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VOL. XXXVIII. NOTRE DAME, INDIANA, OCTOBER 22, 1904-. No. 6.

THE RIGHT REVEREND FRANCIS AIDAN GASQUET, O. S. B., President-General of the English Benedictines. b6 NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

them. I am informed that arrangements are The Girls o' Blarney. now being made to bring in French, Bel gian and American missionaries. The funds 'THERE'S a neat little village convenient to Cork, w-hich the SiDanish government was uiider AVhere tlie colleens are winsome and witty; . obligation to furnish for the salaries of the And in never a place from Pekin to New York 13arish priests, by reason of the Concordat Are the maids.even one half so prettv. with the Pope, are of course not now OcliI sure their eyes are so charmin" and bright, available; and this makes it important, from And sparklin' with mischief and fun, sir, a churchman's standjDoint, that as much of Just a glance and as sure as the (\ay follows night, the money as ]Dossible realized from the You're a captive before you can run, sir. friars' lands should be kept in the coffers of the Philippine Church. The truth is No rose in the garden of Eden Avas red As the li]js of these lasses so bonuA-; that the Church has been placed under the But. whisper, sir, whisper, liend closer 3-oiir head. iiecessitA'- of preparing a new j)riesthood and The taste—oh I 'tis sweeter than honcA'. of establishing the old church on a new foundation. The j)olic3'- of the Vatican looks Their cheeks are as soft as the velvetA- dowm, That's plucked from the eider-duck's bosom, now to the creation as soon as practicable And all the cute lads that come out from the town of a new- clergv bv the education of voung Leave their senses behind 'em or lose 'em. Filij)inos of good character in theological seminaries to be established for the j)urpose But their brogue, 'tis the richest that ever -vvas heard, So musical, soft and persuadin', in Manila, Eome and America. It trippingh- flows, like the song of a bird, The transfer of a people from a sovereigiitj^ From the lips of each Blarnev voung maiden. like that of Spain—în which the Church and P. J. G. government and the State Avere so closety united that it is at times veiy difficult to distmguish the possessions and frmctions The Church and Our Government in the of each—^to a sovereigntv like that of the Philippines. United States, in w^hich the Church and the state must be separate, has presented a THE IIOX. WILLI.\M H. TAFT, U. S. SECRET.\KY OF WAR. number of most interesting questions for readjustment and settlement; and these (CONTIXUED.) questions have been much complicated b3'' The condition of the Roman Cathohc the political bearing -which the liostilitA'- of Church after the treaty of peace iDctween the people toward the friars' owmership of SiDaiii and the United States was a critical large argricultural holdings has had upon one; and \vhile it has somewhat improved, the situation. there still remains much to be desired before Let us take up, in order,'the classes of ques the Church can assume its proj)er sphere of tions arising betwêen the Roman Catholic usefuhiess. Many of the churches veere injured Church and the government of the PhilixDpine in the vi'-ar of the insiirrectiou, and many of Islands established by the United States: the parishes had to be abandoned for lack of First. The three ordersi—the Augustinians, priests. The native clerg^'-, consisting mainly the Recolletos a;nd the Dominicans—owmed of priests of limited education who had acted among them about 420,000 acres of land. as assistants to the friars,; have become Of this, 120,000 a:cres had been \exj recently the parish priests; and the leariiing and acquired by grant of the Spanish govem- character of manj- of them are by no means menti 60,000 acres of it lay^ in the remote as high as those of Catholic priests-of; other pro\'ince of Isabela and was granted to the countries. The friars w^ho were j)arish priests Augustinian Order, in order to secure its could not return to the parishes liecause of improvement; and a similar grant in the the enmity felt-against them; and it wâs Island of^ Mindoro wâs made to. the difficult to obtain priests from other lands Recolletos. The remaining 300,000 acres, •who could discharge the duties of minisfers however, had-been held by the Orders for of religion among people wdiom they did periods ranging from 50 to 200 yêars. I not understand and w^lio' did not uiiderstand do not find any indication that this land was NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC, 87- acquired through tindiie influence as has been in their monasteries, to "the parishes where sometimes charged. The chain of titles seems thej^ had formerly exercised priestly func to show that it Avas all purchased either at tions, created disturbances that it .was private sale or public auction. The lands, difficult for the civil government to control.- esiDccialh^ those in the neighborhood of On political grounds, therefore, it seemed Manila, the friars highh'^ improved bj^ wise for the Church on the friendlv sug- irrigation at large expense. After the gestion of the government, to select other Revolution of 1896, the popular feeling ministers than the Spanish members of the against .the triars made the collection of Orders Avhich had aroused • siich political rents from their tenants impossible. antagonism among the people in the recent, The Insurgent Congress at Malolos, under history^ of the islands. Agtiinaldo, passed acts confiscating to the Third. Under the Spanish regime, when Filipino Republic all the lands of the friars ever either a civil or religious charity or in the islands; and many of the tenants school was founded and maintained, the based their refasal to pa^^ rents to the friars' immediate executive officers selected by the agents on the ground of this "nationalizing" government for the purpose of supervising of the lands, as it was called. and carrying on such ins-tittrtious w-ere In 1901, American civil goxQ.Taxa&nt was members of the clergy. There were several established, and courts were created for the large foundations, educational and chari jjurpose of determining civil rights. The table, with respect to A\^hich the claim was friars had meantime transferred their titles made, as soon as the United States govern to promoting companies, taking back shares ment assumed control, that they w-ere not in the corporations as a consideration for religious charities and so subject to the the transfers. With the restoration of tran control of the Roman CathoHc Church; but quillity'- in 1902, there was no just reason that thcA^ were realh' civil foundations, the - win'' the companies now owning the lands care and custody of which necessarily passed should not proceed to collect their rents and with the transfer of sovereign-ty from, the to oust the tenants if the rents were not Crown of Spain to the government of the _ paid. The tenants were siillen and not United States. This question has arisen disposed to recognize the titles of the friars A\'-ith respect to two hospitals, and the • or to paA-- their rents. A sj'stematic attempt College of San Jose. The union of Church to" collect the rents would involve eviction and State tinder the Spanish regime was suits against mam'- thousand tenants; so close that the decision whether a . judgment would doubtless follow the suits, particular foundation A\'as civil or rehgious and the executive officers of the courts must involves a. consideration of some of the then proceed to evict from their houses and nicest and most puzzHng points of law. homes thousands of farmers in the most Take the instance of the College of San Jose/ jDOpulous xDrovinces of the islands, and chieflA"- A Spaniard named Figueroa, who was among the Tagalogs, a tribe easih'- aroused, governor of the Island of Mindanao in to disturbance and insurrection. After four 1600, died and left a 'will bv "w-hich he gave 3'-ears of the difficult Avork of tranquillization a fund for the establishment and assistance it seemed impossible, Avere these evictions to of a school for the education oi ôvais^ be instituted, to avoid a return to the dis Spaniards. In this will, he directed specifi- turbed conditions that had so injurious^ calh'-.that the school should not be subject = affected the interests of the islands between to ecclesiastical domination; but he provided' • 1898 and 1902. Something must be done that the pupils should have a Christian to avoid the manifest danger to the public education, and that the rector of the. school v peace and to w-ell-ordered government which should be the head of the Jesuit Ordeirvin ' Avholesale evictions of the character described the Philippines. In 1767,,as already said, ^ would involve. the Jesuits w-ere expelled from the islands- Second. It AA'âs found that the political \yj the King of Spain. After the Jesuits hostilit3'- toward the friars w-as so great on left, the Archbishop of Manila and the, the part of the people that anj-- effort to send governor-gieneral took possession; oi the ' them from Manila, where they- w-ere.housed property of "^the, College of San Jose and _: 88 NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

