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VOL. XLIII. NOTRE DAME, INDIANA, EASTER, 1910. No." 24

An EJaster Tr i logy .

THOMAS A. LAHEY, ' 1 1 .

' FHREE throbbing hoUrs ' twixt earth and leaden sky:

Harsh taunts for prayers; for bed, a rough-hewn tree;

For pillow, woven thorns. And thus did He

Who woke the dead of otliers, choose to die.

Oh, stiff-necked race! Ye blind of heart and eye,

Yon grave-clad skeletons, for the moment free,

Can with their empty, sightless sockets see

What ye can not,—the God ye crucify.

Three gibbet-crosses,—symbols then of shame,—

With none to see the beauty, Lord, of Thine,

With none to hear the sounding of Thy name

By angel-choirs enchanting psalms divine.

Despised by men Thy great heart burst of grief:

A God between, —on either side a thief.

X H E Seraph of Great Sorrow wings alone

Its mournful flight unto His humble tomb, '

And from its sable wings the even gloom

Falls like a mist. In fear the stars have flown

And nature's singing melts into a moan;

The silent moon, paled with the thought of doom

Hangs listless-like, robbed of its golden bloom;

And death triumphant, takes his stony throne.

Sealed in the grave by hatred satan-born,

Thy awful glory glides to an eclipse, •

Still sileilt to the challenge - words of scorn,

Still humble to the taunt of subject-lips.

Alone, and guarded by the Roman state.

Thou liest in death—a branded reprobate.

p\AWN wields her golden fire-whips to smite

The tardy East into a ruddy glow.

And Dawn sweeps in, her coursers running low

Upon the failing traces of the night.

But lo! The kingly Sun stops in his flight

Upon the beaten track of heaven's bow,

To see a brighter planet hung below,—

A vacant tomb a-stream with living light.

Rejoice, ye mortals! Let the planets ring!

Ye hills and mountains all, your homage pay

Unto the deathless triumph of the King

Who reigns eternal in the realm of day..

Sing earth and skies, leap hill and green-clad sod.

For Christ has risen as He is—our God.

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Easter Hymn.

THOMAS A. LAUEY, '11 .

J i f AIR Easter morn.

What alien splendor shames tin' dawn

Till all its flaming torches grope

Like shadows on a noon-lit slo^je?

What unseen spirit hands have drawn

The splendor from tlu" carmine cope ?

Fair Easter morn.

Fair Easter morn, Tin' ^jortals swinging on the night

Found not the custoniarj' g\oom To edge with colors from th3' loom,

For the Supernal Source of light Has flamed His God-head from the toinlj.

Fair Easter morn.

Death and Resurrection.

GEORGE J. FINNIGAN, '10.

A R K clouds obscured the bright­

ness of midday. Over the Sacred

City, and veiling the surrounding

hills, was the lowering gloom.

Anon the fires of heaven were loosened:

flash after flash of lightning burs t from

the overhanging darkness and lighted up

wi th noonday intensity the hill of Calvary. '

There, Christ the God-Man hung dying on

a cross. All the world had forsaken,Him.

Even His disciples, except • the beloved

John, w h o stood wi th Mary a t the foot

of His gibbet, faithful t o the last, had

failed in the hour of tr ial .

Slowly the moments passed; slowl3'- the

agony of the Saviour neared its end.

I t w a s three o'clock. The whole world

trembled. Thunder burs t forth from the

awful night t h a t followed the flashes" of

lightning. Heaven's forces descended and

tore open great caverns in the quaking

ear th .

The dead arose from their graves and flitted

abou t the Mount, silent witnesses t o the

world 's crime. Christ w^as dead.

The heavens grew still. But the deep night t h a t shrouded the deed still hung u^Don Calvary.

Three da3'S have passed, da^'s of gloom and

doubt. Christ is in the tomb. Without

stand the Roman guards wait ing t o prove

t o the world t h a t the Man whom th^j

have crucified is come t o naught .

Suddenl3'' the3' hear voices singing, the3''

know no t where. A strange light comes

from the tomb. The3' look, and behold

angels. Fear seizes them and the3'- fall back.

The angels grasp the stone t h a t seals the

grave. I t rolls awa3^" A brightness dazzles

the e3' es of the guards. In the midst of an

unearth 13 glory Christ, the Crucified, rises.

Redemption is accomplished. Christ is God.

At this moment the morning sun bursts

from the Eas t and sheds his first roseate

rays over Calvar3^

Golgotha is glorified. The Cross of Infam3'^

is now a golden cross of Love. Each nail,

each symbol of shame, is transcendent in beauty.

The whole world rejoices. Allehiia, Alleluia,

is the pean of praise.

T h e Meadow Lark.

FREDERICK W . CARROLL, '12. •

AFAR, blithe singer of the lea,

Tin- minstrel note I hear, '

My heart responsive sings with tli'ee,

A welcome for the 3'ear.

Bird of the earth, th3' warble tells

Of nn'stic birth anew;

Tho' winter snows still crown the hills

That meet m3' distant view.

I' on fields betray first signs of green

. Beneath the warm day-noon;

Where on the breeze aAvakes unseen

Thy sjmipathetic tune.

Thy numbers thrill me With delight

As sounds of summer rain;

For now^ the daw^n of life's true light

Makes earth grow young again.

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All in the Family.

DEXIS A. MORRISON, JR. , '10.

course there was t o be a pla3' a t Easter. No college with Duckville's high standing Avould miss such an opportunity to displaj'- i ts gifted Thespians. The way Teddy found it out

was this. Just after leaving his class in Social Dynamics one lovely March day, he was accosted by the elocution professor. After the conventional greeting, the professor said:

"Ever do anj ' thing in dramatics. B a r e ? " "Sure. I was a minute man of '76 once,

in my cream-puff da^'S. WhA'?". " I ' m looking for some one to handle the

p a r t of a good-looking girl in the Easter play. Will you t ry i t ? "

Teddj'' thought a minute. Tie knew t h a t i t meant lots of hard work in rehearsing, but then the folks were coming over Easter and Cissy was t o accompauA-- them. So he decided to accept.

" I realize. Professor, t h a t the paths of glorv- lead but t o the grave, but I'll make a s tab a t it nevertheless."

"Good for 3-ou. Report a t the hall this evening a t seven-thirt3^ I'll give A'-OU a copy of the play and we'll get a little s t a r t . "

"All right, I'll be there." So Tedd3'' found himself about to assume

the role of a young lad3'- named Sophronisca Coryell, the leading female character in the d rama entitled, "The Horrid Bachelor, or Wha t Could the Poor Girl D o ? " I t was one of the.heaviest par t s in the pla3' and Teddy felt ra ther highly flattered t h a t he had been selected t o assume it.

After a few rehearsals he had made great progress. He seemed t o have been bom with the histrionic sense. At least, t ha t ' s w h a t his letters home said. As a mat ter of fact, the character of Sophronisca Coryell, inasmuch as she w^as feminine and Teddy masculine, gibed t o such a great extent t h a t all Teddy had to do was t o give vent t o his na tura l tendencies. Sophronisca was supposed t o be a rabidly romantic little creature, who took deep dives into sentiment and loved seven distracted 3'oung

sports a t the same time. And maybe this didn't suit Teddy! ObcA^ing the command of the director t o " g e t into" his part, he almost had t o be doused w^ith cold water after a rehearsal before he fell back into his own prosy personality. Everyone said he made the best girl t h a t had ever trod the Duckville boards.

At this point of the story, i t is necessary t o revert t o t h a t snug little city of Three Corners, which, strange though it seems, was still nestling on the map of Indiana. Several people in t h a t burg were put into a high s ta te of excitement by the letters Teddy wro te : " I ' m going t o take p a r t in a pla3' up here a t Easter ," he said, " b u t I won ' t tell you w h a t my character is. You'll have t o guess." And. again, "You people will never know me. All the fellows in the cast have stage names, so the pro­gram won ' t do you an3' good." Teddy's mamma and papa w^ere all wrought up over this, thinking t h a t their son and heir shouldn't be so free with his teasing. Their excitement, however, couldn't hold a candle t o t h a t of Ciss3' Claw, t o whom Teddy Bare was nothing less t han a demigod. After telling all her girl friends about it, she went t o her brother Ephraim, and nothing would do but t h a t he should pilot her t o Duckville on Easter t o witness the performance. After a great many grumblings about get t ing the spring plowing done, having t o build a new hen-house, etc., Ephraim Claw finally agreed t o submit, provided he would be allow^ed t o catch the first t ra in back after Teddy had his clothes on again.

Easter Sunday was as beautiful a day as one sees throughout the length and breadth of spring, even outside of Indiana. Easter Monda3'^ a t dawn held promise of being its twin brother. So much for the weather. Tedd3'^'s folks arrived with a number of others who had a family interest in Dackville College. Teddy spent the morning in show­ing them around, but immediately after dinner w^as compelled t o make his apologies and go t o the dressing-room. Teddy had dotibts about how long it would take t o array himself in the proper feminine style.

"Nope," he declared firmly to Cissy's last entreaty t h a t he disclose his part, "I can't do it. Y^ou're no good if you can't tell who I am,, anyhow."

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"Aw, wha t ' s the difference?" pu t in Ephraim. " I t don ' t make no,—never mind, j i s t s'long as he's in i t ."

"All right, have i t your own w a y , " replied Cissy. " I think you're mean, jus t the same."

Ju s t then Teddy spied a ' couple of "flooj'ies " about a block away . At the same time, a devilish thought flitted through his head.

"See those girls over t h e r ? " he said, indi­cating the pair. " W a t c h for them this after­noon. They're the real thing, imported firom the Great White Way for the glory of Duckv'ille." And he was gone.

" I guess he meant ," said Ephraim, " t h a t them girls is actresses, didn't h e ? "

" H e must have," was Cissy's reply. "There's girls in the play, and Duckville isn ' t a coed school."

"Well, they sure are swell-lookin' females— from this distance."

The subject was dismissed from conversa­tion, bu t not from Ephraim's mind. W^hen the curtain rose upon the first act of " T h e Horrid Bachelor," his first anxious glance

'was for the form and features of the girls Teddy had pointed out t o him.

"There she is. Tha t ' s one of 'em," he w^hispered, nudging Cissy, as a ra ther flashily dressed person in feminine a t t i re came on the stage.

"Gee, a in ' t she a s tunner !" he thought t o himself as she slid gracefully forward and decorated a red plush davenport wi th her personality. " I'd like t o know her. Wonder if Teddy couldn't introduce us ."

F rom' t h a t moment everything looked rosy t o Ephraim. He became immensely interested in the play and talked constantly t o Cissy of the fair creature w^hose name the program gave as Miss Eura Falgye. The only w a y she could quiet him was t o promise t h a t she would use all her influence wi th Teddy t o secure him an introduction after the play.

Needless t o say the la t ter w a s a magnifi­cent success. Cissy enjoyed i t t o the limit, even though she had a terrible time watching for her faithful Teddy and keeping t rack of the plot a t the same time. When they had met and the congratulat ions w^ere over, she insisted t h a t he should enlighten her.

" Why, do you mean t o say t h a t you don ' t know w h a t p a r t I took y e t ? " he asked.

"No . T h a t is, I 'm no t sure," she pouted. "Well, I declare! I'll tell 3-ou. Do you

remember in the first act when—" Jus t then Eph came tearing up, all out

of breath. " D a m i t , " he said, " I ' v e missed 'em." "Missed w h o m ? " questioned the others

in chorus. "Them actresses," said Eph ; " a feller told

me they jus t go t on t h a t t rain, an ' I wanted t o have some fun."

