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VOL xxxvirr. NOTRE DAME, INDIANA, FEBRUARY 4, 1905. No. 17.

Ben B u l h e n ' s Door."

EUGEXE P . B U R K E , ' 0 6 .

'T'HE little white door in Ben Bulhen's side Is ajar to the midnight moon,

And the faer\' troopers lightly ride Throiigh the fragrant night star-strewn.

Their voices sound a t the noon of night And scent the ringing air;

The dews fresh-shaken from cloud3' height Are a shine in their AvaAnng hair.

0 mother, hold warm th3- new-bom child From this happj-, air^- throng;.

0 new-married' bride heed not the wild, Sweet notes of their midnight song:

''AwaA', bright babe, from tin- cradle sleep And swing in the cowslip's bell,

Awaj ' .and dance on the spraj^ of the deep And dream in the muruniring shell.

"Awaj'j awaA', new-married bride From the troubled tumult of mortal life

To the little white door in Ben Bulhen's side Where enters no shadow of strife.

"AwaA-, aAYa3', from this lieaT^' gloom, And drink the dews from the lih-'s cup

And suck gold hone\' from the clover bloom, Till stars are gone- and the dawn is iip."

M a r y Q u e e n of S c o t s , i

BERNARD S. F A H V , ' 0 5 .

EVER did a sovereign commence life and resralitv u n d e r more inauspicious circumstances t han did the child Mary on December the 8th, 1542;- for as the bells acclaimed her bir th they tolled

the kneU of her royal father, James V., who, Avhen a messenger from Linlithgow; palace announced t h a t a daughter had been b o m

t o him, sank upon his pillow and. uttered t h a t ominous prophecy-: '-With a lass came Scotland's power, with a lass i t g o e s ; " and so wi thout bequeathing her his blessing he died. But little did he realize the awful t r u t h of his s tatement and far less did he foresee the terrible fate t h a t w a s in store for t h a t innocent, new^-bom babe. • The whole history of Mary ' s life~is .biit an unceasing repetition of insults aiid misfortunes. B o m in a time when the whole world w a s shaking under the grea t struggle for religious toleration, when Scot­land w a s suffering no t only from internal disorders, bu t when Henr \ ' ' \T ; I I . of England \vas exertino- everv effort t o annex it . t o his own possessions, she was a t once in immi­nent danger and must fly for protection t o the Dauphin of France t o whom she had already been betrothed. Scarcely w^as she six 3^ears old, bu t a child in her mother 's arms—ah, how tenderh' did. she cling t o those arms t h a t August day when, the royal . French gallcA^ was awai t ing her a t the base^ of Dunbarton Cliff t o convey her t o safeiy, and to France! Historians tell, us t h a t after receiving the maternal blessing and par t ing kiss, aye, and the las t kiss of the only parent she had ever known," she wept silently and climg t o her mother 's hand ; bu t suddenly she seemed t o realize w^hat.w^as expected of her; she turned and superbly down the na r row and steep descent she passed wi th her rov-al retinue. The^ b o a t cast off, b u t the little Marj'- stood a t the sterii and waved farewell, t o her mo the r imtil the clouds of the west shut off: from vision the rugged cliffs of Scotland. , , . -

-The srav and festive life of the court of •

•. * According to Celtic folk-lore .the. g a t e o f .faery-Iaild,'; whither the good people'transport young brides.aiidJ.; new-born children.. " - ' • _ ;. "", ; 'I^:':?"

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Henry II . was as the sun's raA' s for this little bud. Here she blossomed forth into a beautiful flower, the fragrance of which filled the whole land; for all France knew and loved " T h e bonn3' princess of Scotland." Her beant\'-, the beaut^'- of Mar\'- Queen of Scots, was then in its A'outhful splendor, time Avas bountiful, and the cares of s ta te had no t begun t o dig deep furrows in her brow. But surpassing, and indeed support­ing, this beauty was the puritA' of Maiw's soul and hear t ; kindness was- ever hers, and in all mat te rs w a s she charitable; for she w a s confirmed in the t ru ths of the Catholic religion, which she practised with the deeiDest love and devotion.

Mar\ ' was still a mere girl w^hen she married Francis the Dauphin, a girl in age; bu t her love w a s not t h a t of a fickle girl ; i t was the tender passion of a maiden who knew her mind, and i t was the outgrowth of constant companionship. Indeed this was the one happy event of her whole life. Never w a s she so happy as now. No, no t even in the daj'-s w-hen she w-as surrounded ' \iy the pageants and other festivities of the glittering court of Valois. Ah, bu t this could n o t l as t ! The br ight dav of her happiness w a s near a close; the sun was sinking in. the west for a v^dnter's evening. Death came in its most awful form; i t w a s be3''ond the power of her at tentive hand and consoling words t o s ta j ' the dark angel, and he touched the lips of Francis and sealed them forever. Scarceh'- had the .silent tomb been sealed over the bod3' of her ro3'^al husband before she received w^ord from Scotland t h a t her mother 's soul had also passed into eternity. Her sun had set; alone she stood in the dismal night.

With this sudden reverse of fortune Mar3'-became another person; sorrow replaced happiness, arid the widow's veil the filmy dress of the ball-room. Her thoughts turned t o the affairs of s ta te she must now assume. Prance s h e i n u s t leave t o go t o Scotland. France, fair France, where she had been protected and cherished as a child, honored as a queen and almost adored as a w^oman, she m u s t leave for Scotland rent By factions;] for dark and dreary, Scotland w h e n c e she! had -flown ten years l3efore for her; own!

safety.^ •":,.'_. •;•'': J: •-•:"•. •'-'-''''I '••-:/": "Tr ' - : ' ' The day caine,Vthe da3^ t h a t riiarked the

beoinning of all lier futureTwoes. The raanv friends Avith whom she, had spent the hap-jjiest da3' s t h a t were destined to be hers had assembled on the water ' s edge; she passed among them onto the bridge, and wi th tears in her e3'-es and anguish in eveiy line of her face she pressed her hands on her heart and parted forever from them in silence expressive of anguish too great for utterance. And as the galle3'^ drew awaA', leaning both her arms on the gallerv of the vessel, Ma iy turned her e3' es on the shore she was leaving, and wi th a longing, linger­ing look cried in a voice choked wi th emotion: "Adieu, fair France! Belovejtl France, ad ieu!" . Ill suited to rule so s tem and rough a race as the Scots was the delicateh^ Frencli cultured Alaiy. Her shoulders were scarceh-s t rong enough t o bear the burdens of t h a t tumultuous state, so she looked for assist­ance in the person of her uncle, Earl Murra3'; and he, cunning villain t h a t he was, received her confidence onh- t o betra3'- it, and helped her onty so far as i t fostered his ambition. One moment he w-as in her ro3' al xaresence jDoisoning her mind with t h e ' vile slander of her friends, the next, he w a s in the ante­room surrounded b3'- his-band of murderers plot t ing her destruction.

The marriage t o Darnle3^ Avas bu t another link in the chain of her misfortunes. On this "3^oung fool and 'proud tyxixxiV she lavished her deejDest love; for him she created ncAv honors, t o him she gave her whole will t o be guided and ruled as he best liked. When he vi' as no t dissatisfied she . Avas pleased, and w-hen he. smiled her )^oj was complete. Yet he added abuse . and dis­respect t o injuiy. Ah, we marveT a t the ingrati tude of t h a t rnan! The murder of E-icciOjthe one honest and trustworth3^ man of all Scotland, followed 133' t h a t of Darnle3% w^hich she mourned in true-lover 's fashion, w^as the las t stone in the foundation of her regal power. - .- - . .

I t would be tedious t o enumerate the plots arid intrigues t h a t were now perpetrated against Mary. She was,constantl3'^ at tacked [133' pretentious lords w^ho ^ s h e d n o t only

;o overthrow h e r t h r o n e , bu t t o defile her ;haracter arid, t ake a w a y her liberty. Hence it was not;long-:before she was forced t o

Iresign her crown and flee for safety to. her

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cousin Elizabeth in England. Many friends advised her against such a move; but poor Maiy , deceived on all sides and by those in whom she had ahvaj'-s pu t the deepest t rust , how could she know? So she set out for England. Ah, the wicked smile t h a t must have come over the face of "Good Queen Bess " a s -ihe saw her innocent prej-walk blindly" into the t r a p !

MarA'was no sooner in England than the jealous Elizabeth had seized her and cast her into prison, and tAventj'" 3^ears t h a t prison life lasted. Twentj'^ j^ears an innocent \voman was shut up in prison wi thout the light of God's glorious sun, twentj'- years of wearj'., struggling da^'-s; bu t Mar\^, wi th the patience of a queen and the fortitude of a martyr , endured all.

