PAUllSSEN MANUFACTURING CO. MANUFACTURERS OF
Sash, Voors and Mouldin{fs Interior Finish a Specialty Plate and Window Glass Always on Hand 143 Washington Avenue, Cor. Bourbonnais Street, Kankakee, Illinois Central Union Telephone, Main 276w : : Independent Telephone, No. 160
Kankak~e
Book Store
176 Court Street Fine Stationery, Populat Copyright Alger and Henty Books, Post Cards and A !bums, Pennants and Pillow Covers, Sporting Goods. The Gift Store
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Shoe Repairing Satisfaction Guaranteed . 路Basement, City National Bank Bldr;.
E.BETOURNE Druggist and Optician
Kodaks & Supplies Students' Elect1 ic Reading Lamps
Kankakee Electric Light Co .
ALCIDE L'ECUYER & CO-MPANY
NORRIS & FRITH
Mercantile Jobbers
Hard"Ware and Sporting Goods
Confectionery and Cigars a specialty East. Ill. Trust & Sav. Bank Bldg. Both Phones 601 Kankakee, Ill. TEL, FRANKLIN 480
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The Largest Stock of Photographic Supplies, Plates, Films, Lamps, Enlarging Cameras & Developing Papers in the City.
H. H. TROUP &co. LUMBER KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS
Jolln J . Wheeler, President
.Willi(lm· M. Byrtile, S·eeretarv
The Standard Roofing Co. Established 1866
ROOFERS 692 N. HALSTED STREET CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Phone Monroe 4 30
Medal and Diplomas at World's Columbian Exposition , Chicago, I 893 ,· American Institute of Architects' Exhibit, Chicago, I89¢
ESTABLISHED 1884
JOHN CARETTI & CO. JOHN D'AMBROSIO, Proprietor OONTBAOTORS O JI'
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Manufacturers and Ge.n eral Contractors
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Sanitary Plumbing Municipal Water Works and Sewerage Systems
37 to 45 OHIO STREET, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Long Distance Telephone, North 1833
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EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT Ind. Phone 704
191 Court Street, Kankakee, Illinois
School 'Bo.ards Buying Andrews' School Desks are su re of satisfaction, prompt shipment, fair dealing. We also lead ,t he world i n Opera Chairs, Settees, etc., for halls and auditoriums.
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MONEY TO LOAN ON CATHOLIC CHURCH PROPERTY AT LOWEST RATE I n quir i e s Soli cited
NAPOLEON PICARD 159 LaSalle St.
Chicago, Illinois
Tbe Spalding Trade-Mark
A. G. Spalding & Bros. A re tbe l arg-es t manufacturer s i n th e world of Official Equipment for a ll Athleti c Spor t s and P as t imes. are interested in Athletic Sports you should have a copy of the Spalding CataIF You - - - - - - logue. It's a complete of encyclopedia~
WHAT'S NEW IN SPORT and is sent f r ee on request.
Is known throughout the world as a Guarantee of Quality
A. G. SPALDING & BROS. 147 Wabash Ave.
Chicago , Ill..
Dorrtestic Palace Steatn Laundry Telephone No. 178 311 Schuyler Avenue Kankakee, Illinois
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w£n praise wherever used. Made in a modern p lant by competent workmen, usz'ng only absolutely pure cream and.flavors. Specia l pa? ty pr£ces.
ANDERSON DAIRY COMPANY Ei t her Phone 91
" Every Mouthful Delicious" 391 Schuyler Avenue , Kankakee, }11.
l~nd. Tel. 472
W~Do Repairing
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The "La Petite" Theatre
SHOE DEALER
Kankakee's Most Po,pular Picture Show
All New Ideas in Fashionable Footwear
Best Singing Best Pictures Best Music Matinee 2 to 5 p. m. Evenings 7 to 10:30
188 Court Street
Kankakee, Ill.
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Roy's Pharmacy
F.D.RADEKE BRG.CO.
Drugs, Stationery, Cigars, Paints., Oils and Varnishes
Both Phones 132
Kankakee, Ill.
193 Court Street
Prescriptions a Specialty
Legris Brothers
STITH BROS.
113ankers
Restaurant and Lunch Room
Kankakee, Illinois Knox Hats
Lion Shirts
182 Merchant Street, Kankakee
H & P Gloves
Everwear Hosiery
All are striking examples of the perfection of American Manu facture. Necessities whose comfort and goodness will apreal to you long after you have forgotten the price. Sold exclusively in Kankakee by
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SCHOOL BO.OKS 378-388 Wabash Ave., Chicago
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Crushed Stone, Cement Walks a~d C_urbs, Portland Cement and all Kinds of Mason's Supplies. North Schuyler Avenue and City Limits, Kankakee, Illinois Both Phones No. 277
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KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS
The Finest Assortment of Room Furnishings in the city '\.Vill be found at
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The Store of Quality and Lo'\.V Prices Largest Insurance Agency in Kankakee County
Shirley Moisant & Co. Fire Insurance Office in Legris Brothers' Bank
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NUMBER 10
AUGUST , 1911
"HOPE." There isi no hea1->t 'h ow ever light and gay T!halt has not felt .s om路e grie!f from: dla:y to There
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speed the desid.e ration. knd. why shou1d not ma,n be active ! In nature inertia is the token of dea:th, the symh01l of the lowesrt order of ea1rthly things·. It 1s when "\Ve as1cend fl"'O'm these form's amd find activity gra,dually increaHing and be:. coming better orderedJ that we a~pproa1ch eloser to the hig•hes·t degree of erearted life.__int;e llectua'l :a:nd moral activity. Such is the highest because it mil"!rorrs activity itsreJf, making man like to God-the source 0f all life, of aJl action. No, man cannot be art rest. His intellect cros1s.es the oeean!s of time and Siffi1S1e, Sleeking ever f.o,r that fountain of perpetual youth, the fountain ·o f the et.e:rlllall veritie,s:. 'iVith it tra1v els the will upon its kindred miss1ion to find the challice o·f ev.errla1s1ting g~odnes1s. Here is man's real a,c tivity. VVhat harve the revelations of experim·ernt, the wonde:rrs. of invention, the ene1rgy of genius done fbr him.'? . Ho\v: harve they aided him in the eeJaJs1e·s s ques,t ,? He Heeks the f.ountain of truth, the cha1ice .o f g:oodne,s s, thart. he maiJ· drink forever and· nerver be sat:Usfied. VVill aH these agencie1s of a,c hievement help to brin~ hjm nigh unt01 thos1 e living! wa.tHrs? This is the ques.t,i on which must mean n1osrt: to hin1 on his voyage of hu1nan prlogreiSIS. F 'a.r, far, in the reale he'S' of eternity the Oroniscen1t·. O;n e has ch:a:rt.ed the only safe andi cert1a in w-a,y for the huallia,n soul. ~Phe hand of the :a n lorving ha1s hung out the sun of rjght, the plar.n:ets of everlasting affection t~) guide it -and whil.st the heart of the: eternal goodne:ss longed as only God can long, for the safety of thart love freighted soul-the knorwledge of the Infinite One pla:n ned for it, the t'e mpes;bs; of infinite. retribution were quelled for it a,n d the All lVIereiful O·n e went do\vn alone-alone into the valle~y of death, to prepare for that soul the '\Yell spring of tegenera tion. . vVhy should not :man be inspired \vit:h such supe'rna.l ineentires, why should not 1n.a:n be s.purr'e d on to such a, noble d,es:t~ny '? Is not his wholei be1 ing1 srtaanped \Vlith the sea,l of an infinite a,ctivitv? The brain which coiD'S'e:s the Ine,mbers. which execwte-·-all "":ork in their m·a ~rvelous ~spe, ed and harmony only because they in1agine H in1 who rnoulds work through then1 in the execution of His gJ.o1rioilliS plaiDS!. It is only "God' who w· OI~ket~h in UiSI both to will and to a:ccom,p lish." Therefore thes1e a1g1e nts; which imag1e God·, thest€~ sublirne faculties of mind' and heair t-these are the important factors, in dcl·e rmining the~ destiny of Inia n, but s;i nce the d:estinv ., of man n1.ust be the glory of God, the re:c ord of hun1an
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endea;vi)r i·s a counterfeit and: worthless scroll if it be nort illuminated by the fingers of God a~a well a:s1 inscribed by the fingers of man. The annals of hn:mam history; demonstrate t.o u,s that man· cannot be stationall.j', thalt he is not a m·e re srtone to be used in building up the monument of existe:nee. No, he aJ.ways has been a builder but history pDoves that the edifice of his life never has boon rightly reared llp0111J the shifting sands of human experience. "Other foundation no rna11 earn lay but that which is laid, which is Ohrist JesUSt," sarys the apostle. Yes sc.nH~thing more than a humrun gr·o ondwotrk is required forr that which n1us·t be stlrouger arud more lasting than man·' s native powers. If l11alll's work is to stand tomorrow when the "rains fall and the .storms beat upon his hO'UISie," if his "~ork is to be useful oomorrow when men ma.y endea:vor to bury him in the wreckage of that whkh represents: the pla,nning and1 labor of years. then indeed' mUJSt he go down for support to that which will endure for tomorrow and for every morrow. It rna tters not how his work may halrm:onize with the fluctuating sentiments of human cri,tircism, it matters only that his striving may ruccord with t.h e pla1n s of the Omnipotent One who created him, sent him forth to be a humble part in an infinite purpose of that purpose. He maw understand no more than the fly which crawls upon the surface of the painted masterpiece and: knows not the beauty of those tights and shades which convey the artist's lM~sage. But if only he can feel that he is doing his share, if only he earn learn that God's worrk is to be done noiJ in nu1:n's way but in God's own wa:y-then m3Jy he ,rest assured that his heavenly father will work in hiln "hoth tQ will a.nd t.o accoonplish." If I aJn thrilled with the m.eaning of living because the Infinite wisdon1 has: pla1c ed n1e here to fulfill a more than na·t ural destiny, if I a1n anima~ted with the possibilities, "\Y~hich an Infinite Benevolence hold's ou~t for m~e, if I can serve my fellow 1n1a.n in high pla•e0s or in lowly 8.tation a1nd feel tfua.t it is in acco1~d with an infinite ·wisdom, amd an infinite benervoIencer-ah, who wUl compats.s the joy which living and s·e rving can bring to n1e. 'f'o do t.h e mo1st 'vorthy thing' which life pre~ ~ents, to do it as sta'l!dfws.tly and a1 s exeeUent.ly as: I ca:n is all too small a ,ste rviee to exchange for ,s uch immeasurHible reeoulpenSie. Though men 1na~y look upon m.y tomtb but ast atn other stepping stone in t:h eir selfish elimh, 'vho wBl deny to 1ne the
