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HAWTHORNE AND THACKERAY.

What a delightful life must be that of a literary man whose ability is rec- ognized and whose talents have been rated according to their merits.

How glad and free from care were the lives of Thackeray and Hawthorne. Not, of course, that they were exempt from the common ills of life, but there was always a spirit, characteristic of both, and which enters into the life of almost every artist, which lifted them up above ordinary mortals and taught them to seek consolation and new life in the glory of their art. That they found it we cannot well doubt, for a review of their lives shows us how one took life in the pleasantest way, after his' own fashion; now sarcastic, now pitying, kind, and gentle; now poking fun in his most satiric vein at the folly of man, and ridiculing it in his own in- imitable way as he walked along the street, only to stop abruptly in the midst of his satire to look with pitying eyes on some poor beggar, to give an alms and a kind word of sympathy. Truly this was “ a pitying face behind a mask,” and this mask was quickly dropped when his almost woman’s nature was appealed to.

The other, modest and retiring, with a diffidence almost amounting to em- barrassment, ever depreciating his own genius and merits, showed his character in the deep and tender love he manifested in his devotion to his mother, and his consideration for the feelings of his fellows.

No two natures could be more different than those of these two men; Thack- eray’s, with its irresistible drollery, almost amounting at times to boisterous- ness; Hawthorne’s, with its quiet ar- tistic finish, perfect mastery of har- mony, and deliberate, polished utter- ance.

Thackeray, playful, variable in his moods as a boy, full of animal spirits and gaiety, launching out in a vehement denunciation of mankind’s folly, gradually comes down in this pitch of his feelings through the various stages of indignation, sarcasm, indifference, and finally apologizes for their faults, and

tires by his own good nature and consideration for everybody’s feelings to atone for all; sometimes forgetting everybody but himself and immediately forgetting himself and remembering everybody else.

Hawthorne is a beautiful dreamer to the perfect expression of whose thought words cannot suffice. His mind is ever busy, weaving and reweav- ing those romances which carry the stamp of the purity and refinement of his intellect; of a tenderness and sim- plicity which cast a halo around his memory. ' And yet his moods are not always subdued, he writes and speaks cheerfully, but with a gentleness and restraint which ever command respect. His manner, as his words, is softened by a suggestion of mirthfulness which beaming from his kindly eyes seems to fascinate his hearers. In reading his books we can easily perceive that spirit of forbearance and tolerance, which was the result more of his dreamy and quiet disposition than of any attention to exterior things.

Both Thackeray and Hawthorne had in common and in a great degree that one element of pity and sympathy which made friends for them on every side.

In reading the life of Hawthorne I feared the end, and knowing it must come I felt a disinclination to finish the book. It was with a deep feeling of sadness that I read on through the gradual decline of his health, and his continual brave and cheerful efforts to keep his friends from worrying about him. When I finished, it seemed as if some dear friend had passed away, leaving behind only the memory of good- ness, gentleness, and patient suffering. He lived as in a dream and in a dream he passed away. D.

SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF A NORSE VIKING.

17 The year is 880 A. D.; the hour,

midnight; and die scene at sea. The wind has died away, and an unclouded moon throws across the deep a broad path of light, which heaves like a track of molten silver.

Silently as a sea-bird flies, a long Norse galley glides through the glisten- ing sea. The warriors are at rest below, and the rowers, half asleep, mechanic- ally sway back and forth as the springing oars drive the vessel on. Captives and spoils lie heaped upon the forward deck ; bright shields ranged along the sides, flash back the moonbeams, and the festooned sail shivers in the night- breath of the vessel’s speed.

Not a sound is heard but the cadenced splash of oars and the rippling of the waters around the prow.

At the helm, in bold relief against the clear sky, stands Othold, the Vi- king. Wild and fierce he is as his na- tive ocean cliffs, and in battle strong as the burst of mountain thunder : to his friends Balder; to his enemies Thor.

Birth and custom, perhaps even nature, has made him what he is—a seeker for spoil upon the sea and a shedder of his brother’s blood ; yet withal, there is a tender spot in the heart that beats beneath that rough exterior. Yester- day, in the sack of a little seaport town he stopped to rescue a little child from beneath his comrades’ feet. Now, with his pulses cooled, at midnight and alone on the wide sea, he thinks himself weak, yet finds in the remem- brance of the little clinging arms, a secret pleasure which even the thought of his day’s success fails to give him. But he puts this from him. It is for women to be so weak ; his life is war and hardship. Love may come, but it must be first for ship and comrades. His joy must be that of battle, and his pleasure the wassail bout. Now, on the foaming brine he has won the beaker; by the ruddier blood has he bought the sparkling wine, and he pictures with pride the groaning board, the brimming cups and the harpers’ songs of glory, which will meet him on the morrow.

II.

Without, the northern blast is wild, but within the sound of merriment drowns its shriek. Othold holds high revel in the halls of his fathers. Minstrels strike the sounding chords and flaring torches light up the bearded faces ranged

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about the board. The low-beamed ceiling is black with the smoke of burn- ing pine. Upon the walls hang the trophies of chase and war; the white wolf’s head lies on a Frankish shield, and the grizzly front of the arctic bear is flanked by Afric sabres. Golden chalice and Saxon horn fill again and again with wine from the valley of the Rhine. Candelabra from holy shrines and the plate of kings add their glitter to the northern orgie.

Fearful and dark are the deeds they tell of; terrible as their own hearts were the victors in battle; more fierce seem they now, with the flush of joy and wine upon their features. Ever and anon the loud laugh makes the rafters ring, but it is the laugh of the tempest.

Yet now, as the harpers touch softer tones, as they sing the virtue of the brave departed, the wailing of orphaned children and the snow-covered graves of their fathers, a strange silence comes over all; many a flashing eye grows dim and rough hands brush away the unaccustomed tear.

But now again the minstrel strain grows firmer, the song is of the glory of heroes, and the hum of voices grows with the sound. Yet louder rises the chant; it is of freedom, of ships bounding over the blue sea in pursuit and flight, of the overtaking, the conflict and victory. The feasters join in the loud chant, they become restless, spring to their feet, while beaker rings on beaker in the shouted toasts. The air grows heavy with smoke and the hot fume of wine. One by one the torches drop, burnt out, to the floor; darkness takes the place of light, and the feeble gleam of the last expiring torch shows the last of the victors vanquished.

III.

