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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

F. MAISONNEUVE High Class

Shoe Repairing Satisfaction Guaranteed

. ·Basement, City National Bank Bldr;.

ALCIDE L'ECUYER & CO-MPANY Mercantile Jobbers

Confectionery and Cigars a specialty

East. Ill. Trust & Sav. Bank Bldg. Both Phones 601 Kankakee, Ill.

TEL, FRANKLIN 480 VV.J.GILBERT, ~GR

CHICAGO FIRE BRICK COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF

Fire Brick, Fire Proofing, Fire Clay, Hoi· low Blocks, Hollow Brick, Flue Lining, Sewer Pipe, Wall Coping Chimney Tops.

608 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CHICAGO

E.BETOURNE Druggist and

Optician

Kodaks & Supplies

Students' Elect1 ic

Reading Lamps

Kankakee Electric Light Co . NORRIS & FRITH

Hard "Ware and

Sporting Goods

PATRICK-BETOURNE PHARMACY North Side of Court Street

ID4r il(n~ak ~qnp The Largest Stock of Photographic Supplies, Plates, Films, Lamps, Enlarging Cameras & Developing Papers in the City.

LUMBER 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'

TERRAZZO-CERAMIC JIAi r

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U:fle an~ marble 'Umotk

172 Michigan Street, Chicago, Illinois Telephone: Randolph 1499

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Heating Ventilating Apparatus

Complete Power Plants

Sanitary Plumbing Municipal Water Works

and Sewerage Systems

37 to 45 OHIO STREET, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Long Distance Telephone, North 1833

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THE NEW WORLD CHURCH GOODS STORE

We have a large selection of Prayer Books, Scapulars, Candlesticks, Rosaries,

Medals, Crucifixes, Sanctuary Lamps, Holy T1/ater Fonts, Cards, Statues Pictures,

Gold and Silver Crosses, Sick Call Outfits, etc., at very moderate prices. Mail

orders given prompt attentio1~.

543 Wabash Avenue (Near 12th Street) Chicago, Illinois.

D. J. o~LOUGHLIN, M. D. Practice Limited to

EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT

Ind. Phone 704 191 Court Street, Kankakee, Illinois

"NO N O ISE,.

School 'Bo.ards Buying Andrews' School Desks are sure of satis­faction, prompt ship­ment, fair dealing.

We also lead ,the world in Opera Chairs, Set­tees, etc., for halls and auditoriums.

The A. H. Andrew-s Co. 174-6 Wabash Avenue :-: C h icago, Illinois

MONEY TO LOAN ON CATHOLIC CHURCH PROPERTY AT LOWEST RATE

I n quir ies Soli cited

NAPOLEON PICARD 159 LaSalle St. Chicago, Illinois

Tbe Spalding Trade-Mark

Is known throughout the world as a Guarantee of Quality

A. G. Spalding & Bros. A re tbe larg-es t manufacturer s i n the world of Official Equipment for a ll Athleti c Spor t s and P as t imes.

IF You are interested in Athletic Sports you should have a copy of the Spalding Cata­

------logue. It's a complete encyclopedia~ of WHAT'S NEW IN SPORT and is sent f ree on request.

A. G. SPALDING & BROS. 147 Wabash Ave. Chicago, Ill..

Dorrtestic Palace Steatn Laundry Telephone No. 178

311 Schuyler Avenue Kankakee, Illinois

OUR ICE CREAM & SPECIAl DESSERTS w£n praise wherever used. Made in ============·=== a modern p lant by competent work­men, usz'ng only absolutely pure cream and .flavors. Special pa? ty pr£ces.

ANDERSON DAIRY COMPANY " Every Mouthful Delicious"

Ei t her Phone 91 391 Schuyler Avenue, Kankakee, }11.

l~nd. Tel. 472 W ~Do Repairing

.. F. A. lOTTlNVIllE SHOE DEALER

All New Ideas in Fashionable Footwear

188 Court Street Kankakee, Ill.

Distilled Water I ) The Family Ice

Ce { Absolutely Pure

F.D.RADEKE BRG.CO. Both Phones 132 Kankakee, Ill.

Legris Brothers

113ankers Kankakee, Illinois

The "La Petite" Theatre Kankakee's Most Po,pular Picture Show

Best Singing Best Pictures Best Music Matinee 2 to 5 p. m. Evenings 7 to 10:30

New Show. Every Day Admission 5c

Roy's Pharmacy 193 Court Street

Drugs, Stationery, Cigars, Paints., Oils and Varnishes

Prescriptions a Specialty

STITH BROS.

Restaurant and Lunch Room

182 Merchant Street, Kankakee

Knox Hats Lion Shirts 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

B. B. FERRIS---Distributor of Men's Wear

t FARQUHAR & ALBRECHT CO. ====WHOLESALE====

SCHOOL BO.OKS 378-388 Wabash Ave., Chicago

The McLaughlin~Mateer Co,. 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

Dr. z. J". P~y~r1

DENTIST Crown and Bridg';! Work. Gold Fillings a Specialty.

Popular Prices. Excellent Work. Prompt Execution.

175 COURT STREET KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS

The Finest Assortment of Room Fur­nishings in the city '\.Vill be found at

J. LECOUR & SONS The Store of Quality and Lo'\.V Prices

Largest Insurance Agency in Kankakee County

Shirley Moisant & Co. Fire Insurance

Office in Legris Brothers' Bank Kankakee, Illinois

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" VINCIT .QUI SE VINCIT"

VOLUME 28 AUGUST , 1911 NUMBER 10

"HOPE."

There isi no hea1->t 'how ever light and gay

T!halt has not felt .som·e grie!f from: dla:y to da~y,

There i~s no eY'e how ever br.ight a1nd.J cleall"

Tlhat is not ·oft bedimm~'dl b~ sorrow's te~r.

There is no m1anJ so free from worldly pruin

Who has not felt the gnill or:f evil's cha:in,

T'here is no sofUJl how ever good and! pu~e

That has not felt the srtorn1, 'cou:ld s1ca.r!ce endure.

Tihere is no cheek how erver fresh a.ndl fair

T1hat is nort worried by hand o,f toilsome ca.re,

There is no life as cleaJl"' as infant: morn,

That has not found' beneath ea~eh ros1e: ru thorn.

So on throughout the svarr of morta1l life

E1ach good is m·et with .aJ recurring strife,

But that which n1a!ke1si our burden'd life worth whjle,

ls sn1iUng1 hope which an our woes beguile.

J. A. W.

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n.etoed in the new-rwss of yo1t.r 1nind that yo·~t

rnay prove what is the good) a·nd the acceptable and the perfect uill of God/~

St. Paru.l Romarns Xll-2.

