St. Viator College Newspaper, 1911-01

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Upholstering Company Manufact ure rs

Manufacturer of LIMf · Wholesale and R etail CeMent, Brick, Sewer Pipe, Sand, E tc.

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Voss for · Photos

·First National Bank

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Kankakee, Illinois

Henry E. Volkmann & Son

When You a re Hungry go to

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Sash, 'Doors and Mouldin{fs Interior Finish a Specialty

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Plate and Window Glass Always on Hand ' 143 Washington Avenue, Cor. Bourbonnais Street, J{ankakee, Illinois

Central Union Telephone, Main 276w

: : Independent Telephone, . No. 166

Kankakfe Book Store·

E~BETOURNE

176 Court Street Fine. Statz'on/ry, PojJulat Copyright Alger and Henty Books, Post Cards q,nd A !bums, Pennants and Pz'llow Covers, Sporting Goods. · The -G ift Sto,-e

.D ruggist and · Optician ,

F. MAISONNEUVE

Kodaks &. Supplies Students' Elect1£c

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Shoe Repairing · Satisfaction Guaranteed Basement, ,City National Bank

Kankakee Electric light Co.

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ALCIDE L'ECUYER & COMPANY

NORRIS & FRITH

Mercantile Jobbers

Hard-ware and Sporting Goods

Confectionery and Cigars .a SjJecz'alty

East. Ill. Trust & Both Phones 601 .I

R eadz"ng Lamps

TEL , FRANKLIN 480

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Kankakee, Ill.

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CHICAGO FIRE BRICK COMPANY MANUFA CTURERS

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The Largest Stock of Photographic Supplies, Pl~t~sJ~ Films, Lamps, Enlarging Cameras & Developing Papers in the City.

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PATRICK· BETOURNE PHARMACY

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William M. Byrne, Secretary

The ·Standard Roofing;CO. Established 1866

ROOFERS -692 N. HALSTED STREET CHICAGO, ILLINOI$ Phone Monroe 430

Medal and Dzplomas at World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, I893 ,American Instz'tute of Architects' Exhibit, Chicago, I89¢

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JOHN CARETTI & CO. JOHN D'AMBROSIO, Proprietor OONTRAOTOaS OF

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THE NEW WORLD CHURCH GOODS STORE We have a large selectionof Prayer Books, Scapula'rs, Candlesticks, Rosaries, Medals, Crucifixes, Sanctuary Lamps, Holy T1/aterFonts, Cards, Statues Pictures , Gold and Silver Crosses, Sick Call Outfit$, etc., at very moderate prices. Mail orders given prompt attention.

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Ws alsalead the world in Opera Chairs, Settees, etc., for halls and auditoriums.

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We can refer you to satisfied patrons who are our best advertisei's. We are rapidly building up our tradeby reputation alone~we :feel sure though you will find our prices an added conaideration.

Whalebone Teeth $5.00 Gold Crowns $5.00 White Crowns $4.00 Gold Fillings $I oo Teeth fitted with the Alveolar System without plates Platinum Fillings $z.oo B.ridge Work per tooth $ 4.oo, .full set $7-50

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Office 'Houts, 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. Sundays, 10 a. m. to 2 p. m . . Phone Ind. 893 65 EAST AVE. Opp. I. C. Depot

Dotnestic Palace Steatn Laundry Telephone No. 178

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ANDERSON DAIRY COMPANY Either Phone 91

"Every Mouthful Delicious" 391 Schuyler A venue, Kankakee, Ill.

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We Db Repairing

F. A. LOTTI·NVILLE , SHOE DEALER ·

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All New Ideas in Fashionable .

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Distilled Water ' · ) The Family' Ice I Ce {Absolutely Pure Kankakee, IH. ·

Legris Brothers :JBanke·rs Kankakee, Illinois Knox Hats · Lion Shirts

New Show Every Day

Admission 5c

Roy's Pharmacy · 193 Court Street Drugs, Stationery, Cigars, Paint~ Oils and Varnishes

F.:n. RADEKE BRG. CO. Both Phones 132

The "La Petite'' Theatre

Prescriptions a Specialtg

STITH BROS.

Restaurant and Lunch Room 182 Merchant Street, Kankakee

H &. P Gloves

Everwear

Hosier~

All are striking examples of the perfection of American Manufacture. Necessities whose comfort and goodness will appeal to you long after you have forgotten the price, Sold exclusively in KaQkakee by

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Gold· Fillings a Specialty.

Popular Prices. Excellent Work. ~rompt Execution . .

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The Finest Assortment of 'Room Fur"" nishings in the city will be at . found . .

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Largest Insurance Agency in Kankakee County

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VOLUME 28

JANUARY, 1911

NUMBER 4

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T IB es~pecially n:otieeatb le that the vast and extensive hoisto:ry of modern times. has been ma:r ked by m,a ny gloi'"ious' and notable achieveme. nts~ . The modern bra,i n is peculiarlyr of the constructive type and such has been its universrail exm"'cise that we s~ee everywhere the wonderful progress ,attained. Tracing back the advancement of· the civilized! world to the time of its infancy or m1erelyJ looking1 baick o;v-.er the rug1gedi :voads of nineteen centuries we cannot but be aa:narzed' att the ~Oiuntless monuments of eonsrt ructiv.e gen;i us;. On the1Ollie hta!nd: we s1ee nerw empires growing upon the smoruldiering ruins of old ones, new law.sr follorwing in the wake of worn owtJ m,a,ntdwtes., eo:m mercial tides plaiJing upon nume·r ou.s · shores,· ar11J and s1cienc:e dervelopin~ into new foTm;s unJdie.r the · infltr:enoe of tlhe ahlest intellects, philosophy andJ th'elo.logy .s:m1iling froiJ:n the ze·n iths of their glory. If the1se be the jewels -o1f sruch a1DJ intellect then much can be .said in her favor. Burt as thi~ w~ ork of -civilization; is so ·extelllsive and, as ·.s o many, details e1n ter into its1 perfe!ction the,r e is al wa1y s great danger of .adm'i tting1 into )t~s structure weak aJnd uns:talble element,s. This is the re!ars on tli.a,t toda1y we are witness1ers of a1gr~ eat forthcoming cris~is',, aJ crisis wb.ich un~ le1s s a;vertedJ will aff.e ct the prolit.ic.ail and sociatl w,e,l fare of the nation. And of th~ mn:n y cau;se:s1which a~re cons·p iring to · bring albout this thre.a.t'ening1 ruin; g11~eedi s:r;ands as the le·a der.

Inde1ed ·it is s1a1di to think tha:t the ~lori:orus work of the pa1~t will be lev.eledr in th'e dUlst of d!esolartion a:n d · r'u.irli which this insidious monsrt,e r will ere1a~e if it is; permitted to .strike a,t the very core of human prog;res-s·. Forno civilization is worthy of · the naane unl~ es-s it berttei1~s its- fellow1

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men and leads them ·to God. BUJt in the as1cent of this moontalin o~ righteousness,. nmlll m1UJst ·e ncount:e r and overcome the lean alnld -'b .ungry she wolf .of wva:rice, if he wishes to b~sk in the li~ht of D·i vine lorve. · It is perha1ps aJ dr.iscoura1gin~ fa.ct to note ,that man, in d:eaJling with this probl·em,, .stands today

the accuser and the accused, for he denounces in most scathing terms the aidvenu o:f:1 thiJs viee wh1ch will ultimately .s ap the vital principle of nationa:l and spiriturul adva.ncem·e nt, while his denunciation rewrites in scarlet letters his o·wn eond ea:nn:artion.

Oast a. glance orv·e r · the conditioll!S1 of the present aJge, s1ee horw dim that hea:c on light1 has1 become which before brightly lit the palth of those who toiled' for . ma:nkind's, c.arilJS·e, notiee the muttering.s of diss1artisfa;e tion which accompap.y the labor of the 'vorkin~ classes and then you. 'viii a1s:k what does aill this mealll? And in · the wJ?.isper,s of a dying generation you will ht~ar thie a:n swer thart the evil spirit of a;va:rice has crept into the souls of the mastel'SI to obstruct their pa1ssage onwa,r d to reaHy great achi.everrnent, and has thrown their ord.e rly, ranks · into utter confusion.

Yes, those leaders, whom a1 people have chosen to dtre·c t their course, h:ave prorven t,r'aii tors to their ca:use .amd~ halVe imllnel'"sred' their s~ouls in the .setlfish t.orrentJ of srwollen fortune. It mu:st not be Ullld-erstood tha;t wea1lth in its1e lf is an ·evil, far fro,m it, but the m·e ans wheveby iinrm.e nse riches are ·s om1ertimes collected a1re ' dishonest aJnd damnable. Is: it .aJ w.o nder thait lahor cries out in · loud protests a:g,ains.t the tyra1nn.y of pre:datocy we~wlth? I:s it not pathetd.c on .the one hand tb :s·ee thait the laboring men them~;elves are catching1 the contagion a:nd· rure eait en by a ·desire tio1 illidUilg,e in rul:l s.o:rtst of luxury?

Polities with her bribing ·seailld.ruls, capitalism with her monoplies, trusts a1n d eorpiOirtartions, andl inn:Umerable other mieallls rervea~l the dis!honelst mea:s:ures: by which individUia.ls enrich thmnselves:. Pe:vsonaJ gain, s·elfishness, pride and ambition tra[[:nple tJ::lel rights of thousand'S under their feet while on their ·WaiJ to: offerr ho1nlag1e in the temple of matm· m10n. Ind:e ed it is lamenmtb l·e to think th8Jt intelligent people ail"e hoodwinked! by the selfislhnests orf others, and that their; grand' and ·exeeHe;nt endea;vors should be mercilessly infested with money rats of low aim.

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will eeas1e to he a ,so1ciaJ being, the spiritual and higher go:od.s . will harve lost their sterling value, God will · be forgotten, rundi then the scorching vice will usher us into an era. wherr e aJl is dread' confusion and interminable despair. Yet, let ·us e~amine the ruttitude of the nation with rega,r d to this aJl importain t question of tainted riches. It has been true in times pa1Sit thart individuals have been afflicted with this inord.i nate desire of ill gotten wealth. But now this ungodly thirst is nort lim\i ted to the few, no, the nation a.s a, whole is rreaithilllg1 the fetid ali r of dishonesty' and will soon be afflicted with aJ plagrue whos;e dir'e effe'c ts aw~ irremediable.

Whereve1r there are al few whos1e sole ai1n is to horcle up wealth at the erx:pense of orthers, there we will a1lso find thos:e who ·have been victims of sru1ch robbery, endea,v oring with an their mig1ht, to regain wha.t " ras taken from them by disihon.est measu.r'es.. And thes'e' pe1~s~ons who thus su:ffer J:rilllf even turn a .sa1credJ g,ift to· ill us.e if such will afford' · them any su:cees1s in the a.t tainJn.e nt of their end. ·As a, natur- . al consequence, la;ws, will be viola~t.ed with impunity, aiUthority will be eondierrnned and: disused. In thiH ·ev·e nt la.w will be withoru~t .s:wnction, allld' then ma1n will rush into the suhlim·e sanctUia:c y of civilization, eacr:-rJ1 off her sa.c red trus,t s amd den1olish the work of nineteen centuries;. Indeed t.h is will .be the condition of a.ffair1s:, if greed i.s: per~nitt. edt to run r.rum.pa:nt " rith impunity. Yet, befoTie thes1e terrifiC' thunderboliUS break aho!Ve our he1ad.s1, th·e r1e are many signs, which her.aJ1d the com.ing st.orm.

