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Garry 15 Triolet ( Verse Ferdinand 16 A Christmas Legend David J . Guthrie 17 The Biography of a Turkey Francis X. Scott 18 Johnny's Mistake Thomas C. Sheely 19 How the Train Was Saved Edgar Banks 20 Ad Sanctum Aloysium (Verse) Charles S. O'Shea 20 Spring Second Commercial 21 A Fop James McClevy 22 Jack's Holiday 1. Doyle 22 The Play Frank Geraghty 23 Music and Song Martin J. McEvoy 24 Associations - Senior Sodality J. R. Ficklin 24 Junior Sodality Hector D. Brosseau 26 League of the Sacred Heart Francis J. Tschan 26 Chrysostomian Society James G. Henaghan 26 Athletics Daniel N. Lilly and Edward A. White 27 College Notes Matthias H. Bisdorf and Thomas H. Mercer 30 My Pony (Verse) W. A. K. 32 Alumni Notes 32 3>C3 St. Ignatius Collegian CHICAGO EASTER . 1901 ILLINOIS ^i!I tb/e sb/aboir>y tomb, unseen by Soman guarbs, ^^ CI spectre breab Bratlj at JDas stanbing o'er tb/e sorely mangleb form ©f Christ, tb/e King. Ctnb in tb/e gloomy monster's glaring eyes Criumpb/ant gleameb tfjr %omh CI look fteubisb/ of joy. ^or tb/ere lay b)e IPb/om e'en tb/c lost above, tb/e (£b/vist of <5ob, b)is prey. of Cimst dub tb/ere, exulting in b/is triumpb/ grim, Stoob Seatb/, tb/e heartless master of tb/e inovlo. &n €>tic llncouc|ueveb be, Resistless as tl?c bolt tb/at flies ^rom out tl)e bark anb stormy skies, IPb/en ligb/tnings flasb/ anb tb/unbers roar, Ctnb tempests beat anb torrents pour. Ctnb as abope b/is b/oly Pictim's corse £}e benbs exulting, lo! tvitb/ au->ful glee b}e cb/ants in accents b/oarse, "2TEine, mine tb/e nictory!" Scarce on tb/e gloomy silence of tb/e grape Rang out b/is boast, rvb/eu lo! a flusb/ of life bm& O'er tb/e colb, sab face of (£b/rist began to glonr, ^aint as tb/e streaks of blusb/ing baron, u look of startleb rage anb terror flasb/eb Ctcross tb/c lowering "features of tb/e fienb, Unpityiug Seatb/. Ctnb as b/e gazeb, like one bereft of mtnb, CX bazzling ray of ligb/t celestial gleameb, illumining all tb/e barkuess of tb/c tomb, Ctnb blinbeb even b/im inb/o feareb not man. jflartin f. Jflc Ctnb angebroices sang : "b)osanna to our risen King." Cb/e baffleb spirit b/ears tb/e notes, Ctnb slinks in rage array; IJct ever in b/is cars tCb/at psalm mill ring: "(Db/, ©rare, rob/ere is tb/y uictory; (Db/, Seatb/, rcb/ere is tb/y sting?" SOCIALISM The Sweeping Sta.temer\ts of Prof. Geo. D. Herron. gg I HILE the arts and sciences are claim- seems to be the common weapon of social- 111 ing numerous developments and ists. He does not attempt to prove the state- ^P^ discoveries, it must not be over- ment, but hastens on to another. looked what very noticeable advancements Now it is very evident to any one well in- and gains are being made in socialistic ranks. formed about business life that many suc- The spirit of communism is much stronger cessful business men lead practical Christian to-day than it was a decade ago, especially lives. They have prospered because of their in European nations. In the United States legitimate methods, their fairness, and their its progress has not been so rapid, although honesty. Dishonest men may prosper for a here, too, there has been a perceptible in- time, but the old adage states the case well crease. when it proclaims honesty the best policy. The exponents of socialistic doctrines have Moreover, we can just as strenuously assert, brought forth few new ideas. They continually as Mr. Herron denies, that there are individ- harp upon the topics which Plato laid down uals, yes, whole classes, who are not ignorant in his "Commonwealth" and More in his of ethical principles, and yet teach and speak "Utopia." To answer a socialist successfully, about a Christian business career. one should be able to refute the arguments Again, Mr. Herron says : "Whoever says brought forth in these works, which are, as that a man may live a Christian life, while at Hallam remarks, "full of false and impracti- the same time successfully participating in cable theories." Theories, the ideas certainly the present order of things, is either pro- are, for they have never been successful when found in the lack of knowledge or else delib- put into practice. Even the illustrious Rus- erately lies." The gentleman has, to our kin met disappointment, when he started so- mode of reasoning, laid down a false di- cialism on a small scale, and if he failed on a lemma, for an intelligent individual, who small basis, how do socialists hope to suc- neither deliberately lies nor is profound in ceed on a large basis? the lack of knowledge, may truthfully say that Prof. George D. Herron, the late Professor a successful business man (or. to be more of Applied Christianity in the University of explicit, a man that successfully participates Iowa, is one of the foremost leaders in social- in the present order of things) can live a istic thought. He is a socialist of the most Christian life. Mr. Herron, we think, is a pronounced type, and in his lectures and trifle too positive in his declaration, for we writings always takes occasion to ridicule know many successful business men that lead principles that govern modern institutions. good, practical Christian lives. Perhaps the gentleman has reasons for some In the next place when the gentleman de- of his utterances, and we do not desire to clares, "There is no such thing as an ethical condemn his teachings in toto, nevertheless bargain, for bargains are matters of force, it is necessary to take exception to many of fraud, and chance," he does not distinguish his remarks. business transactions. Perhaps ethical bar- For instance, when he says "It is only the gains are fewer than they might be, never- densest ethical ignorance that talks about 3 theless there are some. If we consider the 'Christian business life,' for business is now case of a contractor, who builds a public intrinsically evil, whatever good may come structure which gives satisfaction to a mu- out of it," we think Prof. Herron has made a nicipality and who pays his workmen just rather sweeping assertion, something which wages, surely he is a party to an ethical bar- gain. Because he makes money on his con- ply to the traditional book or lightning-rod tract he does not violate ethical principles, agent, but it cannot apply to all other lines for he is allowed a fair profit on his work. of trade. A man who has the courage of his Nor are bargains entirely matters of force, own convictions need not purchase anything fraud, or chance, unless the purchaser wishes which he does not desire. to make them such. The statement may ap- Frank Moran, "01. A HERO. CHE hazy twilight of a sultry summer these before him she sets herself to wait on day was fast darkening into night. him. "How, sir," she asks, "is it that you are Along the dusty road the silhouette making such a journey in your present phy- of a weary traveler might be seen, slowly sical condition?" His gratitude for her good- wending his way In appearance he was slim ness was so great that he resolved to give of stature, gaunt and emaciated. His clothes her part of his history, and answering he though scant and threadbare, showed signs said : "For many years I have been a wan- of care and attention. One would have taken derer from my father's home (the innocent him for a tramp, but there was a lack of that victim of a father's wrath). He was a man careless indifference which marks the typical of wealth and importance in his neighbor- American vagrant. hood, and I was his only son.'' All this time As he trudged along, he was frequently his listener was eyeing him closely, and sud^ obliged to stop and rest. Then his eyes denly interrupting him said, "It is he, I knew would wander over the landscape and he it. Are you not Colonel Blackburn's son?" would murmur to himself, "How natural, how The young man with a startled look hung homelike!" After some time he resumes his his head and did not speak for some mo- journey and shortly sees in the distance a ments. Then looking up he replied : "Yes, large and comfortable farm house. Hurrying I am Charley Blackburn, the Colonel's son, on, he reaches the farm gate but halts, ar- and have come back to see my old home once rested by the savage bark of a Great Dane. more before I die. As you have recognized Looking towards the door, his face lights up me, in justice to myself I will tell you why with a wan smile as he sees approaching him I was driven from my home. As I said, my a matronly-looking woman, who asks him father was wealthy, and it was his custom to what he wants. "A drink of water, if you keep large sums of money in a strong box please, madam. I feel much exhausted."' The in his library. No one was aware of this but woman admits him and, turning to a nearbv father, mother and myself. well, with a look of pity hands him a dipper "One day father was obliged to go to Phil- of clear spring water. He gladly accepts it adelphia on business. Before leaving, he and is about to drink, when he is attacked called me into the library and told me there by a fit of coughing. were bank notes to the amount of ten million After drinking he is about to depart, but dollars in the strong box. After promising the woman detains him, and charitably asks him I would guard the treasure, he was him to partake of some food. He gladly as- driven to the railroad station by Tom, my sents and seats himself beneath the wide- foster brother. I followed father's instruc- She, kind woman, goes into the house and tions to the letter, visiting the library the first spreading butternut tree before the door, thing in the morning and the last before re- quickly returns laden with victuals. Placing tiring; at night. The evening of the fourth : day after father's departure, mother was sud- his father's home. His mind is flooded with denly taken ill. I was so worried about her recollections of his childhood davs as he that I entirely forgot the strong box and did wends his way. He arrives at the brow of not visit the library that evening. Next morn- the hill, quickly descends, but stop! what is ing before daylight father returned, and not that he perceives! It is a burst of flame sud- wishing to disturb the members of the fam- denly lighting up the sky. "My God!" he ily, went to the library to seek a little rest exclaims, "the house is afire." He madly on a couch in the room. His first thought rushes towards the now fiercely burning on entering was of the strong box, and ap- house, and to his horror sees no one about. proaching the place where it was kept, he Dashing up the steps, he finds the door un- discovered that it was gone. My father held bolted. Rushing in, he calls loudly, "Fire!" me responsible, and in his fearful rage or- Up the stairs he bounds and into his mother's dered me from the house and warned me room, where unconscious of the fire she never to show my face there again. sleeps. Catching her up in his arms he car- "I packed a few of my belongings and left ries her down the stairs to a place of safetv. the house, and from that day to this my life Then back again to his father's room lie has been one long struggle of privation and goes. "Quick, father, for your life, the house illness. Branded as a thief, I cared not is afire." Opening his eyes he recognizes his whether I lived or died." son and exclaims: "My God! it is Charley, The woman's eyes were filled with tears my son, come home at last. Forgive me, my and, as he finished, said: "You are not a son, forgive me!" "Yes, father, with all my thief; your innocence has been proven. Your heart—but come quick," and helping the old father has used every means to discover your man he is about to lead him to the stairs, but whereabouts, but in vain." "Thank God," in a burst of flames it falls. Back to the the man exclaimed, "at last they think me room, through the smoke and flame and to innocent and I shall be received as a son, the window they dash. The son assists his not as a thief." Resuming, the woman said father to the narrow window ledge and holds "Your foster brother was the thief. The him there, until the servants and neighbors evening of your mother's illness he obtained rescue him by means of a ladder. As the it in the father the box and hid dovecote on the descends he calls to his boy : "Come, roof of the barn. A few evenings later as he Charley, come; you will be lost!" Too late, was ascending to see if the treasure was safe, for, as the father reaches the ground he sees he slipped and fell mortally injured. Later, his boy at the window enveloped in flames. when about to die, he confessed the crime.'' His heroism has cost him his life. And now. Starting to his feet he thanked the woman amidst a wild shriek of the flames, he falls from his heart for her words of comfort and back into a fiery grave. Charley, the inno- bade her good-evening. cent son, has gained his wish—he has come Now, along the country road he goes, his home to die. step is quickened and he takes heart anew. Edzvin Lawlor, At last he comes to the bend in the road near Humanities B. Stilla. Aquae. Parva stilla aquae cecidit de nubibus. Dnm ad terrain, lilium purum et album recepit earn pertransivft aerem, incepit fieri dura propter in sino suo; et in nido illo calido mundoque. frigus. surrisit iterum, fulgens et scintillans, propter Turn videns sanguinem suam congelare in gaudium, quod sentiebat in vita sua renovata. venis, putavit felicitatem suam omnem prae- Translation by Daniel Cahill. terituram esse. Sed, quum appropinquaret Second Academic B. 4 : : : ANTIGONE SOME ONE— I believe it was Mr. mind such a course of action is beside the Buckley—has called the character of question, and leaving her timorous sister, Antigone the gem of the Athenian Ismene, who has refused assistance, she stage. To my mind we might go further, boldy goes to the bloody corpse of her and call her the gem of Grecian life, the most brother and reverently sprinkles over it the exalted specimen of pagan womanhood. A handful of dust that will admit his shade to gem we have called her. a native crystal, ex- the kingdom of Pluto hibiting when looked at in the white light ot 'I'll do the pious deed and lay me down Christian morality, amid many imperfections, By my dear brother." true and noble qualities—qualities which have Caught in the act, she is led to Creon. who been the theme of poesy since the time of seems stupefied that anyone should dare dis- the Hellenic bard—a deep, earnest affection obey his command, when torture and death for family; a true, pagan hatred; a quick, sen- wei e known to be the certain penalty sitive nature which feels keenly trials and "And dars't thou then to disobey the law?" he sufferings, but which sturdily braves them cries in anger. all to follow out what she considers right; She replies: "I had it not from Jove, nor the just gods and above all a true, earnest love for the gods Who rule below; nor could I ever think of her country and a reverent obedience to A mortal law, of power or strength sufficient, their mandates. To abrogate the unwritten law divine. These sum up her character, and from Immutable, eternal, not like these. Of yesterday, but made ere time began. them we choose her deep religious spirit as Shall men persuade me, then, to violate the most prominent feature of her life; it is Heaven's great command, and make the gods my also the most distinctive mark of every true foes?" woman. Zeus and Juno are, in her estimation, Her devotion to her religion, to the de- true objects of veneration and homage. To crees of her gods, requires the sacrifice of her the decrees of the Delphian Apollo are her life, which she willingly offers, feeling to be as implicit}- obeyed as are the laws ot full well that her stay upon earth is only a Sinai by contemporary Hebrews. The duties time of probation from which she will finally imposed by the court of Olympus upon her pass to the court of Hades, to the land be- and her people are strict obligations which yond the turbid Stvx ;. must be performed bv her and by them at "Longer there any cost if they would avoid terrible retri- We shall remain than we can ever breathe on bution and unending miserv. earth. "We are not to dispute the will of heaven, There I shall dwell forever." For man at last She dies, mourning the life, the joys, Is taught to fear its anger and be wise.'' happy the pleasures which should have been hers; We can then very readily see how impos- praying, with all the intensity of her pagan sible it was for her to obey the edict ot nature, that he. who had caused her all her King Creon, her uncle, forbidding burial to misery, should in turn be forced to drain the her brother Polynices hit rer cup of adversity to its very "dregs; yet "I have decreed he lie satisfied, happy, indeed, that by her death TJnburied, his vile carcass to the birds she was doing what her conscience and the And hungry dogs a prey." decrees of the gods dictated. She is a martyr What! not bury her brother! not obey that to her religion. Her life is asked because most solemn mandate which father Zeus has she has fulfilled the most sacred duties, and imposed upon every true Grecian! To her she offers it. Were we pagans of the time : of Antigone; were we imbued with the re- the gods—the last of Oedipus' unhappy race "One fair and lovely branch unwithered stood, ligious feelings that actuated the Grecians of And braved the inclement skies; to the woeful that era; were we spectators But Pluto comes, inexorable god! tragedv of this Athenian maiden, we would She sinks, she raves, she dies!" say, "She dies in obeying the command of William A. Kannallv, '02. The Angel's Voice in. the Night. 60D'S Word is Almighty. It will save —but do I remember them still? Let me many a man from danger. But God, try: What says the seventh commandment?" the Almighty, is always the same, and and in his zeal he spoke aloud, "Thou shalt his wonders have not ceased, as you will not steal." know by this incident which happened not Scarcely had the boy said these words when long ago. quite near him, he heard a cry, saw a dark Like many men Mr. K. had gone, in the figure run from behind the porch, dash across beginning of the war, to do his duty as a the road and disappear among the tomb- soldier. He left his wife and only child, a stones in the church yard. That was too boy of eleven years, living alone in their cot- much for Charlie's courage. In a minute he tage, about a mile from the village. The was in bed, with the blankets over his ears. house was prettily situated among tall elms, Forgotten were creed, commandments, draw- having the church across the road, and the ings and lessons, and he dreamt of ghosts all mill and brook at the end of the garden, as night. its only neighbors. The next morning the clergyman came in Mrs. K. used to sew of an evening, while and said, "God has blessed you." He then Charlie sat beside her, studying or drawing. told Mrs. K. how a robber had come to rob One night they sat up later than usual. Let- them, and was hiding behind the porch when ters from father had arrived with good news he thought he heard an angel say : "Thou about the progress of the war, together with shalt not steal." He said the robber was the hopes of a visit. frightened and had come to him in the night After his mother had gone to bed, Charlie to confess his sins, asking him to notify the stood at his window thinking and dreaming family of the danger they were in. He had no lamp burning, but the moonlight When the clergyman had gone, Charlie ex- came through the open window. As he stood plained the wonder, and they both, with heart there he thought : "Where might father be and word, praised God and His powerful now? Is he awake, too, thinking of home? Word, which never ceases to be to man a And when he comes what will he say about fountain of blessing and happiness. mother, whether I took good care of her, and Francis Higgins. about my drawings and lessons, and the creed J. J. [ learned bv heart, and the commandments? Third Academic B. Sunrise. The night is dark and grim and cold, And Phoebus in his golden car The wind blows fiercely o'er the wold, Day's journey of the sky begins: But see, o'er yon high eastern hill, The merry brooklets jovial sing. Comes Eos, herald of the day. And with their song the woodlands ring. While Night with all her grim array Wm. Ryan, Flies from the coming dawn afar, Humanities A. ; CARLY LE An Abstract of a Sketch giverv before the Chrysostomiarv Society, Dec. 19, 1900. PERHAPS the worst service a man with most minute and careful hand, the whole can render himself in this world is current and winding of his life —its gradual to write his own biography. As development; the causes and events that went long as he leaves other people to deal with to make it what it was; its struggles, and him he is safe. If he finds enemies, as he is fears, and hopes; its fits of overwhelming sure to do, he will also find friends. But gloom; its flashes of joy; the scenes he wit- when he undertakes to do the business for nessed in his journey through life; the men himself he is pretty sure to make a bad mess and women who crossed it for good or for of it. Self will creep out unconsciously, how- evil." ever heroic we may try to appear; and self is Sprung from poor peasant stock, Carlyle always small. So small, too, is human na- never learned to be refined and gentlemanly. ture, that after worshiping at the shrine of a He knew as little about refinement and cul- of man for forty or fifty years, it finally goes ture ( although he gave vent to one those away laughing to discover that its' divinity is Voltaire-like scorns so peculiar to him about made of clay, and, perhaps, of rather common them) as he did about his own "Everlasting clav after all."—Justin McCarthv, in Am. Yea" and "Everlasting Nay" he has written Cath. Quart. Rev." Oct., 1881. so much twaddle about. The only book this Annandale peasant boy perused up to the Such was the case with Mr. Thomas Car- time he entered the University of Edinburgh lyle, the maker and breaker of heroes, the was the Old Testament, and his knowledge literary Knox of the nineteenth century. In of this was supplemented by a meagre edu- the Reminiscences, edited by James Anthony cation at the local parish school. He did not Froude, the true Carlyle appears— the man seem to distinguish himself in anything at who thought that the world was going all college save his continual sneer at the pro- wrong, and that he was destined to reform it. fessors, whom he knew only as "hide-bound set it aright, as it were, by his counsels and pedants," and his omnivorous reading. He admonitions illustrated by the examples of is said to have almost exhausted the whole, men like Cromwell, Frederick of Prussia, college library. Mahomet and Knox, whom he called heroes When college days were over Carlyle, like the man, who for half a century, waged a war the average Scottish rustic, with a college of cant with the "hammer of Thor" on cant training, plenty of brains and no money, had itself; who saw in men only blockheads and two avenues open to him—the Church and fools, and in things only inanities and shams. the University chair. But to neither of these In these Reminiscences, as Mr. Froude. was Carlyle inclined. His naturally inde- who, by the way, was an intimate friend and pendent assertive and indocile disposition, pupil of Carlyle, says in the preface, "He and the extensive detours he had made into (Carlyle) is his own biographer, and paints the realms of German philosophy and litera- his own portrait." And what a portrait it is! ture during the last years of his University The portrait of a man tossed on the ocean life, and immediately after his entering upon of doubt, darkened by his own native gloom- the world, unfitted him for the former; the A — iness of spirit, rent by disease and shattered latter "gerund-grinding" he called it—he by the very powers that made him notorious tried but soon gave up with a full measure among infidels of his day. In these he opens of scorn and contempt. But Coleridge's himself to us, and as McCarthy says, "Traces, "Bread and Butter Question" demanded an — : — Immediate answer, and literature, a very in persons, cant in speech, and frauds in in- doubtful solution, was the only resource left stitutions, schemes and projects the restless and choleric philosopher. But the Take away the style, the forcible manner of literary world was not to be taken by storm, putting things, and you have almost nothing and Sartor Resartus, the result and symboliza- left. Declamation is not literature; neither is tion of years of idleness, bad health and moral croaking; neither is nicknaming." and mental depression, was not the kind of This was Carlyle, his manner, his habit production men cared to read. With his in short, the man. A few examples taken from mind "high in the eternal blue of the ether," the Reminiscences, which form the basis of Carlyle hastened to London to find a pub- this sketch, to show his bearing to men and lisher for his Sartor Resartus. But London women now held in esteem and at that time, was at that time very much absorbed in the at least, well thought of discussion of the Reform Bill, and London Edward Irving, a Scottish preacher, and publishers paid little attention to Sartor Re- later a very intimate and true friend of Car- sartus, or at least regarded it as a doubtful lyle, had attained some prominence as a venture from a financial standpoint. Frazer's preacher and educator. In the first years of magazine at length published it in serial his rise Carlyle and he were utter strangers, form, but long before it ended the publishers but here is what Mr. Carlyle writes at that (and Carlyle too) recognized its appreciation time : by the—reading public from criticisms offered "I had heard much of Irving all along; by it, "Stop that stuff or stop my paper"; how distinguished in studies; how splendidly "When is that stupid series of articles by successful as a teacher. I don't remember that crazy tailor going to end?" any malicious envy whatever toward this This was Carlyle's reception by the literary great Irving of the distance." world. His after success was determined When Carlyle took up his permanent abode largely by his style—a racy conglomeration in London, John Stuart Mill and the Lambs of Annandale idiom. German phraseology, were his frequent visitors. Mill was then and Saxon vulgarity, jumbled together and "most interesting, so modest, ardent, in- copiously seasoned with droll humor, grim genuous, ingenious, and so very fond of me." fancies, grotesque sidelights and an abun- But Mill's stock dropped very rapidly soon dance of nicknames. Carlyle lives only in the after. Charles Lamb and his sister Mary commotion he produced. When that sub- were graciously recorded as a "very sorry sides, as it must in time, he will be forgotten. pair of phenomena." There was an "insu- And why? "The center of all his thoughts perable proclivity to gin in poor old Lamb," was Carlyle; their' horizon was Carlyle; his and his wit was "diluted insanity.'' Coleridge, sole criterion was Carlyle." was a "puffy, anxious, obstructed-looking. He was the very personification of selfish- fattish old man who hobbled about with us ness and conceit. He well knew that he was talking with a kind of solemn emphasis on educated, possessed of a powerful, vivid im- matters which were of fto interest.'' agination, and he loved to assert it in an In the course of a holiday, Carlyle met unbounding, headstrong nature and a bar- with, as he says, "a cleverish and completely barous love of force and power. All he read hostile criticism of my Wilhelm Meister, of and thought was assimilated and fused in the mv Goethe, and self, etc., read it faithfully to white heat of his imagination, and thrown off the end, and have never set eyes on it since." with a force so intense that to his unpre- Criticism was bitter to Carlyle. But he pared readers he "was simply resistless. "Car- continues to inform us what his thoughts lyle chose to look upon the dark side of na- were then : "This man is perhaps right on ture, and found only inanities in things, fools some points, if so let him be admonitory. I did reasonably soon dismiss him to the devil by candle-light for the beantifullest little or to Jericho, as an ill-given, unserviceable child, blue eyed, sparkling face, had there not kind of entity in my course through this been a something else, too, which said, " world." Later on he met the man who wrote 'Eccori—this child has been in hell!' the criticism, whom he never forgave, and And this was Carlyle, the maker of heroes, who was none other than De Ouincey, one of the man who was to lead and guide the world. England's most notable men of letters. Car- A sad sight, a sorry prophet! A picture of a lyle found him to be one of the "smallest man—mentally and physically and morally men figures I (Carlyle) ever saw; shaped adrift, "fatherless and outcast." like a pair of tongs, and hardly five feet in all. When he sat you would have taken him Francis J. Tschan, 1901. SPRING. Cold Winter hath departed. No longer falls the snow; No ice weighs down the rivers, No more the North winds blow. Sweet zephyrs gently whisper, To tell ns Spring is here. The streams, no longer ice-bound, Purl softly on the ear. The tiny snow-bird flitting Amid the blinding gale, In Winter's wake is sweeping, Where shines the North-star pale. And in his stead a thousand Winged warblers carol gay; Bold robin red-breast, blue-bird. The wee wee wren and jay. Upon the budding bushes Perch thrush and meadow-lark. And from the tall old hemlock Comes a tapping on the bark. The gloomy tangled woodland Bursts into bud and flowers, Won by the gentle wooing Of April's sun and showers. The sylvan dell is covered With a carpet rich and rare, Where violets and daisies Bask in the sunshine fair. Francis M. McDonnell Humanities A. — — — —— ——— —— ————— — Quill-Reminiscences. A Composite Effort by 2nd Academic B. wonder the authors of old wrote so brightly, smiling upon us with an approving nO many famous descriptions; for their eye. Daniel Cahill. — It kissed the pale face pens, or rather their quills, had of a lake and made it blush, coloring it so come from some bird which while soaring in gorgeously that the fish in it seemed to be the air often beheld the most beautiful scenes changed into golden spirits. William Magee. in the world. —As we rose slowly we saw an eagle of our From these descriptions and writings one own size flying in a lake below, in the same would think that the quill must have put direction and at the same speed. William down scenes it had beheld, instead of the Rouleau.—When we got still higher the earth thoughts of the writer. Many of these writ- seemed to be falling under us Harold ings are so beautiful that, if the bird from Trainer—and at last we soared so high that which the quills were taken instilled them. green hills and valleys looked like waves it must have come from Paradise.— Terence Wm. Rouleau—and small lakes seemed to be Kane. but panfuls of water. Joseph Warzynski.— As I said this to myself I heard a voice. Thus I saw a vast expanse of country. It was the voice of a large quill lying upon Joseph Corrigan. —As we traveled forward the my desk. It spoke to its companion-quills fields moved in the opposite direction Joseph as follows : "How strange it seems that I Warsynski—and at last when we began to who once adorned the wing of an eagle, the circle, the fields underneath us began to monarch of the air, should be condemned to dance and circle, too; so that I became very work, writing messages for ill-tempered, fret- dizzy and nearly fell. Charles Byrne. ful people! It is not very long since I, seated It was grand, looking down on yellow fields on my master's wing, roamed with him and green plains and wild flowers that were through the boundless air. The sky and of every color and scent imaginable. Neil wind seemed friends to me. The highest McMullin.—At first the trees and bushes were mountains were easy of access to me, mount- a green blot on the dark background. Daniel ed on his wing. Rocky canons and fierce Cahill.—But as we rose higher, even the for- mountain torrents sang songs, to others un- ests appeared to be black spots, about as intelligible, but to me the sweetest music. large as my present master's thumb. William Daniel Cahill.— I used to look upon the beau- Pureell.—The lakes and rivers looked like ties of nature, in the joyfulness of Spring, diamonds. Fichter.— I was not able to see all in the bloom of Summer, in the color of these things myself; but the little fairies had Autumn and in the majestic beauty of Win- pity on me and gave me a pair of fairy-eyes ter. Leonard Burke.—Our home was situated and ears. Joseph Kenny. on a shelf of rock, jutting out into the moun- As we came nearer to the earth again 1 tain gorge. Far below, the torrent roared saw immense herds of buffalos ranging on its mountainous way, rocking us to. sleep through the forests Stan.Csapclski—and over with its, to us, sweet song. My master was a fields teeming with wild verdure. Frank Ly- strong and beautiful bird, chief of his tribe. ons.—Rivers appeared too, which, snake-like, One day we went on a foraging expedition wound themselves over the continent As he flew onward, tireless and fearless, his Louis Beanvais—and in the fields were large great wings flapping, I could not help admir- bundles of corn, appearing from my position ing him. like the tents of a camp. James Raffcrty. — It was a fair dav. The sun was shining A little further on were some big birds sit- — — — — — — — — — ting on a fence like preachers, while all "I had a similar experience," said another. around, the golden-headed wheat bowed as if "A little fellow carried me with him to school. in silent prayer. Joseph Kenny.— Not a cloud Here I was drilled every day, each day obscured the radiance of the sun." William marching steadier and straighter. I had a O'Grady. clean place to march on. The boy seemed to "Oh, that will do, you have been talking be angry now and then; for he would stick said too much; we know what happened," me into some black stuff like mud and drill another quill. "Your master flew too low, me up and down again. I made muddy marks was shot; you were picked out, and here you on the camp ground, but he didn't seem to are." "Now listen to my early history." "I care. His little sister got hold of me one was born on an old English farm, just when day; and I, not liking to have one so small the flowers were beginning to come up out handle me, stumbled all over myself and of the ground and everything was putting on splashed around on purpose, until she became its verdure for summer. I belonged to a lit- angry and threw me here." Daniel Cahill. tle gander by the name of Jim. He was a At this moment I heard a gold pen-point little rascal; always into something that he say to the last speaker: "You splutter and fighting lit- shouldn't be into, the rest of the throw around ink spots; but I run across the tle geese and ganders. Little Jim grew up page, spilling and scattering golden thoughts, gradually, until he became old enough to from my diamond-pointed edge Edward have big feathers. Feathers did I say! Why. Wolfe—which are so brilliant that you would didn't know what they were; and so, the Jim think I had been dipped in sun-light. Wil- first one he had, he plucked out; and that liam Magee.—l remember how that I was was myself. Charles Kelly.— I fell to the buried under ground, for ever so manv years, ground, where I lay for quite a time. Finally until one day I was struck a terrible blow by a school-boy came along with a great closed a pick-axe, and was dug from the ground. cave on his back. He picked me up and Then I was heated until I became a liquid; threw me in. When he got home he took the impurities were taken out of me, me out and cut my head in two. One-half and I was hardened again. Finally he threw away and the other half he cut in I was beaten into the shape in which you see two again. Then he dipped me in a pretty me now." Edivard Wolfe. little pond of black water and began to teach Just now me how to skate on my head across the my own pen, having had no share in the conversation, paper. After a short time I became an ex- and being worked so hard is getting stubborn, pert, and now I can skate on my head with and refuses to go on. I the greatest ease. The boy always holds me have been trying to force it; but it continues in a sort of fork; but I am sure that I would to splutter and make blots, so I guess I had not fall if I skated alone." John Miekarek. better stop here. Terence Kane. Ad Ma.trem. O Dei virgo geuitrix Maria Antequam Jesus aniinam profudit Nos in aetermim tibi consecrates Suave reliquit. Virginum mater, juvenunique custos, Qua, nihil rnajus potiusve nobis Praescius coeli Dominus cupivit Adnue Mundo. Michael J. Caplice. Humanities B. 11 In the Everglatdes of Florida. Palm Beach Hotel, Palm Beach, Fla., March some wonderful treasure which it guards. 7, 1901. Even the sunshine can not penetrate this mass of foliage. The large majestic rubber Mr. Editor : —Florida is interest- DEAR trees show out prominently trom among the ing to the people of the Union, be- other trees and vines. The trunk is wonder- cause it is altogether different from ful ; it spreads out in different directions as every other state. No volcanic upheaval though it was bent in that form by some reared that long, narrow strip of land. It was giant smith. You can not imagine such a built up out of the ocean by the efforts of tree. You will have to see it to believe such tireless little coral-builders. a thing possible. In flora the state presents a strong con- Men with a great deal of capital went to trast to its sister members of the Union. It the "Land of Flowers," and began to culti- is the home of the alligator and crocodile, vate the fertile soil. They improved it by the mocking bird and numbers of other odd establishing groves of orange and other fruit members of the feathered tribe. Within her trees. boundaries flourish the royal palm, cocoanut palm, banana, rubber tree, the traveler's tree, The full bearing orange groves are a beau- and numberless forms of vegetation unknown tiful sight to behold. Trees covered with or- to the cold, bleak, northern climate. It seems anges resembles a tree with a number of as though nature had taken particular pains large pieces of gold hanging from its limbs. to make as great a contrast as could be, be- From this sight you pass into avenues of tween the vegetation of the north and Flor- cocoanut palms drooping above the waters of ida. Even the southern states are not able to the southern lakes and rivers, and you pass rival Florida in this respect. This state is a by gardens of lemons and plantations of pine- land of contrasts. Some portions of its ter- apples. A person forgets for a while where ritory seem fairly with a wealth of semi-trop- he is, thinking that surely he must have ical verdure; other spots are as bare and mo- passed into a paradise or that he is in a notonous as could be imagined. The roads trance. are both good and bad. Those along the sea In the northern part of the state there are shore are very good; they are made out of different industries. They have instead of shells, and when these shells are ground and oranges and cocoanuts large forests of yellow packed by the thousands of people that pass pine. Millions of feet of lumber are shipped over them they make very fine roads for all from the state every vear. kinds of travel. Another important industry is the produc- Florida is a large state but a great deal of tion of turpentine. You can ride for miles it is wasted and of no good to any bodv. It through these forests, and you will see that contains the everglades, the largest swamp nearly every tree has on one side a peculiar in America, and the home of the Seminole opening pointing downward from which the Indians. These Indians are quiet and peace- gum oozes. This runs into a cask placed be- ful now; it seems as though their warlike low the opening. A negro has a certain num- spirit is gone from them never more to re- ber of these trees to watch, and when the turn. It was these people who made their cask is full he has to bring the gum to camp wonderful endless trails through the still where it is boiled into spirits. A white man more wonderful jungle. It seems as though has a number of these colored men under nature had raised this net-work of impen- him. It is his duty to see that they attend etrable vines, brush, and trees, to keep man to their work, for they are inclined to neg- from traveling through it and discovering lect it when not supervised. Oranges, lemons, bananas, limes, pineap- is in these rivers that the hungry alligators ples, grape fruit and guavas are some of the and crocodiles make their home. These products of Florida; but until the year 1894 monsters are always waiting for some unwary oranges were the most important fruit raised person or animal to walk into their reach so in the state. They had very large crops of that they can satisfy their hunger. It is said this fruit, but in that year the temperature they prefer colored people to any other kind dropped very low and killed many of the or- of food. ange trees in the state, and it is just recover- With best wishes to all my class-mates, I ing from the catastrophe. remain. Yours sincerely, Florida has a number of large rivers. They Edward Sheehan, are not deeo for their width and length. It Second Special Class. Spring's First Flowers. BOW timidly the first flowers of spring as earth's are. but blooming brightly for- appear. Winter's chilling presence ever. I love to think so. is still felt, and the young buds are On a bright surhmer morning we love to sensitive to the slightest cold. They seem gather flowers to adorn our Altars. Flowers afraid to pop up their heads, although anxious make life pleasant and are emblems of the to blossom, beautify the earth and make different virtues which we must practice to people happy. Who does not love flowers? gain heaven. I would delight in nothing more than in We should cultivate them, for they are studying the different kinds amid the beau- precious gifts from God. tiful gardens. Will there not be something Thomas S. Fitzgerald, like flowers in heaven? Not frail and fading Preparatory. To a Faded Flower. I would I might renew thy bloom. Thy fragrance sweet restore. Banish regrets and evil cares. Bring hack the days of yore. What has thy mission been in life? What end didst thou attain? Tell me, O Flower, who plucked thee and How long here hast thou lain? Wert thou a messenger of love, Was it to mark a new-made grave To tell the sweet old story? That thou didst bloom and grow? rerchauce thou 'st graced a sweetheart's hair, Alas! full many a flowret marks Her lover's pride and glory. The sleeping dead below. Mayhap thou 'st cheered a poor sick child. O Faded Flower of long ago, Whose life was dull and drear. Not vainly didst thou live. Brought joy into his empty life If thou to saddened, wearied hearts, And banished many a tear. Some little joy didst give. Samuel K. Wilson, '03. ; A DREAM ONE cold, disagreeable da}- in February, the crow, holding in its bill a large piece of I put aside my books and took up my cheese. At the foot of the tree stood a fox. skates, intending to spend a short time Then before my very eyes the fox began on a little creek which was some distance flattering the crow and soon gained posses- from home. sion of the cheese, while the conceited crow I reached the creek and put on my skates. was vainly endeavoring to sing. For a long time I followed the course of the Scarcely had the fox disappeared when I stream as it wandered here and there, some- heard the sharp barks of some dogs a little times narrowing until a fallen tree served as way down the stream. I turned, and