ST. VIATOR COLLEGE 56 Miles From Chica go KANKAK_EE, ILLINOIS

Founded in 1868. Recently rebuilt. Four new, t.h,QJ'ou.,tlly modern and ~)reproof buildings. Location pleasant, healthy f!.~d easily accessible. Capacity limiwd to soo boarding students. Price of board and tmtlon $250.00 per year. Private rooms (Roy Hall) rented at $00.00 or $75.00 per year. '

Well organized faculties and complete educational equipment in departments ot Theology, Philosophy, Sciences and Mathematics, Literature and Eloquen~ and in Academic and Preparatory Courses.

Degrees in Arts, Sciences and Letters conferred yearly. A Salutary system of discipline which makes for character building is maintained. For Illustrated Catalogue, address

REV J. P. O'MAHO lEY, C. S. V. , President

M agrtificent Ne-w

Notre Dame Convent Bourbonnais, Illinois

Ready for boarders. Strictly fireproof. 85 large bright, airy, private rooms and alcoves. Good spring water. Cuisine the best. Modern appliances for light, beat and water systems. Thorough physical, intellectual and religious training. Grounds spacious. Locality healtllful and quiet countrr. Only 56 miles from Chicago, on two roads, Illinois Central and Big Four.

Terms $200.00 per year ..

Send for C~talogue to the Lady Superioress.

Bell Telephone «8 R. Independent Telephone '108.

Telephone Number of Chicago Representative, B..&ndolpb l'n.

School Reopens September 8th. I

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•• · C. RUHLE Manufacturer o.f LlME

v Wholesale and Retail Cement, Brick, Sewer Pipe, Sand, Etc.

Office and W avebouse . ~\ 12-16 West. AveQue KANKAJ{EE, ILL.

W. W. HUCKINS DEALER IN

Hard and Soft Coal

Corner Gourt St. and East . Ave.

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W. J. CoghHn Beddt.ng and Upholstering co.m.pany

Manufacturers of

Mattresses., Couches . Also specialties in Feather Renovating '

Special Prices to Institutions

. Kankakee~ Illinois .

GEO'RGE ARSENEAU

BAKERY

Specialties: Pies and Cakes

Bourbonnais, Illinois

First National .Bank

207 COURT STREET ·j Kankakee, Illinois

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Dealers in

Diamonds, Watches ~Jewelry

Watch Repairing and Engram'ng

When Yo.u are Hungry go tQ

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MIDDLEBY OVEN MFG~ CO. 172- 176 West Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois

G. OSCAR H. BYRON. . ., ..

Groceries, Ice Cream, Cigars and Cc;>nfectionery

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Bourbonnais, Illinois

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· W. ARTHUR LATHAM · Mitchell -Autos·

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ERZINGER BROS.

Mrs. o ... H .... Kammann &. .co. Manufacturers of

Mineral Water, Champagne Cider, Belfast Ginger .Ale

Kankak'ee, Illinois

Fancg Grocers Fresh Fruits, Confectionery and Bakery Goods of all kinds a specialty

• 226-232 CouRT STREET - KANKAKEE, ILLINoiS

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· ... · , ·. , ·& >J obtfers of Groceries, . Gallon Canned Fruits & Vege­tablEJs, et.c. Pure foods and di­rect importers of high grade teas and coffees· packed especi­a:I Iy for institutions (public and charitable, la.rze and small) in the U. 8. A. uur coffee roast­iqg plant is the l: arg~st in the west. Send for complete grocery price· Jist corrected to date. · It is yours for :the asking, free. If honest weights, quality and price count, you will give me your orders. No fake prepaid freight scheme in ours.

JOSEPH F. KELLEY MANAGER.

THE McNEIL & .HIGGINS CO. Wholesale Grocers, Jobbers

and Importers. Kelley Can Supply You With Pure Foods. 3 to 15 State St., Chicago, 111.

All Ivleats Used by St. Viator

College Are Supplied by

the Hotel Departtnent

Morris & Company CHICAGO

Kansas City : E. St. Louis : Oklahoma City : St. Joseph

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The Kankakee Republican Co. Printers and Stationers

We make a specialty of Catalogues, Booklets, Fine Stationery, . Commencement Progra ms and ~nvitations for Colleges and Convents

Henry C. L uehrs H C. Luehrs G.E.L uehrs

H. C. LUEHRS & SONS

Hard and Soft Coal

Both Phones Kankakee, Ill .

Offices: 229 Court St. ; L eg ris Bros'. Bank; Corner R iver St. and West Ave.

J. J. RONDY 210 Court St., :: Kankakee

Wants to see you when you want

STATIONERY OR SPORTING GOODS The Largest Lines in Kankakee County

GRAND CENTRAL SARBER S H OP

S IX CH A I RS

JOE LAMBERT Projw£etor

184 Court Street :: Kankakee, Illinois Independent Phone 444

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Philip Houde General Contractor

and Builder BOURBONNAIS, ILLINOIS

.JOHN .J. DRURY I

PLUMBING S team and Hot Water Heating, Gas Lights&-- Ma1ttles, Gas Stoves, Sewer Work

276 Schuyler Avenue, Kankakee,"Illinois. Both Phon es

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Sash, Voors. and Mouldings Interior :Finish a ~pecialty

Plate and Window Glass Always on Hand

143 Wash1ngton Avenue, Cor. Bourbonnais Street, Kankakee, Illinois Central Union TelephoJ?.e, Main 276w : : lndependent Telephone, No. 160

Kankakf e Book· Store 176 Court Street

Fine Stationery, Pojmlat Copyright Alger and H enly Books,, Post Cards and A lbttms, Pennants and Pillow Covers, Sporting Goods.

The Gift Storen

F. MAISONN.EUVE H igh Class

Shoe Repairing Satisfaction Guaranteed

Basel;llent, City National Bank Bld~.

·ALCIDE L'ECUYER & COMPANY Mercantile Jobbers

Confectionery and Cigars a Specialty

East. Ill. Trust & Sav. Bank Bldg. Both Phones 601 Kankakee, Ill.

TEL. F R .ANKLIN 480 w. J. GlLBERT, MGR

CHICAGO FIRE BRICK COMPANY MkNUFAOTUREBS OF

Fire Br,ick, Fire Proofing, Fire Clay, Hol­low Blocks, Hollow Brick, Flue Lining, Sewer Pipe, Wall Coping Chimney Tops.

4508 OHAMBEB OF OO MMEROE CHICAGO

E.BETOURNE Druggist and ,

Optician

Kodaks & Supplies

· Studen~s' E!ect1ic

Reading Lamps

Kankakee Electric Light Co. NORRIS & FRITH

Hard-wa:re . and

Sporting Goods

PATRICK-BETOURNE PHARMACY North Side of Court Street

IDllr if(n!lak §qnp The Largest Stock of Photographic Supplies, Plates, Films,. Lamps, Enlarging Cameras & Developing Papers in the City.

LUMBER H. H. TROUP & co. LUMBER KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS

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John-J. Wheeler, President . William M. Byrrie, Secretary

The Standard Roofing Co. Established 1866

ROOFERS

692 N. HALSTED ~STREET

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Phone Monroe 430

Medal and Diplomas at World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, I893 ,-.- American Institute of Architects' Exhibit, Chicago, I891-

ESTABLISHED 1884

JOHN CARETTI & CO. JOHN D'AMBROSIO, Proprietor

CONTRACTORS OF

:TERRAZZO-CERAMIC Mo~at'c~ Marble and Enamel l.a.J.~ ~ ~ • • • •

~ile an~ marble 'UUlork

172 Michigan Street, Chicago,' Illinois T e I e p h o n e :· Randolph 1499

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Manufacturers and General Contractors

Heating Ventilating Apparatus

Complete Power Plants

Sanitary Plumbing Municipal Water Works

and Sewerage Systems

37 to 45 OHIO STREET, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Long Distance Telephone, North 1833

THE NEW WORLD CHURCH GOODS STORE

We have a large selectiottof Prayer Books, Scapu!ars, Candlesti'cks, Rosari'es,

Medals, Crucifixes, Sanctuary Lamps, Holy r¥ater Fonts, Cards, Statues Pi'ctures,

Gold and Silver Crosses, Si'ck Call O.utfits, etc ., at very moderate pri'ces. Mai't

orders given prompt attenti'on .

S43 Wabash Aoenue (Near 12th Street) Chicago, Illinois .

D. J. o~LOUGHLIN, M.D . . Practice Limited to

EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT

Ind. Phone 704 191 Court Street, Kankakee, Illinois

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Wealsolead the world in Overa Chairs, Set­tees, etc., for halls and aud itorium s.

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MONEY TO LOAN ON CATHOLIC!CHURCH PROPERTY AT LOWEST RATE

Inquiries Solicited

NAPOLEON PICARD 159 LaSalle St. Chicago, Illinois

The Spalding Trade-Mark

Is known through out the world as a Guarantee of Quality

· -A. G. Spalding & Bros. Are th e la r g-es t ma nufacturers in t he world of Official Equipment fo r all Athletic Sports and P as t imes.

IF You are interested in Athletic Sports you should have a copy of the Spalding Cata­

------ logue. It's a complete encyclope_dia of W H AT'S NEW IN SPORT and is sent free on request.

A. G. SPALDING & BROS. 147 Wabash Ave. Chicago, Ill.

Dotnestic Palace Steatn Laundry Telephone No. 178

311 Schuyler Avenne Kankakee, Illinois

OUR ICE CREAM & SPECIAL DESSERTS win praise wherever used. Made in =============== a modent plant by competent work­men, using- only absolutely pure cream and flavors. Special pa1 ty prices.

ANDERSON DAIRY COMPANY "Every Mouthful Delicious"

Either Phone 91 391 Schuyler Avenue, Kankakee, Ill.

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188 C.ourt Street Kankakee, Ill.

Distilled Water I . · j The Family Ice

Ce Absolutely Pure ·~ F. D. RADEKE BRG. CO.

Both Phones 132 Kankakee~ Ill.

.Legris Brothers

. 1l3ankers

Kankakee, Illinois

The "La Petite" Theatre Kankakee's Mast Popular Picture Show

Best Singing Best Pictures Best Music Matinee 2 to 5 p. m. Evenings 7 to 10:30

New Show Every Day Admission 5c

Roy's Pharmacy 193 Court Street

Drugs, Stationery, Cigars, Paints., Oils and Varnishes

Presr;riptions a Specialtg

STITH BROS.

Restaurant and Lunch Room

182 Merchant Street, l{ankakee

Knox Hats Lion Shirts H & P Gloves Everwear Hosiery All a:e striking examples of .the perfection of American Manu­facture. N ecessi~ies whose comfort and goodness will apreal to you long after you have forgotten the price. Sold exclusively in Kankakee by

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SCHOOL BOOKS 378-388 Wabash Ave., Chicago

The McLaughlin~Mateer Co. Crushed Stone, Cement Walks and Curbs,

Portland Cement and all Kinds of Mason's Supplies.

North Schuvler Avenue and City Limits, Kankakee, IllintJis ~ Both Phones No~ 277

Dr. z. J. ' Pay~~

DENTIST Crown and Bridg~ Work. Gold Fillings a Specialty.

Popular Prices. Excellent Work. Prompt Execution.

175 COURT STREET KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS

The Finest Assortment of Room Fur­nishings in the city -will be 'found at

J. LECOUR & SONS The Store of Quality and Low- Prices

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

State Champions 1911. ...... ~ .......... 00 ....... 00 ....... 00 ... , .................. 00262

Angels in Dante's Purgatory ............................... : ................... ' .. 263

Character Parallel. ..... ..... .......... .. ........ .. ... ...................... .. ...... 268

· The Toiler's Repast-Poem ...... ..... ... ...... ........... ...... .. ............ .... 272

A Study in Dante .... ... .. .. ..... .... .. ......... .. ............ ........ .. .. ... ...... 273

. ·My Ar;ady-Poem ............ ....... ............................................ 280

Editorial .... ... ... .. ....... .. ........ ...... . , . .... .. .... .... · ..... .. ... ... . · ....... .. ... 281

Society Notes ............................................... ., .. ........ ... ........... 283

Another Statue ........ , ... .... .. ............ ..... .. ..... .. .... .......... ...... ..... 285

Alumni Notes .... ..... .. .... .' ............. ..................... .' .......... ........... 286

Obituary ... ....... ............... . , ........ ... ........................................ 288

St. Patrick's Day ....... ... ............ ............... .................... .. ......... . 289

Exchanges ............. .. .......... .... ·: .. ..... , ................................. : ..... 290 1

Book Review ........................................... .... .... ......... ' ... .... .. ... 291

Athletic Notes ..... ... ... .... ................................ ........ .. ...... ........ 292

Locals ....... ................. ; ....... ..... .. .... .. ....................... ...... .. ...... 297

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VOLUME 28 APRIL, 1911 NUMBER?

