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VLO. XXXIV. NOTRE DAME, INDIANA, JUNE 8, igoi. No. 35.

PREACHER OF THE BACCALAUREATE SERMON, SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 1901.

THE REV. NATHAN J. MOONEY, B. S., '77, A. M., '95, Rector of St. Columbfcille's Chorcli, Chicago, Illinois. 590 ry/UTRB DAME SCHOLASTIC.

island of Santo Domingo. He derived his Summer "Winds. being from a line of kings.. His father had been stolen from the coast of Africa and sold /'^LAD winds that loiter over stream and lea, into slavery. Inheriting all the ambition and ^"^ Through city ways and quiet valleys fair; energy of his royal lineage, he rose above his Gentle your voice as kneeling virgin's prayer natural condition, and secured an education Before the altar of a sanctuary. that fitted him for the great work of his later Thrice happy comrades of the laden bee, life. As he ripened into manhood he realized I often think those accents that you bear more and more the unhappy degradation of Were whispered by an absent friend somewhere. his people. Once he saw his old father And travelled on your pinions here to me. whipped, and all the compassion and resent­ To what blithe land j'ou go I may not tell. ment of his nature was aroused. For fifty long Yet Avould I share your welcome with the flowers years he endured his bondage and dreamed Whose chaliced heads bow vibrant 'neath your on, while the conviction grew in him that strain; slavery was a monstious wrong; and as the And should you wander where the blessed dwell. instinct of leadership waxed stronger, he Breathe to one soul Avithin the azure towers, resolved that ^slavery should die, justice and "A little while and we shall meet again." freedom should triumph,and it should triumph PATRICK MACDONOUGH, '03. by his voice, by his act, by his blood. The opportunity came in the summer of 1795. The mixed population of Santo Domingo ToTissaint L'Ouverture.* was agitated by the revolution in France. An- extraordinary decree had just reached the JOSEPH W. KENNY. island. "Liberty and Equality" was the mes­ sage from the French republic. The mulattoes and negroes received it with demonstrations ITTLE more than a century of the wildest joy and asked that their cause ago slavery was firmly estab­ be heard. Instead of acceding, the whites took lished, in the world. It was measures to repress them. Fifteen thousand advocated by statesmen, de­ blacks rose in arms and demanded the first fended in the pulpit, embodied rights of liberty—-"one day of rest out of -uT. in every constitution. A reso- ^^seven." The French governor refused and ution in the House of Commons " that slavery ordered them to disband. At the head of that was contrary to the laws of Godand the rights army of slaves Toussaint faced the governor of man" was overwhelmingly defeated. The and said: "In the past I have aided you; my civilized world decided that the negro was. not arm has. saved you and restored to you your a man but a chattel; that the Magna Charta -power. Henceforth it shall be raised in defence and the Declaration of Independence were not of the rights of my people." The whites and for him, but only for the \yhite man. To-day mulattoes stood aghast. The first blow known the clanking of the bondman's chains is heard to history for the rights of the negro race no more, and thioughout the earth society is was then struck, and the Clock of Destiny educating and uplifting the negro, is recogniz­ tolled the knell of slavery and the dawning ing his rights, his dignity, his political equality of the era of emancipation. with other races. , With the grim determination of a man hard­ Whence this change, this mighty revolution? ened by fifty years of oppression, Toussaint It began in the closing years of the eighteenth stood fast for the object of his devotion—the century. Slavery was at the= zenith of its power manhood of his race. From every quarter of when an old man. stepped forth , and dared Santo Domingo came negroes ready to die for to strike the first blow for; the liberation their hero. From these lawless forces of insur­ of a fettered race; a man whose genius arid gent slaves, ill-clad and ill-armed, Toussaint self-sacrifice were; to shape .; the course of organized an army. That band of blacks, civilization. f '/^^ : • ..li , j' collected under his command, fired with his This, man, known in history as Toussaint impetuous spirit, swept from one end of the L'Ouverture, was born in' the year 1743 on the island to the other, everywhere bearing the * * Winning, oration, in=^the. Oratorical.Contest, held in banner of victory. His intimate knowledge of Washington' Hall, Wednesday']evening. May 29. the country gave him the key to the situation. ^OTRH DAME SCHOLASTIC. 591 He seized the mountain passes and roads, article of this constitution a provision that intercepted the enemy and balked their plans. Santo Domingo grants liberty and equality, in The most vindictive spirit that ever roused religion." Refusing an offer to the crown of hostile armies burned in the hearts of the Hayti, he turned to the committee and said: combatants. Black was pitted against white, "This constitution shall provide for Santo slave against master. On the north the Spanish Domingo a republican government, and tell drew up their forces to attack him, while the the, world that all races are free and equal English invaded the French territory from under its laws. The negro only asks for that the east. The iron will of that intrepid leader liberty which God gave him." nerved this band of slaves into a host of The passion for civiL equality that had been warriors. Before their invincible onslaught the kindled in the heart of the Anglo-Saxon, proud blood of Spain was crushed to earth; fanned by a tyrant king, that had glow^ed in the impetuous chivalry of France went down; the tattered tents of Valley Forge, had here the indomitable English soldier fled from the in Santo Domingo burst into a flame which field defeated and disheartened. His people was to illumine the world and proclaim anew made him governor of Santo Domingo, and the brotherhood of man. Nursed in vicissi­ under his iron rule order took the place of tude, beaten upon by the rough winds of chaos. Revolution ceased. adversity, this slave had become in his old The world marvels at the military skill of age a man of mailed fortitude, ready to Hannibal, Caesar and Napoleon. But where is confront the world, prepared for torment and the genius that has written a brighter page in armed for death. Hoping against hope he the annals of military history than was written had moulded custom to his will, and made a by the hand of this simple black of Santo nation of freemen out of a herd of lawless Domingo? Out of a herd of ignorant slaves, slaves. Trusting in the divine power of for­ debased by generations of servitude, armed giveness he had reconciled the factions of with clubs and corn knives, he organized an society, and secured for Santo Domingo the army, successively defeated the disciplined blessings of friendship and of peace. troops of the three most powerful nations of Ambitious Napoleon from across the seas Europe, broke the shackles of his race, and watched the rise of the new government. The out of the turmoil of revolution restored black chieftain seemed to dim his glory. peace and prosperity. Warned of Napoleon's designs, Toussaint The genius of Toussaint on the field of appealed to America for help; .but America, battle was even surpassed by his rule of state. herself sunken in slavery, refused. England, Before him was a task that demanded the flouting the negro's freedom, promised Napo­ ablest diplomacy and the coolest judgment. leon neutrality; and Holland, the historic To lay the foundation of a state for men who lover of liberty, assisted him with forty ships. had just t rown off the yoke; to adopt laws Sixty thousand of Europe's choicest troops so just, so liberal, so modified that the intense landed in Santo Domingo. General Le Clerc prejudice of caste be abolished, popular pros­ had come to restore slavery in the island. For perity be secured, and unity of government be a moment Toussaint despaired. The world maintained, was an undertaking to. tax the pitted against him! Then in his desperation ingenuity of the wisest of statesmen. he ordered the cities to be burned, the harvests When order had been restored in the island, destroyed, the wells poisoned; and fortifying he called a committee of eight men to draw his retreat in the mountains, he anxiously up a constitution. At this time in England the awaited the approach of the enemy. The Established Church' animated by bitter prej- whole French army was pouring into the udicej made the worship of God—if contrary road which passed the place where he was to her formula — a crime of state. Across stationed. Crouching for a moment as the the channel, France in a reign of blood had wild animal crouches, he sprang with a fierce done her utmost to blot out Christianity. impetus upon his foe, and the army before In America, the honie of liberty, a spirit of whose mighty march all Europe had trembled intense intolerance prevailed; but Toussaint was shattered into ruins. had within his broad mind no trace of religious The French sued for peace. Toussaint was bigotry. Rising above the ignorant bias of asked to attend a council for arranging the day, before the constitutional committee negotiations. But a plot had been laid. The he gave this admonition: "Place in, the first unconquerable negro chieftain was to be 592 NOTRE DAME SCHOLASIJLC.