N 0 1UR age the popular estimate of a. man 1s fvrrned not fronr what a man is but from \\'hat a man can do. It would see1n that we are a.t the flood tide of

~~~~ hun1a.n achieve1nent, that men are ready, that for­tune srniles and .that the day of unexampled· progress is at hand. ~Ian has foreed asunder the frozen bUJrriers of the dBSOlate northland, he has affixed his vo•ice to the quivering rays of Iig·ht to flash its message thr'l()ugh the depths of spruce, he has risen as a rnajestic bird of pMsage to outdistance the wjnds upon the trackless course of the a·ir, he has dissected the earth and reyealed undrean1ed of resources and physical secrets, he has drawn strange fluids from her aanple bosom­with them to feed thos-e tireless rnachines which speed o'er the roads of our lands ; he b.as haJrnessed the ca.tara,ct.s and stolen away their gTeat strength upon a slender thread of '"ire, he has fashioned m:onolithic craft which rnight transport from continent to continent the popuhi1tion and accontrim·ents of a· whole city, that he rnigilit centra.lize the a1ct1vities of his busy to\\'llS, he has lifted great cliffs of masonry which a.lm.os.t defy the eleme.ruts, he has thrown greait aanH~ acl'loss the canyon's and chasms of nature, bored tlhroug·h her mountains and threaded his high wa:ys of steel through every han1lert, to rush the produ:ct.s (}If field. and industry into the g·reat man:"kets of the nrutiDn's cornmerce. Wealth ha1s g~oiWn. to be his toy, the pomp of power his spaJre tim1e jest. F:or him the " rhole W(~rld has beco1ne a familiar playg~round, m·en and their destinies but trivial incidents·. T1ruly it is an age when w•o:nders1 h3Jve grown commonplace, a;n age with activity as: the watchword-

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speed the desid.eration. 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;ellectua'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 ·of the et.e:rlllall veritie,s:. 'iVith it tra1vels the will upon its kindred miss1ion to find the challice o·f ev.errla1s1ting g~odnes1s. Here is man's real a,ctivity. 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·ss ques,t,? He Heeks the f.ountain of truth, the cha1ice .of g:oodne,ss, thart. he maiJ· drink forever and· nerver be sat:Usfied. VVill aH these agencie1s of a,chievement help to brin~ hjm nigh unt01 thos1e living! wa.tHrs? This is the ques.­t,ion which must mean n1osrt: to hin1 on his voyage of hu1nan prlogreiSIS. F 'a.r, far, in the realehe'S' of eternity the Oroniscen1t·. O;ne has ch:a:rt.ed the only safe andi cert1ain w-a,y for the huallia,n soul. ~Phe hand of the :an 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:nned for it, the t'empes;bs; of infinite. retribution were quelled for it a,nd the All lVIereiful O·ne 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'ed on to such a, noble d,es:t~ny '? Is not his wholei be1ing1 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,plish." Therefore thes1e a1g1ents; which imag1e God·, thest€~ sublirne faculties of mind' and heairt-these are the important factors, in dcl·ermining the~ destiny of Inian, but s;ince the d:es­tinv of man n1.ust be the glory of God, the re:cord 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·ere 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·oondwotrk 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.he pla1ns 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: pla1ced n1e here to fulfill a more than na·tural 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·erving can bring to n1e. 'f'o do t.he mo1st 'vorthy thing' which life pre~ ~ents, to do it as sta'l!dfws.tly and a1s exeeUent.ly as: I ca:n is all too small a ,sterviee to exchange for ,such immeasurHible reeoul­penSie. Though men 1na~y look upon m.y tomtb but ast atnother stepping stone in t:heir selfish elimh, 'vho wBl deny to 1ne the

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la.sting satisfaction of a ·su.cces,s whic:h whether notaihle or ignoble as humalDJ :aJtta:ininents are wejrghed 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 rearred .ateademieiSt Of !·earning 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 .noble '\Vorks worthy of the Q!esrb iDJ man, ·capa1ble 0 1f bringing; . out the highest trtaitls of hu:m1an cha~a1cter. Who will drure to suggest that in all this man m:ay not haiVe plUJnn·ed 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 !srimple inquiry. of one whose life was: a human failutre: "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 a1nrstwer aright if in the hou:r.s of strirving 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,way a1nd leave·sl the so,ul to drift-a derellict-foi" from the tru~e: destiny. of hun1an n1lind and heaJ't. B:Ut why s:horuld! I we1arry yoru with the re'citail 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 harve becoiDJeJ seeond' narture. rrhey have echoed in your ea:rs 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 theo1remH. rr:omorro.w yoru mus~t dT>aw your eol'loillai"'ies from· then1. Be not surpri-P,:ed to find thart in the WO['ld.i without corolla,ries nre accepted whe1re prin­ciples a1re ignrorred. The arrti:;;rt \Vho depicts upon the canvaiS the beaiUties '0'f ea1rtb, s10mretinws forg~etrsl that lw1 iR he:ir to an eternal beauty; he who , chis1le's the gTn1ceful sta.tnn R,Oinetjmers

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forgets tha:t he is heir to the endurin~ graee of God; he who carves the ·stirring pruragratph sOlnetiines forg'ets that he is heir to the wisdom of unmeasured' ages; he who constructs the powerful matchine ts()!ffietiintes forgets that he is heir to the p.)wer which mak·es and unmakes worlds ..

In truth we a.re living in a forgetful ruge. As a man may llold a penny to his eye and shut out the far reaching dis­tances of the sky, so 1nay 1n~u1 hold too clos.e the small, mean objects of their selfishness. to shut off from view the eternrul rea.ches of their destinies.

To many a 1ua.n of today God is but a, va.gue andJ distaJnt being who has made this world' as m cosmic toy aill'd gave it a\\'ay, lt:.aving His creatures and his· 1~nmanit.y tv thEir own senses. Time wa.s when men were agitated over the revela­tions of God, t;heir 1neaning of their bearin:gl upon the needs vf the individual and of society, but now the question is· not how a man may best &erve God, the service of God is not the factor, the difference lies in ignoring God. There ha;ve been epochs in the runnals of men, periods of pro.fonnd learning, when a course of art attained a stand'a'rd never since equaJled, 'vhen their scholarly votaries likewis:e were m·en and women 0:f deep and extensive religious culture. ButJ toda1y such periods are devoted "dark ages." The man of the hour takes for granted a different end than God's. His character is schooled to conside1'" the things of God briefly, his intellect as taught without reference to E·ternity, his affections a1re not encouraged to rea·ch out toward's the Infinite and hence his life is an abnormal g·rowth, like a1 tree which would spread out and creep upon the ground instead of lifting itself to­war{]s tl1e sky. T'oday men placidly a1ccept g,ood health, good friends, good f0·rtune fron1 the Giver of good things, but let Hin1 1Je content with hestof\ving. They really a.re too bus,y to stop and thank hin1 or to consider if they be using His things aiS He n1ight like.

Activity is the watch wo1~, speed the desideraturrn. ''7ha,t a wonderous ag'e of activity it is·; wha.t a reinarkahle period of human acl1ieve1nent. But towards. what are we speeding, whither are we tending?

Leaving aside all nvtion o.f prophesy and n1erely s1tating fructs which pres:ent thmn.selves da.y after day to a world which cannorb but ohserve then1, howe!Ver 1nuch it seeks1 to igmore them, well may 've question the 111eaning of a progi"'ess

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Wh-ich ·emhodi(e!s sU:ch un-CU:n'~i1stirun pl'~Osp·eJctsJ. VVh:at, do the fatets of the hou1r pr101cla1im to him who heeds.?· What is1 the eo1udit1on of ouJ.1 citlr gorvern:rnentis1, ourr pro1eesses of law? Wh!ard m1eans th~e eno~mortrs growtih of HorciaJism:, the 1ndus­trial UJntresrt1? Why h~lJS anairchy been e1levated to the s~tatUis, nott of tole1r!ation, but o1:f eom'm'en:d;at•ioiil? Why is our daily pl'iess but the reeordl o:.e dJespondency, s:uicide, Jnur:der ·rund

· dd.rvolrce? Why a1r'e eha1ir1s 01f theolo1gy. latnd ertlhics irr mrany so-c:aillerll cthri,srt.irainl univ!er'sit.ies held/ by: m'e1n who deny the divj:nitry of Ohr~st, the .s~crednels1s of the SICTiptuT'eiSI and the PI'iorvid:ence of God? Why are so mattl;y Ohris:tian rra,tion.s be­coming aposta tes1?

In the faee of .s;u.eh fuJct1s1 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.ent queJs,t.ions of the ho1ur. Wen may we won­der how convent:iJorUJs which fad'rly would study the. child pTob­lem, the s1anitacy, aJmUIStem.eni1 a:nldJ edu\c1arti01nal problems1 c:an keep to make lifle m'orr:e livable allld bring mien nea.rer to theil~~ rig1htful destiny~ by l'eaving1 G'vd's side of it out from their' frequent deliberartiJOffiiSI. W'ithoui:l Himi aindl Wiith an .elrsle which scienee may sugg1esrt aJnd kindJl~ srp1irits pir'orvide, droes: n:ort Hfe pres1ent a more w1~eteheidJ problem; the problem of those whos.e preten.s,ions a,re the more exa1l,t1ed, the problem1 of mind!s aind: 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·call the honored a;d:age: "A: mlan ca1n be ai goo1d! cit:izen of hirsl country only when he is aJ good citiz.en o:ti Goidr':s kingdom." Su1ch is the underlying , principle of the e:dueat~ion whkh has: b:een y0ur heritla1ge. You g;o forth from this ins,titution 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!en whose s~aind­al~dis of aetion a1re fa1st die!plreciart.ing. Yotu.1 go- fo1rth into a world which .needs 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 and1 virtue, it is certain th'a;t your light will nort be hidden, that your ,sterling