Obscure tempest light is upon the sea. The green surges, lashed into foam, strive, heaving, like the secret of a guilty soul, to tear away from themselves. They roar, rushing down like vast panthers for the spring, then wave follows wave, towering, overtopping, springing high into the air, shaking their white crests against the black, low- hanging clouds, and falling back again upon Ocean’s breast.

Quivering to its inmost beam at every blow of the beating seas, yet holding on its way in the midst of the hurricane is the Viking’s black galley, rising light as a leaf to the water’s height but to plunge deeply and heavily into the dark seething depths. Mast and sail have been snatched from

it; half the rowers, dashed against the sides, are disabled ; but the spirit of Othold sinks not; he stands upon the sea-swept deck, his long wet locks stream out from his bared head and his loud, weird chant is caught up on the wind and whirled away in the darkness.

With firm hand he guides his ship, marking the course by the lightning’s flash. Often before has he met the storm god in strife and each time have the seas borne him through. They will do so again ; and as he sings his de- fiance, his soul, more impatient than the tempest, flies on to the shores of the white- cliffed isle where his trusted band, the sea serpents of the Baltic, await his coming, to wrest from the Saxon the fertile land.

Many strongmen stand by the Saxon King, and he has built ships that, with their lofty sails, shut out the light of day from northern decks. Again and again have the northern ravens sunk beneath his blows ; yet they sink but to rise, and now they wait the coming of Othold to cast themselves once more against the strong King.

Now Othold’s brow grows darker; he looks around upon his dismantled ship, marks the missing oars and thinks of the injured below; will he ever reach those brave hearts waiting? What if he should fall in with Alfred’s hated fleet? Should he, who came to lead the fight, be the first forced to fly ? No, rather would he but why these gloomy thoughts? The tempest bears him on to Britain, he has conquered the fiercest struggles of man and nature, and come what may, he will conquer.

IV.

Othold has been repairing his shattered vessel, rocking at anchor near the beach ; but foes appear upon the shore, and though a storm is brewing, he takes to the sea. Now in the darkness of midnight, like the giant white wings of the mystic albatross, do the Saxon ships bear down upon him. Galley grapples with galley, and hand to hand strong men contend ; the Saxon to board, the Dane to repel. Those are many, these few; those are fighting for King and country, these for their lives. Above ring the shouts of foemen, below the hissing waters are broken ever and anon by sullen plunges that mark new deaths; and the brine, as it washes the low deck, flows back crimsoned with the blood of the fallen. Othold tears his ship, shattered and sinking, loose from the foe, and, seeking the shore, lands the remnant of his little band.

The day is just breaking and the storm is gathering. With vast and

ceaseless wash the dark sea rolls upon the beach; long banks of cloud are fleeing before the driving wind, and in the dim light the tall cliffs rise grimly behind the Northmen. Not a lament is heard as they gather round their chief, not a hope of safety do they express; each face is set with the firmness of de- spair, each hand grasps its blade, as they wait the death which they know must i come. Through years has victory fol- | lowed where they led, and hovered where their raven rested; they have taken i life as it came, fought, drunk, and en- 1 joyed themselves; taking all as if ex- I pected and natural, hardship and pleas- I ure, and thinking naught of the morrow. Now, as their standard floats over them, bereft of victory but not of glory, they accept the situation, as they have all that went before.

Rising high above his men is Othold, , unmpved and determined; he has sought many things and obtained them all but | the last and greatest. He hoped to fall ! ere his victories failed. But he has seen I his ship sink, conqured, and he waits | death and an unknown grave on a for- ; eign shore.

The day becomes darker, for the storm comes on. Hark, there are voices of men drawing near; one look into each brave comrade’s eyes, and in silence the foe’s assault is met. Saxon shouts rise high, but no answer comes save the stroke of weapons. As the sparks from the forger’s anvil, flash the fires from stricken steel. Spears shiver beneath the blows, sword breaks on shield, axe rings on helm. One by one the North- men fall. The storm-gloom thickens, yet Othold stands. Numbers press upon him ; he sinks beneath a hundred wounds, and, with a flash of fire that shatters the rock above, the storm breaks in all its fury. C. A. K. •

ADVANTAGES OF RETIREMENT.

Beatus ille, qui procul negotiis, Ut prisca gens mortalium. Paterna rnra bubus exercet suis Solutus omni fenore.

We are accused, and perhaps with some justice, by our friends across the Atlantic, of not being a literary nation. Whatever truth there is in the accusation may be accounted for by the fact that we are as yet a young nation and that our talents and energies have been devoted more to material than to intellectual advancement.

We write, not with the view of con- demning the material progress our nation has made, but with the object of show- ing the means by which her intellectual advancement may be attained.

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When her sons give themselves up to study in retirement, then will the intellectual rise of our country begin, for it is in seclusion and not in publicity that the greatest minds of all ages have been developed. We know that it was in retirement Demosthenes, whose superior in oratory the world has never produced, perfected himself in his art. It was there that Pythagoras propounded his doctrines of philosophy; it was from retirement that Bede, the great light of the early part of the middle ages, cast forth his radiant beams; it was there that Newton, who first made known to us the laws of gravity, worked out his Principia.

It may be said that the withdrawing of ourselves from public life would be most unpleasant. Let us dispel this delusion, and to do so let us go back and examine the life of one of the greatest of American patriots; of him who is called the Father of his country, and who was willing to make any sacrifice for her; who, with a few colonial troops, defeated the well-disciplined armies of Great Britain ; who as a mili- tary genius is second to none, and in the ranks of statesmen stands first; whose memory will be loved and cher- ished by all true sons of America throughout all ages. If we look into this man’s life we shall find that his happiest days began when he withdrew from the busy scenes of the world, and gave himself up to a life of retirement at his quiet old home on the banks of the Potomac.

But it is not necessary to go back so far to find men who, having become tired of the troubles of public life, have sought rest and quiet in retirement. We can see them daily in the present time. Many are the complaints of men who live in public; they are disap- pointed ; their merits have not been fully appreciated ; and they have many cares to annoy them. Do we ever hear any sighs of regret at the step they have taken, coming from men in retirement ? No. All are happy and contented. Seeing that in retirement happiness and contentment reign, we may say that we have dispelled the delusion that to with- draw from public life and to give ourselves up to a life of retirement is unpleasant, and well may we exclaim with Goldsmith :

“0 blest retirement, friend to life’s decline. Retreat from care, that never must be mine; How blest is he who crowns, in shade like

these, A youth of labor with an age of ease!”