divided it between them for Church and and a fe\A'^ houses of the wêaltlw, are the governmental j)^î"poses. When this \vas church and the rectorj'-, called the convento. brought to the attention of the King of The church is usualty a large building of Sj)ain, he. severeh' criticised both officials, stone or brick, finch' situated; and the and dii-ected that the propertA^—^which, he convento is a gi-eat stnicture adjoining said, had not belonged to the Jesuits, but the church and connected wdth it. The was onh^ under the control oi^ the superior convento offered excellent facilities as a •to carry out Figueroa's will—should be barracks for the troops. As it happened continued in the same trust. He then that durino- the insurrection niauA^ of the appointed a Dominican to supervise the churches and conventos were abandoned, administration of the college. the troojDS moved into them—^\'er\^ much to Though the Jesuits Avere allowed to return the satisfaction of the church authorities, to the islands in 1852, the suiDcHor of the because in this waj their destruction was Order did not resume control of the college. avoided. The insurgents earh'- in the war The foundation continued to be under had pursued the polic3^ of destro3dng the Dominican supervision, and is now" a part churches, in the belief that in this wîse of the Univei-sity of Santo Tomas. The the3^ Avould. i)revent the Araierican troops fiinds are used, under the doctrine knoA\ni to from having places in which to live. lawyers as the doctrine of cy pres, to The occupation of the qjiurches and con maintain a school of medicine in the ventos for militant'- purposes continued for universit3% The Filipino Medical Associa two 3'êars, and sometimes longer, and often tion, as soon as the American government for quite a period after all hostilities had took control of the islands, insisted that ceased. This is the foundation for a reason this San Jose trust was a civil foundation, able claim against the United States for and.that it was the dutj'- of the American rent and for damages caused b3' the occupa government to take possession as the tion. The difficult3'- is in settling the proper trustee, and to "run" the institution as amount due. a medical college free from ecclesiastical Fifth. Another class, of questions, and control. Much local bitterness grew out ot one which at present is perhaps the most the controversy, and the commission finalh- troublesome, involves the question of i concluded to pass a lassr x^roviding a special title to a number of parish churches and case for the Supreme Court of the islands conventos. In these cases, the title is to decide. It is now j)ending, but has not claimed b^'' the respective municipalities in been brought to a hearing, because it was which the parish church and conventos hoiDcd, after the visit to Rome, that it might stand; and the people of some of these be.settled by compromise. municipalities claim the right to turn the Fourth. Another class of questions arising church and convento over to the so-called between the govennnent of the United Independent Filipino Catholic Church, a States and the Roman Catholic Church is schismatic bodA-- established by an apostate the question of rent and damages for the Roman Catholic priest named AglipaA-^. I occupation of churches and. conventos by shall speak more in, detail of this question the troops of the United States during the farther on. insurrection and subsequent thereto. You I . think I liaA'-e sufficienth'- stated and must know that nine-tenths of the popula explained the questions bet\A''een the Church tion of- the Philij)pine Islands reside in and the gOA'êmment to shoAA'^ that the3'^ houses made of a yer}'- light and temporary were,.serious obstacles to the progress of material. Thej'^ live in what are called the American. gOA'êmment, if steps AA'êre not "shacks" made of bamboo frames with immediate^, taken, to secure a settlement roofs and sides of the nipa-pahn. The of them. It is not- too much to say that houses are quickly constructed, easily nioved the Church wâs as anxious to bring about and much subject to destruction 133'^ fire. a settlement as was the goA'êmment. The The onij'^ permanent buildings in the ordi commission recommended the purchase of nary town. in the Philippines, with thel the. friars' lands as a solution of the exception of the municipal or tp\\Ti building difficulties arising, with respect to them. NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. 89

It had been fairh'- Avell ascertained that if with the head of the Roman Church ? \ The. the government bought the lands, the disadvantage of dealing Avith an agent in the. government as a landlord Avould have less Philippine Islands was that unless direct and difficultA'- in dealing wnth the tenants than satisfactory^ communication Tvas established it would have in enforcing the rights of the wath the head of the Church, the representa fi-iai'S as landlords; and that bv oiferinsr to tives of the Church in the islands Avould be ., the tenants opportunitj^ to purchase the likely to be more or less under the influence lands on small annual j)ayments for ten of the Spanish friars, whose attitude with or twenty Aêars, a transfer of the lands respect to the questions to be decided could to the tenants might probabh'- be effected not be expected, under the circumstances, to AAathout much, if anj'-, pecuniaiy loss to be impartial- and free from bias. It was the government. concluded, therefore, to accept the informal Through a promnient American prelate invitation, and to send a representative to of the Roman Catholic Church, it was the Vatican to deal directh' with the Pope intimated b^-- the Vatican to Mr. Root, the and with the Congregation of Cardinals, to Secretary" of War, that if an agent of the Avhom in the ordinar\^ course of business government could be sent to Rome, the he would probabh' assign the matter. I settlement of all these questions might be Avas then the Governor of the Philippine greath'- facilitated b}-- direct negotiation Islands, visiting this countrj^ for the pur with the head of the Roman Church. The pose of testifying before the congressional issue Avas presented to the President and committees on Philippine affairs. the Secretarv of War whether' tliev ouarht It was thought appropriate that I should to take the responsibility^ of a direct represent the government of the United communication Avith the Vatican in the States in the conferences at Rome. 'Judge settlement of these questions. Of course James F. Smith, of the Supreme Court of the immediate objection to this wa^ the the Philippine Islands, a Roman Catholic, ' possibilit}' of severe condemnation b}^ the then on leave in this country', was assigned non-Catholics of America, on the ground to accompanA^ me. In addition. Bishop that it was a radical departure from the Thomas O'Gomian, the Catholic bishop of traditions of the government, and would be Sioux Falls, who had lived a long time in establishing diplomatic relations "vxath the Rome and spoke French with much fluency, head of the Roman Church, inconsistent and. Colonel John Biddle Porter, of the AAdth the separation of Church and State Judge Advocate's Corps of the Armyj who alwaA'S maintained hj our government. also spoke French, made up the party. . There was the natural fear that the purpose It was properh^ thought - that Bishop of the visit might thus be misconstrued and O'Gorman's familiaritj- with the methods., that /I sectarian feeling Avotild be aroused; of doing business in the Vatican would, be so that the visit, instead of contributing ••o f much assistance to me in carrying on- to the solution of the difficulties in the the negotiation. This proved to be in.every PhililDpines, might prove to be a most serious waj' true. Bishop O'Gorman preceded us obstacle. On the other hand, the President in the visit to Rome by about two weeks,, and Secretary of War thought it possible, and met us at Naples when the rest of us . after full and frank consultation AAdth many landed from the North German Lloyd leading cleyrgj'-inen of various denominations, steamer on our waj^ to Rome. I had to reh'^ on the clear judgment and common- received a letter of instruction from the sense and liberality of all the American Secretary' of War, a letter of introduction people, who must see the supreme difficulties from the Secretary of State to Cardinal, and exceptional character of the problem Rampolla, and a personal letter of courtesy, A\'-hich the government had to meet in the and greeting from President Roosevelt to Philippine Islands, and would welcome anj'- his Hohness Pope Leo XIH. We first. reasonable step towârd its solution. It wâs called upon Cardinal Rampolla, wiio , a business jDroposition. Was it wiser to deal received us cordialh^, and indicated the" with an agent of the great corporation of the time when the Pope would receive us. in Roman Church in the Philippine Islands, or audience. At the appointed hour, through 90 NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