ANGELS IN DANTE'S PURGATORY

G. T. BERGAN '12

. N REikDING the woif"l~s ·01f ·every great genius, who has conceived ·and planned the s•chen1e o;f this. uni­

... verse, we sre:e thatt he has1 l11Jald:e room1 in it for spirits. His :sens.e of perfect, ha,rmony, a.nd pleasing s1ymn1e­

try, ha;s plainly told him thart between the purely natura1l things 01f this ·world andJ the nm·st s1piritua:l and .a1bs·oluteiy perfect B:eing there must be interinedia1te bein~S:. His ·sense of propriety a1ndi beauty tells· him that between in.sig~n:ificant 1nan, and hi~ mighty :Maker the1i:•e n1ust exist s.o1ne bridge to ~patn the a.wf'ui cha:Sn1,. There 1n(u:s1t be s,o,Ine link, son1e inter­n1edia;ry srtep~ in the .great hier'archy of being. The order which is: m:a.nifes.t e-weryw here in this world, . in the low;est forms of veg.eta1tion, t;he 1n.inute organis1ns of· creation, up

·through ,.aU the wond.erful f.orn1's that n1ake up th.is universe, cle!a1rly shows us the gradual a:s:eeut in the1 scale of hein~ and causes us to meditarte upo:o. th-e ~reat Gowern.or of Being. But j us.t as th'e·r'e is grad'a:tion in the w orld1 s10 too is1 there o~r­der a1nd .a~r:rangetDient in the rait,jonwl a,n.d spjritual Stpherer a1nd between man, the lowest, of srpiritn:wl beings, a,ncl God the su­premely spiritua1l, the:re are a,ng~els. This belief was shar'ed by Soerat,esl, Plato aJnd Pythagoras1 ·who held their aucUences

· spellbound by their wisd01n1 and profundity ·of their 1nental genius.

So it is tha,t Da1nte in his universa,l lyric, rrhe. Divine Oomecly,_ takes a1 n1osrt con1.p1'"ehensive view of creation. There are no beings 'vhich do not faU uncl·er his . po·etic speU, wnd angels play a ve:ry prominent. role in · his 'vorld e:1nhracing poem. We find a;ngels in every part of the Divi.ne Cornedy, in the Inferno, P'lrrga,to:rio a,rid P'a.r:aiCliso, hut we ·shaH confine our1selves to the spirituwl and . prayerful Purgatorio, whe:re

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the angels are eelestiail guides and g11a1J.~dians leading us up the ;steep and rugg·ed ~ount o:f putrgartion, a1nd keeping . their guiding hand over us to protect us from har1n. However it ma1y be well before srtHJrt,ing our -aseent of the Purga.torial mountain t~0 r,ecaH the angel whom1 Dante stra~ngely yet art­fully introduees into his Inferno.

The only gle3Jll of eele:stiatl light tha~t breaks through the eternal bla1ck of hell is the appea1ranee of the a~ngel se[lt from heaven to unbaT the fiend gua:rded! gates of the Oity of Dis. The ba,I~d a1nd Virgil were o.n the outstde of the walls ga:zing with terror up0n the fiery castle with its ma:ny demons. Ad­mittance was refused them when srwddenly "there came o'er the perturbed waiVes~ loud crashing, t:e:erib1e, a sound that made either sho're tremble." Then lifting up their eyes they saw coming1 in1 th:e douds an angel who, saying not a, wo1~ touched the gate with his wand, unJocking the portals.

His very .appea11:•ance makes the demo1ns hide themselves with shan1e and fea1r. He rebukes their inso,lence calling th1ent "out:cmsts of heaven! 0, abject race and scorned!" His bea:Uty so clear and luminous becomes only the more striking ha vin~ the abysma[ piticbl of hell for a1 baiekground. H'is. spirit of kindness aJnd! benevolence breaks forth in glowing contr-a:siJ to the dem1o1ns of perversity, who though ance good ­ainJCU holy a1re novv: entirely W1icked, once falir and beautiful, now hideous amdJ horrible. The angel is the personage who is not only not hid1eous amd repulsive, but lov·eable for the kindly office he co'mtes to perform:, and' a,wer-iuspiring by the s:a1ered! might he wie:ldJs; the only be1ing, we ea1n admive, re:vere and love, through an t:he gloom~ circles of the netherworld.

But ·let us hasten our :steps to PurgatoTy where angels will w·eleom!e us at every turn, vtill lead us on through all the various proee~ses of purification as they do in this life and also ~shield us from .3.111 hall'm. We shall have occa1stion to note a:s we proceed on our journey, the .spirituaJ beauty of these celest.iaJ! messengers, for the mamner in w.,hieh the author depicts thein to us n1ust apperul to our" ta;srte f.or all that is most ideaUy bearutiful.

As hell has its demODJ boatm:an who ea,rries the lost* souls to the plaee of etern:a[ torture, so Purgatory likewise has its pilot to carry the hruppy souls aJCross the mighty ocean sur­rounding the rocky purgatorial hills on whose sides they are to expiate their sins. This angel is m.et in the second ca:nrto,

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a:nd D'a,nte certainly s:hows skill in his description of him. In his picture there is a - Inixture .of SIWeetnes~s of sent,im.ent and powerfulness of language. The pa!ssage is one of the most beautiful in the P1H'tga,torid, a[Jld fil:ls1 us, -with an ad:mira Uorn ailld lorve fo:r the spiritual. The only w:ol~ds . Dante uses to describe this persona1ge are, "Vis,ihly Vir:ritten Blerssed· in his looks;" yet in that ·short quotation what a depth of 1neaDJing iies coneearled! Wh.a1t feelings aind! €1m·o:t,ions m.ust not have pa:s:sted through the travelersr fat ig111etd bi~a1iJlls' a1s: they gaiZed upon thi,s seraphic being! Here wa1s light and refreshme1nt, he1~e wats peace and contentinent, not so in the region:s through whic·h they had! but re:eently passed. T'he a,ngel r e­In.inded them.;· of heaven, the only thing in life w·o·rth 'liv­ing foT.

Olosely .aJllied to the lit.er:a:l r endition of the pomn there is found a:n allegorical a1nd figurative s;e:r:tsle. Here this devout son of the Church t.eaehers' us thart eruch a1nd every one of us has .such a heavenly spirit a!s our guide; we all ha.ve a guard­ian .angel ever close a,t our sride, ·st~1m:ding at the helm of our ~ fr,atil bark t;o m'oor UJS to a haven of rest after sariling O'Th the terripestuoos billows of life's tumbulent sea. In all trials, a111d' temptwtions with the E;vil One our guardian is rStanding ne!3.r us, whispering into our ea~ word;s of S<trength a,nd righteous­ness, directing our thought·s heaNenwaiDd' and shielding us from haii'm.

In Purgart:ory we a;I.so find a1ngels in the capa,city of , gua.Ddians and defendeTJs of soul:s in the n1idst of pe:ril. In this ealling they 'a,ppea1r in th:e valley of I{ings. Dante de!s:­cribes them in the!se glowing1 .a1n1d· be1arutiful terms, "and fr:ortn on high I saw forth issuing des:cend bene:a.th two a,ng;els with

·two fla1ne iHumine!Cl SIViTords, broken amd In.utila,ted. of their pojnts. Green as the tender leave1s but ne·wly born their vesture was, the which, by wings as groon be:arten, they behind t;hem fanned the air. W ell, I des,cried the whitenests: of tlheir heru<1s, but in their visa!ge:s the dazzled eye wa:s lost ws faculty tha1t by two much is ove1rpowered.J' 'iVithin thi:s pals­sa,ge we see a1ngels a1s guardia111s, svirooping down upon the serpent in the valley, keep,ing a protecting han~ ~p?n t~e tr.a-velerts a ndJ dr'iving1 the sm•penti:J t:o ~shelter. So 1t 1s 1n thu~ life, they act as' 01lr protectors a1ll!d' in return ought we not r espect them, and a1sk theilll to rema in ever nea1r u:s, so that

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when our life's journey shaill have ended they will grasp our hand to lead us into the realm.s of eternal felicity. ·

T'hus far we have .seen that the angels fulfill the func­tio-ns, as g11ides who lerud us through all the .diffi.culties that beset our prutli; a.nd as guarddans, who protect us. from the evil designs o:fl ou.r arch eneJll(Y. In Oanto Nine another phase of these .~irit1s life 1 is pictured to us. Dante portrays the angel au the -entrrunc.e of Purga1tory as po·werful, sublilne a:nd 1najestic. T!his po,vm~ and dignity inspire,s us to rever­ence them. and to. fill us with awe. 'IVe see the a,ngel resting on the third st.ep of the entrance o.f this region, holding a brazen .srw-ord a1s · brilliatnt a:s the s:un. He inscribes! the lett,er P sevffilJ times on Datnte's forehead· saying, "Look, when entered thart thou1 wa.sih tlhes·e scai"'SI a'w:a.y." Then a.t the re­quest of the wa1yfarer he plied two keys, a gold one and an­other of silver opening: t.he portal. The a,ng'€1 here fulfills the duty o-f prie1st by using' his skill and power in plying them. Fronr thjs w·e n1.ay infer the d.ignity and power of the priest­hood. These lines a11'~e f11ll of hop-e and cheer to' the Chris­tian. When he is depres1S1ed and burdened with s:in the C·O!Il­

solation still r:en1ains that if he be but penitent a:ncl go to the priest an will be well wncl he ~viii be nu1nhered an1ong the happy.

\Vha.t sweet and kindly serYice the1se angels render us; is taught at every turn of the Purg!a.torio. We ca.n not look upon then11 with amy other sentiments tha,n those of respect and gratjtude. "Behold," sa;ys1 VirgiJ to, Dante, "beho,ld God's n1es:seng1er 'haste1llling toward. vV ear thou· in look and gesture semnly gra1ce a.nd revere·nt a:we tha,t g1adly he n1ay :fo1rward us aloft." His1 approa:eh datzzles Dante, so bright. and spark-ling tha1t n1ortwl eye ca.nnot reflect< the in1ag,e. T'his a.ng€1 •' • conie1s to show the poets the way to the next step. The a.ng;e·l haHs them· with these w:o,rd.s of help a,nd co1nfort, "He,re enter on a; ladder far le1s:s steep than ye haiVe yet encountered." Again the t.ruth is told us of angels~ being our guide1s., amcl this spirit in a sense of ldndness1 erases, the: letter P from D'ante's forehead.

In . the s~evente·enth Clanto we 1neet another celestial spirit who con1e:s at the YeT..,.r 1non1ent Dante beo·ins to o-row J (:'\· b

d€$ponclenti a:nd despair. T~1e p oet is walking on the third eor-nice of Pur g·a,tory a.nd sees no access to the hill v t·erra:ce athove, and tll.e co~n1ing of the ang·ei is best describ~d in the

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word;s, "EP en as · a: .s:le:ep bre,aik'SI off, if suddenly new radiance strike upon the clg.sed lids1, the broken s,lum.be1r ·quivering; ere it dies1 ;" thus1 from before me, srunk thart imagery, vanishing, soon as on 1n~ fa,ce there .st;ruck the ligilit, outshining for our earthly tea1r:s.. T'h.en the angel, with tha1t s.ame careful and anxiouS! .s:olidtude for the tourist1s1 ·eocdaihnls:, "Here ye 1nount" a1nd a:ss·is,ts D!a:nte to the fourth ter'race. 'Uhen the angel era,sed the ·second P and whispered: "Bles.s:ed they the pea,ce.make,rs, who kno·w not eyil wr!aith." ' ,

T'hro)u:ghout the· P 'urgatory alllg:els a,re encountered to off€'r helpfulnes's and good chee'r to the.,s.t:r:aillge,rsi and to shield them froro ha;rm. All the:s1e pa's's'a1ges, harve a very didactic import, 'a1nd! one of the , m·osti st:riking1 is1 noticed in the .fact that the :first time D!aJnte .sees a[[l angel he iH . blinded by the sp,lendor arnd brilliUJncy. of the spirit. But a1ccoiriC1ing as he alscend.s, thoug:h the ang,els are 'still als bright and luminous,

· hi:s eye g·radurully acquires. the .st.ren:gth to: withsta:nd the glare of them. S.o it is in this life. The more we :atr.e fre,ed fron1 sin and become .s:piritua1liz.ed', the Inore ca;n we enjoy the sight of spiritu~lll beauty, more gra:ce 'vill be given uH s1o that there will be no difficult,y: for us1 to' gaze upon the seraphs and angels after the c1oHe of this life.

