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VOL XXXIX. NOTRE DAME, INDIANA , MAY 12 , 1906. No. 29.

The Sorin Monoment 482 NOTRn DAME SCHOLASTIC.

said to them: "Gentlemen, it would IDC a Father Sorin. mockery to erect a statue to Father Mathew as long as we are neglecting his work. Go and start again Father Mathew's N this festival of the Finding work all over Ireland; that will be the of the Holy Cross, wê are best centennial monument to his memory." gathered here in the presence The logic of this is unanswerable. Not of oiiir Divine Lord to do for the wôrld would we be guilty of such honor to Father Sorin We all an inconsistency. Here, then, at Father feel that it is a sacred duty Sorin's feet we will this morning take to to render all possible honor to the memory heart, more lovingly and earnestly than of such a man that so the influence of the ever before, that lesson of the Holj- Cross qualities which made him great may not which his whole life was spent in teaching. cease to act upon the generations that And, in the first place, it is a noteworthj^ follow him. The thirteen Aêars that have fact that the lesson." of the Cross was elapsed since his death, far irom dimming not entirely of his own choosing. It wâs our remembrance of him, have but served manifestly given to him and his associates to set forth in clearer light the splendid by the Providence of our Lord. For character w^hich, during the fifty-two years Providence gave them as the cradle of their of his priestly life and labors in America, Orderythe village of Holy Cross, a suburb rendered him colossal among his fellowmen. of Mans in France; and it was the simple It would be an injustice, not only to him peasantry among whom they first labored but to the Providence that made him what who called them Priests of the Holy Cross. he was, to permit such a life-example to Thus it was not by their choice but by pass into oblivion. In the spirit, -therefore, Providence that the title of the Holy Cross of dutifulness toward Providence, as well was given them as the name of their Con as toward Father Sorin and those who gregation, and the lesson of the Holy Cross are thankful, nay, proud, to be his disciples, as the perpetual theme of their teaching. we to-day -dedicate this statue to his Nor wâs it by his own choice, but by the memory. \ Providence of God, that Father Sorin's But it requires no stretch of imagination first Mass in America was offered up on to hear coming to us from the spirit world the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy the echo of that wêll-known voice, exclaim Cross. His own intensely spiritual nature, ing: "Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but ever sensitive to the touch of the divine, to Thy name give glory!" And w^hen wê recognized clearly in these facts the point answer that it is for the glory of God that ing of the finger of God. His soul was filled we give glory to him, he replies, with a with the conviction that the lesson of the vehemence like to that of St. Paul: "God Cross of Christ was the lesson which he forbid that I should glory save in the Cross and his Order had to learn for their own of our Lord Jesus Christ!" And he goes sanctification, and which it was their special on to say to us: "My life is spent in teach duty to teach the world, for the world's ing the lesson of the Holy Cross. Teach greatest good. Hence during all his life, that now in my stead, yea, in= my name. his every word add act seemed to breathe Teach it now, and teach it always; for it that declaration of the great Apostle: "I is the only wisdom," consider myself to know nothing among Father Sorin is right. When Archbishop you but Christ Jesus and Him crucified." Walsh of Dublin was waited on by a com Some, remembering his chivalrous devoted- mittee in regard to the erection of a ness to our Blessed Ladj'-, may be prone to centennial statue to Father Mathew, the think that love for her was the special Apostle of Temperance, the Archbishop inspiration and lesson of his life. But let us call to mind that, word of St. John, which * Sermon preached by the" Most Rev. John J. Keane, D. D., Archbishop of Dubuque, on the occasion of Father Sorin nevtr forgot: "There stood the unveiling of the Sorin Monument, Thursda3% by the Cross of Jesus His Mother;" and Ma3' 3,.190'6. we see at once how the two thoughts v\rere NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. 483 for him inseparable, and that what most ment to God, in the name of humanity, of all rendered his heart so tenderly devoted which thus acknowledges that it had chosen to Mar3', was that she stood nearest of all the things of this life, the things of earth, to the Cross of Jesus. We look up to him instead of God, and that it repents of then, and ask him to help us understand just the folly. That death He accepts and offers what the lesson of the Cross signifies, and up as an act of supreme love to humanity. what is its practical import for us and for Mankind were, says the poet, like "swine our generation. And he answers again in of Epicurus' pigstj^" seeing in one another the words of St. Paul: "We preach Christ only rivals and enemies; but Christ crucified crucified, unto the Jews indeed a stumbling- proves the almost infinite worth and block, and unto the Gentiles foolishness; lovableness of humanity. That death He but unto them that are called, both Jews accepts as the penance for sin, when " God and Greeks, Christ the power of God and laid on Him the iniquities of us all." But the wdsdom of God. For the foolishness of He "lays down His life that He may take of God is wiser than men and the weakness it up again," flinging off the death of of God is stronger than men." iniquity, of self-seeking, of self-indulgence "Here, then," he saj'-s to us, "is the lesson and heartlessness, to take up, in the name w^hich 3ôu must try .to fathom, and to of all humanity, that new life which alone impress on the mind of your age, and espe is trulv- life, the life animated by those two cially of 3ôur countr}'-,—the lesson that. supreme loves—^love of God and love of Christ crucified is the wisdom of God and humanity. In that death to evil and that the power of God; that in vain will the new^ life of love, is found the wisdom of intellect of your age and country seek God. and the power of God. wisdom elsewhere than in Christ crucified, Does not a glance at history show us that and in vain will its boundless energies seek this is the truth, that this is the summing power elsewhere; that the achievements up of all the philosophy of humanity ? For both of the intellect and of the energies of ages before our Lord taught that won the future will be great and beneficent drous lesson, mankind had been crying out and glorious, just in proportion as they despairingly: " Give me understanding that are inspired and moved and guided and I may^ know w^hat I am, and whence I come, controlled by Christ crucified."