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THE YIATORIAN Facet Spera · VOLUME 25

APRIL 1908

NUMBER 7

THE OLD MISSIONS OF THE PADRES G. P. Miu lvaney '07. L AN D wi th out ruins is a land w ithout mem ories an d a . land w itho ut m emories is a lan'd w ithout hist or y." \ Ve are t old that we ar e of but yest erd ay , that we have by magic, as it we re, sprung up in a nig ht an d b econi.e 1. matured n ation. With us ther e h as been n o infan cv. 'Tn..1e it is, w e are so absorbed in tJ1 e present w e forget those w l~o ha ve g-c,n e b efor e : in fact , th ere is little t o r emind us t h er e l1as bc~ n a past. Progr ess in its selfishn ess has no r egard fo r r eminiscence. I n cons eq uen ce, we hav e tod ay ve ry few of th e o ld la11dmarks , the m onum ents of long d eparte 1 ye ars, and t h e few that temam are fast disapp earing . Scatter ed alon g the shor es of t h e Fa6fic and · clo tt ed over th e great A m eri can desert throu o-h Californi a, A rizona and . th e· Mexicos , th er e can be seen to day t he rain s of · g reat t emples that onc e rivaled in sp lend or th e cath edral s of t h e O ld \Vorld. Th e observant traveler and th e inquis itive t ou rist look up on them with awe, and wond er w h ence th ey came. Un like th eir s ui·roun din gs, th er e is no thing m odern about th em and th ey seem so out of place in th e citi es th at have sp·r un g u p ar ound t hem. T h ese M issions of the Padres, w ith their w·h ite ·wails s ilhouetted a ga in st the soft south ern skies, r eminiscent of th e g lories o f th e Cas tilian past , are th e m onum ents th at ma rk t he comi11 g of civilization to th e great Southw est . T hey ar e th e con qu erin g arche s of Chri stia·nity that t ell how th e hostil e sava ges were subdu ed hy th e word o f the g os p el. Th e hi story o f th ei r foundation is familiar t o us . With tb e s uppression of th e J esuit s b y the Spani sh Gove rnment, th e Franciscan s asked to take charge of t h e lVIiss ion s of Lower California. ' A nim at ed with great zeal th ey de i.erm.in ecl t o carry th e w.ork into A lta , California. Thus o n July r6, 1769, th e saintly Padre J unipero Serra raised the cross in v iew of th e b eautiful harbor. of San Diego and took p os ~ s,ession of the cot1ntry in the name ·of the Church and civilization. I-Iere he erected th e . fir st miss ion in California, seven miles from

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the city of San Diego, and undertook to convert the Indian '· Then be-gan t h at triumphant march over the de ert .hore fr01n San Diego to the Golden Gate. It wa ~ not a va t army with its b6ght steel glittering under the t r opical ·un frightening the red~ men into subjection. but Serra and hi few confrere in the hum~ ble g~trb of St. Francis, armed with the Cro~ of Peace, ubduing them by lessons of love and erecting temple along the way wherein the God of the Christians might be wor hipped. an Carlos (l\rfonterey) was erected in 1770, San Antonio, an Gab rid (Los Angeles), San Louis Obisbo 1772, l\1i ion Dolores ( an Fra n cisco) which withstood the earthquake of two year ' ago, iu 1772, San Juan Cap istrano 1776; Santa Qara 1777, and San Buena ·ventura in 1782. Padre Junipero Serra died at San Carlo in J ;8-4. after fifteen years of labor among the "Indian . Hi , companions continued the work erecting Santa Barbara, San Louis Rey, and other missions which still stand.

Tn all , twenty-one missions were erected. After the faith was established and the Indians were living in harmony the Franciscans taught them how to till the soil and irrigate the field . Thus began the transformation of th e desert into an earthly paradise. Tl1"? Aladdin's wand that unlocked all its trea sures is the irrigating dit ch. and its "open sesame" is water. Now_ eyerything planted "'"ill grt)W like interest clay and night, winter and summer. At Sa:1 D iego there still can be seen the olive. orchard and palm , plantecl by the Padres. The Secularization act of 1834 clroYe ali th•.: Sp::miarcls out of l\f exican territory and with them were foreeel to go the Franciscans. The Indians, deprived of their teachers, returned to their former state and the work of destruction began. The red men and the whites engaged in war, each in turn tool~ refuge in the J\1issions, which were soon eleva tated , so when the Padres were recalled, years after, they found the churches badly <lamaged. Since then most of them have been abandoned, few of th f':' m have been repaired, and they are sad ruins. San Diego l\1 ission has fa llen a Yictim to the ravage of time and but a solitary wall remain of the birthplace of civilization. ~an Juan Capi~trano \vas destroyed by an earthquake. San Gabriel, the grl.'at est of the California :J.Iissions. '"·ith rich mural paintings a11J frcscoe~ ~ . though still in use, i , in a sad condition . . an Loni~ Re;· is bt ing- re:::tored by Father O'Keefe and hL· Franci ~ can confrcn's, ._·an Bn ~ na Yentnra is being used as a pari 'h church, but there is little attempt at preserving it. anta C1ara, San Carlo:; and "\li s~ ion Dolores will not long ~ tancl unlc ,, they soon be repaired. The b(s t pre. erved. in fact the only one in good conditio:1. is :anta Barbara, which i,' the home of the Franci can ·. H{'re 1 he community ha , erected a mother hon:e and college and

the religious have taken me.ans to preserve the temple erected by their preclec~ssors. We naturally ask, " vVhy were not all the Miss ions restored to~ -the Franciscans? Why not give them those that remain 路?~' Inspired by the same zeal that prompted the eariy I'adtes, they wo uld not allow these temples to fall in'to ruin. Ho-w sad 111nst these sons of St. Francis feel today as they look over California and see th e efforts 路 of years crumblin g into decay while the. citi zens of a great state stand idly by and do not interfere. Trnly . California must reproach itself for allowing these monuincnts to pass away-its h_istory is written on their portals and tower~. Yo u Native sons and daughters of the golden west, who pride so much in the glories of your beautiful land and would persuade that thare is no g reater commonwealth than California: on earth (and this is so if half you claim were true) why have you so soon forgotten yo ur past, forgotten those who brought the light of Christianity and civilization to your shores-why have you ceased to think of J unipero Serra instead of commlemorating him as your greatest benefactor-and why have yo u permitted your old landmarks, the Missioi1s of the Padres, to crumble into dust These are your jewels and you have neglected to care for them. '

San Xavier Mission at Tucson. If you are ever "seeing the southwest," it would he well for you to stop at Tucson, Arizona. You will find there besides a ve ry hospitable people, an abundance of sunshine and a great many places of interest. 路 Nine miles from the city you can visit the most beautiful, the richest, and the best equipped Mission of the Padres. To reach the place necessitates a ride over the desert, whose chief scenic features are an uncomfortable amount of sunshine and miles of worthless cactus and monotonous creosote hush, so that when you have about decided you are far bey Jn cl the pale of civilization, there looms up befor.e you the white towers and dome of San Xavier del Bac. Buried as it were in the heart of the desert, surroundecl by the ancient and crumblin~- adobes of the Papagos, stands a great Moorish temple altogether surpassing anything you expected to find. It is marveloi.is, and <1s you stand in wonderment before the entrance, one of the Si,stt>rs of St. J oseph, who are in charge of the place, comes forward to welcome you and you eagerly question her regarding its history. You are informed that San Xavier is the oldest Mission in tbe southwest. Tucsonians are wont to make the ~ssertion that it was established as eatly as 1590, and some even place it at 1552, but we find in Archbishop Salpointe's works that it was founded by the Jesuits about r6go. At the expulsion of the

