, Pc:ru. In d.: Rc\·. P. O'D,,·yer, \Vi lming--um : H.l' \-. J. L. :\1~~:\ful!::n. J>c·~nt11m; Re,·. J. '1 . Denn::tt, J{anka k ec ; Rc,·. J. ]. Cn: .~·a11 . Chicago; Re,·. C. Rin~mels . .-\shkum; Re\·. E . . \. ] ·uwale1v:-:!;i. K~nkakct; R c,·. H. CYGara ~Ic Shanc . Cllica0·o; 1~ -:,- . n. :.\IurnY, Chi:.: agn: Pe,-. H. Cannon, l.Trban a ; H ev·~ ~\ f. . \. D<' n{cy. Chi c;tgo : R c,:. C. J. Q;1ill e, Chicago; R e,T. C. _-\.. ( }'Rc~lly, Chicago; Rn·. J. ~f. K~mg-ley. Peoria: Re\'. E. H . Barnes, 1\:o r i~c: R c,·. 1. A. )J cCartln·. Chicag·o: Re,·. P. ~I. Griffi n . Free p ort; R ev . P . ~IcCec. Chicag·o: R e,·. CP. H. Durkin. R antoul; Rc,-. ~f. P. S;:tnJm o n. Peo ria; Re,·. F. n. Dufault. Chicago; E ev. \ \' . H. Granger, Kanka}-:ee; RcY. J. A. ~filot. Bradley; Rev. E . J. 11ourg-et. Irwin ; R.e\' . P. J. Ge rag-hty. Chicag-o; Rev. Z . P. B er a r d. St. .-\ n n :: : He ,·. \Y . S. Hennes:ey . Chicag-o; Re,·. J. A . H e ml ock . Le m ont; R e,- . J. P. Sue rth. C h icago ; R e\· . :\I. J. ::\IcGuire . Cll ica g-() : RcY. J. F . K irsc h . Chi cago : Re\· . E. T. I(neiry, T o lo n o: R e,·. 0 ..-\.. \\. elsh. C . S. P., Chi cago: ReY . T . Dugas; R e ,·. A... J. Ta nl i f. C. S. Y .. St. Geo r ge; R e,-. J. \ /.ien ; R e,-. A . . L . O 'Sulli Ya n, C hi ca g-o ; R e\'. D r. J. D illo n, Pe ru ; R e,·. A .]. BunL, O rcg-on . Ill.

Clos e up on t\\'O y ea:· ~ a g-o t h e old co ll eg e buil din g where ma n y of the pri es ts ancl p r ofc si o nal m e n o f thi co untry r eceiYed

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. ··' t h eir · educati 0111 were sw ept by fire, b ut th e prompt and ge nerous a ~sist a n ce of alumni and fri ends g ave a strong imp etu s t o the work of rec.o nstru cti cm : h vas t sweep of op en cour t in th e slhap e of a • -horses hoe w ith lawn s, w al ks an d driveways, separate th e n ew b 1.-1i ldings.

M arsil e A lumni Hall is th e prin cipal buildin g and th e fir st t o a ttract th e at te ntio n of a visitor. It is a massive structure of white Bedford s ton e facin g the eas t and situ at ed at the ri ght of the entrance of t he court. J'h e m'a gnificent p orch w hich a dorns its fron t is the mos t strikin g of its ext erior features. T h e fir st fl oor is devot ed t o th e administration depa rtment; th e second t o the dor- m itories; th e tbi r cl to the sfudy hall , infirm ary and library ;·an d the ·fourt h t o th e class r')Om s . R oy lVIem orial H a ll. situ at ed so ut h east o f the JY1a rs ile A lum ni, is th e n ~xt of t h e n ew buildin gs w hich st ands forth in bold p romin ence. T he ext er ior d eri ves mu ch of its beauty from t he roug h cut Bedfor d w hich gain s for it a n attraction wh jch t ~e oth er ha lls do not possess . The int eri or is m a de p p of four fl oors, eac h parti t ion ed into co mfortable , well li ghted and spacious r ooms. T hi s buildin g accomm odat es one hundred and t en roomers and gives each ~ n OP!)Ortun ity of enj oying t h e best of h om e com- . forts .. To the north of Roy Fiall is t h e gy mnasi um , a lar ge stone building w hich g ives t h e stud ents eve ry cha nce o f enj oyi ng all th e games an d s por ts of at hl etic exe rcises. T h e base m ent of thi!i5 buildii1g now se r ves a s a r efer:to ry. I n th € r ea r s ta nd s t h e Science H all a n d the po"\;ver house. The t hird fl oor of this bu ild in g is d evot ed exclmsive ly to mu sic and science; the second for recreat ion hall for H1e m ii{ims an d th e base m ent to steam an d water powers. '•·· E. J. O'KEEF.

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Rev. P. C. Conway, T:Oastmaster. T IS quite a long time s ince I have hacl th e p leas ure to addres a gath erin g like this, to address in al m o. t the same breath Hi Grao; and the ladies . Generally the.- e th ings are so painfully select that they exc lud e the ladi es and the laity . You people ma y think t hat vve have s uch a good time that we do n ot want to let yo u in on it but t hi s is 11ot tru e for I think that yo u \;\,'Oulcl ha'.路e a much b etter time by n ot being w ith us. _T oday c ur hea r ts a r c filled wit h joy b eca us e t h e occasion marks th e completion of a part of a g reat and a good work tha t we see rap idly g rowi n g into perfectio n. Y ou will be welcomed by the proper authorities here but I feel that in the na me of t he o ld stud ents I have a ri ght to bid yo u welcome for them and a lso to speak the h eartiest thanks for all yo ur good ness in words and work during the tr:.ying tim es of the last few years. I am not go in g to make a speech t oday because I do not have to. I have the pl eas ure o拢 s ummonin g a great man y s peake rs: and a great many speakers who will delight yo u and it is a so urce of se lfi sh pl eas ur~ to m e to be in a p os ition to call them out and c n~ n if they 路 are n1y s uperiors they must obey . I have received two telegrams which I b eli eve should be r eacl at th e b eg inning of t hi ~ celebration. O n e is from Mercy Hospital and reads: crGocl speed New St. Viatettr's. God bl ess old Sf Viateur's.'' Signed , ]. M . LEiGRIS. The other is from O:tk Park Hospital: "St. Viateur's has risen. Vivat ftor.eat crescat. Greetings to our new president. Eternal gratitude to Rt. Rev. :tvfonsignor Le. gtis and to our dear friends and benef2 ctors and a daily memento in p:l路ayC't." Signed, M. J. MARSILE, C. S. V. Yes my friends

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and then w e wou ld not have .given full vent to · ot.t.r appreciation, o u r love and our gratitude for both the~ grand great men. , The first tesl of sentiment on the pro . ram "Our Holy 'Father" is to b e r esponded to by one who has kindly con- ented to obey me today for th e first time. And I . suppose it will b e the last timeeur b el ov ed a rchbishop. \V e have had an under tanding- on this, I usually have a n understanding with him when I want him to do semetl1ing. Some time~ I want him to do me a favor Jtnd often he GOe5 not grant it but I have no hard feelings towards him today on tMc.t account. H.~ has kindly consented to sp eak last instead of first. Perhaps it was through motives of modesty but P believe he wants to hear what other people say and then discipline them if they do not say the right thing. The next toast is Our Archbishop. \;'\,.· e had a difficult time to select the right man for this position for you know it is :1 delicate subject for anyone. ln. the first place the one who r esponds to it must tell the truth and he ·mtL·t not tell too much of the truth because if he sa:y·s too many nice thing we will all be jealous of the archbishop and if he does not say the right thing, why Gocl help him. \V e selected a man who promi ed that he would prepare himself by __ prayer, fasting and study. V\Then you know tl1at we have chosen Fatber 'Iinan you will agree th~t we have maclc no mistake. That he will do the rig-ht and say the rig-ht thing; ancl that he · \Yill not be selfish about it is certain. Father Tinan!

