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VOL. XLV. NOTRE DAME, INDIANA, JUNE 15, 1912. No. 36.

south of Spain determined to a great extent Without the Hereafter. the special department of literature which he would adorn. = [j THOMAS A. DOCKWEILER, 'l2. Other forces, however, were at work, and to these also must be attributed, to some extent pARTH is only a speck of cosmic dust at least, the choice of the picaresque novel. Encircling a little star, The Romantic tales of knight-errantry were Whose feeble light could scarce be seen falling into unpopularity. Internally they had From those titan worlds afar. already ceased to incite respect, curiosity or And man, Avho creeps on this tinj' globe pleasure. The people felt that the heroism To groan for one short day,— so much sung was so much cant. But true Is he much nobler than a worm to Spanish traditions and ideals the people That's destined to slow decay? were slow to break away from rule. For centuries their literature abounded in romantic If death were all existence means kinght-tales. These were metrical composi­ Then 'twere better not to be; tions, and the savants refused to recognize Our life were but a riddle unread. the lowly prose of the picaresque school. To Without immortality. them there seemed to be too much of the vulgar. The critics, also, scorned the idea of turning Don Quixote- A T3rpe of the Picaresque. to the new scho,ol, and bitter were their denunciation of all its publications. JOHN T. BURNS, '13. About fifty years previous to the appearance of Don Quixote (1592) "Lazarillo De Tonnes" ,IGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAV- had been published, but it met with no success. EDRA," says Hume, "was one of The learned shunned it, and the throng followed nature's greatest penmen, whose their example. .At that time one might have very powers obliged him to write." cursed his Christian God with no more fear And surely if his powers were of rebuke than if he scorned the Spanish idols. such, his numerous and varied But fifty years is time enough to bring great experiences gave him abundant opportunities changes. Cervantes was determined to gain for expression. His riotous life as a student, fame no matter what the price. In this he his adventures as a soldier, his situations as but followed the Spanish mind, for it is said chamberlain to a cardinal in Rome, his tortures the Spaniard will write anything, attempt while serving as a galley slave to some Barbary anything, do anything if by so doing his name pirates, and his lack of success as a poet and lives in posterity. Individualism is his forte, dramatist furnished material in abundance for and notice will be his if he has to wallow in the play of his talents. Added to these were the mud in order to secure it. the long years of childhood and early youth As soon as Cervantes had completed his during which he made his residence in the novel, it lay untouched for, some twelve squalid waterside streets of Seville, and later years. Then for a trifle he sold the copyright his position of over-due tax bailiff in the to a publisher, who, though not at all certain 562 THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC

that the book would be popular, determined orate speech. Amazement fills everyone, but to tryl the public taste. the wise old inn-keeper soon discovers the cause The book at once became the rage. Spain of the old man's peculiar actions. The house­ had at last awakened. Its people saw life hold is informed of the old man's eccentricities, truly depicted for the first time. The veil and the entire gathering pass a boisterous even­ was removed from their eyes, and they dis­ ing playing pranks upon the unbalanced knight. covered that the lowly occupied a place on And so passes in review incident after incident this earth of ours. until we have covered some six hundred pagess "Don Quixote" is a revolt against knight- The novel has no plot. Quixote is the errantr}'^, a satire on court life and manners. central figure, and he and his Squire, the clown An old county squire is the central figure Sancho, roam the country in search of ad­ in the narrative. His whole life has been venture. They have no particular place in devoted to reading of kingly deeds, and now view, nor have they any particular deeds 'to in his old age, his mind having become affected perform. They wander until they find an by meditation and hero worship, he takes as opportunity, which is never lacking, to display fact these fictions. History is not history their gallantry, and after they have thus occu­ unless the knights of old are forever perform­ pied themselves for a long period of time, they ing chivalric deeds. His discussions center return home, only to again depart in search about Amadis De Gaula and Palmerin of of other adventures. England. The shaft of ridicule employed by the author Finally the old man gets together some armor, strikes deep at the roots of tradition, nor is a sword and' other knightly accoutrements; there any mistaking at whom the satire is then bringing in his horse from the field, the directed. The pompous knight, so super­ enfeebled one prepares to become a knight- ficial yet ever so courteous, by contrast held errant. He assumes the name of Don Quixote, up to laughter is an indirect attack upon and is spoken of as poor, proud, obstinate and knighthood in all its phases. old-fashioned, his cheeks sunken in until they Parallel, however, with the ludicrous exploits almost touch each other. The sash which he of Quixote are the "weighty epigrains, and puts on is green and very shabby, while the. apothems which forever flow from the pen old horse is but a mere skeleton. of Cervantes. Cervantes was gifted with a Thus equipped Quixote departs, and now remarkable memory, besides having- a most come the incidents which make children laugh, keen perception. He had travelled throughout which open to the learned the deeper furrows the world and met with all classes. And no . of thought,, and which bring tears to old age. matter whether" with the high or the low of The incidents are in themselves ludicrous in society, his penetrating mind never contented the extreme. The old man is forever bungling, itself by remaining with surface appearances. forever getting into the wrong place and doing He went beneath and found the true meaning the j^rrong thing at the wrong time. For and cause of the peculiar attitude of the Spanish instance, when traveling through the country mind; and when he had done so his caustic district, Quixote sees numerous . windmills, pen hurled shaft upon shaft of raillery at the which he takes to be giants. In spite of the falsity of cciurt-sodety; protests of Sancho, Don attempts to make S6 much for the first half of Don Quixote. war on these giants. It happens to be a In the latter hatt is pictured poor old Spain windy day, and when he thrusts his lance with its eyes now opened, with some wiealth . through the mill, the speed of the wheel breaks still remaining, but with no future to bank his shaft of offense, and tumbles the old gentle­ upon: all realize the pitiful plight. Economy man upon the ground. is looked upon as a nec^essity, and yet Spain Later he goes to a tavern, and thinks he feels unable to make the sacrifice. The proud has come upon an old^ castle. The shepherd's blood lof centuries' still courses through her horn which is heard in the distance becomes veins, and in spite of her knowing herself, to him a signal of his own approach. When she drains her resources in an effort to keep he reaches the tavern it is already. dark. He up appearances. Then finally, when so much takes the two wenches, who are at the entrance, has been conveyed to the reader, the story to be princesses, and greets them with an elab­ <»mes tp-ajcipse,-^thpiigh there is no reason

