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Vol.. XL. ' • NOTRE DAME, INDIANA, NoYEimER 3, 1906. • • No. S;

MOST REV. PATRICK W. RIORDAN, D. D.

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Archbishop Riordan at Notre Dame.

At any time a visit from Archbishop Riordan is an occasion of joy t o everyone a t Notre Dame. To the University i t is the home-coming of one of her most illus­tr ious and beloved sons. But his visit of las t Sunday had a special significance. He came t o celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of his entrance here as a student. He came for the sole purpose of showing his appreciation of and grat i tude for the self-sacrificing endeavors of the men who made possible the Notre Dame of to-day.

The Mos t Rev. Patr ick W. Riordan, D. D., w^as born in Chatham, New Brunswick, August 2 7 , 1 8 4 1 . When a child his parents moved t o the West, and the future Arch­bishop of the city of St. Francis, after completing his preparatory training, began his classical education in the old college and seminary of St. Mary ' s of the Lake, Chicago. In September, 1856, he entered the University of Notre Dame, where by his brilliant talents and devoted applica­t ion t o study, n o t less t h a n by his manly piety, he endeared himself t o the priests, brothers and professors of the then strug­gling school, by ties w^hich the intervening half century have ripened into a w a r m and tender affection.

Leaving Notre Dame in 1858, he later entered the celebrated University of Louvain in Belgium. While there he met for the first t ime and formed a life-long friendship with his school-fellow, John L. Spalding, now the distinguished Bishop of Peoria. On the completion of his studies in 1865 he w a s ordained t o the priesthood. In the following year he w^as assigned t o his first missionary labor as assis tant t o his uncle, the Rev. Dr. Dunne, then pas to r of St. Patr ick 's Church, Chicago. Subsequently he w a s appointed t o the Chair of Theology in St . Mary ' s Seminary, Chicago, and held the position until the closing of t h a t institution. He w a s then successively pas tor a t Woodstock, m. , and a t Joliet HI., where he remained until 1871 . In t h a t year he was made pas to r of St. James ' Church, Chicago, where he built a handsome residence, a parochial school and one of the finest churches in the archdiocese. I t w a s from his zealous labors

a t St. James ' t h a t he was called t o the sublime dignity of the episcopate, and made coadjutor, wi th the right of succession, t o the Archbishop of San Francisco. Of his remarkable success in t h a t field, space does no t allow us t o speak a t length. The words of his friend, Bishop Spalding, spoken a t the ceremony of his consecration have proved prophetic: " I feel in my hear t t h a t he will do a .grea t work for God. God will uphold him and use his abilities, augmented by his enthusiastic zeal, t o accomplish a great w^ork, and will crown his earnest efforts wi th the benisons of- peace and joy ever­last ing." His present activity in the recon­struction of new San Francisco makes this prophecy doubly t rue.

Archbishop Riordan arrived here on Satur­day afternoon. Sunday morning a t 8 o'clock he said the students ' Mass in the college church. He took dinner in Brownson Hall refectory, where after the dessert, Fa the r Cavanaugh addressed him as follows:

MOST REV. ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN:—^The presence of any anointed son of Holy Church within these walls is a source of pride and encouragement to the faculty and students of the University. Loyalty to our holy faith, reverence for authority and the instinctive admiration of youth for a good and great man would alone insure to any prince of the Church a cordial w^elcome here. But the Archbishop of San Francisco will always be acclaimed with special enthusiasm and cherished with unusual tenderness by all a t Notre Dame. You are our elder brother. You are of our own household. Within these walls your own college days were spent. You treasure the same sacred memories of priests, brothers -and professors t ha t tradition has handed down to us. Wherever you have gone the honor of Notre Dame has been dear to you, and we know tha t her praise has been ever upon your lips. When you come back to us it is almost as though Father Sorin and Father Granger had blest us a moment with their presence.

On the other hand Notre Dame has followed your great career with the pride of a mother in a son upon whose brow both God and man have set a crown of honor. Your labors in Chicago are still a bright tradition there, and by none so carefully treasured as by us. When the voice of Peter bade you rise up and take your place upon the Throne of Allemany in the city of the Golden Gate, no hearts bounded with greater joy than ours. When the Church grew under your care into a great and fruitiul vineyard we shared in your triumph, and when last year the work of a quarter of a century was swept away, like a broken toy, in a few minutes, we felt the crushing weight of .your great sorrow.

But apar t from the pride and sympathy we feel for you, there is another circumstance tha t makes this

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day a memorable one in the historj' of Alma Mater. Fifty 3'ears have sped since first you came to Notre Dame, and to-day 3-011 keep your Golden Jubilee. Clad in the dignit3' of exalted office, crowned with the love and admiration of 3'our flock and of the w^hole people, your great heart has prompted you to come back to the cradle of 3'Our soul and to the graves of the men you revere. I t is to us a tender as well as a historic occasion. From the lowest to the highest we take 3-ou into our hearts. We salute you in the name of the sacred memories tha t come rushing back into 3'Our soul to day. During these da3'S of retreat we promise special prayers for yourself and your work, and we beg of 3'ou, Most Reverend and m o s t dear Archbishop, tha t 3 ou will sometimes pra3' t ha i we ma3' be not too unworthy of the great and holy men who upbuilt this Universit3', of which 3'Ou are the most distinguished son.

His Grace .was visibly touclied, and replied in an address whicli made a lasting impres­sion on ;the youngest of his hearers, while i ts tender tone almost melted his old friends t o tears . The following is not , we regret t o sayi a Terbatim report of the address; but , imperfect as i t is, i t conveys some notion of i ts happy quality.

REVEREND PRESIDENT, PROFESSORS, STUDENTS OF

NOTRE DAJIE :

I hardly know Avhat reply to make to an address so personal as the one to which 3-ou have all listened. I t has touched me very deeply. I t brings t o 1113- mem or)- recollections of the past. I had better dismiss it all b3- sa3-ing tha t I am deeply grateful to the President of this institution for his words of w^elcome aud for the praise undeserA'cd which he has bestowed upon me.

This 3' ear marks the Golden Jubilee, if I may call it, of nw coming to Notre Dame for the first time. In September, 1S56, I came here as a 3-oung student, -. and from this place I entered the seminary of the Propaganda in. Rome, pursuing m3- studies prepara­tory for the august dignit3- of the priesthood. I have always borne in gratefial memorv' the lessons of w^isdom which I received here, and I have alwa^-s come back to this house of religion and stud3- as a boy comes back to his father's home. I may be permitted, 3-oung gentlemen, as one who has passed through fift3'^ 3-ears of a ver3' bus3- life, and has gathered in their passage some lessons tha t ma3' be of use, to sa3' a w^ord or. two to 3- 011 who are a t the beginning of life, as I feel tha t I am towards its close.

As I came up here yesterda3-, my mind went back again to the old house of fift3- years ago, to the small college buildings, the humble church, the little post-office. And I thought of the surroundings past and present, and my mind took in the forms of those who were then living, professors and_ superiors of this institution. I think I can say in all t ru th t h a t although the buildings are immeasurabb' superior to those of the past, yet the men who lived fifty years ago in this house have never been surpassed in

education, abilit3- and sanctity of life. Everything you have here is the outgrowth of what those men did. This whole institution still lives and speaks of him upon whose monument we might put the words of H0I3'' Scripture: Defhnctas, adbac loquitur—"Though dead, he speaketh 3-et." Indiana's noblest son, and the one who b3' the influence of his life has done more than an3- other to build up the greatness of a great state, is this man whose statue stands before the noble entrance to the University. (Applause.)