OUR ARCHBISHOP. Rev. P . J. T inan. 0 T Rev. Archbishop, Rev. Fathers, ladie and gentlemen: T 'llere is no necessity for me to introduce myself as you have already heard what Father Conway had to say about me. But one thing that I am very much pleaseel about is that I haYe been given an opportunity to exp r ess my congratulations t0 the Fathers of St. Viateur's•on the manife ·tation of the material progress which we see aroun<f u today a nd I also want to compliment them on the e splendid.tbuildings in the dedication of which we are to take part this afternoon. Vvrhile tho e of the earlier years cannot forget the ame sentiment connected with the old colleg-e yet we have a right to share in the mark of progress which we behold around us today. I wish tha.t I could top and s it down here for I feel very much embarrassed though g rateful for being asked to respond to the sentiment u·nder which I fin d my name ins1: r ibed on t h e program. I feel like a countrym:m of mine who wa called to peak upon t]1~ occa ion of a

RT. RE\r ..J. M. LEGHIS An alu!lmu.'i, frofi·s:wr 1lltd beneftrd,,r of St. Fi;r/t'llr·s; 1111d tire second (>f . /ur sons to <t•c·ar tire jmrple.

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THE VIA TORIAN ·<:elebj·(Jtion g i ve a to one of his brother-lawyers and wl-io was-a mocl··e st m-ai1 aiJ.cl ·vvho, lik'e Father Conway, was much given to speech . ·making. It ·v,;as no t t~1 e spe aking th-a t bothered him but the subject. · "VI/ ell,-'' h e said. "I will be expected to say the truth aild 1-his :111ay be a little embarrassing to both of us." I feel that those who -are acquainted \vith thi s great m.an know tha.t prefers fha~ actions rathe r t h an -wo r ds s h ould ,- t ell his wo rth. He prefers being . identifi ed with his lab ors and not being above tb:e charges of his work. All of us esp~c iall y_ of th e great archdiocese are perfectly famil aa r wit h the WCllderful progress that has been made not only s piritu all y but m ate rially iri the works of education since His Grace came among t 1S . A n ordina ry man would perhaps see more in · a b uil din g like t hat we bel:olcl ac r oss th e way than he would see in the great wo r k the arch bishop is doing. It was the spiritual wants of th e people t h at ap~)ea l e d t o him and we find him readily attending to these wan t s. I t is evident that th e car e he b.as taken of the .peqp le's wants has endeared him t o th e h <:a rts ·of th os e conne cted with t he i17stitutions estab li shed und er his patronage. It' is true that the ra nk and fil e do m ost of the fi ghting but it takes a · strong· and co urageo us genera l t o k~ep th em at it. Vvi t h all the cl ergy who ate u nd er his direction doing th eir work I appreciate his kind and gene rous fe elings , hi s ·vvore s of -vv ise co unse l an d adv ice; and his gene rous support tow ard s us les sens the individual burdens of each of us an d w hi le p erh aps t o us comes i mmed i ~ te ly th e credit of the "\\·ork y et h e con lcl not if h e w ish ed refse t o share iv the honors. We have a won derful <lll d most p ec ul iar di ocese made u p of those chilclren corn ing- t o us h om ev ery part of the old soil. They bring with t hem thei r native peculiarities and they mu st be gove rn ed accordin g to their natur al habits an d ma nn ers. To guide th em all in one partic ular dir ectim} marks t he man . He di rects and guides them .not o nl y wis-ely and p rud ently but successfull y, and hence I say that , a s tudy of his wo rk vlo ulcl b e s uffi cie nt without saying anymore to tell th e man . R ea ll y I n eed not speak about his work for this s peaks fo r itself. · Duting hi s administration progress has been continUral ancl no,_ ticeable ev erywhere and the Church is making ma·<"velous pro~-ress u nd er the burden's of -an unjust system of taxation and the wise d irection of his Grac e helps the peopl e to sustain their burdens. I hope Archbi shop, that Almi g hty God may give you the grace to carry on this g reat \VD rk for many years.

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but of course these college men are great on distinctions but we 'have t~u·ned the tables on them and we have made a \ ~1i~,tinction . in__ the , university college and s-e,minaJy ~and 1t l~ ~131y h~ppmess to present one of the most splericlid specirr~ens of umvers1ty manhood and .w hen he arises you will all agree witk me and I a111 sure some people will say "Isn't he nice." Now if you hav~ any particular compliments to p:ay him it will be, "Isn't he g·?i_1~l,'' ~~n;-l we_ will all say when Father Cavanaugh, Presid~nt o1 the l .' nrverstty of Notre Dame, has finished, that he is good,: for we know that he and -. his great community at Notre Dame · are gootl. Father Canavaugh!

.· OUR UNIVE.RSIT'IEIS. V. Rev. ]. Ca.v anaugh, C. s. C. HENEVER -an enemy has clone a thing tQ me such as imy friend has done to me this afternoon I always recall a fable that is popular with us in Nbrthern Indiana. Th~ fa. ble tells of an elephant tramping through the woods when he came up on a n est of young birds that had been for saken by their heartless mother. After philosophizing in •hi• O \~rn way the big hearted elephant said ((Poor little birdies, how could your moth er go away and leave you here to per.ish al<)ne. vVbat a heartless mother she mt1st have been." "Now," .said !th~ elep hant, "I will b e a mother to you" and he sat down on the n:est. Something of tb e crushed feeling s of the little birdies is mine after the words of introduction which you have heard from Father Conway. · Sincerely I am grateful today for the privilege of being allmved .to speak here this afternoon , not alone because we. are :engaged in the .s;;tme work .in learning but because I count here some of my most prized friends and because of. the lasting frietidship lbetween this _.house and the bou se from which I come. I ..am em~ar rassed to know what to say about my subject and there is a double embarrassment since I anY to talk about our universities. You may remonber the man who. was asked to write a history upon "Snakes in IrelanclH and whd after studying the matter wrote the history by sa)ring, "There are no Snakes in Ireland." Now some of us might . say that' there are no un iversities ai1cl I do not know but what that is ·true. ·. We are not doing' much university work but then who is. While there are universities that count an attendance of four or five thousand students yet it is true that the total number of real tf1i,rersity students in the United States is-hardly more than a thou1

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sand. We are however laboringJupward to the university standard as ~ne rg-etiGal1y" as' we · cai1. : · St. V iateilr's ·a-i1d the rest of us are doing our b est to arrive some clay at the · univ ersity standard. Should we n ot succeed no one · w ill blame th e co llege m en yet n o one can blame th e laity. A conditi.on which we· mu st b ear because we cann ot do otherwise conJpe ls us t o pay at le0st .fift een million · doll ar s out for th e supp ort of our 1iri1~1ary schools. If Wf; cottld utilize the schools for which we _pay t axes and turn th e~ e fift een mi llion do ll ars ipto schools for l?iigh~ r educ·?-tion -vve equ id no doubt build. each .year· a univer·sitY: ahi1ost as laTge as the University of Chicago. Withi ti. a half a century we. cottld h ave a university such as is set forth in neighbori-n g CO'n1mut1iti es so w hat I have to say this aftenioon w ill be rather some- reflectioi1 upon co ll eges and considei-ations upon univer'sities. The sto i-y of St. Viateur's is th e st ory of every Catholic coU.ege .iri the U nitc-.::l States . '1~ h cy we re conceived in the m inds of intensely r eligic~us m en, ;born in a wildern ess and cradled in poverty. These schools still feel coursing in their veins th e same blood that nottrish eCl their infan cy and early yo uth , they feel it thrilling theit: so ul w_ithin them as th ey m ove maj estically clown the decades of history wearin g the· o·arm en t of triumph , gleaming with splehclor and enthusiasm. Th ey look se renely and hop efully into the future, confi dent that their cau se is only beginning, and that their greatest triumphs are sti ll to com e . . There are sc hools th at g ush up lik..e an oil well in th e n ig ht. Th ese sc hoo ls are founded upon money . but our schoo ls are hnilt out of th e sacrifices of the people. Oth er sch ool s spend hundreds of thousands on libraries where t h ey learn of all th at are g r.:at. But the gr eat char acteristic of our co ll eges and of our schools is th at they a r e conduct ed on t h e princip le that Go d is t h e destiny of th e httman soul , that it is better to m ake a life than a living, that th'e heart of cultu1'e is t h e cu lture of the heart, th at t ~1 e soul of improve m ~nt is the im proven1ent of the squl. We rejoice in the welfare of instituti.ons. lik ~ St. Viateur's and we say from the depths of our hearts, let t h eir great domes rise hi g h er and hig h er into the skies and over th e por tals of eac h w ri te t h ese words: "What cloth it profit a man t o gain the w hole wo rld if h e suffer eth the loss of his own soul. "