lo! a foot-bridge; otherwise expanding suddenly Everything had changed! The snow was into a little lake, over whose glassy surface gone; in its place was the green grass. The the skates seemed almost to fly. creek, loosened from the grasp of winter, was In one place on the bank, a barren tree running merrily. Out in the stream were was outlined against the leaden sky; in its some hides, which the dogs were trying to branches perched a dusky scion of the tribe reach. of Corvinus, croaking dismally, as though Many plans were proposed, but all were protesting against the dreariness of the land- rejected, until one sage canine suggested the scape. Occasionally a rabbit would spring feasible scheme of drinking the creek dry; from its burrow in the bank and scurry af- then, of course, it would be quite easy to ob- frightedly away. And once the dull report tain the coveted hides. of a hunter's gun sounded on the still air. As they drank, I marveled greatly at the From time to time a slight snow had fallen capaciousness of those few dogs. But, alas! and as the short winter afternoon deepened they had undertaken too great a task; for as into dusk, a myriad of feathery snow-flakes each passed the limit of his capacity, I heard filled the air, obscuring the surrounding land- a sharp "pop," announcing the completion of scape. a dog's life. Soon nothing but a few scat- Turning about I began my homeward jour- tered bits of flesh remained to tell the sad ney. The snow beat in my face, almost blind- fate of those hungry dogs. ing me; several times I stumbled over sticks I was still ruminating on the events of the frozen in the ice, so that by the time I past few moments, when suddenly, at the top reached home I was nearly worn out. of a slight hill on my left, the figure of an old After supper I got out my Graeca Minora, man, carrying a bundle of wood, was sil- drew my chair up to the fire-place, and set- houetted against the moonlit sky. He seemed tled myself to review the matter of the next to be in a great hurry, and was glancing day's Greek examination. Opening the book continually behind him, as though fearful of at random, I listlessly read over a few fables, someone who was following. and then fell to watching the fire. From the No sooner had he left the summit of the flickering of the ever-changing flames, I cre- hill than his place was filled by another figure, ated many strange and fantastic figures. In weird and terrible. The moonlight shone di- that one fire-place, all the animals of yEsop's rectly through its body; and, as it moved, I immortal fables seemed to be indiscriminately distinctly heard the fearful rattle of its bones! mingled. Ere long my eyes closed, and in I easilv recognized the grim-visaged foe of another moment I had entered the land of mankind. Nearer and nearer they came. Morpheus. Death gained fast on his prey. I could hear Again, I was beside the little stream of my the old man's labored breathing; his face bore afternoon's excursion. In the same tree sat an expression of extreme terror, and, anon, 14 he cried out in fear. When they were within I glanced up at the clock; it was nearly a few feet of me, Death stretched out his morning. Outside, the muffled crow of the hand to sieze the unfortunate wood-cutter. chanticleer was announcing the coming of The old man stumbled, staggered, and then, day. And then I realized that I had been with a wild cry of terror, fell headlong. The asleep all night; that I had had a very queer wood, thrown forward by the force of the dream about the animals of the Greek fables, fall, completed a revolution in the air, struck and that I was still as wofully ignorant of my me heavily on the foot, and * * * * I Greek as when I sat down before the fire the awoke, rubbed my eyes, and found that the previous evening. fire-tongs had fallen across my foot. Francis P. Hopkins, The fire had gone out; the room was cold. First Special. A FiremaLn's Heroic Deed. thin gray light of the December the book you were reading yesterday, " con- CHEmorning stole softly through the tinued the mother. Mary picked up a book windows of a house in a narrow which lay near, and began to read. So in- and gloomy court, in the very heart of the tensely interested was the mother in listen- city. In a front room, on the third floor of ing to the low, sweet voice of her daughter, this old tenement, sat a young lady, who was and Mary in her reading, that neither heard employed in the embroidery of velvet. On a the fearful cry of "fire!" break upon the small bed, at the further end of the room, December morning. After reading for a lay a woman, apparently about the middle while, they were surprised to hear the loud age. clanging of a bell. Then came a rush of The scantily fitted room, the pinched feat- wheels, a clatter of hoofs, the cries of fire- ures of the invalid mother, the jaded and men, more clanging of bells, the puffing of harassed look of the daughter, as she bent engines and the shrieks of women. over her work, all told of poverty and suffer- Mary's head swam. What could all this ing. Yet withal, about the room, its occu- noise mean she asked herself. Then she pants, its faded and well-worn furniture, turned towards her mother. The mother, there was an air of neatness and refinement hearing all these noises, had fainted. Marv that bespoke easier days. The snowy white- was very much frightened at seeing her ness of the calico curtains which hung at the mother's pale face. Smoke began to pour windows, found a pleasing contrast to the in through the windows and through the dirty blinds of the houses on the other side cracks in the floor. Hastily getting up from of the court. The chintz, which covered the the bench she ran to the window and threw furniture, although old, was perfectly clean, it open. The court was filled with excited and on the bed lay a white counterpane. The men and women; firemen were shouting to bare floor was kept scrupulously free from each other; the horses were pawing the dirt, and in a recess in the wall a small table ground and snorting loudly, and more people was fitted up as an oratory. were hastening to the scene of destruction. "MarvF' exclaimed the mother, after a In the excitement that followed Mary and prolonged silence. her mother were not missed. But when "What is it, mother dear?" asked Mary, Mary's face appeared at the window Ihere immediately leaving her work and crossing was a loud shout from the spectators, and the room, to sit down on a small bench near several men at once made for the entrance. her mother. The police checked them, but a young fire- "Read to me a few more chapters from man of Company No. 8 entered the house at once, hurried up the stairs and soon tound Now it is his turn, and may God help him. himself on the third floor. After groping His head swims and his knees bend, but he around for a few minutes in the smoke-filled holds the woman closer and starts again. hall, his hand touched the knob of a door. He is half way down; the stairway creaks, it Pushing it open, he found himself in the sways. Oh, God! will he not succeed, after Toom which we have already seen. Mary all! He jumps, but not a moment too soon. was standing by the bedside of her uncon- Scarcely had his feet left the stairway when scious mother. it fell with a tremendous crash. In a moment The fireman carefully took the aged wom- the narrow hall was wrapped in great, leap- an in his arms and ran to the door, bidding ing flames. The fireman struck the floor Mary wrap a blanket about her and follow heavily and sprained his ankle. With much him closely. The smoke in the hall had be- labor he succeeded in reaching the door. come more dense, and there were flames on After several attempts he opened the door the lower stairway, yet they went bravely and staggered out. The cheer that rose at down, stumbling and gasping and feeling his appearance, from the hundreds of spec- their way as best they could. tators, made the old court ring. Meanwhile the people without were be- A little water and some smelling salts soon coming restless. What had become of the revived the mother, and a few minutes of woman and the fireman? Had they been the surgeon's attendance gave Mary all the overcome by the smoke? And many other care her slight burns needed. Their meet- anxious questions were passed through the ing was a glad one, full of tears and thank- excited crowd. fulness. But, what with severe burns and a Within, the fireman had reached the sec- broken ankle, it was three months before the ond floor, lie paused at the head of the fireman left the hospital. burning flight and gasped to Mary, "Wrap And now. whenever Company No. 8 ioins the blanket around you and run; the stairs a parade a certain young officer is always will not hold all of us." He watched her run put where the crowd can see the glitter of a down, coweringly, through the flames, and gold medal on the broad breast of his great as he wrapped his cloak around his uncon- blue coat. scious burden, heard a murmur and excla- James P. Garry, mations without that told him the girl was Third Academic A. safe. TRIOLET Of all the thoughts that, tossing, float Like foam-bells on the sea, 'Tis this my fancy loves to note, Of all the thoughts that, tossing, float: To noble deeds thy life devote, Thy life that's vet to be; Of all the thoughts that, tossing, float Like foam-bells on the sea. —Ferdinand. 16 : : A Chrisfma.s Legend. WAS midnight, and the fleecy flakes the good shepherds went to adore him, as were fast covering the frozen earth. did also the wise men from the East. Now, X The crowd that swarmed toward the Samuel, you know all, and I will have to hur- old cathedral was a proof to one ignorant of ry, for I am a chorister and will sing tonight the fact, that there were many good Chris- of how our Lord came down to dwell on tians in the city. The church bells chimed earth." With this, Mark disappeared into and the peals of the organ could be heard the church. from afar, but not one of the immense crowd While Mark was speaking, poor Samuel that hurried in, noticed the trembling form stood as one transfixed and the tears came of a little lad who crouched behind one of the again to his eyes. When his friend had gone church doors, that he might escape detection he debated with himself as to whether he by the passers-bv. should go into the church or proceed home. When the last of the crowd had entered He finally decided to enter. With bowed the church and all seemed quiet without, head, and hat in hand, he walked softly up Samuel, for that was his name, crept from a side aisle and knelt in the shadow of a out of his hiding place. One could observe large pillar, unobserved. He had scarcely tears in his eyes as he gazed intently at the time to utter a prayer when two streams of sky and murmured the little prayer acolytes, all dressed in white, advanced from "O, Mary, of the Christians, who was born of each side of the sacristy and marched in reg- Israel's race, ular order to their various places. Some bore Take pity on a Hebrew boy, who longs to candles, others censers. Then came the see thy face.'' bishop, with a golden mitre on his head, a For Samuel had often heard his playmates crozier in his hand. His vestments, all em- tell how Jesus Christ had come to dwell here broidered with pearls and rubies, glistened in on earth in order to save mankind from sin the bright light ; while the voices in the choir and death ; and how Mary, Christ's mother, rang louder and sweeter, and it seemed to loved all Christians, and never failed to help Samuel that his friend Mark's rose even a sinner in distress. And Samuel had begun higher and sweeter than all the rest. to love the Blessed Virgin and had composed When the last of this elegant pageant had this little prayer, which he was in the habit proceeded from the sacristy to the altar, of repeating from time to time. Samuel crept from out of the shadow and But he was perplexed as to the meaning continued up the aisle; but fearing lest some of all that he had just witnessed, and he stood one might detect his Jewish garb, he sank there wondering what it could all mean, when down at the next pillar, and just as the Holy Mark, one of his playmates, came hurrying Service rose to God and prayers and hymns toward the church. "Mark," he asked, when went up to heaven, the Hebrew boy falling the boy had come up to him, "Why do all the on his face adored, whilst he murmured his people gather here tonight, and why is it that oft-repeated prayer the organ is playing so beautifully, and all "O, Mary of the Christians, who was born look so peaceful and happy?" "T will tell of Israel's race, you. Samuel," replied Mark, "but as I am Take pity on a Hebrew boy, who longs to somewhat late, and ought to be in the sac- see thy face.'' risty now, I can explain it only briefly. This The lad no sooner uttered the words than is the Christian's Christmas Eve, the eve he heard, in a clear and heavenly voice, before the morn on which Christ, our Lord, "Thou seest it." Samuel looking up, beheld was born in the stable at Bethlehem, where a wonderful vision. 'Twas Mary herself, 17 standing before him there, surrounded by of God." Having said this, she vanished. celestial light. "Fear not, my child," she The whole congregation were awed, and said, with accents sweet and mild, "Arise and the prelate, who was the first to find voice, come with me." The lad arose, and Mary, said: "O. mother most beautiful, vour com- taking his trembling hand, unseen by all mand shall be at once obeyed." Saying this, present, led him to the sanctuary gates. he solemnly baptized Samuel in the name of As they approached the gates, the sacring- the Father and of the Son and of the Holy bell. which told of the consecration, rang Ghost. Samuel's friend. Mark, and a few- loud and clear throughout the church, and other choristers, stepped forward and em- Mary and the bov knelt there before the altar braced the happy boy. But, behold ! He till Mass was over. Then she arose and. neither stirs nor lifts his bowed head. For standing before the prelate, said: "Behold. immediately after baptism his soul had taken I bring you here a young soul who, though its flght to heaven, to spend Christmas morn not a Christian, has ever implored my aid. with the saints and angels. I bring him here that he mav be cleansed David T. Guthrie, by the waters of Baptism and made a child Humanities A. The Biography of a. Turkey. RELLO, Mrs. Gobbler! how do you for when my master heard of this, he ordered feel this fine morning?" said Mr. my glorious wings to be clipped, and I was Gobbler to his wife. "Very well, placed amongst a number of other more eld- thank you," the latter replied, "for I have just erly fowls. hatched an extra large egg; will you come In a year's time I had grown to be the over and look at my little chick?" "Gladly," best developed turkey on the premises. I replied Mr. Gobbler, and arm in arm they held the record for running, high jumping went in search of the young turkey. and flying, and, moreover, could fight any The foregoing conversation was the first turkey in the yard. One clear, crisp morn- thing I heard when, bursting my shell with a ing in the month of November, as I strutted vigorous kick, I came into the bright day- about the grounds, imitating my parent, the light and saw for the first time God's beauti- "Rex" of the turkeys, I heard the farmer ful world around me. It was a spring morn- talking to his wife about a turkey for Thanks- ing, and the powerful beams of the glorious giving-, and he said that I looked fine and sun caused all nature to rouse itself from its healthy. At the time I did not fully com- winter lethargy. The birds were sweetly prehend these words, but the day before singing in the budding trees, and the air was Thanksgiving, two men came into the farm full of the fragrant incense of the flowers, yard, carrying with them a long pole with a wafted from neighboring field and conserva- hook attached to the end. As I was very tory. curious to know the purpose of this ma- When I had admired the beauty of nature chine, I approached them and before I was to my heart's content, I tried my walking aware of it, the cruel hook was about my powers, but found that it is was impossible neck and for five minutes the world was a to proceed a yard. After a few weeks' prac- perfect blank to me. tice, however, I discovered to my great joy When I recovered from my stupor, I found that now I could not only walk a long dis- to my dismay that my head and feet had been tance but also fly over the three-foot fence cut off and thrown away. Something also enclosing our domain. But, alas! my verv seemed to have happened to my stomach, but acquirements were the cause of my dishonor, as both head and feet were gone, I could neither reason out nor investigate more I had been in the oven since ten o'clock, closely the cause of what seemed to and when the time for dinner came I was be a terrible vacuum. At length it dawned done to a turn. As I lay upon a dish in the upon me that I was dead, and that it was center of the table, surrounded by pumpkin not I, but my soul, which, hovering near to pies, cranberry sauce and other Thanksgiv- its mortal remains, allowed me to see the af- ing dainties, I pondered on my folly in believ- fair to its consummation. ing that some day I would become king of On Thanksgiving eve I was stuffed with the turkeys. But I had not long to ruminate, bread crumbs and sage, and then laid away for I was soon devoured, and just as the last in a cool cupboard to await further develop- morsel was being consumed, my venerable, ments. and learned parent appeared at the dining- Thanksgiving morning dawned clear and room window and said, "Negari non potest bright, snow lay upon the ground, and the quin"—but the sentence was never finished, jingle, jingle of the sleigh-bells filled the air at least as far as I know, for by that time 1 with sweet melody. was entirely eaten and my spirit had winged The farmer and his entire family went for its flight to the happy lands where turkeys a sleigh ride, and, when they came home at know no change. twelve o'clock, you miy be sure they had a Francis X. Scott, good appetite. First Academic. Johnny's Mistake. 30HNNY was about ten years old, and them and I believe I can make him." "What's on the day of which we speak he was the matter with ain't? It didn't orter be seated under an apple tree in his fath- such a poor word." "Oh!'' cried the genie, er's orchard trying to study a grammar he and he nearly fell. "This is awful," he cried; had. But he could not bring his mind upon "if you will stop I will see about those things the book for any length of time and at last you mentioned before." Here was where he gave it up, leaned back against the tree Johnny should have stopped, but he was so and began to speak. While he was thus elated with the success of his plan that he thinking and tapping the book a little man said, "Why, I don't believe that I have no about a foot high popped out of the ground other better talk than that." At this awful in front of him. "Who are you?" asked speech the little man fell upon the grass and Johnny. "I'm the slave of that book," the lay there groaning. Johnny ran over to him man replied. "Are you a genie?" the boy and asked him if he wanted a drink, but the asked. "I am," replied the man. "Well, genie waved him aside and at the same time good for you," Johnny cried; "I want a gun, let out such an unearthly yell that Johnny horse, bicycle, million dollars and lots of swept his arms out and knocked a furry- things." "I am sorry," replied the genie, something twenty feet away, which, when he "but I do not give those things; I am the looked at it, proved itself to be a very black genius of language." and offended cat. Johnny thought over all Johnny nearly cried when he heard this, that had just happened and said, "Well, if it but he checked the tears as well as he could was only a dream I was too fresh and I'll and said, "Well, as long as you ain't the right have to start in and mend my ways, but just kind you might as well be going." "Don't now I'll go fishing." say ain't," replied the genie; "it's bad gram- Thomas C. Sheely, mar." At this Johnny's heart beat wildly as Third Commercial. he said to himself, "He said he could get How The Tra.in Was Sa.ved. CHE cold winter months were over and drinking while on duty he would have to re- spring, decked in its purest garlands, port him. Tom resented this and tonight he came to cheer the heart of man, and would wreck the train. He was drunk, and with it came what is dearer to the school-boy he knew it. This made him more angry and —vacation. taking a revolver that lay by his side, he The steps of St. Mary's Academy were pointed it at the unfortunate engineer's head. thronged with rosy-cheeked, bright-eyed "Bill," he said, "I've waited for this chance boys, watching the departure of their trunks. a long time. The Fast Mail will be along in Two small boys, arm in arm, were sitting on half an hour. I have only to delay you that the railing. One could tell that they were long and the train will be wrecked. I shall brothers, for they were almost alike, so much jump off just in time to save myself. Every- so that the one seemed the picture of the body will say it was the carelessness of the other. One, evidently the elder, was bare- engineer and you cannot deny it, for you will headed, while the other wore a jaunty little be dead." cap, placed on one side of his curly head. In the meantime the sun had set and (now) Both wore blue blouses and tight knee pants. it was dusk and sleep doubly welcome after Their faces were all aglow with expecta- the excitement of the day gradually settled tion, for their uncle had invited them to spend upon the boys. But Will was restless. their vacation at his villa, a stone's throw from "John," he said, "I don't feel well. I think the beautiful Lake Geneva. I'll go out on the platform and get some Soon a gaily decorated bus drove briskly fresh air." up to the Academy steps, and all bustled in "I'll go with you," answered John. to get their coats and caps, and, with last They went out on the platform and their good-bys to their professors, were driven to voices attracted the attention of the fireman the station. for one minute, but that was the minute the The day was indeed beautiful, the golden engineer was waiting for. He grasped the sun spread its rays impartially over hill and revolver, and taking the fireman up in his vale, over river and creek, while the birds in arms, he pitched him out into the dark night. the treetops sang praises to God. The two boys, unaware of what had hap- The boys soon tiring of looking out the pened, went inside and slept peacefully. They window, played games and sang songs; our reached their uncle's villa in safety and had a young friends. Will and John Halpin, joining very pleasant vacation. in. all unconscious of the danger to which Years afterward an old grey-haired man, their lives were exposed. For on that train an ex-engineer of a great railroad, told these was a man, burning with hatred, and ready two boys, now prosperous merchants, how, to sacrifice thousands of lives that he might on one trip, he nearly had his train wrecked, wreak vengeance upon an innocent man. and how it was saved by two unknown per- Bill Harkins, the engineer, had told Tom sons. Edgar Banks, Buton, the fireman, that if he did not stop Second Academic A. Ad Sanctum Aloysium. n. Luce coelorum, mare per profundum, Lilium fulgens, Juvenum Patrone Advenit navis requietis oras Sanguinis clari decus et voluptas Sic viani Sancti Juvenis sequentes Liberos omnes tibi consecratos Pace fruemur. Accipe benigne Charles S. O'Shea. 30 — —— SPRING Arv Alliterative Composite. April arbors are artistically arrayed.—G. Melodious mocking-birds' music makes Carroll. many maidens merry.—F. X. Liston. Again awakes Acanthus all abloom, allur- Many mirthful meetings mark May's merry ing all alike.—J. Carey. month.—J. Condon. Branches bend beneath bursting buds; Numerous nightingales nestle near nur- birds build beneath bushes.—J. McNamara. tured nasturtiums.— P. Bauters. Babbling brooks brush banks burdened by Orioles, occupying old oaks, offer others blossoms.—M. A. Brady. overtures.—J. McEIhern. Chatting children come caroling, cheerfully Old overworked oxen occasionally outwit carrying clover. —Jos. Wyrzykowski. overseers.—J. Condon. Charmingly cool climate causes cheerful- Patient plowmen, placidly pacing, plow ness.—J. Carey. pleasant pastures. —J. Doyle. Dark days disappear, denoting dreariness Pretty pansies produce pleasant perfumes. dead.—B. Daly. —J. McNamara. Dripping dewdrops daintily decorate de- Proud peacocks produce perfect plumage. lightful daisies. —W. Farrell. . —Wm. Spaltenstien. Drooping daffodils denote dav's departure. Querulous quails quietly quit quarreling;. —W. Farrell. C. Murray. Earth enjoys each entrancing evening; en- Queer quadrupeds quickly quit quaking chanting evergreens embellish everything. quagmires.— B. Dalv. T. Enright. Red roses reappear; roistering red-birds Fairest flowers fill fertile fields ; fragrant rejoicingly return. —J. Wyrzykowski. foliage fans flushed faces.—W. J. McCauley Ravens running rows rapidly race robins Gorgeous gladiolas gladden gay gardens; —C. E. Finnegan. goats gambol, geese gabble, green grass Running rivulets reflect rainbow radiance glistens.—J. Burke. —W. Shannon. Hungry hurrying herdsmen homeward Slender sweet-peas stately sway; Spring's soft hasten happy herds.—W. J. Shannon. silvery sunbeams, serenely shine.—G. Harmonious harbingers haunt high hem- Carroll. locks.— B. Daly. Spring's song-birds softly scatter sweet Indolent Indians inhabit ideal islands.—B. sounds.—J. McNamara. Cullen. Swift swallows silently seek shady syca- Injurious insects infest innumerable inlets, mores.—C. Crowley. F. Lee. — Sweet smelling saffron scatters scents. Jolly jay-birds join jabbering jackdaw's W. J. McCaulay. jubilee.—M. A. Brady. Timorous toads thickly tread the toilsome Kindly keepers knowingly keep kingbirds trenches. — C. Murray. kertrels, kites.— F. Melvern. Tender trailing tendrils twine the tall tam- Lilies line lovely lakes' low ledges, leis- arack trees. G. E. Hechinger. urely languishing.— C. Crowly. — Lithesome laughing lads loudlv lament Tough thorny thistles tenant traveled turn- long labors.— B. Conley. pikes.—B. Daly. May's mild month makes men's minds Untidy urchins uselessly use umbrageous muse.—C. F. Finnegan. umbrellas.— B. Daly. Vermilion verbenas variegate verdant val- Wandering woodbines weave wondrous leys.—F. Mehren. wreaths.—M. A. Brady. Vegetarians vend various vegetables; vis- Wild warblers wistfully watch winged itors view velvety violets. —F. X. Liston. wasps.— F. Judge. Weary woodmen warily watch woodpeck- Whistling whip-poor-wills waken wide wel- ers.— C. O'Connor. kins' welcome.— C. Murray. Second Commercial. A FOP fussing, squirming, brushing, on which you could play checkers. His coat , I LWAYS " feeling his tie, and combing his hair is cut away, not for mending-, but just for in- J with his fingers is the local dude of stance. to-day. He generally holds such a position, Across his vest, running into either pocket, the is it is if he works at all, as would not require a chain ; pendent from a gold seal to weakest woman to exert herself, his manner which is attached a 39c diamond. Covering is that of a lamb, and his hair is divided ex- his crooked legs is a pair of check pants actly in the middle. which are so tight that if he made an unusual On the street, if you notice, he generally move he would have to see a tailor in short wears an eye-glass over the right "jewel," order. On his feet, which are generally while he gently grasps a cane which onlv raised in Chicago, is a pair of silk-top patent comes into use when he wishes to knock the leather shoes, containing a polish so bright ashes from his tailor made cigarette, or suck that it would dazzle the eye in the sun-light. inspiration from its German silver knob. If Yet he is harmless and some people say he you converse with him he always has some- has brains. Most of his time is spent in cul- thing exciting to tell you and ends every tivating his mustache, and in selecting per- sentence with an exclamation. He wears a fumes. Jatnes McClevy, cuff on his neck for a collar, his tie speaks First Commercial. for itself, and in the background is a shirt Jack's Holiday 3™* ACK WEST was a bov of about twelve friends captives. But Jack said, "I did not years of age. He lived near the sea- mean to harm them, and I will never fish shore. He attended the Sisters' again." The king then granted" him his par- School, which was not far from his home. don. It was the first day of vacation, so Tack went At a sign from Neptune the whale took a fishing-. This sort of work was so tiresome large sea shell and wound a hearty blast upon to him that he soon fell asleep and dreamed it. Immediately a carriage, made of pearls, he caught a big fish which pulled him into and drawn by several dog-fish, stopped be- the water, and swam as swift as the wind to fore the king. When Neptune and Jack- a coral cave where several mermaids were stepped into the vehicle, fifty or more sword preparing a banquet. fish came out and served as a guard. The fish which pulled Jack into the water When thev arrived at the palace of the proved to be a whale. The whale went up mermaids, the gates were thrown open and to the head of the mermaids and asked her they walked in. something which Jack could not hear. The Just at this period Jack was given a shake, mermaid told the fish to bring his captive to and opening his eyes he saw an old fisher- King Neptune. man standing over him waiting to tell him Jack was immediately taken before Nep- that there was a fish on the end of his line. tune, who asked him by what authority he I. Doyle, fished in that sea and took so manv of their Preparatory. 22 leafv. The birds twitter and the trees sway St. Hpnatiu s Collegian with the wind. Hal and Dick are standing there in the heart of the forest and Hal is By the Students of St. Ignatius College, Chicago, III. trying to persuade Dick to leave him, when STAFF: they are both frightened by the appearance Francis F. Moran William A. Kannally Thomas J. Moore < 'larmier E. Mercer Arthur D. Spillard John A. Pierce of a leper. With his bell tinkling a warning Charles M. Camp Charles F. Conley Samuel K. Wilson not to approach, and with his garment oi EASTER, 1901 white completely hiding him from view, the leper is indeed a gruesome yet a realistic The Pla.y. object. Is it possible, asks the audience, that SATURDAY evening, December we see a leper of Molokai? But we soon for- ON the 22(1. the college students pre- get our horror of the leper in the rousing sented "The Black Arrow" at the influence of the Huntsman's song. A keg -of Studebaker. The theatre was filled with an ale is enthroned under an old tree and there enthusiastic and refined audience. the men of the Black Arrow, under the There are two factors which always con- leadership of such an old tippler as Will tribute to the success of any dramatic enter- Lawless, drink to their heart's content and tainment, the audience and the actors. If make the woods re-echo with their jolly song. both are in harmony the production must be Are we in merry England and among the a notable achievement. At the college play haunts of Robin Hood and Friar Tuck? both factors were eminently present. inquire the audience. We must not, how - The very title of the play, "The Black ever, in our enthusiasm, over the Hunts- Arrow.'' excites our curiosity. We wonder man's song, forget the gypsy dance. It cer- if we are going to invade some stronghold of tainly was fine, even though the gypsies did pirates or some camp in war. No. we are not look as if they had ever slept with mother r not. "The Black Arrow" is a messenger of earth for a pillow , the moon for their elec- death and not a sign of pirates nor an em- tric light and the firmament for their roof. blem of warfare. The play itself was dram- The scene between Sir Daniel and Sir Oliver atized from Mr. Stevenson's novel of the was very dramatic and well acted. The bat- same name, by Mr. Joseph C. Husslein. S. J. tlefield near Shoreby, was good. The vizor Briefly, the plot is this : A bold knight. of the Duke was more anxious for battle than Sir Daniel, secretlv murders Dick Shelton's the Duke himself. It was forever creeping father and keeps the lad's property under down over the Duke's face, trying to per- pretense of wardship. Dick trusts and be- suade him that it was time to draw his mighty lieves in his oppressor until the period at sword. A minuet w? as danced by a score of which the play opens. He then makes pages in the court scene. The costumes friends with Hal Erwin, who has, through were elaborate and pretty and heightened the force, fallen into Sir Daniel's power. He has effect of their fantastic movements. been kidnapped by the knight, who desires These remarks cannot include in detail all the boy's inheritance. The bovs flee and Sir the actors. and scenes, though all are worthy Daniel's treachery is exposed. The Black- of praise. The play was excellent. Arrow is a relentless avenger, which pursues Nor must we forget the grand debut of the every step and move of Sir Daniel. our orchestra. In its first public appearance The play is replete with variety. The it played beautifully. scene shifts from an inn to a forest and from We congratulate in particular the follow- a battlefield to a court. The prettiest and ing gentlemen : Mr. Paul Muehlmann, Mr. most artistic scene, to our mind, is in the George Carroll, Mr. Charles O'Hern, Mr. second act. in the forest near Tunstall. Clarence Mercer, Mr. John Clifford and Mas- whither Dick Shelton and Hal Erwin have ter William Magee. fled from Sir Daniel. The forest is green and Frank Geraghcv, 'or. Music a.rvd Song. core, or rather an ovation, the virtuoso sang a tender song in a pure baritone. It. too. 31st of October, 1900, was the clay was applauded to the echo. CHEwhich first brought our College The last triumph of college harmony was Orchestra and Senior Glee Club to at the exhibition of the Athletic Association. the notice of the students" at large. Before The orchestra pleased its old friends and that there had been vague rumors, which made many new ones. On this occasion Mr. many had heard, but which few had heeded Paul Muehlman strengthened his reputation Hence the surprise when the first bars of the as a vocalist, while Mr. P. Maher showed opening orchestral number struck up. The J. himself equally at home with music and with ringing applause which followed the last note an audience. showed the appreciation of the audience. At present the Glee Club, under the able The Glee Club next appeared, nervous, no direction of Mr. J. E. Barlow, S. J., are pre- doubt, but plucky, if we may judge by its paring some numbers for the coming ora- splendid performance. Of course the choir torical and elocution contests. Prof. Roy sang its numbers very well, as it always does. also promises some new pieces and it is safe However, 'most interest was centered upon to predict that the whole performance will the two budding organizations the orches- — be of a high standard. tra and the glee club. All pronounced them Martin I. McAvov, o \ a success and predicted that they had come to stay. Father Cassilly, who was the prime Associations. mover of the enterprise, and Prof. Roy, who SENIOR SODALITY. directed the orchestra, were more than re- paid for their labors. CHE sodality of the Blessed Virgin is en- The next event in the history of the or- joying an exceedingly prosperous year. chestra and glee club was their public debut Seldom in its history have its members at the Studebaker, on the occasion of the been so numerous, or has there existed college play. Like the play and the vocal among them such a good spirit, facts due in duet of Masters Manning and Epstein, they great part to the efforts and personal influ- scored a signal success. ence of Reverend Father Mitchell, who is Thus encouraged, musicians and singer.' directing it. made greater efforts than ever, and mani- This society was founded on November the fested their improvement in a "Mardi Gras third, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and Concert," given in the College Hall. The has gradually broadened in scope and grown overture, "Poet and Peasant," was rendered in membership, until it has become a distinct with rare technique by Thos. Enright. The feature of the college. On the twenty-fifth orchestra gave five numbers and surpassed of last October, its number was further aug- the most sanguine expectations. The Junior mented by the addition of about thirty new Glee also shared the honors of the day. Mas- members. The usual ceremonies incident to ters Birren and Manning sang a beautiful the occasion were gone through with, and duet. So did Masters Carvallo and Schmitz, the Reverend Father Gleeson spoke at some while Master Epstein feelingly rendered the length on the dignity of the sodalist, and the soprano solo, "A Mother's Kiss." The Senior beauty of the devotion to our Blessed Mother, Glee Club linked music and merriment in The effect has since been shown bv a com- two humorous songs, while a picked trio from munion made by the sodality in a bodv on the Commercial Course did the same. the feast of the Immaculate Conception, as The chef d'oeuvre. however, was the violin well as by the unusually large attendance that solo by Prof. Robert McGuirk, professor of has characterized the weekly meetings. violin at the college. In response to an en- It is to be hoped that this regularity of 24 attendance will continue unabated till the over one hundred new members in the early close of the school year. The sodality must, part of the school year. The zeal and fervor and in fact does exert a vast influence over displayed by the members in the devotion all of us. We are happy to say that the stu- of the Sacred Heart is worthy of great com- dents seem to realize this, and that the re- mendation and must certainly have been in- sults so far attained are extremely gratifying. strumental in making the college vear as suc- Both the director and the members are to be cessful as it has been up to the present time. congratulated. So far as is known, the chain of daily com- '01. J. R. Ficklin, munions of reparation has never been broken. This is certainlv a splendid student JUNIOR SODALITY. < record. The director holds regular monthly The Junior Sodality is in a flourishing con- meetings of the promoters, when the interests dition. The Rev. Father Copus, S. is the J., of the Sacred Heart are discussed. A large Director. An interest'ng reception was held majority of the members of the College on February 2, at which fifty-two candidates, League approach Holy Communion every after the usual probation, were received into First Friday. The public devotions of the the sodality. All the students of the college College League are held on the First Fridav were present at this public reception. The of every month in the Lower Church. Thev candidates were addressed by the Rev. H. consist of an instruction by the director, the Dumbach, S. who complimented the soci- J., act of Reparation, and Benediction of the ety on the spirit of devotion they have Most Blessed Sacrament. During the month shown this year. Numerically the society is of June about twenty new promoters will re- stronger this year than for many years. The ceive diplomas and crosses as a reward of second reception of the year will be held their zeal. some time in the month of May. Francis J. Tschan. The sodality, through the generositv of its Head Promoter Coll. League. members, has been enabled to procure a new- THE CHRYSOSTOMIAN SOCIETY. supply of books and ribbons, also to have a beautiful scroll ornamentation attached to the The Chrysostomian debating society is tablet containing the names of the members. one of the many successful and prosperous At the weekly meetings every Monday the societies of the college. Since its organ- careful and pious way with which the Sodal- ization, in 1875, when it was hardly pru- dent to in its ists recite the little office of the Immaculate make a prophecy regard to Conception gives evidence of their earnest- future career, the students, who have been ness and devotion to the Holy Mother of identified with it, (luring their college days, God. At the invitation of the director, the Rev. have worked faithfully and cheerfully to sur- pass any forecast of success which might be Fr. De Rop. S. J., a visitor to St. Ignatius College, addressed the Sodalists at the regu- founded on the prospects shown at the first lar weekly meeting on Monday, March nth. meeting. all of the honest, hard working He expressed himself as delighted at the fer- To mem- bers, have joined the society with the vor and earnestness of these young clients of who Mary. intention of doing all, that would further and Hector D. Brosseau, complete their college training, and every- thing that would promote the interests of the Sec. Junior Sodalitv. body, to their efforts and the careful direc- LEAGUE THE OF THE SACRED HEART. tion of the many worthy members of the Over four hundred students of the college Faculty, who have advised from the Presi- are members of the League. The Rev. Father dential chair, must be attributed the present Copus, S. J., the League director, received encouraging condition of the organization. 