You are here, my dear 3-oung men, for a triple purpose. The pra3-er of the psalmist is one which should be upon the lips of all students day by day : Doce me, Domine, bom'tatem, scientiam et disciplinam— "Teach me, 0 Lord, goodness and truth and discipline." If 3-0U will notice, the goodness comes first, because goodness is better than learning: it is better to be good than to be great. You are here principally for the formation of character rather than the acquire­ment of learning, for learning is not given in a few-years. You are here to leatn how to be good, and goodness comes from the formation of character. Live up to the laws of H0I3- Church. You are under a government of discipline—^to be formed, to be disciplined for all life. You are here as boys who are training in. a gymnasium; every muscle must be trained to meet the requirement of the contest which is t o come. And then 3-ou are here to learn the principles of knowledge. Y'ou should have no other thought before you, and if it is not so you are losing time. The golden opportunity of youth never comes back. When it passes, it passes forever. I would therefore caU you to lives of labor, of studious activiiy. You are here for t ha t purpose. All the prizes of life now go to the capable men, and the capable men are those who have prepared themselves for life. There is a demand for 3-oung men now-, capable 3-oung men. This country of ours is a country of intelligent activity. The demand for intelligent activity is the demand of the world to-day. "Show me a man diligent in his business," sa3-s H0I3- Scripture, "and I will place him before princes." I call 3-011 to a life of intelligent activity'.

Another point t ha t I would bring to your attention is the necessity of discipline. The whole country is sufiering from want of Vespect for authority, Y'ou live "under authority, respect i t ; live in obedience to government; submit to l aw; accept the will of those who are above you and conform yourself to it. The conquest of the world is for those only w-ho have already made conquest of themselves. Man's goodness and greatness grow out of his character. Make religion a fundamental par t of your life. Conform 3-ourselves to the religious spirit of this institution, for it is through religion t h a t you are to attain the master^- over 3-ourselves.

There are two methods by w^hich you may seek to avoid the evils of life: one is by closing 3-our ears and 3-our eyes to what is vicious and corrupt; the other is by making yourself so strong tha t you will not fall awa^- under evil influence. You who are .studying the classics will remember the fable of Ul3-sses. When his ship passed through the dangerous passage, he stopped the ears of his sailors with melted -wax tha t they might not be charmed by the

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song of the sirens and so bring about the destruction of.the ship; and then Orpheus came along with his lute and plaA-ed such exquisite music tha t the sailors forgot the song of the sirens and passed over the dangerous place in safet^^. "VVe can not close our eyes t o ' ever\^ Ance; we can not close our ears to evil noises; but we can so strengthen our character as to pass through dangerous places without fear of peril.

As I stand here after fift\- 3'ears and look back over the vast arniA' of young men who have gone out of this institution and have been a credit and an honor, not onlj' to Indiana, but to the whole countrA', I can not helj) feeling a thrill of .pride in the thought of how great has been the service which Notre Dame has rendered to Religion and to the-State. I do not believe tha t a similar work has been done in an3' other spot in America. For nn-self, whatever I have done, I have been able to do because the foundation of a little wisdom and, a little virtue was laid here under the wise direction of those who were placed over me. I remember going week after week to Father Sorin's Christian Doctrine class, then taught in the old frame church. I can almost recall word for word some of his instructions, they were so well xDut,.with an eloquence and an unction all his own. So I have always looked back with deepest gratitude upon what this- University has done for me. I hope that A-OU too will be able to remember this great School, now the most flourishing and most frequented of our Catholic institutions, with the same gratitude and affection. May God bless A-OU and the great work tha t is being done hj this College.

Reverend Father President, I thank you again for this reception, and I hope I ma3' some time be able to show in other wa3-s than b3- words tha t I have not been an .ungrateful son.

The Archbishop spent the afternoon a t Saint Mary ' s in meeting old friends. Monday morning, accompanied by Fa ther Cayanaugh and the Rt. Rev Mgr. Vaughan, , he visited Holy Cross Seminary. Fa ther French, Rector of the Seminary, introduced His Grace as an old friend of Holy Cross who knew intimately the founders of the Congregation in the United States, and all the earliest t radi t ions and practices a t Notre Dame, speaking especially of the old semi-nary^ custom of nocturnal adorat ion, which within the pas t few years has been re-estab­lished. His Grace then made an eloquent and touching address t o the seminarians. I t w a s in pa:rt as follows: .

PerhsLps the dearest recollections I have of Notre Dame are those connected with w h a t w^as then St. Aloysius' Seminary and i ts superior, the saintly Fa the r Granger. He w^as one of the many holy men w^hose w^ords and actions exercised a most po ten t .influence, in directing, fostering and strength­

ening my vocation. To the devotion, the humility, the holiness of these men the Notre Dame of t o - d a y owes much.

The s to iy of their Christlike lives and tlie upbuilding of Notre .Dame University con­st i tute the most impor tan t chapter m the history of- Catholicism in America. The characteristic which above all others dis­tinguished these earlypriests of Hoty Cross was their self-sacrifice, and this is the virtue whii h you, young men, who hope t o be priests of Holy Cross should strive t o a t ta in . You must no t forget t h a t the priest was born in the shadow of the Cross. The night before He died. Our Lord brought into existence the priesthood t o which you hoj)e t o belong. Let the spirit of self sacrifice enter into 3'-our daily lives. You all know the story of St. Hilary^ who rebuked an angel of darkness appearing t o him as an angel of light, because the Holy Doctor could no t see in him the marks of the Cross of Christ : **I see no t in you the pierced hands, the pierced feet, the opened side." So let us look for the cross; let it be the touchstone of all our actions.

After the spirit of self-sacrifice strive for sanctity. The priest must be a holy man. To this end love your rule; be obedient. F o r my p a r t I can tolerate anything in a seminarian.sooner t han disobedience. With obedience you have the making of a good priest; wi thout i t intellect, talent, genius amount t o nothing. Strive then t o be holy men. Now is the most precious time of your lives; the time celebrated hj poets and sages—"The primrose time of youth . " I can never see a body of young men studying for the priesthood wi thout loving them. You remember i t is recorded of our Blessed Redeemer t h a t looking on a certain young man " H e loved him." So as I look on you I love you—love you for the youth which you have, which I had, bu t am fast losing. Make good use then of this precious time w^hich once gone never returns and upon the use of which depends the value of your after-lives. But if self-sacrifice and sanctity should distinguish the priest of Holy Cross so also should learning. True, only the professor can ever become really erudite; . but you '• should all endeavor t o aniass learning sufl5cient for your work, as parish priests, missionaries, or . whatever priestly ofiSce you may be called on t o exercise.

In conclusion, the Archbishop humorously likened his return t o Notre Dame t o t h a t of Thackeray's t o the old Par is Inn, paraphrasing,

-"When first I s a w y e Cari luoghi I'd scarce a beard upon my face, . .