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for the close at this particular point. It might But "Sweet" was in love, and the mistress have continued indefinitely or might have of his aflFections was Marie McDonald, the been brought to an end earlier. little girl for whom the gentleman was buying i While one can understand how delightful the picture. All the time that the purchase such a book may have been when published, was taking place, Gregori, with his nose pressed the present generation can not get from it against the window, kept watching Marie, the same entertainment. The style is entirely his little heart beating in fear lest she should foreign to the readers of the present day. Even take notice of his attentions to her. As he though a person is absorbed in ludicrous presen­ was standing thus, three men, all closely tations, he finds himself unable to read "Don muffled," came up and stood directly be­ Quixote" with any pleasure, for the con­ hind him. He could not but hear [what versation of the characters both principal and they said. y-i- subordinate are totally artificial, and their " Here they are. Bill! You go up Second very superficiality coupled with their extreme Street to that alley between Monroe and Collier length become unbearable in a shoi;t period and wait there with the buggy. Jack and I of time. will take care of the man and the kid." The chief merit of the book lies in its his­ The man referred to as Bill, turned and de­ torical value. _ To the student of literature parted without saying a word. But he came it presents the transformation and develop­ back almost immediately, and said in a voice ment of the present-day novel, and gives us whfch was almost as muffled as his person: perhaps the best clue to the underlying reason " I forgot to give you the note you are to put for the transformation. Then, too, it gives into that guy's-pocket after you pat him on us a conception of the wonderful genius and the bean." daring of Cervantes, both of which would The note he spoke of was a demand for have remained dormant in the greater percent Sio,ooo for the return of the girl. Clearly the of men, when we consider the times, the men's intention was to kidnap the girl and customs and the ideals which prevailed in demand a reward. Even Gregori, by adding Spain during the latter part of the sixteenth two and two together, could guess that. What! century. his Marie to be kidnapped! He almost yelled mm^ when the thought flashed through his mind. For His Love. But he restrained himself, fearing lest the men should take notice of him. He thought to MAURlCe J. NORCKAUER, '14. rush to the door and warn the two, but the door was too far away, and he dare not stir Little Gregori Mariano was standing in lest he might arouse the men's attention and front of Cohen's bookstore^ gazing intently at suspicion. What seemed best to his child­ something inside. There were many pretty ish mind was to allow the men to follow things in the windows, for Cohen's always had the man and girl, and as soon as the men attractive window displays; but Gregori was moved away he would ^ run around the square not looking at the things in the window. In­ and meet the intended victims at the comer side the^ store were many customers,^—^mostly two blocks away. But Gregori did not know women, a few young ladies and one gentleman that the very spot at which he was to warn with a.little child. The gentleman was buying them had been chosen by the thugs as the place it. picture, presumably for the little girl, and for their crime. All he knew was that the man she it was upon whom Gregori's eyes were with the buggy was just half a^ square further . feasting. on, and he supposed that the kidnapping Gregori was just eleven years old. He was was to happen there. an innocent and cheerful little boy with those His heart was thumping almost loud enough expressive eyes so common among. Italian to he heard when Marie and her unde came children. He had no mother, brothers or sisters, out from the book-store. They were nearly and his father lived in Italy, so Gregori was, a half square away before the men started for all practical purposes,'alone in the world. to follow them. Then^with his^mind^fiHed The boys with whom he played called him with horrible thoughts of what the men might "Sweet";—no one seemed to know why. do if he did not warn Marie in time, Gregori " 564 THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC

ran for dear life around the comer. Just as Varsity Verse. he turned the second comer and was running

up the street parallel to Second Street, a police­ AMONG THE FLOWERS. man on the other side of the street gave chase, I , WANDERED far one afternoon probabl)'^ thinking Gregori was in mischiet. By brooks, o'er vales and hills. The little Italian boy, however, paid no heed Among 'the • blooming hyacinths to the officer's command to stop, but turned And golden daffodils. the third comer in the last stretch of his mad Which all along my pathway dash to warn them. The policeman ceased Would blush and gently smile— . to call and hastened to overtake the fugitive. O I was forced to pluck one Gregori had now reached the comer of Second With every little while. and Collier streets. The policeman was less than a hundred feet behind. There in front These fairy pledges of the spring— of him was one of the muffled men and the All tossing in a dance— gentleman and Marie were just crossing the Looked truly like gay soldiers, square. In the gloom of the solitary gas lamp A legion at a glance. the thug recognized Gregori as the innocent- They sparkled in the sunlight. looking boy he had left in front of the book­ And wafted sweet perfume— store. Before the lad could shout his warning, O would that spring should never cease, the thug whipped out a revolver and fired, So they might always bloom. and without a groan Gregori fell headlong H. J. D. in the street. Out of the dark came another IN SEPTEMBER. Just a little relaxation muffled figure. He lifted his arm and brought Happ'ly taken this vacation. it down with a dull thud on the head of the Makes my task seem bright and cheery girl's uncle. The shot and the blow happened Since my mind is not so weary. almost as.one, and both bodies were lying limp on the street. The i^oliceman who had come Just a little relaxation up unnoticed by the thugs, now stepped for­ With a rather short vacation. ward just as the two men had seized the girl. Makes my task seem dull and irkscme "Stop! Hands up!" he yelled, but dropping When I know I now must work some. the girl the men fled. Two spurts of flame, AV. J. B. two loud reports, and one of the men dropped dead. The other escaped, but a third shot 'A Daughter of New France": A Study. fired at random wounded him, for his trail was left blood-red on the paved street. BERNARD^J. I,ANGE,^'l2. Little Gregori was picked up senseless and taken to a doctor's residence nearby. The According to the strict meaning of the term,, neighborhood was aroused by the shots, and a novel is something new in the literary field. several men carried Marie's uncle into the According to the meaning given it in the field doctor's residence also. It was found that of fiction of today the term novel is identified one of Gregori's lungs had been pierced by the as prose narrative which contains a plot and bullet, and the wound was of such a nature incidents made up of various degrees of in­ the doctor said he must die. As soon as the tricacy. The novel also deals with the portrayal gentleman regained consciousness he ordered of life of possible men and women. Gregori to be taken to his house where the Should the literary critic confine himself next morning the lad died." Before he died, strictly to the above qualifications as a means however, he told how he had managed to thwart of determining just what a novel is, and should the kidnapper's plans, and when, he told how he apply it in his criticism of "A Daughter of much he loved Marie, the little Miss cried New France" he would'in all probability say as though her heart would break. that the-book, is not. a novel. There is.no Out in Calvary cemetery lies little Gregori plot worthy of the name, there are.no incidents Mariano's body. Above the grave is a whichposscss.a sufficient amount of intricacy vase of roses and carnations, a feeble to be called intricate, and the hero is scarcely expression of Marie's gratitude. a man who is real; However, there is one THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC 565 phase of the book which qualifies it, to some his weakness in the heroicjpart^by. his^timidity, extent, to rank as a novel. The chief feature when, on numerous occasions he attempts of the work is narration, and narration in the to declare his love. As a general rule the hero true sense of the word, since it is a story told of a tale is in love with the heroine. Guyon in the first person.. is the character whom Mary Catherine Crowley The recurrence of ' the first person in this places in this position. It is true, that in the story is a great defect. In any composition, end Guyon wins the hand of Barbe,"but to whether written or spoken, the continual use the mind of the reader it is easily seen that, of the word "I" tends to weaken the force from the standpoint of the ideal hero,, he is of that composition. There is that in each not worthy of the heroine. The simple, in­ person which causes him to look with disfavor significant English lieutenant who appears but upon what appears egotistical. twice in the entire story, proves by his force Mary Catherine Crowley in her book, "A and strength of character to be a better man, Daughter of New France," narrates the ad­ and shows to better advantage as a hero than' ventures of a certain young Canadian, Normand Guyon. Guyon, using him as the narrator. At the A hero is a man who by that certain inherent very outset it is difficult to ascertain whether something in his character, appeals at once this Monsieur Guyon or whether