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VOLUME 28 DECEMBER, 1910 NUMBER 3

"CHRISTMAS SPIRIT"

FRANCIS A. CLEARY 'll

REIN autumn's m'ello-w twilight h a!S rudely put to flight the hurrying shades of early nightfall; w'hen bloom.ing flowers and verdant foliage have long since

L!j53f9 lain in faded hea'Ps; when ~summer's departing song-birds have ca1st their last sweet notes of 1nusic over the chill a.ir; when death steals over the ebbing year and lulls to rest the last faint echo of sun1mer; when the moaning breezes of winter intone their melancholy crooning; when nature has taken on the cloak of widowhood hiding every vestige of her former glory; then strangely in c-ontrasrt with all this gloon1 the golden .sunlight peeps forth from behind the silver-tinged clouds of blue a1nd a marvelous change comes over the whole being of mam. A mysterious spirit suddenly s:teaJs do\vn upon him enveloping his soul and breathing the breath of new life into· his worn body.

"""bat is this sp·irit? So .srulbrt.le, so intangible, so invis- · ible, yet so beautiful, so beneficent, that heaven itself, seems to have let :fall a, gentle sprite silently gliding down, as i t were, upon the white wings; of tren1bling snowflakes to bear its message of love and ' kindness. Surely we ha,ve all felt it, for this spirit of Cfhrist.mas never fails to steal into our hearts,

,and fill u~ with evpr kindlier fcellnf!S tow~rd~ all other mor­tals in our m-id~St. For indeed, then it is, t:ha,t this spirit s•ends its agile nymphs to unlock the seals of well filled purses ; then it is, that these pretty fa,iries lead us to the doors of need and want, where we drop s.wee.t offerings of peace amd plenty ; then it is that they bid us tie pretty ribbons around well-filled boxes heavily laden with good things, for some friend or poor fellovw­m,ortal; then also it is that the paths of spirituaUty a.re ero,vded as never before with happy throngs paS'sing on into

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the hymn-echoing walls of inspiring churches, whose blazing colored windows invite us, as do the signal tower:s of heaven.

\'Ve hwve all felt. the s!Weet infiuen:ce of ·this spirit and· with ever new delight, yve yo ice glad welcome to its return at each s:Ucc,e~<:Hng ye~T. :. . ~Perha p1s spme :inay /desir~ a moTe defi­nite explanation of this very peculiar being, called Christmas spirit.. \'v ha,t, is it'? Well ·iet uE;·; leave its quiddity to the philosophically inclined who a:re always prating of the why:s and ·wherefores of things .. ·We, our's·elv.es, cannot exa\et1y ana-lyze it, but as-to its existence, not one. .of uK can,enterta:i:n ___ th.e least notibn of doubt. For on this grea.t feas~t of all feasts~, we eontmemorate the bir-fli of: our -dean, SWeet~ ]::J01Yd. . :The hea,vens, bursting 'forth with hymnal melodies of angel choirs, who are .singing prais:e'S· of peace and good will, re-open a.gain their 11ood-g~a:te!S'., and iinmedia,tely there ·pours forth a fi.ood of ~·oulful niusic, in 'which :the whoJe woi"'ld is· b:athed. · The·rr ,once . 1uore,' ~he voice of va.nished· ages -· comes . re-echoing baGk,' to ·· tell us' of the tiding1s, of joy and. faith; then · it, is, that .· the bright: stai" ·of Bethlehem . again a.ppea:rs · and :· direotS·. Ql}r thoughts to a lo,wly. stable, where rests the -s·wee.t-Ja,ced 'babe upon his bed of s,tra.w, in the manger . cradle. . ·

1'he positivist i\"ho ·believes only in that which .. he caJ.i touch and se1e is' ready, I am · sure, to object. 1 can hear him sa.y'ing: "You ta.lk of · spirits and ·fairies' and- · elves doing t hiti@S· in the air at thi,s; time; yoli will have to show me son1e 1nore manifest, more palpable proo'fs· of the existence of your so-eaHed Christin:as ·s-pirit, be-fore I admit · that there exists such . a, spjdt." · Oo·me with me, then; you positivist, I ·will prove to the full satisfa;ction of your · spirited ·Missourian heart tha,t I an1 rigli t. Let us stroll down · the . busy streets of w cit;y?si thoroughfare and there witnes:s the noisy scen.e.s of strife and· bustle', the ·maddening . onrush of the . Ghristmafj shoppers·, the on,vard .whirl of a joyous multitude, the chatter O·f the . busy merchant . selling his . gifts. See ' the brilliantly ljghted streets; . the ga.yly attired people, the beautifully dec­o,ra.ted show-windows, hear the merry chiming of bells? Why business has increased threefold, everyone is buying, the spirit of Ghfisrt:mas js : a·6road on every s,treet, you meet it at .every turn. · S.ee this well-dressed child, laden with. a heavy basket, containing turkey, pies, cakes; · nuts and candy, for a~other little· Orie like herself, but belonging to a. n1uch poorer family. This is the Christmas spirit in lovely concrete shape. You,

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positivist or anyone el,s·e then, must be hopeles1sly blind if you tail to see a.nd catch the import of itS! . message.

Mo;ve on to the homes whei-e t.he tiny · descendants of the world familie& ~re anxious,ly hanging up th~ir stockings o:e merr-ily -w;h.irling around the. big Q]lr,i_stmas t_ree, . heavily l~de1~ with Christn1as gifts a,nd toys.. Then a;gaJn, yisit the he3Jrth­stones. where the xeturUJed sons .a:nd. daug,hters, iong . ~1bsent, · are seat.ed, .disp~~tched. to hom.e, sweet h,orne by the Ohri1s'tmas eives, ' wllo . llaye s'oui1ded: their ·wireless to the .farthest 'limits of ;tlle ·earth, and beckoned ho·nre th~s:e . on~, · to · j.o:ln ·· in · the _· festivities·. Young as well a,s old are united. in th~ fun Inak­ing, and s<till greater jo) . fl:!Jild laughter. ens'l,l€1SI, wh.e;n ·a; ba,sb~ ful maiden unin teJ;l~tionally steps 1;>enea1th the_ hangi~g 1nis.tle- . ' toe and . is quickly .spied by . S()Ine wide awa,ke l·over., or_ theB. again.let u:s l.lstep. tu the qu~lnJ,_ 01d ::ston.e:s .,toid ·ql>out the wondrous feats of the .kin(.lly old gentleman who travels . 'the air on Christmas eve, jn his '\veil filled, . sled drawn , by tea.ms of :eeindeer. All are gather~, arqun9, t'h~ huge hearth while the giaut log slowly burns ~nd . gJow;s with its cheery light and :wa,rmth. Or perhaps, .you will ]l.Otiee h~-\v, we are all, aroused . at the first . . druwn of the Chri~itmas morning . . ·· vV hat n1ystic music fins: the air, thrilling th~ whole ·world ·as .it

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peals forth its liq1;1.id chimes? I s it the ol9- sext9n ringing the ' village bell'? No, a,ngel troop~ , must surely have ta~en 'full possession of t}le belfry and are .giving to the chimes. the un­usual. music, as if a ·thouls!and hea,venly voices, ea.llin.g man to . worship God no;w . made one with man. F·athers, · mothe,r.s, brothers and si,sters, all, ,rure moving to,va1r.d the crib where, of old., the shepherds ;:tnd kings . adored , the new. ·. born Christ. Th·ere they bow down . in solemn ad·oration to the1r Savio:t;, s0 lowly and so sweet. Brilliantly light:ed ' Ca~dles,. wonderfully inspiring music and fervoi·ous . eloiju~nee, render int~use sol, emnity t.o the occasion . . Weary men, laden with the world's sorrows, he.re . find their rest _ and peace. T'he ·. pefreshing waters, emanruting from God's founta,in of hope and strength, speedily rejuvena,te the sunken spirits, .bringing new ~ife . into a 1nuch troubled soul. . Returning home from church, the family gathers for the annual Ohri~s~tma1s' dinner, the yearly . feast of love and good cheer. No sorrow, hpw~ver great, caB dim the happy yuletide ~eason, when; a heavy carpet of pure white s:now, generaHy rest.s .over the entire ~urface of the land a!B far as. the ey~e can se.e. The merry jingle of bells ring-

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ing forth in the cold ·still air of winter, the joyous shouts of sleighing pU!l'ties·~ . and the P.ull creaks of the sleds as they glide along the f.rozen .snow, all make the heart lose its sor-

. rows~ Then, returning with the crowd, charged. ,with Oh~ist­mas o~one, we delight in resting i.n the big arm chair :fi,~u· the hearth, at peace with the w·orld. Then it' is, that our rest­less sools are lulle<J.' to sleep, as a. new phase of Ohristmas spirit looms up before us.

Surely this, of all other times in the year i~s most sacred to our hearts. Year after year, our faith and fond devotion only increa·ses. Long centuries harve only served to enliven the time of Christmas, long ages have but sweet.ened the name of Jesus. An ever blooming lily of the field, always eochruling its ambrosial perfume, am ever fragramt bower of love, where rich and poor alike ma(Y find rest, an ever flowing fountain of youth, an eternal . te.mple of v\risdom., the ne-ver fa;iling distin­guishing mark of God's love, the consta:nt beckoning of His gentle hand, an everlasting; sign of His glory, a blending of · childish love and paithos, the sound of hearvenly · harmony. AJl this and mor~ than this: can be found and is depicted in this loving and svveet name of Jesus. Softly, this name falls from our lips, g•ently we ap:proa,ch t;he sec.luded spots- made sacred by His presenee, · a,nd piously we bow in adoration: vVhen life's ra;ee is woB, when the hea~t of b~l!ttle is over, when the .soul has tired of life a~nd the world, when once bright dawn has pa,sood through the light of day and the golden sun­light of life slowly fades and sinks beneath the horizon of worldly existence into an eternal sunset, when the stars can shine no more, and the moon fails to ca1st its silvery beaan~ across~ the rippling wate1~s of life's stream, when this strean1 itself, has sunken into shallowness and almost ceased its flow-. ing, then it is, that this spirit of Christmas will return to eheer us on into eternity, then it is tha:t the spirit · of divine love, the e-ternal Chri~rtlna,s spirit wHl welcome us into jt-.,· presence forever. Then it is . that the once youthful locks, now old and gra1y, will tu:rn from their silvery tinge to-the golden ·hue of heaven, then it is' tha.t a spirit, the spirit of a little child, the ever 6ld the ever new spirit .of Christmas will en­circle U'S in its arms forever.

