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'For several decades these philosophers led The Nixies philosophic thought to a culmination in opti­ mistic Utopias. But experience' gradually FRANK EARLE- HERING, '98. taught men that the deductions of this school were not always true or satisfactory, and a HEN 1th e stars in the twinkling lake growing spirit of discontent and oppositioh W Pierrcc e the breast of sullen night, was manifested. Pierce tlie gloom with shafted light, It was a difficult struggle for pessimism to And gleam in the ripples' wake; gain recognition, and it was the more difficult Then the hawthorn trees tinct the wanton breeze, as professors of the optimistic systems Held And the blades of the marsh-grass shake, Where the nixies play, in their grotesque way, the chairs of philosophy in the great univer­ With the stars in the twinkling lake. sities; consequently an attack on optimism was an attack on the universities. But disciple's When the stars in the twinkling sky were found in the great middle class, who, Gleam yellow and silver and blue. tired of hopeful but delusive fantasies, swung Seem orange and garnet and blue. to the other extreme, and Schopenhauer found As a cloud-veil passes by; himself floated into popular favor on the tidal Then the dews fill up the lobelia's cup wave of pessimism. . And the gentians nod and sigh. Since the year 1845 there has been an in­ Where the nixies play, in their grotesque way. creasing interest manifested in Schopenhauer's With the stars in their twinkling sky. works, and although until recently there was only one chair of philosophy, at the University of Berlin, where: pessimistic doctrines' were Schopenhauer: "The "Vanity and Suffering- of taught, these have attained to wide vogue Life." among the Philistines. . : Schopenhauer published his "Die Welt als CTION and re-action are equal VVille und Verstellung" at Leipzig in 1819; but but opposite in direction," seems it was not until 1840 that it attracted-any .con­ as applicable in the philosophy siderable attention. This system stands midway of thought as in that of nature. between Kant's and Hegel's. Kant says, "I Philosophic speculations in soci­ know nothing;" Hegel, "Iknow everything;" ology commonly tend toward opti­ Schopenhauer, "I know something." Scho­ mism or pessimism. The German penhauer disclaimed entirely the distinction philosophers of the present century belong, between mind and matter. He held that the for the-most part, to the former school. But world is divisible into the real and ideal. Thfe a reaction has begun. Kant leaned toward real is ding an sich; the ideal is the" illusory optimism, although not to a pronounced extent. phenonienal world of sensation and thought/' Hegel, Fichte and Schelling belonged to the The real world is "Will;" the ideal world 'is Absolute School, and claimed to have attained- the "concrete world of actuality." ' ^ • - -• to absolute truth. They portrayed man as We have chosen for presentation the-views" semi-divine, and the future of society as of Schopenhauer on " The Vanity arid'Suffering necessarily good, / - of Life," and to treat it properly, it is heces- NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. sary to examine his doctrine of the Will. He Without discussing the striving in nature, posited two great propositions: Schopenhauer turns at once to man, where (i) The world is my presentation. suffering manifests itself in its fullest form, and (2) The world is my,will. ,^-. , where it is most easily proved. In the plant He founded his system of ethics on the first; there is no sensibility, and hence no pain. The his views of the world on the second. Con­ suffering of insects is limited, and reaches lis sequently, we shall find our subject' classified highest degree in vertebrate animals which under the second proposition. have a complete nervous system, increasing To preserve unity it may be well to give an with the degree of intelligence. "In proportion epitome of the system. Schopenhauer's view of as knowledge attains to distinctness, as con­ the world shows us his principle of action is science ascends, pain also increases, and thus derived from "the world is my will"; but that reaches its highest degree in man." The more which is willed, he says, is never obtained. The intelligence a man possesses the more pain he will has no goal. There is an eternal evolu­ feels, and a man of genius suffers most of all. tion toward a goal that is never reached. This There is truth in the saying of the preacher, willing is evident in all nature. It begins to " Qui .auget scientiam, auget et dolorem." be prominent in sensible nature. It .finds its Willing and striving is the nature of man. highest expression in humanity. Humanity is Since this is true, how can life be regarded as an individualization of this. It is essential to a blessing? "If life were a blessing, the exit man to will. A volition toward something would not need to be guarded by such fearful implies the lack of something. This lack of sentinels as death and its terrors." Who would something is the cause of pain. The wish to endure life if it were not for the pain of dying? live is a cause of pain. According to Schopen­ Or who would meditate on death if life were hauer we are to picture the whole world as in pleasure? Thus if we regard man as a being want; as willing to have something. Is this whose life is a punishment and an expiation, want supplied? Here is the fundamental doc­ we regard him in the true light. There is no trine of pessimism. pleasure in life. If the nature of man \s to This want is never supplied. So soon as will and strive; if the striving expresses need the will for anything is supplied, the longing and necessity, then there is pain even if we begins once more. To satisfy a want is to attain what we strive for. For at the moment create a new one. Perfect satisfaction is emiui of attainment, strife begins anew; or if we have and weariness, Man is the centre of a thou­ a surplusage, we suffer from emmi. "Life is sand needs. He is the highest expression of a pendulum swinging backward and forward the will; therefore, he is the most needy of all between pain and e?nmi." creatures. The will to live is not satisfied, for He maintains that this constant striving, it ends in death. The motive of the struggle which constitutes the inner nature of will, has for life is a fear of death; tlie will or desire is its foundation in the fact that the will mani­ pain; the satisfaction of the desire weariness, fests itself as a living body, with the imperative and then a repetition of everything. decree to nourish it. " The body is the objecti­ There is a constant striving in the world. We fied will to live." Man, as the most complete see this illustrated in the simplest of all natural objectification of the will, is consequently the phenomena, gravity, which does not cease to most necessitous of beings. The life of most strive and press toward a mathematical centre, men is a constant struggle to sustain itself to reach-which would be the annihilation of with the certainty of death. The incentive to both itself and matter. The existence of a maintain the struggle is not love of life, but plant is another such restless, dissatisfied striv­ fear of death. Thus we see, he says, pain is ing through ascending forms until it culmin­ inevitable. ates ill seeds, which serve as the basis for But concerning the will in question. Exces­ new striving. sive suffering and keen joy always occur in The hindrance between this ceaseless striv­ the same person. Errors of hope or delusion ing and 'attainment we call suffering; and its lie at the base of extreme mental anguish. opposite, happiness. This striving, this dis­ Since this is the truth, it follows that the man content with one's state, is everywhere hindered, who suffers least is he who philosophically everywhere in conflict, and always in the form accepts the inevitable as it is, avoiding exces­ of suffering. If there is no ultimate end of sive joy and pain; for if one does not raise high striving, there is no cessation of suffering. hopes, the subsequent disappointment will be ^^•''*^'**^^^'^™^™?gg*'^aaWfiJJilWiiBPa^

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less poignant. We know that pain is inevitable figures and nature. These things are beautiful from countless experiences; that suffering is "to look at; but to be them!" A teleologist essential to life, and therefore part of being, praises the wise construction of the universe, nevertheless, we constantly seek external cause by virtue of which the sun heats the earth, the for it. • planets keep their orbits, and seasons succeed "All satisfaction, or what is called happiness, one another at regular intervals, but these are is essentially only negative and never positive." conditions sine qiiibus non. If the universe*is to We feel pain, but not the lack of pain; care, exist, it must not be so poorly put together but not want of care; fear but not security, that it can come to pieces, One niay say, cbn= We feel things positively only when they are tends Schopenhauer, this is the worst possible absent. Hence the three greatest blessings of world;—not the worst possible of imaginative life—youth, health and freedom — are not construction, but of actual being. Earthquakes, appreciated until we have lost them. Happi- epidemics, internecine wars, individual battle ness is always the gratification of a wish or a for existence, are powerful arguments in. his want which precedes every pleasure; with the view for this conclusion. Christ Himself did satisfaction of the wish the pleasure ceases to not support optimism: In the New Testament be; therefore the pleasure can never be greater the world is represented "as a valley of tears"; than the wish,—that is, pain. All we can ever life as. a process of purifying and refining, know is pain; for we can only enjoy through and the symbol of Christianity is a symbol of the absence of pain. We only know pleasure,— torture. - that is, absence of pain (the negative)—when Thus Schopenhauer attempted to prove that we have pain (the positive). suffering is inherent in man, is part of the very Art, he adds, supports this statement. Every idea of will, is but another name for desire, epic and drama presents a struggle, a striving Yet Schopenhauer does not advocate suicide after happiness. It never represents enduring, as a means to non-existence. Suicide, he says, complete happiness. The hero is led through is not negative, but positive. The true negative adventures and sorrows, but the account closes of the desire to live disavows both the pleasures at the attainment of the sought-for goal. If and pains of life. But suicide disavows only .it continued longer it would have to record pain. Such an act springs from egoism, the with unvarying monotony additional struggles opposite of the required giving up of person- which would immediately begin. Dante in his ality. As Schopenhauer held the doctrine of great creation used his own experiences to metempsychosis, suicide would not shorten the furnish material for Hell and suffering, but was cycle of existence. compelled to construct Heaven from imagi- Of course there are glaring defects in this native furnishings. "An enduring happiness is system. Yet it appeals strongly to men that an impossibility, and can not be the subject of lack faith in God. Some of the most apparent true art." objections are: (i) It lowers the standard of The life of each individual, viewed as a life. (2) His assertions concerning the will— whole, is a tragedy; although there are some the basis of his principles—are not proved, parts that may partake of comedy. The daily (3) His denial of the claims of duty—because vexations, the mishaps of the hour, are due "must will" seems paradoxical—is unwarranted. " to chance which is ever bent upon jest;" but (4) The distinction between will and desire is. the ceaseless longings, the broken hopes, suf- carelessly drawn;, they are not synonymous; fering and death are always tragedy. in fact, they may oppose each other. I may Thus, Schopenhauer claims he has shown desire to do many things where my will.is not that suffering can not be separated from life, called into action at all. (5) Finally, Schopen- because hopes are not capable of realization, hauer's life does not give his system the Pleasure is negative; attainment to desire leads support of firm conviction. His actions do not to enniii. In other words, life is suffering and make the theory "support the facts of life." yanity. Not satisfied with attempted refutations It is noticeable that those poets who appeal of optimistic theories, Schopenhauer holds most strongly to the reasoning as well as the them up. to ridicule. He says: "Yet this world, emotional nature, deal with suffering and pain, the scene of tormented humanity, where in- "Our sweetest songs are those that tell of crease of intelligence increases pain, has been saddest thought." .. ' ... called the^best possible world!" An optimist FRANK EARLE HERING, calls attention to the shades of sunset cloud English, 'gS. Director of Athleitcs, 128 NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