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la.s ting satisfaction of a ·su.cces,s whic:h whether notaihle or ignoble as humalDJ :aJtta:i ninents are wejrg hed will mean for me a share in a:n wehieven1cnt 'vhieh irs: moi"~e gloriously human because more gloriously divine~. Yes activity irs the wartcih'W:viJ.."'d of the hour. Man hars surrounded his t10wns with lines1 of indUJsrtry, he has adorned his citieS Hind drawn Up WiSte laws, he ha\S rearr ed .ateademieiSt Of !·e arning a111d g1a1lleries .of art, he ha1s1 delved deep into the s.eerets of the phy.sicaJ. w:orld and provided new salfe·guardS' for health and eomfoti~t. 'T!hes1e are .n oble '\Vorks worthy of the Q!esrb iDJ man, ·capa1b le 0 1f bringing; .out the highest trtaitls of hu:m1a n cha~a1cter. Who will drure to suggest that in all this man m:ay not haiVe plUJnn·e d well, tha1t he may not have wrought wisely. Let the ~rand tortal od:" his ealrthly achieveJnents be writt;en in the hearts of men and ins:cdhed upon the chronic,les of time. But if this be all thart he ha.s·-. let him father his human a1ccomplishmlen1is about him and let hin1· give ear . to the !sri mple inquiry. of one whose life was: a human failutr e: "Wha;t .slhalll a 1nan give in exchange forr hj:s; .soru.l." Let him an.srwe'I-. that qUiery, not wit1h his lips: but with his own soul, that soru1l which ca~nnot deceive its1elf, thaib soul whiGh is ever constant in its quesrt of truth and! goodnes~ s1. vVell he know.s that he eat:llJ a1nrstw er aright if in the hou:r.s of strirv ing he h.a;s not fo·rg~ot.tierr the one grea,t reason of hi:s' earthly ·S'Ojourn, the on:e great motive which malke1s. a .s~mrphony of the turmoil of all ea~rthly laibor. Ignoring this, e:ve:n in this ag'e of progress, life moves in aJ vicious eirde, it is held b3r a, chain of half ljnks which presently 'Slips a,w ay a1n d leave·sl the so,ul to drift-a derell ict-foi" from the tru~e: destiny. of hun1an n1li nd and heaJ't. B:Ut why s:horuld! I we1ar y yoru with the re'c itail of such tilne tried.J truths? ·Thei"e is no anxiety that. you ever will foi"'g'et ideail1s which are the heritag1e of out faith. To yoru they harv e becoiDJeJ seeond' nart ure. rrhey have echoed in your ea:r s in the lecture haH.s1 of this C\Jrlle·~e h' onH~ and they have taken root in your heart1s aJs in th.e hf>ia,rtrs of 1nany a one who hUJs gone before yoru· tJo .s:ha11~e irr the: end earvor:s of the busy world. T'od'Clly thes~ e are your t heo1r emH. rr:o morro.w yoru mus~t dT>aw your eol'loillai"'i es fr om· then1. Be not surpri-P,:ed to find thart in the WO['ld.i without corolla,r ies nre accepted whe1r e principles a1re ignrorred. The arr ti:;;rt \Vho depicts upon the canvaiS the beaiUties '0'f ea1rtb, s10mre tinws forg~etrsl that lw1 iR he:ir to an eternal beauty; he who ,chis1le's the gTn1ceful sta.t nn R,Oinetjmers
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Wh-i ch ·e mhodi(e!s sU:ch un-CU:n'~i1stirun pl'~Osp·eJctsJ. VVh:at, do the fate ts of the hou1r pr101c la1im to him who heeds.?· What is1 the eo1u dit1on of ouJ.1 citlr gorvern:rnentis1, ourr pro1eesses of law? Wh!ard m1e ans th~e eno~mortrs growtih of HorciaJism:, the 1ndustrial UJntresrt1? Why h~lJS anair chy been e1levated to the s~tatUis, nott of tole1r!a tion, but o1:f eom'm'en:d;at•ioiil? Why is our daily pl'iess but the reeordl o:.e dJespondency, s:u icide, Jnur:d er ·rund · dd.rvolrce? Why a1r'e eha1ir1s 0 1f theolo1g y. latnd ertlhics irr mrany so-c:aillerll cthri,srt.irainl univ!e r's it.i es held/ by: m'e1n who deny the divj:nitry of Ohr~st, the .s~crednels1 s of the SICTiptuT'eiSI and the PI'iorvid:e nce of God? Why are so mattl;y Ohris:t ian rra,tion.s becoming aposta tes1? In the faee of .s;u.e h fuJc t1s1 th.e m·es1siaig,e which the Grea,t A;postle adJdre,ssed to the1 people o1f R!t)1m:e is as timely toid!a~ a1s it wa1s1 in tluat t:voUJbl.ous atpostalic age. "Be not eo.nfor'medl to _this world, but be renew~ edl in the newnes1s: of you~r m1ind.'' vV ell m:a,y we note the g1,.,orP'in gs of a; forgetful W\)rld amidJ the insri1stt.e nt queJs,t.ions of the ho1u r. Wen may we wonder how convent:iJorUJs which fad'rly would study the. child pToblem, the s1a nitacy, aJmUIStem.eni1 a:nldJ edu\c1arti01nal problems1 c:an keep to make lifle m'orr:e livable allld bring mie n nea.r er to theil~~ rig1htful destiny~ by l'eaving1 G'v d's side of it out from their' frequent deliberartiJOffiiSI. W'ithoui:l Himi ain dl Wi th an .elrsle which scienee may sugg1esrt aJnd kindJl~ srp1irits pir'orvide, droes: n:ort Hfe pres1e nt a more w1~eteheidJ problem; the problem of those whos.e preten.s,i ons a,r e the more exa1l,t 1ed, the problem1 of mind!s ain d: hearts which ~Jre igmorri.ng the very prdJrpos:e for 'vhieh th01s:e mindJs an:d herurts wer'e f1wslhioneid. W·eH may we re·c all the honored a;d:a ge: "A: mlan ca1n be ai goo1d! cit:i zen of hirsl country only when he is aJ good citiz.e n o:ti Goidr':s kingdom." Su1c h is the underlying , principle of the e:dueat~ion whkh has: b:e en y0ur heritla1ge. You g;o forth from this ins,t itution not only to embody this prineipl~ in your livesr, hut to1 help im:pre1s,s it upon menJ whos1e srtrund:a~ds a~re different; m!e n whose s~aind al~dis of aetion a1 r e fa1s t die!plr eciart.ing. Yotu. go- fo1r th into a world which .n eeds not more br!alilll :and br:a1'vn and braverry, but m:m"e faith and haipre and chlalrlity. y :<YUJ g:01 forth not only. to be workers1, but to mak!~ youT serviee a1 laibor' of love. Knlowing the tTiaJining ftlldi spirit with which you harve been endowed in this g,a~den spot of le:ar~ing and1virtue, it is certain th'a;t your light will nort be hidden, that your ,s terling 1
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the prorfesso1rs of Yale, Halt'vard, S yrrucus1e, W is:consin, Oihi.. cag)O' and other univers1 i t,i:e1s :speatk fo~ them\Sie:lves,. Th·e dis:tinguisih ed profesls or of sociology in W is1eonsin U nive·r ,s ity s:atys: "Ind~pend:ent thies ba.1s1e.s it1s noii'ms on human nature and! socia1l organization ainld siUperBedesl the alleged commamdments of the D.e ity, the precept's of ancient age's', as w•e ll a8 t!h e edicts o:f Mlr 1s1. Gr1und!y. '' Profess,oir D1ela ly of B :r\)Wll Univ1eJ:'1s1ity de1dares that r1a1ce m!Qratlity aJnd in:dividu:al m.ora:lit0' is a pwe ma:t.te·r of hu1nan . evolution andJ that Hiearve:n has nothing, to do with' huma1n ity. P~ofes1s10r Ela:r ps of Sy-racus'.e teaches that :s,tatnda:r ds oif morality, 'vlf rig1ht and wrong are p111,r e pr1odu.cts of experie:DJce, ·not eorrnmunicated from! on hig;h, hutJ a1:s,l ow dmr.eiopm:e nt due to jud!i,ciouls select;ioDJ th~oru:gh the aigeS ttaver'sleid by the human raice. In Halr.va['d the young aa:-e tauglht that the:r e are oo ~Jb§lolurt,e ·evils, thwt tih·e hig.helsit ethical life corrs1ists~, at aill times., in b1reaiking ru:l~es ·which have gr1o wn tivo nar~orw fo1~ the pre1S1ent circum,s tanees,. Profe1s:s:o~ Sumner, of Yale .sees DJo!thingi in ethicis butiJ idile fign11e nts of ·s peculation unworthy otfl aJ SJerioUIS mind. His p!eiCUil:ialr dogma: is thait ethies g.rorw ou1:1 of ~cu,s;t:om's alnd air~ nJott ant:eC!edlent tivl cUistbom·sJ. The ic:onoclastic Zueblin of Ohi:ea;go University. ~a~s,siUred the t,endel~ youths roi"'n!aHy undiea:- his ear'e thatt "there ca,DJ be and ar'e holie·n allialn ces with1ou~ the matr~iaige bond! tihan within it. It is parthetic to think of tih:e s1a d fat1e of you:ng, pevple wiho a:r'e eon:s~rain1edl t;o listen t1o thes1e dloctrirre's tau:g)lt tio th~ em with all the eloqu:enc:e tlha~t; ,s1 cholrurly error can com.mlain d andJ w.itbJ tihe aruthori1 t y. of aca1dem1ic sa,nction. Lisrtien td the c:ond€im:nartio~ which: a1 yorung wom:aln: from far Noir tht Dla~ofu hurls against; tlh~e ahhol~rent Goid:n es:s of the theor1ie1s taughij in girls" coHe1ges, sihe s1aJis: "Tih· e~ give us a ps!Jchvllogy withoru:d aJ ,s:oul, aJ scielnC'e which excludes tlh:e ne·ee:ssi~y of ~ .cr.e~rtor . ~al nd ardetlhies' ~~icrr is bais:ed: on the unsta.ble will alnid! InehnaitJI,o n, o1f the mru:ltrnud~." The pvof:es1S10r of ethics at 8yr'a cuse dleelare.sr boldly thart "coll!scienee is a fa,lis e guid;e aJndJ tha~b tp.ere a1re no aibi:d ing sfu.nda1rds of right and wl'!oln:g,·; that mo1ral preeep,t ;s; a,r e but~ I_)ais:sing; shibboleths; that th:e ·coneeprtis1o1f rigili.t and wrong a\1-.e a1s unst:aible a!s the s~tyl,es of dlress and! that ,siOieie:t y by it:s1 arp~ pi~orva[ ea;ni make allly kind of condfu!ctJ right." ""T1J_,e ho[rne a1s · an institlurti1olnl, " IS!UJYS another, "is: dovn1:ed . ~d J'IUiin~." · In a wor1 d, takin;g. the conls1e nsu1si of. opinion1s f.r eely
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taruglhiJ in our a:caid e:mic halLs, it i's no1w gernerally the faJS~hion to c'onslidier the ten comm:a1ndtments1as no · more sacved tha:nJ 3.1 sylliahUis, that imtmlvlr lwlity is s.i m.pJy. th act in contravention to th:e acc:eprtied' standaTds: of !s ociety, tlhart no D·e ity is offenJdle d bYJ such sin, that the cha1uge frormi one 1~eligion to au:wther, is like a cha[l;ge ill\ the 'sty1e of dtr:e ss1, that m:a1rriage is out of Sltyle am.dJ the .home soon to be ai . m:m:•e relic. Thes;e aberrations a.lr e in the m1aJ1n moderniz.ecl vei"!Si i\)IUSJ of old Eipicwea!lliiSilll! 101r of the hedonism of tlhe Cty·r enaics', or ~f maJteriallsm a1s old' als the dla~s of DiffinJocritus, which modern positivisrbs and utilitariaJDJS are d1'"eS1Sdug up in t.h e hohble skirt of preSient daty schola:r shi p. OnJ the tiop sihe,l f of our muiSJe um· of philosophic novelt,i es is aJ C'Oint;r ivanee c:a1lledi Ka1ntiam. ethic'S:, 3.1 perfectly l:og,ica:l sy.sten:t of independent ethics:, which beaJl"S the impres1sive tradieIn!rurk "mad'e in Germany."
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are mood 01~ baidl solely a;s they: eoa:if,orm or do nort conform. t o r.erus10 n' s dictate. Such, frie~nds, arre in brief outline the princip1a1l tenents o:f indep!end~eniJ ethics. In pr.eslelllee of ,s uch a: bewild!e·r ing a1rray: of sophisticarl s1ystem!s the young ,s,tudent~ s~ need ·srure guides who will lead the11n srufely- to the t:~uth. We harve thought that yoru woruld be int: e~resrtedJ in heall'"ing what we have come to think of thes1e divel'\s!e so-called! up-td-d:rute sys'"" tem:s of indepentl1elllt ethics.
