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VOL. X L I I . NOTRE DAME, INDIANA, M A R C H 2 7, 1909 No. 25.

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NOTHER famous name has been added t o the long and distin­guished roll of those whose merit Notre Dame has signally recognized. The Lsetare Medal, annually conferred by the Uni­

versity upon some member of the American Catholic laity for meritorious service in literature, ar t , science or philanthropy' was presented this year t o Frances Christine Fisher Tiernan, the novelist better known by her pen name, Christian Reid. Almost forty line, wholesome novels, besides frequent contributions to the leading magazines form the chief basis of her claim to recognition as a l i t terateur, while her beautiful life has ever been an inspiration to those who have had the good fortune of feeling her personal influence.

Mrs. Tiernan, who before her marriage in 1SS7 t o James Marquis Tiernan w^as Frances Fisher, was born 1846 a t Salisburj^, North Carolina, where she still lives. Her father was Col. Frederick Fisher, a con­federate officer who w^as killed a t Bull Run. His sister, Christine Fisher, took upon herself the care of his children, of whom Frances, w^ho w^as later t o become the Christian Reid of wide literary repute, was the eldest.

Christian Reid's first essay in li terature was "Yalorie Aylmer," a novel published by D. Appleton and Co., when i ts au thor was scarcely twenty-five years of age. Success was immediate. All eyes w^ere turned t oward the Southern towm w^hence shone the first glimmer of a new s ta r on the Catholic l i terary horizon. Encouraged by

success, the talented 3'oung story-teller soon brought out a second volume, " M o r t o n House," a story of the Reconstruction period in the South. Since then her magic pen has not rested. Indeed, the lat ter p a r t of 190S witnessed the publication by The Are Maria press of a shor t s tory by her— "The Coin of Sacrifice,"—which has, in the judgment of critics, "touched the high w^ater-mark of Catholic fiction." In this work she has embodied a cogent argument against the evil of divorce, which is bound t o make a s t rong impression on the mind of axij normal reader. Through every sentence there speaks a voice throbbing w'ith sincere purpose, instinct wi th pa thos t h a t a t times reaches genuineh- sublime heights. Almost the same ma3^ be said of all her works. There is in them a lofty moral tone, a guidance t o all t h a t is best and purest in life; there is, i n . short, a quality t h a t can no t bu t be helpful in molding s t rong and true characters in the young w-ho read them.

Since 1871, when her first novel appeared, Christian Reid has been constantly a t work, and never in vain; for her message has ever been one of faith and hope and r ight living, wi th the bright lamp of t r u t h t o religion and duty lighting the w a y t o the goal. Her life has been lived in the pursuit and a t ta inment of high ideals; her character is marked by a constant fidelity t o the Christian virtues t h a t has made her esteemed and beloved th roughout America; her life-work in l i terature has breathed unceasingly the spirit of t ru th and nobility. These,are the qualifications t h a t render this year 's

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recipient of the Leetare Medal well worthj'-of the coveted distinction. An admiring friend once remai'ked t h a t al though some of Christian Reid's characters are among the most beautiful in literature, she never created any fanciful th ing so beautiful as her own noble life. I t is a tr ibute a t once jus t and fitting. There is nothing t h a t one could say which would reflect in a clearer, purer light the character of this noble woman.

The custom of conferring the LcCtare Medal originated a t the Universitj^ of Notre Dame in 1SS3. At a meeting of professors, a t tent ion w a s called bj^ discussion t o the lack of honors for the thousands of Catholic men and w^omen of the laity who work earnestly by upright lives and b}" distin­guished service for the advancement of education, moralit3'-, human w-elfare, and religion. I t was suggested t h a t the Universitj^ should single out some man or woman every 3' ear for honor and confer some tangible evidence of appreciation, and so the idea of the Medal took form. The custom is modelled on the ancient observance inaugurated b3'' Pope Leo IX. of sending the golden rose as a mark of honor t o sovereigns and other notable persons.

The Laitare Medal is restricted t o lay members of the Catholic Church in America. I t is a large disk of pure gold, beautfully enamelled and chased, bearing some appro­priate design in relief w^hich varies from year t o 5' ear and which is suited t o the profession in which the recipient has earned distinction. Around the border surrounding the design appears the motto'. Magna est Veritas et praevalebit. A handsome address painted in water color, accompanies the Medal. This address is of high artistic value and is alwaj'^s the work of some noted ar t is t .

The long list of recipients forms a distin­guished honor roll of the American Catholic la i ty! . In 1883, Dr. John Gilmary Shea received the Medal. After him followed Patr ick J . Keeley, architect and builder of many churches; Eliza Allen Starr , a r t critic; General John New^ton, civil engineer; Patr ick Y. Hickey, editor; Anna Hanson Dorsey, au thor ; William J. Onahan, publicist; Daniel Dougherty, o ra tor and publicist; Major

Henry F . Brownson, soldier and scholar; Patrick Donahoe, editor and philanthropist ; Augustin Daly, theatrical manager ; Anna T. Sadlier, au thor ; General WilHam S. Rosecrans, soldier; Thomas Addis Emmet, phj-^sician; Timothy E. Howard , jur i s t ; John A. Creighton, philanthropist ; William Bourke Cockran, law3'er and s ta tesman; John B. Murphy, surgeon; Thomas B. Fitzpatrick, merchant and philanthropist ; Francis Ouinlan, surgeon; Katherine Eleanor Conway, au thor and editor; James C. Monaghan, publicist and educator.

The award of the Medal is intended b3'- the University primaril3'- t o honor the earnest men and women of the lait3r w^ho are labor­ing unobt rus ive^ in all fields of thought and action, often a t grea t personal sacrifice, for the well-being of humanit3^ This year ' s election of the Medallist will meet appro­bat ion everywhere, especially in the South, where Mrs. Tiernan is admired and beloved. Her influence, though gentle is wise, and alwa3'^s for good. Notre Dame has honored itself in the selection of such a splendid example of true Catholic womanhood, and living Lfetare Aledallists may congratulate themselves t h a t such a wor thy recipient has been added t o their ranks.

D. A. M. <•>

Haunts of Poetry.

J.-V.MES P. KEHOE, ' 11 .

Whether in the perfumed splendor

Of the lilies' woodland boAvers,

Or midst pine trees tall and slender,

Guardians of the gentle floAvers,

Whether in the ancient palace

Where the muses arentlv slumber.

Drink 3-6 wine from golden chalice,

Drink ye blessings without number.

Even midst the joys and sorrows

Of the frantic money lender,

Knowing never what the morrow

To his future joy will tender,

You will find tha t magic potion,

Food of poets and the muses,

That will stir-the heart to motion

By the joy it there infuses.

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Old Age.

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THOMAS A. LAHEY, '11 .

Full on the tide of a well-spent life Through this sin-burthened A'ale of tears,

Walking afar from the raging strife, All untouched In' the flight of years;

Nearing the end -of the journe3''s course. Through the realms of a world unkind.

Free from the danger of crime's remorse, All the dangers of life behind.

Far to the rear all the rocks and shoals. Now the river of life runs free;

Onward its broad-bosomed -volume I'olls, Toward the shore of th ' Eternal sea.

Only the dark, then the light once more, But a moment within the gloam;

Onl}' one surge toward the other shore— Lo! a soul has been welcomed home.

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Italian Humanism.

DENIS A. MORRISON, JR. , '10.

