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Pastor of I

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CHICAGO .

Ordained Priest, 1878.

Celebrated His Sil er Jubilee, 1903 ..

ALMA MATE.R.

A L l\fA l\fA TER, kind protec '~ r es s,

J'viust we leave th ee, no-vv, forever?

M ust the sad far ewell be spoken?

lVfay we not a lit tle longer

Lin ger in thy sweet em brace?

No! the voice of Duty ca lls us

O n to Life's grec:. t fie ld of labor:

.l\/[any tasks our hands awaiting

Call us from thee, A lma Mater.

Alma Mater, we must leave thee,

Tho ' most bitter is the parting.

Time's swift stream is rushing onward,

vVe must launch our barks upon it.

May thy gentle, loving sp irit

Follow us in all our wanderings;

Strengthen us against t emptation,

Chee r us in the hour of sorrow,

Help us bear Life's heavy burden,

L ead us to th e golden portals

Of the blessed life eternal.

There, before the throne of Heaven,

We wi ll bl ess thee, A lma Mater.

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Alma ~later, tender mother,

Tho' \ve now mu t adly leave thee,

Yet thi parting hall not ever

All tho~ e tie of love that bind u

"'Cnto thee who kindly led u

Throu h the plea ant path of know!edgeJ

Yielding u tho e golden trea ~ ure

Richer than the wealth of ~Iammon;

Teaching u the word of. .wi ~ dom,

l3idcling us ce ::rong and valiant,

Plantino· in our heart more firmly

Faith in God and love of virtue.

Fitting u for Life' hard labor~ .

\V e. thy faithful, loving children,

Per shall ble thee, :\lma -:\later.

J. DRE. T. TA. T, 'os.

GREETINGS TO RT. REV. P. J. MULDOO , D. D.

Right Reverend and Dear Bishop: No ' ord - of our are needed to convey to your lord ~ hip th JOy,

the incere re pect and the aenuine affection with whi h we \'Vel­come you. A we note the advent of prinatime in the bright-hued Bower and in the gleeful sono· of bird so, too, will you readily read our t:>ladn _ in the b amy _mile that li ht up every count -r~ance, and in the joyou accent of our ~ong .

vVhile we a\vaited with impatience and would heartily have greet d our n w archbi hop upon hi- fir t vi_it to t . \ ' iateur' your pre ~ ence here a ~ hi worthy repre~ entative on thi reat day i. to u ~ a comfort. an encouragement and a ource of deepe t plea -ure. on ar no stranger her in the.::e halls, which your con e­cratecl hand ~ have ble eel and dedi ated to the purpo e of educa­tion. Y ur frequent visi - 1ere, while betokenin the lively and ac­ti,· intere~ t whi ~h you have ever taken in the Chri ian education

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nd ared all of u • attd ' • hall v r link r hbi h p F eha 1, ' •ho mem­

reat ar hdio , ha t rnaliz d in the rotec or of ath li ducation.

day on more the ~ al of pi copal ap rk don here for th advancement of h

re~L and for the tru t ial and national ur pre n e ...,ay.: to the parenL who have impo ed

r 1 on them elve~ to end u h re: "You hav don w ll." T our t acher who have taken uch pain to lead u in the way

f no Jed e and virtue, your pre enc ay : "Y u have d nc ;vell.'' To u al o, who have follm ·ed the in::-tructi n~ iven here

and ha ·e pr pared our~el ·e to erve well the purpo of d and o mtry y ur ch erin pre ence ay : "You have done ' ·ell.''

ur re nc am on u i an encoura ... ement and an in .. piration . .. ·on are e readier to receive than the one who hold ~ piritual upr mac 7 and v •h com among u a the divinely appoint d car­

rter of truth; and hence it i that \ e hold no privile e more pre­t iou , no honor higher than that of receivin Our diploma anrl

riz from a prince f the church from one who~ e lip. are ever 1 ~onant ' ith the mi hty ound of world-moving truth ~ .

eliev then, dear bi hop, in the entiment of true jo ., of pro­f und re pe t and of incere affection with which we cordially greet ·ou on thi our lad commencement day.

\V. J. CLE. RY, 'o3.

SOCIALIS

rati.:.'n Delivered by ~ lr. J. Carey '03

our day of intellectual re tle ne~ , when novelty reign over the apri ion~ mind and ~et the fa hion of the hour, there i no cientifi fad no reli iou~ or philo ophic vagary that doe not

arre t public attention for a moment and demand recognition before the 2Tand jury of public opinion. But the e pa ing notion , the. e

indy em that po~ e for a hort hour a the entire ~ urn of valu· bl truth are no more able to make ~eriou men for et ' hence

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the warmth of civilization springs than those fleetirl.g 'fleecy ' clouds w hi ch on a summ er 's clay now and again conceal the sun's effulg·ent face and cast running shadows on ea rth 's g r een valleys, can 1nake us forget the sun it elf ; that glorious orb, th e parent of that flood of li ght in w hich the shadows are soon swallowed up, the ardent seat CJf t hat gen ial warmth that awakeris life in every sleeping bud and convert s the cold earth into a ga rn ered sto re of plenty. In · th e in­te ll e~tu a l firmam ent there shines the luminous sun of truth , whose potent ray makes every r eality v is ibl e, and \<vhile in its own ever r:nclimmed brilliancy and eternal stability it dispels the pass in g clouds of error , it invests every obj ect in colors born of its very li g ht. As there is nothin g so enchantin g as beauty , nothing so at­tract ive as goodn ess, so there is nothing so illuminative, nothing so . ed u cative, nothin g so b eautify in g, so uplifting, so civilizing as trat h. \ i\l it hout it there can be no real beauty of any kincl, nor any good ness, moral or ph ysical. With the t orch of philosophic and r e­li g ious truth held aloft t o illumine th eir way, incliv icluals and natiorl. s ma rch on in unimp eded progress toward th e r ea lizati on of all the it1-t ell e::tua l, moral and mate ri a l perfection w hich it is w ithin ·'the com­lnss of human power to achieve. Gr eat and mig hty, indeed, and likewise benefi cent is the power of truth, an d we believe it must , in the end, win all those who open their eyes to the lig ht. V\T oulcl that a ll men, like t rue born eagles, had the moral strength to gaze upon t he fac e of the sun of truth w it hout being dazzled by its brilliancy !

l\1any there are, unfortunately, who in their misguided search afte r the truth through the ni ght of prejudice or ignorance, mis­take for the very sc intillations of truth th e ig nis fatun s that cast s its rm ce rta in g la re over the bogs of error. Thus have many wandered into erroneous byways in th eir att empts to discover religious, phil­osophical and political truth and lost them se lves in the clark laby­rinth of indifferentism, of theo ophy, of transcendentalism, materi­a li sm, rationalism, socialism and anarchism. Of all these errors z: nd many other s imilar vagaries, as bewildering in their number as t:· ey are fal se in th eir principles and dan gerous in their tendencies and conclusions, th e one m ost to be guarded against, because it is becomin g fa shionable, is socialism. ·

Sociali sm of the Carl Marx type w~ heartily deprecate. We be­li eve that there is in man a divinely vested right to acquire and hold

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11ermanently as his own_ individual property the wealth which he produces through the legitimate exercise of his energies. Philoso­phy and common sense and experience declare that without this 1 ight man, as he has been through the ages past and as we find him now., could not perfect the being which God has given him to de­velop; he could not provide for his future necessities, but must com­mit himself to the caprice of fortune, become the sport of circum­stances, the object of the pity of a soulless public ; he would be re:­duced to the condition of the merest slavery; he would be robbed of his personal dignity, {or property which is the result of a man's fair labor is an exponent of his personality, and as all men are specifi­cally equal , no one is bound to work for the enrichment of another.

There are few things that men more naturally abhor and recoil from than slavery or .enforced poverty; . and there are few acts more admirable than that act of superhuman liberality by which a man embraces voluntary poverty , thus devoting to the common good all that he has and all that his exertions produce. But can so­cialism, which implies a communism of goods , all controlled by the state, can socialism, I ask, with its atheistic principles and its mere milk and water altruism, produce that heroism of v irtue in the mul­t itude and make it contented to live th e life of poverty-vowed monks? Very certainly, socialism, looked at from this view point, is the dreamiest of dreamy utopias. Since it cannot produce the r e­nunciation of personal tast es, th e effective mutual love and count ­less ot her virtues w hich alone could sustain its life, it is the most unreali zable of schemes.

And w hat is th e verdict of experi ence? W e read it eve ry clay in th e utter and most disastrous fa ilures of even small lay communi­t ies whic~1 attempt to put the principles of sociali sm into practice. How much more unworkable must thi s scheme of social r eform be if it should be essayed in a large commonwealth!

T his state ownership of a ll p roductive industries and of public utiliti es is and must ever be attended w ith a ll kin ds of insuperable difficulties. For instance, it would require an arm y of state offi cials w ho would peer into the most intimate needs of every home in order t o ascertain t he quantity and quality of the goods that a re want ed by the people. But this proceeding would be both gri evously of­fensive to th e sacred privacy of th e home, and most expensive to the

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stat e itself. It might allay the evil of ove r-production, but thi s only 1-:, arti a l cure would be worse than the evil.

Likew ise impracticable must be the st at e distribut ~on of labor . fo r the assignm ent of occupations cannot be p ermanent and effect­ive unl ess t hose w ho labor are comp ell ed . to r emain captive in the fie lds or villages ass ig ned to them, places in w hich laborers hav ing· no hom es of t heir own nor any mortal ti es t o bind them to, they would consider as ve ritabl e prisons.

And agai n ar e laborers t o have any op t ion in the kind of labor they w ill do? T hen all w ill choose t h e easier and more pleasan t work, and none w ill be w ill in g t o do the hard and menial work. O r wi ll the state, by compulsion, harness cer tain indiv iduals t o certain tasks? T hen must most men becon1e slaves indeed, for the very es­sence of serv itude consis t s in t hat a man is not fr ee to dispose of his own labor.

And supposing that th rough the operation of some subtl e mag­ic this airy fa br ic of socialism coul d be erected, could it endure for a clay? By no means. For su ch is th e complexity of ever vary ing needs, tastes and dispositions of individuals an d famili es that a r e­distributio n of goods and of labor would have to be mad e every clay, nay, every hour.

Not on ly is sociali sm im pract icable fo r these and many other rea ons, but it is also fata l to individu al conten tm ent and social progress. How, indeed, can man contented ly undergo painful labor to p roduce wealth w hich h e can neit her di spose of for his own in­dividua l improvement, no r leave to those w ho are n ear and clear to him? vVhe nce w ill be sup pli ed t hose strong mot ives and incen tives that are needed to move th e w h eels of industry? Socialism , w hich \ \-oulcl certainly develop a dangerous t endency to indolence and in­act ion, mus t necessarily p rove fatal t o t he truest social · progress , \V hich can only be t he blessed offsp rin g of well exercised and well rewarded indiv idual ac tiv iti es.

But w h en we have said that sociali sm is thus well nig ht a mor­o 1 impossibility, that it is a delusion and a .snare, that it is inimical to t he progress of th e human family , we hav e treat ed it but mildly. It is universally admitt ed by all men :\,Vho t ake the trouble to r eason,. that an y syst em, w hether r eligious, philosophical or economic, w hich is based upon fal se or unw arranted assumption s, is and must

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be false and valu eless. But the modern socialism of rabid sociali st s like Carl 1\II:arx, Bebel and other acknowledged apostles of this per"­ni cious doctrin e, rests but upon the most egregiously fal se postu­b~es and hypotheses , and consequently must be reject ed as philo­~.ophica lly unsound. In spite of its maudlin profe s,;ions of human iellowship, its bold assumption of purely pantheisti c principles l.rands it at the very outset as the most cheerless of antiquated er­rors tim e and again refuted by the champions of right reason.

Socialism -gratuitously assumes and declares that all the t~1em­bers of society, from the s imple fa ct that they are m embers of so­ciety, have an equal right to all the goods that are found in soc iety; <..nd this fatu ous opinion implies the further assumption that all m en are not on ly specifically but absolutely and individually equal, ::·o that, according to these doctrines, the most indolent vagrant could with ri ght and without ever lifting a finger, declare: "The wo rld owes me a living!" and, indeed, · we should all acclaim as our f;Uide and light the infamous Proudhon, than whom th ere have ex­isted few more outspoken revo lutionists, and loudly should w e ap ­plaud as the fir st article of our socia l creed hi s splendid ax iom: ''P roperty is thef t !" .