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Jesuits by the Spanish government, the Franci cans came to Ari_-z ona in 1767, the same time . they · entered California. The pres··ent church, however ·was begun m 1783 and finished ·m I797, the builders being the missionaries them·selv es, with the assistance of the Indians. All these ]\,fissions were not erected from the proceeds of fabulously. ·rich mines which the monks ~re said to have owned in Mexico but from the produce of the fields and the sale of live stock, for the Padres taught the Indians how to turn the soil to profit. The Franciscans were forced to leave by. the Sentlarizati9J1 act of · 1834 and San Xavier was abandoned. The Apache upr!sing prevented priests .from S10nora vis.iting the M-i ssion and it is only \vithin the last decade that it has been reclaimed. And now you arc ready to follow the Sister or Peter, the Indian sexton , through the church. On the front of the building you will notice in relief the coat of arms of the Franciscans. It consists of an escutcheon on \vhich is placed a twisted cord of the community, and a -cross on ,:v hich are nailed one arm of our Lord and one arm of St. Francis, representing the union of disciple and Master. 0 1n either ·s ide is the monogram of J esus the Savior, and of 1\1ary. There are several niches from which the statu es have long since fallen. 'Then you pass through the immense doors with their wooden 11aiis and hinges and find yourself on an interior almost a.s clark anrl darnp as the catacombs. The interior is abo ut roo by 30 f.eet, erected in the form of a cross, the transept forming on each side a chapel 20 feet square. Over the transept is the dome and 1n the nave ar,e six arches resting on pillars. Op. either wall of the nave is a faded fresco about nine by five feet, the one on the right representing the Descent of the Holy Ghost on the Apostles, .and the one on the left the Last Supper, enough remaining of the pictures to show that the artist was one of no mean ability. In tlw chapel on the right are two altar , one adorned with the image ·of Our Lady of Sorrows standing at the foot of a large -cross deeply engraved in the wall , and the other with the image -of the Immaculate Conception.- _0 1n the walls over the altars are two frescoes representing Oiur Lady of the Rosary and the llidclen Life of Christ. Likewise,. in the left chapd are two altars (].edicated to the Passion of Our Lord and to St. Joseph, andtwo frescoes representing Our Lady of the Pillar and the P're.sen- . 1..ation of Our Lord in the Temple. There, too, i Our Lady of Gt1adalupe, the patroness of the Mexicans, painted on a banner, and in the dark corner is the old confess.ional where many a red man was shrived. In the dome are the pictures of several notable Franciscan saints. A.s you turn to the sanctuary you are confronted by two lions that rest on the railing and guard the en-

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trance to the holy place. They are th e insignia of th e House of - Ca ~ tile. The r ear wall .of the sanctuary and the main altar are a ciJ)rnecl w ith columns and a profusion of arabesques in has-relief, all g ild ed and - pai ~ t e1l with beautiful colors representing the patient labor of years. Over the main altar is the statu e of St. Francis Xavi er, the patron of th e church , w earing the garb of the Jesnits . Abov e the imag e are those of the Bless ed Virgin, Saints Peter and Paul , and that of Go d th e Creator. 0 1n th e side walls are fa clecl pictures of A doration of the Magi, th e Flight into E gy pt. th e Ado ration of th e Sh epherds, and the Annunciation. II er c and ther e throu g hout th e church are statues of Franciscan s ait,ts. Th e im ages are of w ood and m ost of them have Indian f e;1.tures in or der to app eal hett er to th e n atives . The Blessed Virg in , ado rned w ith th e we ddin g dress of the Indian a gent's w ife and a profusion of ornam ents, r esembles a fair Indian princess . A door at t h e front of tn e church leads yo u t o the choir loft, t he waJl s of w hich a re decorated w ith the frescoes r:epresentin g the H oly F amily, St. F ran cis i'p a fi ery _chariot , St. Do minic rec eiiv ng the r osary fr om the Blessed 路virgin, and th e four E van gjelists. Strew'tl abo ut t he fl oor are t h e r em ain s of st atues, pa rticularly Jt hose of th e t welve apos tles w hi ch forme rl y h ad places in ni ches about the church. Th en you climb a n arrow st airway h ewn out of the t hick wall to t h e b elfry w h ere a re t he old bells w l>J.ich still a r e u sed t o call the Indi ans to serv ices. Asce nding an outer sta irway you fin d yo urself on the roof seven t y- five feet abccve the grormcl . From her e yo u have v iew of t he I ndian vi lbge on t h e righ t. A few score of low adobes, outside which are the nat ive vvomen at wo rk making baskets and "oll as." On t he left are the- green fie lds 路 of t h e Santa Cruz vall ey from which tb e Papagos gather a liv in g . As yo u gaze over th e g r eat desert l:路ey';nd t his, at the leagu es of waste stretchi1?g to t h e mo untains of O ld Mexico, you cannot help but marv:el at t h e great fa it h and per-=.everance of t h e Padres t hat p rompted t h em t o journey so far fr c m civili zation an d er ect su ch a m agnifice nt edifice. T hen you ask yo urse lf " \ Vhy is it we have not h eard of San Xavier b efore?" It is not strange, fo r th ere are many p eop le in A ri zona w ho are u nawa r e of its existence. l\1ission s ar e so com mon in t h e west t hat p e-op le are wont t o ~a ss th em by w ithout visiting them . Att empts have b een m ade t o arouse the p eople of the t erritory to tak e inte r est and give assist an ce in r es torin g th e church but all were futil e. Bish op Gr anjo n of Tucson has undertaken t o r epai r 路 t h e l\!Iission fr om his own purse. Within th e past y ear a g reat irr:p rovement has been mad:e. It is to b e hop ed that h e will ob t a in assis tan ce from th e p eopl e of Tucson , w ho should tak e pride in S an Xav ier , for it is their g r eatest treasure. R elu ct antly yo u descend fr om the t ower and foll ow the clark

THE VIATORIAN . stair\vay to the entrance. Before you depart, the Sisters invite . YOU to visit the school adjoining the church and you are .surprised . to find n early a hundred Indian children in the.telass-rooms. They . are delighted to have visitors and are certain to sing for you. If . you are fortunate enoug h to arrive at the noon hour you will enjoy watching them eat their meal of "tortillas" "frijollas" which, judging from the children's healthy appearance, 路 certainly agr.e e with them. The Sisters furni sh them with the noon-day meal and very probably this is about all they receive for the day. The Papagos are p oor; they are deprived of the support of the . Government because they are Catholics. They are the ,nildest of their race and live in peace among themselves. Their benefactors are th~ Sisters whom they love and obey. Tl1ese Indians are faithful to their religion and r espond to every call of the J'v1ission bells. l w.as at San Xavier on th e feast of Corpus Chri ti and was ec1ified to see the old ch urch crowded with Papagos and Mex. icans frop1 the ranches miles away. They came before daylight to decorate the repositories in the village and more than six hundred followed the priest in procession. It was an imposing spectacle, these natives with their simpl e faith following the 'priest or spreading rich Navajo rugs in front of him and kne.e ling before the highly decorated tabernacles to receive the benediction on themselves and the fruit of their lab ors. To r each the outside you mu st pass through a littl e room fill ed wit}1 baskets, pottery and curios made by the Papagos. You should purchase a few of them ;卤S souveni rs of yo ur visit and to help the Sisters, whose only n~c:::~ns of sub sistenc e comes from the sale the路reof. Over twenty years they hav e b een laborin g among these Indians and ha ve never received the least compensation. They depend on the cha ritv of visitors and on the sale of the little curios but they are labori;1g not for the earthly reward. Their hea路rts ar~ in their work, thev love the Indians and San Xavier, and their greatest trial woulcl b e separation from them. Tho ugh they are bl!ried in the desert and seldom see any of their kind, they are contented. lt is one of the mysteries of religion. As you r eturn to Tucson, ancl the towers of the ancient edifice fade in the distance, you fe el well r epaid for your visit and regret you had not more time to v ie1v the wonders of San Xavier del Bac.

