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guileless child on his knee, he placed her in A SEXCENTENARY. the company of notorious lovely wantons, Ungrateful Florence! Dante sleeps afar. Like Scipio, buried by the upbraiding shore. because she had lewdly violated the law of —Childe Ilarold.. God and man. A GIFT of God to Florence and manldnd, Men and women, types of sinners of aU A soul upborne on inspiration's wings, Far soaring- through all high imaginings ages, are to be found in the "Inferno." Beyond the flight of other finite mind: Were Dante ^mting his glorious epic now. 'Twas his the skein of justice to unwind— in the manner which he employed six hun­ God's justice that all life and death eiirings,— dred years ;ago, he would take many indi­ From hell to Paradise his epic swings. viduals of to-day as types of those who had The wages true of sin and Love to find. damned their souls. He would see modern "Ungrateful Florence"—^but all-grateful world men and women in the, three divisions of That baclcsvard looks through full six hundred years. Plell. Great spaces in the di"eadful abyss And ti-ibute pays to one great name impearled separate these divisions, one from .another; With fame-stars 'mid Time's, truest poet-seers,— and each, division.is subdivided. To the sub­ His name immortal, crowned with praise condign. To whom we owe the Comedy Divine. .^ division best-suited for the punishment of its pecuKar sin the condemned soul is con­ ARTHUR BARRY O'NEILL, C. S. C signed by Minos, the horrible custodian of the gates of, darkness. DANTE AND MICHIGAN AVENUE In the first circle blaspheme those who HENRY STEVENSON, '21. were guilty of unlawful love, the gluttonous, . HE "Inferno" of Dante desciibes hor­ the avaricious and prodigal, the irascible and rible scenes in which the damned are the sullen. In; all Hell the punishment of doomed to pass eternity. Through illicit love, is the lightest, though this light­ the first six cantos the outcries of est punishment is more abhorrent to the these lost souls run like a refrain and haunt senses than the most ferAdd human-imagina­ the reader long after he has laid the book tion can conceive as terrible. Into these aside. Horror freezes the blood as would pestilential pits, Dante did not hesitate to the frightful wailing of a disembodied ghost thrust friends and relatives, heroes and through the 'dark watches of a cold, bleak heroines of undying poems, popes and cai- night. Not only is there depicted here the dinals, yea, canonized saints. He placed awful plight of men and women whose crim­ them there not for the good they had done, inal loves have rung do\vn the ages, but one but for the evil the entire world knew they meets also illicit lovers that had been had Avi'ought. Before .the gates of the "In­ Dante's own friends. In the first pit of Hell ferno," on the shores of the River Styx, the poet placed the pathetic Francesca and wander souls in a plight even more pitiful, her paramour Paolo, with Dido, who killed souls unwprthy of Heaven or Hell, the souls herself for love of Aeneas; with Helen, who of moral cowai'ds. Belief in such a Hell as through her passion for Paris brought a Dante describes is not a matter of Faith; destructive war on the fair city of Troy; but the likelihood, the implacable justice, of with Cleopatra, who knew the love of Caesar such everlasting torment is terrifying. and of Anthony. Pitiful is Francesca's Imagine Dante wiiting the Divine Comedy story. Though Dante had held her as,a to-day. He takes his ty^es from the bust- 394 ^e Noure ©ame ^iehdascie ling throngs on Michigan Avenue, in the and splendid social position. Driven by City of Chicago. ' four foul and stinking devils comes scream- Standing in the outer darkness before the ing the spirit of a notorious actress whose awesome gates of Hell, Dante and the Critic filthy lusts had caused her four successive behold the skulking souls of those who—" husbands, each in turn, to seek freedom lived without infamy or praise. from a marriage made in Hell. Then follows Commingled are they, that caitiff choir shrieking wildly, with despair in every Of Angels, who have not rebellious been, frantic gesture, the soul of a young girl who Nor faithful were to God, but were for had sought return of her licentious passion, self. Many others follow who in life were fair The heavens expelled them, not to be less and lovely but Avhose very foulness here is fair; a stench in the nostrils of Heaven. Their Nor them the nethermore abyss receives shameful mortal loves do now "—hither, For glory noe the damned would have thither, downward, upward drive them from them.". No hope doth comfort them forevermore, Among "These miscreants, who never were Not of repose, but even of lesser pain." alive" co\Yer the souls of slackers, they who Moving through a lower circle of this first living neither fought nor gave, yet sought Hell, wherein do sprawl the vulgar herds of the world's esteem for doing what they had those "whose stomachs were their gods," not done and boastfully debated how "We Dante and the Critic come to the third Americans, won the war." Slinking on the chasm. Here the souls of the avaricious and outer fringe of this contemptible host, the prodigal do suffer eternal torment.' A spurned by those whom Heaven and Hell ghostly youth strives vainly to push an had spurned, lurks the lurid ghost of a model enormous bag of flaming gold in opposition student. He had feared to break the letter to a mean and meager spirit. This one in of any rule, yet failed to keep its spirit, life had the handling of the young man's Sneaking apart from all and more despicable funds and his soul has grown cramped and than those beyond contempt moans the narrow from doling out paltry sums to him wretched soul of him who had managed il- and many others like him: the other had literate troupes of inane theatrical "artists." spent too freely of his substance in the in- Unworthy of Heaven and shut out from Hell, viting shops and gilded palaces on Michigan these miserable souls are doomed to wander Avenue. forever'in company-wdth "—caitiff wretches "Why keepest?" and "Why squanderest "Hateful to God and to His enemies." thou ?" Passing through a large and gloomy gate- Thus they returned along the.lurid circle way, whose amplitude is amazing, Dante and On either hand unto the opposite point, the Critic mournfully stand upon the brink Shouting their shameful metre evermore." of that first Hell, to which the fateful Minos Leaviiig behind these two perpetually has consigned the souls of the incontinent, struggling souls, Dante and the Critic now It is a place descend into the fearful furnace that forms "—mute of all liglit the lowest pit of the first Hell. In this pro- Wliich bellows as the sea does in a found abyss, upon which falls a frightful tempest, rain of malign mud, the souls of angry and If by opposing winds 't is combated." sullen men gnaw and tear each other Avith All around the black air is filled with shock- their teeth. On earth these lost all patience ing shieks, the plaints, the lamentations and at the least crossing of their wills and most a^N^ul blasphemies of dolorous, damned scolded when a softer answer would have souls. Borne on the wings of the hideous accomplished much, maintaining peace. Now, hurricane a ^vrithing shadow passes. It is in this vast gloomy pit they are thrown the spirit of an exceedingly successful together to rant forever indecently at one banker, Avhose illicit love and shameful suit another. Living, they had darkened tliG for divorce had lain bare the moral rotteness light in many hap^py hearts: dead, they are that often underlies great business success damned to loathsome blackness. No hope ^e Hcfcre (bame Schdastic 395 have they—the petty official, the eager sion, for the more, this bibliophile searched bearer of inconsequent authority, the- stern for rare editions and works about Dante, tyrant of those who dared not seek redress the more interesting and engaging the task through fear of his jealous and untempered became. wrath. Dante and the Critic "—^went Another collection of note was begun a = circling round the filthy fen little earlier at Harvard. This was later A great arc 'twixt the dry bank and the combined with that of the Dante Society of swamp, America and is now housed in the Widener With eyes turned unto those who gorge Library at Cambridge. the mire." The writings about Dante and the number Having witnessed the fearful transmuta­ of editions that have appeared in every cen­ tions in the first circle of Immutable Hell, tury would make a very voluminous biblio­ Dante and the Critic once more seek the graphy. In fact, the Fiske collection alone cleaner air. With pitying eyes they gaze has a printed catalogue of over six hundred upon the hustling, materialistic throng along pages. Dr. Moore, a great Dantean Michigan Avenue, in the City of Chicago, scholar, observed that 'no work, probably, and mourn— in the world, except the Bible, has given " Ah, Chicagoese! "men perverse in every rise to so large a literature.' Not even our way. own immortal Shakespeare, nor the Homer With every foulness stained, why from of the Greeks, when judged from the bibho- earth are ye not cancelled?" grapher's standpoint, can equal Dante. Ex­ positions, interpretations, illustrations, pol­ , THE ZAHM DANTE COLLECTION. emics, biographies, histories, romances have p. J. F. appeared without number, which evince the • It is not generally known, perhaps, that homage paid by the world in all ages to the only two other collections of Dantiana rival great Tuscan master. that now housed in the University Library The superiority of the Zahm collection of at Notre Dame. In 1892, there was started Dantiana rests not so much in an accretion at Cornell one of the most famous Dante of works about the poet, but rather in the libraries to be found anjr^vhere in this hem­ number of rare and costly editions of the isphere. Mr. Willard Fiske,, at that time, Divine Comedy itself, in almost every hving sent to Ithaca his first rare and costly edi­ language and dating from the first years Of tions of the great Italian poet. This nucleus printing to our own day. Scholars, lin­ was added to from time to time and the guists, and library experts, who have seen gathering of more books soon became a pas- the Dante library are of the opinion that if texts alone are considered the collection is the equal of the best in the United States. The lacunae to be found in the incunabula and later editions of the Fiske collec­ tion are in some measure supplied in the Zahm Collection. The student of reseai'ch in Dante cannot therefore afford to neglect an examination of this collection. It was the interest awakened by the cele­ bration of the sixth centenary of Dante's birth that also gave birth to the Dante movement in America. In 1865 and for many years thereafter, public, institutional, and proprietary libraries in this country made liberal purchases of Dante books. From that time to this there has been an increasing interest in the study of the Di­ vine Comedy, encouraged to a great extent Dv. John A. Zahm, C. S. C. by the Dante Society which has numbered 96 '^e Hazve 5ame Seholascic The home of the Dante collection looks out upon a landscape which is the finest at Notre Dame. The atmosphere of the iplace breathes poetry. Happy union where beauties of nature commune with poet's dreams I Amid such surroundings, well may we say with Dante himself: "Now rest thee reader! on thy bench and muse Anticipative of the feast to come So shall delight make make thee not feel thy toil." As you sit there in reverie, there will pass before you the great Catholic expositors and translators of the Divine Comedy in every age—Jocopa della Lana, Poletto, Serra- >valle, Scartazzini, Benevenuto and Moore. Further reflection shall convince you why Catholic scholars in every century have been the best interpreters