H E period of the Renascence was productive of rich and abundant fruits in all branches of human activity. Contact wi th the Oriental civilization brought unlimited opportuni­

ties for broad development in every direction—in conquest, in commerce, in Christianization, — and during nearh^ t w o centuries the pulse of Europe was quickened by the st imulating influences of the post Crusadean epoch. During all this time of commercial progress, when everywhere the hand and brain of man were reaching out

.for wider spheres of action, there w a s some­thing else stirring in the European mind. I t was an intellectual life, the genesis of which is' difficult t o determine exactly; the rousing of men's minds t o a new view of the vital things of existence. This awak­ening is styled the Renascence.

I t is scarcely difficult t o imagine t h a t such an impulse as gave rise to the revival of learning should have come t o the world of the Fourteenth Century, or t h a t i t should have found i ts motive force in the I ta ly of Dante, of Boccaccio and Petrarch. Nor was i t unusual t h a t i t should run the course i t

did, upsetting, or a t tempting t o upset, all the tradit ions, the petted and well-favored legends of medievalism, in its wild scramble back t o the Rome and the Romans of the Augustan age. F o r the polished and scholarlv gentlemen of the Italian Renas-cence were in spirit no t unlike the " F o r t y Niners" of our own country. Theirs, how­ever, w^as a zest, no t for gold bu t for learning, and thej'- carried forever beside them a dare-devil recklessness and fearless­ness bequeathed from the free strain of the roving, fighting, conquering ancestors who begot them. Jus t as the Milanese, Genoese and Venetian sailor-merchants were careless of life and limb in their relentless pursuit of Eastern silks and gold, so their full-blooded progeny, having got a tas te of Cicero and Virgil, must indulge themselves to surfeit because the spirit of veneration for the'^ancient literary models had become too s t rong to be controlled.

Among the humanists we 'find the spirit of the revival expressed a t its best and a t i ts worst . Their purposes developed with no less wonderfiil leaps and bounds than char­acterized the g rowth of the entire movement. At first having in view onlj- the rejuvenation of ancient culture, it later became apparent t h a t the3r were bent on destroying the entire fabric of educational theory then in existence. This purpose held in i t large possibilities both of good and of evil. Eventually, i t meant the establishment of a ra t ional des­potism and the rejection of simple religious faith; a societj-^ burdened wi th vice and corruption like t h a t which ruled of old when the luxurious sceptic, Petronius Arbiter, con­ceived artistic viciousness for the entertain­ment of Nero's circle. Scholasticism was a system t h a t must oppose such a condition; Christian philosophy could never exist side by side with the humanistic creed which was, in extreme cases, only a quasi-redinte­grated system of stoicism and epicureanism which neither Zeno nor Epicurus would have recognized as his own. Against Scholas.ti-cism, therefore, the humanists hurled their sharpest a r rows of cynicism, indifferentism and ridicule, and there was no champion like Duns Scotus, Albertus or Thomas t o take up the glove for the old school. Never­theless, w^hen humanism encroached upon religious grounds i t was bound t o fight a

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losing strugsle. Chris'tian philosophj-- to-daj'-is still bat t l ing as firmh^ as ever, and its s tandard, the cross, is as strongh'- entrenched upon the rampar t s of t ru th . Humanism as a vital force is dead, but other enemies have taken its place and the fight goes on.

The humanists scorned as trivial the principal pursuits of the schoolmen, which were logic and philosophj'^ as found in the works of Aristotle and the Fathers . With the pagan writers their ceaseless crj-- w^as for something t h a t would bring satisfaction to the phj'sical being, not t o the head alone; no t the essentially good and true, b a t the essentialh'^ beautiful in an justhetic wsiy, be i t bad or false, or both. To exemplify- in themselves a theorj'- of life which only pagan belief could justify'-, t o reproduce in their own da3^ the life and tastes of old Rome; in a single f)hrase, t o t ransplant their own time back over twelve centuries, was the humanistic ideal, and i t was in the enthusiastic pursuit of this ideal t h a t the3^ accomplished their best work, and their worst . Their scope laj' between t w o extremes, and they wrought freely wnth both.

Monumental obstacles stood in their wa^'-. When we realize t h a t in Petrarch 's time there w^as not a single volume extant of Cicero, Virgil, Lrivy, or any other of the immortals, t h a t was not burdened with errors, our conception of the t rue immensity of their t ask becomes commensurate. Only years of patient labor could undo the work of medieval puritanism and pierce the veil which shrouded in gloom the monuments of antiquity. I t w^as with enthusiasm born of a spirit of patr iot ism t h a t they set about restoring the ancient models. F a r from contemplating the importat ion of an exotic literature t o shape the trend of their studies, the}' regarded the Roman w^riters as men of their owm race, born and nurtured under the same serene sky as looked down upon their own Italy. Indeed, i t was almost of necessity t h a t i t should be so, for had i t been otherwise, no national I tal ian heart would have acclaimed their wrork; no embracing nat ional spirit would have joined hands wi th the noble zeal w^hich ga.Ye depth and durat ion t o it.

I t is a notable circumstance and one continually met with in the tracing of subtle influences, t h a t the enduring monu­

ments of humanit3'- seem to demand the co-operation of a AA hole people working in spirit t o a common end. This s tatement finds its aptest justification in architecture and the drama, where outward expression lies openest t o view. Man3'- achievements in literature, however, bear the same s tamp of abounding nat ional spirit, as witness the great epics and, occasionall3'-, great monuments of fiction. Fifteenth - Centur3'-I ta ly stands, in this respect, in marked cont ras t to Athens in the age of Pericles. Among the Athenians criteria of judgment had to be set for generations to come; the object of the Ital ians was the rejuvenation of a lost culture. On the one hand, therefore, where there was the need of creative genius, we see the predominance of a few eminenth'-gifted men who molded into being t h a t exquisite sense of the fitness of things in a r t for w'hich the Athenian people are noted. In I taty the enduring artistic creations were the result of the concentrated popular instinct. St. Mark 's never rose in a da3'', and her beautifully rounded domes, topped off with stately towers in true Oriental st3de, suggest the influence of St. Sofia's mosque ra ther t han an3'' Christian temple. I ta lv 's pulse swelled wath the deeds of her daring seamen, and, in consequence, \vhen the time came for artistic development t o take i ts course, heathen models were freely used because i t was from such associations t h a t she drew her life. Nevertheless, individual efibrt and influence were present. Says S3''monds: "The intellectual and moral milieu created b3'-- self-centred, cultivated jDcrsonal-ities was necessary for the evolution of the spirit of intelligence which formed the motive of the Renascence." Self-culture to selfish ends, this w^as the ke3'-note of the revival. Primarih^ a passion for antiquity, soon humanism imbibed the spirit of the ancients, no t avoiding the morally debasing in the search after the assthetically good.

But we must n o t fail to observe t h a t during all this time a twofold development w a s in progress. Humanism might become obnoxious and a t t ack sacred doctrine. I t might, in the very act of ridiculing pedantry, lay itself open t o the same charge; and as a mat te r of fact i t did j u s t t ha t . But a t the same time humanistic educational prin­ciples were tak ing roo t in many European

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seats of learning. This instance reveals another distinction iDctween Athens and Italy. Although the people in l30th coun­tries, taken as a v ' hole, held loftj-- notions of true ar t , we find t h a t in I taly there is not t h a t centralization of an individual's talents which is so t5'-pical of the Greeks. Buonarrot i compassed in his life the artistic historj^ of the epoch in which he lived. Leonardo was himself a great painter and a noble sculptor as well, bu t t h a t qualit\^ of his by which he wields a broader influence t h a n either of his great contemporaries was his chief contribution t o the age. This was the inventive turn of his mind coupled with the capacity for the discovery and applica­tion of new methods of work. In Greece the conditions vv'-ere exactW reversed. Pindar is the singer, Phidias the sculptor, Parrhasius the painter, and i t is to be remarked t h a t none overstepped the boundaries of his own ar t .