If we bn:t 'arttend to the allegiorica,l sense of the P.tu~g.a.­torio We Caillno:t but Sl€1e th:at these a~ngel·SI Who help .a:nd en­courage the souls1 through · the various d egrees. of their1 pain­ful pU'ri:fiC'at.ion:s, " rho leaidJ them. eve~ onward: and upw,a:l~c1 to­w.a;rd godliness, who prot:e1ct thes1e holy .spirits. from~ the ins,id'i­OU'S snareS/ of th~ evil one, a1~e only ty.pes of ou,r own gua:r:dian angels, who in thisr life follovv us1 art ervery step who by their inspiration lead us to the right a~nd withdra.w us fron1 evil. These gum~c1ia1ns haiV-e lavils1hed upon USI their love and care fro'm the very begi,nning of OUir existence, and have eeals,less~ly and perseveringly aidedJ with us throug,h rull our tria.ls1 a1nid

. troubles:. And · if vye w'ere ·sro heedless a:s not to listen to their wa:rning but preferred to .a1ccept the short lived pro1niS1es, of the tempter, they by the; voice of our cons1cience were calling us. back tO the path of d'Uity. After we ha1ve r eturned · to God they, 'vit.h redoubled! zeal a[}Jd vigilamce, watch over us s'o' tha.t nothing will ev·er caus1e us to devi~a,te from' the rough alnd narrow paJth. FinaUy when they ha.ve successfully piloted u:s to the hwrbor of rest wh.alb joy a1nd happines's' must not be

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theirs, then they know that their watching was nat unre· warded a.nd their triumph is our triumph.

Laatly after seeing the an-gels at their blessed ta k a it were with our own . eyes; after seeing with what faithfuln they lead us through all the dangers of life's pilgrimage; af. ter feeling the security of their protective hand; after view·. ing their spiritual beauty; after participating in their good· ness and aJdmiring their power, how earn we but inerease our admiration and love of them, our reverenees for them·, md our confidence in them. Let us bring. to mind the little prayer known by an child~ren asking them tQ rmnain near us:

"DeaD Angel ever at my side How lovingJ thoru: must be, To leave thy home in heaven to gnard A little child like nm Thy beaiU.tiful and shin-ing face I see not though so nerur, The sweet:ness of thy soft low voice I am too deaf to hear."

CHAR.ACTER PARALLEL TIMOTHY A. ROWAN '13

- VE·N to the n1oot desultory pero:ser who reads E'liot's Adam Bede and Dicken's David Copperfield the striking similarity of plot and characters must

~~• be evident. For every es~entiaJ · char-racter in Adam· Bede, David Copperfield ha a; parallel character and the n1ain plot of D~azvid Copperfield is essentially the same as the plot of Adaa:n Bede. In one case this sintilarity i portrayed in the character of Arthur Donnithorne in Adam Bede, amd J an1 Steerforth in David Copperfield.

The :first point of · :imilarity that strikes u is, in the per onal appea,rance of the two young men.. Both are tall, well built amd p e8Sed of what the world terms good looks.

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A·rthur'.s winning~ per~SJOiiiaHty is: found in Steerforth in a grea:t.er degree. Tihey oecupy .a,bo~ut. the saiJ.TIJeJ station in life, both beilllg member.s of we1a1lthy fao:nilies of the uppe•r class. While there i,s a vast difference be:t .-we'e'n their horrn~ lives, the opposite extren1es produce the: s:an1e: effe;cts on the cha:racters. S'teerforth,. petted and pampered by alll. ovecr: indulgent nloth­er, who lived only for hi1n and: grarti:fied his eve•ry W·him and f,aJncy, grew up ·Siel:fish amd unUJserl to self denial. Arthur, on the otheTI, hand, was rerured! in a loveless home; without the love of ai m·other or the guidance of a: father, and his life too was selfish a:nd . he "\Vas unrestrained in his desires.

Our fr~siJ impression of Steerforth is, that he is a cold, calloused ·.selfish individUJrul amd it is a true impression. ·Ar­thur, when W·€1 first meet him is rupparently hones,t, wa:Mn and good naitured. But as we see deeper into Mr. Arthur's .na.ture we learn that he iSI the .saJille selfish individual a1s Stem·fo.rth. A~thur's kindn~'esses, promises, and fr.eedom· with his grand­father's c tenaDJts are for aJ selfish motive, n:amely, the grarti:fi­cartion of his own pride. Hi,s great birthday celebration and the rewarding of Adam w.a1s all "a drama j,n which friend Arthur" piqued him•self on ha:ving a part to> plary." EHot tells us thart "H·e liked to f.eel his o:wn im1po)rta;nce and, beiSide:s that, he caTed a great dea1l for the good will of these people; he .WaJSI fond of thinkingJ they hadl ru hearty speci·rul rega•rd for hini." T'his is manifest throughout the stor'y. Stee:rforth, too, li:kedJ people to mlake mruch of him a1nd he eas.ily ad·apted himself to his company aJnd reaJdily g~mined thei·r esteem: by hi.s c1evernes,s. This po•wer of ad~upt~bility wa1S1 peculia1r t.o Bt:eer·farth and! he p01Sis-essed: it in a remarkarble degree but unfortunaitely he misused his power. Aga1in, there is, in 1

both cha:raet.ers the s1a1me apprurent fra;nknes.s, and we :find thart it is only apparent a,nd thart beneath the m·asik lie:s t.reachery rund' d eceit. A_;rthur "instead of acting like the up­right honorable· man we believeldi himJ to be, a;cte:d the pa;rt of a ,s·el:fish, lig;ht m.inded! sco:undtrel." Steerforth, while pre­tending to h.a.ve an artta1chm·ent for the sea fall'in gJ life and: pliedigtingi f.rietndsihip for .. Daill'l Pegott~ and ~n his hous:eh·old:, w:a!s poisoning the mind of little Elmily, ruining the Hfe of Ham and preparing a crushing b'ow for oJd Mr. Pegotty. Arthur's character is more open th:alll Steeforth's. vVe fe:e~l tha,t we know .A!rt.hur quite well while there is a1lway.s an indeseribruble air of myostery abo:u.t Steerforth. We kn:o.w

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horwever, tha.t this mysteriousness is a1 part o.f Steerforth's character a1nd it makes it a ·~rea..ter creation while Arthur's charaeter although it is crurefully delinea,ted is only tha:t of the ordinary 1nrun of his type. ·

'l"here is in our present highly civilized world, a class of men whos·e nun1ber stea~dily increases1; aJ class o.f selfish cow­ardly sneaks who stop a1t nothing: in the accomplishment of their selfish· endJs:; . 'vho w•reck hom1es, ruin lives and heap shame amd disgrace on the shoulders of their innocent fello'v 1nortals. 8teerfort.h and Ar-thur repres·ent this class. . Both carry on elandes·tine relrutions with young wo~men of fami­lies, every bit as respeetahle, but socially faJ .. benearth their own. Kn0wing full " rell · that such rela~tion.s, Cchn lead to nothing but evil, tU1es·e men 1~efuse to listen to the di'ctates of their better judgm:ent, but rush on in their cours1es of wreck 8Jnd ruin. Blec:aiUJse their victims are of a lower class they do not look at thing1s in the s:atme wa1y is the prevalent thought of these n1en. Steerfo~rth s:a~'s, "They are not to be expected to be a1s sensitive as we a1re. Their delicacy is not to be sho~eked or hurt very easily: -- and they n1ay he thankful tha:t like their coars'e rough skins they are not eaiSily 'vo:unded. Arthur shows tha1t he takes a~most the same view of the matter as Steerforth does 'vhen he sa~s "E~ery pretty g,i.rl is .IJ.ot such a, fool as to s-uppose tha~t 'vheru a gentle1nan adn}.ires her beauty a:n.:d: pa!JIS her a litUe art:,temtion, he must mean some­thing pa.rticulrur --. The wider the distance between then1 the less hall'1J1l fo-r $en . she is le1ss likely to deceive herself.'' These bvo- cha.ra,cter,s instill in u.s aJ hatred of sin and selfish­nes:s. vVe feel a repulsion tawa.rd Steerforth and shudder at the thought of beeon1ing like to hin1. T~he sufferings of Ar­thur a~n1d his victims, inno.cent and g11ilty, writes in letters large enough for aU to read "Bewarf'! lest thou do1 likewise."

There is one rema;rkahle contra~srt . between Arthur and Ste:erforth. In one we ha1ve resoluteness in. the other indeci­siOin amd " reaJrruess. Thi.s: is a point in ~.c\..rthur>s fa~vor and goes aJong wa:ys towards softenipg our feelings toward him. We find tha,t Arthntl" when he diseovered that he was becoo.n· ing entamgled in the meshes of Hetty's char1ns, recognized the Y\'rong he was con1mitting a:nd n1wde so:me struggle against it. In his n1o1nents of cool deliberation he firmlv resvlved to .., av{)lid further evil, but unfortunately when temptation again aiS!sa:iled! him he forgot, resolution, nTa.nhood, and everything _

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and wa1s at the mercy of his pa:s.s:iorn. Srt.e'e·rforth on the '0~ther hailld ·waiS more br:azen. · H·e did! wrong1 knowingly and ·will­ingly and for the miO,st pa·rt: preined·itarted, .as in the wrongs he did to the Petgotty s:. He knew that: it would be da:ngerous to return to Ya1nnouth a,fter his :firs't visit., 'and that it W'01uld be he!St f~)lr aH if he shoru:ldl go arvvay anct t.ry to forget that he had' ever met , En1ily. How:- differently he a1ct.s~! Only once throughout the whole eours1e of the -srtoll·y do we find him .re­m:O~seful. His cool da1ring is· well ex:pr:eslsted in his ovv-n re­m.arr:-k: "R.ide •o1n! R,ough shod if need: be, S'mooth shod if th'at vvill do, but ride on, R.ide on over all ohsta,cles and win the race." -

vVe who know how impos:sib1e it is to ga,tlier together agadn the pie,ee:s. of al ,s:ha,tt,ered heart, to res1t,ore a1 s:oul that has once lo1st its1 inno<cence to its~ folr'mer stainless: garb; to wipe ouiJ injury or t;o res,tore a1 friend1ship broken by deceit and' t~reachery with any gift of gold or jewels must smile at . the str:a.nge ide1a,s of thes1e' t·wo men. vVe find S.teerfo.rth' a s:ehool boy, he1a1ping insult and injury on the head of his humble tutJOir' l\1r. Mel; c:a:using hiinl to lo·Sie hisi position and thinking that a_ prurS'e of gold will de1srtr.oy forever on earth and in he:mven the re·cord ·of tha1t vvrong. Arthur Donnithorne, likew-ise, when, .as a mis,ch-evious young,s:ter he had spoiled ·the dinner of .ru poor-gardenrer, offered! in -atonement :for his a,ct of disr'espect and injury, his fwvorite pencil eas·e a:nd his sil ve'l~ haft;ed knife. Ais: n1en the!s-e t .,vo ehairatcter:s: still retain the false idea,s of their bo~hood. Steerf.orth thinks tha,t the boat which he gives to) Pego1tty will as:suaige tU1e g;rief that the los1s of lit·tle Etmily wiH bring1 tol · himJ; A1~thur thinks1 tha,t he will make full andJ emnple:te a1nends to Ada,In, t01 Hetty and the Poysers, by a1 few pa,ltry gifts .wnd :aJ little 1saerifice. But a:s Ada:1n tells hin11 "S,a,crifices wo_n't undo w·rong w·heiDJ it's done. When people,s? fee:ling1s haNe got a deadly woundi they ewnnot be cured! by farvors."

