VOL. XXIX. NOTRE DAME, INDIANA, FEBRUARY 29, 1896. No. 22.

The First of Our Patriots.* Our Fathers and Our Flag. HON. WILLIAJI p. BREEN, '74. I. "•OD chooses men as builders pick the stones HILE I regret as an American Wherewith they raise vast temples; great or small. that the observance of this day Unhewn or polished, there is place for all,— is waning, I am proud as an The meanest serfs are props of proudest thrones. old student of Notre Dame, to Child-laughter is a part, the heart-fetched groans ^# note that it has always been, Of storm-racked manhood, and the low, sweet call and is, here a festal day—a day Of maid beloved to her lover-thrall,— among days. Since the great Sorin first set foot Life is a symphony of myriad tones. here, the Twenty-second of February has been celebrated by the students of this great Uni-. Not to the Leader, greatest though he be versity with the spirit and fervor which always Of knights God-given to Freedom's hallowed cause. distinguish Notre Dame. We Americans are Not to the Captain only, but his ranks becoming more coldly practical and less senti­ Of dauntless, winter-tortured men, should we mental as each year passes by. We are content Give praise and glory and the mad huzzas to enjoy the blessings of the hour to the full, That ring for heroes—voice a nation's thank's. without ever reflecting by whom our great IL present was wrought; we are content that it is so, and never think of the deeds or the men that The record of a hundred hopeless fields. made it so. Our country's past, which this day The story of grim bivouacs in the stare should bring out in bold relief, is enveloped in Of Want and Hunger, and that fierce Despair grandeur and is not surpassed in greatness in all Who swoops when soul to clam'rous body yields. history. The story which this day brings fresh And battles Faith and Hope, the patriot's shields. and vivid to American minds, has no parallel Till Love, most potent "of the Three, doth bare ,His arm to strike—this legend jewelled, rare. in the annals of the past. All that we have been, . Illumes Columbia's flag—the sword she wields. all, that we are, all that we hope to be. is inti­ mately associated with this day. We commem­ "God and our Land!" Our fathers' faith was strong. orate the natal day of the best and greatest Their hope was mighty, and the crimson tide character in all our historj'-, the sublime hero, Which Love poured out, Faith's white, incarnadined; statesman and man, aye, " the greatest of good . And' so our colors chant their battle-song, men and the best of great men." The mention of Hope's azure and the white their life-blood dyed— our country springs from the association of the The fairest flag that streams along the wind. name to which we would fain do honor to-day." DANIEL VINCENT CASEY, '95. * Address delivered on the morning of the Twenty- * Two sonnets read at the raising of the flag on Wash­ second at the dedication of the flag-staff and flag pre­ ington's Birthday. sented to the University by Mr. Murdock. 34^ NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

While we boast of our countr}'- as the best on this fidelity to country to which Washington gave sublunary sphere, our hearts swell with pi-ide as such magnificent mould, lends renewed interest we point to the ideal character who watched at to the celebration of to-day by a generous gift, her birth and was the first to lead her infant which symbolizes to the American his country, steps—the leader among the great minds and her constitution and her genius—her flag. He hearts which labored and broke that this gov­ is to be commended for his selection of the ernment of the people might be. perennial. gift and his happy.choice of the day on which We meet to-day to fan the fire of jDatriotism to make it. Down deep in his big heart, I think which burns, and will burn, by the urn of our he scarcely calls it gift, but, rather, a grateful immortal Washington. The contest which he acknowledgment or token of his appreciation waged to signal victory for right, for self- of the lessons of fealty to country and to flag, government, for free thought, for-free speech, which enfibred his soul during his college days. has been the liberty-lover's inspiration for over It was not unexpected that honor and fortune a century in every quarter of the globe. What should have attended the man whose impres­ at this hour nerves the arm of the Cuban in sionable years were passed, under the influences his struggle for self-government but the senti­ of this great University. This day is full of ment and instinct of liberty, which are indig­ significance to us all. There is suggestion, there enous to American soil and to which form and is meaning, there is force in the erection of this power were first imparted by the never-to-be flag-staff and the unfurling of our country's forgotten " Father of his Countr}'^!" The sjDirit of flag at its.high head. The staff that bears our him whose indestructible memory we revere to- flag, in its invisible altitude, pierces the battle­ da}'^, developed the power which was so exquis­ ments of Heaven to the abode of the patriot's itely presented by the present great Executive God. Pure patriotism is God-given. The patriot —brainful and senseful follower of the first is God-like. All tell.us that love of country President of these United States—in the strong should be nurtured and kept alive that our and inevitable suggestion to Great Britain, that aspirations may be high and broad and honor­ she should not encroach upon the domain of a able. No man can have more goodness of sister republic in the South American continent. heart, more wealth and depth of brain, more Notre Dame has always been patriotic. Every culture, more manhood than is needful, for the aspiration here is permeated with patriotism. citizen of these United States. Having these, The great Congregation of the Holy Cross has shall we be true American citizens—the world's honored itself, and was, and is, honored in highest and noblest title—and thus shall we the selection of a distinguished, scholarly, high- best pay tribute to the deathless memory of minded, versatile priest to be its leader in these Washington and be prepared to do our duty to United States, who was a chaplain in the Fed­ our country!. - ' - , eral army, and whose presence on the field of Gettysburg has given the painter's brush most grateful inspiration. Patiiotism, the first lesson Sleep, a Therae for the Poets. for American youth, has alwaj'^s been imparted here ungrudgingly, vigorously and fruitfully. The authorities of the nation and of the state WALTER B. GOLDEN, 97. have found no Avelcome more royal, no recep­ tion itnore congenial than that with which Notre It is curious that sleep has ever been a favorite Dame—-all Notre Dame—has greeted them. No subject with the poets. :Shakspere, in more than matter what others may do, if the unthinking two hundred and fifty; places, makes his char­ spirit of the age shall, in its fruition of the acters si rig;it s grateful praise. Cervantes riiakes present forget the past; there shall be one shrine the grotesque Sancho Panza laud it in his well- -of patriotism wherein the lights shall never be Jcnoivvri words, which our own John Godfrey extinguished, and wherein the glorious memory Saxe torifirms, by adding a line of his own: , of Washington shall be niched for the w6rship- ... "God bless the man who firstinvente d sleep, pers of the good and the great, and that shrine • So Sancho Panza says, and so say I." shall be Notre Dame. The patriotic spirit that In the poems of John Keats may be foiind invests Notre Damie has again /takien form,. many passages treating of sleep. In its relation to-day. _-, " .•''^"-. -?;^'•;~'r'-^ - - \'-^'.-^l '','''•''•"•t o poietry He devotes a long and, I may say, one An old student, now in high and honorable ;of his best poems: I have selected only a few of station in life, whoJnibibed liere'die.lessoifs of the more striking verses from this composition:

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"Soft closer "of our eyes, • ' Southey seems to take a-different view of sleep, Low murmurer of tender lullabies! from most of the other poets: Slight hoverer around our happy pillow. " Thou hast been call'd, O sleep I the friend of woe;. But 'tis the ^«^/j' who, have call'd thee so." \ Most happy listener when the morning blesses The following extract is from Mrs. Hemansn Thee for enlivening all the cheerful eyes "Oh, lightly, lightly tread! , That glanceso brightly at the new sunrise." A holy thing-is sleep. I could quote passage after passage from On the worn spirit shed Keats, all of which show the deep appreciation And eyes that wake to weep." which he felt for that mysterious phenomenon Wordsworth, whose sonnets are justly con­ of Nature; but I will content myself with one sidered among the best written in the English from his masterpiece. I think it is superiorto tongue, devotes one to this same subject. Like the other quotations given above: Chaucer, he also complains that sleep will not "0 Magic Sleep! O comfortable bird, attend him.. Everything in nature has its rest, That brood'st o'er the troubled sea of the mind but he must lie in sleeplessness. The sonnet is-; Till it is hushed andsmooth! O unconfined Restraint! imprisoned liberty! great key well constructed, and is a real sonnet, so Lwill To golden palaces, strange minstrelsy, not apologize for quoting it in full: Fountains grotesque, new trees, bespangled eaves. "A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by. Echoing grottos, full of tumbling waves One after one; the sound of rain and bees And moonlight, ay, to all the mazy world." Murmuring; the fall of rivers, winds and seas, - Then Shakspere—a whole paper might be Smooth fields, white sheets of water and pure sky; • devoted to his passages on sleep. His figures By turns have all been thought of, yet I lie . Sleepless; and soon the small bird's melodies are particularly striking. He, as do many of Must hear, first uttered from my orchard trees; - the other poets, likens it to death; and indeed And the first cuckoo's melancholy cry. there is a particular resemblance between these Even thus last night, and two nights more, I lay- two mysteries: An'd could not win"thee. Sleep, by any stealth!. "O sleep! O gentle sleep, So do not let me wear to-night away: Nature's soft nurse, how have Without thee what is all the morning's wealth? Come, blessed barrier between day arid day. - I frighted you?" Dear mother of fresh thoughts and joyous health." "Shake off this drowsy sleep, death's counterfeit, and look The last two lines are especially worthy of on death itself." note. In them we have a very poetic definition, .... • • a t I I • " O sleep, thou ape pf death, lit dull upon her." of sleep. r The tribute which Shakspere pays to sleep Sleep has, by no means, been = a theme for.': in the following passage, is one well worthy of the great poets only; as we may find very-, the poet. It is the deep thankfulness of a tired beautiful" compositions b}"- what are called the mind for a boon so gracious and refreshing. " lesser lights." Anne Reeves Aldrich's poem, , Shakspere is certainly the only man who could "A Prayer," is one which cannot fail to enlist/ use the figure of speech so appropriately. our sympathy. In reading it wp instinctively, "Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleeve of care. feel.the reserve power of its author: > , The death of each day's life, sore labor's bath, "A morrow rnust come on i - . Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course. When I shall wake to weep, , • Chief nourisher.in life's feast!" But just for some short hours, . - Geoffrey, Chaucer, the pioneer of English songi God give me sleep! .- is quoted by Keats in his "Sleep and Poetry." " I ask not hopes return. As I have sowed.1 reap; . "As I lay in my bed slepe full unmete ,.; Grief must awake %ith dawn, Was unto me, but why that I xie might ' Yet oh, to sleep!. . •' . - • Rest, I ne wist, for there n'earthly wight (As I suppose) had more of hartes ese ' "No dreams, dear God, no dreams,. .- , • ThanT, for n'had sickness nor disease." Mere slumber, dull and deep,, " ' ; Such as Thou givest brutes,.-.: . ; ,;.; Byron says: • Sleep, only sleep I'-'f " . , ; ; • "Sleep hath:its own world, ; - >^ • . r - And a wide^^realm of Avild reality.", , \ As the object of this paper is merely to shovv by a few illustrations, the prevailing, idea;of Coleridge has said many good things on sleep: rnost poets on this subject,.! do not think,it • \ '"Sleep,"the wide blessing, seem'd to me V ' , = "Distemper's worst calamity."; . \. . -, necessary, if it. were practicable, to quote from,, Arid again::, : ...... ^ { all of thehi. Patrick Procter Alexander has a '."O sleep,'it js a gentle thing ; _ -.;,,- ----S: sonnlet on sleep, which, to be fully appreciated' . ~. _* Beloved from; pole to pole!" ...,. '\,.: - must be taken in its entirety:' . % - • .\ 348 NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

"Come to me now! O come! benignest sleep? tion for all hearts in his lofty bearing, his And fold me up as evening doth a flower. generous sentiments and his comprehensive From my vain self and vain things which have power charity. In every act of his administration, he Upon my soul to make me smile or weep, And then thou comest, O like death so deep— sought the happiness of his fellow-citizens. His No dreary boon have I of thee to crave system for the attainment of this object was to More than may come to him that in the grave overlook all personal, local and partial consider­ Is heedless of the night-winds how they sweep. ations; to contemplate the United States as one I have not in me lialf the cause of sorrow great whole; to yield to candid reflection, and Which is in thousands who must not complain; to consult only the substantial and permanent And yet this moment, if it could be mine interests of his country. To lapse and pass in sleep, and so resign. All that must yet be borne of joy and pain, Without any predilection for his own judg­ I scarcely know if I would wake to-morrow." ment, he weighed with attention every argument It is almost impossible to read the works of which was at any time brought to his view. any great poet, and not find some.allusion to The Constitution was his guide and he never sleep. Some cause for this must exist. Perhaps abandoned it. His policy was to maintain the poet, wearied by the great mental strain friendly relations with all the nations of the caused by his work, was unable to sleep. One earth, but to be independent of these, and to thing is clear, whatever may have been the share in the broils of none. By a firm adher­ cause, our literature is none the poorer for the ence to such principles and to the neutral policy many poetical compositions which have sleep which had been adopted, he brought on himself for their theme. a torrent of abuse from the factious papers of this country and from the enmity of the dis­ contented of all descriptions. But having no "Washington and Our Day. hidden object in view, he was not to be diverted from his cause by these attempts to withdraw the confidence of his constituents from him. " I FRANCIS P. MC.MANUS (LAW '96). have nothing to ask," he says, "and discharging my duty, I have nothing to fear from invective. When the intelligence of the death of Wash­ The acts of my administration will appear when ington was announced on the 14th of December, I am no more, and the intelligent and candid 1799, John Marshall rose from his seat in the part of mankind will not condemn my conduct House of Representatives and thus addressed without recurring to them." the members: "The melancholy event which was yesterday announced with doubt, has been Truly, as Bayer has put it," he stands alone rendered but too certain. Our Washington is and unapproachable, like a snow' peak rising no more! The hero, the patriot, the sage of above its fellows into the clear air of morning, America, the man on whom in times of danger with a dignity,, constancy and purity which every Q.y& was turned and all hopes placed, lives have made him the ideal type of civic virtue now only in his own great actions and in the to succeeding generations." Born beneath a hearts of an affectionate and afflicted people." humble roof, engaging in early youth in the " Nothing in his life service of his country, rising rapidly to. the Became him like the leaving it; he died ' highest offices of trust and influence withip the As one that had been studied in his death giving of his countrymen, he passed uncorplipted To throw away the dearest thing he could through the temptations that office afforded As 'twere a careless trifle." him. He lived indeed not for us alone, but for It is not tor-me to refresh your minds with all nations. even a brief biography of his career; you know Let us pause for a moment and take home it too well. The infant in his mother's arms is to our hearts the wise and judicious counsels, taught to revere his name, and, as he glides into embraced in, his farewell address. His pur­ manhood, the true ideal of all that is patriotic pose in this his vale'dictory was to present the permeates his mind and finds root in his soul. results of his keen observation and clear reflec­ Much of his influence over the niinds of his tions upon the character of our institutions, and countrymen was due to his character as a man, to utter such words of recommendation as and it has been said that there was a fasciha- might befit the Occasion. With all the fidelity of a counsellor and friend, he points, out the * Oration delivered in Washington Hall, on the after­ two evils which seemed to him most likely to noon of the 22d,at the celebration commemorating the birth of Washington. imperil the safety of the nation—^the danger NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. 349 from excessive party-spirit and that from for­ republic are threatened by a foreign pow^er, he eign alliances. Subsequent history has shown is capable of worthily upholding the precedents that he has not overestimated .the latter of established by the illustrious men who pre­ these dangers. ceded him. Strong and vigorous as were the - In the light of recent events I am impressed terms of his recent message, it is nowhere unfair with the desire to make mention of a matter or immoderate. Indeed, the condition of the which was, until recently, of great moment to all Venezuelan affair was so critical that nothing the Christian world—the Venezuelan dispute. was left to the United States but to surrender You are all but too well acquainted with the the Monroe Doctrine or to act as the Presi­ causes that have stirred up this feud between dent advised. As he himself said: "Having Great Britain and the United States, and we labored faithfully for many years to induce cannot pick up a press sheet to-day but we may Great Britain to submit this dispute to impartial read something concerning the Monroe Doc­ arbitration, and havingbeen now finally apprized trine. This doctrine is none else than a corollary of her refusal to do so, nothing remains but to of Washington's declaration that "Americans accept the situation, recognize its plain require­ should not concern themselves in the politics ments and deal with it accordingly." of Europe." And such were Monroe's words: By her constitutional pledges, by her tradi­ "We owe it, therefore, to candor and the amic­ tions, by her sentinients and instincts, by the able relations existing between the United memory of all her immortal leaders, the United States and those powers, to declare that we States is, in a special manner, consecrated to should consider any attempt on their part to the maintenance of that pan-Americanism extend their system to any portion of this hem­ of which the Monroe Doctrine is at once the isphere as dangerous to our peace and safety. animating spirit and the embodied creed. With the existing colonies or dependencies of But from out that dark and threatening cloud, any European power we have not interfered which had almost completely enshrouded our and shall not interfere. But with the govern­ fair and spotless republic with the gloomy aspect ments who have declared their independence of war, there comes the white dove of peace, and have maintained it, and whose independ­ winging her way through the nebulous atmos­ ence we have, on great consideration and on just phere, across the broad Atlantic, bearing the principles acknowledged, we could not view welcome message of harmony and concili­ any interposition for the purpose of oppressing ation. On, on she comes with sure and certain them, or controlling in any other manner their speed. Let nothing obstruct her in her glorious destiny, by any European power in any other passage until she has alighted at the seat of light than as the manifestation of an unfriendly our government, there to disseminate the glad disposition towards the United States." tidings to all American citizens that Great These "words, though uttered more than sev­ Britain acceded to our demands. enty years ago, have had the sanction of every Once more the fear of pillage and rapine to succeeding president. Only recently our present our untainted commonwealth is thus allayed. , executive gave notice, through Great Britain, Once more the admonition of the immortal to all the world that in American affairs, the Washington has been listened to and heeded. United States is and must be supreme, and that Again we may breathe the pure air of tran­ the Monroe Doctrine "cannot'become obsolete quillity, and rejoice with that deep-seated spirit while our republic endures." This fair and of patriotism which ever dwells in all loyal clear declaration of the determined will of the American hearts. people of the United States to maintain the Citizens of this great and glorious democracy; independence of all American countries, and if ever you are called upon by the voice-pf to guarantee their soil protection from Euro­ your country to take up arms to repel an invader pean aggression, is the more satisfactory because from your shores, if ever the terrible choice it comes from one whose Americanism, though between a mighty war, with all its grim and always conservative, had not unfre'quently been dreadful consequences, and a dishonorable doubted. peace is thrust upon you, muster round your It has been said that President Cleveland Stars and Stripes; rally to the colors of your never fully appreciated or sympathized with the American standard; hold aloft and protect your • true grandeur of our nation; but it is most Star Spangled Banner: gratifying to learn that these doubts were unjust "Oh, long may it wave and that, where the interests and dignity of the O'erthe land of the free and the home of the bravel" " ;5o NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