26 Financially it is very prosperous indeed. thing in manly outdoor exercise which ap- The attendance, too, during" the past year, peals to human nature and that the old are has been very satisfactory, if we take into with the young in their belief that physical consideration the many difficulties which al- development, if not unbalanced, if not quite most all literary societies meet with in the so bad as some would wish us to believe. day schools and day colleges. There were times when athletics usurpec' The object of the society, as implied in the the place of nobler endeavors. To the ath- Constitution, is to promote the cultivation oi lete at the Olympian and Pythian games, in eloquence, the acquisition of sound knowl- the pagan days of old, persistent preparation, edge and a taste for literaty studies. Sup- austere and vigorous training were esteemed posing this extensive object were only par- as nothing in view of the possible honor and tially attained, even then, the possessor oi glory which should be his should he be found ihese fragments would be fully compensated conditioned to enter the tests. With him for any labors in the interest of the society athletics were a business. To participate in and himself. the national games was the honorable ambi- This thought, trite as it may seem, should tion of every strong-limbed Grecian youth. make the members serious in the promotion He counted neither fatigue nor labor: he of its purpose. stopped at nothing which would fit him for Certainly the present members of the so- the contest, on the result of which he had ciety have models of ingenuity and energetic staked so much. To him it mattered not if application among thir predecessors whose his heart ceased its throbbing the moment struggles for a complete college education the victor's wreath, encircled his brow. For they may well emulate. it meant life-long honors for his family, free- James G. Henaghan, dom from taxes, luxurious and splendid liv- Vice-Prest. of the Chrysostomian Society. ing at the state's expense. It is not so now. We have put sports in their proper place. Being neither sticks nor Athletics. stones, we do what we can to preserve and TWtHLETICS, as they exist in our perfect the God-given gifts of health, muscle ^| American Colleges, have recently and brawn. To care and nurse them is a duty; J come in for much adverse criticism. and if duty becomes a pleasure, so much the Like every good thing, athletics may be over- better, provided the means employed are done. If made a passion instead of a pas- reasonable and noble. Amherst College time, they may prove detrimental. Athletic found it advisable to introduce physical cul- exercises are a means to an end. In the ture into her curriculum. The wisdom of the inversion of this order lies the abuse. Sports course is borne out by the report of the are the beginning of life's struggles. In- subsequent year, in which it was shown that dulged in with discretion they form a fair the average class-days missed on account of amount of education, and have been so con- sickness was 2.46 for each student, when pre- sidered at all times by all men. viously it had been considerably above that Hear the old fellows cheer the young ones figure. in the arena, and believe it; see the crowds Athletics beget sincerity; they foster hon- as they throng the stands, and doubt it not; esty. Show me the straight-limbed, clean- observe their tense excitement; note the cut, fresh and buoyant Sophomore or Fresh- hushed interest at some critical stage in some man straining his utmost to uphold the honor athletic contest; hear the spontaneous burst of his college and his class, and I will wager of applause as victory veers this way or that, that he is among the last who would cheat, and you will conclude that there is some- or lie, or steal. If there have been abuses, 28 : let us not forget the blessings wrought by Exercise on Parallel Bars . . . Seniors of Class fair and healthy college sports. "My mind Piano "Con Amore" Beaumont to me a kingdom is"— says an old poet. If Hiarles E. Byrne. that mind nourishes best in a vigorous body, Tumblers Parade Class let us not entirely spurn that which will make Fancy Club Drill the body the healthy dwelling place of the Mr. J. F. Rogers, Phys. Instr. at College. mind. Acrobatic Work Class Physical culture has been given new life March O. E. Sutton College Orchestra. since the services of Air. J. F. Rogers, of Yale, were engaged. His classes have in- MEMBERS OF GYMNASTIC TROUPE. creased to such an extent that the faculty have found it necessary to prepare a new John K. Moore, David J. Guthrie. Clarence gymnasium, as the old quarters have become E. Mercer, Edward A. White, Leo A. Ken- too narrow and crowded. The students are nedy, George F. Carroll, Thomas M. Ander- fully alive to the change, and have already son, Arthur D. Spillard, Miles ]"• Devine, Tr., subscribed over one hundred and twelve dol- John J. O'Brien, William E. O'Neil, John P. lars for shower baths, which will be attached Seger, Daniel N. Lilly, Woeber W. Smith, to the new gymnasium. Another improve- Thomas A. Kelly, William J. Scott, Sidney will F. Blanc, ment be the hundred new lockers, now George C. Quirk, Harry J. Crow- in the course of construction, and which are ley, William T. Kelly. Thomas C. Sheely, afcer the latest and best plans, and modeled James J. Sullivan, John J. Gearin. Charles C. after those in the gymnasium of the Chicago Fowler, Joseph M. Reefe, James P. Hughes, Athletic Club. John M. Guest, Ignatius P. Doyle. Thomas The public exhibition of the physical cult- F. Burns, Edgar C. Banks. William J. Walsh, ure classes proved very successful. A pro- John P. Howard, Thomas S. Fitzgerald, gram, unique and varied, with many amusing Harry M. Thometz, Thomas J. O'Meara, features, kept the spectators highly enter- Robert E. Eisendratli. tained. Mr. J. F. Rogers gave an exhibition In a review of the past we have much to in fancy club swinging which was much en- congratulate ourselves upon. The football joyed, the remaining portion of the program season was in many respects the best in the including special work on the horizontal and history of the College. Interest at present parallel bars and tumbling and the forming centers upon the baseball team. It looks as of grotesque figures by Senior and lunior though we shall have a' winning nine. Thirty- members of the orsranization five candidates have reported for practice, PROGRAM. and when the sifting comes there seems to be no cause to fear that we shall have two Overture, "Salutation" Koehloi very good teams. The Athletic Board, in ( 'ollege Orchestra. view of the prospects for a very good second Exercise on Horizontal Bar Class team, has voted it last year's uniforms. Xew Song, "Can't Change It Now". P. Muehlmann suits of maroon and grey have been ordered Wand Drill Minims of ("lass for the College nine and will be worn in the Grand March— Piano James C. Belsan initial game with English High, April 13. Exercise on Horse Class Manager Edgar Cook has not yet entirely Dumb-bell Drill Juniors of Class completed his schedule. The schedule ar- Among the Roses" characteristic Piece. . ranged up to date is as follows Wilson College Orchestra. April 13th— English High. Interludes Members of Class April T/th —Chicago Manual Training Song, "Afterwards" Philip J. Maher School. April 20th— Chicago College of Dental as the Faculty of the College, expressed their Surgery. approval and pronounced the Retreat of 1901 April 24th— St. Vincent's College. a great success. April 27th—Rush. Rev. Father Dowling, president of Creigh- May 2d—St. Vincent's College at St. Vin- ton University, paid the College Orchestra cent's. and College Choir a short visit Monday, May 4th—Armour Institute. March 5. Judging by his pleasant smile on May nth—Lewis Institute. leaving, we conclude that he was pleased May 16th—Morgan Park Academy at Mor- with the performance of both orchestra and gan Park. choir 1 Marshall Fie!;!. May 8th— The students of the higher classes were 25th South Side Academy. May — invited to a rare treat Friday, March 29. Mr. June 1st—Oak Park Gravs. Wm. Onahan gave them a talk on their future June 8th—Alumni. life in the world. His remarks were very yet definitely set for A date has not been true and timely and, we are sure, will not be the annual field day. Our track team will be without effect. We thank both Mr. Onahan somewhat handicapped by the absence of and Father Cassilly for their kindness. some of the heroes of last year's contest, but The Athletic Association elected a man- those who ought to know say that our track ager for the baseball team Friday, March 29, athletes will acquit themselves creditably with and began preparations for spring practice. Marquette at the spring meet in Milwaukee During the following night it snowed. Tom Daniel N. Lilly, '02. tells us brother Clarence sat up all night Edward A. White, 'or with an opera glass watching for the passage of the autumnal equinox. College Notes. Otherwise (in astronomy class) —Has every heavenly body two poles, Mr. Profes- students' retreat. •sor? now is the acceptable BEHOLD, Wise (in an undertone) — Certainly, even is of time; behold, now the day philosophy class. salvation." ii Cor. : vii, 2. With a ( )ne of the features of the present college spirit that could only arise from a feeling of year was the introduction of Spanish. Since the deepest sincerity the students assembled the class was mainly intended as a test, only on Monday, March 4, to begin their annual a limited number of students were admitted. retreat. The knowledge that a retreat is a If the class is successful, and from reports time of recollection, in which we withdraw received we think it is, the Spanish language from the world, and from our usual daily oc- will be placed in the curriculum of studies. cupations, to devote more time and particu- The philosophy quartette is rehearsing a lar attention to our soul, seemed to be the song, written by one of "their and sentiment that filled the heart of everyone. new own," Consequently, great fervor and devotion were entitled, "Wise, Otherwise and Likewise." displayed in the spiritual exercises and the In presenting the congratulations of the keeping of silence. Rev. Father Gartland students to His Honor, Mayor Harrison, on conducted the exercises for the Seniors and his re-election, Mr. Clarence Mercer, '01, Father McNulty for the Juniors. It was edi- gave him a beautiful alligator, which was fying and encouraging to see 320 students brought from the Florida swamps by Edward receive Holy Communion in a body, at the Sheehan. conclusion of the Retreat, March 7. The Matthias H. Bisdorf, 01. Rev. Fathers who gave the Retreat, as well Thomas H. Mercer, '01. ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE West Twelfth Street CHICAGO MY PONY, When learned men in thee. But though they rail at thee My friend! temptation see Our friendship still shall be They know thee not as we; Most intimate and free, My Tony. My Pony. They don't remember how I con thee o'er and o'er; They once were glad to bow A little hour—or more- To thee, as we do now. Dip deep in classic lore. My Pony. My Pony. A fiend thoti art, they say, And at the stroke of nine Such wicked pranks to play. I'm through with every line. Or fall right in our way, O little friend of mine. My Pony. My Pony. Alumrvi Notes. Alumni Association is thriving, he keeps his good conduct cards as a pleasant CHEthe members taking great interest memorial of them. in its success. Three very good By the time this appears in print, the voters meetings have taken place during the current of Chicago will have decided whether Hon. year, and a fourth is being planned for May. Carter H. Harrison, '81, is to serve a third At the first meeting in October, Mr. Jacob consecutive term as mayor of Chicago. Mehren, the president, gave a very interest- Mr. Franklin Stanley, for several years ing lecture on the Passion Play, illustrating teacher of stenography and commercial it with numerous lantern slides. The weather branches, is now filling a similar position in was very inclement, but Mr. Mehren drew a the St. Louis University. good crowd. The sixth annual banquet, held Dr. Chas. Rowan, '95, is now repairing the at St. Ignatius College, was most enjoyable. damage done by Filipino bullets to American set on this occasion were given The speeches soldiers in the Philippines. by the Rev. Bernard Murray, Hon. Edw. Hon. Edw. YYinslow, '87, U. S. Consul- Dunne, Messrs. Win. Brown and Arnold General to Sweden, gave the boys an inter- McMahon. The annual election took place esting talk on October 31st. in January, and the names of the officers Hon. Nicholas R. Finn, '88, is making a elected will appear in the College Catalogue good record in the City Council. The redoubtable John Alex. Dowie is after Hon. John E. Doyle is serving his first the blood of the Hon. Francis E. Donoghue, term in the Illinois Legislature. Class of Poetry, 1890. He calls Mr. Donoghue a Jesuit novice, and says that he is the tool A. L. Morrison, Jr., is U. S. District Attor- of the Black Pope and the whole Jesuit or- ney at Prescott, Ariz. der, who are endeavoring to compass the John J. Mahoney, B. S., '99, after a year downfall of Zion, and incidentally the ruin of spent in Idaho, where he had many thrilling the General Overseer. experiences, is now showing the Georgetown The Rev. Boniface Seng, O. S. B., who law students how a Chicago man can debate. was a student in the session '8o-'8i, is now, Walter F. Daly, formerly student and pro- Vice-President and Rector of St. Bernard's fessor at St. Ignatius, is now chief clerk in College, Alabama. He remembers fondly his the U. S. A. Subsistence Department at Den- college days at St. Ignatius, and writes that ver. 32 : — From the City of the C^rdina^l. St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore. March, igoi. oughly initiated into the ins and outs of their Dear Mr. Editor calling. Thus the S. I. C. boys have not much to T *J"jLTHOL GH the Jesuit colleges ot contend with in entering seminary life. But frfl New York, Holy Cross, Fordham, then, after all, it is not very hard for any one. J I Georgetown, Washington, Balti- Of course, we have all the spiritual exercises more, Cleveland and Detroit are represented from meditation to night-prayer, proper to a here at the Seminary, not one of them can religious community, so our spiritual training- compare with St. Ignatius College of Chicago is well attended to. Our course of studies in the number of its delegates. The follow- consists of three lectures a day for five days ing students who, at one time or another a week and one lecture on Sunday. The graced the S. I. C. register, are now per- Jesuit boys have ever held an unquestioned using their studies here : high standing at the seminary, and we are and Theologians: Rev. Wm. J. O'Shea delighted to be able to say that a very com- Rev. Francis P. Murphy, third year; Wm. I. petent corps of professors preside here. All McKean, Tas. M. Doran, Edw. A. Kowalew- the Chicago boys succeed very well in their Pyterek, Tas. M. in this ski, J. Malley, Peter H. studies, and regard the authorities are Leddy and Philip P. Furlong, second year; highly pleased with them. Henry Sheridan, Edw. F. Hoban and J, Let no one think, though, that it is all Kelly, first year. work and no play. Boys fresh from college T. O'Don- Philosophers : P. J. Burke, Jos. cannot forget in a moment the many endear- Bernard E. nell, Michael J. Morrissey and ing pastimes of the old familiar campus, and Naughton, second year; Bernard D. Rogers consequently they take to them anew at the first year. and J no. A. Jones, seminary. Base-ball, hand-ball and tennis This is truly quite a wealthy contribution are the popular outdoor sports; while bil- of names and talent from a college the far- liards, pool and chess hold sway indoors when thest distant from this seat of learning. the weather is inclement and forbidding. The transition from college to seminary Three years ago some S. I. C. boys intro- training is sudden in more ways than one. duced the game of indoor base-ball and it It not only means a new and more sober immediately sprung into general favor, and manner of life, but for many it also necessi- has ever since remained the foremost diver- tates the severing from all old associates. sion. The Chicago boys had a team con- Consequently, in the beginning the prospect sidered invincible, but since the elevation of is not always clear and bright. However, several of its members to the priesthood owing to the good-fellowship characteristic three of whom. Revs. O'Shea, Clancy and of Jesuit students, the Chicago boys are ush- Farrell, are old St. Ignatius students—it has ered into seminary life so pleasantly that they been somewhat weakened. At present all almost think it a continuation of their col- interest centers on the candidates for the first lege career. The old students are always on base-ball team during the coming season. hand to meet the new arrivals and tender Jas. M. Leddy, who had a year's experience them a hearty welcome. With genuine tact as coach at the college, and who during' that they direct their attention into happy chan- time picked up many valuable points on the nels, such as old college experiences, and the science of the game, has all the Chicago tal- like, in order to fortify them against an at- ent in training, and he is confident that at tack of the blues, an affection to which all least five of the coveted positions will fall to boarding-school men—even seminarians— are the lot of former S. I. C. men. We all trust subject. Under such trusty guidance the new that his hope will be realized. comers are very alert in learning the ropes, With best wishes from all the old boys, and it is not long until thev have teen thor- Phil. P. Furlong, '98. 33 HAIL. CHERE are two kinds of hail. One strike each other, sometimes with great force, consists of small, fine grains, like producing the rattling sound which almost, shot, which often fall in winter but invariably precedes a hail-shower. At the rarely in summer, and generally precede same time they are frozen together as they snow. This kind is caused by the freezing strike, and thus hail-stones of different sizes of raindrops as they pass in their fall through are produced. On examining such hail- a colder region of air than that from which stones, which may have any size from a pea they started. It is known that different lay- to that of a walnut or even an orange, we at ers of atmosphere often have different tem- once recognize their composite character. peratures; a layer far under freezing point Hail-stones are reported to have fallen in often being between two others compara- tropical countries as large as sheep, but it is tively warm. probable that these were produced by the The other kind, which is regarded as true freezing together of a series of large stones, hail, is formed mainly by the meeting of two which had successively fallen in the same nearly opposite currents of air—one hot and spot. saturated with vapor, the other very cold. In 1851 hail-stones fell in Xew Hampshire Hailstorms are generally of no great breadth, weighing 18 ounces and four inches in diam- though they may be of considerable length. eter. A few years ago hail-stones weighing They occur in the greatest perfection in the a pound fell in Pittsburg. And hail-stones warmest season, and at the warmest period weighing half a pound have repeatedly fallen of the day, and generally are most severe in in different parts of the United States. the tropical climates. A fall of hail often In i860 a hail storm occurred off the Cape precedes, sometimes accompanies, and rarely of Good Hope in which hail-stones as large if ever, follows a thunder storm. as half a brick fell on an English ship, seri- While the hail-stones are falling through ously injuring some of the sailors. the atmosphere in different directions, they William Kelly, Eourth Commercial. TENTS. St. Ignatius Collegian CHICAGO CHRISTMAS . 109O1 IT/MNOIS /T\ list to t t^c rotnbs, as scurrying mably by, ^~s I Ctnb murmuring truerbly through/ tlje leafless trees, Ct/eu tot/trl th/e gleaming snoro in brtfts on Ijigb,, Cbant* Clnb tiny scrubs mitt? ruthless fingers seize, (Till a quicering sigh, anb a sob anb a robtspereb moan, 3n a minor note of sorroro softer groom, *Royal floats mournful through/ tb/e bleak anb lonely nigl/t, Clnb fabes aroay in stealthy timib fltgr/t: VJet out upon tb,e breary besert plain, Cb,is message rings, like fairy music light: truth/ pain." Smeat Eeaca Shall Gome to "Sweet peace sb,all come to b/earts oppresseb liearts Oppressed aiith Pain. CD, h/carken to tb,e sca=rr>ar>es tr/unberous cry, Cts breaking o'er th/e rocks tb/e spraymtists freeze, IPljile barkly scub tt/e cloubs across tb/c sky, Clnb njoful sounbs are sobbing on th/e breeze, €ike tb/e prayer of souls in suffering, tr>b,o atone $ov sinful beebs tb/ey uoro woulb fain bisoam; IPb/ilc sea gulls skim in noisy sb/rill beligb/t, Cf/etr snowy breasts bip 'neatb, tb/e billows mh/ite; IX^b/ile sl)ips are tossing on tb/e raging main, iEb/e sailors b/ear abore tb/e storm's bespite: "Sweet peace sb/all come to b/earts oppresseb with, pain." ©, birge of winbs anb trapes tb/at boleful sigb/, Cts tb/ougb/ fair nature's t/eart were ill at ease, ^b/e music sab seems but to .tnrrify Cb/e mystic force of b/eanen's strange becrees. martin 3. ITtcevoy, '02 How mournful, now tb/y threats are rubely bloum, Ctnb note tb/y voice sinks to a bismal groan, IXow startleb sl/rieks, in tremulous affrigh/t Cts tb/ougb/ some h/eart mere pierceb. VDifat pangs excite, IDr/at pains torment tb/ee, speak, rob/at bitter bane? $ov even noir tf/ere sounbs as from a b/eigh/t: "Sweet peace sb/all come to hearts oppresseb with pain." Cts fabc tfyese scenes away from" fancy's eye, $av sroceter, brighter pistons come to please, ^ar softer zeptjers seem to rofyispcr nigfy, Ctnb tranquil ebb anb floro tfyc murmuring seas; Cfye siloery moon in rabience neoer sfyone IDitb, fjalf so fair a Ugfyt on earthly zone; ctnb doubless skies, roitb, twinkling stars bebigfrt,. He'er lookeb upon more roitcfying looely nigfyt; ctnb uirjo may scoffing speak in fyigb, bisbain (Df tbe poice, rofyose cheering roorbs fonb tjope inrite; "Sroeet peace sb/all come to fjearts oppresseb roitb, pain." ^or lo, tfyis ntgt/t a beacomstar beams rrigfy, Ctnb skulking sin aroay in terror flees, XDb,iIe angels bright untb, music glorify £tje prince, rofyosc birtb, f)is anger mill appease, tDb,o sits majestic on £)is doub=buiIt throne. (XI), far aboron f)e sees tfye stable lone, Sees tfyat lorn 3nfant in 3ts loroly plight Sees o'er 3t bent, b,er eyes all beaming bright, Cb,e Dirgin ITtotfyer. Ctnb lo, tfyis soft refrain, Cfyat first reecfyoeb on tr/at sacreb nigfyt: "Sroeet peace sfyall come to r/earts oppresseb roitb, pain. ©, gentle Prince before Cfyee me unite IPitb, angel banbs in rapturous beligfyt, tEo sing Cb,y glory, sing Cfyy fjoly reign. Ctb,, may roe Ijear rofyen Death's fell bloro sfyall smite: "Sroect peace sfyall come to hearts oppresseb roitb, pain. The DaybreaK of Hope. In our darkness we find comfort, There are empty homes in our land, In our loneliness some joy, There are full ships on the sea, When Hope like the moon arises And fathers and mothers awaiting Night's terrors to destroy. Their dear sons patiently. The ghostly forms that haunt us Their eyes are on the ocean. Before its light give way; And they cannot turn away. And the unseen cannot hurt us. How sweet will be the meeting. At the dawning of the day. At the dawning of the day! —Edward J. Farrell, 04. — Phonetic Spelling. CHE present age, speaking generally, other way, and would spell it in a different is not one of intellectual profundity. manner. The confusion that would result is The majority of mankind have only evident. Should we make rules for phonetic a superficial education, and of these by far spelling, we would still have the labor of the greater part incline toward utilitarian learning spelling without its recompense. If knowledge. People desire, not that which is we did not we would have endless confusion beautiful, but that which is useful, and they and ambiguity. are continually suppressing all that will cul- Foreigners tell us our language can be tivate beauty, and advocating whatever is learned only with exceeding difficulty, and most useful. In their haste, they often, this, when they have the assistance of deriva- through lack of insight, choose what seems tions evident in the spelling of words. The a more useful method, but what really is not. difficulty would be well nigh invincible, if we One of these, so-called, useful methods is were to change words and spell to suit our phonetic spelling. Some people cry, "spell own sweet will. the word as it sounds." But right here I We must own, to our disgrace, that with would ask, how does it sound? Where did it the tendency to suppress classics, and to allow get that sound by which they would have it inexperienced students to choose their spelled? Take, for instance, the word "cause." own studies, the graduates The advocates of phonetic spelling might say modern are becoming more and more superficial, are gradually we ought to spell it k-a-w-z, as it sounds. But losing that keen power of discrimination they, very conveniently, forget it sounds thus which characterizes the thorough student, are because it is, in the original Latin language becoming mere "surface-thinkers." All this c-a-u-s-a. They would take the accidental is owing to the loose freedom of many present sound of a word, and reject the essential word systems of education. Shall still further itself. we this dissolution by allowing students and We shall not consider here, that this man- graduates to spell as they please? Shall we ner of spelling destroys the beauty of lan- do away with the careful, painstaking dis- guage, but we will disprove that it assists the cipline of learning correct spelling which lays usefulness of language, and its proper spell- the foundation for application, and concen- ing. Would it be easier to change the entire tration in afterlife and substitute a method spelling of a language as it has existed for which will make pupils neglectful and loose- over a century, and to substitute a method of minded? By all that is most wise, no! A spelling never used during all the centuries, thousand times no! But phonetic spelling than to keep words as they are, tp spell them would inevitably do this. properly, and thus preserve the intrinsic value of the words themselves Phonetic spellers To illustrate how phonetic spelling would say, "is not c-a-u-s-e k-a-w-z?" "Pshaw!" appear, we quote the following from the pen as our reverend professor of philosophy used of John M. Mott: "If Mr. Johnson and to say, "is not an act of the mind a wheel- udhur frends ov speling reform, wil join dhi ?" barrow No ! c-a-u-s-e is c-a-u-s-e and noth- Chicago Branch ov dhi Speling Riform Asso- ing else. siashun dhi fonetic alfabet wil be givn pub- Suppose all the English-speaking people of lisiti thru a sceme dhat iz practical, and dhi America, England, Canada, and Australia, speling riform muvment wil soon be recog- who are now united by a comrhon written nized bai dhi pres as won fact bai dhi best language, were to spell by sound, which scolarship ov America and Inggland." sounds would they take ? Some might say a '02. word sounded in one way, and would spell it Thomas M. Anderson, accordingly ; others would say it sounded an- The Wonderful Spectacles. ! grandpa, will you please tell us a a priceless present, the most wonderful pair story, just- of OH one?" were the . words spectacles ever made. Through them you which almost simultaneously burst will be able to see the fairyland and the home from the lips of six little tots, who had come of the brownies.' Madeline, who had listened to their grandma's to spend the Christmas. to all this in amazement and an ecstasy of joy, Grandpa sat musing for a few moments, as he promised to do as he bade. Quickly slipping replaced his old steel-rimmed glasses in their out of her snug bed, she took the little fellow case. Then suddenly a smile flitted across his by the hand and, feeling her way through the aged countenance and he said : "What would darkness, finally reached the big front door, you like to have, a fairy story or would you and, opening it noiselessly, let him out. With like. to hear about a wonderful pair of spec- a bound and a skip, like the leap of a fright- tacles that once existed?" ened stag, he was out upon the white mantle "O, tell us about the spectacles," exclaimed of snow, which wrapped the earth in its fleecy Archie, who intended to act as spokesman for fold, and after a few frisks and gambols, dis- his more thoughtful little cousins and sisters. appeared in the darkness. Madeline silently . "Well, my children," began the old gentle- crept back to her room and, jumping into her man, "in a small town of France, not far from little bed, was soon in the land of dreams, fast the great city of Paris, there once lived a asleep. beautiful little orphan girl, who stayed with "Next morning bright and early, before the her aunt, a rich but very unkind lady, who little snow birds had commenced their morn- never did much for her poor little niece. Mad- ing chirpings, Madeline was up like a lark, eline, which was the little girl's name, seldom and what was her delight and surprise to find ever got anything from Santa Claus and one the mantel and floor heaped with beautiful Christmas eve, a,s she went to bed, she 'was Christmas presents. 'Oh, how good Santa wondering if she would get anything in her Claus was to me,' thought Madeline. As she stocking, which she never failed to hang up stood there contemplating everything, her over the. blazing hearth. Poor Madeline was gaze suddenly rested upon a small gold and doomed to enjoy but little sleep and she lay red plush box, which lay on the center of the there on her bed, thinking of the nice things mantel, and seemed to outshine the rest in its other children get and of her poor, empty dazzling splendor. Reaching up she took it stocking, when she saw the two bright little down and carefully laying it on her bed, eyes of a brownie peering at her through the opened it. You can imagine her surprise, dim light of the pale moon, as it streamed when, on opening it, she found lying on a through her window. She was frightened very small cushion of silk an odd-looking old pair much and pulling her blanket over her small, of spectacles, with large, steel rims and fine, curly head, kept watching the brownie from thin glasses, covered with what to Madeline under the edge of her covers. She had been looked like a cobweb. 'Ah, these are the won- peeping at him in this manner for some time, derful spectacles the little brownie promised when he approached her and laughing silently me,' said Madeline, as she carefully replaced in his own funny way, said in a soft, gentle them. 'I shall put them away and let no one voice, which completely removed Madeline's see them, but after breakfast I shall go out misgivings: 'Fear not, my little lady, I will and use them myself. not harm you at all, so do not scream or make "After she had taken her morning meal, any noise. I am one of Santa Claus' brownies donned her little fur cap and, carefully con- and in passing over your house, I fell down cealed her precious case in her pocket, she this chimney and got lost. I do not know merrily skipped off. It was a beautiful day which way to turn and cannot find my way and the clear sunbeams glistened on the pure out. Now, my fairy princess, if you will help white ground. After walking some time, she me to escape from this prison I will give you sat down on a stoop and, taking out her box, she placed the precious glasses on her little couple of big snow flakes, fluttering from the nose. She nearly screamed with joy and de- clouds on high fell upon her glasses, and the light at the sight that greeted her eyes. Far fine cobweb covering melted off. The fairy- off in a distant land covered with lovely gar- land, with its pretty elves and funny little dens, groves and fields, she saw the home of brownies disappeared and Madeline saw the fairies and the land of brownies. There nothing but the snow-covered area before her. she saw the little elves sporting among the A heavy snow storm had begun, and Madeline trees or frisking in the cool waters of the my- retraced her steps homeward, but ever treas- riads of lakes that dotted this wonderful re- ured the wonderful spectacles." gion. Here and there the blithe little fairies Thus ended grandpa's story, and farther en- could be seen playing among the diminutive joyment was cut short by the entrance of trees or chasing the numberless small white grandmi, who invited all to supper. Led by and yellow butterflies, which flitted here and grandpa they marched in to the dining-rcom, there like the swallows on the sea shore. where, with regret, we shall leave them. Madeline was overjoyed and imagined herself Vincent McDonnell, '03. transported to this lovely land, when, alas, a J. Freedom of the Press. hundred and twenty-five years powerful moral factor, because the dissemina- ONEago, Benjamin Franklin predicted tion of clean and healthy news promotes social that the press was destined to be- intercourse and happiness, and enables each come the mightiest factor of American life. It man to profit by the noble thoughts and ac- seems that the present generation has wit- tions of others. But when a newspaper nessed the fulfillment of his prophecy ; for, in makes, or colors and falsifies information, proportion to the advancement of education then the advantages of publicity are to a and the extension of our trade and commerce, great extent lost in the mischievous and de- the press has grown in range and influence, moralizing effects produced. When it sup- until now its power is well nigh irresistible. ports for office men of no ability or character, It has indeed become the most immediate and and attempts to decide questions of import unmistakable exponent of the public mind. by appealing merely to party and religious This remarkable growth of the American prejudices, then it becomes an enemy to so- press, due to the almost absolute freedom, ciety and good government. which it has enjoyed under our government, Now, that there are thousands of such jour- has, however, been accompanied by a ten- nals in the United States at present is beyond dency toward license and licentiousness. And a question of doubt. And that their readers thus by thoughtful, well-meaning men, the comprise a goodly proportion of our popula- question is frequently asked, "Is the press at tion is evident from the large circulations, present abusing its freedom to such an extent which many of these papers have attained. that public morals and good government call The great object of this yellow variety of for the institution of legal safeguards, as a journal is not to spread worthy information, protection against its redundant vigor?" Let but to make itself a financial success. It per- us consider the question. ceives in the public mind a love for mental The true business of the newspaper is to ease and a leaning toward sentimentality, and give its readers a fair, impartial, intelligent depends upon them for its existence. It ap- and accurate account of such facts and pro- peals to them, gives them fuel, makes them ceedings as are worthy of publicity. If, then, stronger and stronger. And how? Notice the press knew its business half as well as it in the yellow journal the relative proportion claims to know the business of other institu- of news, good and bad. It depicts murders tions, we would be justified in hailing it as a and executions in the most glowing language. ; It evolves every detail of divorce scandals in tition of this state of affairs in case a press a way that will satisfy the most morbid curi- censorship were established in America. For osity. And, as a rule, places in the back- even in this free, liberty-loving land politi- ground sober information, requiring thought cians are not noted for their power of moral and concentration of mind. He, who habitu- discernment or an abundance of good will in ates himself to the perusal of these scandals sifting the wheat from the tares. Until, there- and vulgarities, soon loses whatever liking he fore, politicians cease to be made of a rather may have had for serious thought and study inferior kind of clay, or, at least, until they and since man will be like the company he rid themselves of some of the most striking keeps, he is likely to prove himself an un- weaknesses characterizing that substance, a worthy or dangerous citizen of our republic. press censorship sufficient to prevent the dis- We see therefore that the freedom of the semination of scandalous, sensational and im- American press is being abused. Now comes moral newspapers will be impracticable, yea, the question as to whether that freedom unsafe, since it is apt quite as often to become should be curtailed by the government. an instrument of injustice as a defence and In. many European countries, notably in support of righteousness. France and Austria, the press has been sub- The honest, high-minded journal cannot be jected to a rigid government censorship ; but too much lauded. The other species, however, it is questionable whether this censorship has will probably continue its evil course till the on the whole been productive of any good re- people learn to avoid it as they would the sults. In France, for instance, the Catholic leper or the madman. When they will realize conservative journals complain of a strug- the dangers of a perverted press and demand it is gling existence, while a notorious fact sound, clean journalism, it will be provided that the sensational newspaper is enjoying them ; when they refuse to support the un- much prosperity. In all these countries the principled paper, it will die of starvation. censorship is a political job and there is a strong probability that we would have a repe- G F. Conley, '04. An Imprisoned Soul. be deaf and dumb and also blind is incline to the still and placid waters of a lake. COcertainly a dreadful trial ; one which, Between the house and the lake was a beau- to the infidel, must be unbearable, tiful flower garden, rich in its multi-colored but to the Christian, cheered by faith and summer blossoms, and the air was balmy hope, one which he suffers with patience, with the scent of roses. Birds chirped mer- knowing that "celestial benedictions often as- rily in the thickets and the busy butterflies sume this dark disguise." seemed proud of the beauty with which na- A few years ago, while visiting in Wiscon- ture has clothed them. sin, Father Trainer, a dear friend of mine, The scene was beautiful. But, ah, the poor who for many years had been chaplain of a boy on the veranda was blind, as I learned Catholic institution for the deaf and dumb, from Father Trainer. He could not enjoy took me to visit a family by the name of any of those beauties which so charmed my Worthington. I saw there, sitting in a rock- senses. The beauties of this world were not ing chair on the veranda, a boy of about six- manifest to his sightless orbs, nor were the teen years of age, who was looking out, as I melodies of birds and the sweet tones of a supposed upon the grand and glorious clouds friendly voice audible to his ears. that crowned the western horizon, and en- "The poor boy," said Father Trainer, "is joying the beautiful landscape before him. deaf, dumb and blind. He was born in the In the far off distance could be seen the city of New York of very poor parents, who forest-crowned hills that sloped with a gentle made many a noble sacrifice in trying to have him cured. He was born deaf, and at the age by its means I hold, as it were, the key to his of seven, the additional affliction of blindness imprisoned soul, and can cheer him in his came upon him as the after effects of a severe solitude that must otherwise seem dreadful. attack of scarlet fever. The only companion He can understand me by feeling my fingers of his younger days was his only sister, who when I converse with him in the sign lan- was about four years older than himself. Her guage. sweet, sympathetic love for him has left an Many a pleasant hour I have spent with indelible impression on his mind. He loves him. Many a hope and longing expectation to speak of her as his guardian angel, though of the world to come has he confided to me. each time he does so, tears glisten in his It made me feel sad one day when he asked sightless eyes. But this dear sister was not me, "Father, shall I be blind and deaf in destined long for this world and died when heaven?" I told him that in God's kingdom she was but seventeen. I think the poor boy there is no grief or sorrow of any sort, and felt her loss more than the loss of his eye- that, in proportion to his patience on earth, sight. His father and mother are also dead. he would enjoy the music of heaven and see Being an orphan and friendless, he was the infinite beauty of God. Ever since that adopted by the Worthingtons, who, desirous time he has been wonderfully patient. He of giving him an education suited to his con- loves to speak of heaven and longs for the ditions, made application for that purpose to time when his imprisoned soul shall be re- several State institutions for the deaf. But leased from its dark and silent prison and none of those institutions wotild undertake emerge into eternal light." the task of teaching him, since he was not Often have I thought of that poor unfor- only deaf and dumb, but also blind. tunate boy and thanked God for the gift of A Sister of Charity hearing of the pitiable my unimpaired faculties. Often, too, have I conditions of the poor boy, begged of her su- admired the Worthingtons, whose charity is in perior the privilege of undertaking the ardu- such a striking contrast with that of the gen- ous task of educating him. Devoting her erality of mankind. Millions are annually ex- whole attention to him, she succeeded with pended in procuring libraries for those who much patience in teaching him, not only the can see, and thousands, in procuring concerts sign language of the deaf mutes and the for those who can hear, while few think of raised prints of the blind, but also stored his bringing help and cheer to imprisoned souls mind with a vast amount of information. that dwell on earth in perpetual silence or I am glad to have been placed in a position darkness. Cecil A. FitzGerald, where I could learn the mutes' language, for Humanities A. RONDEL. The Return of Christinas. Along the dim cathedral aisle, Though fierce the wintry winds are blowing. Sweet Christmas hymns are ebbing, flowing, Though unbelievers mock and smile, 'Neath fretted vault and gilded tile, Along the dim cathedral aisle, Again are Christmas tapers glowing. Sweet Christmas hymns are ebbing, flowing Though in Time's pageant file on file. The lingering years are ever going. Winds blow and scoffers still revile, In simple hearts sweet joys are growing, As 'long the dim cathedral aisle, Sweet Christmas hymns are ebbing, flowing —"Ferdinand.' How Fido Died. ?IDO was a fine specimen of an intel- Jim, though very sleepy, tried to remain ligent Newfoundland dog. Mr. awake a long time to see where the Christmas White, Jim's father, had bought him presents came from. It was his plan to re- when quite a puppy, and he had grown up main awake as long as he could and then to almost as one of the family. tell Fido to watch, for he knew that if any Jim was about six years old and as far back one entered the room at night he would im- as he could remember Fido had been his only mediately jump upon his bed, not for fright, companion, while with Fido, it was the same by any means, but to protect his young mas- way, he having never known any other mas- ter. This Jim knew would be sufficient to ter but Jim. awaken him. For this reason he and Jim were insepara- He remained awake but a short time, when ble comrades ; they would roam all day in the he dropped to sleep so suddenly that he for- woods near the house and at night would got to give his commands to Fido, who was sleep in the same room together. sleeping soundly. was very small for his age, while Fido Jim When Jim had been asleep about three was very large and strong, so that if Jim hours Fido awoke and started to walk around got tired when they were out on one of their the room to see whether all was right, when rambles Fido would lie down and, when Jim a slight noise at one of the windows attracted had clambered upon his back, would trot his attention ; he turned just in time to see very contentedly home ; but though he would three dark forms run from the window and allow to ride on his back, he allow Jim would stop in the shade of some trees, where they no one else, and, if they persisted in trying, seemed to be talking very earnestly. he would do all sorts of things to get them Fido no sooner heard the noise than he off. gave utterance to a loud bark and jumped It was Christmas eve, and all was quiet upon the bed. Jim was suddenly awakened within and without ; a deep snow had been by this bark and Fido, seeing that he was falling for the last few days and the ground awake, jumped down and running across the was covered very deeply with that hoary sub- room began to leap frantically at the window. stance that was the cause of much delight to There was a queer sound outside the win- all the children, especially to Jim. He had dow, and Jim, who thought it was Santa been pulled about all day on his sled by Fido, Claus, said, "Come, Fido; come, Fido; it is who enjoyed the snow almost as much as Santa, I bet." then the window was Jim. Just broken in with a crash ; there was a glare of Jim, with the aid of several old shoe and light, and saw Fido leap out of the win- soap boxes, played he was Santa Claus, dis- Jim dow. There was a dull thud and then tributing them at different fence-posts, which Jim heard the fierce barking of Fido dying away