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manhood: will be ma~D.ifested nut only in pr;eserving what you ha;ve received, but in prorving to others what i:s the good and tjhe acceptable and the perfect will of God.

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CLASS POEM.

Francis A. Oleary, R .. B., '11.

Up from mother earth there rises, Gushing waters of 3J spring,

Gently bubbling, fresh it rushes:, Stealing o'er the saJJ.d, to sing.

Gliding on it flowers to brwklets, Persevering on it's course,

Never ceasing in its flowing, ~loving slowly from it's source.

Seeking paths it calmly wanders On, to meet the quiet stream,

Chattering to the grass, and flowers, Flashing messages, in it's gleam.

Frowning m.v-un tain ledges passing, :rtiirroring the giant trees,

On and one the ripples dancing, 'Till they gladly meet the seas.

Then with restless billows dasilling, Sporting through the briny deeps,

Wildly rushing in it's coursing, For-ward, another shore it sweeps.

Like this water that is flowing, From the spring to deeper tides,

There's the hope which bears us onward, Untv that which e'er abides.

~fo:ving down youth's paths and byways, Gathering new :strength eaJch hour,

Erv'ry persevering effort, Adding som·ething to 1 i.fe':s power.

To the ev.erlaJSting sea. we journey, Gladly on, in work a1nd trust,

With the gift,s of God to help U'S,

Win 'V'Ur ·wary, then try we mus.f.

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Practive .d~aily in the les.s'ons, E1aiclr jewel :1?01~ oru(r crown, .

LaidJ · in gold', thart'1s nartuTe' s purest, Tloi r'esrt or·etr hr10IWiS th'at ne'e1r frown:.

Keerp1 t\h.e waittd:t t[hait gru:a;r'ds Hfe's1 tLrtelalsures:, And .SttrUJgg.le for the laurel wreath.,

Only a·ctions, life calll mte:UiSUlr'e, And m1a;rk the riches w·e bequea1th.

When derp:a:rting then, we !<e1a:ve them, T!he weaHh atnd tre~a1sures., we hav~ bought,

L:aboring: ever' for['! achieving, It wa1S1, to g:win the end, we bougfutJ.

N:v~w our Alma\ . M~,ter leaving., Upon the s:ea of life ·ecrnbJUirk,

Pushing: forth, fr'Om; outi he1rt h:atr boT, T'01 cr'es.t the waiVes,, and! pi1eT'ce tJhe dark

B~0ldly· fa;cing all the d'angeT's:, And\ srtormy wind's: tha;t o~ utsl blorw,

S:atfe 13.1nd -s10und, our1 bark u~nperished, Tlo harhor then, its: prn·w will go.

Sarfely movred in ge:ntle wa~t:e!r's, No storm, caDJ them oru1r1 hope!SI enthraH,

F:areweU, and' et:ernal ple1a;sure, Himself who conquers, eonquer~s all.

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1. INTRODUCTION-E. Souligne, A. B. '11

E AR~l not intending, to entertain you up01n the social unrest or to tell you aJl that we hope to do for the social uplift. You know without being told how the age is unduly fond' of novelties, of new

fashions, of thought andJ mooes of doing. How thankful we should: be to him· who has the courage

to lift a warning finger a.ru.d shout: "B·ewaJ. .. e, the rarpids of modernism aTe below you!" Yes:, thousands, nay millions of our fello·w citizens, have already cut loose from the safe an­chor-age of time-honored beliefs, in the peaceful haven of God's o"rn truth arnd have launchoo thoug~htlessly olilt to fol­low the lure of novelty, actually hypnotized by the siren song of so-called progress.

Every innovation, especiaJ.ly in mlorals, has m.istatkenly C{)me to be considered as a progressive step towards better living, as though the past had been all wrong.

In oUT country especially, ever since our political dec­laJraition of independence, it has become the fashion to pro­claim the independence of thought from the so-crulled tyranny of world-old truths, the independence of action frtom the thT'al­dom of traditional righteousness·. In a word it would' seem as though the majority of teachers in our country'.s education­al institutions were ah.YuiJ to succeed in giving ru fixed ha1bita­tion to what is know:n as independenv ethics.

Independent ethics mean:s~ a mora~l code and its 1~esulmnt ethical culture, · which is wholly independent of any other science, or art, independent of God, of divine law, or na;tural law, or of tradition. Ethics it is claJm:edl musrt be indepenJd1ent ,)f methruphysics, of history, of revelatiotn, a:ndJ must srtJand alO'll~ and apart from all other branches of learningr-a pUire prtoduct of personal experiffi:rce, personlaJl taBte or caprice, or of individ111a1l reason. Ii:J is in the lalst an,aly,s.is a project/ion of the theory of privartJe juld:grmen(j int\) the realms of m:orals. Perhaps even at the ri,sk oJf shockinw yoru:, I hadJ better l~eaiVe

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the prorfesso1rs of Yale, Halt'vard, S yrrucus1e, W is:consin, Oihi .. cag)O' and other univers1it,i:e1s :speatk fo~ them\Sie:lves,. Th·e dis:­tinguisihed profeslsor of sociology in W is1eonsin U ni ve·r,sity 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.eity, the precept's of ancient age's', as w•ell a8 t!he edicts o:f Mlr1s1. Gr1und!y. ''

Profess,oir D1elaly 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' huma1nity. P~ofes1s10r Ela:rps of Sy-racus'.e teaches that :s,tatnda:rds oif

morality, 'vlf rig1ht and wrong are p111,re pr1odu.cts of experie:DJce, ·not eorrnmunicated from! on hig;h, hutJ a1 :s,low dmr.eiopm:ent 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:re are oo ~Jb§lolurt,e ·evils, thwt tih·e hig.helsit ethical life corrs1ists~, at aill times., in b1reaiking ru:l~es ·which have gr1own tivo nar~orw fo1~ the pre1S1ent circum,stanees,. Profe1s:s:o~ Sumner, of Yale .sees DJo!thingi in ethicis butiJ idile fign11ents of ·speculation 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 allialnces with1ou~ the matr~iaige bond! tihan within it.

It is parthetic to think of tih:e s1ad 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; ,s1cholrurly error can com.­mlaind andJ w.itbJ tihe aruthori1ty. of aca1dem1ic sa,nction. Lisrtien td the c:ond€im:nartio~ which: a1 yorung wom:aln: from far Noirtht Dla~ofu hurls against; tlh~e ahhol~rent Goid:nes: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 . ~alnd ardetlhies' ~~icrr is bais:ed: on the unsta.ble will alnid! InehnaitJI,on, o1f the mru:ltrnud~."

The pvof:es1S10r of ethics at 8yr'acuse dleelare.sr boldly thart "coll!scienee is a fa,lise guid;e aJndJ tha~b tp.ere a1re no aibi:ding sfu.nda1rds of right and wl'!oln:g,·; that mo1ral preeep,t;s; a,r e but~ I_)ais:sing; shibboleths; that th:e ·coneeprtis1 o1f rigili.t and wrong a\1-.e a1s unst:aible a!s the s~tyl,es of dlress and! that ,siOieie:ty 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 wor1d, takin;g. the conls1ensu1si of. opinion1s f.reely

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taruglhiJ in our a:caide:mic halLs, it i's no1w gernerally the faJS~hion to c'onslidier the ten comm:a1ndtments1 as no · more sacved tha:nJ 3.1

sylliahUis, that imtmlvlrlwlity is s.im.pJy. th act in contravention to th:e acc:eprtied' standaTds: of !society, tlhart no D·eity is offenJdled bYJ such sin, that the cha1uge frormi one 1~eligion to au:wther, is like a cha[l;ge ill\ the 'sty1e of dtr:ess1, that m:a1rriage is out of Sltyle am.dJ the .home soon to be ai . m:m:•e relic. Thes;e aberra­tions a.lre in the m1aJ1n moderniz.ecl vei"!Siii\)IUSJ of old Eipicwea!ll­iiSilll! 101r of the hedonism of tlhe Cty·renaics', or ~f maJteriallsm a1s old' als the dla~s of DiffinJocritus, which modern positivisrbs and utilitariaJDJS are d1'"eS1Sdug up in t.he hohble skirt of preSient daty schola:rshi p.

OnJ the tiop sihe,lf of our muiSJeum· of philosophic novelt,ies is aJ C'Oint;rivanee 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."

It is known as moraJ rarti:onal1stm1 because it proelaiims the complete autoll'Oitm~ of indiv1Jdui3Jl rea:son. This' 'sy.s,terrn is es­pec1Jailly~ dlan,geroU:s., becaiUS:e ~so pe·cUJliady: eonsiste'nt and1 so g1ratify:ing to hum1aJD.J pl~~d:e. OOin:s,is,tlenrblJi in accordance with h.'i.s th'eo~y of ,the or'ig1in of kn'owledlge in which KaJnt esfu,b­lisheidJ his subjecti'Ve idiealism., makin!g1 the hum.a1n m.ind nolt OinJlry· the know:er bruu the creatbr of tJruth, h'e proeeed;s to mJaike t ,he practic:a[ real~on or will ~f man the creator of right a~nd w1~ong andi the orig.illlattor of duty. OleW'ly human I'"ewson is l1ere giv·en the -fu1netion~ of the D1e1ty. According to Kant hUllllan: a1cts are n'Ot go01d! in' th:emlstelves bu~ only in so far as: 've think them gpod alfi:d by catJeg1oric:aJl eommland im:pose upon

. oUJrselves . the obligation of d:oin1g1 them. Aln alet is go~di only when dJone outJ of reverence f01r this :rubsolurte cmn1n.1amd:. Every ottJher1 motive than rev:erencre for ·tJhe laiW of d'uty, as enaicted byr indJividua1l ~easOIIl woru:ld bJo!peLeJssly, vitiate an a~ct. His whole thought i:s cry,sttlalliz·ed in th:e farmou.s: law ()lr eategoricaJ. impffi'lartive : "Act only: on ·thart m~aochl:ru which yoUJ cam, '3.Jt the s1alme time, wHl tto becoimeJ a, u'n'iv-ers:rul law."

