VOLUME 25 NOVEMBER 1907 NUMBER 2

DEDICATION . DAY ~'i"'i"'!:'=""--. n UESDAY, Novernber 5th, \vas a gala clay for Bourbon-

nais and a memorable one for St . Viateur's. W hen the deep toned v illage church bell rang. out the morning angelus the village awoke fronT a shlmb er of peace to a sight of .joy. W orship ers could be seen early w ith rev-

erent st eps making their way to Maternity church for . h ere the day's festiv ities vvere to begin. An hour before the opening of the serv ices ushers took their stations and it was not long until they had _-c ity folk and rural r esident, sunny yoitth and ve11erable age n eighboring one another closdy in the press fonroom. At nine o'c lock th e choii- chanted the opening anthem and w hen the first soft strain's of the ent ry march stol e from th e organ loft a long line of altar boys an d clergy followed by the~ R t. Rev. P. J. l\{ulcloon started to move si l ~ntly and rever ent ly up th e center aisle of the church to t he sanctuary. vVhen th ose w ho form ed the procession had taken their p laces the R ev. A . l\~Iainvill e began the sacrifice of the mass with R ev. F. Carih er ;and R ev. J. Lynn respondin g as deacon and sub-deacon. At th e close of the gospel Bishop J\,t( uldooi1 came forward to the altar rai ling a nd th ere with al1 the ardor of an earnest soul delivered a sermon that was most helpful t o those whose work is educational or w ho:5 e aspiration is learning. The Bishop was poeti cally ingenious in a comparison instituted b etween the inhabitants of Erin who were wont to light their torches at the national Easter fire and students attendirig Cathoiic colleges where they go to lig-ht their 1nincls w ith the fires of knowledge ai1d faith.

The people had scarcely left the cln1rch when the i11orning trains brought -another throng of visitors and in a few moments the large court separating the, buildings was a scene of gladness, .with friends exchanging greetings and felicitations. Members of the faculty met the _visitors and escorted them to the va1~ious dei)art-ments. Besides the architectural beauties of the buildings ai1cF the attractive outlay of the. grounds other points in which the visitors found special interest were the parlors, science halls, conserva-tory of music and class rooms. . ,., ~

At one o'clock the clergy and laity went to the banquet hall

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where a specia~ spread arranged by the c~llege chef wa! prepared f@r them. Dunng the banquet the college orchest_ra rendered sev-eral selections. When all had dined on the rareties of the table the Rev. P. C. Conway arose and in his naive humor which made the walls of old St. V iateur's resound w ith laughter and mirth announced in tt1rn each of the speakers at the banquet. In re~ sponse to the firsc cau the Rev. P. J. Tinan ,arose and .with admir-~bl e adroitn ess told of the labors of "Our Archbishop" in the

s t~te 's m etropolitan see. The next speaker was the V. R ev. J. Cavanaugh C. S. C. His position as h ead of a great university en-abled him to speak w ith forceful insruction on "Our Univer it ies." A savory fea ture of the toast was the choice spread of epigrams t~at adorned it. In the toast "OJur Seminaries" V. Rev. P. V. Byrne C. l\r1. , t old w ith stirring earnestness of th e noble work done in semin ari es and of t he growth of these institutions in this coun,.-h y . . F ollow ing l.:,'a the r Byrne ca me R ev. F. B. Cassilly . S. J.. 1vho in his theme " Our Colleges" gave those assembled an instructive d iscourse on th e nature of a Cathol ic coll ege and of the advantages to be had therein. Interest w as kept unabated w hen R ev. Z. P. Berard w it h his suave delive ry and soulful expressions told of the clevo,tion and loyalty that li r!ked th e ((Clerical Alumni" to their Alma Mat er. H is g low ing tribute to the work the reti'red president and his pledge of loyalty to the new director were received with loud app lause. "Our L ay A lumhi" was th e next toast and Mr. H . Ruel carried the audience over th e scenes an d inc idents of s tudents' days. The reception given Rev. J. J. Shannon w hen he rose to speak on "Our Friends" was no unusual greetin g for those w ho have heard Father Shannon before knew the treat in store for them w hen he )iVas to _speak. H is survey of the devotion shown St. Viateur's by her alumni and adm irers; his pledge of th eir firm support and his g rateful r eferen ce to 1\:Ions; ignoi- Legris' loyalty brought forth pro-longed ch eering.

H ere F at her Conw ay happily broke aw ay from the order of t he p rogram and summoned to the list of speakers, the Rev. J. P . O' l\1ahon ey C. S. V. who told in a tender ariel affecting talk of the reHown brought upon Old St. Viateur's by its o-reat, grand and glorious psesident, F ather Marsile. A h earty app lause foll owed his expressions of gratitude for the notable attendance at the clay's exercises. A fitting conclusion to these intellectual repasts was the toast "Our Holy Father" by Most Rev. J. E. Quigley. After eulogizing three pontiffs whom it was his pleasure to meet he ,por- trayed the particular virtues that marked each reign. He spoke ~ his firs t visit to St. Viateur's several years ago and of how h1s fondne.ss for this cei1ter of ... learning has been ever on the increase. In concluclino his address His Grace promised his firm support to the new president and his corps of teachers in all t~eir enterprises

HT. REV. P. J. MULDOON A li.fe lonf( .friend of St. Viateur's, 'who preaclzed tlie ser/llon at

tlze 71tonzing sen;ic:es.

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and wo rk . T h e aud ien ce th en rose and t he a rchb ishop p ronounced th e wor ds of t han ksg-iv in g . T he cle rgy present who e names it w a 5 poss ible to obtai n wen~:

11ost R ev. J ames Edward Qu ig ley, Arehbishop of Chicago; ~t . R ev. P. ]. :iv1 u ldoon, Chicago; Very Rev. C. Ducharme, C. S. V., PrO\incial of Clerics c f ~t. Viateur, Canada; Very Rcv. J. Cavanaugh, C. S. C., President of ::-Jot re Damr: Cniversity; Very R ev. P. V. Byrne. C. ~1.. President St. Vincent's College; Rev. F . J. Cassily, S. ]. Vice President of ~t. Ignatius College; Yery R e\' . F. de Lange . Prc:idc1~t St. J oseph's T echn ical school, Techn:y; Vcry Re , . C. Fc:.1rnicr, C. S. \'.; Rev. P. ]. Tinan, Chi-cago; Re,. P. C. Conway, Chicago; Rc,. J. ]. Shamwn, Peoria; Rev. E. Dunne, D. D .. Chanc~llor: Re,. 1. P. ]'arker, Chebanse; Re ,. A. D. Grang-er. J':bnlnlce; Rev. E. \V. }(ramer, Chicago; Rev. C. F. ~'d c Bride. ( )ccnommvoc. \V is, : Re,. \Y m. Kearney, Chicago: Rc\. 'V\1. J. Drum my. Elkhart. Ind.; Re,. E. F. Ric~. Chicag-o; lc~nt11m; Re,. J. '1 . Denn::tt, J{anka kec ; Rc,. J. ]. Cn:.~a11 . Chicago; Re,. C. Rin~mels .. -\sh-kum; Re\. E . . \. ] uwale1v:-:!;i. K~nkakct; R c,. H. CYGara ~IcShanc. Cllica0o; 1~ -:,- . n. r. :.\IurnY, Chi:.:agn: Pe,-. r. H. Cannon, l.T rban a ; H ev~ ~\ f. . \. D

THE VI A TORIAN 31 . ' t heir educati 0111 were sw ept by fire, but the prompt and generous

a~sistance of alumni and fri ends gave a strong impetus to the work of rec.onstructi cm: h vas t sweep of open cour t in the slhap e of a

-horseshoe w ith lawns, w alks an d driveways, separate th e new b 1.-1i ldings.