another, a to the mind of the readier. He is a man certain Sieur De Cadilac, is the hero. The nar­ possessed of unlimited courage and energy, rator. Monsieur Guyon, is at one time praising willing to face danger in its various forms; himself and at another this Sieur De Cadilac. a man who can be harsh when occa­ Guyon displays flashes of the real hero, but sion demands and who can be gentle and he never seems to sustain the part. He merciful also. Again the hero may be .a very describes circumstances arid tells how he would modest person, yet there is also in such a one meet them. He is a hero in imagination. some characteristic that makes an appeal to His circumstances are only such as are good for the critic. thought, circumstances that he himself never Our hero Guyon does not answer to any seems to meet. of these qualifications. His attempts to be From a study of the story the reader is led in the foreground are futile simply because to consider this Sieur De Cadilac as the hero he does not possess the strength to remain in the eyes of Guyon. The latter seems to staunch to whatever convictions he may pos­ uphold the chivalrous and impetuous Cadilac' sess. Guyon tries to assume the role of a person as a man whose example is such as he himself who is willing to sacrifice much for those who would wish to follow. In reality Sieur De desire his aid. He wishes to be one of those Cadilac is the hero; but whether he or the who seem necessary to the wellbeing of others. spokesman is the hero as Mary Catherine . His whole defect may be summed up by saying Crowley depicts the latter, is a matter for that he" lacks determination. discussion. Cadilac by his numerous noble The other prominent characters in the story qualities, proves that he is the one who are well drawm. The heroine Barbe is all that the should be regarded as the role-bearer. He reader would wish a heroine to be. She possesses is brave to ithe. point of recklessness,, yet at those characteristics that go to make a • true the same time he shows enough of foresight woman. She loves as only a woman can love, and prudence to proclaim him a diplomat. and likewise she hates as only a woman can His dealings with his fellow countrymen and hate. She is charitable to all where charity his dealings with the Indians show that he is necessary, willing at all times to aid those possessed qualifications suited to the task of who are in distress. She is ever mindful governing wisely. On the other hand, although of the needs'^ of ^others before thinking Guyon served Cadilac in the capacity of a of herself. secretary, Guyon as a hero is a mere imitator. As a contemporary, so to speak, of the heroine, He strives to push himself into the foreground, is another character, the wife of Sieur De but lacks sufficient character to maintain his Cadilac. She is symbolic of all that a good conArictions. He is constantly reproved by wife and a fond mother should _be. Always Barbe, the heroine of the story. willing to share the trials and hardships of- . Guyon is in love with Barbe, yet he proves her husband, she at^once finds favor in the 566 THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC mind of the reader. Madame De Cadilac is The High-Priest of Classicism. the type of woman whose example in times of great danger spurred the efforts of the early settlers and even soldiers and missionaries to JOSEPH M. WALSH, '14. accomplish deeds and overcome obstacles that would without her heroic example never have In Alexander Pope we find a strange com­ come to pass. In her portrayal of these two bination of talent and weakness occasioned women 'characters Mary Catherine Crowley by outward conditions. Bom in London, in has succeeded in arousing the interest of the the year 1688, of Catholic parents, he came into reader. A woman in order to be honored a world hostile to his religion and in a state of must at all times conduct herself as a true woman. political unrest. The last of the Stuarts had To quote George Elliot: "A woman's strength been banished, and William of Orange had been lies in the fulness of her womanhood, therein proclaimed king. So strong was the anti- alone, she is royal." In the character of Catholic feeling, that the Popes soon moved Barbe, the heroine, Mary Catherine Crowley from London to k town near Windsor. Here, depicts the ideal heroine, and in the character Alexander's education, such* as it was, com­ of Madame De Cadilac she gives us a picture menced. The parish priest acted as tutor, of the ideal wife. imparting to the precocious lad a desultory Aside from the characters the story abounds knowledge of Greek and Latin. After a few in descriptions of early Canadian life, both years of this tutoring he was sent to a school of the French settlers and in regard to the in Twyford. His poetical instincts asserted Indians. In comparison to the pictures drawn themselves for the first time, and, strangely by historians of these peoples, the description enough, in their true garb; he was expelled given us b}'^ Mary Catherine Crowley conforms from the school for writing a lampoon upon his accurate^. The Indian is a character that master. But his father seemed determined has been before the world of fiction over and that young Pope should have an education, over again, yet in "A Daughter of New France" and, braving the continued prejudice against we feel as much interest in him as though he the Catholics, sent Alexander to school in were a new type. The same may be said of London. Here he remained till he was twelve the earl)'^ Canadian settler. As a narrative years of age, when, following in the footsteps the story moves on quickly but there does of many another genius, he fled from the not appear to be any plot of consequence. restraints of public instruction, and the petty There is no leading up of various events to persecutions of his schoolfellows, and plunged a grand climax. into miscellaneous reading in his own home. But faults of plot and climax can only be He dipped into an3rthing and everything; laid at the feet of the so-called hero, through learned languages to get at a story if the trans­ his inability to provide circumstances that lation did not satisfy him; but he failed to should prove intricate enough to give the story discipline his mind. Self-guided reading and action. As a novel it rhay be said that "A study may be all right for pleasure or for a Daughter of New France," in so far as it fails, well-trained mind, but for a boy such as Pope fails chiefly from laJck of 'a hero. And yet the it can not but fail to broaden his view or dis­ narrative, as a whole, is sufl&ciently interesting cipline his thoughts. Throughout all Pope's and rapid, the moral tone amply healthy to work we'can trace the results of this solitary make one hesitate long and seriously before and uncontrolled childhood; his seeming lack pronouncing final adverse criticism. of a sense of fair play is disclosed in many of his pieces; and his narrow views about certain subjects are plainly to be obser\'ed. MIDNIGHT oil may have its uses, but it But when we consider what he has accomplished is not nearly so cheap or healthy as the sun­ under sudi coiiditions we can not but wonder light. If you have studied your lessons and as to what he would have produced under performed your tasks as they were given out, more favorable circumstances. final examinations will not mean midnight It was at the age, of .fifteen that his poetical oil, and strained eyes, and indigestion for career began in earnest.' • In :this year he pro­ you. Use the daylight, electricity costs. duced, but iiever< published, aii epic which be THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC 567 ambitioufly intended should possess a certain previous and had withheld it to make careful portion of the charms of Homer, Spencer, corrections before finally giving it to the public. Dryden and others of his idols. He kept So we must not imagine that, because the this attempt, with the other creations of his "Rape of the Lock" appeared the following imagination, for many years, and worked not year. Pope had a most prolific spasm of work a few lines of it into his " Essay on Criticism." at this time, for although he was spasmodic^ This aspiring epic marks the opening of the in his labors as to his greater pieces, still he first period of his work. In the productions was working against the greatest opposition, of this period it is easy to see the eflFects of his and fighting for his living in a most persistent miscellaneous reading, and to observe, the manner, and was rarely idle. After the pub­ leaning towards the style of Dryden. In fact, lication of the "Rape of the Lock" he was he says that he learned versification from Dryden able to purchase his own home, and for the and that he always possessed the deepest first time in his life, snap his fingers at his respect for the great Restoration poet. prejudiced neighbors. At twenty-four, this The following year, 1704, he published the under-developed and sickly man found him­ first of his poems, " Pastorals." These attracted self independent, with a name established, the attention and favorable consideration of and the model of many English poets. And many prominent persons; but it was not until all this through the sheer force of his will and the publication, in 1711, of the "Essay on the steady application of known talents. Without Criticism," that he became really famous. even a complete school education, let alone a In this production, which is one of the great college training, he was able to make himself pieces of English literature, he sums up the the center of a literary circle which he kept art of poetry as taught by the old masters together by his wit, his humor, and his satire. ^ and the eighteenth-century " Classicists." While In the " Rape of the Lock," which is a master­ the work is not strictly speaking original— piece of satirical writing, his wit and humor are who could expect a treatise on an art so old displayed abundantly, though at times they as poetry to be so?