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VOL. XL. NOTRE DAME, INDIANA, OCTOBER 20, 1906. No. 6.

The Poet.

rEACH me, 0 Muse," I said, " a poet's duty."

She answering: "Thou ninst kiio^v it—^thou must

feel. '

Nor thoii nor any else can fashion beauty

By any creed or dogma. The thought ideal

Hath no set form, no limit and no rule;

I t is a grace of Nature to the few,

And hatli no chair in Attica, no school.

DraAv, thou, thine inspiration as thej' drew

Who sang to time; from thine own heart of hearts.

From the humanities, from joy and sorrow,

And build completely in thine ar t of arts.

Then will thou sing to the unborn To-morrow.

Harness. tlie spirit of thine age, if thou

Wouldst pass tlie boundary of the fading Now."

J. E. S. « • *

" A n Uncommercial Drama."

PAUL R. MARTIN, ' 0 9 .

E hear a great deal a t the present time in regard t o estab-Hshing in the United States a theatre where drama may be produced on a basis entirely uncommercial in spirit,, and

utterly a p a r t from the greed of present-day managers. This d r ama would no t appeal t o the masses in the sense t h a t the works of the popular dramat i s t make their appeal t o the play-going public, bu t would be ra ther for the benefit of those persons whose interest. w a s centred in the more aesthetic things of life, and whose tas tes were for the ideal and no t for the mediocre.

I t would be t o the profit of these people

if they would for a moment forsake the nat ional theatres of France and the endowed theatres of Germany, and tu rn their eyes in another direction—to Ireland, whose recent literary renaissance has caused the uprising of tw^o uncommercial theatres—one w^hich served, though laboring under every disad­vantage, t o awaken in a slumbering public mind an active enthusiasm in d rama of nat ional interest; the other a permanent insti tution located in i ts own home and producing fortnightly some play of historical or national importance.

The first named institution, "The Irish Literary Theatre ," owes i ts foundation t o William Butler Yeats, poet, dramat is t and mystic, who although seemingly a pagan in thoughtj is nevertheless an Irishman, bubbling over wi th enthusiasm for the Irish literary movement.

Mr. Yeats was entirely original in his ideas cJf stage management, and in place of the usual gaudy scenic effects, which, he contended, "served merely t o distract an audience fi-om the t rue purpose of the play," he substituted a plain back drop of green draperies with a stage almost bare of settings.

Contrary t o general impression the plays of the Irish Literary Theatre were produced by English professional actors, n o t by Irish amateurs, as had been the former produc­tion of Mr. Yeats' works. This is probably the reason why the Irish Literary Theatre was no t enduring. The actors did no t have the nat ional spirit, nor could they inter­p r e t - t h e lines of the Irish dramat i s t so as t o produce the required result on their audiences.

Tha t this result w a s produced in a w a y w a s owing t o the fact t h a t the audiences were already keyed up t o an expectation

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of t h a t impulse which is onh'^ a na tura l vented from their purpose by a squad of outcome when the heartstr ings of a patriotic Dublin police. people are pulled \yj reference to some However, this very act only pointed out nat ional subject dear t o everj'^ . soul more forcibty w h a t might be accomplished j)resent. through the medium of the theatre . The

The first of Mr. Yeats' plaA- s t o be pro- Irish nat ional public had seemingly tired duced a t the Irish Literary Theatre w a s of reading and almost all other intellectual (< The Countess Cathleen," a d rama over- pursuits, yet if they "were so awakened t o flowing Avith nat ional sentiment and forcibly seriousness th rough a dramatic performance, calling t o mind the condition of the Irish i t was evidently by means of the theatre soul, caused by v^ears of strife and oppres- t h a t the w a y would be paved for the Irish sion, of s tarvat ion and defeat. Li terary Revival.

The story of the plaj^ is simply 3' et During the existence of the literary theatre beautifully told in t h a t rich flow of which was from May, 1899, t o October, figurative language t h a t has marked Mr. 1901, seven plays were produced in English Y^eats as a poet of poets—a reincarnation by Air. Yeats and his players. Three of of the bards of ancient Erin. them—"The Land of Hear t ' s Desire," \ty

The Countess Cathleen, the grea t lady Mr. Yeats, and " T h e Heather Fie ld" and of a famine-stricken district, is the leading "Alaeve," by Mr. Edward Mar tyn , followed character in this little sentimentality, closely upon Mr. Yeats ' "The Countess Grieved t h a t her tenants should be starving Cathleen." The others—"The Bending of about her, she sells all she has t o provide the Bough," by Mr. George Moore; " T h e funds wi th which thej^ can procure food. Las t Feas t of F iana ," .by Miss Milligan, and But this is not all wi th which she has t o "Dia rmuid" and "Gran ia , " by Mr. Aloore contend, for demons, under the guise of and Mr. Yeats—were produced throughout tradesmen, have entered the country and the next year. are bartering for the souls of the starving Then came the most impor tan t event in peasants, giving them in exchange gold the history of the society, the production and food. in Gaelic of Dr. Douglas Hyde's "Casadh

Finding all her funds exhausted, the~ au t-Sugain," which translated into English Countess Cathleen sacrifices her own soul is called " T h e Twist ing of the Rope." This t o the demons, and in this w a y saves her drama, built upon an old Irish folk tale, people, n o t only from s tarvat ion bu t from serves in a most admirable manner t o eternal damnation. il lustrate the feeling of the Irish peasant

Had Henrik Ibsen been the au thor of t o w a r d the wandering bard. I t is in no "The Countess Cathleen" he would have w a y mystical or symbolical as were Mr. ended his d rama a t this point, bu t no t so Yeats ' plays, bu t i t gives a striking picture Mr. Yeats. His poetic nature would no t of Irish peasant life. submit t o the marr ing of this beautiful Dr. Hyde intrusted his stage rnanage-verse by the idea t h a t the soul of the good ment t o Mr. W. G. Fay , who was for several Cathleen w a s t o remain forever in the years on the professional stage, and who keeping of the satanic spirits. Mr . Yeats was, a little later, t o become the founder has provided an after-scene in which God and stage director of the National Theatre witnesses the charity of Cathleen and. Society. Dr. Hyde and Mr. F a y saw t h a t judging her intention n o t her deed, 'grants i t would be worse t h a n useless t o produce her pardon and life everlasting. the p l ay . wi th English professionals, and

Owing t o this b i t of sentimentality Mr. therefore resorted t o casting the d rama Y^eats and the Irish Li terary Theatre had from persons w h o had spoken Gaelic from a most unpleasant odium cast upon them, their cradles, bu t who had never acted A band of " rough and ready theologians," before. These people could a t least infuse construing t h a t Mr. 'Yeats w a s advocat- some sentiment of the Celtic spirit into the ing a heretical doctrine, endeavored by play, a l though their desire w a s merely t o force t o break up the performance of the speak Gaelic on a stage ra ther t han any "Countess Cathleen" and were only pre- serious interest in acting for its own sake.

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"Casadh au t-Sugain," served its purpose, and served i t well. I t aroused the interest of those t o whom the former plays of the theatre had made no appeal. The Dublin press heralded i t as marking a new epoch in the dramatic history of the world, and even the English reviews, a t all times slow in acknowledging the merit of anything Irish, acclaimed the new movement as being wor thy of the u tmos t consideration.

(To be continued.)

Pike's Peak on a Burro.

YARNUM A. PARRISH, ' 0 9 .

