ST. V IATEUR'S CoLLEGE JOURNAL. LECTIO CEI-tTA PRODEST, VAH.IA DELECTA'l'. Seueca.

VOL. I. BOURBONNAIS GROVE, ILL FRIDAY March, 2 1883 No. 1.

SALUTATORY. For the first time in tlle history o f St. Vh te ur's Col­

k~re we come torth to-<l :1y with the first issue of this b , . w

liLtle Journal, of exceedingly modest pre tensiOns . e h:we ueen actu=<tcd to 1U: dw this exper iment Ly the purest and Lest moti vcs; not, indeed, to g tin _the praise a m! demand the ac:knowlcdgemcntl:; o four eon li"er es, who

ar~ eng •gee! iu v;1riou;:; boor;; of th is kind. It would be forei<Til to common sense :md mueh more

"' l ' to t:Jn·iEti:ln v irtue to ~krt a little p:: pcr in a Ct1Lllo IC

Collc<re to show torth <mr v::mity, .if not our w:1nt of skill, 0 l .

iu eDcie wouring to eontns t om litter:1ry pwc nctwns with tl:wse of the grc •t mind,; of thc .. chy, of whom the Americ:1.n press nny well !Jo~st; e:opect:1lly ;;o well <tw::re of t he all-i mport·IJlt f' •ct, t ll:1t o ur en<Jrb, no matter ho w

good , a rc, ne ver thelc:s:<, the olf':;pri1~g of the Loy :mel not. the mnn-tlte rc;:;nl t of p:ll' t i:d iipphc:ttLOn , cl epnved 01

th:t t vast b ulk of experie nce, th:1t the ne11·spnper literati require ~mel pOS.5C<'S. A long felt want -a :-timuhnt to nruu,;e the torpi cl feeling~ o f the orclin:1ry s tudent; to

ly '-'11nself to liter :1ture in it.~ v:lrio usiG\~:.IJ : n'tmcnt.s-:l PP u · r tu extcllfl to him a meclium by whi c!J he m:1y IJe iiiJle to ~cc hi:; own produ ctions on jPpcr, :1ml t lterelJy tvrm a cr iterion or his own aiJ ility m ·•y be s:~ i < l tv lJe tlw prit:­cip •l c , n~e of tmcl ert:l king this t:Lsk-, ple·1s:wt, prub:tbly,

llllt yet :lCCum p·111ic<l with m:my l:~l> ors. . ln t lti:; century, espcci:dly , nt the present tim e, the

import :nee of Engli;.;h Compo~ ition uo one cnn <len?·· K 11 uw le<lge b now so di ll'use<l-edn c·1tion m :1 y IJe s:11cl to he the acqnirement of-: ·ll, :mel no ngent is more po ­t 'lit i:t eontruling the mi11 fb of Lite 11l:1SSCs th:1n the fi ·ce untr.; mrnelled pres:; of thc ' n :~ tion: :;o mn ch so, t h1t tl:e n e·.,·~ p peri ,; c::llerl the "iu:;trnctor ot' the mul titncl c;;" . .A~Hl ju;.;tly ,: s 1i'om its ecmelu"' ion::; mostly :d!n.cn, po~­

~e,~'1110' either :1 hi O'h or med inm edu e:1tion , fonu th eir . ' ' 0 0

0 : in ion~ if not thcir. con v ietion;o. The f'e ience of' compo~ i tion wh.cn comp:-recl with tl 1e.

o :hcr scicnc·e:< o f the d '.Y y irld:' to no ne in Ftlpi ri ori ty i :1 ns mu ch "Sit is :1 li ving pr: c Lic: d seicnce- n perpetu­