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0 F·EASlT brings more joy to the human heart than 'Chr~stm.as:, the day ·whereon peace was brought to

. sinful rua,n· .in the person of the Infant Jesus, and · whic4 most appropriately ha!S been the children's

day of .all days ever ·sinee. vVhat would childhood be witl~­out Christmas, and all its beautiful legends and fairy tales and what would old age be without the joyful memories though sometimes tinged with ru kin<1 of happy sadneSIS that this season j;)rings in its train~ . Half the .sunshine would be gone froru. our lives if w-e- had no Ohr1stmases to remember and none to anticipate. T'he birthday of the Incarnate God has informed the lives . of men mo:re · than they think, and if this day were re:q1oved fr:om the calendar a; blank that could never be filled · would be found in th€ir lives. Legend, fable and romance ha,ve been built around this happy day which gives it. a . delightfully poetica~l atmosphere which we a.ll feel and revel in, but strangely enough Christmas is a subject that has been little treated by the Eing~lish poets. At first this may seem incredible, but is nevertheless true. A la~rg\e number of the greate;r poets such a.,~ DrydBn, Pope, Shelley, Byron~ Keats, Woodworth and T1ennyson hardly 1nention Christmas~ and have written no ~s:epwra~te poem on this great fea,st, and even the grea:t Shakespeare only introduces it casually into some of hiSJ plays. On the other hand the poets \Vho have treated the Christmas s1tory have made the strings of their lyres sing in a manner as nearly worthy of this great event as auy human work can be, a,nd it is the object of the followin g lines to give utteralllce to a few random thoughts arising from a eonsidera,tion of the poems on Christmas.

When we think of Christmas in the Poets we naturallJT turn first to Milton's matchles1s: Ode on the, Nativity . He with his unerring instinct seems to have c:aught the idea of stupen~ dousness in the birth of God better than any other poet and to have mirrored it in his line!s:

"That glorious F ·orm, . that Light unsuffera.ble, And thart fa.r-bea.min~ blaze of Majesty

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: ,Here·· the 'great · gle>ry lof the· 8ecc:><nd' Per~orr of the :Trinlty iJS .d'rawn in a1. few . skilful s~tt-·o,ke.s and contrasted with His DJbasenient when he '\cho~e with us a da!rksome -hou'se ofuwi-' t<al clay." Milton is aho,ve aU the poet of vast concepts, and t~herefore . has · drai'w.n a greater Satan than- either Dant~ Qr 'l~s:oo, a,nd here has givelf us a mighty picture. of ,the glo:ey-;,'of God-·. "T'hat -glorious Form," "tha.t Ligb t unsufferable," '·~-that far beaming blaze of .. l\1aj_e~sty." .Stop a:nd ;meditate on these w-ords for a mi:o.ute, until their full effect ~as boon phoro­graphed on your mind, and then you wil.l begin to 'feel . some~ thing of the glory . th~t . "He lai·Q. ·as-ide," a.n<]_ . be ,m(_)•re com~t­ent to: a:dore Him on Ghris.tmas morning~ Then Milton ·begins his hymn to thi,s '~hfl.PPY morn" .· )Vith, a , pi'eture, . r~p!dly but perfectly dra:wu., of the , shame. of ~ture "that · her ·Maker's t'ye~ ... should 1 ook so , nea1· upon her foul defo,rmi ties/; arid con~ tinues ,;vith. his ma,tehles~s q,es,cript~on of the vast pea.e~ that suffused the earth, when "the Pr~ne~ of Light ~is . reigri . 'of pea,ee upon the earth began." It begins ,with th~ lines,:

_"No war or battle's sound · · · · · · · · · W apS heard the' wprlQ. ~.round; . , . . . . , T'he idle spear ;:t.nd .shield · w~re high 'P-'P ·hung;

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Human peace with the weapo~ns of .wa.r am;J_ ·.hate laid as ide 11as nev·er been more perfectly ' described; but this was not enough for Milton; he has to hush th·e-, winds,' calm the waves and halt, ,the stars and sun before-- the·speace brought by the King of Pea:ee is complete, and when all the world is sHent • lle breaks over .it ."s:uch music sweet, as : never was by mortal .. :finger strook." The song of the angels; bring~s him to .the time when "Heaven .... will open wide the ·gates of h~r·.h.igh palace ]Iall," hut he remembers that this tim-e i&, :r;w~ .. .ypt-:'..

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and from this beautiful thought turns to the death of all the religious and superstitious that are in their final agony at the birth of the "Ba.be" who "can in his swaddling bands control the damned crew."

Such is :Milton's vast concept of the Nativity, and in its vastness is the truest imaged by poet. The incarnation is the most stupendous act that has ever taken pla.ce on earth, a.nd it is fitting that the poet of vastness should have taken it as the theme of one of his sublimest poe·ms. Strange this poem should have been writte·n by a Puritan, stranger s.till that this Puritan's mighty mind did not burst the narrow bonds of Puritanisn1, but let us leave :Milton and his ode with thanksgiving that human gratitude to tlle Infant Jesus has found apt expression in Milton's lines and with a remem­brance of the picture he has desc-ribed and Correggio har-; painted:

"But s€e the Virgin blest Hath laid her babe to rest: Time is our tedious song should have an ending: Rea ven's youngest teemed star Hath fixed her poli.sh'd car, Her sleeping Lord with hand maid lan1p attending, And ail about the courtly stable, Bright harnessed angels sit in order serviceable."

It is quite a. descent from Milton to Crashaw, but so far as I can see his "Hyn1n Sung by the Shepherds'' is the second best Christmas poen1 in the language:. I write this subje~t to correction, but I can recollect no other poem that can be put in this place. N e.edless to s:ay we miss the exaltation and vastness of concept we have been dwelling upon in :Milton's ode, but we have a sweet simplicity which is suitable in such a hymn. Tityrus and T'hyrsis rela.te touchingly the wondron~ sjght they have seen:

"'Ve saw Thee in thy balmy re:st, Young Dawn of our eternal day! We saw Thine eyes break from their east . .• A .. nd chase the trembling shades away.

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and 'l"ityrus eaHs upon the powers of heaven and P.arth to con­t€nd "to fit 31 bed for this huge' birth," to which Thyrsis· re­plies:, aptly bringing out the Babe?s omniJ;>otenee:

"Proud world, said I, cea1se your contest, And let the mighty Bahe alone; The phoenix build's the phoenix' nest, Love's. architecture is1 his own; The Bahe whoS'e birth e:mbraves1 this n1orn,. l\i·aJde his o·wn bed e'er he w·as born."

Orasha:-\v express~es the 1nystery of the Incarnation well though a, little tritely in the first, verse of the full chorus:

"Welcome aU wonders ·il1l one night! Eternity shut in ·a span, Summer in winter, day in night, Hea.ve:n in ea1rth, and God in man. Great Little! One! Whos'e all embracing birth Lifts earth to heaven, stoops heaven to earth."

and we may an. talre for our own the concluding \vords of the shepherds:

"To Thee meek Majesty! Loft King Of simp1le graces and sweet loves·! Each of u~ him lamb will bring, Each his pair o.f silver doves1! Till hurnt at last in tire of Thy fair eyes, Ourselves become our own best sacrifice."

I pa1ss. by Sir Walte,r Scott's! description of Christmas in lYiarmion as merely referring to the outeir observation of th€ day and missing its. real spirit wltogether, pausing just long enough to comment on the lineS::

"On Chris.tmas eve the bells were rung; On Ohristma:s~ eve the masl8 wa,s sung; Tha,t only night, in alf the year, Sa,w the ~s.tolecl priest the chalice rear "

a,s an eocample {hat poets when speaking of religious rites refer to the m~a~s and its ceremonies. No poet worthy of the name has ever written on a Protestant service.

Shakespeare expresses the peace of Christmas in the· ,,·ell kno•wn 1ine1s in the Inouth of M.:arcellus in Ha1nlet begin-

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ning "Some say that ev~r, . 'gains.t that seaso·n comes," but oth­·erwis;e remains rem~rka.bly . silent on this inspiring subject . . · · · I might. enter into · the consideration of numerous Christ­

mas poem.s written by the minor poets, but space does' not per­. Init and I shall have to conteni myself 'vith drawing the a.t­' tention of n1y readers to that exquisite Httle poem, "A D'esdre''

by the gifted daughter . of Ba;rry Cornwall with the last lines of which I shqll close this di1sjointed and hurriedly written paver:

"0 to have se,en what we nof\v adore, And, though veiled to faithleiSIS! sight, T1o ba.ve kno·wn, in the form that J esu.s. 'IV ore, The Lord of Life and Light! HaTk! F 'or ·He dw·ells. among US! st.nl, And . a, grace ean yet be thine, Which the s1co.ffer ailld1 the doubter can never know,­The Presence of the Divine:. Jesus, is 'Yith His children yet, For His ·word ea:n never deceive; Go where His lowly alta~r·s, rise, And worsh~p, and believe."

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educa.tio,n to· prepare the .student to live in this \v·o-rlcl as he ought, as a. Jiving vjtal part of the worlcl around him. How 1nan.y 1nen go on from day to day carried on by an incessant routine, which ~~c e1ns to be the substance of their existence! Bishop Spahl1n.g expresses' t he same thought very be!autifully 'lvhen he says>----"]Tor centuries now what innumerable. voices have pleaded with Ineu to nutke thmns.elves )Vorthy of hea;ven; while thry Junre 1novecl on heedles·s of the heaven that lie's

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albout us hete., placing their hopes and aims in ma.terial and perishable elements, athirst neither for truth nor beauty nor aught tha.t is divinely good! They sleep, they wake, they ea,t, they drink, they tread the b€aten path with .ceaseles:s itera-­tion, and so they die." These me:n take the things about them, -the heautie:s of na.ture which surround them-as a matter of course, nGt taxir1g their rnind by- trying to exptain them or a.rrive at their nature. vVhen we consider this · fact we find little to distinguish these 1nen from animals, which act for a purpose· direeted solely by their animal nature. If they find any plea~ure in their walk of life., it is the a.cquisition of money or of sveial position. They form s:imply links in the great chain of life, and, w he11 the.y die, their places are taken by others. Is there any reason for this mechanical process which is going on continually'? I would answer that one great reason for this condition is lack of a College Education in the individuals who compos.e that class.

vVhen we Catholic s•tudents know that our ultimate ·end is happiness with God, we cannot fail to see that the only legitimate pleasure in life is intellectual pleasure. Now how does a College Education contribute to this'? In the first place it enables the student to find out more easily his voca­tion in life. This is not a trivia.l matter. The ordinary high school graduate is nat in a position to judge what is his

·particular . calling in life. He may have particular aptitudes but he can ea,s1ly be misled into pat hs of work, which, in a few years become dis!tasteful and repugnant to him. In most cases this unfortunate man has to endure the re,sults of his ~rly decision . T'he high school graduate, starting out in life is deprived of · :four years mental training at a tilne when his whole nature is veTy succeptible, and also of a wealth of knowledge which might have influenced him differ ently in the choice of a voca.tion. We all know of instances where young men lla:ve taken up some o~cupation after leaving high school. They . were succes.sful as the world judges men, but they were not sa tis:fied with their work .