Her many appeals t o James w'cre heard Avith a deaf ear; he moved not a muscle in her behalf Oh, unnatural son," to let so pure and tender a mother suffer such outrages—the mother AVIIO had . watched over his infant cradle and who had guided

•his first childish patterings. At last, however, the da}' came, aj-e, the

happ\ ' da3^ Elizabeth had signed the death war ran t , and the Earl of Shrewsburv- came t o read it. Marj-- received him in befit­t ing s ta te as he bid her prepare t o die the following morning, and she listened wi thout change of countenance, and then bade him welcome. The dscj, she'said, which she had long desired had a t las t arrived; she had languished in prison near twentj'- j^ears, useless t o others and a burden t o herself, nor could she conceive a termination to such a life more happj'^ or more honorable t han to shed her blood, for her religion. T h a t last evening of her wretched fife, as the hammers of the busy carpenters erecting the scaffold r ang in her ears, she spent in praj'-er and communion with God. ;

At the first break of dscj her. household* •assembled around her. Marj"- read her will, distributed her las t presents among them and then bade them, all farewell. She then retired t o her oratory. Oh, how her soul longed for the las t comforts of her religion, t h a t she might hear the consoling voice of a Catholic priest! But no, t h a t wish which had ever been uppermost in her mind ha:d repeatedly been denied her. Without, the constantly increasing crowd w a s shouting

and 3'-elling in ner\^ous impatience, as if expectant of some ra re sport . At .the: appointed hour the sheriff came. Mary lingered a moment on her knees, and then tak ing the crucifix in one hand arid a praj^er-book in the other, she descended the staircase t h a t led t o the great hall. Here she was met bj^ Melville, the steward of her household. This old and faithfhl servant, who had seen the terrors of her twen ty A^ears of imprisonment, th rew himself at; her feet, and ^-ringing his hands T\'ept like a little child; but Klary, ever tender, con­soled him: "Good Melville, cease t o lament, thou has t ra ther cause t o joy than t o mourn; for thou shalt see the end of Man^ Stuar t ' s troubles. Know t h a t this wor ld is bu t vanitA", subject t o more sorrow t h a n an ocean of tears can bewail. May God forgive them t h a t have long thirsted for mj ' blood as the h a r t doth for the brooks of water . But I pra^- thee, report t h a t I die a woman t rue t o vay religion, t o Scotland and t o France." She then passed down the long corridor, and as she stepped forth onto the scaffold, which was erected on the galler\', the vile mob of her enemies filled

• the air with their shouts and insults. Oh, picture Maiy^ standing there in the innocence -of her pure w'omanhood; Mary Oueen- of Scots, who had ever been the most gracious and tender of her sex, surrounded by this jeering, mocking rnass of .humanity! No, she did no t burs t into a violent passion of t ea rs ; bu t wi th t h a t pit^-ing smile of forgive­ness which had ' characterized her whole life, she raised her eyes t o heaven as if to saj'-, "Fa the r , forgive them, for they know not w h a t thej^ do ."

Immediateh^ Dr. Fletcher, the Pro tes tan t Dean . of Peterborough, stepped before her and began t o exhort her t o give up her faith and turn t o his. We dislike to believe t h a t a man, a nobleman of the highest rank^ could so persistenth"-insult a dying -woman; b u t time and agairi Marj"- besought him t o cease, sajnng t h a t she w a s determined t o die in the faith in which she had always . lived. And so; she knelt and prayed for Christ 's afflicted Church, for her son; James : and for Queen Elizabeth; arid then in conclusion," holding up the criicifix, she exclaimed: "As . Thy arms, O God, were5^/ stretched out lipori the cross, so receive'' :

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me into the a rms of Tin"" mercy and forgive me n\y sins." The t w o ladies who had followed her then uncovered her neck and tied the black handkerchief over her e3^es, and as she laid her head upon the block with all self-composure and confidence in the jus t God she was going t o meet, she uttered her las t praj-er: " I n t o T'hy hands, 0 Lord, I commend ray sjDirit." An awful silence fell over the crowd. Was this w h a t thev had come t o see? No; their imagina­t ion had pictui'ed a pale and haggard Avoman being dragged to the scaffold weejD-ing and pleading for merc\'. Ah, the3'- knew no t Mar\^ Queen of Scots! Yet tliCA^ \vere onh' human, and as Marj^ knelt there wi th a smile of innocence on her face a\vaiting the blow t h a t w'ould send her into eternitj^, the women around fainted and the hard- -hearted villains, Avho had but a moment before been jeering her, tunied their heads from the sickening sight. A3^e, the grimA-headsman, wdio had time and again done his work wi th an oa th upon his lips,

.was deepty affected. His hand trembled as aloft he swung the death dealing a x ; dowai i t came, bu t his nervous s ta te made a t rue aim imjDOSsible, and Maiy ' s skull w a s crushed beneath the wavering blow. Again the ax descended. Oh, the very steel seemed t o revolt,against* such an unhoty ac t ! And then wdth renewed effort • the headsman struck a third blow, and the fairest head t h a t ever T\^ore"a crown rolled blood-stained in the dust. .. Thus died A'larj'-Queen of Scots.

Thus w^as wri t ten on the pages of^historj-in letters of blood the name of one "who died for religious j)rinciples. Wha t is i t -t h a t we admire above all else, in man? I t is t h a t Godlike powder \vhich enables him t o undergo hardships, t o suffer tor tures and death itself ra ther t h a n t o forfeit his religion. Then vee must bou'^ dowm in silent admiration before Wsjcy ; for little w^as there left in this cold w^orld which she did n o t suffer.. Baselj^ deceived bj" * those she though t her t ruest friends, her own son her enem\^, robbed of her throne, shut up in X^rison for tw^ent3' years, and finally on t h e very scaffold mocked and insulted bj'^ one , of Elizabeth's noblemen;

She did n o t suffer throughout her life and die: a mar ty r ' s death for naught . No, as

she reminded her judges a t FotheringaA^, " t h e theatre of the world is wider than the realm of England.'^ This ajDpeal over the judgment of her persecutors t o t h a t of the whole world has been heard. F o r in regions unknowm and uninhabited v^dien she spoke, in this great western country-, then but a wild forest t ramped by the bare feet of the copper-colored savages; in the ice-bound fields of the dis tant north, wdiither man 's inquiring mind had never led him; in the sun-kissed gardens of the tropical south, where nature was forever in blossom, the history' of Maiy ' s life has* been heard with the deepest interest. And so long as i t is m a n ' s - n a t u r e t o love the beautiful, t o respect the pure, and t o admire and f)ity the heroism and fortitude of the oppressed, so long will Mar3'- Queen. of Scots occui33' the most prominent position in the annals of her s'ex.

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A Teacher of the Ancient Languages .

GEORGE J. MCFAnDEX, ' 0 6 .

I t Avas the second semester. John Balmos walked up the coiridor wi th a group of other bo3' s and stopped before a door wi th a placard on i t : "Latin—^Professor Donnelh^"

"Come," came a voice from within. John entered. Professor Donnelh'-, a man

wi th a large,, thin face and s t ra ight black hair was sitt ing a t a desk. On t w o sides of • the room were large, well-filled book-shelves wdiich reached the ceiling. F rom the t w o east wdndow^s one could' get an extended view. The afternoon was cloudv and gra"\\ The trees on the snow'-covered campus were swa3ang-in the wind. A few people could be seen hurrjnng along Clinton Street; while far be3'^pnd, the houses and trees and spires ^vere lost in the blue of smoke and sk3'-.

" I ' m Balmos, John Balmos, sir," said the boy.,

"All right, Balmos, take a seat ," said the professor a s : he swung' in his chair facing John. "Well, sir, w^hat can I do for 3''Ou?"

"Professor Donnelly, I came t o apologize— 3^ou know I'm the one j'^ou ' called d o w n ' to-day in A^irgil."

"Yes, Balmos, I remember," said the pro­fessor as he leaned back . inl his chair and pu t his hand behind his head, "You gave a

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verj^ smooth t ranslat ion of the lines you read and then j'^ou could no t give ^cax con­structions. How can 3'-ou t ransla te wi thout knowing them? I t looks suspicious, I tell 3'ou, Balmos."

" I suppose you know it aindiow, but I didn't t ranslate i t mj-self," said John, " I borrowed a ' pom--' from Jo—that is, I mean I stumbled across one, and I read mj^ lesson with it. Realh^, professor, I can ' t read ten lines of Virgil and get the r ight meaning out of it, t o save mj^ life. I 'd like t o drop Latin. I don ' t care whether I ever graduate from the liberal a r t s or not . I 'd t ake some studies t h a t would do me some good and t ake up medicine after a 3^ear or t w o . "

"But , Mr. Balmos, ^^ou're inistaken. Latin is of the greatest importance in the studj^ of medicine. Now, A ouf trouble is t h a t you know scarcelv anv grammar. The best thinor for 3^ou, therefore, is t o stud;/ 3^our gram­mar—ii^et a foundation. And if vou onlv t ransla te ten lines a da\ ' i t is better for you t han the waA^ A^OU are doing. This 'poiiA^' work is ruinous t o one's mental powers ."

