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Kind "Words. The insignia of a king, of which so long Defrauded 3*011 have been. See, there they lie-— Kind words and smiles are like ravs of bright sunshine. NuMiTOR.-^Thou and tixy brother have restored Breaking through hearts that are proud, hard and cold; ; the power, Thej bring their companions bright fairies of igladness Thou and thy brother shall replace the crowxi. To soothe and to cheer faltering hearts to be bold. REMUS.—So be it, grandfather. Conne, Rom­ ulus I Silently stealing, they peep in our windows; ; [Music, " Marche dit Sacre''"' ROMULUS .and Slowly we draw back the curtains of night : REMUS advance^ take the. cro'wn from the altar, Till floods of bright rays fill the room all about us, i and crown :NUMITOR; .after zchich all .form in And bid the sad heart in their radiance be bright. j procession a7td cxeuntS) WILLIAM H. ARNOLD, 'S^- • ACT FOUHTH. ROMULUS AND REMUS; - SCENE I. NUMITOR OR, (A Hall in the Royal Palace^ The Building of Rome. and DUBIUS.) ;NuMLTOR.—Wlhat.thirik'st thou, Dubius? Wert my hopes deceived? ACT THLRD. DUBIUS.—^our -friends, O 'king, rejoice to see SiCUSTL HI. those hopes ( The Forum in Alba Longa^—^thronged -xiih Fulfilled when least .'expected. Albai.onga people. Altar of Mars in front, 07i ivhich are Again is ruled with equity—^isrfree! placed the insignia of royalty. NUMITOR enters But yet— from a temple in the centre of the 'stage, xvifh NUMITOR.—But yet! but yetl -Tis ever thus! ROMULUS and REMUS on each side; EAUSTULUS, Why can we :not rejoice without .alloy? PLISTINUS, DUBIUS, CELER a7id attendants fol­ What is the pr^esent grievance? {^A tumult TintA- low.') out.) NuMiTOR.—Ye men of Alba L onga. once 1 DUBIUS.—^Hear'st thou not agam That tumult in the.'street? These frequent jars Am I saluted kino- amonjr vou. He Between our peaceful townsmen, and the mob Who lately ruled has met his fate: and now That followed Romulus hither, still increase We will begin a reign of clemency. In acrimony; and if not appeased Open the prison doors and set free those Thy once deliverers will be thy ruin. De'tained unlawfully, and grant a hearing NUMITOR.—^'Tis true! And yet how difficultthe To all aggrieved. These noble boys, my heir.*;, task, • The sons of Mai-s and Rhea Sylvia, These various interests to accommodate. Shall learn to govern well ere thev inherit This mob of mountaineers are, as thousay'st. Mv crown and throne. My true deliverers, without whose aid ROMULUS a?id REMUS.—For many years may Amulius still would hold despotic sway. And yet they are a rude and boisterous set. Enjoy them, grandfather! Such as our townsmen cannot look upon THE CROWD—Long live the king I Without dismay. Besides, there is no room. Long live our Numitor! DUBIUS.—Another city might be built, The NUMITOR.—Now, to the grods. twins Who have so wondrouslv restored me to vou. Who led them here to victory shall build it. And have presen-ed these twins exposed to death, Thus shall they, even in thine own life-time. Through dangers such as mortals ne'er could Be kings, nor wait thy death, but rather thus brave, Deliver thee a second time from woe. We will return our thanks. "NUMITOR.—^Well thought of, Dubius! And RoMULTJS.—But iSrst assume here they come! 450 THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC,

We'll sound them on the matter. The friend and faithful servant of the gods. {Mnter ROMULUS a7id REMUS; CELER, PLIS- PLISTINUS.—Celer, be not too sure, nor bind TINUS and others^follovjing.^ . th3'self Romulus Rashly, b}' vow^s of fealty, ere thou know'st . And Remus, my beloved sons! my hope- To whom the gods shall give supremacy. And all my joy! The offspring of-a god, REMUS.—Although I little reck of auguries, Yet mj- own blood, wh}^ ask ye no reward? Yet reverence to thee, O king, my father, Ye shall be kings while I do live to see it. Persuades me to this trial; to abide The royal circlet shall those brows surround, By the result: whoso shall see the birds The sceptre by those valiant hands be sw^ayed. Of omen first shall choose the city's site. REJIUS.—Nay, royal father, such were traitor­ ROMULUS.—The gods shall guide us. Unto ous guise them we leave For us. One king alone can be obeyed Decision in.this matter: and if he By one community. Shall be the favored, as it well may chance, ROMULUS.—Reward enough I will in all things be subservient; For us to see thee seated on the throne, So may the gods preserve in .peace and love Dispensing justice, reverenced b}* all. Our brotherly relationship for aj^e! And may a lengthened life be thine, to reign NuMiTOR.—This is good feeling, youths! Be A king, so wise and so beneficent! ever thus, But there are fields still desolate, unclaimed, Your private wishes governed by the gods' Untilled, yet fertile; ofiering to the plough Divine monitions. O that thus with me A rich reward, where w^e may make a- home Had my unhappy brother dwelt a colleague, And lead our followers thither: for it seems Not a usurper! ' Then no brother's blood The townsmen view them with an evil eye, The homes of Alba Longa would defile. And will not brook their stay. But now we will proclaim unto the throng NuMiTOR.—Mv blessing be The trial sought for by to-morrow^'s sun. {^Exeitnf. j Upon the project! Build a city, then. SCEKE II. And reign as kings, and let me see you reign! REMUS.—The fastnesses that- hid our early {^jVight. The^ Suimnit of Mount Palat'nic. En­ 5'^ears, ter ROMULUS, CELER, a7id FERONIUS.) Where Faustulus concealed us, where we played, CELER.—^And here, O king, shall be thy city; And kept the flocks and herds, and hunted wolves, here And learned to cope with men—This wilderness, Shall be thy throne; and here thy holy hand Where seven hills the Tiber's valley, bound The rod to justice consecrate shall sway. Shall be the site of our intended cit}"-: RoMXTLUS.—Be not so rash, my Celer, whom Upon the ample ci^est of Aventine the gods We'll lay the first foundation. Shall choose, the builder and the king shall be. ROMULUS.—Brother, nay; 'Tis theirs to choose, 'tis ours but to obey. The Palatine is a more pleasing site. Should Remus be-their choice, both thou and I And more commanding. Let us build it there. In reverent homage shall salute him king. NuaiiTOR.—I do perceive already sprouts the CELER.—The gods choose thee, whom all the the seed , people choose— Of disagi-eement. Brothers, be not thus Thev choose their worshipper, they choose not Divided in your aims, but, in disputes, him Seek from the gods a token of their will. Who j^ields no homage to their power divine— REMUS.—^No inind have I for auguries. Flight No sacrifice, no praise—an atheist— of birds, ROMULUS.—Hold^ Celer, let me hear no moie Directed Avhere the}' chance to seek their prey,^— of this: How can this intimate the will Divine? My brother is my friend—-my, best of friends,— CELER.—(To. PLISTINUS.) List to the scoffer. Whoso reviles him is mine enemy. Will the immortal orods And whom the gods shall, choose doth not appear A preference show to him? The atheist! As yet. We wait until the coming morn. Romulus is mj-kiiig. Hirn will I follow. I know thy friendship and - thy trusty zeal NuMiTOR.-^Nay, question • not, ray - son, the Which now outstrips discretion. Be not rash, . wniys of-those - ;^ -,: ' . But to the will divine prepare to bow. Who rule above us, or, the means by which ,; FERONIUS.—For him, and. for myself, I will Thev.manifest their will." .Time-honored custom engage. . :. Must be our guide in this as other things. Henceforward we will ever be thy friends Do thou keep watch upon the Aventine And true adherents, whatsoe'er befall.. And Romulus oh the Palatine. To whom And if th)- brother thou salute as king, Thcrgods. shall first send omensiof good hap, AA^Bj as th};; seconders, Siilute him too; Let him;decide the.''choice and all obey:. But'only; upon thy command. The will Thus shall the cause of strife, be set aside. Divine to us is manifest in thee— CELER.—:^(;ZbPLiSTiNus.) 'And they will send In thee—bv thee alone. No auguries. them unto Romulus. .-•-. .; • • . No omens need .we,but. the trusted word THE NOTRE PylME SCHOLASTIC. 451

That issues from thy lips, great son of Mars I That is music to my ear: . ROMULUS.—My friends, ye make me tremble at Be eternal, Rome! See her rivals how they fall— the weight Trembles each opposing wall— Ye place upon my word—my idle breath— She supreme shall reign o'er all. But not ungrateful shall ye find me, if Be eternal, Rome! The reins of power are placed within mv hand. ( Vision of the destruction of Carthage. " De- Now leave me, friends, for on this mountain top, lendaest Carthago^'' in lettej-s of flame ahoveS) In prayer and meditation, I shall pass INVISIBLE CHORUS repeat: This fateful night alone. The 'coming morn Be eternal. Rome! etc. Shall see me king of all you multitude, AfAKS. {sings:') Throned upon her seven hills. Or else the faithful subject of a brother All the world her glory, fills, Chosen by heaven to be a greater king. Princes to her feet shall come. Be eternal, Rome! Then to your rest, my friends, and meet me here Goddess, by mankind adored, Earlv to-morx'ow. Rule with bright, unconquered sword, .J Let them own no other Lord, CELER afzd FEROXIUS.—Farewell, then, O .Be eternal, Rome! king! ( Vision of the intei'ior of the Coliseum. The Till then, farewell! Enipei-or tvitnessing a chariot race.) CELER.—Maj- the bright queen of night Smile on thy silent watch! INVISIBLE CHORUS refeat:. FERONIUS.—Great Mars himself, Be eternal, Rome! etc. • Th}' father and thy god, be thy defence! ( Chorus dies away. The figure of Mars fades, ROMULUS.—And yours, too, faithful friends! and Pax Ccelestis descends.^) PJVX CCELESTIS \_ No more of thy cruelty, demon, {^Exeunt CELER and FERONIUS.) {sings:) ^\ Of carnage, tormenting mankind: This night alone {^Reclines on the grotnid.