. The ihost realistic and enjoyable waj^ t o ascend a mountain is on a horse, mule or burro. Of these three the safest for an inexperienced rider is the burro. All t h a t is necessary t o insure t o oneself a safe journey on this little donkey is t o hang t o the saddle. Such is no t the case wi th the mule and still less wi th the' horse. The rider on the horse must see t h a t his mount steps on no loose stone or infirm ground for fear of his slipping off the t ra i l into the valley below, while he who- rides the burro need have no fears. Where the t rai l is na r row and steep the little donkey seems t o consider every step before he takes it . The burro possesses three qualities in the superlative degree,—sureness of foot; stub­bornness, and endurance. Although these animals do no t weigh over six or eight hundred pounds yet they can carry a load of a hundred and fifty t o t w o hundred pounds up and down the mountains wi th remarkable ease.

Pike's Peak is also accessible by means of the cog road. But the engine and the coach bear an air of civilization w^hich tends t o detract from the beauty of nature and make i t less charming. The mode of travel t h a t adds t o the genuineness of nature 's beauty is the burro. But those no t s t rong physically should use the cog road, for the t r ip on the donkey is exceedingly tiring.

Mountains are very imposing in their grandeur and magnificence to those who have lived their lives on the broad, flat prairies. They are, as weU, quite as decep­tive t o strangers w h o a t tempt t o guess

their height or distance. We arrived in Manitou on an August afternoon abou t one o'clock: When we go t off the car one of the party^ pointed to a mountain, and asked me if t h a t w a s snow on its summit. I said t h a t i t couldn't be saow, for i t was only about eightv'- rods away, while w e don ' t have snow in this lati tude until one gets about 10,000 feet above the sea level. 1 though t i t must be white sand. I w^as afterward informed by a resident of Manitou t h a t the white sand we s a w on the hilltop eighty rods dis tant w a s snow on Pike's Peak, 14,000 feet high and twelve miles from Manitou.

The burro pa r ty left the stable a t three in the afternoon. There were about twen ty of us. We had t w o guides on horses and one on a mule. We also had t w o pack burros with us, one laden wi th feed for the animals, and the other wi th food for the par ty .

We w^ere soon winding our w^ay up the mountain side. The trai l in most places w^as n o t over a foot and a half t o t w o feet in width. In some places i t ran along the edge of a precipice, w^hile in others there was a steep incline leading from i t down into the valley. Although the aspect of the former places was far more treacherous, yet in reality one w^as as dangerous as the other, for one might as well fall off the precipice as get started down the steep incline, for once started there w^ould be no stopping.

We w^ere deeply impressed by the scenery w^hich w a s new t o nearly all of us. And those who knew^ how to ride had the additional pleasure of being amused by the riding of the others, for there is no place where deficiency of grace and experience is more ludicrously conspicuous than in riding. Now^ the trai l leads through some wrhisper-ing pines; then, along a stony ledge, next up a steep incline. Here we find a spring bubbling out of the rocks, forming a little stream which crosses our pa th . We watered the burros, and drank ourselves. Never did wa te r t as te better.

After about three hours ' ride we arrived a t the camp t h a t belongs t o the manager of the burro b a m . He had pitched tents , and built feed racks for the burros a t a

-place half way between the Peak and

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Manitou. The camp serves as a resting-place for parties on both the upvi'^ard and downward pa r t s of their t r ip . Although w e had ridden three hours we Avere only about six miles from Manitou. One can no t t ravel more t han t w o or three miles an hour in the mountains if the trails are a t all steep. We were all quite ready t o rest when we go t t o the camp, for riding up and down mountains is very- much more tire­some for both mount and man t han riding on level ground, and either is quite w^earing t o those not accustomed t o the saddle.

We were t o sta3'- here in camp until mid­night, when we %vere 'to finish our journej'-t o the Peak and arrive there in time t o see the rising sun. Upon our arrival a t this half-waj'^ camp, the burros were fed and w^atered by the guides; w^ood "\A'-as gathered; a fire made; and some one got a pail of w^ater and made coffee. The burro carrying the lunch boxes w^as unloaded and every­one go t his box. Few had estimated their appetites correctly, and as a consequence few boxes had enough left in them for the meal w'hich was t o be eaten next morning a t the same place on our return. After our supper was over we talked a w-hile, bu t as w e intended t o finish pur journey the next morning, betw-een twelve and four we were all ra ther anxious t o get as much sleep as possible.

At twelve o'clock we w^ere aw^akened by the guides. The burros were saddled, bu t i t w^as soon discovered t h a t w e were three donkeys short . About an hour was lost in looking for them. The guides could find only t w o of the -little fellows, so for the third m a n , who was still w^ithout means of travel, one of the pack burros was saddled. I t vsras one o'clock before we started.

The p a r t of our t r ip from one until four J though t t o be the most enjoyable. The mountains are most impressive by night. .They thrill the hear t of the awestricken traveller wi th wonder and amazement as he gazes upon them in their sublime mag­nificence in. the stillness of the night, while the soft pale light of the moon seems t o tone down their, rugged grandeur. On one side of us there w^ere the dark pine forests, on the other we could look down into the valley below and see a little lake glimmering in. the moonlight.

We were soon leaving the timber line which is about 9000 feet above sea level. The rest of the way^ to . the Peak is very-barren, bleak and cold. After the moon had set the s tars came out brighter and larger t h a n I had ever seen them. As one looked up t h a t bare mountain of rock some of the s tars seemed t o be resting on i ts very summit.

Jus t before w e go t t o Windy Point w e wrapped our blankets around our legs, bundled up wi th all the clothing we had, and prepared for the coldest p a r t of our t r ip . When we came t o the Point the wind blew- and T\'^histled, so t h a t i t w a s almost impossible t o imagine t h a t i t was an August night. We could all have worn more clothes wi th comfort t han w e had wi th us. The lakes t h a t w e saw^ now^ had ice on them, so one might have gone skating. At this height vegetation is very scarce. Nothing grows bu t moss and a few varieties of small, brightly colored flowers. Strange t o say, these little flow^ers bloom within a few yards of snow^ banks.

W e go t t o the Peak jus t a t break of day. The view of the rising and the sett ing of the sun from Pike's Peak is no t t o be surpassed. I t is the thing t h a t people climb the Peak t o see. And surely if one is fortunate enough t o see a glorious sunrise or sunset from this mountain he will no longer w^onder v^rhy people travel so far t o see it. To adequately describe the rising sun viewed from the Peak is a t a sk t o which few are equal. And yet anyone who sees i t is so filled wi th a something, t h a t he can ' t resist trying t o tell w h a t i t looks like.

As the sun rose i t t inted the whole eastern sky wi th the richest and most delicate of colors. The few Hght clouds t h a t hung ju s t below the Peak off in the east were tinged wi th innumerable hues. This eastern sky like the door of the old wagon-maker 's shop, which is covered wi th paints of many colors, seemed t o be the place where the Maker of the universe tried the blending of His hues.

As we stood there on t h a t majestic Peak which lifts i ts head far above the others, we could look down upon the smaller mountains and see the shadows of night still lingering on their western sides, and in the deep valleys a t their feet, while their

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eastern sides were glowing with the bright light of the red morning sun. Day was playing tag with night, climbing the same mountain tha t night was descending.

An hour later all those delicate colors in the eastern sky had faded awaj-. The Peak had lost all its attraction until sunset. There was nothing left for one to see on its summit but forty or fifty acres of barren rock and the railway station.