I have said t h a t the humanists considered the makers of Latin literature as men of their own race. "The glory t h a t was Greece and the grandeur t h a t was Rome" were their na tura l heritage. Yet in this verj'- fact lies the solidest of evidence in proof of the artificiality^ of humanism. Dante in the beginning of the Fourteenth Centtir}^ had perpetuated his own fame, besides impart­ing durable- form to the Italian tongue, wi th his "Divina Commedia." Ariosto, Tasso and Boccaccio wrote for the I tal ian people of their daj'^, and have survived the centuries, while Petrarch 's great epic, the "Africa," which was an a t t empt t o rival Virgil, is never heard of, and the very name of Befnbo is a mysterv- to most. These men live in their influence upon succeeding ages, for it was through their unceasing efforts t h a t the new culture spread t o the world of thought t h a t existed outside Ital}'. The fame of More, Erasmus and Reuchlin all ow^e a pr imary debt t o men whose lives and work are known only t o students of the age.

Viewing humanism in the light of the results i t accomplished for the world much • may be said bo th for and against . No one will doubt t h a t the humanists did a grea t deal for the educational uplifting of man by laying the foundations and rearing a grea t p a r t of the structure of sound educational methods. The rejuvenation of ancient cul­

ture spanned the broad gulf between the Four th Century and the Fourteenth, and its continuation to our daj has given us a broad perspective of ancient li terature and a r t from which sober, critical judgments may be arrived a t . The comparison of the three epochs of Pericles, Augustus and Lorenzo aifords a most absorbing topic of study for one interested in tracing out the rise and development of artistic s tandards among nations. The untir ing perseverance of the earh^ humanists in discovering manuscripts, founding libraries, criticising, t ranslat ing, and compiling, has furnished t o succeeding ages the chief instruments for the pursuit of liberal culture. The wonder t o us is t h a t the work could progress under the conditions existing in I talv. Alwavs the prey of external foes, she was, a t the period when the Renascence took its first hold, sub­jected to relentless factional strife between Guelfs and Ghibellines. Besides this, the seat in the Italian capita) of the most potent influence t h a t has ever gone out among men made her the desired of all Europe. Thundering foreign armies strove c o n s t a n t ^ for admission to this garden-land of Europe, and, more often than not, effected their purpose. In this s tatement there lies one of the strongest indictments t o be brought against humanism. F rom the beginning i t helped to denationalize I taly by strengthen­ing in the minds of the people the notion of the cit\'- as the Greeks conceived i t . Florence was no more obliged t o concern itself wi th the fortunes of the Venetians t han Athens was with those of the Spar tans . The patr iot ism t h a t binds a nation into a single ofreat orsranism was dead. So stronglv was this idea imbedded in the I tal ian mind t h a t i t was not till 1S66 when Garibaldi led the revolution against constituted authori ty t h a t a democratic spirit a t las t found expression.

Argument along somewhat different lines from the same causes reveals the reasons wh\ ' Itah'- was never very deeply shaken by the momentous religious controversies of these times. At the papal court humanism often found cordial patronage. Alexander VI., Julius II., and Leo X., may-be mentioned as being friendliest t o the new learning, while oftentimes the papal curia num­bered among its members some of t h e mos t

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prominent humanists . But owing t o the lack of a nat ional unity t o fuse with their s t rong nat ional feeling in artist ic enterprise, and perhaps from the lack of an element in their population like t h a t which gave Luther b i r th—a virile, independent and liberty-loving peasantry'—no such movement could ever have gained headwa3'-. Among the I tal ians the spirit which made such a large number of continental scholars break with Rome caused onh'- a negative reversal, which expressed itself in the irreligion, indiffer-entism and cynicism of the people. Besides, the I tal ians had been long familiar with, and had observed the steadj'^ g rowth of those inexcusable conditions which struck upon the outsider with a shock. No more striking manifestation of the a t t i tude which men maj'- t ake to\vard sacred things can be found than is exhibited in the epigram of the cyn­ical humanist, Sannazarro t o the deceased Leo X. The English t ranslat ion quoted bj' lAWj reads : "Wi thou t the Church's sacra­ments Pope Leo died, I 'm told. What wonder? How could he enjo3' w h a t he himself had s o l d ? " What grea t influence, taking i ts rise from strong moral conviction, could find its motive in a land where such a charge could be brought against a Roman Pontiff, no t only vsrith impunitj'- bu t with t ru th ? Yet the conditions whose existence msij be ascribed in great p a r t t o the influ­ence of humanism were responsible for the low s ta te into which ecclesiastical as well as popular morals had sunk. From this basis alone maj'^ we argue t h a t humanism and humanistic influence lay a t the root of the religious disaflection.

By the time when the enlivening spark w^hich Petrarch and Boccaccio ignited, had spread and become a wast ing conflagration, I tal ian humanism was alreadj-^ falling into decay. I t s devotees had become afilicted wi th the most intolerable pride because.of the adulat ion heaped npori them b3' the enemies of Scholasticism. Their l i terary a r t degenerated, into a servile passion for imitat ion; wbo could best reset Cicero's sublime periods w a s awarded the crown. Hence, beauty of though t was lost in a senseless striving after ornate expression; the least banality, set forth in regal phrase met their highest commendation. This servility t o style had the effect of. s tunt ing

their intellectual g r o w t h bj' placing the crown of merit within easy reach of ordinary ability. " A little learning is a dangerous thing, ' ' saj-s Pope, and nowhere has the epigram apter proof. The insufli-ciency of humanism became such t h a t the men of Italj'^ no longer took rank with European scholars. I t is doubtful if one could have found three men in all the length and breadth of I ta ly who could measure u p . t o the s tandard of Erasmus, More and Reuchlin; I ta ly had yielded the palm.

In due time, likewise, the superficialitj'^ of humanistic erudition excited the disgust and contempt of learned men. Europe had no need of their small wisdom, and the theories perfected by their predecessors had alreadj'-been adopted by the continental universities. Moreover, the most beautiful rhetoric could no t conceal the vi t iat ing sordidness t o which they had descended, and which the assent of the people rendered only the more debasing. The strength of decadent humanism lay in i ts display, and in this strength was weak­ness. As a distinctive phase of intellectual life i t gradually lost i ts hold and became merged in the general culture of the time.

Friend or Villain?

JOHX J . ECKERT, ' 1 1 .

" I tell j-^ou. Manning is the thief; I am sure of it, F rank . I really do no t see how ' ou can disagree wi th my opinion. Nobody

bu t Mr. Pearce, my secretary, and this bookkeeper, Manning, have access to mj-private office. Now I know Pearce well; he has been in my employ for the last ten years ; I have watched him again and aga in ; he is honest and trustworthy,—in fact, he is more t h a n a friend t o ine. But this Manning I have known for hardly ten months . He is young, and you th does n o t consider, you understand." • My old friend John, known t o the business world as Mr. John A. Harrison, President of the L—Insurance Company, w a s evidently proud of his shrewd reasoning. He observed me wi th a complacent smile, hardly expecting a contradiction of his views. ^There mus t have been something in

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mj'- face, however, t h a t betrayed incredulity and . silent amusement, for suddenly he addressed me again with the least trace of irony in his voice:

"You, the famous detective, do not seem t o grasps the situation. Pray, wha t is 3'-our idea on the subject? Do you remember t h a t warning I received a week ago—that little note? I think I gave i t t o you, didn ' t I, F r a n k ? "

" T o be sure, John. T h a t note is in m3' possession. Here i t is ; let me read i t t o you aga in :

" M R . HARRISON:—

" T a k e warning! Keep 3'our e3'e on 3''Our secretary, Pearce. He will make things interesting for 3' ou before long.