—still it is in the polishing may be criticised as too sharp and uiifeeUng. and repainting of the old rules and advice that Only although in this poem he showed marked Pope displays an art and talent extraordinary. success in the use of satire, it was not until He was always a conscious and earnest artist, ten years later, when a friend, Attebury by working with an end in view, and he borrowed name, pointed out to him that the satirical ideas of other writers, as a sculptor does clay was his proper field of poetry, that he again from the earth, to mould them into the work applied himself to such writing. With this of his own hands. The "Essay" is written great work ends the first period of his life. . in heroic couplets, but the artificiality of its From. 1713 to 1726 he put to good use, as rime and rhythm are all too evident. Herein a sensible artist making his living from his we notice a most decided out-cropping of the work, his knowledge of the classics by trans­ "Classic" strain of the period. He makes the lating the entire Iliad. These translations are critical and intellectual side of the poem stand as nearly* in the grand and solemn style of out strongly, overshadowing the easy beauty the original as any that have ever been made. of true poetry. But the piece is a treasure house But half of the Odyssey was completed, probably of maxims and quotations, many* of which we because it was about this time that he was know better than we do their author. "To awakened to the fact that a great field lay open err is human, to forgive, divine;" ask any man to him in the satirical class of poetry. At any who first said that, and see how often you will rate, these two works are alhthat the middle get the answer, "Shakespeare." You may do period of his life produced. It was during the same with "A little learning is a dangerous this period, however, that the most disgraceful thing," and receive the same answer. And in events of his career took place. These trans­ these expressions is there not a sign of a sim­ actions occurred in connection with the pub­ ilarity between Pope and Shakespeare which lication of certain portions of his correspondence; might have been more pronounced had Pope but in these acts we find more to be pitied the knowledge of his brethren and the ex­ than to be blamed, when we take into account perience of the world which was Shakespeare's? the early training he received and the attitude Pope had written the "Essay" some time it produced in him towards liis fellow-men. .S68 THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC

After this seeming lapse he comes forth The First English Novelist. again in more force and power than ever, giving us a most brilliantly written piece of . satire, " The Dunciad," or " Iliad of the Dunces." PATRICK A. BARRY, 12. It was extremely popular at the time of its first publication, but when we read it now, It is still a much debated question whether out of the influence of those excited times, credit for having written the first real English we can not but feel pity that Pope had not novel is due to Defoe or Richardson. Judging put his satirical power to better use. In the from the point of view of their treatment of " Dunciad" he mercilessly rails at all the literary feeling and emotion, one must yield the honor men' who had offended either in truth or in to Richardson. Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe" imagination. It is a vehicle for his revenge is often mentioned as the first English novel; and he loads to the brim. But it is sad to but it is purely an adventure story, with oc­ think that Pope cherished such a production casional bits of moralizing which retard the and added another book to it as late as 1742, progress of the story. Richardson, on the other two 3'^ears before his death, in which he attacked hand, in his "Pamela" struck the real note Colley Gibber, poet-laureate at the time. in novel writing by presenting life as it is, He followed this outburst with the " Imi­ by portraying men and women \vith human tations of Horace," and the "Moral Epistles failings and passions. or Essays." Both these works display the . Unlike the earlier story writers, Richardson intellectual sjDirit of the man and the artificial dealt with the commonplace characters of and polished style of the age. Then came his the everyday world. Instead of writing 'an t last great work, and fortunately one which extravagant romance about a pair of royal shows him once more in a good light. "The lovers, as was the fashion among the French Essay on Man," published partially and anony­ and English authors of that day, Richardson mously in 1733, and completed and acknowl­ chose to write of the ups and downs of a simple edged in the following year, is the best- lowly girl. Consequently Scott has well written knoA\Ti and most quoted work of its author. "It Avill be Richardson's eternal praise, did he Pope sa3's its purpose is "To vindicate the ways merit no more, that he tore from his personages of God and man." Truly a most presumptuous those painted vizards, which concealed, under task, and stupendous at the least. But Pope, a clumsy and affected disguise, everything in his narrow sphere, considered himself capa- like the natural lineaments of the human able of the work, and it came forth from the countenance, and placed them before us bare­ dark recesses of his mind, complete, to shower faced in all the actual changes of feature and upon us another collection of epigrams and complexion and all the light and shade of aphorisms, more striking, some of them, than human passion." those of the "Essay on Criticism." In this When a young boy Richardson became an work is afforded 3'et another glimpse of what adept in letter writing through the continual really was in Pope; the good and true side of practice afforded him in writing the love his nature which, unfortunately, his dwarfed missives of working girls. This practice begun mind could not fully bring to the light. As in his boyhood subsequently resulted in the an example of the power of this work, may production of "Pamela" and later "Clarissa" be noted the most warm appreciation of and "Sir Charles Grandison." Pope's philosophy which is called forth from The proprietors of a publishing house de­ Voltaire in his " Natural Law." sirous of printing "a little book of letters on Taking Pope's work as a whole we see in it the useful concerns in common life" and the classic style of the time, and the general knowing Richardson's accomplishments, asked artificial strain. Again, we catch glimpses of him to write these "Familiar Letters." Some the Pope who might have been under different years before an intimate acquaintance of conditions, and we see the Pope who was; the Richardson related the story of a servant man who was formed by conditions, yet made girl who resolutely refused to submit to the conditions count for naught in the battle of life, seductions of her mistress' son, and through and placed himself high upon a pedestal of fame her beauty and modesty became the wife of which he will hold as long as literature endures. the man who before had tried by all means THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC 569