After sunrise i t got warm as quickly'- as i t had turned cold the previous night. Most of the snow which falls during the night melts the next day, except tha t which chances to drop in some ravine or shaded niche.

We were now preparing to return to Manitou. As we descended the mountain we kept taking off our extra clothing. AVe arrived a t the half-way camp about ten o'clock, ate a lunch, and then went our way on into the valley.

Going dovra hill is much more tiring on the rider than ascending, and it is almost as hard on the burro. As we looked down the mountain we could see another burro party coming up the incline on the same trail by which we were descending. As the trail along here was too narrow to admit the passing of two parties on horseback, the guide in the front rode on ahead of our party as fast as possible and stopped the ascending party before they got -to the narrow place in the trail.

We were back a t the burro barn in Manitou by one o'clock. All declared tha t they were more tired than they had ever been before, but tha t made little difference as we turned around and saw the bald old Peak looking down on us.

Varsity Verse.

A Change.

•\X7HEN the green gives way to golden, When the leaves look somewhat olden,

And yon miss the nimble robins from the lawn, When you hear no more the twitter,

Where the Wrens were wont to flitter, There's a feeling no concealing, summer's gone.

When the darkling cloud which hoyered Fa r above your heads has covered"

All the ground with snow that' ghtters far and near, When you hear the sleigh-bell's jingle And your blood begins to tingle,

There's a feeling no concealing, winter's here. W. F . C.

IF Stensland should come to Notre Dame He'd make a haiil, I venture to assert.

At the old cash drawer; he would take sure aim And bring it down when no one was alert;^

But when into the library he'd climb He'd feel plumb sore he ever came.

No book he'd get for fifteen minutes time, If Stensland should come to Notre Dame.

If Stensland should come to Notre Dame He'd work his graft and make a few look pale;

But when he struck the library- upstairs I know he'd shake and think it was a jail.

He'd see the books stacked upon each shelf. Hiding behind the hen wire like game;

He'd tliank his stars if he got out himself. If Stensland should come to Notre Dame.

S. T- D. LIMERICKS.

.\ big hefty fellow named Littim Was marked up by an insect t ha t bit him;

He went to the Doc's, And when told ' twas small pocks

His dad swore small pocks wouldn't fit him.

T - E . B ,

There was once a young lad named Chaucer, Who frowned A-erx- much, and said, "naw, sir,"

When the steak he got last, At his daih' repast,

But the fellows would laugh and say, "chaw-sir.".

D. C.

SPONTANEOUS COJIBUSTION.

Get wise, back up, get rubber, This aint no place for 3-ou;

I t 's up to 3-ou to "fl^- 3-our kite," "Go, roll 3-our hoop,' ' "skiddoo."

You've got an awful " rush ' ' on. You're crowded to the feet.

Your "belfrv-" is fiall of bats, Y'ou're craz3- w-ith the heat.

We've heard 3'ou speel the " bull con," You've "slipped" a poor excuse;

Come off, get bus3-, break aw-"ay, We have to cut you loose.

We've held the wire too long. You've got the numbers mixed;

Y'our trolley line is out of geer. Drift on, and get it fixed.

Pu t on the "silent pedal,'' And with 3-ourself elope;

You've made a hit for a home run, You're favorite on the "dope."

So fade out to the timbers— Thirteen and fare for ±vco;

If 3-0U don't do the sprinters stunt. We'll put the boots to you. T. E. B.

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T h e Eavesdropper.

EDWARD F. O ' F L Y X X , ' 0 7 .

She \\^as a proud girl. From infancy she had been pampered and petted, and had grown up seeing bu t little of the real .w^oi ld, and so thinking t h a t i t was a Tery small one and prett3'- much one-sided. She w a s pretty, prettj- as scay modern novelist would want , and t o her view of things, dreadfullv wise.

In the world and around her there w^ere mauy^ others j u s t like her, b u t she didn' t think so. She had read, w^as accomplished, and t o the class of men who called on her she w^as clever. She had seen so much comic opera, had been bored by so many teas, had become so used t o "swell receptions and balls ," had at t racted so much at tent ion and been duly incensed, t ha t , w h a t society-calls the big things, had little efiect on her. In a word, she w a s bored t o death—a victim of ennui. T h a t was why^ she stayed a t home t h a t Wednesday afternoon, though the Anchor Yacht Club w a s having a red-letter time—at least t h a t w a s w^hy she though t she remained; b u t F a t e w a s play^-ing another game.

Down the street old Dexter Smith came, and peeking from behind the curtains she saw him. He w^as forty and beginning t o grow^ bald. At times she thought he grew t o be more than a mere friend t o her. I t w^as t rue t h a t he w^as a friend of her father's and t h a t they bo th had been implicated in big mining deals. At any rate , she had heard so ; she had also heard t h a t her father, old Judge Healy, w a s a power " in the • street." W h a t " t h e s t r ee t " w a s she had a vague idea; w h a t papa ' s business w a s she only knew because he had called his grea t mine, the Minnie Healy, after her.

So much and so little did she know of her father's business. She had never known the tired nights he had spent, planning how t o make his family happy. AH she knew was , t h a t Minnie Healy ^ w a s the most jDetted little girl in the city. But times were changing, and one by one old Judge Healy's mines were lost in gigantic litigation. Only the " Minnie" remained, bu t t h a t w a s the

richest of all. H o w he had lost his others, the Nipper, the Sweat, the Jewel, his daughter never knew. In fact, no one knew^ bu t himself, as no one bu t he knew how he had got ten them.

"Heavens! H o w I hate t h a t old Smith," she said as she heard the door-bell ring. Mr. Smith, mining promoter and husj man, entered. In the parlor she heard him ask for Judge Healy.

"Righ t in here, Mr. Smith," said the old Judge, as he led him into his office in an adjoining room.

They closed the door, and she heard her father say, " T a k e a seat ."

" M y , I t hough t he wanted me," she said, "he 's come so often of late. He's a nice man for a friend, b u t t h a t ' s all ."

There w^as silence for a w^hile, and then her fluffy curiosity became aroused.

" I wonder w h a t he and papa are doing in there locked up alone," she said after a while.

Picking uj) a book she star ted t o read. I t w a s the la tes t novel, one young Harold Winters had sent. She opened i t and read for a while. She got as fair as the fifth. chapter, and, contrary t o her usual tendency^, read the title, " A Bird in a Gilded Cage."

With a flush she closed the book. I t w^as too real, she thought , t oo much like present circumstances seemed t o indicate, while fi-om the room she heard the men's voices, and the murmur seemed t o grow^ louder.

"Oh, why dp girls mar ry old m e n ? " she burs t out, bu t stopped on hearing her father's voice.

"You w a n t her, Deck, why. j^ou're crazy man ."

"No , I 'm no t , " was the answer in a steadied voice.

" O h , " said the girl in the other room, " I knew i t ; I knew i t . "

" B u t Minnie's all I 've go t , " came from the Judge. "And when she's gone w h a t shall I do, besides—" '

Now her father's voice rose higher, and she thought she saw his flushed, angered face before her. She fell back into the chair and listened, the tears rolling down her cheeks. Sad tears of a young girl they were, who rebelled a t the though t of a "gilded cage."

"Bu t , Judge, I need her, and I 'm going t o have her. Why w h a t - woulJ I no t be

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with her. New York would s tand and look, t h a t ' s all, j u s t look, wi th mouth wide open, a t the man from the West they despised, and Judge, all you have t o do is say the w o r d ' "

The.Judge w a s silent and the girl too— New York, and the man from the West.