There h~ miu ch t~) be feared1 when the lahoring cla.siS!eS begin to Sleeede fr.om the activity of t'he world:. If laboring faithfully, they are plUJndered of the r'esru1ts of their work, what cons'o1a.tion: is le:f t them when they a.r e wa,srt.ing blood and tissue to furnish the a1Vatriciou1s and: ,greedy with an ignoble ea:s:e and illgortt:e n contentment? It is na,t ura.l for them to feel .aJ certain inexplieahle repugnance to pove·r ty.

And when the:y s!ee that the t~de of a:e tivity leads ·them to this end, aJ ees:sarti·o1n O·f laibor V\rill be thei~r only saJlvation..

Tfh·en, a1s MgT. TihenJ s1a1yB, "There are onl;y two wa~ys open for them .t.a retrieve their rights', anarchism. a1n d' s.oeiali:sm.

A new S/YStem is n1erededt, atnd needle d at onee. . The present la,ck of nationa1l legislartion I hold to be a disgra1ce."

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Again, this craving, a1ft.er rkhes1 tends ·to lower the ideals of .ru nart.io:IlJ. How .true are these words of Goldsmith: "Ill fares that land to hws1tening ills a; prey, Where wealth accua:nulartes, a(n d: m·e n deca07."

As ·the .srtre;arrn rises not higher than i t,s source, so neither do the id'eaJls of a natioo rise hig1her than the ideals: of it.s citizens'. If individu1aJl s a:re steeped in soDdid material ·.a:i.nis,, so will the .nait ion ct'!arv:e only . mlarteria;l ~oods, sru.c h a:s much te['ritory, mud1 comm.er,ce, marny fwctories,, strong atrmies and naiVies:. But nartionatl ideall s rise with the idea:l s. . oif the . citizens'. Let individu:atls glow with the desire to perfect their spiritual na,t ure, to tea,ch their m:inds, the truth, and train their wills to seek the g1oold: which i~ to be found in the a,e complishing! of duty, then an the efforts of the nation Virill be dire,ctecl! to. tha!t worthy :end', to facilitate the a,t tainment of WhaJt the . ciltizens miOSU arrdlentjl y deSiire. The sta,t .e exisrt,s only for thi.s, to m1a ke it eai~ier for mwn t.o attain his perfection. The state d'oes this by enact:i ng laVirs which afford ' citizens opportunities of d'e cent livelihood, of secular education a1n:d religious traJi.ning. T'he sta:te is the ally of the chUircb.. in tb.e oomplete developm,e nt and; upbringing of. man. A state which hars not this eonception of its own dignity .s:inks to the role of a n11 er~ collection .of eolonies•, a W1a:re1hOUSe, al mere gil'lalllialr y.

Fron11 this ii1 is very evid·entJ that "wealth will orut~strip re:l igiom Aln dl then witJ1 the adrvent of plutocra,cy will c-o1ne all thos:e ervilSI hitherto prophesied'. .

Since we a:re now arwa~e tha1t .arvrnrice .as a national vice vvill inevitialb ly bring: us ruin, \Ve a,re: oblig~ed by an that is hOlly and true, . to check her in her ra,velliOUJS cal'leer. L,e t USI, rulers of .aJ repubHc by the po,ver of the baUot box, restrict andl cTush the eon:qu:est of thos:e who· m:a1y be properly des.igna1ted, "ma.lefa!ctors of g1reart w.e alth." Roosevelt while still oecup~ing: the presidential ·chair, ·sounded a: note of w"arning to the citiz!ens of Am·eric:a:, . wheDJ he elllJpha~S-ized' the fa1ct thart "this eonquesrt .wgainsrt ill g~ortten weaJlth would determine in the ·e nd who -sihall rule thl.s governm,e nt," and the late Farther Lambert does ·not he's1itate to1 start.e "that this is the grea;t;e:sm issue which the American pe·o ple have been calledJ upon to settle sinee the clo,s e ·Of the Clivil "'Tar." It is

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then within the power of the people to put an end. to thesi~ ruthl,e:s1sr J:;"arva:ge~r arr1d do .it.t}ley .mu:s:t, .· ~)r .els:e: bring ev~la1 st.. ing disgra1ce o:r:IJ that flag which so prorudlJ'i ·waves in the ' b~eezels of freedom!, Aga1in, let our people obs.er:v:e the Oomm.andments~, a:n d em.brUJee, the Golden R:u:le, ·ar~Jd then they will have no ca:u se ot feariu~ the enemy. I would s:a:y, let' the civil and sociaJ powers parve the w:aiJ to .t he ehu:reh a1n;dl unite their voices in the coneo~diant chants of an undying g1r!attitude .

No doubt it woru~l.(i a1s:o be a profitruble lesson fO.r us~ to lend a will:ing ear to thes1e solemn warnings of the greait est int1ellect-s -a 1s they pier.cre the v.eH . of a:ges. B~grinning: with the greate1srb. of them. all, the God' main, we hea::t'" this · ter'r ible · trwth,. "thart it were ea1sier for a eam;e l to paiS!S through the eye o£ ai needl·eJ th.a n fOil'~ aJ . rich main to enter the rringd1om: of heaven." Even the voice of that tuneful bard of Florence t:u rns terrific when sp;eaJkingr · of this viee: n

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A prolonged refl.e ction upon these words will t.e:nd , to dispel the disre ased illusion of a t·a n,. fair mountain of elXeellenee upon whose :verdant summit loom1s1 the beautiful temple of wera lth a1n d throru~h whose port1a1ls. pas1SI th:e countless wor. shippers of ~amm1 on. Let not man· build! his hopes on . ~:mrch aJ sunimit.

For f~orm: the suim/Init of this: m!Ountain is:s:ue surch fumes as portend an eruption ewla,m itous to an the hwndiwork of civilized endewvor.

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Tl IS of the gre~:ute!slt, importanee to note thatt the schools a~e f()lrmingl and determining the des:t iny of this coruntry. "The U nit,edJ Sta,t es," s,a,y,s P'residJern t James of Illinois University, "is more dependent · fO!r its prosperity in the long: rUJn upon univeesa,l educatiorn than any other nartion." H:e nee th·els:e univ;e r!s ities a,n d college& musrtJ .strive with might· and main to become perfect in:s:t it,utions. S.ehoo1:s to be perfect insrtitutions must be seats of culture and refinement; they must be n:urs:eTies of . g,o od citizenship; in short· they mu1srt:J imp:a rt true ooucation. Now the question naturrully aris:es, what is tru.e edu~c:artion or silnply educ:a.tion:. Ekiucait ion is thart by ·which a:· man per·f ects himself; or a1s; .a greai:l. aneient school pult1S1 it, ''education is that which impwrts to the ,s oul and the body. the grea1test beauty and perfection of whi~h they are caipalble." "Genuine edueation," says Bishop S.pa1lding, "is thart which trainBi to g1odliness a:nd virtue, toi truthfulnes1s arndJ the love of spiritual beauty." Or we m.ay S!a(Y that education eompri1ses two · thingS!, s,cholarship amd' eondU'ct. Burt as spiritwa;l excellence is siUperior to m'e rely intellectuall CU!ltur'e, so is cm:uduct superior to scholarship. Therefore thos1e 1schools only arr e s'earts of t1rue education which uphold: both: conduct ail1d scholrurship. Hemce we S'ee that s~mmetrical edru1c:a1tion emh~a:ce:s not only the intellect but the will, the heatrt, the conscience, in a wo~d the whole man, a;nd! su1cih it mu:st ha;ve been from· the beginning.

As a1child t:odary ~eeeives his first educ:art.i on in the home, so in the infa:ncy of the ra1ce the home was the school, the father a;nd the mother then exevci.sed the functions o.f the college professor:~ of t:oda:y.

But a~ the earr."th becante more populated, people beganJ to live in com.munitie~ and a,s each m.em.ber had his own pecuJ.ia[" work to do ·we s~ee tea:chers arising, who become the vicegerents of the parents., a1n d whose bu:sines:s it was to ·ed'uca,t e the growing g1enerations. This formed the nucleus~ of the .s chools amd colleges of today. Looking

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bruek upon thos1e 01ld temch.ers throu~h the vistru 91f ages, we' see them retire with theliv prupils: to .s~ecludedi spots: and there with sympathy and energy insrbruct and ed u~calte their youthful charges thoroughly, pr:epmring1 theo:p.! in their younger years for a thorough and comv~let:e lif.e. 0, wh.art w noble m1an thait t~eaJcher _was, what higih ideals he atlwruys pla1ced before the minds of his attentive pupilS!. AndJ agruin with what docility a:n d ·genuine respect those yoruths regarded the profound learning and! _the nobility, of .sorrul of their ma1s ter:

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T\his give1s UJS SiOm:e ideru of .a true s1ehool, of what sort of atm6sphere should SUir.round it. There is .a certain Sinaic :S!a:c redness and solemnity' about a1 school that segr'e gates: it, that uplifts it above the noisy tumwltuou1s c:rowd. Indee1CL it is this .saltne .s pirit -o r instineiJ of ,s1ech~sion that, prompts builders to forund college-s andi schools .mwa~ from the nois.e and din of the ·world. -This is the reason why we hardly ever ,s1ee a school founded in a la,r ge city; oDJ the cointr.a1ry s~chools rurise in small places out.s:ide and .aJway from. the busy cares of the multitud-e. · If today we find grea1t s:e hools in larg~e cities it is beeause of neees.sity. AndJ yet the insrt:inct of .s eclusion, in su,c:h c~ses1, h~s not enrtil"ely d~isappea,red. Did you ever pas.s by aJ lwrge school in a populoU!s, city, without feeling, a eertain mys-terious- spirit . of retireanent hovering about the plarce? For it S~eem1s .s1o u:n natural runclJ out of plruce to find the ja:r of marterial interes1ts and! the noise of trifling disrtractions about · those pl.a! ce~ s where the tea:c hers .are enga:g ed in the momentous busines.s of fmshi-oning the ideail eitizens of the morrow.

Now that we have an ideru of what a school is, let us1eonsider the s:e eul:alr c-olleges of todlay. Let us, m.~rk wha,t s-ome of their m·o st noted m-en sa~. On Nov. 3rd lwst, Pres. James o:f Illinois .s.p ea,Jlingi before the :MJinnes:o ta1 Eidu'c ationaJ Assoeiaition~ am1ong orther ~qually am.atzing sta,t eiuents' rg_ade this, one, tha;t "'T.he c.ondlitions1 of Am'e riean edueait ion todaly a:re in marny resrp ect.s .a1nartional r1e proaic h." Pres.. Lowell O'f Harv.a;rd voicedi similar sentim1ents1 on Oct. 28-t h last when addTessin:g the univer.s:i ty convocation, .saying, "Thart the a.ppreeia.tion of sic holar:s hip _amo-ngJ s1tudents at the p1~esent day is low woru.ildJ ha1r:dJly seem to n'eedl demlons.tr!a tion." And on

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Oct. 2;9 th lwslt, sprea1~ing1 before the Weslbern Section 01f the , North~rn Illinod,s Tleruehers Association, D1 r. G. Stanley Hall smid! thwt, "'T he m:o raJl cond.i tion o:fl the ,students in most of our universities is . indes1eribable." 'T!h.ese .staggering startem-ents by men who knorw whereof they s1preak, reveal to us to what low stiamdards, to whart for'bidd!ingr dlepths amongst student1s, scholarrship a,nd: conduct ha1v e sunk. Knowledge is considered bJI the maj oritYl of these stuidentSI as being lower in , dignity and value tham ·s ocial prominence; the ma:n of learJ;ling a1n a; virtu1e h!~ }esls dignified than the "sport." ! 0 how revol t.i ng the thought of it!