the magnificent chambers of the Vatican, nation to insure the success of our visit wê T\'ere escorted into the presence of After our first audience wdth the Pope, I Leo XIII. From the moment that w-e presented my letter of instruction to Car ^ were presented to the Pope until his death, dinal Ramj)olla, which was referred by him w'c \\êre constantly being made conscious to the iDroj)er Congregation of Cardinals, of the fact that he took a real personal and the negotiations thereafter were in interest in the solution of the difficult Avritinar. The answer of the Aâtican to the problems which had to be solved between, Secretar\' of War's instructions contained the Church and the PhiliiDpine govennnent; a general acquiescence in the desire of'the and that he intended, so far as lay in his government of the United States to j)urchase power, to bring about the most friendh'- the friars' lands, and an announcement of relation between the United States in the the Vatican's intention to effect a change in PhiliXDpines and the Church authorities. the personnel of the priests in the islands, b^' He received us most graciously, directed us a gradual substitution for the SxDanish friars to seats immediate^ in front of him, listened of j)riests of other nationalities, with the attentive^ while the address which I had ultimate jDurpose of fitting Filipinos for the prepared, and w^hich had been translated clerg3'-; and a ]3roposal that all the matters into French, "^âs read to him hj Colonel pending should be turned over for settle Porter. He resiônded in remarks of j)er- ment to a conference between an Aj)Ostolic haps fifteen minutes in length, showing Delegate to be sent to the Philippine that he had caught the j)oints which w-ere Islands and the officers of the Insular presented to him m the address and fiilh^ government. understood them. Our audience Avas held The corresj)ondence has been published, with him, without the presence of anj^ and I shall not Avearj^ you T\dth its details ad\dser, cardinal, priest or attendant. further than to say that, in the response I had alwâvs had great admiration for to "the first letter received fi'om Cardinal Leo XIII. because of his statesmanlike RampoUa;, we thought it jDroper to i)ropose grasp of the manj'- j)ortentous questions a definite contract betwêen the government that wêre presented to him for discussion of the islands and the Vatican for the and solution; but I had • suj)posed that in jDurchase' of the lands, at a price to be the latter A-êars of his j)ontificate he had fixed bj'- a tribunal of arbitration, w^hich become so feeble as to be not much more should pass not onh- upon the price of than a lay figure in the Papal government, the lands but also upon the question of the and that, exceiDt for a more formal greeting trust foundations already- referred to, and and salutation, wê should have to trans which should fix for the axDproval of Congress act our business Vvdth the Curia. I. T\'-as the amount of rent, and' damages due for greatly surprised, therefore, to find tliis the occupation of the churches and conventos grand old man of ninetA'--twô, though some hj the United States troojis. It Avas fiirther what, bent in yêars and delicate-looking, proposed that this contract should have a still able to wâllc about; and, what was condition bj"^ which the Vatican Avould agree .. more remarkable, keen and active in his to wîthdraw the fiiars in the course of mind, easily following the conversation and three j'-ears.. addresses made to liim, and responding To this condition the Vatican declined with a j)romptuess and clearness of intel to agree. It was Avilling to make a lectual vision rarelv foimd in men of old age. definite contract . for arbitration, but it Nothing could exceed the cordial gracipus- declined to agree as one of its terms to ness and simple, kindly manner with w^hich withdraw the friars .fi-om the islands: first, he received us. After the serious part of because that Avas a question of religious the audience had been concluded, he made discipline \yhich, it did not think, ought to : inquiri(es after our families and oiir health, form a term of a: commercial contract ; and lightened the conversation with a secondly,:becauseiitf did not desire, b3^such genial ? wdt and sense of humor that were a stipulation, to reflect uj)on the Spanish very charming. He assured us of. his great religious: Orders, and thus give apparent delight at our coming and of his determi support to the slanders, which^had been pub- NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. -91

