The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-12-13 00:00:00

SATURDAY, DEC. 13, 1879.

. ,rir
MIL GLADI3TONE AT ' GLASGOW. ~
(:)e PridaY in lest week, Mr. Gladstone delivered
trhi' Reet° fal address to the students of the Glasgow
raiversity.
1 About 6,000 ladies and. gentlemen were
1 ent, and the proceedings commenced by the
Gerfri.le of Doctor of Law being conferred upon Mr.
Agrt°lle. Lords Rosebery, Crawford, Glasgow,
1..) bie. Moncrieff, and Voting, Sir Alexander Grant,
1441el_taf_,°11r, Mr. john Morley, Professor Lester, and
et arie Patrick. Mr. Gladstone in the course
bu td.,d1.6'83 ftleid.taltaily drew attention to the
isrdle,o'—v°rtion. of students who supported themselves
ezegyura'aing their studies, and said :
Yoe 5.411 the kindness, however, of your Principal and
••••4 rrofessor of Humanity, seconded by the intelligent
Of eu of hie students, I have been allowed the privilege
;,',' IG_ hearer insight into the structure of your academic
i.,.e_tY. It is with the deepest interest and pleasure that I
riir..,llPon
647 students in the humanity class, information
record the main heads of knowledge thus at-
of tr.iiiwy been obtained as follows from no less than 580:
tor „elle 229 are studying with a view to the ministry, 106
la, ZZI:e Profession of teachers, 110 for the law; for medicine
beeZe Ulan 38 are 4n the humanity class, 23 for various
thee,-"T" bf business, and 74 are as yet undetermined. Of
ear ' era informed it is probable that a large proportion
some of the walks of commercial We. Still
'lure tween Interesting than this exhibition of the connexion be-
greatest among the professions and the Pursuit
culture is the view—l will say the deeply touching
colVof the amount of resolute, unsparing personal
thr°ugh which alone it is that the youth of Scotland
the atio. the benefits of academic training. These are
given
to et,.., oren o 1 wealth and ease, grudging whatever is gin
liie i;'l7_,as stolen from luxury and amusement. They are
bri,H, aroY offspring of a hardy land, who win by toiling. the
doliitge of further toil, and in their cumnlatin2 effort me ts
Of t 'e',.' Strength to the fibre of their faculties and their will. students who may be taken, I understand, fairly to
itogiell.L the average of the University, about one-third or
Shaft:"'4tlY 199, are so far independent in their means
othe, ey are not diverted from their academic work by any
Sidra. "enPatton • but there are no less than 891, or two-
-7 al the Whole, who keep their places in the Univer-
enipin ...,'‘lost in all cases, by one form or another of private
Year i!""ent, added on through the whole or a portion of the
ere.— the burden of their studies; 240 are thus engaged in
aizteeona work both daring the session and throughout me
rais'l4..,er ; 135, without doubling their task during the session,
le i 17."°411Y employed through the summer ; the remaining
IleTneo:di4 t 0
ss their academic pursuits in the winter.
kifttfeb:
lawyers are clerks in writers' offices;
In ti.,,,.,,,_"0e intending teachers are engaged as pupils
""`Lung Colleges. some yor.ths are excercised in
017'0,t1 Work : the rem,ainder, says Professor Ramsay, are
thettnted over every conceivable kind of employment. In
beal,,,,44tenltY class this year are included joiners, miners,
bteirr_nnders, bootmakers, tailors, grocers, engineers, ship-
s:llo'lp, drapen, stewards of steamers, a toll-keeper--who
self 1 1. InPlaose well be said to levy toll first of all uponhim-
at.C'S pocketbook maker, a blacksmith, andothers. Of this
„0-7,,.e0t I will only say that I do not know, and hardly can
norix3-1" one More full of promise for the future of your
i
131,0,." an
.Y. These facts d figures, gentlemen, present toa us
n,
a e than an interesting figment than
a of statistics, more t
Ile osteetion. interesting
success and wise and prosperous admin.