A Friend."

"This is the note you were speaking of, is it, John? Well, w h a t of i t ! " Carefully I replaced the little slip of paper in m3' pocket, and awaited an answer. My wor t lw president sa t open-mouthed, s tar ing a t me with visible signs of vexation and surprise.

" W h a t of i t ! " he a t las t broke out. "You ask, w h a t of i t ? F o r heaven's sake, man, 3'-ou are as— 3'-ou certainh'- missed 3'-our vocation, old chap. You are supposed t o be a detective, and you don ' t see the importance of t h a t note-! Please, let me aid 3''our failing mental faculties. T h a t warning I received does riot bear 3113' signature, does i t ? "

" N o . " "Whoever wrote i t tried t o disguise,his

h a n d w r i t i n g ? " "Yes ." " T h e writer is no t a friend as he claims

t o b e ? " " N o . " "Hew^arns me of Mr. Pearce. Do 3 011 know

t h a t Manning and Pearce are enemies?" "Yes ." "Therefore, Manning sent me the warn ing?" " N o . " Mr . , Harrison had by this time worked

himself up t o a fury, and on receiving m3'' las t answer he almost choked wi th anger.

"Y' es, no, yes, n o ! " he. shouted clinching his fat little fist. " W h y don ' t you answer me like a gentleman! If you don ' t wish t o help me in this affair I'll have Manning arrested, and you can go to—"

My,hot-headed friend w a s going t o spoil my plans. I believe in keeping my: own

counsel, especially when L have a case in hand. I had already come t o some impor­t a n t conclusions in Harrison's affair, b u t coiikl not of course entrust them t o him. His idea of his personal shrewdness only amused me a t first; bu t now t h a t he had threatened t o have Mr. Manning arrested, i t was time for me t o act. So I silenced m3' old friend as well as I could, telling him t h a t I would bring the case t o an end t h a t very evening. For the present I asked him t o retire t o his private office and t o keep Mr . Pearce as well as Mr. Manning busv uritilT would notifv'- him.

No sooner was I left alone than I went -to work. As 3'et I had no proofs what­ever; I had onh^ suspicions. My first step was t o search Mr. Pearce's room thor­oughly; there was no object which could escape 1113'- examination. However, I found nothing. . No trace of the money,—I could of course not expect t h a t ; b u t even the ink, pen and paper were of an altogether different kind from t h a t which had been used in writ ing the note of warning.

Next I went to the bookkeeper's room. I had alwa3'^s liked Mr. Manning. His face was open, his e3''e honest and frank, his wa3'-s kind and w^inning. I t was, therefore, almost a shock t o me when examining his wardrobe, I found the empty wallet which had contained the money in question. Sure enough, here I held i t in m3' hand—^the first clew to t h a t mysterious theft. I continued my search. No doubt, here w^as the pen, the ink, the very paper used in wr i t ing the warning. Mr. H a r r i s o n m u s t have been r ight after all. All these articles were cer­tainly proof enough t o consider Manning guilty. But now there arose some-very impor tant questions in my mind: Supposing Manning was the thief, would he be so neglectful- as not t o destroy the traces of his crime? Furthermore, Mr. Harrison had told me t h a t he had n o t followed the warning- a t all ; his faith in his secretary, could no t be shaken for a single moment. Thus, Pearce had been left all t o himself. I began t o see more clearly. The secretary, Pearce, w a s a deep character; he w a s a little too courteous t o agree with my tas te . AVell, I would see to-night; even now I w a s almost certain I. was on the right t rack;

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T h a t night a t table Mr. Pearce was amiability itself; one would have though t it w'as his dutj'^ to furnish us with con­versation. Manning was silent; something seemed to press him down. Often his eye wandered t o his emplo3'er as if he expected some dreadful revelation. He knew t h a t he was suspected. Mr. Harrison had lost all patience. Restlesslj'' he shifted in his chair, and his inquiring looks told me plainl3'' t h a t he w-as anxious t o see my promise fulfilled. I could no t let him spoil ray plan, therefore I hastened t o introduce the topic of the recent theft.

" L e t me tell vou of a similar case, gentlemen," I began addressing everyone present, but \A atching " my man"' especiallj'^. "Some time ago a certain friend of mine was robbed of an enormous sura. I t s loss meant ruin to him and to his ia,m.\\j. Mr. Brown, I will call him—for I have reasons not to reveal his true name as 3' et—Mr. Brown suspected his bookkeeper of the guilt, and t h a t suspicion was confirmed 133- certaiiu remarks made by his secretar3^ The strangest thing of i t all was t h a t Mr. Brown had been warned a short time before the theft: he had received a note advising him t o watch out for his secretaiy. And now, gentlemen, I shaill explain the whole mysteiy t o 3'-ou."

Mr. Pearce had watched me with suspicion and silent dread. The smile had disappeared from his lips; he certainty was feeling uneaS3'. ^"t nw las t words he piit his r ight hand mechanically into his pocket. I knew w^hat t h a t meant, and in order t o be prepared I followed his example. With the greatest oossible ease and interest I continued.

"The whole mystery was th i s : m3'-friend, A'Ir. Brown, had pu t his entire t rus t and confidence in his secretar3'^, and t h a t scoundrel knew it. He also knew. tha t any a t t empt t o bring him under suspicion would fail; and reasoning thus, w^hat did he do? Imagine, Mr. Pearce, he, the secretary himself, had been the writer of t h a t w^arning, which his employer had considered an ac t of jealousy on the pa r t of the bookkeeper. The faithless secretary had easy play; everything was open t o h im: the money disappeared and the innocent bookkeeper was suspected. Don' t you think t h a t secretary was a genius, Mr. Pea r ce?"

Addressing tlie secretary personally I suc­ceeded in making him the centre of general interest. Mr. Harrison and Manning were watching him evident^ surprised t o mark his changed aspect. As t o m3' question, Pearce seemed no t t o have heard it. A ghast ty paleness spread over his countenance and a fierce light came into his e3^es.

" B u t this was not all ." I now turned directly t oward the secretar3^ " T h e villain, no t satisfied w^ith having covered his own tracks, made his enemy, the bookkeeper, the object of suspicion. F o r the writ ing of t h a t note of ^'•arning he had used the la t ter ' s pen, ink and paper. Furthermore, having stolen the mone3'- he placed the empty wallet in the wardrobe of the innocent victim.—By the w a3'-, Mr. Pearce, w h a t w^ereyou doing in Mr. Manning's wardrobe yesterda3'- ? "

There was a long, long silence. Every e3'-e was upon the secretar3'^ who seemed t o be sinking from his chair. His guilt was evident, and the thought of punishment might have come t o his mind, for suddenly he tried to rise, drawing a revolver from his r ight pocket.

" D you, sir w h a t do— do you—" Before he could u t te r another S3'-llable I

was leaning across the table, the barrel of m3' s ix-shooter touching his forehead. A sign I gave Mr. Manning sufficed t o have the criminal disarmed.

"And now," I addressed the trembling villain, " n o w I am going t o know where t h a t money is. • Answer immediately or I shall telephone for the police."

" L e t him go, let him go, F rank , " Mr. Harrison interrupted me. And then turning his sorrowful face t o the secretary he slowly said:

"You, Henry, w^ere the writer of t h a t note. You signed i t "A Friend." You have done w h a t Judas did: you have betrayed 3' our friend with- a kiss. Henry,—how— could—you—do—it! Have I ever treated you otherwise t han a friend? Oh! t h a t base, filth3'- money! I do not care for that—it is your betrayal t h a t hur t s me. Keep t h a t miserable money and g o ! You have robbed me of the greatest of all my t reasures: my t rus t in man!" ,

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sweep over the face of the secretary; and all a t once I saw t h a t the remembrance of friendship had conquered his desire for wealth. In a low voice he said:

"The money, Mr. Harrison, I have hidden under the carpet in j'-our own private office. I t is 3'-our wish t h a t I should go away. I shall do so—good-bj'^e!"

