A MONTHLY PAPER PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OP GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY IN THE INTERESTS OP ALMA MATER. TWENTY-FIFTH YEAH. MAY, 1897. No. 8.

TABLE OF CONTENTS. dictorian. There will be no class poet, as the reading of Page. the poem has been dropped from the program this year. News of the Month 89 * Literary Work— * * The Midnight Mass 90 On the evening of April 29th, the Glee Association A Flag of Truce 91 journeyed to Baltimore and gave a concert to a small The Moral Gower 91 Ode to Music 93 but enthusiastic audience in Lehman’s Hall. The Pencilings By the Way 94 arrangements in Baltimore were made by Mr. O. Perry To a Moody Friend 94 Johnson, ’99, manager of the Glee Association. In ad- Latter Day Literature 95 dition to the usual printed posters, Mr. Johnson had on In Sam’s Letter 95 Happy the Man 95 display in Baltimore several very attractive placards Editorial 96 from the skilful pen of Mr. John Sheridan, 1900. University Notes 96 Great thanks are due, for the blue and gray bunting and With the Old Boys .’ 98 its tasteful arrangement about the hall, to Mrs. McNeal Exchanges 98 Athletics oq and Miss Stella McNeal, two ardent Baltimore friends of the College, the latter of whom last year presented a NEWS OF THE MONTH. couple of valuable and beautiful banners to the students. Great thanks are also due to Rev. Father Morgan, Pres- ^pHE next Annual Reunion of the Society of Alumni ident of Loyola ; Rev. Father Brady, Pastor of St. .will be held on Commencement Day, Wednesday, Ignatius’ Church, and to Rev. Father Cowardin, with- June 23d, immediately after the close of the graduating out whose untiring help the concert could not have suc- exercises. ceeded so well. The biennial election of officers and other matters of The program was as follows : moment to the Society and the University will come be- fore the meeting ; it is, therefore, hoped that a large PROGRAM. number of members will attend. During the past year PART I. considerable progress has been made in the work under- Georgetown March (Callan) Banjo and Mandolin Clubs taken by the Society, the completion of Gaston Memo- Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son (Kendall), Glee Club rial Alumni Hall, and the Society will when it assembles Fin de Siecle (Hogue) Mandolin Club Crowd of Coons (Callan) Banjo Club find the beautiful permanent gallery completed. The Predicaments (Tweedy) Mr. G. H. O’Connor and Glee Club Annual Banquet will follow the meeting. William M. Oriole Waltzes (Callan) Mandolin Quartet Byrne, ’87, of Delaware, has been invited to deliver the Old King Cole (DeKoven) Glee Club address at the Banquet, and J. S. Easby-Smith, ’91, of PART 11. Alabama, the ode. Royal Blue Line March (Callan) Banjo Club The regular official notice of the Reunion will be Blue and Gray March (Callan) Mandolin Club issued by the Secretary early in June, and, when received, The Owl and the Pussy Cat (DeKoven) members intending to be present should promptly reply. Mr. Cronin and Glee Club Autumnal Festivities (Planque) Banjo Club iK La Florera (Hernandez) Mandolin Club The 23d of June promises to be a red-letter day A Summer Idyl (Traditional) Glee Club among the commencement days of Georgetown. It Sons of Georgetown (Carmen Georgiopolitanum) is very probable that, according to the established cus- Glee, Banjo, and Mandolin Clubs tom of having the President of the United States attend The audience, though small, owing to the fact that at least one commencement during his term, the coming many of the friends of the College were also subscribers exercises will be attended by President McKinley. Rev. to the Oratorio which was being'sung the same night, Father Rector has received the assurance of Mr. Porter, was very appreciative. * President McKinley’s private secretary, that the chief * * executive will, if possible, be present on that day. At last a long stride toward the completion of Gaston The Rt. Rev. Edward P. Allen, D. D., the late Presi- Alumni Hall has been taken. The unfinished and incon- dent of Mt. St. Mary’s College, recently consecrated venient structure which has been serving temporarily as a Bishop of Mobile, will also honor the exercises with his gallery, the unsightliness of which even the drapery of Old presence. Mt. St. Mary’s and Georgetown have always Glory could with difficulty conceal, has been dismantled, been united with the closest ties of friendship and and in its place will soon be seen a finished, artistic, and mutual courtesy, and Georgetown will rejoice to do commodious gallery, fully in keeping with the rest of the honor to one who has so successfully guided the fortunes hall and College. The plans and specifications for the of her sister institution. work were drawn up by Paul J. Pelz, the architect of An effort is also to be made to secure the attendance the new building, and for some months have been of the venerable Bishop O’Hara, of Scranton. Since the awaiting the pleasure of the Alumni Society, of which death of Joseph W. Jenkins, of Baltimore, Bishop O’Hara the hall is a monument, and by which the expenses of is thought to be the oldest living student of Georgetown its completion are being defrayed. The specifications College. call for a very handsome structure, somewhat larger The presence of such exalted guests will doubtless than the one it replaces, 'with a stairway at each extrem- stimulate to greater efforts the gentlemen selected to ad- ity leading to the stage. The front of the gallery will dress them. be of cabinet oak, in panels, and the same material will Daniel William O’Donoghue has been appointed to de- be used in the stairways. Careful study by the architect liver the bachelor’s oration; JohnK. Broderick, A. B., the has resulted in such an arrangement of the visual lines master’s oration, and Francis X. Delaney is to be vale- as will ensure a perfect view of the stage from every one 90 GEORGETOWN COLLEGE JOURNAL. [May, 1897

of the three hundred and twenty-four seats in the gallery. which sprang instantaneously from every corner. Then The work is to be completed in time for the commence- the choir, which had suddenly become peopled, sang a ment exercises, June 23d, and will cost about $2-,500, of doleful Dies irae, dies ilia. A Gregorian Mass for the which $2,236 goes to the contractor, F. A. Blundon, and dead at midnight ! What could it mean ? The tramp- the remainder for incidental expenses. Mr. Blundon’s ing of feet drew my attention to the main entrance of bid for the contract was several hundred dollars lower the church, and as its portals swung wide, four men than that of any of his competitors. He is pushing on clothed in funeral garb swayed under the weight of a the work with the utmost rapidity and in the most satis- bronze casket. A hum of voices greeted its approach, factory manner. but they were the voices of people who seemed in no- The Society of Alumni derived the money for this wise surprised. The body-bearers stopped near the ■construction chiefly from the subscriptions to life mem- center of the aisle, and two huge chains clanked as they bership in the Society, but also from the funds resulting dropped slowly from the great dome above. from annual dues. Further subscriptions of life mem- As I drew near there arose the moist smell of brass bers are being earnestly solicited by the Executive Com- long submitted to the cankering force of damp earth. mittee of the Society, in order that other improvements When the little coterie had gathered about the swing- necessary for the entire completion of the Hall may be ing casket the gray-haired old sexton approached, undertaken by them. * bearing a stout hammer. Then from the group, which * * had followed in the rear, stepped a tall and elderly The Philodemic Society proposes to give a banquet in man, but as erect as an arrow. His face was tanned the College refectory in honor of Georgetown’s new and browned, his dark hair flecked with gray. There Senator, Stephen R. Mallory. Mr. Mallory was a was a trace of sorrow about his high brow, while a slight prominent member of the Philodemic during the last tremor moved the thin upper lip which he vainly en- two years of his College course, and like other great deavored to press tightly over an even row of strongly men who have gone forth from our halls, attributes set teeth. He whispered to the sexton for a moment much of his success as a speaker in legislative assemblies and retired. Then there came a grating sound as the to his early experience in the agora of the Philodemic. sexton wedged his hammer under the ljd of the coffin. The supper will take place on the evening of June 10th, A noise arose near the altar. Was it a fellow reporter ? and it is hoped that besides Senator Mallory the three If so I would throttle him ; and I grew desperate as I judges of the recent Merrick debate may be present. thought of another sharing the honor of relating this The JOURNAL trusts that this new departure indicates weird story to its readers through the columns of a rival the revival of that ancient spirit that once made the paper. No, it was only one of the grave-diggers! Philodemic the most prominent and important among While my attention had been diverted the busjr old college organizations. * * ❖ sexton had succeeded well in his gruesome task, and now but one small screw held the lid. I saw him throw On the evening of May 7th, Mr. Daniel William his weight against the hindrance, and now, now, the O’Donoghue, ’97, very successfully delivered in Gaston lid was off! I was startled, for there lay a young Hall the last of the series of lectures arranged for the girl, beautiful beyond the power of imagination. Her students and friends of Georgetown. Mr. O’Donoghue’s loose, golden curls hung carelessly over a forehead subject was “ The Story of the Graphophone.,” and a fairer than an Easter lily. Her features were perfect, large audience assembled to hear it. He briefly and and a smile played about her lips, such as the dying have lucidly explained the nature of sound, and illustrated when they catch a distant glimpse of their home beyond his remarks by stereopticon views. He then showed the struggles of earth. I could not believe it a corpse. how the theoretical knowledge of sound was utilized by “Friends,’’ sa'id the gentleman, “this was my Edison for the invention of the graphophone. Views of daughter. Her wealth was fabulous, and her charming the earliest and latest machines were shown, and the beauty the theme of every tongue. By the death of her method of working them explained. A number of selec- mother she, at an early age, became the heiress of mil- tions were rendered from cylinders, and the lecture was lions. I was then wealthy myself, and rejoiced that her closed by recording and reproducing selections by the mother’s property had been settled upon our only child. Mandolin -Club, and the ever popular and inimitable At fifteen she was engaged to be married, and her sev- George O’Connor, law, ’97. enteenth anniversary was set as her wedding day. Gay LIVINGSTON CULLEN, ’99. and blithesome as the birds in May, she robed herself in this gown of costliest satin and placed the jewels of LITERARY WORK. an honored ancestry upon her arms and neck. Amid the hushed enthusiasm of a joyous throng she walked THE MIDNIGHT MASS. proudly to the altar. The ceremony was nearing its end J DREW aside the heavy swinging doors and entered and the Bishop had pronounced her a wife, when she -L the main aisle of the Cathedral. The brilliancy of uttered an excited little scream, and fell at the altar the altar tapers contrasted strongly with the wind-flared rail. She was dead before I reached her side. Some gas-jets and the scurrying, black clouds which hurried weeks after my irreparable loss my son-in-law called over the dark dome of heaven on the outside. The upon me for a settlement of property. He had never hands of the clock below the singers’ gallery were near- been a favorite of mine among her numerous suitors, ing the hour of midnight. As I sank into a luxuriantly but he was my daughter’s choice, and I could not thwart cushioned new my heart was loudly responsive to the her. Our interview left me with the most painful im- hosannas which resounded through the sacred pile, for pressions of his character. He had heard that I con- I felt an inner gladness and joy which I could not ex- templated going into litigation over the disposal of my plain, and I knelt during the entire service enraptured daughter’s property, notwithstanding his rights as bene- by the sanctity of the occasion. When the last prayer ficiary under the terms of her mother’s will. I indig- was said there was a hurry of feet toward the entrance, nantly disclaimed any such intention. His arrogance and, in short, but a few of the most devout remained. increased my grief and forced me to cut him both as a Suddenly a subdued noise arose in the old burying- friend and acquaintance. But such a rebuff was nothing ground around the church. There was so much of the to him. Once in possession of my daughter’s _inheri- element of the mysterious about this suppressed clatter tance he entered upon a life of shameless dissipation. that my reportorial instinct bade me investigate. As Last week he accosted me. His step was uneven, his I arose from my priedieu and drew my hand quickly breath odorous of the fumes of liquor. As he fixed his over the eyes to discern the meaning of some hasty bulging eyes upon me he exclaimed, with the audacity movement near the altar, I was dazed by a blaze of light of approaching mania : May, 1897.] GEORGETOWN COLLEGE JOURNAL. 91