traction a pressure upon the blood vessels, Physiology of Muscle. thus making the blood flow faster, bringing with it a greater supply of oxygen and nourish­ N this busy world, where all the facul­ ment, and carrying away and eliminating from ties and genius of mankind are too the body carbonic acid and such compounds often emyloyed for the sole purpose as would otherwise prove a detriment. For a of gain, little or no effort is made to correct development of muscle, both exercise develop that upon which our whole and rest are indispensable. Neither should be future usefulness depends,—a strong indulged in to the exclusion of the other. It body. This development is a fundamental law is as injurious to go to one extreme as another, of hygiene. The advance of civilization has a for an over-worked muscle, like an undeveloped tendency to neglect all that pertains to phys­ one, degenerates. ical perfection. Man's brain alone is perfected; Our muscles, like our brain, must be exercised. his mind is broadened, but his body, the instru­ Should man through idleness permit his brain ment by which the creations of his brain are to go unused, time alone would be needed to manifested, is, in regard to its development, effect certain degeneration. The same thing given no consideration at all. holds as regards our bodies,—if through want Americans can be accredited with doing of care and exercise we permit ourselves to almost as much in the development of athletics become slothful, we are only assisting time to as any other nation on the globe. The desire undermine our health, and we have before us of physical supremacy seems to be an inborn- the prospect of an early grave; for a sound inclination of our hearts. In nearly all of our mind and a weak body do not go well hand in colleges and universities athletics take an hand. important part, and young men devote time To attempt to speak of the entire muscular to bodily as well as to mental training. system of the human body would take too The question now arises, what are muscles and much space. It is only necessary to consider how are they developed? From a physiological those muscles which come under the obser­ standpoint, muscles are those organs endowed vation of everyone. Perhaps the first and with the power of contraction and relaxation, most important are those used in respiration. which are attached to the different parts of the Situated between the ribs are two sets of skeleton in such a way as to control its move­ muscles, the internal and external intercostal. ments. The)' form a large portion of the whole The former by their downward contraction mass of the body, and constitute the ruddy, tend to pull the ribs downward, and the latter, fibrous flesh. Muscle, like all the rest of the acting in an opposite manner, lift the ribs up­ ' human body, from a histological point of view, ward. These muscles aided by the diaphragm, is made up of cells which, under the microscope, and the large Pectoralis Major and Pectoralis have an elongated appearance. A number of Minor muscles which extend as far downward these cells taken collectively form a minute as the fifth rib, cause the thorax to become fibre of about ^ of an inch in diameter, and forcibly expanded, and atmospheric pressure are an inch or more long. Each individual drives air into the lungs. Very often by proper fibre is surrounded by a membrane, known as exercise of the muscles used in breathing, the the sarcolemma, which is in itself very elastic, capacity of the lungs becomes greater; they and which allows the fibre to move freely. themselves grow stronger, and, to a great ex­ Several bundles of these fibres are surrounded tent, they are enabled to repel many diseases by a tissue known as the fasciculi, and these common to people whose respiratory powers again by the proper covering of the muscle are weak. called the perimysium. Parts of the human The next group for consideration are those body which are used continually have a large muscles that move our arms and feet. Of the blood supply, and this is true of the muscles. two sets I should consider the latter the most Surrounding and penetrating the muscles are important. The Gastrocnemius, which makes large blood vessels whose smaller branches up the calf of the leg, besides being a most ramify and pass between the fibres, thus keep­ necessary muscle, is one of the most powerful ing the organs, where oxidation and wear is in the human body. It is attached to the lower constantly going on, well supplied. end of the thigh bone and extends down the Exercise, besides strengthening, developing, calf of the leg where it is fastened to the heel and shaping the. muscles, causes by their con^ by means of the Tendon of Achilles. NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. 329 When we take into consideration the weight of the body, and that, as every step we take^ Varsity Verse. this muscle lifts our weight, we can well imagine the amount of work it is required to do, and the THE ANTYE-FOOTBALL BILL. _• • • necessity of its proper exercise and develop­ AIN'T no Dan'l Webster, nor I ain't no Henery Clay, ment. Persons who do a great deal of walking, r But I tell you, boys, you showed your sense' on. last running and skating, have this muscle greatly Election Day, developed, and to the quickness with which When you sent me down to the cap'tal to represent th' the runner can cause it to lift his body is his towTi; . . Fer 'though I didn't do a lot, what I done I done up success and swiftness in this sport due. brown, ' , ; , Lastly are the muscles which move our arms. The principal ones are two in number, the The first few weeks o' Congress wuz worse 'n a huskin* bee,— Biceps, or the muscle that pulls up the fore­ They wuz all a-makiu' speeches, 'n no one would listen arm; and directly opposite it, at the rear of to vie ; the arm, is its antagonist, the Triceps, which But 'long toward the end o' the session, when meetin's straightens the arm outward. In persons that wuz quiet and still, indulge in rowing or in lifting heavy weights I 'lectrified th' gol durn town with my " Antye-Foot­ this Biceps muscle sometimes attains a large ball Bill." ' .' size, while .those that take part in boxing, Maybe I didn't make things hum with, that four-hour throwing, or any exercise which tends to pull speech o' mine! the arm forward have the Triceps correspond­ An" maybe that place wuzn't took, by storm when, I ingly developed. Taking it all in all, the human pictured 'em "buckin' th* line," body is indeed a wonderful organism. All its An' told o' the mask thet th' ketcher wears an* the way that they mangle an' kill; parts are so delicately constructed, and each is But jus' 'cause th" players wear flowin* locks th*. Pop'- made to perform its own function, yet all, like lists killed my Bill. the mechanism of a clock, depend one upon another. Git a new court-house? No. Vou see, I wuz busy both day an' night To mankind health is one of the most pre­ A-tryin' t' make them Pop'lists see they wuz wrong an' cious gifts that can be bestowed, and for it I wuz right; everyone is striving, but, like everything else But I promise you now if I'm 'lected again I'll go to that is good, it must be sought for. It depends work with a will Them Pop'list javs t' swamp, er bust, with my "Antye- almost entirely upon our own intelligent wishes Football Bill." . whether we have health or not, and if we desire A. McD. to enjoy health we must in youth abide by MY GIRLS. the laws of hygiene, for in this alone can we My girls are numerous. expect that general advance in the art of pro­ Some of them humorous. Others can not see a joke, no matter where' it falls; longing life for which the people of the present Some of them are pretty girls. age are striving. Most of them ar& city girls, . '; WILLIAM W. FITZPATRICK, And I have my own trouble when arranging for my calls. Biological, 'gS, Pitcher Varsity Nine. First, there's my athletic girl. Then there's my aesthetic girl. And one that says she surely is one of the women new; Mollie's Music. There's my candy-making girl. And my pastry-baking girl,— When Mollie plays, the ivory keys In truth, there are so many, I scarce know what to dd.~ Breathe softer sighs than April's breeze. Which through my troubled spirit flow. But there's one I fancy most, -^ And where was night is morning's glow. For she does entrance me, most. Again I hear the melodies She is tall and very stately, and she has a queenly air; Of blue-birds fluting 'cross the leas, And when this lamb (myself) is lost. The river's laugh, the hum of bees; This ship's (ditto) tempest-tossed. And gone is winter, dead is woe May she be my Bo-Peep, or my harbor still and fair! When Mollie plays. F.J.S.; •/ But oh! ye gods, what sounds are these THE ANSWER. •....' That interrupt my reveries?. •'Where are you going, my pretty, maid?" ^ . Is Mollie singing? It^-I must go— He said to the girl with the pail of tin; " My spring lies dead 'neath sleet and snow. "For a larger pail," the milk-maid said, ' \ I thmk I'll smoke; but cairme, please. "To put that great big chestnut in."^ When Mo\\i€ ^lays. F..W. O'M. - •• • : -N. G.,,' "