of the divinest of Bishop Spaulding. poems. This is well expressed by Dr. Gar­ among its active members many authors and ret in his- History of Italian Literature literateurs of national fame. James Russell" where he says: "Attavanti cites from the Lowell, for many years associated with the pulpit Dmite's ille noster, as copiously and Dante Society, has this to say about the reverently as any of the Fathers. Even in Dante cult: "Almost all the poets have the. age of the Renaissance Pius the their seasons, but Dante penetrates to the Fourth's cardinal use quotations from moral core of those who once fairly come Dante, as the last notes of Palastrina's mass mthin his sphere, and possesses them of Pope Marcellus die down the aisles of wholly. His readers turn students, his stu­ St.. Peter's." Upon Catholic literary dents zealots, and what was a taste becomes scholars of our day rests a great responsi­ a religion." bility to know Dante thoroughly, to study Tliis marvelous influence of the great' him carefully and to appreciate him fully. Catholic Italian poet caused Dr. John A. We must be faithful to this trust so that the Zalmi, himself a profound Dante scholar, to brightest g;em of all literature may continue donate his entire library so that others to spread its effulgence down the centuries might come to gather inspiration and learn­ to the end of time. ing. Thus the memory of the donor and that of the immortal bard hunself are for­ BEATRICE AND DANTE. ever enshrined at Notre Dame. This disciple often journeyed miles to pay VINCENT ENGELS, -23. honor and reverence at the tomb of his To the readers of Dante, one pair of great inspirer. He searched the- book-marts names is found sun-graven on the seashore of Europe and America gathering here and rocks, formed in the foam of the tossing there those precious jewels of the centuries wave, whirled with the leaves in the wind, that here might be perpetuated the name of resting in the gold which a moon draws Dante. These works he gave to Notre across a lake" at night, sparkling with the Dame, because it was befitting that the stars, and floating with the clouds to the greatest Catholic poet of all time should be four blue corners of the firmament,— honored by a great Catholic University, and Beatrice and Dante. in return that the brilliancy of his genius Beatrice, the delicate maiden with the might be reflected on the school that soul of an angel, as sweet an image as Na­ treasures his nobility of thought. ture in a tender mood, and Dante, the stern, '^e Hozve- bame Scholascic 397 selled always by reason." Beside this snowfall, the Divine Comedy seems to be a creature of the sun itself, formed of glowing metal; forged in a white, hot radiance. Through the whole Vita Niiova Dante seems to fly, graciously abiding here and there to let fall a precious white feather of song. He sings of his lady's virtues. (she has no faults) of her smile (no smile wrought such havoc in masculine heart as the smile of Beatrice) of his love for her (and a divine love it is, far removed from any sordid desire.) Her joys are his ecstasies; her sorrow, his despair. She dies, and he assails Death bitterly; flaying the mon­ ster with a biting, stinging knife of words. "Discourt­ eous Death," he cries, and. slashes in, slicing away quantities of Demon flesh with every line. But soon this furious attack crum­ bles sick-heartedly, and the tenor of his lay as­ sumes the throbbing qual- implacable foe of sin, as majestic in.his ity of a master's violin. anger as a thunderstorm, and as merciless To Dante, his lady was as sweet and as as Vesuvius, are linked together ^as the wholesome as a breath of fresh air. She misty veil and the furious waters that tum­ enveloped his whole soul; pervaded his ble down Yellowstone's rocky walls. every thought; strengthened each word he ^ Dante wrote-in a period when the status spoke. So he loved, and loving, foraied a of woman was seemingly undetermined. In true fountain of youth. There, in the this misguided age, we are not sure whether sweet cedar glades of the IMiddle Ages the general attitude towards woman was flashes his story, bubbling clean and pure finer or coarser in the-Middle Ages than it from its source in the yellow sand, skipping is today. But it were superfluous to even merrily between the trees in blithe water- speak of doubting Dante's specific attitude. bursts of fancy, flowing wide and deep Sonnets to his lady come from his wild heart through the final inspired sonnets: like snowflakes from a clouded sky,—as "Beyond the sphere that widest orb it pure, as delighful, and as substantial. There hath is no frivolity with him—^no faithless sleet, half rain, half snow. Behold only the sub- Passeth the sigh which issues from my stantial,^^product of a true heart and "coun- heart,—" 398 '^e Noure 6ame S'eholascie

and witli that sigh pouring into the calm And as I tremble in my drunken daze, and resigned remembering of Peace. 'Die! Die!' the veiy stones appear to ^-SQiat a dream of noble names is listed shriek." with the habitues of tliis fountain! Dan And on another occasion: Chaucer, "sweet warbler'' that he was, and "Within my heart an earthquake doth nearly the contemporarj'- of Dante, dehghted commence. to sip the cooling favour; Spenser, Shake­ Which from my pulses driveth out the speare, and I\Iilton wandered there con­ soul." stantly; Wordsworth, Browning and Long­ A manj)f power, Dante surely was, but a fellow were its lovers. But they were not vision of Beatrice caused him-to display a alone in their devotion. For to it have come tenderness and delicacy of feeling rivalled through the ages all shapes and manners of only by that of a mountain stream, which men, poet, but' warrior too, scholar, but roaring down from the rocks and glaciers, peasant also; possessing one tiling in com­ still is mindful and administers to the trees mon,—a love of the ideal. It is this love of and grasses along its shores.' What a sen­ the ideal that makes the dreaming peasant sitive lover is revealed here: boy nobler than a prince; this that covers "I will not speak of her old scars with the flush of rose; this that Save only to a lady's gentle heart." during quiet hours makes us long for action, Thus Beatrice swayed him, governed him, • and during the hot clash of battle, dream of and led him finallj'' to truth and peace of peace. It is this that makes the barefooted soul. Never becoming intimate with him youngster smoke cornsilk, and the bald- on earth, still remaining aloof on her jour­ headed oldster smoke cigars and wish for ney with him through the Divine Comedy, cornsilk. All people are idealists, but in the she hfted him from sorrow, disappointment common, not the philosophic sense. The and heartbreak and carried him to God. little girl who dons yards of lacy stuff, That is the story of Beatrice and Dante achieving her ideal of a grand lady, and the which has lived six hundred years—a per­ grand lady who wears a iDlain wliite frock fect tale of the joys, sorrows and triumphs in order to resemble a simple little girl, are of humanity—an epic of the moon and' the both idealists. And in this all embracing ocean. The moon, loftj'', pale, divine, laying class, Dante was and is supreme. a delicate golden trace across his breast; To realize that, remember that he was a the ocean, responsive to her touch, swelling poet of anger, and thrust words of flame into and rolling, tossing in .white capped tribute; rhythmic metres. Stern as are the aver­ sweeping up the long white stretches of- age passages.in the Inferno, there are some sand, and receding at her mil; now furious lines which explode into a rocketing fury, as tlie black clouds race across her face; now and are rendered overwhehning by a subtle calm as she beams forth, lofty still, and quality of word and cadence which carries lovelj', a light from God. . - the unforgettable-impression that this out­ burst is controlled at every point by a mighty intellect. Such a deliberate anger DANTE AND ST. THOMAS.- terrifies the mere reader; it must have been BY CARDINAL IMERCIER. maddening to its victims. And still this Christian theology has' two technical man of awesome temper, of flaying satires, terms to designate the two stages of our of subhme contempt, was so. whole lieartedly life,^tlie period of time and that of eternity. inlove mth gentle Beatrice that at the sight In the first stage, man is a traveller (viator) • of her Ms very senses refused to-function. on his way toward an objective point, to­ Emotion charging high through his pulse, ward a universal good to be attained. About he returned to liis room to immortalize the us things and events pass,—^the course of incident: . nature,* the ebb and flow of history. At the "]\Iy face the colour of my heart displays, \\Qiich, .fainting, any chance, support doth *Ileprmted Tiy ebuitesy. of the editor from the Ave Maria for which it was .translated,- with the Cardinal's permission, - seek; hy Roy Temple House. .'..,' - ' '^e'Ncrcre 6ame §eholascic S99 end of his journey, at the moment when he passions, at their cruel sterility. His takes possession of the object of his ter­ anxious thinking sought every^^here the restrial pilgrimage, the^ traveller changes issues through which he might find light his name. Hence forth he is called conquer, and radiate peace. He prepared to dominate possessor, comprehensor. the noise of combats and the .violence of Humankind observe the passage of political quarrels, to submit the ages to the ephemeral phenomena and historic, succes­ infallible verdict of eternal morahty. sions; men of science scrutinize their laws; At the end of the thirteenth century two the philosophers, whom history has called great minds were facing the problem of life. sometimes sages, sometimes lovers of wis­ One had already found its solution, and, dom, strive to bind them into synthetic with the cahnjiess of a soul sure of itself, he unity, to explain their origins, their deep was offering it to his contemporaries. Too causes, their supreme finality. humble to cherish a suspicion of the fact, he This is the problem which lises befoVe the was offering it to the meditation of all the universal conscience. There are not two generations to come. Tliis contemplative problems: there is only one. Man has not genius was named Thomas Aquinas. The two tasks to accomplish: he has but one,— other, Dante Alighi~eri, in whose heart to pass wisely from time to eternity. The surged at the same time the passions of an Supreme Master has declared: "Only one ardent temperament and the lava of the thing is necessary." conflicts and revolutions of a warlike people, Dante xA.lighieri, great genius and noble sought for his soul and the souls of his character, perceived the iimplitude and felt brethren a way of esccipe from violence into the keenness of this decisive problem; all peace, from moral disorder into vii'tue. A the energies of his great soul were directed sincere disciple of Christ, of the Gospel and toward its solution. What is nature ?. What of the Church, he had been won by the » philosophy and the theology of the monk of is humanity? What am I to myself? My Saint Sabinus, had fed upon them, had made soul longs to' free itself from the baser in­ them his own, and coveted the honor of dis­ stincts which paralyze it, to escape from playing theiii before the wondering gaze of the prison where it stifles. Can it do this? contemporaries. The "Sum of Theology" of How? I seem to hear the fervid-Florentine the ikngelic Doctor and the "Divine Comedy^' repeating the cry of Saint Paul: "The evil of Dante are^-I believe w-e can say without which I would not, that I do; and the good fear of a well-founded" objection—the two that I would, I do not. Who shall deliver me masterpieces of theology and art. from the body of this death?" In the Vatican fresco, the "Dispute of the Dante was one of the most active minds of Holy Sacrament," where Raphael has pict­ his age. Ancient mythologies and philos­ ured heaven and earth united by Christ, ophies, sciences of a terrestrial nature and tiiumphant in glory, adored in the Euchar­ of the heavenly bodies, the grandeur and ist, Saint Thomas Aquinas is seated with decadence of empires and cities, the cult of Saint Bernard, Saint Bonaventure, and the true and the beautiful, paganism and Blessed Scotus,. beside the gi-eat Doctors of Christianity,—nothing had escaped him, the Church, Jerome, Gregory, Ambrose, Au­ nothing found him indifl:erent. The day gustine; he bears on his breast his sjrmbpl, when he attacks the problem of life, he mil the sun; he teaches, he enhghtens, he vivi­ pass the borders of his personal conscience, fies; Dante is the .neighbor of Savonarola; the frontiers of his city and his nation; he they teach also,* but in a sphere where pur will become. the interpreter of humanity. poor humanitj'- struggles in the laborious He is a philosopher, he is a believer; he mil bringing forth of fraternity and peace. speak at once the language of reason, of Saint.Thomas gazes upon the human drama science, and the language of the Scriptures, from his place above in the skies. Daiite of Catholic theology. looks, on it with an eye in which are con-", From the exile into which.he had been centrated thehmnilations and sufferings of sent by his city, "mother mthout love," he sick, wounded, anxious "hearts. .- looked on bitterly at the-shock of political 400 '^e Nocre Same Seholdiscie'