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M arsile A lumni Hall is the principal building and the first to attract th e at tention of a visitor. It is a massive structure of white Bedford s tone facin g the eas t and situat ed at the right of the entrance of t he court. J'h e m'agnificent porch w hich a dorns its fron t is the most strikin g of its ext erior features. T he fir st floor is devot ed to the administration department; the second to the dor-

- m itories; th e tbi rcl to the sfudy hall , infirm ary and library ;and the fourt h to the class r ')Oms. R oy lVIemorial H all. situat ed sout heast o f the JY1a rs ile A lumni, is th e n~xt of t he n ew buildin gs w hich stands forth in bold p rominence. T he ext er ior d erives mu ch of its beauty from the rough cut Bedford w hich gain s for it a n attraction wh jch

t~e oth er ha lls do not possess . The interior is m ade pp of four floors, each parti t ion ed into comfortable , well lighted and spacious rooms. T hi s buildin g accomm odat es one hundred and t en roomers and gives each ~n OP!)Ortunity of enj oying t h e best of home com- . forts ..

To the north of Roy Fiall is th e gymnasium , a large stone building w hich g ives t he stud ents every chance of enj oyi ng all the games and spor ts of at hletic exercises. T he basem ent of thi !i5 build-ii1g now se r ves as a r efer:to ry. I n th rea r s tands t he Science H all and the po"\;ver house. The t hird fl oor of this build in g is devot ed ex-clmsively to mu sic and science; the second for recreat ion hall for H1e m ii{ims and the basement to steam and water powers.

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Rev. P. C. Conway, T:Oastmaster. T IS quite a long time s ince I have hacl th e p leasure to ad-

dres a gath erin g like this, to address in al mo. t the same breath Hi Grao; and the ladies . Generally the .- e th ings are so painfully select that they exc lude the ladi es and the laity . You people may think that vve have such a

good time that we do not want to let you in on it but t hi s is 11ot true for I think that you \;\,'Oulcl ha'.e a much better time by not be-ing with us. _T oday c ur hear ts a rc filled with joy b ecause th e oc-casion marks th e completion of a part of a g reat and a good work that we see rap idly g rowi ng into perfection. You will be welcomed by the proper authorities here but I feel that in the na me of t he o ld students I have a right to bid yo u welcome for them and a lso to speak the heartiest thanks for all your good ness in words and work during the tr:.ying times of the last few years. I am not go ing to make a speech t oday because I do not have to. I have the pl easure o summoning a great many speake rs: and a great many speakers who will delight yo u and it is a source of se lfi sh pleasur~ to m e to be in a pos ition to call them out and cn~ n if they are n1y superiors they must obey . I have received two telegrams which I beli eve should be reacl at th e b eginning of t hi ~ celebration. O ne is from Mercy Hospital and reads:

crGocl speed New St. Viatettr 's. God bless old Sf Viateur's.'' Signed, ]. M . LEiGRIS.

The other is from O:tk Park Hospital: "St. Viateur's has risen. Vivat ftor.eat crescat. Greetings to

our new president. Eternal gratitude to Rt. Rev. :tvfonsignor Le-. gtis and to our dear friends and benef2 ctors and a daily memento in p:layC't." Signed, M. J. MARSILE, C. S. V.

Yes my friends tl~at applause might be kept up for an octave

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and then w e would not have .given full vent to ot.t.r appreciation, o ur love and our gratitude for both the~ grand great men. ,

The first tesl of sentiment on the pro . ram "Our Holy 'Father" is to b e r esponded to by one who has kindly con- ented to obey me today for th e first time. And I . suppose it will b e the last time-eur b eloved archbishop. \V e have had an under tanding- on this, I usually have an understanding with him when I want him to do semetl1ing. Some time~ I want him to do me a favor Jtnd often he GOe5 not grant it but I have no hard feelings towards him today on tMc.t account. H.~ has kindly consented to speak last instead of first. Perhaps it was through motives of modesty but P believe he wants to hear what other people say and then discipline them if they do not say the right thing. The next toast is Our Archbishop. \;'\,. e had a difficult time to select the right man for this position for you know it is :1 delicate subject for anyone. ln. the first place the one who r esponds to it must tell the truth and he mtLt not tell too much of the truth because if he sa:ys too many nice thing we will all be jealous of the archbishop and if he does not say the right thing, why Gocl help him. \V e selected a man who promi ed that he would prepare himself by __ prayer, fasting and study. V\Then you know tl1at we have chosen Fatber 'Iinan you will agree th~t we have maclc no mistake. That he will do the rig-ht and say the rig-ht thing; ancl that he \Yill not be selfish about it is certain. Father Tinan!

OUR ARCHBISHOP.

Rev. P . J. T inan. 0 T Rev. Archbishop, Rev. Fathers, ladie and gentle-

men: T 'llere is no necessity for me to introduce myself as you have already heard what Father Conway had to say about me. But one thing that I am very much pleas-eel about is that I haYe been given an opportunity to ex-

p r ess my congratulations t0 the Fathers of St. Viateur'son the manife tation of the material progress which we see aroun

RT. RE\r .. J. M. LEGHIS An alu!lmu.'i, frofis:wr 1lltd beneftrd,,r of St. Fi;r/t'llrs; 1111d tire second (>f

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1an concluded Father Conway said: W -ell, I am sure that we are all satisfied with that Father Tinan. There is now another difficulty which we have to meet. We have heard an about college men and we know they are jealous of one another

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THE VIA TORIAN 37 but of course these college men are great on distinctions but we

'have t~uned the tables on them and we have made a \ ~1i~,tinction . in __ the , university college and s-e,minaJy ~and 1t l~ ~131y h~ppmess to present one of the most splericlid specirr~ens of umvers1ty manhood and .when he arises you will all agree witk me and I a111 sure some people will say "Isn't he nice." Now if you hav~ any particular compliments to p:ay him it will be, "Isn't he

g?i_1~l,'' ~~n;-l we_ will all say when Father Cavanaugh, Presid~nt o1 the l .' nrverstty of Notre Dame, has finished, that he is good,: for we know that he and -. his great community at Notre Dame are gootl. Father Canavaugh!

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OUR UNIVE.RSIT'IEIS.

V. Rev. ]. Ca.vanaugh, C. s .. C. HENEVER -an enemy has clone a thing tQ me such as imy

friend has done to me this afternoon I always recall a fa-ble that is popular with us in Nbrthern Indiana. Th~ fa-

. ble tells of an elephant tramping through the woods when he came upon a nest of young birds that had been

for saken by their heartless mother. After philosophizing in hi O\~rn way the big hearted elephant said ((Poor little birdies, how could your mother go away and leave you here to per.ish al

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pas/ sutttss,s in important jJMitions pruagt tl brilbiml futun for . \ t 'W ~,. I "ialeur' .c

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St. V iateilr's a-i1d the rest of us are doing our best to arrive some clay at the university standard. Should we not succeed no one w ill blame th e college men yet no one can blame th e laity. A conditi.on which we must bear because we cannot do otherwise conJpels us to pay at le0st .fifteen million doll ars out for the support of our 1iri1~1ary schools. If Wf; cottld utilize the schools for which we _pay t axes and turn th e~e fifteen mi llion dollars ipto schools for l?iigh~ r educ?-tion -vve equid no doubt build. each .year a univer-sitY: ahi1ost as laTge as the University of Chicago. Withi ti. a half a century we. cottld h ave a university such as is set forth in neigh-bori-ng CO'n1mut1iti es so w hat I have to say this aftenioon w ill be rather some- reflectioi1 upon colleges and considei-ations upon uni-ver'sities . The sto i-y of St. Viateur's is the story of every Catholic coU.ege .iri the U nit c-.::l States . '1~ hcy were conceived in the minds of intensely religic~us m en, ;born in a wilderness and cradled in pov-erty. These schools s till feel coursing in their veins the same blood that nottrisheCl their infancy and early youth , they feel it thrill ing theit: soul w_ithin them as they m ove maj estically clown the de-cades of history wearing the oarment of triumph, gleaming with splehclor and enthusiasm. They look se renely and hopefully into the future, confi dent that their cau se is only beginning, and that their greatest triumphs are sti ll to come . . There are schools that g ush up lik . .e an oil well in the n ight. These sc hools are founded upon money . but our schools are hnilt out of th e sacrifices of the people. Other sch ools spend hundreds of thousands on libraries where t hey learn of all th at are g r.:at.

