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VOL. XXII. NOTRE DAME, INDIANA, AUGUST 25, 1888. . No. i.

CariJien. LTp through the ether, blue, serene. ^^'Q'X'^^ Crowned by God's angels, borne by His might Into His Heart; O Virgin Queen, Thou dost ascend to the Lord of Light.

Brush of the painter Raphael, Soul of ]Murillo, pious, high. Heart of Angelico,—each did well Three Song's. A part of Love's work in days gone by!

Up throug'h the ether, blue, serene. IN HONOR OF THE VICRY REV. ED\V.\RD SORl.V, C. S. C. Towers Vour dome in the New World's light; August ij, iSSS. To the Old World's tributes its golden sheen Adds n&w splendor, through Love's great might.

r.Y JCAURICK l--R.4.XCrS KGAX. Brusli of the painter Raphael, Soul of Murillo,grave and high; Love from all lands has brought you golden gifts, Artists of old, your best thoughts dwell Hope from all lands wafts golden prayers on high. Around this dome in the azure skvl Faith in all lands the golden chalice lifts,— For you, O Blessed, Earth entreats the sky. O Father, I will add a little song— Rome blesses you—the Pope, in his yeai", sends .A. little song of longing and of youth : His love most gracious on Our Lady's Day; Not writ to-day. but not writ very long. A train of pilgrims to your cloister wends. Of that dear land you love in very truth. To strew their golden wishes in your way. No martial hymn it is, no joyous chaimt And 1 shall offer of my very best,— Of triumphs won—for this dear land has few; Some songs, some verses from a loving heart; Her sorrow is her crown, her sad dreams haunt Poor as they are, let them go with the rest. Her very prayers, but urging prayers anew. Gold-lighted by the Day, to fill their part. Song. Poor as tliey are I—but I will make them fair For your true eyes, in spite of fault of mine. When .-Vpril rains make blossoms bloom. By praising Her—Our Lady—Rose most rare. .•\nd Johnny-jump-ups come to light, Mother of God, most pure, most sweet, divine!— • .And clouds of color and perfume Float from the orchards pink and white; ~ " Divine through Him, as is the JMoon through Sun,— I see my shamrock in the rain— Divine, refulgent, fairer than the moon; An emerald spray with brilliants set— Reflecting Him Divine, the light of One A jewel on Spring's Coronet,— In Three, in Her, ,the Mystery Triune. So fair, and yet it hints of pain.

And you, O Father, you have niade a sign The shamrock on an older shore Of her Assumption, hanging,'splendid, there: Sprang from a rich and sacred soil. A dome of gold, which in each curving line Where saint and hero lived of yore, Tells of our Sovereign's radiant path thro' air. .A.nd where their sons in sorrow toil: THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

And here, transplanted, it to me Seems -weeping for the soil it left; Sermon Delivered on tlie Occasion of the The diamonds that all others see Sacerdotal Golden Jubilee of Very Rev. Are tears drawn from its heart bereft. E. Sorin, C. S. O. When April rains make spring-flowers grow. And sparkle on their tiny buds HY THE MOST REV. JOHN IRELAND, D. D., That in June nights will overblow ArcJibisJiop of St. Paul. And fill the woi'ld with scented floods; The lonely shamrock in our land— "And he that had received the five talents coming, So fine among the clover-leaves— brought other five talents, saying: Lord, Thou didst de­ (I feel its tears upon my hand) liver to me five talents: behold 1 have gained other five For the old springtime often grieves. over and above. His Lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant, because thou hast been faithful over And here's a song of hope, a song of spring. a few things 1 will place thee over many things; enter Which well befits you, cheeriest of all,— thou into the joy of thy Lord." (JM.ATTH., XXV, 20, 21.) A song by Charles of Orleans, with a ring The supreme perfection of God, theologians Of old-time courtliness in castle hall. tell us. consists in this, that there is in Him the It is an echo from the pleasant land plenitude of act—actus piirissbiius. Fie is all That gave us hope in night, and gives us you,— that He might be; He owns no latent, undevel­ You who have clasped our country by the hand, And put a ring of wedding on it, too. oped power, no mere potentiality. "Be you perfect as also your heavenly Father is perfect." Forswearing not your France, but yet in soul. The distance removing from us the Infinite is In heart, and work, O dear and honored Priest. immense, immeasurable, and yet the Master A part of us; and if we claim the whole, Forgive our fault of Love on this great feast. gives us for our feeble efforts the Infinite as the ideal, and bids us see, in the outlines of His be­ "Le temps" (it runs) "a laissie son mantcau " : ing mirrored through our intellect, the tracings So blithely sung among \\\e. fleur-de-lis. A Prince of France, I dedicate to you we need follow in journeying toward our own Its paraphrase: and may your joy increase! finite perfection. The perfect man is he who. Koiiefel. in his strugglings toward the good and the Old Time has cast his mantle down, noble, brings into act all his powers, whose life Embroidered by the wind and rain. is full, who is all that he might have been and And shown himself with flower-chain does all that he might have done. The good In vesture fair and jewelled crown: servant of the Gospel is the one who has doubled No man or beast in field or town But in his language maketh plain the talents entrusted to him. whether it was Old Time has dropped his mantle down two he had received or five. Perfection is rel­ Of ice and frost into the main. ative; it is limited by each one's resources and River and pool have doffed their gown opportunities. Each one does what he can. and Of sombre hue for trappings vain; the jSlaster's ^velcomc awaits him; "Well done, They flaunt in silver through the plain, Instead of tints of muddv brown,— good and faithful servant—enter into the joy Old Time has cast his mantle down I of thy Lord." The bad, the useless servant, for whom the Master has but words of severest re­ Prince of the little Princes, thus a Prince— buke, is he who gained nothing, although losing Your Charles of Orleans—sings of youth renewed; nothing; who. most foolish in his prudence, hid And you are ever j^oung,—you must be, since in the earth the talent, lest it be lost. God hates You live in youth by mere years unsubdued;— the idle, the unprofitable, the do-nothing man. You live in youth by reason*of the love Material nature reads us a lesson. The tree Which binds young hearts so closely to your own; putting forth abundant leaves in springtime, There's no frost in your soul, no withering of failing in autumn to redeem its promises, is ac­ The springtime-buds with which your path is sown. cursed. The tree, whose every branch whitens Time casts his cloak away when you come near,— with blossom and in due season bends beneath Forgets to frown, and sets his gold flowers free : the weight of luscious fruit, is fair to earth and Years cannot freeze the soul to God's heart near,— Eternal youth be vours eternallv ! heaven, the pride of the field that shelters its roots.

VENERABLE PRIEST, whom to honor, the princes of your people, your brethren, your spiritual children to the third and fourth generations are assembled, celebrating with you a solemn anniversary—be it mine to THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. o

salute you on this auspicious day, and in words What graces for the sanctification of self and which, we are confident, the Master Himself is . others! Each day there is the right to call sweetly whispering to your soul, say to you: down upon the altar the Lamb Immaculate and "Well done, good and faithful servant." Your offer Him in sacrifice. The'priest bears the keys days have been full. No talent was left by you of the Kingdom of Heaven. He is the guardian unused. The autumn is come for you, and the of Sacramental Springs, from which in ceaseless rich fruits of your life perfume the land. flow issue the waters of life. You will permit that I draw from your priest­ What forces for the doing of good! Divine hood thoughts for my discourse. I do not mean truth sparkles upon the lips of the priest. The to flatter or to praise you. This were unworthy mantle of divine authority waves from his of your life, and of mv ministrv. I mean to shoulders. His hands distil grace and blessings. give with you glory to whom glory belongs, to The priesthood it is that shattered the false thank with you the Lord God for all that in gods of imperial Rome, and made the pagan His goodness He has wrought through you. I world Christian. To tell the deeds of the priest­ mean, for the honor of the Catholic Church in hood I should narrate the story of Christian America, to tell of a grand priestly life which civilization, of Christian charity, of Christian has been wholly given in love to her, and which holiness. The priesthood is the Church in ac­ I fain would have reproduced for her greater tion. She works through it primarily and chiefly. exaltation, and for the salvation of souls in Other forces in her service receive from the ten thousand sanctuaries of the countrv. Your priesthood their inspiration and their direction. priesthood brings before us a long and impor­ The greatest feats of the Church accomplished tant period in the history of the Church in through her greatest soldiers, a Benedict, a America, and, to my mind, yours is the typical Patrick, a Boniface in older times, a Xavier, a priesthood, which responds to her needs, and de Sales, a Vincent in more modern ages, were ensures her victory. simply the works she stands ready to perform Five talents were given to you: what use through ever}^ "priest who lives up to the full have you made of them ? stature of his priesthood, circumstances per­ Your allotment of graces was such as is mitting the same feats. awarded only to the children of predilection. The duration of your priesthood was a signal Fifty years ago, in fair France! How vividly favor. Fifty years in the priesthood amid all present is now to your memory the great day! its graces, in the possession of all its powers! All its holy inspirations crowd upon your soul. The pure spirits surrounding the Throne of the Again you rejoice in all Its unspeakable happi­ Infinite envy you. To few of those called to the ness. It was the day of your ordination. God priesthood is length of years granted as to you. had spoken to your youthful heart, and its every Veteran of many battlefields your companions- fibre had been responsive. You knelt before a in-arms have nearly all, if not all, one by one bishop of the Church, whose hand was uplifted fallen out of the ranks, and laid down their over you. You were made a priest forever, ac­ arms. You remain, vigorous and undaunted, cording to the order of Melchisedech. O the the hand still clasping the strong sword, to tell grandeur, the divinity of of victories won, and by the undimmed bright­ ness of your shield to light on to the fresh tri­ THE PRIESTHOOD! umphs the new battalions that have come to The immensity of its powers for good! Bow occupy the field. your heads before it, statesmen, warriors, kings. At their best, your dignity, your gifts are human, Will I tell of another favor? I know you born of this world, confined in their reach to have often returned thanks for it. I speak of this world. The priesthood is the immediate .the noble field which a gracious Providence had creation of the breathings of the Incarnate God; marked out for your labors. the priesthood is divine in its origin, in its Fifty years" ago! power, in its term. The priest is another Christ. THE REPUBLIC OF THE WEST I say to you, priests of God: diicstis—"you are was but emerging from her age of infancy, as gods." Your mission is Christ's own—"As though her features plainly bore the lineaments the Father sent me, so also I send you." Om­ of greatness and majesty. The vast regions nipotence alone was capable of begetting the encircling the lakes and lying westward toward priesthood: " All power is given to me in heaven the Mississippi gloried in their primeval forests and on earth. Going, therefore, teach ye all and wild, uncultured plains. Traders, hunters, nations/' venturesome pioneers, in small knots, hundreds THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. of miles apart, divided the boundless territory ette and Rochambeau were partners with Wash­ with the aboriginal Indian. Cleveland, Detroit, ington in liberating us from the yoke of foreign Chicago, giant cities of to-day, were villages, oppression. We owe to thee mo.st saintly and mere outpo.sts of civilization. The Church bravest missionaries, heralds of the faith to our was at work. J^rute, I^adin. Mazzuchelli, were forefathers, when few others dared to penetrate sowing the seed in the Master's vineyard amid the wilderness, founders and Fathers of the privations and long journe\-ings. To others at Church in America. I need not go back to the a later day, they felt, was it reserved to put the heroic wanderings among Indian tribes of a sickle into the rich harvest. Theirs was the Jogues, an Allouez, a Mai-quette. I have but to beginning: but even then, it was clear to see, recall names, which in tender love and grati­ a grand future was in store. W'ith soil mo.st tude living generations vet murmur,—Cheverus, fertile under foot, a benign slc\- above, the air Flaget, Dubois, Brute, Loras, Cretin,—names made genial and health-giving by the breezes made to be immortal in the annals of America. of truest liberty, hither, surely, would come the France is the mother of missionaries. Asia hungering millions from Transatlantic shores, and Africa and Oceanica, no less than our own who, joining hands with the .sturd}-and pushing continent, have been watered b\'' the sweat of American colonists of earlier emigration, would their brow, and their labors for God's glory are build up in the New World a nation unparalleled in His eyes a perpetual pra3^er that France be in the .story of ancient ages. .saved and be forever Catholic among Catholic Providence was preparing to the Church a nations. glorious opportunity for work. I am not quite In August, 1841, Father Sorin, accompanied sure that we alwa\'s value as we should this b}- six Brothers of the Order of the Holy Cross, opportunity. The newness of their conditions of which he himself had become a member of life, the energy needed to subdue nature, shorth^ after his ordination, arrived in the New their freedom from beaten paths and narrow World. 'The year following he was on the banks groovings, impart to our populations freshness, of the St. Joseph River, famed in the annals of vigor, buo3'ancy, predisposing them to hearken early missionary labors in America. Here he to the message of truth, and to be, when made resolved to remain, and to spend himself in the her disciples, the most daring and loyal soldiers blaster's service. of the Church. In America the Church is free THE WORK AT NOTRE DAME —as the bird is free in the air to spread out was begun. A,limitless expanse of wilderness, a its pinions and ll}- whithersoever it wills—free log hut built by unskilled Indians, through the to put forth all her powers, and tempt the real­ gaping crevices of which the wintr}' snow swept ization of her mo.st ambitious projects for the inward, rising in unwelcome heaps upon the hum­ welfare, natural and supernatural, of men. ble cots of the occupants, a young priest with a Slie fears neither the sword of an avowed foe. few brothers, literall}- without staff, scrip or nor the gilded throne to which a seeming pro­ money—this was Notre Dame in 1842. There tector would seek to fa.sten her for her more was, however, in that j^oung priest a grand soul, facile enslavement.- Bound to no enervatimr and above him there was a propitious God. conservatism, no old-time traditions repressing It is th^year of grace, 1888. What has been her movements, she can encounter with the done by this priest? Has he doubled his talents? libert}' of action which ensures success, the multitudinous problems, social and philosophic, HOW CH.-VXGED .\RE ALL THINGS! wliicli have sprung up from the complications God, surely, has wrought in wondrous ways for of modern times. Westward, it has been said, America and for the Church in America. We the star of empire moves. Westwai-d, me- have this morning many reasons for thankful­ thinks, moves, too, the apocalyptic candlestick. ness. How lofty the station to wliich the Re­ The future arena for the Church's grandest public has grown, the envied of the nations of battles aiid most glorious triumphs, verily, I the earth! It is of her that in the earlier years of believe in \\\y heart, is America. Let her sol­ this century a French publicist, learned and re­ diers but do their dut\^ and all will be well. ligious, but unwilling to put faith in liberty- loving and liberty-giving institutions.had written Toward America the young Levite of fift\'^ ; in derisive incredulity: "She is yet in her swath­ years ago, .soon after his ordination, turned ing clothes. Let her grow; let her live a hundred longing e^-es. He came to us from France. - years, and men will see." Tliank God, she has 1 THAXIC THEE, F.-VIR FRANXE! lived a hundred years, and. men see and men We owe to thcQ our political freedom, Lafay­ believe in the Republic. And the^ Qhurch in js/OTk£ JjAiiiM scMOLAs^C:.

