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JANUARY 1908
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MAN RISES AND FALLS
D. J. M'cAuliffe 'og. AN. is th e nobl est work of God. Now h ere up on the earth s hall we find a specim,en of the Cr eator 's handi work fairer and mor'e enrapturing to the sight, for h e is endowed w ith mighty faculti es, a sp iritual excellence, a n d a p erfection greater than c'a n b e found in th e whole mat erial universe. 'I 'o him th e material world, with its variety of liv in g beings, is subserv ient and whenever brute creation y ields to his demands and needs, it proclaims him lord.__ vV er e man full y ·c onscious of th e dignity h e possesses, of the g rand eur encompassed within the precincts of his mortality, he would stri ve t o liYe 111 keeping with his honor, t o garnish what h e has of sp lend or , to nourish what is lastin g; but sad t o say, he is often forgetful of these and so far so as to give himself t o practices that tar n is h his h onor, endanger his exce llence, and that leave him n o distinctive mark to sep arat e hin1. from the rest of brute cr eation. In no practice does he g uard m ore carefull y th e excell encies of soul and body th a n in that of t emp erance, and in n on e does he so divest hirnself of all his grandeur than in its opposite, imtemperance. The vi r t u e of t emp eran ce consists in the exercise, w hich may become a fi xe d habit, of m oderatin g a·nd r estraining the appetite. No virtue is m or e difficult t o acquire; non e m or e essential for that . hig her attainm ent of man; none contribut es m or e t o preserve, s trength en, purify and illumine human life. This golden m ean of moderation in what pertains to the sensible app etit e ca naot be kept perfectly w·i thout constant checks upon th e cravings of the passions- . that is, without · som etim es practicing mortification . b y <ler~ying ourselves allowable pleas ures. Concupiscence is lik e a fi ery s t eed, which must be early broken in and controll ed ever afterwards w ith a . firm hand . Especially is thi s virtu e :)f temp ~r ane e c0mmeRdable and nec·e ssary to us young men vvho at ·c n0w in ~he 1110rn of manhood, a time when the. vista oJ th·2 fubtre, with ;1.11 its pc-ssibiliti~s of fame or disgrace, looms up bdtxe us; a time when
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we mu st culti vate a hig h r ega r d for ·rectitude; w h en our future h an gs in the balance of eith er m oral life or moral death ; when the sove r eignity of our choice w ill eit h er seek the high ideals, or re t content w ith th e y>ea rnin gs of t h e brute. If we are desirou of att ainin g tru e s uccess in t hi s stren uou world of today we must ever r estrain o ur sensi bl e app etites, t r aining th em to follow the guid. a nce of our r ea son a n d thu s, and t hus on ly, 'lvill we a u re both q.ur t emp oral s uccess <lnd o ur hi g h er sp iri t ual per£ection. We shoulu v igor ously ex clu d -lSe t h in gs fr om our sc hem·e of life which t end t o weakeP OL. _ i ll ~ and dis in tegrate our character. · · Th ere are m a ny t hin gs w hich we young men indulge in, w hich, tb ou g h not sin ful w· h en used in mode r at io n , yet they are injurious and p erni cio us to us, fo r t h ey are too apt t o be come a second nature. One of these is indul gi n g in intoxicants. This habit is ,ev il in itself for a yo un g ma n w hose character is in the formation p-e ri od, but it is \VO rse st ill in that it leads to other and .still g rosser h2. bits . A roun d th e h ab it of drinking clusters a host of v ices ruin ous t o so ul and body. ~ow, to value the greatne s of thi s v irtu e of te r11p ~ r a n ce on e h as only to ob serve and know the ban eful effec ts of th e oppos ite vice. I n t h is boasted age of wisdom and improve m ent , in th is la nd eulogized as the home of all that is pure, all that is nobl e, a nd a ll t h at is virt uous, what a vast numb e r do we not see clegracled t o the level of a brute by intemp eran ce. No m atter w her e w.e may look, t hi s demo n drink is ever present . It is foun d in every corner of every s tate's metropolis; it is fo und in eve ry qua int a n d m odest vi ll age; it -is found both in the hom e of t h e poor a nd the ri ch. E tim ate if you can, this awful tragedy of sin , and of so ul misery, and of intellectual and m or a l degr adation , att en dan t u pon! th is vice. Elstimate if you can th e ha voc w rou g ht upon society and upon man him self by the cup th at in eb riat es. Intemp era n ce st rik es at t h e very foundation of society . At its doo r is laid n inety per cent of all the crimes of the prese nt d ~ y. I t is t he cau e of a majo ri ty of defalcations and murd ers w hi ch a r e fill in g our jails and almshouses full to overfl ow in g . It is t h e ca use of the teari ng as under of a great many m a rri age t ies. It is t h e c ru el demon t hat has made many homes a hell ti pon earth by robbin:g loving wives of their dreams of happ in ess, joy a n d pea<;e in t h i~ world, and bringing upon them poverty of the direst form, blighted beauty, premature old age, and a brok en h eart. Sad in deed is t h e life of a drunkard's wife. Death, wi th a ll its horror , is sweet to her; the touch of its skeleton hand is wa rm and . oft to h er a nd a welcome a the hand of a de liver er. T he sep.ulc h.er in a m id-winter' night i a queen' palace co mpa r ed to h er h ome. Painful indeed is the blow, not upon
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her head, but upon her tender heart, and terribly hall the ancrer of God be visited upon him1 who had caused such uncle erved mi ery. The criminal clas in our country are generally the off pring of drunkard ; and i it any great wonder? For what can be learned at the house of a drunkard, who is degraded in body and mind, -a . home where di order, poverty and strife are ever in the a cendant? Or, how can negl ected children, associated with none superior to. them elves, acquire a single good habit, or experience a single , train of wholesome ideas, in the absence of parental care, in their· desolat~ l~omes? \'\/ hat patriotic, generous, or virtuous sentiments can be exp.ected from such homes. Consider next the baneful effects of this vice upon man himself. Fir t, it is one of the most terrible plagues to the indi·dclual health. It produces the most varied and fatal diseases of the body and mind· paralysis, dropsy and madness. It aggravates and inten ifies all acute diseases, which attack a temperate man on'ly 111 a mild degree, but quickly overcome the intemperate. D 1rink is an enemy of every perfection of man. It benefits him neither physically nor piritually. It robs him of his reputation, of his friends, of his wife, of his family, and of domestic happiness; ln fact; of everything. · Besides it brings upon him a slavery fr01n which there is scarcely any liberation; a sla.v ery so horrifying that we are unable to picture to our imagination anything more appalling. Where shall we find a more heart-rending sight than that of a young man overcome by his cravings for strong drink? But a few years ago he possessed the attributes of an angel, now he is po sessed of the very devil. vVhat a change comes over him, who. had hoped to bring honor upon his family name! \Vhat sorrow does he not bring to his mother as he staggers home in the early hours of the morning-drunk! D'eprivecl of his reason, he will sometime trike that mother, and heap upon her the most vi'le cur e . Yes upon her, his only tn1e friend now, .who had waited and watched for his return, through the long hours of night. Harkening to his footsteps she opens the door for him and help~ him in every ·way po sible, hoping against hope that by her tenderness he will be able to turn him from his erring way. But alas, the fiend drink drags him clown, down; at times he niakes spa modic effort ·at reform, where for every step he was raised by the efforts of himself and loyal friends, he slips back two. Gradually he settles into the mire of despondency and his friends and hi own family despair of his rehabilitation. He absents himself now for weeks at a time, during which his life is worse than a -p ariah dog. F~nally there appear a few lines in a newspaper. about how a tramp had died in the filth of a farmer's barn-the same poor wretch who had begged pennies to keep h'im in drinks, who