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honor it is for a Catholic father and m other to have a son worthy of being admitted into the seminary. 1 he priesthood is the highest dignity on earth because the priesthood of th e Catholic C hurch is a. predisposition in the eternal priesthood of Jesu s Christ. And at w hat age should these youths be admitted to the seminaries. At the ·earli es t age possible, and it is a matter of s incere glad~1ess to see our - own worthy archbishop acting on the command of the Council of Trent in op-e ning his preparatory seminary in. the shadow of his cathedral. I love St. Vincent's but I declare I wouli not prevent our best boy from leaving us a-nd entering' the Cathedral ~o llege . Here those youths picked from the best families in every p-fl.rish in Chicago or in the diocese will be reared undet· the watchful eye of the archbishop himself. Their education along proper lines will be properly direct;ed and they will grow ih sanctity as they advance in wisdom and they will soon be capably fitted to be admitted into that higher_ semin:ary, into that grand seminary which we a ll hope and w.hich I do s incerely hop·e will soon be ~rected in Chicago . If this. ·audience we re not mixed I might say .something on the conduct seminaries. In these seminaries o ught to be taught r eligion in itself, the science that is true science. The ' priests of the Catholic church t oday educated in our seminaries should be familiar with all the natural sciences. They should be the light of this co~trltry, capable of g uiding all into th e way of truth. Catholic in stru ction s of co urse s hould be theirs. They shot,Ild have great -r espect for th e scriptures and for the authority of the Fathers; ant. the Doctors of the C hurch.

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S. J. E ARE celebrating today a glorious event, the raising of St. Viateur's from its ashes. After years of struggle and effort, the faculty of the college saw the results 0f all their labor wiped -out by --fire in a single night, but with indomitable courage they set to work with renewed energy, and now they have far grander and nobler buildings than before. This same spirit, though not always similarly, exemplified, animates all our Catholic colleges. We are a thriving race; fire , fl ood and earthquake cannot destroy us, or stop our onward course. A half century ago you could probably count the Catholic colleges of our country en four fin ge rs; today they dot the land fr om s hore to shore. The early clays of our oldest colleges ·were days of stru ggle, when log cabins hous ed ·the students, and each one's knee served as tabl e and des k. But the log

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, cab i-n s have g-iven way to stately edifices of architectural beauty. ·The J1andful ·_o(_students, dressed in homespun and drawn from· cab in and . plow, have been s ucceeded by thousands of eag-er youth's, whose careful early training has prepared them for hi g her cultur,e and refin ement. And all these wondro us st rid es have been made w ithout state ·help ' or aiel, and in most cases w·ithout endowment or lavish gifts, all through the gener·ous devotion and self-sacrific e of our Catholic educators, assisted by the w ise encourag-ement of th~ bishops and clerg-y and by the h earty co-operation of a loyal laity,. who made every sacrifice to secure for their sons a higher education. The n~cc·· rci of our colleges in th e past speaks for itself_ Consider f1e imm en SE' · number of vocations t o the priesthood which have been fo s t ered and developed in them. From M't. St. l\1ary's,. at Emmitsb ur g, the mother of bishops, and Holy Cross, th e nurs·e ry of priests in N ew1England , an institution whose studen t s have filled prol?ably a dozen sees . from No tre Dame and St. Viateur's .in the west, from the great colleges of t h e Benedictines and V incentians and from a hos t of others, a constantly increasing numb er of z ealou s and scho larl y priests yearly iss u e forth , to build up the Church of flouri s hing count ry . T he coll ege to w hi ch I am attached, St. Ignatius in Chicago, has, in the thirty-seven years of its exi stence, _sen t two hundred and eighty students into th e ecclesiastical ranks. T hi s great wo r k alone wo uld be suffi cient to merit for Catholic co ll eg-es all t he approbation and encouragement that cou ld possib ly be given them. The littl e seminaries, which in r·e ality are on ly Catholic coll eges restricted to a particular sp h ere, a nd which ' conseq uently co uld fa irly be r eckoned und er the general title of Catholic co ll eges, do not exist in sufficient number to s upply the demands of the country for priest s. · Nor is it likely, at a time w hen the Cat holic Exten sion Society, so nobly started by our beloved ' Arch bishop, is making known the great need of priests throug-hout the south and west, t :1at the valuable assistance _o f our colleges in this r espect will be cl ee n,ed unn ecessary. We need all the . good priests, both diocesan ar,.r:l reg-ular , we can g-et, and any source b·f s.u pp]y should be carefully guarded and protected. · T he developing of yocations is, howe:ver, only one portion of our work. O ur coll eges are instituted equally, if not primarily, to form an ed ucat ed and pious laity. And we need fear no adverse criticism of \vhat we hav·e accomplished in this respect. Wherevet a Catholi c coll eo·e is establi shed in a city or state, you soon . ~ee its . graduates begin to climb into prominen.ce, take_ the_ lead in Catholi'c ' affa1rs, and give the Church a ~tanchng, which l S sadly_ missing -in <commnnites cl·evoicl of higher Catholic education. Aside

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_fr om _ conv-e rt s., •our .g reat Catholic w riters, be g inning w itlr the · earli~r 111 ~tor_iariJ J ohn · Gil mary Shea , down to Zach 1\II'o ntgomery, - th ~ pop-til:a,t_lVIauri ce f 1~ ai1Ci s Egan , Concle Pallen and Charles H er. ber m~mri/ b::litors of th e ~a th o lic Cycloped ia , Dr. Ja m es \1\TaJsh, the · 1'nedital aufhor, and ; ;:u n es .R.y der Randall , th e fa,·o rit e son of lVIa ry· lan d, and a host of others, ha ve imbib ed th eir lit erary tast e and sound Catholi c p rin Cip les· w ithii1 th e vvall s o£ Cath.oli c co lleges. · Willian1 'Ga·? ton , Jud ge :Mo 1~g-an O'B ri en, Ju stice \ V hite and Senator W hite h_ave adorned hi g h civic pos iti on , and mo st of the . promi nent la y edit ors of our Cat holi c pr ess, th at strong . bulwark of the faith, fi pst dipp ed their pens in the ink-1vell s of Cz.t holic colleges. Every wh ere throughout the land juri st s, ph ys ician s, bank. ers, pTofessional m en of yari ous kinds , manufacturer , offi ce rs and · leaders of Catholi c societies, owe th eir staunch Catho.Ji city to the -Catho1ic trai11.i ng o f ou r colleges. . : :·/' If, th en , w e have accomp lished so much in th e past, w h e• our :re ources W'er e in significan t , v\d1e11 everyt hin g h Std t o be 'bluil t from ·th e gro un d up, w h-en p upi1 s w er e few , a nd professors hard to secure an d oven Norke d a t that, v·v hat m a:y \ Ve not expect from a future ro· y w ith promi se, w h en our buildin gs are amp le an d st ate ly, w hen o ur p rofess ional st aff s are y early · enlargin g, w hen t he equipm ent is o:r ow ing and th e stud ent-b ody, well prepared in our paro chi al ·S_choo ls, is l}ttmerous a nd a mbi t ious? I t is t ru e t hat not all our promin ent Catholic lay.1nen have had ·the advantage of a Catholi c ed ucat ional trainin g, fo r ome h ave tri·tlmphecl over the deficien cies of yo uth by nati ve geni us an d th e a dva·n tages of ari exceptio nal Cath oli c hom e. No r is it tru e to say that all Ca th o li e 'st ud ents r emain bi thful to the ideals h eld up to tb eni in yo u th . So1i1e led away h y th e g lc:tmor of th e world , at fir st Jail into t h e mazes of reli g ious iJJclifference , bu t man y if not most even of t hese) when their fa lse v iews of t h e wo rld ar e corr ected by a wid er experience, have th e li g ht and t h e co urage to return to th e pat h of 'v irt ue. Every on e sees and admires the wo rk of our Catholi c colleges. But _:;ome ,· p crcei>.T ing that a certain numb er of yo un g m en and women dr ift into sec ular un iversities, attri_bute this t o want of confiden ce in our colleges on th e part . of th e laity, and this pres u m ed ' want o'f confi dence th ey concl ud e must arise from inefficiency in our colleges~ J?~ca ttse sa nte Catholic stud ents drift away from Catholic infh:1ei1ce , let t1S ·not become panic strick en. ' In the first place, :w·e m ust r e1i.1e.mb er t h at in addition to the women stud ents, for who1;1· Catholic · c o l!eg~s cannot b e held responsibl e, a very large ntimber_of s_ttidents at secular unive rsities are engaged in professionar sti.1dies, for w hich few Catholic in stituti ons are equipped , as . we ha:~t e onJy ·a camparat i v~ l y ~ma ll number of unive rsities, an·d som~ atte nd loca J·· sec ular co ll ~·ges on a,ccount _of conve ni ence or .-·