Teddy could hardly believe his ears. "Why, Eph, you old—" and then he

stopped. Should he tell him? For a couple of moments Teddy seemed undecided. Then he took Ephraim t o one side.

" E p h , " he whispered, " i t ' s all r ight. They haven ' t left yet. I'll introduce you r ight after supper. Which one did you like b e s t ? "

"Why, t h a t 'un named Eura—Eura ,— w h a t ' s her name n o w ? "

" H a , ha, ha , " laughed Teddy. " E u r a Falgye, eh? Well, I should say you are. Oh, t h a t ' s all right, Eph. I'll show you around in plenty of time. Better go dress up a little now, hadn ' t y o u ? "

I t wasn ' t long afterwards when Teddy told Cissy the joke. When she was done laughing, she looked shyly up a t him.

" I t seems t o be a habi t of the family t o fall in love wi th you, doesn't i t ? " she said. Teddy laughed.

" I would no t feel a bit complimented," he replied, "if you were as well satisfied wi th a substi tute as Eph. I t t ook abou t ten minutes for " C u t i e " Browne, Prof. Brow^ne's daughter, t o rig up like an actress jus t falling from the sky. She jus t satisfied Eph.

" P o o r Eph," said Cissy. "Yes ," echoed Teddy reminiscently, " p o o r

Eph."

H o p e .

GEORGE J. FINNIGAN, '10.

"TWO friends estranged. Cried one in grief, "Love's link of gold,

Thougt welded ne'er will be as strong As ' twas of old."

The other: "Though we can not mend, Wherefore despond?

Our loves are moulding even* now Another bond."

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T h e Spirit of Easter.

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FRAXCIS J. WENNINGER, '11 .

T the moment of Christ 's death there was nothing t h a t seemed more hopeJesslj'- lost, more abso­lutely doomed than the Church which He had established. I ts followers were but a handful of

unlettered men of whom the most ardent had denied his Master with an oath, and the most devoted had forsaken Him and fled. So ill-fitted were they t o do the work assigned t o them by their Founder t h a t they could hardly hope for even the par t ia l success of an insignificant Galilean sect. And yet this little band of ignorant men, following the maxims of Him who was crucified for His teaching, triumphed over the idolatry of centuries and the haughty

pride of a sensual world. And. all this w a s due t o the Resurrection of Christ.

I t is in. commemoration of the Resurrection t h a t we celebrate Easter, the greatest and most sublime festival of the year. Easter takes first rank among the feasts of the Church because i t shows us Christ in His glory; i t shows us our own nature elevated t o the throne of God in heaven. All the wonders of the Lord t o the faithful who lived during ihe forty centuries preceding His coming were but t o prepare the world for the great event of the Resurrection,— the manifestation of God's highest power.

The significance of this feast can hardly be overestimated. Indeed, words are inad­equate to express fully the importance of the event. A dead Christ might have been esteemed, loved and remembered for His teaching and wonders. But only a risen Christ could be the Saviour, the Life and the Life-Giver. The world would never have been converted t o a dead Jewish Christ, however devotedly i t might have revered His doctrine o.r admired His mode of living. But i t w^as the absolute certitude of the Resurrection t h a t formed the basis and substance of the teaching t h a t estab­lished the Kingdom of the Risen One on earth. The greatest proof of the divinity of Christ and of His Church would be want ing if He had no t risen, for in the Resurrection lies the proof of the verity of the Master 's teaching. Christ is, then, a true

Teacher, for His distinct prophecy t h a t He would rise from the dead on the third day came t o pass and proved His teaching; and, if His teaching is true, then must His asser­tion t h a t He is the Son of God be equally true. In the language of the Apostle: " I f Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain and your faith is also vain." But of this-fundamental t ru th of our religion we are con­vinced by the fullest and most unquestionable evidence. This is the foundation of the Church, the inspiration of her martyrs , the comfort of everj-- Catholic heart and the fondest hope of humani ty : "The Lord is risen indeed."

Scepticism and unbelief have done their u tmost t o discredit the fact of Christ 's Resurrection. Theorj^ upon theory has been constructed to replace this greatest t ru th of Christianity. Falsehoods wi thout number have been invented t o explain naturalh ' the blessed wonder. But neither the "fraud theory" of Celsus, " t h a t Christ's was no t a real death," nor t h a t other more subtle fabrication, learnedly called the "vision hypothesis," commends itself t o the impar­tial mind one bit more convincingly than the original story of the bribed guards: "H i s disciples came while we were asleep and stole Him away . "

Since "Chris t is risen from the dead, the first fruits of them t h a t sleep," w h a t is the aftermath ? The Resurrection of our own bodies, for Christ's rising proves ours certain. Indeed, if i t shall never be for us t o rise again, the sole reason for the Saviour's birth, death and resurrection is lost. Or shall i t be argued, perhaps, t h a t the first Adam's power to d rag us down t o death is greater than the second Adam's power t o raise us t o immortalit}- ? No, Christ bids us follow Him, not merelj'- t o the cross and t o death but far beyond these—to eternal glory.

I t isal togetherproper , then, t h a t the Church should invite her children to join in a jo3'Ous "celebration of Easter, and by hymns of praise and jubilation give glor3^ t o the risen God. This spirit of J03', of tr iumph and of peace— the true Easter spirit,—^is manifest in the oft-repeated Alleluia, in the canticle O filii et filiae, and, indeed, throughout the entire Mass and Office of the day. As Christ has risen on this day t o die no more, so, too, let us arise from sin and live henceforth t o God, for, truly " th i s is the day w^hich the Lord ha th made; let us be glad and rejoice therein."

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T h e Tomb".

(x>IGURE of death and doom

Thou wast, 0 dreadful tomb,

Till Jesus bade life bloom

"Within thv clammv womb. T. A. L.

Assisting Cupid.

LEO C. MCELROY, '10.

O implicith'^ did Carlton Wheeler reh' on the good judgment and tas te of his man, Ashlej^ t h a t he never failed t o ask his advice concerning his raiment for each and every occasion.

Consequently'^, when he received a note from Mrs. Franklin Teal, asking him down t o the Teal country place for a house partj'-, he merel}'^ passed the note t o Ashlej'- and bade him pack up.

Wheeler accepted the invitation, no t for the pleasure such gatherings afforded him, b'ut because Mrs. Teal had been almost a mother to,him since the da3'S of his youth when his own mother had died, and the merest wish of this kind and popular mat ron w^as law t o him. As the depot w^agon which conveyed him from the s tat ion drove up the broad, smooth road t o the entrance of " T h e Dunes," his hostess was waiting on the porch t o greet him.

" I thought it was you, Carl, and I wanted t o have a ta lk wi th 3'ou before anybody else could catch and monopolize j'^ou. Grannis here," indicating a stolid-looking man ser­van t who stood in the entrance hall, 'Svill show you to 3'our room, and as soon as you can, I wish 3' ou would come t o me in the green morning room. Now hurry."

I t was about fifteen minutes later when he again stood in the presence of Mrs. Teal.

"Now^-for the great news," he said laugh­ingly. " I can see t h a t you are jus t crammed full of something important . Aunt Elizabeth. Wha t is i t ? " She had a lways been Aunt Elizabeth t o him, al though no t connected wi th him either by ties of blood or by marriage.

"F i r s t , let me tell j'^ou, Helen Randall is here."

W^heeler laughed easily. " Oh, t h a t doesn't bother me a t all. I have

fully recovered from my infatuation." An expression of relief flitted over her

features as she went on. "Well, then, 3' ou probably will be willing

t o aid me in a certain little scheme I have in mind."

Wheeler produced a monogrammed cigar-^ ette case from his pocket, gazed inquiringly a t his hostess, and a t her nod, extracted a cigarette and lighted it,

" H a s i t anything t o do wi th h e r ? " "No , absolutel3' nothing." "Well, let me hear it. But mind, nw dear

aunt , I am no t committing m3' self one wa3'-or the other until I have learned all the details ."

" I w a n t you t o assist Cupid." " Extraordinar3'-! W^hat, pra3'-, am I to do,

prance around over 3' our lawns and through 3' our gardens, carrying a little bow and a sheaf of a r r o w s ? "

"Oh, be serious, Carl. Of course not . I merel3' w a n t 3' ou t o do some judicious flirting."

" F a r be i t from me. Besides, I ra ther imagine t h a t flirting would be of more hindrance than help t o the little urchin, sans apparent • "Lis ten t o me. You know thait little

Wreywood g i r l ? " " L e t me see. W^hich one of the season's

debutantes w a s she? Ah, yes, I have it . She was the child whose entrance into the world of sham and convention was made brilliant, so to speak, by the light of a ro3' al prince and t w o impoverished counts a t her coming out dance."

"Yes, your memory has served you well in this instance."

"You don ' t mean t o tell me t h a t she is involved in a love affair alread3'^! Why, she's only a kid,—beg pardon, I meant t o ' sa3', an infant."

"She is twenty 3'ears old." " A h ! Twenty y^ears old, and therefore,,

quite ready t o be cast afloat on the matri­monial sea. Who, if I may ask, is your other v ic t im?"

"Stanley Hal l ." " Humph! The slaughter of the innocents.

How history repeats herself. And how, tell me, can my flirting with the child, t o use

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your own crude word, assist the affair in any w^ay?"

"Well, you see, Carl ," began Mrs. Teal, eagerly, "Stanley is awfully backward, and when he notices you beginning t o be atten­tive t o Margare t Wreywood, I have great hopes t h a t he will become panic-stricken enough to forget his bashfulness and act his pa r t correctly."

"Oh, I begin t o understand.^ I am to be a sor t of a capper—er—ah—I should say, decoy."

"Then you'll help m e ? " "Um—I guess so. I'll s t a r t the campaign,

a t least ." " I ' m so glad." The conversation ended. Wheeler strolled

off into the garden, while Mrs. Teal went t o superintend some household affairs.

The more Wheeler thought over the proposed method of hastening the affair t o a happy conclusion, the less i t appealed t o him, so t h a t after smoking three or four cigarettes in the pergola, he hit upon a new plan which he thought w^ould prove fully as effective.

T h a t evening a t dinner, he chatted quite freely with Margare t Wreywood about topics t h a t w^ere banal in the extreme, but as he modulated his voice t o such an extent t h a t his worils could only be distinguished by the girl a t his side, an onlooker would have thought t h a t their conversation was along personal lines.

Stanley Hall, a n a t t y looking, well set up young fellow of twenty-three or four, sa t a t some little distance from them and looked miserable during the entire dinner.

After the ladies had wi thdrawn from the room, Wheeler changed his seat for one next t o Hall, and over the coffee and cigars, thej^ entered upon an animated discussion of the merits of a new ,type of racing car. Gradually, Wheeler steered the conversation around, until soon they were talking of various acquaintances, and finalty of Miss Wreywood. They left the room arm in arm, and as they were sauntering along the broad hallway, Wheeler said t o his companion:

"S t an , old chap, I wish t o tell you some­thing in absolute confidence."

" L e t her flicker, Wheeler, I know how t o be quiet." The young fellow was plainly

flattered by the t rus t reposed in him by his older companion.

" I am going to ask Miss Wreywood to-night if she will be Mrs. Carlton Wheeler. W ill you wish me luck?" He held out his hand.

