44 TH E F O R D H A M M O N TE L Y.

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P U B L I S H E D

B y i lze S ta ci e /1 1s of S t . f o/m'

s C ol l eg e , F ord/2a m,N . Y .

T E R M S :

O n e do lla r a ye a r in adva nc e . S ingle C opie s 10 c e n ts . O n e in c lr

do lla rs a ye a r . O c c a sio na l a dve rtiseO n e c olum n a dve rtise m e n ts , five

m a de for le ngthi e rbusin e ss a dve rtise m e n ts , five

m e n ts,7 5 c e n ts p e r

do l la rsinse rtio n ,

pe r issue . R e a sona ble a rra ngem e n ts

no tic e s .

O :

The 7 ou 7‘

1 za l w i l l be p zcb/i s/ze a’e ve ry won t/z (l u r i ng t/ze te n w on t/1 s of

l /ze sc bo la s/i c y e a r .

A l l rem i tta n ce s,l i l erm '

y con tri bu ti on s a n d bus i n e ss le /l e rs s/zou/a’

be

a ddressed :“F O R D H A M M O N T H LY

,

”S T . JO H N

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S C o L L E G E ,F O R D

H A M,N . Y .

E n te re d a t the Po s t O fli c e , N e w Y o rk,a s S e c o n d - c la ss M a t te r .

m i) O F E D I T O R S

JO H N F . H A B E N,

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87 .

W i L L i A M E . H O WL E Y,

"88 . J . V . M o nm ss a

,

’

89 .

C . E . S im p son ,

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88 . K . J . F O R T E S C U E ,

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89 .

B u s i n e s s M a n a g e r .— J . J . Qum N

,

’

87 .

A s s i s t a n t . — C . E . S I M PS O N ,

’88 .

J . A . KE R R I G A N ,

’

88,

C opi e s'

of l /ce l ll om’

lzly m ay be ba d a t S T U C KA R D'

S n ea r the F ord/2am

D epot.

FEBRUARY, 1 886 .

S A N C T UM

T H E M O N T H LY wi l l be i ssue d on the sth o f e a c h m on th .

T he pre se n t num be r i s fo r F e brua ry . T he long in te rva lbe twe e n the pre se n t a nd the l a st issue s wa s owing to the

fa c t th a t the J anua ry numb e r a ppe a re d be fore the hol idaysin orde r to form a C hristm a s n um b e r.

at ata s a s

T H E M O N T H LY re c e ive d la te ly som e v e ry fla tte ring c om

m e nda t ion s from m any frie nd s by l e tte r, from i ts e x c ha nge s,a nd notab ly from T be C a l/zol ic R evi ew . T he words o f the

re sp e c te d e d i tor O f the R evi ew ough t to be a sourc e o f ge n

u in e se l f - c ongra tul a tion to u s a l l . H e sa id tha t the ton e o f

the M O N T H LY ’

S c olum n s b e spok e tru e C a thol ic ge n t l em e n .

Wha t high e r p ra ise c ould we re c e ive tha n th is I f we sha l la lways d e se rv e suc h fa i r words for our pa pe r, our e fforts inj ourna l ism wi l l n o t b e by a ny m e a ns unsuc c e ssfu l .

at ai-‘

k

We m ust h e re sa y a word O f th a nk s to our fri e nd o f

T hi rd G ramm a r fo r his c ri tic a l but sugge st ive l e tte r in the

l a st n um be r. H is words c e rta in ly d id n o t fa l l unh e e d e d on

our e a rs but w e a ssure him th e y re c e ive d d e se rv ing c on s id

c ra ti on . I t give s us gre a t p l e a su re to re c e ive le tte rs fromthe stude n ts ; a nd sin c e the in it ia t ive ha s be e n tak e n ,

we

hope o th e rs wi l l fol low .

i t ata -x

C hristm a s a nd N e w Y e a r'

s a re gon e , a nd S t . John ’

s is

on c e m o re a sti r wi th the pa tte r O f busy fe e t a nd the hum O f

voic e s in study . T H E M O N T H LY,too

,ha s re sum e d its work ;

a nd, though it do e s n o t fo rge t the good w ish e s i t ga ve be forethe hol ida ys, i t re j o ic e s to se e th a t a l l a re aga in a t th e irbook s .

R e po rt, too , sa ys tha t T H E M O N T H LY '

S wish e s we re fulfi l le d a nd th a t a l l spe n t two p le a sant we e ks a t hom e . B ut

now the t im e for work ha s c om e aga in l e t i ts put a side a lloth e r though ts a nd sta rt out on the n ew te fm “i thwi l l inge a rn e st h e a rts .

“A .ba d be ginn ing is un fa vorabl e to suc c e ss

,

a nd“We l l b e gun is ha lf don e ,” a re o ld saws bu t m ost true .

a? at 9?

J . J. QU I N N ,

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87 .

U pon the e ve o f e le c t i ons we think it our p la in duty to

a c qua in t the ne w stude n ts in som e wa y wi th the m a nn e r in

wh ic h e le c t ion s a re c onduc te d, so tha t no on e m a y ha ve i tto say tha t he wa s pe rsua de d through dupl ic ity to vote a fte r

a c e rta in fa sh ion ,whic h he a fte rwa rds re gre tte d . B e ing o f

this m ind,we se riously advise a l l o f F irst D ivisi on to

“ lookb e fore the y le ap,” a nd know the on e fo r whom th e y vote .

E ve rybody shou ld be c a re fu l no t to p le dge his word to vote

B ut th e re sta rts up be fore us the awfu l ghost o f e xam ina t ion

,d e stroying a l l o ur c ha nc e for p e a c e a nd qu i e t

,a nd

pu tting us ou t o f a l l hum or fo r m ak ing a nd k e e p ing goodre solut ion s . T his is . the o ld s tory but We m ust sayfound e d on a m isc onc e pt ion . T he e x am ina t ion

,o f i tse l f

,

is n o t a bugbe a r, but is on ly m ade so,in m any c a se s, by

those who ha v e m isuse d th e ir t im e during the te rm .

T he d i l ige n t ta k e p le a sure in the re pe ti t ion pre c e d inge xam in a tion

,b e c ause th e y th e n se e a nd a ppre c i a te the

re su lt o f th e ir te rm '

s ha rd labor the e xam ina ti on followson ly a s the e xpre ss ion o f th e i r trium ph in ove rc om ing d iffic ul tie s . S t i l l T H E M O N T H LY do e s n o t l ik e to se e a nyon ewre tc h e d a nd he nc e i t ha s fo r a l l a s in c e re wish tha t succ e ss m ay a tte nd th em in the e xam ina tion .

53 11 211111211 1.In the region o f the sa nc tum

G irt a round wi th a nc ie n t volum e s .

G irt a round with things myste rious ,D we lls the m a n o f m a ny She ke ls ;H e who love s to se e T H E M O N T H LYM a ke the c irc uit o f the na tion sA nd bring ba c k the m ighty dolla rsF rom a ll those who ta ke the pa pe r.

B ut o f la te his brow is c loude dF or his hope s a re disa ppointe d ;D olla rs ha ve not c om e so fre e lyA s he thought in the beginning.

“ L e t m e se e he says in se c re t,'

T he re are som e m e n on D ivisionWho ha ve no t ye t pa id the ir dolla r,B ut the y ta ke the pa pe r m on thly ;S ure ly the y will pa y the ir dolla rA nd a fford us m e a ns o f payingA ll our ‘ bills ,

’

which now a re pre ss ing,

Pre ssing fo r. im m e dia te pa ym e n t .

A nd our frie nds b e yond the confine sO f the fam ous wa lls of F ordham ,

Who re c e ive the pa pe r m on thly,G radua te s , a nd F ordham stude nts

A nd a ll love rs of B e lle s - L e ttre s ,

M ust rem em be r tha t T H E M O N T H LYH a s to pay the prin te r, porte r,H a s to pay fo r stam ps a nd wra ppe rs,H a s to pay for pe ns a nd pa pe r.

T ha t i t m ay d e light its re ade rs .

Should the y no t the n fe e l our k indne ssA nd a c know le dge our ha rd la borsB y stra ight se nding him a dolla r,H im whose he a rt is fille d with sorrow ,

S inc e he ha s no t ye t the m e a ns o f

Paying U n c le S am , the prin te r,Porte r, or the b ill fo r wra ppe rs .

S ure you c a nnot c oldly s e e him

Pining, s inc e he is n egle c te d .

S e nd him the n your ye a r’

s subsc ription .

S e nd him soon the m ighty dolla r,T ha t his he a rt m ay glow within himT ha t he m ay be fre e from sorrow

T H E F O R D H A M M O N TH L Y“

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for a nyone on a tic k e t,and a lso use gre a t c aut ion wh e n he

th ink s o f c a sting'

his vote for a n e n tire t ic k e t .T he n om in e e s should ,

if possible , b e e qua l from e v e ryc la ss in the U n ive rsi ty ‘

C ourse,a s a lso from the h igh e r E n

gl ish C la sse s . L e t e v e ry stude n t th ink o f this a nd ta ke /ze e a’

b e fore he c a sts his vote . T hi s m a tte r o f c la ss re p re se n ta

tion . shou l-d be give n stric t a tte n tion ,a s it is the m e a n s by

whi c h ha rm ony pre va i l s am ong the boys if prope rly c on sid

e re d,a nd the c ause wh ich e xc ites d isc ord am ong the stu

de n ts if wrongfu l ly n e gle c te d .

A s to '

th e c a nd ida te s,th e y shou ld not on ly posse ss the re

spec t a nd e ste em of th e ir fe l low - stude n ts, bu t‘

the y sho uld

a lso be m e n who ha ve.

the qua l ific a tions n e c e ssa ry for th e irre spe c tive position s . A nyon e who a c c e p ts a nom in a tionshould be pe rfe c t ly w i l l ing to

l pe rfo rm the dut ie s a t ta c h e dto his offic e . I f he i s not sa tisfie d to do tha t

,he should d e

c l in e the nom ina t ion a nd withdra w from the c am pa ign a l toge th e r.

T h e re shou ld be an e a rne st O ppo sm on to e ve ry c a nd ida te , e x c e pt in the c a se of on e who is p la in ly the be st or theon ly m an qua l ifi e d fo r the offic e .

R em em be r,boys, no t to “

vote for your p e rson a l frie ndsa lon e bu t e nd e avor to e le c t the m e n who a re b e st qua l ifie dfor the d iffe re n t posi tion s, a nd whose e le c t ion wou ld b e a

sourc e of pe rfe c t sa tisfa c t ion to the whole D iv ision .

A C L A S S C ON TE S T .

O n the m orn ing o f D e c e m be r the twe nty- first

,the c la sse s

of L a t in B e l le s - L e ttre s, C la ssic s and S pe c ia l L a t in - re c e ive d

a n in vita tion ,whic h wa s v e ry a c c eptab le ind e e d ,

to a tte ndthe com e r/a ri a b e twe e n the c la sse s O f F irst a nd S e c ondL a tin G ramm a r.

A lthough we e xpe c te d tha t the c on te st wou ld prove in te re st ing, j udging from the h a rd study tha t had be e n don e bythe m em be rs of the se two c la sse s during the pre v ious thre eor four we e k s,we we re n e ve rth e le ss agre e ab ly surprise d a t

the profic ie n t m anne r in whi c h e a c h boy m an

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age d his pa rtO f the programm e .

F i rst in ord e r c am e a song by M a ste r J . H orga n ,fol lowe d by

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M a ste r S le v in’

s prologu e , wh ic h wa s give n inv e rse . N e xt c am e F irst G ram m a r

’

s p lay, i f suc h we m ayte rm it

,

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a nd the m a nn e r i n whic h the m em be rs p e rform e dthe ir re spe c tive pa rts spe a k s we l l for the bud d ing “

D r a

o f the c la ss of ’

90 .

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M a ste r S traub re nd e re d h im se lf c onsp i c uous by p e rforming his pa rt a lm ost to pe rfe c tion but

, if i t we re n o t for thefa c t tha t he spok e in the L a tin tongue , from his c O un te

nan c e and fa c ia l e xpre ss ion , we wou ld h ave im agin e d our

se lv e s v iewing a schoo lr'

oOm sc e ne in on e -

O f O ld B ism a rc k

’

s”

prov in c e sM a ste r C ha rl e s L 1vingston ’

s e ssay wa s both we l l re ad andwe l l c om posed, and he m an ful ly stood up for his fa vori tea uthor

, C ae sa r.

N e x t fol l owe d a tran sla ti on of a pa ragraph from C ae sa r’

s

C omm e n ta ri e s, by M a ste rsWi l l iam H yn e s a nd John Ke an e,

who showe d tha t th e y . had an in tim a te knowle dge _ O f th e irau thor .

F rom the m ann e r in whic h the F e ria l wa s sung, we a reforc e d to a c knowle dge tha t the m uch c ourte d godde ssE u te rpe se em s - to be ve ry pa rt ia l inde e d to the c la sse s o f’

90 and 9 1 , 1n wh i c h she c oun ts m any a swe e t - vo ic e d c l ie n t .

T he c on te st for supe riority in the G re e k V e rb'

wa s a ve rysp irite d on e

,to say the

' le a st, a nd_both s id e s e v in c e d a

thorough knowle dge o f i ts va rious p a rts . F irst G ramma rfin a l ly won by the ha rd - e a rne d sc ore o f

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six to four. R e v .

F a th e r R e c tor had k ind ly offe re d a priz e,to b e give n to theboy on

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the winn ing S id e who ind iv idua l ly won the m ostvic torie s, a nd this prize wa s awa rd e d to M a ste r D a v id O rphe us, he winn ing by a m a j ori ty o f on e .

M a ster D onn e l ly bore away the hon ors of the c la ss ofS e c ond G ramm a r

,and M a ste r G e a ry, in S e c ond G ramm a r’

s

p lay, won our adm i ra tion by his fine voic e a nd appropria tea nd gra c e ful ge sture s . M a ste rs We ir

,D e vl in

,Quin

,M c

E lroy, a nd m a ny oth e rs a lso d re w forth our a pp la use , a ndi t i s n e e d l e ss to say tha t th e y m e ri ‘ e d i t .

T he whol e p rogram m e wa s we l l a nd sk i l lful ly c a rrie d out

a n d the stude n ts who w e re pre se n t ta k e ad va n tage o f the

c olum ns o f T H E M O N TH L Y to th a nk M r . Ke l ly, S . J . ,a nd

M r. Webe r, S . J. , fo r the k in d inv i ta ti on whic h e n able dth em to e n j oy suc h a tre a t .

CH R I S TM A S A T TH E C OL L E G E .

“

O n the m orn ing o f the 2 3d o f D e c e mbe r,a s the gre a t

c rowd fi l le d wi th e xp e c ta tions o f the hol ida ys a t hom e m ov e ddown the lawn towa rd the st a ti on , th e re we re som e who re

m a in e d stan d ing a round the C ol le ge bui ld ings . T h e y c ouldno t ha v e the happ in e ss o f spe nd ing C h ristm a s a t home

,a nd

i t wou ld ba ffl e a ny e ffort to d e sc ribe the m ixture o f f e e l ingstha t posse sse d th e ir h e a rts at th a t m om e n t .

H owe ve r, wh e n the c h e e rs o f those d e p arte d had longd i e d away, th e y a l l proc e e de d to m a k e the b e st o f the situa tion

,a nd it se e m s to be the un an im ous te st im ony tha t the

t im e d id no t pa ss so gloom i ly a fte r a l l . S tude n ts who h averem a in e d h e re be fore during the holida ys e ve n sa y th a t i tsurpa sse d a ny o f the ir pre v ious va c a t ion s h e re .

T he boys o f F irst a nd S e c ond D ivi s ion s b e c am e un i te d,

a nd we re a l lowe d the p l e a sure o f e n j oying a l l the priv i l e ge so f F irst D iv ision . T he B i l l ia rd R oom

,R e a d ing R oom ,

D or

m i tory, e tc ,we re a l l a t th e ir d isposa l . . T hird D iv is ion wa s

sa ve d its n igh tly wa lk s to the H a l l by be ing p e rm itte d to

oc c upy S e c ond D ivision . S e ve ra l th e a tre pa rti e s we re gotte n up , but a la s sl e igh ing had to b e d ispe n se d wi th .

T he e ve n t o f the va c a t ion,howe ve r

,wa s the p lay a nd dis

tribution of the C hristm a s prize s . O n the e vening of Janua ry3d , a ll a sse m b l e d in the study h a l l a nd wi th a nxious fa c e sawa i te d the ris ing of the c urta in

,for the y kn ew from the

D ram a t is Pe rson ae th a t i t wa s going to be a good p la y . I n

th is the y we re no t d isa ppoin te d . T he p lay,“B ox a nd C ox

,is

a ve ry hum orous p ie c e and su ite d the o c c a son ve ry we l l .T hos . D on ova n ,

in the rol e o f C ox ,a c qui tte d him se lf in a

m a nn e r tha t shou ld m ak e the D ram a t i c A ssoc ia tion fe e l‘ heis ou t o f pla c e in n o t be ing on e o f i ts m em b e rs . T he roundso f app l a use wh ic h he re c e ive d we re tru ly m e ri te d . J . L onga nd P . Y rissa ri sha re d e qua l ly w i th him the hon ors of the

e ven ing.

A fte r the p lay the d istribution o f prize s took p la c e . O n

the whole , the c ol le ge had i ts sha re o f C h ristm a s fun a nd

e n j oym e n t during the hol ida ys, a nd when a l l ha d re turn e d

a fte r the va c a t ion ,it wa s d ifficul t to te l l who had be e n hom e

and who had no t .

C L A S S N O TE S .

T he suc c e ssfu l c om pe t itors in the C la ss o f B e l le s - L e ttre s

to whom the prize s offe re d by R e v . F a th e r R e c tor we re

awa rde d ,we re Jose ph A . Ke rrigan in E ngl ish C om posit ion ,

a nd Wm . H . M c C l i n to c k in L a t in N a rra t i on .

Ja'

s . G e a ry, of the C la ss o f S e c ond L a tin G ramm ar,re

c e i v e d the priz e for the highe st ave rage in a rithm e t ic,a nd

a lso fo r the ab l e m ann e r in whic h he a c qu itte d him se lf inthe c on te st wi th F irst G ramm a r.

O n on e of the da y s o f l a st D e c em be r the m e m be rs o f

C la ssic s ga ve a spe c im e n whic h c onsiste d o f a c om pe ti t ion inL a t in Prosody fo r a p riz e th a t R e v . F r. R e c tor had k ind ly ‘

o ff e re d to be give n for the b e st re c i tat ion o f the forty ru le s .

T he ru le s we re found to b e qu it e we l l kn own and und e rstoodby the c la ss m em be rs, som e o f th em d isp lay ing a thoroughknowle dge b o th in the re c i ta tion and in the appl ic a tion o f

th em .

-A fte r the spe c im e n F r. R e c tor c om p l im e n te d

the c la ss on the ir progre ss, and pre d ic ted for thema prosp e rous and suc c e ssfu l ye a r. A n agre e ab le sur

46 T H E F O R D H A M‘M O N T H L Y .

prise ha ppe n e d the da y fol lowing, wh e n i t wa s a nnounc e dtha t F r . R e c tor wa s p l e a se d to give two p ri z e s inste ad o f

o n e . T he prize s we re a wa rde d to Juo . E . Ke l le y a nd D an

ie l H a n rah a n,who c e rta in ly showe d in the c om pe ti t ion th a t

th e y had ric hly de se rve d th e m .

T he l e c ture s de l i ve re d in the C la ss p f T he Phi losophy o f

H i story du ring the la st few se ssi on s,ha v e be e n on M on

a chism,i ts origin , i ts app e a ran c e in the c hurc h

,its ground

work a nd its influ e n c e on c ivi l iza ti on .

S in c e w e we n t to pre ss l a st, four m e e tings o f the D e ba tingS oc i e ty ha ve b e e n h e ld : N ov . 2 9th, qu e stion d isc usse d ,

Wa s the E x e c ut i on o f L ouis R ie l j ustifia bl e d e c id e d inthe

.

ne ga t ive ; e ssa y , Wordsworth . D e c . oth, que sti on ,

“I s C ivi l S e rvic e R e form by m e a ns o f C om pe t i t iv e E xam i

n a t ion B e n e fic ia l to the C oun try ? d e c id e d in the a ffirm a t ive ;e ssa y, I rish O ppre ssi on . D e c . 1 3 th, qu e sti on ,

I s N ew

Y o rk C i ty the prope r buria l p la c e fo r G e n e ra l G ran t d e

c id e d in the a ffi rm a tive ; e ssay, M a c a u la y . D e c . 2 0 th,

que st ion ,Wa s D e m osth e n e s a gre a te r o ra tor th an C ic e ro

d e c id e d in the a ffirm a t ive ; e ssay ,

“C hauc e r .

T he C hristm a s e n te rta inm e n t wa s giv e n by the D ram a ticA ssoc i a t ion ,

a s u sua l,the e ve n ing b e fore the hol idays b e gan .

I t c on s iste d o f a play n am e d T he C oun t and the S e c re

ta ry ,”a nd a fa rc e e n t i tle d T he C h ange fu l M a n . T he

d i a logu e s in the play we re ra th e r long, bu t the in te re st wa sk e p t up by the a c tors . T he fa rc e wa s the sourc e o f m uc hm e rrim e n t . Wh e n we c on sid e re d th a t the m a j or ity o f

‘

those

in the c a st we re m a k ing th e ir de bu t,we c ou ld a ppre c ia te

e ven m ore fu l ly the good a c ting don e on th a t n igh t .T he D ram a tic A ssoc ia t i on ta k e s a dva n tage o f the s em i

a nnu a l e l e c tion to pay a tribute o f th ank s to the ou tgoingo ffi c e rs for th e ir e ffic ie n t la bors to prom o te the soc i e ty ’

s

we l fa re . I t ha s a lso re a son to fe e l h ighly p le a se d a nd

gra te fu l fo r the prom pt m a nn e r in whic h,a s a ru l e

,the l in e s

we re l e a rn e d by the m e m b e rs ta k ing pa rt in the e n te r

ta inm e n ts .

T he o ld pa rlor sc e n e wh ic h had don e se rv ic e on our

stage fo r fi fte e n ye a rs, is no m o re . I t ha s b e e n re p a inte dby the stage m a n age rs, a nd the re su lt i s a ve ry p le a singd rawing- room sc e n e

‘

tha t woul d be n o d isc re d i t to a pro

fe ssiona l sc e n e pa in te r. S om e o f the d e ta i ls o f the sc e n e ,

e spe c ia l ly se v e ra l re pre se n ta t ions o f p ic ture s h a nging on the

wa l ls,from the brush of C ha s . S im pson , a re ve ry m e ritorious

— ih fa c t,re a l ly re m a rk a b le

,c on sid e re d a s the work of a n

am a t e ur. T he ge n tle m a n undoubte d ly ha s gre a t ta l e n t inthis l in e ; a nd o f him a nd his a ssista n t, Wm . H owl e y, wec a n tru ly say the y a re the right m e n in the righ t p la c e .

P E R S ON A L S .

T he stud e n ts who rem a in e d a t the c ol l e ge during the

hol idays we re v e ry agre e a b ly surprise d by a v isi t fromR e v . F a th e r H a lp in, S . J.

,now o f B oston C ol le ge .

D r. G e orge C o l i iga n ,

’

7 6 , pa id a v isi t to the c ol le ge dur

ing the pa st m on th .

R e v . F ran c is J. Jon e s, H on or M an , C la ss wa s la te lyord a in e d a t T roy, a nd ha s be e n sta t ion e d a t S t. M a ry’

s,

N . Y . c ity .

R e v . Wm . A . D unphy, ’

75,ha s b e e n a ppoin te d pa stor o f

S t . M a ry'

s C hurc h , Whi te Pl a in s, in the p la c e o f his bro th e r,R e v . E dwa rd A . D unphy .

R e v . John F . Quin n ,o f T uc k ahoe

, pa id us a v is i t T hursday the 1 4 th in st .

Juo . A spe l l , ’

8 2,ha s b e e n pla c e d in c ha rge o f the G ou

ve rne ur S t . H ospi ta l , N ew Y ork c ity .

R E V . E D WA R D A . D U N PH Y .

J . B a rd e n a nd J . A nc o na,who le ft the C la ss of ’

8 6 in B e l le sL e ttre s re c e iv e d the T on sure a t the S e m in a ry

'

of O ur F a th e rsof M e rc y, V in e land , N . J .

John M c G uinn is and F ra nk R yan , bothof the C la ss o f ’

8 2,

re c e ive d m inor orde rs a t T roy S em ina ry .

W. Ja c k son , form e rly a stude n t o f th is c ol le ge , ha s b e e norda in e d S ub - D e a c on .

Jam e s M urphy ,‘

C om .

’

8o, pa id us a v i si t on the rrth

i n st . We e xte nd to him a c ord ia l inv i ta t ion to c a l l frequ e n tly .

G e o . G idd ings p a id his broth e r a v isit on the 8 th inst .We a re p le a se d to le a rn tha t he is c onne c te d with a l e ad inglaw fi rm in N e w Y ork c i ty .

R obt . M c N am a ra,

’

84 ,now studying a t B e l le vue H osp i

ta l, ga ve us a short c a l l during the pa st m on th .

F ra nc is D . D owle y, ’

83 ,who ha s be e n ve ry i l l of la te , is

n ow c on va le sc e n t and we e xpe c t a v isi t from him a t a n e a rlyda te .

T hos . A . R oche,

’

84 , who for the pa st two ye a rs ha s be e n

a stude n t a t S t. M a ry’

s, B a l tim ore , wa s re c e n t ly tra n sfe rre dto the D ioc e san S e m in a ry o f N e wa rk

,a t V in e la nd ,

N . J. ,

wh e re , a t the Xm a s ord in a ti on ,he re c e iv e d m inor ord e rs .

John J . B rady,’

7 2 , fa vore d us wi th a v is it on the t st

i n st .

We a re p l e a se d to se e tha t the A lum n i a re c om ing fo rwa rd wi th som e substa nt ia l a ssista nc e to th e ir A lm a M a te r.

I n our la st issu e we a nnoun c e d tha t M r. A . J . C am e ron,

’

7 2 ,k ind ly offe re d to , b e the donor of the b iogra phic a l m e da l .T his t im e i t is M r. Jam e s J . D oh e rty, ’

6 o,who ha s o ffe re d

R e v . F r. R e c tor $50 for a no th e r m e da l to be c ompe te d fora t the e n d o f the ye a r.

OB I T UA R Y Q

T H E M O N T H LY off e rs "

i ts sin c e re c ondole n c e to L ie ut .

S qu i e rs on the d e a th o f his be love d wi fe . A s a n e xpre ssiono f th e i r sym pa thy w ith the ir re spe c te d D ire c tor o n this sade v ent

,the C ade t C orps d ra fte d a nd pre se n te d the fol l ow

ing re solut ion sW/ze r e a r

,I t ha s ple a se d A lm igh ty G od in the insc ruta

ble d e sign s o f his Prov id e n c e , to c a l l un to H im se l f the belov e d wife o f our honore d D ire c tor o f C ad e ts

,L ie ute nan t

H e rbe rt G . S qu i e rs, a nd wh e re a s by this sad oc c urre n c e a

da rk shadow ha s b e e n thrown ove r a h a ppy house hold , a ndon e in e ve ry wa y worth-

y o f our de e pe st re spe c t ha s be e n

b e re ft o f a young and lov ing he lpm a te a nd the m othe r of

his c hildre n ,wh ile ye t on the ve ry thre shold o f l ife

,b e i t

R e solved, T ha t we , the C ade t C orps o f S t . John ’

s C ol le ge ,do h e re by e xpre ss the profound grie f we fe e l a t the b l owwh ic h ha s be e n fra ugh t wi th suc h de so la tion and b e re ave

m e n t to our supe rior, a nd b e itR e solved, T ha t the offic e rs o f the C ade t C orps a tte nd the

fun e ra l in a body, a nd tha t a c opy o f th e se re solution s be

insc ribe d and pre se n te d to the a ffl ic te d husband .

T he D ioc e se o f N ew Y ork "

ha s lost a m ost worthy prie stin the p e rson o f the R e v . E dwa rd A . D unphy, who d ie d a t

White Pla in s on D e c-

1 8 th. F a the r D unphy wa s a gradua te

o f S t . John ’

s, C la ss ’

65, b e ing the m e da l a nd hon o r m an o f

tha t y e a r.

Wh e n a t c olle ge he wa s an e x em p la ry sc hola r, de vote d to hisc l a ss work ,

stric tly a tte n tive to his re l igi ous dutie s, a ge n ia la nd ge n e rous c om pan i on . T hre e ye a rs a fte r gradua t ion hewa s orda in e d prie st, and be gan a l ife o f z e a lous work in thesa c re d m in istry . H e wa s for a tim e Profe ssor o f S a c re d

T H E F O'

R D H A M M O N T H L Y . 47

E loqu e n c e a t T roy S em ina ry . In his la st ye a rs he wa s pa stor of S t . John ’

s C hurc h ,Wh ite P la in s .

Whi le we h a ve a h igh appre c ia tion of F a th e r D unphyfrom the trad it ion s th a t re a c h us o f his stud e n t l ife , we m ust

e v e n m ore admire him fo r his true apostol ic z e a l i n the ye a rso f his p ri

-e s thOd T A n hum b le , una ssum i ng pri e st, a t ire l e sswork e r

,fri e nd and h e lpe r o f the poor, he d id his d u ty un

swe rvingly . H is p e op le lov e d -him,and a l l adm ire d him .

We trust he is now e n j oying the re c om pe n se o f his l ifewe l l spe nt .

R E V. A U G . J . T H E BAU D,s . J .

O n the 1 7 th of D e c em be r th e ik nown no t on ly to the older fri endk nown

,m ore ove r, to m any re ad e rs i

ld ied a t F ordham . M a ny re a sOn sl

:

T he ba ud a s th e y d e se rv e . B ut fe e l ingtha t at his d e a th hisse rvic e s to » S t . John ’

s and the who l e world o f l e a rning ough tto re c e ive m ore than a pa ssing n o tic e from T H E M O N T H LY

,

we d e em i t righ t in us to a dd som e words,howe v e r ha sty

a nd in c om pl e te , a s a tok e n of O ur rev e re nc e a nd e ste e m

F a th e r T he ba ud wa s born in B ri ttany, F ran c e , in the y e a r

4 807 . H e e n te re d the S oc ie ty of Je sus a t R om e,c ame to

thi s c oun try abou t 1 838, wa s for som e tim e a t B a rdstown,

Ke n tucky, and wa s appoin te d re c tor o f the c oll e ge th e re .

F rom B a rdstown he c am e in 1 846 to F ordham ,and Wh e n

the d ire c tion of S t . John ’

s wa s transfe rre d from the se c u l a rc le rgy to the F a th e rs of the S oc ie tyo f J e sus, b e i t wa s who

suc c e e de d the la te C a rd in a l M c C losk e y i n the pre s id e n c y o f

the c ol le ge . Afte r the e xp ira ti on o f his se c ond suc c e ssivete rm

‘

in offic e he labore d 1 n the m issi on a ry fi e ld fo r a tim e,

and wa s aga in ca l le d to the re c torship o f S t . John ’

s . H is

a ft-e r l ife wa s spe nt in va rious p la c e s ; he sp e n t som e t im e

in C a nada , and“

for y e a rs m a d e his hom e a t S t . F ra nc is ’

C o l

le ge in this c ity . H e was a poe t and a sc i e n t ist,b e sid e s a n

historian . E ve r a h e a lthy m a n and a h a rd wo rk e r,he l iv e d

to c e l e b ra te the golde n j ub i l e e o f the fi ft ie th a nn i ve rsa ry o fhis ord ina t ion to the pri e sthood . H e d i e d a s he ha d l ive d

,

in p ie ty and wisdom . H e wa s fu l l o f e n e rgy to the la st .

I t i s d iffic u lt, a s_

we‘ rhaxc a n ovic e in l e tte rs to

gi ve an adéfium

a te c ritic ism o f his work s . M a ny o f

them are no doub t kn own to o ur de e p e r re ad e rs . A m ong them ost noted a re

,

“T he I rish R a c e

,

”G e n ti l ism

,a nd

“T he

C hurc h and the M ora l World .

”T he se l ik e m ost o f his

produc ti on s, a re of a profound n a ture ; howe v e r, he ha s writte n .a lso on l ighte r sub j e c ts . I t c a n b e sa id tha t a l l his work sre c e iv e d fa vorab le c ri t ic i sm s a t th e ir pub l ic a t ion . G e n t i li sm wa s wa rmly la ude d e v e n by the Prote stan t pre ss, butT he I rish R a c e wa s the gre a te r favorite on the whol e

,

and i s to be found on the she lf o f e ve ry thorough stud e n t

of histo ry .

H e wa s long a c on sta n t a nd ab le c on tributor to T /ze

M om‘lz and l e C a l/zolze Qua r te r ly , a nd his wri tings h a v e

e xe rte d a n in flue n c e o n the minds o f som e o f the m ostle a rn e d m en of the age . T he c e le bra te d D r . B rown son ma n appre c ia ti on , pub l ish e d in hi s qua rte rly, o f T he I rishR a c e

,d e c l a re d th a t a fte r a p e rusa l o f the book he

'

had

c hange d l ife - l ong op in ion s on qu e st ion s o f pa ram oun t im portanc e in the phi losophy o f h istory . Pe rha ps, in c on c lud ing,we c annot do b e tt e r tha n quote the word s wi th whic h tha tfamous re viewe r c lose s his n ot ic e of the work H is bookis a gre a t book— 4 a book o f so l id a nd c on sc ie n t i ous l e a rn inggrave ly a nd cha ste ly ‘

wri tte n . We‘

hav e be e n both c ha rm e dand instruc te d by it, and ho ld ourse lve s d e e p ly ind e bte d tothe le a rn e d J e su it who .ha s in it don e c re d it to the i l lustrion s soc ie ty of whic h he is a d ist ingu ishe d mem b e r. H e

ha s m ad e a m ost va luab l e a c qu isit ion to Am e ric a n l ite rature .

”

B O OK N O T I C E S .

We re c e ive d during the pa st m on th a n e a t a nd we ll fille d Annua l fromthe H ouse o f the G ua rd ia n A nge ls , B os ton ,

M a ss . B e side s the in te re sting re a ding ma tte r

,i t a lso c on ta in e d pro tra i ts o f s e ve ra l prom ine n t

on the n e a tn e ss and thoroughn e ss o f the ir fi rst c a ta logue .

T he L ibra ry of S t . F ran c is Xa vie r’

s C o llege ha s la te lyjssue d a n ew

c a ta logue ,a rra nge d a c c ord ing to subj e c t- title s un de r ge ne ra l div isions .

I t i s c le a rly prin te d on fin e pap e r and e n c lose d w i thin a n e a t c ove r, and

refl e c ts gre a t c re dit on i ts prin te rs , M e ssrs . D o nova n a nd L onde rga n .

F rom i ts a n a lytic a l cha ra c te r , i t w ill se rve \ a s a va luab le ind e x .

M r. W. H . B utle r,l i thograplre r a nd prin te r, A rchstre e t, Philade lphia ,

se n t us a v e ry ha ndsom e c a l e nda r fo r 1 886 , c onsisting o f a se t o f la rgew e e k ly she e ts a tta che d to a b e au tifully o rn am e n te d boa rd . F rom thisS pe c i m e n o f the ir work

,w e c a nno t he lp re c om m e nding this firm to our

frie nds . T he c a le nda r form s a n a ttra c tive f e a ture o f_o ur sa n c tum .

We found the H ousehold R e c e ipts ,” of M e ssrs . Jose ph B urn e ttC o . , B oston ,

to c on ta in m any n ew a nd va luab le hin ts fo r the c ulin ary depa rtrn e n t .

O ur thank s a re due the ge n tle m e n o f the Xav ie r U n ion for se ndingus a c opy o f the ir la st a n nua l re po rt We re ad i t with m uch ple a sure ,

a nd'

w e re gla d to find in i t e v id e n c e o f the v e ry fl ourishing c ondition of

'

the U n ion .

Vick ’

s F lora l G u ide for 1 886,c om e s to us a re a l gem ,

c on ta ining ove r thirty page s of in te re sting re a d ing m a tte r on ga rde n ing, b e side sa bo ut 1 50 page s o f illustra tion s , d e sc rip tion s a nd pri c e s o f se e m inglye ve rything the he a rt c ould d e sire in the lin e o f se e ds , p la n ts , bu lbs , e tc .

A nyo n e d e siring goods in this lin e , c a n n o t. do b e tte r than se nd I O c e n ts

fo r the F lo ra l G uid e ,

”to Jam e s Vick , se e dsm an ,

R o che ste r . We a o

k n owle dge he re M r . Vick ’

s a c c e ptab le pre sen t of a n ord e r fo r se e ds to

the am oun t of $32 .

We a re in re c e ip t o f a wo rk o n the tariff,e n title d : A F a rm e r

’

s

View o f a Pro te c tive T a riff ; by I sa a c W . G risc om . T he produc tionc on ta in s m a ny strong a rgum e n ts aga in st a pro te c tive ta riff a stra ightforwa rd c ours e of re a son ing is. em p loye d throughout by the a u thor

,who

in ou r op in ion sa tisfa c torily d e fe nds the position he ha s ta k e n on the

que stion . H e c onfin e s him se lf“ prin c ipa l ly to the e ffe c t o f a pro te c tiv eta riff o n the agricu ltura l a nd the man ufa c turing c la sse s , a n d d e xte rouslym a in ta in s tha t a ta riff for pro te c tion is a fo rm o f subsidy in fa vor of on e

c la ss of the'

pO pul a tion a t the e xpe n se o f a n o the r. Pe rha ps the a rgu

m e n ts m ight ha ve b e e n m ore forc ib ly b rought ou t,o r a lo ftie r v iew

m ight ha ve b e e n tak e n but c e rta in ly the fac t tha t the w r ite r ha s give nm uch study to the subj e c t he tre a ts , i s se e n in e ve ry page . We woul d

re c om m e nd the work to those who a re studying the ta riff que stion . I t

i s publ ishe d ,in pam phle t form , by the a uthor

, pric e , 35 c e n ts by m a i l,

pos t pa id .

T he H e lle n ists of N o tre D am e U n ive rsity, se n t us a c opy of the irda inty little book of a n e c d

‘

o te s ; riddle s , poem s,e tc .

, writte n in G re e k .

T o say we he a rti ly appre c ia te d i t wou ld b e bu t l ittl e . I t is c e rta in ly a ne xquisi te p le a sure for us, who give our da ys a nd n ights to the study of

the gra nd old la nguage , to se e su ch e n e rge tic e ffo rts to m ak e k n own

the_e xc e lle n c i e s of G re e k .

“C ol le ge S ongs .

— I n e v e iything tha t e n te rs in to the m ak e up of

a c c e p tab le C o llege S ong book s, tho se pub lishe d by O liv e r D itson C o .

a re unque stionab ly sup e rior to a l l o the rs . C a rm ina C o l le ge n sia”

a n e le ga n t vo lum e , c on ta in ing a c om ple te c o lle c tion o f A m e ric a na nd F ore ign S tud e n t S ongs , a t on c e took - i ts p la c e a s the song book pa rex ce l len c e ye a rs

"

ago .

'

A fte r twe n ty or m ore e d i tions , a s the re su lt o f

fre que n t a nd c a re fu l re v isio irs (a s rem a rk e d by the Spr i ngfi e ld R epuolz

'

e a n ), i t rem a ins the sta nda rd book of i ts k ind , a nd will probably so

c on tinue for ye a rs to c om e . N o t long ago ,to m e e t the d e m a nd for a

che ap e r e d ition ,this house issue d “

S tude n t L ife in S ong wi tha cha rm ing in troduc tion by C ha rl e s D udle y Wa rn e r

,a nd c on tai ning

cho ic e se le c tions from the l a rge r book ,in c lud ing a l l o f i ts fore ign stu

de n t a nd m isc e lla n e ous songs . O n e o f the b e st fe a ture s o f the se book s

is tha t a l l o f the so los ha ve pia n o a c c om pa n im e n ts . T ha t the s e book s

should e xc e l o the rs o f the ir k ind in va lue is n o t surpris ing,in V iew o f

the fa c t tha t the ir e d itor ha s ha d a t his disposa l the c opyright m a te ria la nd o the r fa c ilitie s o f the la rge st m usic pub lishing house m the world .

"I hose who de s ire the b e st C o lle ge song book s sho uld se e to i t tha t the yha ve the im prin t o f O liv e r D itson C o .

We sp e n t som e ple a sa n t hours during the ho lida ys re ad ing the C hristm a s num be rs o f ou r e xchange s . T he following we re re c e ive d a t the

S a n c tum . B oston S ty lus , D za l,X a v i e r

,A tl a n tzs

, O 7p lza n’

s F rz'

e nd, S t .

Vza l e u r s 7 ourn a l , R a n eom N ote s,E mporza C ollegi a n , P u rd u e

,S e nn

n e l,N on e D a m e S e/zola s lz

'

e, G e orge town yourn a l , S wa rt/mzore

D e af M u l e , M i n d a nd N a tu re,C ol lege S tud e n t

, T own T op i r s , 7 7 ojl

P oly tec l mz'

e ,

’

N i aga ra I ndex , Spa /a im ; H a l e/te l,M o nk ey Qu a rry /j ,

N ews L e tl e r , S z‘uo’en t , S unbe a m , T a o L i te 7 a 7y M ago zzn e , Vru se/y

L af ay e tte , S t. M m y’

s I n s/fl u te 7 ouo 71 a l , M e sse nge r , C ol leg e A rgu s .

48 TH E F O R D H A M M O N T H L Y .

F A R L E Y ,

Brnadwa

E1ghthlie. and42th.

2 000 Ib s . t o the T O N G U A R A N T E E D .

PH ILL I P M A R KE Y ,

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The Principl es of Literature, F O R D H A M H O T E L,

” d r aw e r s “

B P A H A L PIN.1 .

MUTTON ,LAMB VEAL

,

yB e st a c c omm oda tions for G ue sts . M e a ls a t a l l 7701 772; 774 1“AVENUE ;

M A Y B E H A D A T C O L L E G E . hours . L ive ry S tab le a tta che df N EW Y O R K C IT Y .

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R E A D Y -

"

M A D E A N D T O O R D E R .

R E LI A B LE G O O D S . R E A S O N A B L E PR I C E S .

B R O A DWA C O R . WA R R E N ST R E EO PPO S IT E C IT Y H A L L .

T H IS S PA C E'

I S R E S E RVE D F O R

ST . JOHN’

S COLLEGE, FORDHAM, SEPT. AND OCT ., 1 887 .

mmgtuatmmtman.

D e ep stand ing ’

m idst the m e l low, pa tient gra in ,

Whose thousa nd ta sse l l ’d he ads b e nd a t his glan c eO r k iss the prostra te e a rth a t hi s a dvanc e

,

S cythe - sc e ptre d, to the he art o f th e ir va st tra in"H e se ems a v e ry k ing. E a c h c orde d ve inI s pu lsing with a k ing’

s inhe ri tanc e ;N or prin c e in a l l the w idth of e a rth’

s e xpan seC ou ld fe e l m ore m a ste r of hi s proud dom a in

,

N ay, m ore , he is a k ing; c rown ’

d,too

,forsooth °

For look you ,on his m an ly brow,

sun - brown ’

d,

B right c la st’ring, c l ing thic k j ewe l l (1 drops of toi l,N or la c k s the re sp le ndor, gorge ous though un c outhWithin his c ourt

, gold h ide s the v e ry so il ;L e st dange r c om e

,spe a rs golde n he dge h itu round .

C H AR L Es‘

A L PH oN s WI N G ER-

T ER ,

C OL L E G E D A YS

I have a lways had a l ik ing for o ld book s,whose soi le d ye lw b indings a nd qua in tly le tte re d page s, dog- e a re d and

grim e d with age , warn u s

'

tha t the y a re morta l,l ik e the

c e Ofman,and that th e ir thoughts a re tobe tra nsfe rre d to

we r and“

stronge r m a te ria l if the y Wou ld be pre se rve d .

hile rum aging through on e of the se o ld volum e s som e tim e

‘

0, I fe l l upon the fol low ing que e r e p istle :

9

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my F a l lzer , M r B en jonson

F A T H E R B E N N ul lurrr fit m agnum inge n ium sin e m ixra dem e ntiae

,there ’

5 n o gre a t wit w i thout som e m ixture o frdn e ss ; so sa ith the phi losoph e r, n or wa s he a fool u hoswe '

re d : N e c parvum~

sin e 1r1 ixtura stultitia e ; nor sm a l lt without som e a l loy of fool ishn ess . T ouc hing the first

,i t

verifie d in you,for I find tha t you have b e en often t im e s

1d; you we re m ad whe n you writ your F ox, and m adde r

re n you writ your A lc hem ist ; you we re m ad whe n yous-t writ C a te l in e

,and sta rk m ad wh e n you wri t S e j anu s ;

tom -uch tha t I pe rc e iv e th e re be d egre e s of m adn e ss 1 11 you .

re use me tha t I am so fre e with you . T he m a dn e ss tha tin fean is tha tdiv in e fury, tha t he ating and he ighte n ing sp iritl

whic h O v id spe ak s of, E st de us in nob is,agitan te c a l e sc im us

i l l o,e tc .

,e tc . I re st

, you'

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so.n and c on tiguousn e ighbor,JA M E S H owEL L .

T he qua in t wit and fam i l ia rity wi th ‘

whic h the wri te r a d

dre sse s his frie nd a ttra c te d -m e,so I c on tinue d re ad ing. A s

I adva nc e d I le a rn e d tha t Jam e s H owe l l and R a re B e n

Jon son we re bosom fri e nds,who

,toge the r with som e others

,

form e d the c e lebra te d c lub,m e e t ing re gu la rly a t the M e r

m a id . H owe l l and Jon son ha d grown up toge th e r ; theyboth a tte nde d We stm inste r "

sc hoo l and both we n t to C am

bridge a t the sam e tim e. T h e y had form e d a t sc hool tha ttrue frie ndship which B urk e b e autifu l ly te rm s

,

T he soft gre e n o f the soul onwhich the e ye de lights to re st,

tha t la ste d a l l through l ife .

I re ad the o ld volum e page a fte r page , a n d m y in te re stgrew

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withthe re ad ing. I n va in I sought for som e re c orde dc onve rsa tion in wh ic h c o llege days we re d isc usse d and c om

me n te d upon . B e n must hav e b e e n a sort of“

b ig bro the rto H owe l l, he lp ing him out w ith his le sson s

, pro

tec ting him from the othe r b oys, and, i f ne e ds b e , giv ing

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him a thrash ing him se lf . I wou ld give a gre a t de a l toknow i f the two e ve r v isite d We stm inste r sc hool

,

“

a nd if

so,the c onve rsa t ion tha t e n sue d

,the re c a l ling of sc e n e s long

forgotte n , the “do you no t rem embe r

”of the on e

,and the

“do you re c ol le c t ” of the othe r

,a s the y a id e a ch othe r in

re c a l l ing the de ta i ls of som e m em orab le c ol le ge e ve n t . I f

th e re is one tim e m ore than anoth e r in our l ive s wh e n we

fe e l ove rc om e by a sad,d e e p te nde rn e ss

,i t is the day on

wh ic h we v isit our o ld c o lle ge ,

a fte r long ye a rs have e lapse d,o r wh e n we m e e t a c la ssm a te . upon whose ha ir the w in te r of

l i fe ha s le ft i ts frost . O ur tongu e s a re loose n e d and o ld

de ad m em orie s are qu ic k e n e d,and we l ive aga in fo r a brie f

sp a c e in th e se glad days wh e n th e re wa s po e try in l ife ,Whe n the he a rt p rom ise d wha t the fan cy dre w.

I f m any ye a rs have pa sse d sinc e we saw our o ld.

A lm a

M a te r,m any c hange s sha l l have tak e n p la c e , and the se v e ry

c ha nge s w i l l se rve bu t to awak e n m em orie s o fT he sm ile s , the te a rs , of boyhood ’

s ye a rs,T he wo rds o f joy the n Spok e n ;

T he e ye s tha t shon e , now dim m ed a nd gone ,

T he che e rful he a rts now b rok e n .

”

Wh e re is the o ld e lmtree ,we c ry, on whose m ossy trunk wec a rve d our in i tia ls, ala s, think ing th e y wou ld rem a in fore v e r.

A nd wh e re is the te a c h e r who , just a s we fin ishe d the la stle tte r

,c am e

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up towa rn us of the approa ching study hour.

S om e vanda l ha s torn up the tre e,root a nd bran c h ; the

te a c h e r ha s re sponde d to the la st gre a t, c a l l and ha s b e c om eaga in a stude n t; le a rn ing the goodn e ss and glory of G od .

I f we have the good fortun e to m e e t a profe ssor who ha srem a in ed in the c ol lege e ve r sin c e our t im e

,wha t p le a sure to

pa ss an hour wi th him re c a l l ing “days tha t n e v e r c om e

aga in ;” re c a l l ing m em orie s tha t rise l ik e ghosts from the

grave s of the burie d pa st to visit onc e aga in the sc e n e s theylove d . Sydn ey Sm ith

,I think sa id tha t on e of the

gre a te st p l e a sure s wa s c onve rsa ti on , but how doub ly p le a san t do e s c onve rsa tion b e c om e whe n we ta lk to a sym

pa th e t ic c om pan ion of the things we love d . Y oung pe op ledo n ot . fe e l this joy so k e e n ly, but in a fte r ye a rs, whe n age

sha l l ha ve la id his hand upon the ir h e ads,no gue st s ha l l be

m ore we lc om e a t th e ir fire side s tha n som e '

o ld c ol le ge“

frie ndwho l ove s to ta lk of the da ys tha t were .

T he re is no write r, I th ink , who has dwe lt on this subj e c tw i th m ore na tura l fe e l ing than O l ive rWe nde l l H olm e s. H is

wri tings a re fu l l of a l lusion s to c o lle ge days a nd c ol legefrie nds, and he is n e ve r m ore touc h ing and te nde r than whe ndraw ing a c om pa rison be twe e n the bright - e ye d, happy c ol

l ege boy, and the b e nt and gray - ha ire d old m an . T he sen

tim e n t of the l ine ,I

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d ra the r la ugh , a b right- ha ire d boy , "

tha n re ign a gray - ha i re d k ing,

ha s found a re spon sive e c ho in the he a rts of m a ny . H ere

a re som e l in e s from an a nn ive rsary po em ,re ad a t the a nnua l

m e e ting of the C la ss of ’

2 9 .

— Wha t c an b e m ore sad and though tfu l than a c la ss ann ive rsa ry . T he em pty c ha irs and the m a rk s o f t im e upon thefa c e s o f our frie nds a re sad ly sugge stive o f the la st graduat i on— from e arth to he ave nc ,

the va c a n t cha irs te l l sad ly we a re go ing, go ing fa st,A n d the thought c om e s stra nge ly o

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e r m e , who will live to b e the la s t ;Whe n the twe n tie th c e n tury

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s sunbe a nrs c l im b the fa r o ff e a ste rn hill,

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’i l li his n ine ty win te rs burde ne d will he gre e t the m orn ing still ?

TH E F O R E H A M .M O N TH L Y . .

A nd he a rd onc e more in c o llege fa n e sT he sto rm s tlre i lghiglr built organs m ak e ,

A nd thunde r - m usic ro lling, shak e

The prophe ts‘b la zon e d on the pa ne s,

A nd c a ught on c e m ore the dista n t shout,The m e a sure d pulse of b e ating oa r

Among the Wil lows , pa c e d the shoreA nd m an y ab ridge , a nd a l l about

The sam e gray fla ts , a nd feltT he sam e , but n o t the sam e , a nd la stU p tha t long wa lk '

o f lim e s I pa st“

T o se e the room s in which he dwe lt.A n o the r n am e wa s on the door, e tc .

ly ha s it b e e n a sse rte d by som e author tha t the m ostssion able pe riod of a m a n

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s l ife l ies be twe e n the . age s

grit-11g.ht 5 112111

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I looke d upon a fa ir, ta l l flowe r, .

I saw- it i ii the la vish dowe rO f summ e r s un a nd summ e r showe r.

I t grew a loft in glorious pride ,I t threw a fragra n

-c e‘

fa r a nd wideA c ross the sunny m e a dow side .

I look upon the flowe r aga inIn a utum n

-

t im e , whe n bitte r ra inA nd shadows swe e p the sm oking pla in .

L E T TE R S P O S TH UM O US A N D O TH E R TVZSE .

N o. L — F rom M a l tfiew A rnold

L O N D ON,S e p t . 1 st

,1 88 7 .

‘ea r S z

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r :— L ittle did I imagin e wh en I re c e ive d your

-r,that I

,

wou ld now be tak ing the troub le to answe r i t .

.his I do not inte nd . any d isre spe c t towa rds yourse lf ; farfrom m e to imply suc h - a thing But I have re c e ive dna ny ep istle s o f the sam e purport a s yours, som e of

1,too

,from p e rson s som ewha t be tte r known than your

and n on e of wh ic h I hav e see n fit to an swe r,tha t .ir i s

from the - m e re st wh im tha t I de te rm in e d to m ak e an

upt a t an swe ring sa t isfa c tori ly som e of the m any que s5 you ha ve propounde d to m e

.I

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se e by your '

sign a tureyou a re an A m e ric an

,

—a fa c t a t whic h I am not a t a l l

le ased ; for a lthough I m ust c onfe ss tha t m y e xpe rre nc e sra t part of the world .We re not un iformly agre e ab le , ye t.nk I c an truthfu l ly say tha t the c oun try, a s a whole ,re sse d m e som ewha t mo re favorab ly than m y own .

ou We re p l e a se d to say in . your c omm un ic a tion,tha t m y

is a lm ost unive rsa l ly c on side re d to b e repugnan t to thet, ,

a l though you we re c ourte ous e nough to. obse rve'

tha tdid not qu ite c on c ur in this op in ion . N ow

,if,a s I sup

,yo‘

u a re- fam i l iar with m y writ ings, you knowhow l ittle I

c are d for the c urre n t of pub l ic op in ion . N ot on ly ha ve.tire ly disi e ga rde d i ts m anda te s

,but I have e ve r fough t

.1st. i t with a l l the stre ngth I c ou ld m u ste r ; and thoughwe ll aware , tha t it wou ld be the ta sk o f a H e rc u le s to

P . H . H O PKI N S,

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88 .

of fifte e n a nd twe nty- five . U p to the form e r o f th e se age s

the a n im a l pa rt of the m a n ha s b e e n la rge ly in the a sc e nd

an t,but now a c h ange c om e s ove r the growing m an

,a n ew

and m ore thoughtful look c om e s in to his e ye , and hi s fa c ebe ams with the fire of “

a grOwing inte l le c t. N ow shou ld c onrethe hand of the m aste r

“

to mou ld the p la stic sp irit to pe rformthose work s for whic h i t wa s c re ate d . T his m ould ing of the

sp irit is given to our -A lm a M a te r,and it is inde e d a sa c re d

trust. N o wonder, the n , tha t the impre ssion s we ha ve re

c e iv e d wh e n the sp iri t is a ssum ing shape f should, whe n the

sp irit ha s form e d,be c om e

,a s i t we re

, pa rt o f i ts ve ry e xiste nc e

,n e ve r to b e d e stroye d by the v ic issitude s of l ife or

the wa sting hand of t im e .

fitter gnaw.

Is this the flowe r tha t grew in prideU pon the sunny m e a dow sideA nd threw a

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fragra nc e fa r a nd wide ?T he n I rem embe re d tha t the springWill c om e aga in , a nd , c om ing , bringN ew b e a ti ty to this w ithe red thing,

Which, dying now, sha l l ris e aga inA nd spre ad its le a ve s a nd ta ke the ra in .

Poor flowe r, thy se em ing loss is ga in .

c rush this m any- h e ade d m on ste r

, ye t I fla tte r m yse lf tha t Ihave a t le a st be e n in strum enta l ifr c utting o ff a few of i ts

h e ads . I c a re n othing a t a l l what p e op le m ay think or say

of the man who u tte rly d e sp ise s the op in ion of the world .

I t m ak e s n o t a jot o f d iffe re nc e to m e,wh e the r the world

c a l ls m e im pude n t or c ra zy, or supe rc i l i'

ous‘

or wha tnot : .for

_I have longsin c e c e a se d to bothe r m y h e ad abou t its judgm en ts. N o on e knows be tte r than I do tha t the world in

ge n e ra l finds l ittle to adm ire in the produc ti on s o f m y pe n .

T he sm a l l band o f Phi l ist in e s,who pre te nd to be a t a ll c on

v e rsan t wi th c urre n t l i te ra ture,a nd ]from whomthe gre a t

m a ss of Phi l ist ine s ta k e the ir c u e,have c ondem n e d m y

poe try a s c ha racte riz e d by mora l and inte l le c tua l sc e pt ic isma nd de sponde n cy ,

and m y prose a s fi l le d w ith in tole ra n c eand supe rc i li ousn e ss . I wi l l tryto e xp la in to you the fe a sonof this

,not tha t I c a re for the ir judgm e n ts, rem ember

,but

b e c ause I wish to give you an instanc e of the worth of public op in i on .

“

S o the n,th ey say, tha t m y poe try shows m e to b e

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a

sc ept ic in the . a ffa irs of both the re l igious and in te l le c tu a l world . A ndwha t is a sc e pt ic ? A m an who doubts

,in

othe r words, a m an who m ak e s use o f his re a son ing fa c u lt ie s. N ow

,i s i t in a ny way wrong to use the powe rs of re a

sonwhic h are in u s ? F or wha t . othe r e nd do we posse ssthem ? Inde e d, it pa sse s m y c ompre he n sion , how a ny in t

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4 TH E F O R D H A M M O N TH L Y .

ge n t m a n c a n lay his hand upon hrs h e a rt a nd sinc e re lyd e c la re th a t he is no t a sc eptic l A nd if a ny othe r apologyfo r sc e ptic ism b e n e e de d

,le t us tak e for the sak e of e xam p le

an oc c urre n c e whic h i s happe n ing in the“

world e ve ry day .

I am in troduc e d to a m an who profe sse s to be l ie ve in an

infin i te B e ing, a ll - w ise,a l l - just and a ll -p owe rfu l . We b e c om e

frie nds,a ppa re n tly a t le a st . S om e tim e a fte rwa rds I d is~

c ove r th a t he ha s b e e n rid ic u l ing m e,slande ring m e b e hind

m y ba c k , pe rhaps e v e n in fl ic t ing fa r gre a te r in j uri e s uponm e . A m I ~

am n ot r igh t in de nying the e x iste n c e of a ju sta nd infin ite B e ing, whe n I se e those who profe ss to b e hi sfol lowe rs a c ting in suc h a m ann e r ? S o i t is a lso with thein te l le c tua l world . I h ave a pe rfe c t right, n ay, I am e ve n

c om pe l le d to a sse rt m y sc e pti c ism ,whe n

,for in stan c e

,a

m a n of le tte rs c onfid e n tly proc la im s tha t the sole func ti ona nd u ltim a te e nd o f l ite ra ry c ri ticism rs to porn t out the

d e fe c ts o f a work,or tha t the c rit ic a l powe r i s infin ite ly

be low the c re a tive ge n ius and o the r things o f a sim i la rn a ture .

I t se em s to m e,th e re fore

,th a t m y sc e ptic ism is no t

on ly pe rfe c t ly justifiab le , but ab so lute ly unavoidab le . A s

for the othe r c ha rge , tha t in m y c rit ic ism s,or in o th e r

words,m y judgm e n ts o f me n a nd th ings I am in tole ran t a nd

supe rc i l ious, I have 11 0 de fe n se to m a k e . I do n o t fe e l tha tI n e e d any . I do n o t wish to b e a nything but intole ran tand supe rc i l i ous towa rds the nra ss o f Ph i l ist in e s whom I

se e about m e a nd whom I m ost h e a rt i ly de sp ise .

Wh e n I se e a m an,whose whole h e a rt is wrappe d up in the

m e re a n im a l c a re s of the world,whose ent ire e xiste n c e i s a

m e re dre am o f sord id ava ric e,su l lying in trigue or d ishonor

ab le am b iti on,c an I

,who m ak e i t m y proude st boa st th a t I

am a C hi ld of the L igh t, on e of the c hose n pe opl e , c an I beb lam e d if the m e re sight of suc h a m an— or ra th e r a n im a l— is suffic i e n t to fi l l m e with loa th ing a nd d isgu st ? A nd in

m y wri tings I c a nnot but re fle c t this fe e l ing; fo r I am n o t

ye t, I am proud to say, sk i l le d in tha t c ra fty hypoc risy

inst itute.

Solem nly, gra ndly, the wa te rs'

a re flowingO n to the brink o f Y osem ite ’

s s te e p ;

N e a re r a nd loude r a m urm ur is grow ingS e e the the flood swe e p !

S e e how’

the ram pa rts o f N a ture grow na rrow ,

C urbing the wa te rs’m a d ha ste with he r a rt !Smooth a s a m irror, ye t swift a s a n a rrow,

O nwa rd the y da rt !H a rk to the roa r of the c a ta ra c t

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s thunde r,B oom ing a nd bursting fa r down the a byss !

S e e thing a nd c hurning, the surge s rush unde rH e a r how the y hiss

H e adlong aga in se e the rash torre n t bounding,

Plunging a nd da shing the surge into foam !H e a r the de e p roa r thro’ the c a nyon re sounding,

R e nding the dom e !

Into the he a ve ns Y osem ite '

s voic e sM ount to the throne o f its m a ke r 0 11 high

O ve r the va l ley the we lkin re joic e sE

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e n to the sky.

C . E . S IM PS O N ,

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88 .

whic h the Ph il istin e s prize as on e o f,the ir

‘ h igh e stpl islrm e n ts. B y the une n l ighte n e d and the vulga rb e e n sc offe d a nd j e e re d a t in a m anne r; wh ic h I c an we l lund e rsta nd wou ld hav e driv e n m e to the v e rge of distra c

t i on , i f m y se n sib i l itie s had n ot be e n ha rd e ne d be fo re handaga in st suc h a tta c ks. T he y do no t know

,this in sensate

c rowd,the m a ny c rim e s for whic h the y a re re spon sibl e .

Why wa s i t tha t the prom ising ge n ius of Ke a ts, C ha tte rton,and hosts o f othe rs wa s n ippe d in the bud ? H ave not the

Phi l istine s b e e n the c ause of th e se sa d depre da t ions intothe arm y of the c hose n p e op le ? I t c ou ld not th e re fore bee xpe c te d tha t I or a ny othe r o f the c hi ldren o f L ight wouldtole ra te or b e c om e a t a l l frie nd ly wi th those who have thusbrought down our e nm ity on th e i r own h e ads . We knowtha t the se lf - c on c e i te d (fpz

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e r i s the ob stin a te oppon e nt ofprogre ss o f e ve ry sort

,whe the r in the m ora l

,l i te ra ry or

sc i e n tific world . We kn ow tha t e ve ry ste p ga in e d by thefrie nds o f progre ss is a v ic tory ove r Phi l istin ism

,and we

p ropose to ga in a s .m ar1 y suc h v ic torie s a s we can,e ven

though we run the risk of b e ing c ha rge d w ith in tole ranc ea nd sup e rc i l iousne ss.

I have a lre a dy spok e n o f th e se m a tte rs a t gre a te r

le ngth tha n I ha d inte nde d ; bu t b e fore I have done,I

wish to sa y, tha t i t is m y i nte n t ion to re - v isit A m e ric aa t som e future da te

,

“

and the re se e for m yse lf whe the ri t be true

,a s I hav e h e a rd ,

tha t the c ause o f hum an ity,whic h is progre ss and n othing e lse

,is th e re m ak ing fa r

gre a te r strid e s forward than in this land,an e norm ous

m a j ority of whose inhab ita n ts have un fortuna te ly be

c ome thoroughly Phi l istin iz e d . I f I find i t so,1 wi l l

c he e rful ly re ve rse the op in i on“

whi c h I form e d of yourc oun trym e n on m y form e r v isit

,an op in ion , by the way,

wh ic h,I am a fra id

,w i l l m ak e m y se c ond v isi t to A m e ric a

som ewha t le ss p le a san t than the first .Y ours tru ly, M A T T H EW A R N O LD .

B y pe rm ission of WI LLI A M H . M C C LI N T O C K.

N ow a' la st le a p a nd the flood ga ins the va l ley,

F rothing a nd whirling a nd e ddying wild ;T he n a l toge the r the wild wa te rs ra lly,

F lowing m ore m ild .

H a rk to the song tha t the stre am rs now S i ngi ng,

M e rrily da nc ing a long thro’ the va le !L ist how the fa n ta sie d m usic is ringing

L ulling the da leS e e how the va por m a ke s e v

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ry e nde a vor,S c a ling the he ights of the thunde ring fa lls !Wa ve ring, stopping, a sc e nding fore ve r

U p the worm wa lls !W ie rdsom e ly rise s the m is t l ike a n a iryPha n tom o f F a nta sy

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s m usic be low,

Pie rc ing the c a ta ra c t’

s tone s a s a fa iryPie rc e s the flow !

T H E F O A’D H A M M O N T H L Y .

S H AKE SP E A R E ’S C A TH OL -I C ]T Y .

E vidences in H a nzl e l .

ing- sta nd ing d ispute c on c e rn ing the truth o f S ha k e

c la im to the work s be a ring his nam e has a lm ostan e nd N e a rly a ll his b iographe rs, historian s, anda ve a t la st conc lude d th a t his t i t le is pe rfe c tly c o r

a c c ord ingly re nde r to A von ’

s ba rd the honor of1g the gre a te st dram a s of the world . B ut

,a s in the

.1 is gre a t a n c e stor of po e t ic l in e age , H om e r,whose

re e ve n st i l l fight ing ove r the poe t’s ide n t i ty, so thosee spe a re hav e uproote d an o the r

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que stion ,which m ust

c e ssita te anothe r dragging of_the de a d po e t ’s bon e s

grav e to b e pa rade d aga in be fore our ga ze . T he

1 whic h now-

e ngage s théir a tten t ion and give s rooma dvan c em e n t of va rious the orie s

,is tha t of S ha k e

re l igion .

.tere st now c e n te rs upon '

this que stion of his fa ith,

h ic h dispute s w i l l probably b e wage d for t im e in te rA nd ye t, to anyon e n o t tota lly b l inde d by strong

e,the re ha rd ly se em s to b e room for doub t on thisT he proofs Of his C a thol ic ity a re so p la in ly appa r

p e rusa l Of hi s work s tha t,spe a k ing in a l l fa irn e ss,

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d to se e how any othe r than the,C a thol ic re l igion

e attribute d to him .

ry ra te i t is a dm itte d by a l l tha t . his fa th e r,old John

~

ae a re,wa s a C a tholic . I t is no t. there fore , a ssum ing

ch to say tha t his son Wi l l m ust have be e n bapt ize dstruc te d a c c ord ing to the doc trine s of the C hurch in.1 i

_s fa the r was born . H owe v e r

,the adm iss ion of this

ou ld . not te nd to prove tha t he rem a ine d fa ithfu lrou t the whole p e ri od of his c a re e r ; for it m ust b e

be re d tha t he l ive d in th e tim e of so - c a l led “G ood

Be ss,whe n a ll who c ourte d l i te ra ry or histrion ic

rad first to e ngage the favor of this m ost b igote dgn . T his obj e c t

,of c ourse

,for anyon e a l l ie d to the

1 wh ic h roya lty strove w ith a l l i ts m ight to suppre ss,

ost d iffic u lt Of a tta inm e n t . N o . doubt i t i s th is fa c trffords re a son for the sta tem en t by Pro te stan f write rs

td he be e n a C a thol ic,he wou ld hav e ha d to abjure

th,b e fore the qu e e n

,to whom he wa s p e rsona l ly

wou ld have admitte d to roya l favor e ithe r him o r his

tion s . B ut one gre a t obj e c t o f E l izabe th ’

s anrbition

le ave b e hi nd he r the n am e of a pa tron e ss of a rt and

I t i s hard ly probab le , th e n ,tha t she would sa c rific e

shin ing ornam e n t of he r re ign a s S ha k e spe are wa s totre d aga in st his C hurc h . M ore ov e r

,he m ay ha v e

:l the e xamp le of the e a rly C hristian s who we re

i in the impe ria l pa la c e of the pagan em p e rors ofand who

,whi le the y d id not

,de ny nor a ttem pt to

th e ir re l igion , ye t re fra in e d from pub l ic ly proc la imthink ing tha t inthe ir h igh e sta te th ey m ight prom ote[fa re o f the T rue C hurc h m ore by l iv ing than .by

or 1 t .

'

e ve n though it m ay not‘

be possib le to say of S hak ewritings tha t the y prom ote d the spread of C a tho li

it c an.

be tru ly sa id of them tha t th e y did no t hinde rthrough th em i t is tha t he ha s m ad e profe ssion of the

ric h his Prote stan t historian s a re now e nd e av oringiv e r.

ori g sym pa thy for the pe rse c u te d C hurc h i s d isc e rn

ible throughou t the body o f his work s . N o nob le c ha ra c te ro f his own c re a t i on b re a th e s on e word aga in st he r no dis

re sp e c t is e v e n hin te d a t whe n on the top ic of C a tholic ityand no t on ly doe s this sym pa thy, re spe c t and re ve re nc e m an ife st i tse lf a t a l l t im e s

,but the doc tr in e s of the C hurc h a re

ope n ly avowe d with suc h a c c ura c y and fe rvor,tha t non e

but a C a thol ic who had im b ibe d the prin c ip le s of ' tha tC hurc h

,and who ha d ponde re d ove r them h im se lf

,

c ou ld thus give e xpre ssion to them . We m ight se le c tpa ssage s from his d iffe re n t p lays to show this re spe c t for theC hurc h a nd thi s in t im a c y w i th he r '

doctri ire s . B ut,a s i t is

in H am le t tha t som e o f the m ost strik ing instance s a re to

b e found,to tha t l e t us turn our a tte n t ion . We tak e i t a s

m ore than a m e re c o - in c ide n c e tha t this p lay, wh ic h m igh tb e de em e d the e ffort of S hak e spe a re ’

s li fe,shou ld b e so

strongly m a rk e d with C a tholic fe a ture s— f e a ture s wh ic h a re

no t on ly c l e a rly d isc e rn ib le to those who v iew th em withou tthe b lurre d le nse s o f pre jud ic e , but ~which m ust b e a

“

re fl e c

t i on of the pprfe c t im age e xisting in the po e t’s m ind Whe nhe so fa ithfu l ly portraye d them .

F or instan c e,the C a thol ic do c ti in e c on c e rn ing purga toryne e ds n o b e tte r e xposi tion than tha t c on ta ine d in the l in e sof the ghost :

I am thy fa the r’s spi rit,D oom e d for a c e rta in tim e to wa lk the n ightA nd for the da y c ondem n e d to fa st in fire s ,’

T ill the foul . c rim e s don e in m y days o f na ture

A re burn e d a nd purge d away .

T he ide a of the sou l’s suffe ring in the fire s of Purga toryto a ton e for sin s c ommi tte d during l ife is thoroughly, un ique lyC a thol ic . T he Ve ry appe a ran c e of the ghost m igh t b e tak e na s a proof of Shak e sp e a re

’

s be l ie f in the re turn of a dis

em bod ie d sp iri t to e a rth,si n c e the whole p lot of the p lay

de pends upon th is in c ide n t. A few l in e s furthe r down,the

ghost, in de sc rib ing the de a th of H am le t’s fa the r,re la te s

,in

orde r to impre ss hi s h e a re r with the sen se of i ts te rror,c ir

c um sta n c e s wh ic h wou ld im pre ss n on e bu t a C a thol ic with afu l l se n se of the ir im port . T he c rown ing in jury of a l l

,and

tha t wh ic h wa s thought wou ld im bue the younge f H am le t ;m ore de e ply wi th an appre c ia tion of the wrong done himwa s ind i c a te d in the words

“C ut off in the blossom s of m y sin ,

U rihouse l’

d, disa ppo in te d , unane l

’

d .

"

H e re a re thre e words,the sign ific a nc e of wh ic h c annot

be un im portan t in a ny a ttempt to d isc ov e r'

the c re e d of'

S ha k e spe a re , for they portray e xa c t ly the c ond i tion in whic ha C a thol ic sou’ l m ust b e on b e ing sna tc h e d withou t wa rn ingfrom the c a re s and p le a sure s of l ife , and hurle d in to e te rn ity .

U nlzouse led,

”without the ba lm

,the re c onc i l ia tion whic h

sm ooths the de pa rture of a wel l - pre pa re d sp irit on tha t voyage to b e d e by a ll of us . Quz

’

eungue z‘erra e m un e r e

vesoz'

mur“U na nnea l ed

,the spa n o f l ife rude ly and sud

de n ly sha tte re d, wi th non e of the suc c e ssiv e ste ps by whic hthe C hurc h tem p e rs a nd a lle v ia te s the sting of d e a th by

gra dua l ly le ad ing the sp i rit out through the c old,da rk pa s

sage of de a th to e te rnity.

T he e qua l ity in wh ic h the Churc h holds a ll he r c h i ldren,

the unbe nd ing c on side ra t i on wi th wh ic h she tre a ts ra nk and

6 T H E F O R D H A M M O N ZH L Y .

fortun e,a re a dm irab ly e xpre sse d by the l in e s o f the pri e st

in the la st a c tH e r d e a thwa s doub tfu l

'

A nd,but tha t gre a t c om m a nd o

'

e rsways the orde r,

S he should in ground unsa n c t ifie d ha ve lodge dT ill the la st

T he doubtfu l d e a th of the fa ir O phe l ia e n title s he r, thoughthe da ugh te r of a princ e , to no m ore c on side ra tion than t hepoore st o f e a rth ’

s un fortun a te s . T he on ly sta nda rd by

whic h the C hurc h judge s i ts v irtu e a nd, a c c ord ing to i ts

d egre e she re nd e rs he r honors,a nd so in the p e rson o f the

prie st she forbids e ve n the c om m on c e rem on ie s, pra c ti se d

ove r the d e ad,

N o m o re b e don e

>l< =l<

\Ve should p ro fa n e the se rvic e o f the de a d

T o sing “

a re quiem a nd such re st to he r

A s to pe a c e-

pa rte d souls .

” J . F . C LA R E ,

’

89 .

O L D R OM A N C US TOM S .

Z — R amc m B ur ia l .

T o a m ode rn e ye , on e o f the odde st sights in a n c ie n tt im e s wou ld be , withou t doub t, the buri a l of the d e ad . I t

wa s so d iffe re n t from our m e thod . T he R om an m anner o f

i n te rm e n t was p e c u l ia rly c ha ra c terist ic a nd strik ing, so

m uc h so tha t I fanc i e d an a r'

coun t of th e se a n c i e n t c ustom s

wou ld n o t b e un in te re sting to the re a d e rs of T H E M O N T H LY .

Y ou a l l kn ow,a t le a st those of you who ha ve stud ie d the

c la ssic s,how ob l iga tory i t wa s on

“

the R om an s o f o ld to

bury the de a d ; fo r the ge n e ra l b e l i e f wa s, tha t whi le the

body rem a in e d unburie d,the sou l wande re d about on the

b ank s of the R ive r S tyx , un ab le to pa ss ov e r to the E lysia nfi e lds. 50b ind ing did the u sage b e c om e

,tha t it wa s n e c e s

sa ry wh e n a pe rson e n c oun te re d an unburi e d c orpse , toc on sign it to the grav e , o r to c a st upon it thre e handfu ls of

e a rth,wh ic h a c tion wa s c on side re d e qu iva le n t to buria l .

Imm e d ia te ly a fte r the de a th of a pe rson ,those round about

c ri e d out a nd c a l le d upon his n am e,a s if to summ on him

ba c k to c on sc i ou sn e ss,if he we re in a tran c e on ly . Whe n

i t wa s fu l ly e stab l ish e d th a t the p e rson wa s b e yond the

re a c h of m orta l a id, the a s th e y we re c a l le d,c or

re spond ing to our unde rtak e rs, we re orde re d to ta k e c ha rgeo f the body . T he y se n t th e ir slav e s

,who a n o in te d a nd

e m ba lm e d i t . T he body wa s th e n robe d' in a ga rm e n t su itab le to the p e rson ’

s rank . N o c rown wa s p la c e d on the h e adun le ss the d e c e a se d had obta in e d on e for som e gloriousd e e d in l i fe . A fte r the body had b e e n em ba lm e d a nd c la d

,

i t wa s p la c e d in the A trium,a n ope n spa c e in the m iddle o f

R om an dwe l l ings, on wha t m ight b e te rm e d a he ir o f sta te,

wh ic h wa s strewn w i th flowe rs . I n the m e an tim e a C ypre ss

tre e wa s p lan te d outside the house , d e n ot ing the pre se n c e of

d e a th,from wh ic h c ustom

,I suppose , our m ode rn ha nging

of c rape to the door- knob had its origin . With we a lthyp e rson s the body wa s k e pt in sta te for se ve n days, d uringwh ic h t im e a c e n se r wa s k e pt burn ing by the side of the

he ir. Whe n the se v e n days ha d e lapse d, a h e ra ld wa s se n t

forth,who summ on ed the p e op le to the fun e ra l with the

fo llowing word s 011m s z'

f'

z'

s Ze ta dams est; jam tempus esz‘

;

I f th e re wa s any posit ive proof for the be l ie f "tha t thegre a t poe t wa s a ffi l ia te d to any o th e r fa ith , this c la im of

”

C a thol ic ity wou ld no t have b e e n put forwa rd; but sin c e hi swhole l ife i s som ewh a t shroude d in m yste ry,

'

the v e ry hab i tsa nd pe rsona l appe a ran c e of his m a ture ye a rs be ing un known,the m e thod tak e n above to a rrive a t a c on c lusion

’

c onc

’

e rn inghis re l igious fe e l ings m ay a t gre a te r le ngth b e we l l em ploye d.

B ut from the h in ts droppe d from the l in e s a bove quote d,a nd by re a son a lso o f tha t sym pa thy, re spe c t and re ve re n c e

wh ic h is m an ife ste d through the le ngth a nd bre a dth of hiswork s, and wh ic h whe n the i nte re sts o f the two gre a t re ligious powe rs c la sh i s e xpre sse d e ve n a t the c ost

—

of in c urringProte sta n t d isapprova l by re a son o f tha t in tim a te knowle dge of C a thol ic doc trin e wh ic h he posse sse d, a nd e xa c te xpre ss ion whi ch he gave

'

i t,the lord of E ngl ish li te ra ture

wa s a C a thol i c .

al i a s ex a e a’i éus ef e rtnr , wh ic h m e an s brie fly : T h is we l l

kn own c it iz e n is d e ad,now is the t im e for the fun e ra l pro

c e ss ion to sta rt ; he is b e ing born e from the house .

”

A s to the tim e o f the buria l,th e re se em s to hav e be enno

fix e d hour o f the day . In rega rd to the c e rem on ie s,the y

va rie d with the age a nd ra nk of the de c e a se d . In the c a se

o f a boy v'

Vho had no t ye t a ssum e d the toga m an,or m a n ly

g own ,th e re we re fewe r c e rem on i e s and le ss pomp,a s wa s

a lso the c ustom w i th f e m a le s . T he fun e ra l wa s a rrange d

by l ic tors obta in e d for the o c c a si on from the Ziéi fna rzz,who

i nde e d furn ish e d e v e rything c onne c te dWith the c e rem on ie s .

F irst in the l in e o f the pro c e ssi on c am e the m usic ian s,or

tiai e ines,who we re a lwa ys te n i n n um b e r

,a c c ord ing to law .

A fte r the se c am e the p ra efi ea e , o r fem a le mourn e rs,Who

we re hire d for the page a n t, and sang a sorrowful pan e gyric

o n the de c e a se d . T his la st custom se em s strange to us,but

wh a t fol lowe d is a t va rian c e with a l l our m ode rn n oti on s o f. b e havior and d e c orum a t fun e ra ls . I re fe r to the m im i

,a s

th e y we re c al le d,a knowle dge o f whose oc c upa t ion m ay be

gl e a n e d from th e ir n am e,whic h “

m e an s“m im ic s .

”The ir

offic e wa s to re c i te p a ssage s from t he R om an trage d i e s,app l ic ab le to o r re fle c ting on the l ife of the de c e a se d . The

l e a de r of th e se re pre se n te d the de pa rte d a nd im ita te d hism ann e rs a nd a c tion s whi le in l ife . T h e se c ha ra c te rs form e d

a gre a t c on tra st to the first part of the pro c e ssion , bu t the yre sem b le d in the ir o c c upa t ion those who followe d

,nam e ly,.

the“

im agines m ajor a m ,or the re pre se n ta t ive s o f the de ad

m an’

s fore fa th e rs,whose duty it wa s to impe rsona te the

-

an c e stors of the d e c e a se d, and for this purpose the y worewa xe n m a sk s. T h e ir pla c e wa s imm e d ia te ly a fte r the m im i

,

e xc ept wh e n the de pa rte d had pe rform e d any de e d of valoro r ga in e d a ny la ure ls in wa r ; the n tab le ts

,te l l ing of th e se

d e e ds,we re c a rrie d be twe e n the m i ’m i and im agines .

D ire c tly a fte r the imagines c am e the body, re sting on an

ivory b i e r,o r a t le a st with fe e t of ivory, or e r ‘

whic h wa sspre ad a purple or gold e mbroide re d c lo th . F ol lowing

'

the

bi e r c am e the imm e d ia te frie nds of the de c e a se d,and in

TH E F O R D H AM M O N TH L Y .

slave s who had re c e ive d the irl ib e rty by the11,a nd who wore the i r ha ts a s a sign of fre e

a ll a tt ire d -

in b la c k , whic h wa s the m ournin our own day .

pro c e ssion m ove d in this orde r from the

um,whe re the b ie r wa s se t down d ire c t ly

S om e in t im a te fr ie nd of the de c e a se d

tribun e and d e l ive re d the pa n e gyric (la n

or c rem a t ion,

a s both m ode s we re in vogue ,in te rm e n t wa s the m ore a n c ie n t . In the days of

howe ve r,c re m a t ion be c am e the ge n e ra l pra c tic e .

wh e the r c rem a te d or inte rre d, wa s c onsign e d toor c e notaph, whic h wa s gen e ra l ly outs id e the c ity .

f c rem a tion, _ the c e rem ony ge n e ra l ly took . p la c e

om b on a pyre , whic h va ri e d in siz e and‘

ric hn e ss,

to the word ly c ond ition of t he de c e a se d . A roundthis pyre we re plan te d c ypre ss tre es, and on it we re sprink led

F . P . D O N N E LLY,

’

90 .

wine s and pe rfum e s.

“

gnu- aim of an.

‘

S tand forth, men o f’

87 , a nswe r to the la st roll - c a l l F rom the land o f Ka nv a nd B ism a rc k , from the c a stle - skirte dL e t us liste n to your voice s , le t us he a r them onc e for a ll . R hin e .

H ol la nd ! I c a n he arthe a a’

sum , with the o ld ring . ful l a nd fre e ,.F rom the

" hills tha t c a st a shadow on the town of Vil le M a rie .

Wz’

nger te r / The O ld D om inion he a rs the a nswe r a s it swe lls‘O n from Whe e ling

-

We st V irgim a , .whe re a c e rta in poe t dwe lls.

T hrough the smoky shroud of Pittsburg, m ighty coa l a nd ironm a rt,

M ounts a who le - soule d a nswe r,“H a oen ,

e

stud.e nt of the he a l ing a rt .T roy and Low'

e ll now a re vying w ith e a ch othe r in the ra c e ,

C oroe t flourishe s a sc a lpe l , while M c C ns/éen re a ds a c a se .

K e l ly s, T om a nd yoe . the a dm i n . la bors o ’

e r the he a ving brine ,

A N O TH E R D R E AM B Y TH E SAJVI E A U TH OR .

A o’o’resse a

’to one T O M

,by name .

D ea r T om — Y our v e ry k ind le tte r, thank ing me for then arra tive of m y wonde rfu l dre am and a sk ing m e for a n ew

o ne,c om e s t o hand just“ a s I am about to re sum e m y stud ie s .

We ll, I ha ve the goo d or bad fortun e—i — c a l l it wha t youhave a m ind to — ~of b e ing often v isite d by_

_

the bright c re ature s of fan c y and lege nd , who spor t on e a rth in the n ightse ason , and m e lt away a t the first be am s of the sun . T herefore , a lthough I am no t a l ittle un e a sy and anxious aboutthe toilsom e work whic h the n ew sc hola st ic ye a r lays b e forem e

,I wil l c om p ly w ith your e a rn e st re que st .by brie fly a l lu

d ing to m y la st dre am .

O n e eve n ing during F lora ’

s love ly m on th, I We n t to thestudy ha l l with the inte n t ion of re v iewing m y L a t inauthor for the m orn ing c la ss ; but, b e ing muc h t iredout from p laying tha t

_

b le sse d ba se ba l l, I -

soon lost tra c eo f

“

my origina l purpose , a nd fe l l into a profound slumber. T he n I thought the re stood be fore m e a ta l l ands lende r figure . A fte r a m om e nta ry surve y, I n o tic e d tha t

Whe n .the proc e ssion had trave le d thus fa r,i t h a lte d .

T he body wa s th e n p la c e d on the pyre , whic h wa s c ompose d of logs an d som e in flam m ab le m a te ria l . T hosega th e re d round threw upon the body sp ic e s, pe rfum e s and

loc k s of ha ir. T he n e a re st re la tive of the de c e a se d the nsteppe d forwa rd, a nd “

w ith a ve rte d fa c e app l i e d the torc h to ”

the p i le . Wh e n e v e rything had b e e n c on sum e d,win e wa s

use d to que n c h the . emb e rs,and the rem a in s ha v ing be e n

ga the re d up and'

sprink le d with m i lk,win e and pe rfum e s

,

th e y we re p la c e d in an urn,wh ic h wa s. m ade of a ll k inds o f

m a te ria l . T he urn wa s now p la c e d in the tom b w ith bottle sof pe rfum e s a longside o f i t. T he pa rtic ipan ts we re th e npurifi e d '

by b e ing sprink le d with c on se c ra te d wa te r,o r

l i l sl ra z‘io, as it wa s c a l le d . T he f i l i a l,or fa rewe l l praye r,

hav ing b e e n re c ite d,e a c h re turne d to his hom e . N in e days

a fte r the buria l,the fun e ra l re pa st wa s he ld, a t whic h on ly

pla in e a tab le s we re se rve d up . O n the ro th of F ebrua rye ve ry ye a r c e le bra t i on s we re he ld in honor of the de ad .

D ona éne / (we ne ve r ca lle d him B il l or Will or William F )Swe e ps a n a n swe r from C h i c ago, tha t would m a ke a strong m a n

de a f

Wha t is this I he a r from H a rtford, floa ting upwa rd to the sky?

7 . 7 . Qu i n is m a king e fforts to produc e a n a l ibi ?

Wa l la c e /I

U p from G o tham’

s C ollege , up from fam e d C olum biaC om e s a voic e tha t love s to dwe ll in dusty purlie us of the law.

N .B .

—T he othe r m e mbe rs b e long to the F a cu lty now ; T he ya re he re the y ne e d .no t an swe r the roll - c a ll .

hi s he ad wa s e n tire ly ba ld, exc e pt ing a few thin ha irs n e a rhi s giga n t ic tem p le s hi s nose

,b e ing e xc e e d ingly long and

sha rp , d e se rve d the e p i the t of R oin an m ore than a ny I

h ave se e n or e ve r expe c t to se e ; his fa c e wa s thin , h agga rdan d pa le , te lling but too p la in ly tha t the m an m ust havee ndure d gre a t suffe rings a nd his je t b la c k . e ye s se em e d to

fa thom m y inm ost sou l . O n'

beho ld ing this sudde n and

une xpe c te d appariti on, I drew ba c k,trem b l ing in e ve ry

l imb T he stranger, howe ve r, adva n c e d t owa rds m e,and

in a low ye t im pe rious vo ic e,sa id F e a r n o t I wish you

n o ha rm I am C ae sa r,onc e the idol of impe ria l R om e

,but

whose a she s n ow l ie forgotte n a t the bottom of a’

c rumbl ingm a usol e um a nd I am c om e to ta k e you to H ade s

,the re t o

show you where an c ie n tf

R om e’

s sons re side .

” “N ob le

C ae sar,I an swe re d

,frighte ne d by his k ind ye t . unp le a sant

inv ita t i on,

“I don ’

t -

c a re to se e E re bus,a nd I

’

m“

no t‘

in the

hum or to wa lk down so fa r. C msa r rega rde d m e with asm i le

,bu t a ssum ing his u sua l se rious and im posing a ir

,

8 T H E F O R D H A M M O N T H L Y .

a nswe re d Y our spe e c h p le a se s m e you sha l l not wa lkfa r ; fo llow m e , or

,by the tre a c h e rous dagge rs tha t slew

m e, you ’l l pe rish on the

,spot l ” Wi th a he a vy h e a rt

I followe d whe re gre a t C ae sa r l e d the way .

C ae sa r k e pt his word, fo r, a fte r a fiv e m inute s’

wa lk,we

found . ourse lve s a t the foot o f a roc ky c l i ff,whic h

we b e ga n to a sc e nd s lowly a nd so lem n ly . We had

wa lk e d a bout a qua rte r of a m i le,whe n m y gu id e l ightly

ta pp ing m e on the shou lde r and poin t ing to an ope ning in the roc k

,sa id “

B e hold ! we ha ve re a c he d the

T a sn e ria n G a te ; if you a re a R om a n,follow m e .

"B ut

,I

in te rrupte d, I’

m no t a R om a n,and I don ’

t c a re to followyou .

”N o m a tte r you ’

re the de sc e nda n t o f on e followm e

,o r

,by the G ird le of Ve nu s

, you c e a se to l ive . T hisl i ttle a l lusion to m y R om a n e xtra c tion fla tte re d m e ; so I

sa id in a c a re le ss sort “ ‘

of way, go ah e a d .

”

We adva n c e d for som e tim e in tota l da rkn e ss t i l l we c am e

to the ba nk s of a s luggish stre am,whic h

,C ae sa r to ld m e

,

wa s c a l le d S tyx . S oon we saw a boa t gl id ing towa rds us,

rowe d by a wrink le d o ld m an,who approa c h e d C ae sa r with

the a i r of a fam i l ia r a c qu a in ta n c e . T he la tte r hand ing twop ie c e s of m on e y, e n te re d the ,

boa t,b e c kon ing m e to fo l low .

D uring the pa ssage a c ross the two e ngage d in c onve rsa tionabout re c e n t e ve n ts in H ade s . F rom this c onve rsa tion I

le a rn e d tha t the boa tm an’

s n am e wa s C ha ron , a nd tha t th e rehad la te ly a rriv e d a nym ph n am e d E uryd i c e , the de c e a se d w ifeof a po e t and m usic ian n am e d O rph e us . She had d ie d of a

snak e b i te , and O rph e u s, a fte r b ewa i l inghe r loss e xc e e d ingly,

H A L F - H O UR S I N TH E L I B R A R Y .

N o .

N o on e e ve r sa t down in a l ibrary w i th a se r1ous 1 n te n ti on

of studying. A m a n m ay m ak e pre tense of work , but—

his

fanc y is wa nde ring the whi le up a nd down the c rowde d bookshe lve s . A nd if he b e a lon e a nd un tram m e le d , he w i l l ri seup a nd rumm age abou t a nd m ak e a c qua in ta n c e s . T his i swha t I did .

T he re i s in a c e rta in c orn e r of the l ibra ry a fade d,

d em ure - look ing book on wh ic h I ha ve o fte n ga ze d sym

pa the tic a l ly, a t a d ista n c e , howe ve r. I ts c ove r m ust be

lam bsk in,it se em s so pa t i e n t a nd subdu e d . A s soon a s I

re a l ize d tha t I wa s -

a lon e and m a ste r o f the situa t i on , I m a de

stra ight for the fade d book . T he t i tle is H istor i a C r i ti ca

L ingua L a tina ,writte n long ye a rs ago by on e M r .

.Wa lchiu s,

o f L e ipsic . T urn ing the fly le a f, I sudde n ly stum b le d upon an

e labora te e ngrav ing, m uch in the sty le o f those whic h F re ddyis won t to e ngra ve upon his sla te . T o the right of the p ic turestands a house of unc e rta in a rc hi te c ture

,on the door post of

wh i c h i s wr itte n In su la F rom the ba rba rousisla nd c om e d ive rs you th m ov ing a l ong solem n ly towa rds a

m agn ific e n t struc ture c a l le d Ve tus L a tium . M idwayb e twe e n the two bu i ld ings stands a sol em n m a n

,rod in hand

— M r. Wa lchius,n o doub t . T he youth who a re pa ssing

und e r the rod se em to m ove v e ry brisk ly . U nde r a l l is the

se n t im en t from V irgi l :Pe r va rios c a sus, p e r to t d isc rim ina re rum

T e ndim us in L a tium .

"

In the pre fa c e M r. Wa lchius impugn s his own c ha ra c te r

D . A R E LL ‘

A N O,

’

9 r .

had tak e n an oa th to go down to H ade s to re sc ue he r,so he was

e xpe c te d a t any m om e n t . We soon re a c he d the othe r shoreA f te r la nd ing, C ae sa r to ld m e

'

tha t I wou ld probab ly havethe p le a sure o f h e a ring O rphe us sing a nd p lay .

We wa lk e d on for som e t im e in si le n c e,whe n

,lo through

out the d im c ave rn floa te d a wa ve of rav ishing sound . L ooking in the d ire c ti on wh e n c e the m u sic c am e

,I sawwith m y own

e ye s, O rphe us, the wond e rfu l singe r. H e’

pa sse d us by, and

c on t inue d to p lay t i l l he c am e to the thron e o f Pluto,whe re

,

a fte r c oughing two or th re e t im e s to c le a r his throa t,he

addre sse d to the da rk k ing a L a t in spe e c h, whic h O v id ha sc op ie d a e roa /im . ere is the be ginn ing O f

'

the spe e c h“O

, ye G ods of the subte rra n e a n world,l iste n to .the p le ad

ings of a brok e n - he a rte d hu sba nd,e tc .

,e tc . I wa s de ep ly

m ov e d by the te nd e r pe t it i on ,a nd so wa s C ae sa r

,a t le a st

from wha t I c ou ld judge by the e xpre ssion of his c ounte n a n c e S e e

,sa id he

,how - the sp irits we e p for the

stra nge r. T a n ta lus ha s forgo tte n to gra sp a t the re tre a t ingwa ter ; Ixion ’

s whe e l ha s stopp e d turn ing ; S isyphus si tsdown on his rol l ing ston e . Whe n O rphe us had c e a se d

sp e ak ing, si le n c e aga in pre va i le d ; a l l awa i te d the de c isionof P luto . T he m igh ty m ona rc h a rose a nd sa id Y ou

m ay have your wi fe , bu t h e re som ebody propose d thre ec he e rs for P luto

,whe re upon suc h a n oi se fol lowe d tha t I

awok e,and found tha t the "

suppe r- be l l wa s rm gi ng.

I am go ing to dre am soon about C ic e ro I fe e l i t c om ingon . G ood - bye t i l l the n .

in the se words i D ic i tque m i h i m e a pagin a , fur e s, th e re bya c kn owle dging him se lf gu i lty o f l i te ra ry th e ft . B idd ingthe lam bsk in book ad ie u , I m ove d down towa rds l ite ra ture .

A fte r tak ing a ge ne ra l V iew of the book s,m y

~

e ye fe l l on fivem agn ifi c e n t look ing vo lum e s . T he first bore the t i tle “

T he

A utoc ra t of the B re ak fa st T ab l e . I ope n e d th is book a t a

p la c e Wh e re the au toc ra t is holding forth on b igots ; he l ik e nsth emto the pup i l of the e ye , in tha t both e ye a nd b igot c ontra c t w ith the inc re a se of l ight brought to be a r on th em .

O n e o f the c om pany rem arks tha t the se lf - sam e figure isfound in M oore ; wh e re upon the autoc ra t e x c la im s in tru lya utoc ra tic sty le : “

Pe re a n t qu i an te nos nostra d ixe run t .

I had tim e to re ad just thre e page s of th is vo lum e . I la idit a side w ith a re solut i on to ta k e it out on the n e x t l ibra ry dayA fte r the A u toc ra t, c am e in grand a rra y the Poe t and the

Profe ssor a t the B re ak fa st T ab le , and the n a n e a t vo lum e of

po em s by the sam e a uthor,in whic h I had re ad

,during a

form e r v isi t,som e touc h ingly be a utifu l ve rse s on c olle ge a h

n ive rsarie s. G ood - bye , O l ive r We nde l l H olm e s, m y t im e is

l im ite d .

N e a r H olm es stood Al o ft/l e a fs in flam ing re d c ove rs . A s

m y ha lf- hour wa s n e a rly up, I se ize d “L ite ra ry S tyle , in

gre a t e xc i tem e n t . I t droppe d from m y hand a nd ope n e d a tpage 2 48 , wh e re I wa s a ttra c te d by th is c on sol ing se n te nc e

S ir Wa lte r S c o tt had the c re d it o f hav ingl‘

the thic k e stsku l l in the sc hool ’ whe n he a tte nde d the h igh sc hoo l a tE d inburgh ; e ve n N eWton rank e d low

T H E F O R D H A M M O N T H L Y .

boyhood, so m uc h so tha t his fa the r de em e d him a m a rve l of c lo c k . struc k the hour,a nd I bowe d ad i e u to the glorious

stup id ity.

”N ewton sha l l be m y pa tron ,

sa id I . I am n o t

a sham e d o f him .

’

Wh ile m ak ing this m ora l re fle c t ion the

c om pany am ong whom I ha d spe n t th irty m in ute s .

L I B R IVE R M IS .

i fP A P E R S R E A D B E F OR E TH E S A N C T UM S O C I E T Y,

F or fil e diffusion of knowledge eone erning ola’ C ol lege e zzsloms a na

’ insl i lnz‘ions . F irst P aper zig .

G em‘lem en :— T he history o f the subj e c t on whi c h I am

about to - addre ss you ,is wrappe d in m yste ry so fa r a s

auth e ntic doc um e n ts a re c on c e rn e d . T he re a re,howe ve r

,

hin ts,he re and th e re

,in o ld write rs

,

I

whi ch prove c on

e lusive ly tha t Jug is a ve ry . a n c ie n t in st itution“ T he firstwrite r who spe ak s of the in st itution a t any le ngth is L ivy .

In twe n ty- five d iffere n t pa rts of his history he use s the

e xpre ssi on , -

“ jugum subire,

”to go. to jug . We le a rn from

this write r,tha t jag wa s an e x trem e p un ishm e n t infl ic te d

on re frac tory sold i e rs . I t wa s c on sid e re d in those e a rlytim e s a gre a t d isgra c e to go to jug but a s t im e wore on

and c iv i l iza tion inc re a se d,this pun ishm e n t b e c am e qu ite the

fa shion,so tha t now- a - da y

’

s a b oy’

s soc ia l stand ing i s not inthe le a st a ffe c te d by the fa c t o f his hav ing b e e n to f ag .

G re e k write rs are,strange to say, a ltoge the r si le n t on this

m a tter ; it se em s to have be e n unk nown to th em .

A t the pe riod of the d e c ay of le tte rs Jug c am e in to d isfavor,

but wi th the re n a issa n c e it. grew popu la r aga in , e spe c ia l ly inE ngland . S ir T hom a s B rown e ha s th is pe c u l ia r a c c oun t o fit T he noun sub stan t ive jug c om e th

,a s a ll m e n do know

,

from the ve rb,to jig, tha t is, to p e rform d ive rs '

m a rve lousm otions with the fe e t ; b e c ause i t w a s a c ustom in re pu te

am ong our fa the rs to se nd la zy lads to a priva te room,

wh e re,with the a ssistan c e of

i

a switc h and a m a ste r fan tas

t ic a l dan c e s we re e xe c ute d . H e n c e,the room m whic h this

— T he n e xt le c ture will b e on T he A nc i e n t andH on orab le C ustom of B a rr ing

—W. H . M C C .)

T hose who a re de sirous o f b ecom ing a c tive m e m be rs o f this body will p le ase c a ll on W. C . M c C l in tock .

D R AM A TI O N O TE S .

A lthough n ote was take n of the play of H am le t in our

A nnua l of la st ye ar, the re wa s n e i th e r t irfi e n or spa c e tom ak e

gra te ful’ m e n tion of the stage m an age rs, M e ssrs . C la re and

B lun,whose ge n e rous a nd un t iring e fforts c ontribute d so

la rge ly to the p lay’

s suc c e ss.

A m ong the sc e n ic b e aut ie s of the p lay worthy of an e x

te nded n ot ic e was a drop- c urta in,repre se n ta tive o f a dis

m an tle d c a stle of the m idd le age s . T he c urta in ; a s a whole,

is a pan e l - pa in ting, c on ta in ing . a la rge r u in e d c a stl e sur

rounded by a m oa t ; i ts Onc e proud wa l ls now c rumb ling a nde ve ry m om e n t l iab le - to

,fa l l

,whi le env i ous i vy, whic h be fore

had be e n c h e c k e d in i ts amb it ious a sc e n t,ha s n ow wrappe d

the c a stle in i ts em bra c e ; and a lm ost shuts it off from v iew.