America! Never was there in history like many years a grand example to thousands, who growth and prosperity. She has lately held her in the sweet odor of your virtues have them­ Third Plenary Council, in which a larger number selves been led forward to lives of piety and of bishops sat than in any assembly of .Christen­ holiness. dom, save that of the Vatican, since the days of Fifty years of ceaseless, brave work in God's Trent, and her laws and her workings are by the kingdom—for God, and,'through love of Him, chieftain of the universal Church proposed to for men. You never ti^ed though the burden the hierarchies of other nations to be copied by was heavy. You never faltered, though trials them, as worthiest models. The Church kept crowded upon you and, the shadow of defeat pace with the Republic. often darkened the sky-, above you. We might It is much that in a generation of men, wit­ in some measure tell what you have accom­ nessing this wondrous growth, and putting forth plished. What you have endured to bring your such extraordinary energies toward developing labors to completion we could not tell. ' God the interests under their control, an individual knows all, and He will repay. man be marked out by the public voice for We need but look around us—Si momimentitm sisrnal honors because of work done and merit vis, circuvispicc. In 1842 we had the log-hut acquired. This is what happens to Father Sorin. and the wilderness. In 1888 there are the stately The festivities of this morning are singular in buildings of Notre Dame and St.Mary's, admired their representative character and in their im- for their proportions and shapeliness; arid, far pressiv^e grandeur. A prince of the Church, more, for the wondrous works done within their the incumbent of America's Primatial See, is halls, and loved by tens of thousands through­ enthroned in the sanctuary, and around him are out the country for the sweet influences that have grouped archbishops and bishops and priests gone forth from them. The one priest and the from all parts of the United States and of Canada. few Brothers are multiplied more than a hun­ Here, too, are laymen, distinguished in all the dredfold. There is a whole legion of laborers walks of life, non-Catholics as eager as Catholics gathered together by the patient hand, and in­ to eive evidences of esteem and veneration. spired by the generous spirit of the venerable From distant lands come messages as warm and Founder. Instead of the rude chapel, the first as sincere as devoted hearts can make them. dedicated on these grounds to the service of The Eternal City is not silent. Congratulatory religion, there is the imposing basilica which letters have come from the Cardinal Prefect of was this very morning solemnly consecrated— Propaganda, and he who rules the universal Father .Sorin's fitting offering to the Master, for Church, the Vicegerent of the Master Himself, the fiftieth anniversary of his priesthood,' as a pours, for this occasion, upon Notre Dame token that his whole life was for God, and that special and unusual blessings. These facts have the sole ambition of his years was to rear up in a sisrnificance, and it is this: that Father Sorin the land monuments to God's glorx''. has fulfilled the mission confided to him by Under your guidance. Father Sorin, Providence, and that he stands before us to-day THE CONGREGATION OF THE HOLY CROSS, • the great priest, who in his day pleased God and was found just, full and complete in his works. which was, indeed, in the beginning of vour ministry the little mustard seed, has grown arid Fifty years of stainless, irreproachable life in spread out far and wide its branches. Its riiem- the priesthood! Faithful for fifty years to all bers are in several states of the Union working the duties the priesthood imposes, all the sacri­ zealously for the education of youth arid the fices it demands, all the virtues that are its proper ministr}'- of souls. The members of the Con­ environment. There is in this, surely, a reason gregation in the United States, one and all, ex­ for our admiration and our veneration. What tol vou as their father and leader, and grate- is there more beautiful, more Heaven-like than fully lay at your feet their trophies. You have .A. TRUE PRIESTLY LIFE ! been for them their inspiration arid their coun­ It is the " beau ideal" of the moral order, in sel. Theyare truly your children, having caught which far more than in all else besides lies man's up from you your own zeal, your own energ\', srrandeur and nobleness, and through which man your own determination to keep abreast of the approaches the divine life as made manifest in times and not permit the works of the. Church the Incarnation. We rejoice. Father Sorin, in to fall behind the advance of material and secu-' your holy and edifying life. The American lar interests in this vigorous arid aggressive age. priesthood is honored by it; the Church is The members of the Congregation outside of the honored by.it. Your life has been for those United States, in Canada arid in Europe, recog- THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

nized the value of your personal leadership, and numbers of Christian men and women have gone claimed a part in the wisdom and love which forth from the halls of those schools! How far- had heretofore been given inidivided to your reaching their influences! and for generations to brethren in the States. You were made the come this work will continue. The apostleship chieftain of the entire family. For the first of the Church in these jDresent times I consider time in the histoiy of the Church of America, to be principally in the hands of Christian a religious order founded in Europe finds its teachers. The attacks against religion come chief executive in America, and in this capacit}'- from superficial knowledge, in the name, how­ 3'^ou sat with the hierarchy of the Church in the ever, of' knowledge. We must show that the Third Plenaiy Council of Baltimore. American attacks are without foundation, that science Catholics do not forget that when chosen bv leads to and confirms faith. Knowledge is the your brethren to be their Superior-General, you idol of the world: let us prov^e that the home, accepted the high office on the condition "that the origin and the term of knowledge, is the you should remain in America, and from America sanctuaiy of faith, and that the unknown God rule the Congregation in other countries. which fashion worships is faith. The Sisters of the Holy Cross take rank Our teachers must understand the age, its among the most devoted, the most earnest, the tendencies, good and bad, its truths and its most distinguished among the daughters of the errors, and form their pupils for their battl- Church in America. I am sure, they will approve ings with it. This is the merit of the schools of me, when out of their />artenvs I weave a chaplet Father Sorin. Read their progammes: they of flowers to be entwined around Father Sorin's. are complete. Converse with the teachers: they brow. He brought to America the earh^ mem­ are masters of their subjects. Visit the halls: bers, conscious as he at once was of the great the best and newest appliances are there; the work to be done in this country by religious evidences of the attainments of teachers and orders of women, and from the dav when he led pupils abound. You realize that Notre Dame the pioneer Sisters into their modest cottage at and St. Mary's are not schools of past ages, but Bertrand to the present day of wondrous pros- beyond a doubt schools for the present time, perit}'- for St. Mary's and its numerous off-shoots, schools for America,—schools that reflect signal he has been the friend, the guide, the counsellor honor upon the Church in America, and are of the Community. Their rules and constitu­ destined to perform a great work for religion. tions are the fruit of his wise thought and care­ The progressive spirit is all-embracing. The ful observation of the needs of this countiy. moral movements of the day find a quick echo From him comes to them their special fitness in Notre Dame. I will instance one, which I for work in America, and to this fitness in great specially value—the Catholic Total Abstinence part must the}'^ attribute their marked success movement. Notre Dame is loyally committed in their schools and their institutions of charity. to it. It was the first Catholic college to form It is for us all a cause of deep regret that she among its pupils a Total Abstinence Society. was not spared to celebrate this Golden Jubilee The success that has attended Father Sorin's who for maity 3'^ears presided with rare intelli­ labors reads to us gence and abilitx'-over the destinicsof St. Mary's, .•\X IMPORT.'VNT LESSON. ever read\-to lend willing co-operation to Fa­ It did not come to him unsought, or bv accident. ther Sorin's plaas for the raising up of her Com­ It is is no mere luck that built up his Order and munity to the high standard of excellence now his schools. The two factors of success in belonging to it. I speak of the venerated Mother Christian work existed in large degrees, the Angela, one of the worthiest daughters of the human and the divine. The human element was Church in this nineteenth century. hard work and enterprise. Where material The i^rime purpose to. which Father Sorin interests are concerned we rely on work and directed those who placed themselves under his enterprise. Where spiritual interests are in play. guidance was we are tempted to forego them, to make room . • THE EDUC-VriOX OF YOUTH. • as it were, for divine, help. This, certainly, is He understood the power belonging to the intel­ not according to God's designs. He has en- lect, and he resolved he would do his utmost to ; dowed us with natural faculties ,and energies wieldithat.power for the triumph of virtue and which He desires us to use. Neglect of them relision. Notre Dame and St. Marv's are the J is a sin against the Author of nature; and .the monuments of his zeal. These monuments will en­ .Author of grace will not by miracles make iip dure and will make his memor}'-immortal. What •for our neglect. The gospelof humaii effort THE>>H NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. in the work of God needs to be preached to the HIS SINCERE AND THOROUGH AMERICANISM. world to-day. Were it understood and carried From the moment he landed on our shores h^ out, we should soon tell of marvellous victories. ceased to be a foreigner. At once he was ah Father Sorin planned and worked, and worked American, heart and soul, as one to the manor- hard. He was watchful and enterprising in born. The Republic of the United States nevei^ seeking out opportunities for doing good, and for protected a more loyal and more devoted citizeii. promoting the interests under his charge. He He understood and appreciated our liberal in­ deserved success, and he has received it. Nor, stitutions; there was in his heart no lineerinsr while I rejoice in his success, would I less cor­ fondness forold regimes, or worn-out legitimism. dially congratulate him upon his labors, if suc­ For him the government chosen by the people, cess had not followed them. I despise the many as Leo XHI repeatedly teaches, was the legiti­ who worship success and who are ever ready tOo mate government, and to his mind the people censure failure. Failure, when not the result had w«ll chosen, when thev resolved to sfovern of culpable imprudence, obtains my sympathy, themselves. He understood and appreciated the and -the effort that preceded it, my approval. qualities of mind and heart of the American peo­ The safe conservatism which never moves lest ple, and, becoming one of them, spoke to them it fail, I abhor: it is the dry-rot in the Church, and labored for them from their plane of thought and my heart goes out to the man who never and fashion, and he was understood and ap­ tolerated it in his calculations. Safe conserva­ preciated by them. No one has the right to tism would have left the Apostles in Palestine. live as a citizen of America and remain in his Do all you can, and then your prayer for soul a foreigner, and, especially, should no one divine blessing will be heard. The divine is remain un-American in America who represents needed; and the priest or the Christian who the Church, for he mav give to believe that the will succeed, must love God and seek His aid. Church is un-American. We have often lost I will mention but one fact—a striking one—in ground because we were Irish, or German, or Father Sorin's life, with regard to its supernat­ French, rather than American. May there be ural element. It is among us no danger of the kind in the future! HIS TENDER DEVOTION TO THE MOTHER OF GOD. Father Sorin. I thank you for your American He loved her with childlike simplicity and ardor: patriotism, your love of American institutions. all his projects were brought by him to her altar j^\nd here I will recall one act of your life for to be blessed by her. before he sought to put which American Catholics must needs be grate­ them into execution. His efforts were unceas- ful to you: it was the act of the priest as well incf to obtain that others love her. and commend as of the American. Civil war was upon the themselves to her intercession. Need we wonder land; defenders of the Union were hurrying from at the success of his labors with this powerful North and West to the battlefield, and among protectress praying for him! How much he has them in goodly proportion brave Catholics. Y done to extend through the country this sweet will not discuss the cause. But it is a lament­ devotion to Mary, I need not lose time in telling. able fact that few priests were sent to the front Mary's journal, the Ave J/