he played were good little children, until, in the distance. evidently pursuing after having taken back and distributed them He was the rogue, who had attracted his attention time and time again, he grew tired of this first, and then broken in the window. new play and started for home to tell his mother his experiences. Suddenly a fierce-looking form stood be- After a hearty supper Jim said he would fore Jim, and before he knew what had hap- like to go to bed early, and Fido seconded pened, he was forced back upon his pillow this with a stretching of his legs and a deep and felt the grip of iron-like fingers tighten- yawn, as both were very tired from the sports ing around his little throat. Jim gave a ter- of the day. rible shriek and fell back upon his bed in a As I have said Fido always slept in the swoon. same room with Jim, who on other occasions Next morning he found himself in the immediately dropped to sleep, but this night home of his aunt, who told him that Fido : ; him by had died in trying to save him. This is how He leaped at the man and catching probably have killed him it happened the throat, would Three burglars, hoping to secure a large had not the third burglar, who had just then instantly killed amount of money in Mr. White's house that entered the room, shot and night, planned to enter the house through poor Fido. Jim's window, and in breaking the window By this time all the inmates of the house aroused both Jim and Fido. Just as the first had been aroused by the shouting, barking burglar thrust his lantern through the win- and shooting and the third burglar, helping dow, Fido leaped out and threw the forward his wounded mate through the window, fled. robber to the ground. This fellow succeeded, Jim never forgets that Christmas, for with however, in making his escape to the nearest all the presents he received the loss of Fido tree, thus placing himself beyond the reach caused him many hours of bitter weeping, and of Fido, who was chasing him. although the robbers were brought to justice, After a few moments the second burglar Fido was no more. entered the room and was just in the act of Gilbert Buhmann, choking little Jim when faithful Fido came G. back, just in time to prevent any serious dam- Second Special A. Athletics in Colleges. CHE reports which are now and then College sports then have these two neces- communicated to the public concern- sary means to supply : first, they must keep ing athletics in colleges, urge us to the body in good condition physically ; sec- ask, whither are college sports tending? It ondly, they must afford relaxation of mind. seems clear to many, who interest themselves They must divert the mind from the subjects in the question, that there is a growing ten- of its study to others that do not require such dency to enthrone athletics in our colleges great mental effort. But the utility of these and what is coyly spoken of as the "higher sports is not to be confined to what we have studies" is a jest used to soften a rather un- called necessary means; they are also bene- pleasant truth. ficial in many other ways. Many, if indeed There are institutions of learning, where not all of them, give a certain amount of cul- athletics, for some, are the principal study, or ture. They give courage, patience, self-pos- at least where the student is so absorbed in session and other such qualities as become an sports, that little or no attention is given to educated man. mental training. Can there be any sound Since, then, the object of athletics is the reason for this ? The aim of college sport in preservation of health and relaxation of mind, general should be to develop or to preserve it is evident that their position in an institu- health, and interest in study. Health is often tion of learning should be subordinate. They endangered during college days both by the are auxiliaries or means used to attain the end confinement and the mental strain. If the of such an institution. body remains inactive, while the mind is ab- When they overstep this position, they de- sorbed in study that requires close thought, feat the purpose of the institution, and the both the physical and mental condition of the name—College—is only a mask to conceal its student soon become impaired. After a short real object. time, the body will no longer be able to sup- The danger, then, in the present tendency port the mind, in its pursuit of knowledge, is that athletics by force of enthusiasm be- and the mind itself, if left to dwell continual- come a check on mental development, instead ly upon that which is the object of its study, of being confined to their proper position, a loses its vigor and becomes less fit for appli- means to an end. It is well to bear in mind cation. that the aim of a college is the development ! and training of the mental faculties. Every- The results that follow the abuse of ath- thing connected with the college work should letics are sometimes deplorable. The young assist in this development directly or indi- men receive little or none of that mental rectly. Study develops the mind directly; training which they are supposed to have re- college sports assist indirectly in this develop- ceived. They are unfitted for reflection, and ment, and each should receive the encourage- become day-dreamers of the first order. They ment that is due it. have an unnatural craving for the abnormal The young, though they require much en- stimulant of excitement and public applause, couragement to make mental efforts, require and when they can no longer receive this little to make physical efforts, when there is stimulant, they seek others that are question- in them an opportunity for fun. If, then, able to a degree. The public as well as the there is added to the natural impetus these students themselves seeing, too late, this mis- have an artificial one to develop the body, guided training and its evil results, become odds are placed against mental effort just in suspicious of the benefits claimed for educa- proportion to the encouragement that is tion. given to physical development. These abuses can be prevented by discre- Athletics, like all good things, are some- tion on the part of the college authorities. times abused. Some colleges increase their They should encourage sports on the prin- number of students by giving free tuition to ciple "mens sana in corpore sar.o," and should young men for athletic ability. This in itself restrain their students from abusing that prin- is not an abus; ; but the indifference, with ciple. We will then have strong men, and which the intellectual progress of these young men of action, but with intelligence behind men is treated, makes it an abuse. Not only their strength and activity, well trained by re- the negligence of those who receive free tui- flection, well directed amidst the impulses of tion, but also the failure in study of the other energy and enthusiasm, to make them ath- athletes is frequently overlooked. They are letes in body as well as in mind. allowed to give more of their time to sports Thomas R. Collins, '02. than can profitably be spared from study. The Midnight Mass of the MonKs. was Christmas eve. I had just tugged, and my respect for the House of God TTcome from work and was wending prevented me from calling aloud. The win- my way toward the ivy-clad church dows were high from the ground and securely of "Santa Maria,'' to which I always paid a barred. visit shortly after vespers. It was dusk and Seeing that there was no hope of escape, I the only light in the sacred edifice was a red again knelt down and began saying my beads. ray cast by the sanctuary lamp. I knelt down The moon had arisen and the church was in one of the old-fashioned pews and began flooded with its pale light. It fell on the to say my prayers. The organist was practic- memorial tablets in the walls, and upon the ing for the high mass on the morrow, and, as Sistine Madonna over the high altar. The the low strains fell upon my ear I laid my calm and smiling face reassured me, and I head on my arms and listened. Gradually the arose and looked out of a small window near notes became less and less distinct and—I was the confessional. The world, in its mantle of fast asleep. snow, lay bathed in the moon's cold beams. I awoke with a shiver and just in time to A bird, aroused by the fall of an icicle, flut- hear a clock in a neighboring steeple strike tered from its nest in momentary fear, and the half hour. "Half-past what?" thought I, settled back again in sleep. and arising I went to the door to go out, but, Suddenly the town clock struck the hour. alas, it was locked. In vain I pulled and How eagerly I counted the strokes. Ten eleven ! twelve ! and all was still. But for a swooned. I was aroused by the aged sexton moment only. The next instant the low mur- shaking me and inquiring how I had gotten mur of chanting was heard, accompanied by there. I told him my story, and after I had the organ. All of a sudden the church was finished, he stood shaking his hoary head as ablaze with lights, and I could see the dark if trying to recall something of the past. Then forms of many monks, with sandaled feet and he said in a quavering voice: "My son, you cowls drawn over their faces, passing up the have been permitted to behold an apparition center aisle. The priest in his vestments which few people, if any, have seen. For you sparkling with jewels and gold was at the must know that upon certain Christmas eves altar, and now the joyous strains of the the monks who lived in this monastery over a Adeste pealed through the church. thousand years ago, come and hear Mass in this church. When I was young I heard my All through the High Mass I knelt in rap- great grandfather tell this legend of the turous prayer, thinking of that Christmrs Monks' Christmas Mass. one knows this night many centuries ago when our Lord and No story except some very old people, and they God came upon this earth in the form of a have, in all probability forgotten it. But by little child. a special Providence you have been allowed Mass was over, and the monks filed slowly to see it." out of the church through an unused door Then he left me and I went to my home. leading to a ruined abbey. The last figure Never if I live to be a hundred years old, will disappeared as the clock struck one, and the I forget "The Midnight Mass of the Monks." lights were suddenly extinguished, leaving me once more in the silvery moonlight. Joseph Leo Scott, I felt faint and before I knew it had Third Academic B. Thought-Shadows. *j hS clouds flit icross the sky and cast breathing of the slumbering trees. The mind "" their shadows on the earth, so is lost in admiration and all petty trials and •^ ' thoughts are ever drifting across the troubles are forgotten. The soft light and the soul, and the spoken word is but the gentle stillness sooth all irritation and smooth thought-shadow, wafted here and there and the ruffled brow of care, and the mind tor- everywhere by the wind of the human will. tured by a thousand worries drinks in the de- How fleeting and uncertain are they both. licious repose of the hour. The cloud-shadow can be caught by the Oct. 10—What a queer thing is memory? painter's brush or the photographer's camera, This storehouse of indiscriminate recollec- the thought-shadow by the writer's pen or the tions furnishes food for reflection in all our printer's press. Thus mused I the other day different moods. In times of joy some pleas- and resolved to catch the fleeing fancies that ing thought of bygone days increases our hap- chased themselves in variegated waywardness piness. When gloominess and depression over the welkin of my inner self. Read and hang over us the past as well as the present be kind. seems filled with sadness. We are happy and Oct. 9.—How peaceful is night? What a our memory is happy with us ; we are sad and peace and contentment does the wearied soul we see only the gloomy "picture that hangs find in the stillness and quiet of a night soft on memory's wall." and chaste. The moon, a blood-red orb, rises Oct. 11.—What a mystery and magnifi- in a cloudless sky. The stars with all their cence there is in nature. The infinite expanse countless number serenely twinkling, shed a of the heavens, the countless stars—all mov- soft lustre upon the earth. All nature seems ing in majestic harmony, guided and ruled at rest. The very breeze is stilled and the by an unseen hand—the wonders of land and soft murmuring of the stream seems but the sea and air, all proclaim a guiding providence. ; The seasons come and go and with them ebb seems to mark the approach of an unseen pro- and flow the tides of life. All nature, down cession. The music swells and bouquets of to her lowest forms, betrays the guiding pearly white are showered from all the trees hand of an all-wise and all-powerful ruler. on the passing host. The mystic melody has The harmony of it all surpasses understand- died, the pageant has passed and the snowy ing. Yet how little do we regard and appreci- way now trampled and despoiled disappears ate the beauty of the universe that surrounds before the warm rays of the rising sun. us. We are so accustomed to all her actions Oct. 14.—Many things, with which we have that the grandest feats of nature, performed to contend in everyday life, seem evils to us before our eyes, call forth but little admira- but are really means for our further better- tion. ment. What seems hardest to bear is often Oct. 12. —Books, the treasure chest of the the best for us. We seldom see things in that ages, what a blessing you are and what a light, but nevertheless the fact is true. Ad- curse ! You repositaries of truth and learn- versity, of all things, most depresses us for ing, what an incalculable benefit you are to the time and yet does more for us than we humanity ; nurturers of vice and wickedness, generally suppose. It rouses those qualities what evil lies thick upon your pages ! What in us which but for it would lie forever latent. is there not in books? The thoughts and ac- Adversity is the nurse of true greatness. He tions of noble men are arrayed in the same who can meet it face to face and surmount the garb as are those of base and licentious difficulties it piles up before him is bound to dreamers. A pitfall or a mine of golden treas- become great. A man who shrinks from ad- ure lies beneath every cover. Which of these versity can never meet successfully the ex- it is cannot be told till the book is opened igencies of life. Adversity boldly met and and the contents are spread before us. Even triumphantly overcome breeds a feeling of then very often the true character of the confidence in the mind which is the surest book is not revealed to the unwary. Too late, antidote against disappointment and despair.. alas ! may the susceptible reader realize the Oct. 15.—Of all the virtues that should en- true value of the book. late ! His eyes Too hance our every-day life, gratitude is perhaps be already blinded to the fallacies and may exercised least. How much have we to be hidden errors with which the book abounds, thankful for? Our pleasures, our successes, and unable to discern what is good and what our advantages ? And yet how seldom do we is bad, the corroding thought may already be show it! How pleased we are by a show of gnawing at his heart and undermining the gratitude for favors we have conferred, and foundations of faith and morality. how a seeming ingratitude jars our finer sen- Oct. 13.—What a beautiful thing is the sibilities ! It costs us little to be grateful, but snow, fresh fallen from heaven and like an what a happiness it bears with it? Even the ermine mantle spread over the earth ? How man that shows his gratitude feels a positive ephemeral it is, but how it gladdens the sight pleasure in being thankful. It encourages the while it remains. The dull, dark ground, the mind to other good actions, and warms the leafless trees, the scraggy bushes are clothed heart to benevolence. Yet with all this how in dazzling whiteness. The bleak, bald moun- seldom do we ourselves show our gratitude. tains have become pyramids of the purest We despise the ingrate, and yet how often are marble. All seems spread with crystal finery we ourselves ungrateful. in anticipation of some royal pageant. The whispering of the breeze in the branches John Prendergast, '03. DEATH. The setting sun shall rise again on high, When wintry snows lie deep, then Spring is nigh. So take ye heart, grim Death is but the tie Between this life and that; fear not to die. —William E. Ryan, '04. 12 Q>' } h Q"Q'- Q •Students of At. Ignatius College in "NEAR S^c THRONE." : ; HORACE. A Character Sketch. RORAGE needed no biographer. In But next to his gratefulness we are most his works he has left us not only favorably impressed with the thorough in- specimens of the highest poetical genuousness and kindliness of his tempera- genius, but also a most unique biography. ment in general. It is this more than any- These works paint for us in clear, bold strokes, thing else that forms his principal charm and in colors unmistakable, the true character of attracts to him alike the rich and the poor, their maker. As we peruse them we find the young and the old, the student and the them as a general rule expressive of senti- scholar. Whether at home or abroad, in ments that do honor to their author. Sin- mirth or dejection we find him always with cerity and gratitude, honor and patriotism, us, touching us on so many sides of our com- temperance and fortitude, wisdom and an un- mon nature. In the very foibles of his char- questioning trust in the power of his gods, all acter he gains our good will. We see in him these are Horace's in an eminent degree. one who is thoroughly human like ourselves We would fain dwell on these qualities at and yet a noble soul despite his weaknesses. greater length, circumstances, however, limit Horace has been unjustly accused of licen- us a brief sketch of a few. to comparatively ciousness and intemperance by a few incon- will therefore endeavor briefly to bring We siderate critics. We say unjustly, for on this out salient features of s the more Horace point the majority of Horace's commentators character, those features that form, as it were, seem now pretty generally agreed that those a fair criterion of the man, as being indica- of his productions that savor of immorality tive of many other principles in their pos- are not original with him, but are merely ver- sessor. sions of Grecian originals. The fact that we And first of all we must refer to the grate- find objectionable passages in his poems ful love of our hero for his friends. Every- rather reflects upon the degeneracy of the where we find him taking the kindliest inter- time in which he lived. The exceeding small- est in his benefactors and extolling them to ness of their number does honor to the man. the stars. Speaking of Maecenas he says, for Horace would serve posterity not only as a example : poet and an artist, but also as an historian "Should you, alas! lie snatched away. hence what he saw and heard must all needs Wherefore, ah! wherefore should I stay. go into the picture, pleasant and unpleas- My value lost, no longer whole, ant alike. And but possessing half my soul? As for intemperance nothing is more un- One day. believe the sacred oath. founded. Nothing stands out more prom- Shall lead the funeral pomp of both: inently in the character of With thee to Pluto's dark abode, Horace than his frugality With thee I'll tread the dreary road. and abstemiousness, even in pros- Nor fell Chimera's breath of fire perity. The following lines sufficiently illus- Nor hundred-handed Gyas dire, trate this Shall ever tear my friend from me: So Justice and the Fates decree." "To me nor gold nor ivory lends Its shine to fret my ceiling; constant solicitude for of A the welfare Nor shafts, in farthest Afric hewn, Maecenas and Augustus became almost es- Prop architraves Hymettian. sential to his spiritual well-being; and what food is for the body a knowledge of their good health and fortune was for Horace's Yet mine is truth and mine some vein happiness. Their pleasure and success was Of inborn genius kindly: his and their misfortune became for him a Though poor, I do not court the rich, source of the greatest pain. But by the rich am courted. — : I do not for more; weary heaven destroy an opinion so derogatory to his I tax not kindly patron; honor. We know that where licentious de- Content with all I own on earth, sires have once taken root there is no room Some rural acres Sabine." for the cultivation and pursuit of an art so honorable as Horace's. We do not forget of course that Horace Another very interesting feature is his keen sometimes entered into free conviviality, and insight into human nature. Among many that choice Massic or Caecnban then became other instances this becomes manifest in the for him the climax of earthly felicity : following lines "When shall we quaff your old Caecubian wine, Reserved for pious feasts and joys divine? "When loud the winds and waters wage Wild Avar with elemental rage, Boy, bring us larger bowls, and fill them round With Chian, or the Lesbian vintage crowned, The merchant praises the retreat, quiet Or rich Caecubian, which may best restrain The of his rural seat; Yet, All sickening qualms and fortify the brain. want untutored to sustain, Soon rigs The inspiring juice shall the gay banquet warm, his shattered bark again." Nor Caesar's danger shall our fears alarm." Was it this clear insight into human nature But let us remember that Horace was only that caused him to foretell so exactly the im- a pagan, that for him all happiness ended mortality of his own name in the beautiful ode with the grave, and that as a confessed Epi- to Melpomene, beginning with the words curean he seized the fleeting pleasures as they "Exegi monumentum?" flew. Listen to him in the following expres- "I have built a monument than bronze more last- sion of the of his life : philosophy ing, "In adverse hours an equal mind maintain, Soaring more high than regal pyramids. Nor let your spirit rise too high, ******* Though Fortune kindly change the scene I shall not wholly die! From Libitina Remember. Dellius, you were born to die. A part, yea, much of mine own self escapes. * * * * * * * Where the pale poplar and the pine Renewing bloom from praise in after ages, Expel the sun's intemperate beam, My growth through time shall be to fresher youth, In hospitable shades their branches twine, Long as the High Priest, with the Silent Virgin, Ascends the sacred Capitol of Rome. And winds with toil, though swift the tremulous stream. Mine on men's lips shall be a name familiar; Here pour your wines, your odors shed. I of the low-born now become the prince Bring forth the rose's short-lived flower, Under whose leadrship Aeolian music While Fate yet spins the mortal thread, First found an empire in Italian song. While youth and Fortune give the indulgent hour. Many of the contemporaries of Horace have all tread the paths of Fate; We must long since passed into oblivion, but as in the And ever shakes the mortal urn, past and the present, so in the future, he will Whose lot embarks us, soon or late, live, an honor to his nation, a benefactor to On Charon's boat, ah! never to return. posterity, ever more and more cherished as Moreover the labor and assiduity of Hor- one of the shining stars of the golden age of ace are in themselves the best calculated to Roman song. Andrew W. Hellgeth, '03. LIFE. We come upon this dreary earth, Like snowflakes from the sky; And as the snowflakes melt away, We live, grow old and die. —Charles A. McClellan, '03. ;! The Hunted Moose. was early in the winter of the year. stands irresolute; and then, as there breaks TTFar up in the depths of the Adiron- upon his frightened ear the distant baying of dacks, the golden sun, slowly near- a hound, far down the mountain, throws him- ing the western horizon, proclaimed the ap- self into the water and strikes out for the shel- proaching close of a glorious day. The first ter of the neighboring forest. snow had fallen the clay previous, and the Farther and farther away swims the stag ground lay covered with a delicate mantle of while nearer and nearer sound the baying of immaculate whiteness. The placid bosom of the hounds, hot on the trail, and the crackling the miniature lake, at the summit of the of the sapless twigs and bushes. Now the steep, bush-covered side of the mountain, eager brutes gain the summit and rush on- rippled softly as it was kissed by the cool wind ward to the lake. A disappointed yelp bursts and glittered brightly beneath the rays of the from their throats, as they realize that they declining sun; for it had not, as yet, been are baffled. And now their guide, panting for seized in the close, icy grip of winter. Here breath, appears on the scene and puts them and there on the sloping banks, which wound in leash. in and out, making diminutive bays, grew The swimming buck arrives at the opposite little clumps of bushes ; while, across its azure shore, and, emerging from the chilly water, surface, could be seen the large, snow-fringed gives his shaggy hide a hurried shake and trees of a magnificent forest—a veritable par- starts off at a slow trot across the short space adise for the sportsman and the tourist. Al- which intervenes between the water's edge together, the scene presented was one of per- and the entrance to the forest. But, alas fect tranquillity, well adapted to enrapture the that forest the noble animal is destined to -en- soul of a lover of the picturesque. ter never more. Just as he is about to cross The quietude of the place is broken abrupt- its margin, there comes from a clump of ly by an arrival. With his massive head and bushes a short distance to leeward, the angry antlers held proudly erect and with his ever report of a rifle, and the gallant moose, giv- alert ear twitching nervously about, a stately ing one convulsive plunge forward, falls dead. moose comes slowly up the side of the moun- The sun has sunk to its repose behind the tain, causing great havoc among the bushes western hills. A gentleman, with his guide in his path and with majestic stride, moves and hounds, joyful in the anticipation of the forward to the edge of the lake. He bends venison which shall make him a sumptuous to slake his burning thirst in the crystalline feast on the morrow, wends his way gaily water and to give refreshment to his weary homeward to the fire of his cheerful camp. limbs ; but the next instant, with remarkable But what a contrast is the scene, far up in suddenness he raises his great head into the the depths of that Adirondack wilderness, air and stands as rigidly as if carved from where a lonely doe and her fatherless fawn stone. He turns quickly and with great de- roam sadly all the night. liberation sniffs the air in the direction from James F. Rice, which he has just come. For a moment he Humanities B. The Story of a Candle. CHAT part of my life which followed But at last, our box was opened, and we were my being drawn from the candle- put upon a shelf for sale. mould, is hardly worth the telling. All sorts of persons came into the store I was packed away, with eleven of my broth- and bought my brothers. Finally a nun pur- ers, into a neat pasteboard box. We all chased me. As I was being wrapped up, I passed a very dull, dark time of waiting there. looked at the nun, and wondered whether I could give snch a beautiful light as shone thought there was a draught. After that I from her calm, cheerful face. She carried me kept quiet, and tried to look cheerful and a long way, through rain and wind, until she calm, like the nun. came to a great convent, which she entered. When Benediction was over, the nun put Then she put me into a brass candlestick and out all the lights. My ! how cold and dreary set me upon the altar. The candlestick I felt all that night. squeezed my feet and hurt me very much at But the next evening I was lighted again. first, but I soon forgot my pain in the joy of This made me so happy that I forgot my- being among the fresh flowers again. For self, and blazed up, and tossed my flame you must know, I had lived among the flow- about, and dripped more than ever. ers in the woods before the bees carried me After Benediction I was so much burned away to their hives. down that the nun took me out and threw me . After a few hours, the nun came from the into a box with a number of other candle- sacristy and lit my brothers and myself. Then ends. They tell me that we shall all be melt- the organ played, the priest came, in his robes, ed together, and made into long candles the sweet smell of incense filled the place and again. When this happens I will try to be- Benediction began. And I was so mad with have, as a serious candle should. joy that I threw my light all around, and James Howard, flickered and dripped with all my might, un- til the nun closed the sacristy doors. She Third Commercial. Our Only Hope. was a beautiful day in the middle of did not hurry to the lunch room and eat their TTJune, just such a one as the poet loves dinners as usual, but walked around the to write about. The students of St. grounds conversing about the prospects of Charles college were in high glee, for they the game. were to play their first game of base-ball. As the hour hand on the old clock pointed The boys had been in training for a month to two, Manager Matt Gilligan and his play- or so previous to the "big game," as it was ers marched to the ball field amid the cheers called, and every player was in good condition of the students. for the contest. Those young fellows, with their suits of The Excelsiors, the college nine styled purple and white, presented a beautiful sight themselves, had elected Frank Driscoll, an as they showed their skill handling the 5-inch honest and straightforward lad, to captain the sphere which every American boy loves so team. much. A few days after the Christmas vacation, The practice, however, was brought to a John Dundon, a lad of about 18 years, and close by the arrival of the opposing team. rather tall for his age, had arrived at the col- "From their uniforms one readily concluded lege. He came from a little town in Pennsyl- that their colors were maroon and gray. They vania. came accompanied by their manager, Joseph John had a reputation for being a ball Kendrick. player, but had never had an opportunity for After a short conversation between Mana- showing his skill since his arrival. gers Kendrick and Gilligan, the Excelsiors He was in one of the special classes, and, took the field and Umpire Connors called the wishing to improve himself as much as pos- game. sible, he had little time for sports, although As Tom Connors entered the pitcher's box he liked them very much. a great cheer came from the bleachers and, The morning session of school was over, although John, who was sitting on a side and as the boys had the afternoon off, they bench, was a fast friend of Tom's, he had a strong desire to fill this important position. bat, the side was retired on a high fly to left The game went on smoothly until the last field. half of the eighth inning, when the Excelsiors After a short talk, the managers agreed to came to bat. The score was a tie. Tom step- play until either side should score. In the pitcher a high in- ped up to bat. The threw first half of the tenth inning John, after re- curve, and Tom, in his efforts to get away ceiving many a cheer, showed his skill and from it, was struck in the head and rendered appreciation by striking out the first three unconscious. men up. Every beart in the college bleachers was half of tenth inning the first saddened. All hope of winning the game was In the last the gone. The side was soon retired and, much batter knocked a fly to left field and was to the surprise of all, John Dundon entered caught out. The next one was retired on a the box to take Tom's place. A rousing ground ball to stortstop. John came next. cheer went up as he entered the diamond. The umpire called three balls and then two strikes. As the next ball came toward him When the umpire called "Play ball" John's John drew back and, with a well-timed blow, heart beat with excitement, for he knew that sent the ball high over the left-fielder's head. it rested with him to decide who should win. Cries of "Home run," "Home run," came "One ball," the umpire shouted, as the sphere from the bleachers, and John, having reached whizzed toward the catcher. The next three first base, started for second. The fielder by met with the same fate, and the batter took this time had the ball, and in his efforts to his base. throw it to the second baseman he threw it The base-runner took a big lead, and, with wide of the mark. John reached third and the assistance of Tom Irving, John threw his started for home. The first baseman lost no man out. time in getting the ball, and, seeing John start John now felt somewhat more confident, from third base he threw it home. Cries of but this confidence was destined to be short- "Dive," "Dive," came from every direction, lived, for the next batter up found the ball and when within five feet of the base he dove for a two-base hit, but failed to score, for John and was called "safe." The crowd went wild struck out the next two men. with excitement, and John was carried from the grounds on the shoulders of his friends, It was now the Excelsior's turn at bat, and the hero of the day. W. P. Ahearn. the last half of the ninth inning ; the excite- ment was intense, and, although two men First Special. were on bases when Ed Fitzgerald came to Alexius Birren, Patri Suo S. P. D. Negari non potest quin ad te scribere mea studia summa me delectatione retinent, magna me voluptate afficiat. Nos omnes et post Nativitatis festivitatem Caesaris rebus valemus, et te etiam valere spero. Ciceronis gestis inter Gallos, me totum tradidam. Cura epistolis multum operae his paucis mensibus ut valeas et ad me litteras quamprimum dedi. scribas. Etiam atque etiam tibi festivitatem Primo, propter studii novitatem, parum faustam prosperamque volo. progressus feci, nunc autem. difficultatibus Vale. diligentia perseverantiaque superatis, ad te X. Cal. Dec, Ex Collegio St. Ignatii. epistolam Latinam scribere constitui. Omnia Alex. C. Birren, First Special. A Hunting' Incident. ly forward they came upon an open glade, small town in the western part of TN a where an encounter seemed to have taken Arizona lived a family by the name of place recently. Nothing daunted, Mr. Grey Grey. Willie, their only child, was a bright and Will kept on. In a short time they be- lad of thirteen summers. He was an expert held a spectacle that well-nigh made their shot with a rifle, and many a time had accom- blood run cold. About twenty feet in front panied his father on a hunting expedition. At of them sat a huge grizzly, eating the flesh of the time at which our story opens, Willie had a large stag. It was lucky for them that the just received a present of a new Winchester wind was not at their backs, for if it had been rifle, and he was very anxious to try it on the their presence would soon have been per- broad forehead of some forest animal. There- ceived. fore, when his father spoke of going on a Taking careful aim, Mr. Grey fired at the hunting trip, Willie was heart and soul with monster's head. The bullet entered the bear's him. nose, but touched no vital spot. With a It was a cool, crisp morning in autumn on growl of rage, the grizzly reeled forward, but which Will, his father and two other hunters not before he had received another bullet in started out. There had been a heavy frost the leg. As soon as the bear caught sight of the preceding night, and a keen wind was now his tormentors, he rushed toward them. With blowing from the north. But the hunters did a blow of his paw he knocked Mr. Grey down, not mind this, as they walked merrily along, and Willie would have shared the same fate talking of the adventures which they antici- had not our hero jumped aside, and, drawing pated, with bears and other animals which his large hunting knife, prepared to defend frequented the mountains. himself. Wounded as he was the bear was still While they were thus engaged the prac- a formidable antagonist, and, I am afraid, ticed eye of one of the hunters. Bill Short by would have laid Willie low also had not Bill name, caught sight of the large tracks of a Short and his companion burst upon the bear. Falling on his hands and knees he ex- scene at this instant. amined them and found them to be the tracks The death of the bear, which quickly fol- of a huge grizzly. They decided to kill it, if lowed their timely appearance, rescued our possible. Their mode of attack was quickly friends from great peril. Mr. Grey, though formed. Mr. Grey and Willie were to follow stunned, was not hurt very badly, and as- the tracks while the others were to spread out sisted as he was by his son and comrades, was so as to form a sort of semi-circle. They were soon able to walk home. Willie, though a all to meet at a certain spot, previously agreed little scared, and regretting that he had not upon. been able to use his new rifle, went home well As Will and his father were walking cau- satisfied with his adventures. tiously along, the smell of newly-killed veni- James Murray. son attracted their attention. Creeping slow- Second Academic A. What the Christmas Ang'els Sang'. ROW every true Christian's heart must tint, affording a full view of every twinkling glow with rapture, when, at this glori- star. The ground was covered by a carpet of ous season, he calls to mind that sweet- crystal snow that glistened like diamonds in ly impressive scene which marked the birth the silvery light of the cold moon. Clumps of of the Infant Jesus ! evergreens were growing here and there, and The last rays of the departing sun had faded flocks of sheep were scattered on the brow of away, and the cloudless sky was of a deep blue a neighboring hill under the vigilant watch ! : of the humble shepherds. meekness and love of the Infant Jesus ; of the In the midst of this lovely scene, on a sud- humility and spotless purity of the maiden den the tranquil sky parted, and there burst who bore Him ; and finally of the universal forth a flood of the richest golden light. And peace and everlasting bliss that His birth had behold ! a band of angels of the most exquis- purchased for all men of good will. ite beauty, clad in robes of silver, gracefully Singing praises to God the celestial beings descended. But hark ! the most perfect music gracefully ascended, and the astonished shep- that mortal man had ever heard, celestial, herds, following the promptings of their joy- charming, broke the silence of the midnight. ful hearts betook themselves in haste to the The lovely hymn began with the words manger-cradle of the Infant Savior. "Glory to God on high and peace on earth to men of good will." They continued to sing of Francis J. Foley. the infinite goodness and glory of God; of the First Special. Peace on Earth. was a brilliant moonlight night. The doors, and to take you to church would be im- TTair was cold and crisp. The snow, possible," answered the father. frozen in glittering billows, mantled the The pealing of the bells ceased, and up city of Warsaw in nature's purest garb. from the street rose the sound of many foot- In a dilapidated cottage, situated at the ex- steps, as the faithful wended their way to tremity of a long avenue, at the bedside of his church, whilst now and then shouts of bois- little daughter of five, sat a young man, terous merriment made the night re-echo. named Tobola, full of sorrow and misery. He "Oh, father," begged the sick girl, "please gazed affectionately at her pale, emaciated go to church and see if that sweet child is face, from which dark hair rippled back ; and there still." now and then he wept bitterly. Intense si- "But who will remain with you?" Tobola lence reigned in the little bedroom ; not a anxiously asked. word was spoken, not even a window creaked. "Call Martha, I am sure she will stay with Tobola was very unfortunate ; his wife died me." some time ago, and later his son was killed by Tobola accordingly asked Martha, who a railroad train. In despair he renounced his lived in the next cottage, to take care of his God, never attended church, and gradually daughter for a few hours, and departed. seemed to have lost all his religious feelings. When he thought of the long time which The clock struck eleven. And at that mo- had passed since he had visited Christ in the ment, through the gloom and sorrow, a church manger, Tobola hesitated to approach the sa- bell sounded, faintly at first, announcing the cred edifice ; but anxious to please his child great and happy solemnity of the Birth of he hurried along the avenue, which, sheathed Christ. As the pealing grew louder and loud- with a slight covering of snow, sparkled here er, the feeble little girl, in a soft, low tone, and there, as the moonbeams caught the fros- said: "Father, last year I was not sick, and ty crystals. oh ! what a beautiful night it was. I remem- The service had just begun when he en- ber it well. Mother carefully wrapped me up tered the church. From the choir came the in her shawl, and took me to church, where in sweet, melodious notes of a Christmas hymn, a small manger lay the Infant Jesus. Oh full of inexpressible enchantment. Tobola the child was so beautiful, so charming. It had come to the manger, and there beheld the spread out its arms and smiled at me, and I figure of a child, wrapped in swaddling fell in love with it. Oh ! how I wish I could clothes. Smiling, it held out its arms as if to see it again." embrace him. The figure attracted his atten- "But, my dear child, it is very cold out tion, and he looked at it affectionately, whilst the singing of the people, and the eloquent his cheeks, and rising he left the church. sermon of the priest, stirred his heart. He be- When he reached home Tobola told his gan to think of the days of his youth, spent daughter all she desired to know about the religiously happily, thought of his vir- and he Holy Infant ; and, strange to say, within a tuous mother and wife, of his little daughter, week the little girl was well. Her first act. as whom death seemed about to take away, and soon as she was able to go out doors, was to in his heart he felt a wonderful pain and hurry to the manger to thank the Child Jesus yearning. for her recovery. After the service the people all departed, With her went Tobola, who made his peace but Tobola remained awhile, and going to the with God, and on New Year's Day, with re- steps of the altar, fell on his knees and prayed ception of the Food of the Angels began a fervently that God might restore his dear little holy life. Joseph P. Mallek. girl to health, promising in return to serve new and Him faithfully. A stream of tears rolled down First Academic A. RESURGAM. One autumn day, as the wind moaned loud, Here, through the winter long and cold, A tiny seed from a tree was blown; It lay, unknosvn to this busy world; And it fell to the earth and was wrapped in a Till with spring's first wooings, this seed grew shroud, bold, As white and pure, as an angel's own. And burst its shell and its leaves unfurled. Long years shall our bodies, after death, Lie cold and stark, till the final hour. But when Christ shall come, like May's warm breath. They will spring from the earth, like the seed into flower. —Frank McDonnell, '04. The Reflections of a LooKing Glass. CHOUGH I am only a fragment of what ued his journeying southward. I once was, I am an aristocrat ; for, as After some ages of rest in this Southern you can see, if you care to look at me country, I grew very lonesome, scowled at as