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dent? No true a;rt is independent of ,science. · Music arnd arcititectm.Lre are not ind~ependte:nt o.f malthe:rnarties:. Medicin@ rus a healing1 art is not ind:ependre nt of s~cience ·a f anartormy. Why sho111ld the suprem1e alrtJ of hum/aln conduct ignore or be independenlt of anthropology: a tn d of theodicy? T:h!e fact is thait ethh~:s has a1 neee,sts arr y, connection writh .everYi deprurtm'e nt of metaphys:ic:s, f:or the tone and t:e mper of onte 's ethics will inervitably dJependl uporn the m:ore 01r 1ess perfect elements of his mie taJprhysrics. A 'Storundl ,etih:i cal edifice must a1hvay~s res1 t upon a round m1e taphysica[ found.ationr. It mus't :fi:csrb presuppos-e the ·ex:isrt:e nce of one· God, who is the aJl powerful Or1e ator and wise ruled of this un:iv·e rs;e. Unlests: we begin m.oraJ culture b~: admitting! the conclu.sri ons of nartura:l theology (which is a m'etaphy,sri ca[ t[':atctl), w·e have on our hrunds 'm:an who is nort only an enigmtru but alsr0, a la,wle:s1s: being whos,e reinless will obeyst but mobile caprice or' the d>a!ll. gerorru~ lure of pwssion. Hope not therefo:r'e to cull the sweet fruirts of elth:icrul culture unles1sr yorUJ admritJ with .Aristole; Plato and aill thos1e who rteruson w·e ll t:hait marn in essentially a relig,iotus b~ing. Intensre ly interesrt ing indeed! is it to .not,e how· closely in. terla1eetd are all the sci:e nees. .a;ndJ horw one SU1srta1ins the corn. . elusions of the other. This evident 1S0Hd:a1rit,y of the ~sci,ence's mlad!e Dton.arstaJ. Cortes declrure that every greart political qu!etsrt;ionl invo1lves a1 relig1ous question. And' !so it is here in the dloma1in of .e thics whicibJ dov,e taHs into diverse other sciencest. I iJ is c:lo1s1ely a:lHed to p~chologur: for insrt!an.ce. If sound ethics didl nortj rtecogniz·e the v-·e r'a city of the fruculties1 and the immortality of the soul then this life· W\otuldr be a cont,inua,l dec-eption arnd its pains atnd sus:fferingts tJhe g1~eatestt torment eonceivrubl'e. In this ev·eniJ Deason would1 be dethro·n ed: for nothti ng is sta:ble· aln d sure. The weaip0inl which I hold in my h.andl is nort:J reail and! tihe injury it ca1n: bring to another is, an aetion neither: gpod nor' bad:, for d!oUlbrt1in.g the veracity of m.y facUJlties I crunnot kn!Ow whether tlhe alctiioin or the vi'c tim really exisrt. And! if my soul ·is to be di'SS!olved! when the ~s;p>itrit of d'ea,t h shaJll c'Ome upon m~, what c:aa:-e I fo1'" pains arnd tribulart!L<ms? Why not enjoy the ptleasu:r'es of lif:e while they a1re p~esenrb for tomorrow I malf nJotJ be? S.urely this would be al s:UJdl st:at:e f.o[' hum:a n: nature arnd still ·s uch would be the logical conelUJsioru orf that ethics which '
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does not reC\)gnize the veracit~ otf the facultie.s1a:nd the1inlmorla litYJ of the soul. .A:gJain, gein uine ethies enl:Lsrt;s: the . liher.et~y of the w1ill which the scie·nc:e of ps.yeholoig y; esrtlaJbll isiheiSI be:y ond al dou'bt. In .sutpp:rles~sing thi~s r:adicail elem!e nt of rsorullld mor:a1lity a:. gen.er,rul ehaos wowld! 's oon ens,u e in t:lre m!o r:aJ wo1rld;. F·o r then main w~oru.ld be imtmrmdJ fr'o ia all' . ]}eSJpOn!S:ibility amd mor1a!lly free to choos1e the ~ight or the wrong. FTIOID; these eonslid.era;tii on it becom,e s evid·e nt tha~t et:hics1 has a ve1ry close and: important connection with m~et:a lphys1ics. Tlhe f()rmer cmn never erxist rup:aJrt from the latter a[thorrugp; it1s end: in existence is1of a far d'iffer'e nt nature and whatt:! ilf~ tru1e 01f these two s.eiences can also be ·s hown with .r 1ega:r d ijo the otbher:s1. .Aga,i n, turn to man in his s.ocial r1ela;tions fo,r main is gil''ega~reiouSi, he 1s a political!' a:nimaL He dioes not live fo:r hiinself aJone. Nalt ure or better the w·isie God: of natU're has 1nad!e , civil soei'e ty so neees1s1atry fo:r man: that oruts1ide it he cannot 3Jttruin th:e fru:Ur and full dJev.elorpmenu and · perfection of hi~ s be1ing1. H~enoo, it is thaltJ mia n bYl his very TIJarture has nott only aJ close d€Il'end,e nee upon his Olreator but consrtantly fee1s the d:atily dmnrundJ of intJereou~se andl .a~~oeiaition witib. his f-ellorw creatures., ain d whatever ethiC!s will do to benefit tp.e idea1ls of the ind:ividiu~Jl bJals a,nJ important effe·c t up01n the ideals of society for the idleal,s of al nation diepend upon the idJe1a ls of it1s citiz.e nry. Bepa!ralte ethic-s in:fluenc:e from politics and yo111 will th:e n orvert!u~n all exi,sting order, proigr'eSiSi wilJ be srtunted; man's affeetio~n will beeom~e sel:fi.sib.. a1nd his noble endeaiVors batrren If we eons.ider· the ·scieuc:e of Politicail ·e:eonormy in all it~ d1claH.s and! bea:ringtS., sooner or lat,e r' we 'will readily notice the vibail pr~sience o£ morraJ· philosophy. Bbth of the1s:e s'cienees cornduce to the pea1ee and pT'o;priety or£ the na;t tion, the one dloes s10 bJI shaping and form1ing1 the individfu nl natU're in an its als pects,, the other s:uppos:es thle indiividru'a ls: as united in a: ela1ss, which reverenee:s th:e ri:g1ht's olf its memhers, who a:re coUeetively. S~tr1iving tio reruliz.e a gr~undJe1i- civilization. It w·e re needless to go on anidJ est:abliJS!h tlh e relartion of m:orra:l phil'- . O!so,phy with the other seh~nees :fiorr.'l ·every, eas1e the kin,s hip would be found too evident,. S.till Polsri.Vivi:s,t s and RationaJiisrt s alre unwilling tio aldln:itJ thau there ·e:xisrts .s u ch an aig r'eemle nt. TlbJeyi pel4sisrt in m:a:intlaiinring tthartj eth:ic:s is completely independent of th'e other se:ienees1. 1
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If we would! but exrum1ine the variotu's systems1 of tho1s;e who err inJ proclaJiming the inJdepend:enee o:fl ethics we w\JuJd, soon s1ere how weak and loose joiinted arre their make .s hifts calleldJ .s(Ystetrns of morality. \F!olUJild1~d upon the sands of earpriee and r1e aroo b~ the s;ole rea\SIO'lll of malll they cannot im~pa1rtJ t 1 o hutmJa,nJ natu:r 1e thart gjenurin~ polish of 1noraility wh!ich is developed by following a determi.DJed rule whi·ch1in objective to humtaiDJ natu1re. F'o r if we wish to1'Sleek thatt ultimate s,t andard aeeo~din~ to vvhich the rectitude or tu:rpitu:d-e of human aens is d:e termined we mtu:srtJ examine tJhe1s1e a:c ts in tha,iJ light which will truly r evea:l to us theil, neces:sa['y connection with the attai:pmenrt 01~ less of ul timla t,e an:dl only adequate erid'. Tihe suprm}lle rUile of ethic:all cultu~e is; /Siome·t hing object.ive, uJniversa1 a1n d ne,eeSisatry, it is tfhar ~ which, :s tands outslid'e of, which is unive'r's:ail in aill respect1s with humnn na,t u're which perfects it and leads it to' it,s Orerutor. Andl for thi:s1very reason can it be ,s:aid thart the ul.trimat,e criterion of rnoraUy doe1s not consisrt in the .opiniorns: and CUISiDOtmS' of peop,le. Th,e university pl'\),fel8sio~s whos1e erro.neoiU!S' opinio1n s haiVe been enrlnuer-r art:ed a m.orn!ent ago, one not wholly w~otr:LgJ when tlhey pt"ote:St and rebel aga1insrt whmt they consider the t.y1'"anny of CU!S tOnl<s and preva:i ling opinions. Indeed if a, rn:e re concensus of opinio.ns eons't itutes a1JJ absolute srtJand:ardJ of morals 'vhy shoruldJ they be d;epriVtedJ of the pri~vile1g.e of cr1e ating nerw opinions a,s the m1ora1. stain daird!si {>If our g;ell!era,t ion a:s: others h:awe do1n:e in the pa;s:t a1ges? A!nJdJ no'v vvhy 'ShoUild not1 the vaeying 'Opinions a1nldJ pra1ctiee1s of peopleSi be accepted a1s: aill absolute criterion of right livin:g1? . .~ rnoim,ent's: eons~der!artion will tell us1 that these peculi:a.r opind:o1n1S1 a;n d cu·s,torns: we~re bol'"l]l of humaln minds a1nd henc.e subJective, that they a1p plied t() certtain nations :at ee:r tain e[YO'chs. a1n dl hence particular, thart they s:u:ffer innrurn:er:aible change!Sl during the cours~e of ages a,n d hence changeable and contin:gent. Let it be UI)Iderstood that we d:o not pla.ee ethic:s in a1po1Sit,i on .whic.h j,s. entire:l y indiepenc11ent of w ha,t the wisdorn1 o·f the rruee has; throillgb.out the a:ge:s approrvecl or eond:em1ned. But to: rna!lre the s~uprerrne and nltirn,rute crit,e:r ion of morality to, consd,stl in the opinions and custolllliS of nattions is to cla1i1n an .e:ffect1which ]s gre1a:t er than jt,Sl c:ause. For p:eopl.e erverywhe I"e j11dge of the 1noraJ wor.tvf=h of opinions and customlSI that preva.il ailllon.g other pe·o.ple in their own country; they jucTg;e of the value of a:ncient opinion s a:n d 1uanner.s, therefore they n1u.st have a .stand'a rd! of 1
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UtilitariaJnism, hedon:J.ism', a1ltLru~n and moral evol1j.tionj,s m are o1ld! err:ors finding theh~ pr'Op€'1"! nidrus in plhilo~o p 1J ic IDJ0dlerlllism which i~s aJ synthes,t s of UJll the· aher'r'a t,i ons' of Lhe pa~t. They are all futile attetm.ptis t :o m.alk;e mnr:a;I ity ind:epend:e nt of God of ·enm~nal larw o:f natu!r:a,I larw in a: word of aru.y authority highm:~ than ma1n. H :o w u!tte.rly absurd to set up utility OTI pJea!Srure ats the ult:i m!art,e st:amdrurd!s· of m10r:aHty; when he who ruin s may reaKJJ in his ·o wn · conseience · that to f~ 0:rgi~ve inrju:rie,s, to tell the truth., to be fa1ithful t:oi on·e?,s word, though they .a1re neither plea:s turable nor aill t li m'e si parrtieulaLrly useful, yet are morally g,ood. Gomim 'o dity; is too fluctuating to se:r:ve as ,aJ eriterioTIJ of morailitty which' musti be ~ s:table, univens:al necessary ainrd the sam·e for all tin1:e s arndl in all pla1ees'. TIJ1e po.Jitica,J utilitarialn ism of H 'obbe,s: jrsr parrtieul:a ir ly objectionable, beearu's'e it Srets the civil Iaw in plaic e of the etet'"na:l I.mw and In'a kes the s.ta.t!e lww the mle &sure o1f all ml0 r'all gorod or evil. IiJ is worrsre than idle t:o prrarbe of civilr lat\V when one has with Hobbe·s dried.' up its only SiOIUree, viz, ther natur:a1l la,w, arnd the eternal! latw. .A!gruin, if civil law is re1so1ved to its ba,sis we can s1e·e that it 1s founrd1ed~ ·upon a: firrstJ principle of mo~alit,y, namely, tlh'a t it 1s good! to a rbsenJee the human la,w a:n d evil t()l violartre it,. Again:, ther'e were a1ct,s which. were m:o rally good before the civil Ia,w ca~Ine int.o1 erxis.tenee!, thet'e a1re arets: \Vhich alr 'e morally goold~ a!n dl arr e not comnTandred b~r t he civU l:atw while it: iH in exirsrtencre a,n d' the:r !e will be acts which will be Iuorarlly goordr or ba:dJ aifter it will have disap·· 1