Ka1n~ makes human reason aiD.! end: unto itself and the aib­solutie and ultimiarte Worrni of m'oraJl,ity, whic'h thus rem!a~niS· in­dtep:endent of God .aJnJd His revelation. Kantilaln ethics is the lat,esrt remodieling 1)'£ t1he old sri]oi:a d)dctrine thart morality ooni­sists i.n livin:g alecording1 tlo naroUJre, by which they meant tJhaJt human reas1on i·s go SUiprern.'e and! absoluifu, th:a;t hurrta:n acts

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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 ,such a: bewild!e·ring 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.

2. SOME THEORIES-Jas. A. Lowney, A. B. '11

VERI since man ha;s en:g:a1g:edJ in the pursuits ·vf eivili­zartiolll the problem, of ethi0a1l culture haiSl be:ecn~ of · vita[ im~pol'itaro!Ce. IndJeed1 i1t has such a,n intrinsic c'Onnection with the adva,nceme.nt of peopl<es that

true virtue a;nd well torundie<f refinem.entl ea·nnot be poS!sd.bl<e . without it. As ag:riCU!ltu.~re or hoirticulture cannot: be inde:-pendent of the ,soil and its qu;allitli~s, neither can ·ethicrul cu.l­tua~e., withviUt do:oming itlself to absolut:e .sterility ever become oblivio,us of comiplete humJaJn natture '\vhich 1s the soil itJ is IDielaLnib to im'Prove a[ldJ atdO'r:n; n!Oir ca:n it be indiffer'ent ·to tfhe ene~gizing1 sun of etern.Ja1l la~, without whose viviifying in:fl.u­ence a[l morwl life becomes dearth ai.Il!d all mo1~a:l beUJU ty faifesi aJway; and disaippea,m in the dark chorus of utteT disorder. Eltib.iea\11 cultu~e is not aJ VJeneer, notJ a p:o1lis!h externally ap­plied\, it is a; growth, a vital developm·ent au:1:d as :such depe1nds u:pon the suern, the .voortJs and the seeds of which it is the :flower aJ:lldJ the fruit. As there is no· g1atth:m~iug of grapes from thorns o:v fig1s from thistles SI\J there is no fruit of ethical cuJ­ture exc:eprU Ulp!Oill thatt tree whoise v~ots aJre :firJllJY planted ill truth and thl'loru:gh whose bran.c:hes eoures the vital sap of corns,cienciouts c:onv.i:etiollis arnJd m~ora'l h~rubits. In' a: '\VoiJxt mlora] culture carnnvrt be ill!depend,elllt of huimamJ natJure and this cUJl ture ca!nl be haJd! only wihen mJan understands: hims1elf aa::tid knows tllam he is aJ poilitica:l and' 3.1 l'"el1giotus ars w1ell als ru rational a[[lim.rul. Yes, Uinless etihi'cs is born of God aind reared illl tlre vivifying atmosphere of religiJOllJ it iJs illegit~im!ate .a!Ildl a balne t10 society. .AJgaJi.n aJS a:rt cannJot be independent of s1ci­enee why; then should we attemtprtJ to -s:epatrate ethics from psychologw the seience of the so(\]Jl, fo['( i,sl :n:ott: ethias essentiaJlly t he a1'1 of the s·O'ul wherein the imn1ge of God' shines respJet-

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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:ependrent of s~cience ·af anartormy. Why sho111ld the suprem1e alrtJ of hum/aln conduct ignore or be independenlt of anthropology: a tnd of theodicy?

T:h!e fact is thait ethh~:s has a1 neee,stsarry, connection writh . everYi deprurtm'ent of metaphys:ic:s, f:or the tone and t:emper of onte's ethics will inervitably dJependl uporn the m:ore 01r 1ess per­fect elements of his mietaJprhysrics. A 'Storundl ,etih:ical edifice must a1hvay~s res1t upon a round m1etaphysica[ found.ationr. It mus't :fi:csrb presuppos-e the ·ex:isrt:ence of one· God, who is the aJl pow­erful Or1eator and wise ruled of this un:iv·ers;e. Unlests: we be­gin m.oraJ culture b~: admitting! the conclu.srions of nartura:l theology (which is a m'etaphy,srica[ 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·ell t:hait marn in essentially a re­lig,iotus b~ing.

Intensrely interesrting indeed! is it to .not,e how· closely in­. terla1eetd are all the sci:enees .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 .ethics whicibJ dov,etaHs 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-·er'acity 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·ned: for nothting is sta:ble· alnd 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'ctim really exisrt. And! if my soul · is to be di'SS!olved! when the ~s;p>itrit of d'ea,th 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:an: nature arnd still ·such would be the logical conelUJsioru orf that ethics which

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does not reC\)gnize the veracit~ otf the facultie.s1 a:nd the1 inlmor­la litYJ of the soul.

.A:gJain, geinuine ethies enl:Lsrt;s: the . liher.et~y of the w1ill which the scie·nc:e of ps.yeholoigy; esrtlaJbllisiheiSI be:yond al dou'bt. In .sutpp:rles~sing thi~s r:adicail elem!ent of rsorullld mor:a1lity a:. gen.­er,rul ehaos wowld! 'soon ens,ue in t:lre m!or:aJ wo1rld;. F·or then main w~oru.ld be imtmrmdJ fr'oia all' . ]}eSJpOn!S:ibility amd mor1a!lly free to choos1e the ~ight or the wrong. FTIOID; these eonslid.era;­tiion it becom,es evid·ent tha~t et:hics1 has a ve1ry close and: im­portant connection with m~et:alphys1ics. Tlhe f()rmer cmn never erxist rup:aJrt from the latter a[thorrugp; it1s end: in existence is1 of a far d'iffer'ent nature and whatt:! ilf~ tru1e 01f these two s.eiences can also be ·shown with .r1ega:rd ijo the otbher:s1 .

.Aga,in, 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. N alture or better the w·isie God: of natU're has 1nad!e , civil soei'ety 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 mian bYl his very TIJarture has nott only aJ close d€Il'end,enee upon his Olreator but consrtantly fee1s the d:atily dmnrundJ of intJereou~se andl .a~~oeiaition witib. his f-ellorw creatures., aind whatever ethiC!s will do to benefit tp.e idea1ls of the ind:ividiu~Jl bJals a,nJ important effe·ct up01n the ideals of society for the idleal,s of al nation diepend upon the idJe1als of it1s citiz.enry. Bepa!ralte ethic-s in:fluenc:e from politics and yo111 will th:en 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,er' 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;ttion, the one dloes s10 bJI shaping and form1ing1 the individfunl natU're in an its alspects,, the other s:uppos:es thle indiividru'als: 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·ere needless to go on anidJ est:abliJS!h tlhe relartion of m:orra:l phil'- . O!so,phy with the other seh~nees :fiorr.'l ·every, eas1e the kin,ship would be found too evident,. S.till Polsri.Vivi:s,ts and RationaJiisrts alre unwilling tio aldln:itJ thau there ·e:xisrts .su1ch an aigr'eemlent. TlbJeyi pel4sisrt in m:a:intlaiinring tthartj eth:ic:s is completely inde­pendent of th'e other se:ienees1.

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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 .shifts calleldJ .s(Ystetrns of morality. \F!olUJild1~d upon the sands of earpriee and r1earoo b~ the s;ole rea\SIO'lll of malll they cannot im~pa1rtJ t1o hutmJa,nJ natu:r1e thart gjenurin~ polish of 1noraility wh!ich is developed by following a determi.DJed rule whi·ch1 in objective to humtaiDJ natu1re. F'or if we wish to1 'Sleek thatt ultimate s,tand­ard aeeo~din~ to vvhich the rectitude or tu:rpitu:d-e of human aens is d:etermined we mtu:srtJ examine tJhe1s1e a:cts in tha,iJ light which will truly r1evea:l to us theil, neces:sa['y connection with the attai:pmenrt 01~ less of ul timlat,e an:dl only adequate erid'. Tihe suprm}lle rUile of ethic:all cultu~e is; /Siome·thing object.ive, uJniversa1 a1nd ne,eeSisatry, it is tfhar ~ which, :stands outslid'e of, which is unive'r's:ail in aill respect1s with humnn na,tu're which perfects it and leads it to' it,s Orerutor. Andl for thi:s1 very 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' opinio1ns 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 w hmt they consider the t.y1'"anny of CU!S1tOnl<s and preva:iling opinions. Indeed if a, rn:ere concensus of opinio.ns eons'titutes a1JJ absolute srtJand:ardJ of morals 'vhy shoruldJ they be d;epriVtedJ of the pri~vile1g.e of cr1eating nerw opinions a,s the m1ora1. staindaird!si {>If our g;ell!era,tion 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;nd cu·s,torns: we~re

bol'"l]l of humaln minds a1nd henc.e subJective, that they a1pplied t() certtain nations :at ee:rtain e[YO'chs. a1ndl hence particular, thart they s:u:ffer innrurn:er:aible change!Sl during the cours~e of ages a,nd hence changeable and contin:gent. Let it be UI)Iderstood that we d:o not pla.ee ethic:s in a1 po1S1it,ion . whic.h j,s. entire:ly 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:rion of morality to, consd,stl in the opinions and custolllliS of nattions is to cla1i1n an .e:ffect1 which ]s gre1a:ter than jt,Sl c:ause. For p:eopl.e erverywhe1I"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 opin­ions a:nd 1uanner.s, therefore they n1u.st have a .stand'ard! of

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jndlg:m:ent O·thet• thamr and superior to the~se opini,)IILSI and cu1~· to~n.s and] by this hig~hea.~ .a1nid' objective criterion theiJ mr~e a1ble to a1>pi'e:ciat.e,, m!Ol'"al opinions :rund eus,tomSe. Furthermore as C[c'ero say,a, "If the preo1ple shofl1lrd 1SIQI juld:ge a1nd if the .serate should Si01 de~eree it woUJ1d be rig;hiJ to srteeJl, t;o com·mrit ad-ultery, to give fa,ls~ t reJs,t limony," then from such juld!gi11lient a ind decroos itj would be m01rally ·wronrg to rresp,erct the property and per· son of anothe!r, it ·wou1l,clJ be a1 vacill:art,ion to speak olll'e'Sr m!ind truthfully, it ·would be aJ erim1e to lead! chaste and h0,ly lives;. Droos no·t every m:an who ch'eri.shes en1n01blin:g1 ideals of eorudruct .aiDJd in w ho1se heall't pulsartes a1 trUie yeall'1llling f.or erth:ical eul· tu.re, rSftandJ back art this: g]I"imJ picrLUIDe of the R;oman Orarbor1? T1me is rreally too preciotu!SI to1 be waisted! in reJputin,g the id!le theoTies of those wh:o claimJ tha-ti humatru a1cts1 one ethical good ov bad: .aiCCO[di'llJgJ a1s theJyi a1re pleraiSIUre or useful either to the doer or t:o tihe eormrmun1ity.