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had haunted the free lunch end of the bar until dl-ivtn away with . kicks and curses, snatching what scraps of food h e might while the bartender's back was turn ed. Could anything be sadder than this? Yet such pitiful cases occur .e very day. Thousands and thousands of young men are marching towards a drunka.r d's death. W .e see them all around us. Despite the horrors of this prevailing vice of intemperance rt still grinds on. To路 liberate the race from its grasp baffles phil. osophy, confounds theories, mocks at woman's tears, and paralyzes 路 childhood's pleadings. The evil _ has been fought by well meant prohibition laws, high license and local option, all of which have signally failed to modify the evil. To young men of today there is a great danger lurkmg in the treating habit to which we Americans are addicted, in our desire of how1ng our goocl-fellow hip. To avoid the many evils w hi ch lurk about th e drinking of intoxicants it would be most beneficial for u s to practice total abstinence. Even when used in moderation stimulants cost some money; their use involves loss of some time, and b e ides th ey are injurious to the health. The odor of whiskey in tl1e e clays cheapen - a man in the business world and m.akes it hard for him to get or retain a good position. Look at the men who attain s uccess in the professions and in the business world; do thev waste their time in a barroom? Study the "cocktail brigade" and see if they are the men who get or accomplish thing . Total abstinence is a term we young men seem _not to fancy; it smacks of ''puritanism" of "sumptuary laws," of prohibition and even intolerance. \1\! e even have a pr路ejuclice against the t otal abstainer and think he must be a narrow, ascetic individual. In college life he is scoffed at, and many a college student has taken his first drink against his conscience and early training because he wanted to ma!fe good with his companions; he wanted to be considered a "good fello,v." To students the practice of ternp erance is inclisp::nsable, for without il we cannot hope to build up either a great m:ind or a stron:g body. lVfo.de ration is to the mind and character as regular exercise is to an athl ete. Therefore, if we inure ourselves to daily habits of self sacrifice, to consecrated efforts and energetic action, we shall stand firm like a house built upon a rock . though the storms and 路 blasts of temptation rage around , whilst our jelly-fish, timid and softer companions are carried along with the win:ds.
A ·D efense of Immigration J. A . WILLIAMS '09 • F.;;!~:;;e:~R
N' \. RITI NG up on the s ubj ect of immigration we touch up n an is ·u e that has for several year absorbed the at. t enti on of great 1nen, w ho have taken an active part fn the atiairs of the country; and w hich s till remains one of t he mvs t v ital , th e most imp ortant questions of our fair land. By sayin g that immigration is of v ital impo rtanc e, I mean that it is n ecessary and that it is exp ed ient to th e country. Immi rrratio n is an immen se gain to th e U nited States in many ways .b In fact , m e ri ca it elf has be en made p os ible only through imml.gration. Immigr ation is a so ur ce of str en g th to our nation; it is an important factor in our inclu st,rial and commercial worlcl; it i h elpful t o r eligion; in fa ct. it is a num eri cal, it is an industrial , it is a phys ical, it is a mo ra1 and it is a r eli g ious gain to both th e s tat e and the church. If it had not b een s u ch , immigration "\i\rould have be en r estricted man y yea rs ago, for our forefathers, the past po liti ca l h e roes, the build ers of our nation , far ·e xce ll ed in just ice, in law a n d in politi cs , on.r p et ty plotters, our intri g uin g power-s eeking, g r aft-monger s of the present day . A s t h e ab und a nt rain t hat falls up o n our verdant earth refr es h es the Yari-colorecl fim,ve r s of the fi eld s, r eYives th e b ea utiful fo liage of the forest, nourishes t h e ariel plains ancl swell s th e m ountain . treaml ets that flow in rippling sw iftness to th e seaso immi g rati on strength ens th e ar m of n atio n a l pow·e r. it r evives and n o uris h es the v ita lity of th e nati on , it in creases indust rial and coti1mercial plll=s uit:.; and act s a. a stim ulant to our holy religion. · Ever s in ce that bright Octob er m orning in 1492, when first Colutpl>U ~, ca m e in s ight of the New vVo rld, immig rants have been p o tu•ing into our co untry, from the east and from the west. This ti ie ·of human being has b eco me swollen y ear by year w ith p eople fr om many nation s and has r eached s uch aio·antic prop ortions that in a s ingle m onth th e number of immigrants has been so g-reat · that it excee d, th e population of some of our western states. Has the in coming of these numerous band s of human beings been .d etrimental to o ur national , ir·dustrial and commercial interest s, to Telif!ion , and to the nation. No. \iVh o among u s cannot boast of nn ~tish. a French, a German or other foreign ancestry? Very few. I dare , ay. And vet you would ask that the opportunity by ·;~vhi·c,b it w~L possibl e that yon are today what you are, be denied ~b
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to others, who seek a home in this our native land. Was it not our immigrant forefat0ers. who built ·our. flourishing cities. .Built them out of the primeval forest, on mountain slopes; or op. the almost endless stretch of prairie? Who was it that fought our tion's battles? Who was it that built our universities an'd colleges? \i\/as it the aboriginal tribes that inhabited this continent, · when first Lief Ericson saw its verdant shores or when the great Italian navigato.r for the first time stood on American soil? No~. It was the offspnng of a heteroge neous race that has made Anlerica what it is today-for America has been made possible only. through immigration. \tVithout it the New W oriel would have remained the wild abode o f n omadic savages; it would have re-' mained that extens ive maze of tangled! forests, of lofty, un exp lored rnountains, of myriad unknow n lakes and streams and of endless wastes of prairie land that it was when first it became known. I say that America has b een mad e possible only through immigrat ion. Taking a retrospective glance over the history of our country we see the stu rdy Pilgrim Fathers 5trugglin g against and surmounting th e many hard s hip s and trials in a strange unknown land; vire see cl early depicted before us the s ufferin gs and miseries b.f the early V irginian settlers at Jam estown; further on we see the Spanish and French in Florida, and again we see such men a::s Junip er Serra, l\IJ:'a rq uette, Joques, Joliet and a ho st of other s -.iptly m en, going to the north, to the south and to the -west, spi·eachng the kingdom o.f Jesus Christ, and carrying civilization into the unknown region s of this un explo red new hemisphere. It is to these early settlers upo n our shores, who sought freedom and religious liberty and also to preach the gosp·e l, that is ascribed the laying of the foundation .of vvhat was to be the graJndest and faire st country under heaven; it was these early settlers, who be-. . came the fathers of a future race, w·hose love of liberty, of justice and of law, has placed America in the front rank of great modern nations; it was they who have made America what it is today. Immigration: is proving every day to be an immense national gain. This co11.stant current of irnmigration is a source of national strength . Year after year we acquire hundreds of thousands oi i1ew and valu abfe citizens w!1o stimulate the vitality of the governm ent and fe ed and nourish the nation. These, men become patriotic upbuilders of the national strength, the va-liant and loyal defenders of th e int erests of the nJ.tion in every field; they become our soldiers and our voters, our artisans, our mechanic?. our leaders in th e worl d of letters, ot.1r great politicians. and _it is ne-edless to say thC\t they are loyal to the land of their acJoption . As a general rule these immigrants are full grown men and wo-