closely, I am a full quarter of an inch thick, I was by the sun, beaten by the rain, and and without a flaw. And my family, the Sand shunned by the beautiful children of the flow- family, is older than Adam's own, for we run ery kingdom, so, when some of the race of back to those days when "darkness was on men dug me up with shovels and carried me the face of the deep." My family, like all the away in wagons, I did not regret the change. glacier race, was fond of travel ; and my ear- What followed closely upon this renewal of liest recollections are of leaving our Arctic my travels I shall not attempt to relate, for I home for a protracted southern tour. mixed with so many new acquaintances, and, We jogged on at a good, easy rate, until in their company, was so unceremoniously we reached Missouri. There I stopped to heated and pulled and rolled and rubbed with make acquaintance with the country. My polishers, that I keep only a very dazed recol- friend Ice took the form of water and contin- lection of this period of my existence. After all this turmoil, I made acquaintance est of the poor. Until I saw her afterwards, with my friend Quicksilver. He is a bright, I could not understand why his wife clung to sunny-tempered fellow, albeit a trifle shallow. him in his well-deserved distress. The constancy of our mutual attachment is After the selling of his home he satisfied unwavering. Early in our companionship we himself with cheaper drinking and gambling were set up in a fashionable buffet, behind a resorts and I lost sight of him. But when a row of glasses and decanters and lemons. Ah, month or two had passed I saw him again. me ! What sad things I saw amid the splendor His haggard face and slipshod apparel told of that rosewood palace. me that he had sunk lower than ever. I remember well the nights when a young He slouched up to the bar and ordered a man began to come there. They called him drink, promising to pay for it next day. He Jack Singlehope. He was a rising attorney, was refused. Then a quarrel began, there wealthy, talented, possessed of a happy home were loud words, curses, a scuffle—and an and a beautiful wife. I knew these things be- angry hand snatched up a beer-glass and cause I heard his friends talking about him. threw it. But the hand was too unsteady to 1 could see, too, that he was a "hail fellow aim well. The glass missed its intended mark well met," and made friends everywhere. and crashed full into my face. He must have grown dissatisfied with his The shattered bits of mirror were thrown home circle, for he came oftener and oftener, into an ash-box. A little ragamuffin picked until every night saw him there. Sometimes me thence and brought me as a precious treas- he would stumble away with his hat awry, ure, to Jack Singlehope's wife. I think that sometimes he would be carried out stupid. she was more loved by the street urchin than But why go into details. It was the same by her husband. I am set upon her mantel- old story of drink and the gaming-table. He piece and I often watch her as she sits by the neglected his profession, and his fortune be- window, sewing, or as she goes about doing gan to melt away like mist before the morning- her meagre household duties. And when sun. Many a time I wished that I might be Jack comes in, and I see the look in her eyes able to retain a picture of him as he was in his as she goes to meet him, I know why she has besotted condition, so as to present it to his clung to him all this time. I was going to say gaze in his sober moments. that she had lost her beauty ; but when her Despite the remonstrances of the few husband is away, she often kneels to pray for him, and her pale, calm face, with its ever- friends, who had his welfare at heart ; despite the pleadings of his patient, suffering wife, he deepening lines and weary, but persevering went on down, down. His boon companions look, is more beautiful then than it ever could deseited him. His house was sold from over have been before. May God hearken to her his head. He and his beautiful, society-loving prayer. Michael J. Brady. wife went to live in a tenement attic, the poor- First Commercial. SHIPWRECK. was just five o'clock when the Cap- broke in all its fury. TTtain, coming on deck, predicted that Until this time I had been asleep on my we would have a storm before morn- bunk in the cabin, but the rolling of the ship ing. This happened on board of a small sail- awoke me. I jumped out of bed, dressed my- ing ship, whose name was the "Sunset." The self, and in a few minutes was up with the ship had left the Cape of Good Hope and was rest of the crew in the rigging. We could on its way to the United States. As the Cap- hardly keep ourselves from being blown away. tain said this he went below. The storm came It was now pitch dark and the Captain had on us at about half-past seven. The sailors his speaking-tube out and was shouting to were sent up the masts to furl the sails, and the mates and sailors. At last the rigging was they were hardly through when the storm taken in, and that which was torn and could : not be mended was left to fly before the gale. Captain took the ax and cut the davits ropes, All of a sudden at midnight came the cry that and then, with a splash, we reached the water. the ship had sprung a leak. The ship was We began to row. When we got about two very heavily laden. Then came another cry hundred yards from the ship, the Captain "Cut away the mast." The Captain, taking looked back. He was very sorry to leave the his ax, which was near at hand, started at the vessel. He told us to row him back that he task himself, for he knew that if help did not might perish with his ship, but we were tco come we would surely perish, for once the fond of our Captain to see him get drowned. masts were gone the port could never be But while we were still looking at the ship, reached. which was sinking, the Captain jumped out of Of course, as soon as the leak was made the small boat, and began to swin for it. known, the crew were at the pumps, doing With a cry the sailors turned the boat's their very best, but it was of no use, although head toward the Captain, but it was too lale, they kept at the work all night and all the for he had gained the ship, and as he stepped next day. The Captain at last told the crew over the rail, the ship went down, with its that the ship was doomed and he told us that good old friend, the Captain. we had better take to the lifeboat. After two days' hard work the remaining It did not take up long to man the frail crew reached a port and all were glad to be shells. The Captain, going back to his cabin, on solid ground once more. got a compass, a keg of water and two kegs Herbert Bertram. of ship biscuits. When we were all ready, the Preparatory Class. The Hair-Breadth Escapes of a Mosquito TAM a mosquito. I was born one hot fortable, when I suddenly felt a pressure of June day, in a miserable, muddy wind like that of a cyclone. Was I in Gal- pond. My mother left me there to veston? Where was I? It was all so sudden. shift for myself. A frog who was sunning A loud clap like thunder rang out, and the himself on the bank, took a hop, as a little boy farmer's big hand came down with a whack threw a stone at him, and he nearly landed on on his big nose. me. The stone struck about a foot from me, Oh, that nose ! It was red enough before, as it fell into the pond, making a loud splash. dear knows ; but now Well, as that shock It almost took away my breath, but now I upset my feelings, I flew off. In one way, I began to breathe more freely. I had been in really deserved the fright I got ; for I had great danger ; but, thank heaven, I had come no business to stick my nose into what did not away safe and sound. concern me. Mine was a pretty narrow es- this So begins my hair-breadth escapes. cape, wasn't it, though ? First, the frog nearly landed on me, and, sec- The next escape I had was with a boy work- ondly, the stone. If ever the frog had landed ing in a railroad office. I accosted him in a on me, I should have ceased to exist. most musical tone of voice, and flew up to Well, I stayed in the pond for about one his ear to give him a "pointer," when he too week, and then I got an idea into my head made desperate lunge at me ; but struck wide that I should like to go traveling; so one of his mark, just as the farmer had done. nice morning I started, and the first person I This was escape number four. met was a big burly farmer, who was driving I need not trouble you with any more of to town. I flew up to him and lit on his nose. my autobiography, because my other escapes But I forgot to tell you that when I started are very similar to the four I have just men- out, it was with the intention of making a tioned, and would only tire your patience ; so big mark in the world. But to resume my narrative. No sooner had I landed on the I bid you adieu. Lawrence McHale, farmer's nose, and begun to make myself com- Third Academic A. Fragmentary Paragraph "Writing. By First Academic B. niture of genuine mahogany; the walls adorn- pictures ablaze with richest colors ;the was evening when I quitted the woods. ed with TTA few ruddy clouds floated lazily hardwood floor, as neat and slippery as the through space with not "a breath of air newly-frozen surface of a pond ; all tell of the to move them." Then the sun sank from owner's great wealth, and seem to make his life one. if sight and all that was left of his blood-red a comfortable and charming But in his life, gorgeousness was a faint tint in the western we follow the farmer daily we see sky. The distant tinkling of a bell, or the how he attained such riches. He rises with bleating of sheep on their way homeward the sun, and his morning prayers are mingled were the only sounds that broke the almost with the sweet song of the skylark. He toils sacred silence which reigned supreme. One all day long, with the ardor of an ant. When the sun sinks low, when the frog begins its by one the stars began to twinkle ; then the moon in her pale beauty rose from behind a monotonous chant, and the bee retires to the band of clouds, and suffused the earth with hive, he can be seen wending his way home the fields of eats a silver light that made the shadows of the through wheat. Then he neighboring woodland even darker than be- hearty supper, and after giving thanks to the fore. Leonard Burke. Almighty for his blessings, throws himself on a comfortable bed, which, after a day of hard OUR CHURCH ON CHRISTMAS DAY. labor, affords him an almost royal slumber. Our church on Christmas day, decorated in J. G. Mulcarek. honor of our Redeemer, is so beautiful and MY WINDOW PANE. inspiring that the sight of it touches the hard- As I one crisp winter morning, I no- est heart. The December sun just appearing awoke ticed that the sun shone brighter than usual in the East, peeps in through the stained win- through my window. Arising to ascertain the dows, bathing the vestments of the priest in cause of it, I found that while I hues of the rich unfolding dawn. The choir had been spending the night in peaceful slumber, sings its joyous hymns, their sweet voices ris- Jack ing upward and swelling higher and higher Frost had painted a life-like picture of sum- mer upon window pane. It represented till they seem to lose themselves in the dense my fields teeming with verdure. music of the organ. The countenance of the The flowers looked real I I priest shines with gladness as he glances over so that thought could detect their fragrant odors. the multitude, their faces upraised in holy A brook ran through the fields, sparkling so supplication and rejoicing. Daniel Cahill. vividly in the bright sunshine that it looked like a stream of liquid A WEALTHY FARMER. silver. In places it was lined on each side by On a little green hill, surrounded by tall majestic trees, which partly shaded it with trees, that are draped with luxuriant vines, their wide-spreading foliage. The sky was and framed in a circle of beautiful flowers, clear, excepting for a few flaky clouds, which stands a splendid mansion. Its outward ap- remained motionless "without a breath of air pearance hints at the wealth within. The fur- to move them." Louis J. Beauvais. : "Weary and wayworn, from the Desert-road St. Ignatius Collegian Of barren thought; from Hope's dead sea, which glowed By the Students of St. Ignatius Gulleye, Chicago, III., With Love's fair mirage; from the poet's haunt, The scholar's lamp, the statesman's scheme, the STAFF: vaunt, WILLIAM A. KANNALLY . . Editor in Chief The failure, of all fond Philosophies,— CHARLES F. CONLEY . . Business Manager Back unto Thee, back to thy olive-trees, ASSOCIATE EDITORS Thy people, and thy story, and thy Son, John Prendergast James Finnegan William A. Murphy J. of Nazareth! long agone Athletics Foot Ball Locals Mary So Bearing us Him who made our Christendom, Edgar J. Cook Leo J. Dugdale The Play Music And came to save the Earth, from Heav'n His SOCIETIES home." Thomas R. Collins John J. Clifford Martin J. McEvoy Chrysostomian Loyola S. H. League Too much credit cannot be given the foot- Chales G. O'Shea Edgar C. Banks Senior Sodality Junior Sodality ball squad for the plucky fight which it made CHKISTMAS, 1901 against its opponents. With only four of last season's eleven at college, Captain Graber, "Go, little book, and if an one would speak under the efficient direction of Mr. Fusz, S. J., thee ill, let him bethink him that thou art the rounded out a team which made an excellent child of those who love thee well." showing against its opponents. But, if it is within our province to offer advice, we would With this number of the Collegian we make suggest to all those who take an interest in our second appearance before the public. the success of the ''maroon and gold," that From the hearty welcome which our introduc- they exert themselves just a trifle by attendr tory number received, we are led to believe ing the games in which our teams participate that this, our second essay in the field of col- and offering to them all the encouragement lege journalism, will fare equally well at the that lies in their power. Without this show hands of its friends. In the past, our defects, of college spirit, it is almost impossible for a whatever they might have been, were consid- team, even of first-class calibre, to come out erately overlooked, while our good points victorious at the close of a season's schedule. were praised; so now we earnestly hope that those who peruse these pages—the result of In the public schools of this city an effort hours of earnest labor—will have for them was recently made to do away with prizes of only kindly criticism. all kinds for excellence in study. We, who, attend an institution, in which the prize sys- Christmas always suggests to us a season of tem is firmly established, are quite interested good-will—a time in which we like to forget to note the objection raised against it. It is strife and crime and breathe in the pure at- claimed that those who win medals become mosphere of peace alone—peace with God, conceited, while those who lose give vent to peace with man. During that period we like feelings of jealousy. That such is the case in to think no more a while of the wars of na- some instances we shall not deny. But even tions, of capital and labor; to forget those if some winners become priggish and set up, who, by insidious attacks, are trying to un- and some losers jealous, we cannot see that dermine human ; and divine government to this is reason sufficient for doing away with cut ourselves off from the concerns and cares "honors." The advantages which the system of the times, and turn back, with reverential offers far outweigh the disadvantages. To awe, to Bethlehem—to adore the Babe who enjoy the former we can afford to put up with for 2,000 years, by the powers of peace and some deficiencies. A medal is an excellent good-will, has moulded the destinies of Chris- incentive to earnest and diligent study. There tian civilization. turn We back to hear once is no doubt that it urges a youth on to put more the Christmas carol of angels : "Peace forth his greatest efforts. And not unfre- on earth." Or, as the poet so well puts it quently it is the cause of awakening talents, which otherwise would have remained dor- Aelius Rufus, the prefect of Rome, seizes mant. Besides, the prize of the school-room the occasion to abduct Athol from the palace ; is but a miniature of those of after-life. These and tries to persuade him to poison the Em- petty contests of the class-room are but prep- peror secretly. Rufus explains that he will arations for the combat of real life. To us it then ascend the throne and save the Chris- seems better policy to leave untouched this tians from destruction. Athol sees the snare, system, which exerts quite an influence for and by his loyalty to Caesar as well as to God, good upon the child, and gives him an inkling foils the treason of the prefect. of what the contests of life will demand of him. Again the emperor's life is attempted, and again saved by Athol, assisted by the bravery W. A. K. and alertness of Caius Varro, a soldier of for- THE PLAY. ture. But, lest the emperor's gratitude rob him of •JTWFTER foot-ball and Thanksgiving come the martyr's crown he longs for, Athol does the pla) and Christmas. Like all things not manifest the treason until his own crown ** earthly the College heroes have suffered of martyrdom is secure. Thereupon the em- peror frees pontiff and his flock and is- change—the knight of the moleskin has been the routed, and now the wearer of the sock and sues the famous edict that "while Antoninus lives none evermore shall suffer for the faith buskin is the hero of the hour. In college events the stage has supplanted the gridiron in Christ." Antoninus and Athol, Rufus and Varro are and until Christmas the play is the hub of the universe. represented in our engraving. This year the actors will step back into the The performances at the Studebaker, on the eighteenth and nineteenth of shadows of history and produce to the life a December, will the first of the thrilling story of the days of Antoninus Pius be appearance "Near Throne" on any stage, histrionic and Pope Pius the First. and to the reputation of St. Ignatius College thespians The play, an original classic drama in three may be attributed the author's reason for en- acts, is entitled "Near the Throne," and was trusting to them the initial presentation of his written by Mr. Joseph C. Husslein, the talent- work. The actors, under the direction of Mr. ed young Jesuit, whose dramatization of Ste- Frederic Siedenburg, S. are determined venson's "Black Arrow" was given at the J., to win laurels for themselves and glory for their Studebaker last year, and won for him much alma mater. praise. The cast is a very large one and yet only "Near the Throne" is an ideal college play. two of last year's "stars" will reappear. Mas- The structure and style is Elizabethan, the ters George Carroll and John Clifford, but it diction, which is chiefly verse, is choice and is safe to predict that, after the play is over, elegant, while the prevailing sentiment is no- the astronomers will add another constella- bly Christian. Passion and fancy, pathos and tion to their stellar charts. humor are all blended into one harmonious unity. The chief feature of the play, however, Nearly one hundred students will take part in first last ; in is that it is highly dramatic and that it lends the and scenes the latter a tem- itself to beautiful scenic effect and gorgeous ple of Jove, a pagan sacrifice with hymns, li- costuming. bations and dances will be reproduced in de- Briefly, the plot runs thus: Athol, the son tail. Mr. W. Crockett Perrin has charge of of a British noble, and now cupbearer of the dancing and Prof. M. A. Roy of the sing- the Roman Emperor, proclaims his Chris- ing. The music of the hymns, as also of the tianity in spite of the imperial edict. The em- other songs in the play, was composed by peror, on account of his affection for his cup- Mr. J. B. Louis, S. J., and is thoroughly in bearer, allows him three days to renounce his keeping with the classical tone of the play. faith—"that his mind may become as loyal as The social aspect of the annual college play his heart." is emphasized by the long list of patronesses, : representative ladies of Chicago society. The Attendants of the Emperor- John J. Schiller. Bernard J. Callaghan proceeds of the play will be for the benefit of the Students' Free Library and the Athletic Imperial Pages- Association. The cast is as follows Thomas S. Fitzgerald Joseph E. Brosseau Satellites of the Priests CAST. Theodore Reinert, Cecil Fitz Gerald, Paul Drevinak, Edward Farrell, Antoninus Pius, Emperor of Rome Rogers F. O'Neil, William Rooney, Edgar J. Cook Clarence Stimming, Joseph Wyrzykowski, Lucius, adopted son of Antoninus Charles O'Connor, Joseph Morrison, James D. Howard James Regan, John McElherne. Pius the First, Pontiff of the Church of Rome. Choruses of Roman and Greek Boys. Henry Carrington Citizens, soldiers, lictors, mob. Aelius Rufus, Prefect of Rome . .Charles G. O'Shea Snatches of Songs Occurring in the Play. Marius Brennus, Prefect of the Praetorians. . Charles F. Conley Athol, son of a British Noble, cupbearer to the Hymn to Jove. Emperor George F. Carroll Prelude. Varro, Soldier of Caius a Roman Knight and Io Stator! Triumphator! Io Stator! Triumphator! Fortune Joseph A. Graber Io Stator! Triumphator! Oenon, a Grecian lad in the service of Rufus. . Jove, all savior, hail to thee! George A. Flanagan Sun-engirded! cloud-enthroned! Zeuxo, Priest of Isis John J. Clifford Deathless in thy Majesty. Io Stator! Triumphator! A Priest of Jove Anthony J. Moran A Priest of Ceres William E. O'Neil Song. Priest Cybele A of Joseph S. Gorman I. Sicca, a courtier James A. Griffin Jove, whose praise the muses herald, Valerian, a courtier Thomas Anderson And thy son, all fair and strong He whose breath is as the morning, Courtiers and Conspirators- And whose words gush forth in song! Castro Vincent McDonnell And whose words gush forth in song! Licinius E. Kenna Niles Vespius David J. Guthrie throne is lifted, Carbo Payton J. Tuohy O'er the clouds thy beneath thy feet, Drusus John J. Lannon With the world Where the incense weaths curl upward An Astrologer John P. Seger As the passing ages fleet, Tabulus, a leader of a Roman mob While the lips of all the godheads , Justin F. McCarthy Thy immortal glory greet. An Officer of the Guard Michael A. Brady While the lips of all the godheads Afer, a Numidian in service of Athol Thy immortal glory greet. Leonard J. Burke Fulvius, a scrivener and slave. .Martin C. Schmidt II. Io Stator! Triumphator! Io Stator! Triumphator! Strabo, a courier George F. Zimmer Io Stator! Triumphator! Plebeians— Jove, all savior, hail to thee! Spurius John M. Ford Sun-engirded! cloud-enthroned! Fabian Eugene Berminghani Deathless in thy Majesty. Zyphalus Bernard T. Brady Virro Robert A. Hoyne Golden glows each marble pillar At thy presence drawing near, Soldiers of the Guard- And thy cloudy halls receive thee, Marcus Michael J. Caplice Wondrous music fluting clear. Sebastian Francis J. Mehren Wondrous music fluting clear. Bright thy throne and on thy scepter Alumni Notes. Which the crowned gods obey, Golden winged, thy eagle sunneth Of last year's graduates, T. Francis Ger- aghty is taking a In the splendor of thy ray, course of engineering at the Boston School of Technology, Francis J. All his kingly head in thunders Tshan and Clarence E. Mercer have taken up the study of law, while While in dream he rends the prey. John K. Moore, James G. Henaghan, Francis Moran, Thomas H. All his kingly head in thunders Mercer and Edmund A. O'Shea have gone While in dream he rends the prey. into various business pursuits. Matthias Bis- dorf and James Belsan are devoting them- Ave Caesar. selves to the study of medicine. Charles H. I. Quinn is in the Baltimore Seminary, Benjamin Tarskey is studying for the priesthood at Hail! o'er every tribe and nation Kankakee, and Albert Gastka is also studying ThroDed in glory like to Jove; for the church. James R. Ficklin is studying Over kings sublime thy station privately. Compassed by thy people's love! The many friends of Paul Muehlmann and Arthur Spillard will be pleased to learn that Oak nor laurel wreaths have crowned thee they are wearing the habit of a Jesuit novice Won in bannered fields of war: very becomingly at Florissant, Missouri. Cramer, of the Class But the splendors which surround thee, Ered Junior 1897-98, after spending a year in Wyoming, helping Prince of Peace! are greater far. the Indian missionaries, has determined to Prince of Peace! are greater far. devote his life to the work. He is at present But the splendors which surround thee, in the Jesuit novitiate. Prince of I'eace! are greater far. John Mahoney, B. S. '99, at present in Georgetown's Law Course, and Alfred Berg- Hail, oh Caesar! Hail, oh Caesar! hoff, '99, who is in the second year of law at Like to Jove! Harvard, were welcome visitors at the college Over thrones sublime thy station during vacation. Compassed by thy people's love. John Lange, '98, is studying theology at the Polish College in Rome. II. Bernard D. Rogers, of the Sophomore Class 1899-1900, and Charles O'Hern, of last Wreaths of olive brightly twining year's Junior Class, have gone to Rome for Bind the radiant locks of Jove, their ecclesiastical studies. Round his argent forehead shining They say that Frank Kovak, '97, is known Bound in sign of Peace and Love. at Harvard as the organizer of the law school foot-ball team. But with leaves of bay we crowned thee The friends of Dr. Rowan expect him back When thy standards first unfurled, soon from the Philippines. Bay and olive wave around thee The Alumni Reunion Dinner on Nov. 20, And with Jove rule thou the world! a enjoy- And with Jove rule thou the world! in the college gymnasium, was most Bay and olive wave around thee able event, an even hundred of the "old boys" And with Jove rule thou the world. with quite a large number of invited guests, sitting down to a repast in Caterer Johnson's Hail, oh Caesar! Hail, oh Caesar! best style. The college orchestra made its Like to Jove, first public appearance of the year at the ban- Round whose argent forehead shining quet, to the great surprise of the students of Twines the wreath of Peace and Love. long: ago, who were not aware that the stu- ! dents of the present generation were so skilled the addition of about ten new players, so that in the art of music. Rt. Rev. P. J. Muldoon their number has increased to twenty. was the guest of honor on the occasion. Hon. At the first meeting the following officers Thomas A. Moran, the first speaker of the were elected : en- evening, expressed strong views on the Martin J. McEvoy—President. croachments of society and government on James J. Hackett—Vice President. the rights of individuals. "More of the indi- Leo J. Dugdale, Treasurer. vidual and less of the state," was the keynote Armand V. Smith, Louis C. Brosseau, of his speech. Congressman Feely spoke on Censors. the American Catholic layman, outlining for- Martin J. Phee, Herbert C. Kendrick— Li- cibly his duties and responsibilities. Mr. brarians. Frank paid his respects to so- Moran, 1901, The membership of the Glee Club was also cialism. Bishop Muldoon held up the saints very small at the opening of the year, but the as models of correct living for Christian men. vacancies were speedily filled. And this pop- His Honor, Mayor Harrison, after a feeling ular little club is now larger than last year. reference to his old college days, exhorted all On the day before Thanksgiving the first to take an interest in the purifying of politics. concert of the year was given, and for an Other speakers were called on, and the as- hour and a half the faculty and students were midnight. sembly did not break up until Those entertained with instrumental and vocal mu- who were fortunate enough to be present will sic. The orchestra surprised all by its fine look back on this reunion as of pleas- one the rendition of a selection from Martha. A piano ant episodes in the year 1901. solo by Albert Jedlicka showed that he was not only a fine musician, but at home with a Musical. large audience. Messrs. McEvoy, Ward and O'Connel on mandolins and guitar, and a trio by Messrs. Chouinard, Manning and Nolan At the beginning of the scholastic year the delighted the audience by their fine playing college choirs and orchestra again resumed and singing, while Mr. Pryble, the college vio- their good work. lin instructor, surpassed everything ' by his Every year some of the members drop out, magnificent selections on the violin. The but their places are always quickly filled, so choir sang one of the songs from the new that this refining branch of college training play, and the glee club finished the program not only holds its own but grows more popu- with a unique little song, called "The Story '04. lar every year. of a Tack." Leo J. Dugdale, That there is fine talent in the college and that the boys in general have a taste for mu- Locals. sic, is shown by the concerts, given now and then, and by the enthusiastic appreciation of May the Christmas-peace of the New-born the students. King and the New Year's joy of God be The Senior and Junior choirs, under the di- thine rection of Prof. M. A. Roy, have for many It was an agreeable surprise to all to see years been a source of entertainment at the how much latent oratorical talent the late college, and have already established a repu- foot-ball excitement revealed. Mr. Justin Mc- tation. The orchestra and glee club however Carthy's masterly speech at the final mass- are budding institutions. And we think we meeting gives him a high place in ^he ranks can predict a bright future for them both. of the "wordy ones." While no one ever At the opening of its second year the mem- doubted "Mike" Brady's rhetorical ability, yet bers of the orchestra were somewhat discour- his speech surpassed all expectations. And aged, as some of their best musicians had left not a few are of the opinion that, had the them, but their hopes were soon revived by platform collapsed just as Mr. Ed Cook was : : approaching his climax, the enthusiasm would the 'halves' is short and not very long do ye", have lasted over night. therefore, root very much in order that our men may take courage.' Therefore many Friday, Nov. Rev. Fr. Provincial ar- On 29, shouts flowed from the tongues of the people rived at the college for an extended visit. As and the Medics were wroth. But being con- soon as his arrival was noised about the fused by the loud noise, presently grew afraid, campus, the "team" called upon Rev. Fr. and they knew in their minds that it was an Rector with favorable results. Saturday was ill-fated day." an unexpected holiday. What G. Short McClellan wants Santa Chips.—At the concert Cullen told how he Claus to put in his stocking—An infallible became a lightweight tumbler. Hall gave remedy for minuteness. some of his marvelous smiles. William A. Murphy, '04. !" "Where would we be but for authority cried the anti-anarchy debater. "On the cam- •Societies. pus," mused the jug-imprisoned youth. SENIOR SODALITY "Strive," said the absent-minded professor, Senior Sodality of the Blessed Vir- as he was writing on the board, "to be inferior CHEgin has attracted a large number of stu- to no one and superior to your equal." When dents, who wish to honor the Mother of he heard the titter he said: "No gentleman God. The spirit, manifested by the sodalists, would laugh in a man's face when his back is regular attendance at the meetings, turned." and their every week, give indications of a very pros- A budding poet thus gave vent to the perous and fruitful year. thoughts that struggled within him This year the Sodality is under the direction I sit in the "jug" at even of Rev. Father Neenan, S. J. He exerts great As the clock is striking four, influence over the sodalists, and by his kind And the "kids," with the ball on the campus, words incites the boys to the acquirement of Are making an awful roar. virtue and to lead the life of a true client of Sleepy and tired with the day's excitement, the Mother of God. a certain member of the Poetry class sat down On the seventh of December the number of in the evening after a game to write out a sodalists was increased by the reception of translation of ten lines of the Iliad. On the the candidates, who by their fidelity showed next day, Friday, he is said to have handed' themselves worthy of being enrolled among his professor the following translation the devoted servants of Mary. The usual ser- "And the swift-footed Prendergast, in an- vices pertaining to the reception of new mem- gry mood, eyed them sharply and dealt the bers took place. After this Very Rev. Father oval swine-skin a terrible blow with his foot. Provincial, in eloquent a.nd touching words, And the Medics were terrified. But the keen- spoke of the dignity of the Blessed Virgin, as eyed Dondanville with lowering brow folded mother of God, the honor due to her, and so his arms around the swift-cleaving ball and, generously given by the church of her son. with quick-moving limbs, bore it in the direc- He congratulated the sodalists on their en- tion whence it had come. Nor did the St. deavor to honor her, by their special service, Ignatians dare to await his coming, but all and urged them to show themselves her loyal went forward to meet him. And the fair- servants by imitating her virtues. His words haired and blameless Corrigan embraced his will long be remembered by those who had knees and held them, having grown to them, the good fortune to hear them. as it were. And the umpire ratified the 'down' We trust the sodalists will continue to take • with a nod. Then the crowd-collecting Brady, great interest in the sodality, and attend the sweet of speech, addressed the multitude as- meeting regularly until the close of the year. sembled, and said, 'Since indeed the time of With the spirit shown so far we feel assured : that the sodality will enjoy one of the most to the debate, after the appointed speakers' prosperous years since it was founded. have finished. This interest has, in fact, been Charles G. O'Shea, '02. aroused by a careful selection of subjects for debate, as may be seen by the appended list JUNIOR SODALITY. "Anarchy," "Chinese Immigration," "The If a good beginning augurs a successful "Subsidy-bill," "Lynching," "Capital Punish- ending, the Junior Sodality can certainly con- ment," and "Negro Education in the South." gratulate itself. At the weekly meetings the With a continuance of the spirit of earnest- office of the Immaculate Conception is said ness that has thus far animated the officers attentively and with recollection. The Direc- and members of the Society, there is good tor, Rev. Father Feld, S. J., then says a few reasons to hope that this, its twenty-seventh words in honor of our Blessed Mother to in- year of existence, will equal, if not surpass, cite all present with a greater devotion to her. that measure of success which has crowned its During the past months attendance at the efforts in former years. meetings has exceeded all expectations, the THE LOYOLA LITERARY SOCIETY. number of members and candidates being such that it will be necessary to enlarge the The Loyola Literary Society was founded tablet containing their names. in 1898 by Mr. E. Sullivan, S. J., formerly a Ever since the day on which they were re- professor at the College. He was succeeded ceived as candidates, quite a number of stu- in the Presidency of the Society during the dents have been looking forward to the 8th ensuing year by Mr. Milet, S. J., and Mr. of December, when they were to become Doyle, S. J. —the society this year being in members of the Sodality. Their wish has been charge of Mr. O'Connor, S. J. Originally it gratified. We bid them welcome to our ranks, was established for the benefit of the Commer- and are happy to have them swell the chorus cial students, but was soon enlarged so as to of praise in honor of her, whom we all love. embrace the Humanities, First Special and Edgar C. Banks. First Academic classes. Its purpose is to give a preparatory train- THE CHRYSOSTOMIAN SOCIETY. ing in the art of debate, familiarizing its mem- Shortly after the reopening of classes, at bers with the methods of procedure, rules of the beginning of the new scholastic year, the order, etc., so that, when received into the Chrysostomian Society held its first election Chrysostomian or senior debating society, of officers. they may be an ornament rather than a draw- The suggestion of the President that those back to it. members only be elected to positions of honor Great interest is shown this year in its wel- and trust whose previous conduct and class- fare by the students, as is evidenced by the standing gave promise of effective work, met lively and earnest manner in which they have with a generous response from the members entered upon the discussion of the questions present. so far debated. As a result new applications for member- It is to be hoped that the Loyola Society ship are being constantly received, so that will continue to the end of the year to be as now the roll-call of the Society at each suc- successful as the beginning seems to indicate. cessive meeting is answered by some thirty- John Clifford, '05. three members constant in attendance. LEAGUE OF THE SACREIj HEART. The declamations, essays and speeches that make up the program of the weekly meet- Devotion to the Sacred Heart, displayed by ings have in general been well prepared, and the college boys, is a continual source of grat- the interest of the Society in the different ification to everyone. The Rev. Father Mur- questions under discussion has been repeated- phy, director of the League, is at present en- ly shown by the increasing desire of "mem- gaged in arranging the bands in each of the bers from the house" to contribute their share classes, and the task, owing to the large num- berof boys, is not an easy one. Daily com- his class. Of course there is the danger of a munions of reparation are in progress, and boy or young man over-indulging in sports will be continued during the entire school at the expense of his studies, but with com- year. Several of the old promoters are miss- petent directors who are interested in his im- ing from their accustomed places, but new provement, and with a class standing like that ones are filling their posts. The new appli- required in the larger universities, we are sure cants, after their term of probation, will re- that he will be kept within the bounds of mod- ceive the promoter's cross and diploma. De- eration. John Prendergast, '03. votions held in the lower church every first Friday of the month are attended by the en- Foot Ball. tire body of students. Martin J. McEvoy. Foot-ball practice began during the first Head Promoter. week of the school year. The prospects for a Athletics. good team were not very bright. Few of last year's eleven had returned to school ; many yy E remember reading some time ago of the larger boys, though willing to play, 4 4 1 a remark make by a president of were entirely ignorant of the game, and the ^^^ Princeton in an address to the stu- smaller ones were hardly able to cope with dents. "The most important business here," the teams we were scheduled to meet. After he said, "is to make men, not to develop mere a few days of practice, however, we met the scholars and philosophers." We quite agree Austin High, and, greatly to our surprise, we with the worthy president in saying that the defeated them. object of a college is to produce men in the The first victory put new life into things and true sense of the word. We are, perhaps, set the men to practicing in good earnest, so giving his words a broader interpretation than that when a week later they met the team of the president originally meant, still they can the West Division High, they again scored an very well apply to the subject which we have easy victory. The student body, which here- in hand. He doubtless had only the mental tofore had not shown much disposition to sup- qualities of a man in mind when he uttered port the team, now seeing that they had an the words quoted, but we can, we think, truth- eleven that could win a few games, began to fully say that the object of a college is not take interest in the games. Our two suc- only to turn out men well developed mentally, cesses had also the effect of bringing out some but also well developed physically. The cur- of the larger boys as candidates, thus ma- riculum of studies in schools is well suited to terially strengthening the team, so that when perform the first, but the last, namely, the we met the strong Medic eleven from the Uni- physical development of students, is, we are versity of Chicago, we were again victorious sorry to say, overlooked in a great many in- and another game was added to our string of stances. No one can dispute the superiority victories. of a well-developed man over another, bright- The Alumni of St. Mary's College, St. er, perhaps, than he, but of a weak and un- Mary's, Kansas, were the next on our sched- healthy disposition. In all the walks of life ule. Though the St. Mary's boys were slight- the well-developed man has an undoubted ad- ly handicapped by lack of team practice, indi- vantage over his weaker brother. He is ca- vidually they were all skilled players. Each pable of standing greater hardship, and is not side scored a touchdown. as easily overpowered by illness or overwork. About this time the team was considerably The place for a young man to develop him- weakened by the sickness of some and the in- self is obviously the school, and the exercises juries of others, so that in our games with in the school by which he can be physically Lewis Institute and North Division High we developed are those of athletics. Get him to were easily defeated. join some one of his school teams, and, pro- On November the 21st we met the Mar- vided he does not overdo the thing, he will quette College team in Milwaukee. The Mar- be in better health and will stand higher in quette boys took ample revenge for their de- ; feat of last year. Owing to the fact that The college eleven wishes to extend its Guthrie and Corrigan were injured early in thanks to Mr. Justin McCarthy, the manager, the game, we were playing at a disadvantage. and to Mr. Quinn, of Georgetown, who gave The rest of the team fought gamely to the them much practical advice, and who refereed last ditch, and repeatedly held the Milwaukee most of the games. They also wish to thank boys for downs, even on our one-yard line. the second team, captained by J. Hechinger, Socially the trip was a complete success. The which so nobly offered itself to be trampled team was treated handsomely, and will long and crushed in order to furnish "a practice remember the kindness of the Marquette game." Many of these "subs," with a year's boys. additional weight and strength, will undoubt- The final game of the season was with St. edly find places on the. college eleven. As Vincent's College on Thanksgiving Day. The most of this year's team will return to college team entered the game just a little bit dis- next year, there will be an abundance of ma- couraged by the loss of its captain, J. Graber, terial for a strong eleven. who, it was hoped, would be sufficiently re- '03. James J. Finnegan, covered from a severe cold to take his usual position as quarterback. Dave Guthrie, too, The Jtig. who, by his weight and speed, had hitherto done much to bring us to victory, was pre- Chicago, Jan. 14, '01. vented from playing by severe injuries re- DEAR FRIEND : You mention in your ceived in the last game. Two of last year's last letter that you are much surprised to eleven, Cronin and Hellgeth, though not play- learn that a "Jug" is maintained at our col- ing this year, came out to take part in the lege for the special benefit of the students. final game. They fought bravely and with de- Horrors ! I sincerely hope you have not been termination, but the lack of the season's drill misled by my words to think for a moment and team work counterbalanced their heroic that we indulge in the favorite beverage of efforts. In the first half of the game neither the "Blue Grass State." For although we side scored ; in the second St. Vincent's, by have a "Jug," it offers little or no tempta- small but steady gains, finally merited a tion to us. touchdown. Perhaps you wonder at this and imagine Our season's record is four games lost out that we are rather out of the ordinary. No, of nine played. for the contents of our "Jug" are in striking The line-up of the team for the year was contrast to those of some other jugs, inas- about as follows : Right end, Griffin ; right much as they are certainly conducive to a tackle, Devine ; right guard, Corrigan; center, moral reformation. If you doubt this, just Cullen and Dillon ; left guard, Doyle ; left call on Father (I dare not mention his tackle, Cronin and Lawlor; left end, J. Hech- name), and he may give you a taste of it. Yes, inger ; right half, Finnegan ; left half, Guthrie and gratis, too, for there is no niggardliness and Hellgeth ; fullback, R. Prendergast where the "Jug" is concerned. quarterback, Graber and O'Neil ; substitutes, Yet this may all sound paradoxical to you, Seger, Trainor, Regan, E. Hechinger. so it is best to come to the point. The "Jug" Two mass meetings were held during the —how it received this appellation still mysti- year to arouse the spirit and enthusiasm of the fies me—is an extra session, held after class students. The one immediately preceding the hours, where all the delinquents gather and Thanksgiving game was especially success- do penance for their failings. Nothing terri- ful ; and the eloquent appeals of our manager, ble, is it? And now with all your illusions Mr. Justin McCarthy, were loudly applauded dispelled, you can again regard us without and hearkened to. For, with their horns and any misgiving. Yours respectfully, college banners, the students were an encour- agement to the team and a credit to the col- John Clifford. lege. Humanities B. *-j St. Ignatius College, Chicago, Illinois. 