UtilitariaJnism, hedon:J.ism', a1ltLru~n and moral evol1j.tion­j,sm are o1ld! err:ors finding theh~ pr'Op€'1"! nidrus in plhilo~o p 1J ic IDJ0dlerlllism which i~s aJ synthes,ts of UJll the· aher'r'at,ions' of Lhe pa~t. They are all futile attetm.ptis t :o m.alk;e mnr:a;Iity ind:e­pend:ent of God of ·enm~nal larw o:f natu!r:a,I larw in a: word of aru.y authority highm:~ than ma1n. H :ow u!tte.rly absurd to set up utility OTI pJea!Srure ats the ult:im!art,e st:amdrurd!s· of m10r:aHty; when he who ruins may reaKJJ in his ·own · 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:sturable nor aill t lim'esi parrtieulaLrly useful, yet are morally g,ood. Gomim'odity; 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:es arndl in all pla1ees'. TIJ1e po.Jitica,J utilitarialnism of H 'obbe,s: jrsr parrtieul:airly objection-able, beearu's'e it Srets the civil Iaw in plaice of the etet'"na:l I.mw and In'akes the s.ta.t!e lww the mle&sure o1f all ml01r'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

J-" ba,sis we can s1e·e that it 1s founrd1ed~ ·upon a: firrstJ principle of mo~alit,y, namely, tlh'at it 1s good! to a rbsenJee the human la,w a:nd evil t()l violartre it,. Again:, ther'e were a1ct,s which. were m:orally good before the civil Ia,w ca~Ine int.o1 erxis.tenee!, thet'e a1re arets: \Vhich alr 'e morally goold~ a!ndl arre not comnTandred b~r the civU l:atw while it: iH in exirsrtencre a,nd' the:r!e will be acts which will be Iuorarlly goordr or ba:dJ aifter it will have disap··

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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 a1pa1rt from the civil law. There are other pitiable rutteonipts at building s~stems of1 morality, tho:se 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,tly estee!Inred, great, bea:ut~ful and heroic in human conduct. T1he m·or~1l evolut,ionists a;re the most d1eludedJ of rull the dreamers who pose a;S mJora!l t1eachers; they ignJOIOO mam's: Olri­gin and des.tiny, err or his narture amd: apply: in the realm1 of mom[!S the coaJr'Heslt tlran:s.f1oii"Ull1S/Jlli of mater'iaJlisrtic evolution­i•st;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 ,sun olf d1ivine approval to i!Ill­prurt color and bearuty to the hU!IDiaillJ life? Indeed it wouldJ he hard to conceiv,e a; more dism:a1 W{)<rldJ tha1n would be thart of the m·ora1l ervol urtion]sts.

Since we harve eonsiid:ered ev·en in such brief review to the hoUownes1s of the SJ71St.ems of so ealled1 independent .ethics1 and ha,ve s1een to whartJ pathetic a!lternatives n1:usrt re1sort a:ll thos.e who wou:ldJ sever m10·ra1li.t.y. fr'om religion ·O[' from God, we turn with renewr~CU 1~everenee t!o such. teaichers; as C!onfucius, Socra­tes, Pla1to who w·er'e ·wis1er m'en than those o:f our 1nod-ern age, who ,SihoruldJ heedl t1he le:s1son~ .of Ohrist the g,reatesrt. 1nora.I tea:cher the aige·~ have ever known. ·

3. KANTIAN· ETHICS- Jas. M. FitzGerald, A. B. '11

.· 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.alllcipa1tre mialll friOIDI G:od's. larw is SU're to win

plaudits frolffi though.tles:s, whos1e pride and; ather unworthy palssions be flart.ters. T~ .sit on God''s tht~ne has, even tempted the aJrchangel, once em~inent in beauty. Blut though flattering to m!a.n)s pride t lhis promised ind~pe:ndernee js far fron1 flatter­ing to his !'leaJ ddgnity, which is wondrous1ly enha1rced w1hen mai!ll c'ollJsider.s bjms'elf nat as an endg-n1atk· product of blind haiZza,rd, but as the child of God':s creartive power a1nd the cherished olbject of divine catre and! gavernance. \Vhat in-

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sig;nifioont ins:eets. of mJo1st ignaible s·mnhlanCie men . must per­. fofrce be when creeping into the chair of the1 deity.

An:d, indeed, the morwl ra1tiona!lism1 of Ka.nt ultimately · .woruld lhave us aspire to the eocailted st.ation 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:ition that m1an 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 a1ndJ self-governi,ng, he is likewi,se neeessarily self-eocist­ing and, if s·elf-ex~s~ting, he is1 G:oid'.

No, I asisure you, thartJ in Kant's SYJS:tem· man cannot es:­·catpe 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'Uild act und•er the sa11:ne genera1l conditions.''

Aecvrding to Ka1nt~ hurruan rea1son is. srupreme, aibsolute1ly and end unto it1self, a;nd th·e only srtanda1r'ld! of morality~ H·e

· infen.·!s that ius dictaite'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:ere re1speet foil" a1uthority the very essenee of n1orUJlity consisrts.

N1\:YViT wnatt hiarve we in rull thiSI but individual m!a:n be­C'Olninw his orw:n le:gi:s:lator, bec:oming tile efficient, final and formal ca.UJse of the Olbligartio:TIJ which he ·sets upon his own shoulder~s. This is Karntia1n philosophy, but it i'S! not com1n:on srense, which all the tim1e teruches us that oblig~ati0n n1eans. a Intora.l necessity, not a bul'ld:e1n impo:s1ed 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:ena1l s·elf that eo[ln:mlainds, aind the phenaminail 'Self which in Ka1ntian phras1e "pays1 relU1cta1nt reverenc:e" to this. s1elf imposed: dutiy. N o,v, we know that every n1an vvho is nort mielnta!lly 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.er; amd tlhus we wouJld have th·e most amusingly ridiculous ethica:l

' postur~e conc:eiva!ble, nam1ely, thart of! a1 m1a!n cormmainding hhn­s1elf a,nd! at the Slatm'e t[m,e solemnly ,s•neering: art his orwn com:-nutndl.

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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.mits al ho1~ribJe philos10rphical sin, but it is not in his pof\vter 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 himJself 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 ,so intim:aite as thi!s cons·cious.ness 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.,ht 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,ciousness testifies agwinst the ph!ilos:orplhic ficth:m of K.a1ntiatn ·ethic:st. A;g~ain, w·ere our in­dividuwl rteaso~n its or\vn laJw-~iver, it ·would! of itself be a1ways ri:ghij a1nd quit,e ,:iJnfallihle. B~ut. here .ag1ain eonscious,ne~Sis: re­veals th.art ou!l" r'eaiSIOilJ i'SI often wr10ng, . thatt, for fron1 being omniscient, it often fb!esrit.ates and dvubts, and: that es1)1ecia,lly in moral m:a:tter1s, 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,en 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·oraHy good .and ·which are norb co:n11m1anded 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,ctions1 conceivruble and: possible, a~CL w41ch it wuruld be hig,t1y pradseworthy to p~r:f.o:r1n, yet \'ir!hich no reaiSIO,nable 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.

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He goes not om .a!eCiount of hi:s duty, but out of disinterested · 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.in th1e sp:o'nJtallieoiUJs service, one ren(rors the S'ick 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,use they are nD-t m.UJttel'ls of .obligation, not the oh­j-elcts 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'rding in the law o~ reas1on1, 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.mon s,em,se Oif the r.a1ce lod:ges1 ai final protest and bids tlb.e sol.emn gest.er begpne.

Purpos1ely I deeline to g!o fu1"tlher, to exhaus·t as v.a1S1t a them.e .a1s I hUJve in ha~ndJ. I ha,ve 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,ry. We a!re 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 ·st:and­a~rd of m10raility 1s ·objective, tha,t the O!]:·rg,in of la,,V' and ohliga:­tioilll irs in the ~uperior reas:on of the D'e1it~ and tha,t m:a.n him­s.elf j ,s a co·py of the alrchetypal idea,s in the divine n1ind; th1at eonHequently m1am; earn rearsornatbly a1eknow ledge m.ora,l obliga~tion only when he re.aidlsr in his C'\:}US!cie:nee the text of the na;tura1 larw, a:nd furthe,r heeds the clearer me'SiSiag.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 .alnd one of s1adness. Joy

on tlhe one hand! bec:aiUSe we haYe satisfa1ctorily completed! the ·wrork UJS1Siigned'; sadn:eSISI onJ the other beeaJuHe w~e! must now de­part from thos:e who harve beJen nearr and dear to us, thors~e who~se life efforts1 harve beenr consecr.art1ed. 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! aBpirationrs1 and prepared UJS ror a future of 'sucees,sfUil endre~a~orr, we cannot, I saJy learve aill thes~e, withou:t firrst voiein.g o111r sentim·ents~ of a;p­pl~ecia~tiolll ~and sincerre dievotion £or the efforts' expended in orlu• behallf, efforts to n1ould tihe1 student :and :fa1shiaDJ OhristiaJn chair-~~- .

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 a1s 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 vairified heights of musical en­diearvor, or even bee.ause we ha~ve lealrned great truths and the ,skJillful a1rt of d'e:f.ending the1n; but mos:tJ of atll we are gra.tef.ull bec:aju:se we ha,ve been .taught 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 ur1ge u:s o1n t10 th'e HJCC'OimipHsrhmrent of great a1nd goodl things for our: c:ounrtiry, oursrelves1 and 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! a1nd pr:acticail ,srerm.ons, alddres;sred to us., ,so1 m.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 foirma;tiolnJ of a! perfee·~ mJan.