^ This city a destiny greater On Palatine I sit, to wait the will Than such as thou sing'st shall find: Of those who know the futui'e and the past, The home of religion and virtue. Of truth that shall shine afar. And to thfeir chosen ones have spoken words Then gaze on her glory, young builder, That all would wish to hear. Thus Hercules Through futurity's gates ajar. The will of Jove attended,—thus did Orpheus ( Vision of St. Petej^s, ilhiminatcd as for Easter Upon the barren shores of Thrace await Eve.) To hear the secrets of those mighty powers CHORUS OF MINISTERIXG SPIRITS: By whom the world is ruled. Thou, great god, Yes: lift up thine eyelids, young founder. Whose son they call me, listen to my prayer: Behold the bright vision afar. Thou seest how the multitude to nie Gaze out on futurity's splendor Through the gates for a moment ajar. Tiu*n as unto a leader, if 'tis such PAX CoiLESTis > When nation shall rise against nation, That I must be to them, make known thy will {sings:) \ AVhen war shall make havoc around, In unmistaken signs, that so my brother .This city shall be for a refuge. Mav recognize the will divine, and yield; Her shrines shall be holy ground. Her ruler to peace still persuading. Or let me rather gladly yield to him. His voice shall be welcomed afar; {^Soft music.^ Then gaze on his features, young builder. What do I hear? The distant bells of sheep? Through futurity's gates ajar. Nay, the sheep rest within the fold! And this (' Vision of the Pope Blessing the Assemblea Hath fliite-like tones of melody. No wind Throng, on Easter StmdayS) Is stirring 'mid the reeds. The moon's bright CHORUS OF MINISTERIXG SPIRITS: ti'ack Yes: lift up tliine eyelids, young founder, etc Unruffled on the Tiber shines! Sweet strain! {^Closed in.) {^Mzesic louder. 'R.OMUi.vs sin^s to sieep.) (TO BE CONTINUED.) (A red star rises, enlarges, and opens, ivkettce is- sties the god Mars.^ MARS, {sings:') Lift,thine eyeis, O child of Fate, Thoug-hts on Ha-wthome. Founder of the Roman State, See arise thy destined home,— II See eternal Rome! In considering the novels of; Hawthorne, we See the glories that await Heroes I shall animate; limit ourselves to the five in genei"al circulation, See the captives at her gate— that is, we will consider neither " Fanshawe " nor Be eternal, Rome! " Dr. Grimshawe's Secret." The first was the work ( Vision of the triumph of a Roman general, of a school-boy, an unconscious but wonderfully . folloived by captives, y close imitation of Scott: and of which, tenyears ago, CHORUS OF ATTENDANT DEMOXS: there were but four copies in existence. The sec­ Be eternal, Rome! ond should never have been published at all; for, Be eternal, Rome! thousfh it bears the mark of the master's hand, it is Endless glories on thee wait— unfair to put it to ,the ordinary critical tests. , Be eternal, Rome! Of the other five,the« Scarlet Letter,"astory of MARS,-(ii/»o'5.-) Clash the blade and shake the spear, Let the nations shriek with fear, colonial New England, two centuries ago, is the 452 THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

Brst in order of composition and merii. The Her little child was a constant source of an- theme of the story is the consequences of a single noj^ance to her. Fantastically weird and pre­ grievous sin. The moral taught is repentance cocious, her mother could never understand her and confession. When a'prominent man commits I character, though recognizing with di'ead in many a great but unsuspected sin, confession secnis a ne- of Pearl's wayward moods, her own varying cessit}-; but a public avowal, unless he he racked li}' emotions while awaiting: the discoverv of her sin. remorse to desperation, is moi-e than the ordinary She is more elf than child, till her presence at a man can accomplish. This difficulty, as Hawthorne great tragedy develops the woman in her breast. recognizes in the " Marble Faun," is met by the Her mother's inseparable companion, she figures confessional, wherein a crime mav be declared to constantly throughout the story, brightening many a total stransrer bound bv oath never to violate the a page bv her mischievous questions and her elfish confidence. But such a resource was bevond the acts. reach of poor Dimmesdalc, who suflers for seven During the seven j'ears, Hestei-'s husband was years between his desire to confess, and his sheer far from idle; first, compelling her to keep his inabilit}' to do so. And from his very shame an­ identity a secret, he had announced himself in other lesson might be drawn. For when a Chris­ the town as Roger Chillingsworth, a learned phy­ tian falls, his brethren rather try bv silent scorn sician. Introduced by his learning to Mr. Dim­ and coarse rebuke to hurry him on to hell, than mesdale, he became his friend and physician, by thoughtful charity to turn his face again to- occuj)ying with him the same house. Little by Avards heaven. little, his first vague suspicions were strengthened, The outline, at least, of the story is familiar to till he felt couA-inced that the minister was the us all. A sin has been committed and its conse­ father of little Pearl. Then he commenced his quences fall directly upon three persons. There fiendish operations. Never revealing his identity is Hester Prj-nne, who has been stationed in the or his knowledsre. he inade the minister suflcr the pilloiy and oi"dei"ed never to appear again in pub­ torments of the damned, while he himself, who lic without a scarlet letter embroidered on her had been a kind-looking old scholar, seemed to breast; the minister, whose sin is unsuspected; wither up day b}- day till he resembled the fiend and, finally, Hester's husband, who, arriving at wdiose work he was performing. How the minis­ Salem the day her punishment begins, devotes his ter -was tortured can be easily guessed when his life to a tireless search and a terrible revensfe. life and character are known. Between the commission of the sin and the death ArthurDimmesdaleloved,aboveall things, truth; of Dimmesdale seven years elapse, during which and from the moment of his sin was tortured, not so time the three change and sufier much. Let us con­ much by remorse for the sin he had committed, as by sider each in turn. When Hester emerged from the injustice of Hester's solitary shame and the ter­ prison, she took up her abode on the outskirts of rible lie he was acting everv hour of his life. In the town, and, living alone with the memory of vain he scourged himself far into the night; his sin her sin, thought and sufl'ered and was tempted knocked at the door of his conscience to demand much. She suffered much; for of all things the confession. And the poor Avretch tried to confess, scorn of one's equals and inferiors, if that scorn be but was too weak to do it! Often had he ascended deseiTcd, is hard to bear. Harder 3-et to bear, if the pulpit and strove to utter the terrible words, they who cast stones at me a sinner are them­ but all in vain. And still Chillingsworth and his selves black with sin. Hei's was a jDunishment own conscience Were keeping him in terrible that' renews itself every morning, and grow's no ^to*^"}'^* On& "ight, yielding to a sudden impulse, lighter with the advance of years. Ever}- time he left his chamlaer and jclided through the streets an eye was fastened on the scarlet lettfer, it seemed until'he reached the pillory where Hester Prynne to burn it into her flesh. *' But sometimes, once had stood; and as she had been thei-e for three in many days, or,.perchance, in many months, she hours once, so he, in turn, would stand there for felt an ^yo.—a human eye—upon the ignominious three hours now. His vigil upon the pillory is brand that seemed to give a momentary relief, as one of the most dramatic scenes depicted in hny if her agon}- was shared. The next instant back literature. His shriek of anguish, and the danger it all rushed a'gain 'with still-a deeper throb of of discovery it seemed to entail; the passing by of pain; for in that brief interval she had sinned the venerable Father Wilson, and finally, his again. Had Hester sinned alone?" What there hysterical laii^liter responded to bj- little Pearl, be in the thought this quotation contains we who w^ith her mother, Avas hurrying home from would hardl}' presume tbsay; it is verj- similar to the death-bed of Winthrop—all are extreme!