Philosophers s·eek the causes of things~. So let us now a1s k ourselve1s, whart ma1y be the ·caU!sle of thiS! derplorrahle ill, the lack of app.reciartion of .sle holalr ship .on the part of the .s tudents. _W ·e can hardly s1a~ thart it is: the la1ck of knowledge on the ·pa1r t of the profes1s:o r's for these as a rule a1re highly capaJhle men. Tlhen it mus.t be that the school is not what. i,t used to be; thwe mus.t be lwcking the right .artmospher~ or magnetis1m.

And such is the lacrnentaJble trwth. The actua1l fa:cts acre that the mJagnetism of the s1chool, . the .atttraction of book,s:, is neutraJizedJ . by coUlnt:er artJtra~etioillis which exercis1e ~ .srtrongrer influence upon young people. The:s;e distractions are m1ost · ·enslarving1; they- cons.i,s t in different fr:a.ternities, Greek ,letter s10cieties, and' countless sociatl functions, banquets·, diaJnees', a.urtiomobriling, boating, the3Jtres, ha1Zing1 and other such diversions imported from ·without ain d which corr.upt the inte1lectual1 a,t mosphere o·f the .school. In: those s:c hools where the stUJdents are their ·own m3Jsters, one d()les not have to .s tudy at night eveDJ if it were ollily to pass arwa~ time, for -something is giOin~ on eveTJ night. When there arre no society meetingis OT balll.quets or haziDJg., there are the danees and the theatres.

Tlhetsle are the brune of eo1llege life todta~. It were permisrs1ible to harve s1oc:iaJ functions every three week~s1. But such is: not the ea1s!e; t:hey· are dati ly oecurrences; they distract the niind from books andi stud;y; they c.aru~s; e .a[}) irrepatr.ahle loSJs of inval ua~ble time; they not: onJy create aJ dista1s.te for serious school woTk, but they tend to s~ev.er the ,student entirely from it. The. :fa1cu:lty indeed spre3Jds an intellectrual banquet every daly, but th~s:e eounUesSJ distr.a;c~iOIJl'S like Harpies· defile when they do not whoJly destroJlJ theste ihtelleetu3Jl via1nds. Wiho can wonder that aanongJsrt s.tu1d ents . scholarship is so derided?

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For the~ tolerate andl by being present encourage these societies ·and social functions:. -H-e nce they. are not excus1a.ble for if they had the cou1..a1g e to a1ct they surely eould check these _evils and red1uice th·e m grea,t ly. . .Amothel'l caJuse of the unpopula['ity of ,s.chola,r ship . among ··s tudents is the a1lmost frenzied fond·n ess fo,r sports and games.

Now, m1y dea['! friendis,, do nort for one mom-e nt believe that I am ag1a1ins:t aH sports. On the contrary I .aan in favor of athletics;; and W ere they to he elhlllinat,e d I would be one of the fir:srt ones to p;rotesrt. Outdoor .sport,s are neees.s:a!r y in a ,schoiOil, a[l}d the at~leties of toda~ a1re eerta,i nly exeellent means _ orf mentrul r.est and focL" dlevelopin~ our' physique, which is a requis1ite for -goodi ment all woTk. But these games.- must be kept w.i thin the bounds! of reason; they m1ust remain sleeondary; thery must continue a1Si· m;ea[]1sl for good' school work and nJOfb atS etnds in th:em~Soelves. Burt under actua1l conditions: athl.eUcs and OtUiidooT sports, all'e cons,idte,r ed an end in them'Selves:. The .s;t udent body' ast a whol~~, a,c t,i ng through impuls'e, works itis:elf into a soTt of most umrnart:u ral and: artificial enthUJsiasm fo1~ althlet:i c heroeiSi, and the din andl the smoke that a1rise shut ourtJ from their view the hundir edJ times. more im.portlain t books a1n d :s:chool work. AJndi now, behold, whart hruve we? W-e hmve a colle1ge which is' a1s1chool of profes.s~ ionail athletics, a ~school ot~ disrtraiet;i ons1, in short we ha:ve a S·Chool which i1s nort a ,s chool! Why, shoUJld we marv-el the:n a:b the low arpprecia:bion' o~ s1choJa1rship preva1leniJ amnng the stud1e nts of ou:r seculwr universities arnd' c1olleges-? Surely so long as a! ma:jorit~ of the gay, sportier, stu'dent;s of a college bJindly embra,ce athleticg a/s their only god and point out vvith s.eo·r n the few ea1rne:s t .s:chola.n j a1s grea.sy. grinds, it is us:eles:s to expect even mediocrity in .s:cholmrs;h ip.

Now I will briefly cons:ider the caus:e's of the lax: morals in m1os,t of oru r Am·e1ricrun univers1ities. These secular college:s a:re :s up,pos:ed t;o be s:ealt.s of edu:cartiom But -edueation ha.s _reference to oondu'c t as well a1s to kno:wledge. Now if the conduct of stu:den,t is is b!a d, and W·e well knorw, that a.s D·r.

Hall sa!JSI, it is inrlesrcriba:ble, then it follows that there n1ust ble r.rudii cal1 diefe·c t in these large eollegeiSI. Tihis: defect is well knorwn to aill; in is to be fou1n d in their religious. and m1o ral t:ea,chings. Aside from philo,sopihy a1n d reHgious qurestious the s.e eular college's c:an be conside·r ed as1 of the :firs1t 1

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rank. A.s regards purely secular know ledge we ·mary bid them to exert them:S"elves as much as they can. But when they com~e to philosophy and religion we cannort subscribe to thcir propositi·ons. For their teaching tends to eradicate the v·e ry germrS/ of m!orail it,Jl pla1eed in .the hea;rt of man by, his M~ker.

'T hese philosophers openly tea,ch to yorung m·e n and' wormen that there a1re no absol urt.e ·evils; thart an immoral act is m.e rruy . one contrary to the preva,l ent eoneeption:s of society, and that no D:eit.yr is offended thereby; tharb ·C:On'ceprt.ions of right a.rnd wrong Me aiSI u:nstaibl~e aJSI ,s tyles o£ driesst. I,s: it to be wondieTed at then, th:art th~ com1'u et of .students is1 low? They are openly atnd ·e loquently· taught th.art tihere iSI .no SIUch thing ·as sin.

So it would rruthe:r be surprising, that good' moral:s .s hould reign in · ,s,ercU!latr eollege:s:. Thes:e professorS! blindly sorw the wind!; is it not naturrul thart they shoru:ld! re:ap. the whirlwin4 and the stOII"m'? .

I need not continue on this gloomy sru'bject for you well knorw the faet:s:. All that remaii ns :fb:c you is that, when consri dering thing!s: pertaining to the secul.atr colleges: and universities:, you iSthoulrdJ not! minim1i,ze or obsc'Ulre thes:e fa,ct:s.. T'hese seeula1r colleg~es have almost eeased t01 be real s~chools of ·edu. . eartion, i. e., S choiQils: of: sichol:a:rship and' conduct. S.cholar:ship is des.pis ed by their :s:tud:ent.s, .s:ocial prominence a1n d excellence in athleticS! rur'e more important. But w·o rst of an they have choked moraHty; mora1lity ha!r:dly exists either for the student 0[' the pr'ofessor. Tlrmtly sHd ·is the case; however we murslb not dJes:pa.i r, for there yet eiXistsl the Caltholic coUege, whetre in Il1J01St c:a:s:e s . 3J high reg1a1l'IU fo~ iS:ChOl.a!r:ship among the stUJdem.ts is, still marintained; whe:r e .a1thleties are s:econdatry; and where lll101~arlity i:s ·e ver reg,alr d·eid! a.s the necessary aeeompaniment. .of l·ea;rnin:g. Happy then will the cmning gene:r a;tion be if it only knows how to profit by t~he exis.t ence of thes.e Oa.tholic colleges.

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It . is ·ind!e edl ma1rrvelous th.att we can · loo.;rri . all these t;r urtlhs a:bou:t bodies ' thart ar'e infinitelY! dlis,t:atn1J from! us:, ahou.t p,lruriettg w:hich no· one haJS ever visitJedJ, a;bout places1 to which' We naiVe ·no a,ceesS\. · The samre holQ.iSI trru!e of the cycle.s:, centUJries1 arid ag:e~ that h.arve , pals:s,ed. We a1r:e permitted 'to look bwek rund to learn' whalt people, wha:t naltio!D.s, what ra,ces;·inhabited this earth from i,ts v~ery ereartion. We can .a1equire ,a; know!ledg,e o.f their m'a nners am·di"c:uJstotmls, the religion· they · pra1cticed, their larw,s rund formfsl orf1 g10vernm:e nt, · their amU:iSieJnent;s., their: e6hditions ..aJnd dis:tinctionSI of s1ociet;y, their art, their literatur1 ~ in! short w:e ca:n lealr,n a!s illU CTh of th'e· hi:s tory oif the ancimits as we know .o:fi tlhe history ·o f· the people of t:oda(y. · And how do we ac'quire: tlh1s knowh?Jdig e? 'W ·e cam no mor'e traJJ.sport ourselve1s bwe~ to the daiy·s when_lD@1)rt amd Persia and Gre1ece were mighty than w•e c:a[U r'eaJch the pla1net: Mar,s. But j usiJ rus w:e hatve inS1trmlmJents by whkh: we rna~ 'l-earn the phenom.:. ena of neavelllly bodie1s s:o hwve we t ieles1eope1s: with which we cmn· pieriC'eJ the mlJ!s!t i e elou!d:SI a;n d! fathom t:he mysrt,e ries ·of the di;m pastt. And! · thes1e telescopes: a:r.e the w'o rks ·o f a11"'t of the early .nationS\. · When1I speak otf the works of a~ o:fl tlb:e ea:rly. nartions1, I do nolt lim,iiJ m~s1elf1 tlo their p3Jinting;s, embroideries .attld s<mi:prtUires~, but I incluld!eJ their literaitUJrle as well.

For' what is alr t burt; t ih e eoneret:e exa,m\p le or~ the g1enius orf man p.r.oduc·ing whatl -is. bealllrt.ifu:l. LitierartUJre sho1w s grea:t geniUJs~ it · f.s, iiLnqUies~tiona:bly. beaititiful, th~refor:e it rig]ht1y belongs1 to1 the arts.