Now, this socialistic claim of the equal rights of all m en to all tile acquired goods of society is a fal se claim; it denies the inaliena-­bl e ri ght which every individual has to acquire private property, a ~acred right, which the enforcement of socialism would most wan- · tonly vio lat_e. Socialism, acting out this erroneous postulate, would most unjustly comp el all property holders tc, share their justly earn- . r~cl goods with the other m embers of society and this , too, without r e:eiving any compensation. I s it not clear th at a theory which rests upon such an erronec us and unjust claim must, of necessit y, be unsound? . '

A nd , again, this other claim of individual equality is the most pat ent falsehood, for w hoever looks may see that nature herseH cunstan tly and for a div ine purpose .establi shes all kinds of in equal­ities between inclivduals w ho are specifically equal; see how she en­dows different indiv iduals w ith different degrees of physical st rength , of beauty, of prudence, of fortitude, and oth er natural ~ifts ! When we see with our own eyes that nature makes th e child dependent upon th e father , when we se·e that she enriches certain ·

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individuals w ith physical and mental g-ifts that make them the nat­ural superiors of those to whom these g-ifts have been denied, how,

• ~ would ask, is it possible still to cling- to this delusive fals ehood of absolute and individual equality, upon whose unsubstantial mirag-e the edifice of soc ialism is erect ed?

Ag-ain , sociali st s, in their enthusiasti c pleading-s to be allowed to realize thei r dreams of social reform, clasp to their souls the illu­sive hope that in th e ideal commonwealth which they promise us zJl men wi ll be swayed by potent motives of piety and of modera­tion , of justice and of prudence. But, we beg- to remark th_at it is one thing- to suppose these beautiful v irtues as already exist ent and quit e another thin g t o produce them. And certainly th e socialism that is panth eistic, or , rather , g-odless in its principles, can offer m en no reasonable motives for the practice of any virtue whatever.

We have serious r easons to think that socialists understand littl e enou g-h of the moral and r elig-ious principles which are the stems upon which soc ial vi rtues flourish. And why are we forc ed to t hi n.k thus of social is t s? Because in the develv;:m1ent of their materia lis tic th eory of economic evolution th ey ass~me that all things 9- re in a state of constant fluctuation . and change; that not C'.-en me~a-phys ical , m oral 2. nd r elig ious principles a r e stable, but must adjust themselves to the chang-eful economic condi t ions of ev­ery ag-e. Now th e merest tyro in philosophy knows th :?. t th e true principles of meta-physical, m ora l and r eligious science are as eter­nally fix ed and immutable as the s.tars in the heavens, a_nd history attests that w herever the transformin g- power of these principles have been exerted the economic o rder has been co rresponding ly modified, refined and streng-thened.

Since th en it is cl ear that the socialistic dream is as unrealiza­ble as it is unsc ientifi c, we can not be blamed if we do not hail it as the g-od-sent panacea for the socia l ill s that afflict the b <? dy politi c. It is and must eve r remain in effectual as a remedy for the natural and necessary inequalities between rich and poor. The life of man­kind these 6,ooo years proves that th ese inequaliti es are deeply en-1 ooted in the ve ry I1ature of man , and it is as useless to endeavor to C;fface them as to seek to level the mountains. What, then , is to be done? Let us teach ourselves mutual h elpfulness . L et the moun­tains of wealth pour do~n into the lap of poverty's \ralleys the co-

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j)ious and vivifying streams that w ill make them bloom w ith plenty and content. Let all men learn that the warm sun of religious truth .alone can melt the mighty glaciers of these lofty summits of wealth and make them give forth these refreshing waters w hich w ill slake the thirst of the vales below and make them vocal with songs of joy and gratitude.

VALEDICTORY.

Delivered by Mr. E. F itzgerald, '03.

STANDI NG as ,we do today upon the threshold of new careers,

' our eager fac es turned towards t he future, fain would we lift ·· the vei l of mysterious futurity and peer into the hidden secrets .of the new life, upon whose unexplored waste we are aboLtt to em­ta.rk. Yet, however )anxious ly we would speculate as to the count ­less possibilities of the untried y ::ars ahead of us, I must confess, that standing as we do this day at the parting of the ways, after journeying these many years side by side; being to take leave of on :~

C!.nother after years of intimate comradeship in pursuit of the same lJLtrpose and thus contracting su <:: h a close intellectual and moral kinship with our fellow students, and especially with our teachers, vl e delight still more in casting a retrospective glance at the past, and ere we say farewell, fondly would we for a brief moment in­culge our remiriiscent mood.

I suppose that the life of every student is everywhere punctu · J.ted with important events, facts _which are like g lorious sun­bursts, that cheer and enliven college life; facts w hich, like the beauteous · springtime 'out-blossoming of all vegetation, betokens the generous life and growth of the institution itself.

Our own college career has been marked by many of those . ·profoundly impressive incidents w hich , after sweet ening and com­fort ing us and strengthening the institution, will ever as cherished ·memories cling to our souls, as does the tender ivy to the sturdy oak.

Earliest among these events which are within the memory of ~actual students, was the erection and decoration of the memorial

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c:Jilapel, a monument whi ch must for ever attest to future generations of students at St. V iateur 's the generous loyalty of her sons and the consecra t ed apostl eship of that pioneer educator, the scholarly, the pious, the devot ed Father Roy .

Again , tl~ough in more r ecent years, do w e owe to the timely contributions of alumni and fri ends this spacious gymnasium hall , v·hose glitterin g w alls and fin e equipm ent eloqu ently proclaim the success w hich has crown ed the effort of our y oung, energetic and popular v ice-president , R ev. Fath er R yan.

O ur beauti ful c·hapel is an eve r sp eechful appeal t o the soul of th e student t o think of hi s heavenly destin y and is sufficient in itself t o make pi et y attractive. This g r eat hall bespeaks the importanc~

2tt achecl h er e to a thl eti c sports, w hi ch are so helpful for the devel·· opment of the symm etri cal man. H ere ~c ien ce, which is our primai. cbject, n eed never be divorced from pi ety or athletics. This benefi­cent trinity of s ist er influences has bl essed our college years.

It is no doubt clue t o the excell ent training which they have re­ceived here that the alumni of St. V iateur's in such larg e numbers mount to positions of promin ence in public life.

W ith w hat gladness do we recall the thrill of delight which was caused am·ong us w hen the news was herald ed that Rome had pro-­mot ed to the episcopal di gnity one of St. Viateur's worthiest sons, in the person of th e kindly , the learned and eloquent Bishop Mc-­Gavick. Again, in 1901, Rom e, that unerring judge of the worth of men and institutions, magnificently acknowledged the splendid ser­v ices r endered the sacred cause of Catholic education by one of St. '\ .T iat eur 's most distin gui shed alumni in rais ing to the prelacy the p ious, the gen erous, th e g ift ed 1\!Ionsignor Legris.

Th ese g reat events, w hich we had the happiness of witnessing, ·.-.. er e the occasion of alumni gath erings that brought together man;;· fr iends from far distant points, all eage r t o congratulate the ones in wi1ose elevation they feel themselves so honored.

B ut of all these family r eunions of the many generations of St. -nateur 's students, the largest , most joyous and enthusiastic was t hat w hich assern bled in September , r9oo, to do honor to one whose fa t herly t enderness is cheri shed by the small est minim , and whose literary fam e has been h erald ed across the seas; to do honor anci pay a debt of filial love and gratitude to one whose patient kindness

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iS as unweari ed and inexhaustibl e as his intellectual leadership is rever vigilant and confidence-inspiring; to do honor to one w hose 1 ich g ifts of nature and g race have endeared him t o every student w ho passed through these halls in the course of his long and blesset l · presidency and w ho, as g lad ch ildren on t h eir fath er' birthday , cheer fu lly gathered here or~ that ausp icious clay to celebrat e t h e sil­Yer jubilee of our g r eat priest, our gentle poet, our kind, lovin g and belov ed Father M a rs ile.

Grand, beaut iful and inspiring was thi s feas t of gratitud e, this f ~ ast of p iet y , 1:his feast of poet ry and eloquence. Never shall it s bril­liant scenes be effaced from our m em ory .

With fon dness do we r eca ll a l ~ o those y ea rly fes tivals of song <:·.ncl eloquence, those feas t s of the soul, the celebrat ions of St. V ia­t eu r 's and St . . P atrick 's clay , which w ill ev er r emain enshrined in o11r r em embrance of co llege clays , a ll lumi1;ous with their glamour of bo ly li ght, a ll r edolent of the sw eet incense of praye r , all vocal with th e music of hymnal praise and of eloqu ent ex hortation. With fond pride do we recall the brilliant success es of our young m i.1 s ical and dramatic artists in plays and op erettas, w hich, thanks to the talent and skill of our indefatigab le presiden t, so oft en placed v iv idly be­fo re our eyes beautifully illustrated lessons of piety and of patriot­ism. W ith keen interest do we recall all those frequ ent event s which called us into fri endly rivalry, and the joy w ith w hich we ac­claimed the winners of laurels in mili tary and elocutionary con­tests, in oratori cal competitions and athletic meets.

A ll t hese facts and many other happy events w hich have trans­pired during our student clays here, have not on ly made our sojourn here pleasant and profitable, but they have left the scent of their sweetn ess in our soul s, a perfunie w hich must ever make us delight in th e r emembrance of our co llege clays. .

N eecl less for m e to speak furth er our g ratitude, our est eem 1'

:::nd filial affection for those who have conferred upon us the ines­timable boon of a Christian education. In taking this our last leave of a lma mater , we can only assure her that our most fervent w ish is t hat sh e may continue to prosper, and that God may grant lon g life to th e devoted m en who have made thi s institution a blessed shelter of Catholi c youth , a seat of learning, a place of insp iration to the l1ighest ideal s of human life.

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MARY.

MARY, Thy praises this day we sing. 0, Holy l\!Iother Virgin, blest l\!Iay Thy sweet graces ever bring

Refreshing joy to troubled breast.

Thou knowest full well the toil of life, The raging sea before us. 0 , g uard . us safely through the strife, Cast v irtu e's mantle o'er us.

· Till victory's crown our heads adorn In H eaven 's golden bowers, W here r eigns p erpetual radiant morn, Nor storm-cloud ever lowers.

FRAN K J\1UNSCH, 'o7.

THE MADONNA IN THE "PARA,DISO."

I. F there is one thing in the "Divine Comedy" that deserves our

commendation more than another, it ce~tain ly is the loftiness and profundity of the ideas which the pof.t there presents to his

r eader s. This is noticeable throughout the w hole work, but in Paradiso it is especially remarkable; so much so in fact that at the end of each canto we are almost forced to cry out in the words of Scripture: "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it en­tered into the heart of man, what things God hath,, prepared for them that love Him." Thus the conviction is forced upon us that this is a work of ideas that far transcend all actual experience. An­other thing that forcibly strikes us in Paradiso is the great devotion and love with which this Christian poet speaks· of the different 'characters which he meets in the "Eternal Circles ." But of all these, none except the " Eternal Light" Himself r eceives such hom­age as does the "Virgin Mother, daughter of her Son:"

The fervent homage he pays to this "Fair Queen of Heaven" and the t ender regard he has for her power as intercessor with her Di-

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vine Son, are two features a'loi1~ which makes tl~ e r'ea-ding . of this third part of the Divine Corriedy a pleasttre whicl~ lS spi;itually bracing.