A wind ing road, onc e doubtless the sc e n e o f m uc h ga ie ty bothto and from the c a stle

,i s in the p ic ture m e re ly a n a rrow pa th

way fre que nte d by no on e save pe rh aps the trave l le r broughthithe r by the sp irit o i c uriosi ty . T he o ld draw- bridge of

the c a stle howe ve r is st i l l un touc h e d by the hand o f de c ay,

and stre tche s from the m a in ga te o f the c a stle a c ross them oa t ; bu t the c ha in s wh ich c onn e c te d i t to the ‘

wh e e l a re

pe rform an c e wa s he ld c am e to b e c a l le d f ag. F rom c ol ~

le ge and sc hoo lhouse,

. the Jug in stitut ion - passe d to the v i l

lage s a nd c it ie s ; for the pub l ic a uthoritie s m ust have n ot ic e di ts be n e fic ia l re su lts in re ga rd to youth . S oon e ve ry towna nd ham le t had a public Jug, to vshi c h obstin a te law - bre ake rs

w e re consign e d . In c ourse of t im e the word wa s un a c c oun tab ly c hanged to ja i l . U nde r its n ew n am e the in stitutionb e c am e world - wide .

I have o fte n h e a rd the que stion d isc usse d,whe the r i t

would not b e adv isable to h ave the c u stom abo lishe d . F or

m y pa rt I am c on te n t to l e t i t l i ve . A s we ha ve se e n,it is a

le ga c y hande d down. to us from an c ie nt t im e s . I t is som e

thing tha t we ha ve in c omm onwith the ge n e ra ti on s o f stud e n ts who have gone be fore us. I t has

“the gra c e o f a day .

tha t I S pa st .

”

I m ust a sk your forb e ara n c e for the bre vity o f th is a c c oun t ;but the m a te ria ls we re . me agre . A s the c ourse of le c turesproc e e ds, I am sure tha t many m ost m te re st i ng d e ta i ls wi l lb e brought to l ight. C erta in ly the “

une arth ing of c ustom s

be a ring on c olle ge and sc hoo l l ife is a nob le and in te re stingoc c upa tion . . I tha nk ‘

you , ge n tlem e n,for your a ttendan c e

and a tte nt ion .

now brok e n,and the l inks

,on e by one , have droppe d off and

m ou lde re d into dust . S im i la r to the c a stl e just de sc ribe d, isano the r situa te d on the summ i t of a pe ak in the ba c kground,but i ts outl in e s on ly a re v isib le

,though in re a l ity it is a s

la rge a s the on e in the p ic ture ’

s fron t . Va l ian t and kn ightlyde e ds m u st have b e e n a ssoc ia te d w ith those two m onum en tsof an t iqu ity, whic h, howeve r poor the ir ga rb be now

,c on

tinu e to d e fy- the winte r a nd the wra th of Jove .

O n the fram e of the pa in t ing we b e hold the sp e a r, ha u

b e rk,sh ie ld a nd oth e r in strume n ts of wa r

,whic h wrough t

the d e struc t ion n otic e d in the sc e n e,nor i s the re la c k ing the

thic k h e avy gaun tle t whichon c e h e ld l n its gra sp the m igh tysword and lanc e . In c on c lu si on l e t m e say tha t the produ c t ion , a lthough from an am a te ur hand

,i s worthy and d e

se rving o f a l l the pra ise s tha t c an b e lav ishe d upon it . N o

d in t of “

study“

is re qu ire d to se e the aim o f the a rtist,so sim p le

a re the d e ta i ls,so ha pp i ly a re c au se a nd e ffe c t un ite d to

ge the r. M r. S im pson , our o ld - tim e stage m anage r, is the

a rtist, and is to be congra tu la te d on his work .

A . G . B bR R ow,

’

9o .

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T H E

poem a s I wa s p le a se d to c a l l i t . M y te a c he r wa s p le a se d toc a l l it oth e rwise ; he quote d fo r m y be n e fit a L a tin phra se tothe e ffe c t tha t a poe t is born, wh ic h did not strik e m e a swon

de rful ; for, though I e n te rta in e d a h igh re ga rd fo r ba rds, I

did no t fan c y tha t th e y sprung in to l ife l ik e Ve nus from the

foam of Paphos . We l l, ge n ius is re t iring and shy ; it withe rs

unde r the . bre a th of ban te r, so m y poe t ic fa c u l ty we n t in tore t irem e n t for twenty ye a rs . I t ha s appe a re d aga in duringthis ye a r of gra c e , m e l lowe d with age , l ik e - S am ian w in e .

N ow I do not se nd m y se c ond po em to you to hav e yourop in ion on i t . I t sa tisfi e s m e . I am ve ry a n x ious to se e how

it si ts in type , a nd this i s the on ly re a son I hav e for se nd ingit on. I am not fam i l ia r w ith a ll the m ode rn app l ian c e s form ak ing a poem un inte l l igib le . M y produc t ion wi l l dwind le ,I fe a r, by con tra st . S t i l l you m ay stow i t away in Som e re

m ote c orn e r of T H E M O N T H LY . wh e re i ts in te l l igib i l ity wi l lno t b e n o t ic e d . I t is a n H e roi eb

,a s D an C hauc e rwou ld say,

and i s d e d ic a te d without pe rm issi on to lawye rs and unfOr

tuna te p e ople in ge n e ra l . Pre pare to he a r from m e b e foreyour n e xt issue . Whe n I stud i e d Virgi l ,'our t e a c h e r gave usa qu ick m e thod for find ing the c orre c t sc an sion of any he x

am e te r. H e told us to b egin with the la st foot, whic h m ust

a lways be a Spona’e e

,I th ink . N ow I have a pp l ie d th is ru le

to the writ ing of E ngl ish’

ve rse . I first find a suffic ie n t numb e r of good rbym e s. T h is done

,i t i s a m e re m a tte r of tim e

tofil l in ba c kwards .

B E F O R E T H E WA R .

’

WH E E LI N G,We st Va . , S e pt . r6 th

,1 887.

D ea r M on i/zly

I would‘

have rep l ie d to your note '

soon e r,bu t I de laye d

hop ing to find t im e to write som e thingfor T H E M O N T H LYto se nd a t the sam e t im e . I regre t e xc e e d ingly, howe ve r,

'

to

find tha t the tim e for pub l ic a t i on is a t'

hand be fore I c ou ldpossib ly write anything for the first i ssue .

“

Pe rhaps c irc umstanc e s wi l l a l low m e to do som e thing la te r on in the ye a r .

T he re '

i s no ne e d,

“

I trust,for m e to te l l you how de a rly I

va lue the c ont inuan c e of the fa ir fam e whic h T H E MO N T H LYha s a lways - had in the pa st . I tak e it

,tha t my own burn

ings o f the m idn ight lam p in the e nde avor to pre se rve tha tfam e

,a re proof “

suffic ie nt of this . T he infusion fof n ew

b lood in to the e d itoria l staff wi l l doubtle ss m e an the b ege t

ting of n ew stre ngth ; and if the pra ye rs of on e who l ov e sto th ink of the days whe n he wa s an e d i tor of T H E M O N T H

L v a va il augh t be fore the gods, th is la te st trip of the j ourn a l ist ic ship i s a lre ady a ssure d of fa ir winds during its voy

F O R D H A M M O N TH L Y .1 1

age , and the w i l l ing ha nds of a l l the se a nym phs to ha ste i ton to a wondrous and triumphan t go ing in to port . H op ingI m ay soon wri te to you som e thing fo r publ ic a t i on, I rem a in ,

Y ours tru ly,C HA R LE S A LPH O N S WI N G E R T E R .

L A W D E PA R T M E N T,

O F F IC E O F T H E C O U N SE L T O T H E C O R PO R A T I O N,

N EW Y O R K, A ug. 1 6 th.

T o t/ze E a’i lors of T /ze M ont/My .

G e ntl ema n — I not ic e d la st ye a r, tha t the re ‘

we re se ve ra lof the boys who did no t subsc rib e . O f c ourse

,if you fa i l

to in te re st your re ade rs, you m ust n o t be surprise d whe n

the y re fuse to subsc ribe . I think,howe ve r

,tha t la st ye a r’

s

b oa rd did m ak e the pape r in te re st ing, a nd so the re wa s l ittlee xc use for fa i l ing to subsc r ibe . I t l ooks strange , to say the

le a st,tha t whi le o th e r c ol le ge m e n a re c a rrying forwa rd

pape rs of l ittle m e ri t wi th whoop and hurra h,the re shou ld

b e found re c re an t .F ordham stude n ts,who

,with good c ause

for hon e st pr id e , do no t e v e n subsc ribe for th e ir pap e r.

S om e . a re v e ry re ady w ith sugge st ion s about en la rging T H EM O N T H LY ; le t th em e n la rge the ir ge n e rosi ty to the e x te ntof bandi ng in on e dol lar ; the n T HE M O N T H LY wi ll be in a

c ond iti on to e n la rge i ts c olum n s . A S Y M PA T H IZE R .

E a’iz

‘

ors F ord/l a m

“

D ear S irs — II ha ve b e e n abse n t from the c ity forse ve ra l

days, and i t wa s on ly ye ste rday on m y re turn tha t I re c e iv e dyour le tte r a sk ing m e to c on tribute to T H E M O N T H LY . I

re gre t tha t-I c a nn ot a t pre se n t c om p ly wi th a

“

re que st mostagre e ab le to m e

,but to be d e ferre d on a c c oun t of pri or

e ngagem e n ts . I _ am in te re ste d in T H E M O N T H LY,_and in

e ve ryth ing c onn e c te d with m y o ld a nd de a r‘

A lm a M a te r,

and I hO p e tha t soon I m ay have an opportun i ty of Showingm y lov e fo r both . T hank ing you for your k ind re fe re n c e s

to m e , I rem a in,with gre a t re sp e c t,Y ours tru ly, ’

M O R G A N O’

B R IE N

[T hi s, a c c ord ing to our understand ing o f the law,

“

i s a

sort of lega l c on tra c t . I t is.

som ewha t on e - side d,of c ourse

,

but this doe s not de stroy i ts va l idi ty . T he re fore,in a c c ord

anc e w ith the ipse elix ir c on ta in e d in sa id le tte r,we look upon

the c omm un i c a tion a s a c on tra c t,and we don ’

t se e how

re fuge c a n be tak e n in an a l ibi — E D S ]

1 2 T f I E F O R D H A M YVO N T H L Y .

F OR D II A M E N S I A .

GE N E R A L [ T E /11 5 ,

T he num b e r o f n e w boys_

this ye a r wa s unusua lly la rge . O n the

m o rn ing o f S e ptem b e r 7 , ope n ing day , fifty n e w fa c e s w e re coun te d

a nd sti ll the y c om e .

M a ss o f the H o ly Ghost wa s c e le bra ted in the church; F r. R e c to r wa s

c e leb ra n t ; F r. Wa lsh a nd M r. We b e r a c te d a s D e a c on a nd Sub - D e a c on .

T he se rm on,whi ch drew pra ise i rom e ve ry on e

,wa s pre a che d by R e v .

T hos . M c L a ughl in ,

’

7 9 ,o f S t . S te phe n

’

s C hurch . A l l p re se n t fe l t proudo f the young a lum nus .

A cha nge ha s b e e n m a de for this ye a r in rega rd to the C a te chism le c

ture s a nd E lo c ution C la sse s . E a ch D ivision w ill , in fu ture ,ha ve i ts own

C a te chism a nd E loc ution . F r . C a se y ha s b e e n appoin te d to give i i i

s lruc t io ns to F irst D ivision , M r. C ollins tO‘

S e c ond a nd F r . Wa lsh toT hird .

T he o ld c ustom o f se nding ha l f-

ye a rly re ports to pa re n ts ha s b e e n

som ewha t m odifie d .

to b e re turn e d to the c olle ge , sign e d by p a re n t or gua rd ia n .

H e rea fte r m on thly repo rts w ill b e se n t , which a re

R e v . A . a nd R e v . B . ha ve just re turn ed from R om e whe re the y

fin ishe d the ir the ologic a l s tudie s , a nd w e re o rda in e d la st E a ste r .

B efo re l e av ing the E te rna l C ity i t is custom a ry to ge t the b l e ssing o f the

H o ly F a the r. O ur A lum n i we nt wi th the in te n tio n o f ge tting two

b le ssings, on e fo r . the m se lv e s p e rsona l ly, a nd a n o the r for F ordham .

Whe n the tim e c am e,F r . A . a sk e d

'

a b le ssing pro C o ll e gio— C olle gio(he wa s no t use d to saying F ord/1 am in L a tin)— his c om pa n ion yvhispe re d F ordham e nsi ;

”the H oly F a the r, ov e rb e a ring this, sa id ,

“Pro

C o llegio F ordham e n s i e l pro om n ibus F ordham e ns ibus.

”

F I R S T D I VI S I O N .

O n the n ight o f the 7 th, F irst D ivision wa s ful l o f i ts o ld l ife .

F am ilia r fa c e s k e pt a ppe a ring in on e s a nd twos during'

the day O f

c ourse , the tim e - hono re d -c ustom o f choosing a d e sk a nd b e d w a s-sa cre d lyob se rve d . Whe n n ight c am e on a la rge r num b e r o f old fa c e s w e re to bese e n tha n is usua l on ope n ing day .

M a ny o f the p ion e e rs , e ve n ,we re no t a little confuse d by the n ew

a rra ngem e n ts w i th rega rd to the Ofi e e , e tc . T he O f fic e is n ow on the

c la ss room c orrido r, first room to the le ft, whe re the Philosophe rs disc usse d L ogic fo i many ye a rs . T he study ba l l ha s b e e n e x te nde d so a s to

c ove r the whole se c ond floor.

Im prove m e n ts w e re m ore e xte nsive on F irst D ivision than on e ithe r o fthe o the rs . T he sta irs le a ding from '

the gym na sium dire c tly to the study

ha ll is a fin e id e a . N ow the whole division is so c om pa c t a nd c onn e c te d ,

tha t in w in te r a nd on ba d days the re w ill be 11 0 re ason fo r go ing ou t to

fa c e the e lem e n ts .

T he re turn o f the Pli ilO S O phe rs wa s v e ry re m a rk ab le this ye a r. A t

twe n ty- five m inute s pa st se ve n

“the re wa s a sound o f re ve lry he a rd

pro c e e ding from the n e ighborhood o f the ga te ,

a nd e v e r a nd a non i t rose

highe r a nd h ighe r , til l the sounds grew ve ry distinc t in the s ti ll a ir .

A fte r e a ch che e r a v e ry shr ill voic e c am e in , a s a sor t o f e cho,we sup

pose . T he che e ring wa s re n ew e d ln the R e fe c to ry . T he re wa s ge ne ra lgladn e ss .

T hings w e nt som ewha t slowly ,till the e le c tion s c a m e to give a n ew

im pulse . E l e c tion s we re he ld on F irst D ivision on the r 6 th, the day

a fte r the re turn o f the Philosophe rs .

sa tisfa c tion .

B a se B a l l — Pre s , W . I Iowl e y ,V. P . , J . Ke a n e ; C or . S e c

R e c . S e c . , H . Qua ck e nb oss ; T re s s , J . B lun .

B i l li a rd R oom— Pre s ,M . Swe e n e y ; V . P . ,

P . M c A rd le,C or . S e c . ,

T . Ke rna n ; R e c . S e c D . D owdn e y ; T re a s ,W . Wright .

G . l l'by ;

R e a ding R oom— Pre s , T . C a rm ody‘

; V . P . , F . D onova n ; C o r . S e c . ,

I M e j ia ; R e c . S e c . ,K . F o rte sc ue ; T re a s ,

W. M e rc ie r .

A lb/e l i es— Pre s . ,T . She a ; V . P .

,C . L ivingston ; R e c

M cKe own ; T re a s . , C . G illan .

S e c . , A .

T he re sult gav e ge n e ra l '

S E C O .VD D I VI S I ON .

two o f i ts stronge st

om o te d to . the S e n iorm e n t a nd high hope s a re e n te r

A gre a t in te re st in wa lk ing ha s de v e lope d of la te , so m u ch so tha t the

propri e ty o f tak ing long wa lk s during the re c re a tion a fte r d inn e r is

b e ing d isc usse d— am ong the boys .

T he re ha s b e e n a n unusua lly la rge a ddition o f n ew boys to S e c on d

D ivision . F rom a ll a cc oun ts the qua lity is a s re m a rk ab le a s the

qua n tity .

S T . jO H /V’

S H A L L .

S e c ond D ivision had the la rge st re turns on the ope ning day ; i t le a dthe o the r two d ivision s for a We e k or m o re , bu t the re tur n o f the Philosophe rs so swe l le d the numbe rs ou F irst D ivision ; tha t the jun ior m e m

b e rs we re fo rc e d to yi e ld up the ir short- live d honors .

O n T hursda y, S e pte m b e r 1 5, e le c tion s o f ba se b a ll offic e rs w e re he ld ,

a nd the following o ffic e rs we re chose n : D a vid A re lla no,

’

9 1 , Pre side n t ;F . D on ne lly , ’

90 , Vic e - Pre sid e n t ; R ob e rt C a rm ody ,

’

92 , T re a sure r ;

A l la n B urrow ,

’

90 , S e c re ta ry ; E dwa rd We ir, ’

9 1 , D ire c tor. A fte r

m a ture d e lib e ra tion a nd d iv e rs e xcha nge s o f op in ion ,the following ge n

tle m e n we re e n truste d w ith the cha rge o f k e e ping in ta c t the a nc ie n thonor o f the Inv in c ib le s : R . C a rm ody, sho rt stop a nd c apta in :‘ D .

A re lla no , p itche r ; A . H a rt , c a tche r ; -W. L a ue r, I st b a se ; F ra nk D on

n e lly , 2 d b a se ; E d . We ir, '

3d ba se ; P . Quin ,le ft fie ld ; Juo . R ya n ,

c e n te r fie ld ; T . C usli e n ,right fie ld .

ta ine d o f the n in e .

T he o ffic e rs o f the bil lia rd room a nd re ading room rem a in the sa m e

a s la st ye a r, w i th on e or two e xc e p tion s .. S pe ak ing of the se room s , we

m ust n o t fo rge t to n o tic e a nd c omm e nd the ir c le an a nd n e a t a pp e a ra n c e .

T he re a d ing room ha s b e e n re pa in te d . There a re o the r im prov em e n ts,

no tic e a bly in the gym na sium ,whe re a long wa rdrob e i s k ep t for the

e xc lusiv e use o f the n ine .

We ha ve he a rd tha t thre e o r four of the musc ula r [youth have organ

ize d a gym n a sium c lub . T he y a ssem bl e a t sta te d tim e s , a nd give e xhi

b itions a nd e ngage i n c on te sts o f sk ill , on whichoc c a sion a prize isgive n to the on e who a c quits him se lf m ost m a rve lously . A t the

l a st m e e ting M r . F le e twood wa s the winn e r. T he re‘

i s a lso ta lk o f a

rubb e r stre tche r c lub . T hose who a re in te re ste d m ay c onsult M e ssrs .

S c o tt a nd C a llagha n .

A ll v isitors t o the C ollege re ad ily a dm it tha t S t . John ’

s H a l l i s a m od e lsm a l l boys’

d e pa rtm e n t . T he re i s bu t on e drawba ck ,a nd this F r. Wa lsh

is m ak ing strenuous e fforts to rem ov e . T he play ground to the re a r

o f the building is n a rrow a nd un e ve n . T he pla n a t pre se n t a dopte d is

to so te rra c e the fie ld a s to a ffo rd spa de for a m agn ifice n t ba se b a llground ,

e xte n sive a nd l e ve l play grounds , a tobogga n slide a nd a sk a tingpond . T he e stim a te fo r the whol e wo rk is $600. M r. M c L oughl in , o f

N ew Y ork ,ha s ge n e rously give n $50 fo r the good work .

T he boys at the H a l l w ill have a c ade t organ iza tion o f the ir own thisye a r. T he whole d iv ision ,

w ith one or two .e xc e ption s , ha ve a lre a dy '

join e d . T he un iform will b e e xtrem e ly ha ndsom e — gray k n ick e rbock e rswith in ch stripe — b lue c lo th fa tigue c oa t

,silk b ra ide d— white c ross s traps

a nd b e lt— sm a ll size d rifl e . T he T hird d ivision c ade ts o f la st ye a r wil lb e the o ffic e rs o f the c ompa ny .

T he B a se B a ll e le c tion s we re he ld som e tim e ago , but the re sul ts ha ven ot ye t re a che d t

he S a nc tum . We hav e he a rd tha t the T yro c a tche r is

so we ll prov ide d w i th glove s a nd o the r pa raphe rna lia , tha t the re wouldb e no da nge r e ve n from a dynam i te b a l l .T he l ittl e fram e building b a ck o f the ha ll , form e rly usc d ‘ a s a labora

to ry ,w ill b e m ov e d furthe r down a nd se rve a s a sle d house . T he ska t

ing pond wil l b e in use this win te r.

TH E F O R D H AM M O N T H L Y . 1 3

e c ond te rm e spe c ia l ly . C e sta in ly'

,in

th ey ga ine d la st ye a r, and the e xc e p

had,we c ann ot but an ti c ipa te a be tte r

ye a r’

s. T he d e te rm in e d m a nn e r in

first gam e just ifie s this an tic ipa ti on .

o t for c onne c ting the dre ssing - room of

88,C la re

,

’

89 , G i l lon , ’

88, O rphe us, ’

90 , Swe e n e y,’

90 .

gam e on Sunday, S e ptemb er 1 5, wa s qu i te c lose and

ting up to the fourth inn ing, wh e n \ th '

e R ose H i l lsla rge le ad, whic h in c re a se d a s the gam e we n t on .

R ose H i l ls, 2 5 ; E lm hursts,nam e s of the Inv inc ib le s a re give n in anothe r pa rtpap e r ; th e y have p laye d se ve ra l gam e s w ith n in e sF irst D ivision a nd a lways c am e away v ic tors.

e T yros p laye d a min e from F ordham on T hursday,pt. z rst . F rom a l l a c c ounts, the gam e Wa s in te n se ly exc irg. T he re su lt must have be e n v e ry gra t ifying to the ge n:m e n of the T e

' orga n iza t ion . M r. E d .

‘

M c E lroy’

s

T he H er e a nd T Izere c olum n w i l l appe a r in our ne xt issueund e r a n ew nam e ; so wi ll the C ol lege N ote s. O ur c on

tribu tors ha v e no t wholly re c ove re d from the fa t igue s ofva c a ti on . With re st and c a re fu l “

tre a tm e n t,the y wi l l be

th em se lve s aga in about the m idd le of N ovemb e r. B e a r withus

,th e n

,

“

un ti l tha t t im e .

ST . JO H N’S C O L L E G E

,

F O R D H A M ,N . Y .

T his C ol le ge e nj oys the powe rs o f a U n ive rsity, and is

c onduc te d by J e sui t F a th e rs .

I t a ffords e v e ry fa c i l ity for the a tta inm e n t o f a c om pl e t eC la ssic a l and C omm e rc ia l '

E duc a tionF re n c h a nd G e rm an a re taugh t without“ c ha rge .

S pa n ish , M usic a nd D rawing are a l so taught by c om pete n t Profe sso rs f B ut fo r the se branc h esth e re a re e xtracha rge s .

F or furth erin form a t ion apply - to

R ev. T . J. CAMPBELL , s. J. ,

PR E S ID E N T .

c urve s drew forth thunde rs of applause,whi le M e ssrs .

S h aughn e ssy, C ross, M cKe own,G aynor, e tc .

,c ove re d th em

se lve s a ll o'

ve r wi th glory. Wha t w i l l th e y n o t a c c om p l ishwh e n the ir ( n ew d iam ond is re ady ? T he . m em be rs of the

T yros a re : E d . M c E lroy, p . ; B ryon M cKe own,c . ; T .

C ross,I st b . ; G . G aynor, 2 d b . ; M a rion Jon e s

, 3d b . ; Ph i l .S haughn e ssy, s . s . ; E d . Ke nny, l . f . E d . R igny, l . f . ; J .

C loughe r, - r . f .

B y the tim e our n e xt issue appe a rs, ba se bal l wi l l b e a

thing of the pa st and fu ture ; N ovem be r is the se a son o f

toboggan sl ide s and ska ting and an t ic ipa t ion . We the nb egin to c a tc h gl im pse s of C hristm as in dre am s

,a fa r off .

B a se ba l l be c om e s a t op ic of c onve rsa tion a round the fire inthe long e ve n ings ; a nd whi le the w inds a re p laying hid ea nd se e k about the house

,we sit and te l l of m igh ty hits a nd

glorious slide s and on e - hand ca tc he s . F a rewe l l,th e n

,spor

t ive youth , you who gra c e the c ut a t the he ad of this c o lum n .

-We m u st lay you by t i l l the ‘

flowe rs c om e aga in , bu t yousha l l n o t ret ire a lon e . In to your k e e p ing we give the goodn am e of the R ose H i l ls ; you hav e not suffe re d e gre giousd e fe a t to '

c hte r this c o lum n in the pa st ; se e tha t no b l igh tfa l ls on i t in the future .

P . S .

'

— A s we go to pre ss, n ews o f an othe r v ic tory for, the

R ose H ‘i l ls re a c h e s the S a nctum . S c ore : R ose H i l ls,2 3 ;

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D ea r S ir I d id no t re c e ive your le tte r imm e d ia te ly forthe re a son tha t I hav e b e e n out of town for a few da ys

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re c re a t ion ; wh e n I did re c e ive it,howe ve r

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in whi c h a n ove l shou ld b e writte n . F or I am e n tire ly c on

scious of the fa c t tha t a s a n ove l ist

,I ha ve

,so to sp e ak ,

fa l le n in to a sta te o f innoc uous d e sue tude . A n d in orde rtha t you m ay n o t ha ve a c ha nc e h ere a fte r to a c c use m e o f

fa lse pre te n se s , I wa rn you now no t to a c c e p t m y op in i on sa s those of a suc c e ssfu l n ov e l ist

,fo r I h a v e b e e n a nything

but tha t . I f,howe v e r, .you a re wi l l ing to b e le d by a bl ind

m an,I do n o t sc rup le to ta k e up m y sta ff and go b e fo re you

on the road .

T he first re qu isite the n ,whic h I wou ld lay down fo r the

writ ing of a suc c e ssfu l n ove l, is l ong a nd e a rn e st c ogita tion .

I t i s n e c e ssa ry for a ny on e who wishe s to produc e a n ove lworth m e n tion ing, to be thoroughly e n r appor t w ith his subje c t b e f

ore he b e gins to write . T he n ove ls whi c h ha vegain e d the nam e of m a ste rpi e c e s a re for the m ost pa rt those

wh ic h have b e e n thought ove r for ye a rs b e fore be ingwri tte n .

O f c ourse , th e re a re e xc e pt i on s to thi s ru le . I t m ay ha ppe nthat a sudde n in sp ira ti on c om e s to a write r a nd so thorough ly ove rpowe r him ,

a s to e n ab le him to produc e a gre a t

n ove l without ha v ing thought ove r i t for a ny le ngth o f tim e .

In this c a se the subj e c t m a ste rs the write r, in the othe r thewrite r m a ste rs the subj e c t

,and in bo th the e ffe c ts a re m uc h

the sam e .

Whe n the write r ha s thus m a ste re d or b e e n m a ste re d by

his subj e c t, he m ust n e x t pe rfe c t .

the d e ta i ls o f his plot .T h is i s a m ost importan t pa rt of the whole ; n o work of fic

t ion c an‘

e ve r re a c h d istinc t ion ,if the d e ta i ls of i ts p lot a re

no t work e d out in a l i fe - l ik e a nd in te re st ing m a nn e r. C a re

m ust a lso b e tak e n not to m ak e the p lo t too c om p l ic a te d or

ab struse , for th e n a ll in te re st in the story itse lf is lost ina ttem p t ing to fa thom the m yste ry of the p lot . T he unne

c e ssa ry m u l t ipl i c a t i on of c h a ra c te rs is ofte n the prim e c ause

of this de fe c t ; h e n c e the fewe r the c ha ra c te rs the b e tte r,

prov ide d we do no t have so few a s to re nd e r the story ba ld

a nd un in te re st ing.

O rigina l i ty i s ano th e r qua l i ty wh ic h i s we l l - n igh ind isp e n sab

le in the m anufa c ture of a p lo t . T he la c k o f thi squa l ity i s pe rhaps the gre a te st fa u l t to b e found with then ove ls of to - da y . A s a fri e nd o f m in e on c e sa id

,T he

world is v e ry, ve ry o ld,bu t th e re a re m a ny m od e rn nove ls

whose p lots a re n o t fa r b e hind i t . O f c ou rse it is un re ason ab l e to e xpe c t a ny n ove l to b e e n t ire ly origin a l , for tha ti s im poss ib l e ; bu t if we e m pl oy the same p lo t a nd the sam e

c h a ra c te rs wh i c h ha ve be e n m a d e u se o f t im e a fte r t im e,

how c a n w e e xpe c t pe opl e to re a d a story the sam e to a l l

in te n ts and purpo se s a s a hun dre d o th e rs th e y h av e re ad .

F in a l ly we a re to ld tha t the sty le shou ld be w e l l c hose n,

whic h is a v e ry ha rd ru le to fol low som e tim e s . H e re , how

e ve r,it m ust b e born e in m ind tha t a dry, d ida c t ic style ha s

n e ve r ye t found re ade rs for a n ove l . A s a d istingu ishc ri t ic onc e sa id

,I f I want the grav e , the solem n

,

d ida c ti c , I tak e up H e lps, L a ndor, or Sha irp ; but wh'

sta rt ou t to re ad a n ove l,I do no t e xpe c t to find the ir

dup l ic a te d .

S O,

m uc h for the re c e ive d c anon s of the a rt of novel :writing; a s for the m e thod I have em p l oye d in the c on strue :tion of m y nove ls

,I m ust c on fe ss tha t I ha v e be e n gu i lty of

v io la ting m ore than on e of the ru le s whic h I have he re la iddown . T he gre a te r num b e r of m y n ove ls ha ve b e e n writtenon dem a nd

,if I m a " so spe ak ; a nd

,a s I we n t a l ong, I!

inve n te d n ew c ha ra cte rs and brough t in e x tra de ta i ls,m e re ly

for the purpose of wren c hing things a round to th e ir na tura lc ourse . T he n e c e ssa ry con se qu e n c e wasthe produc t ion ofa v e ry sl ipshod n ov e l . H owe v e r

,this doe sn ’

t m ak e m uc hd iffe re n c e with m e now

,a s I have de te rm in e d - to give up

“

tha t sort of writ ing for good . S hou ld you yourse lf e ve r

em bra c e nove l - writ ing a s a profe ssion ,I hop e you Wi l l be

m ore suc c e ssfu l in i t than I h ave b e e n if so,I w i l l n ot be

a t a l l je a lous of your la ure ls, for I am a firm b e l ieve r in them a xim

,

“P a lm am

, guz’

m er a z'

i, f e ra i .

”

Y ours truly, J U L I A N H AWT H O R N E .

LE T T E R N O

unfa ir mye t I fe ethe fie ldi t is so .

ga in the

b e e n gu i lty o f n o thing m ore .

L O N D O N, O c t. oth, 1 88 7 .

M y D ea r S im — Y ours is n o t by a ny m e a n s the first le tte rwhic h I hav e re c e iv e d,a sk ing m e for som e e xplana t ion or

ra the r,a s i t se e m s to me

,som e

'

apo logy for the p lan whic h Ih ave emp loye d in writ ing most of my n ove ls. I wou ld fe e le xtrem e lyhappy if I c ou ld tak e to m yse lf the c om p l im e n twhi c ha ge n tl em a n re c e n tly pa id m e

,c a l l ing m e a prose ;poe t .

F rom this,i f I c ou ld a c c e pt it a s re a l ly true , I c ou ld fram

a ve ry strong de fe nse of my produc t ion s ; for you know th

o ld prove rb,Pic to ribus a tque poe tis

Qu idl ib e t a ucl e nd i se m pe r fuit a c qua po te s ta s .

B ut.

a s I c annot re a l ly la y c la im to the honor of be ingpo e t in a ny se n se of the word

,I have n oth ing le ft but t

form som e m ore prosa ic de fe nse of m y c om posi tion s . I dnot

’

th ink I e xagge ra te wh e n I say tha t in'

som uc h a s th

numbe r o f re ade rs o f a nove l i s - a c rite ri on of the a u thor’suc c e ss, I have b e e n suc c e ssfu l . I do no t think a nyon e wi lde ny tha t m y n ove ls ha ve found a m ode ra te ly la rge num be

of re ade rs in E ngland and A m e ric a,a nd e v e n in c oun trie

TH E F O R DH A M M O N TH L Y .

pe r, ha ve , i t se ems to m e,m a n ife ste d too

ing aga inst the probab i l itie s of e ve ry - day“King S olom on ’

s M in e s,

” I had a lre adynove l c a l le d “

D awn,whic h wa s a fa i l

a n ew k ind a nd in

win a tte n t ion .

e rm in e d to pay nov

offe nd aga in st the

King S olom on ’

s

honor of pa ssingra l e d i tions and b e ing transla te d in to F re n c h .

he story took so we l l,to use an

“

A m e ric an ism,

of the sam e c la ss followe d,a nd all suc c ee d e d

m y m ost sa ngu in e e xpe c ta tion s, e spe c ia l ly the“She

,

”whic h stre tc h e s the im agina ti on mu c h

any of the O the rs. I f you ha ve re ad any of“

you have prob ab ly n otic e d tha t the im agina ti onin su c h a way, tha t. e ve n the _

m ost wi ld ly

na ti on wha tso e ver is vouchsa fe d, i t is bu t na tura l tha tbould throw down the book a s b e ing non se n sic a l andit on ly wa ste of tim e to re ad i t. T his

,to m y m ind

,

e e n the true re a son of the fa i lure of m a ny a rOm anc e .

us is the dange rous shoa l around wh ic h I hav e e nde av

3d,n ot

_

without suc c e ss a s it se em s,to ste e r m y course . B ut

lave a lso had to k e e p a s tric t look - out le st,whi le avo iding

yl la , I shou ld fa l l in to C harybd is. Whi le i t ha s be e n myre tha t no inc id e n t n e e d ing e xp lana ti on shou ld go une x

i n e d,

‘ I have a lso be e n ob l ige d to b e m ost c a re ful tha t theplana tion s them se lv es shou ld no t be such a s any re a son.e m an c ou ld re j e c t on the ground of absurd ity .

I‘

be'

re is'

a nothe r p oin t a lso whic h I have k ept in V i ew,

.n e ly, tha t the sc e n e of the storie s shou ld be la id - in a

.c e about which so l ittle i s .known , . tha t no one c ou ld riseand say,

”T his o r tha t in c ide n t c ontrad ic ts the known

ts.

”

The se are in the m a in the princ ip le sWhic h I have obse rve dthe c omposit ion of my storie s. Ipre sum e the re wi l l c om e

.ay whe n suc h stories a lso w i l l no t find' fa vor wi th theal ic . T hen i t wi l l b e the e nde avor of him -

who a im s a t

zce ss to find som e m e thod ev e n m ore un ique with wh ic hsa tisfy the popu lar taste . I t m ay or

“

m ay no t be tha t 1 .

1 l ive tp se e tha t day ; but whe the r I do or not,I fla tte r

se lf tha t the honor I have a lre ady ga ine d shou ld b e suffi

nt for anyon e whose pre te n sions we re a s m ode st a ndi e c ta tions a s hum b l e a s m in e wh e n I sta rte d out

,a fre e

c e in the fie ld of‘ l ife and l e tte rs.

”

Y ours Ve ry T ru ly,H . R ID E R H A G G A R D .

at

LE T T ER N O . 4 .

S T .

PE T E R SB U R G

,S ep t . ro th

,1 88 7 .

Dea r S t'

r .

°— T he le tte r whic h you d id m e the hon or ofting to m e

,i s,tlof say the l e a st, ve ry un iqu e . A reque st

fo r the e xp lan a t ion Of the p lan o n whic h I bui ld m y storie s,m e ans to my m ind nothing short of a n e xp la na tion of the

m yste ry of l ife,an d to tha t I c on fe ss m yse lf un e qua l S ti ll ,

in re sponse to your re qu e st,I w i l l give you a fe w po in ts o f

in form a tion,whic h

,to spe ak p la in ly, I think you m igh t

e a si ly have e xtra c te d from a p e rusa l of the stori e s them

se lve s .

T o b e gin ,the n

,I think the first

_and m ost gene ra l ly

re c e iv e d c anon of the a rt of nove l - writ ing is th a t a n ove lshou ld be a p ic ture of re a l l ife . S ta rt ing out with this ide a

,

I saw a t onc e the impossib i l ityof doing this if I a l lowe dse 11 t1m e n ta l 1de a s to in te rfe re with stem fa c ts. I th e re forere so lute ly ban ishe d from m y .

m ind a ll thoughts O f em p loying the e xtra ord in a ry c oin c id e n c e s whic h I hav e m e t wi thin so m any nove ls

,a s a m e an s for the furth e ring of poe t ic

justic e . I dono t think anyon e w i l l de ny tha t by so do ingI hav e a fford e d m yse lf a b e tte r opportun ity to gi ve a fa i thful p ic ture of m e n a nd m anne rs a s they a re in this age of

progre ss, and not a s th e y wou ld be in the G o lde n A ge of

m an . I n fo llowing ou t thi s p lan I have sc rup le d a t no in

e ide n t tha t m ight m ak e the pic ture m ore e xa c t in e ve ry de

ta i l . T he v ic e s of the age,the O ppre ss ion of m an by his

fe l low - m an,the m e e k subm ission of the c owa rd and the

fe a rle ss uprising of the brave , a l l the se have I e nde a vore d topa in t in a m a nn e r in te l l igible to e ve ry m ind. A nd the

founda tion,the groundwork of the se p ic ture s ha s n ot be e n

furn ishe d m e by the ac c oun ts of o the rs, bu t by my own p e r

son a l obse rva t ion s a nd e xpe rie n c e s . In truth,without

spe ak ing a t a ll e gotistic a lly, I ha v e had m y sha re O f strange

and vari e d e xpe rie n c e s . T he e te rna l gloom of the Sib e ria nm in e s

,the frivo lous gaye ty of the C ourt le ve e s

,the pa la c e of

the G ra ndD uk e a nd the hut of the pe a san t, the a rm y barra c ksof M osc ow and the N ih i l ist haun ts of N ijn i - N ovgorooda l l th e se hav e I known

,an d known in t imate ly . S uc h va rie d

e xpe rie nc e s have I fl a tte r m yse lf, fitte d _

m e for the ta sk of

re nde ring a fa ithfu l a c c oun t of R u ssian l ife a s i t a t pre se n t

e xists .

I t ha s c aus e d m e no troub le a t a l l to fram e a p lOt, for tom e a p lo t is but an an a lysis of som e pha se of the l ife a roundus. I ha ve m e re ly p la c e d c e rta in c ha ra c te rs

,the l ik e o f

whi c h we m e e t e ve ry day, in a c e rta in s itua tion a nd Work e dout things to -the ir n a tura l and re a l c on se qu e nc e s ; I am to ldtha t bydo ings o, I have produc e d nove ls strik ing and tre n

c han t pe rhaps, but'

n ot p le a san t to dwe l l upon . S ti l l thisdoe s not c on c e rn m e in the le ast . I n c om posing m y storie sI hav e pa id no re ga rd to the e ffe c t th e y m igh t produc e , bu thave strive n on ly to pa in t an a c c ura te p ic ture of l ife a s it is

in R ussia .

I -

,

have b e e n c e n sure d a lso on the ground tha t m y storie sa re not fin ishe d

,tha t they a re a m e re . re c ita l of facts -wh ic h

se em to have n o unde rlying sign ifi c anc e , and from whic h nom ora l is drawn . A ga in I a n swe r tha t I hav e no t d e sire d todraw any m ora l from m y ta le s I do n o t se e the use of

'

i t in

the le a st I do not th ink e ithe r tha t th e re is any spe c ia l sign ific a n c e unde rlying the e ve n ts of l ife othe r than a m e re lyn a tura l on e .

I am,I suppose , wha t you wou ld c a l l a n a the ist

, or

ra the r an agnost ic . I ha ve no spe c ia l re a son fo r d e ny ingthe e xiste n c e of a d iv in e provid e n t ia l . age n c y d ire c t ing thea ffa irs O f this world

,nor h ave I any re a son to affirm i t ; and

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a s simple and c le a r a s i f i t had unde rgone the m ost c a re fu lre vision and e ve ry pebb le im p e d ing its l im p id flow ha d be e ndil ige n tly rem ove d .

‘

I t is ta lk in prin t . T he e a se of fam

i liar gossip appe a rs in suc h l in e s as“I_

write from the

pla c e from whic h I h e a rd your l ittle voic e la st n igh t, I m e an

this m orn ing, a t knows Izow m a efz o’

e loea.

” Whe n he

spe ak s of the e ffe c t his la te ly c l ippe d pony ha s produc e d inthe pa rk he .write s

“I have had him c l ipp e d a nd his e ffe c t

in the pa rk is qu ite trem e /zja s .

”A ga in in sp e a k ing of lad ie s

se e n a t the gamb l ing tab le he proc e e ds “O n e is ve ry

« l ik ea lady I use d to know,

a c ura te’

s w ife in a stre e t o ff G o lde nSqua re , stre e t

,wh e re the p ian oforte m a k e r

l ive s . O bse rve hi s c a ustic wit in the fo l lowing: “D id you

re ad the Spe c ta tor’

s sa rc a stic no t ic e of V . F .

? I don ’

t thinkit is just, but th ink Kz

’

rztoa l is a ve ry hon e st m a n a nd ra th e rinc l ine d to de a l se ve re ly w ithhisi priva te '

frie nds,le st he

shou ld fa l l in to the othe r e xtrem e — to b e sure he k e e ps out

of it, I m e a n the othe r e xtrem e,ve ry we

' l l A nd m ark the

point he som e tim e s give s to his say ings I pa sse d a n hourin the c a thedra l whic h se em e d a ll be a ut ifu l to m e .

“

T he

most c ha rm ing, h a rm on ious, powerfu l c omb ina tion of sh a ftsand arc h e s

,be au tifu l wh ic h e ve r way you

‘

saw them de ve loped, l ik e a fin e m usic -or the figure s in a k a le idosc ope , rol ling out m yste riously, a b e aut ifu l founda t ion for a b e a u t ifu lbui lding. I though t how som e pe op le s’ towe ring in te l le c tsand sple nd id c u lt iva te d ge n iu se s rise upon simp le , be a u tifulfounda tion s h idde n ou t of sigh t, a nd how this m ight b e a

good simi le,if I k n ew o f any z'ery gooa

’a a a

’wz

’

se m a rzja st a ow .

B ut I don ’

t know of m a ny, do you

T ha t T ha c k e ray wa s som ewha t a m a n of the world s a nd

not altoge th e r ave rse to e nj oying the forb idd e n fru itso f theartist ic ‘

world i s p la in ly e v ide nt from pa ssage s of his le tte rs .

In te l l ing of a v isi t he ha d m a de to the the a tre a t B russelsto se e the play G e n t i l B e rna rd he c onc lude s “

I thinkit the wz

’

eke a’

e sz‘ I e ve r saw a nd on e of the p lea sa ntesz

‘

,a o

’or

ably f unny and rza zegfi ly .” I t m ay he re b e n ote d tha t the

pa rt of G e n ti l B e rna rd,

wa s th a t of a fam ous l ibe rt in e .

B ut we m ust do T ha c k e ray the justic e to say tha t he -d is

l ike d non e so m uc h a s those who showe d th e m se lve s vu lga r,and a va i le d him se lf of e v e ry O pportun i ty to a ssa i l and c e n

sure th em . 0 11 such a s the se he n e ve r sp are d the fla sh ofhis b i tte r sa t ire . We find the fo llowing in on e of

“

his le tte rsand

,whi le

'

we re ad,re spe c t him the m ore for the se n t im e n ts he

e xpre sse s “I hav e just c om e

‘

from a d ism a l sigh t G oreH ouse fu l l of snobs look ing a t the furn iture . F Ou l J ews ;odious bomba z in e wom e n

,who drove up in m yste riou s flys ,

whic h th e y had hire d, the wre tc h e s, to be fine , so . a s to c om e

in sta te to a fa shion ab le lounge brute s k e e p ing the ir ha tson in the k ind O ld drawi ng room . I

,

longe d to kn ock Som e“

of them off and say‘

S ir,

“

be c iv i l‘

in a lady’

s room .

’

H e i s

reproa c he d e ve n by his own c oun trym e n with p ic turing the

world in a worse light than it re a l ly is . Tous th e re 1 3 no

doubt of i t. T he we akn e sse s,fo ib le s and fol l ie s o f the in

te llige n t and v irtuous b e c ome the obj e c ts of his sc a th ingsa tire

,whi le the nob le r and pre va i l ing qua l iti e s a re pa sse d

ove r unnot ic e d with the re su lt tha t wo e ful ly pa rtia l and um

true p ic ture s of his c ha ra c te rs a re furn ish e d . us. T ha c ke ray

’5 standard of hum an na ture wa s not of the highe st and

he invariab ly m an age d to draw his c ha ra c te rs e ve n be lowhis3» own standard . We do not know of a single ge n e rous or unSglfish c ha ra c te r who, whi le he d isp laye d noble tra its

,wa s

no t a t the sam e t1m e a sim ple ton o r som e th ing of a n a p

proac h to suc h . In his hands‘

those v irtu e s de ge n e ra te tosuc h -

an e xte n t tha t the y be c om e una ttra c tive and a lmostunde si rab le qua l itie s in a h e ro .

A ny quota t ions we m igh t give wou ld be inade qua te toi l lustra te the in im itabl e qua l ity of his sa tire . B ut tha t hewa s a sa t irist on ly wa s prove n to b e absurd long b e fore hee v e r dre am t of .writ ing his fam ous “

S nob Pape rs . F o r

wi l l no t som e of those e ye s Whic h we pt from laugh te r a t

som e o f the un iqu e a nd lud ic rous c ha ra c te rs whic h his sur

pa ssing sa tire ha s '

drawn for us a lso fe e l a k ind ly te a r be d imthem when the be auti fu l p ic ture of the de a th Of S am T it

m a rsh ’

s

'

c h i ld and his m isfortun e s a nd suffe rings a fte r the

D idd le se x c a ta strop he in the H oga rty . D iam ond”appe alsto th e ir ge n tle n a ture ? A fte r be au tifu l ly a nd te nde rly d esc ribing the de a th of his c hi ld and the gre a t love its m oth e rha d born e fo r it he c on tinu e s “

I sha l l no t try to de sc ribehe r grie f, for suc h things a re sa c re d and se c re t and a m a n

ha s n o busin e ss to pla c e them on pape r for a ll the world to

re ad .

”F ew wi l l d e ny a fte r re ad ing this the k ind l in e ss and

te nde rn e ss O f his d ispositi on and tha t hi s powe r of re pre se n ting them wa s in te n se ly de e p and in te n se ly ge n uine . We

m igh t quo te m a ny pa ssage s from his l e tte rs ve rifying his

n a tura l goodn e ss, bu t , giv e the first on e tha t m e e ts our”

e ye .

We giv e the whol e l e tte r for i t is too be autifu l to be dis

un ite d I am v e ry much'

pa in e d'

a nd shoc k e d a t the n ews

brough t a t dinn e r to —day tha t poor, d e a r C ha rle s B ut le r i sgon e . G ood G od

,think about the poormo the r surv iv ing,

a nd wha t an anguish tha t must b e I f I we re to di e I c an

not be a r to th ink of m y m oth er l iv ing be yond m e,a s I da re

say she wi l l .B ut isn ’

t i t an awfu l,a ul sudd e n summ ons ? T he re go

wit,fam e

,frie ndsh ip, amb i tion , high re pute . Ah

,eiz

'

mo/zr

now he”. I t se em s to m e tha t is the on ly thing we c a n

c a rry awa y

Whe n we go , le t us have som e who love us whe re ve r wea re . I se nd you this l ittle l in e

,a s I te l l you . and

“Wi l l iamm ost things .

T he love o f childre n'

in him Wa s som e th ing qu ite rem a rk

ab le . I nde e d , c hi ldre n app e a r to b e the on ly c lass of pe r

son s he ha s no t a ttem pte d to abuse . T h is te nd e r spot in '

his

he a rt is c on t inua l ly showing i tse lf in hi s work s a nd“ le tte rs.

I n on e of the m'

in the m idst of a d e sc ription he sudde n lybre a ks forth and ye t, and ye t I

“

Wi l l you k iss those l i tt lem a ids for m e

,I shou ld l ik e to hea r the ir pra ttle through the

doo r.

A ga in ,

“

in wri ting to M rs. B rOokfie ld S om e day wh e nhisre ve ren c e i s away wi l l you have the \ c hi ldre n A nd no t

if you p le a se , b e so va in a s to fa ncy tha t you c a n’

t am use

them or tha t the y wi l l b e bore d in your house . T h e y m ust

a nd sha l l b e fond of you if you ple a se .

T he reputa t i on of T ha c k e ray a s a hum orist i s se c ond on lyto tha t of a write r of fi c ti on . T he e nd le ss p lay of hum or inTha c k e ray

’

s le tte rs a nd the impe rturbab le grav i ty wi th wh ic hhe som e t ime s introduc e s i t i s a t tim e s ve ry am using. H e

.

ha s a pure love fo r nonse n se p e c u l ia r on ly to him se l f,

n onse n se of the high e st orde r, to whic h "he love d to

abandon him se lf . In no Wri te r hav e we se e n . m oreof tha t e n l ive n ig qua l ity "

de sc ribe d by the hom e lyword f a n . H ow d e l ic iously hum orous is the fo llowingc ha ra c te ristic fragm e n t of his le tte rs

20 TH E F O R D H AM M O N TH L Y .

A t thre e o ’c loc k , just a s I wa s in fu l l work ,c om e s a le tte r

from a pro tégé O f m y m othe r’

s,a c e rta in M adame de B .

,

in form ing m e tha t she , M adam e de B . ,ha d i t in v iew to

c omm it su ic id e im m e d ia te ly, un le ss she shou ld b e in som e

m e an s re l i e ve d from he r pre se n t d iffic u lti e s . S o I ha ve hadto post off to this M adam e de B .

,whom I e xpe c te d to find

sta rv ing, and in ste a d m e t a wom e n a gre a t de a l fa tte r th anthe m ost fu l l - fe d p e rson n e e d be , a nd hav ingjust ha d a goodd inn e r ; but tha t d idn ’

t prev ent he r, the c on founde d ol d

fie nd,from abusing the wom an who fe d he r and wa s good

to he r,from spo i l ing the ha l f of a day

’

s work fo r m e,a nd

tak ing m e of a foo l ’s e rrand . I wa s qu ite angry, in ste ad of

a c orpse p e rhaps, to find a fa t and vo lub le pe rson who hadno m ore ide a o f h anging he rse lf to a b e d -

post tha n you or I

have f’

O bse rve in the,sa n e le tte r his d e sc ript ion of a sic k

poe te ss he had v isite d who,a s he sa id

,wa s l i te ra l ly on the

ve rge of the grave a nd p in ing away from tha t d e a dly m a lady,l ove - sic kn e ss “

She is ve ry in te re st ing som e how, gha stly

pa l e a nd th in,re c um b e n t on a sofa

,and spe a k ing sc a rc e ly

above he r bre a th . I wonde r, howe ve r, a fte r a l l,wa s it the

love,or wa s it the bron c h itis

,o r wa s i t the c he st or the

sp in e tha t wa s a ffe c te d ?” A t a n o the r t im e he a ston ishe s usby m ak ing the a stound ing a sse rt ion “

I have had thre en ewspap e rs for m y bre ak fa st whic h m y m an bough t forfive p e n c e .

”A rath e r e c on om i c a l and dry m e a l we wou ld

im agin e fo r a m an of the world IIn the sam e le tte r

,w ith a l l the c oo ln e ss im agin ab le , he goe s

O n to te l l u s tha t he wa s“unde rgoing the q ua ran t ine of

fam i ly d inn e rs wi th the “

m ost a nge l ic pa ti e n c e but“

ye s

te rday b e ing the first day i t wa s on ly an O ld fri e nd and a le g

of m utton .

”H e re we fe lt inc l in e d to c ry out in the de e p

ba sso -

profundo vo ic e o f M a cb e th we’l l G o

'

n o m ore .

F or we da re no t re a d on . With suc h a bre ak fa st a nd d inn e rwe c anno t be a r to think O f Wha t his suppe r c on siste d .

T he re i s no tra it of c ha ra ct e r m ore m a rk e d in his le tte rstha n the d e e p ste ady m e lan c holy of hi s n a ture . O n e l i ttlein c id e n t i l lustra ting th i s he d e l ighte d to n a rra te . O n on e

oc c a sion wh i le a tte nd ing a grand re c e pti on a t Pa ris he wa sa nn oye d a t the p e rsiste nc e w ith whic h a sad - e ye d, rue fu llook ing ind iv idua l wi th an e xpre ss i on o f c om ic a l wre tc he dne ss on his down c a st c oun te n an c e

,c on tinue d to sta re a t

him . A fte r he had be c om e d isguste d w ith him he wa s sur

prise d and am use d to find tha t the v isage o f the m e la n c holylook ing ind iv idua l wa s no o the r tha n his own in the la rgem irror .

In the m idst of the ge n e ra l pra ise whic h we ha ve give nT h a c k e ray we c a nn ot he lp a l lud ing to on e l i ttle pa ssagewh ic h c an ha rd ly be touc he d on without o ffe n c e nor avoide dw i thou t ov e rsight . A pa ssage whic h wa s re a d by the

C a tholic world wi th no t a l i ttle pa in , a nd Wh ic h we pa ss

ove r l igh tly, on ly b e c ause i t wa s no t m e a n t for a l l the wo rldto h e a r but m e re ly a fri e nd .

I a l l

Kemp is. A work whic h ha s the sa

the C hurc h and num e rous re l igi ous bod ies 1 5 spok en of byhim in a. m ost disre spe c tful m ann e r . H is e gotistic a l m anner

of c rit ic ising i s a l l v e ry'

p le a sing and good a t

wh e n he im agin e s him se lf c apab le of c rit ic ising a workga rde d by m any a s se c ond on ly to the B ib le we wouldqu i e tly but firm ly say, M r; T ha c k e ray you a re ge tting out

be yond your de pth .

T hough a fri e nd ly riva lry had a lways e xiste d be twe e ntwo gre a te st re pre se n ta tive s O f the E ngl ish sc hool ofst i l l th ey a lways

- h e ld e a c h oth e r in the high e st e ste em ; a

sl igh t c ooln e ss a t on e tim e sprung up b e twe e n them,for a

ve ry trifl ing re a son,and i t look e d a s i f the da rk c loud c a st

ov e r th em wou ld rema in, ye t it is p le a san t to kn ow tha t it

was on ly a tran si tory sh adow whic h pa sse d ove r b e foreT ha c k e ray’

s de a th . N othing c ou ld be tte r show w ith wha tadm ira t i on T ha c k e ray look e d upon the ge n ius of D ic k e nsthan on e of his la te st c ritic ism s wh ic h we appe nd

“A s

for the c ha ri tie s of M r. D ic k e n s,m u ltip l ie d k indn e sse sWh ich

he ha s c onfe rre d upon us haven o t you , hav e no t I

,a ll of us

,re a son to be tha nkfu l to this

k ind frie nd who so ofte n c h e e re d so m any hours, broughtp le a sure and swe e t la ughte r to so m any hom e s

,m ade suc h

m u lt i tud e s of c hi ldre n happy, e ndowe d us wi th suc h a swe e tstore “

of gra c iou s thoughts, fa ir fanc ie s,soft sympa thie s,

he a rty e n j oym e n ts ? I may qu a rre l wi th M r. D ic k e n s’

art

a thousand and a thousand t im e s : I de l ight and wonde ra t his ge n ius . I re c ogn ize it— I spe ak w ith awe and re ve r

e n c e —a c omm issi on from tha t D iv in e B e n e fic e n c e whoseb le sse d ta sk we kn ow i t wi l l on e day b e to wipe e ve ry

te a r from e ve ry e ye . T hankfu l ly I tak e m y sha re of the

fe a st o f love and k indn e ss whic h this nob le and ge n e rousand c ha ritab le sou l ha s c on tribute d to the happ in e ss of the

world . I tak e a nd e n j oy m y sha re and say a be ne d ic tionfor the m e a l .O n e thing rem a ins to be sa id

,n am e ly, tha t be n e a th tha t

ste rn d ign ity, tha t b i ting sa tire,tha t frozen c rust o f the

c yn ic , th e re l i e s a sou l and a c on sc i e n c e whic h ofte n spe aks

out un c on sc iously the tru e fe e l ings o f the m a n . With a

pa ssage i l lustra t ing th is we w i l l c lose our e xtra c ts. In

writ ing to his l ife - long frie nd,the R e v . M r.

"

B rookfie ld,

he a sk s D id you re ad in F r. N ewm an’

s book ? T h e respe ak s a v e ry p ious, lov ing, humb le sou l I think

,w ith a n

a sc e t ic a l c oun te nance,

.

too— and a b e a utifu l love a nd re ve r

e n c e . I am a pub l ic an a nd sinn e r,but I b e l i e ve those m e n

a re on the true tra c k .

”

F rOm this c ol le c t ion of le tte rs we obta in a fa r b e tte r glanc ea t the m an

,a fa r m ore e xa c t knowle dge of his c ha ra c te r and

in sight in to his n a ture tha n c ou ld be obta in e d from ‘ the

m ost c a re fu l study o f som e o th e r m an’

s re nde ring of his

l i fe . We de l igh t in his ge n tl e , l ov ing na ture,la ugh a t his

e nd le ss p lay of hum or,a nd sm i le a t his c hi ld l ik e sim pl ic ity.

TH E F O R D H A M M O N TH L Y .

A c h i l ly n ight, and the w indow pa n eI s da sh e d w ith ha i l and slan t ing ra in .

A b itte r n ight, for the e vening’

s bre a thI s c old and dam p l ik e the hand of de a th ,A nd I try to think o f p le a san t thingsO f bright Yule tide and the m irth i t brings .

Whe n sudde n ly ange l vo ic e s c a l l,A nd a glo’ry fi l ls the study ha l l .C e le stia l lam ps she d a m ystic l igh t,O n a Y u le tide v ision , fa ir and bright ,A ha ll aglow wi th the c hanging hueO f l igh t and shadow m e e ts m y v i ew .

T hrough the lade n boughs of a strip ling p in e ,G ay toys of m any c olors shin e , 1

A nd le ap ing high with a m e rry gra c e ,F la sh e s the flam e in the fire —p la c e .

‘

A j a rring of be l ls is a t m y sideT h e y a re no t the be l ls of glad Y u le - t ide .

T . G A F F N E Y

A lthough of a type se ldom found a s the c e n tra l figure of

the a

ye rage nov e l

,the c ha ra c te r o f John R idd in B la c k

more ’

5 n ove l O f L orna D oone,

”c a nnot fa i l to a ttra c t m ore

than Ord in a rya tten t ion . I t i s a c harac te r fu l l of tra its c a lc ula ted to c omm a nd the re spe c t of e ve n the m ost diffide n tObse rve r, and the y a re so b e a u t ifu l ly b le nde d a s to e l ic it unc e a sing a dm ira t ion from the thousands who hav e fol lowe dhim through al l his d iffic u lt ie s and dange rs . H is m an lypre se nc e , hi s H e rc u le an stre ngth , his simp le hone sty a nd

almost chi ld l ik e inn oc e nc e are so m any t itle s to adm ira t ioneac h in turn c ha in s the m ind so to the c on tem p la t i on of the

p ic ture c on jure d up by fa n c y, tha t on ly wi th the grea te st

diffic u lty c an it b e d ive rte d in to c ha nn e ls le ss in te re st inga nd absorb ing.

O n our first m e e tingWi th him he 1 5 a m e re c hild,think ing

of nothing be yond his pe tty c h i ld ish troub le s,c a ring for

nothing b e yond the s imp le am u sem e n ts o f c hi ldhood,having

no anxie t ie s toc loud his youthfu l m ind w ith pe rp le xing vis

ions.B ut

,by his re si stan c e to tyran ny, the happy, though t

le ss boy, e v e n thus e a rly e v in c e s a sp irit of inde pe nde n c e ,whic h , when d isp laye d in on e so young, inva riab ly c a l lsforth un iv e rsa l pra ise and c omm e nda t ion . This d isposi tion

of a fre em an he fa ithfu l ly re ta in s throughou t “

a ll the late rye ars of , hi s life , and in wha te ve r c irc um stanc e s we m e e t

him,this sam e strik ing c ha ra c te ristic

,de ve lope d in proporz

t i on to . his ye a rs, shows itse lf stand ing prom in e n tly forthaga inst ‘

the'

p la in , ungarn ishe d ba c kground of hi s oth e rvirtue s .

S itua ted,a s he wa s

,in the m idst of thewi ld m oorsof the

We st of E ngland , rem ov e d far from the tum ult . of the gre a t

c i ty of L ondon,l iving i n the m ost pr1m i t1ve m anne r

,John

R idd’

s simp l ic ity of c ha rac te r is ve ry n a tura l ly portraye din e ve ry word a nd a c tion . We n ote it in the m ann e r in

whic h he pursue s his . humb le a voc a t ions ; in his indiffe r

en c e regard ing the m ost importa n t e ven ts O f the p e riod ,

2 1

murmurwa s.

,s. L .

Wi th in the h e a rthston e de e p and wide ,T he Y u le - log fre sh from the fore st side ,Pa ti e ntly re sts in its fi e ry fo ld, ’

L ik e the m a rtyrs tha t d ie d for C hrist of o ld .

T he wa l ls b e de c k e d ’

withbran c h,and Wre a th,

S c e n t the a ir wi th a fragrant bre a th .

’

T is C hristm a s and the n ight a ir c a lm ,

B e a rs on i ts bosom the holy psa lm ,

S ung of old,w i th the high re fra in ,

Pe a c e on e a rth, good wi l l to m e n .

T he o ld ha l l e c ho e s with roya l m irth,G ood w i l l to m e n

,a nd p e a c e on e a rth .

M e rri ly, m e rri ly goe s the gam e,

B e fore the Y u le - log’

s c he rry flam e,

T he Y u le - log h ewn from a gna rle d oak,

A nd c irc le d round by the O lde r folk .

T A F F E,

’

90 .

and in hi s am a zem e n t on e nte ring the m e tropol is a t the m any

strange sights of tha t gre a t c ity, “the rive r T ham e s

,and

the H a l l and Churc h of We stm inste r,whe re the re a re brave

things to b e se e n a nd brave r st i l l to th ink about .

”

In him we ha ve a m an,who

,fitte d for a posit ion in so

c i e ty m uc h highe r‘

than tha t a c c orde d him by the laws a nd

c ustom s of tha t c a ste - ridde n c oun try in whic h he l ive d,

to ile d day a fte r day, a s.

his fa the rs had don e be fore him,

e a rn ing his bre ad by the swe a t of his brow. A nd,l ik e tha t

gre a t R om an Of o ld who le ft his fie lds o f glory, to re turn to

the hum b le c a l l ing O f a f a rm e r,to fol low the p l ough, to ‘

wie ld the si c k le and to d e l ight in the simp le am usem e nts

tha t rust ic l ife a ff orde d ; so d id he not d isda in to '

p e rformthe dut ie s of his pos ition in l ife

,howe ve r unfi tte d th e y

m ight be to a'

m a n of his ab i l ity and c ha ra c te r.

H is n a tura l inn oc e n c e and ge n tle n e ss o f m ann e r a re

brought m ore prom in ently b e fore the e ye s of the re a de r by

be ing so strongly c on tra ste d with his physic a l proport ion s.

We find in him a m an of gigan t ic sta ture , w i th a we l l - kn itsin ewy fram e

,e v e ry n e rve

“

and m usc le O f wh ic h i s thoroughly de ve lope d

H is sta ture’

,m a n ly , bo ld a nd ta ll,|

B uilt l ik e a c a stle 's ba tte re d wa ll,Y e tmoulde d in su ch just d egre e s ,H is gian t stre ngth se em s lightsom e e a se .

G e ntle '

ne ss of m ind,

‘

purity o f he a rt and nob1 l ity of c hara c te r a re qua l it ie s wh i c h

,unde r the m ost adve rse c irc um

stanc e s,wou ld c a l l forth adm ira t ion and pra ise , but, wh e n

c ouple d wi th sple ndid phys ic a l prO p e rti e sf a re so throwninto re l ie f tha t the ir be a uty is m agn ifie d “

te nfo ld ; a l l

th e se qua lit i e s John R idd posse sse d, an d a lthough, fromhi s own a c c oun t, O 11 Wi tne ssing the

,b a ttle

'

of S e dgem oor,whe re “howling, cursing, ye l l ing a nd the loa thsom e re e k

of c a rn age drown e d the sc e n t o f the n ew - m own hay a nd

the c aro l of the la rk,

”he Wa s a lm ost overc om e by the

TH E F O R D HAM M O N TE L y ,

spe c ta c l e o f so m uc h slaughte r a nd b loodsh e d,una c c us

tom e d a s he wa s to suc h b loody sc e ne s,sti l l th e re lurk e d

b e n e a th thi s outwa rd show of tim id ity a sp irit a s daun tle ssa s any tha t fa c e d the gun s on tha t fa ta l day, a sp iri t tha tn e e de d bu t the n e c e ssity for a c t ion to rise up and a sse rt

i tse lf.T he se c ha ra c te rist ic s a re tempe re d, h e re and the re

,w ith

a ra th e r p e rc e ptib le t inge O f se lf - c on sc iousn e ss ; whi le o c

c a siona lly good John w i l l give ve n t to e xp re ssm n-

s savori ngstrongly of va n ity a nd e got ism , ye t the se a re

,on the whole

,

inge n iou sly pu t forwa rd so tha t fa r from find ing fau lt wi thth em

,the re ade r is in c l in e d to tak e th em m uc h a s a m a tte r

of c ourse . S uc h m e n a s John R idd a re so few a nd fa r he

T he rank is but the guin e a stam p ,

T he m a n’

s the gawd fo r a'

tha t .

N O VE M B E R ,TH E WI N D

J . E . KE LLE Y,’

89 .

PA S T A N D P R E S E N T .

Wha t sad ye t fond re c o l le c t ion s the nam e N ovem be rbrings to the m ind sad thoughts of Summ e r

’

s loss,of c om

ing snow a nd wind, ye t a long wi th th e se

, gla d thoughts ofthe warm he a rth and Winte r’

s lu sty gam e s . A nd so it is,

tha t whi le a lm ost e ve ry m on th in the ye a r ha s som e c la imor othe r upon us

,th is on e is an e spe c ia l fa vor ite and an

e spe c ia l foe .

N ovembe r is ric h,too

,in its swe e t m em e n to e s Of by -

gon edays, a t wh ic h we w i l l- tak e a ha sty glan c e to gle an its historya nd c ustom s . I t wa s known to our S axon an c e stors by then am e O f U

'

z'

nf—M ona t,or wind m onth

, O n a c c oun t of the

pre va le nc e o f high w inds during this se a son.

'

H e n c e,O ld

Ve rste gan says the m a rine rs we re a c c ustom e d in '

this m onth‘

to shroud them se lve s a t hom e and to give ove rse a fa ringun ti l b luste ring M a rc h had b idden th em we l l to fare .

A n o th e r historia n,a t va rianc e with Ve rste gan , de c la re s tha t

the S a xons c a l le d the m onth B lot-M ona t,be c a use of the

sla ugh te r of th e ir c a ttle during this t ime ; but it is sti l l anope n qu e stion wh ic h on e o f the two c hron ic le rs wa s in theright . N ovemb e r had the good fortun e to c hange i ts n am e

but onc e,a nd th is wa s by ord e r o f the im p ious E m pe ror

C omm odus, who d e c re e d th a t i t shou ld be c a l le d E x apor aforz

'

a r; but this nam e i t re ta ine d m e re ly during the e m pe ror’

s

own l ife , and on c e m ore took i ts o ld n am e to wh ic h it ha sc lung e ve r sinc e . T he R om a ns he ld i t in gre a t honor, asduring it th e y k e pt m any o f the ir princ ipa l fe a sts .

I t is tim e,howe ve r

,to look a t the c ustom s whi c h use d to

b e ob se rve d, c hie f am ong wh ich wa s for the fa rm e r the day

th a t m a rk e d the c om ple tion of his p loughing be fore the

frost,the thra shing o f his oa ts

,and the c hopp ing of his

wood . Whe n a t la st e ve rything ha d be e n store d away a nd

house d in snug qua rte rs fo r the win te r, i t wa s the c ustom to

ga the r toge the r 0 11 the e le v e nth o f N ove m be r,c a l le d M a r

t inm a s D ay, and c rown the c om p le ti on o f the ir labors withgam e s a nd m e rry

- m a k ing. We c a n ta ste and re l ish the se

e nj oym e n ts e ve n now in the m e re re ad ing of th e irt i on

twe e n in our pre se n t t im e,th a t i t is w i th an irre si

ing o f p le a sure we c on temp la te the m any b e a u t

c ha ra c te r. We se e him,c a st a s he wa s am ong

o f wood and the drawe rs of wa te r,

”shut out

p rope r sphe re in l ife , ye t sta nd ing forthto the sha l low and l ic e n tious sp iri t tha tt-oc ra c y O f the pe riod, shin ing by the l ightbe a c on through the da rkn e ss O f c orrupt ion and vo l

me ss tha t surrounde d him,one of na ture

’

s nob lem e n,stamp

with the on ly tru e n ob i l ity— n ob i l ity of c ha ra c te r,a l ivin

e xam p le th a t

I t is the da y o f M a rtinm a s,

C ups o f a le shou ld fre e ly pa ssWha t though Win te r ha s b egunT o push down the Summ e r sun ,

T o our fire we c a n b e ta k e

A nd e n joy the c ra ck ling bra k e ,

N e v e r he e dingWin te r’s fa c e ,

O n the day o f M a rtinm a s .

Whe n the da ily spo rts be done,R ound the m a rk e t c ross the y run ,

Pre n tic e - lads a nd ga lla n t blade s ,D a nc ing w i th the ir gam e som e m a ids ,T ill the b e llm a

‘

n, loud a nd sour

,

Sha k e s his be l l , a nd c a lls the hour,

T he n fa re we ll la d ,a nd fa rewe ll la ss ,

T O'

the m e rry n ight o f M a rtinm a s.

”

S o m uc h for N ovem be r a nd its c ustom s in the olde ntim e . A nd now in our own t im e s Wha t do we find i t ? T heye a rs ha ve not robbe d it of i ts le ga c y of -M a rt inm a s . I t is

the m on th in whi c h the o l d ha rve st hom e is sti l l k ept in the

good c h e e r a nd hom e ly j oys of our A m e ric a n T hank sgiving.

O ur N ovemb e r is the m on th in whic h the lusty w in te r sportsb egin, the m on th in our sc hool - boy l ife synonym ous withfoot - ba l l a nd la c rosse . I t is to the stude nt

,b e c ause of the se

gifts, a m agn ific e nt b e n e fa c tor, h e lp ing to k e ep him he a l thyin body and sound in m ind .

T he C hurc h ha s e ndowe d N ovemb e rwi th ric h h e irloom s for

he r c hi ldre n ’

s use in the fe a sts of the holy m a ide n m artyrs,S ts. C e c i l ia and C a tharine . B oth of the se bringno l ittle joy tosom e of our c ol lege m em be rs

,the form e r be ing our c hoir’

s

fe a st,the la tte r be ing a ga la day fo r our worthy Phi los

ophe rs . Y e t w ith a l l i ts fre igh t of j oys, N ovem be r m ust

e ve r be to the C a tholic m ind the m onth of the de ad who

d ie in the L ord . A nd na ture se em s,for tha t ve ry re a son

,

to put on he r we e ds O f wo e , doffing he r - ra im e n t gay.

° A s

the pagan po e t ha s i t“I nve rsum c on trista t A qua rius annum .

T H E F O R D H A M'

M O N TH L Y .

Om fi arveat“Quinn.

T . A . D A

-

L Y,S . L .

N ow T wi l ight l ik e a m onk in, gray b e d igh t,

G l ide s sl owly o’

e r the hi l ls and gra ssy le a s,A nd sun se t

’

s rosy hue d istra c te d fle e sF rom H e a ve n

’

s fa c e‘

and y ie lds to shade s of n igh t.N ow a l l is st i l l

,sav e wh e re its labor’

d fl ightT he lon e ly he ron win-

gs or where the bre e zeM utte rs i ts sad re fin ings to the tre e s .

T he va u lt of H e ave n'

strewn w ith ge m s of l ightT he m i sty ha ze of A utum n partly ve i ls,

T i l l o’e r

'

the far horizon broad a nd low,

T he H a rve st m oon upris ing se ts aglowT he E a ste rn sk i e s

,whe re gra c e fu l ly sh

‘

e sai ls .

H e r que e n ly pre se n c e drive s the '

gloom away,

A nd m ake s the night’

se em sc a rc e le ss fa ir tha n

O L D R OM A N C US TOM S

F . J . D O N O VA N,

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9 1 .

1 1 .

— T H E T A B LE ;no pe op le in history o f

‘

th e world furn ish'

u s

a m ore forc ib le i l lustra t ion O f the e v i l a rising from a

us. In the ea rl ie re n t laws

,no t on ly

im e Stic c irc le,and sp e c ify ingthe m ode of l ife of e a c h in

v idua l . H e nce i t wa s tha t R om e rose to tha t p la c e am ongtions whic h she so te n a c ious ly h e ld for m any c e n turie s

,

.thstanding al l a tta c k s O f fore ign powe r. B ut fina l ly e n

:he d by the spoi ls of wa r, and le a rn ing, f rom the in flux ofre ign e rs, the manne rs a nd c ustom s

-

of o the r n a t ion s,she

on be c am e c orrupt, and he r rap id de c l in e of powe r wa s aatte r of on ly a few c e n turie s.

‘

A survey of the se fa c ts le de to

’

a sc e rta in som e o f the c h ie f c ause s of this de c ay o f

iwe r,and think ing it wou ld not b e unwe lc om e

,I c on

nde d to furn ish T H E M O N T H LY w ith the resu lt O f m y

bors, tak ing a s m y them e a de sc ripti on of the m e a ls h e ldR om e about the t im e o f A gustus whe n tha t an c ie n t c ity1d re a c he d the z e n i th of i ts gl ory . T he R oman s se em e d

have in te rpre te d tha t . go lde n m a xim : I l fa ut m ange r

ni r‘

v-ivre e t non pa s v ivr’

e pour m ange r, i n a fa r d iffe re n tght than i ts true’ m e a n ing, for we re ad tha t the ir Obj e c tas not m e re ly ‘

to sa t isfy the c rav ings of appe ti te , but e ve nc onsum e farm ore than wa s abso lute ly ne c e ssary ; and

.a t the tab le s we re h e ape d with the c hoic e st da in t ie s,

"

pro

1re d a t e n orm ous pric e s, n ot on ly w ith the de sire of p le a sg the pa la te , but a lso to give add it ion a l sp le ndor to the

i nqu e t . B ut l e t us comm e n c e in the re gu lar orde r in whic h.e R oman me a ls we re h e ld, and de sc rib e e a ch in suc c e ssi oni they we re ta k e n during the day . T hey c on siste d of the

nta cu lum,the prandium ,

the c o e n a a nd the v e spe rn a .

T he je n ta c ulum wa s the _ first m e a l of the day and c orreio nde d to our bre ak fast i t wa s ge n e ra l ly tak en

,

about thel ird. or fourth hour,'orn in e o r te n o’c loc k ; but i t chie fly'

de 1ende d upon the hour of ris ing, whic h Wa s m uc h e a rl ie rnong the plebians than am ong .the p a tric ians a nd the

d isposition of the p e rson h e n c e we may c on c lud e tha tthe re wa s no d e fin ite hour a t whic h the je n ta c u lum w ash e lda nd tha t it wa s adopte d so lv e ndo iejun io . I t ge n e ra l ly -

c on

s iste d o f bre ad se a son e d w i th sa lt or som e othe r c ond im en t,

tak e n w ith ol ive s,dr ie d grape s or oth e r fru its an d c he e se ;

som e took m i lk and e ggs and a swe e t drink ca l le d m u lsumc ompose d o f hon e y and w in e . T he je n ta c u lumwa s in

dulge d in by pe rson s of a ll age s, but the food ta k e n by

adu lts m a te ria l ly diffe re d from tha t of the c hi ldre n,whic h

prin c ipa l ly c onsiste d o f som e k inds of pa stry. T he.

pran

dium wa s the m idday m e a l tak e n about the sixthhour,or

twe lve o’

c loc k,and c orre sponde d to our lun c he on ; it wa s

by no m e a n s a princ ipa l m e a l, and

.

by those who took a la teje n ta c ulum wa s som e t im e s om itte d . Whe n tak e n it

,c on

siste d of wa rm a nd c old d ishe s and som e time s the rel iqu ia eo f the pre c e e d ing day’

s c o e n a in la te r t im e s‘

fish a nd e ggs

we re a dde d,with m u lsum

,w in e a nd a ho t drink

,_

c a lda,so

nam e d from b e ing a m ixture of w ine and boi l ing ho t wa te r.

B ut the m a j ori ty took a ve ry fruga l pra nd ium suc h a s a

prand ium sin e m ensa post quod non sun t l’

avanda e m’

a n us,a s

dur ing the ba nque ts th e y we re ac c u stom e d to wa sh the

h ands a fte r e a c h -

“

m e n sa or c ourse . T he prin c ipa l m e a l ofthe day wa s the .c o e n a o r d inn e r

,tak e n about the n in th

hour,tha t is thre e o ’c lock or m idway b e twe e n noon and

sun se t a nd wa s ge n e ra l ly of long dura t ion ,be ing some tim e s

protra c te d t i l l la te a t n igh t and e ve n t i l l m orn ing ; bu t suc hc ase s we re no t c ommon and whe n the y oc c urre d th e y we resa id to c o e n a re

'

in luc em . B ut e ve n among the lowe stc la sse s the c o ena wa s n ot by a ny m e an s hUrrie d through,s in c e the busin e ss of the d ay had be e n c om p le ted the re wa sno re a son for c urtai l ing the m e a l . P l iny, c omm e nd ing hisunc le ’

s parsim on ia tem po ris, says : S‘

urge b a t a e Sta te a c oe na

luc e ; b iem e in tra p rimam noc t is,or tha t in summe r he

a rose from dinne r b e fore sun se t and in win te r imm e d ia te lyafte r da rk

'

; thus a l lowing about'

thre e hours for the m ea l,

whic h wa s C onside re d by the se R om an gourm ands a ve ry

TH E F O R D H A M M O N TH L Y .

short t im e for the c o e n a . B ut . th e ir b anqu e ts se ldom te r

m in a te d be fore midn ight and we re e v e n k nown to la st un ti ldawn bu t suc h re ve lry wa s no t o f fre que n t oc c ur re n c e a nd

wa s c a l le d te inpe st iva . T he gran d c o e n a c on siste d no t m e re lyo f a sum ptous re pa st, bu t a lso O f a n e n te rta inm e n t prov ide dby the host, c on s ist ing o f rope - dan c ing, pa n tom in e , e tc . ; so

i t is n o t to be wonde re d a t tha t th e se banqu e ts,wh e n h e ld

,

oc c up ie d the gre a te r part of a day . U n l ik e the c ustomnow in vogue the y d id no t rem a in a t the tab le a fte r the la stc ourse had b e e n re m ove d , bu t pa rte d , s om e to tak e a ba th

,

whi le oth e rs saun te re d through the groun ds, and m e t aga inin a nothe r b anque tting ha l l, whe re F a le rian and o the r ra re

w in e s,and . e n te rta inm e n t of a d iffe re n t k ind awa ite d the m .

T he c o e na wa s d iv id e d in to thre e pa rts the gustus, the fe r

c u la,

a nd the m e nsa e se c unda e . T he gustus or first

c ourse c on siste d of l ight v iands and wa s sl ight ly pa rtak e no f

,b e ing in troduc e d m ore to c re a te app e tite than to gra tify

the hunge r. I t ge n e ra l ly c on s iste d O f e ggs and fish to

ge th e r with sa uc e a nd v e ge tab le s. T he fe rc ula c on s iste d of

se ve ra l rem ove s, c a l le d prim a a lta a nd te rtia c oe n a, be ing

c h ie fly c om po se d of d iffe re n t m e a ts, pou l try and ra re fish.

N e x t suc c e e d e d the m e n sa e se Cunda e,or d e sse rt, in whi c h

the pisto re s o r ba k e rs, k e pt on ly by the h igh e st c irc le a nd

purc ha se d a t e n orm ous pric e s, ga ve e v ide n c e of the ir sk i l li t c onsiste d o f pa stri e s inge n iously m a de in to va rious sh ap e s,ra re fru i ts

,n uts

,a nd c on fe c t ion e ry of a ll k inds a lso apop

orb e ta we re d istribute d am ong the gue sts to b e c a rrie dhom e a s souve n irs o f the ba nqu e t . T he la st m e a l of the daywa s the v e spe rna or e ve n ingm e a l

,c orre spond ing to our sup

p e r a nd tak e n a fe w hours b e fore re t iring. I t wa s not

u sua l ly h e ld a fte r ba nqu e ts a s the la te n e ss of the hour and

the sum ptuousn-

e ss O f the m e a l re nde re d i t unn e c e ssa ry ; bu twhe re ta ke n c on siste d c h ie fly of c old d ish e s

,fru its and

w in e s . F ish . we re on e of the c h ie f d ish e s o f the R om an

tab le and the we a l thy c la ss k e pt m agn ific e n t~

v1va r1a p 1 8

c inum ,o r fish pre se rv e s a t th e ir v i l la s

,whe re the ra re st

qua l it ie s we re fe d for priva te u se . S he l l fish a lso ob ta in e d agood m a rk e t

,the m ore va lue d k inds b e ing im porte d a nd

fa tte n e d in la k e s for the purpose . A m ong the e d ib le b irdsof the R om an s the fie ld - fa re wa s the gre a te st favorite , be inge a te n no t on ly wh e n in se a son

,bu t k e p t a nd fe d during the

whole ye a r in orn i thon e s for the purpose . T he je c ur

an se ris, or l ive r of the goose , wa s a v e ry d e l ic a te d ish , a nd inord e r to give i t a be tte r an d swe e te r taste

,figs and da te s

we re fe d to the ge e se . O f c ourse c hic k e n s we re a ve ry c om

m on d ish , a s w e re a l so p 1ge on s and duc k ; b la c kb ird s and

sn ip e s b e ing m uc h u se d a nd som e t im e s the c ran e a nd the

H A L F 1 170UR S I N TH E L I B R A R Y .

B le ssings on the he a d of him who inve n te d book' s.

; C A R LY LE .

B ook se l le rs a nd L ibra ria n s we re in an c ie n t t im e s a qu e e r

d e sc ription of m e n . A ll the o ld doc um e n ts re pre se n t thema s a stingy, shabby se t . H irsute th e y a re and le a n

,says

a n a n c ie n t c hron ic le r . B ut,happ i ly, the ra c e is qu ite e x

t in c t,a t le a st h e re in F ordham

,wh e re the k indn e ss o f the

l ibra ria ns is j ust a s w inn ing a s the a c c omm oda t i ons a re e le

gan t . We sta rte d towa rds the l ibra ry for our m on th ly v isite a rly in the a fte rnoon . T he surround ings look e d qu i te fam i l ia r and unc ha nge d, e xc e pt whe re som e hithe rto va c a n tshe lve s we re shin ing with brigh t n ew books . N ew book sL e t us go down a nd c he e r th em up .

“A t the S ign o f the

L yre , by A ustin D obson . Wha t b e autifu l wa rm b ind ingand la rge , ge n e rous prin t. T he re i s a lways som e thing te nde r a nd in te re st ing in a de d ica tion ; so we ha sti ly turn e d tothe de d ic a t i on of the

“S ign of the L yre .

”H e re i s wha t we

found

T O E . C . S T E D M A N .

N o n e e d to - clay tha t w e c omm e nd

T his p inna c e to your c a re O h frie nd ;Y ou ste e re d the ba rk tha t we n t b e foreB e twe e n the whirlpoo l a nd the sho re ,S o— though we wa n t no pilo t nowWe w rite your n am e upon the prow.

stork . A ve ry fa vorite and de l ic a te d ish wa stongu e o f the flam ingo . A m ong the qu adrup

highly priz e d wa s the tam e or w i ld boa r, b e ingto the tab le a nd c on st itu t ing the c h ie f d ish o f a grand c oena

S a usage s we re a d i sh use d by the highe st a s we l l a s the

lowe st c la sse s of soc ie ty . We re a d an a c c oun t give n us Of

a gra nd ba nqu e t, i l lustra ting the fondne ss o f the R om ans

fo r anything n ove l o r odd,o f a va st swin e b e ing se rve d

whol e to the tab l e . O n be ing pla c e d on the tab l e the hostnot ic e d tha t the a n im a l had no t be e n d ise n tra i le d . T he c ookb e ing summ on e d a nd c on fron te d w ith the fa c t

,wa s gre a tly

aba sh e d,and c on fe sse d tha t in his ha ste he had forgo tte n to

d isem bowe l the an im a l,whe n the host de c la re d tha t a s a

pun ishm e n t he shou ld pe rform the n e gle c te d duty in the

pre se n c e of the c om pa ny . H e a t onc e c om m e n c e d to pe r

form the task,whe n to the surprise and de l igh t of the as

sem b le d gue sts, e xp e c t ing to . se e a ve ry d ista ste fu l sight,numbe rle ss l i ttle sausage s rolle d out upon the d ish . T he

h a re,le pus a nd the rabb i t

,c un ic u lus we re c onside re d de l i

c a te d i sh e s the rabb it b e ing fa tte n e d w i th c h e snuts .

A m ong the v e ge tab le s la c tua , le ttuc e , wa s the m ost c omm on

bra ssic a, gre e n o r brown c abbage , be ing a lso m u c h u se d ;

the bra ssic a , howe ve r, m ust be d ist ingu ish e d from the O lus,

the c abbage use d a t a ll the tab le s of the poor. A c e n e rve n s,

or te pidum ,we re boi le d c h ic k -

pe a s, a v e ry favorite d isham ong the poor, b e ing sold about the stre e ts by ve nde rs a

d ish c ou ld b e purc ha se d for an a s,about thre e ha lf -

p e n c e

T he re we re se ve ra l qua l iti e s o f bre a d u se d by the R om an s,

the loave s b e ing square and abou t two in c h e s th ic k,he n c e

the y we re c a l le d quadra . T he be st qua l ity wa s of Wh e a t“

flour, sa l igin e us a nd the poore st of ba rle y, horda c e us.

T h e y a lso used sm a l l round rol ls c a l le d pa sti l li , c orre sponding to our bre a k fa st rol ls . C ak e s a n d pa strie s we re m ade

of a l l shape s a nd size s. A m ong the a tte ndan ts the struc tor,

c orre spond ing to our stewa rd , wa s the m ost im portan t fun ction a ry of the house hold, he se e ing tha t the d ishe s we re

se rve d in an inge n iou s a nd p le a sing m a nne r,a nd pe rform e d

the offic e of c a rv e r. T he p istor wa s the c h ie f ba k e r,he

m ak ing the bre ad and swe e t c ak e s Whi le the m ore de l ic a tepa stri e s we re m ade by the la c ta rius the sla ve in c ha rge of

the tre c l in ium or re c l in ing c ouc h e s,wa s c a l le d the tre c l in i

arc ha . T he gue sts of a gra nd ba nque t fre que n tly broughtth e ir own sla ve s

,who stood b e hind th em

.

a tte nd ing to a ll

the ir pe rsona l wa n ts . R e c i ta tion s,da nc e rs

,juggle rs and

the sc urra e with the ir j ok e s, we re e sse n t ia l pa rts of e ve ry banque t, a s a lso wa s the m usic o f the sym phon ia c i , whic hmusth ave gre a tly in te rfe re d with the c onve rsa ti on of the gue sts .

TH E F O R D H AM M ON T H L Y .

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p le a se d us and we c on t inu e d re ad ing rona’ea zlx ,trz

'

olets,

ric h suc c e ssion . T he rhym e s a nd e xpre ssi ons we rent tha t we fa n c ie d the whole a c ol le c tion O f B a l la des

nc ie n t troubadour,m in us the c oa rse n e ss. T his must

be what M r. M a uric e Egan c a l ls the brze a l ra e st .y le Won

de r if A ustin D ob son w i l l la st. H e ha s c e rta in ly straye d

away from the roya l highway of l ite ra ture in to strange bypa ths. Why , he re i s a n e a t ly - bound e d i tion o f M a c C a ulay

’

s

e ssays, and he re is the e ssay on Wa rre n H a st ings, w ith the

b lu e .

fam ous d e script i on of B urk e’

s c losing spe e c h . .T he se book sse em to be l i ttle u se d ; s trange — M a c C a ulay ha s sucha gra c e

ful style—r—S torie s from H om e r and Virgil withc op ious n o te son G re e k dom e st ic “l ife , patriot ic a l ly bound in re d

,whi te and

T he A the n ianshad no windows or orn am e n t on the

stre e t sid e o f the ir house s.

”Poor A the n ian s T he re is

D eQu inc y, too ,and n e a r him Sha irp a nd I rv ing a nd H e lps.

I t is within a m inute of the ha lfhour . We spe n t too m uc htim e with A ust in D obson . L I B R IVE R M I S .

C OL L E GE WOR L D .

T he good - n a ture d L e/zzg/zB a rr i s to be a F ortmgfitly .

’

I he

B a rr tak e s c ritic ism with a ge n t le , winn ing gra c e , m u c h inthe sam e way in wh ic h its a thle t ic Organ i za ti ons su ffe r de

fe a t. T he O c tob e r issu e is fu l l of ’

n ews and dogge re l .T he L af aye tte appe a rs twic e a m on th

,a nd

,strange to say,

th e iss-u e s of th is ye a r a re be tte r than la st ye a r’

s num be rs

whic h we re m on th ly . T he n ew c ove r i s v e ry b e c om ing.

We c omm e nd the e n te rprise O f the n ew board .

T he re is th is pe c u l ia rity about the S t. Vza te a r s C ol l ege

journa l . whe n yo u lay hold Of it wi th a View to re ad ing, i tinva riab ly fa l ls apa rt. T his 1 5 not,of c ourse

,a lite ra ry d e

fe e t,but i t -is a d e fe c t

,ne ve rthe le ss. We love to look a t

p la in, la rge . type and c ompa c t b ind ing a nd c h e e ry look inga rtic le s. R usk in pu ts the se am ong the n ote s of a n in te re sting book . S e v e ra l of our e xc hange s have e xtreme ly dimtype and extre m e ly poor b ind ing.

T he N ews L e tte r from G rinne l l,I owa

,ha s produce d a

d isqu isit ion on“T ransit gloria ninnd i

,

’

in ve rse . T he

thoughts a re ce rta in ly high, bu t e ve n the N ews L e tte r w i l ladm it tha t the d ic tion is prosy . We have ofte n c omm e nd e d

the N ews L e tte r’

s c op ious n ews de pa rtm e n t,a lways fu l l and

c omm un ic a tive,a s who wou ld

_say,

“T he world ha s h e ard

e nough ab out Spr ing and othe r sub j e c ts,but no t e n ough O f

Upper I owa U nzoe rszéf, G rzmze l l , I owa .

T he F ay e tte C ol legza rz holds forth on the e v i ls of toba c c o,

the fi lthy stuff,

”to use the C ol legz

'

a n’

s words.

“B y i t the

Sp in a l c hord is a ffe c te d by i t the m ind is im pa ire d by i t

the whole system i s de range d .

- So fa r the C ollegia n, M r .

R . E . F riars, you w i l l neve r re form an abuse by e xagge ra

ting its eff e c ts . S how us two sm ok e rs wit h de range d sp in a lc hords— or ra the r a ffe c te d spina l c hords and de range d sys

tem s . We have he a rd tha t L o rd T e nnyson smok e s,and ye t

'

N EWS O F T H E M O N T H .

Y a l e is now sta rt ing on he r 1 87 th ye a r.

A new C a thol ic c ol le ge wi l l soon b e'

e re c te d in S t . H e le n a,

N apa C O .

, C a l .

O ur ,two gre a t lexic ographe rs, Webs ter a nd Worc e ste r,are gradua te s of Y al e .

T he re are gradua te s of _forty - four d iffe rent c ol le ge s in the

C olum b ia law sc hoo l .Pre siden t M c C Oshde c lare s tha t sinc e be abo lishe d se c re t

soc l e tie s a t Prin c e ton the re ha s b e e n b e tte r ord e r,le ss drink

mg, and - l e ss Opposit i on to the fa c u lty .

T he D a rtm oa tfi is sa id to hav e the la rgest c irc u la t ion o f

any o f the c olle ge pape rs— 1,1 00 c op ie s pe r 1 ‘ssu e .

E ve ry stude n t who app l ie s for a sc hola rship a t D a rtmouthmust sign a p le dge no t to u se toba c c o i n a ny form whi le re

c e iving a id from the c ol le ge .

N in e ty m em b e rs of H a rvard’

90 fa i led to pa ss the Jun e

we hav e se e n no a c c oun t of his sp ina l c hord troub l ing him .

A m ong a host o f sound m e n,we m igh t m ode stly m e n tion

ourse lv e s,whose sp in a l c hords a re fa ir, a s sp ina l chords go .

S a id a F re n c hm an to Volta ire,

“C offe e 1 s a s low bu t sure

poison . very slow,

re p l i e d Vo lta ire,

‘‘

I have be e n u s

ing it for the la st e ighty ye a rs ’

T he H a a e rf ora’za n i s e vide n tly unde r a l igh t m inde d, ge n

tlem an ly influe n c e ; but we think i t la c k s tha t n ote wh ic hM a tth ew A rnold finds in C a rd inal N ewm an

’

s writ ingsa rba nz

'

ty : Why shou ld i t a tta c k the N otr e D am e S e lzolastz'

o

for pub l ishing an a rt ic le on the so - c a l le d re form a tion .2 T o t

c ap i ta , quot se n te n t ia e . We se e things d iffe re ntly . I f spa c e

p e rm i tte d we wou ld re ad i ly quote from the H a z'e rf or a’zan a

n ob le e d i toria l on the e nd a nd sc ope of e duc a t ion .

T he S tude nt from C um b e rland U n ive rsi ty ha s a v e ry i i1

te re sting a rtic le on“H igh e r T hings .

”T he l in e We rise '

on ste pp ing ston e s of our de ad se lve s to h ighe r th ings,” is am ut i la te d quota t ion . I t shou ld run

“M en m ay r ise on step

p ing O f tnez'

r d e ad se lve s, e tc .

T he C oneora’

z'

ensz’

s from U n ion d id we l l to c ha nge i tsc ove r. T he pre se n t d e sign is simp le and ve ry ne a t . T he

O c tob e r issue prin ts nam e s o f a rt ic le s wh ic h a re to appe a r

in the forth c om ing num be rs a l l of th e se artic le s with on ee xc e pt ion wi l l b e writte n by U n ion m e n

,‘

T he G eorgetown C ol lege journa l c om es to us in a new

c ov e r. I ts ge n e ra l appe aranc e i s m uc h im prove d . T he

t era ry N otes whi c h w i l l c on t i nue througha l l the l ssue s a re

an e xc e l le n t fe a ture .

T he Xawer wa s on e of the e a rl ie st a rriva ls in our sa nctum“

.

I tWi l l h e n c e forth be issue d m on th ly . T im e wi l l n o t p e r

m it us to not ic e m ore than the ge n e ra l sprightl in e ss of thepape r.

e xam in a ti on . S e ve n’

8 8 m ena nd fifty’

89 have a lso beendroppe d in to the c la ss be low them .

—'

N Y . H era ld .

T he re a re on ly two sta te s in the U n i on.not repre se n te d

am ong the stude n ts of C orne l l .T he Japan e se stude n ts of the U n ive rsi ty O f M ic higanh ave a soc i e ty whic h they c a l l B ungakuk ia .

T he la rge st gradua t ing c la ss i n the world 1 5 tha t o f C hautanqua U n ive rs ity . In 1 886 gradua te d .

T he re a re 51 0 stude n ts a t N Otre D am e U n ive rsity, S outhB e nd

,Ind .

A son of L awye r C hoa te , O f N ew Y ork,wa s re c en tly

se ve re ly in jure d by the sophom ore s of Wi l l iam s c o l le ge ,whi le th e y we re ha z ing him .

I t is announ c e d tha t O vid ’

s tom b ha s b e e n d isc ov e re d .

T he loc at ion 1 5 a t A n ado lk io i,n e a r Kuste ndam i . T he ston e

m a rk ing the tom b re pre se nts O v id ’

s a rriva l a t the i sla nd of

T om i,wh e n he wa s b an i she d thithe r by A ugustu s, A . D .

,8 .

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in e ss O f w itn e ssing a gam e the othe r day fromw indow.

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1_

he doubtfu l v ic tory a nd the va riouse s a nd the dust of onse t thri l le d u s through a nd

have d isc overe d,on . arranging our proof- she e ts, th a t

thre e e xc e l le n t c on tribut ions m ust

-

be om itte d— “A

isc e n c e . of O l ive r G oldsm ith,” by J . J . B e rry,

of the R od,b e ing the se c ond S a nc tum l e c

tte r. ,I f we ha d a la rge r sub

a fford . to a c c e pt a l l c on tribu t ions ;a t pre se n t, we m ay n o t in c re a se

ssue s. H ow e ve r, in the C hristm a s i l lusnumb e r e a c h of the thi rte e n e di tors wi l l“ be given two

d page-s tO fi ll w ith prose o r ve rse

,a c cord ing to the

c ulia r e vo lut ionof hi s—

id e a s .

A s We go to pre ss, good news c om e s

‘

to u s abou t two

i'

c ien t and'

honore d a lumn i . M r. M organ J . O’B ri e n ha s

e n n om ina te d for Judge of S uprem e C Ourt '

a nd G e n . Ja s .

O’

B e irne for S e n a tor . Wh e n the n ews first c am e we had

zrious thoughts of pu tting - our ide a s in to a m ode rn lyric ;i t an approve d '

m ode rn lyric m ust towe r m idway in to theninte lligible , a nd it

‘

m u st bore e ve rybody but the wri te r .

“

“

ow we h ave no h e a rt to bore anyone , m uch le ss O ur tru ei ends . abov e m e n t ioned . S .) we c ongra tu la te a nd w ishrem suc c e ss in sin c e re , hom e - l ik e fa shion .

E ve n a t the e le v enth hour news c om e s of two m arriage sawhich a l l O ld F ordham m e n a re in te re ste d . C o l . Johnwe e ny,

’

7 3 , and _M issA nna S te dm an

,O f L awre nc e

,M a ss ;

ad L ie ut . D av id Price , U . S . A .

,and M iss A l in e H a rgOus .

C o l . Swe e ny is we l l known to a ll o ld boys o f’

7 2 a nd’

73 ,

with whose wel l w ish es we Jo ln our own . We trust M issH a rgous w i l l n o t d isl ik e b e ing c a l le d a grandda ugh te r o f S t .

John ’

s ; s'

uc h,

’

inde e d,is the re la tion ship, fo r M r. P . A . H a r

gous ’

56 , re m em be rs S t. J ohn ’

s a s his A lmaM a te r,wh ich

,in

turn,c a l ls him a worthy son— e rgo , Fordham se nds the brid e

a grand - m a terna l b l e ssing.

Ve ry sin c e re ly yours,‘

M . T . M C M A H O N .

S om e m on ths ago , wh i le rumm aging about,we fe l l upon

an e pic poem in manusc rip t, yc le pt T he M ystic R ag,”

writte n l ong ye a rs ago by G e n . M . T . M cM ahon,

’

55. T he

sc e n e is la id in the o ld study ha l l, a nd the h e ro is the Pro

fe ssor O f H istory . We we re sure th a t G e n . M c M ahon

would re ad the '

ep ic of his .c o llege da ys with m uc h p l e a sure ,

so we se n t it ' On . H e re is the a n swe r :

E di tors of t/ze F ordlza nz M ont/zly

I re c e ive d the c opy of T he M ystic R ag ’

whic h you we rek ind e nough to se nd m e .

I t is of re c ord tha t a m an’

s sins wi l l find him out,bu t I

th ink he m ight p le a d, a fte r a th ird o f a c e n tury, the sta tu te

of“l im ita t ion s

,and I am de c ide d ly in c l in e d to do so wh e n I

re'

a-d this. c opy o f the produc t ion .

