VOL. V. No. 10. GEORGETOWN COLLEGE, JULY, 1877
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No. 10. VOL. V. GEORGETOWN COLLEGE, JULY, 1877. POETRY. With thy cooling tide relieve : Prefect of Studies since 1868 (an office he con- Kisses to thee she will give tinues to hold), and Vice-President, besides, Till thy wave is sweeter far (For the COLLEGE JOURNAL.) since 1869. Than the combs of Hybla are. AI> NEiERAM. RHETORIC ’61. Ejpode 15. FOUNDED before the city of Washington exis- ted, Georgetown College, since the year 1815, “ jVoaj erat et coelo fulgebat luna sere.no.” (Selected) THE BROOK. when it was raised to the rank of a university, A Sonnet. with the power of conferring degrees in any of ’Twas night: the moon, from out a cloudless sky, the faculties, has been one of the most cher- Shone ’mid the lesser lights in mellow splendor, Oh gently gliding brook! Oh limpid stream . When thou, in mockery of the powers on high ished institutions of the District of Columbia, The beauty of the fields, the mountain’s pride! Didst lisp the vow I framed in accents tender— fruitful as is the latter in noted associations How bright the glitter of thy glassy tide Thy pliant arms around me twined more tightly When fair Apollo sheds his dazzling beam and localities. The Alma Mater of hundreds Than round the.holm the ivy’s tendrils slender.— Upon thy crystal breast! Thy waters teem of distinguished and meritorious citizens of the That while the wolf shall vex the flocks, while With blooms of gayest hue, as swift they glide Republic, not one of whom fails to hold in rev- rightly Through gladsome dales. No shaggy rocks e’er The sailor’s scourge, Orion, chafes the sea, [chide erence the old walls in which he drew the in- While Phoebus’ locks unshorn soft airs lift lightly, Thy merry course , thrice happy doth it seem. spirations of learning and morality, the college Requited still should be my love for thee. So may some cherub from bright realms above in the present, as in the past, has gathered to But false Neaera thou shalt smart for this, Adorn my path through life's dark, rugged way itself young men not only from If Horace yet in aught a man may prove him: With blessed peace; relight the torch of joy ALL FAKTS OF THE COUNTRY, He will not brook to see a rival’s bliss, Should grief infest the true abode of love,* but also'from Mexico, South America, and the And ope the portals of a brighter day But find some other nymph as fair to love him. West Indies. Its best tribute is rendered in Nor think again to snare the heart thou slightest: When time shall ruthlessly this life destroy. the high characier of its graduates—men who Not all thy prayers, not all thy tears shall move *The innermost sanctuary of the soul, the abode him. of happiness and the other affections. have carried with them to their distant and And,happier youth, that in my woe delightest nearer homes, after so many successive “ com- Tho’ flocks and lands and boundless wealth be HISTORICAL SKETCH OF GEORGE mencements,” the training of high scholarship thine, and the promptings of an honorable ambition. Thy wisdom greatest, and thy beauty brightest TOWN COLLEGE. Thine soon shall be my grief, thy smile be mine. As year by year it has opened its gates in fare- CLASS OF ’62. So little is known by the generation of pres- well to its departing pupils, it has done so with ent students, of the past history of the College, the consciousness that in preparing them for TO DIANA. and so many demands are made from time to the arduous duties of practical life, it has no Marc. Anton. Flaminii, Ocl. 1,34. time by others for a brief sketch of it, that we less thoroughly performed its duty than se- cured the love and veneration of those who are Goddess chaste from Jove descended, think we cannot do better than transfer to our Who by quivered Nymphs attended, columns a suitable article which appeared in graduating from it. Oer the Cynthean hill dost rove the Washington Daily Patriot in June, 1871, It is not necessary to speak of the great abil And dark Erymanthus’ grove: and which was prepared, we believe, by a grad- ity as instructors and the profound erudition of Bocchius, of both tongues full master— uate of ’63. It is proper perhaps to correct the gentlemen, members of Flying sta^ none follows faster— an error the writer has fallen into in stating THE SOCIETY OF JESUS, Dedicates this Elm to thee, that the north building was erected in 1808. —always the firm champions of education— By his villa waving free, It had remained in a partially finished condi- who conduct, and are