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But to continue mYJ c:ompaJrison. You know that the telescopea' atre m:aide with ru vatrie·t:Yl . ()f different l~nS€1~; that they · are s01 c'Oinstru~c:teid1 tihatt with some it is possti hle to see objects S(~ distant that witih a;' lorw·e~ porwer instrument they would be invis1ible. It is the satme with ea~rly art. Some w.o rks giv·e u:s a view of th:e -very a[}JcientJ Elg yptiail·s others the .Pte rsians while sorm1e allow .us to d!is:c:erlll fa1ctis no·t further dis~ . tant tharn the dalf:Sl of Mtig;hty. R~)me.

Peop~l~e o~ .· toda(Y fwil to I"ea[ize the t,r.em,endou.s import .. aillee of eartly; art in the C!ompilarbion of the world's history.

Without it we woruld now know no more of the history of the wotrld than we know of the hisrtocy of the real or ima:ginary inhrubitamt:s ofr the plan1e t Matrs1. w .e would know nothing. otf the people who lab!or"ed a1n d totiledi on this earth before us but : for . the writing1s they have left; nO!thing of their appeamance and d 1I"ess hut: for their pa;intings aind embro~deries', crude · though they be, and1 their sculprturres: tha!t haiv e withstood the r.ruva~es of tim·e ; nothing: of thei~ aJ"chi tectu.re but for the m1a1rble and gra[lite columns thart haiV·e been excava,ted' from the m1o unds that w·e re onc:e palaicesi and! temp1es; nothing of their laws and for1ns of g.overninenrtJ but for the an enduring taib l;e ts of · bron~e, engrraved by handls that now lon.g sti nce · wea1ried by their tais:k have a1g.arin mingJ.eldJ with the ea:rth. We · woUJld be ttoda~ without the likene.stses o~ the herroes1of a:ncient . history were it not for' the a['ttisrt and sculptor. For it was Ion~ before the ald vent of the cam.e ra and the s;ensitive plart e; it wa:s nort the age of plaster of Patris and Parpier mache; but the bralinJ ain:dJ tihe ta~enti and! the pigmentsi of the atrtist allld the mallet a[l:(L t,h e chis!el aJndi the g1elliUS of the sculptor .· gave us the lifelike ima,ges of. the makers of history.

The artJ of the E\giy.prtiam.s we COill'eede wa:s: far frOIIn per fect. T'he~ haJdJ no idtea of perslp ective., i,t is1 true. Their kings a[H:lJ g:ods were miaJde to1towoo above orthers while th()lse of lower r:aillk were pic:turred on a1 proportionate scaJle. N everth:eless these paJpyrr~i hruve been of inest~imahle vaJue in the determina,tionJ of the srtate · of civilizartd.:o>n of E gypt. Th·ese pictures rep1res.e nt .s cenes in ·e very da:y life, such as plowing, · reaping, hunting, brick making, etc., and from, them W·e can readily c:orneludte wha,t were the .occupa,t ions and pursuits .of the people. Their s1culprtures also a1re vall.u.able, inasmli(eh as they aillow us fu fo;rm smn~ idea of their appearalnce and dress. The reaJ genius Olf the E\gyprtians:, however, the srtu-

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poodouJsnes1S of theiir unidertakings and their 'Orig:inalit.y are ev•erla:stingly porrtr!atyed in the greatt Spihinx and the Pyralln1d's · of Gizeh. And whart shaJll I say of thei Rosetta! stone! · Wh:a:t · of the prudle nee wnd :floresigh-b .of him1 who made the keJi by · which posterity~ might urnloek the ancient lihrarie:s a:n d delve inrto the Slecrets of hieroglyphic and cuneiform c;h.arlaiC:tie rs:. · The literature of the period i,s mea1g1re. ·. Tlhe hand: of .a Hoa.ner or, a Daute or a Shakespeare had not yet stirred. Yet from · the few: book,s of the time much can be learn.ed. Tihe Book of · the Dead giv·es UiSI aiDJ in:stight into their. religious customs and pratc~iees.

Thei~ treartis1 est on med1icine, a1stronomy amdl the orther s.cien~ c:es tSihow us the extent of their erm:dition. While · their novels, fatb les andl ·e pics tell urs1 thart they cultivatedl aJnd prodru ced I~iterature takeDJ in its stir ictest sense. · Th·e history of Greece, the home -o1f art,, c:a:n aJlso be determined fr~}ml h:e r art. }'rom vas1e paillJtings: .and; sculptures we c.a:n lea:rn much of her manners and custoJns.. Ther lofty Lyrics of Pinda:r tell of the .stplendor of the Olym,pia.DJ cj:ariot races antd d:es,cT'rbe in mus:i ca:l sttralinsi the Pythian Games. Her Tragic poets Ae:s1chy Iuis', Sophotcles and Eh:I~ipides hawe dram~atized the leg1endts1 .of the semi-hi,s to'r 'i eat periods of their orwn country :atnd of · other land:si. A!s ide fuomi the hisrt:o rical worth of thes1e works they al:"e va[uahle in another wa~, for they often eontali n soone gr'e at erbhie:ail lesson or expound! som·e pro~oundl phHo!S1oip hi,eall idea. XeniQiphon in his An:ar baiStiS teHS in 3J thrilling m(atnmer of the r ertr'e at of the TieD! · thousand ill fatiedl . Greeks.. Had! he not spent ma:ny wea1ry hou~s inJ writing, the incid!ent·s of that now framiOus march wo·u ld be forgotiten:. B·u t for the imlmorta;} epics of Homer the nam:e s of H~ eetor andl Prialrn and Achilles W'()uld not h:arve a:dorned' the pag1es otfl hist;ory. The P3Jrthenton at Athens, an ·e mhodim.enrt of aU thart is best and most cha:ralcterisrtic of .

Greek a~ehite,cture, is tdd!ary frequently eopied by archi;t:eet.s the world over, .a ndJ lik·e tlh e p~·r.atmid\s1 ·orf E1 g~rpt, it is: a lals t.i ng m:® urrnent1 t:o the artist,i e twsrt:e .alnd' g.e nius of the GreekS1.

R.om:e 's history is learn€ld1 chierfly. through her literrutu:re, althoru.1gh1T\ralj.an·'S1 dolumn witJhJ itls Hculptured sides is1.a: valuabte widJ to htstory ars: it is the best ain d· a[mos:t the only reeord we now pots'S€SIS1 of· the Dalc ian wars. Tlhe nlaJ:Jlle:S of Cre~s:a,r, Cicero, 8allusib andJ Liry a.nid Taicit'uls are nortJ foreign to mk:> St .' of our ears1. Tiho;s·e 01f us' who: ha;v;e read th·es.e w.orks1 can · readily reailize· of hotw mJtleh es:beeni they alr'e worthy. H:ad 1

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nort Ores1a~ fqrr a1 time . for'g,orttenJ h-i s: :a mbition:s1 and : political troubles., to reeor;dJ Afue . mJeJ:m:or:ruble battles,,. marches and. sei~e1s of the Gallie war~ . we . woiUJldJ DO!W knorw little of . that und!err-taking. .,Sa:llUISit in! hri~ .O:atailine :.arnd' Oieero illl hiSI four· unSUl"'palssed; orartions have giv-e1n mnre · f:wm·e: tio -Oalta1line t~han would ever h~ve ; aJcerued1 to his name haJd they not written.

Livy, UJl~houg')l only ·aJ · fL~awnent - of hiH work remmins: t.e lls · · of the -h istory .of Rom,e from; the -eaw.liesit ages:. Al thoug)l the ea:rly part ·o f this WQ/rk is now !•CVecla!l"ed' unreliaib le; it is nerverthe}eSIS aJ ·most enterta1ining -aeeount o:f whart the Rom:a ns1themselves thoughrti .aJnd. believedi eon.eerrnting1 the: ofiig1in of theiT ra1ee . aln:dJ the deecrs-- of their fathm:s. · ·-T:a1c itus, in his: ·Germania, tells us o:fl ·t he m!aJnners andJ eus.t oms ·o·f the·· Germans andl of the viCeiS! ol:fl c'UJltured: Riom-e.

I will not s:a:y anything of the imrporta:nee of the elaiS.s~k-aJ writers iu s·c ienc·e, in -e.thic·s and in philosophy. Ind:e edi it is unn:eeessa,ry, fo;r you; .run know' how imrportain t in thes:e branches alr e th-<:1 wqrks: of .S.ell'elc a,, Plato,. A'ri:s~tortle, Pliny, Soerate:s',

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believe ()ID.ly that of which we hawe positive knowledge, casting ais1de as. unworthy of belief mir.a,cl·e s andJ srupernatUiraJ revelation. This philosophy sweprt .as,i de mallly of the m;o st essential dotcrbrin:e·s of Christianity.

GeJO. E[iot acceprted the fur.nd'a m'en:ta[ doctrines of . this S!Chool andJ .elung1 to them untH her dioorth'. T'h.is positivism not o:nJy affected her pers10n:atl ly but narturr.aillY' round its way into her works) so th:at marny of them1are permeruted with her faJse doctrines1. She is de~ply reliig~oru:s., however, in her feelin:g;s, .aln d thr:Ofllghout all her emrliw work~· often ·e xpresses strikingly OathoHc semtiments. · She herself Siaijs:, "I have no objection to Christiarnity but its warnt of evidenee." Although she con~ sid€redi the exi:srtence 9rfl aJ Go!d: inconceivable .a!n d the immtort3Jlity of the srou:l unworthy. o:fj -er:edenee, yet she held steadfalsrtly to the pertemptoriness of duty torwwds our fellow m.en~ It may be truthfully sru1d· thatJ Geo. Elliot's religion wa.s o1n:ly half gone. She wor.shipedJ God in hU!Illlatn ity. She beHev·edJ that happiness couldl only be attadned1 through the re .. nUJDJciation o:fl ·~elf aJnd! a1n aJrdenrtJ love of our fellorwttnen.

When J·esur~ was ais:ked what were the two grea1t eommrun'd"' mlents of the law, He ans.wered: "Thou sh.a1lt l~ove tilie Lord thy God with thy whole heart, with thy whole sorul, with thy whole m1ind, and with thy whole J,s,treng.t h. And the s:econdJ is lik'e unrto ifu.i·S : ·"Thou: shalt love thy neig1hhor as thyS'elf."

Geo. Eliot nev· e~ conf.ormoo to the . :fir,srt burt she obeyed the second with unrelenting zeal, arndJ thereby hoped to obtain happineSiS alndJ a s1ort of Slllhjective im.m1o:rtrulity: in the minds of furouTe generart,ions. .Du:ty to the world! amid t:o her fellowmen was the essence of her creed, ·the wrutehwo:vd of her li.fe, atndJ the ·pa;r amount principle of her phHoiSIO'Phy. The principfe UJPIOn which all her mora1L.philosophy rested mayr be satidJ to be: The attalin:rnJerniJ of haprpinesis isi the orn·l y true morality, a1ndi immorality is such becaru:s e it des.troys h.alppd.n:es·s. Thjs philosophy, although es's entially unsound, is neverthel'es.s p3Jrtly true. Man's ;SIUJpreme aim' in life isl to a:cquir:e h.a~pines:s burt this: felicity c:a1n only be a,t tainedi in its: entirely· in the B:ewti:fic Vi:s:ion. r_Dru'e haippines'Si, happiness wbich can cornJpletely satisfy the ermings of the human soul and b01diJ71 can never be .alttialinedJ in this lif,e. Man's SOIUl' is imm1ortal and there:f<ore can nevoo be fully satisfied with the perishable and: tem.pora1l poiSSleStSiions of this world. He must poss1es.s something imperish.atble in ord·e r to be happy, and this

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is the haprpiness enjoyed by the ble1ss:e d in H~e~Jven. Thu~ Geo. E;Uot was .right in believin~ . that malll?s su:prFeme . a.im in life is the arttarinm·e nt o~ happiness, burt she selected the wrong souree o:fl this happipes:s. She vainly l·ookedJ for it in this w:orldi, forgettingJ to rais:e her eyes to Heaven and there discern the sole Au·tho:v o;:e a[l true happines,s: ·in the Bremtific Vi,s ion, and her principlesr being derived from a; wrong s:ource, aaidl being! therefore faJse if pushed to their logical conclusions will be SIUJbrversive . of. aill moraJity. . 'r.hus we see. that, albs:ol;u tely speaking, ,Geo. Eiliot?s1 principles were all wrong andJ oppOis:e d to .God and fa·i th its1elf.