But the gr eat characteristic of our co ll eges and of our schools is that they a re conduct ed on t he princip le that God is t he destiny of the httman soul , that it is better to make a life than a living, that th'e heart of cultu1'e is t he culture of the heart, that t ~1 e soul of

improvem~nt is the improven1ent of the squl. We rejoice in the welfare of instituti.ons. lik~ St. Viateur's and we say from the depths of our hearts, let t heir great domes rise higher and higher into the skies and over the portals of each w ri te t hese words: "What cloth it profit a man to gain the w hole world if he suffereth the loss of his own soul."

Here Father Conway said: " \ TV ell I do not want to kill any more innocent birds _. and new I have been asked not to perpe-trate such a welcome on t he nex t speaker. A long tim e ago I learned to obey t11.is man for I was yery small when th ey knew me and I was ve ry small and fe lt very small when they got th rough V:rith H1 e. vVe have vvith us th e PJ~e s ident of St. V incent 's Col'lege,

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9 ne o.f th e grandest .in stit trti ons .iJi . Chicago: I tell you it . is g.iantt and if Father Byrne lives as long as we .expect, he: w ilt .see th~ w hole north side covered w ith g ranite. Father Byrne w iH -now resp.ond to the sentim ent "Our Seminari es.~' (

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V. Rev. P. v. Byrne, C. M. T IS w ith s in cere sentiments of p leasure instil led on this

occas ioli th at I appreci ate t he worth o.f th e Fathers or' St . V iat.eur's and I congratulate them on the fin eness which w e . all bei1olcl tocby of the evidence of th eir la.-bors in cause of Catholic education. U nfortunately I

am not g i.ven to m u ch hun: or and were I , I would not be a llowed o n thi s occasion to indulge in it on accoun t of t he sacredness of t ,h e theme of w hi ch I a m as'ked to speak-"O ur Semin aries." Fa-ther Conway ma de a very happy sli p w hen h e s.aid ''Our Semi-tiarian s '' in st ~ad of ''Our Semin ari es " , because t he subj ect must necessarily t reat of both for we cou ld llOt have seminarian s without s:eminaries in w hi ci1 to educate th em. I r em ember forty y-:.ars ago there were very few se minaries in the U n ited States. Today they have multiplied and I beli eve kept pace almost with the ex-. traorclinary progress of the w hole Catholi c Church in the e United States. . U ni ve rs iti es and coll eges e1re ve ry famili a r subj ects to the Cath oli c laity ii1 g :: neral , but I fea r n.ot so the seminari es. T 'he laity hea r of th e se.minaries but once in a year when th ey are called upon to contribute to the support of the seminaries, v.rh er eas univers ities and coll eges are ever in their ears because of th 6 r children. attend-ing th ese in~titutio n s . . N ow it is very desirable that the Cathol ic p ublic un derstand b etter than th ey do what our se minaries stand for. O ur semin aries are the nurseri es of the priesth ood in this country. 'The Church itself therefore depends upon the seminary. 'The wonderful Church of Christ is t o remain on earth until the end oif tim e and thi s is cl one by th e continuation of the sac red ministry o:f teaching. Seminaries supply th ese teachers of th e gospeL which Christ came on earth to promulgate and ,,vithout seminaries we would not have or so conveniently at least the priesthood that we have. Two matters suggest th emselves when th ere is a question ot seminaries, th e seminarians and the teachers in the seminaries. B,otJ1 .are n ecessary. Now the question ari ses, who are to be the

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honor it is for a Catholic father and m other to have a son worthy of being admitted into the seminary. 1 he priesthood is the highest dignity on earth because the priesthood of the Catholic Church is a. predisposition in the eternal priesthood of Jesus Christ. And at w hat age should these youths be admitted to the seminaries. At the earlies t age possible, and it is a matter of s incere glad~1ess to see our- own worthy archbishop acting on the command of the Council of Trent in op-ening his preparatory seminary in. the shadow of his cathedral. I love St. Vincent's but I declare I wouli not prevent our best boy from leaving us a-nd entering' the Cathed-ral ~ollege . Here those youths picked from the best families in every p-fl.rish in Chicago or in the diocese will be reared undet the watchful eye of the archbishop himself. Their education along proper lines will be properly direct;ed and they will grow ih sanc-tity as they advance in wisdom and they will soon be capably fit-ted to be admitted into that higher_ semin:ary, into that grand sem-inary which we all hope and w.hich I do s incerely hope will soon be ~rected in Chicago. If this. audience were not mixed I might say .something on the conduct of seminaries. In these seminaries o ught to be taught r eligion in itself , the science that is true science. The ' priests of the Catholic church today educated in our seminar-ies should be familiar with all the natural sciences. They should be the light of this co~trltry, capable of guiding all into the way of truth. Catholic in structions of course should be theirs. They shot,Ild have great -r espect for the scriptures and for the authority of the Fathers; ant. the Doctors of the Church.

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Rev. F. C~s,Slily, S. J. E ARE celebrating today a glorious event, the raising of St. Viateur's from its ashes. After years of struggle and effort, the faculty of the college saw the results 0f all their labor wiped -out by --fire in a single night, but with indomitable courage they set to work with re-

newed energy, and now they have far grander and nobler build-ings than before. This same spirit, though not always similarly, -exemplified, animates all our Catholic colleges. We are a thriv-ing race; fire , fl ood and earthquake cannot destroy us, or stop our onward course. A half century ago you could probably count the Catholic colleges of our country en four fin ge rs; today they dot the land from shore to shore. The early clays of our oldest colleges were days of struggle, when log cabins housed the stu-dents, and each one's knee served as table and desk. But the log

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THE VIA TORIAN 43 , cab i-n s have g-iven way to stately edifices of architectural beauty. The J1andful _o(_students, dressed in homespun and drawn from cabin and . plow, have been succeeded by thousands of eag-er youth's, whose careful early training has prepared them for hi g her cultur,e and refinement.

And all these wondrous st rides have been made w ithout state help ' or aiel, and in most cases without endowment or lavish gifts, all through the generous devotion and self-sacrifice of our Catholic educators, assisted by the w ise encourag-ement of th~ bishops and clerg-y and by the h earty co-operation of a loyal laity,. who made every sacrifice to secure for their sons a higher edu-cation.