- and whither I am going, and wherefore I Turn we then to our blessed Lord, and am here, and what is expected of me during ask Him to unravel to us this mystery, to my brief span of j-ears!" teach us what is the inner meaning of this The philosophies, one after another, had assertion, that Christ crucified is the wis tried to answer these mighty questions of dom of God and the power of God unto humanit3^ And Cicero, reviewing them all, mankind. concludes hy saying: "It would take a god And our divine Lord answers us: "I lay to tell us which of these things is true, or down My life for My sheep. Therefore, doth whether anj^ of them is true;" and beneath the Father love Me, because I la^^ down My the written words we read the unwritten life that I may take it again. No man thought—"if indeed there be a god." Thus taketh it away from Me; but I lay it down life seemed to be a poor, struggling thing, of Myself; and I have power to lay it flung out of darkness, to be again soon down, and I have power to take it up swallowed up in darkness. No wonder then again." that the Epicureans êxclaimed: "Let us Here then is what is meant by Christ squeeze out of life what we can of pleasure crucified. It means the voluntar}^ accept and of profit;" and no wonder that the ance of death b}-^ Him over whom death Stoics growled: " And then fling it back in had no dominion. That death He accepts the face of the gods, if there be any gods!" and offers up in His capacity as the Good And while it was thits with human Shepherd,—as the Head and Guide and thinking, so also was it with human Chief of mankind, as "the Second Adam." striving &nd endeavour. The world had That death He accepts and offers up as an beheld wondrous achievements of human act of supreme homage and love and atone energy as of human genius. But Fate 484 NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. alwav-s sat in judgment, and asked ^'Qui shine forth from the Cross of Christ, teach boiio?^' And w^hen matchless daring and ing that man wâs not made to eat and drink energ3^, coupled with vastest resources, had and strive and die like the animals; that done their best and grandest, it proved he was not made for any destin3'' that this to be the colossus whose downfall Daniel world can either bestow or take aw-ay; explained to the heathen king. Its feet that God, the eternal, the infinitefy good were brittle cla3'', and therefore the end and true and beautiful, is man's beginning thereof wâs ruin, because the fundamental and man's end. Thenceforth, this is pro principles, wdiich must inspire and direct claimed to be the dignitj'- of human nature, human action, were wrong. And so, no this the responsibility of human conduct, matter how sublime the structure,, its end this the comfort and uplifting inspiration was necessarih'- disaster. The wnsdom of of humanity as it joume\'S through thorns God and the powder of God wêre not in and briars and pitfalls toward Light it, and so it could onl^'- fail. Eternal. Such wâs, in brief, the history of humanitj'^ With the shining of that wisdom there from the Garden of Eden till the coming likewise radiates from the Cross the power of Christ. Mankind had listened to the of God, making man not only wise but tempter, had chosen the wasdom and the brave, generous, naj';, heroic, to strive after power offered by Satan, rather than the the real utilities and greatnesses of life, the wdsdom and the power of God. And God true objects of ambition, the fitting aims had permitted mankind to make the great of energy, tl;ie worthy goal of endeavor. experiment, to test practicall3'- what wôuld Thenceforth the world recognizes that in be the result of believing such a teacher, of the final judgment of mankind, as in the following such a leader and serving such final judgment of God, true greatness of a master. Satan was, according to the achievement depends on greatness of char expression of our Lord, "the Prince of this acter, and that greatness of character does world." And the great experiment of the iiot consist in love of self, but in love of ages had proved disastrous, had shown the God and of humanity'-; not in lust and truth of the Prophet's wôrd: "Know thou greed, but in puritj- and unselfishness; that and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing the more Christ-like a man is in motive for thee to have left the Lord thy God." and in character, the more wall his life-work But just before our divine Lord gave be an honor to humanity and a blessing Himself up to the death of the Cross, to his generation; that the verx'^ highest there happened one of the most thrilling ideal of human greatness is the consecration and significant events of His life. Certain of life and death to supreme love of God Gentiles came and asked to see Him. As and devoted love of humanity. they approached Him our Lord was This wâs an ideal that heathenism wâs rapt in ecstacy, contemplating the heathen incapable of, because it had no notion of nations from w^hich thej'- had come, those God as wôrthy of supreme love and no nations in which Satan had so long been notion of humanity as wôrthy of devoted, permitted to reign supreme. And He ex unselfish service. The Cross of Christ wâs claimed: "Now^ is the judgment of the the teacher of this wisdom and the inspirer wôrld; now shall the Prince of this world of this heroism by what it taught both be cast out. And I, if I be lifted up on of God and of man. the Cross will draw all things to Myself. It wâs into this sublimity of wdsdom, this Father, glorify Thy name." And a voice heroism and power of life, that humanity from the heavens like thunder proclaimed: had to be, as our Lord declared, "born "I have both - glorified it and wîll glorify again." This is "the new life" brought it again." - into the wôrld by-.its Saviour. This is the There wâs the turning-point of history. life that He "took up again," w^hen, having Thenceforth, the wusdom of God was to be cast off the wôrld's iniquities and follies the world's teacher and guide, the powder which He had borne in His body on the of God was to control and aid mankind. Cross, He rose glorious from the tomb. This Thenceforth, the wîsdom bf God was to is to be henceforth the life of Christendom. THE UNVEILING