The spiritual benefits a life of retirement offers to him who seeks it far sur-

pass all the other pleasures and advantages derived therefrom. Many are the holy lives that have been spent in retirement, and from it heaven has gained many an inmate. O could we enter the hermit’s cell and see his life of prayer we would gain some knowledge, now hidden from us, of the greatness of these benefits. U. R.

THE MYSTERY PLAY—A LIGHT OF THE DARK AGES.

History has revealed to u? the fact that mankind, whether in a rude and savage state of nature, or just verging into the dawn of a primitive civilization, or even enjoying all the advantages of a scientific age, has ever manifested a taste and desire for dramatic impersonation. Long before the dawn of the Christian era the Greek dramatist represented to his ap- preciative audience the warlike deeds of their great heroes, while at the present day the theatre occupies no mean position in the estimation of the most refined.

Dramatic plays from their very nature have ever produced a powerful influence on the minds of men. Who can doubt that the dramatized recital of the events of Thermopylae renewed and augmented the patriotism and pride of the Athe- nian? Who is unable to perceive at the present day the propitious influence of Shakspeare, Jonson,and a host of the more recent writers who have placed before us in thrilling tales all that is noble of human life, or the contrary, the pre- vailing vices and follies of mankind?

Perhaps of all the various dramatic plays which have sprung up and flour- ished among the different nations, none produced so benign an influence on the minds and actions of men as the Mys- tery Plays of England, which was introduced about 1158 A. D.,and continued with varying success to the beginning of the sixteenth century.

These plays had their origin in the ne- cessity of the times. Learning had not yet opened her treasures to the common people, nor had invention yet given them the printed pages of science and Script- ure through which they might become learned. The proud and victorious Sax- ons of the ninth century had degener- ated into a weak and ignorant nation. Nor is it difficult to discover the cause of this degeneracy when we read of the merciless attacks of the Danes upon this people.

Whole.towns and villages were plun- dered and burned, and the inhabitants given up to the sword. Their convents and monasteries, the motor power in

their educational machinery, were razed to the ground, robbed of their valuables, and the inmates made to suffer the most cruel tortures. The destruction of the church which had spread throughout the kingdom seemed the objective point of this heathen enemy, and they nearly accomplished their purpose, for at the beginning of the eleventh century, from the Tweed to the Thames scarcely remained an holy shrine, scarcely stood a monu- ment or mark of the monastic orders which had formerly made England famous in learning and piety.

Here, it may be permitted us to say, is the beginning of that period in the history of the English people, known as the “dark ages,” and the cause of which is attributed to the influence of the Catholic Church. How unjust is the accusation when unprejudiced history clearly shows that the disciples of the Catholic Church had planted the light of faith on every hill-top, that it shone through every valley, that they brought together, trained, and educated her children, so that previous to the descent of the Danish invader, England was one of most enlightened'and civilized of nations.

We admit that the period above mentioned was dark, and almost destitute of the means of religious or educational advancement, but we firmly maintain that this state of affairs was not produced by an unpropitious influence emanating from the Catholic Church, but through the destruction by heathen foe of those civilizing germs which she had planted, fostered, and strenuously but vainly endeavored to defend.

Although enfeebled by war and smoul- dering in ignorance, the incense kin- dled by the hand of St. Augustine was not totally extinguished. There yet gleamed through this atmosphere of gloom the rays of that Roman star which has shed the light of faith throughout the world.

The Church, ever solicitous for the welfare of mankind brought immediately before the eyes of the English people, through the medium of the Mystery Play, the lessons of Scripture and the doctrines of her holy faith.

The purpose of these plays was to teach—an incident of Scripture formed the subject of the narrative, and instead of the mythical personage or warlike hero as was brought forth in the plays of Greece, the angels, saints, and Deity were represented in the most impressive manner.

Instead of the happy homes and busy scenes introduced on the stage

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of to-day, the marvels wrought by God in his dealings with his chosen people were strikingly exhibited.

The moral effect of these plays could not but be beneficial,as it served to bring vividly to the mind the purest princi- ples of religion and the precepts and commandments of the Holy Church. Such was the balm administered by the hand of the Church to suffering human- ity, and the healing, though gradual, was nevertheless complete. In this manner was the English people at a period which Protestant writers are pleased to term the “dark ages,” brought to a clearer conception of the sacred Scrip- tures and a more complete knowledge of their religions duties than they perhaps enjoy in this enlightened nine- teenth century.

How unjust then for writers opposed to that church which first led the Eng- lish people from the depths of paganism and which, by an energetic and never- ceasing Christian zeal, extending over a period of twelve hundred years, made their present condition possible, to continually assert that she ever withheld from them the good of moral and men- tal instruction, and sought to oppress and bind them in the chains of ignorance and superstition.

There is, however, another consideration worthy of mention. The English possess a literature perhaps unexcelled by that of any nation. As we endeavor to measure the depths of Shakspeare, or as we glide easily along over the sparkling waters of Jonson and Marlow, the mind naturally inquires from what springs these beautiful streams had their origin. A careful exploration reveals the fact that they have their sources in the springs of the Mystery Plays, and although the volume now' is of greater depth and brilliancy it is still reducible to the same elements as when it first flowed from the dramatic springs of the twelfth century.

We do not hold that the Mystery Play alone is the parent of the present drama, but it is evident that the Mys- tery Play combined with what has been introduced from Roman and Grecian literature forms the foundation upon which rests the present dramatic struct- ure.

Thus have we traced the moral and literary influence of the Mystery Play, w'hich, while directed by the fostering hand of religion, was productive of good. But time and circumstances change the best established customs. Gradually these plays began to degen- erate into rude mockery and licentious- ness. Then the Church, which held the

sceptre of power, withdrew her sanction and this art which had long served as an amusing pastime, as a teacher of history, and as an instructor of religion gave place to the more modern morality play. S. J. W.

PERSONAL.

MR. JOSEPH M. SPELLISSEY, ’85, is studying medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, where he has been ap- pointed Assistant Demonstrator of Anat- omy.

MR. J. SMITH BRENNAN, ’83, spent a few days at the college some weeks ago. After some months of European travel upon the completion of his college course, he returned to Wilmington, Del., and soon entered the office of Pusey & Jones, shipbuilders, where he now holds a lucrative position.

MR. WM. D. SHEAHAN, who was com- pelled by ill health to leave college in ’83, from rhetoric, has risen to the position of paying teller in one of Chicago’s banks. More men of his calibre in such positions would soon bring back the name of teller to good repute.

MR. JOHN F. MARTIN, LL. B., ’82, spent some days at the college during the past month.