“ ‘ The day will yet come when you will be glad to ask date of his birth about 1329. He received an education bread from me. I know you are a wretched, impover- which must be accounted liberal ; and like most schol- ished man. I ruined you with the money which your ars of that period, besides being a thorough master of fair daughter made my own, and I killed her ! Yes, I English, he was proficient in Latin and French. A killed her ! knowledge of these two languages, at that day, was a “Emboldened b}^ my resolute manner to betray no necessary acquisition for the accomplished gentleman. signs of grief or revenge, he drew nearer me and ex- The conquest, with its nobility, had so established the claimed, at the full range of his voice : French language among the court circles, that, when “ ‘I poisoned her; for when I placed the ring upon Gower came, three centuries later, the language was her finger I shot a stream of deadly poison into the veins still a necessary branch in the list of scholarly attain- of her wrist, and the work was quick, and you stand ments. Throughout the continent the higher thought there limp and cowardly. Why do you not strike me found expression in Latin, consequently the scholar of down ?’ the fourteenth century could enjoy more than a local “ As I turned and fled from the demoniacal laugh of reputation by presenting himself in the language of this self-accused murderer of my daughter the fire of a learning. volcano raged within me. My heart stood still, and I Gower’s early training was well calculated to place gasped for breath; the very blood clotted in my veins, him in a prominent position among the scholars of the and I fell to the ground, overcome by my own uncon- time. The Middle Temple was the rendezvous of law trollable passion. There are physicians and chemical students, and it is stated that Gower, after completing experts present, and I have witnesses of the confes- his studies at the university, repaired thither to fit him- sion made in the heat of wine. If the crime can be self for the legal profession. But the question of his proved ” law studies is founded on mere conjecture, and what- He did not finish the sentence, for the author of all ever his profession may have been, it is certain that he his woe rushed headlong into the church and, with the was greatly devoted to literary work. Hence it is easy piercing cry of a drink-mad thing, fell dead at the feet to understand how an intimacy was fostered between of the beautiful girl he had murdered. himself and his neighbor, Chaucer. True to the char- A cry of the deepest horror arose from those who stood acteristics of literary friendship, these fellow-laborers about. I felt that a surging mass was sweeping over did not hesitate in an interchange of compliments. me, and awoke sick at heart and trembling like an aspen “O morall Gower, this booke I direct leaf. C. MAGRUDER. To thee and to the pkilosophicall Strode,” A FLAG OF TRUCE. was the dedication in Chaucer’s Troilus and Creicide. In response, Gower, in some copies of the Confessio FLAG of truce ! a note from her, She doth declare an armistice ! Amcnitis, puts into the mouth of Venus, I wonder what she means by this. ‘‘And grete well Chaucer, whan ye mete, She surely tempts me to infer As my disciple and my poete.” That she, forsooth, would not demur At Peace. I fear ’tis artifice. Gower likewise won the esteem of the nobles, and his A flag of truce work was handsomely compensated by his admirers, and Is but a strategy to stir Me with victorious dreams of bliss. at the completion of his Confessio Amantis Henry of Ne’er would she sign the treaty Kiss ! Lancaster honored him in many ways. Burn, burn, then, faithless harbinger, Our poet was then in his sixty-fifth 3'ear. He was a A flag of truce. “ GEHA,” ’98. bachelor; but five years later he was married to one Agnes Grundolf. In his seventy-third year he became THE MORAL GOWER. blind, and went into retirement, passing the remaining /T'HE spirit of English literature, during the first cen- six years of his life in the peaceful shelter of St. Mary’s, tury of its growth, is one of reform. The current at Southwark. Shortly after making his will, which of religious sentiment runs deeply in all the early com- provided for his widow, and which contained many positions. The vanguard of the English literary army charitable bequests, he passed peacefully away, com- was arrayed in the cause of right. The battle shout mending his soul to God, and his body to be buried in was the cry against wrong and injustice ; and the pen St. Mary’s. was the weapon with which they endeavored to uphold In brief, these are the few well known facts of his life. the good and the true, and with which they labored for His resting place is marked by a handsome monument the amelioration of some existing conditions of the peo- of carved stone ; but his own pen carved a more endur- ple. ing memorial, and it is in this work that his memory is Chaucer’s writings are redolent with the bracing best enshrined. His French studies, and the prevailing air of religious thought and sound instruction; and spirit of Provencal literature prompted him to produce years before the first prince of English letters had struck some French “Balades,” but his later work took a more the lyre, the recognition of God, as “ source of power,’’ serious turn ; and he appears with this prologue to his was the prevailing note. The Cursor Mundi, the in- three great poems, a paragraph which fully breathes numerable rhymed legends and tales, the mystery plays, the noble humanity of his purpose, and which is an elo- all that was connected with the intellectual life of the quent reproach to the mercenary writers of the present people possessed this characterizing element. A Caed- day : mon, an Aelfric, an Aldhelm, a Bede, and an Alfred “ Because each man is bound to impart to others as testify that king and subject, cleric and layman, exerted he has received of God, JohnGower, desiring while he their powers in maintaining the truth of the Eternal has time somewhat to lighten the account of his stew- Being. Barbour, Layamon, and the Hermit of Ham- ardship over those things which God gave to him intel- pole, are other names among those allies of righteousness lectually, has, therefore, between his labors and rest, and morality ; while prominent among the coterie, as addressed, to the knowledge of others, three books, for an Agamemnon among leaders, stands John Gower, the sake of instruction.” with the characterizing epithet that. Chaucer inscribed The first book is the Speculum Meditantis. It is writ- for the world, “ The Moral Gower.” ten in French, and is divided into seven parts. The Biographers are by no means united with regard to vices and virtues are discussed, and, like a true moral- the early history of John Gower. It is known that he ist, the author erects signposts along the road that leads was a relative of the wealthy knight, Sir Robert Gower, from evil to the plains of righteousness. The manu- and the most probable opinion is that he was born about script of the poem has been lost. It is not, however, on three years before Chaucer. That would place the this work that his prominence among the writers of the 92 GEORGETOWN COLLEGE JOURNAL. [May, 1897 fourteenth century is founded. The Vox Clamantis, a human beings. And when, in that Christian fight, some poem of seven divisions, and written in Latin, is his of the warriors fall and surrender to the enemy, a Christ- best work ; but by the other poem, the Confcssio Aman- like spirit would give an encouraging word to the yielding tis, written in English, he is most generally known. comrade in preference to a torrent of abusive censure. The Vox Clamantis was a creature of the times. Eng- It was the Master’s own declaration that “ Many are lish history is emphatic with regard to the troubled con- called, but few are chosen; ” yet latter-day critics would dition of the country toward the end of the fourteenth assume the prerogative of declaring that, in some cen- century. Edward the Third had ended his reign of turies of the Church’s history, ‘‘None were chosen.” fifty years, and youthful Richard the Second was Bleared-eyed with prejudice, and with diction that would crowned at a time of overwhelming domestic suffering. become Ananias himself, they wield the lash of censure; The government was burdened with debt, and the peo- and by making molehills of iniquitous hives to appear ple had already reached the limit in succumbing to as mountains, they have obscured the greater world of exorbitant taxes. In 1381 discontent among the com- good that the past knew. mons reached its summit. Wat Tyler struck the first The Church of the fourteenth century was not with- note of insurrection by braining an insolent taxgath- out its doubting Thomases and denying Peters. To have erer. The rising was made general, and the suffering been otherwise would necessitate a more perfect state people demonstrated their might, demanding a settle- than that when Christ reigned on earth. Dante chron- ment of their grievances ; yet in their most impetuous icled the ills of his age in the social and religious cir- riot, and though they were classed as ignorant and hun- cles of his country; and Gower was author of a similar gry commoners, their foremost demand asked no more task a century later in England. To some of our mod- than personal liberty and the right of unimpeded trade. ern writers, however, it would seem that these chroni- Gower’s Vox Clamantis was an echo of the cry that rent cles picture nothing but the debasement of the ecclesi- the country during this wild insurrection. tical state. When Gower, in his Vox Clamantis, appeals for the promotion of high ideals among the clerg}q and John Gower, at this time, was in his fifty-fourth year. inveighs against any existing laxity, he has the true Being a wealthy gentleman, with valuable manors in idea of reform. It were an easy task to rush out from three counties, his sympathies, in the conflict of the the ranks, and, by a little clamor, create a sensation, as commons and nobles, were with the ruling class ; yet, Wyclif did. But Gower was content to remain within in the uproar, though it seemed to be the offspring of a the fold, and by his exhortation endeavor to have ‘‘less frenzied populace, he perceived a sign of the social evils vice and more virtue.” that threatened destruction to the state. In all the fer- The third and fourth books of the Vox Clamantis are vor of his patriotism, and in the might of his learning, devoted to the religious circles. The author pours in- lie produced the Vox Clamantis; “ the voice of one cry- vective on the heads of those who have departed from ing,” to quote from a passage, ‘‘shall be the name of the spirit of clerical life ; and exhorts the good prelates this volume, because there are written in it the words to continue to be light to the blind, food to the fasting, that come of a fresh grief. ’ ’ and extreme unction to the sick, leading the people on A detailed estimate of the various divisions of Latin in righteous ways. poems is beyond our purpose. We content ourselves In the next division Gower pays a tribute to the sol- with a review that will enable us to perceive the char- dier who maintains the pure ideal of his knightly honor, acteristics of the work and the sociological and ethical while he utters a diatribe against the rapaciousness and theories of the author. luxury of a licentious soldiery. If we turn the pages of the first book of the poem I11 the sixth and seventh books the author speaks —for it is an allegorical vision of the disturbed state more directly of the social ills, condemning avaricious of the country—and the second book, which con- lawyers and partial judges. Venality and corruption in tains the customary invocation of the muses, we shall all of its forms is openly attacked, whether in the rapa- hear Gower’s voice best at the very opening of the third cious courtier or degenerate king; and zealous in love section. “I do not,” to quote the author, ‘‘affect to for England and the right, and anticipating a brilliant touch the stars, or write the wonders of the poles ; but, future for his country, the poet concludes the Vox Cla- rather, with the common human voice that is lamenting mantis by inciting all the public men to acts of right- in this land, I write the ills I see. God knows my wish doing and to rescue the state from the threatening de- is to be useful; that is the prayer that directs my labor.” struction. And then he sounds the keynote to the ethics of his art In his great English work, the Confessio Amantis, when he says, with all the earnestness of his spirit, John Gower, by arranging tales in a way made popular " Give me, that there shall be less vice and more virtue by the Decameron, produces his poetical device, by for my speaking.” Gower’s heart is in those words; which he is enabled to spring a mine under each of the they contain the interpretation to his life-work; they seven deadly sins. To epitomize the analysis of this are a standing reproach to the boisterous clamor of mis- work it is sufficient to say that it purports to be a dia- named reformers. logue between a lover and his confessor, who is a priest The world has heard the word of reform from ages of Venus; and, in the course of the confession, every immemorial. From the Garden of Eden to the dark evil affection of the human heart which may tend to im- localities of our own great cities, there is the old lesson pede the progress or counteract the success of love is that human nature possesses universal characteristics. scientifically subdivided, and its fatal effects exemplified The Deluge was a reform movement; and the parent by a variety of apposite stories, extracted from the clas- rainbow that crowned Mount Ararat, and heralded a sics and chronicles. The poet employs many of the old new beginning, lost its brilliancy as it appeared in thun- tales that are current in Ovid’s Metamorphoses and the der-laden clouds above Calvary. Judas did not destroy Gesta Romanorum, and ancient popular traditions that the work of the Great Reformer ; nor Peter who denied “ Hath been sung at festivals the Voice that proclaimed him the rock of the Church. On Ember eves, and holy ales, Yet faith and hope went on in trust of Justice; and if a And lords and ladies in their lives Thomas doubted for a moment he returned to a life of Have read them for restoratives.” firmer faith. Hence it is not surprising to find that the The allegories, which clothe the harrangues about the history of the early years of the Church has repeated seven sins and their various branches, are calculated to itself down the centuries. Christ never intended that win popular favor, and in the end be more of an influ- the Church militant should be as perfect as the Church ence than metaphysical dissertations. Those affectations triumphant, otherwise the Deluge would not have ex- concerning the passion of love which the Italian and cepted Noah and his kin, and the world would be popu- French poets of the fourteenth century borrowed from lated with persons of more rationality than the present the troubadours of Provence, are at times too much in May, 1897.] GEORGETOWN COLLEGE JOURNAL. 93