" B u t I 'm too far behind. I don't—" " You are far behind certainh' ," interrupted

the professor. " B u t A'-OU are no t the onl}-one AAdio w-as ever behind. -WhA , Balmos, I'A^C had students in im^ Yirg"il class t h a t couldn't tell the first conjugation from the third, and thcA^ came out all r ight bA-- appli­cation. Now, here is "Collar and Daniel's 1st Book in Lat in ." Take it, sttidA^ the declen­sions and conjugations. S ta r t a t the A'crA' first of it, and master i t as A'OU go, and if A ou will come down t o IUA- room some night I'll gix'e you some help."

"I ' l l t iw," said John, doubtfullA^ " D o ATOU

mean for me t o come dowm he re?" "No, I 'm no t here of CA^enings. Come t o

niA' room, tliirteen-fift\'--six. College Street." "All right, I'm.e\'-er so much obliged t o

you, professor," and John p u t . his book under his a rm and walked out. At the nor th door of the building he stopped, rolled a cigarette, then AA'-alked t o w a r d the bulletin-board a t the corner of the campus, read a few notices and w-ent t o his room.

" H e l l o ! " dra\Aded out his room.-mate, a tal l Avhite fellow" Avith a pipe in his mouth. " G o t a new book, e h ? "

"Yes," said John, tak ing off his long OA er-coat. " I went in and had a t a lk Avith

Professor Donnelh'- to-daA'. He gaA'-e me this book and a little adAace."

"AVell, I 'd ta lk with him—I don ' t th ink, WhA', I AA'-ouldn't giA'-e t h a t fellow a pleasant look," said the other, gaping.

"Oh, I don ' t beliCA-e he'd be a bad sor t of a man' after A'OU g o t t o knoAv him a li t t le," said John, as he sa t doAvm and began t o mumble t o himself half a loud: '^mensa, mensae, mensae.'^

John Avent t o Professor Donnelh-'s room t w o or three times a week and g o t help in his Latin. He was beginning t o under­stand it. F o r the first time in his liie he was finding out the supreme pleasure there is in t r \nng t o master something. He did no t go t o the theatres t h a t came t o toAvn; he AA as ne\'er seen a t the class parties. " I AA asted enough time Avhen I w a s going t o the high school.- I 'm going t o Avork some now," A\ as alAA ays John 's excuse. Many nights AA'-hen his room-mate came home from a show, or a dance, or a smoker he Avould find John delving in his books, or eating an apple. Professor Donnelly persuaded John t o quit smoking, and he started t h e " apple-eating habi t t o fill up the A'oid. The students AA IO heard of the professor's friend­ship for John Avondered. To them the p ro­fessor seemed cold, cynical, dis tant .

" I belicA'C John Balmos is t ry ing t o Avork a stand in AAdth Prof. Donnelly so t h a t he AA oh't flunk him," said Henry Smith, a short round-headed Freshman, t o some of the boA'"S one daA- as thcA'- Avere going t o class.

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" N o , " replied another boA , " I don ' t think John is t h a t sort of a felloA\-. A- person can ' t help bu t like John, and I guess t h e professor has jus t taken a fancv" t o him."

Long, monotonous AA'inter daA'S had passed. Cold weather, raim- Aveather, sleety AA'cather had foUoAA'cd in succession. The Avarm white daj^s of springtime, when students sometimes forget their classes and Avander up the riA-er A allcA , had n o t "yet come; no baseball game gaA e an excuse t o auA^ student t o " c u t " class. So eA'-ery day found all the -s tuden ts a t their places in the lecture rooms. Faithfully they Avorked these stormA^ days—^AVorked wi th the hope of passing good spring examinations.

The Easter A^acation AA' as draAving near, and the" . students and- professors looked forward t o a little rest.

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"Where are -you going t o spend the spring •liolidaA^s ?" asked. Professor Greer, a short, pompous man, wi th piercing e\'es, of Pro­fessor Donnelh' one da ' , as they went out of the college building together.

"Why, 3'^oung Balmos asked me t o spend the vacation with him, and I iDcHeve I shall."

"Much unlike 3' ou, isn ' t i t? But I 'm sure 3'ou wall have-a good time. Mr. Balmos imxDresses me as a pleasant 3'-oung man, l3ut he is weak in histoiy—ver3'. weak—still I expect t h a t 3'ou will have an excellent t ime."

" 0 ves, I've been around the collea:e here so long t h a t I thought a little t r ip some-wdiere would do me good. John sa3-s we shall ^o duck-hmiting and driving, and feast in a proper manner on Easter—"

" I would no t care so much for hunting-or dri\ang, bu t I could enjo3^ a good dinner," put in Professor Greer, "for I am somewhat of an epicurean—3-es, sir, somewhat of an epicurean."

Professor Donnelh' smiled, and bidding his.historicalh^ inclined friend " g o o d " da3' he w^alked down Clinton Street.

The w'cather during the Easter holida3'S was all t h a t could be wished,for. Alread3'^ nearh" all the snow had melted aw^a3^ and the davs w^ere becomins: Avarm and sun-shinv. Professor Donnellv made himself quite a t home a t the Balmos residence in Sunbeam. He talked of the markets t o old Mr. Balmos, a grain merchan t ; he talked of J o h n and the university, t o Mrs. Balmos, and talked of books and pla3^s t o Miss Ethel.

John and Ethel were the-onty children, but T\' hile John Avas spoiled 133- indulgence, Ethel seemed t o profit 133'' the superior advantages of an onlv girl. lEver\'one in the villas^e liked her. She was' about twent3^-four 3' ears old, large and well-proportioned, wath black hair and large, dark, serious e3'-es. She Avas. an ideal entertainer, and the professor did no t realize how fast the time Avas passing until i t w^as Sunday CA' ening. He and John and Ethel AA' ere sitt ing around the fireplace in the great parlor. '

" W h a t time does the t ra in leaA-e, 'The l?" asked John .

"Ten-fifteen, I belicA'-e," ausAvered Ethel. , "W^ellj if you folks, don ' t care, j belicA'-e I'll go somew^here—church probabh';," said John.

,.. ".Why,, Johrij how,A' er3 . impolite; of you t o leave your coinpanyr' ' / : ; . ' ; . j^ ; . ;

"Well, 3^ou don ' t care, do 3^ou,.professor?" said John.

"No, I guess AA-c can excuse 3^ou," said the professor, " b u t it looks suspicious."

" T h a t ' s Avhat .3'ou told me once before. Prof ," and John, laughing, left the room.

"John and I Avill get back to the uniA"ersit3^ about morning," said the professor. " I t does no t seem t h a t we liaA e been here so long. I haA-e been haAang a most enjo3'^able t ime."

" I 'm glad 3''ou can sa3'- t ha t , Mr. Donnelh-," said Ethel. " I ' m sure AAC liaA e enjo3'ed 3^our compaiw ver3'' much, and AA-C are grateful to 3^ou for the interest 3'-ou liaA'c taken in John. You haA e made a different bo3^ of him."

" I ' m happ3'- if I helped him," said the professor dr3d3-.

"One must certainh'- feel contented doing . AA'-ork such as 3'-ou do ," continued Ethel. " I t . Avould seem as if one .Avere doing something, AA orth A\ hile CA erA' daA^."

" B u t A'-ou do something AA'orth AA'hile CA erv' da3^," he responded.

"Oh 3' es, perhaps, bu t Ave liA e out here in the Aallage, and one's influence is A'er3 little felt. Da3' in and da3'' out i t ' s the same old humdrum. Sometimes I long for some one to ta lk to—some one AA-ho AA OUICI understand things, like"—Miss Balmos hesitated— . "Yes, I think. I understand A'-ou. Your tas tes and , ideals are difierent from those w^ith AAdiom. y^ou daily associate. Isn ' t t h a t i t ? " . / ,

"Well, I can ' t sa3'- ni3^ ideals are so much different, bu t sometimes I get—^get—"

"Lonesome," suggested the professor. He saAA' t h a t he was get t ing into deep AA' ater, and he said •hurriedh'-: " C a n ' t A-OU sinar something?"

" I can tr3'^," said Ethel as she Ax ent t o the j)iano \\dth a: glowing face. She had jus t s tarted t o sing AA' hen John came running in:

" Sa3^, 'Thel, the t ra in goes a t nine-fifteen." "Oh, does i t ? I thought—" _ "Oh, I belicA'-e you Av^anted us t o miss the

t ra in , " interrupted John. "Say, Mr. Don­nelly, I th inkxwe.had better get read3^"

The3neft, and, soon appeared in the sitt ing room wi th their overcoats and suit cases. They were, taking-leaA-^e of Mr , and Mrs. Balmos,^and. Ethel.Av^nt out t o bid them good-bye. ; , ; • / : f ; . . ,•

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" M r . Donnelh'-," she said, as she shook hands with him, " c a n ' t A'-oti come again with John sometime? We all would be pleased to have yon. Do t ry . " Then she kissed John. The professor stood there with hun­gering eves.