Horw ·eloquent,ly oiUr tutors des~cribed for us' the coura.ge­orus exploits of int1~epdd m·en whos:e .feruts. have elicited the lasting1 8Jd1nirart:~~on orf 1namik.ind. ''N;olw, itJ w:as: Leonidms· with his thceee hundred! Spartan soldielris 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 mlairty~ s~ebmsrtian, now the wo1rldJ srtirring Pet,m'lj the H;ermit, and t:hen t!he p:eerless Golum­burs ploughing th1roru,gh mutinies: of waf\neiS' and m.c:1n t1o1 dis1corver the DJeW wo:rld!." D!ay in arndJ da~JJ ourt we have listened: with ruttentive ear tto tlhes,e rous1illig aprpea:ls. for manl,inesls, exhorta­tions no:t eon:fined! tio the chapel' wa1Hsr arlon:e, but even hea1rd in the recitiart;ion haHsr, at OUJI'I ol,mss festivit~ies, and during orrir student glarthering~. On trre pl:aty gT-omnd! HJnd1 mt rreereatU.on, we eoru:ldJ find lliO better inJcent!i;ve to clean s~poriJ · than thes:e seemringly magie wordis "B'e a ma1n." Su[eely no youth h:orwever phleg;mla,t:Uc could remaJilll Ulllll:Ovedi art the na:rrartion 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'olffires irresistible. At a time when ·tria1lrs and trib­ulartions .surrou:nrd.Jeld our teach:er~s~ and preeeptors they prorved themselves brarve a[lldl coru1~a1geousr in the farce of the m'Os:t crushing d'efeatts. · The·y per:severeid! whe·nr m:a1ny ortherSI woutld ha.Jve faHed, they withlstoordJ the storm of bmttle when o1nly 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:sons of heroic andl srulstiai:nJel(f effort in the faee oi£ .su.ebJ arwful difficult;i,e:s eainnJoliJ be ea:srilry forg1ott1en. The noble attJtitude '\)f thesre self-denying men, ·erect! amd hopefll'l even while in the m:idst of the rsimlouldlering ruins: of threir bea\U­t!ifu!l eolleg1e home is port~alfed inl ineffaleeable eolror:s upon the tlmbletrs of ourr memory., "Al faJdlelieSsl pictiure whose ,signi:fiealnice will ever be prized ars the mlost qurickenin~ exntm1>·le o1f living

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heroism·." Tlhe supTe!IllJe test of gJr"'eaitl str,ength in character earu be £ourndJ in the endura;nee .of. tri:aJLs, a1ndJ the genuineness of this samie foirtitulde 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.ructi0n. Ag~ruin this r•esoluten-ess· in: will porw·er 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!brous kn01Wled:g1e, but a1s eenters of vital.en·ergw developed, 'aiccumuta1tedJ 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 gain1ed an emifi,enee and: paiUising for a m{)lment to ga!Ze orver t;he su·rrorundingj burdens we find that '\Y"e mu·st pUish on aind: 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 the1 po.r­tatls of another w:orld, a new w:o1rl.cU where "re n'Lu1st braiVe the fig~ht alone, .and 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 strep 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 unmind1ful of the pasrt.

lVIoUild.ed' after the fa:s:h:ion 1u1f true Ohrist;iallls', resplendent in the lig)ht of lriving 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•re will ri,se up d1i:ffus.ing its brilliant raps, ws ·~ut­st: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. VV18 haVe nm beeni diream,illig, We aJre nOltJ }\)stJ in the SnR.J"ieS1 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: a1way 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 S100J upoDJ whose waves w·e must larunchJ our bark, to sport with fortune and the brin~ dieep, whose unfarthomed' depths s,trike

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·te-rron to .the 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;re capa:hle of mela1sttuing g:rteart actions; a power, which will ·enraible u;s to live like1 m1en, to serve ou1 .. eotuntry as true citizens of the ,state 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 rstage, clealll politties aind ,serupulou.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 ulpbuild chall'"a,cter and' to protect tlhe pealee a:od beauty of home life, by opposinl~ d~ivorrce andJ the evUs of socialiSllll, which are thr.eatening) main's ind!ivid'ual prl()ip:~rty

rights. Lalstly we pledge ouir1selves to dlis·eoura,g~ by word: wnd d:eedi any aJnidJ all form1s of anarchi1sm an!d.i to upiholdi in aU iJn­stiaJnces, eivril aru:thorities in the ju:stt exevcise of the larw.

Such! in bmef is the eOiurse that we design to foHo~w and thus redJu.'ce to pra~ctice the g~eat a!Dt of living, which was truu:ght us here: It iSJ :pJOit enoughJ thatt' we d'~ealn greatt thin:gs, w'e must do mlore, we must atltem,prt] to aeeomplish: them. R1ight wetion is indeed! the keynote of sru!cces;s allld w:e muSit suit the a;ction tJo the word. F-o~ as B'i,shop Sp:a1lding1 1Sia(Y'S1

: "Beyoind the m:eniJa,l horiZIODJ of m:arn as beyond llie visu.:al, there lie ort:Jher worlds unseen, Ulllim:ag;ined, undreamied of, where othe1'" warves of thou.rghtJ atnJd lorve thrill other, souls aind the more he rises in intellectu:a;l power and worth, the more real does this inifi.TIJi­tudie becom;e for him .. " It is fo~ this oth:er w:orld, tJhen, thlat we mUJst strive, aJnd as we srrep aside, orur Alma Ma,ter bids: u.s · l~eep up courage, and eladJ i'llJ fue aJrmor of truth fu go forth and! cOinquer. S:~arrate palths leadi butb to the saJme end and whrutlevm; crulling we may choose we must rubide by ou.rr durty. "Go thoU! thy way; alnd I g() mine; atp!alrtJ, yetJ not atfar, on1ly a

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thin veil haiDigs 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!arewell Rervere'JlJd F :atheris, dear Brorthe~s1, aU of you who ha~e been our, helofVled t:elaichers andJ gtUaJrdiarrts. Fair 1ewell until our. ba1rk shrull have . eross1ed the srtortm~ s,ea of life, and! until we harv·e fathom'ed the un!knorwnJ depths 'O£ 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:ewelt

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FRANCIS A. CLEARY, '11, Editor in Chief.

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Olne of the lWV'St! ancient ca:lumnies) hurled agwinst the churc~ is, that she iS! oppos~d! to the libera!l education of her

children. And notlwithstamd·ing1 the orver-The whelming1 fo1rce .of eVJid:ence to the c-ontrary,

Educa:tiona:l the enemies of the Fa:ithJ still dare to repeat Oonven.ti.on. the charge. ·· Either they~ we blinded by big-

otry, or el1s1e like the PiJiairistees 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,re el'o'quent 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 should1? This question! wa1s cdns:id~erecr in s1evera[ or:(] the m:ainy 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.ent:s as a,r1e annuaJly bestowed! upon secular universi.tie1s, nor~ shoruldJ we ateeutse our

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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,equire, but becaiUSe their hea~ts not being .set <m the m.ere acquiring of wealtl1, and their hopes being centered in higher things, they are ever ready to eorutribute their Jn1ite or their much, whenevm" the caru1se of Christ a1ppea~}s to them. It is not the number of churches, universiities, 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 contjinue ever to grow and flourish.

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(_yY The Very Rev. T'homa:s Oout.l;, C. S. V., Visitor General of the C:0ngregaition of the Clatechis~ts of· St. Via;to~r, is at pres­ent visiting the college. He has recently atrrived from Brus­sels, Belg·ium and is visiting Americ.ru in the int;erests of the Order in this cotuntry. , Afte:r spending some time at the va.ri-

. ou's estaiblishmenrts of the 0Tder in the United St:a:tes, he will proceed to the Obedience of M'Ontreal and thence sail for Birussels where the Mother Hous·e of the Community is situ­ated'.

Th.e annual retreat =~f the Clerics of St. Viator was held a,t the college, beg.in:ning on the 27th o:f June and ending· on the 4th of July. Rev. Fr. McGorrey, S. J., of Prairie du Ohlen preached the retrerut., au the close of "rhich Brother W. Crllick­nell, prollJOunced his first fiv·e year. VlOWS. Brother'S C. Mwrino arn.d L. Pommier renew·ed their vorws and· Rev. F. A'. Sheridan, R.ev. F. E. Munsch and Boo. J. F. Koelzer were admitted to perpetual vows. F3Jthers J. D. Kirley, F. X. Hazen, P. J. O'Lea;ry a:nd M. J. Breen were admi.tted to the rank of Mwjor Catechists of the Order.

The Feast of Oorpus Christi was observed o:n Sund:ruy, June 19t!h, witih the usu3Jl magnificence and' splendor. A laJrge eoncou:rse of laity rund1 clergy mwrehe<l in solemn proces­sion, chanting hymns 'Of praise to the Sa1CI"amenta1 God, who

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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,re 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,ernity. ·