"Come, now, Judge," began Smith again. "Well ," meditated the Judge. He looked a t Smith, the old grey ej'-es

piercing the promoter through. Yes, only one man in all the world knew his secret, knew- how he go t the Minnie Heaty, the Nipper, and the rest. Now t h a t man was prepared t o use t h a t secret. Smith grew impatient, and since argument did no t prevail, t h rea t w^ould.

" I f you don' t"—Smith was plainlj^ grow­ing mad,—"I' l l break you, though I ruin myself."

The Judge winced; he knew^ this man. Smith.

In the other room the girl, arose pale and angered. She started for the room, bu t stopped, i t was her father speaking. . " W h a t ' s your offer?" he asked; "ha l f a mil l ion?"

"No, sir," he answered, and a t the though t the girl fell into the great leather chair in a faint.

I t w a s only for a moment, though. Through the haze she though t she heard, " a million."

" O h ! " she screamed. The men in the room heard her and

stopped, then rushing into the parlor they saw the girl leaning on the arm of the great leather chair and weeping.

" What ' s the mat ter , little girl ? " anxiously asked her father.

"Nothing—only!" " O n l y ? " "Only you and he—and,"—she said look­

ing up toward Smith. The t w o men looked a t each other won-

deringly, then her father asked: "Didn ' t you w a n t t o sell the Minnie

either, d e a r ? " Then she hid her face in his coat and

laughed, but the men thought she w a s sobbing. In a moment she controlled herself:

" T h a t w a s it, papa, l^ou know you called i t after me," she lied as every girl does some time or other.

Late Autumn.

A H, sad are the cla3-s of autumn, Eacli breeze as i t s^Yeeps along,

As it strips the trees of their dj-ing leaves. Seems to mtirnnir a requiem song;

A requiem song of summer And all the hoiaes Avhich it bore,

A song of sadness and regret For the daj-s t h a t are no more.

Ah, sad are the days of atittimn, For dead are the summer's flowers

And carolling birds bare long since fled From their homes in the \-elIowing bowers.

W. J. D. «•»

T h e "Rag t ime" Novel.

WESLEY J. DOXAHUE, ' 0 7 .

vears asro r ag t ime" music made Some its appearance, and suiting the public's fancj' soon monopolized i ts at tent ion. F o r i ts appireciation one needs little kno"wrledge or understanding of music: Possessing little d'^pth, ragtime music is best designated as clever and "ca tchy ." Because of its shallow­ness new selections are alwavs takinsr the place of the old. Constant repetition of the same number in the slang terminology "kills i t ," and i t must be relegated t o the b o t t o m of the music rack. The success of anv rasftime selection is measured bv i ts abilitv t o las t a season. If for a whole season i t is sung by vaudeville s tars , played by park bands, btitchered by hurdy-gurdies and hummed by everj'body in general t o the exclusion of all other selections, i t is a decided success; for i t has brought -_the au thor a splendid royal ty and has success­fully tickled the public's musical palate . T h a t w a s all the composer ever looked for, t h a t w a s the fulfilling of his desire. To write something t h a t would live, t o wri te something t h a t could be played or sung years after i t was composed wi thout being laughed at , such an idea never entered the composer's mind:

Now much as these ragtjme selections are admired during their shor t reign of popularitj^, nevertheless, their m o s t ardent admirers, as I have said, t u rn from, them, and in a short time . are calling-for new productions. There\ is something wan t ing

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in them, something t h a t can only be found in the classic selection; the selection t h a t has stood the w^ear and tear of time, and though familiar is ever new. The more these are heard the oftener w e w a n t t o hear them; the more we hear them the better are they understood, and the better understood the better appreciated. Time far from lessening their claims adds t o their perennial immortalit3'-. This is true of the classic in any ar t .

There seems t o be an analogy betw^een the situation in music and t h a t in literature. To-day the modem novel holds the public at tention; clever bu t shallow, wi th little plot and less characterization, i t dances about in the limelight of poj>ular favor. I t s success or failure is marked hy i ts abilitj'- or non-ability t o rank among the "s ix best sellers." Even then its jDOsition, like t h a t of the rag­time march or two-step, is only a t rans i tory one. A little while and i t is forgotten, over­whelmed in the sea of novels t h a t each year floods the market. I t was no t wri t ten t o be read a second time. I t satisfies only for a moment. I t is the " r a g t i m e " in literature.

Wha t is said here does no t apply t o every novel—^there are exceptions t o all rules—^but i t does apply t o a very large number. The sole end for vi' hich the present-day novel is created can easily be accomplished w^ith-out fulfilling the conditions requisite .for the making of a classic novel. Thackeraj'^, Dickens, Elliot in their best w^ork, all por­t rayed life as i t w^as. The idea of drawing a picture of life, how^ever, never creeps into the " r a g t i m e " novelist's consciousness. The reality of the classic novel is here cast aside, and in i ts place is substituted unreali ty; here ordinary, everyday life, anything com­monplace is foreign. The average mor ta l never appears in the " r a g t i m e " novel unless as a sort of background against w^hich the author ' s hero or heroine . may s tand in s t rong relief.

All the characters are ideal—^ideal in their spiritual and above all in their physical make-up; they are all of heavenly mould. A heroine wi th a pug-nose and faded hair, or a round-shouldered hero t h a t stuttered w^ould ruin any novel's chances of selling, and of course now^adays . t h a t is the impor tan t consideration.

The one th ing we do find in the " ragtime "

novel is rapidity'- of action. Wha t speed is t o the automobile, t h a t rapid action is t o the modem novel. Event foUow^s event in quick succession; one presses the other off the page. Action is all essential t o American life, and the new novels are full of action. F o r this their authors should be commended. They have caught the spirit of- the t ime; bu t the action in their novels is n o t the action of life as lived bv- the ordinary man or w^oman. Everything is so unreal, so difierent from w h a t really happens.

The society novel, the novel of "Western" life, the well-styled "hys ter ica l" novel, are ftill of those exciting bu t hardly possible happenings. H a n d - t o - h a n d encounters, hairbreadth escapes, passionate speeches, scintillating conversations abound. And yet, though characterization and descrip­tion are subordinated, and the author ' s whole a t tent ion is directed t o the plot, there is little originality^ shown even here. Were old Diogenes t o visit us again he could search the " r a g t i m e " novel all night as well as all day for something original, and would give i t up in the end wi th a sullen, " W h a t ' s the use." We still have the same old plots, now and then enlivened by a bit of cleverness, but, on the w^hole, the same. I t is a lways the eternal tw^o and always-orange blossoms on the last page. In many respects the " r a g t i m e " novel bears a marked resemblance t o Nick Carter 's " t e n centers.". Forgot ten almost before i t is read, and once laid aside never read again, few will hazard the opinion t h a t the " r a g t i m e "

novel will ever occupy a permanent place in our literature.

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Day Dreaming.

T H E time I've, lost in dreaming Of daj'S with gladness beaming

Of hours when life To me w^as rife

With smiles of childhood teeming.

This time holds me enchanted ' By the joys -with which 'tis planted

Of happy days ^Tien life's hard ways

Were sweet with -washes granted.

And Tain is each endeavor , Which tries these bonds to sever,

So sweet to feel. As hard to steal

Away from now as ever. W. F . G.

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The Criticism of Brunetiere.

FKAXK C. COLLIER, ' 0 / .