Varsity Verse. The Painter of "The Angelus.'

FORTUNES FORELOCK. Two gallant-knights, most goodly sights, THOMAS B. REILLY, 97. Were seated on "the stile;" ' A damsel sweet, these two did greet With quite a winning smile. La Hague, the land of plowed fields and With visors closed, the knights arose, broad pastures, the world ofpeasants with their And tottered back aghast; wooden shoes and home-spun frocks, farm life, Their stujior broke, the two awoke simplicity—such was the home of. Millet. In To find the maid had passed. the little hamlet of Gruchy, belonging to the And now they meet in dark retreat Province of Greville, in 1814, the chief of the To sorrow, smoke and talk, And wonder when the maid again Barbizon school was born. Will take another walk. The members of the family following the T. T. C. labor of the fields were plain, simple peasants. TO A "TWENTIETH CENTURY" COOK. Away from the noise and artificiality of the busy {For a copy of Marion. Harland^ world, Jean Francois grew up with nature,— If muse of mine could dreams inspire the nature that he loved and studied so well. Such as you shafje in flour and stuff. The fields with their flocks of slieep^ the past­ That Jonquet sells, I'd never tire ures and meadows, the bits of woodland here Of framing rhymes, or grind enough To satisfy the Avorld's desire. and there, and the sea just beyond,—all these The brown-gold madrigals you bake. charmed his soul and awoke responsive echoes Your lyrics done in white and cream. in his heart. The.chords of beauty and truth were Your nocturnes—^ah! who would not stake touched,—chords which in after years, beneath His joy that they are what they seem? his master-hand, sounded full and strong, leav­ You make—^j'es, more, you take the cake! S. E. E. ing their harmony on canvas sheets to delight IN PQ.MPOUS STYLE. the ages that followed. In pompous style when students write His early dajT'S were passed in the fields and Of Pan and Zeus, none take delight To touch the lyre and chant the praise meadows, helping his father as best he could, Of Grecian gods, or sing fond lays for he was the eldest son. Nor was his education To her the fair goddess of light. neglected. He was a good Latin scholar, and We younger bards oft set aright r could write in a pleasing yet firm style. He A faulty verse; for in our sight was devoted to the Bible, and loved Virgil. He The muse abhors a lofty phrase In pompous style. read much and read well. The days came and went for eighteen sum­ Behold, true friends, for Art is bright! "What's read at morn is dead at night;" mers before Jean-gave a sigh of the awakening Let not thy verse in college days in his soul of a sense of the beauty so lavishly Be rugged, as the critic says. manifest in the world around him. It was one Or quickly written, as I might— morning, as he came along the road from Mass, In pompous style. ' that he saw an old man, bent with the weight - . M.J. C. of years, moving along slowly in the fore­ NOT A :MYSTERY. As he stood in admiration, ground. The-movement and perspective of the Looking down along his side, scene flashed upon hirri. Hie stood for a moment With his watch just half way open. watching the lines- of^ light and shadow, then He betrayed a look of pride. walked quickly homeward. Reaching the house From the stealthy way he did it ; And the bright'ning of his face, he seized, a piece 6£,charcdal-and drew from T'in certain that there mu^t have been. rriemory. the lines-as/he remembered them. A^Avomah in the case. ;• J. W. L. This was Millet's firstA'pictiire," and in it were

'-'•'-: ONLY A TRIFLE.-., the germs of that sti-ength of movement arid ,/-She gave me a rose, ' life, that purity and depth.of feeling, that made !; .And smiled as she gave it. • his after-work the' admiration and .wonder of , ,, Ah!: nobody knows,*: ' ' the whole .world of art;/.'. 1 ; :, _.L V'^^Vhen, she gave me a, rose, • " : .'}-. ./How it banished'my; woes, --- -- "' ^ His father, seeing^the talent of ^ the boy,; sent . -.; Aiid: lightened my-spirit.; ' .- ', him to Cherbourg,-; where/under iM.ouchell he . -She gave .me. a. rose, .. • .'. learned ther first criide' principles of art.. At :;- And smiled' as she gave, it> v ' >. - the 'end of twQ.m ohths his} father.died, and Jean mm&mmmmmmm:/^'//;t.->->i;r-. NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC, 351 was called home to look after the estate. His from a study of his subjects we realize one father's last wish was that his son should be thing very strongly, that he knew how to choose kept to his study, so Jean returned to Cherbourg his subjects. And indeed art is but a selection. and entered the studio of Langlois. His talent Millet's was of position, color and surroundings. aroused public notice, and an annuity of four His works are full of suggestiveness. He fol­ hundred francs was given to him that his edu­ lowed Nature, and though he gave us faithful cation might be completed in Paris. In 1837, copies of her handiwork, still he never showed Millet entered the school of Delaroche, and her to us in her ugliness (if such a thing exists), though at first his style was influenced by the for he loved beauty too -well. He gave us the, master, he soon broke the rules and followed "thorns with the roses; the shadows with the the teachings of his own mind. His first sunlight," and is not this Nature as we best exhibit in the Salon of th'e Louvre was obtained know her? in 1840. This was a victory for the "man of the His coloring has been compared to that of woods," as he was called by his companions in the Italian and Dutch masters. And in tech­ the studio. The Academy at this time system­ nique, which is color, composition and action, atically snubbed the new school. Rousseau he had few superiors. As a composer his work could not endure the humiliation of a refusal, ranks among the first. The composition of a and withdrew; Delaroche was fortunate in his subject was to him an art, which he, in turn, choice and treatment of subjects and obtained a gracefully hid with an art. His representation fair recognition; Dupre would not exhibit,and of action is a characteristic mark, and is the Corot found an impassable barrier in the jurors first thing to force itself upon the beholder. of the institution. There seems to be life in every stroke—no It was in keeping with the false scholasticism line without "its meaning. He was minute and of the time that the jurors of the Academy should broad at the same time, a trait which many object to Millet's technique. They recognized of his critics fail to give him credit for. His but one school, and gave place only to one class pictures have thought and expression. And art of work. But the school of Delaroche—of which is great only as the expression is great. His Ingres was the stronger, and Delaroche the works are worthy and capable of much study. weaker—fast lost its hold on the world of art, and If the great poet be a great man, even so is then broader views were taken. The French are the true artist a man whose nature grasps the to-day the most zealous guardians of Millet's meaning of many things, whose mind and heart works. It is now admitted that he had a power­ are capable of the most ennobling thoughts. ful, influence on art in America and France. He ' Not by words does he give expression to his feel- . is noted for his expression, tone and beauty. ings, but by the painted canvas sheet. There, " He took the types of the rude peasants and among the lines of light and shadow, you may made them the types of mankind." They, in see his soul, thought, life—greatness. Like the the labor of the fields, were his leading theme. masterpiece of the true poet, his theme may, be He made a simple figure show all that was good strong and deep, requiring thought and study or bad in humanity. His best works are "The to understand it. We may go ten, twenty, or a Angelus," " The Reaper," and " Waiting." hundred times, and each visit to the canvas will The style and talent of Millet chahged between show us some new line, light, or shadow, con­ the years 1841-1852. He began to assume an tributing to the harmony and meaning of the individuality. He lost the tone and spirit of De­ whole, that never before appeared to.us. .A laroche and painted with a fervor and warmth, thousand hidden-beauties are 1 there, and an - together with a strength of movement that made association of ideas seem-to cling to the subject, his work an entirely different thing. His life revealing, one by one the thought and beauty was not the most pleasant. During the Insur­ of the whole. - And when.we understand, then rection of 1849 he and Jacques went to Barbizon. only can.we fully appreciate the merit of the. Here his work gave evidence of thought and work, the greatness of the artist, and the.lesson study. He .caught the echo of country life, of the canvas. But in art one miist.feel for one's : its work, its misery, and its peace. Here he . self.. The effect and value of a painting cannot, remained until his death, living in that com­ be sold or, given;away, any; more; than- the munion with nature that only the poet or the- beauties of Dante could,be handed to you by : artist knows. - " another. As:we read.the poet's lines, so should • According to the standard of criticisni of we read -the.canvas of the artist—-not merely 1 ©ur day, his taste is considered excellent.-Arid readj'.but.study.; ,-.:-- ^' • ' ; ,• ; 352 NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