~ 1 PtnTent f(.>r rliff'tt~i11g om thonghts ~ nd ~~ ll~ ~ uniting continent with cont inent :l lld nn n w1th Jus tello11· men 110 m:1.ttcr wh" t rli st nee ll1 " .Y :<ep- r:1 tc them. Jl e who c .11 110 -.v wiPH :1 f 1c: i!C' , skil fu l pe:1. wlw c:m f'C:lttcr hro·l d­

cas t Llle l'ruit of " hc.LlLhy ur:.iu, or ~L fe rtile illl :l gilutivn

colored aucl embelishecl with nrt, ~nch a nt:ln can contL nn'1lly command the attention of the A meriea.n people, can ingratiate himself into their affection, into their hear ts. To the objections, that might be rn.isecl by each one itS having no neees:;; ity to learn to write for the Press, we wou lcl s:t.y to such, t)nL occasions musL occur in the lives of all, espeehlly. in tbis cge-and more espe<::i:llly to us C:1tholics, who must st-lncl up and ple::tcl 110t phy­s ically,· but intcllecttplly, f(Jr Lhe doctrin cs·oft!Jc Chnrdt :1.nd d e fe nd her ri o·ltt.-~ ~g • ill~t l1cr nun ;<cTou s cne111ies t!Jns show to t he hoELile world th :1 t ~h e is :1 n iu sLitntion ol'Divine origin :md not hunvm :1 ;; l\l:iC:lllley would hn.ve it.

A second~ry but not nnilti]lor t:lJlt eonsi<l era li on h~s

n.lw g ive n exis tence to thi:;; li ttle .i ourml. Jn a college of thi~ kincl ,how nnny w u·m att·w ltmcnts spring np

-how mcny Loncls o f frien sllip nre f\>rmccl-whi elt even ·a lite time c:Hu .otse ,rcr.l n t he promotion and eontinn~ n-

ce of this, tlte ".Joum,.l" sh:1ll :llw·:1ys be :1n incentive. lL sh:1 ll Le h~ ilccl lJy :1 ll \\-~ trust with plen::;u rc,-tbosc, who are y et with us ·ns well :1~ t.h(•;oe, who !Ja ve t~ ken their r :1.nks in tb e bn~y h:' llll ts (lf life: olle ring to tl1e former th e consol~ tion of knowing th eir del cumpnn ions nrc well , :wei to t lte latter ncting in the c: llJ:l City of a "swift winger! mef'I'Cnger" l>e:J nng ticlit,gs <•f the old fi · i eml~ _yet nt :->t. Vi:J tC' nr'8. Suelt nrc Lhe \Jb,iects of the " ,Juurnnl" . \Yi th these two motiv e;; only we ~enrl it f(, rth to the ~ tucl~:;,nts nne! friend s of thi;; in ;;ti t ut ion to receive their p:• truJ1:'gc in a ceorrhnce with its cle;;erts: with these ol>je('b on ly in v ie w we ~end it ivrth tu th e puiJli c: in gcnCl·: •l, · to <>tu'

College :•s;;oei :l te;; who :1 r e cng:1gecl in the like h !Jors t ru ~ting, tint t bo.<e '"ho m~y be inclined to be cri t ieil l will t re :• t u~ kindly :' t the Lcginning, nn e! nt lc:Jst, gi ve u~ n. eh:, uce to li Vl', nn<l tl 1enee gww and Jl~ uri ~h .

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- Ev\'ry thing goes! - Fr:1 nklin is clcnd 1 Who killed him ?

-The future rivals oftilosson ::mel Sexton-the two

·' T vms" . - " Paul Wilstil ch is certainly not t he lan kest Loy in

the house; neither is Tom Gibbons", so soliloquizes IJo­g:l n in one of his mentnl abcrrntion ~ .

-Dr. "Grime:; s:~ys. that measels are lhtLening'' . One

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,. : t:,u l'rof~ i11Lc't l<b to <li ~pntc h i•J p ropositi on, c:m1ps h ·;: ~ i Ct)ll pitdt\',J ttnd :t. i.J :t.tlk will Cl:rt:diJly l.'llliliC.

- \\ ' ·•~ld n ;..: t.on's ! J ir thd:~y i ~ p:1f;t,. , , · 1

- '.'>ho S>l it\ th>lt ~)t. l'ILt ;·ielc'~ tl:1y w:1s [1flSSCd? I\t t

l ' :•t ~'UlJi V>lll 1 f Ji PIJC' .