THE VIATORIAN · through lack of m ea ns t o leave home. Again a mall number of ·worldly Catholics, like the wealthy Chinese, who cripple their ciaugh. ters for lif~ and give them fashionable s mall feet, are willing to destroy the religion and morals of their sons nnd ecure some imaginary · soc ial or political advantage in a so-ca ll ed fa hionable school. Moreover, a numb er of parent s are so ig n orant and ill-instru cted that they imagin e no obligation lies on them to see that the higher education th ey give their son s is . Cathori c; th ey think they can end their sons anywhere after fini s hin g tl1e parochial school. And even if o ur Catholic coll eges do n ot secur e the attendance of all the Catholic st udents, it do es not follow that our standard of efficiency is low. Probably one-half t h e Cath oli c chi ldren of com""· mon-sc hool age are in the Cat holi c parochial schoo ls of the coun~ try, notwith standing· that tremendous efforts ar e put forth by the 01urch , even to the i_nvokin g- of ec cl es iastical censures on delinquent parents, t o secure t h em all. A nd yet there is no gene ral complaint of inefficien cy against our parochial schools. 0 1n the contrary, th ey are generally conc eded to b e eq ual and in some cases superior to the stat e sc hools. N eecl we be s urpri sed th en that the Cath o li c colleg-es cl o n ot sec ur e all the Cat holi c stud ents? It is not Yain to inquir e h ere what wo uld be the r es u lt if our Catholic colleges ceased to exist. ancl turn ed over our youth to the sec ular college s. . Wipe out our Catholic colleges and yo u will soon find our laity led away by the false lights that g-limmer in th e clarknes~ of modern societ y; yo u will see the Church overwhelmed in the materialis m that thr eat ens o ur civiliza~ion, in th e modernism that our Holy Father from hi s waV~ h-t owe r on hi gh dec ri es with clarion vo ice. Can we hop e for Ca th olic leaders from our ect1lar colleges ? Have any come from them? A fe\v , born outside the fold, hav e \vork ecl their \Yay thr o t~gh sec ular coll eges into t h e brightn e, of th e lig·ht. Dut n ot ma nv- th ere are who, born in the true fold and ' educat ed in sec ular in stitutio11S. haYe learned t here to love the Faith and cherish it s id ea ls . ancl t hen g-one forth to do battle for Catholic truth. Ancl for on e who ha s w it hstood thi _ ordeal successfull y, probabl y ten ha \' e suffe red more or· le ..s . eve rely. How can we expect the callO\v yo nth fro m farm or cottage to enter an institution whose ·walls are gilded with the prestige of every worldly advantage, to s it in class-rooms \vhere the hi tory lectures are often veiled attaci.;:s on the Ch urch of Chri t, where Catholic pl~ilosophy is unkn own, where th e , cience lecturer teache him to look for the sec r et of life in the laboratory, how can we expect such a youth to emerg:e \vit1t Faith untarnished an\d Catholic practice unimpaired? Such a yo uth often learn, to blush for the piety of his father:, to assume an attitude of cringing defense, to rel~atc;__ Cathohc

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·practice to the retirement of the closet, if h e does not give it up altogether. The occupation of such unfortunate students in after life is/ only too often to carp at and criticize the pastors of the · Church, to riclicul~ Catholic rnovements, to hold aloof from Cath-olic companionship-, to s·eek entrance into a ~s ociations of doubtful 1Jropriety and finally to court th eir liberal v iews and prize the approval of those ho tile to the Faith. And wo uld to God that tbis were the worst, that many did no't lose altogether the religion for which theit fathers s uffered loss of property_, exile and even death :itself. . One of the great needs of the day is educated Catholic laymen. We need th em in the p ress and on th e rost rum ; we 11\eed them in the drawjng-room and in the market, in. th e social cl ub and in the ·organizations of labor. We n eed leaders of Catholic thought , pro·moters of Catholic movem ents, we need Catho li c statesmen, sp eakers and writers: And where shall we get them , if not from our ·Catholic coll eges? This is th e age of the people, and woe eo the ·people if they have blind leaders and selfish flatter ers . This is the age of democracy, and n ever had the individual so fair a fi eld of contest. But we mu st train up our youth s for the conflict. \ 1\f e mus t teach th em the use of m odern 1veapons, philoso phy, literature, history and science, and then send them to do battle for the Tight. The tim e has passed when our Catholic men can1 hold aloof from their fellow s ; they must be up and doing-. Let th em go into the _fight with no misr-·ivin.gs for th e future , for th e truth ·mu st win. And this is the mi ssion of our Cat h oli c coll eges, this th e end which _yon youn g m en who are listening to m e · must propose to yo;_u·selves in life, this the obj ect for w hich yon must 1vo rk hard in college and for which you mu st co -operat e generously with the up:selfish lab ors of your devoted pr?fessors.

OUR CLERICAL ALUMNI. Rev. Z. P. Berard. , T IS scarcely necessary to tell you that we, th e clerical alumni of St. Viate ur's College, rej oice with the mernbers of its faculty on the occasion of the bl essin g of their ne:w buildings. vVe can easily und erstand what a difficult task they have accomplished and what :a large amount of time, labor and m on ey it has cos t th em t o ereCt ·these splendid edifices. H OI\' great must have been their joy ·when they moved into thes~ grand and spaciou s buildings and ·realized that they had again fl. home and would soon be ready and !fully prepared to carry on their work. This scholas tic year marks.

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H. Rt1el. F T 'HERE IS one thing that we cherish in this world, one thing that is most clear and sacred to our heart, it is the honor of being counted as one of the Alumni of St. Viateur's College. You may travel far and wide; in all parts of this continent and you will find sons of St. Viateur's. You will find them in all walks of life and always at the top of the ladder, an honor to them selves and to their Alma Mater. \1\! e are glad to be here today, guests at our own home, and meet and s'h ake hands with the old · boys . As we look upon the ·walls of memory, we see innum.erabl e pictures which arouse in us a t hrill of joy and pride. In thi s age of prosperity and advancement, the thought of the present with its man y cares and vicissitudes, the thought of the futur e with its bare possibilities, mean too much activity, too many duties, to bring bappii1ess to the hea rt . But the pleas ures of the past have lost th e anxieties of fear and hope which preceded them , and through tbe work of time, the bitterness, the sorrows, th e cares of the past have dis~ppea red , and have now b ecome a so urce and fountain of sweet 1emembrances. We recall with pleasure those happ y, care free, college days Df ours. We r eme mber that old building where ou r lives wen~ mould ed, our careers were s haped , where we were taught and learned our first les.sons of Christian Charity, Brotherly Love and Patriotism. We can see th ~ old stud y hall which, many times, c aused us a h~artache , writing lines for some .good prefect of d iscipline during "conge," or headache trying to solve some knotty problems in mathematics. We recall well the old class r oo-ms.; and, very few o-f us are there , who, at some time or other, during the course, didn't pay a visit from that clas.s roo·m to Father Marsile's or Father Ryan 's rooms, at the request of some sturdy professor. Th e reading of th e notes was . always an hour well spent, in good company; and many of us remember hmi\r prominent we were on som e of those occas ions, by our a bsence. · We look with pleasure on the contests of the Campus, of years ago. The vision of those games is as clear in our minds today, as if they had taken place but yesterday. We remember how we cheered for the success of the old gold and purple and how we mourned their defeat. But in the days of old, the banner of victory was generally in the possession of the "Oad Shamrocks," in green uniforms. Some of you may wonder why we