190S. CONTENTS. ^ S. I. C. Vacation Song (verse) Francis B. Cassilly, sr~J. I The Confederation of Catholic Societies John J. Halligan 2 The Referendum in Municipal Covernment C. F. Conley 4 Wireless Telegraphy James A. Criffin 5 True Principles of Education William E. O'Neill 6 Boat Racing in Japan Kyozoburo Urabe 7 First Glimpses of Spring Thomas J, Daly 8 Easter -Benedict Desmond IO His Sad End Walter J. Hurley to My First Trip in a Balloon Eugene E. Mulhern 12 Correspondence Frederick W. Weeks 13 A Friend in Need James Murray 14 Lines (verse) Frank McDonnell 16 The North-King Stewart Bates 16 Virgin and Child (verse) James F. Rice 17 Little Squaw-Heart John D. Reynolds 17 The Awakening Charles Byrne 18 The Freaks of Jack Frost William Spain 19 Harry's Experience with a Bottle of Shoe Dressing Harold McClintock 19 Hernando Cortez Francis J. Foley 20 Herbert Wilson's Elevator Thomas C. Sheely 20 A Boy's Idea of Lent James H. Cuthrie 21 The Seasons (verse) Paul B. Drevniak 23 Out on the Wrong Side of the Bed Lawrence McHale 23 A Visit to the Board of Trade M. A. Brady 24 La Rabida (verse) Martin J. McEvoy 25 Der Regentropfen Clemens Demes 25 What About French First French Class 25 Electra Spanish Class 26 A Letter from the Queen of Spain 27 . Editorial John Halligan 28 Alumni ...,.;.' - 29 From the Eternal City John Lange 32 Obituary 33 SOCIETIES- Sodalities Charles C. O'Shea 33 Chrysostomian Society Martin J. McEvoy 34 The Loyola Literary Society Thomas H. Canty 34 League of the Sacred Heart Martin J. McEvoy 34 College Notes William A. Murphy 35 Mr. William P. Redmond's Visit John Pre-ndergast 36 Music and Song Leo J,.Dugdale 38 Athletics Joseph A. Craber 39 3 ¥3 St. Ignatius Collegian CHICAGO EASTER, 1902 ILLINOIS itb, joy our b/earts are bounbing, We've fyappy as tt?c bay; 'Cis b/o! for glab vacation, $ov merry song anb play. O'er lake anb roinbing riper, (Dur scallop roe sb/all steer, IlTaroon anb (Bolb foreper, (Dur College colors bear. S. I. c. VOe roeep to=nigl?t unbibben tears Vacation ^or fyalloroeb joys of passing years; (Db/, gipe us back our boyfyoob bays, Song's?^ Cfyeir golben breams anb artless roays. Cttpay tpitb, tb/ougf?ts of sabness! Brigb/t youtb, illumes to-bay Cb/e pathway of tb/e future, (Inb all tb,e tporlb is ItTay. Francis B. Cassilly, $. 5. Cfyen sing anb sfyout for glabnessl Dacation time is b/ere, ZTcaroon anb ©olb foreper, (Dur College colors bear. (X blooming floater its fragrance sfyeb, Cfye morning sun rose brigb/t anb reb; Cb/e floroer is beab, tb/e bay is bone, Ctnb youtb, its race roill soon b/ape run. 'Cis b/ol for glab pacation, Cfyen gipe a ringing cb/eer; ZTtaroon anb ©olb foreper, (Dur College colors bear. ; The Confederation of Catholic Societies. (Draft of a Speech.) been done in the different communities since CADIES and Gentlemen: There was the last convention, and to recommend, plans. a time when a union of Catholics The officers and committees of all the societies was not needed. That time was do everything in their power to forward the when the Church received the aid of King, plans suggested in the intervals between con- Kaiser, Emperor or other ruler. But that ventions. This confederation as set forth to time has passed. The Church no longer has you, ladies and gentlemen, should be adopted a voice in making or enforcing laws either in for several reasons. Catholic or in Protestant countries. You all First, you all admit that, individual societies know what is at present taking place in are good. The temptations of men, especially France, a so-called Catholic country ; and you of young men, are great. These societies do all know that in Protestant countries a Catho- their share in drawing them away from such lic never holds the reins of government. Why ? temptations, furnish them amusements and Because he might enforce Catholic principles form them into better men, who are deter- he might aid his Church. At present laws can mined to see right principles prevail. Hav- be passed which will be detrimental to the ing such members they will have influence. Church,which can oblige Catholic children to Their members will make themselves felt attend State schools. It is our duty as Cath- through the press, they will work themselves olics, to prevent the enactment of such laws. into State offices and school boards and thus How can we do it? This might be a difficult see that no laws harmful to the Church are question to answer if applied to all countries. made. A union of such societies will have We, however, shall only consider how we can more influence than the societies singly, for, prevent such detrimental laws in the United "in union there is strength." States. According to the American Catholic Quar- Many Catholic societies have been formed terly, after every annual convention of the here. These societies are good in themselves, Young Men's National Union or Confedera- which assertion we shall verify in a moment. tion at Philadelphia a large number of new That such societies, however, may act in uni- societies are formed. Since Catholic societies son they ought to meet and confer. That is are so good in themselves, an honorable means evident. How will this be attained? By a of increasing them should be adopted. There- confederation. fore, the confederation should be adopted. First, then, let us understand what a confed- Besides, societies just formed will, at this eration of Catholic societies is ; and then the semi-annual convention, reap the long experi- advantage of those societies in making Cath- ence of other older societies. All will agree to olic principles felt by all. We should adopt that. the confederation because it will increase these Finally, ladies and gentlemen, I feel that you societies and because the Pope advises Catho- will be interested in knowing the Pope's opin- lic union. ion of a Catholic union. The Dublin Review, A confederation in general is a union be- writing on a Catholic party, brings forward tween two or more persons, bodies, societies, this argument, which I will give in substance. or States. In our case it is a union between In his encyclical letter on "the Christian Con- societies. What kind of a union? you will stitution of the State," speaking of Catholics, ask. The Catholic confederation will be a con- the Pope says they should be united in view gress of delegates. These will be sent by the and united in action ; "voluntatum concordia different societies throughout the country. et agendorum similitudo." The Dublin Re- The congress will hold a convention semi-an- view very well says that we cannot be united nually. The objects of the confederation and in action unless we meet and confer. Does its convention will only be to assert the neces- this not also hold for Catholic societies? How sity of the societies; to show what work has can they have united action unless they meet ! and confer? However, it will be objected, we be Republican or Democrat to his heart's con- may be united in view or have the same opin- tent. If the president of a Catholic party tried ion without conventions. But we may not to force the members to some merely political as well. You see there are two sides to such opinion, he would not be acting out Catholic a question. In order to be sure that we are principles and could be disobeyed. He would all of the same opinion we ought to hold a not dare do such a deed ; for he would be ex- convention. Hence you have a stronger rea- pelled from office. son for adopting the confederation. But the Protestants will oppose us? Will I believe, ladies and gentlemen, an objection they not suspect that such a confederation or raised against this confederation is that it may party is going to harm them ? That is not the develop into a Catholic party. When a Cath- question. We should only consider whether olic party, it will act in opposition to or for the confederation or party will benefit its the welfare of some political party. It might, members, make them better men and by so for instance, be against the Democrats and doing benefit the country. We have seen that for the Republicans. If you argue in that all this will happen. manner you show you do not know what a There are always two sorts of people, those Catholic party is. According to the Dublin who eagerly wish to make known their ideas, Review, which I will again quote in substance, and those who, because they have gone deep a Catholic party must be a party united in into the search for truth, pause before they Catholic principles. In other words, a Catho- commit themselves to an assertion. The for- lic party would require that we have like views mer, who are more or less ignorant, among the on such subjects as rationalism, naturalism, Protestants will denounce us and show us the rights of the Church, the independence of great opposition. But since they are ignorant the Holy See, education, etc. The members the opposition will amount to nothing. The of a Catholic party, however, have the fullest latter, who are wise, we need not fear. They liberty to differ on mere questions of public will give all movements consideration. And policy. Such questions would not involve a we are certain a Catholic confederation or Catholic principle and hence they would not party can stand consideration. be matters on which Catholics must agree. So, ladies and gentlemen, having disposed The conclusion follows readily that the mem- of all objections, objections to Catholic con- bers may differ as they please on purely polit- federation ; having shown you that Catholic ical is principles. But not the Democratic or societies are beneficial ; that a confederation Republican party purely political? I hardly will increase them, and that the Pope advises think you would call either of them theocratic Catholic union, I think I may safely say, by or say that in any way they involve religion. all means let us have the confederation Hence the of the Catholic party '02. member may John J. Halligan, The Referendum in Municipal Government. ONE of the most serious problems social interests of men, living in such close re- which to-day confront us in the field lationship as city life requires, have indeed de- of government is met with in the veloped a set of difficulties with which our municipality. As the great statesman and au- present system of municipal government seems thor, Mr. Bryce, says, "there is no denying unable to cope. Often, the whole local politi- that the government of cities is the most con- cal machinery is run by the corrupt element spicuous failure in the United States." The who conduct the elections, occupy the available faults of the State government are insignificant offices and administer municipal affairs to suit compared to the extravagance, corruption and their own private ends. And thus it is not mismanagement which mark the administra- uncommon that private corporations, operat- tion of most of our large cities. The diverse ing profitable public utilities, secure without I compensation valuable privileges while the assembled in legislature or convention. The laboring class are burdened with unjust taxes. idea had its origin in Switzerland, where his- Now, a municipal government clearly vio- tory tells us, that two hundred years ago, the lates the liberty of its people, when it takes "delegates from the Swiss Cantons to the early from them by taxation more than is needed Federal Diets were only empowered to assent for the economical administration of its af- to important measures ad referendum," that is fairs or when it distributes burdens or advan- subject to the approval of the government tages unequally. And it is the privilege— which sent them. However, the perfected form might almost say the duty—of the people to in which the Referendum appears to-day is a protect themselves, if possible, against that development of the last century. Becoming violation of their liberty ; for, that the people part of the Swiss constitution in 1878 with the have an original right to establish for their insertion of the following words : "Federal future government such principles as, in their laws as well as Federal decrees—if not of an opinion, shall most conduce to their happiness urgent nature—must be submitted to a popu- is, according to Chief Justice Marshall of the lar vote upon demand of 30,000 qualified vot- United States Supreme Court, the basis on ers." This form has been so eminently suc- which the whole American fabric has been cessful in Switzerland, that it is attracting erected. widespread attention from students of political But now the question arises as to what may economy. In the United States especially it be done to remedy the evils which I have has greatly advanced in the popular interest. pointed out as associated with local politics. When, therefore, I advocate its use in our mu- Some insist that the theory of government is nicipalities I am merely urging a new depart- altogether wrong and that the correction of ure for an old and well-established principle. existing evils can only be brought about by With the establishment of the Referendum Socialism. The weakness of their position has in the municipal government a new power already been demonstrated in a previous num- would be placed in the hands of the people, ber of The Collegian. I need only add that not a dangerous one indeed, for it would be the Revolution of 1789 made France Socialis- merely passive in its scope ; but one that would tic, and what was the result? Never was certainly check corrupt and unlawful legisla- France less free ; never was woman less hon- tion. Whenever a certain number of the peo- ored, or man less safe in his life and property. ple might wish a law repealed or a franchise Again, others recommend that the represen- taken away, they would present to the legisla- tative system in local government be entirely tive body a petition, signed by a certain number abolished and replaced by direct legislation. of qualified voters, demanding that a bill em- Reason, however, tells us that this plan is bracing the specified measures be prepared and neither wise nor economical, as the business of referred to the people for ratification or rejec- the municipality is too extensive to admit of tion. Under our present system companies its being performed by the people as a whole. have found the exploitation of certain lines There is a plan of reform, however, which of business, such as the street railways, the consists merely in avoiding those conditions, gas works and the water works, so profitable which give the politician his power for harm. in large centers of population, that they can That plan is known as the "Referendum" sys- and generally do spare a large share of the tem, a system, which I hope to convince you, profits, for bribing aldermen to grant them val- would be a means of removing many of the in- uable privileges. With the Referendum, how- equalities of legislation and other evils asso- ever, should the city legislature pass measures ciated with municipal politics. particularly favorable to these corporations, a The Referendum may be defined as a sub- resubmission might be immediately demanded mission of laws, whether in form of statute or and the objectionable law or franchise repealed constitution, to the voting citizens for their rat- by direct vote. Thus the moneyed lobby ification or rejection, these laws having first would lose its influence, for what corporation been passed by the peoples' representatives, would expend large sums of money in securing —; the passage of a measure particularly favorable impose upon the corporations their just share to itself but injurious to the people when it of the tax burden, and to extricate themselves knew that such measure might be immediately from the slavish mastery of wealth. revoked? Thus would the people be able to C. F. Conley, '03. "WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. 77 I ITHIN the last few months wireless pulses and signals and in the apparatus there- (LA telegraphy has added large chapters of." In March of the next year he filed a ^^^ to its history, which is every day be- complete specification ; but his apparatus was coming more interesting. While it is essen- yet in a crude form. By the end of the nine- tially a modern invention, the principles on teenth century wireless telegraphy was still in which it is founded have been known to scien- an experimental state and the greatest distance tists for more than half a century. The pio- of transmission reached was 18 miles. neer in the study of electric waves was the In December, 1901, Marconi received at St. famous American scientist, Joseph Henry. In John's Station, Newfoundland, the letter "S" 20 1842 he discovered the oscillatory character of times from Poldhu, Cornwall, England, a dis- electric discharges and proved by experiment tance of 1,700 miles. The world at large was that they produced disturbances or waves in astonished and Marconi urged on to greater ether—the substance which pervades all space efforts. Scientists brought forth their objec- —and could be collected at a distance by tions, and by a series of proofs made the wire- means of a proper receiver. Mr. Henry even less telegraph seem a Utopian dream. Nev- arranged an apparatus to give notice of dis- ertheless in February, 1902, the steamer tant storms. "Kronprinz Wilhelm" received a message The next prominent physicist to experiment when 90 miles at sea. During a trip from with etheric waves of electricity was Faraday Bremen this same ship received from another his experiments Clerk Maxwell, another En- station the information that a ship had gone glish scientist, correllated mathematically. It ashore and was rescued. Some of the passen- remained, however, for the German physicist gers also sent messages; the sea rate being 12 Hertz to determine the theory of electro-mag- cents a word. netic waves and hence these waves are justly Henceforth the stride of the wireless tele- called "Hertz waves." Hertz demonstrated graph is gigantic. Soon 200 miles were elec- that under proper conditions electrical energy trically bridged and in communication with- can radiate and travel through the ether sim- out metallic wires and on March 1, 1902, Mar- ilarly to and with the same speed as light coni received on the steamship "Philadelphia," 186,000 miles a second. Briefly: electric dis- when 1,55 1£ miles from the Poldhu Station, charges from the knobs of the "oscillator" or the distinct tape-written message, "All in or- transmitter are rapidly propagated in all direc- der. Do you understand ?" On the same trip a tions, using the ether of the atmosphere as if it signal was recognized at a point 2,099 miles were the conducting wire. Hence the princi- at sea. All previous efforts were eclipsed and ple of modern wireless apparatus is based on the sending of messages through the air seems the fact that electricity, like the phenomena of now but a question of power and time. light and heat, is due to short and rapid waves To "wireless" a dispatch we must have a in a medium called ether, the nature of which transmitter, the air, and a receiver. At the must be altogether different from any matter sending station, an induction coil produces with which we are familiar. definite electric discharges, at the knobs of an We hear little more about aerial telegraphy "oscillator." These discharges are conducted until June, 1896, when William Marconi, an to the top of the station, by a high vertical Italian, applied for provisional protection for wire or mast, called the "antenna," where they "improvements in transmitting electrical im- launch forth into the ether, propagating waves in all directions. At the receiving station these the boast but the boon of the twentieth cen- waves travel down another "antenna," to the tury. Ships at sea can communicate with receiver, which detects the feeble electric each other and with the shore. In fogs and in waves by means of a very delicate apparatus regions of danger ships can be signalled and called the "coherer." In order to read the warned. Further applications of the inven- oscillations the receiver must be attuned to tion can also be made for railways and thus the transmitter which sent them. Marconi make collisions almost impossible. devised a simple method for using the "dot The expense and difficulties of marine ca- and dash" system whereby the long and short bles will be a thing of the past, for the rates oscillations are sorted out automatically by a of "wirelessing" will be trifling compared to Morse telegraph instrument. the cablegram and consequently what has Of course difficulties were encountered in been the luxury of a few will become the con- practice and advanced in theory, but most of venience of the many. The Atlantic has been them have been successfully solved. The di- spanned and it is hoped to girdle the globe rection of the signal was determined by using with two instruments, back to back. It is a parabolic reflector. The overlapping and also to be hoped that the invention of Marconi confusing of signals due to simultaneous mes- and the airship of Dumont will make war so sages, has been remedied by giving different terrible that peace will be a necessity. If this "tunes" to the various stations. Over 250 is realized Marconi and Dumont will be to the tunes have been devised and thus another dif- first decade of the new century what Pasteur ficulty, the interception of messages, has also and Roentgen were to the last of the old, and been obviated. we are glad to say, that, like the latter, they Wireless telegraphy promises to be not only are both Catholics. James A. Griffin, '04. True Principles of education. HE necessity of a full and complete of the heart. It is unphilosophical because it education and one that will promote places the secondary before the primary object. the health, welfare and safety of so- The first thing that man should learn is his ciety, is constantly forcing itself upon the pub- dependence on God, and obedience to the law lic at the present day. of God ; but he cannot learn this unless he is There are many definitions of education, the given moral and religious instruction. Educa- most common of which is that it consists in tion, therefore, without religion, makes mere the training and developing of the mental fac- secular knowledge its primary object. True ulties. This definition, however, is incorrect. education then does not mean only training in Education in the fullest and truest sense of secular branches, but it includes religion also. the word, is all that tends to draw out, ener- The insufficiency of secular education by it- gize, develop and harmonize the moral, intel- self has been well demonstrated in the history lectual and physical faculties of man. This, the of nations, ancient and modern alike. It has true idea of education, includes not only the ever been a disastrous experiment. What did mental and physical faculties, but the moral the lore of ancient Greece and Rome avail as well. It extends to all grades of learning, them ? Did it save them from falling into ruin ? not to the primary alone, but also to the in- Read history and see in what an abyss of in- termediate and higher. The former definition, famy and crime their glory ends. In modern which says that education consists in the de- times Germany is reaping the harvest result- velopment of the intellectual faculties alone, is ing from education without religion. There not only false, but incomplete and unphilo- Socialism is gaining ground every day and sophical. It is incomplete because it embraces even the ministers of government admit that only the education of the mental faculties, the Catholic Church is the only means to pre- whereas it should extend also to the training vent it. France, too, is reaping a harvest of irreligion. But though diseased she is not State schools are amply equipped to give a dead. She was great and glorious when she secular education. It is not so much on ac- followed the counsels of the Church. "And count of what they do teach, it is rather on ac- when," as some one has well remarked, "she count of what they do not teach, that the shall have purged away the leprosy of atheism Catholic objects to them. It is, as W. J. and liberalism, which is the cause of her pres- Bryan has well said, because "the moral ele- ent evils, she will be great and glorious once ment is lacking." Educate the mind without more." the heart and you have a profound and treach- Youth is the proper time to instil principles erous villain. You may as well expect to get of truth and righteousness into the minds of light from a starless sky or wholesome water our future citizens. It is frequently said that from a poisoned spring as to get purity of first impressions are lasting and hence every mind, thought and heart from an institution precaution should be taken that only those where God and the law of God are ignored. ideals and models be placed before students "Science without religion," it has been said, "is which will produce lasting impressions of hon- worse than swords in the hands of unprincipled esty and goodness. In our Catholic institu- men." tions of learning there are constantly before It is, then, on account of the lack of re- the student the life and deeds of departed ligious training in our State schools that the heroes, the saints of God, martyrs, apostles and Catholics of America are at variance with confessors, who serve as models of spotless other educators. The Catholic sees many ex- purity and holiness. In State schools, where cellencies in the public school, to which he religion is not only eliminated but ignored, has to give his financial support, but he also there can be no such models, and there can knows that, if he would live in concord with be no true basis of character, whereas in the the dictates of his conscience, he cannot neg- Catholic school the student has ever before lect the religious training of his offspring. him ideals of Christian manhood and is taught There is but one thing to do, and this he does. to honor and emulate them. ' With the co-operation of his fellows, he erects Morality, which is the bond of society, is so and supports, with his private means, a school inseparably connected with religion that so- in which his descendants can enjoy the con- ciety, which has not as a basis the immutable stitutional right of religious liberty and edu- principles of religion, cannot exist. The Cath- cation, a school in which the student is taught olic Church, the light of ages and the "store- all that is noble, good and holy ; where he is house of knowledge," as Erasmus has called taught a proper appreciation of worldly goods, her, is the only power on earth that has with- and that all things which do not deviate from stood the insidious attacks of atheism, liberal- the path of virtue, may be used as a legitimate ism and infidelity. Society cannot exist with- means of attaining his ultimate end ; where out religion. Natural motives are not strong he learns "that while a man who reverences enough to check the passions of man. his conscience may not be successful in amass- Defenders of the State system of education ing millions, he will gain a far greater treasure, ask why we object to the plan which they have the love and friendship of God," where, too, he adopted. Is it because the opportunities of- learns that self-restraint and respect for au- fered are not equal to those offered by Cath- thority are indispensable to society and good olic institutions? No. In many instances the government. William E. O'Neil, '02. Boat Racing in Japan. (Kyozoburo Urabe entered St. Ignatius College throughout the college, but especially in the gym- in February, two weeks after his arrival from nasium. Though but 16 years old, he is splendidly Japan. He had studied English five years in his developed. No one can compare with him at wres- own country and so could make himself understood tling. He holds forty medals for boating and swim- from the first. He has become a great favorite ming feats, and he was one of the representatives of his college in the boat race of which he speaks training was begun in this way. They arose following composition, which is printed Just In the at 4 o'clock in the morning and trained till 7 as written by him.) o'clock, then had breakfast, and from 9 o'clock till 11 o'clock, they had a second training, I know not how good American students then had dinner and then rested till 4 o'clock. are at boating, but if you will kindly listen to From 4 o'clock till 7 o'clock they trained me I will tell you about Japanese boating. again. They retired at 9 o'clock and slept In the year 1897, in the month of April, the well. of middle part of near government the Japan, The great day came at last for the race. In is the largest lake of the country, called which the first race, twenty-five colleges competed, all colleges in Biwa Ko, sent a letter to the but my own college and two other colleges inviting all students take in Japan, the to part were selected for the champion race, and my boat-racing. A medal and championship flag college was victorious. was to be the prize. It was agreed to hold the The medal and champion flag were present- race in the summer vacation and the best stu- ed to our college and we were called the dents from each college were selected to repre- "champions" in boating, and we have never sent their own college. They went to Owtsu, lost our title. Kyozoburo Urabe, which is a city near Lake Biwa, and took lodg- ings in a hotel near the lake shore, and the Preparatory. First Glimpses of Spring. SPRING is the most beautiful season Children will soon be merrily skipping in the of the year. Everybody longs for fields and gardens, and weaving garlands with this season, and this longing fills which to adorn themselves. their hearts with gladness. The skies are in high glee, from the chang- In all climates Spring is beautiful, and its ing clouds, showers begin and cease. Impu- first thrill is felt in all nature. The birds be- dent little rivulets are pushing their thin forms over every slope, and the children are in gin to sing ; they utter a few happy notes, as if opening the chorus, and then wait for an an- ecstasy launching their crafts along their swer from the silent woods. The green-coated mimic shores. Grass shoots and trees strug- frogs make holiday in the neighboring gle to put on their rich dress and give softness swamps. These are the signs which announce to the scene. There is a soft, velvety touch in the opening of Spring. the air, and every breeze wakes a feeling of content. Voices of men and beasts ring out Now the grass shoots forth. The waters in merrily to salute the awakening year. the pools run here and there, glistening in the The night is still ; no clouds in the heaven to warm light ; and the blood rushes through the veins of everyone in sympathy with the glad- obscure its beauty ; no voice is heard in the some time. What a thrill of delight in Spring- stillness, even the whispering leaves are asleep. Overhead bends the blue sky, filled with count- time ! What a joy in being and moving ! Men and women are busy with their gardens, and less stars. And if the sky is cloudy, it is no the fresh earth fills the air with a pleasant wild storm of wind and rain, but clouds that odor. The leaf buds begin to swell, and the disappear in showers. One does not wish to flowers to bloom, and the white blossoms of sleep, but lies awake to hear the pleasant the cherry hang upon the boughs, and soon sound of dropping rain. the barren orchards, which hide nothing from This is how the Spring begins. our view, will completely conceal our cottage. Soon the violet will open her soft blue eyes. Thomas J. Daly, Second Academic B. Caught in tbe Act. the Gymnasium. One of the things they do in John Howard. Anthony Scimeca John Seger, Graber. Leo Kennedy. Joseph Sidney Blanc. John Moore. : — EASTER. dreadful day was passed. Jesus about the tomb was doubled and cautioned to CHEhad bowed His sacred head under watch more strictly than ever. the weight of His burden, and died. As midnight approached, they shivered with The Jewish rabble had departed and all was an unaccountable fear and apprehension. The silent. Black clouds, like birds of evil omen, wind moaned through the trees and sank in still hung in the heavens. Joseph of Arima- fitful murmurs amongst the sepulchres. But thea and Nicodemus, with Pilate's permis- what is that strange, transcendently beautiful sion, took the blood-stained body of the dead light, stronger than the sun, which brightens Savior from the cross and placed His thorn- up the surrounding scene, with startling dis- crowned head on the bosom of His virgin tinctness, and dazzles their sight? In fear and mother. Gently, tenderly, they bore Him to trembling they turn towards the tomb ; and a sepulchre near by and laid Him on the cold behold ! the stone is rolled away, and there, in stone. Lovingly they straightened the lifeless robes of dazzling whiteness, stands the Cruci- limbs, and then, closing the tomb, withdrew. fied, His face shining as the sun. The songs Presently came the soldiers of the High of angels, in triumph and joy, reach their ears. Priest to guard the tomb ; for had not Christ Terrified and bereft of speech, they fall on proclaimed, He would rise again on the third their faces like dead men. The songs of angels day, and might not His disciples steal His still ring out upon the air, "Alleluia, Alleluia, body and say He had risen? On this account The Lord hath risen from the dead." They the guards had strict injunctions to permit no announce the triumph of Heaven over Hell access whatever to the tomb of the crucified. Christ's victory over sin and death, man's The Sabbath dragged slowly through its freedom from the bondage of vice and the hours, and twilight crept gradually upon it, restoration of the just to life eternal. like a panther Hearing his prey. The guard Benedict Desmond, First Special. His Sad End. COM had been a member of our house- turn around, go back, and fall asleep. In hold for the last ten years. He came summer his lounging place was between the from a good family and was known for houses in the cool green grass. Here he would his strength and beauty. Indeed he was a stay, with the refreshing breezes blowing over great athlete and, with a little training, would his yellow head. be capable of breaking the world's record. He But one morning we went down into the had climbed every tree in the street and had basement and found him lying stiff and cold even jumped from the roof of the barn down on the floor. A few tears were shed and his into the alley. He ran along the narrow fence remains were buried in a little private ceme- at a rate that would have done credit to a race tery. A headstone was erected, and on it are horse, yet he never slipped or fell. When the words passing in and out of the yard he always hurdled the gate ; he had no time to open it. Here lies Though not a bully, every one was afraid of Tom Tiger, him. He loved to stay at home and could Our Beloved Cat. always be seen sitting around the house, en- gaged in serious thought. In winter the hearth Died was his favorite place, where he would stay Feb. 19, 1902. until he grew too warm. He would then get Walter J. Hurley, Second Commercial. up, walk over to the door to cool off ; then O'Donnell. Ziegler. McEvoy. Carey. Mallek. Weeks. Phee. Tbometz. Keeler. Beauvais. Prof. Roy. Dargau. Sullivan. Riordan. Dugdale. Byrne. Kendrick. Blake. Ahearn. ; My First Trip in a Balloon. W2 URRY! Harry, or you will be too sides. The balloon was now about twenty late, he's going, and pretty soon, feet in the air, and was rising very rapidly. B^ / too." All of a sudden I seemed to realize where I These were the words which brought me was, and as I glanced down I prepared to suddenly back to earth, as I lay on the grass jump. Alas ! it was too late, the balloon was looking up into the bright, blue sky, watch- surely sixty feet high. I couldn't jump now ing a single little cloud sail slowly past far just then a tug at the rope from above made above me. me look up to see the aeronaut beckoning to "Why—what—er—who's going, and what me to climb up the rope. I was pretty good at will I be too late for?" I asked, jumping up. climbing, and, with little difficulty, I made my "Didn't Mr. Nicholas promise to take you way slowly upward. The rope seemed twice with him when he went up in that balloon of as long, but at last I reached the basket and his again?" said my chum, Rob Morris, who with a final effort I swung myself into it. had just come up to the front gate. "He's over Once fairly in the basket I would have given there now, near his house, with the balloon, five hundred dollars, if I had it, to have been and he is going up pretty soon." standing in the crowd below. '"Why, of course, I know all about it," I Mr. Nicholas was probably more surprised said, "but this is not the day, the ascent is to than any in the crowd at my actions ; he tried be made to-morrow." to comfort me by telling me not to be alarmed, "No, it isn't, it is to-day ; so hurry up, we there was not the least danger. In a short are just wasting time talking.' time my nerves calmed down, and I asked him Off we ran at the top of our speed. Mr. why he did not tell me of his ascension. He Nicholas' house was about two blocks from replied that his intention was to make an- ours and we arrived at the vacant lot beside other ascension the next day, and it was in his yard quite out of breath. this one that I was to accompany him. I now Sure enough, there was the balloon just saw my mistake, but he told me it would make ready to ascend. My aeronaut friend was no difference ; so, I soon stopped thinking already ordering the ropes to be cut. about it. A trip in a balloon does not occur every day Having become courageous enough to look in a boy's life, as I well knew, and I was de- over the side of the basket, what was my sur- termined to take advantage of this offer. But prise to see, as I fancied, the earth shooting strange that Mr. Nicholas did not let me know rapidly downward while the balloon, except in time. Can it be that he has forgotten his for a slight swaying motion, seemed almost promise, or that, for some reason or other, he stationary. Down, down, would it never stop, has changed his mind, and does not wish me I asked myself; I began to grow dizzy, every- to make the ascent? thing seemed upside down in my head. I The balloon had just risen about four feet, fainted. when he shouted to one of the men to cut the When I came to myself again, which was remaining rope, which still held it. This rope not long after, the fresh, light air having re- was about ten feet from where I was standing, vived me, my fear had entirely left me and I and, as the man reached to cut it, I dashed actually enjoyed the sensation. past him and grabbed it, just as he severed it. My companion pointed out to me a small The minute the rope was cut the balloon gave irregular line down on the earth below, which a jerk, which carried me off my feet, while I glistened and shone in the sunlight. "Why," still clung to it. I said, "that is the river, isn't it?" "Yes," he !" "Let go ; drop shouted a dozen voices in said, "and do you see that dark spot to the left the crowd, but my senses seemed to have gone of it? That," he said, without waiting for a from me, for I only held on the tighter. reply, "is the little valley between those two "Drop ; drop, before it is too late," rang on all big hills, where the river turns to the north." : ; The scene was grand, we could see for The balloon was separated from us, and we miles. There was the river, the little valley, shot suddenly downward, until the parachute the woods, where the day before I had been opened. This was the worst part of the trip, shooting squirrels, and there in the distance as we were in constant fear that on nearing we could see the little town with its houses the ground we might light on some house, and church, whose tall steeple rose above the tree, or even in the river. But all went well surrounding buildings, as if it were king of the we landed in the middle of a pasture without place. a scratch and the men in a wagon, who had I was awakened from my reverie by the been watching for us, took us, with the para- voice of the aeronaut telling me to prepare chute, safely back to the house of Mr. Nicho- for the descent. I hated to go down. I could las, where I was met by my chum, Rob Mor- see in the west the sun a perfect ball of fire, ris, who threw his arms around me and with its beams shining through the clouds thanked God for bringing me safely back to which were glowing with every tint and color earth again. losing of the rainbow, the earth below was fast Do you think I shall ever forget "my first its light. trip in a balloon?" My companion loosened the parachute and Eugene E. Mulhern, Second Special A. we both got on the pole which was our seat. CORRESPONDENCE. I was leisurely passing through the letters, and extracts from your writings, and in ESlibrary on the 1st of June, A. D. this way have come to know you. Our study- 2000, my attention was attracted to a has also taught us to admire your epistolary small bundle, lying on a top shelf and covered style, with its elegant idioms and beautiful with dust. Prompted by curiosity, I climbed