- 1 I' >W doli gh t!'u! it i8 to 8CC l'" !J'I. C(Jllling " I"OlllHl 0('­

tY>Kiu!l:1 \l J! unu migltt Cxc hirn, il'!te ~:wr \'Villi0 1\iiVCJ')'j ,

ln:-;t, t.hursrhy. - Who own;:~ t.h o~c liLLlo 1logs in the colhr? a::;k~ Frn.nk l 'cri(lli:t witll emotion. - WIJ:ct n. sensitive sol!! th:tt boy must h:we over wltu~e hcnll n lwgc ·cow-bclllllnst be ru ng three eunsccu­ti vc times to n.ruuso him from hi~ noeturn:cl rever ies! Tlio re . i~ more truth Limn poetry in th:ct "C.:il.JL;'' -Willie Co;mcrs of Jol iet has n. dr:un:ttic tnrn of !lli111l. li i~ imi tlttions of:t grc: tt <~c tor nrc admir:cLle. -Who sni•l Wi llio 1\o:wh wns not t> t ncl iot!ti? lt, ccr­t :t inly, must hnve Lccn Juh1my Lyneh. -" D:•n Mackin" is the lire aml suul or s·ociauility. Good <jl!,.li t ies, Dnn. - Gh>trlcy Cameron is rcprcsentcc1 rts the Lcn n-ic1c:tl eh:mwtcr ol Pede's t:un . , Chnrlcy th:~t wou't 110.

-At the great "8polliug l3ce" tlwt tool;: phcc btely of which F . MeAt!liffc nn<l T. Giubcms 1Yerc the l<.in.clcrs, t.i:<..: ~ itl c v !' the l ~~Ltcr \\' ~1 8 victorious. 'f'hcf;c who di8tin­gui~li L·il tLC!II~l'lYC'~ were 1\ l<-s~., C:tlkt, Ticmcy,J)yrncs :l) •t ! r('~ntll' , p:lrticnlar ly the l:n; t.

The'' 1\IeK~<n c Gold l\1o<l :tl" gi en :1n nu :ll l.Y [( ll ' the l>cst Engl i ~h Cunq,o::d ti utl_ j,; llU W Llie <Jhjcd uriutere~t [(;r Llt e rltctoric i-tns.

The " J;ostcr Gol1l Mctl:i l" nn ~ 11nu nJ prize fur the Lt>st Englibll stu ll ~;n t, edls o,n tile !::icn.iors to m:1 ke rescn.rchcs. Thl: "l\l:l ir" ~ tu c1cmts will be ghcl toheartl.wt Father F < ,, t.cr, th eir old ih verite pwfcssor lns prcscntc<l them with a goltl mcch l v.l.! tl '.J<l ·cG :t_2iJ . 00 to IJc tletem1 incd l >y excellence in composition.

The Novitiate, nm1er the gnicling-h'l.nd of Very V.cv. F:ttller Fournier is grn.d nn.lly extending n.n<l ere long mn.y ri vnl mn.ny an older institution, in order, tliscipline nncl the number of its members.

Last week the college Ljbr~ry received an arl.ditionnl <lonn.tion from Att. J. vV. \Vils t 'LCh of V tFn.y ctte lnd. The

, most r cnin.rknblc ofthese boolcs is the "Opera Scnecae" printed in 1605. gThe book formerly b elonged to one of the Catholic colleges of Germany, coniisc::~,tcd by I3ismn.rk during the ln.tc snpprcssion. F or tbis n.nd simi­ln.r favors Mr. Wilst'icll has tl.te sincci·e thanks of the

College. An imposing ceremony took phce at tl.tc N ovitinte on

the 3rcl inst. it being of the event of four ymmg men t'ilc­ing th~· relig ions hn.bi t and entering as members of the congregation. The ones r eferred to arc Mess. E. Rivard,

,J,;s. r ~e :·g(,r(n1, .1o:<. C:~gllou :Llltl K Cawn. ~l .cy h:cppi­ncc:~ :. Lt<:wl L!Jcn1.