captured at any price—even the honour of republic of Santo Domingo, the scene of thy France. Alone in the council chamber, sur­ struggles, of thy triumph. It sheds its rays rounded by French soldiers, he was seized upon an unfettered race. It shines upon a and gagged and hurried on board a man-of- prosperous, a happy people. war. He had never quailed before his foe, Eloquence may sing of men of wider fame; and now before his captors, with stern deter­ Liberty may exalt her champions in every mination, with simple and prophetic eloquence land; but the little island of Santo Domingo he spoke: will never acknowledge a nobler, a dearer "You men of France, who have begrudged name than that of her heroic warrior, her the negro his poor rights, think that by over­ mighty statesman, her martyr patriot—Tous­ throwing me you have overthrown negro saint L'Ouverture. liberty. I tell you, that you have only cut down the trunk of the tree of liberty of the -•••>- blacks, but it will grow again and its roots Marse Dean. will spread and strike deep." .By the order of Bonaparte, without a trial, GEORGE W. BURKITT, I902. Toussaint was thrown into a dungeon on the snow-crowned Alps in the castle of Saint Joux. After the Civil War when I moved into the The proud form that had so often led his race ancient mansion near Arlington, Virginia, I to victory, the heart that never quailed before found there many of the negroes that had the bravest troops of Europe, the arm that been slaves. An old negro, called Jeff Johnson, had for years sustained the prestige of P'rance, almost invariably addressed me as "Marse must freeze and die in a living tomb. Eighteen Dean." One day I asked him who this "Marse months passed away. In this narrow cell, dark Dean" vyas. and cold, far from friends, emaciated by star­ "It's a long story, mostah; but ef yo' doan' vation and suffering, the martyr of liberty min' lis'nin', I'll tell yo'." expired. So he seated himself on a stump near the But triumphant and glorious above his death cabin door, took a fresh dip of snuff, and arose his message of freedom. Napoleon had began: slain the man, but the principle for which "Down de road dyah a bit, in de house wid Toussaint stood could never die. It swept de fo' w'ite pillahs, ole Majah James use' tuh from continent to continent. It rang on the lib; an' ole mostah libbed right hyah in dis ears of the slave-holding world. It burned bery house. Majah James an' ole mostah wuz anew in the hearts of men. It raised up armies. de bigges' slabe ownahs in dis paht o' de It blazed from the hot throats of Federal country. In de eb'nin's arfter wuk, ole mostah's cannon. Its' reverberating voice sped round fambly use' tuh go obah tuh de Majah's, an' the world, penetrating the hut of the peasant, us niggahs use' tuh g'long tuh see de niggahs the palace of the king, the assembly of states­ obah dyah. Dem wuz good ole times, mostah. men; and from England, from Denmark, from Us niggahs use' tuh all sing an' dance jigs fo' Russia, from America, and from the jungles de w'ite folks, an' den dere wuz a great big of Africa, burst forth the' triumphant cry of spread o' grub arfterwuds on de back gall'ry. emancipation. "Bime by, w'en I got big 'nuff tuh tote a Ere the century rolled away liberty's form gun, ole mostah gimme tuh Marse Dean (dat was seen towering on high, and at her feet lay wuz ole mostah's son) tuh tek huntin' wid 'im the broken fetters of the slave. The work of tuh tote de- game an' tek care o' de dorgs. Toussaint L'Ouverture was done. No rich But w'en Marse Dean fell in de ribbah, an' I sarcophagus enshrined his body; no solemn pulled 'im out, 'e gimme mah liberty; but I dirge was chaiited at his grave; but from the tole 'im I's gwine tuh stay wid 'im; so 'e throbbing heart of the liberated negro welled made me 'is body-guahd. Marse Dean wuz de forth a grateful prayer that told the depth hansomes' boy I ebah seed, an' e' had a mos' of his devotion. 'culiah fas'nation dat yo' jes' couldn' he'p but Time,that measures the deeds of men with like 'im. an impartial hand, O L'Ouverture! has woven "Ez long ez I kin rec'lec', Marse Dean an' about thy brow a wreath of everlasting fame. Miss Mollie use'tub play tuhgeddah, go tuh Thou liberator of a race in bondage, live on! school tuhgeddah, an' use' tuh lub one 'nuddah The bright sun gleams' to-day upon the like bruddah an'sistah. Miss Mollie wuz de NOTRE DAME SCHOLA:STIC. 59 Majah's daughtah, an' wuz so pretty dat all de '"Den, Mistah Owsley,' sez she, an' 'er eyes boys 'ud ride a mile outen deir way jes' tuh flashed like diamon's, an' de blood all rushed see 'er. She suttinly wuz a fine gal; but arfter tuh 'er. cheeks, 'den, Mistah Owsley, doan' she growed up she use' tuh like tuh make yo'nebbah speak tuh me agin; eben ef yo' Marse Dean jealous. One time a fellah name' looks at me ez we meets, I'll tell de Majah, Malloy came down from Mass'chusetts. He an' you'll hab' tuh stan' de consequences.' hed lots o' money an' fine hosses, an' arfter 'e "She tuhrned 'way 'fo' she stopped speakin', got 'quainted, Miss Mollie an' 'im use' tuh go an' fuh a .minit Marse Dean' looked like a dribin', 'kase she wuz powahfuUy fond o' fas' ghos'; den all ob a sudden 'e reeled back an' hosses. I nebbah did like dat fellah from de drapped de gun w'ich exploded an' neahly fust; 'kase I seed 'im free or fo' times talkin' hit Miss Mollie. Had'n' ben fuh dat, Marse wid dat Dan Myahs, who warn' wuth- more'n Dean mout nebbah rekivahd. a lame dorg in a possum fight. He kep axin' "'Marse Dean.' I sez ez we wuz gwine home, Miss Mollie tuh go dribin' 'til Marse Dean got 'whut wuz in dat note?' kindah jealous; an' one time w'en Miss Mollie "He didn' 'peah tuh heah me, fuh 'e wuz an' 'im wuz comin' home from chu'ch, 'e • mum'lin'. tuh hisse'f, ' Nebah speak, tuh *er axed 'er ef she liked dat Mistah Malloy. agin, nebah look at 'er agin! She'll tell de "'O yes,' she sez, "e is int'restin' an' has de Majah, an' I'll hab' tuh stan' de consequences!' fastes' hosses ob anyone 'roun'!' Whut does I care fuh de consequences, only "'But, Mollie, yo' oughten' tuh go wid 'im, dat de Majah is 'er fadah!' 'kase dey say 'e's a liah an' a cheat!' "' Marse Dean, whut does yo' fink is de "An' Miss Mollie wuz so 'tuhmined dat mattah?' Marse Dean wuz afeahd tuh say any mo'. All '"I doan' know, Jeff.' 'long dough 'e kep' tryin' tuh convince 'er^ "' Mebbe she nebbah did lub yo' since dat but 'twarn' no use. Marse Dean knowed dat Mistah Malloy done come tuh Arlin'ton.' Malloy wuz a wuthless an' good fuh nuffin' '"Jeff, you's de only man libin' dat could fellah, an' 'e wuz mad mo' 'kase Miss Mollie Stan' on de same groun' wid me an' say dat hed ben fooled dan 'kase she went dribin' Mollie is 'ceitful.' wid Malloy. " Dat bery same day Malloy went 'way; 'an , "Wen de big cam'-meetin' came tuh Arlin'- Marse Dean began tuh git palah an' palah'n a ton, Marse Dean wrote Miss Mollie- a note an' ghos'. Nuffin' 'ud ' peah tuh amuse 'im. W'en axed 'er tuh go wid 'im. He wuz busy an' we'd be out huntin' an' 'ud sit down by a tree couldn' come obah hisse'f, so 'e hed tuh sen' tuh res'", he'd tek 'is knife an' cut six lettahs one o' de niggahs wid de note. All dat day in de tree,—MOLLIE. An' de only cross wud passed an' no answah from Miss Mollie. Ez 'e ebah say tuh me wuz w'en I sez: we wuz out huntin' dat eb'nin', Marse Dean "'Marse Dean, doan' worry; she ain' no sez we'd stop by Miss MoUie's house an' see bettah'n lots o' de gals 'roun' hyah.' w'y she didn' write. "'Whut! yo' black raskill; ef yo' sez dat "'Mebbe she warn' home, Marse Dean,' agin, I'll break yoah neck', an' 'e wuz jes' ez I sez. • wild ez a young hoss. "'Well, Sam said dat 'e lef de note dyah "^We seed Miss Mollie no mo' arfter dat an' tole 'em tuh gib it tuh Miss Mollie.' day w'en we met 'er gwine down de road tuh "Jes' ez we wuz comin' down de road tuh de Majah's. 'Bout a monf arfterw^uds, Marse de Majah's, who'd we meet but Miss Mollie Dean sez dat mebbe she wuz mad 'kase 'e 'erse'f. She came 'long wid 'er head neahly wrote de note 'stead o' comin' hisse'f;; an' 'e techin' de skies. sez we wuz gwine obah tuh 'splain. It wuz in '"Good eb'nin'. Miss Mollie' we sez, raisin' de eb'nin', an' de moon wuz a shinin'down 'jes- our hats. But she nebbah said a wud. Marse ez bright ez on de night dat we goes possum ; Dean tuhrned ez w'ite ez a ghos', an' I nebbah huntin'. We 'warn' mor'n half way, w'en dere seed 'im look like 'e did dat eb'nin'. I nebbah . wuz a noise 'way up de road, an' pretty soon would 'a' knowed 'im. Fin'ly, Miss Mollie sumfin' all in*w'ite came a 'lopin' down de looked straight at Marse Dean kindah like road at full speed. she wanted to forgib' 'im, an' den she sez: "' Fo', Gawd! Marse Dean, dat's a ghos' sho',' "'Dean, did yo' write dat note tuh-day I sez, an' I thought mah time hed come. 'bout goin' tuh de cam'-meetin'?' '"Well, whut ob it?' an' Marse Dean.wuzn' "'Yes, Mollie, I—' a bit afeahd. 594 NGTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. "All on a sudden de hoss wuz pulled back so quick dat 'e mos' set down on 'is hanches; The Boman Theatre. an' I wuz neahly pah'lized wid feah. But it wuz Miss Mollie's voice dat sez: ALBERT L. KRUG, I902. '"Dean, fuhgib me,—eb'ryfin' is cleah now!' '"Oh, MoUie!' sez Marse Dean, 'whut does The first scenic play was presented at Rome dis mean?' in the year 364 B. C. A terrible pestilence 'W'y, Dean, dat Mistah Malloy is tuh blame was raging in Italy, and the performance was fuh it all, an' ef 'e hadn' made a big mustake, given to pacify the gods. The actors were we'd 'a' nebah" met hyah tuh - night. He's Etruscans, hired for the occasion. This presen­ comin' tuh Arlin'ton agin in a few days, an' tation was not a drama as we know it, or even 'e wrote tuh me tuh ax ef 'e couldn' call. Den as the later Romans knew it. The performance 'e wrote tuh 'is chum, Dan Myahs, an' sed was of a religious character, and consisted of 'e got yoah note 'bout de cam'-meetin' from a series of pantomimes and dances, accom­ de niggah whut brought it obah. 'Stead o' panied by a flute. Heretofore, there had been gibin' me yoah note 'e wrote one hisse'f an' • a plenty of representations mostly of country signed yoah name tuh it. It sed dat yo' life, some of them dramatic to a certain extent. wuz gwine tuh tek' some uddah gal wid yo' After the performance mentioned above, the tuh de 'meetin', an' dat yo' nebah lubbed me young Romans mimicked the actions of the 't all anyhow. Now all dis wuz in 'is lettah Etruscans, and, later on, added dialogues. tuh Myahs. But de bes' ob it is dat 'e done These, however, had no connection whatever. put mah lettah in Myahs' env'lope an' Myahs' Finally,in the year272 B.C.Libius Andronicus, lettah in mine, so I knows all 'bout it now. a Tarentine Greek, came to Rome. This man Dean, won' yo' fuhgib' me?' An' you'd 'a' first formed the dialogues into a connected thought she wuz a angel, 'er voice wuz so drama. After this development, the Roman sof an' silbah-like. youths turned over the performances to the '"So dat is de lettah yo' mean' w'en yo' axed professional actors or histrioiies. - me ef I wrote dat note 'bout de cam'-meetin'! These dramas were given at first only at Oh, Mollie, I's annudah man!' the Ltidi Romani or Great Games. In later "An', Mostah, all de time I jes' stood dyah years they were presented also on all fixed kindah pet'ified-like." festivals, and on special occasions, such as the dedication of temples, triumphs and funeral ceremonies. As early as the sixth century after Dreaming. the foundation of Rome, plays claimed an ascendency over the games of the circus. We How sweet it were to sit and dream must not infer from this, however, that the Beside some shaded mountain stream Romans loved the plays for themselves. The And catch the light of each sunbeam only reason for their popularity is that they That peers through trellised trees! were easier and less expensive to produce. Or hear the violet that wooes With trippant tongue the evening dews; The exciting sports of the circus still had a Or mark the crocus change its hues; much stronger attraction for the common Or watch the noonday seas. , people. Often, indeed, in the midst of the To hear the song the harebell sings presentation of a drama, the populace imperi­ As with the April moon it brings . ously demanded a fight between wild animals Its sweet perfumes, and softly clings. or a combat of gladiators. Hence the sums Or 'round the grasses weaves. expended on the plays to hold the attention Or gaze upon the evening breeze That scares the bees from blossomed trees, of the people became very lavish. Speaking Or from half-opened 'lattices of this fact, Cicero said of Pompey: "He To note the changing leaves. cared more for display than for the skill of the actor and the merits of the piece to be To sit beside the shore of life And see the waves made white with strife,' performed." . And see each man with honour rife In the early days, Rome had no permanent Now resting on his bar. theatres. Whenever, a performance was to be To hear the mariners old and grim, With faces broAvn' and eyes grown dim. given, a temporary stage was erected by the That answer all who question them— side of a slope.; The whole was then fenced "We toil no more." • A. B. C. in. As there were no seats, the audience could NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. ' 595