The n~ccrci of our colleges in th e past speaks for itself_ Con-sider f1e imm en SE' number of vocations to the priesthood which have been fostered and developed in them. From M't. St. l\1ary's,. at Emmitsburg, the mother of bishops, and Holy Cross, th e nur-sery of priests in N ew1 England , an institution whose student s have filled prol?ably a dozen sees . from Notre Dame and St. Viateur's .in the west, from the great colleges of t he Benedictines and V incen-tians and from a host of others, a constantly increasing numb er of z ealous and scholarly priests yearly issue forth , to build up the Church of flouri shing count ry . T he college to w hich I am attach-ed, St. Ignatius in Chicago, has, in the thirty-seven years of its existence, _sen t two hundred and eighty students into the eccles-iastical ranks.

T his great work alone would be sufficient to merit for Cath-olic co lleg-es all t he approbation and encouragement that could possib ly be given them. The little seminaries, which in reality are only Catholic colleges restricted to a particular sphere, and which ' consequently could fa irly be reckoned under the general title of Catholic co ll eges, do not exist in sufficient number to supply the demands of the country for priest s. Nor is it likely, at a time w hen the Catholic Exten sion Society, so nobly started by our beloved

' Arch bishop, is making known the great need of priests throug-h-out the south and west, t :1at the valuable assistance _of our colleges in this respect will be cl een,ed unn ecessary. We need all the . good priests, both diocesan ar,.r:l reg-ular , we can g-et, and any source bf s.upp]y should be carefully guarded and protected.

T he developing of yocations is, howe:ver, only one portion of our work. O ur colleges are instituted equally, if not primarily, to form an educated and pious laity. And we need fear no adverse criticism of \vhat we have accomplished in this respect. Wher-evet a Catholic colleoe is establi shed in a city or state, you soon .~ee its . graduates begin to climb into prominen.ce, take_ the_ lead in Catholi'c ' affa1rs, and give the Church a ~tanchng, which l S sadly_ missing-in< commnnites clevoicl of higher Catholic education. Aside

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45 _from_ conv-ert s., our .g reat Catholic w riters, beginning w itlr the earli~r 111 ~tor_iariJ J ohn Gil mary Shea , down to Zach 1\II'ontgomery, -th~ pop-til:a,t_lVIauri ce f1~ ai1Cis Egan , Concle Pallen and Charles H er-. berm~mri/b::litors of th e ~atho lic Cycloped ia , Dr. Ja mes \1\T aJsh, the 1'nedital aufhor, and ; ;:unes .R.y der Randall , th e fa,orit e son of lVIary- land, and a host of others, have imbibed th eir literary taste and sound Catholic p rin Cip les w ithii1 th e vvall s o Cath.oli c co lleges.

Willian1 'Ga?ton , Judge :Mo1~g-an O'B ri en, Ju stice \Vhite and Sen-ator W hite h_ave adorned hi gh civic pos iti on , and most of the

. prominent la y edit ors of our Catholi c press, th at strong . bulwark of the faith, fi pst dipped their pens in the ink-1vells of Cz.t holic col-leges. Everywh ere throughout the land jurist s, phys icians, bank-

. ers, pTofessional m en of yarious kinds , manufacturer , offi ce rs and leaders of Catholic societies, owe their staunch Catho.Ji city to the -Catho1ic trai11.ing o f our colleges. . : :/' If, th en , w e have accomplished so much in th e past, w he our :re ources W'er e in significan t , v\d1e11 everythin g hStd to be 'bluil t from th e groun d up, w h-en pupi1 s w ere few , and professors hard to secure and oven Norked a t that, vvhat m a:y \ Ve not expect from a future ro y w ith promi se, w hen our buildin gs are amp le and state ly, w hen our p rofessional st affs are y early enlargin g, w hen t he equipm ent is o:row ing and th e stud ent-body, well prepared in our parochial S_choo ls, is l}ttmerous and ambit ious?

I t is t rue t hat not all our promin ent Catholic lay.1nen have had the advantage of a Catholic educat ional trainin g, fo r ome have tri-tlmphecl over the deficien cies of youth by nati ve genius and the ad-vantages of ari exceptional Catholic hom e. Nor is it true to say that all Ca tho lie 'st udents r emain bi thful to the ideals h eld up to tb eni in yo uth . So1i1e led away hy th e g lc:tmor of th e world , at fir st Jail into t he mazes of relig ious iJJclifference , bu t man y if not most even of t hese) when their fa lse v iews of t he world are corrected by a wid er experience, have th e li ght and t he courage to return to th e path of 'virt ue.

Every one sees and admires the work of our Catholic colleges. But _:;ome , p crcei>.T ing that a certain numb er of youn g m en and wo-men drift into secular un iversities, attri_bute this t o want of confi-dence in our colleges on th e part . of th e laity, and this presum ed

' want o'f confi dence th ey concl ud e must ar ise from inefficiency in our colleges~ J?~ca ttse sante Catholic students drift away from Cath-olic infh:1ei1ce , let t1S not become panic stricken. ' In the first place, :we must re1i.1e.mber t hat in addition to the women stud ents, for who1;1 Catholic col!eg~s cannot be held responsibl e, a very large ntimber_ of s_ttidents at secular unive rsities are engaged in profes-sionar sti.1dies, for w hich few Catholic in stitutions are equipped , as

. we ha:~t e onJy a camparativ~ ly ~mall number of unive rsities, and som~ attend locaJ secular coll ~ges on a,ccount _of conveni ence or

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through lack of m eans to leave home. Again a mall number of worldly Catholics, like the wealthy Chinese, who cripple their ciaugh-. ters for lif~ and give them fashionable small feet, are willing to des-troy the religion and morals of their sons nnd ecure some imaginary

soc ial or political advantage in a so-ca lled fa hionable school. More-over, a numb er of parents are so ig norant and ill-instructed that they imagin e no obligation lies on them to see that the higher edu-cation th ey give their son s is . Cathori c; th ey think they can end their sons anywhere after fini shin g tl1e parochial school.

And even if our Catholic coll eges do not secure the attendance of all the Catholic students, it does not follow that our standard of efficiency is low. Probably one-half t he Catholic chi ldren of com"" mon-school age are in the Cat holic parochial schools of the coun~ try, notwith standing that tremendous efforts are put forth by the 01urch , even to the i_nvokin g- of eccles iastical censures on delin-quent parents, to secure t h em all. A nd yet there is no general complaint of inefficien cy against our parochial schools. 0 1n the contrary, th ey are generally conceded to be equal and in some cases superior to the stat e schools. N eecl we be s urpri sed th en that the Cath oli c colleg-es cl o not sec ure all the Catholic students?

It is not Yain to inquire here what would be the r esult if our Catholic colleges ceased to exist. ancl turn ed over our youth to the secular colleges. .

Wipe out our Catholic colleges and you will soon find our laity led away by the false lights that g-limmer in th e clarknes~ of mod-ern society; you will see the Church overwhelmed in the material-ism that threat ens our civiliza~ion, in th e modernism that our Holy Father from hi s waV~ h-tower on hi gh dec ri es with clarion vo ice.

Can we hop e for Ca th olic leaders from our ect1lar colleges ? Have any come from them? A fe\v , born outside the fold, hav e \vorkecl their \Yay thro t~gh sec ular coll eges into t h e brightne, of th e light. Dut not ma nv th ere are who, born in the true fold and

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How can we expect the callO\v yonth from farm or cottage to enter an institution whose walls are gilded with the prestige of every worldly advantage, to s it in class-rooms \vhere the hi tory lectures are often veiled attaci.;:s on the Church of Chri t, where Catholic pl~ilosophy is unkn own, where th e , cience lecturer teache him to look for the sec ret of life in the laboratory, how can we expect such a youth to emerg:e \vit1t Faith untarnished an\d Catholic prac-tice unimpaired?