constructions, to which our Latin grammar so upon a chair and took down the curious look- often refers, that it seems to me if you had ing parcel. It was securely bound with heavy written just the reverse, of what you did, it black cord, which it took me some time to would still praise you. undo. Finally I was rewarded, and as I blew Since, then, you seem to be the chief arbiter away the dust I discovered many strangely- in matters of elegant Latin composition, we written papers and envelopes. Astonished at have concluded that your mere presence such an unusual sight, I opened the first that among us and the intercourse of a few days, came to hand. It proved to be the minutes would assist us more, in this line, than weeks of the class of First Acad "A" of 1902, in or even months of the study of Latin rules and which it was stated that : "Whereas, so many exceptions. distinguished personages were visiting our Now, we do not think, that you have ever city, be it hereby Resolved, by the unanimous seen our large city of Chicago, nor have you vote of the class, to send an invitation to our ever visited St. Ignatius, where you have been old friend, Marcus Cicero, asking him to come so frequently praised ; therefore, desirous of and spend the Christmas holidays here in Chi- the honor of your visit, and of the profit, we cago." will receive therefrom, in the name of the class, the Mr. Robert Hoffman was asked to write I hereby invite you to come to see us and letter, and, complying with the wishes of the spend a few days in Chicago. The Christmas class, the gentleman on the next day read to holidays will be a very suitable time, as then them the following our city is most beautifully decorated and vis- St. Ignatius College, Dec. 18, 1901. itors are numerous. Mr. M. T. Cicero: Moreover, the zero weather we are apt to Dear Sir—We, the members of first Acad have at that time will, I am sure, be a relief "A," have lately read quite a number of your from the warmer weather you are having in : : the climes where you now live. you and I heartily regret that I could not Hoping that you will soon answer my letter, come. Evidently your mail system is more and not disappoint me, I remain, perfect and the transportation more rapid Yours truly, ours here ; at any rate, your kind invitation ar- rived Robert Hoffman, First Acad "A," '02. after the Christmas holidays too late to allow me to accept. When this letter had received the unani- Most likely your letter would have come mous approval of the class, it was duly copied, here in time, but at the river Styx, Charon, directed to Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman the ferryman, had a long and protracted dis- Quarters, Hades, and entrusted to the United pute with Menippus, consequently the incom- States mail, thence by the Dives Plutonic sub- ing mail was blocked and your letter arrived terranean postal delivery to be delivered to too late. I was talking with some of my Charon, the ferryman of the River Styx. friends, among them Caesar, a country- As I was deeply interested in what I had man of mine about this expected trip of mine, read, I determined to pursue my investiga- and he longed to come with me at some other tions. time. The next packet was another copy of the I hope that my failure to come has not minutes of the class and in it was stated that caused any annoyance to you. Thanking the the committee had prepared a glorious pro- class which you represent for the honor they gram for the coming of the illustrious guest, have conferred upon me, I remain, wishing and, after patiently waiting for a long time, you prosperity and good health, were grievously disappointed to find that no answer was received. They then made a rigor- Marcus T. Cicero, ous investigation, at the postoffice, which dis- Per E. Sullivan. closed the fact that a letter directed to Marcus I could hardly believe the evidence of my Tullius Cicero had been received shortly be- senses, yet here in truth was a letter which fore Christmas and officially consigned to the bore the genuine marks of the land of the aforementioned R. R., but what had later be- dead. fallen the missive was impossible to discover, Amazed at what I had read, I laid the letter as old Pluto, busy with the mail, had no time aside and sat gazing out of the open window at to spare in giving information. the pretty birds as they merrily chirped and The third parcel looked exceedingly strange, twittered among the bright green leaves of and its envelope bore weird looking post- the gently swaying branches of a neighboring marks. Opening it I unclosed a reply from elm, when suddenly I was aroused from my Cicero bearing the inscription of Spirits' Land. musing by the vigorous clanging of the school It read as follows bell calling to the afternoon's session. Jump- "Hotel Coal Bunkers," ing up I rushed from the room and down to Hades, Jan. 1, 1902. the hall where the class of First Academic "A," Dear Mr. Hoffman 1902, was marshaled. I am very sorry that I have disappointed Frederick W. Weeks, First Academic A. A Friend in Need. ACK WHITCOMB was a stout and skin of some animal, no one could then say Jw well-built lad of 18. His chief fault that he had received assistance from any- was pride. He thought too much of one. his prowess and considered himself a better Jack had never hunted any game larger shot and all round hunter than any of his com- than the rabbit and prairie dog, and he con- rades. As a result of this, Jack seldom had a ceived an idea of how grand it would be to companion in any of his rambles. He rather return home some day with the skin of a cata- liked this, for, when he came home with the mount or a grizzly thrown over his shoulder. : ; As a matter of fact, Jack had once shot and he was yet a boy. His family were not in the slightly wounded a cougar, but that was when best of circumstances and therefore a great he was out with his father and when he had responsibility fell on Joe. He was a devout naught to fear. Catholic and, every time a priest visited the lit- As I said before, Jack was quite proud and, tle town, Joe was always ready to serve mass when little Joe Lee or any of the other boys and vespers. passed, he scarcely noticed them. But the On the day of which we speak Joe also was time soon came when Jack was glad to have out hunting, but his was an altogether dif- had some of his comrades around to assist ferent sort of game. His mother had sent him in his time of need. It happened thus him out to shoot some rabbit or wild ducks dinner. fairly One morning, when Jack was up at the post- for So far he had been success- office, he overheard Mr. Reynolds, a wealthy ful, having bagged three rabbits and two stockraiser of the district, say that he had seen ducks. When he heard the shot, he was on the tracks of a catamount around his corral. the alert in an instant. Dashing through a When Whitcomb heard this an idea flashed clump of bushes he saw a huge catamount, with in his across his mind. Why not set out and kill this blood streaming from a wound shoulder, standing the prostrate of prowler and cover himself with glory ? He al- over form ready imagined himself the center of an inter- Jack. With a silent prayer, Joe took aim and fired. ested group of spectators, all anxious to hear, The catamount uttered a shriek of from his own lips, the story of the capture. agony, leapt high in the air and fell down, Hurrying home, Jack handed the letters to his dead. father, snatched his hunting coat and rifle and Before venturing nearer Joe sent another without a word to anyone was off. bullet into the creature's brain. He then stooped over his fallen comrade and felt his It was a beautiful morning in spring. The pulse. He still lived. ran to a neighbor- twittering of the birds among the treetops and Joe ing stream and brought him some water. In the rippling of the brooks, as they dash down a few moments he revived. the mountain side, had always been sweet music to the ears of Jack. But not so on this Two men just then came upon the boys. all eventful day. He was deeply engrossed in They had heard the shots and were seeking thought, thinking of the time when he would to ascertain the cause. With their assistance be the pride and envy of the village, thinking Jack was brought home. He then told his of the time when the name of Jack Whitcomb, story. hunter, would be famous throughout the State. He had not gone far up the mountain side before he came upon the catamount's tracks He thus walked along, keeping his eye open he followed these for some distance, then, all for any signs of the catamount. He thought of a sudden, he saw a huge creature bound out he was alone in that vast forest, but in this of a clump of bushes and come straight for he was wrong. Not far off, at that very in- him. Jack fired. Before he could reload the stant, stood a young boy, listening to the catamount was upon him, and Jack knew no warbling of the birds and thinking (how very more. different were the thoughts of these two boys) of the power and greatness of our Almighty The rest you already know. That night fervent prayers offered in Whit- Creator, who made all this beauty of nothing. were up the comb household and many were the thanks But Joe Lee (for he it was) did not re- blessings This never- main in this position more than a minute. A and heaped upon Joe. shot, followed by a wild howl, woke him from to-be-forgotten event took all the pride out of his reverie. Jack and ever afterward he and Joe were the warmest of friends. Before we go any farther, let us look up some of Joe's past history. He was the eldest James Murray, Second Academic A. of a family of four. His father had died while — LINES (Ob seeing a bust of Homer.) BAIL, silver-mouthed father of the Muse, Or in the shade of Ilium's towering walls With graven brow and sweetly sounding The great Achilles courseth like a star, lyre, Or 'neath the glittering arch of Priam's halls Inventor of blithe song! O thou in whose The white-robed Helen and her consort are. Sublimer strains, bright glows the sacred fire! The dawn of day, the sun's last purple rays, Thou first it was who in thy darkened days These hast thou blended in thy cherished verse; Hitched up the winds and waves to flowing These beauties of the world, which thy blank gaze verse, Could ne'er behold, thy deathless songs rehearse. gaze Those beauties of the world which thy blank Frank McDonnell, '04. Could ne'er behold, thy deathless songs rehearse. The North-King'. was a cold winter's night in January door again, to call his reindeer. They came ITand, as I sat dozing by the fire, I at once, obedient to his summons, and went thought that the door opened and a over to a corner, where I had noticed eight man walked in, covered with snow, and look- stalls. ing as if he were suffering from the cold. He Then my strange companion came over and said, "Good evening," and sat down in a chair, sat down near me, and told me the following on the other side of the fire. After a while he story: "Maybe you know who I am, by this said : "How would you like to go with me time. I am the North-King, and you are in to visit my home in the North?" And then, my palace. I have many winds penned up in without waiting for my answer, he caught me that room, from which you hear such strange up and walked off with me. To resist him noises. Every year I take my winds and was out of the question. I was powerless. travel south, freezing the ground and putting This I realized at once. a coating of ice over rivers and lakes. Even As he held me very tightly, I felt a chill go the merry fountain does not escape me, but right through me. The mysterious stranger during my reign it is hushed and no one hears then called something, in a language I did not its sweet music until my brother, the South- understand, and instantly there appeared eight King, comes again to undo all my work. reindeer, drawing a sleigh that seemed to be "My favorite sport at this time is to roam made of polar bear-skins, so thickly was it over my dominions, and set at liberty my covered with them. many fierce and roaring winds. My delight is wrapped warmly in these skins and He me to watch them as they go racing over the then another cry to the reindeer, which gave frozen earth, biting everything, and killing the started running as fast as they could. But in- flowers and trees in their way." stead of running on the ground they appeared With these words the North-King took me to be moving through the air. As we went by the hand and led me through his palace, farther and farther, it grew colder, and when showing me everything there was to be seen. we stopped, it was so cold that I could hardly But suddenly I felt a cold chill bear it. come over My companion then took me out, wrapped me, and woke up only to find myself in my chair by the fire, as I was in the furs, and carried me to a door, which had gone out while I which he pushed open and entered. He laid was dreaming this pleasant dream. me down on a couch and hurried back to the Stewart Bates, Third Academic A. Virgin and Child. A Reproduction. BENEATH a spreading maple tree, 'Mid Nature's beauties wild, There stood a pretty statue once Of Mary and the Child. And here there came on pleasant nights So side by side they roamed about, lovers true, A winsome little boy, These happy A gentle child of summers few, And plucked brig-ht flowers and berries ripe Who 'rolicked 'round with joy. That in the meadows grew. side they roved the dells, He romped and frisked with childish glee, And side by murmured soft the brook, And capered o'er the green. Where golden heads He skipped and sang in high delight, Where daffodils their To the balmy breezes shook. By all, save God, unseen. Thus joyfully they spent their time, One eve he said to Mary fair: Whilst angel choirs above "Give .Tesus down to me, Distilled soft notes from golden harps And here among the flowers bright And sang sweet songs of love. Most happy we shall be." * * :.<". * * * * * * * This simple tale a moral brings "I'll give to Him some blossoms sweet To mortals here below. And daisies fresh and white." It tells that Mary on the pure Thus to the Virgin spoke the boy Her favors will bestow. That balmy summer's night. That Jesus, too, will not disdain 'Tis said Our Lady heard the prayer Companionship with those Of one so free from guile, Whose deeds lend savor to their lives And placed her Son upon the ground As perfume to the rose. To play with him awhile. James P. Rice, '05. Little iScftiaw-IIeart. I^"VNE bright summer afternoon little Red- silent tears gathered in his eyes. And his play- I 9 feather and his companions went out to mates jeered at him and called him Squaw- ^-*^ amuse themselves on a high bluff near heart. Because of this the heart-broken lad their village. Redfeather did not join in the turned from them and went to the river, where boys' games. He preferred to race up and he got into his canoe and paddled away ; for he down with his pet puppy, near the edge of the wished to be alone. When he had reached cliff. In the midst of their play the puppy the middle of the stream he drew in his paddle stumbled and fell over the brink of the bluff. and allowed his boat to drift, while he brooded And when Redfeather and his friends had de- over his sorrow. At length, wearied by his scended by a roundabout way they found the grief, and lulled by the afternoon heat, he fell dog bleeding and writhing on the rocks be- asleep. low. In a few moments the poor animal When he woke, he was surprised to find that groaned and lay still, and they knew that it was his canoe was lodged in some driftwood near dead. the shore, and that the moon was shining Then, as he looked at his dead pet, great, brightly on the broad river. Just as he was ; making ready to paddle out his quick ear another struck on the other side, and he put all caught the sound of many light footsteps his might into his strokes. Then arrows fell among the trees near the water, and he stopped all around him. One grazed his ear, a dozen to listen. He heard a low voice say, "Is that a pierced his canoe, and at last, when they began canoe down there in the shadow?" Another to fall behind him, one bit deep into his shoul- voice answered : "No, it is only a log. Let us der. hurry ; we have no time to waste." Finally the shots ceased ; but even then he Redfeather recognized the language as that did not dare to pause, for he knew that there of a neighboring tribe, which was hostile to his was not a moment to spare. On and on he own. His first impulse was to lie still in his paddled, though he grew dizzy from exhaus- canoe, until they should have passed on, for tion and loss of blood. And when, after a he knew that if they saw him they would cer- weary hour of effort, he had stepped unsteadily tainy kill him. Then the thought came to him from his boat and had staggered to his father's that they were on the way to surprise his wigwam and had given his warning, he fell tribe and destroy its village. If he could pad- into a deep faint, so that they thought him dle home quickly enough he could give warn- dead. ing. There was not much chance of his get- When the hostile tribe reached the quiet vil- ting past his enemies, for they would follow lage they were attacked from behind and de- the shore, and could not fail to see him in the feated with great slaughter. After that night bright river. But he would try. So he picked the Indian boys never jeered at Redfeather, up his paddle and glided quickly out from the nor called him Squaw-heart ; instead, they en- shadow. vied him, and named him "Scar in the Shoul- He had hardly gone thirty feet when an ar- der." John D. Reynolds, row whizzed past him and struck the water Third Commercial. The Awakening. SPRING, with all the beauty of her tucked up in their own feathers, are gently fairy court, is now in our midst ; and whispered to by flitting zephyrs, and in an- her courtiers, a following of laughing swer, warble blithsomely in the rich language elves, have begun their happy services. of the sky, caroling forth golden notes of per- At first the sprites, with great ease and celer- fect happiness and contentment. ity, approach a glassy rivulet and free it from Hearing such heavenly melody, in their the icy grasp of Winter, lingering just long green cradle, those snug folded petals which enough to watch it dance along, babbling the fairies had not wakened from their dreams, gratefully, with a merry swirl and ripple. timidly peep through "their leafy coverlets," Forthwith they wend their way to hill and and, gently pushing aside their emerald cur- dale, ornamented with pearly snow-drops, and, tains, come forth blushing to see these ex- dissolving those frosted jewels, they spread in- quisite musicians. stead a carpeting of green. Then, growing bolder, they unite their fra- The influence of their activity is now made grant breathings with the harmony in the air more strikingly apparent : for those wonderful around them. gems with which nature has lavishly studded Thus by the magic of Spring's cheerful the earth are drawn out into graceful shapes sylphs, new life issues from the earth in various and colored daintily by a touch of their elfish forms. wands. Like the awakening of a decaying root, The sun, in all his effulgent beauty, beams when it blossoms forth a blushing bloom, was down in gracious acknowledgment of the the Resurrection of our Lord. He was lying change wrought by these fairy workmen. in the tomb under the power of that somber At the same time the little birds, cozily being Death, when suddenly a slight quiver vitality traversed the sacred remains ; then the blood brightened, the limbs moved with new leaped forward exultingly through its channel, and He sprang rejoicing into the sunshine of the heart beat again with redoubled animation, Easter morning. Charles Byrne, the the brain renewed its activity, bosom First Academic B. heaved, warmth and color returned, the eyes The FreaKs of JacK Frost. ACK FROST is the name of that sly He makes a warm blanket for the summer individual, who causes boys and girls woods, and the farmer's field of wheat, and J»* and even old folks to muffle up well makes plump the autumn grain. before venturing out of doors. No one knows When his fairy fingers touch the foliage, all where he lives, but I think he is related to the nature bursts into a vivid blaze of coloring, Snow-fay and lives with the Winter wind. He which is rivaled only by the glorious sunsets is the same fellow that forms weird pictures on of our land. the window panes, and nips our noses, ears, He dresses the trees in a garment so bright and toes. Though a merciless tease he is not that they dazzle the eyes of the beholders, and, unkind. best of all, he ushers in our winter sports, so True, he compels the robin and the other healthful and agreeable. summer birds, to go south or to beg their food, But who ever succeeded in pleasing every- then looking wistfully in at our windows, but body? Surely not Jack Frost ! And so while he binds the neighboring brook in a coat of he receives a hearty welcome from some, he is mail. looked upon as a pest and dreaded by others. He is a friend of mine. His step is light, The Northern farmer, for instance, who has and his cheek is as ruddy as the morn, a large number of chestnut trees, waits im- patiently for Jack's coming, that he may take As a parting tribute to his memory we will his crop to market and receive a good price say, with Mackay: for it. On the other hand, his neighbor who has a "Pile up the fire and ere he go, is constant lest cranberry marsh, in dread Our blessings on his head shall flow, Frost may appear before he has gathered his For dear old Jack Frost bleak and sear, fruit ; for he knows only too well that the un- Is friend and father of the year." timely advent of this michief-maker means the ruin of his crop. William Spain, Second Special B. Harry's Experience with a Bottle of Shoe Dressing. RARRY was a little boy 6 years old. company in the parlor, Harry managed to A new kind of shoe dressing had climb to the top shelf and secure the nice bot- come into use. Harry's mother tle, which had a sponge attached to the cork. bought a bottle and polished Harry's shoes and He thought he would like to try it. He stole her own, and then put it away carefully, on the out to the summer kitchen, where he would top shelf, out of Harry's reach. not be disturbed. He found he could not get That afternoon Harry's mother had com- the cork out, after trying three or four times, pany and Harry was dressed in his white duck so at last he gave one hard pull, and out came suit. While hig mother was entertaining her the cork and shoe dressing, and shot all over ! his face and white duck suit and even splashed and brought him back. Harry had tried to upon the white wall. wipe it out of his eyes and so smeared it over Just then Harry heard his mother coming his face. and he dropped the bottle and ran. When she Harry had to have his clothes changed and saw the wall splashed with blacking, she his face washed, and his mother put him to thought Harry had been trying to paint the bed. I don't think Harry wanted to try shoe wall with the good shoe dressing. She started dressing soon after that. after Harry, who had run out into the yard, Harold McClintock, Preparatory. HERNANDO CORTEZ. We are strikingly impressed by the many ity and lofty character, he obtained permission different characters, which appear upon the to attempt the conquest of Mexico. vast stage of life. It would seem as though Envy, prejudice, and all that is small in the world's history were one great drama, and man's nature, urged the Cuban governor to re- that each person contributes his part to the call Cortez. But the latter, recognizing his success of the play. Some of these inspire us destiny, trusting in God and St. James to aid with sympathy and admiration, while from him in spreading the light of faith, boldly re- others we turn away in disgust. Some, again, fused to comply. perform great and brilliant exploits, but their What is more striking than his glorious ca- base motives diminish their glory. reer, in the succeeding conquest? Consider a In the former class Cortez stands conspicu- settled empire, with a standing army of two ous. How every Christian should rejoice that hundred thousand men, invaded by six hun- the all-wise and just God raised up such a dred ardent spirits, arresting the emperor in heroic, and at the same time blameless man his own palace. Remember also the sacrifice What pagan, what Caesar, or Hannibal, has of human life and the revolting worship prac- left such a wonderful record, or possessed such ticed in that country. Horror-stricken at such a beautiful character, or had such pure mo- acts, our hero, by his mighty genius, lion- tives to animate his actions? hearted courage, inconceivable foresight and trust in God, succeeded in planting the stand- After a few years of preparation and devel- ard of the cross upon the palace of the Mon- opment Cortez went forth to fulfill one of the tezumas. greatest destinies upon the pages of history. Were I to write volumes on this great man, He possessed that instinct which is charac- I could not do him justice. Let it suffice to teristic of all great men, that is, "to be a hero say he was an honor to his nation, a lofty ex- in the strife." Despite the clouds of mean- ample to posterity and a noble servant of his ness and envy, which tried to conceal his abil- God. Francis J. Foley, First Special. Herbert Wilson's Elevator. RERBERT WILSON, besides being upon his Aunt Sally. Aunt Sally was one of the poorest boy in the village, was that close, hard sort of people, who think also the most ambitious. He was boys are of no good except to work, and she always inventing things. And when he had already got enough work out of Herbert, got through he would have them around to pay for all the food or clothing she gave the house, in his aunt's way. Herbert's pa- him. She always said Herbert was a nuisance rents died, when he was but 3 years old, and around the house. And when he took to in- as he had no other relations, he was dependent venting, she nearly went crazy. One night Herbert made a jack-o-lantern and left it lit stairs, she saw a mass of flames seething and in the kitchen all night. During the night his roaring in the room below. aunt got up and went to the kitchen, to see Her escape in that direction was cut off, if the door was securely locked. The first and she could not escape from the windows, thing she saw was the glaring eyes of the because they were barred. She had always lantern, and she nearly fainted. been afraid of robbers and, as she had a little Winter was near at hand, and Herbert want- money, she had bars placed upon all the win- ed a new pair of shoes badly, but his aunt dows. She had keys for the bars, but she thought the pair he had would do until Christ- could not think where they were. In this ex- mas. About this time Herbert had made a treme peril, with the roar of the fire growing small elevator that ran from the garret to the louder and louder, and the floor under her cellar. He made two trap doors in an unused feet beginning to get hot, she suddenly part of the house—one through the second thought of Herbert's elevator. Hoping, yet floor, and one through the garret floor. He fearing, she hastened towards the rear of the then fastened a small seat between two ropes, house, and how her heart beat with joy, when while two more ropes hung on either side. she saw that the elevator was unharmed. How When the elevator was not in use, the two last glad she was now, that she had listened when ropes were fastened, but when you wanted to he explained its use to her. use it, you untied the rope, and, getting in the Opening the trap door, she looked down seat, let yourself down. and saw that she had yet time to make her One cold night in November, Herbert re- escape. With trembling hands she untied the turned from work, expecting a good warm ropes and, seating herself in the seat, descend- supper, but his aunt told him he had to go to ed slowly through the smoke to the bottom a neighbor, about two miles away, on some floor. Luckily, the key was in the back door small errand. He went on his journey nearly and, going out into the storm, she made her barefooted, and he hardly hoped to be back way to the house, whither she had sent Her- until 1 1 o'clock. Two hours after he had gone, bert. She arrived there at about 2 o'clock, Aunt Sally went to bed, but she was very ner- more dead than alive, and found Herbert there, vous about Herbert and moved by a kind im- afraid to come home, but much worried about pulse, placed a lighted lamp on the table, never his aunt. noticing that it stood very near a pile of needle- That fire seemed to have softened her heart work, she had been working on that day. At towards Herbert and with the money she 9 o'clock a violent wind arose, and by 10 saved she built a new home, while after that o'clock a terrific storm was raging. Aunt Sally Herbert was never in want of such a small was awakened by the storm and noticed the thing as a pair of shoes. smell of smoke. Hurrying to the head of the Thomas C. Sheely, Second Commercial. A Boy's Idea of Lent. George Horigan went to High Mass, the trifling things. I resolve, then, to try with Sunday before Lent. The priest had for his the best of my powers to subdue this passion sermon, "The Duties of a Christian During as much as possible. There is one thing I Lent." He explained its meaning origin, and must do in preference to all others, and that the numerous ways of keeping it. is before I go to work to assist at the holy George selected these resolutions to keep sacrifice of Mass every morning during Lent." during Lent. "I have been accustomed to eat These and many other such thoughts passed candy daily and to drop this for forty days through his mind. At length the eve of Ash will be a penance for me. I become angry Wednesday came, which marks the beginning very often during the day and sometimes at of that holy season, which the disciples of the ; devil dread. George had everything prepared While at work one day a boy in the factory for the morning ; every thing appeared bright vexed him somehow or other, and he to him. Why, it seemed to him to be clear "punched" the boy. This sudden outbreak of sailing; but to his surprise and that of many anger cost him dearly. That night, after 1 work, others he woke up to find eight inches of snow he had to defend himself with all his power. on the ground and the wind blowing the snow The result of the affair was that each had a in high drifts. black eye and George retired with a very George paid little or no heed to this obstacle downcast spirit, to think he had broken his but waded through the snow for a distance of second resolution. He arrived home just at ten blocks. He arrived at church on the stroke supper time. "You are late to-night, George," of 6 and Father Conway had just begun the said his sister. Coming into the dining room, Mass. There were about ten persons present, his big sister began to laugh. "Ha! Ha! You the customary number being forty or fifty on have been fighting." "That I have, as you other days. may see,"—all the time checking his temper, Thus did he start Lent. That night after for he wished rather to answer by saying, working hard all day he was glad to get into "Well, I was fighting and received the beating ?" bed early. He took the words of Father Con- not you ; can't you mind your own business way to heart and they meant a great deal, too Now George had broken his second resolu- they were : "It is not for how you begin Lent tion, but a few hours ago and a short time that God rewards you, but for how you have after, under more trying conditions, subdued persevered." that passion of anger. It was on this occasion that Ash Wednesday morning proved that he deserved credit ; for you know as well the going George was on right path ; to and as I do that it is a very great trial not to get from work, he passed numberless candy stores. angry when your sister makes fun of your mis- The candy appeared more tempting than fortune. usual ; he succeeded in not breaking his reso- Then Easter Sunday came: the day on lution till about the fourth week when he was which the Lord rose from the tomb. He ap- urged by a secret voice that he must have proached the sacraments with a contrite heart some candy or he would die. At length he for all his sins. He asked himself: "Have I indulged : "Now, I have broken my resolu- persevered throughout this Lent?" The voice tion," he said. Then it was that the devil be- of conscience answered, "Yes." gan to play a part in the drama of his life. That day his mother asked him what he George began to say to himself: "Now thought about Lent. He said : "The truth is, that I have partaken of it, I might as well I never expected it would be so hard, as it has of of continue." Then he thought those words been, to keep my resolutions, but I can say I Father Conway and the voice of the good succeeded fairly well." Such was the Lent of angel began to urge—not exactly to urge, but George Horigan. Lent for an earnest Chris- to point out the good of trying again. He tian will not be easy ; trials beset every one. once more resolved to give up eating candy Such was the case with George ; for many and during the remainder of Lent, and he kept it many times he was tempted to break his reso- in spite of all temptations. lutions ; for the devil and his angels hate that His anger was a serious defect in a good which tends to save the soul of man. many ways, and this he knew well ; therefore James H. Guthrie, Second Academic B. he was going to try to subdue this passion. The Seasons. SPRING. "W N the zephyrs I feel the sweet presence of I Spring, That will break the dread spell that has blighted the earth; 'Neath the rude wand of Winter the cold, cruel king Of the North, that has blasted the blossoms in birth. Renewed in their youth, leap the cool, flowing rills; The pastures are green and the trees are in bloom. And the brooks that from ice and from snow are And the bees sip the honey from nature's first set free, flow'rs. Now are rushing in gladness o'er meadows and Gone is the sadness of Winter's white tomb, hills, And the birds sing their matins in blossoming As onward they go to the far distant sea. bow'rs. SUMMER. AUTUMN. blowing hushing the woodlands, cooling showers, gOLD winds are and SHADY song, Cheer the sultry Summer hours; Where in the woodlands the green leaves among, Herds are panting in the glade, Sang to the morning the robin his lay, Swains are lounging in the shade; Tuning to gladness the Summer's long day. Toilers in the busy town Shorn of their pride the gaunt forests now stand, Wear the marks of labor brown. As if dread famine had ravaged the land. WINTER. UPON the meadows and the hills, Bleak winter casts a gloom. Pair Nature's treasures, arts and hopes, Lie buried in the tomb, Save what in barns has safely stored, The busy, toiling swain Of Springtime's seed and Summer's growth And Autumn's golden grain. Paul B. Drevniak, '05. Out on the Wrong Side of the Bed. !" I don't think that one side of a bed is dif- "John-ee ! John-ee It was a bright May ferent from the other, as far as getting in or morning, when this call was borne up the out is concerned. I guess, when people say, stairs to little Johnny's bed-room. His mother "getting out on the wrong side of the bed," was calling him so as to be on time for school. they mean that on certain days, for some rea- Little Johnny got up, rubbing his eyes ; for he son or another, everything seems to go wrong. was mad to be called up, just as he had begun Well, if that is what the expression means, to doze off. In a half-sleepy manner, he went a little friend of mine must have "got out on over to the hook, on which his clothes were the wrong side of the bed" last Wednesday. hung; but did not see the stool in the middle Here's what happened to him, just as it oc- of the room. In a twinkling, he was sprawling curred : on the floor,—fully awake now, if ever he was. : — "What's next, I wonder," he muttered under see him, followed him up the stairs. Johnny his breath, as he put a patch of court-plaster was about half way up, when the dog ran be- on his injured knee. He went over to the tween his legs, and down went the whole trust stool, and, opening the window, he sent it fly- —pitcher, water, dog, and boy. It was a fine ing down into the yard ; only to hit his father's instance of rapid transit. hired man, who was milking the cow. The Hearing this thundering racket, Johnny's hired man, with a yell, that might have come father came running out to see if the roof were from an Apache Indian chief, jumped about coming down over their heads or not. As the three feet into the air, knocking over the pail stairs were short, there was no mortality ; but of milk, and making the cow run away. these were some of the casualties: a bloody Just then Johnny's father appeared on the nose, a few teeth knocked out, or rather in, scene, and seeing what Johnny had done, al- face and hands cut, wind at a premium, etc., though purely an accident, punished him very etc., etc. severely for giving way to his temper. After his mother had plastered and bandaged Johnny now wanted to make up his toilet him, and rubbed his injured parts with Omega Oil and Witch Hazel, he was carried up to so he went over to the basin ; but to his dis- ; after carefully may, he found it empty. That meant for him bed and they had tucked him a trip to the pump, which was on the other in under the covers, these few significant side of the barn. Well, he had to have water, if words were heard to come forth from between he wanted to wash; so off he trotted to the swollen lips : "Out on the wrong side of the pump behind the barn. He got the water, and bed." Lawrence McHale, was returning, when the dog, who was glad to Third Academic. A Visit to the Board of Trade. ONE of the principal places of interest I looked over the railing at the scene be- in Chicago is the Board of Trade. low. Messenger boys rushing hither and Although I have been present at a thither, brokers tearing themselves out of the great number of its sessions, I still find it an mass in the "pit," giving a hurried glance at interesting place in which to spend an hour the bulletin-board and rushing back again, or so. all combined to make up this seeming chaos. I will try to describe the busy scene which The scene in the "pit" resembled that of a ken- of I witnessed there yesterday. nel when the master enters with a dish meat —the leaping upward of hungry animals. I Entering the Jackson street door I saw the saw before me a sea of faces surge and whirl brokers standing about in small knots, or hur- like the maelstrom in the ocean, flushed hot rying from one group to another, all the while faces and fiercely gleaming eyes, like those of talking excitedly. I walked up the broad a jungle beast about to rend his prey. It was stone steps leading to the visitors' gallery. For like Babel with its wildly shrieking crew. some time I sat there musing, when suddenly What is it that transforms this crowd of staid, brazen clang of a I was startled by the hoarse, dignified men into a mass of inarticulate busi- bell—the signal for the commencement of sounds and waving arms? A few grains of came up from ness. The answering roar, that wheat, corn or oats, which can be exchanged the echoes of the bell, the "floor" drowning for that root of all evil— Gold. told more plainly than words, that this was to be a busy day. M. A. Brady, First Commercial. La Rabida. (Lines suggested by the relic of the World's Fair in Jackson Park.) Beneath the azure skies of sunny Spain, Upon a lonely cliff hard by the sea, La Rabida stands in solemn majesty And dreams of days gone by, alas! in vain. Oh, peaceful hours that ne'er shall come again. Within her fruitful gardens monks once strayed And told their beads, and in the chapel prayed; Her cloisters echoed many a pious strain. How like our own lives pictured in a story, This lonely convent on that rugged height- To-day we dream of wondrous deeds of glory, The morrow leaves us but a memory bright. Then Winter comes with age so grim and hoary, And swiftly from our hearts the dreams take flight. Martin J. McEvoy, '02. LANGUAGES. er eine ^Serle. Enbtid) lam ein Saucier unb fmlte bie 2Iufter fjerauf. German Version of "The Drop of Water.'' 3cuu begann fiir ben Keinen, in eine ^erte oer= . . . Addison . . . toanbelten Sjegeutropfen, eine neue unb ereignifjuoHe By A Student of the First German Class. 3eit. SJcan naljm il)n aug ber &&)ate unb oiele SKenfdjen erfreuten fid) an f einer ©djimljeit. Er /&g roar einmal ein lleiner Sftegentropfen, ber Bon lam in oiele Jpanbe, big enblid) ber Sbnig oon 1&? einer SBolf'e buret) bie Siifte getragen rourbe. $erfien oon feiner ©cfjonrjeit tjorte unb befdjlof} mit Er fiel aug berfetben in bie Siefen beg 9Jceereg iljm feine ®rone jit fdjmuclen. imb rourbe ein ©piel ber SBetlen. SfBer fjatte ba§ tooljl gebad)t, bag ou§ fo einen 35a empfanb er roie liein unb gering er gegen bag Keinen unb totnjigen SRegentropfen eine fo fjerrlicfje grofje, geroatrige 3R eer fei. Er fai) ein bap er ber unb fctjbne $erte roerben lonnte, unb hafe er alg SBeit nidjtg niiijen Ibnnte, ba§ er ein ju lleineg unb foldje bag 5)iabem eineg Sonigg fdjmiiden loiirbe? frfjroacfjeg ©efdjbpf fei. 2((g er biefeg alle§ ermog, Siefe Heine Erjcirjtung jeigt un§ baf; audj aug lam er ouf ben ©runb beg 3Jceereg an, unb eine ben Heinften unb geringften Singen ettoag grofjeg Slufter oerfdjluclte iljn. unb b,erriid)eg roerben lann. ®a lag cr nun ehtgefdjloffen in ber ScfjaU, unb ©kntens pemps. rourbe tjdrter unb rjiirter. Dead) langer geit rourbe What About French.? From the First French Class. Allez ou vous voudrsz, en Allemagne, en An- caise, la langue materneile de Veuillot, de la gleterre ou aux Etats-Llnis, si vous connaissez Fontaine, de Mme de Sevign6 ; comma elle sem- bien le francais vous n'aurez aucun mal a vous bie hai monieuse quand on l'entend parler. faire coraprendre. Sidney Blanc. Louis Beauvais. J'aime beaucoup 6tudi;r le frar.cais et je Quelle belle langue que cette langue fran- suis de l'opinion de M. Hamel, quand Daudet lui fait dire que la langue rrancaise est la plus Je suis d'opinion que pour arriver a appr6- belle du monde, la plus solide et la plus pure. cier le francais, trois annees d'6tudes conscien- Michael Brady. cieuses sont ndcessaires, meme quand oh con- nait le latin. Le francais est la langue du catholicisme. John Halligan. Le christianisme que la France a toujours defen- du lui a donne une langue faite pour la logique, J'ai appris le francais en m§me temps que pour la v6rite, la langue de l'ame. Panglais. Aussi je l'aime beaucoup. Hector Brosseau. John Keeler. J'ai trouve' la phrase francaise plus claire, r6pete : que celle des autres langues que j'ai jusqu'ici Je avec Veuillot "Pour le bien parler, i! 6tudi6es. Elle exprime la pensee de telle facon faut avoir dans l'ame un fonds de no- ble qu'il est impossible de ne pas la saisir. s se et de sincSrite." Frank McDonnell Louis Brosseau. Le francais a toujours eu pour moi un char- Ne connaissez.vous pas le francais, la plus me que je ne saurais definir. Comme les laa- belle et la plus douce des langues modernes, la gues anciennes, dont il est d6riv6, ilpossede une seule qui nous rappelle le grec, le r6sum6 de tout m^lodie, dont on ne se lasse jamais. ce qui est noble et de tout ce qui inspire. John Clifford. Vincent McDonnell. Oh France, tu pourras toujours exiger du La langue francaise, le porte-parole du ca- monde son admiration pour ta belle langue et tholicisme, est bien digne des louanges que tous la proclamer sanscrainte le langage cher a Dieu. s'unissent pour lui donner. Bart Daly. James Murray. "Electra" Composite Work, on Spanish Literature, by the Spanish Class— 1902, of St. Ignatius College. "Gracias £ Dios que la Fe de nuestros falsa, promtamente dispersada po rel poderoso padres triunfa una vez mis". —Leemos en los sol de la verdad y de la virtud; la ardiente fe peri6dicos, el umprecedente exito conseguido de la mayoria del pueblo espafiol. por este drama moderno, escrito por el anciano Es un hecho, que el endeble varniz de y bien conocido escritor espanol Perez Galdos. agnosticismo dado a "Electra" por un grupo Y asi mismo vemos que la concepcion de de revoltosos, ha desaparecido; y el drama dicho, drama por el publico, es erronea, 6 su queda, hoy, como una perla literaria; con el exito no seria tan ruidoso. estigma sobre el ignorante Tutor; porque las No tenemous tiempo suficiente para leer personas de todas denominaciones pueden todas las obras de un autor en el limitado tornarse ultramontanas 6 santurronas, bien espacio, dado a nosotros para aprender la sea por ignorancia 6 bien por malicia; y nos- lengua espanola; pero cuando asuntos impor- otros atribuimos su maldad & la ignorancia. tantes ocurren, tales como el efecto de La mayoria del pueblo espanol v£ hoy al "Electra" sobre el publico, nuestro profesor teatro A ver "Electra", porque es una joya le explica A la clase el cardcter e indole de literaria y no porque es agn6stica; y el gozo las obras del autor en cuestion, y nosotros de esta victoria de la fe y la sensatez, sobre formamos neutras conclusiones. un rasgo de locura innecesaria, lo expresamos En este caso estamos ciertos de que con las sinceras palabras que actuan como Perez Galdos nunca intento atacar la fe" de encabezamiento a este articulo. sus padres, que es la fe suya pr6pia, sino que "Gracias & Dios que la fe de nuestros a causa del estado exitado del espiritu publico padres triunfa una vez maV' Finnegan, aquellos que se llaman "modernos" 6 "avan- Carrington, Schiller, Smith, Crowley, Staud- zados", trataron de crearle una atm6sfera y-Ximenez. 