II lished against the Orders by their enemies; and, thirdh'-, because such agreement would For Want of a Title. be offensive to Spain. AVe, on the part ot the United States, under the instructions ot CHARLES L. O'DO.WVELL, *06. the SecretarA'- of War, did not feel authorized i to enter into, a contract of arbitration wdth Rummaging, boy-like, a few weeks ago— i all the uncertainty as to the extent ot not, as voir mav haiê surmised, throusrh the obligation assumed, if it did not include the traditional attic, but through a region as a consideration the withdra^val of the of far more reckless disorder, my sister^s Spanish friars; and accordingly^ we reverted Avriting desk—I- came upon a " bulky, to the general agreement proposed in the be-ribboned manuscript. "Some prize tl"ing Vatican's first letter, in which the Church she did at -school," I hazarded mentallj', I indicated its approval of the purchase of as I cast it aside upon a pile of other the lands, and the settlement of the other papers Ij^ng on a chair. As I did so, hoTv- questions by negotiation with an Apostolic ever, rcvf attention -was attracted b\^ a Delegate to be sent with frill powers to Tvdrd written boldh- in purple ink on the Manila. reverse side of the manuscript:—Preserve, {To be continued.) I read. -•••- No\v I must confess there is some charm, about that word that has never failed to Varsity Verse. act on me; besides, it was raining outside and I had nothing else to do indoors,^-! IDLE FEAR. began unt^-ing the ribbons. It was Hke, I (Horace, Odes I., 23.) imagine, lifting a mummy out of his grave- A S a fawn that is seeking its timorous mother, clothes. I took up her pen-knife to cidvance Over hilltops and pathways tmtrodden and free the work,—Î might just as well have tried With a shadowA' dread and alarm at no other to cut with her lead-pencil. After some Disturbance than zephj'rs,—Â'OVI, Chloe, shun me. y minutes of straining and tugging, however, 'Tis the coming of spring sets the leaves in vibration, the manuscript laA' smiling before me. Or the lizard's swift gliding have stirred the shnibs The first page was rather uneventful; it near, was adorned, however, with a haltdozen. or But in horror she stops and in great trepidation As her knees tremble- fast, so her heart throbs \vith so titles, and from this fact I was led to fear. conjecture I had in hand one of AHce's redoubtable fictitious compositions! Out Like a LA'bian lion or tigress that's wounded, I'll not tear you apart nor pursue yow. to harm, side, the shower had settled into an all- So awa^- froin 3-our mother and fears all unfotmded. afternoon pour; so, resigning my self to fate, To attend on a spouse 3-ou are ripened in charm. I took a comfortable position; turned to the S. A. S. S. stoiy^ proper, plunged boldly into the thick S FLOWER. of the narrative,- and struggled- with; it Standing 'ncath a forest pine, bravely to the bitter end. As nearly as Saw I there a daisy blooming, I can remember—later I shall explain- the Pure and graceful, unassuming. 'Twas my sweet Evaiigeline. necessity' I am under of using- this' last T. I-I. word—the storv' goes as follows: . -. JIOOXLIGIIT. The convent is a great, graj'-stone struc When Lima fair lets out her hair ture, with an air of stem reserve about it. From heaven's highest stor\% Adown cloud-walls the lustre falls, The coldness, however, if any there \be,\ is A cataract of silver glory. all on the exterior; .within, the warmth - of O'D. Christian charitj^ • and' that pleasantness GOOD JUDGMENT. that is the outgrowth, of cultivated char There was a 3-oung fellow fantastic, acter, hold,gentle sway., Yet- once, at least Whose verses were almost bombastic; to my knowledge,'the serenitj^ of acaderny But he thought his yôung name life was rudeh'" broken. • ;• -' •: Had encompassed all fame W^hen 'twas set in the weeldj' SCHOLASTIC. It was a Saturday night- about-^-ten . ~ T. A. E.L. o'clock, and most of the.house.had.tetired. 92 NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC: r My room-mate and I had just turned off stairs, she sa\\'- that she Avas accompanied our light and -were getting comfortabh'- Her first impulse was to send us back' to settled, when a slight noise, coming from our room, but seeing our readiness to go outside and beneath our window, caused with her, and thinking j)erhaps it was better each of us to Uft our head from the pillow so, she turned again and started downstairs. and call simultaneously to each other from We followed, the tw-o of us, enveloped in our respective couches. her gi-eat shawd, wdiich on leaving her room "Did you hear that, Bess?" • Ave had caught up and throwai about us. "Did you hear that, Alice?" Below all Avas quiet now. Sister was Each question wâs ans\ver sufficient. Alert, ahead with the candle; we were treading in propped up on one elbow, wê strained our her. shadow, wdien all at once, making a ears to catch -udiat might succeed. In a few sudden turn at the lower landing, Sister minutes we heard it again; there is no other Martha almost tripped over the crouching sound like it, the screeching, grating noise figure of a man. Instanth'- she drew back, of a hard substance cutting into glass; nw and the burglar straightened hhnself wîth teeth were on edge. In an instant w-e ^êre a muttered something. Bess and I stood on our feet in the centre of the room, shaking underneath the shawl. The burglar, clutching each other's hand. a burty, big fellovr, made as if to draAv "It's a burglar," I suggested, my teeth a \veapon, but seeing onty a defenceless chattering.. woman and a dark figure in the background, "Hush!" from Bessie. "We must see refrained, standing dogged, blinking and Sister Martha." scowling in the candle's glare. I took her wôrd for it. It wâsn't the first "AVell,"—ît wâs Sister Martha's voice time I had trusted in Bess; in fact, -\A'-e all that spoke in low tones, but imperious did. She T\'-as the oldest girl in" the class, and sharp,—"in God's name, what do the best golfer, and, besides," could out 3'-ou want?"- point even the instructor at fencing. She Startled \y\ the steady'' coolness of that now noiselessh'' opened the door and voice, it -was a "minute before the burglar cautiously peered out. The corridor, in replied: the dim light before St. Michael's statue, "A living," he growled. wâs seen to be emptj-. The noise, we judged, "And is this the waj--you seek it?" Sister had come from a wandow that opened on Martha inquired, as though she were lectur the fire-escape dowTi at the first floor. ing a delinquent pupil. "We are a house We ran up the corridor to Sister Martha's of religious; Mê help the needj'-, but we have room. Bess rapped fainth', and in a few nothing for such as 3ôu. You will oblige seconds the door opened,; and wê wêre met us IDA" quitting this, building at once." by the senior prefect's calm but inquiring "See here, lad3^, I didn't come here to face. In a moment's whispering Bess had ask for Avhat I want, I'll take it." told her of the noise and Avhat wê "You shall not move a step further into conjectured it to be. If Sister Martha shared - this house," said Sister firmty. Then turning our fears she gave no sign of it; laying to us, "Take the rope, Bessie!" down her beads, she lighted a candle and In a flash we understood her plan. We prepared to go forth to investigate. had heard that in former vears, when the There wâs no "mystery," I ma^'- saj^^ "here, "convent •v\'âs much smaller, it had been shrouding Sister Martha's life. She was saved on an occasion similar to this bv simply a-plain farmer's daughter, but. with the presence of mind of a nun, i,vho had extraordinary mental endowment and rung the great. bell îsed to , summon the imique force of character. I wôn't say ii^'^hat da3'--scholars, thus a,rousing the neighbors makes me think so, but I also believe she and frightening off the intruders. could ride any horse in the king's stable. The bell-rope was dangling at the niidwa3'' Naturally, then, whien she stepped out into landing of the stairs we had just descended. the corridor and started towârd our wing, Before the visitor Itnew just what was to with a gredt deal of confidence wê proceeded happen, the two of us, as one person, had to^follow^. Turning about at the head of the made up the stairs and snatched the rope. NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. 93 " Wait, Bessie! " Sister called; then turn still cHnging to the rope, T had no time to ing to the wretched fellow she said: "If ask an explanation of her brief desertion. A'-ou leave this house instantly and with At length, perhaps, the strain Avas telling out making anj'- disturbance, you shall be on -her ner\-es. I heard Sister Martha say: allowed to do so unmolested; but—" "For the last time, I command you to With a frightful oath the fellow whipped leave this hoiise; if you don't do so I shall out a revolver. bid the girl ring, be the consequences what "Ring and be hanged. I'll go when I'm they may." readj'-. Drop that rope," and the same Appafenth'- it had at last dawned on the instant Bess and I had the sickening fellow" what a predicament he was in. StiU sensation of feeling that his great loaded keeping his revolver pointed in our direction, revolver was levelled straight at us. I'm as though he distrusted Sister's word that surprised I didn't die right off; as it was, he would be allowed to leave the house even Bess quailed. Not so Sister Martha. undisturbed, the burglar backed to the A quick movement, and she wâs between window- bv w^hich he had entered and him and his aim. deliberateh^ crawled out upon the fire-escape.- "Don't take it so hard,"—she spoke in AU CAês were on him except mine own,—I the same cool tones. "I don't believe A'-OU'H was watching Bess. She had thrown off shoot now even though the girl does ring. the shawl, and was leaning far out over You would be taken surel^'-; it goes harder the railing, her ej-es glistening with a with a murderer than with a thief." strange light. Of a sudden came a cry from While Sister spoke, slowty and eventy, I the fire-escape and the noise of a- scuffle. felt Bess grip ray arm and Avhisper: "Hooraj^," shouted Bess, leaping down "Isn't she great! Back her up alone the stairs, "the day is won!" for a minute, Alice, till I return," and the The senior prefect turned reprovingly, next moment the great shawd covered onh'- "Elizabeth?" . - one pupil of St. Clare's; m^^ hands alone "Oh, Sister while 3^011 talked, I went and wêre on the • rope, and I had uncontested phoned for the police!" claim, save for Sister Martha, to the contents "I knew vou would," calmlv answered of that glistening barrel. Like a shadow Sister Martha, and then did iiot faint. Bess had stolen upstairs unperceived. Such was finis, I believe. As I folded In a few minutes—ît seemed ages to me,- the manuscript in a non-committal. wây, standing there with that noble, fearless it occurred to me that the story really woman between me and certain death— wouldn't be anv the Avorse if it had a srood Bess returned. By this time, too, some of title. Hadn't Alice ever hit upon one? Ah,; the Sisters, aroused b^'' the sound of walking, a happA-- thought! Just the thing for ' appeared grotesqueh'- at the head of the eccentric Alice to do. There was a low fire stairs; the^'- soon took in the situation, but burning in the grate. I eagerh' took the w-ere pow'erless to do anj'-ting to relieve manuscript o\'er to it and held OA'er the page the intensitv of the strain. Sister Martha for the gentle finger of the heat to Avrite was doing all that could be done. upon it. The iuAdsible' words Avere spell- (To my extreme regret I must here break insT out niceh^ Avhen, an unluckv moAê on in upon the steady course of the narrative mv- part, and the Avhole manuscript slipped to inform the reader that in m3'- sister's from mj'- hands into the flames; in a fcAV manuscript there was considerable dialogue, minutes it A\'âs-consumed. - HoAA^CA'cr, despite rather well done, too, between the Sister lapses of my memory here and there, I think . and the thief, which I am unable to present most of the story has risen from its ashes, now. The discussion, we may conjecture, though not the title. • * . ' lasted through several minutes.) I couldn't help noticing Bess' changed A F inancier. behavior after she returned from her trip A little babe sat on the floor, upstairs; she seemed more nervous than A-plaj-ing with its feet, before she left, not frightened exactly, but It got its big toe to its mouth expectant, perhaps. But standing there, Thus making both ends meet. A: MCF. 94 NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. our chivalric spirit compels us to make NoTBE DAME SOHQLASTIC reparation. We aj)ologize to Sir Wâlter Raleigh for the injuiy done his fair name: Published every- Saturday during Term Time at the . he had trouble enough, v^-e learn from a University of Notre Dame. fresh perusal of his career to make am^

Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office, Notre Dame, Ind. present uncharity entirely superfluous. The author of Ivanhoe will be compelled to Terms: $J.50 per Annum. Postpaid. jDut off the garb of pride with which ^ve Address: THE EDITOR NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC, erroneoush'- invested him. He lived too Notre Dame, Indiana. long afterwards to make his claim tenable. Notre Dame, Indiana, October 22, J 904. That is the unfortunate jDart of the whole affair. But our consideration for his feel —The fact that the regular bi-monthlv ings must Adeld to our sense of justice, examinations take place within a few and we acknowledge our fealty to the days reminds us that it is time to make steel-and-velvet cavalier wdio afterwards j)reparation for them. The true xDurpose lost his neck. Scott, we understand, died of examinations after all, Ave fanc\'-, is not in bed. It viâs Raleigh's cloak, and he to determine with ain- exactness the actual spread it himself. amount of know^ledge a student has con cerning a given subject, for no test- could —Notre Dame has had the honor during be devised to suit such an end. Tests are the ]3ast week of entertaining several sriven rather w-ith a view to stimulate steadv gentlemen high in the political circles of effort by reminding college men that the}' the land. •will shortly be called ux3on to displaj- their Senator Beveridge, Senator Allison and mental development or lack of it in that Congressman Brick called on the Very large school be\'ond the conventional land Reverend President and spent' a most mark knowTi as Commencement. Students, pleasant afternoon as his guests. Wednesdaj^ then, who are thoroughh- in earnest will afternoon ex-Senator Hill, called to -^tcij his take counsel of their bulletins, and resolve, respects to the President, and with Maj-or that if the Of)ening of the term has not Fogartj'" and congressional nominee Hering been fruitful for them, the remainder ^''ill took supper with the students at the bring them recompense. Facultv table in the Browiison dininsi-hall. After the meal the President gracefulh^' called upon Mr. Hill to address the students, a —Shakspere has x>i"opomided a question request wîth which the ex-Senator comj)lied somewhere or other as to w^hether or not in a most pleasing manner. there is anvthing in a name; and bv wav Mr. Hill very carefiilh^^ avoided xôlitical of answer he adduces the scent of roses to topics, and confined his remarks to an jDrove that at bottom a name is merely exxDression of the apxDi'eciation he felt in incidental and not at,all essential. We are meeting young men engaged in college work, compelled to differ from the Swan of Avon; and to giving some wdiolesome advice and in this respect we are supported hj along lines uxôn Avhich his active career the consensus of opinion, as we kno\v from qualifies him to sxDcak. His short address the reception Which greeted our effort to was thoroughh^ enjoj'-ed b\'- all who, had -make the rose smell as sweet bj-^ another the good. luck to hear it. The oxDportunity name. There appeared in these columns of coming in contact with such men as last wêek an allusion to a fine instance of those w^ho have been our guests is indeed gall^ntr\'- displayed b^'- a certain gentleman an exceptional one. And as they are fairly of the davs when knighthood wâs in flower. rexDresentative of the men W^ho make our. It .made not the slightest difference in the. law^sand rule our nation's destinies, we feel point of the editorial, T\diether the courtier confident that, -wliichever -gurtj is successfiil mentioned wâs Harhan or Tallyrand. How^- :in -the coming election, this republic will ever, we are informed that an injustice has have a leader capable of giving thorough been done to a brave man's memorj'^, and satisfaction to its citizens.; NOi'RE DAME SCHOLASTIC. 95 appeared in 1890, "Edward VL.and the D om Gasquet and His Lectures. Book of Common Pra3'-er,",now used-as a text-book in some Anglican theological During the jDast v^-eck a course of lectures collesres. Among his other works are has been given the students of Notre Dame "The Eve of the Reformation," "A- Short b}^ the Rt. Rev. Francis Aidan Gasquet, Histor}^ of the Catholic Church in England," Abbot-President of the English Benedictines. and "English Monastic Life," a new volume In addition to the prominence he has at published this ^êar.. tained as a churchman, the Rt. Rev. Father The Rt. Reverend Abbot came to America, Abbot also holds a central position in the as he saj'S, "to make a thorough study.of historical world of to-day. His erudition in institutions, both public and private^ which this particular field is universally recognized, are devoted to education." In pursuance; of and the research \vork in Avhich he has this purpose he came to Notre. Dame where- been actively engaged, has been of unques during the past Aveek his lectures, the result tionable value in determinins" .the correct of personal research, have aroused much ' status of many mooted questions. The interest and elicited great admiration, eminent position Avhich the Abbot holds especialty for the non-partisan-treatment of and the great interest manifested in his his subjects—a qualit^^ rareh^ found , and visit to the United States may perhai^s al\va\^s the mark of the true historical justify the narration of a fe^v facts spirit. . " ...= . concerning his life. The course was opened at 7.30 Monday Francis Aidan Gasquet was born in evening with a lecture entitled ."France London, October 5, 1846, and is a descen and the Vatican." Lade of space.prevents dant of an old French family Avhich for the publication of the lecture entire, and in jêars had its residence at Toulon. His the brief summary which follows an attempt grandfather came to London where Raj^- will be made to indicate the most important mond Gasquet, the Abbot's father, pursued and interesting points. .. his studies in medicine and engaged in the The relation between Church and State practice of the medical profession in ISll. can be solved in one of three ways: "(I)- Dr. Gasquet married an English lad3'', ^^^ There may be a national religion (2), or a in 1846 Francis, the third son, Avas bom. Concordat between the Hoh'See and the The family removed to Ba^^swater where the State, or (3) complete separation.".. The son became veiy- intimate with Cardinal first plan failed utterh' when tried in, France Manning. Father Gasquet first attended St. during the Revolutionary period of 1790- Gregory's, Downside, and in 1865 entered 1795, since rehgion "can never be made into the Benedictine novitiate at Belmont. an ofiicial department of am- one state." Here he remained five j-ears until 1870 The third solution was tried in 17Q5, but when he returned to St. Gregory's Monas- the religious regime of the Directoire lasted terv, where four years later he was only two and one-half years. In ISOl, .the ordained to the priesthood.. Concordat was formed b^- Napoleon I. and In 1878 Dom Gasquet^ was elected prior Pius VII., and is still in force. This was a of the communitA', a position for which he veiw politic move on the emperor's part, was sing-ularh^ qualified. After eight 3-ears and bv no means was it the outgrowth of verv capable administration he resigned, of am- religious motive. . Father Gasquet and, going to London, gave his attention explained very clearly the m.otiye of the solely to historical research, an occupation emperor in entering into the Concordat, ' which brought him into close and friendty and pointed out the advantages .which . relations Tvith Mr. Edmund Bishop, one of were to accrue to the State througHiits Europe's most erudite scholars. adoption. In regard . to rehgioiis Orders In 1888, Dom Gasquet published his first Father Gasquet said: . work, a volume entitled " HenrA-YIII. and the "It is indeed true that in the days; of English Monasteries," which was warmly the French Revolution,,by the legislation^-of , received and accorded the highest praise. 1789 and subsec|uent years, the.,;.French; • With Mr. Bishop's aid another work rehgious congregations. were sin 96 NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

