Dot re Darac Scholastic • DI5CE• Q\yA5l • SEMPER-VICTURV/S- -VIVE-9V/ASI • CRA5 • MORITURVS• •F-JT'A- VOL. XLI. NOTRE DAME, INDIANA, JANUARY 11, 1908. No. 15. palace exercised in those days; and it was The Old and New. this power, coupled with his great persever­ ing ambition, which enabled him to gain TnOJIAS A. LAHEY, '11. a name remarkable in history. The entire Prankish nation recognized him and his CARE WELL Old Year! Once more I bid farewell. brother Carloman as their leaders, and Thy daj'S are 'slowlj' waning now, farewell. Oh, thou %Aho ever wast a friend to me. two wiser leaders never ruled a people. In Thy life is o'er! I'll strive to cherish thee them was found none of the jealousy For evermore. Again, farewell, Old Year— w^hich would naturally appear; unlike the Farewell, Old Year! Roman emperors, thej- worked together for All hail, New Year! Once more I bid all hail. the common good. It was their combined To joj-ful strains now enter in, all hail. armies that defeated the common enemies, Oh, may tin' da3'S bring peace to men, and love and brought new territories under their Of what is pure. Oh, ma}' the God above control. Though Pepin held almost absolute Thy reign insure. .Aga'n, all hail. New Year— power, yet he did not wish to dispose of All hail, New Year! the rightful king. He sought out Childeric III., a neglected Merovingian,- and placed Pepin. him on the throne. How lucky it 'was for France, as well as the rest of western FREDERICK M. GASSENSAFITH, '10. Europe, that events were carried out in this way. What might not have been the F all the men who plaj'cd an condition of the country to-day, if this important part in the moulding Childeric was a little wiser, and if France of our present civilization, I have had never known Pepin as a ruler? When reason to think that Pepin the Pepin ascended the throne a few months Short was among the greatest. later, he had the honor of being the first This great man lived in a time king to receive the holy ointments and when such a leader was necessary'; He was the blessing of holy Peter. The kingdom a great benefactpr to the Church as well as of France graduallv extended its boundaries to his country, France: first, because he until at last her" monarchs were called conquered all the enemies of his time, and "Kings oi' Rome" which, so short a time placed the then divided French nation under before, meant kings of the world. one ruler; secondly, he favored the Church The Roman Church had anointed and by encouraging her doctrine and also" by blessed Pepin and he became, as Robinson donating to her what is known as the says, "A German chieftain transformed into "States of the Church," an empire which the Lord's anointed." Among many rulers proved one of the most important and that in later times received those honors, most permanent, in Europe. which one felt it his duty to help the Church Pepin inherited from Charles Martel the in return? What other ruler acknowledged great power which the mayors of . the it a great' favor and made himself the ^42 NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC servant of the Church? When the Pope entered France on Pepin's invitation, it is Work Wins. said that he w^ent out to meet the Holj'' Father and walked by his side as a groom. PETER E. HEBEKT, '10. What must have been the faith of this monarch, when, he persuaded his councillors and most of the chief men of France to aid .THERE'S a maxim oft repeated, ^ "Work wins." him in the support of the Church? Great Never has tliis been defeated— sufferings were< endured during the long and . ."Work wins." dangerous journey from France to Italj'- Wbatso-e'er your occupation, which w^as undertaken in order to subdue Whether high or low in. station, the troublesome Lombards. "^Tien he had In each day's concatenation "Work wins." returned to his kingdom, and when he heard that the Lombards had again attacked In the class-room you.Avill find Rome, he -^^as not found wanting. W^ith "Work wins." his trusty warriors he again crossed the In a game of any kind, treacherous Alps.and faced the enemy. It "Work wins." ' If YOU w^ould attain success, was on this occasion that he gave the most Blend your toil with faithfulness, wonderful proof of his acknowledgment of Then -with me you will confess the Catholic Church; He forced the king "Work, wins." of the Lombards-to grant to the Holy See May this golden apothegm, the "States of the Church." Mann quotes "Work wins," Pepin's words on this occasion: "It is not Be for you a New