What is the "Sum of Theology" of Saint ment. Christ, the sacraments, gra'ce—arti­ Thomas Aquinas? The synthesized and sans of the purification and the sanctificatioii ' reasoned response of Revelation to the prob­ of souls and of their triumphal entry into lem of human destiny. ' The work comprises glory,—are the, themes of, the third and three parts. In the iirst part God bursts on last part of the,"Sum" of Saint Thomas our sight,—our God, He who explains to us Aquinas. whence we come, what we are, whither we The same theme forms the subject, the go, mth the created world which surrounds inspiring and directing idea,, of the "Divine us, and whose constant praises of the Divine Comedj^" Dante calls Saint Thomas 'his Majestj'- we are called upon to. interpret. master and his guide.' The monk, in his Saint Thomas tells us what this God is; he cell, considers man, sin, conversion and ac- explains His intimate life in the unity of • complished sanctifiCatioh. ''-• The spirited His nature and the trinity of His personal Florentine, wandering through the cities and substances; he explains the created work fields of Italy, studies, men of flesh and blood, cast by Him into space and time. observes their failings and their vices, At the head of this sensible world, whose sounds the depths and tastes the joy of re­ site is our earth, we find man, a free agent, pentance', sings the happiness of victory. responsible for the conduct of his life. How The Doctor speaks the language of soul to should man direct his life? .Can he do so, soul, 'banishes. images, silences sentiment, and under.what conditions? This is the arranges and relates abstract conceptions. theme of the. second part of the "Sum of The poet sees the idea only through the Theology," a treatise on morals,^—general image, gives it. out only in symbols; is morals in the- first place, special morals moved, moves others, mounts and descends afterwards. the whole gamut of passion, and the rhythm The moral act directed toward, the su­ of sentiment. In its details and in its al­ preme God; the elements which constitute legory, in which the thought expressed is morality; the fundamental distinction be- but an invitation "to seek another pro- tAveen good and evil; the fixing of the mil founder thought, often a thought touched in the good by virtue and the gifts of the mtli mysticism. Holy Spirit, in evil by vice; the notion of The- work of Thomas Aquinas is- a sin, and its genesis; the nioral law in its treatise; that of Dante is an epic. The two. multiple aspects; divine grace, which lifts supplement, each other. The first has virtue to the height of hohness;—this is the opened the way for the second; the second object of the first section of. the second part. makes the other, live and vibrate. One does The detailed and specifically applied study not know which to admire more, the Doctor of the virtues and vices which form or der or the singer. Happy the people, blessed.the form the perfect man, the Saint, is ;pursued civihzatipn wliich has produced these two in the second section, which thus treats of geniuses! For; the two are sons of Chris­ applied morals. tianity and of the. Catholic Church. Doubt­ In the first part, then, God, the sovereign less they belong to all humanity, since the Good, offers" .Himself to us, invites us .to problem they, attack is the problem of hu­ know Him and to love Him: In the second man destiny; but they belong first of all to part, man goes freely to meet God,- gives the Church, as our venerated and beloved himself to Hun; the union of the soiil with Pontifl?, Benedict XV., proclaims with a God is accomplished, holiness is consum­ justified pride; because the solution which mated. WTio has the power.to produce this" they offer to our meditation and our en­ miracle? The Christ, the Eternal Word thusiasm is the solution which Christ made man, and the Redeemer of humanity. brought to the world, and which our mother The human soul is sinful; to, original sin the Church bids us believe, embrace, realize. it has added the stains of. its personal faults "Come back to life," says the poet, "and- or crunes; its - purification is the work of triuhiph." Risurgi i vinci. Come back from gi-ace; grace is the result of the sacraments, Hell, traversre Purgatory, enter the glories the sacraments being the fruit of the Atone­ of Paradise are.not, in the profound thought '^e Nocre ^ame Scholascie 401 of the poet, the three states—^that "of ir­ accomplisheddts return to God, the principle reparable death, of temporary expiation, of and end of the order of Creation and the final beatitude—^which our future life will order of Redemption. The story is told. reveal to us. They-are partially that, no The problem of life is solved.- The himian doubt, in their allegorical significance; but traveller has changed his name; he has won the allegory is designed to aid us to pene- ' the prize of the struggle; he has entered his trate more deeply, in thought, into the moral reward; he has become comfprehensor. • hell of a vicious heart,^a heart ensnared by sensuality, by pride, by avarice, and incapa­ LONGFELLOW'S DANTE -SONNETS. ble of scaling again, by its OMTI unaided ef­ I. . fort, the slope down which nature has fallen. Oft have I seen.at some cathedral door The consciousness of the miserable state A laborer, pausing in the dust and heat, • to which sin has reduced humanity is the Lay-do\\Ti his burden, and ^\ath reverent feet inevitable point of departure of a Christian Enter, and cross himself, and on the floor , conversion. To be converted is to climb the Kneel to repeat his paternoster o'er; Far off the noises of the world retreat; painful hill of purification, to accept the The loud vociferations of the street^ • expiatory puiiishments, to turn our hope to­ Become an undistinguishable roar. ward God,-to sing in turn, the Miserere; So, as I enter here from day to day. As'perges me, Domine, hyssoiJO,' et muncla- And leave my burden at this minster gate. bor; and vidth the angels. In te, Domine, Kneeling in prayer, and not ashamed to pray, /The tumult of the time disconsolate spercwi; Beati munclo corcle. To be con­ To inarticulate munnurs dies away, verted is to drink of the waters of Lethe AVhile the eternal ages watch and wait. and conquer the right to think no more of II. one's past faults; it is to drink of the re­ How strange the sculptures that adorn these towers! freshing waters of Eunoe; to bathe one's This, crowd of statues, in whose folded sleeves* soul in the sanctifying waters of contrition, Birds build their nests; while canopied Avith leaves^. of confession,-of sacramental absolution. Parvis and portal bloom like trellised bowers. And the vast minster seems a cross of flowers! Purified, renewed, invigorated in this pur­ But fiends and dragons on the gai-goyled eaves gatory of the heart, the soul is, reclothed Watch the dead Christ between the living thieves. mth the weddings garment of charity, mth- And underneath, the traitor Judas lowers! out which no one can enter the Kingdom of All! from what agonies of heart and brain. Heaven; then it can sing with the poet: What exultations trampling on despair. "From the sacred river which floweth by What tenderness, what teai-s, what hate of~wrong. What passionate outcry of a soul in pain, . that happy plain I issued forth all made Uprose this poem of the earth and air. anew, like a tree which receiveth its leaves This mediaeval miracle of/song! of new green in the springtime. I am pure, IIL and ready to gaze on the unveiled, celestial I enter, and I see thee in the gloom ' brightness of the divine stars." Of long aisles, 0 poet saturnine! " " Hell marked the state of sin and misery And strive to make my steps keep pace with thine. from which the soul, aided by grace, is called The air is filled with some unknown perfume; to separate itself; Purgatoryds ,the path of The congregation of the dead make room purification and of that repentance which is For thee to pass; the votive tapers shine; ' _ , Like rooks that haunt Eavenna's groves of pine - essential for conversion; Paradise, is the ar­ The hovering echoes fly from tomb to tomb. rival of the soul at the goal of sanctifica- From the confessionals I hear, arise tion—^the tree of life with everliving foliage Reheai'sals of forgotten tragedies. and laden with immortal.-fruits, the"-per­ And lamentations from the ciypts below; petual banquet'of the Lamb*; it is the, soul And then a voice celestial that begins ° ripe for admission to the realms of the With the pathetic words, 'Although your sins As scarlet'be' and ends wth 'as the snow.' . blessed and-to the vision of God, for. the sight of Christ the human and divine, and . . IV., of the Holy Trinity, in the abode of eternal With snow-white veil and garments as of flame. She stands before thee, who so long, ago Love. The sanctified soul has reached the Filled thy young heart; "v\'ith passion and the woe goal; it-has, by the co-operation of grace. From which thy song and all its splenflors came; 402 'to5e Notre ^ame Seholascic