anything more intelligent than themselves? Thomas Carlyle. His ideal government was one with absolute power over the people; for therein,he claimed, HUNTER jr. BEXXETT, 97. lay their happiness. " I think," he says, with characteristic vigor, " if they would give it to The romantic halo surrounding the life and me to provide the poor with labor, and with death of Keats has been so irresistible to our authority to make them work or shoot them— modern critics that the centenary of Thomas and I to be hanged if I did not do it—I could Carl3-le himself has passed by without notice. find them in plenty of Indian meal." To say that Carlyle was responsible for this Carlyle's writings were seriously affected in would be unjust. For almost half a century he the beginning of his career by the German style was recognized as one of the leading men of he had cultivated during his studies in that letters in England, and now, fifteen years after language. The success of "Sartor Resartus" his death, the opinions then formed concerning was greatly retarded by the unfamiliarity of the him do not seem to have materially changed. British public with the style and subject. After If we wished to find a reason for this apparent the appearance of this book he wrote several neglect, we might attribute it to the fact that essays, but his success as a writer was not so much has been written about him that there assured until he produced the " French Revo­ remains nothing more to say. Carlyle's place lution." This book, which had been described in literature is alread}'- fixed, and we are fast by some enthusiastic critics as a prose epic, is, learning to regard him as classic, if not one of taken from all points of view, probably the the ancients. Although we may not accept best of his works. Although it does not show many of his theories, we cannot fail to recog­ the untiring labor in details that we find in nize his great ability and the influence he has " Frederick," nor the keen perception of his had upon our literature. He stands in the " Cromwell," nevertheless, the splendor of its foremost rank as a historian, essayist and phil­ dramatic scenes renders it unsurpassed. The osopher, not on account of the truthfulness artistic work in his "Life of Sterling" and the of his doctrines, but as the representative of humor of his " Essays" are other qualities that opinions supported by a mighty moral force are found in the writings of this Scotch genius and a great genius. whose only fault seems to have been a too Carlyle, as a man, was firm, self-reliant and great loyalty to his convictions. dogmatic. It is no wonder that the great Jeffrey, after vainly trying to tone down his magazine articles, regrets that so great a genius Books and Magazines. should be so conceited. Emerson says that Carlyle first impressed him as being a gardener —Caspar Whitney is ready for his dash into who had found leisure enough to read Shak- the Barren Grounds. In the March Harper's spere, Plato, Augustine and Calvin. The stern he engages Beniah, mightiest of the Dog-Rib conditions of his bojdiood had developed this hunters, as his chief of staff, and cuts the fire­ rough nature of his and had given him that wood he must take with him on his journey independent, positive character which is mani­ into the treeless waste. No light undertaking, fest in every line he wrote. Thus we see that this braving-of the dangers of an Arctic winter; his reputation as a critic rests upon his magnif­ even the Indians look upon him as a madman icent gift of perception and his indefatigable who will rush on to certain death. But Whitney spirit in the study of details; but we invariably has knightly stuff in him, and his spirit rises as find that in his criticisms of those with whom new dangers confront him. It is good to know he does not agree, his judgment is very fallible. that in this luxurious age, wehave nien who will In^his views on government he held positive endure cold and hunger and hardships unim- opinions which experience had conclusively agined merely to catch sight of musk-oxen and refuted even before his time.. To him liberty wood-bison. Mr. Alden does well to give Whit­ and the British Constitution were the product ney the place of honor: of socialistic principles that would never bring "Colonel Washingtqn,"by Woodrow Wilson happiness to. the people. He maintained that is a notable study of the-youth'ahd early man­ ignorance .would ^ be the outcome of liberty; hood of .the'young, Virginian who marked the for how could the masses of the people, indi­ boundaries of-Lord Fairfax's estate and saved vidually ignorant, be expected to produce. the shattered, remnants of Braddock's scarlet

^i£yi:^ ^4tWi?^-V.-:.i;,:!\-:^cf< NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. 3 c'' squares from utter rout. Here are set down the grandson of a Revolutionary soldier, and the doings of the young surveyor and proud through the latter a kinsman of Colonel Ethan soldier who begged to be allowed to serve Allen of Vermont fame. Through Mr. Allen's wjthout pay rather than take the pittance veins flows the blood of the heroes of'76,a"nd he which Virginia paid her officers. Howard Pyle is peculiarly fitted by study and personal qiial- knows the colonial period as no other artist ities for the task which he has accomplished. does, and his illustrations are strong and elo­ "Washington, Or the Revolution" is pubr quent. Park Benjamin's "The Nerves of a War- lished in two parts of five acts each. The acts, Ship" is timely, but nothing more, and the in turn are made up of from five to ten scenes. "Money-Borrowers" of Junius Henri Browne The work is not, of course, intended for the is simply a study of the parasites of modern stage, and in consequence it escapes the twisting life, with never a suggestion of a remedy for and adapting of facts which would otherwise the plague. be necessary. Its limitations, happily, are very William Black's " Briseis " takes a new turn, few, since the unities of the drama may be dis- and it appears that Georgie of the sun-kissed • pensed with arid no thought need be given to locks begins to rue the art she used in landing the mechanism of the stage. In the space of .young Frank Gordon. A telegram calls her to four successive scenes, the reader is taken from America, and her Highland lover discovers Washington's camp at Cambridge to the castle Briseis and finds out too late that it is she whorn of the Landgrave of Hesse, then to Bucking­ he loves. He, too, tries the ocean voyage. The ham palace where King George and his Ministers other serials, "The German Struggle for Lib­ are consulting, and finally, back to America erty" and "Joan of Arc," draw to their crises and Independence Hall during the Declaration. and are uniformly good. Owen Wister reveals This ability of the author to annihilate time and the fact that Lin McLean's friend, the Virginian, space at pleasure is one of the chief merits of has a heart, and makes him lose it to a school- the book. The logical sequence of events occurs, ma'am from Vermont, a great-granddaughter and the dramatic form, in which the characters of Molly Stark. " Where Fancy Was Bred " is of history are made to speak and move and" one of Mr. Wister's best stories. Julian Ralph show their hopes and fears and motives, like has yet another sketch of Chinese life, " The flesh and blood creatures, brings home to us the ' Boss' of Ling-Foo," and Helen Huntington true aspect of things as no narrative can. A offers a striking story of the Salvation Army, series of pictures faithful to fact, and colored "Jane Hubb's Salvation." In the "Editor's by action, are impressed on the memory. All Study " Charles Dudley Warner paints a " Dream matter not to be found in the dialogue is Republic" that is an idealized portrait of our given in the foot-notes. No more interesting own. It is a graceful bit of writing. The and effective method of assimilating the history verse in the March Harper s is distinctly inferior and atmosphere of the times could be devised. —but then "magazine" verse has come to be a Part the First opens at a time, shortly pre-r byword with the paragraphers. vious to the "Boston Tea Party," and with skilful dove-tailing of scenes, covers the period WASHINGTON; OR THE REVOLUTION. A drama by Ethan Allen. Parts I. and II. F. Tennyson Neely, up to General Burgoyne's surrender. In it Chicago. Washington and Benjamin Franklin-are the^ There are dramas for the stage and dramas two chief factors in the making of history, and for the closet. They may be historical, romantic next in importance is the Count de Vergennes, or a variety of things, and they interest or in­ the Minister of Louis XII., who did much for struct, and perhaps weary us, as the case may the cause of the Americans. Part Second is be. But we cannot say that Mr. Allen's work gracefully dedicated to the French people for. is better or worse because, to the best of our their devotion to the great Minister, in his knowledge, there is nothing like it in literature. adherence to the patriots. The course of events In the form of a drama, and with the quick are here followed out graphically until the action of the stage about its incidents, it is also close of the great struggle, and the last scene, a complete and reliable history-, of the Great shows our beloved Washington taking the oath, War. It is unique, and for that reason, if for of office as the first President _of our glorious. . no other, "should command attention. But the Republic. Aside, frorn. its literary value, .Mr.. magnitude of its scope and the excellence of Allen has written a book which will do.much to execution must bring to its author some portion . revivify truehealthy-patriotism which the pros-; of fame and possibly fortune. He is, by the way, , perous materialisn) of the dayjterids.tQbeUttle,.^ 354 NOTRE DAA/E SCHOLASTIC.