}' that expressed b}- one of the witches in Macbeth. dramatic. But the}-onl}-lead to the climax. The But Hester feared the wdiisperings of her heart. minister, recognizing Hester and Pearl, bids them Contiite for her sin, she took the universal scorn ascend the steps and stand with him on the pillory. .as her proper punishment; trying to believe that " But before Dimmesdale had done speaking, a she alone had-sinned, trjnng, bj'^ acts of hiei'cy to­ light gleamed far and wide across the muffled iler fellow men, to win for herself the mercy in­ sky. . . . The great vault brightened like the finite and et(2i-nal. But her constant repre'ssioii, dome of an immense la'mp. It showed thie fami­ her daily torment, though they- chastened her, had liar scene of the street with the distinctness of mid- stilLleft—in a certain way they'had augmented— daj', but also with the awfulhess that is always the^passidn in her breast. imparted to -familiar objects. i>y .an. unaccustomed THE NOTRE DAME- SCHOLASTIC 45,3 light. The wooden houses w^ith their, jutting faultless. It contains here and there exaggerated stories and quaint gable-peaks; the doorsteps and symbolism. PlawthoiTie was something of a poet, thresholds with the early grass springing up about and constantly looking for the relation between them; the garden plots black with freshly-turned images in his mind and certain physical facts; but earth; the wheel-tracji, little worn and even in the this relation, if far-fetched, or dwelt on too long, market-place margined with green on eithei- side, ceases to impress the reader. Then, too, the char­ all wei"e visible, but with a singularity of iispect acters, like nearly all our authoi-'s creations, rep­ that seemed to give another moral intcrpi'ctation resent principles rather than people. To one at­ to the things of this world than they had ever tempting to review the book this defect is very- borne before. And there stood the minister, with striking. Chillingsworth, for exarnple, is merely ihis hand over his heart: and there stood Hester revenge, nothing more; and during the whole Frynne, with the embroidered letter glimmering story he utters hardly a word. And so. for •on her bosom; and little Pearl herself a symbol the rest. The characters are well opposed to •and the connecting link between these two. They each other, they are picturesquely arranged and stood in the noon of that strange and solemn consistent with themselves; but anv one consid- •* -/ •splendor as if it were the light that is to reveal ered merely as a creation, is poor. We only •all secrets, and the day-break that shall unite all notice faults because they are so few. The plot is who belong to one another." They are discovered a complete and original conception. The style b}'" Chillingsworthj.who, professing to regard the throughout is marvellous. Its few faults are on ' whole thiuiT ^is a nightmare, leads the minister the surface. Perhaps tlie greatest work in Amer­ home. Poor Dimmesdale! His mock confession ican literature, it is one of the mastei-pieces of the availed him nothing-. literatiu'e of the world. Let us now hin'ry on to the two conclud- '•Halfway down a by-street of one of our mg scenes Hestcr and little Pearl meet the New England towns stands a rusty wooden house minister in the forest; and, while the child is at with seven acutely-jDeaked gables facing towards pla\', her pai"ents yield to the perilous freedom of various points of the compass, and a huge clustered the moment, and, in their frenzy, advance to the chimney in the midst. - The street is Pyncheon brink of a terrible precipice. Hester, seeing that Street; the house is the old Pyncheon ELouse, and Dimmesdale is slowly dying, urges him to fly, and, the elm-tree of wide circumference rooted before moved at once by pity and by love, tells him he shall the door is known to every town cliild as the Pyn­ not go alone. Four days hence they are to sail cheon Elm." Thus opens one of the most charm­ for England. After leaving the forest, the minis­ ing of our authors works which bears the unique ter seems to be delivered over to the demon, and titTe of the " House of the Seven Gables." The only b}- the strongest eilbrt does he refrain from house ^vas built in the time of William III, hj communicating the most wicked thoughts to Colonel Pyncheon, a stern old Puritan, who had everyone he meets. On the day they are to wrested it from the heirs of the wizard, Matthew fly, the minister is to deliver his election sermon. Maule. Old !Maule, seeing the Colonel foremost Wan, from his continual mortifications, his soul among his persecutors, and guessing at his evil shone thi-ough his face, and he seemed to the peo­ motives, had denounced him on the scaffold, saying, ple like an angel of God; while his sermon was '•• God will give him blood to drink "; and the Col­ so gi-andl}- terrible, it was remembered for many onel's subsequent sudden death, the tendency years. The services done, the great crowd throng among his descendants to apoplexy (indicated by from the meeting-house, with him pre-eminent in a certain gurgling of the throat), together with their midst.' Hester, with little Pearl, is standing certain mesmeric traits hereditaiy with the by the pillory, gazing at the crowd. As the peo­ Mtuiles, had given rise to constant gossip around ple approach, the minister sees her, and, emerging the chimney comers of superstitious New Eng­ from the crowd, takes her hand, and with little land. The nominal theme of the story is the re­ Pearl between them, they mount the block of shame. tribution on his descendants, of Col. Pyncheon's sin. Then, in a trembling voice, the terrible confession is At the time the story opens, the humble made; and, tearing aside his vesture, the minister Maule family had disappeared, and the sole oc­ shows a scarlet letter burning on his breast. Then, cupant of the Seven Gables was Miss Hepzibah overcome by shame and suflering, he kisses little Pyncheon, a forlorn old maid of some sixty sum­ Pearl and dies; and by some this last act is sup­ mers. Poor old Hepzibah! Homely, simple- posed to have proceeded from sublime humility, hearted, ridiculously proud of her pedigree and and his memory is more than ever hallowed in the absurd family claims, a total stranger to the their hearts. Chillingsworth soon perishes, leav­ world, after sixty years of idleness finds herself so ing little Pearl the richest heiress in New Eng­ poor that she must either stan-e or work. To land. She and her mother leave the New World, sew, she is not able; her antipathy for children and Pearl is happily married; but Hester Prynne, prevents her from teaching, and but one resource returning to Salem, i-esumes the scarlet letter and, remains.. She must turn the faces of her ances­ working out her penance by deeds of mercy, be­ tors to the wall, and, gaunt, near-sighted, and rheu­ comes the good angel of the town.' matic though she be, must start a little store,.must . So ends the stor}'. The objection to the come before the public as a penny huckstress, must moral that it teaches, we will discuss hereafter. soil her hands with copper coin. . Her suffering on Cqnsidjgred from a.litenuy stand-rpoint, it is nearly. the morning on which the store is opened, her. atr 454 THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC

tempts to arrange the paltry slock in a tempting from affliction, this same sense would have eaten manner, are. described with quiet humor and away every affection. kindly sympathy. So, too, her first day behind the But little Phoebe pleased him much. He longed counter- There is first her agony at finding the for the beautiful, and she was ver^- pretty; he was matter-of-course way in which the world regarded oppressed with gloom, she was light and joyous. the tragic event of her life. Inflated with family Living so long alone, his mind, when active, had pride, and, though humble at heart, with the con­ lived entirely in the ideal; Phoebe's actuality, her tracted egotistical views that ye^^i's of solitude are apt imspoiled naturalness, brought him back to life, to engender, she had thought her action would fill restored some health to his diseased mind. But she the surrounding country Avith respectful awe. But was not so much an actual fact to him, as an inter­ a conversation overheard between two laborers cut pretation of Avhat his life should have been; an her to the quick. " A glance, a passing word or interpretation which, for the moment, seemed real two, a coarse laugh, and she was doubtless forgot­ and present. "This poor, forlorn vo\-ager from ten before the^' turaed the corner. The}* cai-ed the Islands of the Blest, in a frail bark on a tempest­ little for her dignity, and just as little for her uous sea. had been flung bv the last mountain degradation." wave of his shipwreck into a quiet harbor. Thei-e, Her first customer was a little urchin who i"e- as he lay moi-e than half lifeless on the strand, the joiced in the name of Ned Miggins, and who de­ fragi'ance of an earthly rosebud had come to his manded for his cannibalistic palate the worid-rc- nostrils, and, as odors will, summoned up reminis­ nowned Jim Crow, immortalized in ginger-bread. cences or visions of all the living and breathine The scene with the little fellow is very humorous, beauty amid which he should have had his home." reminding one of Dickens. But the majority of So, too, the Sunday afternoons in the garden, her customers were much hai'der to deal with, surrounded by plants and flowers, .helped to re­ and poor Hepzibah had to submit to pity, advice store health to his soul, helped to reveal the bril­ and abuse from her early patrons. In the after­ liancy of his intellect even in decay. His whole noon, so great was her confusion, she made the being was like an instrument long-unused, which most unheard of bliuiders; and, after a day of la­ generally produces painful dissonance, but which bor and pain, she found her repeated jnistakes had will, now and then, j'ielding to a skillful touch, left no money in the till. give forth a strain of exquisite harmony. All re­ But when Hepzibah has been reduced to ut­ member the scene where the procession is passing ter despair, and the gloomy old house become the seven-gabled house, and Cliflbrd sees it, "A oppressive, the author relieves one, and thi'ows a mighty river of life, massive in its tide and black gleam of light into the other by the introduction with m^'sterv, and out of its depths calling to the of the countiy cousin, Phoebe Pj'ncheon. She is kindred depths within him"; all remember how opposed Sit everj- point to Hepzibah. Young, the irresistible impulse moves him to leap from bright, cheerful, clever and industrious, in a few the window into the crowd, to link himself again hours she had wrought a wondrous cliangc in the with humankind, to bring himself back by a great old house, and brought order out of the chaos of shock to intellectual health. Plis consciousness of the store. Shortly after her arrival comes Hepzi- his state, and his instinctive eflpi"ts to remedy it, are bah's brother Cliflbrd, upon whom Hawthorne ex­ very pathetic. To depict Cliflbrd would be to