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exert ourselves to bring out a track team equal Athletic's at Notre Dame. to any in the Western colleges. At present there are about twenty practising O talk about athletic sports while daily, and from all appearances good records our fields are still covered with will be established. Later on the team is to drifting snow and our lakes coated have the valuable services of one of our old with ice seems at first thought rather graduate students, who while here easily held premature; but when we stop to con­ the championship in all-branches of athletics. sider the length of time an athlete The person to whom I have reference is none must train that he may become a worthy repre­ other than the famous Mr. Hal Jewett. If any sentative of a special skilfulness that requires of the ability of this excellent athlete can be the employment of brain and jnuscle, we shall ingrafted into our track men, then Notre Dame not wonder at the early organization of athletic need have no fear of losing the Western Inter­ teams. Of course, at this season of the year it collegiate Championship. is impossible to draw any accurate conclusion; One of the essentials in any kind of athletics but after looking over the field carefully, we is perseverance; and if the aspirant has ability, feel at least encouraged. this perseverance can be brought out under This year we find among our number many careful training. An athlete is not made in new students from high schools and academies a day. It requires long and steady work to where they have made themselves known by accomplish the end in view, namely, to be among their athletic ability. We can not, of course, the foremost. The coach puts the candidates depend solely on these men; and the duty at through a routine of jumping, both broad and once falls upon the coach to seek others among high jumps, shot-putting, hurdle-jumping, and those even less experienced. There is always he pays particular attention to the men prac­ a tendency among college men, especially the tising the short sprints, after which they are Freshmen, to remain in the background, instead well taken care of by competent hands. of boldly coming forward, and offering their Another branch of sports in connection with services to the athletic teams. For this very our track contests is bicycling. This "event" reason many of the best athletes in college are is becoming more popular each year, and no passed by unnoticed. Now this is not the way meet, no matter how successful in regard to to obtain the best results in college athletics. "entries, seems complete without good bicyc­ Every student that has athletic pluck within ling. Since it has become a part of our field- his breast should respond at the first call for sports, Notre Dame promises to fare well candidates, and thus make easy the work of in this respect. The association has erected coach and captains. As the weather at the a bicycle machine for training purposes, and present time compels the boys to seek the already several men have begun work. It is shelter of the gymnasium and the halls during hoped that before long many more will interest the time allotted for recreation, they must themselves in it, so that next spring we may naturally employ their time in some kind of be represented by at least a quartet of players. indoor sport. For this reason the games of Next on the program come the candidates hand-ball and basket-ball are predominant at for the baseball team, in whom the students present. There are many clever players at place their utmost confidence for upholding these two games among the students,-and many the honor of the University. Upon looking hard contests are fought. into our gymnasium one would wonder how Last year our basket-ball team met and so many candidates find room for their work, defeated the strohgest teams in this section of also how the coach finds time to instruct them the state, and it was only after a long struggle all; but this is easily explained since every that they succumbed to the Champion Young team has its appointed hour for practice. Men's Christian Association team of Chicago.. The baseball men are largest in number, That game entitled us to be classed among the and, of course, the hardest workers among the leadersin basket-ball. After these two games athletic teams. The amount of training and are well.under way the coach turns his atten­ conscientious work to be done by the men in tion to our Track Team. This branch of sport order that they may secure the coveted posi­ has, during the last few years, been on the wane; tions is unimaginable. At first, light work is but now that there is plenty of good material odered, until the men, after a long period of for competition in this line, we are determined to inactivity, and unused to the strain required of NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. 33^ them, have put themselves in the first stage of good condition. This requires about two weeks, A Defence of. Football. and then regular cage-work is commenced. The number of candidates this year exceeds LANCING through the papers that of any previous year, and many of them i^ and magazines of the present show good form even at this early date. After day we see discussions of many a few weeks the weeding-out process will begin, strange subjects: such as, "The and the number will be reduced to about 7To^i>w Possibilities ot Bottling the twenty-five, from which the represenative team Sun's Light," "The Great Ben­ will be chosen. efit to be gained through the Prohibition of The work of securing good material for Flirtation,' " The Inhumanity of Football," and pitchers seems to be the chief difficulty in many other subjects just as trivial. As I am an every university. There are many men among ardent advocate of football, I shall endeavor our candidates that possess the speed and to show the good in the great national game, curves, but lack the requisite control of the and the absurdities of the charges brought ball. It makes no difference what speed the against it. pitcher has, if he lacks control of the ball he The "reformer's" principal objections to the is like the machine lately invented for pitch­ game arise from alleged brutality, accidents ing purposes, not master of the situation; and and degradation of mankind'. The definition as baseball is played by men possessing both of the word " brutal," according to Webster, is brain and muscle, such a player is useless. cruel, or pleased to give pain to others. How Besides pitching he must also be able to field can an honest man say football is brutal? Any­ his position acceptably; and this requires one who has had the pleasure of witnessing plenty of practice. The pitcher is placed in a game knows, should a player nieet with more trying positions during a game than any an accident, his opponents will gather about other member of the team. He must be equal him: some will have him on their laps; others to the occasion when men are on bases, not will be soothing the affected parts, while the only to watch the batsmen, but to keep the remainder will try to explain how it happened. base-runner guessing, and in doing this he The greatest sympathy I ever saw one man must be cool and collected at all times. show for another was on the gridiron. The Since this season's schedule will require us players came together with great speed; one to carry more than one pitcher, much of the was thrown violently. The young man who coach's time is devoted to the development of did the damage felt so badly that he actually- new pitchers. The team this year will be com­ kissed his wounded opponent. I feel safe in posed of light men, and base-running will form saying that there is no mari ever went- into a the chief part of their work. game of football with the intention of injuring- That Notre Dame is fast coming to the front his fellow-being. It is true, he goes upon the in athletics is clearly shown by the \vork of field with a great determination. The game is her teams during the past few years. Her exciting, as are all interesting sports; accidents baseball team of last season stood among the may follow as a consequence; but we are not foremost, as did her basket-ball team. It is justified in calling this brutality. hoped, however, that this year will bring forth . It may be inferred from statistics that acci­ athletes representing her in all branches of dents on the football field are not so numerous athletics worthy of the honor of wearing the as are experienced in many other sports. Take, Gold and Blue. for example, skating; the daily accidents on Manager Niezer of the track team has been the ice far exceed those experienced by foot admitted into the Indiana State Athletic Asso­ ball players. The, danger OR the ice is three­ ciation, and has also made application for fold: drowning, the contracting of severe colds admission into the Western Intercollegiate and bruises caused by falling. On the gridiron Association. If admittance is gained into the we have to meet with only the heavy falls. last-named association, there is no doubt that . The following statistics, taken froin .77/f at the coming spring meets the athletes wear­ Literary Digest, give the ratio of deaths I'ssu^t- ing the Gold and Blue will breast the', tape ing from the various athletic sports": " -. . winners in many events. Swimming -135° . MICHAEL M. POWERS, Boating .' 986 E?iglish, 'gS. Capt. Varsity :Nine. Hunting '. ....•...".... ,:.654 33 2 NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC

Bicycling 264 Horseback. Riding 333 They "Were Boys Again. Ice Boating 22 Football 11 IM CONLISK has-promised to If these figures mean anything, it is the pro-' spend a week with me at the close hibitioii of all athletic sports. There is no of school," said Phil Shields in a justice in suppressing football and allowing letter to his father, " I know you will - the other more dangerous sports to continue. like him; he and I are the warmest Without football the physical side of college of friends." life would be paralyzed. Phil finished the letter, and slipped out of the study-hall to find Jim. These boys had ]S FOOTB.ALL DEGRADING? been companions since their, first day at Saint Many a youth has gone upon the gridiron a Mary's .College, when a young ruffian that first half fool, and after playing a few months he day thought to win the applause of some of has become a very rational fellow. To play the the boys by trying to provoke a fight with game a man must have a moderate temper. If Phil. Jim was standing near and interposed in his defence. he has a high temper the game will tend to Four years afterward the boys were gradu­ moderate it. A player must submit to strict ated. Jim won the class medal. Mr. Shields, discipline. This is the first requisite for the a friend of the Conlisks, was present at the training of any character. He must also fight a commencement, and told Jim that he had a losing battle; this gives him the nerve and the good position in his store for him. courage he needs to force his way through the Mr. Shields was not mistaken in his estimate rough world. This trait of character is obtained of the young man; and when Mr, Shields was compelled to retire from business he entrusted in no college class-room; it must be secured the firm to his son Phil and James Conlisk. by costly experience, or directly from the Phil had married the daughter of a banker, a gridiron. Take any stubborn, ill-tempered man beautiful woman; but her own wealth and that and put him on the football field for a year or of her husband had tinged her disposition with two, and he will be as gentle and harmless as a pride. She and Mrs. Conlisk were friends; Mrs. child. His character will be that of a gentle­ Shields was the leader in society and Mr. and Mrs. Conlisk were invited on all occasions; but man's; nor will his body be developed at the in the presence of so many fashionable women, expense of his mind. Mrs. Conlisk was often neglected, although she As a rule, people are of the opinion that was more accomplished than many of those footba.ll players are poor students. It is not present, not excepting Mrs. Shields. She would so at Notre Dame. The average standing of have declined many of the invitations but for the "Varsity" football player in 1897 and 1898 her husband'^^s business position. was nine per centum higher than the average Mrs. Shields gave a reception in honor of Mrs. Holland, the wife of the Governor; Mrs. of the general student body. The inference Conlisk sent her regrets. Mrs. Shields was drawn from this must be that students had much 'provoked,, and determined to rebuke better spend their recreation at playing foot­ Mrs. Conlisk for slighting her invitation. She ball instead of lounging around the smoking- called on Mrs. Conlisk, and asked for an room. explanation of her absence. Let us take a glance at the character of " I was not well," said Mrs. Conlisk, " and I hope you were not offended at my absence." those who are trying to suppress our manly " Offended, indeed," said Mrs. Shields with game. Are they men of large, warm hearts? scorn; "when.I send an invitation to the wife I dare saiy they are not. If they were they of my husband's clerk, I— I will keep in mind would not, without a just cause, try to deprive your courtesy, Mrs. Conlisk." yoiith of innocent pleasure. Is it the broad- When Shields came home that evening he minded man who is trying to commit the sin? found his wife crying. He had always petted Were it he, his conscience, for justice' sake, her, and w;as blind to her faults. She told him that Mrs. Conlisk had been very unkind to her. would force him to put his foot on ^z//sports; The sajiie afternoon he and. Conlisk had a for there is no sport that is unaccompanied dispute over a note thathad been rnislaid. The by danjgef. Statistics will'bear me out in this jiext mooting, he went to the office witH a assertion. violent l^dache. His mail was on. the de>k. JOHN L. MULLEN, Every lefter seemed to have a complaint; he was never so.annoyed before. Pushing aside, ^^pf-^ y