MR. FREDERICK. TETE, B. S., ’83, recently paid a visit to friends near Philadelphia. Since his graduation Fred, has been in business in Arkansas.

MR. J. CARROLL PAYNE, whose marriage was announced in the JOURNAL a few months ago, has removed from New Orleans and fixed his residence in At- lanta, Ga.

MR. ARTHUR HOOD, A. B., ’77, another Georgia lawyer, has built up an extensive practice for himself.

THE JOURNAL acknowledges with thanks the receipt of a letter from Mr. Anthony A. Hirst, of Philadelphia, accompanied by a copy of the Philadel- phia Call, which contains a speech by Mr. Wm. Smith, a student of George- town College some twenty-five years ago. The speech was delivered in defense of Work & Co., in a case which excited great interest in Philadelphia.

The thoughfulness of some former student, like Mr. Hirst, occasionally brings to our notice events of interest to those who have studied at Georgetown, and makes us desire that others would imi- tate the example, and assist us in the task which is rendered difficult by our

slender sources of information, and our limited knowledge of the past.

REV. FR. STACK, S. J., our former professor of Natural Philosophy, is at present conducting a retreat at tlfe Academy of the Visitation. At the request of the students he will probably lecture in the college hall before returning to Alexandria.

THE University is largely represented in the board of officers chosen by the Bar Association of the District of Co- lumbia. Our Professor of the Law of Real Estate, Col. James G. Payne, is president; R. Ross Perry, Esq., one of the two vice-presidents; Charles A. El- liot, Esq., is secretary, and G. E. Ham- ilton on the board of directors.

GEORGE B. COBB, of Indiana, who left college about three years ago, has a lucrative position as clerk to one of the House committees. His father, Hon. F. R. Cobb, is a leading member of the administration party in the lower House.

FREDERICK, MD., ,Tan. 11.—About 8 o’clock to-night Roger McSherry, a promising and popular young man, aged about 18 years, son of Capt. James McSherry, was run over by a sleigh while crossing Market street, and received injuries which are pronounced by Iris physicians to be very serious. Fie was carried into a drug store in an unconscious condition, and afterwards removed to his home on a cot. One of the shaft points struck him with great force about his temple, and he was also trodden upon by the horse. The acci- dent is said to have been the result of a race between two sleighs on the street. Young Mr. McSherry has been a student at George- town College for several years.—Balto. Sun.

A telegram from our young friend’s father to the President of the college gives the reassuring information that the injury received was not so serious in its nature as the above telegram had led us to believe, and we hope soon to learn of Roger’s complete recovery.

ALLEN MCQUITTAN, ofSt.Paul,Minn., who left Georgetown in his poetry year, has just returned from a residence of a year or more at Stonyhurst, England. He is to enter on business in the North- west.

DAN’L W. LAWLER, A. B., ’81, is busily engaged in the practice of his profession in St. Paul, Minn.

EDWARD D. RUSSELL, A. B., ’79, is succeeding admirably as an attorney-at- law in Chicago.

Jos. F. KERNAN, of the class of’83, who left before graduation, is engaged in mercantile pursuits in Chicago.

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DE QUIBUSDAM REBUS.

Before beginning the D. Q. R. notes for the last JOURNAL I examined closely the different classes of “fiends” to be mentioned therein, and came to the conclusion that the scheming fiend was the most odious. But since that time an unknown species has shot up and attained a disagreeable prominence. It has very deservedly been termed the “ singing fiend.” Many individ- uals of the species are possessed of passing vocal accomplishments, while the remainder can boast of nothing more than good lungs.

One of the latter, who, by the way, stands near the head of the ranks, has a sharp, penetrating, squeaking voice, the sound of which makes one’s blood run cold; a voice which will strike no particular' note on compulsion, but voluntarily wanders over all. And its owner is evidently fond of his gift, for he is continually making use of it, much to the discomfort of all who happen to be within earshot.

Another individual disturbs the house with his lamentations over “ Essie Dear” and “Dreamland Faces.”

If they cannot be induced to forego their vocal ^exertions let them at least go around the walks and there give expression to the feelings which are uppermost in their souls. If they do this they will add to the enjoyment their of fellow students. J. S.

DRAMATIC.

On Tuesday, the 22d of December, the Dramatic Association favored the students of the college with a represen- tation of “ The Nervous Man and the Man of Nerve.”

Throughout the performance it was evident (sometimes almost painfully so) that the players were doing their best to make the play successful ; and while there were faults committed which deserve censure, it is probable that the performance as a whole was one of the best which the Study Hall has wit- nessed for some years.

As to the'faults, (let. us speak of them first), the Dramatic Association ought to bear in mind, collectively and indi- vidually, that when an audience has as- sembled at its invitation, nothing short of “sickness or domestic affliction” can excuse an ignorance of the lines of the play, and if indulgence is to be given for that reason, the fitness of things would generally demand that said indulgence be extended to a sub-

stitute rather than to the sick or af- flicted player.

Other faults may be passed over, but the carelessness or indifference which leads to a neglect of the effort required to commit a part to memory, betrays a want of respectful appreciation for the opinion of an audience which, though composed only of college students, cannot but resent the treatment.

Excepting for this fault the efforts made by those taking part in the play deserve commendation. Mr. J. B. McFaul, as the Nervous Man, rendered his part in a creditable manner. The character did not allow the exhibition of the power which he has more than once shown that he possesses.

Mr. W. D. Lynch made a good Man of Nerve, but the applause which finally rewarded him would have greeted him almost from the start if it were not for the evident effort he was making to do his part well.

Messrs. McLaughlin, Knowlton and French were consistent specimens of the ridiculous dude on English soil. Perhaps their conception of the character was a true one, but surely no American dude ever carried his folly to such a length.

RICHARD T. MERRICK.

From a pamphlet just received, containing a record of “ the proceedings of the Bench and Bar of the United States in memoriam Richard T. Mer- rick” we take the following extracts:

The Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, met in , the court-room in the Capitol, Washington, on Mon- day, December 14, 1885, at 11 o’clock A. M., to pay respect to the memory of the late Richard T. Merrick.

On motion, Mr. George F. Edmunds was called to the chair, and Mr. James H. McKenney was elected secretary.

On motion of Mr. J. Randolph Tuck- er, the following gentlemen were ap- pointed by the Chair to constitute a Committee on Resolutions: Mr. J. Randolph Tucker, Mr. A. R. Lawton, Mr. Robert S. Green, Mr. John W. Daniel, Mr. William A. Maury, Mr. J. Hubley Ashton, Mr. A. Porter Morse. The committee thereupon retired, and on returning, reported, through Mr. Tucker, the following resolutions for adoption :

RESOLUTIONS.

The Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States have met to express their profound sense of the loss they have sustained in the death of the Hon.

Richard Thomas Merrick, and to bear their testimony to the public and private virtues which marked his distin- guished career : Be it therefore

Resolved, That in the death of their departed brother they have been deprived of association with one who was a gifted and brilliant advocate, an able, laborious, and learned lawyer, and a conscientious and wise counsellor. His spotless character, his bold and fearless discharge of forensic duty, his devotion to his country and its free institutions, and his fidelity in all the other relations of life have commanded public esteem, and confidence, and deserve to be com- memorated by the profession upon which he has shed the lustre of his pure and exalted name.

Resolved, That the sincere sympa- thies of the meeting are hereby tendered to the orphan children and family of our deceased brother.

Resolved, That the chairman of this meeting is hereby requested to send an engrossed copy of these resolutions to the family of the deceased, and that the Attorney-General be requested to lay the ptoceedings of this meeting before ihe Supreme Court of the United States for such action as may be appropriate.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,. Friday, December 18th, 1 #85.

Present: The Honorable Morrison R. Waite, Chief fustier, Samuel F. Mil- ler, Stephen J. Field, Joseph P. Brad- ley, John M. Harlan,WilliamB.Woods, Stanley Matthews, Horace Gray, Sam- uel Blatchford, Associate Justices.

MR. ATTORNEY-GENERAL GARLAND said: May it please the court: At a meet-

ing of the bar of this court held last Monday in this chamber to give expression touching the death of our late dis- tinguished brother, Richard T. Merrick, suitable resolutions were adopted, and I, as the Attorney-General, was requested to present them to this court for such action as might be deemed’ proper for the court to take. My own relations with the deceased, and his bright and honorable record in this court, make the performance of this duty by me one of melancholy pleasure,. and I now comply with that request.

The Chief Justice directed that the resolutions be placed on the files of the court.

A snail which goes about its business and doesn’t stop to gossip with every bug it meets can creep 300 feet between sunup and sundown. That’s far enough for any snail.—Ex.

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MONTHS OF THE SCHO- LASTIC YEAR.

TERMS:—One dollar a,year in advance. Single copies, ten cents. Easiness cards (one inch) inserted for #5 a year, including'a copy of the paper during- that period. Additional space fur- nished at the rate of fifty cents an inch, or four dollars a column, each issue.

The COLLEGE JOURNAL is published by a committee of the students. Its purpose is to aid their literary improvement, to chronicle the news of the College, &*c. It also serves the Society of Alumni as an

■organ and means of inter-communication. Being principally devoted to matters of local interest, it must rely for its patron- age chiefly upon the students and alumni of the College and its Departments, ana their friends. These and all former students are urged to give it substantial support.

SUBSCRIBERS not receiving the JOUR-

NAL promptly and regularly will confer a favor by notifying the business manager.

Address,

COLLEGE JOURNAL, Georgetown, D. C.

GEORGETOWN COLLEGE, JANUARY, 1886.

ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT WASHINGTON, D. C., AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER.

Editorial Committee.

Jos. M. Don AN. ’86.

D. J. MCLAUGHLIN, 788. JAS. A. GRAY,’88.

MAURICE C. SPRATT, ’88. CHAS. A. KNOWLTON, ’89.

Business Manager. THOMAS Y. BOLAN, ’88.

Assistant.

JOHN B. MCFAUL, ’87.

THE unusual amount of work to be done just before the close of the term has caused a delay in the appearance of the JOURNAL, which we trust our readers will pardon.

ONE of the good things accomplished by the minstrel troupe during its brief existence was the development of an amount of musical talent which has remained hidden for years. Thanks to the ex-members of the troupe a chorus deep and strong has been formed, and seldom fails to enliven the recess between first and second night studies.

Now that the chief difficulty which hin- dered the formation of a musical coterie has been removed, and the chorus has come with a promise of staying, we may hope for good things in the future when practice has removed the defects which naturally surround the beginning ofsuch an undertaking.

EXCHANGES,

It is the duty of a critic not only to point out the defects of an article but also to show forth its beauties. Happy, then, is his task when the beauties so engross his attention that he fails to notice the defects. “ The Rubicon is Crossed,” in the University Magazine, is an article of this nature. Its author shows the analogy between Caesar’s step in crossing the Rubicon and the step taken by our own country some years ago. He says: “The Rubicon of Sectionalism was crossed.” He describes the distressing condition of the South immediately after the late war, then paints in glowing colors her present condition. And to the question, “ Where will Southern progress pause?” he answers: “The wings of imagination grow tired in their flight and fold themselves to rest. Well may her bards tune their lyres, and with quickened fancy strive to paint her destiny.” His style throughout is elevated and clear, there being not one sentence whose meaning cannoj be easily seen on the first reading, and there are several pretty climaxes which tend to give a lustre to the already well-polished article, which does credit both to the author and magazine.

We were much pleased with the Christmas number of the Boston Stylus. All of its prose pieces are spicy and interesting. Its “ Domi Column ’ ’ is written by one who understands his task, and who has the good taste to confine himself to relating things of interest about his college, and of not imposing upon his readers all the stray wit of the college under the head of locals. The poems are also above the average. “ Reflections on the New Year’s Eve,” a poem of some length, is quite good.

True, there are some defects, but we say, with Horace:

\ erum ubi plura nitent in carmine, non ego paucis

Offendar maculis, quas aut incuria fudit, Ant Humana parum cavit natura.

The Virginia University Magazine is filled with good matter, both prose and verse. The article on “ Poetical Tem- perament ” is well written; but when the writer asserts that a true poet soars above religion, we must disagree with him. It is not a mark of superior intellect for a man to despise religion ; but, on the contrary, it shows that there is something wanting in that man. “Adieu” is a sweet little poem, as is also “A Toast.” “The Counsel of the Owl” contains some very good thoughts. The lines—

“ The cloud that dimmed the setting moon’s bright disc,

Grew denser with the cloud upon his soul,”

are excellent. All the other articles and poems are good, especially the article on Civil Service Reform.

The Stonyhurst Magazine from Stony- hurst, England, is a good paper. It contains “The Laws of Bandy,” written both in English verse and Latin dystics. The Magazine contains too much local matter, we think, to the ex- clusion of literary subjects.