But in her books she is bett,e r than her principlest, being in this respect inconsis,t entr. Btlft, as aJ matter of f:mct, few. novelists are consistent \Vith their principles. Wa1lt.er Scott in.· his . works .a dmires the m1a gnificent .a nd cultured civiliza1tion of the Middle Ages: while bitt,e rly condemnri ng the OathoUc church, the real produeer of thi,s: ve,ry civiliza;ti:on he admires.

The fa1ct that WaJter Scott unre:l,e ntingly condemns the Clart:.holic church is no reason for despisiing~ him', a1n dr casting a:sdde his vivid .andJ Sly:lllrp aith.etic des1c:riptions ·w hich make the M1iddle Ages liv.e agad.n . in our mind!Sl, a1lthoug1h we cannot but find faru.Jlt with him for his illogic:arl and untruthful art taic ks on the Church. Therefore, why should! we not esteem Geo. E[iot for the beautiful, true, amdJ virtuoUIS! characters s1h e has cr:e a;te:d, ev·en if he·r priD!ciples1of philosophy are u1ns:ound: and illogica1l?

T'he WO['ldJ ha1s c:erta1inly be1e n' bettered' by sruch characters as Din:ath M:o rris, Adam1 B·ede, and :Nl:a'g gie Tulliver. Proba:bly no E:n glish author, except the imm,ortal: Shakes;pea:r e, has. surpassed or ·e ven eqUia1led her in depic:ting rea:l live m:e n and wom·en. Her cha,r:ructre rs with their virt-ues; a,n d vices, . triullnphs a:nd tri:aJls:, joys a1n d .s:orrow.s1, a1re certainly aLrnon:g1 the most na turml and realistic the h um1arn mind! has eve!r created. They live and a~ct within the m1ind' of each individual reader s:o thart he feel,s ·and · sympaithize1s with . them as with his JD,ost beloved frie1n ds. · · The influooce for good ·Or evil of aJ book upon its readers does notJ 'depend: s:o much on tlhe personal opinions of the author a1s urpon :p.jjs manner of describing1 c:haT.ructers and· situations. Nio noveU·s:t hars ever d:e piet,edi indelicate scen.e1sl in al more refined! mn111ner thH1ri Geo. . Elliot. T~aa\:e, for exanl!ple, the scene betweenJ krbhur D1o1Jlnithorne andJ H·e tty. Sorrell in Adam B ed:e and comrp ari"e it with' a stimil:a.r scene between

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One m10re mlile:storne in the jouTney of life has b'een reached. A·n other yeatr in the fleeting centwriesi of tim e has left us nev·e r to return. A. new year bemring its The hrigh;U hopes aindJ possibil-ities is1 now be:~ore New us, extending tfb:e .s:ea~s'on? s happy g,reetings1.

Yea~r Opportunity; knocks .a t our door, and' succ€/SIS srt~md:s r'erudy to amsrwer ·Our> can. The WO[''l d is hearvily la{jjen with treasures :aJndl a · wealth of riches lies hidden in the earth, a,wai.iting; som:e one to s1earch thecrn out.

Strange indleedl is the mortal who fails ·tio hewr the N·ew Y~ea:r:'s can; who does not feel the brearth o£ new life, amd whos.e spirit is unmiO'ved by .the rou;sinJgi spirit of the steaison.

The preSJeniJ is the tim:e for a:p_ awakening if the pa1srt h.a;s fou1n d us SDtmnolent. ·T his yewr mJa y meatn life oT death' to OU[' hope:s andl 'Oili'r destinies thUJs qui.i·c:kly: s;olved.

We mrusiJ aJrou:se ours:e lves by shaking, off old h:tbits. No1 better time, no m:o re opport:u ne moment foo the attad.nm·e nt of hig;h'e r idooJ:s than during the new y~eall'. W ~ musrt .strive according1

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In no time baiS scienee ever rea:chedl the heights of excell·e ncy to which preserutj dlruy energ1:i:e~ harve carried her. Still witb.l aill this development, there ha:s been no S'eien,tifio time when srcieniji:fic res:ea,rch was ill! greatte~ Prorfre:s·s dremarnd. Rapidly increa1s ing d:is:cove:ciesJ, con;amd a Good · stant progrres>t~ al:on~ scientiftc lines ha,v e .adModel . . dedi many new phases t~· the study of ,s:eience.

So it is thatJ the whole educartionall world aJnd' mo[''e espeei,aHy the Oatholic edueartiollial world, is org1runizing barnds. of ;societies for sci·e ntific inve1stigation. Religion and: science .rure closely .aJlied! .atndJ hence ~u i,s thatJ we need\ Catholic scientist1s alll1d ,needJ them badly. Let US' eo~opera;te, then, with: the good work oif scientific orga;n izaitio:n and w·e ean d.Jo this right herr e atnd at hom~e. T'he college has. been especiaJlly honored b~ her irew scientific society and miOre s10 by the adoption o~ D:r.

W·a lsh's name t1o lead herr on to srucces!s. Dr. W.alsih is truly one of th·e gr!ea,t OatthoHc Hcient.ist.SJ o:fl the day and we ean be jUistly pr'OudJ of his narrne. God g1rant tha;tj there will soon be ma1ny mor'e, just HUieh me:n andjn this great work we wa[lrt the heaxty eo-operattion of ,e very Catholic ·srtuJd1e nt. + + + B:esid'es the mere book knowledge thaiJ is dem~anded of the present d:a~ student, he must poss:e:Sis a b~oaJd·er knowledge thaill tha:t which is found; in books. He must What the aic quire, by. earrnestt obs!ervartion, a knowled~ge Prooen.t of presle1nrt day que~stion!SI amdi pr:ohlems. The Demands of enemies of his Gold', his soul m~d his relig,i:on Her Students a.re ga1ining imm:enBe pow€!['. atnd he must train himseU tlol cope with: these advers1alries~ M1odle rn tim·e s d'emJacrl!dJ aj mod!ern mJaln and aJ:n up t:o d'ate srtu!d ent. S,ci,ence, M'iJ, amdJ ·edUJcation aJre attJ their hi~eJstt and we must posHes1s a1

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Virgin, chis!elle:dJ fro·ml pure Gara1r'al m1a.rble, dr~alped:, and garlaDJdJed with flowers. N 01 dwwbt the Sod'a1lity ladies1 who per-· p:et rarted this aibomlinattioDJ thoUig!htl tih·e res.ultJ divinely be:a utifuJ, brut iiJ .is harrd: to enter into mindls thatt think the be~urty of virgin maJrble, ch.iselledl by a1mralsrt~ er haln d, can be improfV!eru b~ drapin:g with s1 i lk, andJ · g,a~r.land:ing1 with flower's. · ·T'he lalc k of arti,s:t ic insrt[nct in . ·srure h mii nds maik.esl one shudd:e:r. ' .·Tfh·e man who dJis.eovers ·s ome sup1re1ne crit•e rion for beatuty will . earrn the gratitlud:e of the human raic'e a s well as undying f~:rne.

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it is pounded! by t:h e Holy Lwnd:, where OtuT Loro lived and work,ed, andJ where the blackest trageidy of history was en~ acted. Well mal}" it be called' the ·sea1 of m\Oatning memori·es1, yeit t.ra;velers t~ell UJS it is the ca[mest amd1 m1osrt pla1e id of all sea:s. Perhaps it ha,s ,so mtt.J:ch grief pent up in its depths tha.~ i~ ·eatnnortJ rage.

Deep ~r1i-ef is nUilllbring, nort rage inspir,ing, - aiDJd hence it suits the eterna[ fitness of thing:s1 thaJt the sea .of history s:horruld! o1nly IDI03Jn,-moan oiV·e r the sin and md,Sie!l"J, the loiVe a~d harte, t:he fe~r and hope, the intr~gues, plo~ts amd petty ambitions thaJt make up the grin;t tragedy of life and the bitternesS! of ·history.

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The Rivard Literary and D e!bating club h.as been hold. ing regulaJ" meertings every w·e ek at which man~ fine speeches have been. deLivered. A diversity, of .sUJbjects ha1s been treated, amd the wa~ in whi·c h tlhe mlemhers haiVe hand:l·e d their subjects 'Shows the pralc tica[ benefit of their oratory c~uh, and the ahilitYr orf. their ModeTator R4ev. E\. L. R.iva1vd, C. S. V. T!he work and progiress of this so1ci~ty is interesrting and imrportan t, as the youn~ men who com;pos-e this elub will soon gp forth · from their Alm1ru MJaJt;e r to dee~de these questions of moment eoneernlin'~ which they haiVe in the~r deba:tes ad:vanc·ed~ such logi~ca[ orp inions1 . We a1re gl31dl to 'See tharti the subjects hain dled .a;r e ·SIO pralc tieal audl important. AJ few of the speeches de- liv·eredJ thUJS fan are ais . f01llorws: "Greed," J. A. Lowney; . ·"Olh ristmas Spirit," F 'r,ancis Olerury; "Eivolution," Jerem.i-ah O?Maihoney; "InflUienee of the Knights o1f Oblumbus," Jrum1e s Fitzg-er!a [d; "Thanks1g iving," GeraJld: Ble rgan; "Schola~ship.,'' · Joseph Lareaill; "DJau:i:el O'Connell," Richard .Q?Loug)llin:; "Oo1I1Jditio1n s in Irelatnd," Willia/m Samcrnotn ; "F'raud," J os1eph Gor.don; "F~reediom1 of the Will," El1 der Bou:ligne; "E:x erc i1se of the Will," Eid wardl QUJilleJ. .

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"Welcmne Add~ress~," S. Bwikosiki; "Obed'ienee to Ru.les.," . ~J. Garrity; "'TIJ:t:e Infa1nt J ·eiSfUSI," Geo. K:atne; Chorus, "Adeste Fide}s," members; "dhris.t,ma·~ s S>tory," T. H:etheri:rugrton; "Oreea[}J Sta~r," W. Steidl·€1; "OihristmalSl," E1. Riely. After re. · froshm:e nts were served!, aJ nUJmber of .the falc ulty present cong]ratu}arted the ,soci·e ty on itisl prog~ress,, aind: arb the same time . :t.J.!rged. urpon the m€lmJboos the imJp01rtamce of their b.eha:vior . when. taking pwrrtl in r:elig1iou1S ceremornies1; that is, the pa1r t they take in the ceremonies as .A!colytes~, should·' be acoom. painioo ·by ru pious am:d reverent attitude.