the strong and well-built men who can expect College Football. to play the game with any degree of success, and it must be admitted that it is a valuable HE much-used maxim be­ exercise to those that are able to play it. . Mr. ginning "all work and no R. C. Lehmann saw the game between Penn­ play," though so well known sylvania and Harward in 1896, and he remarked that it lacks interest, expresses, that he had never seen better sport. Such emin­ nevertheless, a great deal of ence, it would seem, should have brought forth significant truth. In this country its own laureate, for surely nothing short of young men do not take suffi­ actual battle so stimulates the manhood in us cient physical exercise out of doors, and and warms the "blood to a desire for action as this fact, to a high degree, is the cause of our American game worthily played. Now and the narrow chests, drooping shoulders, sallow then, perhaps, a football player will receive a cheeks, and want of vitality and life we too strain or a sprain, but the young man that frequently notice. Gymnastics and sports of takes part in this game is likelier to,be a sound all kinds have an important place in every man morally and physically than the one that school curriculum, in even the most humble. stays out of it. . . They are not only enjoyable and interesting It is a fact that football, as played in our to the student body, but the Faculty recog­ universities, is no child's play. Men that go nizes the fact that they are conducive to sound into it must be prepared for rough treatment. health, discipline and a clear brain. When two elevens, fairly well matched in The most enjoyable of all sports at almost respect to training, are pitted against each other, every university is football. While it is an there is not much danger of serious accidents. innocent recreation, it is a game that develops The game is designed, for young men that are pluck, courage, endurance and strength. The trained to the best possible condition, and who element of keen and exciting competition that propose to use some brawn in it as well as enters into all our out-door sports, the pitting brain. of one player against another, of team against The physical training necessary to make a team have marked result for good in football. man a football player is in a negative way a College footbalLto an uninitiated spectator, or moral exercise., A man that is training for more especially to a sallow-cheeked on-looker, football in our universities must keep early appears brutal. Trace this man's way of living hours and lead a sober and temperate life. He since childhood and you will find that he should is under the care of a professional trainer who be properly named "a hot-house product." In will see that he does not overwork himself. early life he neglected the cultivation of his If one would reach the wished-for goal^ body; probably he disliked much exertion. sound-health, self-reliant spirit, well disciplined Perhaps his parents persuaded him not to play, forces—he must pay attention to physical with the "rough boys." They are not rough. culture, and one of the great roads to reach this They are the boys that allow their natural earnestly desired end is to take part in foot­ inclination for play to take free course, and ball. The result will be a "sound mind in a these are the boys that grow into a manhood soundbody," and a healthy and vigorous old that is manhood. This same gentleman is well age with all the faculties unimpaired. aware that it requires strength, courage and endurance to play this national college game, JOHN W; EGGEMAN, and on account of his effeminate manner of Lata, 'gg. Centre, Varsity Eleven. living he has no idea of the vast amount of -*•»- energy'and strength the human body possesses when properly brought into action. An Oozy Smack.. A young man who enters one of our univer­ . I gave her, a kiss, •/ sities, and is healthy, and powerful and in the ,' , And she sfghed: "Ah,me!, best physical condition possible, must have .- :r 'Tis a sin,to. dp this"-n--.. some kind of exercise that will relieve him of . But I gave her. a kiss; - his^siiperfluous energy. .Will=playing tennis or , -r- And she liked. iX r wis, : Though she,virtuous be, croquet supply-that object? No. He must ,: I gave,her a kissi ; participate-in exercise that> requires strength. • And she sighed -".Ah ,mel" Everybody!^ can not play football. It is only W, F. O'M,^

i«.ju.*i-i.-u-ijij.nLL-jiPiiiPi—1 - -mm NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. 335 number of years; do not even dream of'that Elements of Success. nonsense, A rich man is not always a success­ ful man, nor is a successful man always a rich ARENTS have much to do in deter­ man. But it is far better to be successful aricl mining the future pursuits and-suc­ know yourself than to be rich and to' know- cess of the youth under their care. Is a nothing. Your salary may be small at first, but; trade better than a profession? a youth time and patience will soon increase it; aricl as will often ask himself or friend. How your salary grows your capital should increase • can he choose a business or a profession in with it. Do not be discouraged if the increase which he may be expected to succeed unless is small. So long as you are gaining-you'are he has had actual experience with a business- on the right road. . . •; 'r life and its successes? It is not sufficient that a young man should A parent should not be too hasty in choos- be active and earnest in his business life.- In ing for his children. Think twice before you addition to this, he should guard against the decide. Give him a chance to throw open his formation of friendship with anyone in whom' own intellect, and do not put upon his weak he can not put his trust. The world is full of shoulders something that may crush down his men that make it their business to form false happiness in his future and actual life. Take friendships with those they think they: can; into account the talents, the disposition, the subdue. Mr. Marshall Field says: ";Seek to natural inclination of the individual's mind cultivate the acquaintance of those only whose that is immediately concerned; for if this most contact and influence will kindle high purposes, important item be omitted in the parent's as I regard the building up of a'Sterling calculations, it is probable that if marked character one of the fundamental principles individuality is found in a young man the lack of true success." A reputation is often"marred of parental foresight will be detrimental even forever by having at your side a companion when elders are striving earnestly to advance that is nothing more than a living supine. "A the interests of a son. In addition to these man's character is judged by his associates" conditions the business selected should be may be a platitude, but it is ^ also a serious respectable and lucrative; and when a business truth. - ; •• ' •• " or a profession has been chosen let all ener­ Honesty and devotion to duty are- among gies be turned toward its success. the'most essential elements of success. -A And now the question arises, what is essential reputation for honesty arid strict attention to for success? The youth is at work. He is no business make a most important part of a longer a boy, but a young man. Let him there­ man's life and success in business. A man that fore attend to his work with diligence, with a is so reputed has earned his fortune. Be able; determination to master thoroughly the task in every way to control the passions; tongue of his life. Put into it all the energy and and temper. Be their master and nqt'-their common-sense you have, and before going too slave. ' •• •:, fan make a few rules by which you may render One of the most essential, yet most-unfor­ your endeavors useful. Probably the first great tunately disregarded elements of success, is rule—there are many good ones—is: "Live economy. What is the cause of the so-callefd . within your means." Be ready to grasp an "hard times," too often mentioned nowadays? opportunity when it presents itself, and to Extravagance on all sides. An economical make the best of it. Learn to do your work young man is always prepared for a-"-rainy thoroughly. "If a thing is worth doing, it is day.'* Much of the Want that now affetts the worth doing well." people, would never exist had they in the timie Many young men when starting out in life of prosperity made allowance for theif-lfuture; do not think of the future, of what may happen days. Extravagance is too often practised by to them in the'daysto come. Thought for the the young man of today, who is making his: future .will suggest that you do not always start in the world. He forms expensive Habits,-- work for yourself alone. Your employer has a riot thinking at the time that mere trifliiig^bries/ watchful' eye on'- you; therefore, work for his are the most expensive: Purchase only - what ^^ interest as well as for your own. T)b not spend "you"nded and tari pay for. Evei-y'penriy-saved; •- -^Sj-^j^psta time just to escape idleness, to make a little is much toward the establishment of;asoun(i^i money that is to be thrown away.- Do not- try foundation for a future career. " It is riot what to'become a rich man in a week, or a year, or a: weearn, but what we save,-that makesiustrichv'*^ '-^^-m^