Aft.
eheerzt a, lluding to the signs of progress and the
life ...°,`"' ul the external and material conditions of
ge.,-.74111 have taken place within the compass of a
meration, Mr. Gladstone raid :
aeedap_ttel and industry if they could be regarded as persons,
were', Persons who had gone to sleep 50 years back, and
the 11°Wintddenly awakened, would be at a loss to identify
the World cam,, they remembered with the world they found. At
u
tat,,Lnencernent of that period the laws which were min-
tioe7Potection, and which were really laws for the promo-
tletecittscarctty and the prevention of abundance, hefty) coul-
gre attahud their purpose that, notwithstanding the
of Population and of mechanical invention, notwith-
to b 4 a few initial efforts of enlightened statesmen, never
au,: stuliclently commended, the exchange of British pro-
ttoCoVrlth the produce of other countries remained at the
At ~..IGhere It had stood at the commencement of the century.
areabee ramie of the period the commerce of the country
010,5131111.t1Plied five-fold. Our shipping, which at the
hillar,„..°' the war in 1815 had amounted to two
foate,,,_"" and a half toes, and by dint of " protective "
calee'lo,, g stood at the lathe figure in 1830, in 1873,
ekaLais millions and a halt of tons, navigated at a much
Steam expense per ton, and also, through the agency of
thaZktiesfortning relathely to tonnage from twice to three
lavrAii...te amount of work. Goods which had been used to
tralle—o,22_Place to place at two miles an hour now princi-
Persons who travelled at four, six, or ten now
irk 64114 d crone-fourth the cost, accomplish four times the
to 4,1', Private correspondence had been a luxury forbidden
LoodLiese wealthy classes, for a letter from Edinburgh to
PleoiTylaid, 'think, fifteenpence halfpenny for each separate
Dart " DePer it contained, while it now passes, in a fourth
e the Hone for a penny or halfpenny. Messages while I
trtne.--"Lre Passing with the speed of lightning along a
ee--,eand wire ,s • and further we are cheered or threatened,
Iseg"mo_tcling to our Reveraetemperaments the case may be
turif end, with inventions of which the joint effect seems
ttro2 ,to be that everybody will speak to everybody at all
saaCenaand to all places, and upon all subjects. Materials
Ils ents of production which nature had supplied to
Wilfl;7lPngll, and from a distance, are now produced at
Worderatt In quantities only limited by demand. But it
e
than -e Vain to attempt a complete enumeration of the
letroZ which—often, it must be sorrowfully confessed, de-
lel De.....1he fair face of creation—have during this wonder-
Passed upon our industry and trade.
-nuke'
be jag referred at considerable length to the various
11:in.coaa of learning and study to which the Glasgow
'entitY is devoted, Mr. Gladstone concluded his
Insyhig :-..
, Ona. 4101 cult, perhaps, for those to whom one pursuit and
t to-t 7: Ot anbjects are to be their daily bread to know how
k° theee—?talGY With safety indulge in collateral studies; but
411 bie.Thuetdli be a doubt as to the benefit of these if they
a rajz.,--" •,e, An absolute singleness of pursuit almoot means
obi"es
t.,..'4 etWays in one attitude; an eye that regards every
ha however many-sided, from one point of view; an
rh,..uectuat dietary beginning and ending with one article.
eliiiTt good sense and modesty obviate a multitude of inis-
o
teett, but the exclusiveness of which I now speak is in itself
erhteh t serious evils. It lacks the benefit of the sidelight
It th! kingdoms of knowledge cast upon one another;
P_Wrt in.,....—" each man to exaggerate the force and value of his
Sapo4—"'._ older attainment, and perhaps therewith his own
It deprives the mind of the refreshment which
*be Y afforded by alternation of labour, and of the
l'ertelltiaaa,_, well as the activity to be gained by allowing
v 01.., ".olects to evoke and put in exercise its wonderfully
mg-. Dowers. So much, gentlemeo, for your future callings
ationt;ns actual studies. As to the temper in which. you
saict"7„ set about them, you have little need of exhortation,
Sesei:4 „closing words under this head shall be few. Be
oh thi. writ every one of you has his place and vocation
bo ---learth, and that it rests with himself to find it.