The creative imagination and criticism are almost inseparable in French literature. We may admire and imitate French literar\ ' criticism as .we admire and imitate French ar t , bu t wi th much the same reservation; for i t may be said of some of the French critics t h a t wha t they have gained in brilliancy and versatility they have lost in weight and impressiveness. The critic, is onlj- too often a clever dilettante who has no^ aim bej'-ond t h a t of entertaining the public wi th a display"- of his own intellectual skill. But i t is a marked distinction of Brunetiere t o

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have avoided this and t o haA' e given back t o the word " critic " something of i ts former meaning. He has an ideal and convictions, and has insisted on judging by them. He possesses- the power which belongs t o those who have convictions t o impose themselves upon those who have none. He has persisted in the idea t h a t books exist t o express ideas, whereas most people nowadaj'-s tu rn t o books, no t for.ideas bu t for entertainment.

The impression t h a t Brunetiere gives is t h a t of a man who, by temperament a n d . instinct, has found himself th rown into na tu ra l contradiction wi th his con­temporaries. He is the champion of the classical t radit ion, and proclaims the su­premacy of reason a t a time when a r t is given over t o morbid subjectivity. His works are marked by eminently masculine qualities. His style is restricted t o the syntax and vocabulary' lingers in his works scholastic temper. He dogmatic in tone, and t ion grows disputatious and polemical. In •. default of a real adversary he often addresses himself as ah imaginary'- one. He has been called, the inventor of "mi l i t an t criticism." Behind his bat ter ing rams, sa3'S Mr. Jules Lemaitre, " there is a lways a reserve of catapul ts ." The history of Brunetiere's work as a critic is, t o a grea t extent, the history of his polemics. At the very. 'beginning of. his career as a wri ter he singled out >the natural is t for his a t tacks ,

of something

Bossuet. There of the

is imperious and a t slight provoca-

and continued these in articles extendinsr over a period of nearly twelve years. La ter : he declared t h a t modem science was bank- ' rupt, t h a t i t had failed t o keep i ts promise, and thus became engaged in a "war of pamphlets wi th the advocates of experi­mental methods.

Brunetiere in his pitiless polemics has taken pains t o smash the scientific pre­tension of Zola. He has stripped from his works the veneer of pseudo-science, and has shown t h a t a t bo t tom liis works are not a reaction against romant idsm, b u t are in many waj'-s its logical continuatiohl

Again he has been one of the first t o show w h a t he calls the essentially " ly r ica l" character of the great romantic writers, and hj this he means their com­plete self-absorption, their unwillingness t o occup3' themselves • wi th anything except their own emotions, the imperiousness t o ideas. Brunetiere has deplored this isolation of l i terature from life, and has striven until now he has a clear insight into the remedy. He has declared t h a t l i terature may escape from dilettante trifling only hj proposing for itself some ideal aim. I t is in defense of w h a t he beheves t o be the ideal r ights of man t h a t he has been drawn into all- his polemics. According t o his own definition his work has been a reaction against nine­teenth centur\' naturalism, a protest agains t the absorption of man into nature . -

In a w^ord, he has aimed t o make of criticism both a science and an a r t . By his dogmatic temper he is natural ly fitted t o keep alive t h a t t radi t ion of classical criti­cism w^hich, begun in Lat in by Scahger, w a s continued in French bv a series of critics extending from Malherbe and Boileau t o Nisard. If Brunetiere has been more t h a n a mere dogmatic critic, i t is because in addition t o his observance of the pas t he has a certain amount of scientific instinct, and a t the same time a s t rong sense of historical . development.

I F thy faith does n o t make thee pure,' s t rong and loving, how canst t hou desire t o implant i t in another? If t h y religion does no t give thee peace and joy, h o w canst t hou wish t o , spread i t th rough the world?—Spalding. . . . . •

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Notre Dame, Indiana.

Notre Dame, Indiatia, October 20,1906.

B o a r d of E d i t o r s .

EDWARD F. O ' F L Y N N , '07 .

THOMAS E. BUKKE, ' 07

WESLEY J. DONAHXTE, ' 07

WILLIAM A. BOLGER, ' 0 7

ROBERT L. BRACKEN, 'OS

PATRICK M. MALLOY, ' 07

LOUIS M. KELLEY, '07

WM. E. CUXNIXGHAM, ' 07

FRANCIS T. MAHER, 'OS

WILLIAM LENNARTZ, '08

VARNUir A. PARRISH, '09

PAUL R. MARTIN, ' 09

—Not long since back we called the at tent ion of the student body t o our lookout for a staff. With this issue we give the names of those we have. The list is b u t part ial , however, and we intend t o add new names as soon as new^ names will justify us. W e reminded everyone t h a t vre knew w h a t we were at tempting, t h a t w e needed help, and t h a t we looked t o eveiy student of the University for t h a t help. Now we have picked from the best. There are other men in mind, and we are only wai t ing for them t o show up in mate­rial. To every man who has SCHOLASTIC

aspirations w e say, " g e t busy."

—What's the mat t e r wi th the student body? The mere visitor arid onlooker a t Saturday 's game mus t surely have stood up and noticed. The students ' root ing was mentionable for i ts sUence. True, the Varsity wasn ' t scoring; true, also w^as the fact t h a t they were playing a headless game. But we have seen Notre Dame play poorer games t h a n t h a t first half was , and w e have seen times when i t w a s jus t as hard t o score, b u t we never have seen such a disgraceful w a n t of spirit as the side-liners displayed las t Saturday. A few. Corbyites on the east

side of the field were all t h a t the game stirred enough t o give even a "U . N. D."

I t ' s all very easy t o roo t and yell w^hen 3' our team is wiping the others away . The team doesn't need your support then. But when i t does need it, when i t should have it, is when things are going wrong, when signals get mixed and the men aire held. Here we are in the middle of the football season and no t one movement on foot for sji-stematic root ing; no t one meeting called, n o t one leader chosen. All of which mus t make the man in canvas, who hears nothing bu t his own heavy breathing out on the listless field, wonder w h a t is the mat t e r wi th the student body.

—All believers in government by the people will applaud the tactfiilconduct of Secretary Taft in performing his delicate t ask as provisional governor of Cuba. I t would be an easy way out of the present difiiculty t o adop t the suggestion of the London Spectator. Give General Wood a ten years ' appointment wi th a commission t o rule Cuba, and a t the end of t h a t time invite Cuba t o enter the Union wi th the full r ights and obligations of Statehood. This would be easy, and may ultimately prove inevitable; bu t t o do i t now would be t o decide arbitrari ly the vi ta l question a t issue. Are the Cubans fit for self-government? The President and Mr. Laft, and all other Americans who have no t some personal interest in the mat ter , believe t h a t they should be given every opportuniiy under the most favorable circumstances t o decide t h a t question for themselves. Less t h a n this would neither be ju s t t o Cuba nor honorable for the United States . Bu t this course is expedient as well as honorable. We do no t need more terr i tory. Many of us wonder why we took the Philippines. More terr i tory means more problems arid more diverse sectional interests, and we already have enough of both.

—^To-day we play Chicago Physicians and Surgeons. You are going t o . the game we know. But once there, w h a t are you going t o do? Are you wi th u s ; are you a student, or are you a passive on-looker?

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Death of Father Mooney.