Jll ct<.". l'. '. CotJW" '.Y a n<l •T . . r .. Mi•her ltav u ruturnvd i'rnlll n. tditd 'l. vi~iL to Lhcir l't · i·~w l ~ :tL N<;vnd n, Til.

Vr;.,JI, .l. q,t ill il r•:Uil·,,e .l l· s L wee ~;., i'ru1u l1i1J vi ~ iL to Sprin;:-' c: I.

. ,J, ., .. l\dly widws .to j o in the dra.IHaLie d tt!> . H· .1. S:tdl iur 1llll1 1\ mul'l!tiU Ur: tng(.;.r ::re Couul:;e]uTti o [' the Svt·i ;L.Y ui" (,lie ~:>e r <.Jd l1u:t. rt.

T . F . G iU>ons li:ts cntcrc<l tb c commcrci:tl m·cna nnd tmns:wls l t. on: lH I<>iness Llwu t111y of'tlw ~clliors.llc rcctcls !J Ol1lC!' lluring lci;; ltl'e Ill OillCI\ts. · A:ll••ng the hL,: mriv::ls :tt the college we ilncl Jos. and .l'l.uscs l>upnis who h:til front V irg inia C iLy, Mont:m<1 Tcr.

F11r ; '~'d 'L or :-; p ~ cc m:my pcrsonn.ls .. n.rc vmi.Ltc1l this w...:ek awl Lhe t: ext i ~s u e will cout:tiu them.

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]{cv: C. 1''. Foster '81 olliciatcs nt ::it. John's cltu rch Chil:ago.

!~ev. A. H. Boccklcm:mn 7.", 1:; P:1 sLur a L Lhe C:tthc­

<lral Ft. WayDc, 1nll.

Hev. cf: tti. Kehoe 81 pcrliJrm :;; p:1stur:d d uties in LcxiJJi:'ton, Ky. _

l tc v .. Jo:;;. Lcs:tg-0 7~ s ti ll rcmainsPnstorof'St. Geur­gc8, 111.

R ev .. To~ . Jloll:n :t.un 80 wa;; btcly nppointcll .Pastor of Sag, J lls.

Ee 1·. 1'. J. Tin:m 78 officintcs in St. Pins, Chic:1go.

Rev. A. Ue;·gcrun 80 i ti I' astor v f U:mtcno, 111.

Hcv. T. N . Kehoe 82 is located at the Cathedral of Covington, K y .

Rev. J\1. J. I-<'itz:::limons 79 assists at the Catl.tedml, Cllic::~,go.

Rev. E. G. Grifiin . 82 preaches t(• the people at Elgin,

IL\. Rev. N. N. Gosselin 82 is sW.tioncdinAshbnd , Ky. Mr. Thco. Kownlinsky ol' Momence, l ll. entered tl•>e

Novitiate last week. A . E. L egris A. B. 81 is slowly recovering. T heo. Peifer · 80 acts us 1lcpnty County Clcrck i u

Lincoln , Ill. P . H. Dn.lton 79 lceepsbooksfor the N . IVestcrnHoll­

ing-mills, Chicago. P. C. Clifforc1 R2 is r end ing lnw in Chicago. P. J . Corbly is a mcchnnic in the Ill. Cent. R R shops

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The h~t ti •rtn ig ht 1'he p:1lll\I:tll Gn.zciie hns pu l•li ~hed