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·~ien ,_· : r ~a."d y' to d o . serv ice, r eady to do battl~ whh the diffici.tlt ies of life. · The United States has not exp ended a singfe dollar on their upbringing, 11110r has it spent v ast amounts for their education. lt is quite evident that the a cquisition of such citizen s is as · clear a g ain t o us as th eir departnr e is. a clear loss t o the country V\rhen ce th ey ca m e. That th eir leavi n g the hom e co untry is a ccount ed a g r eat loss is proven from the v ery fa ct that European nat ions , as Ireland, Italy, Norw ay, Sw eden, Canada and others ar.e try in g t o s t ay the tide o f emig ra t ion and a r e taking every pos· . s ib le m eans t o prevent it. In N.o-rway, w h er e th e numb er of emig r ants is e qu iyalen t to one pe r cent of th e yea rly population , IZing Haa kon ha s a r ran ged a plan by w hi ch fa r me rs m ay ta k e u p '' hom esteads '' as in A m erica.. In A ustri a-H ungary , w· h er~ th e majority of producti ve esta t es a r e o wn ed by th e n ob ility, Emp eror F r.a n cis J ose ph is purch asing t h e most v aluabl e tracts and is imita t in g the No rwegian k ing in t h e dist ri but ion of the variou s la nds . . In Irelan d vve hav e a lr eady se-::n th e eff ect of th e Gaeli c R evival, whic h is in sorn e degr ee simply an oth er m ethod of r ev iv in g loyalty and love for the m othe r count ry . \ i\/ hat em ig r ation has clon e for Irelan d m ay b e clearly s hown by this qu ot ation from a prominent a uthor : "I n travelin g t hrou g h Ireland, it is a sad thi n g, !n de<~ d , to see the r ui ns of her once b eauti ful sanct ua ri es and h er f a nL1H S seats of .learnin g, but sadd er sti ll is th e absen ce of h er y o ut h, h er yo ung m en and wo m en ." S pain, t o wl10 m w e ow e th e explora t i ) '11 , coloniza t io:n and civ ilization of n ear ly t h e w h ole of Cen t n l and Sout h A m eri ca , and also of ou r g lor ious wes t , h a proh ibited emig rati on a lt ogether. In Germ a ny t h e g ove rnm ent is p e d c~ cti n g sche m e of bett er w a ges and it is t hi s onl y t hat h as k ept !'' n ny Germans fr om o ur s hor es . T he loss t o oth er for eig n _:l) un tr i·.:s r;a s l; ('en so g reat t hat special am bass·adors h ave b e(' n d ep uted to v isit A m eri ca and soun d t h e1 o pinion s of their fellowm en cun ce rn [n g th e conditions and also t o bring e v ery in du cem en t to b ea r up on t h em in ord er t o pers uad e th em t o r et urn to t h eir m o t h~~ r \' •) tmtr y . NLan y oth er exam ples coul d be quoi-ed in w h il-~l w e co nl cl p r ove t hat for eig n coun t r ies a r e awake nin g t- ) th ·2 f :?..c t i. 1n t th ey a r e losin g eve ry y ear t h e b est of th eir cit:z-:: ns, and t l1 a 'c t h e_\r :tr e d ear g ain to t h e country w hithe r th ey g·0·. T h cn~ £',) r c , :t is exp edi en t that Am erica s h oul d, in s h eer self-inter est , welcom e th e immig r ants w ith open a r ms. ·It m ay be said th at A m eri ca h as b eco m e th e r e..: ceiv in g- s t at ion fo r ·E uPop e-w h er e for eig n co untries ar e fa st getting r iel of their diseased, maim ed, d eform ed and blind citiz·e ns, ·or th e p lace t o w h ich E uro pe is se ndin g its und es irabl e citizens and cr imi nal s, but th is is aJ g ro undl ess obj ection. In all o ur large r seaports th er e a r e governm ent in sp ectio n offi ces, through whi ch each im m igtant m ust pass and und ergo a ri go r0l1s phys ical examination
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as well as a menta l one. If it is found that th e individuals are Hl: any way d i s e~sed or oth erwise unfit, th ey are . n.ot o nly hindere.d fro~11 remaining on American soil, but deport ed and sent to their native land , being declared unfit to b ecom e Ame ri can citizens. Considerin g this probl,em of ir:nmigration ·in an industrial or commer cia l sen se, I wo uld say, it is again an imm en s·e gain. For the most part our i~nctustries are op-er a t ed by m ean s of skilled and uns killed labor from abroad . \iV h o was it that built our railroad~ and canals in th e thirti es an d forties? Were th ey not th e sturdy and w illin g so ns of Irela nd ? And w hat are th ese same men today? W hy th ey are th e .-p res idents o f these railroads, and m oreover the y are the mayo r s of a hun d r ed citi es. T his is not the on ly instanc e w h er e immigrants or th eir offsprin g are n ow classed as ou r high es t officials . Such men as Presid ent R oosevelt, Secr etary Bonap a rt e, Govcr:nor Hugh es of ~ew York, ex-1\fayor Dtmne of Chicago, and hundreds of others could be m enti on ed. A nd the history of yeste rday is r ep eat ed t oday, for today w·e r ely upon the forei gne r to our hard lab or. Go to ou r m in es a nd factorie s and see w ho is doing our un skilled work. Do we find .th ere our native Americans? No, but we find that fo r eig n ers of every nationality are p erformii1g o ur m eni a l tasks; and w h y? Becau se the average A m eri can prefers to do ot h er wo·rk ; for it is a well-known preference of th e n at ive A m erican t o do work w hi ch demand s th e exe rcise of intellig"'n ce r at her than of mu s cl e. Still , th e w h ee ls of ind u stry mu st b e kept in m otio n, a n d if we re strict this influx of ne cessary lab or ers we mu st n ece sa ril y place in jeopardy the i:n~ d ustri al p urs uits and commerc ial ent erpri ses of our country both at ho m e a n·j abroad . Th ese newly -acquired citizens g ive A merica a w holesa le adve rtise ment in th eir co rr espondence -with their r elations and fri end s ab road, and thi s perhap s is the r eason ·that in som e CO Ull tries, Ame ri can goods a r e preferr ed to th ose w hich their O\iVn co u ntry produces . It is a ge n eral rul e th at w here there is mat erial p lent y, th er e we find th e n eedy o f oth er lands, and it is for thi s r eason th at so many immigrants journ ey hith er, and n 0t for t h e r eason of flying from just ice. ((A! largely increas in g population spell s affl uenc e in ge n et;a l and in the co ncrete" and thus it will be ~ee n that it w o uld be detrimental to our inch1 stri es and com n'l er ce, t o turn ~nvay t hese human b eings from our sh or es . F r om a m oral or religious v iew point, imn1i g rati or'!. is . a priceless advantage , t o our country. The immi g rants may be poor in this world 's goods: but t hey are consequently mo r e atfached to their reli gio n , w hi ch is a -sottrce of g r eat comfort ·to them , as our venetable Cardinal Jame s Gibbor1 s tdl s us in one o f his recent public utterances. The nev.r-comers in ·large nttmbers hale · froi11 lamld s v,rhere th e Catholi c r eli g ion is . £till strong-·-from such countries as