And while with stern rebuke she tpeaks thy name, Tlie ice about tliy heart melts as the snow DANTE AND THE COLLEGE MAN. On mountain heights, and in swift overflow EDWIN W. ISIUKPnY, '23. Comes gushing from thy lips in sobs of shame. Thou makest full confession; and a gleam, The hush of the jeweled sky on a histrous As of the dawn on some dark forest cast, night can inspire various and variegated Seems on thy lifted forehead to increase; thoughts. In the trembHng brilhance of the Lethe and Eunoe—the remembered dream And the forgotten sorrow—^bring at last deep ahnost anj'^thing from the philosophy That perfect pardon which is pei-fect peace. of love to the science of success maj^ spring- up, as, • infused with the unconquerable poetry of the stars, we allow our thoughts BALLADE TO ST. ELOL to wander. Perhaps in the satin sheen of Tt. the patron ij hiintDS, en iht way Ic his shiiiic, St. some scintillant sun even the taut cheeks, Elci, France. the glittering eye of the sweet and terrible This is a shady open road Dante may peep out of one of the windows —Though Julius Caesar traced it here— of heaven. There may be revealed a coun­ To saunter on without a load tenance, so humanly • pathetic, the motive Nor anj- care and scarce a fear, power of titanic character showing in the To Eloi's Saint, M'ho loves the spear That strikes the boar within the wood tense jaws, and austere determination on And winds a horn exceeding clear, the prim lips. St. Eloi, whose wine was good. Perchance the very shiiiimer reflecting the Where are you, men of musty node. face of the Poet may be the light of some Who lend a wizened, learned ear planet, dead centuries ago, but still dazzling To chatter in a dull abode the world, growing even greater in glory as Of what occurred that stony year When stones meshing into gear eternity nears. There are, after all, but a In some paludian neighborhood few bright-shining lights on" the white blaze Fashioned a Link—O dear of heaven. On the horizon of history, too, St. Eloi, whose wine was good! none but the uppermost brilliants are knoAvn Oh leave the vortex in the mode to us, and of these the brightest names Put Anthropos upon his bier shine with that same reflection of dead And send the Man along the road splendor. Seen on this welkin of renown An aimless voyage free to. steer— The man whom all the gods revere the grim face of Dante Allighieri stands out And never sa^-ant understood unrivalled. Except his jolly hunting-peer In the golden light of that fame men have St. Eloi Avhose wine was good. waxed wise, while all the world has reached Envoi. to catch a ray of his genius. But it is no And let the woodland ring with cheer. more to be analyzed than a ray of starlight. With song to joUj' brotherhood. And send you doAvu a blessing clear, Rather it is to be heartily inhaled, for in St. Eloi, whose wine was good.—N. E. w. the canzones of the Divine .Comedy there is the incense of pure poetry,-the embers of To, DANTE. pale passion, and a gleam of divine reason Beacon, whose flash illumes the centuries. that must appeal to some faculty of every Shine on: reflect upon earth's populace intellect. The savor of ^ his thought com­ The, grim determination of thy face bined with the meat of that philosophy To set aright Time's Avickedness and lies. leaves a long-remembered flavor. Flash forth the Jightnings of thy'fiery eyes One could waste a life-time, however, on Where baseness, infamy, and \ale disgrace, BKnded mtli hate, award a meager place the velvet that envelopes the jewels, so ex­ To thee whose pen has 'dipx:)ed deep in the skies.- tensively has the grandeur of his grace been Then AATII thy honor'Adndicated be elucidated. .The characteristics united in And all mankind, in courtly fashion, bowed Dante and the crystalizing element of his Before thee; rthen thy sparkling countenance . personality are what attract human interest. Will brighter sliine to calm the lashing sea, As when the noon-day sun from, nimbus-cloud According to James Russeir Lowell this ele­ Bursts forth to dazzle earth wdth radiance. ~ ment is shoT^ai "the repeated proof that - " ' ' • ." ' ' •? - ~ -^R. E.-=M. moral sujiremacy is the only one that leaves 'Sfje Hozve 5ame Seholasnier 403 monuments, not ruins, behind it." It is cer­ when he -was but nine years old, that first tainly evident that invincible moral vigor stirred the crater of his emotions and lighted characterized all Dante's achievements. It the first flicker of that strong reason. It mellowed and beautified his exotic passion* was this same light that was eventually to and if there is a key to his mentality, that translate his glowing passion into literary key is the iron reason he displayed. ardor. Few are they gifted with imagina­ The power of Dante's passion is as ter­ tion adequate to understand the azure love rific as volcanic fire, and his place in fame is of Dante for Beatiice. In fact, few men love due directly and commensurably to the God as ideally as Dante loved his Lady. In^ ability to control that flare. 1 Especially, in the early years she was the motive of his his attitude toward Beatrice the moral ten­ existence and in the fertile fervor of-that, acity of his reason is vividly evident. There emotion his genius germinated. have been and' thei'e are today many men ' Impressed by his inordinate-attitude to­ with passions as gorgeous as that possessed ward the lady, one might be inclined to con­ by the Poet. In such men brute force of sider Dante some erotic anchorite, were temperament is so superior to pallid reason, it not for 'the intensely practical part he however, that the human element is lost. took in the politics of his city. His poetic The equation of animality and rationality exaltation combined with a dynamic propen­ has been in few individuals better balanced sity for the practical isji remakable'feature than in the Florentine master. In the words of Dante's personality. He regarded politics of Ruskin, "the central man of all the world as seriously as religion. "He did not thinlt as representing in' perfect balance, the the political "wire-pullers and convention- imaginative, moral and intellectual at their packers of his day merely amusing*, and he height, is Dante." Art is neither a riot of certainly did think it the duty of an upright molten passion or a medley of frigid method. and thoroughly trained citizen to speak out But passion tempered with reason serves to unmistakeably." So Lowell puts it. If the crystalize the stuff of art, and with Dante world and especially coUege men, who mil art nears the perfect equilibrium. constitute the brains of the world, could ab­ Y'et Dante's apparently innate artistry is sorb this lesson from the Florentine no accident of heredity; he is not a pearl.in •philosopher people might in time consent to the maw of history. His mastery was self- govern themselves. - " determined. The genius was not in the 111 the midst of govermnent by buffoonery, man; it was the man. In the pix)cess that when a family quaiTel generally was decided purified his soul most mortals would have in a civil war, Dante acting as one of the withered. "Looked at outwardly," remarks six priors ruling Florence, effected the ban­ one of his commentators, "the life of Dante ishment of h^ dearest friend, Guido Caval-r seems to have been an utter and disastrous canti, a leader of his O\\TI party, the Bianci, failure." It was a failure conceded by as well as his relative, Corso Donati, of the everybody but Dante. The heart-tearing Neri, in order to rid the city of two danger­ agony felt at Beatrice's death, the purga­ ous malcontents. Siich conduct then as now tory of exile, ^yould drive another citizen was in cQiitradiction to all" the practises of of the world to fling his soul's blood into the practical-politics. But then as now it took face of the heavens, in despicable despair. colossal courage to rule nien by reason. • A perverted career that might make one Dante's career in politics was short. The man an infidel or another a fanatic, made dislodged Neri mtli the connivance of Pope Dante a truer Christian. It has been said Boniface VIII leagued with Charles of Valois that only the man with intellect can accept who was then contemplating an invasion of atheism or agnosticism. But Dante, in the Italy. To ward off the impending danger maturity of his mentality, perhaps the^ Dante hurried to Eome in the hope of per­ greatest intellect since Aiistotle, clung with suading the Pope to withdraw'his influence more loyalty to the Church than many of . from the enterprise. But when Valois the Popes. invested Florence the Poet was stilhin Rome.. It was the sight of Beatrice Portinari,. An immediate decree of exile barred Dante's 404 '^e Noure 5ame Scholascic

return to His city and two months later a smug security you experience under solid death edict was enacted. In the shadow of shelter during an electric storm.. this phantom he went down to his tomb. It is with actual awe, too, that you meet His fortunes shriveled, as the months melted many of the biggest shadows of history, in into years, and all his political plans proved the Inferno: Cleopatra, Mohammed, Helen abortive. Then, in the fell clutch of circum­ of Troj'-, Caligula, Brutus and Cassius, all stance that throttled his soul, the agony of pass before j'ou in exotic panorama. If exile smouldered in his breast. Excruciat­ such a man as Kipling should follow Dante's ing as was the death of Beatrice, this grovel­ idea of 'narration today his work would meet ing torture of Cain branded his brain even with rabid renown,—^^vitness the lure of that deeper. He- liimself described the pathos of mystical title "Four. Horsemen of • the unjust exile in the Paradiso: ApocaljTpse." If Oscar Wilde and Gyp were Thou shalt relinquish everything of thee, • to be photographed in the 'Maleboge, both Beloved most dearly; this that thy sorrow is clothed in slimy snakes with quivering Shot from the bow of exile first of all;. worms for hair, or if Bolo Pascha and Car- And thou shalt prove how salt or savor hath ranza might be seen swathed in everlasting- The bread of others, and how hard a path flame, or Abdul Hamed being eternally bit­ To climb and to descend the stranger's ten by the scourge or Bob IngersoU frozen stairs. solid in ice up to the neck with tears and Exasperation which in many a one would bloody drivel trickling down frozen cheeks, gnaw all faith in God and man evoked in the sensation of it would surpass even the Dante an humble resignation which was best brand of Hearst. Then the News from neither blind belief nor limp pre-destination. Hell might read as in Canto XXVI: In the bitterest trough of melancholy Eejoice, 0 "New York" since thou al't so • Dante never lost faith in himself or God. great Under the bludgeonings of fate the enamel That over sea and land thou beatest thy of culture—which is too often mere veneer— wings endured until the poetry of his soul could And throughout Hell.thy name is spread interpret itself. For the Divine Comedy is abroad. manifestly-and essentially the biography of his life colored by an empyreal imagination. With up-to-date illustrations and modern It is the evideiice that there is no romance publicity no home could be complete without more fascinating than the romance of the the version. commonplace nor anything so interesting as s But were the work of Dante solely a hor­ the evolution of a man's mind. It is this rible protrayal of . sordid ' suffering there fact that ranks Dante in the trinity of liter­ might be truth in the remark of Bertinelli, ary excellence; it is for no other reason that quoted by Voltaire that "Dante was a mad­ Ne^vman's "Apologia" is the masterpiece of man, and his work a monster." The per­ English prose. sistent power of the Poem can- only be ex­ It is a precept of philosophy that there plained Jn the theme—subjectum est homo. can be nothing in.the imagination that was "Whatever subsidiarj'- interpretations the not in the senses. During the nineteen poem; is capable of its great and primary years of his exile Dante created all the foul­ value, is as. the autobiography of a human ness and trembling terror of hell as well soul," according to Lowell. It is really an . as the delicate delights of heaven from the experience in spiritual romance. Unemories picked up in his sojournings The Divine Comedy by assent is a liberal through Italy. He is the first man to education in itself—liberal in every sense describe eternity in finite terms. In the of the word.; In the .two hundred or so pages Inferno the supernational elasticity of his of the Poem is to be had the meatiest wis-- imagination is at once appaling and inspir­ dom of the thirteenth, the greatest of all- ing. But under the protecting wing of Vir­ centuries. It pictures human nature in its _ gil you are brought face to face with all the myriad facets; Love—the infernal passion hideous inhabitants of hell feeling that of Francesca contrasted witK the celestial '^e Nocre 5ame ^hdascie 405