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ATH0 1LICS who know of the so-called O:xford e r Tractarian move ment usually think o·f the great John Cardinal Newman, as th.e originator and lead er of this great religious r evival. It is true that Cardinal Newman was the most prominent of all th e r eligious geniuses who agitated England about the yea r 1833, but it is quite a mista ke to think that h e was the origin ato r of th e moveme nt. The man ivho fir st devised tb e sch eme to arou se England from her disgraceful s tat e of reli gious apath y, w ho fir st saw the weakness of the Angli can ch urcl1, and tried t o build a firm foundation upon w hi ch she might stand, upon whic h fo undation most of his followers walked into the one · true fo ld, was Edward Bouverie Pusey. H e was th e man behind the move ment, who organized its forces and imparted energy to. it. · D·r. Pusey was born in 18oo, one year before the emin.e nt Cardinal New man. His father , vvho assumed the name qf Pusey, on b ecoming h eir t o the large estates of that fami ly, was of Hug u enot de cent and a strong Protestant. Young P usey was sent to Eton, the great English school, and after taking every prize went tn Christ Church College, Oxford, where in 1822 h e t ook his B. A. vvith first class honors. He also won the Chancellor's prize for th e best Latin e3say, and w as elected F ellow of Oriel College. H e then went to Germany where h e studied philosophy at Heid elb erg, and on his r eturn t o Oxford took the degrees of M'aster of A rts, Bachelor and Doctor of Divinity, and in 1828 was or ..lained in the Church of E.ngla1id. The sam e year h e was appointed R egius Professor of H ebrew in the U ni ve rsit y of Oxford. From earli est childh ood Dr. Pusey seems t o have meditated deeply "" up c n · religion. In 1827 he 1net Newman and th e t wo b ecame fa :::t fri E'nds. Tl1is friendship was so firm that later .grave differe r~ces could not break it. The condition of the Church of Englan d at this time was, from a religious p0int of view, extremely h ad. The clergy mostly r egard ed the church as a means of livelihood. Th e r ectors w ho had good benefices lived as well as they co ul d, 2.ncl did as littl e wo rk as possible. l\'I ost of th em hunted, cl ancec1 and frequently drank and swore. The curates did th e wo rk and recei vecl an average salary of fifty pounds a year, and

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1rom' preaching for three years. H e th en wei1t to the Channel Isles fo,r a time, and introduced into Sark the u s·e of the surplice. '1' he one h e wore ~.s still kept there as a r elic. vVhen he returned t o Oxford h e pref~ced his fir st sermon by saying, "God in His infinite w isdom has precluded me fr om addressing you for three years." Those three years were anxious ones for England. The ·q uestions h eard on all sides we r e, " \iVhat will Pusey do ?" . "Will h e go t o R ome?" " I s the whol e of the unive rsity going to turn Cath olic?" T h e morning papers were eage rly scann ed for any news. of Dr. P usey's doings. During this time, Dr. Newman came out of his temporary obscurity, into w hi ch h e had r etired a.fter the publication of Tract XC, by accepting "the true faith, once for all delive red to the saints." Noth in g but th e conversion of Dr. P usey could have s ha ken E n gland more. One by one, "Faber, O·akelcy, l\1:orris, the t wo \Vilb erfor ces, :Manning and oth ers, th e g r eat supporters of the O·x fo rd 1\tiovement, became Catholics alid Pusey and K:e ble were left alon e. Duririg· these years P usey remained very qni et, but aro u sed him self once again to stand up for orthodoxy in the celebrated Go rham controversy. D~r. Phill potts, Bishop of Exete r, refused t o institute Dr. Gorham to a rich bene.· fice b ec ause h e denied b aptismal regeneration. It was decided by the Pri1i- y Council that t his was n ot a n ecessary articl e of beli ef, · despite the fact that t he twenty-seventh article of the T hirty-nine Articles strictly lays clown t h e doctrine of baptismal regene ration. Dr. Pusey hrave ly uph eld this doctrine, and when it was decided that no one was bound to believe in it, everyone feared that Dr. Pusey would submit to the Pope. ·M anning b ecame a Catholic at this time , and u sed all his influenc e to persuade Pusey to do likewise. but with no avail. · In 1846 Dr. Rusey inaugurated the confessional in the Church of England. His admirers traveled miles to make t heir confes- · sions him , and h e even used to receive confessions by mail. I-Iunclreds wrote to him for sp iritual advice, and he was m ost careful about answering all these letters. At the request of his dau g hter Lucy, who died youn g, h e founded the A n g lican O'rder of the Sisters of Charity. Afte r this fir st convent h ad been found. :eel, several ot h ers rapid ly sprang up , all of which were minute · .copies of sii11 ilar Catholi c institutions. In r866, when th e cholera broke out in London Dr. P usey took lodgings in the heart of the plague-stricken district and by his example en couraged all.d h elped these nobLe sisters who were ministetin g angels in that dreadful scen e of squalor -and death. Many a dying wretch was cheered and comforted by th e learn ed but kind ly, and who will gain say . it, holy professor of Heb.rew. In 1828 ·Dr. P usey married, but his w ife died in 1839, and

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after that time he lived a verv , trict, au . tere life. He ob- erved the canonical hour ·, and rigidly kept all fa .. t~ and day of ab -tin· ence. His appearance wa eminently uited to his role. \Vhile st :11 a young man he looked old; his countenance attenuated and wrinkled from the austerity of his life and the bent shoulder~ of a student gave him the· appearance of a . eptuagenarian. He was always grave and :eriou .. , and e\Ten the under graduates at Oxfonl n e\'er connected a joke with him. He was not an orator, but always drew large audiences. A.: a cholar he wa. chiefhr eminent, although caring little fe r literature and art. It was . aid of him that he knew tl'e writing: of the Fathers by' h ?art. and ~om~ acru:-:ed him cf thinking in Hebrew. 'To those who knew h im intimately Dr. Pusey':-; character had a _· ingular charm. He was aiways kind to those who 8ought hi: addce in :piritual difficelti <:> ' , and was ever ready to ·acrifice his ow11 time, comfort anti on venience , in order to help those in trouble. Hi pen wa: con~ stantlv emplnved, and be:-;ides writing many book., found time t o lo(;k after ~ large corre~pond ~ nce. His n1o:t important workg a rc on "Baptism". "Fa~ting''. and "~in .\fter Dapti. m." He al&o wrote two books on ' 'The Reat Presence." ~Tone of his books w ill • e,·cr make popular reading-, like Cardinal "·-ewman's, as they ar(: h~ ~) :rholarly and interspersed with Latin, Greek and Hebrew (;no tations . nesides. he did not ha\'e the facil ~ and beautifu l style of the Chatorian. Cnnsidering the condition of the Church of Eng·land in I 30 and what it is today. who will say that Pusey's enterprise ,,·as not a nnhle nne? Today th e holy communion is celebrated daily in 11early all churches. Yestments are universally worn. ~n Anglican will deny the doctrine of baptismal regenC"rati{1ll, and all the H igh Church party belie,·es in the Real Presence. Bdore Pusey's time the Church of England was a church for the rich ami elite. but today the :\ngelican minister works nobly among the poor. \ \'hv Dr. Pusey tH~ \· er became a Catholic is a mY!'> ten· that will ne,~er be snh·;.d on this side of the gra,·e. l,it;s I.; once said tn him ... Dr. Pusey, you are like the b ell that calls people to clmrch. vet ne\·er goC'~ i;1side itself.'' \\'e cannot at·cn!'-e him o f 1ns1n ce ritv or nf di~lwnt:'stY in adhering to the church of his birth. He h<ul t;o chance of beit;g made a bishop, as he was considereJ too dangen)lt.~ a man. and when appointed Profes. or of ·Hebrew he had re--·ei,·ed all the advancement he could hope for. A man of stnpL'ndons learning, of g-reat ability and intellect, yet he could not .· C'c the light. There wa: .·omething p ecttliarly appropriate in the singing- of CardiNal :\ ewman',s beautiful hymn. "Lead Kindly Light." at hi: funeral. Perhaps when beyond the yalJey of the sha<1ow of dea.th he aw the light he had been looking for all his