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were called "Shamrocks," and had g-reen suits. It is no wonder to me, when we read in the lineup the names of an OI'Reilly, of a D1oo'dy, of a Sammons, of a Corcoran, of a Quill e, of a Darcy, of .a McCarthv, a1,-1d other sons of the old sod . The o1d chape l with its ·magnificen_t windows, beautiful mar;ble altars, its walls nicely decorated, everything whispering word~ of lov e and prayer to the Almighty, remind us of the many fath;erly talks given us there , by our dear Father Marsile, which have served, in after years, to make of us , better men and better citizens. But these are not the only places dear in memory. Every room of th e old bui lding, every corridor speaks volumes-The HPOOP" alone could fill a pretty goo d sized library. Every one has connected with it some p leasant occqrrenc e which delights us . Th~ fri ends· of those old clays, the elrama in w hich th ey took leading parts, are st ill befor e us- but those days are a thing of the p ast. Father I\1arsile · has forgiven, if n ot forgotten those boyish pranks, but, in r eturn , hi s memory s hall for ever be green in the hearts of his clear " BOYS." With the passing away of the old drama, t he old scenes and the old actors have disappeared, and with the comin g in of the new , new scenes and n ew actors app ear before us. We r ememb er the eventful night of the 21 st day of February, H?JOS. In a few s hort bonrs, t hrough the fiery h and of the elem·e nts , has va nished the frui t of yea rs of lab or and self-sacrifice--~our . d earest possession--.our b o m e-~our A lma l\!Iater-the obj ect of our fili al love and pride . B ut , no sooner had the sad news of destruction reetched the ears of her alumni than thousands of sympatl1 et ic h earts, beating in uni son und er th e pangs 0£ sorrow, extended to h er a helpin g hand , and through th eir loyalty and fealty and gene rosity there stands today, lVIarsile Al umni Hall Building, our pride and our glo ry-a feeble te timonial of our love and admiration and devotion for St. Viateur 's, and for the one after whom th e building is named. Th e scene has changed and w ith it has disappear ed from the presidential chair that once familiar face of dear Father l\!Iarsile. N iQ more are we greeted with hi s sweet smiles-no m ore is he here to r eceive his clear "BOYS"; but we are glad and proud to see that an alumnus of St. Viateur's has taken his place and so well and so ably fill s th e chair. To you, Father O·' l\1ahoney, we, the old Alumni, pledge our s inc ere love and respect and co-operation in . every respect. U nder your leadership , we hope and trust that St. Viateur's College will continue ascending upward to the throne of glory and fame. The St. Viateur's that was to us is the St. Viateur's that is today. · It' is not m.aterials which make the Alma M!a ter, it is the

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Christian Spirit; that spirit bo rn of G-o d 's love for humanity, that Christ ian spirit wl1id1 enthl.t se cl th e m en w h o ta u g ht u s her e, th at Vi' e cl aim as o u·r prot ectin g m other; and w hich we ea rn es tl y hope t o see in1parted, on a la r ger scal e, t Q fut ur e ge n erations. T he s m ok e of th e ruin ed .5tru ctur cs has disapp ear ed ; the gloom y night o f st orm a nd disaste r has just bee n ~ p e n t; b itt yond er , b eyond t h e dark cl ou d, of destru ctio n , I see .a new and bri g ht an d brilliant s un, ri ing at th e h ori zo n. w hose rays of light w ill again enli g h ten the m in ds of th e yo un g _m en of . th e present and t h e fu t ure-the N ew and Gr ea fe r St . Viat eur. ·

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Most R1e v. ]. E i. Quigley. ' EFO RE approa chin g the s ubj ec t' of hi s h oliness P iu s X I w is h t o 1n ake an exp lanation and ann ou ncem ent. T h e explanati on is in r egard t o the postponem ent of this t oast Pius X t o t he end of th e program . It wa s cl on e at the r ~ q n es t of th e toastmas ter and in or der that a lim.it might b e .p u t t o m y fl ow of ta lk. Novv F athe'r Conway yo u have said 'm a ny bea u tiful tl1 in gs and have fill ed the offi ce of t oastma st er v ery well. , T h e anno un cem ent I w is h t o m a ke is in r egard t o th e cer em ony of the bl essin g of th e b uildin gs w hich w ill tak e place immediately. Th e p rogram m ;t cle 0 1.1t a nd p r opos ed to m e by t h e V . R ev. P r es id ent w as t o go i11 proce , sion fr om Iv1ars il e Hall to th e oth er buil dings and th en t o asse mbl e in th e gy mn as iurn for a n address upon th e s ubject of our comin g ·h er e t ocb y . \ 1\T e w ill carry o ut th e fir s t part of t h e p rogra m but I thin k it is a ltog-et h er unn ecessary to assembl e in th e h ::d l fe r an y furt her ;J ( 1.dr css es esp c :: iall y for any furth er acldr e~ s fr om m e. I do not ::: ce h ow it co ull b e possibl e fo r me to say anythin g t hat has not been said in th e t oasts m ade by th e speake rs d urin g t h e b a nqu et . · I u~ o u g ht of sayin g so m ethin g upon t h e subj ect of ed ucati on in the chu r ch, s how in g h m;v t h e history of the Cath oli c Ch ur ch is t h e hi sto ry of ed ucation itself b ut th at is n ow unn ecessary <'.:' it h as b een said a n'Cl m ost eloq uently by t he sp eakers yo n lla,:e bear d. I h ave seldom h eard m ore cult ured an d m or ~ eloqu ent ac1-·1resses th a n we h ave h eard her e t oday. Th ey have cover ed th e w h ole te rri to ry of edu cation . U nive rsiti es.; semin a ri es, coll ege a nd prima ry edu cation have been1 discusse d an cl it has b een sh own h ow th e Church from t h e 1

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very beginning bas b·:en the pro·m oter of education from the pn-m~ry c~urse to the high~st in the univer ity. In _colleges like t. V1ateur s we have the h1story of the . truo-0·les of Catholic educa~tion in ti:e United States. \1\Te all have r~: ons to be proud of it and part1cubdy the alumni of St. Viateur's. \Ve have een · facts . of the excell ence of this ed ucation in the eloquent speakers we ·have heard and I wish to exp ress my great satisfaction for all I have seen and h eard u.bo ut St. Viateur's from the time that I came to Chi cago until th e present clay ·that marks it-.s resurrection from its ashes. I viish those who are over the institution every uccess ·in their new buildings and in thei 1: :1ew life. I can say that they have ·with them the o·ood will and the support of the authorities ·of the archdiocese of Chicago and . I can promise them as I promised them before chat as long as I am at the heaa of the archdioce se of Ch icago th ey will have my hearty support in the work of education which they are doing and I co•lcl not do otherwise . This brings me to the· s ubj ect on which I am expected to speak today. If that one 1-vho is over us all in the city · of Popes were removed from his place and from the face of the earth and from the li\' es of men and I rom the hi . tory of nations what a confusion there would be upon the face of the ea rth, and particularly what a confusion in the ellucational world. \Vithout the aving hand of the Pontiff our :.miversities would not be colleges for the dis se mination of truth but they would be like other universities, universiti es of error. The reigning Pope is the very soul of all education and the soul of t he teaching of all truth and all the sciences. 1f he were r emoved they ·vvoulcl cease to exist so that he today comes naturally into our minds. ' I ha,·e had in my life time the honor of m eeting three Popes, Pius IX, Leo XIII and Pius X. It was wh il e I was a boy in Rome that I saw Pius IX and I pr~strated myself at his feet hundreds of times. I heard his wish and I heard his strong words of protestation ao-ainst the wickedness of the world and I saw him in the b ·end of his clays in St. Peter's surround ed by the whole city of Rome in lamentation . During his whole reig_n he was the wonder of the intellectual world. And it i the design of the present Pontiff to carry out the program laid down by hi predece sor . \Vhen I ·saw him first and talked with him I found him undisturbed by all that vv'as going on around him and relyino· in times of attack upon the guidance of Ain1ig;hty God. All that he desires is the love, ·fidelity and co-op-eration of the clergy and laity throughout the ·world. The Church is going on in pite of attack . In America we are doing \VOnderful work and \Ve can ee an evidence of it here i:oclay. \Y e J.re doing it under the direction and with the approv al of the Holy Pontiff who is the foundation of God' Church upon ..earth and it is in that approval that everything is safe and secure

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' that we lay the foundation of all the works of educatio11 . and for · th<: prese.rvation of the faith. We are not disturbed by the errors alleged ·a:ga,·ipst him in the world because we know that the Pope , is there, that he is the representative of Christ, and that the gates o~ hell shall not prevail against. him.