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Poland , Ireland, Italy and A ustria, whos e v ery history l1as been so connected with the affairs of th e church that whe:n w e "'s peak of o n ~, w e 111ust n ecessarily mention the oth er. The advent of th ese n ew Catholies is a stimulu s t o t he tTue faith and the interest s of th e church; th ey ass is t in r earing our magnificen!t ca~ heclral s and church es, in er ectin g and maintaining our Catholic educational instit utions which co mpare with an y in America. They do more ; they ar e th e rulers and guides of the Cath olic Church itseLf. L ook at the illustrious lis t of Irish, German and F rench nam.es that dei1ot es the rulers of the A ri1 erican hierarchy . It is n eedless to say t hat th e immig rants donat e to v arious chariti es; th ey do m or·e. Th ey h ave hospitals, asylum s, orphanages and club s for th e benefit of their fellow country men. Th es e are the on es th at have the sp irit of the tru e faith. If w e w er e to allow th e restriction of immigraton we w ould have many m or e d efe ction s among Cat holic A m eri can s, an c~ this w ould becom e a menacin g danger to our hol y r eli gio n and p erhap s r es ult in s uch a state of affairs as we have in France t oday . As a general rule, th ese p eople rear large famili es and are thus a sot1rce of num erical streng th to both .. th e stat e and t he church. T his is con sider ed a v ery impo rtant factor ·W)1en we cons ider that ra ce suicid e is becoming alarmingly preval·e nt arnon g native A m erican s. I t wo uld ,be abs urd and foolish t o declare that the m a jority of immig rants that com e to our shor es ar e th e ve ry essen'c e of w icke dness and th e p ersonifi cation of vice. L et tl S r esent s uch a v ile calumny and let us b oldly assert ·that our co untry acq uires hundreds of thousands of valuabl e chris ti a n citi zens ever y year, w ho are th ~ mainstay of b oth church and stat e. I clo not claim t hat al~ immi g rants are th e exemplars of virtue. As in q. flock of s heep, it happ ens that th er e is1 a bla ck one, and th at som etimes t h ere may b e a w hit e crow, so we admit th at am on g imtni- . gran ts we may h ave som e that are w holly b ad. B ut it is n9t the fo nsig:n qu arters of our large r cities th at are n ests fr om ·w hich come th e inmates of our r eform at o:r ies, our poor houses or asylu ms , or our p risons, for one-half of t h e inmates ·o f these vari ous inst itutions are DOt t he nat urali zed citizens of th e U nited Stat es, b ut t h e offspring of our native born A m eric an s . vV e see also that irrelig ion and dis honest y ar e chiefl y found amon g our native Americans a nd th at this for eign elem ent is one of mo ra l stre ngtl1 to t he nat ion, because. of th eir strong r eli gious convicti ons and b ec ause of the generall y u p righ t lives th ey lea d. A m erica then has goo d r eason to be grateful fo·r im.mi gration and oug ht t o welcom e. th e ri g ht kind of immig rants w ith open arms, for t h ey are th e streng th and the power of th e land ; they a r e t he up builders a11cl th e defend ers of t he country; they are th e vitality and t h e, life of both th~ church and th e s t at e.
"Wqr ynutq wqn .atauil.s ttbnut tqr 'gym' attb ttl'ttrr ta.strs of .aport; Wqr lab wqn'.a alway.s ilrraming of tqr girlqr u.arl:l to rnurt; Wqr jay wqo' s lrft t11r l1arnrnt to romr away to .atlJool; W11r b.nllwl1o'n knouHt to all of u.a a.a 'mam_ma'n prrctnun jrturl': 1Earl1 l1a.a .aomr nob_lr trait itt l1tm if 1ur rnulil ftttb tt nut, lhrqapn tqi.a rnllryr ltfr i:S .aotl to ntultr a gool:l plant .aprout." - .!Silr.A.ulttft. F=.=JI'II!'l_..,~nH ERE'S
no gettin g around it , fellows; Bert Colburt ;~, a disgrace to the class.'' and to emphasize his wor.Js big Ben Burton, varsity half-back, star first base1n:tn, anil many oth er things,· removed a huge bull dog pipe from between his t eeth and s hook it E1enac1ngly at a roomful uf smiling admirers. "Yes s ir," he concltL!r~ d, "Cclb nrt is a sis~y for fair and th e best thing vve can do is to undertake a little cure on our own accounts." ''That's th e n oise," spoke up Parsons. Parsons was the vars ity quart erback and had a right to speak up. "A guy that's as ye ~low as that fellow- d es erves a trimming and if I'm n ot mistaken we're ju st the gentlemen to administer said trimming. " 1I urton smiled broadly and tilted his ch3-ir back a 1 'ttle rnorc. C>ver in ~he corner Benton recrossed hi feet on the table and 1 " you !Or' l very senous. . . b oys, " .:1.-~ crJrrecte<.,, c ] OOt<ec ·.'T'l1en aga1n~ get that the college forbids hazing in any form." '' H:t:t:ng !" interposed Curley Jennings. .. Pr e pi.)~ter cms! .Far be it from this select little gathering to e ?en contemplate anylhing so <i i~ hon orable. This little affair will rnr; rcly go down in history as a cl( rlorable accident." "O.h n1t out the big words and get d·:Jwn to husine s~ . If we::·e gr ing to cure our thin friend lets go abo ut it in some orde r.'~ ''That's th e ticket. " ···y (S _ and the sooner the better." ''',V ell, who's got any suggestions." This fr,)m Burton. who fc l t dated _at the intere t his words had awah: ned and be · ide ~ ih ei-c 1\"<l - a prospect of fun ·ahead. "For my part, I suggest ~et..
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and starnn'l~red · vyhat was meant to be regrets, :but they would not hear of it and laughingly began pulling him away. Burton' and Parsons each ~ad an arm, when Benton called attention to .the slide. ~~Say fellow~ ,-' '· he-said, waving a hand towards the hooci of the toboggan. ~: H.o.w' s th.C~:t ·for a heavy load?" The others turned and looked upward. A sled had 1be~n packed with heavy, smiling lads, ten in all, and as they looked, started on its slipp-e ry course. "Look •ut below," cried the starter, and those below scrambled - out of the track. The sled gathered speed on its dow.n ward shoot and the ri 'somethirig happened. . . Nobody knew· just how it was; the starter was the first to see it. He pointed, and turned a deathly pale. At the foot of the toboggan, in the very path · . ·of the speeding sled, a youngster had slipped and fallen on the ice. uFor God's sake," shrieked the ~tarter, uget the kid out of the way. " · But everyone only stood and stared, they seemed not to realize the little lad·'s danger or else, like him , were paralyzed with fright. The sled was already half way down , and still he lay there. It was well that the snow! blinded ten pair of eyes, for it would do no good for them to see; they would feel the jolt and that would be all. An hour-like second passe.d and then-well, then som.e thing else happened. A few turned their face s away. · Burton did not see it, neither could Parsons; they had la11ded too heavily in the deep snow. But the rest saw it plainly. A ·taU form jumped fr om the center of Burton's crowd, sc1uare into th e teeth of the speed ing sl,ecl. With hi s foot he pushed the lad out of danger and would have jumped hims,e lf to safety, but ice is v·e ry slippery. Those ori the sled felt the jolt and wondered what it was. He was unconscious when they picked him up , but a sled• was quickly brought into commission and in a· few moments they had him at the doctor's. Parsons and Benton, pale-faced and panting, carried him in and the rest, a crowd had com_e over from the gym, waited outside. There was a long wait. Parsons came to the door once and wo~tld have spoken, but he choked up in a queer way and went in again without saying a word. · After what seemed an eternity, the doctor appeared. Coatless, perspiring and with shirt sleeves rolled up to the elbmiVs, h e made a queer picture for a winter's clay. They crowded around · and h e passed his handker~hief over his forehead nervously. ''Boys/' h e began, his voice shakinrg a little, HH~'s resting ,;vell now, but I'm sorry to say that young fellow will never be able to play ball again with you ." The doctor paused and the group looked from one to the other, each one knowing 1 what was in the other's mind. He finished weakly: 'W e were f,orc-ed to amputate Colburfs leg below· the knee." · A murmur went up and then a painful silence, a silence that
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no one thought of; their thoughts were : elsewhere. Somedrie climbed on the. porch. It was Ben Burton. "Fellows," he cried "I've been · a mut and no orie knows it better than my.self, but I'll tell you right now if anyone ever again connects the name of "Sis,, to Bert Colburt, I'll kn'Ock; his block off or· know the reason why." "Nine rahs for Colburt," a Freshie yelled, and they all took ~t up. H urton led them, with hat inJ hand, and the cheers echoed through the ·quiet village. Three blocks away an old maid put both fingers in her ears and turned to her visitor. "Isn't it awful!" I do wish the boys would celebrate their victories some other way. This awful yelling grates terribly on my ears." · · But inside the doctor's house the cheers fell like music on the · ~ars of a pale youth, stretched on a bed in a darkened room.