do hausted no little labor. what Hawthorne himself almost despaired of do­ Her love for him had been the one romance ing. He is a wonderful conception;—a concep­ of Hepzibah's life. He had been, when young, tion characteristic of the author, and beautifully a man in whom were blended traits of either developed. Consistent! y developed, too, for though sex; one rather to be loved and cherished, than we leave him surrounded bv material advantages, admired; one whom the world did not seem to we feel his mind can only be entirely restored bv need, but ^-et whom it ought, in justice to his the great destroyer and restorer. Death. nature, to treat with kindness. His distinctive The other characters introduced into the story trait liad been a passionate love and appreci­ are, Uncle Vennor, Holgrave, and Judge Pyn- ation of the beautiful, now perforce oftenest dis- cheon. Uncle Vennor is the picture of content. plaji-ed b}" his dislike of ugliness or dissonance. A good-natured old sage, who considers going For, while still a young man, he had been un- to the work-house as merely " retiring to his justh-'convicted" of the murder of a kinsman, and farm,", where he can spend his da}'? in idleness, after twenty miserable years in' prison was com­ with a number of old cronies who have gone be- ing back to the old gabled house, coming back fore. Holgrave,who, as it afterwards appears, is to Hepzibah. His mind was now in a torpid the descendant of the wizard Maule, is rather a type condition, though occasionally a flash showed than a person. He is the sanguine, brainy, radical the intellect tliat had oi7ce been bright. A XWCYQ representative of a large number of yowng Ameri­ child, he had but little -gi'atitude or reasoning af­ cans, and is opposed to the two grotesque represen fection, and-poor Hepzibah and the dusky sur­ tatives of ancient gentility. He rents a gable roundings of tbeUiouse filled, him with annoyance. from Hebzibah, and finally marries Phccbe. And the author, noticing how much easier it was Judge Pyncheon is the reproduction, modified to move him through his sense of the beautiful to accord with-the; nineteenth century, of old Col. th:mthf6uffli;his heart, sees, at the bottoiii of his P.vn'cheon. builderV of the house of the seven misfortune.a great.blessing, for, had he lived free gables. -. A; big man,with the passions accompany- THE NOTEE DAME SCHOLASTIC. 455

''^g gross, animal development: a stern man, whose ing which makes this book valuable, not_ only to hot fellness of puijDose nothing could aveit; a penmen but' also to draughtsmen, painters, etc. man whose life, by one crime done in youth, and Price, paper, 75 cts.; cloth, $1.00. riever yet atoned for, had been darkened and made — In the North American Revievj for April, evil. This is his character laid bare: but it is not the subject of " Divorce " is treated by the Rev. Dr. thus presented to us. The picture is an ironical Theodore D. Woolsey, and by Judge John A. one, and we are given the Judge as he appears to Jameson. Dr. P. Bender, 2 Canadian, who has the generality of mankind; his life, in ever)' way studied to some purpose the political, social and exemplar}', and his manners wonderfully courteous; economic conditions of his countiy, under the title with a " sultry " smile betokening good natiu'e and "A Canadian Viev,- of Annexation," makes a for­ .good will; enjoying wealth, honors, and a deserved cible presentation of the reasons which. incline reputation as a liberal citizen and a faithful partisan. manv citizens of the Dominion to regard with fa­ And now, let us say a few words about the vor the idea of absorption by the United States. novel, as a whole. It is by no means an eas}' Senator Jolm A. Logan sets forth the need which task, for the chief- charm about the story is one exists for "National Aid to Public Schools" in that cannot be expressed; it is like the God- the several states and territories. The Rev. Dr. given, ethereal loveliness of a September after­ Howard Crosbv writes of " The Dansrerous noon. The story is not so rounded and com- Classes " that menace the perpetuity of civil order plete as "The Scarlet Letter"; there is no one and the oeace of the community, meaningf the lesson taught, no one great truth emphasized; but manipulators of corporation stocks and the men it contains susfffestions of various g-reat thoug-hts. who, having amassed enormous wealth, use it for The style is easier than in the " Scarlet Letter," nefarious purposes. James C. Welling, President and the descriptions more delicately and carefully of the Columbian University, treats of " Race Ed­ drawn. Pertinent criticism could be made on the ucation," the problem that confronts the philo­ vagueness of Holgrave's character, and the love of sophic statesman, of the presence in our body pol­ Phoebe and himself, developed in the awful pres­ itic of a strong Negro contingent. •- The Water ence of Judge Pyncheon's death; but, on the whole, SuiDplv of Cities" is discussed by Charles F.Win- the work seems almost faultless, with hardly a gate: " Ethical Systems," by Prof. F. H. Hedge; blemish to mar its exquisite beauty. " Street Bescging," bv Rev. Dr. Charles "F. . (TO BE COXTIXUED.) Deems; and "Criticism and Christianity," bj O. B. Frothingham. Published at 30 Lafayette Place, New York, and for sale by booksellers Bootes and Periodicals. generallj". —St. Nicholas for April opens in a verj- season­ CHARITV AS AN INVESTMENT. Lecture deliv­ i able fashion with a frontispiece illustration of ered by Rev. Ferreol Girardey, C. SS. R., in St. Al- George H. Boughton's beautiful picture, "^Snow phonsus' Church, New Orleans. in Spring-time," and some charming springtide We acknowledge the receipt of the above and verses bv Avis Grey, called "The Summons." commend it to our i-eaders. Published at the of­ which are followed by Katharine R. McDowell's fice of The Morning Star, New Orleans, La. April Fool story, entitled f Louis' Little Joke." Price, lo cents. Edgar Fawcett tells in delightful style a fanci­ THE HISTORY OF THE SCIENCE OF POLITICS. ful story, called "The Sad Little Prince," for By Frederick Pollock. Price 15 cents. J. Fitzgerald. which R. B. Birch has drawn some characteristic Publisher, 30 Lafayette Place, New York. illustrations; and H. H. contributes an interesting In the compass of a srnall volume, the author sketch of Chinese life on the California Coast, gives a spirited, and, considering the space at his under the title of "A Brave Chinese Baby." Pro­ disposal, a pretty detailed sketch of the develop­ fessor Holder contributes an article on "Flyirig ment of political ideas from Socx-ates' day to our Without Winsrs," v/hich describes some of the cu- own time. The scholar finds in these pages a re- rious ways in which certain gifted animals laugh at markabh' clear digest of the classic vi'Oi-ks of the Sir Isaac Newton and his attraction of gra\ntation. ancient Greek philosophers, upon the subject of A humorous poem that bovs will appreciate, is government; while the- general reader is enabled «Bob's Wonderful Bicycle,'"' by E. J, Wheeler: to trace distinctly the rise and progress of those a remarkable machine indeed, if the author is to principles of political science ^vhich, having been be believed. From this unique contrivance the more or less fully apprehended by Plato, Aristo­ boys will turn witli interest tQ the Work and Play tle, Dante, MachiavclH, Hobbes, Locke, Rous­ Department, where they will learn how De Cost seau, Burke, etc., in the past, have had a fuller ex­ Smith made a paper boat, in which he has rowed position in the works of contemporary philoso­ two seasons, and how any boy can make a similar phers, and in the institutions of modern states. one, at an expense of less than .seven dollars". — The ^'-Hand-book.of Artistic Pefivwtishi^" Among the other attractions of the number may by D. T. Ames, 205 Broad\ya3% New York, a 32T be mentioned, one of Francis's funny cat pictures; page book, contains a nurhber of. exercises and de­ « A new Mother Hubbard," by Eleanor- A. Hun­ signs for flourisloing, with some excellent hints for ter, illustrated by RoseMiiller; and contributions making and copying designs. The, second paii by A. G. Plyrapton, Anna Eichberg, L. D. Brews­ contains standard and artistic alphabets for letter- ter, Maiy Wager Fisher, and many others. 45^ THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC,