. They found out too late perhaps: that they had made fl.· 1nista.ke in starting out so early jn life. whe11 they had the op­portunity of continuing their education. A few years experi­ence i~ the world has dashed some of their air castles and they see their mistake. Some are fortunate enough to have the opportunity of going to college and starting the slo .. w up-

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hiU ·plO\V of a<::quiring aii' ed{J_iCat.ion. Mariy of them. have not the chance to· r·et.ur:n to· .s:eho6l, s·o they struggle along with very little: prospect of contentm.ent in' life. These l::t.tter have , robhed them.s!e•lves of all the1 ha:ppine:S'S: atnd enlightenment of edueation, a,s: \vell a;s a, va.st multitude of others who pas,s through life without knorwing what they have missed by not securing a college education. I do: not take into consideration t he lTIOney accrujng from1 the po•sltion i:Ii· life, \Vhich the young lllalll ha1S1 taken up .n'O'r the g:re:ater Capacity for earning m::oney which t.he college gradua~te hais· over the high school · graduate, for I w·ish · to emphais:ize a grea1ter and 1no·re las~ting benefit than that: which money or social position ca!ll give. ·We who have the advan.ta:ge of .a1 Coillege E!ducatiot11· readily see that ·

' . it m:a:ttersi little whether or not we: a.cquire \Vealth . and honor provided we: .a.re ahle to live intelUgently, seeing and under ­srta:nding the w'Qnders. of nature, litera;ture and a1rt, \vhich sur­round us. . v\T e have: all notice:d the curiosity o.f children concerning

the sun, the Inoo.n, the sta1r~s, a.nd the cloud$' a.borve us. Their little minds cannot coinprc~J.encl the Ine:a:ning of these w·onder ­ful thing~s. Too often hav·€1 we satis-fied their euriosity by re­lating to then1 s.mne foolish· ta.le or legend, \Vhicll satisfied them, for t he t ime, being. As th ey g;ee:\v older howe:ver, t hey becon1e a~ccu.s.ton1ed tO' these sights, a:nd th ey cea1sed to think seriously of then1. I f they have not the advantage of a Col­lege Education, they ha;ve litti e1 practic:a1l knowledge of these phenomena.; and they have not the perseverance or ambit ion to find the·se things .outi for them·selves. What w'Onclerful truths of Science, 1\1athmna:tie;s, PhilO'sophy and Liter:a~ture are dosed to therm ! T~1ey la1ek the, r·ea.l win1 of a cultured person, one who is. a,Si Pla.to says- "A lover not of a. pa~rt of wis1c.lon1, but of the w hO'le, a.ncl hast :ai taste for every s:ort of know ledg.e, and is curiO'us to learn, a:ncl i s1 never ·satisfied, and' though he

· will .not kno\\' n1e:dicine1 like a. physician, or the he:a,vens1 like an ais:trologer, or the vegetaible' king~don1 like a bota,nis,t, his Inind ·will pla~y over .ail tl~es;e! rea.hns. with fre·edmn, and bo will know how to rdate the principles and fa,cts: of aH the scie:nce1s to our .s:ense for beauty, for conduct, for life and religion in a. sva.y which a mere: Si]J'ecialiRt can never :find." Bishop Sp:ald· ing s.a,ys, "'1\> ha.ve a cnltlu·o(} n1ind, to ha;ve wide syn1pa.thy' a,nd po\ver of generous1 appreciation i.st most des·ira.hle, and witbout .smne:tldng' of all this:, not only is. our life! na·rrow and

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ThlS' h3· t<lle intellectnal plea~sure which ' 1 bring forth a.s oil'c of the· principal and'· n1ost pra1isewortliy fruits of a O?Ue~ge' Education.- · '·

W1li1e we are cbvelling· in . this lofty atmosphere· of nobie thought and high icleals:, · -vve 111u:st not fo.rget that religion · i's ~i. part and h1 fact a:t thet ve1:·y bottom of an thiS" intellectuality. vVe cannot separa~te culture: from religion, for the more edu-·· carteid we be~com~e, the fa~rthe~r ·we· del}art front o:u'l" brute natu:.res and the nearer ·we approach God, so we 1nust conside1~ religion and culture a's1 inseparahle. Archbishop Spa1ldmg says, '''He who belie~ves · in culture · n:iust believe · in God, for 'vhat bu-t Gpd do \\i.e mean when we talk of loving the best thoughts a!J+d the' highe1s.t beauty?" Again he 'vrites, "'l'he seeke~r after wisdon1 IP,iUSt haVei a, high . i),urpos.e, - a strong S1Cm1, . and the pure~st. love of t;ruth. He cannot live iu the senses alone, nor jn the 1ni'nd, nor in the healr't mlone, but the spiritual being, 'vhich is hinirs,elf yeaiens for' whrut,ever is good, whatever~ is true, wha,t,ever is' fair, a:nd so he find!si hhns:elf . akin· to the infinite G.od ancl~ to· a.ll tha~t. he has~ m'ade. ·

vV e Ca~tholic students · however g-uided by our Holy :Mother, the. Church, cannot. go astr:arjr, a:ncl endo,ved with a college education, we ought to enjoy fullness of life. · If in the·­course of 1ny talk this, evenilllg1 I have; deviu:ted fi"oln 1ny sub~ ject; it was in a:n effort. to mnpha1size upon you the importance o·f culh1re and refinen1ent, and that religion and culture should hand in · ha~nd f'orn1 tl1,e1 es1sren'ee of m:i~r lives. This should lead usr to look upon, a College :E:duca1tion a:S Slomethi.ng vital in e:~ich a1nd everyone! of our lives:; it' .should not be neces­oory to ,p.oint outi itsr adva:mta1ge fo!l'" it shmild be considered a necessity. Personally " rei 1nt1:s·t 1nakei an ea:rne1st effort to rn1ofit hy our ti1ne here a,t S'chool. As· .A.rist:o,t'Ie s1ay-s, "Life is pra.cticP and not theory," and i't will be of very little benefit for us to kno'v of the infinite trea:sures: which our• education will n1ake avwilable! if we1 ha;ve not the ambition to rea,ch our goml. Forgive 1ne for n1y r'epeated quotations fr01n tha,t 1na·ster 1nind, Archbishop Spailding, fron1 who'm I ha;ve taken the sub­stance of 1ny talk, and allow n1e to· conclud e wHh these word~ . fi·.on1 his! pe~n·, "The worth oi r eligi.on i's infinite, the value o.f conduct iR rm,ra1n1ount, hurt he who -lacks inteiiectual culture, \~'h:t t0':.cr e l~e he Jna~ . be, is narrow, awkward:, unintelUgent."

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and culture predominate. We are living in nn age when know ledge is inere31sing n1ore rapidly than population allld wealth, and if we hope to stand. in the front ranks o:f those who know we must keep .pace with the onward movement of mind. I do not wish to leave the impression that every col­lege graduate is a cultured 1na1n, nor that there are not many great men who have develop:ed all the powers of their being without an education, but I ma:inta:in thart a coH~ge education is the means t() an end for the student who w1shes to ma:ke a. man out of himself. EiVerything conspires to lift the student above the mean things in life and points out to him a. nobler field "of endeavor than a blind pursuit after money and honor. Moo;J.e~ means so much · to the average young man toda~ that he is incapable . o~f _high thoughts and noble actions!. Nloney means display, ,soeial distinction and leisure to him and he must have them. Ruskin says that the predominant thought in parents' minds concerning the education of their children i'S that they should be fitted for such and such a. pos1ition or station in life; tha~t their s:ons mu:s1t harve an education which

. will keep a good coat on his back and enable him to ring his vis:itor's bell with confidence; in a word, that all they seek for is advancement in life, a:s regmrds applause and honor, which is r~Hy advaneemrent in death. Again Ruskin says', "H,e. only is advancing in life, whos-e heart is getting softer, whose blood warm·e·r, whose brain quicker, whosre s·pirit is enteiring into living preaee." And the m·en who have this life in them are the true lords or kings of this earth, they and they only. If the opinion of thesre great m.en whom I have quoted is worth anything, an education is real "advancement in life," and if _such, it should be sought after instead of sliunnerd by so many youths. This same great master of English pros.e· Ruskin has given us a most wonderful appreciation of the tre,aisureB to be found in -good books in his Sesame and Lilies, and if we enter into the spirit of his arguments we find that a College Educa;­tion is indispen.s,a.ble to a. just appredation of the lite1rary work of any g-re,at author. If a college education did no more than enahle the stude·nt to re1ad and appredate good books; to enable him to live in the compa,ny of the bles-sred throrughorut · life, it would be a gre1a,t treasure. This' society of the· kings and queens of thought is the only one in whieh we should de­sire to claim rank or distinction. This is the intelleC'tual haven where we can retreat and forget our cares and troubles:.

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4fter his ordination Farther Sherry had devisred a plan which he hoped would ultimately bring about his father's con­version. He had written to Father Quinn, his paris:h priest, telling· hin1 of his unexpe1cted ordination and hum~l_,f begging the favor that he might celebrate the five O''clock S.o.Jemn High Mas1s on Christmas morn. He asked that the affair be kept a. secret

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. him to deliver'" the sermon. And now Rev. Sherry sart, in the evening twilight ponder­

ing1 s:erious1y ·wherther his plan would' have the desired effect upon his fa,ther. Would hi,s: beloved parent still remain luke­wa,rm a1nd insipid or .. would the gra~ce of God enter his soul? That evening Farther Sherry, ha,ving made ready · to leave in the n1orning~, called upon: his p~rofes,sors and some of his nurnerous fr .. iends! bidding them· eaich a hea!rty fa,re,vell.

Before F 'ather Sherry left the next day he was enticed to the college auditorium where he found the professors., s:e:winarians and stu:de1nts• assembled en mRs.se. As he w:as led to his S1eat upon the s1tage he " ras greeted with a hearty ap­plau:se and a. lively selection from the eollege band. He found it difficult to believe that this great demonstration wasr for hjm. But when his former beloved teacher Fa,thPr Beat arose and fitfully ex'P'ressed the .general regret a,t ~is departure Father Sherr'y 'wms1 moved almost to tears. He arose and in a fmv extemporaneous word,s1 told them that it wa.s with the fe·eling of the greatest . sadness· mixed ·with tendere:st a,ffection that he thought of leaving his Alma Mater.