Thus in canto XXIII, ~eatrice points out Mary to bini 'as the fairest flower in "the beautiful garden, J?lossop].ipg beneath the rays of Christ," in the followir1g most beautih11 . fi gure : "Here' is the rose," she says, "wherein th e Word Divine was made incarn;:tte." At these · w0rds th ~ poet turns' toward th e ;:'flower .. · .b:e~ptii1k l e(l mead," and there b eholds the "Legions of splendors," while exa:Ited far above the rest he sees the "Rose," of ·:who'rli ·he s·ays: . · , - ~

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"When, at the name Of that fair flowe1", whor1-i duly I · invoke Both morn and eve, my soul with ai-l her might Collected, on the goodliest ardor fi xed. A nd , as th-e bright dimensions of the· star In Heaven excelling, as once here on earth, Were, in my eye-balls livelily portrayed; Lo! from w ithin the sky a cresset fell, Circling in fashion of a diadem ;

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And girt the star; and hovering, round it wheeled."

These few lines alone are suffici ent to coi1vince any one of Dante's intense religious fervor, and of his devotion in particu'lar t o the Moth er of God, for here we find him acknowledging this by ha...: bitual invocations to the Queen of Heaven, "Both morn and eve, with the might of all his soul." We also see here what an exalted opinion he had of Mary's . glory in heaven, and how fittingly he has

e - ,c rowned with t he circling motion of the angel Gab riel, "the creE)s~t." Afterwards he calls h er , "Goodliest sapphire, that inlays th,e floor of Heaven," and then immediately shows us how the an­gels honor this bright jewel, by the words ·of Gabriel:

"Angelic Love I am, who thus with hovering flight enwheel The lofty rapture from that womb inspired, Where our desire d1d dwell: and round thee so, Lady of Heaven! will hover; long as thou

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.-:i:: :. . Thy Son shalt follow, and diviner joy • ,, . Shall from thy presence g ild ~he highest sphere."

. And then: "All the other lights

~ook up the strain , and echoed Mary's name."

. ·~·,. Aft~ r this Dante was no longer able to behold the visi'on : ... ' ' "

"Th erefore w ere mine eyes U n equal to pursue the crowned flame That towering rose, and sought the seed it bore."

But not so t he other heavenly light , for they:

" Like to a babe, that stret ches forth its arms For ve ry eagerness toward the breast , After the milk is taken ; so outstretched Their w avy summits all the fervent band, Throug h zealous love to Mary : th en in v iew T here halted, and " R egina Coeli" sang So swee tly that deli ght hath left m e never. "

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Was ever a p icture more v ividly portrayed than this? Has ever anyone spoken in more beautiful t erm s of JVIary or of the love <: nd veneration bestowed on h er by the blessed in heaven? But this i ~ not all , fo r soon his eyes were again made "able t o pursue the crowned fl ame," as we shall see before the ~nd. In canto X X V .. Dante makes a beautiful profession of his beli ef in the Assumption of the Blessed V irg in Mary in the words w hich he places in the mouth of St. J ohn , the E vangeli st:

"The two that have ascended In this our blessed cloist er , shine alone W it h the two garments."

The two w hich the Saint here r efers t o are Christ and His B lessed Mother , and the garments s ig nify their g lorified bodies, w hich were as a covering for their souls. L ater on in his journey

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.. through the blessed realm, he meets St. Bernard, who tells the poet that M?-ry is sovran of heaven and that it is through her alone that we must expect great favors. Thus in canto XXXI. the Saint urges Dante to

''Search around The circles, to the furthest, till thou spy · Seated in state, the queen, that of this realm Is sovran."

Then again he beholds the vision which a short time before ~'his eyes were unable to pursue," for he says:

"Straight mine eyes I raised; and bright, As, at the birth of morn, the eastern clime Above the horiz_on, where the sun declines; So to mine eyes, ;that upward, as from vale To mountain sped, at the extreme bound, a part Excelled in lustre all the front opposed. And as the glow burns ruddiest o'er the wave, That waits the ascending team, which Phaethon Ill knew to guide, and on each part the light Diminished fades, in tensest in the midst; So burned the peaceful oriflamb, and slacked On every side the living Baf!Ie decayed. And in that midst their sportive pennons waved Thousands of angels ;.in resplendence each Distinct, and quaint-adornment. At their glee And carol, smiled the Lovely One of heaven That joy was in the eyes of all the blest."

Those lines show us the idea Dante had of Mary's great glory in heaven; to his mind she is infinitely more resplendent than the c.Ombined brightness of all the other spirits, in fact , she is as far above the rest, to use the poet's words, as the uppermost point of a mountain is above the vale. Another thing he wishes here to show us, is that Mary, in a great rneasure, contributes to the joy of the b~e·st, hut he despairs of fittingly describing her dazzling beauty.

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"Had I tongue in eloquence as rich, A s is the coloring in fancy's loom, 'T w ere all too poor to utter the least part

· O f th at enchantment. ''

In the next canto St. Bernard again shows him Mary, and re­fers here particularly to the part which she had in the Redemption ,. · and the better to effe ct this he contrast s her with Eve, whom he Q.lso points out t o Dante as sitting at Mary's fe et. "The wound,. t hat Mary closed, she opened fir st w ho sits so beautiful at Mary's feet. " ' Then the Saint t ells Dante that if he wishes to see Christ ,. he must receive from Mary the power to do so.

" Now raise thy view U nto the v isage most r esembling Christ: For in her splendor only, shalt thou w in T he power to look on Him."

This shows us clearly the great confid ence D ante had in Mary~

and t eaches us at the sam e time that it is only through her that w e can attain our last end, w hich is God. H ere he also gives us anoth­er idea of Mary's exalted moth erhood: " H er v isage most r esemb­ling Chri st." Then again, as if he never tired of t elling how much veneration this exalted queen r eceives, he says he looked and saw :

" Such floods of gladness on her v isage showered F rom H oly Spirits, w ing ing that profound; T hat w hatsoever I had yet beheld , H ad not so much suspended m e w ith wonder , Or shown m e such similitude of God. An d he, w ho had t o her descended, once, On earth, now hailed in heaven; and on poised w~ng, 'Ave, Maria, Gratia P lena ,' sang: To w hose sweet anthem all the blissful court, From all parts answering, rang."

Again St . Berna rd reminds Dante that in order to see the b rightness of the Divine Maj esty, he must receive a special grace, <Jnd thi s can only be obtained through Mary, for he says:

"Grace, then, must first be gained, H er g race, whose might can help thee. Thou in prayer

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Then Saint Bernard supplicates the Virgin m the following most beautiful prayer:

"0 Virgin mother, daughter of thy Son! Created beings all in low liness Surpassing, as in h eight above them all; Term by the eternal counsel pre-ordained; Ennobler of thy nature, so advanced In thee, that its great Maker did not scorn, To make Himself His own creation; For in thy womb rekindling shone the love Revealed, w hose genial influence makes now This flower to germin in eternal peace: Here thou to us, of charity and love, Art, as the noonday torch; and art, beneath, To mortal men, of hope a living spring. So mighty art thou , lady, and so great, T hat he, w ho grace desireth, and comes not To thee for aiclance, fain would have desire F ly without w ings. Not only him, who asks, Thy bounty succors; but cloth fr eely oft Forerun the asking. \ iVhatsoe'er may be Of excell ence in creature, pity mild , R elenting mercy, large munificence, Are all combined in thee. H ere kneeleth one, Who of a ll spirits hath reviewed the state, From the world's lowest gap unto thi s height. Suppliant to thee he kneels, imploring grace For virtue yet more high, to lift his ken Toward the bliss supreme. And I, who ne' er Coveted sight , more fondly, for myself, Than now for him, my prayers to thee prefer, (And pray they be not scant), that thou woulclst drive Each" cloud of his mortality away, Through thy prayers, that on the sovran joy Unveiled he gaze. This yet, I pray thee , Queen, W ho canst do what thou wi lt ; that in him thou

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Wouldst, after all he hath beheld, preserve Affection ound, and human pas ions quell. L o! \i\rhere, \i\.r ith Beatrice, many a saint Stretch their clasped hands, in furtherance of my suit."

\Vhat t ruths and m ysteri es ar e contained in this prayer? Was E.Yer the story of the Incarnat ion told more beauti fully than in the opening lines? Then w hat comfort t o men are th e words, "A Liv­ing spring of hope to mortal m an." The Saint then tells Mary that in many cases she antic ipates our wants, "B ut oft doth fr eely for e­run the asking .' ' He then introd uces Dante and after more words d p raise, like a child asking a favor of a fond parent, finally leads up to his petition by acknowledging that she alone can obtain this favor, as her power in h eaven is unlimited: "This yet I pray thee, Queen, w ho can do w hat thou w ilt ," and ends by saying that not only him self, but all of th e blessed desire her to grant Dante this favor. She then, like a loving m other, unable to resist the sincere prayers of h er children, readily obtains t he grace n ecessary for Dante to behold the D iv ine vis ion. O n viewing th e mystery of the Blessed Trini ty, his soul r evels in an ecstacy of unutterable de­light. So overwhelmed is h e w it h happiness and so unequal are th e accents of his ly r e to fit ly celeb rate this happy-making v ision that be needs must leave unsun g t he glory and bliss of it a lL

If we recall the ro ll of l\1a ry in oth er parts of th~ D ivine Come­dy, that she is one of the three h eavenly dames upon w hom the en ­tire action of the poem rests, that it was she w ho called upon Lucy to remind Beatrice of Dante's imminent danger (In£. C. II.) ; if we r ecall with w hat tender solicitude she watched o-\1-e r hi s perilous journey through the circles of hell ; if we r ecall w ith what saving efficacy her name was invoked by the dy ing lips of Buonconte · (Purg. C. V.); and if we have read w ith an open mind and a free heart the lofty tributes w hich Dante pays to h er b eauty, her good­ness and h er power in Paradiso, we cannot but be profoundly im­pressed by Dante's ardent devotion to th e Madonna; we cannot fail 10 unders tand the important fun ction which she fil ls in the econo­my of our redemption; we cannot but think more high ly of all wo­mankind, w hich is so g lorified in her.

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MEMORIES.

W HEN the evening shades are falling,

A nd my dai ly t ask is done,

Then I enter m emory's portals

\ iVhere the cenes come one by one

Of my childhood spent in gladness,

\Nith the friends that are 110 more,

And my thoughts like childish clamors

Call them to me as of yor e.

Pleasant face loom before me

From the mist of by-gone years.

And, as from a breath of orrow,

Fill my eyes with saddened tear

F r these faces all are scattered;

Some are s leep ing in the grave,

And the rest, w ith course divergent.

Are left to sing 011 life 's wave.

But some clay we' ll be united

In the realms of God above.

0! the pleasure of our meeting

In that home of peace and love !

1\ eve r more to be divided­

From the cares of life set free.

vVith our loving friends about us

We shall ever happy be.

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EDITORIAL.

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\ i\T ith t he present issue of the V iatorian , t he record of college events , t he exponent of th e student 's efforts and the bond which should unite t he actual an d the former students, we close the twen tieth volu me. T he editor s have spar ed no pa ins to prevent this jonrn al from fa lling below t he standa rd of excell ence set by form­er edito rs and , besides, have had t he am bition t o endeavor t o raise t his standard som ewhat. The favo rabl e comm ents of our ex­changes would conv ince us that we had succeeded we r e we not a.war e of our faults, p rin cipally am ong w hich was our lack of punc­tua lity in publishing. We w ill not hazard a ri excuse for this fault , ·which has occasioned the combining of the l\/[ay and June numb ers in the p resent issue, but we trustingly confide in the m er cies of our indulgent r eaders, w ho, we are conv inced a r e w illin g to admit that t here are many unavoidab le diffi cul t ies w hich p revent the reali za­tion of t he b est intentions.

D uring th e past year we did not use even a line of the Viato­rian to solicit t he financia l a iel of our r eaders. W e w ill not now at th is , the elevent h hour , depar t fr om our laudabl e cust om. How ­ever , fo r the benefi t of our r eaders and, incidentally, of our journal, v~ e announce tha t for the futur e no nam es but those of real sub­scrib ers w ill be p laced on our mailing li st. Furthermore, the size a ncl genera l appearance of the n ext volume w ill depend largely up­~n the fin ancial a iel w hich we r eceive from our fri ends.

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COMMENCE:MENT EXERCISES.