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Church, to riclicul~ Catholic rnovements, to hold aloof from Cath--olic companionship-, to seek entrance into a~sociations of doubtful 1Jropriety and finally to court their liberal v iews and prize the ap-proval of those ho ti le to the Faith. And wo uld to God that tbis were the worst, that many did no't lose altogether the religion for which theit fathers suffered loss of property_, exile and even death :itself. .

One of the great needs of the day is educated Catholic laymen. We need them in the p ress and on the rost rum ; we 11\eed them in the drawjng-room and in the market, in . th e social cl ub and in the organizations of labor. We n eed leaders of Catholic thought , pro-moters of Catholic movem ents, we need Catholi c statesmen, speak-ers and writers: And where shall we get them, if not from our Catholic colleges? This is the age of the people, and woe eo the people if they have blind leaders and selfish flatter ers . This is the age of democracy, and never had the individual so fair a fi eld of contest. But we must train up our youth s for the conflict. \ 1\f e must teach them the use of m odern 1veapons, philosophy, litera-ture, history and science, and then send them to do battle for the Tight. The time has passed when our Catholic men can1 hold aloof from their fellows ; they must be up and doing-. Let th em go into the _fight with no misr-ivin.gs for th e future , for th e truth mu st win. And this is the mission of our Catholi c coll eges, this the end which

_yon young m en who are listening to m e must propose to yo;_u-selves in life, this the obj ect for w hich yon must 1vork hard in col-lege and for which you must co-operat e generously with the up-:selfish labors of your devoted pr?fessors.

OUR CLERICAL ALUMNI.

Rev. Z. P. Berard. , T IS scarcely necessary to tell you that we, th e clerical

alumni of St. Viateur's College, rej oice with the mern-bers of its faculty on the occasion of the blessing of their ne:w buildings. vVe can easily und erstand what a difficult task they have accomplished and what :a

large amount of time, labor and money it has cos t th em t o ereCt these splendid edifices. H OI\' great must have been their joy when they moved into thes~ grand and spacious buildings and realized that they had again fl. home and would soon be ready and !fully prepared to carry on their work. This scholas tic year marks.

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F T 'HERE IS one thing that we cherish in this world, one thing that is most clear and sacred to our heart, it is the honor of being counted as one of the Alumni of St. Viateur's College. You may travel far and wide; in all parts of this continent and you will find sons of

St. Viateur's. You will find them in all walks of life and always at the top of the ladder, an honor to themselves and to their Alma Mater.

\1\! e are glad to be here today, guests at our own home, and meet and s'hake hands with the old boys. As we look upon the walls of memory, we see innum.erabl e pictures which arouse in us a t hrill of joy and pride. In thi s age of prosperity and advance-ment, the thought of the present with its many cares and vicissi-tudes, the thought of the futur e with its bare possibilities, mean too much activity, too many duties, to bring bappii1ess to the heart . But the pleasures of the past have lost the anxieties of fear and hope which preceded them , and through tbe work of time, the bitterness, the sorrows, th e cares of the past have dis-

~ppeared , and have now become a source and fountain of sweet 1emembrances.

We recall with pleasure those happy, care free, college days Df ours. We remember that old building where our lives wen~ moulded, our careers were shaped, where we were taught and learned our first les.sons of Christian Charity, Brotherly Love and Patriotism. We can see th ~ old study hall which, many times, caused us a h~artache, writing lines for some .good prefect of d iscipline during "conge," or a headache trying to solve some knotty problems in mathematics. We recall well the old class r oo-ms.; and, very few o-f us are there , who, at some time or other, during the course, didn't pay a visit from that clas.s room to Father Marsile's or Father Ryan 's rooms, at the request of some sturdy professor. The reading of the notes was . always an hour well spent, in good company; and many of us remember hmi\r prominent we were on som e of those occas ions, by our a bsence.

We look with pleasure on the contests of the Campus, of years ago. The vision of those games is as clear in our minds today, as if they had taken place but yesterday. We remember how we cheered for the success of the old gold and purple and how we mourned their defeat. But in the days of old, the banner of victory was generally in the possession of the "Oad Sham-rocks," in green uniforms. Some of you may wonder why we

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The o1d chapel with its magnificen_t windows, beautiful mar;-ble altars, its walls nicely decorated, everything whispering word~ of lov e and prayer to the Almighty, remind us of the many fath;-erly talks given us there , by our dear Father Marsile, which have served, in after years, to make of us , better men and better citizens.

But these are not the only places dear in memory. Every room of the old bui lding, every corridor speaks volumes-The HPOOP" alone could fill a pretty good sized library. Every one has connected with it some p leasant occqrrence which delights us . Th~ fri ends of those old clays, the elrama in w hich they took leading parts, are st ill befor e us- but those days are a thing of the past. Father I\1arsile has forgiven, if not forgotten those boyish pranks, but, in return , hi s memory shall forever be green in the hearts of his clear "BOYS."

With the passing away of the old drama, t he old scenes and the old actors have disappeared, and with the comin g in of the new, new scenes and n ew actors app ear before us.

We rememb er the eventful night of the 21 st day of Febru-ary, H?JOS. In a few short bonrs, t hrough the fiery hand of the elements , has vanished the frui t of years of labor and self-sacri-

fice--~our . dearest possession--.our b om e-~our A lma l\!Iater-the obj ect of our fili al love and pride . But , no sooner had the sad news of destruction reetched the ears of her alumni than thou-sands of sympatl1 et ic h earts, beating in unison und er th e pangs 0 sorrow, extended to her a helping hand, and through their loy-alty and fealty and generosity there stands today, lVIarsile Alumni Hall Building, our pride and our glory-a feeble te timonial of our love and admiration and devotion for St. Viateur 's, and for the one after whom th e building is named.

The scene has changed and w ith it has disappeared from the presidential chair that once familiar face of dear Father l\!Iarsile. N iQ more are we greeted with his sweet smiles-no more is he here to receive his clear "BOYS"; but we are glad and proud to see that an alumnus of St. Viateur's has taken his place and so well and so ably fill s th e chair. To you, Father O'l\1ahoney, we, the old Alumni, pledge our s incere love and respect and co-op-eration in . every respect. U nder your leadership , we hope and trust that St. Viateur's College will continue ascending upward to the throne of glory and fame.

The St. Viateur's that was to us is the St. Viateur's that is today. It' is not m.aterials which make the Alma M!ater, it is the

THE VIA TORIAN 53 Christian Spirit; that spirit bo rn of G-od 's love for humanity, that Christ ian spirit wl1id1 enthl.t se cl the m en w ho taught us here, th at Vi' e claim as our protectin g m other; and w hich we earnes tly hope t o see in1parted, on a larger scal e, t Q fut ure generations. T he smoke of th e ruin ed .5 tru cturcs has disapp eared ; the gloomy night o f storm and disaste r has just been ~ p ent; b itt yonder , beyond t he dark cloud, of destru ction , I see .a new and bri ght and brilliant sun, ri ing at th e h ori zon. w hose rays of light w ill again enlighten the m inds of th e yo un g _m en of . th e present and t he fu t ure-the N ew and Greafe r St . Viat eur.

OURJ HOLY F_ATHE,R.