The Celebration of the Twenty-Second.

MREQUMrs THE RAISING OF THE FLAG.

?fotre Baine, February 29, 189G. As Hon. William P. Breen truly remarked in his address of Saturday last, the observance of iSublisJjttr r&rrs Safurtan Suring Etrm Cimc at Q.. D. JIntfirrsftn. Washington's Birthday appears of lateyears to

Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office, Notre Dame, Ind. have been somewhat on the decline. The spirit of progress in these days seemed to overshadow Terms, $1.30 per Annum. Postpaid. even patriotism, and to our shame it must be said that the Father of our country has not Address: THE EDITOR, NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC, received the attention he deserves. But the Notre Dame, Ind. celebration last Saturday throughout the entire country proved that the slumber which patri­ The Staff. otism had been taking was very light indeed. Perhaps this enthusiastic awakening is the result DANIEL V. CASEY, '95; DANIEL P. MURI'HY,'95; JOSEPH A. MARMON; of our late war-scare with England—^whatever M. JAMES XEY, '97; ARTHUR W. STAGE, '96; its cause, it has sufficed to convince pessimists RICHARD S. SLEVIN, '96; that though Uncle Sam's good humor often WILLIAM P. BURNS,'96; FRANCIS E.EYANSON,'96; assumes the aspect of indifference, he can still JAMES BARRY, '97; become dreadfully in earnest when honor is at ELMER J. MURPHY, '97; SHERMAN STEELE, '97; stake. The Stars and Stripes floated over the JAMES BARRY, \ FRANCIS O'MALLEY, t Reporters. countr}'^ as proudly as ever, and seemed to give JOHN F. FENNESSEY, ) a significant warning to intruders that the M onroe Doctrine is most \ emphatically an American principle. Andatno place was the day —^The members of the Handel Society, of celebrated in a more patriotic fashion than at South Bend, are our verj'^ good friends. It was Notre Dame. College boys can be depended a graceful act on their part to lend their presence upon for enthusiasm unlimited; and husky and their voices to the celebration last Satui'- throatswere the rule, not the exception, among day, and one we will not easily forget. For the students, when the day was done some reason. South Bend is as a foreign country Those who assembled in Washington Hall at to the student-body, and any proffer of good­ 10 a. m., last Saturday, to join in the exercises will is doubly grateful. And so our thanks to accompanying the dedication of the new flag­ the Handel Society are more than perfunctory, staff, viewed with pride the noble manner in they are heartfelt. which Notre Dame helped to do honor, to her country's hero. It seemed that each tried to vie with the other in giving expression and volume —Governor Upham; of Wisconsin, is not'of to the national hymns, and in showing hearty the sternest stuff. The citizens of his state sympathy with the patriotic sentiments that present, to-day, to the National Government, a every speaker expressed. The opening piece statue.of Pere Marquette, the explorer-priest of the programme was a grand chorus, "Colum­ who led the way into the wolverine wilderness. bia, the Gem of the Ocean," and as the audi­ But Governor Upham has not taken the trip to ence rose to its feet and sang the familiar verses Washington;-his loyal constituents/the A. P. A., of that national air, Washington Hall, with the would have him stay at home. And^the Gov­ Stars and Stripes stretched in graceful folds ernor, wise soul, knows whose marionnette he across the front of the stage, presented a sight is, and "kicks accordin'." A man with just a not soon to be forgotten. Mr: Samuel Murdock, suspicion of soul would have invited Archbishop to whom the University, is indebted for the Ratzer,the chief of the Church in Wisconsin, graceful flag and staJEf. that grace the entrance arid a member of the Marquette Statue Commis­ to the grounds, was not' present in person to sion, to be present at the unveiling. But the present his adniirable gift; but a telegram A. P. A: hate the. Archbishop, and their puppet explaining his absence'was read by Professor snubs, him. What an; honest, manly, fearless John G. Ewing. who, in Mn Miirdock's" name, felWw Governor Upham is! - presented the flag td;th^e University;: NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. 155

President Morrissey, in a few well-chosen Following this', was the chorus, the "Star sentences, accepted the generous offering, and Spangled Banner," and at its conclirsion Mr. took occasion to express a few patriotic sen­ Daniel Vincent Casey favored a delighted audi­ timents proper to the day and place, and his ence with a poem written for the occasion. We words were received with the most hearty present it in this issue where the reader can applause. perceive for himself the beauties it contains. "It gives me great pleasure to accept in the name of the Hon. William P. Breen, whose powers of oratory University the gtnerpus offering of the flag of our and eloquence have often been attested to Notre country. For months past rumor had it that one of its Dame audiences before, incited his hearers to the Ahmini was to present to his A/ma MaierXhxs token of great significance of the day they celebrated. appreciation and good-will; but not until within a few We give his address in full, but are unable to days ago was it definitely known that the donor was a produce in print the earnest and admirable distinguished citizen of our own State and a loyal, trusted son of the University. In formally accepting this offering, delivery that so characterized it. allow me to thank Mr. Murdock most sincerely, and The proceedings in Washington Hall being assure him that the Faculty and students of his college over, a line of march, headed by the University home are profoundly grateful to him for it. This act on band and military companies, was inaugurated, his part serves only to bring into greater light that noble, generous spirit which had always characterized him while and the flag was carried to the entrance of the a student, and justified his classmates to venture the college grounds. A moment more and it was prediction that Sam Murdock's success in the days that floating in the air one hundred and twenty-five' were to come would be commensurate with these quali­ feet overhead, while cheer upon cheer arose ties of heart and soul with which everyone knew him to from the enthusiastic crowd below. It was'an be endowed. "Notre Dame prizes nothing higher than the love and impressive sight, and everyone felt that the affection of her old students, aiid if she were at times celebration had been a most successful orie. prompted to think that the bonds that bind her to her The flag-staff measures one hundred and twenty- children were not as close as she would like to persuade five feet in height, while the flag itself contains herself that they were, occasions such as the present would a square surface of one thousand. Immediately be sufficient to dispel any such misgiving, and be an evi­ dent indication of a reciprocity of devotedness and loyalty after the procedure was over, the Class of '96, between herself and those she is proud to call her sons. in the name of the students of the University, Far be it from me to undervalue the material worth of forwarded to Mr. Murdock a message express­ the objects presented this morning. It needs no carefully ing their appreciation of his splendid gift. trained intelligence to see that the gift is indeed a princely one. But underlying its exterior value is something that THE EXERCISES- OF THE .AFTERNOON. . we prize far more dearly, and that is the kindly feeling Seldom has Washington Hall been honored which it betokens. This makes the acceptance on the with a larger or more enthusiastic gathering part of the University of the emblem of our great country a most pleasant duty, connecting, as it does, with links of than that which met a week ago before Oregon's true affection the present with the past. portrait of the Father of his country. The "The birthday of our countr}''s hero attaches to this students were there e/i masse; the Faculty lent occasion a more than ordinar>' significance. Entwined gravity and prestige to the entertainment, and in the folds of the Stars and Stripes are a nation's highest friends,of the University from far and near aspirations; enshrined in the hearts of our glorious Wash­ ington is the love and devotion of a truly grateful people. graced the occasion with their presence. It- Around his brow, let the glorious folds of our country's was the first public patriotic demonstration flag wave, and to his memory let the flag that is to be since President Cleveland sent his now famous hoisted on yonder pole be duly consecrated. From this message to Congress, and the audience found seat of learning go forth to-day the voices of hundreds of opportunity to express their joy as.much at the America's childi-en proclaiming their devotion to the flag that protects them. In this Western home of Christian outcome of his 7?^/as in celebrating the birth­ ediication, have always been taught those noble principles day of our proto-president. of true liberty for which our forefathers bled; and no better At 3.00 p. m., the hall was open to the public, evidence of the efficacy of that teaching can be given and immediately the ushers were busy in dispos­ than the. gift offered to-day by one of her old students ing of the crowds which thronged the passages who drank in with all the expanse of his soul those lessons of love and devotedness to his country's interest. and approaches to the theatre. . The hall was- " '''From these halls lefus hope that there shall go forth in already filled when Rev. Presiderit .Morr/ssey the future as they have gone forth in the past, yoiing men entered, and was. greeted with the college yell,- who will have learnt well the principles of true Afnerican, ivhich sounded jiibilantabove,hand-clappings manhood, and who will always be ready to lend every energy of their, heart and soul to the propagation and and cheers. The University Orchestra struck maintenance of those sterling qualities of heart and soul up the grand overture, '"' Our Social Session^" that will ensure the continued success and prosperity of The music ceased; the din of applause subsided, their belovedcountry,"' ^ . - and Mn Francis P. McManus, the orator of the 3S^^ NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