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life. It is difficult to , think w h at the full result might have been,. if P usey had becow e a Catholic , but it is not too much to say that at least a guaLrter of the people of England would have fol- · lowed him. A h! P usey, what a chance was yo urs! Catholi cs think of Purcy w ith a little Jove. H.e put life into the moribund body of the English Church , and at the same time caused more conversions than any other man. The efforts ·of his wo rk are felt today in every convert who comes to the true faith fr orn Protestantism . He mad e A ngli can theologians think and prcty, and if they only do enough of both they will soon all be Catholics. Protestantism is dying and it w ill not be long before th e H c ly Cat holic Church wi ll once again be supreme in England. V\T e can 'not look for th e Church of England becoming Catholic in a body, but the number of conversions. is rapidly increasing .. Protestantism has only lasted abo ut four hundred years and 1s now 111 its last gasps. • '

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union t h ere is strength"; it became a bywo rd with our fore-father s when they were held ben eat h the iron · heel of a r elentl ess t yra nt , its sign ificance was urged upon th em by all the m edium s of thou g ht ; newspapers were won t to depict by adept cartoons their sad ending unl ess tl1 c>y -vvo ulcl unite into on e solid mass and as a g iant in perfect ph ~rs i c al condition , bid defi ance to th e unjust laws enacted .against th em and finall y br eak the rod that prodded them on. But of wh::tt avail would this unification have been had there been nobocly to take the leade r·s hip. The Colonies, even though conglom-· eraterl. into one, would have been as a rudderless ship tossinga bout on the raging sea, in grave danger of ·momentarily b eing; dashed to pieces on some treacherou s rock. Yes, a leade r was· nec essa ry, one -vvho could take the helm and guide th e ship of state through the storms that threatened her and bring h er safelyi.nto the port of her destination. The Co lonies found such a leadetin the person of George Washington. VI ashington was not onl:y· a le- 2vder; h e was also an organizer, a former. H e drew upon alt parts of the then settled country for the material for his army.

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nationalities were repres,ented am ong the recruits. Their amhitions, customs, language, and manners differed in certain d egrees but they were all inspired with a love for liberty and jpsbce. \Vith this · foundation to work o n Washington, by his perseverance, diligence , and dext erity, moulded this 1i.1ass of cru d material into a well disciplined and formidable army. My purpose h ow,ever is not to discourse upon the achievements of military leaders but to show the need today of lay Catholic leader ship, th e nec ess ity of which we see on all sic1es of u s, espec:ia ll y in the s unn y land s of ·France and It<Y.Y· In France, Freema. onary is holding full sway, and dominatin g by artful devices and crafty m eans the w ill of the p eople. Th e Masons w ho today gcvern F rance are n ot in the majority; th ey do not r epresent a great part of the p eople , th ey are not a large p erc entage of the population. 0 11 th e contrary, if number be co n sid er ed they only mak e up a meaget: minority-6o,ooo Masons out of a population of 40,ooo,ooo. But they arc th or oughl y o r g aniz ed and work harm oniou s ly und er comp etent l ~ adership and h ence are able to present a bold fr ont and exercise a powerful control, subjugating hnndr eds of thous ands of Cath olic s and enacting laws that tend to r oh t h ese peopl e of what is nearest and clear est to their hearts ·- - their r eligi on. Conditions in Italy, w hile n ot as bad as in Fr;-~nce, are rapidly approaching th e sam e sta ge-th e Eternal City it ~e lf baving for its mayo r a H ebrew Freemason. In the last election the Anti-Clericals were elect ed to offi ce by a numb er of votes t hat does n ot r epresent even one-fifth of the number of vot er s. There was absolu tely no contest, n o resistance, on the part of th e Catholic party. Here as in F r ance. the Catholics far o utnu mber the Anti-Christian eleme nt, but they are dormant, th e-:v· need som eb ody to arouse th em, som ebody who can prevail o n tbe m to for get t h e petty and foolish differ ences that divide th em and w hich in t h e .en d w ill lead both to their own and their co~_mtry's ruin..: "B ut," to qu ot e the Roman correspondent o.f the New Y ork Freeman's Journal, "t h e pity of it is that throughout all th e len gt h and breadth of th e penin sula there is not as far as th e e·v e can see, a single lay man capable of acting as a really competent leader. .May God send one soon both to France and Ita ly." vV t hav e before our eyes palpable examples of what can be ac compli s h ed by true lay Catholic leade rs, even in the face of th e great est adve r sity and the strongest opposition. What power, what cunning, w hat strategy was left unused to ob t ru ct the imn- ortal O'Connell in . his fight for R eligious Emanc ipation. All the resources of a wealthy empire, all the intriques of crafty, shrewd and unscrupulous statesmen we r e marshalled against

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hi'rn. but in vain; O'Connell was a consum'm ate leader and he led a people who know how to unite when their religion is at · stake. Winclthorsff in Germany is another Catholic lay-leader to vvbom Catho1icy can look up with pride. If his chief adversary, the Iron Chancellor, has merited world-wide fame 1 how' much . wore honor and praise are due Windthorst, since it was he who first compelled Bismarck to retreat, and who won f01~ his pers~ cuted brethren in the Fatherland a victory of mom.entous importtance. These men embodied in their lives the highest ideals of virile Catholicity, and they inspired that virility in their fellowrnen. By their courage and their zeal n01 less than by their transcendent genius they have won for the Church freedom of gov- . ernment an d wors hip which is her divine prerogative but of which h er enemies are constantly on the alert to deprive her. · Snch men, I say, are models after which all Catholic laymen should pattern their lives. \iVhat a blessing it would be if France and Italy had among their sons of the present time men of this calibre. But · not on ly must we Catholi cs deplore the lack of sufficient uirity and competent leadership in these foreign lands , we must also acknowledge that we ourselves stand in great need of such organization and leadership. in our own country. Although things here have not reached the ac ute stage attained in · other parts of the world, and there is little likelihood that they ev er w ill , nevertheless there is growing up among u s a spirit of SociaEsn;. which in some places has r eached the state of anarchy. Th1c: has been brought to our notice most strikingly within the last few clays when a priest of God was murdered at the altar, struck down by the hand of a blood-thirsty and law hating anarc:hist, who in all probability h ad conceived his diabolical idea after reading or listening to the teachings and doctrines of some anarchst organi zation and hatched the plan of murder and was ner ved to its execution within the walls of some socialistic hall, even in the limits (),f our own city. These clubs and organizations, one of whic h has chosen for its pa~ticular patron that unprincipled w r etch , Giordano Bruno, do riot confine themselves merely to holding periodical meetings at which they denounce in speech and demonstration our Church and priests, but they have gone so far as to assail our clergy, and all other authority in the most scandal0us, approbrious, and denunciatory terms in a red press e~tablishecl by them and we of Chicago have felt the sting of this venomous serpent within the past few days when an attempt was made upon the life of our brave chief of police by a member of one of these clubs. That such conditions should prevail in this country is most lamentable; not only is it a crime against the priest, or a religion or a city, but it is a crime against

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q uering and subduing the combined force s of vice, graft, and corrnp t politics, and of rooting up in its incipiency the v et:J.omous vine ~~ Socjalism ere .it~ ntwines itself around the tender lily of true hberty and drag tt to the earth.