Not waiting for a repij he turned and left the room. A second later we heard speedy footsteps upon the pavement below. . " H e is glad to get off so easy," I said t o Mr. Manning. Mr. Harrison had regained his composure; he took my hand and pressed it cordiall}^

" I am deeply indebted to 3'ou, Frank. You have punished the wicked and saved the innocent. Mr. Manning," he turned to the bookkeeper who stood a t a distance scarcely able t o comprehend it all — " M r . Manning, of you I must ask forgiveness t h a t I could suspect you of such villainy. Come now, be happy, and be my friend and—secretar V.''

A Pick-'pocket Episode-

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The performance w a s exceedingh'- dull and prolix, and the more so t o those who were obliged to stand, ior there were more specta­to r s t han seats t h a t afternoon. This w a s the predicament t h a t Garney Sheldon found himself in as he stood back of the last row wi th a bored look on his roguish counte­nance. The lights were suddenlj-- turned on, illuminating the theatre with a resplendent, dazzling l ight; Garney blinked, and glancing down, was astonished t o perceive the demure person of his room-mate seated directly in front of h im; . wi th sudden alacrity the lights blinked and went out as cxuickly a s ' they were turned on, and another melodramatic scene ensued.

Garney smiled, and fairly radiated wi th a superb self-satisfaction, as he cunningly devised a plan t o get even wi th his unsus­pecting room-mate. The place was bereft of illumination except for. the pale glare of the spluttering red lights t h a t guarded the exits. With another malicious and impudent smile, he slid a ra ther small hand dexterously

into the coat pocket of the individual in front of him, and was extracting a glove and other articles when a hand tapped him gently on the shoulder. Gamej'- turned and was horrified t o meet the canny gaze of a stern-looking policeman.

"You're under arrest ," said the officer sternlv. His significant words caused sev-eral of the audience seated near t o look curiously around. " I need you for evidence sir," the policeman informed the gentleman seated in front, who still seemed unconscious of w h a t had happened.

Arriving outside the theatre, Garney was filled with consternation when he perceived t h a t the person whom he had taken for his room-mate was a t o t a l stranger. A feeling of complete embarrassment crept over h im; a cold chill ran down his back, and the perspiration stood out in great beads upon his forehead He saw in imagination his name in large print in the morning papers ; he could already hear the President's words as he expelled him from college, and the judge's ominous sentence; b u t above all, he thought of the awfiil disgrace.

Before he had time t o speak, for his mind w a s in such a turbid s ta te t h a t he found it a difficult t a sk t o talk, his r oom-ma te ambled leisurely out of the theatre , and smilingly said t o the policeman:

" I t ' s all r ight officer; release him. He's a friend of mine and was t rying t o play a bum joke, so I j u s t gave him a good scare for his nonsense by sending this man out instead of coming myself."

The policeman still holding on t o Garney's arm, looked dub ious^ a t the man, who nodded his concurrence. Then the big officer smiled, and was awarded a good cigar for his pa r t of the play. Garney walked a w a y wi th a melancholy look, and his snickering room-mate followed, n o t daring t o come too near.

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Friendship.

The.stars of silver Kght Upon the Milky "Way

Illume the sombre night Until the dawn of day.

So thou, dear friend, My light shall be,

Unto life's end, " Eternity. F. C.

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—Probably nothing could have shown more clearly the deep feelings of respect and affection in which Ex-President Roosevelt is

held by his country-Rooscvdt's Achievement, men than the behavior

of the crowds t h a t gathered a t the New York P o r t las t Monday t o see him off. There were present men high in politics, finance and business, oflicials and ex-ofl&cials, and the common people, tens of thousands of them. I t was a grand occasion; the mos t dramat ic and wholesomely Amer­ican farewell ever given t o any of our citizens. The grea t loyal crowd shouted and cheered for "Teddy" with tears in their eyes. They came from every comer of the Union t o see their former president off, and were sorry t h a t the day for his departure had arrived. No one, we dare say, will accuse the Amer­ican people, as a body, of being so much addicted t o mere sentiment or hero-worship as t o waste their sympathies on a man with­out cause. Americans are too democratic, matter-of-fact, and practical a people t o t ake t ime out t o express their feelings t oward an ex-official wi thout reasons. Pres. Rvoosvelt has ingrat ia ted himself in the hear t of the

American people bj' his services in their behalf Mr. Roosevelt's political record was spotless when he was first elevated t o the presidency, and after an ofiicial career, undoubtedly^ the most , strenuous, capacious, and effective since t h a t of Lincoln, he left the White House no t onlj-^ wi th a clean slate bu t with the hear ts f»f the peojDle over whom he had ruled. In his oflficial capacitj^ as President no other one man w a s more heartilj?- criti-. cised and praised a t the same time than" President Roosevelt. During his whole administration, and particularly during the pas t few months of i t Mr. Roosevelt has been the greatest figure in American life.

When he took the oath of oflice for his second term he predicted t h a t he would be the most bitterlj^ criticised man in the country, because he w a s going t o wage war on the mightj'^ of the nation—the t rus ts . Mr. Roosevelt was convinced b y . the fore­sight of a t rue s ta tesman t h a t if the t rus ts and private monopolies were allowed to go on unregulated there would come a time when a dissatisfied populace might rise in an industrial revolution and secure the passage of radical or even revolutionary legislation against them, which would prove detrimental to the whole country, for, as the Ex-Presi-dent 'was w o n t t o say : "At rus t regulated by efficient laws is a desirable entitj'- in Amer­ican business." To regulate the t rus ts and monopolies by efficient laws was the keynote t o Mr. Roosevelt's aims and achievements as President. To object t h a t the Ex-President has no t really eliminated all the t rus t evils is narrow-minded, for the t rus t evils are lesion in number. But w h a t Roosevelt has done, is t h a t he s tar ted the fight against the t rus t s wi th reasonable governmental regulation as his s tandard, which fight we are assured President Taft will continue. For in a speech a t Sandusky last September, and in almost all his public utterances, Mr. Taft has said: -'If I am elected President I propose to devote all the ability t h a t is in me t o com­plete and perfect the machinery by which President Roosevelt's s tandards may be maintained, by which law-breakers may^ be promptly restrained and punished."

Wha t President'Lincoln did in the solution of the problem of his day, civil peace, Presi­dent Roosevelt has done for industrial peace, the problem of the present day.

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— Very often the average high school graduate enters college with little ambition and no deliberate plan for his career in life.

He takes a course in A Need of Forethought, the Classics, in Law, or

in Engineering, as the case maj'- be, no t because he has an3^ partic­ular preference, but because his parents wish him to follow in the footsteps of his father or brother who has made a success in one of those professions. Msmj pitiful mistakes are made in this way. The 3' oung man who would have made a good engineer is mis­shaped into a very mediocre law3'er, or it may be, t h a t a t the age of thirt^^ he finds himself a hopeless failure in the profession of his parents ' arbitrarj'- choice. I t ma "-be, on the other hand, t h a t the bo3'- selects his own course with more thought for light w^ork and ease t han consideration of his personal fitness. A few 3'ears after gradu­ation he finds himself in the same boa t with the man who is, or has tried to be, a lawyer because his father was . Mistakes of both kinds might be avoided in some cases a t least, if, when the time comes for the boy to enter college, his high school principal were consulted as to the best course for. him t o pursue.