Year gem,— to please manrthat I have so often engaged "Work wins." in battle. It is . only^ for love of Blessed From this little contribution. Peter and to obtain pardon of my sins. Draw your 'OS . resolution, No amount of treasure can move me to take And you'll find in life's solution "Work wins." . back what I have offered to Blessed Peter." As Pepin helped, the Church by military -•••- means, so also did he employ spiritual means. Convents and. monasteries sprang The Paw^Pac. up and flourished by his aid: churches .were built and religion triumphed. Many p. J. HAGGERTY, '10. were induced to follow the example set by their-king, and alLw^ere encouraged to recognize,the truths of the CathoHc Church. In a quiet secluded spot at the summit A few days after his second return to Rome of one of the Moosic mountains, the Pa:w- death claimed Pepin. The great empire was Pac has its source. Its winding course left to his sons, Carloman and Carl; the leads through the cool and silent woods latter, known aJFterwards as Charlemagne, of the mountain side, through gully and followed his father's plan and was of much ravine, over plain and field, through wood­ service to France. land and dell, bounding over huge boulders How different is France to-day 1 The relig­ and fallen trees, until at last it is swallowed ion of its founders is neglected, and in its up by one of its peers. With gigantic strides, place corruption reigns. The atheist now leaping and foaming in wild desperation, holds the.place that was formerly held by it goes dashing headlong through glen and God-fearing inen. Then she was a great vale; over spreading plains, peaceful and nation; how she holds a lesser place in the calm as a slumbering lion that licks its world. Her priests and nuns have been pa^ws as if in satisfaction after a feast, it forced to leave their homes, and now labor glides on with but the slightest murmur, in foreign lands. Let us hople, however, that content with the havoc wrought and seem­ she will change again, and that another ingly exhausted after its violent exertion. Pepin will appear who "will raise her up and The force of the river is strengthened re-establish her religion and her government. from time: to time by the little rivulets NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC ^43 which come wandering in from the country smaller wheels, w^hich by their application around, until, after traveling over several serves man's purpose. Like a fierce, powerful • miles of forest and plain, it becomes a beast it is held at bay. and made to do its mighty power. Tuaster's bidding. On an August afternoon when the sun The Indian in his moccasins once trod is lowering towards his rest, if we would the banks of the Paw-Pac. It was his stroll along the banks of the Paw-Pac home. In it were woven the joys and where its waters are peaceful and quiet, sorrows of his life; along its banks on perhaps we maj- see in its shady nooks moonlight nights he courted his dusky the stream trout with his silverj'- body sweetheart; in the surrounding forest he flashing against the current; we may hear hunted for his food and clothing; to it he the bobolink and canary singing among retreated after battling with the white the elms and water-birch along its banks; man. He built his fires on its banks and w^e may observe, if we lie in some shady smoked his pipe in perfect tranquillity; in nook, the deer timidly pick her way on its clear waters he fished, and near it his the opposite bank, grazing as .she goes squaw prepared his food; on its banks along, then down to the inviting stream his great councils were held, and decided where she satisfies her thirst; after cooling weighty matters; along its banks his her parched throat, she stands gazing with favorite horse grazed, and from its limpid admiration into the silent .stream w^hich waters slaked its thirst; and in its banks reflects her graceful - figure. The black bear he buried his tomahawk when he smoked and the panther take an occasional glance his pipe of peace with his white brethren. at this peaceful spot, but turn away again, But the red man treads its banks no for. what was once one of their favorite longer; over his bleaching bones the Paw- haunts is now the camping ground of the Pac sings his requiem; the -wind whistling hunter. To the stranger passing through through the trees v.eeps and sighs for his this country it would seem that Nature had absence; the very air breathes his undaunted been more than generous, almost partial, spirit.