sit, lie or stand, as they wished. The spectators storm come up. In addition, to this, the build- were mingled regardless of rank. Here we ing usually formed the starting-point for all might see a senator sitting beside a soldier, religious processions. or a patrician lying near a despised plebeian. The tiers of seats were cut by passage- In the year 194 B. C. Scipio Africanus first ways which divided them into wedge-shaped separated those of senatorial rank from the sections. Under these were corridors and common people. He enclosed a portion of stairways by which the spectators entered the the ground nearest the stage, and reserved it theatre. Only the top row of seats had any for senators and their families. The censors, permanent covering. The remainder were pro- Valerius Messala and Cassius Longinus, then tected from light rains and the rays of the started to build a permanent theatre. At the sun by an awning of purple linen. As the instigation of Scipio Nasica, however, the other appointments became more elaborate structure was destroyed as "useless and detri- this curtain was made of more costly material, mental to the established customs of Rome." Julius Caesar used one of purple silk and Finally, in the year 55 B. C. Pompey com- gold. Nero had another embroidered with his pleted a permanent theatre made of stone, own image represented as driving the golden To protect the building from destruction he chariot of the sun. Pompey originated the joined it to a temple of Venus in such a device of running water along the passage- manner that the seats served as a stairway ways to cool the theatre, leading to the temple. Augustus built a second The costumes at first were very simple. As in honour of his nephew, Marcellus, and Balba the parts for female characters were always followed with a third. In addition to these taken by men, some disguise was necessary. In three permanent structures many temporary the early days the actors besmeared their faces stages were still set up on great festivals. ^ vvith lees of wine, and used wigs of different The' Roman theatre differed only slightly colors to designate sex and age. Terence was from the Greek. The easiest way to construct the first to introduce masks. In the case of a ground plan is to inscribe in a circle an characters that had anything to say, these equilateral triangle. Prolong one side in both masks had openings similar to small mega- directions and let this line represent the phones at the mouth. Some actors, as Roscius, back of the stage. Then draw a diameter preferred to go. without them altogether. The parallel to the prolonged side. This will form costume of the tragedian consisted of a boot the front of the stage. The remaining half or buskin, called the catlmrnus reaching half circle 'will be the orchestra, around which way up the calves. In addition he had long, the seats are arranged in semicircular tiers, flowing robes of the richest purple and gold. The Roman orchestra was smaller than the The comedian wore a low slipper, the socacs, Greek, for it was used not as, a dancing place and the shirt, the everyday dress of the for the chorus, but as a seating space for common people. distinguished personages. The magistrate who gave the play was The stage which was raised about five feet obliged to provide- for everything: for the above the orchestra, was considerably larger piece itself as well as for the costumes. The than that of the Greek theatres. It had a cur- actors travelled about in troupes or greges tain, but this was lowered instead of raised at under a manager who was called the dominus the beginning of a play. The rear wall, which gregis. This man fixed the sum of money formed the side of a building, had three doors, that was to be paid to the author should the and was richly decorated with paintings and latter be alive. If the play was unsuccessful, statues. This was the usual scenery, but if the playwright was obliged to return the any other was required it consisted of curtains money. One of the conditions on which this or sliding panels. At either side of the stage sum was paid to the writer seems to have were two triangular prisms, with different been that the manager should retain the play decorations on each lateral face. These prisms for his own future use. revolved so that any side could be presented The actors were mostly slaves or freedmen to view. The building, of which the rear wall from Greece, Asia and Egypt. The slaves formed a part, served as a dwelling-place for belonged to wealthy men who sometimes kept the actors, as well as a store-room for stage- whole troupes, either for their own amusement properties. In some cases it was used as a or to hire them out to the managers. Unlike shelter for the spectators, should a heavy the actors of Greece, they had no social stand- 59^ NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. ing whatever.' The remotest descendant of a senator could not contract a legal marriage Varsity Verse. with an actor, and the soldier that left the AN.ACROSTIC S. army for the stage was punished by death P BEING and flowing, our life comes and goes; just as if he had sold himself into slavery. Dying or living, our hearts seek repose. However, this ban was removed in time, and Worry may many sought the societj'^ of the more cultured Injure us. actors. Roscius, for example, enjoyed the No one can say Justly thus: friendship of Cicero and other great men of. "Fighting or resting, our glory is sure; that day. Running or thinking, our fame will endure." Actors were carefully trained for the stage Ever bad, under such masters as Roscius and ^Esopus. Drear and sad The course of study was long and difficult, End such like dreams: Living or dying, our hearts seek repose; as the demand for performers skilled in ges­ Like it or hate it, our life comes and goes. ture, bearing and expression was very great. R. J. S. Consequently a slave that had passed through TO SOPHOiMORES. such a school was very valuable. For instance, If ever you feel a distemper like that when Panurgos, the slave of one Fannius and Which tends to make larger the size of your hat, Then I beg you to see a pupil of Roscius, was murdered by Flavins, What the cause of it be; • of Tarquinii, the judge fixed the indemnity For once this disease _ at one hundred thousand" sestertii. The salary Is out on the breeze. of an actor ranged from one to fift}'- dollars. The people will notice, and then they will say: Often, however, an additional sum was giv^en " Don't you see that man changes his hat every dayl as a present. Moreover, there was a compe­ I say, dear young sirs, if you've ventured in prmt, tition among performers, as there was one Beware, above all, that you carefully stint All the thoughts that impel between gladiators in the circus. The judge Your slight cranium to swell. rendered his decision according to the applause If well you have writ that each competitor elicited. The rewards Say Heaven gave it; consisted of money, clothes and sometimes And always remember you're ever the same crowns of golden leaves. Hence many actors As you were ere the printer established your fame. E. F. G. were enabled to acquire large estates. Slaves INCONSTANCY. were often rewarded with freedom, and when Our boats across the placid waters glide. the judge seemed unwilling to grant this, the And leave a train of ripples in their wake, populace tumultuously demanded it. With bubbles dotted, gleaming on the lake Like snows at night upon a mountain-side. If a good performer received a handsome The ripples soon are lost upon the tide. reward, his punishment, should he prove a And gliding to oblivion they take failure, was equally great. The people showed A joy away. The. bubbles, too, forsake their displeasure by hooting and whistling, and Their path, and wander into ways more Avide. often went so far as to drive the man from the And their existence, how like that of men! stage. In such a case, the presiding magistrate We live to-day, to-morrow are no more; usually ordered him to be publicly whipped The loudest blasts of glory die, and then They are forgot. Few ripples touch Fame's shore. after the play. Since then so much depended As few mid-ocean mighty billows reach on the applause of the spectators, much The sands, and spread their foam along the beach trickery was resorted to to obtain it. As early C. L. O'D. as the times of the republic men were organized HORACE, CAR. I., 23. into bands or claques which were, hired to Thou shun'st me, Chloe, like the timid lamb That o'er the trackless mountain seeks her dam, applaud by the performers. When Nero gave And breathless roams amid the forest trees. his play he organized a band of over five Her heart, like foliage, trembling in the breeze. thousand who were specially trained in the Whene'er the South breathes soft amid the leaves. various ways of showing approbation. Not Or gray owl hoots, or lizard green she sees unfrequently, the claques of rival actors came That gently rustles underneath the bushes, to blows in which the partisans of the respec­ Startled, away in panic fear she rushes. tive competitors joined. Toward the end of No tiger fierce am I nor lion fell the' empire, these fights became so numerous That thirsting ambushed lies; Chloe, 'tis well that a detachment of soldiers was placed in For thee, full grown, to leave thy mother's arm. And seek a lover's fond embrace,—life's charm. every theatre to preserve order. E. P. D. NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. 597