In aJ res-un1-e of the points, pro and con, of the two cha,r­.a,cters we cannot bu.t feel that Alrthur i,si a het:ter eha,ra:cter thatr:u S.teerforth, and· we find that ret~ribution is: n1et.ed · ou1t in ruccordance with oui' vi:ew o.f the w:aiy it .sihould! be meted orilt. · A:rthur is giv·en t,inl·e on earth · to make 1som,e airrwndsJ for ·the rarv.a.ges he has committed, to repent for his wrongs a!D.d to wipe out b~ h'iS own ·sufferings, at lews:t a portion of the pun­islhment due to hin1. Stee:rforth'.s enid is a sha1rp contrast to

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ArthuT's. After his p:m~sion has spoentJ its.elf he UJbaro.dons _Emily in 3J strange la1nd and we do n~·t st:e him agad-n till h1s dead b0dy is ca1st upon the fiat at YaJrmouth, wlmost on the i·denticwl spot ·where he had played the traitor, by wrecking lives and ruining w happy home. No word of remorse for .the evil he had done, no plea for pa.1~don from those he haJd w:r:ong,ed, nor mercy from the all just God does he utter. _Justice demands that we think of him paying the penalty for hils wicked life in that grea,t land where aH wrongs are righted and every deeld is justly rewa:rded or punished.

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A. M. R:eil~y, F<ourth High. "I've brought your d·inner papal'

His little daughter S!a,id, And she took from her a,rrm.· a basket

And raised its tattered! lid. "M{L hadn't much to send: today

BuiJ .s:he ,said to give yoUJ this1 ;" And upon his worn and manly cheek

She left a gentle kiss'.

And thoug:h the mea.1l was scanty · He dined' in ha1pp·~ mood

As his gentle little daughter · Spread out his hum:ble :f\:md. No banquet that was ever spread

Could give him such srweet hlis.s As the la.~borer's plain a.nd simple 1neal

Tha:t broug1h t his da.ugh t.er' s kiss.

vVith her barsket then as·wing,ing, She merrily tripped along,

A tear .and sm:ile met on his face A.ls he b.eaa?d her :eading song.

And I thought how many a~ misery Of fife am.d fate weJ d miss,

If we had ru little daughter To bless them with aJ kis'S.

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ANITEI is wnxioUISJ to explor:e the ma!ny hidden se­ere:ts, the n1.a1ny wonders, the many no;yeltieSI of the terrestriwl para~dis1e. This- ne'v land is .a,n immense

~::.:Jb==:::!J forest. T'he f01res't ·wea1~s: a, gra11"'b of green- the em­ble(IIlJ of hope. Eve1~thing is, almost stationa1ry for the "breeze wa,s not .str-on:~ enough to d:Us:turb the birds which s'a1ng their mornin~ s1ong on the tre1e topS'." The seene trans­ports Dainte into aJ blis1sful strute. The pleas1a,nt air brearth­ing a de1lieious od01r bathes his temples. EiVerything eon­tributes to unify allld har'm,onize the piet,ur:e as it present,ed itself to himJ. The singing of the bil~ds render melodious sounds: whieh 'S!oothe the w-eary t:ra;velle1r. T1he fea.thered choriist1ers a1nnou:nee · andJ weleom·e the hour of prim'e. Never diEJ.i Virgil hea1r. from~ out the caivern such m.el0dy aiS did · D:a,nte tha,t particular Iniorning.

Dante proceeds· on his1 way and! com1es: to a: srtream that "to the left with little ri,ppling wa:ter:s bent the grass tha1t is;sued from its b1~ink." T1his is a famiHa1r picture; the: gras~s usuaHy bends under the fo:ree of the wart.er. This is very skillfully described. No waiVe, no rill did Dant;e ever see ou ewrth that eompa1red' with this for it wa1S1 "transpicious de:ar." D:ante w~alked not, but his eyes: wa1ndered a,nd t0ok iDJ the whole 'S'i tua1tion a:t a glance. On the hanks grew ·beau­tiful foliage -of var'ions hues. The tende,r M:ruy, flowers, truly the smiles of God, int,er.spersed here and there, lent cha1rm to the m1aJgJc scene. ·

T'o crown this s'cene, Dante tells1 us1 he beheld a1 "lad~ all a1lone" who.s1e paJth was carpeted with flowers. She was, sing­ing and now. and then 1she would! cull a1 flower. Mart.ild'a fair­ly dazzled D.a:nte by the splend01r of her eyes.. ITer mode1s;ty could not es1eape Dant,e's keen e:ye .a,nd: her gra1ce:ful s~tep to­w:a,:vds him srurpas:sed even the Ill!OIS:t fewtly dance1r. E,vidently 1\1rutilda repre1sent.s the church a1s 1nay be glea-ned from her

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.speech to D!ante. She quotes the Psrulmist, "Thou Lo·rd has't made m·e glad," and tells 'Dante that she shall answer all his doubts.

Dlante has fea.rs:, misgivings a1nd doubts. for he cannot understand how artmospheric changes occur in Purgatory. Statim~ told hin1J that "Te:n1pesrt n01ne, shower, ha.il or sno\v, hoa,r frost, or dewy moistnes·s are ever s~een." Dante hears thosle things; he seels thenJJ artd eannort reconcile the speech

. of Statius with actual facts I~eaJit.ies now present to him. She tens Dant.e she wHl explad.n, God, s1he says, crea1ted

man foi'" happiness· a1nd furnished! him with goods ada;pted for thia,t end.. But 1nan o:B ;his own fre1e will fell · and chang­ed joy into sadness, laughter into s.o~rrow. The hea,vens re.­volve, so lVfartilda explains, and' the living air revolves with then1 and in d'oing ·so comes ·in contact with the trees of earth­ly Pa1radis1e andJ thus the orig1in of the rustling s0und of for-

·est leaves. This explanation is offered not aE: adequate. The explanartioDJ of the srpontam.:e:ous gro\vth of pla111ts is in keep­ing with ,scientific inve1stig:a:tion. The wind, is one of the 1nedium:s {}f t.rans:port.ing ·s:eeds. ·Damte here show.s: his knowl­edge ·01f B·ata.ny aind also inciclentailly t.euches the theory of spontatneou's1 genera,tio:n. She cautions1 D:ante not to wonqer,. if pla:nts, without .appa,rent seed, a1re found, and besides there are n1any seed:s which haiVe n:ever found theh'" wa,y to earth. The watm~ she says does not Stpring1 from a1 pa,ssing broo·k, but froin1 a fountain s01lid, undeea(Ying sure. On one side it takes away the ren1mnbra:nce of offense a!ncl hence the nacrne of Lethe applied to it. Happiness is not perfect if remenlbra~n­

ce:s of evil deeds rush coll!tinuo:u:s:ly to· the m:en1ory. Sadne1ss. would m:aJ.~ one's life if haunted by re:n1ors.e.

On the othei~ h~u1d it is a joy t01 dwell on good deeds a,c­complished. 1\IImnory, perhaps., ITIH1y neglect to re.caU then1,. but the waters of Eunoe have this power of recalling the good deedls done. n ·o,vever, she tells Dante thart both springs mu<srtj be t:aiSted before re1sultsi will present themselves. NO· m:alilJ hs s·OI sta:ble i11 virtu.e that he will 110tt son1e time fall a,nd hence the first spring is needed. So likewise m.a:n must do. good d:eeds.

Dam.te proceeds on the bank of the river while: on' the op-­posite bank l\1artild:al "morves along1." A sudden. lustre sur­pas:~ingJ thaij of lightning S\'\rept o?er the forest aeeomp:ani.e'd by ru swe;ert melody a1s thunder alter lightning~. The air glowed '\YitlL

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light and vibr'ated_ with the sweete1s,t, melodies. Dante still . k·eeps moving on and no\v "s1even t~re1es.' of gold" loom up be­. £ore his gaz.e. They .shone with a more aLtnple 1 ustre than the moon. These s1even ta1pers of gold, repres1enting the seven Sa­(?r:aiiD·ent1S were the bea1ean lights for the proc:es1sion which fol­lowed. Their ~success, their safety, depended upon then1. Without thers1e they cowl<! not 1nove.

The pro'eessiou now moves; a1long. Dant.e sees "a tribe elortheld wit:h the radn1ent of such \Vhiteness .a,s on ea!rth was nerver." F 1our and. twenty e:ld'er1s repres!e1nting the t:w:en­ty-four books of the Old T'e:staliDent wearing a robe of faith of the mos;t sport,less \Vhite. Th.ey s:a,ng~ the song that .Eliza­beth the Virgin's eousin sang to he1r on the o:ecasion of h'e:r visit "Ble's-sed, be thou a,In;ongr the daughters of AdaJ.n, a,nd thy l6velines's Blessed fqrerver." Next in pro·cession can1e four .amimJa1ls crowned with ve:rduroru:s leaf repre!senting the four animals' m·entioned in the Gospels. ·Th~ sparce was s~ur­roorided! 1:tr, .ru "trh11m~phal oa:r on tw1o whe1e1ls drawn at a Griffon's neck. Ghrist; the saiVior of the world is here rep­resented! dTia,willig, guiding1 his Church. T1he uld as- well ws the New T1esrtam·ent a:re represented by the t~wo wheels·. The hum:an .a!nid divine nature of Ohrist is. represented by the Griffon which is one a1nimal of two natures.

The pe1rsonarges1 on either side were white, green and red, r;epresemt.ing; F·ai.th, Hope runCL Charity'. The~ red nymph of charity was so rudd~y th:artJ she coUJld not be discerned in a1 furnace of elea:r fia1ne. The white ·Of faith seen1ed a.s1 sno·w new-fallen. T'he g.reern1 of hop·e lo10kedJ .as1 if the flesh a,nd b01nes were emerruld. •

Another ba1nd clad in purple advanced representing the four ea,rdinal virtues'-Jnsrtice, F ·ortitude, Tmnperance a1nd Pl>udence. Prudence leaids them while her three eyes. in front represent the past., the present and! the future. There are n1a1ny m1inor pers1onage.s,, related by Dante, who con1prised the prv~cerssio1n. .JPor instance "fo·ur ort.hers o'f humble semn.in1g."

Sevelll more wound urp the proces'sion, they were robed· like the fir~s.t troop with the exception of the braid of lilies and insrte-ad their temples were wrea1thed ·with r'oses-the em­l)lem of love. One voice is healrd: chanting . "Come, s,pous!e! from Liban'us" and iln1nediartely a1 hundred min:Lsrters and mess;engers of life eternal .a/nswe.r "Blessed1 thou who' com­est!" They seatter lilies everywhere. Dante teUs us tha,t he

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ha:s seen a,nd knows the beauty of n1orning when the sun rises aJD.d the sky is a:ll serene and the eye rests as if fully satiated on thrut particular scene, but the cloud of :fl(Jwers that rud.or.ned! the inside as- well as the outside of the car sur~ passed aal he hrud ever seen.

Dante sees a Virgin in white veil, the symbol of fajth. She was robed with the robe or" charity-red, ·and W()re a green mantle--hope. The old love is revived in Dante-the love of childhood, for Da:nte was only nine years old when he :fir.st saw Berutrice. Dante felt like a babe who· flees for refuge, for help, for comfor-t to its mother and would ha.ve pronounced his lvve toward Beatrice, but reason intervened alld Da.nte contrvls hilnself. However, the te<.tt· ·~ ti JllH" ~trt'anL­ing down D'ante's cheeks and he hears1 the voice of Beatrice: "Daillte! Weep nort thrut Virgil leaves thee; nay, weep thou nDt yet; behooves thou feel the edige of ot ber svi'"ord; and thou ~halt weep for tb.at." Da,nte ap.ol.ogizes for 1nent.ioning· his ·o\vn name. Beatrice no\V staJnds before Dante, veiled in that •'festive shower angelical." T:here are the sym,bo:ls of Theo­logy--faith, hope a:nd eharity. However, her robes were bound with the foEage of Minerva-Philosophy, the ha.nd­nlajd of T'heo1ogy. Dn111te beheld her n1ore elear·ly b3r n1eans of this foliage just ws Theology is approaehed amd understood thrO'Ugh the portals of Philosophy. She say-s.: "Observe n1e well. I a:m, in s.ooth, I a.n1 B:ea,t.rice. 'Vi-w.t! and hast thvu deigned a.t last approa1eh t.he mounta.in? Knewest not, 0 1nan ! T11y happiness iS' here." Dante tells us his eyes now fell down on the clea!r fount and seeing hin1self he turned to the g·reensward-hope.