Hall, with mouth agape and eyes almost s tar t ing from, his head, took the extended hand and shook i t mechanically, the while he stammered some incoherent words anent " l uck" and "happiness." Then, abruptly excusing himself, he walked away .

Wheeler watched him, chuckling softly t o himself as he saw the young fellow walk up t o a group in which Miss Wreywood was standing, and p r e s e n t s the t w o wandered off in the direction of a door opening on the gardens. Then hunting up Mrs. Teal he drew her aside and said:

" I think there will be start l ing develop­ments in your love affair very soon."

"Oh no. Carl, i t 's much too soon y^et, but in three or four daj'^s we can tell how mat ters are progressing."

Wheeler smiled enigmatically but said nothing further.

Later t h a t night, s tanding in an alcove wi th Mrs. Teal he observed the young couple entering the room. '

"Behold!" he said indicating them. Now for the denouement."

As soon as she saw Mrs. Teal, the girl walked up to her closely'- followed by Hall.

" M r s . Teal," she said, and there was the faintest trace of nervousness in her voice, " I wish you t o make an announcement for me.".

Wheeler shot a significant look a t the astonished lad3'.

"Wh\^, m3' dear, w h a t e v e r in the world can i t b e ? " said Mrs. Teal.

"Stanley and I have been married for a month, and I wish you t o make it—"

But she got no further, for Mrs. Teal had quietly fainted in Wheeler's arms.

The Price.

^ H E bonds of human souls in thrall

Asunder snapt with His last breath;

To pa\- the ransom for us all

The Saviour died a captive's death. F . C-

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Awakening.

FREDERICK W . CARROLT., '12.

'T'HE earth from wintry- slumber wakes

To melodj- and bloom; The forest stream its silence breaks

Out of its ic3' tomb.

There is a song on ever3' breeze .-Vnd joy in all the air,

From minstrel singers in the trees, When skies are blue and fair.

The m3'ster3' of life and light • To eYer3' heart is plain;

There is no morn without the night, No jo3- is free from pain.

Such tokens these does nature send To give her soul a voice;

That with her songs God's grace ma\' blend, To move us to rejoice!

Easter T ime in Southern Europe.

JOHN F . 0 ' H A R . \ , '11.

F all the feasts prescribed by the wealth of Catholic ri tual, none is so fraught with "deep solem­nity and religious feeling as is Easter. The festival t h a t marks the close of the penitential sea­

son of Lent, and comes to relieve, with i ts message of hope and deliverance, the dark scenes of the Passion Week, has a more purel3'^ religious significance t han any of the other feasts celebrated by the Christian w^orld: it, more t h a n all others, enforces the t r u th of Catholic teaching, and -fixes more deeply in the Christian mind the reali­zation t h a t the Church is God's institution. I t gives hope and consolation to the sinner, brought by the meditations of Holy Week t o a realization of his evil ways, and t o the jus t man it brings the spirit of gladness t h a t proceeds from love of God.

Being essentially a religious feast, the celebration of Easter is largely shorn of those customs and t radi t ions t h a t cluster around such feasts as Christmas and St. John 's Day. The custom of coloring eggs a t Easter time is practically the only one t h a t has gained any degree of universalit3^ The Church's ritual prescribes the ceremonies of the day, and being devoid 'Of any bu t

spiritual interest, few customs outside of these have been established.

The Lat ins ' love of splendor and solemnity makes the celebration of Easter and Hoh^ Week most interesting. Their artistic skill and love of architectural beauty have created cathedrals of noble proportions, and the rich adornments which the3' possess make possible the most beautiful effects in carrx^-ing out the solemnities of the ritual.

The more impor tan t ceremonies begin on _ PIol3^ Thursday. At the beginning of Holy Week a purple veil is stretched across the sanctuary, completel3'^ hiding from view the main a l ta r of the church. A temporar3' a l t a r is constructed outside this A'eil, and on this a l t a r the Mass of Holy Thursda3'^ and the Pre-Sanctified Mass of Good Frida3' are said. The highest ns iden t dignitar3' of the church celebrates the Mass and con­secrates the Host , which is then carried in solemn procession t o the Moaunientiim or repository, where i t remains for the adora­tion of the faithful until the following day.

A word should be said regarding these Monumenta. All other decorations and symbolical adornments, the Christmas Crib, the flower-bedecked a l tars of the month of yisLvy, and so on, fade into insignificance Avhen compared t o the Moimmentum. This is generally raised over some a l t a r in an obscure pa r t of the church, or in a little side chapel especially prepared for the purpose. They vary in height from twenty t o forty feet. As a rule they are pyramid-shaped, and their steps, covered with white silk and crim­son velvet, lead up t o a golden repositor3% wherein is placed the Host . Suspended from the ceiling is a velvet canopy, the soft folds of w^hich enclose the sacred shrine. M3'^riads of candles, set in burnished candlesticks, and the choicest flow^ers from quintas SLnd gardens are tastefull3" arranged on the graded steps. Thousands of people kneel in silent adora­tion during the day. The day is declared a public holiday, and a plenary indulgence is granted for " making the s ta t ions ," i. e., visit­ing seven of these Alonumenta during the da3' and complying with the usual conditions.

On Good Friday the awful tragedies which the day commemorates are typified in the solemn ceremonies. The panelleC walls are hung wi th black, the windows and crevices are darkened, the odor of incense pervades

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the a i r ; sorrow and gloom are depicted on every side; the black vestments of the priests and the solemn chanting of the choir inten-sif3- the blackness of the spirit of the day. Before the purple veil t h a t hides the main a l ta r are raised the massive figures of the crucifixion, the djdng Saviour, His Blessed Mother, and St. John. At twelve 'o'clock begins the sermon on the seven last words. Fo r three hours some learned cleric preaches the agonies of Our Lord ; the solemnity of the occasion never fails • to inspire both preacher and people, and the auditors sit spellbound listening t o his lessons of repent­ance. This is one of the most remarkable practices observed among Latins, and i t is one of the most inspiring religious observances imaginable.

The usual ceremonies of Hol3'- Saturday are held a t an early hour, and a t nine o'clock begins the Missa. de Gloria. From the Gloria in the Mass of Holy Thursday-, the bells and organ have been silenced. All note of cheerfulness has been banished from the ritual. The solemn dirges are chanted as usual during the first pa r t of the ceremonies, which are held on the temporary a l tar constructed outside the veil, bu t when the celebrant pronounces the first vv ords of the Gloria, the veil is rent, and the a l ta r is disclosed, radiant with flowers and candles. The bells ring, rockets are fired from the roof of the church, the cannons of the fort fire the salute of honor, and the steamers and tugs in the hsij scream their deafening salutes. Within the church, the solemnities of the Mciss proceed. Everything is t3'pical of the universal joy a t the Resurrection of the crucified Christ.

Hoh' Saturday shows jox- run r io t ; the ceremonies of Easter Sunday are more calm and dignified. There are no sudden trans­formations. The hangings of the church are changed t o whine and gold, the a l tars are decked with flowers.

Environment and tradit ion Cciuse widely differing tastes . Customs vary amazingly among different peoples.. But when the spirit of religion, of Christian religion, is present, there is a sameness t h a t marks certain customs with a note of distinction t h a t can not be passed over. The universal­ity of the Church is the one tie t h a t makes possible the universal brotherhood of man.

T h e Good Thief.

! ^ H E sin-worn appeal in his eyes,

Tl:e passion-worn sob in his sigh=,

Won from the Master, life's prize:

Penitent sinner he die?. T. A. L.

Woman Suffrage.

JOHN C. TULLY, '11 .

cGOOGERTY was in anything bu t a happy mood. For the twentieth time he had star ted up believing t h a t he heard her coming, but each time he was disappointed. The disturbing

sounds were of the passers-by in the street who had taken advantage of the glorious Easter afternoon for walks or drives and were now returning t o their homes.

Easter—the day of gladness—how little of jo^"- it held for him. He had labored under the belief t h a t his 3'ears of hopefulness were about to be rewarded. He knew t h a t he was growing c\-nical and had been most anxious t o have his faith renewed, and *had looked forward to this day as a tuming-point; I t seemed now t h a t i t was a turning-point, but quite different from w h a t he had hoped. Most of the da3'' since returning alone from church in the morning, he had spent in solitude musing over the unfortunate trend of his affairs. His wife had returned late the previous evening, w^orn out after a hard day's work a t the sufiragtsts' con­vention, and was too exhausted t o leave her room on Easter morning. When she did appear late in the afternoon, i t was only t o announce t h a t she must leave a t once for Niles t o at tend the closing session. He anxiousty besought her t o remain a t home for the evening, but in vain. She felt t h a t her presence a t the convention was impera­tive, for the suffragette, platform was under discussion and her a t t i tude a t the last moment would decide whether her leadership was to continue. She had failed t o take kindly t o his earnest pleading, and, when a show of temper escaped him, gave way t o indignation and left the house declaring t h a t

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her libertj' was not to be trampled upon and the future of her partj'-• imperilled t o satisfy the w'hims of a mere man who con-, sidered himself neglected and lonesome.

He could not believe t h a t she meant it. Surelj/ she would not desert him thus, simply because he did not approve of her principles and preferred his fireside and her compan­ionship to an3* political distinctions which might be achieved. As he waited dejectedh'-for her to return, as he expected she would, his thoughts went back to their first meet­ing, four j'-ears previous, to the day. She was the sister of his room-mate,, and had come as his partner t o the Easter Ball which was t o be given on the following evening. He had admired the picture which stood on the dresser in their room, but when he saw the original he lost his head completely. The day and evening which followed con­vinced him t h a t the interest -^^as no t altogether one-sided. Ce r t a in^ i t was more than mere friendship t h a t inspired the cordiality' of her invitation as they said "good-bj-e till June."

Jus t a 3-ear later their hone3'-moon was cut short t h a t she might begin the active cam­paign made necessarj^ by her appointment as leader of the suffragettes. McGoogerty disliked the idea of having his wife enter politics, but i t was her desire t o do so; her sister suffragettes clamored for her support, and he was forced t o relent. I t was no t wi thout misgivings, however, and he secretly hoped t h a t she would soon forsake the obligations of public ofiice. But i t was not to be so. A decisive victory a t the polls, and everything seemed t o give ^ajy t o an ex t ravagant ambition for power. She became preoccupied with the duties of suffrage; ever3' act was viewed as bringing her a step nearer or farther from the fame she craved, and every unfavorable happen­ing increased her irritabilit3' and dislike for domestic affairs. He saw now quite clearly the mi s t ake ' he had made in choosing a consort w^ho felt herself t o be a hewer of destinies for her supposedly down-trodden sisters. Things miist not goTurther. Another campaign of worr3'- would mean a wreck on their mat r imonia l sea . At the risk of mak­ing himself ridiculous he would overtake her and make another appeal for the abandon­ment of "public life."

While he was not in the habi t of over­doing either, t o think with McGoogerty was t o act. Two minutes later saw him hurr3'ing t o the s tat ion where he knew the Niles t ra in was due in half an hour. The waiting-room was.deserted, bu t as he turned t o leave she entered from the opposite side. Before she could frame a sentence he launched forth into such a marvellous burst of elo­quence t h a t she stood transfixed. Never had his glib tongue found w^ords so ready. The nimbleness of his speech and his facility of expression reminded him of the old days when he pleaded for night permissions in Sorin.