And n o w ' a grizzled, grum old fogy I sit nie down and say my grace."

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i "An Uncommercial Drama."-Part III. ^f ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^.^ ^ ' ^^^ -^ - ^ • ' ^ Y ' Mr. Yeats could see no reason w h y ' the society could not lay, a foundation for a

PAUL R. ATARTix, ' 0 9 . natioual theatre tha t could some day hope to compare favorably with the ' comedie

Mr. O'Cuisan's drama, "The Sleep of the Francaise, -King," retold a bardia tale of Crumlo, soii . Chief among those interested in the of Corn.the Hundred Fighter, who left his project of the society was Mrs. Harriinan throne to follow after a fairy woman, of Dublin,, a woman who not only designed From a dramatic standpoint, it is not to and provided the costumes used, in many

. be considered a t all, but it served to show of the productions, but who built 'and how the amateur actors producing it could equipped a t her own expense the Abbey speak verse, not as mere puppets of the Theatre in Dublin, which is', now the

. stage but as poets. ~ permanent home of the society. Mr. Yeats' influence was also in evidence This beautiful little playhouse' was

here, for there was an absolute lack of stage formally opened on December 27, 1904, mannerisms which would otherwise have with Mr. Yeats' poetic drama, "On Baile's marred the poetic beauty of the performance. Strand." This was followed from .time t o "The Pot of Broth" is almost a farce—the time by the comedies of Lady- Gregory, only bit of real comedy tha t Mr. Yeats Father Dineen and William Boj^le. Revivals has written. It, too, is drawn from a folk- of Mr. Yeats' dramas have never.failed tale which Mr, Gerald Griffin has given a to draw crowded hotises" and M r . J . ' M . place in his novel, "The Collegians." S3mge's three-act piece, "The Well of the

To Mr. Fred Ryan, author of the "Laying Saints," attracted widespread "attention.^ of the Foundations," a great deal of praise I t may also be mentioned tha t this drama is due. "The Laying of the Foundations" has been translated into German, and'was-may be called a social comedy. I t keenly produced a t the Deutches Theatre, Berlin, satirizes social life and political conditions, during December, 1905. Another drama by and shows its author to be intimately Mr. Synge, " In the Shadow of the Glen,'' acquainted with his subject. Like "The has also been produced at the Bohemian Countess Kathleen," the drama is very National Theatre. Mr. Synge is one of j:he suggestive of Henrick Ibsen's social dramas; present directors of the National Theatre but Mr. Ryan, like Mr. Yeats, allows his and bids fair to become one of the most Irish love of the pleasant to assert itself, popular contributors to its repertory. . and the hero triumphs over his enemies One of the most promising features of and comes forth an honest and upright the project is the fact tha t its efforts have politician, while Dr. Ibsen would have not been confined entirely to Dublin, or allowed him to follow the trend of human even to Ireland. I ts aim is far too universal nature and thus make a tragic ending—a for that , and the demand tha t has been thing tha t would certainly grate harshly created for dramas of this type has led to on the sunny Irish soul. " the establishment of many similar societies

I t was these later plays and not the . throughout Ireland and England. "Twisting of the Rope" tha t led to the During November of last year the National organization of the present Irish National Theatre Society visited the University of Theatre. When this organization was Oxford where • i t gave four performances formed, nearly all the amateurs who had a t the Com Exchange. The plays produced

• assisted Mr. Fay in his former productions a t these performances were "On Baile's remained in the society, and Mr. Yeats was St rand;" " In the Shadow of the.Glen;"-chosen as president. " "Speeding the News;" "The Well of the

Backed as it was by the best literary Saints," and "Kathleen ni Houlihan:" All talent in Ireland, supported by a strong these dramas were, received there with company of amateur actors who were the utmost respect and attention, even willing to make any sacrifice for,the success "Kathleen ni Houlihan," which in no of the venture, and under the able direction possible way could, make a direct appeal

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t o an English audience, who must accept i t for i t s l i terary merit alone.

After the Oxford performances the society, filled wi th a new^ confidence and a new-hope, proceeded t o Cambridge w^here the same plays w^ere given wi th an equally pleasing result. The outcome of these performances proved conclusively t o the propagandists of the Irish theat re t h a t i t s playwrights had n o t only won a place as Irish dramatis ts , b u t as English men of letters as w^ell,—no small honor in the w^orld of l i terature.

On November the 27th and 2Sth, 1905, the National Theatre Society made i ts th i rd visit t o Eondon, playing t w o matinees and t w o evening performances, and producing n o t only the plays given a t Oxford and Cambridge, b u t in addition t o these, " T h e L a n d " and " T h e Building F u n d " were acted.

This year the English tour of the societA- is t o be more extensive, and during the Lenten season Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham will be visited.

Mr. Stephen Gwynn has remarked t h a t b u t little t rue d rama has ever been pro­duced; t h a t is, d r ama w^hich must be seen t o be fully appreciated and w^hich does no t read as w^ell as i t acts. The Irish drama, therefore, mus t be rated as t rue d rama of the highest s tandard, for no reading of the plays can produce- the same effect as can a single performance.

The printed versions of these Irish play^s differ in many ways from the form. which they have taken in the p rompt -books of the theatre . Experience has proved the best teacher, and in many places Mr. Fay^ and Mr. Yeats though t best t o make complete changes, t h a t the effect of s tage production might be heightened. An edition of the verse plays of Mr . Yeats is soon t o be issued by A. H. BuUen, which will be a complete revision of any sirdilar editions heretofore published.

As a n ou tg rowth of the National Theatre the society h a s published firom time t o time t w o little magazines called. Beltaine and Samhain. The former w a s published b u t a shor t t ime, b u t the la t te r has become a permanent periodical. Mr. Yeats is the editor-in-chief of this little publication, and i t contains the leading accounts of

the theatre 's w^ork and advancement. In an article wr i t ten in the first number of Beltaine Mr. Yeats sums up the society's ideals of acting and staging in the follow­ing w^ords:

"When the first day of the d rama had passed, actors found t h a t an a lways larger number of people w^ere more easily moved through the eyes t h a n through the ears. The music t h a t comes with the emotion of -wordsis exhausting, like all intellectual, emotions, and few people like exhausting emotions; and therefore actors began t o speak as if thev- were reading something out of a newspaper. They forgot the noble a r t of oratory, and gave all their thoughts • t o the poor a r t of acting t h a t is content w i th the sympathy of our nerves; until a t las t those w h o love poetry found i t better t o read alone in their rooms w^hat they had once delighted t o hear sit t ing friend by friend, lover by beloved."

Thus we see ho-w the aim of one man gave place t o a grea t na t ional insti"tution, hovsr rich and poor, educated and illiterate were raised from the mental lethargj'^ into which they had long since fallen, and had t h a t love for things classic, which one da3^ gained for Ireland the title of the Isle of Scholars, revived by the grace and beauties of poetry.

The Irish National Theatre, a l though i t does n o t .point t o a future for the greedy manager, is, nevertheless, an inst i tut ion w^hich will endure the tes t of time. Toward -i t and i ts noble work the eyes of the world t u r n to-day, and for i t every loyal Irish hear t beats wi th loving pride.