The angels neecl .not he told things in order to. under­stand thenr. and hence they knew why Beatrice rebuked D'a.nte, but Bea1trice wants Dante to hear hjs faults enunlera,ted in order thart he m.ay be 1n:ore repentant. "That the so.rro·w nuty equal the transgre!Qsion." She .spea.ks then of Dante and of his natural gifts. She tells how she led hin1 by the ligl1t of her youthful eyes in upright walking. But, as soon a she changed her mortal life for the immortal, Dante turned into another path-the path of deceitful ways-the path of false images and promises which are never perfected. His repent­ance 'vas well nig1h impossible until he visitoo the land of darkness-the inferno and the punishment i>f the do01ned, and she concludes by saifing th-at "It was a breaking of God's

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hig,h d·e,ere:e, if Lrethe .should be paJsrt, and sruch food t.ast.e:d~, without the c0•srt of som:e re:perntant. tearr."

B:eatriee addres~sring\ Dante says: "0 thou!" "Say thou .... if trhis be true, aJ charge 1SJO gr'evious: needs thine O'\Vn aiVO·W­aLI.. Ans1we:r m·e. T'he warve ODJ thy reL111embrance:sr of. evil yet ha,th done no injury." D1aint.er feebly, with ,a.J sense of confusrion a,nd fear a'nSiW'etrs "yeral." So feeble, .s:o: inwrticularte were his sounds thaJtJ the moving of his lipsr and not his voice interpret.~ ed hi·s speech. T1ear,si and. sighs· show•ed Dante's repentance, pride wa~s forgortten and' s1incere r1epentarnce ruled.. But Bea,-

. trice .still purrsue1s hi1n and p0'intsr orut to him the evils of his wa(Ys after she had letft him.. She dema:nds the reaso.:q: ·why he vt"'as: a,tt.racted by aillure,ment,s: and prom~s-ets. ; why he: wan­dered from the na.rrow path which he a:lway.s trod when she was on e:a.rth.

D:ainte ~sighs allld says': "T1hy fwir looks withdratwn, things prels~ent., w~th deceitful plea.surets, twine& my1 s.;teps a1s:ide."

'she ans,wers tha;t whenever the sinll1,er'.s1 cheek break forth int,01 the precious-streaming teaDs of se!f-accus~ing, in ou.r cuurt the whe~el of justice doth rurn counter to the edge." She: reproveis Dante for not ha.ving been true to his love; fort forgettJingJ her in dea,th; for hi's evil wa1ys 'vhenr he should do

. everythin:g1 to gain ~ea!Ven by his good' a1ctiotns1 and thus meet hece on the eterna:l shore. ·He should, she sa:ys, have pruned his wing1s tor loftier flights. The inexperie:nced' .a.re caught1 in the mesheE, but the experienced., ra:rely. · So too Dante, no'v grown old! wnld experienced in the ·ways; of the vv:0•rld shoruldJ have reformed. In his youth there 1na(Y be an excus1e for hiH a1ctions ~a~s: he \Ya1S very young when Beartrice left: hi1n. D:a1nte stam..ds sile:q..t and! a1shatmed1 .att this retort of ·B,e~art.riee!. D1a1nte looks up ::::sl requesteldi a:nd; s1ee1s the wn:gelH cease their' :flowery sp:rinkling He a,ls!o sees that Bea.t.riee "had' turned t~0·wa1rd.s the mysti~ .s·hape thao jo1ins1 t\vo: na.tu:res in one form." She eve~r lookedJ the lovelies't of the throng a1s! she did! on ea:rt:h. Conscience overpow,etrs' Da~nt·e a1nd he farlls to the ground. Ma.1tildru -dra~ws him: throug~h the \Vaters~ o.f Lethe. D:a:nt.e is thelli led k>· the1 Griffo1n',s br~eas:t by the three theologica~l vir­tues-fajth, hope and: charity. Da~nte comlments on the eyes of BeatJic~green-considered beaurt.iful in the olde.~ dwyjsi. D1ante'.s soul fee(l.s on the love and g;ooclne:ss: of God . a1s ~e~ :fJ,.eeted :in tho,s·e eye•s of Beatrice. T'he virtue:s bid· Beatrice look at Da:nte who in 10'l~der' to look a,t her' had tr~a,velled over

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a pe1rilous road. '111b.e sense of .sight was the only one active in Dante a.nd he UJsed it, but is cautioned· not to g;aze too fixedly on B;eatriee. ~['he procession now to.), turns: tuwaJI'd the "\Vesir-to hea~ven a1nd the1 Griffon nuoved; the sacred bur· den, .. with a pruce so sn1ooth, no feather· on him trembled. Biea;triee des.cenJds from the Ohwriot and witih one voice all exclaim "Ada1n." She takes her position a,t a leailess• tree,

. ades.poile:d of flow·ers" a.s1 well as of leaves a,nd an exclajm ·"Ble:s,sedJ tho·u, Griffon! 'Vhos.e beak hath never plucked tha,t tree pleaS'ant to taste; for hence the a.ppetite was· warp·ed to evH." Here a:ccording to note the pla,nt srtands fut the tree of k11o·wledge a1nd the Oha.riot foe the Ohurch. The tre~, be· fol'e the unning of Chdst, "\Vas alm.ost hare for n1ora.Ls· weore nt a hJ\Y ebb pa:rticula.dy in RIOiffit\ •hat in kiegdorns subjeet t.a Ron1a111 S'\Ya~ Ohrist, a1ccording' to ahove quoted paS'sage, did no1J . a:t.truck the rule of Rmne but confirmed and strength-

. ened! it by .sound principles, of n1orality. Christ unit.ed the Ohurch andi state, the one bas a1 necessary dependence upon ·t.he other. "H.e drew it of the 'vklo1ved branch and bound thee, left unto the st()'ek whereon it g11 .. e:w." The plant blooms, the Church rulest and' a new Ron1e a;rises. Dante goes into a trraince allld tells· us he cannot cles.cribe t.he mranuer of his frullin~ illlto sleep. ·

He hea,rs a voice· "Arise," and inquires as to Beatrice's whereabouts and she is po1inted out to him "beneath the fresh leaf, sea.ted ·on its root cir•eled· by asso·cirute choi:- chanting the melodies of hearven. H·er choir, her circle were. composed o.f the sevell' g1ifts of the R ·oly Ghost.

The erugle representing the ten p·ersecutiots rushed through t•he treer-the church-and here and there separa,t.ed the rind' from the core but buds of 3J larg~er g·r•.)wth a.rtl leaflets of m3Jny hues peeped out and blossomed. E.vil.s of ~he perse­cutors of the Ohurch never touched the soul of tre Chureh, on the cont;ratry theS'e evils made her faithful c:hil~ren more watch:ful allld prudent to be ever on the alert and : prepared for caJum.Thies and slamder:s.

Heresy, too, in the shape of a1 :f10'X rushed forth; cunning it is true and full of d€'ception. It even sprang up· into the Ohariot's womb but with a force, a. mighty foree wqs driven at random·. Yes, certainly tihe vruriorus c.ouncils n~bly de­fended\ the doctrines of the ehurch anfll like"ise defined tbe

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nruture of them. It_ is believed thart Oonstantine was the in­strument b~~ which the Church be1gan to :a:cquire e1a!I'thly goods. The e1a:g;le's fearther,s s.yilnho1ized thei teinpo·val goods at the rs1ight of which a VJodce from heave·n said;; "0 poor ba,rk of mine! How badly art thoru fri~htened." He;resy asr 'veH as schism~ then Hp:rung1 up art tlhre ,s.~ght of theBe t,ellllporra.l gifts which dralgged par.t of the bo:tt.omr for1th and went the1ir way erxul ting'. PI ume:s or evils grew fast and t)le ,vicious · . bhYl 'vaH arTayed- . -with the n1,o,st unsig;hNy g,annents. False theology, false notions of right. a.nd wrong no'v tot>k a .strong

· hold -eYerywhere. Now the chariot. is: dra1'vn by Philip the ~r~~~~ .

The Virgins sing and Beatrice· listens sad and srighing just as did our Ble!gsed JVIothe:r bes1ide the Oross. She speaks, "Yet ru · little while and ye s·hall see me not; .and my be:lov·ed, si.st·e1r:s! ·a,gatin w little while, and ye shaH see Ji1e." She bids D:ante ridJ h'imSeilf ·vf fearfulness and sha!me a.nd tells him the Church which the :s1erpent tried to break wars and isr .not, but God'.s jus.tice even 'vrath wiU be w·roug,ht on those who tried t,o spoil it. However one shaH 'eom:e vvho will s•et things aright. An ill!teresting conver,sation takes place between Dante and Bea1trice on ea1rthly a:nd superna1tural wisdom and a,s Bea,t:rice .s:ruys Da1nte'.s learning hwlus when follv·wing the · supernatural wisdon1: Dante d.rinks of the water of Eunoe , and returns regenerat:e aJSl new plamt.s renewed with folia.ge new .

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:MY AR.OADY.

Cmne, stroll with! me, through Arcady, View .sulll-kissed l1ills and a;zure skies,

.A.nd glinting rnists of hued casc:ades-In cloistered groves ·wHh . me abide ..

T1he flinty harrshness of life's parths, The souls? t:urm.oil by IlJight and da~,

Conjure sweet visions of surcease And pea1ee, akin t10' AJready.

There \'i"Ould I while the horu.rs a,way, And breathe the .seent of flowers' perfum·e

And loiter, at my O\Vn sweert \Yill, And be \Vith nature an attune1.

Thus. rea:S<o,ned I, and bent my steps In \vantOilli d:rulliall1ce, aJl enthra.ll-ed; · · · · '­

And held aloof fr•orn inner-self, But. S'Oon, ala.s, the d.a.y-dream' pwlled.

The · vis.ion fa1i.r I yeaJ:ned to see--N OI\V placed in hollo\v of my hand­

Called forth no effort, perfectiorn. wa.s In strea~m and flower, in tree and strand.

And soberly did I reca1n t Joy of atta.ining without toH ;

Of carving idols~, without w'Ork, . ' Of reaping, without tilling• sqd)~ .:- .:

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. A .. nd no·w my sleep is sweet repose; Work and achievement mru"k each day;

And with srutis-faction now eomplete I roam with joy my Arcady.

-Robt. Ross.

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EDITORIAL.

We are now in the 11li,dst o:f tha1t holy and' beautiful sea­son of E:aster. Lent ha1s: just clos:ed and with glaJd, hosannas

we voice glald; " relcoane t0' the newly risen The 8avior of in-en. Our hea1rts cannot refra.dn

Sea,son of Ea.ster.

frorrnr s:ingj11g joyous alleluia1s: a.nd · to thr'0h with . nature rea:wake:ned frmn her wintetr~s

,s1l u1nhe;r. E:a!rt:h teem'S, with grrowing buds amd . bloom,ing flo'\vers1. Throrugh the air there is wafted the brea,t.h of '\Ya1rn1 sunshine bearing on the breeze s;weet, perfun1e spreading choieest bles:sings over the children of n1en. This new life co:1nes with the resurrectio·U' of our Hede1mner, a!nd never f.ad.lSI t9 leave . UJ:??rtt~~.m~'!l soniething n1ore than p-le1a,sure. Tlime then, s~Fv;-y~ . on.ly. to increa:s:e the fervorous spjrit at ElasteT.

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Our college has been g1reatly hon0'red this month, by the 1neeting held · here of the "Eidueationa,l AssociU~tion." This

associrutioo is eomtprised of the various insti-Oollege tutions in the sta.1te of Illinois· and is but one

Educa.ti.ona.l unit iDJ the great United: E!due:ational System Convention. which is, being· fostered throughout the world.