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pOOJred. Hence, it i·s obvious thartl the rectitude or turpitude of human acts mus~t be judged by a stand~rod far different allld a1p a1r t from the civil law. There are other pitiable rutteonipts at building s~stems of1 morality, tho:s e o-e sintimentalisrts with a purely subjective ,stamd.Jatr.d' of judlgttne.ut, a. .sort of irratiQl001 1nora1 instinct which would e:x;tinguish BJll that ha:s ever been jus,t ly estee!Inred, great, bea:ut~ful and heroic in human conduct. T 1he m·or~1l evolut,i onists a;re the most d1eludedJ of rull the dreamers who pose a;S mJora!l t1e achers; they ignJOIOO mam's: Olrigin and des.t iny, err or his narture amd: apply: in the realm1 of mom[!S the coaJr'Heslt tlran:s.f1oii"Ull1S/Jlli of mater'iaJlisrtic evolutioni•s t;ism. No Gt)d in the mor'rul univer~s~e but jusrt moraJs that g1row a111dJ groKv fr:on1' no divinity plant:e1d s;eed_: of divine laJw , in hum.anJ reaso:n, without any ,s un olf d 1ivine approval to i!Illprurt color and bearuty to the hU!IDia illJ life? Indeed it wouldJ he hard to conceiv,e a; more dism:a1 W{)<rldJ tha1n would be thart of the m·o ra1l ervol urtion]sts. Since we harve eonsiid:ered ev·e n in such brief review to the hoUownes1s of the SJ71St.ems of so ealled independent .ethics1and ha,v e s1e en to whartJ pathetic a!l ternatives n1:usrt re1s ort a:ll thos.e who wou:ldJ sever m10·r a1li.t.y. fr'o m religion ·O[' from God, we turn with renewr~CU 1~everenee t!o such. teaic hers; as C!onfucius, Socrates, Pla1to who w·e r'e ·wis1e r m'e n than those o:f our 1nod-ern age, who ,SihoruldJ heedl t1he le: s 1son~ .of Ohrist the g,reatesrt. 1nora.I tea:cher the aige· ~ have ever known. · 1
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.· T IS unfol~tunately quite true, as was said a mo1nent . ago by one of the speatkers1, that any man or even aTiy '·;, deviJ wha proposes t101 oust God fr101m the universe 3Jllld i\ tio em.alllcipa1 t re mialll friOIDI G:od's. larw is SU'r e to win plaudits frolffi though.tles:s, whos e pride and; ather unworthy pals sions be flart.t ers. T~ .s it on God''s tht~ne has, even tempted the aJrchangel, once em~inent in beauty. Blut though flattering to m!a.n)s pride tlh is promised ind~pe:ndernee js far fron1 flattering to his !'leaJ ddgnity, which is wondrous1ly enha1rced w1hen mai!ll c'ollJsider.s bjms'e lf nat as an endg-n1atk· product of blind haiZza,r d, but as the child of God':s creartive power a1nd the cherished olbject of divine catr e and! gavernance. \Vhat in1
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sig;nifioont ins:e ets. of mJo1st ignaible s·mnhlanCie men . must per. fofr ce be when creeping into the chair of the1deity. An:d, indeed, the morwl ra1tiona!l ism1 of Ka.nt ultimately · .w oruld lhave us aspire to the eocail ted st.a tion of the absolute alnd enjoy the illus1ion thart w'e are Gi0diS.. I tell you, it, is absolutely: irnpos1S1ihle for Kalllt to avoid' tthe r eproach of paintheism'. H·e aetu;ailly makes u1s ·.all God~SI . How, you m1aiy a1sk'? Simply by taJdngJ the pos:i tion that m1a n is: absolutely Be!lf. taught and self-g1orvernd.n1g, th:art his1 rea1son i.s~ the mea~sure a1nd el~eator of truth am.rdJ of rig'b.t. Notw, if man isi albsolust!ely iSielftar~I,ght a1 n dJ self-governi,ng, he is likewi,se neeessarily self-eocisting and, if s·elf-ex~s~ting, he is1G:oid'. No, I asis ure you, thartJ in Kant's SYJS:tem· man cannot es:·c atpe bein~ himself Gold:. But leu u:s heail' more particul~rlY1 whart Kant S3Jys in rega,r:d· to 1norals. The moral law is "act only in such a w:a(Y als yoru c01uld will that everyone els1e ·shO'Uil d act und•e r the sa11:ne genera1l conditions.'' Aecvrding to Ka1nt~ hurruan rea1son is. srupreme, aibsolute1ly and end unto it1self, a;n d th·e only srtanda1r'ld! of morality~ H·e · infen.·!s that ius dictait e's UJre the sruprem1e staiTIJdard~s and' miUJst be 01beyed on their own aiecourn:t , ins:omflrch tha1t in complying with them ou:b of m:e re re1speet foil" a1u thority the very essenee of n1orUJlity consisrts. N \:YViT wnatt hiarve we in rull thiSI but individual m!a:n beC'Olninw his orw:n le:gi:s:l ator, bec:oming tile efficient, final and formal ca.UJse of the Olbligartio:TIJ which he ·s ets upon his own shoulder~s. This is Karntia1 n philosophy, but it i'S! not com1n:on sre nse, which all the tim1e teruches us that oblig~ati0n n1eans. a Into ra.l necessity, not a bul'ld:e1n impo:s1e d by al superior~ upon an iTIJferior, by one who g10verns up.on one who is ruled and obeys. Kant in malring: mn1n1 amtlono1nou.s: n1nrst endow man wjrtfh a dual per:sonaHty-the llJOUllll:e na1l s·e lf that eo[ln:mla in ds, ain d the phenaminail 'Self which in Ka1n tian phras1e "pays1 relU1cta1nt reverenc:e" to this. s1e lf imposed: dutiy. N o,v, we know that every n1an vvho is nort mieln ta!l ly deranged, but in poSlsess~ion of his norma1l senses, is awaa:>e tha,t he is a uni tat"Y and a: dual being. E~en .supp0:s~ng and! overman with hj1s u:nclierself, t-he former nev~ er, C'OUil~d :aJuthorritaitiYely bind the latt.e r; amd tlhus we wouJld have th·e most amusingly ridiculous ethica:l ' postur~e conc:eiva!ble, nam1e ly, thart of! a1 m1a!n cormmain ding hhns1e lf a,nd! at the Slatm'e t[m,e solemnly ,s•n eering: art his orwn com:1
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Ii:J is impp1rtan1J to noite that when mi3JIIJ reruses his relue~ tant ohedi1ence to the dictarte 01~ his rea;son, he does not, accordingJ to the swge of Koene~'burg, off.enid: against any deity,_ but only a;ga~nst h:Us better judg;m:ent, his own reaJSon. He · com.m its al ho1~ribJe philos10rphical sin, but it is not in his pof\vte r to COIIlltm.litl aJ11W other. . One must be blind not to see tJhat .sru:ch a man made law is ahsolutely .dJevoid of nerrve, of that· compelling power: which creaibes obligartiolll! and! impo~es duty; amdl this la1ck of efficiency illl t:he eartleg.ord.crul impecramives :Us so evid'ooi:J tJ1art Kant himJs elf was compelled t() con1eedie that no I'la1t:Uonal bedng, so fa1r as W'e cani posis,ibly discover, even d!id1 obey the·m. Furtherm!OI~e, in martters ,s o intim:aite as thi!s cons·c ious.n ess is the corurt of final ap:peaJl; now: if we consult our cons,ciousn:es,s, we findl tihalt ou~ r'eruson is able to apprehend that an .a1eb is right and :should be done, and.J bes:ides1 thi~s,, we know and feel the ethiea[ ohlig1arttion implied in "I orug.,h t to do it, or I 1nusrt1 d01 it.'' \Ve know a1h~o tha,t we do. w ·e kno''"' all,so thrut we do norti o1riginarte or creaJte this ob1ig1ait1on, brut our reasto:n is c:ompeilledi to acknorwledge it a1ndJ eons.eienee bid:SI us1 comply with~ this mandate as that of a higJherr authority. Tihu:s cons,c iousness testifies agwinst the ph!ilos:orplhic ficth:m of K.a1ntiatn ·ethic:st. A;g~ain, w·e re our individuwl rteaso~n its or\vn laJw-~iver, it ·would! of itself be a1ways ri:ghij a1n d quit,e ,:iJnfallihle. B~ut. here .ag1ain eonscious,ne~Sis: reveals th.art ou!l" r'e aiSIOilJ i'SI often wr10ng, . thatt , for fron1 being omniscient, it often fb!esrit.ates and dvubts, and: that es1)1ecia,l ly in moral m:a:t ter1s, it is often nlisgu1ded and faHs: into the g1r,o.s,sestt erro.rs1. Fin:ailly Kwnt's ·Siy.srtetm destroy-s the distinction bet.we,e n obligatoa:'y @OJodl and flre:e good. H~e ·Sa1ys: "Obey the. la1w solely out of rever1e1nee for the laJw." But there are n1any act~ which mee m·o raHy good .and ·which are norb co:n11m anded by the lai\v. !For instance, charity is aJ good a,ct, ye:t it is now comn1.anded by the law. The~e are m.aill'Y' gnod a,c tions1 conceivruble and: possible, a~CL w41ch it wuruld be hig,t1y pradseworthy to p~r:f.o:r1n, yet \'ir!hich no reaiSIO,n able peroon, howeve:r rigo,ro"trsi his. id·ea:l of conduct might be, would sa1y one is bound to perform. Fo~r exan1ple, ta:ke the case of 'va1r. When a citizen gv~e~s fort,h to brut~tle of his own free will, he goes! out of pure love orf country without being emnpeUed by the nattion to give his~ services. 1
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· lorv·e ~dJ .eel"tadnly he performs a m:ost praiseworthy wet of prwblic dev'otedness. N;ow 'SIU~h run a1ctilion a·Si this, or :ag,a.i n th1e sp:o'nJtallieoiUJs service, one ren(rors the S'i ck and the needy, on g1el1lelrt>U{S aJcts of hosptitality a1nCL countles1s o~the:r a~cts. ,vhich · the Ulniversal voice of hurrmm.ity du·ri.ng; .aJl ages. h.aiS- a~cclailne:d -all these pDadseworthy acts Eant must eonside:r 1noraHy :frou:l, beca,u se they are nD-t m.UJttel'ls of .obligation, not the ohj-elc ts of the holy a.Jnd aill: s~anct.ifying1 cartig'or.ical imJperative. He g10e1s ·~o f.atr .a1s to sa~ thalt acts~ done aeeo'r ding in the law o~ reas1 on1, but foil" any other 1notive tha1n: reverence fo·l"'~ the law, a1re technically leg1a[, brut mor:ailly evil acts. H~ e1· e the stloum com.m on s,em,s e Oif the r.a1ce lod:ges1ai final protest and bids tlb.e sol.e mn gest.e r begpne. Purpos1e ly I deeline to g!o fu1"tlher, to exhaus·t as v.a1S1t a them.e .a1s I hUJve in ha~ndJ. I ha,v e a~ttei1J1Jpt·eldJ t io giv·e -~ few of the many reruHon1s why, ·we reject Karntian ert.hiCis: n:o"'IV finding favor in n11any g1"e1art schools in the eount,r y. We a!r e sa:t.islfied thalt the SI{);UJl of culture is the cui tur,e of tihe s1orul .ailld· thalt no permatruen1J fruitJ of soUJl cultu[]}e can he had without the SloDJ of divine truth, and' the r~dn of divine gr.a~ce. With the g;reat tea1chers of the Clhristian ag;es1, with the brilli:ainrt A11:gus~ tine and! the s1ehola;rly Thom1as of Aequ~n1, we hold that ·s t:a nda~rd of m10raility 1s ·o bjective, tha,t the O!]:·rg,in of la,,V' and ohliga:tioilll irs in the ~uperior reas:o n of the D'e1it~ and tha,t m:a.n hims.elf j ,s a co·p y of the alr chetypal idea,s in the divine n1ind; th1at eonHequently m1am; earn rearsornatb ly a1eknow ledge m.o ra,l obliga~tion only when he re.aidlsr in his C'\:}US!cie:n ee the text of the na;t ura1 larw, a:n d furthe,r heeds the clearer me'SiSia g.eiSl of God'.s revelatiom~.