FATHffiR O'MAHONEY'S WO·RD·S· c&· APPRffiCIAT[ON. OST Reverend Archbishop, Right Reverend Bishop, .Reverend Fathers, A lumni and friends of St. Viateur's: ".To the student body and faculty of St. Viateur's your presence .is most gratifying. We appreci·ate the sacrifice which you have made to be with us on this occasion. We appreciate your presence all the more because it gives ·an opp ortunity, which St. Viateur's coll ege has long since desired . -th e opportunity _of making public acknowledgem ent of her grat·itude to her ever true, loyal, and generous friends. "If the hour of trial, the hour of strugg1e, the hour of destitution be a tnie test of fri end ship then St. Viatuer's can proudly proclaim far and wide that her friends were subjected to this t est an.ct were not found wantilig. " What was it that infused ne':V life, strength and vigor into that sorrowful band who a little over a year ago stood weeping .on the ruins of St. Viateur 's? vVhat was it that enkindled in their hearts the light of hope when the smoldering embers spoke but of · desolation? . What was it that gave them the coui·age to go forward in the face of almost insurm·o untab le difficulties and engage in that which is the mo st s ublime spectacle in the eyes of God or man , a · heroic cenfti ct with adversity? It was the sympathy, the encouragement~ the offers of help which came not alone from the alumni and particular friend s of St. Viateur's but also from her sister institutions, from the laity and clergy at large and from member~ of the heirarchy. "It was this general sympathy which electrified-the heart of St. Viateur;s, which sent throbbing through her vreins and arteries the current of renewed life and gave to her the hope, the determination, the power to raise stone upon stone, to rear pillar after pillar until as you see today she has erected those magnificent piles of masonry which, beautiful though they are, are not too good to embody the spirit of 01d St. Viateur's, are not too g ood to stand as

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'.everlasting mon ument~ t o generosity of her friends, . to the loyalty 路 of her sons, to the zeal and self-sacrifice of her devoted presidents, Father Roy and Father Marsile. "Th e work w hi ch you see accompli shed_today w as a task , too great fo r our ow n unaided efforts. We felt this from the beginning and we saw that ou r hopes for ~ the recons truction of t his institution upon the greater and- more magnificent scal e .which progress demanded, should r est upon the supp ort of our fri ends. The realization of our_plans prove that our hopes we re well found ed. " What wonder the1; if on this day the re up-w.ell s in t he dep t hs ro f our h earts fo untain s of gratitude-gratitude towards God who when h e send s his trials sends also th e s trength to bear them ; gratitude toward s those princes of the Church who prompted by their zeal in th e cause of Christian education , g ave us access to the char-ity and lib erality of their dioceses: Chicago, P eoria, and Fort Wayne; gratitude towards thos e g enerous pri ests and laity w ho by their resp onse to our appeals showed that they wer e heart and soul in syrripathy . with u s; g ratitud e towards our alumni, w ho are St. Viateur's g lory, St. Vi:tte ur's pride; g ratitude t owards those public benefactors w ho h elped us a Ed in particular t oward s l\!I r. Carn egie 路for his princely g ift. " I feel today, in the consciousness of this general sym.pathy, in the firm conviction of its continuance, in the possession of grander builclii1gs and g reater e quipment, in the co-operation of a splendidfaculty , who a r e of one h eart and one. mind that I may hop e, ' although tim e has not adorned m y brow w ith h er silve ry locks, nor experience chiseled h er lin es of care thereon , still I may hope, with.out the fear of being ch arged with the overconfiden ce of youth, that in taking up th e standard of St. Viateur 's I will lead her to higher intellectual triumphs, and when my life work is over merit to have c111y name linked in honor ' vith thos.e of Roy and l\1arsile."

THE VIATORIA N Yublished monthly by the students of St. Viateur's College, Bourbonnais, Illinois ED I TOR IAL ST A FF·

Editor in Chief-J. DOUGHERTY, '08. Alur:i::mi--C. MAHONEY, '08 . Exchanges-EMMETT CONWAY, '08 :Societies-A. SAVARY, '09. Athletics-G. KILEY, ' 11. "Personals-D. BOYLE, '10. Locals-D. McAULIFFE, '09.

Entered at the Bourbonnais Post Office as second-class matter All correspondence m·t tst be addressed" The Viatorian," Bourbonnais, Illinois. Subscription jJri!·e One Dollar per year, payable in advance. All business communications should be addressed. R e1.1. J. F. Ryan , St. Via.teur's College , Bourbonnais, Ilhnois.

E DITO·RIAL. Education is a many-sided process. A thous-and -subtle -influ·e nces, which are neither tan:gible nor · visible, are ·. constantly at work. They operate sil·e ntly like the clews of a summer night or the ·warm rays of the sun, making the germs, which lie dormant in the bosom of the earth, spring for~h into vigorous life; clothinrg the hills and valleys with form s of beauty which charm the eye and ·delight the mind. Something analogous to this takes place in the intellectual or·der. There are forces whose influence cannot be weighed or measured, cannot be expressed in accurate .form·ulas, cannot be subject ed to ·well defined and decisive tests. Yet, no one can doubt their reality and power. Every one admits their worth and efficacy drawing out th e latent energy and beauty of the human soul. Undoubtedly one of the greatest .of these educational forces is contact with cultured men; with men of comprehensjve minds who have breadth of view, penetration and depth; with men of .rich and varied knowledge who shed light upon any subject which may en.gage their attention; with men of generous souls an d sympathetic spirits who have the power of arousing the enthusiasm and mspiring the rninds of eager youth. I t may seem a· far cry froni these abstract pril}ciples to the dedication exercises of the new college building. ~nd yet there

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i an intimate relation. The occa ion drew to our lma fater numbt?r of men who e every utterance, who e very pre ence a a ource of · in piration, a powerful incentive to hio-her and better things. They are great center of intellectual and moral light and warmth who kindle the flame of enthu ia m in young mind ; who set the heart athrill with generou emotion, who arou e and tim· ulate the finer, deener . and nobler imoul . -e ~ of the oul. \Ve were priYilegecl to meet the ~ e men, to look into their face · aglow 'vith the light of brilliant intelligence; we heard them deliver the me sage of wi:clom with power and eloquence, and, for the ~ime being, at least, we caught a glimp e of the world of truth and beauty in which they habitually elwell. Thi we halt e\·tr regard as the best and most enduring- re ult of the exerci es which dedicated our beautiful building to their high purpo_e, \,"\' hat student could li ten unmo-ved to the clear, forceful, eloquent and practical di course which made thi occa ·ion memor.. ablr? \Vhat student did not feel the re:olution spring- up in his oul, gathering strength and taking form, to cultivate more earne ~ tly and courageo u. ly the precious facultie God ha: given him? 'V\Te were brought to a clearer and fuller realization of the opportunity, which is our.:, for the nurture, growth and d evelopment of all the povv·ers of our physical, intellectual and moral nature; we were made to feel and see the teeming pos:ibilitie: of e,·ery intelligent soul. The conYiction was brought home to u: irresi tibly that if we failed in thi: God-giYen work through any fault of our , a hea ,._ respon:ibility would rest upon tL. 'I he ·e are some of the rea " 011.~ which lead. u - to consider the recent gathering at the college as a thing of enduring value; as 011 of tho.·e sub-tle but pl)\\'erful educational factor. which help to draw out \ hat is highe ·t and he.:t in every student worthy of the name.

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PERSONALS. A treat to the French residents of Bourbonnais and Kankakee was the stereopticon lecture on the Holy Land ::-.o-iven in French b y !_<,.ev. ]. T . Bennett in the college hall. Through the kindness of Father Bennett the proceeds were divid ed bet\iveen the college .a nd convent. Oi11 O·ct. 19 the R~y. D . A . Feely was celebrant at the services held in St. J ohn's church Chicago on1 th e occasion of the Golden Jubilee of _the wedding of his parents. Vl e share in the joy of parents and son and wish them many blessi11gs ad m ultos anno·s. Father Feely visit ed his Alma lv1ater and old friends h ere before 1·eturning to his parish work. T h e teaching staff has been strength ened by the addition of Rev. H. Durki·n , of Rantou l, Ill. , who is presiding- over the Scriptur~ll studi es in the seminary departmre nt. Father D·urkin 's services as instructor in t hi s branch are of inestimable valu e and this kindness of Father Durkin's .is another manifestation of hi s loyal friendliness for hi s A lma 1\1ater. \Ve knew w h en A lec Burke left his college slippers after him tha t h e would be in prominent shoes so m e clay and we feel that we are not bad prophets. He is now a delegate to t he \TIJ estern Conventiot1 of Forest ers and a trusted emp loye of Fortune Brothers, Chicago. Keep st epping A lec! " Jviattoon is a thriving city" said George Lamb ert w hil e on a recent visit to the co ll ege and if we were question th e cit izer1s ·of Mattoon· we are sure they would say that it is enterprizing young men like . George that give the city its spirit of thrift. The city will know more of St.\Tiateur's when Will M'o ran dons the barrister's gown.