,

I n se lf de fe nse,le t. m e

add tha t th e re a re in this c opy, whic h , by the way, is no t in

m y ha ndwritin g a s fa r\

a s I c a n judge , m any om issions, no ton ly of words but of two or thre e‘

entire sta n za s. S om e of

th e se stan za s we re writte n a fte r the c apture a nd c onfisc a ti ono f the origin a l doc um e n t and a t the sugge stion of F a the rSm ariu s O ne of them

,wh ic h I foun d ou

-

a fragm e n t som e

t im e sinc e a nd whic h,if I c an re c over i t n ow

,

‘

I wi l l se nd toyou, m ust h ave be e n om itte d b e c ause O f a pun c on ta in e d“

the re in an d-

which'wa s no doubt c on side re d too v i l la in ousto be pe rpe tua te d ; and ye t suc h is the pe rv e rsi ty o f hum an

n a ture tha t that ‘

stanza and the a fore sa id pun I c on side r theon ly thing to be proud o f in the whole poem .

O th e r stanza s Om itte d in the c opy you se n t'

m e we re pe r

haps dropp e d out be c au se of som e“ hum orous a l lusi ons n o t

wholly c om p lim e n ta ry to de a r O ld F a th e r H ille nm e ye r’

s

p e rsona l app e a ra n c e . T hose who c an go b a c k tha t '

fa r in

m em oryWil l re c a l l the fa c t tha t he wa s no t a professiona lb e au ty, and a fte rwa rds

,whe n he

‘

wa s po isoned by c onta c twi th po ison ivy, he wa s a n absolute m a rve l .

_

I thank you for.

se nd ing - m e this l ittle m anusc ript— it

brings ba c k m a ny p le a sa n t m em ori e s .

28 TH E F O R D H A M”

M oN TH L Y .

SA N C T UM S A N C T OR UM ; OR ,YE E D I TOR ’

S : I N JVE R L A I R .

R ap R ap R ap ! C om e in (with'

ge ntle rising in fe c ti on .)R ap ! R ap ! R ap ! C om e z

’

n / t (ve ry shri l l sta c c a to .) T he

door ope n s ge n tly and our m a i l bag e n te rs look ing woe - b e

gon e a nd c on sc i e nce stric k e n . S it down now a nd show us

wh a t you have,

D e laye d by snow storm s ? T ha t’s right,sc a tte r e ve rything, le tte rs a nd pape rs, a l l ove r the floor

Why th e re ’

s a l e tte r from L oc kport . N . Y .

,som e n e w sub

sc ribe r,no doubt . L e t us re ad i t .

E di tors F ord/l am l l/ont/zly .

Y our first issue a t ha nd . I t’

s a good one,a nd you m ay fe e l

j ustly proud O f your work .

'

I t is no fun a fte r a long va c a

t ion to ta k e up the qu i l l a nd re e l o ff l ine a fte r l in e of m a tte r

for‘

a c ol le ge pape r. T hose o f you who h a ve be e n'

the re”

— the o ld e d itors— k’now'

this fu l l we l l . B ut e n ough ! E u

c lose d you wi l l find on e dol la r fo r subsc ription . Wishing tobe hon e st a s this world gOe s, I c a nd id ly c on fe ss tha t if I amin your de b t fo r la st ye a r, I know it n o t . B ut if you wi l l b eso k ind a s to te l l m e I w i l l forwa rd paym e n t .

Wi shing you e ve ry suc c e ss in the e d i toria l l in e th is ye a r,I rem a in

,ve ry tru ly yours,

T H O M A S H . B A R R E T T .

S ubsc ription B ook N ow I wi l l se e d ire c tly wh e the r F r.

B a rre tt is in our de b t . B — B a rry— B a rre tt

,R e v . T hom a s

H ., pa id subsc ription e a rly la st ye a r ; pa id, too , fo r ye a r pre

c e e ding—

. on e o f our be st fr ie nds— wish o th e rs wou ld tak e

e x am p le of him . Y e s,i t i s anything but fun to ge t ou t the

first issu e,and un fortuna te ly the c a se is pre tty m uc h the

sam e for the se c ond and third .

G iv e m e tha t la rge re gi ste re d le tte r. B - o - s - t—o- n M - a - s - s

E ston,a nd a registe re d le tte r ! our e d i toria l finge rs trem b le

a s we bre ak op e n the e nve lope .

2 4 E R I E S T R E E T,

C A M B R ID G E PO R T,M A S S .

D e a r M essrs . E di tors .

I re c e ive d T H E M O N T H LY "arid thank you fo r so k ind lyrem em b e ring m e . I t ga ve m e

(gre a t ple a sure to re a d of the

re turn of so m a ny to the c ol lege , a nd it m ade m e fe e l asthough I wou ld l ik e to be ba c k

'

aga in ,for a lthough I l ik e

b e ing a t hom e,1 c a nnot say tha t I l ik e the c hange a fte r a l l

,

for the sc hool work se em s ha rd e r h e re . 1 am now a t B ostonc ol lege . I hav e to le a ve hom e ve ry e a rly in the morn ing to a t

te nd m a ss and be gin s tud i e s a t 9 O ’

c loc k ; be side s I hav e l ittlere c re a t i on . P le a se rem e m b e r m e to M r. We b e r

,m y form e r

te a c h e r,and to the boys . R e v . F r. O

’

R e i l ly, who is h e re,

o fte n spe a k s O f F ordham . H e

'

ha s giv e n m e on e dol la r to

e nc lose wi th m in e a s subsc ription fo r T H E - M O N T H LY,whic h

you wi l l p le a se se nd him . Wi th be st wi she s for your h e a ltha nd happ in e ss, I rem a in

Y ou rs re spe c tfu l ly, E . A . D R U M M O N D .

We l l,this i s c on sol ing, two dol la rs a nd a l l . T hird D iv i

s ion is flourish ing, E d .

,a s you wi l l se e from the reporte r's

a c c oun t . S o F r. O'

R e il lyl.

sti l l rem em b e rs us . T h e re are

m a ny h e re who rem em be r him .

PLA T O :

Wha t is the supe rsc rip t i on on tha t la rge c om m un ic a tionlook s l ik e a short h istory of Chosroe s I I .

,re c e nt ly d isc ove re d

on an E gypt ian bric k . A n e xpostu la t ion Whew ! L iste nT o the G entlem e n m izo R epr esent T be M ont/zly .

S z'

rs — I n your la st issue I e xpe c te d to find a word or two

about S e c ond D iv ision and a word or two m ore about fi rst ; Iwa s no t pa rt ic u la rly in te re ste d in T hird . I O pe ned yourpape r on page 1 2

,a nd the re I saw a sight whi c h se n t a thri l l

of hon e st ind ign a t ion right through m e . O n e page of loc a lsa nd tha t in sm a l l prin t . M e ssrs . E d i tors

,I b lush for you

and le av e you to your own rem orse fu l though ts . T his is a

v e ry pa inful subj e c t to m e,so I rem a in

A t your se rvic e , C A M B Y SE S, (2 d D iv .)

S lowly, slowly now,m y young E gypt ian : Y Ou o

’

pe ii'

e d

T -H E M O N T H LY on page 1 2 and saw a page of sm a l l prin t,“and a thri l l of ind igna tion sho t right through you . Y ourc a se is e vide n tly a b ad one . We wou ld adv ise you,

neve r

h e nce forth to touc h,ta ste orha nd le sm a l l prin t . I t is da n

ge rons for your c on st i tu t i on . A bove a l l a void two page s ofsm a l l prin t, be c a use th e y wi l l in e v itably se nd two thri l ls o findign a ti on right through you . And

"

the n,Oh C am byse s,

you migh t fade away in to the m umm y sta te .

H er e is a n e a tly wri tte n c om m un ic a t ion,da te d S tudy H a ll

,

F irst D ivisi on, P . M .

E ditors of M ont/zly .

G entlem e n — I do not write w ith the in te n ti on of m ak inga c om pla int, on the c on tra ry, I wa s d e l igh te d wi th the O c tob e r num be r.

”

B ut I m ust in just ic e say tha t the re is m uc hroom for im prov em e n t. Y ou had a n A lum n i c olum n la stye a r. D o you. m e a n to c on t inue it ? I c e rta in ly se e no di f

fic ulty in m ak ing the A lum n i n ews a ve ry in tere sting fe a ture .

I t is no t possib l e th a t the o ld boys a re unwi lling to se nd on

oc c a sion a l ly.

som e sm a l l i tem about th emse lve s and the irfrie nds . T he n

,wha t ha s be c om e .O f the R em inisc e n c e s ? I f

you but gue sse d wha t ple a sure the se re c olle c tions gave “

your

re ade rs la st ye a r, you wou ld m ak e eve ry

.

e ffort to c on tinuethem . I hope you wi l l pre se rve T H E M O N T H LY ’

s in te r‘

ésting

spright l in e ss . T h e re is a dange r of b e ing too h e avy . Withbe st w ish e s fo r your succ e ss

,I rem a in

Y ours ve ry re spe c tfu l ly,We thank you ve ry sin c e re ly, Pla to,Qfor your e v ide n t i h

te re st and good w i l l . We in te nde d incorpora t ing the A lum n in ews in the F ord/zam ensza . I f this do e s no t suc c e e d we

wi l l a dopt a ny o the r se nsibl e p la n . T he R em in isc e nc e s a 1 eto c on t inue w i th e a ch issue . We hope tha t you a nd othe rswi l l c on t inue m ak ing use fu l sugge stion s a s the ye a r go e s out .

TH E F O R D H AM M O N TH L Y . 29

D . A . M E R R I C K_,

’

53 .

and the re c e ntly de c e a se d F r. T hebaud we re

5 who c am e from Ke ntuc ky to S t . John ’

s C o l

a s a t the b eginn ing of 1 846 . In the sum m e r

u its took c ha rge o f the in st itution . T he

n tinued to te a c h a c c ord ing to the m e thodir a rriva l

,tha t is

,the system of hav ing on e

ry bran c h Of studies. In 1 84 7 , th e y in trosystem o f te a c hing. F a the r D a ubre sse

d id

e som e othe r fam ous m us ic ian shad n o de a l ings with the boys,Jose ph ’s C hurc h in T roy, andwa s rem a rk ab le , not on ly forvo ic e , a nd for hav ing be en a

in"

the ope ra at“

V i e nna,but for

“

wife,in on e of the Ways in whic h

e : hav ingm ade a re tre a t in R om e,

she'

e n te ring a C onve n t and he

The ba ud was Pre s ide n t,F r. M urphy Pre fect of

and Fr. D u M e rle Pre fe c t of D isc ip l in e . F r. D u

was m y ide a l of a m an,ta l l and robust a nd handsom e .

.t_snuff

,no t on ly into his n ose , but a ll a longhis fron t,

i c e d m olasse s With the a c c e n t 011 the first sy l lab le ,the boys , we l l, and wa s be l ove d by a ll

,I think

, witheption .

tAt the vo ic e O f ob e d ie nc e and cha rity heC anadaf

rw11 e re the typhus wa s raging among the

m igran ts, and d ie d o f the d ise a se . O the r F a the rsFordham a t this t im e

,m any of whom ha ve sin c e

.he ir c are e r.

1 e of those who c am e from Ken tucky as prie sts a reve . O f the first ge n era t ion O f

' J e su it prie sts in S t.C ol le ge two only st i l l l ive

,the v e n e rab le .F a th e rs

n e t and D aubre sse .\ F r . D aubre sse c am e d ire c t ly

ran c e . D uranque t by ways of N ew .O rle ans. F r.

1 5,a v e ry

~ t1ny m an c orpora l ly, but gre a t“ in goodO l id k nowle dge , and, a bove a ll

,v irtue a nd pie ty, had

of the S oda l ity. . H is harangrie s to us a fte r Our m a ss

day m orn ings we re fu l l O f unct ion ; In the e ve n ing,we Went to the study ha l l, he used to re c ite wi th us1lay - r— oom the be ads and the l itany of the B le sse da lways re pe a ting a se c ond t im e the in voc a tion;e of S inn e rs, pray for us . T O him

,the Whole tim e

rem a in e d at S t . John ’

3 (Whic h wa s about twe n ty - five

a l l the boys we n t to c onfe ssion,a lm ostWithout e xc e p

thingwh ic h F '

r T issot d isapprov e d of,O n the an ti

)ly princ ip le—" J suppose the re 1 8 suc h a thing a s oppoln trade .

the O ld-e st m an in the house , bu t who c ould p lay

A ll d id n ot c om e from Ke n tuc ky . In

T he T re a sure r Of the C o llege was

on his way to_

the I nd i e s.

m a rb le s,hand - ba l l

,or any oth e r gam e wi th a s m uch l ife a s

a ny boy on the p lay ground . A gre a t m an for j o in ing in a ll

the gam e s wa s F a the r, th e n M r . , T isso t Whe n we p layedfoot ba l l

, ge n e ra l ly he a nd M r. G rave s,a sc hola st ic from

Ke n tuc ky, We re p la c e d on O pposite s ide s . M 1 . G ra ve s

m ind e d his ba se , b e c ause w i th a k ic k he c ou ld se nd the ba l labout a s fa r a s on e m an

’

s leg c ou ld m ak e it go . M r. T isso twork e d the ba l l a round the - fie ld

,

‘

som e tim e s wi th dam age to

his own shin s . O n e day he appe a re d with a n e w pa ir o fboots

,wi th. so le s about an in c h th ic k ; tha t day he ha d a

pre tty c le a r fie ld . T he on ly Ke n tuc ky sc hola stic s now l iv inga re F r. H e nry H udon'

,a t pre se n t S upe ri or of the M issi on

a t C an ada,and F r . N a sh

,O f T roy . T he se we re no t n a t ive s

of Ke n tuc ky, bu t th e y b e c am e J e su i ts th e re . F a the rs T isso t,

N a sh and Q u i l le t we re c hap la in s during the wa r, a s is kn own .

T he study-room wa s k e pt by F a the r R e gn ie r, a F re n c h

C an a d ia n ,the

.

first J e suit orda in e d from F ordham .. H e had

a round f a c e with baby e ye s, a lways smi l ing, a nd wa s a c c ustom e d to pa ss his sn uff

- box to the boys who sign a l le d for it .

T he use O f snuff b e c am e quite the vogue for a ve ry l ittleWh i le

,and ve ry youthfu l ge n t lem e n had th e ir ta ba tz'e re s . B ut

so ve ry nu- A m e ric an a m a z e did no t la st long. A s Profe ssor

Of C h e m ist‘ry we had F r. Pottge ise r, who a fte rwa rds be c am e

a gre a t pu lp it ora tor in G e rm any, and is now a tta c he d to

the G e rma n M issi on in the U n ite d S ta te s .

F inal ly the re we re - two n ovic e s who a ttra c te d our a tte n

t ion . B oth ha d rosy c h e e k s and l ight ha ir, and, in ste ad O f

the c onventi on a l bare tta,th e y wore ta ll p lug ha ts. T he se

b e c am e F r. Sherloc k , who was a c c ide n ta l ly k i l le d in C an ada ,and F r . D e a ly, la te Pre side n t O f the C ol lege .

F a the r D risc o ll,

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who began his stud ie s la te in l ife,wa s a

m an of gre a t n a tura l ta le n t and e loqu e nc e ; M ost of hisl ife wa s sp e n t in

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the S a c re d M in istry ; he wa s Pre side nt O fS t . F ra nc is Xav ie r’s C ol lege ; “

and a fte rwa rds Supe rior a nd

Pa stor inT roy, whe re he bu i lt the C hurc h of S t . M icha e l .‘

H e d ie d som e ye a rs ago a t the C ollege and_

is burie d in the

c em e te ry. F a th e r R yan wa s a gre a t c hurc h bu i lde r . Whi leProfe ssor a t. F ordham

,he

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bu i lt the c hurc h in Y onk e rs. H e

a lso bu i lt . the o ld C hurc h O f S t. F ran c is Xav i e r in 1 6 th

stre e t . H e did no t die in the S oc i e ty . H is la st work wa sthe e re c tion O f the C hurc h O f the Imm a c u la te C onc e pt ionin E a st 1 4thstre e t .

I t s e em s to m e,howe ve r

,tha t the le ad ing figure in F ord

ham in the t im e I spe ak of,that is

,the

’

4o’

s,

—for I k nown othing O f the e a rly history o f the C o llege a fte r

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1 850— wa s

F a th e rWm M urphy . F a th e r M urphy wa s the n e ph ew ofB ishop M urphy of C ork

,a c e lebra te d b ibl iom ani a c

,who

posse sse d a gre a t l ibra ry fi l l e d with ra re volum e s p ic k e d up

a t a l l the book sta l ls in the U n i te d Kingdom . H a v ing be e ne duc a ted 1n F ranc e

,he e nte re d the S oc ie ty of J e sus the re .

N or d id he e ve r se e his n a t ive c oun try aga in ,un le ss pe r

c hanc e from the de c k of the sa i l ing v e sse l wh ic h broughthim to A m e ric a .

. H e refused the pe rm i ssion to visi t hism othe r when about to c ross the A tlan t ic to n e ve r re turn ; a s

i s sa id of S t . F ranc is Xav i e r_wh e n he pa sse d through Spa in

N e ve rthe le ss he thought of his

30 TH E F O R D‘

H A M M O N TH L Y .

m oth e r,for he to ld us, in his own way, tha t th e re wa s a

t im e wh e n he wore c urls and wh e n his m oth e r thought hima s ha ndsom e a boy a s a ny of our m o th e rs though t a ny on e

O f us . F r. M urphy wa s the pe rson who had m ost to dow ith outsid e rs . H e w ie lde d a lso a gre a t de a l of a uthorityw i thin the C olle ge . H is ha i r wa s qu it e wh ite , though hewa s l ittle ov e r fi fty ; he wore spe c ta c le s, whic h add e d to the

in te l le c tua l a nd pre c ise im pre ssi on of his spa re fe a ture s a nd

form . F a th e r M urphy wa s no t an ora to r ; his forte wa sl i te ra ture . H e wa s a gre a t purist, an adm ire r of the c la ssic sof the la st c e n tury . T he re m ay h ave b e e n a m e thod in hi ste a c hing, a s the re is sa id to b e in som e pe ople ’

s m adn e ss,

but i t wou ld pu zz le anyon e to fi nd i t out . B ut wha t is c e r l

ta in w i th re ga rd to our c la ss is tha t we c am e in to his handsthe rawe st k ind o f m a te ria l

,and wh e n we l e ft i t th e re wa s

no t on e who c ou ld n o t produc e a t' le a st a de c ent p ie c e

o f E ngl ish c om posi tion . When the re wa s a d e ba te o r som e

thing O f_tha t k ind

,his c ustom wa s to c a l l the ora tors in

turn to his room,to re ad a loud to him wha t th e y had pre

pa re d . T h is wa s a t the hour whic h he had c hosen for thee x e rc ise o f sha v ing. T h e n

,his fa c e c ove re d with la th e r

,t

a nd ra zor in hand,he wou ld hold forth him se lf som e tim e s :

for half a n hour "

to the e dific a t ion o f his single l iste n e r.

k

A n d he a lways sa id good things . Pe rhaps he would showyou his sl ippe rs with the brown pape r he had .

in side of the mto k e e p his fe e t wa rm for he Wa s a gre a t dyspe pti c . T hisdyspe psi a wa s the c ause O f his fina l ly l e av ing N ew Y ork .

B e s ide s be ing fo r a wh ile Sup e rior O f the M ission of N ew

Y ork,he wa s m ad e a lso S upe ri or O f

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th e prov in c e of M is

souri . H e re,a t S t . L ou is

,he found tha t the m uddy wa te rs

o f the M issi ssipp i agre e d w ith his d ige st ion ; and he fina l lye nde d his days, a t a ve ry a dvan c e d age , a s is fre que n tly thec a se w i th dyspe pt ic s, in the C ity of N ew O rle an s

,wh e re he

c ou ld im b ibe of the M iss issipp i m ud and wa te r a s c op i ouslya s he p le a se d . H is O ld age m u st have b e e n a ve ry m e l lowon e

,and I h av e h e a rd th a t i t w a s . Inde e d

,he wa s n e ve r a

c ross dyspe pt ic ; he m ay have suffe re d him se lf,but he did

no t m a k e o th e rs suff e r. We unde rstood the n,and b e l ie ve d

i t, tha t he c on tribute d a gre a t d e a l to m ak e‘

the F a th e r’

s

R e c re a tion p le a san t . H e

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wa s an e nd le ss story - te l le r . Wh e nhe saw a sc rap O f pape r 0 11 the ground , he wou ld p ic k it up ;i f i t c on ta in e d an a n e c dote

,he k e p t i t ; if n ot

,he threw i t

away . We a l l re gre t te d not hav ing tak e n note s of his storie sin the c la ss, for by the e nd o f the ye a r we shou ld h ave ha d av e ry c on side rab le vo lum e . A gre a t d e a l o f the e ffe c t O f

wh a t he sa id,howe ver

,c am e from his way o f say ing it. H e

wou ld look c on te m p la t iv e ly a t the ba c k o f his hands,a s i f

adm iring the be auty O f his finge r- n a i ls

,and th e n te l l us a n

a n e c do te, pe rhaps for the

the sam e m ann e r.

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O n e

wa s l i ttle fa tigu e in this c la ss ; wh ic h fa c t; a s i t adde d to'

the ir in te re st, proba bly c on tribute d to the boys’

suc c e ss .

N or wou ld i t do to try to play a tric k on him or tak e a dvan

tage of his we akn e ss. F or'

e xe rc ise of L a tin he ge n e ra l lygave us a p i e c e in v e rse . O n e of the young ge n ts was in

the hab it of throwing his e xe rc ise in to the sam e form and

re turn ing a p i e c e of E ngl ish p o e try, whic h wa s a ve ry fre e

tra n sla tion of the origina l inde e d, but whic h ga in e d fo rhima good posit ion in the l ist O f p la c e s tha t wa s re ad the fo l

lowing we e k . O n e O f his c om rad e s d isc ove re d this gam e,

a s he c on side re d i t,a nd tri e d his own hand in the sam e way ;

he found h im se lf a t the foot o f the l ist .

I n on e way on ly Fr. M urphy bore d us ; he wa s c onstan tlyabusing N apole on B ona pa rte . N ow N apole on m ay haveb e e n a l ive to him

,bu t to u s he wa s m ore de ad th an C ae sa r or

A le xande r,o r than the B on apa rte s are to - day. N e ve rthe le ss

i t wa s c omm on the n fo r strol l ing I ta l ia n s to hawk p la ste r ofPa ris e ffigie s O f the gre a t E m pe ror, and for l ittle boys to

pose , a rm s fo lde d a nd on e le g adva nc e d,in re pre se n ta ti on

o f the prison e r o f S t . H e le n a .

T h ese thre e F a the rs,M urphy, R yan and D risc ol l

,we re

grave a nd auste re m e n,ve ry d ign ifie d a nd ge n tlem a n ly .

I nde e d,it m ay be sa id of a l l the J e su it prie sts of th a t tim e

,

tha t th e y we re m e n O f the o ld sc hoo l . I t wa s am using toh e a r F r. M urphy say M r. du M e rle “

o f F r. du M e rl e .

O ne o f the things tha t I wond e re d a t m uc h wa s the - e xtraord in a ry re c oll e c ti on of F 1 . M urphy whi le saying m a ss his

e ye s se em e d to b e c lose d . D uring the wa r,I have be e n

told,F r. M urphy be c am e ve ry intim a te in N ew O rleans wi th

G e n e ra l B ank s, so m uc h so tha t the inhab i ta n ts,whe n the y

wa n te d a favor, thought the be st way of obta in ing i t was byu sing the in flue n c e of the Y an k e e pri e st .

D O w ith this rough sk e tc h wha t you p le a se . S om e O f the

o the r boys m ight ha ve writte nmuc h m ore sa t isfa c tori ly ; theve ry fa c t of be c om ing a J e su i t ha s m ade m e

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,think le ss o f

the se tim e s . A la s ! how few o f th em the re a re . Proportion a l ly m ore of the younge r ge nera t i on o f J e suits a re

to - day in e xiste n c e than Of the ir pupi ls . I f you a sk e d the

V e ry R e v . Wm . Ke e gan ,V ic a r- G e ne ra l o f B rook lyn ,

to

wri te out fo r you wha t ize rem em b e rs about hi s O ld profe ssorsa nd sc hoolm a te s

,I am sure he would se nd you in re spon se

a v e ry c ha rm ing a rti c le . I have b e e n ab le to do l ittle m oreth an re c a l l n am e s. M ere n am e s m e an l itt le to the young;bu t som e tim e s th e y c on ta in m u c h food for thought to thosewho a re growing O ld .

TH E F O R D H A M'

I I O N I II L Y .

F OR D H A IVI E N S I A .

G E N E R A L S U R VE Y .

e have notic e d “

a gene ra l wak ing up 0 11 and abou t th isof R ose s. Win ter ha s la id a k e en finge r

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on the pu lseity.

“

T he n ew bo ys look a s if the y ha d grown up 1n

nity . T he pre va len t fe e ling, so fa r a s we c a n se e,is

a ti on— the T ha nk sgiv ing gam e s,the play, S t . C a th e r

ay, a nd abov e a nd be yond a l l,the C hristm a s holidays .

ti c e tha t few buns surv iv e the ga the ring a t 5 P . M .

,

fa c t is O f gre a t psyc o logic a l va lue . T h e re is a vague

ye arn ing the a ir for a tobogga n S l ide and ska tingT he re

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i s a lso a n appe a ran c e of suppre sse d he roismsel f in the look O f the e ye and

on of the lip ; foot ba l l is the rem ote c a usex

o f th is. In

rd the a ppe a ra n c e of th ings from the n orthe a st S a ne tnmow is glorious . M e ssrs . Wa lsh

,L unny and R ousse a u

,

le ft us la st ye arfo r the novi t ia te,se nd gre e t ing to a ll

frie nds .

F I R S T D I VI S I O /V.

he foot ba l l se a son ha s ope n e d in .e a rn e st . Im m e n se in

s c e nte re d in this sport, a s wa s se e n - by the num be rs

te nde d the m e e t ing to form an a sso c i a t i on . I t wa s

the A thle tic“

se le c ted

N O te am s who wi l l p lay a serie s o f gam e s,a nd from the se

.1 e re pre se n ta tive e le v e n ,wi l l be c hose n . F r . R e c tor

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ha s

indly c on se n te d to outside game s . M uc h sport is a n t ic ia te

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d .

‘

..G e orge L e itn e r, ’84 ,who

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spe nt his va c a ti on p laying on the

ndianapo l is L eague T e am ,re c e ntly pa id us a v isit. H e re

ards a L e ague e ngagem e n t a s a ve ry p le a san t and profi tab lea y of s pe nd ing a va c at ion . We have a lso re ce ive d c a l lstom J.

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G ayno r,’

87 , a nd J . C . Ke l ly.

M uc h exc item e nt ha s be en c a use d by the c la ss gam e s. A ll

.1 e“

gam e s we re wa tc he d with. in te re st,but during the

’

88

am e s inte re st; grew to in te n se e xc iteme n t,owing to the

rie ndly riva lry e xist ing b e twe e n Phi losophy a nd R he toric .

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he form e r suc c e e de d -

in de fe a ting the ir .riVa ls in two d e

iding gam e s,th e re by“

se c uring the pe nn an t .

M r. COllin S k ind ly offe re d thre e prizes for the be st a verage1 ba tt ing, ‘

ba se runn ing and fie ld ing.. We have not h eard

5 ye t who the fortun a te p laye rs a re .

T he mem be rs of the S oda l i ty m e t som e t im e ago“

in th e irhape l fo r the fa l l e le c t ions. T he re su lt wa s Juo . F . C la re

,

Pre fe c t,for the third c onse c u t ive t im e ; Wm .

-

E . H owle y,38

,and J . J . Ke an e

,

’

90 , we re m ade .a s

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s istan ts ; R . B .

Iushion,

’

88,S e c re ta ry ; G e o -B . D onn e l ly, ’

88,T re asure r ;

J .

\

D onova n,

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9 1 ,‘S a c rista n ; C oun se l lors, Wm . H .

I c C lintock ,’

88,C ha s. E . S im pson , ’

88,T hos. J . C a rm ody,

; o, a nd F . J .

-Wingerter,’

90 .

C on sidering the e a rn e stn e ss O f the la te foot ba l l gam e s,

e ry l ittle dem and ha s be e n m ade 011 the B roth e r a t the Inlrm a ry. T hey say tha t a good gam e be twe e n Y ale a nd’ri .nc e ton m ust ha ve at le ast one “

brok e n le g and,two l ittle

S E C O N D D I VI S I O N .

3 1

a ffa irs of d isloc a tion o f the sp ina l c olum n . We have no t

re a c h e d th is po int ye t .A n unusua l ly la rge numb e r of boys c am e ove r from S e c ond

D iv isi on thi s ye a r . T he y a re on a fa ir wa y to be ing thoroughly a c c l im a te d .

T he S e n ior D i v ision wi l l no t wan t am use m e n ts this win te r,

if rumo rs prove true . S om e throw out knowing hin ts abou ta toboggan sl ide ; if this proj e c t c om e s to anything, w e

, wi l lfind m a ny e n thu siasts

,a s the sport wi l l be qu ite a n ove lty

am ong us .

T he Phi losophe rs a re alre ady m ak ing p lans fo r th e ir outing on S t . C a the rin e ’

s D ay .

A t a m e e t ing o f the offic e rs o f the A thle tic A ssoc ia t ion,i t

wa s de c ided to hold the annua l sports on the first S unday ofN ove mb e r. T he in te re st in the se sports ha s of la te ye a rsc on side rab ly die d out. but hopes a re e nte rta in e d tha t th isye a r the boys wi l l m ak e them a suc c e ss .

O n S e ptembe r 30 th, 2 d D iv isi on Soda l ity h e ld its sem ia nnua l e l e c t i on s

,a t wh ic h the fol lowing o ffic e rs we re c hose n

Pre fe c t,F . D onn e l ly, ’

90 ; 1 st a ssistan t, Juo . S le v in, 90 ; 2 d a s

sistan t,D . A re l lan o

,

’

9 1 ; S e c_re tary, P . Qu in

,

’

9 1 ; Sa c ristan, M .

L e nnon, 9 1 ; rst L ec tor

,T . R e i l le y, ’

9 1 ; 2 d L e c tor,R .

C a rm ody ; M usic a l D ire c tor,T hom a s C umm ins.

S hortly a fte r the a nnua l re tre a t,2 d D iv isi on numbe re d

e ighty - two m embe rs ; of the se , se v e n ty - two we re boa rde rs a ndte n day sc hola rs. S om e days ago the re wa s a gre a t e igodus

to rst D iv isi on,whic h re duc e d the numbe r of boa rd e rs to

sixty - se ven.

T he re is this e n c ouraging sign about the p laying of the

Inv in c ib le s : the y say ve ry l i ttle during a gam e,thus re se rv

ing a ll spa re e n e rgy for fie ld -

p lay a nd ba tt ing.

G re a t prepa ra t ions are be ing m ade fo r the Tha nk sgivinggam e s, whic h, from a ll

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a c c oun ts,wi l l surpa ss -those o f a n v

“

pa st or future ye a r.

T he inge nuity of som e of. the younge r m em be rsin inve nt

ing new gam e s is ve ry rem a rk ab le . In the be ginn ing of the

se a son hand ba l l wa s qu ite c ommon, but a s the da ys grew

c o ld,som e m e a n s wa s sought for sav ing the ha nds

, som e“m ute inglori ous E de son th e n appe a red and 50 c omb in e dfoot ba l l and hand ba l l tha t the foot shoul d do se rv ic e for

.the -hand . T h e re is also gre a t in te re st ta k e n in qua l ify,Izouseba l l

,Iza fm’ M I]

,in a l l its m od ific a t i ons

,and

,of c ourse , f oot

ba l l .

T he re a re two or thre e boys 0 11 2 d whom,if we we re g

iv e nto c a l l ing n am e s

,we wou ld yc le pt paper fi ends . Whi le o the r

boys a re wak ing the e c hoe s of the fie ld,the se young ge n t le

m e n sit,a n c hore d in the re ad ing room . A huge b ook is

open b e fo re them . T he y a re a bsorbe d . I f you touc h th eml igh tly on the a rm

,they fe e l i t no t . A t re gu la r in te i va ls the y

sm i le grave ly to them se lv e s,a nd now a nd the n the y so fa l

32 T H E F O R D H AM M O N T H L Y .

ove rc om e th em se lve s a s to show a bad j ok e to a n e ighbor .

T he b e st fri e nds o f T H E M O N T H LY a re on 2 d D iv isi on .

T he e d itoria l boa rd hope s to m ak e th em som e re turn a t a

future day .

O n T hursday, O c tob e r 2 0 th,the la st gam e o f the ye a r wa s

p laye d b e twe e n the Inv in c ib l e s a nd the R ose H i l ls, Jrs . T he

c onte st ope n e d w i th the I nv in c ib le s a t the ba t, who we re re

ti re d in on e,two

,thre e orde r . B y good hi tt ing, c le ve r ba se

runn ing and a l i ttle loose playing on the pa rt o f th e ir oppon e n ts

,th e y m a nage d to c ross the pla te four t im e s in the sam e

num be r of inn ings . M e anw ihle things look e d ra the r b lu e forthe R ose H i l ls, fo r D av id ’

s c urve s,supporte d by bri l l ia n t

fi e ld ing, ba ffl e d the m ost stre n uous e fforts on the pa rt o f theb a tte rs .

Wh e n the fifth inn ing op e n e d, a c la ssi c a l R ose H i l lm utte re d to him se lf Quousque ta ndem abute re

,e tc .

”A la s

the I nv inc ib le s, hi th e rto v ic torious, h enc e forth had to re t ireto the b a c k ground, for the R ose H i l ls, bunc hing h i ts uponh i ts

,and a id e d by two or thre e c ostly .

e rrors, se c u re d n inerun s . H e nc e forth , a l though the I nv inc ib le s work e d ha rdthe gam e b e c am e one s ide d .

T IJ I R D D I V/5 1 0147 .

O n O c tob e r 4 th the se c ond n in e T yros c rosse d ba ts w i tha n in e from F ordham . T he gam e wa s v e ry c l ose a nd

p

in te r

e sting from b e ginn ing - to e nd . T he T yros won by a sm a l lsc ore . T he sam e n in e nam e up agam on the 7 th; th is tim e

the T yros p laye d m uc h b e tte r, a nd won by the sc ore of 9 to

4 .

C on tribut ion s for the n ew fi e ld a re c omm g l n ve ry rapid ly ;a c c ord ing to the la te st a c c oun ts work on it w i l l c omm e n c e in

C O L L E G E

A t the m e e ting of the D ram a t ic S oc ie ty, h e ld on M onday,O c tob er ro th

,the fol lowing offic e rs we re e le c te d Pre side n t,

J . F . C la re ,V i c e -

p re side n t, J . I . B lun ; S e c .

,F . Winge rte r ;

S tage M a n age r, J . C . M c N e i lly ; Prope rti e s, J . W. H e ffe rn .

N o twithstand ing the fa c t th a t the de pa rt ing c la ss of ’

8 7 tookaway w

ith i t a g1 e a t de a l of dram a tic ta le n t, e spe c i a l lyM e ssrs Winge rte r, M c C usk e r and Wa l la c e

,th e re is sti l l a

g1 e a t d e al le ft

,a nd the ye a r is e xpe c te d to be a v e ry suc c e ss

ful on e . T he 1 e c e 11 t 1 e turn of M r. Juo . W. H e ffe rn is a

sourc e of m uc h c ong1 a tula t10n am ong the m em be rs a nd

f rie nds o f the so c i e ty, a s he wi l l undoubte d ly prove a gre a t

a dd it i on to the soc i e ty’

s forc e s . T he play “T /ze B roke n

Sword,"is soon to b e produc e d by the soc i e ty, toge the rw ith

a sc e n e f1 om B ulwe r L ytton ’

s trage dy of‘‘

R iche l ie u f’

_

R e

he a rsa ls h av e a lre ady b e gun ,unde r the d ire c tion of M r .

Q u irk S . J . who i s aga in M ode ra tor o f the S oc ie ty . We fe e l '

sure tha t wi th suc h prom ising ta le n t a s M e ssrs . H e ffe rn,

a few days . E xpe rts in ba se b a l l m a tte rs sa y tha tS t . John ’

s H a l l wi l l have the be st grounds about thD ri l l fo r the n ew 3d D i vision c a de ts b ega n

‘

som e

T h e re se e m s to b e a gre a t d e a l of e n thusia sm in

pa ny . I t wi l l be c a l le d C om pa ny B .

T he S oda l ity is som ewha t d iffe re n tly a rra nge d fromye a r. F orm erly any on e c ould be adm itte d ; th is ye a r, heVe r

,the numbe r is l im ite d to twe n ty

- five . T he offic e rsthe pre se n t te rm a re : G i lb e rt E ga n , Pre fec t ; J . S .

rst a ssistan t ; J . M a h e r,

2 d a ssista n t . T he othe r offic e r'

s.

have no t a s ye t b e e n appoin te d . F r. Wa lsh is d ire c tor.

T he re su lt of the b a se ba l l e le c t ions,whic h d id not re a c h

us in tim e for la st issu e,is B yron M cKe own

, pre side n t ;E d . M c E lroy, v ic e

-

pre sid e nt ; Wm . Kyle , se c re ta ry ; C lare nc eWi l l i s

,m anage r .

O n O c tob e r i sth F r. Wa lsh ga ve the m em b e rs of the so

da li ty a fe a st ; i t i s n e e d le ss to say tha t the young soda l istse n j oye d th em se lve s imm e n se ly.

T wo or thre e we e ks ago the boys form e d a m ush - ba l l le agueo f e ight

.

n in e s on the D iv isi on . M a ny c lose and inte re stinggam e s we re witn e sse d by an adm iring aud ie n c e . A s the t e

quisite num b erof gam e s have no t be e n p laye d, the v ic toriousc lub is ye t to be known .

T he n ew un iform s fo r the 3d D 1v 1 s1 on c ade ts w i l l be wornon the n e xt dri l l day. A se n sa t i on is e xpe c te d . A nove l .feature in the su it is a m in ia ture ove rc oa t— da rk b lue

,with

c ape a nd bra ss button s.

In the p lan of the n ew fie ld, prov isi on ism a d e fo r a b ic yc le

tra c k . N ight bounds wi l l be e xte nde d th irty fe e t, thus e xc e e d ing the rst D ivision n ight bounds by two in c he s a nd a

ha lf.

H owle y, S im pson , B lun ,B utle r

,Ke l ly and m a ny o the rs, the

pre st ige ga in e d by the soc ie ty in i ts pa st trium ph s w i l l no tb e le sse n e d bu t ra th e r inc re a se d during the c om ing ye a r.

A t the first re gu la r m e e ting of the H ouse o f C omm ons , he ld0 11 S unday, O c tob e r 9th, the fol lowing offic e rs we re e le c te dSp e ak e r, W. H .

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Y UL E T I D E M E R E YM AKI N G .

T H E E VO LU T IO N O F C H R I S T M A S .

W. H . M c C L rN r oc x,

’

8 8 .

L T H O U G H the e a r l yC hrist ia ns

,a s wa s n a tura l

,

n e ve r a l lowe d the ann ive r

sa ry of the N a tiv i ty to pa sswi thout m a rk ing i t in som e

sp e c ia l m ann e r,

st i l l the iropportun itie s we re so l im i te da nd th e ir si tua tion so pre c a ri oustlt a t a nything l ik e a n ope ns o c ia l c e le bra ti on o f the day

wa s a l toge th e r im possib le . A nd

e ve n if suc h a c e l ebra ti on had

b e e n possib le , i t is doubtfu l if thefa ithful

'

of th a t pe ;iod wou ld ha vea va i le d th em se lve s o f the oppor

tun i ty to m ak e the day on e of

soc ia l fe st iv itie s. T he y we re a c

c ustom e d to look upon C hristm a s

day a s the day on wh ic h the gre a tm yste ry of the I nc a rn a ti on wa s c on sum m a te d

,the day on

wh ic h wa s a c hie v e d the re d em pt i on of m a nk ind . T he irc e le bra t ion

,th e re fore

,wa s a lm ost e n tire ly o f a re ligi ous

na ture . In R om e m idn igh t m a ss in the c a ta c om b s -

wa s

a tte nde d by a l l the fa i th fu l,

a nd the B re ad of L ife wa s

re c e ive d by a ll a nd i t m ust h a v e b e e n a grand'

sight to se e

th a t l i ttle b a nd o f tru e b e l ie ve rs kn e e l ing in the sha dow of

the re sting-

p la c e s o f the de ad,in si le n t a dora tion of the

R e d e em e r,who ha d giv e n his l i fe fo r them

,a nd for Whom

in turn th e y we re w i l l ing togiv e up the irs . I n the e ve n ingth e y a ssem b le d aga in ,

som e t im e s by pa rt ie s in the house s o fthe pri e sts, a nd som e tim e s in a body a t the c a ta c ombs

,

wh e re e a c h on e c ongra tu la te d his n e ighbor on the progre ssm ad e during the pa st ye a r, a nd e xhorte d him to pe rse vere

in fight ing the good figh t a nd k e e p ing the fa i th . A nd the

p e a c e a nd joy th a t th e y fe lt in the ir h e arts c ou ld no t but

sh ine forth in th e ir“

c oun te n an c e s,m a k ing th em se em l ik e a

b a nd of a nge ls, c lo the d fo r the t im e w ith the sem b la nc e o f

hum an ity .

o

A s t im e we n t on a nd C h rist ian ity b e c ame . the re l igion '

o f

the c ivi l i ze d world,the m ann e r o f c e le bra ting C hristm a s

c h a nge d a c c ord ingly .

“C a rnal pom ps a nd j ol l i ty ”

b e gan

to b e a dde d to the re l igi ou s c e re m on i e s, whic h be fore we rethe so l e ‘

cha ra c te risti c s o f the day . L i ttle by l it tle “

the fun

a nd frol ic \

tha t c ha ra c te riz e d the obse rva nc e of C hristm a s

in c re a se d unt i l i t c u lm ina te d in the F re n c h a nd E ngl i shc e le b ra t i on s o f the da y during the M idd l e A ge s .

T he F re nc h c e l e bra tion o f the C hristm a s se a son re a c h e di ts h e igh t during the th irte e n th a nd fourte e n th c e n turie s .

I t d iff e re d from the E ngl ish c e l e bra tion c h ie fly in the fa c t

tha t i t wa s c anduc te d a lm ost e xc lus ive ly by the c ourt,

nob i l ity and ge n try, wh i l e in E ngland e ve rybody, no m a tte

how hum b le , took p a rt in the fe stiv itie s a nd did his b e st toin c re a se the ge ne ra l m e rrim e n t . T he King pre side d i n p e r

son ove r the F re n c h c e le b ra t ion . N e x t to him in a u thoritya nd a ssist ing him in

’

e ve ry wa y possib le , wa s the King of theR iba lds

,who had a fix e d n um be r o f fol lowe rs in his tra in

,

and who wa s the suprem e judge of a l l offenc e s c omm itte dwithin the pa la c e pre c in c ts, a s we l l a s of d ispute d po in ts a t

p lay, the e xe c ut ion e r o f his own se n te n c e s an d the k e e pe r

o f the roya l doors and the roya l d ic e . A lthough this offic e rhe ld his offic e a l l the ye a r round

, _

a nd m ad e a ve ry c om fortab l e in c om e from i t

,he wa s spe c ia l ly prom in e n t on ly a t the

C hristm a s fe st iv it ie s,wh ic h

,if we m ay b e l i eve the d e sc rip

t ion s giv e n of them,we re m a rve ls of m a gn ific e nc e .

“In on e c orn e r o f the pa la c e ,” says a n o ld chron ic le r

,

th e re wa s a group o f sa vage m e n,who m ad e h ide ous grim

a c e s and c om ba te d c om ic a l ly . N o t fa r o ff stood a sc a ffo ld,wh e re on wa s bui lt a m im ic c a stle . T h is wa s a ssa i le d by on e '

pa rty re pre se n t ing ga l la n t F re n c hm e n,and d e fe nde d by

a noth e r,

a rraye d a s stup id E ngl ishm e n . T he form e r

c ha rge d to the c ry of M ont/big S t. D en is .

” a nd the la tte rshri e k e d '

th e ir n a ti ona l slogan , ‘

R oséz’

f l’

wi th a ll

th e ir m ight .

”O f c ourse the a tta c k wa s a lways suc c e ssfu l

,

a nd the E ngl ishm e n had th e ir throats c u t— ge n e ra l ly in

appe a ran c e on ly, a l though i t is a sse rte d tha t som e tim e s a

l i ttle re a l b lood flowe d to e n l ive n sti l l furth e r the m e rrim e n t

of the oc c a sion . B e side s this sort of e n te rta inm e n t m a sque s,

b a l lets and banqu e ts we re c on trive d and pre pa re d wi th an

e le gan c e a nd a m agn ific e nc e tha t F re n c h sk i l l a lon e c a n

a tta in A t th e se ba nqu e ts,a lso

,m i r e /725 1‘s

,o r spe c ta c le s

b e twe e n the c ourse s,we re prov id e d fo r the e n te rta inme n t of

the a ssem ble d gu e sts. M any of th e se riva l le d in poin t o f

re a l ity and sp le ndor the sc e n e s produc e d in ‘

the b e st o f ou r

m ode rn the a tre s . O n e of the se e zztrem e fs re pre se n te d a ship,

wi th a l l he r c anv a ss se t, wh ic h by som e inv isib le c on triva n c ewa s prop e l le d in to a tank of wa te r sta nd ing in the banque tha l l . L e a n ing ove r the ste rn o f the sh ip wa s a kn igh t ingolde n a rm or

,drawing a long-

a huge swa n by'

m e an s of a

go lde n c h a in .

’

T he re wa s a m an in side the swan,a nd a

sa l vage ’

f a t e a c h w ing, whi l e .

the k n igh t him se l f . wa s

a tte nde d by page s fe a th e re d l ik e e agle s. A no th e r e fzfr em e i

re pre se n te d a m oun ta in b e a ring a ga rde n of wa x flowe rs,

te nde d by a poe t, who ga th e re d the rose s and pre se n te d

th em to the lad ie s , wi th v e rse s p rope r to the o c c a si on . T he

m oun ta inwa s the fa vorite form o f e fztrem c t'

and wa s re produc e d e a c h ye a r in ne arly e ve ry E urope a n c ourt w ith a n

a lm ost e ndle ssva rie ty .

T o the ba nque t suc c e e de d the ba l le t,an e n te rta inm e n t

e n tire ly d iffe re n t from the on e whi chgoe s und e r tha t n am e

among us. I t wa s no t m e re ly a fa nc y da n c e i t a lways tolda story and no t in fre qu e n tly a c om pl ic a te d on e . T he sub

je c t of the ba l le t wa s som e t im e s a c h iva lrous rom anc e,som e

tim e s a c la ssic m yth, but ofte n e r a long a l le gory, suc h a s

we re produc e d in gre a t abunda nc e during the M idd l e A ge s .

T he'l

a c tors in th e se ba l l e ts we re m ostly the c ourt nob i l i ty,a nd slom e tim e s e v e n the k ing h im se l f c onde sc e nde d to ta k e

TH E F OR b H AM M ON TH L if.

had for its subj e c t “F ire

,and

T he first repre sente d Promve n

,and the wra th of the gods

T he se c ond sc e n e d isc ove re d Vu l

forging the fork e d thunde rbolts of

n e wa s p ic ture d the fa l l of Pha e tonthe c ha rio t of A pol lo . T he fourthr and S em e le

,and the fi fth c lose d

re se n ta tion‘

wi th a grand tab le au of L ov e and B e auty

the un ive rse on fire .

ple a sure s of the e ve n ing c ulm ina te di

in the m a sk,the

n substan c e a s our m ask e d ba l l . M uc h gre a te r

howe v e r,wa s a l lowe d the n th an is c u stom a ry w i th

not ti n -fre que n tly i t le d to fa ta l re sults. A t Pa ris,in

r 1 393, four of the m ost noble you ths in the k ingdom,

tow to repre se n t b e ars, we re

of a torc h from the h and of the

d the k ing him se lf,who wa s in

sc ape d .

fe st iv it ie s,a lthough of

‘

m uch

m ore ge n e ra l . A t c ourt,a s a

tion wa s m ore m agn ific e n t thany .c ountry ge n tlem an he ld high115

,during the c on t inuance of

h th e re wa s probab ly no t le ss m irth and re a l e n j oym e n t

an a t the sta te l i e st of c ourt page an ts.

E ngl and wa s m e rry E ngla nd whe nChristm a s brought his sports aga in .

’

T wa s C hristm a s b roa che d the m ightie st a l e ,

’

T wa s C hristm a s told the m e rrie st ta le ,A C hristin a s gam bo l oft c ould che e r

T he poor m a n’

s he a rt through ha lf the ye a r .

T he m ansion o f the squ ire wa s thrown wide ope n and.

a l l

is tenants we re inv i te d to sha re in the good c h e e r a nd pa r

: 1pa te m the m e rrym a k ing. F or the hol iday se a son,

nbra c ing the twe lve days b e twe e n C hristm a s day and

we lfth N ight, the squ ire wa s a c'

c ustom e d to appoin t an

fic e r,c a l le d the L ord of or the A bbot of U nre a son

,

ho had e n t ire c ha rge o f a l l the fe stivit i e s,whose word had

be ob eye d a s law m e v e ryth ing, and who had . the powe rinfl ic t wha te v e r pun ishm e n t he c hose on those who c on

mn e d his'

authority . A t the gre a t d inn e r on Christm a s

iy the princ ipa l d ish wa s a boar’

s h e a d,a c c om pan ie d by

trious side d ish e s,and brought on to the tab le a t the h e a d

a proc e ss1ou with muc h pomp and m instre lsye . A t the

hristm a s d inn e r a t E ton the boa r’s he a d wa s brought inillowe d by a long p roc e ssion of a l l the stud e nts

,who

rante d the refra in,

“

C apu t a fri d e fe ro ,

R e dde ns la udesD omin o .

T he boa r’

s he ad in ha nd b ring I ,With ga rlands gay a nd rosem a ry,

I pray you a l l sing m e rrily,Qu i e stis in c onv ivio .

Anothe r gre a t d ish a t the d inn e r wa s the C hristm a s

re,”whi c h wa s c ompounde d m ost

.

c a re fu lly from a gre a t

trie ty'

of m a te ria ls. I n M isson’

s Tm e als in E ngla nd, the rethe fol lowing re fe re nc e to i t

“E v e ry fam i ly aga in st

hristm a s m ak e s a fam ou s pye , whi c h the y c a l l C hristma s

re . I t is a gre a t nostrnnz the c om positi on of this pa strya most le arne d m ixture of m e a ts

,tongue , e tc , M inc e p ie

“

wa s the favorite a fte r- c ourse,and was made and c onsum e d

in imm e n se qua n ti tie s,a lthough the Engli sh Puritans ra i le d

“

aga in st ‘

i t with a s m uc h vigor a s the ir N e w E ngla ndde sc e nda n ts of the pre se n t day e xe rc ise in p roduc ing th is

,

the ir fa vorite C hristm a s pa stry.

O n C hristm a s_

e ve a ll the c om pany a ssemb le d b e fore the

h e a rth to w i tn e ss the drawing- in of the

‘

Y u le log. T h is wasan imm e n se log,

‘

wh ic h wa s ge n e ra l ly drawn in by me a ns of

rope s and wa s de c k e d out with ga rlands of hol ly and rosem a ry . I t was p la c e d on the embe rs whi le the whol e c om

p any sa ng lusti ly a sub stan tia l c ol la tion wa s th e n se rv e d in

its honor. T he re wa s a lso an an c ie n t c ustom,wh ich

e n j oin e d e ve ry m a ide n on C hri stm a s m orn ing to have a la rgesausage , c a l led the H a c k in sau sage , fri e d by daybre ak unde r

pe n a lty of be ing se ize d by two young m e n_a nd run a round

the m a rke t p la c e , to b e shownto e v e rybody a s an e xam p leof la z ine ss .

A ve ry p ic ture squ e c ustom wa s th a t of the C hristm a s

Wa its . O n C hristm a s e v e wande ring m in sftre ls were a c c u s

tomed to go a round to a l l the house s in the v i l lage and p layupon the ir p ipes , tun e s su i tab le to the o c c a si on . Y a nd

King ha s giv e n us a v e ry fin e p ic ture o f the waits stopp inga t the la st house i n the v i l lage . T -he n a ture of. th e ir m u sicis shown from the fol lowing ve rse s

H e b lows hi s b ag-

pipe so ft o r strong,

O r high or low to hym n or song,

O r shri l l'

lam e n t or solem n gro a n ,

O r da n c e o r re e l o r sad O - hon e ,

O r b a lla d gay, or we l l - a ~ cl ay

T o a ll he give s due m e lody‘

.

A ve ry c urious c ustom c onn e c te d wi th the E ngl ish c e le ~

bra tion of C hristm a s wa s the fest iva l o f the B oy B ishop a s

i t wa s c a l le d . E a c h of the un ive rsiti e s and sc hoo ls of

l e a rn ing wa s a c c ustom‘

e d to -

e l e c t i ts own B oy- B ishop on

the e ve of the fe a st. of St . N ic hola s,the pa tron o f sc hool

boys . T he e le c t ion wa s conduc te d m uc h in the sam e m an

n e r a s tha t of a re a l b i shop, e xcept that the chie f c ha ra c te ri sti c s of the suc c e ssfu l c andida te - we re good look s and pop

u la rity amonghis fe l low stude n ts . A t a l l the un ive rsit ie sthe B oy

- B ishop,during his te rm of offic e, wa s a c c ustom e d

to pre a c h a se rm on from the te x t,

S uffe r l i tt le c hi ldre n to

c om e un to m e .

” '

1 he B oy- B ishop had two priv i le ge s he

w a s a l lowe d to_

fi ll up any va c an c y oc c urring in the c hapte rduring his te rm o f offic e

,a nd

,if he d i e d b e fore the te rm ina

t ion of the.

p e riod fo r whic h he wa s e le c te d, his fun e ra l wa sc e lebra te d with the '

sam e pom p a nd sp le ndor a s tha t of a

re a l b ishop . T he c ustom wa s fin a l ly abol ish e d in E nglandduring the re ign of King H e n ry V I I I .

In G e rm any C hristm a s wa s c on sid e re d to b e p a rtic ula rlythe fe a st of the c hi ldre n . Kn e c t

'

R upe rt wa s the re re pre

se n te d a s a'

te rrib l e pe rson age , wi th a huge whi te be ard and

c lad in a flowing white robe . H e wa s in a m e a sure the

c hi ldre n ’

s bug- b e ar

,sinc e he d istribu te d gifts on ly to those

chi ldre nwho by the ir a c ti on s during the ye a r had de se rve d

th em,and pun ish e d“

se ve re ly a l l those whose a c tion sha d b e e nof an opposit e n a ture .

T he de c l ine of the E ngl ish c e le bra t i on of C hristm a s da te s

from the t im e whe n Wi l l iam a nd M a ry suc c e e d e d in d e pri v

ing Jam e s the S e cond of his thron e . Wi l l iam b rought w ithhim into E ngland a throng of phle gm a t ic D u tchm e n

,am ong

whom he d istribute d m ost of the im portan t c ourt offic e s ,

38 TH E F O R D H A M M O N TH L Y .

T h e se m e n,whose duty it wa s, in the na tura l c ourse of

things, to prov ide for the prope r ob se rvan c e of the hol idayse a son

,be ing by na ture av e rse to a l l rol l ic k ing m e rrim e n t

,

the sple ndor o f the c ourt page an ts gradua l ly de c l in e d, a nd

w i th i t the fun and frol ic wh ic h c ha ra c te riz e d the fe stivi tie so f the pe op le . T he c oun try ge n tlem an st i l l inv ite s his te n

an ts to a grand d inn e r on C hristm a s day and to a ba l l in thee ve n ing bu t the A bbot of U n re a son and a l l his m e rry

tra in h av e d isappe a re d fore ve r.

In our own c oun try C hristm a s ha s n e ve r b e e n obse rve da fte r the o ld E ngl ish , but ra th e r a fte r the G e rm an m a n n e r.

I t d iffe rs,howe ve r

,from the G e rm an u suage i n tha t pre se n ts

a re give n ,n o t on ly to the young, but to e ve rybody of a ll

age s a nd c ond it ions ; a nd wre tc h e d, inde e d,is he who on

C hristm a s m orn ing c ann ot boa st on e l i ttle tok e n ,a t le a st

,o f

a fri e nd ’

s re m embra nc e . A t the C hristm a s d inn e r the boa r’

s

h e ad ha s be e n suc c e e de d by the turk e y, w i th a tra in o f sid ed ish e s th a t m ak e the o ld E ngl ish fe a st sink in to in sign ific an c e . B a l ls and m a sque rad e s, give n on C hristm a s and

N ew Y e a r’

s n ights, fi l l out the m e a sure of the se a son ’

s

e n j oym e n ts .

In the m idst of a ll the gaye ty a tte nda n t upon the se a son,

th e re .

is no C hrist ian who doe s n o t fe e l tha t the fe a st ha s a

sign ific an c e th a t is n ot o f th is world . I t wa s th is fe e l ing

wh ic h insp ire d L ongfe l low,whe n he wro te the be a n

l in e sI he ard the be l ls on C hristm a s day ,

T he ir o ld fam ilia r c a ro ls pla y,A nd w i l d a nd swe e t

T he words re p e a t

O f pe a c e on e a rth, good wi ll to m e n .

I n a l l the C a thol ic c hurc he s o f the world, the fe a st is c

e bra te d with fa r gre a te r spl e ndor than a ny o the r day inchurc h c a le nda r. We a re a l l fam i lia r wi th the C hristc e rem on ie s

,a nd th e re is n o n e e d to de sc rib e th em .

upon those who do not be long to the c hurc h of R om e

c e rem on ie s h ave an e ffe c t to th em in e xp l i c ab le . H ow

m ore,the n

,c an we

,who a re ab le to e n te r in to the spi

the se rv ic e s

ze a lots wou ld wish , fe e l ourse lv e s obl ige d to re fra in frinn oc e n t m e rrim e n t. C hristm a s c om e s but on c e a

a nd it is our duty on tha t day to m ak e e ve rything a s

and c h e e ry a s possib le for our fe l low c re a ture s,be

tha t thus we_

sha l l be st c a rry out the sp 1 r1 t of the

c ha nt on tha t first C hristm a s m orn ing, m ore than e ighte e

hundre d ye a rs ago, G lory to G od in the highe ste a rth p e a c e to m e n of good wi l l

fin (B ins of‘

fittummtel .

U p through the hi l ls o f Juda rode a troopO f kn igh ts aga in st the se tt ing of the win try sun

,

A nd T an c re d’

s gonfa non swaye d b e fore the ir ra nksO n c rim son surc oa ts gle am e d the c rusade r

’

s c rossT he gold l igh t fla sh e d from ba sn e t

,c am a ille and la nc e

,

A nd tre ad of ste e ds,a nd ring of brid le - c ha in s

,

Jangl ing of a rm or,and laugh a nd shou t of m e n

We n t bac kwa rd w ith the rushing wind . T h e y c am e

F rom N a za re th on p i lgrim age to h e a rT he C hristm a s m idn ight m a ss a t B e thle hemF or G odfre y, the K ing, and T an c re d, to whom we re l i e fT he town s o f G a l i le e

,wou ld thank our d e a r

L ord C hrist b e c ause H e had in wondrous wiseM ade fre e from payn im c u rse the H oly L ands.

B e fore the troop, in si le n c e,T an c re d rod e

Wi th the N orm a n Kn ight, S ir G i le s of N e ufc ha te l,N o nob le r h e a rt than G i le s the re wa s am ongst a l lT o whom the H e rm i t Pe te r gave the c ross .

H e n e’

e r wore fa vor ye t of a ny m a id,B ut sa id

,M y L a dy is the Qu e e n of H e ave n

A nd n e ve r ye t in j oust or wa r ha d he bowe dB e fore the stoute st lan c e . A big

- l imb e d m an,

A nd b e n e a th his h e lm a handsom e fa c e look e d out ,

A ll brown a s b e e c he n le ave s a t v in tage tim e,

A n d tawny- b e a rd e d

,a nd l it by qu i c k b lue e ye s,

E ye s de e p and frank from hab i t of k ind ly though t .

N ow T a nc re d rode in si lenc e,m using sti l l

,

B ut soon the dre am wi th in his m ind wa s to ldT he fa c e k e e ps shin ing through m y fan ta syO f our L ady, swe e t S a in t M a ry, a lm ost a c hi ld

,

A s down th is road she c am e in Winte r's h e art .O

,tha t I the n l ive d to shie ld he r dre a ry way,

. TH E F O R D H A M M O N TH ZY .

O r to kiss in passing the prin ting of he r fe e t .

T he l ight grew dim with te a rs in the N orman’

s e ye s,

F or his quick h eart re ad the C hi e fta in ’

s ge n t le love .

A nd e’

e r a s th e y m a rc he d the word th a t T a n c re d sa idKe pt e c ho ing through his sou l, and he too thoughtO f our L ady M a ry, fa ir, and m e e k

,and good,

C om ing in Winte r’

s h e a rt a long tha t road .

T he n he dre am e d of he r in B e thl e hem a t eve,

A nd he wa tc h-

e d in v i sion her we a ry, pa ti ent sm i le ,H e he ard he r d e a r m outh ’s m usic in his e a r

,

H e saw themc lose the doors be fore he r fa c e,

A nd this dre am d'

ro-

ve fa st the ho t b loo d through his h e a rt,T i l l sta rt ing he gra sps the he avy b -a ttle - ax e

C lank ing upon his c h a rge r’s m a n ifa ire,

B ut the horse le ape d unde r the spin and a t ring of ste e l,

A nd the m ovem e n t c hange d his thought : “N o t so, poor J ews,

M y si'

n i t wa s tha t c lose d the sa id ;“N a t-he le ss

,wou ld I we re th e re to shie ld he r way,

O r. to k iss in pa ssing the prin ting _of he r fe e t !

”

A warn ing shou t from T a n c re d— a hiss of a rrowsA ye l l,’ “A l la /z a cbz‘zr !”— and 10 ! a hostO f M osle m spe a rs

— strong de se rt - rove rs who h e e dN ot tre a ty

-

sworn— c a‘

m e thunde ring down the hi l ls.

A m ome n t’

s spac e the kn ights drew re in ; and the shri l lF ie rc e n e igh

’

of e age r de stre rs .gave answe r a l-o -n e

T o the paynim c rie s . In c a lmne ss th e y t ighte n e d girths,Swung round the ir shi e lds

,a nd loose n e d e a c h gle am ing axe .

T h e n T anc red,a N orman s

-t'i

,l l c ri e d out

“H a R 0!

B ra v e he a rts,upon th em with the axe !

” “H a 130!

T he answe ring shou t— a le ap of ste eds- n a roa rO f tram p l ing hoofs— and up the m oun t a surge

L ike m id - m a rc h se a -wave s up the qu ive ringb e a c h .

C ra sh and thud of a xe on turb an ta rge ,

C lang of whistl ing sc im'ita r o‘

h ba sne t an d sh i e ld,

“H a R 0 ! G od a nd our —

“A ZZa/z [Ila A l la /z!

C ra c k o f spl in te re d spe a r, and sc re am and b iteO f m adde n e d ste e ds

,the gla re o f fre n z ied e ye s

A bove the shi e ld - rim s_,spurting b lood, and shri e k s

O f the fa l le n, ground by strok e s o f the re d we t hoofs

,

A nd ove r' a ll the shri l l ing wintry win dN ow T an c re d saw a c ross the storm of ste e lT ha t the ,

road swe pt round a crag, a nd without the roc kY awn e d she e r to b lack e st ‘

n ight . H is voi c e ra ng out

A bove the fight, “C

'

ut b e twe e n them and the roc k wa l l,

O ur he avy horse c an pu sh them o’

e r the c l iff !”T h e n T an c re d"s'

c rim son pe nnon'

flapped l ik e va n s

O f a gore - dre nc h e d vu lture o’

e r the h e aps of de a dSwa y and whirl .of the

_re ek ing a xe s

,l e ap

A nd ra ttle of a rrows,and b lows from the i ron fe e t

O f re a ring ste e ds,a nd c ha rge , and shoc k

,and re c o i l .

S ir G i le s the n shouts,

-

“In on them ,_

our L ady to a id !”

H e hurlshis shie ld asid e,his horse is dri ve n

With kn e e and voi e e,and bo th hands gra sp the axe .

T he kn ights da sh up be hind o ’e r quic k and sla in,

T h e y turn toge the r, “O ut w ith them ! O ve r the c l i ff ! ”

T hen doub le thunde r of flam ingste e l on ste e l,

The n stra inand writh ing, a nd c ry of trium ph, and howlO f de spa ir, and the foe is flung wh irl ing both man and home

,

D own to the hunge n ng roc k s . T he knights behindHave

“

fil le d the gap betwe en them and the c liff -wa l l,

39

40 TH E F O RD H AM

T he n T anc re d shouts aga in,U p fa rthe r st i l l,

A noth e r swa th ! H a [30] Vi c tory, H a

In ho rror the l iv ing M osle m a m om e n t stood,

T h e n whe e le d and fl e d in rout a long the hi l ls.

B ut twi l ight fe l l, a nd the de se rt ste e ds we re swift,A nd pursu it we re va in w i th the h e avy we ste rn horseT he kn igh ts now stood to bre a the

,to a id the hurt

,

A nd to l ift up those who had fought th e ir la st c rusad e ;B u t a s the y stood a s ingle sh a f t

,se n t down

T he wind from the flying fo e , struc k qu ive ring throughS ir G i le s’

spe a r- re n t haub e rk

,

—“Ah

,J e su !” he groan e d,

A nd sank upon his de stre r’

s b lood - dre n c he d m an e,

T he n down wi th a c ra sh upon the froze n roa dH e fe l l

,the a rrow brok e wi thin the wound .

T he horse swe rve d ou t,th e n stood w ith droop ing h e ad

A bove his m a ste r’

s whi te a nd si le n t fa c e,

A nd thus S ir G i le s m ade e nd of his c rusade s .

A L U M N us

TH E P I F F E R ER A I .

I T A L-I A N XM A S M I N S T R E LS .

J . E . KE LLE Y ,

’

89 .

VE N a s I write, gre a t gusts of w ind

swe e p ove r the l awn in ful l c are e r

,thre a te n ing de struc ti on to

e ve ryth ing in the way, striv ing,a s i t we re , to m ak e of the e a rth

,

so la te ly a b loom ing E de n O f

pe a c e a nd prospe rity, a wre tc he d wilde rn e ss . N ow sure ly, sayI,wh e n na ture i s thus la id so

low,and wh e n the w ind s wax so v i o le n t and fie rc e

,C hrist

m a s m u st be n igh , ’

and by a look a t the c a l e nda r I am c on

firm e d in m y thought . C hristm a s and the sh e ph e rds H ow

c lose ly th e y l ink , on e with the - o th e r M u sing on the

S av iours’

s b irth,I c ann ot he lp bu t dwe l l on the sh e ph e rds,

to whom G od ga ve suc h a tok e n of his l ove wh e n he se n t

a nge l s to a nn oun c e to th em tha t the M e ssiah (who in a fte r

days profe sse d him se lf to b e a good sh e ph e rd, l ike un to on e

o f them )wa s born on e a rth . A nd a s I re c a l le d to m ind them em ory of those sh e ph e rds of o ld

,I wa s gre a tly struc k by

the sim i la rity b e twe e n th em and the P iffe re ra i,the p e a san ts

o f the A bruzz i in I ta ly, and a lthoughfiso m any storie s ha ve

b e e n writte n of she phe rds and pe a san ts . th a t the y have a t

la st b e c om e a s o ld a s the hi l ls th em se lve s,sti l l I think I

m ay ve n ture a short a c c oun t of the se m ode rn she ph e rds o f .

B ethle h em .

I t is an imm em oria l c ustom o f th e se m e n to go to R om e

e ve ry ye a r on a m usic a l p i lgrim age , and a s the sh e phe rds o fo ld a nnoun c e d to the world the b irth of C hrist so th e ya nnoun c e to R om e a nd a l l I ta ly the c om ing o f e a c h ann ive rsa ry o f tha t holy e ve n t . Ind e e d so assoc ia te d a re th e ywi th C hristm a s in the m inds o f the pe op le , tha t pre pa ra ti on sfor tha t gre a t fe st iva l are n e ve r thought of be fore the Pif

fe re ra i have m ade known the ir appe a ranc e , by disc oursin

th e ir swe e t m usic b e fore the d iffe re n t shrin e s o f the c i t

T rave l le rs who have the h app in e ss of on c e ga z ing upo

the se pe a sa n ts c ann ot fa i l to be struc k by the rugge d p ic

tur‘

e squ e ne ss o f the ir a ttire , and e v e n wh e n th ey wande r fa :from R om e

,st i l l c l ing to the 1 e c o l le c tion of them

,a s if loa tl

to ob l i te ra te the rem embran c e of th e ir grand form s a n t

qua in t c ostum e s. T h ey have b e e n c a l le d,not in appro

pria te ly, by som e inge n ious pe rson , the Sa tyrs of the C am

pagn a , though, in truth,th e y be long ra the r to the ste rr

m oun ta in fa stn e ss thanto the sm i l ingpla in . T he ir dre ss itha t whic h we a re e rron e ou sly a c c ustom e d to give to the

briga nd, a high c on ic a l fe lt ha t,with a fraye d fe a the r or

re d band wi th ta sse ls, a re d wa istc oa t,a c oa rse b lue j a c k e

and le ggings, som e tim e s o f the shaggy ha ir of the wh it<goa t (from wh ic h th e y derive the n am e o f S a tyr), and som e

t im e s o f ta nn e d sk in,bound round wi th c ords

,whic h in te r

la c e a s fa r a s the kn e e s,a nd fina l ly the am p le c loak

,3 1

c omm on to a l l N e apol itan and R om a n pe a sa n ts, se ts o ff thi

strange and a n tiqu e c ostum e . T h e y a re ge n e ra l ly se e n p laying be fore the shrin e s in c ompa n ie s of thre e

,a fa c t whic l

reminds us of the Old trad i t ion o f th e re be ing on ly thre i

sh e ph e rds pre sen t ,

a t the birth of C hrist . T he in strum e n t

wh ic h th e y p lay a re of the m ost prim i tive k ind a nd,a c c0r(

we l l.wi th th e ir tune s, the m o st a n tique of the n a tiona l a irof I ta ly, tra n sm i tte d in ta c t from fa th e r to son by pure ly orate a c hing. O n e p lays the bag-

p ipe , ano the r the pa stora l - pipewh i le the thi rd , ge n e ra l ly a boy, p lays the tria ngle .

A lthough i t" is a d ifli c ult th ing to b e l i e ve , sti l l i t is a fa c t

tha t th e se m e n have brough t both fam e and fortune to m a n ;

a n a rtist ; ind e e d, so num e rou s a re the c ha ra c te rs,bo t l

b ib l ic a l a ndfie la ssic a l, whic h the y susta in and in to whic l

th e y a re tran sform e d by the hand of the a rtist,that the :

se em posse sse d of the sam e powe r a s Prote us o f o ld,0

a ssum ing wh a te ve r sh ape the y wish . T he ir princ ipa l re sort

TH’

E F O R D H A M M O N T E L Y.

hen off duty a s Piffe rera i a nd on the look out for m ode ls, isbroad fl i

gh t of ste ps le ad ing from the P ia zza _

d i Spagn a to

.1 e Pinc i an H i ll , an d he re any in te l l ige n t gu ide c an po in ta t to yo u the M ose s of suc h an art ist, or the S t . Jose ph o f

uch anoth e r . A few wom en a re to b e se e n am ong th em ,

in

. ve ry c ha rac t e risti c c ostum e,whic h is wron gl y though t to

.e the on ly on e worn in th e n e ighborhood of R om e,n am e ly,

he squa re fold o f spo tle ss l in e n on the h e ad (wh ic h i s alm ost

gyptian in i tsm a ssive n e ss) and n a rrow sk irt o f dark e st

The sunse t’s rose s n ow'

a re a shy pa l e ,T he storm —swe pt p

la in s N ight ’s som bre m an tl e we a r,A nd m yriad snowfl ak e s on the w in try a ir

F a l l ing, in spo tle ss ve sture rob e the v a l e

blue , w ith an apron o f c a rpe t

- l ik e te xture . L a stly, by wayo f orn am e n t, a row of he avy c ora l b e ads e n c irc le s th e irb e aut ifu l throa ts . T h e se grote squ e wom e n pre se n t t h emselv e s to the m ind a s adm irab le m ode ls fo r a typ ic a l se t o f

p e a san t wom e n

B u t now I’

v e prose d e nough a nd , le a stY ou think I ha ve purlo ine d the o l ioT ha t c ra m s C ri sp inus

’

s po rtfo lio ,

T he p ink o f p e da n ts m ost ab surd ,

I will n ot a dd a n o the r word .

”

T he fore st tre e s in c a se d . in i c y m a i l,Wave in the wind th e ir long a rm s ga un t and ba re .

T he wind now m urm uring l ik e a m onk a t praye r,

T h e n rising, swe l l ing to a ste ady ga le ,

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animat ing M um .

F . P . D O N N E LLY,

’

89 .

Jose ph of A rim a the a , wa s the disc iple whoburie d the body of our L ord . A c cording tothe lege nd , be a fte rwa rds journe ye d intoB ritta in with som e com pa n ions , a nd on the

site o f G la stonbury A bbey, to w in the c on

ve rsion o f his he a the n guid e , ob ta in e d o f

G od tha t the s ta ff whic h he .

bore in his ha ndshould blossom with flowe rs .

‘

T he m ira c lebe ing gra n t e d , the sa in t pla n te d the sta ff a ndit blossom e d regula rly a t C hristm a s - tide forye a rs a nd ye a rs .

A s c rystal font th a t e ’

e r unst inte d flows,

A nd , drunk by th irsty sa nds,to whe nc e it rose

,

A s sw iftly ri l ls,aga in m ore pure to spring

A nd on the dewy a ir i ts c oo l spray fl ing;S o flowe d our hum b le S av iour’

s days on e a rth,

H is -

pric e le ss de a th re fl e c tion of his b irth .

Why wonde r, th e n , tha t G od doth love to l in kH is l ife by le ge nds swe e t and fa ir ; and sinkI t de e p in M em ory’

s se a fo re ve rm ore ?T hus on the h e ights of “

G la stonbury hoa rA t C hristm a stide tha t se lf - sam e tho rn

,whic h

,be nt

In to a c rown,the Sav iour’

s b row had re n t,

B l oom e d gay and bore of ope n ing buds a c rown,

T he onl y gem on Win te r’

s bud le ss gown .

Wi th n ew—born fa ith in flam e d,from d istan t lands

,

T hrough golden c l im e s,o

’

e r surging se a s with sandsA ll si lv e r - fram e d

,to A lb i on ’

s tin - de lve d b e a c hA rim a thae an Jose ph c am e to te a c hT ha t saving L ord whom G o lgotha had sla in .

With him,the h e a th e n h e a rt unc outh to ga in ,

E le v e n frie nds from fa r Jude a ’

s la ndI n sp ire d wi th ze a l upon the surge

- lav e d strand

H ad la nd e d th e n ; a nd to the ta rn wh e re flowsT he riv e r B ru e a round and a fte r roseT ha t fa r - fam e d abb e y, nurse ry of lore

,

T h e y we nd th e ir way . A c rook wi th rim e a l l frore

O n e gu ide who le d the ir ste ps had born e ; and now

T he y fl

sta nd'

upon the'

h‘

il lsid e’

s b e e t l ing brow .

B e low them spreads the m a rsh th e y longe d to find

R -

ound wh ich the i c e —c la d B rue doth sinuous Wi nd,R e fle c ting b a c k the se tting sun

’

s bron z e d rays

T ha t “

wi th a m yriad fla she s o ’

e r i t gla z e .

Whi le th e n the m urm u ring of re j o ic ing pra ye r,A nd wh ispe re d a dm ira tion re n t the a ir

,

T he wonde ring gu id e , fa r from the ba nd apa rt,

G a ze d on, _a nd l iste n e d w ith a m e l ting h e a rt ;

F or on th e ir toi l ing way the gold e n se e d

O f G od ’

s own fa ir and love - b e gotte n cre e d,

T he ha l lowe d band in swe e t a nd sain tly wiseH a d p lante d in his bre a st, an on to riseI n be au te ou s growth . S o n ow

,w i th e age r a ir,

H e a sk s to prove th e se stra nge rs fa lse , if praye rT o th e irstrange G od wou ld m ak e H im flowe r the thornT ha t fromJudea ’

s land the S a int had borne .

43

44 TH E F O R D H A M M O N TH L Y .

F o r, po in ting to the '

sun’

s slow- m e l ting b e am s,

H e sa id his G od n ow c ou rte d lul l ing dre am s

N o r longe r to his orison s ga ve e a r,

E lse had he a sk e d himflowe r his c rook al l se re

T he S a in t an in sta n t bre a th e d a praye r, th e n turn e dU n to his frie nds

,fo r ful l w ith in him burn e d

T he w ish to prove G od ’

s holy fa i th, a nd l e adT h e ir he a th e n gu ide to th a t b l i th e fold wh e re fe e dH is c hose n lamb s . S o n ow he b ids th em pra y

T h a t a s the guid e had sough t, the thorn m igh t swayI ts c luste re d b lo ssom s in the Winte r ga le ,’

M id c risp ing frost, m igh t S umm e r’

s sc e n t e xha le .

M e a nwh i le the won de ring n a t ive s ga the re d round ;Wh e n 10 ! the qu ic k e n ing saps aga in . re boundT h rough e v e ry qu ive ring v e in ; the = ba rk now swe l ls

A CH R I S TM A S S TOR Y I N TWO C H AP TE R S .

C H A PT E R I .

F . J . D O N O VA N ,

’

o'

i .

U ndoub te d ly the m ost be a utiful bu ild ing a t O x ford i s

M agda l e n C o lle ge , n o t a l on e i n a rc hite c tura l b e au ty, buta lso

,and e sp e c ia l ly, in the c ha rmwh ic h history a nd tra d i

t ion ha v e im pa rte d to it. O ne o f the fi rst obj e c ts wh ic ha ttra c ts the obse rve r is the im m e n se

,b e a utifu l ly orn am e n te d

towe r,sta nding in the foreground of the bu i ld ing, a nd giv ing

a fin ish e d app e a ra n c e to the c ol lege . T he town wa s be gunsom e ye a rs subse que nt to the c om p le t ion of the bu i ld ings,a nd the t im e a nd c a re spe n t in fi n ishing i t ha s in sure d for

i t a high p l a c e in m od e rn a rc h i te c ture . T he b e a u tifu l andt im e - honore d c ustom of s inging a hym n from i ts top a t 5

o ’c lock 011 the m orn ing o f M ay- d ay origin a te d during the

re ign of H e nry VI I . A n o le ss b e au t ifu l obj e c t o f a ttra ct i on is the c lo iste re d quadra ngl e , w ith i ts ivy - c olore d wa l lsa n d emb lem a tic sc u lpture . M agda le n wa s founde d in 1 456

by Wi l l iam of Wa ynfl e te , and e ndowe d w i th a Pre sid e n tand forty F e l lows . With on e o f this num be r m y storyope n s : R ob e rt M e rton

,T utor a nd F e l low o f the c ol le ge .

B orn som e fifty ye a rs ba c k from the ope n ing o f the n a rra

tive,he pa sse d his e a rly l ife und e r the pa te rn a l c a re o f the

v i l lage sc hoolmaste r. T he younge st of a n um e rous fam i ly,

he wa s n a tu ra l ly subj e c te d to au to c ra tic ru le so

o f olde r m em

b e rs ; but hi s d i sposi tion ,n a tura l ly swe e t

,d id n ot su ffe r

from H is,a nd he pa sse d his e a rly ye a rs b e love d by a l l .

In c ourse o f tim e he wa s se n t to O x ford,wh e re he fu lfi l le d

the high e st hope s o f hi s frie nds, a dd ing suc c e ss to suc c e ss,

a s the ye a rs we n t by . H a v ing c om p le te d his c ourse,he

ga ine d , subse que n t to his gra dua ti on , a F e l lowship in the

c ol le ge , the obj e c t of his e a rly am b it i on . We fin d him now

a m a n o f som e fifty ye a rs, ta l l a nd handsom e,wi th tha t ih

d e sc ribable gra c e of re fin e m e n t wh ic h lib e ra l stud ie s a lwaysgive .

I t is C h ristm a s e ve ; O x fo rd is d e se rte d,sa v e by a few

s tude n ts from d ista n t pa rts, who in te nd spe nd ing the i r hol idays a t th e ir re spe c tive c ol le ge s the o the rs ha ve ha ste n e dhom e to m a k e m e rry ove r the Y ule '

log a t th e ir own fire

s ide s . T he c lo c k from the towe r o f M agda le n so lem n ly

tol ls the hour of n in e a s R obe rt M e rton em e rge s fromdoor of the bu i ld ng and pro c e e ds towa rds the quadra ngle .

A soft,dim l ight re sts on the wa l ls

'

a nd wa lk s,un t i l the

m oon,hi the rto un se e n

, p i e rc e s the fl e e c y t issue of c l oudsand give s to the surround ing obj e c ts strange supe rn a tura lshape s . M e rton saun te rs le isure ly towa rds the l ibra ry,wh e re he in t ends to sp e nd som e t im e rum m aging ab ou t

am ong a rch ive s a nd m a nusc ripts. T he sigh t o f the fam i l ia rwa l ls a nd the influe n c e o f the ha ppy se a son se ts him think ingof o ld t im e s . S e a t ing him se lf in an e a sy c h a ir

,he fa l ls to

re c a l l ing m em o irso f his c o lle ge days . B ound up w ith a l l

th e se m em oirs is the n am e o f a young m an,the truste d com

pan i on o f M e rton ’

s youth,to whom he wa s won t -

to lay ope nhi s he a rt

,stroll ing through the c loiste re d wa lks . B ut now

how d iffe re n tly situa te d the ywe re on e had c on tinu e d on

in hi s unva ry ing c ourse o f suc c e ss and obta ine d a F e l lowship in his c ol le ge the o th e r indu lging his d e sire to se e the

world,soon e xp e n d e d his pa trim ony,. a nd the c orre spond

e nc e wh ic h the y ha d k e pt up for som e t im e,sudd e n ly c am e

to a n e nd . E ngrosse d in the m em orie s, M e rton fe l l a sle e p,and did

"

no t awak e ti l l the b e l l tol le d the hour for m idn igh tm a ss . S ta rting up,

'

he re c a l le d his in te n t ion .o f a t

te nd ing m a ss a t the D om in ic an c hape l , a nd ha ste n ingdown he re a c h e d the c hape l just a s the proc e ssion o f m onk se n te re d . A short d ista n c e from M agda le n stood the

D om in ic an mona ste ry, so o ld tha t,a c c ord ing to trad it ion ,

Wi l l iam,the N orm an

,k n e lt in this se lf - sam e c hape l a nd

offe re d th ank s for his v ic tory a t H a stings.

M e rton stood awe d wi th the grand e ur o f the sc e ne . B e

fore him pa sse d the'

m onk s with l igh te d tape rs, c han t ing forthe la st t im e the psa lm of A dve nt. I t wa s a m em orable

n igh t, and on e wh ic h R obe rt M e rton n e ve r forgo t.

C H F T E R m.

J . J . G E A R Y ,’

9 1 .

Wi th bowe d he ad M e rton fol lowe d the proc e ssi on and

took his a c c ustom e d se a t n e a r the door o f the c hape l . A l

A nd c lo th e s e a c h n ak e d spo t ;— a si le nc'e dwe llsA m ong the c rowd— it bursts in sprouting shootsT ha t slowly ope a nd show the ir growing frui ts ,T he le a fle ts spre ad ; the t iny buds a ppe a r,

Whic h b low and snow- wh ite b lossom s h e a ve nwa rdA c ha p le t wove th e y of the se C hristm a s buds

T o de c ora te the ir S av iour’

s c rib m id floodsO f happy songs ; wh i le j oyfu l fa c e s roundWith gladne ss b e am ; and gladsom e pra ise s sound .

F o r m any y e a rs those Y u le - t id e b lossom s gra c e d

T he glorious a lta rs,t i l l a n im pious k ing de fa c e d

T he a n c ie n t abb ey, whi c h a t his c om m and

Wa s p i l lage d ,and. by torc h a nd c rue l bra nd

E nrobe d in fire from foo t- worn floo r to domWhe n a nge ls bore the he a ve n ly flowe r hom e .

TH E F O R D H A M M O N ZH L y .

the a ltar,stood out sha rply unde r the gla re Of

"

the

Eve ryth ing se eme d to ‘

put’

on a new appe aranc e , o

the

45

p i l la rs, the qua int m ould ings, and h e re and the re the le tte ring on the tom bs of N orm an kn ights . T he se a ts we re n e a rlya l l oc c up ie d by m embe rs o f the (l rd e r or stud e n ts Who we re

spe nd ing the i r hol idays a t the c o l le ge .

O utsid e e ve ryth ing wa s s i le n t save Wh e n the w in te r windwhistle d through the tre e s . Wi th in a l l we re absorb e d inm e d ita ti on . A t le ngth the s i l e n c e wa s brok e n by the _

c on

v e n t b e l l strik ing the hour of twe lve .

“

A t the first strok ethre e prie sts c la d in snow- white ve stm e n ts a rose from th e i rkn e e l ing pos i tion and began the m a ss. M e rton did no t

le ave w ith the o the rs a t the e nd of the se rv ic e,bu twa lke d

H p towa rds the a lta r o f O ur L ady . S udd e n ly he stopp e dshort

,startle d by a voic e issu ing from a c orn e r

,a s of som e

wa y- worn ,

stric k e n c re a ture m ak ing a p ite ou s appe a l to the

M othe r of M e rc y . M e rton adva n c e d fa rth e r,a nd a t l e ngth

d isc ove re d unde r the dim l ight Of the san c tua ry lam p a be n t,

worn m an,w ith p i lgrim ’

s sta ff and hood a nd sanda lT he strange r soon rose and le ft the c hape l, fo llowe d by M e r

ton,whose c u r iosity wa s n ow fa irly rouse d . O uts ide the

p i lgrim pause d a s if struggl ing with irre so lu '

t i on,M e rton

a pproa c h e d, a nd m a rk ing the wan,hungry fa c e of the m an

,

inv ite d him to wa lk towa rd s M agda le n a nd j o in him in a

C hristm a s C o l la tion . T he stra nge r h e si ta tingly c om pl ie d .

T he tutor’

s wa rm room s we re soon re a che d,wh e re the im

m em oria l “wa ssa il ~bow1 wa s in wa i ting, toge th e r w ith

Cak e s a nd o th e r da intie s . A fte r th e y had fin ish e d the m e a l,

during whi c h ta lk ra n from on e subj e c t to a noth e r,M e rton

,

w i th i

som e he sita ti on,sa id Y ou m ust b e happy to re a c h

your hom e a t this glad tim e,a fte r your wa nde r ings in H o ly

L a nd .

“Y e s

,

”sa id the O th e r

,G od ha s shown m e rc y to

a wre tc h e d m an in le ad ing him hom e a fte r m a ny ye a rs of

ex i le ; T e a rs sta rte d to the p ilgr im s e ye s, and, a s he se em e d

e age r to ta lk , M e rton e n c ou rage d him to proc e e d . T hirtyye a rs

'

a go,”sa id the stra nge r,

“I wa s a happy boy wi th in

th e se v e ry wa l ls . H ow I use d to look forwa rd to this gla dse a son ! M any a m idn igh t m a ss have I h e a rd from the c o r

n e r in wh ic h you saw m e a short whi le ago . I n thosedays

- I work e d we l l and suc c e e de d a c c ord ingly . I

stood se c ond in m y c la ss during m y gradua ting ye a r. A fte r

le a v ing c o l le ge I re so lve d to e n j oy m yse lf be fore se ttl ingdown in l ife . S o I we n t abroad

, and wa s . soon in the m idstof a l l the v ic e s and frivo l iti e s of fore ign c ap ita ls. I fe l lfrom on e e x c e ss to anothe r, a nd I se en go t to the e nd o f

my purse . I c annot te l l you wha t e x trem e m e a sure s I re

sorte d to in orde r to provide m yse lf with m e an s“

to c on tinuein m y m ad c ourse . A t this tim e I r e c e iv e d a le tte r from a

de a r frie nd who in m y e a rly ye a rs ha d be e n a l l the world tom e . M y c on sc ie n c e sm ote m e sore ly, a nd I re solved th e reand the n to m e nd m y ways . I praye d to O ur L ady, whoseswee t

,sa d fa c e wa s b e fore

'

m y m ind in a l l the se re c k le ssye a rs . B e fore re turn ing to E ngland I fe lt tha t I m ust do

som e pe n an c e . S o I c lothe d m yse lf in p i lgrim ’

s ga rb a nd

sanda l - shoon,a nd se t out for H oly L and . T h e re I saw the

p la c e s whe re the de a r L ord was born a nd suffe re d b i tte rd e a th . I praye d a t B e thle h em

,a nd O ur L ady

’

s swe e t fa c e

se em ed to look on m e with p le a sure . I the n wand e re d

ba c k,a nd h e re I am on th is b le sse d n igh t am ong o ld

,

fam i l ia r sc e n e s . I sa id,if you rem e mbe r

,th a t I h e ld se c on d

p la c e in my c la ss . a t M agda le n . F irst in“

the c la ss,a nd fa r

ahe ad of the re st, wa s the de a re st fri e nd tha t I hav e . I long

46 T H E F O R D H A M M O N TH L Y .

to know wh e re he is . Wha t is your n am e ? M e rtonabruptly a sk e d .

“A rthur R ichm on d

,an swe re d the p i lgrim ,

and yours ?” T h e re wa s n o a n swe r. T he supre m e joy of

the two c a nn ot be de sc ribe d . T he re th ey sa t t i l l dawn o f

day .

I t is aga in C hristm a s e ve a t M agda le n, ye a r 1 498 . T

is a bri l l ia n t l igh t stre am ing from M e rton ’

s room s .

wassa i l - bowl ' is on the tab l e . S e a te d n e a r it a re the two mos

bri l l ian t profe ssors a t O xford .

C

g)“

filuum in°

£tiaéwmtenN o l i l i e s b loom whe n win te r’

s i c y browI s se e n abov e the h i l l ? no rose s stand

L ook wh e re the rod o f J e sse fl owe rs n ow,

B le ssing w ith holy fragra nc e a l l the land .

N u l la,re fe rs

,B rum a flore sc un t ge rm ina Ve ris ?

C umqu e ru it‘

B o re a s l i l ia nu l la v ire n tA sp ic e ut in c re sc e n s nun c Je ssa e v irgu la surga t,

C ujus pe r te rram spa rgitur a lm us odor.

E . B E R T IE R,

’

9 1

A CH R I S TJVI A S D A Y A T O I TE A UX,TH E H OM E O F S T . B E R N A R D .

D . A R E LLA N O,

’

or .

I n m y op in ion ,the h istory of the da rk o r m idd le age s pre

se n ts to the m ind o f the ge n e ra l re a de r no th ing m orein te resting o r qua in te r tha n the si le n t

,sol ita ry a nd se c lud e d

l i fe within the ha l lowe d wa l ls o f the m on a ste ry . A shorta c c oun t o f th is stra nge way o f l ivingm ay not prove unpl e a sa n t o r d isagre e ab l e to the k ind and l ib e ra l fri en d s of T H E

M O N T H LY . I nvi ting th em,the re fore to trave l ba c k with

m e through the c e n turie s,I wi l l b e gin

A s the sc e n e o f m y n a rra tive l ie s in the world - fam e d

m ona ste ry of C i te a u x,le t u s be tak e ourse lv e s to the de nse

a nd d e sola te fore st a dj o in ing thi s an c ie n t se a t of hol in e ss . I t

is C hristm a s e v e,in the ye a r 1 1 6 the gloom y and som bre

sh adows o f approa ching n igh t a re be ginn ing to fa l l , the la stdim ra ys o f the se tting sun a re re fl e c te d from the l im p idwa te rs of the ra p id a nd fa thom le ss S an s F onds . A l l i s

hush e d in de se rt - l ik e si le nc e a round C ite a ux,whe n sudd e n ly,

from w ith in the c onve n t wa l ls and through the tranqu i l a ir,rise the m a n ly, son orous voic e s o f the m onk s

,c han t ing,

R ora te c o eh de supe r, e t nube s pluun t Justum .

A ttra c te d by thi s un e xpe c te d but we lcom e sound,we b e nd

our footste ps towa rd s the c onve n t ga te . A fte r a short wa lkwe re a c h i t

,and

-

b e g the porte r to l e t u s in . A s it i s a t im e

of un ive rsa l re j o ic ing, we e a si ly obta in adm issi on,and soon

find ourse lv e s in side of the m on a ste ry, surrounde d by itsm igh ty wa l ls . We l ook a round for the inhab i ta n ts o f th isl i ttle world bu t fa i l to se e a ny, e xc ept the ind ividua l whohad ope n e d the door for us

,a nd

,n a tura l ly e nough, we a sk

of on e a nothe r, “Wha t’s be c om e o f themonk s ? ” A fte r m a ny

un sa t isfa c tory c on j e c ture s on our pa rt, the k ind C iste rc ia nc om e s to our re sc ue

,a nd in form s u s tha t his c cm pam on s

,

h a v ing fin ish e d c han ting v e spe rs, h av e gon e to tak e th e ire ve n ing m e a l . '

M ay we ga in a c c e ss to the d in ing room,

b roth e r ?” a sk s an inqu isi t iv e m em b e r of our pa rty . T he

good o ld m a n a n swe rs in the n ega tive , bu t te l ls us sm i l inglytha t we c an sa t isfy our c u rio sity by look ing in to the re fe c torythrough a m od e ra te size d ap e rture in the door.

Wi th th is stoc k o f va luab le in form a tion we wa lk t owa rdsthe d in ing room ,

in the door o f whic h we find the holespok e n o f by the porte r. A s we pe e p in ,

on e by on e,we se e

the C iste rc i an s se a te d a t tab le, pa rtak ing, in m ute a nd pro

found si le nc e,o f a sc a n ty suppe r, c on sisting o f som e few

c oa rse sl ic e s o f bre ad, po ta toe s, va ri ous k inds o f ve ge tab le s

a nd a few raw d i sh e s,suc h a s ra d ish e s a nd le ttuc e . A fte r

te n o r fifte e n m inute s,the v e n e rab le abbot

,who

,se a te d on a

high c ha ir a t the h e ad of the re fe c tory, ha s be e n wa tc hinghis c hi ldre n w i th k ind

,v igi lan t e ye s, rings a sm a l l bra ze n

b e l l ._

T he m onk s a rise a nd,ha v ing e n te re d the c hurc h wh e re

th e y qu ic k ly c han t C om pl ine s, wa lk in single file out in to then a rrow c orridorle ad ing to the dorm i tory . While th e y m a rc hon

,wi th h e a ds b e n t down and e ye s fix e d ste ad i ly o n the

ground, le t us ta k e a good a nd thorough surve y of the m .

T he irinn e r ga rm e n t,or work ing dre ss, is a long white tun ic ,

re a c hing down to the ir fe e t,hav ing no sle e ve s

,but hole s

through wh ic h the ba re a rm s proj e c t, whi le a b la c k sc apu la rfa l ls ove r the ir shou ld e rs . O ve r this is a la rge ' m an tle — the

c ucul la .

B y th is tim e the solem n proc e ssion has re a c h e d the dor

m i tory door, and te n m in ute s la te r e ve ry m onk is stre tc h e don his straw - c ove re d c ouc h ; a l l is da rkn e ss within

,e x c e pt

whe re the fa in t l ight of a n o ld rusty lam p burn s a t the

southe rn e xtrem i ty o f the ha l l . L e t us now go ou t in to theya rd to

.

wa i t fo r the hour when the m onk s wi l l a rise a nd

a ssem b le in the c hurc h to hea r the m idn ight ma ss . A s the

ge n tle , c ool ing bre e z e o f the a ir ou tside strik e s our burn ingc h e e ks

,we look a round us

,but se e

,h e a r

,n otic e n o thing th a t

c ould'

possibly d isturb us . A bove is the glorious and si le n tsky ove rspre ad with c oun tle ss shin ing sta rs

,whi c h se em to

whispe r of un spe ak ab le joy a t the approa c hing b irth o f

C hrist. L ook ing up to the he ave n s _

we c an a lm ost fa n c ytha t we h e a r the swe e t vo ic e s of a nge ls singing “

G loria ine xc e lsi s D e o

,

'

e t in te rra pa x hom in ibus bon ae vo lun ta tis .

”

R ousing ourse lve s a t le ngth, we wa lk on tip- to e s a long the

de se rte d c orridors . A fte r adva n c ing a short d istanc e,we

stop be fore a h a lf - ope n e d window through whic h the fa intl igh t of a burn ing tape r c a sts i ts fe e ble rays on the floor ou ts ide

,a nd pa rtly i l lum in e s the surround ing da rkn e ss. A ga in

our c uriosity ove rc om e s our bette r n a ture , a nd we pe e r in tothe room through the h a lf - c lose d shutte r. T he apa rtm e n t is

a sm a l l but n e a t on e . I n the m idd le th e re is a b e d o f‘

straw,

upon whic h lie s a slum b e ring m onk, fu l l dre sse d, his c owl

drawn ov e r his b a ld h e a d,wi th his c uc ul la

_a nd tun ic on him

,

wh i le the b la c k sc apu l a r a lon e is d ispe n se d with . A t the

h e ad o f the room we se e,a sm a l l woode n tab le ; ove r it is

p la c e d a sort o f a la rum . S udde n ly the C iste rc ia n ope n s hise ye s, and, rubb ing them ,

sta re s a round him,th e n approa c h e s

his l i ttle c loc k,whic h m a rk s twe lve m inu te s a fte r e l e ve n .

T H E F O R D H A /l] [M O N T H L Y .

he m utte rs to him se lf in a ha lf aud ib lethre e m inute s pa ss on , the c loc k ringsa -n e ou sly the sa c ristan

,for suc h is his

e la rge bra z e n b e l l e c ho and re —e c hoona ste ry .

dorm itory and the re wi tn e ss thethe b e l l ha s had on the sle e p ingly in to the room . T he p i ous son spromp tly put th em se lve s in the

a s re ad i ly a s if i t had be e n the

m on ing th em to

ng of a b e l l bidsoon a s th e y a re

ope n e d"

a nd the

us fol lowa te d

roof,le t us look a round u s and n ot ic e things worth rem ark

ing. A s we c a st a gl an c e up to the northe rn'

e x’tre m ity, i t

re sts fo r a whi le on the h igh a l ta r. I n a c c orda n c e with the

solem n ity o f the pre se nt fe stiva l, -

and e xc e ptiona l to the

stringe n t laws o f the C iste rc ian s, i t is “

sumptuousl y de c ora tedwith e ve ryth ing tha t the l im ite d we a lth .of C ite a ux c an pro

v ide . N e xt to the pre s b-

yte rium c om e s the choir,whe re the

m onk s,who m ight b e ta ken for so m any whi te statu e s

,a re

sta nd ing, pra ying whi le th e y wa it fo r the m idn ight m a ss to

b e gin .

B ut wha t is tha t to our right, in the furthe rmost c o rn e r of

the c hurc h,whi c h se em s to a ttra c t the a ttent ion of the

younge st am ong us ? L e t u s approa c h . A s we draw n e ar

to the spot we n ot ic e tha t it is surm oun te d by a low,c irc u la r

woode n ra i l ing. T he floor in side is strewn with sawdu st

youuuulus i tem“.

A C H R I S T M A S E PIC .

D i c m ih i,M usa

,dol um qu o c a ute pa rvu lus H om e r

D e c e pta , rape re t du lc ia , m a tre sua .

Quom odo, jam d ica s

,i l'lud— prohI

— n e sc i o nom e n

E xtra xit,m e m oran s propria ge sta sim u l ?

E . B E R T I E R ,

’

9 r .

1 7

and h e re a nd the re a re sc a tte re d m in ia ture '

groups o f wa x e ndol ls

,re pre se n ting historic c e le brit i e s l iv ing about the ye a r

one . A m ong the m a ny tha t d e c k the sc e n e,the re is on e in

wh ic h the E m peror A ugustus, surrounde d by his bri l l ia n thost of c ourt ie rs

,sta nds out a s the prin c ipa l c ha ra c te r . A

la rge m irror,c a re fu l ly p la c e d on the floor

, portrays the

M e d ite rra n e an,a nd o n it ride s the ha ughty pape r n avy o f

im pe ria l R om e . Away in the re m ote st c orn e r we se e a sti l lm ore a l luring group : the lon e ly m ange r, i ts sm i l ing oc c u

pa n t fond le d by his b le sse d pare n ts, a nd the thre e wise m e n

o f the E a st ado ring H im a nd offe ring th e ir roya l gifts . S uc h“

is the e labora te c r ib of C i te aux . M e a nwh i le the m idn igh thour is drawing n e a r

,a nd aga in we h e a r the C iste rc ia n s’

gra ve a nd m a sc u l in e voi c e s singing “Ve n i te

,adorem us

,e tc .

,

a nd,a s we l iste n to the ir c on te mpl a tive tone s

,we th ink of

the rage tha t the ir words m ust e xc i te in the m inds of the

in fe rnal sp irits .