itticaee believe those who • Leo lightly say nothing
htreihi. like success. Effort, gentlemen, honest, manful,
~hl y aa," eflort, succeeds by its reflected action, especially
°etier than success' which, indeed, too easily and
Retried, not seldom serves, like winning the first
all „n,Oll the dice, to blind and stupefy. Get knowledge—
tiDoce° ; amd the more you get, the more you breathe
trie",l" nearer heights their invigorating air and enjoy the
la th*".% views, the more you will know and feel how small
a elevation you have reached in comparison with what
Moron., , hie altitudes that yet remain unsealed. Be
Mee "'„." in all you do: and remember that though ignor-
ebte. ";:en May be innocent
an
is always despic-
et/Inhale, you, like men, strong: and the exercise of your
Pi'or-rtr.°-daY will give you more strength to-morrow.
of the iotards and work upwards, and may the blessing
M
quwe °lt n your igh soothe yo cares, clear your vision, and
t ir isthmus with roward !
tsaelula.,Ncigtieatthel delivery of his address Mr. Gladstone
•Y
applauded,
tatty t....
1391iti ,•... the day, Mr. Gladstone made an important
skaciirlePeech to a large concourse of people in St.
td th tee Hail, where the welcome accoided him was
the
~..e most hearty and enthusiastic description. In
IreitiZeur...,la of his speech, the right hon, gentleman
hie assertion that the Government were
dissolve Parliament, and added that unless
a Labero
itenerm Party were imoie united than at the last
1k jeeta election, and sacrificed merely "sectional ob-
. in,
.:: _they might have imposed upon them, for
I. die n„f° eix or seven years, a Government which
i fie "` rePresent the real feeling of the country.
Den eriticiaed at considerable length the foreign
Witt? c'f the Ministry, and said we went to war
now 0r la because she claimed the right that we
num.. anted ourselves—that of protecting, by force if
ikal", ,V, the Christians under Turkish rule. The
tioi,";4ll,_ tkiah Convention he condemned as a viola.
Nara Tternational law, and he further said that the
kaprope°lP7Prtle, which we had unjustly acquired and
governed, was valueless to us. Referringthe ti wv,_ ucY of the Government in our Indian Empire,
bs, uflut hon gentleman said that the money raised
apftt it° to Meet the exigencies of famine had been
, ekt ti,. proßecuting an unjust war in Afghanistan
i ..,14004:dcit°80 of
his address a vote of thanks was_
1
Jur. n -0 the right hon. gentleman, on the motion of
ril..p."tineron, M.P.,
kr. G seconded by Mr. Anderson,
Gladstone afterwards received an address from
Ilebt.e°ePosation in the City Hall, in responding to
, tr...r he referred to the fact that he had received the
[ sig;74enlof the city in the same building fourteen years
,
1
THE ri... ______________ _
1. 41,LATION OF ALR. GLADSTONE AS LORD
ee
i ••••aCTOR OF THE GLASGOW UNIVERSITY.
' Dilate „nes' Correspondent,
k .. pondent, writing from Glasgow under
410 1.-7 P 6. gives the following interesting description of
lirhev;:ailyinaltvieorenitoyf
:Mr. Gladstone as Lord Rector of the
. immediate purpose of Mr. Gladstone's visit to
gr svas
that he might be installed in the office of
..,-14111:4ATiveetr°r' to which he was elected two years ago,
his inaugural address. The Lord Rector.