to allure her into sin. With this for a subject son to the highest rank among English novelists. Richardson cast the story into letters from a Its influence even reached to France and young lady named Pamela to her parents; Germany where it was received with enthusi­ and what was intended as a manual for asm by peoples by nature more passionate than correct letter-writing proved to be the first the English. People everywhere wept over novel. the story of poor Clarissa. It was this novel "Pamela; or. Virtue Rewarded" appeared that moved Rousseau to write his "Nouvelle in 1740 and created a great sensation,' as much Heloise." An anecdote of Napoleon serves on account of its stor}"^ as for its revolt from* to show the extraordinary fascination which the set standard of the French romances after the story must have possessed. The great which English romances were then modeled. warrior never took much interest in an English­ The story^ in itself is not extraordinary, nor man; but on meeting an ofiicer by the name is Pamela a heroic character. But it took of Lovelace, he exclaimed, "Why, that's the the world by surprise, and because it dealt name of the man in Clarissa!" with a human life arid human passions people Because he had drawn the character of an read and were delighted. ideal woman in "Clarissa" and because, \vith Richardson in a letter to a friend wrote all his villainy, Lovelace had found admirers, that the success of the book was a surprise Richardson set about to prepare an antidote to himself. In the same letter he tells the for the poison he had unintentionally admin­ purpose which he had in view when writing istered. The result was "The Good Man," these letters. When searching for a story he afterwards changed to "Sir Charles Grandison," thought that that which had been told him a book not comparable to "Pamela" and many years before "if written in an easy and "Clarissa" either in story or in character natural manner suitable to the simplicity portrayal. Sir Charles is the beau ideal, the of it, might possibly turn young people into very soul of virtue, the "Faultless monster a course of reading different from the pomp that the world ne'er saw." He is an impossible and parade of romance-writing, and dismissing character; and if possible, one not worthy the improbable and marvellous, with which of much admiration. For who could not live novels generally abound, might tend to promote well when no obstacle is met with to hinder the cause of religion and virtue." one's progress on the path of virtue? It is sometimes said that so popular was Richardson's style is of an easy and simple "Pamela" and so interesting was its story sort well adapted to the portrayal of characters that a select group, who used to assemble at such as are found in his works. His language a blacksmith shop, in a far country, to hear is by no means accurate, nor always the purest. " Pamela" read, on hearing of the final triumph As his avowed purpose was not entertainment, of the girl set out to show their jubilation but "to promote the cause of religion and virtue," by ringing the bell in the village church. his books can not be called lively, though they Eight years later "Clarissa Harlowe" possess a certain wit and gaiety. His novels appeared and won immediate success. On are to be read not so much for the story as this work lies Richardson's chief claim to for the sentiment. At best they are tiresome fame. The theme is as simple as that of reading because of the exactness and accuracy " Pamela," but the characters are more clearly in attending to the slightest details. drawn. Clarissa is persecuted by her parents Richardson died in 1761 an honored man; because she -will not marry an unprincipled the beginner of what was to be a great fellow Lovelace, whose chief aim in life is the expression of life; a writer with a multitude seduction of womanly virtue. He fails in of readers among all classes, and a moral­ several attempts to ruin Clarissa's character, ist who had done mankind a service by but finally succeeds in his base purpose by writing his books. Speaking of his .works administering opiates to the girl. Clarissa Long in his "English Literature" has well dies of a broken heart and Lovelace falls at observed: "Reading his work, is , on the the sword-point of one of her relatives. It is whole, like examining the antiquated model a simple story of virtue triumphant over of a stem-wheel steamer; it is interesting for evil even in death. its undeveloped possibilities rather than for The publication of "Clarissa" raised Richard­ its achievement.,. 570 THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC

—^This long journey of ours, in which for Notre Dame Scholastic nearly nine months we have progressed steadily over the plains, around the mountains and Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter through the valleys of learn-' Published every Saturday during the School Tenn at the Slowing into the ing, is almost at an end. University of Notre Dame Station. Qur train has already lessened its speed; the power is off Terms: $1.50 per Annum. Postpaid and the brakes are on. Very soon we will Addisss: The Editor Notre Dame Scholastic •come to a full stop in the station, and then Notre Dame, Indiana we will separate and become lost to one another Vol. XLV. JUNE 15,1912. No. 36. in the big city of the world. For most of us the station is only a junction point. We will Board of Editors. continue the journey together again next September. Yet not a few of us have come JOHN P. MURPHY, 'l2 EDWARD J. HOWARD, 'l2 to the terminus, and will cease to be travellers PATRICK A. BARRY, 'l2 RUSSELL G. FINN, '12 for good and all. For these, the time of prep­

CYRIL J. CURRAN, 'l2 WILLIAM J. MILROY, '13 aration is at an end, and now they must

SIMON E. TWINING, ' 13 JOHN F. O'CONNELL, '13 apply themselves to the stem duties of life. We will miss them next year, even though LOUIS J. KILEY, '13 THOMAS F. O'NEIL, '13 their seats will be taken by new travellers. WILLIAM GALVIN, '14 JOSEPH M. WALSH, 'I4 We say good-bye to diem, and we say it from MAURICE J. NORCKAUER, '14 our hearts. May God be with them and help them! Their departure reminds us that our —^The last day rises on our labors. We sit own time is coming all too soon. Then we in the shade of its setting sun and the god will join them in spirit as sons of Notre Dame, of sentiment paints the West. This is the true to her spirit and traditions. time of rest! Let the world The End. slip. Our work is done; now our —^The question of employment during the recreation begins. summer vacation merits the attention of For the Seniors this long-awaited day is not every student. Aside from a consideration of so joyous as they in their Freshman year had that old proverb, which tells fancied. To' part after years of friendship Vacation Work. . us of the relation between is painful. Our alter-home seems indeed a the devil and idle hands, home when we are leaving. Until we try to there should be in the minds of all a knowledge cut the bond we can not know its strength. of the fact that work is the most efficient force As soon as we must part, a new feehng springs to keep before us our purpose in life. It gives up. We see a new color in all that has hap­ one a taste of the realities, and is very valuable pened since we registered as students^ We go in correcting any tendency, towards exalted away in sadness. opinions of one's ownx abiUties. A tumult of farewells, a pouring but of Of course such statements as these are merely baggage—^we are gone for the summer. An the repetition of what has been said time and intense silence hangs Gke a cloud over the time again; but, judging by the number who grounds. The Angelus rings mournfully and this year contemplate a prolonged rest of three the study-hall bells grow mute with dust. months, there is still lodm for the yoice of Footpaths over the campus are conquered uplift. In order not to be a misfit on the day by. the persistent attack of many blades of after. commencement, the best .rule to. follow grass. No smiles ripple across the lake^ no is:. Work durmg the suhuners of your under-, , dusty joads feel the tread ; of hurrymg feet. ^aduate years... Periuips in _one of these The long vacant months dr^ by-MFootball experiments.periods yoii will ^discover your, fields, study halls, and deUnquent listedaie yocatimi uiliEie: At=^y i'^'ite/yoii will b^ better weary of emptiness. AU the prefects are grown prepared for; leal^wdrk^ti^ aweary of tiie "simple,life" ai*d? are itchiiig _ away their lyacatidn^yin. i^ for company. The^ greater diay comes i^in,: 'See tlK! iiunAer "_