^ ' ' • / (The End.)

Lullaby.

WESLEY J. DONAHUE, ' 0 7 .

Low in the ^Vest hangs-the sun,

, Sleep, little bab3', sleep;

Soon will the shadows creep,

Sleep, for the day is done.

Night flings his.mantle gra3'-,

\Rest,:^^littie baby, rest;

- • • Shines' the;first star in the West,

-Born with the death of the day.

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Varsity Verse.

RUBBER-S.

VX/HEN the raindrops fall ' And the mud is deep

And 3-0U venture out Upon the street,

Don't forget yoxxx rubbers.

When club leaves out, And the clock strikes two.

And you saunter home, Feeling sick and blue,

Don't forget 3'our "rubber."

When the forecast saj^s That snow is due.

And 3' ou don't know That it 's quite true,

Wh3', forget 3-our rubbers.

When strolling out In the park a t night.

Where lovers sit, In mad delight

Sa3', forget your "rubber."

-•V SURE CURE.

"Bill and Joe.

R. A. K.

He was sick and we were worried. We were frightened half t o death.

For he had an awful whizzin' And he couldn't get his breath.

So we gave him soothing S3'rup Of the Mrs. Winslowe brand.

And some pills tha t Mr. Beecham, The compiler, made b3" hand.

We mixed L3'dia Pinkham's compound Sarsaparilla made hy Hood

And Hostetter's stomach bitters. But the3' didn't do him good.

Then we tried some pure Peruna Every evening with a prune,

And we gave him Scott's Emulsion Twice an hour on a spoon.

We got crates of appiteso Shuffled it Avith shredded wheat.

But he hardl3' had his mouth full W^hen he balked, and wouldn't eat.

Our one last resort was liquid Ah! he drained the jug like fun,

I don't know just what was in it. I t was marked "Uneeda bun."

T. E. B. IX CHAUCER'S TIME.

"Whilom," seyde a man to his lad3', "Methinketh~your goune, dere, is fade;" .

But it goon to the bad For she spak to him sad,

"And thinke, dere, yow moste lese your wad-y." M, J. M:CG.

FRANCIS T . MAHER, ' O S .

& The bell in Mr. Thorp 's private office ran briskly, n o t wi th the lo\\r, subdued tingle customary from the clerks as though they would send in an apology beforehand, b u t wi th a peal as loud and s t rong as a cotmtry laugh. Mr. Thorp, mutter ing an exclama­t ion of impatience, turned sharply from the papers spread out before him, and fronting the door called o u t : "Come in , ' ' in a tone far from iuA-iting. His bushy, grey eyebrows raised in astonishment as he beheld in the open doorway, n o t the president of an associated manufacturing establishment, no r the director of a bank, b u t an ordinary workingman, a farmer, evidently, from his tanned skin, his heayv shoes, and the unfamiliar fit of his Sunday clothes.

"Well, s i r ! " demanded the President of the Thorp Steel-Rail Manufacturing Com­pany'-, " w h a t can I do for y o u ? "

The stranger gazed intently for ftilly half a minute a t the man in the office chair, then said slowly in a voice a s mild as the other's had been sha rp :

" I guess, 30U don ' t remember me, Mr . Thorp. My name's W a t s o n ; " and he paused expectantly.

"Yes," replied Mr, Thorp testily, "you ' re right; I don ' t remember you. There are many Watsons, j^ou know. Where do you come from ? "

" F r o m Gainsville," replied the other ; " y o u r old home, you know, though I guess you've forgotten mos t everything down there by this t ime."

" Oh, yes, I remember you now. You must be Joe Watson, the miller's son."

The stranger 's tone, a s he answered, seemed heavily shaded wath disappointment.

"Yes, I am Joe Watson," he said, " a n d I was the miller's son, bu t Dad's been dead these seventeen years and I 'm running the mill now, same's I played a t running i t wi th you when we were boys together ."

A smile flitted t o the countenance of the "o ld man ," as the clerks termed Mr . T h o r p ; and i t seemed for a moment a s though he were going t o forget business, when some s ta tement of figures on one of the papers

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before him caught his eye; his b row puckered and he began t o peruse the paper forgetful of the presence of his boyhood's chum. After a while the sound of heavy retreat ing footsteps caused him t o look up jus t in t ime t o s top his friend a t the door, • . "Bu t , Joe, 3^ou wishied t o see me on some business. Te l lme w h a t i t is ; but-first let me shake hands wi th you. My," he con­tinued, " i t ' s th i r ty years or more, I guess, .since I saw you last—the day I left for college. You a:re married now, I suppose?" ' Joe turned, came back slow^ty, and shook

the extended hand heartity after the manner of all simple folk. His manner was calm,

•his ' voice low and mild, as is common •among those w h o live close t o na ture all their lives and lose themselves in w^onder and ' admiration" of her mysteries.

' "Yes , I 'm married,"-he said; I married Clarissy Howard , You 'member her, don ' t you? We have three children, one.bo3'^ and t w o g i r l s ; ' t he boy I named William; he's

.fourteen now^—just about your age when you left Gainsville and 3' our old Aunt Mary, and •vpent off t o college and never came back."

Gainsville—old Aunt Mary—Clarissa H o w a r d ! Dim as the pictures' in some old gallery they loomed up in the mind of Mr, Thorp, President of the Thorp Steel-Rail Manufacturing Company. No wonder they w^ere dim—thirty years of busy, exacting life, and no though t preserved their sacred-ness or kept them free from the dust of oblivion. But the retrospect g o t no further, for his buisness conscience began t o assert itself and t o complain loudly of lost time and silly sentimentality. W^hat foolishness w a s this?Mjainsville! a sleepy, old country village; old Aunt Mary!—dead almost the Avhole of these th i r ty years, and her property now safe in 5% railroad stocks'; Clarissa Howard!—^no longer the bright, w^inning girl that had so attriacted his boyish fancy, but a' farmer's wife and the mother of three children. Louder and louder the conscience clamored, and in obedience t o i t he turned bruskly t o the man before him:.

"But what brings you all t he w a y t o Chicago, Joe, something important , is i t ? "

- Joe shufHed his feet uneasily, brushed some imaginary specks from h i s . broad-brimmed hat, and stammered: • . •

" Well, Bill, er, that is—Mr. Thorp, you see.

things a in ' t been going jus t well wi th me for some t ime riow^."

Then followed a stor3'^ of sickness, accident and misfortune; t he failure of a county bank, cholera, among the hogs, and the loss of successive crops. The legions of ill-luck had descended upon the possessions of Joe Watson, and had claimed them all. "And so I thought perhaps you could help me out ," he said a t the end; b u t the look of hope faded from his eyes as the other remained silent.

" I see, the President said a t length, you w a n t t o t ake out a loan. H o w much did 3' ou intend t o b o r r o w ? "

"A—About six thousand dollars," said the other weakly. . .