:tu la the second highest office in a Scotch University,
the Chancellor,
telee n't being held by,
# es elected Place be for life,_ while the Rector holds office
tiler 4;117 three Years. The Rectorship is not merely an
to it, eental office but has important duties attached
abseoice en of the Chancellor, the Rector the meetings of the General Com..
aud "Ica is composed of graduates in all faculties,
public yeettyl an organ for the expression of academic
we,vhererie theotpototn.a,3 rerhhaeirtueactor's chief function, how-
of the University Court,
een,_ . Chancellor has no seat. though he is repro-
neTi rtci°,_hY an assessor. The University Court is a
but itudY, coneiating in Glasgow of seven members;
the ehille""eaa very large powers. It is; in fact,
In the adminiatrative and regulative authority
Senate nlvereitY. It stands supreme over both the
sere kld the General Counsel, and it may con.
The' epaPend, or dismiss individual professors.
Who h 7 higher authorities are the Chancellor,
he Cot:felt veto on its decisions, and the Queen
a Profea,3l whog3 approval • is necessary before
Dilveci
of o
•r can be censured, suspended, or de-
genera), ce„M„ °°,•• If, in the academic constitution, the
"le Hon w-`4ICII represents the democratic element—
taken ..I.W of Commons—the University Court may be
eavertn!epresent the House of Lords. But in an
the uz. r.pect the conditions are reversed; for in
Lower House having in itself little more
DOwer tjersitY the Upper House possesses all real
than. th ua
then, rev., of apeech. The Rector is the. head,
deem:, a executive of the University, and If it be
u
shotie, lillonaalous that so important a functionary
time baelected by the matriculated students for the
the °jug, manY of them lads fresh from scho3l,
h„,_ezPlanation will perhaps be considered setts. FiX,I7, that the arrangement works well in practice.
atie,Terd Rectors of all the Universities have, as a
and ca en men worthy of the honour accorded them
knit Ilable of rendering important services to these
Ipas tlitl°laa. Such is the office to which Mr. Gladstone
vs.+2`..eated in 1877 and in which he was installed
Vr,Tfl;:7_9R. His immediate predecessor was Mr.
kell, 'who held office for two terms of three years,
The 7., oo delivered his inaugural address six years ago.
iirpr. ...yectors of the other Scotch Universities are Lord
,Ington (Edinburgh), Lord Salborne (St. Andrew's),
;_aord Roaeberry (Aberdeen).
IllorMufe. Gladetone allowed hiratelf to be nooli.
office in opposition to the Chancellor ( f
ehottltecherrer
, he stipulated that, if elected, ha
tot
.eve.u-to deliver asked
an addrecs, The students of 1877
ime....iy,subrnitted to this condition; hut it ii well
rath;4aat their successors have not endorsed, have
peva relentede, the bargain. It matters little to them
it4a •er Lord Rector attends meetings of the
- Mar Pout, but they feel aggrieved when

,
thly lareitdeprived of the Rectorial address. One
address had been sacrificed by the re-electiori of
Mr. Disraeli, and if another term of office were
allowed to pass without one, the institution would
be apt to fade away into a tradition. The Conserva-
tive students taunted the Liberals with having elected
a great orator who persisted in silence; and the
Liberals themselva complained that their cause was
suffering from the coyness of their champion. These
complaints were, I believe, made known to Mr. Glad-
stone before he came to Scotland ; and he gave a con-
ditional promise to fulfil the engagement after his
work in Midlothian had been completed. This pro.
mire Mr. Gladstone fulfilled yesterday, having
spent the earlier part of the week in retiremeot at
Taymouth Castle, engaged in the work of completing
his address.