" Now, John, be sure and write—soon too , " she insisted.

" 0 1 maA'- drop you a line after a week or so," said John carelessl3^

"Why, John, how could 3'"ou be so indif­ferent t o such a privilege?" said the pro­fessor but toning his overcoat.

" I t ' s a privilege j^ou too maj^ have, Mr. Donnellv," Ethel said as she looked a t the professor wdth a smiling reproach.

" T h a n k A^OU," answered the professor as they v\^ent out.

When thev were gone Ethel went into the parlor, lowered the lights, and sa t alone in a great chair in front of the blazing fireplace. She rested her head on her hand. The fire blazed and crackled, and filled the room wi th lights and shadows. At las t the blaze died down and left a great bed of red embers. Ethel did not move till the chimes from the village churcli r ang out eleven. Then she rose slowty, took the lamp and left the room.

A few nights afterward Professor Don­nelh' Avas alone in his room. His lamp gave a mellow light which fell on the great gilt-edged volumes on the table. He w^as pre­paring a lecture for his advanced class in Lat in literature, and was reading in his Bible a cross reference t h a t was given in the notes of a ' Lat in poem on Virginia. He read :

She is the fairest among ten thousand -Atid altosfether lovelv.

He read the simple lines again and again. Then he sa t musing—^thinking fleetv, dreamv thoughts . Unconsciously he wrote on the margin of the page: " E—E—Ethel Balmos."

A "knock came a t the door. The professor closed the.Bible quickh'-, picked up another book, and c a l l e d : " Come in."

I t w a s John. After they had talked a vi'liile, the professor proposed: •

"John, how would i t strike 3^ou t h a t we make another visit down t o your place in about t w o weeks?"

" O i don ' t believe I could go , " said John, thoughtfiilly. ,

"Well, do A'-ou think i t would be all r ight wi th your follcs if I should go down alone? " asked the professor, half smiling.

" S u r e ! " said John, approAangly. T h a t night as John walked home he said

t o himself: " I see w^here I 've g o t a cinch on passing my Yirgil now."

Varsi ty Ve r se .

H' AURORA MORXIXG LIGHT.

fIGH in the Eastern skv; - ;• > V:;.^ Mom's silver streamers flj, .} .;- V : :

Driving^ off night and her shadowy train;. ;,*. : Upwards the gleaming bars . . , v Shoot through the paling'stars •;"; ^

Flooding \\\t\\ glorj- night's sable "domain."- -

Hail, Fairy Messenger I -';. ' . Day's earh- Harbinger I . '-

Bidding all nature awake and be gay ; Creature of glory bom I ' .-Fair ar t thou, lovelArniom; ' ',. ;

Life comes with thee, joyful herald of day. \ -•

W'ave then thy streamers far Over each crag and scar, - - .

Bathe in thy splendor each meadow and lea; . Touch with thv mellow lisrht - .

Forest and mountain height . ' -= -While SA'lvan Choristers carol to thee. -, .;.

LIMERICK. :'

There was a 3-oung man, Willie Stead, - -Who brought a bombshell into bed. - "1

His toe struck thefiise, . ,,.''. And so ended his snooze, ,' - >:

And the latest report's "Willie Stead." . - V J / ;

- T , : A : . t . A SOXG OF BYGONES. T

Friend of the "atild lang syne," Tin- memorj' follows me: " '

The e3-es tha t tender shine > '• •'' With.the deep blue of the sea; ^ .• :_

The lips t ha t shame the rose; : ,. •; -The dimpled cheek and chin; , ; -. \

.A.11 tha t mj' dreams disclose . , , . \ Remain as the^-once had been. " ;. • ^

Deep in .this heart of mine I feel what I can not see, . ' " •' -•

Friend of the "auld lang syne," . That my mem'rv follows thee. -_» ./-

- ' " • • - , • • ' "R; F. 's^t ' . ;

T H E SPIRIT OF 1 7 7 6 . 1 -,, 1 .-.,',

Deacon Elder came to town - j ; r j ~ _•:-; .\-riding in a. wagon \ - . r , : , , . : ; .

He stuck a bottle in his coat . ^ ; - . -, -A.nd later got a j ag on.' , '," , • • <

' .A.t eve the Deacon homeward.tumed :''i;".i To greet "his wife Ainandv ' • • •'i,i --

Who took the spirit out of him„ ; , . -V' r With a broom-stick lying handy. , :;• ;"1 ••

• \ -. / . - • _ • \l^'-j:i?;^}v.

T H E JIESSAGE OF T H E ROSE. , . , ,;; ';?.: ? ; . ''^

I br ing,a note of truest love,; :. - , ; :,-1.:/;;-H-:'; .. Imbedded in my heart, .. -,.-;; . - ,%:VK!;" -*-tl vi £ From one whose tongue might fail;to ;Speak|J.T.l •

The thoughts tha t I impart.- •vTIA^Vii-

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A V i t a l P r o b l e m .

EDWARD J. KEXNY, ' 0 7 .

What gi'eat nation is there t h a t has n o t had some vital x3i"ol3lem to solve ! None have attained greatness wi thout having passed through adversity. In our OWTI

glorious I'epublic, from 1S61 t o 1S65, we TV'ere convulsed b3' a difficult^'- t h a t could not be surmounted save by a call t o arms. Brother \ded with brother on the field ot bat t le . The shriek of shell and the roar of musketiy rent the air. Men fell, dead and dAdiig, like wheat before the reajDer. The thirstj-- soil drank up their willing blood. Many, main ' homes were made desolate hj the loss of some loved one, jet rejoiced, because their lives had been sacrificed t h a t the yoke of servitude should Aaeld t o the migfhtv arm of fi-eedom.

To-daA'-, we are again confronted bA' a question, consequent upon the outcome of. t h a t momentous conflict which almost divided the na t ion ; a question t h a t should most persistenth' occupj-- the at tent ion of every justice-loving statesman, everj^ public-spirited citizen, ever\' generous and 103' al American; a controversy' which involves the destinv of ten million souls—^the negro question. Never perhaps, since the abolition of slavery has this mat te r aroused more genei-al interest than a t j)i"esent. The act of President Roosevelt in admit t ing Booker Washington to his table has given the difficulty- a significance i t never possessed before. Here the lines of caste, which are a disgrace t o our civilization, a reproach t o our profession as Christians, a menace to our striving after peace,, are wiped out— and God g ran t i t may be forever—^l3y the simple fact t h a t a colored m a n diiies a t the White House.

But the end is n o t 3''et. The jDrejudice ot generations is no t t o be obliterated in a dsij. -Time alone—time t h a t teaches us all t o forget-wrongs, t o forego, peft)'- spites, t o deal kindly w^ith our fellowanan no mat te r how abject he be, \yill graduallj'^ w^ear down the barriers wiiich have been built up round slavery. . Time, did I say? Yes, time will accomplish this, if the proper influences are brought t o the fore. Centuries have passed

and the relations of the Jews wi th the rest of mankind are altered veiy little. Christi-anitj'-, I believe, is the force t h a t hj degrees will remove the contempt entertained for the negro. One has t o live in the South t o understand t o w h a t lengths this feeling is carried. Raih'oad companies provide separate cars and separate wai t ing rooms for the unfortunate Ethiopian. These, "let i t be borne in mind, are ever of an inferior kind. Hotel-keepers, as a mat te r of x olicA"-, refuse - t o shelter him; and even the more respectable bar-room keeiDcrs will no t give him the wherewithal t o quench his thirst . The churches, the houses of t h a t God who. has no respect of persons, adinit bo th races under certain restrictions. The black-skinned morta l is permitted t o be xDresent a t all the services; he maj raise his suppliant voice t o the Creator and implore forgiveness for himself and his more favored brethren, bu t he must do this in a particular p a r t of the sacred edifice. He is banished, as i t Avere, t o some nook or corner in the rear. He is made t o feel a t everv tu rn t h a t though the Omnipotent brought him into being, He made him a little less t han the wdiite man.

But the benign influence of ChristianitA' AA'ill gradualh'- blot out everj-^ trace of caste. I t brought about the abolition of slaA-eiy. No countrA'- t h a t has receiA^ed the gospel of peace holds t o the chains of bondage. The spirit of Christ has affected us so much. The example of God tak ing the form of a slave, li\'ing for th i r ty A' ears subject t o men, engaging in manual labor, AAdiich, pi ior to t h a t time AX' as though t t o be degrading— this example has turned the minds of men t o view thiiigs in a different light. No more is toil in the open fields a disgrace.