"When you have finished, we will g o , " she finally interrupted, as he struggled for breath in a last a t t empt t o picture the absurdity of his lonely existence. " I s aw 3' ou coming this way and drove back t o get 3' ou," she continued. "Yes, I've decided to sever my connections wi th the suffragist movement. But i t isn' t as bad as 3''OU would have it appear. I 'm afraid you .are becoming a little imaginative. You must join the pedestrian club and get out for more exercise in the open iair. You see, we have decided t h a t our officials must not .a l l be elected on a basis of good looks, and i t 's nonsense t rying .to educate you men up t o any other s t andard . " .

They had entered the wait ing conveyance and were w^hirled rapidly homeward as the one-sided conversation proceeded. Jus t a block was yet t o be gone when, crash,— down went an axle, and the big machine turned over in the ditch. Struggling t o free himself from the debris, McGoogerty became aware of a strange familiarity w^ith his surroundings. Collecting his wits, he saw he was in no other place t h a n his own room in Sorin.

" Well, Mac," he heard his room-mate say, as he relieved himself of a yawn and rose foolishly t o his feet, " i s . t h a t your usual method of falling out of bed on the morning after an Easter Ball? Tell me about it. H o w was the dance?"

"Altogether lovely, last night ," answered the afore-mentioned " M a c , " " b u t since t h a t time I 'm afraid I go t some of the hap­penings mixed wi th t h a t woman suffrage orat ion I 'm due t o deliver in elocution class this afternoon."

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T h e Temple.

FREDKKICK W . CAKKOLF., '12.

[ IN KNOWN, the Master came Unto the Jewish shrine,

And in his Father's name He spake- Avith lips divine:

"Destroy this temple; I," He sa3-s, "Again will build it in.three da3'S."

Upon His sacred word Their hearts grew dark in hate;

The depth of what the\- heard They could not penetrate.

He spake not of the temple proud But of Plimself, the Son of God.

They scorn His hidden power. Blind to the light of grace

. Whence conies salvation's hour. Nor seek they to embrace

The mystery of His ardent zeal, Nor of the love His words reveal.

Anon, three da^-s are born: He rose h j 'H i s own might,

Resplendent as the morn In robes of golden light

And as He rose a temple new. The ancient splendor sank from view.

No stone upon a stone " I ts former glor3' keeps,

Where once it rose alone Jerusalem still weeps

Its loss. The pride of Israel's heart Lies mute, with all its hallowed art.

Easter Customs

MICHAEL A. MATHIS, '10

'^^•^^'^— ANY lasting customs have grown up with the celebra­tion of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. I t is but natu­ral for man t o bring to mind the events of concern t o him which have taken place a t some previous time. There­

fore, soicety has instituted festivals, days set apa r t t o recall such events. T h a t Easter should be so universally celebrated is no t strange, since the Resurrection of Christ proves by way of historical fact t h a t there is life beyond the grave, a problem t h a t has always engaged the mind' of man.

Like many other Christian festivals, Easter

supplanted such pagan festive celebrations as occurred a t the same season of the j-ear. Because the Resurrection of Christ is in a way analagous t o nature in spring, full of the promise of life, Easter readily lent itself to the customs of pagan vernal festivals. The ver3' name, Easter, is derived from Eostre, a Teutonic goddess of spring. All Easter customs have grown out of the religious character of the festival, though some ancient pagan practices were retained by giving them a Christian meaning. These Easter customs are either liturgical or social.

To have a correct idea of the Easter cele­brat ion we must remember t h a t i t was connected with the solemn rite of baptism.. These liturgical ceremonies commenced on the eve of Hol3' Saturda3\ and were con­tinued during the night. When the number to be baptized was large the baptismal and Easter celebrations were united. How­ever, when i t became customary t o baptize a t all seasons of the year the baptismal ceremonies were less important a t Easter.

The Easter celebration proper, began a t midnight on Holy Saturda^^ At this hour the clergy in silence en te red! he dark church and removed the cross from the sepulchre t o the al tar . In all countries, except Russia, the candles were then lighted, the doors opened and a solemn procession was held with the cross through the church, the cloister or cemeter\-. The beautiful old antiphon, Cam Rex Gloriae was sung. When the procession returned t o the church Matins were chanted. After the third lesson of Nocturn, t w o clerics representing the holy women, went t o the sepiilchre where another cleric, impersonat­ing an angel, announced t o them t h a t the Saviour was risen. The t w o then brought the message t o the choir, whereupon t w o priests, after the manner of the Apostles, Peter and John, ran t o the tomb, and find­ing i t empty sho wed t o the people the linen in which the body^ had been wrapped. Whereupon the choir sang the Te Deum and Victimae Paschali.

In Russia the church is dark when the procession leaves it. On its return hundreds of candles and colored lamps are lighted t o represent the splendor of Christ 's Resurrec­tion. Then all those present give each other the Easter kiss. One saj-s, " Christ is Risen." The other answers, " H e is truly Risen."

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This custom has become an Easter saluta­tion in man3' Catholic countries.

In some cities in Spain t w o processions leave the church before sunrise, one with the image of A'Iar\' veiled, another wi th the Blessed Sacrament. When they meet a-t a predeterniined place, the veil is removed from the imacfe of Marv, and the Resrhia Coeli is sung by the clergy' and people.

In German3' the custom of kindling fires on the tops of mountains early Easter morning was derived from a similar pagan usage, SA-mbolizing the victorj'^ of spring over winter. This custom was, however, in time prohibited by the Church.

In both Oriental and Latin " churches, it is still customaiy to have those victuals which were prohibited during Lent blessed bj'-the priest before eating them on Easter. On Easter eve homes are blessed in memorj"^ of the passing of the angel in Egypt and the signing of the door post with the blood of the Paschal Lamb.

The most ancient and most universally practiced social custom is the use of Easter egofs. The origin of this custom dates back t o a time when the use of eggs, milk, etc., were prohibited during Lent. Thus because eggs were forbidden in Lent, they were brought to the table on Easter Day, colored red to symbolize the Easter joy. The sym­bolic meaning of a new creation of mankind hj Jesus risen from the dead was an inven­tion of later times. I t is no t likely t h a t the custom had its origin in paganism, al though manj ' pagan customs celebrating the return of spring gravi tated t o Easter. I t is well known also t h a t the egg has a lways been an emblem, of the germinating life of early spring. Colored eggs are used by children on Easter in a game known as " Egg-pick­ing." Another strictly American practice is " Egg-rolling" by children on Easter Mon­days on the lawn of the White House. Since eggs are no longer forbidden during Lent, the privilege of using them again a t Easter is no t so great as formerl3^ Easter eggs are, however, still given t o children, while the older people have ham and eggs for their Easter breakfast. The peculiar thing about this custom is t h a t the rabbi t lays the eggs, for which reason they are hidden in nests. The rabbi t is a pagan symbol for fertility.

In France and Germany hand-ball playing was one of the Easter amusements. The

ball had a far-fetched analogy in the sun which was believed t o take three leaps in rising on Easter morning. Even bishops, priests, and monks used t o play hand-ball during Easter week. In England the game was kept up to quite recent times. Not many years ago twelve old Avomen a t Bury St. Edwards , England, played the game with avidit3^ On Easter Monday women had the r ight t o strike their husbands, on Tuesday the men struck their wives, while in December the servants scolded their masters. In the northern p a r t of England the men paraded the streets on Easter Suhda3'-, and claimed the privilege of lifting ever3'-woman three times from the ground receiv­ing in payment a kiss or a silver sixpence. The same was done by the ladies t o the gentlemen on the following day.

In Russia the belfries are open on Easter t o anyone who chooses t o ring the bells. But probably the most peculiar of all the Easter customs was found in Germany in the fifteenth century, the Easter Laugh. The priest inserted fiinny stories in his sermons t o make the people laugh. These insertions were descriptions of the antics the devil used t o keep the doors of hell locked against the descending Christ.

On Easter Sunday the cemetery in Constan­tinople is turned into a public pleasure-ground where bands play, while the inhabi tants enjo3' a holiday' among the tombs.

Many of these merely' social customs of the Easter celebration have died out for obvious reasons, while only those which are in some way connected with the great central fact of the festival, the Resurrection of Christ from the dead, remain.

Easter in Poetry.

CHARLES C . MILTNER, '11 .

R T is indebted t o religion for the greatest conceptions of beauty and t ru th i t has so variously expressed. The grandest produc­tions of sculpture, architecture, painting and music owe their

superiority t o ar t i s ts animated by a religious motive. Nor is this strange, for since t r u t h is the essence of religion and the object of ar t , i t is quite na tura l t h a t the highest a r t

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should por t ray religious conceptions. Poetry combines in a way the powers of all the other fine ar t s . I t moulds delicate figures, constructs gorgeous palaces, paints exquisite pictures and chants sweet melodies, y^et i t is distinct in itself and has its own peculiar function. When we speak of Easter in poetry we mean t o scan the field of litera­ture and pluck a few of its choicest flowers redolent of the joyful spirit of Easter—the spirit of the Resurrection.

Comparativelj'- speaking we do not find so many nor varied tributes upon this subject as upon the Nativity. Indeed, excepting the mediccval Latin poets,—whose Easter poems excel, all others, and the Cath­olic writers of more modern times—there are, a t least among those who use the English tongue, very few poets who have writ ten directly upon it. The material rejuvenation of nature in springtime has called forth their richest, diction, while upon the sublimity of the risen God they are either wholly silent, or mention it onlj- in a passing w ay .

Some, however, notably Wordsworth, Lowell, Rossetti, Spenser and Crashaw, have treated of the Resurrection in poetry which breathes of t h a t true Easter spirit and por t rays in vivid colors the various solemn and joj'^ful scenes associated therewith, as the Paschal feast, the vision of Magdalene and the splendor of the Risen Lord.

But i t is more t o contemporary poets, those who are one with us in their viewpoint of this grea t mystery, t h a t we would herein give consideration. The following poem from the pen of Charles J. O'Malley, one of America's leading Catholic lyrists, may well be quoted entire both for i ts charming simplicity and appropriate expressiveness:

In April when the ash-trees bloom, The doves a t Easter coo and sing

Amid the golden poplar-cups, Brimmed with the melodies of Spring;

The lilac's purple thuribles Pour odorous fragrance, born of pain;

Sweet nuns, the glad, white roses bow 'Neath Alleluias of the rain,

While serving doves adore and croon. And God keeps watch thro' afternoon.

At Easter, slow the white clouds go Stoled priests down the wide aisles of heaven;

In majesty exposed, the sun Flames on from Laud to None a t even;

The moon,- like a veiled Carmelite, Removed a^west in awe adores;

In love heaven's boundless depths of blue Around His tabernacle pours;

While the great stars, on heights concealed Adore His countenance revealed.

Associated wi th the thought of Easter is

a sense of light-hearted joy, of purity, of triumph, of majesty and peace. All these the poet has here expressed for us in language a t once simple and musical.

Henry Coyle has given us several poems on Easter. In "Eas te r D a w n " he relates the visit of Magdalene t o the sepulchre on the morning of the Resurrection, representing in a touching manner her disappointment upon finding i t empty and her astonishment a t the angelic apparition. Another poem by the same author is " I n Sorrow's Night," the last s tanza of which expresses the idea of Easter joy t r iumphant over every sorrow.