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—At the genesis of every momentous influence t h a t swa3'S the impulses of humanit3'-, there gleams a single spark, the

life-giving essence of the vital sub-Idealists, stance t h a t has been engendered.

T h a t spark, whence grow^s and swells an -unquenchable flame, is the sum of all the nobilities of the mind t h a t created it. I t is the sublimated expression of an individual's idealism; the grand culmina­tion of one man 's striving for a lofty goal. Such men are no t frequenth'- met with in the history of a nat ion or in the histor3- of the world. A great legislator ma3'- mold his country's l aws ; a famous warr ior may lead his country 's hosts to victorious tr iumph over a stricken foe. Neither is an idealist. A Homer may sing the stirring record of a hero's glory, and men's hearts will quicken wi th his inspired eloquence. What has he accomplished unless some struggler has been lifted t o a higher plane of virtue in the strife of existence? Christ the God-Man w a s the Supreme idealist, because in Him rested the

perfection of all the virtues, a n d . from Him and His life came the fullest response t o the call for loft3'- achievement. Charity, altruism, courage in the right, all find their perfect t3'-pe in Him. Who have been the great idealists of history? Those wi th a clear title are few. Moses, who among- the. Spar tans would have been no more t han a L3^curgus, became a very type of Christ when fired by the divine sentiments t h a t have made his name a beacon l ight in civilization. Socrates a great idealist, w a s stifled b3 the guilt3'' Greeks, yet his word has endured. Petrarch sacrificed his life and being t h a t Greece and • Rome might live again. Francis of Assisi ftill of t h a t spirit of self-immolation w^hich springs from the love of God and the love of fellowraan, for the love of God, looked in pity upon a sin-burdened w orld. He aimed a t the mos t exalted heights, and reached them because in him glowed the divine spark t h a t lights the p a t h w a y of men t o a nobler, a more sublime plane of virtue. And for him who would search the chapters of history t o find the s tamp which such men have left behind them, wha t an immediate and living response will greet him. F o r w h a t has there been of progress in thought or in action t h a t has no t been effected by the unswerving devotion t o an ideal of those whom the world calls dreamers?

Death of Rev. William Wimburg, C. S. C.

Death claimed another member of Holy Cross a few da3^s ago, the Rev. William Wimburg, C. S. C , subdeacon, who passed away in Cincinnati, Ohio, on-the Feas t of St. Joseph, the 19thins t . Though he had been' failing for months under the fatal progress of advanced tuberculosis wi th little possi­bility of recovery, the news of his death came as a shock t o everyone a t Notre Dame. The body was brought here on the 24th, and after the solemn funeral service w a s interred in the communitv cemeterv.

The deceased was born in Cincinati, Ohio, May 30, 1879. He entered Holy Cross Seminar3'-, Notre Dame, a t an early age wi th the view of preparing himself for "the priesthood in the Holy Cross Congregation He was a prominent member of the dis-

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tinguished class of 1904, a member of the SCHOLASTIC Board of Editors of t h a t year, and is -well remembered bj- all the older students as an exceptionally able elocu­tionist. His performances in several of the leading roles, both serious and comic, of the Shakespearean plays are still referred to as s tandard in student-acting a t Notre Dame. After graduat ion and his year of novitiate he spent t w o years in Theological studies a t Holy Cross College, Washington, D. C , pursu­ing a t the same time courses in English and other branches a t the Catholic University.

I t was about Christmas time, in 1907, t h a t the dread disease began t o assert itself. In the hope of arresting i t in the earlier stage he went a t once t o the more suitable climate of Texas, but wi thout avail. Thence he came to Notre Dame last Fall, and was later taken to Cincinnati for t reatment , bu t no offort could staj- the advance of the disease.

The young seminarian was ordained sub-deacon in June 1906, and was within a few months of his ordination to the priesthood, the goal of his holy ambition, a t the time he w a s compelled t o discontinue his preparation. To human seeming his death was a very sad one; in the light of faith, however, w e t rus t t h a t i t was only an anticipation of the reward of his religious sacrifice. Mr. Wimburg was most highly esteemed and loved by all his fellow-members in religion. His interest in the work and welfare of the Congregation t o which he had engaged his life and labor was wi thout reserve. His genial disposition and Christian mirth w^as ever as sunshine t o those about him, and his cheerful resignation when he saw his future prospect foreclosed was an edifi­cation singularly impressive. We beseech of our readers fervent prayers in behalf of his departed soul. R. I. P.

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The students of Brownson Hall extend their heartfelt sympathy t o Mr. William T. Dolan in his sorrow a t the death of Ms motlier. She w a s sojourning in San Antonio, Texas, in the hope of recovering Her health, when the messenger death summoned her t o her heavenly home. The hall-mates of Mr. Dolan promise fervent prayers for the repose of his mother 's soul,

The Peace Oratorical Contest

On Wednesdaj^ evening the Peace Oratori­cal Contest was held in Washington Hall t o choose a representative for the Inter-Collegiate Contest t o be held a t Purdue in Ma3^ The speeches were excellent and showed much earnestness in the preparation. The Judges were Mr. Isaac E. Neff, Mr. Henrj'- A. Steis and Mr. John W. Rittenger.

Francis Wenninger w^as awarded first place. His oration "Reason versus Fo rce" was a practical speech in v ' hich the benefits and harms of w a r and peace were care­fully weighed. His forcible and convincing delivery did much towards winning him first place. He spoke deliberated and appealingly. With some improvement in manuscript Wenninger will make Notre Dame a formidable rival for the other colleges in the Inter-Collegiate Contest.

Richard Collentine was a close second to Wenninger, his markings placing him one point behind.' His oration dealt wi th the practical solution of international troubles by establishing a t the Hague a parliament simlar t o our Congress or the Parl iament of England. His presentation was excellent, his voice impressive. He is expected to do much for Notre Dame in the Georgetown debate.

Third j)lace w^as given t o Joseph Quinlan. His speech was one of the best of the evening. He dwelt no t on the horrors of w a r or the benefits of peace, but assuming t h a t i t is granted by all civilized people t h a t peace is desirable, he recommended the establishing of an international constitu­tion, similar t o the one d rawn up by the thirteen original sovereign states. Quinlan is a sophomore, and with t w o years ahead of him should develop into a s t rong speaker.

James ScuUin received' fourth place. He undoubtedly showed greater possibilities of development t han any other speaker and i t is t o be regretted t h a t this is his last year. He has a splendid voice for speaking, but he fell down somewhat on both delivery and composition.

Otto Schmid was given fifth. His oration showed much w^ork. He dealt more wi th the moral and ethical phases of the question t han the pthgr speakers, The speech was

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good, but the speaker w a s not a t his best in the mat te r of delivery.

In all the contest was a most creditable one and showed a spirit of commendable student rivalrj'- t h a t should be kept up and furthered. The peace contest next year and the other Oratorical Contests should be even better than this year. Every student t h a t has any ambition t o speak in public should take some practical question of the day and give i t long and serious thought . The wa3^ to win next j&ax is t o begin now.

T h e Philopatrians.

The public appearance of the Philopatrians in Washington Hall last w eek and their suc­cessful presentation of " T w o Titled T r u a n t s " is recorded in their history among their most happy performances. Ever since the evening when a few of the j 'ounger students of Car­roll Hall, barred hj age from admission t o the Saint Cecilians, went t o Professor Lyons and formed into a club for hterarj'- and musical work and an annual dramatic per­formance, the Philopatrians have clung to the name they first adopted and have never walked in wajs different from the pa ths trod by their founders. Other organizations in an earlier Aay were born stronger than they, but the older clubs have passed a w a y entirely or have merged into newer associations wi th wider objects. In merging they have lost their \e.xy names. Most of them are nearly forgotten. This is true of the Philodemics, the Columbians, the Thespians and even the Saint Cecilians. Occasionallj'- they are reverently- mentioned by the men of the Faculty and their good work spoken of, bu t in the main they are to-day only half-remem­bered names in the life of the Universitj'-. But the Philopatr ians still remain. Almost coeval with the older organizations, this society is still as active as in the day of i ts founding, and even more vigorous.