A s s oon a s m a t ins a re ove r,the C iste rc ia n s

,c ha tt ing m e r

ri ly for the first t im e this ye a r, a ssemb le in the re fe c to ry ande n j oy a m uc h m ore h e a rty m e a l tha n the pre c e ding on e . We

,

be ing d isc ove re d by the ve n e rab le abbot,a re inv i te d to j o in

in the fe a st,a nd we a c c e pt the inv i ta tion a s frank ly a s i t is

te nde re d .

-With the first gl im pse s of dawn, the poor o f the

n e ighboring v i l lag‘

e be gin to ga th e r abou t the c onve n t,a nd

the n the gene rous and c ha ritab l e m onk s .pre se n t th em w i thva ri ous e a tab le s

,a c c om pa n ie d by the l ib e ra l don a ti on of five

de nari i,

i

or e igh ty c e n ts,to e a c h on e . B ut p robab ly we ha ve

be e n roam ing too long abou t this te rre stria l pa rad ise , a nd

now l e t us

'

b id C ite aux and its hosp itab le inm a te s a longfarewe l l .

“T h e re is in l ife smal l spa c e for m e rrym a k ing, bu t wh e n

a gre a t, good m a n c om e s to thre e sc ore and twe n ty wi thout

spot or sta in , th e n m ay we b e righ t glad '

a t this ra re thing;the n we m ay sing the good m a n

’

s trium ph . H im le t be l lsa nd m usic gre e t, with words o f pra ise from a ll the pe op le .

”

S e x ton ring the ve spe r b e l l,R ing it long a nd ring i t we l l,L e t i ts m e l low a c c e n ts te l lT id ings o f a sole m n joy,T id ings tha t sha l l n e ve r c loyH e a rt of m a n or h e a rt of boy,Wh i le a wa rm th wi thin i t dwe l lsWh i le the p ride o f son ship swe l ls

,

Pu lsing i n I ts u tm ost c e l lsT id ings o f a we l l sp e n t dayF rom golde n m orn to e ve n ing gray,O f a n oon of sum m e r tim e

I n a n e ve of a u tum n -

prim e,

H oa ry wi th a holy rhym e .

S e x ton tol l the ve spe r be l lT ol l it we l l— but no t a kne l l

L e o,F a th e r

,Pope a nd King,

’

T is fo r th e e the v e spe rs ring,’

T is for the e the ve sp e rs sin g.

N o t a kne l l,it is no t tim e

R a the r le t i t be a c him e

T ha t sh a l l re a c h the u tm ost c l im e ;S e x ton c him e the ve spe r be l lsT i l l th e i r m iss i on e d m us ic swe lls

,

O ve r hi l ls a nd ove r“

d e l ls,

T i l l e c ho from he r c oun tle ss c e l ls,

I n roya l re p l ic a t ion te l lsT he two fo ld tid ings, ful l a nd fre e

,

O f B e f/z/e/zem a nd jM 216 3

S e x ton ring the v e sp e r be l l,R ing i t, swing i t, pe a l i t we l l,’

T i l l i t te l ls to n e a r a nd fa r,

T e l ls to a ll the la nds tha t a re,

T id ings tha t sha ll n e ve r c loy ,

H e a rt o f m an or h e a rt o f boy,T id ings o f a solem n joy,

TH E F O R D H AM M O N TH L Y .

CH R I S TM A S G R E E T IN G S F R OM O UR'

E R ]E Z\7D S A T IJ OM E A N D A B R OA D

[Wa lt Whi tm an wa s the first to se nd a c on tribut ion . O ur

re ade rs wi l l notic e tha t the l in e s a re in his happi e st lyric a lstyle .

— E D S .]I se nd yo u a gre e ting a c ross the roa r of the wa te rsH urra h for the n e rve a nd the sinu e of youthfu l Am e ric a !B u l ly for you gre a t inc hoa te e d itors .

F orwa rd,m a rc h ! wh i le the shri l l d iapa son

F l ings forth the fre e - born n ote s o f gre a t Y a nk e e D ood le .

O h, in c ipie nt qu i l l - drive rs ! O h I ! l

I send you m y gre e t ing ramm e d wi th m 1d - oc e an thunde r .

[O ur re a de rs w i l l e a si ly re c ogn iz e the fol lowing l in e s a s

A ustin D obson ’

s .

~~ M r. D ob son k ind ly hints tha t the l ittlesqu ib wou ld look c ha rm ing in F re sco; we a re sorry to say

tha t we c a nn ot F r esco the verse s fo r the pre se n t ; we wi l l se eabout it n e xt C hristm a s — E D S ]

F irstly

'

thou, gre a t King A pol lo,“

L ord of.l ight fi

fl

and lord o f song,

C om e,and b id the m use s fo l low :

F King A pollo ,C om e from out fa i r T em pe ’

s hol low,

C om e a nd bring your lyre a long.

C om e

'

thou,too

,D an O rph e us,

Y ou who qu e nc h e d the n e the r fireWith your song- wa il r apturousC om e thou

,too

,. D an O rph e us,

C om e and sing a nd gla dde n u s

Wi th your fam ou s T hra c ia n lyre .

T hen the l ord of m e tre s que e r,

A ust in D obson— m od e st nam e

Wha t a glorious tri o he reT he n the lord of m e tre s que e rS trike s the n ote tha t sings the ye a rWhe n T H E M O N T H LY ros e to fam e .

[M r. R ob e rt L ou is S te ve n son wa s i l l wh e n our le tte rre a c h e d him ; s ti l l the fol lowing l in e s show c le a rly that hisk indn e ss rem a in s unc ha nge d , whe th e r in sic kn e ss or

he lth.

—E D S .]O n c is - E lysian rive r shore sI sit be re ft of sa i l and oa rs ;I think of tha t fa i r '

bro the rhood

Who work and labor un to good,

Who wa tc h and we igh the thoughts of m e n

I wou ld tha t .I we re ba c k aga in .

S ti l l, wi thout thought of fe e or wage ,I se nd th is foryour C hristm a s page .

P le a se remember

[I t is n e e d le ss to say tha t the following l ine s a re from the

pe n of O l ive r We nd e l H o lm e s — E D S ]C om e hi th e r, l ittle G od - be —pra ise dA nd sit

'

upon m y kn e e ;I’

ve told you ta le s o f wondrous th ingsI n m any a fa r c oun tre e .

I’

ve told , you of our boa rding fiom e,

And wha t the . F re nc hm a n la c ks,

40

A nd how to m ak e o f Puri ta n sT rue A nglo - m an ia c s.

B ut n e ve r have I told you, c h i ld ,O f the nam e a nd h igh re nownWon by a l i ttle m aga z in eF rom fam ous F ordham town .

N ow,h e ark e n

,l ittle G od - b e -

pra ise d :Whe n you hav e le a rn e d to spe ll ,

S e nd,stra ightway for th is m aga z ine ,

A nd c on it long and we l l .

[O ur re a de rs w i l l se e,from the fol lowing l in e s,

I a ure a te’

s powe rs a re a s v igorou s a s e v e n — E D S ]T he

'

t im e draws n e a r the b irth of C hri st :T he oc e an ga le th a t round m e swe l lsB e a rs on its

_

bre a st a sound of be l lsF rom la nd s th a t l ie b e yond the m ist .

A nd in this C hristm a s symphonyI h e a r a swe e t n ote

,fa in t a nd low

,

F rom th a t fa ir hi l l wh e re rose s b low,

Wa fte d a c ross the win te r se a .

A nd this the glad re sponse I give“A s l ong a s H a rlem ’

s wa te rs flowH a rd by

- the hi ll whe re rose s b low,

S o long T H E M O N T H LY ’

S fam e sha l l l iv e .

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AM M O N T E L Y .

sinc e the b eginn ing of ti 'm e . We haveoz

'

ssezcr in bu l l figh ts tha t th e re wa s a

t B urgos about fifty ye a rs ago , whic hf the H a rva rd - Y a le gam e in the

-

m a tte r

advanc e of an c ie n t

be re a s in foot ba l l the loss of l ife i sA m an m u st b e sque e ze d , of c ourse ,thrown som e th irty fe e t on the top of

is this c om pa re d w ith the glory of‘

b e

e d a t and app laude d by twe nty - five thousand m e n,

and c-b i lde rn .

pos of footba l l,it must be sa id tha t the game , a s

am ongst us, c ann ot be too highly c om m e nd e d a s a

A s a gam e,its sc i e n c e

_

is pe rhaps m ore intriof ba se ba l l ; phys ic a l ly a lso

,

- it is m ore be n eaye

'

r: T he re ha s be e n n on e o f tha t'

ruffi'

an i’

sm

e s p laye d h e re and a s a c ou'

se

se rious a c c ide nts . A lthoughfootba l l c an b e sa id to have

stude nt s a t F ordham ,the te amno m e an profic ie nc y in the

the gam e with t he O lym p ic s,room for im provem e n t . T he

by the add iti on of

ion m ight induce to

sin it. T he n if the '

m embe r-s o f the e le ve n wou ld c on se n t0 pra c t ic e two or thre e tim e s a we e k

,and hon e stly e nde avor

o -

profit by i t, we have n o doubt tha t in two or thre e ye a rs’

true the n am e of the F ordham footba l l e le ve n wou ld not be

less wide ly or le ss favorab ly known than th a t of the R oseQI-ills who for so l ong ha ve susta in e d a lon e the hon or of the

oll ege in m an ly sports .

R EV. F . A . SM I T H ,Pre side n t of L oyola ; C ol le ge , Balt i

aore,write s :

In a c knowle dgem e n t of the honor you do m e in inv i t ingne to

'

c on tribute a l e tte r to the d e a r '

M O N T H LY,I m ust say

wOuld most glad ly a cqu ie sc e, did i t no t se em'

to me tha tmy surroundi ngs for the la st five or six ye ars re nde r i t

mpOSS ible for me to se nd you a le tte r su itab le foryour c o l-mns.

'

M y se que stra tion from the gre at c e n tre of N e w Y orkthere n e arly a l l my c om rade s in p lay and study a re lo c a te d,t ake s it

_

im pos'

sib le form e to know anyth ing _

abou t th em;,md,you know a C hristma s le tter, in wh i c h the n am e s

.

a nd

r esent pursu i ts of the o ld boys are le ft out wou ld be l ikehe pl ay of H am le t without the D an e ;

_

Whi le thank ing you,

he re fo're , for the pl e a sure you offe r -m e,I m ust d e c l in e the

nvit‘

ation in fa vor of som e o ld c om rade,whose pre se n t

urroundings e nab le him to

.

fi ll a vo id wh i c h my le tte rrould

’

ne c e ssa ri ly c re a te .

With the best of wishe s,the m erri e st

'

of C hr is tm a se s and

he happie st of N ew Y e a rs, I rem a l n

Y ours sin c e re ly,F . A .SM I T H

,S . J .

V IC A R - G E N E R A L KE E G A N promise s a c on tributi on in the

ne a r future

I ha ve re c e ive d your inv ita tion to sc ribble m y re c o ll e c

t ion s of F ordham in the pa st . N oth ingwou ld ,p le a se m e

m ore than to c om p ly imm e d ia te ly with . your re qu e st . B ut

un fortuna te ly I am so e ngage d a t pre se n t tha t i t wou ld beim possib le to c olle c t m y thoughts and - eithe r” sa tisfy myse lfor d o just ice to a them e so de a r

“

to e ve ry re ade r of yourin te re sting p ape r. B ut a fte r the . hol idays, wh e n I hope Isha l l be re l ie ved of the m any du tie s whic h now oc c upy m ytim e

,I sha l l si t down le isure ly and give you . som e hin ts

a bout the m e n and m anne rs of our days. Wishing yourpa pe r e ve ry suc c e ss

,I am

, ge nt lem e n,

Y our obt . se rvan t,

WM . KE E G A N,V . G .

We solemn ly pron oun c e the e n te rta inm e nt in I st d iv isi ongym n a srum

,on la st T hursday, a c om p le te suc c e ss. G re a t

c re d it - is du e our e n te rta in e rs in tha t the whole a ffa ir Wa spre pare d, re h e arse d and pre se n te d to the pub l ic with in thel im ite d spa c e of four hours . M e ssrs . H opk ins and H e ffe rn

e stab l i sh e d a re pu ta tion . M r. T a a ffe wa s e qua l to himse lf,and th is is say ing a gre a t

‘

d e a l . M r. Joseph Wa lsh ’

s re c itat ion wou ld ha v e c a l le d forth a showe r of bouque ts We re thi sthe se a son for flowers . T he sam e m ay b e sa id of M e ssrs .

M a rrin,O rphe us and o the rs . M any thank s a re due

‘

M r.

S impson for hav ing se c ure d the se rv i c e s of the two“

M e ssrs.

R ose nfe lds .

M onday, D e c . 1 2 th, wa s a ga la day a t F ordham . Judgee le c t M organ J . O

’

B rie n , pa id a v isi t to the c ol le ge'

to

re vive m em orie s of se ve n te e n ye a rs ago . H is re c ep ti on by

the boysin I st d iv ision ha l l m ust hav e b e e n ve ry gra tifyingto him . We ga the r from anc ient doc um en ts that ohr distinguishe d a lumnus figure d c on sp ic uously - in the D ram a tica ssoc ia tion o f his day ; he m ust th e re fore have found pe c u l i a rp le a sure in a ttend ing the pe rform a nc e give n by the arti sts o four day . T he a ddre sse s in pros e and v e rse we re v e ry

h appy; Wha t m ust have be e n F a the r C a sey’

s fe el ings. on

m e etm g i n on e of his old pup i ls a re a l judge of the suprem e

c ourt?

Abou t awe e k ago we se nt out le tte rs to sev e ra l of the o ld

boys inviting them to c on tribute short C hristm a s le tte rs .

O ur inv ita tion s we re un fortun a te ly obsc ure . M a ny unde r

stood tha t the le tte rs shou ld c om e in about C hristm a s t im e .

T h is,o f c ourse , i s too la te for a C hristm a s issue

,a nd we a re

very sorry for i t . M ost o f th em , howeve r, wil l appe a r inou r ne xt numbe r. M r. J . J . M a rrin

,L . L . D .

,

’

57 , se n t u s a

de l igh tful pap e r. T he , gradua te s o f- the se ve n t i e s wi l l re a d

with gre a t p le a sure a c on tribut ion from R e v . J . J . Qu in,

- 76 .

We have m a ny

~

shorte r pape rs, wh ic h wi l l a ll appe a r, in.

forthc om ing issues .

52 TH E F O R D H AM M ON TH L Y .

CH R I S TM A S L E T TE R S F R OM OL D B O Y S .

T o M e E di tors of ti l e F ord/cam M ont/zly

T o spe ak of the o ld boys ismOre'

d i ffic ul t than to spe ak of

the o ld fa th e rs . T h e y drifte d away on le a v ing c olle ge , andby this t im e m ost o f th em have gon e to tha t land from wh ic hno on e re turn s. Why hav e you no t

_

ta k e n m y adv ic e and

a sk e d V i c a r- G e n e ra l Ke egan or V ic a r - G e n e ra l D onn e l ly or

the Ve ry R e v . D e an E gan to wri te to you th e ir re c ol le c ti on so f the forti e s? O f the gradua te s to

’

4 7 in c lusive ly I doub twhe th e r any a re to—day l iv ing. A n d ye t tha t is on ly fortyye a rs ago , and the ge n e ra tion s of m e n ought n o t to a l l d ie

ou t b e fore the age o f s ixty; B ishop R ose c rans gradua ted in1 84 7 , and he is d e ad now qu ite a numbe r o f ye a rs . H e wa s

a v e ry popu la r young m a n,a nd

,a fte r le a ving c o llege , his

n am e wa s st i l l in e v e rybody’

s m ou th . H is spe e c h a t the

c om m e n c em e n t wa s a ve ry w itty produc ti on . grad

ua te s o f’

4 8 we have in our m idst the qu ie t form of L aw

re nc e O’

C onnor,the we l l - known a rc hi te c t

,who ha s don e so

m u c h sol id work for the C hurc h and its c ha rit i e s in N ew

Y ork c ity . A l l the oth e r m embe rs of"

th a t c la ss tha t I c a n

think of a re gon e , and v e ry b right young me n m any of th emwe re : F ish e r, if I m istak e no t

,the first pre side n t o f S e ton

H a l l c ol lege ; D r. M Orrogh, S upe rior of the E c c le sia stic a lS em in a ry and pa stor of the Imm a c u la te C on c e pt ion c hurc hin thi s c ity . B ut why m e n ti on n ame s ? John G re y, who d id

a t on e t im e a la rge bu sin e ss a s a lawye r in the c onve yan c ingl in e

,I saw a few

-

d ays b e fore he d ie d a ye a r or two ago .

F e l ix Ke nn e dy, the m ost ge ni a l o f m en,m y bosom frie nd

a nd pe n ite n t,we n t about the sam e tim e . Ke nn e dy l ive d ina house a fte rwa rds purc ha se d by the J e su i t F a th e rs

,a nd

wh ic h is now be ing in c orpora te d bod i ly in to the n ew c olle gebu i ld ing on r6 th stre e t . In the c la ss o f ’

49 you had JudgeD odge , whom I have n ot m e t sinc e he l e ft col le ge ; he wa sprom ote d from our c la ss soon a fte r e n te ring, m uc h to the

adva n tage o f oth e rs, to whom he gave som e.

c ha n c e of win

n ing priz e s . D odge wa s n o t ve ry pre posse ssing a t tha t tim e ;

he wa s pre tty awkwa rd wh e n he m ade his first sp e e c h . B ut n o

on e m inde d that ; a ll we pa id a tte n t ion to wa s the pre c oc iousgra v ity and m a turity o f the young m a n him se lf . M ic ha e lO

’

C onn or, who wa s a s fie ry a s his broth e r L awre n c e wa sc a lm

,b e longe d to th is c la ss . H e b e c am e a gre a t se c e ssi on

ist,a nd

,a fte r the War, m em b e r o f c ongre ss fo r S outh C a ro

lina . H e d ie d v e ry shortly a fte r a v isit to N ew Y ork a few

ye a rs sin c e , on whi c h oc c a sion he d e l ive re d the a ddre ss to

the F ordham gradua te s .

O ur c la ss, tha t is, the c la ss of 1 850 , wa s c om pose d of two

ve ry d istinc t se ts of p e rson s. T he first se t wa s m ade up o f

young m e n,ra th e r ove r than unde r twe n ty, who had c om e

to c o l le ge with the se ttle d inte n tion o f study ing for the

prie sthood . A fe w o f th e se a lre ady wore the c a ssoc k a nd

c am e up from the sem in a ry (the bu i ld ing now c a l le d S t .

John ’

s ha l l) for th e ir c ourse of l i te ra ture a nd c la ssic s. D ur

ing our la st ye a r a t c o l le ge , the ye a r of ph i losophy, we inturn we n t down to the sem ina ry. H e re our num be rs we re

inc re a se d by the sem in a rian s who we re be ginn ing the ir firstye a r of e c c le sia st ic a l study, a brie f c ourse of m e n ta l philosophy b e ing the c omm on oc c upa tion o f the la st ye a r’

s'

c o l le ge

stude n ts a nd the stude n ts in the sem ina ry of the first ye a r.

S om e tim e s a few o f the younge r J e su i ts too , no t ye t orda in e d

a tte nde d th is c lass . D uring our ye ar we had a M r.

a sc hola st ic who wa s a t the sam e t im e our gua rd ianp layground .

T he o th e r se t in our c la ss we re the youngste rs.

am a fra id th e y we re

a nd id le . M y de a r y

la zy ; work Y ou wi l l n e v e r m ak e up for tim e lostA nd don ’

t re a d nove ls ; re ad se rious book s. N ov

(good nove ls, of c ourse ) is a re laxa tion to be towe l l, le t us say, pe rsons of fifty- five ye a rs o f age .

ha s b e c om e o f a ll th e se youngste rs ? M anv o f th

the gra v e .

’

(F unny wri ting fo r your C hristm a s

N o t a ll o f th em , howe ve r. D r. John Y oung ha s b e e n a t.

te nd ing to a la rge pra c tic e for m a ny ye a rs in B rook lyn ,and

ha s be c om e,I suppose , a ve ry we a lthy m a n

,un le ss pre ve n ted

by'

a

’

growing fam ily ;'

but the n tha t n e ve r is the c a se . H e

wa s on e of the m ost m isc h ie vous. D r. C ha rle s P in c kn e y, ofA tlan ta

,i s we l l kn own for his pro fe ssiona l abi li ty in the

south . S e ve n te e n ye a rs ago he had a v e ry la rge fam i ly toohow is it now? C ha rle y Pre nde rga st, the te a se and torm e n t

of the fa the r who wa s our F re n c h profe ssor, _

we n t o ff and

be c ame him se l f a prie st, and a ve ry e d ifying on e inde e d inthe d ioc e se of C ha rle ston . I m e t him in Pa ris on m y way tomy own n ov it ia te . B ut D om in ie L ynch ? and B i l l B on e s?a nd T om C ol lins ? a nd M auri c e D a ly? and M c N ulty

? T he

dom in ie m ust b e gone the se twe n ty ye a rs. B i l l B on e s,or

M a la c hy B on e s, so c a l le d b e c a use he wa s bone s, and nothing e lse , wa s the son of M a j or D e nm an

,e d itor of the T r o t/z

T e l le r,about the on ly C a thol ic n ewspa pe r we ha d in those

d ays . T he m a jo r a sk e d M auric e D a ly to j oin him in his

e d itorship, and B i l l a nd M auric e ra n the pape r be twe e n th emfor a wh ile . Whe n abroad I he a rd of D a ly’

s d e a th ; he soonran through the l ittle m one y he had ; a Prote stan t sc hoolc ompa n i on wa s the first t o ‘

sugge st c a l l ing a prie st to his

b e dsid e ; and, whe n dy ing, he a ske d to re st am ong his o ld

profe ssors. H is grave is in your c em e te ry . Whe n la st Isaw B i l l D e nm an he wa s busin e ss m a n age r of the N e w Y orkT a ble t. H e toO

,.whe n the e nd c am e

,se n t fo r F a th e r D uran

que t . M c N ulty a nd D e mn an we re a t the c e le bra t i on of the

S i lve r Jub i le e of the c ol le ge . We c a l le d M a c,N ose y, w ith

tha t de e p re ve re n c e boys have for o n e ano ther,be c ause he

had brok e n his nose p laying sh inny on the ic e on the B ronx .

E xc ept fo r this fe a ture , he Wa s, in 1 8 70 , a s sp le nd id a m a n

a s you c ou ld e xpe c t to la y e ye s on . H e wa s in busin e ss inC hic ago . H is d e a th wa s the re su lt o f a n a c c ide n t i n c on

n e c tion with the horse c a rs . . N on e of the se thre e e ve r m a r

rie d . F or m any ye a rs a fte r the wa r T om C ol l in s ’

wife c ou ldle a rn no de ta i l o f his d e a th . R e c e n tly I saw a re pre se n ta

t i on of the woods on fire during the b a ttle of the Wi lde rn e ss

,a nd the wounde d b e ing c a rri e d away . T om C oll ins

re fuse d to be c a rried away ; he wa s burn e d to de a th . D oe sG us O

’

N e i ll rem em be r his figh t wi th T om C o l l ins for thec ham p ionsh ip of the pla yground, down a t the o ld pum p

?

G us is sti l l a l ive and fight ing his oppon e n ts a t the ba r. B ut

he figh ts the de v i l too , for if e ve r th e re wa s a good C hristia na nd a n hon e st lawye r, A ugustin e O ’

N e i ll is the m an . S om e

we e k s ago, a t the e nd o f a c onve rsa tion wi th a young ladywho gre a tly in te re ste d m e

,I d isc ove re d tha t she wa s the

TH E F O R D IJAM M O N THL Y .

T H R E SH O LD O F T H E'

Y E A R .

l augh te r of my o ld frie nd . R id ic u lous ? T he rea l ly ridic

1 lous th ing is the gra nd - cl n'

lclren,in kn e e - bre e c h e s and

I

short

sk irts, grimac ing a t e a c h othe r a s in F re nc h p ic ture s . A nd

.ha t'

ha lf - A m e ric a n ,ha lf - M e x ic an ,

Kim ba l l, i s he among the

riv ing or the d e ad ?’

Whe n he c am e to se e m e in 1 859 he

wa s in the m in ing busin e ss in Pue b lo . B ut 1 859 i s long ago .

H ow he h e ld his tongu e during the whole t im e . he wa s a t

c ollege ! It wa s on ly a t the e nd we le arn e d hi s b itte r ha tre dof the Am e r ic ans (his fa the r wa s an A me ric a n) on a c c oun tof the M e x ic an wa r ; his fa the r ha d wa rn e d him to b e si le n t .

B ut th e re was very l itt le b itte rne ss in him ; hi s words to m e

a t th a t v isi t we re to b e k ind to '

the boys .

D e ar fe l lows ! T he y we re no t b ad boys . O n the c on

trary, they were good . I wou ld p i t th em for C hrist ia n v irtue

again st any lot of boys the whole world _ove r. I have spok e n

to the stude n ts a t Fordham of C ha rle y de Bu l l, our S t .

A loysius . I t wa s a t F ordham I first le a rn e d the re we re

good boys . B e fore tha t t im e I had no t found them ,

e i th e ram ong- the r ic h or am ong the poor. B ut a t S t . John s’

the

b ad boys we re few,

'

the y we re kn own , and the y we re a voide d .

G re e n be your m em ory, m y d e a r p laym a te s ; we ga v e troub le ,but we m e an t n o gre a t h a rm . We we re boys the n ; ,

now we

a re a few m e n v e rging on old age . M ay we a ll m e e t in the

e te rn a l hom e .

G e n t lem e n, p le a se do n o t a sk m e for m ore rem in isc e n c e s .

T he se n tim e n t e xc ite d by dwe l l ing on th e se re c ol le c t ion ssavors, I am a fra id, o f e go t ism .

Y ours in C hrist,D . A . M E R R I C K,

S . J.,’

50 .

54 TH E F O R D H A M M O N TH L Y .

L A S T S T R O KE O F T H E D E LL .

T o tbe E ditors of tlze F ord/2am M ont/zly

I t wa s a k ind and hosp itab le though t of yours to c a l l theo ld boys a round you a t C hristm a s . H ow glad we shou ld b eif we m ight inde e d m e e t in the re a l fl e sh by your sa n c tumlam p, a nd fe e l aga in the b e n ign influe n c e s whi c h a lwaysm a de the c o l le ge C h ristm a s so brigh t a pa rt of our youth . I

have pa sse d the sa c re d se a son unde r m a ny c ond i t ion s a nd in

va ri ous d istan t lands— am ong n orth e rn snows,wi th the m e r

c ury 40 d e gre e s b e low z e ro ; in la nguo rou s sub - trop i c a lc l im e s surrounde d by h e l io trope s a nd ro se s ; in L ondon fogs ;i n m e rry h om e ga th e rings ; bu t the c ol le ge C hristm a s

,wi th

the m idn igh t m a ss,the de vout c omm un ion s

,the m usic dis

pe l ling our brok e n sle e p, the j oyous suppe r a fte r m a ss,the

la te bre a k fa st and the h i la rious bre ak ing up fo r the shorthol iday, ha s left a de e pe r im pre ssion tha n a ny of m y la te re xpe rie nc e s . I do not know wh e th e r you k e e p the fe a st a s

we d id,or in som e sim ple r wa y ; but I hope tha t whe n you

grow to b e o ld boys i t w il l se em a s be au t ifu l to you a s i t doe sto us .

T he re we re te n o f u s in the c la ss of ’

55, and we we re

.

a l l

fa st frie nds . S e ve ra l,howe ve r

,inc lud ing two or thre e

C a nad ia n s who re turne d to th e i r own c oun try, pa ssed o ut,o f

m y knowle dge whe n th e y gra dua te d, a nd I do no t knowwha t b e c am e o f th em . F our o th e rs d i e d e a rly— a h e x traord in a ry m orta l i ty fo r so sm a l l a c la ss . G ood, hon e st D e n isD onovan be c am e a physic ia n ,

and wa s surge on of‘

the 8 th

TH E F O R D H AM -M O N TH L Y .

A FT E R T H E LA S T S T R O KE .

egim e nt,

wi th wh ic h he m ade a fin e figure on pa rade ;

but he.

Wa s c a rri e d .off by'

-

_

c onsum ption without a_

c han c e to

win m uc h pra c t i c e .John Powe r

,son of a physic ian a nd

n e phew o f a d ist ingu ishe d prie st, wa s re pu te d l a zy,and a l

wayslook e d a s if he

'

ha d go t ou t of b e d ha lf awak e and had

dre sse d in the dark . B ut we a l l l ik e d him . H e had ab i l ity,and Wh i le he wa s study ing law unde r the bri l l ian t advoc a te ,Jam e s T . B ra dy, broth e r of the pre se n t judge , he app l ie dhim se lf to '

th e profe ssion e a rne stly .

- H e inv ite d -m e to wit

n e ss his first c a se in c ourt. H is c l ie n t wa s a poor n e ed lewom an su ing fo r he r e a rn ings , a nd John took the c a se w ithout fe e .

-

_O h a c c oun t of a fla g-ran t te c hn ical de fe c t the c om

plaint wa s d ism isse d w ith c osts , wh i c h John p a id Ou t of his

own poc ke t .

‘

I t wa s a l l ove r in about fiv e m inu te s , and wewa lk e d awa y toge th e r in profound si le n c e . I wa s think ingtha t i t wa s a p ity ,

John had i nv ite d me to the t ri a l, a nd l su sp e e t t

ha t he wa s thi nk ing so too .

“

H i s h e a lth fa i l ing, hewe n t on a long se a - voyage , an d he d ie d abroad— I b e l ie v ein S outh A fric a .

_

H ippolyte F e uga s (n am e . pronounce dF ew son o f a fa shionab l e da n c ingm a ste r in C h a rle ston

,wa s a ta l l

,brown , sm i l ing, a le rt, soc iab le m a n

,a s l ittle

l ik e - the typic a l C a ro l in ian of those fire - e a ting da ys as on e

c ou ld we l l b e . H e a lways ha d som e th ing the m a tte r wi thhi s b ig toe , in c on se qu e nc e of whic h he wore e n orm ousbroad

56 TH E F O R D H A M M O N TH L Y .

shoe s,k nown throughout the c ol le ge a s F e uga s

’

s boo ts .

D e a r,o ld fe l low

,he d idn ’

t c a re ; he c ou ld no t h a ve qua rre le di f he ha d trie d . A lm ost the la st m a i l from the south

,b e fore

c omm un ic a t ion wa s c ut o ff by the wa r, brought m e a le tte rfrom him

,stam pe d w i th a pa lm e tto fl ag, and fi l le d wi th the

m ost fe ro c ious se c e ssi on ism . T he c on tra st b e twe e n -

. the

t ruc ul e n t ton e o f this e pistle an d the lam b - l ike tem pe ram e n t

o f the wri te r wou ld ha v e be e n c om ic but fo r the e v ide n c e i tbo re to the s ta te o f pub l i c fe e l ing. I f ge n tle H ippolytec ould go on l ik e thi s

,wha t m ust b e the fu ry of the re st

‘

O f

C h a rle stown ? I found a n opportun i ty to se nd him an a n

swe r o f fri e nd ly re m on stra nc e by a flag- o f—truc e boa t from

F ortre ss M on ro e,bu t I do no t kn ow tha t he e ve r re c e ive d i t .

Wh e n pe a c e re turn e d,[ h e a rd tha t he wa s de ad .

G e n e ra l M c M ahon pa id a fin e tribute ,in the la st volum e

o f T H E M O N T H LY ,to a c la ssm a te whom we bo th love d v e ry

d e a rly, a nd re m e m b e r w i th und im in ish e d te nde rn e ss . A rthurF ra nc is wa s the brighte st a nd m ost b e a ut ifu l sp irit I e v e r

kn ew in m y youth . . H is l iqu id e ye s, spa rk l ing w i th m e rrim e n t

,wi th so m uc h sou l a nd se n sib i l i ty lurk ing in th e ir

d e pths, se e m to shin e o n m e as I wri te,a nd the im age o f

th is fa u l tle ss l i ttle ge ntl em a n w i l l a lwa ys tak e a fore m ostpla c e in my m em orie s of S t John ’

s . e wa s a c le a r- he ade d

T . J OH N’S T H I R T Y Y E A R S A G O

T o t/ze E di tors of t/zc F ord/m7;

D e a r S im — R e deem ing a p ng un fu lfi l le d ,a nd

tre ad ing in the foo ts te ps of m y i l lustrious se n iors, M e ssrs .

M e rric k,H a ssa rd

,M c M ahon and O

'

B e irn e,I ve n ture to offe r

this a dd i ti on to your store o f R em in isc e n c e s .

”

M y first impre ssi on o f F ordham ,e ve r s inc e v ivid ly pre

se rve d, i s on e o f l igh t— I m e a n physic a l l igh t; The c ho ic eo f an ins t i tu t ion in whic h to pursu e m y .

"

stud ie s, a lre adywe l l a dvan c e d ,

had b e e n l e ft to m yse l f, a nd I had e n te re d,

a t the b e ginn ing o f the sc hola st i c ye a r, a '

note d c ol le ge farthe r south . F rom the m ome n t ofm y e n tran c e , an una c c

‘

oun t

a b le glo om se em e d to m e to pe rvade the whole p l a c e .

“

M y

sou l sa nk und e r it . Why it wa s I c ou ld no t then te l l , nor c a nI n ow . I t wa s no t due to m y re c e pt i on ,

wh ic h wa s k indn e ssi tse lf n or wa s i t hom e sic kn e ss, for a ga inst tha t I wa s thoroughly se a son e d . B u t the re the gloom was, re a l o r im agin a ry, and

,struggle a s I m igh t, I c ou ld n o t e sc ape i ts

in flu e n c e . I t se em e d to m e a s if the v e ry m oun ta in s of then e ighborhood bore down w ith the ir fu l l we igh t upon m e

,

a nd e ve rything w a s o f a p i e c e wi th th is a b surd c on c e ‘

pt ion .

A fte r a few days o f re a l torture , I re qu e ste d the pre s ide n tto a l low m e to wi thdraw,

and,a s I had pre se n te d m yse lf un a c

c om pan ie d , he pe rm i tte d m e to‘

de pa rt . I th e n re solve d totry S t .

John ’

s ; but, in to suc h dre ad had I fa l le n, tha t thi stim e I insiste d tha t m y fa th e r should a c c om pany m e

,and

toge th e r we e n te re d F ordham . T he pl a c e to m e se em e d

flood e d with ligh t , and w i th tha t im pre ss ion th e re c am e to

m e a c h e e r and l igh t - h e a rte dn e ss th a t ne ve r ab andon e d m e

wh ile I re m a in e d a s tud e n t . T his l oc a l brightn e ss is, in m ym ind

,a c h a ra c te ristic o f S t. John ’

s,a nd

,I think , ha s e ve r

had i ts re fl e c ti on in the m a nne rs,c ustom s - a nd l i fe o f i ts

inm a te s .

sc hola r, pre ssing M c M ahon ha rd for the honors- of the c la ss.

F or a l ittle whil e he stud ie d law in N ew Y ork,rem ov ing

soon , howe ve r, to S t . L ou is,whe re he d ie d . I rem em be r

his te l l ing m e one day, wi th ba te d bre a th , tha t he had d isc ove re d in the law-

pra c tic e o f a d istingu ish e d firm ,whic h

stood ve ry high both in the profe ssion a nd in soc ie ty, a re adi

n e ss to use tri c k e ry and e ve n to te l l l i e s ! H e wa s so m uc hshoc k e d tha t he whisp e re d the d isc losure

,though we we re

in the priva c y o f his own room . Y e a rs a fte rwa rds,wh e n

o n e o f the se em in e n t lawye rs m isa ppropria te d a trust,the

world found o ut wha t A rthur’

s se nsit ive c on sc ie nc e d iv in e da t on c e .

T h e re is on ly on e o f the . te n of’

55 with whom I c a n now

ta lk ove r o ld t im e s . T h a t i s m y de a r c om ra d e M artin M c

M ahon,whose frie ndsh ip is on e o f the m ost pre c ious things

I b rought awa y from c o lle ge . We ha ve c lung toge the rfo r thi rty- six ye a rs, and I trust tha t de a th wi l l no t whollypa rt u s . U n i v e rsa l ly adm i re d a t S t. John ’

s,he ha s s in c

m ad e frie nds a ll ove r the U n i te d S ta te s,fi l l ing im portan t

posts w i th honor to h im se lf a nd a dva n tage to his c oun try,a nd in a ll the em p loym e n ts o f his b usy l ife re fl e c t ing lustreupon the in sti tut i on whi c h tra ine d him for his d istingu ishe dc a re e r a s a pa trio t, a so ld ie r a nd a true C a thol ic c it ize n .

JN O . R . G . H A S S A R D,

’

55 .

F ordham wa s no t,whe n I e n te re d i t, wha t i t now is . T o

say n o thing o f the la st n ew bu i ld ing, the la rge ston e wingd id no t th e n e x ist .

Wha t is now the pre side n t’s offic e wa sthe n the c o l le ge pa rl or ; wha t is n ow the pa rlor, the c hape la nd wha t is now the c h ape l, the first d iv ision study

- ha l l ,T he pre se n t sa c risty wa s the se c ond gramm a r c la ss - room ;

a nd,in th e ir ord e r, on the sam e le ve l

,fo llowe d first gramm a r .

c la ssi c s, a nd b e l le s - le ttre s . R he toric wa s ta ugh t in the top

floor of the bu i ld ing, whe re your san c tum is si tua te d . Y oursa nc tum was the v ic e —pre side n t ’s fortre ss wh i le on the

ground floor we re the m usic - room s,and in the ba sem ent the

re ad ing- room,whic h se rve d a lso the purpose s of the S t . J ohn '

s

D e ba t ing S oc i e ty . Phi losophy wa s taught in wha t is n ow a

pa rt o f the wa rdrob e . Whe re the m usic - room s now a re,

the re wa s on e long h a l l whic h , w ith .the pre se n t se c ond d iv isi on b i l l ia rd - room

,c on sti tute d the first d ivision p lay - room .

Imm e d ia te ly adj o in ing this wa s fi rst d ivision wa sh - room .

T he stud e n t of to - day wi l l se e tha t I do n ot u se for wa shroom the te rm lava tory .

”N or wou ld he , if he had kn own

the spo t . T he e te rna l fitn e ss of things wou ld forb id i t . N o

sm ooth L a t in d e riva t iv e su its the rem in isc e n c e .

”T he

h om e l ie st, rugge de st S a xon fi ts . T he re , in the form o f a

square , taking up the e n tire c e n tre o f the room ,

stood la rgetubs— ge nu in e wa sh tubs— brimm ing w ith wa te r

,and from

the se we fi l le d e a c h his t in ba sin . I n summ e r i t wa s p le a sa nt e nough ; bu t, whe n w inte r c am e

,so m uc h c ou ld no t be

sa id . M ore than on c e , tumb l ing ou t o f a wa rm b e d and sti l lha lf - a sle e p, down the sta irs, wi th our c oa ts thrown ove r oura rm s

,we e n te re d this lava tory on ly to find th a t the p e r

fo rm a n c e of ou r m orn ing ab luti ons re qu ire d first t/ze bre a /ez'ngof tbc i ce in tbc ta bs . T h ink o f this, ye m od e rn Syba ri te sI t m ay se em odd to re c a l l suc h trifle s a s this but who tha t

TH E F O R D H AM M ON TE L Y .

eve r wa she d his fa c e and hands a t ha lf -

pa st ,five o ’c loc k inthe m orn ing, wi th the the rm om e te r a round him ne a r z e ro

,in

a ba sin in wh ic h swam c hunk s of ic e,has forgotte n the e xpe

rienc e ? A nd I am writing, you m ust rem emb e r,rem in isc e n

c e s . We l l . tha t is on e o f them —on e tha t stands out sa l ie n t IT he fore going wa s but one of m any ha rdsh ips we unde r

we n t tha t a re unknown to - the stude n t of to - day ; and , a s we

trium phan tly surv ive d th em a l l, you se e

,M e ssrs . E d itors,

tha t we we re a sturdy se t. I rem em be r v e ry few c a se s

among u s of sic kne ss . T he infirm a ry ha d bu t few inm a te s.

Pe rsona l ly, I . n e ver c rosse d i ts thre shhold but onc e , and thenfor an e a ra c h e . R e gu la r hours, _

a c t ive e xe rc ise a nd p la inbut substan t ia l and p le n te ous food, . such a s e ve ry J e su it c o l“lege is n ote d for

,m ade of us a nd se n t us ou t the sam e

strong, he a lthy m e n tha t F ordham is now e ve ry ye a r giv ing tothe World . We we re induc e d to study ha rd, but we p laye djust '

a s ha rd . I n our day, indoor re c re a t ion wa s. frown e dupon e ve n in rough, if no t too inc lem e nt we a the r. C a rds

we re ab sp lute ly ,tabooe d the n

,a s now. C he ss wa s d isc our

age d, a s but a c on t inu a t ion of“

study . B a c kgamm on wa s to le ra te d . D anc ing we had som e t im e s in the e ve n ing. B u t in

the m a in we we re k e pt, n othing loth, out of doors, th e re toge t a long a s b e st we m ight . Sk a t ing, whi le it la ste d, wa s aboon

,a nd not

“le ss so,wh e n the sle ighingwa s good, the straw

ride s in b ox - sle ighs to H a rlem,Y onk ers

,or whithe rso e

’

e r

the sp irit of the pre fe c t l iste d . In spring and au tum n'

we

fa irly re ve l le d . E ve rybody p laye d handba l l (usua l ly the

six - h and gam e ) and we had ve ry e xpe rt p laye rs. C r ic ke thad for a t im e i ts votarie s ; but it sic k e n e d and d ie d upon theadve n t of ba seb a l l . T he la tte r wa s the n on ly just

'

struggling

in to e xisten c e , supp la n t ing its pre de c e ssor We

had no regu la r c lub . T he n in e s we re sc ra tc h - n in e s,c hose n

by the toss ingof a ba t, from am ong those pre se n t who de sire dto p lay . We had l itt le of the sc i e n c e wh ic h m ode rn t a le n t

ha s de ve lope d, but we had j ust a s m uc h fun a s our su c

c e ssors. We knew a l l the ba se ba l l the n known,and m ore

c ou ld no t b e e xpe c te d . T he sam e m ay be sa id of footb a l l .We ,

had no‘ h a lf - ba c k s or sn ap

- ba c k s (a t le ast none . te chn i

c a l ly so c a l le d), but We d id no t bre ak e a ch othe rs bon es,

and our sc rimm age s gave us a s m uc h wind and m usc le,

prob ab ly, a s isde rive d from the gam e o f to- day . Prisone rs’

ba se and sh inny we re - ofte n indu lge d in , by way o f va ri e ty .

Indoor gym n a st ic s we d id not ha ve : In th e se a son,with

suc h app l iance s a s ourswe re , a gre a t d e a l of gym n a st ic workwa s don e out of doors with ve ry c re d itab le re su lts. B o 'xingwa s pra c t ic e d to a c e rta in e xte n t ; bu t fe n c ing wa s unknown ,

a s wa s ,a lso m i l ita ry tra in ing, un le ss “M a rsha l M c M ahon

’

s

fourth of Ju ly squa d”c an b e c on sid e re d a proof to the _

c on

trary_. In the h e a t o f the summ e r

,swimming _

in'

the de e pe r

pa rt of the B ronx wa s a fre qu e n t d e l ight . O ur fish ing, fo rwe d id fish

,wa s

.

of two k inds,de ep sea fish ing o ff Pe lham

bridge , and sna ring in. the sha l low wa te rs of the B ronx .

T he la tte r w a s m y forte or ra th e r the forte o f the firm to

whic h I b e longed .

. F o r it was a

'

m atte r'

of c opa rtn e rship .

I c ou ld find the,fish, bu t I ne ve r c ou ld c a tc h on e . M y

c la ss-m a te,

“J imm y Sm ith,wa s too fu l l of re pose e ve r to

se e k a fish,bu t I n e ve r knew him to m iss one tha t he wa s

ma d e to se e . S o We struc k hands . I s pie d the fish(I kn ownot wha t the y we re , we c a l le d th e m c a rps)and

"J imm y” d id

,the c atching. T his wa s the m e d”: ope ramfi : to the e xtrem i ty

“TM

57

of a l ight, stiff po le you a ttache d a short,fle xible wire e nd

ing in a runn ing noose,a nd

,wh e n you saw (or we re m ad e to

se e ) a fa t c a rp ba sk ing, m oti on le ss . on the sa ndybottom , you

qu ie tly approa ched him with the sun in your fa c e so a s to c a st

noshadow towa rdshim,and

, ge ntly in troduc ing the noose ove rhis nose and ba c kwa rd unti l you got i t a round his m idd le ,you gave a sudd e n twitc h and lande d him on the ba nk . I

a lways thought m y pa rtn e r t ic kle d the fish from the t im e the

n oose re a c h e d its n ose u n ti l he sn are d it ; bu t to wha te v e rth e ore t ic a l knowle dge or susp ic ion I a tta in e d I rem a in e d

,in

pra c tic e , a fa i lure . T he firm,howe ve r

,did quite a busin e ss .

B ig, j o l ly c a rp we re p le n tifu l in the B ron x in those d ays, butI suppose tha t und e r the inroads of urban c iv i l iz a t i on th e yhave d isappe a re d . B oa t ing Wa s of d iffi c u lt and in fre qu enta c c omp l ishm e n t . I rem em b e r

,howe v e r

,one glorious e xc ur

sion . O n'

a bright day in e a rly summ e r,a la rge “

ban d”

wen t in the c a rs to H a rlem,and em ba rk ing th e re in boa ts

,

se c ure d in advance,rowe d a l l the way to Kingsbridge , whe re

a lun c h wa s had,and ba c k aga in to H a rlem . I t wa s som e

thing ou t of the u sua l run and,the re fore

, gra te fu l . B ut we

we re no t se a sone d to row ing, a nd,a lthough our trip had

b e e n So t im e d a s to give us the tide both ways, we we re a

t ire d lo t wh e n we re - e n te re d F ordham tha t e ve n ing. T h e rewa s no e nd o f ta lk of the fin e tim e had

,but the re wa s

,a lso

,

no sc a rc ity of stiffen e d ba c k s and b l iste re d ha nds .

“B and s

”

we re a gre a t in st ituti on in the da ys of whic h I write . A tthe b eginn ing of a fu l l or h a lf re c re a t ion day, the ann oun c em e n t wou ld b e m ade tha t a band wou ld sta rt for a c e rta inp la c e . E a c h m em b e r

-

of the d iv ision wa s fre e to j o in or no t ;

and,wh e n . the de ta c hm e n t wa s m a d e up, off we we n t on a

br isk wa lk,

a c c om pan ie d by on e or two pre fe c ts. I n thisway a t one. tim e o r an othe r

,We v isite d Pe lham B ridge , H ar

l em,M a c omb ’

s D am,Kingsbridge , We stch e ste r

,M anha t

tanv i l le,H ighbridge , We st

“

F a rm s and a l l the po in ts of inte re st w ithin re a sonab le wa lk ing d ista n c e of the c ol lege . T he

ou tlying re gion s we re th e n bu t sparse ly se tt le d,and the se

ramb le s_

of' ours we re re a l e xc ursi on s in to the c oun try ,

posse ss ing a c ha rm of th e ir own tha t ha s n e v e r fade d fromm y m e m ory . T he sense of a large r fre e domfor the m om e n t

,

the buoyan c y of step and glow of e xe rc ise,the e xhi la ra t ion

of sp irits, the m e rry c onv e rsa ti on,the re sts by the ways ide ,

the re pose a t the end“

of the rou te — the whole ba th e d in a nd

dom ina te d by G od ’

s glorious. sun shin e— c om e ba ck to m e a s

forc ib ly a s i f the y we re a thing of but ye ste rday .

T he d isc ip l in e of our day, withou t be ing a t a l l re la xe d,

wa s re a son ab ly l e n i e n t, and .wa s m a in ta ine d without d i ffic u lty .

I t wa s“

m a in ta in e d a s muc h by ' the vo lun ta ry c onc urre n c e o f

the stude n ts a s by the we ight of authority . I t wa s n o t c on

side re d c le v e r to bre a k or,

e vade the ru le s,and the la dWhosough t d ist inct i on in this l ine '

spe e d i ly lost c a ste am ong hisfe l lows, and if thi s d id not c ure .him

,u lt im a te ly fou nd

h im se lf shown to the door by the F a c u lty . T he sp irit, a t

le a st i n S e n ior D iv ision ,wa s tha t e n te ring the c ol lege e a c h

ye ar w i th a knowledge of i ts laws,the stud e n t

'

b e c am e boundi n honor to observe them ; so

,long a s he staye d in the inst i

tution,his rem e dy othe rwise be ing to induc e his pa re n ts, i f

he c ou ld,to se nd him e lsewh e re .

. [ al

zm’a tor temporz

'

s a e i z'

is not,c erta in ly, “

a role in to wh ic h “

I

w ish to stum b le ; but, a t the sam e t im e,I c ann ot -

qu it thesubj e c t I have b e e n - d isc ussing, l ife and habit a t S t. John ’

s,

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TH E F O R D H A M M O N TE L Y . 59’

his . drawer,and p roduc ing the no l onge r horrid G re e k

,

wou ld say :“A fte r a l l

,boys, we m ust do som e work ;

Jul e s,

- j .ust b e gin whe re we stoppe d ye ste rday .

”

wa s tha t during wha t wa s le ft of the c la ss we would dothre et im e s a s m uc h wo rk a s if we had n o t stoppe d to l augh ove rPickwick ’

s‘

mishaps. I n la te r ye a rs F a the r G la c km e ye r, in

the tryi ng posit ion o f F irst Pre fe c t, c omm a nd e d the lov e of

T he re sul t

the whole'

c ol le ge , j ust a s in our tim e he d id th a t o f his c la ss .

F in a l ly he be c am e a gre a t o ra tor wh e n se n t forth to pre a c h ,and

,worn ou t by a rduous m ission a ry l abors, d ie d wh i lst

sti l l c om pa ra tive ly "

a young m an, a t Ph il a d e lphia , ;in the ye a r

1 88 2 . M ay- old S t. John

’

s e ve r c on tinue to . ha ve suc h m en

w i th in i ts wa l ls,E l p e rga tp la e i ala m pe r m u l la a

’e e e zm za v i tauzi

J O SE PH J . M AR R I N,

’

57 .

C O L L E G E WOR L D .

T o those of the c ol le ge bre thre n whom i t may c once rn ;G re e ting : I t wa sacustom 1n gre a t repute am ong our fa th e rsto c e le bra te with pom p and fe a st ing the h igh se a son of C hristm a s ; th e re wa s, in fa c t,a sort of ta c it law in te rd ic‘

ting “

a ll

profa n e'

labO r among stude nt s from C hristm a s e ve to M i c ha e lma s.

"T h is '

CU stoin,ha s,l ik e m any othe rs, d isappea re d fore ve r :

_

it c a nnot b e re vive d . S ti l l , bre thre n ,le t u s he ld fa st

to wha t we ha ve . M any of you show an in c l in a t ion to de s

e c ra te the se glad days by e d i toria l labor . S om e,inde e d, a re

be n t upon doing so . And wh ere a s,som e authorita t ive de c

la ra tion is n e c e ssa ry to pre v e n t this e v i l, now,the re fore , we ,

e -x e d i t-Or of T H E F O R D H A M M O N T H LY,do by the se pre se n ts

p roc la im high ho l iday un to a ll pape r m e'

n throughout thelandu -We

,1riore OVe -

,r c oun se l the S unbeam to m ake advanc e s

towa rds a re c on c i l ia t ion wi th the N i aga ra I ndex . We c om

mand the Z e l ugb B urr to a c kn owle dge its re c e nt de fe a t by

the L af aye ffe e le ve n . We a sk the H ave rf ora’

za n to smoothdown i ts ruffl e d p lum age and e xte nd a C hristm a s sm i le tothe ra shE a r l/term ite . A nd

,fin a l ly, we wish a ll poor, we a ry

e di tors a p le a san t hol iday .

T he C ol l ege I ndex, from the euphon i ous town of Ka lam a zoo

,M ich

,is m e agre in the N ov embe r issue . T he

inaugura l addre ss is v e ry le a rn e d and'

inte re sting.

‘

T he storyabout the num be r of app le s dem ol ishe d by E v e i s p le a san t .

We e nj oye d it ye a rs ago and we l ik e it st i l l .T he H ighS e/zool B ul lez‘in

,from L awre n c e

,M a ss

, pub li sh e sa poem On E ven ing .

_

H e re i s a stanza

“ ’

T is e ve n ing hour, and hom e from workT he da ily labore r now is free ,

S e e ,he

’

s sitting in the door,

With his chi ld upon his k n e e .

T he re 1 5 s ome dange ‘

r of m istak ing this for poe try. It

m ight be m a te ria l ly im prov e d by tra n sform a t ion to sm oo thprose . The B ul le tin is v e ry e n te rprising and i n te re sti ng,

to-

o but i t ha s“

a vague n ot ion of po e t ic a l c om posit i on .

T he -Wes-ley a n A rgus ha s a ve ry in te re st ing depa rtm e nt

en tit le d, “Cupp ings oth e r c ol le ge pape rs, of c ourse .

T he A rgus is, we th ink , fa l l ing off . I t c annot .c ompa re withothe r b i -wee k l i e s

,the l af aye tt

‘

e,fo r in stan c e .

The S unbe am prin ts “A Pe rfe c tful ly, Awfu l ly, L ove ly

S tory in ve rse . I t be gins .

T he'

i e Wa s o nce a p e rfe c tly m ode rn girl ,With pe i fe c tly m ode m ways,

Who saw pe rfe c tion in e ve rything“ Th-a t happe n

‘

e d'

to m e e t he r ga ze .

The p ie c e .wou ld b e p erf e etly'

. n ic e "

we re n ot so m anyc hange s rungOn the u nfortuna te adve rb.

N EWS OF T H E M ON T H .

T /ze B a nne r,from D env e r

,1 5 a n ew e xchange . I ts mo ttO

i s,

“P a lnza

_non sine pulver e ,

”a highs e n tirne n t

'

for a younglad ie s’ a c ademy .

- l e Keni‘ueby‘

Uni'zrer sizjz T ablez‘ is a -m od-e l pape r in m any

ways.i S ti l l we se e n o re a son for in troduc ing

i

adve rtiseme n tsinto the body o f the journa l. “

The I rish in is a

good a rtic le . M r . C . W. H owa rd pays a h igh tribu te to

Pa tric k H e nry,'

Ja c k son and S he rida n . B u t in the v e ry a c t

of se em s to im ply tha t th e se gre a t n am e s h avesom e th ing fore ign about th em . A ndrew Ja c k son wa s c e rta in ly a s m uc h an A m e rican as G eOrgeWa sh ington . Wa shington ’

5 pare n tsWe re E ngl i ;sh Ja c k s'on ’

5,I rish. Wa shing

ton gave u s this n a ti on,J a c k son pre se rv e d it .

A We ste rn

'

exchange , no le ss than the F ag/e lite C ol le<5a ia'

n,

quote s fro-m the G eorga e lown C ol lege journa l this se n te n c eT he re wa s a n um be r

,a t the sam e t ime re qu e st ing the

journa l to hav e.

the se n te n c e pa rse d bythe gram m a r c lass.

O ur adv ic e to the journa l is to spa re the C ollegianby hushing the ma tte r up . We have a sin c e re rega rd for the C ol le ;

gz’

a n,e spe c ia l ly for M ri R . E . F ria rs

,the ahti toba c c o m an

and we a re unwil l ing tha t th is un fortun ate sl ip shou ld ge tabroad am ong the c ol le ge bre thre n . We c a l l the C ollegza n ’

s

a tte n ti on to the se se n te nc e s : T he re we re an a rmy o f so l

d i e rs. T he re we re a la rge numb e r of ha ts . T he re wer e agre a t c o l le c ti on of m istake s.

C olumb ia L aw S chool ha s about 450'

stude n ts .

T he R e v . D r. Pa tton ,

‘

of the Prince ton T he ologic a l S chool , ha s b e e nappo in te d Pre sid e n t of Prin c e ton .

T he C a tho lic stude n ts of C orn e l l_haVe organ ize d a so c ie ty o f the ir own .

T he to ta l numb e r of stude n ts a t the U n ive rsity of L ouva in la st ye a rwa s 1 ,726 .

T he re a re 3,21 2 stude n ts a tte nd ing the famous un ive rsity of Pe sth .

C a liforn ia i s to_have a $2 ,000,000un ive rsity . I tWill b e a r the n am e of

“

S e n a tor S tanford, the princ ipa l c on tributo r.

A n ew'

un ive rsi ty is to be sta rte d a tWichita , Kan . I t is to b e nam e d

in honor Of_

Pre'

side n t G a rfie ld , and is to c ost — E x .

T he six se n iOrs who re c e ive d the highe st honors a t Y a le la st ye a r we rea ll a thle tic m e n . O ne wa s on the n ine , a nothe r on the e le ve n, two rowe don the c rew a nd two we re sprinte rs .

S ta tistic s show tha t the numb e r o f Jews is inc rea sing in the un ive rsit ie s of G e rm a ny . O f the 1 ,326 nOn - the o logic a l profe ssors i n the twe n typrin c ipa l un ive rsitie s n in e ty a re H ebrews .

Princ e ton withou t D r . M cc o'

sh wou ld b e a good de a l l ik e the play o f

H am le t ” w ith H am l e t i n the adjoin ing c oun ty . T his sim -i le 1 5 som e

wha t thre adba re , but i t just fits the ,

c a se . Wor ld .

60 T H E F O R D H A M

T he B oa rd of Visito rs a t We st Po in t have subm i tte d the ir a nnua l report to the S e c re ta ry of Wa r

,a nd am ong o the r things re c om m e nd tha t a

b e tte r k nowle dge o f a lgeb ra a nd m a them a tic s in ge n e ra l be e xa c te d o f

those se e k ing adm ission .

T he A m e ric an Pro te c tive T a riff L e agu e ha s re n ewe d i ts offe r to the

se n ior c la sse s o f the c ol le ge s and un iv e rsitie s o f the U n i te d S ta te s .

I t c onsists o f thre e prize s , ra nk ing first , se c ond a nd third ,o f $250,

$100 a nd $50. S ub je c t : H om e Produc tion I ndispe nsab le to a S upplya t L ow Pric e s of the M a nu fa c ture d C om m oditie s re quire d for the Pe opleo f the U . S . ,

a nd a de qua te H om e Produ c tion o f the se C om m od i tie s impossible w ithout a Pro te c tive T a riff . A si lve r m e da l wil l b e awa rde d

fo r e ssays d e c la 1 e d worthy o f high m e rit. T he se e ssays a re no t to e xc e e d

words , a nd a re to b e s e n t to the o ffic e o f T he L e ague , N o . 23

We st T we n ty- third S t1 e ,e t 0 11 o r b e f0 1 e A pril

T he M em oria l H a l l o f G e orge town C ol lege is_

b e ing m agn ific e n tly furh ishe d a nd fi tte d up for the c e n te nn ia l c e le bra tion . C ol em an M use um

will soon b e ope n for v isitors .

T he re a re a s m a ny a s‘

s ixte e n c o llege s in the U n ite d S ta te s look ing fo rqua lifi e d m e n for pre side n ts .

A n ew book o f unusua l in te re s tha s b e e n a dde d to the Y a le C ollege l ibrary . I t is the history o f the c la ss o f ’

37 , pre p a re d by M r. L . Sm ith H ob a rt,

o f S p1 ingfie l d . I t ha s two hundre d pagesof in te i e sti ng fa c ts about ha lfa c e n tury

'

5 use fuln e ss of the m ost fam ous c la ss Y a le e ve r gra dua te d .

M O N T H L Y .

M ON TE L Y B UL L E T ZZV

H O U S E O F C O M M O N S .

In the H ouse o f C om m on s, during the pa st m on th , M r.

Kirby’

s b i l l, e n ti tle d , “A n A c t to Prov ide for the R e gu la t ion

of the M un ic ipa l E le c t ions in the C ity o f N ew Y ork ,” wa s

d isc usse d in C omm i tte e of the Whole . A n am e ndm e n t

offe re d by M r . S im pson , Prim e M in iste r, wa s re j e c te d, a ndam e ndm e n ts brought forwa rd by M e ssrs . R e i l ly, S im psonand S h e a we re a c c e pte d and in c orpora te d in to the b i l l .A fte r the c omm i tte e ha d re porte d the b i l l a s am e nde d favorab ly, i t wa s give n its third re ad ing, and fin a l ly pa sse d by a

m a j ori ty of e igh t vote s . D ur ing.

the d isc ussi on ,M e ssrs.

Kirby, S h e a , F itzpa tric k , S im pson and D on lon d i st ingu ish e dth em se lv e s by th e ir luc id a rgum e n ts

,e ithe r for or aga in st the

b i l l .T he Prim e M in iste r a lso in troduc e d a b i l l

,e n t it le d, A n

A c t to Prov ide fo r the E stab l ishm e n t of an In te rn at ion a lC opyrigh t . T he b i l l wa s pa sse d to i ts se c ond re ad ing, a ndd isc ussi on wa s b e gun a t the m e e ting he ld N ov em be r a 7 th.

A c omm itte e c on s i st ing of M e ssrs . S h e a , C ushion a nd

Qua c k e nboss h av e b e e n a t work dra ft ing a c on st itut i on ,bu t

hav e n o t qu ite c omp l e te d th e ir work a s ye t . A c om m itte e ,c onsisting of M e ssrs . A m y and D an se re a u wa s appo in te d toinqu ire in to th e se n tim e nts of the m em b e rs O f the H ou se a s

to the adv isab i l ity o f adopt ing the b adge o f the de func t D e

b a t ing S oc i e ty a s the b a dge o f the H ouse of C omm on s.

T h e ir re port b e ing favorab le to the proj e c t, i t wa s vote d bya la rge m a j ori ty th a t the b a dge s b e proc ure d a s soon a s pos

s ibl e . T he Prim e M in iste r offe re d a re solut ion to the e ffe c t

th a t M e ssrs . M e agh e r an d O rhe n ,o f the c la ss of ’

8 7 , b e m a de

a c tive m emb e rs of the H ou se of C omm on s, whic h wa s la idon the tab le for future c on s ide ra ti on .

T he H ouse i s in e xc e l le n t runn ing forma t pre se n t, boththe M in iste ria l forc e s und e r the Prim e M in iste r and the O pposi tiou ,

h e ad e d by M r. S h e a , b e ing re ady and e age r fo r ba ttle ;and th e re i s e ve ry prospe c t tha t b e fore the e nd o f the ye a r

th e re w i l l b e m any a l ive ly ti lt be twe e n the le ade rs a nd fol

lowe rs of the opposing pa rtie s .

A m ong i ts m em be rs we re S e na tor E va rts, the R e v . D r. G e o rge D ufl‘i e ld ,

C hie f Justic e Wa ite , G e n . Pie rre pon t , S am ue l J. T ilde n ,Prof . L ym a n

,

Pre side n t C ha p in o f B e lo it C o llege , a nd Pro f . S illim‘

a n .

Ka nsa s ha s se ve n ty c ol lege s . T we n ty ye a rs ago she didn '

t ha ve s e v

e n ty distric t schoo ls . M a rk ano the r fo r the ra pid progre ss o f e duca tioni n the We st .

T he stude n t c a rds , give n to stud e n ts e n te ring G e rm a n un ive rsitie s ,adm it the holde rs to the a tre s a t ha lf—pric e , shie ld the m from a rre s t by the

c ivil au thoritie s . a nd give fre e a dm ission to m a ny o f the ga lle rie s a nd

m use ums o f E urope .

T he U n ive rsity o f P e nn sylva n ia ha s on ha nd for the e re c tionof a c la ssic a l the a tre ,

a djo in ing the n ew libra ry . F o l lowing the pre c ede n t o f O xfo rd ,

the re a re to b e he ld in i t the c om m e nc em e n ts , c on c e rts,le c ture s , c la ssic a l p la ys , e tc .

T he younge st a nd b e st playe r on the Y a le foot ba ll te am is on ly sixte e n ye a rs old .

T he o lde st un ive rsity in the wo rld is tha t of Pa ris . I t wa s founde d

six ye a rs b e fo re O xford .

T he C ity of B e rlin i s to ha ve a high schoo l .A fe w o f the w e ll - k n own un ive rsitie s o f E ngla nd have invite d John L .

S ulliva n to v isit them a nd e xhibit him se lf to the a thle tic inc lin e dS tude n ts .

D R A M A T IC N O T E S .

O n the e ve n ing of the 2 4 th in st .

,the a nnua l T ha nk sgiv ing

p lay wa s produc e d by the mem b e rs o f the D ram a t ic S oc ie tyin the pre se n c e of the fa c u lty a nd stude n ts. T he p lay wa s“The B rok e n Swo rd

,by Wi ll iam '

l ) i llion . I t m ay b e in

te re sting to n o te h ere tha t M r. Jose ph J e ffe rson ,the am iab le

a nd ta le n te d c om e d ian,a ffirm s

,tha t in this play, during the

d ia logu e be twe e n C apta in Xav i e r an d Pab lo,whi le the C ap

ta in i s d e sc r ib ing hi s a dve n ture in the woods of C o la re s, there a l origin of the Word “

c h e stnut” is to b e found . Whe the rthis b e true o r n o t

,the p lay wa s pre se n te d in a v e ry a c c e pt

ab l e m ann e r,a nd re fle c ts gre a t c re d i t on a ll c onc e rn e d in i t

M r. J ohn M c N e i lly, a s C olone l R zgol lo, the-

v i l l ian of the

p la y, sc ore d qu ite a fla t te ring su c c e ss . H is ge sture s and

a tt itude s we re v e ry fin e,but hi s vo ic e had “

not qu ite the

de pth a nd volum e th a t c ha ra c te riz e the ton e s of an id e a lv i l la in . M r. I sa a c B re nnan ,

a s C ap la z'

rzX a vi er,a c te d his

'

pa rt

surprisingly we l l, c on side ring his a lm ost tota l inexp e ri e n c ein the dram a tic l in e . H is voi c e wa s pa rt ic u la rly we l l su ite dto th e c h a ra c te r a nd his a c ti on a lso wa s ve ry good . M r. T .

G . T a a fe,in the c om i c ro le o f P a l /o

,wa s loud ly app la ud e d .

H is side p lay wa s a lm ost fau lt le ss ; bu t a gre a t de a l of wha the sa id wa s not a ud ib le

,owing to ind ist in c t a rtic u la t ion .

M r. F . Winge rte r wa s an a c c e ptab l e E steva n a lthough hism a nn e r o f m ov ing about look e d somewha t c lum sy . M e ssrs

C la re,S tra ub and G e a ry , a s the ,

B a ron,M igue l and C la udia ,

re spe c tiv e ly, pe rform e d th e ir pa rts in a very a c c eptab l e m an

n e r,c on sid e ring the fa c t tha t i t wa s th e ir first appe a ran c e on

the stage . M a ste r John Rya n ,a s A lp/l am a

,and M aste r

E uge n e L am b , a s M ir tz’

l lo,a lso did them se lve s

‘

much c re d i t .

T he sc e n e ry a nd c ostum e s we re_e xc e l lent, _

the on ly fau ltbe ing, a s on e of the spe c ta tors rem ark e d

,

‘.

f

tha t th e re wa s al ittle m ore rouge on the c h e e k s of the ac tors than wa s n e e de dto re pre se n t the na tural b loom of he a l th .

”

A fte r the p lay fo llowe d the fa rc e , “Sy lvester D aggerwooa

’.

M r. T . G .,T a a fe in the ro le

'

of Sylveste r D agge rwooa’

,a n e e dy

a c tor,c a use d m uc h am u sem e n t

,e xc e pt ; tha t his im i ta r

TH E F O R D H A M M O N T H L Y .

H a m le t we re som e wha t m on otonous a t.B lun wa s a ve ry a c c eptab le F zzstz

’

a rz,

pre pa ra t ion tha t. he had . M a ny tha nk sthe fa c t th a t

,had it no t b e e n fo r hi s

ld n o t have b e e n produc e d .

a ve ry ple a sing and c om

e n te rta inm e n t prove d ve ry

om e l ittle fa ul ts,th e y we re

O f suc h a n a ture a s tim e a nd pa t ie n c e c a n rem e dy ;

wh e n suc h an e n te rta inm ent c an be produc e d by a c a st

a lm ost e n tire ly n ew to the . stage , the future of the D ram a ticS oc ie ty look s ve ry bright inde e d .

S T . JO H N’

S L IT E R A R Y A S S O C IA T I O N .

O n e of the m any advan tage s e n j oye d by the stude n ts o f

o ur E ngl ish C ourse i s the “S t. John ’

s“

L ite ra ry A ssoc ia t ion .

”

F ounde d in 1 8 70 ,it ha s grown w ith i ts ye a rs, t i l l la st ye a r

fiv e o f i ts m em b e rs we re gradua te d with hon or from,

.the

c la ss of Ph i l osophy . T his ye a r som e so lid work ha s be e ndon e

,judging from the e ssays a nd deb a te s on va ri e d top ic s .

suc h a s T he B e n e fit of our L ife - sav ing S e rv ic e ,” T he

N e e d of N a tiona l D e fe n se fOr our C oa st,

”T he I n c re a se o f

o ur A rm y and N avy .

”T he a ssoc ia t ion

,n otwithstand ing

m any drawba c k s, prom ise s'

in c ourse of t im e to e xe rt a ve ry

be n efic ia l in flue n c e . T he M ode ra tor,R e v . F r.

“

F lynn ,

'

s ; J.,

i s a ssiste d by the fo l lowing sta ff of offic e rs

Pre sid ent— T hom a s J . Ke rnau .

V ic e -

pre side n t— f Jam e s T . Qu in .

R e c ord ing S e c re tary— H e nry d e B ra c ka e le e r.

C orre spond ing S e c re ta ry— A rthur M cKe own .

T re a sure r— « L ou is E . M e j ia .

L ibra ria n— G abrie l Posada .

C . A .

,

G ILLO N ,

’

88 .

G E N E R A L .

WE A T H E R ST AT E M E N T .

T he m e rc ury ha s fa lle n sOm e virha t in the v ic in i ty o f S t . John ’

s H a ll .Ve ry few bre e ze s b lowing from tha t d ire c tion . S light m ist has se ttle do ve r the new fie ld ,

which, howe ve r, w ill disappe a r soon . M e rcury on

S e c ond D ivisionin n orm a l c ond ition . Winds som ewha t high. O c c a

sion a lly a p e rfe c t hurric a n e b lows from the n e ighborhood of the tobogga ns l ide . We a the r on F irst D ivision , va riab le ; on Sundays a nd Thursdays ,a bundan c e o f highw ind .

“

F I R ST D IVI S IO N .

Z . C orc oran a nd J . A . D oyle , who le ft in the ir jun ior ye a r, pa id us a

v i sit la st m on th.

T . R e ille y , ’

88 , was sudde n ly c al le d_

hom e , _N ove m b e r 1 7 , to the de a thbe d of his fa the r .

_T . A . Ke rnan ,

’

88 , wa s a lso_

abse n -t for some da ys,owing to the de a th of his siste r. T he se ge n tlem e n have our sin c e resympa thy in the ir be re a vem e n t

.

O n S un day e ve n ing, O c tob e r 2 3 , a m a ss m e e ting was c onve n e d in

F irst D ivision gym na sium . T he obj e c t o f the m e e ting wa s - to pre se n t ,

with touching c e re m ony, the _C la ss o f ’

87 with the ir '

c onqu e re d b a nn e r.

T hrilling spe e che s w e re m ade by re pre se n ta tive s from the four highe rc lasse s c om posing the le ague . M r. She a , c apta in o f

’

8 7 , re c ogn izing theso lem n ity o f the o c c a sion , wa s p re va ile d upon to re spond in the . nameo f the v ic tors . H is rem a rk s wou ld ha ve don e honor to C i c e ro ,

T he C la ss L e ague ha s thus fa r prove d ve ry suc c e ssfu l . I t ha s a fforded

those ,who othe rwise would not ha ve p laye d , an opportun i ty .of e n joyingthe gam e . I t i s to be hoped tha t the L e ague , so a uspic iously orga n ize d,wil l c on tinue a princ ipa l fe a ture In the fa l l sports .

T he . prize s which we re k indly o ff e re d by M 1 C ollin s, S . J. for the

be st 1 e c ord i n ba tting a nd b ase runn ing, we re awa rded,the forme r to

’

9 1 , the la tte r to 8 7 .

T he follow ing“ e le ve n have b e e n chose n a s the re pre se n ta tive te am o f

St. John ’

s . B a t /3,0 R e ille y, ’

9 1 ; H a lf - B a cks, Kie ra n ,

’

89 , and G il le n’

88 ; Qua rter aB a c lz, C ushion ,

’

88 ; E ur/l em , C a rm ody ,

“ "90,

’

89 , M e rm ond, 9 1 , M a rrin , Shea, ’

88 . B ut two

outside gam e s ha ve b e e n playe d thus fa r bo th with the O lympic s, _Of

N ew Y ork C ity . A fte r twe nty m inute s play on N ovemb e r 1 2 , the

O lym p ic s re fuse d to c on tinue the gam e on a c c oun t o f a ruling'

of'

the

re fe re e , .the sc ore -the n

.b e i

’

ng 6 to 0 in fa vor o f F ordham . T he se c ond

gam e,howe ve r, N ovem be r 2 7 , prove d . much m ore in te re sting. I n

,

the

fi rst ha lf a sa fe ty by the O lympic s a nd a touchdown by. C a rm ody gave

F ordham 6 points . A touchdown in the se izond he a t by Kie ran a nd a

goa l from the fi e ld by G illen , in c re a se d our le ad to I S . B o th gam e s

we re fre e from_

roughn e ss , a nd the “b e st o f good fe e ling pre va il e dthroughout .

O n E le c tion n ight the in e v itable bo nfire wa s se t bla zingon the c ampus

A v e n e rab le pulpit wa s se c u re d and pla c e d i n the full gla re of the fl am e .

T he O ra tors we re m issing in gre a t pa rt ; stil l , one_

o f our frie ndsfrom S e c ond D ivision tre a te d us to aneloquent a ddre ss O n B la in e , andhis C ha nc es in 1 888 .

T he mem b e rship o f the Pa 1 the n ian S odal ity 1 s ra p idly 1 n c re a si 11 g; a t

pre se n t the c a pa c ity o f the chape l IS taxe d to the u tm ost . S eve n ty six

n am e s hav e b e e n a lre ady registe 1 e d .

_

A no the 1 fe a ture o f the good workdon e by the Soda l ity is the orga n iza tion of the apostle ship of praye r.

N e a rly a l l the soda l ists ha ve sign ifie d the ir w illingn e ss to “join .

J . M onaha n , _G . G e dd ings a nd G

.Plunk e tt, a ll - old

am ong the v isitors la te ly . Joe M onahan’

s outfit is. a s_jrre proa chabl e

,

as

ev e r .

T he_

boys of F irst D ivision ge n e ra lly , and .the R ose H ills i n pa rtic ula r,we re surprise d a nd p le a se d to se e M r. J. L yn ch a t F o 1 clham late ly . T he

n in e owe s M _r. L yn ch a gre a t d e a l . a s mu ch of the i i su c c e ss last ye a r

wa s due to his sk ilfu l training . H e .wa s_

m uch in te re ste d 1 11 the gam e o fU

footba ll the n go ing on ; but, Of course , like m a ny Of us, he ha s a_pr eju

d ic e 1n favor of' b a se ba ll ..I l

T he n ew tobogga n slide is in a fa ir way to c ompletion. The chutestarts from the

_hill

_

e a st of the campus ; a nd the slide w ill e xtend ove r

F irst a nd S e cond D 1v ision fie lds,

C H O IR N O T E S .

Ve ry e nc ouraging re ports c om e from the c ho ir . I t ha s a

mem b e rship Of about fifty. F or the pre se n t the pra c t ic e s a red ire c te d towa rds strengthen ing the v oic e and a c qu iring pure

ton e s ; the n e xt ste p a fte r th is wi l l b e pa'

rt singing. A s the

c hoir is ope n to a ll,we a re surprise d to se e m any with ve ry

prom ising vo ic e s k e e p ing ba c k through m ode sty or wa nt of

sp irit . We a re in form e d tha t'

the oa ssz'

a re do ing ve ry goodwork in the pra c t ic e s . T he re c e n t re he a rsa ls o f the S oldi er

C/zorus we re a ltoge ther sa t isfa c tory, a t le a st to those who we rel iste n ing a t the doorof the m usic - room . T he S a lve R egina

of la st S unday, and the solo O f M a ste r R eyno lds on the F e a st

o f S t . S tan islaus,we re admire d by a ll . T he re is a rum or

a floa t tha t the c hoirwi l l a ppe a r v e ry c onsp ic uously som e t im e

n e xt te rm . T he te nor part ha s be e n stre ngth e n e d by the a c

Ce ssi on of M r . H e ffe rn . We have he a rd from a prom in e n tm em b e r tha t

,und e r

‘

the d ire c tion of M r . F re nc h,S . J .

,m uc h

good Work w i l l b e done this ye a r in c hape l singing, a nd inthe ge ne ra l im provem e nt of v o ic e s

62 T H E‘

F O R D H A M M O N TH L Y .

F irst D iv ision m ay b e ab l e to boa st o f e le c tric lights in the n e a r fu ture .

S ix in c a nd e sc e n t glob e s a re a lre a dy on tria l in the study ha ll , a nd i f the ygiv e sa tisfa c tion , a l l the c o lle ge bu ild ings w ill b e lighte d by e le ctric i ty .

T he a nnua l sports 'w e re he ld on N ovem b e r 8 . E v e ry e xp e c ta tion wa s

fulfille d . T he day wa s lov e ly, the tra ck in good c ondition ,a nd the c on

t e s ta n ts on ly too e age r fo r the fray . T he re sul t wa s a s fo llows : 1 00

ya rds da sh— first he a t, Qua c k e nboss , ’

80,firs t ; H a n raha n

,

’

89 , se c ond .

S e c ond he a t, C ushion ,

’

88,firs t ; N e wton ,

-

’

gI , se c ond . F in a l he a t ,Qua c k e nboss, first, I O ! ; C ushion , se c ond . T hrowing 1 6 lb . hamm e r

She a ,

’

89 , 40 ft . 7 in . ; H a n raha n ,

’

89 . 40 f t . R unn ing high jum pShe a .

’

89 , 5 ft. 6 in . ; D onn e lly ,

’88

, 5ft . 4 in . Po le va ult— D onne lly,’

88, 9 ft . 6 in . ; C ushio n ,

'

88 ,8 ft. 8 in . H a lf m ile run— D onn e lly , ’

88 ,

2 m in . 20 se c . ; C ushion ,

’

88 ,2 m in . 2 5 se c .

'

H a lf m ile wa lk— L ivingston ,

’

90 , 4 m in . 30 se c . ; H a nraha n ,

’

89 , 4 m in . 35 se c . R unn ingb ro a d jum p— D onn e lly ,

’

88,1 8 ft . 2 in . ; H a n raha n

,

’

89 ,1 6 ft. I I in .

T he high jum p wa s the m o st e xc iting e ve n t Of the day : e a ch o f thethre e c on te sta n ts c l e a re d the ba r tim e a fte r t im e

ha nd e ve ntua l ly the re

wa s but a sl ight diffe re n c e o f two inche s b e twe e n them . T his re c ord ,

a s a lso tha t o f the hamm e r throwing,a re the b e st e ve r m ade a t F ordham .

S t. C a tha rin e ’

s D ay loom e d up c loudy

‘

a nd da rk , but the w e a the r didn o t dam pe n the philosophic Sp irit . M a ny ple a san t in c id e n ts a re m e n

tion e d ,which w ill se rve the pli i lO S O phe rs a s souv e n irs of the ir se n ior

ye a r .

O n S a tu rda y ,N ove m b e r 1 9 ,

a ha lf- hol iday wa s give n in e xp e c ta tion of

a foo tb a ll gam e w ith the de a f m u te s from the R a in in te rfe re d ,and

the gam e ha s b e e n pos tpon e d inde fin ite ly .

O n T ha nk sgiving m orn ing the ha lf- bour go- a s -

y ou-p le a se , postpon e d

from the 8 1h,wa s the c a use o f m uch e xc i te m e n t . A l l wa ite d bre a thle ssly

to se e On e o f the four gian ts drop out. T he fifte e n supe rnum e ra rie s whoa c c ompa n ie d the he roe s d id n o t a ttra ct m uch a tte n tion , a nd soon , grow

ing we a ry . the y wa lk e d off the tra ck .

' A t the e nd of the ha lf- hour;C a llaha n ,

o f S e cond ,had c ove re d five m ile s, D onne lly, o f F irst, a nd

D oole y , of S e c ond , c lose ly following. T he prize s we re gold , silve r a nd

n ick e lwa tche s .

M e ssrs . She a a nd M c c lin tock ha ve b e e n appo in ted to de fe nd in the

Pli ilO S O phe rs’

pub lic d ispu ta tion . T he obj e c to rs a re M e ssrs . S impson ,

R e ille y , G illon a nd C ushio n .

M e ssrs . Qua ck e nboss ,’

89 , L ivingston ,

’

90, a nd C ushion ,

’88 , w il l re pre se n t, the c o lle ge a t the 1 2 th R egt . a thle tic e xe rc ise .

A v e ry e labora te programm e ha s b e e n pre pa re d for the re c e ption , of

Judge - e le c t M o rgan J . O’

B rie n ,

’

7 2 .

SE C O N D D IVI S IO N .

D . A R E LLA N O ,

’

gI .

D uring the e a rly .pa rt o f N ov e mbe r M a ste r B e rtie r, la te of T hirdD ivision ,

joine d us . H oping tha t the p e a c e ful a ir tha t w e bre a the wil lt e nd to que ll his m a rtia l spirit, we e xte nd to him , a s we ll a s

‘

to M e ssrs .

Ke nny a nd B yron M cKe own , a he a rty we lc om e .

We ha ve b e e n de se rve dly c ongra tula te d a s b e ing the b e st frie nds of

T H E M O N T H LY . Why no t m a in ta in our re puta tion throughou t theye ar

? L e t n o t the prove rb ,H ono re s m uta n t m ore s ,

”be ve rifie d in us .

T oo m uch pra ise c a nno t b e a c c orde d M e ssrs . C a llaha n a nd D oo le yfor upho lding our re pu ta tion aga inst the sta lwa rt a thle te s o f the S e n iorD ivision ,

in the go - a s -

you-

p le a se of T ha nk sgiving m orn ing. A s a ll

k n ow ,the y he ld first a nd third p la c e s in the e xc iting ra c e

,a nd won a

go ld a nd n ick e l wa tch . M r . G e o . D onn e lly c a rrie d off the se c ond prize ,

a silve r wa tch .

F or a long tim e the re ha s be e n a rum or in the a ir about re viving the

ol d S e c ond D iv ision G le e C lub . I f this c om e s to pa ss , the re is n o doub t

bu t tha t the c lub will p rospe r. F o r som e o f us a re gifte d w ith a c ons id

c rab le am oun t of dram a tic ta le n t, while o the rs ha ve voic e s c ompa rab l eto a n ightinga le 's .

O ur foo tba ll te am ha s b e e n e ngaging in ho tly - c on te ste d ba ttle s w iththe R ose H il l Jun iors , a nd have re ve nge d the de fe a ts w e

'

suffe re d a t

the ir ha nds in ba se b a ll . T he Xa vie rs c am e up 0 11 S unday , N ovem b e r

2 7 , a nd playe d us a good gam e . I t grew da rk b e fore e ithe r side sco re d

a single po in t.011 the 8 th of D e c em b e r S oda lity re c e ptionswe re he ld for S e c ond a nd

T hird D ivision s. T he c e re m onie s a c compa nying the re c e ption were

S e c ond D ivision is fi lle d to ove rflowing. H igh wa te r m a rk— 75 a c tivem em be rs , not c oun ting those in the infirm a ry .

! v e ry solem n and impre ssiv e . I n the m o rn ing, be fore M ass , both S oda lfitie s a ssem ble d in F irst D iv ision gym n a sium .

- H e re - a proc e ssion Wa sform e d ; first c am e T hird D ivision soda lists

,we a ring n ew badge s and

bouque ts of flowe rs , a nd c a rrying b a nn e rs ; a fte r them fo llowe d S e c ondD ivision ,

a rraye d in the sam e m a nne r ; F irst D ivision fo l lowe d e n worse,

a nd la st o f a l l the cho ir, cha n ting the M agmfi ca t. T he proc e ssion ad

va nc e d'

slowly towa rds the chape l doo r, whe re the y we re m e t by the a lta rboys a nd m in iste rs. Im m e dia te ly a fte r the o ffe rtory, the postulan ts o f

'

T hird D ivision m ove d up to the a lta r a nd re c ite d the a c t o f c onse c ra

tion in un ison . T he S e c ond D ivision postula n ts we n t through the sam e

c e re m ony . T he re we re te n postulan ts on T hird D ivision and n ine te e n.

on S e c ond .

L a st w e e k M e ssrs . F le e twood a nd othe rs we n t ove r to F irst D ivisiona nd re c re a te d the se n ior bre thre n w ith va rious gym na stic e xe rc ise sM e ssrs . L iv ingston , J . E . Ke lle y a nd J. Wa lsh, wishing to pre se rve the

hono r o f F irs t in the e ye s o f the _ sm a l l boys, e ssaye d som e wonde rfulfa nda ngos in which the y suc c e ed fa irly , c on side ring w e ight a nd le ngth‘o f lim b . T he re is a rum or a floa t to the e ffe c t tha t M r. F le e twood C o .

in te nd se nding a form a l cha lle nge to F irst .L a st we e k the c ry of ic e wa s he a rd on S e c ond ,

a nd forthwi th the refol lowe d a ra ttling of sk a te s a nd prom iscuous c lam ors to be ta k e n to the

pond . F r . Ke v i l l v e ry k indly o ffe re d his se rvic e s . A la rge d e lega tio nw e n t to the pond . T he i c e

“

wa s a sna re a nd de lusion ; so what c ou ld F rK e v i ll a nd S e c ond D ivision do b ut wa lk ba ck ?

m e now . We a re

re ady for i ts T he sl ide is a s high a s the on e in the Po lo G rounds . C o n

tribu tion s for pay ing c a rp e n te rs a re c om ing in ra p idly .

A t the la st re ading o f m a rk s S e c ond D ivisionwa s highly c om plim e n te d

by F r. R e c to r. T he te stim on ia ls for N ov e m b e r were fa r mo'

re num e rf

ous tha n for any pre c e ding m on th .

S e c ond D ivision study ha l l is n ow O pe n on holidays for those who

w ish to Spe nd som e t im e in study or use fu l re ading. I t is ve ry gra tifying to no tic e the num b e r who tak e adva ntage of the priv ilege .

L awn te nn is ha s be e n boom ing for the pa st m on th . M r. R . \Voo l e y'

is,by ge n e ra l c on se n t, the lord high cha n c e llor o f the c ourt ; som e o f the

bo iste rous te nn is playe rs ha ve ha d oc c a sion to unde rsta nd the d ign ity o f

this ge n tlem a n’

s ofl‘i c e . M r. E . B e rtie r is a worthy a nd forc ible l i e ute n a n t of M r. Woo ley.

We ha ve he a rd tha t T . S . R . ha s com put e d the numbe r of se c onds

b e twe e n now and C hristm a s . Wha t the pe c ulia r proc e ss wa s we don ’

t

know .

S T . JO H N’

S H A LL .

G ILB E R T J . E G AN .

‘

T he T ha nk sgiving gam e s took up a gre a t pa rt o f la st m on th . T he

re su lt wa s a s fo llowsS ta nding jump— I st S e c tion , G . J . E ga n ; 2 d S e c tion , C . M ehl tre tte r ; 3d~

S e c tion , C . Wilson .

R unn ing jum p— I st S e c tion , P. J . L oora n ; 2 d S e c tion ,Wm . C loghe r.

H op- sk ip - a nd - jum p— I st S e c tion . P. J . L oora n ; 2d S e c tion , Wm ..

C loghe r ; 3d S e c tion , C . Wilson .

T hrowing the hamme r— I st S e c tion , E . R ign e y ; 2 d S e c tion ,Wm . .

C loghe r ; 3d S e c tion , H ow a rd B rown .

Putting the sho t— I st S e c tion ,Phil . Sha ughne ssy ; 2 d S e c tion ,

Wm .

“

C loghe r ; 3d S e c tion , L ouis C oye r.

T hrow ing the ba ll— I st S e c tio n ,E d . M c E l roy ; 2 d S e c t ion , G us . G ayno r, .

3d ,S e c tion ,

L ouis C oye r .

G o - a s - you-

ple a se r— I st S e c tion , Wm . K yle ; 2 d S e c tion ,\Vm . C loghe r ; .

3d S e c tio n , L ouis C oye r.

H undre d ya rds da sh — I st S e c tion , E . Ke nny ; 2 d S e c tion ,Wm . C loghe r ; .3d S e c tion , L ouis C oye r

C ompa ny B appea rs now in full un iform ,o ve rc oa t and a l l . Whe n

the y ge t the bayone t a nd m usk e t the y w il l look ve ry fo rm idable .

Shinny is the gre a t gam e now . T he re a re e nough shinn ie s on the

D ivision to supply a c oun ty . We a re a l l wa iting a nxiously to be ab le touse them 0 11 the n ew pond . T he pla ns .o f the new fie ld a re a ll re a dy ; .

probab ly the ba se ba ll diam ond wil l no t b e in good c ondition u n ti l n e xt .

spring.

64 TH E F O R D H AM M O N T H L Y .

F roude struggle d in his c ol lege days, with wha t a m ostunhappy e ffe c t c an be j udge d by. a l l those a c qua in te d w ithhis — to put it m ost c h a ri tably— unfortuna te writings. Y e t

e ve n he whose p e rve rse wi l l had l e d him in to a pa th the

v e ry opposite to D r. N ewm a n'

s, pays a gl owing though

unwi l l ing tribute to the p e rson o f the C a rd ina l , a ttribu tingto him a m ost a tta c hing ge n tle n e ss, swe e tn e ss, sm gl e ne ss o f

a im and purpose he says tha t he wa s form e d b y N a ture to

c omm and othe rs a nd had the fa c u lty o f a ttra c ting to him se lfthe pa ssiona te d e vot ion o f his frie nds a nd fo l lowe rs.

A lthough C a rd ina l N ewm an founde d no se c t,he ye t

re sem b le d the o ld G re e k ph i losoph e rs in this,tha t he had a

fol lowing o f young frie nds who we re with him he a rt andsou l

,re ady to go through fi re a nd wa te r for his sak e

,and

som e o f them,l ik e H urre l l F roude , on ly l ik e ly to qua rre l

i f the pa c e wa s too slow. T he wonde ring pa re nts o f the

youngm an who c am e hom e from O xford with the one n am e

o f N ewm an e ve r on his adm iring l ips m ust have a sk e d

th em se lve s the que st ion whic h n a tura l ly prom pts itse lf to us

and whic h m ust have c om e to a spe c ta torwho had se e n wha tPrin c ipa l Sha irp de sc ribe s when he te l ls us how,

m ore thanforty ye a rs ago , in O rie l L an e l ight - h e a rte d unde r-

gradua te s

wou ld drop the ir vo ic e s a nd whispe r T h e re 's N ewm an,

”

whe n,h e a d thrust forwa rd and ga ze fixe d on som e v ision

se e n on ly by him se l f,with swift, n oise le ss steps he gl ide d by,fi l l ing them w ith awe for a m om en t a s if it had be e n som e

appa rit ion tha t had pa sse d .

A nd i t wa s th is sam e m yste rious p e rsona l c ha rm whic hdrew a l l O xford to fi ll S t. M a ry

’

s with e age r e a rs to h e a rthose thri l l ing' S unday a fte rnoon se rm on s

,a nd to re ve l in

the pre se nc e o f“tha t vo ic e — I use the w ords of A n thony

F roude— “so k e e n ,

so pre te rna tura l ly swe e t,whose ve ry

whispe r use d to thri l l through c rowd e d c hurc he s, wh e ne ve ry bre a th wa s h e ld to he a r ; tha t c a lm gray e ye thosefe a ture s so stern and ye t so ge n tle .

"T his Wa s the powe r

whic h,adde d to his ge n ius and his style , m ade him the on e

gre a t figure of those days, and m ak e s his nam e a gre a t on e

to the im agina ti on sti l l .B ut wh e n a l l O xford re sounde d w ith tha t nam e

,the

m em ory of wh ic h e v e n in the a fter - t im e wa s to b e the on e

pote nt powe r in the un ive rsity, “a l ik e a c ha rm to c on j ure

with,a nd a d ange rous forc e to exe c ra te

,

"the e ve r m em ora ble

9 th of O c tob e r,1 845, drew n igh, a nd with i t c am e the e nd

o f twe lve long ye a rs of in te nse and e a rne st thought ; a ndH o M e ga s,

”a s H e nry Wi lbe rforc e use d to spe ak o f him

,

c hose the re proa c h of C hrist a s to b e e ste em e d gre a te r

r ic he s tha n the tre a sure o f the E gypt ia n s. A nd whe n hewa s gone , the sm a l l ham le t o f L itt lem ore , onc e his soj ourn ,be c am e a M e c c a for e nthusia st ic young O xford . m e n who

love d his m em ory .

H ow sa c re d ly he was rem em b e re d we m ay le a rn in h e a ring Ke gan Pa u l te l l us o f a hom e ne a r O x ford in wh ic h ave i le d c ruc ifix se em e d to i ts posse ssors to ha ve ga in e d a

spe c ia l san c t ity b e c a use i t had be e n N e wm an’

s ; a nd how

those who had a tte nde d his form e r c hurc h a t L ittlem orep raye d a l l the m ore fe rve n tly be c ause he had praye d th e reb e fore them wh i le the young ze a lo ts of tha t day l ove d S t .M a ry

'

s m ost b e c a use o f its pulp it whe nc e N ewm an had

pre a c he d .

T he se c re t of the c ha rm tha t fa sc in a te d wh i le it awe d theyounge r e n thusia sm o f O xford is pa rtly to be found in

m an’

s ve n e ra t ion o f the m yste rious ,

a nd the sol ita ry, a ndhis adm ira t ion o f the tam e le ssn e ss o f sou l wh ic h wa s re adyto e ssay the imposs ib le . A lthough in O rie l days C a rd ina lN ewm an wa s known to be a lm ost rom a nt ic a l ly de vo te d tothe in n e r c irc l e of his frie nds

,to the world a t la rge he

se em e d a s on e who dwe l t apa rt from m e n a nd from the age

wh ic h c la im e d him . With a n e a rn e stne ss whic h would no t

p e rm it him “to pa use , to m a k e a n e nd

,

”he oc c up ie d hiswhole

future ; we a re told he wa s e ve r ye arn ing to bu i ld up a s fa st

a s m e n c a st down ,a nd to p lan t aga in the wa ste p la c e s. M r.

M oz ley says, I t wa s n e ve r possible to be e ve n a quarte r ofan hour in his c ompany without a m an fe e l ing h im se lf to be

inv ite d to take an onwa rd ste p suffic ie nt toor his fa ith .

”

N o t sa tisfie d to follow the e xamp le o f

m ade his c onn e c tion with the und e r -

gradm ore than s imply offic ia l or nom ina l

,and

lov e to him a s to a fa th e r o r a n e l

L ik e Wa lte r S c o tt in be ing on e o f thefigure s in E ngl ish l e tte rs, he re sembl

he wa s e ve r se e ing the be st and highc ha ra c te r. H e look e d for wa te r fromtha t the broke n re e ds m ight ye t rule the fore st, eaga inst a l l hope .

I t wa s suc h qua l itie s a s th e se wh ic h m ad e himthose who l ive d in his imm e d ia te pre se nc eshadows o f

_

the be a ut iful fe a ture s o f his a ttra c t ivehim re ve re d to those who on ly saw him through his worksor he a rd his m o st e n tran c ing o f vo ic e s bre ak ing tho f S t . M a ry

’

s with words and thoughts wh ic h we re am usic . H is se ve rity o f sou l wa s l ink e d to a ge ntSp irit wh ic h fi l le d him with

A hate of ha te, a scorn of scorn ,

A love of lovewhic h m ade c on trove rsy d ista ste ful to him ,

a nd the thoughtof rid ic u l ing an adve rsa ry , though he n e ve r la c k e d opportun itie s a nd e ve r ha d the powe r, fore ign '

to him . A nd wha ta world a nd a we a lth of m e a n ing is the re in the fa c t tha t hisb itte re st e nem ie s c ould n o t a c c use him o f unfa irn e ss !B ut we m ust not hope to write the se c re t of his popula rity

in a few words. M any c irc um stan c e s c om b in e d to produc ei t a nd th e re wa s n e ve r a l ik e e xam ple o f suc h popu la ri tyb e c a use th e re wa s n e ve r a l ik e c om b ina t ion o f suc h c irc umstanc e s . I ha ve told o f som e . An y one who wi l l re adbe twe e n the l in e s of his se rm ons m ay the re find a no the r.

T he se se rm ons, whi le e ve r te a c hing the hum an sou l ’s d ire c tre la tion to G od the e ve rla stingfa c e to fa c e with G od,”we re the first s inc e those o f J e rem y T ay lor to te a c h a lsotha t be auty wa s c onson an t with hol in e ss ; tha t p ie ty ne e dno t be ugly ; tha t the loVe o f G od n e e d not be h id e ous.

B e a utifu l poem s th e y we re ra the r than se rm ons,a nd ye tove rflowing with a n e a rn e st and he a rt - fi ll ing love for G od

whic h wa s a s n ew to his h e a re rs a s i t wa s a ttra c t ing.

L ittle wonde r the n tha t the y“

we re he ld to N ewm a n .

B ut _ we , who ha ve n e ve r se e n him w ith our bod i ly e y e s,n or he a rd his un forge table voic e with our bod ily e a rs

, a nd

ye t have le a rn e d so we l l to a dm ire a nd love him from a fa roff, e ve n from be yond the w id e se a

, we have had o th e r spe l lsadde d to the se . T he y we re c e rta in qua l it ie s of sou l whic hdo no t c ourt but c omm and adm ira tion from a l l m e n . D r.

N ewm an wa s in the m ost l ite ra l m e an ing of the word, a truem an . H is pup i l , M oz le y, who ha d sp e n t a l ife tim e in

'

hisn e a r pre se nc e , says, During the whole p e riod of m y p e rsona l a c qua intan c e a nd c omm un ic a tion with N e wm a n In e ve r ha d a ny o the r thought than tha t he wa s m ore thoroughly in e a rn e st and m ore e n t ire ly “

c onv in c e d o f the truth ofwha t he wa s saying than a ny o th e r m an I had c om e a c ross .

”

A nd we c an e ve n se e this in his prin te d page . A s we“

re ad,we fe e l tha t e v e ry thought, e ve ry se n te n c e ha s

be e n c a re ful ly a nd sole mn ly we ighe d in the m ost rigid -ba la uc e s of truth be fore it wa s give n to the world fore v e r.

I be li e ve tha t he m ust have though t o f G od ofte n e st a s theI nfin ite a nd E te rna l T ru th .

A nd on the a lta r o f th is T ruth he la id his whole l ife , fo rits sa k e se tt ing a t n aught a l l th ings tha t the world o f m e n

m ost prize , wishing on ly to do the right, and tha t a t a l l ha za rds. T he re is som ething he a rt- re nd ingly pa th e t ic in hisa ttempt to _

find re a sons fo r no t a ba ndon ing the C hurc h inwhic h he wa s bo rn a nd re a re d

,wh e n he found T ruth drag

ging him towa rds the R om e he had be e n’

taught to look upona s A n t i - C hrist. H e ar the se words to the C hurc h o f E nglandwrung from his he a

'

yrt wh en he pre a c h e d his la st se rm on ina n A ngl ic a n pulpitl :

“O m y m othe r

,whe nc e is this un to

the e tha t thou ha st good things poure d upon the e,and

c a nst not k e ep th em,a nd be a re st c hi ldre n

, ye t dare st no t

TH E F O R D H A M M O N T E L Y .

F a c e the sp e c tre s o f the m indA nd lay them ,

be a te n ba c k by T ru th step by step . O n e p l e ahe r aga in st R om e wa s d e fe a te d un t il his the ologyand the n he oppose d T he Wom an o f the S e ve n

e grounds o f po l it ic a l pol ic y and he r popu la rl wha t he hope d m ight b e ,

roc k s prov e d to be

M e d ite rran e a n .

L e ad,Kindly L ight, am id the e nc irc l ing gloom ,

L e ad T hou m e on !

T he n ight 1 5 da rk , a nd I am fa r from hom e

L e ad T hou m e on !

Ke e p T hou m y fe e t ; I do no t a sk to se e

T he dista nt'

sc e n e ,— one ste p e nough for m e .

I wa s no t e ve r thus nor praye d tha t T houShou ld’

st le ad m e o n .