With deep grief Notre Dame heard of the death of Rev. Nathan J. Mooney of Chicago, who passed a w a y Wednesday morning, Oct. 10, a t St. Joseph's Hospital . Fa the r Mooney w a s an alumnus and very dear frieiid of Notre Dame. His boyhood days were spent within the shadow of her dome, and during those days he became by his loyalty and fidelitj^ t o duty a true child of Notre Dame. In 1877 he was grad­uated, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Science, and four years later became a student in the famous College of Propa­ganda, Rome. Having completed the regular course he was appointed vice-rector of the American College, which position he held for over a year. He w^as ordained pr ies t ' in June, 1886, his first mission being assistant pas tor in Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago. Eight years afterwards he was appointed chancellor of the archdiocese, and in 1899 w a s made pas tor of St. Columbkille's Church. Fa ther Moone3'' "was a frequent visitor a t Notre Dame when rector of St. Columbkille's Church and delivered the Baccalaureate sermon in the year 1901. He made his las t visit t o the University in September of this year, when he attended the annual retreat of the priests of the Chicago archdiocese. No priest w a s more widety known or universally loved, and his many friends a t Notre Dame sympathize wi th his bereaved , relatives.

A Carnegie Medallist.

William J. A. Darst, a 17-year old student of Notre Dame, residing in Corby Hall, was on Wednesdciy last aw^arded a bronze medal and $1000 in cash by the Carnegie hero fund commission in acknowl­edgment of an act of heroism performed in Chicago on the 17th of May, 1904, by which t w o young men w^ere rescued from drow^ning.

Clifford N. Snyder, aged 14, of South Haven, Mich., w a s honored in a like manner for the same act. The s tory of the thrilling deed offers a noble example of manly bravery.

T w o young men were t h r o w n into Lake

Michigan firom a sailing canoe, which capsized a quar ter of a mile from the shore. The lake w a s rough and the w a t e r cold, and after a t tempt ing t o swim ashore, drag­ging their canoe, the young ' men became numb and exhausted. They w^ere seen from the shore and alarm w^as given. Soon a crowd gathered on the wharf, b u t no one took the initiative, as i t w a s though t the life-saving crew would come t o the rescue. I t did not, however, and while others tarried, Darst and his companion launched a small boa t .

They enlisted a negro's help after several men had refused t o go out wi th them. W^hen thex^ were out about one hundred and fifty feet their boa t capsized, and i t was necessary t o get another one wi th a flat bot tom, which, thev did. When thev were abou t half the distance t o "the drown­ing men the swells so rocked their b o a t t h a t the negro became frightened and begged the boys t o return. They would n o t do this, so he dropped his oars and refused t o row. Darst and his companion continued t o bat t le wi th the waves until the canoe w a s reached. Fearing t h a t they would be swamped the negro protested agains t the men being pulled into the boat , b u t this . w^as done.

The rescued men had tied themselves t o their canoe, so t h a t their people would be able t o recover their bodies, they having given up hope of life. They collapsed and were unable t o give assistance in rowing back t o shore. Despite t he trouble which the negro caused on the return voyage, young Darst and his companion, w e r e able t o land their human cargo in safety.

Mr. Darst w a s given one gold medal by the spectators who. saw the deed, and another by his mother for his heroic act. The Carnegie medal is of solid bronze, three inches in diameter and three-sixteenths of an inch in thickness.

On one side is a likeness of Andrew Carnegie and the date of the organization of the fund. On the reverse is the mot to , "Greater love ha th no man than this, t h a t a man lay down his life for his fiiends." Since the awarding of the medal Mr . Dars t has been the recipient of much praise. We also extend t o him our sincere corigratu-lations.

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Notes from the Colleges.

The Junior class a t Purdue has elected Convill, s ta r full-back of last year 's VaCrsity, manager of their football team.

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Indiana has a Russian professor \ij the name of Petrunkviclj. His father is the well-known leader of the Russian Duma.

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A college man signing himself an ex-Comellian, writ ing t o the Purdue Exponent, suggests t h a t all the animal spirits and surplus energy t h a t are expended in the animal " tank-scrap ," be directed in more advantageous channels. He proposes t h a t the Sophomores and Freshmen d raw up a schedule of contests, including football, base­bal l and track. The class winning the major­i ty of these games t o be declared the victor. In this w^ay the coach and trainer w^ould get a line on the men. And the super-heated steam of the first and second year collegians, instead of being manifest by worthless class numerals on a tank, might be so used as t o be of a material benefit t o the university and the individual participant.

Heming of Purdue is developing into a kicking s tar .

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The Omer (la.) college paper refers t o the members of their football t eam as "Cyclones."

Indiana and Wabash are wrangling over the validity of one of Indiana 's touchdowns las t Saturday. The diflficulty involves the interpretation of the new rules.

* * Bv the new football rules football teams

made up of college men are precluded from playing High School teams. This is a severe blow t o the class team's prospect for " t r i p s . "

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* » The t o t a l registration

October 1 w a s 3744. a t Ha rva rd on

* * Purdue is enthusiastic over her t rack

prospects. * *

The Honor System has been adopted a t Minnesota.

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And now there is a man in the world w^ho insists t h a t football originated wi th the Chinese. The man is Stewert Culin. He has unearthed a Chinese drawing w^hich show^s a prime minister engaged in a game of football wi th a king and t w o chamberlains.

Purdue went up t o Chicago to-day full of pepper and cheered on by a t ra in full of enthusiastic students, who accompanied the team on a special t ra in .

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The cigarette lover pays for his enjoj'^ment. Now we hear t h a t Syracuse University refuses scholarships t o men who smoke "pil ls ."

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Stagg is suffering from a rheumatic a t tacks .

recurrence of

* * " J i m m y " Sheldon bemoans the fact t h a t

his men are t o o heavy and wi thou t spirit. However, Indiana must be reckoned wi th regardless of their coach's discouragement.

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Thirteen men were awarded their M's a t Minnesota for baseball.

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The Juniors a t Yale are t o manage the freshmen football teams in the future.

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Cooler Luck of De P a u w says of las t Sa turday ' s football game betw^een Wabash and Indiana t h a t i t did no t exhibit a working of the new rules, and expresses the believe t h a t bo th teams will adop t a different style of play later on in the season.

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The Purdue Exponent of Sunday, com­menting on the football practice a t the Boiler-Maker's School, says t h a t the line is weak, and t h a t in the Freshman-Varsity con­tes t of Saturday, forward power in nearly every instance failed, while fumbling was a common offence.. Conville of las t year 's Varsity g o t in the game, bu t i t is doubtful whether he will play t o -day£a t Chicago.

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Athletic Notes.

The best game of football seen on Cartier Field this season w a s played last Sa turday afternoon between Coach Barrj'^'s warr iors and the fast eleven of Hillsdale College. The result w a s a victory of 17 t o 0 for Notre Dame.

Dan Boone, an old University of Chicago s tar , w h o coached the Hillsdale team, brought wi th him one of the fastest and strongest teams in the Sta te of Michigan, no t including Yost 's eleven. He w a s confi­dent of holding down the Varsity, if no t defeating it, and he sent word t o manager Draper before the game t h a t Notre Dame w^ould find i t necessary t o use i ts most powerful men and i ts finest plays in order t o carry off the honors.

Mr. Boone's generous warning was profited by. Coach Bar ry pu t his best men in the line-up, bu t the Varsity was forced t o play nothing bu t s t ra ight foot­ball in order t o win the game.