The installation of a Lord Rector is in some respects
the most characteristic specimen of a Scotch University
gathering; and the ceremony which was held here
yesterday in the Kibble Art Palace was perhaps the
most impressive and most successful of its kind ever
held in Scotland. The hall in which the meeting was
held is an immense circular glass-house in the midst
of a botanic garden. The whole area of the hall Is
seated, and is on one level, excepting a platform
which is raised 81 t. or 10ft, above the floor, in
front of the eastern entrance. Yesterday the
vast hall was densely crowded in every part, the
numbers it contained being estimated at upwards
of 5,000. To the students who form the Lord
Rector's immediate constituency the central area
or inner circle of the hall was assigned, and, number-
ing about 2,000, they filled it well in every sense. In
the outer ring spaces were marked off for the members
of General Council, for such of the general public as
could procure admission tickets, and for represents,-
tives of public bodies. The platform was occupied by
members of the Senatus Academicus and the University
Court in their robes, and by prominent citizens. A
space in front of the plaform was set apart for the
distinguithed ladies of Mr. Gladstone's party and for
the noblemen and gentlemen who were to receive the
degree of Doctor of Laws.
To one suddenly thrust into the midst of this scene
the effect was bewildering, Before the arrival of Mr,
Gladstone the students had the performance all to
themselves, for even the efforts of the orchestral band
were made to subserve their purposes. The students
were divided into two parties—Liberals, wearing red
caps, on the right of the platform; Conservatives,
wearing blue caps, on the left. Party feeling was
evoked by party cries and the shouting of party names
on both sides; and at times the excitement was
intense, as the noise was certainly deafening. The
call for "Cheers for Gladstone" was Answered by
a call for " Cheers for Buccleuch," who is Chan-
cellor of the University; "Cheers for Rosebery "
were followed by " Cheers for Beaconsfield ; "
"Cheers for Northcote," or "Cheers for Cyprus,"
the cheers of the one party being accompanied in
most cases by the good-natured groans of the other.
When the band struck up a popular air the whole of
the assembled students joined in the chorus and pro-
duced a wonderful effect. Then the students sang or
shouted songs and choruses on their own account.
generally electioneering parodies, "John Brown's
Body" was the favourite on both sides of the house.
Sometimes both sang it at the same time, but each
party with different words. Each party had its
fuglemen and conductors, who led both in the
music and in the cheers; and very red in the face
and husky as to the voice these young gentlemen
became before their orgies were ended, The outer
ring, more peaceably inclined but much amused
auditors, had its own picturesque aspects. On a ledge
close to the wall of glass were ranged groups of
statuary, interspersed with shrubs and hot house
plante. On one side might be seen the Venus de'
Medici, surmounted by a red cap, and on the other
Apollo Belvedere crowned with a blue one. John
Milton and James Watt appeared to be smothered
under tall hats of the period; and the Laocoon was
found to be especially convenient for the disposal of
shawls and bonnets. Very curious was the effect pro-
duced by the presence of these pale and unimpressible
figures in the mist of excited groups of darkly. clad
men.

When Mr. Gladstone arrived, preceded by the
Bedellus, bearing the University mace, and by Prin.
cipal Caird, the cheering WAS tremendous, blue caps
vying with red caps in the vehemence of their demon.
strations. Again and again the rounds of cheers were
resumed, and at last the whole house got quit of its
excitement in the chorus, "For he's a jolly good
fellow!" sung in excellent time and with ear-splitting
power. Then began the business of the day. There
were the usual calls of "Seats," "Hats off," "Hush!"
ith the usual result of increasing the noise and con-
fusion. Principal Caird read the Latin prayer appro.
priate to the occasion in dumb-show, some indignant
',arsons who shouted "Shame, shame," only making
the disturbance more shameful. The graduation
ceremonial was also performed in dumb.show, no
one, not e*en himself, being able to hear one word
of the no doubt nicely balanced Latin sentences
in which Professor Berry proclaimed the praises
of ea.th candidate. Nevertheless, each bowed in
turn before the Vice-Chancellor (Principal Caird),
received the magic touch of the purple velvet cap, was
hooded by the Bedellus, and retired a new-made
doctor. Though the vast audience could not hear
what was being said, they could see what was
being done, and applause was meted out to each can-
didate in proportion to his fame or his popularity, the
heartiest cheers being given for Professor Lister and
the Earl of Roaeberry. The last to receive the degree
was Mr. Gladstone himself, who immediately after-
wards was installed and sworn into office, signing the
oath de fideli administrations officii at the reading.
desk in sight of the whole assembly, excepting such
of them as were busily engaged in efforts to keep one
another in order.