T H E thirty-fifth annual commencement exercises of St. Via­teur's College took place on June r8, before an audience which numbered close to fift een hundred. Our spacious gym

nasium hall afforded suitable accommodation for such a vast gath­enng. Relatives and friend s of the students, alumni and benefa c­t ors of the college, clergy and laity came not from Illinoi alone, but also from the neighboring states, to give by their presence an­other ext ernal sign of their approval and encouragement of th e good work done for our b eloved country by such Catholic institutions of learning as old St. Viateur 's . Such a large audience, no doubt, was one of th e most important fact ors in adequately r ealizing the long 8ncl anxiously anti cipated joys of commencement day. The stu­dents w ho worked hard and perseveringly during th e year were but fitt ingly r eward ed when, in the presence of such an appreciative audience, a prince of the ~ church placed the decoration of the L egion of Honor, a well merited medal, upon th e breast s of those sturdy lJeroes who yield ed not durin g the past year to the seductive voice or to the alluring example of indolence.

O f the many reasons which made students and professors a like anx iously desire commencement clay, none was so potent as the ex­pect ed opportunity of seeing and hearing our esteemed archbishop , Most R ev. J. E. Q uig ley , D . D., and of presenting sentimen ts of love, r espect and loyalty to thi s prince of the church, whose work in promoting Christianity and all that that word implies, is known by the success which has marked hi s efforts in opposing dangerous social evils, in promoting Catholi c education and, in a word, in do­ing a ll for the extendi ng of the Kingdom of Christ that is to be ex­pect ed from a successor of the apostles . The pleasure of his lord­ship 's presence, however , w as denied us by reason of Clrcum­_5;tances w hich could not be averted. Although the absence of His Grace caused a feeling of di sappointment to mingle with th e joys of th e occasion , s till this feeling was somewhat mitigated by the bope that his coming ·at an early period will do much to induce the stud ents of next year to put forth every effort to m ake th eir stay at college a fruitful one. Instead of the honor, w hich we had so ar­dently anticipated, of welcoming t o our hall s our most esteemed

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archbishop , we had the honor of throwing open our doors and of ex­• tending once more cordial greetings to his worthy representative, Rt. R ev. P. J. l\!Iuldoon, D. D.

The exercises which marked the closing, of the year '03 were dissimilar from those of preceding years. 'The chief aim was to 1.1ake them as interesting as possible without fatiguing the visitors by detaining them an unreasonabl e length of time, as is the custom of most commencements. The program.me was well adapted to this end: to intere t the v isitors and to g ive them a fair exhibition of the work , of the students during the past year. The choir, under the experienced leadership of Rev. A. St. Aubin, C. S. V. ,r enclered "The Crovvning of the Harp," and another se lect ion from St. Columb­kille's ope ra in su ch a spirited manner that it was evident from th e p leasure v is ible on the countenances of the auditors during the s ing­ing, that the mu sical part of the entertainm ent had the desired ef­fect upon them . The oratorical and the elocutionary numbers of the programme were also received with a degree of satisfaction evinced by the loud and fr equent applause of those asse mbled.

After th e overture, w hich was artistically rendered by Mr. G. Iviartineau an d his well-trained college orchestra, Mr. W . J. Cleary, accompanied by four minims, r ead the Address of \ A! elcome to the presiding prelate, Bishop Muldoon. Then the college choir, sixty in number , sang that beautiful selection alr eady m entioned, "The Harp Choru ." The last notes had not yet died away when a round of applause announced the people's delight. After the singing l\/[r.

J. Carey delive red the bachelor 's oration for the class of '03. His subject was "Socialism." The thorough and logical manner in ·which be developed his thoughts, the oratorical ability which he ctisp layecl in the delivery of his oration and the timeliness of the subj ect, secured for him the intense and undiv ided attention of the audience. T he V aledictory was delivered by Mr. E. Fitzgerald. He recoun ted in glowing t erms the principal event~ which marked the progress of his alma mater. His composition was fittingly de­livered m a manner w hich guaranteed his futur e oratorical t riumphs. Round after round of applause m a.de him fr equently pause in delivery as he fini shed his beautiful climaxes with some name familiar to the old students and friend s of the college.

After conferring the degrees and awarding the premiums, Rt.

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R ev. Bishop l\11 uldoon made the closing remarks. In an earnestness which carried with it the weight of experi ence, he impressed upon the minds of the stu lents the necessity of putting into practice the les on w hich they had learned if they w ished to be true to them-

elve , to their alma mater and to their God. H e also brought forc ibly befor e the minds of his hearers the necessity that exists in t he world today for t rong men, men of conviction, men who not only know what is right, but who have the courage to act in ac­cordance with their knowledge, men w ho are ever ready and will­ing to fo llow the guiding tar of truth , no matter how many may be the deceitful glimmering that shine on e-very ide to lead them away from the path s of rectitude. F or uch m en and such only aw ait the crown of real ucc

It i our ardent wi h that tho~ e -v ho w ent forth thi . year from t. iateur's to battle w ith the te rn r ealiti e of life may be among

the numb er of such men. _ t the clo e of the exerci es, the f llo,,·ing degree were con­

ferred : 1\Ia ter of Art-]. A . i\ I c arthy, hi caa o ; J. P. ' ~Iahoney,

Bourb nnai , Ill. Bachelor of Ar t-F. Dufa ul t, K ankakee, Ill. ; P . Y. Egan,

Sterling Ill.; W . J. lea ry, -;.\lomence, Ill. ; J. Car ey, Kin man, Ill. ; E . F itzg ra ld, Joli et , Ill. ; R. Ri cher , Kankakee, Ill.; tanfe l, J o­liet, Ill.

ommer cial Dip loma~ were giYen to J. Hickey, B rocton, Ill. ; J. H ogan , Seneca, Il l. · J . Dail ey, h icago; C. Foley, Chicago.

i\ I edal we re awarded a fo ll o-vv : P hilosophy, P . D ufa ult, Kankakee, Ill. 1'\ ext in meri t, P . Egan, Sterling, Ill. ; Cia ical E x­cellence, Loui s 0' onnor , rlin gton , Ill. Xext in merit, J. ·Munday

and W. 1\ii cKenna. L at in- Greek: J . ~Iunday, Litchfi eld, Ill. 1\ext in merit, J.

D r ennan. E nglish om position , R. \ \ ' eurst , Chicago. 1 ext in merit , F . Iunsch and H. B ut ler. O ratory, A. L 'Ecuyer , Kankakee, Ill. Next in merit , vV . Burke. Science, J . Drennan, Young dale, Jll. ext in m erit, J . M unday. hr istian D oct rine, F. 1\Iunsch , Chicago. Next in merit , H. B ut ler and L. 0' on nor. Bell es L et­t ers, P. Dufault , Kankakee, Ill. Next in m erit B . i\I arsile and E.

Sen ecal.

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Commercial Exce llence : ' ]. Hickey, Brocton, Ill. Next in mer­it, ]. ,Hogan and ]. Dailey. Senior Deportment, ]. F. Gordon, Ran­tou l, Ill. Junior Deportment, R. Cunningham, Helena, A rk. Min­Im Deportm ent, E. Foley, Chicago. U . S. History, F. McGinniss Chicago. Next in merit, G. Dav iau lt and R. l\/[udd. Senior E locu­t ion, F. Rainey, Chicago. Next in merit, F. Shippy. Junior E locu­Lon, G. Bourdreau, Peoria, Ill. Next in m erit , C. Ost. l\/[inim E lo- · cution, A. Bin·en, Chicago. Next in merit, 0 . For.cl . Junior Excel­lence, H. B utl er , Belvidere, Ill. Next in m er it, F . M unsch and G. Daviau lt. Singing, G. Esterbrooks, Lead City, S. D. Next in mer­it, C. Qst. Politeness, vV. J. Cleary, l\iiomence, Ill. l\/[athematics, ]. Drennan, Youngscla le, Ill. Spelling, H. Butler, Belvidere, IlL Next in merit, E. Senecal and G. Bourdeau. German, J . M unday, Litchfield, Ill. Next in merit, ]. Birren . F rench, F. l\/[unsch, Chi­cago. Penmanship, C. ]. Bachand, Clyde, Kan. Next in merit, R. l\1 udd. l\1inim Excellence, F. Westerfield , Chicago. R owan l\/[ili ­tary, R. l\tiudcl, A u tin, Ill. Next in merit, A. Kelly. l\/[oody 1\/[ili­tary, C. ]. Bachand, Cly de, Kan. N ext in merit, J. Spratt. Swords­manship, A. Birren, Chicago. Prize Sword , T. Harrison, Chicago. Prize Pennant, Co. C. Bernard Light Guards, Capt . R. l\/[ ucld. In­st rumental l\1 usic, C. Ost, \ i\f aycross, Ga. Next in merit, J. B . Shei l. General History, H. Butler , Belv idere Il l. Next in merit, W. 1\/[c­Kenna.

A gold watch and chain, fo r p roficiency in study, was presented by l\1 r. and l\/[rs. Nelson D ufa ul t to their n ephew, Peter Dufault.

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CONTESTS-ORATORY, E.LOCUTION AND DRILL.

THIS year's . oratorical contest fell far behind that of other years. There was practically no contest. The failure of the oratory class to crown t heir year 's work in a cr editable man­

ner is clue to no other cause than the fear w hich some of the best writers in the class ente rtained of their ·delivery. A few m embers Je ss gifted in composit ion, but possessed of acknowledged elocu­tionary ab ility, were looked upon as those in whom the contest would center. As a consequ ence, those w ho should have upheld the bonor of the class exha ust ed very l.ittle energy to make themselves eligible for the cont est . The r esult was that the fruitful field , Epic ~

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Poetry, chosen to afford the· mate-rial for a disp lay of oratorical abil­ity was l_eft uncultivated . The world 's seven Epic poets were as­s igned as subj ects, sufficient tim e was given for preparation, but only two members of the class enter ed the contest, :Mr. R. L'Ecuy­er , the w inner of the oratory m edal, spoke on ":JVIiltori," and l\1 r. W. Burke, the other contestant, spoke on Tasso.

The annual elocution contest took place in the Senior's Study hall, on June 12. The judges chosen for the occasion vvere R ev. J. Bergeron, pasto r of Notre Dame church, Chicago; Rev. J. E. La­berge, D. D., ;:mel Rev. E. L. Rivard, P h. D., D. D . The lively com-petition with w hich the contestants entered into the arena can be inferr ed from tlle remark of the spokesman of the judges, Rev. ] .. Bergeron, namely, that it is one thng to be ab le to know a good thing when one sees it, but quite another thing to be able to choose that which is the best from severaL good things which, in point of perfection, are almost equa l.

A better display of t he imitative powers of the young than that g iven by the minims on this occasion could scarcely be expected. They so faithfu lly rep roduced th e g raceful and appropriate ges­tures and the judiciously modified tones given them by their teach­er, that one acquainted w ith the latter could recognize the master in the work of his pupils. Intensity of feeling, g racefulness of ac­tion and clearr:iess of voice were the quali ties which enab led l\1as­ter A lbert Bin·en to interpret that dramatic extract from the oper­etta, St. Columbkille, "The Death of J<"iernan," in a manner which won for him the :JVIcShane medal. Hb rival, Master Orion Ford, made the struggle for suprem acy a severe one. In point of natural­ness, Orion certain ly outclassed the other competitors. The spirit w ith which this young elo\:utionist interpreted his comical piece· brought forth the frequent app lause of the audi ence. Though not lacking in any of the fin e points of the elocutionary ar t, Master Ford did not disp lay that perfection w hich comes from long prac­tice and w hich , together w ith the qualiti es already m entioned, en­abled l\1 aster Birren to come off v ictor. Their respective averages were 93 and 92 2-3. The others who entered the minim contest, es­pecially l\!Iasters Elmer Russell and Edwin Lister, deserve a spe/ cial m ention, but space is lacking, hence we must content ourselves. w ith a mention of their names and the pieces -wh ich they spoke.

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The Juniors' contest was the second number on the programme.