"Howe'Ve:r," he concluded, "the tim~ ha~: come, the Divine MaiSter calls, and I must go." ·

It wa1s late . Ohristm,a.~s Etve. Father Sherry hald· returned hom·e .'after a1 call upon Father Quinn and a few ebarit.a.ble v:Lsits to the po:or. As, he entered his borne he found it well decorated for the eom1ing tuorro"r with beautiful redherried wreaths1 of holly and abundant sprigs of mistletoe, giving the home a vivadous appearance of comfort and cheeriness. His motheT and fa,ther were seated at a table wrapping up various Christma s rem·e1n bra.nces.

"Well, · Paul," said his' mother, a pious middle aged W{)~ m:am, "all j~ in readiness for the greatest day in the year."

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Mrs. Sherry soon left the room afte!r bidding her husba1nd and son good-n1ght. The two men .sat in .silence for some time though Mr. Sherry saw that his son wished to sp~ak.

·''Do yoo rem·ember father, when you used to accompany In other to church every Ohristma:s morn?'" queried .Father Sherry at length. ·

"Yes," was his father's response, "that was a1 good num-ber of yeans ago." · · .

"Well, father, in memory of thos:e years will you <;'ome with mother to early Mass in the m-orning, as you us·ed to? I ask this as a .s.peeial favor. Will you grant it?•" ·

His father, ·a tall, muscular man, a['ose and walked to the fireplace looking silently down into the glowing embers. He was thinking of the yoonger happy days of his married life. Father Sherry waited patiently for everything dep·ended €)n his father's decision. It s.ee~med a l<)ng time before he ~·poke but finally he turned to him.

"Well, yes," he s:a:id bluntly, "I think I .shaH." That war~ enough. Father Sherry tru:sted the rest to God.

At the appointed time the ne:x:t morning the wondrously illuminated St. X 'avier'.s: Church, was crowde:d with devout wo~shippers come to adore and pay homage to the New-boru King. Mr. and .Mrs. Sherr-y ()ccupied a pew near the front of . the church. vVhat was their a;st.onishment when as the las.t bell rang for the s:ervices to begin, their son, the R.ev. Paul

1 Sherry, stepped from the saeristy, fully vested, the c-elebrant ~f the Mass. At that moment the melodious: organ burs:t. forth in massive tones the "Venite Adorem;us" and the worshipp·eN knelt for the Mass had begun.

What were the ,s,en.sations of Mrs. Sherry as1 for the first time she beheld her son ahout to offer the Holy . Sacrifice? Tl1e shock of her amazement soo;n m·elted into tears of maternail love and affection and her dominant thought and prayer was of gratitude and appreciation .to. God. .Mr. Sherry imagined as he gazed into the sanctuary that neve~r before had the cere­monies of the Church been quite .s:o impre1S1sive. When his s<>n turned to the eongregation at the "Dominus vobiS<cum!' his

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fa.tb,·e.r .. behel_d a, ra,¢J..ian,tly . pe:acefql ;a.;ud sain,tly, .. eountenance ,an~. he)fS,.ten€:<1 · jn TaP:t ~v'Ouper and aJ:na~ement as the .priest, 'in resona:qt, . ton~s, . sa,ng the S.ole.mn . Hig-h :1\'las.s. ; . , Af:te_r .the :G.Ofipel .:f~ther Sl~erry .ascended the pulpit to ­,' give t);l;~ s~rmon. .He ,spqke of .the spirit of the day .on .which the- Vi~hole Christian )V·Orld .Gel~·bra.tes . with .. gratitude and jubilation the . hirthda.y of · ,J esus Christ, the ~a.:vior of the 'wQ·rld;. ·He po1nteq_ ~o~ _Mar;y:, who up~)tn this Q_ay was rais-ed to the · highe1st' honor ever attained by a erea:ture, for indeed . she became the Virgin Mother of God. ~e re·ca.lled to the minds of the pe:d·ple · the · ·humble St. J o,s,eph, the foster-father of Jesus . . Then he dwelt on the song of the Angels:, who came to announce to the poor .shepherd.s the ooming of the Messiah ex- · ·claiming: "Glory to God in the hjghest, a:nd pea,ce on earth to 1nen of good wilL" ·

As Fa;ther Sherry continued in his• deep, m-p_•sical vo-ice, the dawn brbke and the sun peeping through the stained gla1S:S windows added life a111d vigor to the discorurs:e.

How is it poss.ible to describe the feelings o.f 1\'lrs. Sherry? She counted that da~r one of the most marvelous in her whole life. Her son w:aiS' now a minister o.f God, a priest in His holy Church, and she could s,eUJrcely repress, her joyful felicitations.

·But what of Mr. Sherry? Had he been unmindful of all that bad transpired? With the dawn of Christmas morn had eome to him the light. of faith a;nd love. Kneeling a.t the Canon of the l\'la1s:s~ he prayed devoutly in faith, hope and _charity, a.nd thanked God that he wa1si a Christma:s: Convert.

In· this brief interval of time one .soul had .bPen £>ntnsecrat­.ed to God in the holy priesrthood, a:nd another saved to Hiri.1 . in the Oa,tbolic Church.

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·Who ·broug'ht thee he:re:, my Iittle shell, Unto this glistening sand?

\?Vhat n1:essage .dost thou bring to me ' .

Of yonder foreign strand?

0 tep nie why thou inurmur's.t thus, J us't ·whisper low to me,

Is it because thoru long"st for home T·hat home beneath the sea?

"Ah yes, I miss my friends of old, So dear and true to me,- ·

Yet ca.nnort I, though far away, Still bright and happy be?

T'he happy mem)rie1s ·of the pms.t Will linger with me yet,

T'hough now my song is one of love Which . I can ne'er fo1rget."

What wealth of happine:ss would reign, If our cold hearts could thrill

vVith thart sanH~ love, whe.re'er the place If it be God's sweet will.

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\Vintm'l1 has onee m·ore eome d·own upon us, and mother earth rests gently beneath her pure white mantle of snow.'

Ohris.tmas is here and the spjrit of the happy yuletid.e season has~ taken full poss;ession of

Okristrr"a·8 'our hearts·. Fancy brings us back to the lowly stable in fair off Bethlehem, and we picture the infant Jesus, the new-horn Savior of Man­

ldnd, as He rests upon His' bed of straw. Our hearts rejoice, the heavens send forth the glad tidings of lO!Ve and joy. On ·every lip is hea.rd the words: "Pea:ce on earth, good will t@

·1nen." There is no heart that can es.cape the influenc-e ,of this season, there is no mortail who does not hea·r the merry call of the Christmas chimes. Yea.rs. do not. change this spirit that is calling, tim~e can never effaee the memory of ChrisVs birthday. We IDU!S.t strive , to m.ake ourselves join in. the s.pirit of the season, we must model our lives, so that we may live an everlas:tiri·g Ohristmas. T'HE VIATORIAN joins in the

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»pirit of the sea1son extending to its manifold readers all the joys and pleasures of a, Merry Christmas.

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.n.ot forget the principle which a:ctuates . sueh sentiments' of love in _our hearts. Deep in our hea,rt,s there is. strorig-ly rooted a living spirit, the spirit of faith which keeps its light in eon-stant glorw. Yet how O.ften, day after da~~

do we see this saa:ne fa1i th assailed by the enemies1 of God a1nd of religion. Men erying out that there is no God, there is no eternal life. We a1s students sb.ould strive to so train our­selves tliat we can meet these infidelS' on their own ground and va,nquish them. We must be ready to defend the banner of G·od and of truth, which is; every day bejng more and more ass~aHed. Eiducate the mind, train the will, study the fajtll t,ha,t burned w'ithin the breast of our fore.fa,thers. a.nd we cannot faH to follow their exa,mples. We must stand not alone as models of faith, but as pillars of faith supporting the Church of God, the F·aith of Jesus Christ.

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real live students influenced by any and' an motive!s · tha,t go towards making us, me:n oif the future or we are on the other hand, simply w·eaklings in the great student and intellec-tual world. We are being continuously reck­

oned for what w-e are doing, history is day after day being formed. Soon the ,school year win · have passed and will re­main only, a1s a page on the history of time. Our talents are being 'more a:nd more teS>ted, our intellectua.l powers more and more exercis:ed. It is well then that the student reflect seri­ously on the work . he is1 doing, the progresS' he is making. Present action foretells future succesS! and the real live up-

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to7datc model ,of this1 .action is :the student who plans his ?w-ork A. tim,e for ea,rnest study, ·a. mQ11ne:nt ,f.or r-ecrea,tion ~~iill not fail to develop a strong healthy 1n.ind', the sort of minds, the real ,student must pqsses.s.

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an enviable reputat ion, a. perfornutnce long' to be ren1en1bered. Anything, no matte·r \vhat difficulties that thing in1plied, _if its end tended toi\V.a~ds the· s.uccess of the tea1n, he \Yas al­wa.~s. there to a.ttain the a:cco~11.plishme11t of that end. A stra.ng'er in a .strange land he has given us an exhibition of loyalty long to be rem em be:red. E:very m1a,n on the squad benefited by his efforts a:nd universal thanks. is exte:nded to him. Now .as ·we turn asido, to- eommence a. new field o.f athletic endeavor, ou:r only hope and desire is that St.- "Viator 1nay once 1nore enjoy his footbaH tutelage.

~Phe co~d chill frost of winter with its iey staJre is now confr;onting us. Let us beware tha't the cozy room and warn1

indoors detract too 1nuch from our outdoor Exercise forr the Stuclen.t.

exerci,se. vVe must not live a.s houseplants, or the brea,th of eold air- may nip our health. Physical exereise is perhaps the g'reatest as-s:et towards the prevention of dis.eas:e, a1nd now _

in this .seas.on of eolds a.nd sickness we must keep up the good WO['k of caring for our bodies. · 1\1an was made to develop a.nd not to de,cay, in this development the whole being of man is eoneerned. Mind and body must be develop,ed proportio,na.te­Iy then, in 011~der. to have perfect hea.lth and 1nature life.