evidence in Gower’s work. Still, in its general features, ODE TO MUSIC. the Confessio Amantis must have been, like the Decam- eron and Chaucer’s Tales, a popular work ; and combin- O ! Music, charmer of the soul, ing philosophical learning with an inexhaustible fund May thy sweet praise be loudly sung, of instructive maxims, all interwoven in pleasant narra- Until it reach that Heavenly goal, tive, the poem indicates the erudite scholar and sincere Whence all thy earliest strains are sprung moralist. With pleasure rife, Through toil and strife, For the student of our day, moreover, the Confessio Thou kindly soothest wretched life ; Amantis is replete with noble sentiments on behalf of When others flee, then thou art near peace, and spirited exhortations against warfare. John To shed thy blessing, Gower’s Christian aspirations would breathe invigorat- Eager pressing, ing thoughts into the most pretentious disquisitions of To snatch our hopes from wan despair. modern advocates of arbitration. It will be remembered that, in the fourteenth century, England, as well as the The grieving heart thy strains inspire continent, were wont to sound the trumpet to arms at To look for comfort unto thee : the slightest instigation. The battling of clan against Thy very name with Heavenly fire clan was not less common than the public joust. A E’er bids the captive soul be free. boasted chivalry would demand the adjustment of a So great a joy, Without alloy, provocation by a call to the lists, wherein life and prop- Scarce none can hope for—none destroy erty were as lightly prized as the canine followers of Such pleasures mighty Music brings : marauding brigands. Man’s bosom warming, Spirit charming, “ But that was never Criste’s love,” Pain seems to lose its direst stings. was one of Gower’s true reflections ; and he reminds those reckless warriors that— in. “This finde I writen how Crist bad Though gloomy Chaos ruled this earth, That no man other shoulde slee.” It fled th’ Almighty’s awful word ; And Nature, trembling at its birth, Chaucer recognized the sacred bond, spiritual and in- Poured forth its praise in sweet accord, destructible, in true marriage between man and woman; From Chaos free, and Gower, though he did not seem to possess his con- O ! Lord, to thee, And still resounds that harmony— temporary’s fine sense of youth and beauty, is never Ay ! harmony of Heaven blest: consciously indelicate. If his views of love are tinc- Grim sorrow easing, tured with materialism it is due to the spirit of the time, Ever pleasing, when the master passion was often taken to be a strong Of mortal blessings greatest, best. animal instinct. Certainly many of his verses would be deemed unbecoming were they to appear in the pages of a modern magazine ; but Gower wrote ere the art of in- ’Tis Music rules the Heavenly choir ; God’s holy praise they ever sing ; uendo had attained its present perfection, and when a They first attuned the joyful lyre, spade was called a spade and not a utilitarian implement And bade its chords with Music ring ; for agricultural purposes. There is not, however, a Then forth among coarse jest in all his poetry, and he is ever respectful to Sweet measures long, It echoed through the land of song — woman ; and the last lines of the great English poem From lonely vale up mountain high, contain a true-hearted word in praise of love that does Most gently bounding, not savor of earthly sloughs : Far resounding, “Such love is godly for to have, Sweet Music’s wafted to the sky. Such love may the body save, Such lov£ may the soul amende.” Chaucer’s epithet is, after all, the best tribute to John When oft dread war, ’midst joy and mirth, With horrid shouts and clang of arms, Gower’s work. It were presumptuous to assert that Awakes to woe the peaceful earth, Gower must be honored as one of the great immortals Then, trembling at those dread alarms of the past. True, he attained foremost prominence That then assail, among the scholars and public men of his own time ; With visage pale, The stoutest heart of man must quail — but, for a better appreciation of his work, his influence Ay ! more than quail ; alas ! too true, on his successors must be considered. His teaching ’Midst bitter wailing, was grand and noble in its object, and he merits admi- Courage failing, ration surely when he is heard saying, “ If I know lit- The soldier bids his home adieu. tle, there may be another whom that little will help.” VI. There is the ring of a noble heart in that utterance ; But all these wailings sink to rest and the same true Christian spirit animates all of his When Music, with her forceful arts, work. “God knows my wish is to be useful” might Instils her magic in his breast, well be the title of every page. With joy from friends, for death he parts. English literature had an humble beginning, and Yes, on that day All, all is gay, Gower was one of its protectors during its infancy. When stirring music leads the way. “ Gower,‘that first garnished our English rude,” Ah ! then the hero’s heart is free— is one of Skelton’s verses; and the master Shakespeare His soul forth gushes, Madly rushes, himself took Gower as a guide through those fields of To do or die for liberty. learning that aided in producing that wonderful genius. With a Caedmon and a Bede, the springs that fed the VII. streams of our literature were necessarily pure and re- ’Tis Music leads the patriot band freshing ; and as the waters passed by Gower and Chau- Against the ruthless foreign foe, cer, those two knights were zealous in filtering away To free their loved and native land— To lay the tyrant’s minions low, anything that savored of contamination. He understood ’Midst battle-cry and practiced the ethics of his art. He was a repre- And musketry, sentative scholar of the fourteenth century ; and what While swift the leaden missives fly, ’Midst roaring of artillery ; the leader is to-day in questions of reform and promo- No ! neither fearing, tion of the public weal, that, too, was John Gower in Nor despairing, his own time. MICHAEL EARLS. It leads brave hearts to victory. 94 GEORGETOWN COLLEGE JOURNAL. [May, 1897

vm. out soiling your clothes. You know well that even a Ah ! every sluggish heart must warm— saint could not, with as little necessity as we have, All nature yields to thy control ; daily read such stuff without getting harmed in some O ! mighty Music, thy sweet charm Will ever rule th’ immortal soul! way. And most of us are far from sanctity both in Sweet joy and peace deed and aspiration. From toil release— 11. Thy blessed favors ne’er shall cease ; Oh ! let us ne’er refuse thy call— Life, art, literature, and science ! Many of us—how Though friends will leave us, many !—don’t appreciate them. We read of Achilles Hope deceive us, Still thou art friendly to us all. and Hector and fEneas and Dante, of Michael Angelo, Galileo, Napoleon, Washington, St. Agustine, Ignatius, IX. and the rest. We read ; perhaps we admire. We take a But who can tell in what dull age comfortable position, light a pipe, and sigh: “What giants Enlivening Music could not live ? were they in the days of old ! ” We ought to say, and Go ask each hoary-headed sage, mean it: “ What sluggards we, in the days that are ! ” And see what answer each will give. In every time, Does Homer say that Achilles won with crossed legs Through every clime, and a briarwood pipe? Did Washington become a hero In Heavenly strains God’s praise sublime by sighing over the graves of the heroes he had read ■ By Nature’s sons was wont to ring ; about? Did St. Augustine attain to heaven by idle long- And sweeter pleasure, To each measure, ing and no doing? Verily, I am moved to think that if Responsive Echo loved to sing. smoking had been invented earlier, many a hero would have left some noble deeds unaccomplished. Or is it x. not truer to saj' that no real hero will puff away his life Thus ever floating through mid-air, in smoke, and waste his breath in empty purposing, and Seraphic strains of harmony Will constant whisper in each ear, throw away his opportunities in vainly wondering at the And e’er remain in memory ; actions others have done, and which he himself ought While thoughts shall last, to be doing. Through Time’s dread blast, HI. The future tidings of the past, When Earth’s no more, its spirit free, A popular man is not only one whom everybody likes. Towards Heaven tending, He is, moreover, one whom everybody, who is anybody, Glad ascending, Will seek the realms of melody, ought to like. He does not act merely to win favor. Think, for a moment, and you will find that no popular XI. man’s sunshine was merely the smiles of others. Men’s And thou, Cecilia, Heavenly maid ! smiles make a texture which is essentially threadbare Let praise and glory wait on thee ; from the beginning. "Thy sacred lustre ne’er shall fade, Oh ! queen of Heavenly harmony ! Note that I speak of the popular man, not of the pop- Thy glories shine, ular butterfly, as we may dub, him whose measure of O ! maid divine ! reward is the smile of simpering lips. I hold that the Let all that’s sacred grace thy shrine ! popular man acts from principle, not impulse. He 'To thee its every charm was given, And e’er remaining, knows his duty. Charity demands a due regard for With thee reigning, others. He follows charity ; he is genteel and kind ; Will Music charm the court of Heaven. and so, by a necessary consequence, he is popular, for who can withstand ths charm of one who is habitually St. Cecilia's Day, November 22CI. F. J. K. kind, genteel, charitable? IV. PENCILINGS BY THE WAY. Just now something was said of a smile. What is a 1. smile, anyhow? It is not a mere spasmodic widening QNE of our leading magazines treats the question : of the lips, accompanied by a certain glistening of the “Does Modern Education Educate?” That is, eye, is it? I think not. A smile is the outward ex- does it fit us for real life in the world ? pression of a glad heart. Examine, and you will find Apropos, it might be well to consider how many that you smile when your thoughts are happy and good; things in our daily life help to educate us. It is suffi- else j'ou make grimaces. Surely you never imagined a ciently evident, I think, that whatever tends to vulgarize smile on impish lips. Imps, we say, grin ; who smiles? us and lead us into light-mindedness, tends also to unfit The innocent child, the happy boy, the good man. us for living seriously and usefully ; and, as a conse- Others guffaw or chuckle. quence, takes from us chances of making our lives suc- The pure heart enlarges, leaps with joy, albeit invisi- cessful. ble ; whereby the whole man is straightway gladdened, This much being granted, it seems that one can, with- and, as it were, renewed. Then the countenance out hazard of rashness, venture the statement that lightens, the eyes dilate, the lips open, as if to impart much of the printed matter we see and read every day the inward joy to all the world. has this vulgarizing effect. The upright heart may be likened to a hidden, holy I speak not only of newspapers with their glaring germ, whereof the interior joy is the outstretching head-lines, and stories of scandals and trifles, and gos- branches; the smile on the lips, the leaves and lovely sipy gewgaws, elaborately, ignorantly detailed ; for blossoms; and the happiness a smile brings into the many publications which take on the more preten- world we may call the wholesome fruit, as of a new tree tious form of magazines and books must also be included of life, which cures men of sadness and strengthens in the condemned, or, at least, condemnable list. them in well doing. Have we ever thought what a There is no need for cataloguing the publications blessing a smile is? And every day we pass unheeded, referred to. We know which are the good books, in our hurrying, bustling world, so many things worthy magazines, and papers, or, at any rate, we can easily of meditation. H. BURNHAM. find them out. TO A MOODY FRIEND. “ Ah, but we are old enough, and sensible enough, and virtuous enough to read trash of the kind without hurt.” ■YOU’RE testy, pleasant, sweet, and sour— The same, yet ever new ; My friend, you know full well you don’t believe that. I cannot live with you an hour, You might as well say you can wallow in the mud with- Nor live apart from you. May, 1897.] GEORGETOWN COLLEGE JOURNAL. 95