We have here a beginning. We are glad­dened a t the jDrogress tOAvard, t h a t s ta te of unitA'- AA'-hich is hinted . a t in the m o t t o of the United States, "E pluribus unum—One out of the manj'-." Would t o God AAC were so closely bound together in the spirit as we are in the temporal interests t h a t , are common t o rus; then might Oliver Wendell Holmes truly sing:

Lord of the Universe! shield tis aiid guide us, , .

Trustiiig^Theeahvays through shadow.and sun;

. Thou hast united iis,—who shall divide us?

Keep us, oh, keep us, the" many in-one! ,

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But i t is folh^ t o thus supplicate the Most High -while w-e pu t obstacles in the wa j^ of t h a t mnch-to-be-desired union. The precept of loving- our neighbor as ourselves s tands in the way. The North and the South are welded together, iDut the hearts of the t w o races have never gone out t o one another.

Perliaps we do love the colored man after a fashion, but we never can consent t o live -with, him, or in close lijirmony with him. This is certainlv verv natural . His habits, tastes , dispositions and tradit ions, are altogether unlike ours. -It is a mistake t o imagine t h a t the chief objection lies in color or in any other pliA'sical difference. The negro \A as once a slave; and until we are able t o forget this un toward circumstance, \vill we continue to . look upon him as being an unfit companion for us. In the meantime, let him h\ all means be educated. But let the education he receives be such as will uplift him. Let it be Christian first. Teach him t o lead a virtuous life. To this end, universi"ties are no t essential. With the doctrine of Christ in his heart he maj"" save his .soul more sureh^ in a lowh^- condition t han in positions of honor. When all is told, 1113 friends, the man t h a t lives virtuoush'" "till the end a t ta ins the object of his creation, and unconscioush' works untold good in raising the minds of his fellow-beings t o higher levels. The mvsterious small voice of his example re-echoes a "thousand times the voice of John Milton:

Mortals tha t would follow me, Love virtue; she alone is free; She can teach ye how to clinjb; Pligher than the spher\- chime: Or if virtue feeble Avere, Heaven itself would stoop to her.

The negro is greath^ misrepresented. He is accused, of cowardice. Those who fought a t his side during the Civil AVar flatty denj' this. He has been found faithful in- everi-conflict from the Boston Commons t o San Juan Hill. He is no t like the Hessian hire­ling peddling his heartless service for paj^, nor the cowardh'- conscript, forced t o the front b j ' baj'-onets in the rear ; bu t he rushes eagerlv t o the batt le line with his countr\'-'s ba"ttle cry exultant on his lips. " '

I t is almost un iversa l^ admitted t h a t he is mentalh'' incapable of far-reaching enterprises. Let them, who are so credulous t o believe this read the life of Toussaint

L'Ouverture. T h i s distinguished..negro .was' reared as a slave, wnthout a liberal educa­tion, wi thout opportunities. Notwithstand­ing these drawbacks, he made his -way, t o the front. F c r a time he rijled' the -whole^ of San Domingo. His wa^'' -u'as v igorous ' and upright l i is torians agree in crediting: him -u'ith a romantic and imagina-tive temperament and with exceptional t a l en t ; for organization and administration.

The nesrro ,is a stranger. He was drasTEfed into the country'- wi thout any -wish of his. He is of a lower intellectual order t han ouir-' selves. But let us no t forget t h a t he is still our brother-^and brother differs ' from brother in gifts of nature. He claims, knd-rightly, too , a kinship with Adam; . he became spiritualty allied t o us a t the . foot-of the cross; he looks t ip , to his God and ours while he says, "Our Fa the r -who "art in heaven;" his bodj- will moulder in to the dust as will- ours, and no man can s a y : "This clod is of the black, t h a t of t he white mail." He hopes, and with sound reason, t o . inherit in common w i t h n s the kingdom of God. In the presence of the a-^-e-irispir-. ing thought of eternity-, racial difficulties, dwindle into insignificance. ; H a d -we all the spirit t h a t breathes in Br\-ant's Thana- . topsis, the negro question would soon .be satisfactority settled. F o r pride i t is t h a t keeps us aloof and makes us so cold. Words like these ought to make us humble :

Yet a few da^-s and thee The all-beholding sun shall sec no more In all his course; not j-et in the coldground; Where thy pale form was laid -with many tears. Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist , " ' Thy image. Earth tha t nourished thee shall claim : Tin- growth, to be resolved to earth again ; And, lost each human trace, surrendering up . Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix forever with the elements. To be a brother to the insensible rock, . . -And to the sluggish clod, which the rude s-yvain Turns -with his share and treads upon.. /

I T is God's great book t h a t we behold-when we cast our e^-es over the-worldi 'All the centuries are like i ts pages, all the years/J are like its lines, the various epochs are . i t s I letters, placed bj^ t h e ' h a n d of God, who alone is acquainted with His o-wn eternal' conceptions, and understands the xri/o/e ofi His \A^ork.—Mor. c/e Segtrr. -1 \

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—Man3'- marked improvements i:ake place in and around Notre Dame throughout the A-ear, -^^hich are scarceh' noticed on account of the s radual Avav in which thev are brought about . The Mechanical DraAving department moved into the spacious quarters set apa r t for i t a t the commencement of las t semester. Since t h a t time final touches in the w a y of details have been given, until now the University'- has a well-equipped draughting-room -v\diich compares favorabh-w^ith anj- in the countr\^

The new Commercial room on the ground floor of the Main Building is another step in the right direction. This room, used exclusiveh'- for the theoretical as well as the practical work of the Business Course, brings the student into everv detail of actual commercial life. The regular routine office work adds new interest t o an otherwise dry subject-matter.

Parallel . to this advance, al though no less marked , is t h a t Avhich has taken place in the college libraiy. Parth'- through neglect, which evideutlv has been carried on for vears, and par t ly on account of the gigantic t ask of keep­ing a constantly growing librarx'- in \vorking condition, this department has become more or less a chaotic mass of knowledge. This year, however, decided efforts seem t o have been .made t o remedv^ this. ' The gallery has undergone a complete renovation—^maga­zines, pieriodicals, all having been arranged systematically. Some cataloguing of bound

magazines, fiction, histoiy, romance and poet iy has been done. Undoubtedh'- many other minor details of improvement have been made with Avhich the Avriter is unfamiliar.

These changes are but few of the many examples of the genuine spirit of progress t h a t has ahvaA'S marked the historA^ of Notre Dame.

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—Ai'c idiots a menace to the countr^'^ ? A statement of a member of the board of health in New York cit}^ might lead one t o believe t h a t these unfortunate beings were the greatest evil wath which we have t o contend. " Idiot children should be drowned. We Avould then have more time and energA^ t o spend on childi'en in whom • there are possibilities of success." This is the start l ing and inhuman advice given by the health pliA'sician. Alinost equalh' remarkable is the fact t h a t other doctors agree with him in advocating this disposition of t h a t class of i^eople. Such barbaritA^ is contrary t o the times as Avell as t o the customs of a • civilized nation. In the earty days of pagan Greece or Rome the action Avould be com­mended \yv a majority of the people, for the}^ sought only t o strengthen the nat ion pliA'^sically; but to put into practice this unchristian system would, far from tending toward our advancement, be a step down-Vk'-ard and back^vard.

Undoubtedh'", there is not so much hope for this group as there is for the imbeciles and the weak-minded; these la t ter may b}' con­sistent t raining be t augh t so t h a t thfty will become j)roficient in some form of manual work. Still the inability' of idiots t o achieve success is no reason w-h ^ thex should be deprived of life; for even these have a p a r t t o plaj ' on this A'-ast stage. A, more human and feasible method of doins: aAA aA' with t h e s e unfortunates would be t o formulate laA\' s which Avould regulate marriages and divorces. _

—Joan of A r c has passed the second stage of canonization, and is UOAA t o be regarded as a saint. I t is strange w'hat a rcA^ersion of feeling" comes OA er a nat ion AAdth the passing of years. Nearly five centuries 'ago, this JDOor, ignorant peasant girl ,set put t o obcA^ the "spir i t A'oices" AA-hich bade hei- take up arms, drive out

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the British invader, and crown her king, Nearh^'iive centuries ago this simple virgin cast aside her innate modest\- t o take com­mand of a great arm^^, and led them vic tor ious^ from towni t o to\vn for thirteen months. Nearh'- live centuries ago this heroic maiden of eighteen in humlDle fortitude endured persecutions a t the bruta l hands of her English captors, persecutions t h a t would have broken the spirit and subdued the flesh of the stoutest soldier of France; and a t the end of her captivity' came death— a glorious death, a martj-r's death.