In the first half, the visitors played fast ball, and aided by fortunate recoveries of the leather on fumbles and on punts were once able t o advance the oval t o the Varsity 's 20-yard line. Here Hillsdale r an up against a stone wall, and during the rest of the game nearly all the honor went t o Notre Dame wi th Captain Bracken, Dolan and Beacom starring. These men worked brilliantly and set a fine example t o their team-mates. Hillsdale w a s twice able t o block the Varsity's formation w^hen i t was w^ithin striking distance of their goal, chiefly, i t seems, because the Notre Dame players did no t realize t h a t Hillsdale w a s playing the game of i ts history. The first section of the game ended in a tie, neither side scoring.

Between halves the men bat t l ing for the Gold and Blue had time t o think over the situation, and when they came on the field they had made up their minds t o journey across Hillsdale's goal line three or four times,—and they did.

Beacom blocked one of S tewar t ' s punts three minutes after the second half s tarted, and Sheehan fell on the ball 20 yards from the goal-line of the men from Michigan. T w o end runs netted 15 yards for Notre

Dame, and Beacom crashed through Hills­dale's defense for the first touchdown. He kicked goal, and the score stood 6 t o 0 in Notre Dame's favor.

Bracken's brilliant playing and the aid given him by his team-mates soon brought another touchdown, Captain Bob going over for five more points. Notre Dame, 1 1 ; Hillsdale, 0. Beacom carried the ball over for the third touchdown, and goal w a s missed. Notre Dame, 1 7 ; Hillsdale, 0. The ball was kicked off again, and the energetic leader of the Varsity w a s going over for another touchdown when time w a s called.

Coach Barry w a s able t o use a number of alternates in the game, all of whom played in a manner t h a t justified the coach's con­fidence in them.

* * The work of Captain Bracken since the

opening of the season proves the wisdom of las t year 's football men in selecting him t o lead the Varsity of 1906. No player on the gridiron has been more successful in gaining ground t han Bracken. No man has worked more faithfiillv for the success of the eleven and the glory of Alma Mater, than Bracken, and he is in every w a y wor thy of the support and admiration t h a t is given him by his team-mates and the rooters.

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Munson is playing a s t rong game and will add laurels t o the Varsity when the real test comes.

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Dolan is a grea t team-mate for Beacom, and the pair can no t be surpassed if" equalled by any t w o tackles in Indiana.

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Eggeman, Mertes, Henning, Doyle and Donovan are deserving of honorable men­t ion for their good work during the week.

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Keeffe can be relied upon t o figure in the headlines this season as he is already showing great form.

• * Miller is gradually coming t o be recog­

nized as the man who has a grea t future in football. Lou Salmon's place is a ha rd one t o fill, bu t MiUer is surely soon t o measure up t o the s tandard .

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Dwan, the man t o whom the propeller of the team was t o be given, had been forced t o wi thdraw from the squad because of parental objections. This was Dwau's first year, and from his Avork in the t w o games he did play in he gave everj'^ indication of making a great quarter-back. He j)ossessed an abundance of speed and nerve, and was learning the game fast.

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Las t Saturday'- the St. Joe Hall second team clashed with the ex-Juniors on Brown-son campus. I t proved t h a t the youngsters have no fear for the new- rules, as theyplaj'-ed the game like old Varsity men. The St. Joe team is a pluckj'- aggregation, and with a little t raining and practice w^ould make a good show^ing against the Hall teams. The line plunges of Conlin and Cull, together wi th the long runs of Funk, Hurley and , Rile3'- account for the gains made by St. Joe. I t is t o be hoped t h a t this same team will haA e an opportunitj-- of showing i ts metal against some outside teams.

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Binz, the only other possibility a t quarter, had his foot crushed on Wednesdaj'-, and will be out of the game the rest of the season. Binz w a s small, bu t for his size and weight w a s the best and nerviest little man t h a t has been seen on Cartier Field for some time. Binz's injury, coupled wi th Dwan's w^ithdraw^al, leaves Captain Bracken alone for quarter. A. O'C.

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Personal.

L A W D E P A R T M E N T .

—Mr. John B. Moran of Detroit, Mich., and Mr. Alexius Coquillard of South Bend, Ind., called on their many friends a t Notre 'Dame las t w^eek. Mr. Moran finished the short p rogram in Electrical Engineering las t June and is now holding a good position in the engineering department of Grand Rapids, Holland and Chicago Electric Railway Co. Mr, Coquillard w a s a student here in 1903, . He is now Vice-President of the Winona and Maxinkuckee Electric Railway Co, and is a member of the board of directors of the Indianapolis, Loganspor t and South Bend Traction ^ R . Co. He is also managing successfiilly a large real estate business in South Bend.

ORGANIZATION OF COURTS.

The moot and other courts of the University were this week organized. Inter­est in them is evidentlj^ growing, for more cases were tried during the las t academic year t han in any former ten months. The work of these courts corresponds as closely as practicable t o t h a t of the regular t r ia l courts of this and other states. I t includes the service of process, filing up pleadings, selection of juries, examination of witnesses, giving of instructions, arguments on the evidence, entry of verdicts, motions and arguments for new trials, judgments pro­nounced and appeals taken. Young men alive t o a becoming sense of duty, at tentive t o study and diligent in moot -cour t work, may acquire a t Notre Dame a knowledge of the law^ more thorough and practical t han is ordinarily supposed t o be within the a t ta inment of student years and effort. They find incentive in the fact t h a t those who industriously and conscientiously do the w^ork assigned t o them invariably pass with credit examinations for admission t o the ba r and engage afterward in the practice wi th fair prospect of a t ta in ing t o a high standing in the profession. They reahze t h a t industry is the key t h a t unlocked the temple of the law, and t h a t wi thou t i t no t even standing-room in the vestibule can be pre-empted,

AU former students say t h a t the benefit t o be derived from moot -cour t work can no t be overestimated. Those who enter upon and follow i t earnestly acquire a practical knowledge and self-confidence essential t o success as t r ia l lawyers.

The weekly sessions of the University courts are held on Saturdays, commencing a t 4.30 p . m. Attendance is obligatory. All l aw students are required t o be present, whether as part icipants in the trials in progress or as spectators. Much can be learned from observing attentively the steps taken in the development of a case on trial , and observers a t one session of the court may themselves be engaged in the tr ial of a case in the next, A full at tendance is inspiring to^ those actually engaged in court

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work, and i t is a matter hot only of mutual courtesy but of duty for all to attend.

Following are the courts, and the names of the officers composing them:

M O O T - C O U R T .

Judge, Hon. William Hoynes; Clerk, James V. Cunningham; Assistant Clerk, Leroy J. Keach; Prosecuting Attorney, Gallitzen A. Farabaugh; Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Harry Curtis; Referee, Dr. Michael J. Brown; Clerk in Referee's Office, Othmar J. Benz; Sheriff, Michael J. Diskin; Deputy Sheriff, George W. Springer; Coroner, Oscar A. Fox; Deputy Coroner, John Wm. Schindler; Jury Commissioners, Ralph, Feig and John F . Brogan; Notary Pubhc, Walter L. Joyce; Recorder, Thomas Paul McGannon; Reporters, Robert Bracken and Edward J. Arvey.

COURT O F CHANCERY.

Chancellor, Hon. William Hoynes; Clerk, John.W. Sheehan; Assistant Clerk, Palmer Mclntyre; Master-in-Chancery, William E. Perce; Clerk in Master's Office, Ben. L. Berve; Bailiff, Max Jauraschek; Reporters, Ernesto Ouirino and David McDonald.

JUSTICE'S COURT.