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But the Prince of this world, although it is simply through the practical material cast dowm from his throne bv" our Lord ism of a Vk'orld wear3'- wnth much thinking, has during all these centuries remained and that now presses on toward material ever hostile, ever alert, ever seeking evil to aims, in a spirit in which the dispositions the kingdom of Christ. The historj"- of the of the Epicurean and of the Stoic are again errors and the wa3''wardness of these ages most singularly blended. has been the historj'- of Satan's endeavors The experience of all histor3^ shows that to lure mankind back from the spirit of the outcome of such a world-wide striving the Cross, the spirit of self-immolation, to as this can not be for the world's good, the spirit of self-indulgence, self-seeking, self- can not be for the welfare, temporal or assertion; from the spirit of Christianitj- eternal, of them that are engaged in back to the spirit of heathenism; from the it. To 3'ou, blessed with the intellectual wisdom and power of God to the wisdom light and'the moral principles of a superior and power of Satan. Christian education, the twentieth centur3' He too has had his "new birth," the has a right to look for light and for help; renascence of heathen ideals and tastes for the light and the help which God has and philosophies in the thought and the centred in the Cross of Christ; for the literature of modem times. And histor\^ has aid of the wisdom of God and the power shown how-, in the lives both of individuals of God 133'- which alone the world can and of races, it has brought forth the fruits seek right ends and can attain them. of death which made the prophet exclaim Will 3''Ou, then, give to 3'-our age what it of old: "Know thou and see that it is an needs must expect of 3'ou? Will 3'-ou be evil and a bitter thing for thee to have left to 3'-our age what the Providence of God the Lord th\'^ God"—it has alwa^^s ended manifesth'- demands that 3'OU be to it? Or in pessimism, raisanthropA', and despair. will 3'-our lives be a disappointment both to The spirit of Epicurus has ahva3'S led to 3''Our generation and to divine Providence? the bitter gloom of the Stoics. Though clad This is the qtiestion which Father Sorin in all the fascinations of sentimentalism, it asks 3'Ou on this festival of the Hoty Cross has but taught the old familiar lesson, that which 3^011 have so lovingh'-turned into a human life is a failure when it is not guided famil3^ feast in his honor. Now in the light of b3'' the wisdom and the power of God; that eternity he sees even more clearl3'- than while the lesson of the Cross of Christ is the onl^-- here amid life's worries, that the 01113^ salva salvation for the world. tion of the world is in the Cross of Christ; To YOU, mv dear A'ôuug hearers, the lesson that the only hope of success, whether tem of the Cross comes with special significance poral or eternal, for the life of individuals, and force. The superior education which of nations, of mankind, lies in their having- it is yovLV good fortune to receive, marks the wisdom of God for their guide and the 3?ôu out as among the providential leaders power of God for their strength. It was in in the life of the twentieth centur3% In order to lead his generation to this convic jiroportion as your education lifts 3'ôu tion and to guide them in its light that he above 3'ôur fellow-citizens in that propor became a priest of the Holy Cross. And since tion they Avill naturall3' expect from 3'ôu our America is manifest^ destined to lead guidance in the solution of life's jDroblems the forward march of mankind, it was to the and aid in the attainment of life's aims. enlightenment and guidance of America that And perhaps in no I preceding age have Providence consecrated his life. It was for mankind been more prone to tr3' to solve that end that.he founded here this great life's problems without heeding.the wisdom school of higher learning in which thou of God, and to strive for life's advantages sands npon thousands = of the brightest without seeking guidance and aid, from the 3'ôuth' of. America should.be educated under powêr of God. This is not how^^ owing to the inspiration of the Hoh^ Cross, should romanticism and classicism .and philos- „ be. taught, to. view life and all things in ophism, as in the da3'^s of the Renascence. the light of the "wisdom of God and to The world has long since grown tired of press forward towârd the realization of all that, suspicious of it, averse to it. No, life's hopes in the strength of the power jfeîiiiiil

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PI 488 NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. of God. It was for this that he called to your hands; this is my reward lor m3'' long this work the nwriads of consecrated lives, years of toil and privation in the building of men who, as successive generations of up of all that you now enjo3^ Here I unite priests of the Holy Cross, will teach the with 3'-ou. invisibly this morning in laying mightj'^ lesson to generation after genera the homage of this promise at the feet of tion of America's best j'-oung minds and our divine Lord in the Sacrament of His hearts. Love. And in the blessed home to which O how he is prajdng now^ that these His merc3'- has called me, this shall be mA-- great ends ma3'^ be more and more clearlj'- unceasing supphcation, that the spirit of understood and appreciated, more and more this vow may ever throb and pulsate and earnesth'- pursued, more and more fully energize through all the life of Notre Dame; accomplished by this institution, by its mas that it ma3'' be the unfailing inspiration of ters, b3' its scholars, by its alumni! The all its masters and all its students; that honor which above all he desires to receive from these academic halls it may accompau3'- at^ /our hands is this^fiilfil the X3urj30se of them through all the ways of life; may his life; show to him and to the world that hold them ever 103'âl to their duty toward he has not lived and striven in vain; so live themselves, their country, their Saviour and and so work, that everj'- 3'ear, 3'êa, everj-- God; ma3'^ render their influence an uplifting, daA-^, you maj' be able to look up to him ennobling energy to all with whom the3^ and say: See, Father, we are wâlking in come in contact, and ma3'^ potentty contrib the wa3'S you marked out for us; wê are ute to keep America always what God has living b3'^ the spirit which animated 3'ôur made herâ Christian nation, to make her life; we are striving for the ends that were career a protest against the materialism so dear to 3'ôur heart. The light that blazes and irreligion of the age, a declaration that from the Cross of Christ is the light that nations as well as individuals must look to guides our steps now and in whose radi Him, lean on Him, be guided, controlled, ance we shall strive to guide the steps of inspired by Him Who alone is the wisdom our generation. The divine wisdom which of God and the power of God." beams from the Cross of Christ is the And to that prayer of Father Sorin we criterion of all our thinking, the test of all all, frorii the depths of our hearts, shall our conclusions