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, St.· Pa,triek's: Lit.erary a~nd · l}ehating~ Society ·has · extended its·.ra,nks .to include· the students: of t,he third and fourth year hi.gb. ·school Rhert.oric· · c•las.s'es. With· its Inembers:hip a1lmost doubled, it i's destined to: have a very active year. · .... .o\..t a, m·eet-· ing · held November twentie:tll the following officers, \verB· elected· fo1~ this year: Lucius WaH, Preside.nt.; Joseph Owno­van, Vice-President; vVillian1 R-oy, Secre:ta.ry; vValter Steidle, Sergeant-ait.-Arins:;.· Br:othe:r D'rairi, Libra,rian. · After spending' some tiin-e in re-organizing to a,ccon1n1odate the large number of new Ineanbers, S.t. Patrick's Inade its initial public appea,r­aJlee D·ecmnber sixteenth. The speeches, paper:s and musical ri.un1bers on the progr-:aim. displayed very "'''ell the ver,satility of the young m·en in the high school departn1ent. The debate was very interesting, a;s it waiSi . ea,rried on "\Vith much enthusi­aiS·m by both .sides.. The eonte,Htant.s in the deba,te showed: no 1 ittle ability in pre1senting their arg1-une:nts:, ancl . clinching their · points. J:l""'~ ·ouo~wing isi the progra1n of the evening: Ad­dre·ss of vVelcoine, Lucius: vVall, President,; Societies, P. M'c~ Caffrey;, Piano Selection, B. O'L:ea.ry; Famou:s: Authors, J. Dougherty; Re1eita:tion, S. S\vikoski; Debate-Resolved: · That the lVfe'xica:n vVar Brought' l\1ore' Glory to the An1erican .A ... rmY tha1n the War O'f 1812. Affirmative, l\1. Spitz, D·. Udell, M. l{enneany; Nega.tive, G. l{elly, 0. l\1erz, D. Sullivan; Violin Solo, F. ·carter; Duet, F. Legris· and F. Ga1rt,e:r; Closing re~ marks:, J. Oanov.an, \lice:-President.

Ve:ry Rev. J. P. O'Mahoney,, who was present a,t. the en­terta.innlent and was one of the judges of the deba,t ,e:, congrat­ulated the socie,ty a.ncl especially its president on the succes·3 of. the' e:ntrertainment a,nd he~ urged the n1en1bers. to eonrt.inue in their zea.l towards the soeiety, and so 1n.a.ke theh'" first at-

, tetnpt the least of their suecesses this yea,r.

The Fre~slin1an and Sophmnore Oratorical Club has be·cn the ·scene of smne interesting and instructive dehwtes and speeches,. concerning, the genius· of George E'liot a.nd her prin­cipnl vvorks, whieh a;re being studied in these classes. 'l'his is indeed a. vety exha.n'S'tive subject, and it has proved jnterest- · ing- nut,tter for severa,l debates. The young 1nen, "\Yho have )tad the opportunity thus: far of sta,ting their -vie\v,s; on the 8iuhje·ct, lH1Te shown ihnt they have l)rofite'Cl hy the last three· .

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month.s study of George E'liot's 'novels. The speeches thus fa.r delivered have been: "'T'he Novel," James Daley; "George EHot as a Novelist," Martin Spalding; "The Advantages of 'a Oollege Elducation," Fred Connor; "The Value .of Art Asride from its Intrinsic Worth/' T'imothy Rowan; "Greek should be a Compulsory Study," Edward Unruh; "The Necessity of . Religion in Education," 0. Fischer. The members of the 0Ta·· tory Club, realizing the practical value of this part of their work, have entered into it with enthusiasm; and the speeches have been well written and forcibly delivered.

St. Viator'rS Acolythical Society can boast this• year of a large number of member1s. At the recent.. meetings- of the Society various committees were appointed, one o.f which is to secure pins, which will charareterize thos·e wearing them as members of the Society. The Moderator is arra.nging a pro­.gram and a, banquet for the members before they depart on their Ohristmas vacation.

The Lajoie French Society held a meeting Noven1ber thirtieth, a.t which an election of offi·cer.s took place · as fol­lows: H. Darche, President; A. Sava.ry, Vice-President; A'. Souligne, Seereta;ry; R.. Legris., Treasurer; J. Lareau, Ser­geant-at-Arms:; Rev. J. Lapla.nte, 0. S . V., Moderator. R.ev. J. Laplante has consented to act a.s ~1oderator of the Society, owing to the fact that Rev. J. E. B:elaire's, G. S. V., promo­tion to the office of Treasurer at the Oollege, · renders it im­possible for him to devote any of his time to the Lajoie Soci-

. ety. T'he Society will undoubtedly have a very suecesrsful year under Father Laplante, :for, as a re1sult of his position as teacher of French, he will be able at all times to promote the welfare of the Society.

The Thespian Club is· preparing "The Private Secretary," a fa:rdeal comedy in three acts, which they will present before the Xmas vacation. It is a very ftmusing play and admits of a great deal of action, but, from all reports, the Thespians a:re making grea.t progress with it and expect to make it a grand suceess-. The play will be given under the management of the Seni·or class; a:nd the reputaJtion which the Seniors have a.s actors is sufficient to insure the suecess of their fi:r~t

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attempt this yea1r. The first presentation of the Thespian . club this year was- such a sueces,s, that we look forward with . pleasur·e to the eoming one, which prQmises to be something good.

On Friday evening, D·ecem ber first, the Seientifi,c SocietJ added thirty-one new members to its a,lready. extensive enroll­ment . . The Initiation took place in the l\!inim's "Gym," and it was a brilliant suceess1. It wa,s conducteQ. personally b~

- Fathe'r Brown, assisted by Father Rhea.rns and twenty mem­bers -of the Society, who composed the initiation team. .A ritual specially prepared by Father Brown for the oeca1sion was used, and it p~orved most appropriate, as w~ll a,s humor­ous and interesting; It was serious enough to fill the initiates with fear and to quell the swelling humorous undercurrent; which threatened to break forth every minute in a roar of laughter from the audience and actors.

Aft,er the initia~ion refreshments and cigacr:-s were' served~ and the new membeTis were introduced to all present. R~e­freshments over, President Jeremiah QiMahoney welcmned the new mewbers int•o the Society. · He e·xhorted them to be active and worthy members·, and to be willing at all time:s to aid in the propagation of the Sdentific Society. Fred Connor then gave an excellent a:nd appropriate toaS't to the Modera­tor, !Fa:the1r ' Brown. Ge:raid Bergin spoke on Societie:s in gen­er.a.l, and on the necessity of harmony and unity among the members, of any society~ Fathers Brown and Rheaa::o.s both expressed their . thank,sl for the ~ompliments bestorwed upon them, and they aga1in a1s;sured the members tha.t they were willing at all times to give their a1ssistance jn any under­taking. Rev. W. J. Clifford and Rev. M.. J. Breen were re­quested to s:peak. T'hey c-ongratulated the initiate~s as well aS'" the initiators on the admirable spirit which prevailed during .the entire initiation. The evening's p~easure ·was fittingly brought to a close by Very R,e:v. J. P. O)Mahoney, C. 8. V., who, in his usu-al witty and pleasdng manner, congratulated the so-ciety on its wonderful progres·s-o, and he expressed the wish that it would continue to spread ~nd she:d its beneficent influenc-e on St. Via.torr's college.

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R:ev. I Father O'Mah()ney~ . a:iid under· his . Wise direction > the i society still continu:es1 to fio~}ri.sh. ']~he new Moderator · and· o.f:fieer,s, have a. ha:rd task before the·m, a,s this, is the first Omn­Inercial · org~anization at ·· St. VJ.a,tor's college; arid it vvitl be the foundation of future orga1niza.tions· among the ConimerdaJl st~'Cl:ents. VVithout ·a doubt ·under the guid.ance1 of its new _ l\1oder3.~tor, the society \vill weathm.; 'the · storms· which every ne\v · ·orrganiza,tion h.a,s to · encounter; and, ·at the end:'· of the' year, will be one o.f the~ repte~sentative sodeties of St. Via1tor · coHeg·e. · ·

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Columbus Gollege, So. Dakotar is fortunate in securing Rev. ·vv. J. CliffoPd, 0. S .\T., aiSI the trea1srurer, and St. Viartor coliege in! losing hinr. lost one of its best profes:s.ors. FO\'' a decade Fa,ther Olifford1 was eonnected with the college. filling at times the offices. of both teacher and assistrunt tre~a~srtH·er. Hecently he had alstsu:med the pr:ofes1s:orship of _Canon Ltal\v, Liturgy, Philosophy of Hi.storry, ancl Olnl'rch I;Iist.ory, a~nd be­side-s found time to conduct the graduating Gonunercial class. Best wishes £or sucees,s in his nmv field ail'e the sentin1ents- of the host of friendS' he left a:t. St. Via.tm:'s.

vVe elip the following notice1 from' a1 '\Va·shington paper. All who remember the brilliant Fa.the1r l\1und.a,y will feel justly proud of the success of this1 son· .c)f S.t. Viator: "In this

·aepa~rt1nent of Sacred Sciences~ at new instructor has been ad­ded to· the staff, Rev. Joseph P. l\funday, S. T1

• L. (G. U. 1910), of the diocese: of .Alton. Fathe1;· l\1unclay has been a;p-. pointed by the Rector to the Thomas· Sini Lee Fellowship in r.rheo1ogy, founded by l\1gr. L€e, pastor of St. l\1.athe\YS Church in · W:ashingtou, and he will also .act a:s an instructo,r in Dog­Inatie Theology. Father lVIunday is a: brilliant graduate of St. Viartor~SJ College, Bourbonnais, Illinois, and won high honors during his studj es at tl1e ·unin:rsit~· for the clegree of J.jccnti­ate."

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. The Rev. W. P. Burke, Chatsworth, Ill., · ha1s been given charge of St. Joseph parish, Chenoa, Ill., to fill the vacancy . 1nade by the removal of Fr. M. J. O(Calla.ghan. ·

The R.ev. Francis .J. O)Reilly, '88, member of the bishop council and for the last 13· years1 rector of St. · Mary's Ca,thed­r:al, -Peoria~ has1·been appointed t.or the irremorvahle rectorship of St. Patrick's parish, Danville·, Ill. . Fr. O"R.eilly was chan-

. cell or of the Peoria1 d~ioces'e, under the administration of Bishop Spalding . ..

The ·Very _Rerv. Jame:S1 J. Shannon, '90, .. vicar general of . the dioces:e of Peoria and pastor of St. l\1ark''S' succeeds Fr. 0-'R.eilly as rector of the cathedral.

Mr. Harry Hildreth, '90, Ohl.ca.go, Ill., is. no:w engaged in the hotel busines1s in Ohica.go: He owns and manages Hotel Warner, o~ne of the large first clas.s1 hotels of the south side. Under the last dt.y administration Mr. Hildreth held the im­portant position of a:ssis,tant. eity treasurer.