Justice of the Peace, J. Frank Hanan; Clerk, John H. Rogers; Constable, George F. Ulrich.

SUPREME COURT.

Judge, Hon. Timothy E. Howard; Clerk, Howard Davis; Assistant Clerk, Daniel P. Dillon; Bailiff, Hugh J. Boyle; Librarian, Rex Edward Lamb; Reporters, Clarence W. May and Clarence B. O'Brien.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT.

Judge, Hon. Andrew Anderson; Clerk, Rupert D. Donovan; Assistant Clerk, Frank C. Walker; United States District Attorney, John Farraher; Assistant United States District Attorney, Edward P. Car-ville; United States Marshal, Frank E. Munson; Assistant United States Marshal, Francis E. Moroney; Reporters, Alphonso E. Ponce and Walter Ouinn.

UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS COURT.

Commissioner, Edward H. Schwab; Clerk, Thomas W. Phillips; Assistant United States Marshals, John V. Diener and Clement Leo Devine.

Mr. P. J. O'Keeffe, of Chicago, will lecture in the Law room this evening on the subject of wills and probate law. The lecture will begin promptly a t S o'clock, and all who wish to attend should then be present. This is a subject of exceptional importance— one tha t will appeal soon or late in practical aspect to everybody—and there should be a fall attendance. All are invited.

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Hon. Heniy^ A. Steis (Law, '85) .of Winamac, is the Nominee of the Democratic party for Judge of the Appellate Court of Indiana. Soon after his graduation a t Notre Dame he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Pulaski and Starke Counties. During the six years he held the office he tried some of the most important cases in the criminal annals of the State, and never was one of his indictments quashed or successfully attacked. In the civil practice since he has steadily advanced until to-day he ranks as one of the ablest and most resourceftd lawyers in the State, if not in the country. Above all, however, he is one of the most loyal, faithful, honorable and respected sons of Notre Dame. He is one of Col. Hoynes' first graduates in the Law Department, and no man better qualified or more deserving could be nominated for the judgeship.

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Local Items.

—^Look out for the exams­'—Anyway, it wasn't big Rheulbach's fault. —"Fierce college spirit," said visitor on

the side-lines. —^From Sorin's bulletin board. Wanted:

a football team. —Attention, Hoosiefs! Meeting of the

Indiana Club to-night. —What will we do this- year without

the famous "Healy Colts?" — Is Sorin to have any biUiards this

year? Every other Hall is' more than fitted up.

—The SCHOLASTIC needs more contribu­tions; the de'sk is getting nearly cleared up. Get busy, somebody.

—And by the way, what has happened t o the pictures of last year's debating teams and SCHOLASTIC board? We see they find no place in Sorin's Corridor of Fame.

96 NOJ-RE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

—Flowers dead, centur^'- plants in, leaves falling, snow, no" rooting, no pep. Is this" anything like Indian Summer?

—Is Sorin going to have a football team this year? There is plenty of material around. I t would be too bad .no t to .have the senior hall in the University represented in Inter-Hall athletics.

—^The Brownson Filipinos have organized a basket-bal l team which, promises t o offer a hard contest t o an3'- American team. They intend t o meet South Bend, Mishawaka High School and GarroU Hall. The line-up i s : Manuel and Cajulis, guards ; Aligada, centre; Serrano and Cabrera, C , forwards; Hipolito, substitute.

— As t o the dead languages, how about this clipping:

Omnes aguut, sed jjater Toto die sedet; Pedes arte ignem, Tubairi terra; fumet!

Mater laYanda*s prendet, Anu sororatque— In iiostro omnes agunt

Sed senex-ne! 0 condamnati!

—On Wednesday afternoon the juniors and seniors of the pharmacy department met in the pharmacy building for the purpose of forming a club. Carroll acted as chairman pro tern, and , the following officers w^ere elected: Carroll, President; Hutzel, Vice-President; Bailey, Secretary; McCarty, Treasurer,- Wilson, Librar ian; Hervey, .Sergeant-at-Arms. Aside from the club being a literary and social organization, i t s chief motive is for the advancement ot the pharmacy course. I t is well known t h a t the pharmacy course offered t o the students of Notre Dame is unsurpassed; bu t we sincerely hope t h a t thie interest taken in i t by said students will only tend t o bring i t above the present standing. .. H

—^The Illinois Club, which boas ts a larger memlDership t han any sta te .club in the University, held.its first meeting of the year las t Wednesday evening, and the following officers were elected: Reverend Fa ther Cavanaugh, Honorary President; Rev. Fa ther Crumley, ;.Spii-itual Adviser; Col. Hoynes, Legal Adviser; J . A. D wan, Chicago, President; Robert A. Kasper, Evanston, Vice-President; F r a n k Munson, Mehdota, Secretary; James ^Cimningham, Belvidere, Treasurer. JEonorafy Members, Reverend Fa thers Regan and Magiiife; Professors McCue and Mauiru's. .

The office of Legal. Adyiser J s a new thing in club circles a t Notre^Dame, and no fitter man could have been chosen for the position t h a n Colonel Hoynes.

-" T-This season promises t o uphold the s tandard set for In te r -Hal l athletics. Already Corby, St. Joseph and Brownson

Halls have organized football teams, and are being daily coached in the tactics of the game. The only Hall t h a t has no t organized i.s Sorin. Being a leader in class and college' affairs generalh'-, i t is proper t h a t Sorin should lead in athletics. Las t season Sorin did n o t pu t a team in the field owing t o lack of rriaterial, bu t this year she has the pick of Corby's last year 's eleven and some men who pla3' ed on Corby in former vears, together wi th recruits from Brownson and St. Joseph teams. Many of the old students still remember the outbursts of enthusiasm occasioned by Inter-Hall contests, especialty. the gridiron bat t les between Corby and Sorin. I t is t w o years since Corby and Sorin clashed, when the la t ter lost the championship t o Corby ' s ' plucky team. The athletic rivalry of these t w o Halls has always been intense, and few^ games ever d r a w a more excited crow^d of rooters t o Cartier Field than when Corby and Sorin meet. So, Sorin, get in line, i t 's up t o you t o re\dye t h a t t radi t ional game and t o take your former place a t the t o p ; y;ou have the players, show us the spirit.

—The following is the schedule of the Inter-Hall Debates, in which all Prepara tory and Freshman students in the respective Halls are eligible:

Dec. 6, 1906—St. Joseph vs. Brownson a t Brownson.

Dec. 7, 1906—Corby vs. Holy Cross a t Corby.

Dec. 10, 1906—Corby vs. Brownson a t Corb3^

Dec. 11 , 1906—St. Joseph vs. Holy Cross a t Holy Cross.

March 3, 1907—St. Joseph vs. Corby a t St. Joseph.

March 4,1907—^Holy Cross vs. Brownson a t Brownson.

The Hall having the highest average after the series is ended shall be entitled to- the In ter -Hal l Championship and shall have the privilege, for the following scholastic 3'ear, of retaining possession of the Cham­pionship Debating Banner now^ hanging in Brownson study-hall.

F rom the men representing the different Halls in these debates a Prepara tory debat­ing team will be chosen t o debate'" with some outside academy or high schoolJ The inducement, therefore, offered aspirants in the debating line is twofold: they have the chance of representing their Hall in the Inter-Hall series, and of winning the Championship for t h a t Hal l ; secondly, they have the chance of representing the Prepara-torjr School in an outside debate. In addition they shall receive the experience and training along forensic lines t h a t such contests a lways afford.