t 11·,, p· ' pPrS Oil J. 1ncr icau ju ll rn~t lism. · Thi~ r:Ltl ie:d p:1pcr,

c.l i Led .'Y Illr. .John :Morl~y, i~ usually Hut \leu~ely ig­Jt"rant euw.mruiug A merican ;cf'f:\ irs, :wd is usn:dly nu t w ltully ille:tp:~ulc uf inteHit;·c:nt criti c i ~m of A meric:m v tt:t ir:;. ln ttu~c rc:-<vci.:ts it is ;m cxcepLiun ~u th e Engli~h t • re~s. Igaor:tJtee of A mcric:m politic::.l :md soci:d life is JtoL n f:H:t uf t he E ngli.s%1 1p~nd lmly- it is an instillct of tl :e English mind. However, t his i;; no (] isp:n\tgcmcnt of A Ht crie:m poli tic:\! n.ml' sochl lite: T he Eugl ish mind is igm,r:mt of n.ll peoples except just themselves. Certain l tutions lnve iml::cddcd tilcm:;clvcs iu tlw Englioh under­st:tmling uf Amer ief.n life. Over nnd uv oT ng:1.in the p rcf.Cllt winter h :J.S ~n :tskcd t his precise qnc{:tion : "All your people live in bo:<rding-hou«c.-<, do they :not? A gcntlcn1:tn n~kcd once, in a Loudon drawing-room-­nml he w:;s n b'<'Dtlcm::m of inform:1tion nnd cult ure : " Do the wdvcs di~turb or nnnoy your li !'e very m ncb i n CltiC:lgo J;ow ?" But wh:;t can yon expect of a people who~e gcogr:! plly of the v;orld b t:ltlglt t in its schod :; !Jy nn :·lths well :;s 1 s:1 w i il t he hands of n school-girl n . l itLlc whil e ngo? T here ·wen:l b this ntl:ls sixteen m:1p~; ten of thc~c WPrc giver. to Grc:1t Hrit:ti n flnd lrebml , and the other six to the rest of the world! Th is is a fair cxpres~icm of an n.vemge Englbhmnn's cstimrt.tc of the rehtivc signiflc:mce of Enghnd among nations. 1''o E w··lishnmn can sec or UJ](1crstand the l:l; snTdi t.y-~. ­

(1,·,~1, the tlownright comiea li ty-'-o'f The London Til~cs pt!l.>li:-l:ing e'.~CTY morni11g fcu r cditnrbls D \ C~ :; urcd

1 ,1· y:ml,·tit:k. \Vh.'1!.eY<'r t he s1; Lject of the cc1itni:1l, its i;;;i;ortnncc or its insigniDc:>nco, it is ~ l v;ays j ust about n c(llmrm :-mel OJJc-cir_:;·bth long. V.'l1:1tcver t ile no\\-~ of tlte w0rl<l, there al·o (ll w:; ys just four of these cditori~ds

Tl:csc ~rro.'l.t LO:i(1on cl:Jilies and the provinci:! l new,:­p: <pcrs ·~re on ly politien l org::ill' . . T l1ey · <leal only wit h p ol iLics n.nc1 very conSl)ienons t:ocirtl questions. Herein b the secret of their iguor:mce of tbe Americ·m daily p:tpcr. Here ::,re society pn pers like T rut h :mel T he \Vorld;comicpnpers like Pnn ch .J ncly, and others; por­tin~ 1;rcpers1 commercin l prtpers, ngr icu l'~nr:<l pnpcrs­o:tch limited to the tre;,tment of spechl fields. TLe A mcric:tn tb ily p:q)Cr is n U in one. It is The London Times, Lloyd's c\ev1'8, The \Vorld and Pnnch all in onc-~nt1, :1s n rn lc, f1S goofl :2s nll p u.t togcLhcr. T here b not in all E11gl:ln(1 rt proll incirt l p~pcr t ltat is m ucll more u~n an ad vcr t ising nbcct. T he loo'l l }Ytpcrs cm:­t ::in n, very b ricfsnmm·cry of fore ign news, n.m1 uswyJly ()11C hborionsly -written ]C.'l(lCr of :1 column's length, Or n 1. le· : ~ tth m·cgn htion l.engt h which these pn.pers nffcct-­~ colnmu nnd about a,n ciglPLh. T here is 1;0t t'O bright