and not John's charter, that was reissued A Bevie-w. by Henry III. when he came of age in 1225; and again it is not John's charter, but the T -r-> \ \\i TD charter of Henry IH., as confirmed in 1^00 LIBERTY DOCUMENTS: A WORKING BOOK IN , ,-, , , ^ ,-^ ' , , , ^ •^, CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY. Selected and prepared ^^ Edward I., that stands at the head of the by Mabel Hill. Edited, with an Introduction, by English statutes as the Magna Charta. It Albert Buchnell Hart. Longmans, Green and Co. is curious, this persistent insistence on John's New York. 1901. Charter as the Magna Charta. Anyone in the This work, handsomely gotten up in arrange- least conversant with the political history of ment and typographical detail, is a compila- England during the thirteenth century, who, tion, with contemporary opinions and later in the light of that history, will read the comments, of some of the most important twelfth and fourteenth clauses of the charter documents in the political history of the of John, can not fail to conclude it never was English and the American peoples. The of legal force in England. In view of these first ten selections, starting with the Corona- facts, it is unfortunate that Miss Hill did not tion Oath and Charter of Henry I. and ending select Magna Charta for her text, or, at least with the Act of Settlement in 1701, deal with by proper note, indicate the portions of John's English problems. The remaining fourteen charter that failed of inclusion therein, and chapters, treating of American political ques- did not set out the further fact that John's tions, begin with extracts from Dummer's charter never was of legal or political force. "A Defence of the New England Charters," The second comment we would make, is in and come down to our own days in a treat- connection with the formation of the Consti- ment of the "current question of the status tution of the United States. From Miss Hill's of the territories and dependencies of the statements upon it and the Articles of Con- United States. federation, it is impossible for the student to A choice of documents to be embraced in draw the true conclusion as to what did really such a work arid the proper critical treatment take place in 1787-9. There then occurred a and exposition thereof, are matters that must revolution in this land. The fathers of the depend largely on the point of view and the Constitutional Convention overthrew the exist- judgment of the compiler. Yet it may be said ing Confederation and, without authority, set in praise of Miss Hill, that few of the great up a new republic, and made it paramount and papers illustrative of the progress of individual supreme over the States, whose peoples should liberty in English or American history are accept it. Patrick Henry, in the Virginia Con- wanting, and the selection of critical comment vention, was correct in his contention that the and opinion is, on the whole, well done. If we action of the framers of the Constitution was would criticise in the matter of omission, it extra-legal and revolutionary, and established would be to note the failure to dwell upon and a new republic in our land sovereign over the illustrate by fitting documents and comments states. On no other apprehension and statement the assertion against the State's claim of con- of the facts, can the course of the government trol in things spiritual, of the right to liberty of the United States in the 6o's be held legal arid of conscience and freedom of worship. justifiable, and the attitude of those who organ- In the treatment of two of the famous ized and supported the secession be regarded documents set forth in this work, we would as rebellious and traitorous. Macaulay's words also comment on the liability of the reader on the revolution of 16S9 ^re far more apt in to faulty ideas of the legal and political dwelling on that of 1789: "This revolution, of effect of certain accomplished facts. The all revolutions the least violent, has been of charter signed by King John at Runnymede, all revolutions the most beneficent." A proper is presented as the Magna Charta of English and concise statement of what did occur in law and liberty. The fact, historical,legal and 1787-9 would have been and would be wise, political, is that John's Charter was held of J. G. E. no force or validity. The Magna Charta of *•* England is the Great Charter first issued, in _ ^ , ^ ,. -^r ^ , th^.^e name ofr THenrT y TTIIIT. i•n 121^0 \^by nCardina A- \l Do uot dare to live without some clear Gualo, the papal legate in England, and intention toward which your living shall be William the Marshal, Earl of Pembroke and bent. Mean to be something with all your rector_^of the king and kingdom. It was this, might.—Phillips Brooks. 598 NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