The Bates Student contains a large amount of good matter, interspersed with some that is poor. It opened its literary department with a poem on Christmas, but if the poem was not labeled we are sure no one would have thought it was written about Christmas. Here is an extract:

“ Besides therein a mystic charm, Love divine for me, for you,

Ye contestants through all time: Come, thou Gentile, hither Jew,

Catholic and Protestant, Christian and Agnostic, too.”

The omission of the verb in the first line needs no. comment. The first is an iambic line, the rest are trochaic. It is allowed to occasionally vary the metre, when writing iambic verse, by the admission of a trochee in the first foot, and even this is not con- sidered good; but it is absolutely wrong to change from an iambic to a trochaic line, as is done here. The Student cannot have many readers in Utah, or it would have added something after this fashion :

Come thou, muchly married Morm’, On, with children, in a swarm.

In refreshing contrast to this is “ Old and New,” a poem found in the same paper. The description of the Roman

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maiden is excellent. The prose articles are good, and that on the “Individual- ity of Charles Lamb as a Writer” is especially meritorious. The writer has a true view of Lamb’s character, and expresses it in a nice, easy style.

The Wooster Collegian has an article, “Myron,” which is one of the nicest things we have had the fortune of seeing in any of our collegiate exchanges. We almost fancied that we were reading the work of some Greek author, so simple and elegant is the diction. The story itself is touching, and is made doubly so by the art of the writer. But, alas ! there is no rose without a thorn, and the Collegian contains a fearfully long thorn in the shape of twenty-four lines of poetry on “Fate,” abounding in similes like these :

“ Surging and blooded as the tide Or as the wind on the ocean wide.”

The College Message is a paper published by the young ladies of Greens- boro College. It is filled with local notes ; but if we are to judge from these

pve are sure . that the aforementioned 'young ladies of Greensboro College would make a success at literary work, if they would apply themselves to it. The Message contains a good transla- tion of a French farce.

The College Message, from Missouri, objects to our criticism some numbers back, and says “that if the JOURNAL has any better writers than Billy Byrne the sooner it produces them the better.” We did not assert that we had better writers than William Byrne, but we do say that the JOURNAL has produced, does produce, and Deo volente, will continue to produce better articles than “U. S. Grant,” by “Billy Byrne.”

GEM.

BOOKS RECEIVED.

The Scholastic Annual.—We are in- debted to Prof. Lyons, of Notre Dame University, Indiana, for the pleasant reading matter contained in the An- nual.

Through the kindness of a friend we have received the second number of The Catholic Home Journal, published in Spencer, Mass. The title indicates its purpose and the contents give promise that the purpose will be attained. We wish it success.

“COLLEGE SONGS.”—In everything that enters into the make-up of acceptable college song books, those published by Oliver Ditson & Co. are unquestionably superior to all others. “Carmina Collegensia,” ($3.00,) an elegant volume, containing a complete collection of American and foreign student songs, at once took its place as the song book par excellence

years ago. After twenty or more editions, as the result of frequent and careful revisions, (as remarked by the Springfield Republican,) it remains the standard book of its kind and will probably so continue for years to come. Not long ago, to meet the demand for a cheaper edition, this house issued “ Student Life in Song,” ($1.50,) with a charming intro- duction by Charles Dudley Warner, and containing choice selections from the larger book, including all of its foreign student and miscel- laneous songs.

To these favorite books has been added a third, the popularity of which is attested by the fact that every edition has been exhausted as fast as printed. This book, “College Songs,” (mailed free for fifty cents,) is unquestionably the best as well as cheapest of its kind. It contains not only a selection of the best “old songs,” but a splendid collection of new songs recently introduced into college circles, most of which are copyrighted and can be found in no other collection.

Among them are such capital ones as “Funi- culi,” “Paddy Duffy’s Cart,” “Darling Clem- entine,” “In the Morning by the Bright Light,” “ Irish Christening,” “ Emmet’s Lul- laby,” “ McSoley’s Twins,” “Spanish Cava- lier,” “ Solomon Levi,” “ Carve dat Possum,” “ To the Bravest,” quartet; “ Kosalie,” “ Good Bye, my Lover, Good Bye,” “ What Beams so Bright,” and many more choice gems.

One of the best features of this, and the books first mentioned, is that all of the solos have piano accompaniments.

That these books should excel others of their kind in value is not surprising, in view of the fact that their editor has had at his disposal the copyright material and other facilities of the largest music publishing house in the world. Those who desire the best college song books should see to it that they have the imprint of Oliver Ditson & Co.

LOCALS.

—On Wednesday, January the 13th, a holiday was granted by the Rev. Father Fulton, S. J., who was making his annual visit to the College.

—Quite a number of the boys, having added several days to the Christmas vacation, spent this holiday within the College walls.

—Checkers and dominoes have been introduced into the smoking-room, and during stormy weather take the place of out-door amusements.

—Do not fool with firearms. Quite recently a number of students were se- riously frightened by a careless youth who aimed a pistol at them.

—The base-ball question is already being agitated. One or two new players have been spoken of, who, it is thought, will add to the strength of the nine.

—We are pleased to note the arrival of several new students, who will fill the vacancies made by those who left previous to the commencement of the second term.

—At the close of the ball season it was rumored that the members of the nine were to have a place for winter practice. That was the last we heard of it, but we hope that something will be accomplished before the winter is over, so that so much of the beginning of the season will not be consumed in getting the nine into shape.

—During the examinations just brought to a close the classes of ’87 and ’88 worked hard for the “ banner,” an honor to which is attached an extra holiday on any day the winning class may select. During the last few days the excitement ran high, each class claiming the victory. When the results of the .examination were made public the Rev, President announced that the class of ’87 had obtained an average of 231.8, and the classof’88 one of 234.9, out of a possible 300, and the latter was therefore the “banner” class. Of course the “Poets” were jubilant over the result.

—One of the tables in the billiard- room has been renovated at consider- able expense, and is now almost as good as new. With a little care it should last until this time next year. The censors should see that the rules of the Associa- tion are enforced. If they will not do so, let them resign and make way for those who will, It is no uncommon thing to go into the room and find the cues lying on the floor, to be walked upon and perhaps broken, not only by members, but even by non-members; also to find the tables unprovided with chalk, and very frequently but one cue to a table.

—The promotions announced at the reading of the marks were Marshall Olds, James Shanahan, Ed. Shanahan, Wm. Brent, Wm, Brady, Angelo Velati to the second class of grammar, and Walter Adamson, Wm. Sullivan to the third class of grammar. Morgan M. Goldsmith, Jos. G. O’Bryan, Fred. Lee, Rob’t Driscoll,H. Bolan, and Jefferson Chandler were promoted to the first class of rudiments. On account of the large number of students in the second class of grammar, the class has been divided into two sections, one of which remains under the direction of Mr. Cunningham. Mr. Murphy, late professor of the special class, takes charge of the other.