Tlh e Wa,1sh S.cientific societ~ iSI maiking prepara:tions to open up a nic·elJ71 furniisthed elub room\ where the members can spend! main~ otherwise d~eary; hours of winter in the company · of aJ well supplied! libracy ·on S.cientific ,s,u bjects'. This will hJatve a great sociarl as wJell as; ed:UJc.ationaJ value upon the m,embers. It will t.endJ to Ulnite the memlb ersr in good- fellow;. ship, and tJh us promro te the interests of the .s.ocLety. Farthe~r Brown has eharg1e of the fitting orut: of the room, and we are sure it will be a1 model ·e l Ulb room. .

The delinqu~ents in arttendarree m,a y not enjoy the p:arliam,e ntalcy routine of the meet~ngS!; burt no doubt t.hey can be · induced! to come to hea~r the interesrUng1 'Sic ientifie papersr which · fitting!lJli bring the meeiJing~ to a close, so1 W'e .urg'e their attendra nree.

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The Oon:cert o:f Popuilatr M1u1sric b(Y the Mozart Gle-e club · under the dlirection of R:ev. \F. - ~. She~r1d'an in honor" of St..

Cleci'lia'~ day, was perhaps the IDiOJS't .enjoyable affaii r hffid in · the gymnasium thiS! yea1r. Although! the p:opular. UH1Sk' wa,s predominant , still the few ela1s:sric:ail numlbers int~er:s-pers:ed were loudly applaud:edJ showing that there ~~S! a very appreciative auJdienoo prres:ernt. ThiS! mu1siea1l barnquertJ was held in honor of St. Oecilia?.s1 day; as. a1triburt:e to that greart saint and mu,s:iciatn whos·e miasrberfUil touch brought forth! the har,m oni,dus srt:Jrali ns -whkh ewrried the m,es:slmges of h:e1r sportle,srs: srou1l to its Maker. With tlhe inrs piring portra,1ts: otf 8t. Oecilia a1nd' Mto~a:rt tas,tJily aJrra:nrg ed on the stage, and! the mu:s:ie :filling1 the large ruudlitoriUim, aiprprrobatiotrr w:ais wr1tten on the coru:n-tena\n ces of a1li present.

Th.e orc:h:esrbral diesie rv.e s. srpeciarl oomimend'a,t ion for its well rendered ·num:b€ll'ISI, a[IlJdJ thi:S as: w·eli11 ·tJi'e €!Utire progratm re- .

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B/r!O!Wn/' 'EL''Unrull:t;''.viorHn :SIOi •<), '''T1he s~wriil1o·W·S'," Ei. "Gpulid :; s~()>~(), . ~'¥' othe!r," ·''Liitrt:l e' 'P1.ir:ff'' orf S:mok;e' GO.od.nigfut/' . u~ L.eOl.air ;- qhatl'·tett; e~ "Ml.t~ls~1}~ 'in tlie Ootld, Olold: <1rouiid';'' "F'i-8111ing," F '. Weit:al; violjn .s'o,lo; "Sioruvenir de D'e dla," F. Cbnn1o~; .solo, "M:o ny Lee," "W·i iy · Do'rn 't the-'·:Band Plaij ' D~ixl.e '?" J . ':Kissane; vioiJ.i,nJ qu!a Jr tette, "H:o pe M:a trch''; solo, "My Heart H!as L,ealrne!Cll· ·ta··Love' ••Y6~1~" ~'I vV.a!Tht tb1 · B1J.y · . S.orrrN~~ rLorve:/ ' H '.

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·: W :e are· pleasre d· tu ·note th.artl ·t he benefits1 of mem."bership in ' 'f'rhe·· ~Phespialns;" · aJ."e notJ left ·alt the .co1lege: ..when· the student ;t akes·: hi~ final d'e pa!r i;ur.e. ~.1\. recenrt ediito~ of The N e'VIr World ~nform:s us that the Rrev. J :. B. Shiel, '07, has org;arn ized ai d!r:aall!a.t ic club am.ong; the you1 ng; m.e n of St. Mels pa1ris:h, Ohicago, ·wh'erel he is srtlarttionedi. , ..Under the directjon of F 'r .: Shiel a high ·ela!s:s vaudeville. , perfOirin:Jad:lce wa1s gjven 1as1J month.

Need,les.s to · sary irtJ wrus :al grerarti su1eees:s1. It could nort be otherwis:eJ with Fr. ShieJ. art ·the ·helm fo~ he is a pa.s t master iit the hist:r iorn1ic · art!. · · , .

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was formerly exchange editor of" T.HE VIA TORIAN. We hope that in a short time we .s hall haiVe the pleasure. of .s:a1luting Emmet as CitJ7 Eld itor Cbn,va~y.

Mr. Columbus Blo~le, Chicago, Ill., !Fourth Aeade111ic, '10, is alttendin~ S~t. Thomas Military Aca:de.m y at St. Paul, 1\linn. ¥r. A. Slattery, eommrciaJ, '07, i.s' in the cotton busi~e1ss in Atlantw, G:av Tlhe R,t. R.erv. Bishop O'R.e illy, of Baker City, Oregon, reL cently underwent an opera.ti.on at the lVIercy hospita~l in Chiewgo. vV e sincerely hope for the srpeedy re:c overy of the Rev. Prelate.

Tlhe R·ev. D r. Gaffney, who spent, n1any years at ·St. Viator's both a1s ai studernt and' profes,siO'r, ha~· been a.p pointed pa~ stor of St. Mwry's church, · West Cihicago, Ill. ;For the past few yP.ar~ D:-. Uaffney has been Professor of Greek at the Cathedral College, Ohicago, Ill. Mr. Louis M. O'Oonnor, '07, Erlington, Ill., has. r(t1cent1ly received major orders art Rochester, N. Y. vVe a.r e expecting w visit froin. D~eacon O'Oonnor in the nemr future.

Mr. E[ias M. K·elley, '09, Ohjcatgo, Ill., took the! holy habit of a Olerric of St. Viator on January 14th, 1911, a~t St. Viator's Normal Insrt.i tute, Chicago, Ill. Rev. vV. J. Bergin, C. S. V., delivered the s:ern1on art the ceren110nies.

M:r. Thoma,s Zorilla of lVIadrid, Spain, '06-'09, is now ass!Ociruted in business with his uncle a~t T1ampico, 1\fexico.

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The Rev. J. M. Kalllgley, ord.a1ined from our sre1ninary in '07, form~erly of the Apostolic Mh31Sti ona,r y Band of the Peoria diocese hals been appointre d asrs-istant; pastor a,t Pontiac, Ill., whe1re the R.ev. J. H. Oannon, a1s:o an ah1mnus, is pastor.

Mr. Leo Kenned~y, Fourth High, '10, holds a, lucra.t ive position with the Alll'e['ican Glucosre C:on1pany art Waukegan, Ill. Mr. John Hansman, Fourth High, '09, Ohieago, Ill., is: in the stock eommission and broker:a:ge business with his father in Cfhica,go.

The Vecy R,ev. W; J. Suprelllant, C. S. V., and the R.ev.

G. P. Mulvaney, 0. S.. V., president a1n:d: vice-president respectively of Columbus College, C1haa.nherlain, S. Dar., spent Jan.

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8 and 9th at Bou~bonnais. F ·r. Suprenant then returned to Olhaa:nbedain while Fr. Mulvaney· left :f.or the sunny south in · quest of · hea1lth..

T!he Rev. M. P. Sammon, '03, pastor of .St. Berna;rd.'s chUlr.ch, Peoria, Ill., has ·beginn the construction of a beaiurtiful new school. Tlhe building1 when eontplete will have cost $140,000 a:nd wilil be one of the best paroehiatl schools in the Peoria\ d!i1oees:e. l\1r. B<:mna~rd Clos's, l\!Uendota;, Ill., who was here from '07'10, is this year .attending Brucredl Heatr t eollegre, D~e:nver, Oolo: "Lefty' pitchedl the varsti ty to ma:ny victori·es during the seasons~ of '08 amd '09·. · Th-e R1t. R;ev. Mlsgr. G. M. Legris, '80, is tra1v eling. in Africa). Th~e Rev. Monsignor ha~ been albroad ·s inee: May, 1910, and has visited nearly aJll the inter·eslting p~laces in Elu rope.

T'he Rev. x. lMJartin, '04 of Pullm1a n was a recent visitor art' the college.

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ORD INAJT'I ON. THE VIATORIAN is haip py tio recordl the elevation to the. priesthoto:d of R,ev. Bro. Hae;en, C. 8. V., w1h ich took pla1ce at Srt·. Peter's dthu1rch, Oeonrbo, Wi~s. RtL R.ev. B·i shop Fox perrorme:d the ceremony. Fat:h w H:a zen sa;ng his first mass in this church. V ·ffi".Y R.ev. J. P. 0'1\la:honey, C. S. V., acted a:s assi~~tant priest, R.ev. A. L1. Riiva~d· was deacon and R~ev. G. P. l\1ru.~lvalney, 0. S. V ., sub-d'e1 a:con. R,ev. J. V. Rheams, 0. S. V., J. Vien, C. S. V., atnd V. LeCl3Jir, 0. S. V., w-e re in the s:amctua:r y. Rev. Farther Vanier preatc hed the sermon. A sumptuous banquet ·was tend~eroo hi'S' friends jn the school h:all, the evem-in~ of the sam~e da~. .

A d:eligilitful progratllll of music and play w-as arranged by the sisters in hono·r of the newly orda:i ned. Father Ha~en was the recipient of ID!UillY valu:aible alnd bea!Utiful presents.

After aJ short va~eati!on Father HaiZen returned to the college to re-assume his ·duties aSI teacher.

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.e xchain g:esl were replete with stories1, poe1m.s andr essa~s dJealing1 w1ithi Clhrisrt:.mas:. A era1Ze1 for short stories has taken a1 iirm grasrp otf mallly exchanges1 and as a c'Onsequence ins:tr'u ctive eSisay~sr ar e eliininated. The well ' written, sound! ess~a~ .a:l wa1y s yields Inore benefit to the reader andJ writer thain ,s illy short s1tories of an intangible ord.er. T:he editor1als of not a f.e:w eocc:halllges: haiVe no pa!I'ticularr interest fo~ the student.

If t.h e stu!<lent's needs are not studied and sruppliedJ they 'vill ta~e but a: pa1ssive interest in their colleg'(~ paper. Who then .s hould edito['S cater to exc:ept the studentt?

Oru:rc exchamges, many of them los~ sig1ht of the vital point: aud are continually dle ploring the laic k of interest studentsr take in college j·ourna1isn1; The high school student is nort expectted to digest ar.n· essa~ on the '''A!ctive amdl pa·s,siv.e Intellect" or on tJhe "Immensity of God" or "The Nature of Possibles~." Wihy not, then, give thrun somethin~ which is in ke·e ping vvith the s·t udies they are prursuing and not devote the whole pap€r to alrticl•es which a,r e :s trictly the work orf philosopihell':s., and of interes1t o:nly to philosophe['SI? 1

The. .Mercurry fl'Om Getey.shurg Oollege', Pa., has its1 qu:ota of Chrisrtmats sto['ies1, ·es1sa~s and' poe·m s which a1re well written and breathe aJheaJthy spirit. Your edit:o riatl and e~cha.ng~e columns .a1re w'e ll ha1n dled. Hiorwever, ·we do not ag:ree w1ith your opinions i:nJ the ex·e hain ge ·C:olumn rega,rding~ athletics for if officiaas are not' guilty1 critic~Siill will not injure them. Le·t us haiVe all criticismr pos1sri ble; it will ril.ia ke us be1t.t er.