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was awarded to Joseph W Adriansen, DePere, Wis. Closing Exercises in Preparatory SchooL Ten' Dollars in Gold for Preparatory Oratory, presented by Mr. Clement C. Mitchell of the class Closing exercises for the Preparatory Depart- of '04, was awarded to Jeremiah Joseph Haggerty, ..ment were held Thursday night in Washington Boston, Mass. hall. Mr. Jeremiah Haggerty winner of the Prep, The O'Brien GbM Medal for the best record in Preparatory Latin, the gift of the Rev. Terence A. oratorical contest, and Mr. "Joseph W. Adriansen, O'Brien, of Chicago, was awarded to Henry George who won the Lyons Gold Medal for elocu­ Gluckert, South Bend, Ind. . ' tion, rendered the respective pieces for which Commercial Diploma was awarded to Roy Henry they were honored. The awarding of prizes Jones, Silver City, New Mexico. and certificates was an interesting feature Certificates in Bookkeeping were awarded 'to Arnold Tobias Krebs, Hamilton, Ohio;, Edward Francis of the evening's program, and as each favorite Barrett, Minneapolis,- Minn. recipient answered his name he was given an Certificate in Phonography was awarded to Ernest enthusiastic ovation. William Studer, Chillicothe, Ohio. The orchestra began its regular round of com­ Preparatory Certificates for sixteen or more units of work were awarded to: Joseph Willebrod Adriansen, mencement programs with three well-rendered DePere, Wis.; Edward Francis Brucker, Toledo, Ohio; selections. The quartet, composed of Messrs. Thomas Joseph Burke, Chicago, 111.; Francis Holgate J. Wasson, O. Murphy, T. Currey, J. Wildgen, Boos, Battle Creek, Michigan; Sylvester Jeremy gave good account of itself and indirectly Burkhard, Ozark, Ohio; William Joseph Bensberg, makes one regret we have not more vocal St. Louis, Missouri;' William Christopher Casey, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Joseph Edward Ciprian, Detroit, numbers on our programs. The honors were Mich.; Clarence Joseph Currey, Pontiac, Mich.; fairly well scattered around the different prep­ John Bert Denny, Jr., Johnston, Pa.; Murty Michael aratory halls, so that there was no noticeable Fahey, Toluca, 111.^ Henry George Gluckert, South occasion for undue triumph or undue chagrin. Bend, Ind.; Harry Bernard Jones, Vulcan, Mich.; George Maurice Lucas, South Bend, Ind.; Gerald John Conrad Wittenberg, who got so close to Joseph McGladigan, Swissville, Pa.; George Nolan victory last .year, outdistanced all competitors McCoy, Milwaukee, Wis.; Hugo Monning,.Jr., Jeffer­ in the same contest this year, and carried off son City, Mo.; Charles Hughes Mann, Flint, Mich.; the Mason medal for. Carroll. We see his Joseph Charles Peurrung, Cincinnati, Ohio; Carroll brother in St. Edward's leads in honors also. William Sax, South Chicago, 111.; Paul Anthony. Schmitt, Cincinnati, Ohio; Thomas Fenlon Shea, It takes the Wittenberg boys just three days Bartlesville, Okla.; Hubert Pancratius Weidner, to reach here, but after they land they make Chicago, 111.; Guy Francis Marshall, Rock Island, HI. their opponents wake up and hustle. The closing remarks were made by Right St Edward's Hall Closing. Rev. M. T. O'Dougherty, now. our guest en route to his diocese in' the Philippine Islands. The closing exercises for the boys of St. The bishop had very complimentary things Edward's hall began Tuesday morning. Father to say of the boys who received certificates Carroll, assisted by Father Carrico as deacon and honors, and beyond, to those who carried and Mr. Fernandez, O. P., as sub-deacon, home no tangible token of scholarship. He sang solemn high mass in. the minims* chapel. gave certdin wholesome words of advice which On Wednesday morning came the announce­ should prove useful to his young audience ment of the honor roll and the distribution in the coming years. The preparatory boys of prizes. • . left for their. homes Friday. Following is Father Cavanaugh, in giving a final word the list of to these the younger-members of the school, . AWARDS AND DIPLOMAS. « * • -" complimented them ^on : their good behaviour The Gold Medal for Christian Doctrine, First Course, and scholarship. He {told them .that it was was awarded to Leo Joseph Vdgel, McKeesport, Pa. easy to find smart Boys, but that not often The Gold Medal for Christian Doctrine, Second Course, was awarded to John Joseph Maltby,-Chicago, does one find smartness and. gentlemanly, Ulihois. conduct combined in such degree asin theboys . The Mason Medal, donated by Mr. George Mason, of this department. He also reminded them of Chicago, to the student in the Preparatory School that only in later years would.they £q>i>ieciate whose .scholastic record has been the best diiring to the fullest ^(tent, the teachmg and care: the school year, was conferred on John Conrad Wittenberg, • Pineville, W. Va. bestowed upon them by ttee Sisters of the. The Joseph A. Lyons Gold Medal for Elocutipii Holy Cross. . . / . ^ 572 THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC

All of the boys, with the exception of about delivered orations. Mr. Walter spoke first on twenty who are to remain'during the summer, "Christianity and the Social Problem," show­ left for their homes Wednesday noon. Following ing that by following the Christian ideal of is a list of life we could solve many of the problems that DEPORTMENT AND CLASS MEDALS. have vexed the world for centuries. Mr. ]je])<)rtnient. Gold Aledals were awarded to: Jose Robins followed with a strong plea for fair M. Gonzalez, Havana, Cuba; AValter J. Honor, Chicago, treatment of the Indian. Mr. Miller gave a 111.; Trjee R. Horn, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.; clear, concise outline of the evils of Socialism. Mitchell C. Newgass, Chicago 111.; Joaquin Yiso, Santiago, Cuba. Mr. Linehan, who was awarded first place Renewals were awarded to: George Shepherd, by the judges, delivered an oration entitled Faltiinore JIarjiand; De Forest StoU, Chicago, 111. "The Guardians of Liberty." Deportment Silver IMedals were awarded to: Eniil J. SOPHOMORE ORATORICAL. Fritch, Chicago; Wade D. Macintosh, Fairburg, 111.; Thos. TilcBride, New York City; Robert Stoll, Chicago. The Sophomore contest brought out five Gold Medal for Christian Doctrine, John F. Sullivan, contenders, Messrs. Fordyce, Galvin, Milanowski, Chicago, 111. Gold Medal for Excellence in Studies, Mulcahy and Ryan. Mr. Milanowski of Holy Newman \VittenI:erg, Pineville. West Va. Gold Medal Cross hall was declared winner in this contest. for Hloculion, Julius Polakow, Chicago, 111. Gold Medal for Debating, Gordon B. Volland, Cleveland, He spoke on "Socialism and the Home," and Ohio. Gold Medal for Letter Writing, John R. L. drew a vivid picture of the evil effect of such a Rail ton, Chicago, 111. system upon the Christian home. The subjects Certificates were awarded to Barrett J. Anderson, of the others speakers were as follows: Mr. Robert E. Connolly, Benjamin J. Cox, Ray O. Cline, Galvin," The Heroes of the Alamo "; Mr. Fordyce, Harold C. Cannon, Paul G. Dixon, Emmett B. Fletcher, Willard V. Hallani, -Walter J. Hebert, "Right makes Might"; Mr. Mulcahy, "Daniel Gaston A. Hebert, Edgar J. Hawley, Lyman L. O'Connell," and Mr. Ryan "Native Religion." Huszagh, Donald I^I. Kasson, David Lippeat, Walton JUNIOR ORATORICAL. J. MacConnell, Andrew J. Moynihan, Leon Maguire, John A. Muldoon, Paul L. Mullaney, Edward W. On Wednesday evening, beginning at 7:30, I^IcCarren, Arthur Nieuwland, David E. Outhouse, the contests in oratory were concluded with the Robert E. O'Hara, Arthur C. O'Brien, Paul T. Quarry, Junior offerings. S. E. Twining, of debating Robert Risch, William O. Sturdivant, Geraldo A. Vise. fame, won first place, having an oration on the subject, "The Mission of the Catholic College Elocution and Oratory. Man"; Allen Heiser, "The Mission of the Republic"; John F. O'Connell, "The Spoils PREPARATORY AND COLLEGE ELOCUTION. System," and Raymond Seiber, "Toissant L' Both the preparatory and collegiate elo­ Overture," followed in the order mentioned. cution contests were held in Washington hall The contest was very creditable, which makes last Monday. The preparatory entries were one regret a larger audience was not present Joseph Adriansen, Holy Cross hall, and John to witness it. The judges were Rev. W. A. B. Denny, Walsh hall. The former was awarded Moloney, Rev. P. J. Carroll, Rev. L- J. Carrico. first place by decision; the latter second as '*•» a matter of course. Not a high representation Dr. Pam this Evening. surely out of an odd three hundred preparatory students! There was a larger list of contenders Dr. Max Pam, who needs no introduction for the collegiate contest" seven in all, speaking to a Notre Dame audience, will open the ex­ in the following order: Milroy, "The Crime of ercises of Coinmencement this evening at 8 War"; Sieber, "Smiting the Rock"; Living­ o'clock with a lecture on the subject, "The ston, "The Deathbed of Benedict Arnold"; Modem Newspaper." Although Dr. Pam is Ryan, "Lasca"; Cotter, "The Blacksmith's not a journalist by profession, still one may Story;" Burke, "The Deathbed of Benedict feel assured that a lawyer of his legal attain­ Arnold"; Twining, "The Old Home." William ments and country-wide reputation will bring Burke was declared winner of the contest. The to his theme rare and discriminating judgment judges were Fathers Moloney, Bolger, McNamara. gathered from a wealth of experience with men FRESHMAN ORATORICAL. and movements. Every college man should On Tuesday night the Freshman and make it a point of duty to himself to be Sophomore Contests were held. Four freshmen present tonight. THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC 573