day, bowed before the assembly. His oration .and though the play, as a whole, was success­ is .given elsewhere, and therefore we shall leave ful, there were parts of it which were almost the reader to judge of its merits; it is enough intolerable. to say here that the grace and ease of the orator Captain Fitzharding, the genial and kindly, added much to the noble sentiments expressed, was well represented by Mr. John H. Gallagher. and repeatedl}'^ compelled hearty applause. Though this was his first appearance before The Mandolin Orchestra played " La Patrie," the footlights in these parts he seemed to have responded to an encore, and the curtain went up all the coolness and confidence oi an old stager. for the Class of '96. In appearance and disposition he is well fitted It is to the everlasting credit of '96 that by their for the character he impersonated, and he well exceptional acting, they rescued a rather indif­ deserved the applause which greeted him on ferent play from the dulness which it deserved. several occasions. In arranging the " Iron Chest" for male char­ Mr. Stace,as Adam Wintertown, the steward, acters only, much of its point was necessarily was excellent in make-up and in action. He lost, and the plot suffered severely. It still carried his. stoop gracefully, and was always retained many bits of excellent dialogue, and respectable in dress and language, as became a in more scenes than one afforded superb oppor­ trusty officer in an English household. His tunities .for brilliant acting. Such scenes as accent, though, smacked too much of the.Mich- these were handled with a firmness rarely igan twang to pass off as the natural tone of equalled on our college stage, and in some voice of an English steward. respects the acting was unexcelled in amateur Gilbert Rawbold was very well done by Mr. theatricals. Mr. John G. Mott filled the role of James B. Barrett. The first part of the scene Sir Edward Mortimer with credit. It was a in which he appeared was true and was acted difficult part and required keen-judgment to cleverly and cooly. Toward the end, however, bring out its effects. Mr. Mott is nearly always he failed to sustain his part thoroughly. He beyond the reach of criticism, but he occasion­ has a splendid voice, an appearance fitted for a ally descends to mediocrity. He has fallen bold and lofty part, and a graceful delivery that into the habit—which seems to me to mar much should recommend him to the Stock Company. of the beauty of his art—of contracting and Samson Rawbold, his son, was well filled by expanding the brow almost continually, and Mr. John G.Shannon. His acting was so clever this he indulges in throughout the whole play. that somebody in the audience presented him If used sparingly when the occasion demands with a large bouquet. Besides winning this it, this would become one of his greatest honor, he also succeeded in drawing out repeat­ effects. Another thing which Mr. Mott should edly the applause of the house. His brother, guard against is that he allows a certain, almost George Rawbold, was a good representation of imperceptible monotony to enter into his ex­ a boy with noble ambitions. Master Shells is pression of the various emotions. .What I mean graceful and with practice and careful study he is that the contrast between his sorrow and will attain, if he tries, a high place among our joy, anger and affection, is not sufficiently local actors. marked. There is a slight contrast, however, in Mr. Richard S. Slevin brought out to the full his representation of these emotions, but some­ the character of the blood-thirsty robber, Orson. thing seems wanting to make it striking. Mr. Courageous, death-defying, cruel, heartless, Mott has done such clever acting in the. past, bold, Orson was a terrible villain and deserved that he can afford to receive sharper criticism the expulsion he. received at the hands of than that bestowed on others less seasoned his fellow bandits. Mr. Francis W. Barton than himself. played the'active old henchman of the robbers Mr. Elmer J. Murphy, as Wilford, the secre­ to perfection. His inimitable stoop, his harsh, tary of Sir Edward, fell below the standard squeaky voice and his delightfully sneaking which he set for himself in his recent appear­ ways were wonderfully portrayed, Mr. Jesse ance of the Stock Company. In a few places W. Lantfy, as chief of the robbers, was a most he.was stiff, very stiff, to the surprise of those villainpus-lpoking scoundrel, but beneath the who" knew hini as one of our most natural appearance which ^his " profession "= rendered actors: In a few scenes he'was himself, or necessary, were to be found kindness and honor, rather his stage self, again, and redeemed much though the latter was such as-is found only of his lost meri£ The inequality of his acting amdng^thieves.' v / was" shared.by alnlGst every aetor in the eastj Mr. John ;B{Murphy took the p^^^ the NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. 357 robber's boy very well, and showed that he had warrior maid, who, with unlimited power, and great ambition to rise to eminence in the call­ amid scenes repugnant to her temper, preserved ing to which he was apprenticed. Messrs. the simplicity, gentleness and virtue of her sex. Eyanson, Pulskamp, Costello and Cornell per­ The genius of Shakspere in sounding Cleopa­ formed their several parts with credit, and in tra's heart and portraying the secret springs— their own humble characters did much to bring the ambition, jealousy, pride and voluptuous­ success to the play. ness—that made her the serpent of the Nile are The Class of '96 deserves great applause for well brought out in a clear character sketch: their efforts, and, in the name of the students, The nonsense of the " literary fop " is exposed we" beg to thank them for the. pleasant enter­ in an article which would do young scribblers- tainment they served- us with." Of course, what­ no harm to read attentively. ever praise they receive is owing in part to The editor, among other things, gives a history their director, the genial Rev. Director of and criticism of our popular magazines, and Studies, who spared no effort to make the play puts his finger on one of the blemishes in these a success. We must not close without saying publications in saying that to cater to thefashion a word of thanks to the Orchestra for their of the hour, they admit the contributions of a rendition of Rubenstein's Melodies in F, which writer who has gained some ephemeral noto-- was as beautiful as anytliing we have heard riety, and who is hailed with more delight when' here this year. The following is a copy of the he speaks upon some weighty subject of the PROGRAMilE—PART I. hour than is the writer vastly his superior in Grand Overture—" Our Social Session," Preiiderville intellect. University Orchestra. Oration F. P. McManus * * " La Patrie" A.Liiigi The current Portfolio presents a good number. Mandolin Orchestra. The comparison between Carlyle and Macaulay, After Act I. Univ'ty Orchestra—"Gems from Madeline" Edwards especially, is worthy, in both matter and man­ After Act II. ner, of older heads. The merits and defects of Univ'ty Orchestra, Rubenstein's Melodic in F, Tobaui these two writers are set before us with clear- • PART II. ness, directness and succinctness, accompanied "THE IRON CHEST." by a simplicity and flow in .style capable of A DRAMA IN THREE ACTS. attracting the most listless reader. The double Cast of Characters. simile of the gaily painted, brilliant curtain Sir Edward Mortimer J. G. Mott Captain Fitzharding J. H. Gallagher typifying Macaulay's vision, and the vast stage Wilford E. J. Murphy of gloomy depths, and awfully suggestive, Clarence F. B. Cornell Adam Wintertown - A. W. Stace recesses, typifying Carlyle's, forms a happy-, Gilbert Rawbold J. B. Barrett ending to a happy article. There are two other, Samson Rawbold. ;... J. G. Shannon essays, both with merits of no ordinary degree.. George Rawbold J. P. Shells Gregory F. E. Eyanson These three, however, absorb all the worth of Armstrong J. W. Lantry the Portfolio, ?in6. cast the other contributions so Martin F. W. Barton •Orson. -. R. S. Slevin much into the shade as to make them appear 1st Bobber C. F. Pulskamp not to belong to the same journal. 2d Robber M. J. Costello Robber's Boy J..B. Murphy * The Purdiie Exponent to hand is the most interesting number ^the football heiroes have Exchanges. produced for a long time. " Brown's Ghost". shows the evil effectiof neglecting the present The Niagra hidex^ opens with a spirited poem, in the alluring dreams of a deceptive future, and "The Fight of the Lions/' full of the rush and is a story skilfully conceived and humorously strength and struggle of these kings of the unfolded. An ordinary college prank, though forest. It is a poem of great force, with scarcely well told, is scarcely worth the pains the author a, weak, line, and the anomaly of the tiger is took to shroud'it in. mystery. forgotten in the crack and tearof.the combat. The "Critics Criticised" is a plea on behalf The- Maid of Orleans finds a thoroughly of writers to be treated with common justice by sympathetic;historian in a splendid article.. It self-styled critics. The writer's pen is a sorry is a timely suggestion to the modern woman, jade; it plays his style so.many tricks before entering as she everywhere is on fields of effort reaching paper as to call forth the pity of the hitherto reserved'for man, to take as a model the most upstart critic. . , . 358 NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

Personals. Local Items.