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N. THESE clays of w hol esale cntle1sm certain ecl uca~ .t o rs have been making u se of every effort t o rid the high schools and academ ies of th eir Greek letter socie ~ ties, commonly known as "Frat s." In their efforts to extirpate thi s evil , certain of these have -even gone so b .r as to attack the collegiate national fraternity syst em which for n:s an 路 in separabl e part of American college and university ]i:fe. These have evidently confounded th e college frats with the high school frat erniti,es concerning w hich it is my purpose to yv ri,te, fof., since the papers are daily teeming with this subject, it \vill no doubt be of in1terest to us students, to examine the principles and actions of the high school fraternities and then judge as to whether they should be perm:itted to exist or ignominiously sink ih the slough of public opinion created for the 111iserable and co ntemptibl~ e. Fraternities undoubtedly have their 9 bj ect in college a.c tivity, and although at tim es th eir res ults may be ev il , they are wonderfully prolific in yielding good . However, as much may not be said for th e high school societies. T''heir sole proficiency li es in th eir capacity for absorbing and r etaining evil. In the high schools, the socieites. are an unmistakahle 路 annoyance and a nuisance of considerable magnitude. Their 8ole aim is to ape the college societies, and as most apes th ey are now sufferin g th e cotl.sequences of their m onk ey-like t actics. I have jn t said that they desire to ape the coll ege soc ieties but must add that they imitate only their faults. TlK路 high sch ool fraternity is to b e condem ned for various reason s,--because it ba.s not even a plausible exc u s~ for existence, because it fosters and breeds vicio us inclinati ons in its m~e mb e r s, hec3.t1S e it sub verts the purpose of the high school an d t en ds to develop an ignorant class of m en , and last but not l路east, because it de-stro ys cbaracter. It has no good r eason for exist ence. This is a statement which is easily demonstrated. The circ umstances in college, which make fraternities essential, do not exist in the

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Having v iewed these frat ernities from a social and mor.al sfandpoint, 'it would no doubt be well to cite an instanc e in reference_ to · their _rel~ious ~e ncl enc_ies .. Two years or so ago t~1 e 0. K. P1 fratermtyTo£ Hyde Park H1gh Schoo l were prepanng a play tvb ich was a lampoon and burlesque on the Iris h race. One of their number, who was supposed to b e a clever cartoonist, was -directed to arrange a caricature which was to be cop-ied and _p laced on placards. To the int ense indig nation of the Catholics of the district, who procured an injunction to st op it, a picture of an Irish woman standing by a wash-board, beneath a portrait - of the l\1aclonna and chi ld, was printed. This so-ca lled clever · ~cartoon had been the talk of the 'frat ' members for the preceding week and the delight with which they received it only s h ows the vitiated and tarnished state of their moral f.aculties, i.f they possessed any. In view of all these things the Board of Education of the Cit y of C bi ~ago, in its meeting of January roth, of this year, voted to abolish secret societies in the high schools of Chicago. Besides abolishing the societies, it was decided that all members Df the fraternitie s be suspended, which is equivalent to;· expulsion, the former t erm b eing u sed only as a matter ·of safety in future legal cases. This vote, however, was not unanimous. One member voted again st it, saying: ((In my opin ion there will be a re-or ganiz ation independent of the high schools." And this is exactly w hat has occurred at Hyde Park and several other schools. They are taking th e fig·ht to the Supreme Court and it is th eir intenti on to organize ind epen dently if defeated there. In making tl1is fight th ey will have the sympathy of non1e save themselves. The college fraternities have, through their refusal to accept high 8chool frat men as members, gone on necorcl against these eyesore5. It may b e that the board can successfull y combat and conquer this growing evi l and exercise a new influence, through the formation of democratically organized clubs, and indee-d, this plan has been found feasible. One thing however looms through all these fact s. The fraternity members are in need of shar1) ::md strong discipline. When this is g iven , it will be found that tbe cities· which have administered the antidote wi ll possess the best schools; they will have a better and more democratic class of men; the moral proclivities of its stud ent s will incline toward the right; in general, it will be found, that both the students and schools will each year g row better and better, producing good results, until at some not far distant date the - citizens of each city will have some excellent products to show as the effect of their present exorbitant taxation.

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IMP QtN at moking a cle r Havana m hi elaborate room at the Waldorf. He had a great reputation among the fashionable people of New York for hi col~~~ ·'li!F,"'"11~ lection of rare and pricele. s gem ~ . It wa hi hobby to t ravel the world ov ~ r .gathering these glittering fortunes regardles of their co t. Whenever any famous p.~ rson vLitecl K ew York he alway visited Simp on's gem collection. On this particular day while Simpson at ·moking, there came a hurried knock on hi door. Simpson opened the door to confront a wild-eyed ·tranger, who tried to talk o fast that he could not be under tood. tmp on was about to ring for the hou e attendant , when the tranger fell onto the sofa as if he had fainted. Simp ~ on immediately dashed water into his face, which revived him. Thi fainting pel! seemed to calm him, for he began to talk more intelligently. ''Your life i in great danger,'' ga ·peel this stranger, "for a body of anarchi ts arc going to kill you; you being the heir to the English throne.'' " Simp ~ on was at once convinced that this man mtL t be crazy and he was about to call for a sistance. when he wa · interrupted by the ouncl of hurried footsteps in the hall and then hi door was opened by ~ everal excited men, dressed in the garb of a ylum keepers. At the sight of the e men the tranger made a lunge at Simpson and would have grabbed him by the throat had .not the other men interferred.. "Be quiet. George," aid their leader, ' 'vho was dre sd as a doctor, "and you hall have all the gem 1n the ' oriel. "ThL man ha ju t e capecl from my private anitarium .on · Thirty-fir t treet and we have arrived ju t m time to saye you from being injured," he whi ~ pered to imp on.

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Sim·p son vvi:mted to thank the doctor for his timely assist~ a~ce, but the latt~r bade him hu:rry into the n1 ext room. As s,oon as Simpson $'assed into the next room the one who looked like a doctor quickly s lipped a key from his pocket into the door of the room: into which Simpson had just pass,ed and turned · the lock. The rest of the men, after removing the handcuffs from the one who had appeared to be insane, began to collect all the valuables in the room, among these Simpson's priceless gems. They went about so methodically that the once glitteri1i.g room 'was ba.fe in a few minutes. The contents of the room w·ere then placed in several large suit ca es which one of the men m:agica'lly brought forth. The one who had assum·ed the role of doctor then spoke to -Simpson through the keyhole. "You had better wait until we have the lunatic outside before you come into this room for he may feel your presence at a great distance and become irrational again. " Simpson consented to wait, but when he finally succeed·ed in getting out he found that he had been very cleverly robbed. This account never reached the police, for Simpson had a dread of being laughed at.

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EDITORIALS. Although ,liberty and license, freedom and the abuse thereof, are as antithetical as b lack and white, or truth and falsehood, there seems to be a great tendency to confound them. Freedom is now interpreted by many, as the right to do anything and everything we please Free regardless of the rights of others. This is the Speech kind of freedom that the anarchists are clamoring for, and because they do not get it they think that they are being denied the r ights accorded them by the D路eclaration of Independence and the Constitution. Poor de luded fools. Do they imagine that the gove 1~nm路ent should furnish them fire. brands wherewith they may burn everything that ~neets their ga-ze? They say that our government is a tyrannical oppressor, because t hey are not allowed to disseminate their venomous doctrines of free t hought, free love, fr ee robbery, and even _free murder. As a sample of' what could be h ea.rd every side, could the 路

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.-amt::·c hists obtain what they called freedom of spee<;:h, we ta~e the -following from a diabolical utterance of E. M:cintosh, delivered l.n Chicago. A1-fi'ong other things he said: "My mother was a 1iar when she taught me to be honest and not to steal and 'rob, - '"'I'he preacher was a - - liar when he told me to beheve in God. -~ They are all liars. The whole of society is a mass of liars." And ·-this is what they call liberty _of speech, this unnatural and bias- ph~mous abuse of everything human and· divine. We all love freedom; it is i1'1 the air, but let us not allow our pure Anierican . -atmosphere to be poisoned by allowing such demons .as M:cintosh, · G:-Jldmap and the rest, to exhale . upon it their noxious breath.