—It was gratifying to notice a goodly NOTRi DAMI SCHOLASTIC number of Notre Dame supporters and alumni .Notre Dame, June 8,''I90I. at the meet held at Ravenswood on last Saturday. More than half of the entire attend­ Published every Saturday during Term Time at Notre Dame University. ance cheered for the gold and blue. Among Kntered as second-class matter at the Post Oflice. Notre Dame.Ind those present could be seen some of the men Terms, $1.50 per Annum. Postpaid. who while here were the most loyal and enthu­ siastic ones both in athletic and intellectual Address: THE EDITOR NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC, branches. We assure those true and warm­ Notre Dame, Indiana. hearted friends who came and spurred our men on to victor}'-, that the athletes and those The Board of Editors. whom they represent fervently thank them for their support. ANTHONY J. BROGAN, Igol -•••- HARRY P. BARRY, I90I WILLIA.M J. O'CONNOR, I9OI —In this the closing issue of the SCHOLASTIC JOSEPH J.SULLIVAN, I90I WILLIAM H. TIERNEY, IQOI it is only just that a few words of appreciation JOHN P. HAYES, I9OI JOHN M. LILLY, I9OI should be said in behalf of the board of editors, FRANCIS DUKETTE, I902 GEORGE W. BURKITT, I902 the members of which have been exact and LEO J. HEISER, I902 FRANCIS SCHWAB, Ig02 punctual in filling their assignments. Credit HENRY E. BROWN, I902 JOHN J. HENNESSY, I902 is due to all of them for their voluntary efforts PATRICK M'DONOUGH,'03 ALBERT L. KRUG, I902 to make our college publication expressive JOHN L. CORLEY, I902 JOHN P. O'HARA, I902 of the intellectual life here. We are particu­ JOSEPH P. O'REILLY, I903 1 larly grateful to the young men who had JOHN P. CURRY, I9OI I ROBERT E. LYNCH, I903 " j Repoj-ters. special columns to fill. Week after week they FRANK J. BARRY, I903 J conscientiously performed the task allotted them, never late, never grumbling. What shall we say to the gifted few who have supplied the —From Bishop's House, Indianapolis, comes verse? We might tell them that their names a letter conveying to our victorious debaters are now well known in the college world. the congratulations of Mgr. Chatard and his Our exchanges never tire of quoting their popular secretary, Father Chartrand. "I hope," work. We are glad to say that a few of them writes Father Chartrand, "that Notre Dame will be with the SCHOLASTIC a year or two yet. will continue to send forth, as it has done We shall watch their career with interest. And in the past, genuine Catholics, enlightened the reporters? They are the blood and tissue citizens and cultured gentlemen." We thank of a college paper. They do their work silently, our kind friends of Indianapolis for these and often unknown for obvious reasons. A hearty good wishes.' reporter who for a year can turn aside the wrath of the men he writes about would make a most successful diplomat. This is a quality —In a few weeks more a multitude of necessary to his existence, but he must have college graduates will be loose in the land. others and higher ones, such as observation, The young men will be conscious of personal humor and imagination. merit. They know that special advantages and The SCHOLASTIC reporters this year have opportunities out of the ordinary have been fulfilled all necessary conditions and still live, given them, and they reason that on this The Hon. Joe O'Reilly we must pick out for account their services are of unusual benefit to special mention. His droll and shrewd way men. Such notions may be just enough, but of hitting off the weaknesses of his fellows is certainly some graduates exaggerate their value inimitable. His good nature often forces him to the world. A young man who has been in also to notice their better parts; but in joke the glare of the calcium light of class honours or earnest he can supply a "local" faster than for a few years, hates to fall into the oblivion our Indiana weather changes. that for a time must envelop the earnest To all of these the SCHOLASTIC is truly worker. But he is merely finding his place in grateful. We can wish our successor no better the world. He will not remain in the shadow fortune than that he may have a board of all the time, unless, like the moth, he flies too editors.and reporters as bright and punctual as near the light at first and burns his wings. has been our luck to work with his year. Vale.' NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC, 599

Trophies Won by the Track Team of 1901.

only the largest of the Western colleges is gratifying to our pride. The splendid performances of our men sho.ved beyond doubt that we are still the equal of any Western team, and the vast difference in the totals for the respective teams proves conclusively that the smaller colleges can not cope successfully with our sturdy athletes. Ever since the first track team that went out from Notre Dame to represent the Gold and Blue in intercollegiate contests, the reputation of our men for endur­ ance and ability has never been questioned. Five times in as many years we have wrested the State Championship from our Indiana sister college teams, and without a great deal of exertion. Twice we have defeated Chicago and Illinois in the annual meets held in the' new gymnasium. Once we appropriated second place in the big Western Meet, and this year our fellows went farther and handily captured the banner. There was a time when some one said that Notre Dame had a one-man team. This season there was not a more evenly balanced team in the country than ours. We are proud of our track men of 'oi, and we can say much for the teams that will represent Notre Dame in the future by comparing them favorably with the squad "Dad" Moulton formed this year, and for the most part out of raw material.