LATTER DAY LITERATURE. HAPPY THE MAN. NOTABLE feature in present-day writers is their Horace, Epode II. striving after effect. Ordinary good words seem “TTAPPY the man who far from business toil, to have gotten somewhat into disrepute with them, so Alike good mortals of the olden age, new and strange words are hunted. Old attics and dust- With his own oxen tills ancestral soil Secure from all the lucre-gaining rage. hidden corners are searched till some out-of-date word or phrase, rust}' with disuse, and begrimed with age, is “ Ne’er quickened he by bugle blast in camp, found—some worn, musty word or phrase, long since in Nor quakes he at the tempest's angry roar; the natural order of things—lit silvce folia—fallen out of The forum he avoids nor does he cramp His dignity before the rich man’s door. fashion. These words and phrases, then, are dug out, and, as “ And SO, the full-grown tendrils of the vine well as may be, burnished up anew. Then—if I may He weds to the majestic poplar tree, change the figure—they are forced into line again, like Or watches from afar the lowing kine That down the vale retir’d, move leisurely. worn-out veterans, into a position for which they were never intended, into a place they could not have filled “ He clips with pruning knife the worthless limb, in their best days. And in its lieu a prosperous grafting makes, This ill marshalling has its effect, surely. The old Or fills pure jars with honey to the brim, Or from the tender sheep their fleece he takes. “tin soldier” suddenly takes on new strength, whips out his two handed sword, and furiously plies it against “ When golden Autumn raises up his brow the very ranks he was intended to help on to victory. With coronal of rosy apples fair; What can the poor general do, he who knows so How joys he in the purple vintage now! How glad to pluck the rich engrafted pear! little of men and tactics? Jason and the dragon’s teeth—no, not that; for Jason had some good men left. “ Like Sabine woman or the sun-tanned bride But these word mongers, these word murderers ! Well, Of thrifty yeoman of Apulian soil, I suppose that through good intention they are excused Who heaps the sacred hearth with logs well dried When comes her husband weary from his toil. from crime ; but free from blame they are not. Does style consist in this clumsy mustering of sounds? “ And pens the happy kine with wattled bar Is good thought without charm unless set off with these To drain the burdened udders of their load; gauds? Certainly the masters did not think so. One is Draws forth the yearling vintage from sweet jar, And spreads a feast for which no man is owed. put in mind of the savage who believes he has all that polite life can require if only he owns a flaring blanket “ Nor then could Lucrine oysters cheer me more, wherewith to wrap himself round. Nor scar nor turbot more my palate please He who seeks after effect is apt to succeed in getting Should they be driven to our neighboring shore From Eastern bays by stormy Hiem’s breeze. no effect which is not sham. True effect, like the Muses, will not be wooed unwillingly, nor won without “ Nor were the Afric hen more welcome fare, innate skill and grace and power. "Ego nec video quid Nor e’en the snipe in far Ionia found, rudepossit ingenimn sine divite vena.” Thau clustered olives newly plucked from where The laden limbs are bending to the ground.

IN SAM’S LETTER. “ Or Sorrel—lover of the smiling plain — And mallows that the body’s strength restore,. Letter, stranger, sakes, we git un often ez a rule, Or lambkins on the Feast of Terminus slain, Sam’s jest written this un ’fore the closin’ of his school ; Or kidling rescued from the wild wolf’s gore. Won’t yeou read it ? jest ez sweet ez flowers er days in May, Do yer heart a heap o’ good tew hear what Sam kin say. “ A gift for thee, Priapus, garden god, And thee, Selrauus, warden of his lands; ’Taint a-braggin ; Sam, I tell yer, never owned a tongue Free to recline is he on tufted sod, Beggiu’ yeou tew listen, that his praises may be sung ; Or where its boughs the aged oak expands. Jest tew much New England sense he’s got in his ere head; Edication’s worth a bit, yeou'll see when this is read. “ By steep banks all the while yon streamlets flow, And birds are warbling in the woodland deep; Sam is jest a-tellin’ 'bout the boys an’ college things, His fount with babbling waters murmur low, What he’s seen abeout him, an’ the thoughts that seein’ brings— Inviting him to soft and tranquil sleep. Boys thet’s bein’ edicated, be our men some day, How their words an’ idees reckon well their future way. “ When Winter cold with stormy skies comes round, Dispersing bitter snows and sleety rain, Thar’s the snob—jest all he’s good fer is his peacock talk, Then here and there he drives with many a hound Struttin’ ’beout ez though the earth ain’t good enough tew Fierce boors to toils which they avoid in vain. walk; He’s the one ez thinks a man jest by his coat is told, “ Or spreads with pole his wide-meshed net to snare Fool enough to think thet brains can’t overbalance gold. The hungry trushes tempted by its baits, ' Or foreign crane entraps or tim’rous hare— Whar’s the good in boastin’ notions, ’beout yer father’s blood; Proud prizes these, in which his heart elates. Crows ain’t dainty coz they lived with Noah an’ the flood ; Folks ez hev conceited heads are skeared tew look around, “ Who would not find for Love’s most anxious cares Won’t go far, I reckon, ’fore their skeleton is found. Oblivion ’mid the joys that linger here? But if one’s lot a gentle housewife shares, Lads like these ain't never heard of out in arter life, Presiding o’er the home and children dear; Good fer nuthin in thet battle ez the world calls strife, Jest like vines thet cling tew trees, an’ keep a-livin’ so, “ Amidst such dainties—Oh, what joy to see Sure tew wither ez a rainbow, ef the tree’s laid low. The well-fed sheep come hastening homeward now, An’ thar’s boys whose only skill is trimmin’ of the hair, To see the oxen dragging wearily — Rack their brains a-thinkin’ ’beout the style of clothes tew wear. With tired and languid neck the upturned plough. Nice to be in trim, but when yeou see this nobby way, Bet yeou thet his dad at home is workin’ night and day. “ How pleasant, too, the homeborn slaves to view, Gathered around the glittering Lares’ shrine— But thar’s other boys with heads thet’s jest ez true ez steel, Of wealthy family a token true— Hearts, tew, thet kin think of others, hearts thet live an’ feel, With whom their master condescends to dine.” Never heard a-grumblin’ ’round, er fussin’ ’beout an’ sech, Wastin’ time on dandy things ez don’t amount tew mech. L’ENVOI. P’raps they’ve natures jest as fine ez coral in the main, Thus musing, Banker Alphius. decides Yet they’re firm ez pyramids on Egypt’s mighty plain, To seek the joys of rural life, and then, Boys like these are meanin’ suthin, sure tew go ahead, All money loaned calls in upon the Ides, Thar, the letter’s ended, an’ yeou’ve heard what Sam hez said. But on the Kalends it is lent again. LEAR. JOHN P. O’BRIEN. 96 GEORGETOWN COLLEGE JOURNAL. [May, 1897

in putting a subject before his hearers. The orator that Georgetown College Journal has not known and tasted and enjoyed poetry is yet to ESTABLISHED 1872. address the world. Far than from being a hindrance to intellectual development, in any direction, poetry en- TERMS: One dollar a year in advance. Single copies, ten riches the mind, stimulates a desire for the knowledge cents. Advertising rates on application. of general principles underlying the appearances of things and trains into action the power for combination THE GEORGETOWN COLLEGE JOURNAEis published by a Commit- and invention, all of which faculties the character, ac- tee of the students at the beginning of the month. Its purpose cording to its bent, may direct to things more or less is to aid their literary improvement, and to chronicle.the news elevated. of the University. It also serves the Society of Alumni as an Poetry does more than develop the mind. It helps on organ and means of intercommunication. Being principally material progress. It shows us how to enjoy material devoted to matters of local interest, it must rely for its patron- prosperity. Nations that have had no appreciation of age chiefly upon the students and alumni of the University and poetry and lacked its refining influence have failed, its Departments, and their friends. These and all former stu- though enriched with natural resources, to attain any great dents are urged to give it substantial support. degree of refinement. The Turks, Russians, Africans, Address, THE GEORGETOWN COLLEGE JOURNAL, Washington, D. C. Arabs, some of the European inhabitants of South Amer- ica and the islanders of the Pacific are examples of this. Entered at the Post-office at Washington as Second-Class Matter. On the contrary, the Greeks, Japanese, Romans, Goths and Celts, though forced to eke a livelihood by toil, THE STAKE. learned from the poet first to admire and love the beauty Editor-in- Chief: of their native woods and rocks and, thus refined, came FRANCIS X. DELANY, ’97. to turn even the spoils of warfare into means for the Associate Editors: gratification of their love of the arts. SAMUEL J. WAGGAMAN, ’98. Jos. H. CAHILL, ’98. Not only does poetry refine our taste so that we may EDW. J. BRADY, ’98. LIVINGSTON J. CULLEN, ’99. enjoy more thoroughly the goods we possess, but affords L. F. JORRIN, ’99. GERALD GARRIGAN, ’00. itself a rare pleasure, more intense, more noble and Exchange Editor: THOS. F. CULLEN, ’99. more lasting than any which wealth can afford. The Athletic Editor: THOMAS M. PIERCE, ’98. gamins of our streets who hoard up their hard-earned pennies against the coming of some of the great trage- Business Managers: dians and proudly lay out their little fortune on a ticket EDWARD M. SHEA, ’98. O. PERRY JOHNSON, ’99. to the loftiest roost from which the inspired lines of the dramatist can be heard, show a better appreciation of E are for finding out things and for making money the value of money than the gaudy son of fortune whose out of our knowledge. What is poetry good needs they supply and whose ideal of the enjoyment of for?” At the present day this question is being pressed wealth is its capacity to afford him such furs as may somewhat sharply. Let us see. keep him warmest in winter, such luxuries as may keep We are for finding out things. Intellectual activity him coolest in summer and such toys of vanity and fancy is the order of the day. Physicists, artists, linguists, as may make most fleet the languid steps of time. historians, anthropologists are asking questions. Who will answer them? Truths must be dug out. Minds must store them up. Hands must get to work at them UNIVERSITY NOTES. so mined and hoarded. But man does not begin by find- SCHOOL OF ARTS. ing out truth. He spends much time storing up what others have found out before he is strong enough to drive SCHEDULE OF THE FINAL EXAMINATIONS, his own drill into the unknown depths. The poet comes MAY. Monday, ifth. to the boy holding out handsful of ready minted wisdom A. M. English Prose Composition for all Classes. embossed with the imagery of the ruling minds of ancient P. M. English Verse Composition for College Classes. and modern times and bids him ‘‘put money in his Greek Repetition for Academic Classes. purse,” enrich his expansive memory with things es- Tuesday, iSth. teemed worth knowing. But the poet does more than Greek Repetition for all Classes. enrich the mind. He stimulates it into activity. By Saturday, 22d. Junior. English Memory — Oratorical Composition — constantly calling upon the reader to note the likenesses Study in Hamlet. of things, he develops in the lover of poetry a combin- . Sophomore. English Memory — Coppens’ Rhetoric — ing and inventive genius like that of the poet himself, Church History. so that from noting the likeness of flower and youth, of Freshman. English Memory—Coppens’ Rhetoric—Se- lective Study of Tennyson. stream and life, of mountain and empire, the thinking 1st Academic. English Memory—Meiklejohn’s English mind, according to its bent, begins to note more keenly Language -Study in “As You Like It.” the likeness of flower with flower, of stream with stream, 2d Academic. English Memory—Meiklejohn’s English of mountain with mountain, and so comes out the Lin- Language—Study in “Lady of the Lake.” 3d Academic. English Memory—Meiklejohn’s English naeus, the Newton, or the Humboldt, or, if his genius Language—Study in Evangeline. take a higher turn and he choose to deal with the burning Monday, 24th. questions of education, lives, empires, where can he find .Greek Repetition—Continued. more apt illustrations with which to bring truths home Friday, 28th. to his hearers than in the pages of the poets? Where A. M. Greek Repetition—Continued. can he find in all natural wisdom a diapason by which to P. M. . Greek Prose Composition for all Classes. Greek Authors for all Classes. attune his own sympathies more perfectly to the sensi- tive faculties of all manner of men than by listening to JUNE. the notes of pathos, the clangs of dread, the outbursts Tuesday, 1st. A. M. Oral Examinations in Greek Authors for College of joy, the harmonies of peace, the crashes of war, the Classes—Greek Memory and Greek Grammar for Aca- anthems of praise which it is the poet’s faculty to com- demic Classes. mand and moderate. The measured line, the exactly- P. M. Oral Examinations continued for College Classes. formed image develops in time in the reader a correct- Latin Repetition for Academic Classes. ness of taste. This enables him to imitate the poet’s Wednesday, 2d. Oral Examinations for College Classes concluded. nicety in the choice and place of words so essential to Latin Repetition for Academic Classes. metrical expression and so powerful an aid to the orator (Mathematics as usual to-day.) May, 1896.] GEORGETOWN COLLEGE JOURNAL. 97