Masters Geo rge Bourdeau, Charl es Ost and Joseph L egris com­

pefed for the Kelly medal. The competition in this department wa~ t·qually as harp as that of th e minims. l\/faster George Bourdeau

interpret ed hi s piece, "The Dying Alchemist ," in a manner which

made a large number of the audience con~ectly anticipate the de­

cision of the judges . The spirit and earnestness which h e put into

th e wo rds gave to hi s interpretation a realism which convinced the a ud ience that he thorough ly understood his part. The qualities w hich made his comp etitor , ]\!faster Charl es u st, a close rival for honors are hi s g race in action, hi s distinctness of arti culation and

the wonderful carrying powers of his voice. Even in the most sub­clued w hisper , every syllab le w hich he uttered could be distinctly

h eard throughout the halt ]\/faster J oseph Legris did not a llow his more fortunate compeitors a very noti ceable lead. He interpreted

his extract from Rienzi in a manner w hich, in an ordinary contest, would have wo n the prize.

T h e N aw n medal, the prize of th e Senior elocution class, was well contested by the five yo un g men w ho r ep resented that class . J\!Ir. F rank Rainey combined all the good · qualiti es of the other speake rs in his rendition of "Mona's vVaters," and so far surpassed t hem in excell ence of vo ice that those who did not r ecogni ze him as the w inner , before the decision w hich confirm ed his m erits was g iven, we re very few. M r. Freel Shippy, in his interpretation of that difficult piece, " Eugene Aram's Dream," was, in many points, equal to h i successful rival, but his voice, although in many r e­spects powerful , lacked that pliancy w hich is r equired to bring out t h e different shades of pathos w hich his declamation demanded. However, there was but a fr action of a note between both averages . M r . Rober t B urns suprised the aud ience in his interpretation of the "Boy Orator ," a most diffi cul t piece to r ender prop erly. The read­iness w it h w hich h e changed and ~h e manner in w hich he sustained the tones which his piece call ed for, marked him as one in which t here is t he prop er m ateria l for a good speaker. 1\/fr. Richard Weurst was most happ y in r end ering his humorous selection.

T he names of the contestants and their declamations are as fol­lows :

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Seniors. ·G F R . ' M ' \X T . . a1ney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . ona s v \ aters .i-'red Shippy .......................... Eugene A ram's Dream Robert Burns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... The Boy Orator Richard W eurst. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The bog's Funeral .Paul L egris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia

Juniors. George Bourdeau .... .. ..... ' ......... .. The Dying Alchemist Charles Ost. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .... The Wreck of the Hesperus Joseph L egris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Extract from Rienzi

Minims . . A lbert Birren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Death of Kiernan Orion Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Confound the O ld Luck, Anyhow E lm er Russell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Golden Gates of the Vision Edwin Lister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ....... Bud Explains .Fenelon Madore . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... Seein' Things Frank Dougherty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... Seven Ages of Man Fran~<: M aher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wolsey's Address

Drill Contest. The annual competitive dri ll was held on W ednesclay, June 3rcl.

' j_ he firs t event of the day was the swordsmanship contest, open c nly to the members of the Columbian Guards . T his company is composed exclusively of Minims and the cl everness of those littl e fe llows w ith the sword is well known to all who have eve r visit ed the college. The judges, after taking into account the most minute ·defects in tact ics and manual, awarded the /[ oody prize sword to Private Thomas Harrison, and the second prize, the W halen gold m edal, to Li eutenant A lbert Birren.

The next event was the dri ll for a beautiful silk pennant, g iven by Colonel W. J. Cleary to the best drilled company of the S. V. C. battal ion. This was awarded to company C, with companies B and D n ext in merit. The officers of the triumphant Bernard Light Guards were R. Mudd, captain; Joe L egris, fir st -lieutenant; A. F lageole, second lieutenant, and R. Cunningham , sergeant. This is the first time in yea rs that a Junior company has been successful in this competition, and the members of that department cele­brated their success by carrying Capt. 1\II udd around the campus on

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1 The company drills being finished, the non-commissioned offi­

cers' and privates ' drill for the Moody medal took place. This med­al was well contested, but finally was awarded to Private Charles Badiancl, with Private John Spratt next in merit. The commis­sioned officer s' drill for the Rowan military medal, brought the pro­gramm e to a close. This medal was awarded to Capt. Raymoncl M udd, w ith Lieutenant A lbert Kelly a close second.

O ur thank are clue to Capt. Ford and his efficient officers, who cam e clown from Chicago to judge the contest. Captain Ford and his .assistants have had the kindness to perform thi s service for us for several years, and ever, at each re curring contest, have these masters of th e military art, w ith unerring judgment, awarded the honors to whom they were clue. W. ]. C.

EXCHANGES.

vVith this the June numb er , the V iatorian bids farewell to the v\iOrld of college letters until the beginning of the n ext scholastic year , w h en work will again b e r esumed, with that characteristic Yigor and zeal with w hich every student should stamp his efforts. O ur effort s in the li te rary line have been, on the whole, well r eceiv­tcl by our friend in ex-clorn, and such success as has crowned them is indeed a sou rce of much pleas ure and satisfaction to the members c· f the staff. V\T e -vvish all our co-scrib es in the fi eld of college j our~

nalism a very pleasant vacation.

T his being our last call , we would like to app ear with our full clress and kid g loves on, and make as favorab le an impression as possibl e. But, as M iss A lpha puts it , we must have our littl e ' 'Growl."

We, too, are tired-not of our job as exchange editor, nor are we dissati sfied w ith th e li terary m erit of our exchanges for the past ten· months; but we are s ick and tired of reading the pessimistic op inions of ce rtain editors, w ho evidently have a very exalted idea of their own ability in literary criti cism. O ne will t ell you that Le is tired of his position as ex-m an, because he never meets arti-

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,c1es that are ab le, profoimd, or novel in any way. A lmost every lit­erary effort made by a college student is , to his mind, wofully com­monplace and mediocre. Rarely is he fortunate enough to read a truly ex cell ent article in a college pub li cation. Another editor , fo llowing the ex ample of the first , informs us that she, too, is w eary c'tnd would like to quit for similar r easons. Still another declares that his ex changes are poor, lacking in originality, depth, strength and g eneral excell en ce . E x ch ang e columns, according to him, are a nuisance, a m edium of most feeb le crit icism s, undese rved censure and personal abuse. And so on, ad nauseam. T he only thing left for s uch ex-m en is to go on a "strike" and demand less hours and m ore pay. They would be ab le to get less hours, but as for m ore l)ay- w ell , there's the rub. Y ou would i~11 agin e they were verita­b le J ohn Dry dens and Samuel J ohnsons, infinitely b elow ~heir prop­er sphere of cri t icism when they are made t o act as exchange edi­tors on co llege magazines. · R eall y t oo bad, about th em. We, who are pleased w ith the· ex-world , and justly take a more optimist ic v iew of it, w ill not miss them w h en they get Hteir A . B.'s, and f.hould they t ake a P. G. course, we advise them to throw up their job as ex-m en and the ex-wor ld w ill but b e th e beth~r off upon thei r disappearance from it.

W e are pleased t o welcome to our sanctum the "Academia, " a deli ghtful journal, from away out W est. Vve pre·dict a s uccess­ful career fo r it , if a ll its numbers wi ll maintain the st anda rd of ex­cell ence establish ed by this its firs t issue. " P ortia" is thoughtful and well w ritten . T he essay on " Liquid A ir" is interesting an d in­structive in ever y line. W e are confident t ha t the Academia will in sert an ex-column and then there w ill b e nothin g lacking in this excellent college publication .

In the exchange column of the Sacr ed H eart Collegian for May there is a specimen of billingsgate w hich is insulting, indecent an d ·entirely out of place in the pages of this est eem ed journal. Need­less to say this is m ore injurious t o him w ho w rote it and to th e col­·l ege publication that found space for such rot than it is t o the ex­m an against w hom it is hurled and th e est eemed journal w it h

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s ta,e, have entered a protes t against such an ungentl emanly and un­Christian attack. Those journals r epresenting Catholic institutions of ed~1 cat i on , w hich make it th eir business to snarl and carp at one another ar e not only useless but positively injurious to the cause which professedly t hey suppor t .

A model college journal in every r espect is t he "Bee," from St. Jerome's, and we say t his after having car efully peruse d many num­bers. Its essays, w ith very few exceptions, a r e com mendab le for so lid thought and poli h eel style . Its poems are · admirable for their music, loftiness of thoug ht, and elegance of exp ression. T he tclitorials and exch anges are evident ly in strong hands . T he l\/[ay issue of t h e ''Bee" lacks none of that characteris ti c v igor , original­ity and superior mer it which are that journal's dis tinctive traits. The article on "Duty," penned in a strong Engli sh style, m ust n eeds cxerc i ~ e an elevating influence on all w lio r ead it. "Confucius and ( 'onfucianism ., is a scholarly essay on the li fe and r elig ion of the Chinese sage, contrasted w ith t hose of our D iv ine R edeem er. "The Penitent" is a poem, whose lofty sentiments and gen eral excell ence commend it to every r eader. The ex-column is, as usual, judicious :n its remarks.

In the Spectator for May, from Cap ital Univers ity, Columb us, 0., the ex-man has the fo llowing to say abou t t h e expulsion of t he r elig ious congregations from France. " It is our opinion that the Catholi c church scarcely can, with just ice, complain, for she herself has been g uilty of most terrible cruelty, and especially -in France. F urth ermore, it must be admitted by every unbiased student of his­tory that the Catholic orders and schools a lways have been and sti ll are very dangerous enemies of the French government. Is it any wonder, then, that the government has undertaken to destroy these orders?"

A few words, but w hat a world of w isdom t hey contain! H ow .rrecocious m ust be t h e genius w ho penned them ! A splash of ink from the founta in pen of the learned , the w ise, the prudent, the " un­based" ex-man of t he Spectator and lo ! the indelible sti gma of dis­grace is st am ped, everlast ingly st amp ed upon the face of the Cathol­ic church. No n eed of lengthy discuss ions, no n eed of profound ar-

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gum ents, no ·need of adducing facts, no need of an appeal to history ; the case is hopeless for the Catholi c church , she has been tried and found '' guilty of the most t errible cruelty" in t he high court of the Spectator- we had almost said of P ontius Pi late, but we have learn ed of late that he has r esigned his offi ce in favor of mor e worthy applicants. You w ho read th e sentence, trem ble ! for t he sublim e majesty and awe-inspiring authority of t he ..:ourt is v isible in th e openi-ng lines of said ver dict : ''It is our op inion. " Good for you , learned and "unbiased" hi st orian ; t he results of whose pro­found and histor ical researches are given to the woild in the ex­change column of t he Spectator. \tVhat matter if t hey a re condens­ed, the wo rld has in a n uts hell w hat it m ust have cost you years of pati ent and laborious study to sift from the pages of history. Never mind the proofs, such t hings are not expected, much less needed in this en lig htened twentieth century of ours . If any benig ht ed in cli ­viclual shoul d happen t o ask you fo r them, let him know t hat you

· are t he infalli ble inte rpreter of histo ry, that when you prem1se ; our rem arks w ith " It is our opinion" no one should clare gainsay the veracity of such an opinion .

In the sam e court, before t he same learned and "unbiasecln judge, another crim inal has heard the awful sentence of condemna­tion. The Religious Orders-no doubt the successors of those wh;) kept the smouldering embers of education alive during the clarl( ages and who as worthy imitators of thei r predecessors are striving to dispel the clark clouds of paganism that are gathering on the horizon of France-are condemned as dangerous enemies of France, not this time by the renegade Combes, but by the "unbias­ed" .ex-man of the Spectator. vVho would think that such gentle women as the Sisters of Charity and others appearing on this vale of t ears like ministering angels to alleviate the sufferings and mis­eries of life were terribl e enemies of the state deserving of no better fate than to be hounded from th eir ho.mes in a manner w hich would make a Saxon landlord blu sh? But they have no reason to com­p lain, fo r t he uunbiased" ex-man of the Spectator has an opinion and according to t hat opin ion they richly deserve it. vVell , 1\/Ir. Spectator , your opinion thoughtfully condensed into five lines of your est eem ed ex-column is as ref reshing to a student of history as the "Water Cure" is to a benighted P hilipino. Give us mo re of it;

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we are not afraid of condensed articles. We feel as secure in using them when you have your picture on the outside as if they had the l abel of the H ealth D epartment. Poor Cathollc Church! Poor R eligious O rders !! Poor Spectator!!!