Now after the lapse of so man3^ decades we.find a Paris professor removed by the Government for publicly at tacking her character; and a socialist member of the chamber of deputies forced into a duel for a similar aspersion; bu t still more remarkable than these instances of national retribution is Mark Twain 's recent panegATic on the "Maid of Orleans." His a t t i tude is one of respectful admiration for " a verv^ good, ver}-brave, ver^^ strong, xoxy simple, very sweet girl, and a great genius unaccounted for, apparenth ' , hy any rationalistic explanation of her efflorescence in an unsjmiiDathetic

,time and a sodden environment." Her personalitj'- " i s one t o be reverenth^ studied, loved and marvelled at , bu t not t o be wholh^

• understood and accounted for by even the most searching analvsis. In the world 's history she stands alone—quite alone."-

Again, he considers another feature of her life: "There have been manj^ uninspired prophets, bu t she was the onh'- one wdio ever ventured the daring detail of naming, along with a foretold event, the event's precise nature, the special time limit within which it would occur, and the place—and scored AiMlment. When we consider her origin, her earW circumstaiices, her sex, and t h a t she did all the things upon .which her renown rests while she -was still a young girl, Joan of A.rc is easily and hj far the mos t ' extraordinarj'- person the human race has ever produced."

Coming as this does a t the time of the canonization of the saintly maiden, the

- test imony of such a distinguished inan. of letters as Samuel L. Clemens, marks the decline of t h a t blind bigotry which has so long militated against impartial accurac3^ in historical events.

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Three pi-izes—a first prize of $100, a second prize of $75 and a third prize of $50—^liave been established In- the Hon. John Barrett, United States Minister to Panama, to be awarded to the- authors of the best papers'on "The Relations of the United• States A\-ith the Latin-American Republics." Air. Barrett states the object of the prizes to be " t o do something to develop throughout the United States a wider interest in our political and commercial relations with Latin-America and to foster a more general stiuh- of Latin-American histor}-, institutions, political, social and educational conditions, material and industrial resources, and coni-.mercial possibilities—especially as the}- affect the growth of closer ties of international comit\- and confidence.'' The prizes are offered stibject to the following rules of competition:

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(3) Papers accompanied by the fall name and address of the writer, and statement of the class and college to which the writer belongs, must be mailed or deliA-ered to an express company^ not later than Wednesday-, Ma^- 10, 1905, addressed to the President of Columbia UniversitA-, Kew York, N. Y., marked " F o r the John Barrett Prize."

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,SoME REACTIOXS OF ACETYLENE. B3- J. A. Nieuwland. C. S. C , Notre Dame, Ind. 1904.

This dissertation -was presented to the Faculty of the Catholic University'- as a thesis for the Doctorate of Philosoph^^ The au thor has handled his subject wi th the greatest care, going into much detail, and 3^et, a t the same time, has covered quite a large field. While doing so he has far from exhausted his subject of research, bu t has opened up many interesting questions which onh"- fiirther experimenting will decide.

The thesis is divided into three par t s , each being introduced bv a short review of the work done bv other investigators alona: somewhat similar lines. And while. the au thor has found by actual exijerimenf t h a t most of the conclusions are correct, yet there are some which he shows t o be untenable. After these brief resumes he enters on his field proper, and develops by much carelul and j)ainstakino- work - the thesis undertaken.

He first considers the reactions of acetylene wi th hydrogen in j)resence of various com­pounds, such, for instance, as uitro-sulphonic acid and chlor - sulphonic acid. In the second j)art he investigates the reactions of acet3dene with chlorine both as an element and in combination, giving special a t tent ion to the acid chlorides. The third p a r t or appendix contains simph' some few reac­tions of acet3dene with one or tw^o of the fluorides, and is .intended t o show t h a t there is much w^ork still t o be done in this direc­tion, and. t h a t i t is being pushed bj'- the author . If his future work is as successful as the present tliesis he will have made valuable contributions t o chemical science. The present work is a necessitA' in the hands of Siny experimenter along the lines the" au thor has developed.

R everies of a Sorinite.

Yes, i t w a s late, quite 4ate, when I entered the hall. As I turned the ke3': in m y door the clock in the to\yer struck, one. -1 v\ras t ired; T had t ramped all the w a y from town, ; s6 ; I sank; oil the,bed j u s t as I came

in. I thought of how queer ever3'thing had seemed t h a t night on the road back. The moon A\''as wrapped in a halo of silver gre3'-, and ever3'i:hing was steeped in a flood of liquid purple, like the film of dark wine. I t was a strange, a weird night. Whisperings, soft and subdued, came over the hedges and through the trees. The gravcA-ard—I shall never forget the gravcA'ai'd. I have no qualms in passing a gi'ave3'-ard after dark, b u t how strange it was t h a t night. Here the w-his23erings trebled, the tombstones appeared almost phosphorescent, and the wind fairty moaned through the dark cedars. Uncannv chills ran uj) and down m3'- spine, and I felt a creeping sensation in m3'- hair.

I heaved a sigh of relief as I passed the main entrance. Yet w h a t a spectacle Avas here ! ,What a sensation ofunuttei-able lone­liness came over me as I beheld the deserted grounds. In the soft gra3'^ light of the moon, how sombre, how grand, how desolate it all seemed! The grea t dome was lost in a purple haze; cold and tenantless were the halls like a long-forgotten', a phantom cit3'.

I arose and x^assed down the dim corridors. All the doors flew open. Men, 3^oung- and old, came streaming through the doorwa3^s, and filled the corridors. Some were laughing; some were crying; some were dancing-; some were tottering; b u t all kept moving from the hall. I saw doctors, law3'ers, priests, professors, business men, engineers, actors, soldiers, athletes, musicians, editors, rich and poor, 3'oung and old, sad and ga3'-— all jostl ing and talking as the3'- moved t o w a r d .the door. And I asked one, who was singing mefrih'-, w h a t all this meant, and he sang- over and over this little refrain:

"O we are the shades of all Sorjnites That once lived here before;

As trudeins: alons? life's devious wav In dreams \ve come once' more.''

Ah! t thought , these are the former inmates; b u t where are the friends I t i sed t o know? "V\Ti3'' are the3'- n o t here? Jus t then the -crowd became less, and I saw near the end of the procession '.'the old familiar faces." W h a t a happy set they were, singing and laughing as thev marched. Dnce more I heard _ the t h r o a t s of the might3''. o ra te ; again could be heard the declaimers of-"The Las t Leaf in the S p r i n g , " " T h a t Old Sweetheart of Mine," and "Guuga Din." But even, " t h e old .familiar faces" kept moving pn, and I was' left s tanding,a lone in the long; dim corridor. Then in the d i s t a n c e ! saAV;ithe class o f . " ' 0 5 " standing in; thej doorways, eager, impatient for, the s tar t , and I/kaid I would father be one, of t h a t immortal biand of thirteen t han of an3' t h a t has gone before. W. D. J.

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Athlet ic Notes .

I t is our disagreeable dtit}^ t o have t o mention in ' t h i s dejDartment the actions of a few students whose conduct in the galler^r of the gjnn has made them odious in the ej^es of the rest. We refer t o those minus quantities who make it a practice of loudly commenting on the work of our athletes. I t should be the dutv of the gentlemen present t o frown down these spasmodic bra^^ers, for i t is their conduct t h a t dis­courages main^ from coming out for thf teams. If such commeiits are further indulged in the onlv resource left t o the management will be t o close the gym t o spectators and make all practice secret.

Corbv and Brownson met for the second time in basket-ball last WednesdaA'- evening-, and again CorbA' Avon an eas}"- victoiy. CorljA'' scored the . first • basket and held the lead t o the end. Jones and Brown excelled for BroA\Tison, Avhile Hermann, W.. Winter and Holliday figured prominenth'- in the general excellence t h a t marked . Corby's jDlayiiig. The final score was, Corb^', 34 ; Brownson, 9.

Corby Herman-A. Winter Brennau Pr\'or HollidaA'-C. Wintcr AV. AVinter

• L G R G

C R F

. L F

Brownson Jones "Donovan Quinn Brow-n Coontz

Time of halves, 15 and t\venr\' minutes.

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Under the leadership of Captain Ouiglej^ the Sorinites are training faithfulh'-for the coming Inter-Hall Meet. So far, the following have reported t o CaptJ Ouigley and notified him of their intention t o compete—^Dwan, Kasper, Beacom, Heah'-, Church, Sinnott, Bach, Donovan, Harr is , Wadden, • Kot te , Coontz, Bracken and O'Neil. Silver will j)robabh'- aid Ouigle\^ in coaching the men .

The t w o fii:st. teams of the Minims held a track m e e t last Thursday'' under the direction and management of Prof. Reno who also actecl as official s tarter . Captain Roe's team, w^on out, ,but nevertheless , the contest, w a s a spiirited one. The.featuires of the meet ^Ktx^

the running .of Cavanaugh. iu . the 880 yards .{;, and the fine all-arouiid work of Kesselhuthi Pi Following a re ; the summaries: ;, . ; - ; £ , .