The laurels that have come to Notre Dame through the victories of her field and track team during the season that has just closed have been numerous. To the excellence of the work of our men and as evidence of their prowess, three championship banners and a silver-plated shield will attest. After defeating the teams representing Chicago and Illinois Universities in a triangular meet held at Notre Dame in March, and Purdue and Indiana in May, our fellows directed their attention to the state meet held at Lafayette in the latter part of the month. The result of their efforts in this series of events is well known at Notre Dame. Last week "Dad" Moulton's squad of athletes went to Chicago and came home with the Western Intercollegiate championship banner in their possession. There is not as much glory attached to this feat now as there has been in the past, but the possession of the shield that [.has been in the keeping of . 6oo NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

pushed him hard, winning for Drake in the Notre Darae's Fine Showing. last few yards. The defeat of Lyman of Grinnell in the EGGEHAN ESTABLISHES A NEW RECORD IN quarter by Gearin and Murphy was a surprise, THE SHOTPUT, for the Hawk-eye captain was supposed to have a sure thing. Only five men entered. The showing made by our track men at Gearin cantered in about twelve yards ahead of the Western Inter-collegiate Amateur Athletic Murphy, who was a like distance from Lyman. Association Meet held at Ravenswood on The time was pretty fair, but there is no tell­ Saturday, June ist, was marvellous. Out of a ing what Gearin could have done were he total of 147 points they won 72; getting nine pushed. He appeared to play with the others, firsts, eight seconds and three thirds out of smiling over his shoulder at them. sixteen events. There was no real opposition. In the low hurdles, Kirby easily won for Of the other colleges that competed Drake Notre Dame; Jim Herbert vvas close behind was second, lagging far behind with 32 points. him. Uffendall had everything his own way The field at Ravenswood, 111., is an ideal in the half-mile run. The real contest was one so far as the spectators are concerned; between Gearin and Evans of Grinnell; our an enormous stand on the west side of it graceful runner beat the latter by three yards. affords ample room for the onlookers, and Dad Moulton forced Uffendall into the two- gives them a chance to see the finish. This mile race where he got second place, but he •stand was not overcrowded on Saturday, was disqualified for fouling. He was supposed although the weather was splendid. Scarcely to have stumbled against another runner. a thousand persons in all attended the meet, How he was guilty is not very clear, for it and half of these were Notre Dame supporters. was next to impossible to keep from stagger­ The track is not an excellent one, being ing on some parts of the track. rough, uneven, and heavy. This accounts for Notre Dame was not represented in the the apparent mediocre time made in many bicycle raaes. Grinnell, Drake, and Knox of the events. In the short dashes and the divided the points between them. Welker of hurdles it was difficult for our men to equal Grinnell was allowed to ride under protest, their ordinary records. 'and won first place both in the quarter and As only five of the eleven colleges that are the mile. At the finish of "the mile he made in the Association entered the contest, the a swift sprint and was pushed close by Amberg trial heats in most of the events were dispensed of Drake. In the quarter he easily defeated with. One heat served as trial, semi-final and Amberg, Lass of Knox was second. Welker's final. Jim Herbert had the high hurdles won medals were held because of the protest, but before the spectators knew the meet had Grinnell was given the ten points he had won. begun. He was led by Bair of Grinnell, but By this time our runners had taken enough passed him at the second last hurdle, making firsts and seconds to put Notre Dame's title first place by a few feet. The hundred yard to the meet beyond all cavil. Our field men, dash was a very pretty race, though slow. however, had not been loafing. Jim Kearney Owing to the softness of the "track Corcoran had won second in the pole vault at 10 feet 5 got a miserable start;, his foot slipped as the inches; Pell of Drake winning first by clearing pistol went off, and he staggered after Conger 10 feet 7 inches. Richon did not have much of Grinnell and Staples who were five yards to do for the high-jump medal. After clearing ahead of him. The Grinnell sprinter held the 5 feet 3J^ inches he sat down on the grass, lead until he was within four yards of the chewed a straw, and watched his opponents tape. He could feel Staples' hot breath on his fail. Corcoran went into the broad-jump for shoulder. "Core" was still last, but with a exercise and the individual medal; he dropped magnificent burst of speed he closed on out at 19 feet. Murphy won the event with Conger, passed him and came in two feet inches to spare. His and Kirby's performances ahead of Staples, who, following the good at the meet were versatile and good. example of his captain, flew by Conger. It was Notre Dame's showing in Saturday's meet a thrilling race. The Notre Dame supporters. goes to prove what has often been asserted; cheered wildly. We had no man in the mile. namely, that we ought to compete in the It was exceedingly flat, until the last half lap, "Big Nine" meets; undoubtedly we shall when Turner of Knox sprinted and Jaggard next year. This season we had an" invitation LSrOTRE DJiMB SCHOLASTIC. 601

to do so, but we felt in honor bound to attend Two-mile run—Won by Arnold, Knox; Thompson, the Western Intercollegiate Amateur Associ­ Drake, second; Emerson, Drake, third. Time, 11:08 r-5. One hundred and twenty-yard hurdles—Won by ation Meet, for -Notre Dame had pledged her Herbert, Notre Dame; Bair, Grinnell, second; Chapman, word to do so. Drake, third. Time, :i6 4-5. Pell of Drake won the hammer throw, Two hundred and twenty-yard hurdles—Won by flinging it twenty feet farther than any of his Kirby, Notre Dame, Herbert, Notre Dame, second; competitors. This gave him two firsts, the Adams, Illinois, third. Time, .26 2-5. One mile bicycle race—Won by Welker, Grinnell; pole-vault being the other. Smith of Drake Amberg, Drake, second; Lass, Knox, third. Time, got the discus throw after a hard battle with .2:41 1-5. Glynn and Eggeman. The condition of Big Quarter-mile bicycle race—Won by Welker, Grinnell; John's ankle made it impossible for him to Lass, Knox, second; Amberg, Drake, third. Time,.33 1-5. Putting sixteen-pound shot—Won by Eggeman, Notre swing his mighty body with either the hammer Dame; Glynn, Notre Dame, second; Pell, Drake, third. or discus. In the shotput, however, he did Distance, 40 feet S]A inches. splendid work; breaking the record of forty Throwing sixteen - pound hammer—Won by Pell, Drake; Eggeman, Notre Dame, second; Ackerson, feet three inches made by our marvellous Knox, third. Distance, 131 feet 6}^ inches. athlete, Fred Powers. John beat this by 2}^ High jump—Won by Richon, Notre Dame; Smith, Illinois, second; Glynn, Notre Dame, third. Height inches, putting the iron ball 40 feet 5^ inches. 5 feet 3>^ inches. The magnitude of Eggeman's feat may be Broad jump—Won by Murphy, Notre Dame; Bair, Grinnell, second; Ackerson, Knox, third. Distance, 21 appreciated best if compared with the shot- feet -2% inches. put in the "Big Nine" meet, which was 37 Discus throw—Won by Smith, Drake; Glynn, Notre feet 9^ inches, or 2 feet 6 inches less than Dame, second; Eggeman, Notre Dame, third. Distance, 108 feet loyi inches. John's. This means that our giant manager Pole vault—Won by Pell, Drake; Kearney, Notre could give 24 inches to any athlete in the Dame, second; Chapman, Drake, third. Height, 10 feet 7 inches. West and still win first by a good margin. He -*•»- covered himself with glory in his last meet, Personals. coming within two points of winning the indi­ vidual medal which fell to Pell of Drake. Captain Corcoran was still closer, just lack­ —Mrs. John H. Eames of Chicago, 111., was a recent guest of the University. ing one point to equal Pell. The latter gave —Mr. Fred Dierssen of Chicago, 111., spent us hard tussles in the field events and richly a few days here as the guest of his.son of deserves the honour of bearing away the Carroll Hall. individual medal. Outside of him Notre —Miss E. Smithwick of Chicago, 111., paid Dame had scarcely any opposition, which, in a visit to her brother of St. Edward's Hall a measure, accounts for the slow time in some within the past few days. of the events. As was said before, the track —Mr. and Mrs. Gately of Chicago, 111., was heavy and uneven and helped most to visited their son who has been ill in the stretch the time. It was trying on the endur­ Infirmary for some time. ance of the runners, many of whom fell down —Miss W. N. Altarauge of Detroit, Mich., exhausted at the tape or near it. Nothing made a short stay at the University on a visit to friends. Miss Altarauge was a former can speak better for "Dad Moulton's training student at St. Mary's Academy. than the fact that all his boys were fresh —The sad news comes to us of the death and smiling at the finish, while the other of Mr. Nicholas P. Beckwith of El Paso, Texas. athletes had to be helped from the track. Mr. Beckwith was for some years a student of the University, and by his manly and' unselfish SUMMARY. qualities won the respect of his fellows. The One hundred-yard dash—Won by Corcoran, Notre SCHOLASTIC joins with the student body in Dame; Conger,,Grinnell, second; Staples, Notre Dame, extending to the bereaved family their heart­ third. Time, :io 2-5. felt sympathy and regret over his untimely Two hundred and twenty-yard dash—^Won by Corcoran, death. Notre Dame; Staples, Notre Dame, second; Conger, Grinnell, third. Time, :23 2-5. —^We learn from a recent letter to Father Four hundred and forty-yard dash—^Won by Gearin, Ready that James T. Downey, an old student Notre Dame; Murphy, Notre Dame, second; Lyman, here, is to be ordained a priest in the near Grinnell, third. Time, -.52 1-5. future. The orders of Subdeaconand Deacon Half-mile run — Won by Uffendall, Notre Dame; will be conferred on him June 19 and 20 and the Gearin, Notre Dame, second; Evans, Grinnell, third. Sacrament of Holy Orders will be adminis­ Time, 2:03 2-5. tered on July 7. Father Downey expects to Mile run—Won by Jaggard, Drake; Turner, Knox, celebrate his first Mass in his country home second; Emerson, Drake, third. Time, 5:26 3-5. parish near Dowagiac. 6o2 NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC,