The pla,n of this assoeiation is to so unify in~ struetioDJ th:a;V a1ll the .schools 'vill enj CfJ the same high srtallld­aOO! of lea,rning, and by eo-operation, help one another in the great problem of mod:ern eidue:a,tion. Let us hope thaJt eruch yea1r will · find an inereaiSing mlembership and U~ steady ad­vaneem;ent t'ow.wrd the aecom.plishment of stueh a noble end a'S the adva,neem.ent of n1an' s n1enta1l powers.

We are 1nore thmn harppy to chronicle, with this seaso-n's 1nany joyous occasions the visit of one, doeto·r and philv·Sio­

pher~ D~r. J.a.nH~s J. Walsh of New Yo•rk City. A1~ T'he college has been signa.lly honored a.l-

Esteen~ed ready, by the adoption of his name for its VisU.or. leading~ Scientific society, and now mrust point

with prtde to the happy n1oments spent in his company. Dr. Walsh i~ not only a tn.a.n of science , and Inedicine, but is likewise a world-man, a genius of his time. His influence has longi permeat.ed the medical world a:nd we w·ill long' remem.ber the happy 1noments spent in' his never t1iring eorrn.pa:ny.

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thusiasm, or ·more intense exeiten1ent than ba,sebali. For this garrne of aH g.ames claims ru g-reater following: a.nd is Americals National pastime. Sinoo then, we are just opening our season loo every student be ru fan, and not

only thi.s, but a true sportl and1 onre who can afi\),rd to ~e w01rth in others besides in hinlBielf or his in1n1ediate friends.

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Oh~oor when lostingi as whetn winnin:g~ give praise whe:re pra,ise belongs.. vVitJr tlhis e:iid in view: W '€' c.amnot 'but fail to pl'10duce a winneT and' t io1 mainrtain orur ever increa;sing prowe1ss.

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T1he fotrmaJ openring of the VVa1lsh Scientific So'cie,ty's! elub room held 'Tuesday, lVI:ia1rch 28th, ''T'a·s al me:1norable: occa~~tion . in th~e caireer of this: socierty- art St. Virutor's. T'he beautHuHy deeoratt;ed club room with it~ waills lined with speci1n.e1ns mour~fetd by the members of the 'T!aix:id!ern1y el.ats:s., is son1e thing ·of which the mmnber:SJ of the society m;a~ W1eU be proud. It m·a.rk.s a gr1e1a1t ·srte:p OiDJ"\Va,rd of the· s:ociety, and sh·ows in some m'etalslure the work acom111plished by the1 society.

ODJ this o·eca1s:ion the societJ haid as itS! gute\Srts the vari ~ ou.s claisis priesic"Ven:t,s, memberts of the f:alculty and- all the reprrestentative m·en in -the eollegtei. AH present could not bru~t be im pres:sted by the ta:stily :alrrang;edJ tables and bountiful re~ pa,st, a,ften · which an int,eretsting pl~ogDalml was rendered'. F 'orefno::;.iJ and most importrunu in the eyes; of the society were the Scientific paperrs; whi.ch "\Vere very inrterets,ting and hig1hly instiru,etlive. Th-es1e if nothing: el:s1e sh:owedJ the re:al work a1nd be~nefit of ,aJ .so.eiety such' as this in o'ur m·idsrt. The toa1sts. were ·weU hmrudledJ and :as well reccived, ·w-hile the. mus.ic fur~ nished by the oreheS'tral, the Glee dub a,nd individual nun1.~ ber.s, d:kU justi<;·e to the , lea,;d;ersb,ip .of B:rothe:l~ Sheridan .a1nd /F:ruther Rhe~uns. Progmatrnr--Pa1rrtJ I: "A!dicll'le!sls of Welemne," Jeremiah P. O'Mahoney; "Ou:r Patt:roness1," F .. E:. Mu1nsch; "Vocal 8ola," W. Lam1p1n:a1ll!; "Scientific Paper," E .. Souligme;

' "Selection," Society Glee C[Uib; "8cieutific P~peir'," . A. 'Vin~ son:; "R,eeitirutiDn," Wm. Roy:; "Orur ~foderat:or," J as.. D!atley. Pa1rt II:· "R.em·rurks," R,erv. P. El. Blro1w:n1, 0'. S. V.; "Voca,l So 1o,'' H. Keelev~ "The . Popes and Science." . A. Rinella; ''Violin Duert," .sreleetedt, F. F. Oolnlllotrl a!Illdi F·._ W. Oarlea:-; "Our Society's F'uture," F. ~. Ole1ary; "One View of Sci-

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ence," Ohrus. G. Fischer; "Our Scientific Oourse," Very Jle:v. J. P. O?Mahoney, 0. S. V., Pr1esident. •

' Dtr. Jame1s J. Wrulsh, who is at present on a lecturing tour will lecture before the WaJ.sh Scientific Society Tues­da;y: evening, April 25th. T!his g,Jieiety is m.a.:king preparr-a.­tions to entertain its benefactor and p1artl'lon, Dr. Walsh in its club rooms.

-The d'ehaJte given by the Sopho,Inore and. Freshman O:ra-

tory club on Wednesday evening, April 5, was a: very inter­esting1 and closely contested struggle. J\faJiy forcible amd convincing arg11ments were brought forth on ho,th sddes of the question, "R.esolved, That Lrubor Unions a;re, on the whole BeneficiaJ. to Society in General in the United States," and the fact thta;t the argtrments on the opposite side~ "locked a:rm.s," made it a close contest. After ca~reful considera,tion of points the judges of the deba,te, Judge DeSelm, Lawyers Sava,ry and Ma1rcotte, decided in favor of the negative side. Judge DeSelm in a few remarks commended the Oratory club aJid: the college on the high standacvd a>11d ability shown hJi the deibruterH, all of which speaks much for the Moderator of the Orator~y club, B'r:other :Maguire. Negative teain: L. R~owa~n, G. Flynn, M. Sprulding. Affirmative team: 1?. Con­nor, T. Grant, J. IDaJey. N egartive rebuttal, 1\tf. Spalding. Af­firnla:tive rebut.W, F. Connor.

St. Paltrick's Literairy an:d D·ebating s.Yciety, keeping up the rapid pace aJong the line of literrury and socia.l a.chieve­ments, conducted a "l\1:ock Trial" art one of its reg11lar ses­Sions. The many guests who were in-vited to witness this: uni­que proceeding enjoyed it very much as well a.s the various speeches, imperso'nations, and musieal numbers. The youth­ful la,wyers pleaded their cases well, and~ certainly must have eommanded a round sum frOin their clients for services ren­dered.

The next reg11la·r meeting of thjs society was the scene of a debate on the question, "R.esolved, Tha,t Gambling is more detrimental to Society than Drink." Tl1e arguments ·were well presented on both sides, and the judges were loathe to give a d~cL:ion. They finally decided in favor of the af-

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'fitrnati ve. Affi. n11ati ve team - F. I-Iangsterfer, E. Trainor. N ega~tive team--A. -Rinella~, E~·. Dunne. Negative r.ebuttal­A . . Rinella. Affirmative rebutta l-E. Trainor.

· 1\-fock Trial-· Jliidge, M:. Willson; La1wyers for D:efendant, t LO. Merz and _ a. Lamlg1aroJ; Prosleleuting Attorney, P. l\1c100f-.~

·~ fery. Defendant', El. R~eilly, ch!airg!ed vv.ith la1rceny; Com-plainant, J. Drain; Bai liff, M. Kenneally; Court Urier, L. l\!IeDonald. Witnesses1, J. B·r'adac, 0. E.:elly, an:d 'J. Mori-a11'"• ity. Reilly· 'va:s: acquitted! O'f the ehalrg:e o1:fJ laLrce.ny.

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The alta1r:s in the Clhapel harve be1e1n tas•tily. dec,\)rrute_d with . beautiful lilies during, th:e Pas1cha1l SeaS'on, by . the St. Viatol' Acolythicail society.

The Senior cla.s,s entertained! the Junior class and m few gu e:stis Friday ervenfng1, April 14th, art aJ s~oker in the -Ool- · lege Ba1nqUJeU hmll. . AJs the clea!l~ HarvalnHlSI dis1appe:ared in smoke, nearly every one preslent foru.nd insrpir:artion for his prairi:l on the progr1a1mi. Ma1n~ ba!SIS soloisri:i~ ·were di,s.cvv-eredJ and started upon aJ m1U1Siea1l career which can haJvie none brut fav·O'r­able results. A: profusion of insrtru1nemtrul music ta1len1J w1a1s present, and everyone lookedJ forwm~dJ to his turn at the "lvorie:s." InJ order that the litm~a1ry art1twinm.ent1s: of those p~esent might not be· underestimated: th01se m:os1t: proficiell!t in the us1e of nature's most effective weapon volunteered a fe\v DJUIJ:!bers:. Am'Olllg1 t.hesre the thrilling story of "How I Cross:.. edJ the. Ocean," by Mr. R,icha;rd O'LoughUn wm:~ inost appreci­arted.'. This gr'mpihic des:eriptron, a1bouncliug in :fla.s:hes1 of \vit and! deeds ·O'f daring, comlhined 'vith l\1ir. O'Loughlin's plea.s,­. ing pres'en tat ion, was the climalx of the impromptu achieve­m·ents of th:a;t enjoyable evening.

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ANOTHEiR. ·sT:A_!Trum.

Shortly· afte~ the erectrion of the ,sfartue of St. T'hmna:s, .another of St. Aug;us:tine ar'rived, the gift of Bro. A. N. St. Aubin, 0. S. V. It is the .sam~e s:tyle of s:ta!tue as the for1ne1r, a1nd represents the 8a1int in Erpi.s~copal bearing, with CI'>~OSiier and mitre. T1HE VrATORIAN on behalf ·of the college is happy -to ·extend a word ·of sineere tha'nks to the genei"ous donor a1nd to ask for him the bles:s:ing of his holy Patron St .... -\.ugustine.

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Tlo the bl"~illiant cort:erie o,f Indiana's famous sons, a lo~al alumnus ·Of St. Via.tor college has been added in Mr. Paul vVHs:twch, '93, Lafa0'ette, Ind'. 1\fr. Wilsta.ch has been shining p:ers,isrtentl:y; for som'e fifteen. years but his latest work, aJ dran1atic ver.~:don of "Thaie:," bas1 given him an envia:hle place a11no,ng1 the litera,ti of our country and his reward has been a triumph an a.long the A'tMmrtie Sleabvard and finally in New York ·where the newspapers M'e protclahnin.g his pro­duction as: unriva~led since "BeDJ Hur." Arthur 'Varren of the New York Tribu.ne sad.d', "1""hais is a1 notable contribution to the .stage enterta1inn1ents of the tilne. No other piece this se:a:son has been received with snc:h enthus.iasnt." .A.<lolph l{Jauber 'vrote in the corurse of a colu1n:lll of equa.l pra,ise: "T'hruis is a dramaJ of richness and pow·er in a1 wealth of color a:nd lmvishness of scene. Th~ prolonged1 and g·rorwing interest wa.s punctua1tecl by rapturorus a,pplaU!Sie." Loruis De Foe of the World found it "DrramarticaJly as effective as the opera of . Tha.is." The J ourna,l sprinkles "wonderful" seventeen times in one colu1nn. Da1rloll! stan1ped it "a1 triun1ph," the Tele­graph ca:lledJ it "the most bnpreS'sive production of the sea­son" a,nd nearly every other paper phrased this praise in tennSJ which a; discreet pres.s a,gent ,v,oul<f s·ca1rctely have dared to dicta,te. So 1\ia.ry Ga~den is vindicated and her declrura­tion t.)l w Philadelphia interviewer that "Thais in dramatic form will prove the sensa,ti01n of the a1ge'' has aJ running start towa,rd fulfillment~ .

