ALUMNI. '77. Mr. John E. Sullivan, the well-known Worcester lawyer, has been publishing in the Evening Post, some excellent historical articles on Robert Emmet and the Emmet family. '78. We regret to have to announce the death, in New York City, of Mr. James T. MacMahon, a very successful lawyer and a highly esteemed gentleman. After graduating here Mr. MacMahon entered Columbia, where he made an excellent record, which, by the way, is continued by later graduates. An old member of the faculty informs us that Mr. MacMahon, as a boy and young man, was very handsome, very bright and very popular. R. I. P. '79. At the Robert Emmet celebration held March 5th, in Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Francis P. McKeon delivered an address. W. I. McLoughlin, '93, also spoke. eloquent '84. To Rev. J. M. Kenny is due the success of the recent Grand Jubilee Anniversary of St. Joseph's Church, Pittsfield. Fr. Kenny has assumed charge of the parish during the illness of the pastor, Fr. Smith. '87. Rev. J. J. Donnelly, of North Adams, will deliver the oration at the monster meet ing of the Hibernian Societies to be held in Mechanics Hall, March 17th. Rev. J. F. Redican, '77, will preside. '88. This is the third year that Mr. Stephen W. Wilby has served as principal of the grand new high school at Waterbury, Conn. We are glad to learn that his success and popularity are still increasing. Ad multos annos! '93. We have heard that Mr. T. L. Devine, Principal of the Grand Street School, Waterbury, has in preparation a great historical work. Mr. Devine is also becoming famous as a lecturer to young men's societies. Mr. John J. Ryan, though at the beginning of his career, is the leading Catholic lawyer in Haverhill, Mass. He is associated with the firm of Jones and Pingree, which has the most extensive business in Haverhill. '93. David I. Walsh, the popular representative from Clinton, is waging a great and winning battle against the Water Commission. '94. E. Henry Howard, who two years ago pitched his tent in Pittsfield, is securing a large practice in medicine. '95. James A. Treanor, Principal of the Centre School, Pittsfield, is gaining a local reputation in amateur theatricals.. Rev. J. P. Curran, who was ordained last Christmas, is assistant at one of the churches in Fall River. George C. Kerrigan, who is an LL. B. and LL. M. of Georgetown, is meeting with great success as a lawyer in his native city of Haverhill. '96. We take great pleasure in announcing to the great class of '96 that one of their number, Thomas Riley, Jr., has been appointed Judge of the Probate Court at Central Falls, R. I. Mr. Riley is the first member of '96 to receive blushing honors." We regret to announce the death of John Austin, ex-'94. Mr. Austin entered our college in 1890, but did not complete his course here, leaving to enter Holy Cross College. During his stay there he was very prominent in college athletics, captaining the foot-ball team during his senior year. After graduating from Holy Cross he went to Paris to pursue his studies there. In the latter part of 1898 he was obliged to return home on account of sickness, and has since spent most of his time in the Adirondacks. There the end came Saturday, February 17. His death will be deeply regretted by his friends among our own alumni and those of Holy Cross College.-Amherst Aggie. John Austin is still remembered here, where the news of his death came as a sad surprise. Rev. M. P. Kavanagh, '93, acting pastor of St. Stephen's, and a personal friend of Mr. Austin, attended the funeral in Bondsville. R. I. P. '99. At the recent Alumni banquet Mgr. Con aty announced that the six Holy Cross representatives at the Catholic University were doing excellent work in their respective departments. '00. YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, Ct. Your second request that I write something concerning Yale for THE PURPLE has been received. Last September, when I arrived here. and registered as a student at the Law Department at Yale, I knew but very little about the inside life at a great university. Living in Connecticut, I might say, all my life, I naturally believed Yale the largest and best university in America, but I had no idea that it was what it really is. Now, when I think of the territory the various buildings cover and the wealth they represent, adding dignity and beauty to the city, I cannot help but remark that New Haven would be but a very ordinary place, had not that illustrious Eli Yale developed his ideas and followed out his plans for a seat of learning in the very heart of Elm City. The different schools which make up the University cover very, very many acres of land and are situated in the very centre of the city. No visitor ever comes to New Haven without seeing "Old Mother Yale." It would be impossible, for as he passes along the busiest thoroughfare he gazes at the schools and dormitories of the University. Often do I think, while passing by these same buildings, many of which have been erected by Yale graduates or friends of the University, of how well our Catholic colleges have succeeded in performing the labors they have been called upon to do in order to keep apace with other institutions so happily blessed by wealth and influence, and under such trying circumstances as they have been obliged to exist. I can speak only in a general way of the University as a whole, and of the Law School in particular. This department is situated on Elm Street, facing the City Park, and when completed will be one of the finest buildings of the University. The whole number of students at Yale is about 3000 and of this number the Law Department furnishes 200. Since reading in the papers concerning Dr. Barnes' effective reply to the now widely known President of Harvard, I have been even more observing while among the students and professors and have tried to find any sign of bigotry, so noticeable elsewhere, but in vain. Yale, its able and already much beloved President, Arthur B. Hadley, LL. D., its professors and students are too broad-minded, yes, have too keen a sense of a gentlemanly character to be bigots. No! Yale, rather than weakening a man's Catholicity (as I have heard said by some) broadens his mind and strengthens his belief in the Catholic faith. And I know for a fact that the Faculty of Yale care but little for a student. who is not man enough to stand by his religion and openly practice and profess it. Hence, herein at least is Yale more American, more cosmopolitan and more endearing to her students as a whole, than any other of the large universities of this country, and Harvard, in particular. Here, in the Law School and in fact throughout the whole University, the Holy Cross man |