in which it stands—all are the direct result of came from the poorest as well as the wealthiest. the courageous and faithful mission of the Con- There are vestments of satin and gold of ex­ gregation of the Holy Cross, established in this quisite workmanship and great cost. An alb of country by the intrepid young priest, Edward finest silk is a wonderful bit of lace that repre­ Sorin, forty-six years ago. sents over three years of handiwork, and cannot To the marvellous growth and development be worth less than 53,000. What a contrast \vith of the University of Notre Dame, the Catholic the vestments worn by Father Sorin when, a Church throughout America has for years paid humble priest, he founded this Notre Dame! the most assiduous attention. From the rank And of books, furniture, wearing apparel, jewels, of a humble member of the Order of the Holy pictures and articles adapted for use about the Cross—an institution of French origin,—Father altars and in the Church service there is no end. Edward Sorin has years since been advanced Then there is a box made of gold and another to the dignity of Superior-General of the Con­ of silver, wonderfully wrought pieces of work­ gregation, which now possesses a number of manship, and the contents—§3,000 in gold. flourishing and incalculably valuable branches This sum, together with other money offerings, in various parts of America and Europe. The will be devoted to the erection of a monument universal esteem in which he is held, and the to the memory of Bishop Brute, Fathers De keen appreciation of the benefits which from Seille and Badin—the pioneer missionaries of him and through the work of his schools and Indiana, whose territor}^ included the present college, have accrued to the Catholic Church in site of Notre Dame. America, moved its authorities to unite in pay­ ing such a marked recognition to his Golden - DECORATIONS. Jubilee, or personal fcic day, as would impart to Monday and Tuesday were devoted to orna­ it a national significance. In pursuance of this menting the grounds and decorating the build­ design, the most august congregation of prel­ ings in honor of the event and of the visit from ates, dignitaries, and priests of the Church, ever his Eminence Cardinal Gibbons and other a.ssembled in the West, participated in the cele­ dignitaries. Arches were erected at different bration of Father Sorin's Golden jubilee. parts of the campus, in which the American colors, the college colors and those of the Pope * were prominent among those of evergreens. Notre Dame has had many eventful periods At the main gate was built a log cabin in mem­ in her long history; but none of them will com­ ory of the one which formed the first abode of pare with the solemn celebration of the fiftieth Father Sorin on the present site of Notre Dame. anniversary in the priesthood of its ilkustrious On Tuesday night it was lighted with Chinese founder. Very Rev. Father Sorin. As the Foun­ lanterns, and the Cardinal and his procession der, and as Superior-General of the Order of passed through it as they entered the campus. the Holy Cross, he occupies a distinctive posi­ In front of the Church of the Sacred Heart was tion in the world of the Catholic Church. He a canopied double arch made of the Papal is at the head of the Holy Cro.ss Order for the colors and relieved by golden roses.- Directly whole world; and during the twenty years he in front of the grand stairway to the University has occupied his e.valted position, the Order, was an evergreen arch surmounted by a cross through his enterprise and progress, has pros­ and mitre with the motto. "Welcome," "1838," pered as it never had before. Educational in and "1888." The whole front of the Main Build­ its aims, all of Father Sorin's greatest efforts ing was draped with bunting, and hundreds of have been to reach the masses of the people American flags fluttered from the windows, not by this means; and how well he has succeeded, only of this but of all the University buildings, we who have had the opportunit}' to watch the and many mottoes gave an agreeable variety progress and see the results of his work here at to the decorations. Notre Dame, best know. St. Edward's Hall, the home of the Minims Few men ever celebrated their fiftieth year in and the pride of Father Sorin—who as he grows the prosecution of any business or profession, older seems to love children more and more— or their seventy-fifth year in life, as Father Sorin was replete with decorations, outside and in. has done, and it was fitting that when his fifty The front wall was about covered with red, years of active and successful priesthood were white and blue bunting. Among the mottoes rounded to a close, his brother-workers, his the most conspicuous was "Golden Jubilee," friends, and the many eminent dignitaries in the made of golden roses on a white ground. Others Church should celebrate his Golden Jubilee. were "Salve Pater," "Te Deum Laudamus," Again, in honoring Father Sorin, Notre Dame "Ave Maria," and the figures "i 814," the year is honored, and the opportunity is given to of Father Sorin's birth; "1838," his elevation to pay special respect to the Holy Cross Order, the priesthood; " 1842," his settlement at Notre by its friends everywhere. That this was done Dame, and "1888," his golden jubilee. "Golden is evidenced in a substantial way by the long Jubilee" and " 50" in conch shells were con­ tables filled with gifts from every part of the spicuous against the green sward of St. Ed­ world, a list of which would fill columns. Their ward's Park in front of the hall. variety, too, is as great as tlieir number. They Inside the hall the decorations were a com- lO THE NOTRE L>jii\iE SCHOLASTIC, plete surprise to Father Sorin. He was invited which was lined with distinguished guests, had in to see them in company with several Church a winning smile and a warm greeting for all. He dignitaries. When in the main hall, he was was kept bu.sy shaking- hands,from side to side, addressed by a "prince,'" and then, as if by and it was noticeable that the humblest priest niagic, a cardinal curtain was drawn from the was as warmly greeted as the greatest dignitar}'. window at the head of the stairway and there present. On the grand porch he saw Archbishop stood revealed a life-size, full-length portrait in Ireland and the old friends met in warm em­ stained glass of the Founder of Notre Dame. brace. Then the venerable and kindly Arch- At the bottom in stained glass were three land­ bisho^D Elder was greeted in like manner. Bishop scapes, representing the log cabin, the old Notre Dwenger stopped the congratulations for Dame and the New Notre Dame. Father Sorin the moment, and Rev. President Walsh ap­ was then taken through the stud3'^-hall to the peared before the Cardinal and in a clear, chapel, and there found the four windows filled well modulated voice, which could be heard by with stained glass, representing his four favor­ all the vast throng, read a Latin address of wel­ ite saints. The work of all these windows is come from Notre Dame to his Eminence. It from Paris, and was a present from the Minims. was printed on fine linen paper in cardinal col­ .\ CARDIN--\L .Vr XOTRE D..\ME. ored lettei's, and elegantly bound in satin and. gold, and at the conclusion of the address the The leading event of the Jubilee was the visit Rev. President presented it to the Cardinal. of Cardinal Gibbon.s". His coming was preceded by that of man}- other dignitaries. Among these THE ADDRESS: were Archbishop Elder, of Cirtcinnati; Arch­ AD ILLUSTRISSIMUM .ATQUE EMINENTISSIMUM bishop Ireland, of St. Paul; Bishops Dwenger, JACOBUM GIBBONS, D. D., Eccj-ESiiE ROMAN/K of Fort Wayne; Burke, of Wyoming; Spalding, CARDIXALE.M EXIMIUM ET DIGNISSIMUM BAL'rr- of Peoria; R\^an, of Alton; Jansen, of Belleville, JIOREXSIS ECCLESI.E ARCHIEPISCOPU.M, XEC XOX 111.; Ryan, of Buffalo; Watterson, of Columbus; Gilmour, of Cleveland; Phelan. of Pittsburgh; SEPTENTRIONALIS AMERIC.E METROPOLITAXUM Richter, of Grand Rapids; Keane, of Richmond; .\TOUE APOSTOLICUM DELEGATUM, PATRES, FRA- Vicars-General Albrink, of Cincinnati, and Lam­ TRESOUE SS. A CRUCE COXGREGATIOXIS srcuT bert, of Covington, as well as scores of priests. ET PR/ESES PROFESSGRliSOUE NOSTR.4^ Do.MlX.K Cardinal Gibbons was to have reached here UxivERsn-.-vris, INDIAXA, 15 Aug., 1888. on Monday afternoon, but was delayed on ac­ count of Gen. Sheridan's funeral. On Monday E.AiiNEXTissi.Arn: PR.-KSUI,: morning a dispatch was received that he had ar­ Ingenti quidem Ueiitia pjrfundimur summoque rived at Cleveland, and Rev. A. Morrissey, went afficimur honore, quum te amplissima dignitate to meet him. An immense concourse of citizens ornatum hie intra domiis no.->trie pariettrs adcssc was gathered at the station in South Bend on Aidcmu^. Nihil enim majus,nihil su.ivius excogitari Tuesday evening together with several Catholic potcrat, quam ut, hoc ipso die, quo vencrabilis societies, bands and any number of people in Supcrii)r noster Generalis quinqungesimum Ord-. vehicles. So great was the crowd and the desire iuationis s:ci-ce aniiivcr.sarium celebrare statuissct, to see the Cardinal when the train arrived that tanius tamque nobilis EcclesiiC Catholicaj Princeps, it was almost impo.ssible for him and his suite c-rcumstaiite tot adeoque illustrium Antistitiun to reach their carriages. Verx- Rev. Father Corby corona, Nostrie Dominie Uni\crsitatem inviseret. took charge of the Cardinal in Father Sorin's Nos igitur, toto cor.Ic cxulumtes, ntc non maximas barouche, and the long procession filed down Deo Optimo Maximo agentes gratias, ante pedts South street into Michigan, and then across the Emincntiai Votric publicum hoc venerationis, Water street bridge and on out to Notre Dame. dilcct'onis devotioni que planus offerre, ac digni.s- Bands of music Avere plaA'ing, the great bell of sinium antiquai Baltimorai Archiepiscbpum humil- Notre Dame could be heard, and all along lima voce et filial! etiam pictate sakitare gestimus. the line of march were decorations and illu­ Jure ac merito dicere ausim banc insigncm ad- minations. The society of the Ancient Order mochuii in novi orbis annalibus occasionem esse, of Hibernians of South Bend acted as escort. quum nobis MetropolitanjeEcclesiiC caput cximium As the procession passed into the campus the in Occidentalibus regionis nostrie jiaitibus prima great bell and the lesser bells in the church vice emicas. Circumspice, precor: uccegrande lihi tower were rung, red lights glowed from the ante oculos obversatur spectaculum! Quod si hom- campus grounds, and the whole scene was brill- .ines silere valeant, etiam lapides loquantur. Quin ianth^ lighted b\'- the electric lights from the imo solum ipsum quod pede libero calcamus hu- d.ome and adjacent buildings. Hundreds of manam linguam usurparet, longc latequeexchxmans: people were grouped about the grounds and on "Hicc, hiec profecto dies est, quam fecit Dominus: the stairwa}', and in the grand porch were e.xsultemus et laetemur in ea." Revera, elapsis vix gathered more dignitaries of the Catholic Church quadraginta sex annis, .quie regio diti>simis nunc than are often seen, at one time, anywhere in virescit segetibus, eadem nihil aliud quam teterrima this count^3^ tiolitudo, silvis tantum opacissimis horrida, quam Cardinal Gibbons, as he alighted from the e.xiguie ferafum gentium tribus incolchant ac jjer- carriage and. passed up the gRnd stairway pauci yiatores adhuc: noverant. lixic, Deo ducc THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. n vcnit vir zelo fervidus, licet ingenio mitis; hue At the close of the address the Cardinal aeccssit Gallus sacerdos, juventa pietateque eon- grasped, the hand of President Walsh, and spicuus; hic ajDOstolus ille, quum a nonniillis sociis thanked him in a low voice for the cordial wel­ adjutus tugurium audacter phmtasset, quatuor ali- come, and complimented him on the evidences oriim apostoloriim vestigiis insistent, silvicolas of prosperity everywhere visible about Notre baptizavit, rudibus verbum divinum explanavit, Dame. He was so fatigued by his onerous atquc duros anteccssorum hxboi-es imitando magna duties of the past few days, that any public re­ ipsorum opera simul ac laudcm superavit. Ciii marks were deferred for another time, and he frustra naturai pericula, frustra hominum insidiaj, was taken immediately to his room andafter- frustra hostiurn persecutiones obstitcrunt: quippe wards to supper. qui, sacra Cruce Domini armatus atque imprimis Immaculatas Virginis patrocinio fretus, magnificos tandem retulit triumjjhos. Nunc vero senior faclus, The exercises on Wednesday began with the at mente firmissimus, annis ac tropteis cumulatus, CONSECRATIOX OF THE CHURCH. quanquam animo impavidus, merita gloria raagis This ceremony was commenced at six o'clock quam otio fruitur, Moscquc beatior terram promis- by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Dwenger of Fort Wayne sam' attigit atque opus immensum feliciter consum- and the Church of the Sacred Heart at Notre matum ipsis oculis intuetur. Dame—the edifice which has commanded the Hue hodie vehisti, Eminentissime Priesul; hic unbounded admiration of all who have entered ades purjDurea veste indutus Romanjeque Sedis its portals, was solemnly consecrated to God. delegatus; hic animo benignus coru'^cas, tuaque Bishop Dwenger was assisted by Rev. Fathers facies nobis omnibus arridet, atque unicus in- French and Coleman, as deacon and subdeacon; F(pdcratis America! Statibus Cardinalis appares, Rev. Father Fitte, Assistant Priest; Rev.Fathers ut venerabili Occidentis Patriarchce de confecto Hurth and Boerres, Cantores, and Rev. Father proposito gratuleris, totique a SS. Cruce Congre- ' Thillman, Master of Ceremonies. The conse­ gationi apostolicam impertiaris benedictionem. cration ceremonies did not end until about 9 Hodie mirum in modum Oriens Oecidenti obvius o'clock. This was followed by the factusest, in novo orbe'"cruxetpax"bsculata2sunt, ac prajsidente Christi caritate, vicit "Sacra Religio." BLESSING OF THE MAMMOTH BELL Sine dubio, quum tot ac t inta ab uno viro per- which hangs in the tower of the church, and is fecta esse, tot insuper filios filiasque dilectum the largest in the United States. The ceremony Patrcm circumfusos cernit, miratur, miratur adhuc was performed by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Burke, Eminentia Vestra. Quid, si, duobus abhinc mensi- of Cheyenne, who Avas assisted by the Rev. M. bus, magis quam quingentos alumnos per spatiosas Mollinger, of Pittsburg, who acted as sponsor aides mirabili ordine fervere vidisset, atqueparentum for the bell, the Rev. D. J. Spillard, C. S.C, amicorumquc ovantes audiisset conclamationes? Master of Ceremonies, and a number of- other Sed quid ego hjec? Hic, hic, inquam, stat Nosinc clerg}mien. Dominai jiiajestas, vix a cineribus renata, multisque Long before 9 o'clock the crowds began to iterum a^dibus munita; hic splendida per nubes assemble, a large procession of uniformed Cath­ radiat Deiparaj imago stellis coronata;—hic eminet olic societies marching out from the neighboring templum ingens,ingenio adornatum Angclorumque city of South Bend, accompanied by three bands. et hominum Reginic dedicatiun; hic Alma Mater Among the organizations were the Knights of oratsiletque,castosilentio plurimas per totum orbem ' St. Casimir. the St. Hedwige Societv, and the pariens tilias. : Ancient Order of Hibernians. At 9.30 a low O nos utinam, venerabili Nostrai Dominiu condi- ! Mass was celebrated by the venerabIey;/^//«;77/j, tori constanter dociles, sacris vocationis nostrie rc- ; and the grand church was thronged with prelates, gulis adhci3rendo,Summi Pontificis episcoporumque : priests; religious and the pious laity, eager to voci aui-es pnebendo, omni ope atque opera enit- gain the great spiritual favor of a Plenary'- In­ amur in ediicandis putris honestos viros, Chiistianos dulgence, which the Sovereign Pontiff had at­ fortes et optimos cives efformare! Utinam Patres tached to assistance at this Mass. Fatresque acS()rores,quiecumque in Congregatione Shortly after 10 o'clock a long line of aco- nostra doceant, scientia ac pietate ornentur, ut, tuto : lytes, priests and prelates escorted his^ Emi­ Beatas MariiC prtesidio innixi, pro Deo, Christo et nence Cardinal Gibbons from the College Patria laborent, patiantur et vincant! Utinam hisce building in solemn procession to the church votis annuat Eminentia Vestra, studiis nostris faveat, '•• where solemn High Mass was begun. His zelum accendat, Deumque Pati-em Omnipotentem Eminence Cardinal Gibbons was celebrant; cxoret ut "Fides Patrum Nostrorum" magis in : Father Cleary, of Winona, Minn., being assistant cordibus nostris- vigeat ac discipulorum aniniis in ': priest. Father Foley and Father Broyderick, of dies invalescat! Quod rectissime dc . Superiore Baltimore, deacons of honor, and Father Ha- nostro General!, sed magis etiam de te, Eminentis­ : gerty. of South Bend, and Father Bcerres, of sime Praesul, dicendum esse credimus, o utinam • Notre Dame, deacons of the Mass. The great idem de unoquoque nostrum dici possit: "Bonum church was packed to its utmost capacity. The certamen certavi; cursum consummavi: in reliquo . Knights of St. Casimir, clad in the full uniform reposita est mihi corona justitije quam reddet mihi of the Polish guard, were drawn up before the Dominus ille judex!" • communion rail with sabres drawn, and all this, T2 THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. with the glittering tapers, the clouds of incense, beautiful and quite large floral design in differ­ the thunder of the great organ, and the solemn ent colored flowers and upon which was worked nature of the celebration, made the scene an im­ the monogram "E.S.,"the first letters of Father pressive one. The sermon by Archbishop Ireland, Sorin's name. Back of the table were other de­ which we are pleased to give entire elsewhere, signs in the shape of banners, pyramids, etc. was a i-are intellectual treat and a glowing trib­ The centre piece at this table was a pyramid of ute to the venerable Founder of Notre Dame. seven cakes surmounted by a double ladder Haydn's Imperial Mass was sung by a num­ of five rounds. On one ladder the rounds were ber of vocalists selected from among the best worded. "Wooden," "Tin," "Crystal," "Silver," artists of Chicago, directed by Prof. M. Corby, and the top one "Golden." On the rounds of of Chicago, formerly professor of \ocal culture the ladder facing the chair of Father Sorin were at Notre Dame. The following singers formed "One Year," "Ten Years," "Forty Years." "Forty- the choir on the occasion: Soprani—Mrs. An­ five Years" and the top one "Fifty Years." thony McGuire, Miss Mary Joly, Miss Josephine On this table, as at the plate of every guest, was Reed, Miss Minnie O'Brien. Alti—Miss Katie one of the unique, costly, original and very Coffey, Miss Anna Walsh, Miss Gussie Walsh. beautiful souvenir bills of fare and programs, Miss Jennie O'Brien, Mi.ss Gu.ssie Reed. Ten­ which were presented to the various guests as ors—Mr. i\I. F. Corby, Mr. George L. Riopellc, mementos of the occasion. Mr. A. E. Dasso, John Moffit. Bassi—Mr. F. A. When the tables had been filled and the Langlois, JMI-. .S. H. Osborn. Organist: Mr. F. blessing asked, those present seated themselves. G. Rohner. At the head table was Father Sorin. At his The music rendered by this fine body of musi­ right was his Eminence, Cardinal Gibbons, and cians was the subject of universal encomiums at his left was Bishop Dwenger, of the Fort from those who heard them at the morning Wayne diocese. The other occupants of this service at the church. Mr. Rohner. as an or­ table were Archbishop Elder, of Cincinnati: ganist, has a wide reputation which he fully sus­ Archbishop Ireland, of St. Paul; Bishop Ryan, tained in his playing on this occasion. of Buffalo; Bishop Spalding, of Peoria, 111.; The service at the church did not close until Bishop Gilmour. of Cleveland; Judge Ewing, about 12.30 o'clock. Thousands were on the of Lancaster. Ohio, and Father Granger, of grounds during the forenoon, and a small pro­ Notre" Dame. At the table at the left were portion of those who were there were enabled Father Walsh, President of Notre Dame Uni­ to secure an entrance to the church. The bright versity; Bishop Burke, of Wyoming; Bishop Uniforms of the various religious bodies, as well Ryan, of Alton, 111., and others; while at the as of the several bands -present, were seen table at the right of the head table were Very eveiywhere in that great concourse of friends Rev. Provincial Corby with Bishop Jansen, of and admirers of Notre Dame and its loved and Bloomington, 111.; Bishop Watterson, of Co­ venerated Founder. lumbus, Ohio; Bishop John Keane, of Richmond. Va., and Bishop Phelan, of Pittsburg. Tin-: H.AXOUET. The following fine bill-of-fare was provided About I o'clock dinner was announced, and and prepared in a manner highly creditable to soon the tables in the two great refectories were the cnisiiic of Notre Dame: surrounded by invited guests and members of the communit}-, while a great many ladies par­ .^i i-:xu. took of dinner at a place reserved especially Potage. for them. The east refector}'- in which took place Tomates aiix Croutons. Kors d'Qiuvres Varies. the responses to the toasts, was most hand­ Saumon Braize a la Tartarc. somely decorated and beautified bv red, white Poulets SI la Mareng-o. and blue bunting .stretched from'pillar topillrir; Pommes de Terre en Puree. the windows were ornamented with plants and Selle d'Agneau rotie. Petites Garottes Nouvelles. framed in oak leaves from which wreaths had Salade. been made to ornament each window; beauti­ Fromage Americain. ful flowers adorned each table, and mottoes and Creme Glacee a la Vanille. inscriptions greeted-the vision; small flags of Gateau.K Assortis. Fruits Varies. every nation displayed themselves above and Cafe. around. At the centre in the extreme east end After a protracted consideration of the feast. was the table reserved for Father Sorin and Father Spillard, of Notre Dame, Master of the distinguished guests present at this Golden Ceremonies, arose and proposed the toasts for Jubilee occasion. Above the table was a canopy the occasion, which were as follows: supported on four pillars about which bunting "OUR HOLY FATHER LEO XIII." •, was twined. The canop}' had been handsomely "Hie, giiberiiator Fidci, O Pcrite . ornamented with flowers and ferns while wreaths Pontifex Roma:, colhnus LconeiiiT of oak leaves also added their verdant beauty Responded to by Rt. Rev. Bishop Dwenger, to the same. Upon the front of the canopy was of Fort Wayne. the inscription, "Golden Jubilee." Upon the Bishop Dwenger spoke of the especial ap­ table, besides the bouquets, was an exceedingly propriateness of-the first toast, on the occasion THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. 13 of such an ecclesiastical celebration, being to the ops to a number equal to, if not greater, than those head of the Church who Avas the representative in the United States when Father Sorin began his of Christ on earth and successor to St. Peter. conquests for the Cross in the Northern Indiana Bishop Dwenger then dwelt upon the love that wilderness. When you see this great gathering Pope Leo had for the Church in the United here, it should be remembered that it is not States, and of the great hopes he had of the Notre Dame alone that is represented; for Notre future of this country of freedom. The cele­ Dame is only a part of the great work done by brated encyclical letter of Pope Leo on " Hu­ the honored and revered Founder in whose man Liberty" was highly eulogized by the honor this feast is given. Great men would not speaker, who closed his graceful remarks with often be great in individuality. The greatness of the hope that God would spare the Holy P'ather most men is best shown in the manner in which of the Church for many years. The remarks of they use the forces of others, and in selecting Bishop Dwenger were received with many mani­ the possessors of these forces. The ability to festations of approval. select a man for a particular act is one of tlie "THE HIERARCHY OF THE UNrrEo STATES." marks of a great general, religious or secular. "Impei'antes virtittc prudentia; populosT Those who looked on these great works, done Response by Archbishop Elder, of Cincinnati. in his name and under his super\-ision and ani­ Archbishop Elder began by saying that the mating spirit, were amazed at the result of his Hierarchy of the United States had shown, in wisdom in the selection and combination of their most faithful service in the past, our own the powers and forces at his disposal. Here, present duty and our duty to those who come in the comparatively new West, is an already after us. He spoke of the hierarchy in its great institution which is still in the infancy of broadest sense, ranging from the highest to the the grand developments yet promised in this lowest, from the bishop to the member of the active, pushing, intelligent and prosperous sec­ flock under priestly guidance. We could see tion of our great countr\-. Much was yet to be there about us splendid evidences of what the expected from the West and from this magnifi­ hierarchy had done right at Notre Dame. The cent seat of learning that has grown apace with great life work of bishops, priests and brothers the progress of all about it. In this section, men who trod the wilderness and bedewed their toil­ should be moulded and their latent forces some paths with the sweat of their brows, all brought out. We have thrown off the shackles for the Ma.ster's glory and the advancement of of European thought. Here individualism gets the Church, had left their work right here as an an impulse. We are a part of this great coun­ inheritance. Pie besought his listeners to follow try, and force and strength are inherent in us. intheirpredecessors' footsteps and thus advance Father Sorin's aim inhis careerwas,thatthrough the Master's cause by building to grander pro­ the largely extended forces gathered about him, portions the Catholic Church. Frequent ap­ to send forth those who were capable of direct­ plause greeted his response. ing and elevating. Right nobly had he done his work. One single Sister sent from this "THE FOUNDER OF NOTRE D.-VME." Community had, alone and unassisted, converted "MonittuciitiDti si giitvris, circumspiccr seventy-two soldiers during the late war. Fa­ Response by Bishop Gilmour. of Cleveland. ther Sorin had furthermore survived the on­ Bishop Gilmour's opening remark was that slaughts of politicians, and for thirty-four years, the fame of the Founder of Notre Dame ex­ while Democrats and Republicans had been in tended far from this banquet hall; his influence power," had been continued- as Postmaster at and controlling power was not bounded by this Notre Dame. In all the past existing necessities Community. Up along the St. Lawrence River, for " reform" in the post-ofiice department. down the Atlantic coast, away off in Texas, Father Sorin had continued unmolested in his along the Pacific coast, in the far-off Rocky place, and, he believed, had held the office of Mountains, was that controlling power exerted Postmaster longer than any other like official. in these United States. When we speak of In behalf of his Eminence, the Cardinal, and Father Sorin we must look along these lines to archbishops, bishops and reverend friends, he grasp the extent of his jurisdiction in our coun­ congratulated Father Sorin on his being spared try. Forty-six years ago seems but a small to celebrate this Golden Jubilee occasion. Sel­ period of time in the history of great movements, dom, indeed, does a working career of fifty years but it is a long time when measured out in the leave a man without blame or blemish before life of an individual. Forty-six years ago, with his fellow-men; but if history or testimony may no knowledge of this country, ignorant of the be relied upon, there is no word but of praise language of the natives, with no resources, but for Father Sorin. In the name of a legion of relying upon his own individuality and the as­ friends in America and Europe, who rejoice over sistance of about half a dozen co-laborers to be Father Sorin's great influence for good, the directed by him. Father Sorin had entered upon Rt. Rev. speaker expressed the fer\'^ent wish this field a young man, and made the upbuild­ that Father Sorin be spared for many years to ing of Notre Dame and St. Marv's his life work. wield that great influence for good. Applause To-day on this gorden jubilee occasion for Fa­ frequent!}'- interrupted the eloquent remarks of ther Sorin there were gathered about those the Right Rev. speaker. tables a cardinal, with archbishops and bish­ H THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC

At the conckision of these regular toasts, to see Notre Dame moving grandly forward in Bishop Dwenger proposed a toast to his Emi­ an uninterrupted career of great prosperity and nence, Cardinal Gibbons, after which the ban­ progress, is the wish of all! queters dispersed. *** DEDICATIOX OF COLLEGE BUILDINGS. THE PALLTU.M GIVEN TO ARCHBISHOP IRELAND. At 4.30 o'clock took place the dedication of When supper had been finished" and before the various fine buildings of the University de­ the guests had left the table, Rt. Rev. Bishop voted to educational jaurposes. This was done John Keane, of Richmond, Va., arose and handed by Bishop Watterson, of Columbus, with several to his Eminence, the Cardinal, the pallium assisting priests. The dedication consisted in which had been brought from Rome, .to be con­ blessing the College and placing it under the ferred on Archbishop Ireland, who. up to this particular protection of the Blessed Virgin, after time, had known only from telegrams and news­ whom it was named. After the dedication. papers that he had been made Archbishop, but Bishop Spalding addressed the multitude from had not received the pallium, which made his' the front steps in a half hour's talk on his favor­ appointment official. After its reception had ite theme, "Christian Education." It was a been announced b}^ the Cardinal, Archbishop masterly effort indeed, and attracted the closest Ireland responded to the calls upon him for a attention. speech, making a very neat address. In the The Rt. Rev. Speaker said that the aim of the course of his remarks, he promised that his past various .secular and State institutions was lo edu­ active career would be even exceeded by the cate all men just enougli to enable them to acquire future earnestness he would put in the work to a living, and that there were few institutions of • advance the interests of the Catholic Church in learning in America which gave proper attention this—God's own country. to the true education of man—that education which The Rt. Rev. Bishop Keane was called upon, would raise man up from his natural level, expand and responded in a very eloquent and impres­ his intellect,and make him that perfect being which sive speech. In substance, the learned prelate God intended he should be. God is tlfe ver}' es­ spoke as follows: sence of beautj', and He desires that man should "I am most thankful that Providence has en­ also .strive to be beautiful both, in his person and trusted to me the charge of conveying to m)'' in his intellect. And this shoukl be the aim of all beloved friend, the first Archbishop of St. Paul, education to make the jjerfect man; perfect in in­ the papal insignia of the high office to which tellect and as near like God as it is possible for a our glorious Leo XIII has called him. Never finite crejiture to be. was the pallium laid on worthier shoulders; and " There is onlj- one state whose Avhole aim was I rejoice to have had even the least share in plac­ to educate man and make a perfect being of him. ing it there. With him too I rejoice that this gift To the little state of Athens wliich flourished cen­ from the Chair of Peter should come to him turies ago we owe, next to the influence of Chris­ amid the solemnities of this da\^'s celebration. tianity, that perfection of art and science which Ma}'- the incident be another gem in the golden exists to-day." diadem with which dear Father Sorin is this Speaking of the great good alread}- accomplished . day crowned! bv Notre Dame, the Bishop continued: " Such is " Mediaeval pictures often represent some and has ahvaj'^s been the aim of this Universify. grand old saint as holding in his hand the model It is now. a beautiful flower enclosed in its foliage of the church or the school which he erected wdiich will ere long blossom forth in all its won­ and gave to God. To-day, Father Sorin stands drous loveliness. in the ripe autumn of his full life, with the glow "When I behold these splendid grounds; these of heaven irradiating the snows which adorn superb buildings; this magnificent temple which his venerable head, and, by the double conse­ has this daj'^ been consecrated to the worship of God, cration which has this day.taken place, lays at I cannot help saying that Father Sorin has done the feet of Almight}'^ God, through the sweet more towaixls the true education of the youth of hands of Mary Immaculate, both the church this countr}'^ than any one man in the western world." and the university, which so well symbolize the Cardinal Gibbons followed briefly, making double aim of his priestly life. Surely no man no extended remarks on account of being so in our Western World has ever presented so no­ nearl}'- worn out b}?^ his long trip and experience ble an offering to the Most High. incident thereto. The Cardinal, among other "It is from the labors of men like hirh that the things, expressed himself as proud to be at Notre Hierarchy of our country have received the in­ Dame on this occasion. spiration of establishing the great central seat CLOSING SERVICES. of learning, which is to be called, pre-eminently, Solemn Benediction of theBlessed Sacrament the Catholic University of America. It is labors was given in the early evening by the Rt. Rev. like his, institutions like this, that have made Bishop Watterson. Thus closed the grandest such a university possible; and no matter what anniversar3'-that ever took place at Notre Dame. development it may attain in the future, it will May the honored and. beloved Father Sorin be never cease to regard its predecessors with rev- .spared many years beyond this Golden Jubilee { erence and gratitude, This morning. Father- NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. IS