VALEDICTORY FRANCIS CLEARY, A. B. '11
S we ·dose the well-worn pwg1es orf the bqoks, which for the p:wst four yea1rs, harve furnisihed UlS with the toils and tria~ls of :a student, we ean.no·t help~ exp&iencing1 hoth a feeling of joy .aln d one of s1a dness. Joy on tlhe one hand! bec:aiUSe we haYe satisfa1ctorily completed! the ·wro rk UJS1Si gned'; sadn:eSISI onJ the other beeaJuHe w~ e! must now part from thos:e who harve beJen nearr and dear to us, thors~e who~se life efforts1harve beenr consecr.art1 ed. to the· one grand arn.cl gr:erut piU["!)IOSie of edweation. We earn:not then turn to bid. a larsrt farewell to thos~e who harve encouralg~ed UJs as· children, to th.art hom·e . w~hich ha~ nourisill'ed our hopes a:nd! aBpirationrs1and prepared UJS ror a future of 'sucees,sfUil endre~a~orr, we cannot, I saJy learve aill thes~e, withou:t firrs t voiein.g o111r sentim·ents~ of a;p pl~ecia~tiolll ~and sincerre dievotion £or the efforts' expended in orlu• behallf, efforts to n1ould tihe1student :and :fa1shiaDJ OhristiaJn chair-
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Tbd:ay we depart upoDJ life':s journey; .iJod.ruy for the las·t tim.e a1s student1s, w·e gaz·e upon O'Uir coiJ.ege hans, our Almi3J M}ater, our cla:s:s.ie h01me; thi1s horne whose ruchieve.m en t!s in the p~a,st ha!'e ever been a1 s brilliant ws they harve bee1n. brav·e and whose hopes f.or the success of the future will ever receive the herurty co-operaJtion and! united! support of every one of u:s, so thatJ every underrstanding ma:y be c~orwned with a glorious eDJdring. vVe are ind:eeCL haippy to harve successfully rea,che.d the cherished end of ouLr college cou~se, arnd V\rith this feeling of satisfaction, w-e InutSt declare that " r.e a!I"ei in truth happy, not beca1t1se -we have artta:ined to the perfection o~f mig,hty athleteS:, nor thai] we ha;ve ascended the vair ified heights of musical endiearvor, or even bee.ause we ha~ve lealr ned great truths and the ,skJillful a1r t of d'e:f.ending the1n; but mos:tJ of atll we are gra.tef.ull bec:aju:se we ha,ve been .t aught the on.e goond' lesson of cour.a!ge arndi perseveraD.ce; in aJ word beeUJus:e we have acquired that quickening sense of aptitud1e which we feel to ass~a~ the great
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tasik.rs of life. Th:anik.ful .f\)r thwt foutflufu:l eag;erness which we know must ur ge u:s o1n t10 th'e HJCC'OimipHsrhmre nt of great a1n d goodl things for our: c:ounrtiry, oursrelves1and for the g.r'a.nd t,riUJmph orii Goi(Hiness. N(~ bettler1~ examples, of these virtiures: can be forund, than th'()Jsre expounded in the frrequenrtJ H.Jnd' eloquent exhortations, thos·e splendid! a1n d pr:acticail ,srerm.ons, alddres;sred to us., ,so1m.a[Ly tim~es1 in the ehazprel, amdJ urging us' on in ea:nul:at~ inrg] the noble eha.raleta~s of hirsrbory, ~srtr.engtJhening and ou:ltiVlalting the control orf our will-powm- arnrl :a:ll pointing towards thre foir ma;t iolnJ of a! perfee·~ mJan. 1
Horw ·e loquent,l y oiUr tutors des~cribed for us' the coura.georu s exploits of int1~epdd m·e n whos:e .feruts. have elicited the lasting1 8Jd1nirart:~~on orf 1namik.ind. ''N;olw, itJ w:as: Leonidms· with his thceee hundred! Spartan soldielr is at the parsB of Therr 'rnopalla.e n1orw the d!ruuntles!s Clodes keeping! g1uwrd o~er th:e · R:omram bridge," now the unconquer'UJble ml airty~ s~ebmsrtian, now the wo1rldJ srt irring Pet,m'lj the H;e rmit, and t:hen t!he p:eerless Golumburs ploughing th roru,gh mutinies: of waf\neiS' and m.c:1n t1o1dis1corver the DJeW wo:rld!." D!ay in arndJ da~JJ ourt we have listened: with ruttentive ear tto tlhes,e rous illig aprpea:ls. for manl,i nesls, exhortations no:t eon:fined! tio the chapel' wa1Hsr arlon:e, but even hea1rd in the recitiart;i on haHsr, at OUJI'I ol,mss festivit~ies, and during orrir student glarthering~. On trre pl:aty gT-omnd! HJnd mt rreereatU.on, we eoru:ldJ find lliO better inJcent!i;ve to clean s~poriJ ·than thes:e seemri ngly magie wordis "B'e a ma1n." Su[eely no youth h:orwever phleg;mla,t:Uc could remaJilll Ulllll:Ovedi art the na:rrart ion of su!eh h1e~vric examples orf courageous ~ endea:vor, w hi eh w h eh aidld'ed t;o perisiOinaJ example amid the eloque.n:c~ e of persu:as;ive tongues simply bec'olffire s irresistible. At a time when ·t ria1lrs and tribulartions .surrou:nrd.Jeld our teach:er~s~ and preeeptors they prorved thems elves brarve a[lldl coru1~a1geousr in t he farce of the m'Os:t crushing d'efeatts. · The·y per:severeid! whe·nr m:a1n y ortherSI woutl d ha.Jve faHed, they withlstoordJ the storm of bmttle when o1n ly sheer :{]ore~ o:f will power rundi inrspired: hope sust.ained their courage andl repulsed the onwardJ rush· of overwheh:rl'ing diisiaster. Siuch les:s ons of heroic andl srulstiai:nJel(f effort in the faee oi£ .su.ebJ arwful difficult;i,e:s eainnJoliJ be ea:srilry forg1ott en. The noble attJtitude '\)f thesre self-denying men, ·erect! amd hopefll'l even while in the m:i dst of the rsimlo uldlering ruins: of thre ir bea\Ut!ifu!l eolleg1e home is port~alfed inl ineffale eable eolror:s upon the tlmbletrs of ourr memory., "Al faJdlelieSsl pictiu re whose ,signi:fiealnice will ever be prized ars the mlo st qurickenin~ exntm1>·l e o1f living 1
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heroism·." Tlhe supTe!IllJe test of gJr"'eaitl str,e ngth in character earu be £ourndJ in the endura;nee .of. tri:aJLs, a1ndJ the genuineness of this samie foir tituld e is more eleaJr.ly demonst.ra.t.ed. When n11en ar.e able as were these edu,carbo:I1s to dJi·spla~ than constant at11dJ unyielding firm•ne,ss of .spirit, 'vhieh characterized their '','iork, during the long and tedious months! of reconsrt.r ucti0n. Ag~ruin this r•esoluten-ess· in: will porw·e r could be noticed in aill their. work, both in the ela1ss r'"otom allld ledmre· han. Thus w·e depa11~ from thes1e haillrs not a1s stor:e-hvuses crammed! with currn!b rous kn01Wled:g1e, but a1s eenters of vital.en·ergw developed, 'aic cumuta1tedJ and srtoreldi up during theste four yealr'S past, while we we:r·e engaged in S!CiaJling the rugged eli:ffs of lea:r:ning.. Now ·we har\re gain1e d an emifi,e nee and: paiUising for a m{)lment to ga!Ze orver t;h e su·r rorundingj burdens we find that '\Y"e mu·s t pUish on ain d: on before we a1ttruin the degree of nltU!ch dlesh~edl perfscti.on. So it is, tha;t today: w~e hesita:t.e at the1po.rtatl s of another w:orld, a new w:o1rl.cU where " re n'Lu1s t braiVe the fig~ht alone, .a nd where the hewt of batttle is most intense. Where we Inust utilize the J.eSJson1s Dff courage and feadeSIS[}Jes-s taug1ht US. ~ nierw life a1n10ng new men Virith new hopeS and a1spirat.ions. Horw th~ aJnkful we a1~e tihenr, thart cir"!cum:srtall1ces have not opportunely fitted us for this mosrt importaillt step, a stre p which indeed will aJ:ffect the whole cours1e of our lives eit!her for better or for worse. N ou the latter however, unless we will be unmind ful of the pasrt. lVIoUild.ed' after the fa:s:h:ion uf true Ohrist;iallls', resplendent in the lig)ht of lri ving faith, we :sta[lld! erect, fearlessly to defend God/.s trut;hs. Then as the g00.1d!en .~nsret of todla~ slow\ly sin:kJs atnd f3Jd!es benOO;th the horizon ofi our .school life, let us slumbe.r not, burt pl'!epall"e ~o~ the m10rning1 when a bright d1arwn of the futiU•r e will ri,s e up d 1i:ffus.ing its brilliant raps, ws ·~ut st:retched arms to welcome us on our· journey. ~1:a.rshrulling oun forces together then, le1J u1s triump'hamtly move on i1nto tib!e midst of life's baltfble to stJrurgg1le for ex.eel.Jent achievement. VV 8 haVe nm beeni diream,illig, We aJre nOltJ }\)stJ in the SnR.J"ieS Of self-deception:, nor woruldi we dieceiv;e oth:ers1. For the hours we hawe passed here h3ive been passed' wislely, w·e have not wat11der"ed: a1w ay from1 truttful, nor have we sought errOJr. We haJVe livedJ amongJ greau mltm with! greartj .mtinds and1 strong clhiatr'actel'IS, aoo have pUJshedJ up the IS1JreaiiUI leadlingj to an open S00J upoDJ whose waves w·e must larunchJ our bark, to sport with fortune and the brin~ dieep, whose unfarthomed' depths s,t rike 1
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·te-rron to .t he nnprepatred. We do not imagine t.haJt all the worldJ will alwaty:s smlile upon us nort tha;t -eveTything w:iH~ be faJv;o.ratble t lo clear sariling~; " re d!o nJorti fancy thait "re~ stand tow~s of strength aoo bulwarks of defense. No, but we do feel con:fiden:t thart within oull'" brea1srd there throbs tlhe ge:rm of great powe~ w~hos1e vigorous beatts a;r e capa:hle of mela1sttuing g:rteart actions; a power, which will ·e nraible u;s to live like1 m1en, to serve ou1.. eotuntry as true citizens of the ,s tate and n1a.t~on, to encoul'"a,g;e all g11~eat and! good' carlllses, to :figfut the powe1r~1 of evhl and corruption rundi to truke up rurm:s in defense of clean literatur'e, clean rs tage, clealll politties aind ,s erupulou.s! honesrty in man',s actions whether in public or inJ priv:ate life; to aid the chUJrch in ov·ereomirrg religioos ind1ifferentism1 by u.nit~ng with bene:fieent O'hris1tia1n societies amd to h:el p Cl"eart:e a live hea1lthy enthusimsm for: religion alllld morality, to ass,i:st thos.e Wiho1s~e aim1 it h~ to ulp build chall'"a,c ter and' to protect tlhe pealee a:od beauty of home life, by opposinl~ d~ivorrce andJ the evUs of socialiSllll, which are thr.e atening) main 's ind!ivid'ual prl()ip: ~rty rights. Lals tly we pledge ouir 1selves to dlis·eoura,g~ by word: wnd d:eedi any aJnidJ all form1s of anarchi1s m an!d.i to upiholdi in aU iJnstiaJnces, eivri l aru:thorities in the ju:stt exevcise of the larw.