On Pentecost Sundla~ ~our s,tudents had the happines~s of receiving our dear Loird 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 forgottien by the Fir1st Communicants. Speeia,l music haid be1en prepared by the choir utnder the dire,ction of Rev. J. V . . Rhe:atm,s', 0. S. V., ass,isrted by B·I·otlher St. Aubin, 0. S. V., and th{~ bea!Utiful cerem:.:)nie'S of Solemn High Mas:s1 were ealrTied: om in an inspiring manner. Rev. J. D·. Kirle~, 0:. S. V., wa1s ee,lebrant a1siSist:ed by R.ev. T'. OfB1~ien a1s D·e1a1CO'll! a1ndr H1ev. M. O~DonneU a:s. Sub-deacon, \vhile Rev. Bro. :Munsch, C. S. V., was M.a1st:er of Ceretno.nires·. R ev. J. P. O?JVIaihoutey delivered a l beautiful and fitting serm:.o:n on the W'O'rds 01f Christ: "My delight: is to be with the children ·~)'f ~tf,en." Tlhos:e who made their F1r!st Oommunion were l-Iar­o1d Kaminsky, Ambrose !Fitz.part;riek, J os.eph Vetters aa1d vYiHiam Per~ey. H'olt who had been barptized and veceived· into the cihurch, a:t the handis1 of 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.srting of college stud!ent,s allld parrish s:ehool ehildrern. After the ce1remon~ His Lordship visriteid the college and' wm~ plearSed to note th'e improvemJents of h1~ Alma; M:art~e:r .and a1lso to g;reert old frie1nds aru.d profeJSISr\)rs. We reg~reti thrartj his: E.pis:c:opal du­ties prevented bJim' from mnkin!gi a pr:olong1ed vi,s:it.

T!he R,t. R:ev. P. J. Rielly D'. D~., B::i:shop of Peoria! reee1nt· ly srpent 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 fa1eulty and\ stbude1ntsl, as they .aJone can do anld in{};eedJ revrery one was pl~eaiS'ed! to welcom,e him, to 8t. V:ial­ttw .s, for he rs one of her s'taulncbi 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 dip­lomas 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 ·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', · 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·ent of the orbher buildings.

At the close of the Annual Retreat the Reverend Broth­ers J. Ma,guire, 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, Riga1nd, 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,ct 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 -round 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 ·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,rm:er s:tudent of '03 anldJ '04, to Mri1Ss Angelica Palddock of D'eai<:l;Wioiod, So. Dak.ot.ai. Th,e Viatnrrian wis;he1s to felicitatte tlhe 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,ent filling the place of the Rev. PaiSt!or Olf St. Peter~s. OhUir'ch, Oconto, Wis., ·who is absent on leaiVe of s;icknes1s.

R,erv. M. J. B:reen, 0~ · S. V., is aicting chapla1in a,t the D~ominican Oonvent of the Sa1credl H·eart Academy, Spring­field, Ill.

R.erv . . P. E. BrtoJWn :Us arb presien:t touring, the continent of E1u.1rope and from the new:s received he is s1eeing tihe h1s­tl{)1rical t.hings of interest in the oldJ world.

Rev. lF:r. Rheams, the · c<ongenia1l prefect, of ·studies 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 1rus alrea!dy entered int:o his oo'v office of Vicar of St. Edward's: Ohurch, Chicago, Ill., w'here he ·will be russis:ta,nrt) to the R.ev. F 'r. Oreg~n, 0. S. V .

. George Lyons, Commercia:! '08, recently vis,ited the in-stitution 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 Spring-field.

Rev. Brother. Cracknell, form:erly of St. Viartor Institute, will pursu·e his clrussieal ,s,tudies here.

On the 9th of June the three you:ng1lev.it.eis of the se1nin­a1ry of St. Viartor, who haid received .D'eale?nship: in C'h'ic:a:go dUlringJ tlhe month of May were ord'a!lllled 1n. th!en'" r'e!SP'eetwe Drioees1e1s. The R~ev. M. Dl.:m01hUJe w:a:s ordained: by the R.t. Rev. B!isihop' Coltes, D1. D'., art1 the Oathed'ra.I in Buffalo1, N. Y., a.nd will be stationed. te·m1porwrily at the Oa,thedra.l of Helena,,

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Montatna;. 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·pect· ively in Sy.racuse, 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.''

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 Oaithedra,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'onsure and 1\fi­nor Orders while the others, Revs:. vV. J. R.emillard, P. J. O?Lea,ry, F. A. Sher1dan and: F '. A. M~uns:ch received the orders of sub-:deacon and deacon. The young priest left shortly af­ter t he cere1nonies of Ordin;artion a,nd \Yill celebrate their first 1n:a.sses in their na:tive cities,. R.ev. \V. J. R,emiUa:rd cele­brates a!t St. Jos1eph's hurch, Lake Linden, J\fkh., Rev. P. J. O'Leary a,t Holy R;osary 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\Iunsdl' art: St. Clolumbkill's, ChieagX>:, Ill. After SI]_Jend­

in: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'entes in Viri·shjng 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."

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Rev. Fr. Berg'in, is alt prese:nt giving, a1 series of lectures a:t the Catholic Chautauqua~, held in Helena, 1\fontana.

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ti1on whi1e on his1 way eas.twalr:d to :a~tt:end the ordination of his1 elrus.smate,. R1ev. Fr. D1onohue.

R.ev. Fr. R.ivarcl is replrucing the R~ev. Fr. :M::eD1evitt drur:­in1gJ the suJnm:ell'! months1 a1s pa:stor of the Ohurch of the A:seensiono, Oak Pa:rk, Illinois.

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T1he fa:cul(y is contemlprlatin'g1 the e:stablis:hm·e~nt of a "Mu:s·eum" :allld a:pp-ea1l1s: to all the f1~iends, alumni and o1d s,tud:ent1s andJ especially those students who expe!ct 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

·othel"~ a;rtielers that ·woruldl be of in:t:erest, and w"hich wnuld a1s:­,sis.t in furthering their sch:eme. All the -va:lua:ble belongi ngs of the M:us1eum 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:pecial roon1 is t io be .set 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.ppe~al.

I Class Day and Commencement

The clws:s of 19·11 m:aty be justly proud of the interesting program m:ost 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·reen, .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,te sermon, Rev. W. J. Oleaey. At 1 o'clock .a la,rge 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, '1 0. Student Activity, lVlr. J. P. O?Mahoney, '11. R,emrini,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,eph 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 fol-

lowing 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·gris1

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idan, 0. S. V., rendered deligmted selections.

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erick Shippy, Alb:ert 0"0onnell, EHa:s. Kelley, Ha:rrli·s Darche, St,ephe:n 1Vlorgan, William Cla!l'roll, Aidehemar Sarva:1~, John Wlail~slh, John Maguire, 0. 8. V., J.aa111es: Planrte, 0. S. V., Vic- . to1r Le:clarir, 0. S. V.

T'h·e :degree Bachelor of Arrts was conferred upon tT ames Lowney, 0. S. V., F :rancirs Olea1ry, Jaanes1 :F''itzge:ra;ld, Jerem:ia:h O'Mahoney, . E ldl\Va114d Q:uiUe~ Ralph Leg:ris:, Eild'er Souligne1 .

. F'ourth Yea(r Higih; 8chool dipl~oma:s, we1re1 a;warded to Eldwa;rd Tranior, Eaw.a~rd HaJr'Vey, Leo' DoemUng, Eid'wa:rd D~o,nnelly, Eld~var:d Leibach. Oomm·ereia'l diplormtals· were pre:­s,ented t,o F '. B~r,ea,ult, D1. B:urn:s:, J. OalreJ, J. Clanavan., T. Su-llivan, W. Duffey, H. F'itzg1er:ald, J. \Fi:Sieher, P'. Goudreau, 0. McOau:leY', C. J\foore, P. OrLeaLry, B. Reille~y, A. Starr', L. She.rmatn, E\. W!arters, W. Warn:er. ·

Bl Btbletic motes •I St. Virut01r, 14 ; D:e.Pa ul, 4.

As UJS:ual D,e,Paul had .n101 ter~rorSi flor the Va:r'sity on Dec­ora:tiorn d':JJy on DePu:ul field. Oomplerb:~ly out,clas:S~ed can be t,alcked on ·the we1a1rerr:s of tihe D', for in no ~stage '0f the run­away did they ha:ve a1 glimps: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:uct1ory s:ess1ion, and ws, a neee:s:s:a1ry con:s:equenc:e a trio of D'ePaulites, with O?D:onnell'.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·ers of the .northsMLe instituti~on, ( 'sea~tedJ .on the batck . porch) continued utntH the g~anl'e wa1s one-third dead ·when either the bellows bl~Oke 01r 1 the supplJi r01f vitalizing oxyg~en w.a1s being eonsutn11ed b:y, the Vams:ity's, exertions touching tihe pillows in the fatnJ ~s~essiorn. "The story runneth t!hUis :"

. ll 1 "fi d" "S 'k l' J\11oynihan first worthy to fac:e the we rnow.n n p1 e. Mullen s~ingled t lOI rig)l,t, brurb on his1 attt:ellllpt to break the Sle;v-

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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:rner 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,rrn 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. H. P. A. E. DePaul. . R. H. P. A. E. Moynihan, 1f .• •••• 2 l 4 0 0 Dolan, 3b .. ... 1 1 1 2 0 Qiuille, ss .. . . .. 4 o- 0 2 1 'He·enan, 2-o .. • ; 1 0 4 0 1 Scanlon, 3·b .. ~ ... 1 2 3 0 1 McDonald, cf .. . .1· 0 0 0 0 Coss, cf-p .. ....... 2 1 2 0 0 Kearns, lf .. ... (} 2 4 ·o-- 1 Lynch, 1o-cf .. •••• 2 I 4 0 0 .O'Donnell, lb .. .f 1 a· 0 I) ... Warner, p-1,b .. ... 1 2 3 1 0 !Byrne, ss .. •••• 0 1 2 4 0 Bergan, -c •• .. 1 2 10 1 () Crane, 0 .• . . ~.0 0 12 3 I Leinen, rf .. .. 0 0 0 0 1 Ryan, rf .. .... 0 0 0 0 1 Conroy rf.. ..0 0 0 0 0 Mullen, p .. .... 0 U' 0 1 0 Doemling 2b .. . .. 1 (} 1 2 0 Gorman, p .• • •• (f" 0 T 0 0

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Stolen bases: :Moynihan (2), Quille (2), Scanlon (1), Bergan ( 2, Doeniling ( 1), Byrn·s, Kearns, 'McDonald. Two-.oose hits: Ber­gan, 1Coss, Lynch, Kearns. - Three-base hits: Kearns. Stru-ck out: By Warner, 3; C'osst 9. By Mullen, 4; Gorman, 6. Bases on balls: Off 1Coss, 2; off Mullen, 3; Gorman, 5. Umpire: Becker. ·

St. Viator, 10; Notre Dan1e, 5.