AM TOlY, turkey merchant of 1\!Iarket street, was happy; happ y only as a true believer can be, and why not t Surely, Fortune had been very good to him; he sold many turkeys and now this long hoped for time had come at last. Okemi, son of Sam Toy, had come to this land where one gets education and money so easily and was li\9W going to the big school around the corner where so many of the little Christians went. All day long in the neat little shop at the corner, ·Sam Toy would sit and dream of the coming great day, that day when h;.e and Okemi would leave this land of the unbelievers and go back to the land of their ancestors, re pected and rich; back to the little mother who waited in the tiny house amid the cherry blosson1s. Sam· Toy httmmed a little tune as he placed the matts and made ready the tea\ that Okemi liked so well. Each day as Okemi returned from school the two would ,.ip their tea from the painted cups and Okemi would tell of the day at school and Sam Toy would be happy. A month had pas, eel when one day Okemi r eturned from school at an tmusuall;r early hour, with signs of recen t weeping
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· ~1 his youthful fate. Clioking with pent up tears, he toler Sam Toy that he CO:tdd go no more to that school . where the pretty t~acher gave hH11 presents and patted his cheek with · hands that were so warm and soft, and called him her little star; hut it wasn't ' her fault, for when the big m;m that owned the school carne in her __ _-c lass . room and told ·all of the l-ittle ]2.panese they could co1~1e no more_, didn't she cry and kiss him and tell how sorry she was and promise to come and visit him often. But how , th e little white pigs did laugh and m :::.ke faces at him wh en he left. O h, how he hated them and always would. The spark ofhatred that Sam Toy had foster ed in his bosom for the whites, ever since the qay they had thrown stones at him and j eered , burst forth into a roaring fia_m e when he beard this story from the lips of Okemi, his son, w hom be had so fo ndly hoped t o se e an edu cated and honored man in th e littl e village am ong· tln mountains that now look ed so dear to him w hen compared to this land that h e so hat ed . T l~ at night Okemi' s stor y was . confirm ed wh en Sam Toy saw t he leader of the Bo· Lun ,. . - s, w ho t old him that may be QJkemi could n ever go back t o sc hool as th e unb eliever had pa sse d laws f orbiddin g it. What a bitt e rn e~s it was for Sam_Toy as h e sil ently - trudged hom eward , ·t o see the brilliantly 1ight ed to r es filled w ith hap py holidzcy shopp ers, w ho smiled an 1 lau g hed and seernecl t o have no ca re or wo rr y, whi le h e was so fill ed with g ri ef. H ow could h e ever r epay th e \yhit e clogs for the in ults th ey: h ad h eap ed on him. They were t oo many and t oo strong to fight with, but \vhat a queer l;:;.ok came into l1is eyes \v h en h e r em embered that 11i s father h acl b ee n tl1 e v ilhge docto r , and \v hen he remembered w hat was in th e old littl e chest at th ~ s hop. T hat nig ht Okemi \iv as s urprised when · h e saw hi s fath er take from1 a high shelf in th e littl e shop a small b ox t hat h e knew h elcl som e li.tti e bottl es wh ich hi s fath er had told him n eve r to tou ch for fear of death. B ut wh~ was his father bringing a ll of the turk eys from the cellar at th:s h our of th e night? It w as too earl y to arrange them for th e crowds of eager purchase rs t hat wo uld come on th e m orrow to bu y th em, and he kne vv that non e o·f the turkeys wo uld be left in tl1e littl e s hop by nightfall , be cau se were not his father 's turkeys famo us in San Franusco for th e · d eli cacy in y.r hi ch they were dressed and flav ored. \ V'ell h e wo uld soon find out what all this preparation m eant. B ut , no; Sam Toy bad e him1 go t o b ed, as it was . past hi s b ed tim e already. But Okemi kn ew how, to see what hi s parent w-as doing, for peeking1 througb the hole in th e fl oor of th eir sleeping quarters, he h ad oft en seen his fath er co unt tbe littl e hoa rd of gold ni ght after night. He / robed himse lf for bed and qui etl y t ook up hi s position at the hole. H e could see his fath er now. Th er e was another man
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there too, a man who ft:owned much and i?howed his teeth when he tal:ked. What a funny ' thing (o be doing with the turkeys. .Q kemt was sure his father had .ne vct taken . so much trouble in dressing ·the turkeys before. What did it mean? He put his ear to the floor and listened. Ah so, that was it; they were going to get revenge on the cursecl . . whites. by ~pttHin·g som·e that . t~H-.rible stuff from the little bottles in the turkeys. Okemi remembered how his little clog acted when his father had given him some of the contents of the little bottles. Well, he was glad, it wou ld · s erve the white curs right; they had put him out of the school and they deserved to die. He wondered why his father had not told him or the poisoning. D·i d he fear that Olkemi, son of Sam Toy, would be a coward and tell? . Okemi laughed to think of it. He got back into bed happy-happy and proud of his father. ' Okemi 11acl almost fall en asleep when he thought of her-the teacher, who se hands were so warm and soft. She had told him s he would come for one of · his father 's tur.keys. It was strange he did not fe el a bit s leepy now, b1,.1t sick at heart to think that she was coming. No, she must not. But what could h e do! He could not tell her, that wo uld b e too much; and he dared not tell his fath er. H e lay there thinking long after his father and th e man that fr ow n ed h a d go n e to bed. H e had cri ed mu ch , but now his mind w a s mad e u p . Ther e \;v as a way out of it a fter all. If only th e turk eys we r e d est royed s h e co uld not bu y one. B ut h e must b e careful; he wa s sL.u c hi s fath er wo uld kill him if h e we r e, cau g ht b ein g; di sh onor ab le. H e got out of b ed an cl went slow ly clow n the n a rrow stairs . H e kn ew w h er e the match es we re kept . and h e t ook many of th em. It was easy to find some straw . H e lit it and cr ept ha ck t o b e cl. H e b a cl in te nd ed to wait a fevir m om ent s, and vvhe n it.. was too lat e t o save the turk eys , w ak e hi s father. But t h e fa t ig u e -vv a s t e o mu ch; hi s littl e h ead fell back on th ~ piilmv and in a few m om ents 0\.kemi vvas so un d as leep . D ow n stai rs tb e gocl of his bth er s . t h e fire gocl that h e had awakened, cr ept slow ly but surely u p th e na rrO\v , punk-like st a irs, w hil e Sam T ov - , th e m a n w lw .fr ow n ed, and Okemi slept on unwarn ed . Th e r oof hacl already fa ll en w h en the fire en g in es a rriv ed. A nd w h a t a fir e if was. T h e greedy :Aam es see m ed to devo ur eve ryt l1in g -·w ith a lick; th ey sh ot thr ea t eni ngly o ut of t h e narrow w incl O\vs and li t up th e str eet for block s. Littl e g roup s of Japan ese g a th er ed ar ound ancl loo k ed on in awe at th e way the.i r god vvas puni shin g Sa m T oy. I t vva s t oo late, the fir em en sa id , to s~ve the stru ct ur e. ~o the y let it burn , and onl y k ept it fr om sp r eaclmg t o th e oth er Clu ee r littl e h ou ses aro und it . w hil e in sid e somewh ere in that a\iv fnl 'h ea t S am T oy, th e man ·virh c) fr ow n ed, and Okemi s lept neve r to ;nva k en.