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John Jacob Aster said that the saving of the first thousand dollars cost him the hardest The Olympic Games. struggle of his life. But little by little that thousand grew; and see what it came to—mill­ MONG the ancients—when the ions upon millions. If a young man expects to garland and the palm were the succeed in a large business, he must first learn height of man's ambition—the to succeed in a small one. So also he must victorious athlete of Hellas could learn to save dimes before he learns to save rival any mortal from king to war- dollars. nor. In the little state of Greece, when Another essential for success in business life, she furnished so much intellectual food for in fact, for success in anything, is that a young mankind, we find the scholars of the world man should be manly and self-reliant. Do not grouped thick as trees in a forest. Here archi­ be idle. Make the best of your time. A man tectural structures have not been excelled in all that has high and well-cultivated principles these centuries; the Grecian epic is the song and well-formed habits, and lives up to these, of heroes, and her sculptors drew their more is the man that, in the end, will make himself than mortal inspiration from the wonderful valuable in any enterprise. Be yourself in beauties of the Olympian plain. everything; and always keep the impression Greece is the cradle of the athlete and the upon your mind that to become rich in mere land of many gods. When her nations were material wealth is not necessarily "success." bound together by friendly ties, they sent a Too often is a man's character judged by the. sacred ligation, or Theoria, to offer sacrifice at clothes he wears. This certainly is the height the different tribal festivals. Such celebrations of folly arid a sign of narrowness of mind. were held with great pomp. Their interest "Never judge a man by the clothes he wears; created a rivalry among the Grecian nations, God made the man, but the tailor made the and the athletic contests held at these meet­ clothes.'-' A man who is well dressed is not, on ings became more popular as the. excitement this account, a man of good character, a true grew. A spirit so opposing existed between gentleman, nor is a man who is. poorly clad neighbors that it awakened the curiosity of the necessarily bad in character. The good or bad surrounding villagers. Invitations were soon character of a man is not discovered from the sent to all Hellenic tribes to enter the contests. fact that he dresses well or not. A rogue as Whether this is the true origin of the Olym­ well as a gentleman is often dressed in the pic games dr not, is often disputed. Some finest of clothes; and it is needless to say that historians say that they were instituted by the men, who are types of Christian manhood, do Idean Heracles to commemorate his victory not always weaj the finest clothes. So, too, the over his four brothers in a foot-race. Their young man who has started out in hopes of beginning is ^virtually lost in antiquity. making a success in life, and building up a The games were held every four years, good character, let him remember that his between the new and full moon first following character does not rest in his clothes, be they the summer solstice. They lasted five days. good or bad. Strive above all to build up a In their ekrly state, they consisted of a mere 'good character that will win the good will and running-match called the. stadium. As their respect of all with whom you may come in popularity; advanced more contests were added contact. for the amusement of the spectators. The Mr. Marshall Field, on the "Elements of double stadium, or a course of four hundred Success," quotes the following words from the yards, was added to the. stadium. Boxing was will of a senator that died recently: "I hope another of the contests; but the Romans ex­ my sons will defer to and confide in my execu­ celled in this art. The chariot-races, probably tors and trustees, and above all, that they may the most excising of the contests, were of the realize early in life that the only one thing twenty-fifth Olympiad. Extravagant sums of more difficult to build up than an independent money were, expended on horses, and the fortunCi and more easily lost^ is character, and chariots were richly decorated. The driver, who that-thib only safeguards of character are the could win- the race without injury to himself Teh Goinmaridments and Christ's sermon on or. his chariot,, was considered'equal to the the'moiiht." - - gods. The champion of the stadium had his - , NORWOOD R, GIBSON, name inscribed in the gymnasium of Olympia. Elect. Engin. ipoo., Pitcher:, Varsity Nine. Coroebus was the first to have this honor. NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. 337 From his time chronologers recorded'the suc­ cessive Grecian events. His First Game. Those who entered the races were obliged to go through a long course of training. No ELL, I sympathize with" you, one could take part in any contest unless-here old boy; I know just how you of pure Hellenic descent. At daybreak, the feel, I have had the same experi­ morning before the race, the athletes pre­ ence myself." The speaker was sented themselves at Boulenterion, where the a tall, broad-shouldered man of presidents were sitting as judges. Here they athletic appearance, who had had to prove themselves of Hellenic descent. played on the Varsity champion team for years. They swore, over the bloody victims, that they "You need not worry," he continued, " they had fitly prepared themselves by ten months' are no more than men." continuous training in the gymnasium and that This last assertion seemed to impress me. I they would use no fraud in the sacred contests. repeated.it again and again. "They are no After this, they stripped and anointed them­ more than men, and only as many as we selves, then were ready for the race. At this are," I said to myself. Still I was worried. point, their parentage and character could be This was to be my first game and the sickness challenged by anyone in the audience. of the left-guard was all that let me in. I could After the sixth Olympiad the only prize for see that the players felt the absence of their . each contest was a garland of wild olives; old guard; for he was a mainstay to the team, previous to this there was no fixed reward for and this made me feel a great responsibility. the winner. The garland of olives was cut with In the first place I lacked my predecessor's a golden sickle from the Kallistephonos, the reputation and would be considered-a valuable sacred tree brought by Hercules, and was placed on a table of gold and ivory. This garland was point for the aggressor. There was no halo put on the head of the victor and in his hand of desperate tackles and fierce rushes to hold a palm. He then went to the temple of Zeus; them in awe. He was honored by friends and strangers alike, . Furthermore the team we were to play was who strewed his path with flowers and gifts. a very strong team. All during that season w,e The old Archilachian song was sung, and his had been startled by their remarkable, deeds. name, was inscribed in the Greek calendar. They had played games with colleges ,we New honors awaited him at horne. If he never hoped to vie with, and so wondrous were an Athenian, he received five hundred was their strength that many teams out of drachmas and free rations for life; if a Spartan he had, as a special privilege, the post of fear had cancelled games with them. honor in battle. In some instances, altars were . Nevertheless we had great faith, and as the built and • sacrifices offered to him. With coming game was our Thanksgiving-day game the exception of the garland no honors were we expected a hard fight. It was the talk of greater than those attending him.at home. So the campus and-reading-room, and-1 know the enthusiastic were his admirers that they some­ probability .of winning, was always asserted , times made a new opening in the, walls of the with the condition, "if I would fill the vacant city to let him enter. Such honors could only place." Thanksgiving day brought the enemy. rival the reception of a;Roman triumph. Centuries have elapsed since those glorious with their long hair, bloody jackets, and fierce days of Greece. The garland and the palm no traditions of terrible battles. longer possess their former renown. The true While I sat in the dressing-room restlessly Olympian spirit has left, with its heroes. Yet, swinging.my legs from the long high training- in the present decade, Athens saw the revival table, ill omens rose before me. I could see the of the Olympic games. Though modern in mass of calked shoes and head-gears rushing character, the present games resemble' the at me, sweeping me under them and making ancients in the running-.faces; the bicycle was substituted for the chariot. their gains at pleasure; then the dismayed These games differ irom the old ,ones in looks of the players-and disgusted coaches, custom. They are not freld, in connection with as;they whispered: "There is where we lose." any religious ceremony; nor. are th^y adapted Then how could I escape? I could not bear. to the rules of any nation. They are open for the blame of. a.Jpst game. Should I pretend .to the athletes of the world, and. their effects will be hurt? No,; that would be cowardly; but what serve to Extend the same cordial feeling among could I do? Then that consoling thought .again kingdoms, empires and republics as of old. relieved me: ."They, arc only men and we are ...-•• . - PETER E. FOLLEN, . Classical, ipoo. Rt. Field Varsity Nine. of an equal .number." .jr.-. 38. NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC

At this moment the sound of the referee's At last we were filled with a new spirit. The whistle dispersed all my visions. The team ran fact that we were holding the enemy back was upon the gridiron amid thunderous applause. far more than we expected to do, and why A shoit signal practice, the captains choose could we not score? Every man seemed to goal, and we line up to "kick off." think thus, for we rushed with the ball like "Are you ready. Captains?" the officials cry. demons, and slowly made steady gains. We " Ready!" is the response. scored one glorious touchdown, and time was "Now, come on, boys! keep on side! down called. The team returned to the dressing- them in their tracks!" exclaims our captain room. with enthusiasm. "They are not even men, are they?" said The whistle is blown; we kicked the ball, and my companion, as he slapped me on the back "B" downed it on their twenty-yard line. " Surely no more," said I. "We must get that ball! tear them to pieces! The second half was soon begun. push them back!" is heard above all the " Now kill yourselves," said our captain. excitement. "We have not won if we let them score." • The ball is snapped and my vision realized. This half was almost a repetition of the first, A dozen shin-guards dash at me; I plunged except that it was fought harder. We soon into them with might and main. The players scored.another touchdown. At this point the dash at each other like mad buffaloes, thin enemy seemed to be seized with the fierceness striped legs, heads and calked shoes stick out of despair; they fought with irresistible efforts of the writhing mass as if after an artillery until the ball lay on our ten yard-line. The volley. clamor rose with the excitement of the game. " Down!" some one yells in half pain half Here our men appeared to realize the shame anger. of being scored against; and, making their last "Second down four yards to gain!" shouts stubborn stand, they held them back for three the umpire. downs. But the game was not yet finished. "Good work, boys! down them again!" is The signal for a kick was given, but the ball heard from the side lines,as the " rooters" give was blocked. It rolled toward our goal line; a vent to all their suspense. Oh! what keen sat­ dozen hands outstretched to get it, but with a isfaction I felt when I got up from under that long plunge I folded my arms about it, three pile, feeling kicks and blows on every part of yards from our line. Then we steadily fought my body, my heart swelling with confidence and them back until time was called, and Notre pride. My hopes brightened; I was now worth Dame had won her greatest victory and placed two of my original self; I knew they were no herself among the strongest teams in the West. more than men, and probably not so good. I CHARLES M. NIEZER, began to feel that I could fill the vacant place, English, 'pp. Stroke, Vaj'sily Crew. and we may win from the great victors. Again they charged, but to no avail. Now comes the -*••- trying moment. In '61 "Are we to get that ball, or let them push us back?" each player asked himself. SHE. In spite of the rain and sleet, the side-lines Say you love me, are crowded, and deafening shouts arise amid Though oft yoiiVe told me so before, the flourish of colors and canes, but none of this - Say you love me. does the player hear. I only heard the signal, My soldier lad I shall not see, Until this bittef war is o'er, arid thought only how I wanted to win—how Mayhap I shall not see you niore,^- to get that ball. I saw .only the ball and the , Say you love me. men rushing at me with, bodies bent low and determined looks. Ho\y they rush and push HE. arid pull—another scrimmage . and the ball 0 sweetheart mine, with golden hair! , Once more I'll tell the story old. • goes-over. ... : , Thy .face deep in my heart I bear, : Now'the shouts grow, deafening, but the P sweetheart mine with golden h'aif!. r sairie spirit flamed within our enemy that^-drove 1 love you now, arid' ne'er I'll dare us:on ;• to .success. ; We make three attempts To let nay love for you-grow cold; • . O sweetheart mine with'golden hair! ' almost as fruitless and lose the ball. Thus the Once-:fnore I'll tell.the story old. game continues, neither side gaining. K ':. y ^ •- -..^ '. . ... J. F. NOTRR DAME SCHOLASTIC, 339 token of rernenibrance. Dick took away^iher A Double Disappointment. glove and Jack a kerchief! With happ3r:hearts they marched away in different regiments to LL the country was stirred by the battle for our country, while Mr. H. Grandon excitement of the annual fox hunt. Smith remained at home. During the morning the roads were brightened by the scarlet coats of The war was short; but three years may work the approaching riders. Round the a multitude of changes. Neither had heard yard of Squire Folsom's mansion, from Betty, but both had been cheered by slaves were leading hither and the thought of her love. Both reasoned thus: thither the horses of the huntsmen who were "Although she gave me no direct answer, yet constantly arriving. From the kennels echoed she let me hope, therefore I will succeed;" the bay of the hounds, and throughout the which shows how illogical lovers are. stables sounded the neighing and pawing and One morning a few years later the two. men champing of many horses. met again; they brightened up at the sight of a In the great drawing-room, where all had familar face, and shook hands. In a short time- gathered for a chat with the jovial squire, one they were confiding their inmost secrets to each group attracted special attention. In the corner other. Bellews told Farlowe of his success with of the room, where hung Stuart's painting of his love-affair, and showed the glove to him. the squire, sat Miss Betty Folsom and'.her Whereupon Farlowe waxed wroth, saying that attendant admirers. The group contained three he. Major Jack Farlowe, was her accepted suitors—Dick Bellevvs, Jack Farlowe and H. lover, and demanded forthwith the transfer of Grandon Smith. the glove—which he declared stolen—into his The first two were of like mould—wild and hands. High words passed between the two, reckless, worshipped by the opposite ends and their visit to Miss Folsom was deferred of the county for the same qualities: gener­ till after the duel which Dick demanded to osity, good looks, recklessness, and last and satisfy his honor. Farlowe was not averse, and foremost, the wild manner in which they fol­ that evening their seconds made conditions. lowed the hounds. They were both confident These were soon made. They were to fight of winning the hand of Miss Betty, and yet with pistols at twenty paces; to begin to fiire both resolved not to give the other the undue at the fall of a handkerchief, and they were to advantage of a tcte-d-tcte. The third lover they continue firing until the surgeon decl.ucddne entirely overlooked. seriously wounded. All the conditions were Soon after dinner the master of the hounds agreed upon, and a duelling ground was chosen. warned all to make ready, and soon Long The spot at which they were to face each other Meadow was enlivened by the restless horses,the was a little green glade near Long Meadow, hounds eagerly pressing forward, pretty women shut off on one side by a high stone wall and and expectant men. Down about Deacon's on the other by the forest. Hole the pack found the scent of a fox and Early next morning three groups might began to yelp. A field farther on all could see have been seen making their way toward the the moving bunch of shining fur where the fox duelling ground. One consisted of Dick,-his was heading for the underbrush. But the dogs second and his servant; the second of Jack cut between him and his retreat, and turned with a like retinue, the third of a couple him down the long slope into the open valley. of surgeons and their attendants. Just as the Just as the dogs turned him away from sky turned red they stepped on the ground safety, the first nasty jump of the run came— and faced each other. At the moment the a high stone wall with a ditch on either side, signal was given, the faint thud of horses-hoofs which invited a roll in the slimy mud if the was heard crossing the meadow. Three shots horse lost his footing. Dick and Jack sailed had been fired when Bellews dropped, wounded over like birds, but Smith faltered and hung in the groin; Farlowe, shot in the shoulder, back till he saw Miss Folsom fly. past with a pitched forward unsteadily to where his rival mocking smile. Poor.Smith reddened and rode lay. At the very moment as he blanched" and slowly home. fell, Betty on her mare leaped the wall, followed Late that evening the stagecoach rolled in, by Smith, who 'carefully dismounted on the bearing the news that England had' again other side and climbed over. Betty alighted declared war against America. Calls for volun­ unassisted from her steed, ran up and said: teers had been made, the drivers said, in the " Why, you poor silly boys, whatmade you dp towns along the road. Dick and Jack at once this?"—as if she did not know. Then,"It is too hastened to their own villages, and enlisted in bad I did not hear about your arrival, so that the companies that their towns put in the field. I might have seen you sooner. Allow' me .jto By chance, maybe, or more likely by design, present my future husband," and she: turned both saw Betty before they left for the front! to H. Grandon Smith. " She gave an indefinite answer when both JOHN F. FENNESSEY, .;'*•; - avowed their love for her, and gave each a Classical,-'go. Guard, Varsity Basket-BcdL 340 NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