Thursday, yd. wood, Ohio, and Joseph S. Wall, District of Columbia. Latin Repetition for all Classes. Saturday, yth. After the distribution of diplomas, Joseph Stiles Wall, Junior. Church History—Christian Doctrine —Constitu- M. D., delivered the valedictory address. Dr. Wall tion of U. S. spoke of the advantages Washington afforded students, Sophomore. Study in Macbeth—Christian Doctrine — thanked the faculty for the care and attention they had History of U. S. devoted to himself and his classmates, and wished the Freshman. English Literature — Christian Doctrine- History of England. latter success in their chosen calling. He closed with ist Academic. English Literature—Christian Doctrine— a few parting words to the faculty. Modern History. The exercises were concluded by the address of Prof. 2d Academic. English Literature—Christian Doctrine— T. Morris Murray, M. D., of the faculty, to the gradu- Ancient History. 3d Academic. English Literature—Christian Doctrine— ates. Prof. Murray complimented the young doctors on Ancient History. the completion of their course and gave them some Monday, 7 th. sound advice for the future. Latin Repetition—Continued. The graduates then repaired to the Raleigh Hotel, Saturday, 12th. where a sumptuous banquet was awaiting them. Latin Prose Composition for all Classes. Monday, 14th. SCHOOL OF LAW. A. M. Latin Memory and Translation at Sight for all The return debate with the New York University Law Classes. N School will take place on Saturday, June 5th, at Carnegie Latin Verse Composition for College Classes. P. M. Latm Repetition for Academic Classes. Lyceum, New' York. The question is : “Resolved, That Tuesday, 15th. the Injunction in the Debs Case was properly granted.” Latin Repetition for all Classes. Our representatives are J. P. O’Brien, ’97; M. Hampton Wednesday, 16th. Magruder, ’98, and Jean F. P. des Garennes, ’96 (P.G.). Latin Authors for all Classes. Great interest is manifested among the boys, and many Thursday, 17th. are planning on making the trip to cheer our men to Oral Examination in-Latin Authors for College Classes. victory. Latin Repetition for Academic Classes. Friday, 18th. The Commencement will take place on Monday, June A. M. Oral Examination in Latin Authors for College 7th, at the National Theater. Senator White is to give Classes. the address to the graduates. The Seniors’ Banquet (2-5) Latin Memory and Grammar for Academic Classes. will take place on the 7th at Rauscher’s. Mr. Joseph (3-5) P. M. Analytical Chemistry for Junior Class. Chez, of Indiana, will act as toastmaster, and Hon. Jer- General Chemistry for Sophomore. French or German for Freshman and Academic Classes. emiah Wilson, LL. D., will be the guest of honor. Saturday, 19th. Prof. G. E. Hamilton oil May 17th sailed from New Mathematics. York for Europe. He will return in a few months. Bon voyage. “Conditions” may not be removed before the sum- The charming weather during the past few weeks has mer vacations. However, they must be removed within been well appreciated by the Seniors and Post-Graduates the first month of the fall term. who were struggling ’neath the burdens attending the Those who have failed totally and wish promotion final examinations. On Wednesday, the 19th instant, must present themselves before the opening of the fall the examination of the Seniors and Juniors on Bills and session. Notes took place; Thursday, the 20th, the Juniors had SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. their paper on “ Practice ; ” Saturday, the 22d, Seniors and Post-Graduates displayed their proficiency on Evi- The forty-eighth annual commencement of the Medi- cal Department of Georgetown University took place in dence ; on Monday, the 24th, the examination on Cor- poration Law was the programme, and Tuesday the 25th Columbia Theatre on the evening of Thursday, May 13th. Amid a bower of palms, roses, and snow balls, with saw the final examination of the series—Criminal Law which the stage was profusely bedecked, sat President and Domestic Relations—for the Juniors. J. Havens Richards, S. J.; Prof. T. Morris Murray, BIOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. M. D , the speaker of the evening, and many other mem- When the Department of Biology was added to the bers of the Medical Faculty ; Commissioner Wight, with Graduate School a course equaling that of any other a number of invited guests, and the fifteen young men institution of learning in the country was contem- upon whom the degree of M. D. was about to be con- plated. Specialists peculiarly fitted by long atten- ferred. Donch’s orchestra furnished music for the occa- tion to their particular subjects were selected as lec- sion. turers, and no pains were spared to bring the work Rev. Father Richards opened the ceremonies by up to the standard of the original plan. From the start briefly sketching the history of the Medical Depart- the work done in the lecture room and laboratory has ment of the University. Referring to the class of been eminently satisfactory to the faculty of the Gradu- ’97, he ascribed its smallness to the lengthening of ate School; but during the past month steps were taken the term of study, and congratulated those who did which allows Georgetown to claim, without being at all graduate upon their perseverance and industry. In immodest, to have the best regulated course in biology closing he spoke of the new Georgetown Hospital in the United States. which will soon be erected. He enumerated its bene- The superiority of Georgetown’s course lies in the fits to the community and the advantages it would give amount and quality of out-door work done by the biolog- the Georgetown medical students next year. ical students. While great stress is laid upon the lec- Then Dr. G. Lloyd Magruder, Dean of the Medical tures and laboratory work, original out-door work, in faculty, presented the graduates to President Richards which all forms of life are studied in their natural set- to receive their diplomas. This year’s graduating tings rather than from artificially preserved specimens, class consisted of John W. Crowe, District of Colum- is more valuable and important than either. In com- bia; Daniel G. Davis, Ohio; Paul T. Dessez, District pany with Dr. Judd, of the Biological Faculty, the of Columbia; Raphael A. Edmonston, Virginia; Thomas students have made a number of excursions to near by A. Flood, Illinois; Carlton D. Haas, District of Colum- islands and other places, of biological interest, and bia; William C. Hill, District of Columbia; Baruch tracts to be biologically surveyed have been assigned Israeli, B. A., Kentucky; Stuart C Johnson, District of to individual students. There is nothing perfunctory Columbia; Samuel B. Moore, Virginia; John J. Repetti, about this out-door work; each man is held directly re- District of Columbia; Alfred Richards, District of Colum- sponsible for the work the class does collectively and bia; Charles W. Richmond, Wisconsin; Fred R. Under- individually. 98 GEORGETOWN COLLEGE JOURNAL. [May, 1897

The first excursion which Dr. Judd conducted was to Our former student is also Secretary of Utica’s School High Island, near Chain Bridge. Here the attention of Board, in which office he has distinguished himself as the students was directed particularly to the wild flowers an expert accountant and ready correspondent. and the insects which visit them and distribute their In the list of leading citizens of Lawrence, Mass., pollen. A study was also made of the birds upon the who opened their homes for the entertainment of the island. On the second trip Dr. Judd took the class to guests of the city during the exercises commemorative Fe%erdam Island, where a study of all forms of plant of its municipal organization, May 3, 1897, we notice lif£ was made. Here, too, the birds and insects were the name of our alumnus of 78’, Charles A. Decourcy, closely observed. On the third excursion the students who is one of the leading members of the Lawrence were conducted to Johnson’s Gully, near Marshall Hall. Bar. At this place their attention was directed to the remains On the return from his wedding trip Mr. Tlios. Means of animals and shells found fossilized in the rocky sides Culbertson, in residence ’85 to ’89, our former student, of the gully. The gully was explored and its animal with his charming bride, visited Washington and spent and vegetable growth studied. A great deal was several hours at the College. During his visit Mr. learned here about the interaction of organisms. Culbertson presented to the Coleman Museum a valu- There is to be one more extended excursion con- able and rare collection of Seminole Indian curios. ducted by Dr. Judd before the biological work of the year will be concluded. Since the last issue of the JOURNAL the following old students have visited the College: James A. Iglehart, WITH THE OLD BOYS. A. B., ’45; Dr. H. B. Kauffman, ’90, Chicago, 111.; Frank Slattery, ’96, Boston, Mass.; John Mulvihill, It is with feelings of deep sorrow that we have to an- ’96, and Steve Fleming, of Fort Wayne, Ind. nounce the death at Lima, Peru, early in the month, of Hon. Felix Cipriano C. Zegarra, ’61. He spent several Professor Edgar Kid well, of the Michigan Mining years at Georgetown, esteemed by professors and stu- School, has favored 11s with a copy of a pamphlet, dents, and was graduated with honors. Comparative Tests of Bracing for Wooden Bents. It He took the Post-graduate course and received the gives the results of his experiments on timber in con- degree of Master of Arts in ’62. On his return to Peru nection with the constructive details of mine buildings. he filled many offices of honor and importance, and for These results were first published in Yol. IV, Proceed- years was Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extra- ings of. the Lake Superior Mining Institute. They are ordinary of his native country to the United States Gov- reproduced in a pamphlet of twenty-seven pages of ernment. During his sojourn here, in this capacity, he descriptive matter, which is illustrated by numerous delivered, at the annual meeting of the Society of plates. This work, together with others 011 kindred Alumni in 1889, an address in favor of Arbitration of subjects, shows that the learned author is active in his National Disputes, which will long be remembered be- chosen profession. cause of the learning and force of argument displayed The JOURNAL offers its sincerest congratulations to in the treatment of the subject and the advanced posi- Mr. Joseph Sebastian Rogers, ’92, who was married to tion he took in favor of the peaceful settlement of inter- Miss Katharine Fitzpatrick, of Washington. The cere- national disagreements. I11 1889 Georgetown conferred mony took place at high noon in St. Peter’s Church, upon her distinguished son the degree of Doctor of Washington, and was conducted by the Rev. William J. Laws. Ennis, Vice-President, and former professor of the groom. Many priests were present in the sanctuary, Once more it is our great pleasure to record the brill- among whom were Rev. Father Richards, Rector, and iant success in political life of a distinguished son of Father McTammany, Bursar, of the University. We •Georgetown of the class of ’69. We refer to Hon. trust that the sweet visions of married life will not cause Stephen R. Mallory, who on May 14th was elected by our old Editor to frown on the Muses. the legislature of Florida United States Senator to suc- James F. Mathews, ’65, has changed his residence ceed ex-Senator Call. Mr. Mallory will be remembered from San Antonio, Tex., to New York City, where he is by many of the old students as one of the most popular now engaged in the banking and commission business. of that band of Southern young men who entered George- E. BRADY, ’98. town at the close of the war in 1865. The eminent dis- tinction which he earned at College for close attention to duty, nobility of character and scholarly attain- EXCHANGES. ments endeared him to all and presaged for him the dis- To the Tamarack, our latest exchange, we extend a tinguished career which has followed him in life. For hearty welcome, andean wish it no greater success than several years he was a member of the legislature of that which the editors feel assured it will attain. Its pithy Florida and represented his State during two terms in paragraphs anent local doings, literary efforts, and cred- the lower House of Congress. The well-deserved honor itable verses make it a pleasing chronicle of Detroit recently conferred upon our alumnus is shared by his College life. Alma Mater, who rejoices with all the students of Mr. Mallory’s day in his election to the distinguished posi- The members of Second Academic display no less pluck than talent in the publication of their class tion of Senator. By entering the Senate Mr. Mallory paper. When The Academic was modestly ushered into will succeed to the position formerly filled with honor being our wishes for its prosperity were not free from and distinction by his father, who, upon the organization apprehension. It is therefore a real surprise and of the Confederate Government, was appointed Secre- pleasure to greet its regular appearance. Each new tary of the Navy, which office he occupied during the issue thus far has been better than its predecessor: entire war. In the name of Alma Mater and of his May our little companion in the journalistic college fellow-students at Georgetown the JOURNAL extends its world long continue in its hopeful career. most sincere congratulations to our distinguished alum- nus, confident that, in the high and honorable role of The Lafayette comes to us teeming with local news Senator, he will add fresh laurels to those already gained and alumni notes. It makes no pretensions whatever in his brilliant and successful public career. In hon- to literary claims, and consequently places itself on a oring Stephen D. Mallory, Florida has honored herself. plane beyond the reach of criticism. In its chosen field We note with pleasure the appointment of J. Philip the Lafayette is a decided success, but it strikes us as Bannigan, in residence three or four years ago, to the passing strange that a college like Lafayette should position of Corresponding Secretary of the N. Y. State allow itself to be so universally outdone in the field of School Board Association. college literature. 'May, 1897.] GEORGETOWN COLLEGE JOURNAL. 99