26 — Translation of the Above. "Thanks be to God that the Faith of our Fath- Spain, those who call themselves "modernos" ers has triumphed once again." or "avanzados," have endeavored to create a false atmosphere, which has been quickly dis- read in magazines of the unprecedented We persed by the powerful sun of truth and virtue, success attained by this modern drama, written the strong faith of the majority of the Spanish by an old and well-known Spanish author, people. In fact, the thin veneer of agnosticism Perez-Galdos. And we also see that the pub- given to Electra by a lot of agitators, has worn lic have an erroneous conception of this drama, away and the drama stands to-day a pearl of otherwise its success would not be so noisy. literature, whatever stigma there is on it fall- We have not sufficient time to read all the ing upon the ignorant tutor : For persons of works of an author, in the limited space given all denominations are liable to become bigot- to us to learn Spanish, but when serious mat- ted, either through ignorance or malice, and ters occur, such as the effect of Electra upon we attribute his wickedness to ignorance. the public, our teacher explains to the class the The majority of the Spanish people to-day character and meaning of the author in ques- goes to the theater to see Electra because it is tion, and we form our conclusions. a gem of literature, and not because it is ag- In this case we feel sure that Perez Galdos nostic. Our joy at this victory of faith and never intended to attack the faith of his fore- common sense over wanton heedlessness we fathers, which is also his own, but, on account express in the sincere words that act as a head- of the excited state of the public mind, in ins: to this article. Letter From the Queen of Spain. Mr. Ximenez our genial Professor of Spanish following letter from Her Majesty, Our readers evidently stands high in favor with the polished will thank us for giving the communication in its court of Spain. Having sent a copy of his latest original Spanish. Spanish work to the Queen Regent, he received the Madrid 22- de Enero -de 1902- lar-modelo del "Centiloquio de Santillana" que tan delicadamente dedica k la augusta Mayordomia Mayor de S. M. — Particular. Senora, quien me encarga le de las m&s expresivas gracias en su Real Sefior Don Fernando Staud y Ximenez nombre. Con este motivo tiene el gusto, de ofrecerse Muy Sefior mio y de mi consideraci6n; muy atentamente su seguro servidor q.b. He tenido el honor de poner en manos de s.m. S. M. la Reina Regente, elinteresante ejemp- P. El DUQUE de SOTOMAYOR— (Translation) Office of the Chief of the Royal Palace— Private- Fernando Staud y Ximenez Esq: to the august Lady, who commands me to convey to you, in her Royal name, her most My Dear Sir, and of my highest consideration; sincere thanks. I have had the honor of placing in the I gladly take this opportunity of signing hands of H.M. the Queen Regent, the inter- myself your very attentive and faithful ser- esting "special copy" of the "Centiloquy of vant, Santillana" which you so graciously dedicate P. The DUKE of SOTOMAYOR. ; $t» Ignatius They say that even infidels sometimes write £cllegiati beautifully about the Church, its sacraments and ceremonies. Here is what Voltaire says By the Students of St. Ignatius College, Chicago, 111. about Holy Communion : "We scarcely breathe ; we forget all earthly considerations ; we are united with God and He is incorporated JOHN HALLIGAN Editor in Chief J. with us. Who durst, who could, after this, be CHARLES F. CONLEY Business Manager guilty of a single crime, or only conceive the ASSOCIATE EDITORS idea of one? It would indeed be impossible to Joseph A. Graber Leo J. Dugdale William A. Murphy Athletics Music College Notes devise a mystery capable of keeping men more effectually within the bounds of virtue." SOCIETIES A dozen or more little college Charles O'Shea Martin J. McEvoy Thomos A. Canty men make Edgar C. Banks their first Communion within the college walls every year. May our present year's first Com- EASTER, 1902. municants often experience the sweet peace that What sunlight glows around the thought of attends this first reception. Then, we feel safe in saying, even with Voltaire, that Easter morn. We cannot think of it without they will persevere in virtue. picturing a glorious dawn. Easter indeed is the daybreak of our hopes. And it has been It has been our fortune to see of aptly styled the queen of festivals. For on that a number graduates leave their Alma Mater. have day Christ established the faith which is our We gotten faint glimpses of them afterwards, key to heaven. sometimes in the Alumni notes and sometimes The Junior-Sophomore oratorical promises in the papers. The majority of them, how- to be entertaining. Each of the seven different ever, we never hear of more. What will be the speakers has chosen as his theme the avocation case with the present class of graduates? How- to which, he thinks, the world owes most. ever, let us not get gloomy. Some, no doubt, The Senior debate deals with a question of will be physicians, some lawyers, some priests and some business men. Some may even "win very great moment to this city. It reads : "The city of Chicago should own and operate its a lofty place." But no matter what their con- own street-car systems and lighting plants." dition, it will still remain true that the college The very mention of municipal ownership, days "were the happiest days of all." The lit- some twenty or more years ago, was hooted at tle troubles that vex them now are mere trifles. by our papers as rank Socialism. To-day those Wait till the surge of an angry world is strong same papers seem more or less in its favor. till their whole combined physical, mental and The Seniors have been giving the question not moral force is called into action ! That as- will struggle, ;" a little study. suredly be a "old boys but the writer knows you are stout fellows. Perhaps one of the most vital questions, with respect to the Church in the United On the 20th of February last Pope Leo States, is, whether or not the State schools will XIII. entered upon the twenty-fifth year of his remain. The State schools not only teach no pontifical reign. If he passes this year in safe- religion, they sometimes go further. We read ty he will have done what only two other in the Ave Maria for March 1st of this year: Popes ever did, he will have governed the "The Catholics of Connecticut do well to pro- Church a quarter of a century. test against the proselytism that is being car- Catholics see in him the worthy vicar of ried on in that State in the case of Catholic Christ ; Protestants a wise and prudent ruler. children who have become wards of the com- When he was elected the Church seemed, to monwealth." them, to be in a precarious state, for she had The English intercollegiate essay touches on lost temporal power. They thought that Ca- this question in a general way. tholicism was crumbling and the grand old Church was a thing- of the past. But the new- teem by such declaration as this, "Loyalty to ly elected Pope soon gave evidence of a power country is linked with loyalty to Church, be- that solved all difficulties, dispelled their fond cause all government receives authority from hopes and, strange to say, gained their esteem. God." They do not see the Holy Spirit work- He overcame the "Iron Prince ;" solved the ing back of all this. They only see a wise and labor question, etc., etc. He gained their es- prudent statesman. John Halligan, '02. «'J$ A.I^.D-G. From the Marine Review, published in model basin of great value to me in designing. Cleveland, date of Jan. 9, 1902, we clip the The actual observation of the effect on its re- following tribute to Mr. John A. Kreer, A. B., sistance of slight changes in lines of a model St. Ignatius College, 1892: impresses on one the factors that go to make "To further insure the success of its new a speedy ship in a way that no amount of the- plant, Iron the Marine Works of Chicago has orizing can accomplish. Whatever may be said been fortunate enough to secure in addition to of the absolute value of the data obtained, their the veteran services of its general manager, relative value is beyond all question. I should Mr. W. G. Nourse, and superintendent, Mr. have been glad perhaps to stay there longer, W. H. Bates, the assistance of an able naval but there was a great deal of government work architect, Mr. John G. Kreer, who will devote carried navy department has his time entirely to the technical work of the on (the German company. Mr. Kreer, after graduating from not yet completed its own model basin) and I college in this country, received his technical dare say they were quite justified in not want- education at the royal school of naval archi- ing a foreigner to know so much about their tecture, Berlin-Charlottenburg. Completing plans as my position there necessarily en- the four years' course of study there, he was tailed.' first employed as a naval arcihtect in Ham- "Mr. Kreer is manifestly well informed in burg, and then had the exceptional advantage everything pertaining to his profession, and of serving as assistant engineer to Johann entering into his new work very enthusiastical- Schuette at the experimental model basin of ly, will unquestionably prove of great influence the North German Lloyd in Bremerhaven. Mr. in the increasing success of the Marine Iron Kreer says: 'I find my experience at the Works." MAYOR CARTER H. HARRISON. A Group of Alumni. The Collegian has been fortunate enough to times spoken of as a candidate for the Presi- secure photographs of Mayor Harrison and dency. also of the four gentlemen who have thus far The Four Presidents of the filled the position of President of the Alumni Alumni Association. Association. Short biographical sketches of each are appended. HON. RICHARD PRENDERGAST. Hon. Richard Prendergast was the first of Association. He at- MAYOR CARTER H. HARRISON. President the Alumni tended St. Ignatius during the session 1875- His Honor, Mayor Harrison, was a student 76, his previous attainments having qualified of St. Ignatius College from 1876 to 1881, him for the Senior year. Young Prendergast while his father was Mayor of Chicago. In graduated second in a class of seven. At the the latter year he received his bachelor's de- early age of 28 Mr. Prendergast was elected gree. After graduation he made the two Judge of the County Court, which position he years' course of law at Yale. He successively filled for two terms with much distinction. He practiced law, engaged in the real estate busi- was first President of the Drainage Board, ness, and published the Chicago Times, which which brought to completion the famous en- had been purchased by his father. He spent gineering feat of the drainage canal. Mr. the year 1895 traveling around the world. Mr. Prendergast died in 1899. He was much at- Harrison is now serving his third continuous tached to his Alma Mater, and his three sons term as Mayor of Chicago, and he is some- are now attending St. Ignatius College. SO enrolled amongst the students of St. Ignatius in the opening session of the college, 1870-71, his name being found amongst the students of Third Humanities, a class which corresponded with our present Third Academic. He re- mained at the college for three years. Owing to a liking for electricity, acquired in the phy- sics class at college, he took up telegraphy as a means of livelihood. He was employed by the Western Union Telegraph Company until 1877, when he entered the service of the city in the fire alarm telegraph branch of the Fire Department. He rose from the position of line repairer to that of chief of instrument re- pairs, in which position he is now rounding out his twenty-fifth year of service. Mr. Meh- ren is also a prominent officer of the C. O. F. He takes much pride in being the first of the college students to send a son to the institu- tion. His second son, Mr. Edward Mehren, is now on the teaching; staff of St. Ignatius. HON. RICHARD PRENDERCAST. MR. WILLIAM J. DONLIN. William J. Donlin, the second President of the Alumni Association, was born in Chicago on March n, 1859. He entered St. Ignatius College in December, 1871, was graduated in June, 1877, and received his master's degree in 1879. I n J 88i he was admitted to the bar and has since continued in the practice of his profession. He was for four years in charge of special assessments levied by the city of Chicago, and has become an expert attorney in the trial of tax cases and those involving the condemnation of property for public use, and the assessment of property for public improve- ments. MR. JACOB F. MEHREN. The third President of the Alumni Associa- tion was Jacob F. Mehren. Mr. Mehren was Mr. WILLIAM J. DONLIN. MR. JOSEPH A. CONNELL. At the annual Alumni election, which took place in January, 1902, Mr. Joseph Connell was chosen as the fourth President of the asso- ciation. Mr. Connell attended St. Ignatius from 1881 to 1886, receiving in the latter year his diploma. In 1891 he took his A. M. degree and in 1895 his LL. D. Mr. Connell is assist- ant counsel for the C, B. & Q. Railroad. He has an interesting family and his home is in La Grange, Illinois. ANNUAL ELECTION. The annual election of the Alumni Associa- tion took place in January, and the list of offi- cers elected will be printed in the annual col- lege cata'oaue. Mr. JOSEPH A. CONNELL. From the Eternal City. R. JOHN LANGE, 98, has broken his long silence by sending the S. I. Col- in legian some very chatty and interesting items from the Polish College in Rome. Mr. Lange has received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the Gregorian University, and he expects to be ordained in 1903. He says : "The last issue of the St. Ignatius Collegian was a neat little Christmas souvenir of their Alma Mater for the old students, and at the same time a pleasant herald of good tidings from the college, and a fine specimen of the literary ability of the students in the various classes. Such booklets in gold and maroon covers are welcome oftener. I take great in- terest in all the happenings at the college. Up to the present I have always been kept well in- formed by my friends who were attending. But now my only source of information is 'The Mr. JACOB F. MEHREN. New World' of Chicago; hence I was very glad to find so much information in the 'S. I. Florissant, Mo. After four years at the novi- Collegian.' tiate he began his higher studies for the priest- "I have had only one very short chat with hood at St. Louis University, after which he Mr. Charles O'Hern, and I am anxiously wait- went to St. Mary's, where he spent the remain- ing to have a longer conversation with him. ing years of his life. It is difficult for me to meet him, since he at- "He was a bright young man of unusual tends the Propaganda, whereas I attend the talents and piety and was a model of per- Gregorian University of the Jesuit Fathers, fection. The aim of his life had been to reach where I am this year making my second year the priesthood. This ambition death prevented of theology. My professors in theology are him from realizing, but in preparing himself life Rev. L. Billot, S. J., one of the two best com- for his high calling his had been ennobled mentators of St. Thomas Aquinas living, and and beautified. It was God's will that he Rev. Pignataro, S. J. Lectures on church his- should close his life so soon, and it must be a tory are given by Rev. Macchi, S. J. His lec- consolation and a source of edification to all tures are very interesting. The most inter- who have known him, that he made so much esting professor whom I have ever met and out of his short life, and was well prepared to ever hope to meet is my professor of moral appear before God. The funeral took place at theology, Rev. J. Bucceroni, S. J. He has 8 o'clock Wednesday morning. Mass was cele- such a clear and fascinating manner of lectur- brated in the students' chapel by Rev. Father ing that to listen to him is a pleasure so capti- McCabe, S. J., after which all the members of vating that at the end of the hour one leaves the faculty and the students accompanied the the class-room reluctantly." body to the cemetery. May he rest in peace." Obituary. MICHAEL T. CAHILL. MICHAEL F. O'DEA, S. J. Students of 1881-2-3 will remember Michael T. Cahill, a member of the first and second It is our sad duty to chronicle the death of Academic classes. Mr. Cahill died last No- an old student of St. Ignatius, Mr. Michael F. vember, leaving behind him the reputation of O'Dea, S. who made a brilliant record at J., a good Christian, who was faithful to the prin- college from 1890 to 1894. In his four years ciples learned at college. He had been very at college he made the classes from Second successful in business life ; and he is mourned Academic to Junior, both included, and in the by a wife whom he married a year previous to final examination of the latter class he made his death. 95 per cent, standing second in his class. The editors of The Collegian extend to his MICHAEL A. SULLIVAN. family their sympathy in the loss of one so Collegian extends its to the dear to them, and regret the untimely end of The sympathy family of Sullivan one whose whole life gave promise of great parents and Michael A. who things in the service of God. departed this life in February, 1902. Michael attended the preparatory class From the New World of January 25, we and all the take the following clipping: classes of the commercial course, leaving col- "Mr. Michael F. lege in 1898. O'Dea, S. J., died at St. Mary's College, Kansas, at 2 o'clock a. m., Jan. 14. He was born in Chicago and re- Societies. ceived his primary education at the parochial THE SODALITIES. school of the Immaculate Conception and the school of the Christian Brothers. UNDER the direction of Frs. Neenan, "He next attended St. Ignatius College un- S. J., and Feld, S. J., the Sodalities til his 17th year, when, recognizing that his vo- have flourished wonderfully through- cation was to the priesthood, and to the re- out the year. It is, indeed, gratifying to note ligious life, he entered the Jesuit novitiate at the continued good spirit and regular attend- 33 ance, of all the members. gence during the many sessions of the present The officers in particular are to be com- scholastic year. mended on the manner in which they fulfill their duties. In the Senior Sodality the same THE LOYOLA LITERARY SOCIETY. students who held office during the first half of the year, have been re-elected. This is evi- Immediately after the resumption of classes dence of the fact that they entire have given in January, The Loyola Literary Society held satisfaction. its first meeting and elected a competent staff Although it may be somewhat inconvenient of officers for the ensuing term. There are for the members to come to Sodality during bright prospects of a very successful year, the warm months, we earnestly request them judging by the large number in constant at- to continue to attend as they have during the tendance at the weekly meetings and the un- past and thus give greater honor to the Blessed tiring zeal, which the members display in the Virgin, to whom they are consecrated. preparation of the various programs. Charles G. O'Shea, '02. It was surprising to see with what earnest- ness and sound judgment the debates were CHRYSOSTOMIAN SOCIETY. conducted. Among some of the questions dis- cussed were: "Negro Colonization," "The Pa- first session of the term of the The second rochial School Question," "Machinery as a Chrysostomian Society opened with elec- an Help to Laborers," and many more interesting tion of officers. After the usual nomination subjects. The Loyola Society has also been speeches and casting and re-casting of votes, a potent factor in drawing out the oratorical it seen that once again the members was abilities of those backward individuals, whose proved true to their traditions by electing to talents perhaps would otherwise never have office those whose conduct and studies gave been brought to the light. promise of efficient service in the interests of We think that we can justly say, without the society. underestimating the good work of the preced- happy beginning presaged a successful So a ing years, that the term of 1901-1902 has been term, and the subsequent meetings equalled the most successful in the history of the so- if not surpassed the expectations of the mem- ciety. Thomas A. Canty, Secretary, '05. bers. The subjects chosen for debate were drawn from historical, literary, educational and political subjects, and were invariably well LEAGUE OF THE SACRED HEART. thought out and gracefully delivered. The League of the Sacred Heart, under the The efforts of the younger members of the directorship of Rev. Father Edmund Murphy, society deserve a special mention. is steadily progressing. The monthly inten- If maiden speeches may be taken as an earn- tion sheets are well filled with the pious inten- est of future proficiency then the society has tions of the boys, and the communions of rep- every reason to expect much from these, its aration are of daily occurrence. Well pleased younger members. like care and diligence A must be the Sacred Heart with these contin- was bestowed upon the essays and elocution ued manifestations of fervor and devotion. pieces. The Chrysostomian has therefore pros- Devotions on the first Friday of every pered, and now that the remaining sessions month consist of a sermon by the director and are few in number, we think it just to express benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. our warmest congratulations to the officers and '02. members for their constant attendance and dili- Martin J. McEvoy, : erine's and St. Chrysostom's Day, when the On March 10, n and 12, a stillness like Philosophers and Rhetoricians celebrated their that of vacation fell on the college halls. patron's feast with a holiday, lent a stimulant Studies and recreation were laid aside and for to the agitation, in our charity we considered three days the students in silence busied them- the desire wholly devotional until we heard selves with things spiritual. The exercises of that any saint whose feast came in July, Aug- the Seniors' retreat were conducted by Fr. ust or on Thursday was thereby disqualified Terence Shealy, S. J., whose earnest and elo- and until we heard Poetry's "enfant terrible" quent exhortations caused the fervor and con- Louie Sayre singing on St. Chrysostom's Day sequent success which characterized the an- "O well for the Rhetorician nual retreat this year. That Fr. Dris- John That can shout in the yard at play, coll, S. who had charge of the Juniors, J., But the saintless forsaken Poet reached their hearts, was shown by the solemn Must remain in school all day." and serious expression the "men in knicker- We learn on good authority that the Rheto- bockers" wore during those three days. ricians in a fit of class spirit have decided to " To the students of other years it may be of wear uniform caps with the figures '03" interest to know that the old "gym" has been neatly done in maroon and gold. Dissentions, dismantled and abandoned. The only one who gossip has it, have already arisen among the has not forsaken it is "Big Frank," the engi- projectors. Niles, it is said, is determined on neer. Frank may be found there every morn- having some black "mousselin de soie" sewed ing looking after his steam-valves and inci- on his and Hall has threatened to continue to dentally looking for the punching-bag, which wear his old brown "dice" owing to the in- he could never pass by without trying his justice of charging him and McClellan as much muscle. as Conley and Graber and the other "big boys of his class." The new "gym" occupies the entire west- Poetry class has determined to take advant- ern half of the playroom and, needless to say, age of the aesthetical influence which spring the ceiling offers John Moore no obstacle in has on poets "of the long, flowing hair." In a taking a full swing on the horizontal bar. short time you can expect an invitation to a Poetry class is earnestly demanding a patron "Coleridge afternoon," a "Tennyson after- saint. Notwithstanding the fact that St. Cath- noon" and a "Shakespeare afternoon." Elocu- tion, music and song and readings from the a week later. In regard to the question, "To best of these poets will compose the program. what avocation does the world owe most?" Thank you, Poetry, we'll all come, wearing the contestants have chosen the following sub- "specks," with "fluffy" locks and a beautiful : the Pren- jects A. Hellgeth, statesman ; J. volume of your inspired favorites under our dergast, the educator; V. McDonnell, the in- arm, and we'll sit through it all. ventor Finnegan, the priest ; A. Moran, the ; J. editor ; R. Prendergast, the warrior ; E. Law- The class leaders in the third quarterly com- lor, the business man. The wide scope which petitions were as follows: Junior Class, Jo- the question allows for a display of oratorical seph A. Graber ; Sophomore Class, Frank Mc- talents argues well for an interesting and close Donnell ; Freshman A, John Lannon ; Fresh- contest. man B, Hector Brosseau ; First Academic A, The elocution contests will take place early Edgar C. Banks ; First Academic B, Daniel in May. An unusually large number of stu- Cahill ; First Special, William Rooney ; Second dents are already preparing for the prelimina- Academic A, James Murray ; Second Acade- ries, which will be held April 14 to 19. mic B, Patrick Cronin ; Second Special A, Gil- William A. Murphy, '04. bert Buhmann ; Second Special B, Patrick Mulhern ; Third Academic A, Henry Popper- Mr. William P. Redmond's Visit. fuss; Third Academic B, John K. Ryan ; First Commercial, Joseph L. Wyrzykowski ; Second Friday afternoon, March 21, the students of Commercial, Fred Clark ; Third Commercial, St. Ignatius had an opportunity of hearing Mr. James Howard ; Fourth Commercial, Robert William P. Redmond, an eminent Irish mem- E. Tyrrell ; Preparatory, John Suldane. ber of the British Parliament. In the course The two Third Academic classes have had of his speech he paid an eloquent tribute to the several stirring contests in the Latin etymol- work of the Jesuits throughout the world. ogy, honors now being about even between He said that he ever held in most tender re- them. The last contest, on March 8, was very membrance the five years he spent in their exciting, one champion alone remaining stand- college at Clongoes, Ireland. To religious or- ing on each side towards the end. The vic- ders, such as the Jesuits, he said could be at- tory finally was won by Master John A. Ward tributed largely the fact that the Irish people for the class of Third Academic A. have remained true to their faith, through so many long years of persecution. Again he re- A visitor inquired of a "prep" if Lilly and marked that Ireland, which was connected McCummiskey were philosophers. with America by the strongest ties of blood "They 'o 2 be,' " replied the "prep." and friendship, which had ever stood by Amer- Fr. Copus paid a flying visit to the college ica, and in the persons of her sons had con- last month and remained long enough to shake tributed so much to America's honor, on many hands with his old friends in Commercial. a hard fought battle-field, would not be fore- would elicit America's sym- The Senior oratorical contest will take place saken by America, pathy and support in her struggle for liberty. in the Sodality hall on April 2. The subject of the debate is: "Resolved, That the City of "In Ireland," he said, "the only flag that is Chicago should own and operate its own rail- placed beside our own emblem of immortal way system and lighting plants." Messrs. Col- green is the "Stars and Stripes." And should lins, Lilly and O'Shea will champion the nega- your great and glorious Republic, which God tive, while Messrs. Cooke, McEvoy and Smith forbid, ever need a helping hand, there is not will uphold the affirmative. Judging from the one young man in Ireland to-day who would preliminary contests, the winner will have no not cheerfully respond to America's cry, and easy task. Philosophy class is rich in oratori- lay down his life in her service." cal talent this year. To the winner we can In conclusion, he earnestly advised his lis- heartily say, "Well done." teners to become familiar with the history of The Junior-Sophomore contest will be held Ireland, with her former glory and the long 36 : —— story of her suffering and the persecutions she pupils, on graduating, pass to a non-Catholic underwent for the faith of St. Patrick, with institution. Very sincerely yours, her present condition, and he was certain they Henry J. Dumbach, S. J., would give Ireland what she asked, sympathy President. and support in her noble struggle. Francis Cassilly, S. J., Vice President. The students showed their appreciation by numerous bursts of applause. And when Mr. Redmond had finished they extended to him a A RARE CHANCE FOR BRIGHT BOYS. rising vote of thanks and three hearty cheers, Boys, if you are ambitious to get a college with all the vim and vigor of St. Ignatius. education free, just read this. Don't say you John Prendergast, '03. are not talented enough to succeed. Try anyhow. The brightest boys do not always make the best showing in examinations. The following announcements were sent to Competitive examination for free scholar- all the directors of Parochial Schools in Chi- ships at St. Ignatius College: cago. Conditions of the contest St. Ignatius College, 1. Ten free scholarships will be awarded. Chicago, March 3, 1902. 2. The examination will be held on Thurs- To the Directors of Chicago Parochial day, Aug. 2T, 1902, at 9 a. m., in St. Ignatius Schools College, 413 West 12th street, Chicago. Owing to the generosity of friends, St. Igna- 3. The applicant must have been a pupil of a tius College is in a position at present to en- parochial school, in the Archdiocese of Chica- courage the work of our parochial schools by go, during the whole session of 1901-02. offering ten free scholarships. These scholar- 4. No school will be awarded more than one ships cover the whole Academic and Collegi- scholarship. highest ate courses, and they will be allotted by com- 5. Any boy of the eighth or the petitive examinations. grade in his school, will be eligible to take the examination. As the advancement of religion and the suc- 6. The scholarships will cover the whole cess of religious education depend in great Academic and College courses. measure on the mutual co-operation of our Matter of examination Catholic parochial schools, high schools and English grammar etymology, rules of syn- colleges, you are kindly requested to bring the — tax, corrections of false syntax with reasons, accompanying announcement to the notice of parsing, analysis of sentences. the boys of your highest class. Original composition included punctua- Strong efforts are being made in the non- — tion, spelling and use of capital letters. Catholic educational world to-day, to unify the whole non-Catholic system of education from Reading—at sight. the kindergarten to the university. Needless Arithmetic—the whole of arithmetic, partic- to say, success is meeting these efforts, and ular stress being laid on fractions, common bright, ambitious pupils pass easily from com- and decimal, the metric system, percentage, in- mon school and high school to non-Catholic terest, proportion, square root, cube root, and colleges and universities. mensuration. Catholic educators must be awake to the emergency, and we can hope to hold our own Congressman McAndrews has offered to only by concerted action on the part of all en- appoint a St. Ignatius boy to a cadetship at gaged in the work of Catholic education. West Point. Who will be the lucky one to get Great credit is due to those school directors it? Applicants for the position should hand in who take a pride in seeing that none of their their names to Father Cassilly by May 1st. no contributors have been forthcoming. However, the old songs seem to be satisfac- tory, if we may judge by the appreciation shown by the students. much enthusiasm is ELTHOUGH Last but not least, may be mentioned the shown in baseball, gymnastics and choirs. They deserve praise, not in the several college societies, never- alone for the entertainment they afford, but for theless the three musical societies are in a the talent they are developing. Especially thriving condition. is this note- worthy among the younger students. That the members take a keen interest in Tuesday afternoon, Feb. the work may be ascertained by a saunter n, the annual Mardi Gras concert was given. through the corridors of the fourth floor dur- A delightful hour was spent listening to the ing the noon hour. Here, in various rooms, musical talent of the college. Besides the amateurs on horns and violins, practice with orchestra, glee club and choirs, several instrumental a perserverance that predicts success while the and vocal duets and solos were given. choirs and the glee club prove that they are no Three members of the Junior choir agreeably surprised less diligent. the au- dience, which applauded vigorously. Monday is a day of general rehearsal for the Monsignor orchestra, and though it scarcely has an hour's Michael Brady and the phono- practice, under the direction of Prof. M. A. graph finished the program in a very entertain- ing manner. Roy, it accomplishes a great deal in the time Since then the monsignor's ce- lebrity allotted. It has mastered quite a number of is firmly established. new selections and has received several new From now until the Commencement exer- members into its ranks. Besides the valuable cises the musical societies will appear a num- acquisition of a cello, a cornet, trombone and ber of times. A special feature of the Com- violin have been added. mencement exercises will be a "Vacation Much of this success is due to Father Cas- Song," which will be rendered by the choirs silly, who is indefatigable in his efforts to pro- and accompanied by the orchestra. The words mote the welfare of the orchestra. Lately he come from the poetic pen of our prefect of treated the members of the orchestra and glee studies, Rev. Francis Cassilly, and have been club to a recital of the Chicago Orchestra, for artistically set to music by Bro. Louis, S. J., which the boys are very grateful. of whose talent and skill the public are already Three times a week the glee club, under Mr. aware, through his compositions, written for Talmadge, S. J., labors earnestly, learning new "Near the Throne," the play given by the stu- college songs. The director has been exhorting dents during the Christmas holidays. The the poetic members to write some appropriate words of the song will be found on the first set verses which could be to music, but so far page of The Collegian. Leo J. Dugdale, '04. as tution, is best fitted to withstand the knocks and falls which he will undoubtedly experi- ence in after life. The boy, who can throw his whole soul into a game of baseball, will be able to exhibit his college training to the best ad- is fact that the most popular It a well known vantage, in after life, when the number of foul school or college and influential individual in a balls exceeds the fair ones and Umpire World is the athlete. No matter what his accomplish- decides against him. ments be, no matter how keen his intel- may But it must be remembered that, although ath- matter lect or how high his attainments, no letics cannot be too highly recommended, they how distinguishing his ability, this youth on are but an accompaniment and an auxiliary of lavished choicest gifts of whom Nature has her college life and not its main end or purpose. agility, is always sur- strength, endurance and The boy, who makes athletics an all-ruling pas- rounded by a group of admiring satellites. The sion, does an injustice to himself and to those is, however, good. influence of this athlete for who are defraying his expenses, and who ex- healthy By his example a stimulus is given to pect neither an educated physical wreck nor one and manly exercise, and his fellow students are whose only accomplishments are a hand-spring, athletic contests, urged on to take part in the art of curving a ball and a conceited opin- which tend to develop them physically. ion of himself generally. Although the athletic The world to-day is overflowing with nar- fever at our college has not reached that alti- row-chested, ill-shaped, sunken-eyed individ- tude, yet that particular phase of college life uals who are, from force of habit, called men. has never before experienced such a boom as In this age of progress it is not the man with at the present time. the overflowing intellect and weak constitution The athletic board, which had long who is going to triumph in the struggle of been considering the advisability of construct- life, but the possessor of nerves of steel and ing a new gymnasium finally resolved muscles of flint. The football player who, upon new quarters, and for the past few weeks with dogged pertinacity, fights inch by inch the carpenters and workmen were busily en- along the gridiron until finally he places the gaged in remodeling "Recreation Hall." That ball in triumph beyond the goal, is the man spacious room has undergone a complete who is best fitted to battle on the gridiron of change. One third of the space was parti- life; and he is the one who will triumphantly tioned off by heavy iron screens and is used reach the goal of success. The gymnast, who as the apparatus room. The remaining por- by withstanding the knocks and falls in the tion, to the great delight of the baseball candi- gymnasium builds for himself an iron consti- dates and track team aspirants, has been fitted : with baseball nets, vaulting poles and uprights Prof. John Moe, Physical Instructor and other track appurtenances, and this will Parallel Bars enable the men to receive the benefit of indoor Vocal Solo—"The Rosary" Nevin practice when the weather forbids the use of Mr. Thos. S. Nolan. the campus. The paraphernalia with which Piano Solo Mr. Jos. J. Murphy the apparatus room is furnished is of the finest Exercises on the Horse ladders, and most costly. Traveling rings, Vocal Solo—Selected .... Mr. Philip J. Maher horses, dumb-bells, Indian clubs, wrist ma- Tumbling chines, horizontal and parallel bars, boxing Vocal Solo—"For All Eternity". .Mascheroni gloves, striking bags, wrestling and tumbling Mr. Ray Binder. mats, lockers, and in fact everything which an Pyramids enthusiastic gymnast could desire, is to be Finale S. I. C. Orchestra found there. The Athletic Association of St. The members of the Athletic Association Ignatius has spared neither labor nor money in who represented it in the "Gym" exhibit were order to make this new gymnasium attractive Seniors—Messrs. Devine, Dillon, Blanc, and inviting, and we doubt if there are many Graber, Carroll, Desmond, Doyle, Scimeca, schools which can boast of finer quarters for Caplice, Suldane, Seger, Guthrie, Geo., Sulli- physical development. van, Carrick, Sayre. McElherne, Prendergast. Professor Moe, for the last four years Juniors—Masters Howard, Doyle, McCar- physical instructor of the St. Paul Ath- thy, Blake, Reynolds, Ward, Turner, Bros- letic Association, worked hard and ear- seau, Hughes, Buhmann, Furlong, O'Grady, nestly to make the athletic exhibition of Zinser, O'Connell, Gervais. the 20th of March a memorable one, and he Alumni—Messrs. O'Neill, Scott, John K. succeeded admirably. The active interest, Moore, Guy Moore, J. Cogle, Kennedy, Mc- which the alumni manifested in connection Carthy, Mercer. with this event, was very gratifying to the stu- dent body. Those who last year witnessed the Baseball practice in March is something difficult and laughable feats of Leo J. Ken- very uncertain, yet we can safely predict a nedy, were agreeably surprised when they be- moderately successful season for our nine. held him among the members of the alumni True, only two of last year's star aggregation took active part. E. who an Clarence Mer- remain ; still the number of candidates who cer, John K. Moore, Wm. E. Scott, Guy have applied for positions warrant a fairly Moore. Ralph McCarthy and "Con" O'Neil good team. Although experience will be were the other "old boys" who assisted in mak- lacking to a majority of our new members, ing the exhibition pleasing and successful. the indoor practice indicates that this de- Among the college students Master John ficiency will be supplied by plenty of nerve Ward easily carried off the honors. The class and the spirit of "never-say-die." Manager of Third Academic "A" have every reason to Cook promises a fine schedule to our patrons, be proud of their representative. This young beginning the season with srames aeainst the gymnast, with another year's training, will Chicago and Northwestern Universities. Oth- certainly develop into a remarkable little ath- er srames have been arranged with Morgan lete. The enthusiastic audience showed their Park Academy, Wheaton College, Lewis In- appreciation of his wonderful exhibition of stitute. nerve and daring by frequent applause. The Athletic Association extends its sin- cerest thanks to the Alumni and to all who, Program of "Gym" exhibition, march 20. by their presence and material encouragement, Overture S. I. C. Orchestra contributed to the success of our recent ath- Pole Exhibition letic entertainment. It cordially invites all Violin Solo Mr. Louis Brosseau who are interested in the athletics of the col- Accompanist, Mr. Thos. Anderson. lege to visit and inspect our new gymnasium. Exhibition Club Swinging Joseph A. Graber, '03. 40 J. J. 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