I love d to choose a nd se e m y pa th ; but now

L e ad'

1 11 011 m e on

I love d the ga rish day , a nd , spite of fe ars,Pride rule d my will : rem em be r no t pa st ye a rs .

Whe n C a rly le wa s a sk e d wh a t he thought to be the se c re tC a rd ina l N ewm an

’

s gre a t popu la rity,he re p l i e d : A m an

.1 0 doe s som e thing whic h a l l m e n wor l/z tlze na m e a re try

g to do , e a c h on e a fte r his fa sh ion,and do e s i t e ffe c tua l ly,o , is a nd m ust b e a c uriosity to his fe l lows. N ewm an

ought his way through gre a t d iffic u lt ie s to a logic a l issue ,.d those who h a ve the sam e soul - fights a re c urious to10W fiow he did i t .

”I n oth e r words

,the ra re frankn e ss

.d c ourage wh ic h fa c e d and ove rc am e e ve rything tha t3od in his

_pa th towa rds T ruth ha ve give n him the p re st igea lze ro . M e n se e in him on e who ha s brave d a l l oddswin the figh t for l ife and he a ve n

“ove r de a th a nd e rror,

1 0 wi l l ingly fore swore a l l brighte st world ly hope s, c la sp e d.nds wi th a l l d e a re st fri e nds, to go out a lon e into the pa th1 e re he wa s to

_

m e e t n ew thoughts, n ew fe e l ings, n ew fa c e s,

w eve rything sa ve G od and truth .

A s F a th '

e r F abe r m ight have put i t, his wa s ind e e d a

a rt wi th the fu l l n oon tide o f G od about i t he be l i e ve dthing from princ ip le .a nd not

,in wa st ing a l ife t im e in

e c u la tion a bout princ ip le s he wa s

O n e of thatsm a ll, tra nsfigu re d band

Which the world c anno t.

tam e ,”

1t is forc e d to adm ire . A nd his rewa rd ha s be gun eve nhis l ife t im e . A t on e tim e the on ly C a tholic to whomnglishm e n wou ld l iste n

,he ha s c omm and e d an a ud ien c e

r~ the truth

,a nd m ad e the C a thol ic C hurc h “

re spe c tab leE ngla nd .

_I t wou ld be supe rflo us to a dd , M ay his n am e

re through a d e c ade o f c e n turie s,

’

for the in te l l ige n tJrl d ha s long s inc e de c id e d tha t i t sha l l l ive fore ve r.

C . A . WI N G E R T E,

R’

8 7 .

L I TE R A R Y L A B OR .

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1 he re is probably no kind o f labor whic h is prose cute dso m any va ri ous ways, a nd w ith su c h va rie d suc c e ss

,by

ose who a re e ngage d i n i t,a s th a t of l ite ra ry c om pos it ion .

othing _ is m ore d iffic u lt tha n to judge stric tly from the

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writ ings of our gre a te st a uthors e ithe r the m ann e r in wh ic hth e y d id the ir work or the am ount of labor e xpe nde d on

th e i r page s . H owe ve r, fortun a te ly for us,som e of those

whose produc t ions pl e a se u s m ost have them se lve s d isc lose dthe e xte n t o f th e ir toi l in c omposit ion , othe rs ha ve l e ft th a td isc losure to be m ade by the ir b iograph e rs . T hus, owing tothe fra nkn e ss of the a uthors th em se lve s in som e c a se s, and

in othe rs to the work o f the b iograph e rs, the re is sc a rc e ly a n

a uthor whose produc t ions hav e c a l le d forth the pra ise or

a ttra c te d the a tte n tion o f the pub l ic , whose m ann e r o f c om

position i s not known to his c urious re ade rs .

T he stude nt of m usic,

'

who a fte r l isten ing to the m e lodyproduc e d by a tra in e d and cult iva te d m usic ian ,

e nde avorsto im ita te wha t appe a rs so sim p le , so a rt le ss, a nd so na tura l ,is surprise d

'

a t find ing tha t '

wha t se em e d so gra c e fu l ande a sy in anothe r is m ost d iffic u lt for him “

to im ita te . T hus i tis too with the nov ic e in le tte rs he finds tha t the c omposit ion whic h is m ost fre e from a ffe c ta t ion and appa re ntlyfrom a rt

,is the m ost d iffic u lt to e qua l . T he am oun t o f

pra c t ic e re qu ire d by those who study the a rt of c omposi tioni s so

, gre a t tha t th e re i s h a rd ly anyth ing m ore d iffic u lt thanto ind uc e e v e n a c o lle ge stud e n t to prom ise you a ha l f- doz e npage s o f e ssay pape r on the m ost ord ina ry subj e c t, or onon e m ost in te re st ing to the pub l ic , if he und e rstands tha this work is in te nde d for pub l ic a ti on .

T he y who have stud ie d the d iffic u lty e xpe rie n c e d bythose b e ginn ing to write , a sse rt tha t it is be c ause the l ite ra rym ind is pre - em ine n tly a la zy On e . L ite ra ry l ights who c an

da sh o ff sp lend id work a t the sugge st ion o f wha t se em s to

be but m e re c apric e , but wha t sc hola rs ha ve d e fine d a s the

a ffla tus’

o r the poe tz'

cus f uror , c a nn ot b e brought to work byany re gu la r system or a t a ny spe c ifie d t im e . I t se em s th a ti t i s ge n e ra l ly a c c e pte d by. l ite ra ry pe op le tha t the two re ~

qu isi te s for the be st l ite ra ry re sults a re the_m ind and the

m om e n t .”

T o tre a t of the m ind,” o f its train ingand o f

i ts n e c e ssa ry e ndowm e n ts is so n e a r, or ra th e r so de c ide d lywithin

,the dom a in o f the profe ssor tha t we sha l l not da re to

say a ny thing of it h e re ; but we sha l l not he s ita te_

to say tha tthe m om e n t is on e o f the m ost fle e t ing of a l l unc e rta inand tra n s ie n t spe l ls.

O f c ourse if a wri te r tak e s up his pe n fe e l ing tha t he isno t in a sta te of m ind to produc e the fi rst orde r of c om posit ion‘

, bu t ye t is d e te rm in e d to write , he w i l l wi th labo r p roduc e som e th ing but we d oubt wh e the r a nything tha t ha stak e r-1 its p la c e among the best p ie c e s o f a ny l i tera ture wa swritte n unde r suc h c irc um stanc e s . S t i l l - a h a bsolute n e c e s

sity fo r wri ting is o n e o f the m ost fa vorab le influe nc e swhic h c an be brought to b e ar on an a uthor ; i t forc e s himto c on c e n tra te eve ry fa c u lty on his work

,though a t the

sam e t im e he n e e ds a c ha n c e to c orre c t a nd im p rove withc a re wha t he ha s thrown o ff unde r the we igh t of som e

gre a t pre ssure .

T he olde n write rs who h ave sec ure d su c h e lega nc e a nd

m a tc hle ss gra c e in the ir c omposit ions o fte n wrote th e irc hoic e st p ie c e s whe n the m om e n t " wa s forc e d upon themby .di

_re wa nt . T he afl a tus wa s wa fte d to o the rs whe n th e y

wa lk e d th e ir we l l - k e p t pa rks o r sought am usem e n t in the irc ozy, c om fortab le l ibra rie s am id a ll the in flue nc e s tha tc ou ld c on sp ire to sugge st thought or

“

to awak e n c om p lac e n c y v

_

1

I t wou ld be re c oun t ing an o ld story to re p e a t he re these ve re a nd un tiring labor whic h the write rs“

o f E ngl ish ha veunde rgone in po l ishing and fin ish ing the ir work s .

“

B ut c e r

ta in i t i s tha t no stud e n t of c om posit ion shou ld be d isc ourage d by wa n t of suc c e ss a t first. M any th e re a re

,w ithin

c o lle ge wa l ls too , who h av e an abundanc e o f ide a s a nd who ,

if th e y we re to m ak e wha t, a s i t ha s b e e n rem a rk e d , i s m ostd iffic u lt for som e p e op le to m ak e , an e ffort, wou ld b e ab leto a dd m any gra c e fu l and c re d itab le produc tion s to thenumbe r o f those writte n by write rs '

sti l l in the ir pup i lage .

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J z y

H e nc e,the On ly rem e dy for the e xisting e v i l app e ars to b e

the c orre c t ion of popula r opin i on . T h is i s '

a gre a t work ,but it is e ve n now progre ssing slowly but sure ly, and I havenot the le a st doubt th a t the lapse of two or thre e ge n e ra tionswi l l se e a ll our sc hools: c onduc te d w ith a true unde rstan dingof the import of the ‘

word E duc a tionY ours truly, etc .

,

'

A U B R E Y D E VE R E .

_

L ondon ,N ov. roth , 1 886 .

T0 fire E di tors of t/ze F e rd/l am M ont/My

G E N T LE M E N — Y 01ir re que st tha t ”

I shou ld favor you

with my ide a of e duc a tion,c a use s m e som e surprise .

_I wa s

beginn ing to fa n cy tha t d isc ussi on s about e duc a t ion a l m e thods we re ma tte rs of the pa st, and hav ing e xpre sse d m y

views. som e ye ars ago, I le t the que st i on re st. I a rri glad,howe ve r

,of

_

h av ing an opportun ity of re - sta t ing m y op in ion son so importan t a subj e c t .

I wou ld say a t the outse t tha t now,a s form e rly, too

m uc h a tte nt i on i s give n to the ornam e n tal to the de ttim en t of the use fu l . E duc a t ion is va luab le on ly ina smuc h a s i t is .use fu l and i t is tru ly use fu l if it an swe rs

a ffirm a t ive ly the se thre e_que stions D oe s i t pre pa re

-

us for se lf p re se rva tion ? D oe s i t pre pa re u s for c it ize nship ? D oe s it pre pa re us for the m isc e l lan e ous re qu irem e n ts of l ife ? B e fore touc h ing on the se c ond ition s in

de ta i l, I have a - word to say about uti l ity . O f c ourse the re

i s no study, howsoe v e r e xtra ord ina ry,whic h w i l l n o t be n e fi ta m an in som e way or oth e r. A stude n t of h e ra ldry, '

for

instan c e,m ight, a fte r ye a rs of pa tie n t re se a rc h, a c qu ire som e

knowle dge of an c ie n t m ann ers .

'

B ut'

ivould '

.th e re be any

proportion b e twe e n those long ye a rs of study and the

m e agre re su lt ? Wh e n,the re fore

,I spe a k of u ti l ity a s the

te st of e duc a tion,I m e an tha t uti l ity wh ic h brings about an

e ve n proporti on be twe e n study and i ts re su lts. N ow if

spa c e p e rm itte d, I wou ld prove to the du l le st inte l le c t tha tthe on ly e duc a ti on a l m e thod an swe ring the thre e c ond ition sabove m enti one d and hav ing proporti on a te re su l ts i s S c ience .

I wi l l le ave ezz‘zlzem /zz

'

p a nd se p reserzra z‘

zon for a n oth erle tte r,

though I know tha t those fam i l ia r with the grand re su ltsa c hieve d by sc ie n c e wi l l _

e a si ly se e how i t ha s e n c om pa sse dhum an l ife wi th sa fe gua rds innum e rab le

,how it

‘

ha s pre

se rve d the fabric o f n a t ion s from e vi ls within and Without .

B ut I fan c y tha t som e wi l l sm i le in c re dul ously wh e n I a ffirmthat sc ie n c e form s the groundwork o f poe try_

and the fin e

arts . I t is c e rta in ly in c re d ib le to m e tha t m e n c an be

le arne’

dly c ritic a l about a G re e k od e and c an pa ss by Without a glanc e tha t gra nd e p ic writ te n by the fi nge r of G od

upon the stra ta of the -

e arth .

'

I t is m ore than in c re d ib le to

m e tha t po e ts shou ld we e p over an e xp lana t ion of the ra inbow

,whe n I kn ow tha t th e re is m ore poe try in a single

prism of the glori ous a rc than In a l l the m yths a c c um u la te dby poe ts from H om e r down to the pre se n t tim e . Aga

intak e pa in ting. I t is known tha t som e of our gre a te st a rtistshave b lunde re d e gre giously in re pre se n ta t ion s of n a ture

from an ignoranc e of physic a l ph e nom e n a . T he sam e m aybe sa id of sc u lpture , for whic h a knowle dge o f n a tura lsc ien c e is ab so lute ly n e c e ssary.

_

T he re i s on e m ore poin t which I wou ld l ik e to urge

in this short le tte r, a poin t invo lving a subj e c t m uc h

G orham,M a in e,D e c . ro th.

d isc usse d a t the pre se n t'

t im e,v iz .

,w ith wha t shou ld .

e duc a ti on b e gin ? I have - no word strong e nough to

expre ss my d isapproba t i on of those who se e k to in troduc e ge n e ra l prin c ip le s in to a chi ld ’

s he a d, who pro .

. c e e d from the ab stra c t to the c onc re te A c h ild, if le ft'

to

i tse lf,wi l l e xam in e and study ind iv idua l things, things

wh ic h strik e the se n se s ; in c ourse of t im e i t wi l l n oti c e the

ge ne ra l law found in or gove rning th e se individul thingsth is is the

_way of n a ture

,and those te a c he rs who oppose

this na tura l proc e ss are sim p ly unnatura l . S in c e, the re fore ,the growth of the m ind i s from the c on c re te to the ab stra c t

,

wha t b e tte r subj e c t m a tte r for study c a n we give to c hi ldrenthan sc i e n c e ? S o you se e

,m y young fri e nds, tha t sc ie n c e

is em in e ntly‘

u se ful,th a t i t fulfi l ls the e nds o f e duc a ti on ,

tha t i t i s the groundwork of poe try and the fin e arts,th a t,

a s a study, it is b e st su ite d to the g rowth o f the hum an

m ind . I c ou ld .

re ad i ly prove to you tha t sc i e n c e is a lso theb e st c ivi l ize r

,tha t i t rou ts the w ive rn s of supe rst iti on , tha t

i t c a lls the m ind from id le sp e c u la t i on to profitable thought .

“

R e spe c tfu l ly,H E R BE R T S PE N C E R .

D e a r M essrs . E dz'

z‘ors .

Y our l e tte r pu t m e in to an awfu l flutte r o f e x c item e n t .

“

I t is the first .

“

tim e tha t m y opini on on e ducationa l m a tte rs

ha s b e e n a sked,though I m ust c onfe ss th a t I have ofte n

sta te d m y v i ews in a ve ry d e c ide d m anne r. A c le ar a nd

a de qua te e xp lan a tion c f m y ide a wou ld m ore than fil l yoursm a l l p e riod ic a l ; howe ve r, I wi l l try to c onfin e m yse lf toe sse n t ia l poin ts . I n the - fi rst p la c e I am qu ite . c onv in c e dtha t the re i s too much m on otony in our sc hoo ls

,a nd th is

m on otony c om e s from the v e ry l im i te d num be r of book s'

u se d in the c la sse s . In o ur prim a ry sc hools,for e xam p le ,

the pup i l is e ngage d in on ly se v e n branch e s, re ad ing,writing,spe l l ing, a ri te m e tic

,h istory, ge ogra phy

'

and c a l isth e n ic s .

Wha t m e agre sus te na n c e for the a c t ive mind of a c h i ld !H ow c an th e se few stud ie s fa i l to produc e em zuz

'

and l istle ssne ss ? We re I in c ha rge o f a ll the prim ary schools of . the

‘

U n ite d S ta te s, I'

wou ld add a t l e a st twe nty - six e xtrabran c h e s

,a nd I would b e gin w ith a good c ourse in logic .

I t i s posit iv e ly d istre ss ing to se e how- i l l ogi c a l a nd unre a sonab l e the pre sen t ge n e ra tion of c hi ldre n ha s b e c om e . A fewm on ths tra in ing in the induc tive m e thod would fem e dy

th is e v i l . Whe n the youthfu l m ind ha s ,

be e n se t right by a

c ourse in logic , I wou ld re c omm e nd the sim u ltan e ous studyof F re n c h

,I ta l ian a nd G e rm an . T o m y m ind L a t in and

G re e k are a ltoge the r u se le ss,be c ause G re e k is spok e n by

h ard ly anyone e x c e p t the G re e k s the m se lve s,and be side s,

the who le L a t in language ha s b e en tran sla te d in to E ngl ish .

Whe n F re n c h,I ta l ian and G e rm an hav e b e e n thoroughly

m aste red,I wou ld ta k e up pa in t ing imm e d i a te ly . I mayb e

a l lowe d to say h e re , by wa y of pa re n th e sis, th a t the ignoran c e o f our c h i ldre n

_

in the m a tte r of pa in ting I S p e rfe c tlyshoc k ing. T h e y pre fe r a rude c a rtoon to a re a l M uri l lo .T h ey a re som e tim es tak e n by the ir pa re n ts to visit a rt

ga l le ri e s, a nd in ste ad of a dm iring a nd c ritic ising, th e y run

a bou t,m uch to the annoyan c

'

e of de vote d artists. A fte r“

p a in t ing, m us ic c om e s n a tura l ly. T he m e ri ts of this bra nc h

68 T H E F O R D H A M M O N TH L Y .

_a re so we l l known tha t i t i s n e e d le ss for m e to dwe l l on .

them . In the words of the poe t,M usic ha th cha rm s, e tc .

Whi le spe ak ing of poe try, I m ust d ep lore its abse nc e in

our prim ary sc h ools . T o th ink tha t c h i ldre n a re a l lowe d togrow up without an in t im a te kn owle dge of Sh e l le y and

B rown ing and T e nnyson ! B u t I fe ar. gen tlem e n,th a t m y

le tte r ha s tak e n e xtravagan t p roporti on s, and I m ust stop

abruptly if I wou ld stop a t a ll . H oping tha t my v iews m ayte nd to e n l ighte n you and oth e rs

,I am

,

Y ours - ve ry sin c e re ly,L Y D I A PR IM .

[We a re not re sponsib le fo r O p i n i ons e xpre sse d in the sel e tte rs .

— E D S .]B y pe rm issi on of

WM . C . M C C L I N T O C K,

’

88 .

fit. watetttim’

z flay.

T . A . D A LY,

’

9 1 .

H e ra ld of m orn,the hoary n orth wind c old

,

Swe ep ing from m oun t to .p la in , from hi l l to da le ,

U prol ls from N a ture’

s fa c e N igh t’s sab le ve i l .A nd 10 ! the O rie n t .ric h in russe t go ldA nd c rim son tints

,the wak ing sk i e s unfold .

A c ross the snow- robe d m e adows d im ly pa le ,A urora softly l ifts he r rose a te tra i l ,

A nd l im n s with stre ak s of dawn ing le a a nd wold .

I t is' the fe a st o f qua in t S t . Va le nt ine ,S e a son of lov e and joy, when C up id s rays

A loya l re a lm ; whe n he a rts with he a rts e n tw ine .

Whe n sha fts un e rring, l ik e m i d - win te r rays

O f sunny l ight wa rm ing the frost- c hi l le d e a rth,

I nflam e e’

e n he a rts long c old , with love and m irth .

I TA L I A N SH R O'

VE TJD E TIJE R OM A N CA R N I VA L .

I m ak e a ffidavit tha t this le tte r from C . E . S . wa s re a lly writte n by sa id C . E . S . to on e Cha s . E . S impson 88 .

R O M E , M a rc h 3 , 1 8 70 .

M Y D E A R C O U S I N I write this le tte r in an swe r to yourre qu e st for in form a tion about the C arn iva l in R om e . We l l

,

to be gin ,I m ust a sk you if you have e ve r had th e '

p-le a sure

of tran sla t ing from the c la ssic s those v iv id de sc ription s ofthe O lymp ic G am e s or of the c on te sts in the R om an A m

phi thea tre . I f you have , you c a n c on c e ive,i f no t appre

c ia te,wha t I am go ing to te l l you in the fol lowing d e se rip

ti on of the R om an C a rn iva lT he C a rn iva l se a son a t R om e i s n e ithe r m ore no r le ss

than a m ode rn i z e d ve rsi on of an anc ie n t G re e k ‘

O lym p ic fe stiva l

,with a l l i ts gam e s

,i ts laure ls

, _its e xc item e n t

,i ts pom p,

i ts sp le nd id proc e ss ions, and, I am sorry to say, wi th a re

produc ti on of som e o f i ts irre gu la rit ie s. F or som e days

pre c e d ing the C a rn iva l the re is the busy hum ,

“the inne r

vo i c e of the c ity, tha t te l ls the unsophistic a te d strange r

o f som e thing unusua l about to happ e n . T he stre e ts a re un

usua l ly qu ie t and the v e ry a ir se em s st i l le d in the e x c item e n t of an t ic ipa t ion ,

whe n sudde n ly, on the first day o f the

C a rn iva l, am idst the tooting of horn s a nd the b e l lowing of

trum pe ts, and d isc orda n t stra ins from inn um e rab le ba ndsof m usic

,the gra nd page an t c om e s wi thin sight . E a c h sepa

ra te party v i e s wi th the oth e r in the a ttempt to a ttra c t a tte n

t ion by gorge ous re tinue and bri l l ia n t trapp ings . H e n c e

you m ay form som e ide a of the showy m agn ific e n c e of the

form a l ope n ing of the C a rn iva l . T he de sign s of the tri

umpha l c ars an d c ha riots a re m ost un ique . S om e of th emh ave the form -

of boa ts,othe rs of ba l loons

,othe rs a re m in ia

ture wood land bowe rs. Whi le the proc e ssi on pa sse s‘

downthe C orso

,a que e r p e rform anc e is begun . T he ba lc on ie s on

e i the r side of the stre e t a re fi l le d with mask e d pe rson s,ge ne ra l ly lad ie s. T he se m e rry m a sk e rs a re prov ide d with animm e n se quant ity of l ittl e p la ste r ba l ls, c a l le d C orz

’

a ndolz’

,

with wh ic h th e y pe lt the page a n t unc e a singly in e a c h ofthe triumpha l c a rs a re c e rta in youth , gorge ou sly a rraye d,

who c a tc h the l ittle ba l ls and se nd th em ba c k ju st a s v igorously. . I h the m e an t im e e ve rybody is shrie k ing in a highfa lse tto voic e . Whe n the pro c e ssion ha s pa sse d, the C orso isc le a re d fo r the ra c e whi c h is to tak e p la c e b e twe e n th e i r”berz

'

or ride rle ss horse s. T e n fle e t horse s a re c hose n to

whic h a re a tta c he d sm a l l sp ik e s in l ie u of sp‘

urs . A t a

give n signa l the horse s sta rt from the Pia za de l Popolo andda sh down a long the C orso to the winn ing-

post, a '

whi t'

e

sh e e t drawn a c ross the stre e t . A n oth e r que e r c ustom is the“

d ive rsi on of the M a e eolez‘

iz’

tak e s p la c e im

m e d ia te ly “

a fte r sun se t on‘

S hrove T ue sday e ve n ing. A t the

first approa c h of da rkn e ss e very inhab i ta n t of R om e pro

v ide s h im se lf w ith a l ighte d tape r, and th e n proc e e ds System a tic a l ly, by hook or c rook ,

to e xtinguish hi s n e ighbor’

s

l ight, a t the sam e tim e pro te c ting his own . Whe n the tape r

fun is ove r a l l proc e e d to a c on sp ic uous pa rt of the.

c ity whe repre para ti on s h ave b e e n go ing on for burn ing a huge figure,suppose d to re pre se n t the C a rn iva l . A t the first strok e o f 1 2

P . M . the torc h i s app l ie d and away goe s C a rn iva l, am idsthooting a nd toot ing.

Y ou have he a rd,o f c ourse

,of the Vegl iom

'

,or m a sk e d

TH E'

F O R D H A M M O N TH L Y . 69

Veg/2°

,me a n s a wa tc hing and the e nd ing, on e , t im e . I t is re c orde d tha t on e of

‘

the Pope s had four sc a fa n in te n sifie r

,the word Veg/z,With one ta c k e d On to it

,

'

folds e re c te d in d iffe re nt pa rts of the c i ty a s a m e na c e to

a tremendous wa tc hing. C a rniva l,a s you know,

is v i l la inous law - bre ak e rs.

c om e from the L a tin words,m e a n

-ing a fa rewe l l I fe ar,my de a r c ousin ,

tha t th is le tte r is a lre ady too longto fle sh m e a t . In rega rd to the origin of the c ustom

,a l l st i ll I c on sole myse lf with the thought tha t wha t I have

historian s a re agre e d in c on side ring it a m od ific a tion of the writte n m ay be of use to you in the way of in te re sting inforo ld R om an amu sem e n ts

,whic h took p la c e towa rds the m id m a ti on .

dle of F ebruary . T he C hurc h ha s spa re d no pams In eu Y our . A ffe c ti on a te C ousin,

C . S .

de a voring todo away w ith the “

e xcesse s c omm itte d a t this

fiule- d idr— g ,

“

fietwsm t,

.

T . A . D A LY,’

9 1 .

T he n ight is b itte r,“ b itte r c old,A nd ove r the le a and ove r the wo ldR ushe s

_

the north wind lusti lyF rom his hom e in the froze n A rc t ic se a “

T he.sam e o ld l ights of the

/

study ha l lD an c e and c ape r upon the wa l l

,

Just -

a s the y did whe n I writ the rhym e

O f the yule - log bright and C hristm a s tim e .

B ut gon e is the ir m irth and the irx

m e rrlm e nt'

fle d,

A nd pa le and si ck ly the l ight the y sh e d .

I sigh for re st— and we a ri lyC or

-ti e s anothe r dre am of the C hristm a s tre e .

T he rough o ld wa l ls tha t onc e w e re fa irWith‘

embl ems o -f yu le - t ide,now are b a re .

T he ch im n ey se a t de serted stands,

While . the gre a t ha l l c loc k with l ifte d handsM a rk s the m idn ight hour and si le nc e re igns,S ave wh e n the c ric k e t ’s lon e ly stra in sF m m

,

the he a rth -

p la c e wide , through the th ic k e n ingS ta rtle the e c hos o f , the ro om .

U p fromthe he a rth - ston e broa d,whe re l ie s

T he sm o lde ring form of an oak - log, riseF. e eb le spa rk s and fe eble rays

“

T ha t gle am for a t im e w ith fitful b la ze .

T hae n fa i l, and the sin ews of roya l o akWithe ring, e nd in - a puff of sm ok e .

Ah.

thu s i t se em s’

to m y sa dde n e d m indE nd a ll the pl e a suse s of hum an - k ind .

S o,a lso fade s from m y wak ing sight,

T his '

dole fu l dre am of a winte r n ight :

S T .

“

VA LE N T I N E ’

S D A Y A N D SH R -O VE T U E SD A Y .

F . P . D O N N E LLY,

’

90 .

70 TH E F O R D H A M M O N TH L Y.

d isc ouraging, but th e re a re he re an d th e re gre en oa se s,wh e re we m ay re fre sh ourse lve s

,and with l ighte n e d he a rts

l ook c a lm ly on the surround ing b le akne ss.

F e brua ry, a swe a re gla d to _

say,ha s n o t ye t grown so c a l loustha tnothingc an d ispe l his hab itua l re se rve a nd qu e ru lousn e ss.

T he re a re days wh e n his sou l bre ak s through the i cy b a rrie rs,m ak ing us gra te fu l ly a c kn owle dge tha t the se c ond m on th isin v e ry truth a b lood - re la t i on of his m e rrie r c om pan ion s . I

re fe r to those fe st iva l s whic h a re h e ld in F e bruary, doub lycle ar from th e ir sc a rc ity . We ha v e on ly two , S t. Va le nt ine ’

s

day a nd S hrov e T ue sday. B ut the flood of p le a sa n t m em

ori e s flowing from th e se days wou ld suffic e to—

m ak e fe rtile a

m ore b le ak m on th eve n than F ebrua ry ._

S t . Va le n t in e ’

s day

a lon e se rv e s to c on jure up m em ori e s by the sc ore,and le ad

our m inds ba c k through the long vi sta s of ye a rs to the go lde nage of tha t em p ire wh e n c e sprung the tim e hon ore d and

p le a sant c ustom s of this day . L e t us who a re gla dd e n e d bye ve ry re c urre n c e of this fe st iva l look b a c k on i ts history a nd

strive to fe rre t ou t its origin . S om e tim e sin c e,in poring

ove r a n o ld dusty vloum e in on e o f the l ibra rie s of our gre a tm e tropol is , I c han c e d upon a d isse rta tion 0 11 this fe a st day.

I wi l l pre sum e upon your goodn e ss a nd give the history ofth is m e rry fe st iva l .Y ou m u st know th a t in the pa lmy days of a nc i e n t R om e

it wa s c u stom a ry, on the fe a st of Juno,h e ld towa rds

the m idd le o f F ebrua ry, to a ssemb le in a ha l l for the c e lebra tion of the fe st iv i t ie s. Whe n the

'

m e rrim e n t had

be gun , a num b e r of sla ve s,a c c ord ing to usage ,

'

e n te re d

the ha l l b e a ring a la rge va se,wh ic h c on ta in e d the n am e s of

a l l the young la d i e s pre se n t . F rom this the young m e n

drew s l ips o f pape r on whic h we re insc r ibe d the nam e s of

the la d ie s who we re to be th e ir pa rtn e rs for the dan c e .

The se c e rem on ie s we re no t e n tire ly abo lishe d when paganR om e had pa sse d away, but we re c on tinu e d, som ewha t m od ifi e d

,unde r the c hristian jurisd ic t i on . T he va se wa s re ta in e d

but in p la c e.

o f the othe r nam e s those of the sa in ts we resubst itute d . T he t im e of the c e lebra t i on rem a ine d unc hange dbu t the fe st iv itie s we re h e ld unde r the pa tronage o f S t . Val

e n tin e,the m a rtyr, whose fe a st o c c urre d in the m idd le of

F e brua ry. A s t im e we n t on the c ustom s we re c hange dm ore a nd m ore .

'

T he fe a st be c am e se c u la rize d, and it wa s

the c omm on usage am ong a l l c la sse s to se nd to on e an oth e rugly c a ric a ture s on whi c h we re writte n dogge re l v e r se s inpra ise of the un fortun a te re c ip ie n t’s oc c upa ti on or idiosyn

c ra si e s. T o t his,in the c oure s of tim e

,wa s added the c ustom

‘

of se nd in g va le n tin e s (a word c oine d from the fe stiva l), toone ’

s lady love , with origina l e ffusion s tagge d 011 . T hu s thefe a st ha s c om e down to us Ve ry l ik e the R om an fe st iva l .O n e word b e fore I c e a se : I t o c c urre d to m e whi le wri ting

th e se l in e s,tha t in the dre a rin e ss of this mon th, whic h I

re m a rk e d b e fore,we have a p la usib l e e xpla na t i on of the

shortn e ss of F ebrua ry. N o doubt the in te rposi tion of d iv ineProv ide n c e pre va i le d to m ak e i t shorte r than its c om pa n ion sand the reby le sse n the m ise ry of the sc hoo lboy .

L I GH TS I N TH E D A R K A G E S .

T hose tim e s a re c a lle d dark subj e c tive ly, i . e . ,b e c a use we la ck the powe r o f unde rsta nding the m .

S T O R Y O F LA N F R A N C .

D . A R E LLA N O,

’

90 .

G a z ing into the gloom of the D a rk A ges, we c a tc h fromt im e to t im e a gl im pse of som e e nc ouraging l igh ts, whic h ;l ik e w i l l - o ’

- the - w isps, soon d isappe a r, l e av ing be hind th emno th ing m ore tha n a fa in t

.

tra c e of th e i r short - l ive d e x iste n c e . We m ay d ivid e th e se lum in a ri e s in to two c la sse s ; in tobrigh t sta rs and lurid m e te ors . T he form e r a re the le a rne dsc hola rs who adde d sanc t i ty to th e ir wisdom ; in the la tte rwe se e the a rroga nt pe dagogue s who . losing sigh t of the ir

B a c on .

own l ittle n e ss, have da re d to oppose th e ir p e tty a nd na rrowm inde d opin ions to the te a c hings o f the C hurc h . L anfra n c

,

the subj e c t of this pap e r, rank s high am ong the i l lustrioussage s who ha ve c lung to the o ld m a xim in i tium sap ie n tiaet im or D om in i . ”O ur h e ro

,born of hum b le pa re n tage , b egan his stud ie s a t

the U n ive rsity of B o logna , the A lm a M a te r of m any a c e le ?bra te d I tal ia n l i tte ra te ur. D uring his e a rly c o llege c a re e r

he wa s rem a rkab le for his e xtrem e ta c i turn i ty a nd lov e of

sol i tude . H e wou ld be ve ry ofte n found burie d in though t,roam ingabout the shady wa lk s in the ga rd e n s of the un i

ve rsity, whi th e r he re t ire d to ponde r ove r _ phi losophic a l

SH R O VE T U E SD A Y O R PA N C A KE D A Y .

C lose on the h e e ls '

of S t . Val e n t in e c om e s Shrove tide,

pra ise d in song and story for pan c ak e s a nd c a l lops . In the

e a rly tim e s,b e fore H e nry VI I I . of unha l lowe d m em ory,

e ve ry b e l l in E ngland rang loud and long be twe en the hoursof te n and e le ve n on S hrove T u e sday m orn ing. T he be l lsc a l le d the pe ople to the pa rish c hurc h, whe re the y c onfe sse dor sh ow th em se lve s in pre pa ra tion for the holy se ason of

L e n t . I n som e p a rts of E ngland the b e l ls ring st i l l be twe e nte n and e le ve n

,but the sound is m e an ingle ss now ; the re a l ity

ha s pa sse d away. O ld c hron ic le rs say tha t a fte r the s/zrz'w'

rzg

e ve ry ove n in the k ingdom wa s'

busy with panc ak e s a nd

c a l lops . M ost of the fa re wa s c on sum e d in right roya lstyle . A fte r the me rrim e n t a few ;

of the c allops (long stripsof mutton or b e e f), we re hung up in the pa n try, th e re to

rem a in un ti l E a ste r m orn ing. B a rnaby G ooge , a m ightypoe t in hi s day, thus discourse th on the subj e c t

N ow, whe n a t length the ple a sa nt tim e

O f S hrove tide com e s in pla c e ,

A nd c rue l fa s ting days a t ha ndA pproa ch with solem n gra c e

T he n o ld and young a re both a s m a d

A s gue sts a t B a c chus ’

fe a st ,

A nd four days long the y tipple squa re .

A . v e ry profOund write r of puritan ic a l pe rsua sion ,whom

we have b e e n - re ad ing of la te,no tic e s in the Shrove t ide

fe stiva l anothe r tra c e of tha t paga n ism wh ic h Pope ry ha stak e n un to itse lf . A c c ord ing to t his write r

, S hrov e t ide isthe d ire c t c on tinua tion o f the B a c c hana l ia n reve ls. We l l

,

the ide a in the B a c c ha na l ia n re ve l wa s good, v iz to p la n ton e gla d day in the m idd l e o f gloom y F ebrua ry. Pope rytook wh a t wa s hum an—h e a rte d from pagan ism ,

and l ifte d itup a nd san c tifie d i t .

TH E

.

F O R D H A M M O N T E L Y .

T hough he wa s by no m e a n s an infid e l and haddisl ik e fo r the re l igion of his c oun try, he showe d,a m a rk e d d i sin c l ina ti on to re l igious ’

c e rem on ie s.

ing with the h igh e st hon ors of his c la ss, he re turn e d

whic h,a c c ord ing to va ri ous c hron ic le rs

,se em s to

n his b irth p la c e . H e re he m an age d to e a rn his

r te a c h ing j urisprud e nc e , in wh ic h bran c h of le a rn.ad acqu ire d a ston ish ing a nd ra re ab i l i ty whi le pur5 s tud i e s at B ologn a. T he

.de pth of his a rgum e n ts

e a sy a nd e le gan t m ode of e xpre ssion , soon won for

ng Pav ian qu ite a re puta tion a s a write r and an ad !

B ut,his a c t ive and e n e rge t ic spirit c ou ld n ot long

the m on otony of th is pro fe ssion , and he re solve d to

iroa der fi e ld wh e re his e xte n sive k nowle dge might;e lf m ore to adva n tage .

i rst c oun try tha t pre se n te d itse lf to him a s worthy of

va s F ra n c e ; and thithe r he de te rm in e d to turn his

A t th is pe riod’

of his l ife his m e an s we re so re duc e d

wa s forc e d to c ross the A lps on foot . thu s m ak ingy in to F ra n c e , posse ssing no oth e r we a lth than his

a rising and amb itious youth In the R e pub l ic of L e t7Ve n ow find him a t R oue n

,awa it ing a fa ir opportun

i splay his ta le n ts . A t this tim e B e re nga rius, A rc hof A nge rs, who wa s rem arkab le ,

for hi s e loqu e n c e ,ose phi los.

0pl1y wa s n othing short o f soph istry, wa sim e d to le c ture in the c i ty whe re L anfranc the n

.

re

T he young lawye rof Pav ia , h e a ring‘

of the a rchde a

nown a s a rhe toric ian and phi losoph e r, wa s induc e d1d On e of his le c ture s. But L anfra n c disap

l and e v e n thoroughly d isguste d ; for hi s own profound:t wa s shock e d with the sha l low and sup e rfic ia l vi ewsi ffec ta tious F re n c hm a n

,

“

who Obsc ure d the sim p le stms with a n e e d le ss am oun t of pra ttle . A lthough thee se schola r d id not m ingle In the so c ie ty of his n ew

his n am e wa s soon upon e ve ry tongue . B e re nga rius,

of his e rudit ion,bade defian c e to hi s '

le a rn ing and

ge d him to a pub l ic d isputa t ion . L anfran c ac c epte d,

1 unworthy oppon e n t, c u t the ground from unde r his

1d in the pre se n c e of a large con c ourse o f p e ople ,him from S ir O ra c le in to a rid ic u lous cha rla ta 11

_

.

c torious B ologn e se pro c e e de d to'

A vr‘

an che s,wh e re he

a sc hool whic h , to _

the gre a t hum i lia t ion and chagrinriga riu s, wa s

-fil le d with thronging m u ltitude s of theac on ’

s form e r fol lowe rs .

’

T his n ew se a t of le a rn ingbtai n e d for i tse lf gre a t fam e ; but som eth ing wa s st i l lg to the gre a t sc hola r who d ire c te d

,and he ld the

em e n t of it . T hough L anfranc had a lm ost tota l lyze n H im who is the origin of a l l kn owle dge and had

1 him se lf . a t the fe e t of the godde ss S c ien c e,he was

e d with a lofty and ge n e rous d isposit ion, whic h on ly1 the fin ishing touc h of fi rm re l igious prin c ip le s .

have n ow a rrive d a t the turn ing poin t of his l ife ,c le arly man ife sts the inc om pre he n sib le way in whic hn u n za m n s t wi n “ c n n rl n l l l

‘

. h f e v i l . Whi le busilv

7 1

C an te rbury wa s a brave“man a nd on e n ot to b e frighte n e d

by m e re trifle s,but a s he l iste n e d to the tram p ing of his

horse ’

s hoo fs e c ho e d a nd re - e c ho e d through the long ave nue so f the de n se wood ,

his h e a rt b e a t fa ste r,a nd a n otic e ab le

c hange c am e ove r his p la c id c oun te n an c e . I t wa s n ow a l

m ost’ da rk,and he ha d just re a c h e d a thic k c lum p o f tre e s

,

wh e n sudd e n ly five m e n,appa re n tly band itti

,le ape d from a

jungl e in to the road,an d im pe d e d furth e r progre ss . O n e of

the burgla rs se ize d his horse by the br id le , wh ile - the re

m a in ing four,d rawing th e ir sti le ttos

,dem a nde d the

I

sur

re nde r of the m one y he c a rrie d about him . L a nfra n c,of

c ourse,had -a t first e nde a vore d to de fe nd him se lf

,bu t se e ing

tha t a l l e fforts wou ld p rove u se le ss,he y i e ld e d to th em .

Whi le the C he va l ie rs d ’

industri e strippe d him o f his gold,the B ologn e se by his ste rn and d ign ifi e d a ir in sp ire d his d espoi le rs with a c e rta in am oun t of re sp e c t . Whe n the ruf

fia n s had p lunde re d the h e lp l e ss trave l le r, th e y la id’

hands

upon hi s pe rson ,t ie d him to a n e ighboring oa k

,and wrap

p ing hi s froc k about his he ad so a s to pre v e n t him from c ry

ing out for h e lp, took to '

their h e e ls.

L an fran c b e c am e fu l ly awa re of hi s c r itic a l p osi tion ; hekn ew tha t be side s b e ing fa r away from a l l p ossib le hum an

a ssistan c e,he wa s e xpose d to the hunge r of rav e nous wo lve s,

or to the hOrrible torm e n ts’

o f a'

probab le d e a th from sta rva

t ion . F ind ing h im se lf abandon e d by a l l the world,our h e ro

rem em b e re d H im who wa tc h e s with equa l c a re ove r thewre tc he d b e gga r a nd the proud ru le r o f e xte nsive dom a ins .

B ut a la s ! the saga c ious ph il osoph e r a nd . e loque nt p le ad e rc ou ld n ot e ve n re c a l l the in itia l words of the Av e

, or of

the Pa te r N oste r. L a n fran c ’

s c orpore a l e ye s we re b an

dage d, but the e ye s of his c onsc ie n c e,the m irror of his

gu i lty sou l,we re now wide awake . H is pa st n e gl ige n c e a nd

indiffe re n c e nowpre se n te d th em se lve s to his m ind in the irm ost d istre ssing l ight . T he daun tle ss I ta l ia n ’

s ha rdy na ture

sank unde r th is h e avy burden , and c on sc i ous of his fau lts,

he sobbe d and we pt l ike a c hi ld . Whi l e L anfran c ’

s soul

wa s be ing thus torn the m om en ts gl id e d by, and e re long i twa s pa st m idn ight .

A s A urora ’

s fa c e appe are d above the de n se c luste r of

towe ring. tre e s,the un fortuna te Pav ia n

,c om p le te ly worn Out

by his e xtrem e suffer ings, fe l l in to a de l irium. Whi le he

unconsc iously re proa c he d him se lf f or the n egl igence of his

pa st l ife , the n oisy. tre ad of an approa ching c'

ava lc ade _brok ethe solem n st i l ln e ss o f Lanfranc ’

s l iving tomb, T he strange

appe a ran c e o f an e v ide n tly ran sa c k e d trave l le r t i e d td a tre e

by the roadside,c he c k e d the

’

horsem e n in th e ir h a sty journ

'

e y . T he b ri l lian t re t inue stopp e d be fore the trunk to

whic h L an fran c was fa ste n e d,a nd pe rc e iv ing sign s of l ife

th e y l oose n e d the unc on sc ious figure , a nd qu e st ione d B a ronF ran c o, the le ade r of the fre eb oote rs’ b and, wha t todo n e xt .

T h is a dve n ture r wa s the C h ie fta in of a re c k le ss hOst ofm a raude rs

,but the fe e l ings o f hum an ity We re n o t a s ye t

a ltoge ther e xtinc t w ithin him,and a t the p i ti fu l sight of the

strange r’

s c adave rous a sp e c t, hi s he a rt wa s touc he d . F i l le d

72 T H E F O R D H A M M O N T H L Y .

ing the se strange words, the m onk s sta re d inqu iringly a t on e

a n oth e r, bu t utte re d n o t a syl lab le . T he unkn own c onva l

e sc e n t aga in brok e the emb a rra ssing si le n c e,ask ing in a

fe eb le vo ic e : “Whe re am I,how c am e I hith e r ?” A t this

qu e stion the m onk s’

fa c e s brighte n e d up, and on e of them,

who from his ve n e rable app e a ran c e , se em e d to be the abbot,

an swe re d L an fran c . Wh e n the good C a rthusian had fin

i she d ta lk ing, the Pav ia n e xpre sse d hi s gra t itude and sa t isfa c t i on

,add ing m ore ove r tha t he wish e d to spe ak priva te ly

w i th the supe ri or. L e ft a lon e in the c hambe r 0f sic kn e sswi th the abbot

,L a n fran c re la te d the story of hi s ha rdships,

his m ira c u lous e sc a p e , a nd the vow he had m ad e to d e vo tethe rem a ind e r o f his l ife to the se rvic e of his a l l m e rc ifu lpre se rve r. T he age d m an re ga rde d him fo r a m om e n t w ithe ye s ful l o f fa the rly te nde rn e ss, a nd e xpre ssing his joy a t

L a nfran c’

s n obl e re solut ion,he prom ise d to giv e him a

re c omm e nda tory le tte r fo r the supe rior of B e c . A t th is t im e

B e c wa s on ly an insign ific a n t l ittle town in the n orth e rnpa rt of N orm andy ; but H e rluin

,a p ious N orm an kn ight,

founde d, in 1 039, the fam ous abbe y Whic h in a few ye a rs

m ore wa s d e stin e d to shin e with e rud it ion un e qua l le d sin c ethe bri l l ian t A ugustan A ge . I ts humb le n e ss o f 'origin c on

tra sts wonde rful ly wi th the future re nown of the gre a t m on

a ste ry ; for H e rlu in,the first abbot

,wa s a m a n of no we a lth

a t a l l and e ve n of le ss sc hola rship .

Wh e n L an fran c steppe d within the thre shold of the c on

ve n t, the e n e rge ti c abbot wa s busy in bu i ld ing an ove n,so

tha t he gre e te d the strange rWith ra the r d irty hands. O f

c ourse , had L an fran c b e e n the sam e proud and re fin e d stu

d e n t of B ologn a , he wou ld have turn e d away utte rly d i sguste d with the unp le a san t sight ; but hum i li ty he ld suprem e

dom in ion in the kingdom o f hi s h e a rt,and re a d i ly o ffe ring

his se rvic e s, he wa s a c c e pte d by the m ona st ic c om m un i ty .

In th is n ew k ind of l ife our h e ro ’s pa t ie n c e a nd hum i lityun de rwe n t e v e ry k ind o f tria l

,for during the se long years

he ob se rve d p e rp e tua l si le n c e , and m a in ta ine d l ife simp lyw ith c oa rse bre a d and ve ge tab le s. T he gre a te st proof ofthe w i l l ingn e ss wi th wh ic h be subm i tte d to th is n ew orde rof th ings, is the fol lowing, m e nt i on e d by his worthy b iograph e r ; L an franc wa s on e day re ad ing a loud a t the d inn e rtab le

,Whe n the un le tte re d H e rluin c orre c te d his L a tin a o

c e n t, b idd ing him pron oun c e the e in do c ere short. T he

gre a t sc hola r wa s a ston ish e d a t the ignora nc e of hi s sup e r

ior ; but, a lthough he ‘

wa s th e n c on side re d the be st L a t in istin E u rop e , he re ad i ly ob e ye d, c hoosing ra th e r to transgre ssa m e re prosody rul e tha n to sl ight his good o ld abbot’s simpl e re qu e st .

T he abbot and c omm un ity of B e c soon le a rn e d to re c og

Qelamt gum s.

F orth from the B ore a l regions,B e la te d ,

the grim Win te r c om e s,

C om e s with his wi ld -wa rring le gions,’

M idst m usic l ik e fife s a nd l ik e drum s

A round him his white ha ir is b low ingA nd tossing about in the w ind

,

A nd his v e sture of e rm in e is flow ingB e n e a th his bold c la nsm e n b e hind

n iz e un c omm on in te l le c tua l powe rs in the form e r stude n t ofB ologna ; a nd wish ing to se t on foot "

an orthodox C a thol icsc hool, th ey appo inte d L anfran c le ade r of this l ite ra ry revolution . T he Pa vian lawye r se t about

,

‘hi s a rduous ta sk withsuc h wondrous e n e rgy and ma ste rly sk i l l

,tha t e re long num

b e rle ss pr ie sts a nd m onk s,a s we l l a s i l lustrious m em be rs of

the N orm an nob le sse,range d th em se lve s unde r the bann e r

of him whom th e y justly rank e d am ong the gre a te st the ologian s o f the age . M e anwhi le the fa ir fam e of the sc hoolso f B e c spre ad from pole to pole , and the re pute of the m an

who wa s a t th e ir he a d soon re a c h e d the e a rs of B e re nga rI us.

H is ove rbe a ring a rrogan c e wa s stung to the qu ic k , and the

fl im sy b lu e - stoc k ing, se e k ing to outsh in e his an c ie n t vic torious riva l

,be ga n to in te rpre t the sc ripture s a fte r the c apric e of

_ his own whimsic a l fanc y . H e we n t sti l l furthe r, and gave thefin ish ing touc h to his e rron e ous v iews by de nying the R e a lPre se n c e in the H oly “

E uc ha rist . I n 1 0 7 9, L anfranc wrote a

tre a t i se O n the B ody of‘

O ur L ord,

”in whic h he si lenc e d

the wre tc h e d he re ti c,who i s sa id to ha ve re pen te d on his

de a thb e d .

A m ong the m any stup e ndous labors of the B ologn e seprofe ssor wh i le a t B e c

,wa s the form ing of a l ibra ry, whic h ,

be side s thousands of othe r volum es, c on ta ined two ra re pro

duc tion s of c la ssi c l ite ra ture,z'

. e Quin c til ian’

s Inst itute,

and C ic e ro ’s long lost H orte n sius. In 1 063, L anfranc wa s

appo in te d abbot of S t . S te ph e n ’

s m on a ste ry a t C a e n . B u t

this n ewly - found e d abbey did not longprofit by the pre senc eof hi s m a ste r - m ind

,be c a use Wi l l iam

,D uk e o f N orm andy,

c hose him a s the first pre la te of the E ngl ish C hurc h . L an

fran c wa s we l l awa re o f !he im portan t c harge c ommi tte d to

hi s trust,and not think ing him se lf strong enough to pe rform

tl e dut ie s of suc h an offic e, ,

he a t first re fuse d to tak e posse ssion of S t . A ugust ine ’

s E p isc opa l thron e . T he influe n c e o f

Pope A l e x ande r I I . was brough t in to p lay, and ou t of lovea nd re spe c t for his

'

de a r o ld pup i l, he a c c e pte d the offe rs o fthe N orm a n C onque ror. U pon his a rriva l

~

in E ngland,L an fran c wa s m uc h d i stre sse d w i th the c oa rse m ann ers and

m ora ls of the unc iv i l ize d inhab itan ts ; but his m indwa s too firm and his hope s too we l l found e d in the

a ssista n c e o f the O m n ipote n t, to be d isc ourage d by suc h an

obsta c le . T he A rc hb ishop _

of C an te rbu ry, se tting to workwith un t iring z e a l

,ov e rc am e a ll d iffic u ltie s

,and his gigan t ic

labors we re soon c rown e d with a suc c e ss whic h far surpa sse dhis m ost sangu in e e xpe c ta t ion s . Y e a rs c am e and we n t

,and

the age d doc tor of the E ngl ish C hurc h kn ew tha t his e ndwa s fa st approa c hing. I n the e ighty - se ve n th ye a r of his

we l l - spe n t l ife the gre a t a rc hb ishop bre a th e d his la st in the

a rm s o f his b e l ov e d S t. A n se lm . Su c h wa s the l ife and

d e a th of L anfran c .

A nd his trum pe te d slogan v ic toriousSwe l ls we ird ly a nd wi ld o

’

e r the wa ste,

F or his l egion s, im pa t ie n t, uproa rious,L e ave havoc b e hind in the ir ha ste

Wi ld re v e l is h e ld in his pa la c e ,M ad m irth in his ic ic le d ha l l,Wh i le he la ughs in the pride o f his m a l ic eA t S umm e r

,so low in he r fa l l .

C H A S . E . S IM PSO N ,

’

88 .

TH E F O R D H A M M O N TH L Y

S A N O T UM L E C T UR E S .

E xam ina tions fl i e H i story and Philology t/zereof .

G e ntlem e n,I m ust a t the outse t thank ‘

you ve ry sin c e re lyfor the e v ide n t in te re st whic h

_

i

y0u -tak e in th e se le c ture s.

Y ou ha ve put yourse lve s ‘

to no l itt le inc onven ie nc e in aban

don ing the toboggan sl ide and struggl ing pe rse ve ringly up

the unc e rta in sta irway le a d ing to the S a nctum ,and

, ge n tlem e n

, your pe rse ve ran c e and suc c e ss in c l im bi ng the sta irs i sbut an e a rne st of the suc ce ss whic h you wi l l a tta in in youra sc e n t up the m ount of historic a l re se a rch, soto spe ak .

T he origin of e xam ina t ion s m ay be re ga rde d a s a m a tte r

of c on j e c ture,sinc e the the orie s touc hing it a re so n um e r

ous and so va rie d . S pe chta c le s, the le a rn e d G e rm an anti “qua rian holds tha t the c ustom wa s first k n own to the e a rlyR om ans

,who d isc ove re d i t in the pra c tic e of aces fo r

,says

Spe chta c l e s, the Word exam ina tion is d e rive d from ex - agri zei z,

a m u ste ring of b e e s . N ow i t is we l l - known '

to n a tura l iststha t the que en be e , upon c e rta in days, ga th e rs the hive , uponwhic h oc c asi on s “

the dron e s a re a ll k i l led off . T his,says

Sp e chta c l e s,. is a true and be a utifu l origin of our

'

m od e rnsc hoo l e xam ina t i ons. F or m y

i

part I am p le a se d -to d isagreWith the le arne d G e rm an .

“

I advoc a te a m ore remote '

origin

for ourhonore d c ustom ; and I am sure tha t m y the ory wi l lc omm e nd itse lf to a l l of you . D ur ing the re ign of H ing- L oo

,

the pre de c e ssor of C on fuc ius, the fo l lowing e d ict wa s se n t

forth throughout C hina (I give the l ite ra l tran sla tion of the

old docum e nt). H ing- L oo,thus '

orde re th : T wic e e ve ry‘

ye a r'

a l l the youth o f a ll the sc hools of a l l C hina sha l l app e a rbefore .a pa rc e l of le a rn e d m e n . E a c h youth wi l l the n b e

a sk e d this que stion ,‘Whe re is Shangha i ? ’

whe re upon hesha l l e xcla im in a l oud vo ic e ‘

In C hin a .

’

T he que st ion

C OLL E GE WOR L D .

A n ac curate and . im partia l we e kly publ ic a t i on c a l le dU n ive rsity ha s appe are d in N ew Y ork C ity . We a re not

in a c ond it i on to judge o f the pape r’

s a c c ura cy or im pa rtia l ity, bu t of its in te re st ing and e xte n sive inform ation weare glad to say a good word . I t c e rta in ly posse sse s a l l thequa l itie s for insuring suc c e ss.

T /i e C ounzjy S c/zool C ounc il com e s from C h icago, c i ty 0

e n te rprise , a be autifu l m aga z in e , b e aut ifu l in a l l things e xc e pt i ts nam e

,in which e ve ry rule of a l l ite ra t ion is

,with

c ha ra c te ristic We ste rn fre edom ; sc orn e d and“

se t at n aught .We do not propose to go Ove r a l l tha t .the pape r con ta ins ; itwou ld b e a far e a si e rma tte r to sta te m inute ly wha t it doe snot c onta in H owe ve r

,we gre e t T /ze Counly S c/zool C ounci l

a nd O ur Vil lage ,

S clzools .

73

must then be repe a te d on e hundre d t im e s,and the sam e

a nswe r m ust be give n e ve n a s m any tim e s. T he youth who,from physic a l e xhaustion, c an re pe a t the answe r but fiftytim e s sha l l re c e ive fifty ma rk s, but he who gives one hundre d lusty an swe rs sha l l re c e ive one hundre d m a rks .

”T h is

,

ge n tlem en,i s the c rude origin of sc hool O f

c ourse,the c ustom in c ourse of t im e

,de pa rte d from the

s imp l ic ity of its origin . I ti

b e c am e m ore and m ore e labora te

,un t i l

,in the tim e of H ora c e

,it re c e ive d a new e lem en t.

I wi l l c ite the ve ry words of the S ab ine ba rdE quajm m em e n to rebus in a rdu is S e rva re .

x

T ha t is,

In d iffic u lt e xam ina t i on s k e e p a horse n e a r by .

N ow, ge n tlem e n

,wha t have e xam ina tion s to do with a

horse or wha t ha s a_

horse to do with e xam ina t ion s H ora c ec ou ld n o t c e rta inly ha ve re fe rre d to the la rge A m e ric anhorse , be c a use th e re we re none suc h in R om e the a l lus ionm ust

,th e re fore

,be to the I ta l ian pony .

'

T h is is c e rta in lyc le a r.

‘

N ow le t us re ad the pa ssage aga in i n the l ight‘ of myc ri tic ism In d iffic u lt e xam ina tion s k e e p a pony ne a r by .

B ut wha t ha s a pony to do Wi th'

T—I se e

, ge ntlem e n,tha t the '

que st i on is a ltoge the r unn e c c e ssary . F rom the A ugu stan

e ra to our own t im e s no c hange s have b e en m ad e in the

e sse nt ia l e lem e n ts of‘

e xam ina ti on s. I had hope d to f ol low_our subj e c t through the D a rk age s

'

up to the t im e of the

R e na issanc e , but I find tha t m y a l lote d t im e ha s n e a rly e x

pire d, a s I m ust fin ish abruptly, hop ing tha t you wi l l no tfa i l to a tte nd the n e xt le c ture

,whic h involve s que stion s of

absorb ing in te re st to a ll stude n ts.

T li e S t. M a ry’

5 S entine l for January ha s a ve ry c re d itableE ngl ish ve rsi on of the L a sc oon episode . T /ze S entine l l s

gotte n up in fin e taste . We c annot,howe ve r

,c omme nd the

ga the ring of a ll the poe try in to on e p la c e . T he poe tryshou ld le av e n the prose, and th e re fore be sc a tte re d throughthe pape r.

A n ic e , p le a san t l ittle j ourna l i s the B ig/z S chool Wor ld,

S t . Pau l, M inn . I t ha s,of c ourse

,the ine v i tab le e ssay 011

Volaptik but,the n , the a rtic le s

,we a re glad to -say, a re no t

w ritten in Volapuk— ra the r,in ve ry good E ngl ish .

T /ze E duca tiona l R evi ew c om e s_

to_

us regula rly . We re ad

e a c h issue from t i tle page to c a lophon, and th is adm ission,c om ing a s

_i t doe s from an E x - m an

,is, p e rhaps, the highe st

pra ise within our powe r to be stow.

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T E R M S :

l ished e ve ry m on thdu ring the te n m on ths‘

0j

con trihu ti on s a nd busi ness le tte rs shou ld be

O N T H LY,

”S T . JO H N ’

S C O LLE G E ,F oa l )

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

WM . H . M C C L IN T O C K,

’88 , M a ssa chuse t ts ,

E d i tor - ia - C hi t f .

9 8 8 . T C . E . S I M PS O N, N e w Y o rk

,”d ist .

P . H . H O PK I N S , N e w Y o rk , Ex cha nge s , S a nc tum S a nc torum .

C . A . G ILLO N , M a ssa c hus e tts , Fordham e ns ia .

J . J . B E R R Y, N ew Y ork .

98 9 .- J . F . C u ms

,I l l ino is .

KE L L E Y , N e w Y o rk .

KE N YO N F onr a sc ua , N ew Y ork .

’9 0.— F . J . VVI N G E R T E R ,

We s t Virg inia .

F . P . D O N N E L LY , P e n nsy lv a n ia .

T, G A F F N E Y T A N -

“

E,N ew Y ork .

99 1 .—F . J . D O N O VA N ,

N ew Y ork .

D . A R E L LA N O ,C e n tra l A m e ric a , 2 d D iv is ion R e porte r .

J . J N G E A R Y ,N ew Y ork .

T . J . D A LY , Pe nny slva n ia .

G ILB E R T E G A N , N ew Y ork , 3d D ivision R e por te r .

C . E . S IM PS O N,B us in e ss M a n age r .

Copi es“

of the M on thly m ay he ha d a t S T U CKA R D’

S n ea r the F ordham

F E B R U A R Y,

A c ry a s of wa i l ing sp irits, ha s gon e forth from M on a,

F or the h e roe s ha ve fa l le n,fa l le n

Pron e l ie the i m ighty m e n an d h e lp le ssL ike the fowl whose w ings a re clitped with the sc issors .

O S S IA N .

T he N a tion a l S oc i ety Of F re n c h Profe ssors, re sid ing in

E ngland, he ld th e ir se v e n th c ongre ss la st we e k a t C ambridgeU n ive rsity, E ngland . Profe ssor S e e le y, who ha s h e ld the

c ha ir of - m ode rn history a t C am bridge for the la st twe n tyye a rs, de l iv e re d an e loqu e n t and “

stirring addre ss of “

we lc om e,

duringwhic h he v e nt i la te d d ive rs op in i ons tou c hing the

c lassic s. S a id he : I am m yse lf by bre e d ing a c la ssic istof the c l-a ssic ists. I n a im I am m ost he a rti ly a t on e withthe c la ssic ists. A t the sam e tim e I think tha t in tak ing upthe ir posit ion they d isplay a sp irit of b lind, unre a son ing c on

se rva tism . Wha t i s to b e don e if the c la im s of. pra c tic a l l ifeand those

,

of cu lture are rad ic a l ly inc om pa tib le ? L e t us

give up the preposte rous doc trin e tha t L a tin.

m ust be le a rn e din orde r to le a rn F re n c h .

” we have no de sire to c a l l in‘

que stio-

n any utte ranc e of so gre a t a m an . S ti l l we m ust

say tha t the proc e ss from a root - langua ge to a de riv e d one

doe s not se em to us pre poste rous: T he drift of Prof .S e e le y's rem a rk s wa s towa rds showing tha t the study of

m od e rn l ite ra ture s shou ld be m ade pa rt a nd pa rc e l of a

c o llege c ourse,and this i s sure ly c om m e ndab le

,i f inde e d

we m ay ve n ture to c omm e nd .

a at

Wha t with the toboggan sl ide,the win te r c ourse of l e c

ture s,and the G le e C lub

,the C ol le ge , and F irst D ivI S l on

e spe c ia l ly, i s fu l ly prepa re d for al l priva ti ons o f the se a son .

O f c ourse the G le e C lub i s not ye t in a c ond ition to v ie

with the n ightinga le , st i l l the"

e n te rta inm e n t o f Janua ry z ad

go e s fa r to prov e tha t the tun e fu l broth e rhood c an do m uc hto c h e e r the long w in te r e v e n ings . M u sic posse sse s othe rc ha rm s be side s those nom in a te d in S hak e spe a re , an d on e of

th em ha s — the pe c u l ia r e ffe c t o f awak e n ing l ife in a l ist le ssc rowd. A de ta i le d a c c oun t of the in te ri or work ings o f theG le e C lub wi l l b e found '

on an o th e r p age .

at Q?

We l e a rn from U n ive rsity tha t the Am e ric an C oll ege , a tA the n s

,i s in a flourishing c ond it ion. Prof . B a ird says

'

Of

it“T he m ore ge n e ra l work of the sc hoo l c on s ists of fre

que n t v isi ts in and about A th e ns,with ta lk s re spe c ting th em ,

we e k ly re ad ingof the topographe r Pausa n i a s, with d isc u ss ion s and re se a rc he s provok e d by the re a d ing we e k lyre ad ing and in te rpre t ing port ions of A ristophan e s and

S ophoc le s ; we e k ly reports o n a rc ha e o logic a l news,e tc .

T h e re are pre se n t se ve n stud e n ts a t the sc hool,e a c h on e

fol low ing up a nd pe rfe c t ing him se lf - in his own p e c u l ia rstudy, with a v iew to te a c h ing the c la ssic s . I f situa tion i sto b e tak e n a c c oun t of in the found ing of c ol l ege s, a s it _

c e rta in ly i s, the se sc hoo ls,c luste ring about the ruin s of the

A re opagus, a re sure ly b le sse d . O f c ourse m od e rn A the nsi s

“

not ve ryf a st:I

T he average fre shm an wou ld b e stifle d byone ye a r

’

s re side nc e in i t . B ut to the se se ve n young m e n

who a re busie d with A r istoph an e s a nd S ophoc le s th e re isa nothe rWorld a nd anothe r l ife , toge th e r with m uc h tha tha s rem a in e d unc ha nge d ; th e re is the sam e ol ive , glowingl ik e the a rbutus or b e a c h of the U m brian . hi l ls;c the sam e

n e an,w ith i ts da rk v i o le t b i l lows

,the sam e c lear a ir

wh ic h wa s won t to sha rpe n A ttl c wit .

Qt at

T he toboggan sl ide ha s grown to be qu ite a n e c e ssi ty, ifwe m ay form an op in i on from the sol em n regu larity w i thwhi c h the youth wa lk up the sl id e an d fly down the sam e .

I nd e e d it is d iffic u lt to unde rstand how our pre de c e ssorsgo t a long without the c omm od ity . S om e o f the m oreadvan c e d th ink e rs a re agita t ing the que sti on of turn ing thefa rth e r e nd of the - C ampus in to a s k a ting pond, thus bringing sk a te rs and toboggan e rs wi thin e a sy a dm ira t ion “

d istanc eo f e a c h othe r. T h e re i s th is d iffic u lty, howe v e r, about thesc hem e G ive n a m an busi ly e ngage d in adm iring the gra c ewi th wh ic h he e xe c ute s a. D utc h -r o ll ; give n a lso a tobogganin the d istan c e with an unsk i lful he lm sm a n . Suppose , n ow,

th at toboggan and sk a te r c onve rge ; wha t i s the re su lt ? T o~

say the le a st, the D utc h - rol l wi l l b e in te rrup te d, _T his

d iffic u lty c ou ld,of c ourse

,be obv ia te d by surround ing the

sk a t ing d e pa rtm e nt with a barbe d w ire fe nc e . A t a ll e ve n ts,

no m e a sure s c an be tak e n t i l l n ext ye a r, and in the‘

m e a n

tim e the toboggans m ay c a re e rr

ove r the C ampus whithersoe ve r fan c y or un sk i lfu l ste e ring le adsthem .

7 6 TH E F O R D H A M‘

M ON T H L Y .

SA N O T UM S A N O TOR UM,

(E d . solus). Whe th e r tha t m a i l bag wi l l app e a r on t im e

or no t on t im e,tha t’s the que sti on . B e shrew m e ! I am a s

a nxious a s qu i l ls upon the fr - r - r- e tful porc up in e . (R ap !

R ap ! R af f).

(E nte r M a i l B ag). Wha t n ews, good sign i or? A le tte r

from G e rm any ! C an i t— ah— hum — b e from B ism a rc k ?

N o,it isn ’

t B ism a rc k’

s ha ndwrit ing a fte r a l l . I t c om e s froma s good a m an a s B ism arc k

,howe ve r .

H A N O VE R,D e c em b e r 4 , 1 8 87 .

E ditor F ordham M onthly

D E A R S IR —E nc lose d p le a se find a re a l, ge nu in e , o ld

U n i te d S ta te s c i tize n,the

'

first I hav e m e t in two m onth s,a nd se nd m e T H E M O N T H LY fo r this “

ye a r, in c lud ing ba c knumb e rs up to da te . H op ing the we ight of phi losophic a lthought c on ta in e d the re in w i l l n ot bre ak loose a nd sc uttlethe ship, I rem a in

,Y ours

,e tc .

,

T H os . F . KE LLY .

C are A . S im on s, Am e ric an C on su l,2 3 S ch i l ler S tre e t

,

H anove r,G e rm any.

T he U n i te d S ta te s c itiz e n i s a lways we lc om e,T om ;

but it is re a l ly too bad tha t you d idn ’

t write m ore about theG e rm an pe op le ; wha t th e y do , for e xample , on ra iny days .

H ow is Joe ? I s b e studyingup e xp losive s ? We h ave re a re da toboggan sl ide sinc e you le ft . N o sl ide s in H anov e r

,I

suppose ? R em em b e r us k ind ly to the roya l fam i ly, anddon ’

t forge t to m a k e your n e xt le tte r longe r

Why h e re ’

s a le tte r from P ittsburg with two m oreU n ite d S ta te s c itize n s .

A LLE G H E N Y,PA .

,Janua ry 9 , 1 888 .

E ditors of the F ordham College M onthly

D E A R S IR S— I have be en re c e iv ing your M O N T H LY e ve r

sinc e m y le av ing c o lle ge in Jun e , - 1 886,and I am a fra id tha t

in look ing ov e r your book s you w i l l find tha t I am som ewha tin a rre a rs

,so c re d it m e w ith the e nc lose d and b e k ind

e n ough to n ot ify m e wh e n m y subsc rip t ion run s ou t.

I n ot ic e tha t a s e a c h numb e r appe ars the re c an b e se e n a

va st improvem e n t in your, or m ay b e I c an say our,c ol l ege

pape r, and I think it now holds . a p la c e in the c o llegep e riod ic a ls of the day, of whic h any c ol lege m igh t we l l beproud .

I a lso n o tic e tha t som e of the boys who we re wi th m e atc ol le ge oc c a siona l ly hand in an a rtic le wh ich

, I a ssure you,I tak e gre a t ple a sure in re ad ing, and I am sorry tha t I am

no t c apab le o f doing l ik ewise , a s I would be m ost wi l l ing.

R em emb e r m e to the fa c u lty and a ll the boys, and wi thb e st wishe s for a prospe rous ye a r, I am,

Y ours sin c e re ly, C . D . C A LLE R Y .

N EW B R I T A IN, C T .

,D e c embe r 1 9 , 1 887 .

Ah! h e re is a ne at l ittle sc e n te d m issive turn e d down a t

on e c orn e r.

D e a r M onthly :

T he fu lfi l lm e n t of the p le a sant ta sk whic h you havea ssign e d m e

, of writ ing up the c la ss of ha s be en post

pon e d by m e in hope s tha t I m ight have tim e amp le enoughto de vote to so broad and c ompre he n sive a th em e

,but he re

I am on the e ve of the holidays an d the work sti l l untouc h e d.

M ost hum b ly, de a r M O N T H LY,do I apologize for hav ing

frustra te d in pa rt your p la ns for a hol iday numb e r. I t is

now too la te to sugge st wha t wa s my first thought, tha tothe rs o f_

the c la ss wou ld doubtle ss b e happy to do wha twan t of t im e compe ls m e re luc tan tly to de c l in e ; for I wou ldbe wan t ing in the strong, a nd I th ink

, trad ition a l espr it decorps of the c la ss d id I put m y hand to the p low and thenturn from the work un sa t isfa c tori ly don e . F or

,w ith fe e l

ings o f hone st pri de I say it, we we re a rem a rk ab le c la ss inm any ways . F rom the inc ip i e n t sp irit of indepe ndenc e inrst G ramm a r to the R e c tor- b adge ring of

’

8 2,an inte re sting

volum e m ight be writte n . O f the wh e re abouts of the c la sssinc e gradu a t ion ,

I am unab le to give anyth ing l ik e c om pl e teinform a tion . F our of them,M c G uinn e ss

,M c G urk

,M cS

M anus and R yan a re in the v in e ya rd, sta tion e d re spe c tive lya t U t ic a , N . Y . ,

N ew B rita in,C t .

,N ew Y ork C ity and S ton e

ham,M a ss. T he wi l lo ’

wy Wa lsh is a c on sc i e n tious lawye ra t ‘A n son ia

,C t . S e dgwic k and D odge a re

,we be l ie ve

,e n

gage d su c c e ssful ly in the sam e profe ssi on . John A spe l l '

ha s

se c ure d a good posit ion a s a n M . D . in a N ew Y ork hosp ita l .O f C re ighton ,

Ke nn e l ly and O’

c onn e l l I am unab le to give

any in form a t ion .

I f the se item s c an be put to a ny use by you m y c on sc ie nc ewi l l be som ewha t re l ie ve d

,and if you wou ld k ind ly se nd m e

a sta tem e n t of m y indebte dne ss tO‘

T H E M O N T H LY, pa st and

pre se n t, I wou ld b e happy to square up for the pre se nt

ye a r. Wish ing you e v e ry su c c e ss,I rem a in

,

W. J, M C G U R K,

We he reby forgive F r. M c G urk,a nd a s a gua ran te e for

b e tte r c onduc t in the future,we fin e him $ 1 (on e dol la r).

S T . JO H N ’

S H A LL,Janua ry 1 0 .

I write to inform you tha t the m ist wh ic h you saw on our

fie ld wa s a ll in your e ye . T he re I S no m ist on the fi e ld,and

,

wha t’s m ore , the re n e ve r wa s. I f you had tak en the troub leto wa lk down , you wou ld have found tha t our fi e ld is a l lbut fin ishe d, a nd tha t we a re on ly wa iting for the spr

ing to

lay out our d iam ond . We have a lre a dy c ol le c te d $900(nin e hundre d dol la rs). I gue ss it wa s a ll j e a lousy on y

ourpart, a ny how. B e prepa re d to h e a r from us aga in .

Y ours,e tc .

, T R U T H .

We wi sh to inform you, M r. T ruth,tha t tha t m ist wa s no t

in our e ye . I t m ay have be e n an zgnis f a tuus, so to sp e ak

(if you kn ow wha t tha t is); we saw i t,howe ve r

,som e t im e

be twe e n the hours of 5 and 6 A . M .

- ah —hem —or the re

abouts, whe n you, M r. T ruth,hadn '

t your e ye s O pe n ye t.

you had se lec te d som e on e e lseon to wri te up the c la ss of ’

76 .

on e I adm it) ha s fa l le n to m y

av e r inform a t ion I have to

!

im

b us in m any re spe c ts . F irst .of

c_

la ss ;” th e n aga in it ha d an un

.du a te s — we we re twe n ty-

‘

on e in

g,

'

but some of them have gon e to

who a re no longe r in te rra vive n

w shoc k e d I wa s to le a rn of the

who wa s tak e n off qu ite sudde n ly

tl S gra dua ti on .

\

T he m em b e rs o f

1 chp le a sure the ge n t le H e ndric k s,la ssm a te s we re n e ve r slow to re c

h l ist,I b e l i e ve

,wa s F rank

'

F la tsom e few ye a rs a fte rhi s gradua

him is v e ry v iv id,and wh e n I

m y c la ss book s I found his n am e

suc h a we akne ss for writing tha tA bout two ye a rs ago I wa s sta r

unc em en t of Joe S ure ney’

s de a th .

n i li a rly c a l le d the“S to ic ”

) wa sthose who kn ew him in t im a te ly,H e Wa s wha t the G e rman s c a l le d

a s his room -m a te for a ye a r and

kn owing his abi l ity and his worth .

a k of on e who wa s m y de are st

whi c h took p la c e a l i ttle ove r a

b low’

to m e — I a l lude to Jose ph,11him Joe .

”A fte r his studie sa t

R om e,whe re he contra c te d a dis

re c ove re d .

’

s n ob lem e n, gi fte d in m any ways,

5 a spe ak er. H e wa s ourbe st d e

1d oft he use d to a stound us withe loquen c e . H e did n o t l iv e longI had the m e lan c holy p le a sure of

With a re qu i e sc ant‘

for those whoreve rt brie fly to those who sti l l retiritu a l orde r is abov e the tem pora l'

gyme n of the c la ss.

'

A nd first o f

:l the gre a t Chris . . R e i lly— the six

t lle d him; H e is n ow doing du tyzhojugh I love to m e e t him

,sti l l I

e o f the ha nd,if i t is a s te rrib le a s

ege boys . C hr is . Wa s the p e rson ifi

1d wa s love d gen e ra l ly by the c la ss.

— now F a th e r O ’

C a l laghan of N ew

tS A c ha te s of C hris . T he ir d iffe rnous

,but tha t d id not a ffe c t the

tip . G e orge wa s a lways by the sid e

)rie sts whom I h av e not m e t sin c en R yan of

“

the B oston d i oc e se, but

him som e day . H e wa s c hriste n e d: la ss

,. on a c c oun t of his se riousn e ss

1 upon him a s a n ora c l e,wh om we

ofte n con sulte d . I t wou ld tak e a volum e to write up suc hc ha ra ct e rs a s M e ye rs, C o ll iga n , Wa lte r F la tte ry, D oo le y,R i le y, C oogan , C loon an , C oon e y, H un t and L aue r.

O ur c la ss was rem a rk ab le for the pronounc e d ind iv idua li ty of e a c h of . i ts m embe rs

,and e ve ry m an wa s a study in

him se lf .

T hose abov e m e n t i one d a re doing we l l in the ir va riousprofe ssi on s.

'

I h ave me t n e a rly a l l o f th em sinc e the y le ftA lm a M at e r

,and the y a re refl e c t ing c re d it on o ld S t .

John ’

s.

T he down - e a ste rs tak e c onsi de rab le pride in John W.

C oogan ,who ha s m ade him self fam ous in C onne c tic ut

,a s a

lawye r . H e ha s a lso be e n in the legisla ture and h e ld the

re spon sib le posit ion of prose c ut ing attorn e y . H e wi l l ye tbe he a rd from a nd hi s c a re e r give s gre a t prom ise fo r' thefuture .

J oe M e ye rsde se rve s m ore than a pa ssm g notic e . H e wa s

the m ost in te re sting “

m emb e r of the“

c la ss,and his re la t i ons

with C ol l-igan (known in c ol lege days a s_

G e orge the M agn ific e n t) m ade him doub ly in te re sting. T he C oun t and

Prin c e,a s th e y we re resp e c t ively c a l le d

, de l ighte d us withthe va ri e ty and sp le ndor of the ir re spe c t iv e wa rdrobe s

,and

i t wa s d i ffi cu lt to de c ide who wa s the supe rior in poin t of

dre ss.

I rem em ber wha t glorious n ights we had on sth ave nue,

and how often the pre fe c t wou ld be ob l ige d to c om e to our

doors to hush up a d isc u ssion ; for th e re wa s noth ing our

c la ss re l ish e d be tte r tha n a rgum e n ta ti on . F a th e rs D ouc e ta nd F re em a n c a n te st ify to the truth of this sta tem e nt

“

. O ur

c irc le s on T ue sday and T hu rsday e ven ings w'

ere a tre a t, e s

pe c i a l ly wh e n M e ye rs and C o ll igan wou ld b e on e ith e r side .

I a lm ost forgot to m e n ti on F rank Jon e s— nowF a th e r Jon e sH e wa s the frie nd of a ll

,but chie flyo f those who we re we a k

in m a them a tic s .

'

I re c ol le c t how l ov ingly he wou ld c oa c hsom e of us in tha t te rribl e sc ie n c e of C a lc u lus. H e wa s

a lways i n gre a t dem and about two we e k s be fore exam inat ion . T o his honor be i t sa id

,tha t he n e ve r turn e d a de a f

e a r to the p le ad ings of his frie nds for a id . A nd wh e n hehad the honor of b e ing the first gradua te of his c la ss th e rewas ge n e ra l re j o ic ing.

_T hough fam ous 1 11 so m any way ,

s it

wa s a m a tte r of ge n e ra l rem a rk tha t we a c qu ire d no re puta

ti on a s a ba se b a l l c la ss.

T he pre sent write r wa s the on ly on e who rose to any em i

n e nc e in the n a ti on a l gam e . H e c aught for the R ose H i l lsbe fore the m a sk c am e in to fa shi on

,and he ha s a v iv id

re c o lle c ti on of b e ing ba d ly d isfigure d a few days be foregradua ti on , b y a fou l tip . I t i s n e e d le ss to re c ount thegre a t gam e s the R ose H i l ls p laye d wi th the Prin c e tons

,Ja sp e rs, O lymp ic s a nd .va rious othe r c lubs in and aboutN ew Y ork c ity. Y ou -wi l l find a ll th is in the a rc h ive s of thec lub .

A nd n ow a c losing word about our old profe ssors. F a the rG uldn e r Who taugh t us c la sssic s is st i l l a l ive a nd on e of the

ab le st m embe rs of the Soc i e ty . H e wa s pa tie n t w ith our

c la ss, for we we re num e rous and,it m ust be c onfe sse d

, d iffi

c u lt to m an age in diebus i l l is. A l l of us w i l l have the k indl i e st m em orie s of Pathe 1 R e e d, our profe ssor in B e l le s L e tte rs, whose pre c e pts in l ite ra ture we d id not the n fu l ly ap

pre c ia te . T he c la ss 1n his room numb e re d n e a rly forty, but

7 8 T H E F O RD H A M M O N TH L Y .

m any dropp e d off by the t im e we re a c h e d R he toric . T he A nd la stly we c om e to F a the rs D ouc e t,R -

onayn e , Pre c a

profe ssor we m ost love d p e rhaps, wa s F a the r H a lp in ,unde r m an and C ostin— the first thre e sti l l l iv ing— the la st gon e to

whom we spe n t a m ost profitab le ye a r. We look e d up to his rewa rd . We m ay we l l say of our profe ssors tha t, takehim a s a m an abov e the ordin a ry run of m en

,and we n e ve r them a ll in a ll

,we sha l l not look upon the ir l ik e aga

in .

suffic ie n tly thank e d him for his inte re st in us . J . J . QU IN,

’

7 6 .

M ON TEL Y B UL L E TI N .

H O U SE O F C O M M O N S .

A tre a t wa s a fforde d the stude n ts of the U n ive rsity C ourseon the e v e n ing o f the i 8th of D e c em ber in be ing p e rm i tte dto a tte nd an ope n se ssion of the S t . John ’

s H 0use of C om

m on s . A fte r the u su a l fom a l i ti e s,am ong wh ic h wa s the

introduc tion a nd re ad ing of a b i l l pre se n te d by M r. D an

se re an to r egula te a nd restr i ct em igra tion, the house,upon

m o tion,we n t in to a c om m itte e of the whole to d isc uss a b i l l

to esta él is/z a n I nte rna tiona l C opy rzg/zt L aw,o f wh ic h the

m em b e rs of the M in istry we re the m ov e rs. T ha t m uc hagi ta te d subj e c t

,whic h ha s of l a te so niuche ngrosse d the

a tte n tion of a l l prom in e n t A m e ric a n autli ors, wa s d isc usse din a m ann e r whic h

,though thoughtfu l, c ou ld sc a rc e ly be

te rm e d e loque n t.T he a rgum e n ts we re we l l se le c te d

,a nd showe d a c a re fu l

study a nd kn owl e dge of the subj e c t in the re spe c t ivesp e a k e rs . T he subj e c t invo lv ing an e xp lan a ti on ,

M r. S im pson

,the Prim e M in iste r

,in a ra the r le ngthy spe e c h , e xp la in e d

the obj e c t of the b i l l a nd the grounds upon wh ic h the dem and for an I n te rna ti on a l C opyright wa s ba sed . T houghhis m a tte r wa s of a n unusua l ly in te re sting k ind, i t wa s no t

put forth in a n ora toric a l sty le , nor,a s w as thought, with

d ign i ty, wh ic h, howe v e r, we a re som ewha t inc l in e d to ov e rlook

,kn owing tha t the ge n tlem an wa s

,a t the tim e

,in poor

h e a lth . M r. H owle y, the F ore ign M in iste r,spok e c le a rly

a nd with a n a tura l d ign i ty o f vo ic e,but

,l ike the two ge n

tl em e n who fo llovve d him,M e ssrs. F itzpatric k and B e rry,

wa s d efic ie nt in sp iri t, a lthough a l l appe a re d we l l in form e d

on the sub j e c t, and put forth strong a rgum e nts .

Wh e n d isc ussion c e n te re d on the first c la use,howe ve r

,

the de ba te wa s som ewha t im prove d . M e ssrs. M c C l in toc k

and'

H e ffe rn we re the on ly ge n tlem e n un tram m e l e d by

t im id ity . T h e ir m ann e r,m ore than tha t of any of the re st

,

wa s c om pose d and e ffe c t iv e .

M r. M c C l intoc k spok e , in a m ann e r b e c om ing the S pe ak e rof the H ou se . H is spe ak ing wa s c ha ra c te rize d by an e a rn

e stn e ss wh ic h instan tly c omm ande d a tte n t ion,and im pre sse d

his v iews upon his h e a re rs w i th pe c u l ia r forc e . M . H e ffe rn

app e a re d b e st prepa re d, a nd wa s the on ly ge n t lem a n who

d isplaye d a ny oritoric a l powe r. H e se em e d to ha ve founda flaw in the word ing of the first c lau se , and a tta c k e d i t

w ith a v igorous im pe tuosi ty wh ic h c om p le te ly won the

a dm i ra ti on of the a ud ie n c e . U pon m ot ion,a fte r a se ssion

of a lm ost two hours, the c omm itte e a ro se to re port progre ss,a nd the H ouse imm e d ia te ly adj ourne d .

I t is to be hope d tha t an O pe n se ssion wi l l soon aga in b eh e ld

,wh e n the l ong row of m embe rs who c om pose the si le n t

(onserzjt ti o f the H ouse,so notic e ab l e for th e ir s i le n c e a t

th is m e e ting, wi l l c on se n t to give us a ta ste of the irqua l i ty.

PE B O A N,

’

9o .

D R A M A T I C N or ns .

With regard to the p lay be fore the C hristm a s hol idays, wem ay say tha t th e re we re m any things whic h de l ighte d u s

and few to whic h we wou ld tak e e xc e pti on . A l l se em e d to

b e p le a se d a n d sa tisfi e d w ith the n ight’s d ive rsion s. 011 the

e ve of C hristm a s va c a tions,howe ve r

,boys look w i th an in

dulge n t e ye upon the a c tor’

s fau lts,and in the e xube ranc e

of the ir sp irits m e te out unst in te d app la use . T he farc e or

c om e dy se em e d e spe c ia l ly to t ic k le the popu la r fan c y, a fa c twh ic h m ay be a c c oun te d for on the se grounds ye t we wi l lsay tha t pra ise wa s de se rve d, and tha t the p laye rs m e rite dwe l l the e n c om ium s b e stowe d on th em .

T he first p a rt of the e n te rta inm e n t c on sist e d of thosesc e n e s from K ing John whic h tre a t o f the p lo t be twe e nthe King and H ube rt to k i l l Prin c e A rthur

,the im prison

m e n t of the Prin c e , and fina l ly his de a th . M r. H owle y, a sKing John , re nde re d his l in e s n ic e ly, but on the whole didnot se em to throwhim se lf into the sp irit of his pa rt, be ingtoo form a l and pre c ise in his ton e s and m ov em e n t . M r.

H e ffe rn a s H ub e rt,it wou ld be ne e d le ss to say, co nfirm e d

his form e r pre st ige a s an a c tor,m ak ing by turn s the fie rc e

and m e lting j a i le r tha t wa s c a l le d for by the p lay . O f M r.

John Ke l le y, in the role of Princ e A rthur,we wou ld say

m ore,for he

‘

a c hie v e d in this c ha ra c te r,we c on c e ive

,a

gre a te r su c c e ss than in any pre v i ous on e . H is a c ting wa sc ha rac te rize d by the sim p l ic ity and c onfide n c e of youth,without la c k ing the n ob le n e ss of a princ e thus in the

sc e n e wi thH ub e rt,his k e epe r, we we re struc k by the c onfi

de n c e a nd trust he d isp laye d whi le in te rc e d ing for his l ife ,wh i le re ta in ing the d ign ity and se lf - c on sc iousn e ss of a

prin c e .

S a lsbury, in the pe rson of C . M a rrin,wa s we l l re nde re d

,

his vo ic e be ing v e ry c le a r and fu l l . H e nry Qua c k e nboss, a sPembrok e

,did we l l

,but R ic ha rd C ushion in the

'

cha ra c te r

o f B igo t spok e his l in e s too fa st, a d e fe c t notic e ab le a t tim e s

a lso in o the rs . M e ssrs Wa rre n and B ak e r,a s the a tte nd

ants,d id good se rvic e

,the form e r e spe c ia l ly .

T he se c ond port ion of the e v e n ing’

s e n te rta inm en t se em e d

e sp e c ia l ly p le a sing to a ll,and its pra ise s we re e c hoe d on a ll

side s . T he two sc ene s we re those of the c ha l le nge and the

due l,ta k e n from the R iva ls. A s B ob A c re s M r. T a a ffe

wa s a suc c e ss,th is c ha ra c te r to our m ind b e ing the be st in

whic h he ha s figure d on the co llege stage . L ac k o f a rtic u

la ti on in som e few in stan c e s wa s the on ly flaw we de te c te din his a c t ing. S ir L uc ius O ’

T rigge r wa s we l l re nd e re d byM r. M c N e i l ly, whose fam e inc re a se s w i th his e ve ry appe a r

a n c e . T he im pe rson a t i on o f D av id by I . B e l l B re nnan wa sa c le ve r one

,a lthough he wa s oc c a si ona l ly a l i ttle ind istin c t

in hi s u tte ran c e . T he othe r c ha ra c te rs we re pe rson a te d a s

TH E F O R D H/IM 111 01 17 s y . 79

ollows : C apta in A bsolute , C . G e orge Kirby ; S ir A n thony,Dav id O rphe us ; F au lk land, C . J . S tra ub .

L ook ing a t the e n te rta inm e n t a s a whole , and c on side r ingthe hurri e d pre pa ra tion s m ade

,it c ou ld sc a rc e ly have b e e n

more sa tisfa c tory to the stude nts. S PE C T A T O R , 90 .

G LE E C LU B .

O n Sunday e ve n ing, Janu ary z ed,the C o l lege G le e C lub

ga v e a ve ry e n j oyab le e n te rta inm ent in the R e c re a t ion H a l lof F irst '

D i vis ion . In the abse n c e of the Pre sid e n t,M r .

T . D .

’

She a , M r . J . I . B lun ,V ic e - Pre side n t of the c lub

m ade the addre ss of we lc om e,an d a sk e d of the aud ienc e a s

a pa rt icu la r favo r tha t th ey wou ld e sc hew hype r - c rit ic ism .

T he ov e rture was a fin e ly e xe c ute d p iano so lo by M r. J . B .

B oylan .

'

T he go llege so’ng,’ “L e t U s S ingWhi le We M ay

and B e M e rry,”

c ompose d by J . N . B ut le r,

’

84, wa s sung

with gre a t e ffe c t by M r. B lun and a c horus of the m em b e rs

of the - c lub . M r. T a a ffe fol lowe d with on e of his in im itab l ere c ita ti ons

,for whi c h he

_

re c e iv e d an e nc ore . T he song,M ust

'

We L e ave the O ld H om e,M o th e r

,

”wa s ve ry agre e a

bly'

re nde re d by M r. I . B . B re nn an . M rl C . L . L iv ingstonth e n re c re a te d u s w ith a c om e t solo

,whic h wa s he a rt i ly

applaud e d . T he e xam in a t i on song wa s vote d a gre a t suc

c e ss by e ve ryone “

pre se n t . M r. C . E . S im pson the n re c oun te dthe adventure s of

‘f

M r. B urdoc k and H is M usic B ox .

A un t D ina h ’

s Qui lting Pa rty wa s re nde re d with gre a te ff e c t by M r.

“

T R e i l ly. T he h e arty re c e pt ion a c c orde dthis ge n tlem an showe d c onc lus iv e ly th a t the students appre

Cia te his ab i l i tie s in the m usic a l l in e . T he la st p i e c e on the

programm e wa s the t im e - hon ore d B u l l - dog on the B ank,

"

PVe repr int t/ze f ol lowing f rom

A s the Jub i le e Of L e o XI I I . ha s a sp e c ia l inte re st for the

C a tho l ic stude n ts on a c c oun t of“

the c anon iz a ti on of B lesse dJohn B e rchm anns, a stud e n t of

'

a J e suit co l lege a nd scho la stio O f the S oc i e ty of J e sus

,it wa s de em e d prope r to '

un itethe two c e lebra t ion s "

on the 1 sth of this m on th a t S t . John ’

s

C ollege , F ordham , N . Y .

‘

A sol em n H igh M a ss wa s c e le bra te d in_

the c ol lege c hape l .

H O LI D A Y S A T T H E C O LLE G E .

T /ze F reema n’

s journa l .

T he pan e gyri c ofi

the n ew sa in t wa s pron oun c e d by R e v .

M r. Qu irk , S . J.

,sc hola stic o f the soc i e ty.

In the e ve ning the re we re ora ti on s and poem s in L a t inand E ngl ish, in wh ic h the pra ise s of the Pon tiff and Sa in twe re b le nde d .

’

A T e D e znn“

wa s s ung, and the c e rem on ie se nde d with B ene d ic t ion of the B le sse d S a c ram e n t .

whic h wa s e xc e l le n tly re nde re d by the c liib in c horus. T he

ente rtaim e nt c lose d with an addre ss by the V ic e - Pre sid e n t,

in whic h he thanke d the a ud ien c e for the ir appre c ia ti on , a nde xpre sse d the hope tha t the n e xt e xhib it ion o f the G le e

C lub wou ld surpa ss a l l previous e fforts . A h e a rty vote of

thank s wa s then te nde re d our e n te rta in e rs . T oo m uc hpra ise _

c a nnot b e give n M r . Web e r,S . J. ,

the d ire c tor,to

whom the re v iva l of the c lub i s due . I fs suc h an e n te rta inm e n t c an be gotte n up by the c lub whi le ye t in its infa nc y,we a re c e rta in ly justifie d in expe c t ing gre a t things o f i t

i

in

the future,wh e n it ha s had t im e to deve lop the la te n t

powe rs wh i c h i t m ost a ssure d ly posse sse s. A m agn ific e n tprogramm e is b e ing pre pa re d for Wa shington ’

s B irthday,during wh ic h the G le e C lub O rc he stra wi l l m ak e its first

a ppe aran c e . W. C . M C C .

,

’

88 .

T he t im e - hon ore d c ustom o f c e lebra ting the c lose o f the

hol idays a t the Co lle ge by a d istr ibu tion of prize s take nfrom a v e ritab le C hristm a s tre e

,e a c h prize b e ing a c c ompa

n i e d by appropriate and w itty rem a rk s,wa s in te rrupte d this

ye a r. I n ste ad of i t,

“H e rc a t

,v e n tri loqu ist and m agic ia n ,

e n te rta ine d us with on e of his c harm ing p e rform an c e s .

’

A lthough m any pre se n t had se e n him p e rform a c oup le of

ye a rs ago , his c a rd tric ks,ventri loqu ism and m ind re ad ing

appe a re d e nt ire ly n ew,ind ic a t ing to him the tran sform ing

powe r o f the true m agic ian . H e rc a t i s pe rson a l ly a

'

ple'

a s

ing and e n te rta in ing ge n tlem an,and whol ly de vo te d to his

profe ssion . We hO pe tha t we m ay aga in hav e the p le a sureof be ing m ystifie d by him . PH IL‘. D A N SE R E A U .

80 THE F O R D H A M M O N THL Y .

T owards the e nd o f N ovemb e r a nd during the e a rly pa rt o f D e c embe r

the foo t ba l l e le ve n of 2d D ivision a nd the R e se rve s of I st a ff or_

de d us

the p le a sure of w i tne ssing m any in te re sting gam e s . T he R e se rve s

p laye d the b e tte r gam e , the ir stre ngthgiving them a de c id e d advan tage

ove r the ir younge r oppon e n ts . T he sc ore s o f the 2d D ivision e le ve nwe re a lm ost in va riably sm a ll , while those of the R e se rve s ge n e ra llyre a ched the doub le figure s .

S e ve ra l of our prom ising a thle te s a re in tra in ing for the a thle ticsports o f the 22d R e gt . , which w ill b e he ld F ebrua ry I I O ur re pre

se n ta tive a t the 1 2 th R egt . Sports c am e se c ond in the 60yds . da sh .

A b illia rd tourn am e n t wa s s ta rte d on F irst, shortly a fte r the holidays .

A bout twe nty c on te sta n ts e n te re d . T he gam e s we re in ge n e ra l ve rye xc iting. T he cham pionship now re sts b e twe e n two or thre e , a nd the

d e c id ing gam e s prom ise to b e im m e nse ly in te re sting.

S om e tim e ago the nove l ide a o f ha v ing fie ld spo rts in the gym na siumwa s trie d . T he inc ide n ts in the sa ck ra c e we re ve ry thrilling. B utle r,’

89 , M c N a l ly ,

’

91 , a nd Ke rna n ,

’

88 , we re the suc c e ssfu l c on te sta n ts .

T he y re c e ive d appropria te prize s . I n the po ta to ra c e som e twe n ty or

thirty took pa rt. B urk e,

’

9 1 , and C ushion ,

'

88 , we re the w inn e rs .

T he C a de ts have re sum e d drill unde r the following offic e rs, who we re

re c e n tly prom o te d or a ppo in te d by L ie u t . Squie rsC ade t I st S e rge an t A my to he ‘

l st L ie ut .C a de t 2d S e rge an t Ke rriga n to b e 2d L ie ut .C ade t 4th S e rge a n t Kirby to b e 2 d L ie u t. a nd A dju tan t .C a de t 3d S e rge a n t Wright to b e l st S e rge a n t.C a de t C o rpora l M a rrin to b e 2d S e rge a n t .

C ade t C o rpo ra l D owdne y to be 3d S e rge a nt .

Priva te M cKe on to b e 4th S e rge a n t .

Priva te Qu in to b e C orpora l .Priva te S tra ub to b e C orpora l .C apta in M a l loy is still in c om m a nd .

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a cquitte d them se lve s we ll , re fle c ting m uch c re dit on them se lve s a nd o n

the ir Profe ssor, o f c ourse .

M r . F ra nk S ahulk a ,whoin m a ny o f the o lde r stude n ts w ill rem em be r

a s our ins truc to r in c a listhe nic s a few ye a rs ago ,ha s re turne d to F ord

ham a s te a che r o f the m anly a rt.

O n T hursday ,Ja nua ry 27 , the T obogga n S l ide wa s form a lly op e n e d .

G re a t pre pa ra tion s ha d be e n m ade f or firework s a nd illum ina tions,bu t

the b lizza rd from the We st stru ck us just a t the wrong tim e . C hin e sela n te rns had to b e d ispe nse d wi th . S til l the bonfire b la ze d away a s i f

in sc orn o f the windy we a the r, a nd the sky - ro ck e ts c a re e re d in the a ir

a nd a shout we n t up from 2d D ivision a nd , during a l l , the S l ide wa se xpe rie nc ing a dem onstra tion o f pe rpe tua l m o tion . E ve n ing re c re a tionwa s pro longe d to P . M . T he re is m u ch ta lk o f re ope n ing the S lidewhe n the high wind ha s pa sse d ove r us .

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O n Ja nua ry 1 2 M r . Ke nn e a lly, te a che r of physic a l c ulture a t S t .

F ran c is Xa vie r’

s , ga ve the boys a n e xhib ition of his sk il l in gym na stic s .

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O n Shrove T ue sday e ve ning M a rsha ll Wilde r w ill am use the boys

with a n a c c oun t o f his tra ve ls .

T he win te r c o urse o f le c tu re s w ill begin som e tim e in F e brua ry .

M a uric e F . E ga n , G e n . O’

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57 , J . F a irfa x M c L aughl in ,a nd

o the rs a re m e n tione d .

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J . H . S le vin ,e x- Pre side n t of our B illia rd A ssoc ia tion ,

ha s le ft us forthe se n ior d ivision . We re gre t his loss, bu t we hope , ne ve rthe le ss , tha the w ill soon m ak e him se l f a t hom e am ong the G o tham ite s .

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the ge n tlet is subj e c te d to som e rough handlinthe nam e o f hum a n ity w e be spe ak for

ge n tle r tre a tm e n t.

Shortly b e fore the ho l idays F irst and S e c ond L atin G ramm a rs had a

c on te st in the G re ek ve rb. N o qua rte r wa s give n , a nd whe n the c an ;

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s roa r die d away he ra lds a nnoun c e d tha t S e c ond G ram m a r was

v ic torious . B ut it m ust be tak e n in to c on side ra tion tha t F irst G rammarwas a ltoge the r unawa re of the im pe nding fray . T hey had one -ha lfhour’s pre pa ra tion .

T . C ushing spe n t the ho lidays inWa shington . While the re he v isitedM t . Ve rnon a nd suc c e e d e d i n b ringing a way from the historic spo t a

chip from the tre e which Wa shington c ut down wi th his li ttle ha tche t .T he re is a rum or afl oa t 1 tha t two industrious ge n tlem e n a re c on tem

éa ting a m agic la n te rn e xhib ition . F a r from d isapprov ing of thissche m e

,we he a rtily com m e nd i t

,a s such e n te rta inm e n ts wou ld be just

the thing to re l ie ve the m ono tony of the long w in te r e ve ni ngs .

A m ode st poe t, who ha s chose n to re m a in i n cog . for the pre se n t, ha sw ritte n a nd spre a d am ongst us a no table poem on the T obogga n S lide .

We f e e l inc lin e d to inse rt a few l in e s from the produc tion , but our sp a c e

is quite lim ite d , and ,m ore ove r, the poem is writte n in a m e tre pe c ulia r

to itse lf .T he long e xpe c te d billia rd tournam e nt op e n e d on Tue sday, the 24th

i nst . F rom the v e ry be ginn ing up to the pre se n t tim e the e xc ite m e n t

ha s b e e n in te nse , and i t inc re a se s w ith e ve ry v ic tory .

S T . J OH N ’S H A L L .

G ILB E R T J . E G A N .

I n the e a rly pa rt of n e xt spring a m e ta l sta tue of O ur L ady will b epla c e d on the te rra c e in the re a r o f the H a ll . T he re m ova l of two e lm

tre e s ha s give n the situa tion the appe a ra nc e of a rura l chap e l . I n thisthe sta tue will b e pla c e d .