Sad heart, be glad! the night is past And Easter morn dawns bright a t last ; The mists and shadows roll away, Look up, rejoice this happy day I

"Eas te r , " by John B. Tabb, "like all his other poems, though short, is pregnant with beauty, and expressive of the majesty of the Resurrection:

Like a meteor, large and bright, Fell a golden seed of light On the field of Christmas night

When the Babe was born; Then ' twas sepulchred in gloom Till above His holy tomb Flashed its everlasting bloom—

Flower of Easter mom. Still another Paschal gem by Fa the r Tabb

appears under the title "Eas t e r Li l ies" : Though long in wintry sleep ye lay. The powers of darkness could not stay Your coming a t the call of day,

Proclaiming spring. Nay; like the faithfttl virgins wise. With lamps replenished ye arise, Ere dawn the death anointed eyes

Of Christ, the King. No truer expression of the Easter spirit

is given than in the oft-repeated anthem of the Church—Alleluia, praise be t o God. I t is this sense of grat i tude and exaltation t h a t animates the poet a t this season. Though we feel t h a t the sentiments he expresses are so true, so beautiful, so grand, we are no t surprised because his sentiments are our own. Everything conspires t o lend strength and richness and variety t o his thoughts . The inward joy of his soul, the exultant hearts and faces of his fellowmen and the universal regeneration of material life, all appeal t o his fancy, and, almost wi thout effort, he is carried away on the breath of song. Nature forms delicate figures, builds leafy bowers of ash and maple and willow, paints the sky with exquisite colors, and from the th roa t s of her feathered songsters pours forth sweetest harmonies. These sink into the poet 's soul, and these he breathes forth in his Easter song.

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T h e Livingston Strip.

ARTHUR J. HUGHES, '11.

H E Y were playing checkers, McCreedy and Lehr. It was Lehr's move. He jumped up and took t w o of Dick's men. This w a s w h a t Dick had been working for as he now took

four of Lehr 's men. " I thought I hit i t rich when I go t your

ttt'^o men, but I see, Dick, you were jus t making a sacrifice for future gain ," said Lehr.

"When your sight becomes a little more cultivated, Lehr, you will find t h a t the man who makes sacrifices in checkers is the one who-wins. The same thing is true, though probably no t in so marked a degree, in all the ventures of life. Were one t o take an extreme view of this mat te r he might finish by concluding t h a t there are no really unselfish acts on the pa r t of men in this world. Everything t h a t a man does might be traced back t o a selfish motive. Sacrifices are neces­sary, and the man who knows when t o pu t in one here and there in the business w^orld, for instance, is the man who succeeds. T h a t is w h a t we'll have t o do. in this Livingston mat ter . I t sounds all Ytrj good, this going ahead wi thout taking any chances or incur­ring any extra expense, bu t i t is the ulti­mate end a good business man has in view."

"Well, Dick, your scheme looks rather risky t o me, bu t you've pu t through some good ones, and I am with you as usual ."

The men were sit t ing in the front room of their suite in the Peninsular hotel, Matter-horn, Michigan. Playing checkers w^as about the only amusement one could find in Mat t e rhom. I t was one of those frontier t owns situated on the shores of Lake Crosse where the rai lroads ended. Across the lake, a distance of about fifteen miles, there w a s w h a t was known as the Livingston strip. This w^as t o be the scene of Dick McCreedy's next financial venture. A mining expert from Chicago had found t h a t a very good grade of copper ore could be g o t from the land making up th is strip. McCreedy had secured options on the most of the land, and had secretly sunk a mine for a test. The experiment proved t h a t there was money

in it for the man who would continue the raining, but the extent of the deposit was an unknown factor. McCreedy was ever a speculator. I t would be no pleasure to him t o go ahead and mine the ore himself I t w^as the speculative aspect of the affair t h a t brought McCreedy and Lehr t o Mat terhorn. " "Dick, I asked a travelling man down­

stairs wlty thej^ called this place the Penin­sular Hotel, and he said t ha t before the t own went dr3'- the hotel was almost sur­rounded by water , bu t t h a t now since the Prohibitionists had go t hold of the place they ought to change the name, and call i t the Island Hotel, for everything was water now."

" I t ' s a poor town. I'll admit tha t , but-then t h a t isn ' t going to hinder us any in making a scoop on this Livingston mine. We've got some things to buck against, though, as we have had in all our deals. We've g o t t o pu t about fiftj^ cars of t h a t ore on the market in one shipment. We must make a sensation" out of this thing in order t o get the buyers for the jDropert^'. We can not allow the work to d rag along for then people would have time t o look into the thing and see t h a t the deposit was limited. There are onlj-- t w o square miles t o t h a t Livingston strip. I t ' s a small field for mining a t best. We have go t to get the ore across the lake some way, for i t would be slow work hauling i t around through this broken country. The only large boa t on the lake is owmed bv a man named Ramsey. Ramsey has been hauling freight back and forth across the lake for the pas t twentj'- 3'-ears and he has made a small fortune out of it, I called on him and made him an oifer for the boat , but he refused point-blank t o have anything t o say on such a matter . He's go t too good a thing t o think of selling it, and I don ' t blame him, bu t we've go t t o bring him around t o i t some way, for we need t h a t boat . We haven ' t go t the time t o build one."

" W h y no t rent Ramsey^'s boat . If you are going t o make a sensation out of the thing, and then sell, you won ' t need i t long."

"Yes, Lehr, t h a t would be all right, bu t do you suppose he'd rent us t h a t b o a t wi thou t first finding out w h a t we w^anted t o use i t for.? Tell him t h a t and the * sensation' would be knocked in the head."

"Then I am t o understand t h a t if you

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fail to get the boa t the whole job is knocked in the head."

"Your insight is wonderful, Lehr, t ha t ' s just it, bu t we're going t o get it, never worry about tha t . Ramse^'- will be over here begging us t o take i t in less than a week."

"You can ' t make a man do things like t h a t on water, Dick. If we were back home 3'ou might be able to fix Ramsey so he would pay you a bonus to take the b o a t ; but Mat terhorn is dry, awfully dry."

"No, Lehr, we've a better chance to bring him t o our terras here than we would have back home, for Ramsey too is awfuUj^ dr3'-.

Three da^-s later a t daybreak a long train of flat cars pulled into Matterhorn.- On each car was piled a large number of old steel rails. "Every man in town saw t h a t t ra in before the day was half over. On every car was a large placard bearing these words : "McCreedy and Lehr, Contractors, Matterhorn, Michigan." The Matterhorn WeeJdy Free Trader came out t h a t afternoon with the whole front page devoted to the "I^ew Railroad to the Livingston Country." Capitalists from the East , i t seemed, had realized the great possibilities of such a line, and i t was their intention t o have the road in operation in the course of a few months. About the first conclusion people came t o was t h a t the project was sure to knock poor Ramsey's business in the head. Ramsey was not poor bj' any means, bu t he was an old settler, and the people were a bit sorry a t seeing his business injured.

The3' wondered w h a t John Ramsey though t about it. They wondered w h a t he would do. John Ramsey had thought about i t and he had decided there was only one thing t o do — t h a t was to sell the boat . I t meant t h a t he must pa r t wi th his life's best friend, for the boat had made him a small fortune. He faltered a t the idea a t first, for it is a hard mat te r indeed for friends t o par t . The cold world of business, however, makes little room for the existence of human sympathies, and a t eight o'clock t h a t night John Ramsey was wending his w a y through a drizzling rain towards the Peninsular Hotel. He found Dick and Lehr playing checkers. The next night the boa t t h a t had once belonged t o Ramsey was engaged in hauling rails across the lake t o the Livingston strip for "McCreedy and

Lehr, Contractors ." Two tr ips were made every night, and in ten daj-s rails for the road from the lake t o the mine were laid. On the 2d of May a t rain of fifty cars pulled out of Mat terhorn bearing the first consign­ment for the smeltery. I t remained-for the Weekly Free Trader t o flash the first news t o the world outside of Matterhorn, and this i t did as ably as i t had heralded the coming of the "Eas te rn Capi ta l is ts" in the new railroad deal. I t told of the fabulous wealth the mine represented, in fact i t told of every­thing which would go t o make the property a bonanza. A thousand extra copies of the paper were printed, and these were sent throughout the land. The influence caused by this sensational find was so great t h a t t w o days later amalgamated copper fell four points on the New York stock exchange. The metropolitan papers in writ ing up the % affair referred t o Dick McCreedy as "The One-Time Sugar King, Now King of Copper."

Dick and Lehr were dining a t the West­minster hotel, Chicago.

"Well, Dick, there was lots ,of fan in it, looking back a t it, bu t i t ' s great t o be in a country where everj-thing is no t all wa te r . "

"Chicago has a lways suited me well enough too, Lehr, bu t you mtistn't let t h a t aversion of yours for wate r carry you too far. You know you need lots of i t in the business of speculation. By a year from now, Hyde and Loeb will have completely drained Lake Croose in their effort t o come out even on the Livingston Copper mine. I t will take lots of stock sales for them t o get a w a y t h a t good."

" I admire your eulogy on water, Dick, bu t I am glad we're through with Mat terhorn . I am mighty glad, Dick, I am mighty glad."

'.'Well, we're no t all through vet, Lehr. T h a t is, we—"—"Not through y e t ? "

"No . We have yet t o dispose of the Mat terhorn Weekly Free Trader." Lehr had not known t h a t the securing of this paper w a s a pa r t of Dick's scheme. He settled back in his chair and laughed heartily.

"Well, Dick, I see now t h a t you've g o t t o make these sacrifice moves in every game,, bu t y^ou're a king pin a t it . They've calledj you the Sugar King and then they ^called, you the King of Copper, but I am gomg.to^ go 'em all one better, I am going to^.call you the King of Speculators, and, . ! gues3_. -I haven' t missed i t durhed far'.""

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Easter Morn.

PETER E . HEBERT, '10.

'FHROUGH the mists of early morning, O'er perspective blue and grey,

Scarlet shafts are bent adorning Christ triumphant on His \Ya3'.

Perfiimes rise in jo3'Ous greeting From fair Nature's petals green,

Once again new life is beating 'Neath the surface, 3'et unseen.

Cast aside all gloom and sadness, Lift the sable pall of Lent,

Fliug out flaming ra3's of gladness O'er our budding continent.

Break the bars of sorrow's prison, Rise, imbibe new freedom's breath.

Know ye not tha t Christ is risen. Having conquered sin and death!

Easter Egg and Easter Hare.

THOMAS F . CLEARY, '11 .

' ASTER, like every other festival, is accompanied bj- i ts peculiar customs. Most of these we may trace back t o remotest antiquity^ where they are found t o be an imitation or corruption of some

old pagan practice. Naturally, not all the usages associated with the season of the Resurrection in the early Christian periods

' 'have survived. Those which have no t settled in to desuetude are distributed among the dififerent countries according t o the tempera­ment and tas tes of the peoples. But there is one custom now common t o ""nearly all the modern na t ions : the decorating and eating of the Easter egg.

To the urchin the decorated shells as plainlj'- spell Easter as Kris Kringle and his reindeers denote Christmas, and he regards the pleasure of decorating the oval coverings of the embryo chickens as one of the most exquisite delights of life. The tgg is also regarded as an invariable constituent of Easter Sunday menus, and, in some sections of this country a t least, young America considers i t a sacred duty t o direct all his energies of gourmandizing on this particular dish. Not infreqiiently he enters into com­

petition with his companions, and should .he prove victorious he regards himself on a par with the champion runner or jumper of the neighborhood. An odd custom, sureljs but one affording much innocent amuse­ment and harmless enough, provided the 3'oungsters are not too ambitious.