Most R1ev. ]. Ei. Quigley. ' EFO RE approachin g the subj ec t' of hi s holiness P ius X

I w ish to 1n ake an exp lanation and announcem ent. T h e explanation is in regard to the postponem ent of this toast Pius X to t he end of th e program. It was cl on e at the r~ q n es t of th e toastmaster and in order that a lim.it

might be .p ut to m y flow of ta lk. Novv F athe'r Conway you have said 'many beautiful tl1 ings and have fill ed the offi ce of toastmaster very well. ,

T he announ cem ent I w ish to make is in regard to the ceremony of the blessin g of th e b uildings w hich w ill take place immediately. The p rogram m;t cle 0 1.1t and propos ed to me by t he V . R ev. P res i-dent w as to go i11 proce, s ion from Iv1ars il e Hall to the other build-ings and th en to assembl e in th e gymn as iurn for an address upon the subject of our coming h ere tocb y . \ 1\T e w ill carry out the fir s t part of t he p rogram but I thin 1k it is a ltog-ether unn ecessary to as-semble in th e h::d l fe r an y furt her ;J ( 1.dr csses espc :: ially for any fur-ther acldre~ s from m e. I do not ::: ce how it coull be possibl e fo r me to say anythin g t hat has not been said in the toasts m ade by the speake rs durin g t he banqu et . I u~ ought of sayin g something upon t he subj ect of ed ucati on in the church, show ing hm;v t he his-tory of the Cath olic Church is the hi sto ry of education itself but that is n ow unnecessary

.54 THE VIATORIAN very beginning bas b:en the promoter of education from the pn--m~ry c~urse to the high~st in the univer ity. In _ colleges like t. V1ateur s we have the h1story of the . truo-0les of Catholic educa-~ tion in ti:e United States. \1\T e all have r~: ons to be proud of it and part1cubdy the alumni of St. Viateur's. \Ve have een facts

. of the excell ence of this education in the eloquent speakers we have heard and I wish to express my great satisfaction for all I have seen and heard u.bout St. Viateur's from the time that I came to Chicago until th e present clay that marks it-.s resurrection from its ashes. I viish those who are over the institution every uccess in their new buildings and in thei1: :1ew life. I can say that they have with them the oood will and the support of the authorities of the archdiocese of Chicago and . I can promise them as I promised them before chat as long as I am at the heaa of the archdiocese of Chicago they will have my hearty support in the work of education which they are doing and I colcl not do other-wise. This brings me to the subj ect on which I am expected to speak today. If that one 1-vho is over us all in the city of Popes were removed from his place and from the face of the earth and from the li\' es of men and I rom the hi . tory of nations what a con-fusion there would be upon the face of the ea rth, and particularly what a confusion in the ellucational world. \Vithout the aving hand of the Pontiff our :.miversities would not be colleges for the dissemination of truth but they would be like other universities, universities of error. The reigning Pope is the very soul of all edu-cation and the soul of t he teaching of all truth and all the sciences. 1f he were removed they vvoulcl cease to exist so that he today comes naturally into our minds. '

I ha,e had in my life time the honor of m eeting three Popes, Pius IX, Leo XIII and Pius X. It was while I was a boy in Rome that I saw Pius IX and I pr~strated myself at his feet hundreds of times. I heard his wish and I heard his strong words of protes-tation ao-ainst the wickedness of the world and I saw him in the b

end of his clays in St. Peter's surrounded by the whole city of Rome in lamentation . During his whole reig_n he was the wonder of the intellectual world. And it i the design of the present Pontiff to carry out the program laid down by hi predece sor . \Vhen I saw him first and talked with him I found him undisturbed by all that vv'as going on around him and relyino in times of attack upon the guidance of Ain1ig;hty God. All that he desires is the love, fidelity and co-op-eration of the clergy and laity throughout the world. The Church is going on in pite of attack . In America we are doing \VOnderful work and \Ve can ee an evidence of it here

i:oclay. \Ye J.re doing it under the direction and with the approval of the Holy Pontiff who is the foundation of God' Church upon ..earth and it is in that approval that everything is safe and secure

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'.everlasting monument~ t o generosity of her friends, . to the loyalty of her sons, to the zeal and self-sacrifice of her devoted presidents,

Father Roy and Father Marsile. "The work w hich you see accomplished_ today w as a task , too

great fo r our own unaided efforts. We felt this from the beginning and we saw that ou r hopes for ~the recons truction of t his institution upon the greater and- more magnificent scale .which progress de-manded, should rest upon the support of our fri ends. The realiza-tion of our_ plans prove that our hopes were well found ed.

"What wonder the1; if on this day there up-w.ell s in t he dept hs rof our hearts fountain s of gratitude-gratitude towards God who when he sends his trials sends also the s trength to bear them ; grati-tude towards those princes of the Church who prompted by their zeal in the cause of Christian education , gave us access to the char--ity and liberality of their dioceses: Chicago, P eoria, and Fort Wayne; gratitude towards those generous priests and laity w ho by their response to our appeals showed that they were heart and soul in syrripathy . with us; gratitude towards our alumni, w ho are St. Viateur's g lory, St. Vi:tteur's pride; gratitude towards those public benefactors w ho helped us a Ed in particular towards l\!I r. Carnegie for his princely g ift.

" I feel today, in the consciousness of this general sym.pathy, in the firm conviction of its continuance, in the possession of grander builclii1gs and g reater e quipment, in the co-operation of a splendid-faculty , who a re of one heart and one. mind that I may hop e, ' al-though time has not adorned my brow w ith her si lvery locks, nor experience chiseled her lines of care thereon , sti ll I may hope, with-.out the fear of being ch arged with the overconfidence of youth, that in taking up th e standard of St. Viateur 's I will lead her to higher intellectual triumphs, and when my life work is over merit to have c111y name linked in honor 'vith thos.e of Roy and l\1arsile."

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ED I TOR IAL ST A FF

Editor in Chief-J. DOUGHERTY, '08. Alur:i::mi--C. MAHONEY, '08 . Exchanges-EMMETT CONWAY, '08

:Societies-A. SAVARY, '09. Athletics-G. KILEY, ' 11. "Personals-D. BOYLE, '10. Locals-D. McAULIFFE, '09.

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.teur's College , Bourbonnais , Ilhnois.

E DITORIAL.

Education is a many-sided process. A thous-and -subtle -influ-ences, which are neither tan:gible nor visible, are . constantly at work. They operate silently like the clews of a summer night or the warm rays of the sun, making the germs, which lie dormant in the bosom of the earth, spring for~h into vigorous life; clothinrg the hills and valleys with forms of beauty which charm the eye and delight the mind.

Something analogous to this takes place in the intellectual or-der. There are forces whose influence cannot be weighed or meas-ured, cannot be expressed in accurate .formulas, cannot be subject -ed to well defined and decisive tests. Yet, no one can doubt their reality and power. Every one admits their worth and efficacy drawing out the latent energy and beauty of the human soul.

Undoubtedly one of the greatest .of these educational forces is contact with cultured men; with men of comprehensjve minds who have breadth of view, penetration and depth; with men of .rich and varied knowledge who shed light upon any subject which may en-.gage their attention; with men of generous souls and sympathetic spirits who have the power of arousing the enthusiasm and mspir-ing the rninds of eager youth.

I t may seem a far cry froni these abstract pril}ciples to the dedication exercises of the new college building. ~nd yet there

5 THE I TORIA. i an intimate relation. The occa ion drew to our lma fater numbt?r of men who e every utterance, who e very pre ence a a ource of in piration, a powerful incentive to hio-her and better

things. They are great center of intellectual and moral light and warmth who kindle the flame of enthu ia m in young mind ; who set the heart athrill with generou emotion, who arou e and tim ulate the finer, deener and nobler imoul -e ~ of the oul.