as to the purposes of life, now and always say AJMEN. and with God's help it shall be such always. The divine power which goes forth from •*•>• the Cross of Christ is to us the central May 3 at Notre Dame. energy of the wôrld, the one force of God like achievement, the one strength that When the lips of Archbishop Keane shall can hold a man erect under the burden of be sealed up forever and his voice no longer life, resolute under the disappointments of lifted among men, there will have passed life, undated under the successes of life, awây from the Catholic Church in America brave and calm and resigned under the its foremost preacher. Such must be the sorrows of life, loyal to dut3'^, to conscience, conviction of all w^ho heard the, eloquent to God, under the temptations of life; orator at Notre Dame on the occasion of steadity persevering unto the end amid all the unveiling of the statue erected to the the vicissitudes and wearinesses of life. We memory of Father Sorin. At the beginning make this promise brayety, Father, because of his discourse the preacher read the wê rely not on our own weak strength epistle for the da3'-, the appropriate, jubi but on the aid of Him.who died on the lant lesson—Bcce sacerdos magnus. Then Cross for love of us, and on the prayers with clear, sonorous voice .and clean-cut Avhich - you, beloved and honored Father, gestures—in a word, with that true, fine will surely never fail to offer up for us, old elocution that is passing away from whom you still regard, and" always miist amongst us,—^he delivered the magnificent regard, as yoiir children. sermon that is printed herewith. Not a ; Arid , Father Sorin; answers:v^'This, my moment of his discourse but the thronged children, is the only honor that I desire at church listened with close attention, with NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC, 489 spirits that rose and fell at the will of pedestal of Vermont granite, was shrouded the wizard orator; not a student's heart with the Stars and Stripes which: Father at the end of the great sermon but was Sorin loved so much, and the papal ensign. lifted to the serene heights of high resolve Father Cavanaugh, President , of JSTotre. and nolole endeavour. Dame, came forward, and with his superb The discourse was preached at the Solemn manner and in glorious voice spoke the Pontifical Mass celebrated by the Right words that follow herewith, an address that Reverend Bishop Alerding, of Fort Wayne. for classic beaut3'' and eloquence reminds In the sanctuarj^, besides the Right Rev. one of Lincoln's Gett3-sburg Address: preacher, was the Rt. Rev. Mgr. Oechtering Threescore A-ears and more have passed since a and scores, of visiting clergy. More than young missionar\- first looked in hope and affection a hundred ministers in glowing red and on the Avilderness where now blooms this beautifial rich purple, with candles and incense, garden. Pie had left the mellow ci\-ilization of France for a ra\v, pioneer countr\- where one might travel filled the large sanctuarj'-, making a picture for daA's almost without seeing the smoke curl up of surpassing splendor. Half a hundred from a woodman's chimne3-. Poor, nntried, ignorant male voices rendered the Mass beautifulh'-, of the customs and langtiage of the people, he and and a quartette of seminarians sang at the his brave Brothers looked smiling and unafraid into offertory a harmonized "Christus factus " the face of privations and labor. Often he was carried half frozen from the sled in which he made his mis in plain chant. The student body and man3' sionary joumcA-s to the Indians and the scattered distinguished friends of the Universitv from white men for one hundred and fifty miles in every near and far filled the immense nave of the direction; more than once the horses were unyoked church to its utmost capacit3\. from the plow and sold for debt. Once,at least the students must have gone supperless to bed were it The ministers of the Mass were as follows: not that a passing stranger made an unexpected gift; The Rt. Rev. Herman Joseph Alerding, D. D., once pestilence almost annihilated the Community; Fort WaAme, celebrant; Rev. T. Crumle^', twice the hungry fire devoured the work of generations; C. S. C, the assistant priest; Rev. Fathers a thousatid times came terror and discouragement, • btit never once despair. Hagertj^ and Molone3'', deacons of honor; Rich onh- in the zeal of his fervent soul, strong Fathers Maguire and Gallagher, deacon only in the courage of his noble heart, he labored and subdeacon of the Mass; the Reverend on, till to-daA- the Avork he directed is the pride of William .Connor, C. S. C, master of cere America and the glor\- of the Church. No man who monies; Mr. H. M. Kemper, assistant master needs a monument to commemorate his memory ought of ceremonies. ever to have one; unless the story of a man's achievements lives in the hearts of his fellowmen, After Mass a procession was formed firom no bronze, however high, can lift his name out of the church to the entrance of the grounds oblivion. Notre Dame is Father Sorin's monument; where, the statue of Father Sorin was to be but to-day a grateful people have demanded that the unveiled. The students marched according gracious features and the raanlv figure of this great priest should be preserved for generations that never to their respective halls; thej'- were followed looked on him in life. by the dignified array of graduates and Therefore, in the name of the sainted apostles who facultj'-, in cap and gown, then came the carried the Roman cross into countries over which acolytes ' and ministers, and lastl3'- the the Roman eagle never passed; in the name of the members of the Communit3'- and the visitors. hoh' missionaries of everv- age, the evangelizers of A platform had been erected beside the ever}- land, who have ventured for God where the merchant would no£ venture for gold nor the soldier, monument, and around this the audience for glorv-; in the name of those Christian educators of three thousand or .more grouped them . who believe, as he believed, that the heart of culture selves, while the Universit3'- Band pla3'-ed" is culture of. the heart and that the soul of music appropriate to the occasion.- Among improvement is improvement of the soul; in the- those tipon the stand with the Right Rev. name of humanity whom he loved and served without distinction of race or creed; in the name of America, Bishops was the Ver3'- Rev. John A. Zahm, the scene of his labors and the land of his predilection; Provincial of the CiDngregation of Ploty in the name of srenerations of A-otmsr men whose lives Cross, modest and quiet of manner, but in have Ijeen touched and sanctified by his consecrated reality the power behind the day's celebra hand; in the name of Alma Mater whose foundation tion, for this Was his idea, the execution of stones were cemented .with his swêat and blood;' in itlie name of a noble army of Priests, Brothers and which brought such joy to all hearts. Sisters of Holy Gross who with him bore the burden The . great. statue, high on its superb of a long day and are now with him trembling in

NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. 491 the everlasting ecstacy; in the name of venerable The histor\- of Father Badin's connection rehgious here present into whose souls come rushing with Notre Dame is well known; not less back so manx- holy memories to-dav; in the name of the Iloh- Catholic Church whose lo3-al and faithful interestins:, but decidediv .more novel, is the priest he was; in the name of St. Joseph and the story of how his remains came to be trans Blessed \'irgin whose names he niagnitied; in the ferred to this home of his heart. Shortly name of Him. the Saviour of us all. whom he served before the aged missionar\-'s death, while on and loved with almost perfect love and perfect service— a visit to Notre Dame, he made the special I say unveil the statue of Sorin. request of Father Sorin that a little log Enthusiasm and reverence and love were house might be bnilt for him on the shore at their height when, at the proper moment, of St. Mar\''s Lake where he might live out Brother Charles i:)ullcd the cord that unveiled his days in pe^ice. Just at this time Father the statue, and Father Sorin in eight feet Sorin \vas unable to satisf\- his wishes; he of bronze stood in the midst of those had no Brother whom he could give the who did honor to his memoiy. "Perfect," venerable priest as a nurse. Father Badin "matchless," was the spontaneous ciw of returned to Cincinnati where he shortfy those who knew the veneraljle patriarch passed awa3% He was honored with inter in life, while the thundering "U. X. D." and ment in the cathedral. loud hurrahs of the student bod3' attested It was not long till Father Sorin, knowing in a vigorous way their devotion to the what was the will of the saintfy departed great founder of their Ahna JMaicr. Every- in the matter, requested Archbishop Purcell bod}' felt the alternatiA-e was either to j-ell for the remains of F'ather Badin that he or to weep. The statue was afterward mioht remove them to Notre Dame. blessed, and the procession returned to the Archbishoi^ Purcell objected on the ground church. that the proper resting-place of Father At four o'clock in the afternoon occurred Biidin was in the cathedral of the diocese a more sombre ceremony, the interring of in which he was Vicar-General. Father the remains of the Rev. Theodore Badin, Coi'by as Provincial made the same request the first priest ordjiined in the United States. of the Archbishop of Cincinnati without The Rt. Rev. Mgr. Oechtering conducted the persuading him to his point of view. It requiem service, attended b\- the Rev. was not till the Ver\- Rev. Provincial, Father Fathers Renand, C. S. C, and Schumacher, Zjihm, went in person to Cincinnati and C. S. C, as deacon and subdeacon, and the stated his case with all the force of eloquence Rev. William Connor, C. S. C, master of the subject j^ermitted that Archbishop Elder ceremonies. consented to the removal of the remains As the remains were solcmnlv brouu'ht of Father Badin to Notre Dame. Accord- into the church the choir of seminarians ingfy the afternoon of ^Xlax' 3 at Notre sang with fine expression the JMiscrcre in Dame witnessed one of the most striking harmonized plain chant and at the end of cases of "poetic justice" to be found in the the service the Bcncdictiis. Indeed, much of historv of the Catholic Church in the United the solemnit\^ of the service was due to States, when Father Badin Avas given his special feeling manifested through the little log house—which is at the same time sacred music. the hotise of God — on the banks of St. Again there was the same formal pro Mary's Lake where he might rest in peace. cession from the church, this time to the The chapel had been formally opened at little log chapel on the bcink of St. Mar\''s half-past five in the morning when the Ver\- Lake, the humble house of God about which Rev. Provincial celebrated Mass there in will forever cling the memories of the ejirliest the presence of venerable religious of Hofy and saintliest missionaries of the West, Cross, the remnant of the old guard that foremost among whom must be mentioned had fought the good battle for Notre Dame. the name of him whose venerable jishes The altar, be it remarked, on which the were here peacefulh'- laid to rest. Mass was celebrated was the same altar at The pall-bearers were, the Rev. Fathers T. which Father Badin himself had so many O'Sullivan, F. Kittell, L. Moench; J. Scherer, times offered tip the Divine Sacrifice. Around. A. B. O'Neill and J. DeGrootte, C. S. C. (Continued on page 493.) 492 NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

declined to adopt the extreme elective system of w^hich Harvard is the most prominent NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC exponent. Catholic educators have taken

Pubtis&cd every Saturday during Term Time at the the ground that if left to himself the average University of Notre Dame. boy will take the line of least resistance in his education, and will make up his course Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office, Notre Dame, Ind. pretty largeh^ of tennis, crocheting and Terms: $J.50 per Annum. Postpaid. ornamental needlework, rather than wrestle Address! THE EDITOR NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC, with logarithms, Greek roots and Anglo- Notre Dame, Indiana. Saxon fragments. Thej'- contend that exer tion of the faculties of the mind is as neces- Notre Dame, Indiana, May 12, 1906. saiy for the development of those faculties as the exercise of the muscles is necessary- Board of Editors. for the development of bodih'- strength. The Harvard theor3'-, on the other hand, EUGENE P. BURKE, '06 is that it is real mean to make a student CHAS. L. O'DONNELI., '06 JOHN F. SHEA, '06 do academic stunts for which he has no WILLIAM A. BOLGER, '07 JOHN M. RYAN, '06 natural relish. The action, of Cornell and the THOMAS E. BURKE, '07 JOHN C. MCGINN, '06 utterances of many distinguished educators WESLEY J. DONAHUE, '07 LEO J. COONTZ, '07 within the last few A'-ears, show that the CORNELIUS HAGERTY, '06 EDWARD E. O'FLYNN, '07 elective system, in the riotous condition in WALTER O'DONNELL, '06 ROBERT L. BRACKEN, 'OS which it is founcl in manj'- American insti tutions, has failed to justify'- itself, and we —^This number of the SCHOLASTIC is mav- expect, in a few years, a strong reac devoted wliolh'^ to the memorial ser\'ices tion, even at Harvard. Catholic educators ill honor of Father Sorin. The- sermon seem to have an instinct for avoiding fads preached by the Most Rev. Archbishop in college^work. From the beginning Notre Keane, D. D., is given in full, and the address Dame has realized that a very limited libertA'- made by our Rev. President appears in the in elective studies was advisable, and hence account of the unveiling exercises. she combined her multitudinous classes into thirteen groups, each leading to a degree- ^ • » and each intended to fit students specially —The Chicago Tribune for Thursday of well for a particular department of work. this week contained the following telegram: She thus avoids the unyielding straight iacket of the one-course college, and the Ithaca, N. Y., May 9 (Spec/a/).