such repute under the management of the Order of the Holy Cross that in defiance of the unjust persecution of an atheistical Government clique it continued to be patronized by the best families of the capital—and had an .lyei-age attendance of Notre Dame, Maroh 31, 1883. nearly 400-^aIthough since the infamous edict of the 29th of March, 1S81, it passed from the per­ sonal control of the Fathers of the Holy Cross, The attention of the Alumni of the University of Notre and was directed by secular professors engaged bv Dame and others, is called to the fact that the NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC has now entered upon the SIX­ them ad tempus. TEENTH vear of its existence, and presents itself anew as a On hearing of the happy change. Father Sorin candidate for the favor and supjxjrt of the many old friends immediately telegraphed to New York to secure that have heretofore lent it a helping hand. a passage for himself and Very Rev. Father Rezc, THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC Contains: the I St Assistant Superior-General, for the 4th prox. They intend to leave Notre Dame on Sun- choice Poetry, Essays, and the ciuTent Art. Musical Lit­ erary and Scientific Gossip of the day. d.iy night; and expect to return in lime for the Editorials on questions of the day, as well as on subjects CommenceiTient exercises on the 32d of June. connected with flje University of Notre Dame. Father Sorin says lie undertakes this new trip Personal gossip concerning the whereabouts and the suc­ —his 40th across the Atlantic—with a cheerful cess of former students. All the weeklj- local news of the University, including heart, although-regretting his inability to wait the names of those who ha%'e distinguished themselves for and accompany the beloved and esteemed during the week bj- their excellence in class and by their Bishop of Fort Wavne, who takes the sea only general good conduct. three \veeks later. Another regret which the Students should take it: parents should take it; and, above all. venerable Superior feels keenly is to be called OLD STUDENTS SHOULD TAKE IT. away when all his attention is centi'ed upon the erection of the famous Dome on the main building Terms, Si.^o per Art num. Postpaid. of the University, which he calls his crowning- Address EDITOR NOTRK DAME SCHOLASTIC, task, at Notre Dame, but which wc fondlv hope" Notre Dame, Indiana. will be only, a part of the ci'owning work of the revered founder of the University. As nearlv all the arransrements.havc been made —The Jridiana^olis JDaily Sentinel of March for the prosecution of work on the Dome, some of the i6th republishes entire, from the South-Bend the materials on the ground, and work alreadv Tribu7ie^ the communication from a member of begun, Father Sorin hopes it will he finished Euglossian Societ}' which originally appeared in before his return. Until the ist of June his ad­ the SCHOLASTIC. The article is on the editorial dress will be Ste.-Groix, Neuilly, Paris. He would page of the Sentinel.^ with an introductory remark also say that if there is anvthino- he can do for expressing surprise that Notre Dame University had his friends while in Paris—or at Louvain. which been refused any part in the approaching State place he intends to visits—he will cheerfullv attend Oratorical contest. The South Bend Times and the to it. Lafayette Sunday Times published some scathing We wish Father Sorin and his reverend com- remarks on the action of Executive Committee. panion a pleasant trip and a speedy return. These papers deserve the thanks of the students of Notre Dame for their prompt and praiseworthy condemnation of the State Executive Committee's —If the question were pi'oposed, in what does high-handed measure. We understand the OTVL- true oratory consist? the answers would probabh' torical contest will not take place until the 33d of be as varied ,as the persons replying to it. There April; therefore the Executive Committee cannot are few things, in fact, upon which opinion is so this year put in the plea that our representatives much divided as public speaking. But this is applied too late to be admitted. readih' accounted for. Standards and tastes difler; then again people are apt to judge speakers by themselves. A man of shallow mind will be de­ lighted with an elTort that one more gifted would —On Tuesday evening, the 27th inst., Very consider beneath contempt. Some persons regard Rev. Fathei: vSorin. »Superior-General of the Con­ only the matter of a si^eech, others only the form, gregation of the Holy Cross, received the welcome while others, again require a high order of excel­ iiews that oh the 12th inst. the mernbers of his Con­ lence in both. Hence the variety. of .opinions in gregation had been permitted to resume the charge regard to oratory and onitors. What can be more of their flourishing College of Stie.-Croix, in the common than to hear the same discourse spoken beautiful suburb of Neuill}-, Paris, and within of b}-different persons as " a xnasterh* effort," or sigfit of the fortifications of the city. The revereild "a rather dull affair": to hear people say, "The Father received a; pressing request to coine imtiie- best speech I ever listened to,"or"'Twas pretty diately^ to*Paris and reorgiainize the' celebrated ed- gqod-Wall I heard of it," implying that the .speaker' iicationaransHtute,,which'*f two Veais.had been lacked the pdwei{of producing complcic wakeful­ TieMy los't'to thb Orderi'Ste.TCroix had obtained ness. , Lecturer.s' and preachers arc characterized THE NOTRE DAME. SCHOLASTIC. 457

as eloquent or simply earnest, as gi'and speakers, • or " out-and-out" ranters; as being possessed of a | ExchangeB. wonderful flow of lanyuagc. or as lonsf-windcd, according to the tastes of their hearers. The —The erstwhile St. Mary's College yournal^ audiences that are thrown into ecstasies, as the ex­ of St. Mary's College, Ky., seems to have fallen pression is, by such speakers as Spurgeon would heir to a large estate, on taking possession of which not be apt to be over-attentive to the utterances of it has changed its name and taken that of The St. such a man as Cardinal Newman. Both are con­ Mary's Sentinel. The name indicates a military, sidered great men, orators in che true sense of the or dj^uasi military, condition, from which we infer word, but by very diflercnt sons of people. Truly, th:it the Sentinel has taken rank in the ai'my, or, there is no accounting for tastes in anything. :it :dl events, in the State militia. The uniform is A few years since, a certain Amei'ican *'ora- a very neat one, and we have no doubt that our loi',",as people called him, and as he is still spoken Kentucky friends will try to do honor to their new of, visited Entrland on a lecturins: tour, and it position. The young Kentuckians look Avell iii was expected that his success across the water their brand new suit. Thej' have our congratula­ would be as gi^eat as it had jjroved in New York. tions, and best wishes for their success. However, the English people did not admire him. —The Hesferian Student has been gradually^ at all, and the press ridiculed him so much that he but surely, working its way upward, with praise­ was glad to return home where he was acceptable. worthy industry and perseverance. The " Miscel­ Most probably he spoke quite as well abroad as laneous Mention," on the first page, although not^ he does here. The failure arose from meeting properly speaking, a college department, is becom­ with audiences over whom he could exercise no ing popular in leading college papers, and the good sway, whose ideas of public speaking arc not in judgment of the editors makes it peculiarly inter­ harmonv with those prevailing in the United esting in the Student. The first item in the cur- vStates. It was the same with Bossuet, and Bos- rent issue, about Hendricks of this State trimming suet was an orator such as the world had not seen for nomination as next President, can hardly be for over a century. In some cities of his own true. Hendricks' ambition was instrumental in the country he could never be heard often enough: defeat of his parly in this State at the last Presi­ peoj^le went wild over him, as the saying is. dential election, .nnd he should feel, if he doesn't, But it is told that, after he had preached for that he is politically dead. Ex-Senator McDonald some time at court, he became lii-esome, and would be a far better candidate, but he has the one of his auditors went so far as to whisper as good sense lacking in Ex-Gov. Hendricks, and. he once entered the pulpit, "Dear me I must we probably, would not allow his name to be used un­ always be listening to Bossuet.?" less compelled to do so. Orators, however, have their moods like musi­ — T/tc Latitei-n (Ohio State University) takes cians: it is unreasonable to expect beciuisc one a firm stand ao-ainst the resolution of the Trustees speaks well that he should do so always. On the for compulsory :ittendance at the daily chapel exr other hand, audiences, like individuals, are some­ erciscs. The reason alleged is that the scope and times in a humor to approve, paiticulariy if the purpose of the institution is education in agricul­ opinions expressed are in accordance with theirs; tural and mechanic arts: that, :i5 a State institution, at other times to criticise and find fault. What its facilities should be fi'ee to all, of anv religion pleases on one occasion ma}* offend at another. A or no i'eligion,-and that therefore the establishment speaker's name or nationality will often give him of a special form of worship is aii act of injus­ a certain right to say things which others wo,uld tice, a tyrannical act to many, inasmuch as absence not dare to insinuate. from such worship will cause the suspension or True oratory, as we conceive it, consists in the exjiidsion of the absentee. The Lantern, unlike power to attract, hold and influence the minds-and other of the Agricultural College papers, takes a hearts of multitudes without regard to their tastes, praiseworthy pride in holding to its original intents nationality, or intellectual attainments. Orators, and purposes the institution it represents, and has in the true sense of the word,—speakers who can no ambition to see it ape institutions established for always, or almost always, interest and move their a classical education. Nevertheless, The Lanient 'hearers, rnQxi with power to sway multitudes are shows itself equal in literary ability—nay, superior exceedinsflv rare. We hold that orators are born to many of the papers above mentioned. no less than jjoets. —" Score one for a literarv education," savs The Chronicle. "Last Tuesday seven law stu­ dents. t%vo of whom had received a colleofiate edu- cation, were examined for admission to practice in Finding it impossible to answer by letter the the Supreme Court. The two above mentioneH inquiries of numerous friends, I take advantage of passed, while the other five got 'plucked."-* The the columns of the SCHOLASTIC to return m}' Chronicle rejoices because it has been decided most sincere thanks for the many kind expres­ to lengthen the attendance in the Law depart­ sions of, sympathy and the murks of attention ment m the University to nine month?, instead .shown during my late illness. of six heretofore. '.'Tt is useless to discuss tlie JosEPtrA. LYONS. fact," adds the Chronicle, "that athorouffhknowl- 458 THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