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thin veil haiDig s between the path waty~ s where we aJre; and Gold keep watch between thee andl mre ." He looks tJhy; wlaly, :Ete looketh mdne acrWJ keetps u1s near. JF!a rewell Rervere'JlJd F :a theris, dear Brorthe~s1, aU of you who ha~e been our, helofVled t:elaichers andJ gtUaJrdiarrts. Fair ewell until our. ba1rk shrull have .eross1e d the srtortm~ s,ea of life, and! until we harv路e fathom'e d the un!knorwnJ depths 'O拢 new thougili.ts a[}jdi have erxplo100d n~ew W'orlds, until, we :fin;a;Hy. e.nrter with you aill the last a!rbo~r of life's .SIUJCeessful jOIUrney andl there as1cendls bffiore us the .brightest dawn of :rull to m:ark the rise of an everJ:asrting diary, unt,U then, FaJr:e welt 1
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Oln e of the lWV'St! ancient ca:l umnies) hurled agwinst the churc~ is, that she iS! oppos~d! to the libera!l education of her children. And notlwithstamd·ing1 the orverThe whelming1 fo1rce .of eVJid:ence to the c-ontrary, Educa:tiona:l the enemies of the Fa:ithJ still dare to repeat Oonven.t i.on. the charge. ·· Either they~ we blinded by bigotry, or el1s1e like the PiJiair istees of o1d, they do not wish to know the truth1, for the numbiel4 and the results of ou1r :scho~ls, eo:Ueg1ets and u:niversdties1 a,r e el'o'q uent re:flectiorns of thist foul a,spersidnJ. B~UiiJ is Clath~olic edu1eattion in the higher bir!aJn'cihes of leaJrning; receiviDJg the support that it should ? This question! wa1s cdns:id~erecr in s1e vera[ or:(] the m:ain y int:e~est- · ingJ pap:er~s readJ and dis'cu'ss~ed at tfhe Clatholic Educat.ionaJ Oonventhm recently heldJ in Oh:i:eago. We canmot expecij.sfUJch la;rge enrllowm.e nt:s as a,r1e annuaJly bestowed! upon secular universi.tie1s, nor~ shoruldJ we ate euts e our 1
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people of bcingt ingenerous and indifferent to the great cause of Christian edUieation. The number of Catholics who haiVe ama:ssed great weaJth is comparatively limitoo; not because Oatholies lruck the a~bility to achieve arnd a,e quire, but becaiUSe their hea~ts not being .s et <m the m.e re acquiring of wealtl1, and their hopes being centered in higher things, they are ever ready to eorutribute their Jn ite or their much, whenevm" the caru1se of Christ a1ppea~}s to them. It is not the number of churches, universii ties, schools, orphanages a.nd other charitaible illlsrtitutio~ns a mosrb eloquent demoMtraitiryn of dev1\)tion a:nd generosity. Moreover ·so long as interest a.nd' enthusia&n prevails like th·atJ 'vhieh was demonst1~ated: by Catholic educators from every section of the country, at the recent con.vention, so long w'ill the caru·s1e of Ohristiam education contji nue ever to grow and flourish. 1
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was borne in triun:rph throiligh the g,roves. and avenues of the viHag:e, tempora11~ a1ltars W'e'l~e erected: at the college a:nd: at the convent of Not,r e DiaJ.n!e where BenedictiOJll! wa,s; given, .and . th eeremony was eoncluded with Solemm Benedict,ion in the Churdb.: of the Divine M'3Jt,e rnity. · On Pentecost Sundla~ ~our s,t udents had the happines~s of receiving our dear Loir d into t~he:ir he:a1rt:s, :fo,r the first t:i1ne. AJs is usu.ally the case ela;b101rate prepara,t:ions had been m:ade to ma:ke this happy da~ one .nerve~ t:o be forgottie n by the Fir1s t Communicants. Speeia,l music haid be1e n prepared by the choir utnder the dire,c tion of Rev. J. V . . Rhe:atm,s', 0. S. V., ass,isrt ed by B·I·otlher St. Aubin, 0. S. V., and th{~ bea!Utiful cerem:.:)nie'S of Solemn High Mas:s1were ealrTied: om in an inspiring manner. Rev. J. D·. Kirle~, 0:. S. V., wa1s ee,l ebrant a1siSist:ed by R.ev. T'. Of B1~ien a1 s D·e1a1CO'll! a1ndr H1ev. M. O~DonneU a:s. Sub-deacon, \vhile Rev. Bro. :Munsch, C. S. V., was M.a1s t:e r of Ceretno.nires·. R ev. J. P. O?JVIaih outey delivered a l beautiful and fitting serm:.o:n on the W'O'r ds 01f Christ: "My delight: is to be with the children ·~)'f ~tf,en." Tlhos:e who made their F1r!s t Oommunion were l-Iaro1d Kaminsky, Ambrose !Fitz.part;r iek, J os.e ph Vetters aa1d vYiHiam Per~ey. H'o lt who had been barp tized and veceived· into the cih urch, a:t the handis1of the president of the college on the prreviouls: da,y. On! June 7th the Rt. Rev. Alexander J. ~tfcGavick, D. D., .AJuxili:ary Bishop of Ohiea1go, aldiJ.ninistered the Sacra1nent of donfirmatiorn alt Marternity church t0 ·a1 large da;ss., cons.i.srt ing of college stud!ent,s allld parr ish s:ehool ehildrern. After the ce1remon~ His Lordship visri teid the college and' wm~ plearSed to note th'e improvemJents of h1~ Alma; M:art~ e:r .and a1lso to g;reert old frie1n ds aru.d profeJSISr\)rs. We reg~reti thrartj his: E.p is:c:o pal duties prevented bJim' from mnkin!gi a pr:olong1ed vi,s:it. T!h e R,t . R:ev. P. J. Rielly D'. D~., B::i:shop of Peoria! reee1n t· ly srp ent severarl days a!t the lnJsrtJitrurtionJ atnd was1 present a:t the Oratorica,I. contes:-e. The B!i:s:hop: wars given a mos;t hearty wetcomle by the fa1e ulty and\ stbude1n tsl, as they .aJone can do anld in{};eedJ revre ry one was pl~eaiS'ed! to welcom,e him, to 8t. V:ialttw .s, for he rs one of her s't aulncbi fioienrlJs and lo~a.I sruppJott'~Ders: .
Reeootly R,ev. Fr. B·ennetft, tihe W·ell known and popular prusiJo~ 9f St. Patrick's OhU'rch;, Karnkakee, d'eliver"ed the Oommenrc:ement addres:s art:i the Olosin~ Eixereis:e1s1 of the Karnkalk:ee
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Clons.ervatory o.f MUJS~c after which the pr.esentati'On of di plomas took pla1ee. The Very R.ev. W. J. Surprenarut, 0. S. V., President of Oolumbus Oollege, Ohamberlarln:, S. Dakota., spent a few pleasant hours at the college reeently. He ~e on business r-elating to the new. OlGorrnJa.ln Hall which has jUJSt been completed and will be rem:l~ for oecupruncy in September. Rev. J. A. Ohasse, '93-'94, Pastor of St. Joseph's church, Murdo, So. Dakota, recently visitoo the oollege and was much SUJrprised! art the extensive impr.ovem:ents made in late years'. This is the R1ev. FaJther's firlst visit sin~ce the dreadful con:flagr~tion of 19,06. Woro has been received from the Rt Rev. ~igr. Legris, D. D., aJOO 3Jt the time of writing 路he was still in the city of JerUJSa1lem, PaJestine, visiting the spots mruie sacred by the life, suffering1 ood: death of OhriSit. Rapid progress is bed.ng made both on the interior and exterior of the Clement BuHding andJ work is being rushed to completion so as to be ready for oeCUJpancy by the Sisters wtho 3.1re to halVe ch'rurg1e 1\)f the household daprurtment of the college. The interior is bein:g remodeled', 路 while_the exterior is being finished in pehbledash 3.1Ild' all in aJI, will be an imposing building, in hrurmony with the plan and arrangem路e nt of the orbher buildings. At the close of the Annual Retreat the Reverend Brothers J. Ma,g uire, A.. M., C. 1\fu!I'ino, L. J. Pommier, A'. B., and J. F. Koelzer left for the Oauadiam, Pro:villee of the Oom;munity, where ~t Bourget Oollege, Riga1n d, they will give lessons and lectures in "Einglish" at the summer school of the Oroer held art thart place. When the course is completed they will return to St. Viator Oollege to tearch in the various depa~rtments.
From the lrutest reports we glean the fa,c t that Brvther A. J. Dummont is speedily recovering from the operation, which he was forced to U!llderg:o at the Mercy Hoopital, for appendicitis, on the 24 ult. We sincerely hope tha:t he will soon be able to return in perfectly -r ound health. R,ev. P. F. Brown, 0. S. V., who has been pursuing his post graduate studies at the Catholic University at Washington, l). -C., and also at the Apostolic ~fission House, is filling the Pastorate of 路St. Mar.y's Church, Govans, Md.
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Rev. F1"ancis Wa;l1S1h, '07, who has for the pasrt four yea1rs .puTisuedl his Theologkal studies a!lj the American College in Riome, amd wthiO wrus ord:aiined t01 the holy pries.thooCL dur.ing th1e Ela~tertid,e, win ee}ebrate his1 Firsrt Solem1n M:as:s in AinericaJ on Jnly 16. InvitaJtions aJre out bearin1g1 the news1 of the marriaJge of Victor A!. Lus.s:ier, a: f,o,r m:e r s:t udent of '03 anldJ '04, to Mri1Ss Angelica Pald dock of D'eai<:l;Wioiod, So. Dak.ot.ai. Th,e Viatnrrian wis;h e1s to felicitatte tlh e newlywed's1 and hopes that there Hfe will he one of peruce aJndJ happines1s:. . M. J. ClarDig.aln, an old student of 189'1 -2, is at present localtled in Council Bluffs, I:ru., where he has1 eha1rge of the Oarri~atn Un:d;e:r.takin:g Cia. · R~ev. F. X. Hazen, C. S.. V., is atl pres,e nt filling the place of the Rev. PaiSt!or Olf St. Peter~s. OhUir'ch, Oconto, Wis., ·who is absent on leaiVe of s;i cknes1s. R,erv. M. J. B:r een, 0~ ·S. V., is aic ting chapla1in a,t the D~ominican Oonvent of the Sa1 credl H·e art Academy, Springfield, Ill. R.erv . . P. E. BrtoJWn :Us arb presien:t touring, the continent of E 1u.1rope and from the new:s received he is s1eeing tihe h1stl{)1rical t.h ings of interest in the oldJ world. Rev. lF:r. Rheams, the · c<ongenia1l prefect, of ·s tudies is a.t present replaicing, the Rev. Pasrtor of Srt. Vincent's Church, F~ ort; W~ne, Indiana!. Th.e Rev. J. D·. Kirley h rus alrea!dy entered int:o his oo'v office of Vicar of St. Edward's: Ohurch, Chicago, Ill., w'h ere he ·will be russis:ta,nrt) to the R.ev. F'r. Oreg~n, 0. S. V . . George Lyons, Commercia:! '08, recently vis,i ted the institution for Beverrul d'ruys. · J1ames Diougherty, '08, has been adh:nitted to the Bar of Illinois, after pa~. s:in!g1 the required! exalminaition rut Spring1
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The Rev. Clarence P. Conway · was ordained by the Rt. Rev. B1shop Carrigan, D. D'., a1t the Cathedral of Sioux Oity where he will be sta:tionedl temporardly and the R,ew. T'. O'Brien was ordained b~ R.t. Rev. P. P. R.hode, D. D., Auxiliary Bishop of Ofhicago, for the Diocese of Rock· 'ford. The three young priests said their first masses I"es·p ect· ively in Sy.r acuse, N. Y., Sioux O'ity, lat., and St. ;Albie's Oh urch, Ohica1go. It is the sincerest wish of the faculty and also ·Of the Viat,orian that these young priests of God 1nay la.b01r successfully in the Vineya:rd of the 1\fos.t High, that they 1nay e:njoy pe,ace, success and happiness. "Ad ntultos annos.'' Montatna;.