Tl^ITH most of last year's team at hand and a large nnmber of new candidates, we wngmtttseiKiUient. anticipate a successful baseball season. Man­ ager O'Shaughnessy has games arranged with }fotre Dame, Fel>rwar.v 12, 1898. all the leading. Western universities. We are Publf«t)tti fbtrs 5aturDas tiurins JTtnn EtntE at ^. S. antferrsito. thus insured a good schedule. Faithful practice Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office, Notre Dame, Ind. must give us a good team. We must not rest satisfied with ourselves until the season is Terms, $T.jO per Anmim. Postpaid. closed. We should be determined to win every Address: THE EDITOR NOTRE DAME SCHOL-A.STIC, game. As we meet the best teams in the West Notre Dame, Iiid. it is not ail easy matter to win every game. Certainly, 9nly constant practice and untiring The Board of Editors. energy will ever enable us to do this. We are making grieat sacrifices, and we must make ELMER J. MURPHY, '97; immense efforts to be among the big teams. PAUL J. RAGAN, .'97; FRANK J. F. CONFER, '97; We have already determined to be counted FRANK E. HERING, '98; THOMAS A. MEDLEY, 'gS; among the " Big Western Teams." This means WILLIAM SHEEHAN.'gS; RAYMOND G. O'MALLEY, '98; that our merit, amateur standing and fairness EDWARD J.MINGEY, '98; FRANCIS W. O'MALLEY, '99; must be undoubted if we would gain such JOHN J. DOWD, '99; JOHN F. FENNESSEY, 99; admission. We have all these qualities; but we LOUIS C. M. REED2D, \ must develop them if. we would be great. If FRANCIS O'SHAUGHNESSYJGHNESSY,, ^> Ri ReporteiS. we have the qualities we shall be admitted; ROY A. MURRAY, otherwise we can not ask it.

-••»- ^HE regular editors are responsible for this T®)OW the few go daily to the " gym " to work; issue only in that they have given it—ink­ ^ the many stand idly by and watch the prog: pot, devil and all—into the hands of the active ress of the others. Every man that has ability members of the Athletic Association. We do should be in training. Those in training must not presume, in writing this, to make it one be in earnest; they are to advance us a step in with the other numbers; but present it merely Western athletics—not an easy matter. as the effort of a few preoccupied with class For the many that do not train, there is duties and. athletic work. If our articles sug­ much to do. A university team depends on gest the campus rather than the candle, we every man in the university; not to speak of ask you to remember they are personal impres­ support, spirit is born in the crowd, not in the sions, truthfully set down, on a subject much few that make up a team. We may as well be maligned yet closely pertaining to education. candid with ourselves. Men of the University,

-Ml**- we are losing the spirit that is truly a part of Notre Dame's sons. Do not be deceived. The ^HE out-look in athletics is hopeful. We apathy that is noticeable in the average student feel we, are making, progress; neither are rnust show itself as well in the student athlete. we so far behind in ethic? as some would have If we wish our teams to be plucky we must us believe. The term."purity in athletics" is have the spirit in ourselves. Continued indif­ merely relative at most. Reform must begin ference will kill the pluck for which our,teams from within; not on the surface. You may have always been noted; which often turned drive men to hide their guilt; you can not defeat to victory; which made our team play purify their hearts if they do not will it. Proof such a game against Chicago last fall that the is very good; but is " not .proved, not guilty," two prominent "coaches" in the West called causing the so-called professionalism to be ours the pluckiest team they had seen. This carried on under cover? We leave this to you. we will destroy by our apathy. We must be That we have sinned against amateur rules alive, every man of us, if we would progress. we admit; we deny we: have ever been great We have great things to do. Our place in offenders. Lack of organization has been the athletics depends somewhat on bur work this cause of our fault, not unsound hearts. .We year. Shall we be cowards and lose the chance take no part in reforming others, but devote we have to be among the first? Or will We be ourselves seriously ^to our own perfection. men and go to work honestly? Nornn DAME SCHOLASTIC. 34^ In the squad at present, besides the old men, Baseball. are Callahan, a strong batsman who has returned to college, Hesse and Wilson of the '96 team, i^S yet, it is difticult, in fact almost impos- Jerrold, Hermann, Houlihan, Duperier, Dwyer, f^ sible, to form a just estimate of the worth Eggeman, Wynne, Hunter, Farley, of football / of the candidates for the Varsity of '98. fame, Meyers, Ensign, Sullivan, Donahoe and The men have been at in-door work for two Fetherstone. So many changes are taking weeks; but the practise has been light, and it place in the list of candidates that it is impos­ is too early to deter.mine the ability of any of sible to be absolutely accurate. the players. The stiffness that is the natural Let every candidate remember that no posi­ result of a winter's rest prevents an acc'uraite tion on the team is a sinecure; that Notre judgment. As soon as the men get back into Dame wants the very best men available, and form and the work becomes more difficult, the that every man with baseball talent in him is. playing will be faster and the squad will be expected to come out. Then with a pull thinned out. altogether, and with everybody working for the Very little pitching has been done thus far, best interests of the team, the Gold and Blue Gibson and Fitzpatrick are ready for^ work, and will float even higher than it did in"'97. Man­ their worth is too well known to need comment. ager Frank O'Shaughnessy says concerning Both should be stronger than last year, and if the schedule: ... they are, with another good man to Jielp them " We have games already arranged witK out, the pitching department of the-game \vill every college in the ' Big Five.' At the meet­ be in safe hands. Where this nevy pitcher is, is ing of the new Western Intercollegiate League unknown. Few candidates for the box have held in Chicago last month, all of the repre­ appeared, but there is a great opportunity for sentatives assured me that they were anxious a good man. to play Notre Dame, and there was no trouble Captain Powers, who, of course, will do most securing dates with any of them. .There was of the back-stop work is out, and playing hard, no chance of securing admission to the league, first baseman MacDonald and third baseman as a larger circuit than the one now formed' McNichols, of last year's team, are again in the would, be cumbersome. Notre Dame will play squad. Short stop and second base aVe vacant. two games with Michigan, one at home arid Daly, FoUen and Fleming, the '97 out-field, are the other in Ann Arbor, and with Chicago also. playing for their old positions. All the old Several of the Western colleges have written for games, and if it is at all possible they will men on the team will be kept busy defending be accommodated." their old places against the new comers, some of whom have reputations as fast ball-players. It will be seen from this statement that The batting cage is in constant use, and a Notre Dame this year will play more arid team of hitters will be developed if possible. better games than ever before. The good work This feature of the gym training is invaluable. done last year should be surpassed. We have It made good batters last season out of weak the foundation of a winning team in the old hitters, and it is hoped that it is as effective as players of last year, and with the promising material now at hand, Notre Dame should ever. If the fielding keeps pace in improve­ stand high iii the West. Let us be loyal to ment with the batting practice, an evenly- the Manager, the Captain arid the team. We balanced team will be the result. The fielding will have clean, gentlemanly winning baseball' will improve as the players become accus­ and lots of it. tomed to the darkened gym. The official averages of the veterans that To provide room for the track candidates; played on last year's team, and are now in the afternoon basebair practise has been discon­ squad, are as follows: tinued until after the March meet. Many of the ball players are working with the track Fielding Batting Daly, c. f. I.0CX3 . .236 men in the different sprints, and thus addi­ Fitzpatrick; p. i.cxx) .000 tional training will give them an advantage. Powers, c. ' .9S7 . .405 Hard, earnest work will be required of every MacDonald, 1. b. .914 .281 man who expects to " make the. team," and Gibson, p. .871 .214 the sharp competition will make each player Follen, r. f. ' .800 .250 Fleming, \. f. -733 -263 do his best. McNichols, 3 b. .692 - .333 - - L. T. ^Ji H2 NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