edge of law cannot be obtained in t\vo \'ears' study boi'n Sts., Chicago. He says he will be always of six months each. ... This step, we hope, is only happy to meet his old friends of Notre Dame. pi^eparator}^ to lengthening the course to three —George- Gi;oss, of '79, writes from his home years, and requiring a diploma or a thorough ex­ in Reading, Pa., and sends kind regards to ail his amination for entrance." "A Romance of Col­ old friends. George is meeting with great success lege Journalism," the first two chapters of which in the extensive leg.1l practice he has secured. are given in this issue of The Chronicle^ is re- —Geo. E. Sugg, '81, is with the Law Firm of alh'^ excellent so far, so much so that one could Averv & Comstock. Chicasro. Georsre was one wish it could all be given in one number, so thor- of the " Staff" during his collegiate days, and, we oughh" enjoj-able is it,-T-aitogether different from arc glad to say, has every prospect of a bright " Co-Ed's " trashy affair which the JSforthzvesfern future. thougfht fit to eulo£rize. So much for taste with- out discernment. The cuirent issue of The —Rev. Michael Lauth, C. S. C, of '79, is now CkroTiicIe is a model one in every respect. assistant at St. Hedwigc's (Polish) Chui-ch, South Bend, of which the Rev. V. Chezewski, formerly —The Philosophlan Revieiv draws a graphic Professor at Notre Dame, is Rector. Father picture of that most despicable of people, " The Michael, in his present sphere, has given fresh Narrow-minded Man," who is, unfortunatel}"^, proof of his aptitude in the acquisition of languages, " found in all the walks of life. T-Ie can be recog­ by the singular mastery which, in a short time, he nized under almost an}- circumstances: he looks has acquired over the Polish tongue. He preached with suspicion on ever^'^bod}' and ever^'^thing; he his first sermon in Polish on last Simday, and with cannot trust even his own brother. Some one great success. wishes to do him a kindness, but this is soon sus­ pected b\- him, as he measures everything by the —Cassius M. Proctor, '75, is now the manager meanness of his ovvu soul. The good acts of of the Telephone Exchanges of Elkhart and mankind cannot live and bloom in his soul; they Goshen, this State. He was for a Ions: time citv are soon nipped by the frost of mistrust. A gen­ and county surveyor at Elkhait, but resigned in erous feeling never thrills his soul. . . . He is order to engage in his present occupation. He is very decided in air his opinions; he never expects as genial and good-natured as ever, and always to change his decisions, or to have cause to re­ happy to meet with his old friends from Notj^e pent of his actions." Yes, narrow-minded men Dame. His brother Lincoln, of '79, is controlling are to be foimd everywhere, even in colleges, in a large paper manufactory at El khart. The friends the editorial boards of college papers, and some­ of both at Notre Dame are "-lad to hear of the sue- times they get to be exchange-editors. In the cess which attends them. ball-club and debatinsr societv the narrow-minded man is the " Kicker" described in the College Merciay, always searching for tidbits in his fault­ finding, and passing the generous haunch with a Local Items. look of contempt, w^hile he ravenously devours the pickle; in the boat-club he must be one of the —" I should extemporize." "picked crew,"—whether he can. pull an oar de- —Did you get an Easter card ? centl}' or not, it,is all the same to him. He has no' regard for the general good; his mental optic —« Who quenched the lights ?" is always on No. i. —^Big snow-storm last Wednesday, -^No. 3 is being.shadowed by three. —B. says he will now smoke shadorv cigars. Personal. —" Our funny fellow's " chum is very morose. —E. Washburn (Com'l), '75, is now in busi­ —That " mustache " attracted no little attention. ness at Wessingtbn, Dakota Territory. —Jim's gestures are said to appropriate the" . —Geo. M. Lambin (Com'l), of '76, is with pastry. C. L». Elsherd, wholesale druggist, Chicago, 111. —Competitions next week in the Commercial —^W. J. Murphy, Law Class of '75, is editor Course. - -: and proprietor of the Grand Forks Plain-Dealer^ —^Dufl}-'s English opera hat excites the envy of one of the liveliest papers of North Dako'ta.. the dudes. - —James B. Patterson (Com'l),".'80, now holds a —The pavement of the Seniors' handball alley responsible position, in the lar£ce wholesale grocer}' has been macadamized. '" of P. H. Kelly & Co.. of St.^Paul, Minn., and is —Great enthusiasm prevailed on last Tuesday domg well. ,; ! . when Prof. Lyons called his,classes. ' —Frank W. Kavanaugh, of '79, spent Easter at - —vA great.contest is being carried on between the College. He is now engaged in. the real estate a quartette of poetic giants. We anxiously await and loan business in St. Paul, Minnesota, and, we the denouemerit. are informed, is kept busily employed. .—^Visitors should be. received in the proper ' —C: A. Lewis ( Com'l), .'74' ?s connected .with place and not where, oiir dandy entertained his the firm of Snow' & Co'., cor. Randolph and Dear- friends,'last'Sunday.-. THE NOTRE VAJfE SCHOLASTIC. 459

—The sun has ceased shining! Alas, poor B! 8, and the Seniors ever}'- Monday night from ,7.30 There is now a Bolt o7z that cigar box, and it will to S.30. As one hour only each week is devoted henceforth be locked. to instruction in this branch, very little, if vsiy, —Our little Junior mashers wore blue glasses, time is taken away from more serious studies. last Siuiday. They should be interviewed by '^'•old -^Our friend John is a genius in his wav. He Reliable." Ask Frank. surprised his friends last Sunday by showing them, —Work on the Dome, though, to a great ex­ what they stipposed to be, a real fig^\ but which,^^ tent, retarded by the condition of the weather, still being pressed by the fingers, immediately became progi'esses satisfactorily. a full-fiedged chicken, which, being squeezed, be­ gan to crow. This was not all—our friend turned —The " Nimrods " returned from their excur­ the crowing chicken into an t^^ again, which he sion to the Farm last Monday, with, a? the}' ex­ himself could tell from ordinary esrsrs, only bv pressed it, "fishernian's luck." squeezing it. • —Ver}- Rev. Father Gi-anger, our esteemed Pi"e- fect of Religion, was very sick dinnng the past —T.'s lecture on the " JBurj-o " was a masterly ef­ week, but is now happily convalescent. fort. The " Mugletonians" enjoved themselves hugely, and, at the close of the lecture, presented —It is expected that Rt. Rev. Bishop Dwenger the humorous lectm-er with a beautiful medal, on will visit Notre Dame during the coming week, one side of which was stamped the image of a when several ordinations will take place. burro ascending a moimtain, and on the other, th& —The recent warm spell caused m:my "cand}'" recipient's name, with suitable engravings. The pants to appear: but one pair, at least, came to lecturer thanked his generous friends, .and prom­ grief on Monday, .during the game of football. ised to tell them more about bis fets at the next, meeting. —As he passed hurriedly through the hall-way, after reciting the " Elegv." he was heard to mut- —The ceremonies in the Church on Easter Sun­ ter: "I go. nor cast one longing, lingering look day were carried our with unusual splendor and im- behind!" ' . -• - ^ pressiveness. Very Rev. Father General Sorin was the celebrant of the'Mass. with Fathers L'Etour- —One of the Minims, on being asked how many ncau and Stbffel a? deacon and subdeacon; Mr. J. eesfs he ate Sundav mornine-. answered: " Oh, Irmen acted as 2^Iaster of Ceremonies. An elo­ Pshaw"! I could only cat eleven. Have you any quent sermon on the festival was preached bv apples for me?" Rev. Pi-esident Walsh. The choir, under the di- —Another new billiard-table has been added to I'ection of Prof. Paul, rendered a grand Cecilfan the Senior Reading-room. Experts—and we have Mass. During the Offertory a beautiful Reg^ina many experts with the cue—sa}- the last is the best CcclL the com»osition oi Prof. Paul, was sung-. in Notre Dame. Now, ye Juniors, look to your —Among the m:my improvements made in the laurels! auditorium of the Music Plall, the introduction of —Yesterday was the 64th anniversary of the the gas fixtures form a veiy prominent feature. birthday of Rev. John Ford, the respected Supe­ These, with the exception of the grand chandelier, rior of St. Alo\-sius' Home. The reverend gentle­ which is to occupy the centre, have all been man was the recipient of numerous congratulations, placed in position: they include lights throughout to which the SCHOLASTIC begs leave to add its the auditorium, foot lights, head lights for the own. stage, etc. In. connection with this subject, we —Thanks to Master Joseph Livingston for an may state that the days of "red fire" are o'er. ornamental Slate Tablet, "with compliments of An immense gas :ipparatus has been contrived,'bv Moses Livingston & Co.," the popular clothiers of which all tlie pleasing illuminating effects neces­ South Bend. Ye "local" will find it "a thing sary for tableaux, etc., can be produced. of beauty" and utility in his peregrinations in —We gave the author of the followinsr eflfusion search of an,item. " a last chance" to take it back, otherwise -we '—Enthusiastic meetings were held by the St. would publish it. He rejected the offer, and here Cecilians and Philopatnans on Tuesday and Wed- is the production:—-_ „ .. \ nesda}- evenings. Addresses of welcome were From Boston City the package came, read to. their President, Prof. Lyons: and, with •'Twas for G. E. C.. of Land League fiime, - music and declamations, a verv agreeable "im- He smole a smile and blinked a blink,. promptu entertainment was presented. Then tore the wrapper—^'twas of color'ptnk—' -. Musing the while: "I'll befs a sell ' . • \. —The members of .the Crescent Club gave: an But hold! gue.