Th e Saint J oseph's Collegian for May is as good as nsual ,which m eans that it is one of the ve ry bes t ex changes that has com e to our san t Hm during the month of our Holy Mother. " Vanity Fair" is ci n excell ent cri t icism of Thackeray 's best w ork, sound in thought, ·v ery_ orderly, fini sh ed in a polished s ty le and . inter esting from be-g inning to end . "Edgar A llen Poe" is full of novel and striking considerations on this genius of 'strange and m elancholy interest.' 'I he poem en ti t led "1\lf usic" is, in our opinion , far the b est poetical ,c ffo rt in t h e lVIay Collegian.

The l\1ay " D ial is, w_e think, more complete and contains better cont ributions than usual. Its differ ent numb ers we re interesting to t h e exchange world, but none more so than the last one r eceived.

WILLIAM J. MAHER, fo4.

-SILVER JUBILEE OF REV. A. L. BERGERON, NOTRE

DAME CHURCH, CHICAGO.

I n Septem ber , r865, R ev. A . L. Bergeron began his studies at S t . Viat eur' s coll ege. H e w as a m emb er of the fir st class of the classical course organized soon aft er his entrance into the college. O n e of hi s dist ing uished fellow students was th e Rt. R ev. l\IIon­signor L eg ri s, D . D. Father Bergeron was also one of the first stu­dents in t he ph ilosophy and div inity courses of the college and lent the fa culty th e aiel of hi s t a lents as a professor in this institution. T he r everend j u bilarian distinguish ed himself by his diligence and earnestness in st udy as well as by his tact as a t eacher, and thus gave prom ise of a successful ministry, twenty-five y ears of which he has just complet ed.

As t he glory of the child r eflects its lustre upon the parent, so, t oo, does the success of the student shed glory upon the institution w hich was so instrumental in drawing forth his latent powers and

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thus enabling him to utilize those opportunities which are given men to lead them on to noble achiev; ments. Hence it is that we­who constitute the rising generation of St. Viateur's students ad­mire that we may initiate and applaud that we may encourage, our· 1 redecessors who have come to an epoch in their lives ~nd are­forced to look back upon the paths which they have trod and to let their eyes rest upon the monuments to their zeal, activity and tal­ent that mark their onward course. From these retrospective­glances and the merited appreciation of those who follow as well as of those who ac<;ompany them, they cannot but renew their ener-· gies, gather fresh courage and thus · gird themselves to surmount those obstacles which would prevent them from multiplyi1i.g those· generous achievements which thus far have stamped upon their ac­tive lives the seal of success. As we admire worth wherever we find it and redouble our admiration when it is one of our own who· possesses it, we today, young students of St. Viateur's, eagerly unite our youthful voices to swell the mighty chorus which arises from the heart of Chicago in acknowledgement of the worth of our l1onored alumnus, the zealous pastor of Notre Dame, Rev. A. L. Bergeron. May his life in the future be in keeping with his life in the past; may the God of might strengthen his arms to continue the· efficient work in which for a quarter of a century he has been so 7ealously engaged and may the silver years which have occasioned his present jubilee ripen into the golden ones which shall place the· laurels of half a century of sacerdotal life upon his consecrated head. Such is the ardent wish of the students, faculty and presi­dent of St. Viateur's College as they congratulate Rev. Father Ber­geron upon the occasion of his silver jubilee celebrated at Notre Dame church, Chicago, on June 5th and 6th.

St. Viateur 's college was represented at the jubilee by our es­teemed president,Very Rev. M. J. Marsile,C. S. V. ,who responded to· the toast: "Bourbonnais and St. Viateur 's," by the Rev. J. E. La­berge, D. D., professor of Dogmati_c Theology, and by Rev. Dr. Rivard, C. S. V., Professor of Philosophy. Father Bergeron was presented with a purse of $r ,ooo, which he immediately donated to

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• P E RSONALS.

' Rev. J. ]. Cregan, C. S. V ., will spend ,a few weeks ' vacation at his hom e in Ottawa, Canada.

R ev. Dr. Rivard, C. S. V., accompanied Rev. Fatrrer Fortin, Kankakee, on a two weeks' trip on the lakes .

M r. 1\!Ioran, l\1atoon, Ill. , it1 company with his wife and other m emb ers of the family, attended the commencement exercises .

R ev. Bro. Senecal, in company with hi s nephew, Emile, went to Montreal , Canada, in the latter part of J nne, where they intend to spend their vacation.

l\1 r. J am es Sullivan, one of last yea.r's editors of the Viatorian, fini shed his firs t year. in Philosophy at Kenrick Seminary, St. Louis, l\tfo. S uccess to our worthy fri end.

Lawyer L. L egris, of Houghton, Mich. , and his brother, Lionel, of Assumption College, Canada, are enjoying a p leasant vacation ~,v i t h their famil y and friends in Bourbonnais.

In the catalogu e of th e Department of Medicine of Georgetown University we find the nam e of Mr. Daniel Hayden, who graduated h ere with the class of 1900. The Viatorian wishes success to its former exchange editor.

News from Butte, Montana, tells us of the flourishing condi­tion of Sacred H eart parish in that city. O ur sincere congratula­tions are offered to our worthy fri end, Rev. J. Callahan, the esteem­ed pastor of that congregation.

O f the students who r emained after the closing of school the following have gone to sp end tl~e summer at St. Mary's, Ill.: l\1'as­ters Charl es and Clifford Elfelt, Byron Castor, Alphonse Chalifoux, George Barrett , Florence McCarthy and Alphonse T eniVel.

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Rt. Rev. Monsignor Legris, D. D., pontificated at St. Joseph's -church, Brighton Pa'rk, on June 24, the feast of St. John the Bap­tist. Niost Rev. Archbishop Ouigley was present in the sanctuary :and Very Rev. M. J .. Marsile, C. S. V ., preached on the occasion.

Dr. Abner Niarcotte, Concordia, Kansas, a former student of St. Viateur's, was recently united in marriage to Miss 1\IIcCarthy, -Omaha, Neb. Friends at the college extend their felicitations to the young couple and wish them a long and happy life in the sweet bonds of matrimony.

Rev. C. J. Quille, assistant pastor of St. Mary's church, Chica­go, de livered the fourth of a series of lectures at an entertainment _given by the Holiy Family T. A. society . . We are pleased to se~ that our former popular student is taking his place among the rec­·ognized lecturers of Chicago.

Very Rev. 1\t:I. J. Marsile, C. S. V., attended the closing exer­cises of St. Charles parish sohool on June 23. He expressed him­~elf as being delighted with the entertainment and especially with the manner in which the youthful artists presented their beautiful operetta, the "Tyrolien Queen."

With sincere regret we are called upon to chronicle the sudden ·death of Mr. Fred Marcotte, of Kankakee, Ill. He died on Satur­day, July 4, and was buried from Bourbonnais church, July 7· The bereaved wife and family of Mr. Marcotte have our heartfelt sympa­thy in this their hour of sorrow: May his soul rest in peace.

Mr. J. Granger, '99, has successfully stood the examinations at Springfield, Ill. , for admittance to the bar. At present he is en­gaged in business with his brother, Lawyer A. Granger, one of the most successful lawyers in this state. Congratulations and best wishes to one of the former editors of the Viatorian.

Rev. L. J. Grandchamp, Crookston, Minnesota, one of our worthy alumni, delivered a scholarly and eloquent baccalaureate address at the commencement exercises of the High School of that..

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city11 We are pleased to know that the cit.izen?. pf l'v.IitJ.re?ota. l;;:tve thus worthily recognized the tale1i.ts of our estee.n1ed friend . . '• " .

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Mr. Everiste Marcotte, who graduated. with. the class of 1900,.

and who has since followed the study of law in Chicago., is visiting his family in Bourbonnais. .

. . . . We regret that his vacation was saddened by the destruction of

his home, w hich was burn ed to the ground on June 19.

-In the catalogue of students of the law department of the Uni­versity of lVIichigan, we read the nam es of Jwo of our former stu­dents, Mr. James P. St . .Cerny, who has fini shed his ti-}ird year, and Mr. Joseph 1\II. Callahan, who has completed his second year in the study of law. The Viatorian extends its best . wishes to two of its former editors.

Rev. Father Hayes, St. Rose's church, Chicago, was present at the commencement exercises . To sh \)w l; is appreciation of the­work clone for the students and to forward the good work, Father Hayes generously donated a gold medal, to be applied according to· the discretion of the Prefect of Studies. Father Hayes' act of en­couragement is high ly appreciated by the fa culty.

Rt. Rev. l\IIonsignor Legris, D. D., left for Canada last week. During his vacation the monsignor will travel through parts of Canada and the eastern states. We hope that this rest will benefit the eyesight of ou r esteemed benefactor, as he is under the treat­ment of an oculist, who forbids him to read any more than is abso­lutely necessary, on account of the delicate condition of his eyes.

Rev. T. ]. Gaffney, who was ordained from St. Viateur's col­lege in 1900, fini shed his post-graduate course at the Catholic Uni­versity of Washington this year. Father Gaffney, after success­fully passing the requisite examinations, received the degree of S. T. ;B. The faculty and other f~iends of Father Gaffney at St. Via­teur's extend to him their felicitations upon the successful issue of his studies at the University:

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In the death of Mr. lex. Caron, one of the mo t hio-hl re pe t­ed of the e teemed old ettler of Bourbonnai pa eel away to hi eternal reward. Mr. Caron endeared him elf to ·a ho t of fri ncl ;mel acquaintance by a life pent in the practice of hri tian vir­tue . Hi children and grandchildren were educated at t. Via­teur·' . The faculty extend to the friend of the decea eel their in­cere ympathy and an a surance of their prayers for the repo e oi hi oul.

During hi vi -it to Indianapolis, on the occasion of Rt. R ev. Bishop Chatarcl's ilver jubilee, the Very R ev. l\1. J. l\Iars il e, C. S. V. president· of the co llege, was princely entertained by 1\Irs. Reaume and daughters, the mothers and sisters of F rank and \\' il­liam Reaume, former students of St. Viateur's. \ i\!hil e there, Fath­er l\1arsile had the further pleasure of meeting Archbishop 1\Ioeller, pre ident of Washington L'niversity, who were also guests of the same distinguished family. ..

The forty-third annual commencement of 1'\otre Dame acad­e my, Bourbonnais, Ill., took place on the evening of June r8. Rt. Rev. l\!Ionsignor Legris, D. D., presided. The programme, every number of which was judiciously chosen, was rendered by the re­fined young ladies of the academy, in a manner ·which highly d_e­lightecl the priests , pr~fessors from the college and the other visi­t rs w ho filled the hall. O f the graduating class of 1903 were the following young ladies: l\1isses Anna. C. O'Hara, l\!I aiclie G. De Long, A lice L. W right, l\fabel Day.

COLLEGE NOTES.

Altars. The old mam altar was removed from the chapel and in it '3

place was erected a magnificent marble altar. On this, mass was celebrated for the first time on Commencement Day. The side al­tars in marb le will be erected during vacation and then our chapel,

o beautiful in design, so perfect in detail, will be complete. The new altar, composed of carrara marble, with onyx pillars, is a fault-

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· l es~ work of art and compares favorably w ith any work of its kind. The gracefu lly curved 'lvings remove from it all harsh lines and give

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to it a symm etry which is p erfect. Four angels in attitude of ador-ation towards the tabernacle wi ll be placed on thi0 altar. These , made specially to harmonize v-r it h the des~gn of the altar, in addi ­tion to the beautiful, a lmost life-sized marble statue of the Sacred Heart occupying the centr al position, wi ll make our sanctua ry as fitting an abode. for the Royal Captive of Love that dwell s there as the art of man is capab le of making it. A marble statu e of the B less ed Vi rgin wi ll be placed on the alt a r to the right and another marble statute of St. Joseph, holding in his a rms the D iv ine Infant, w ill occupy a p lace on the altar to the left. The altar railing,which will be p laced during vacation, w ill consist of g reen onyx and g ilt brass. The entire cost of these improvements will amount to $5,­ooo. The generous donors of these altars, statues and th e rai ling, with the exception of the donor of the a lta r of the B lessed Virgin, are members of t h e same family-a family whose faith delights in c:m bellishing the house of God. J\ifay He w ho loveth a cheerful ?iver reward thei r gen erosity a hundred fold and may the Holy Sacrifice offe red on those altars bring clown heaven 's choicest blessings upon them as a reward for their munificence and sp irit of faith.