In Washington, D. C , children enter the White House grounds on Easter Sundaj--and for an hour or so amuse themselves hy rolling eggs down the greenclad slopes,' never failing t o excite the interest of White House occupants, who, standing a t the windows, a p p a r e n t ^ enjoj'- the sport as much as the little people themselves.

In the Easter decorations the egg plays a prominent pa r t . The shells are stained wi th all manners of colors and are then s t rung together bead-fashion and suspended along the walls in festoons, or ananged in anj- fashion t h a t the imagination of the decorator maj'- suggest. In d^^eing eggs there is no necessit3'- of stopping a t plain colors, but with the material supplied hj the modern novelty shop the shell becomes a canvas on which an endless variety of Easter emblems may be painted.

The egg is symbolical of the ver3'- germ springing into life, and on reflection this will appear t o be no t unsuitable as a t3'pe of the Easter season. Indeed, this notion is traced back even t o the beginning of the world when the egg was regarded as the proper food and present a t the time when all na ture w a s burst ing forth into new life. The Eastern nations use the symbol t o indicate the revival of life a t the vernal equinox. I t is discovered t h a t early Chris­t ians interchanged eggs, and t h a t in Mesopo­tamia staining was first made use of, red being employed in honor of the blood shed by Christ. The Egyptians, ancient Gauls and Romans interchanged and a t e eggs a t Easter, but the3'- also followed the same practice a t various other festivals. In Scotland the peasants searched the moors carefully for the eggs of wild fowl and he who found any was considered most luck3^

On the Easter penny post-cards, which, b3'-the way , seems t o fill a long-felt popular wan t , the egg is displa3'ed in every possible shape, form and manner of collocation. We find them beribboned and gaudily colored wi th or wi thout accompanying chickens. Of

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late, however, the chicks share honors with the American rabbit . This la t ter little animal is shown holding the egg aloft, hugging it t o his bosom, and sometimes, in opposition t o zoological facts, issuing from it. Trul3'-the Easter b'unnj'- is a quaint conceit, bu t w h a t relation he bears to Easter is no t as palpable as in the case of the egg. This in short is the explanation. Easter is closely connected in several waj'S wi th the moon; the hare in ancient mythology'' w a s a symbol of the moon—hence the relation.

Easter is derived from Eostre, the name of a Saxon divinity, whose feast was cele-' brated in April. Astarte, the Phcenician goddess of the moon, and the Saxon divinity-were practicallj^ the same. Furthermore, Easter is dependent upon the moon for the date of celebration, as the Council ot Nice decreed t h a t it should be held upon the first Sunday after the first full moon upon or after the vernal equinox.

Having thus set forth the solution t h a t is offered t o account for the interrelation of a heavenlj'- body and a Christian festival i t remains t o show the kinship of the hare and the moon. Obviousl3% t o become a sj'-mbol of the moon the hare must have possessed some real or fancied characteristics of the bocU'- it tj'^pifies; and such was the case. In Oriental mj'thology the moon was regarded as androgynous, a quality also at tr ibuted to the hare ; t h a t is, each was capable of changing its sex. The hare was , moreover, a nocturnal animal, coming out . t o feed only a t night, and was in the ancient superstitions, therefore, considered like the moon an enemj'- of the sun.

A still further likeness is observed in the fact t h a t the 3'-oung of the hare are born with their eyes open unlike the rabbi t which is born blind. In the Egyptian tongue the word hare meant "open," " t o open," " t h e opener," and tradi t ion declares t h a t the eyes of the animal were never closed, in striking analog3'^ to the moon, which was thought of as the open-eyed watcher of- the skies. The prescription of the brain of the hare as a cure for somnolency is a remnant of this old superstition.

In Eg3'^ptian, " u n " (ha re ) meant also period, and because of the time of gestation, which corresponds t o the time required for the moon t o travel around the earth, the

hare became emblematic of periodicity, and, as the "opener," was connected with the opening of the year a t Easter, as well as with the Paschal eggs, which were broken at this time t o signify the beginning of the year.

The myths and customs of Eastern nations contain numerous evidences of this concep­tion of the hare. The Hindu and Japanese art is ts paint him across the disc of the moon, and the Chinese represent the moon as a rab­bit pounding rice in a mortar . In Sanscrit, " c a c o s " (hare) signifies certain spots on the moon w^here the hare is supposed to reside. His presence there is variously explained, one legend declaring t h a t when Indra was nearing s tarvat ion a hare, having nothing else t o offer, threw itself into the fire to be roasted, and as a reward w a s transferred t o the moon where it still remains. Another stor3'' declares t h a t Buddha took the shape of a hare t o feed some hungry persons, and in this form ascended to the moon.

European countries have constructed a number of myths about this same defenseless animal. In some places the children are told t h a t babies are found in the form of hares; in Russia for a bridal pa r ty to meet or run over a hare is the w^orst possible luck; Swabian children may not make rabbi t - shadow pictures on the walls lest they offend the moon, and they are taught t o hunt hares ' eggs a t Easter.

Warwickshire retains an odd practice which is declared t o be a survival of the worship of the sun as the golden calf. If the young men catch a hare before ten o'clock on Easter Monday and bring it t o the parson, they receive in return one hundred eggs, a g roa t and a calf s head.

The superstition of the negro in regard t o the rabbi t is well-known. The left hind foot of a graveyard rabbi t killed in the dark of the moon is esteemed an invaluable talisman, for i t is taken, he believes, from the Lord of Light, the conqueror of darkness, as the type of the new moon.

Travel back as far as we will into the realms of antiquarian lore the hare has always been mad. His mental condition has never been satisfactorily explained, unless we accept the theory that it is connected with the lunacy of the moon, and his hopeless lack of rat ionali ty has passed into a proverb t h a t time gives no indication of eradicating.

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Vol. XLin. March 26, 1910 No. 24.

BOARD OF EDITORS

GEORGE J. FINNIGAN, ' 1 0

PETER E. HEBERT, ' 1 0 L E O J. C L E A R Y , ' 1 0

DEXIS A. MORRISON, ' 1 0

MICHAEL A. MATHIS, ' 1 0

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ARTHUR J. HOGHES, ' 1 1

THOMAS F . CLEARY, ' 1 1

FREDERICK \Y. CARROLL, ' 1 2

TH E Feast of Easter, wi th i ts note of triumj)h for the victory of Christ over sin and death, is come t o fill out its

place in the calendar of the ecclesiastical year. Doubtless i ts spir-

Eastcr, i tual meaning will no t The Feast of Triumph, make any special appeal

t o those whose souls are no t quickened by -Christian faith. I t will mark the advent of the Easter ha t , and the season when theatre-going and social functions of all kinds are quite within the proprieties. But there are others—and these are fortunately very many—to whom the day brings a deep spiritual joy, for the reign of death is over and the sunlight of Redemption shines upon the world forever. I t is the day whereon Christ brought t o fulfillment w h a t He had so often promised— the proof of His divinity by rising from the dead. He proved His divinity by His Resurrection, and proved i t in so signal a manner t h a t no one maj-^ question i t with any show of reason. The simple, s traight­forward story of the Evangelists; the per­sons present,, the precautions taken, the scenes t h a t transpired, are all so convincing t h ^ t no serious a t t empt has ever been made to^explain a w a y this crowning fact in the"

life of Christ. The divine character of the Church, her sacrifice and sacraments, and her deposit of faith, all depend on this mj'^stery. The fact t h a t i t is proved so conclusively has spared us from a great deal of acrimonious religious controversy.

Easter is the grea t feast-daj'^ of the Cath­olic Church. The length of time she gives in preparat ion for i t would seem t o indicate this. The solemn silence of Holy Week is the hush preceding the t r iumphant song of the Resurrection morn. She realizes with St.

. Paul t h a t if Christ were n o t risen our faith would be vain. But since He is risen, and since He pointed t o His Resurrection as a proof of His divinity, i t follows Christianity is established on a firm foundation, and the Church is safe against the a t tacks of doubt and. unbelief Hence there is no uncertain note in the Resurrexit of Easter Da3'. I t is a day of victory^ and glory^ not alone for Christ, bu t for all those who hope t o share in His Resurrection.

—Ex-President Roosevelt said t h a t he at t r ibuted his success in life t o doing well, the things nearest a t hand. He took advan­

tage of every means The Literary Society, offered t o equip himself

for the struggle of life. There is a .par t of the work a t Notre Dame from which a vas t amount of good must accrue t o those who avail themselves of i ts benefits, and t h a t is the w^ork which is carried on by various literary societies. Hardly a week passes bu t we read an account of w^hat these societies are doing. This is notably the case with Brownson, St. Joseph and Walsh Halls. This kind of. work is, in the first place, a means of entertainment. The meeting of their society is an event which the members of these halls look for­ward t o wi th pleasure. They enjoy listening t o the musical numbers on the program. They take interest in the debates w^hich are carried on. I t is needless here t o dwell on the benefits which come t o those who take p a r t in the programs. The a r t of public speaking, i t has been said, is a lost a r t . Be t h a t as i t may, i t is a duty which every college man owes t o himself t o be able t o go before an assemblage and express himself in a credit­able manner. I t is largely t o college men tha t the world looks for i ts leaders. I t is

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the man who is able to go before a body of men and inculcate into their minds the ideas which he wishes to see materialized t h a t will be a leader. The college man is expected" to be a leader in thought , but in order t h a t he may be a living force in the world 's progress i t is necessary t h a t he be able to pu t his ideas before people with t ha t force and clearness which will make their accep­tance easily accomplished. Active participa­tion in the work of these societies develops ability' along the line of public speaking; i t teaches the a r t of expressing thought in a clear and concise manner; it gives t h a t confidence which can be attained only bj'' actual experience on the platform. There is another verj'- impor tant benefit which comes from this kind of work, t h a t is the interest which is aroused toward higher forms of literature. I t creates a desire t o read and become acquainted with the master­pieces of thought and expression. The refin­ing influence- which literarj ' societies exert over members is incalculable. There should be a literarj^ societA' in everj- hall such as are found in Brownsou, Walsh and St. Joseph Halls.

—Perhaps the most impressive feature of the H6I3' Week liturgy is the chant in which the various hy^mns and psalms are sung.

During this time, the sad-Holy Week Music, dest and sublimest events

in the life of our Lord are expressed in the saddest and sublimest of harmonies. The music reveals the sentiment of the pra3'er as clearlj'- as the words. In the Passion, chanted hj three chanters on Palm Sunda3% we find in the pa r t of the Tnrba, " t h e greatest t r iumph of polysym-phony," while nothing in music can equal the solemnity or sublimity in the chant of the pa r t of Christus. Even the names of the composers of this music have been lost in the mist of the ages.

I t is in the Lamentat ions of the Tenebrae services, however, we find the grandest har­monies of music. Contrast ing these with the Bxultet of Holy Saturday, Rockstro, a modern musician, said: "While one represents the perfection of t r iumphant dignity, the other, [ the Lamentat ions] carries us down t o the very lowest depths of sorrow, and is indeed susceptible of such intensitj-- of pathetic

expression t h a t no one will feel inclined t o deny its right t o be regarded as the saddest melody in the whole range of music." In the harmonized Lamentat ions we find the most wonderfully expressive symphonies in all music. Truly might Mendelssohn have said: " I t s effect is heavenly." During the blessing of the paschal candle is sung t h a t magnificent Eucharistic prayer called the Bxsultet. I t is without doubt one of the most striking chants in all the Church lit­urgy. I t has been pronounced by an eminent critic " T h e finest specimen of plain song we possess." The harmonies of Holy Week are unsurpassed for beauty and expressiveness, and no one will hesitate t o admit t h a t they are well bestowed.