devotion of Beatrice,—^philosophy of the sents Dante in Paradise, the world would ripest period of speculation, all contained ' have lost this most faithful -portrait by the in probably the most perfect kernel of litera- first, great Italian painter, who, of all the ture in existence. With the opening of the artists of his time really ti'ied to and did Poem opens a \*ista of wisdom,, revealed by paint living, thinking; feeling men and one'of the foremost instructors of all ages, women. The man who negligently passes up such In the fourteenth century Michelino as this for whatever reason in the catalog painted another wonderful, but less famed has yet to get his first wisdom teeth. Like picture of Dante, which is more illustrative, one who has grown accustomed to breathing . Giotti's picture is of Dante and Dante alone; the impurity of some stuffy room, he can- Michelino portrays Dante, too, and weaves not realize the exhilarating atmosphere of into the background an allegorical story of Dante's genius until he inhales. And there the Divine Comedy: He shows the hells is no more appropriate occasion for taking" descending to the ninth and lowest; he the first deep breath of real literary ozone shows the ascending nine degrees of purga- .than this, the sixth centenary of the Poet's tory; and above this column he shows the passing. nine spheres of heaven, a sort of rainbow — above it all. Adolphe Stiirler renders both DANTE'S WORK IN ART. these pictures well in pencil in a lately pub- _ lished volume. Of course, the black and H. W. PLANNERY, '23. white can never do justice to the originals In the story of the illustrators of the but they can convey an idea of the foi-m, works of Dante there is told a tale of the the modeling and scheme of the originals. development of that now common and neces- Stiirler includes in his volume his own pict- sary feature of printed writing, the modern writings, and again the artists did not plan illusti-ation; for, just after Dante wrote his work is among the best of Dante illustra- celebrated poems, there comes the true birth tors although Stiirler's figures are often of such art. Previous to the time of the quite formless and inactive. Florentine, all illustration was decorative After Giotti and Michelino, Raphael, and done by hand. Of course it was admir- Scheffer, Delacroix, Corot and Rossetti ably done and prettily done, but, in a modern painted their conception of parts of the sense these illuminations were not illustra- writings, aind.again the artists did not plan tions, for the main idea of these fantastic that their work should illustrate any of the creations was to ornament the text, and, published books. Raphael's Dispute, Dela- although many did tell the story of the text, croix's Dante and Beatrice, Rosetti's Vision to do that was not their purpose. - of Dante, Scheffer's Dante amd Beatrice, and From Giotti to Dore and Stiirler, Dante other paintings were, like the other works has been a figure represented by many of these masters, of perhaps too high an artists. Giotti never attempted the illustra- order for ordinary book illustrations, .tion of any of the poems of his friend and But mth the first illustrated volume of contemporary for men had not begun, other ' Dante which appeared about 1497 there ap- than by hand illumination, to tell the story peared many men who did intend that their of words by means of the volumed picture, work should supplement the words of Dante. and never did Giotti dream that his famous There was Francisco Sansovino, Fiorentino, portrait of the Italian genius would some day in 1564^ whose wood cuts were much like be found in almost every printed copy of those of the earlier illuminators. Much of the Divine Comedy. And were it not for Sansovino's work was diagramatic, and Antonio Marini, who discovered, under the much was purely decorative. Sansavino whitewash some careless non-respecter or showed the different places of punishment admirer of art had painted over the fresco and reward and in each sketch he placed on a window in the Chapel of the Podestro small figures, and at the end of each canto, in Florence, five hundred years after it was he made illustrations, where there were painted, the now famed picture that repre- background, perspective and everytiiing 4o6 Tsfie Hacve- Same Schdascie

found in a modern picture, except shadow. people laughed at what he did in oil, and it Then came Giovanni Stradano with his is his illustrations of Shakespeare, of Don sketchy flat figures, his queer bewhiskered Quixote, of the Bible, the Idylls of the King, devils, who had gnarled horns and some­ of Paradise Lost, and above all, of the Divine times batlike wings.' Stradano's creatures Comedy, particularly of the Inferno, that were rather stiff, however, mth very simple made his name so famous. There were one features and frozen drapery. But it is per­ hundred and thirty-five dramngs made by haps unfair to compare "^^eaiiy undeveloped Dore for the works of Dante, a stupendous art Math the later work that one can hardly task, but he was a prodigious worker. When find fault with. Time was making great im­ he was thirty years old he had delivered provements and each new artist made his forty thousand drawings. o\Mi what Ills predecessors had learned. This master of the weird, who could pict­ \¥ith Luigi Ademollo, (1817), whose work ure Dante as no other could, who made flesh Mej'^er says "shows superficial skill and a look like flesh, drapery hang like drapery, weak dravidng of the nude and drapery," expression and action mirror the mind, was there was a great change. Some fifty years good in all but the things of nature. His" after Ademollo's wood cuts appeared, Fran­ trees and rocks are rather ridiculous, but cisco Scaramuzza, director of the Academy his grasp of Dante's meaning and feeling of Parma, published his work. Scaramuzza makes that fault nothing. Avas apparently careful and painstaking in "We see," as Mr. Hamertoii says, "Fran- his work, iDerhaps too much so, for many cesca of Rimini floating naked with her lover characters are lifeless, and many, suiiposedlj'^ in the gloom of hell's foul atmosphere, her in great despair or agony, have faces as limbs drawn or stretched in pain,'her sad blank as stony masks. Cave Filippo Bigioli face weary with its unending anguish, dark published later his GoJleria Dantesca, which drops oozing still from the unhealed wound was an admirable work in some respects. betv/een her breasts. We see the lovers of Then, too, there was Alinari, Martini, good living, a naked crowd, chifled and Savino, Magriiii, Bicclii, Pietro Senno, and shivering" under cold, perpetual rain." And i\\?a\j others, some of whom were clever if anyone cares to know what sort of punish­ workers, some of whom were but ordinary. ment hell has. in store, Dante has described But of all the illustrators of Dante there and Dore pictured it. is none greater than Gustave Paul Dore, born in Strausburg in 1833, who, when he THANKSGIVING. painted Ms first picture, a hen in gaudy Dante, long years have passed since thou did'st Veronese green, began to form a nature one write ' . ' ' day to make liim of the exact temperament In words of gold thy long enduring lines: to truly and sympathetically make Dante Great men and nations past the earth's confines live in picture as well as in metre. During Have vanished swiftly to obliAdous night. Ms days at school Dore was a drawer of the Thy works remain supreme. No rival hand- His ever equalled, nay, has e'er come near - fantastic, the brilliant, the grotesque, the Those mystic stories of another sphere. grim. His Voyage Infernal with its terrible Thy pen was vanished by a God's command. dragons, its revels in the horrible, made him Thy words dictated by a spirit voice so that when he read Dante he was deeply And while men breathe the air of this dark earth affected and of a mood that could not be Unnumbered all proclaim thy noble worth bettered to tell the tale of "the circles of And through all ages ever shall rejoice Because you lived, and living gave to men the kingdom of sorrow." The greatest Avorks that ever graced a pen. And to do it well, Dore had not only the '.- • •>/'•_. :--'•" - -""'^^^ ^;-—R.'c.- • proper feeling, he had the proper artistic qualities. Jerrold calls Mm un gamin de What is a "flapper" without goloshes ? genie, a boy, who from Ms infancy, when, The student does not^ duly .appreciate vit is told, he slept Mdth a pencil grasped in •Ms pudgy little hand, drew always and ob­ school life until,:he;has ;eleven:unexcused served alway§. _ Poi*§ tried to paint, too, but "absence^,•'">Vv'^' "}:''• s'-'^'^'^-'^^•'•('\ _/ -':' : ;-: ~ '^e Nocre ^ame S'eholascic 407

Saint Thomas. Eoosevelt, the only two-fisted politician of.the last twenty-five years was- lotpepainejdbolastjc a Dantean scholar: and one of the keenest DISCE-QUASl-Sn^\Pr:R-VICTVRUS VIVE- QUAVSI- CK/XS .MORITVRVS minds among genuine journalists today has learned many of the cantos by heart from Entered as Second-Class Mail Mailer. the Italian. Nobody who is disinclined to Published every Saturday during the School Term at the turn his brains into gi-apejuice can afford UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME. to take the Police Gazette's word on literature. ." . —c. 0. L. VOL. LIV. APRIL 23, 1921. NO. The spring days are fast approaching; one BOARD OF EDITORS hears the sweet twitter of little birds. Even now the grass on the campus has.begun to

ALFRED N. SLAGGBRT, '21 M. JOSEPH TIERNEY, '21 assume a green as- CAMPUS CROSSERS. pect. It should be CHARI^ES P. MOONEY, '21 WALTER M. O'KEEFE, '21 ever thus. Soon there HENRY STEVENSON '21 J. W. HOGAN, C. S. C, '22 will be signs .promiscuously distributed AARON H.HuGUENARD,'22 HAROLD E. MCKEE, '22 about the greenward, "Keep off the grass." EDWIN W. MURPHY, '23 VINCENT ENGELS, '23 Lazy student, these signs are unanimous in LEO R. WARD, C. S. C, '23 FRANK WALLACE, '23 their application. All should take pride in R M. MuRCH, C. S. C, '23 H. W. FLANNERY; '23 keeping the campus beautiful. It mattel's EDWARD B. DEGREE, '23 CHARLES MOLZ, '24 not what may be your standing in the stu­ dent community; you maj'- be a gi-eat orator With this issue the SCHOLASTIC draws or wield an oily pen, or" upon your breast the attention of Notre Dame to a figure may be the coveted monogram: Nevertheless which dominates the ages and to a man who we all wear shoes that will mar the verdant summed up in his life blanket of our campus. "Keep off the A DANTE REMINDER, and thought the man­ grass." If it goes hard with you to walk ifold ' experiences of a few extra steps you can offer this little the race. There are too many philistines in sacrifice as penance for the transgressions the world not to make us realize that gum- attributable to the frailties of- human na­ drop fiction is more in vogue than the Divine ture. Let the tender gTeen blades prosper Comedy. We have too many friends mth unmolested. '^'Keep off the gTass." collections of movie magazines -qiot to un­ —A. c. derstand how futile would be an exhortation ^ • » to read the Vita Nuova. Only, when we Within the past school year there" has look out our dusty window into what is been seen at Notre Dame a new- side of facetiously termed the universe and behold student life. the fact that American civilization is being Here-t o-f o r e t h e conducted largely on the same shallow and THE NEWEST RABIT; men making up the milk-bottle- philosophy, that the answer of ; varsity teams and the most leading men to the question of human few members of the various inter-hall destiny would be as profound as the musings "leagues," were the only ones to participate of a sob-sister, there rises in our melancholy in athletics. But now, how changed is this hearts the surge of righteous anger. It old time . condition or custom. To ap­ cannot be doubted that the contribution preciate, then, to the smallest" extent, the which education has made to the,national noticeable increase in the number of those life has largely been a. simple assortment of who have "sat up" and ai-e taking part in cleats to fasten young men to the bourgeois contests, unheard of till this year, one will and the banal. Remember that Dante was have only to go to the gymnasium, at alinost a niinstrel but also a politician; a lover but anytime, of the afternoon or evening. likewise the scoriier among venemotis Not only will he find those working in ^ scorners; an'artist but also a disciple of preparation for the first teams and those 4o8 '^e Noore 5ame ^eholascic