A bout $900(n ine hundre d do lla rs)hav e b e e n c olle c te d for the n ewfie ld . T he o l d sa nd pit, of historic fam e

,is now no m ore . A l l tha t

re m a ins to b e done on the fie ld is sodding. T he re wa s som e ta lk a

short tim e ago o f c olle c ting the bone s o f the White Pla ins v e te ra ns

a nd giving the m re spe c tab le buria l . C e rta in ly a d e c e n t gra ve wi th a

ne a t m onum e n t would b e pre fe rab le to a sand pi t.

We a re glad to in form I st a nd 2d D ivision s tha t we a re to . ha ve a n ew

we l l and pum p . T he we l l is to b e te n fe e t de e pe r tha n the one on 1 st

D ivision . T he pum p will be a gre a t work o f a rt.

S om e w e e k s ago On e o f the p ia nos wa s pla c e d in the play room . O n

T hursday e ve n ing,Janua ry 27 , while i st and 2d we re e njoying the T o

bogga n S lide w e we re having a m usic a l e nte rta inm e n t in the p lay room .

- Lie ut. S qu ie rs e xpre sse d him se lf a s b e ing de lighte d with our drilling.

We a re a lre a dy f a r adva n c e d in the m anua l of a rm s .

We ha ve had sk a ting,a nd good sk a ting too ,

sin c e the first frost . N ow

a nd the n a li ttle e xtra wa te r is sprink l e d on the n ight bounds, a nd inthis wa y the i c e is k e pt in v e ry good c ondition .

T he b il lia rd tournam e n t is going on am id m uch e xc item e n t .T hough we ha ve a s ye t n o T obogga n S lide , w e ha ve had som e ve ry

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H ave c irc led out of sight,L o , from the w e st, a pa rting gle amB re a ks forth, of ambe r light .

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he a ffo rds tha tC hauc e r i s va lue d so highly . H is wri t ings b e a r witne ss toan in sight in to hum an n a ture suc h a s is ra re ly give n to

m orta l . In e ve ry pa ssage in whic h he ha s a t te m p te d to

de p ic t c hara c te r,he is surpa ssingly gre a t . Wi tn e ss his

de sc rip t ion of the pa rish prie st in the Pro logue to the C ante rbury T a le s, whic h he sum s up in a few l ine s thus

A be tte r pa rson the re wa s nowhe re se e n ,

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' love , whic h owns no prid e or pe lf,H e taught— but first he fo llowe d i t h ims e lf.

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,or the D oc tor

of Physic whom he i s d e sc rib ing, he le tsn one go by withouta bi t o f good

- na ture d ra i l le ry . T his love o f sa t iriz ing hesom e t im e s c a rrie d to e xc e ss, the re c o l le c t iono f whic h c a u se dhim m uc h sorrow on his de a thbe d . Woe i s m e wo '

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,tha t I c anno t re ca l l those thi ngs

whic h I ha ve wri tte n but a la s ! th e y a re new c on tinue dfrom m an to m an

,and . I c anno t do wha t I de sire .

"

In e loc u t ion and eq ue n c e,

says Wa rton,

“in h a rm ony

and p e rsp ic u i ty of ve rsifi c a tion,C ha uc e r surpa sse s hi s pre

de c e ssors in an infin i te proport ion his ge n ius wa s un ive rsa l,

and adap te d to them e s of unbounde d va ri e ty .

”T he m inor

b e au t ie s of hi s ve rse are too num e rous to b e m e n t ione d in a

pape r l ike th is ; an in te l l ige n t p e rusa l c anno t fa i l to m akethem appa re n t .O f the poe t’s priva te l ife l itt le is known

,e xc ep t tha t he

wa s a Wyc li ffite . T his fa c t,howe ve r

,did not pre ve n t him

from having a te nde r de vo t ionto our L a dy, whi c h he m an ife sts so b e a ut ifu l ly in his P rz

'

er e d’e N otre D am e . T o us

who a re fam i l ia r with his poe try, i t wou ld'

se em im possib letha t the vic e s [of the pe riod in whic h he l ive d c ou ld havee xe rte d the ir c on tam in a t ing in flu e n c e on him . Whe the r i twa s re a l ly so or not we have n o m e an s of knowing ; butwha t we do know is tha t a s a poe t

;

his c la im s to the adm irat ion of poste ri ty re sts upon a founda t ion so firm and stab letha t n e i th e r the lapse o f t im e nor the fic kl en e ss o f hum a n

n a ture c an e ve r ove rturn i t .

I t i s a p i ty tha t a m an of such m agn ific e nt ge n ius a s

C a rly le shou l d ha ve he ld so da rk a c re e d of ph i losophy .

Pe ssim ism o f the da rke st dye c a st its som bre shadeove r hi s l ife and re nde rs m any of his worksa lm ost pa in fu l ly m e lanc ho ly. T he ton e

,for in stanc e

,

whic h he take s in de sc rib ing his own struggle s for l igh t inthe R em iniscence : i s

,a lbe i t to him unc on sc iously, a lmost

he a rtre nding. I t is a p it ifu l th ing to se e a strong, e a rn e stm an

,suc h ‘

a s he wa s, grop ing abou t in the m ost u tt e r da rk

n e ss,whe n he had on ly to stre tc h fo rth hi s hand in orde r to

gra sp the l ight . B ut a l though in m any o f his works hisstyle be ars e vide n t m arks of his phi losophy, i t is n e ve rthele ss a sty le a s re fre shing a s i t is o rigin a l, a s vigorous a s i t isin im i tab le . H ave you e ve r re ad the de sc rip t ion of a

.

c i ty byn ight in S a rtor R esor tus H ow we ird a nd m e lanc ho ly , a ndye t how appa l l ingly be au t ifu l i t is . I t is m ore

,i t i s a re a l

pc em'

in prose . T he wonde rfu l , powe r of d e sc rip tionshown in i t is aga in e xhibi te d in his d e sc rip tion of the pe r

sona l appe a ran c e of F re de ric k the Gre a t,and in his d e sc rip

t ion of the Ba tt le of Kiine rsdorf . S e e how he e xc i te s oursympa thy for the de fe a te d F re de ric k in the c losing words oftha t wonde rfu l d e sc ript ion I t is towa rd six o

’

c lock the

swe l te ring sun i s now fa l le n low and ve i le d gray e ve n ingsinking ove r th e se wa ste s . N

’

y a - t—z’

ZZdone pa s 2 m bougr e d’e

éoule t qui pe rz'

sse m’

a fi ez’

ndf e 2’

e xc la im e d F re de ric k,in his

d e spa ir, S uc h a da y he had n e ve r thought to se e . T he

p i l la r o f the S ta te,the Pruss ia n a rmy i tse lf, gon e to c ha os

in th is m ann e r. F re de ric k s ti l l pa ss iona te ly struggle s, e x

T 1 1 22 F O R D H A M M ON T H L Y“

horts,c omm ands

,e n tre a ts, e ve n with te a rs C h i ldre n ,

don ’t forsake m e in th is p in c h but a l l e a rs a re de a f .

F re de ric k wa s am ong the la st to le ave the fie ld .

” Who

c ou ld he lp sym pa th iz ingwith F re de ric k a fte r re a ding suc h ad e sc ription of his su ffe rings .

Pe rhaps the work “

by whi chC a rlyle is b e st known i s_his

s tory of M e F re nc/z R evolution . T o . say tha t th is work isa m aste rp ie ce wou ld be a c c ording i t sc an t pra ise . T o use

the words of M r. Bayn e , i t is am ong the M oun t B lanc s andKanchinjinga s of the l i te ra ture of the world .

”T he p ic ture s

of m e n and sc e n e s whic h_

he gi ve s us a re so vivid and an i

m ate d, and the ir suc c e ssion so rapid, tha t i t a lm o st se em s a s

if C a rlyle wish e d the work i tse lf to typ ify the whirl in towhic h de vo ted F ran c e wa s p lunge d by the R e vo lu t ion . N or

i s the book le ss rem arkab le for the punge n t hum or and

withe ring sa tire in whic h it abounds . H e hurle d a m ightytorre n t of sarc a sm a t the phi losoph e rs of the pe riod in hisde sc rip tion of -the -M i l le n ium of the A the ists . a nd he

_

re

buk e d the pride a nd haughtine ss of the F re n c h nob i l i ty intha t fam ous se nt e nc e in whic h, a fte r spe ak ing of the ir c ontemp t for the m a sse s

,he says A nd ye t eve ry un i t of th e se

m a sse s is a m ira c u lous m an with a spa rk of the

D ivin i ty, wha t . thou c a l le st a n imm orta l soul,in him l”

A ga in st a l l these who have sc ien tific a l ly re a son e d G od out

of existen c e C a rlyle wa s in e xpre ssib ly b i tte r.

“

S uc h m e n he

wil l rio t de ign to de sign a te by the t itle of phi losoph e rs ; hec a l ls them phi losoph e s and the ir c re e d phi lo sophism .

. A t

e ve ry opportun i ty he d e a ls them a b low tha t te l ls in som e

pa rt of the ir a rm or . Who kn ows,he says, but by suffi

c ie ntly v ic toriou s ana lysis, hum an l ife m ay b e inde fin i te lyle ngth e ned, a nd“

m e n ge t rid of de a th,a s the y have a lre a dy

don e of the'

de v i l . We sha ll the n be happy“

in sp i te of

de a th and the de vi l . S o pre a c he s m agn i loquen t Ph i losophismhe r R e a

’

ennt S atnrnia regna .

A nd ye t, desp i te a ll the be au t ie s of"

this work,th e re i s

som e th ing whic h a c are fu l re ade r of C arly le w i l l find wan tingin i t. H e wi ll m iss tha t st inging vigor a nd m an ly te rsen e ss tha t m a rke d

,for in stance

,his ‘

L ife of F r ede r ick tne

G rea i‘ a nd L if e of C roniweZZ. T he sty le of T be F renc/c R eno'

lzction and S a r tor R esa rz‘a s

,i s, i t i s true , m uc h m ore pe rfe c t,

a'lbe i t som ewha t fl ori d

,som ewha t too c a re fu l to l e t the

sm oke b e se e n ,a l though the tru e flam e i s be n e a th but

,

i tse em s to m e tha t the d ist in c t ive c ha ra c te r o f the man is fa rm ore c le a rly re ve a le d to us by his style in the L if e of F r e a

’er

ick t/ze G r ea t. T o m e i t ha s a lways se em e d‘ tha t the sty le of

tha t work re vea le d the au thor a s a ma n of cna ra cz‘

er in s the

true se n se of the word . A nd suc h he re a l ly wa s. H e was

a m an th a t d id e ve ry thing and judge d e ve rything by princ iple . T rue

,m any of hi s prin c ip le s we re e rroneous

,but he

wa s a fi rm b e l ie ve r in '

them,and .had the c ourage to fo l low

them . unde r a l l c irc um stan c e s . H e“ did rio t find the true

l igh t, a l though he sough t long and e a rnest ly for i t but he

be li e ve d tha t he had found i t,and he c lung to i t wi th the

sam e te n a c ity w i th which'

a drown ing m an c l ings to t t e' la st

plank g'

H e_

wa s,to sum up,

'

a grand, and a t the sam e t im e,

a p i t ifu l e xamp le of R e a son un a ssiste d a ttemp ting to a sc e n dto the true knowle dge o f the C re a tor.

C a rdina l N ege/m a n .

It is re freshing, a fte r viewing the un su c c e ssfu l te rm in a tionof C arlyle ’

s struggle for l ight, to turn and b e ho ld the gradua land in the e nd/ triumphan t progress of one of his c on tem

87 '

pora rie s on the road whic h he trie d so ha rd to find . E n te ring upon m an

’

s e sta te,John H e nry N ewm an found him se lf

in a posi t i on ve ry sim i la r to tha t of C arlyle . B ut whe n hestarte d ou t in his que st

,re a son gu ide d by fa i th wa s his

M e n to r,and h e n c e it wa s tha t he suc c eede d in re a c hing the

goa l th a t C a rlyle fa i le d to find . A nd no re l igion e ve r m a de

a firm e r o r m ore joyous c onve rt than C a rd ina l N ewm an .

T hrough a l l his wri t ings . the re shine s forth suc h unm i xe dp e a c e a nd c a lm c on te n tm e n t a s ha s be e n vouc hsa fe d to fewhe re b e low .

’

H e knows,ne ve rthe le ss

,tha t the re

_

m ay b e

o the rs p lodd ing a long the sam e we a ry road ove r whic h hi spa th onc e lay, and

\

to ‘

a l l the se - he stre tc h e s out a he lp ing .

hand to a id them on the ir way . T he re su l t is,tha t whi le he

brought m any ove r to the R om an C a tho l ic fa i th wi th himse lf

,his writ ings a re bringing ove r m any m ore e ve ry day .

T he style in whic h a ll of C a rdina l N e wm an’

s works “

a re

wri t te n is wonde rfu l ly pure and swe et . I t c ou ld on ly be thesty le of suc h a m an

,a m an a t p e a c e with h im se lf

,a t pe a c e

with G od a nd a t pe a c e wi th a l l the world . T he re i s som e

th ing so l im p id, so m e lodious, abou t i t, th a t the words se ema lm ost to flow out of the m ou th withou t O pe n ing the l ips .

'Who ha s e ve r re a d his d e sc rip t ion of the c onve rsion o f the

A nglo - S axon p e op le wi thou t fe e l ing m ore than he c ou ldde sc ribe the thri ll ing, the a lm ost sup e rna tura l be au ty '

of tha twond e rfu l c l im ax . A nd the n se e the gen tle m ann e r

'

in

whic h he le ts us down from the he ight of e n thu sia sm to

whic h we have be e n ca rrie d T i l l he who re c o l le c te d theOld pagan t im e

,wou ld think i t a ll unre a l tha t he be he ld and

he a rd,a nd woul d c onc lude he d id but se e a Vi sl on

,so m a r

ve llously wa s h e ave n l et down upon'

e a rth,so trium pha n tly

we re c ha se d away the fi e nds of darkn e ss to the ir prisonb e low.

”

H is de sc rip t ion of the M a ss,too

,has e arne d the h ighest

pra ise a s a l i te rary c omposi t ion e ve n from those who do not

be l ie ve in the do c trin e s e xpre sse d th e re in . M r. H u tton,for

in stan c e,says of i t

,

“ I ha ve - quo te d the pa ssage not for

c r i t ic ism ,but to . show the wo nde rfu l powe r with whic h D r.

_

N ewm an c an throw “him se lf into the h ighe st re l igious pa ssion a nd m ake the he a rt thri l l wi th his re ndering of i t . ”B ut i t is not on ly by re ason of his powe r of de sc rip t iontha t N ewm an e xc e ls . H e is ama ste r of tha t m ost form idab leof a ll l i te rary We apons, satire . D e sc rib ing the e ffe c t whic hthe c ry of Pope ry ha s upon the E ngl ish pub l ic , he pre sentsthe fo l lowing rid ic u lous p ic ture . N o t by an a c t Of vo l i t ion

,

but by a sort of m e c han ic a l impu lse , b ishop and d e an,

a rc hde a c on and c anon,re c tor and c ura te

,one a fte r ano the r

e a c h 1 11 his high towe r, off they se t, swinging and boom ing,to l l ing and chim i ng, with n e rvous in te n se n e ss and th ic ke ning

'

em o tion , and de epe n ing volum e,the old ding

- dongwhic h has sc a re d town a nd c oun try this we a ry t im e to l l ingand c him ing away, j ingl ing and c lam oring, and ringing the

c hange s on the se poor ha lf do z e n no te s,a ll abou t the

Pop ish aggre ssion ,inso le n t and insid ious

,

’ ‘ in sid ious and

in so le n t,’ ‘ in so len t and a troc ious,

’

a tro c ious and ‘

insole n t,

’

a troc iou s, inso le n t and ungra te ful ’

ungra te fu l, in so le n tand a tro c ious,’ ‘

fou l and oppressive , pe sti le n t and ho rrid,’sub tle and unho ly,’ auda c ious and re vo l t ing,’ c on temp ti

ble and sham e le ss,

m a l ignan t,’ frightfu l,’ ‘

m ad,

’ ‘

m e re

tric ious,’ bob s (I th ink the ringe rs c a l l them ) bobs and

bobs roya l, and trip le bob - m a jors, and grandsire s, to the

e xte n t of the ir c ompa ss, and the fu l l ring of the irme ta l,1n

88 T H E F O R D H A M M ON TH Z y .

honor o f Qu e e n B e ss, and to the c on fusion of the Pope andthe Prin c e s o f the c hurc h : U pon th is pa ssage M r. H ut tonm a ke s the fo l low-ing c a ndid rem a rks

,N 0 on e who rem em

b e rs,a s I do

,the agi ta t ion of 1 850, wil l. th ink th is d e sc rip

tion a m e re c a ric a ture . I t ha s the,

da sh of e xtravaga n c e , o fc ourse , whic h wa s n e c e ssa ry for D r . N ewm a n

’

s purpose , but

i ts sa tiric -hum or is ba se d upon the m ost a c c ura te kn owle dgeand c lose obse rva t ion of

“

the unre a sonab le tem p e r of the

Bri t ish pe op le wh e n on c e the pa n ic o f Pop e ry fa l ls upon

them — a tem pe r, we '

m ay say, no tic e ab ly d im in ished in the sela te r ye a rs wh e n re l igious E ngla nd ha s a t la st b e gun

fe e l tha t the R om an C hurc h i s by n o m e an s the

(M e on washiugtnu’awinning.

0. E . S IMPS O N,

’

88 .

H igh in the sa c re d re gion s of the a ir,

T he Bird of fre e dom fl ew,

H is p lum age in th’

e te rn a l sun l ight th e re ,A ll glowing with e a c h go lde n glorious hue

A nd e v’

rywhe re ,

T hroughou t his wid e dom in ion sWhe re ’

e r he spre a d hi s p in ion s,T he bre e ze of F re e dom b lew ;

N or m e t his vi ewA c loud - he ight tha t he did not da re

,

’

N o r c am e a windT ha t drove him from his way,

H is so a ring n aught cou ld stay ;O f a l l the we lk in ’

s th ingsN ot on e c ou ld b ind

T he un tramm e l l’

d p le a sure o f hi s wilfu l wings.A t le ngth c on te n te d with his round o f fl ight,H e sought his eyri e on the m oun ta in h e ight ,Wh e re

_F re e dom ,

Gloriou s Godde ss,h e ld he r sway,

S inc e ban i sh’

d from the ha un ts of “

m e n awayA nd loud and longT o he r his joyous song,T hroughou t the we lk in nubi lan t

,

Wi th sp iri ts fl i t t ing fan cy fre e ,Wa s c a ro l

’

d jub i la n t,I n a l l the wi ldn e ss of "

his gle e ,

F or he wa s fre e .

A nd sc a rc e did he a l ight,B e fore his e xi le d m istre ss que stion e d of his fl ight .H e to ld he r of the re a lm s of a ir

T ha t sa c re d pa ssage fre e to e v ’

ry pray’

r

T ha t m oun ts towa rds H e a ve n ’

s h e igh tH ow he r d iv in e dom in ion prospe r’

d th e reWhe re a l l wa s fre e

A nd on c e aga inH is c a ro l ’s m ighty stra in ,

R ang thro ’

the we lk in wild,F o r he wa s F re e dom

’

s c hi ld .

B ut wh e n in te a rsShe que stion

’

d him o f e a rth

m ost dange rous foe with whom '

we have to. d ea l .

S uc h a re in brie f a few “

of the po in ts onwhic h a re ba se dthe c la im of C a rd in a l N ewm an

,to the t i t le of the for emost

l iv ing wri te r of E ngl ish . T he m any m in or be au ti e s,the

turn s of e xpre ssion , the fl igh ts of the im agina t ion , a re b e tte rle arne d and appre c ia te d by the re a de r him se lf

,than by

tak ing th em from any c omm e nt a ry, howe ve r e labora te . H i s

works a re a lre ady num be re d am ong"

the c la ss ic s of the

E ngl ish language and whe n the m em ory of the i l lustriousO ra tor ian him se lf sha l l ha ve pa sse d away, his wri t ings willst i l l rem a in to te ll us of the m ighty ba ttl e whic h he fought,and the glorious vic tory,

whic h he a c hie ve d in the e nd .

She,who for long, long ye ars,

I n hop e s and fe a rs,H ad ye a rn

’

d for F re e dom ’

s b irthU pon the e a rth in va in

T he e agle an swe r m a de in '

sad re fra in ,

Whose burden brought he r pa in .

B e n e a th him a l l the region s of the e a rth,

E’

e n to his p i e rc ing ga z eS e em

’

d hidden in a ha zeO f T yranny

T ha t kep t the worthO f a ll te rre stia l b e au ty from the rays

O f F re e dom’

s glorious l ight,M ak ing con t inuous n ight ,

Whe re n aught wa s fre e .

’

A nd so the -

sad - eye d Godde ss he a rdT he te a rfu l t id ings of he r fa v’

rite b irdN or had she t im e for thought,

Wh e n from the va leShe c aught

T he a c c e n ts of a wa i l,

Whose burde n wa s a ta l eO f T yranny

O f F re e dom ’

s fru i t m ost r ipeL a sh e d by the fla i l

T ha t c irc l ’d in the gripeO f T yranny

O f the prim e va l land o f F re e dom fraughtWi th fe tte rs forged by wa st ing T yranny,

A nd look ing down in to the pl a ins,B e ho ld

C olumb ia, he r prid e of o ld,

Wi th in the ve ry fortre ss of the fre e ,Wa s bound in c ha ins

S a dly she sle p tA nd in he r dre ams she we pt

F or L ibe rty .

T hus saw the G odde ss,sadde st o f a l l th ings

B ut che e r'

d by the fann ing o f the e agl e 's wings

Whose sou l wou ld te e d .

O n on ly F re e dom ’

s m e e d,A nd whose grand c re e d

Wou ld b eH is C oun try, G od, and L ibe rty ;Whose he art would be ar to ble e dU n t i l his n a t ive land we re fre e

F rom a ll the gloom of fore ign T yranny.

A nd so’twa s done ;

F or on tha t morn ,

F or now no b l ight of bondage m a rs ,

T he so lem n sp le ndor of the stripe s and stars,

F rom out whose ha l low’

d fo lds no im p ious hand m ay da re

T o te ar.

T he sa c re d story wri tte n the re ,T he re d for the b lood ‘

o f the he roe s who bore i t,

T he wh ite for the l ive s . tha t the y la id down be fore i t,T he b lu e for the he aven s tha t sm i l e proudly o

’

e r i t.

“

A F E W R E M A R KS ON HE R B E R T SP E ZVOE R ’

S L E T TE R T O TH E M ON TH L Y.

Am ong the . m any que st ions tha t are e xc i t ing c on trove rsy'

on a l l si de s,during re c e n t ye ars, the sub j e c t of e duc a t ion

stands forth pre - em in en t n o t on ly on a c c oun t of i ts imm e n se

im portanc e in i tself, but a lso on a c c oun t o f the numb e r and

d iversi ty of form s and m e thods pursue d m the diff e re n t e duc a tion a l in sti tntion s a l l ove r the world . In the la st issu e of

T H E.

M O N T HL Y,se ve ra l op in ions in rega rd to th is subj e c t ap

pe a re d, to som e of whic h I wou ld l ik e to take e xc ep tion .

M r. H e rbe t S pe nc e r,“

in his le tte r,e xpre sse s the op in ion

tha t the only true e nd of e duc a t ion is its use fulne ss, or, tou se his

'

own words,i t i s “

va luab le on ly inasm uc h a s i t isu se fu l .”_

T h is in i tse lf is a ve ry vague View of the subj e c tand adm i ts of m any in te rpre ta t ions ; but the ge n tlem an m od ifie s his a sse rt ion by “

sta ting tha t i t is tru ly use fu l if_i t answe rs

the fol lowing que st ion s : “D oe s it prepa re us for se lf -

pre

se rva tion? D Oe s i t prepa re us for c i t ize nship ? D o e s i t prepa re us for the m isc e l lan e ous re qu irem en ts of l ife .

”

In re gard to . th is I would say, tha t'

a l ibera l'

e duCa tion,

whic h would broa de n the m ind,e xp and the inte l le c ta nd prop

erly d e ve lop a ll t he ir ava i lab le fa c u l t ie s wou ld amp ly fu lfi l la l l the

'

above c ondit ions for,by . i ts

”

c u l t iva ting prope rt ie s,i t would so e nric h and fe rtilize _the m ind as to re nde r

’

it c apab le Of produc ing any fru i t wha tsoe ve r. Furthe r on in his le tte r M r .

_Spe nc e r e xpre sse s the Op in ion tha t the on ly true

e duc a t ion a l m e thod whic h embrac e s the ob j e c ts a im e d at inthe above m e n t ion e d que st ion s

,is the study of s c ie nc e . .

vH e

says ; I t is c e rta in ly incredib le to m e that m e n c an be le a rne dly c r i t ic a l abou t a G re e k ode and c an pa ss

'

by withou t aglan c e tha t grand ep ic wri t te n by the finge r

_

of G od uponthe stra ta . of the e arth.

”T his m ay b e p e rfe c tly re a son ab le

and true,but M r. Spe nc e r forge ts tha t a m an m ay be le arn

‘

e dly c ri tic a l abou t the si rata of the e arth and pa ss by without a glan c e those grand poem s, adm ired by gre a t m e n and

scho la rs throughhundre ds of ye ars. Be side s we re a m an to.

w a d—o ch .

c onfine him se lf stric tly to on e branchof le a rn ing, to physic a l sc ie n c e , for in stan c e , e xc lud ing e ve rything e lse tha t hadno b e a ring on i t

,the c urre n t o f his id e a s wou ld be in e vi tab ly

turn e d in to a single n a rrow chann e l,and

,though i t m igh t

grow in stre ngth and rap id i ty, st i ll it would be c onfin e d tothe sam e n e ve r c ha nging c ourse

,be a ring on its surface the

débr’is of those fa cu l t ie s, whic h, by re a son of the sord id a ndse lfish ide a s whic h had take n posse ssion of his m ind wou ldb e a l lowe d to c rumb le and fa l l in to ru in .

T hi s th e n 1 5 M r . Sp e nc e r’

s i de a of e duc a t ion : T o n our

ish in to fru i tfu lne ss and fe rt i l ity on e single fa c ul ty of the

m ind, _

tha t i t m ay b loom forth 1 11 its fragranc e , a single oa sisin a va st d e se rt p lain, wh e re e ve n A polo

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s l amp, whic h i swon t to c herish with its foste ring wa rm th eac h prom isingspo t, se rve s on ly to rende r m ore a rid and worthl e ss tha tba rre n wa ste . B ut why should he take suc h a na rrow

- v ie wof the subj e c t ? Isthe re no t a ce rta in ind e finabl e c onn e c

tion ,an invisib le bond, a c e rtain c ommune ,oz

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ncn lnm jo in ing .

a ll the a rts a nd sc i e n c e s and form ing tha t 'inde scribable c om

m un ion of in te re sts whic h re nd e rs one and a ll e qua l ly n e c e sQ

sary for the prop e r d e ve lopm e n t_

o f the'

m in d . N o m an c an'

c la im to b e . prope rly and thoroughly e du c a te d .withou t ac om p le te knowle dge o f a ll the branc he s of m a them a tic s .

. .N O m an c an c on side r his e du c a tion c om p le te withou t fam i li arizing him se lf with a ll the branc h e s of l i te ra ture . A nd

,

above a ll“

,n o m an C an ho ld tha t his m ind ha s b e e n prope rly

de ve lope d withou t a thorough knowle dge Of wha t m ay be

looke d upon a s the roo t of a l l m ode rn la nguage s, the sourc e

from'

which flow a l l the m ighty rive rs Of m ode rn le a rn ingthe repository for a l l the ric h e st tre a sure s of anc ie n t l ite ra ture

,the c la ssic s.

“Wha t c oun t le ss gem s Of the highe st a rt

are’

to be found hidd en in the re c e sse s of those wondrou sm a ste rpie c e s ! Wha t un to ld we a l th 'l ie s store d up in thoselofts whe re in a re ga the re d the harve sts of som e of the grand

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the S hrin e , whe re the 1m pe rishab le words o f he r m osta rde n t and m ost favore d a dore rs

,emb a lm e d by he r own

sa c re d bre a th, have se c lude d a nd“ we l l - orde re d re st ing p la c e ,

amidst the _m ist of in c e n se tha t se em s to shroud the S an c_ tum S hrine . A nd . yet with a l l th is propitia tiorr, the musese ems distan t a s e ve r. T ru ly, c on c lude th ye humb le O dist,the m use is a c oqe ttish c re a tu re . H e re ha s he b e en wa i tingfor he do e sn ’t know . how long; to he a r an an swe r to his c o ntinua l su i t . H e se nds his fanc y in to D re am land a fte r he r,Showing he r a pre tty pa thway of m e ter for _he r fa iry foo tste ps, prom ising he r a c a ro l of rippling rythm fo r he r fa stid

- ious,e ar, but a l l in va in . T h e n he turns a nd ga ze s wistfu l ly

up a t the emb lems of he r a rt,a t the p ic ture d poe try tha t

be a rs the 1mpre ss of he r te nde r touc h, to disc ove r a de vic e

ai rman“ataxia

O h, joy f a ir boon to Sorrow - burd e n e d sou ls,

Swe e t he a l ing ba lsam to a sad de ne d he art,L e t thy qu ic k throb wi th in m y . bosom / start

And rul e my t ire d soul . T hou dost c ontro lT he h e ave n - Soa ri ng la rk whose gla d no te s ro l lA long the m orn ing Sk ie s and se em to pa rtT he ve il of da rkne ss 'with th e ir m e rry a rt .

F a irnature ’

s m instrel on e a c h sylvan ' kno l lPay c ourt to he r

,

“

ye t in thy pra ise'

em ploy

T he ve rna l hours . T hou art the sou l of Spring,T he po te n t c ha rm whic h m ake s u s a l l enjoyWi th keen e st ze st the budding

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days tha t bringN ew l ife to e a rth, whe n wak ing she e xha le sA thou san d m ingle d odors throughhe r va le s .

T . A . D A L E Y,

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91

tha t sha l l tam e.

he r, c oq1‘

1 e try, ye t a ll aga in in va in . B ut

n owa nd the n he fe e ls un c om fortab ly awa re of her pre se nc e

som ewh e re n e a r ; whi le she te a se s him Wi th a m ost tanta l izing torture , She seem s to c om e sudde nly and m ost une xpe c te d ly to his side ; whispe ring a l l sorts of things tha t soundswe e tly to hi s e a rs

,but

,b ewitc h-e d by he r s oft bre a th

,a s

soon a s he pre pa re s to re c e ive he r favors, she m urm urs

“ tra sh,

”and springs laughingly away, on ly to

’

re turn againa s b e fore and fl i t fan ta st ic a l ly around the l i ttle shrine tha the ha s so d e vo te d ly c onse c ra te d to he r. A t le ngth ye ve xe dand un in sp ire d O dist give th up in de spa ir and b e take s himse lf to M usings in the Poe t ’s C orn e r

,whic h he sha l l in

fl ic t’

on’

ye m e e k a nd ge n t le re a d e r when the rob in s n e staga in .

92 TH E F O R D H AM

In F ran c e a ve ry inge n ious c on trivan c e wa s in use,viz .

,a

m a c h in e supporting thre e stage s bu i l t on e abov e the o the r.

T he topm ost stage wa s drape d ve ry e le gan t ly w i th b e au tifu lha ngings a nd r ic h tape stry . T h is wa s in te n de d to re pre se n th e a ve n

,the abod e o f the b le sse d ; the m idd le one

,large r

than the o th e rs,wa s suppose d to repre se n t e a rth , and the

lowe rm ost d id se rvic e a s the in fe rn a l region s.

In Ge rm a ny the appurte nanc e s we re no t so a rt ist ic , th e irstage b e ing a ve ry sim p le a ffa ir

,on wh ic h a c a sk wa s p la c e d

re sting on i ts side . T his sim p le a rt ic le re pre se n te d H ad e s,

from whic h the sp iri t of da rkn e ss wou ld le ap abou t,m uc h

to the am usem e nt'

of the audi tors . D u ring the p lay whic hwas n e c e ssa ri ly ve ry long, in te re st wa s ke p t up by in troduc ing hum orous e p isode s in whichthe c h i e f c ha ra c te rs we reJuda s

,the Pha rise e s and som e t1m e s e ve n the de vi l him se lf

,

T . A . D A L Y ,

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C O L L E GE S ON G S .

F . P . D O N N E L L Y ,

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90 .

M any a n hour of our c o l l ege l ife wou ld n ot sp e e d awaywith the prove rbia l swif tn e ss o f tim e

,ha d we no t som e m e a n s

to whi le away the o th e rwi se gloom y pe riod and e n l iven itsdu l ln e ss. T o som e pe rhaps the e ve r re a dy bo ok m ay c om

m e nd i tse lf, but the re a re t im e s wh e n the m ind,tire d of i ts

fun c t ion s, wi l l turn from the b e st book with the sam e loa thing with wh i c h a sic k m an turns from the m ost p le a singda in tie s , We ha ve a pl a n, howe ve r, to fa l l ba c k upon whic hha s a lways prove d an unfa i l ing a nd advan tage ou s on e . We

re fe r to the c o l le ge songs whose ro l l ic k ing m irth se rve s todispe l l the da rke st shade s of gloom and e a se the we a rie dm ind by se nding the wa rm b lood c oursing through the ve insim pe l le d by the wild burst o f jo l l i ty whic h the S inging e n

ge nde rs.

We a ll know the e ffe c t of poe try on a rde n t na ture s and

the c h arm s of m usic b e yond pe n to d e sc ribe , bu twhe n th e sea re c omb in e d and to th em is add e d the stre ngth and vo lum e

of you th fu l vo ic e s, suc h a c om b ina tion produc e s an e ffe c tth a t no n a ture

,d ign ifie d or c o ld , c a n withstand .

O f c ourse we do no t m e a n to im p ly tha t the m a jori ty o f

c o l lege songs m ay b e c a l le d po e try, or tha t the m usic a l a cc om pan im e n t i s a lways du lc e t a nd insp iring; '

we wil l m a inta in

,howe ve r

,tha t the c le a r vo ic e s of the c o l l e ge boys, ha r

m on ious or not, e ve n withou t the a ssista nc e of the o the r twofa c tors

,e ve r ring forth c h e e rfu l ly, driving away sadn e ss and

gloom .

Wi th rega rd to the wording o f m ost of our c o l lege songs,

we regre t tha t the re is a n otic e ab l e lac k of origina l i ty, andi t is to be lam e n t-c d tha t m ore of our c o l le ge poe ts do n o t

turn“ th e ir a t te n tion to th is po in t in th e ir e fforts a t v e rsifying;whi le

,a t the sam e tim e

,som e m usic a l ly- in c l in e d c ompan ion

m ight furn ish a‘

m e lodious a c c ompa n im e n t .T he c ustom of c om posingand singing c o l lege songs must

b e ve ry an c ie n t ; for in a l l m e rry c om pany singing wa s on eof .the e a rl ie st and m ost favo ri te m e ans of pa ssing the tim ej oyfu l ly.

We a ll know som e th ing of the o ld tim e bards and the iroffic e in the b a nqu e t ha l ls a nd a t jov ia l m e e t ings. H ow

,

the re fore , c ou ld the stude n ts o f those t im e s le ave th e irhom e s withou t re ta in ing som e impre ssion s of them ,

’

and

A s ye a rs pa sse d‘

the fre e dom withwhichthe ignorant, though‘we l l m e an ing

’

pe a santry approa c he d suc h a“

sa c re d subj e c t ’ a sthe pa ssion ,

a ttra c te d the“

a tte n t ion of som e b ishops, whoreporte d the m a tte r to R om e . A f te r a thorough e xam in at ion of the subj e c t, a l l pa ssion p lays we re so lem n ly in te rdic te d . A spe c ia l i n te rd ic t wa s put on the town s o f theT yro l . N ow a t tha t t im e th e re wa s a n in sign ific an t v i l lage ,c a l le d O oe r A mmerga u ,

in the ve ry h e a rt of the T yro l, inwhic h a frightfu l p e st i le n c e had m ade its appe aran c e . The

vi l lage rs m ade a vow to our L ord th a t if the ravage s of the,

p lague c e a se d,the y wou ld e ve ry ten ye a rs, with pe rm ission ,

pre se n t the pa ssion p lay in c on tri t ion of he a rt a nd a ll re ve re nc e . T he praye r wa s h e a rd and the pe rm ission gra n te d ;and e ve r since , whe n the te n th ye a r c om e s round

,the l i t t le

v i l lage is c rowde d with p i lgrim s from a l l pa rts of the world .

“

an We izma nnD i c itque m ini mea P agina , f ur er.

C hi ld of m y fan c y, labore d page ,M in e own and not m in e own

,

Poor orphan of som e anc ie n t sageU pon the wide worl d thrown .

Why dost thou c hide m y doting m ind ?U ngra te fu l tha t thou a rt

D id I n ot the e forsake n find

A nd wa rm thee in my he a rt .A nd to m y love dost thou not owe

T hy ve ry l ife and n am e ?

B e gra te fu l ; on thy e rrand go ,A n d bring m e la st ing fam e

T H E F O R D HA M 111 0117 s Y .

pra c tl sm g in som e m e a sure,c ustoms so fam i l ia r to them ?

T he re a re re c ords e xist ing whic h inc i den ta l ly sta te tha ton C hristm a s m orning, 1 595, the O xford stude n ts sang the

old song

C aput a fri de fe roR e dde ns laude s D om ino .

Whe n c e c e rta in ly i t se em e d n ot im p rob ab le tha t, if they .

un i te d to S ing on Christm a s m orn ing, the ir vo ic e s we re no t

si le n t for the re st o f the ye a r.

I t wa s a c ustom,we a re to ld

,in the e arlyGe rm an un ive r

s i t ie s to be gin and c lose the ir fre que n t due ls'

with a glorioussong, the

“

e ff e c t o f whic h must have be e n startl ing wh e n we

c onsider the vo ic e s of the T e uton ic s inge rs, som e of whomwe re fa r from - be ing young.

A t im e - honore d and fam ou s song i s L aurige r H ora tius,whic h m ay be fam i l ia r to som e

,for we find i t sti l l am ong

the c o l le ge songs . We ve n ture to give the first stan za forthe be n e fi t o f those who have not h e a rd i t

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In the be ginn ing the c o l lege songs posse sse d m uc h m ore

origin a l i ty than a t pre se n t, and we re m arked with a Sp iri t ofpa trio t ism whic h awoke in the he a rts Of '

the stude n ts fe e l ingsof love for the ir c o l lege hom e and ofte n “

re c a l led the p le a sure s a nd joys Of th e ir o the r hom e

,the - influ e n c e of whic h , in

th is way, l inge re d long in the ir m inds and neve r e n tire ly lostits gen t le powe r. F ew e xample s of these songs are m e t withat th is day .

‘

We have b e fore us the Am e ric an C Ol lege song

bo ok c on ta in ing a gre a t numb e r of the m ode rn c o llege songs

and,

“

a s we sk ip hurrie d ly through _i t,our e ye sights a stan za

of A m h e rst c ol lege chorus whic h se em s“

pa trio t ic e noughA m he rst fa ir O ur que e n foreve r.

N aught our he a rts from the e sha ll se ve r,T hou sha lt live foreve rmore .

T hough we pa ss through de a th’

s da rk porta l ,S till thou a rt, a s now imm orta l;

T hou‘

sha lt live foreve rm ore .

A fin e chorus_a nd of right sp iri t, bu t to our m ind i t

e ve n surpa sse d by those l in e s of the Brown c o l lege songB runon ia , thy be a c on l ight

O n N a rraga nse tt ’s shore ,S he ds fa r a round its ra d ia nce brightWhe re flows thy fount of lore ;T hy S pirit of‘ w isdom , justic e , truth ,A nob le r life inspire s,A nd ble nds th’

. am b itious hope s of youthWith high a nd pure de sire s .

H ere is a ve ry m ode st song from the Boston U n ive rsi tywhic h our H ubb i te s wil l l ike to he ar. I ts e xtra vagan c e isthe on ly th ing tha t c omm e nds i t .

Wha t’s the H ub? It is the c e n te rO f the

. whe el tha t turns the world ;If it S hou ld be “

pushe d, o r be n t, orT hro ’

the e the r va st be hurled,

A ll the spokes would fa ll a sunder,A ll the m ode rn world go unde r.

O ld A lm a M a te r, he re ’

s to the e !S tonyhurst ! O ld S tonyhurst

L ong l ife a nd a ll prospe rity!S tonyhurst O ld S tonyhurstWh i le ge n e ra tions c om e a nd go ,

Wh ile boyhood cloth to m anhood grow,

B e aye the s am e we use d to know ,

S tonyhurst O l'

d S tonyhurst !

D a rtm ou th ha s a song e n ti t le d the Wa te ry Gle e C lub, thec horus of whic h is furn ish e d by se ve ral m em b e rs o f the finny

tribe,whose c om pa ss was e ve r “

low C ; and un de r the he adof T rin i ty, am ong o ther songs, we find an o ld Ge rm an

'

on e ,

probab ly of anc ie n t un ive rsi ty fame,but whe th e r i t ,

b e se rious or j ovia l we a re unab le to S ta te

,for our knowle dge .of

tha t go od o ld language is sc an ty . A few page s ove r,the

U n ive rsi ty of' P e nn sylvan ia rega le s us with an am orous se r

e na de a nd a l i v e ly di tty on good old B e n F rank l in .

U nde r the t i tle of“Ge o logy M ade E a sy, We l le sly pre

se n ts a ve ry S c ie n t ific lay, a ve rse of whichwe subjo in .

“ I sought to re st on the m a rshy shore ,

Whe re the L abyre nthodon ts am b le ;B ut I he a rd a hoa rse B a tra chian roa r

F rom the C ryptogam i c bramb le .

A l l know or a t le a st have h e a rd of the songs of Y a le , Suc has I e e l , S ong of the Spoon a nd B ingo y and those

I

of H a r

vard e n t i t le d,F a ir H a rva rd

,

”a nd I ts a way

-

.we have a t

O ld H a rva rd . I t wou ld be im poss ib le inde e d in our

l im i ted spa c e to give S e le c t ions from the popu la r songs of

e a c h of our c o l lege s ; but from' wh a t ha s b e e n pre se n te d we

m ay judge,a t le ast, of wh a t na ture som e of th em a re .

We know no t Whe the r we have se l e c t ed the b e st e xam ple stha t m ight b e found a s we have n ot give n the song book thec a re fu l pe rusa l i t d e se rve s ; ye t the _

m os'

t c a re le ss re ade r ' of

this book c ould no t fa i l to obse rve tha t the ge n e ra l i ty of Our“

c o l l e ge Songs pa rtake m ore or le ss of the j o'

c o’

se n a ture and

a re m ode l le d upon the popula r da rke y Son'

g'

s and we ll knownn a t iona l a irs .

’

We would l ike,howe ve r

,now and th e n on e

of those ge ntle but m oving m e lod ies whic h e a se the we a ri e dm ind and body, and e xe rt on u s the sam e c a lm ing in flue nc ea we ll - e a rn e d and de se rve d re pose e xe rc ise s.

T hus fa r we have tre a te d m a in ly of A m e ric a n c o l legesongs ; unhapp i ly we we re unab le to ob ta ina c o l le c t ion o f

the Songs of the E ngl ish c o l lege s .

O n e on ly ha s c om e with in our re a ch and tru ly, a s fa r a s

we a re ab l e to judge , i t i s a m ost e xc e l le n t e xam p le , '

if‘

the

o th e rs in any way im i ta te i t . T he S tonyhurst Chorus i t “ i se n t i tle d

,and i t run s a long m e lodiously with tha t pa trio tism

a nd love for on e ’

s A lm a M a te r whic h de l ights e ve ry truestuden t.

Thy Sons ih- eve ry la nd a re known ,

S tOnyhurst O ld S tonyhurst

In a l l the y

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prove them for thine own ,

S tonyhurst O ld S tonyhurs t

And born e ac ross e a ch dista n t m a in,

F rom eve ry c on tin e n t our stra inSha ll c om e in e choe s ba c k aga in ,

S tonyhurst O ld S tonyhurst

O ld college ‘

of the e agle towe rs .S tonyhurst O ld. S tonyhurst

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him in the stre e t, tha t he fe ign e d a fa lse love so a s

to con c e a l his true one , how,having fa l le n sic k, he saw he r

transfigure d a fte r dying, a nd how he p in e d away his '

days

fu l l of sorrow and be re a vem e n t for he r dec e a se .

Wh e n D an t e lost the “ first d e l ight of his sou l, he looke da round for c onsol a t ion am ong his books ; but he se arc hed inva in un t i l he c han c e d to c om e

'

upon C ic e ro ’

s“

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D e A m ic i t ia ,”whic h he de voure d gre e d i ly . H e a fte rwa rds m arrie dG e nnua D ona to,Who is repre sen te d in his “

V i ta N uova a s

si tt ing a t a window e nd e avoring - to c onso le D an te for hissorrow.

A bou t th is t im e D an te e n te re d the pe ri lous a re na o f“

po l it ic s

,wa s soon rm ix

'

e d up in the struggle s of Gue lfs a nd

Ghibe l l ine s, the form e r of whose prin c ip le s he e spouse d withthe e n thusia sm wh ic h wa s n a tura l to_

him . B ut the gre a tau thor of" the “ Infe rno had

"

n o h e a d for pol t i c s, and hesoon b e c am e awa re tha t . he wa s an hon e st m an and had

fa l len among th ie ve s ; for his en em ie s having got the uppe r

hand, e xi le d him and his partisans from the ir b e love d F lore nc e ,

whic h th e y we re de st in e d ne ve r to se e aga in .

- B ut

e nough of .

th is pa rt of his l ife , b e c ause we a re not in the

humor to bore ourse lve s or our re ad e rs with a long disquisition on

'

D an te ’

s po l i t ic a l bro i ls a nd s

'

quabb le s.

T he'

n e xt po in t we in te nd to c onside r is on e on whic hve ry few c omm e n ta tors h ave dwe l t, and on which those whohave , ‘diffe r Wide ly. We re fe r to the que st ion , Wh e the rD an te e ve r v isi te d E ngland and its gre a t

‘

un iversity, O xford .

T his m ay se em to b e a trifl ing qu e stion and“

one unworthy ‘

of“

our a tte n t ion, but if we take in to c onsid e rat ion the fa c ttha t e v e ry l e a rne d E ngl ishm an c la im s the i l lustrious F lo re n tine ba rd to have b e e n an O xford stud e n t, we a t on c e

re alize tha t the que stion is som ewha t importa n t . We ga th e rfrom num e rous historia n s th a t D an te am id his wande ringsvisi te d the c e lebra te d U n ive rsi ty of Pa ris

,and tha t in a l l

mi t 234mmahat’

abure am arm'

s firm.

J. P . WHE L A N ,

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90 .

T he H arp tha t on c e through T a ra ’

s ha l lsT he sou l of mus ic she d, ’

N ow hang-s a s m ute on T ara’

s wa l lsA s if tha t soul had fle d .

S o sle e ps the pride of fo rm e r days,

S o glory’

s thri l l is o ’

e r

A nd h e a rts th a t on c e b eat h igh for pra ise ,N ow fe e ls tha t pulse no m ore .

Blanda T a re nsis lyra quae sonoro

R e gia s c a n tu re c re aba t o l im ,

N un c sopor c horda s va l ide jo c osa sL angu idu s urge t.

S ic de c u s som no prem itur r e c e n t'

um

T em porum ; land is stre pitusque du lc is

H e u si le t,

firm is an im is, e t o l imL audibus u l tra

95

prob ab i l i ty he c rosse d the c hann e l,and saw whe re the h e a rt

of Princ e H a rry wa s worshippe d upon L ondon Bridge .

F rom va rious o th e r da ta we m ay c on c lude tha t th is v isi tmust have taken pla c e abou t the ye ar 1 309, in the re ign of

the first E dward, wh e n O xford had re a c hedthe ze n i th of itsglory and re nown . C on tem pora ry/ historians te l l us' tha t a tth is t im e th irty thousand young m e n

,e nde a voring to que nc h

th e ir th irst for knowle dge a t the foun ta in s o f O xford,we re

lodging a t the inn s and tav e rn s in the n e ighborhood of the

un ive rsi ty . In the m idst o f th is imm e n se ga theringof l ighth e a rte d E ngl ishm e n

,the m o st a ttra c t ive figure wa s a young

I ta l ian o f m iddle age , who wa s kn own to the c irc le in whic hhe m ove d "

m e re lya s a stude n t o f Padua and Bo logn a , the n,

on a visi t to O xford . H e se l dom u t te re d a syl lab le and

se e m e d to be in a c onstan t re ve ri e,but wh e n e ve r he spoke ,

a l l grew si le n t and l iste n e d to him with a s m uc h a tte n t ion a s

a pagan wou ld h e a rke n to the ora c le a t D e lphi . M ode ra te lydre sse d, of c ourte ous and d ign ifie d m anne rs

,cla sh e d with

"

not a sm a l l touc h o f sarc a sm ,the stoop ing form o f D ante,

a s he wa lke d am ong the buoya n t and ta l l sons of E ngland,m ust have b e e n a nove l ty .

We a lso re ad"tha t D an te

,while m ak ing a se c ond v isi t to

the U n ive rsi ty of Pa ris,h e ld his own aga inst and go t the

b e tte r of fourte e n le arne d oppon e n ts in a th e o logic a l d ispu tat ion ; tha t he took his ba che lor’

s degre e and wou ld have e ve ngradua te d a s m a ste r but for the emp tin e ss o f his purse .

‘ I twa s in the m idst of the vic issi tude s of his long e xi le a nd to i lsom e wande rings tha t - he '

found le isure to c ompose his gre a t“ In fe rno

,whic h a lon e would suffic e to give him a p la c e by

the side o f H om e r,

'

Virgi l, M i lton and the o the r gre a t e p icpo e ts o f an t iqu i ty a nd m ode rn t ime s.

_

We wou ld l ike to m ake a few pa ss ing rem a rks on the'

m ostim portan t of D an te ’

s works, but our t im e ,and spa c e a re

l im i te d,a nd wha te ve r we have le ft un said must b e re se rve d

for a no the r oc c a sion . D an te ’

s e nd-

pre se n ts a s so rrowful ap ic ture a s the e a rly a nd la te r days o f his laborious l ife ; for,broke n down and dishe a rte n e d by his fa i lure s, a fte r longye a rs of e xi le and wande rings, onthe fourte e n th o f S e p temb e r

,1 3 2 1 , he die d of a fe ve r a t R ave nna

,whe re a ll tha t

rem a ins of the I ta l ian M i l ton is c ove re d by'

a m e re tombston e

,.upon which 1 8 insc ribe d a mode st a nd simp le

e p i taph .

96 TH E F O R D H A M M ON TH L Y.

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m ore to c h ie fs and la die s brightT he ha rp o f T ara swe l ls

T he c hord a lon e tha t bre aks a t n ightI ts ta le of ru in te l ls

T hus F re ’

dom n ow so se ldomm ake s,

T he on ly throb she give sI s wh e n som e he a rt indigna n t breaksT o show tha t sti l l she l ive s.

C orda .subsu ltant ne c anhe la . Ple c trumD u lc e te rrarum dom in i's, d e c o risA tqu e m a tron i s m odula tur unquam

C a rm in a voc eM oe sta - fabe llam ta c itis am a ram

Irru e n s c a n ta t te n e b ri s c am oe n a,

A tqu e L ibe rtas juga fe rre sa e va

N e sc ia do rm i t .

TWO L E G E N D S OF S T . P A TR I CK TH E G R E A T P A TR ON O F A

G R E A T P E OP L E .

T .( A . D A L E Y

,

’

9 1 .

I n a l l pa rts of the c iv il ize d world,on the 1 7 th of M a rc h

,

the fe a st o f S t. Pa tric k i s c e le b ra te d with the va ri ous I’

CJO IC

ings a nd fe stivi tie s p e c u l iarto the impe tuous and ge n e rous

c ha ra c te r o f the Irish pe op le . T he o rigin of the c e leb ra tionof th is fe a st d a te s ba c k to the M iddle A ge s to say n o th ingof the m any o th e r proofs of i ts an tiqu i ty, we wil l c i te on e i n

pa rtic u la r. I t is re la te d by an o ld c hron ic le r, tha t ou the

1 7 th of M a rc h o f a c e rta in ye a r, e a rly in the 1 4 th c e n tury,the Irish stude n ts a t the U n ive rsi ty of O xford, the n n um

b e ring abou t on e thousand,a c te d so uproa ri

-ously, and had

suc h a thoroughly jo l ly tim e in honor of S t . Pa tric k,tha t

i t be c am e n e c e ssa ry to a dd a n ew sta tu te to the laws o f theU n ive rsi ty, c oun se l ing Irish stude n ts to c onduc t them se lve son tha td a y

“in a m ore sobe r m ann e r. I t i s a lso re c oun t

e d tha t a t abou t the sam e t im e,a sim i la r -

o c c urre n c e tookp la c e am ong the fun - lov ing a nd pa trio tic Irishm e n a t

'

the

U n ive rsi ty o f Pa ris . T h e se a re a t le a st proofs of the an

tiqu i ty o f our fe a st - day . S o m uc h for the d e vo tion withwhic h this fe a st wa s c e lebra te d in an c ie n t tim e s

,but now a

word abou t i ts m ore m ode rn ob se rva n c e A

T he m ost fam ous

nove l ist o f the nin e te e n th c e n tury. C ha rl e s D icke ns, a fte ra v isi t to Ire la nd, sa id th a t the fe a st o f S t . Pa tric k a s i t i sc e lebra te d th e re surpasse d in a l l re spe c ts the gre a t fe a sts of

the E ngl ish . T hi s fa c t m ay e a si ly be b e l ie ve d,s ince the

Irish,b e ing of a who le sou le d, ge n e rous and im pe tuous

'

dis

posi t ion ,c a rry to pe rfe c t ion any unde rtak ing in to whic h

th e y e n te r .

L e t us c om e n ow to the re a l subj e c t of th is pape r.

A no the r, and pe rhaps the m ost prom in e n t , tra i t o f the Irishis the ir fe rti le im agin a t ion . T he y d e l ight in dwe l l inguponglorious e ve n ts and i l lustrious m e n of the n a tion

,to in te r

w e ave flowe rs o f fan c y with the le ss o rnam en ta l and m ore

substan tia l tru th, thu s form ing a be a u tifu l wre a th o f song.

S uc h a wre a th ha ve the y, by the addi t ion of a few fan c ie so f th e ir own

,form e d from the glorious de e ds of the ir

pa tron a nd the L e ge nds o f S t . Pa tric k , hande d down fromge n e ra tion to ge n e ra t ion ,

appe a r to us to - day, with the irorigina l tru th un im pa ire d , ye t glowing with m a ny flowe rs offanc y, a dde d by m a ny an anc ie n t ba rd .

T h e se be au tifu l lege nds have be e n - happ i ly ve rsifie d by

T he bl ind prie st took‘ tha t infa nt 's ha ndWith tha t sm a ll ha nd above the groundH e . s igned the c ross . A t G od

’

s c omm a nd

A founta in rose with brimm ing bound .

In tha t pure wave from A dam’

s s in

T he bl ind prie st c le a nse d the babe with awe ,

T he n reve rently, he wa she d the re inH is o ld, unse e ing fa c e a nd saw

H e saw the e a rth ; he saw the skie s ,A nd tha t

‘

a ll - wondrous c h i ld de c re e dA paga n na tion to ba ptize ,A nd give the ge ntile s light inde e d .

T hus S e c kn e ll sang. F a r o ff a nd n ighT he c la nsm e n shou te d loud a nd long.

Whi le e ve ry m othe r toss ’

d m ore h ighH e r babe , a nd glorying jo in'

d the song.

M r. A ubrey D e Ve re , who, if not the gre a te st po e t of Our

t im e is, a t le a st, our gre a te st C a tho l ic p o e t a nd a true Irishge n tlem an . M r. D e Ve re b egin s his vo lum e with “

The

Bap tism of S t . Pa trick ; thisl e ve n t he de sc ribe s in a few

sim p le ye t e xpre ssive wor‘

ds the lege nd run s a s fo l lowsH ow c a n the babe ba pt iz e d beWhe re font is non e a nd wa te r non eT hus we pt the nurse on be nded kne eA nd swaye d the infa n t in the sun .

S e c k n e ll wa s a c hristian ba rd tra in e d by S t .Pa tric k him

se lf . M e re ly saying of th is l i ttle le ge nd, tha t i t pre se n ts toour m inds a p ic ture (suc h a s o the r poe ts have de c l in e d to

give ) o f firm fa i th , and of a r e l igious ze a l so gre a t a s to

a c tua te a pe op le a t the m e re re c i ta l o f a hym n in_a sa in t 's

pra ise , we wi ll pa ss to the n e xt,whic h

,sinc e i t is som e

wha t longe r than the first m e n tion e d,we wi l l strive to g

ivea s suc c inc tly a s possib le , in our own words . B e fore we doth is, howe ve r, we wou ld re c a l l to the m ind of the re ad e r thefa c t tha t Pa tric k, from his sixte e n th to his twe n ty - first ye a r

wa s a slave in Ire land . H is m a ste r wa s M i leno,a princ e in

the region now known a s A n trim . Pa tric k e sc ap e d from

slave ry, b e c om e a c le ric,and soon a fte r wa s m ade b ishop ,

TH E F O R D H AM'

M O N TE L Y . 97

and fina l ly a fter re c e iv ing the re qu isi te pe rm ission from

Pope C e lestin e , se t out for the c onve rsion of Ire land . H ere

the lege nd b egins i t is e n t itle d The D isbe l ie f of M ilcho .

”

Pa tric k lande d on the c o a st of .Wic k low.

“ Just whe re a rive r through a woody va leC urving, with dusk ie r c urre nt c lave the se a ,

Pa tric k, the Is la nd ’

5 gre a t inhe ritor,H is pe rilous voyage pa st, ste ps forth and kne ltA nd b le ssed his G od .

H e re for a long t im e Pa tric k kne l t,and offe red up gra te

ful praye rs,

F or a ll the m arve lous c ha nc e s of his life ,

e ve n from those ye a rs of his e a rly m an hood,whe n a s - a

slave within thi s ve ry land,He c om rte d on thills of D ola ra ide

H is hungry he a rt with G od , a nd c le a nse d by pain ,

In exile found the Spirit’s na tive la nd ;

E ve n ing had disso lve d in n ight, and the n ight had re a c he dits m oon ; sti l l the pa triarc h praye d on ; sudde n ly, whe nthe l ight o f m orn ing wa s be ginn ing to brighte n the e a st

,he

he a rd a vo ic e say ing : E re thou be stowe st the gift o f G odupon t h is land, the re is a deb t tha t thou m ust c an c e l .Wh e re is he for whom ,

during five ye a rs, thou d i dst te ntdswin e ? F ind him and

—

to him re ve a l the truth . Pa tric ka t on c e , in ob e die nc e to the in sp ira t ion of . G od se t sa i l forA ntrim . .T he joggn e y from Wic klow to . A n tr im is long,

though M r. D e Ve re by his de sc ription of the Irish co a st,a s

se e n from the ship tha t c a rrie s the sa in t and his,

a'

ssoc iate s,make s it a p le a san t one . T h e y land a t la st a t

l'

S tra -ngford

L ough . H e re the y m ee t D ichu,

“whom Pa tric k c onve rts,

a nd a t whose hom e he m ade a short stay.

“

T he ir c onve rsat ion of te n turn e d to M ilcho

,and the apostle sorrowfu l ly

m ake s known his fe a r tha t M i lcho ’

5 he a rt is a lre a dy too

de eply sunk in d isbe l ie f to b e re tri e ve d . D ichu agre e s

withhim ,and inform s Pa tric k tha t M amm on is the on ly

G od tha t M i lcho knows ; he m ore ove r a dvise s him tha t mo rde r to c onve rt him he shou ld first pave his way with go ld .

Pa trick a dop ts D ichu’

s sugge st ion , and se nds me sse nge rswithpre se n ts to M ilcho , to a nnouncehis com ing.

'

M ilcho

in the m e an tim e had he a rd tha t his in te nde d .v isi tor,wa s no

o th er than his fo rm er slave and, a s is na tura l with an a va ric ion s m a n

,he be gin s to have grave fe a rs tha t Pa tric k ,

is c om,

ing to de prive him of his wea l th . H e“

broods ove r'

this

thought nor is he a lon e in his m usings . T he d e vi l stand s

M ilcho c onse n ts. H e ga th e rs a l l his va st we a l th in to hisc a stle , and the la rge ha l l is fi lle d with imm e nse sta c ks of

re sinous wood .

Which e nde d, to his topm ost towe r he c lomb,

A nd the re in sa t two days, with fac e to south,C lutch ing a bra nd ; a nd oft through c le nche d te e thH issed out, B e c ause I wi ll to d isbe l ie ve

A t the c lose o f the se c ond day he de sc ries S t. Pa tric kand his party approa c hing. H is m ind i s de te rm in e d a t

on c e .t H e fires his house

,and though his fe a r- blanc he d

fa c e i s sc orc he d by the fire , he sta nds- the re grim lyWa tc h ingT he swift c ontagiousm adn e ss o f tha t fire .

A ga in he ha s for c om pany the de vi l, who Whispe rs in his

e a r

Thygam e is now play’

d out

H e nc e forth a bye - word a rt thou- “ rich in youthS e lf begga r'd in o ld .age .

,

A nd Whi le M ilcho ’

s l iste n ing sou l drank in the m e a n ingof the dem on

’

5 words, the roof fe ll m with a c ra shupon a llhis we a l th

,

A nd, loud a s laughte r from .te n thousa nd- fie nds

U p rose the fire

The wre tc h stood for a m ome n t with ou tstre tche d arm s,

T he n forwa rd with “

a w ild be a st’s c ryH e da she d him s e lf into tha t raging flam e

A nd va n ishe d a s a l e a f.

M e anwhile the sm oke of the burn ing c a stle wa s se e n byS t. Pa tric k’s pa rty ; m any and various we re the c on j e c ture sa s to its c a use , m ade by the apostle ’

s fo l lowe rs,

B ut Pa tric k le au 'dU pon his c ros ie r, pa le a s the a she s wa n"

L e ft by a burne d- out c ity. L ong he stoodS ile n t, t ill, sudde n , fie rc elie r soa re d the flam e

R edde n ing the e dge s o f a c loud, low hungA nd a fte r pause , vibra t ion s low a nd stem ,

T roubl ing the burthe n ’

d bosom of the a ir,

U pon a long surge of .the northe rn windC am e up , a m urm ur a s o f win try se a sF a r borne a t n ight . A ll he a rd tha t sound ; a ll _ fe ltO ne on ly knew its im port. . Pa tric k turne dT he de e d is don e ; the m a n I would have save dl s de ad , b e c ause he w il l'd to disbe l ieve .

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dozens of them . F ight ? C a ts c anwhip any th ing but e a c hothe r. S om e t im e s a dog

'

unde rtak e s to whip a c a t,but he is

sorry'

for i t a fte rwa rds, for the dog tha t le ave s the v ic in i ty oftha t c a t in disgust is but a sorry re semb lan c e to the dog tha tb e gin s the fight, e tc’

. T his e u‘logy is, of -

c ourse, in te nde d

for Kansa s C i ty c a ts.

’

T be B runonz’

a n . (Brown U n ive rsi ty) for F ebrua ry ha s

som e e xc e l le n t e d i toria ls on the subj e c t of c o l le ge fra te rn i t ie sand c o l le ge e duc a tion . D igging is a ve ry happy pa rody .

H a rva rd ha s a wre stl ing c la ss .

D r. A sa Gray, the, gre a t bota n ist, d ied a t C am bridge , F e brua ry I .

H e wa s born N ove mb e r 1 8 , 1 8 1 0 ,a nd wa s

,a c c ord ingly , 7 7 ye a rs of age .

H e-wa s one of_ the b e st known A m e ric an sc ie ntists, and he ld the F ishe r

profe ssorship o f n a tura l

’

sc ie n c e s a t H a rva rd for the unbrok e n '

spa c e of

3 1 ye a rs, from 1 842 to 1 873 .

Pre sident C l e ve land ha s a c c epte d the inv ita tion te nde re d him by C or

ne ll to a tte nd the twe n tie th C omm e n c em e n t .T he re is a re port tha t ,

the B oa rd of T ruste e s of the U n ive rsity of

Pe nnsylvan ia have de c ide d to build dorm i torie s .

C ollege m e n m ust

We m ust hav e c ol l ege m e n .

”

Chaun c e y M . D e pew sa id in a re c e n t spe e chcomba t the A na rchists and c omm un ists .

S eve rity se em s to 'b e a c ha ra c te ristic of the F a culty o f the B e rl in .

U n ive rsity . N o t long ago on e hundre d and . e ight stude n ts we re str icke nfrom the ro lls for la ck of d il ige n c e .

”O f this num be r forty - e ight we re

fore ign e rs .

Johns H opk ins’ U n ive rsity now re qu ire s a l l un de rgradua te s to p a ss a ne xam ina tion in gymn a st ics b e fo re ob ta in ing a degre e . Vaulting, jum p ingand s im pl e e xe rc ise s on the pa ra ll e l ba r,

‘

h01 izon ta l ba r and la dde r a re

re qu ire d . The m a xim um m a rk 1 5 thirty - six, of which twe nty is n e c e ssa ryto pa ss .

M iss H el e n Sha fe r, Profe ssor of M a them a tic s, ha s b e e n e l e c te d Pre s ide nt of We ll e sly .

The - truste e s of A de lb e rt C ol lege , O hio , have .c on c lude d tha t c o - e du

c a t ion in tha t in stitution is a fa ilure , a nd have vote d to re c e ive no m ore

young l ad ie s .

C ambridge ha s Won the annua l foot b a ll m a tch with O xford for thethird c onse cut ive ye a r.

C . E .

’ GI L L O N,

’

88 .

A l l are an xiously awa i t ing the ope n ing o f the Ba se Ba l lse a son . T he R ose H i l ls a re in sp le nd id c ondition

,thanks

to the c a re fu l tra in ing of M r. L ync h . T he fo llowing n inewi l l b e put in the fie ld unde r the m anagem e n t of B lun

,

S im pson , co loner '

, C a rm ody,p i ,

~fene r S h e a,1 3 ? ba se , Ki e ran ,

'

2 o’

oa se , Gi l lon, 3d oa se ,Kirby, snor t . slop , Swe e ny, lef f

fie ld C la re , e en lre fi e ld O rph eu s, rigbl fi e lof D onne lly,snosz

‘

i'

ln l e . T he e xpe rie n c e which th e y have _

had toge the r,c ouple d wi th the good c ond i t ion of the ba tte rie s

,shou ld

T he U n ive rsity of M ichigan is m ak ing stre nuous e fforts to bu il d a

gym na s ium .

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T H E SE C O N D A N N U A L C O N VE N T I O N.

O F T H E C E N T R A L IN T E R

C O L L E G IA T E PR E S S A S S O C IA T I O N .

i

T he se c ond n in e is ve ry strong. I ts m embe rs are de

te rm in e d to be a t the R ose H i l ls in the’

ope n ing se rie s .

Ki e ra n,

’

8 7 and Gil lon , ’

88,toge the r with the offic e rs of the

a ssoc ia t ion form "

the e xe c u tive c omm i tte e .

L a tin is m ore popu la r a t H a rva rd than be fore i t wa s m ade option a l .M r . Phil ip S imm s , who d ie d re c e n tly in N ew O rle an s, le ft in his w i ll

a b e que st of to G e oi 'ge town C o ll ege . M r. S im m s wa s n o t a stu

de n t he re . H e wa s born in Charl e s C ounty, M a ryland , but l ive d m ostof his l ife in '

N ew O rl e a n s a s ar m e rcha n t.

T fie R ev i ew ; pub l ishe d ! a t O xford U n ive rs ity, is the on ly c ol l ege

journa l‘

in E ngla nd e di te d by c ol lege unde rgradua te s .

O n F ebrua ry 2 the F a cu lty of Ge orge town reviv e d the o ld_

c ustom o f

da ily M a ss for a l l the stude n ts . S om e -re n yea rs ago the c ustom whichha d pre va i l e d from the earl ie st tim e s wa s abol ishe d

,a nd a tte nda nc e a t

da ily M a ss m ade Op tiona l .[

T he cha nge ha s n e c e ssita te d othe r cha nge s,so tha t n ow the hour of ris ing is a nd the e a rly m orn ing stud ie shavebe e n abo l ishe d .

A s a nnoun c e d in U n i ve rs i ty ,the se c on d a nnua l c onve n tion of the

C e n tra l In te rc oll egia te Pre ss A ssoc ia tion wa s he ld in Philade lphia on the

afte rnoon of Ja nua ry 2 8 . T he fo l low ing pape rs we re re pre se nte d bydel e ga te s : T he P rin ce ton i a n , [Va srau M on t/zly ,

H a ve rf ord i a n , Swa rt/znzore P ficen z'

x, U rs i n us ,

Col lege B u lle tin and the

Col lege S tud e n t . T he offi c e rs for the e nsuing ye a r a re a s fo llows : Pre side n t, M r . H odge , of the P a i n e e ton i a n ; Vi c e - Pre side n t, M r. Geb e rt

,o f

the M uhle n burg M on thly ; S e cre ta ry and T re asure r,'

M r . S ton e,of the

Swa rtnmore P /zoen ix; a nd the E xe cutive C omm itte e , Me ssrs . F ulle rton,

of the N a ssa u L i t . , M usse lm an , o f the q lege S tud en t, a nd E ngla nd ,

o f the H a ve rf ordia n . T hre e n ew pape rs , the D z’

cé inron i a n,F re e

L a n ce a nd P /zi la a’e lp lzi a n ,

w e re adm itte d to m e m be rship . A n able pape r

on the PrO p e r m a te ria l for the'

E d itoria ls o f'

a C o l le ge Pap e r, wa s

re ad by M r . M usse lm a n, a nd on e on the C onduc ting of'

. the L o cal

C olum n .

”by M r. S ton e . A num be r “

of ge n e ra l d iscussions fo llowed there a d ing of

“

the se pape rs, am ong the m ost inte re sting o f which wa s on e

re l a ting to the d iff e re nt m e thods of se l e c ting e d itors for college pape rs.

T he first Sa turday in '

N ovem b e r wa s de c ide d upon a s the fixe d da te forthe future c onve ntion s o f the a sso c ia tion . T he re a re n ow e l eve n c ol legepape rs b e longing to the a ssoc ia tion ,

a nd it i s in te nde d to e xte nd the

m em b e rship un ti l a l l the c o l lege s o f -the M iddle S ta te s a re m embe rs . I f

the N ew Y ork c o l lege s w i ll on ly e n te r he a rtily in to the schem e , it isprob able tha t the conve n tion wi l l ‘

m e e t n e xt N ovem b e r in N ew Y ork

C i ty .

re nd e r the R ose H i l ls able to m m’with a ny am a te ur or

c ol le ge “

n in e in the c oun try . T he c ap ta in c y of the te amwi l l b e

,a s in the pre c e ding se a son, in the hands o f Kie ra n

,

“

’

89 . T he fo l lowing gam e s have be e n a lre ady sc h e du le dA pri l 3d , N ew Y orks a t Po lo Grounds .

-

1 4th, L e nox H i l ls a t F ordham .

1 9th, T rin i ty C o l le ge , at F ordham .

a 6 th,T rin i ty C o l le ge , a t H a rtford .

a 8th,L e h igh,a t F ordham .

M ay 6 th,L e nox H i l ls, a t F ordham .

9 th, R utgers, a t N ew Brun swi c k .

roth,L a faye tte, a t E a ston .

1 9th, R u tge rs, a t,F ordham .

1 00

P U B L IS H E D

B y the S tudents of S t . f ohn’

s C ol l ege , F ordha m ,N . Y .

T E R M S

O n e do l la r a ye a r in advanc e . S ingle C op i e s 1 0 c e n ts . O ne in chbus in e ss a dve rtisem e nts , seve n do lla rs a ye a r. O c c a smna l adve rt 15em e n ts

, 75 c e n ts pe r inse rtion . O ne c o lum n adve rtisem e n ts , seve ndo lla rs pe r issu e . R e a sonable a rra ngem e nts m ade for l e ngthie rnotic e s .

: o :

The yourn al wi l l be publ ished e ve ry m on thduri ng the ten m on ths ofthe schola sti c y e a r .

A ll rem i tta n ces , l i te ra ry c on tri bu tions a nd busi ness le tters shou ld be

a ddre ssed :”F O R D HAM M O N T HL Y ,

"S r . J O HN ’

S C O L L E G E ,

“

F O R D

H A M,N . Y .

E nte re d a t the Post O fli c e,N ew Y ork , a s S e c o nd - c las s Ma tt e r .

B o a r d o f'

E d i t o r s .

WM . H . MCC LI NT OCK,

’88 , Massa chuse t ts , E d itor- in - C hi e f .

’8 8 .— C . E . S IMPS ON , N ew Y ork

, O dist .

P . H . HOPKI NS , N ew Y ork , E xcha ng e s , S a nc tum S a n c torum .

C . A . G I LLON , M a ssa chuse tts , F ordham e n s ia .J . J . B E R RY , N ew Y ork .

’8 9 .— J . F . C LAR E , I l l ino is .J . E . KE LLEY

,N ew Y o rk .

KENYON F O RT ES CU E , N ew Y ork .

’9 0.—F . J . WING ERT ER ,We st Virgin ia .

F P . D ONN ELLY,P e nn sy lv a n ia .

T G A F F NEY T AF F E,N e w Y ork .

’9 l .— F . J . D ONOVAN , N ew Y o rk .

D ._A RE LLANO , C e n t ra l A m e ric a

,2 d D iv is ion R e porte r .

4: J . G EARY , N ew Y o rk .J . D A LY , Pe nnyslva n ia .

G I LB ERT E G AN , N ew Y ork , 3d D iv is ion R e port e r .

C . E . S IMPS ON , B us ine ss Ma na ge r .

C opi es of the M on thly m ay be ha d a t S T U CKA R D’

S n e a r the.

F ordha m

D epot .

M A R C H,1 8 88 .

N e xt M ay wil l wi tn e ss the e ighth c e n te na ry of a grand

O ld inst i tu tion ,the U n ive rsi ty of Bo logna . T he re is a gre a t

de a l of fab le c onn e c te d with the origin of this fam ous se a t

of l e a rn ing, som e c hron ic le rs c la im ing tha t the re a l founde rwa s T h e odosius, the younge r, A . C . 4 2 5. I f th is b e true ,

Bo logna is c e rta in ly the O lde st sc hoo l in E urope , ante - da t

ing A lfre d ’

s“

a c ad em y a t O xe nford by Isis rive r. T he le ga le xiste n c e of Bo logn a da te s from the m idd le of the twe lfthc e n tury . T he c om ing c e le bra t ion b ids fa ir to be the grande st in the hi story o f any c o l le ge . Invi ta t ion s have b e e n se n tto pre s id e n ts o f un ive rsi t i e s a ll ove r the world . C e rta in lythe grand O ld I ta lian sc hoo l ha s c ause for hon e st pride ini ts high trad i t ions, i ts m u l t i tud e o f i l lustrious sc ho la rs and

its world - wid e repu ta tion for so l id le a rn ing. Whe n O xfordwa s a by

- word in E urope for in fe rior sc ho la rship, Bo logn awa s known am ong the le a rn e d a s D oeta B ononia and M a te r

S tudiorum . I t m ight be in te re sting to no te tha t S t. C ha rle sBorrom e o wa s a pre side n t o f the un ive rsi ty, and tha t C a rd ina l M e zzofan ti h e ld the ofl

‘i c e of l ibra ria n .

T H E F O R D H A M M O N T H L Y .

A n in te r- c o l legia te Pre ss a ssoc ia t ion for the E a ste rn sta te swa s organ ize d a t Phi la de lphia . D e le ga te s from n in e c o l

le ge pap e rs a ttende d . Offic e rs for the c om ing ye a r we ree le c te d

,and a fte rwa rds pape rs touc hing the in te re s ts o f c ol

le ge journa l ism we re re ad . I t wa s the O p in ion of a ssemb le dd e l ega te s th a t m embe rsh ip shou ld b e e xte nde d to c o l lege s

,in N ew Y ork, Pe nn sylvan ia and o th e r c e n tra l sta te s. C e r

ta inly the a ssoc ia t ion,judge d from its prin te d c on st i tu tion

,

i s worthy o f a ll pra ise .

as

Gradua te s of’

8 2 wil l be glad to he a r tha t on e o f th e irc la ssm a te s

,Jose ph I . D unn

,won se c ond p la c e in the fourth

ye a r e xam in a t ion a t C o lumb ia M e d ic a l C o l lege ; the c la ssnumbe re d on e hundre d and n in e ty - thre e . A we e k la te rtwe n ty of the b e st in the c la ss e n te re d for a com pe t i t ive e x

am in a t ion ,the m an pa ssing m ost c re d i tab ly b e ing e n t it le d

to fi fte e n m on ths’ prac t ic e a t B e l le vue ; Joe m ay be found a t

Be l le vue for the c om ing fi fte e n m on ths .

N ow tha t the win te r is n e a rly spe n t a nd the snow,we

trust, p e rm an e n t ly stowe d away, som e anxi e ty i s m an ife ste d

abou t the fu ture of the toboggan s l id e . S om e a re inc l in e dto th ink tha t i t m ight b e turn e d in to a tem pora ry grand

stand during the ba se ba l l se a son . We c a nn o t approve of

th is p la n . We wou ld no t have the sl ide,wh ich wa s O p en e d

with suc h pom p and c e rem ony, put to ignob le use s . T henthe re i s the imm in e n t dange r from thre e and four b agge rs

whic h the ba se ba l l m en prom ise u s in abundanc e . L e t the

sl ide stand a s a m onum e n t during the summ e r,and

,if

n e c e ssa ry, wri te on i t a lege nd, te l l ing the ye a r and m anne r

of its e re c t ion H owe ve r,we se e no th ing obj e c tionab le in

hav ing it se rve a s a sort of b a c k - stop for the long flysknoc ke d by L a faye tte , T rin i ty, e tc .

6?

D uring the pa st few ye a rs se ve ra l dozen p lan s for c o l le geba se ba l l leagu e s have b e e n propose d a nd d isc usse d a nd

thrown a sid e . C onsi de ring the re stle ss,sh ifting po l ic y of

som e n in e s and the se lfishn e ss of o th e rs,i t is v e ry d e sirab le '

to rem a in ou t of a ll le ague s. I f,howe ve r

,an a sso c ia t ion of

te n or fifte e n c o l le ge n in e s c ou ld be form e d wi th o rde r a nd

m u tua l und e rstand ing, the in te re st and e n thusia sm in the

n a t ion a l gam e wou ld b e in c re a se d a hundre d fo ld . T he rei s c e rta in ly no honor in winn ing the se rie s in a le agu e whic hd i e s in on e short se a son .

i s

'We l e a rn from the m anage r of the R ose . H il ls tha t theout look for the n in e th is ye a r is brighte r than eve r b e fore .

C ha l le nge s from se v e n c o l lege s have a lre ady bee n re c e ive da nd a c c e p te d . H i th e rto the tra in i ng in the gym na siumse em e d to be rega rd e d a s a n e c e ssa ry e vi l, but th is ye a r it isa p le a san t sight to se e how m an fu l ly e a c h m em be r of the

n in e a nd of the A thle tic a sso c ia t ion goe s through his quo tumo f e xerc ise . Inde e d the pre se n t ye a r se em s fortuna te ina th le tic organ iza t ions .

'

N ews c om e s to us from se c ond

d ivision tha t the Invinc ib le s wil l win a t it le to the ir nam e

b e fo re the se a son i s pa ssed , We can make n o O flflc i a l an

noun c em e n t in re ga rd to the sta tus o f the T yros ; but we

hav e a su sp ic ion , am oun t ing a lm ost to c onvic tion,tha t the

n ew fi e ld and pum p wi l l produc e ba l l p laye rs a t S t. John ’

s

H a l l .

TH E

’

F O R D H A M ..M O N TE L y

S om e tim e ago We sen t ou t le t te rs invi ting o ld boys to

wri te up S t. Pa tric k’s day and Wa shington ’

s b irthday a s oh

se rve d i n th e ir t im e . A s the subjo in e d an swe rs wil l show,

our invita tions re a c h e d the bre thre n a t an un fa vorab lem om e n t . We were disappoin te d, in fa c t we e a se d our fe e lings to the e xte n t of m ak ing dive rs rem arks, h e a rd and

unde rstood on ly by ourse lve s and our ma i l - bag . L e t us re ad

the le tte rsR E A D I N G

,PA .

,F e b . 24th, 1 8 88 .

E di tors F ordham M onthly .

D E A R S I R — Wou ld you had se le c te d on e m ore worthyandbe tte r su i te d to d isc ourse upon so in te re st ing a sub j e c t a sthe pa trio tism of S t . John ’

s,for to d e sc ribe how we c e le

bra te dWa shington ’

s b irth day a nd S t . Pa tr ic k’

s day i s to te l lhow the pu lse o f pa trio tism be a t in our tim e .

is a them e for the po e t, the ora tor and, p e rhaps, the Irish

m an,why, in H e aven ’

s n am e,did you n ot’

choose a H a l laban

,a Mc N am a ra or a F rawle y S ti l l the fa te s have de c re e d

o th e rwise,and I sh a l l hum b ly e nde a vor to gi ve you a few

rem in isc e nc e s of the se two gre a t days a t S t . John ’

s ; trustingtha t the ir ’

sim pl ic i ty wi ll suffic i e n t ly in dic a te the sp iri t of thet im e and show how tru ly p a trio tic we we re .

Wa sh ington ’

s b irthday, a ho l iday, an e xc e l len t dinn e r, adram a t ic perfo rm a nc e ; th is sure lyWa s e nough to m ake e ve ryyou thfu l he art be a t h igh with '

the l ive l ie st fe e l ings of gra titude towa rds the gre a t he ro, the fa the r of hi s c oun tr '

y .

N e ve r shal l the re c o l l e c t ion o f the day, a s spe n t a t S t . John ’

s,

fa de from m y m em ory , and . I fe e l c onfide n t that .the'

rem em

bran c e of i t wi l l se rve to make usgood and loya l A m e ric an s .

M y first S t . Pa tric k’s day'

a t F ordham is sti l l viv id in m y

m em ory . . 1 was th e n on the se c ond d iv ision ,and tru ly i t

wa s a pa trio t ic pa rty tha t a ssemb le d in the study ha l l, on thee ve of the fe a st . T he ve ry “

a tm osphe re o f the ve n e rabl eroom wa s c ha rge d with pa tio t ism . I t h appe n e d tha t the -bil

l iard tab le ha d re c e n t ly b e e n re - c ove re d and the o ld c ove rwa s now b e ing cut up to de cora te the boys . T he .bus

'in e ssof pre pa ring th e se de c ora tions ga ve a pe c u l ia r c

'

ha rm'

of

e a rn e stne ss to the oc c a sion. A t la st S t . Pa tric k’s day dawn edbright a nd fa ir, and the boys appe a re d just a s bright withth e ir gre e n de c ora tion s . A t m a ss B r.

'

M a c é p laye d in sp iringm usic

,an d

,I think

,we a ll praye d we l l ; a fte r m a ss c am e

th e re,too

,

“

we d id honor to the day .

' A n am us

ing inc ide n t o c c urre d in the p layroom ,and a s m uc h a s I

m ay laugh a t i t now,i t wa s n o t wi thou t som e un e a sine ss tha t

“I w i tne sse d it a t the tim e . A you th with a T e u ton ic c a st ofc oun te n an c e and a ve ry un - Irish nam e

“

had the tem e ri ty to

we ar r ibbon in his bu tton - ho l e . O n be ing re proa c he d forsuc h a ssuran c e , '

he m e e kly p le ade d tha t i t wa s in honor of

the sa in t a nd a s a good c a tho li c he wore the ribbon . I n the

a ft e rn oon we a ssemb le d In the study ha l l to hea r the ora to rsand e n joy good m usic and singing . I had a lm ost forgo tte nto m e n tion the d inn e r, whic h , howe ve r, was not forgo tte n a t

the t im e ; and In a ge n e ra l way it is sa fe to re c a l l i t a s a m e a lof a supe rior orde r, a s a l l ho l iday d inn e rs we re , and I hop e ,sti ll a re a t S t. John ’

s.;

In’

the e ve n ing w e had the usua lde l igh tful dram a t ic ente rta inm e n t ; and then c am e dorm i tory

A nd,a s th is

1 01

a nd b l issfu l re pose a fte r '

the e ve n tful day— and with your k indpe rm ission I wou ld wish you the sam e .

R e spe c tfu l ly yours, F E L IX P . KR E M P,'

7 9 .

5&

N EW Y O RK,F eb . 2 3d, 1 888 .

E di tors F ordham M onthly

D E A R S IR S - Y our favor o f 2 0th in st . re ce ive d . C hapo ton

,o f D e tro i t

,wou ld proba b ly give you . ah in te re sting

c on tribut ion on the subj e c ts m e n tion e d in your no te . I'

regre t tha t I c anno t wri te for the pape r, a s I am qui te Out o fWi th k inde st rem em brances to F r. C am p

Y ours truly,A

'

L PIN J . C A ME R O N,

’

6 2 .

the l i te rary l in e . .

be l l and F r. H an ra han,I rem a in

,

H O T E L BR I G HT O N,

A T L A N T I C C IT Y,N . J.

,F eb . 2 2 d, 1 888 .

GE N T L E ME N — Y our favor o f the zoth in st . addre ssed to m e

a t Whi te Pla ins,ha s b e e n forwa rde d to m e h e re , wh e re I

c am e for a t im e in the in te re sts_

of he a l th . I regre t to say,

tha t I h ave no spe c ia l re c o l le c t ion of how the days you

nam e we re obse rve d,and c e rta in ly no t e nough to wri te abou t

th em . I f,a s I pre sum e

,m y sub sc rip t ion is out k ind ly , se nd

b i l l to m e a t Whi te Pla ins,n e xt we e k

,and a wi ll rem i t . C on

gra tu la ting you the suc c e ss o f your pe riodic a l a nd hop ingtha t _youwil l ge t som e pa trio t to pe n you an ac c oun t of thedays you n am e

,be l ie ve m e to b e

,Ve ry sin c e re ly yours,WM . A .

“

D U N PHY ,

’

75.

4 2 EA S T 30T H S T R E E T,

N EW Y O R K C IT Y,F eb . 1 7 th , 1 888 .

T o tko E di tor F ordfiam M ofl tfilyD E A R S I R — Y our posta l re a c he d m e a few hours ago, and

in re p ly to your que stion I c a n simp ly say, tha t we a lways

had a th e a tric a l p e rfo rm anc e on Wa shington ’

s b irthday:one ye ar

— I be l i e ve i t wa s m y first or se c ond a t S t. John ’

s

we had a p lay on bo t1

n da te s tha t you m e n t ion . O n ano th e r“oc c asion , F r. F re em an gave us a m agic lan te rn exhib i t ion

,

S t . Pa tric k’s e ve n ing, the p ic ture s b e ing ve ry am usingly d esc rib e d by the prese nt F r . M c G urk, of N ew Bri ta in, C onn .

O n sti l l anoth e r o c c a sion,the D eba t ing S oc i e ty disc usse d

be fo re the who le c o l le ge , the que stion of S t. Pa tric k’s dayparade s . S o m uc h for the e ven ing. T he days we re fi l le din va rious ways : very fre que n t ly there was a wa lk ing ,

m a tc hin F irst D iv ision gymna sium ,

a round wh ich a saw dust tra c ku se d to b e spre ad . T he se m a tc h e s ve r'

e_ve ry e xc i t ing; e ve ry

m a n had a tra in e r and b e tt ing (c igars an d zcl omne gem /s)ra nhigh . I don ’t know wha t more I c a n a dd

,e xc e p t tha t we

a lways had a good d inn e r, and th a t on S t. Patric k’

s day'

e ve ry on e who wa s,or thought he wa s Irish, sporte d a b it of

gre e n . T here a re,I da re say o the r th ings“ tha t wou ld c om e

to m y min d if I ha d t im e to th ink ove r c o l lege days. B u t

a s my m e dic a l e xam in a t ion s a re n e ar a t hand,I have thought

of no th ing e lse . I am so rry m y in form a tion ha s no t b e e n

m ore in te rest ing a nd spe c ifie d and,with be st wishe s

rem a i n, Y ours ve ry sinc e re ly,J . N . BU T L E R

,

’

84 .

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T f f E F O R D H A M M O N T E L Y .

is to d e c e ive pou l try in to the spe e dy and libe ra l lay ing of

e ggs, whic h i s a c c om p l ish e d by the p e c u l ia r c on struc t ion of

the m a chin e . A t the bo ttom of the n e st th e re i s a trap doorwhic h works on a h inge , b e ing supporte d by _

a spring. T he

mom e n t an egg is p la c e d on th is the trap door ope n s and

le ts i t fa l l through in to a c ushione d apa rtm e n t pre pare d forits re c eption . The c on seque n c e is tha t the b ird, just a s sheis pre pa ring to c a ckl e

, gla n c e s a t the n e st,

' and see ing n o thing, a c tua l ly“

re a son s he rse lf in to the be l ie f tha t she ha s no tla id a t a ll

,and re sum e s he r posi t ion on the ne st

,in hope s of

m ak ing a'

m ore suc c e ssful e ffort . O n the first tria l of thisc urious c on tri van c e be fore the C omm ission e rs of Pa te n ts tote st its virtu e s

,a s ingu la r re su l t was “

a ff e c te d .

'

A la rge iin

porte d R ussi an hen was ‘ loc a te d ’

on the n e st,a nd le ft to

he r m e d ita'

tion sf O n ac c oun t of pre ssing busine ss, the he nwa s forgo tte n un ti l the n e xt day , whe n ,

to the u tte r a ston ishm e n t o f the C omm ission e rs a ha lf - bushe l of e ggs wa s found"

in the c ushion e d chamb e r b e low .

“

T h e re c an be n o doub ta s to the truth of th is story a s we have the a ffidavits of fiv e

Just ic e s of“the Pe a c e who a ffirm tha t the above a c tua l ly didta ke p la c e , and wha t is m ore— but am I not b e c om ing tooga rru lous —Y e t i t is n o t o fte n tha t we e n joy suc h a tre a t .E ven now his m e rry laugh rings in our e a rs bringing ba c kthe ple asure s“ o f an e ven ing whic h wi l l l ive in our m em ory

for m any a day . N E HE MIA H D O D G E , ’

90 .

T H E G L E E C LU B PE R F O R MA N C E .

O n the e ve n ing of'

Wa sh ington ’

s b irthday, F ebrua ry 2 2 d,

the c o l lege Gle e c lub gave an e labora te e n te rta inm e n t to thestude n ts in the first d ivision R e c re a t ion ha l l . T hanks to thee ffo rts o f M e ssrs. S impson ,

”88

,Ke rnan

,

’

88,Sh e a

,

’

88,

H owle y,,

’

88,and D onn e l ly, ’

8 8,an e xc e lle n t stage wa s im

_

provise d and the h a l l de c ora te d in a m ost ta ste fu l m ann e r .

T he programm e wa s e xc e l le n t and va rie d . A fte r the ove rture O n e H e a rt

,O ne M ind, by the Gle e c lub orc he stra

,

M r. C ha s . E . S im pson , ’

88,re c i te d a st irring Wa shington ’

s

b irthday od e,c om pose d by himse l f, whic h re c e ive d gre a t

and m e ri te d app lause .

_

T he an them “A m e ric a

,wa s th en

sung by'

the Gle e C lub Qua rte tte .

“

M r. J . C . M c N e i l ly,’

9o ,

fo l lowe d with an ora tion on“T he

-Pa st of O ur “

C oun try,”de l ive red in a some wha t sp iri tle ss “

m anne r . T he n ew F ordhamC o l lege M a rc h

,wo rd s by M r . C ha s . E . S im pson ,

’

88,and the

m u si c a dap ted by M r. M . H . R o'

se n fe ld,of N ew Y ork

,wa s

the n re nde re d for the first t im e by the Gle e c lub .in fu l lc horus am idst the gre a te st enthusia sm ,

and re c e ive d "

ane m

c ore su ch a s is ra re ly give n to a ny p ie c e ._T he ban jo '

se le ct ion s whic h fo l lowe d ;by M e ssrs .

_ S tre b e B ro s, J . B . H i l l

and H . E c ke l,we re '

re c e ive d with we l l - m e ri te d app lause ,M r . D . C . R e gan ,

’

89 , th e n took the _ hou se by sto rm by his

re nde ring of the re c i ta tion,

“S oc ra te s S nooks

,

”fo r whic h

he was give n a he a rty e ncore . M r. P . H . H opk in s, ’

88,fo l

lowe d wi th the so lo,T he S ong t ha t R e a c he d ‘

M y H e a rt,

which he re nd e re d in a fin e te nor vo ic e with gre a t sp iri t .M r. M . H . R ose nfe ld , of N ew Y ork

,wa s ac c ord e d a n e n

thusia stic e n c ore for hi s re nde ring of a m e d le y e n t i tle d “T he

Ke n tuc ky Ga lopade .

_

M r. W. E . H owley, the n d e l iv

e re d an ora tion on“T he F u ture of O ur C oun try, in a st ir

ring and impre ssive m anne r,whic h c a l le d forth re pe a te d

bursts of app lause from the aud ie n c e . H e wa s fo l lowe d bysom e fine ly e xe cu te d ban jo

,m ando l in and gu i ta r re c i ta ls by

M e ssrs . Strebe Bros. and J.

'B . H i l l . T he fa rc e N a nioer

O ne A round tne C orner,wa s th e n pre se n te d in a ve ry c re d i

tab le m anne r,c on side ring the sl ight am oun t of pre pa ra tion

had by the'

g e ntlem an e ngage d in i t . M r. C ha s . E . S im pson

,

’

88,in the ro le o f N obbl e r

, p e rform e d his pa rt in a v ig

orous and l ife l ike m ann e r,whic h . a l toge the r e xc e e d e d the

e xpe c ta t ion s of the a ud ie n c e . M r. T . G . T a a fe,

’

9o , in the

ro l e of F l ippe r, did n ot do so we l l ; in ton e , a t ti tude a nd

ge sture he was a t t im e s e xtrem e ly m ono tonous . P e rhapsthe wan t o f

_ pre pa ra t ion had som e th ing to do with this ; bu tc e rta in i t is

,he

'

by no m e an s c am e up to wha t wa s e xp e c te dof him . T he fa rc e in i tse lf i s ra th e r a laughabl e on e

,a l

though it is pro tra c t e d long a fte r the de nouem e n t,withou t

any rhym e or re ason . T he o th e r c ha ra c te rs,the S econd

E loor L odge r'

and jirn we re take n by M e ssrs . T . J . Ke rnan ,

’

88,a nd D W. O rphe us, ’

90 T he fina le o f the e n te rta in a

m e n t wa s . H a i l C o lumb ia , by the Gle e c lub in c horus.

T he pe rforman c e on the who l e wa s ve ry c re di tab le ; a nd

m any thanks a re due to M r. We be r,S . J.

,who c on c e ive d

the id e a,a nd t o whom i ts suc c e ss - in a la rge m e a sure i s due .

R um or ha s‘

i t tha t ano the r e n te rta inm e n t by the Gle e c lub,

which wil l ou tshine a ll pre vious e fforts, i s a lre ady on the

tapi s for S t. Pa tric k’

s day . W. H . M c C .

SHR O VE T U E SDA Y E N T E R T A I N ME N T .

O n l l‘

u e sday e ve n ing, F e brua ry r4th, our c o l l ege ha l l wa sthe Sc e n e o f a ve ry e n j oyab le e n te rta inm e n t

,furn ishe d by

M r. M a rsha ll P . Wi ld e r,'

the re nown e d A m e ric an hum orist,

and Prof . H e nde rson,the c e le bra te d il lus ion ist . A fte r the

ove rture,in the fo rm of a p iano du e tt, by M e ssrs. D onovan

and Boylan. Prof . H e n de rson ope n e d fhe e ve n ing’

s e n te rt a inm e n t with a d isp lay o f his wond e rfu l e xpe rim en ts inma gic , a nd suc cee de d duringthe . t ini e in whic h he h e ld the

floor in m yst ifying the m ost wa tc hfu l by his e x tra ord ina rypowe rs in the sle ight - o fhand a rt .

A m ong the m o st no teworthy of hi s m any e xp e rim e n ts wa sthe a dv e n ture s of a h an dke rc hi e f in whic h , having bo rrowedtha t ne c e ssa ry arti c le from on e of the aud i e n c e

,he c u t i t “in

ha lf,reun i te d i t, Lore i t. in to shre ds

,c ause d i t ’ to disappe a r

an d re appe a r _

in an innum e rab le num b e r .of ways a nd fina l lyre turne d i t - to i ts own e r a s he had re c e ive d i t

,without in

j ury . A no th e r ve ry sta rtl ing pe rform an c e wa s the m ann e r

in whic h the profe ssor tOok m on e y from any pa rt of the C lothing or pe rson ,

and in the simp le st m a nne r took any quan

t i ty of m on e y from F a th e r H a nra han to the surp rise a nd

a stonishm e n t of_the sm a l le r boys, who the re upon de sire d a

m ore In t im a te a c qua in tanc e wi th the profe ssor tha t th e y a lsom ight pe rform th is fe a t .N or

.

wa s the e xpe rim e n t of the na tiona l em b lem le ss a s

ton ishing, i n whic h from the torn rem n an t of a flag, he pro

du c e d a num be r of m in ia ture One s,and d istribu te d th em

am ong the b oys a s souv e n irs . Prof . H e nde rson c on c lude dhis p

’

a’

rt of the e ve n ing’

s e n te rta inm e n t wi th the a dve n ture sof a ha t , in whi c h , from a ha t k indly loan e d by on e o f the

“

a udie n c e , he produc e d a rabb i t,

s i lk - handke rc hie fs,

a ny

a'

m oun t'

o f ribbon, pap e r and num e rous o the r a rt ic l e s . M r .

Wi lde r the nm ad e his appe a ra n c e and suc c e e d e d in am us

ing the boys as m uc h a s the y had . be e n m yst ifi e d by Pro f.H e nde rson , fo r during the e n t ire tim e th e re “

wa s no t a so l

em n c oun te n an c e to be se e n am ong th em .

M r. Wi ld e r’

s d ia le c t hum or wa s e spec ia l ly good , and a s

usual tha t un fortuna te and much abuse d individua l, our

1 04: TH E F O R D H AM M O N TH L Y .

A nglo - H ib e rn ian,wa s the subj e c t of a gre a t m any of the

hum orist ’s storie s, his Irish d ia le c t and c h ara c te rist ic Irishphysiognom y be ing e xe c u te d fa i thfu l ly to n a ture . A storyof the sou the rn da rky wa s C le ve rly told by M r. Wi lde r

,i l lus

tra ting the e xu l ta t ion o f an old c o lore d se rvan t in re c oun t ingto on e of hi s b re the rn a vic to ry whic h he had ob ta ined ove rhis m a ste r on the pre c e e ding day, and a l l M r. Wi lde r n e e de dwa s the a ttribu te s of the c o lore d ge n tlem an to c onvin c e on e

th a t the story wa s.inde e d a re a l ity . N or wa s the hum orist’s

ve n tri loqu ism le ss worthy of pra ise , his im i ta tion of a c on

ve rsa tion through the te le phon e , a nd his im agin a ry c o l loquywith a l i t tle girl, with whic h he brought the e n t e rta inm e n t toa c lose

,b e ing c l e ve rly give n . A S PE C T A T O R .

S T . PA T R I C K’

S D A Y E N T E R T A I N ME N T .

A t la st the programm e for S t . Pa tric k ’

s day ha s be e n _

de fin i te ly se ttle d .

A ll the organ iza tion s on first d ivision wil l Comb ine to

TH E A R E N A .

(We h ave re c e ive d m a ny e xpostu la tory le tte rs of la t e ; infa c t

,our m a i l bag brings on e e ve ry we e k . T h e y a re a c c u

m ula ting on our h ands . We c hoose pub l ic a t ion a s the b e stm e a ns o f ge t t ing rid o f th e m .

— E D S .)

S T U D Y H A L L,M a rc h rst .

E ditors : — Wi l l you p le a se l e t m e kn ow the n am e of the

individua l who p lays the a c c ord ia n up th e re ? I’d l ike to

a sk him on e o r two qu e st ion s . Y ours

I t i s on e o f the n in e m u se s,J on a s— M e lpom e n e

,we th ink .

We a re sorry we c an't h e lp you . Whe n the m use b e gin s to

bre a th e , Jona s, you m ay a s we l l l e t he r proc e e d , a s you willd isc ove r if e ve r you a re a ffl ic te d in th is pa rt ic u la r way .

at ar as

R E A D I N G R O O M,M a rc h 3d .