—There is a pathetic story in the life of a Mill or a Pope or an Edward, Prince of Wales. Precocity and high birth rob

the helpless child of his best Be Youn^ While days, rob the grown man of

You May. the wholesome experiences of childhood, and rob the nat ion

of versatility of character. I t is no t t h a t there are any Popes or Mills in our midst t h a t the thought comes t o us—far be i t from us t o proclaim t o the world infant genius—but the listlessness and inanity of so many of the young hopefuls a t the University suggests the protest . There is small danger t h a t any of them b u m the midnight oil over volumes of Tacitns, or w'rite Greek verses a t the age of nine. Not one of them could just ly be accnsed of "lisping in numbers." But a t the same time, they are old men in all bu t the sacred ness of grey hairs and the conscious­ness of a life well spent. Their shuffling gai t and bowed heads would indicate decrepitude and impotency. Life is t o them indeed a sorry proposition, and a t the very moment when i t should bloom loveliest. There is an inspiring lesson in the vain b u t untiring search of Ponce de Leon. The best days of his life were given t o the search of the Founta in of Youth. He realized t h a t youth is mankind's greatest blessing, and he was willing t o sacrifice the pleasures of a royal court and brave the hardships of an unknown wilderness t o perpetuate i t . Now is the time t o be young, old age will come soon enough.

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St. Patrick's Day.

EVER was there a more perfect St. Patr ick 's Da3^ a t Notre Dame than the 17th of March, 1910. The weather

was ideal and contributed t o a perfect enjoj^ment of the da3^ Country excursions were planned, baseball games were played, and dififerent groups found varied amuse­ments t o while away the hours.

The official celebration of .the day began with Solemn High Mass a t eight o'clock in the Sacred Hear t church. Rev. Fa ther Ouinlan was celebrant, and Rev. Fa thers Carrico and Farley assisted as deacon and subdeacon. The panegyric of the Saint was entrusted t o Reverend Patrick J. Dalton, who delivered a masterly discourse on the life and virtues of the Apostle of Erin.

"The Prince and the Pauper ," presented by a Philopatr ian cast, was the afternoon's offering. The society has had t o work under heavy odds this year because of the exodus of old members t o Walsh and Brownson Halls, bu t the spirit of the remaining members and of the novices made up for this handicap. The play proceeded ^\-ithout a hitch from s t a r t t o finish, and the work of the young actors evidenced pat ient rehearsal and careful training.

There w a s no special s ta r in the cas t : i t w^as a performance in which all acquitted themselves w^ell. George Clarke carried a difficult role wi th rare skill. His acting on other occasions has given him a repu­ta t ion in juvenile dramatics. His team­mate, Louis Cox, was not a whi t less worthy, although this was his first appear­ance in dramatics. His por t rayal of grief and anxiety in the second act, w^hen, instead of the sympathy he craves, he receives the pity paid t o a madman, was very well done. F r a n k Mclnemy w a s all t h a t could be demanded in grace and naturalness of action. Experience should work wonders wi th these three juveniles.

William Bensberg and Edward Sippel had difficult pa r t s t o handle, but they were equal t o the occasion. Cecil Birder's solo w^as heartily encored. Mark Broad, Mar t in "Walter and Joseph Peurrung w^ere good in their respective par t s . A special word of

praise should be bestowed on Bernard Bogy, w^hose cleverness lent tone t o the whole production. In a word, the character por t rayal was successful.

The minuet by the court pages w a s very prettily executed. The dance of the jesters was also clever. The scenic and light effects were carefully worked out. The orchestra was in splendid form and contributed much t o the complete enjoyment of the afternoon. The following musical program was rendered:

"The Prince of India" Farrand " Horse Marines " Allen "Down the Pike" Allen Selections from "The Midnight Sons" Heubbell Selections from "The Beauty Spot" De Koven Selections from "Flirting Princes"—Howard and Orlob

Frederick Ward 's Concept of Hamlet.

On Monday, March 4, the students listened t o Mr. Ward's interpretation of Hamlet. With perfect ease Mr. Ward acted the subtle Claudius, now the fickle Laertes, and again the meddlesome Polonius or the noble Horat io . But, as one should expect, i t was in the p a r t of Hamlet he did his finest inter­pretat ion. With delicate skill he delineated the virtues of Hamlet : his tender-hearted­ness, his honor, his self-restraint and self-sacrifice, and above all the deep pa thos of his situation. The sorrow^ and gloom cast over his life by the treachery of his uncle, the disloyalty of his mother, the treason of his classmates and the unfaithfulness of his lover, were ever forcibly evident in the a r t of the actor. His remarks on the solilo­quies of Hamlet and his advice t o the players bore weight and authori ty . Gifted with a striking personality, a s t rong and musical voice and grace in gesture, he made a deep impression on all who heard him. The r ap t at tent ion and favorable reception accorded him by the students give testimony of their appreciation of his work.

Readers of Hamlet wall no t all agree with Mr. Ward 's interpretation of Laertes ' sin­gular behaviour a t the grave of Ophelia. W^hat Mr. Ward calls the genuine outburs t of grief for a dead sister is considered by many so much stage play, quite in line the character of Laertes. Indeed, the whole be­haviour of Laertes a t the grave is t oo stagey t o spring from the depths of real grief.

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Reading by T . A. Daly.

As a rule, when an audience goes t o hear a reading of self-made poems, it goes with the grim determination t o sit i t out though bored t o death, and because of this irrational prejudice the reader frequently finds his work doubly hard. However, this is no t the case with Mr. T. A. Daly, who appeared in Wash­ington Hall last Saturday night. If this hostile a t t i tude existed a t ' f i r s t it melted as soon as he began t o speak. I t may be said wi thout exaggeration t h a t Mr. Dalv^ is one of the most entertaining speakers who has visited us this year, and among the most successful humorists in America to-day^.

The poems read were selected from the author ' s store of Irish and Italian dialect stories. In them humor and pathos, judi­ciously blended, are suited t o the merry^ jingle or the gentle sway of his verse. He can move t o tears and t o laughter in a breath. His rendition of his verses is won­derfully good and finds ready sympathy wi th the audience. Though there was no " p a d d i n g " in the program—all the pieces rendered are good enough t o be remembered and repeated—special mention should be made of" Parish s tor ies" in Irish dialect, his I ta l ian baseball story, and his solution of the I tal ian problem.

Final Trials in Debate.

Las t Monday evening in Washington Hall were held the final preliminaries for the purpose of choosing a team t o represent the University in Debate. The contest was very spirited throughout and showed careful and earnest preparation by the participants. The question: "Resolved, Tha t Federal legislation be enacted establishing a Cen­t ra l Bank in the United Sta tes ," is one not easily comprehended without much study. The presence of so large a pa r t of the student body, their keen at tent ion and generous applause are alike an evidence of the deep interest taken in this branch of University activity and of the high s tandard of the work done. Places w^ere awarded in order of merit to P . J. Donovan, J . V. Toole, M. A. Mathis and J. L. Hope. The judges

were Messrs. F . Henry Wurzer, '98, Marion B. Stanley and F . Augustine Smith, all of South Bend. A number of appropriate musical selections were rendered by the University MandoHn Club. Judge G. A. Farabaugh, '04, presided.

Representation of the Passion Play.

On Fridaj'^, March 11 , Reverend Father Schumacher gave a very carefullj'^ prepared synopsis of the Passion Flay a t Ober-ammergau as a fitting preparation for a proper concept of the moving pictures of the Passion which followed. Fa ther Schu­macher made no a t tempt a t eloquence. His command of voice, combined with a subdued manner did more to create atmosphere and t o give impression than anj^ amount of mere elocution could effect. One can no t say the pictures were an unqualified success, for here and there the transit ion from scene t o scene was rather rapid. However, in view of the difficulties t h a t still linger around the moving picture, i t may be truly said the presentation was very creditable.

Class Banquets.

During St. Patr ick 's week the atmosphere w^as hazy with gastronomic t rea ts . Two class banquets were held, on the eve and on the day of St. Patrick's feast. The Freshmen did their duty first, and on the evening of the 16th, fifty of their number assembled a t the Oliver for a feast of meat and flow of speech. After the disposal of the well-chosen menu, Toastmaster Buckley called on the following speakers: Wm. Martin, "The Freshmen"; James W. Foley, " Class Spi r i t ' ' ; Thomas Hollywood, "Class Prospec ts" ; William Tipton, "Second Edi­t ion"; F rank Crow ley, "Freshman Athletics"; James Devitt, "The Spirit of Notre Dame"; Elmer Brentgartner, "Class Prophecy" ; John McLaughlin, "S t . Patr ick."

The Class of 1912 held their second annual banquet on the night of the Seventeenth. The high s tandard set by this class last year w^as sustained on this occasion, and the banquet was a highly successftil class function. John P . Murphy,

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as toastmaster , directed the flow of ora tory . " T h e Da.j we Celebrate" was toasted by Russel Finn with Fenian zest. A trilogy t o "The Pas t , " "The Presen t" and "The Future , " by Walter Duncan, Paul Rush and Raymond Skellj^, came next on the program, and Claude Ritter clinched the three master­pieces with " Jus t a Storj"^." John T>a.\\y concluded with a humorous dissertation on "The Talents in Our Midst ."

Obituary.

AViLLiAM C O L A HAN.

The death of William Colahan (Short Electric Course '04-06) removes from the scene of his labors another lo3'al son of Notre Dame. Mr. Colahan died a t his home, Philadelphia, March 3d. He had been w^orking for an electric supply company in Chicago ever since his graduat ion. R. I. P.

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Leo Garrit3'^ has the S3'mpathy of the whole University on the death of his father who was called awa3'^ a t Chats worth. 111., during the pas t week. We bespeak for the deceased the pra3'ers of all a t Notre Dame. R. J. P.

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P. J. CORCORAN.

The Butte papers bring the mournful new^s of another promising Notre Dame graduate called a w a y in the person of P . J. Corcoran (1900). During his student days the outer world knew Mr. Corcoran as a great athlete. To his teachers and classmates he was in addition the earnest student, the young man of promise, w^hich his life in the far West amply proved. Mr. Corcoran was jus t th i r ty- two 3'ears, having died on his bir thday. Alay he rest in peace!

L o c a l I t e m s .

—"Keep oiF the G r a s s " sign is abroad. —^Now is the time t o subscribe for the

Dome. Come early, etc.

—'Tis a long way ahead, b u t could no t attendance a t finals in debate be optional?

—The members of the mandolin club are t o be congratulated on their first appearance.

—The band rendered excellent selections a t the meet. Let us hear and see more of the band.

—The glorious Aveathef has emptied the recreation rooms, but Walsh bowling alle3' holds i ts own.

—The services of Hol3' Week, under the direction of Rev. Fa ther Connor, were of t h a t high character one expects at Notre Dame.

—A large and appreciative audience wit­nessed Brother -Florian's feast of sound and color in the recreation room of St. Joseph Hall on the evening of March 19.

—The Walsh Hall Social and Literar3'^ Club held i ts bi-weekly meeting Sunda3^ evening. The debate w a s on Prohibition. Mr. Bradle3' took the aflirmative and Mr. Fink the negative side. After a livel3' argu­ment the judges awarded the decision t o the aflirmative. Two new candidates, Mr. Frawley and Mr. Bruce, were initiated into the membership of the cliib.