Mr. R. E:. Roche, Sophotnore, '10, winner of 'the chemistry 1nedal is1 demonstrating t01 old P. Oria1 that he know,s some­thing of those myste!rious characters~ that. the doctor draws: on his, pre:s.eri ptio:n pad. E:rrnnet will he found' behind the counter of one of Peoria's. la:rgest retail drug companies, giv­ing lengthy dis,course~s on the merits' of Peruna, Da.nderi:rie, Blue Jay C'orn Cure and other twentieth century marvels.

Michael Byron, Clommercial, '10, leader of the famous Wilmington Bunch, has taken over the 1nanagement of one of his unclers: large ,farming inte·rests neaa~'~ Wilmington. In all probability "Mike" ··will introduee the most improved brusi­ness methods in conducting the business of the 'fa-rm.

Dan Cupid haS1 again a.ttacked the ranks of the alumni. and two of our erBtwhile marble hearted ba1chelors were un­able to withstand the onslaught of his a.rrow.s:.

Philip Baron, '09, of Martinton, Ill., was the fir;st to capitula,te. The R.erv. M. J. · Ma.rsile of Beaverville, Ill., last month united him in the holy bonds of matrimony with Mis.s1

Devm Nourie, also of Martinton. T'.HE VIATORIAN extends its ·congratulations t01 Mr. and Mrs. Baron .

Aeros•s the plains eeho the el;thnes of the wed:ding, bells of Dr. J. W. B. Flargeole, '98. D 1r. F'lwgeol~ took for his. bride

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Mi.s.s D:orothy Bessie . Yeoto;n of .Sio~ City, Ia. Announce­ments received at the college state tha;t Mr·. and Mr;s. Flag­e.ole · will be a,t hom,e to thejr friends a.t HoUy ~prings, Ia., a.fter December 1. Dr. \Flageole is· on:e of the leading. phy­sicians of Sioux Oity.

The R.e.v. A. Na1wrocki, '01, has: been appointed pastor of the newly orgamizedi pruris'h of ·St. Brurbara in the archdiocese of Ohieago. Maty the labors. of Fr. Nawrocki in his: new field be · fruitful.

The voter;s of Kanka.kee county. placed their stamp· of app:t;'oval on the ,s;ervice of J.ohn B. Flage.ole a;s. county clerk, when they returned hiin to office with a1 handson1e n1ajority in the recent elections. 1\1r. li'lage-ole received t he g:re.a;ter part of his education at St. Viator's.

A1noa1g the reee·nt visitors. \vere Rev. J. F. R.yan, Chicago; R.ev. Father Durkin, Rantoul; Rev. A .L. Gira,rd, Chicago; R~ev. Father 1\1c1\1ullan; R,ev. vV. Granger, Ka,nkakee; R.ev. J. T'. Bennett, K.atnk.akee; R.ev . . JYf. J. 1\1a;rsile!, B·e:a,verville; Rev. Father .· Hynes, Cihicago; Rev. Tarclie, Chica1go. Mr. A. l\1eGarthy, Mr. E!1• Stack, 1\1r. B. O·'Gonnel, lVIr. Beacon, 1\tlr. E:. Hyne,s, :Mrs. T'. Pa,t.th.a.s·t, 1\1r. E:. 8te:nzal, Mr. L. Ba:r'Oin, lVIT. aind 1\frs-. F '. Murphy, 1\1r. and 1\1rs;. vV. Yagle, Mrs.. 1\1arie:rity, Mr. 0. E i. Lina,n, 1\1rs. ·vvHliains, Mr. lVI. -Helta:, Mr. and Mr:s. W. 8aiV.a.ry., Mr. Whitticher, l\1r. J. Dooley, Mr. J. :Ma;xwell, Mis:s ·v. La;wistOn, 1\1rs,. 1\1eCannally and datughte,rs, 1\1iss l\1. Gorclon, 1\1iss E. O"N eil, 1\1rs. J. Sturclgrin, MisS! H. Fitzg:era,ld, '1\f.r. M.eGun1, 1\1r. A. Lana.gan, Mr. and Mrs·. A. Shabat, l\{r. and Mrs. El. Gira1rd, 1\1rs. L,ed,-:ve:ll, }\{r. John Pudzaek, 1\!Ir. vV. Kerin, 1\1r. E'. l{iss:ane, 1\~r. E.. D·illon, Mr. J. v"Valsh.

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A'fter a: brief period _of §ickness,, Oha:rles· Shea,, student of '08 pa.s:sed .awalY at S.t. Margaret's' Hospital, H.ammond, Ind., on Oetobe'r 14. Althoug·h Cha,rles spent but one yea1r here· he endea.red hiiUiself to a. large cirde of friends a,t St. Via­tor's who deeply regret his untimely death .and offer pra,yerful sympathy to his berea:ved family.

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Heig,ho,- I ... 1ife hms been dull in E\xdmn of lwte, and vve ha:d ahno~;t fe·ared that the Niaga1ra. I ndex: halcl ceased to point its SlcaJy finge·r art the dreadful exan11pl es of Oolleg(~' J•ournaJis:n11, which pointing has for .s;ome yea,rsi affol~decl us bi-n1onthly amu:s1ement., but vve were much relieved this n1.orning to he:alt' onee again the shrill tones of the Iudex~s ~frs. Mlod.a:ritJ raised in execra;t.ion a1gainst "The ~fount St. Joseph Colle­gian." vVe have no pa1rtieula,r interest in this last nanted ex­eha.nge, but we do feel a1 gre:ait intm·est, inr relieving the drull n1onoto.ny of l ife, a.nd we know no better "'va,y t.o aceon1plish this than b~ pulling the snaky l-ockS! of Niagara1's fish wife. The result will 'be truly amus1ing, a.ncl will help us to endure the ennui of' life for the: nonce.

I t '\Vas reaHy too~ bad, Mrs. 1\'Ioriairity, tha,t "Sir Beard­less" of "fourteen fruil~ summers:'' should da,re to . .s:a1y that, yon w·ere "fight-loving, pessin1istic or peqJetua:lly given to ahus­ing'." In fa1<;t w:e think "Sir Bearclless" should be spanked and sent to bed without his supper for being so i1npudent to a lady of the fish vvife profes:s.jon who owns to at least "forty­two years of existence," and possibly rejoices in a, beard, or, as you would doubtles;s pre:fe~r to call it, ru hirsute a,ppencl-age to

, her lowe1r matxillary. It is Ulnfortuna.tel;y a failing' of youths of "fourteen fa~ir sunnners?' not. to harve n1uch respec-t for age~, pa1rticularly when ag<e is vitriolic and irrita.ble, .and "'Ve really think tha~t · possibly "Sir Beardless" has a latr:nt. sense of humor, a1nd thought, as '\Ve do~ th.aJt. if he COUld stir JOU up, , hP might hwve . s.om~e~ fun. He oocceedecl, "'Ve assure you, and we. laughed quite inordinate~ly art: the reproof he received. vVe would like to take: you: seriously, but you a.re really too ari.1u ~-1ng.

Go1ne now, be honest, you were not really' serious, when you wrote; "we challenge: you' in the flush of your fourteen fair summe1rs to prove tha;b we a.re either 'fight-loving, pe1s.si­

. miSitic or perpetuailly given to a1brus:ing1' ." Why, E!xcha;nge Elditors' .on the· circuit harve .a1lh10St1 placed' this! truth mnong

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the fiis:t P'iinCip,Ies-tliat"noodf hol. pi~'OI01f:, . ~huf"Fr j·ou-·.iir e serious, . turn back to you1"" is:sue of F 'eb. 1, 19·10, P . 1'21, where: you .say a certain unsophisrti'qated youth · is'· Ji : "hy~ocrite," "whited . sepulchre," ",sp,ideir','' .. "swash hu·ckler/' "degenera.te," "utterly devoid . of an resp·ect for t:ruth,'' . ''fou:r-:ttusher," "ridiculorms," belsi~es man~ oth~1r. t}li~~,~ . :no' -~~?~~~ S:9!l1Pli.w~:p.J[ary: .. Thh~ t~ . surely proof enough that you a1re "given to a;busing." But you say youJ defy . him to prQlve thwt you are "'perpetually" given to this edifying oecupia~ion. Posslil)ly · you rest •occa­sionally o'tingJ to' the la1ck of · "somebody to hew and hack," to qu~te you~ own quo·tatiou, P. 27, i.siS!ll'e of October 15, ;19'10, but to hide behind such a quibble is nort wo>I~thy of a logician 01f ' your 1nighty attain1nents1 a.ncl "f.orty~two yea:I'"s, of exist­ence." We refer you to· the ~m.me numhe1r' first quoted and to 1nany of its su.eeessors a1nd predecessors·· to pro'Ve you are fight­loving and pessimisrtic, and if you reailly insist. thatt you . issued your cha.llenge steriorus.ly w.e sha.ll, whe1n reques~te:d, furnish 1nore specific insrbinees of youT~ figh t-lorving arnd · :pes.simistic spirit. You say you~r "rnodus1 agendi" is1 to tell th~e truth, a1nd to tell it effectively. We a,re glad to hear this, for we .should never have known it, unless. you~ had told us, hut 'we should like to ask al question, 'Wha~t do. you Inea1n by trut.h? You .ha:ve taught ail the Elxcha1nge Eiditors1 philosophy fo,:r so many years, you will doubtless .be able to aJJ.swer this que!Stion ·sat­isfactorily, but, if y.ou do tell the truth, we · should• imagine the truth. to1 be: confo~r<:tnity of youi .. intellect with what js ·worst in all the exchalllges. If you give the co·mmonly a:c~ cepted· derfinition orf tl"uth, w·e shaH have to laiUgh at you rugain, for you didJ not · really mean all you said: ahout poor little Freddie last yeair. Nof'\v did you'? And you do not me1an a:ll the dreadful, pomporus; things you· · have sa:id to "Sir Bear1dles1s.," such a:s~; "In the future harve a1 zeaious care, for the terrible ·thumb o!f Fa,t;e is: alreUJdy inclined downwa:rd." T'he only thumb thalb is inelined downward for "Sir Beard­less?' is your orwn fishy pollex, which 1s: not at aH terrible, but exces;s.ively funny. Now pJea:se uncork the via.ls of your wrath, and! porur: them; aH over us, for we a,re dyin~ from the la1ck of humor in EIXdom, and when you get angry you really a1re excruciatingly amusing, 'for to quote 1Vl1 .. s. P·oyser, "some folks:' tongue1S1 are like the clocks a1s run on striking, not to tell you the time of day, but becaiU:se the1 .. e'.s summ'at wrong i' their orwn insides." Put us down in the fifth class of that

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bea-ntifrul ' list or Exchanges JOUl' ·so kindly compiled for . the guidance of E'Xchange Ek:litors less able to judge of t he re­spective ·merits of papers than yourself, and then prove that you are not -pessimi-stic, becauoo you ha:ve not 1nentioned us this yeatr. S<>rry ··to have forestalled one of your st.a:ndard jokes, but you will do what 've have asked, won't you'? Thanks. There's a dear. W. R .