—The faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences to-dav announced a chanare chaotic looseness of the free and easy^ elective in the system of instruction. The elective s^^stem, long college. No wise man can fail to see that in vogue at Cornell, has been partly abolished and a the Notre Dame system is bound to be certain amount of compulsorA^ "work substituted. A the compromise accepted in the long run. student in his first two years is required to take twenty-four hours of work in English, one other language, mathematics, pln-sics, chemistry^, and ••<•» geology. The total number of hours required for —^The predictions made bj'^ the press of the two years' wôrk is siyity in the junior and senior years, and tlie student is required to elect in ancient country regarding the upbuilding of San and modern history, ancient and modern languages, Francisco, are very optimistic. While that the sciences, and philosophy. This reform is caused city is yêt in the ashes of its recent con by the failure of the elective SA'stem, and is aimed at flagration, from everj'^where wê hear the the "student who looks for an easy course. encouraging news that San Francisco will It is probable that few readers of the be fair. Yes, fairer and stronger and better Tribune gave any special attention to this than she has ever been; she will rise a new dispatch,-and yet, for educators, it was b3'^ city frorn the ruins.. If there is one spirit all odds the most important item of hews the American people possess in a large in that day's Tribune. Catholic colleges and degree, it is the spirit of optimism; and a few others have been held up to ridicule this spirit' has: gone a long way toward by inost American educators because they accomplishing their designs. NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. 493

(Continued from page 491.) The remains of Father Badin were deposited beneath the floor of the little church under the walls were hung the cloths that made a marble slab with an appropriate epitaph. up the canopj'- under which the zealous One felt that a dutA'- had been reverently missionary was wont to bear the Blessed performed, a sacred office holily fulfilled, Sacrament in procession; these are strips when the Paters and Aves rose firom the of h&Si\rj red stuff, decorated with sacred thousand hearts for the repose of, the ven S3'-mbols wrought in white beads, evidently erable missionary's soul. This ceremony the work of the Indians. The candles at ended a Aaj that for splendor of pageant, the end of Mass were put out with the for depth of rehgious significance, for height same extinguisher that Father Badin used, of holy jubilation will be unique in the while the candelabra were also relics of the annals of Notre Dame and the Church in proto-priest. They are of peculiar make, the -United States. evidentlj^ designed by Father Badin to gratify his dear Indians; the main stem of each candelabrum is composed of an Indian orial; chief in brass holding the bowl for the ers candle. But aside" from these treasured relics —Special services were held in St. Andrew's there were other and greater links with the Church, New York City, on - last Sunday, past. Father L'Etourneau, C. S. C, who to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the grew young in the celebration of the day, midnight service. The custom of celebrating relates that when he was a bo}?- he was midnight Mass weekly was begun by Father Father Badin's server. The significance" of Evers, Pastor of St. Andrew's Church, who this fact when we come to examine it is was a student at the University. Its object immense. It binds three centuries together; is to give an opportunity to the newspaper it epitomizes in a marvellous manner the men and others who work during the development of the Church in the United night to hear Mass at an early hour, which States. From 1793, the date of Father thej- might otherwise be unable to attend. Badin's ordination, to 1906 is a long span, Archbishop Farlej'' pontificated at the but it is made in the person of Father services, and the sermon for the occasion L'Etourneau who served the eighteenth- was preached by the Reverend Thomas J. century priest and lives to relate it to the Campbell, S. J. ears of the twentieth century. It would be —^Hon. Timothj^ T. Ansberry (Law, '95) a thing of rare interest, did space permit it, was nominated by acclamation for Con to contrast the present of the Church with gress last week bv the Democrats of the that remote past, the day of the score of Fifth Ohio District. To be called into a win priests with the day of the fifteen thousand, ning contest by acclamation, and without the time of the handful of the faithful with a single dissenting voice, is an exceptional the time of the twelve millions and a half. A honor, but Mr. Ansberry eminently deserves study of the question would doubtless bear it. His work at Notre Dame gave-promise out the statement that the history of Chris of a bright fiiture. He was industrious and tianity records no such development of the persevering, appreciative and honorable. In Church within the life of two men as has manner cordial and in word candid, he taken plaice in our own country during reflected the sunshine of his nature in all the lifetime of Father Badin and Father that he said to and of his associates. The L'Etourneau. pleasure he felt on receiving his diploma I There was also present at the interment was heightened bj"- a consciousness of the of Father Badin's remains, a venerable gratification it w^ould afford his father and religious of the Sisters of the Holy Cross, mother. The year after his graduation he Mother M. Compassion, who also knew was elected prosecuting attorney, and he Father Badin very well and had herself has steadily advanced until now he ranks lived in the attic of the original log chapel as one of^the niost widely known and. which was built in 1831. popular young men in the State. . 494 NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

LAW DEPARTMENT.