who take part in inter-hall games, but along­ sity gave the address of welcome, to delegates side these men will be found those of the assembled, following which the temporary "nev/ class": men who are over for no reason organization was put into force. Discussion other than the personal benefits, to be de­ was immediately opened the same afternoon rived from a "workout." The number of "on "Student Government" under Fred these men is indeed large. They completely .Eldean, of Missouri. Delegates Cusick and fill both the upstairs and the downstairs of Blasius explained in detail the organization the building. and powers of the Notre Dame Student Tliis new attitude, which has as its re­ ^ Activitj^ Committee, and learned from other sult, their really attempting to take the ^ schools many valuable things about student proper exercise, is very desirable in the governmental organs. minds of the properly informed. Those who Both the evening session Thursday, and are doing this indispensable work will the forenoon and "afternoon sessions Fridaj'', sooner or later realize the benifits which were taken up in complete discussions about are sure to follow. It will be proved to problems confronting student governments, them that it is no waste of time, but the and questions were raised by individual beginning of a habit, which if daily schools. The Memorial idea, involving- dis­ practised, will render results favorable and cussions of Unions and money-raising cam­ conducive to a more successful life. paigns, was discussed under L. G. Gordner —D. H. of Purdue, at which place the Union -cam­ paign was nearest completion, of those S. A. C. ACCOMPLISIiMENTS. schools represented. Notre Dame's repre­ With the oi'ganization of a permanent sentatives gathered much information that Mid-west Student Conference of Colleges should be of aid in raising the $750,000 En­ and Universities at Columbia, Missouri, dowment Fund. The student body will be thirty-five delegates from twenty-two schools informed from time to time of the activity in fourteen states in the JMississippi of other schools in raising money. Further Valley elected officers for the coming year, discussion of student goverimient problems and selected Iowa State as the next place of followed on Thursday evening. meeting. . ' Friday dicussions concerned themselves After the ratification of a constitution, mth questions of athletic policies and finan­ . and the adoption of by-laws to govern a per­ cial problems, and were led hy J. F. Morgan manent oi'ganization, Francis K. Zimmer­ -of Texas University; ^^dth social problems man of Cicago University was named presi­ from a student \'ie\\i3oint, by D. E. Lacey dent, Paul A. Potter of Iowa State was of Wisconsin. Problems concerning- student elected secretarj^-treasurer, and C. D. Pep­ publications and theatricals were taken up per of the University of Alabama, vice- under P. A. Potter of Iowa State. The foot­ president. ball number of the Notre Dame Scholastic, Chairman Cusick of the Student Activ- the Football Review, and the Juggler issues it}'^ Committee and Frank Blasius president were the subjects of much individual com­ of the Junior Class, represented Notre Dame ment, and compared favorably with the pub­ University at the Conference and took active lications of other schools. Much worthwhile part in all deliberations. Alden Cusick was information was secured on the business ad­ appointed to the resolutions committee and ministration of school publications. named one of the speakers at the closing- The constitution as adopted by the Con­ banquet. . ference invests- a. central power in' an T-lie need for co-operation between stu­ executive body of five members, the officers dent governing bodies of the larger, colleges of the Conference serving as. three of these. and universities was seen to be-apparent. Provision is made for -the' entrance, of other Discussions on some of the larger present mid-western colleges into the Conference day problems proved helpful to every school through tiiis executive body, they have more represented. .Following ian opening lunch­ than one; thousand students enrolled. eon Prof. J. W. Hudson of. Missouri Univer­ Delegates Cusick. and Blasius were the 'Sfie Noire 6ame ^eholascier 409 guests of Fra:hk Sweeney, Manager of the REmNISCENCES OF SAMUEL Knight of Columbus Club House at Colum­ bia, and Jim Phelan, football coach of the ]\'IUPvDOCK. University of ]\'Iissouri and recognized as Samuel T. Murdock, a prominent memt)er one of the foremost grid masters of the cen­ of the Class of 1886, died on the 28th of tral states. Both Sweeney and'Thelan' are March. His sudden death came as a -shock old Notre Dame men, the latter having been to many, for he was widely known. He captain of our 1918 squad until he joined always retained the affection of his student, the army after the Nebraska ganie in that chums, and in the business world, his genial, year. Notre Dame's delegates report "a charming personality had won to him a host real welcome by real Notre Dame men." of loyal, devoted fi-iends. Mi*. Warren Cai- —^A. J. C. tier, a classmate, expresses, in a letter of condolence to Father Burns, the gTief of all "WORLD ECONOMICS." the "old boys." Mr. Cartier writes: "When John J. Arnold, prominent export banker neu'S of the sudden death of Sam Miu'dock of New York and Boston, a member of the reached me, I was stunned. It seemed an Foreign Trade Council, former Vice Presi-' impossible mistake. I can hardly bring my­ dent of the First National Bank of Chicago self to a realization of the loss even now, for and of the Bank of Italy, San Francisco, ad­ it seems such a short time ago that he and dressed the Chamber of Commerce in Wash­ I were together. Sam's voice was always ington Hall Tuesday, April 5. raised for the good and the upbuilding of "World" Economics" was the subject of Notre Dame, and his loss will be felt more Mr. Arnold's talk. He demonstrated graphi­ poignantly as time goes on. Especially will cally how the process of credit inflation he be missed from conferences of the Board brought about the economic crisis of 1920 of Lay Trustees." and how the balance of trade and the peace "Sam," as he was universally known on of the world were rendered unstable prior the campus, came to Noti-e Dame with his to the war by countries with strong finan­ brother Charlie, in the. early eighties and re­ cial reserves carrying out foreign develop­ mained here about six years. An old stu­ ment programs and accumulating in con­ dent, who was here at that time, tells us sequence, huge amounts of foreign se-^ something about the" "Sam" Murdock of curities. those early days. "I remember/' he writes, As a remedy for the present deplorable "Sam Murdock as a bright-eyed, rosy- condition of war debts, Mr. Arnold proposed cheeked lad among the Juniors, the depai't- the establishment of an international de­ ment now knowTi as Carroll Hall. Tall, benture that would assume the debts of the straight, handsome, genial, happy, he was pro-Ally belligerents. He argued convinc­ easily a leader among his fellows. Campus ' ingly that such an agent would form the activities, however, were never allowed to best -barrier against the clash of purely interfere mth his work in the study hall or national financial interests. class, iind he ftlways maintained a high In conclusion, Mr. Arnold paid a splendid record for scholarship. Later, in the Senior tribute to Pope' Benedict XV., declaring that Department, or Bro^^Tison Hall, I came to the voice of the Pope was the only Christian know him intimately. Here, as in the Jimior note heard above the clash of war. He made Department, he was always the center of a an impressive plea for the development of jolly group of friends; in fact, he counted Christian ideals as the only real safeguard everybody in Brownson as his friend. On for world peace. _ the campus he was ahve to everything that Mr. Arnold's address has been the most went on and generally took a prominent part notable one of the current Chamber of Com­ in allactivities; but, in the study of Brown- merce ses"sion. Charming' of manner and son Hall as in that of the Juniors, he was the patient, persistent and thorouglily de-. graceful of diction,. characteristics , rarely voted student. In. those days, theatricals found in the business man, Mr. Arnold made held a prominent place in the social life of such a pleasing impression that his early re­ the University; and Sani, usually in an im- turn is eagerly anticipated. —A. L. S. 410 '^e Horre Same Seholascicr

portant role, did much to make the Shakes- quently visited his Alma Mater, was always pearean plaj^s popular. He also made a united in sympathy' with her ideals and hobby of athletics and followed them with sought to bring about their realization, keen enjojanent, though he never, so far as Many years ago he erected on the camplis a I remember, took active part in any of the splendid flagpole from which floats' contiii- events.' He interested himself notably in the uously the'flag presented each year by the Boat Club, at that time one of the most Senior Class. Upon the occasion of the Dia- active and important of athletic associations mond -Jubilee celebration, Mr. and Mrs. at Notre Dame. The election of captains Murdock founded a-valuable scholarship at and other stirring events that characterized Notre Dame, the income from which is to this representa­ aid a worthy, stu­ tive student dent to obtain organization, in­ an education terested him par­ in any depart­ ticularly. Then, ment of the Uni- the varsity crew V er sity. As. a was to the stu­ recognition o f dent body what this' constant de­ the varsity foot­ votion and loy­ ball team is to­ alty, tlie Univer­ day. Among his sity of Notre chums, I remem­ D a m e selected ber particularly "Sam" Murdock well Mike Burns, as an a 1 u m n i Al Bro^\7i, Will member of the Johnston, War- Board of Lay r e n C a r t i e r, Trustees, when H u g 0 Rothert, that important Bernie Becker body was organ­ and Charlie ized last year. Neill, Del Sav- Despite heavy re­ iers, Vernon sponsibilities of • Burke and the vast business en­ Gordon boys. All ter prises, he these men, I be­ served the Uni- lieve, are living V er sity in his and all have at­ new capacity tained consider­ with all the en­ able prominence SAMUEL T. MURDOCK, '86. thusiasm of his in business or professional life. St. Mary's warm and generous nature "Sam" Murdock was then even more inaccessible to the N. D. was a Notre Dame man, imbued with the man than it is to-day. Nevertheless, there ideals of Notre Dame and her glorious spirit, he .met the sister of his particular chums at Those ideals and that spirit animated his Notre Dame. The boy and girl romance every act as a student; in the stirring life of developed into a beautiful love and, shortly the business world, they cro\^med his effoi"ts after his gTaduation in 1886, Samuel T. Avitli nianifold happiness and eminent suc­ Murdock married Ada Gordon. The union cess. "Sam" Murdock is a type of alumnus was blessed with tliree children, two boys, that the University loves to hail mth pride, James and Gordon, who both attended Notre as a true, loyal, devoted son of Notre Dame, Dame, and a daughter, Alice,, who took her in any department of the University., As a mother's- place at St. Mary's. . . recognition of this constant devotion and A loyal alumnus, Samuel T. Murdock loved loyalty, the University of Notre Dame se- Notre I)ame with singular devotion. He fre- lected' "Sam"; Murdock as an alumni mem- '^e Noure 6ame Siehoiascic 411 ber of the Board of