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EDITO·R IALS. Ther e is not a single nation on the face of the globe today that has not some we ll-defined n eed; there is something ' vhich every country feel s is n ecessa ry for its well-b eing, What for its very existence. O ur own country has its peWe culiar n eel, and it is the necessity of hon est m en ; · Need. honest statesmen, honest business m en, in a word, honest citizens. In foreign land s the words "Yankee' and "grafter" are synonymous. Howeyer unpalatabl e this may be, it is the truth . The corruption of our politics has made even Americans stan d aghast. · Tbe vena lity of ma.ny of our st ates m en :is a blot on our fair government, ancl the downright dis honesty, the w holesale thieveries and daylight . robbe.ries committed by great numbers of our financiers and busin ess men fou ll y besmirch the morality of American business enterpr ise. The recent stringency, whose effects are still felt more or less, was greatly clue to the dishonest methods of so · called enterpnsmg business men . .Think for a moment of th e hardship brought on by this vice whicl1 seems to be characteristic of Ame ricans, and you will feel your inner self ct-ying for honest . Americans. Do not hesitat e to votce 1
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. The High School went clown 'in defeat before the College lads D !ecember 18, at the College gymnasium, in the first game of the ~eason. It was a well played contest from the start to the final wl;istle, despite the fact that th e afores aid whistle sounded just a · little too often , sometimes to part wr estling rivals , but oftener for fouls, which happily were about evenly divided. Of the High School, Healy's work at guard was th e most prominent. Deselm tried some of his usual long bask et s , but withQut his usual success. Adams perform eel well at for vyard and showed himself a star at dribbling. His basket-throwing, howeve r, was rather poor. Maher, of the Coll eg e five, showed up well at basket-work in p-lacing four diffi cult on es from different an g les. · Carrol played a strong game at guard . . S. V. C. Line-Up. K . H. S. J\1aher, Rice. . . . . . . ... right forward . . . . . . . ... ... . . . . . A dams Kiley. . . . . . . . . . . .. ,.. . . ..left forward . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . D es elm Berry, Palmer ... . ...... ,. . . ,Center. . . . . . . . .. . . . , ..... .. .L ee Carrol .. ,.... ~ .. . ·...• ... ·' .. right guard ........... Haslet, H ealy Rainey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .left guard. . . .... ·' .. Has ker, Smith Baskets-Ma-her 4, K•i ley 5, . R~in ey 4, B erry I , Deselm 2, Adams 2, Lee I. Conway, referee.
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Junior's F ·o otbaU Team.. · The Junior's football team, whose picture appears in this is:Sue, was organized late in September, but made a creditab le showing despite the fact that they were outweighed by the majority of the teams on their schedul e: . ' · They had the necessary "gameness," but were slo\v in acq,~rii.- > ing that "esprit de corps" vvhich is -so essential in t eam work. The -coach, P. F. Brown·, former athletk dir ec tor, daims that, had they got an ear11er start, they would have won a greater number of .games than they did be cause individually. they had several splendid ·players. The following gives ns a line on the different m en: \iVright played a star game at center and enjoyed the enviable -re cord of not making a poor pass during the season. He is vyell • built, very aggress ive, and particularly strong in d efensive work. Pe llisi er, guard, while not having all th e qualities requisite for the position, played a good game, considering th e fact that rt was his first year on the t eam. Sherman ; at g uard, is more expe ri enc ed and puts up a fast er game. He is an a ctive man on breaking through t o block a kick ,or spoil a play. L eonard at tackle , played a st eady, consistent game. H e phowed remarkable spee d in g ettin g through the lin e and breaking . up th e plays of an opponent. Hi s ability in making good open- .... ·ings for the man with th e ball and stalwart d efen sive playing made 'him a valuable lineman. DTake, playing his first year at tackle, did not clot all that ·might be expected of a man in this position. owing to his ten·clency to play too high , and over-eagerness to break through. He 'i s a hard worker and. with a little more experience, may make ~ good man in that position. Delihant at end, was perhaps the hardest worker on the team,
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closed c:ut, that every one might have a souvenir and picture ot perhaps the best minim team the college has had for several years. We -congratulate the courageous little fellows who have brought such credit upon themselv.e s and their A lma M ater. N ine v ictories in .:one . season is a record of which fe\v teams can boast, especially when we •. }.<:now that they have played no t eam under their w~ight,. and few equal to it. Geo. Lyons, who played cent er, . was elect ed captain early in the seas01\ aHd results show that the right man was chosen. A champion team is soine thing - of which few captains can boast,. George. Jimmy Boyle, better' ki'lown a s ' B:abe, ' was placed at quarter. This position requires " internal n h ead w.o rk and Jimmy has the head. Jake Schaefer, who stars at billiards an'd baseball,. as well as at gentle football, played fullback, and always gave an excellent account of hin1 self, as the team can testify . A. L edo ux ,. R. H. B., who finished his career wit h th e l\tl inims thi s year, has left an enviable record. · Eighteen t ouch-cl owns · are credited to him for the season. The junior s quad will receive him with open ~rms. C. Parker, L. H. B. , is a new man. The g r eetin gs that Charlie got from the side-lin es spoke the appreciation in which his playing was h eld. l-Ie was call ed the " pinch" man, for w h en a long distanc e was to be gained , Charli e t oo k the ball, and -vvo nderful to state, always gain ed it. J. lVIallatl. ey, R. ( ;.. we often · call ed the " fui11bl e " man , n ot ·b ecause h e fum bl ed ·the ball, but rat h er the oppo site, for a fumbl e was n ever m ad e on eith er sid e t hat Jo e didn 't have his eye _o n , and when th e m ess '\vas untang led, Joe was al w ays found at th e bottom ,. huggin g th e ball. J. 'O'Connor, R. T ., was r ema rkabl e for -hi·s· bo ld ta ckles. · -Few m en attempted t o ta ckle ·w·ithont feelin o·. -the· -str en bo-th- o f . Jack's· bo·ain throu bo-h rio·ht b b arm aro und th eir anl}les. · T hei1· · s udden thud · ·demo nstrated this only t oo wel l. A . Gund erl ac h , R ; · E~, · macl e · him s e.If ·fa ti1oL1 s. in gettin g forwai·cl passes . Som eh ow or oth er Andy was al-w ays u nder t h e ball w h ereve r it w as thrown. R. Lon erga n ; -L. · G.,· sta rr ed as a tackler. Th e. quarte r-b acks of t h e opposing t eams co·ulcl tell yo u this b etter th an we . Th e ball was no soo ner sna pp ed · than " R eel" was t hro'ug h t h e line and hugg-ing the quarter-back. W. S utton , L. T., was -ou r h eavies t man. He m ade. our openings, w hi ch means m u ch. l\l[any a t ouch down was made t hrough a clear field , all clu e to the openin gs that Bi ll mad e. H. Tiffan y, L. E .. was perhaps our s peediest player. vV hen he r eac h eel t h e open, t h er e 1vas no st opping him. A t ouch dmvn was· always th e resul t. S ubstitutes: A. D ecker, who starred at football in the early part of the season , was the only mari w ho was injured and forced to retire (a h ero of co urse). vVith a score of rs to r2 in the Minims' favor ancl but thre e minutes to play, an opponent br0ke