The ever-onward triumphal march of Catholicity seems to -·b e a matter of some apprehension for our protestant friends. They are becoming alarmed at the nnmber that i-B abandoning the ranks of protestantism to embrace Cause for the saving doctrines of God's true Church. ProtesAla.rm. tant leaders openly proclaim that their religions have fa.ilecf to perform their missions. Bishop \ l in:cent of Inclianap.o lis, lately addressing his - brothcr-1\Iethodists. said: "\"! e need keep a sharp lookout for the ; Church of Rome. The most acut~~ the most persistent, the most ingenious, th_e rnost faithful set of men a.ncl women in this coun. try today are the pri ests and nuns of the R oman Catholic Church. · They · are busy every day an;d everyvvhere w·i th the purpo5e of - brin-ging up a race of loyal Catholics.'' He sounds this as a note - of warning, but does he think that he can in anyway retard the progress of the Church, by giving this alarm? If so, he is sadly mistaken and doomed to bitter disappointment. Ea.c h succeed- ing clay strengthens the ranks of Catholicism, whiLe it weakens · · those <?·f · protestantism. Let us not forget the duties that we ovve to these converts that daily increase our nurnber. We owe them ihe benefit of our good example; we must be for them the , - living examples of the doctrines of our holy re~igion; w'e mus t ~· show them what Catholicism really means, and what its mem-

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The N ew Vl orld is to be congratulated on its good fortune of once more having as 1ts editor l\ll r. Chas. O'Malley. As a writer of editor-·i~tl s i1i~. b;Milley .is a p_e er among l_}!eers, an_·d . h? is . a1r.o :a:' ~~- d . of ~ ~e~l-kno~n ability. InMr. O'l\-1alley's. obtammg Nir. 0 · lalley as :1ts ed1tor, the New Return.. 'VV odci is Jort.uriate ':' in.: settiring a man of · uns ... ·ving fidelity to principles o£ the !oftiest species. :· He \vill stand unflinching-ly for the truth, and let those whose bigotry and na.rrow scope of minct get the better of them , beware- of his j1-1~t: yegg_eance. \ Vhat Catholics in America, .in France, -i1)i"' c.t ,a+I.~69ei . the world, n eed today ar~ htmdreds of ji1st. .such . men . as Mt.:. O'l\!Ialley; men who will' finnly stand for their coi;r victiot1s; come what :will; men who will not be· Q'ttidecl by. :what· Gt}l er . peop~e .w i ll say, but who wi ll listen only to that inner. voice which ; w:ill . stue ly g uide them aright. Catholic-ity is at . present . advanc~ng ·with a . rapid stride, but with· su ch men as these- h _el~ _pace wi ll be . d~u?l y : fast. V\fe students,. whose opportuniti_es ar~ . ~~-a!1.y, ~ h(:ml~ - not _be :satisfied to follow; we should prepare ourselves to lead. There are many who will foll ow, bHt Catholic leaders are first ne eded. •

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Revs. J. H~ Nawn, EL Bourg1et and J. Lamarre are spending their furlough in E1t1rope: Dt1ring the holy week the Rev. Fathers expect to be present at the services in St. P1eter's, R on-ie. P. Niurphy was among the K. of C. vi ~ itor s at the college· recently. On Wednesday, April 22, Mr. Bernard O'Connor and Miss·M~rtha Cozeneuve were united in marriage in St. Claire' Chapef,. Bay St. Louis, M.ississippi. It is always a source of great pleasure for Alma l\.1ater to he:1r of the a~hievements of her. sons, especially along inteiiec-

THE VIATORIAN ttial lines.. The latest alumnus to display his talents to the people of Kankakee was Mr. 'ferrence B. Cosgrove B. A., '04., M A.,. 'o6 .. now an attorney in Danville, Ill. It was at the banquet in K8.nkakee, on J\f ard-11 29_, given by the Knights of Columbus of St. Viateur's Council, that Iyir. Cosgrove delighted his audience. ln the absence of !-Imi. T F. Donovan, who· was to respond to a toast, Mr. Cosgrove was called upon to give a talk and amid the applause of a number of former schoolmates ~ and professo·r s. he· 1 •

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Terrence· B. Cosgrove B. A., 'o4, M. A., 'o6. rose to his task. To say that he succeeded would be putting it milJly. lie immediately claim.e d th,e attention of every person in the hl:lge hall a11d treated them to the finest impromptu speech ·· heard in Kankakee in years. His words of enthusiastic acl!mira. tion fdr Catholic · colkges, and . especially for St. Viateur's., w·e re s1ncen~ -and forceful, coming as th ey did from one who has hacf the privaege of studying at different institutions. His sentiments were 'noble and inspiring, his words simple and appropriate, v,rhile the pleasing force and energy of his delivery recalled the days when "Terry" was our foremost debater. He spent the· · 11ext day pleasantly at the college. We need .not w·i sh M•r. Cosgrove success; we · feel that we need only wa.i t awhile and then: . we will be kept ·busy recording his achievements.

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One of the strikin g ip. novations of th e March exchanges, aJ?-d one w hich ca ll s forth OUr admiration, is th e controvers(· waged h e ~· wcen Niaga1 ra Index and the erratic and abusive Speotat:otr of Colnmbu s~ O hio. To eve n the cas ua l reader , _who is not in sympathy w ith eithe r cause, it rs at once apparent that the attempts of ~: h e Spectartor t o prove the charges it prefers against the Ca~· l 1 u1ic Chur ch a r e palp ably weak and lack the str ong, clear and forc efu l logic w hich cha racterizes the r eply of the Index. Its ''proofs'' co ns ist mostly in g ratuitous ass,erti ons or in quotations fr orn so me obscure writer, hence they have little weight. To S0!""\1f' it may seem regretable t hat s u ch controversies enter into ·thc8e jou r na ls and th at p r actically the entire Index o f March 15t ~1 was of necessity utili zed in the answer, but it seems that s n ch encounters are in evitable, and 1vil1 continue t o arise until · c c:rta i :~ non-Catholic magaz ines acq ui re a m ore wholesom~e r,e-gard for t h e truth. It is pleas ing t o note that the In.diex more than beJel iLc; ground; for which offense it w i11 probably "suffer" th e same fate as did th e Viatorian some three year s ago in a similar controversy wi th the Specta'tor~the latter will probably scratc h it off th e list as a n " undes irable· exchange." We cong rrd.ulate the Ind!ex u pon its vict ory and particularly upon the fajr, ~quare and gentlemanly treatm ent accorded to its opponent. The chi ef a ttraction offer ed in the S. V. C. Index for March js the seconcl in stallment of "The Dragon," b egun in the February nnmber. A lthou g h devoid of a ll dialogue it nevertheless h old s the r eader's attention throu g h the rich disp-lay of imagin ati c; n and th e clever n a rration of the t ale. It is unu sually long .for a coll ege paper and woul d h ave gained much through the i!lt rcd ttc ti on of conversatio n, b u t a s it is, Mr. Kiley is to b e congrai tda ted on his eifort. "Some Facts of Iri sh Literatur e" is tru e to its name and ser ves very well for re feren ce but contains little of lit erary excell ence. Th e sam e mi g ht be said of the " L ife of vVi lliam Shakespeare," which is m er ely a com p endium of prominent elates in the im:mo rtal bard 's life with a surmise as to th e dates on w hi ch hi plays were written. To say the least, the .article is of little v alue, since it contains nothing more than may be fo u nd on tl1e s h e-lves of every library of any preten sions; It

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. From p.ersona.I experience we are acquainted with the diffind~y of procuring worthy or even presentable stories for publication and our greatest efforts to arouse the dormm1t novelists have reaped littl e reward. But the 1\!Iarch Fleur D:e LiSi has evide ntly"' discov€,t~· ed a. l,1appy plan for filling its pages with clever and interesting fi ction by introducing t~e "Apollinaris Club."' D·c spite its name, this club is in no way affiliated with the " local opti cm'' party (t he F1e'Ur De Lis is published in St. Lo uis) but 1s composed of a number of congenial fellows who make merry e ver A poll inaris and eu chre. The story is the joint produc6on of f•Jt:i.r wri ters who se comb in ed work gives an interesting account o f the history and happenin gs o.f the club. We found the story v.~ r y interest in g and hope the youn g m.en wi ll continue to pr es ent the se characte rs to us in future issu es. "A Labyrinthin e Way,"' l'.: hich gives th e impress ions the "Scarl et Lett er " made upo n the wri~ er ~ shmvs diligent re earch and mu ch gre.ater ability for criticisiPg- than is co mmonly found in coll0ge . journals . The writer . enthusia stically pronounces the Scarlet Letter, " the masterpieceof American fiction," and though at first we might r efu se to agflcc with him·, still a · car efu l perusal of the i·easons he sets f0rth. togeth er vvi th his presentation of the traits of the different chare1 cters and the great moral th e book inculcates, cause us to alt f" r our op ini on and perc eive th e hidden valu e of th e work. The· entire Fleur De Lis speaks we ll for the energy and originality of thG ed itors .. Th e old adage that looks are oft.en d ece iving is forcibly impre~ sed upon the reader w bo first looks * through and then r·e acls the S.t. joh11:'~ R'eco,r d. We hav e always been somewhat awed by the unattractive and so lemn appearance of th e Riecord but after· :E~igen t ly r eading the March iss ue we pronounce it an excellent .JOUrn;:tl } worthy of a b etter makeup than it now receives. "The · Rc?.t c)£ our Present Evils" bewails th e prevalence of crime in the-Ur:pted States and with the aid of statistics proves that through -