THE RESURRECTION. We append a summary of the various events and The moody night winds whine their results : At blackest hour. Fair morn 100 yards—1st heat: Fox (scratch), 1st; Owens (5 Eongs with the dawn her clouds to line — Child' Silence then was born. yds.), 2d; time, 10 1-5. 2d heat: O’Shea (7L2), 1st; Horsey (8), 2d; time, 10 2-5. 3d heat: Cody (2^), Lo, through the yawning gloom 1st; Walsh (scratch), 2d; time, 10 1-5. Finals: Cody A flashing meteor’s gleam ! A hundred splendent sunsets bloom (2J4), 1st; Fox (scratch), 2d; time, 10 1-5. From its each branching beam. 220 yards—Lyons, 1st; Desay (40 yds.), 2d ; Doly, And sped this sacred Star 15 yds. ; time, 2.02 ; Broderick, 18, also ran. Straight in the heaven’s zone ; 1 mile—Nagle (40 yds.'), 1st; McGirr (scratch), 2d ; Embracing there its Father, Light, Dillon, 60 yds. ; Broderick, 100 ; time, 04.32 3-5. Eternally it shone. D. G., in The Holy Cross Purple. Doly, ’95, also ran. 16 lb. shot—Wrenn (6 ft.), xst, 39 ft. 4 inch ; Smith THE BATTLE. (scratch), 2d, 37 ft. 10 inch. Cupid dipped his light-winged dart 16 lb. hammer—Smith (scratch), 1st, 120 ft. 1 inch ; In venom sweet of Thespe’s eyes ; He tinged its barbs with coral red Wrenn (20 ft.), 2d, 95 ft. From lips in saucy smiles apart; 220 yards dash—1st heat: Maloney (8 yds.), 1st; The villain next must needs devise Fox (scratch), 2d ; time, .23. 2d heat: Harrington (20 With dusky tresses from her head To string his bow, then pierce my heart.. yds.), jst; Fitzgerald (r2 yds ), 2d ; time, .24. Finals: Transfixed at Thespe’s feet it lies, Maloney (8 yds.), 1st; Harrington (20 yds.), 2d ; time, But faithless, wanton Love has fled. Ex. .24 2 5. The Owl, from Ottowa University, is an up-to-date Yo, mile bicycle open—Schade, 1st ; Sullivan, 2d ; -exponent of college journalism. The current number time, 01.19 4-5 • is replete with interesting and instructive articles. 220-yard hurdles—1st heat: Douglas and Horsey (25 Edmund Burke’s Oratory ” is written in a rather ele- yds.), dead heat; time, .28 2-5. 2d heat, McAnerney vated tone, and gives us a good estimate of the excel- (scratch), 1st; Doly (7 yds.), 2d ; time, .27 4-5. Finals, lences of one of the most brilliant and accomplished 220-yard hurdle : Doly (7 jTds.), 1 st ; Douglas (25 yds.), ■orators of modern times. 2d ; time, 28 2-5. High jump—M. Walsh (5 inch), 1st, 3 ft. 4 inch ; ARBUTUS. Owens (8 inch), 2d, 5 ft. 3 inch. A sprig of the trailing arbutus, 2-mile bicycle handicap—Schade (scratch), 1st ; Sul- Its flower a tint of the rose ; Sweet harbinger of the springtime, livan (25 yds.), 2d ; time, 06.25 2-5. Growing beneath the snows ; 440 yards—Lyons (scratch), 1st ; Prince (25 yds.), 2d; Bare were the brawn trees above it, time, .52 3-5. A last touch of frost in the air, Yet Flora, I knew, was approaching Broad jump—Doly (18 inch), 1st, 21 ft. 8 inch ; When I found the arbutus there. Walsh (scratch), 2d, 21 ft. I bring thee the blossom beloved, Pole vault—Claiborne (8 inch), 1st, 8 ft. 8 inch ; That the blush of its bloom may impart Walsh (7 inch), 2d, 7 ft. 7 inch. The story of fondest affection I hold for thee deep in my heart; On the diamond we find, in chronicling our recent That the bright evergreen of each leaflet, games, that we have increased our percentage, and that Enfolding the blossom so pure, May whisper - forever, beloved, the team has showed a decided improvement over the Forever my love will endure. opening games. Though we lost to Pennsylvania, we I have waited with passionate longing met our old rivals from Virginia, and they bowed, as of In the desolate silence alone ; yore, to our Blue and Gray. With the winter of sadness about it, The flower of my love has grown ; Georgetown, 6 ; Pennsylvania, 7. But look thou upon me, beloved, Behold the fair flower I bring. We are justified in saying that the game should have In thy smile, like the trailing arbutus, been ours. Capt. McCarthy tried a change of positions, May I wake to the knowledge of spring. with no marked advantage, and some inexcusable errors Villanova Monthly. combined to wreck the bright hopes which were enter- THOS. CULLEN, ’99. tained in the early part of the game. The summary will tell the tale. ATHLETICS. Georgetown, R. H. O. A. E. Pennsylvania. R. H. O. A. E. HANDICAP GAMES. Kelly, cf 1 2 2 o o Houston, cf.... 1 o 2 o TAN May 7th our campus was the arena for our field Fleming, ss.... 2 o 2 5 o Robinson, 2b... o 2 3 1 McCarthy, ib.. 2 o 14 3 2 Tillinder, ib... 1 1 10 o ^ and track athletes, and the exhibition of physical Reardon, 2b.... 1 3 3 4 1 Wilhelm, ss. ... 1 1 3 Abilities afforded much satisfaction to our enthusiasts. Walsh, rf o 1 1 o o Blakely, 3b. ... o 1 All the events were contested with the proverbial emu- Lamb, If o 1 o o o Jackson, If 3 1 lation of Greek to Greek, and entries were more numer- Mclntire, 3b... o o 2 o o Yoigt, rf o 2 Maloney, c o o 3 5 1 Haeffer, c o 5 ous than in the contests of preceding years. Cody, L., Bach, p o o o 3 o Dickson, p 1 o especially signalized himself in his novice race. With a handicap of 2^ yards he breasted the tape with a Totals 6 7 27 20 4 Totals 7 7 27 13 .good lead, with Fox, from scratch, in second place, the Georgetown 33000000 0—6 time being 10 1-5 seconds. Nagle, too, left the field Pennsylvania 1 1 o o 3 1 1 o o—7 with victory’s colors, his good running and handicap First base on errors - Georgetown, 2 ; Pennsylvania, 2. Base proving too much for redoubtable McGirr. on balls—off Bach, 6 ; off Dickson, 4. Hit by pitcher—Dickson, Lyons, by his splendid work in the half mile, built 1; Bach, 2. Wild pitches—Dickson, 2. Struck out—Dickson, logical anticipations for a creditable showing at Mott 2; Bach, 1. Stolen bases—Fleming, Reardon, Robinson, Til- Haven. Trainer Foley, be it said, deserves no little linder, 2; Haeffer. Two-base hits—-Walsh, 1; Wilhelm, 1. Three-base hits—Reardon, 1 ; Robinson, 1. Double plays — congratulation for his indefatigable zeal in developing McCarthy, Maloney, McCarthy, Wilhelm, Robinson, Tillinder. the athletic candidates. Umpire—Mr. Betts. Time of game—2 hours 5 minutes.

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Georgetown, 12 ; Virginia, 6. Walsh pitched a superb game for Georgetown, only allowing two scratch hits. Had it not been for loose It was expected that the Virginia game would bring fielding in the first inning, he would have administered, out the true worth of our players, and sure enough they never batted or played so well this season as when they a shut-out to the visitors. were pitted against the Virginians. Georgetown made The game was replete with pretty plays. The throw- a veritable fusillade of hits, and our boys fielded sharply ing of Fleming and Maloney was superb, while Dawson and with a vim that would have graced the efforts of accepted thirteen chances. Walsh pitched the greatest their predecessors. Virginia opened at the bat, but game of the season. For the visitors, McTighe cer- were retired in order. Georgetown piled up three runs tainly deserves a commendatory word ; his pitching on hits by Kelly, Reardon and Lamb. In every inning was a feature of the game. The score : but the fourth and the eighth Georgetown scored with- Georgetown, R. H. O. A. E. Catholic Univ. R. H. o. A. E. out much difficulty. Our batters took kindly to Collier, Kelly, cf 1 o o o o Collins, If 1 1 1 00 seventeen hits being made off of his delivery. The Fleming, ss.... 1 2 2 5 1 Murphy, c . ... I o 9 1 1 features of the game were Reardon’s terrific batting and McCarthy, If... 21000 Cashman, ss.... 10130, Reardon, 2b... 2 2 2 1 1 McTighe, p.... o 1 o 3 o- Fleming’s fielding. For the visitors Hoxton at third Lamb, rf I 1 3 o o Twohy, ib o on o 3. was the star, and Mellor, the old Brown pitcher, graced Dawson, ib.... 1 o 13 o o Hannan, 2b.... o o 1 1 1 first base in creditable style. Bach pitched in the main Mclntire, 3b... 2 o o 2 o Igor, cf o o 1 o o a good game, occasionally allowing his unsteadiness to Maloney, c 2 1 6 1 o Field, rf o o o o 1 assert itself. Walsh, p o o 1 7 1 O’Brien, 3b.... 00020 The whole team proved their worth in the game, and Totals 12 7 27 14 3 Totals 3 2 24 10 6- with a like exhibition in our earlier games, we would have been entitled to “sing the songs of old.” The Georgetown 1 o o 5 1 o o 5 x—12 score . Catholic University 3 o o o o o o o o— 3.