40-3^ard dash^Roe, 1st; Ynssari , 2d; time, ;= 5 4-5. _ '.^ - • - ' . - - '. ^^.'.•z•/>i/-i

40 v-ards (special)—Cotter,1st; Kesselhuth;;;;.: 2d; time, 6 1 - 5 . „ ..;= ,;,, :-

220-v-ard dash—Yrissari, 1s t ; Roe, 2d; ; : ' : time, 30 4-5. ' , : : * - ;

Shot put—^Tello, 1st; distance, 13 feet 2 inl; \ Hill, 2d; distance, 12 feet 9 inches.

880 Awards—Cavanaugh, 1st; Mahpne372d;X; time, 2:54. ; ; 7

Broad jump—Parker, 1st; distance, 13'feet-2 inches; Roe, 2d; distance, 12 feet 9 iiaches. . ; • 440 yards—Cavanaugh, 1s t ; Cotter, 2d;; time, 1:03. . ' . • _ . - V -

Mr. Sheehan acted as announcer, while -Rennaker Avas t^'mekeeper. • , "-- ' . .

* r At a mass meeting, of the students-^of

Corby Hall, held las t Satt irday nighty F r a n k Pr3-or w a s elected captain and ^William Emerson manager of the t rack team f o r ' 0 5 . \ Mr. McGlew manager of athletics, and " Mr . Draper captain of the VarsitA' track, team., Both spoke on the necessity of inter-hall , competition, so t h a t suitable material coiild be obtained for the Yarsitv.

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The students of St. Joseph's Hall held. aA meeting Wednesdaj; evening for the purpose, of organizing an athletic association. - P . M.. -MalloA^ acted as temporary chairman. After hearing the different Anews on the m a t t e r • expressed by scA-eral of the students, the folloAving officers AA ere elected: Y.: A. Parrish, President; W. C. Schmidt, Secretary a n d . J. DempscA'-, Treasurer. At this meeting a captain for the Track-team Avas. also elected. The choice fell on Y, A.-Parrish" and .he • AA as elected by a unanimous . A^ote. 1 i\.nother meeting A\ail be held in the; near ftiture, arid . St. Joe AAall endeavor t o put pi i t .a t eamfqrV the coming inter-hall t rack-meet—a .^team r t h a t Avill be a c redi t r to the* Hal l . ;, / -

« - * , I t is t radi t ional a t Harvard , and ' CA'-ery. hi

other college of. athletic reputat ion t h a t ' the'-:; simple rules of t raining;laid down for: the- ,: different teams should be observed w i t h ? ! absolute .fidelity. The .members of ; thevf-Freshmen basket-ball team recently indtilsfed;^':

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in the forbidden j)leasures of a beer night, and on the next da "- were overwhelmingh^ defeated by a prep, school. Following is a well-merited rebuke t h a t appeared soon after in the Harvard Crimson :

Last TuesdaA' night certain members of a Harvard class team broke training a t a beer night. The follow­ing daA- the team was defeated in one of its regularh-scheduled games with a iirejiaratory school IJA' one of the most overwhelming scores made in a game of its kind in recent years. The few points scored bA' the Harvard team were made b^' substitutes AVIIO had replaced the men \vho had broken their trust.

If there are men in the universitA- Avho do not realize tha t membership on a team which, as either a class or a university organization, bears the name of Har­vard, carries with it the responsibilitA' of doing their best to uphold the honor of the universitA', then it is time tha t this ordinarih- self-evident principle should be given more x^rominence. Men who bi'eak training are not onh' violating a trust reposed in them bA' the university and their class, but are also doing a gross injustice to the other members' of the team.

There ca.i be no mitigating circumstance connected with such an ofi'ense, and the quicker tlie men concerned are dropped from all participation in the sport, the better it will be for the class, the univcrsit}- and the interests of athletics in general.

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Thomas E. Holland left Notre Dame on the first of the month t o assume his duties as coach and trainer a t Northwestern Universit3^ During the t w o \^ears which he spent here acting in a similar csipacitj he made a host of friends v^dio regret his departure. His work as coach of . o u r track-teams and trainer of the baseball and football teams was A-ery satisfactorv'-. T h a t he j)roduced no track-team of championship calibre w^as due entirelv t o the fact t h a t unusually small squads reported for work. Those t h a t did place themselves in his care • profited bv his t raining and coaching. Among these we might mention our captain, William Draper, who i^ n o w one. of tlie foremost athletes in the West. We have . no doubt t h a t he will " m a k e g o o d " a t Evanston, and w e wish him everj'^ success in Ms new position. • =

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The Inter-hall meet will be held February 14, a t 2:30 p .m. The members of the different halls should a t tend and shov^' their hall spirit by;; supporting the teams 'vvi th their presence ' a n d voices. . . I n " order to . ; pay expenses "an admission fee of -tenVtents, w i l l ' be .charged, v : : :--:-:-'. •'"''"-':..--vi-^,;' ?^^;^- 'T :^^^-'

e r s o n a l s

—We take pleasure in announcing t h a t Mr. Eustace Cullinane (A. B. '95) has recenth^ been married and is now engaged in a prosperous business in San Francisco, Cal.

—The maiiA'- fiiends among the Facultv and students wall be pleased t o leani of the welfare of Mr. F rank Breslin (student ' 90- '93) . At present he is emplo3'ed in the Electrical Department of the New. York Sub\va3^ Co., and a t the same time is taking" an evening course a t the New York Electrical School.

^ M r . Thomas J . Dundon (B. S. '72) is settled in Ishpeming, Mich., and one of the leading" attorncA'S of Marquet te Count}^. Since his graduat ion, Mr. Dundon has ever shown the deepest interest in the Avelfare of Notre Dame and has indeed been one of her most lo3'al sons. His old friends wish him continued success.

—At a recent meeting of the Minneapolis Board of Education, Mr. Fred -B". Chute (LL. B., '92) was elected a member of t h a t bod3'. This earh'- recognition of Mr. Chute's abilities speaks volumes in his favor. We congratulate the j)eople of Minneapolis upon their selection, a« we have the greatest confidence t h a t he will make a brilliant . success.

—Earh'- in the week the Reverend Fa ther F i t t e made a shor t t r ip t o Chicago where he met his distinguished cousin, M. Emile JuUiene, of Paris, who is on his wa3' t o assume the governorship of the Island of Tahiti . The appointment t o this lucrative position comes as a fitting reward t o one of the oldest and most esteemed members of the French Charhber of: Deputies, M. JuUiene having served in this body for fifteen years:

—The news of the success of old students is a lways the cause of much pleasure t o "the faculty and bo3' s. Among the latest t h a t have gained adyancement in the i)usiness world is Mr. Charles N.Girsch '98, who has accepted the 'pos i t i on of bookkeeper wi th one of the largest coal compaiiies iii Illinois, and in; the future will have his residence in Springfield/ 111: T h e ' position is a most re­sponsible one: b u t reinerribering the splendid

NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC. ^H work of Mr. Girsch a t Notre Dame we have eveiy reason t o believe t h a t he will creditabh'- do all t h a t is expected of him.

—No higher praise can .be bestowed on a University t han the success of its graduates in the world. And foi'emost among those who thus speak so highlv for N"otre Dame is Mr. C. T. Hager ty (C. E. '90), now Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy of New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts. He Avrites in regard t o the SCHOLASTIC: " I t keeps me in touch wdth Alma A'Later. I t has been a most welcome Aasitor ever since I came t o New Mexico fourteen years ago ."

Visitor's registiw:—J. G. Stokes, Pi t tsburg, P a . ; Edward E. Steiner, Monroe, Michigan ; W. T . Young, Jonesboro, Indiana; JRobert I. AIcElroy, Pi t tsburg, Pa . ; Mr. Terence Gof-fein^, Philadelphia, Pa . ; Francis L a Point, Montreal, Canada ; Harrj^ Murray, Alton, 111.; Robert Blaylock, Hazleton, P a . ; Miss Genevieve Stjaiel, Chicago; Simon O'Donnell, Pi t tsburg, Pa . ; John Sexton, T. A. Ouinlan, Jr., P . J. Kasper, Chicago; Mrs. A. A. Hilton, Chicago; Fred Seidel, Har rv M. Brown, Elkhart , Ind.; Dr. E. R. Baile^^, South Bend, Ind.; Miss Laura Leloya, Aliss Coral Barret t , P i t t sburg ; J. H . Mulligan, Pat terson, N . J .

—'Notre Dame is decidedh'-well represented in F o r t Wayne, Ind., bo th in commercial and professional ranks:—Robert Fox, of the class of 1900, is the senior member of tlie largest furniture house in F o r t Wavne, Fox, Hite and Co.; Mr. Har ry T. Hogan (LL. B. '04), who was a popular VarsitA^ pitcher, is now settled in F o r t Wajiie and is one of t h a t cit3'-'s foremost young lawA-ers; Mr. Joseph M. Hah'-, wdio took his l aw degree in '99, has s tar ted an independent office and is a conspicuous figure among the various courts of t h a t citj^; Mr. Charles Reuss (student '94- '98) has a responsible position in the managerial department of the Centliore Brewing Co.; William F . Dinnen (LL . B. '02) is another. Notre Dame graduate who is laving, the .foundation for a successftil career as a member of the F o r t Wavne Bar.