At St. Via,tor' college 1\ir. \Vilstach 1'i1as: a, prominent fa.c­to:r in dramatics both as an actor and as a. pla~wright. After leaving college the yorung dram{1tist returned to his home in La.fa.yette, Incl., and entered the law office of his fatJb,er, John Aug'f\lstine Wilsta:ch. V\r~ile reading lai\V he spent a porti0n of his Rpare tin1e in editing the Dramatic Department of the l ,afayette Daily J ournall. \Yhen his father died, in 1896, l\fr. \Yilsta.ch went to \Ya hingi:on, D. C., where h€ becan1e dra.­m;a;tic editor on the vVashingt-on Times. I t was , now that

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' Tlhe · fea1s1t of St. Paitrick W1a1s celebraJteldJ a;t St. Virut~o·r's

college, FrL_da:y, in a mosu fititing in1anne1r. S:olemm~ High ma1s:s was celebratedJ in; the fo,rewoon by th:e1 R.ev. Fart:he:r Bergin, a~Ssisted by the R:ev. F 'aifher B·rorwn a's' deacon aJnd! John O'Oionnotr a~s ,srub-delaloom... The R~ev. , F·ather 1\Ioore of dhampa1ign delivered: the s:e1r!mon of ' the olecai­sion andJ .at 1 o'clock an exhibition d:rill wa,s given in the gym­. ua1sium hall b~ the Oolumbian grua,rd.sl. Tlhe1ir perfeet. ex-ecu:t:i'on of the many: diffe1re:nt man:euvers1 brought flor:tih re~ peat.ed alpplaJuse from~ tihe .arudien~e ami ,an pronounced 'it one of the beis,t performance1s o1f t!he littl·e feU·o1ws ever seen at the college. ·

At 2:30, the Thes.pialn elU!b re1n:dered: the dr'a!InaJ: I "The M:a1ledict1ion," on the colle~e st:a,ge. All the alctors in the draina acquitted tihemS'elv.es in their respective roles in a very ereiditaible nianner andJ it would be very unfa:ir to them to ma<ke any .s:peeial eom:m:ent . of a1ny palrticula:r actor. Ho'\V­ever, a1s the lealding roles reqUJired special .aibility on the part

· i{)f the actor, Mr. Oleary, as Alonzo the unfortuna~te son who· renounced: his faith a1nd his .aHeg1ia1nce t;o his country t.o join the ranks of the Mobannnedans, and was afterwards cursed by his father, eertfclJ~nly did. jus:t,iee in •every. wa\Y t.o this very ha,1~dJ r 1ole. 1\Ir. Spa;lding, als' the fathe~ wh~o curs:ed hi's' un­forftunate son, M1'". Larean: in the com1ica,l· cha,r:aeter of Petd­rillo, Mr. Sarva~ry, 1\Ir. H·elt.a and aill the aict.ors very ably impe~so:na.te1d their te:spective r01le·s.

Two songs oompoS'ed by the R~ev. Brorthei .. Sheridan w~ere

ably rend'e1re1dJ by MeS'srs1. Kee1ey a1nrd K:i;s:s,a:ne during the pl.a~y. The whole vva.s a1 wonderful .Sill'eces's mnd much credit a~nd

thank:sl are due to the unt,iring efforts' of the R.ev. Brother Sheridan, who devoted! mu1ch t~im.e to tlhe exerc:ise. of the play, and the preparation of the entertainn1ent.

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Severa:l college pUipers make it a pra~ctice of quoting other publications in their editoria,l columns. One parper pM'"ticulrurly which rea,ches our sanctum weekly makes it a re:gula1r practice. Glancing orver it:s, edit,o,ri.a.l coh1m1ns thl"€e· weeks a.go twenty-two qu:otaltions• or editorial's basedJ on the opinions orf other papers compri&Pd the editoriaJ m·aike-up of · th:a:t in1portaniJ weekly. Tlhe th'ough t surely wr.as nat orig­in:a,l and the ed:itoriruh~ did not sarvor" of local interest. It .seemed aJ ratjher "good boost" for the papers which are week­ly quoted. Nothing detracts from a:n editoria,l co,lumn so miUch as reading paJrb~ of editoT•i:al<s of ano·ther paper-a paper or paJpers which \veeks before were on our desk. Th€·se parpers who quote so larvishly verify the maocim "there is nothing new. in the world of thought" especially when one gla!ll'ces down the edito;rial columns amdi reads, "Tihis p~.~per',. say,s a1nd "that paper'' .. says· but we W31nJt to know whatt our paper "says."

A comprehensive "lecture on · St. T'hon1as of Aquin-hi8 life and'' w:orks~--is one of th'e fea:tures of St. Vincen,t CoUege J ou.rnatl. "The Oaks" show.s us the final decay of the gigaill­tic trees of the forest a.nd the lessoD! drawn is the immortality O'f ma,n's soul poor frail erea:ture in cmnparison t.o sturdy oaks. The essay on the discourses of the Greeks and, Romans proves the necessity of prepara1tion for public spmking.

Tlhe leading ·essay o,f The Colu.1nbia·d~ of Portland, Ore:­g;Oill, is a1 tribu_te to the Apostle of Ireland. A few poems and one short sto•ry cmnprise the literairy productions of the­l\farch issue.

"A me:morial to ... ~m€rica's foremost l\fa:rtyr" forn1s the· settinw of w "rell deserrved trjbute to the eminent Jesuit Mis­sionary to the Iroquojs·-Father Isa.c Joques. Undoubtedly never will monument or shaft testify to ru nobler, purer, holie~ life thaD! that of the ma~rtyred priest and servant of the first.

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~ettlers of A1ne1r'ic:a.. TtH~ poe1ns of the ((_Xavier') are perfect as to verse construeti01n; the thought is elevating. The edi­toria,l i1s ahremst of the1 tim . .es~. One philaillthropis.t dona,tes $·10,000,000 torwards the .es,tahlishment of univers1aJl . peaee and then we lea:rn his w:ea1lth w:as! m~ade illl selling armor-plate. [ t is t io larugfu: ! ,

The Abbey 8tudent d·eserves1 CoTilmendat,ion for the op­portunit,y. ii:J gives to amateur 'vrit!e:rs. Se,verta,l contributions from the Acaden1'ie cla:s:s'es mre found in the April issue. Th'e labor quest>ion- the m~uch a.gitart.edJ and a:lmos;t) hopeless' queiSI­tiou- i.s the principa1l lite1rary output ·of The Studen.t;

St. Marry)s 111e:ssen,ger follow;s An1iel'.s maxim, "Sty-le' is' wha,t gives v.a,lue a1nd currency to· thought." vVe ha1ve thoUight a1ndJ s'uyle in 'Phe MossB'n1gerr. 'The variety of the conte1nts . makes the April nrumher one '()f the beHt. Easter, its custon1s in :rn.any lands is' told in ~ f.ais~cina,t,ing manner. A deep es1saiJ, ''D.a:ws:on on N e·winan," i.s the prlodu.et of a mind ve:rs.ed in philoSI()iphie lore. Ohop~.n finds .adlniire!rS' a1t S.ti. M:ary's:. Po'e1m,s a;nld other interesting a!r'ticles1 rou·nd out The M esse~·1.rger.

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The Einglisb: Version of Dlenifle's Luther and L:utheranis1n.

B'y Albert Reinhart) 0. P.

The 'Ro1s'arYi P~es's ( D'Omin:ieam F'athers), Some~s~et, Ohio, ha,ve in preiparationJ a1n amthorized E'nglish Version of D·eni­fle'.s immortal ·work ·on "Luther and Lut.heranism." The t.ramsla,t.ion is being made by F'ather Albert R·elinha,rt, 0. P., ai pries1t of the D'om,inican Oooer. The first volume is on the preSIS and will be pu1blis:hed :shortly a,:fter. Etruster. The entire trainslartion will emJbrU;ee five volumes, the volume!s- to be is:sued in as ql]ick suecession1 as pos1sible. The fir,s1t edition of the origin!a;l Ge1-man edliti0n vVais exhaUisted jn two' m1onths and today it is considered! by borth Oa~thoUc aind Protes't:a1nt schola\rs as the nnall W10ird on the R,efornTa,tion, and all aidmit thartJ it is .aJ work of .sue:h· worth and critical and scientific value, tha.,t iiJ musri:J be reckoned with by a,ny one who · will in the future treaJt 'Of eitiher Luther or Lu:ther:a1nis!n1.

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St. Viator, 25; M-illikin, 23. State Oihamp~ontship ..

St. Viartor's claiSlsy basketball quintet cloos1ed• its most suc-.eessful s1eason byJ defeatin~ Millikin University, at Decatur, by .ru score of 25 to 23, a1Il!dJ incid·entaHy winning the start:e championship. The game broU!ghtj to a1 clos1e, a, collection of contests thrut has given gloTy to the Varsity, during the past sessiion. M>illikin hrud just won the charrnpionship a.t the tournament in B1o0111lling1ton and expected little trouble from ·the locals bUJt hOIW fiekle is fortune. St. Viator "came, sa~w acnd e\Jnquered." One orf the la~J.~ges·t crorwds ever seen a,t aJ

basketball ~arne irr D ecatur was present who, wit.h Millikin, tl'•ied to down! the spe·edy V 3Jrsity .

. Tlhe forty m:inute .struggle wws really ru hea11~ breakm··, but a eha•mp,iolllSlhip maker. Fjrst St. Viator would forg.e a:heaid, only to be aJ few point!s in the rea.r a moment later when J\1illikin woruld take a; spurt. The first half was a g11a,rding gaall!e pure ~mJd .SJi.mple ending 6-6, ·a\lld: a1s a1 consequence no real basket shooting could be arttempted. Both tean1s• fought " "ith a fiereen:es.s that only two such rivals c:aJll put forth, yet the gam-e W'aJS clean a.nd free froml all gridiron festivities.. It wws in the .seeond half tha.t the squ:ads got wo~rking. The ex­cellent tearm play of the V.a:I"s·ity and ·Splendid work of l\1o~ni­han ran the ·score to1 17 for St. V.:Uat0r " rhile l\1illikin l'eSited with an even dooen, but ·she did not do~e.. Gradually ere€p­ing up the S1C'OTe \vas tied' 19-19. Then the locaJs1 thre·w a :field go~J only to he diuplicruted by Wills. vVitih but two minutes to plruy :Millikin threw another :field g.oa•l and took the lead. vVith tb:at ·sarrne oll<i: ~t. ViaJto1~ n evet" die spirit F'Lscher threw two foru}s•, and Moynihan a :field goal bringing the state champi001ship tu1 the K:amkalree school. 'Vhile it is ru diffieult trusk to pick out the leading light during the fray, yet MJoynihan with :five baJskets deserves special notice. Be-

. sides running t~he fl~ his aim' was true and his s.peed and d:a~sh proved too n1uch for his torw·ering opponent. Capt. "Fitz" was aJ reg11lar eclipse on Starr the supposedly all state

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center, tiine and . a1ga1in catching the baH on the toss .up. The ,VhQ'le five were in excellent working order an.d will always · he rem,embea:'·ed als being the bes~t team H1t 8t. Viator and the best. team in Illinois.. The foHavil'ing1 tells the. n1anner o.f S. V. 0. winning the cha1n1pionship:

St . Viator, 25. Millikin, 23. Moynihan R. F. Wills F1scher L. E. Stablers, Evans Fitzgerald C. Lyqns, Starr Kissane R. G. Nichols Cleq,ry L. G. Byrne

Field goals: Moynihan ( 5), Fisclier ( 2), Fitzgerald · ( 3), Kissane ( 1), Wills ( 3), Sta bles ( 1), Lyons ( 1), Byrne ( 1), Nichols (1) ~ Evans (1). Free throws: F 'ischer · ( 3), Wills ( 2), Stables ( 2 )', Starr ( 3) . H.eferee, Dyer. Umpire, Jacobs.