John, who was president of his class, expects The Feast of Corpus Christi. to be on hand for the Alumni doings. The celebration of the feast of Corpus Christi —Old friends of Oscar Trevino (student '09) was transferred from Thursday to Sunday of Chihuahua, Mexico, are entertaining him this year. At Notre Dame this feast is always at Notre Dame this week. celebrated with very special devotion. At —J. F. Hervey (C. E- '95) is County Engi­ 'eight o'clock solemn high mass of exposition neer of Orange County, Texas. He may be was sung by the Very Reverend Provincial, addressed at Orange, Texas. Father Morrissey. The Rev. Fathers Carrico —Old Corbyites will recall Walter Allen and Doremus assisted as deacon and subdeacon. (student '07). Walter is conducting a large Reverend Wm. R. Connor was Master of hotel in Los Angeles, California. ceremonies. ^-City Engineer William Moore, of South At the conclusion of the mass a solemn Bend, who conducted the Senior Civil Engi­ procession of the Blessed Sacrament took neers' examinations, was the guest of Professor place. In the procession were all the students McCue this week. of the University, the members of the com­ —Guests of the University, the - early part munity, vested priests, and many visitors. of the week, were Mr. Henry Wurzer (LL. B. From the main entrance of the church the long '98), Hon. Andrew Anderson, Mr. Vitus Jones line marched to Sorin hall, thence to the post- (LIv. B., '03), and Mr. Joseph W. Mclnemy office and around to Science hall, thence to (LL. B., '06), who comprised the Law examin­ the Administration building, concluding with ing board. benediction at the main altar of the church. —Mr. Terence B. Cosgrove (LL. B., '06), Altars very artistically decorated were erected of Danville, Illinois, has opened a law office in front of Sorin and Science halls and on the in San Diego, California. Terence sends his porch of the Administration building. At "best" to the "old boys" who will be at Notre each one of these altars solemn benediction Dame for the Commencement, and regrets his of the Blessed Sacrament was given, and while inability to join them. the procession moved from one altar to the —The President of the University has other, many beautiful Latin hymns were sung. received the following self-explanatory letter The weather was ideal. The fresh, cooling from a librarian in Southern California. Anyone breezes of the morning tempered by the warm interested in this proposition may communi­ rays of the sun made the day very pleasant. cate direct with Mr. Perry. The devotional exercises of the feast of Corpus Los ANGELES PUBLIC LIBR.VRY, Christi make the feast one of marked significance Los Angeles, CaL, June i, 1912. and the memory of the celebration at Notre DEAR SIR:—We are insearch of a young man educated Dame will always be a pleasing one to the in the technical and pure sciences fox the position students of this year. of technical reference librarian in the reference de­ partment of this Librarj', and we thought possibly he might be found among this year's graduates of Obituary. the University of Notre Dame. He should, of course, be a young man more interested in the literature of —Miss Florence M. Espy, cataloguer of the the sciences than in their application. We could pay seventy-five dollars a month at first, and later, after University library, has the sympathy of the he had shown himself a competent man, one hundred University in the loss of her mother who passed dollars a month. away June loth at her home in Fort Madison, I shall greatly appreciate it if you can suggest the Iowa. May she rest in peace. name of any young man who you think would fill the position satisfactorily. Personals. Very truly yours, EVERETT R. PERRY. Librarian. —Frank Madden, of the faculty of Hillsdale —^We have just received official notification (Mich.) High School, called on friends at that the resignation of Color Sergeant Herman Notre Dame last Tuesday. Hering, U. S. A., Retired, as assistant military —John TuUy (E. E. 'ii) of El Paso, Illinois, instructor, has been accepted by the War Depart­ was a visitor at the University this week. ment. Sergeant Hering's departure from the 574. THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC University was necessitated by personal business —"Hughy" Jennings, manager of the Detroit in California. During his residence at the baseball club has written saying that Dubuc University he won the respect of all who came our one-time great Varsity twirler, will be here under his influence, and he carries with him to pitch for the Alumni in the Varsity-Alumni the good wishes of Faculty and students without game Monday. exception. —Yesterday, the Feast of the Sacred Heart, —^The fcllowing letter just received from a feast proper to the Congregation of Holy the head of the famous Pinkerton's National Cross, solemn high mass was celebrated at Detective Agency is characteristic of that 8 o'clock. The Rev. Joseph A. Maguire was large-hearted man: celebrant, assisted by Revs. L. J. Carrico and 137 SOUTH FIFTH AVENUE, . Charles Doremus as deacon and subdeacon. Chicago, June 6, 1912. —Walsh hall enjoyed an impromptu self- THE REV. JOHN CAVANAUGH, C. S. C, congratulatory celebration Wednesday evening President, the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana. to emphasize the, victories on the class and DE.\R FATHER CAVANAUGH:—^Thank you very much campus. Speeches were delivered in quick for the kind in\4tation to be present at the 68th succession and every member of the baseball Annual Commencement of the University of Notre team was given a special ovation. Best of Dame. all there was a lunch ample and more, not to Nothing would give me greater pleasure than tc be present if possible. I was a student at Notre Dame tnention cigars to the number of several boxes. in the year 1860, entering as a boy of fourteen; left Walsh boys always do the thing right. there a year later, just after my fifteenth birthday' to enter the army. Athletic Notes. I have only been back at Notre Dame a half dozen times in the past fifty years, but I have watched with pride and great pleasure the growth of this magnificent VARSITY TAKES SERIES FROM WABASH. institution, and always tried to keep in more or less Merely as a matter of record it may .be close touch with what was going on through your mentioned that on Thursday, June 8, the valuable paper, the NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. Having Varsity defeated Wabash college at Craw- entered there as a boy and now, as an old man, I have, none but pleasant memories of the dear old fordsville, 6 to 2, in the rubber of a three-game institution. series. Kelly was on the mound for Notre If I am in this vicinity at the time I shall certainly Dame, and, as might be expected, the Little be present during the commencement services, but Giants were powerless. But for the pair of my time is so uncertain it is hard to tell where I will errors chalked up against his teammates the hz at that time, but I wish you and all connected with the college, all the success and prosperity there crack southpaw would have been credited with is in this world. a shutout victory, the four bingles of the losers With love and best wishes to all, having received material assistance in the form Sincerely yours, of "boots" by one of the substitutes. Capt. WILLIAM A, PINKERTON. Williams was on the Sick list, and final exam­ ^•» inations in law kept Amfield from taking Local News. part in the game. "The clouting twirler" was the sobriquet applied to Kelly in the sixth, —The boys of St. Edward's left for their when \nth three on bases, he pelted the ball homes Wednesday. to the fence that confines Ingall's field. Score: —^Tomorrow afternoon Corby and Walsh Notre Xame i o .0 00 3 o i i—6^ 9 2 battle for final championship honors. Wabash o o o o o o o i i—2 4 3 Batteries—For' Notre rame, Kelly and Gray; —^The old cross on "Calvary" has been for Wabash, Lambert and HufBne. replaced with a new one, and the statues EARLHAM LOSES. rebronzed. . / Barlham proved an easy victim for the —^The Notre Dame military band gave a Varsity.last Saturday in the "queefest" game concert at the St. Joseph Hospital in South played on .Cartier field this season—11 to 7 Bend Wednesday afternoon. was the filial count. The Quakers were plainly —The International Law class was examined nervous, and contributed by numerous miscues Tuesday. Col. Hoynes says it was "probably early in the coiatest to the scoring of sufficient the best dass he hais liad in some time." runs to insure the result. After the third inning THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC 575 the Varsity toyed with the visitors. Wells opened up on Mehlem before he got started keeping them under control" without exertion. and secured one run which decided the game. In the sixth Wells injured himself at bat and S. Newning reached first on a hit, got to third was supplanted by