—The reading-room is again in a de- plorable condition. We mentioned this to one of the officers, who said : “ The persons who have paid for the papers and magazines on file seem to think that the officers are to blame for this state

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of affairs. This is not so ; very often the members themselves destroy the papers, and any offence of the kind which comes under a member’s notice should be reported to the managers, and the offenders will be dealt with as they deserve. It is not only a source of trouble to the officers, but a loss to every member of the reading-room association. ’ ’ Let the members join their efforts to those of the officers, and thus make the reading-room a success. We would suggest to the managers to -have the room locked, except during the hours of recreation, as a means of getting rid of this annoyance.

MARRIED.

Our popular business manager for the years ’79, ’80, Charles F. McGahan, of Charleston, S. C., was married in New York on Wednesday, January 13th, and, with his bride, sailed the same day for Havre. Charlie is now an M. D., having received his degree from Dartmouth last November, and proposes to spend a year or more in Europe, prosecuting his studies.

CALLAHAN-DONNELLY.—Our chronicle hymeneal would not be complete did we fail to record the marriage, January 12th, 1886, of our A. B. ’80, James E. Callahan, of Chicago, to Miss Mamie M. Donnelly, of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Our only information is derived from cards announcing the event, kinldy sent to our office, and we should be glad to know that the wedding tour of our alum- nus and his bride had Washington for an objective point, as it would be a pleasure to offer in person our congratulations to the happy pair. We trust the good example thus enforced by the third member of the class of ’80, in entering the ranks of the Benedicts, will not long be contemned in St. Louis, New Orleans, Utica, Charleston, Lynn, and Phila- delphia.

FLATLEY-FLAHERTY.—The following 1 notice, which we take from the Boston j Pilot, will give pleasant news to our I college readers who remember, many of them, the genial groom, now just entered upon wedded life. That he has the hearty good-wishes of all for his happiness in the new relations assumed, it will be superfluous to add :

A very quiet but interesting marriage ceremony was performed at the Gate of Heaven Church, South Boston, on the morning of the 6th inst., when Mr. Thomas Flatley, Deputy C ollector of the port of Boston, and one of the most deservedly popular men in Massachusetts, was united in wedlock with Miss Katherine I laherty, of Seventh street. Although the hour was early, a large congregation was as- sembled to witness the ceremony, which was

preceded by a Nuptial Mass and followed by a Nuptial Benediction. Rev. Father Higgins was the officiating clergyman. At an inter- val in the Mass Father Higgins spoke in terms of warm praise of the many admirable quali- ties of the bride, who was one of the first graduates of his parochial school, receiving the gold medal witli the highest honors. Of the bridegroom he also spoke in terms of ear- nest commendation. At the conclusion of the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served at the residence of the bride’s mother on Seventh street, and a reception was held, which was attended by a large number of the friends of the parties. The groomsman and bridesmaid were, the brother of the groom, Mr. P. J. Flat- ley, and Miss Lillie Cunningham. A large number of beautiful gifts were received,among which were an elegant bronze vase, several fine marble clocks, silver plate and ornaments. At ten o’clock Mr. and Mrs. Flatley left the city for New York for a short wedding journey, Mr. Flatley finding it impossibe to remain long absent from his post at the Custom House. Upon their return they will reside in a house prepared for their reception on Thomas Park, South Boston.

OBITUARY.

Brother Thaddeus McKenna, S. J.

No student of Georgetown during the last thirty years was long at the college without making the acquaint- ance of him whose death we chronicle. For most of that period he was one of the first to whom the new' student, after the ceremony of admission, was pre- sented. Yet probably few of the many who knew him as the guardian of the clothes-room will recognize him under his real name, for he was so commonly known as the “Captain,” that many have gone through college, meeting him day after day, and have never heard him addressed as Brother McKenna.

He entered the novitiate at Frede- rick in 1843, and at the end of his. noviceship came to Georgetown!. Dur- ing the next ten years he was success- ively at Worcester and Frederick and returned again to Georgetown, w'here the remainder of his life w'as spent. About five years ago he was stricken with palsy and suffered almost continually up to the time of his death. He died on the 13th of January at the age of 71 years.

On January 20th occurred the death of Brother Daniel Clarke, who has been connected with the college for nearly fifty years, although he w'as wholly unknown to the last generations of students. Some six years ago he was Stricken with paralysis and w'as never afterwards able to leave his room without assistance. Another stroke on the 16th of January deprived him of consciousness, and he remained unconscious until a few days before his death.

From Baltimore papers we reproduce

the followdng notices, which, though relating to students of an older date than the COLLEGE JOURNAL can reach in its own existence, will be of interest to some of our readers whose own college days came “before the war.” Both of the gentlemen whose death we record w'ere in attendance at George- town! in the decade running from 1850 to the outbreak of the trouble betw'een the States:

Major J. K. Crown died suddenly yesterday afternoon at liis residence, 432 Linden avenue, of heart disease. He had been in good health and spirits and on Thursday spent the day at his place of business. He was cheerful and well when he arose yesterday morning, but shortly after noon was seized with heart trouble and died in a short time. Major Crow'n was born in Frederick county, Md., about fifty' years ago. At the beginning of the war he, with two brothers, entered the Confederate army, serving in Turner Ashby’s famous cavalry. Enlisting M a private, he arose by successive stages to the rank of major and was for some time adjutant of his com-

! rnand. For a numberof years past MajorCrown ! has been connected with the wholesale tobacco- house of W. J. Sneeringer & Co., on South Howard street. Lie was a gentleman o strict business integrity, and was held in high esteem by business men and others with whom he came in contact. He leaves a widow, formerly Miss Lila Staub, a sister of Captain Staub of this city, and two daughters. His surviving brother, J. O. Crown, is editor of the Berryville Conner, and a prominent citi- zen of that town. The funeral will take place on Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock from his late residence. He will be buried in his Con- federate uniform, which he had kept since the wrar for that purpose.

lhe Wilmington (N. C.) Star announces the death in that city, Tuesday last, after an illness of two months, of Mr. Eugene A. Maf-

1 Aft, who was born in Baltimore in 1844, and was a student at Georgetown College when the late war began. He was a midshipman m the Confederate navy under Captain Semmes on the Alabama during her entire existence, leaving her only in time to save his life when she was sunk by the Ivearsarge. His father was Captain John X. Maffitt, with whom he made one voyage in the blockade-runner Owl. In Boston, Mass., after the war he was recog- nized and imprisoned in Fort Warren for some time. He afterwards became an officer of the steamship Xorth Carolina, trading between Dublin and Odessa, Russia, and subsequently located permanently in Wilmington, where he was married and entered into business.