Exchanges. The Last Game.

For the last time this term we welcome old Probably no team that has represented friends that now have become dear. With Notre Dame on the diamond ever received a feeling akin to sorrow we tear open the such a shaking up as our fellows experienced wrappers and prepare for a parting tete-a-tete. before they met Wisconsin last Monday. The To welcome you has been a most pleasant absence of Walsh and Bergen compelled duty. While others are eagerly counting the Captain Donahoe to form nearly a new team. remaining minutes, the exchange editors think Jimmie Morgan was sent to third base, Camp­ with regret of the separation from their bell was put in to cover Morgan's bag, the chosen friends, the college magazines. We captain went to second base and Harry Hogan shall often think of you, and may our forced took the outfield position. Billy Fleet was separation be only a bond to unite us more forced to look on at the game from the bench firml}^ in the future! on account of a bad throwing arm. As Hogan was to play the outfield. Captain Donahoe put "The Commencement Annual" of the lVn?ikle Higgins on the slab, and Higgins pitched one is the crown of a brilliant enterprise. To edit of the best games of baseball we have seen a college comic paper is no easy undertaking, around here for some days.- and we congratulate the editors of the Wrinkle The Wisconsin men are credited with eleven on their success during the year. But it seems hits, but two, and probably three, of this num­ that the Mark Twains and Bill Nyes of ber should not have counted. If our fellows Michigan have joined hands to make the had known before the game began how well " Commencement Annual" a triumph that they were going to play together with their brings with it patched-up team, Wisconsin might not have "Jest and youthful jollity, taken away the victory. Campbell covered Quips and cranks and wanton wiles, first base like a veteran; Morgan was thor­ Nods and becks and Avreatlied smiles." oughly at home on third, and Captain Donahoe, But while enjoying the bubbling wit and although he failed in three chances Monday, humour, we can not lose sight of the numerous showed good form and speed at second. Wis­ drawings and sketches. They are among the consin had the game well in hand after the very best that we have seen. first few innings and gave us small opportunity to overtake their lead. Matthews pitched * * excellent ball for awhile, giving our men but The Princeton Tiger is as wild as ever. He three singles until the eighth inning. In the mercilessly tears his prey to pieces, and with meantime the Badgers continued piling up joyful air he licks his chops and looks about runs until they had eleven. Here Higgins let for other victims. But he is a considerate out some reserve force and blanked them for tiger, molest him not, and he will spare you,— the last two times. his victims deserve their fate. When in a playful mood, his boon companions are The eighth inning sent our stock up some notches. John Farley covered himself all over "Sport that wrinkled Care derides. And laughter holding both his sides." with glory when he laced the ball out over the running track, making a circuit of the bases The Tiger is an excellent specimen of what and scoring two men before him. This inning's a college comic paper can be. The series of work raised our total to four. We were not pen-pictures entitled " College Days" can not allowed to register in the ninth, and the game be too highly praised. "His Majesty the ended with the score ii to 4 against Notre Tiger" is as fine a looking chap as one could Dame. find, and the picture would lend grace to Innings—I 234567S9 any magazine. Wisconsin—-2 o 4 o. o 2 3 o o—11 • * * Notre Dame—o 00 1000.3 o— 4 The Pemisylvanian, The Student, The _ Daily Home run—Farley. Stolen bases—Hawkins, 2; Ware. Cardinal, The U. of M. Daily, and others, have Double plays —Hogan, Morgan, Campbell. Struck out— kept us well posted on local happenings in the By Matthews, 6; by Higgins, 3. Bases on balls—By Matthews, 4; by Higgins, 3. Wild pitch — Higgins. college world. Our criticism of them must be Time of game, one hour and fifty-five minutes. Umpire, far from censorial. • G. W. B. Tindall. ^ NOTRH DAME SCHOLASTIC, 603