' ' And w h a t are your securities ? ' ' This time i t w a s the raan from Gainsville

t h a t w a s silent. His great, red hands clasped and unclasped iDverhis broad-brimmed h a t ; his eyes shifted nervously about the room he hesitated once or twice, arid then said— half t o himself, half t o the man before h im:

"Well, the mill's mortgaged, the. home's mortgaged; and there isn ' t much left of the farm; I guess the only chattel remaining is my word as an honest man. T h a t ' s some­th ing I a in ' t never broken, I 'd like t o keep the old home," he rambled on, scarce heeding whether the other heard him—^" for i t means all there is on ear th t h a t ' s dear t o me: old friends, old familiar scenes, loved ones t h a t ' s dead and gone, and all the j o y ' a n d hap­piness i t ' s been my lo t t o possess. I know it 's askin' a w^hole lo t of 3' du, Mr, Thorp, t o lend me alV t h a t money jus t for the sake of old friendship and . wi th no security; b u t if you do—:" and his voice faltered— "I ' l l work till I die t o pay i t back, and the interest t o o . "

He finished w h a t he had come all the w a y from Gainsville t o say, and now.,sat awai t ­ing the outcome. Bu t Mr. Thorp remained silent, his lips d rawn together and a forbid­ding frown wrinkling his forehead, A short , dry laugh t h a t many in the business world had heard from him on similar occasions almost escaped his lips; Thoughts r an swiftly through his mind—thoughts abou t his own hard efforts t o acquire a fortune and . supremacy in the business world; thoughts of all the clever planning, the untir ing perse­verance that had been necessary to outstr ip

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his fellows in the race for weal th ; thoughts also of the rules and principles of business (those rules and principles t h a t count love,

•friendship and human sympathy as nothing w^hen weighed against gain), and he slowly b u t decidedly shook his head.

" I ' d like t o help.you, Watson," he said in his cold business voice, " b u t I don ' t see how i t can be done; money is n o t plentiful these. days, and niost of mine is invested where' I can no t get a t i t . Of course, if you had good securi t ies—"but the other had risen as if there w a s no more t o be said ^on the subject. •

"Well, Mr. Thorp ," he said slowly, " I ' m much obliged t o you for sparing me so much lof 3'-our t ime this morning. I guess I'll be go ing-now; I've go t a few things t o get before I go back."

" H o w soon . does your t ra in leave ? " "Abou t four this evening, I think." "Well, s top in on your way t o the s ta t ion

if-you can, will y o u ? " - -How was- the man from Gainsville t o

know t h a t the request w a s b u t .a mere formalitj'-, a nea t w a y of t ak ing leave.

" I will, Mr. Thorp, if I can get time, he responded ' simply. Then clumsily shaking the president's white hand, he passed out leaving t h a t busy man t o return t o his work. 'But the president found t h a t his thoughts ; previously so" engrossed wi th the papers before him, would n o t return t o them, b u t strangely persisted in running backward t o old times. Again and again he shook himself in an effort t o bring back his rebellious faculties t o the work before him, bu t the result w a s alwaj'-s the same.

At length he leaned back, an air of abstract ion on his face, and his j iand idly toying wi th his gold-rimmed glasses; His ey^es were opened wide as though his soul had gone o u t ' through them t o wander again amidst i t s old paradise of fields and woods. He felt the touch of the summer-breeze upon his cheek, and his nostrils filled .with the odor from the clover-fields; a bird somewhere in the thicket broke suddenly in to song, as though unable longer t o con-

. ta in i t s j o y ; the river in the distance sparkled iDrightly and on i ts banks the scarlet flowers shone in the sunlight; every creature round him seemed pouring forth a canticle of joy. .The song entered his hear t

and awoke there the old emotions and the old life. He felt / the current of his blofod sweep faster till i t hummed through? his veins, bearing in a flood of br ight sunlight, the fragrance of the orchard and t h e song of birds, and he realized t h a t he w a s rich— immeasurabh- rich—^not in stocks and bonds nor in heaped-up gold, b u t in the fathomless riches of boyhood.

Along the river he ranged and through the woods and the-fields as he had done in the old life; and ever a t his side was one he loved more t han a brother ; -one several years older than he and somewhat-graver, b u t learned in the lore oi the woods and wise in nature 's secrets; one whose hear t w a s brave and generous and constant t o a friend as T r u t h ; and their friendship, w a s such as only boyhood knows.

The sound of the noon whistles startled him from his reverie. As he glanced up his eyes were moist and his features w^ore a softened look. He gazed through the win-dow^ a t the rush and bustle of the citv, and sighed as though the world t o which he had lifted himself had suddenly lost much of i ts brightness. The bell rang, and in response t o a listless "Come in," the door opened and the visitor from Gainsville entered:

" I found I could take an earlier t r a in , " he began, b u t broke ofi"in surprise a t the .other's outstretched hands and hear ty welcome.

"Hello, Joe, old boy I Don' t t a lk about going home to-day, for I 'm going t o keep you with me all day and to-morrow too . I w^ant t o t ake you home wi th me and ta lk over old times w i th you, and I w a n t you t o enjoy yourself; so you needn't let t h a t little m a t t e r of a pa l t ry six thousand dollars worry you in the l eas t . "

Joe's surprise did no t last, for the other's moist eyes, brightened face, and affectionate look told their tale.

"And Joe ," he continued, laughing like a boy, " when you go back I w a n t you t o cut t w o good fishing-poles and get some bai t ready, for I 'm coming down in a few days, and we'll see if the suckers bi te like they used t o a t the old hole near the dam, and we'll find out if Daddy Lane's watermelons t a s te as sweet as they did when we were boys ."

Joe's eyes were full of tears as, in a husky voice he answered:

"All right. Bill, I'll get the_poles."

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NoTBE DAME SCHOLASTIC Published every Saturday during: Term Time at the

University of Notre Dame.

i:ntered as second-class matter at the Post Ofiice, Notre Dame, Ind.

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Address: THE EDITOR NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

Notre Dame, Indiana.

Notre Dame, Indiana, Novemfaer'3,1906.

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

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

THOMAS E. BURKE, ' 0 7 LOUIS M. KELLEY, ' 0 7

WM. E. CUNNINGHAM, ' 0 7

FRANCIS T. MAHER, ' 0 8

WIX.LIA5I LENNARTZ, ' 0 8

A^ARNUJI A. PARRISH, ' 0 9

WESLEY J. DONAHUE, ' 0 7

WrLLIAM A. BOLGER, ' 0 7

ROBERT L. BRACKEN, ' 0 8

PATRICK M. MAXLOY, ' 0 7

PAUL R. ilARTIN, ' 0 9

At Purdue

—To-day we are playing our first big game. Of all games on our schedule this one is the one which interests us most . F r o m the beginning since w e t ook up

athletic relations wi th Purdue w e have been hard rivals. F o r the pas t t w o years the Boiler-

Makers have swamped us. Bu t we expect a different s tory this time. To-daj'-we fight no t bhndly like despairing men " t o hold 'em down," b u t t o win for the supremacy of Notre Dame. Go t o it , men, we are wi th you, w i th you now and always, in victory or defeat. Notre Dame sends you her t ruest sentiments, and we all are watching for the outcome. Wha t will i t be? Victory we think, b u t no m a t t e r we are the same, Notre Dame t o - d a y , to-morrow and for­ever. Will we win ? We a!l hope so ; we all are confident. At any ra te , our sympathies g o out t o those canvassed warr iors in Blue and Gold who are fighting. At home we are following the game wi th abated interest, and from Cartier Grandstand there comes the murmur of unrest a s the rooters sit impatiently awai t ing returns.