D e a r M essrs . E ditors : — I h e a rd a rum or la st ye a r to the

e ffe c t th a t a ba se b a l l le agu e wa s abou t to b e form e d b e

twe e n L a faye tte , R ose H i lls and othe rs . I th ink tha t if youhad the goodn e ss to se nd som e of your e xc ha nge s down to

the re ad ing room we c ou ld ke e p ourse lve s in fo rm e d abou tth e se m a tte rs . Wha t abou t the le agueL a faye tte ha s form e d a le agu e w i th C orn e l l a nd o th e rs .

In rega rd to the e xc hange s, we wish to pre se rve the m for a

ye a r a t le ast .

'

N Ew Y O R K,F eb . ro th .

N O U N U L L U S .

We c ou ld sim p ly an swe r th a t sc i e n tific m e n a re b e ginn ingto suspe c t tha t po ta to e s we re d isc ove re d by the C hine se theye a r pre vious to the d isc ove ry of gunpowd e r by the same

p e op le .

m ake the da y m em o rab le . F rom the rough ske tc h of the

programm e be fore us,we m ight c a l l the e ve n t a grand dra

m a t ic - Gle e - C lub - ban jo - a thle t ic - c ade t - c e lebra tion . I n the

a fte rnoon of the day the thre e divisions will a ssem b le byspe c i a l invita t ion ,

in first d iv ision gym n a sium . T he a th le ticm e n wil l the n op e n the p e rform a nc e with C lub swinging, se t

to m usic . A fte r th is Prof . S ahulk a wil l do som e in tri c a teand da ring fe a ts on the ba rs ; imm e dia t e ly the re a fte r S e c ondD iv ision Gymn a sium c lub w i l l rush up in a body and e xe

c ute a c a re fu l ly -

pre pa re d programm e . Whi le this a c t is going ‘

on,om in ous sounds from the re a d ing room w i l l C le a rly

ind ic a te tha t the ba njo '

m e n wish to appe a r. T h e re upon ,

am id thunde rs of a pp la use , the ba nj o ists w i l l m a rc h down to

a c on sp ic uous p la c e , b lushing the wh ile . T he n sha l l ste pforwa rd the Gle e C lub ; and th e n a n in te rrup tion duringwhic h the ha lf hour go - a s -

you-

p le a se sha l l have p la c e , e tc . ,

e tc . A grand V irgin ia re e l wi l l c lose the a fte rnoon . T he

D ram a tic A sso c ia tion wil l fi l l up the e ve n ing with a ve ry inte re sting programm e .

E ditors F O R D HA M M O N T H L YD E A R S IR sz— B e fore c om ing to the obj e c t of my l e t te r,

a l low m e to in form you tha t '

I have b e e n a subsc ribe r toyour exc e l le n t pe riodic a l from the tim e wh e n i t wa s firstush e re d in to the world o f j ourna l ism . Y our C hristm a s

numb e r wa s c e rta in ly the b e st sp e c im e n of c o l lege l i te ra tureI ha ve e ve r m e t . B ut a l though I am no t a ve ry shrewdc ri t ic , I de te c te d an e rror whic h I am sure n o on e e l se n o

t i c e d, no twi thstanding the fa c t tha t on e c ou ld se e i t w i thha lf an e ye . Wh i le re ad ing the we l l - wri t te n a rtic le

,

"A

C hristm a s D ay a t C i te a ux,I wa s surprise d to m e e t the

word pota toes in the wri te r’

s de sc ript ion o f a m on a st ic sup

p e r in the twe lfth c e n tury . E urope a n m onks e a ti -ngpota toesm ore than thre e c e n turi e s b e fore the d isc ove ry of Am e ric aWhy,pota toes we re in troduc e d in to F ran c e during the re igno f L ouis in 1 7 8 2 , or the re abou ts. I m ust say, howe ve r

,by way o f c on so la t ion

,th a t A le xa ndre D um a s

,S r.

,

on c e go t an awfu l sc orc h ing from the c ri t ic s for the se lfsam e

in a c c ura c y . Y ours,e tc .

,

TH E F O R DH A M M O N T H L y

F OR D H AM E N S IA .

C . A . GI L L O N ,

'88 .

P R O SPE C T S .

I t is n e ve r sa fe to Comm i t on e se lf to proph e c y, st i l l weve n ture to d e c la re tha t the R ose H i l ls will p lay ba l l th isse a son a s the y n e ve r p laye d b e fore — T he gam e with N ewY orks

,on the Po lo Grounds, wil l b e an e ve n t — T he n e xt

dram a tic e n t e rta inm e n t is m uchta lk e d o f_ -T he Ba n jo C lubwil l probab ly re he arse pub l ic ly Som e tim e n e x t m on th— M r .

J . F a irfa x M c L a ughl in , a rr/a lum nus o f G e orge town C o l le ge ,

wil l l e c ture som e t ime in M a rch— T he prize e ssays wil lproba bly be o f a s

'

upe rlor qua l i ty, judging from the num be r

of e n tr i e s .

- I t' is hope d tha t the a thl e t ic m e n wil l ge t a t

l e a st on e '

dist in c tion in the in te rc o l le gia te c on te st .— A n e x traho l ida y is t a lke d o f som e t im e o r o th e r.

F IR ST D I VI S I O N

T he sem i - a nnua l e le c tion of o ffic e rs took pla c e on F e brua ry 2 2 d ,with

the fo l low ing re sult

B i l l ia rd R oom — Pre s , T . W. C a rm ody,’

90 ; T re a s , D . W. O rphe us,'

90 ; S e c . , M . J . M a lon e y, ’

89 .

R e a ding R oom — Pre s F . J . D onovan,

’

9 1 ; T re a s J . Pe ril la t ; S e c . ,

J . J . B re nna n .

B ase B a l l — Pre s Ja s. I . B la ir,’89 ; S e c . , C . G e o Kirby, ’

88 ; T re a s . ,

J . J . Ke a ne ,

’

90 .

T he gloom which no tic e a bly se ttle s ove r the F ordham youth about

e xam ina tion ,and e spe c ia l ly a fte r

'

a re turn from a p le a sa n t va c a tion ,

~wa s

som ewha t d i spe l l e d -by the e xc i tem e n t of a b il l ia rd tou rn am e n t . T he

in te re st m a n ife ste d a t the beginn ing neve r flagge d during i ts four we e ks’

dura tion , but ra the r in c re a se d with e a ch gam e ; C . A . Gil lon,

’

88,wa s

the suc c e ssful c on te stant , w ithW. H . M c C l in tock,

'

88 , a c lose se con d .

S u itabl e pri ze s we re awa rde d the w inn e rs .

T he m e mb e rs o f the Pa rthe n ia -n S oda l ity re c e n tly e le c te d the fol low ingo ffic e rs fo r the se c ond te rm : Pre fe c t, '

J. .J. Ke an e ,

’

90 ; I st A ssista n t ,R . B . C ushion ,

’

88 ; 2 d A ssista nt,Wm . E . H owl e y ,

’

88 ; S e c ., G . B .

D onn e lly ,

’

88 ; T re a s . , F . A . Winge rte r, ’

go ; S a c rista n , A . V. Amy ,’

88 ;

M usic a l D ire c tor, F . J . D onova n ,

’

9 1 ; L e c tors , T . D . She a ,

’

88 ; D . A I

H anrahan,

’

89 ; C ounc il lors , J. . I . Ke rrigan ,

’

88, J . A . M c Gu ire ,

’

88 , C .

G e o . K irby ,

’

88 , J . J . M c N e i l le y,

T he'

old A thle tic A ssoc ia tion is no m ore , or, a t l e a st, i ts rem na n ts

ha ve be e n ga the re d toge the r a nd a new organ iza tion form e d ; T his iswhol ly d istinc t from the o the r a ssoc ia tion s o f the “

D iv ision,a nd is

'

C on

tro ll e d by the fol low ing o ffic e rs : Pre s , T . D . She a , H . E .

Quac lc e nboss ,’

89 ; T re a s ,

“G . B . D onn e lly, ’

88 . T he c on sti tu tion ha s

be e n m a te ria lly im prove d a nd m a ny im porta n t change s m a d e . M e m

he rship i s l im ite d to twe n ty - five , a nd to b e c om e a m em be r the appl ic antm ust have re a che d a c e rta in stan da rd in som e bra n ch of a thl e ti c s . F our

m e e tings w i ll b e he ld during the ye a r : the first during the e a rly pa rt o f

N ovemb e r, the se c ond imm e d ia te ly be fore the c la ss gam e s , the thirdb e fo re the T hanksgiving gam e s a nd the fourth some tim e b e fore the

inte rc o ll egia te~con te sts . T he orga n iza tion wil l be known as the F ord/tam

A fit[d i e A ssoe i a tion .

O ne o f the m ost m em o rabl e e ve n ts o f the m onthwa s the organ iza tionof a B anjo C lub . Whe n the proje c t wa s first hinte d at i t wa s re c e ive dw i th gre a t en thusia sm ,

“

a nd now_twe n ty o r m ore ba njo ists a re tak ing le s

sons from M r. Streb e , the fam ous ba njo perform e r a nd te a che r . E n te r

ta inm e nts w il l b e e xpe c te d from the c lub whe n.

the m e m b e rs sha l l havebe c om e profic ie nt in the a rt.

SE C O N D D I VI S I O N .

D . A R E L LA N o ,

’

or.

T owa rds the e nd Of F e brua ry,M r. E dm und'

R ign e y, la te o f T hirdD ivision

,be c am e a n a tura l ize d C i tiz e n of S e cond O ur l i l iputian bre th

re n m ust m ournthe loss, for he wa s on e of the b e st b a ll p laye rs am ong

them .

A t the a thle tic sports of the 2 2 d re gim e nt, which we re he ld on the

eve n ing of F e brua ry I I , ou‘

r re prese n ta tive s in the 50 - ya rds da sh w e re

qu ite Suc c e ssful . ‘ E a chwon in his re spe c tive he a t.She a .

’

88 , a nd Qua c k e nboss ,’

89 , re pre se n te d F ordham-

a t the I n te r

c o l legia te A thle tic A ssoc ia tion , ou F ebrua ry 2 5.

R e v'

. F . B a rnum,S . e n te rta ine d the boys on the 1 4 th inst. H e ha s

trave l l e d v e ry e xte n s ive ly throughou t the S outh,an d his a n e c do te s of

southe rn l ife we re ve ry am us ing. H e ke pt our a tte n tion for ove r a n

hour w ith in te re s ting sto rie s of_

his e xpe rie n c e w i th sn a ke s , he n s, e tc .

i

T he Shrov e tide e n te rta inm e n t,though not the outc om e o f hom e

ta le nt,wa s

,n e ve rthe le ss, m ost e njoyable . M r. M a rsha l l Wilde r wa s

e n core d rep e a te dly , and a t e v e ry n ew a ppe a ra n c e he had som e thing b e tte r tha n the la st. A de ta ile d a c c oun t of the e n te rta inm e n t wi l l be found

in a nothe r.

pa rt of the pape r.

T he e n te rta inm e n t lgive n “

by the Gle e C lub on Wa shington ’

s B irthdaywa s m em orab le inde e d . T he re ade r is re fe rre d to a glow ing de sc riptionunde r M on t/zly B u l le ti n .

U p to da te on ly the Pre side n t of the B a s e B a ll A sso c ia tion ha s ‘

be e n

e le c te d . T his wa s don e by ba l l’o t , qu ite an im prove m e n t on the a c c la

m a tion'

m e thod . T he cho ic e fe l l upon M r . C ushing,

'

who is c e rta in ly a

ge ntl em a n c a p ab le o f d ischa rging w e l l the dutie s of this im po rta n t o ffic e .

I n the fi rst we e k o f F e bruary , the'

S oda l i ty he ld i ts sem i - a nnua l e l e ct ion o f o ffic e rs for the n ew te rm .

'

T he fo llow ing ge ntl em e n we re the

suc c e ssfu l cand ida te s : Pre fe c t , F . P . D onne lly . ,90 ; I st A ss ista nt,

’

T hos . J . C umm ings , ’

9 2 ; 2 d A ss ista n t, D a v id A re lla n o ,

’

9 1 ; I st L e ctor,M . L e nnoir,

’

9 1 ; 2 d L e c to r, R . D oo le y , 9 2 ; S e cre ta ry a nd T re a sure r,P . Qu in ,

’

9 1 ; a nd S a c ristan , Ja s . C a l la n a n , E ng ,

’

oo .

T he B i ll iard a nd R e a d ing R oom A sso c ia tions ha ve ope n e d the se c ond

te rm w i th the two '

fo llowing bo a rds of o ffic e rs, re spe c tiv e ly : Pre s ide n t ,D . A re ll a n o ,

’

9 1 ; Vi c e - Pre s ide n t,M . L e nnon ,

’

9 1 ; O ffi c e rs , Thos . C um

m ings .

’

9 2 , E d . We'in ,

’

QI , a nd W. F l e e twood'

,E ng. , 9 1 . Pre sid e n t

,

R . C a rm ody ,

’

9 2 ; Vic e - Pre side n t , Wo'

ol le y , ’

92 ; O ffic e rs , R . D oo le y ,

’9 2 , Juo . M cM anus,E ng.,

’

9 1 , and Jn o . M cD e rm o tt, E ng ,

’

90 .

T he ba se ba l l se a son giv e s hop e s o f b e ing qu i te a prosp e rous on e .

We le a rn from the Pre side n t o f the A ssoc ia tion tha t e a ch a nd v e ry on e

am ong us ha s a ppl i e d fo r adm iss ionA l though the I nvin c ib le s have no t a s ye t re o rga n iz e d for the spring,

som e o f our b a se ba l l e n thusia sts spe nd the ir re c re a tion playing w i th ba ta nd ba ll on the c am pus .

T ha nk s to the e n e rgy o f our pre fe c ts , we ha ve a t la st se c ure d a su itab le

“

pla c e to c a tch a nd p re p a re fo r the ba se ba l l se a son . C urta ins hav eb e e n hung up on e i the r side o f our gym n a sium ha ll , and there is no

longe r da nge r of dam aging w indows .

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T he b ill ia’

rd tourn am e n t is now draw ing n e a r to i ts c lo se . T he c l im a xof e xc item e n t wa s re ache d whe n M e ssrs . C a rm ody a nd Vil la , who ha dbe e n winn ing vic tory a fte r v ic tory , c am e to m e a sure swords .

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T he gam e

wa s ve ry c lose un ti l M r . Vil la go t the b e tte r o f his a dve rsa ry ,whom he

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sudden ly found myse l f fa c e to fa c e with B a l lade O f the

Um-atta inabl e .

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The book s I cannot hope to buy ;T he ir p hantom s round m e wa ltz and whe e l

T hey p a ss b e fore the dre am ing e y e ,

E’

e r s le ep the dre am ing ey e‘

can se alf.

A ki nd O f li te rary re e l

They dan c e ; but fa i r the bindings shine ;Prose c annot te l l them what I fe e l ,

The books tha t ne ver c an be m in e 12 e tc ;

I wa s so p le ased with this tha t I de term in e d to lookthrough your othe r books, whi ch sam e I did, with m uchprofit to m yse lf and gre a t change O f op in ion in regard to

you . I have wr itte n this l e tte r to you a s an a c t of reparation . Wishing you suc c e ss in se cur ing the books , wh ich a tpre se nt you

“c annot hope to buy,” I rem a in , de ar M r . An

drew L ang (it sounds poe tical n ow).Y our devote d admi re r,

T o M r . H R . H a gga rd

D EAR S IR — A fte r re ad ing and adm ir ing qu ite a numb e r O f

your work s, and de te rm in ing a fte r re ad ing e a ch one to wr iteto you for inform ation about it, I final ly de c ide d to se ekin form a tion c onc e rn ing the one wh ich p le ase d m e

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m ost,“King S olom on ’

s

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M ine s . I suppose you wi ll th ink theon ly information I se ek i s the e xac t loc ation of those fam ousm ine s, and the e a sie st way to ge t the re . B u t a lthough thegl itte ring gem s have th e ir a ttra c tion for m e as for m any

othe r s, I wou ld rathe r sit qu ie tly in the shade and re ad yOur

thri l l ing de script ion of the hardships and suffe rings thatm e n unde rgo in se arc h O f them , than se arch myse l f.

I I I

S in c e re ly yours,S O LOM O N R EX, JR .

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[L e tte rs to authors m ay be sent through u s . We wi l l se eabout the an swe ri ng. W. H . M C C .

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R U D O LPH O F D R AOHEN FE LL S H A TAL E O F EASTE R TID E

T . A . B A Lr,’

91 .

R AN OH E N FE L L S , the c a stle , re stsF i rm on the towe ring m oun ta in - cre sts,

And storm and tempe st stoutly bre asts’T is vin tage tim e _on the r i t e/

_R hine ,

G a ther the grap es in— rna ke the wine .

S trong are i ts wa lls though he arand gray,B y Kar l the m ighty bu ilt the y say ,

C oun t R udolf n ew doth hold fu l l sway .

R udolphwent as a red - cross kn ight

F or Chri st’

sdea r sa ke to the holy fight.

T O - day he c om e s with his trusty bandF rom he a then e sse ‘

whe re hi s strong right handSm ote the p aynim in H oly L and.

A happy day a t D raehenfe lls,F ire the bea con— r ing the be lls.

I n your in troduc tion to th is book you de c lare i t to be a

story withou t a wom an, e xc ept two whom you n am e and

spe ak O f in such a way a s to le ad the re ade r to be l ie ve themto be m e re supe r

- num e rarie s or e ve n le ss than tha t . B ut in

the'

story'

i tse lf t h ey both. p e rform qu ite important parts,

ina sm uc h as one of them so c apt ivate s, by he r be au ty, anE ngl ish c ap ta in , that a t he r de a th he she ds te a rs

, wh ic hnothing e lse , un le ss i t we re the loss O f his single eye

-

glass,c ou ld produc e . Wha t und e r the sun , e xc ept wom an

, c an

produce such'

e ffe c ts a s the se .

T he n the oth e r, a lthough I doubt i f any m an would throwh im se l f at he r fe e t, c ry ing “ O E the re a l G a ze l le ,” or

,

“0

m ost B e au te ous D am se l ,” sti l l he ld an importan t part in thepi e c e sinc e . i t wa s she who Ope n e d the se cre t chambe r to

a l low the thre e tre asure se e ke rs to e nte r and c arry O ff,i f

they c ou ld, the gold and pre c ious stone s . And now s inc ethe se two p e rform s uch im portan t parts in the p ie c e , whysp e ak so l ightly of th em in your in troduc ti on . T h is muc hfor the wom e n . N ow I wou ld l ike to a sk a few que stionsabout the E ngl ish c apta in . Whe n the poor m an i s toi l ingove r the sc orc hing sands O f A fr ic a , c loth e d in an eye gla ss a

wh ite shirt and a pa ir of shoe s, why no t, in the l in e of m orec loth ing pu t an oxid ize d - s i lve r he ade d c a ne in hi s handand aga in , s in c e the c apta in wa s so fond of d1 e ss and jewe lry, why i s i t that he doe s not at l e a st tak e on e of the m any

large br i l l iants , withwh ic h to ado1 n his sh irt fron t and da zzl e the eye s of hi s L ondon fr ie nds wh e n e ve r he v isite d theOpe ra ? H av ing aske d a ll 1 c are to know a t pre sen t conc e rning this book, and hoping you wil l answe r wha t I havea ske d,

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I rem a in,

1 1 2 TH E F O R D H A M M O N T I JL Y .

T o D ra che nfe ll s this Apr i l m ornThe va ssa ls hav e c om e a t c a l l O f hornL oud through the e choing m ou nta in s borne .

We lcome the p ri nce : echo hi ll,echo foa le

E cho 'oa le , e cho hi ll — C oun t R udolf , ha i l !

S O F re de r ick sounde d the bugle cal l ,L ith e of body , sturdy and ta l l ,H im R udolph had le ft to guard hi s ha l l .

F rederick , henchm a‘

n lea l and true ,

G a ther the p eop le unto you

F a i th to our lord le t us p le dge an e wI n win e as re d a s the b lood he drewWhe n he smote the he a the n , through and .through.

F i ll the bea kers— p ea l the be lls

F or R udolf , coun t of D ra chenf e lls.

S o F re de rick spak e a t his comm and

The fe a st i s spre ad with lavish handF or the we ary lord a nd hi s we ary band .

D ra chenf e lls by the ric e r R hin e ,R i ch in true m en

,r ich in u i ne !

The vassa ls wa i t in the c rowde d ha l l,The sun i s low, gre a t shadows fa l l ,Whe n ,

hark ! from withou t a '

bugl e - c a ll .H e comes, _

he comes wi thhis wea ry band,

F rom hea thenesse a nd H oly -L and

D own fe l l the draw- bri dge , wide fl ew the ga te ,

Withou t two sad - fa c e d he ra lds wa itT he ir look s be spe ak C oun t R udolf’s fa t-e .

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A woef ul m e in a nd a sorry guest

B ode i ll, I trow,to a happy f ea st.

F rom H oly L and we bring sad word,The he ra lds sa id, “

thy nob le lordWa s stri ck e n down by a payn im sword .

0,true hea rts weep

!go toll the be lls

F or R udolf , coun t of D ra che nf e lls.

F u l l twe n ty ye ars had c om e a nd p a sse d'

S in c e F re de rick b lew the bugle - b lastT hat e c hoe s wok e in the m oun ta ins va st.

E choes wok e in the green -wa lled de lls,

C a lling the p eop le to D ra chenf e lls.

M a ss has b e e n sa id this E aste r D ay ,

Whe n slowly up the moun ta in wayL abors a p ilgrim O ld and gray.

Who wanders he re in the hea t of noon

Wi thsca l lop - she ll a nd sa nda ll shoon .9

F or C hrist’s an d our L ady’

s sak e ,”he sa id.

G ive a poor p i lgrim re st and bre ad.

The warde n honore d this hoary h e ad .

R est thee , p i lgr im ,rest, norf ea r,

L ea l a nd tru e m en gua rd thee here .

Quoth F re de rick tak ing the O l d m an'

s hand ,

T hou ha st dwe l t,” G od wo t, “ in H oly L and,H e arde st thou aught o f R udolf’s ba nd ?The p i lgrim rise s, hi s bosom swe l ls,

“I amR udolf of D ra che nfe l l s.”

F i ll the bea kers— p ea l the be lls

F or R udolph, lord of D ra chenf e lls.

T H E F O R D f I A M M ON T E L Y .

OWAR D S the m idd le O f the s ixte en th c e n tury, a

m ovem e nt wa s se t on foot in F re nch l ite ra ture wh ichhad a large fo l lowing in i ts day, and the e ff e c ts O f

which have laste d e ve n to the pre sen t tim e . The m ovem e ntand its prom ote rs are known a s the P l é iade , a n am e wh ich,in c on se que n c e O f the c lass ic a l fe ve r O f the tim e ,

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wa s give n ,

as the word ind icate s, to se ven m e n : R onsard, D u B e l lay,B e lle au , B a i f, D aura t, Jode l le and P on tus de Tyard .

T he se m e n form e d the fam ous svn dic a te for the purp oseof p la c ing the F re nc h language a nd taste s on an e qu a lfooting with the anc ie nt c lassic s O f G re e c e and R om e .

The ir m e thod O f proc e e d ing wa s first a c are fu l study and

im ita tion O f the c lass ic s, and the n the app l ic a tion O f the

e xpre ssions and ide as gle an e d from the pagan a u thors tothe F rench . T he ir m a in Obje c t, to ac e rta in exte n t, undoubte dly fa i le d, but we must adm it that the ir grounds we rep erfe c tly hon e st. H owe ve r , the m e thod and c ourse

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of

a ction pursue d by the m ha s produc e d a gre a t change in thel ite ra ture and le tte rs O f the ir own

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c ount-ry— a change wh ich

has give n a large r vocabu lary and a m ore var ie d sty le O f

e xpre ssi on to the produc tions O f F re n ch authors ; but, abovea l l, i t gave to the future ge ne ration s O f poe ts and l ittéra te urstha t grac e

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and s imp l ic ity wh ic h has c re a te d imm orta l ity fora H om e r and a H orac e . I n c onside r ing the se fa c ts, wec annot say that the fa ithfu l band fa i le d e n tire ly in i ts

unde rtaking.

O ne -

O f the ch ie f prom oters of the P le i ade was P ie rreR onsard, known in his own tim e a s

,

the Pr in c e O f P oe ts.

H e was'

b orn a t,

L a Po issonn iere, a town on the bank s of

the R iver L oire,in 1 524 .

_H is fa th e r had long b e en the

fa ithful se rvan t O f.

F ranc is 1,and the boy R onsard a lso , a t

the age of ten , ga ine d favor for himse lf a t court, and was fora long t im e attache d to embass ie s in G re a t B r ita in , S cotlandand othe r na tion s . This sort O f l i fe , howe ve r, was for himve ry short, for, when sti ll a m inor , he c ontra c te d a se ve re

i l ln e ss, wh ich re nde re d him inc apabl e O f pe rform ing his

c ourt_

dutie s . H e was n a tura l ly ve ry amb itious, and duringthe long hours Of sol itude , c onfine d to his room

,he strove

to al le v iate hi s suffe r ings by a d i l ige nt study of the an c ie n tc lass ic s . I n tim e

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hi s sickn e ss pa ssed away,, but, sad to say,

i t re ndere d him a lm ost tota l ly de a f. H e c ould not e n te r

upon the du tie s O f c ourt'

aga in , so , for con sola tion , hede c ide d to study l ite rature . H e p la c e d h im se lf unde r

D aurat, a fam ous scholar and te a cher O f“

the tim e,a t the

C ol lege C oqu e re t. H e re he rem a in e d two ye ars, and he rehe m e t a s

"fe llow- studen ts, D u B e l lay, B e l le au and B a i f, who ,

with him se l f, D aurat, J Ode l le and P ontus de Tyard, a s were c e ive from author ity m ost ge ne ra l ly a c c ep te d , afte rward

form e d the Pl éiade . R onsard and D a_

B e l lay we re i ts chie fprom ote rs, and they ga ine d m Ost of the

_honors wh ich we re

at that'

tim e and a t a li ttle late r p e r iod showe re d upon i tsm emb e rs and the ir produc tions . The first pub l ic a tion O f

any work O f the soc ie ty wa s that O f D u B e llay’

s“D efense

e t I l lu stra tion de la L a ngue

The pr inc ip le s : and argum e nts se t forth in this produc tionare var ious . H e avows tha t '

the form s O f l ite rature then in

vogue we re too l ight and c omm on,and tha t the n e c e ssary

am oun t of labor wa s not given by authors in the produ c tionof the ir works . H e re comm e nds the sty le O f the an c ie n ts,and pr inc ip a l ly, for poe try, the ode s of H ora c e . T h is wasfol lowe d by the first re al issue O f the P lé iade , sprung fromthe ve ry pr in c ip le s upon wh ich the soc ie ty wa s base d, in the“

shape of a volum e O f poem s fromthe p e n O f R onsa rd , wh ichwe re pub l ishe d in 1 550.

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B e twe e n th is pe r iod and 1 560,

m any produc tions O f R on sard c am e in to pub l ic ity, am ongwh ich a re his H ym n e s

”and a numbe r O f othe r poem s, a ll

of which we re [ubli she d in one volum e in 1 560. In the

m e an tim e R on sard was ga in ing gre at favor a t c ourt ; and

i t i s n o wonde r , inde e d, that he wa s so fam ou s in his own

tim e , when we con s ide r the fa c t tha t hi s popu lar ity proc e e de d d ire c tly from the ve ry

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throne itse l f. O ne ye ar

b e fore hi s de a th, which oc curre d in 15 85, he repr in te d a l l ofhis works, with a gre at m any a l te ra tions, wh ich, a s we le arnfrom the be st c omm e nta tors, d id not im prove th em in the

le a st . H is poe try has be e n ve ry seve re ly c r itic ize d, but byfa ir and im partia l j udge s he is sa id to have one or two

pr inc ip a l fa u lts , the m a in '

On e O f wh ich i s tha t, throughou this work s , the re are not se e n the true touc he s of the m a ste r

hand, such as gave to Virgi l and H ora c e so fixe d and

p e rm ane n t a p la c e in the firm am e n t O f l ite ra ture and poe try .

O n the whole , th e re are few poe ts who have ga in e d m orefam e and have m e r ite d i t so we l l a s P ie rre de R onsard .

A lthough R onsard i s the m ost prol ific O f the poe ts of thePl éiade , DuB e l lay is c ons ide re d the be st. H is works, i f wedo not cons ide r bu lk and range , are far supe ri or to those O f

R on sard ina c cura cy, de l ic a cy and swe e tn e ss . H e wa s bornin 1 52 5, and d ie d in 1 560. H i s l ife was short and “ fi l le dw i th b itte rn e ss,” but he sti l l l ive s to day, and wi l l l ive in them em ory O f poste r ity for c e n tur ie s . H is fine st work is sa idto b e the prose compos ition ,

“ L e s A n tiqu i tés cle R om e .

”

H is poe tic a l produc tions are ch ie fly sonn e ts a nd O de s,am ong

wh icha re hi s fam ous “ S onn e ts to O live ” and his Va n

n eur . H e i s note d for his gra c e a nd s im p l ic ity, wh ic hqua l itie s are b e autiful ly e xemp l ifie d in hi s Va n n e ur .

T h is, for be a uty and gra ce, has n e ve r b e e n surpa ssed nor

e ven e qu a le d, e xc ept, pe rhaps, by R emy B e l le a u’

s A vr i l .”

Thi s poem “

has p la c e d its au thor on an e qua l footing, insom e re spe c ts, with D u B e l lay ; but we think in his othe rwOrks DuB e l lay undoubted ly holds first p la c e .

O f R emy B e l le a u l ittle c an or shou ld b e sa id, as we

in te nde d m e re ly to give a short a c count O f the l ive s and

prom ote rs O f the P l é iade . A s wa s sa id, his poem A vr i l

i s e qua l to som e of the produc tions O f D u B e l lay and a lsoR onsard ; but, on the whole , he c annot c omp are with them .

H e la cks the ir.lofty se n tim e n ts and i s entire ly too l im ited in

his. range . Am ong hi s virtue s m ay be c la sse d his la rgevoc abu lary and e xpre ssions born O f the ve ry pr inc ip le s ofthe P l éiade .

A l l of,the othe r m em b e rs

,withbut on e “

e xc eption (D aurat,who was c a l le d the

,

dark star, be c ause he produc e d noth ingO f im portan c e ), have le ft us som e toke n O f the ir partic ipation and m em be rship in the P l éiade . B ut non e of the irproduc tions i s so wide ly re ad and pra ise d a s are those O f

R onsard and D u B e llay, to whose studie s, ta le nts and labors

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an te st'

a tumu lt arose , wh ich Ambrose wa s c a l le d in to que ll .in his appe aran c e the cry wa s ra ise d, “Ambrose , B i shop Irhichwas imm e d ia tely taken up by the m u lti tude , and a l

hough he prote ste d that he was n ot baptize d, and e ve n tookO fl ight, he wa s soon appre he nded , and hav ing r e c e ive d b api sm , was, se ve n days la te r, inve ste d with the b ishop’

s‘

offic e .

I n hi s subse que nt c are e r he d isp laye d the sam e dauntle ssO urage and stre ngth O f chara c te r which had chara c te r ize d[i s form e r l ife . I t is re la te d O f him that at one tim e the

Empre ss Justini anadem ande d the Portian C hurch O f M i lan'

O r the Ar ians , and _he , to save i t from her hands, rem a in e d

n the e d ific e with his congrega tion for five days, and su s

;a ine d the ir e n thus ia sm by the s inging O f hymns O f his ownom position,whi le without the bu i ld ing was surrounded with; O ldi e ry . H e e nde d his brave l ife on the 4th O f Apr i l, 397 .

U nfortun ate ly, the authorsh ip O f m any O f hi s poem s is

i i spu te d . H oweve r , we pr in t a few stanzas of a ve ry cre d it).ble tran s lation , by M rs . Char le s, of the E a ste r hym n beginning, “H i c e st di e ve rus D e i

,

”the c re d it O f which is un

doubte d ly give n to S t . AmbroseT his i s the ve ry day O f G od

S e re n e w ith holy light i t c am e

I n whichthe stre am O f'

sacre d b loodSwep t ove r the world ’

s crim e and sham e .

L ost sou ls with fa ith onc e more i t fi lled,The da rkne ss from b l ind e ye s d issolve d, ‘

H a l le lu jah gWhose load O f fe ar too gre at to y ie ld,S e e ing the dy ing thi e f ab solve d .

C hanging the cross for the rewardT ha t mom ent’s fa ith Ob ta ins hi s L ord ;B e fore the just hi s sp ir it fl ie s ,The fir st fru its e n te r Para d i se .

B e twe e n-

Ambrose andhis suc c e ssor as an author O f Chri sti an poe try, Ve nan tius F ortun a tu s , two c en tur ie s e laps e d .

F ortuna tus Wa s born in'

Ven e tia , about the ye ar 530. B e

twe e n the se two -m e n a gre a te r d iss im i lar ity O f chara c te rcou ld not have e xisted . The on e ste rn and de te rm ine d ; the .

othe r gay and'

O ften fr ivolous . F ortunatus pu rsu e d hi s

stud ie s a t Rave nna , and was note d for hi s le arn ing . H e i s

m en tione d as b e ing on e O f the la st poe ts to whom L a tin wa sa m othe r tongue . H is e ar ly l i fe wa s spen t in wande r ingfrom c a stle to c astle , wh e re his l ight he art and poe tic a l gen iusa lways m a de him a we lcom e v is itor . H aving c rosse d intoF ranc e , he b e c am e a c qua inte d with Que en R adegunda , and

a s an outgrowth O f the ir fr ie ndship, he e nte re d a m ona ste ry N O T VO i C G 02m S ing, 11 01‘ he art c an fram e ,

wh ich she had e stab l ishe d a t Poic tie rs . The r igorous andN or c an the m e mory find

a e sthe ti c l ife pra c tic e d he re se em s to have som ewh a t se ttle d A swe e te i sound than Thy bIe S t name ,

his fr ivolousprope nsity, for whil e here he wrote those be au ti0’ S a v1our O f m ankm d'

ful hym n s,“Ve xi l la R egis P rode unt The R oya l B ann e r s

F orward G O P ange L ingua G lor iosa ”S ing, My T ongu e

the G lor ious and S a lve , F e sta D ie s H a i l , F e sta l

I n 599, F ortun atus re c e ive d the B ishopr ic of Poic ti e rs, andd ie d a fte r about te n ye ars s e rvic e in that _

capa c ity . We ap

p end a few stanzas from a translation of hi s “S avl e , F e sta l ,D ie s

H a i l day o f days i n p e a ls of pra i se ,Throughout a ll age s owne dWhe n C hrist, our G od, he l l’s emp ire trod, a 11

And high o ’

e r H e ave n was thron e d .

T hi s glorious m orn , the World new born,

I n ris ing be auty showsH ow with he r L ord to l ife re store d,H e r gifts and gra c e s rose .

The e arl ie r poets se em to have b e e n un consc ious O f the m ar

velous fle xib i l ity of the L a tin tongu e , for am ong them we findno attem pt a t rhym ing ve rs ific a tion ; not tha t the knowle dgeO f rhym e had not a lre ady e xiste d and b e en pra c tic a l ly use d

be fore the tim e O f the poe ts m e nt ione d above , for we c ou ldc on c lusive ly prove , on the au thor ity of Archb ishop T re nch,tha t i t had b e e n used by the e ar ly R om an poe ts . S t. H il ary,O f the fourth c e n tury, wa s the first -C hr i stian poe t whom we

know to have wr itte n in rhym ing ve rse , and then c e we c an

fol low i ts use down to the twe lfth and thirte e n th c e n tur ie s .

The fol lowing ve rs e s, the author O f whi ch is unknown , furnish e s us with a b e a utifu l e xamp le of the fle xib i l ity and har

m ony O f t he L a tin tongue . The trans la tion i s by the R e v .

E . A . Wa shburnPone luc tum . M agda le n a , Wip e the te a r drops from thineE t se re na lacrym a s ; e y e s ;

N on e st jam S im on is c o e na , S ti l l thy sorrow, M agda lena ,N on c ur fl e tum e xpr im a s, N o t a t S im on ’

s board thouC ausae m i l le snnt l ae ta ndi , k n e e l e st,

C ausa e m i l le e xultandi . Pouring thy re p e n tant sighs .

H a l le luia A l l w ith thy glad he art re joic e s,A l l things sing with happyvoic e s .

I n the l i fe O f S t. B e n ard of C la irvaux, we have , pe rhaps,the m ost in te re sting study O f the hym nologists of the twe lfthc e n tury . B orn in the ye ar 1 091 , o f a

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n oble fam i ly O f B ur =

gundy, he e nte re d the m ona ste ry O f C ite aux a t,the age of

twe n ty two . H e re wa s prac tic ed the s e ve re st asc e tic ism O f

any O f the c on temporan e ou s m on a ste r ie s . T hre e years late r ,b e , with twe lve of hi s a ssoc ia te s , wa s se nt out to found a n ewhouse , and having se ttl e d in the Va l ley - O f Wormwood

, in a

few ye ars they tra nsform e d this de sola te tra c t of land in tothe b e au tifu l Va l le y of (

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la irvaux,and in this n ew re tre at hi s

five broth e rs and fa the r soon j oine d him . H e le ft u s muchpoe try, and we pr in t an e xtra c t from a transla tion by the

R e v . E dward C aswe l l O f on e of his hym ns, wh ich we th inki s a fa ir examp le of the othe rs

J e sus , the ve ry tho-

ught o f T he eWi th swe e tne ss fi l ls m y bre ast

B ut swe e te r farThy fa c e to se e ,And in Thy pre se n c e re st.

Whi l e C lairvaux, unde r the prote c ting influenc e O f S t . B e n

ard ,wa s flour ishingin the vigor of its youth , C l-uny, i ts r iva l

m on aste ry, was subj e c t to the m i ld rul e O f Pete r the Ve n e r

ab le . H is ge ntle and y ie ld ing chara c te r was not a t a ll in ac

c ordanc e with tha t O f S t . B en ard, who d id not he s ita te to inform him O f his d isapprobation ,

and a t var ious tim e s a c cu'

se d

P e te r O f too gre at indu lge nc e to those unde r his c harge . H e

d ie d in the ye a r 1 1 56 . O f the ve ry few O f his poem s whichare in our posse ss ion , the fol lowing on e

,to say n oth ing of its

b e auty, i s at le a st a m arve l of inge nu ity ; and the trans lat ionby M rs . C har le s reproducesas ne ar a s possible , we think, theSp ir it of the origina l

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M ortis portis frac ti s, fortisF ortior vim sustul it

E t p e r c ruc em regem truc em‘

,

I n fe rn orum p e rcul i t.

L um e n c l arum te n e brarum

S e dibus re sp l e ndn it

D um sa lva re re c re are

Quod c re arit volu it .

L o , the ga te s of de a th are brok e n ,

A nd the strong m an arm’

d i s spoi l’

d

O f his a rmor, whichhe tru ste dB y the S tronge r A rm de spoi l d

Vanquishe d i s the p rinc e of he l l,'

Sm itten by the c ross he fe l l .T he n the pure st l ight re sp le nde nt,

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S hon e those se ats of darkn e ss throughWhe n , to save whom H e c re ate d,

G od wi l l’d to c re ate an ew.

N e xt in the l ine of C hr istian poe ts we find Adam O f Vic tor

TH E F O R D H A M M O N TH L Y .

a m an whom Archbishop T re n ch doe s not he sitate to te rm

the forem ost am ong the'

sac re d L a tin poe ts O f the M idd leAge s . H e pursu e d his stud ie s a t P ar is, and a t an e arly age

re nounc ed the wor ld for the he rm itage O f S t. Vic tor . The

fol lowing i s a ve ry good sp e c im e n of the qua l ity O f hi s ve rse ,and the e qua l ly fin e tran slation i s by Phil ip S . Worsley °

N ow the world’

s fre sh dawn o f b irth,

T e em s wi th n ew re joic ings rifeC hrist i s ri sing, and on e arthAl l things with H im rise to li fe

F e e l ing this m em oria l day ,H im the e le m e nts ob e yS e rve a nd lay as ide the ir strife .

TWA O U TL AWS B O L D .

J . C . M cN E l L LE Y ,

’90.

AN Y are inc l in e d to th ink tha t the m an tle of roman c ewhic h fe l l gra c e fu l ly from the shoulde rs of thatgre a t n ove l ist, S ir Wa l te r S c ott, has b e e n take n up

by a m uc h adm ire d wr ite r O f the pre se n t day , R obe rt L ou isS teve n son . L ike his pre de c e ssor, he is a n ative of S c otland,and ha s won c on s ide rab le fame in the fie ld of l ite ra ture . I t

i s our humb l e e nde ave r to prove that he i s worthy of thehonor impute d to him , and that in the school of rom anc e he

d e se rve s to b e c on s ide re d a nob le suc c e ssor to the im m orta lS cott. I n e xam in ing hi s works, we find tha t in se ve ra lc ase s he ha s c re ate d chara c te rs ve ry s im i lar to those of

S cott ; so for our purpose we wi ll fol low a c e rta in l in e O f

c hara c te r wh ic h we find p ortraye d in the wr itings of botha uthors

,com par ing A lan B re ck in S te ve nson ’

s nove l, withR ob R oy in S c ott’s nove l of tha t n am e .

The two m e n are ve ry m u c h a l ike,and I think that S te

ven son ha s produc e d a c h ara c te r e qua l to that wh ic h c am e

from the m agic p e n O f S c ott . B oth m e n we re H igh la nde rsin l ik e c ircum stanc e s, b e ing le ad e rs O f c lans . T h e ir l ive swe re b ath in c onstan t dange r , a s the B r itish G ove rnm e nthad se t a pr ic e upon the ir he ads . L ike the d e e r they l ivedupon the tra ck le ss m ounta in , s lep t in the he a ther and, l ikethe wolf, found c ove r in som e c ave .

The sod was the ir p i l l ow and the p a le rays O f the m oonl ighte d them to the ir cold cou c h , or rathe r the first rays ofthe r is ing sun , a s th ey gen e ra l ly trave le d unde r c ove r O f

n ight . T hey both had the fa cu lty o f e lud ing pursu e rs , or ,

i f c apture d, ge n e ra l ly e sc ape d by the ir cunn ing and brave ry.

A lan B re ck, lik e R ob R oy, wa s a spe c im e n of gre a t physic a l e nduran c e .

T he am ount O f hardsh ip he c ou ld stand is rem arkab le .

R ob R oy wa s broad, he avy and e xc e e dingly powe rful ; A lanB reck wa s sma l le r but c lose ly kn it, ve ry a c tive and

. as nim

bl e a s a goat. B oth m e n we re m a ste rs with the broadsword . The c ooln e ss with whic h R ob

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R oy se ats him se lf'

on

the tab le in the prison , whe n a word from the ba i l l ie woul dhave endange re d his l i fe , is on ly e qua l le d by the c ooln e ssd isp laye d by A lan B re ck whe n he i s first pre se nte d to us,

having be e n thrown from a sm a ll boat, whe n he e sc ape d

de athby the m e re st a c c ident. N ot e ve n the m idn ight e sc apeof R ob R oy from hi s c ap tors by the a id of his gre at swimm ing powe rs, surpa sse s A lan B re ek’s fight on board the

“C oven ant.

”H is wonde rfu l brave ry and sk i l l w ith the

sword in this e ncounte r surpasse s any of Rob R oy’

s fe a ts .

R ob R oy love d his na tive m oun ta ins , but A lan B re ck ’

s he artbe a t a lon e for hi s h ighland c om rade s, and he had sc arc e ly a

thought that was not for the ir fre e dom . I t is wonde rful howthese '

m en c ou ld b affle the ir pursue rs, doub le upon them ,

l e ad them fru itle ss c ha se s , wa tc h the ir ve ry m ovem e n ts, and,

l ike the partr idge , start from c ove rt when one wou ld l e aste xpe c t. B ut a lthough they we re hun te d, and l e d l ive s thatWou ld m ake a lm ost any m an crue l , stil l we re they kind and

a ff e c tiona te , _and on e

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c ould not wish for a true r fr ie nd thane ithe r . T rue i t is the y we re ste rn and unbe nd ing towardthe ir en em ie s, ye t to the ir fr ie nds they we re eve r kind . R ob

R oy tre a te d the ba i l l ie and his young fr ie nd with the gre at

e st kindne ss ; but did not A lan B re ck wa tch ove r a nd c are

for D avid B a lfour w ith a lm ost the te nde rne ss of a m othe r ?A t tim e s he wou ld taunt his young fr ie nd and his proud

spir it wou ld bre ak forth in a lm ost harsh language , bu t the nhis kind h e art wou ld conque r his pr ide and, rebuking himse l f for his ha stine ss, he woul d e nde avor in e ve ry way to

re pa ir the in jury he had don e .

B ut one of S te ve nson ’

s be st stroke s in de scrib ing thehigh lande r i s the sc e ne in the c ottage whe re he i s

de fea ted in a conte st in b agp ip e p lay ing. H e wa s on

TH E F O R D H A M M O N T E L Y .

the point of cross ing swords with his r ival , but whenhe he ars how we l l he has p laye d, hi s te nder he art aga inove rc om e s his haughty, impe tuous n ature and he c annot

fight his opponen t le st he m ight injure him b e c ause,

a s he sa id , “ I t wou ld go aga inst m y he art to haggle a

m an tha t c an b low the p ip e s a s you c an .

”I th ink that

this sc en e m ore than any othe r p ic ture s the - true chara c te rof A lan B re ck . O ne of the ch ie f d iffe re n c es in the se twoc hara c te rs i s the qua int hum or that is som e tim e s d isp laye din R ob R oy . A lan B re ck was jol ly and good na ture d, bu t

he doe s not posse ss the hum or tha t we'

find in the oth e rc ha ra c te r . Y e t of

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the two A lan B re ck i s by fa r the m orecunning, a s m any of his a c tions wi l l show. T he way tha thele ads old “ E be n e ze r to a con fe ss ion of his c rim e is high lyamus ing.

I n c onc lud ing we m ust say tha t p hys ic a l prowe ss, ski l l inarm s, love of c ourte sy, k indn e ss of he ar t and a ge n e rous,nob le sp irit we re the chie f c h ara c te r istic s of S c ott’s he ro, a l l

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of wh ic h qua l itie s we re posse sse d by the chara c te r tha t S teve n son c re ate d and som e of them in a m ore m arke d d egre e

than in the form e r . A lan B re ck i s a tru e typ e of the highlande r, brave , gene rou s and kind , true to his fr ie nds, and

wi l l ing to'

g ive up hi s l ife for his c ountrym en . H e was

proud, pa ss iona te , quick to p ick a quarre l whe n he thoughttha t hi s r ights we re in any way e n croa ch e d upon , bu tw itha l,

H e ha th a te ar for p ity , and a hand

O pe n as day for m e lting c har ity .

”

We sha l l n ot soon forge t the tim e we p asse d with himwa tc hing him in his .

fl ights through the he a th e r , hi s trampsove r the m ounta ins, in his dange rous le aps, his quarre ls andthe c r itic a l pos ition s m wh ich he was p la c e d, a lthough indep ic t ing a c e rta in chara cte r the pup i l has tran sc e nde d them a ste r, s ti l l we m ust r em embe r tha t he had the ben e fit ofthe m a ste r

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s e xpe r ienc e and a fin e m ode l from wh ich to c opy .

BAL L AD E O F TH E BL IZZAR D .

Vides ut a lto. ste t n ive c andi dum

S ora cte .

”

y s ing of the m ounta inste n ing snow,

and of“

founta insAnd r ive rs fast he ld in the ir fiow

B ut of bl izzards tha t howl_

in fi e rc e ha te ,B ut of snow- wave s tha t c e a se le ssly blow,

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B ut of e ngin e s snowe d up w ith the ir fre ight,Pray what did he know

S ora c te , your c lassic p ate towe rsWhe re soft winds fore ve rm ore b low,

I n summ eryour crown i s of fl owe rs ,I n win te r, a ringl e t of snow

B ut . of snow- fl ak e s that tumb le a nd roll,"

B ut of fi e rc e winds whos e burde n i s woe ,B u t o f b le akn '

e ss tha t harrows the soul,Pray

'

wha t do you k now

O , H ora c e whe re ve r you wande rB y S ty x or whe re Phle ge thon rol ls,

Y ou ’

re a l ion in E ly s ium yonde r

To shade s with poe tic a l sou lsB ut of storm s tha t dark e n the sk ie s,B ut of p a la c e - fl a ts burie d in sn ow,

B ut of dri fts tha t l ik e moun ta in -wave s r ise ,Pray wha t do you know ?

E N VO Y .

O ld bard of the founta in an d farm ,

Y our he art and your ve rse s be a t wa rm ,

B ut of f rozen winds burden e d with snow,

Pray what do you know ?

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upon L aura ’

s h istory , and c on te n ts h im se lf with p ic tur inghe r a s a lady of ide al be au ty of pe rson and m ind, wh

l

o

c he r ishe d his hom age without re qu iting his love . The

whole story was shroude d in obsc ur ity and noth ing positivewa s known abou t i t un ti l the la st c e ntury, whe n the abb e de

S ade , a F re nch b iograph e r of P e trarch, ide ntifie d L aura a s

the daughte r of a P rove n c al nob lem an, Aud ibe r t d e N ove s,the wife of H ugu e s de S ade and the m othe r of num e rouschi ldre n ,

who d ie d of the pl agu e in 1 348,a s m e n tion e d by

Pe trarch h im se lf.The abb e

’

s a sse rtion s are not ge n e ra l ly a c c epte d, and e ve ry

on e is pe rfe c tly fre e to m ake his own c on j e c ture s on the sub

je c t, s in c e the whole story has a s m u ch of m yth in i t as ofh istor ic a l fac t.

D ante had emp loyed re tireme nt as the m e an s to soothe hispa ss ion for B e a tr ic e ; bu t Pe trarch took qu ite a d iffere n trem e dy, and, inste a d of abandon ing the wor ld, he threw himse lf into i ts a rm s, and se t out on a tour through F lande rs ,F ran c e and G e rm any . H e v is ite d the F re n c h c ap ita l , and

d e scribe s its re n own e d un ive rsity a s a “ba ske t fi l le d with therare st fru its of e ve ry land .

”H e a lso v isite d oth e r fam ous

se a ts of le arn ing,and b e ing a poe t and a schola r , he wa s re

'

c e ive d with the honor due to him . F in a l ly, we a r ie d by thenove l sights he had se e n dur ing his trave ls, he .turn e d his

c ourse to A v ignon,whe re he arr ive d shortly a fte r le aving

T ou louse . B ut the c onst ant turm oi l and e xtravagant luxuryof the Weste rn B aby lon ,

”as he sty le s Av ignon ,

soon dis

guste d P e trarch,and in 1 33 7 b e fixe d hi s abode in the

b e autifu l va l ley of Va uc lu‘

se . I t wa s he re tha t,ly ing a t

e a se in som e lon e ly bowe r, or s itting on the banks of stre amle ts tha t m e ande r through the va ll ey , and haunte d by . the

im age of hi s L a ura , Pe trarch penn e d those swe e t I ta l ians onne ts wh ich he c a l ls "‘ the unprem e d ita te d songs of his

juve n i le sorrows,” bu t on wh ic h re sts his imm orta l ity a s a

poe t. Whi le he p e n n e d his c are less rhym e s,he found t im e

to wr ite his he roic poem o f “A fr ic a ,” wh ich he'

c ompose dve ry

-

c are fu l ly, and wh ic h he va lue d m uch m ore than hi s

sonn e ts writte n in the d e sp ised ve rna cu lar id iom . H i s

A fr ic a b e c am e imm e n se ly popu lar P e trarchhad re ac h e dthe t0p of the ladd e r and the R om an S en ate a nd the U n i

ve rsity of Pari s offe re d him the ir honors on the sam e day .

H is pa tri otism indu c e d him to give R om e the pre fe re n c e .

H aving p a sse d a thre e - days e xam in ation , pre s ide d ove r bythe le arn e d King R obe rt of N apl e s, he wa s crown e d on

'

E aste r day, 1 341 , in the c ap itol of the E te rn a l C ity . A fte rthe c e rem ony was ove r, the crown e d lord we nde d hi s way tothe tomb of the Ap ostle s, in the B asi l ic a , and the re hung

1 1 9

hi s l aure l wre a th . A ye a r la te r the R om an S e n ate se n t him

a c c om pan ie d by his fr ie nd R ienz i, to Avignon , on a fruitle ssm iss ion to induc e the Pop e , C lem e n t VI , to re turn to R om e .

A nd two ye ars afte r the Pon tiff in hi s turn se n t him on an

em ba ssy to the N e apol itan c ourt. whe re he re m a ine d unti l here turned to Avign on in 1 347 , wh e re he saw his L aura for

the la st t im e . M e anwhi le n ews re a c h e d him th a t R i e nz i hada ssum e d the d ic ta torsh ip a t R om e

,and had suc c e e d e d i n

que l l ing the lawle ssn e ss of the n ob i l ity . P e trarch’

s pa trioticsou l wa s fi l le d with a n e n thu s iasm wh ich l e d him to imagin etha t R om e had found he r third B rutus, in the p e rson o f he r

dar ing young tr ibun e . With strong hope s of his fr ie nd ’

s

ab iding suc c e ss, he a t onc e sta rte d ou t for R om e ; bu t he

had n ot gon e a s far a s'

Pa rm a, wh e n a c our ie r inform e d him

th a t the la st of t he Rom an tr ibun e s had fa l le n am id the

flam e s of the burn ing c ap itol, on the fifte e nth of D e c e mb e r,

1 34 7 . P e trarch fe lt the loss a s a p e rsona l m isfortune , forhe had give n hi s c onfid en c e to the m ighty tr ibun e , and had

de d ic a te d a sp ir i ted sonn e t to him . S om e , he m u tte re d,

c an-

sti l l re joic e in r ich e s, som e in in te l le c t, a nd som e in

he a lth ; but for m e , I se e not what anything in the wor ldc an he nc e for th give “

m e , sav e te ars . The se words b e sp e aknot .the gre a t scholar of his age , but the unworthy e c c le s ia stic , whom , ge n ius though he wa s, no sens ib le m an pre fe rs toe ithe r of the two sol id C hristian - scholars of whom I havea lre ady m ade m e n tion .

The rem a inde r of P e trarch’s days wa s c hie fly sp ent in the

d i ffe re n t c our ts o f I ta ly, whose p e tty princ e s showe re d himwithhonors, and se em e d to vi e with on e anothe r in p ay inghom age to his rare ta le n ts . B ut whe n he saw tha t the fina lsc e n e wa s n e ar a t ha nd, he re tire d to his vi l la

,wh ich stands

in A rqu a , a t the farth e st e xtrem ity from P adua . H e re he

bus ie d h im se lf in hi s l ibrary, and passe d away his tim e sur

rounde d by towe r ing h e aps of books . H e a lso em p loye d himse l f in c ol le c ting and s e e king out c op ie s of the n egle c te dc la ss ic s, and we le arn tha t a t one t im e he had i n his posse ss iona c opy of T u l ly’

s tre a tise D e G lor ia , now lost to l ite ra tu re .

C ic e ro se em s to have be en the ido l of hi s sol itud e and whe nhis fr ie nds a ske d him wh a t pre se n ts the y c ou ld s end him

from the ir d istan t lands the gre a t c la ssic ist wa s wont toan swe r,

“N othing but the works of C ic e ro .

”

P e trarch had n ow l ive d to a good old age , and broke ndown - by his n um e rous labors, he wa s found de ad in his

,

study, wi th his he ad le an ing on an op e n book, on J u ly 1 8 th,1 374 and i s thus sa id to have passe d from the qu ie t of hisl ibrary into e te rn ity .

1 20 T H E F O R D H A M M O N TH L Y

APR I L F O O L D AY ; I T S H I S T O R Y .

J'

. P . D O N N E LLY ,

'90.

O U T E i s fu l l of p le asant vagar ie s , and love s n othingbe tte r than the de c e ption of a p e rson whose s imp len a ture pre se nts an O pportun ity for fun ,

too tem ptingto b e e a s i ly lost. Su ch wa s the Sp ir it tha t oc c as ione d them any custom s of Apri l F ool ’s D ay . Why Apr i l was e spe

c i a l ly chosen for su ch sport in pre fe re n c e to othe r t im e s,pe rhaps m ore p le a sant, is doubtfu l, ye t we may asc r ib e i t totha t re stra int -wh ich winte r' im pose s upon the e age r ardor ofyou th , who, se eking for a chan c e to burst th is b ond, se ize sthe first favorab le opportun ity and re laxe s a ll re stra in t.

The antiquity of th is day is not kn own , p e rhaps, to a l l,

for i t i s a myste ry, beyond fa thom ing, when and by whomi t was first c e lebra te d . The H indoos have , in the ir H u l i,which te rm ina tes on the 3 l st of M arch

, a s im i lar hol iday,with the sam e sports and j ol l ity ; and in E ngland, a s we l l a sin F ranc e , whe re they shou t “Poisson d

’

A vril !”in pla c e of

our“Apri l F ool !” both dur ing the la st c en tury and b e fore ,

the obse rvanc e of th is day .wa s ge ne ra l ly preva le n t in a l l

c lasse s of soc ie ty .

D e an Swi ft re la te s on e of hi s a ttempts at an Apri l j okeupon

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the pre te nde d re su sc ita tion of a c e rta in c r im ina l bythe n am e of N ob le , hange d a few days b e fore , who , with thea ss istan c e of two fr ie nds, he e nd e avore d to prove had b e enr e store d to l ife but the hoax did not su c c e e d, owing to thefa i lure of the a c com p l ic e s to un ite in the p lot. T h is an e c

dote m ay se rve to show th at the sport of this day was not

who lly c onfin e d to the lowe r c la sse s ; a lthough S wift himse lf was a c onfirm e d wag and wou ld e n te r in to anythingtha t prom ise d fun .

Anothe r fam ous and m ore suc c e ssful j oke wa s c a rri e d out

a t L ondon in 1 860. S hortly be fore the 1 st of Apr i l, an

imm e nse numbe r of p e op le re c e ive d the fol lowing c a rd, witha se a l on the uppe r c orn e r m ad e by an inve rte d S ixp e nc e ,giving, to the c are le ss obse rve r, an offic ia l app e aranc e :

T OWE R or L O N D O N .— Adm it the b e are r a nd a fr ie nd to view

the annu a l c e rem ony of_

wa sh ing the White L ions, on S un

day, Apr i l 1 , 1 860. Adm itte d on ly a t the Wh ite G a te .

"

The re su lt was a l l tha t c ou ld be e xpe c te d by the or igin a tor,for, on the d a te given , c abs, c arr iage s and a ll sorts ofve h ic le s inve ste d the v ic in ity of the T owe r, va in ly se arc h ingfor the Wh ite G ate , wh ich sti l l e lude d the ir e fforts . We

c ou ld re la te m any ,m ore stor ie s conn e c te d with this hol iday

from history as we l l as from m e m ory, but l e t th is suffi c e ti l lwe give a few cu stom s tha t a re e spe c ia l ly pra c tic e d on the

day . O ne fam ous de c e ption we rem emb e r, was to se nd

som e wi l l ing dup e on a fru itle ss e rrand with a n ote ofpartic ular impor tan c e , prof'e sse d ly a sk ing for in form a ti on ,

the m ore d istan t the b e tte r for the’ j oke a nd worse for them e sse nge r . T he purport of the note wa s c om pr ise d in th istr ite phra se , “ S end the fool farthe r,” or a s i t i s ge ne ra l lywr itte n in S cotland a nd othe r p la c e s

This i s the first day o f Apri lc

H unt the gowk anothe r m ile .

With th is m e ssage sa fe ly in hand, our fool trudges off to his

de stin a ti on , whe re the re c ip ie nt, w ith an ai r of m ock grav ity,se em s de ep ly gr ie ve d that he c annot c om p ly with his fr ie nd’

s

requ e st, but thinks tha t the re i s a n e ighbor down the way

who c an furn ish the de s ire d in form ation . T his is no soon e rsa id than the ob l ig ing but unfortunate m e sse nge r continue shis journey . An othe r pra c tic a l j oke in vogue wa s to de ~

spa tch som e witle ss.

wight for “strap oi l to the shoe

m ake r’

s shOp , whe re he gene ra l ly found. i t on the supp le e nd‘of a l e a the rn strap, wie lde d upon hi s back by the goodhum ore d shoem ake r . We might e num e rate ind e fin ite ly thetricks p laye d upon thi s m em orab le day, a s they vary withthe cha rac te rs and s ituation of both c ontr ive r and v ic tim .

In F ran c e, whe re this day is m ore anc ie n t than in E ngland .

th ey have not on ly our custom of de c e iving,bu t a lso on e of

giving pre se nts, ge n e ra l ly to ch i ldre n , of fishe s be autiful lywrought in tem pting c on fe c ti one ry . S pe ak ing of F ran c e , .

th e re i s a story re la te d of F ranc is, D uke of L orra in e , inwhichApr i l F ool ’s D ay p layed an unwitting,

but im portan tp art. I t se em s tha t the D uke of L orra in e and his wi fewe re im pr isone d a t N ante s, a nd had e ve ntua l ly suc c e e de d in

e ff e c ting the ir e sc ape on this fam ous day . ,A s the y we repass ing through the ga te s of the c ity at an e ar ly hour, disgu ised a s p e a san ts

— the one with a hod on his ba ck , the

oth e r with a bask e t o f rubb ish in he r hand, a wom an havinga kn owl e dge of th e ir pe rson s ha ste n e d to the sen try on

gu ard and inform e d him . R em e mbe r ing’

the day , he

shou te d :“ Apri l F ool !” and the c ry wa s jov ia l ly tak e n up

by his c om rad e s . ‘Vhe n,l a te r in the day , the s tory was

laugh ingly re la te d to the c omm andan t, hi s susp ic ions we rea rouse d, and he orde re d a se arc h to b e institu te d, but bythat tim e the D uke a nd his wi fe we re we l l on the ir wayout of harm ’

s re a c h .

An e cdote s m igh t be m u ltip l ied , and i l lustra ti on s c ou ldbe c ite d tha t have con tr ibuted to show forth the fun

wh ich p e rm e a te s the ve ry a ir on this day of d e c ept ion s .

T he re was a ske tc h of th is c hara c te r in on e of our c om icp ape rs not long ago wh i ch m any m ay have se e n . I t i s

a n insta nc e whe re the a tte m pte d tr ick wa s turn e d uponi ts origina torfl The sc e n e wa s ab out a s fo l lows : A c ountry v ie w of two fie lds, with usua l a dj unc ts of shrubbe rya nd tre e s ; in one an e norm ous, shaggyha ire d ba ll , with an

im provise d b l inde r of a woode n board ove r his eye s, su l le n lyfe e d ing on the sc ant h e rbage , e ve r and anon toss ing his

h e ad impatie n tly in the a ir,a s i f se arch ing for som e th ing

upon whic h to vent his la te n t Sp le e n ; in _the othe r, the

om n ipre se n t and fun - lov ing sm a l l boy , e spe c ia l ly consp icuouson this day . S uch, graphic a l ly , wa s the sc e ne b e fore i tstragic a l te rm ina tion . The boy wa s e vid e ntly b e n t on m is

chi e f, furn ish e d a s he wa s with a sm a l l bit of c hal k and a

c arrot, surre pti tiously tak e n , we im agine , from a ne ighbor inglot. The a c tion wa s c omm e nc e d by the sm a ll boy’

s advanc e

upon the wary bov ine , who, c e a s ing to browse , l iste n e d,w ith lowe re d h e ad, to the footste ps of the in trude r . H a vingadva n c e d to the inte rve n ing fe nc e , the boy c autious lya ttra c te d the bl

‘

ute’

s attention , and wa ite d qu ie tly for his

TH E F O R D H A M M O N T E L if

.

approa c h . S hak ing hi s he ad thre ate n ingly as i f to dash

upon this bold . invade r,he s lowly proc e e ded towards the

fe nc e . Whe n c lose e nough , the tempting c arrot wa se xtende d towards the m outh of the bul l , who, e ntic e d by

suc h an a l lur ing b a it, approa che d n e are r and b egan to

n ibb le at i t. N ow wa s the sm a ll boy’

s opportun ity, and hespe e d i ly took advan tage of i t . With a d e xte rous hand, inhurr ie d and rude le tte rs, he printe d on the b l inde r “Apr i lF O O 1 1

” Whi le th is wa s be ing done , the bu l l had de voure dthe c arrot, and e nrage d a t the non - appe aran c e of m ore , heda she d through the fe nc e at the bOy, who had l inge red to“

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C O L L E G E WO R L D .

“

H E Swa r tlwn ore P hoen ix for M a xchis just a s en te rta ining a s the

“Swa r tlwn or e .Phoenix for .F ebruary but

t he F e bruary numbe r wa s e xtrem e ly re adab le a nd instruc tive e rgo . H om e s and hun ts of B ritish Poe ts is the

first of’a se r ie s of pape rs wh ichprom ise to be ve ry in te re stingThe first artic le i s abou t the L ak e . C ountry,” hom e . of

Wordsworth and S outhe y and C ole r idge . T he wr ite r of the

article dwe l ls, a s i s n a tura l, on the p e cu l iar virtue in '

Wordsworth’

s poetry . H e se em s to adm it the impu ta tion thatWordsworth is mystic a l . The L ak e P oe t i s c e rta inly m ysti

c a l to those whose taste s have be e n shape d on m anne r ism,

and whose standard of judgem e nt i s e xte rna l form . We

m isse d the n am e s of P rof. Shairp a nd A ubrey de'

Ve re .

We le a rn from on e of our e xchange s tha t the T uf éon i a n

cri tic ise d us“rathe r se ve re ly .

” We did not se e the c r itici sm . The T uf ton i a n , with a nob le c ons ide ra tion for . our fe e lings, Withhe ld from us the numb er in wh ich the c r itic ismappe are d .

The S tuden t (F ranklin a nd M arsha ll) pub l ishe s a se r ia lartic le ,’ “ The T h irty Y e ars The wr ite r m ay b e

good - n a tur e d and l ibe ra l , but hi s m anne r of wr iting isc e rta in ly not so . H is b ewi lder ing, e p isod ic a l styl e w ithc ompound noun s and c om pound adj e c tive s a lw C a r ly le ,with “ D own w ith R om an ism”

a s a shibol e th,wou ld

le ad us to fan cy that the good m an ge ts int fre nzy of rageon c e e ve ry m on th . .A c r iti c shou ld be urba n e and a hi stori anca lm . D uring the “ T hirty Y e ars War ,

”as in a l l wars,

wh e n fe e l ing ran h igh and pa ss ions we re stirre d, strong,

b itte r langu age was the orde r of the day ; bu t in p e a c e fu ltim e s and am ong scholar ly,p e a c e ab le m en , the re i s anothe rm ann e r of wr iting.

_

The,

artic le on C lass ic a l T ra in ing in the H a ve rf ordz’

a n

for M arch is maste rly and e xhaustive .

I t ha s’

be e n e stim a te d by Profe ssor Kirchhoff , of H a l le , tha t thelanguage most spok e n on the glob e , for the la st thousan d y e ars a t

le a st, i s C hine se , for i t i s without doub t the on ly one whic h i sta lk e d by ove r 400m i l lions of the hum an ra c e . The n e xt languagem ost. in use , but a t a ve ry gre a t d istan c e b e hind C hine se , i s H industan i , spok e n by ov e r 100m i l lions . T he n fol low E ngl ish (spok e nby about 100m i l lions), R ussia n (ove r 70m i l l ions), G e rm an (ove r 57m i l lion s), and Span ish (ove r 47m il l ions).

put a fe w fin ishing touc h e s to hi s c le ve r d e s ign .

“

The lad

had sc arc e ly turne d,whe n the - brute wa s upon him ,

and

w ith lowe re d horns had se nt“

him fly ing through the a ir,

w ith the le tte red board ’

s' in sc ription b e autifu l ly stam pe d on

his un lu cky trouse rs . B ut'

we m ust c lose th is p ape r, andhe re i t i s prop e r, we ’

c on c e ive , to give som e advic e wh ic hm u st be h e e de d in the c e lebra tion of Apr i l F ool’s D ay .

A fte r a l l that ha s b e e n sa id , we c an think of no bette r

wa rning than this : D e c e ive othe rs a s m uc h a s you wi l l , bu ttak e c a re tha t “Apr i l F O O 1 1” be not inscr ibe d on your owntrowse rs .

L a fay e tte’

s ba se ba l l m anagem en t have a c age ove r the col legechap e l .Y a le i s the fi rst Am er ic an col lege to have le c ture s on “Vola puk .

T he re are“

thirty - se ve n J ap an e se stude nts a t the U n ive rs ity of

M ic hi gan .

B e fore Va ssar C ollege was open e d , Am e ric a use d on lyWorth of chewing gum annu a l ly . N ow i s m a stic a te de ve ry y e ar .

C orne l l proposes to issue a m on thly m agaz in e , be ginn ing on.

the

1 5th of A pr i l n e xt. I t wi l l b e c a l le d the Corne ll M aga zine , and the

e d itoria l board i s_

to b e c om pos’

e do f Stud en ts and m em be rs of'

the

F a c ul ty . E dw. E vere tt H a le , J r . , wi l l b e ed itor - ih - chie f .The John s H opk in s Unive rs ity has just c e le brate d i ts twe lfth

a nn ive rsa ry . D e gre e s we re c onfe rre d upon C harle s H . C hapm an

an d H e rb e rt C . E lm e r . The institution has grown ve ry rap id ly inimportan c e and popu lar appre c ia tion .

We l le sle y b oasts of a young lady so m ode st that she goe s in toanothe r room to change he r mi nd .

The large st unive rs ity in the worl d , i s R udol f A l lre i ts ,

'

a t Vi e nna

I t has studen ts , an d 285 profe ssors.

The d e ad languages we re ki l le d by b e ing stud ie d too hard,sa id a H a rvard fre shm an at the bre a kfa st tab l e the othe r m orn ing,

bu t he fe l l ba ck he a vi ly upon hi s book whe n a young lady opp os i tere pl ie d : I gue ss you d i dn

’

t have anything to do with the murde r i ’F . J . K. C ross,N ew C olle ge , O xford, ran a ha lf- m i le i n 1 m in .

54 2- 5 se c . on M arch 9th, b e a ting the pre v ious b e st am a te ur re c ord ,

1 m in . 55 25 se c . , by L . E . M e y ers, m a de both in E ngland an d

Am e r ic a . C rossran on a tra ck on e - third of a m il e in c irc u it.

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SAN C TUM SAN C T O R UM .

U R m a i lbag c on ta ine d on e . p le a sant le tter th is m onth.

D oubtle ss i t has grown tire d c arry ing the thoughtfulnote s wh ich our fr ie nds we re won t to se nd . I f we

dre am e d tha t the bag itse l f was a t fault,we would v isit - it

with a se ve re e d itor ia l frown. O f la te We have sub j e c te d thepoor re c epta c le to som e rough.hand l ing,

turn ing i t in s ide ou t,e xam in ing the sm a l l corn e rs with a m agn i fying glass— a l l in

hope of find ing a le tte r or two for this colum n . Poor ba g I _we

wi l l tre a t you be tte r he re afte r, re ve re n c ing you for se rvic e sin the past

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and va lu ing you for your future prom ise . The

write r of the fol lowing a c c ount had bu t a fe w hours to p e nand send off hi s a cc ount of the old R ose H i l ls _ wh ich c ir

cum stan c e'

inc re a se s our thankfu ln e ss .

N EW Y O RK, M arc h 29 th.

E di tors F ordham M onthly

1 87 7 — 1 886 .

"It se em s a long t im e,doe sn ’

t it“.Z B ut i t

d id not se em so to m e,as the

_pe r iod of n in e ye ars wh ic h Ispen t a t F ordham wa s fraught with p le a sure . I t

,

i s true , I

pa sse d my a l lotte d tim e inJ ug, was c om pe l le d to wr ite m y

share of l in e s, and did not fa i l to ge t a fa ir a l lowan c e ofstrap oi l bu t suc h th ings am oun t to nothing ; they te nd

on ly to m ake one appre c ia te c ol lege l i fe , and a fford ‘

m a tte r

for m any a he arty laugh a fte rwards .

'

L e t us c om e to the poin t— a d rem . I am re que sted to

wr ite som e of my e xpe r ie nc e s a s a ba seba l list whi le a t F ordham ,

n ot ane asy ta sk to pe rform withou t appe ar ing e goti s

tic a l ,_

taki ng i t for gran te d tha t I , a s m ost pe op l e , wish to

give m yse l f a ll the cre d it possibl e ; and the n aga in “

I ha vem y doubts a s to whe the r i t is b e c om ing the d ign ity of ana sp irant for l ega l fam e to touch on suc h subj e c ts a s T hre ebagger s and “ in

”and “

out shoots ; bu t a s tha t wa s,i t

se em s,m ore n a tura l ly m y forte than the trans la tion of H om e r

or so lv ing the r idd le s of C alc u lus, and a s it is som ewhat ofa

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re laxation to l ay a s ide dry -

afi da vi ts and dusty a uthor i ti e s,

I wi l l ingly c omp ly .

I t i s a fam i l iar say ing that e ve ry m an has his hobby, b etha t wha t i t m ay . I c e rta in ly have m ine — ba seba ll. I

would wade throughm ud a foot d e ep — F ordham m ud, too

or tramp for m i le s in the “

hot sun with the temp e ra ture one

hundre d degre e s in the shade , i f a good gam e of ba l l we re

1 23

F R AN K A . . G I D D I N G s,

guarante e d a t the othe r e nd . E ve n a s I sit he re with m y

c h in r e sting in the p a lm of m y hand, i t se em s a s i f I we reonc e m ore s tand ing on our old ground and c ou ld hearthe s ten tor ian voic e of our fie ld c ap ta in warn ing u s tha tthe re we re two ou t a nd to p lay for the ba tte r .

N e ve r wi l l I forge t m y first a ttempt in the bor; I had

just b e e n e le c te d c apta in of the th ird n in e,T yros, and with

the usua l pre sumption of tha t fun c tionary had a ss igne dthe dutie s of p itc h e r to m yse lf— b ut

,a la s ! for on e inn ing

on ly ; the fie ld e rs c ou ld m ore -

graph ic a l ly se t'

forth the

re a son s for m y r em ova l . D e sp ite this fa i lure , I a fte rwardsm e t with suc c e ss, and wa s in turn advanc e d to the first n in e ,the n to the I nv inc ib le s, and fina l ly to the R ose H i l ls . O ur

n in e was c om pose d of ; good m a te r ia l and we p laye d m any

gam e s, be ing a lm ost invar iab ly suc c e ssfu l . Whate ve r repu

ta tion I m ay have obta ine d wa s owing e n tire ly to the fin e

p lay ing of the re st of the n in e . T he re i s noth ing l ike goodsuppor t for a p itche r . With su ch m e n a s E nr igh t, Qua ck e nboss and A dam s in the n in e , ’

a we ll p laye d gam e was

a ssure d . We we re unde r the le ade rsh ip of O ’

M a ll ey, big,

ge n e rous -he arte d Wi l l , and on tha t a c count a lways hadcourage , withou t wh ich the re i s no suc c e ss on a ba seba l lfi e ld

,

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any m ore than anywh e re e lse .

_

Wi th c onfide n c e thegam e is ha lf won . T he n aga in the re was that agony wewe re comp e l le d to unde rgo a fte r the m id—day m e a l—

_ pra o

t ic e 7 -

a ve ri tabl e n ight m are.

“ G e t out and take yourm e d ic ine

,

”som e on e wou ld say , and our c iga re tte s we re la id

a s ide u nti l we had gon e through an hour of hard work . O n

the e ve of an'

importan t gam e m uc h exc item e nt pre va i le dand gre at prepara tions we re m ad e

,and if '

we we re suc c e ss

ful.

th e re was re j o ic ing in the c am p ; e ven the young urch in sof the vi l lage cou ld be h e ard chee r ing the ir favor ite s . We

p laye d re turn games w ith L a faye tte,S e ton H a l l,R u tge rs

and othe r c ol lege s, and I a ssure you our repu ta tion was

ful ly susta in e d on a ll oc c a s ion s ; we gave our fr ie nds no

c ause for be ing a sh am e d o f us . I wi l l not say tha t we were

the b e st n ine the C ol lege e ve r had , a s th e re we re no l e ss

than e ight b e st n in e s dur ing my sojourn a t F ordham ; bu t

we strengthe ne d our m u sc le s, had m any fin e tim e s, and

afford e d un l im ite d am usem e n t to our fr ie nds and schoolmate s— a l l of wh ich i s re sp e c tfu l ly de d ic a te d to the n in e of

1 887— 8 .

1 24 TH E F O R D H A M M ON T H L Y .

M O N TH L Y B U L L E TIN .

T H E C AD E T S .

O T H IN G bu t the m ost fla tte r ing reports have c om e

to u s from the C ade t C orp s during the pa st m onth.

(

The jun ior c ompany, B ,ha s b egun to dri l l toge th e r

with the se n ior c omp any, A , ,and the l ittle fe l lows e xc i te n ot

a l ittle com m e n t by the bright appe aran c e '

which the y m ak e

and the skil l and pre c is ion wh ic h they have a tta in e d in the

m anua l . of a rm s . The C ade t organ ization ha s su sta in e d a

gre a t loss in the d epa rture from c ol lege of C ap t . M a l loy ,whose sold ie r l ike appe ara n c e wa s the pr id e of the c orps .

H is suc c e ssor ha s not ye t be en appoin te d . T he c ond itionof the

“organ ization is b e st shown by the re port of the Adjutant, wh ichwe sub j oin he re with

A pri l 2, 1 882 .

The following i s the sta tu s of the M il itary D e p artm e nt in the

C olle geC o . A numb e rs 40 pr ivate s, 6 non - com m iss ione d and 3 c omm is

sione d offi c e rs .

C O . B numb e rs 48 pr iva te s, offi c e re d by the offi c e rs of C O . A .

C o . A ha s had 36, and C O . B 38 regu lar dril ls , the a ve rage a tte nd

anc e a t which wa s a s fol lows C O . A ,

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43 C o . B ,43 .

D ri l ls for non - C ade ts ha ve be e n 1 2 in numb e r, and a tte nd anc e a s

follows .

1 st D iv ision , 42, out of 51 on rol l2d D ivis ion , 42, ou t o f 48 on rol l .

Priva te s M e rm ond , D urk in and Woole y of C o . A are the c on te stan ts for the a tte n dan c e m e da l, e a ch hav ing be e n p re se n t a t

e ve ry roll - c a l l .(S ign e d) C . G E O . KI R B Y ,

S e cond - L ie u te nant and A dju ta n t F ordham C ollege C a de t C orps.

F R . R I C H AR D’

s S E R M O N .

The se rm on on G ood F r iday n ight wa s d e l ive re d in a

m ost im pre ssive and in te re sting m anne r by R e v . F r . R icha rds, S . J . and a lthough he sa id tha t he w ishe d no v e i l ofhum an rh e tor ic to O bsc ure the sc e n e s O f the Pa ss ion

,hi s

be au ti ful language , ne ve rthe l e ss,wa s adm ire d by a l l . E a c hinc ide nt in the P a ss ion wa s brought b e fore our e ye s so

viv id ly tha t e ve ry on e fan c ie d h im se l f pre se n t a t al l the

sc e ne s be twe en the G a rde n and C a lvary . A . G . B .

,

’

90.

TH E D R AM AT I C

-

A S S O C I A T I O N .

I t is a p le a sant duty inde e d to .give a br ie f a c c ount of thee nte rta inm e nt give n on S t. Patric k ’

s D ay by the S t . J ohn ’

s

D ram atic A ssoc ia tion . A t thre e o’c lock on the a fte rn oon of

the 1 7 th of M a rch the R e v . F a cu lty and stude nts of the

C ol lege we re a ssem b le d in first d ivis ion study- ha l l to l iste n

to a se t of re c ita tion s and re ad ings, a l l of a l ite r a ry charac te r, inte rsp e rse d with appropr iate m u s ic . The e nte r

ta inm e nt of the pre vious e ve n ings had b e e n O f a som ewha t

S T . PAT R I OK’

s D AY E N T E R TAIN M EN T .

O f the se ve ra l e n te rta inm e nts of i ts kind re c e n tly he ld inthe C ol lege ha l l, that of F riday, M arch 1 6 , ha s be e n un ive rs a l ly a cknowle dge d to have b e e n the m ost satisfac tory . I n

the a rray of ta l e n t, m us ic a l and othe rwise , whic h appe are d

to d isp e nse amusem e n t, M r. J as . S . B urde tt, the we ll - known

hum orous c hara c ter ; th is was of a m ore subdued and l ite rary, but c e rta in ly of eve ry b i t a s p le a sant, a kind .

B e fore the c urta in wa s drawn up M r . M cN e il ly,’

90, steppe d

forward and exp lain e d how i t was tha t se ve ra l m istak e s hadunavoidab ly c rep t into the programm e . M r . T hos . A .

D ohe rty, ’

90, th e n de l ive re d an addre ss on the C e ltic F a ithwh ich c e rta in ly m e r ite d for tha t ge ntlem ana l l pra ise , for thethought wa s we l l c on c e ive d and e qua l ly ,

we l l e xpre sse d .

Wha t howe ve r m a te r ia l ly de trac te d from the p le a sure wh ichwou ld o the rwise ha ve b e e n e xp e r ie n c ed in he a r ing th isspe e c h wa s tha t the ge n tle m an showe d a c e rta in tim id ity and

sam e n e ss of tone in his r e nde r ing . The n e xt n am e whichwe m e e t on the programm e is tha t of M r . G e ary,

’

91 , in his

re c ita tion of the G love . M r . G e ary c e rta in ly did am p lejustic e to his subj e c t wh ic h, a c c om pan ie d by m us ic , c ou ldnot but form an agre e ab le vari a tion to c omm on re c ita tionswhich, thoughwe l l re nde re d, ofte n e nd in tiring the l iste n e r .

M r . H owley , ’

86 , who ha s so O fte n d e l ighte d us upon the

boards of S t. J ohn ’

s, fu l ly c am e up to his fam e (of c oll e gel ife ) in his re c ita tion of the “ L i fe B oa t,” a c c omp an ie d by

m us ic . N e xt fo llowe d a c om e t solo of I rish a irs wh ich wa sc e r ta in ly ve ryappropr ia te , whe n M r

.J ohn E . Ke l ly, ’

89,ap

p e are d on the stage a nd re c ite d a be a utiful p ie c e of poe tryc a l le d M idas .

”M r . Ke l ly c e rta in ly d e se rve s a l l cre d it for

not on ly c omm itting to m em ory a ve ry long' p ie c e bu t a lsofor rec iting it in a ve ry na tura l and dram a tic m anne r . M r .

C har le s C . M arr in,

’

89, who appe a re d ne xt de l ive re d a we l lwr i tte n addre ss on C e l tic e xamp le s from a ll

t im e s e ve n to our day i n which I r ish brave ry had be en m ostc on sp icuous ly shown . The e loc ution was e xc e l le nt, his d el ive ry hav ing howe ve r on e fau lt, sam e n e ss O f ge sture . M r .

Jos . P . Wa lsh , ’

90, in hi s sol i loquy of “L aunc e lot G obbo of

the M e rc han t of Ve n ic e did ve ry we l l, be ing howe ve r a t tim e s

so ind istinc t a s to be sc arc e ly in te l l igib le . M r . J ohn W.

H e fi em ,

’

89 a lm ost ou td id his form e r fine e fforts on the stage

O f S t. J ohn s in his strong a nd dram a tic r e nde r ing of the

“ U nc le .

”The la st nam e but c erta in ly not the l e ast on the

programme is tha t of M r . J ohn . C . M cN e i lly,’90, who de l iv

e re d C ande spina’

s S tandard m os t c re d itab ly .

I t i s on ly fa ir to m e n tion he re the m em b e rs of the C ol legeO rche stra who have be e n

,

a t suc h pa ins to d isc ourse e lo

que n t m us ic ” on th is and pre vious oc c as ions . T he se ge ntlem e n M e ssrs . F .

‘

D ovoran ,

’

9 1 C . L iv ingston ,

’

90; J as . B oy

lan , 90 and J ohn P e rril lia t,’

92 ha ve c e rta in ly de se rve d

we l l of the D ram a tic A ssoc ia tion and the C ol lege .

TH E F O R D H A M M O N T H L Y

hum or ist and e locu tion ist, wa s m ost c on sp icuous . H e

O pene d the programm e with an e xc e l le n t re nd ition of“ L asc a ,

” fol lowe d by som e short hum orous ske tch e s, a l l ofwhic h we re re c e ive d with he arty and prol onge d applause .

H i s “ E ngine e rs M ak ing L ove ”was pron ounc e d by m any

to be supe r ior to M r . Wi lde r’

s d e l ive ry of the sam e , wh ichwa s he ard he re som e we eks ago . M r. I sa a c We sse l

’

s p e r

form an c e on the v iol in , wh ich fol lowe d, re c e ive d the am p lere c ogn ition it m e r ite d . T h is fe a ture of the e n te rta inm e n t

was whol ly une xpe c te d, a s no m e n tion of it 'had b e en m ade

in the programm e . M e ssrs . S treb e B ros . and J . B . H i l lp e rform e d on the ban j o, and la te r on re nde re d se ve ra l p le a sing se le c tions on the m andol in , gu itar and xylophon e . M r .

R e ube n R . B rooks, the fam ous ban joist, who d istingu ishe dhim se lf re c e n tly in the tournam ent in N ew Y ork, d e l ighte dthe aud ie n c e with an e xc e l le nt pe rform an c e of The B r itishP a trol,” S e venth R egim e nt M arch” and se ve ra l othe re qua l ly we l l e xe c ute d p ie c e s from his e xtens ive re p e rtory .

M r . J . B . H i ll sang “ The S ong Tha t R e a che d M y H e art,”

and re c e ive d an e ncore , to which he re spond e d . T he ban joc la ss unde r the d ire c tion of M e ssrs . S tre be B ros , m ade

its first pub l ic appe aranc e in a new song and chorus, by M r .

C has . E . S imp son ,

’

88 , e ntitl e d “ F a ir F ordham ,

”rende re d

with a ban j o a c c om pan im en t and, judging by the pl aud itsof wh ich they we re the re c ip i e n ts, we ha ve e ve ry re ason to

c onc lude that the m use of banjoi sm m ust hav e b e e n sm i l ingon e of he r

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broade st sm i le s on the se . e mbryo artists . M r .

B urde tte , with som e m ore of his c l eve r chara c ter ske tche s,c on c lude d the e n te rta inm e n t, which m ay be sa fe ly sa id to

have a fforde d a s m uch sa tisfac tion to_

a l l'

who witne sse d itas i t re fl e c te d cre d it on the good judgm e nt O f i ts proj e c tors .

T . G . F .

,

’

90.

ATHL E T I C EXH I B I T I O N .

The A th le tic A ssoc iat ion he ld i ts annua l win te r m e e tingin the gym nas ium on S aturday, M arch 1 7 . T he programm e ,

wh ich wa s e xtrem e ly i nte re sting, c onsi ste d ch ie fly of tria lsin boxing, runn ing, . wre stl ing and gym n astic s . A m orehi lari ous or appre c ia tive ga the ring n e ve r assemb le d in a

gym na s ium . The boxing bouts we re particu lar ly inte re sting. The de c is ions we re given on poin ts, and the n ew

“ F a ir P lay” ru le s gove rne d the rounds . M r . F rankS ahulk a

, te a che r of boxing and gym n astic s, Ope n ed the

proc e e d ings with an e xh ib ition in c lub swinging. T he nfol lowe d a c onte st of skill on the hor izontal ba rs b e twe e n

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o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o

o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o

O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

H O U SE O F C O M M O N S .

a fooli sh figure ,B ut fare we l l i t.

The good sp irit e vin c e d by M e ssrs . G i l le n , R e i l ly, M arrin,

Swe eney and B e n z ige r, who re c ently appe are d for the firsttim e on d eba te , c a l ls not on ly for c omm enda tion , but im i

tators of the ir e xamp le .

the m emb e rs of the F le e twood G ym n as ium C lub . The

wre stl ing m atch be twe en G i l lon and B lun c am e shortlya fte r ; B lun su c c e e ded in c arry ing off the honors in the lastbou t, in which -

he la id hold of his an tagon ist in the m ostapprove d styl e , l ifte d him five fe e t in the a ir and the nre s te d him ge ntly on his ba ck . The boxing bouts of N ewtonvs . M cKe own and C ush ion

_

vs . R e ill ey we re ve ry e n te rta in .

i ng. Prof. S ahulka th e n e xhib ited with S he a a nd G i l lon .

Appe nde d i s a summ ary of e ve n tsH igh jump .

R ings .

B ox ing (m idd le -we ight)H or izon ta l barsB ox ing (he a vy -we ight) .

P ara lle l ba rsM iddle -we ight wre stl ing .

Two -m i le run

M r . D anse re au’

s Imm igra tion B il l con tinu e s to form the

subje c t of deba te , a lthough . the M in istry have introduc e dfor d iscussion a r e solution approving of M r . M i ll ’s T ariffB i l l

, in i ts ge n e ra l fe a ture s .

I t i s p le as ing to note tha t the re are on e or two m embers

of the H ouse who c om e fu l ly e qu ippe d for d ebate to i ts

eve ry se ssion . H ow agre e ab ly the tim e would pass, we re

there m ore m em be rs in a tte ndan c e who we re re ady . withth e ir v iews and prepare d to e xpre ss them in a p le asuregiving spe e ch .

A s i t i s, a m arke d fe ature of deba te dur ing the past fewse ss ions ha s be e n the use of i n

_

vec tlve , of wh ich the re ha sbe en p le n ty a nd to sp are . I nde e d, th is sa lt of d iscuss ionha s b e e n sc atte re d so l ib e ra l ly '

a s to warrant the inqu iry,C a l O n ly one an swer c an satisfy the hon e stque stion e r, and i t i s th is : .Ve ry l ittle good ; whe re a s, a

roughand - ready styl e of spe e ch, c a l lous and hurt fe e l ingsand loss of tim e are

_bound to figure in the losse s to b e

inc urre d .

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F O R D H AM E N S I A .

F I R S T D I VI S I ON .

C . A . Y I L L rN G ,

’88.

N the afte rnoon of M arc h 8th, F irst and S e c ond D ivi sion swe re tre a te d to an e xc e l le n t e xhib ition of b i ll iard p lay ingby the e xp e rts, S e xton and D e ary . A fte r a gam e of 200

p oin ts, thre e ba l ls, M r. S e xton made som e br i l l ian t fancy shots.

Among the re c entvi s itors at the c ol lege wa s G e o . A . . L e itn'

e r,’

85

and J . N . B utle r, T hey have just fin ishe d a c ourse of m e d ic ine a t B e l levue , the form e r be i ng se cond in a c la ss . of

G e o . Wa l lac e , ’

87 ,“

C . C a llery , 87 , and Wm . Hamm ond, ’

90, re

n ewe d old acqua intan c e during the p ast m onth .

E ve ry thing points to the suc c e ss of the S pring sports, whichwi l l tak e p la c e on or about Apr i l 1 9th. T his te rm a n ew ve nture

wi l l be tr ie d . In a l l the e ve n ts handi c aps wil l b e give n , thus n e

c e ssita ting harde r tra in ing a nd more fa ithful work by those on the

scratc h . I t wil l a lso re nde r the ra c e s m uchm ore i nte re sting thanin form e r y e ars .

F rank M a l loy and A . we re re c e ntly ca l le d hom e to

the de a thb e d of ve ry n e ar re la tion s . T he y both ha ve our S inc e resympa thy in , the ir b e re avem e n t.

F r . R e c tor, ac compan ie d by se ve ra l m embe rs of the F acu lty andthe c lass of R he tori c , we re pre sen t at on e of the la te c irc le s g ivenby the phi losophe rs . O n thi s oc c asion the philosophe rs he ld forthon m e chan ic s, a nd those who took p a rt showe d a ve ry sa tisfac toryknowl e dge of the m a tter in hand . Through the k i ndne ss of F r .

R e c tor the c irc le c oun te d a s an e xam ination , and thus the m atte r

for the fina l i s c onside rab ly shorte ne d .

The ac c i de nt to G e o . D onn e lly ,

’

88, i s de e p ly regre tte d by hi sm any frie nds.

he wi l l b e gre a tly m isse d in both the se d e p artmen ts .

F or the past few days m e n have be e n busi ly e ngage d p u tting

in wire s for the n ew e le c tric light p lan t, S Oon the sys tem of ga sl ighting wil l b e e ntire ly don e away with and F ordham Sha l l havein augurate d anothe r gre at improvem e nt .

The re c e n t b l izzard p laye d havoc with the c ol lege and surroundings . C ommun ic a tion b e twe e n som e of the bu i ld ings was a ltoge the r cut off.The Sp e e c he s for comm e nc em e nt day have b e en a ss ign e d to

M e ssrs . M c C l in tock , H owley and Kirby . C . E . S im pson i s va ledi c tori an .

O n T ue sday e ve n ing, M arch5th, we we re tre ate d to a ve ry e lo

que n t d i sc ourse on the C la ss ic s by M r. J . F a irfax M cL aughl in , an

e m ine n t lawye r and a we l l - known wri te r .

.The c lass of ’

88 have passe d se ve ra l writte n e xam inations s in c ethe ope n ing of the se cond te rm . The last was on the R ight

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of

Prop e rty .

H is ab ili ty in a thle tic s and ba se ba l l are we l l known

SE C ON D -D I VI S I ON .

D . A R E L LA N O ,

’91 .

The offi c e rs of the B ase B a l l A ssoc ia tion , e xc e p ting the Pre s ide n t, who has a lre ady b e e n e le c te d , wil l b e appoin te d by the Prefe c t o f the D ivis ion , and m ade k nown o n Apr il l st, or

- the reabouts .

I t i s a lmost im poss ib le to form '

an a de qua te ide a of the gloomthat ove rshadowe d the c ounte nanc e s of our ba se ba l l e n thus ia sts ,whe n the te rr ib le b l izzard of M arc h 1 2thp ut an e nd to, the fre que ntsal lie s they '

had b e e n m ak ing ou t in to the c am pus . F ortuna te lye nOugh the b ad e ff e c ts of the b l izzard we re fe lt O N LY for twowe e k s .

T op- sp inn ing has .of la te be com e the fa shion , and ev e ry young

ste r i s constan tly busy p e ck ing a t the woode n floor the p l ayroom or of the gymnas ium . I sn

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t the re e nough Y ank e e inge nui tyam ong u s to inve n t som e othe r a s d ive rting bu t le ss de struc tivep a stim e

M r. J osep h F ay e , our worthy colle c tor for the H oly C hi ldhood, ha s b e e n appropria te ly n icknam e d “ C hin e se B aby ,

”in im i

ta tion , p e rhap s, of E ngla nd ’

s“ C hin e se G ordon .

” We hop e thatJ o e i s a s proud of his surnam e a s his gre at n am e sak e undoubte d lywa s .

T he re i s an a lmost in aud ib le rumor tha t the offi c e rs of the

var ious a ssoc ia tion s on the D iv is ion wi l l go down to wi tn e ss the

N e w Y ork —R ose H i ll gam e on T ue sday , A pri l 3d . We on ly hop etha t this sa id rumor wil l b e m ore d istinc tly he ard a s the daydraws ne are r.

The B i l l iard T ournam en t te rm ina te d two we ek s ago, wi th thefol lowing re su lt M r . V. Vil la , E ng ,

’

89, le ads the trium pha l p roc e ssion , be ing c lose ly fol lowed by M r . R obert C armody ,

’

92, whi leM r . R ob e rtWool ley ,

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92, brings up the re a r. The v ic torious triohave re ce ive d fitting prize s .

The ba se ba l l se a son wa s ope n e d a t F ordham on Apri l l st, whe nthe R ose H i l ls , Srs. , and the I nv inc ib le s e ngage d in a frie nd ly c on

te st. A lthough the we a the r wa s e xtr e m e ly c old for ba se bal l p laying, the re wa s som e bril l iant p lay ing on e ithe r S ide , and thre eor four e xc e l len t hits on the part of the R ose H i lls . The p rin c ipa lfe a ture of the gam e wa s a hot bounde r from S he a ’

s ba t to the I h

vinc ibl e’

s p itche r . I t was a treme ndous hi t, and. wor thy of the

R ose H i l ls’

cy c lop ian ba tte r.

We le arn from an O ffi c ia l notic e re c ently p oste d up in the ago ra ,tha t the following ge n tlem e n have b e en se le c te d from am ongus to uphold the a n c ie n t honor of the I nv in c ib le s : R obe rtC a rm ody ,

’

92, c a tche r and e xchange p itche r ; D avid Ar e l lano,’

91 , p itche r ; W. L aue r, E ng ,

’

91 , 1 st ba se ; T hos . D aly ,

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91 , 2d

b as e ; Pa trick Qu inn ,

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91 , 3d ba se ; F ran c is D onn e l ly ,

’

90, S . S . ;

Arthur H art,’

92, L . F . ; T hos . C ushing, E ng ,

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91 , C . F . J am es

Kan e , R . F . , E ng ,

’

91 . The c ap ta in of the n in e ha s not y e t b e en

e le c te d , bu t we a l l fe e l c on fiden t that the c hoi c e wi l l fa l l on the

right m an .

1 28 T H E F O R D H A M M O H N TL Y .

The re c e n t b lizzard had a sort O f damp e n ing e ffe c t on the

Sp irits of ba seba l l en thu sia sts . A t this tim e,howeve r, the

we a the r adm its of prac tic e , and the R ose H i l ls, true to the irO ld trad ition s, are out in un i form

, cross ing ba ts with the

I nvinc ib le s . M any n ew gam e s have b e en arrange d of l ate .

H oly C ross and F ordham wi l l m e e t in H artford on M ay 1 0th;

an e xc e ed ingly good gam e m ay be e xpe c te d, as the se c ol legete am s hav e m e t but onc e in a sc ore of ye ars . The gam e s

w ith the J a spe rs wi l l be p laye d J une . The fol lowinghave be e n thus fa r se ttle d

M ay 3d, L e high,6 th

,L e nox H i l ls,

l 0th, H oly C ross,1 7th

,L a faye tte ,

24th, C olumb ia,26 th

,C uban G iants,

Jun e 6 th, L a faye tte F ordham .

Apr i l 3d, N ew Y orks,8th, L e nox H i ll s ,l 0th, Wi lli am s,

1 5th, I onas,1 7 th,

C olumb ia ,1 9 th, T r in ity C ol lege ,22d

,A tla s,

25th,T r in ity C ollege ,

28th, L e h igh,

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N ext door to R ea l E sta te E xc hange . T e lephon e , J ohn 350.

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B e st C onfe c tion e ry in the M a rke t,

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JO H N A . M c sO R L E Y S O N ,

CUSTOM hows 886 RE85, Nom fims.And U . s . PAS SPO R T AG E N T S ,

42 P ine S tre e t, and R otunda , C ustom H ouse , N ew Y ork .

C on signm ents of M e rchan d ise c le are d a t the C ustom H ou se a n d forward e d wi thd i sp a tch. Pa rti cu l ar a tte nt i on g i ve n to goods for

“I n c orpora te d I nsti tuti ons .

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R e f e rs b_spe c i a l p e rm ission

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to H i s Em in enc e Jam e s , C ard i na l G ibbons . B a ltim ore , an d i s G ra c e , M . A . C orri ga n , A rchb i shop , N ew Y ork .

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R D H A M . N . Y .

SUBSGRIPTION , A YEAR ADVANCE .

A d v e rt is in g R a t e s S e n t o n Ap p l ica t io n .

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C O N N O R ;D E N T IL IN E F O R T H E T E E T H .

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C hurch P ew-s . S e nd for c irc ulars . E st im a te s of H ardware

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TH E F O R D H A M M O N T E L Y .

F rom . the N ew Y ork T im e s . M r . H a ssard all his l ifewas a schola r, a ke en love r of books, and in e ve ry se nse Of

the word a br i l l ian t journa l ist. H e had a sty le of gre a t

cle a rn e ss, s imp li c ity and forc e , and his cr itic ism s bo th ofm usi c and of

_books we re absolute ly hone st. Whe n he c on

de‘

mn e d a book i t wa s a lways done in a s ingu lar ly ge ntlem anne r

, which ne ve r,

bore a sp ite ful or savage stamp . The

sam e can a lso b e sa id of his m us ic a l critic ism s . H is pe rsonalcharacte r was ve ry p le a san t and gen tle , and he wa s gre at lybe love d by a ll his a ssoc ia te s and fr ie nds .

”

The E vening P ost thus wr ite s of him :“A l l his work was,

in br ie f, l ike h im se lf,fu l l of ge n tle ne ss, d ign ity and swe e t

ne ss. H e wa s a ve ry k e e n observe r, had ta de l ightfu l se n seof hum or and a qu ick in s ight in to the m otive s and c ondu c tof his fe l low m en , ye t he n e ve r sa id a word or wrote a l in ewh ich c arr ie d pa in or le ft a wound . I t was a l ifelong hab it with him _

n e ve r to spe ak of hi s own work Or hisown fe e l ings . F rom the b eginning to the e nd of his longi l ln e ss not a word of im patie n c e or c omp la int e sc ap e d him .