Georgetown, R. H. O. A. E. Virginia. R. H. o. A. E. Earned runs—Georgetown, 2. Two-base bits—McTighe, Kelly, cf 1 3 3 o o Hoxton, 3b 2 2 3 1 o Reardon, Fleming. Passed balls —Murphy, 2. Wild pitches— Fleming, ss o o 2 5 2 Martin, 2b o 1 o 1 o McTighe, 2. Bases on balls—McTighe, 4 ; Walsh, 2. Hit by McCarthy, If.... 1 x x o o Collier, p 1 3 o 2 o pitcher —Mclntire by McTighe. Struck out—Walsh, 4 ; Mc- Reardon, 2b....3 3 3 2 o Mellor, ib o 1 9 3 o Tighe, 9. Left on bases —Georgetown, 5 ; Catholic University,. Lamb, rf 2 3 2 o 1 Stepton, cf...... o 1 2 o 1 3. Time of game—2.15. Umpire—Mr. Dillon. Dawson, ib 2 311 o o Bonny, If I 1 3 o o Mclntire, 3b .... 1 1 2 2 o Cochran, rf o o 2 o o Maloney, c 2 2 1 1 2 McNair, c o o 5 2 1 Georgetotvn, 6; Columbian, 5. Bach, p o 1 2 5 o O’Keefe, ss 2 0020 The interest in the game with Columbian University Totals 12 17 27 15 5 Totals 6 9 24 8 2 was created in the sixth inning when Georgetown seemed unable to forge ahead of its opponents. Col- Georgetown 3 1 2 o 3 2 1 o x—12 umbian was lustily cheered by a strong gathering of Virginia o o 1 o o 2 1 o 2— 6 enthusiasts ; and they gave, expression to their joyous Earned runs - Georgetown, 5; Virginia, 2. Two-base hits— feeling at their pets’ fine showing, till Georgetown Kelly, Lamb, Hoxton. Three-base hits —Reardon, 2; Mclntire, made the winning run in the ninth inning. Maloney, Bonny. Passed balls—McNair. Wild pitches -Bach. Bases on balls - Off Bach, 7; off Collier, 3. Hit by pitcher —By Twice Columbian tied the score and when the last, Collier, 1. Struck out —By Bach, 1; by Collier, 2. Left on inning was reached the score was 5 to 5. Leach, bases-Georgetown, 7; Virginia, 5. Double plays—Fleming to Stockslager, and Farnham were struck out in order by Reardon to Dawson; Mclntire to Fleming to Dawson. Stolen Clancy in the first half, and then Georgetown came up* bases —Kelly, Maloney, 3; Hoxton, Collier. Sacrifice hits— Lamb, Hoxton. Time of game —2.20. Umpire—Mr. Heidler. After Mclntire had gone out Maloney made first on Beall’s error, stole second and third and came home on Georgetown, 12; Catholic University, 3. Clancy’s rap to center, winning the game in which he had pitched in such a masterly manner. There was no doubt as to the result of the contest be- The hitting of both teams was light. Dalzell put up tween our team and the nine from the Catholic the game for Columbian, while Maloney’s base run- University. In the first inning, there was a repetition ning, catching, and throwing were features. The score: of prep, playing by our men, and, as a result, the op- ponents piled up three runs. Some of the specially in- Georgetown. R. H. o. A. g,. Columbian. R. H. O. A. E. itiated have averred that this was a gratis encourage- Kelly, cf .o o 2 o o Green, ib 1 o 13 o 1 Fleming, ss o 1 o 4 2 Ball, ss 1 2 o 3 0- ment to the Catholic University men. Be that as it may, McCarthy, If o o o o 1 Dalzell, 3b o 1 0,5 o it was certain that the wearers of the Blue and Gray de- Reardon, 2b 2 1 3 3 2 Fugitt, cf o 1 3 o 2 cided to show their opponents that they are capable of Lamb, rf 1 1 1 o o Beard, 2b »..2 2 1 1 ° more than the ordinary, and they henceforth refused the Dawson, ib o 1 12 o o Cummings, p... .0 1 o 1 o Mclntire, 3b 1 1 o 2 o Leech, rf. o 1 4 o o visitors the honor of another run. Maloney, c 2 1 8 2 1 Stockslager, c ..0043 2 The first inning, with its three runs, reads like this . Clancy, p o 1 o 2 o Farnham, rf.... 1 o 0 o o Collins singled ; Murphy went to first on four balls ; Cashman hit to Fleming who made a wild throw to first, Totals 6 7*26 13 6 Totals 5 8f25 13 5 and Collins and Murphy crossed the plate ; Mr. Tighe Georgetown o 3 o o o o 1 1 1 6 hit to Walsh, who likewise failed to throw it accurately, Columbian 0201 1001 0-5 and Cashman came home. Then Twohy was out on a fly to Dawson, and Mclntire attended to Hannan’s Earned runs—Georgetown, 2. First base on errors —George- grounder, retiring Mr. Tighe at third. During the re- town, 2;. Columbian, 3. Left on bases —Georgetown, 2; Co- mainder of the game, only two men reached first and lumbian, 4. First base on balls—By Clancy, 1. Struck out—By Clancy, 6; by Cummings, 4. Home run—Mclntire. Two-base they failed to advance to third. Twohy was given a hits—Lamb, Reardon, and Ball. Stolen bases —Leech, Ma- base on balls in the fifth inning after two had been re- honey (3), Lamb, and Cummings. Passed ball—Stockslager. tired ; but he was disposed of when Hannan went out Time —2.00. Umpire—Mr. Dillon. from Fleming to Dawson. McTighe, in the ninth, hit for two bases, but was out a moment later by Walsh’s *Ball out for not touching second base. quick throw to Fleming. fOne out when winning run was made.

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Full information as to rates, time of trains, Sleeping Car Accommoda- tions, etc., can be secured at Ticket Offices, New York Avenue and 15th •street, 619 Penns3dvania Avenue, and at Station, Corner New Jersey Ave- nue and C Street. CHAS. O. SCULL, S. B. HEGE, Gen. Pass. Agent, Dis. Pass. Agt., Baltimore, Md. N. Y. Ave. and 15th St. N. W., VESTIBULE TRAINS WITH DINING CAR Telephone Call, 1591. Washington, D. C. BETWEEN AVashington, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago, and All Points West, Northwest, and Southwest. T. J. MATER. R. L. GALT. HARRIET T. GALT. The F. F. V. Vestibule Limited leaves B. & P. Station at 11.37 P. M. daily, with Through Sleeping Car to Cincin nati and Louisville. Sleeping Car Cincin- W. M. GALT & CO., nati to Chicago and St. Louis. F F. V Observation Cars. Cirwinnati and St. Louis Limited, with Sleeping Car Washington to Cincin- Wholesale Dealers in Flour, Grain, nati,>ndianapolis and St. Louis and Lou>sviUe without change. Parlor Cars Cincinnati to Chicago leaves at 2 20 P. M. daily. Feed, Etc., For tickets, sleeping car accommodations, call at C. & 0. Office, 513 und 1421 Pennsylvania avenue. WASHINGTON, D. C. GEORGE M. BOND, Telephone Call, 1066. City Passenger Agent. IV GEORGETOWN COLLEGE JOURNAL. DUDLEY W. GREGORY, The E. F. Brooks Company, Successor to A. G. Gedney, Engraving and Standard Stationery, Gas Fixtures 431 llt-h St. N. W., Washington, D. C. and Established 1867. Electroliers, G. TAYLOR WADE, GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT 531 15th Street (Corcoran Bldg.) For the Sale of all Earl/ Fruits and Vegetables.

PAUL SEFBER, JR., MANAGER. 911 B Street N. W., Washington, D. C.

WASHINGTON COUPE AND LIVERY CO., J. EDWARD LIBBEY & SON, 1341 and 1343 W Street N. W. Branch Offices at 'Willard’s and Riggs’ Hotels. Willard’s Hotel Office, Call 687. LUIVIBER IYIERCHAIMT, Landaus, Victorias, Broughams, Buggies, Surreys, and Buckboards, For Hire and Sale. 3018 K (Water) Street. Washington, D. C. Special Attention to Boarding Horses and Monthly Turnouts. FRANKUN & CO., Opticians, DANIEL LOUGHRAN, HAVE REMOVED TO IMPORTER OF AND WHOLESALE DEALER IN THEIR NEW STORE, Clgatrs, ToToacco, Etc.,. 1203 F Street N.W. 1347 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE N. W., WASHINGTON, D. C.

PALMER’S BELFAST FRED. STOHLMAN, Lemon Soda, Sarsaparilla, GINGER | CONFECTIONERY, Orange Cider. ALJ 1254 High (Thirty-Second) Street, Georgetown, D. Cl Keeps always on hand a full assortment of Fine Candies and Cakes, Ice MASSEY’S XX ALE AND PORTER, AND Cream, etc. Orders for Cakes or Ice Cream Promptly SCHLITZ’S MILWAUKEE LAGER. delivered at the College.

Telephone Call, 480. 615 to 621 D St. S. W. i IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. BLUE AND GRAY From this date, and until further notice, the well- known line of Spotting Goods manufactured by William Wood, of New York City, must be obtained direct from New York, my agency in Washington having been dis- DAIRY continued. Superior goods, lower prices, and large dis- counts. Send for New Catalogrie. WIFFIAM WOOD, 23 and 25 West 125th St., 3607 O St. N.W. C. B. Branzell.

Factory, 1941-1959 Park Ave., N.Y. New York City, N. Y. GEORGE MENKE, JAS. T. CLEMENTS, Dealer in Fancy Cream Cheese, Fine Table Butter, and Eggs. UNDERTAKER AND EMBAUMER, STANDS: 1241 32d St. (74 High St., Georgetown), W. Washington, D. C.

Nos. 169 and 170 Center Market, and No. 115 K St, Market. EVERYTHING FIRST CLASS AND AT REASONABLE RATES. Orders by Mail Promptly Attended to.

M. J. KEANE, THOMAS E. WAGGAMAN, Wholesale Tobacconist, Real Estate Broker and Auctioneer, 917 P STREET N. W.,

Sole Proprietor of “THE GEORGETOWN MIXTURE.” Washington, D. C.