No alumnus is prouder of his Alma 1\1ater than Rev. E. Kowalewski and h e believes in making h er b eauties ai1d virtues known to 11is friends. We had the pleasure of a handshake with three of · his friends recently, Revs. ]. Barca; H. Jagodzinski and A. Koytek. · Y our · friends are ours, Father, but \ Ve would like a longer visit from th.eni next time. There was something of the financier in Peter Lynch when he invested his coin' in the Minim store on conge days, and his powers are. rapidly developing. Today he can \le seen behind the de k of the Cleveland Nlationa) Bank,Cleveland, 0 ). When train No. 4 on t'he I. C. speeds by Rourbonnais on its daily run James Do heny steals a moment from his heavy mail

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pouches to take a glance at his Alma ·Mater. \ Ve know you are. busy Jim, but we wo uld like to fla g that train and have a ch?-t with. you. · Loyalty is a marked characteri tic of southerners and it is a . particular trait of Charles Carney. He was Alma J\1ater' fir t son · · from Paducah and he has seen that she ha had many more sons from the sunny south since he entered. It was a renewal of pleas- ant days to hav e him with us on Dedication day. A warm hand s hake ,;v·ith Peter ]. Wall was one of our recent . pleasure . vVe extend our congr-atulations to l\1r. and J\1 rs. John Fitz- . gerald who were w edded at Indianapoli s 1 Nov. 13. The Viatorian extends its felicitations to 11iss Julia A. Ward . and Mr. Francis J. Clingen who we re wedded at St. Vincent's Church Chicago, Oct. 29. Rev. J. F. Ryan C. S. V., p·er.formed the · ceremom es.

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011 Wednesday, Nov . 6th, St. B-ernard's Church, Chicago, was . the scene of the marriage of ·M iss Mary E. Boyle and DT. Emil Rach. ~Irs. Rach is the daughter of Daniel Boyle of the H. 0. Shepard firm of printers and was formerly a nurse at St. Bernard's hospital where Dr. Rach was stationed befor e locating in Pullmai1 . . The bridal coupl e has the best wishes of the College faculty and students. J)aniel Boyle, Jr. , one of the Viatorian editors represented th e Viatorian staff ;::.t the wedding. We enroll up on the list of th e new friends of St. Viateur's J\1r. John Maloney through wh ose kindness we are able to present the : extracts tak eri from the speech es delivered on dedication day.

Obituary. On behalf o f the faculty and students The Viatorian extends condolences to the relative of Mrs . .. Anton N emanich, who died . in Joliet , Ill. , Iov. 5th. Rev. ]. P. 0'1V1ahoney, C. ': S._ V.,- att@rtded ~ . the obsequis . R. I. P. ·- ·. ~ · '·

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T hrough their victory over the Kankakee River views on Nov. 24, the Minims won th e football championship of Kankakee county. They are credited with eight victori es and have been defeated ·b ut once. They averagrl only 90 pounds but have shown remarkable trainin g. They are well acquainted with all the fine points of t h e g am e, an d work with li ghtnin g sp eed. The g reat crowds who 11ave w itn essed their struggles have s howp their appreciation forthe w itnessed thei r. stru ggles, have show n their appreciation for the clean and tricky fo otball for which th e Minims we re noted. Great praise is due t o Bro. St. Aubin who coach ed them throughout the season: The squad was m ade up of t h e following memb ers: H. 'Tiffany, L. E. ; Vv. Sutton, L. T.; R .. Lo nergan , L. G.; G. Lyons, (Captain) C. ;J. J.VT.all aney, R .G. ; J . O'Connor. R. T.; A. Gunderlach, R. E.; ]. Boyle, Q~ B.; A·. Ledoux, R. H. B.; C. Parker, L'. H. B.; J. Shaefer, F. B. The sub stitute·s were .LA..'. Decker, L. Jacobi, J. William s, vV,. l\1'illcr. .

so CTEIT IESI. The Seniors ever min df:.1l of t h eir recognized sen il~ty in matters of entert ainme nt a ss ~mblecl on Monday,. October the 7th and decided to arrange a mu sical program for St. V iateur's Day, 'Their ob ject was to befittingly commemorate the anniversary of our virtuous saint a,nd patro n . For years St. Viate ur' s Day has · been one of imposing religious ceremonies; festivities and joyous reunions of the generous alumni and welcome parents. But it had been previously dec ided that the celebration wou ld be postponed to November the 5th in. order to render the retarded dedication and consecration of the recently completed buildings more irnpresslve. Unmistakable d isappointment and chagrin could be easily ·perceived on the fa ces of the students as t he glorious sun. of October 21st commenced to cast elongated shadows towards the . east a nd no signs of a ctivity were . eviclerit. But this momentary ·gloom was des tined . to be soon dispelled a11cl unr e~ trained · joy- . ousness to take its place. .. . .. . At eight o'clock the spacious gymnasium was crowded ,wit!-i' expectant students and friends. M1r. Emmett Conway, President ·Df the Class of 'o8 briefly expressed his heartfelt grat!tude and

THE VIATORIAN appreciation at viewing such a concourse of ·friends responding to the invitation of the Senior Class. He also clearly outlined the: nah1.r'e a~1d object of the evening's entertainm.ent. After these be• fitting remarks, the college c r chestra under the g uidanc e of the able F. A . -Sheridan r ender ed severa l selections and r esponded frequently to prolong-eel applauses. 1vir. Jam es Doug·herty next introdtlced Master Ma rvin DeSousa w ho had so ge nerous ly condescended to fa vo r u s w ith a few renditions of the popular and fatest vocal compositions. The artistic singing of this prodigy is beyond our futile assays at eulogizing. Hi s inl. press ive voice has been wonderfully st r ength ened in harmony and distin ctness in his European engagements and especially m~der the tutorship of his· sister Miss l\1ae D·eSousa, an artist of international recognition. \ lV e humbly admit our incompeten cy and the uselessness of our attempting to befittingly praise our former schoolmate. The crowning featute of the everiing's program was the sidesp littin g far ce. "0 ur First A pp earan ce" r endered most humorously by the Seniors w ith · th e assistance of a few Juniors. It was a g rand succ ess in evei-y particular and an incentive to further thealrical enter tainments. l\1 r. J osep h L egris in imp ersonating the difficult roles · of hero and heroine, as the occasion . demanded, admirably disp layed the qualiti es of a sta r. Thi s versati le young man endowed ·by nature with a strong melodious voice and fas:.. cinating co untenance has the basic qualifications indispen sable to please and captivate the app etitive audience. F red Shippy, our veteran. actor w hose success i pronounced has th e artistic knack of tln·mvin g himse lf into a ll th e peculiarities of t he character h e r epresents. l\!I r. l\II'cAuliffe in the rol e of an aged gentleman eli cited much applause and afforded veritab le merriment. The peculiarities and characteristic antics of an old man were portray ed by this juvenile actor wit h g r eat su ccess. .P~s to the remaining characters they exec uted th eir parts with admirable dexterity. The program furnishes u s with the following list: 1

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The class .of ~09 held its first meeting on vVeclnesday night the 9th ~f October. The Juniors are able to openly boast of being the most num.e rous class enrolled on the records of · St: Via.:. tenrJs. After having duly organized, they elected the following

TBE VIATORIAN offilcers-: Dennis :NicAuliffe, president; Fred Shippy, vice-president; Adhemar Savary, secretary; ]. WiMiams, treasurer. They de~lare that not only will thev live up to the standard of excellence achieved in former years, but' that they will surpass it, and if possible hurl it into obllvion. To quote the enthusiastic and 'sopiriteCl words of the versatile Mr. McAuliffe in his presidential capacities: nour class of '09 is without the least doubt the most jntellectual and social . of the scholastic organizations of St. Viateur's. We, the Juniors, have an O'Connell whose vivacious d~:.. 'n unciations and quotations alone : a"fe able to Stack him upon . the 1oftie.s t pedestal designated to men resplendent with oratorical ·powers, and whose eloquence. is quite Savary to the goddes$ ~f Erudition." · Such an organization, composed of judicious students, · is em.~ blematic of social harmony and well-directed power. The results accomplished arc not immomen~ous and to be regarded as mere -pleasantries. The mem hers of such a class . do not aggregate iri -order to be a more powerful menance to society; especially to the Freshies, and contemptuous disturbance to their superiors and the judicious faculty, but their unswerving ambition is to promote ·and maintain fraternity and a true college spirit. Also they ire ·desirous to dispel the monotomy of the dreary winter season by social functions and theatrical representations. Clas5 societies teach the student the bond of unity and the advantages to be ·obtained which would be impossible to be accomplished by o~~ unaided individual. And let us bear in mind the advice of the learned Aesop. "As long as you remain un·ited, you are a match for all your enemies, buf differ and separate, and you are tin.:. done." The purpose of such an organization is worthy of our commendation and loyal support. Let us encourage its continu:ance and maintenance.