Lay Trustees, when that the local debaters contended that govern­ important body was organized last year. ment ownership of the mines had failed, that Despite heavy responsibilities of vast busi­ it destroyed initiative and that it could not ness enterprises, he served the University be adapted to the American coal industry, in his new capacity with all the enthusiasm they offered a form of government regula­ of his warm and generous nature. tion as a remedy for existing .evils. "Gov- —STEVENSON. - ermnent owTiership is not.a remedy; it is a disease" was the assertion of Mi\ Hogan for the negative: Mr. Ward insisted that inas­ THE DEBATES. much as the United Sta.tes government is That the Notre Dame debating team known as one of the most notorious wasters' stands in a class by itself was proved Satur­ in the world it would be folly to place an,in­ day night Avhen the negative team won a dustry under its ownership with the object unanimous decision from of promoting economy and efficiency. ! He Ohio State. The question also offered the argaiment that the millions was the same as that de­ of miners in the United. States, under a bated by members of the policy of government ownership, would be­ Indiana collegiate debating come a political unit capable of conti-olling league: That the govern­ national elections and therefore dangerous, ment should o\\ai and oper­ to '•th e common welfare. Mr. Deselm , for ate all the coal mines in the Ohio declared that the cost of obtaining con- United States. Vincent . trol for the government would amount to Engles, James Hogan and not more than two billion dollars. He de­ Leo Ward composed the clared also that the government could elim­ Notre Dame team. Clarence Crossland, Wil­ inate the car shortage and more easily dis- • liam Wright and Wilbur Deselm represented tribute the coal, as well as consei-ve the- Ohio State. available supply.' The debate was in every way probably tlie The victory of the negative team last Sat­ best that has been held in Washington Hall urday is something of a bahn for the defeat- this year. The work of the Notre Dame suffered at the hands of the Wabash team at team, especially that of Mr. Hogan, was Manchester College, March 18th. Those enough to delight anyone who enjoys a high who \^dtnessed the debate at Manchester class debate. The easy, polished delivery were unanimous in praising the good work and the clear-cut arguments of these men of both teams. The Wabash men, Halfred were especially marked. Mr. Crossland and C. Brown, David "W. Peck and Nevin S. Mr. Deselm proved to be effective debaters, James, proved a capable, well-balanced team, despite the fact . that they lacked even, able to present arguments in an effective smooth delivery. The work of all three of .way. Their rebuttals were very good. the Ohio men was perhaps better in the re­ Notre Dame's main speeches probably were buttals than in their constructive speeches, slightly better and at the end of the con­ although they failed even then to resolve structive arguments Notre Dame seemed to their rebuttals into telling arguments. have the decision clinched. That the teams There was no tmie, perhaps, when it >vas were evenly matched is shown by the deci­ not apparent that the decision would be sion of the Judges, which was three to two given to Notre Dame. for Wabash. The affirmative team from" The Ohio debaters centered their argu­ Notre Dame defeated Manchester College at ments on profiteering in the,coal industry, Wabash the same evening. The negative efficiency, and the labor problem in coal pro­ Wabash team defeated Manchester in Wash­ duction. They submitted reports to show ington Hall. - the extent of the profits that coal operators As a result of the final contests among made during the last three years to sub­ the schools in the Indiana league, the rank­ stantiate the argument that profiteering, is ings of the various colleges and universities one of the evils of private production. When has been announced. Notre Dame receives 412 '^e h'bum ^me Schdascie second place with three victories and one or a short story send it to Dr. H. .T. Schnitt- defeat. Wabash receives first place, since kind. The Stratford Company, 12 Pearl its teams won all their debates. The re­ Street, Boston, Mass. Send your-mailu- spective positions of all the schools follow: scripts today, for none mil be accepted after Wabash, Notre Dame, Valparaiso, Earlham, May 15. Get busy, you budding Teliriysons Goshen, Indiana University, Purdue, Man­ and Bret Hartes. .. • - . chester, Depauw, Indiana Central, Franklin, •—On Tuesday last, the members of the Butler. Butler was the only one that re­ Chamber of Commerce had the pleasure of ceived no winning decisions at all. From listening to a very beneficial lecture given by the Notre Dame standpoint, the debates with the Hon. F. B. O'Grady of Buenos Ayi*es. other members of the league were eminently —^No excuses'are accepted now for miss­ successful. Praise is due both to members ing official announcements. The new bul­ of the teams and to Father Bolger who letins boards, results of S. A. C. effort, elim­ worked constantly in directing them. Con­ inate all possible chances of such decrees sidering the fact that no experienced deba­ being stolen or lost. . - • . ters remained in the University when the teams were chosen, Father Bolger's task, in —The First Intercollegiate Conference of view of the work of the teams, seems re­ Student Governing Bodies-met at .Columbia, markable. The final debates of the year will Missouri, April 7, 8, 9, 1921. Cusick and occur May 6th when a dual debate will be Blasius represented Notre Dame and they held,between Notre Dame and Detroit Uni­ report the affair a complete success. versity —^Molz. • —The Old Students Number of the Juggler is due soon and according to "inside FOLKS AND FACES. dope" it it a "knockout." The \vinner of the art contest reciently conducted by the —Juniors: Have you had that snapshot Juggler will be announced next week. taken for the Dome? —The Iowa Club's banquet mil be held in —The Saint Thomas Philosophical Society the Pink Room of the Oliver Hotel, Sunday held its regular meeting in the Library on night. Tuesday, April 12, 1921. "Instinct and In­ telligence" was the subject under discussion —Cy Kasper has received the sanction of and many valuable talks were given. the Student Activity Conmiittee to print the programs for the coming track events. —^Members of the class of 22 who intend —The Mining Engineers met in Chemis­ . to be Sorinites next year will have the privi-. try Hall, Friday evening, April 15, to listen lege of reserving their rooms, April 29 and to their president, John C. Sullivan, address 30. Other; classes may reserve rooms on or . them on one methods of iron mining. after May 1. —Mark Storen, a member of thie Bloom- —Leave it to the Indianapolis Club to be- ington K. of C. Degree Team, participated doing things! That organization is already *in an initiation given by that team last Sun­ making plans for the Notre Dame-Indiana day at Bi'ookville, Indiana. game to be played at Indianapolis, Novem­ ^ —^Pres. Schubmehl called his mechanical ber 6, 1921. engineers together last Monday night to lay —The Notre Dame branch of the A. I. E. plans for the Club's banquet which will be E. met Monday, Aprilll, 1921, in the En­ held in the Oliver Hotel, next Monday night. gineering Building. Mr. Ruzeck, an instruc­ —^The ne wdress which the S'CHOLASTic tor in the Department, of Electrical En­ wdars this week was designed by Professor gineering, gave a very interesting lecture on Ackerman. Should anyone, howeyer, be so the Induction Coil. base to venture criticism, he may apply'at —^Forty-three nien from the Gopher state this office for a hearing. came together in the Oliver Hotel, Friday —^Poets and short story writers, here's evening, April 11, for their annual banquet. your chance to break into the College Antho­ After the:nutriments had been cleared from logies for 1921. If you have a bit of verse the plates, the plates from the tables, the '^e Moure 5ame Schdascic 413 cigars parceled out and toastmaster, Cy Kas- songs and it goes mthout saying that they per, had called upon the Minnesota talent were liighly enjoyed. Eleven o' clock ter­ , for talks, the evening was brought to a close minated that eventful day which old Knights by choosing Father Joseph Burke, C. S. C. declare to be the best one yet, and the new as club advisor. Knights—^well, they ai-n't saying a word. —^The 'movies' have been going, to use the —^MOLZ. ti'itest phrase in the News-Times pocket_dic- tionary, like a million. First there was WHAT'S WHAT IN ATHLETICS. • George, Arliss, that very distinguished gen­ tleman, in "The Devil." Although his red- - HALAS AND HIS MEN. hot majesty has sobered up considerably Baseball,—^its intensity, its thrill, its un­ since the days when he appeared in the play. certainty and surprise; its vaulting* hope and translated from the Hungarian, he was still its plunging despair; its preachment of cour­ full of tricks and given to subtle schemes. age and its outlet for warm energy—base­ The only regrettable thing about the show ball, the national game, is holding its court is that certain Yahoos who dropped in to on the campus. see.it imagined that other people wanted to The varsity season began with an impres­ hear their comments. Some days later Enid sive tie game of eleven innings against Wis­ Bennett came along with a theory of "What consin. The Interhall season commences to­ Every Woman Learns." 'Twas rather hard morrow. on the men, demonstrating as it did that a Get out there mth your gloves and your lady must marry either hellabore or a hellu- bats and your voices, you Notre Dame men, vabore. The loveliness of the actress com- and show the world that Notre Dame is 'pensates, however, for any aspersions on the something- more than a football school. less deadly sex to which we belong un­ When the next home game is played with animously. De Pauw on April 28, get behind Slaggert, —Last Sunday will be long remembered and Eckerle and Burke. Get behind the by sixty-four Notre Dame men. They were band. - initiated into the Notre Dame Council of Halas and his baseball men ai'e just as Knights of Columbus. The local Council human as Rockne and the footballers. They conf ered the first degree on Friday evening have the material and they have the courage and the second ~on Sunday afternoon in the to make the West sit up and take a long, Mishawaka Knights of Columbus Hall. The gasping look. But don't let them forget it. third degree which immediately followed the Tell them so when they fight their battles on second was in charge of Timothy P.. Galvin the field and tell them so on the campus. '16, and staff from Valparaiso. Father • Get the pepper boiling and keep it there! Thomas Burke, C. S. C. presided as toast- Prospects were none too bright when master at the banquet held in the Oliver Coach Halas took.hold, but between snows Hotel on the evening following the conferr­ his men worked out the kinks and divided a ing of the degrees. He introduced Mr. Ed. brace of practice games. The Anderson All- Wjnin, the famous comedian, who discoursed stars of South Bend mopped us up with a on the morality of the modern stage. Sena­ 10~5 score on April 3 and we took a 11-4 tor Hagerty, of South Bend, appealed to the' victory from the Cutters on April 9 in a Notre Dame men to be loyal Knights and game played in a snow storm. true to the 'old school.' Father Bernard HI, C. S., C, delightfully related humorous oc­ ; APRIL 15. currences of the Notre Dame of yesterday. ' The f olloAving Friday ushered in the Var­ He attributed much of the success of the sity collegiate season with much excitement, school to the humor of its old students. Mr. 1 band 'n everji;hing. Our chances against Galvin gave a very interesting talk on the Badgers were-dubious because of the knighthood and also-recounted bits of jocu­ uncertain ability of our. pitchers. But the larity which took place at Notre Dame back gang went out and played real baseball, re­ 'in '16. The jazz quartette rendered several fused to crack and refused to be licked. 