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: On Wed~1~sday _ evening, December II, the · Thespians produced the drama, " Hickory Farm," for the benefit of the College Or~hestra. Th_ e plot of the drama is ·lai:d around a New England farm, . Ez~kie l .Fortune, a retired farmer., is about to settle down -in peace and contentment to enjoy the fruits of his hard labor, when Gilb ert Darkwood, a hand some and unscrupulous villain, -contrives to rob him of his property and home. A railroad is. about to b~ built through the property and Darkwood, wishing to obtain the_ emolument which is to accrue to the owner, seeks to buy the ·p roperty from Fortune , -vvho steadfastly refuses. With the assistance of Uriah Skinner, a miser and servant of Fortune, Darkwood succeeds in robbing the fann er of the deeds to his lands. Before accomplishing his ~-icked deed the vi llain incluc~s Jessie Fortun·e, th e daughter of the fanner, to elop,e \vith him . . Jessie later discovers her deception and being ashamed to return home, seeks she1ter under the roof of her aunt, J\11rs. Prisci lla Dodge, a widow, 'Vvho is soon to be married to Alderman Lawrence 11,c Keegan, "'from the city." After Darkwood has secured the deeds, he makes ljfe mi serable for Ezekiel Fortune. ·;· He · th_rea,tens to evict him if upon a certain date he is unable to me~t a debt of some three or four hundred dollars, w hi ch Darkwood cl<J.ims to be due him for eighteen months ' r ent. With his lm'ing daughter gone and misfortu nes and sorrow gathering daily upon him~ Ezekiel Fortune's life becomes one of poverty and misery. Jack Nelson, a bookkeeper in the bank, and an adopted son of the farmer, is the only ·one who sticks to his "daddy" throughout his misfortunes. He takes his part and consoles him in all his trials. After L. McKeeaan had married Priscilla Dodge he started on his h_oneymoon with her to Paris. This necessitated Jessie Fortune's returning home. O:n he11 knees she asks forgiveness of her father, who only too gladly grants it. About this time the IVIaryvill e bank has been robbed and D etective Rankin of N1ew York was called in to investigate the matter. He traces the robbery to Dla rkwood. He also learns of the farmer' s misfortunes and seeks an interview with l1im'. Later, on the clay in which the eviction is to take place, he conceals himself in Fortune's house. D·arkwood, a ccompanied by two constables, soon enters. Ezekiel Fortune is unable to meet the debt. Darkwoocl flares np into a passion and accuses Jack Nelson, who is present , of r-obbing the bank. In a former interview, Nelson had openly slapped th e villain's fac e and now D~ark woocl was seeking his revenge. As · the constables were about t o arrest Nelson and as Darkwoocl was going t o evict Fortun~, Detective Rankin appears and orders a halt. Darkwoocl r ecognizes him 1
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PERSO'N ALS. It gave us a great pleasure to welcome the1 Rev. Hugh Q'Gara M cShane and Rev. Thomas Ol'Gara on their recent visit to· the -college. There is a wealth of pleasant memories in every path of the college grounds for these two Fathers, who for- years e.x ercis.e d their saving ministry in parishes adjoining the college community, and who could always be found among those who came to . contribute their s hare of encouragement to alt undertakings of inte res;t o the college. A course must' be profitable to a student w ith su ch an earnest, profound and devoted ·instructor as Rev. A. L. Labrie. Altho ugh we lam ent th e absence of 1\!Io nsignor Legris from the professor's chair in Church history, we feel elated with the appointment of Father Labrie as his s uccessor. ; Thursday is the clay give n to this branch and the new professor opened the co urse w ith a large attendance January r6th. 1
ALUMNI. · Niose Dionn e, commercial, '07, of St. 1\IIaris, Ill., has joined the ranks of the .beneclicts and is n ow on his hon eymoon. VV e expect l\!Ir. and Mrs. Dionne·· to pay a visit to th e coll ege in the near future. ·T. Burns, stuclen.t '04, is in the constructive business in Chi-cago . . Ralph Criglow, stude nt '04, was here from Rems en, Iowa, on his way to Chicago. He is thinking serious ly of going into the automobile business . .J. Shan1l.on, student 'o6, is fini shing his course at a. business ·$Chool in Chicago. DT. Arthur H. O 'Connor, student '04, is practising dentistry in Milwaukee. Raym ond lYiudd, student '04, is working in a garage in Indianapolis.. J. Long, student 'o6, is holding 3: responsible · position at the Chicago Athletic association. Frank Connors, student 'os, is the proprietor of a flourishing tonsorial parlor in .Cadillac, M'ich. O :s car Perrault, student 'o5, has been playi1ng· with the Calu-
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Musings of D;adldy Dan. - One who clines by himself is in bad company. -Bewar e of a hasty wo rd. It is easier said than unsa:id. - A smi le costs no more than a frown, but it earns more 111-· terest. -lvfcl'vfullen trousers are stron g, but a stitch today may sav~· a rip tomorrow . -1\/{any peopl e mistake notori et y for fam e. -The cheap est advice is th at which 1s not taken. -Divorce love from study, y ou make study drudgery . -vVis e is th e stud ent thatl knows w hen and how t o study. -He who pl eases only him self must fun;i sh hi s own applause .. -Politeness ~ i s to goodness w hat words are to thought. -It is unr easonable to ex pect more fr om life than life 1~· capable of giving. - The world is like a stage, hav ing at times m ore satisfactory scenery than cast. ~A good preyentative for a bl eed ing n os·e is t o keep it out of other p eople's business. · · -Love is blind, but even the blind are often adept in countmg money. -A good joke is one that hurts your feeli11:gs and 1nakes somebody else lau gh. -The world owes every man a liv ii1g, but some wo11't rise· up. early enough to g;et it. -Failures generally put forth claims of partiality and: lu.ck.. ·. -·. ·Frequently our pen is· hard pushed to state the truth.: · · •
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The fir t glance into the anctum on our return a ~ snred us that, though we had fer a few days forgotten the ardu ous duties as wielder of the blue pencil, the vvork had continued . to increase, and that our task was no light one. There they lie-theproduct of colleges far and near. on tables, chairs, windows and floor, some basking se renely in th e light of their O\vn excellence (some in semi-d arkness, but neverthel "' s happy) and bidding defiance to the ex-man who dares to mention them in any save complimentary terms. And judging from the gene ral outlin e of the exchanges we feel there will b e no ne-ed for u to pick np the gauntlet. J:\1oreover, after a gloriou celebration of the Yuletide,. one scarc~ly feels like cen uring th.e valiant efforts of others, but is rather incliu eel to speak in t erms poetic, as does he of the long and uncut locks when the first gent le zephyr of spring tickle h1s nobl e brow. Speaking of noble brows, have yo u seen the December issue of thei Georgetown College Journal? It abounds in enjoyable matter which one naturally attributes to the owner of a prominent and intellectual fotehead. lt presents tori e ~ , skillfully di·d ded by breezy verse, with h ere and there an illustration w hi ch catches the eye and leaves a favorable impr-e ss ion. ''The Darw.inian Theory" i a deep and compact article in 1vhich the principl es and objections of D-arwin are clearly stated and thoroughly refuted. It makes no pretensions toward literary value, but should proYe interesting to all w ho feel them elYes inclin ed toward profitable reading. "Qiur Hos~. the Assas sin,'' cliplays a clever pl ot. which is fairly well ·t old, but is concluded in a rathe: r unsatisfactory manner. However, it has the power of holding the reader's interest. We fear the fir st part of the stor~-. which is well "alcoholized ," ' will hardly find favor with the Law and Order league or Carrie ..Nation, but we will leave to them the censo rship. The other· .articles are interesting and -vvell produced.