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GEORGETOWN COLLEGE, D. C. Founded as a College 1789. Chartered as a University, by Act of Congress, March 1, 1815.

ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT.

Faculty, 1885—1886.

REV. JAMES A. DOONAN, S. J.,

President and Treasurer.

REV. WILLIAM REYNOLDS COWARDIN, S. J., Vice-President and Prefect of Discipline.

REV. MICHAEL A. O’KANE, S. J.. Prefect of Schools.

REV. EDWARD I. DEVITT, S. J.,

Professor of Rational Philosophy (Senior).

REV. SAMUEL FRISBEE, S. J., Professor of Physics.

REV. JAMES CURLEY, S. J., Director of the Observatory.

REV. JOHN W. FOX, S. J., Professor of Chemistry.

REV. EDWARD CONNOLLY. S. J., Professor of Rhetoric (Junior).

MR. WILLIAM F. CLARK, S. J.,

Professor of Poetry (Sophomore).

MR. JOHN B. LAMB, S. J.,

Professor of the First Class of Grammar (Freshman!. MR. THOMAS McLOUGHLIN, S. J.,

Professor of Mathematics. REV. JOHN A. JANSEN,

Teacher of German.

MR. JOHN B. LAMB, S. J.,

Teacher of French.

MR. PETER J. O’CARROLL, S. J.,

Prefect of Discipline, Junior Division.

PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT.

MR. WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM, S. J., Teacher of the Second Grammar Class.

MR. JOSEPH A. GORMAN, S. J., Teacher of the Third Grammar Class.

And several other Teachers of Various Branches.

CLASSICAL, SCIENTIFIC AND PREPARATORY COURSES.

For Information apply to THE REV. JAMES A. DOONAN, S. J.,

Georgetown College, D. C.

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

Faculty, 1885—1886.

REV. JAMES A. DOONAN, S. J.,

President of Georgetown University. JOSEPH TABER JOHNSON, M. D.,

Professor of Obstetrics and of Gynoecology and President of the Faculty.

CARL H. A. KLEINSCHM1DT, M. D., Professor of Physiology.

J. W. H. LOVE JOY, M. D., Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine,

and Dean of the Faculty.

M. G. ELLZEY, M. D., Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology.

FRANK BAKER, M. D., Professor of Anatomy.

G. L. MAGRUDER, M. D , Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics.

JOHN B. HAMILTON, M D., Professor of Surgery.

SWAN M. BURNETT, M. D., Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology and Otology.

J. F. HARTIGAN, M. D., Lecturer on Diseases of Children. ETHELBERT C. MORGAN, M. D., Clinical Professor of Laryngology.

J. W. BAYNE, M. D., Clinical Professor of Surgery.

EDWARD M. SCHAEFFER, M. D., Lecturer on the Microscope and Microscopical

Anatomy. LACHLAN TYLER,M. D.,

Demonstrator of Anatomy, and Curator of the Museum.

REGULAR COURSE From September 22,1885, to April 25, 1886.

LECTURES Delivered daily, Commencing at 5.30 P. M.

Excellent CLINICAL ADVANTAGES in the City Hospitals and Dispensaries.

MEDICAL COLLEGE BUILDING, Corner Tenth and E Streets, Washington, D. C.

For Information apply to J. W. II. LOVEJOY, M. D., DEAN,

No. 900 Twelfth Street, N. W.

LAW DEPARTMENT.

Faculty, 18S5-’86.

REV. JAMES A. DOONAN, S. J., President of the University.

CHAS. W. HOFFMAN, LL. D., Dean of the Faculty, and President of the Moot

Court.

HON. WILLIAM M. MERRICK, LL. D , (SUPREME COURT, D. C.,)

Lecturer on Common Law Pleading and Equity Jurisprudence.

HON. WM. A. RICHARDSON, LL. D.,

(u. S. COURT OF CLAIMS,)

Lecturer 011 Statutory and Administrative Law, and Legal Maxims.

MARTIN F. MORRIS. LL. D., Lecturer on Equity Pleading and Practice, and the

Law of Partnership, Corporations and Admiralty.

JAMES G. PAYNE, LL.D., Lecturer on the Law of Real Estate, the Law of

Evidence, and Criminal Law.

JOSEPH J. DARLINGTON, ESQ.,

Lecturer on the Law of Personal Property, Contracts Negotiable Paper and Testamentary Law.

JOHN W. ROSS, ESQ.,

Lecturer on Torts and Common Law Practice, and Judge of the Moot Court.

SAMUEL M. YEATMAN, ESQ., Secretary and Treasurer, 410 5th Street, N. W.,

Washington, D. C.

REV. JOHN W. FOX, S. J.,

Latin Instructor to the Law Students.

Lectures at 6 P. M., Monday, Wednesday and Friday for the Junior Course; every evening for the Senior and Post-Graduate.

The Class of Latin meets at 7.30 P. M.. on Tues- days and Saturdays.

Law Building, Corner of Sixth and F Streets, N. W.

For Prospectus apply to S. M. YEATMAN, Esq. Georgetown College Law Building,

Washington, D. C.

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FROM THE GREAT COLLEGE GEORGE TOWN COLLEGE.

JANUARY 16th. 1886. Your papers in the JOURNAL are a

valuable contribution to the history of the Church in America. By all means let the work proceed. There has been too much indifference in regard to our Cath- olic annals, and your examble will excite a healthy spirit of inquiry and stimulate others to take an interest in the subject, and to collect the disjecta membra of local records and occurrences, which will furnish reliable data and material for reference and history.

I hope that you will go on with your researches, and afterwards combine the results into the connected and permanent form of a book. Your labors have already resulted in the discovery of many interesting facts ; and the controversies which were occasioned by the articles in the JOURNAL have thrown light upon obscure and disputed questions, or, as in some noteworthy instances have gone far to eradicate long-standing and deeply rooted errors. 1 read your interesting contribrftions with great attention, and esteem them to be of great value for the authentic documents which they reproduce, and the painstaking accuracy by which they are characterized.

Respectfully Yours, EDWARD J. DEVITT, S. J.

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