—Rt. Rev. Joseph Rademacher payed a short —The tragedy of King Lear is receiving informal visit to Reverend President Morrissey due attention in the Criticism class. on Tuesday last. The visits of our Rt. Rev. —Indoor baseball was the favorite pastime Bishop are always most welcome, but we regret of the Carrolls during the past week. to say that they are always too short. The students .hope that he will visit the University —There is a rumor afloat which says that the soon again, and include them in the' happy Columbians will entertain the St. Cecilians.. number whom he favors with his jDresence. The —The bulletins will be made out next week. Bishop is a prime favorite with them and they Before being mailed, they will be read in the are alwa3'^s delighted to have him among them. study-halls. —Dr. R. E. Giffin, a prominent surgeon of —Owing to the religious services held on Lincoln, Nebraska, spent a few days of last Wednesday evenings, the Philodemics now meet week in visiting his sons, Harry and Robert, of on Thursdays. St. Edward's Hall. —^Another consignment of books has been —^Among our Chicago visitors on Washing­ received in the Library for the use of the stu­ ton's Birthday were the following: Mr. Sexton, dents in the English classes. Mr. M. Naughton, Mr. Garrity, Mr. Kasper, —^The Carrolls now enjoy the punching-bag. Mr., Mrs. and Miss Walsh. Hot ganies of basket-ball are played every —Mr. Edward Fitzharris (student '67), of evening in the Carroll gym. Saginaw, Michigan, is one of the best liked and —^A force of laborers were put to work on most prosperous of the travelling men of that the Carroll campus last week. The diamond hustling, lumber metropolis. He is engaged in was raked and rolled. Several interesting games the hardware buisness and has met with well- will be played. deserved success. The SCHOLASTIC trusts that —A pun was unconsciously made the other still greater prosperity may fall to his lot. day in the Library by.a small Carroll who —Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thennis, of Michigan remarked that "David Copperfield" vvas "a City, were among our most welcome visitors of dickens of a long story." Saturday last. Mr. Thennis is a leading citizen —Students of the Rhetoric class will now of Michigan City, and he and his estimable wife find in the Library several.copies of each work are prominent in the social circles of that city. to be read in their course. The delay in pro­ Their visit was an enjo3'^able one to their friends curing the books was unavoidable. here, who hope that it may soon.be repeated. —At the flag-raising last Saturday, Tom —On Friday, the 21st, we were delighted by Cavanagh nudged Joe Sullivan, and whispered a visit from' the Rev. Father McGlaughlin, of in his ear: "Where is the function to be, Joe?" Niles, and Rev: Father Bloomer, O. P., a promi­ "I don't know. Why?" "Don't you see the nent missionary priest. Father McGlaughlin flag getting ready to go the ball?" has but recently recovered from a severe illness, —Wednesday evening the Staff met in the and his hosts of friends at the University rejoice law-room to make arrangements for the Easter at his recover3^ Both the Rev. gentlemen are number of the SCHOLASTIC. We shall not divulge always welcome at Notre Dame and a repetition what passed there, but promise that the Easter of their visit is hoped fon number will be something worthy of its editors. —^Among our most honored guests on Wash­ —PROFESSOR—" If I pass an electric current ington's Birthday Avere Mrs. Samuel Murdock, through fifty cubic centimeters of water, how Miss Mary C. and Miss Katharine.Gavan, of Laf­ many cubic centimeters of oxygen will be ayette, Indiana. Mrs. Murdock is the wife of formed, Mr. Fitzpatrick?" FITZ.—" Please, sir, Samuel T. Murdock, whose princely gift to the what's the formula for an electric current?" University was formally presented on Saturday: The Misses Gayanwere former pupils of our —^A CARD OF THANKS.—The Class of '96 sister institution, St. Mary's Academy.. Their wish to return grateful acknowledgments to visit was a most welcome one, and we'trust that the Rev. Director oiE the Stock Company, to it may soon be repeated. . r Professor Preston and to the ;Director of the Lemonnier Library for valuable assistance in —It is with ,deep sorrow that, we announce the presentation of their play. the death of Harry Byrne, who. died at Chicago, on Saturday, Feb. 15, aged twelve years. Harry —" Why for they raise that flag to-day, Whee­ was a Minim from Sept '93 to June '94, and was ler?'! asked a Mexican youth between the acts loved by both his teachers and schoolmates of the drama on Washington's birthday. "Why, who sincerelj^.mourn his untimely death. -He haven't you heard about it?"'said the prolific was a bright, manly, little fellow; the idol of his Lucian. " Fitzsimmons khocked out.Maher last parents and loved by all who knew him. The night/you know." SCHOLASTIC extends its sincerest sympathy to —The, students of the University tender to his grief-stricken parents. . : .: v ,r. ^ W. C. Smith, of the Union League^Glub) Chicago,

S'Sii^^ NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. 359 their grateful appreciation of his kindness in suffering from their baneful effects. The. cap^ sending them 500 copies of the League Pamph­ tain should know^ let of " Patriotic Songs " which were used on —The fit-st appearance on any stage of Mr. Washington's Birthday. Shamus O'Brien (Willie's stage-name) will not —The costumes worn at the play of last be the sole attraction at Notre Dame on St. Saturday attracted more than the usual atten­ Patrick's Day. There's the new Irish Republic tion. They fitted well and were bright in color to be thought of. On the morning of the seven­ and historically correct in design. It affords teenth the combined forces of the Brownson us great satisfaction to say that the costumer and Sorin Irishtocracy will meet in the "gym " was Mr. F. Schoultz, of Chicago. to elect a President and a Cabinet for this New —^The competitions will be concluded this Irish Republic. Several students—the descen­ evening. There has been a thorough sifting in dants of long lines of Irish kings—have been all the classes, and the men who have been mentioned in connection with the Presidency, doing conscientious work are rejoicing accord­ but as we go to press the name of Mr. Jonathan ingly. Each fresh competition brings the new Clontarf Shannon, of Sorin Hall, seems to be system into greater favor. The results are more the favorite with the plebeians. satisfactory both to professors and students. —Thursday was as a day in May. On Carroll —Forty-two new students entered the Uni­ campus the baseball players were out in scores, versity since Christmas and were assigned as and for scores. Their suits looked bright and follows: pleasant, and though they were a trifle baggy Brownson Hall, twenty-two; Carroll Hall, seventeen; on those athletes who did not keep in training Serin Hall, three. during the winter, there is hope that active This is encouraging, as this year many insti­ practice will develop muscles and make brawny tutions are far short of their average attendance. the members in years to. come of our Varsity —At the last faculty-meeting it was decided nines. There were the usual complaints against to give a gold medal in June to every student umpires. Some one who has influence in Carroll who can pronounce the word G-e-o-g-h-e-g-a-n Hall and who takes an interest in sport should correctly. While going through the ordeal the call a meeting of the clubs and adopt a uniform candidate for the medal must be blindfolded, system of rules. The regulations of the National and must also have his hands tied behind his League don't seem to cover all the needs of back. Other conditions will be published later Carroll Hall. —Nothing can prevent Costello from indulg­ —^What a collection of misshapen, ungainly ing in the pun—not even the solemnity .of creatures gathered in front of Washington Hall, Lent. He said to Weaver the other evening at last Saturday to jeer at our militia! There sijpper: " Pass the rolls, Barney, and I'll see were those of stooped shoulders and knock- that you get on the Roll of Honor this week. knees, chaps who would require the latest thing RoU'em down here, please." Before the post­ in steam wrenches to be made straight. It was prandial grace was said that evening every an awful sight to witness scores of poor fellows, conceivable form of the word roll had been who didn't know better, with cigarettes on lips pronounced, froni the South Chicago Rolling and hands in pockets, blubbering out in infantile Mills to the rolling prairies of Kansas-. tones, ".'Tseedem sojers! He! he! he!" What a —COLUMBIANS.—^After the business part of pity there is not a rule in the University requir­ Thursday evening's meeting, the Columbians ing all students to become-cadets. It is a shame adjourned without carrying out the regular to send out these poior imbeciles to lounge and programme. This action was deemed advisable slouch through.life; ignorant that' the sky above on account of the studious attitude of the mem- , them is blue, because they are not able to lift bers on the eve of competition, though it was a up their heads. . "" disappointment to the little orator from the —It had always been a rule in the Library, Lottery state, who carried rolls of argument until lately, that prolonged conversation,there for the negative. Before adjournment, however, was forbidden. = Time was when inquiries were . final action was taken for the St. Patrick's Day made of the assistant librarians in low tones. entertainment, and the members are. already Some regard was shown for those who were hard at work. at the reading tableC. But now one may go there •—And they were defeated, those Shorties and listen for the hour, if he be so minded, to who challenged the world. The Carrolls did it discourses on the '^Philosophy of Education," in a game which, lasted, by, agreement, five "The All-America^Team," "Max Nordau and innings. The end of the fifth showed by the Decadents," "The Late Kennel Show," thescore card that the abbreviated giants of etc. It would. be a kindness to the patrons of Brownson Hall had O for their work while the the Library if the Lecture Committee would Carrolls were happy in the possession of .7 runs. take these spouters;under its wing and let them The captain of the " Shorties " said that things have a larger; audience in Washington Hall. would have been different if Fitzpatrick, their They have ideas, which are giving them trouble. / pitcher, had been in the box. Fitz has_ been Quiet should be the prevailing tone of.the writing essays for some time past, and is npw Library., 360 NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