Walsh, who so worthily presides over the Univer­ and more worthy. While we regi-et to be obliged sity of Notre Dame, told me it was his desire to acknowledge that the eulogies which the Right that his University should be an auxiliary 'a Reverend prelates have had the kindness to pro­ feeder,' to the Catholic University of America. nounce are not deserved in every resjaect, they are And leather General has in like manner assured none the less deeply and sincerely appreciated, and mc that it shall be his aim to send us our best they will be useful to us as incentives and encourage­ students, and to turn the minds of the youth ments to persevere till the end in the great work -under his care towards that central institution iiegun. They show us clearly what is expected of of learning.! These assurances are to me an Notre Dame; they show what she ought to be and unspeakable encouragement, and I am more what, with God's help, we will labor more ear­ grateful for them than words can express. It nestly than ever in future to make her. will be indeed an honor for the Catholic Univer­ "Archbishop Ireland has been kind enough to sity of America to have universities like this pay undeserved praise to the little seiwice which for its auxiliaries. But in the not distant future, has been rendered here to the great cause with when the growing needs of our country will de­ which his name is identified. In this work, as In mand other seats of learning like that which every other great moral work tending to prepare we are now striving to establish, surely this young Americans for the duties and responsibilities magnificent institution, here at the gate of our awaiting them in after-life, it will be our glory to great Northwest, is destined to shine conspicu­ labor to the full measure of oiu- abilities. In the ously among them. field to which he, like another Henry of NavaiTe, "An additional reason for my gratification at invites us to follow him, it will be our effort and having been providentially chosen to convc}^. our pride to be at his side. We will follow his the pallium to Archbishop Ireland is the fact white plume with never-failing confidence, because that he has been throughout the strong right we know that it will always be foimd iu the road arm of the movement for the establishment of leading to honor through the accomplishment of the Catholic University of America. If it has duty.'' weathered its first great difificulties, and already THE EVENING. reached a stage at which, as the Archbishop of In the evening, after the fine display of fire Boston recently declared, it is now an assured works on the grounds in front of the University, success, the credit is above all due to the in­ and also the rendition of several choice musical domitable energy and push and resolution of numbers by St.Hedwige's Band,of South Bend, Archbishop Ireland. 'and St. Joseph's Band, of Mishawaka, as many "-Other difficulties, doubtless, greater than we of the guests as the very large parlor would con­ yet have known, must still be expected. But tain crowded into that room, while many more amid them all, we will take courage from the gathered in halls and at the windows and c.vample of Father Sorin, whose determined listened to an impromptu concert by talented energy, animated by faith and love, has won musicians. Father Kirsch making all the pre­ such success from difficulties that often seemed liminary preparations for this feast of music and insurmountable. From my heart I offer up the song. The following programme was raptur­ prayer that when my turn comes to hand in the ously received, and the numbers upon it were account of my stewardship, my life may in favored with several hearty encores: some degree approach his in spotlessness and in ]\lr. S. H. Osborn-Solo "The Bugler" usefulness." Miss K. Coffey—Solo " Beautiful Haven " Bishop Keane's remarks were greeted with Geo. L. Riopellc '' Then You'll Remember Me " iMisses Walsh and O'Brien—Quartet "Swanee River" prolonged applause. Then there were loud calls JNIr. A. E. Dasso—Solo " Non e ver " for^Rev. President Walsh, who arose and made Mrs. McGuire, iMiss Coffey—Duet. ."See the Pale Moon" a very effective speech, in the course of which Mr. Lescomb—Solo he said: "]\[v Soul to God, My Heart to Thee " Mr. M. Corby—Solo -'. " The Sailor s Sigh "- " After the touching and eloquent discourses Ladies Quartet '. " Tara's Hall" which we have all heard with so much pleasin'c, Mrs. AFcTiuire—Solo " Charity " the line of action which I ousrht to follow is clearlv Mr. Rohner—Solo " Boatswain " indicated: I ought to observe the strictest silence. This splendid concert was a fitting and most However, it would be unsfracious and unsrratefiil pleasing finale of N&cy Rev. Father Sorin's not to take advantage of the opportunity given me Golden Tubilee. to thank his.Eminence and the archbishops and bishops present for the great honor which they have done us in visiting us on this great occasion. Their coming from such distances and at such per­ sonal inconvenience, is looked upon, not only as a tribute of resjDect to the venerable Superior-Gen­ eral —for which all at Notre Dame, as his loyal subjects and dutiful children cannot be suffici­ ently grateful; it is taken also as a mark of appre­ ciation of the work attempted in the institution; as a proof of confidence of which Notre Dame will, year after year, endeavor to show herself more i6 THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

privileged year of the sacred priesthood, but also upon the proud j^osition which he holds in the esteem of the prelates of the Church by reason of ISubltsJjcli f&crg Saturtag iurtiifl Strm Efmc at Iv. 53. Hnffirrsitn. the wonders he has wrought, and stiU continues to effect, in behalf of Religion and Science. Ma}- he Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office, Notre Dame, Ind. live long- to Avitness the grand results of his work! Notre Dame, Augiist ?5, 1888. \rt \ 6 .itssiS-ggisgee-saiTHgagiitsSissssegSHesHSgsg^g —Owing to the fact that the friends of Notre Dame and its venerable Founder are without number, it would have been an impossible task to send to all formal invitations to the celebra­ '§%. tion of the Golden Jubilee. It was for that reason that the Very Rev. Provincial Corby, availed himself of the courtesy of the Associated Press to extend, through the columns of the great dailies of the United States, a heart}^ in­ vitation to all friends.

OFTHE ^ • » VERY ^EY. ^DWARD goRiN Note. Never in my life did I feel so completely at # Superior (Beneral Congregation of the Holy Cross a loss to know how to thank properly the nu­ merous and beloved friends whose delightful

NOTRE DAME, INDIANA, JUNE 9,1888 presence and beautiful offerings, or kind expres­ sions of regard b}^ letters or telegrams, have most joyfully surprised me during the past week. BORN, FEBRUARY 6, 1SU FIRST MASS, JUNE 9, 1838 May God reward them for their generous and FOUNDING OF NOTRE DAME, NOV. 20, 1842 spontaneous feelings! He alone can repay them ELECTED PROVINCIAL, AUGUST 15, 1865 as they deserve; and as long as I live I will