The second g<lilne of the trip resulted in the greatest vic­tory St. ·viator has aehj.eved 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,satioool 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 tihree bingle's, being coraUed in the opener, which was keprfj up in the s1econd until the hydrruulic -vvws a.pplied and Heyl sruhstituted who ~s:uffered n:o im.1provement1s. 1Hoynihan amdJ Ooss with :four hits Hpiece andi Quille and QJC:onnelFs fieldling e1a1s:ily showed St. Viart1or to be a ball tean1 while A'Infield' s s1creeching homer and three double plays featured Nl\)tre D:ame's play. The gatme will go down as one of t.he V~rsity-';s best, a1ndJ .st:am1pS1 them as allnong the leniClers 1n

w:e1stern college ba:Seball. 1St. Viator. R. H. P. 'A. E ·. Notr-e Dame.

Moynihan, If •• ' ... . 2 4 3 0 0 O'Connell, ss .. Quille, ss .. . . . ..• 0 0 I 3 1 Arn;field, cf.. Scanlon, 3b .. .. ..1 2 -·~ 0 0 Quigley, If .. O'Connell, rb .. .. 1 1 11 0 0 Sherry; 2h .. Vv ari:J.er, rf. ~ ·· .. .. 0 1 1 0 .p Grandfield, .3b Cos:s , p .. . . . . . . 1 4 0 2 0 !Farrell, lb .. Lynch, cf .. .. ••• 0 1 3 0 0 Phil Ups, rf .. Bergan, c .. . . ••• 2 1 6 0 0 Ulatowski, -c •• Doemling, 2·b .. : .. 3 2' 0 3 0 Regan, p ..

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Stolen bases: Scanlon, Bergan, Grandfield . Two-base hits: :Moy­nihan,. Phillips. Three-.base hits: Coss, Quigley. Home runs: Arn­:field. Double .plays: Ulta wskl-Graand':field; Quigley..,Grandfield-Sherry; O'·Connell..!Bherry~F'arr-ell. Struck out: By !Coss, 6; by <Regan, 3; Heyl, 4. Bases on balls: Off Hehl~ 4. Umpire: Fitz.patrick .

St. Viarbor, 1 ; Notre D·wrne, 9. A ea1Sie of too mu:eh '' c'Oim e back'' Regain caused the V a r­

sity to lose t.he S1econd eontesrt to Notre Dall11e. Regan wa•s invincible and kept his three hits scattered while the B:ender:s torok kindly to the offerin~s ·o.f QiOonnell and '\von the fray. AJSJid'e from• R.eg1an's stunt· Sherry and Am:field starred in the field, while Doemling'.s field·ing wa1S1 t;he n1,ost redeenling fe:a~­ture of ·s. V. G.

1St. Viator .. 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 Notre Dame o· 1 0 4 l 3 0 0 * 9 11 2

rBatteries: O'Connell, ·Coss and .Bergan, Regan ari.d Ulatows.kl. Three-base hits: Farrell, Phillips. Bases ·on balls: O'·Connell, 2; Coss, 1; !Regan, 7. :Struck out: By O'Connell, 1; .Regan 8. Stolen bases: 'Moynihan, 2; Farrell, Grandlfield. Umpire: Caffey.

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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:Us1erable w:ork in the field\. dathed~al ee:rta:i!lily play·ed 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:alhoney ailJdJ Welch also: starrretd:. Clos1s and vVarner sought to stave defeat, in regmlaJr bais,eball style.

!St. Viator. R. H. P. A. E. Cathedral. R. H. P. A. E. Moynihan, If •. ... 1 1 1 0 0 Ma.honey, ss .. • ."2 l 1 3 1 Quille, ISS •• . . •.. 0 1 0 2 3 lKealey, o •• . . •• 0 1 3 2 0 Scanlon, 3b •• . ... 1 0 4 0 0 M:aokey, 3b .• .. 1 1 L s· 2 Cos-s, lp ... . . ••.•. 0 0 0 3 0 Welch, 2b .. ... 1 2 2 3 0 Warner .. lh .. .. .• 0 2 3 2 0 Sulliv:an, If .. .. 0 1 2: 0 0 Lynch, ·cp .. . . . ~ . 0 0 1 0 0 Murhpy, lb .. ... f 0 14 0 0 Do em ling, 2b .. • •• 0 0 2 1 1 !Cronin, cf .. . . .1 0 0 ·o 0 Conroy, rf .• .. ..0 1 1 0 0 Ashlender, rf. ••• 0 0 4' 0 ' 1 Bergan, ~c .. ...... 1 0 15 l 3 Normayle, ip· •• .. 0 1 0 5• 0

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Btolen 'bases: Lync·h, Mahoney, Mackey, Murp,hy, Cronin. 'rwo-base hits: 1Moynihan, Warner, Welch, 1Mahoney. Struck {)Ut: BY Coss, 15; 'bY Nonnayle, 5. Bases on ba!!s: Off Nonnoyle, 5. Um-pire: Fitzpatrick.

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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 .at Um,ps "D'oc" Quille whv soaked him a fiver. Fr. Bre~en, the giant left gatrd: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·he 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 V aa-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·er· gan, Warner, Kelly, Doemling, Quille, Scanlan, M'oynihan, 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•rks 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 ,sports>manlike, best coached, a·nd lll!ost excellent in a ll d'epa<rt.rnents of the gaane. At the be·­ginning ·o·f the sea~son: the oru:tlook 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 maiterial on qeck. However, under the management of the peerle1ss Ooa1ch Male­Donald, \Vho is himisrelf an old fan a1nd a bas~eban enthUJsiast and who has coa1ched many a team· to victory the 1S:eason 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:th; while he ran his team like ru veteran. Fit~partrick held: down hi~s former pos1i­t.ion on the 3rd sa1ck in a1n enviable manner, and eo·mment is unnecessary for• all who have ,s:een F'itz in £ormer yea~rs1 will understand ''nhen we say tha.t he played: better t·han ever. Sanesa:c, .a form1er "su:b" ' '"oT·kedJ behind the "s.tick" this yea,r and all in all man:rugedJ tO! natil the froul-tip,s a nd wild halls! in brreat ,shape. Damduratnd, 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~pit~-baU Htl"t•ist, ho~w­ever, in Dannie Boyle, aJ new eo mer, ·who w;a,s only w clos~e second to D:aLilidurand. With Dandurand's· expea.~·ience he will far outela1ss him; he i1s cool, eatsy pla,ying~ aind su1~e, and han­d les himself in big league fatsihi01n. Dillon, anot;her new re­cruit very smlwll burt, 0 my ! pla1yed ru stella1r ga~me in the left field and nabbed everything that 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.

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oDJd ,sack, 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:ostly in the· right g1rurdren: and did! admir~bly well, balcking up the wildJ ones and gma;bhing the hot. ones out of t1he a:ir. 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\)'Siitions in which he "s:uhbed" and• Christie as sub-pitch­er '\vas a valuaible as:s.et to the twirling srtaff. These m·en will be first teame1~s1 next yeair a1s some of the old timer:s will Ullr­

dou bt.edly not retu·rn. .Aill in aill · ea1ch indlivid ual player pla~red the real gao::ne through a:nd! thr~ough, and a:s a whole the tean1. 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;art to finis:h, no "quit1s" no "l1ag~g.ingr ' o:r "lying down," but they m·eant business frOin beginning to end '\Vhi-ch c:a:n be s1een fro1n the score.

Date Club R BH E Pitchers Visiting Club R BH E Pitchers Curley

May 10 Minims 13 9 0 Boyle Junior 2nds 5 3 ·o Pemble May 14 Minims 6 5 5 Dandurand St. Phillips H. S. 3 1 3 Hackett May 21 Minims 18 7 2 Dandurand K. K. K. 0 1 5 Sommers May 25 Minims 3 4 2 Boyle St. Mels 0 1 3 Liston

Gess May 27 Minims 12 13 2 Dandurand Palmer Pk. 2 5 4 Hubbard May 28 Minims 12 ll 2 Boyle Momence 1 4 5 Mitchell May 30 Minims 2 7 3 Boyle Holy Angels 1 3 2 J. Liman June 1 Minims 8 7 2 Burkhardt Bradley 0 2 4 5heehan

Boyle Madsen June 3 Minims 8 8 6 Dandurand Palmer Pk. 4 13 2 Lindquist

Burkhardt June 6 Minims 6 7 6 Boyle Bradley 4 8 4 Sheehan

Dandurand June 11 Minims 9 7 19 Boyle Armour Sq. 17 9 4 O'Brien

From the ~s~chedule it is seen thart the Minims lost but one gatine, .amd althoug1h fhe big end of the sc:ore was, not in

f their favor it mea1nt m.ore tha~ victory. The game with Ar-{~~ 111,0rur Squa:.re was p1aiyed under p['otest a1s the ail'tiC'le of the , i~ CtO!ntract, eoneerning the weig1ht of the vi.sitorSI had beerr vio-}v. lated! 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:ey tipped the s!c:a~es to a m,ark 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 alccou:nts for the fa:ct th~at they were aJ little "off edge." AJs ii:J is the Mlinim 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~urr­ty, 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 banquiet at which monogram,s and! ,sweat­er jackets were given to the m:etmheT's 01f the team, who proudly bea1r t!he sta1te championship tJihle.

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De.a~ Friend : I herewith taik~e 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,ing. It's caned R1ic·e P'a;per andJ r jusrt impOirted iJWlooty Rheaims 10f it from Windsor Oaiilada. B·efo~:r~e I go a:ny furtheT I mu:s,t tell you of the new stud1ent th.art arriveJdJ at th'e college y~este~rd!a_or.

He is a tall Marnly fellow with drurk B~rown1 Ou:rley 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 Bloy 1 e on his neck a ind will p.eT<S1ist 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 faither is a B:akell". His1 arrival wa~1 m~ost: aus.pi.oious :Cor . the Bo~s gathered' a lround him: a~ he wenrt to . s:ee the Gym. Of coluMe the poo~ lakl go·t AI' exeit1ed a[)JdJ begalll to cry. Tlhe eollege boy,s imtrneldi:a~tel~y alslsUJI'1eJd' him1• tham there would be no

Hlaz.en 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 mlore 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

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hears their intention thallll he hacks u:p: agai.nJs,t the WaJI. S·pit:z on his h~llldls a:nd 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·ell ,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_lediat,ely Gl'13.1nt it. Tllre reas1orn fvT tlhiiSI .:Ls that when he _r eceived' his trunk he pa1s's;ed 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 orut w·est. He nev.er miss1es his D'aley trip to the VV:oods :aud! if he is1 nom Rowan . he wil'l s.it 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 a cold: orver on the otherr s1idle lalsrti 'v'eek aind 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.

If anyo1ne w'a,nt;s t01 know m·y ndeknalme it ist "Kil'"'sir."

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