B:ASlEiBAL,L. The ba1seball t.ealln i,s sh'o1wing to bett.er adva.nta,ge every

day. Thouglh handicapped by ru rather cold and rainy spi"ing, when oru.tdool~ pr1alctie:e: was to . take pl1alce yet . the fe1w w·atn11 · days brorught out the reHil article of ba,se:ball. The team ha:ct the mis.foT'tune to losie ·the opening . S;allllJe to ArlnDulr· by a close ·score, yet con.sdd.erin.g the tilne they had bee111 'vorking together they did ais w:ell if not better tha111 other t.eatm;s 'vorulCL have done unde1r silnilaJ' circum­stances. Oaptain Go,s'S' is showing his be~·t formi in the borx, an~ with O'Ciotnnell, the Va1~siit~y need never fear for · slah a·rtists'. Ha.rrison and Wa1rne:r ca,n a1hva:ys be relied upon to

· fill the breach a,nd 'vill have ~s~evera1l opportunities to show their skill before the .sea~son ends1. At the re1ceivi:ng e1nd Ber­

, gan is catching in maj·o1r le1ague S't.yle and with a little more practice with the bludgeon should 1na.ke an ideal baiekstop. FitzgeraldJ ·will ait,e:rna.te, being HI strong hitte:r and clever

· playm•. O'Oionnell and Lynch a:re ·on the initial srtation; while K elly at the ha:lf-way sa:ck pron1iS!es1 to outshine hjs big; broth­er of '06--'07. The short fi fllld i;si being .s.ta;Inped by "Eiddie" Quille w·hos;e fielding .stunts need no' introduction to the fa,ns. Sea1nlan at third is hitting the ball in fihte style besid·es. being speedy on the baises and pos1steSJsing a; strong whip. The outfield is holdjng :Moynihan, Lynch, \Varner and Duffy, aH experieneed and heady m·e'n, while 8a:mn1on .sho,ved in fine form · until taken ill with pne!Umonim

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tJ1e same calibre as previous a.gg;r ega·tions and will surely live up to the high stamd"ard of excellence set by the cham­pionship toss:ers of St. v"'"ia1tor. The schedule has been com­piled a~fter IDIU.ch effort by :Nla,nager Cleary, who has pro·cured the best that could be foro:nd.

St. Viato.r, 4; Annour 6-. On April 22 St.. Vi'art:or met their old rivals, Armour, in

the fi1~st g-a.J.ne ·of the ·S'ea:sO'n and were defeated 6-4. Consid­ering the short time the . V.a:rsi.ty had been tog~ether the ga1ne "\\rUJs a good exhibition. T'he locals had one bad session, the third inning., which s1et them· 01ff t heir gea1r. \Vith one do·wn in the third O?Oonn.ell sttruck ou.t :Maddox but the glue waoo't working rig~ht and Bergan missed the final strike. Quille then missed a double play on Moomey'S' r'()lller and the sacks were filled when ICann was given free transportation to first. vVith the s:aiC.l~si occupied Hamilton scratched a1 bingle through third and L1indquisrt poled out a three sacker, putting the game on iee, only to be scored by Spencer's douhle. T1he Varsity c'Ou1dn't get Sltia;rted unt il the ninth wb.en with a regu­lar St. Viartor finis·h they put three counters a.c1"oss, on hits by OPOoiDnell, Ooss alll;d \v;a~rne:r. o~ Cbnnell amd Ooss twirled in magnifieent style and for the ane bald, third inning the co·ntest wa~s interesting .

.St. Viator R. H. P. A. E. Lynch, 1b-lf... . ... 0 1 1 0 1 , Kelly, 2b. . ........ 0 0 0 2 0 :Scanlon, 3 b.-ss. . .. 0 1 0 1 0 O'Connell, · p.-1 b. . .1 · 1 6 1 1 Bergan, c. · . . ..... .- 0 0 19 2 ·Coss, lf.-p. . ...... 1 3 0 1 Warner, rf. . ..... 2 1 0 0 Moynihan, cf. . .... 0 z Quille, ss. . ....... 0 0 Doemling, 3b. . ... 0 0

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Armour R. H. P . A. E. Mooney, c. . .... 1 0 10 3 IJ Kann, s·s . . ..... 1 0 2 2 1 Hamilton, p.-lf ... 2 2 0 4 1 Lindquist, 1 b. . .1 2 9 0 1 Spencer, 3b. . ... 0 1 1 1 0 Gleason, 2b. . ... 'o 1 3 1 0 Achison. lf.-p. . . 0 0 0 2 0 Hook, rf. . ...... 0 0 1 0 0 Maddox, cf. . .... 1 0. 1 0 0

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St. Viator .... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 9 5 Armour ..... 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 6 3

Stolen b 3ses: Lindquist (1), Gleason (1), O'Connell ( 1), Quille (1). Two-base hits: Spencer (1), Coss (1), Moynihan (!}. Three­base hitos: Lindquist (1) . Struck out: By O'Connell (7), Coss (14), Hamilton ( 8), Achison ( 2). Bases on bal ls . Off O'Connell ( 2-), Coss (1) . Off Hamil ton ( 4) , Achison ( 3) . Umpire: O '·Brien.

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Champions of Illinois! Sounds a.nd looks good to the many admirers of the Vairsity baS'ketbaU team. The victory over the title holders ended the most glorious season through which St: Viator has struggled and triumphed. It .seeems wholly unnecessary to speak of this championship quintet be­cruuse their worth a~nd \vork is ailready fa.n1iliar to their many followers. Oomm·encing the season with a poor st.a.rt due to la.te practice, they e,JTadqally took on unbeatahle style and lastly wV>n the championship. St. Viato·r has never seen a better basketbaJl tea1m tha1n Oa1pt. Fitzg€rald, Manager Olefttry, lVIoynihan, Kj,ssane, lFi:sJCher, Gordon· and Doe:mling and has never seen a better record1 than the following:

· St. Viator ....... .. .... 16 Wheaton . . . . . . . ... 2 8 St. Viator ......... '91 Onarga . . . . . . .. . . . . . 11 St. Viator . . . . . . . .... 30 Morgan Park . . . ..... 14 St. Viator . . . . . . . .... 15 Lewis Institute . . ... 45 St. Viator . . . . . . . ... 3 9 St. Joseph . . . . . . . ... 2 6 St. Viator . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 DePaul . . . . . . . . . ... 19 St. Viator ............ 33 St. Bede ........... 21 St. Viator .. .. .. .. .. 51 St. Joseph .. .. .. .. . 6 $t. Viator .. ~ . . . . . . .. 29 DePaul . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 St. Viator .. .. .. .. .. 25 Millilkin .. .. .. .. .. . 23

St. Viator .......... 363 Opponents ........ 210

One of the clm;.est ra,ees· in the history of the college is1 be­ing waged by the aSipirants to a1ct as purveyo~r of the pa.ra.­phernaHa and beverage for the baiseball teaJn~ :Mr. Bartley Gu1schen on account of his intimate friendship with the man­agem.ent is leading by ru nose and will prohahly land the: plum.

l\'Ianager Clea,ry has been very busy witib. his schedule and thus fa1r has all but three da.rtes· filled~. All the opponents of the Varsity bear exeellent records a1nd victorie~s will mealll m.uch for the locals.

· April 22-· Armour Inst. on Bergin Field:. April 25-ArkailliSaS Univ. on Berg·in Field. April 27-l\'Iillikin U niv. on Bergin Field. May· 3-Notre D~ame Univ. on Bergin Field. M!UJY 6--0pen . Mruy 1(}-lllinois FreSthm€n ·on Bergjn Field. May 12--0pen. May 18--Loyol9, Univ. on B.ergin Field. 1\tfay 20-Armour lnst. at Chicago.

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May 23-DePauJ. U niv. on Bergin Field. M3Jy 25-Beloit Univ. on B·ergin Field. Ma~ 27-· Open. M'ay 3(}-DePaul at Chicago. May 31-N otre DalnlJe art Notre Dame. June 6-Alumni on Bergi'lll Field. · June 8-· Oarthedi•al Golle:ge on BergJn Field.

Ans-\ver to eorresp:o1nd!ent frocrn Decatur. Sad' to relate, Millikin haJdJ no parade on the evening o:f March 13 a,fter the grume, :for many a:nd ohvious reasons·. The parade was· be-fore the eont·est.. Coline a1g1a.in. ·

A T1ennis club hom~ been recently organized which threat­ens to grow po.prular art the very outset. The courts are being put in :firsrt-class coltlditi'on and the raJcket 'vieJders will harve mHrny a game resulting in deuce time and oft before the fatal Commencement d:ay- arrrives1.

Rats orff to the B)and! Their work this seas.ou will be appre1ciated by the fans, am.d they have the heartiest thanks of the management for their melodious strains.. \Vhen it emnes to winning gta1me:s, don't pla1ce the S.. V. 0. musicians with the has beens:.

JUNIO~IS.

The JuniorS! are at has;ebaH with mdght and 1nain and at presenrt appea,r to be ab01ut as neat a bunch of juvenile dial" mond· artists as cmn be found . . The whole t.earm is strong, no position is weaik and the mam.y speedy r ecruits keep the reg­U.laJ:cs on the hustle .s1id'e. They will probably lineup thus: C., Oapt. S ullivatn; p., vVys:ocki, OrN eriH, Zorilla -and ·ostr,oski ; lb., W-3!rren; 2b., Mortell; 3h., K ekich; ss1., R.ichert; out­field, Keliher, Gooren, ~1cGee, P. l\1urte.Il and Gartland. A

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MINI~fS.

The Minims wHl continue their excellent work this spring wjth ba~s~ebaJl of an A. No. 1 vaTiety. Coach l\f.cDDnald is mosrb optimistic Ol11 their. chances amd claims to ha:ve "the'' ~1inim baseball team and t~hat means more than to·ng1.1e can tell. Lineup will be: 0., Senesac; p., D1andurand and Boyle; lb. , P~p~n; 2b., \Fitzpatrick; -s:s., Kissane; 3b., Loyd; outfield, Dillon, Flynn, Edgar, La;wson. '

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-OoldJ Vireather- A pril fu-el !

-. "Never 8Jg1atin 'till June !"

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-"Tihe~ ·never eome hack"- Earl didn't until he struck Peotone.

- Halt, who goes there?

- Lev-Tiwenty-two errors, and not a hit.

· - Why not org1arnize a Pipe1r City teran1?

- Go.ruch F 'lynu i1s m:a!king the most of thiSl fine weather and has garrnererc] ru host of r~e~·ruits fo1r te:nnis: p~a1Ctice.

- Special Ela~ster N okicec--Tlom has shaved, s;o: : bewar'e and meet me faree to fa:ee.

. - Hal! Ha! M:e-ow: "~ihings thatt you hea,r in~ the night"-

Danny and Lefty. -

- Iterrn\._Mike haiSI depart.ed' Olll a1 srprring: hunting trip!·- tO be gon:e an dJaly.

- F ·rank M. and: Lefty have ers~tablished a training quarters on the Seeond Corridor-Any spe·cies of :snakeis., w·eii tam1ed .

. - F 'ido, a1la1S1! He wraiSi such a good' dog. m10ro:n ted to your glo·ry- T1atxi-T!alXi!

-All alone, rull a1 one !.

''Bonehead.'' -His .headjs made of ivo1ry,

.His' arm it is .made o~ glas;s, . . . 'His . feetJ the~- .eosve1'" the cotti.lllt·r:Y; ·, He's~ ru heTo, in, ills . g·larsrs. ; r .. ·,,. "' . . . ' . . r ; ..

Now ca1t,cbJ the, dr~ft, . of. wy ,s~a~y~;ng,- . . And your'U a,gree witll whatt I'v~ s.mid, Tb.:i,SI · m,~alllJ . who1 is :a1lwaiys blowing, S:e':s the one, th.e only b0nehe~ad.

But you have

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"Tlhe W€ather." -The ·wewther man is busy,

His jokes on us, he tries to play, And when we wrunt .some sunshine, He sends a! rainy day.

His schedule of fine weather, I s behind, not WP'- to-d:a;te, A·nd when we do t:as te of sunshine, It 1s aJl w:a;ys just too I alte .

. This is the cry in the springtime, When basebaill is O'Th the taJp, · Why can't he f3JVOr the pastime, Then we wouldn't g~ive a rap?

N.ew B1ooks 0 1f Interest. "Rolling Stones?'-By P. Brown, compiled hy E. Leary. · " T1he Life o1f ru Bas1eball Ma:gnaite."-L. G. F. "How. to Becon~e ru Pitcher."-Lev. 'tAll Alone."-Dick B. "An _AJctor's Life. "-Efugene L. "The A'ssiSlfulnrt."-E. vV. "The Morning Rise."-Matt & Mike. "My B·rother's K eeper."-J ohn D.

HOLY FAMILY ACADEMY · Beaverville, Illinois

Boarding School, High School and Elementary Grades Price $15.00 Per Month

Annex For Little Boys Age 5 to 12 Years. Address Mother Superior

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