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Cards of Sympathy.

Whereas, God in His infinite wisdom has seen fit t o call from ear th the mother of our comrade and hall-mate, John P. O'Shea, be i t

Resolved, t h a t on behalf of his friends in St. Joseph's Hall, \Y& extend our sincere sym-•path3'- in this his sad hour of bereavement.

• P . M. Malloy James V. Cunningham .

- J o h n W. Sheehan , . William F . Robinson Edward. 0'¥\yrm.—Committee..

In behalf of t h e ; J u n i o r class, .we, the.

undersigned, express our sincere SA-mpathy for our fellow-classman, John P . O'Shea, in the loss he has sustained in the recent death of his mother.

Wm. P . Feele3" J. F . d i s h i n g -H. P . Fisher _ .

.. •- J. A. Dubbs—Committee.; :-

« * Whereas, i t lias pleased God, in His infiiiite,

goodness and wisdom, t o caU. t o Hinaselt bo th the mother and sister of our fellow-student and companion, John Hanigan of Brownson Hall, be it, . : : , >^ Resolved, t h a t , we, the undersigned .on. behalf of his fellow-students and com­panions, tender him pur heartfelt sj^mpathj'-, and also t h a t a cop3^ of these resolutions-be printed in the SCHOLASTIC. . . j '

John J. Scales John C. Ouinn Robert ET Scott.

—^The account of the death of Rev. J . K. Ocenasek, '90—'92, will be read wath sorrow hj his numerous friends a t Notre Daine. At the time of his death, Fa ther Ocenasek was pas tor of the Bohemian Church of Our . Ladj^ of Lourdes in Chicago. During' his student days a t Notre Dame Fa the r Ocenasek; made manj- friends among the facultj^^ and bo3'S by his kindness of spirit and generous manners. These join the SCHOLASTIC ' i n ' expressing their deep S3-mpathy t o his relatives and parishioners. * ;

Local Items.

—Some of the locals and personals of this issue were held over from last week. ^—Found—^A gold w-atch and chain. The: owner ma3' have the same upon identifica­tion. Apph' t o room 100. \

—Some ver3^ handsome sets of souvenir.-posf: cards are on exhibition in the Students ' ' Office. There are twent3'-one. prints in aU.; Man3'- of them represent some of the- numer­ous beautifiil scenes of the iiniversifry grounds.

•—Jiu jitsti is becoming ver\' popular lately in Sorin Plall. Alle3'' Go O n - a n d .Harr ie Megglue are the chief exponents of this gentle ar t , and will meet all comers. Thomas A. Knocker . and other -light_ -weights 1 pre-: -ferred.- _ -.;... . - .V ; " : . : x 'v ^—^Last Saturdav evening the members ot the Ohio Sta te Club, through, the kindness and generosity'- of Prof. J. F . Ed wards; the honoraty president of the club, were t reated t o a m o s t delightful sleigh-ride. The even-, ing was an ideal one,.and those t h a t p a r t o o k

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of the enjojanent are grateful t o him t h a t made the ride possible.

—That the preliminaries for the debate are near is ver\' evident t o the inmates of Sorin Hall. The screeching soprano and the thundering bass maA' be heard from earlv dawn till the clock in the tower strikes thirteen. The college spirit of the Sorinites alone prevents them from making -a mur­derous a t tack on these assassins of the English language.

—^Apart from t rack work, basket-ball is the most pojDular sport among the Minims. Two teams have been chosen, and practice games, ai-e in order ever\' evening. A. Hilton and J. Kavanaugh have been elected to captain the teams. The smile t h a t never comes off is expected to lead the lat ter 's team t o victory. Captain Hilton's skill, on the other hand, maA' tu rn the tide which leads the half-miler on t o fortune.

—In ]Dreparing for the Inter-Hall Meet, which is t o come off in the near future, St. Joe has formed an athletic association Avhich is t o direct the athletics of the Hall in all branches. The officers of said association, as elected, a re : President, Yarnum Parr i sh ; Secretary'-, William Schmidt; Treasurer, John Dempse\'. Mr. Parr ish was also elected t o captain the t rack team. A basket-ball cajD-ta in was also elected, and Mr. Henrj^ L. Pa pin was selected t o lead St. Joe in this capacitj-..

—The St. Joseph Literarj'- and Debating Society held their regular meeting last Wednesday evening. The regular program was dispensed wdtli, and only mat te rs of business came before the societA'-, the most impor tan t of which w^as the decision reached bj^ the house t h a t the societj'- give an entertainment on St. Joseph's night, March 19th. The President, members of the Com­mittee on Arrangieinents and other members of the house addressed the assembh'^. At 9:30 the. meeting, adjourned.

—^The second regular .meeting of the Philo-pat r ians for 1905 was held las t WednesdaA'^ evening. The program, which w^as greatly enjoved, , consisted of riecitations bv M. O'Connor, R Scliwartz, R. Wilson, H. Hilton, H. Symonds and !>. Sjanpnds; piano selec­tions by T. Butler and W. Stout , and a violin solo b\^ Mr. Minotti . The debate: "Resolved, That , those in; the prepara to iy course should be elegible t o Varsity teams," w^as- decided in .-favor of the iaffirmative, Messrs. Hvle and Adams. T w o new^ mem-bers, H . Dierson and W. Stout , w^ere admitted t o the,society.: After a program had been ar­ranged for next \veek, the meeting adjourned., . , —T-hat j.the v baseball fever has struck Brownson Hall w a s clearly- demonstrated bj'^ the crowd of 's tudents assembled in the Brownson smoking = room V. las t night. A

meeting was called IDA'- R . E . Scott, AA IO stated, t h a t if Brownson Axdshed t o liaA e a successful team, a manager and captain should be elected immediateh'. This sug­gestion receiA^ed the general ajjproA-al of the students, and resulted in the nomination of Don Rabb and Wm. P . Calahan for manager, A. J. Cooke aiid Wm. J. McGinnis for captain. A count of the ballots resulted in Rabb receiving 38 and Calahan 26 A'otes for manager ;• Cooke 22 and McGinnis 42 Azotes for captain. The Axanners AA' ere loudh^ cheered and called upon t o speak. Mr. McGinnis . responded \Adth a brief address, thanking the students for the honor con­ferred on him. Air. Rabb likewise expressed his thanks, and AAdien speech failed him he began t o sing. He possesses a A- erj fine high soprano, and made an instantaneous hit IJA' singing "DreamA': Eyes." The students made a A^er\' wdse selection, and AAdth the pro­gressive manager and captain AA' hich thcA-now haA'C, there is no reason AVIIA' BroA\aison Hall should no t liaA e a Avinning team.

—^From the darkling froAA'-n ujDon their brow and their low^-muttered ta lk one might know there was something impor tan t being " discussed .bA t h a t motlej^ band AA iich had congregated in the l aw . roorh on the night of Jan . 31 , 1905. The members of the cult haAdng assembled on t h a t memorable evening and CA erA'- intruder, as theA"- thought , banished, proceeded t o the business on hand. The AAdiole affair Avas marked IJA"- a s trange admixture of secrecj^ and mj^sticism. AAA ful and fearsome Avere the oaths thej swore, these trustA'' erstwhile laAVA' ers* of 1905. Eftsoons tlicA'- swore t h a t they should straightwaj'- proceed AAathout dela3r t o raise upon their uj)per lip an .article, t o AAdt, a mustache; or t o persevere in the said t a sk until thcA' should then and there determine AAdiether thej'^ ^Dossessed the requisite capa-bilit3^, skill, industr3^, application, zeal, Adm, A'igor . and .earnestness t o cultiA^ate the aforesaid article. F rom some maA'- be expected an abundant crop of the hirsutish growth, bu t still others AAHH be compelled t o re-echo the touching AA'-ail A':oiced by the late Will Shakspere a t the age of tAA' entj'-, "Alas, poor lip!, many a Avart is richer." At anj'- rate, perscA'^erance is the test of pluck, and the members of the Senior L a w Class haA-e ncA- er been found ^wanting, though, t o tell the t ru th , thej^ have ncAi-er been Aveighed in the balance. The pac t AA' as made in all sincerity and Avill riot be brokjen,. as the members of the club voAved before thejj^ disbanded AAdth ma-nj^ solemn objurgations. - EDITORIAJL NOTE.—The above is a t rue account of ari actual CA' ent as Avitnessed bj' our irrepressible staff-correspondent AA' ho Avas compelled t o remain -secreted in the j u ry box for fear of bodily harm.