The class of '10 was organized on Monday, September 30th. It was m'a inly through the unrelenting assiduity of our geniai ·f riend, Mr. Raymond Shannon, that it was made possible. It · is a notable fad that they are the first class of Sophomores to ·or- . ·ganize and t3 be ciuly and officially recognized by the President ·of the College. Timidity or perhaps incompetency seems to have flustered and overwhelmed previous attempts. Mr. Shan'llOn as a recompense of h~s trouble and zeal, and also on account of his recog!lized executive abilities, was unanimous.Iy chosen President of the Class of '10. H 'e humbly present~ us with the followiag "list of officers: Raymond Shannon, president; Albert Quille, vice-. ·pr~sident; -Dani'el ·Bre,yl.e, -secretary; ·· Ffank · W ~- h:h, · treasurer. It

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·1s with heartfelt pleasure that we gaze upon the meritorio.u s efforts of the Sophs and hehold that· they appreciate and understand the strength of nriity. It is their desire to associate more . ·intimately with the Junioi·s and Seniors than has. been clone· previously~- and hence by cementing the ties of sociability, derive rich benefits. Unfortunately the Sophomores have not yet col:npletely re~overed from the audacity and insubordination which are - characteristics of children ; and have drawn upon themselves the · cognomen of "rowdies." They are ever desirous of formulating contrivances and intracacies in order that they may display witl\ advantage their assumed sup eriority over the other cla.ss.es. But we · are ·corificlent that age and experience will ripen their faculties, and that they will soon perceive their youthful · folly. The C?-pacious president with a certain marked degree of paternal importance informs us, that whilst the Sophomore organization is still in the embryonic stage of development, he is most confident that it will soon be gloriously crowned with 3)1 enviable wreath ·of achi evement. Let us wait with patienc e. · St. Viateur's Acolytical Society has entered the field of ac.tivity. · Sunday, 0 \ctober the 7th, witnessed the first regular meeting. - T he following offic ers have ass um ed the reins of administration for the ens uin g year: A lbert Quill e, president ; Ri chard Cun n in g h am, vice-presid e1?t ; Frank W elch , ~ ec r e tary ; Walter N ouri e, t r easurer; Dm1iel B oy le, m as t er of cer emonies . Th e enroll m e r~ t fa r s urp as ~ es th e expect ations of 't h ose w h o w ere the m ost optimistic in anticipating the possibility of a society able t o cope \vith th e m ore pressing- n eeds of Gr eater St. Viateur. To hav e the h onor of serv ing in tb e sanctuary, it is required th at the Catholic s tudent b e clistinguisthecl for ex cellent d eportment and proficiency in his studi.es. A nobler and more elevated spirit is ev in ced by the memb ers. They have sincerely resolved to augment t he beauty and solemnity of divine worship by an accurate ·observance of the lithurgical rites and ceremonies. Bro. Williams has gen~ rously condescended to assume the directorship.

ALUMNI. R ev. J. L. M:c Mullen, 'o2 who was s1ck in Chicago has returned to his parish in Pes'o tum, Ill. ~ - R. A. J. JYiartin, '04, who is in Pullman, Ill., sends word, he 1s doing -well. ; ~ev. W. L. Kearney, ·formerly of St. Charles Borremeo parish, Chicago, has received . the -. pastors hip of -the recently formed parish

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vVilliam 1vicK.enna, 'o6, is now at the· Chicago Kent College of Law. After so valiantly battling Zigliara, h e s h_ould not have much difficulty in overc0111<ing Blackstone. · A lb ert Kelly, 'o7, is working at the Illinois Athleti_c Club in Chicago. I s uppose the 1~am e A thletics caught Kell's eye. Gordon Lam ey, '07, is very well pleased with Geo rgetown University of whic h he is now a stud ent. R. Creig low, ·'o4, is working as cashier in his father 's' bank in Renison, Iowa. A card has been r ece ived fr om Genon, St., from our old friend F. Walsh, '07, who is ·en rout e to the Hol y . :::lee t o complete his course. L. O'Co nn or , '07, ·\ivho is at St. B ernard 's Seminary; R ochester, N. Y. , writ es that h e misses the boys and old familiar surroundings of St. Viateur's ve ry much. H e join s in that oft r epeated phrase, "Th ose 8.r e the happi est days of yo ur life.'' W. Maguy, 'o6, is now study in g m edicin e at the St. L o uis Un ive rsity, St. Louis, l'vio . J. Cunnin gham, 'o2, is a dru ggist at H elena, A rkan sas. F. Brown, '04, is wo rkin g at 1\Iars ha ll Field's Shippin g Dept. Chicago. ·

0 . N ighten g al e, '03 , is in hi s fat h er' s bank in Crescent City, Ill. \ V . l'v1aher, '04, is practi cin g law w ith the counsel of the Illinois Cen t ra l R. R.,• in Chi caFo. S uccess t o Bill. .:...J 1\Iarv in D eSo usa, '05, re cent ly m a de a very s uccessful debut on _ Chicago 's Vauclevi ll,e stage. A. Slattery. 'o6 , 1~ bookkeeper wit h th e Ingersoll Rand Co., 111: :M ilwaukee, \i'i/is. He ays l\li lwa ukee is a great place. · '

1\Iul vin, ·'o7, is with th e Ill. Cent. , R. R. in Paducah, Ky. F. Donovan, 'o6, is working -..v ith the R eve nue Clerk, of Paducah, Ky. P. Wahl, '05, was clown lately and inforrn ecl us he is in the cigar and tobacco business at LaFayet~e. Ind. · T. Do\vclle, 07, is with his father in Chicago.

Another month of the college year has roll ed past and once 路 again the typist is howling the ever-lastin g "copy." With this . cry i'n our ears we awake from our dreams and find ourselves confronted by a host of bright faces rep r esentin g colleges from every corner of the country. For the most part th ey abound in accounts of comm encement exerc ises, but those w ho have iss ued their second n umb er are b eginning to find th e standard which they -h ave uph eld in other years. The Villa Shield, clevely w1)tten and n eatly adorned with 路 illu strati ons arrived on it s m onthly v isit. Even t o the casual ob, server this jo-urnal is . of inter est. The article on . "Congress Spri11gs, California" amply explain s why we should adhere to the m axim , "See America First," and at th e sam e tim e describ es the excellent qualities of th ese curative springs. In t he "Natural Resources of Greece" th e write r presents a 11 um b r of interesti ng details of t hi class ical country. Th e ve rse is r efr eshing and interesting, especially the stan zas entitl ed "Ass ump tion Morn. " Not the least w elcome of the m.onth's v isitors was the Fordham MOnthly, w hi ch in our eyes is worthy of praise. Each month it co ntain s a rticles of interest and seem s most for t un ate in avoid. in g those topics which tend to make trite and cumber;3ome, the pages of a college journal. ln the October numb er Ed gar Allen P oe, the bright light of American literature, rec eives some of the praise whi ch his contemporaries unjustly denied him and his great success in bringing to th e short story th e di stin ction it n ow claims is well tr eated. One of the striking traits of this issue is the volu t11inousness of th e editor, w ho has contributed an unusually large amount of matter t o his pap er. Of course th e editor shou ld contrib ute freely~but-well w e are commentin g upon it, by way of remark. From the distant r egions of Las Cru ces, New Mexico, co me~ the Lor.retta C:res:oenit, reminding us that though the native land is unproductive, no such accusation can be made of its residents who engage in literary p ursu its. Although, as the editor says, the staff is unacquainted with the work of editing a journal, still they are willin g to work and learn. With such good resolutions, the Crescent need not fear as to its future success.

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