On the 13th of July forur young scholastics' of the clerics of St. -Viator ·were elevated to the high dignity of the priesthood, in the Oait hedra,l · of the Holy Name, Ohieago, Illinois hy the :Mosrt R,evm·end Archbishop Quigley, D. D·. On the preceeding da;y the Rev. J. R. Planxte1 received T'o nsure and 1\finor Orders while the others, Revs:. vV. J. R.e millard, P. J. O?Lea,r y, F. A. Sher1dan and: F '. A. M~uns:ch received the orders of sub-:d eacon and deacon. The young priest left shortly after t he cere1nonies of Ordin;art ion a,n d \Yill celebrate their first 1n:a.sses in their na:tive cities,. R.ev. \V. J. R,emiUa:r d celebrates a!t St. Jos eph's hurch, Lake Linden, J\fkh., Rev. P. J. O'Leary a,t Holy R;o sary church, 1\1a:honey Plane, Pa.; Rev. F . . A... Sherida1n, at St. 1\1atry's church, L:afalYett.e, Ind., a~nd Re:v. F. E. 1\Iu nsdl' art: St. Clolumbkill's, ChieagX>:, Ill. After SI]_Jendin:g t he ren1a,inder of the va:cartion a1t, home! the yo;ung priests will be stationed at variou>S: houses o:f the Order. Rev. vr. J. R:emHlwrd and R.ev iF. A. Sherid'a:n will be added to the staff of St. Viator college, Rev. P. J. O'Leary goes to Colmnbus college, ChambeTlain, S. D:a~k., and Rev. F. E:. Munsch, will leave during the latter p31rt of Sep.te1nber to pursue his studies in Gerinany. THE VIATORIAN unites with the friends of the young D'e ntes in Viri·s hjng them a;n abundance of sucees:s in the ardum1s labo·r fur the s~rulvation of .s.oul& and the conveflsion of sinners and hopes that peace and happines~ 1n:a.v be t~1eir lot "ad multos Annost." 1
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T1he fa:c ul(y is contemlprlatin'g1 the e:stablis:hm·e~nt of a "Mu:s·e um" :allld a:pp-ea1l1s: to all the f1~iends, alumni and o1d s,tud:ent1s andJ especially those students who expe!c t to: r eturn inJ the fa:ll, to assisrt themJ in obtarining. Bota1riricaJ, Zooloogical, Geologic:a:l o~~ Biological ·Spelc:imelll~, als:o~ old . coins~ and ·oth el"~ a;rtielers that ·woruldl be of in:t:e rest, and w"hich wnuld a1 s:,sis.t in furthering their sch:eme. All the -va:lua:ble belongi ngs of the M:u s1eum were d'esrt~ro~ed in th:e1 fire: of 1906-· ·:and c:Oin'seqU'ently the college mu:srt begin an:erw. A s:p ecial roon1 is t io be .s et aside fv1r the muiS€il11TI1, aJll!di we hope t·haJt the friends; of the ins titution will 1nake a gen erous response tor this a.p pe~al.
I Class Day and Commencement The clws:s of 19·1 1 m:aty be justly proud of the interesting program m:o st sucee~1fulfy ci3JITied: out on Olass Day and Oomm~encem,erut. T'he exercises began with Solemn High :.Mass · celebrated in the Marternity C!b.urch. Cielebrant, Rev. Th.oii11llS Oi'B\rien; Deaicon, R~ev. JVJ. J. B·r een, .C. S. V.; Sub-d:eacoo, Rev. F. E. Muns1ch, C. S. V.; Master of Ceremonies, Rev. L. J. Pommier, C. S. V.; Baecalaure:a,t e sermon, Rev. W. J. Oleaey. At 1 o'clock .a la,r ge giart:hering of Alumni and friends a1ssemhled in the ba!DJquet. llaH. t.B""rancis A. Oleary, '11, atcted as toa.stma1ster. The follow'!ing1 uoa:s.ts w~ere responded to: Our M. A.'s, Rev. J. W. Malgmire, '0'9. Vincit qui se vincit, Ml'. E . J. Quille, '11. CoUege Life, JVIr. J. Hickey, '06. Age quod algti.;s, JVIr. ~f. J. Mugan, '10. Student Activity, lVlr. J. P. O?Mahoney, '11. R,emri ni,scenees, R,ev. 0. J. Quille, '98. U nderg.ralds, Mil'". Germld Ber,gam, '12. Gr:adu:artes frorm Hickey, R.ev. EJ.. L. R.ivwrd, D. D. Blue and White, Ralph Legris, '11. ' OU'r La1test Achievements', Rev. W. J. Bergin, C'. S. V. Comm,ercirul Graduates, Jos,e ph Oana;vaJJ.. Fac ert Spera) Very R,ev. J. P. Qt'Mahoney, C. S. V. From the all"tisttc p01rch of Maa:-s:ile Alumni Hall, the following pl'iogram was rendered in the evening: Glass Poem, F ·rwn:ois K C[OOJI'y. A Glimpse of Htekey, Jatnl:es A. Lowney. C}aiSIS History, Ed\V'arvd J. Quill e. Clas,s Prophecy, Jaillles M. Fitzgerald. Senior.s of Tooay, Ralph J. Le·g ris Alumni of T:omorrorw, J. F. O'M:ahoney. The colleg·e bamd', under the dire·c tion of Rev. F. A. She-ridan, 0. S. V., rendered deligmted selections. 1 •
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Bl Btbletic motes •I St. Virut01r, 14 ; D:e.Paul, 4. As UJS:ual D,e,P aul had .n 01 ter~rorSi flor the Va:r's ity on Decora:tiorn d':JJy on DePu:u l field. Oomplerb:~ly out,clas:S~ ed can be t,alc ked on ·t he we1a1rerr:s of tih e D', for in no ~ stage '0 f the runaway did they ha:ve a1glimps:eof the ribbon. \!Varner .started the twjrling for the loic:a,l,s .arnd g,ot in a: pit at the very outset, his fa, s ~t "Loda" ins:hoot~ Ina:s1s:aging1 · three1 of the opponents intflarted shirt fr101n.t:s, in the introd:u ct1ory s:ess1ion, and ws, a neee:s:s:a1ry con:s:equenc:e a trio of D'e Paulites, with O?D:o nnell'.s assi~ s,t.ing single sat their U1nderpinnin1gs~ on the1 eoulfi!ting boa~rd. The pandemorium that broke loose fron1~ the "1na:ny" :fiollow·e rs of the .northsMLe instituti~on, ( ' sea~tedJ .on the batc k . porch) continued utntH the g~anl'e wa1s one-third dead ·when either the bellows bl~Oke 0 1r the supplJi r0 1f vitalizing oxyg~en w.a1s being eonsutn11e d b:y, the Vams:i ty's, exertions touching tih e pillows in the fatnJ ~s~essiorn. "The story runneth t!hUis :" . e the well 1rnow.n "fin d" "S p1'k e.l' J\11o ynihan first worthy to fac: Mullen s~ingled t lOI rig)l,t , brurb on his1 attt:ellllpt to break the Sle;v1
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euth comma.nclment 'vas sent to the shad-ows, Crone and Heenor· being the princip:aJ prosecutors. Quille took a. "corop'' to first, and Scanla!l1 "s1ingled" a single to the outer pastures, and stole second, "Cub'' Oo.ss to shmv his west and north side friends his calibre sent one over the Portland cement for a double, "De Kid" "Honk" counting. Not to be outuone by the "Cap" Lynch duplicated s~oring Closs. -n"a:r ner singled sendjng Lynch across and Bergan got the third double vf the inning rnakin:g the surn tota.l five. ..._t\..fter the fir~t · Yrarner settled down and twrirled excellent ball, but one bing;le being scratched off :his delivety. In the sixth Coo.~ entered the fra,y to wa,r rn up and tease the "Dippy D's" which he did, n1akiug nine sit down without touching the little pellet o·f the beebe size. l\1oynihan's fielding was sensational, while Garnon heaved good bll, after "Spike'' \vas retired. 1St. Viator. R. Moynihan, 1f .• •••• 2 Qiuille, ss .. .. 4 Scanlon, 3·b .. ~ ... 1 Coss, cf-p .. ....... 2 Lynch, 1o-cf .. •••• 2 Warner, p-1,b .. ... 1 Bergan, -c •• .. 1 Leinen, rf .. .. 0 Conroy rf.. ..0 Doemling 2b .. . .. 1
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St. Viator, 10; Notre Dan1e, 5. The second g<lilne of the trip resulted in the greatest victory St. ·viator has aehj.e ved in years, defeating Notre Da~me. In for1ner contests \Yith · the South Bend' school, the local~ see1ned to be under the influence of the "jinx" and thoug-hthey should haYe won always suffered' a defeat. 'l"he whole tale is tlHl> t the Vcu·sit~;r outclassed then)J in every departJnent and pla'Yed as seasoned veterans. At no stage was the
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locarls in damger. Cos:s brueked by sen,s atioool fielding, es.pecialiy b~ Quille kept the ·enem:y from1 the provi~·ion wag1on. Regam. s:t.airted for N. D·. U., but was\ ineffective, two rucn·s~, and tih ree bingle's, being coraUed in the opener, which was keprfj up in the s1econd until the hydrruulic -vvws a.p plied and Heyl sruhstituted who ~s:uffered n:o im.1p rovement1s. 1Hoynihan amdJ Ooss with :four hits Hpiece andi Quille and QJC:onnelFs fieldling e1a1s:ily showed St. Viart1o r to be a ball tean1 while A'Infield' s s1creeching homer and three double plays featured Nl\ )tre D:a me's play. The gatme will go down as one of t.he V~rsity-';s best, a1ndJ .st:am1 pS1 them as allnong the leniClers 1n w:e1s tern college ba:Seball. 1St. Viator. Notr-e Dame. R. H. P. 'A . E ·. R. H. P. A. E. Moynihan, If •• ' Quille, ss .. . Scanlon, 3b .. O'Connell, rb .. Vv ari:J.er, rf. ~ · Cos:s , p .. . . . Lynch, cf .. Bergan, c .. . . Doemling, 2·b ..
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· St. Viartor, 3; OruthedraJ C:ollege, 6. With Oos:s tlwirlinigJ on'e of the best gaa:nes of his career, striking out fifteen yet Carthedr3Jl squeez.etd over a victocy due to the local's . m:Us1e rable w:ork in the field\. dathed~al ee:rta:i!lily play·e d the article of baill thrutJ means: victory and with a liglb.rtning finis!h nosed' out . ahieadl arb the · pole. )FuJI of fi:giht and pepper wll the . time, they field.ed d;esperartely and ·with a couple opportune hits s1ent tJhe loca1l..s to the rear. Narmay1e pitched a hea!Cly gatme \vhile 1\i:alh oney ailJdJ Welch also: starrretd:. Clos1s and vVarner sought to stave defeat, in regmlaJr bais,e ball style. !St. Viator. Cathedral. R. H. P. A. E. R. H. P. A. E. Moynihan, If •. ... 1 Quille, ISS •• . •.. 0 Scanlon, 3b •• . ... 1 Cos-s, lp ... ••.•. 0 Warner. lh .. .• 0 Lynch, ·cp .. . ~ .0 Do em ling, 2b .. • •• 0 Conroy, rf .• ..0 Bergan, ~c .. ...... 1
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THRU A KNOTHOLE. In one of t:he n1ost (exciting!?) games in the hi>St.ory of
Viarborialll arthletic activities the Chicag:o Oler'ies quit dead in the fifth inning eomp1aJinin~ of too mruch . e~ ra1S1idunes.s by the weather man. T'he · giatrne wa1s really a revel:artioill aillru a rejuvenation of yoruth .s~eem·ecl to take pla:ce, and but for ilie heat., wDuld h:aiVe been m:ore thrilling. The ~me wa,s m1a:rred to the extreme hy F 'r. 1\iurphy's continual nagging .a t Um,p s "D'oc" Quille whv soaked him a fiver. Fr. Bre~en, the giant left gatr d:ener al·so distinguished himself while Klary and
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O'Konnal did nQt live up to their past brilliant records. vVe em only add they were q~itters . The victory 3Jt Notre Dame caused a great stir in the athletic minds of Viatorian.s. Snake dancffi, camp fires, and other features bordering on insanity were returned for the 10~5 victory. The sending of Coss to the Oubs InaJrks the fourth St~ Viator m3JD to go up within a year. The other three, Stack, MlcOarthy amd Blalchant, are making good to the extreme. Notice McOa.rthy's home run vs. St. Louis ! Before leaving the basket baH team elected Frank Moynihan., t·h e gritty little forw3Jrd' to lead next year's quintet. The selection could D!Ot be better, because in the years he has been Oill the Vaa-sity he has 3Jl.W~ distinguished himself by his clever pla:ying and will, we hope, surely guide the Varsity to another state championship. BasketbaH sweaters were awaroed' to Capt. Fitzgerald, Moynihan, Kissane, Fisher, Mgr. Oleali-y, Doemling and Gor~ don. T'o pilot the baseball squad next spring Francis Lynch was chosen by the tossers. "Jerry'' should make an ideal captain, being of the aggressive type and knl()wing the nar tional gam<e aJmost better thtailt his catechism-----success. Baseball emblems now deck Calpt. Ooss, O'Connell, B·e r· gan, Warner, Kelly, Doemling, Quille, Scanlan, M'o ynihan, Lynch . .A.s yet the Board of Athletic Control has not been. able to find a worthy successor to Ooa~Ch 1\I:atrks, the "par excellence" leader of the Vwrsity ·eleven. However, there is a possibility of being able ro sign 1\Ia•r ks for another term, and the Board has this matter under consideration.