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\Ve were priYilegecl to meet the ~ e men, to look into their face aglow 'vith the light of brilliant intelligence; we heard them deliver the me sage of wi:clom with power and eloquence, and, for the ~ime being, at least, we caught a glimp e of the world of truth and beauty in which they habitually elwell. Thi we halt e\tr regard as the best and most enduring- re ult of the exerci es which dedicated our beautiful building to their high purpo_e,

\,"\' hat student could li ten unmo-ved to the clear, forceful, elo-quent and practical di course which made thi occa ion memor .. ablr? \Vhat student did not feel the re:olution spring- up in his oul, gathering strength and taking form, to cultivate more earn-e ~ tly and courageou. ly the precious facultie God ha: given him? 'V\T e were brought to a clearer and fuller realization of the oppor-tunity, which is our.:, for the nurture, growth and d evelopment of all the povvers of our physical, intellectual and moral nature; we were made to feel and see the teeming pos:ibilitie: of e,ery intel-ligent soul. The conYiction was brought home to u: irresi tibly that if we failed in thi: God-giYen work through any fault of our , a hea ,._ respon:ibility would rest upon tL.

'I he e are some of the rea " 011.~ which lead. u - to consider the recent gathering at the college as a thing of enduring value; as 011 of tho.e sub-tle but pl)\\'erful educational factor. which help to draw out \ hat is highe t and he.:t in every student worthy of the name.

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A treat to the French residents of Bourbonnais and Kankakee was the stereopticon lecture on the Holy Land o-iven in French ::-. b y !_

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pouches to take a glance at his Alma Mater. \ Ve know you are-. busy Jim, but we would like to fla g that train and have a ch?-t with.

you.

Loyalty is a marked characteri tic of southerners and it is a . particular trait of Charles Carney. He was Alma J\1ater' fir t son

from Paducah and he has seen that she ha had many more sons from the sunny south since he entered. It was a renewal of pleas- -ant days to have him with us on Dedication day.

A warm hand shake , ;v ith Peter ]. Wall was one of our recent . pleasure .

vVe extend our congr-atulations to l\1r. and J\1 rs. John Fitz- . gerald who were w edded at Indianapolis1 Nov. 13.

The Viatorian extends its felicitations to 11iss Julia A. Ward . and Mr. Francis J. Clingen who were wedded at St. Vincent's Church Chicago, Oct. 29. Rev. J. F. Ryan C. S. V., per.formed the ceremomes.

011 Wednesday, Nov. 6th, St. B-ernard's Church, Chicago, was . the scene of the marriage of Miss Mary E. Boyle and DT. Emil Rach. ~Irs. Rach is the daughter of Daniel Boyle of the H. 0. Shepard firm of printers and was formerly a nurse at St. Bernard's hospital where Dr. Rach was stationed before locating in Pullmai1 . . The bridal coupl e has the best wishes of the College faculty and students. J)aniel Boyle, Jr. , one of the Viatorian editors repre-sented th e Viatorian staff ;::.t the wedding.

We enroll upon the list of th e new friends of St. Viateur's J\1r. John Maloney through wh ose kindness we are able to present the : extracts tak eri from the speech es delivered on dedication day.

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condolences to the relative of Mrs . .. Anton N emanich, who died . in Joliet , Ill. , Iov. 5th. Rev. ]. P. 0'1V1ahoney, C. ': S._ V.,- att@rtded ~ . the obsequis . R. I. P. - . ~ '

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~on1e of us would e:Yen refuse to walk to meals , but cheer up even if it i.s . near _Xmas tim e. Th e w inter wi!l surely l?ring out some good thirlgs.

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s'evep inning game with the Twentieth Century team of Kankakee, our old rivals by the way. Though no one as yet seems v ery en-thusiastic about indoor, the score of IO to 6 in the college favor at least establ ishes one thing ; namely,"' that we sti ll possess quite a constellation of indo-or players. O~' Connell and Stack have shown themselves to be m

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T hrough their victory over the Kankakee Riverviews on Nov. 24, the Minims won th e football championship of Kankakee coun-ty. They are credited with eight victories and have been defeated but once. They averagrl only 90 pounds but have shown remark-able trainin g. They are well acquainted with all the fine points of t he game, and work with lightnin g speed. The g reat crowds who 11ave w itnessed their struggles have showp their appreciation forthe w itnessed thei r. struggles, have shown their appreciation for the clean and tricky football for which th e Minims were noted. Great praise is due to Bro. St. Aubin who coached them throughout the season: The squad was m ade up of t he following members: H. 'Tiffany, L. E. ; Vv. Sutton, L. T.; R .. Lonergan , L. G.; G. Lyons, (Captain) C. ;J. J.VT.a llaney, R .G. ; J . O'Connor. R. T.; A. Gunder-lach, R. E.; ]. Boyle, Q~ B.; A. Ledoux, R. H. B.; C. Parker, L'. H. B.; J. Shaefer, F. B. The substitutes were .LA..'. Decker, L. Jacobi, J. Williams, vV,. l\1'i llcr.

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The Seniors ever min df:.1l of t heir recognized sen il~ty in mat-ters of entertainment ass~mblecl on Monday,. October the 7th and decided to arrange a musical program for St. V iateur's Day, 'Their object was to befittingly commemorate the anniversary of our virtuous saint a,nd patro n. For years St. Viateur' s Day has been one of imposing religious ceremonies; festivities and joyous reunions of the generous alumni and welcome parents. But it had been previously decided that the celebration would be postponed to November the 5th in. order to render the retarded dedication and consecration of the recently completed buildings more irn-presslve.

Unmistakable d isappointment and chagrin could be easily perceived on the faces of the students as t he glorious sun. of October 21st commenced to cast elongated shadows towards the . east and no signs of activity were . eviclerit. But this momentary gloom was des tined . to be soon dispelled a11cl unre~trained joy- . ousness to take its place. .. . .. .

At eight o'clock the spacious gymnasium was crowded ,wit!-i' expectant students and friends. M1r. Emmett Conway, President

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appreciation at viewing such a concourse of friends responding to the invitation of the Senior Class. He also clearly outlined the: nah1.r'e a~1d object of the evening's entertainm.ent. After these be fitting remarks, the college c rchestra under the guidance of the able F. A . -Sheridan rendered several selections and r esponded fre-quently to prolong-eel applauses. 1vir. James Dougherty next in-trodtlced Master Marvin DeSousa w ho had so generous ly con-descended to favor us w ith a few renditions of the popular and fatest vocal compositions. The artistic singing of this prodigy is beyond our futile assays at eulogizing. His inl.press ive voice has been wonderfully st rengthened in harmony and distin1ctness in his European engagements and especially m~der the tutorship of his sister Miss l\1ae DeSousa, an artist of international recognition. \ lV e humbly admit our incompetency and the uselessness of our attempting to befittingly praise our former schoolmate.