The Solarnd.arv. froini Srt. Francis1 Clollege, Quincy, Ill., has maide its appeatranc:e i;n our sanctU!mL The absence of aJll' ex:chain.ge depa~rtmBnt dtettra:c ts from this otherwh~re interesting paper. The articles a:r e in every i,nJs;tancr~ carefully s1eleeted a111d written. There can be no dloiUbtl hutJ that the prhn1air y object of a .college is the eultivation of ch:a;racter a1n d t!h e 'vriter of "Ei:ffeets of Clolleg1e E/duJcaJtdon" s!how:s this to be strikingly true. Since the · Cartih olic college furnis1h es true Clhr,isrt.ian principles only there c:an m1a:nly charracter be cultiva.t,eiL Sher 1

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idan the orator a,ncl d~ramatist" is the life .s to•r y of that brilliant genius, though hewed by bitteir ness: and:. disappointment, yet "with his chara,c t.eristie grit undiSIID)a~ed by failure rewrote the plot of the "HivaJs'' whose fame live's on~ Lack of spa1ce forbids u:s m1e ntioning · ea:ch a:rticle. All however· deserve credit.

"The Portugues:e Republic a1n d R.adiealis,m " is: the su.l)ject of 3J highly interesting arnd! instructive article in s. v. 0.

Stud.e nt. Toda[Y the bra,v e pri·e sts rund. ·nuns' are exiled from tha;tJ country bra.nd'e:d a1s a m:eila1c:e to the Republic. The a\I·tiele in the Student gives fa:cts showing the injustice orf the new regin1e in Portug~a, l. "Scienee and t.h e Church" proves that "Ti~uth can never oppose truth" · for "vVhat God has paint.ec1 in the s.ta1rry firmam•e.nt above, or s:c ulptured in the earth benewth, camnot be a·t varianc-e w.ith that which He has spoken to His Ohurch." Tihi:s article aidvoea,t es exactly 'vha.t the vValsh Scientific Society of St. Viator's ha:s. for its obje1ct - the com:p at:ibility of science and religion.

T'ho Fovrdh.aon JJ!l onthly for J anuaTy ha.s, a: variety of artieleSI. T'he g:raiVe and the ga,y a,r e found side hy side and e!UICh. receive·s its shmre of . mttentio~n. "More tha,n a Ma, sterpiee~' is the story of Ra1ph.a1el's: "D'i.sputa del S. Saermnentd' which today adorns the walls of Stamza della Se:gnatura in the Va.tiea:n. The Immort.a:l Dante and S~vana1ro•la a,r e seen in this work of art. "S~a.netuin" is, we believe, a, new deiparture in the Ji1ordha1n ll!Iorn.thl'y ain d ·C ompares favoralbly with a department o:f a siinila1r na1trure lately eonducted in T'HE V~ATORIAN viz, Phroneinia ta. On clos1e r ·ex.aminaltion, however, vve find that "Sa~nctuTn" notes: a1 r e reailly the editoriails but we should neve:r have knof\vn by the airrang· em,~nt. vV.e wonder if the Notre Darn~e Schola~Stic has ceased publica,t ion. Seve~a~l weeks have elaps•e d s1inee we received a copy.

We caa::Lnot afford to lose you hence: get husy a.nd put in a1n a.ppea:I' a nee.

T':t-tE VIATORIAN is gratefUJl for the n1any flattering references from. college papm''Si. It is a gratific.ation to know that the work of the mana,g ement and editoTs is a,p preciated! by highly ·esteeinieid' .j ourma.Is1.

We gra.t efully mckno,wle:dge the receipt of the following college and a,c ademy publications: Floor De Lis of St. Louis University; E.choes1, Kentu'c ky; Pacific Star, Oregon; The D:ia.I, St. l\fa1rys, K.ans:as; Buff a,n d Blue, vVa,s hingion, D. 0 . ;

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Georg1etown CoiHege Journal, D'. .0:.; .L'alUrel, St. B-onaventure, N. Y.; Oblle:gia1n, Oakland, O!ail .; Abbey Student., Atchisron, Kruns1a;s; Mountaineer, Mt. St. Mad:-y',s: Oollege, Md.; Niaga['a ,Index~ N iaga1rru Faills, N. Y. ; Young ·E!a:gl e, Sins;inawa, Wis1. ; St. Ignartiurs, Oolleg:i an, Olhicag}o; 'T he Na~a1r:erth Chimes, Lra, Qrange, Ill. ; The· N azarenre, N!alz a!r eth, Mich. ; 8t. 1\fa,ry's, 1\fes;Sie nger, .Monroe, Mich.; University of Otta~vru Review, Otta:vva, Clan. ; The Oseotian', Osc1ott 0/ollege, Birmingha1n, Eng. ; The Oollege SpokersiJil:an, Druibuque, Ia, ~; Ma1nhatrtan Quarterr ly, N. Y.; :mchoes frto1m the Pines, Obait lia1n, Ont.; Exponent, D:a ytorn, 0. ; Part rician, Obi UIIDilms~, 0. ; D:' Yonville Mia,g1a~ine1, Buffa~lo, .

N. Y.; VillaJ Sancta Scholas:t ic Qua1rterly, Duluth, Minn.; The Rredwood!, ClaL; Hedd1ng Graphic, Abin~don, IlL; St. Mary's Sentinel, Ky.; The Loretrt:i ne; Tihe Schoolman, Berlin, Qrnt.; Tlhe Lrarbarum!, DublUique, Ia. ; St. ·Vincent Oollege J ournrul, Beatty, Pal. ; TIJ:1. e Xarvier N. Y.; Pitrbs!burg Oollege. Bullin, · Pa.; The Loretto Maga~ine, etc., ertc.

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Here is a delightful book for ·c hildren. Catee:hism and bible histo.r y are blended together very skillfully throughout the entiir~ texti--a;ndL..tihis is the fetching feature of the book fqr the young.

This instt ruction is further pres~ented in "rebug form of aJ practiea[ c'h arwcter." There are thousta nds of pictures ·Oi[' symbols to arb tract t:he young mind and' s:et it on the alert to reconstructing the sacred text from the illustrations. It is a very ingenious arrangen1ent in which is revealed the fine pedagogicail inst:i nct 01f the author, the R;ev. D~r.

Thomas Gaiffney, pr'ofless!Or o:f biblic:a1l study at the 0\a,t hed:r al College,, Chica:gro. · H1iSI ste lection . of ,storie1sl f~om the ·old' teHt:aJmrent ·and of pa1rables am.dJ evenrts' from the new tesrtam·e nt is most ·felicitous and his1_pre1sent;a:tiO!n of! th1ets1e subjects in ea~y · colloquial style sta1nps the book a classic of the Sunday school room. I commend! th:e book t1o homes whe1re the "funny" Sunday sup~plemlelntJ oiftei?- ahs:orhs~ too mu1ch attJbention, and to aill STi:nda:y ·schoo~· c1as:s:es. In vie·w of the wide diffusion .which t lh iS ·book dJeiSierVeiS J' WrOIUldJ SrUggersrtl a[n, ed1tion of it whi,ch woru!ld bri.!lg it e 'a.sily within the bruyiuw · power .o·f · , S,u1nda~ sehdiQ,r elas:sieS large .and ·.strnan. The bolo]r is prublislt·e d hY' the John A. He!rte1I . Oom~parny, O!hi,cago ·a(Ild .B1oston. . . .

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With a partched lineup andJ aJ team tha1t was together for only two d!ays1, St. Via,t or',sl went oClown in defeat before the cla.s.s.y Wheart on five in the eollegte gym-nasimm. The gam·e was an enjoiJa.ble one to witllle's's', being~ · dean• a!Ilid little dela,y wa·s oecasi·onedJ during: the eont!esrt. WheartoiJlJ had· been playing sinc:e Thanksgiving and! put up 'Siotrn·e of .the finest team work s1e:en on the loca1l floor. Tihe v.a\r:sity being together fo1'" ·s uch a ·s hort tilne eould! not break u!p the well oiled machine amd , took the defeait graJc•efUJlly y·e t pl.a1y ing with a doeterminatj;o n that eerta1inly spealk.s1well for Coaie h F'itzg~erald·'s t1~aining and prophesies mueh fo[' the co1m.i ng barttles. Fo•r 'iVheaton Md.lls w.ais bYJ fa,r the leading "·T ungsten,'' .arnCU Long and :M cKenzie aJs1o sho·wed them·s elve'sr toi be finisihed pla;yers. For the loca.ls "Sol" D·o em'ling .shone, as diclJ G.o rdon and: :M.oynihaJJ.. Dturing the ·s hort tim.e C'aprt. F 'itzg1eraJld1 pivoted the team, he sta1rtled the vj:sli tor!st by ·his speedt and g:ing1er. Fis.c her, the ex- · 8pa.lding1 strur played~ a he.a1d y g1alillie a.,t eenter, holding his o~­ ponent to .ru srtrun:dsrtill. · L,in.eup: St. Viator's Wheaton.

Long R. F. Moynihan Mills, Gr.ange L. F. Doemling, Fis·c her Elsen, 0 lmsteoa'd C. Fi1scher, Fitzgerald (Capt.)

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R. G. Kissane McKenzie L G Hordon, Cleary Goals fro in field-Long ( 5), Mills ( 4), E'l~en ( 2), .McKenzie ( 1), Doemling ( 1), Moynjhan ( 2), Fischer ( 2), Fitzgerald ( 1) . Goals fr.o m foul-Mills ( 3), Olmstea·d, ( 1), Do em ling ( 2); Moynihan ( 1), Fitzgerall d ( 1).

Referee-Immenha us en.

Umpire--B:achant.

Timer.sLegris and Straw.. Time halves, 20 mjn ,

B!OrvvlLING. NeV-er before in the history of bowlin~ at the college have the bowlin~ alleys been s1o well patronized. ·The up.s tarirs of the "gym." is fwirly: ailive with the ·e nthusiasts" of the winter pastime. Tlhe m1aJ::iJa1gemJent' in: ord·e r to make the competition keen, ·is a.,ward!ing1 a va1lualble prize each week to the hi~hest borwl€1[', and! the m:ruples· a.r e meeting, tiheir farte timely and oft.