Houses For Rent and Sale, and Money to Loan in sums to 313 Penna. Avenue N. W. ’Phone, 1644. suit, at 6 per cent, per annum. GEORGETOWN COLLEGE JOURNAL. v

COR. TWELFTH ST. AND THE RALEIGH, PENNA. AVE. N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. European plan. Entire construction absolutely fireproo . i) An excellent Restaurant for ladies and gentlemen. Cafe for gentlemen A, G, SPALDING & BROS attached. Rates reasonable. T. J. TALTY, Manager. INCORPORATED, THE EBBITT, CHICAGO, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, WASHINGTON, D. C. WASHINGTON. Army and Navy Headquarters. Eight Iron Fire Escapes. H. C. BURCH, .... Manager. Athletic Goods, Special rates to the clergy. Bicycles and Supplies, THE SHOREHAM, Uniforms for all Sports, WASHINGTON, D. C- Gymnasium Outfits. American and European Plans. Absolutely Fire Proof. Washington Branch:

JOHN T, DEVINE, - - - prop. 1013 Pennsylvania Ave. Everything new. First-class Ladies’ and Gents’ Restaurant. Morgan House, Caps and Gowns. EUROPEAN. R. w. MORGAN, “ Proprietor. Our manufacturing facilities are un- surpassed ; we buy materials at mini- Thirty-second street, above M. mum prices ; we sew every garment with silk, which means strength and neatness. These are the reasons we HARVEY’S, so confidently guarantee the fit and 1016 Penna. Ave., Cor. Eleventh St., quality of the caps and gowns we sell. WASHINGTON, D. C. An illustrated catalogue, self-meas- The most complete oyster house in the United States with the best con- urement blanks and samples of mate- ducted restaurant in the District for ladies and gentlemen. Oysters, Dia- anond-Back Terrapins, and Canvas-Back Ducks Specialties. Open daily rials sent to any address upon request. ffrom 6 a. m. to 12 p. m , Sundays excepted. HAkVEY, the originator of Steamed Oysters. Correspondence on the subject of the sale or rental of caps and gowns LADIES’ DINING SALOON. is earnestly solicited. We want to estimate on your order. STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER, PHILADELPHIA.

BA.TXATS, 416 Seventh Street Northwest. Georgetown College Colors, combined, in two widths, always on hand in our ribbon department. We have the Largest Book Depot in the South, and sell all books at cut prices. Get our quotations on stand- ard or new publications. You can save money. 45 ROOMS AT $1 PER DAY. Ask to see the ENCYCLOPEDIC DICTIONARY, 4 vols., Having thoroughly refurnished and refitted the OWEN $2 a vol.; equal to the Century, at one-eighth the price. HOUSE (late Hotel Solari), I beg to state that I have opened in cohnection with the same BAUM’S, 416 Seventh Street. THE FINEST CAFE IN THE CITY AND THE MOST COMPLETE LADIES’ AND GENTS’ DINING SALOON W. H. LOWDERMILK & CO., SOUTH OF NEW YORK. 1426 F Street Northwest, DINNER PARTIES A SPECIALTY. Law, Medical, and Classical Books, JOHN T. MOYLAN, - - PROPRIETOR. „ . , New and Second-hand. 1413 Penna. Ave. N. W., Washington, D. C. Books of all kinds Bought.

E. C. BRESNAHAN, Quick Work. Skilled Workmen Assure Satisfaction. DINING ROOM, ICE CRB AM AND WEEDS STEAM LAUNDRY, Main Office: 1250 32d St, N. W. CONFECTIONERY, Plant: 3237 It St. N. W. 410 Seventh Street Northwest. We Make a Specially of High Class Work. We Save Your Linen. VI GEORGETOWN COLLEGE JOURNAL.

Southern Fruits and Vegetables a Specialty. Men’s Shirts to Measure. W. S. ANDERSON & CO., We are splendidly equipped Successors to E. E. Anderson & Bro., for making to measure Shirts

OR DRESS, IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC F OR OUTING, OR BUSINESS, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, OR TRAVELING,

202 Ninth Street and 919 B Street N. W. FOR FULL DRESS OCCASIONS. Established 1S65. Quality, Fit, Style, Workmanship and Price Guaranteed. Call on JOHN BYRNE & CO., We also make to measure :

FOR NEW AND SECOND-HAND Pajamas (or East India Sleeping Suits), © © LAW BOOKS. Flannel Night Shirts, Flannel Underwear, 1322 F Street N. W. Flannel Bath Robes, Blanket Robes, etc. We buy and exchange law books.

WM. BALLANTYNE & SONS, WOODWARD 8c LOTHROP, Booksellers and Stationers, 10th, 11th, and P Streets N. W. 428 Seventh Street Northwest. Class Emblems, Buttons, Special attention paid to Wedding Invitations and Card Engraving. Badges, and Jewels,, Prize Medals, in Gold and Silver. BRENTANO’S, Designs and Estimates Furnished. Publishers, Booksellers, Importers, Stationers, Engravers, and Newsdealers THE W. J. FEELEY CO., 71 E. Washington Street, Chicago, 111. 1015 Pa. Ave. N. W., Washington, D. C. 185 Eddy Street, Providence, R. I. NEW YORK. CHICAGO. PARIS. Brentano’s “London Exchequer” Inks are the Best. Telegraphic Address, “Brentano’s,” with name of city. .Dress Suits J. J. SPAULDING. JOHN SPAULDING. For Hire_ BIG 4 PIE OGMPANY, KEEN’S, 1312 F Street N. W.

1327,1329,1331 Md. Ave. N. E., Washington, D. C. Goto W. H. LIOEKE’S FOB BARGAINS IN STALEE, PHOTOGRAPHER, Carpets, Furniture, Upholstery Goods, 801 Market Space and 1107 F Street Northwest, Washington,; D. C. 308 and 3010 Eighth Street, Artistic posing, latest styles and accessories. WASHINGTON, D. C. SPECIAL College and Class rates. M. W. BEVERIDGE, C. M. BELL, IMPORTER OF AND DEALER IN The rJationa'l Photographer Pottery, Porcelain, Glass, Sterling Silver and Plated Ware AND HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS, 463 and 465 Pennsylvania Avenue. 1215 F St. and 1214 G St., Washington, D. C. Ladies and Children a Specialty.

Special attention given to the reproduction of old pictures. 1217, 1219, and 1226 Pennsylvania Avenue.

SPECIALTIES : FINE PORTRAITS In Crayon, Water Colors, India J. T. VARNELL & SON, Ink, and Oil. Wholesale Dealers in <^Chicag-o Dressed Beef, Nos. 10 & n Wholesale Row, Center Market, Telephone, 474-2. WASHINGTON, D. C. GEORGETOWN COLLEGE JOURNAL. Vll

The “HESS” Shoe. Richmond Direct from the Maker to the Consumer. .Exclusive and Original Design. Ask for an Egg Toe. Straight Cut

N. HESS & SON, No. 1 Traders of Men’s Fine Footwear, Cigarettes.

931 PENNA. AVENUE, N. W. Cigarette Smokers, who are willing to pay a little more than the price charged fur theordinary trade Cigarettes, will find THIS BRAND superior to all others. These Cigarettes, are made from the brightest, most delicately flav- F\ C. TSCHIFEELY, JR. ored and highest cost Gold Leaf grown in Virginia. This is the Old Wholesale and Retail Dealer in and Original Brand of Straight Cut Cigarettes, and loas brought out by us in the year 1875. Drugs, Chemicals, Flavoring Extracts, Etc. BEWARE OF 1MITA TIONS. and observe that the firm name No. 475 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., as below is on every package. Bet. Four-and-ci-Half and Sixth Sts. ALLEN & GINTER, Agentfor SHARPE & DOHME, Jrondale Mineral Water. The American Tobacco Company, SUCCESSOR, MANUFACTURER, Richmond, Virginia. EVERY WEDNESDAY HAVE YOU TRIED OUR FLOURS? We’re in the Class-Rooms with an AV. II. TENNEY’S REST. up-to-date line of CLOTHING AND OUR SUPERB PATENT, FURNISHINGS. OUR NEW SOUTH PATENT Are the BEST FLOURS made. Try them and be convinced. For sale by Grocers and at our Mill. HORDLiNGER’S, 3107-3100 M St„ Georgetown, D. C. W. H. TENNEY & SONS, Georgetown, D. C. W. T. & F. B. WEAVER, tJames O’Donnell, (Successors to H. P. Gilbert) APOTHECARY, DEALERS IN HARDWARE AND HARNESS, Contractors’ and Machinists’ Supplies, 1200 Thirty-second St. 301 Pa. Ave. S. E. 1208 and 1212 Thirty-second Street, 3201 M St. N.W. 311 Seventh St. S.W. Telephone, 357. GEORGETOWN, D. C.

James D. Mason. Samuel G. Mason. JAMES D. MASON & CO., E. MORRISON PAPER COMPANY, STEAM CRACKER BAKERY, 17 and 18 East Pratt Street, 1009 Penna. Ave. Opposite Maltby House, BALTIMORE, MD. EDWARD DERRICK. Wholesale Agent, 818 Nineteenth Street N. W., Washington, D. C. CHARLES H. JAVINS & SONS, Established 1851. EIMER & AMEND, FISH DEALERS, Stands : 238-239-240, 283-284-285 Centre Market, Manufacturers and Importers of Chemicals and Chemical Apparatus, O STREET AND N. L. MARKETS, WASHINGTON, D. C. 205, 207, 209 and 211 Third Avenue, Cor. of 18th Street, NEW YORK. A. HANLON, H. G. .& J. E. WAGNER, Wholesale and Retail Grocer, Jewellers, Watch and Clock Makers, DEALER IN

3221 M STREET, WEST WASHINGTON, WISES, LIQUORS, CIGARS AND TOBACCO,

1444 Thirty-Second Street, Corner P, Dealers in Newspapers, Periodicals, Books, Stationery, Magazines.

WEST WASHINGTON, D. C. HUGH REILLY, Agent for Chase & Sanborn Coffees. Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Mixed Paints, Oils, Varnishes, GEORGE W. RAY, Window and Plate Glass, &c., Dealer in WHOLESALE GROCERIES, 1911 Penna. Ave. and 1223 and 1225 32d St. N.W., WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS, AND TOBACCO, Telephones, 1209 and 1725-3- WASHINGTON, D. C. 3249 M Street West Washington, D. C Till GEORGETOWN COLLEGE JOURNAL. GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY. Founded as a College 1789. Chartered as a University, by Act of Congress, March 1, 1815.

SCHOOL OF ARTS, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, SCHOOL OF LAW,

CLASSICAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND Medical Building, 920 H Street N. W. Law Building, E St. bet. 5th & 6th N.W.. PREPARATORY COURSES. F'or Prospectus apply to For information apply to For information apply to S. M. YE ATM AN, Esq., G. L. MAGRUDER, M. D., THE REV. J. HAVENS RICHARDS, S. J., Secretary and Treasurer of the Faculty,.

President of the University, Dean and Treasurer of the Faculty, Georgetown University Law Bldg., Georgetown College, D. C. 815 Vermont Ave. N. W. Washington, D. C.,

Academy of the Visitation, B. V. M., GEORGETOWN, D. C This Institution was founded in 1799 and rebuilt in 1873. It occupies a beautiful site on the Heights of Georgetown, overlooking at once the City of Washington and the lovely water scenery of the Potomac. Attached to the Academy are the pleasure grounds, embracing an area of forty acres, which secure to the pupils the advantage of a residence in the country. In the course of instruction are comprised all the requisites of a refined and polished education. For full particulars apply to the Institution.

F. C. KERENS, WHOLESALE GONFECTIONER, Independent Ice Co., 1128 SEVENTH STREET N. W. DEAIyFRS IN Sole agent for “Mandalatta.” KFNNFBFC ICE, JOSEPH AUERBACH, 623 Pennsylvania Ave., Quick Service. Never Disappoint. HABERDASHER A.ND HATTER. AGENT EOR Office : 910 Penna. Ave. Depots : Ninth Street Wharf and 3108 K Street.

J. H. SMALL & SONS, FLORAL DECORATORS, 14th, Corner of G Street, Washington, D. C., and 1153 Broadway, New York. Robinson,

Chery This Journal is printed at the office of & Co.... The Church News,

517 Eleventh Street, N.W., Book and Job Printing of Every Description. Washington, D. C. CLOTHIERS, JOSEPH GILIOTT’S STEEL PENS IX EXTEA FIXE, FIXE AND BROAD POINTS TO SUIT ALL HANDS. 12th and F Sts. THE MOST PEEFEGT OF PENS..