MINIMS. Never before in basebaU history at St. Viator college has there been such a llinim team as that of 1911, and to say that this team outclassed the aggregations of former years would be putting it lightly. Although the Minim deprurlr ment is aJ.wa~s noted! for its "classy" teams and excellent players, it can in all ' truth be said that to this team belongs
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the honor of being the 1no·srt ,s ports> m anlike, best coached, a·n d lll!ost excellent in a ll d'epa< rt.rnents of the gaane. At the be·ginning ·o·f the sea~son: the oru:t look wa:s: not~ a,t all prorn:iJsin:g for tihe1:.e were only ai ferw o~ the "old bunch" who ha1d r•eturned and there \Va1s aa:1 ahundanee of 1"1U:w mait erial on qeck. However, under the management of the peerle1ss Ooa1c h MaleDonald, \Vho is himisrelf an old fan a1nd a bas~eban enthUJsiast and who has coa1ched many a team· to victory the 1S:e ason st.a1rted and coupled with the generos:it.y of the new recruits. a winning team of the fivst c:lass, and at champion team, was: fashioned as only aJ MaicD10nald can fa1shion. Of the old set Oapt. Pepin held down the firs1t sack and played unusually well in pulling the .sphere out of the uprper lTgions a:nd gulping it up from benea:t h; while he ran his team like ru veteran. Fit~partrick held: down hi~s former pos1it.ion on the 3rd sa1c k in a1n enviable manner, and eo·m ment is unnecessary for• all who have ,s:e en F'itz in £ormer yea~rs1 will understand ''nhen we say tha.t he played: better t·h an ever. Sanesa:c, .a form1e r "su:b" ''"oT·kedJ behind the "s.t ick" this yea,r and all in all man:rugedJ tO! natil the froul-tip,s a nd wild halls! in brreat ,s hape. Damduratn d, the famJoUJs t~wirler w:ms on the job as u.sual and had the sphereoid under perfect eontrol. H~e had an ahle rival for first honors a1s' a s~p it~ - baU Htl"t•ist, ho~w ever, in Dannie Boyle, aJ new eomer, ·who w;a,s only w clos~e second to D:aLilidurand. With Dandurand's· expea.~·ience he will far outela1s s him; he i1s cool, eatsy pla,y ing~ ain d su1~e, a nd hand les himself in big league fatsihi01n. Dillon, a not;h er n ew recruit very smlwll burt, 0 my ! pla1yed ru stella1r ga~m e in the left field and nabbed everything t hat c:a:rn~ his wa~ ; a.s1 a1 bart<ter he wa~s good a nd: a:ll in all pl.a(Y·edJ rea1l ba1sebrull. P erhaps E~. Flyn:n wa1s the el:russies1t pla(Yer \)lli the teatrn; from t he beginning he had the gooidJS rund it didn't1 taike him long t o d'emonsrtrate. He was a whti rlw1indl sb<orts:t op aUJ.d nothin~ canne his Wa(Y that went furth:e r :f:ior he scooped; up the hortJ O[}JeS in greatJ ,s tyle. He pla~ed h~s po1slition like w miaJjor lea;gruer., battt~en and bunted wen a:nd helped pile uip them ever y gam e. H'e i,g a CIOliner atm] we h:afVle but to w.atit t:o s ee th'e f.ulfillmJoot o£ the bright: fultuTe ah'eaJdJ of him in tihe field! of nation:a:l 1S!pto1r t.. A1thoru~g)b.l Kis1satllie d~id nort hold aJ regulalr pos1 ifbironr on th e teatmJ he play.e1d exeetllent batll, .aind! in eenter field gt!Ot Olll! t•O th:e high o::nJes ill! gigg: styl·e ; hi~ ba~tl ting1 .a1DJd :tielding1 we~e very. goli>d. Petter Boryle held the s1ec-
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oDJd ,s ack, 1n:ost of the time but altetnat.ed with Kissane. On t.he whole he .pla\)'ed his partJ and did~ his sh34re in making the big end O'f the .sc.o1~e wlwaJ!S in farvor od~ the Minims.. Lloyd worked m:o stly in the· right g1rurdren: and did! admir~bly well, balcking up the wildJ ones and gma;b hing the hot. ones out of t1he a:i r. OJ·aa:-·k and Ofhrisrt~ ie Bua.~kha.rdsme1i e:r were utilit.y men, the fi~st ailthotu1gh la!cking1 experienee played erxceedin:gly in pi\)'Sii tions in which he "s:uhbed" and• Christie sub-pitcher '\vas a valuaible as:s.e t to the twirling srtaff. These m·e n will be first teame1~s1 next yeair a1s some of the old timer:s will Ullrdou bt.edly not retu·r n. .Aill in aill · ea1ch indlivid ual pla yer pla~red the real gao::ne through a:n d! thr~ough, and a:s a whole the t ean1. hald the "pep?' and team ·work which signalize:s .a finished s:ert of pla;yer:s .a:nd which will lead· any team to victory. They vve::re in t!he g:attll.le from srt;a rt to finis:h, no "quit1s " no "l1ag~g.ingr ' o:r "lying down," but they m·e ant business frOin beginning to end '\Vhi-ch c:a:n be s1e en fro1n the score.
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May May May May
10 14 21 25
Minims Minims Minims Minims
13 9 0 6 5 5 18 7 2 3 4 2
Boyle Dandurand Dandurand Boyle
Junior 2nds St. Phillips H. S. K. K. K. St. Mels
May May May June
27 28 30 1
Minims Minims Minims Minims
12 13 2 12 ll 2 2 7 3 8 7 2
Dandurand Boyle Boyle Burkhardt Boyle Dandurand Burkhardt Boyle Dandurand Boyle
Palmer Pk. Momence Holy Angels Bradley
2 1 1 0
Palmer Pk.
4 13 2
June 3
Minims
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June 6
Minims
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7 6
June 11
Minims
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7 19
Bradley Armour Sq.
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Sheehan
9 4
O'Brien
4 8 17
Pitchers Curley Pemble Hackett Sommers Liston Gess Hubbard Mitchell J. Liman 5heehan Madsen Lindquist
From the ~s~chedule it is seen thart the Minims lost but one gatine, .amd althoug1h fhe big end of the sc:o re was, not in their favor it mea1nt m.ore tha~ victory. The game with Ar111,0rur Squa:.r e was p1aiy ed under p['otest a1s the ail'tiC'le of the CtO!ntract, eoneerning the weig1ht of the vi.sitorSI had beerr violated! ins10fal'l as the Mj\Il!ima haid.! agreed to pla:y am equal weig1ht aJlowin~ for aJ slight m1atcg1in, however, when the vis.iUOirs ar:rtiv.ed it wa~ foillloo th:rut th:e y tipped the s!c:a~es to a m,a rk m:rueh groo.rter than .the midget 9'0 poundevs. Even at this disaldva1nrba1ge the· brilliatn:d MilllinJ tleatrn would have beruten the Armour Squ1a:~ve1s h!adJ they been in! norma:l C!Ondrition, for tb. ey out,elas:stedJ tib.:e vis,itOiriSI als irtJ "WaiSI; but hlaiVin~ on tihe
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pvev:k>us day enjoyoed a picnic anldJ ind:ulg;ed in ru swim · in the rive~ they were badly sunhurroo with the exceprtion. of perhaJps one or tlwo, and this alc cou:nts for the fa:c t th~at they were aJ little "off edge." AJs ii:J is the Mli nim ruggtr."egrution no;t only claims the Katn:kaikee champrion~ihip which: they harve held f<:jr several successive y~ea~s1 ; but also tha1J orf Clook eo~urr ty, having bmten the eh:atmpio,ns of t.harb C:OIUnty, which team also held the Sftate cham'Pionship. After the las,t g)aillle OloeJc'h MacDonaJd enterta1ined the team rut a srwmprt'uoUts banquie t at which monogram,s and! ,s weater jackets were given to the m:etmheT's 01f the team, who proudly bea1r t!he sta1te championship tJihle.
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ru Quille to write a Leinen tip you wise to whalt is going on aili the college. As you perhaps have notieed1 this is a1 new killidl of pa;pe~ I'm! us,i ng. It's caned R1ic·e P'a;per andJ r jusrt impOirted iJWlooty Rheaims 10f Friend :
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it from Windsor Oaiilada. B·efo~:r~e I go a:ny furtheT I mu:s,t tell you of the new stud1e nt th.art arriveJdJ at th'e college y~este~rd!a_or. He is a tall Marnly fellow with drurk B~rown1 Ou:r ley hair, pa[e blue eyes aJilJd: 1Sftrrunge to 1s1a~ carries a Kane. H~ is aJ v.ery pecuJliai' yorung man for ins1teald of aJ bait he wea1rs a Haud~ and a Blo y1e on his neck a in d will p.eT<S ist in c:rurcy.ing a l B·e.rry in his pocket fu Keep off the the F'itz. His name is bi~s1cuit amd his fait her is a B :akell". His1 arrival wa~1 m~ost: aus.pi.oious :Cor .the Bo~s gathered' a lr ound him: a~ he wenrt to .s:e e the Gym. Of colu Me the poo~ lakl go·t AI' exeit1e d a[)JdJ begalll to cry. Tlhe eollege boy,s imtrneldi:a~tel~y alslsUJI'1eJd' him tham there would be no Hlaz.e n as it waJs notb allorweld anJi Mvore ailldJ that a11 they wanted w:a:s t1o relierve him o1:fl any: e:rlral Cashin hils pockets a1nld then g~o to1 the Sto1re ainldl tr1eartJ the buinch. OoUege boy-s sometim:es maike m~:Usrtalk>es inJ jUJdigiDigl tihe Greenwood from tlb.'e mlo re srturdy P'lalllJts and! this is ·e!Xaictly w!hart the S. V. 0. bo~s d!Ld whern they tJried tio soakl this B:ilslcUitl full" he no so1oner 1
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S·pit:z on his h~llldls a:n d prepa1res fol'l them·. VVlhen the boys s:aiW this they be1ea(lne al lirttle bit Leamy an!d walked out, leaiVj!ng him an .undisputed V:icto1r. W·e ll ,sir dlo you: know thatt fro1n t!hat time on Bis1cuit was th~ whole chees;e with the crorwdl. N o'v he can a~Sk anything1 of the bunch and they: will imm_le diat,e ly Gl'13.1n t it. Tllre reas1orn fvT tlhiiSI .:Ls that when he _r eceived' his trunk he pa1s's;e d a~oun:d aH kinds of 8pal~dling sporiling1 goodiSI--,SlU·Ch as bvwi·e knives, revolvers, :fi~shing taJckle, Lowney choeolarte1s, e·tc. The lad: iS ru great Rurnter and Fisher him~sel'f, being1 realredJ oru t w·est. He nev.e r miss1e s his D'a ley trip to the VV:oods :aud! if he is1 nom Rowan .he wil'l s.i t foil" hvrur1s altl the W:alber.s edge- · trying1 to carbchi · SahniOlll. vVhethm-- he eveT eaught any I donit know .hut I know M:a,rcotJte cold: orver on the otherr s1idle lalsrti 'v'eek ain d has; been Ulnder the calre of the DQIC ever since. vVell, .so much' for the Biiscuit. They D1rained the M1indms batsebaJll diam:ond yesterdny allld a Trainor is· eom.ing tomorI'Iv!w. This is all I C'aill! remember jU'st now so yoru: ca:n Leiback rund Kiss ane f0ir1 I'm Du.rme. 8ineerely yours unrtn Nialga:ra: Fa!lls.
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