<* not—it comes from "Xell" • - Easter reception last Wednesday night, which was The package 's opened—'tis no canard. greatly enjoyed by all w'ho had the good fortime But a bright, rich, handsome Easter Card! ' to be present. The Professor of A~ocal- Music —^The first baseball game of the season was expressed himself well pleased with the manner played, one day last week, between the "Red in which the members executed the A-arious-Cho- Sox," who distinguished themselves so favorably nises of the evening. ; . .'. last year,' and the " Athletes," whose name alon'e —-The dancing-classes are making rapid.prog­ brings the. exciting. games of ye:trs past to our ress under the instruction :of Mr.'J.. Marlette. minds as vividly as though thcv \vere;of vesterduy: The'Juniors meet every Tu'esday night from 7 to The game was warmly contested, the nines tylhg^ 460 THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC, at the beginning of the ninth inning. The plaj'ers Boll of Honor. were not less excited than the spectators, who hardly breathed. Courtney and Ta3dor were out SKXIOR DEPART.MEXT. on strikes, SchacfFer was at the bat, calling for Messrs. Ashford, .Anderson, Arnold, Black, J. Burke > Browne, Buchanan, Comerford, Call, Clarke, A. Coohlin. :i low ball, which he batted over the hedge and W. Coghlin, Conway, Cella, Camjibell, Clements, Craig. made a home-run, thus winnintr the game for the Chelini, Claftey, Cole, Jus. Delane^', Jno. Delaney, Eisen- " Red Sox.'' Time, one hour. J. Zeigler, umpire. hauer, T. Flynn, E. Fenlon, T. Fenlon, Fleming, Farrell, W. Hanavin and H, Fisher, scorers. Score, 6 to 7. Freeze, Fenton, F. Gallagher, Grever, Golonski, Grange, J. Gallagher, Guthrie, Gaiarnean, Harris, Jones, Johnston, —The literarj- reception held by the Colum­ Kane, Kleiber, Keller, Kolars. Kuhn, Kelly, Larkin, T. bians on the occasion of their '-^ tin jubilee " was a Laily, Mason, Murphy, Molloy, W. J. McCarthy, W. H. Mc­ decided success from every point of view. Speeches Carthy, Meyer, McCabe, Monaghan, McErlaine, jSIullen. and declamations were delivered by ^lessrs. John Mclntyre, Morse, T. McNamara, J. McNamai-a, Morris, Martin, Noonan, Newman, Ott. O'Dea, Orchard, O'Con­ Boyle O'Reiliy, J, Solon, E. O'Brien, D. Saviers, nor, O'Neill, Otis, O'Brien, Pour, Parrott, Quinn, Rogers, and G. Clarke. Mr. J. Marlette read a well-writ­ W. Ryan, T. Ryan, Sttill, Stover, Solon, Saviers, G. ten eulogy on the late Father Lemonnier, founder Smith, Tinley, Thompson, Terrazas, Twohig, ^Vhalen, of the Club. The feature of the evening, however, Warner, Wendel, Yrisairi, Zahm, Zurbuch. vC'as the readings given fi'om his favorite author JUXIOR DEPART.MEJCT. bj' Prof. Stace, a former president of the Club. Masters Armijo, Arnold, Brice, Browne, Berthelet. Bacon, Braunsdorf, Curtis, Cassilly, J. Courtney, Cain, -Music by the Crescent Club Orchestra enlivened Dupke, Darling, Danielson, Dolan, Dorenberg, Dillon, the programme, and called forth well-deserved ap­ Eisenhauer, H. Foote, M. Foote, Fehr, Fishel, Grothaus, plause. Before the close of the evening a colla­ Gerlach, Gandrup, Hagertj-, Halligan, J. Henry, W. Henry, tion was served. Messrs. Pillars, Witwer, Fen- Hornaday, Hahnavin, Howard. Handy, Hess, Jeannot Kallmann. Kerndt, Keegan, M. Kelly, Mug, Ivlurphy, Mc- Ion and Yrisarri, wlio formed the committee of ar­ Gordon, McDonnell, AlcCawley, Metz, D. O'Connor. rangements, have the thanks of the Club for their Oimick, Porter, Rothschild, F. Rjan. Reach, Rhodus, successful efforts to entertain the Columbians and Schott Schillo, Smith, Schaelrei-, Shannon, Stark, Subert, their friends. Seegers, Taylor, Terrazas, Violettc, Wallace, Waixel, Warren. Zeigler, Livingston. —^He walked jjentiv into our sanctum, carrving MIXIM DEi'AKTMEXT. a half sheet of note-paper in one hand and his hat Masters Ackerman, Cohvell, Chares, Cummings, E. Cos- in the other; as he approached our desk, his knees tigan, Coad, Chirhart, W. Devine, A. Devine, Delaplane, trembled and his face paled. Handing, us the Dungan, Krause, Luther, -Landenwich, B. Lindsey, E. McGrath, McPhee, Noonan, Stange, Schmitz, Studebaker, paper, he remarked that he had written a poern on F. Stamm, G. Stamm, Thomas, W. Tomlinson. C. Tom- "Snrincf." and. thinkins: it extremclv beautiful and linson. W. W;ilsh. Welch. toucliins:, he concluded to grive the readers of the SCHOLASTIC a literary treat. The first line, he added,- is the ke3'-note. Seeing we wei"e unfold­ Class Honors. ing the paper, and.anxious to save us the trouble, .MINI.M PEPART-ME^-T. he quoted his favorite line: Masters G. Costigan, J. J. McGrath, R. Papin, Schmitz, " Come, balmy spring, ivith flowers and showers"'— Johnson, McGordon, Welch, F. Otis, Harris, W. Prindi- We stopped him by reaching for the yard-stick, see­ ville, Kraiise, B. Lindsey, Moss, Hopkins, Thomas, Nester, F. Stamm, A. Kelly, W. Walsh. Stange, Schmauss, Mor­ ing which he shot like a thunderbolt through the rison, Coad, Masi, C. Lindsey, Bunker, Iluestis, Beall, door. 'Tis hard to say what -would hai^e been liis Whitney, McPhee, Cain, McGuire, Stewart, G. Stamm, fate had he continued. Professioiwl punsters are A. Roberts, McNaughton, Laro. Noonan. E. Costigan, G. Smith. bad enough, but compared with sprhig poets they seem as naught. —The Lafayette Shuday Times has the fol- List of Excellence. lowinsr res^aixlingthe so-called "State Oratorical PREPARATORY COURSE. Association": Reading and Orthograplw—^Messrs. Dwenger, W. Hetz, ..... There is an organization in this State called The Ludewig, Martin, Godfroy, Freeze: Grammar—Messrs. State Oratorical Association composed of students in In­ W. Dennis, Hagenbarth, Grothaus, C. Dennis, W. Henry, diana colleges- Purdue University, the State Universitj- Herrman, D.,O'Connor, ISI. O'Connor, Cavaroc, W. Mur­ at Bloomington, Wabash College of Crawfordsviile. and phy, Duffin," Zahnle, Fogarty,.Buchanan, Ilolbrook, Wal­ Asbury Uriiversitj- of Greencastle figure in the Associa­ lace, Kerndt, Berthelet: Geography and Histofj*—Messrs. tion. Thej- meet once a year at Indianapolis and have a L. Cain, Foster, Ohnick,: Ruppe, f). Armijo: Arithmetic big hurrah. A cornmittee is appointed and it mnpircs the —Messrs. Dufiin, Handj', Leflingwcll, Wall. Gaiarnean, speaking. It seems that the University of Notre Dame Kleibei", Neeson. Welch; Algebra—Messrs. Berthelet, Jas. had some oratorical students who wanted to shie their cas­ Smith, M. O'Connor, Pour, Witvver; Latin—Messrs. Jno. tors into the arena and give the representatives of othei- HefFernan, J. KeeganV Conway. . colleges a lively whirl for the champion belt. . . . The University of Notre Dame is a Catholic College, which was founded in 1S42, is chartered .by the Legislature and deservedly ranks among the lea:aing Universities of the For the:Dome. United States. Its coJlege^buildings are, beyond all ques­ tion, the finest in the.whole world. Why tliis, noble seat John Eisenhauer, Huntington, Ind $5.00 of learning should be bfack balled is something I Avould Andrew * Eisenhauer. " " ". 5.00 like to discover. The reason, I infer, is because the stu­ Thomas McNeil, Amboy, Mich .... 5.60 dents at Notre Dame, who would be sent to represent the A Child of Mary...'. V...... -:. 5.60 Universit}',-vvould, in all probability, walk off with the bake Mrs. Hariey, Notre.'Dame, Ind;...... • 5.00 shop.- .. ._..' •..^" • -; ".; - . -;- • '.,..-,.'_.- Pronations from-.Various . Sources....: ...... 20.00 THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC, 461

partment, being a continuation of the last, on the events described by Sir .Walter Scott, Jis Saint PFlary's Acabemy. happeriihg on Loch Katrine, and Loch Lomond, which subject naturall}- led to a more historical One Afifc Wesi of Notre Dame University. account of Scotland's wrongs, the braver}-of her highland chieftains, their noble hospitalit}' to friends, or foes, the strength and beautiful imagerj- —The name of Mis!