Ordinations.

O n June r4th, R ev. M. ] . Lennartz , C. S. V., and Rev. S. ]. B rennock were elevated to th e holy priesthood at Kenrick Seminary St. Louis, J\ifo. F 'ather L ennartz made his studies in the classics,· J:hilosophy and theology, at St. Viateur's coll ege, and w hil e follow· ing his final studies, also taught mathematics and other branches in the collegiate department. Father Brennock pursued his studies as far as second year philosophy here and during- his stay taught several classes . Father L ennartz said his fir st mass in St. Viateur's church, and Father Brennock at Notre Dame church, Chicago, on June rs. The latter is for the diocese of Dallas, Texas , and the former has been appointed by his superiors to assist at St. Via­teur's church, Chicago. May success crown their efforts in their 1 espective fi elds of labor.

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On June 21st, Rev. M. Cotter and Rev. JVI. ]. Brennan were or­dained at JVI t . St. Mary's Seminary, Cincinnati, by the Most _ Rev. H. lVIo~ll e r , D. D . For the past three years, besides making hi s course in theology, Father Cotter was actively e~1gaged in teach­ing Latin , German and Evidence of R eligion at St. Viateur's . Al­though his ta lents as a· teacher shall be exerci sed in a new fi eld o£ <:> ndeavor and hi s kind-hearted fri endship w ill not be so immediate­ly felt, s till w e hearti ly congratu late Fath er Cotter and w ish him that success to w hich his many qualities entitl e him . F ather Cot ­t er celebrated hs fir st mass at Q uincy, Ill. , on June 29th , and soon aft er received an appointm ent as ass istant pastor at-] acksonville, l l l. F ather Brenna)1 made hi s class ical and philosophical studies here, and al so t aught . severa l classes, besides ?-bly fillin g the pos i­tion of ass ist ant prefect of th e mit:-tim department. A lthough sep­arated from us durin g th e pas t three years, w hile s tu.dying th eology at St. Mary's, the loving rem embran ce of th e kind-h earted and con­scientious Father Brennan is fresh in the memory of his fri ends at St . V iat eur's . Surely the littl e fellows w ho were th e recipients of his kindness w hen be w as Prefect Brennan w ill rejoice w hen th ey • hear t hat th eir amiable friend is now F ather Brennan. His fir st holy mass was celeb rat ed Jun e 28th, in St. 1\1 ary's church , Pittston, Fa. Aft er a short vacation in the Ea t , Fath er Brennan w ill be ass igned to duty in the diocese of Peoria, Ill.

Rev. E. JVI. H ayden was ordain ed priest July 2nd, by the R t . Rev. P. ]. O 'R eilly, D. D ., in St. JVIary 's cath ed ra l, Peoria, Ill. Fath­( r Hayden made his th eological studies here an d also fi ll ed t he chair of R hetoric and Litera ry Critic ism for one year , at St. Via­teur's college. D uring his st ay at the college Fath er H ayden made a host of fri ends by his st erling qualiti es of mind and heart. A l­though his abse nce shall be fe lt, still we do not hesi tate to assure c ur fr iend that we rejoice in his promotion. Father H ayden's first solemn mass was celebrat ed July 5th , in St . JVIalachy 's church , Chi­cago. I n his work in the diocese of Peoria, we hope that Father H ayden 's success w ill be in proportion to his efforts .

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• ·Retreat. O n the last week of June the clerics of St. Viateur, of the Chi­

-cago p rovince, assembled a t the college for their annual retreat , \Vhich began on Sunday, June 28th and fini shed on Saturday, July 4th . T h e exercises of this week of s il e~ce and prayer w ere con-­ducted by th e R ev. Father Donoher , S. J ., of Chicago. In the ab­sence of t h e P rovincial, Very R ev. A . Corcoran , C. S. V ., D. D., who w as confined to his room by a n attack of bronchitis, Very R ev. C. F ourni er, C. S. V., R. D., p r esicl,ed. The r etreat was broug ht . to a ·dose with t h e solemn and impressiv e cer emoni es of t he vows. B roth er s F . Sher idan , L. Comp ean, C. St. A mant, W . Cliffo rd and V . L e Clair took t emporal vows fo r fiv e years and Broth ers. Pet er B rown , T. Rice, ]. Corb ett , W. R em illard r en ew ed t heir t emporal -vows.

Summer School. The annual summer school for t h e m emb ers of t he order w ho

r emain at t he college during the summer vacation, w ill begin t his ) ear on J uly 21st , and close on Septemb er r st. It w ill be conduct­e el by R ev. Dr. R ivard, C. S . V . R ev. \ 7\l . ]. Bergin, C. S. V. , Prefect of Studies, and other memb ers w ill lecture on the best m ethods of t each ing th e various branch es . Thus by an inter change of ideas t he several t each ers w ill p rofi t by the act ual experien ce of each member, and better qualify themselves to excel in that art of arts-, t hat of moulding the souls of the young and forming them in ac­cordance w ith Christian princip les. The detail ed programme of the sum mer school is not yet completed, but is under the consider­C.J t ion of a commit tee appoint ed for t hat purpose.

Bas.e Ball Diamond. Th e coll ege g rounds have been let to the Brown s of Kankakee

for t h e summer season.. Several ex citing games have been played. T he attendance at t hese games is usually very large, our spacious g rand s tand bein g unable to hold t he crowd. Such p rofessionals as the E dgars, South Park; W hite Giant s and U nions h ave appear ed

. c.n th e diamond , to learn that it is a very difficult p roposition to make conn ections with Reilly 's twirl ers. J ohn H ickey is play ing ·g ood ball at short s top . So fa r , t he Brown s have lost only to the W hit e Giants, by a score of five to six.

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ATHLETICS.

St. Viateur;8; Morgan Park Academy, r.

C n May 9 the fast academy team from :Morgan · Park lined up .against the 'Varsity in the best game seen on the college field this year. Both pitchers received excellent support, but Capt. Martin was the more effective, allowing but six scattered singles. The in­field work of both teams was fast and snappy, McDonald, Sheil and T. Legris playing an especially noteworthy game throughout , while Atwood, at Short, and Garret, in the center garden, displayed a high degree of academy form. The contest was devoid of any de­tracting features, being played vYith a vim and dash which smacked ·of the professional.

Summaries: \

~t. Viateur AB R P PO A E Morzan Park A.:ad, AB R H PO A E

l\!lcDonald , 2b ... ·5 r r 6 r p Atwood, ss ..... ·4 o r o 7 o -Holland, lf. . . .... 5 I 2 I o o Stillman, p : . . ... 4 o o 2 2 o l\!Iartin (capt), p .. ·52 r r r o Shober, rb.. . .4 o o 13 r :J .Hi ckey, 3b ....... 4 2 r o 4 2 Newburn, c ... . ·4 r r 4 o o Y Leg ris, c ..... -4 o 2 6 o o Garrett, cf ..... . ·4 o 2 . 2 o o \V. Burke, rf .... 4 r o 2 o o Scott, rf . . . ..... 4 o o r o 2

J. Leg ris, rb . . . . 4 r o o 9 o Higgins, lf . . . ... 4 o 2 r o 1

.A. Burke, cf .... 4 o r o r I Thompson, 2b . . ·4 o o r 2 r Sheil, ss ........ -4 o r 2 3 o P. ergqui st , 3b ... ·4 o o o r I

Morgan Park .. .St. Viateur ....

o o o o o r o o o-r I 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 *-8

Two base hit , McDonald; stolen bases, St. Viateur, ro; bases ·e n balls: by Stillman, 3; Martin, 2; struck out: Stillman, 2; l\1ar­

tin, 6. Umpire, Maher.

St. Viateur, I I; Anchors, 7;

A second game was played with the Anchors on May ro, before a large crowd. Patenaude, slab artist for the third team , officiated for two innings, but was batte.d freely. He was reli eved in the

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fo ut~th by Sheil, who held the Kankakee sluggers at his mercy t hroughout.

~ummaries:

St. Viateur AB R H PO A E Anchors A B R H PO A E

1\'f cDonalcl , 2b .. . . 5 2 4· 6 2 o \Veaver, Ib . , ..... 5 o o 8 I o Holland , lf .... 5 I I 4 o I Ped ley, ;3b . . . ... ; . 5 2 I I 3 2'

Patenaude, p .. 2 I o o I o Ri chard , lf . . . .... 5 I I I o o 1\?Iar t in , ss . . . .. . . 2 I I o 2 o J es ~ el so n, rf .... 5 o 2 o o o Hickey, 3b . ... . . 4 I I 2 2 o And rews, ss . ··5o I 3 4 2

r1' . L egris, c . . . ... 4 I 0 5 2 0 Ziener, 2b . . . . . .. 5 0 0 3 4 2

\ V ." Burke, rf . . . .. 4 o I 2 o 2 Egloff, cf . . . ... 5 2 I 3 o 2

J. L egris, Ib .. .. 4 I I 8 o o Deneau, c . ... . .... 5 I 2 5 I Carey, ss . p. . . . . . 4 I o o o 2 Stevens, p . . . . . .. 5 I I o o c Sheil, ss . p. . . .. . 4 2 2 o 4 o

St . V iateur . . . . . . . ... I I 3 I I 2 0 2 *- I I Ancho rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 5 o o o o o o I- 7

Home run , Ri chard ; three base hits, H olland, W. Burke, J es­se lson; two base hits, McDonald, J esselson, Stevens; bases on balls : ~ h e il, 4; Stevens, I ; bases sto len: Pe dl ey, r; Egloff, 4; ·McDonald, 2; Martin, T. L egri s. St ruck c ut: P atenaude, 2; Shei l, 3 ; Stevens, 4· umpire, J aclcon.

St. Viateur, 5 ; Momence, I I.

The co ll ege team journeyed to f omence on May I7th to meet thei r old-tim e riva ls in a fast and interesting gam e. Th e playing of both teams was snappy and clean at all stages, but Momence ex­cell ed with the stick and succeeded in battin g out a well merited ', ictory . Up to the seventh inning neither s ide could obtain a con­clusive lead, but with T . Leg ris hurt fr om sliding home, IJ:artin 'sas compelled to ease up and th e l\1omence s luggers took quick ad­' antage to pi le up a tota l of eight at th ei r n ext two appearances. l\!IcDonald, at second, played the best game for the 'Varsity, and A . Burke brought cheers from the spectators by a beautiful one-hancl­l cl catch of a long dr:ve into deep left . H. Halpin and Morris fi eld­ed like profess ionals and were effective at the bat , whi le th e work of F . Halpin, in left , and B lake, behind the bat , was brilliant throughout.

Summaries :

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St. Viateur 'AB R H PO A SB E Momence AB R H PO A 8B E :M:cDonald , 2b .. 5 o I 2 5 o o Carey, rf . . . ... 2 o o o o o I O'Connell, rf. . . . 3 o I o o o I J\1 artin, p . . . ... 4 o o I 2 o I Hickey, 3b .... ·4 o o 2 I o o L egris, T., c ... ·4 o 2 I 2 I o Burke, vV. cf . .. -4 I I 0 0 0 0

L egris, J. , Ib .... 4 I I 2 5 o o Burke, A., 1£.- ... ·4 I I 4 I o o Sheil, ss . . . ..... 4 2 2 2 b I 2

St. V iateur. . . . -. . . . J\1omence ... ........ .

Halpin, F ., If .... 5 0 I 3 b 0 0

I: lake, c .. ...... 5 2 I I 2 0 0

Halpin , H ., 2b .... 5 2 3 4 2 2 I Morri s, Ib . . ... . 5 I 2 I 9 0 0

Marshall, cf . .. .. 5 2 I I 0 0 0

Shortridge, ss .. .. 5 2 2 I I I 2 ::\'[organ, p .. ..... 5 0 0 04 0 0

Boudreau , 3b .. 4 I 3 I , 2 I I Huko-vvski, rf .. .. 4 I I 0 0 I 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2-- 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 6 *--II

Two base hits: W. Burke, A . Burke, F. Halpin , Blake, Bou­dreau ; double play, A . Burke t o J\1cDonald; bases on balls: by J\1 ar­tin, 2; 1\llorgan, I; struck ouf ; Martin, 5 ; l\llorgan, 5; passed balls : L egri s, 2 ; Blake, ·I ; w ild pitch es: Martin , 2. Umpires, 1\ll aher·, Brassard.