' The Columbiad, from P:ortla:ncl, O~·egon . is a pleasing Christmas nun1.ber w ith its appron-riate stories and r eflecti·ons on the joyous season. A very pleasing thought is expressed in "Home for · Christmas," which cannot but interest one removed from the par-ental home. "Who Rut a Caesar," contains an excellent plot,.
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capable of much better development than was accorded it by tJ1e writer. The Clolumbiad would be m t1ch improv·e d if it added t<? its other attractions that of an exchange department. Well said, Echoes! Your greetings are hu e and exceptionally . appropriate to th e happ y season of which they speak. Y nur Christmas numb er besp{; aks tal ent in the productions em bodied :.and excee dingl y good judg1!1 ent in arrangement and decorations. 'The Chri stmas sto ri es are above the average____.they seem to break fr om th e old-ti me traditions upon w hi ch most Christmas stories ::are founded . "A Christmas Thought" deserves the title it bears in the full sense, and th ough simp le, is a creditab le effort. A g lance .at the staff assures one th at ' 'l\llary is a Grand Old Name" in the v icinity in which Ed:10e-s is publi s h ed. But we cannot quite for_give the ex:;-man-or rather la dy-for totally neglecting the exchange column, for even though the ''strains of A dve nt" are in ·the air and th e lack of exp t ri~nc e weighs heavily, neve,rtheless the department dec:erves st urdy s upp ort. A:n1cl what does it matter t o us w hether the excha n ge not es are read · or not ? Those w ho ci·o · peruse th em r ece ive their ovvn reward and for those who. do not ·we h ave only -sympath y . ·· · To Young E:agle, Sinsinawa, \1\1is.: Ret ort r eceived. Your ·e ntry receives th e blu e ribbon. Hav ing had n1an y expe ri ence·s ·pleasant and otherwise--w·i th fud ges we fe el that you will be quite elat ed over our words of prai se prononllced on your culin.ai+ p_roduction. We ·v-e nture to r emark-just t o keep th e conve rsation fro m lagging-that the duties of th e ex-m.a:ni have lost th eir dark a nd dreary appearance since we discovered the "sweet" and "deli ciou s" rewards w hi ch occasionally accr ue to him.
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To The Herald, :Holyoke, Mass.: Kind ly address us as "Via·torian," n ot "Victorian." Iot that we have any obj ections to the latter as a nam e, but simp ly because it is n:ot o ur name. Your wo rds of praise are g r atefully received . '-1\f e are laborin g faithf ull y in th e hope that when yo u again take occas ion to met?-tion us you will b e t empted t o repeat th e fifth lin e of your criticism, ·o mitting the word, "almost." W e congratulate the Purple and White upon th e excellC'nce of ··its Christmas ed ition. Whi le we are inclin ed to criticise the contents rath er than the cove r of a jburnal, in this. case we may say that both are of a hig h order. Your production shows ability 3:nc! judicious selectio-!1.
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THE VIATORIAN LOCALS·. -Happy New Year. -Beware! 'o8 is L eap year. -Ryan says, " the high life for min e." - 0 ld Nick presented Turkey with a Teddy Bear. 1
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. D. conve nt is very con id erate and tender-hearted; so much so that sh e r efu sed to boil the drinking waten at hom e ch:ring v acation , for fear of hurting the germs. -Women con t en cl that man's love for wet goods causes a majority of divo rces, w hile m en- cont end that it is woman's love for dry goods. -A P,e rsian. . maxim : \ N hen yo u go to wa r , say a praye r ; w h en yo u go to sea , ay tw:o prayers; w hen yo u ge t marrie d, pray all the ti m e. •
-Saclw un : "Poo r Bi ll m et w ith a·n awful deat h. A block of marble we ig hin g t en t housand pounds fell on hi s ch es t." Wisw un: '' It's t oo bad. But Bill always did have a weak chest. " -Teach er , ( cl nrin'g anim al stud y class) : "Nam e a few that have horns , and that are dan ge rous ." 1/I inim: "Automobil es."
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-Piper City (Ill.) Yearly:''W e were almost s cooped on an it em · thi s y ear. Ju st as . w e ·were ·g oing to press Eel Dough erty elo p ed. P articulars nex t year." - P r efect (goin g t o roo m 321 , fr om wh ich th ere issued much loud talkin g in an an g ry t on e) : ''W hat's all this .noise about ?" Eddi e la ppeaTi ng in hi s und ers hirt w it h 11.is face lath ered) : "X othing, only m y razo r los t its t emp er.'' -Dan : "Loo k f.cll O\"v'S, I found a butto:n in my salad." Ge rald: "\Vhy, that's just a par t of th e dressing." -Now h ere 's a r esol·ve th at is nappy , And it's not a New Year pun; De good and yo u 'll. be happy , B ut yo u '11 miss a lot of fun. _ studious yo ung stud ent f_rom Sioux Sat sil ently clovv:n in t h e g lionx B u t w hen in s urpri se H e tried t o arise • Th e cl oth es h e possesse d we re b ut fi oux.
New Year Resolutions. -Resolv ed, ] "hat h enceforth I 'll p eruse Ju st books that an y lad wo ul d ch oose; I her eby taboo all hot-air That fl ows from Darwin or Voltaire. -Resolved , T hat I w ill court th e muse In music for m, and, neve r lose J\1I y organ ; but I-' ll have it st ored LT nl e s I find th at long lost ·c hord. -Resolv ed, T hat ince it's now leap year I'll co urt som e c:l am e withotlt a fea r ; Gee it's a s nao t o on e that· knows, I 'll ~ imply smile at1cl s11 e'll propose.
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