DEDICATION OF NOTRE DAVE, MAY 31, 1868 continue to pray for them, to the best of my ability. Indeed I have no words to express the ELECTED SUPERIOR GENERAL, JULY 22, 1868 feelings of 1115^ heart, not only to the illustrious dignitaries of the Church, who honored us with 00tt\W\JS COUStRVfS tVJ'ltt V\\'»T\Cf( tUW. their grafif)'ing presence on the 15th inst., and to all the Rev. clergy and friends who surrounded them, but also to the kind editors, whose unex­ pected eulogies literally cover me with confu­ —August 15, iSSS, will be ever memorable in sion. Fortunately, I find relief in the well-known the annals of Notre Dame. It is now a date which, fact that my Sacerdotal Golden Jubilee, on the when the history of our Abiia Mater is written, Feast of the Assumption, was only the occasion will be the central sun in the planetary system of not the cause of the great manifestations we all epochs—the focus in which all the brilliant rays, so much admired, directed as they were exclu­ emitted by the various periods of her career, will sively to the honor and glory of the Blessed be gathered together and made powerful before Mother of God, reigning here supreme with uni­ the world. The solemn celebration of the Sacer­ versal love on the little domain now and forever dotal Golden Jubilee of the venerable Founder of consecrated to her glorious name. Notre Dame took place on that day, and formed a E. SoRiN, C. S. C. festal.day such as ^vas nev^er witnessed here before, and in all human probabilit}' will never be seen here ^ • » again. The Cardinal Prince of the Church, Pri- Letters and. Telegrams of Congratulation to matial Prelate of our country, attended by Arch­ Very Rev. Father General. bishops and Bishops, was present to do honor to the great solemnization. These distinguished prel­ Thousands of letters and telegrams from learned ates have the thanks of all at Notre Dame for the Jesuits,. Dominicans, Franciscans, Benedictines and marks of honor and esteem they have shown Superiors of other religious communities, distin­ towards our venerable Father Founder. guished clergymen and laymen in all parts of the The extended reports elsewhei-e given preclude world were received during the Jubilee celebration. all reference here to the great event. The SCHO­ They are so numerous that it is impossible for us to LASTIC, on the commemoration of the anniversary publish even the names of the senders, but their last May, had occasion .to record its wishes and expressions of cordial greeting will be preserved those of the students. It is with pleasure that we in the archives of the Historical Department of the now repeat those expressions, and .from pur hearts Universitv to illustrate the love and esteem in we congratulate Very Rev. Father General, not which our venerable Founder is held. We select only upon the attainment of this memorable and for publication a few which have come from the THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. 17 prelates of our countrj-, beginning with the tele­ " OTTAAVA, August 7, 1888. gram from the Holy Father: DEAR REV. SIR: " I regret more than I can say my inabilit}"- to be "RoJrE, ITALY, Aug-. 15, 1S88. present at the celebration of the' Golden Jubilee' of the "EMO. C.\KD. GIBUONS, NOTRE D.A.AIE, IND.: Ver}' Rev. E. Sorin, the venerable Superior-General of " Summus Pontife.x eminentiie tuie ceterisque istuc con- the illustrious Congregation of the Holy Cross. Until gregatis ad honorem P. Sorin reddendum Apostolicam to-day I had some hopes of being able to attend; but I Benedictionem peramanter impertit. have now to make this, to me, real sacrifice of being absent. On the day of the celebration I will pray that "lj( CAKU. RAMPULLA." Almighty God may give yet many years of useful life to the venerated and talented veteran priest, whose talents " NEW YORK, August 10, 1888. and energies have made him achieve so much good and "VERY REV. W. CORBY, C. S. C: such great Avorks. May he long again keep in good " In reply to your kind note, recently received, 1 beg health and see the realization of all his desires for Ms you to tender to the \'ery Rev. Father General my most admirable Congregation. sincere felicitations on his attaining his Golden jubilee " I haA-e the honor to be yours sincerely, in the pi-iesthood. These congratulations are all the more heartfelt, because his years of duty have been "^ J. THO-AIAS, emphatically ' aniii pieiii,' as the noble Church of Our ''Aixhbishop of Ottaivay Blessed Lady, the groups of educational buildings at the University, and many other monuments of his zeal " SANTA FE, N. M., August 10, 1888. abundantly testify. "VERY REA^ DEAR SIR: " I regret that my occupations do not permit me to " I beg leave to acknowledge* receipt of your kind in- abandon my post at present, as both of my Vicars Gen­ A-itation for the celebration of the Golden Jubilee of the eral are now absent, and will not return until August 20, A'ery Rev. E. Sorin, Superior-General, C. S.C. For this when I myself, with a large number of the clergy go into attention, I am sincerely obliged to you though, OAving retreat. to engagements already taken, I Avill not be able to aA'ail "With thanks, then, and regrets combined, and many myself of it. Still you may rest assured that on the day good wishes, above all, I am. Very Rev. dear Father, selected for the ceremony I will be in mind with the " Faithfully yours in Xfo., many friends -of the A'enerable founder of the UniA'-ersity " ^ i\I. A. CORRIGAK, of Notre Dame to pray for the prolongation of his useful ''Af-chbishop of New Yorky days. Yours sincerely in J. C., "$1 F. B. SALPOINTE, " MILAVAUKEE, August 4,1888. - "Archbishop of Santa Fey " VERY REV. PROVl^-CIAL : " I delayed my answer to your kind invitation for the " ROCHESTER, N. Y., August 9, 1888. great celebration at Notre Dame on the 15th of August ne.xt, in order to be certain whether 1 could participate "VERY REA^ DEAR FATHER: in this great Catholic event or not. But 1 am sorry to say " I am in receipt of your iuAqtation to the celebration in that I sec now that it is impossible, at least morally im­ honor of the Golden Jubilee of Very ReA-. Father Sorin. possible for mc to go. My physical strength is failing It Avill not be in rny power to be present; but, all the very fast. Travelling tires me very much. I was lately same, 1 join in spirit in rendering homage to the merits obliged to visit La Crosse. 1 got quite exhausted and and virtues of the great priest thus honored, and to the could for two days do nothing. This might happen to magnitude and excellence of his great Avork at Notre me by going to Notre Dame. Therefore you will excuse Dame. me. Thanking- you for your kind attention; I request "Pie has done his full share in the sacred cause of you to express my sincere felicitations to the Very Rev. Christian education, and God will have it in store for Father Genera! for his Golden Jubilee,, and the grand him when the reckoning day comes around. Wishin"- success of his great work. you and your Community abundant success in honorin"- " With high regard. Very Rev. Sir, the illustrious Patriarch of your House, ^ " Yours truly, " I am, A-ery sincerely, yours in Xio., "^ MICHAEL HEISS, ^ "ijl B. MCOUAID, "A rchbishop ofMikuaukfc." "Bishop of~Rochestery

"BOSTON, August 9, 188S. "NATCHEZ, MISS., August 11,1888. "VERY REV. ANU DEAR SIR: " A'^ERY REA'.^-AND DEAR FATHER: " His Grace, the Most Rev. Ai-chbishop,bids me return "I send you my sincere and heartfelt congratulations on his thanks for your kind invitation to join in the celebra­ the occasion of your Golden" Jubilee. A life as yours, so tion of Father Sorin's Golden Jubilee. full of good and great deeds, deserves to be commem­ " He regrets very much that it will be impossible for orated on this occasion, and the consecration of the him to be present, and desires me to convey through church Avith the dedication of the new University is a ' you his congratulations and good wishes to the venerable fitting crown of honor here below and of eternal glory Superior-General. hereafter. May the Lord spare you yet many years! " Yours in Domino, " Yours devotedly in Xto., "R. NEAGLE, Chancellory "^ F. JANSSENS, "Bishop ofNatchezy " NEW YORK, August 10, x888. " VERY REV. AND DEAR FATHER : " COVINGTON, KY., July 3,188S.. " Having come East, partly on business and for a short •'REA\ DEAR SIR: rest, it will not be, I regret very much, possible for me " Your kind inA'itation to the Bishop of Covington to at­ to be present at the Jubilee of the Very Rev. Father tend the ' Golden Jubilee' of the venerable Father Sorin Sorin on the 15th. Avas duly received. The Rt. ReA\ Bishop sends his best " May I request you to present my respects and con­ congratulations to Father Sorin, and is sorry to state that gratulations to your venerable Father. I wish him many it Avill be impossible for him to be present at the great years of life and usefulness. event, as he Avill most probably be at the time on his Avay " 1 remain. Very Rev. and dear Father, to Europe. But if I can possibly, I AA-III make it a duty " Yours faithfully, myself to represent my Bishop at Notre Dame. " 1^ P. A. FEEHAX, " Yours very respectfully, "Arc/ibts/iop of Chicagoy " L. M. LAMBERT," i8 THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

•'EKJH. Atiiiust JO. 1888. " EA CROSSE, WIS., August 12, 1888. "DEAR FATHKR COKHV: '•\'ERY REV. DEAR SIR: '• It would give me great pleasure to be at Notre Dame " I can hardly make it possible now to be present, and on the 15th; but I have buried this week two of our 1 am .really sorry to have to miss this chance. But 1 priests, and must remain here for some weeks to UT^I::; ar­ beg leave to tender my most hearty felicitations to the rangements for filling the vacancies thus created, 'lo the most highly esteemed and revered \"ery Rev. E. Sorin, venerable Very Rev. E. Sorin Superior-General, C. S. C. Superior-General, C. S. C, on his Golden jubilee, praying I tender my cordial felicitations, and hope God will spare that God and His Holy Mother may, as in the past so in him many more years. the future, bless him and his work with heavenly bless­ '• ^'ours sincerely, ings, and grant him the fulness of his days on earth and "^ T. MULLEN, the never-fading crown of glory hereafter. I shall make "BisJiop of Jiric^' a special memento at Mass for the good and venerable ' Patriarch'• on the 15th and during the whole octave, according to his own intention. "LOUISVILLE, KY., June 27, 1888. "With highest regards, yours truly, " REV. .\XD DEAR SIR: " Your kind letter of invitation to the celebration of the "^ KILIAN C. FLASCH, Golden Jubilee of the V^ery Rev. Father Sorin is received. "Bishop of La Crossed As I am not very well at present, 1 cannot give you a definite answer; but should mv health permit me, I will " W1L.MINGTON, August 16, 1888. be present with the greatest of pleasure. "Yours faithfully, "VERY REV. AND DEAR F.^THER: "^ W. G. MCCLOSKEY, " Many thanks for your invitation to the Jubilee of the "Bishop of Loinsvi/k" Very Rev. Father Sorin. The invitation, on account of my being on duty in a remote quarter of the diocese, and so much /;/ transitu all the time that letters could not be "BURLINGTON, VT., August 11,188S. forwarded to me, did not come into my hands till an "VERY REV. E. SORIN, NOTRE DAME, IND. hour or two ago. It is needless to say, therefore, that I "VERY REV. F.ATHER:—Rest assured that I should cannot have the pleasure of assisting at the solemnities. most gladly hasten to take part in the celebration of But all the same I hope that it will be all you wish. your Golden Jubilee were it in my power to do so. With " Very faithfully yours in Christ, all my heart I unite with j'our numerous friends and "^ A. CURTIS, spiritual children in thanking God for all that He has "Bishop of Wilmington" done for you, and in praying to Him that He may long preserve you for the good of His Church, and especially for the good of our dear America. " CONCORDIA, KANS., August 11, 1888. "1 have the honor to be j'^our devoted "VERY REV. DEAR SIR: "ijl L. DE G0ESBRLA.ND, " It will not be possible for me to be present, but I hope "Bishop of Burlington'.'' the occasion may be one of many blessings for Father Sorin and the Order which he has so long and so suc­ " OGDENSBURG, August g, 1888. cessfully governed. "VERY REV. DEAR FATHER: " Your faithful servant in Xt,, " I thank you for your kind invitation to assist at the " ^ RICHARD SCANNELL, festivities attending the Golden Jubilee, of your most "Bishop of Concordia^ venerable and esteemed Superior-General, Father Sorin, to whom I wish long life and all best gifts in Christ. " I regret it will not be possible to be present with you, " iVfoBiLE, ALA., August 13, 1888.' your Communit}', and his m^Tiads of friends on the oc­ "VERY REV. DE.A.R FATHER: casion. The journey is too long, as I am situated. " I regret that my duties will not permit me to be at " Yours sincerely in Christ, . Notre Dame on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of " ^ E. P. WADHAMS, your Verj' Rev. Father General. 1 beg you to offer him " Bishop of Ogdeiisburgy my sincere congratulations, and to express to him my earnest wish that God may give him many years of life "OMAHA, NEH., August 11, 1888. and health to continue the good works to which he has devoted his life. "VERY REV. DEAR SIR: % With sincere regard I remain, dear Father Provincial, " I re<^ret very much that important previous engage­ " Yours in Christ, ments will make it impossible for me to be with you on the i5tli inst. With sincerest congratulations to the ven­ "^ JEREMIAH O'SULLIVAN, erable ecclesiastic Avho has done so much for religion "Bishop of Mobile." in the United States, and whom all Catholics would be deli<^lited to honor on the occasion of his Golden Jubilee, "DETROIT, MICH., August 13, 188S. '' " I am, ver\'truly yours, "VERY REV. AND DEAR FATHER CORBY: "^ JAMES O'CONNOR, " It would certainly afford me the greatest pleasure to "Bishop of Omahar offer in person my congratulations to the venerable Founder of Notre Dame; but airangements which I had " PORTLAND, ME., August 8, 1888. •previously made to celebrate the 25th anniversary of niy " RE:V. DEAR FATHER PROVINCIAL: first Mass (on the 15th) in my old home in Michigan, will " I thank you cordially for the in\ntation to Notre Dame necessarily deprive me of that pleasure. Please, there­ on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of your venerable fore, to extend for me to the Very Rev. Superior-General Superior-General. I should be much pleased to share my sincere felicitations upon this joyous occasion, and in such a festival, as well as to visit your great Institu­ my earnest wish that God niay spare him yet for many tion, but I am kept perforce at home. years to reap,even in this.life, some of the fruits of his " I beo" you to present my best wishes and hearty con- long and indefatigable labors, and o^rant him finally the