Another Word

discouraging for the management t o fix up conditions so t h a t the men could get a w a y

and no t t o notice any part icular movement on the p a r t of the student body for preparation. I t

isn ' t often t h a t we get a w a y on trips such as the Indiana one promises t o be; such affairs are epochs in student-life. They are the things you ta lk abou t when you meet in later days, they are the. events t h a t leave an impression on all who take pa r t . To-day, and ever since, we hear echoes of t h a t famous Northwestern tr ip. H o w Notre Dame held the Methodis ts ; how Salmon made himself a nat ional reputa t ion; how t h a t grand old line held like the best Jackson ever had, and how t w o hundred rooters fi-om the Irish University drowned the whole Northwestern contingent—^these are things which promise t o be duplicated a t Indianapolis. As then, so this year too , some football dope is t o be upset, so come along and root . Even if you are no t an enthusiast and a t best bu t a looker-on a t the show, come any waj'^, you'll get your money's w^orth.

—The other day a college paper went out of business. I t w a s a severe blow t o the grea t school and a j u s t cause for humiliation. F o r if there is one thing more

t h a n another in living, i t is t o About

Our live t o say. If we are tied up and our mouths closed we are

^^^^ nonentities. And why hve and be a nonent i ty? Our SCHOLASTIC is no t under any danger of "closing u p , " bu t i t s s tandard can no t be maintained if we do n o t get some suitably good work. So, Collegiate men, get in and give us some of your best work. If w e are going t o have a mouthpiece of Notre Dame, let i t be a wor thy one, a t rue representative one.

—^About t h a t Indianapolis t r i p — w h a t are the men going t o d o ? I t seems very

—Somebody said a t the las t exam., " I didn ' t think he'd ask t h a t . " I t wasn ' t the first t ime the expression w a s used, since men began studying i t has been true. The only

Work ^ ^ ^ *^ ^^* around i t is t o work fi-om the beginning and be ready

for anything he asks. Get a new s t a r t n o w for the next bi-monthly exams., they'll be here before you know it .

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The Students' Retreat. Friday Afternoon.

The Annual Retreat for the students was concluded on the morning of the Feast of All Saints by a general Communion. The Director of the retreat, Monsignor Vaughan, has won a permanent place in the affection of the students. His sermons were substan-

On Friday afternoon the students of the Collegiate English classes had the pleasure of hearing Mgr. Vaughan's "Reminiscences of Italy." That even the "informal t a lk" by one so familiar with Italian life would be informing and interesting, was expected.

MoxsiGxoR CAXOX VAUGHAX.

tial, practical, and presented in excellent We have heard tha t Monsignor Vaughan literary form, while his evident piety and possesses some valuable and curious data, unction reinforced his words. in the way of original documents on

Monsignor Vaughan will doubtless bring Mediaeval England ? Those of us at present home with him from this A^sit many interested in the pilgrims to Canterbury pleasant impressions. Let us hope tha t not would appreciate the light that such col-the least pleasant will be his remembrance lateral information would shed on the of Notre Dome and the students' retreat, days of Chaucer.

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Athletic Notes.

NoTUE DAME, 5 ; MICHIGAN, " A G G I E S , " 0. In one of the best games of football seen

on Cartier Field for several j'-ears, the Yarsitj'-defeated Michigan Agriculture College las t Saturda3^ by the score of 5 t o 0. The wanning score was. in the middle of the second half. -Notre Dame had carried the ball t o the Farmers ' .25-3'-ard line. In t w o a t tempts thej- gained but 6- j'-ards, and Captain Braclcen made a quarter-back kick which the "Aggies" recovered on the 2-yard line. Small immediately lined up for a pun t behind his own goal-line. Sheehan broke through the l ine ' and blocked the kick, Hutzell falling on the ball.

In justice t o the "Aggies" let i t be said they deserved a cleaner beating than \hej received, for they p u t up a remarkably fast game and played good, clean, hard football th roughout the contest.

The weather conditions could no t have been worse. A stiff gale was blowing across the field a n d : a driving rain fell during the entire game." The lower end of the field w a s muddy and slippery, end runs on t h a t p a r t of the gridiron were impossible. The players w^ere, covered with mud from head t o foot; the .suits after ten minutes of play weighed all t h e w^ay from fifteen t o forty pounds. The! baU was wet and .slippery, and every condition adverse t o football w a s in existence. Yet withal the game w a s fast and clean. .Fnmbl ing was frequent bu t excusable, j :

F o u r times in the first half the " Aggies " carried the ball into the Varsity's terr i tory far enough ±0. t r y for a drop kick, each time the ball going over the line, forcing Notre Dame t o return . the kick from the 25-yard line! The play during the first period w^as in the Varsity's terr i tory the greater pa r t of the time. But on one or t w o occasions the ball w^as carried far into the "Aggie ' s" p a r t of the field, t o be lost on downs.

The second half s aw a change in the game. Tinie after time the Varsity carried the ball within striking distance of their oppo^ nent 's goal, t o lose i t on a fumble or 611 dow^ns. I/incr bucks and skin - tackle jplays were aU t h a t were used by Notre Dame,-

and the superior weight of our backs was gradually weakening the "Aggies," so t h a t near the end of the game the Varsity was marching s t ra ight down the field" for a touchdown. , •

The Farmers.plaj'-ed a style of game which displayed the new rules well. Trick plaj^s, forward passes, fast end runs and drop kicking marked their a t tacks, bu t the Varsity's defense held. '

Notre Dame (5). Hutzell Beaconi Eggemaii Sheehan Munson -Dolan ' Keacli Bracken • . Callicrate Miller V * Diener '

Touchdown—^Hutzell

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. 'Umpire—Studcbaker. Referee— Fishle^^ Head' linesman—Funk.

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Time of halves—2o

T h e Notre Dame^Purdue Game.

" N o w for Notre D a m e ! " So heads the column in the Daily Exponent. I t is more than a "mere local" t o o ; i t is the opinion of the student body a t the big technical school. But for all t h a t w e go into the game wi th a fixed determination t o upset the calculations of a few. They are wor thy rivals, and to-day's garne will be wor th going t o see. Bar ry has Avorked hard and consistently w^ith his men; w^ith Captain Bracken as general we can look for results. We expect a few t o win their spurs to-day.

The lincrup will be as follows: Hutzell, right end; Dolan, right tackle; ,Munson, right guard; Sheehan, center; Eggeman, left guard; Beacom, _ left tackle; Ber\'3^, left end; Bracken, quarter-back; Callicrate, right half; Waldorf, left , half, and Diener, full-back.

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The field w a s too slippery for Captain Bracken t o get aw^ay wi th any long runs, bu t he slipped through the "Aggies ' " defense a couple of times for runs of fifteen and twen ty yards .

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Callicrate injured his eye so t h a t he thought he could see douWe. The injury is nothing serious, however, and w a s onty for the moment.

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The Conditions at Purdue.

COACH WITHAJI.

Munson showed the best form of his career as a punter. Against a s t rong wind his kicks averaged 45 yards in the first half.

