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CONTENTS J5he WANING OF THE YEAR. (Verse) She JESUITS IN CHICAGO SUPPOSING (Verse) CELT AND SAXON SAVED FROM THE WASTE REVERIES ^s^ T3he HALSTED STREET STRADIVARIUS EDITORIAL TShe Faculty Ovir Staff Silver Jubilee of Marquette College "She Need of a College Song ^s^ Raising College Entrance Requirements Jesuits as Weather Forecasters Obligatory Athletics Hazing New Courses at St. Ignatius Our Illustrations KINKS 1 COLLEGE NOTES ACADEMY NOTES SOCIETIES ATHLETICS MUSIC AND SONG ^^ ALUMNI NOTES PASSIM EXCHANGES ^s^ Kiitered as Second Class Matter at P. O. Chicago, 111. The Waning of the Year. tE^I)f &t. 3i5^^t^w2( Collegian Vol. VI. Chicago, III., November 1906. No. 1. %\)t Waning of t\)t |9ear. HE fair inheritance of mellow fruits. T The smiling fields that gladdened Summer's face. These yello^v meads and sombre leafless trees, 0*erhung by chill and leaden skies, replace. Refreshing ^woods, \vhere summer's fervid heat Ne'er came, \vave drear and naked boughs, and And mirrored in the pool of placid mien [moan Reflect forms gaunt they know not for their ow^n. The boisterous, blustering \vinds, the trees. The sluggish Autumn day, the stubble sear. Lament and sigh and >vith one voice acclaim Fair Nature's death, the waning of the year. Patrick J. Mulhem, THE ST. IGNATIUS COL,IvEGIAN. The Jesuits in Chicago. A History of Holy Family Church and St. Ignatius College. (1872-1878.) WHEN the great fire of October, 1871, had spent its force, thousands stood gazing across the smoking and ghastly ruins that stretched to the north and east. Under that smoldering and twisted wreckage lay their homes and the treas- ured possessions of a lifetime. To many there was nothing left to call their own but the strong arms and the unconquerable will that had once raised a city in the wilderness and turned again to repeat the task. From this all but universal ruin, the Holy Family Parish was exempt. It would be unjust to say that they were insensible to the misery around them, or to deny that in hundreds of unrecorded acts they held out to the suffering and destitute thousands, bands that were not empty. But situated as they were on the very edge of the fire-swept region, their homes were unravaged, their schools and their churches were turned into temporary asylums for the homeless and the needy. But more than this, as time went on, thousands flocked to the western part of the city, and at the ap- proach of winter filled its unoccupied sites, until its busy streets and crowded homes were all that stood before the world for the City of Chicago. Thus the misfortune of many was turned into the prosperity of a few, and from the fire-swept ruins of Chicago the West Side rose to a sudden and temporary ascendency. The Bishop of the diocese, whose cathedral and residence had been leveled in the general catastrophe, made St. Ignatius College his headquarters for the space of six months. At the end of his stay, desiring to leave some permanent token of his gratitude, he contributed the sum of one thousand dollars to the THE ST. IGNATIUS COLL,EGIAN. 3 College Museum of Science and Natural History, then in its in- fancy. In this benefaction the reverend donor builded better than he knew. The work thus early encouraged by his generosity, grew and prospered under the long and able management of its curator. Reverend Francis X. Shulak. For many years this Museum has been one of the glories of St. Ignatius College, although it will appeal more perhaps to the student and the man of science than to the casual visitor. It is situated on the same floor as the ex- hibition hall and adjoining it, occupying the entire length and breadth of the east and west wings of the College building. The specimens are arranged in ornamented cases—the wood carving in the Natural History section is unusually rich and tasty. Here are gathered a great variety of rare and costly specimens from all quarters of the globe, corals from the Pacific, amethysts from Austria, and metal ores from the American mines. The geological and botanical specimens are varied, although incomplete. Of less scientific value, though perhaps of greater general interest, is the collection of curios, from the crude arrow head and calumet of aboriginal American workmanship to the delicate tracery that be- speaks the patient and perfect art of India and Japan. The growth of the congregation already referred to as well as the unusual extent of the parish (then the largest in the city), made it imperative at this time to erect a new parish within the limits of the old. To this end, a piece of land about one mile southeast of the old property was purchased for four thousand dollars, and a wooden church, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, erected thereon. At the same time, a small chapel on the western boundar}' of the parish, known as St. Pius', was turned over to the Bishop and by him entrusted to the care of the secular clergy. Another improvement in the College which has remained with modifications to the present day was made in the following year. The entire upper floor of the College building was fitted up as a hall and provided with a gallery. A stage was likewise equipped with the scenery necessary for ordinary college dramatics. The hall and gallery had a combined seating capacity of sixteen hun- dred. An observatory was also projected and the platform of the structure actually erected on the roof of the College building. The 4 THE ST. IGNATIUS COL,L,EGIAN. purchase of the instruments and the construction of the dome were left to future time, but long before that time arrived the grime and smoke and dust which have made Chicago famous rendered the fulfillment of the project futile. But the beginning of the work remains to this day in the queer, stunted prism which stands above the College and has caused wonderment and curiosity to many. In spite of the great setback given to the city by the fire, the attendance at the College gradually recovered, and was well over the hundred mark during the annual examinations of 1872. It passed the second century mark early in the succeeding year. Good conduct and diligence among the students was encouraged by a double system of awards, the bestowal of good conduct testimo- nials at stated times, and the conferring of a gold medal upon the student judged most worthy by the united vote of the faculty and student body. While the first system is still in vogue, the second seems to have been discontinued after three years. It is interest- ing to note that this medal was first awarded to Cornelius B. Suljivan, who subsequently entered the Society of Jesus and died in Detroit universally beloved as a holy and zealous priest. At last, after sixteen years of unremitting labor. Father Damen passed from the government of St. Ignatius College and from the records of its subsequent achievements. It had for some time been evident that Father Damen must surrender either the work of the missions or the direction of the College, for the Col- lege was growing fast and demanded the undivided labors of one man. On the missions, Father Damen's place coiild not be filled by another, in this work his zeal and fervid eloquence made him preeminent, but there were many able and experienced college men who could readily take up his other duties. And so, on the 26th of August, 1872, the Reverend Ferdinand Coosemans arrived from St. Louis to assume the duties of President of St. Ignatius College. For a time, it is true, Father Damen's headquarters were in Chicago, and here he returned during the brief intervals between his missionary journeys, and he still retained the title of head pastor of the church he had founded. The students' sodality dates from the second day of Novem- ber, 1872, when Mr. Charles M. Charropin, S. J., gathered to- gether fifty students distinguished for their piety, and organized THE ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGIAN 5, them under the patronage of the Mother of God. At first, the meetings were held on Sunday afternoons three times in the month, and on the fourth Sunday the sodaHsts received com- munion at an early mass. As the city grew, and the residences of many students became farther removed from the College, the time of meeting was changed to the evening after class. During the years 1872-73 little of moment occurred either in church or College. The semi-annual and annual examinations dur- ing these early days were conducted orally and by classes in the exhibition hall.