and also that the3'- Avere not specifically nation." Besides, the poor who formerl3^ had mentioned in the restoration of religion been supported b3^ the charit3'' of religious, under the Concordat. But it has been must be provided for b3'- the State, and showai conclusiveh'- by the Comte de Mun this means, at a small estimate, a 3'êarl3'- that the\^ are really included in the expenditure of £2,500,000. first articles of that treaty between the The following quotation will be of interest Pope and the emperor, wdiich guarantees to maiw readers: the "full and free exercise of the Roman "In an interview-, wdiich one of the leading Catholic Apostolic religion." The deceitful New York papers lateh'- published, with M. treatment by M. Combes of the Orders who, Combes, the. fact that the Pope had broken under the new law^ and hj the advice of its the Concordat is stated over and over again. originator, M. Waldeck - Rousseau, applied Last week in an article on 'Church and for authorization wâs disclosed and exem State in France,' printed in the pages of a plified by an account of the outrageous Avidety-read weekh'-, Ave read about the seizure of the Benedictine College at Douai Pope's 'recent assumption of the right to which T\''as reall3'' British property. The rcAôke at will French bishoj)s, regardless of actions of AC. Combes Avere not in accordance the Concordat.^ What are the real facts? wîth the Tvdshes of M. Waldeck-Rousseau nor It can not be too Avidety knoAA^n that there wâs he carrying out the policj'- of the part3'- is nothing AvhatsocA'-er in that famous treat3' w^hich elected him. "It is a complete mis between Napoleon and Pius VII.—called representation to sax... that M. Combes Avas the Concordat—ÂA'-hich prohibits the Pope returned to jDower yKntli a large majoritj^ from dealing directty AA^th ain"- indiAadual on purpose to decree the abolition of the bishop. . . . The Cardinal Secretar3'- of State, religious Orders, and that in refusing to in one of the letters on this matter published grant the authorization asked }yy them, he in the 'Vatican White Book,' points out was merely carrying out the mandate he that the A'-erA'- acts IIOAA'- complained of b3'' M. had received from the countrA^. This issue Combes as forming a breach of the Concor was never before the electorate at all; on dat 133'^ the present Pope, had prcAdoush'^ been the contrary, in every part of France the admitted without difficult3^ Axdien it Avas voters had before their CAês, in the bills to the interest of the secular pOAA'êr to assist posted up ^yy the authoritj'^ of the Parlia the ecclesiastical authorities, in the right ment, M. Waldeck-Rousseau's ow^n distinct gOA'emment of the Church in France." promise in regard to authorization, and his * indignant denials that am"^ measure of * * The second lecture in the course gi\êu bA^ suppression was intended." Dom Gasquet Avas entitled, "Wolse3'' and In addition to the expulsion of the the DiA'ôrce"—^referring to the diAôrce of unauthorized congregations which comprised Catherine of Aragon from HenrA'^ VIII. This some 75,000 religious, a new law, with Avas the direct cause of the Reformation in drawing the authorization of the teaching England, a country'- A\'^hich had stanchly held Orders, has caused to be closed 1054 schools to Catholicity forÔA'êr a thousand 3''ears. -for girls, nearty 600 orxDhanages supported Cardinal Wolse3'^'s position in this CA'êntful by Christian charitj'^, and other institutions period of liistory is as 3'êt far- from settled, numbering about 2000. What will be the and the recent discoAêries liaA'ê not aided result of foisting these burdens upon much in reaching a true solution, but have a government which alreadA'^ ,has to face instead giA'ên rise to CA'ên greater uncer annual deficits, vtisiy be imagined. "An tainty.: That Wolsey AA'âs the originator of immediate expenditure of over £1,000,000 the divorce is denied by Dr. Gardiner and Air. (that is about $5,000,000) for the building Brewer, both of AA'^hom haA'ê giA'ên much time of schools; of more than £190,000 (over andAvork to ascertain the true historical facts $650,000) for fittings them up; and of of Henry VIII's reign. Dom Gasquet howcA'êr something like half a million yearly for differs from 136th Gardiner and BrcAA'êr, and the payment of new teachers, is the official sa3'^s "the A^'îeight"of contemporary CAridence calculation of w^hat M. Combes' polic3^ in as to the complicity of Wolse3'^^ is OA'êrwhelm- regard to schools is goins: to cost the ing... Queen Catherine wrote to the Emperor NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. 97 Charles that Wolsev was the author of all Henry VHI's divorce as a cause of the her misfortune and misery, and the emperor Reformation, and, have, maintained -that, the. proclaimed it as a fact everAHAdiere. A reform was a popular movement for which \vriter in the Quarterly Review for Januarj^, the people had been prepared by the 1877, has' stated some interesting facts teachings of W^^clifie and his followers. Mr. about the tradition as to Wolsey's culpa- James Gardiner, w^ho is a non-Catholic and bilitA^ among English Catholics. He points \vhom all serious historians now: follow, out that, if, as a bodj^, theA-- had am'- bias, saj'S that the beginning of the Reformation it would have been in favor of attributing was the result of Henrj'-'s-divorce as surely all their misfortunes to Henri'-'s unclean as two and two make four. He sscys fiirther jDassion for Anne Bolejai-. But as a fact, that it was an unpopular movement, and there is a strong consensus of opinion find sixt}'- years before its beginning all traces ing in WolscA'^ the origin of the divorce." of Llolardism had vanished from England. According to the lecturer, Shakspere stated There is no eA-idence w^hatever that the the position of Wolsej'- most correcth'-. people desired what we know as the However, the question as to Avhether Wolse3'- Reformation, and there is abundant evidence originated the divorce is "of academic that they did not desire it. But that a rather than of real interest. Those w-ho are reformation in the Church was desired is so anxious to clear Wolsej'-'s honor of this conclusively proven by the decrees" of the stain forget that his memorv must ever be Council of Trent which began its sessions burdened with heavier charges." He, was in 1545, two ^-êars before Henry's death. responsible for • the failure of the English Henr\^ YHI's part in the Reformation was jDolicj'- in France. to deny the papal supremacy, to overthrow There wêre more grounds for the divorce the monasteries and to defame the character than Henrv-'s love for Anne Bolejm. The of the monks. During his reign the people validity'- of Catherine's marriage was ques remained Catholic. The real changes began tionable, and besides no children had blessed with the accession of Edward YL In 1543 her union wdth Henrv'-. WOISCA'-was a.time- a change w-as made hj- w^hich communion server, and saw his owai gain in the was administered under both species. Bishop sticcessftil culmination of the divorce pro Gardiner opposed the innovation and was ceeding. His dowaifall "uâs as sureh'- thrown into prison for the rest of the reign- foreshadowed hj its failure. In the opinion It has been repeatedh^ asserted that the of the lecturer his complicity is established Anglican Praver-book is a condensed transla- bevond a shadow of a doubt. tion of the Roman. Missal and the Breviarv. The lecture closed with an account ol This is not so. The Anglican liturgical Wolse3'-'s repentance and charitable acts servdce follows the Roman Missal as far as among the poor after his honors and titles the Offertorj^ The Offertory and the Secrets had been taken away. Despite his manj-- are entireh^ left out. Then the bread and sins, his love of power and his apparent wine are brought to the altar, and instead confidence in the transient things of this of the Avords of consecration in the missal world, he turned- at last, chastened by a formula of institution was used.* tribulation, to Him "with whom there is These words of institution in Cranmer's no variableness," and died a good man. text are taken from Oceander, his Avife's M. S. uncle, and are practically those of Luther's * * Latin Mass. Thus every trace of the sacri The third lecture of the course was ficial character of the Mass was left out. given Wednesdaj^ afternoon. Father Gasquet The edition of 1552 is essentially Calvinistic taking for his subject "Some Facts about and is the one used bv- the Anglicans to-day. the Reformation." People were forbidden to kneel when they This is not a matter, of interest to communicated lest they should commit an Englishmen only, for the effects of Elizabeth's act of idolatry. religious legislation have extended to millions The idea has gained currencj' that the .in this country. Non-Catholic historians Catholic Church, prcAaous to the Reforma- • have endeavored to .make little account of * See frontispiece for diagram. 9S NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC, tion ]Drohibited' the circulation of the Bible and nether millstones of the law and con or anv devotional books printed -in English. science, the lot of the English Catholic When an old Bible was found in English, geiitleman during the period Ave speak of the historians have reasoned this way: the maA' well stir the deepest feelings of ^\tj Catholic Church did not allow the Bible and command our uiifeigned admiration. to be printed in English; this book is Emancipation came about ver\^ gradualh'. English and therefore can not be Catholic The Relief Bill of 177S Avas meant to redress but must be a Wycliffe Bible. Abbot some of the most glaring injustices long done English Catholics. Though it availed Gasquet took up the problem of tracing- little toward actual freedom, still it suc such Bibles back to their original ovâiers, ceeded in repealing such galling restrictions, and has found that eveiy single COIDA' of the as, for examiDle, that no Catholic could Ensrlish Bible before the Reformation can be legalh' inherit or purchase land in his traced back to Catholic families. The trans native countiy,— "Catholic chapels and lator must then have been some unknown Catholic meetings of every kind Avere still contraiy to the law." The chief difficulty monk. The editor of Chambers' EncA^clo- now Vkiâs that, to obtain relief under the XDcdia, in his last edition, has adoj^ted Abbot new Act, the Catholic had to take an oath Gasquet's theory regarding the translators abjuring the Pretender and rejecting belief of the pre-Reformation English Bibles. in am^ temporal jurisdiction or dejôsing Devotional books also are found in Llolard's power being jDossessed \yv the Pope. Thus Avere English Catholics martyrs, not for an collection, ^vhich from their A-eiy nature article of faith but for an article of com must have been used by Catholics, and not munion—"the theor\' as to the Pope's b\' the Llolards who rejected the teachings dominion over kings and iDeojDles." In 17SS found in them. W. A. B. this difficultj" Avas removed \iy the English and Irish episcojDate, who first took the oath, and then referred the case to the Pope. The subject of'Dom-Gasquet's lecture on Then was it seen that the more liberal WednesdaA' evening \vas "The Position of Catholics were right in principle, and those Enoflish and Irish Catholics a Hundred Years churchmen who had struggled for this theorj^ Ago."- The opening j-ear of the nineteenth as wa-ong in princijDle as tliej- were right centurv, the lecturer declared, witnessed the in intention. Thus it wâs that this ever-mis resignation from office of the great Pitt, taken notion had cost so nianv oenerations because King -George III. had refused to unnecessarv bloodshed. agree to the measure of Emancipation which The act of 1778 provoked anti-Catholic that illustrious statesman had championed in agitation and finally brought about the behalf of his Irish supporters. At this time Gordon riots. At this time both clergA^ and laifrv'- were ver\' timid; many of them left English Catholics were still suffering tinder their religion. In 1780, according to a the ver\' real remnants of the penal code, not judicious estimate English Catholics num operating now^ IDA- wâj- of active persecution bered "probabh^ hardh' more than 60,000." so .much as bj^ repressive measures that As time passed mitigations of the restric rendered the Catholic at best an alien in tions on the education of youth came his owii countrv". about|. till in 1791 a bill w-as passed ' Down to the days of Pitt £100 could declaring that Catholic chapels and schools legally be claimed- as reward \yj anj'-one should be tolerated and legalized: "The wrho had procured the conviction of a further progress of emancipation was IIOAV priest. The laitA'^ Avere in as bad a wa^'-. oiity a question of time." It finalty came The Catholic landowner "was subject to a in the Emancipation Act of 1829. double land-tax; he w-as shut out of every Abbot Gasciuet then traced briefly the learned profession and everj^ civil position, reconstruction of the Church in England, and whilst a commission in .either the army or the gradual rehabilitation of the Catholic navy of his countrx'- •v\'âs refused, to him. people. He concluded his lecture by empha He was at the -mexcj of everj'- common sizing the need of earnest work and zealous informer who could find two justices readj'^ service for us as Catholics, and gave it to tender to. him the oath of supremacA'-; as his belief that the whiter of persecution whilst- the oath of allegiance, which might our forefathers endured - for the faith has have saved him and his. forefathers for been at length succeeded hj .iht summer of almost twô centuries, had he been allovv'ed freedom we.now enjoy, full as it is with to take it, was declared bj'^ the keepers of promise for the fiiture glory of the great his coriscience to be unlawful." American Church." . C. L. O'D. Ground to the dust between; the upper - • (Reports to be continued.) NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. \>9