connected with the insti- Whence shall lynxes hang suspended tion up to that time, but it was really built in tution. The names of its successive presidents, Whose fierce life his arrows ended, 1791, and nearly completed in 1795. From from the Rev. Robert Plunkett, in the year Antlers too of stag and deer, Consecrated to thee here. sundry entries in the old account-books (almost 1791, to that of its present distinguished and RHETORIC ’61. the only existing material for reference in the respected head, Rev. John Early, furnish a list matter of our early history), we judge that stu- of men, eminent for learning and piety, who, TO A STREAMLET. dents began to lodge in it in December, 1797. as they have from time to time appeared to M. A. Flaminii Ocl. Ei!>. III. 16. On the first of that month there were 59 board- guide the destinies of the college, have en- 11 Rivule frigidulis nympharum e fontibus ers in the College, and certainly they must deared themselves to the community in which orte. have been greatly cramped for room in the they have lived and to those who have been placed under their charge. Streamlet, sprung from ice-cold fountains attic of the Old College, the only place where Nursed within the lap of mountains, it seems possible they could have been accom- In recalling some of these former presidents, Who with liquid foot dost rove modated. the mind contemplates many of the most de- Thro’ the gloom of many a grove, Father John Early, who was President when serving—as they are among the best known— If upon thy winding way this sketch was written, died May 23d, 1873, of the clergy of the Catholic Church in Amer- Thou to Laura’s garden stray, ica—men well-beloved in their days of service Amber apples once so blooming and was immediately succeeded by our present Withered now by thirst consuming, superior, Father P. F.Healy, who had been in the cause of education, and whose memories 110 GEORGETOWN —those of the living and of the dead—are CONGRESS CHARTERED THE “ GEORGETOWN COL- the president’s office until 1858, when he was faithfully cherished. We should like here LEGE,” succeeded by the TO OPEN UP THE PAST which was then raised to the position of a uni- REV. JOHN EARLY, for a moment, and speak of these men whose versity. On January 17, 1830, the Philodemic who now so acceptably fills that position. names and histories are so intimately connec- Society was founded by the Rev. James Ryder, The breaking out of the civil war in 1861 ted with much of the greatness and glory of at that time vice president of the college. seriously hampered the progress of the college. the past years of Georgetown College. We More space being found necessary about this For several weeks—namely up to July 4th— should like to speak of Father Dubourg, who time to afford due accommodation to the the peaceful grounds and buildings of the col- was president in 1796, afterwards Bishop of largely increasing number of pupils, who began lege were used as a barracks for soldiers, New Orleans, and later Archbishop of Besan- to flock to the college even from beyond the gon, in France; of the universally-loved limits of the Union, the college buildings were THE 69TH AND 79TH REGIMENTS Father William Mathews, for so many years enlarged in 1831, of New York volunteers having been quartered pastor of St. Patrick’s Church, in this city ; REV. THOMAS MULLEDY, OP VIRGINIA, there. In 1862, after the battle of Bull Run, of Fathers Benedict and Enoch Fenwick, the being president, by the erection of the large the college was again seized upon by the mili- good brothers, the former afterwards Bishop of western wing of the south row, where now are tary authorities, and was converted into a hos- Boston; of Fathers James Ryder, Thomas chapel, dining-room, and study-room of the pital. In 1863 the college was relieved of this Mulledy, Charles Henry Stonestreet, John older students. At the same time the wes- burden, and commenced anew its career of Early, and tern half of the present infirmary was erected prosperity. In 1866 Father Early retired, and was succeeded by Father Maguire, who thus BERNARD A. MAGUIRE, and the grounds of the college, including that men who, each in his way, have done so much beautiful, umbrageous, and extensive prome entered upon his second term, to be again to add to the efficiency and reputation of nade known as SUCCEEDED BY FATHER EARLY, in whose able hands, as in that of his immedi- Georgetown College, and the last-mentioned THE “ COLLEGE WALKS,” of whom still freshly bears the multiplied were greatly improved and beautified.