Father Cleary's Lecture. Local Items.

Last Thursday afternoon, the Rev. James —LOST.—A bunch of keys; return to C. N. Niezer, Sorin Hall. Cleary, President of the Catholic Total Absti­ —^There will be be a meeting of the Athletic nence Union of America, lectured before the Association tomorrow afternoon in the Brown- students and faculty on the subject of Temper­ son Hall reading-room at one o'clock. ance. Father Cleary is no stranger at Notre —Crowley's correspondence bureau has gone Dame, and this fact, together with his distin­ into liquidation. The post office dept. were not guished position and his reputation as an disposed to grant the application he made, and orator, brought a large and appreciative audi­ then there were other reasons, that would make ence to greet him in Washington Hall. The one laugh to hear them. For this they are Reverend lecturer departed somewhat from suppressed. the beaten track of the advocates of temper- —Duperier has been looking into the polit­ ical actions of Bourke Cockrane and he finds ence in an effort to present the subject to the that he and Bourke hold very nearly the same young men present in such a light as to enlist views. This will go a long way toward disarm­ their interest and sympathy in the cause. Pass­ ing the critics who have been assailing Mr. ing lightly over the statistical arguments on Cockrane of late. the subject, he dwelt at length upon the oppor- • —The great violin virtuoso, Professor John t\inities offered in our age and land to the Mulline.late of the New York Symphony Club, college-trained young man, complimented the has discovered a. new harmonic which he calls students upon the exceptional advantages they the " Spasmodic Overtone." It sounds like soap being rubbed over a wash-board, and is enjoy at Notre Dame, and then proceeded to used very effectively in his rendition of Ruben- show what an important part the principle of stein's melody. personal abstinence from liquor might be made —Michigan has more water on the outside to play in enabling young men to realize to than any state in the Union; in consequence the fullest their'great opportunities. His dis­ the people there have an aversion to it for cussion along these lines was listened to with internal purposes. The climate of the state the greatest interest, and was evidently a source is very peculiar. The summers are warm and of pleasure and profit to everybody present. the winters are cold. • This is accounted for by the fact that it lies midway between the In the evening a large and enthusiastic meet­ North Pole and the Equator, and each side ing of the Temperance Society was held in the has an inning. Politically, the state is divided Columbian room. Father Cleary was greeted by Lake Michigan by which it is made to ver}'^ felicitously in an address of welcome by resemble a ham sandwich. One" half is gov­ Pres. O'Shaughnessy, and in responding spoke erned by Mr. Pingell, and in the other half Mr. appreciatively of the large membership of the Sheehan is the man of influence. He has been society and the good work it is accomplishing, termed the Duke of Hancock, but is averse to marks of royalty. The name Michigan dates and expressed the hope that it would continue back to i860, when the state was a huge coral to grow and prosper and be a fountain of life of whooping redskins under the great chief and strength in the great cause of Catholic ^' Saginaw Kid." His squaw, Luwee, received a total abstinence. He was followed by Father sample of a new brand of cornmeal and had Cooney,who spoke, with more than usual vigor cooked a pot of mush. It happened that Sag­ and eloquence, dwelling chiefly upon the bene­ inaw Kid did not,like mush, but Luwee did; and the next day when he came to dinner he fits to be derived by ever}'^ young man from got a scent of the boiling mush. Pie shouted: membership in a temperance society, and illus­ *' Mush agin? " " Yep," replied the squaw, and trating his arguments by a number of those then a tragedy happened. The name has been quaint and humorous anecdotes for which trimmed a little to make it fit a college song. Father Cooney is famous. Sixteen new mem­ Elections are held there whenever anybody bers took the pledge, and were added to the has an idea that he wants to push along: The roll of the society, now numbering 136. The last election was on the issue whether to plant potatoes instead of grass in the public parks. early departure of Father Cleary that even­ The people showed they were practical by ing prevented the rendition of the elaborate adopting the potato. The people of the state program in his honor which had been prepared, are called " Wolverinos;" but Mr. Weadock has .but the meeting was very pleasant. We hope an idea that the fruit crop of the state could be to "have the pleasure of seeing Father Cleary advertised by changing the name tp '' peachy at no distant day at Notre Dame again. arinos." This will be the subject of a state election next month. •»iwBCT«w«a»itiiiwig»B«.«efi«»*^^

NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. 343 —As soon as the rain-soaked diamond is in of '91. He is at present.a member of the Oak shape, the famous Law Team will again don Park Club, the champion semi-prefessional their uniforms. This announcement is made to team of Illinois. The score of the games are forestall, if possible, any contemplated draft as follows:— by the National League. Some one has sug­ Sapp and Andrews, 21—12—15. gested that only those members of the School Donovan and Fleming, iS—^21—14. Sapp and Andrews, 14. who have been presidents of the Class of '98 be Dillon and Confer, 15. allowed to wear the monogram. This beautiful ornament will be of green and gold, amblaz- —The Clyborne Basket-ball team of Chicago oned with the glad hand and suitable for came and conquered. The game was played framing. O'Shaughnessy will lend his presence on the Carroll gym last Saturday nigHt. The and a bran new bat to the enterprise (on con­ visitors were the famous Olivets of last year dition that the bat is returned). who ' were second only to the Centrals in a contest between the teams of the city League —In Moot Court Wednesday, Benjamin Black of Chicago. The team work of the Clyborne was charged with murder in the first degree. was not as good as that- of the team which Prosecuting attorney Weadock and assistant played the week before, but their goal tossing prosecuting attorney Hoban are acting for was equal in every way. The play was exciting the State, while the prisoner is defended by and vigorous from the signal, the Varsity Messrs. Brucker, Schermerhorn and Crowley. team playing with the determination, that The examination of the state's witnesses is characterized the old team of last year. The now going on. Expert Falvey made a wonder­ work- of the officials was very fair, and the ful impression, and was well supported by absence of any disagreeable quibbling made Messrs. VVurzer, Murphy, Dreher and Spalding. the game doubly interesting. The field goals The jury is composed of Cornell, Campbell, were thrown by Cornell, Powers and Donovan. Pickett, Duperier, Dalton and Guilfoyle. The Powers played a good game considering that docket is now arranged in a very orderly he was a new man, and with his height will manner, owing to the painstaking care of Clerk make a strong man in the team. H. Weigand Joseph Corby. of the visitors was the particular star. He —It's funny how many surprising things threw five of the eight goals from ther field. occur in Sorin Hall each week. Why, it was He was with the ball at all times, arid his only a few days ago that Arce failed to get a splendid playing won the admiration of all. bushel basket full of catalogues and insurance Wirth of the Clybornes threw the most difficult matter in one mail, and a day or so after that goal' seen this year. Pie threw the ball almost some one went into the smoking-room and the entire length of the hall, and scored the didn't find Bill Sheehan there. On another basket. Bauman threw the two other goals for occasion, Eggeman was seen at chapel exer­ the Clybornes. The score and players are as cise and O'Malley's name was on the Roll of follows:' Honor. Furthermore, Duffy says that he was FIRST HALF. passing the mail-box the other day, and actually CLYBORONES Goals Fouls found his morning paper there. He was aston- H. Weigand, r. f. 2 ised to think that some one should so far forget Bauman, 1. f. I I himself. Another surprise recorded recently J. Weigand, c. 0 o was the discovery of a late magazine in the Bach, r. g. b o reading-room and a piece, of chalk on the Wirth, 1. g. 0 o billiard table. Haley's neighbors are also sur­ prised to learn that he has picked out a new NOTRE DAME chord on the guitar, and Murph wonders how .Cornell, 1. f. I o he awoke in time for class the other morning Fennessey, r. f. 0 o With all these surprises what may we not O'Shaughnessy, c. 0 2 expect next? Burns, 1. f. 0 O Steiner, r. g. 0 O —The first games of the handball series were SECOND HALF, played last Sunday in the new Carroll court. CLYBORNES Goals Fouls The Varsity was represented by Fleming and H. Weigand, r. f. Donovan. The visitors were Sapp and Andrews Bauman, 1. f. I of Chicago. It was the first contest our men j; Weigand, c. 0 o have played, and they did well against the two Bach, r. g. 0 o very able players. The games were full of Wirth, 1. g. I o interest, both sides doing some clever work. NOTRE DAME After the regular set, Dillon and Confer went Donahoe, 1. f. 0 on against the visitors for a short game. o Donovan, r. f. I 3 " Andrews, besides being a handball player, is Powers, c. • 2 o a baseball player of national reputation. He Geoghegan, 1. f. 0 o was a member of the Chicago Brotherhood Steiner, r. g. o o team in 1890 and the New York League team Total score: Clybornes, 19; Notre Dame, 13. 344 NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