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In the five contests which the lo1cals have' participated they were victorious in 4 ourt of 5. Thus: far they harve won two grume!S fr:on11 the K. of CPs., one from the Y. M:. 0!. A. of Kanka:ke·e, aJ:l1d one from the B,rad11e~ A. 0. The only gn11ne lost w·a s' to the Y. M:. C. A. on their rulle;ys bJl aJ clos'e score. In a,n the s~ets the toita,l pins werre eormnte1 d a,nd' the Va~rsity has given s.om·e fine ·ecx:hihitiolfis to theh, mruny ad1nirers, and' iss·u e .3.J sweeping ehaJlenge to erveTy a,s.piring1 bowling aggregat.ion. lVIr. 0. ~!f.cOauley is lea1ding the coillege with ~al s.co·re of 267, \Yhile Helta with 242 a1n d O?Brioo el,osie with 237 .aJ"e giwing hin1 a tight ra1ee. Orthe1~s ~howing elaiSISI are D·o nahue with 22·5, Fit.zgeraJd 2~3 ~ndl A. G. Quille 210. The alleys all-.e kept in fiue c-ondition and ~fessl~SI. Leg1ris and ~feOiaruJe~ . are proving1 ideal manage,r s. '

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Tlh·e c01ntes.t was excitin~ a1nd was witnessed by many enthusiasts, who rooted vociferou1S1ly for the locals!. "Johri,niev' B.e rgin proved! the mainst.aiy of the Junio1~s with an average of 135 for the three ga,mes~, 'vhHe M:runager1 Gea.ren " r.a1s: a. close seeond with -133. Tbtal pins1S. V. 0. 19'2.0, B\r'latl:ley 1681.

T1HlE1 MIN·I MS. The Minim1s neatly c'hud in th~ir new swits won tbe1ir :firs,t g~arrne by defea1 t ing the Bou1rbonna1i's Nonpair eilsl 65 to 0. The village team w.ais utterly orv-erwhelmed and' a,t no stage of the gam·e couJd .s top th~ rushing M'i nimsl. Ci01a1c h McDonald has a well trained team amd no d:efeat.s should be haillded them this

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winter. Caiprt.' Fitzpatrick rut cente r is a tower of strength and runs the tea1m w·ell. Pepin ailld E ld ga1r a;re ideal f.orwa:r d1s, as clever aJ · pair a1s could be mated, and G. l{ane and Kiss-ane a1~e as tight a:s clos1e on the opposing1 hemver:s1. Dandurand, Sted.n and Senesac a,r e very exeeHent recruits and 'fill the brea1chs to the de:ligh t of their :mJaln y adn1irers. A hard s. che~d ule is ahenld and aH are sure of sueeesJS..

T HRiU A KNOT'HIO LE. Through som:e typ101~r:a1phicaJ e'r ror, the name of Welch w.a1s unintentionaJly orm.itt,e d from the list of footha11 players winning1.an emblem1. M:r. V\Tel·c h pl:aty·e d an' unbeatable ga.m e .a;t gma~d and was one 01f the ma1 instayS1 in the1 line. He indeed richly deserved the token aJnd' is w·e:a~ring it to everyone's! great delight.

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certadnly showed grea:t taste in the .s.ele~c­ tion of the footba.ll srwea.te1r co:f:t.t:S. The hu~ky moleskin veteraus are wearing1 ru maDoon s<"r;earber with a gold foott:hall .mnd purple emblmlll, bring1ng ba:ck to thetm the vieto·r ie1s! ·o f 1910.

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when the Pafthfinders defeated the Rivals 8-4. ' T'he Never S.weats as usua1l trained in the rear.

One of the most interesting basketball games1of the season was played Jan. 15 between the Roy Hall and j)farsile. The game wa1s very close, ending 9-8 in favor of Roy Hall. The lineup of the wj.nners was Cashin am.d Curley fDTwa~rds Sherm1a n center; Warner and Trainer, guards, a,n d af j)fars:ile Hall: Srunm-on and' Dro nnelley, forwards; CUJna,va,n, cente:r; Wall and Carter. guards.

The following games- ha;ve to be m·e t by the Va,r sity five: 0Th3.Jrga, D'e Paul, Lewis Institute, St. Bedes, Morga n Park, Spalding aud Bradley. All classy contests.

B'asebaJI is in the air, and threatening to: des1cern d a,t any minute. At _present a group: of leaguers a~ re practicing on the indoor diaunond. Al M~eCairlhy star of '08-'09 now with the Pirartes, B:ruchrunt the best catcher in western college ball during the saJne year-s, now with DesMoines in the \¥estern ·circuit. Billy Mortell is scooping ground'e rs and will do the sllillle next summ~er for Jrucksonville, Florida. Jarvis the 'Mom1ence star is here getting ready for the Southern Michigan leaigU·e, and Eidldiie Sta1ck whd promises to bring the ·world's charrnpionship to the Quaker City a1n d Bert O)Connell a:r e ex·pect.ed daily. Tfue pl'lospects are not a:s r-osy as they could be for the Varsity, yet when the spring sunshine a~ppears from ·behind the leaden skies, our spirits Ina(Y rise, a31d a winning team should result. · A:ll ready to put the a1ir bvake1s1on Onarga.

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"Speak thre speech, ·I pray you, as I pt"!Onouncedr it to you, trippingly, on the tlongrUJe." , N everr, s1in.ce tihre d:aiySJ of Sthrukespea;r e, did' the adviee of H ra imlet to the prla~r er:si flaiH Oifi' miOre vvilling earsr than when ;R;ev. J. W. 1\II!aJguire .adJdires,seCL theilll to the members of t~he Sen.jor class the first evening they a;s :se1nlbl~d to rehearse the "Private S.erc r·etao:-y." HiS! w·ords: were almost verified to the letter. E:a ic h play;eT ca~ried orut his ins,t ructions admir:a:bJy, suiting, the arc tion to the word, the worrd: to1 the a,c tion and' throughout the three a1cts holding the mri rror up to na1ture perfe:c tly. Indeed iiJ ma\Y be s1arf ely :S!a idl that the "Priva.t e Secretary" was the mosrt sru.c cessful pla1y sta:ged at the ·college in recent years a1nd' the entire f.a1culty amd student body feel greatly indebted to these worthy seniorS! and their director for this rare intellectua,lr treat.

T·h e colleg~e the:a,t re was tarxerd' to its catpa:eity lo~ng~ berforr e the pla,y begian aindJ for two and a ha1lf hours. the audienee vv.ars thrilled! witbJ the srprl endidl interpretaJtion of this modie rn play. Mr. Eldiward! J. Unruh acted the: pa1r t of Mr. Cat.t ennorl e ·with all the dr'amat.ic skill of al finished alc to·r, ~vhile 1\ir. E:d die Quine, ars1the ·eccentric: old m.i nrist.err kept the a!Udience in cont.inua1l ~oodJ humorr throug'hoiUrt. H!i s int.eTpretation of this rarther d'iffilcUilii role was' eoccelil ent. 1\ir. l\1:i. J. 8pa.l ding need,s no int.rrodUJction .arsi atn .a:e tor. He has already hecom·e ru :faJvo1rite " r.ith arll tJ'UI€1 lorv ers of dram•a tic a1rt, sutffiee to .s:a.y he: s.u stain1e:d hi:s pa1r'b OIDJ t,h is oc·ca.siorn wit;h char:a1c t:e ristie ability. Tfh.e satme mta y be sra id of Mr. Jamre!S! F'it1Zge~a~ld .aincl' Francis: C:leia!r~.

Mr. William S:aliDmiOTI! as SJ1d'ney Gibson the tailor and g1entlem,am:., wa:s inim1ita:ble in .h js DJew role. l\1r. Ger'a.ld Berg,an as Mrs. StreadJ was "faid le princeps'" among1 the fem,i ninel ehara:et.errs.. l\fr. J. Kils!satne, E i. Kekich: .a:nd El. K ennedy were also very g16ord in their respective parts while R'a!l ph Legris! a~cted tihe part! of the writ server• with ra1re skill andi activit.y. Prograrrn follows : · 1

Mr. Marsland, IM. F. H.. . . . . ................. Martin J. Spa·lding Harry Marsland, his Nephew .. . . .. ........ ..... Jame·s M. Fitzgerald 0

Mr. Cattermole ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edwa!'ld J. Unru'h Douglas Cattermole, his Nephew .................. Francis A. Cleary R-ev. Robert Sp::'\'lding, a minisJer .................. Edward J. Quille

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Edith Marsland, daughter to Mr. Ma.rsland ..... . ...... .. E. Kekich E:va Wle bster, her friend and companion . . . . . . . . ·E dward K·e nnedy Mrs. -s.tead, Douglas' landlady .......... . .. : ...... Gerald T. ·Bergan ·M iss -As;hford .................... ·. ~; ............ John' D. Kissa,n e S.~TYPOSIS

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ACT II.-''F·ull Cry.'' 1Mr . .Marsland' s Gountry Sea;t.

AGT III.-"Run to Earth." Mr. Marsland's Country Seat.

LOCALS ----.College boy, Cloa1venrt girl, · L:Orts ·of joy, · Heaids1arwhirl, · Winning ' look, Cihamee book, N UJff S!ed.

-Oh B!ert'! vVhy d:itd1 you get R,os'e-tecl?

-· 8tu:delllt-I should think we'd;. be a:llorwed1 to go to the ba,zaa1r andl spend' ou1r money for Olhalr ity':s, sake ..

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-R.e:d L.-"Ge1e ! He can't contradict his businet;·S, can he'?"

-A lit~tle eat sat 0~1 al r'ruilr:oad trwck She didnr't hea'r the whisrtle!

T'ootl! Tloot! P s-s:t! Scat! Meow!

Pony Coat.

-"Reckless1bunch at the bazaar."

"How'.s th.artl?"

"Why, they we~e taking all kindiSI of chances."

-Fritz: "Wh'ere's1Danriy ?"

Gus : "Why?" FriteJ·: "I wa:niJ to aBk him if I can .s ha,v e today" -There wa;s a, youn:g1 fel1low from Morris Who tried to g1et into a chorris He gat upto n the stage But went int10 ru ra:ge .

When they told him : his' voice was too horris.

-Silence is go1detn, but donr't let that stop' you from asking foT th:e second piece of pie if you think you ca1n get it.

-·-"Is he gone?"

"Who?·" "Izzy."

"Is he what?"

"Is he g1one, I meain Izzy."

"Izzy is."

-No longer ra\YS of summer's sulll with .wanning comrfort greet us, We haiVe no zephyrs from the s1outh at rising hour to m:e et us, When l\forpheru~ takes his ta1rdy flight we stallld with naug(ht to heat us. - - . · At ra1dtia1tors col:d;· a1s i,ce .. W e st~nd arn'd.say SOIB.ething; not nice, Discarding .an urbanity · We salY-with m:ild profanity • "Goshdarn that janitor anyway!"

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of a fellow is.n 't he·?

-"Hell.o Mike! Did you 'get atny rabbits:?" · "Nopre, lliOU even a h:m~e (hair)."

- Specia:l to Bourbonnais Farther: Tne Wife Seeker'S Uni011i has · done another service to ·m arn kind · ill! procuring a.nr affinit.y for F. A.. 0.

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· -Affeetiona.tely ded'i.eat.e d to our' belOiv·edl Oscar : Lives of rueto~·s all remind usr We cain . sometimes be the rage1, And d:epair ting 1-earv.e -behind us F 'r uit and eggs1 upon the st~.1ge.

- . Will you plearse wa:it for me, Kid? /

Lost-·OI).e .a.ppertite. at 223 Roy Hall. ' vVwnted- More heat.

Finder will pleas.e return to owner·

Al Over, Roy Hall.

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