gainers for the State UniA'ersit\^ iiien; it- Card of Sympathy. being almost impossible to stop Vanderboom AA^hen the ball AAâs giA-en to him. Whereas, it has pleased God, in His infinite A crowd of 3500 was present, the majority wisdom, to \Yithdra\y from this life the of AA''hom AA-ere in SA-mpathA' Avath the father of our esteemed fellow - teacher. Badgers, but there A\*as a noticeable sprink Professor Francis X. Ackemian, ling of our OAAm Gold and Blue along Avith Be it resolved that, in behalf of the faculty', the Badger Cardinal. The pluckA^ fight of we extend our heartfelt sj-mpathA- to our our boys won the applause of the crowd, bereaved friend and associate. AA'ho rooted for the "game Irishmen" all Professor James F. Edwards. during the game, and CAên. on the AvaA^ to Professor M. J. McCue. the hotel after the game. The loss of Professor F. J. Po\vers. McNerncA^ and Healy did much to Aveaken the team, but the men AA'ho took their places u^^^^!Kfl«fclnL Mi imitHiaaBg did the best in their power; so there is Athletic Notes. absoluteh- no excuse to offer. We met a better team, and as there was no chance for luck to take a hand in the final outcome, NOTRE DAME LOSES TO TPIE BADGERS. Ave lost. Outweighed hj more than twelve pounds Among the Notre Dame alumni who were to the man, with half the regulars disabled present at the game Avere: Mr. Chauncey and out of the game before the second half Yockey, '01, Mr. EdAvard Yockey, '99, Mr. but still braveh' contesting ever\'- inch of F. P. Burke, '03, Mr. George Zeigler, '03, ground Avith the liea\'~^^ Wisconsin team, our Mr. J. O'Connell, '01, Mr. George Cartier Varsity went dov^m in defeat at Milwaukee and Mr. Wanren Cartier of MihA'aukee. Mr. last Saturday'. The score, 58 to 0, -was a Leo Dw-an, '04, and Mr. Aloysius Dwan distinct surprise to Wisconsin as well as came doAvn firom Chicago to attend- The to our owm-men. But a glance at the line liiie-up: up of the Notre Dame team during the last Notre Dame Wisconsin part of the game, during which time Keef-McNern3- L. E. Findla3- most of the scores against us Avere .made, Healy-MiirpliA- L. T. Bertke-Hnnt will show that it was grit pure and simple Beacom L. G. Donovan-Fleischer that kept the score Avhere it was. The first Sheelian. C. Remp tweiit}^ minutes of plaj^ brought forth as Donovan R. G. Stromquist - O'Brien Fnnk-Fansler R. T. Perr3--Kinne3- prettj^ football as anjône could ask for; ShaiighnesSA' R. E. Bush but the plunges of Vanderboom and the Silver-Coad • Q- Jones other backs told on our lighter men, and Guthrie-Waldorf R. H. Sanford-Grogân from that time on it was but a case of Clinrcli-Bracken L. H. Van derb 'm-Franzkie fighting against the inevitable. McNemeA', Draper F. Clark-SnA'der Healy, Silver, Church, Gutlirie and Fansler Tonclidowns—Vanderboom, 3; Clark. 2r Bertke, were all compelled to retire before the final SnA-der, 3. Goals from touchdowns—^Bush, 9 , call of time, and when the call came everx'- THE GAME available man on the team was in the Wisconsin came on the field sixtv stronsr, arame. The Varsitv defence Avas .greatlv to be folloA\êd soon after bA^ the Varsity led improved, and did all that could have been by Captain Shaughnessy. Both teams A\'ere asked for, but they were not able to cope met bA' OA'ations fi-om their supporters, and Avith the heaA^'- Cardinal forwards. Our after a preliminarA' run of signals. Bush of offence suffered scAêreh^ from the . strain Wisconsin AA'OU the toss and Draper kicked which the backs Avere subjected to in trAdng off fifty-fiA-e A-ards, and the game Avas on. to stop the rushes of Wisconsin Axdien they Vanderboom caught the ball and came back AAêre on the defensiA-e, and in consequence ten yards. Clark hit tackle ior fiA-e,~ Sandford Draper punted . AAdienever the ball AA'as added ten more around end. Clark and secured IDA^ the VarsitA^ Vanderboom, Sanford made four yards on their trials, and Grogan and Clark Avere the best ground Vanderboom got tAvo and made it first loo NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC

down. By short gains, w^hich our Hghter his playing was the best on the field, the men did their loest to stop, the ball wâs put two men v^'^ho Opposed him looking like mere on the twentji'-yard line. Then Clark and " prep " schoolmen in his hands. Wisconsin Vanderboom wêre both stopj)ed and Jones tried " Pat's " position tvvace, but findingthat tried for. goal from the field. It failed, and at that spot, at least, there Aâs "nothing Draper kicked out from the twenty-five 3'ard doing," they gave it up and tried elsewhere. Ime to Sanford w^ho fumbled, and it was our Healj'^ and McNemej'- wêre the onlj'^ ones ball for the first time. Church hit the line \\^ho wêre seriousty injured. Heaty hurt his for three jârds, and then "Bill" Draper made foot, and Avill be out of the game for a couple it first down, and the Notre Dame rooters of weeks at least. McNemey was kicked in the stands began to have a little hope. in the head and badty bruised about the McNemey made three more around end. body. He was taken to his home in Elgin 'Draper failed to add on his try and then w^here he will rest up for a day or so. It punted out of bounds on the fift3''-3'ârd hne. •msij be that both Mac aud Healy will be Again the cannonading of our Kne started, kept out of the game^this year. Their loss and \!i\ gains of t\vo and three A'ârds the will be almost impossible to fill. ball wâs pushed towârd our goal, until All the men were more or less injured, but after fourteen minutes of plaj'^ Clark went most of them reported for practice Monday. over for the first score. Bush missed goal. This is the kind of spirit that counts. The Score, U. W., 6; N. D., 0. gentlemen of the Varsity, w^hile being disap Jones kicked to Shaughness3'^ w^ho made pointed at the showing last wêek, do not eighteen before he was downed by Findlay. forget that we must beat Purdue. If the Draper made one, and then punted to Clark; spirit shown by the members of. the first Wisconsin gained by^ end runs and tackle and second teams is any standard. Thanks- . plunges, but v^'êre forced to punt to Silver giving win give Purdue rooters an opportu veho returned the lack eight vards. Healv nity to experience sensations similar to was taken out of the game at this point those wê enjo3'êd (?) last week. and Murphy wênt in. Not being able to gain Draper punted. Clark and Vanderboom ~» * Comments by the different Milwaukee soon had the ball doA\ai the field, and Berthke papers on the game: ,, wênt over for the second^ score. Two more scores were made in this half but only after Milwaukee Free Press:—^For Notre Dame, Draper and ShaughnessA'-playêd the best game, but Silver at a hard fight. Silver, w^ho had been doing quarter and Beacom at guard also showed up well. great wôrk behind the line, wâs forced to Silver,, who is a gritt\' little plaj'er, was badh^ hurt, retire, Coad going in. The little fellow from and despite his protests that he Avas to go on, he the West played like a veteran, not a man was taken from the game. His absence left a big hole getting past him all the time he was in. on the Notre Dame team. The work of both Silver and Coad won Milwdiikee Sentinel:—Handicapped and beaten at the plaudits of the bleachers time after time. every point, the only source of action left to the fighting Irishmen; was ; the line-up to. their reputation, and Church and Guthrie wêre taken out at the they fought to, the last ditch. end of the first half, at w^hich time the score Milwaukee Journal :T—To the credit of the two men was 23 to 0. With our Hne wêakened and plajnrig back on defense for Notre-Dame it can be. the men stiU in the game hardly able to - said that'not-once did a runner- pass them in the stand up, it wâs no task at all for the open and quartei' back. Silver was sb badly used Wisconsin backs to gain at wîll, and it wâs up stopping the fierce onslaughts of the Cardinal giants, that he wâs. forced to give way to Coad. " only because of the grand wôrk of Coad that the score wâs not larger. For Wisconsin, *-•* Vanderboom wâs the w^hole game. He wâs a Coach Cayou of Wabash is an old lUini demon of offence, never being dovened for star. He also played upon the CarUsle team a loss. From end to end our men played for a couple of years. R; R. CLARKE. the best they knew how, and only gave in \ehen they wêre not able to stand. Owing to lack of space all personals and The work of Pat Beacom, was more than locals of this week;-mU not, be published up^ to expectations. Without any exceptions , nntU .next wêek. , ^ ? r^,. J What Edward VI. ])id with the Catholic Liturgy By the Right Rev. Francis Aidan Gasquet, O. S. B.

MISSAL OR PRAYER-BOOK?

2. 3. SARUM OR ANCIENT CATHOLIC MISSAL. FIRST BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. SECOND and PRESENT BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. A. D. 1549. A. D. 1552 and A. D. 1662.

A Psalm Lord Have Mercy Upon Us Our Father Our Father Our Father A Praj-er A Prayer • Hail Mary " A General Confession 1 Introit Introit Lord Have Merc3' Upon Us Lord Have Mercy Upon Us The Ten Commandments Gloo' Be to God on High Glory be to God on High, etc. Collects Collects Collects 1 The Epistle The Epistle The Epistle Gradual

The Gospel The Gospel The Gospel The Creed The Creed The Creed {."() An Exhortation (a) Exhortation (b) Texts on Almsgiving (ti) Texts on Almsgiving ic) Collection for the Poor (c) Collection for the Poor Oflertory (i. e. of the elements! (a) Prayer for the Church Militant (b) An Exhortation • (c) General Confession and Absolution Collects Preface Preface Preface Sanctns Sanctus "Blessed is he who Cometh" left out Canon of the Mass Canon of the M.iss (a) Praj'erfortheChurch, Pope, Bishop and (.'!) l-'ra3-er for the Church and King Kinp (6) Commemoration of Saints (h) Commemoration of the Saints (c) Commemoration of the Dead (c) Consecration (dl Consecration (a) Consecration (d) Elevation of the Host (c) Forbidden (e) Commemoration oj the Dead (/l Our Father (/) Our Father .^gnus Dei .\gnus Dei Priest's Communion

General Confession and Absolution General Confession and Absolution Communion ol the Laity Communion of Ministers and Laity Communion of Ministers and Laity , \ - - ' ' - Our Father ^ A Praj'cr " Glory be to God on High . - Communion Post-Communion Post Communion •* Blessing NOTE. The portions of the Mass which are retained in the Communion service of the Book of Common Prayer, are printed in columns II. and III. in black type. The parts in red type are adaptations or new compositions.