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· 1r.he St. Ignatilus Oolleg·iar~.; for Novem'ber eouta,ins a happy blending1 of pro-se and poetry. The pity is that the ed~it.ors could not see their ·wa:y to make this a· monthly inst~·1d of a quarterly publication. A: college with a la:rge enrolhnent should! have a mont,hly publicajtion.

Neat and' attractive in dress and. with articles of superior quality and fine finish the Exponent presents itself for enjoy­able reading. Book revierws receive n1uch attention for no less thatn forty-three were criticised in the N oveanber issue.

The PaU·ia~ is the best paper of its kind tha,t rmches our desik. The artic1es contributed a11'"e wHhii1 the s~ope of the writer a!lld well treated.

' We welcome for the first time the Vill(t Sa,ncta Sch.olus-

tica, Qu.arrterly from Duluth, 1\iinn. T'he articles as rnight be expect,ed of a quarterly a1re of a; high order hoth as regard~ selection aind literary workmanship.

The D'Yo1tville llf agWJitJW ma.lde its firs t appearance a few days: ago, in our sanetdm. This paper is cra1nmed "\vith rurticles a.ndl in ma.nv instances three or four contributed bY . v •.

·one writ,er. Ckmgratula~tions. Come a:gain.

St. OharleSl B!orronteo'.s youth, da0'S: a1t R.mne, at "Milan · and connection with the Ursuline Sisters form the subjec-t of well d(weloped essays in the Echoes from the P·in.es. We award the pahn to the .story "Virtue Triumphant."

The Dia.Z for De·eember is up to its uS~ual Utera.ry stand­ard. "The Vanquisher of Ingersoll" is the life history of that brilliant genius who by the force of his inces:sive logic kept the Atheist a,t baiJ. The editorials deal with current events. Pres­ident Lowell of HarvaiJ~~d utterances fonn the subject of an instructive leader. We are glad tha,t practically the same opinion is entertained by the writer as . was voiced in our

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pa:pe1~ Nov·emlJ,er isrslil!e: · ShoTt stories1 ireceive eat·eful : :a.tten-.· tion ·,and, ·when · well w·ritte:n·: a,s are · uhose .· in,· the Dial .. afford pleasure- a;nd · p.rotfit.: ' liVe f believe- ~ ih '"Oill~ : -or (t 'wor· shot't stories but . nOit' a.iJ the Sla1C'r'ifioe of· the ·"hea,yy m·atitJ€11?'·' ' a1) all! ' ClrChang'e t,erm.ed ~ the ·' <:oute1nrtrs, :of T1H E' VIATOR1AN' f0r .. Oet~her.. ·Heavy I'na;t.ter, though; · ··demand:sl brains'. ' · · . ' · : · . , , , . , ·' . · · .

Th.e! College Spokesmarn comes heia\r'i1y' lad~n ~ ~~rit~ 's:olid, senstible m,atter. T'he "Pa1sision Play" is ·well hanJled and

. compra,r~s · favoraibly· with afn article · or~ . ai s1hnilar .nature1;which a;ppie:a:,rerd · in ou'l-- O~tobierr issn:e1. The•" Spokesm>a·n ~ w:e·ar$i 1aru ;air ,of 'dignity ;a.n:(l' 1 Sllll~s.ta1ins: it ' by; ,the prodUiction .(yf its ·talented c:onrtributors:. ·: •T'he ·: exchamg:e. co,lumn is, ::without ·· doubrt; · well handled·. . ;. ~ · . 1. • .. • .. • .. ~' . , . • ' , · '·

, .. .-; . ;r;z~,e; J)(a;n~.a,,tp~t;~~· .Q/frlq(f't,({T~Y h{ll~ ,aJ. :few, ;gqpd, e,~8~Jr:l3 in,cJuding OJJ:~ Jlfai~·. }Vaf31 rr~acl , :t~ JJ1e; ~I<J:v.c;a:tio:vat1copyi~:R~iQ:q, ~ ~t . petrq~~t. .

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• i. ;.r:u~ , p:r·,<?sp~c.·.t . ~o~r . ~:. ?Vin:q.ip·gl b:a:s.lp~!t, 1Qall~ \ c;mnoi:qa.tiop. halVe never: Q·een b:r;ig·P,t~l\ ~~ ta,),~i rhisrt9ry p·f t~;e , gam~ a:t .~.t. v~~ltor college. )F!·on1 the matef<i:;t.~·1 ~~lre.~dy on ha.~!<l'. :no!. rea~~o:q . <::run he assigned. why this1 year's quintet should not be of unbeat­able 1 'caJiht·e. · Lrusit ··· ye·ar'·s ·'~ team '· remains · well nigh intact. C:a.pt. :Fitzgerald·; isi caging the sphere :with the· :aecuraey of old wrid 1 will rec·eive: ·g'l';eat ·aid' 'from · Moy*iha.rr ··a.nd · vYarner· ··who also are displaying las~t I sea.son'sr . skill: ; Baehant is pla:ying the g11ard pos;ition .ars1. of yore wl).ile , Ki~Ss:ane seem,s to have :th·s,t' cho~ee fo,r the other .defense. ·Among the recruits ~ho are gj ving· the veterans ~ seve,·re . tussle, Fisher, Gordon·,

. Keeley, · Doemling,, La~pp1a.n~ Leon~trd, D·onD;e1ly, Sherman, Storr, Oa.ship. and Quille .are the m·ost promising· and 3Jre showing · then1srelves to be ·well · acquainted at the g·an1e ailld will make the veterans hustle. 1\tigr. Oleary has' been v·ery bu:s1y with hi.s1 schedule and negotiations for games a:re on with 1\I.a.rquette U., Lewis . Inst., D~ePaul, Lineoln, v\lheaton, Spa,lding; St. Bedes, St. Cyrils, Millikin and others.

T1H~ searson will open immediately after the Xmas holi­cla,ys and frorrn then on a constant strea1n o·f victories is as-

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•strred: .. , Ba,sket baill . students' are -loud . in their' · de1na:nds and don:fident of the: · te~Mn's ability to win the hard and elasiSy gam.es !which; the :schedule _,vill -pDod1J<ce. ·

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D'eP'a.ul 8; S.t. Via tor . 3. On ·Oct~ 2'9' the '· Varsity, ac-companied by a, crowd of ' root.­

ers 200 'stro'ng, went to' the1 vVindy · Oity, and did; so1nethjng­that they ne·ver did ·bef6re, ·seore o1i D1ePaul. . TJ1e heavy vet­eran' D·ePa.ul -eler"Ven · wa:s 'indee-d · for"t11~.arte ii1 c:oming out~ of the fra.y in the manner' it did, for ·the1ir' · touchdor\"\:n · wa,s1 a,s much: of 'a ] surp'l~is~ to the'm a':SI toi the supporters 'b:f St. Via­tOir"s. By som~ ! mischance Ka1b we:nt ,st1~a1ight through the line fo·r -30 · ya:rds1 and a, · touchdo·wn in the second-·q uart.er and Dolan made the sixth polint. No more .SICO'ring ' "\Vas done ·until the third quarteT' whe'n O"B:rien was1 dorwned be~hind ·· the line for a1 safety, making the t-otal Slcore of D~e:Pa.ul 8. T'olwa,rds ·the end .of the quarter El. Quille dropped a pretty , goal' f'ron1 .the 40 yard line square' between the uprights, gjving St. Viar tor its fir.st S'eo:re aga1inst the· husky D'ePaul eleven. The: g~a~ne wa:s elewr1y fought and much ·eredit must be given- the ·Var-Siity fo·r their exeell(:mt w'ork in the new style ga1ne. Capt: Fitzgeraad, Bergan a1nd .A... Quille played the gan1e of tne:ir lives, allld Welch wms in every play. FoT' D~ePaul Ka.lb, Shae­fer and Qua.lle s1ta,rredt. Line·-up:

DePaul, .8. Byrne Hayjac Boland, Brennan: · Mayer Banner Fitzpatrick, Leffert Welsh, Potter Dolan Qualle, Schaefer Hyatt Kalb

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O'Brien Welch

She-rman Darche Brenza

Moynihan E. Quille

Bergan (Capt.) Fitzgerald

Storr

Touchdowns, Ka lb ( 1). Goals Dolan · ( 1·). Goals from field-E. Quille (1). Safety, O'Bri.en (1). R eferee- Drayer, (N. D. V.) Um­Pire-Ha1ght (Shurtleff). Head linesman-Littman. . Time 4ths, 1 .5 min.

S.t. Viator 47, Linco1n 5. P'la.yin~ .a1 whirlwind' ga[lll'e fro;m: start to1 finish St. Via,­

tor defeated the speedy Ldneoln Oollege· te~Rnl1 47-5. The game \Vas indeed a; grea~t: one to: witne!StS' and: the spectators we·re

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·always ·on their. feet wattching the forward pas'SeS fly through the air with the greatest precision aJld . frequency. Ooa~ch ' .MaJrks' team WaJSI in the best of trim and nothing could. stop them. It was a greart , exhibition of the new game, and the Varsity showed thems·elves to be the inf\Sters of it. Tlo tell or the touchdowns ·and featuring plays would almost require a ·book, but the game can besrt be told from the , sunima.ry. For . St. Viator Kissallle and MoynihaDJ plwyafi a game ·that w~ great to behold and! carried the balL in exc·ellent style. Fitz­gerald and Harrison advanced the ball when called upon, fo:r:"' the required distance and Sherman and Dal'ehe oould: not be sui-passed~~ 'T'he whole team worked like a clock and showed Coach Marks' training. P. Oouncil a,nd Oleary tried! hardest· to keep the onslaught of the local.s. Line. up:

· · St. Viatorp 47. Lincoln, 5.. -Kissane, · Sammon L. · E. Cleasz O'Brien L. T. Graham Welch, Warner L. G. . s. Council Sherman C. .· Roberts Storr, Darche R. G. M. Siebring Brenza, Gordon R. T. G. Siebring Moyn-ihan R .E. P. Council Quille · Q. Gaffney (Capt). Harrison, Mang L. H. F. CouncU Fitzgerald, (Capt) R. H. ·· Bunn Bergan F. Davr

Touchdowns-Fitzgerald ( 3), Moynihan ( 2), Kissane ( 1). Welch ( 1), P. Council ( 1). Goals-Fitzgerald ( 4). Goals from field-. Q\lille ( 2). Safety-Davy. 'Reteree--Kittleman (N . . W.) Umpire -Mugan (Creighton). Head linesman-Sullivan. Timers- Legris and Morton. Time of quarters, 15 minutes.