> Margaret Coosran was left in their songs, examples of which were read. out by mistake from among the editresses of the Lily of the Valley. Among them were the pleading '•'•Ave Maria'^'' as sung by Ellen Douglas to the harp tones of —Very Rev, Father General gave a-^short in­ the Seer old Allan Bane, the plaintive "Coro­ struction on Sunda}', preparatorj- to iniparting the nach," and that stirring triumphal chorus, "Rod­ Papal Benediction; thus ended a day of great erick vich Alpine dhu, ho! iero"—songs that spiritual favoi-s. will never die, and should be found among —The Repository was neatly decorated, the the treasured stores of evei-y vocalist. A short altar brilliant with lights, and a profusion of rare sketch was also given of the life of Sir Walter natural flowers; the singing, especially-during the Scott, and the picturesque surroundings of his Good Frida}"- service, was solemn and edifying. cherished home at Abbotsford; and, what added —On Easter Sunday Solemn High Mass was to this interesting account, was the reading of ex­ celebrated by Rev. Father Shortis, with Rev. Fa­ tracts fi'om a letter received from an eminent thers Gleeson and Saulnier as deacon and sub- American Prelate, while there, which we have deacon. Rev. Father Glceson preached on the taken the liberty to transcribe here: "-Abbots- Gospel and mysteries of the da}-. ford. . . . Came here yesterday to visit this classic — The new alb worn at the celebration of Mass spot, and was invited by the great granddaughter on Maundy Thiu'sday is the handiwork of a dear of Sir Walter to stay and say Mass in their very invalid Sister, on the same |)attcrn to match the pretty private chapel, where they have the privilege manv altar-laces and ornaments Which she has of keeping the Blessed Sacrament. , . . The pres­ embroidered during her long illness. ent owners of Abbotsford are Lord Herries. Ens- lish by birth but Scotch by race, and his wife —Among the visitors of the week were, Mrs. Lady Maxwell Scott Hei-ries, great granddaughter M. A. Stace, Mishawaka, Ind.; Miss Kate Young, to Sir Walter Scott, both most fervent Catholics. of the Class of '69,'Chicago, III.; Miss Maiin, Lady Herries has five sisters, all of them Religious, Laporte, Tnd.; the Misses Twobmey, Goshen, one in the Isle of Malta. . . . Strange, indeed, that Ind.; Mrs. Gavan, Lafayette, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. Sir Walter's home should have become so Catho­ Joseph Schmauss, Rockford, Til. lic !" The pupils were also sui-pi-ised to hear thatthe —Very Rev. Father General preached on Wed­ large city of Glasgow is furnished by its water­ nesday evening foi; the opening of the " Retreat" works with pure water brought 20 iniles-from'the given to the Catholic pupils. The exercises of the famous Loch Kati-ine. An embankment has raised three days were conducted by Rev. Father Glceson, its level only, otherwise the grand surroundings C. S. C. It must certainly be a source of consola­ are uiichanged and its w-aters flow as serenely as in tion to their parents to have the assurance that the days of the Douglas and his clan. their beloved children had this solid preparation before making their Paschal Communion. The retreat closed after the Communion at early Mass. Their fervor and attention during^ the exercises must Patience. have drawn down many blessings on the dear children. May they rejoice f oreve'i" in God's king­ dom ! "Patience is a virtue!"—and, in my early'days,'a terribly excellent nurse-maid of a most sup'mor —The organist at St. Mary's eratefuUv ac- character used to add, "which good little girls knowledges from her esteemed friend, Mrs. Phelan, ought to possess." I believe this speech, which the gift of this year's numbers of the "JS'c^t?," always seemed something so distressingly personal the organ of the American St. Cecilia-Society, to my infant mind, was the only grievance i'could approved b}' the Holy Father and the hierarchy of complaintbf as regards this woman: but it seefmfed. the Church, Edited by Prof. J. Sihgenberger, pub­ to me to be grievance enough. Was it not said lished by F. Puste't '& Co., 52 Barclay Street, New when roll-dumpling revealed its hidden sweets aridl. York. All Catholic choirs should possess this was hungry? or my complicated clothing had to'be valuable and sure guide to "the. true spirit of our tied and hooked, and my dearest friend was wait­ church music. Many Christians of these days ing for me? This patience, virtue though it was, seem to have lost the knowledsre that the chaunt was the burden of my childhood, and, therefore, I is part of her grand liturgy; these may be dis­ suppose, on growing older, I set myself to find in­ abused of their error by a careful perusal of this stances of its perfect practice if I could. To m:y 'work, and sing, as well as adore God, in obedience youthful fancy it wdre a very sober garb, iand a to the ritual. worn arid suffering face. I looked, but coiild -^On Tuesday,-Ma'fch 20, the regiilar-Art-Lec­ never find it: other virtiies, very like patiericfe, ture-w^as given by the Directress "of the -Art -De- even related to it, presented" tHemselves,butpufe --:^ - ' , - . 462 .THE NOTRJi DAME SCHOLASTIC

patience herself, never! ' I was alwaj's making- out Holl of Honor. cases, trying to discover examples wherein patience was the real working power, and then left off the FOR POLITENESS. NEATNESS, ORDER, AMIABILITY, COR- search, coiiA'inced there was no instance to be I RECT DEPORTMENT, AND OBSERVANCE OF RULES. found. I grew older, and busy at last in my own place in the world, I forgot m\- child-fancies, think­ SENIOR DEPARTMENT. ing little of patience. Then I made the acquaint­ Par ExccUe7tce—Misses Adderly. BKipk, • C. IBabcock, ance of dear and valued friends, in a very old Barlow, Clarke, M. Campbell, C. Campbell. Call. Chirhart, couple, George and Deborah Knight. They were Comerford, Dillon, C. Donnelly, Duffield, Dimn, Dolan, Evarts, L. English, B. Encrlish, Eldridge, Fox, Feehan, L. without exception the most cheerful people I ever Fendrich, Fenlon, Gove, Gavan, Gallagbcr, M.IIeneberry, saw. The onlv drawback to my pleasure Avas that L,. Heneberrj-, Hamilton, Heckard, Hanigan, M. Hawkins, Deborah was stone deaf. My talk, therefore, was L. Jiawkins, Halter, Harris. Johnson, Keenan. M. King, with George. But she liked to see us talking, and Kirkham, Kearns, LafFer, Lancaster, Leach, Leydon, Mohl, Madolc, McCaulej-, A. Murphy, McCarteri. McKenna, would send smiles across the hearth that made a Moonej-, Maginn, Neu. O'Conneli. Pick, Quinlan, A. perfect sunshine there. She -would never allow Ryan, M. A. Ryan, M. H. Ryan, V. Reilly, J. Reilly, Ram­ anyone to \x\ to tell her v/hat \vas being said, and sey, Reiser, Sullivan, Shickey. Semmes, E. Slattery, T. would vv-ithout hesitation obey George's signs to go Slattery, Sawyer. Stackerl, Sclimauss, Spotwood, Schaefer, Steinem, Todd. Tajior, Van Patten, Walsh, Wallace. 3d or come; she was the best talker and the best Tablet—Misses Danforth, Hunt, Munger. Wiley, Williams. reader I ever met. I wondered over her happiness, JUNIOR DEPARTMENT. and was told she had found patience. George was Par Excellence—^Misses Browne, Googan, Chaves, Con- blind. If I talked with him, I saw her; but then sidine. Coj'ne, Dignan, Donnelly, Dillon. M. Ducey, Duf­ again Deborah was a cripple. She could get field, Ewing, A. English, Fn'tchman, Grist, Hibbeii, HaAv- about the house with her crutch, and holdinsr kins, Halsey. Hetz. Johnston, Lucas. Mon-ison, Malbasuf, on to jjieces of furniture, but she could never take Morgan, Naylor. Otis, Richmond, Robinson, Spengler, Shephard, Snowhook. 2d Tablet—Misses Alexander, Best, a step out-doors v/ithout the blind man's strong C. Ducey, Fisk. Fehr. Nevius, Rodgcrs. Keifer. E.Wallace. arm to lean upon. Sixty years they had been all .\tINI.M DEPARTMENT. in all to each other, and I'ejoiced that they could Par Exceileiice—Misses Burtis, JvL Barry, Chapin, M. be so still. Old George plaited straws, while De­ Ducey, J. English, McKcnnon. Lindsay, McGrath, Morley, borah read. Geoi'oe recited verses; Deborah col- Otis, PrcKcott. Schm.auss. G. Wallace. lected new pieces for him to learn, and taught them to him. , They were not very poor, generally kept SCHOOL OF DRAWING AND PAINTING. a servant. Thev were the advisers, the friends, every way, of everybodj-; " The happiest people I HONORABLY MENTIONED. ever knew!" I said to the priest, v»^ith wonder. DRAWMsG. " Few have so practised patience," he said. 3D CLAS.S—Misses Shickey, E. Slattery, Pick, Agnes My child thoughts came back. " They :ire too English, Richmond, Ui-iger, W.nlsh, Shephard, Madole, A. happy," I said, ''•for •patience''' Duiiield, Johnston, Dolan, Otis, Fehr, Coyne, Giist, Stack­ erl, Spotwood, Van Horn, Crawford, Halter, Dunn, Quin­ He almost laughed. " What, criticize the re­ lan, Bathrick, Durphy, Leach, Evarts, Heckard. Martha ward? First, endurance^ then ivillingness^ then Hawkins. cheerfulijess; those are the steps to that state to PAINTING IN WATER-COLOIiS. Mrs. G. Costigan; Misses Shickey. Grist, A.English. which s-ivins' thanks belonos." Evarts, Halter, Spotwood, Wallace. So I went away, feeling that though I might OIL-PAINTING. have seen patience often before, I was now seeing 1ST CLASS—Misses Fox, C. Campbell. Lancaster. dail^- its approach to its perfection. Soon George 2D. Div.—Misses Van Patten, Beal, Harrigan. died, and how people pitied Deborah! 2D CLASS—Misses Donnelly, V. Reilly, Ewing, Hene- " My dear," she said to me, " I know that folks berry, Clarke, Spengler. 3D CLASS—blisses ^L A. Ryan, M. H. Ryan, Barlow, ai-e kind, but I am not sorrj* I cannot hear them. .Williams. George gave up his sight, like a gift, to God, and 2D Div.—Misses Richmond, Walsh, J. Duffield, Johns­ now I can't help being glad that he can see." ton, M. Hawkins, E. Hawkins, Stackerl, Dolan. In a year I was by Deborah's death-bed. A VELVET PAINTING. stiff and silent death-bed it was to her. She could Misses Van Patten. Fendrich. M. Hawkins. E. Hawkins, not move without help, nor hear one consoling V. Reillv- word. "I am sorr}'^ for you," she said to us; GENERAL DRAWING. "God will reward the sympath}', I see on \o\\x SENIOR DEPARTMENT. dear faces. But who ever deserved to hear the .Misses Johnson,, Black, Danforth, Mooney, O'Conneli, voice of God's priest? Is it not enough to know Sawyer, Hunter, Gallagher. that he has spoken? Don't be fretted: my heart JUNIOR DEPARTMENT. Misses Nevius, Morgan, Otis, Rodgers, Brown, Fehr, has knowledge of a quicker sort than ever came Dignan. Coyne, Chaves, Van Horn, Morrison. by human ears. -And then I love too well what God gives to part even with what you fancv is a cross." IK the culinar\- art, as well as in any other, And so she died. And patience ever since, to proficiency necessarily supposes a proper use of my fanc}-, has worn a look of tender triumph, and implements. Instances, however, are on record has stepped on her wa}- lighth% with .a glad face where the bottom has been burnt out of a coffee­ of love.—Metro^olitain. pot, even when manipulated by a so-called adept. THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC, 463

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