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"Us Tackles," Beacom and Dolan, again proved their wor th on offense, annexing man3'- yards for the Varsity.

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Miller came near going through the Farmers ' entire team on the last kick-off. He received the kick and dodged the for­wards co-npletely, being stopped \iij the man in the back-field.

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The only real injury of the game was received by Parker, the ' 'Aggies ' " r ight sruard, who had his knee twisted.

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The Farmers lamented the fact t h a t the field was slow, lessening their chances. Not for the sake of arguing simply, bu t the Varsity had cause for disappointment, as they had spent the week preparing end plays which Coach Barrj^ instructed them no t t o use on account of the uncertain footing and slippery ball. P . M. M.

BY II . L. BARNES, PURDUE, 'OS .

(Asst. Issue Editor, Purdue Exponent).

Football practice since the defeat, by AVabash las t Saturday, has been far more encouraging t han a t any time previous during the season. At the s t a r t the material available, while plenty, was , t o a very great extent, green and untried, and com­binations of these new men which a t first looked good panned out very badly. So t h a t a t this time jus t before the Notre Dame game the team consists very largely of new men, and men no t played before this season: However, i t can be said t h a t these men have-shown Tip much better thsin anA"- combination yet tried. Greeson and Chapman, both seniors, and men taken from the senior class team, who will in all. probability hold down the half-back positions Saturday, have got ten into the plays with great spirit, and we expect great things of them. , "

CAPTAIN WELLIXGHOFF..

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The probable line-up of the team will be as follows:—Wj'-ant, L. E.; Frushour, L. T.; De Laute r , -L . G.; Wellinghoff (Capt.) , C ; Berkheiser, R. G.; Robertson, R. T.; Fleming, R. E.; Holdson, 0 . B.; Chapman, R. H.; Tong, F . B.; Greeson, L. H.

* * W H O ' S W H O ON T H E PURDUE TEAM.

DeBoos, 'OS; end; first 3'-ear on t eam; 160 lbs.; 5 ft. 11 in.; basket-ball squad t w o years ; won his " P " last 3'-ear; Phi Delta The ta ; Columbus, Ind.

Frushour, ' 07 ; tackle; second year on t e am; 190 lbs.; 6 ft.; baseball t e am; Logansport , Ind.

Rasmusen, ' 07 ; guard ; first 3''ear on t eam; 170 lbs.; 5 ft. 10 in. ; Valparaiso, Ind.

Wellinghoff, 'OS; captain; center; third year on t e am; 215 lbs. ; 5 ft. 11 in.; Coatesville, Ind.

De Lauter, ' 09 ; guard ; first year on t eam; 186 lbs; 5 ft. 9 i n . ; North Manchester, Ind.

Robertson, ' 07 ; tackle; second year on t eam; 190 lbs.; 6 ft.; Helena, Mont .

Fleming, 'OS; end; 1st 3'-ear on t e am; sub las t year; ISO lbs.; 6 ft.; West Lebanon, Ind.

Holdson, ' 07 ; quarter-back; second 3'-ear on t e am; 1351bs.; 5 ft, 7 in.; basket-bal l t eam captain ceptain last year ; Sigma Nu; Indianapolis.

Funk, !0S; half; first 3'-ear on team; 1771bs.; 5 ft. 11 in.; Garden, Ind.

Reidi '07; half; first year on team; 1601bs.; 5 ft. 8 in.; Sigma Chi; HoUiday, Pa .

Long, ' 07 ; fiiU-back; second year on team; 170ft>s.; 6 feet 1 inch; Phi Delta Theta, Louisville, Ky.

Berkeiser, ' 0 8 ; gua rd ; first year on team; 6 feet; 1871bs.; plays a good clean-game; Marion, Ind. (Normal School.)

Mellen, ' 07 ; tackle; first year on t e a m : has played four years on class t e am; fast and aggressive player; 1611bs., 5 ft. 9 in.; Boonyille, Ind.

* * Purdue, Nov. 3 . Coach Barry wi th his

squad arrived =last night. Every inan is in perfect condition; Diener wiU play full-back in to-day's game. Notre Dame is deter­mined t o win, and with Grejeson, Purdue's s t a r half-back- out of the game, i t looks as thoughi Purdue were going down t o another defeat.

Notes from the Colleges.

Northwestern has a new one in football. An announcer explains t o "s ide- l iners" how each play is executed during the progress of the class games each Saturda3^

* * Cutts , ex-Coach of Purdue, is perfecting

the Harva rd line, for the Yale-Harvard game of November 24.

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The college editor is no t immune from the far-reaching evils of labor w^ars. The Daily lowan is tied up because of a strike of the printers and line-type operators of I owa city.

* * Cecil Rhodes w a s not a ' lover of the

"book i sh" student, as is evident froin the provision in the requirement of a n ' appli­cant for his scholarships: "Regard shall be had as t o the student 's fondness for and success in manly outdoor sports, such as cricket, football and the like."

* * Charlie Chad wick, the footbaU " d o p s t e r "

of the East , says t h a t the number of field goals is amazing this season.

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The Ottavi'^a Review's Exchange Editor refers t o our SCHOLASTIC as the " th i rd visitor, -with the quiet and even tone ." We were unaware of our exceeding modesty.

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There is a grea t deal of argument, a host of cap i t a l charges, and a babel of confusion in general, over the publication and elec­t ion of editors of the Cap and Gown, a Chicago student publication.

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Up a t Michigan you have t o show your girl t o the ticket seller in order t o get her in on the student ra te ticket t o the football games.

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Georgetown won the first football game of the season from Gallaudet of Washington, D. C , by a score of 24 t o 0. P . M. M.

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

Statement of Pacts.

UYISE Y. TAYLOR.

Eli Taylor and Charles'Lyle are residents of South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana. Taylor is engaged in the pa ten t medicine business. Lyle is the night clerk in the Olive Branch Hotel. On the 25th of August, 1906, Taylor went t o the hotel, found Lyle and engaged a suite of rooms for the night, s ta t ing t h a t he expected some friends from Mishawaka in the evening, who would eat supper wi th him and become guests of the house. They arrived about 5 o'clock p. m. and registered as commercial travelers. After supper they repaired t o the largest of the rooms in the suite, seated themselves a t a table under the chandelier, ordered a box of cigars and a pitcher of ice-water, smoked and chatted merrily about a " g r o w l e r " (presumably a large dog owned by one of them), and then produced a pack of cards and began t o play a game which they called, in technical language, " d r a w poker,"—evidently a dangerous proceeding, if the words were t o be taken literally. One of the par ty , evidently a politician, referred t o his' admirat ion for the President and said, "Give us ' a square deal,' and we'U * s tand p a t ! ' " Taylor took p a r t in the game, and an exceptionally generous spirit seemed t o come over him aU a t once, for, in response t o certain cabalistic words of the others, such as " threes ," "fours ," "ftiU house" "flush," etc., he gave them all his money. He then sent a message t o Lyle, who made his w a y a t once t o the room and necessarily observed the kind of game t h a t w a s in progress. Taylor called him aside and in a subdued tone of voice solicited a loan of $150, saying I will give you my note for the amount and pay i t when the bank opens t o - m o r r o w or the following day. Lyle handed him the amount and received his note, couched in the words and figures following:

"$150 . South Bend, Ind., Aug. 25, 1906. " A t sight I promise t o pay t o the order

of Charles Lyle one hundred and fifty dollars a t the Fi rs t National Bank in South Bend. Value received.