The crowning featute of the everiing's program was the side-splitting far ce. "01ur First Appearance" r endered most humorously by the Seniors w ith th e assistance of a few Juniors. It was a grand success in evei-y particular and an incentive to further the-alrical enter tainments. l\1 r. J oseph L egris in imp ersonating the difficult roles of hero and heroine, as the occasion . demanded, admirably disp layed the qualiti es of a sta r. This versati le young man endowed by nature with a strong melodious voice and fas:.. cinating countenance has the basic qualifications indispensable to please and captivate the app etitive audience. F red Shippy, our veteran. actor w hose success i pronounced has th e artistic knack of tlnmvin g himself into a ll th e peculiarities of t he character he represents. l\!I r. l\II'cAuliffe in the role of an aged gentleman elicited much applause and afforded veritab le merriment. The peculiarities and characteristic antics of an old man were por-trayed by this juvenile actor with great success. .P~s to the re-maining characters they executed their parts with admirable dexterity. The program furnishes us with the following list: Bil1y-lVIanager . . , .. , ...... . .. . .... .. .............. , .. J. Legris Frank Walker-Tramp . ., .... . I , . r ,E'. Conway Darkplot-Villain .. , . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . 1 F. Shippy B. Alley Johnson-Coon. . . . . ., ....... .. , .. 1 . . H. McGuire Tim Palmydays-Aged Father ........... I D. McAuliffe B. R. Ogue-Irishman ........... ; ....... .. ... .... C. Conw~y

The class . of ~09 held its first meeting on vVeclnesday night the 9th ~f October. The Juniors are able to openly boast of be-ing the most num.erous class enrolled on the records of St: Via.:. tenrJs. After having duly organized, they elected the following

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offilcers-: Dennis :NicAuliffe, president; Fred Shippy, vice-presi-dent; Adhemar Savary, secretary; ]. WiMiams, treasurer. They

de~lare that not only will thev live up to the standard of excel-lence achieved in former years, but' that they will surpass it, and if possible hurl it into obllvion. To quote the enthusiastic and 'sopiriteCl words of the versatile Mr. McAuliffe in his presidential capacities: nour class of '09 is without the least doubt the most jntellectual and social . of the scholastic organizations of St. Via-teur's. We, the Juniors, have an O'Connell whose vivacious d~:.. 'nunciations and quotations alone : a"fe able to Stack him upon. the 1oftie.st pedestal designated to men resplendent with oratorical powers, and whose eloquence. is quite Savary to the goddes$ ~f Erudition."

Such an organization, composed of judicious students, is em.~ blematic of social harmony and well-directed power. The results accomplished arc not immomen~ous and to be regarded as mere -pleasantries. The mem hers of such a class . do not aggregate iri -order to be a more powerful menance to society; especially to the Freshies, and contemptuous disturbance to their superiors and the judicious faculty, but their unswerving ambition is to promote and maintain fraternity and a true college spirit. Also they ire desirous to dispel the monotomy of the dreary winter season by social functions and theatrical representations. Clas5 societies teach the student the bond of unity and the advantages to be obtained which would be impossible to be accomplished by o~~ unaided individual. And let us bear in mind the advice of the learned Aesop. "As long as you remain united, you are a match for all your enemies, buf differ and separate, and you are tin.:. done." The purpose of such an organization is worthy of our commendation and loyal support. Let us encourage its continu-:ance and maintenance.

The class of '10 was organized on Monday, September 30th. It was m'ainly through the unrelenting assiduity of our geniai friend, Mr. Raymond Shannon, that it was made possible. It is a notable fad that they are the first class of Sophomores to or- . ganize and t3 be ciuly and officially recognized by the President of the College. Timidity or perhaps incompetency seems to have flustered and overwhelmed previous attempts. Mr. Shan'llOn as a recompense of h~s trouble and zeal, and also on account of his recog!lized executive abilities, was unanimous.Iy chosen President of the Class of '10. H 'e humbly present~ us with the followiag "list of officers: Raymond Shannon, president; Albert Quille, vice-. pr~sident; -Dani'el Bre,yl.e, -secretary; Ffank W ~-h:h, treasurer. It

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1s with heartfelt pleasure that we gaze upon the meritorio.us ef-forts of the Sophs and hehold that they appreciate and under-stand the strength of nriity. It is their desire to associate more

. intimately with the J uniois and Seniors than has. been clone previ-ously~- and hence by cementing the ties of sociability, derive rich benefits. Unfortunately the Sophomores have not yet col:nplete-ly re~overed from the audacity and insubordination which are

- characteristics of children ; and have drawn upon themselves the cognomen of "rowdies." They are ever desirous of formulating contrivances and intracacies in order that they may display witl\ advantage their assumed superiority over the other cla.ss.es. But we are corificlent that age and experience will ripen their facul-ties, and that they will soon perceive their youthful folly. The C?-pacious president with a certain marked degree of paternal im-portance informs us, that whilst the Sophomore organization is still in the embryonic stage of development, he is most confident that it will soon be gloriously crowned with 3)1 enviable wreath of achievement. Let us wait with patience.

St. Viateur's Acolytical Society has entered the field of ac-.tivity. Sunday, 0 \ctober the 7th, witnessed the first regular meet-ing. - T he following officers have assumed the reins of adminis-tration for the ensuing year: A lbert Quill e, president ; Ri chard Cunningham, vice-preside1?t ; Frank W elch , ~ ecretary ; Walter N ourie, t r easurer; Dm1iel Boyle, m ast er of ceremonies . The en-

rollm er~ t far surpas~es th e expectations of 't hose w ho w ere the m ost optimistic in anticipating the possibility of a society able to cope \vith the m ore pressing- n eeds of Greater St. Viateur. To have the honor of serving in tb e sanctuary, it is required that the Catholic s tudent be clistinguisthecl for excellent deportment and proficiency in his studi.es. A nobler and more elevated spirit is ev inced by the memb ers. They have sincerely resolved to aug-ment t he beauty and solemnity of divine worship by an accurate observance of the lithurgical rites and ceremonies. Bro. Wil-liams has gen~rously condescended to assume the directorship.

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R ev. J. L. M:cMullen, 'o2 who was s1ck in Chicago has returned to his parish in Pes'otum, Ill. ~

- R. A. J. JYiartin, '04, who is in Pullman, Ill., sends word, he 1s doing -well. ;

~ev. W. L. Kearney, formerly of St. Charles Borremeo parish, Chicago, has received. the -.pastors hip of -the recently formed parish

66 THE VIATORIAN of the Precious Blood. The Viatorian extends him best wishe for success.

vVilliam 1vicK.enna, 'o6, is now at the Chicago Kent College of Law. After so valiantly battling Zigliara, he sh_ould not have much difficulty in overc0111

Another month of the college year has roll ed past and once again the typist is howling the ever-lastin g "copy." With this . cry i'n our ears we awake from our dreams and find ourselves confronted by a host of bright faces representing colleges from every corner of the country. For the most part they abound in accounts of comm encement exerc ises , but those w ho have issued their second numb er are beginning to find the standard which they -have upheld in other years.

The Villa Shield, clevely w1)tten and n eatly adorned with illustrati ons arrived on its monthly v isit. Even to the casual ob-, server this jo-urnal is . of interest. The article on . "Congress Spri11gs, California" amply explain s why we should adhere to the m axim, "See America First," and at the sam e time describ es the excellent qualities of th ese curative springs. In t he "Natural Resources of Greece" th e write r presents a 11 um b r of interesting details of t hi class ical country. The verse is refreshing and in-teresting, especially the stanzas entitl ed "Assumption Morn. "

Not the least w elcome of the m.onth's v isitors was the Ford-ham MOnthly, w hi ch in our eyes is worthy of praise. Each month it contain s a rticles of interest and seems most for tun ate in avoid-

. in g those topics which tend to make trite and cumber;3ome, the pages of a college journal. ln the October numb er Edgar Allen P oe, the bright light of American literature, receives some of the praise which his contemporaries unjustly denied him and his great success in bringing to the short story th e di stinction it n ow claims is well treated. One of the striking traits of this issue is the volu t11inousness of the editor, w ho has contributed an un-usually large amount of matter t o his paper. Of course the editor should contribute freely~but-well w e are commenting upon it, by way of remark.

From the distant regions of Las Cruces, New Mexico, come~ the Lor.retta C:res:oenit, reminding us that though the native land is unproductive, no such accusation can be made of its residents who engage in literary pursu its . Although, as the editor says, the staff is unacquainted with the work of editing a journal, still they are willing to work and learn. With such good resolu-tions, the Crescent need not fear as to its future success.

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