Baccalaureate Sermon by the Rev. Nathan J. Mooney, Local Items. B. S. '77, A. M., '95, Rector of St. Columbkille's Church, Chicago, Illinois. —Last evening, atter givmg Confirmation MONDAY. TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10-12. at St. Mary's Academy, Bishop Alerding of E.xaminations. Fort Wayne, witnessed a drill by the eight Tuesday Evening, Band Concert. racing crews on St. Joseph's Lake. The WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12. 8:co a. m Closing Examinations manoeuvres were simple, but they, showed to 10:00 a. m ^ Regatta advantage the work done by the crews during 12:00 m Dinner the past six weeks. The music of the Univer­ 2:00 p. m Closing Exercises in St. Edward's Hall sity Band lent an added charm to the occasion. 3:00 p. m Baseball Game on Cartier Field 6:00 p. m Supper This morning the Rt. Rev. Bishop celebrated 6:30 p. m Band Concert on the Quadrangle Mass and administered the Sacrament of WEDNESDAY. JUNE 12, 7:30 P.M. Confirmation to the young men who lately COMMENCEJIENT EXERCISES IN WASHINGTON HALT.. received their First Holy Communion. Overture—"Morning. Noon and Night" Suppe SCHOLASTIC University Orchestra. —^The wishes a pleasant vacation BACHELORS' DISCOURSES: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY to one and all. STATESMAN. —After the Western Intercollegiate meet I.—Oration "Peace and International Arbitration" James Herbert was elected captain of the Mr. John P. Hayes (New York). Double Quartet—"The Sabbath Day" C.Kreiitzer track team for the coming year. Mr. Thomas F. Dwyer. Mr. John J. 0'Connell,"==^ —We wish to rectify a mistake that was in Mr. Miecislaus Szalewski, Mr. Vincent B. Welker, the " Personals " of a recent date concerning Mr. William M.Wimberg, Mr. Matthew J.Donahoe, Mr. Leo J. Heizer. Mr. James C. Mannion. the death of James Ward of Chicago. "Our II.—Oration " Liberty and Genuine Democracy " old friend" is still alive and as jovial as ever. Mr. Joseph J. Sullivan (Illinois). * —Owing to the unfavourable weather of Violin Solo—Andante and Finale from Concerto, last Thursday, the Corpus Christi procession Op. 47 Mendelssohn Mr. Louis Carey. around the lake had to be omitted. The exer­ III.—Oration "Happiness and Christian Socialism" cises in the church were of an impressive Mr. William H. Tiemey (Wisconsin). character. Father L'Etourneau officiated at Double Quartet—" Evening Song " C. Kreutzer the Solemn High Mass. Oration of the Day by the Rt. Rev. John Shanley, D D., Bishop of Fargo. North Dakota. —Dad Moulton wishes to express publicly THURSDAY, JUNE 13. 8:30 A. M. his gratitude toward his boys of the track WASHINGTON HALL. team. In his opinion they are the most gentle­ March—" Le Pere de Victoire" Auban manly and honorable body of young men he UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA. Double Quartet " Home, Sweet Home " has ever trained, and Dad has been with many Mr. Thomas'F. Dwyer. Mr. John J. O'Connell, a "bunch." His only regret is that he will Mr. Miecislaus Szalewski. Mr. Vincent B. Welker, not be with them any longer. His young men Mr. Frederick J. Kasper, Mr. Matthew Donahoe, reciprocate the feeling. Mr. Leo J. Heiser, Mr. James C. Mannion, Class Poem Mr. Anthony J. Brogan (Ireland). —We had a letter from Dan Murphy of Valedictory Mr. William J. O'Connor (Kentucky). Chicago yesterday, that stated that the Notre Conferring of Degrees. Awarding of Honors. Dame alumni of that city were making arrange­ —THE PASSING OF OUR GREAT ATHLETES.— ments for an excursion to the University during Four years ago, when our trainer gave Corcoran Commencement. They are heartily welcome. At a two-yard start on the hundred yard men, the last Saturday's meet held at Ravens wood they same trainer never realized that he was develop­ loyally supported the track team, and showed ing a sprinter and a middle distance runner by their presence that they still have a warm that was destined to show his heels to many a spot in their hearts for the old college. competitor in the West; for Corcoran possessed —The Law Class was represented by Daniel within him that indomitable spirit which has P. Murphy and William A. Guilfoyle in the led him on to victory after victory. Were he recent examination for admission to the Bar among the ancient Greeks, the bards-would in Illinois. That-State is now hardly surpassed have sung his races fought and won; to us it is anywhere in strictness in this respect. Never­ but left to point to many banners he has helped theless, the young gentlemen named declare to place upon our walls, and to call on these that they found the test comparatively easy. dumb things to speak. And could they tell They passed with gratifying credit. And yet their tales, we would hear of a Marshall field, fully one hundred of those that were.examined where this strong runner in a single day won at the time, some of them having diplomas three great races against the fleetest sprinters •of the most famous law schools in the country, in the West; of a Milwaukee where he equalled failed to meet the requirements of the test. a world's record, and rescued his team from —Programme of the fifty-seventh annual certain defeat; of a Notre Dame, and a two Commencement, June 9-13, 1901. hundred and twenty yard world's record broken SUNDAY, JUNE 9. beyond repair. VVe like to speak of these S:oo a. m. Solemn High Mass celebrated by the Ver}-- things, for the athletic glory of Corcoran shall long retain its lustre. Rev. President Morrissey. 6o4 NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC

Another man that we lose from our athletic AN ASSOCIATION—THE HOTEL DE HANEY. field is "Big" John Eggeman. If it were only There is something peculiarly attractive for his size we could not forget him—but John about the road north of the Novitiate, whether has something better than size to recommend in winter or summer. It is a pleasant place him. We have seen him as a centre rush hurl to walk, though there be two feet of snow on his Titanic frame against our opposing wedge; the ground, because when there one can feel and then a crash or a thud, and the wedge secure". There you can think unmolested by was broken or down. But- it is not as a foot­ prefects—think of the shortest and safest way ball player, but as a track man, that we wish to town, and back again, without getting "a to view him. And especialiy so when, during hundred." But that road, like an education, is the last three weeks, he entered as many track only a means to an end—the way to Haney's. meets, and despite a twisted painful ankle It is said of St. Jerome, or some other holy won a first place in everyone of them. "Big" man, that he knew only two roads—the road John has proven his mettle in many a hard- to church and the road to school. One can fought contest, and with his loss comes a hole not help regretting that so great a man had in Notre Dame's track team which will not be not travelled more extensively, that he never easily filled. knew the road to Haney's. Another man we should like to speak of is If you do not find the woods along that "Dad" Moulton. When he came among us road well "gowned" you are not lost for we had heard of his ability and expected many inspiration. The humming telegrapic poles things of him; nor were we disappointed. He transport your thoughts to the realm of poetic knew the art of training from alpha to ojiiega. fancy. The' music of a rumbling farmer's In four months he turned four raw recruits wagon harmonizes with the rural symphonic Gearin, Staples, Richon and Kirby, into first- poem. The whistling of a passing locomotive prize winners. He brought the entire team reminds you of home, sweet home; but best of into magnificent condition, and kept Corcoran all, you are not liable to fall into temptation's from breaking down. Under his tutelage the path—the brewery is so near and yet so far. older men improved in their several events. You have nature all around you. You can Moulton may be with Leland Standford next hold communion with her visible farm-yards. year; and if he is, should he train that team If you happen to have your pencil and note­ as he trained our men, his year will be book you can jot down your observations—the successful. difference between a sunset and a streak of lightning—which you could not distinguish were you within the "sacred precincts." A Card of Thanks. "Hotel de Haney" is located on the top of a hill opposite the little district schoolhouse. The SCHOLASTIC would be extremely ungrate­ After partaking of a hospitable, "temperance" ful if it did not thank its friends of the luncheon at Haney's, you can step into the "Locals" in this its final issue. Those are the children's college across the way and entertain, merry fellows who usually do things that break or rather, amuse the children or the school- the monotony of college life. Their deeds have ma'am, if she is pretty and indulgent, and she been windfalls to the SCHOLASTIC reporters always is. There at least you can "bluff" the who could not be expected to draw on their young rustics, and shine for a while only to imaginations all the time. Among "the fun- grow dim when you get back to the college makers Chauncey Yockey stood pre-eminent, where they know you. with Judge John Lavelle a close second. These It is interesting to observe how nine in every young gentlemen always took good-naturedly ten college fellows, as soon as they mount the the fictions or elaborated truths printed about steps in front of that remote schoolhouse, them. They never met the editor or reporter begin to feel Ciceronian impulses stirring with a baseball bat or a shot gun, but with a plug within them. The robins and the cricket-s are of battle-axe, a smile and glad hand, or a " recent modest enough to. bow their heads when a josh." Such prolific and good-humored jokers rational creature almost as bashful as them­ should not go unthanked, and the SCHOLASTIC selves begins to speak. Too timid to sway assures them of its gratitude. We are also his apologetic arms before a crowd of his indebted to Mr. E. Gilbert, whose patience has fellow-citizens, he experiences a little thrill of been marvellous. .What .shall we say of,the pleasure there at being able to swing them genial J. J. Cooney of Woodstock? Than he naturally without the consciousness of his no man has been more vilified and calum­ own awkardness. niated and still kept an. undisturbed liver. He Many charms hath Haney's. You can exer­ not only gave the. reporters material for inter­ cise your lungs and limbs and soothe your esting items, but was guilty of writing some soul, and put your name on the register with himself. Below we give one written by him in or without any poetry. You can get a plenty his affable, happy way. We dare say, it will of fresh air and fresh eggs—in short, you can arouse many a dormant memory. get fresh yourself without getting into trouble.