" E L I T A Y L O R . "

Soon afterward Ljde left the apar tment and did no t see Taylor again for several days. When they met, Sept. 1st, Lyle ten­dered the note t o him, saying ," Here, Taylor, is your note. I need the money. I must pay a debt of $500 to-day, and w h a t you owe me, added t o w h a t I have, will j u s t abou t make up the amount ." Taylor laughed jeeringly and said, "Oh, n o ! I t is n o t in gaming alone t h a t a man may lose his money. Why didn' t you sit down, t ake a hand with us and enjoy some of the spor t ? You might have won, and you certainly could no t have lost much more than the amount you gave me t o squander. And squander i t I did. I t is all gone.- I mus t admit, however, t h a t i t -was clever of you t o come t o my aid when those fellows had driven me t o the wall . I was in debt t o them, and you enabled me t o p a y up . B u t as t o this note, let me tell you, as advised by my lawyer, t h a t i t is worthless. The law forbids gaming, and money loaned in ftirtherance of i t can n o t be recovered. So good-bye ; t a t a ! "

Greatly exasperated a t Taylor 's language and manner, Lyle n o w sues on the note.

The foregoing case is set for tr ial a t t he November term of the Moot-Court .

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Mr. F rank A. McCarthy ( L a w '06) writes Prof. Hoynes t o the effect t h a t aU Notre Dame L a w students who were recently examined for admission t o the Bar a t Springfield, 111., passed with credit. They are now members of the Bar of the Supreme, Appellate and other courts of Illinois. We quote as follows from his le t ter : " T h e majority of the members who took the examination thought i t very hard, and no doubt i t w^as for the ordinaiy l aw student, b u t for anyone w^ho had taken a course as thorough as t h a t a t Notre Dame i t w a s comparatively easy. All of the members of "the class from Notre Dame, including Tlios. F . Healy, Ralph C. Madden and Lawrence McNemy, passed creditably, and they a s w^ell as myself ow^e you our sincerest thanks for the interest taken in our welfare while we were a t the University. I am n o w located in a very good office a t Elgin."

-128 NOTRn DAME SCHOLASTIC.

—James O'Leary of Brownson Hall w^as called home last week because of the death of his sister. His many friends in Brownson and the University extend t o him their sincere sympathy in his sorrow.

Local Items.

—Purdue to-da3^ —Another call for contributions t o your

college j)aper, bring them in. ^rtRooters at tention, get together and

organize, Nov. 10 isn' t far away. —^The management of athletics announces

t h a t the Notre Dame contingent will s tay a t the Dennison House while in Indianapolis.

—"Do we w a n t this g a m e ? " " S u r e ! "

Are we ^Sure!"

"Are w e going t o get i t ? "

.—U. N. D. r a h ! r a h ! U. N. D. rah! . . rah! Whoo-a-rah! Whoo-a-rah! . - • U. N. D. r a h ! r a h ! • : "

—To-da3^ St. j o e plays Corby Hall on Cartier Field. The admission will be twenty-five cents. During the game . reports ' will be read about the Purdue-Notre Dame game. There should be a good attendance because of the game, bu t principally t o hear the reports .

—Saturday St. Joe Hall sent i ts second t e am up t o Niles t o play the burg 's Higli School. The burg people beat St. Joe 11—0. Bu t the • score does no t tell all the story, as- time and again i the light St. Joe. men would hold the heavy High School lads. Cull and Barry, played s ta r ball and w^ere ably backed by their teaith. . .

—The Brownson Liteirary and Debating Society held its regular meeting Thursday evening. The principal feature' was a debate. The question w a s : ' 'Resolved =that i t is for the best interest : of Cuba t o be annexed t o the United Sta tes ." The affirmative was upHeld by Messrs.''"'Madden and Duncan, "Cvhile the negative was supported'by Messrs. Depew and Bradick; The decision was rendered i in favor of the negative. Bro. Alphonsus and Pres;;Eggeman spoke about t h e preliminaries,.,arid encouraged the can­didates.', ^ftef Mr. X. Magiiiire and Mr. ' G. Springer'ehtertairied the society wi th a feW improhiptu remarks, the meeting adjourned.

• '^Fairbanks a t Notre Dame. Thursday evening the student, body assembled in ili^ashingtqn Hall t o , listen t o the Vice-President of the .United States, Mr. Fair­banks. His s tay w a s brief, bu t in

t h a t time he threw^ out many valuable ideas concerning voung men and their ideals. We were a bit disappointed, how­ever, t h a t the renowmed republican did no t tell us a few things on the political order. I t would have been quite apropos .and appreciated.

—Last Sunday evening Prof. Fa rabaugh addressed the members of St. Joseph's Hall on the benefits t o be derived from debating. In the course jof his few bu t well-chosen remarks he stated t h a t St. Joe held a high position in the a r t of debating, He pointed out the difference between elocution, o ra tory and debating—oratory is t o persuade and debating t o convince. He further added t h a t i t does not" benefit a speaker t o pour forth rhetoric and bombastic speeches. The prize comes t o him w^ho by diligence and per­severance delivers his well-planned, logicalh'-arranged arguments in a clear, convincing manner. In a word, the debater wath an inferior speech bu t good delivery is capable of achieving more than the man wi th a s t rong speech bu t poor deliver3^ The gentle­man 's remarks were w^ell received, and" i t is t o be hoped tha t - St. Joe will profit by these few remarks and enter the debates determined. t o win the inter-hall banner.

—Halloween came and. wen t ; there w a s nothing significant abo.ut it, except perhaps i ts usual Retreat. A pa r ty of j'-oungsters from the nearby city invaded the premises and aroused a few Gorbyites, bu t i t was orAj for a moment and the vociferous ones were squelched. A dog iri Kenefic's" room made up. its. mind t o s t a r t ' t h ings , ,but the beastly th ing w^as choked-;to. death and finally kicked ere ^ i t •'cduld^'do aiiy "harm! Kenefic wept, bu t tha t ' -d idn ' t make "any difference. A couple of- footpads who stole along the gravel roof of- the hose; house, bent on nefarious purposes, were duly.ej'^ed and confessed. Someone belmv, i t is reported, by accident caught a lighted cigarette frpiri 6.6's window' and the- smoker was impres­sively awarded "h i s . " Carrollites were unusually good and some'say t h a t Brow^n-sori dreamt pumpkin -heads-:-pudding heads, a Cprbj'^ man said—but then he was from Corby and so,a friend. A passing judge said, " i t didti 't make arij' diiference they might be either one or the other, " b u t the writer of this doesn't know. He thinks they are neither. ;S.o. t h a t ' s about, all there was; t o Halloween a t Notre Dame. O yes, Callicrate w^ent home; bu t then he was. in training and w a s jus t as'safe there as in Sorin. So ends the report which I have been scheduled t o make. "Noth ing doing," is the way everyone wrote t o his male friend, and he was think­ing of his male friend also w^hen he added: " T o think of studying on Halloween, and t h a t barn daiice out a t Brown's ."

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