St. Viateur's, 5; St. Vincent, 6.

O n June 6th the t eam traveled to Chicago, confident of gainin g­:1 victory over St. V incent, but were unab le to pile up enough runs to counterb alance the rank umpirin g of the Chicago man. The 'Var­~ i ty gave a li s tle ~s exhibition of base ball , the wo rst they have yet ::::hown, as their team work seemed to have been left at home for the occasiOn. Inability to hit at opportune t imes and especially wi ld t hrows were the means of throwing away a game w hich should have been won w ith ease. The honors of the day belong t o t he so­called Chicago " umpire," w ho was bent on making th e game a fct. r ce. In the eighth inning he proceeded to make hi s nam e famou s in th e annals of base ball. O 'Bri en w.as nipp ed at the plate by at kast two feet and the gam e proceeded, eve rybody judging it to be out. W hen H ennessy scOI-edlat er on McDonald's error , it was dis­covered that O'B ri en had been declared safe. Protests again st this bold robbery being in vain , th e gam e .was won, as St. Viateur fai led to show at their last appearance. St. Vincent picked but four scat ­t ered sin gles off Martin , w hil e thirteen succumb ed to hi s benders.

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• The fielding and batting of A. Burke and McDonald were the feat-t \res oLthe day, while Gorman threw a steady game for St. Vincent and Walsh, in center, fielded and batted cleverly.

Summaries:

St. V iateur AB R H SB POA E St. Vincent AB R H SB PO A E

l\.1cDonald, 2b ... 5 I 3 0 2 2 I Griffin, c .. ..... ·5 0 0 0 2 3 I Legris, T. , c .. .. 5 0 0 0 0 I I Brown, 2b .. ·4 0 0 0 I 2 0

Martin , p .. .... 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 Drabe, Ib . . ... ·4 0 0 0 0 I 2

Eick~y , 3b .. .. 5 I 0 0 0 2 I Gorman, p . . ... ·3 I I I I I l

Eurke, W., rf .. . 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 O 'Brien, ss . . . . . ·4 I 0 I I 0 I

Legris, J. , Ib ... ·3 I I 0 I 2 3 Hennessy, I'f .. .. I 3 0 4 3 0 0

B urke, A., If . .. ·3 I I 0 I I 0 l\1orrison, 3b .. • .. 3 I I 0 0 I I

Sheil, ss .. ..... 4 0 I I 2 0 0 \ i\1 alsh, cf . . ..... ·4 0 2 5 0 0

O ' Connell , cf ... 2 I I I o o o Donovan, rf .... ·3 o o o I o T

Earn ed runs: St. Vincent, 2; St. Viateur, 3 ; two base hit, A. Burke; double play, A. Burke to McDonald ; bases on balls: Martin, 6; Gorman, 3 ; hit by pitcher, Gorman, J. Legris; struck out by l\d:artin, 13; Gorman, 8. Umpires, Herbert and Maher.

St. Viateur, I; Kankakee Browns, 7·

St. Viateur favored the fa st Browns with. a game on Jun e 7th, :n place of the Chicago Maroons, w ho fail ed to put in an appear­ccnce. Sheil was on the firing line for the 'Varsity and was very ef­fective against the h eavy hitting professionals, but Reilly was well Pight invincible, allowing only four scattered hits, w hil e ten sawed the atmosphere. The other features were the fir st base playing of O'Connell and th e batting of L egris, Quinn an d H olcls·vvorth.

Summaries: St. Viateur AB R H PO A SB E K. K . K . Browns AB R H PO A SB E

l\1 cDonald , 2b .. 4 o o I 3 o 2 Holdsworth, If . 5 I 2 2 o I (J

O 'Conn ell , Ib .. -4 o o 3 9 o o Long, G., cf .... 5 I o 2 o o o Martin , ss . .... 4 o I 2 4 I I McFarland, 3b .. ·5 I ! 3 I o I Hickey, 3b . . . ·4 I o o 4 o 3 Long, J ., 2b .... . 5 I I o 2 I 2 B urke, VV., cf ... 4 o o o o o I Mosher, Ib . . . .. 5 I o o 6 o o Legris, c . . . ... 4 o 2 I I o o Doll, ss . . . . . ... 3 o o 3 2 o o Burke, A., If .... 3 o o I o o 2 Quinn, c .. .... 5 I 2 o o o o Sheil, p . . . ..... 3 o I I 3 o o IJeneault, rf . . . .. 5 I 2 o o o :::! Keely, d .... · . ·3 o o I o o o Reilly, p .... ·4 o o I 3 o o

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Earned runs, Browns, 3; two base hits, Deneault, Holdsworth; three ba 5. e hit , Legris; doub le play , Reilly to Long to Mosher ; bases e n ball's, Doll , 2; struck out: . Reiliy, ro; Sheil, · 5; passed ball , Quinn. U mpire, Griffin.

St. Viateur, 5 ; Armour Institute, 6. ·

T he gam e w ith Arn1our whi ch was postpon ed on account oi rain, vv as played off June roth . Th e coll ege team played ragged ball fo r th e fir st four innings and everybody but Armour nodded in ]Jeaceful slum ber. \ iV hen the co ll ege awoke in th e fif th , A rmour k d 6 to I , a lead w hich se rved to clinch the gam e for th em. In the ff th Sheil led off w ith a doubl e and four m ore safe swats by K eely , NicDonald , l\1artin and W. ·B urke brought in four ·sco res, but this f~.-1 s ill ade ended the sco ring for both sides . St. V iateur . had a show in t he nin t h , w hen Sheil and l\II cDonald rapped out safe ones, ' but clever fi elding by A rmour saved the cl ay. l\!I artin pitched a strong gan~e, but was mi serably supported, w hil e Slocum was easy, but w as bac ked up by fa st work in the fi eld.

Summaries :

St. V iateur A B R H SD P O A E A D R H SB PO A E

lV( c D on a 1 d, 2 b . . 5 o 3 I o 9 2 Hi II, 2 b . . . . . . . . . 4 o 0 I I I ('.

O'Connell , rb . 4 I o o 2 9 o l~ urclick, ss . . . .. 5 o o o 2 4 G

l\1artin , p . . . .. . 5 I 2 I 0 2 0 Stran a, Ib . . . . .. 4 0 0 0 I 8 0

H ickey, 3b . . . . 4 I o o 2 o I Peebles, 3b . . . .. 5 I 2 o 2 2 I Burke, vV., rf . . . 4 0 2 0 I 0 2 Farm er , rf . . . .. 5 o I 2 o o o

Ca rp enter , c .. ... 4 I I o o I : L egris, ·c . . . .. ·4 o Rurke, A ., If . . . . 4 o Sheil, ss . . . .. . .. 4 I Kelly, cf . . . .. . 4 I

0 0 I 0 I

0 0 3 0 0 Eve rhart , W. ,. If .. 5 2 I I I o o 2 o 2 4 I Slocum , p ... · .... 4 2 o o o 2 u r o I o I Everhar( E ., cf .. 3 o o I 3 o ·J

Earn ed run s : A rmour, I ; St. Viateur, 4; tw o base hits, vV. Burke, Sh eil ; bases on balls, O 'Connell, Hill, Carpenter , E. E ver­hart ; hit by pitcher , Strang ; struck out by 1\d:artin, 4; by Slocum , 6; passed ball, Legris ; wild pitch , Slocum. Umpire, Mah er.

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• St. Viateur, 4; St. Ignatius, 2.

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The season closed on Saturday, June I3 in one of the best games of the season. The Ignatians were reinforced by Gertenrich, the state leaguer and a pitchers' battle ensued, in which the hon­ors were even ly divided. Each t eam made six hits , but the 'Varsi­ty slammed the leather at opportune times, which won for them the game. St. Ignatius was never dangerous, although they played .::t

~nappy game. :Martin carried off the honors by two remarkable stops at short and by effective stick work.

Batting average for members of team who completed the sea-~on:

:McDonald. . . ... Martin.... . . . . Sheil ......................... . O'Connell .. .... ... . ... .. .... . T • T . Legr1s , . . . . . . . . . . . .................... . Burke, \'Al . .. . ....... ... ................... . IZeely. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Burke, A ................................. . Legris, J. . . . . . . ...................... . Hickey ........... . ................... .

Season's Scores.

per A.B. H. cent.

so 20 -400

44 I4 ·3I8 4I I3 ·3I7 I6 4 .250 24 6 .250

45 IO .222

9 2 .222

33 7 ' ,2I2

24 5 .208

45 ? .I 56

St. Viateur . . . . . . . ........ I3 Anchors . .. . . . . . ......... 2

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. . . . . ·' . . .. .... I4 Onarga Seminary ... .- .. . ... I 5 .... . ..... I I Lewis Institute. . . . . . . . . . . . 5

. . . . . . . ... . .. .. 8 l\.Iorgan Park Academy . . . . . . I

.... . .. I I Anchors. ... . . . 5 Momence. . . . . .. 5 St. Vincent. . . . . . I Kankakee Browns 5 Armour Institute .. 4 S t. Ignatius. . . ...

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7 6

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Junior Ba~e Ball Team.

In the annals of Junior athletics there hav e been many good -base ball teams and many select Senior teams hav e returned from ihe south diamond minus their scalps. But this year the Juniors had the audacity to come to the Senior diamond and challenge the second team. They played severa l games and often the Juniors re­turned with vi dory per ched on their standard. P erhaps the most ·daring challenKe was that 1;1ade to the crack team of Kankakee H igh School. O ne game they lost in Kankakee on a very miserable diamond. The High Schcol boys th en cam e to our grol.mcls and the Juniors, a ll under sixteen, played as if the future of_ the world ·d epended on them. E . Sta ck, our pitcher , proved a veritable enigma :o the boys . A few scat te red hits and costly errors gave the High Schbol seven runs, w hile our boys s lugged th e horse-hide ov er th e club house and through the trees fe r eleven runs . A ll play tl1ei r positions in superb m anner , but spec ial m ention should be mad e o£ F. 1\!l: unsch, t he star left fi elder ; J . Monahan , the crack short s top, and E . S tack, th e phenom ena l pi tcher. Th e line-up \vas as · fol­lows : A . O'Conn ell , r st base; E . Stack, p ; \ !11. Foley, 2nd base; J. L egris, c; J. fo nahan , ss ; B . J\1cCarthy, 3rd base; F . Munsch , 1f ; W. M aguy, rf ; F . Smith , ct ; substitutes, L. ·campion and C. K atz -·cnb erg. J. J. B.

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Field Day at St. Viateur's.

(R eport in verse of the g reat stone throwing "contes t," the

m ost interesting event of the clay) :

C OOLEY w as the: e, and Michael H ayes,

And Charl ey, Jim and B ill. Shure, Mike w as good at putting the shot,

· B ut Cha rlie was b et ter still.

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So they agree upon a day

To settle the dispute,

With Dooley dow n as refer ee,

And a fair-s ized crowd to root.

Shamus stepped up to the line,

And, ba lan cing the bowlder,

H e put it forward fift y fe et,

vV ith hi s brawny arm and shou lder.

Then Charlie came w ith fac e so sweet

A nd pretty to behold,

A nd put the stone full fifty-two.

As he oft en did of old.

Next Colonel Bill took off hi s coat,

A n d, balancing the we ight,

He t hrew w it h all hi s m ight and main

A nd put it fift y-eight.

T h en Michael H ayes st epped in th e ring,

W hile t he r:: row cl did loud applaud ,

A nd stood there lik e a soldie r brave,

\ iV ith chest and shoulders broad.

One step forward and one st ep back

And forward he sent the shot.;

As there arose a rin g ing shout-

] ust sixt y to the clot.

Now M ichael walks w ith lordly a1r ,

A nd wears a beaming smile.

A nd over hi s great victory

I s thinking all the w hile. E. J.P.

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