Recentlv in the Moot Court the case of his contract with Jones expired at that Smithson r. Jones came up for trial. J. E. time, he determined to sue the latter for Yaldes and H. A. Davis, D. L. Madden and the difference between the contract rate of R. C. Donovan, represented, as attomej^s, compensation and that actualh'- received, the jDarties concerned. Judge HoAmes pre or $900. . Hence this suit. sided at the trial; T. J. Hanzel officiating The defendant pleaded the statute of as clerk of the covirt. limitations, 29 Chas. II., c. 3, as a defence, contending that the case is covered hj that Statement of Facts. part of the 4th section which provides that Abram Jones and George Smithson reside no action shall be brought upon sa-\j agree in South Bend. September 1st, 1895, the^'- ment not to be j)erformed within a 3'êar, entered into a contract Avhereby Jones unless such agreement shall be in writing agreed to hire Smithson as a clerk in his and signed by the party to be charged there store for ten years, and the latter agreed with or b^^ his lawfully'- authorized agent. to serve faithfiilh'" in such capacitA'- during As the contract of hiring was not in writing that time. The3'' agreed that the salarx'- in this case the defendant claimed that it should be $1200 jDcr annum. was not binding upon him that he had a • Smithson entered at once upon the dis right to discharge the plaintiff at the end charge of his duties. He i)i"0"^cd ô be of the first A'êar of employment—the period . obliging, intelligent and efficient, and his for which a verbal agreement would be Avork was entirely satisfactory to the binding. The court held this contention to patrons of the place. He knew the business be correct, and judgment was rendered in wêll, and the salarj"- he received was not favor of the^ defendant.—Mack v. Bragg, exceptional for one of his skill and habits 30 Yt. 571; Yan Horn v. Yan Horn, 20 At. of industrj'^. He was satisfied with his 826; Spahn v. WiUiams, 39 At. 787. position and sought to popularize himself IT in the interest .of increasing the business and. making his services specialty profitable, The last lecture delivered by Mr. P. J.- if not indispensable, to his emploj'-er. At O'Keeffe to the students of the Law Depart-" the end of the first year, nevertheless, or ment was on the subject of Probate Prac on the 31st of August, 1896, Jones called tice. The favorable impression created by him into his private office, handed him the his preceding lectures assured him of a full amoTint of wâges then diie, and said: attendance, and every seat in the Law- "George, I can not retain you longer in Room was occupied. He was listened to throughout with îndivided attention and my service. You may look for another job. unflagging interest. He spoke extempore, I am informed that there are some fine and his remarks were strikingly original, openings in Chicago." •practical and instructive. He presented in Smithson could hardly believe his senses outline the salient features of his subject, and asked abruptly w^hy he was discharged., showîng convincingly and with happy illustrations its signal and growing impor "Qh,I do not have to give a reason; let tance. Attention wâs draw^n in the light it suffice for you to know that it is vaj of pertinent examples to the simplicity that will," was the answer. should distinguish the maldng' of a will, It wâs generally - believed that he had the manner of proving it in the probate court, the appointment of the executor or been treated unfairly, and that behef, com administrator,..proof of heirship, the filing bined with his wide acqiiaintance and popu of claims, settlement of debts, payment of larity in the community, made it easy for legacies, devolution of real property, guar him to secure another position. He was dianship of minors, bonds and appraisement, employed by the firm of Taylor, Cutting and the final account and discharge of the personal representatives. He spoke for an & Co., who paid the highest wages he • hour and a half, and the prolonged applause could secure—$1100 a year. On the 1st ol that niarked the conclusion of his discourse September last he had been working for. clearly evidenced the appreciation and this firm nine years, and, remembering that pleasure of his charmed hearers. NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. 495 scored. Sheehan flew out to left field. Shea Athletic Notes. hit for a base, but Waldorf hit to busy Mr, Babcock on short and was thrown out; NOTRE DAJNEE, 14; ROSE POLYTECHNIC, 6. Purdue's first run came in the fifth, when No. 2 .has gone the sad road of defeat. Waldorf was issuing passes to all who Notre Dame and Rose Polytechnic played applied. Holdson, first up, w-ent out from a game of ball here last Monday. (That Waldorf to Stopper. Rosenbaun drew a is for you who didn't see the game.) The free ride. Klepinger flew out to Shea and score wâs 14 to 6, and that does not half Mr. "Bumper" issued another pass,-the tell what happened to that poor little second one going to Kelly. Babcock hit. ball over on Cartier Field. for a base. The bases were very much in The Varsity scored four runs in the first, the crowded order, and it was up to four in the third, two in the sixth and four Waldorf, but he turned- it down and gave more in the eighth. The visitors stepped Kiefer a wâlk, and in came Rosenbatm on "Big" William for eight hits, but except wîth run- number one. in the fourth they wêre wêll scattered. Notre Dame scored the last run in the The day was bad for pitchers, as it was seventh. Shea was good for another hit. cold and raw and the arms needed much Waldorf sacrificed and went out, being hit greasing. by his own batted ball. Bonan hit to SmiMARY. Babcock who caught Shea between second Notre Datne R H P A E and third, Bonan going to second before Bonan, r. f. 2 0 0 0 0 the out. McNemy drove a prettv- one over McNemy, 2b. 2 2 0 3 0 second and Bonan scored. Farabaugh, 1. f. 1 0 2 0 0 Murray, c. 3 3 7 10 Purdue's second run came in the eighth. Stopper, lb. 0 111 0 1 Fleming flew out to Murray. Miles got a Brogan, 3b. 15 110 second one going to Kelly. Babcock got a Sheehan, c. f. 2 2 3 0 0 hit, and Mr. "Jer" in centre field allowêd the Shea, ss. 2 1 4 1 3 Perce, p. 1 2 0 ball to get past him, landing Miles on third. 