Kelly, who was relieved by on Bensberg's wild throw to first and scored Regan in the eighth after he too had broken on H. Newning's sacrifice. "Johnnie" settled into the list of injured. down then and allowed only one more hit Earlbam ooioi 104 o—7 6 7 for the balance of the game. Ryan pitched No»re Lame 5 10 100 40 *—n 10 i superbly for Walsh and got himself out of a Home run—Kelly. Two base hits—Sanders (2). bad pinch in the seventh. With two on and Sacrifice hits—Granfieid, Wilson. Stolen bases— a hit to score, he struck out Mehlem and Shea, Colan," O'Connell, Kelly, Granfieid, Bogue, Vickery, Guppy. Struck out—By Wells, 5; by Kelly, i; forcing Hines to fly out. While touched for by Wilcoxen, 2. Bases on balls—Off Wells, 3; off nine hits he kept them all scattered, no two Kelly, 1; off Regan, 2; off Wilcoxen, 4. Hit by following except in tire seventh. pitched ball—Regan (2); Wilcoxen, 2; Vickery. Walsh I o o o o o o o o—i 2 o Wild pitches—Kelly, Wilcoxen. Time of game, Corby o o o o o o o o o—o 9 2 2hours ID minutes. Umpire, Crowley. Two-base hits—Cahill, Mehlem. Struck out—By FINAL GAME AN EASY VICTORY. Rya n, 12; by Mehlem, 8. Bases on balls—Off Ryan, ^ Notre Dame, 14, Loyola, 2. was the result 2. Double play—Cahill unassisted. Hit by pitched ball—Roach. Umpires: Quigley and Farrell. of the closing game of the gold and blue base­ SoRiN GETS FIRMER HOLD. ball season last Thursday. As the score in­ St. Joseph gave Sorin another boost Wednes­ dicates the contest was a walkaway for the day by relinquishing all claim to the second Varsity. Fattened batting averages was the game between the two halls, 10-6. Both most noticeable feature of the game, every teams hit frequently and the lead seesawed man in the lineup, with the solitary exception throughout. Finally Sorin took one last chance of "Cy" Farrell, contributing with one or more at Kane which gave the advantage never bingles. Regan landed a maxima cum laude afterwards overcome. with four safeties out of as many ofiicial trials Sorin 2 o 5 1 o o 2 o o—rio 12 i with the willow, while Dolan, Arnfield, Gray St.Joseph 0000 30 2 I o— 684 and Kelley broke into the honor list with a Batteries—For Sorin, Devine and Arias; for St. pair apiece. "Prep" Wells twirled for the Joseph, Boland, Kane and Martin. Home run— Varsity and displayed his ability by limiting Lynch. Three base hit—Levine. Two-base hits— Devine, Arias. Double play—Furlong to Hayes to the visitors to three hits. Arias. Struck out—By Boland, 9; by Kane, 3; by Loyola .- r .0 o o o 2 o o o o- 3 6 Devine, 7. Bases on balls—Off Boland, 2; off Devine, 4. Notre Dame .^ 1 500 2 1 4 i * 14 15 WALSH DISSOLVES TIE. Three-base hits—Gray, Granfieid. Two-base hits— The triple leadership in the Interhall League Kelly, Pechous. Stolen bases—Regan (3), Arnfield, Granfieid, Farrell, Kelly. Sacrifice hits—Farrell, Gran­ was short lived, for Walsh ran away with Sorin fieid, Arnfield, McCoy, O'Brien. Struck out—By Thursday, 7-3. The losers were not fit for Wells, 9; by Quan, 3. Bases on balls—Off Wells, 4; the class of-baseball displayed by Walsh ai^ off Quan, 5. ^Vild pitch—Wells, Quan (2). Hit by hence lost. Clever support, consistent hitting pitched ball—Granfieid. Umpire—Hamilton. Time and general all-arotmd team play were big of game, 2 hours. assets in favor of Walsh: Canty had the better BROWNSON REVIVES. of San Pedro striking out eleven men and Brownson's rejuvenated team so ingloriously allowing only six hits. Thirteen drives were routed by Corby hung the sign on the Saints gathered off the Latin-American for a total last Monday. Ryan was the favored winner of seven runs. McNichol and Leach featured of Brownson's first game. His oflferings; did in batting, the former hitting every time up not amount to much, but St. Joseph could not and the latter with three out of four attempts. puncture the good support given him. Arias excelled for the losers. By virtue of Brownson 2 00 11 00 2 o—6 8 i this victory Corby and Walsh will battle for St. Joseph o 1 I o I 000 0—3 6 2 first honors tomorrow afternoon. Score: Batteries: For Brownson, Ryan and Williams; Sorin 200 I 00 q o o—3 6 2 for St. Joseph, Kane and Martin. Walsh 30 I o 2 1 00 *—r7 13 r CORBY BOWS TO WALSH. Two-base hits—McNichol, Brooke, Canty, Fish, - Some carelessness in the first inning cost Corby Arias. Bases on balls—Off Canty, 3. Stmdc out— the leadersip in the Interhall League. Walsh By Caiity, 11; by San Pedro, 5. Umpire—Kenny. 576 THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC

THREE NOTRE DAME MEN TO THE OLYMPICS. senior class were present. Oratory abounded and In the Western tryouts for the Olympic tears flowed. The St. Joe track squad passed in the flowers and Brownson baseball team presented Bro. games held last Saturday in Chicago, four Hugh with a loving-cup. Cotter recited "The Black­ Notre Dame men competed and won four firsts, smith's Story" and got third place. Twining gave a second and two thirds. Philbrook took "The Old Home" followed by the band. Mr. Miller three firsts, a second and a third in the weight "gave a clear, concise outline of the evils of Socialism." cents, Fletcher a first in the standing broad The crowd gave nine rahs for Tubby and took up a subscription for a tablet. Brownson hall came across jump and Wasson a third in the loo-metre dash. with a dollar and thirty-five cents. Committees have When the team which will represent America been appointed for the various other halls who are at the classic games in Stockholm, Sweden, expected to make good with five hundred dollars of this summer was chosen, the names of Phil- unpaid subscripti9ns as was the case in the Corby brook, Fletcher and Hebner were among the Monument Fund. elect. Philbrook, captain of the 'ii track PERSON.\I,S (1924). Russell J. Finn (A. C '12) visited the Uni­ team, will compete in the shot-put, javelin versity Tuesday and entered Russell Jr. in Carroll and discus throws, and in the pentathlon and hall. Mr. Finn is the same cool and refined gentle­ decathlon; Fletcher, captain of this year's man of Senior dance days. track team, will take part in the standing, Rev. Bernard Lange (Litt. B. '12) is at present broad and high jumps; and Hebner, whose pastor of the Bohemian church at Pottsville, Pa. Father Lange speaks Bohemian fluently and is quiet merit as a swnmmer is so well knoAvn that he a Bohemian besides. was chosen \\'ithout competing for a place on Cyril Curran (A. B. '12) won a famous case, Cit}' vs. the team, \n\\ be entered in the loo-metre Oil Trust, in Rochester, N. Y. Cyril got a bachelor­ back stroke event, and together with McGillivery ship from us and he writes us that he is still a bachelor. of the C. A. A. \VT\\ form America's relay team Walter Duncan, the poet-laureate of the class of '12, is at present chief editor and publisher of the in the s%\'imming events. Daily Gun in his native town. Walter is firing hot All three men will wear the " N. D." and are shots at his political enemies. assured of the lively interest and best wishes of all Notre Dame followers. They left some We feel easier after the oratorical contests, days ago for New York, and are now on board thank you. *** the Finland together with the rest of America's Here's hoping the Junior Class blisters ITS soft winning team bound for Stockholm. white hands with an oar. ^•» *** Safety Valve. VALE SENIORES. If in the long days that are still ahead You fee! so mean you're sorry you ain't dead, Commencement Terminal Station! Remember your Forget your blues, whatever size or shape,— pa'eels! Turn on the Valve, man, let your grouch escape. *** FOUND—A purse containing fifty dollars between If money's slow a-coming, wait awhile; here and the church. Have decided to keep same, And while you're waiting, don your broadest smile. so loser needn't call. For love of Mike, don't always hang out crepe— *** Turn on the Valve, man, let your grouch escape. WHAT WE HE.\R IN OUR HOUSE. Jokes from German class. Time brings her oil to soothe the sharpest pain. Debates The good sun warms the footprints of the rain. Bachelor Orations Stand up there, Grad! Take trouble by the nape! . Carroll kids rioting over a funny story. Turn on the Valve, man, let your grouch escape. *** *** TUBBY's CLOSING EXERCISES. Have you taken a chance on Vale's mandolin? On Monday morning the E. U. was awakened Not yet. with a shock when word went abroad that Tubby *** had passed, away. The night previous Bro. Hugh We knew there was something in our mind: Every tied him to the gymnasium mth a cable to prevent Bachelor take a Batch of Good Books. his running down to the lake to take .a bath,—a *** precaution entirely unnecessary as it seems to us, Our day |s filled with Duties. without knocking. Death was probably due to indi­ *** gestion or heart failure. Good-bye and Good luck. • The formal exercises of farewell were held Tuesday *** evening at which the entire Student body and the We are through.