The annual play by the society is a lways sure t o please. The lighter comedies and romantic plays are a lways chosen for repre­sentation. Tradit ion binds the Philopatr ians t o good acting and elaborate costuming and scenic effects. There are a lways special features of the play, some dance or tableau, beautifully illuminated with changing colored

lights t h a t cling long t o the memory. And, therefore, the annual appearance of the society is a lways eagerly expected and never for­got ten.

This year 's play was no exception. Earnest rehearsing and faithful a t tent ion t o all the details of stage "bus iness" brought abou t easy acting. If the w^ork of any of the actors stood out prominently above t h a t of their fellows i t was the clever renuition of "Cl inker" by Mr. Downing and the easy grace of Mr. White as " H u g h Hol t . " B u t . t o make comparisons is only t o call t o mind the smooth execution of all the par t s . " T w o Titled T r u a n t s " deserves a place of honor in the history of the Philopatrians. I t is a pleasure t o know t h a t we can a lways count on meritorious dramatic performances froni this societv.

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Profession of Brothers on the Feast of St. Joseph.

St. Joseph's Day, one of the principal feasts of the Congregation, of Holy Cross and the special feast of the Brothers, w a s celebrated a t Notre Dame in a very fitting manner by the Profession of six young religious: Brothers Mat thias ,Thomas,Fel ix , Victor, Alban and Nicholas. Solemn High Mass was sung by the Very Rev. Gilbert Francais, Superior-General of the Congre­gation assisted by- Rev. P . Dalton, deacon, Rev. G. O'Connor subdeacou and Rev. W. Connor, master of ceremonies.

At 9:30 the procession with the candidates for Profession a t the head left the sacristy chanting the psalm, LeYavi ociilos xneos in monies,. and proceeded t o the sanctuary. Here the impressive and beautifiil ceremony of religious profession took place. The young men t o be professed asked t o be permitted t o remain in holy profession in the Congre­gat ion of Holy Cross till death. On being accepted they rose and sang, " I will .pay my vows t o the Lord, in presence of all His people, in the courts of the Lord, our God," the choir responding, " M a y the Lord accept your sacrifice for the glory of His name ." Each in tu rn then mounted the a l t a r step and pronounced his perpetual vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, in the hearing of. all. Each newly professed Brother then received the cord, a little s ta tue of St .

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Joseph a n d ' a small black w^ooden cross as token of Profession.

Fa ther Barry O'Neill then ascended the pulpit and gave an eloquent sermon on the virtues of St. Joseph, concluding wdth an address of congratulat ion t o the 3'^oung Brothers, and assuring them t h a t the sacrifice y^as no t t o be compared t o the privilege of living for God. Mass was cele­brated, and the Te Deuxn sung a t the close.

In the College "World.

F o r the college year 1907—1908, Harvard athletics cleared $26,091.10.

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The University of Leipsic will celebrate the five hundredth anniversary of i ts founding next Jul3^

Co-education is to be abolished a t Connecticut Wesleyan University, No more co-eds will be admitted after 1909.

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Arkansas University baseball team is planning an Eastern tr ip this year. Hugo Bezdek, an old-time " M a r o o n " s ta r is coaching the team.

President King of Oberlin, recently made a three-week's t r ip t o the East . Much of the time w a s spent a t Harvard where he delivered the "William Nobel" lectures.

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Ralph Wicks, 'OS, Captain of the Wabash basket-ball team last ytax is "making good" as coach of the Y. M. C. A. team a t Mobile Alabama. During the season jus t closed his team lost bu t t w o games, bo th of them t o Notre Dame.

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"The majorit^'^ of the undergraduate stu­dents of the Western schools studj'- as do the graduate men of the Eas t . " Western students are better t han those of the East— so says the au thor oi the above—and, of course, he is a Western man, Professor a t Nebraska University. 0 . A. S. ^ • «» •

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on the finishing touches wi th a series of three or four games wi th the Milwaukee-American Association team, and one game wi th the Cubs.

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Heren, guard during the pas t season, has been elected captain of the Northwestern University basket-ball t eam for next year. Barnhar t , forward, will lead the Indiana University five next year.

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Ex-Governor Folk of Missouri lectured a t Illinois University on March I S . His subject w a s " T h e E r a of Conscience," veith which he made a deep and lasting impression on his audience.^

George Emanuel, " one " of the best milers in the state , w a s elected Captain of t h e , Wabash-track team t o succeed: W. B. P a t t o n w h o left college recently t o accept a position on The Indianapolis Star: / ^

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—Frank McMahon, student of CarroU Hall in 1901, is now a t 561 St. John 's Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.

^ o h n W. Thompson, student 1S90, is now engaged in contracting work in partnership wi th his father," in Bay City, Mich.

—Frank X. McGuane, B. S., teacher in the prepara tory department of the University 1906-'? is a member of the faculty of Jefferson College, Convent, La.

—Stewart M. Graham, student in the Civil Engineering department 1906- '7 and during the first p a r t of the present school year is now employed by the M. C. R. R. CompauA-^ a t St. Thomas, Ontairio.

—Gerald E.Sullivan, student '75- '6, is pub­lisher of the Englewood Times, 519 W. 63d

, Street, Chicago. His residence is 444 Engle­wood Ave. Mr. Sullivan has recently given fresh evidence t h a t his affection and zeal for Alma Mater is unabated.

—Walter Bartjett , student .'72-'3, writes an interesting letter in which he speaks fondly of his early days a t the University and com­ments with pride on the great success the University has at tained. Mr. Bar t le t t lives a t Robinson, lU. •

—Fred J. Kasper (Ph. B., 1904) has begun the practice of l aw in Chicago wi th Pain and Campbell, under the firm . name of; Pain,

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Cariipbell and Kasper. Mr. Kasper has been associated with Mr. Pain since his gradua­tion from Harvard L a w School in 1907.

—Formal announcement is made of the marriage of Miss Irene Pot te r and Rodney Talcott , student 1905-'S,in South Bend, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Talcott will reside in Louis­ville, Ky., where Mr. Talcot t will ser\'-e in the employ of his brother, who is District Super­intendent for the-Pullman Company.

—Edward F . O'Flynn (Ph. B., 1907), winner of the Breen Medal in 1906 and in 1907, and winner of the Inters ta te Oratorical Contest the la t ter j 'car, was St. Patr ick 's Day Orator a t Anaconda, Montana . His address upon "The Irishman of to-day and to-morrow," was enthusiastically received. Mr. O'Flynn is now practicing law in Butte, Montana .

—Rev. President Cavanaugh received this week the following communication from Katherine E. Conway, editor of the Republic, and Lfetare Medallist in 1907 :

BOSTON-, MARCH 21,190S.

DEAR FATHER CAVAXAUGH :

Yesterday, I indulged in a little speculation as to the Ltetare Medallist of 1909—feeling, somehow, tha t the honor was likely to get away from the big cities.

The choice, as . announced to me this morning, is a real delight. No one can be worthier than "Christian Reid," who has used her gift as a novelist for the worthiest ends. I have been especially impressed by her stand for the Catholic ideals of marriage and of business honor. Deflections from these are the characteristic sins of our times; and one who teaches the corrective lesson, without a suspicion of preachiness is a public benefactor.