" INDI.A.XAPOLIS, IND., August 5, T88S. Godfroi, and M. I'Abbe Le Blanc were the wel­ "DEAR VERY REV. F.A.THER PROVINCIAL: come representatives of the Province of Canadjt " On my arrival yesterday I found your much appreci­ in attendance upon the solenm celebration of the ated invitation to the jubilee festivities of Very Rev. Golden Jubilee of Very Rev. Father General. Father General. I thank you very much for the honor, but the 15th is a day for which arrangements are made; —Mr. Patrick Curran, for a number of years a while my Vicar-General, Mgr. Bessonies, is absent in resident at Notre Dame, departed this life on" the 3d France. This makes it impossible for me to be present. inst. He had been engaged as agent in the inter­ "Begging you to kindly present my best congratula­ tions to Very Rev. Father Sorin, I am very re'spectfully, ests of the University, in which capacity he serv ed " Your faithful servant in Christ, most efficiendy, and made numerous friends both • "^ FRANCIS SILA.S CHATARD, at home and abroad. His death, after a lingering "Bishop of Vince?ines." illness, was that of the good Christian. May he rest in peace! " LONDON, CANADA, August 10,18S8. —Rt. Rev. Joseph Rademacher, D. D., Bishop "VERY REV. DUXK SIR: " I regret exceedingly that diity which cannot be de­ of Nashville, paid a pleasant visit to Notre Dame ferred will deprive me of the great pleasure of assisting on Tuesday last. The distinguished prelate, re­ at the celebration of the Golden Jubdee of the venerable gretting his enforced absence from the jubilee so­ Very Rev. E. Sorin, your Superior-General. Thanking lemnities, had come to present in person his con­ you for your very kind invitation, and wishing your cele­ bration every success, I am, Verj- Rev. Dear Sir, gratulations to Very Rev. Father General Sorin. " Yours very gratefully, The visit of the good Bishop was greatly enjoyed, "^ JOHN WALSH, and we hope it will be soon repeated. "Bishop of London." —^It is with the deepest sorrow that we announce the death of our beloved Professor J. A. LYONS, " BOISE CITY, August 15, 1888. who passed away from our midst on the night of " Viiiu' REV. ANIJ DKAR FATHER: the .23d inst. Sad and heavy are the hearts of all "Your cordial invitation to the celebration of the Golden Jubilee of Very Rev. E. Sorin was duly received. On at Notre Dame; but his death was peaceful and my return from Victoria yesterday I found it on my desk. happy, as his life had been kind and beneficent. Although unable to attend in body, you may rest assured, We cannot now attempt to pay that tribute which I was present in spirit. I have the pleasure of being his memoiy desen'es; but we shall, in a fe\v days, personally acquainted with the A^ery Rev. Father Gen­ eral, and it would certainly have been a great pleasure issue a special number of the SCHOLASTIC in mem­ for me to see him on that great day. Ad ?)iiflfos annos! ory of him to whom Notre Dame in general, and " Believe me. Rev. Father, our College paper in particular, owe much more " Yours verj' sincerely in Xto. than can be expressed in words. yia.j he rest in " ^ A- J- GLORIEUX, peace! "Bishop of Idaho." —Rev. T. Maher,'C. S. C, for many years the "ASHLANA, WIS., August 14, 1888. genial and accomplished secretary of the Univer­ "VERY REV. FATHER CORBY:^ sity, left Notre Dame on Monday last to enter upon " Please offer my hearty congratulations to the venera­ ofHcial duties in connection with St. Edwai-d's Col­ ble Father Sorin on the occasion of his Golden Jubilee. lege, Austin, Texas. Father Maher's long and [ regret I cannot offer them in person. efficient career at Notre Dame has made him hosts "^ J. HENNESSV, "Bishop of Diibitqiic" of friends and well-wishers among the thousands of students who, during a period ranging over "OGDEN, UTAH, August 15, 1888. more than twenty-five years have lived and worked VERY REV. E. SORIN:.. , beneath the. roof of Alma Mater. Whilst we re­ " rVcccpt my warmest congratulations. gret his departure from our midst, we must con­ "^ L. SC.-VNLAN, gratulate the Facult}'- of St. Edward's upon his "Bishop of Utah." accession to their ranks. "DENVER, COI.., August 14, rSSS. " REV. F.'VTHER CORBY: Local Items. " Sincere regret at impossibility to attend Golden Ju­ bilee of Very Rev. Father Superior. Unite my congratu­ lations to those of his thousands of finends. —^Jubilee. "^ JOS. P. JMACHEBCEUF, —^The SCHOLASTIC is proud to' begin its new "Bishop of Dcnvei-y volume with a Jubilee number. * •*• —We are pleased to state that new applica­ Personal. tions are received daily by the Rev. President. The prospects are that the attendance will far —Rt. Rev. Bishop Keane, Rector of the new surpass thatof former years. American Catholic University, is Notre Dame's —^We regret that, owing to our limited space most welcome guest during these days. The and type, we are obliged to defer the publica­ eminent prelate, whose genial, kindly heart and tion of a beautiful poem received in honor of gifted mind have wrought so much for good, the Golden Jubilee: is, we are pleased to say, enjoying his visit. —^A complete set of the first Catholic papeF —Rev. Father Dion, Superior of the Colleg-e published in the United States—77/^ Catholic of St. Laurent, and Fathers Beaudet,Renaud, Frere Miscellany—vs, among the gifts -presented on. 20 THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

the occasion of the Jubilee. No more accept­ American historians. The address is engrossed able gift could have been presented by the good on parchment, delicately painted after the style Ursulines of South Carolina. of ancient missals, and bound in old gold plush —Father iSoriii des^-rvctl ever\- wwr.l of eulogium with burnished gold comer pieces, and shield in uttered on the occasion of hi.s Jubilee, and every centre of cover bearing the following, engraved prayer uttered by his ountk-.'^s frieniis through­ in chaste design: "To Very Rev. E.Sorin, C.S.C., out the world. And yet, saiiuiy priest that he with the respects of John Gilmary Shea." is, he would prefer one cheer from lii- '-priiicis" The. illuminations and engrossing were done by • to all the splendor and nil the prai-e that so de­ Dr. Shea's accomplished daughters, and the servedly came to him on last ^^''cdu^.sday. —^irV^;- binding by Tiffany & Co., of New York. rado Catholic. —A splendid offering, among countless beauti­ It is o'reatlv to be rcsrretted that so manv of ful and costly gifts, was that of the eminent Ital­ the old students who visit the L'uiver.-it}^ to attend ian artist, L. Gregori, in the grand allegorical any great celebration fail to register their names painting but just completed by him and repre­ with their class year. We cannot, of course, be ex­ senting the "Exaltation of the Cross." It is one of pected to publish the names of all the visitors on the ver}'- largest paintings in America, and is in an occasion such as the celebration of Father Gen­ the great chapel of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. eral's Golden Jubilee, butweshall always be pleased The picture represents the seeming opening of to make room for a record of the " old boys." the ceiling of the church into the heavenly court, —It was our intention to i.ssue two numbers and there are represented several angels bear­ of the SCHOLASTIC in connection with the Jubilee ing heavenward the cross. Cardinal Gibbons celebration of the 15th in-st., as befitting the was particularly pleased with this splendid work commemoration of a solemnity, the grandeur of art, and all who have seen it are profuse in and magnificence of which have never before their praises of the grand painting to which been witnessed at Notre Dame, and in all prob­ feeble words of description simply do an in­ ability will never be seen here again. The first justice. The painting is valued at $15,000.— of these numbers was to appear on Saturday South Bend Times. last, but, too late to be of any utility, the dis­ —Rt. Rev. Monsignor Seton has presented the co veiy was made \\\3Xpaper ivas zvanting for even prayer-book used by his grandmother, the illus­ one number. It must be confessed that the fact trious Mother Seton, foundress of the Sisters of is not very complimentary to our foresight. Charity in the United States. The prayer-book Still, " the best laid plans of man," etc. Avas presented to Mother Seton by Right Rev. —A great deal of attention was attracted by Bishop Cheverus, afterwards Cardinal Arch­ the display of work done by the Boys of the bishop of Bordeaux. On the fly-leaf the Bishop Catholic Protectory of New York. All our vis­ wrote: "Dear Sister, remember in your prayers itors were surprised at the excellence of the your affectionate friend, ^ John, Bishop of workmanship, whether exhibited in the shoes, Boston." The book is enriched with many suits of clothes, hosier}^ specimens of printing, prayers in the handwriting of Mother Seton. It electrotyping or furniture made by the boys. was printed in 1812. Monsignor Seton also sent All wonder that lads from ten to sixteen could the Missalc Ronianiivi used by his Eminence, the accomplish such work. If our visitors could see late Cardinal Barnabo, when he blessed the the good and energetic director of the Catholic American College at Rome; and a prayer-book Protectory, Brother Leontine, with his corps of printed in Boston, 1803, owned by Cecilia Seton, able Christian Brothers, all surprise would van­ Mother Seton's sister-in-law and first convert. ish. Energy and perseverance can accomplish —^Among the Jubilee gifts are gold embroid­ wonders. ered chasubles, dalmatics, tunics, stoles, bene­ One of the features of the jubilee exercises diction veils and burses; albs and surplices of wnis the presentation to Very Rev. Father General Irish, Belgian and Spanish point lace; diamond of the beautiful stained-glass windows in vSt. Ed- studded chalices; richly enamelled gold cibo- wai-d's Hall. These are five in number, and are riums and ostensoriums; magnificent stained- the o-ift of the Minims of 'SS. Four are p)laced glass windows; caskets containing sums of in the chapel and represent, respectively, St. John money, ranging from fifty to three thousand the Evangelist, St. Andrew the Apostle, St. Louis dollars; elegantly bound books embellished with King of France and St. Edward, King of Eng­ costly steel engravings; reliquaries; exquisitely land. The fifth window, wdiich is placed at the illuminated addresses, engrossed on vellum oV head of the main stairwa}-^ of the building, is a painted on silk or satin; oil paintings and rare life-size, full-length portrait of the venerable Foun­ engravings handsomely framed in gold and der himself, \vith three miniature representations bronze; richly upholstered chairs ^v^dipne-dieux; of his arrival at Notre Dame, the first college beautiful needlework of all kinds; spiritual bou­ building, and the Notre Dame of '88. quets representing prayers offered by friends —^Among the most beautiful of all the jubilee throughout the world; articles of wearing ap­ addresses to Father Sorin, none pleased him parel; floral tributes without number, and other more than the exquisitely illuminated one sent articles which would require columns to mention him by Dr. John Gilmary Shea, the greatest of in detail. THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. 21

But let us enter the great drawing-room to the {From the ''Ave Mariay'\ left, where from the walls the grand, intellectual An Aug^ust Afternoon at Notre Dame. faces of the venerable Founder and the patrons of Notre Dame smile down upon us. Here, in r.Y ocTAviA UEXSI-:L splendid papal vestment of white and scarlet, the Holy Father Pio Nono, of saintly face, An avenue of maple-trees beside us, a heaven .stands in the garden of the Vatican; beside him as bhie as ItaUa's skies above; before us, gleam­ a vine of purple passion-flower falls over the ing aloft in the sunlit air, the golden statue of marble wall, and the fairy-like tracery of an Our Blessed Lady; smooth, velvet green grass; olive-tree rises into the blue of an Italian sky. parterre of scarlet geraniums blazing amid their Opposite is the grand figure of the Superior- broad disks of scented leaves; urns of gray and General of the Congregation of the Holy Cross, white, in which pendant vines wave in the breeze the Very Rev. E.Sorin. standing in stately pose, from prairie and woodland glade,—vines which the University he founded shadowy on the hor­ twine themselves into tangles beneath rose-hued izon in the background. Gems of art surround aigrette of double-leaved geraniums, pink as us on eveiy side. Near the portrait of the Holy the glow on Bernese-Alpine snows—and we stand Father is an old picture', a Crucifixion by Van before the broad portals of the University of Dyke—the Magdalen clasping the foot of the Notre Dame. cross; near by, a rare engraving of Raphael's The doors open. To our right Isabella of Traiisfigitratiou ; in a distant corner one of Hamil­ Spain—Isabella the Catholic—^in regal robes be­ ton's loveliest etchings:* a field of daisies fitting a queen, starts to life on the frescoed wherein the Past, the Present, and the Future wall; and to the left Columbus, in the splendid are foreshadowed by three figures—womanhood, court dress 6i the r4th century, stands facing girlhood, and childhood: while from a distant his royal patron and friend. All along the vast church tower we seem to hear the tones of the corridor,upon which we enter, mural entablatures Vesper bell floating over the flowers at sunset. proclaim the glorious story of America's dis­ Ascending to the second stoiy. the corridor.s coverer, from that August dav when he knelt at are filled with portraits of American prelates— the feet of the convent prior to receive the part­ men of saintly lives, who have told to our West­ ing benediction, to the last sad moment at Val- ern World the glad tidings of the birth of a ladolid, when priest and friar kneel beside the Redeemer—one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism. death-bed of Christopher Columbus. Herefrom every State, every Territory, they are Much has been written, of these admirable gathered, to remind the faithful Catholic how mural paintings,* but they possess a charm and goodly is the heritage his life work will leave. pathos which words can but faintly describe. Again we ascend. On the landing before the They are the story of a life—the gradual change third floor a saintly face after Fra Angelico from manhood to old age; the hopeful gleam greets us, also the familiar faces of Dr. Brown- of faith in the face of the great navigator as he son. Cardinal Newman, and Pope Leo XIII. We .stands on the deck of t\\& Pinta—the "faith of pass along the third-story corridor: faces of an idea" with which he sailed to discover a well-known priests and Catholic writers look world; the patient, firm resolve in the mutiny; down from the walls, but we hurry onward to the holy gleam of triumph when fringe of green the library and Memorial Hall of America's foliage along the horizon proclaims the exist­ prelates. ence of the land tliey sought; the adoring, up­ Worcls are all too poor to portray the treas­ ward glance, as the rude wooden cross is raised ures gathered here. From the earlier Spanish upon the shore; the manly pride when leading Missions to the present time, gold and silver his Indian chieftains to the steps of the Spanish crosier and jewelled mitre, embroidered alb and throne, with fruit and flower trophies of the new chasuble, pectoral cross and ring, tell the story Western World; the proud patience in the prison of the Faith once delivered to the saints. Dim of Bobadilla's treachery; and the last sublime visions of half-forgotten missions are miraged scene—the simple palet, the font of holy water, above the mementos lying here: hands folded the spray of myrtle-palm above,—simplest em­ in death have clasped these crosiers and osten- blem of the Southern Western World, from soriums; these mitres have rested on saintly whence he had brought the wealth of a con­ heads now lying in peaceful graves: feet which tinent to the monarchs of Spain. * An exquisite remark proof recalling the Angelus of H= By Signer Gregori. Millet. 22 THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC

have walked the thorny pathway of self-denial, bits of glass beads, but, seen in the [light of and renunciation of worldly fame, have worn faith, no gem of Ophir could be more "offering these cross-embroidered sandals in the splendor divine." In the distance is their humble mission of the Pontifical Mass; e3'-es now filled with chapel, its cross clearl}'^ defined against the gray heavenly light have rested upon the pages of sky. A group of religious, enveloped in their missal and breviar};- now spread open to our long black cloaks, stand gazing upon the pa­ view; on ever}'- side we gaze upon treasures re­ thetic scene. As we looked from this picture to calling to us of the Church Militant, the Church the lovel}'- woodlands and orchards stretching Triumphant. The great room is a shrine to away to the sparkling lake,—from the pictured which ever}?- faithful Catholic should strive to face of the young missionary in the prime of make a pilgrimage,—a shrine of religion, Cath­ early manhood to the tall form of the noble olic art, and the Catholic histoiy of America, founder, the Superior-General, slowly walking from the da}* the simple cross was raised b}'^ among the flower-beds of the lovely lawn, St. Columbus on the Atlantic coast, to the hour the Edward's Park, we could but rejoice that he at golden statue of our Blessed Lady "crowned least has lived to see the blessing of God upon with stars" was raised above the glittering dome his life work here. of the Universit}'- of Notre Dame. "Ave Maria" the words of angel greeting, But what shall we say of St. Edward's Hall,— traced in moss, lichen, and fern upon the velvet a separate preparatory department of the Uni­ sward—ah! there" is the ke3'^-note of heavenl}' versity,—the humbler home of the Church's little blessing. The intercession of Our Lad}', " full ones; the. tender, happ}?^ childhood home of the of grace,'.' has blessed his life work, and She, "Minims •'—^those brave little lads, whose parents crowned with stars, the moon beneath Her feet, have sent them here to learn the lessons of hoi}'- forever watches over Her children gathered in faith and religion, which shall make them.noble. this peaceful home. God-fearing men and Christian gentlemen; the We enter the church. Evening shadows of bright, cheerful stud3'--hall, with its birds and an August day fall on the sacred paintings of flowers, its lovel}'- pictures of saintly 3'-outh, its Apostle, saint, and holy confessor. The pict- statues of the Christ Child, His Blessed Mother ured life of the Blessed Virgin" covers the walls and theirs, His Sacred Heart full of love, and of the transepts, but the golden chapel behind His strong protecting arms held out to them, the high altar gleams with the glory of the Ex­ seeming to call them to His care forever? altation of the Iiol3- Cross on the high arch of Once in imperial Vienna, in a convent church the superbly frescoed ceiling. One picture of the Ursulines, we saw a lovel}'^ picture of alone, to the right of the altar, holds us spell­ j'^oung gii'lhood clinging to the robe of a gentle bound—the Death of St. jfosepli. Sister, who, kneeling before the throne of our Pillowed on the breast of the Divine Son lies Blessed Lord, presented to the Virgin Mother the aged head with its coronal of silver hair. the wor^k of her life—the 3'-oung girls she had The hands worn with earthl3'- toil—hands which educated. God grant that our. eyes may one " have toiled for Him day see in the heaventy kingdom the kindly I Upon whosebidding waited legions^of Serapliini," *— Sister whose life work in this home of Notre Dame's little ones shall be fulfilled in present­ . are clasped by the Virgin Immaculate; thelil}'-- ing them before the mercy-seat of Christ once rod has fallen from their grasp at the feet of crucified! Jesus. No longer need the dying these emblems We cannot leave this abode of purity and of earthly- purity and peace;, the blessed Saint peace without a glance at the .exquisite picture leaves them for us to find at the feet of the which graces their society room. This work world's Redeemer. It is his.only heritage, his shows us the foundation of Notre Dame. It is only worldly wealth, laid down at the feet of the dawn of a; bitter cold November day; snow the Saviour,—laid there'for us to raise and bear covers the ground, and the gray light of early in humility and patience, until, like him, we fall morning fills the woodlands, and tinges with asleep on the bosom'of our Blessed Lord. Pure pale yellow the frozen lake and the branches of lilies of eternal peace, may •-._ dried scarlet oak-trees. In the foreground,Father "their odor haunt bur dreariis," Sorin stands surrounded by the Indians Avliom j until, with blessed St. Joseph, we are worthy to he has just baptized.. Covered with their blankets I gather, the asphodels of the heavenly land ! and broidered deer-skins, they are giving him- their best-loved treasures—only copper rings or. j * " Lotus and Lily," By Katharine'E. Conway. THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

hall, and are many and various. Prized most highly by Very Rev. Father General are the. spiritual bouquets, or lists of prayers, offered by- all for his special interests. Every house of the One Mile West of Notre Dame University. Congregation presented one, and all are models of artistic skill. That presenting the spiritual As in the life of individuals there are special offerings of St. Mary's is of delicate design on periods of trial and of success, so in the life of porcelain, and is greatly admired. Those from the Congregation of the Holy Cross have there the Novitiate, Mt. Carmel, Columbus, St. Ceci­ been times of adversity as well as of prosperity; lia's Academy, Washington, D. C, Alexandria, but the year 1888 stands out as a marked year, and Assumption School, Lowell, are neatly for it signalizes an event indeed worthy of com- framed, while those representing Anderson, . memoration, viz., the fiftieth anniversary of the Union City, Austin, Texas, and Lancaster, Pa., ordination to the holy priesthood of Very Rev. painted on celluloid, ivory, satin, etc., rest on E. Sorin, Superior-General of the Congregation ornamental easels. The others are of various and Founder of the Priests^and Sisters of the designs and style, and make an array much ap­ Holy Cross, in the New World. How to honor preciated by all lovers of the beautiful. With him whom the King had so" honored was the these may be classed the addresses and con­ momentous question as May, the month in gratulatory greetings, elegantly gotten up and which the memorable day occurred, dre\v near. indicative of the respect and veneration enter­ As the members of the Community were scat­ tained for Very Rev. Father General. tered far and wide on the various missions, it An illuminated volume on parchment is truly was decided to hold the celebration for the a work of art and contains paintings represent­ Congregation in August, when all could parti­ ing eras in the life of St. Mary's Founder, a list cipate. of the gifts, addresses, and, a poem writ'ten for The opportunity that such- an occasion pre­ the occasion. The book is bound in white silk sented of manifesting the grateful sentiments and is held together by a gold chain to which of his spiritual children was seized with joy and is attached a chime of golden bells. an ardent emulation actuated the Sisters and The offering from the whole Comniunity is a their pupils to special efforts in the preparation handsome set of gold embroidered vestments, of gifts, and in offering prayers for the welfare beautiful in design and finish. of their dear P'ather General. St. Mary's special gifts are: a point applique On August 4, the presentation of congratula­ lace alb representing many months of labor; tions and gifts took place at St. Mary's when prie-dieu of embroidered plush, gilt-brass cen­ appropriate addresses, etc.,were delivered, which ser, asperges font, brass table and smoking set, in a measure expressed the gratitude and affec­ red plush arm-chair. From the Novitiate a tionate esteem which the Sisters of the Holy Cross handsome set of white vestments and spiritual cherish for their venerated Founder. Several" bouquet. The pupils of St. Mary's gave em­ of the Rev. clergy from Notre Dame were pres­ broidered frame and easel containing twenty- ent. Among them Very Rev. Provincial Corby, five oil paintings, volumes of water-colors and Rev. Fathers Granger, L'Etourneau, O'Connell, drawings, jubilee numbers of Rosa Mystica and Stoffel, Saulnier, Scherrer, Maher, J. Lauth and Chbiies; volumes representing phonography, Reffan. After the addresses and presentation. type, and Junior classes, a prie-dieu, a slumber Very Rev. Father General expressed his surprise robe, set of breviaries, missal and stand, and and pleasure, and ascribed to the Blessed Virgin several beautiful floral pieces. - all the good that has been accomplished during The following is a list of offerings from the the fifty years of his priesthood, refusing to ac­ missions, most of which were the handiwork-of cept the honors accorded as due to any merits the pupils: of his. Assuring his spiritual children of a con­ St. Angela's Academy, Morris, 111.: Gold chalice and tinued remembrance in prayer,Very Rev. Father paten, altar cover, table cover, box of altar linen, volume called on several of the clergy present to aid of drawings. Jubilee number of Rose Mary, (a class paper) ' him in expressing his thanks, after which they and a spiritual bouquet. repaired to the Novitiate where suitable ex­ Academy of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Ft.AVayne, ercises consisting of addresses,- music, etc., were Ind.: Gold ciborium from Sister M. Arsene; album of paintings, poetry and essays, every page of which is an held. artistic gem; Jubilee number, i%«riliflrzV, and spirituaL The gifts presented are arranged in the vocal bouquet made of white satin, beautifully painted. 24 THE NOTkE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

St. Cecilia's Academy. Washington. J). C: Gold em­ .St. Joseph's Hospital, South Bend: Spiritual bouquet. broidered stole, oil painting-, .St. Peter: Iniggy robe, plush .St. Anne's School, Lake Linden, Mich.: Embroidered wall pocket, painted scrap basket, class ])ai)er, 77ir Cf- ])icture. two embroidered panels, and spiritual bouquet, ciliau Harp, and spiritual bouciuet. composed of St. Joseph lilies, made of satin and bearing St. Peter's School: One dozen embroidered handker­ the number of prayers. chiefs and specimens of penmansliip. • St. Mary's of the Holy Rosary, Woodland, Cal.: Beau­ St. Mary's Academy. Alexandria. \'a.: Ottoman, table tiful volume of paintings, spiritual bouquet. scarf, cushion, key holder, spiritual bouciuet, and Jubilee St. Mary's School, Michigan City: Spiritual bouquet. number of class paper: set of pillow cases from the chil­ St. Patrick's School, Baltimore, Md.: Spiritual bouquet. dren of the parish school. St. Laurence's Hospital, Ogden, Utah: Spiritual bou­ St. Catherine's Normal Institute, Baltimore, J\ld.: Bene­ quet. diction burse, two paintings, class paper, St. Catherine's Wliile the gifts in themselves are beautiful, wheel, and spiritual bouquet. St. Mary's Academy, Salt Lake City, Utah: Oil paint­ they are chiefly valued as a mark of the progress ing, sofa cushion, and spiritual bouquet; mineral ink­ of the different schools in charge of the Sisters, stand—little Lulu Meister. and of the esteem and veneration in which the St. jVIary's Academy, Austin, Te.xas: Oil painting, pupils hold Very Rev. Father General. "jMurillo's [Madonna," spiritual bouquet, and gold ink­ stand. •• • *• Sacred Heart Academy, Ogden, Utah: Embroidered plush easy chair, autumn scene, spread and pillow shams. The Cardinal's Visit. The spiritual bouquet is a large painting-, on velvet, of the Sacred Heart which opens, disclosing the list of prayers. Holy Angels' Academy, L'^r^-nsport, Ind.: Spiritual On the morning of August i6, the honor of bouquet. a visit from his Eminence, Cardinal Gibbons, Holy Cross Academy,Washington. D. C: Two oil paint- was accorded St. Mary's. At 7 a. m., the Sisters, ino-s, one crayon piece, album of watei-color paintings, • altar cover, silver inkstand, spiritual bouquet and Siclla novices and pupils formed double lines leading Maris, class paper. from the Chapel of Our Lady of Loreto to the Assmnption School, South Bend: Spiritual bouquet. carriage drive and awaited his coming. In a SL Rose's Academy, Laporte, Ind.: Benediction veil, few moments, Very Rev. Father General's car­ carriage robe, spiritual bouquet and volume of essays. riage arrived, and the Cardinal, accompanied St. Patrick's School, Baltimore, j\ld.: Pair of altar candlesticks, censer and .spiritual bouquet. by Very Rev. Father Corby, C. S. C, and Rev. St. Joseph's Academy, South Bend, Ind.: Ostensorium, Fathers Broderick and Foley, of Baltimore, albums of penmanship and paintings, and spiritual bou­ passed through the ranks to the church, where quet, composed of delicate wax flowers arranged as a he prepared to offer up the Holy Sacrifice. He banner, at the base of which are St. Joseph's lilies on was assisted by Rev. Fathers L'Etourneau and whose petals are written the list of prayers. St. Mary's School, South Bend, Ind.: Map drawings Saulnier. After Mass, his Eminence and the and penmanship. Rt. Rev. Bishops who took part in the jubilee St. Patrick's School, South Bend, Ind.: Specimens of celebration at Notre Dame, and many of the penmanship. attending clergy, visited the convent and novi­ St. Charles' School, Crawfordsville, Ind.: Spiritual tiate, in each place expressing pleasure at the bouquet. St. Mary's Infirmary, Cairo, 111.: Spiritual bouquet. welcome extended, and the beauty and propor­ St. jNIichael's .School, Plymouth, Ind.: Spiritual bouquet tions of St. Mary'^s. Regretting that he could and stole. not remain longer, he spoke a few words of Sacred Heart Academy, Lancaster, Pa.: Two oil paint- counsel that will ever be remembered, and im­ in"-s, pv.K, two handkerchief cases, table scarf, holy water parted a blessing; then j^roceeded to the Acad­ font; Stella Maiiithia and Snow Drops—CXTLSS papejs. Holy Cross Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah: Gold cross emy parlor where the pupils who remained reliquary,mineral cross.moss agate, and spiritual bouquet. during vacation were assembled. Little Fannie Dolan Aid Home, Baltimore, Md.: Spiritual boutjuet. Palmer read an address of welcome. The Car­ SL Mary's School, Union City, Ind.: Benediction burse dinal sjDoke very pleasantly to the young ladies; and spiritual bouquet. St. [Mary's School, Anderson, Ind.: Silk umbrella and he told them that as it was vacation, he could spiritual bouquet. not give them a holiday; but he ordered that St. jMary's Academy, [Marshall, Texas: Lace surplice, three free days be granted during the scholastic embroidered quilt, table scarf, pincushion, quilt, and two year, and charged them to claim them without volumes of compositions. fail. The jubilee gifts were ne.xt viewed, after St. John's School, Goshen, Ind.: Lace surplice and spiritual bouquet. which all repaired to breakfast. St"\nncent's School, Elkhart, Ind.: Lace surplice and The Cardinal expressed himself as delighted spiritual bouquet. with his reception; and, needless to say. St. St. Edward's Academy, Deadwood, Dak.: Spiritual Mary's shall ever cherish the remembrance of bouquet. St, Mar}''s School, Park City, Utah: Spiritual bouquet. his visit and kindness.