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a compan son of the numb er of h omic ides 111 our cm1ntry and 'Germany, the laUer is " t wenty-five t im es more civilized than the U nite<l States." It is an exceedingly well-written essay which portt-ays the disastrous effects of the Reformation and private . judgment, w hile on the other hand it shows t h e .g reat p ow·ers of t ll e Cath...0li c Church for preserving and increasing morality. Those who cle1ight in rid iculin g th e spring poet s and other sp1ecies .of lovers of th e m t1se s hould r ead the article entitl.ed, "Oln the Vah1e of P:oetry in Elve ryday Life." "Truly," as one of our edito!·s remarked after examining the Rre:c ord and the names enrolled -on its staff, " th e Record r e.aQis lik e a page from Schiller." >:' St. John's Record and Tlhe Loretto Crescent spell it "thru."

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-\Vbil st po ets take in th e b eauties of n ature freqttently their '\lvivcs tak e in washing. -Truth is stranger t han fiction , but some people are stranger t han both. -As in bowling, so in the game of life, many roll in the gutter. --Set y our expectations at naug ht and you will b e agreeably ·surprised. - :M any a student vv ho claim s t o be looking for knowledge, th e oth er way .

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-To many yo uths the g r eatest h eroes elwell between the cove'rs of dim e novels. - Collars and cuffs m ay keep you in fashion but not in refinem ent. -To walk correctly one must so metimes be out of step with a. Jarge company. -Vv"'here everyone minds his own businc s and month 8h ut-the g raveyard.

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1•1 Btbletic moteSl~ I Bas:ehalL ,,Tbe ~ lot~ · ~a i ted opening of the baseball season is now at anct wtthtfi the next two weeks Capt. Conway's b un ch of st ar~ . ~ill be well on the way to rhid-season form. The long, wea~ie d grind in the cage has tired them and it was w ith great satisfaction that early in the month t he w'o rk was transferr1ed to Bergin Field . . There is no letup in t h e daily two hours of practice a·nd the men are rapidly arising to the scratch and coming aro11ncl in fine m._e ttle. It is safe to say that the team this year is c ~111 p•osed of the b est of college material in the country. Hard, . cons<:cntive vvork by Bachant has cinched the catching position fo1· hi m . His work so far proclaims him equal to anything St. Viate11r's has produced for the pivotal position in r.ecent years. He is a handy man with the stick; and his wo rk as catcher shows coc)ln ess, brains ai1 cl baseba ll ability. Sta.ck and Shiel will do stunts in th e twirling line. " Eddi e" has added some new breakers to l1is already big repertoire a'nd claims his "knuckle-ball" wilL.,.. tease every aspiring ba<fter. Shiel also has a few benders of his own and expect s to fool the batt ers as of yore. Oi'Conn ell has dn-::hccl the initi al sac k and it is safe to predict t hat the big boy ·will m ak e an id eal fir st sack er. Berry at second continues t o impro ve . He has picked up i·n his batting and manages to k eep all groun der s from getting- by. He is expected by all t o constellate -around t hat sack. 1\II'a honey is a fi x ture at short. He knows the game fr om A to Z and has demonstrated his ability in form er years. " A I" l'vlcOarth y is doing active work at the far corner. He :; s em olcl hand at the game and his work can scarcely be im-provc :-1 upon. In th e fi eld there is little qu estion of positions. Capt. Convvay will occupy his chair in left garden as formerl y. "'Pat " Legris, by his past work, has plac ed an indisputable claim. to t h e center pasture. "Sol" McCarthy, last year's back-st op, is gatherin g in the balls in the rig ht dem esne with all the brilliancy that w on for him the titl e of "Sol." I-Ie is the Hoffman o f th e . team . For the substitute pos ition Slattery, Coss, and Nourie, are all displaying good form and at this elate the writer is unabk to do the Columbus stunt in naming the lucky man . The tean1 as chos en cm~tain s nine veterans who have all earned their V tbrou gh stellar work on the diamond. Manager Kelly has ·p1annecl an extensive sch edule for the team. It embraces · all th e fe ams of any ability in the Central ~ tates . Handicappcscl as he •

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T HE VIATORIAN was thrc.ugh the refu al of the "Big Eight" to play any but conference teams, he has displayed enough executive talent to enable him to announce the be t chedule ever afforded local fans,. Besides the pre-season gan1.es with Kankakee and Momence, and several games for which he i at present dickering, the schedule 1s as follows : ·

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. ~ - A. April 25-Armour Institute at Bergin Field. l\1ay 2-Lake Forest U·n~~:ergin Field. T\1ay 8-Knox College at b • Sl'- ~ ' - J--~+f 1\1ay rs--Monmouth College at l\d:onn1outh. May r6-Knox College at Galesburg. 1v1ay r8-DePaul University at Chicago. l'vT av rg-lVIonmouth College at Bergin Field. l\'Iay 22-lVIinnesota University at Bergin Field. J'v1ay 25-Beloit College at Beloit, Wis. :M ay 26-Armour Institute at Chicago. :i\Iav 27-Lake Forest ·university at Lake Forest. J\ Tay 28-St. Ignatius' College at Chicago. l\Iav zg--St. Louis University at Bergin Field. L\Iay 3o-St. Loui University at Bergin Field. j111w t St. Ignatius' College at Bergin Field. ~b-IV /1 -

A ~~ this is about the best treat eyer offered in the baseball lin e ir> these regions, the rooters should show their encouragement ancl loyalty to the team and Alma "P.-1 ater by putting the ''Kibosh·· on the anvil choru , by offering as good goods in he rooting line as "Kell" has shovvn in the managerial function. This can only be clone by con ist ent and organized rooting, by thorough monl ~upport and by a vigorous appreciation of the efforts of tht=> nine. If this is clone the t eam of rgo8 will be all to the violet in I he race for \ V estern College baseball honor .

Although the ba ketball is under key, and the uits in the hands of the cleaners, any inference as to violation of a rule, technical cr othenvi e, by St Viatenr's, is ju tly re ented. Hence the desire to correct a statement in the athletic column of the "Pnrple and \~T hite". t. Viateur's, it is true, u ed nine men in the g-ame again ~ t . . palding (which is ·nobody' bu ines a the captain resfrve the right to place hi men), but it is a vile canard to tatt: that a man had to re-enter the game in order to continue play. Time wa taken out for a man (which i in accordance with the rule . . ) but no harp eye were needed to see that the ·ame man rninu the claret enter ed the game. St. Viateur's

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not accustomed to violate any rule or the spirit of the rules, .and this hyperbolic vision,::(§)£ a double seeing scorer is to he regretted. Hence this explanation. The second team is rapidly rounding into form, and a series ,cf games is being arranged with surrounding. towns, such as St. l\1ary's, Black Rocks, K ankake·e, Bradley Greys, St. Anne, St. George. lV[a·nteno and other teams of like caliber. .As yet no captain has been chosen, nor has the team been selected, but the 1niddle of the month shol.1ld doubtless witness the Reserves attempting to lower the Varsity colors. Last year's Varsity suits have ber:: n tendered to the Reserves' manager and a hot struggle betvveen th·e candidates ought to result f.or the honor of we:anng them. 1

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The Junior and Minim teams have reorganized and exciting games are a daily occurrence on their respective athletic fields . The Junior team opened their season auspiciously on March 29th by ddc-CJting a t eam from Ka.nkakee, 10 to 8, after eleven innings of exciting play. Harrison and Legris were in the points for the Jtmiors.