A m ore unse lfish, gene rous nob le sou l n eve r l ive d . N o m an

e ve r knew him but to be com e his fr ie nd, and in a ll the wor ldhe . had no en em y . H e wa s a true m an , a fa ithful fr ie nd, agood workm an , a de vout C hr istian , and the wor ld, which i sbe tter be c ause he l ive d in i t, is p oore r to day, a s i t a lways iswhe n such a sp ir it de parts from i t.

”

I n the be auty and e arne st '

s imp l ic ity of th is quota tion , I

c annot he lp re cogn iz ing the hand of his l i fe long fri end, M r .

Wi l l iam Winte r, whose m uch m ore e laborate tribute to them em ory of his de ad frie nd wa s pub l ishe d in the T r i bun e a

day later . I t is p artic u lar ly grate fu l to those who love d M r .

H a ssard, b e c ause of the fa c t that the de scr iption wi ll app lyto M r . Wi l l iam Winte r h im se l f.The C om m er c i a l A d verti s er says : H e was on e of the

e ar l ie st wr ite rs . to d ire c t. Am e r ic ans on the r ight music a lroad, and m any of hi s cr itic ism s in the e ar l ie r ye ars of Ope ratic and symphon ic produc tion in th is c ity we re m aste rp ie c e sin the ir l ine , and we re of the utm ost use in in form ing and

cultivating the art istic se nse of the comm un ity.

”

The M a i l a nd E mp r e ss says The la te John R . G . H a s

sard, of the T r i bun e , wa s an honor to the profe ss ion , whosedutie s he pe rform e d with such rare fide l ity and ab i l ity, andwhose opportuni tie s b e improve d so nob ly . C on sc ientiousin a ll the de ta i ls of his work ; gifte d with the art of c onveying the impre ssion s of a na ture p e cul iar ly susc eptib le to thebe a uti ful in na ture , art and l ite ra ture ; m ode st, ye t with a

just pr ide in his e xcell e nt work ; fol lowing his profe ss ion not

a s a bus in e ss, or for i ts ba se r rewards, but a s a sacre d c a l ling,

”he wasa s m uch be love d as honore d by a ll who kn ew

him .

The I l a rtford P ost :“M r . H assard wa s a m an of the

ke en e st p e rc eptions . H i s work as an e d itor ial wr ite r was ofthe very. b e st, and his thorough knowle dge of the l ite ratureof musicmade him one of the most valuab le of cri tics in that ,

be c ause of his s impl e and m a n ly virtue s .

fie ld . H e was a m an thoroughly honore d and be love dthe profe ss ion .

”

F rom the F re em a n’

s J ou rn a l M r . H assard wa s i

ura lly gifte d with strong p owe rs of an alys is and syntheI t is rare tha t so e ve n ly ba lanc e d an in te l l e c t c om e s intowor ld . And th e se powe rs we re cu ltiva te d to the h ighe stgre e by indom itab le wi l l forc e , wh ic h tr iumphe d ove r s:

n e ss, suffe r ing and adve rse c ircum stan c e s .

H e was on e of the few cr itic s of his tim e who n e ve r se

fic e d the e xpre ss ion of wha t to him se em e d the truth toc han c e of writing a c le ve r th ing. H is sty le — un lik e tha tthe othe r gre at wr ite r, M a thew A rno ld

,who has j ust pas

away— wa s without tha t se lf - c onsc iousn e ss tha t c om e s of

ove r c on sciou sne ss of be ing of the e le c t in l ite ra ture . I t !

se sse d howe ve r that qua l ity wh ich Arnold m ost adm ire d .

was luc id . I t was m an ly . F ol lowing H a ssard on any s

je c t the re ade r fe lt tha t he was sa fe . H e — and this i s an

usua l thing to say of a journa l ist— wrote on ly on top ic s the had thoroughly ma ste re d . T h is gave him an un iquepu ta tion , and in the ranks of Journa l ists

,whe n m e n f

the ir tru e le ve l ve ry qu ickly, H a ssard’

s n am e wa s a lw

m en tion e d w ith the de e pe st re sp e c twh ich i t e xa c te d, b e c aaround i t c lung the aroma of the m ost sol id qua l ities, a s ia s of the m ost be au tiful a cqu irem e nts .

”

I c lose the quotati on s h e re,a lthough I have a t ha nd m

in the sam e stra in . I th ink i t we l l for those for whom thl ine s a re wr itte n to re ad and appre c ia te wha t on e of tipre de c e ssors a t S t . J ohns, who wa s, in hi s day, the . m

m ode st and una ssum ing stude n t of the c ol lege , and v

J ohn ,

G od a

by so

m us ic and l ite ra ture , his m othe r sa id toing of my hand I c ou ld c a l l him ba ck Ith is the re wa s a pa thos tha t was he roic .

long ye ars of suffe r ing— his pa tie nc e ,ge ntle and ge n ia l spir it wh ich triumsuffe r ing, thqu ie t and s

was e xte ndefr ie nds whotha t dawn e dthe last farewe ll and la id down to s le epQuoting aga in from his fr ie nd M r . D

M ay his soul have p e a c e and m ay th

se nd m ore such labore rs into the harve sT o th is I , as the last survivor O f h i

Am en .

1 36 T H E F O R D H A M .M ON T E L Y .

T H E R E PU B L I C O F L E TTE R S .

E d i tors F ordham M on thly

am much in the c ompany of two v io len t l i ttera teurs, onean old ge n tlem an— age un c e rta in ,the othe r young e noughto d isc ourse le arne d ly on B rown ing . T hey afl‘

ord m e infin

ite am usem en t. I myse lf am a m an of a ffa irs, and am thuspre c lude d from de te rm in ing whe the r or n ot B rown ing ha strue vis ion . I t oc curre d to m e that an ac c ount of on e of ourconve rsations, in wh ich the old ge ntlem an is aggre ssive , theyoung m an d iscurs ive , and I a tte ntive , wou ld not be un inte r

e sting to you . I wa ite d for an O pportun ity wh ich soonc am e . H e re is a narra tive , m ore or le ss e xac t, of wha t happe n e d

I wa s in the m iddl e of a rem ark c onc e rn ing the p lac id a ir

worn by one of my cowsY oung M a n — T ha t re c a l ls a be autifu l pa ssage m S ar

de l lo, and0ld G en t — Oh ! (wi thfa l l ing in fl e c tion , b e token ing pa in).Y oung M a n — And the whole passage is so sugge stive .

B rowning is ful l of sugge stive ne ss . O f c ourse , he is obscureto m ost p e op le , that i s, to those who don ’

t unde rstand him .

I t i s.qu ite e a sy to be p la in in the e xpre ssion of c omm onp lac e

thoughts ; but in h igh poe tic m oods one c a n,on ly h int and

sugge st ; the thoughts are too n ic e and sp ir itua l to be c aughtand c lothe d in he avy, p la in spe e ch . In som e c a se s the ide ais so e xal te d tha t the po e t m ust sim p ly a cknowle dge lack ofe xpre ss ion .

M yse lf , (t im idl y ). — What is poe tic a l sugge stivene ss ?O ld G en a— Poe tic a l sugge stiven e ss is a l l nonse nse . Y our

h igh poe t b e c om e s afll ic te d with a wi ld fancy he s its downde l ibe rate ly to rid h im se lf of i t and in fl ic t i t on othe rs . H e

str ike s out w ith h in ts and ha l f -words and inte l le c tua lwinks, and the L ord - a lone knows wha t he wishe s to c onvey .

O ne of the e le c t ge ts the lucubration , and afte r gre a tme n ta llabor and m uch c orruga tion of brow,

he announc e s them e an ing of the or igin a l p e rpe trator ; and the reupon the un

di ge ste d fancy i s c a ll e d sugge stive , in the'

sam e se n se , no

doubt, that a m ystic a l ve rse from the apoc a lypse is sugge s

t ive , sugge sting as it doe s five hundre d d iffe re nt e xplan ation s .

Y oung M a n — I c an on ly repe at what I sa id b e fore . Pa l

pa bl e , c omm onp la c e thoughts c an be re adi ly e xpre sse d byany on e ; but the re a re subtle shade s of thought and c om

plic ate d em otions wh ic h the gre a te st m a ste r of words i sunab le to e xpre ss ; he m ust the re fore h int and i f you choose ,wink m e nta l ly . S uch em otion was fe lt by T e nnyson whe nhe e xc la im e d,

Woul d tha t m y tongue coul d u tte rThe thoughts that ari se in m e .

”

O ld G en t.— I c an on ly repe a t tha t i t’s a ll nonsense . B rown

ing has be e n hin ting and winking and stra in ing to say som e

th ing for a num be r of ye a rs . H e is old e nough now to bem aste r of his own t houghts . O f wha t use are ide as to youor to othe rs i f yo u c an

’

t e xpre ss them c le ar ly ? A wink doe snot sa tisfy m e . I want the thought itse l f (ve ry em pha tic a l ly).B rowning ! (sc ornful ly). B e shrew his winking ! I have

ofte n lost fif te e n m inute s trying to find the grammatic a lc on struc tion of one of his se nte nc e sY oung M a n (wi th an offende d air).— M a ckintosh says

that D r . J ohnson was a good c r itic in m atte rs of c omm onsen se

, bu t tha t he wa s pos itive ly ignorant in his critic ism sof high, lyri ca l song.

1‘

O ld G en t — H a ! ha ! ha ! D r . J ohnson , you and I are

sil enc e d . (H ere followe d a d isagre e able pause , which I e nde avore d to shorte n by re sum ing my forme r rem arks aboutthe c ows).M yse lf .

— As I was saying, tha t c ow of m ine has a plac idlook, (he re I wa ite d in _

va in for an in te rruption), tha t i s, i tse em s to, ah, have thoughts too se re ne to be e xpre sse d in

comm onp la c e words .

O ld G en t — H a ! ha ! ha ! Poor c ow,it c an only wink .

(H e re our young fr ie nd flushe d a l ittle , but on se condthought he conc lude d to laughwithus— and so we parte d).

Wish ing you , gen tlem e n , a p le asan t M ay m onth,I am ve ry re spe c tfu l ly yours,

A G R I C O LA .

[We regre t that no addre ss a c compan ie d the following c omm uni c ation ; we are a t a loss to know whe re to se nd M r . A .

C . G un te r’

s answe r . We woul d sugge st, out O f c ons ide ra tionto au thors, that c omm un ic ations to th is departm e n t c on ta inno m ore than twe n ty

- five que stions ; howe ve r, we m ake an

e xc e ption in favor of a ll future le tte rs from “M aude C harte r is,and The O the r O n e .

”— E ds .]

T o M r . A rchiba ld C la re t-ing G unter, A uthor of M r . B a rnes of N ew

Y ork”a nd “ M r . Potter of T exas.

D E AR S I R : We have re ad your e xc e e d ingly c le ve r and in

te re sting books and suppose that you must have be e n in thes itu a tions of your c harac te rs, e lse you c ou ld not have de sc ribe d them so we l l . We shou ld l ike to ask you a fe w que stion s . T hey are a s foll ows i

,Why c ou ld you not have m ade

L ady Ann e ssl ey m arry C har l ie E rrol in “M r . Potter,” and

why not l e t us he a r m ore of M aude C harter is in “M r . B arn e s ?”

D id she e ve r ge t ove r he r love for bonbon s ‘

.

l We c an sym

pa thize with he r in th is pass ion . Which of your c hara c te rsdo you l ike be st ? H ave you e ve r be e n in C ors ic a ? Wil lyou k ind ly se nd us y our photo . and autograph (c are of T H EF O R D H AM C O LLE G E M ON THLY .) P le a se e xp la in the m ode of

a cquiring those glanc e s of m agne tic in flue nc e in wh ich M r .

B arn e s and E n id a re c on tinua l ly i ndu lgi ng. H ave you e ve r

p laye d tha t c rue l “ starving ” j oke on any innoc e nt youngcre a ture ? D o you inte nd wr iting any m ore of those charming stor ie s ? I f so, we shou ld sugge st a s a swe e t title , M r .

T u lu G um drops T affy of H uyl e rsvi lle .

”O f c ourse we le ave

th is to your d isc re tion .

H op ing that you wi ll be so kind as to answe r our num e r

ous que stions , we rem a inT wo appre c ia tive S ou ls,

M AU D E C H AR T ER l s AN D T HE O TH ER O N E .

TH E F O R D H A M M O N T E L Y . 1 37

AN SWE R S T O L E T TE R S O F L AST M O N TH .

To M r . S olomon R ex, J r .

D E AR S I R : We are empowe re d to answe r you in beha lf ofH . R ide r H aggard . Y our e xc eptions in regard to King S olomon

’

s ine s'

we re we ll take n ; inde e d, i f the bookWe re tobe writte n an ew the author wou ld undoubte d ly ava i l h im se lfof your sugge stions . I n regard to the Sl ighting m anne r in

whi ch M r . H aggard, in his p l e fa c e , sp e ak s O f the wom e n

c hara c te rs, nothing c an b e sa id i n e xte nu ation . T his i s an

e ve r lasting b lem ish . B u t about the dre ss of the E ngl ishc apta in ; we a re instruc te d to say that an oxidize d s i lverhe ade d is not use d i n dem i toi le t.

O UR L AD Y sr . M A R Y . AND TH E‘

L i L l E s.

H I TE as snow, fa l le n n ew,

With ey en glad , and browe s b e nt,H e r ha ir down to he r he e le s we nt,

A nd she wa s simple a s dove on tre e ,F ul l debonna -ir of he art was she .

”

A li ttle m a ide n fare th afi e l d

this m a ide n is swe e t of b le eAnd she ga the re th l il ie s b e s ide a we a ldI

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the l and of G a li le e .

H e rg r’

e a t b lue e yn e wi th gladne ss glowP e rde e , sh e i s p a ssin g fa ir

A nd down ‘

to he r broide re d sanda ls flowThe wave s of he r soft brown ha ir .

Whi l e she p a sse th a long the vin eyard wa ll s,I n the dewy sunrise hour,

The swa l low’

s far, fa i nt twitte r fa l lsA thwart the ol ive s in flowe r .

A n d a warm wind wan de re th up the m e ads

F rom yon l ine O f l ifte d se a ,

And i t be ndeth ge n tly the runne l’s re e ds,And i t touc he th e a ch flowe ring tre e ,

T i ll a snow of b lossom s downward swirlsT o the m oss whe re the m '

arigold burn s,A nd i t str

‘ows the chi ld ’

s brown ha ir wi th p e arlsA s she stande th am ong the fe rns .

A n d the b irds sing he l e , the birds sing the re ,An d me rry the ir m e lodi e s be ,Whi l e she we ave th a crown e l to b ind her ha ilF rom the b e l ls of the va le - li ly .

N ow, those we re the days when the se l il i e s we reT ha t she pl e ache thi nto he r _

crown ,

But 10 ! a s they touchhe 1 b e au te ous he adA ll foam -white the y n e stle adown .

A nd c erte s, sin c e then, whereve r they b low,

S nowy the ir b e l ls have be enTo honor thi s fa irest m a ide n , I trow,

S ithi

n she knew no sin .

The warm wi nd wande re th up the landAnd it bringe th thi s thought to m e ,

T ha t my sc arle t sin s '

a t touch of he r handM ay whi te a s the lil i e s be .

D E AR SI R : The le isure tim e of M r . Andrew L ang is a l toge the r take n up b e twe e n fishing and wr iting a new B a l la de .

I n his nam e we c ongratu la te you on the summ ary m anne r in

whic h you ove rc am e your pre judi c e to his nam e . T o showyou that M r . L ang i s a m uch m ore am iab le p e rson than “ his

nam e wou ld le ad one to suppose , we re fe r you to a poem ofR . L . S te ve n son,

in (fi rde rwoods, beginn ing,D e ar Andrew, wi th the brindle d ha ir.

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A D R O SAM .

S ide rum sa cros im ita ta vul tus,

Qu id la te s dudum , R osa ? D e li c a tum

E ff e r e te rris c aput, O te p e n tis

F i lia c oe l i .J am tibi nubes fugiunt aquosae ,

Quas fugan t a lb is zephyri quadrigisJ am tib i mu lc e t B ore am joc anti s

Aura F avon i .S urge ! qui na tam de c e ant c ap i l liM itte sc itari n ihi l he u profanaeD e be as fron ti n imium seve ri

S temm a pudori s 1

Pa r

c e ple b e ios re d im ire c rin e sT e de c e n t arae tib i c ol l igandaVi rgin is late c om a p e rse quac e s

F luc tua t auras .

D AY, O N L Y A M EM O R Y N OW,

B U T O N C E A G L AD F E ST IVAL .

T . D AL Y ,

’91 .

M e rry tim e i t i s in M ay .

The foul e s synge thhe r lay .

The kn ightte s love th the tornay .

M ayd e n s so daun c e n and thay p lay .

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AY — D AY , to our m ind,m ay rightly be c ons ide re d

the inaugur a l day of the ve rna l se a son, for at thattim e the we a the r, wh ich be fore

_

had b e e n but a

tanta l iz ing m ixture of he at and c old, sun sh in e and showe r,with he re and there an oc c asiona l blizzard, se em s to takec ourage , a s i t we re , a t the approach of thi-s m ost de l ightfulof m onths, a nd begin -s to se ttle down in to a ba lmy warm thof c l im a te and growing b e auty of landsc ape . A l l na ture

budd ing forthin to n ew l ife insp ire s a l ike fe e l ing of re juve ne sc e nc e and happ ine ss in the he art of m an , so sore lyove rta‘xed by the gloomy monotony of

_win -te r . T his n a tura l

fe e l ing of happ in e ss a tte nd-

ant upon the adve nt of Spr ing, is,if we m ay judge from the m any and varie d ve rses that havebe e n addre ssed to i t, the m ost prol ific sourc e of poe tic inspira tion . C e rta in ly the gre a t po'e ts of the 1 7 th and 1 8th

c e n tur ie s have produc e d poem s on this sub j e c t wh ic h hav ebe c om e c la ssi c s, but it is our c and id and unb iase d op in ionthat no poe t with in the la st fifty ye arshas e qua ll e d, a nd c e r

ta inly non e have e xc e l -le d,“

the poem of D enn is F lore n c eM cC arthy on th is sub j e c t, a few stanzas of wh ich, for the

be ne fit of our re ade rs, we quoteAh ! m y he art i s we ary wa iting,Wa i ting

- for the MayWa i ting for the p le a sant ramb lesWhe re the fragrant hawthorn bramb le s.

With the wood -

,bine a lte rna tingS c e n t the dewy way

S uch i s the we a lth of m usic al'

rhyth-m and a iry grac e m an

ife st in e ve ry l ine of the above poem , tha twe do not wonder,so m any of our mus ica l c ompose rs have str ive n to give it

su itab le e xpre ss ion in m e lody .

The pen s of m any of the poe ts and c hron ic le rs of the

m iddle age s were turn e d to the de scr iption of wha t m ight

Ah my he art is sick with longing,

L onging for the M ay'

L onging to e sc ap e from studyT o the young fa c e fa ir and ruddy ,

And the thousand charm s be longingT o the summ e r

’

s day .

Ah m y he art i s s ick wi th longing,L onging for the M ay .

Ah! my he art i s pa ine d with throbb ing“

,

T hrobb ing for the M ayT hrobbing for the se a s ide bi llows,O r the wa te r¢wooing wi l lows

Whe re in laughing and in sobb ingG l ide the stre am s away .

Ah ! m y he art, my he art i s throbbingT hrobb ing for the M ay .

Wa iting, sad , de je c te d , we ary ,

Wa i ting for the M ay

S pring goe s by wi th waste d warnings,M oon l it e ve n ings, sun - brightm orn ings

S umm e r c om e s ye t dark and dre ary ,

L i fe sti l l e bbs awayM an i s eve r we ary , we ary ,Wa iting for the M ay !

1 40 T H E F O R D H A M M O N T H L Y .

be te rm e d the in auguration c e rem on ie s of summ e r, i . e . the

M ay- day custom s wh ich we re so e arn e stly obse rve d in the

B r itish I sl e s, ante r ior to the a sc e ndancy of the Pur itan s inE ngland, in the S ixte e nth c e ntury . I t i s of the se m e rry

custom s that we de s ire e spe c ial ly to spe ak . We le arn frome xc e ll e nt au thor ity, that the fe stiva l in qu e stion , is undoubte dly de r ived from an anc ie n t c ustom of E gypt and In d ia .

T he se p e op le have imm em ori a l ly kept a s a sa cre d fe stiva l,the day on wh ich the sun e nte rs T a urus, wh ic h e vent oc curson ,

or with in a few days of, the first of M ay .

The anc ie nt R om an s he ld the ir F lora l ia , a fe stiva l ve rys im i lar to that of the E gyptian s and I nd ian s, a t about thesam e tim e . I t b egan on the 28th of Apri l, and c ontinue din to the m idd le of the first we e k in M ay ; the or igin of thefe ast se em s to have b e e n doubtfu l, but i ts purpose , oste n s ibly wa s, to beg a b le ss ing on the p lants and fru its. Po lydore Virgil te l ls us that it wa s custom ary for the R om anyou ths to go in to the fie lds and spe nd the c a le nds of M ay

dan c ing and s inging in honor of F lora , the godde ss who pre Js ide d ove r fru its and flowe rs . T his fe stiva l was im itate d bythe e arly E ngl ish, who appoin te d the first day of M ay a s a

day of ge ne ra l re j oi c ing on a c c ount of the re turn of spr ing,but the fe ast was m ore e spe c ia l ly de d ic ate d to the m em oryof R ob in H ood and M a id M ar ian , be c au se that re nowne dand favore d outlaw d ie d on tha t day .

I t wa s still the cu stom ,a s la te a s the s ixte e n th c entury

(a t whi ch tim e the dogm atic O p in ion s of, the Pur itan party,

wh ic h had atta in e d the a sc e ndan cy, put an e nd to the m e rry

custom ) for the pe op le a t large , but m ore e spe c ia lly those of

the m iddl e and lowe r ranks, to go a -M ay ing into the fie lds,a t a ve ry e ar ly hour on M ay

- day m orn ,for the purpose of

gathe r ing flowe rs and e spe c ially the th ickly c luste r ing and

fragr ant bl ossom s of the H awthorn ,and to re turnWith the se

at sunr ise , a c c ompan ied by a gre a t blowin'

g'

of horn s and

b e a ting of tabors .

‘

T hose who p artic ipa te d in this c e rem ony,whi ch wa s c a l le d B r inging H om e the M ay,

”d istr ibute d the

flowe rs and de c orate d a l l the house s in the v i l lage with them .

E ve ry vill age had itsM ay-

pole , about wh ich the lads and

l ass ie s dan c e d and sang a nd its M ay que en, ge n e ra l ly thefa ire st young gir l of the v i l lage , to whom a ll pa id ob e isan c e .

Spe nc e r, in his S he ph e rd’

s C a le ndar,” give s us a ve ry apt

and p le asant p ic ture of a'

M ay- day sc e n e , wh ic h we he re sub

jo1n

L ik e r this m orrow no longe r ago ,

I saw a shol e of shephe rds outgoWith s inging and shouting and jol ly che e rB e fore them yode a lusty T abre re ,T hat to the m any a horn - p ip e p lay ’

d ,

Whe re to the y dan c e n e ach on e to his m a id,T o se e the se folks m ak e such jou issan c e ,M ade m y he a rt a fte r the p ip e to dan c e .

T he n to the gre enwood they sp e e de n them al l ,

T o fe tche n hom e M ay with the ir m usic a l ;And hom e they b i i ng him in a roya l thron eC rown ed as a k ing and hi s que e n a tton eWa s L ady F lora , on whom d i d atte nd

A fa ir floc k of fa iri e s and a fre sh b e ndO f love ly nymphs .

A s we sa id above , an e nd was put tothe se m e rry en te r

ta inm e n ts by that cur ious and obtuse se c t, the Pur itan s, the

e n em ie s of m ir th and good che e r , when they obta in e d the irsuprem a cy in the 1 6 th c e ntury . H owe ve r

, th is n ew state of

a ffa irs wa s n ot of long dura tion , for on the ve ry n e xt M ay

day, n am e ly in 1 66 1 an imm e n se M ay pole was rai se d withgre a t c e rem ony and a c c lam a tion in L ondon . I n I re land ,M ay

- day wa s a ssoc ia te d with som e an c ie nt and cur ious custom s of e qua l ly p agan origin a s the F lora l ia , We le arn ofthe in stitution , or p e rhaps re v iva l, of som e r ite s and fe a stsin the r e ign of T u a tha l T e c tm ar (The We lc om e ), A . D . 79 .

A t the gre at annua l fa ir he ld a t N isn e a ch, in We st M e ath,an im a ls we re offe re d up to R e a l, invoking hi s prote c tion forthe fruits and flowe rs .

The day on wh ich the se an im a l c e rem oni e s we re p e rform e d

agre e s pre c ise ly wi th our first of M ay, and that day wa s andis sti ll c a l le d by the I r ish “ Lha B e ul or the “B e l

tan e , wh ich sign ifie s “ the day of B e a l ’s fir e .

”The c ustom

of e xtingu ish ing and re l ighting pr ivate fire s on this day ,wh ich wa s pe cul iar to .the old C e ltic inhab ita nts, was c e l e

brated and kept a l ive am ong the p e a santry of I re land, the

I s le of M a n, and S c otland, un til a re c e nt date . I t is not un

usual to se e the c e rem on ie s pe rform e d e ve n n ow am ong theform e r, but the day ha s b e e n change d from M ay l st to 24th

of J une — S t. J ohn ’

s E ve .

I n looki ng ove r an old,tim e -worn li ttle book

, som e fewdays ago, we happe n e d upon an a c c ount of som e M ay

- day

c ustom s c omm on in I re land on e hun dre d ye ars ago . A t thattim e i t wa s usua l for the young m en to go

-

out of town in the '

m orn ing and c ut a M ay- bush— ge ne ral ly a wh ite thorn .

T hey re turne d and p lante d this in the town , and c oll e c te dm one y from am ong the p e op le of the n e ighborhood wi th

wh ich to purc ha se c and le s for the purpose of de corating thebush . T urf and a tar ba rre l we re a lso bought.I n pre vious tim e s a horse ’

s sku l l and othe r bone s we rede em e d n e c e ssary for the popul ar r ite . T h e se we re oh

ta in e d from the tann e r ie s a t Ki lm a inham . A t dusk the c an

dl e s on the M ay~bushe s we re l ighte d, a nd the boys shouting

and s inging danc e d aroun d it, m e a nwh il e c irc ula ting su chb e ve rage a s they had be e n abl e to proc ure . A fte r an houror so the turf and bone s are igni te d, and whe n the c andl e s

are burn e d out, the bush i s thrown in to the flam e s, and the

re ve lry c on tinu e s whi le the fire l a sts . The I rish p e a san tryhad m any othe r ve ry pre tty M ay day c ustom s

, of which, weare sorry to say our l im ite d spa c e wil l not a l low us to sp e ak .

N ow we have to lam e n t the loss of a ll the se m e rry c ustom s .

The so c a l le d progre ss of c ivil iza tion with its se ve n - le agueboot str ide s, i s putt ing the se j oyous c e rem oni e s far in toantiqu ity . T his e vi l

,inde e d, is also, without doubt, due to

the loss of s imp l ic ity of m ann e rs am ong the p e a sants ; theyhave be com e too kn owing,

too artific ial and e xp e ns ive in the irp le a sure s to e n j oy the s imp le and hom e ly am usem e nts ofM ay

- day. S O pa sse s away m any an anc ie nt custom .

TH E F O R D H A M M O N TE L Y .

A VI S I T T O A SPAN I SH L IB R AR Y ;

WH E R E IN I S F O U N D A PL E ASAN T H I ST O R Y O F D O N M IG U E L D E C E RVAN TES SAVAAD R A .

D . AR E LLAN O ,

’91 .

T is a sad thing to b e hold Spa in, a c ountry that onc e drovea thr iving trade and supporte d forty m i l l ions of thewor ld’

s popu la tion , struggl ing in th is n ine te e nth c en turyof ours for he r e xiste nc e . The m ighty n a tion tha t Phi l ip I I .

and Charl e s V. m ade the“

m istre ss of the wor ld, now fa l le nfrom he r high degre e of em inenc e , l ive s in the m em ory of he rbe tte r days and fond le s the rem n ants of d e parte d glory and

prospe rityl The grande st m onume n t of he r ha lcyon days

is he r l ite rature , thoughnot the ge ate st, ye t the r ic h e st and

m ost rom antic of a ll l ite rature . I f this is so, de ar re ade r,

le t us be take ourse lve s for a few m om e nts to the gre at l ibra ryof the E scor ial , n e ar M adr id, and the re, sympa thiz ing w ithhe r sorrows, le t us pore ove r the produc tions of he r sage s

and l i te rate urs .

E nte r ing the m a ssive pi le we saunte r from room to room ,

until final ly, taking a dusty volum e from on e of the she lve s,we si t down to glanc e ove r the c on te nts . The tom e has a

ra the r antique aspe c t, and a t a s ingle glanc e we c onc ludetha t it has stood the brunt ’ of two c e ntur ie s or m ore in itsse c lude d nook in the l ibrary . O n taking a look a t i ts title ,we find i t to be Viage al Parnaso,” Voyage to P arna ssus ,”by M igue l de C e rvante s S aave dra . We l l, we l l , so the authorof D on Q u ixote took a tr ip to Parnassus . H av ing thus d isc ove re d the author, we Ope n the old fo l io, wh ic h yawn sse ve ra l tim e s as i f just awakene d from a long and und isturbe ds le ep . T urn ing le isure ly .the ye l low page s of the ol d quarto,we pa ss s l ight cr itic ism s on the m e r its of the ir c on te n ts, ande ve r and an on we pause d to adm ire som e e xc e l le nt passagewhich we re ad and re re ad ha lf a doze n tim e s . Am ong thosewh ich impre ss us particu lar ly, the poe t’s be autifu l de scription of the godde ss Poe sy stands without a r iva l , and wec annot re fra in from in se rting it he re .

B ien a si sem e jaba , que se ofre c eE ntre l iqu idas p e r la s y e ntre rosasL a aurora que de spun ta y am ane c e .

L a vic a ve stidura , la s pre c iosa sJ oyyas que le adornaban , c om p e ti an

C on las .que sue le n se r m irabi llosa s.

L a s n infa s que a l que rer suyo a sisti anE n e l ga l lardo bril lo y be l lo a spe c toL as arte s l ibera le s p a re c i an .

T oda s con am oroso y tie rno a fe c toC on las c ie nc ia s m as c la ras y e sc ogidas

L e guardaban santi simo re sp e to, e tc .

Sha ll we e nde a vor to tran s late the se few l in e s ”.

Z Wha t !we , but

'

me re tyros in l ite ra ture ve n ture to re nde r in to E ug

lish the se be autiful ve rse s ? I t m ight se em ra sh and unb e

com i ng, but are not the re numbe r le ss othe rs who are c on

tinua lly de se cra ting E ngl ish ve rse by the ir attem pts a t

poe try ? A nd why should not we try our hand a t i t“.

2 C om e !

be se e ching the shade of C e rvante s to forgive u s, le t m e tak e

the m uch- abuse d he roic m e tre , in wh ich we w i l l ve n ture togive a quasi rend ition of his be autiful ve rse s .

1 41

She se em e d Aurora whe n he r fac e app e ars’

M i d rose s dewy with glad N ature ’

s te ars

O r when he r m an tle , e dge d wi thgolde n dye s ,U n furls a far off in the easte rn sk ie s .

The c ostly rob e s tha t o ’e r he r ge n tly fe ll ,

The jewe ls on he r bre ast, a p a ra l le lWou ld hard ly find in he a ve n or on e arth .The nymphs that he r ob eye d wi thjoy and m irth,

I n lustre gay and b e aute ous a sp e c t se emThe l ib e ra l a rts o ’

e r whom she re igns suprem e .

Thus far we have be e n rol l ing the rock of S isyphus up the

he ights of P arn assus with m ore or le ss d i fficu lty ; but nowtha t we are just ha l f way up , true to its old trad itions, i ts l ips from our grasp . We are unab le to c on tinu e our quasitran s lati on of C e rvante s’ ve rse s in the he roic m e tre ; whe refore , a fte r the m an n e r of a l l poe taste rs, we ’l l show the ficklem use a new pathway of m e tre , be tte r, we think, than the

on e she no l onge r de igns to tre ad .

The y a ll wi th love a ffe c ti on ate and true ,With the choi c e st knowle dge , stand

A round to guard he r form from vi ew,

A nd wa i t a t he r c omm and .

B y m ie n and e ve ry a c t and look they showe dTha t in se rving the y we re se rve d ;

T ha t to the ir m istre ss a l l wa s owe dF or he r was fam e re se rve d .

The style of the c ompos ition is high ly poe tic , and whe n ita ssum e s a ra the r se riOus a spe c t i t is cons ide rab ly le ave n e dby oc c a s ion a l sa ll ie s of am us ing hum or qu ite worthy of thea uthor of D on Qu ixote . C e rvante s repre se n ts him se lf j ourn eying to M ount P arna ssus, not m ounted on the wings ofPegasus , but in the m ost wre tche d c ond ition im aginab le .

M e rcury sudde n ly appe ars b e fore him ,and

,a c costing him as

the Adam of poe ts,” conduc ts him on boa rd of a sh ip bu i lte ntire ly of d ive rs kinds of ve rse , and prepare d to c onvey a

whole c argo O f S pan ishpoe ts to the kingdom of Apol lo . H e

the n shows him a l ist of the poe ts withwhom Phoebus wishe sto b e c om e a c qu a in te d ; and m e anwh i le legions of poe tsc rowd on board with suc h tum u lt and uproar tha t to sa ve

the m yste r ious ve sse l from sh ipwre ck the s ire n s ra ise a fur i~ous storm . The tem pe st rage s for a wh i le and then subs ide s,whe re upon a showe r of poe ts suc c e e ds, L ope de Vega , C e rvan te s

’

v ic torious r iva l in dram a tic poe try is am ong the firstto fall from the c louds, and C e rvante s,with ge nu ine Span ishga l lan try, se ize s this opportun ity of pron ounc ing a pompouse u logism on the m on ste r of na ture and the author of twothousand dram -a s .

Anothe r passage , rem arkab le for i ts bur le sque hum or and

or igin a l ity i s the poe t’s de sc ript ion of a se c ond storm , in

which N eptune e nde avours to s ink i ts poe ta ste rs, but i s sudde nly pre ve nte d by the in te rfe re nc e of Ve nus who change s

them in to em pty gourds and le athe r bottle s . F ina l ly the

ge nu ine poe ts are no longe r abl e to brook the pre senc e of

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r igo, in the ga l ley, E l'

S ol , dur ing the fa l l of 1 575. Whe nhis ve sse l c am e with in s ight of M in orc a , it fe l l ou t tha t ourhe ro and his com pan ions we re sudde n ly surrounde d by a

whole squadron of A lge r ine c ru ise rs, unde r the notor iousp irate , Arna ut N an ic , who sc oure d the M e d ite rran e an in

those storm y days . The S pan iards, on b e ing a tta cke d,offe re d an obstina te re s istan c e , and m ade it m ighty hot forthe ir e nem ie s, unti l ove rwh e lm e d by supe riornumbe rs, ~ the y

we re forc ed to strike the ir flag. Whe n the pr ison e rs we re

brought into A lgie rs, i t wa s C e rvan te s’

lot to fal l in to thehands O f a G re e k re negade , whose nam e wa s e ve n am ong theAl ge r ine s them se lve s a by - word of fe roc ity . T his avar ic iousS c oundre l, think ing tha t hi s pr isone r was ab le to re ga in hisl ibe rty a t the c ost of a fabu lous sum , l oade d him with cha insand pra c ti se d on him unhe ard . of cru e ltie s . T he a lm ostsupe rna tura l c ourage withwh ich he bore the se he art- rend ingsuffe rings is undoubte d ly the br ighte st gem tha t adorns thepage s of his l ife ’

s history . N or was C e rvan te s s low or ba ck

ward in p lann ing .

m e an s o f e sc ap e for him se lf an d hi s"

fe l low pr isone rs bu t, un fortuna te ly, th ey we re n e ve r

brought to a suc c e ssfu l issue , owing to the wan t of sk i l l insome and

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to the tre a che ry o f othe rs . I t wa s his indom i tableSp irit that che e re d the de sponde n cy of the C hr istian captive sin the ir dark and d ism a l dunge ons ; and his wond e rfu l influenc e ove r his unworthy c aptor wa s

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Ofte n e xe rte d in the irbe ha l f, wh il e his ge ne rous n a ture indu c e d him to take theb lam e sol e ly on h im se lf whe n e ve r the re wa s que stion of pun

i shm e n t for -

som e gene ral m isc onduc t.A fter five ye ars of e xi le and impr isonm e nt

,C e rvante s,through

the ge ne rous e xe rtion s of _his good m othe r,but e spe c ia l ly of thegood fr iar J e an G i l, was fre e d from the bondage of s lave ry ,and lande d on the c oast of his be love d Spa in a fte r a twe lveye ars abse nc e s B u t his daun tle ss good hum or tha t e ve r witha frol ic we lcom e , took the thund e r and the sunshin e —had

stil l to m e e t gre ate r hardsh ips than e ve n those of his c ap

tivi ty in Algiers . The ve te ran s of L epanto’s se rv ic e s we renow forgotte n , and . C ervan te s, wish ing to e arn a l iv ing,join e d his old regim en t, the n m arch ing on an e xpe d ition to

Portugal . A t the battle of D e rc ire he prove d to his com

PH I L I ST INE VS . PO E T .

I R Poe t, te l l m e why you stare , Poe t — S ir C har latan , S i r C harla tan ,

A nd look about l ik e one dem e nte d L ik e a ll highp oe ts . I have vi s ionL ord T hriftl e ss, of the flowing ha ir, M e n and the thoughts o f m e n I sc an ,

S ir poe t te l l m e why you stare . S ir C harla tan , S ir C ha rla tan .

Wil l staring ge t you c lothe s to‘

we ar, G o drive a thr iv ing trade , m y m an ,

A nd p ay yourb il ls for house s re nted ? I scorn , l ik e Ar nold, your de r isionS ir Poe t, te ll m e why you stare , S ir C ha rla tan , S ir C har la tan ,

And look abou t l ik e one dem ente d . L ik e a ll high p oe ts, I have vis ion .

S ir Poet a nd S ir Cha rla ta n ,

Y ou wake in m e a strange m i sgiving

You p ut ea ch other under ba n ,

S ir Poet and S i r Cha r la ta n .

Ah, m e good sire, since tim e began ,

A ll la ure ls f ad e save holy liningS ir Poet a nd S ir Cha r la ta n ,

You wake in m e a'

strange m i sgiving.

rade s tha t he was stil l the brave S pan iard tha t had b le d a t

L epan to for his c ountry’

s honor and the e xi ste nc e of hisre l igion . B ut C e rvante s

’ hop e s had not a t a l l be e n re a l ize d ,

and he now began tode spa ir of that m i l itary pre fe rm en t towh ich his irreproa chab le conduc t e ntitle d him . At the age

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of

thirty - six, abandon ing his profe ss ion he m ade his l ite raryd ebu t, pub l ish ing a pastora l rom an c e c a lle d G a la te a .

S hortly a fte r this he m arr ie d a Span ish m atron of singu larb e auty and of a ve ry re spe c tab le fam i ly . D uring the ne xtfew ye ars he is known to have wr itte n for the stage , but he

had not ye t d is cove red the true ben t of his gen ius.I n 1 598 we find him c ol le c ting the taxe s in the d istr ic t of

Argam a s i l la, whe n the enrage d popu la c e , a fte r conside rab ly

m altre a ting him, c onfin e d him in a hou se which is known

e ven to th is day as L a C asa d e M e drano .

”A s C e rvan te s

h imse lf, sp e aking of D on Quixote in his prologu e , says tha tthis ch i ld of his wi t wa s born in a j a i l

, we c onc lude tha t '

the first pa rt of D on Qu ixote wa s c onc e ive d and probab lywritte n dur ing his se cond impr isonm e nt. H e c om p le te d andpub l ishe d hi s imm orta l work the sam e ye ar tha t S hake spe aregave to the wor ld his fam ous H am le t .

”S hortly a fte r this

he re turn e d to the dram a , a nd the n a rose tha t sp irit of r iva lryb e twe e n him a nd the gre at L op e d e Vega , wh ich re su lte d inthe fina l tr iumph of the la tte r . M e anwh i le Al iaga , a partisanof L ope de Vega , who probably prompte d him to the sham e

ful de e d, pub l ishe d the spur iou s D on Qu ixote tha t rouse dthe ange r of C e rvan te s, who t ook up hi s p en and

,fin ish ing

the se con d part of his imm orta l work, s il en c e d the wre tche dl ibe le r . The ne xt few ye ars of his labor ious l ife we re pa sse da lm ost in pove rty , though his own n am e had a lre ady be com e

imm orta l . H e wrote the ded ic ation of'

his posthum ou s ro

m an c e , P e r ic le s and S igismunda,”when he a lre ady had

re c e ive d e xtrem e unc tion , and, in his own words, had on e

foot in the stirrup s,” wa i ting for a summ ons . A few days

b e fore his de a th , fil le d with the Sp ir it of a m an on the thre shold of e te rn ity, he a ssum e d the hab it of an humb le F ranc isc an fr iar, in wh ic h he breath e d his last _

on the 23d of Apr i l,1 6 1 6 , on the sam e d ay tha t Wi l l iam Shake sp e are , his gre a tc ontemporary, pa sse d away .

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A D R U I D SA C R I F I C E

WH E R E I N A R O M AN S O L D I E R I S AN U NWI L L I N G SPE C TAT O R O F TH E C E R EM ON Y O F THE M I STL E TO E .

R . W. WO O LE Y , I S T L AT . G R AM .

N the ye ar 55 B . C . , C aesar was l e ad ing his vic toriouslegions northward whe n he me t with a fie rc e re s istanc ein the te rr itory of the C arnute s . Afte r a bloody e n

c ounte r the G au ls were dr ive n off the fie ld, c lose ly pursue dby the R om ans . A sol em n sti l lne ss had spre ad ove r the sc e n eof c on fl ict. S lowly, m yste r iously tre ad ing down the h il ls idea ven e rab le looking old m an , wi th a long gray be ard , wende dhis way to a n e ighb or ing we ll, when he wasstartled at the

s ight be fore him . I n his path lay the appare ntly l i fe le ssbody of a R om an soldie r of rank. Without he s ita tion he

approached th is en emy of his dear land of G au l, and gre atwas his surpr ise when he saw the sold ie r open his eye s and

fix them on him ,

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say ing in a hoarse voic eWhe re am I ? What m ust C rassus D e c ius thus rem ain

a slave in the hands of an e n em y ? H a s C ae sar, the n, b e e nc onque re d ? N o, no— i t c annot be I”The un e xpe c te d visitor wa s gen tly holdi ng the R om an

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s

he ad, and wh isp e re d qu ie tly : “B e c om forte d ; you are in

the hands of a fr iend and not of an e n emy ; you ne e d not

fe ar, fOr wi th m e you are a s safe as with C ae sar him se lf .

C om e along, m y fr ie nd, your wounds m ust be dre sse d at

onc e , and you m ust re c e ive the prop e r re st. ”“ B ut tarry awh il e , O kind strange r who are you to take

such an inte re st in my we lfare ? Am I talking, pe rchanc e ,to a spy of the C arnute s, that wi l l soon le ave m e to the irm e rcy

“ F e ar not, my fr ie nd, the C arnute s are not the vic tors,but C ae sar

’s legions . T he re fore , it i s but m e e t for m e to se e

to your wan ts, as I wou ld do to one of my broth e rs .

”

A ssure d by the last words, D e c ius c onsente d to b e le d to

the old m an’

s grotto, on the slope of a n e ighbor ing hi l l .A fte r having se ate d the young soldi e r on a sm ooth rock

, the

old m an haste ned to prepa re the sacre d ointm e nt to dre sshi s wounds .

M e anwh i le D e c ius, l ooking down upon the r ich and be au

tiful p la in be low,thought how c a lm and p e a c e fu l e ve ryth ing

app e are d whe re but a few hours be fore so much b lood had

b e e n sh e d for the R om an c ause . A httle to the le ft, a pre ttystre am wa s ge ntly m e ande ring through the gre e n m e adows,and on i ts banks the si lve r- c olored le ave s of the sta te ly popl ars softly rustle d and bowe d b e n e ath the zephyrs . T o the

south e xte nde d a long the horizon d istan t h ills, ove r wh ichthe c onque ring troops we re fa st pursui ng the e nem y, wh i lethe sun was just se tting in the we st. The wounde d sold ie rwas in e c tasy ove r th is grand sc e n e be fore him , when the

old m an c am e in s ight, and on be hold ing the sun , fe l l on hiskne e s, wrapp e d in d e e p re col le c tion . A s D e c ius wa s wonde ring a t a l l th is, his kind fr ie nd sa id :

“ I am a D ru id, and thatgrand ba

l l of fire wh ich you se e the re to the we st is the godB e le n , who re gu la te s the day by gu id ing the golde n c har iot.

O nly partly satisfie d with th is answe r, the young ofli c e r

re solve d to inqu ire in to the subj e c t m ore fu l ly a fte r hiswounds had b e e n a tte nde d to . A fte r a short tim e D e c iuslooke d up and sa id :

“ The god whom you have just de scr ibe d to m e is ve ry

m uch l ike our god Apollo, who pre s ide s ove r m us ic , physic ,poe try and rhe tor ic , and l ike B e l e n gu ide s the golde n chariot drawn by wing

- foote d horse s . I s he the only god you

haveN o, my fr ie nd, for the re i s on e who re igns suprem e ,

above B e l e n and a ll the othe r gods . B e le n had a beginn ing,

as we l l a s the re st of the gods, with the e xc eption of the

gre at and Al m ighty H e sus, who a lways e xi ste d and c re a ted

this b e au ti ful world of ours by an a c t'

of his fre e wi ll .”O ur god Jup ite r answe rs to this de scr ipti on , on ly that

he had a b eginn ing,be ing the son of O ps and S aturn . B ut

have you not othe r gods to whom you pay particu lar homage

I nde e d we have m any . The ch ie f one s of whom are

T eutate s, who inve nte d le tte rs and poe try ; G amu l, the godof war ; and T arann, the god of thunde r .

”

Why, the first two are ve ry much l ike our gods M e rcury

and M ars . I be l ie ve the nam e of your re l igion i s D ru idism .

I s it not ?

“Y e s, we are D rui ds and our gre at re l igion pre va i ls in a ll

the c ountrie s wh ich your worthy c omm ander J ul ius C ae sarha s c onque re d in the We st.

”

Just the n D e c ius notic ed the D ru id take a drie d shrub froma little n ook in the wa l l and app ly i t c are fu l ly to hi s wounds .

H is c ur ios ity wa s arouse d a t such a proc e e d ing and, turn ingto his b en e fa c tor, he sa id : Wha t m anne r of we e d is th is ? ”

Ah,my fr ie nd , th is holy p la nt has wonde rfu l prop e rtie s .

I t is the sac re d m istle toe , an antidote aga inst poison , a rem e dy

for a l l d ise ase s, and a'

pre se rvative aga inst the m a ch in a tion sof the e vi l sp ir its .

”

Whe n the R om an’

s wounds had be en atte nde d to, they re

tire d for the n ight, as it wa s now qui te la te . O n the fol lowingm orn ing, wh il e c onve rsing toge the r in this woody re c e ss, a

c rowd of young m e n c am e runn ing to the D ru id, say ing tha tthey had m ade a m ost fortuna te d isc ove ry, v iz : a bra nch ofm istle toe wa s growing on a sa cre d oak a t a short di stanc efrom the grotto . The joy of the young m e n was the gre a te r

from the fa c t that this day wa s the s ixth of the m oon in them onth of M arch, the ve ry on e on which the m istle toe had tob e ga the re d to posse ss the prope r e ffic acy . N o tim e had to

b e lost. The D ru id se nt his young v is itors in d iffe ren t d ir c otion s to not ify the Arch - drui d and summ on the bards and

pr ie sts to the spot . A s D e c ius wa s n ow growing stronge r,and showe d him se lf e age r to a tte nd the sa cre d c e rem ony,the D ru id a l l owe d him to do so . B e fore the sun had pa sse dthe m e r id ian , a large c rowd of worshippe rs had a ssemble d

unde r the sa cre d oak . C lose by the rude al tar stood two

TH E F O R D H A M M ON T E L Y .

s trong m en surrounde d by the pr ie sts and re ady to be sacri

fic e d . H orrifie d at this sight, D e c ius crie d out : “ O h !

m onste rs, what a re you about ? T he se m e n m ust not be

kil le d S ave them S ave them H i s frie nd the D ruid was

standing ne ar him and said qu ie tly“P e ac e ! M y de ar D e c ius , the ir s is a noble de a th and ful l

we ll sha ll they be rewarde d for dying so brave ly .

”

“'

N o, no, save them ! T his is m onstrous . S ave them !”

M y fr ie nd, you know not of wha t you spe ak . T he se m e n

are pe rfe c tly wi ll ing to die i n honor of our m ost sa cre d

m istle toe , which grows on the sa c red oak , the emblem and

the re side nc e of the A lm ighty . The D rui ds we ar chaple tsof it around the ir n e cks, the pe ople worship it in our re lig

TH E ISL AN D O F R H O D E S .

F . P . D O N N E LLY ,

‘90.

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E R G R OWN withrose s from i ts fe rti le loam ,

R hode s l ifts i ts flowe ry he ad above the a m .

N o fa ire r i s land gem s the pu ls ing se a !

I ts brow e nrobe d in flowe rs o ’

e r lawn and l e a ,

S he ds forth i ts p e rfum e on the ba lm y a ir,

And ste a ls the sc e n te d myrrh tha t zephyrs be arU pon the ir fragra nt win-gs in c e ase le ss fl ight,The s i lve ry stre am s are fringe d“

wi th laure ls whi te ,And ripp le l iqu i d 'songs to ravi she d c ars .

A p oe t’s haven thi s, whe re fancy he arsSwe e t m e lodi e s tha t e ’

e n Pi e ria’

s spring

C ould n e ver from i ts laughing wa te rs fl ing.

U n c loude d e ve r hangs the S umm e r sky ,

A s though to he ave n the dewy perfum e s fly ,

A nd p art the c louds to p ay the ir tribu te fa irU nto the ir G od . The lade n frui t tre e s flareWith golde n m e l lo ivne ss be n e a th the sun ,

Whose softly . shimm e ring be am s fore ve r run

A long the ve lve t lawn s, and se em to shed

T he i r soul s of bri ghtne ss on e ach rose - crown e d he ad .

The re stless ti de s p lash swe e tly on the shore ,Whil e c arols m ingle wi th the softe n e d roarF rom eve ry woodl and grove . A fairy i sle ,Which b e auty gi lds wi th al l -bewi tching sm i le .

I n rosy tufts e a ch u ndu lating lawnI s spangl e d wi th bright c luste re d stars that dawn

U pon the s ight just as the m orn ing ray s

S hoot through the c louds, a fl am e - tipp e d arrowy maze

And p i e rc e the sab le m a i l of vanqu ishe d n ightThe whi le e a c h be aute ous b lossom he lps the fight,And se em s to a id the labors of the m orn .

The orange tre e s b egemm e d withgold adorn

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ious c e rem on ie s, our al tars are c ove re d with i ts le ave s and

enc irc le d withp

its bran che s . I s it n ot the n a gre a t b oon to

lay down one ’

s l ife in hon or of this p e cu l ia r gift of he ave n ? ”A s D e c ius wa s m ore than eve r . surpr ise d a t the strange

surround ings, his c ompan ion sa id to him :“ H e re you are ,

my de ar fr ie nd, in on e of our c on se crate d grove s, ge ne ra l lyc ircu lar in form and c lose ly fe nc e d in ,

a s you se e , with largeston e s. A few pa ssage s are le ft ope n , howe ve r, but they are

we l l guarde d by som e of the infe r ior m em b e rs of our orde r,

to pre ve n t any strange r from in trud ing upon our m yste ri e s .

O n the ston e s in the inne r c irc le of oak s the v ic tim s are

sla in and off e re d to our imm orta l gods ”To be Con ti nu ed .)

B ut these we re le sse r se ttings to i ts c rown ,

Whose bri l l iant wa s the glor ious sun - k issed town ,

Whic h m e rge d the fl ame of othe r jewe ls gayT o she d them for ,he r own and so re pay

The fa irne ss tha t i t ga the re d from the land .

H e r tre asure s B e auty ra ine d with lav ish handT o bu i ld the m aste r p ie c e tha t towe re d high ,And c aught the golde n sunb e am s of the sky

T o le nd them newe r grac e re fl e c ting the re .

A round the towe rs the rose - emba lm e d a ir

S ti ll l inge re d , loa th to qu it the happy p lac eT il l torn by wan ton winds from i ts embrac e .

T hus shone i ts be au ty to the rapture d e ye

E re M oslem saw i ts we l l - trie d kn ighthood di e ,Whi le sti l l L ’is le Adam ’

s c re st o’

e rtO p p e d the fight,A nd nodde d te rror to e a ch foem an

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s m ightWhose n am e a fe ar in e ve ry T urk ish bre astAfi

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righte d I slam ’

s b abe s to tremb l ing re st.

B ut now T im e’

s twi light ste a ls upon the i sleAnd shadows ve i l the fa irn e ss of i ts sm i le .

The sage and poe t m ourn i ts hop e le ss doom ,

And we ep the abse n c e of i ts anc ient b loom .

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powe ring. O f c ourse the un i ti es are not so rigid ly observe das in S opholc e s . B utwhat O f that D id’

nt Shake spe re negle c t the un itie s The k ey to the plot is c ontained in the sefour l ine s

The Grasshopp e r sat on a swe e t potato vin eThe G ra sshopp e r sa t on a swe e t p ota to v in e ,And the b ig T urk e y G obb le r he c ame up

: b e hind,And he gobb le d him down O ff tha t swe e t potato v in e .

”

The pe rform an c e wi l l be in the a fte rn oon .

~We invite a ll

our fr ie nds, a ssur ing them b e forehand O f a ve ry p le a san te nte rta inm ent. T icke ts c an b e had from us .

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A ve ry be au ti ful prac tic e has be en starte d th is ye ar dur ingthe m onth of

:M ay . E ve ry e ven in-

g at the statu e"

and

c ourt are grand ly i l lum ina te d ; the thre e d iv isions the n a s

sem ble and sing e ithe r the M agn i fi ca t, the R egi n a C oe l i or

som e se le c t hymns . The s ight is ve ry de voti on a l a nd

in sp ir ing.

Just think of it The A nnu a l.

of th is ye ar wi l l b e give naway

— for twe nty- five c e n ts . A l im ited numbe r only wi ll

be printe d ; so, send in your nam e s on tim e .

M O N TH L Y B U L L E T IN .

T H E AR T C LASSU R IN G a re c e nt vis it to the A rt C la ss in S t. John ’

s

H a l l,I was p le asan tly surpr ise d a t se e ing the won

de rful progre ss m ade by those d i l igent stude nts ofthe c rayon and pe n c i l .The drawings both m e chan ic a l and fre e -hand, are e xe cute d

with a ne atn e ss and fin e sse , s imply aston ish ing, and whenthe

_fa c t tha t the y have had but two l e ssons a we ek, i s take ninto c on s ide ration my adm ira tion O f the ir a ss idu ity and suc

c e ss can hard ly find e xpre ssion in words .

The m embe rs of the c lass de se rve pra ise for the ir e xc e ll e n tproduc tions, and we m ay hOpe som e d ay to se e the ir nam e s

e nscrib e d on the P i l lar O f F am e ,

“

not far be low the m a ste rs

whose c op ie s they have so fa ithfu l ly reproduc e d .

J . T . QUIN N, _

E ng.

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C AD E T N O T E S

The l ong indoor dr i l ls dur ing the winte r have m ade a

m arke d improvem ent in the c ade ts . The profic ie ncy O f bothc ompan ie s, but e sp e c ia l ly of C ompany A ,

i s owing in gre a t

m e a sure to the drum - dr i ll . S inc e the b lizzard they havebe e n us ing the c ampus . The first e xhib ition dr i ll wi ll takepla c e on or about M ay l 6th, when guard m ount and skirm ish ing wi ll be e xe cute d . B y that tim e both c ompan ie s wi l lbe e xpe c te d to m ake as bri l l iant a showing“

a s did the c ade ts

O f last ye ar . The O ffic e rs, both comm iss ion e d and non - c om

m iss ion ed, have had am p le opportun ity O f m aking pra c tic a lu se of the ir knowle dge of ta c tics by de ta i l work to wh ichthey have

”

b e e n ass igne d . The vac ancy c aused by the de

parture of C apta in M allory has be e n fi l le d by the appoin tm ent of S e rge ant D owdn ey, ’

89 . A long with this prom otionwa s that O f pr iva te B re nn on to the rank of c orpora l . Am ongthe orde rs re c e ntly i ssued wa s one changing the hours of

dr ill from the a fte rn oon s to the m orn ings ; L ieu te nan tS qu iers has th is ye ar aga in kind ly invite d .the c orps to spe nda day at his hom e . 0. G . K.

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F R . SL AT T ER Y’

s LE C T U R E .

O n F r iday eve n ing, April 1 9th, L ibrary H a ll was the sc e n eof a ve ry p le asant and instruc tive l e c ture on the c ond ition O f

the S outhe rn negro, de live re d by F a the r S latte ry, sup e riorof S t. J oseph’

s M ission , whichhas for i ts obj e ct the c are of

the n egroe s in the S outh . F athe r S latte ry d iscourse d a

sOm e le ngth upon the fe rti le fie ld wh ich m any of the S outhe rn S tate s O ff e re d for m issmnary .labor, and a lthough thework wa s arduous and fraught withm any obsta c le s and dis

appo intm e n ts on a c count of the in im ic a l d isposition of thenative wh ite s i t never fa i le d to be .

produc tive of gratify ingre su lts . H e a c c ounte d for th is from the fa c t that the negroposse sse d a he art that wa s e a s i ly m ou lde d, and the doc i l ityof the ir n a ture , toge the r with the l ove and re sp ect wh ichthey showe d for the m issionary who was e ngage d in the

work of the ir c onve rs ion m ade an othe rwise d istaste ful taskcom parative ly agre e ab le . I n i llustration of the above fac tsF a the r S lattery re l ate d an inc ident wh ich oc curre d to himon his re c e nt S outhe rn trip . H e had arrange d to pre a c h at

on e O f the sm a l l towns of his c ircu it on a c e rta in day,_but

whe n he arr ive d at the appointe d hour he found the schoolhouse c lose d with no othe r ava ilable pub l ic p la c e in the

town . N othing daunte d he orde re d the di sappoin te dnegroe s to c lear out and pre pare a m i ll which stood ne ar by .

H e re turn e d that n ight and found his sc an ty flOck '

awa itinghim ; and he rem arke d tha t as he a sc ende d

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hi s improvise dpu lpit, and gaze d about him , the re was not a single part ofthe

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build ing that was n ot oc cup ie d by a sab le coun te n an c eF athe r S latte ry is abou t to O pe n a sem inary in c onn e c tionwi thS t. J ose ph’s M iss ion ,

for wh ic h he is se e king re cru its,and he in form e d the stude n ts tha t a lthough they did n ot

pe rsonally take part in th is gre at work, they could m ate r ia l lyfurther its progre ss by the ir praye rs F . D .

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9 1 .

THE R O SE HrL L s’

T R IP T o T R I N I T Y .

The d istan c e from N ewY ork to H artford i s about onehundre d and te n m i le s, and the r ide c onsum e d thre e

hour s m ore or l e ss on '

the N ew Y ork, N ew H ave n and H art

ford R a i lroad . O n arriving at the depot in H artford, theboys we re m e t by se ve ra l of the T r in ity m en , who

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conduc te dthem to the A l lyn

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H ouse , whenc e they we re taken to the

col lege in a’

bus, provide d by the T rin ity m anagem ent. Af

te r the boys had d ispose d of a ve ry ge n e rous repast in thec ol lege d in ing- ha l l, the y d ivide d up into squads and wen t

ove r the d iff ere n t bui ld ings, e ach party unde r the_guidan c e

of on e or two T rin ity m e n . T rin ity C o llege is magn ific en tlysituated, and i ts bui ldings are ve ry

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fine . As you com e up

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the wa lk, on your right i s the m a in bui lding,and on your

le ft the n ew gymnas ium and D ram a tic H al l, and farthe r O ffthe n ew S c ie nc e H a l l . The m ai n bu i ld ing is a m agn ific e ntstruc ture , ove r six hundre d fe e t long and thre e stor ie s h igh .

I t is bu il t of brown sandstone and the inte r ior i s fin e ly fini she d in G e orgia p ine . In it are the stude nts

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room s, the

din ingoha ll , chape l , l ibrary and re c ita tion room s . The

quarte rs of the stude nts are ve ry c om fortab le , and m any O f

them a re ve ry e laborate ly furn ishe d . E a ch su ite c on s ists ofa p arlor and two be droom s, and is oc cup ie d by two stude nts

in c omm on . The room in wh ich the l ibrary is s ituate d isnot qu ite as large as our L ibrary H a l l, but by m e ans of c losepacking i t is m ade to c onta in about th irty thousand volum e s .

The d ining hall i s ve ry bright and a iry, and i s m uch on thesam e p lan as our own R e fe c tory . The sc ie ntific le c tureroom s, laboratory and the N atura l H istory M use um are ve ry

m uch l ike ours in ge ne ra l chara c te r . The m use um c ontai nssom e ve ry fine spe c im e ns of e xtinct spe c ie s and fossil impr in ts .

The new gym n a s ium bu i ld ing is a thre e story br ick bu ilding abou t on e hundre d and forty fe e t long by fifty fe e t wide .

O n the first floor is s itua te d the batting c age for the n in e ’

s

pra c tic e dur ing the win te r m on ths wh ich, howe ve r, is so

poorly l ighte d a s to be e ntire ly use le ss . O n the se c ond floori s the gymna s ium wh ich is e qu ipp e d w ith al l the m ode rn improve d app l ian c e s for m u scu lar de ve lopm e nt . The tra ck i ss ituate d in the ga l le ry a fte r the m ann e r of the H em ingwaygym n as ium a t H arvard . O n the top floor is the D ram a ticH a l l in wh ich the C ol lege boys give the ir h istr ion ic pe r formanc e s . Wh i le the re , we had the p le asure of witn e ss ing the

re he arsa l of the p lay wh ich i s soon to be produc e d by theboys .

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We had, m ore ove r an O pportun ity to se e for ourse lve stha t M r . B r in ley is not le ss a t hom e on the b oards than on

the ba ll - fi e ld .

A t abou t thre e o’c lock we starte d for the Ward S tre e t

grounds wh ic h T r in ity ha s le ase d for the se a son . A fu l lde sc r iption O f the gam e wi ll be found in anothe r c olum n

,so

tha t the re i s no n e e d of c om m e nting upon i t he re . S uffi c e

it to say that the T r in ity m en we re wild ly jub i lant and the

F ordham i te s c orre spond ingly downc a st. M r . J am e s J .

Qu inn,

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87 and M r. J am e s T . R ingwood, E ng ,

’87 witne sse d

the de fe at O f the R ose H i l ls from the grand stand .

A fte r suppe r, wh ic h was se rve d in the c ol lege d in ingha ll , we ram b le d about the c am pus and the bu i ld ing awhil eun t i l the arr iva l of the ’

bus wh ic h wa s to take us back to thedepot. The on ly th ing tha t bre aks the le ve l gre en o f the

c ampus is the large bronze statue of B ishop B rowne ll , thefounde r of the col lege . H e i s repre se nte d with outstre tche darm poin ting to the in sti tu ti on which he le ft beh ind him a s

a m em or ia l O f his labors in the m in istry .

A s the’

bus le ft the c ol lege groun ds"a large numbe r of the

T r in ity stude nts a ssem b le d in fron t of the m a in bui ld ingand gave us a rou s ing T r in ity ye ll which wa s re turn e d withinte re st. S e ve ra l O f the T r in i ty p laye rs ac compan ie d us to

the de pot and saw us O ff on the tra in wh ich le ft for N ewY ork a t o’c lock . I t woul d b e diffi cu lt to rende r suffi

c ie nt thanks to the T rin ity boys for the ir e nde avors to m akeour tr ip as p le a sant a s poss ible . M e ssrs . C rawford, B r inl e y,B arb e r

,S hannon , Wr ight, S tuart and M c C on ike a l l vie d

TH E F OR D H A M M O N TE L Y .

wi th on e an othe r in showing us e ve ry possible c ourte sy.

T his is on ly the se cond ye ar of the a cqua intanc e of the c ollege s whichwas form e d through the m e dium of ba se ba ll ,and ye t the re ha s sprung up b e twe en the two c ol lege s a

fri e ndly fe e l ingwhich, it is sa fe to say, the lapse of ye ars willon ly te nd to c onfirm . We re

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th is Spir itm ore c omm on am ongc oll ege s, we wou ld not have the a thle tic c omm itte e of theH arvard G raduate Advisory B oard a s re c e ntly ,

happen e d,m aking a report in favor of the ent ire abol ition of a thle ticc on te sts be twe en H arvard and othe r in stitution s .

I n c onc lusion , le t i t be sa id that F ordham ite s wil l not forge t the c ourte ous tre atm e nt a c c orde d the ir re pre se nta tive s

and when the T r in ity boys c om e to F ordham aga in , i t is safe

to say that e ve ry F ordham stude nt wi ll do his u tm ost to m akethe ir v is i t e ve n m ore p le a san t, i f poss ib le , than was the

R ose H il ls’

trip to T ri ni ty in’

88 .

T O C SAM .

LIB R AR Y N O T E S .

D uring the last two m onths the l ibrar ian s have sufi’

e re d

qu ite a siege , such has b e e n the dem and for books . B ut

la te ly the re ha s be e n a n otab le fall ing off in the c rowd wh ichusua lly be se ts the l ibrary door . I suppose , howe ve r, tha twe m ay attr ibute th is fac t to the e ffe c ts of ve rnal feve r,which se em s to have take n vi ol e nt hold on

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m any of the stu

den ts . The book s wh ich have a ttra c te d atte n tion are m any

and various . F irst D ivi s ion ha s not adhe re d to any sp e c ia lauthor , but has wande re d over a large

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fi e ld, p icking one he re

and anothe r the re . D e Quin c ey i s qu ite a favor ite , and

T ha ck e ray a lso a ttra c ts a good de a l of notic e . S e c ond D ivision se em s to have a spe c ial liking for the work s of S c ott,and a lso gr e a tly pa tron ize s Kingston . T hird D ivision re ads

qu ite a large numbe r of Ve rn e ’

s books,and doe s not de sp ise

taking a gl anc e at J ul ian H om e , E r ic or S t. Win ifre d’

s.

J . E . KELLE Y , ’

89 .

T HE S U RVE Y IN G C LA SS .

The c la ss of pra c tic a l surveying ha s a lre ady begun i tsusua l ou tdoor work, whic h wa s in te rrupte d la st fa ll a t theapproa ch O f win te r . We are now putting in prac tic e the

pr inc ip le s tha t we re stud ie d in the c la ss room , dur ing thewinte r m onths whe n fie ld work was imposs ib le . I t i s O ftene a sy to unde rstand a th ing in the ory, but hard to put i t intoprac tic e as we a re le arn ing by e xp e r ien c e in our e nde avorsto d isc over the poss ible are a of som e of our z igzag, br ie r,fr inge d, fie lds . We a re m aking use of the various m e thodsof c onduc ting a survey of wh ich, e ach suc c e e d ing m e thodwi l l be a te st of the ac cu ra cy of the pre c ed ing . A t pre sent

a survey has be en'

m ade of a ll the grounds south of the m a in

bu ild ings, and we sha l l soon have al l c om p le te d . Whe n a

ge n e ra l survey of the prope rty ha s be e n m ade the c la sswi llbe oc cup ie d in drawi ng p lans O f the grounds, inc lud ing thebu i ld ings, wa lks, garden s and so forth . A lthough fie ld worki s hard ye t we e n joy it, for we se e a t onc e how be n e fic ial i tis ; and be s ide s, the re i s the p le a sure tha t com e s from the

fre e dom we have in an Ope n- a ir c la ss . Wha t a pl e a sure i t is

to take an occ a s ion a l glanc e through the the odoli te and Oh

se rve the var ious m otion s ou the fi agm an’

s fa c e a s he is

s ignal le d now th is way, then tha t ! What a gre a t p le a sureto ‘

cha in ove r stone wa lls , through swamps and br ie r bush

TI i E F O R D H A JVI M O N T E L Y .

whe n the the rm om e te r registe rs 90° in the shade ! The

Work on the fie ld is nOt c onfine d to one or two m embe rs but

e a ch on e take s his turn in c onducting the survey . We havea lso had som e pra c tic e in simple l e ve li ng. The re ha s be en

som e ta lk O f m aking a topograph ic a l surve y of the c oun tryaround F ordham a fte r our other work ha s be e n c ompl e te d .

T H O M AS J . KER N AN ,

’88 .

DR AM AT I C A S SO C IAT I O N .

The pub l ic play to c om e Ofi'M ay 21 st is e ntitled, The H e ir

of A e sc en dun e . I t is an E nglish chron ic l e — p lay of_the

days of E dwy the F a ir and D unstan , Abbot of G lastonbury, giving som e charac te ri stic sc e ne s of the struggle thatwaged be twe e n the hot he ade d boy . and the m aste rful sp ir itOf D un stan . The suc ce ss of the p lay, however, is not m ade

to depend upon the se historic a l p ic ture s, dram atic thoughthey undoubte dly are

, but ra the r upon a plot m an e uve re d by

R e dwald, a c apta in of the king’

s body-guard, against E lfric , a

page to E dwy and he ir of A e sce ndune , to disposse ss him O f

hi s own . The princ ipa l c hara c te rs of the dram a wil l be sus

ta ined by M e ssrs . C . O rben ,

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87 ; J . W. H e ffe rn,

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89 ; J . E .

Ke ll ey ,’

89 ; J . C . M cN e il ly,’

90 F . G . T a aff e ,’

90 and

J a s . J . G e ary,’

91 .

C O L L E G E WO R L D .

H E e xchange s for Apri l have on them the impre ss of spring.

A ll b e ar a fragran c e as O f“n ew-m own hay ,

”notab ly The

Specu lum ,ti om M ichigan Agri c u ltura l C oll ege ,whi chp ape r,

by the -way , com e s to us for the fi 1 st tim e in m any m onths . There

must b e som e thing wrong wi th our posta l system . We ourse lve sare unde r a c c usa tion of the stude n t (F rank lin and M arsha l l). N ow

we solemn ly a ffi rm that our p ap e r wa s se n t regularly to L an c aste r,Pa . B ut to re turn to

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our Apri l e xc hange s :The Wom an

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s Wor ld (C asse ll e di te d by O sc arWi lde , hasb e e n c om ing to us for the pa st four m on ths. A fte r the C e ntury

M aga zine it i s, wi thout doubt, the first i l lustra te d m on thly publ i she d . The Apri l numb e r c on ta ins an in te re st ing sk e tch of theli fe of C arm e n S y lva ," que e n of R oum an i a ; Pi c ture s of

S appho,” S umm e r D ays in B ri ttany ,

” “ The C hi ldre n of a G re a t

C ity , e tc . M iss E dythe C ross c ontri bute s four e xquisi te triole ts.

P . C of The S tonyhurst M agazine, has c e rta in ly drunk de e p lyof the P ieri an sprin g. L i ste n to this

SAPPH O AN D AL C AE U S .

O f o ld whe n F re e dom from the sk i e sIn H e l las l it d ivine ly born

She bore to m en twa in m e lodi e s ,Twa in fi re s from out the he a rt O f m orn .

And one , the'

ft o f G od aboveS he bre a the in to a oe t

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5 soul .And 10 . she he n ce fort sang of l O ve

And trac e d it on a golde n sc roll .A nd one bright sp ark of he ave n ly fire ,A nd on e d ivin e ly mou lde d song

She gave un to the p a triot’s lyreT o warm the pu lse of ba ttle strong

Thy sp iri t, S appho, c a n ht on e stra in ,

O ne spark g owe d m t y L e sb ian luteAh ! Phaon he ard thy song in va in

Ohpa ssion -

proud and sorrow-mute

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H O U SE O F C OM M O N S .

A t the se ssion of S unday, April 8 th, M r . C lare spokewarm ly and c oge ntly in b e ha lf of M r . D anse re au

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s imm igrati on bi l l . M r . C ushion took the Oppos ition , and the re e n

sue d a l ive ly ti lt be twe e n him and M r. M arr in .

On Sunday, Apr i l 1 3th, the re wa s an an im ate d debate , in

whic h M e ssrs . S he a , Qua ck e nboss, M arr in , Swe e n ey, and

Aylward took part . The top ic O f debate wa s aga in the imm igra tion que stion . B e fore the c lose O f the se ss i on the b i l lwas passe d to its th ird re ad ing.

O n S unday, Apr i l 22d, the imm igration b i l l wa s pa sse d toits third re ad ing,

upon m otion of M r . C la re , who had s tronglysupported the _

bil l in the abse nc e O f its author, M r . D an se

re au . M r . M arr in was a lso a warm supporte r of the b i l l,wh il e M e ssrs . C ush ion and S he a had l e d the Oppos ition . A t

thi s m e e ting the Pr im e M in iste r’

s re solutions approving of

the M ills tarifi'

b i ll c am e up in the regu la r orde r O f docke tbusine ss . M r . H e ffe rn , Pr im e M in iste r, e xp la ined the re solution , and M r .

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She a sub j e c te d som e d ifficu lti e s for solution .

M r . Qua cke nboss was C ha irm an of C omm itte e of the Whol e .

O n S unday, Apr il 29th, debate was c on tinue d on the tariffre solution of M r . H e ffe rn and the m inistry . M e ssrs . H e ffern ,

She a , Quack e nboss, C ush ion , C lare , Aylward and S impsonfigure d in the debate .

B rak e i nto song around thy graveThe wine - da rk se a s and sighing surge ,

A nd from thy dy ing l ip s the waveH a th c aught for ay e a de athle ss d irge .

And H e llas he a rd a thunder tone '

B re ak , wi ld A lc a e us, from thy c hords ,And tyrants qua i le d , and m any a throneF e l l sha tte re d by H e l le n ic swords .

An d e choing down the doom o f tim e

Thy lyre hath sounde d for the fre eI n hours of ri de i ts sound sub l im e

R e sounde at T he rm opy la e .

I n this be auti fu l lyric we n otic e he re and the re the T e nnyson ianm an ne r, but the sp iri t and the fre e swe e p i s tha t '

of B yron . The

S tonyhurst M aga zine a lways ha s som e thing good .

We regre t ve ry m uch that tim e doe s not p e rm it us to n otic em ore o f oure xc e l le n t e xchange s . We a c kn owle dge re c e ip t of thefollowing Woman ’

s World , University N ews, Wi lliams Week ly ,N otre

D am e S cholasti c , N iaga ra I ndex,The S tuden t (N ew O r le a ns), The

S em inary T a tler, S tonyhurst M aga zine (B la ckburn , E ngland), The

C omm en ta tor, Ken tucky D eaf M ute ,_Western M a ryla nd College M on thly ,

S t. J ohn’

s Un iversi ty R ecord , The O rpha n’

s F r i end, County S chool

C ounc il, The Va rsi ty , The Xa vi er, L

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E tud ia n t, S t. Via teur’

s C ollege

J ourna l, The Owl, The Y oung E duca tor, The O ld a nd the N ew,The

C a tholic Y outh, The Un iversi ty A rgus, Kentucky Un iversi ty T a blet,F aye tte Collegian ,

The S en ti ne l,The Phi S igma M onthly , The T roy

Polytechn i c, The H ighS chool T im es,H averhi ll L if e , A ssoc ia tion N otes,

Wesleya n A rgus, C ol lege I ndex, Concordi e nsis. The Sp eculum , A m er i ca,

Un ivers i ty, E duca tiona l R evi ew, B e llevue C ollege S ta r , Swa rthmore

Pho en ix, The Un ion R evi ew, The D e lta n, T he A tla ntis, H am i lton Col

lege M on thly, College S tude nt, The Ober lin R evi ew, G eorge town College

J ourna l, The L af aye tte , The H averf ordian , The P eddi e Chroni c le,

Wom an’

sM aga zine , H ighS chool B ulle tin , Pedd i e Chron icle , A ve M a r ia .

T o a ll the se we wi sh a ful l e n joym e nt of al l the b le ss ings of spring,

the fe ve r e xc ep te d . M ay soft winds b low 1 n sp’

iringly throughthe irsanc tum s, bringing ajfla tus to poe ts and good temp e r to e xc hangee di tors .

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T H E F O R D H A M M O N TH L Y .

R ose H i l ls vs . I on a s, Ap r i l 1 5th— The . R ose H i l ls and

I ona s m e a sure d ba ts on the 1 5th u l t. , and our b oys a s usua llande dwinne rs in a ge n e ra l ly we l l p laye d gam e

,by the score

of 9 to 3 . The R ose H i l ls pre se nte d -

a n ewly d isc ove redphe nom en on i n the box in the pe rson of O rpheu s, and he

did e xc e l le n t work . H e struck out e ight of the v isitors, anda l lowe d them ‘

on ly two sa fe h its, wh ic h, howe ve r, n e tte d themse ve n base s . S impson dropp e d a c oup le O f third str ike s, butothe rwise hi s work wa s '

up to hi s u sua l h igh standard . The

R ose'

H i llS'

had the gam e we ll in hand a t the end o f the

fourth inn ing, and the re a fte r d id not e xe rt them se lve s m u chto incre a se the score . The v is itors change d the ir ba tte ry atthe beginn ing of the se ve n th inn ing, Parke r and G abrinataking the p la c e -of B runnem e r a nd H arr iga n . G i l lon ,

Kie ranand S he a did the b e st work in the fie ld for the R ose H i l ls ,wh ile O ’

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O nne l l’

s hom e - run dr ive over the r ight fie ld fe ncein the fourth inn ing was the fe a ture of the -

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I ona s’ p lay .

C arm ody, for the R ose H i l ls, knocked out a S ingl e and a

doub le , and the ge n tle m an from An son ’

s b a i l iwick ba tte d ina c ou-

pl e of runsby his time ly h its . The gam e wa s som e

wha t rem arkab le ”

,from the fa c t tha t sc arc e ly any c oa ch ing .

wa s indu lged in by e ithe r s ide , and a s a n e c e ssary cou sequen c e i nte re st in the p lay wa s r e duc e d to a m in im um .

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2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 1 2 1 0 1 Wi n te rs, l .f . a nd 0

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E arn e d runs — I on as 1 . Two - ba se hi t— C a rm ody . T hre e - b a se

hi t —Park e r . H om e run— O’

D onn e l l . D oub le P lay— S im p sonand She a . B ase s on ba l ls— R ose H il ls 5, I on as 4. Pa ssed ba l lsS im pson 1 , H arr igan 4, G abr ina 1 . Wi ld p itc he s— '

B runnem e r 1 .

L e ft on base s— R ose H il ls 5, I ona s 5. S truck out— R ose H i l ls 8,

I onas 8 . T im e of gam e , 2 hours, 5 m inute s . U m p ire , H . C .

Quack enboss.

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R oSe H i l ls o'

s . T r in i ty C ol lege,a t F ordha m ,Ap r i l 1 9th.

The T r in ity C ollege te am , with th e ir fam ous ba tte ry, S hannon and B arbe r, invade d F ordham on the 1 9th inst , d e te rm ine d O n tak ing a ba ll from the R ose H i l ls . I n this,howe ve r, they we re som ewha t d isappoin te d, as the boys inB lue and G ray we re ab le to score on ly six t im e s Wh i le theM aroon and C re am se n t s ixte e n m e n a c ross the p late . The

R ose H il ls, as usua l, took the b a t, send ing the T r in ity b oysinto the fie ld . C lare Ope n e d the bal l by agita ting the

atm osphe re thre e tim e s in va in a ttem ps to find the“

ba l l .S hannon sm il e d and the he art O f e ve ry F ordham i te sunk ihto his boots ; e verybody e xpe cte d a repe tition O f last ye ar

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4 1 4 3 0 2 1 1 0— 1 6

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E arn e d run s — R ose H i l ls, 5. B a se hits— G il lon , S we en e y ,

S he a , Wr ight. Thre e - ba se hits ~ — S he a , C he ri tre e . D oub le p layKirby , Kieran and S he a . B ri n ley and C he ritre e . B a se s on ba l lsT r in i ty , 4. B ase on hi t by p i tche d ba l l— . T r in i ty , 2 . Pa sse d

b a l ls — B arbe r, 2 . Wi ld p itc he s — S hannon , 3 ; C a rm ody , 3 . L e ft

on base s— R ose H i l ls, 3 ; T rini ty , 7 . S tru ck out— B y S hannon ,

B y C armody , 4. T im e of gam e— 2 hours, 5 mi n . U m p ire

M r . Quinn .

e xc iting struggle . O ur frisky th ird basem an ,howe ve r, who

was the n e xt str ike r, ra ise d a ye l l O f tr ium ph whe n he c aughton e of S hann on ’

s drops and l ande d it out by the le ft fie ld foull ine

,re a c hing se c ond b e fore it c ou ld be fie lde d in . C apta in

Kie ran wa ite d for a good on e and whe n it c am e he l ine d itou t to r ight c e nte r for a ba se and G i l lon c rosse d the p l a tew ith the first e arn e d run . S we e n e y dup l ic a te d G i llon’

s hit

for b ase s and Ki e ran score d the se c ond e arne d run for the

R ose H i l ls . O ur g ian t first b a sem an th e n wa lke d up to the

p la te w ith a .sm i le O f c onfide n c e on hi s handsom e fe a ture s,and bange d the first ba l l p itc h e d him ‘

away ou t to the r ightfie ld c orn e r for thre e b a se s . S we e n ey Score d the th ird e arn e drun am i d trem endous app lause . C a 1 m ody

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s sac r ific e brough tShe a hOm e with the tow th e arn e d ru n.

B y th is tim e S hann on ’

s sm i le wa s e n tire ly gon e and the

T r in ity m e n looke d ve ry glum . C arm ody, howe ve r , wa s putout a t se c ond O n Kirby’

s bun t to short, as T hurston threwtoo lowto put him ou t a t first. S impson e nde d the inn ingby going out on str ik e s, leav ing Kirby on third . I n the

se c ond inning the R ose H i l ls sc ore d anothe 1 e arned run .

A fte r O rphe us had st1 uck out and C la re gon e out on a fly to

B i inl ey , G i l l on made his se c ond two bagge r and c am e hom e

on Ki e i an’

s s ingle I n the su c cee ding inn ings the pounding whic h Shann en wa s re c e iving told on the T r in ity fi e ld e rsand the R ose H i l ls sc ore d e leve n un e arn e d runs by a jud ic ion s in te rm ingl ing of R ose H i l l hits and T r in ity e rrors.

T r in ity sc ore d he r first run in the se c ond inn ing on S hannon ’

s ba se on ba l ls, Wr ight’s two—bagge r and a wi ld p itc h .

I n the fifth inn ing four T r inity m e n c rosse d the p la te and in

the n inth on e m ore was adde d to th e ir sc ore , though n one ofthe se runs we re e arne d . C arm ody

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s arm wa s_ve ry sore

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in c on se quen c e he was not ab le to m ake use ofhis gre a t spe e d .

B y e xc e l le n t he adw01 k, howe ve r , he kep t the T r in itys’

downto S ix sa fe h its, sc a tte i e d Ove r four inn ings . S impson sup

ported him i n his u sua l fau l tle ss style , hi s on ly e rror b e ingan ove rthrew wh ich l e t in a run . The ba tting O f S h e a ,Kie ran and G i l lon wa s phe nom e n a l and S im pson and Swe e n ey

m ade: b e autifu l c a tche s of d iffi cu lt fou l fl ie s . F or the T rin i ty’

s

B arbe r and -

“

B r in ley did the b e st work . Shannon ’

s c oa chingO f - la st ye ar wa s c onspi cuous by i ts abse nc e , a fa c t wh ic hwa s gre at ly re gre tte d by the spe ctators . M r . Quinn , a

L e ague substitute , um p ire d in a ve ry satisfa c tory m ann e r .

R O S E H I LLS R 1 13 213 P O A E T R I N I T YC lare , c . f 0 1 0 2 0 0 B a rb e r , 0G i l lon , 3b 3 2 0 4 2 2 B rin l e y , 2bKis i an , 2b 3 4 2 _5 1 0 C he i itr e e , 1 bSwe en e y , l . f 2 1 1 3 0 0 T h

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3 4 2 5 1 0 Shan non , pC a rm ody , p 2 0 0 0 7 0 WI I ht, 3bKirby ,

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S im pson , c 1 1 1 5 1 1 M c C on ihe em

fO rphe us, r f 0 0 0 1 0 0 S tua 1 t , 1 . f

T ota ls 1 6 14 9 27 16 5 T o ta ls

1 52 TH E F OR D H A M M ON TE L Y .

1 203 6 B i l ls vs . A tla s, a t F ordham , Ap r i l 22d— The crack

A tlas te am c am e up from the c ity on the 22d ult .

, and wa s

se n t b ack the worst be a ten te am that e ve r le ft F ordham .

D e lm ore , who p itche d for the L ynns and T roys of ’86 , oc on

p ie d the box for the A tlas c lub, and m e t w ith a ve ry warm

re c eption , a s the R ose H i l ls hi t him whe ne ve r and whe re ve rthey p le a se d . The on ly inte re st in the gam e c e nte re d in the

e nde avors of the A tlas te am to e sc ap e a shu t- out, in which,howe ve r , they we re not suc c e ssfu l . In the s ixth inn ing theyhad a good chan c e to sc ore , but they lost i t by ra sh ba serun n ing . The he avy batt ing of the R ose H i l ls, c omb ine d wi ththe e xe crab le fie ld ing of the A tlas te am ,

rol le d the score of theR ose H i l ls up to 3 1 runs . I n the s ixth inn ing, wi th one m an

on ba se , O rphe us drove the ba ll away out a long the l e ft fie ldfou l l ine . The le ft fie lde r of the A tla s n in e d id not se e the

ba l l at first, on a c c ount of the sun b e ing in his eye s, and O rphe us trotte d hom e am id trem endou s app lause , having m ade

the first hom e run of the se a son . The batting of G illon ,Kie ran , S he a a nd C arm ody was ve ry he avy, and G i llon

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fie ld ing wa s e xc eption a l ly fin e . S we e n ey p itc he d m agnifi

c ently, a l lowing the A tlas te am on ly one sc ra tch hi t, and

str iking ou t th irte e n of them . C a llan c aught his de l ive ry ingood sty le . F or the v is itors C ol l ins, the colore d pe de strian ,

who figure d in the la te six - day wa lking m a tch, and who ofii

c ia te d be h ind the ba t, did the on ly good work , m ak ing thesole hit cre d ite d to hi s s ide .

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R ose H il ls 1 3 1 5 3 2 6 1 — 31

0 0 0 0 0 0 0— 0

E arn e d runs— R ose H i l ls, T wo -ba se hits— G il lon , C arm ody .

T hre e - ba se hits— G i l lon , S he a . H om e run— O rphe us . B ase s on

ba l ls— R ose H i lls, 2 ; A tla s, 1 . B a se on hi t by p itche d ba ll sR ose H i l ls, 5. Pa sse d ba l ls— C oll ins, 2 . Wild P itches— D e lmore ,3 . L e ft on bas e s— R ose H i ll s, 5 ; A tla s, 3 . S truck out— B y

Swe e e ny , 1 3 ; B y D e lm ore , 4. T im e of gam e — 2 hours . Ump ire

H . C . Qua ck enboss ,

R ose I I i l ls vs. T r i n i tg/ 00a l l ege a t H a r lforcl, Ap r i l 26 .

The se c ond gam e b e twe en the R ose H i l ls and the T rin ityC ol lege te am , p laye d a t H artford on the 26 th ul t .

, wa s c on

s ide rably in the n a ture of a surpr ise party to the T rin itym en as we ll as to the F ordham ite s . A fte r the drubb ing thatT r in ity re c e ive d at F ordham on the 1 8 th ul t .

, nobody imagine d th a t T rin ity stood e ve n a ghost of a show to c apture

the gam e sche dul e d for the 26 th. B ut c apture i t _

they d id,

and that too in the m ost approve d fa shion . The R ose H ill sm ade a good start, b lanking the T r in ity’

s in the first thre einn ings, wh il e they score d two in the ir ha l f of the th ird on

S i mpson ’

s n ic e s ingle to le ft, a c le an ste a l of se cond by thesam e p laye r, Wright’s bad ove rthrow of O rphe us’

grounde rand C lare ’

s sam ific e hit to B r in ley . I n the T rin ity’

S hal f ofthe third inn ing, with two m e n out and a m an

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on se cond , B rinl e y se nt a sharp grounde r scudd ing a long the turf a few fe e t

from the se c ond base bag whi ch looke d good for a sure safehi t and the T rin ity m en we re preparing to give ve nt to the i r

d e light at sc or ing the first run of the gam e . O ld R e l iable

C apta in Ki e ran wa s the re , howeve r, and by a quick run and

m arve ll ous ove rhand “

stop, he got the b al l ove r to first intim e to pu t the runn e r ou t . I t was a regular D un lap stopand the R ose H ill c apta in wa s app laude d to the e cho . I n

the fifth inn ing the F ordham boys sc ore d anothe r run .

Kirby re a che d first on Wr ight’s m ufl'

of his e asy fly, stolese c ond and th ird and c am e hom e on B arb e r

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s ove rthrow toright to he ad him off a t third .

In the m e anti me the T r inity boyshad broke n the ic e by sc oring on e in the ir ha l f of the fourth, a fte r C he ritre e °ha l fl ie dout to Swe e n e y, Shannon hi t to l e ft for a base and r e ac hedse cond in a som ewha t curious m ann e r . M cC on ihe , the

T rinity strike r, is a le ft-hande d batte r and a c c ordi ngly Kirbywas cove r ing the te rr itory a round se c ond whi le Kie ran te nde dto short ri ght fie ld . M c C on ihe hi t to G il lon who p icke d theba ll up c le anly and

, having in mind the double play, threwqu ickly toKi eran, neve r stopping to notic e that Kie ran wa snot cove ring the bag, and in c onse qu e nc e both S hann on and

M c C on ihe we re sa fe . S impson dropped Wright’s th ird strikeand the runne r re a che d first in sa fe ty , thus fil l ing the ba se s .

B rady hit sharp ly to Kirby and S hannon, who was p lay ingoff third , m ade a qu ick dash for the p la te . H om e with theba ll ” ye ll e d C apta in Kie ran a s Kirby p icke d i t up c le an lyand turn e d to throw it hom e . I t was

,too la te , howe ve r, to

throw S hannon out a nd the R ose H il l shortstop se e ing a lsothat the c han c e to m ake the play a t first was lost, wise lyhe ld the ball . With the b ase s fu ll and on ly one m an out,

it looked as though T rin ity would forge ahe ad . T hurston ,

howe ve r, sen t a sharp grounde r in to C apta in Kie ran ’

s te rr itory which tha t worthy, a s usua l, gobb le d up and threwquickly to S im pson in t im e to put out

.

M c C on ihe a t the

p late . S tuart we nt out on a l ittle grounde r from C arm odyto She a and the s ide was re tire d with thre e m e n on the ba se s .

I n the S ixth inn ing F ordham se nt anothe r m an a c ross thep late by the m ost daring kind of base - runn ing. G illonre a che d first on a be autiful s ingle to short le ft fie ld, stol ese c ond and third by the m ost de spe rate sl idi ng, and sc ore don S hannon’

s m om entary fumbl e of Swe en ey ’

s grounde r . I t

was wonde rful ba se - runn ing, and our third ba sem an re c e ive da ge ne rous share of app lause

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for it. T hat run e nde d the

sc oring for the F ordham ite s . T he re a fte r they found i t impossib le to ge t a m an ove r the p late , and ve ry d ifii cult to ge t

one e ve n as far a s first base . I n the se venth T r in ity sc ore dthe ir se cond run on B arbe r

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s base on ba l ls, Kirby’

s fumble

of B rinle y’

s grounde r and C he ri tre e’

s long fly to O rpheus .

I t was the n inth, howeve r, which saw the R ose H i ll s’Wate r

loo . C arm ody

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wante d to l e ave the box a t the c lose of the

e ighth inn ing, giving a s a re a son tha t his arm wa s too soreto c ontinue p itching, but he wa s pre va il ed upon to fini sh thegam e . The re sul t proved d isastrous . The T rin ity boys hithard the dewdrops wh ich C arm ody was comp e l led to givethem , and b e fore they we re re tire d the yhad ba tte d out thre e

runs and won the gam e . S tuart, the first m an up , starte d

off with a pre tty s ingle to righ t fie ld, fol lowe d imm e d ia te lyby anothe r by B arbe r to le ft. Swe e ney got i t on the firstbound and it looke d as if he m ight e asily have thrown S tuart

TH E F O R D H A M M ON T E L Y .

out at se cond but, for s0m e re a son best known to him se lf, hedid not m ake the a ttempt .

S e c on‘

d B a sem an and C apta in B r in le y was n e xt at the ba tand he hi t the ba ll a re sound ing thwack, se nd ing i t sa i l ingfar ove r C lare ’

s he ad in to c e ntre fie ld . B e fore it c ould_

be

fie lde d in , S tuart and B arber had c rosse d the pla te and tie dthe sc ore and B r in ley stood sa fe ly 6 1 1 se c ond . Che ritre e ,

the n e xt str ik e r, se n t a sa fe grounde r wh izz ing a longbe twe e n first and -se cond and b e fore O rphe u s c ou ld ge t it in ,

B r in le y had score d “

what prove d to be the winn ing run .

S hannon hit to Kirby, who, with the a ss istan c e of Kie ranand S he a comp le ted a pre tty doub le p lay . M cC on ihe ende d

the inn ing by str iking out. The chorus of “R ah ! R ah R ah!

T ri - n i - ty l B oom R ah ! B oom R ah T ri - n i - ty that fi ll e d thea ir whe n B r in le y crosse d the p late w ith the run t hat sent

T r inity ahe ad, was a lm ost e n ough to awake n the de ad ' fromthe ir graves . F ordham had la st inn ing, bu t C a rm ody we ntout at first on an e a sy grounde r to S hannon . Kirby m ade

thre e va in attempts to find the ba l l an d sat down , and S imp f

son e nded the gam e by fol lowing su it. The e n thus ia sm ofthe T rin ity m e n knew no bounds and they c erta in ly hadgood re a son to e xult. T he ir boys had p laye d a p lucky uph i l lgam e

, and a most c re d itab le v ic tory, the m ore agre e ab leb e c ause un e xpe c te d, had fina l ly c rowne d the ir e fforts .

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o m u ch'

c annot b e sa id in pra ise of the '

ba ttery work ofS hannon and B arbe r . The giant p itche r of the T r in ity te amse nt in hi s inshoots and ou tshoots and drops

.

with a spe e d

and a var ie ty tha t le ft the R ose H il l ba tte rs c omp le te ly a t

se a . H e e ve n fool e d C apta in Kie ran in to stI ikingout twic e— a thing which doe sn ’

t ofte n happe n nowadays . B arbe r

supporte d him in m agn ific e n t sty le , his sole . e rror '

be ing an

ove rthrow to th ird, wh ich l e t in a run . B r in ley, Che ri tre e ,M cC on ihe and B rady a lso p laye d fine ly in the fie ld .

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C ar

m ody p itche d a grand gam e for the R ose H i l l s up to the

n inth inn ing, when hi s arm . wen t ba ck on him . B ari ing a

m isse d th ird str ike , S impson supporte d him in good sty le .

Kie ran ’

S fie ld ing wa s s imp ly phenom e n a l . T ha t is the on lywe i rd which c an r ightly de sc r ibe his p lay ing. H e a c c epte d

nin e . chan c es without an e rror, and hi s Spl endid'

S tops and

a c cu 1 ate throws won for him the unbounde d adm iration ofthe spe c tators . The fie ld ing of S he a , Swe e n ey and C lare isa lso Worthy of spe c ia l me n tion . M r . J a ckson B rady, the e x

le ague um p ire, umpire d the game and gave satisfa c tion to

both si de s . The . sc oreR O S E H I LLS . R 1 13 23 P O A E T R I N I T YS .

C lare , c f' 0 0 0 2 0 O B a rb e r , 0

G ill on , 3b ” 1 1 2 2 0 1 B r in le y , 2b

Ki e ra n , 2b 0 0 1 1 8 0 C he r i tre e , i hSwe e n e y , 1 . f 0 0 1 3 0 0 Sha nn on , 1)

\ he a , 1 b 0 1 0 13 0 (1 M c C on ihe , l . i'

C arm ody , p 1 1 0 6 1 Wr i ht, 3b

Ki r by , s .s . . 0 2 1 4 1 B ra y , c . f .

son , 0 1 1 1 4 1 1 T hurston

O rp l’i’e u s , r f 1 0 O 1 0

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0

T otals 4 4 8 27 1 8 4

S core by I nn ings.

E arn e d run s T rinity 3 . T wo - b a se hits B rin le y , B rady .

D oub le p lay— Kirby , Kie ran and S he a . B ase s on ba l ls -T r in ity 2 .

P a sse d ba l ls— S imp son 1 . Wi ld p itc he s— C a rm ody 1 . L e ft on

base s—. R ose H i l ls 4, T rin ity 9 . S truck out— B y S hanm u 10, by

C arm ody , 4. T im e of G am e — 4 hour '

50 m in . Um pire , M r. J a ck

son B rady .

1 53

R ose H i l ls vs . L ehighUn i vers i ty , a l F orcl/i am,Ap ri l 28 .

The L eh igh U nive rs ity n in e m ade the ir first appe aran c e at

F ordham on the 28th,and gave the R ose H il ls a surpr ise

pa rty that far ou tranke d the p e rform an c e a t H artford on

T hursday . T o be sure the R ose H i l ls we re c ons ide rab lywe ake ned by the abse n c e of the ir regu lar b a tte ry , C arm odyand S impson , _

wh ich ne c e ss ita ted the p l ay ing of Swe ene yand G i l lon in the points, O rph e u s in le ft fi e ld

, C a l lan e n

th ird base and D onnel ly in r ight fie ld bu t n obody e xpe c te dthat our boys wou ld have any troub le in bad lyd e fe a ting the

nin e whom A ll e ntown c rushe d by the score of 40 to 4 . B ut

the un e xp e c te d i s a lways happ e n ing, e spe c ia l ly in b a se ba l l,and L ehigh su c c e e de d in de fe a ting .

F ord'ham i n the ir firstconte st by the score of 5 to 4 . .T he R ose H i l ls starte d off

the sc or ing in the first inn ing . A fte r C lare had fann e d thea ir thr ic e Gi l lon re a c h e d first on Ande rson ’

s wi ld throw,

stole se cond and third and c am e hom e on'

F ocht’

s

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m uff ofKie ran ’

s pop fly . I n the sec ond inn ing Kirby hi t safe ly, stolese c ond, we nt to third on a pa sse d ba l l , and score d on O r

phe us’ two -bagge r to r ight - fie ld . I n the th ird G i l lon hi tsafely , stole se cond, we nt to th ird on Swe e ney

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s safe hit, and

c am e hom e on a short p a sse d b a l l . In the fifth C lar ere a che d first on B utte rworth ’

s wi ld throw, we n t to se c ondon a passe d ba l l and score d; on Swe e ney

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s sa fe hit. T ha te nde d the sc or ing for the R ose H i l ls . T hough they hade xc e l le nt c han c e s to at le a st ti e the score , i f not win the

gam e, th e y fa i le d to a c c e pt them .

I n the e ighth inn ing with Swe e n e y on th ird, O rphe usstruck ou t and in the n inthwith C lar e on se c ond and G i l l onon first, Kie ran poppe d up a fly which wa s e a si ly c ap ture d

by T a te . L e high sco re d four in the,

fourth on s ingl e s byAnde rson ,

-Wa lk e r and B utte rworth,Pa lm er ’

s two bagge r

and two lam e n tab le e rrors by She a . In the e ighth theysc ore d wha t

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prove d to be the winn ing run of the gam e .

Wa lk e r starte d off with a fine two “

bagge r ove r O rph e us he ad,we nt

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to third on a pa sse d ba l l and c am e’ hom e on F ocht

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s

S ingle “

to righ t c e nte r .

I t i s d ifficu lt to a ss ign the pre c ise re a son of the R ose H i l l’sd e fe a t on th is o c ca s ion . O ve r c onfide n c e ,howe ve r, undoubte dly had a gre a t de a l to do w ith it . The y b atte d ve ry fre e lybut not sa fe ly, n or a t the r ight t im e . With the e xc ep tion of

thre e in e xc usab le e rrors by S he a at first a nd a bad fum b leby Kie ran a t se c ond th e y p lay e d a pe rfe c t fie ld ing gam e .

The re wa s not, howe ve r , abou t th e ir work tha t da sh and vim

wh ich had chara c te r ize d th e ir pre v ious work this se a son .

Very l ittle c oa c h ing wa s indulge d in , and the gam e wa s ge n

e ra l ly a de ad one .

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