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n.ml fu ll a mornil lg' p:l]H1T i.a l,ondon ni-l , for iul:ft:rnee, T he 1'-l'ew York !lcrnld or The C!Jicngo Trihm;e. T here is th is, however, tu be s:tid to the credit of :tl l liier:tr y writing in Engl11nd: It is litcrn ry . T he i<t..Y lc of t-he editori als in The Lonclun St:< ndn.rcl is :1s stmlied ful icitous as an essay in cri ticism. T here is often , if not commonly, an immn.­t u\·ity of sty le in the wr iting on the Americnn press th:~t

is not wor thy of t he subject trc;tt cd, nor oftllc intcllect­n: tl trmt.mcnt of the ~ultjoets iJ1 Lllnd. Tho L:•Lin rnccs excel in t bc nsc of qu:1litat iv c hng11flgc ; nnd more nnd

more the best wri-~rs ::!J1rl 'spe:tkcrs in Eng l:tnd g unrd themselves in tltc n~c of adjgciivcs n.nd ad verbs. There is n d istinct s ign i fic:~ tion-oftr.H n stndi ed nncl precise ~h11de of'thOllglrir-illtcudcd and conv eyed by the usc vf qu.rtli t:ttivc pl!r :1scs in England , which on.e mi~scs in

A rncrican wTiti11g :md ~peaking. T o illustrate : tl1c pre­sen t wri ter ]le,1nl y onug hoy from Mnry l :l nd ~J)caking,

a lmost in the s:tmc sentence, of nn cleg:mt d rcs~ , n.n clc­t,r:t n t spcecll , an clcgn.Jlt l:tndf.C·:tpc, :l!ld nr. ekg:~nt picld c . T he s1:pcrb tive i ~ n~cd fi-vo times iE A n1crica where it is m cd once in Er~g-l:md; and n wdl-bretl EngUshmn.n never 11 sc~ t he pwil.ivc i[ he c:m well use t he ncg:ttiYe form of exprcsl'ion. a:~.thcr i b:m R~Y :1. t hing is very good he willusu:1 Jl y $'.Y" Jt is not ll:1d. " An Engli ~hm ,'< n dreads ovcrstntenwnt, :n :d sn .. ,pcct.> it in. ot-hers. l\feu who 8jJcnk in divers tongn<·s tell ns t hey c:m s:ty more in fewer wonis in Euglish t l! ~n in ;ny oth er l:l ngurtgc. T he com­m ercial t rn vclcr is f:1F t getti ng t his br evity of speech cl own t o a fin e point. 1Hst.cn.d offull y c:xpr<'ssiJ tg :, n idea by a fini~hctl scntc:1Cc, :lll Eng lishmnn 1'\B twlly seeks on t n. mere in ti m:; tion of h i::; mcani11g. Il is hnLi t is dctcr­minc<l ty the speech oft be English n c]mil;:~1 l to t:he F rench commn.ml cr , 11·ho c,'l.mO to hi:; flc1Jt t o P-urrcnclcr , and wlto with Frcueh conrt<'sy ·to express h is humili:ttion: "Get ab o:nd and uo fn ss !"

I n j onrnn lism, the Engl ish n1ind c~nnot _nn dcrstand

thn.t writing can be both ·weighty :mc1 om :ik Out of this fhet come the 1':•11 . Mn ll Gnzette's thc•Tonghly -wide-of­t!.lc-mark cr itici:;m of Amcric>tn newsp:t.pcr.

f{opEHT LAuw CoLLI ER.

N ctrc. D:!IDC co·nv ent. To m:my of our outside roaclGrg it may be ri mPtk r

o f no srn ~ ll news to infoi·m them th,tt t he Sisters of Notre D.tmc hn.ve a very flourishing institution here. Constructed with nll tbu modern improvements'~l:trge nud cqmmodions, nevertheless , ~ lnt ely t)1e -number of; pupi ls i n attendance hns been so !urge, t h:tt another wing which is nlready begnn will soon be Mldcd .

.A t p resent the pupils nuinber nbont 60 bo:lllders and 100 d:1y -schohrs. vVe wish tlle Convent tllt.t success which it dc~cnes .

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