4 1 Bird went out to McNemy, but Holdson Totals 1416 27 10 5 hit and Miles scored. Rose Polytechnic R H P A E Baylor, 3b 10 110 "SUMMARY. Minor, c. f. 2 2 3 0 0 Notre Dame R P A E Douthett, p. 12 0 5 0 Bonan, r. f. 2 1 0 0 1 Weidenger, ss. 10 2 3 3 McNemy, 2b. 1 2 3 3~0 Friedmich, 2b .01200 Farabaugh, 1. f. 0 1 1 0 Friese, r. f. 0 0 0 0 0 Murray, c. 1 1 1 0 . Pigott, lb. 0 0 9 12 Stopper, lb. 0 0 0 0 VVellock, 1. f. 12 2 0 0 Brogan, 3b 0 1 2 0 Mooney, c. 0 15 0 0 Sheehan, c. f. 0 0 1 1 Shea, ss. 0 2 1 0 Totals 6 8 2410 5 Waldorf, p. 0 0 0 2 0 Three base'hit—Murray (2). Two base hit—Douthett. Totals 4 8 2711 2 Struct out—Bv Perce, 6; bv Douthett, 5. Bases on Purdue R H P A E -balls—Ofi" Perce, 1; ofF Douthett, 4. Wild pitch—Perce, Douthett. Hitl^b)' pitcher—Mooney, Perce, Wellock. KeUv, 3b. 0 0 2 0 0 Babcock, ss. 0 1 110 2 " Umpire, Nelson. Kiefer, c. f. 0 0 111 « * Fleming, lb. 0 211 0 0 NOTRE DAME, 4; PURDUE, 2. Miles, 2b. 115 3 0 Bird, Lf. 0 0 10 0 The big half s down. Notre Dame defeated Holdson, r. f. 0 10 0 0 Purdue last Thursday by the score of 4 to "Rosenbaun, c. 10 2 2 0 2 in a good fast game. "Bumper" Waldorf Klepinger, p. 0 2 0 4 1 was on the mound for the Varsity and Totals 2 7 23 20 4 pitched good ball except in the fifth inning Home run—^McNemy. Waldorf Avas hit by his own when he forced in a run. batted ball.. Two base hits—Fleming. Three base hits—^Murra3'-. Struck out—^By waldorf, 8; Klepinger, The Indiana Championship looks good for 2; Bases on balls-^ff Waldorf, 5. Umpire, Clark.' Notre Dame, and Indiana and Wabash have • something coming—^let's hope. * * Notre Dame started out in a - hurry. NOTES OF THE GAME. Bonan began with a hit. Captain McNemy Purdue lost with the spirit that makes got an all-the-way-around smash to left her one of the most admired schools in the field and the score marked up 2. West. Not one kick wâs registered during Farabaugh came next for another hit, but the entire game, and the spirit, displayed was caught trying to steal second. The by the visitors makes it a pleasure to meet next two men went out in order. In the them in any kind of athletic contest. Win or fourth the Varsity scored one more. Murray tlose they are the same good sports. If they started it with a three bagger. Stopper win, they win; if they lose they lose, and flew out to Miles. Brogan hit and Murray that is all there is to it. R. L. B. IVOl^RE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

heartj'- ajDplause b}^ his recital of a pathetic Local Items. poem on St. Tarcisius, the martA^-ed altar- iDoy. Those of the guests AA'IIO responded AA'êi'c Col. Hojnies, Father A'larr and the —^Rootei's! Another debate on Frida3^ Rev. Dr. Schumacher. An elaborate banquet —Rah! rah! rah! Georgetown! Rah! rah! closed the evening's festiA'itj'. Notre Dame! —The BroAAaison Hall team defeated the Also in like manner: Rah! rah! rah! De Holj" Cross nine b3^ a score of 8 to 1. Pauw! Rah! rah! rah! Notre Dame! The Hoty Cross players had an off-day, —The Rev. A. P. Doyle, C. S. P., Director of shoAA'cd an utter lack of team AA'ork and the Apostolic Mission-House in Washington, made errors AA'heneA'-er thei'e A\'as a chance D. C, and formerly editor of the Catholic for a man to score. HCA'I pitched a good World, has promised' to visit the UniversitA'- game for Brownson and the Ouinlan Bros, soon and to address the students. kept the hits low for 'Ko\j Cross, but errors were as good as hits, and AAnth the —On ThursdaA'^, yinj 17, Mr. Yosabro bases filled Eggeman droAê a long hit Sugita, wdio is a native of Japan, will lecture into the left field forest bringing in four in Washington Hall on the "Old and New- runs. Japan." His lecture will be illustrated hy Batteries—Hoh'- Cross, James and Joseph stereopticon views. Ouinlan—Joseph Ouinlan, Corcoran. —^The Law School has voted not to Bro\A-nson, Hejd—W. Eggeman. prepare a special Commencement this year. —The Electrical SocietA'- AAHII ha\'e their The announcement that separate exercises AAêekly meeting to-night at 7:15 in Science by the Law School would be expected, came Hall. A AêrA^ interesting lecture will be giAên too late to permit suitable preparation in by A. J. Dwan and M. J. Uhrich, the subject A-iew' of the hard work exacted from the being "Electrical and Hydraulic Features students during the closing weeks of the of PoAAêr Development at Niagara Falls." school yêar. Mr. Dwan AAdll handle the electrical features, —^Next week will be an interesting one and Mr. Uhrich Avill speak on the Ci\41 and for the students and friends of Notre Dame. Hyd raulic Engineering feats Avhich have been On Thursda3- 17, the debating team of the accomplished to harness the great cataract. Notre Dame Law- School meets the debating The question regarding the destruction of team of the Georgetown Law^ School, at the beautA' of the falls, IDA^ using them for Georgetown, and on the same day our base mechanical purposes, Avill also be brought ball team argues the question with Purdue up. A large Axdiite curtain has been put at Lafayette. On the next day, FridaA'- IS, up in the lecture room, and A'Ir. C. Baron our second debating team w^restles with the de Lunden AA'ill look after the illustratiAê De Pauw debating team at Notre Dame, part of the lecture. The Electrical Society and on the same day our baseball team cordiall3' invites the FacultA^ and the engi goes after the scalp of the University- of neering students to. attend. Illinois at Champaign. Four big A'-ictories in two davs. Gee! —The BroAA'nson Hall Literary'- and Debating Societ^-^ held a special meeting last —On last Saturday evening Holj'- Cross Sunda^-^ evening. Brother Alphonsus was and St. Joseph's Halls met in debate. They present and siDoke of the duties that each discussed the question. Resolved that United member had toAAârd the societ3^ He sug States Senators be elected ^yJ ' popular gested, too, that more time should be giAên vote. Messrs. Ouinlan, Wenniger and Lahey to extemporaneous speaking, and pointed uj)held the affirmative for Tio\j Cross, out methods -133'. Avhich great proficiency and Messrs. "Wolfe, AlcMann and Galligan might be • attained. Brother Alphonsus' spoke on the negative for St. Joseph's Hall. remarks AAêre A'ery instructiA'ê, and if his Both teams did well, but Holy Cross was suggestions are carefulty followed stronger stronger in team work, and the decision and more fluent debaters Axdll be the result. of the judges was two to one in faA''or of The societ3'- decided to liaA'-e a banquet in Holy Cross. The judges were the Rev. South Bend on Saturda3'^ CA'-ening, Ma3'- 12. Father Cavanaugh, Professor Cosgrove, On the re^Dort of committees, the first team and Mr. Thomas A. Lally. of BroAvnsoh Hall wîll debate St. Joseph's ^The, St. John Berchmans' Sanctuary Hall on. Ma3'' 23. : If Brownson Hall AAdns Sodality on ,the 41st anniversary of their this debate the3'- .will be entitled to the patron's beatification, tendered a ^'•erj'- suc inter-hall, championship. On Ma3'- 26 the cessful reception to the Faculty. Alaster R. second, teams of these halls will debate the Lawrence^ of. exceptional musical talent,, question:.. Resolved that United States was repeatedly encored; Charles R. Weber, Senators be elected, by popular A'ôte. The delivered an address of welcome in a cordial . debate AAdU be held in the BroAA'^nson stud3''- and able manner. Master F. Schick won tiall: - All the; students are iuAated.