Minims. Against Champions. li was with the deepest interest that a large crowd of students gathered to see the' final struggle of the lVIinims as the.y played th eir last scheduled game for championship. The victims were the Hamilton Park boys of Chicago, who went clown in an ·ov.erWhelming defeat by a score of 30 to 13. However, we must g.ive them the credit of being exceedingly speedy and tricky ·players, lJut they wer1e unfortunate in throw1ing baskets ~ The Minim s, on the other hand , besides speed and t eam work, had the great facu1ty of dropping the ball in the basket at almost every -attempt. If th e J\1inims h ave mad e th emselves a champion team, it is greatly due to the cl ever coaching of Bro. St. A ubin , as well -as t o their ow n untiring and con stant efforts. The same sp irit and pluck that animated th em last fall w hen they carried off the football honors, were exhibited throughout the basketball season . ~They were possessed with that ambitious spirit that told them never to give up until the whistle in the last half had bade them desist. Scarcely a clay passed that did not see them practicing. We congratulate them on their s uccess, and we hope that .their bas.ebari team will not fall short of the glory with which they have already crowned themselves. The squad ·was composed of the following m1en: C. Parker and L. Jacobi, forwards; A. Ralston, J. Schaefer and J. Williams, centers; G. Lyons, J. Boyle, A .. Gunder1ac11 -and H. Tiffany, guards. Space will not permit us to

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Alumni. Arthur Pepin, .- tudent 'os. of Escan~ba, !\fich., caluwt remain· away from the enticing charms of Illinois. He i: now in Chicago,. where he ha:; obtained a good position with the Commonwe~alth Edison Co. \\re hope that Arthur may be in line when the pro·motions are Hdished ont." Patrick Connor, . tudent '99. wa . on the college premi e a few days ago admiring the improyements of :\lma :\later. He skilfully ayoided an interYiew, but we learned that he is employed· in the offices of the Rock hland railroad in Chicag0. Phillip Collette, student 'os. is poring over the tomes of in the law school connected with Valparaiso l."'"niver-

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Another one of our boy ~ , Jame ~ l\faher, wa pre ent at the of c. initiation and took a prominent part in the exemplification of the third degree, a tho e who went in from here, expecting and hopin for leniency on the part of our old Alumnus, can·

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testify. Mr. Maher also spoke at the banquet in the evenmg. His- subject was : "The CatHolic Knight as an American Citizen.'" \\'.e wotrld be delighted to see more of 1\/I r. tJ:iaher ai1d extend him an invitation to call oftener. '· J

Joe Fit1negan., student !05, was clown lately and is lookir1:g fine. Joe is traveling for a Chicago clothi11g house.

Pete \Vahl, student 'os, was another o·n e of our boys who put in an appearance late ly . "Foxyn is loyal in attending Alma l\/[ater when there is any thing doing. Arthur Slattery, '07, recently employed in Milwaukee, has returned to his home in Clarksville, Tenn., to take charge o·f his father's busine ss during the latter's illness.

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Sweeney, student 'os, has been promoted on the Chicago police force . He is now patrol driver and promises to take good care of a:riy of our boys should they "get in wrong:" The Alumni Editor would b e pleased to receive communications from any of our old students. Wm. McK-e nna, '07, student at Kent College of Law, ·writes that he is trying to get some of "our" old boys interested in a scheme of his. It is a novel idea of Bill's, that of g1vmg the Varsity a reception on their arrival at Chicago during the present ceason. It will be so·mething new, but with such a tireless worker as Bil! pushing it along, we kno·w it will be successful.

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-Tb c parents of many of the juniors should be' thankful because the bow lin g alley managers furni sh their sons with pin monev. -He makes a n oise like a whangdoodle howling in the umberous shad e of a utili s syllabub tree. -:Ryan-(to Bi ll, who sits down immediately after reaching the table) : "Say) ain't you going to wait for grace?" Bill: "Don't be so smart. I don't know no girls around this 路C 0l111 L ry. .

- -Ccwntry Cousin : "Come and visit us during the husking bees.'' Cit y Cousin: "Q ui t you'r kiddin'. I'm wise; they nev,e r husk bees." --Shu路r ty: "I saw a very touching tragedy today." Con: "Impossible." Shorty: ''Yes, Bunk tried to borrow a dollar, but didn't o :ge..+ 1路r.'"' -

-Poet: " Here's a po em entitled 'Amid the Fire'-" Editor: "IJ\Tell, just leave it there, and shut the door." - --\ Vhom you do, do well, or they may recover and well-. - Teacher: "\iVho were the l\.1inute Men?" Juni or: uThey 1nust have been soldiers w,i thout sweethearts to bid good-bye."

- A Grouch: "You said you'd sure give me a fit with this suit." Tailor: "Judging from your looks I think you have it." -Jim: "Somethin' the matter with the machine?" Bill: (unde r the autor"No I jut got under to keep out of the rain."

- Sadone: " Poo r man, he done many good things in his life." Gc.Jdbrick: "Evidently, I was one of them."

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- I rem ember, I remember Th e town where I was born, The littl e city where the bars vVere open night and morn'; The h angers-on around the door A red-nosed, thirsty tribe They tell me now that th ey are ~o ne The town has vot·e d dry. The preachers foned a vote and knocked Then1 hig her than the sky; T11ey t ell me that the hangers-on Are sc aU.ered and forlorn A ncl that I wouldn't know th e town The town where I was horn .

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- .T he spring poetry bug will get you if you don't watch out. W t have evidence that b e is working in thi locality at presettt, frotn the following which wa.s picked up in the yard and mtt·s t have been blown from somebody's window: H ·e r eyes are like tlre dawn of day, J-fer smile would daze the sane t man, I-J er teeth like pearls from Oy ter Bay, H cr style the best in Michigan. To learn her name I'll go the limit, H ei·. friend from Kank will not be in it, I'll make her love me too, gol-ding it, Thf· old church bell will loudly ring it.

Widermans! is it makes the man feel good? pierces through his p.ate of wood? itches underneath his hood? thoughts help make his merry mood? ·W.idermans ! \Vhat is it fills his brain with joy And help s rejuvenate the boy? '\Vhat is it swells the "hoy polloy ?" Who was it said " L 'Etat c'est moi"? \7\lidermans! vVhat brew is made in Ohio, That makes a certain stlldent blow Its virt uous tonic, high and low, To men who hail froin Chicago? V/'idermans !

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There wa a young lad at So. Haven Who thought he'd go in a bathin' A crab caught hi toe, or wo uldn 't let ·go And set the poor fellow a ravi1i.'

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To school came a lad from Perew, When he arrived he felt kinda' blew; "'The boy tea e m,e o" He ~ aid , ' Gue. s I'll blo'" ~ o back to Perew then he flew.

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THE VIATORIAN T here w a a youn g lad called O'R ourke, W ho h aled from the county of Cou rke ; He o-rew rat her tall, Six and a half feet in all ; He wa given the cognomen "Stourke." P. J. CURLEY.

Spring. D. M.c Auliffe 'og. The day i warm and pa ing fair, The sky is blue and deep, The smell of pring is in the air, The roomers are asleep. The pupil they their work will shirk Their books thev cast aloft, The prefecfs wearing 路 every day The frown that won't come off. To tell the truth 'tis passing strange vVhat subtle poisons lurk In joyous spring to disarrange The strict ro utine of work. It is a ~ if the world had ceased It~ mad pursuit for fame, And finds in "dolce far nient's'' bower The simple life that's tame.

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John J . Wheeler, President

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