414 lofie Noure &ame ^cholascic Paul Castner exploded the fallacj'- of weak to have been played on Saturday, the 16th, pitching by turning in a whale of a game. was cancelled by another of the tempera­ The batting of Blievernicht, Prokup and mental flights of this darned fool weather. Kane in the pinches and the sure-fire fielding Whistling sheets of rain and the biting at­ of Miles, Kane, Morgan and Mohardt gave mosphere of December, called off hostilities us a. slight margin on even the faultless early in the morning; and we'll settle the brand of baseball which Wisconsin offered. score with Wisconsin on their home grounds There was very much good baseball and very June 4. ^ little of • the bad. Halas used customary :•: :•; :J: good judgment in directing the battle; and SEEING PURPLE. the future holds great promise. We can all help. Let's to the job. Falvey mth his strong arm and big ^,,,„., stick played the hero act at Purdue, Tues- ^^ -^ „ . T,^ T, day, when the Varsity squeezed in three NOTRE DAME • AB R II PO A E /' . . ./ . ^ . , , ^ ., ^^ „, - A -. o o -. winning runs m the ninth. A triple by Fal- Kane 3b t) 0 1 3 o 1 . j: .i, i i^/j-jlgg gg 5 0 0 1 3 1 ^^y^ ^'•'^^ "^'^* crack out of the box, com- Mohart cf 5 0 0 3 0 0 menced the rally. 'T^angy" Miles's tantaliz- Blieverniclit c 5 1 4 14 3 0 ing bunt held the attention of Wagner, Pur- Fitzgerald lb 4 0 17 10 due hurler, so long that N. D. was safe at Mm5n rf 3 1 1 3 0 0 ^^^^^"^^ '^^'^^ ^^ ^^'^^- ^^^ ^^'^'^^' ^^ ^^^°^'* enabled Kile" 2b 4 0 1 2 1 1 Mohardt to skirt first. Blievernicht was the Foley p 1 0 0 0 2 0 target of a mid pitch and the bases were Castner p 3 0 0 0 ,1 0 flooded. Fitzgerald then came through with X Garvey .1 0 0 0 0 0 a two-base hit, scoriiig Miles and Mohardt ~ ~7 ~ The inning ended in a riot of runs. Wagner on the slab for Purdue showed remarkable WISCONSIN AB R H PO A E stamina and steam until the fatal ninth. On 31. Williams If 3 0 1 2 0 0 ^^ivee occasions "Rome" Blievernicht threat- Christianson If 2 0 0 0 0 0 jjxi"- n •l.^ i- TJ ^ Q ^ ^y (.^ 4 1 0 3 - 0 0 eiieded to begin a rally with his solid base J. Williams*ib."!...... !*4 0 1 15 1 0 hits, oiie of them a three-bagger, but Wag- Davey c. 4 0 0 4 4 0 ner was impervious. Since the beginning Euediger 3b 5 1 1 2 2 0 of the season "Bliev" has displayed a.su- Farrington ss 5 1 2 1 o 0 perior brand of batting, even superior to his now 1 n - 7 ? n spectacular performance of last season. In Lyman 2b 3 0 1 4 1 0 J; , -^ . , Elliot 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tuesday s game his showing was second only F. Williams p .- 2 0 0 0 6 0 to that*of his battery-mate; whose invisible — — — —.— — speed and'invincible_ deliveiy constitute the 37 3 7 83 19 0 biggest revelation of the season, so far. X Garvey batted for Morgan in iith. • "Besides 3000 students at Tuesday's contest, NOTRE DAME ...... \030 000 000 01—4 the band turned.out," according to statistics WISCONSIN .100 100 001 00—3 by the world's greatest. Among others who Two base hits—Blievernicht, Farrington. also turned but was "Ward Lambert (Pur- Three base liits—^Blievernicht Farrington, J. due coach) known in Conference circles as Williams. Stolen base—F. Williams. Sacri- "Piggy" Lambert, a nickname bestowed in ficeluts—F. Williams, Snow, Elhot,, Morgan, grammar school days when he wore a cap Fitzgerald. Bases on balls—Foley 2, Wil- with a long tassel," to quote fromjsame iiams, 2. - Hit by pitcher-^Foley, 2. Strike- source. Score 4:1. outs—Foley 2, WiUiams 3, Castner 9. Hits— ^ / ***- , off Foley;2 in 2 2-3 innings; off. Castner/5 KAZOp AND CASTNER. in 8 1-3 imnings. .-Double; plaj^^ Thrust into the breach in the sixth inning Blievernicht, raes, Um];nre-J)riscoll. ^^^^ Eazoo^had struct an ahnost irresist- : *** . . - , able batting steakj "Southpaw'- Castner by The second:game;of the series, which.was his own hitting successfully soncluded. a '^e Noure ^ame S'eholascie 415 pitcher's duel with Fenner, Kalamazoo's TENNIS TRYOUTS. former White Sox recruit. A clean single With the advent of waiin weather, Notre over first base was the hit that won Castner • Dame tennis enthusiasts ai-e daily swarm­ his own game. Morgan had beat his way ing the gymnasium courts only to find that to third and strolled home following the de­ to play they must wait their turn. The ciding single. For the first six innings courts are. very inadequate to accommodate Steinle held the Kazoo aggregation down to the crowds and. as a result the sideline two hits. Then the vmid changed or the benches are filled vnth men eager to exhibit plate got too dusty, anyhow Lefty went wild, their ability as ^^delders of the racket. and was unceremoniously, extracted from the Work on the new coui'ts just north of the game. Steinle's form is~ an immense im­ baseball field is progressing rapidly, and provement over last season. When his en­ they will be ready for use, it is hoped,.by the durance powers have been fully developed he first of May. The two tennis courts on the ought to be as invincible as a "Tom Palmer." Carroll Hall iDlayground, are being improved with Mickey Kane, Iviley, "Fitz," and Miles by members of the tennis teams, with, the for the infield, nothing more could be reason­ view to using them as exclusive practice ably needed. To Coach Hallas belongs extra courts. The team holds practice daily in the honorable citation for the success of his ef­ gymnasium and candidates for places on the forts ' in perfecting the teamwork of this team are working like Trojans to secure year's varsity. If the jinx can be kept busy these coveted positions. Several of the men elsewhere, western laurels looks easy.— are displaying big time form early in the Score 4:3. season. The outlook for a very good team * * * this year is encouraging. HALLERS AND THEIR MEN. Manager McCarthy, of the tennis team, has applied for matches mth Pui'due, North­ . The opening of the Interhall baseball western, Illinois, and other conference col­ schedule, originally slated\for April 17, was leges, and'Noti-e Dame may see several delayed one week by inclement weather and tournaments this year, between her own the fact that many players had been pre­ clay court artists and those of the leading- viously scheduled to "ride the goat" at the colleges olthe west. It is extremely difficult Knights of Columbus initiation held on that for Notre Dame to break into inter-col­ day. All teams have been holding daily legiate tennis competition handicapped as we practice for the past three weeks. •»' are by not being in the coiiference, and be­ The schedule follows: cause the sport is in its infancy here. April 24—^Brownson—Soi-in; Off-Campus—Walsh; Despite these difiiculties the futui-e seems Corby-^CaiToll. very bright and we are sure that in a very May 1—Sorin—Walsh; Brownson—Off-Campus; few years we "udll be up with the best of Corby—Badin. them. May 8—Off-Campus—Badin; Sorin—Carroll; Walsh—^Brownson. , NOTICE. May 15—l^rownson—Corby; Carroll—Badin; Sorin An effort is being made to widen the scope" —Off-Campus. * of athletic publicity of the school by means May 22—Brownson—Carroll; Corby—^Walsh; Sorin of a weekly spoi-t letter to papers through­ —Badin. ' • out the comitry.. In order to direct the work May 29—Off-Campus—Coi-by; Brownson—Badin; intelligently, it is necessaiy to know the- Walsh—Carroll. • papers which are printing - the articles. June 5—Walsh—Badin; Sorin—Corby; Off- Cam­ Students or alumni who notice Notre Dame- pus—Carroll. stories in their-home papers or who may _ know of publications favorable to the school First game played in morning at Cartier field. are requested to notify Frank Wallace, Box Second game played in afternoon at Cartier field. 82, Notre .Dame, ind. Third game, played in afternoon - at -Chemistry We have.a* real school in every respect. hall. • ^ • \ - . '•-^ ^ Let's tell it to the world!—^\yallace-Miii'phy. • 4i6 'Sfie Nocre 5ame Scholagcie

DANTE TODAY. "Yes," she replied, "I like it worst, You can order fried chicken for me. If Dante were alive to-day I doubt if he'd be known. For since he has been laid to rest A student in the Philosophy course is preparing This world of ours has grown. a i,hesis on "The Dryness of Coffey, or AVhy It may be that in ages past Rickaby Drove Me to Eickies." He was a clever youth, • But how would he stack up to-day PROF.—What man is most, beloved among all col­ With Tyrus and Babe Euth? lege students? STUDENT.—'Woman. He's written several books 'tis true *** But books ai-e mighty dry. "What are these," demanded the man shoijper as And there are not a mighty heap he stood at the counter of the. de]5artment store Of authors who get by; figering a pair of socks? What though he led folks down to hell "Half hose," replied the girl looking at him at­ And took them through the heavens tentively. I don't think he'd compare to-day "Yes, I know," he answered," but what is the With Brady or Chick Evans. • other half-wool or cotton?" *** He had a kind of fame, perhaps, Homer gave us the I Iliad He looked into the soul. We liked it very well. And tried to paint the way that led Then Virgin wrote The Aeneiad Mankind unto his goal; And Dante gave us Hell. He knew of lovers and their Avays - ' . , *** ' Of single life and wedlock WIFE.—Did you ever pick a lock? But could he hope to rank to-day HUB.—Yes, I'm sorry to say, but I have surely With Lewis and his headlock? regretted it. WIFE.—Tell me about it, dearest, I'm just crazy If Dante were alive to-day to know. I'm rather certain that HUB.—^Well there isn't much to tell. I was very He'd spend most of his precious time yoiing then and—^well, I picked wedlock. In looking for a flat; A¥IFE {glaring at him) jYou brute! And if he found a place he liked When aU his pep was spent,- SHE.—^Did you notice my ftiuff last night? The chances are he wbuld'nt have HE.—No. What did you muff? Enough to pay the rent. *** Physiology teaches us that the skull is composed CAEROLLITE.—^What do you Imow? of twenty eight bones but we know. , BKOWNSONITE.—Don't know nothing. * ' , . . ^ ' CABROLLITE.—I'll say you don't. FRESH.:—That was a funny bone you pulled in yesterday's game. . • SHE.—^^Vas it a case of love at first sight with SOPH.—Yes, I pulled my. elbow out of joint.- you and Mable? , . • *** HE.:—^Yes, indeed. The .curtain hadn't gone up "George," she said, as she looked pleadingly into more than a foot when I knew I loved her. his eyes and stroked his nose savagely with her fist, "I love you." . . THEN LnnE WITHIN. "I'm certainly glad to hear it," he replied mopping the crimson from his nose and trying to "I simply can't live wathout you," said Jonah to smile, "you surely have a most feeling Avay of the whale as his feet disaijpeared down' the gang­ showing your love and I shall probably always re-, plank of the whale's mouth. member you." . • "But you have never given me one token of your "She's certainly been up against it," said the affection," she sobbed, "how do I know you are not •young.man as he brushed the powder from his coat. fooling me like all the other men? 'How do I know that deep doAvn in your heart there is a real spark SHE.—^Whom do you consider the most famous of genuine love?" man that ever lived? ''Take this as a token," 'he Jisped, .throwing a HE.—I'm- awfully .modest, dearest.. It's not a bootjack at her which cut a large gash over her fair question to ask me. - left eye and flattened her nose "and remember, I love you." .j -. , . "Do you like liven\Tirst," said the young man She fell into his arms crjang "True love has as he glanced-over the menu trying to pick out. come at last," and iii a transport of joy she sang, something cheap?, . ; .; ; .- . : '- ' 'mil, Columbia." ; > C -^ . V