—A ROMANCE.—In the times when men were heroes and women fair, Notre Dame was the head-quarters of that famous athletic club, the Roll of Honor. Societ3'-'s. This organization had in its aristo­ cratic bosom many persons of distinction. They SORIN HALL. had a great football team and among the ath­ Messrs. Barton, Barry, Bennett, Bryan, Costello, Fagan, letes was one—the full-back, who was noted Gallagher, Lantry, Marmon, McNamara,* Marr, Mott, Miller, McGruder, McManus, McKee, McDonough, W. for his' skill with la plume. V>Q.m^g in need ofPalmer , Pulskamp. Reilly, Reardon, Ragan, Rosenthal, practise he bribed a member of the " Shamuses " Shannon, Steele, Sullivan, Wilson. to teach him the game. The full-back received his practice, and as the result has been lame • BROWNSON HALL. ever since. It was not believed at the time Messrs. Arce, Anders, Anderson, Armijo, Atherton, that he was fatally injured; but although he Byrne, Barber, Ball, Brinker, R. Browne, J. W. Browne, Blanchard, Blackman, Berthelet, Brucker, M. Campbell], has striven like a Spartan for three months, he E. Campbell, Crilly, Cypher, Clendenin, Crane, C. Cullen, is still affected with a moustache as diminutive B. Daly, Delaney, M. Daly, Dowd, Dukette, Forbing, as ever. The story about misplaced eyebrows Follen, Fitzpatrick, 'Flanigan, Fox, Fehr, Farrell, Filia- has often been laughed at; but one, noticing the trault, Farley, Goeke, Gibson, Geoghegan, Galen, Gilmore, Hay, F. Hesse, Hagerty, Hoban, G. Hanhauser, A. Han- upper lip of the young enthusiast from the hauser, Harrison, Heirholzer, Hennebry, Howell, Hindel, East, cannot but be convinced of its truth. Hengen, J. Hesse, Hinde, Johnson, Keller, J. Kelley, E. Kelly, F. Kaul, I. Kaul, Konzon, Ker\vm, Kidder, Kear­ —Hardly had the old year drawn his last ney, Landa, Maguire, Mingey, Mattingly, Medley, Moran, breath and settled himself comfortably in H. A. Miller, 111., Murphy, R. Monahan, B. Monahan, the past when three gentlemen of Sorin Hall Maurus, Meyers, Mueller, Morehouse, McGinnis, McPhee, drew up a contract to quit smoking until Com­ McCarrick, McKenzie, McCormack, R. McGuire, Neeley, Naughton, T. O'Brien, J. O'Brien, R. O'Malley, W^rd, mencement day or forfeit a sum of money. Pietrzykowski, Pulskamp, Phelps, Pim, Paras, Quinn, T. Self-denial was a very good thing for a few Ryan, Regan, Ranch, J. Ryan, San Roman, Sammon, weeks and worked admirably; but nature and Smith, Strauss, Steiner, S. Spalding, R. Spalding, Scott, habit began to assert themselves. A smoke was Sheehan, Schultz, Stuhlfauth, Smoger, Tabor, Tong, Ten Broeck, Tuttle, Thiele, Thacker, F. Wurzer, Walsh, a thing heartily desired; but honor, not to speak Wagner, Wade. L. Wurzer. of a few dollars, was a more important con­ sideration. The three met, however, in solemn CARROLL HALL. ' conclave, and after carefully considering their Messrs. Abrahams, Armijo, Beardslee," Brown, J. Berry, position and the construction which outsiders W. Berry, G. Burke, E. Burke, Bernardin, Curry, Cottin, Crowdus, Cave, Cuneo, Coquillard, Curtis, Crepeau, would place upon their conduct should ^they Cowie, Darst, Devine, Dugas, Dinnen, Druiding, Donovan resume smoking, agreed to dissolve the contract. Erhart, Franey, Furher, Flynn, Fenriessey, Fox, Foster, There are no happier men in Sorin Hall to-day Girsch, Girardi, Gimbel, Goldsmith, Gainer, Gonzalez, than these three, and for those who say that Garza, Hermann, Herron, Hagerty, E. Hake, L. Hake, Hayes, Healy, Howard, Hanley, Hunt, Jelonak, Keeffe, they are weak and slaves to the tobacco habit, Kay, J. Kuntz, P. Kuntz, C. Kuntz, Klein, F. Kasper, G. they have only a smile and a wreath of smoke, Kasper, A. Kasper, Kirk, Koehler, Leach, Long, Langley, for the}'- are not cranky now. Lichtenwalter, Lowery, Land, Loomis, Lehman, Moor- head, J. Meagher, Moss, Mohn, Mulcare, Monahan, Mor­ —If hard training counts for anything, Mc­ ris, Monarch, Merz, Massey, L. Meagher, McNamara, Carthy will make the Varsity ball-team this McKinney, W. McNichols, F. McNichols, McCorry, year. He began to train systematically last Noonan, J. Naughton, D. Naughton, T. Naughton, Newell, O'Brien, O'Malley, Plunkett, Pendleton, Page, Pulford, Monday. At four-thirty every morning he goes Quandt, E. Regan, P. Regan, W. Ryan, A. Ryan, Reuss, - to the Library, dons the suit of armor, and then Reinhard, Shipp, Shiels, Saul, Scott, Schoenbeiri, Sum­ takes a short sprint to Niles and back. His mers, Sheekey, W. Scherrer, J. Scherrer, Spillard, Stare, sparring-partner. Colonel McKenzie, is ready Szybowicz, Schaack, Tescher, Walsh, Watterson, Wim- berg, R. Weitzel, H. Weitzel, Wilson, Ward, Wells, Wel- for him with a curry-comb on his return. He ker, Webb, Zaehnle. gives'liiiri a thorough rubbing down, after which these formidable vyelter-weights have a lively ST. EDWARD'S HALL. three-round "go" with bare fists in the "gym." Masters Atkinson, Abrahams, Allyn.C. Bode, F. Bode, Then War Horse dc)es justice to a light break­ Breslin, Bullene, Bullen, F. Brissenden, R. Brissenden, fast, consisting of scrambled eggs, Wienerwurst Bergeron Blanchfield, Cunnea, Campbell, Cotter, Catch- pole, Coquillard,, Clark, Cressey, Casparis, J. Caruthers, and ginger-ale, followed by a Turkish bath and F. Caruthers, G. Davis, B. Davis, Davidson, Dowling, some more curry-combing. As soon as he has Dugas, Ehrlich, Elliott, Ernst, Bosworth, Fetter, Finnerty, recovered, he starts out for a thirty mile vvalk, Flynn, M. Flynri Freeman; Fielding, M. Garrity, L. Gar- with a soldierly looking man about two feet rity, Goff, H. Giffin, K. Giffin, Hart, Hubbard, F. Hess, R. Hess, Kasper, C,Kelly, L.Kelly, Kopf, Lawton, More-, ahead of-him, who acts as pace-maker. The hoiise, Maher, Moxley, P. Manion, E. Manion, Marshall pace-maker is the aforesaid sparring-partner, McMaster, Mclntyre, L. McBride, P. McBride, J: Mc- : Col, McKenzie. Training like this is hard work, Bride H. Pollitz, W. Pollitz, Plunkett, Phillips, Polk, : but McCarthy is well repaid for his trouble. Pyle, Paul, Hammer. Quinlan, G. Quertimont, E. Querti- niont, L.,Rasche, D. Rasche, Swan, Spillard, Sontag, . Already vve notice a buoyancy of step and a Terhune, R. Van Sant, L. Van Sant, F. Van Dyke, J. knockrthis-chip-off-my-shoulder air about him Van Dykej Mulcare, F. Weidmian, Weidner, Waite B. • ., that was missing in the old days when he parted Hess; Sexton, Welsh, Wlde,i Weber. his hair in the middle and smoked cigarettes. * Oniitted by mistake last week. ,