—Some months ago, the SCHOLASTIC, ever Desmond, T, Dwyer, Diskin, Fetherston, Farragher, awake to the interests of its readers, detailed Farley, Foster, Flerning, Funk, C. Flannigan, M. Flan- nigan, Fogarty, Furry, Guerra, Glynn, Graham, Guilfoyle, a special man to investigate matters at the Gainer, Gordon. Hoover, Herbert, Harrington, Hubbard. Klondike, and report truthfully all that he Heinemann, Hagerty, Hanley, Shipley L, : Hunter, saw, heard and did. His first letter since his S. R. Hunter, C. Hunter, Howell, Hoban, Henneberry, arrival at the Klondike has reached us in time J. Hayes. J. Hesse, Jennings, E.Jackson, Kellner, Klein, Kuppler, iCiiey, Keith, Kaul, Kennedy, Kramer, Kasper, for publication in today's issue. The name Kangley, Lins, Lampert, Merz, Metcalf, Mulcrone, Mor­ of our correspondent will be withheld for the rison, McCallen, McNichols, McDonald, Mulligan, D. present, but he will be known to our readers Naughton, J. Naughton, F. O'Shaughnessy, M. O'Shaugh- under the pen-name of Mickie Blabab. nessy, O'Connor, Odena, Otero, Pickett, Posselius, Powell, Powers, J. F. Ryan, Rupel, Reuss, Reising, Revels, San KLONDIKE, Dec. 28, '97. Roman, Sullivan, Schubert, Shiels, Sherman, J. Sanford, EDITOR SCHOLASTIC: St. Louis, Schwartz, Schermerhorn, Simpson, Spalding, Don't talk about cold! It's so cold here that my pen Swonk, Sossoman, Srriogor, Tomlinson, Tong, Thacker, freezes to the paper and icicles even form in the air. I J. Taylor, Thams, Vogt, Wynne, Wieczorek, Van Hee, R. have to stamp my chair up and down the floor to keep Wilson, Woolverton, F. Ward, Wheeler, Ralph Wilson, the legs from freezing. W. Ward, G. Wilson, Yockey. While I was in New York I chanced to meet Tommie Cavanagh coming out of the Salvation Army head­ CARROLL HALL. quarters. He wished to be remembered to all the boys, Messrs. Armijo, Bloch, Britt, Brann, Barrett, Brice, L. and says he wants Medley to return that shaving cup he Beardslee, G. Beardslee, Bligh, Bellinger, H. Brown, borrowed last year. I met two other men who claimed Becker, Berger, Buckj Clement, Clyne, Caruthers, Carney, to be old Notre Dame students. They wanted a "hand­ Crowley, Condon, Curtis, A. Coquillard, J. Coquillard, out"; so I took them into Delmonico's, and got each one Cowie, Davidson, Dinnen, Donsett, Edgarton, Ernst a Bean Sandwich. Kindly charge to expense. Ellwanger, Elitch, Fink, Furlong, Ferstl, Friedman My journey up the Yukon was a tough one. Our boat Frank, Flirin, Flynn, Girsch, Gibbons, L. Garrity, M. was twice wrecked and I lost all my baggage including Garrity Graham, Green, Hinze, Hickman, Hickey, Hig- Reed's old serge coat that I had taken along for warm gins, Hogan, Hunter," Hoban, Hubbell Hanner, Juretich, weather. Jaworski, Joyce, F. Kasper, R. Kasper, Krug, Kirkland, All along here, people are digging up gold .by the G. Kasper, Kelly, Luken, Land, Lefifingwell, Leach, T. car-load. I dug up a few nuggets with my heel the other Mulcare, J. Mulcare, Moxley, Morris, Moon, Morgan, day, but gave them to a man for a piece of cariboo. Mooney, A. Mueller, W. Mueller, R. Murray, Maher, By the way, the living is terrible here. My bed is Morrissey, Meagher, T. Murray, McSorley, E. McCarthy, made out of a log rounded out, and for bedclothes we T. McCarthy, J. McMahon, O. McMahon, McNichols, use old coffee and tobacco sacks. In the daytime we McLernon, McCorinell, MacSheehy, McNaughton, Mc- turn the log over and use it for a sofa. We have only two Dermott, Nolan, Noonan, Naughton, Nast, Ordetx, meals a day although board is S87 a week. O'Malley, O'Brien, Petritz, Padden, Phillips, Pulford, The meals are very poor and consist of antler soup, Putnam, Quinlan, Ryan, Richon, Staples, Sibley. Smith, sun-browned potatoes and pinched cariboo. There are Swan, Seainan, Stengel, Slevin, E. Sheekey, Schoonover, no seconds on the cariboo. In some boarding houses, they J. Sheekey, Scheftels, Von Albade, Weidmann, White, sell sun-browned potatoes, browned on one side, for Si Ward, Wheelock, Werk, Welch. per slice; brown on two sides,52 per slice. I don't like sun-browned potatoes. ST. EDWARD'S HALL. Willie O'Brien is up here digging out gold by the hat Masters Abrahams, Arnold, Abercrombie, T. Butler. W. full. Every time he unearths a nugget, he tiltS his head Butler, Bernero, Blanchfield, Bosworth, P. Bortell, C. to one side, and rubs his hands with that same character­ Bortell, Cressy, Casparis, Cunnea, Caruthers, Dougherty, istic satisfaction he displayed while unearthing nuggets Dyer, Downer, Dessauer, Donahoe, Davis, Ervin. F. at Notre Dame. Ebbert, G, Ebbert, Frain, Frost, Fleischer, Fleming, A. My next letter will be more interesting as I will then have Fuchs, C. Fuchs, j. Fogarty, F, Fogarty, Miles Flynn, become better acquainted in these regions. Regards Milton Flynn, Griffith, Guilbault, Huleatt, Houser, J. to all the boys. Please, send my tooth-brush and a half- Hart, Hinsey, L. Hart, Hall, T. Jackson; G. Jackson, nickle's worth of frosteds. Jonquet, Kelly, Kerwin, Leclerque, Lawton, Lock\yood, MicKiE BLABAB. Leisander, E. Manion, P. Manibn, J. McGeeney, E. Mc- Geeney, P. McBride, L, McBride, J. McBride, Willie McBride, McCarthy, R. McMaster, B. McMaster, A. Mc- Farland, B. Nye, C. Nye, Nix, Ninneman, O'Conner, Boll of Honor. Paul," F. Phillips, G. Phillips, Robbins, Strong, Sinnott, Schonlaii Shields, Seymour, Shipley, St. Clajre, Topper, Trentman, R. Van Sant. L. Van Sant, Veneziarii, J. Van SORIN HALLI Dyke, F. Van Dyke, H. Van Dyke, Von Albade, Wigg, Messrs. Arce, Atherton, Brucker, Byrne, Carney,Corby, Wilde, Weidman, Weber, Williams. Weis. Corcoran, Confer, Campbell, Dowd, Duffy, Duane, Du- kette, Dreher, Eggeman, Eyanson, Fitzpatrick, Franey, ' HOLY CROSS HALL. FoUen, Flynn, Foley, Fox, Geoghegan, Grady, Gilbert, Messrs. Barthel, Buse, Coyne, Crowley, DeLorimier, Hanhauser, Hay, Haley, Hesse, Hartung, Johnson, Keg- Dwan, DeWulf, Darron, Davis, DuGuay, Gallagher, M. ler, Kearney, Medley, W. Murpfly, Mott, Miller, Mullen, Gorski, Hiss, Heiser, J. J. Hennessey, J. I. Hennessey, Mingey, D. Meyers, J. Murphy, Monahan,- Morris, Mc- Long, Lavin, Murphy, Marr, Moynihan, McKinney, F. Conn, McGinnis, M. McCormack, McKenzie, McDon- McKeon, Nieuwland, M. J. Oswald, M. Oswald, O'Brien, ough, wNeizer, F. O'Malley, R. O'MalJey, O'SuUivan, O'Conneil, Ritter, Rees, Sutton, Sullivan, A'; Sammoh, Pulskamp, Piquette, Reed, Rowan, Rahe^ Sheehan, Schumacher, Szalewski, Trahey, Walsh, Wlmberg. Steiner, Spaulding, Stuhlfauth, Wurzer, Weadock, Ward, Walsh, Fehr. ST. JOSEPH'S HALL. BROWNSON HALL. Messrs. Benson, Brogan, Baldwin, Brand, Breslin, ; Messrs. Adams, Armijo, H. Barry, Bohner, Y. Bjouza, J Clifford, Carlton, Cullinan, Crepeau, J. Corley, E. Corley, Bouza, Baab, Burg, W. Berry, J. Berry, Bouwens, Bums, .Dorian, Fenton, Guiff, Hartzer, Jones, Kachur,'James Balbun,. Beechinar, R. Barry, Bourns, Bommersbach, Kelly, John. Kelly, Lynch, Malone, F. Malloy, B. Malloy, ; Boyle, Callahan, Crowley, Cavanaugh, Crimican, Conway. McElligott, J. Mclntyre, McDonald, McKeever, Ndrris, Cypher, Collins, Dominguez, Dalton, Donahoe, Drejer, Neville,-Pieper, Poiilin, Power, Rockey, Rinke, Shields, Dooley, Donovan, V. Dwyer, Devine,-D.ellone, J. Dillon, Sherry. . . '