With congratulations on Notre Dame's choice of "Christian Reid," and best wishes'to all m3' friends in that'delightful abode, I am, dear Father Cavanaugh,

Faithful^ and gratefully A ours. (Signed) KATHERIXE E . CONWAY.

Athletic Notes.

With a t o t a l score of thirt3'--six points, the C. A. A. athletes captured first honors in the A. A. U. Indoor Championship Meet held last Sa turday evening in the Bart le t t G^rmnasium in Chicago. Chicago University won second place wi th twenty-eight points t o their credit, while Notre Dame rolled up twenty-five points, securing third place.

The sensational event of the meet was the work of Dana in the mile run. To quote the Chicago Tribune: "Running the entire distance in almost sprint fashion, the Notre

Dame crack clipped t w o and three-fifths seconds from the former record held by Lightbody, the former Maroon runner." The result of this event -u^as no t surprising by any means t o us a t Notre Dame. Knowing our man as we do, w e never once felt any doubts as t o the kind of the showing he would make. The half-mile w a s won by Timbler of Chicago University wi th Steers of Notre Dame a close second. Beuchler of. C. A. A., who was expected by many t o win this race, came third. In t he ' shot put Philbrook took first place wi th a pu t of forty itet and eight inches, out­distancing Pra ther of U. of C. and Hooker of C. A. A.

Fletcher took first place in the 50-ya rd low hurdles from a classy field and ran third in the 50-yard dash. Wasson made a splendid showing in the 50-yard dash, being barely defeated by Irons of C. A. A. Moriar ty in the high hurdles qualified for the finals, b u t for some unaccountable reason did n o t place in the finals. Coach Maris is well satisfied wi th the work of the men .in this meet as their showing against men of nat ional reputat ion proves them wor thy competitors for any t rack contest.

Summary of events and results: 50-3'-ard dash—Irons, 1st ; Wasson, 2d; Fletcher, 3d..

Time, 5 4-5 sec. 50-yard low hurdles—Fletcher, 1st; Waller, 2d;

Crawley, 3d. Time, 6 sec. 50-yard high hurdles—Crawley, 1st; Taifield, 2d;

Pegues, 3d. Time, 7 sec. . Mile run—Dana, 1st; Baird, 2d; Johnson, 3d.-Time, 4:42 1-5.

Half mile—Timbler. 1st ; Steers, 2d; Beuchler, 3d. Time, 2:09.

Shot-put—Philbrook, 1s t ; Prather, 2d; Hooker, .3d. Distance, 40 ft. S inches.

High jump—^Degenhardt, 1st ; Fletcher, 2d; Schom-mer, 3d. Height, 5 ft. 9 in.

* * A spectacular game of basket-ball w a s

played in the St. Edward ' s Gymnasium las t F r i d a y night between the Notre Dame Minims and the South Bend Y. M. C. A., resulting in a score of 26 t o 20 in favor of the visitors. The poor condition of the home team after t ak ing p a r t in the t rack meet wi th Assumption SchooT in the afternoon accounts for this first defeat of the season.

In a hard close game with the Holy Name Society Team of S t Patr ick 's Parish, on the afternoon of the 25th the Minims scored a

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victory of 31 t o 28. In a meet with the t rack team of the same society t h a t evening the visitors rolled up 54 points against 32 for the Alinim Athletes as a consequence of their advantage in size.

On April 5 th and 6th preliminary bouts in boxing and wrestHng for all classes from b a m t a m t o heavyweight will be held in the big Gymnasium. On Wednesday night April 7 th the finals w ill be held in conjunction with the Minims' gymnasium exhibition, which will consist of marching drills and calisthenics. Any student of the University may enter these contests, and all are invited t o do so. All entries must be handed in to Coach Aiaris no t later t han Saturday, April 3rd.—On Saturday, April 3rd, the t rack squad will be divided into t w o teams, under the leadership of Captain Schmitt and Michael Moriarity, which will contend for supremacy. The meets between the " R e d s " and "B lues " in former years have alway^s been enthusiastic, and the contest this year is sure t o be a good one. Dana will t ry t o improve his mile record of 4:37.

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• The reorganized Facnltj'- " F i v e " recently trimmed the clever Sorin team in a brisk, hard-fought contest held in the big Gym.

L o c a l I t e m s :

—^The t w o most popular books in the Apos-to la te of Religious Reading are "Fabio la" and " A Missionary's Notebook:" Cardinal Wiseman's classic story should be read by every student. To say t h a t the true stories

•related in "A Missionary's Notebook" make as popular reading as "Fabio la" is high praise,

—^TheBrownson Hall preparatory debating preliminaries were held Thursday morning, and after a spirited debate on the govern­ment ownership of rai lways a team w a s chosen wHch will meet Corby on April 3 . The men who will compose the team were ichosien in the following order: R. Bowen, first; J. Dean, second; P . Meersman, third; B. Guac, fourth.

—Elaborate preparations are being made for ±he senior dance, w^hich will be given on the evening of Easter Monday a t Place Hall, South Bend. The dance committee, com­posed of Messrs. John Kanaley, chairman; Albert Mertes, Leo Hogan, Douglas Bonham, William Gowrie, Edward Esclier,Fay Wood,

F rank Walker" and John Diener, have been engaged on the arrangements for some time and it is promised t h a t the affair wall be the most notable social event of the season. The hall wall be decorated in University and class colors, palms and cut flowers. Prof. Petersen's splendid Orchestra will furnish the music. Invitat ions t o the dance are being issued by the class to every collegiate man a t Notre Dame, and it is expected t h a t many out-of-town visitors will add t o the ga.je.tj of the occasion.

—It was by inadvertence last w^eek t h a t we failed t o include in the St. Patrick's Day program the impor tan t contribution of the University Orchestra. The following pieces ^\'-ere rendered in a manner approaching the ]3rofessional: Selection from "A Stubborn Cinderella "—J. E. Howard Selection from "The Three Twins" C. Hoschna Selection from "The Top o' the World"—Klein, Caldwell "Tropical Moon" Fred Peters March Selected

The Band and Orchestra, under the direc­tion of Prof. Petersen, lend their best efforts for the success of all our entertainments, and occasions are numerous. Both their music and the good spirit with which i t is rendered in answer t o every demand, are appreciated by all.

—Gerald E. Sullivan, student 1875- '6, has sent t o the University a much-prized old Commencement program of the year 1865. As an interesting curiosity we copy i t here:

Twenty-first Annual Commencement, • UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, IXD.,

June 22, 1S65.

PROGRAMME. Overture—" Twinkling Stars," Band Ancient and Modern Eloquence r.A. Tammany Aria from Opera of Don Giovanni Orchestra The Spirit of the. Age J . C. Dunlap "The Prisoner's Hope"—Quartette, Messrs. Corby

Scott, Hyland and Braunstein De Immortalitate Animse M. J. Baasen "Shells of Ocean"... Orchestra Ancient and Modern Rome.... T. A. Corcoran Quadrille.... •. Orchestra "The Old Flag"—•Quartette...,.....Messrs. Corby, Scott

Hyland and Braunstein True Liberty E. M. Brown "Syracuse Polka" ;...;.... Orchestra Valedictory ;... Hugh Gillen "Dearest Spot on E a r t h " Band

DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS. • Music. , ; ; Field Band A Scene .1 •. Ceremony of Initiation Music ..;. : v.... Field Band "Who WilLCare for Mother Now? "........Messrs. Corby

.......Scott, Hyland and Braunstein

. Conferring, of Degrees. • • Anvil Chorus... ....;. Band

Closing remarks by.Major General Sherman. Signal March":..:.....„V....... ........:Band