Loyol:ru 0, S.t. V iartor 2·5.

True to the tim1e honored' custom, St. Viator defeated Loyola at Chicago Thanksgivin~. Our orpponents' after many ·vain attempts to put over. one victory on the locals, failed as usual . and St. Via toe's s:ent them· down to defeat to the tune of 25-0. At no sta.ge of the gam.e was the Varsity goal in dan­ger. Though outweighed considerably b~ the giant linemen of ·Loyola, they played an open game and the result is cleatrly seen. · The finished playing of the locals -was seen all through the contest, especia.lly on the offense. Oapt. Fitzgerald's spectacular playing was the principal feature, his long runs aiding materially in the making of touchdowns. Quille drop-

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p.ed aJ ·goail 1n the thirdl qua1rter fromr the 42 ·yard' 'line, which was a beauty. · o~B.i·ien WaSJ a demon on the off'e'rise and sent his spirals down the field: when necessity dema,nded it. · Sam­mon and Moynihan alSJo added: ·glory to their names~ by scor­ing touchdowns, while 6-oooon and Brenza were in fine trin1 as · usual. Kissa1ne ~kled every·. mM that . came near and Berga.n starred also. Oapt. Doyle'·SI . punting saved: Loyola f,ro~. greater humiliation~. Line-up: ·

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L.oyola? 0. S. V. C., 25r Killian · L. E. · Kissane, Sammon O'Brien L. T. O'Brien ·:Radaway L . . G. · · Brenza

· Farber C. Sherman Fromme R. G. . Darche Dowdle R. T. Storr, Gordon R. Moynihan R. E. F. Moynihan Sullivan Q~ Quille Kirley, Burke, Roan L. H. Fitzgerald, (Capt.) Herman. . R . . H. Harrison Doyle .<Capt)~ F. Ber.gan

Touchdowns-O'Brien ( 1), Fitzgerald ( 1), Sammon ( 1), F. Moy­nihan ( 1). Goals-Fitzgerald { 2). Goals from field-Quille ( 1). Referee--Sa.rley (P. & S.) Umpire--Kittleman (N. W.) Head lines-

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Daniel Bergan Oarptain:.Eilect. Shortly after the close of the :footba.ll .season a banquet

was tendered the football team rus at sEght recognition of the past successful season .. The gymnwsium was ta:stefully deco-r­ated and as regards the m,enu n<;>thing can be said of it but in the language of superlatives. T'oasts' and ~speeches were deliv­ered by the team and members of the faculty who reviewed most vividly the eontes1ts .S10 strenuously a.ndi successfully played. The principal event of the evening w:a.s the elect1on of Mr. Druniel B.ergan of Kankake1e t:o ea;p,ta,in next year's eleven. The choice could not haJVe been a better one. Mr. Bergan has prorv-en hims:e'lf to be a1 football player of the first order, and will be a1 leader who is ,s:ure t,o fill Capt. Fitzger­ald's shoe1s in good style. Mr. o~Brien, Quille and Fitzgerald aill spoke feelingly. of their football as1soeiattions and wished the succeeding terums an possible succeess. ·Their places will indeed be difficult to fill. At the conclusion the much coveted aud mJuch deserved sweatt:e1r coats and ·eii1blem:s1 were a~warded

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to , Fitzgera1ld, Bet .. gan, . ·Harrison, . A .. Quille,-. E. Quille, . O'B';rien, Sherman, Datrehe, · Moynihaill, . B'reJQ.za,, J{is:sane, Go:vdo:Q! a ind Storr. . :, ; .

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No srb(>,iier haiClJ lVIanwger 'Oleary .put .a:s,ide the football para;phernali~ andJ ai'v·a~rded monog.ran1s to · the 19io· · iootbUJll pl'ay.er:s1 thwn he sa!t: about org,aniz.ing a bowling lea,gue and ·with the alble C'Of- ope~wtion of his two com.petent assistamts F. Legris and' 0. l\1e0auley SIUeceeded in turning out a winning teatn. The fir:srt leagu·e game was pla(Yed on Wednesday nig)lt, D·~·ee•n1be~ . 7th, on the college alleJls' against the well ba1lanced te:aiJ.n. ··of the Knights; of Oolum.busi of Kankakee. The contest wa1s ·· interesting! throru·ghout and the' opposing tea1n .seem·ed to hawe · acquired · ·n1a11y of the : characteristie.s · of the bra,ve Knights of old, never giving up till the :final score announ·ced Srt: . ·vialtor's the winners b(Y_ a1 ~-1naU Ill'argir?-. l\1r. · S\vajn ex­ceHed Ofll strikes,· while ' l\1r. R.ulell and l\1r. ·va,la:de ' showed! rare skill in 1n:aldng1 th~ ·"spa1res?' cournt. l\1r . ... l\1:cda-l1ley was .. · the hera for the: colleg:e, sc:oriug: 210 in the fir:s.t ga.1~e. R.esun: S. V . C. 1st 2nd 3rd Ttl K. of C. 1st 2nd 3rd 'Ttl T . O'Brien . . 155 180 159 494 G. Swain .172 148 · 168 488 F. He-Ita ... 154 155 13i 44,0 H. Ruel .. 152 139 1-59 450 B. Kirley . .159 162 135 · 456 G. Valade ·· .156 162 168 186 T . . Warner .. 1.73 1~2 . J .2q 422 .D. Wall " . . 169 152 148. 469 C .. Mc.Cauley .2;t.O 179 .155 544 A .. Legr:is . .. 136 154 140 430

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-···- Hello Ki:d1! Whe1re yo~u ~oing?· • :j ••

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. - ·jFritz- Say Daill.nie, ea:n you let me take y.o1u; 's,toclrin'g for X1nas E:Ve1?- J\Iinevs too srr:naJl. · · ' · · · · · ' ·

- Zunt-. - I a:n1! going to hang ' one: Oil the!. ,soeiety- :R;ubber Boots:. . . . .. 1

- Brother Joh.n- Say Leo, shaill T · '\veaJr · sl1inr · gliarUs '! , ; , I ( / ~ 1

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- lYiairaU1oning1 has been avvf'ully po'pula:r: ~·.these ,,d:a.ys •. , Yes, shortJ walks1 an.;:lJ long1 runs: - -.:. . . ,, .. ,.., ... 1. ··.!:,

- 'T!onnnie- ·- Dlo you think th~ fritH/ ·-\vill 'laist· tin·o~;g·Ji the c·old -\,veai;the'r?

Bi ll-Easy picking. . ;'.· - .. · 1

._, - lVIa1rti'n- · A_r'e~' ~ you goingr td ·· put· thol~lefi bas.Jd~~t~ {11'] (- ~l_,.;ound the gy1n? i: ··"' ('; ~. '

~DiCl~~s·ay ·> F1rHz;· do~ yb~1' tJli±i.it ~tll~'Y;J·lJW1}i1g,· Hi~,? i~~i)bjts~ in tonight·? .· . :· ··'!''· '/ '· "· · . ·

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.,. tsQh J ~W~iY, J)l'l;~ PJ~airly ,.c1read,·, f3'tlop 't:i1·l we g:et, fli, ~itf[ ; ·ta eat. J.'

- Bertr-Do y.ou think JOIUI'H ever g'o bacl(? ·) ·,:t ··· .. 1

. F'riencl---' r . don't lu1o"Y B:ert., bu~t· the1·ID<)f'e! I think. a(b(tnt it, the 1n.o:re I · think. '

- With aill apolog:ie:~buJke·-u,.buk!e-Ui !1

- ·- Visit:or- 8ay ha:ve yol'IJ al 1nill on this corri:CLor, I never Silerprt · a wink la:s:t night?

B:oss~ 2.19L-0h no:, thaJt '· vva1s only the buzz of the B~ee~·s you hea,rd. · · ·

- Willia1111 A. S. h.ai~ taken to following the horses-. -Yes nightmares!

-I got 'e1n-. -I g:ot 'em-· -The~r·e he ~oeJSI.

-Wa;ntedi--AJ srtenogr:apher to takel cha!rgie of correspond-ence. Apply · 219•-Internationa:l Correspondence , 8chool.

·- Lev-Y orn t!ryin' to kid nlJe?

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-New:s Itelllt-Joseph H-nt:er. has been el€cied President of the Roughhoos.er':s OlulJ.---.-"T1n. A. W-.rner ·seeretai!'y.. A. · Srt-rr P~opertyt Man. . . 1

-Tim 0-rtint--"His hono1~ the :M::a:yor.''

-r--;--Thou.gh it is indiscreet, Not to bow so iSWeet,

T:o a friend! ydu.: may moot Ooonein' dorwn the street, Still think of the 'veruther.

·You may off with yoor hrut~ But qu:iekly yourll . slap The smooth walk I tell you, Rem'einber, then well . · Or the pa:pers must tell Sadly 'twas the weather.

N·erw, B()l()ks . .

R. I. .P'.

"vVhen . Knig"4thood· waiS in fl()lwer (flour )."-Revised by T~. Harrison.

"Wh.ere hop.ey is bountiful". or "taking care of the Bees" - By Win. A. Sammon.

"How I caine ba~ck?'-B.ernar<I 0. Thompson ( T1• O? B~ j

"T'he Song of a Nighting;a;le'' or "Flo·w-on thou dreamy music- By El. J. Q·.

"Why they call me Ca;p"-By J. l'\1. F.-Revised to date by Dan B.

WI Till SlA]N!T!.N O[)A US.

St. Viator. dollege, December 24, ·1910. :Mr. Santai Olaus: Dea1r F'ellow-I acrn aJ little boy about

six yea~:·s o~f age and wish you would brin~ me a song book, a pair of shoes, and an airsihip as I afllli very fond of going up in the air. Your friend, John B. K.

S.t. Viator Colleg~e, D'ecember 24th. lVly Deall" 8a1nta1: Wish you would brin~ m.e a mouse-trap:

the Comic sheet, a1nd wn o:r>a111ge. LOvingly, Patsy 0 '. L.

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