—We cull this from the Da3'ton Journal: Jfev. Dr. John Cavanaugh, President of Notre Dame

Universit\', and one of the most noted Cathoh'c educators of the country, was a guest of the Knights of Columbus Tuesday evening and made an address to a large company of the Knights and their women on the value ol education. Dr. Cavanaugh arrived during the after­noon and was entertained a t dinner a t the Hotel Phillips by the local Notre Dame Association, composed of graduates of that University. These include John C. Shea, Peter Kuntz, Jr., Henry L. Ferneding, Walter Bauman, Beckman and Robert Ohmer, Arthur Gibbons, Will Carroll, J. Stout and others. The dinner was hand-someh' appointed. Following the dinner the eminent visitor was escorted to the Knights of Columbus hall, where he was given a ver\' cordial reception.

—The weekly meeting of the BroAvnson Literary and Debating societ3'^ w a s held last Sunday evening. The question for debate was: "Resolved, T h a t nat ions should submit their differences t o a tr ibunal com­posed of representatives of all nations, for peaceable settlement." The affirmative was suj)ported by Messrs. H . Meyers, M. Garcia, J . McCarthy, and the negative by Messrs. W. Cotter, L. Dallwig and H. Carroll. The question afforded room for much discussion, and s t rong arguments were brought out by both sides. The decision w a s given t o the affirmative. Other numbers on the program were: "Dea th of a Mad D o g " by W. Downing; " A Woman of F o r t u n e " by

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P. Bj'-rne; "Apostrophe t o the Ocean" by Smith has a fine sense of stage humor, and P. O'Brien; "Rock of Ages" by W. O'Shea; in depicting the Southern darkej"^ he is quite "Beautiful P lands" bj' S. Caule3^ a t home. "Here and There" by John Bums

—At the weekly meeting of the Civil ^vas a clever bit of character por t rayal with Engineering Society, Mr. Herr related a a quiet vein of humor running through-i t . number of the fictitious beliefs of the ancients E. H. Savard took for his theme the life which were based upon the motions of and labors of Father Sorin, in a well-con-the s tars and the planets. The importance structed oration, which he-delivered in true of astronomy in the construction of our oratorical style. Fa ther Burke delivered calendar, which in earlj^ times was a badly *"^ closmg remarks, confused affair, the determination of lati tude ^ PROGRAM—PART I and longitude on the ear th 's surface, and Address R E Skellev the value of the s tudy of the science were "King Robert of SJdly" .J. E. McLaughlin w;ell brought out. The reasons why the "St. Jo?eph" A. A. Hilkert pureh'- practical engineer is preferred to the "Our Patron"... E.J.Howard

" n 1 x 1 c Selection bv Bobcminn Quartette young college graduate m- some firms were ^ , . . , . , ' „r r T, , 1- -. 1 A? r> 1 TT XI- 1 1 Joseph A. Smith W.J. Bradv discussed by Mr. Gamboa . He OUthned the Edward J. Howard Janus E.Foley manner in , which certain pieces of work, I'ART H especially in railroad engineering, are com- Dialoguc.r. . j . A. Smith and J. Foley

• , . -, ', i a . i „ „ x - i . . „ "The Endeavor of a True Son" E. H. Savard mitted t o meraorv bv the practical man .,^, , ^, „ , ^ „ r. r " r - • . .1 " Hcrc and There .J. T. Burns

after a, few years of service jus t as the Selection Orchestra college lad learns mathematical formulas. But in man3'- cases where new and compli- Athl t* M t cated problems present themselves he w'ill -invariably resort t o the aid of a college p^^^^ ^ ^ ^^^. ^^^^^ man who has had a thorough technical training. The methods of irrigation and 11,-4-1 - - i - r i, - i

, * ^ ., . , » , ° With an accompaniment of much music and the benefits derived trom the same were ,. . ^, . +1 XT x r\ T- 1 x

, , ^ , _^ , . , , lustv cheering the Notre Dame Track team set forth by Mr. Dolan. He explained the ^ ^ ^ ^ - ^ ^^^^ ,^^,^j appearance last Saturday various systems ot watering land by means ^ ^ ^ j ^ ^^.^ S ta te on the defense. With the of artificial waterwa^'^s. Mr. De Landero ,• r . ••, ^ i, ir -i xu ,. , , . - ' , . , , 1 exception of a two-miler and a half-miler the discussed the relative velocity and loudness n „i « ^„ i 1 i, ^ 1 i t

- Bucke3'es would have made a good meet of sound m air and in a vacuum. „*. • ^ r u n ^ u ^

„ ^ , nr ,, 1 1 1 • pitted against one of our hall teams, but —St. Toseph Hall students have made it a ., r- -, , . ,1 , r xx.

•^ ^ , , 1, , r r the\'^ tailed a t everv other stage of the custom t o celebrate annually the feast of ^^ ^^^^^ press^ our Yarsit.^ men for their pa t ron Saint, and those who have the ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ two-mile event furnished 2food fortune to be present a t the programs 4.1, ^ 4. -i.- x-x- r xu 1 » , , ' . 1 , the most exciting competition of the day. rendered on these occasions, spend a pleasant T: i v ox 4.x n xu i.

' f I Freddie Steers ran a prettj--race all through eveninsr. The proeram this year was unques- ., 1 i. 11- u 1 r xi. i: 1 . » X p e, I ^jjg many laps, holding back for the final

tionablv the most successful ever given in the , -.u \^T- \ a-1, • 1 n x - * _ . ^ . , ^ * . ^ ^ spurt with Wickoff hanging on doggedly t o

hall. Prof. Reise, Emil Brentgartner, J Dant, , • 4- c ^ 1 ? ^ ^u 1 A ^ ^ ^ , r , XT • his quarter of a lap lead. On the last round,

F . Hollearn and E. Glynn of the Umver- ox x 1 4. -c j • x j ^ . , - ^ , . , Steers took up a terrific pace and sprinted

sity Orchestra furnished the instrumenta ^^^ ^.^^^^^^ -^ quarter-mile stvle, but he music, and the Bohemian quarte t te rendered ^ ^ - j ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ a number of vocal selections serious and ^ . ^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^p^^^ ^^ ^^..^^^^ ^^ comic, in the most approved fashion. Ray- depended on his short lead t o get him the mond Skelley gave an appropriate address ^^^^ ^^^ ^.^ .^ ^.^ j j ^ ^ P^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^.^ of welcome. J. E. McLaughlin delivered an ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^^^ ^ , ^^^^^^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ j ^ j ^ ^ ^ ^ elocutionary selection and Edward Howard ^^.^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ .^j^ ^^^^ j ^ , ^ ^^ ^^^^ and Albert Hilkert each paid tr ibute to the ^^^^^^^ however, t o tell how the thing name of St. Joseph, the one in verse, the ^ j g h t have been done. other in prose. In their dialect recitations and I t is not an easy mat te r for any athlete vaudeville s tunts Smith and Fole\' kept the t o equal a world's record, bu t Wasson and company in a continuous s ta te of merriment. Fletcher havei been doing the thing up

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so frequenth'- here i t is no longer neces-sa iy t o put the fact in the scare-heads. Jimmic came down in the 40-3'-ard dash to the tune of 4:2, and as soon as he kicked the dirt out of his shoes went in the 220 and took first honors again. Fletcher negotiated the 40-yard low hurdles in 5 flat, t3'ing his own Gym-record and equalling the Avorld's record. He pulled first place in the high ones several moments later, bu t in the high jump the Fa tes ruled otherwise. Philbrook after following Fletcher up the scale in this event succeeded in going over the bar on his third a t tempt , the distance being 5 feet 10% inches. While we are speaking of scales and bars it is well t h a t we take up the case of one Short j ' Rush Avho surprised the populace present by winning the pole vault after his lone competitor had made preparations sufiicient to vault over the Gjan.

The mile, half and quar ter -were lonely aifairs from a Notre Dame standpoint, there being onl\' one local ent rant in each event. Dana has been winning the mile around these par t s for such a period of time t h a t the memoiy of man hardl^'- runneth back to a time when things were otherwise. Fo r three 3'-ears has this been the case with bu t a single break. "Divvie" Devine w a s the cause of t h a t accident some t w o years ago, but the Rabbi t t turned around and put one over on Long John t h a t day by beating him out in his event, the half. We have never heard the expression, "He r an like a hawk," but anyway, Dana didn't run that waj"^ Saturda5'^. He r an just a bit better t han the Mr. H a w k held in captivity bj"-the Ohio aggregation.

You can ' t blame Big John Duffy for being a fast man with Millions behind him, but John cast aside the sordid Mr. Millions earfy in the 440 and won the hand-shakes bj- several yards . Devine found his W^aterloo in Sherman. If this is the same man who inarched t o the sea we w a n t to compliment him on his abilit\'^ to keep in training, for he gathers a lot of them in in this half-mile event.

The relaj- race put the finishing touches on the thrills which the tw^o mile and the brass band had so nobly excited earlier in the day. Relays are always thrilling. This one was no exception to the rule.

SUJIMARIES:

40-jard dash—Wasson, Notre Dame, first; Fletcher, Notre Dame, second. Time, 0:04 2-5.

High jump—Philbrook, Notre Dame, first; Fletcher, Notre Dame, second Height, 5 feet 10% inches.

220-yard dash—Wass- n, Notre Dame, first; Dufiy, Notre Dame, second. Time, 0:24%.

Mile run—Dana, Notre Dame, first; Hawk, Ohio State, second. Time, 4:43 3-5.

Shot put—Philbrook, Notre Dame, first; Dimmick, Notre Dame, second. Distance, 40 feet 5 inches.

440-3'ard run—Duffj-, Notre Dame, first; Millions, Ohio State, second. Time, 0:54 1-5.

40-3'ard low hurdles—Fletcher, Notre Dame, first; Wasson, Notre Dame, second. Time, 0:05.

Half mile run—Sherman, Ohio State, first; Devine, Notre Dame, second Time, 2:03 3-5.

Pole vault—^Rush, Notre Dame, first; Scatterda3'-, Ohio State, second. Height, 9 feet 6 inches.

40-yard high hurdles—^Fletcher, Notre Dame, first; Scatterday, Ohio State, second. Time, 0:05 3-5.

Two mile run—WickoflT, Ohio State, first; Steers, Notre Dame, second. Time, 10:12.

Relay won b3'- Notre Dame (McDonough, Rush, Dufl '-, Wasson).

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A. A. U. T R A C K M E E T .

The Varsity track team journeyed to Milwaukee on the 12th inst. and partook of the festivities occasioned by the holding of the A. A. U. Championships under the auspices of Marquette University. The local team succeeded in getting second place in the meet with the Cherry Circle athletes in first place. The meet was notable through the fine work of the Notre Dame men. Jimmie Wasson tied the world's record in the 60-yard dash in both of his trials and in the final heat, winning the event in the time of 6:2. Martin duplicated this feat in his second trial, and finished second to Wasson in the finals. Fletcher showed his class by romping in ahead of Askins and Waller in the 60-yard low hurdles. Waller of the Cherry Circle team tied the world's record in one of his trials, but showed up slow when running with Fletcher in the finals. Philbrook and Dimmick played their usual star part in the shot put, taking first and second places respectively. The mile run proved to be a. contest between Steers and Dana. Freddie ran a heady race, keeping well in the background until he had t w o laps to go when he picked off the field one by one finally passing the Rabbitt who was leading. The men were in fine condition for the meet and came away in the best of shape.