When Mr. Gladstone stood up on the rostrum to de-
liver his address, the disturbance in the opposite
region of the hall still continued, and seemed to in-
creme rather than diminish. In vain he raised his
hand for silence; in vain the Principal, with out-
stretched arms, implored the audience to be quiet.
The cause of the disturbance now appeared. At the
back of the students' area groups of young men had
clustered round two iron pillars, standing the while on
chairs, forms, and railings. These effectually screened
the platform from the hundreds of eager auditors who
stood or sat behind them; and it was those in
the rear, who were thus shut out from the hall,
though nominally in it, whose continuous cries
and threats and appeals caused the disturbance,
the effect of which they could not see. When
Mr. Gladstone bad been standing for seven or
eight minutes, and the affair threatened failure, a posse
of Professors, headed by Professors Edward Caird
and Ramsay, made a bold dash from the platform for
the centre of the tumult. When they seemed to have
been baffled the Principal himself followed, but before
he had reached the scene an improvement was per-
ceptible. Seats were found for many who had been
standing. The whole audience was brought to the
level of the floor, and some of the Professors remained
in the disaffected region ready te quell any future
disturbances. Their services, however, were not re-
quired. No sooner had Mr. Gladstone made his voice
heard than the laat whispers of discontent died away, and
the whole of the vast audience settled down into an atti-
tude of earnest expectancy. Then every one felt that
his hearing every word depended only' on his remain-
ing quiet and still, and to all appearance every word
was heard during the hour and a half that Mr.
Gladstone spoke. At first every attempt to applaud
was at once repressed, the audience fearing that con-
fusion might ensue ; but before long this fear was
seep to be groundless, and, no matter how loudly he
was cheered, the speaker did not once lose the ear of
his hearers, nor did they lose the thread of his dis-
course. Whatever may be thought of the quality of
the address, there can be doubt of its success as an
effort of rhetoric, as proved by its effect on the
audience. Throughout its delivery and at its close
the Lord Rector was loudly cheered. The excite-
ment reached its climax when Mr. Gladstone, having
retired from the hall, returned to announce that he
had solicited a holiday for the students, and that it
would be granted them on Monday,

On Saturday morning Mr. Gladstone, accompanied
by Mrs. and Mies Gladstone, left Glasgow by special
train for Motherwell Junction, en route to Dalzell
Castle, Hamilton. The local Liberals presented ad-
dresses to him at Motherwell Station, in reply to
which Mr. Gladstone disclaimed any purpose of ad-
vancing his own return to place and power, and stated
that his mission to Scotland was undertaken in the
public interest. He charged the Government with
having compromised the national honour and the con-
stitutional privileges of the people. The right hon. gentle-
man had an enthusiastic reception from the inhabi-
tant, and the place was decorated with flags and
mottoes. After his arrival at Dalzell Castle Mr.
Gladstone witnessed a curling match in the afternoon,
and in the evening was presented with the freedom of
the burgh of Hamilton. In acknowledging this he
dwelt on the advantages of municipal institutions as
illustrated by their working. In the course of his
speech Mr. Gladstone said :
I had the himour of being the friend of Lord Brougham
during the latter years of his early life. I know well the
splendid services that it was his fortune to confer upon
England and upon Scotland, and I know alsoavell that which
is less generally known, that in his later life all the vehe-
mence of character belonging to his almost portentious
energies was wonderfully and beautifully softened down, and
it may fairly be said for him that he lived and died in
charity with all mankind. (Cheers.) With regard to another
name—you will forgive me if I refer to those names which you
have unexpectedly brought before me. because I think, gen-
tlemen, they form an appropriate subject for the few converse.
Mimi remarks I am now laying before you—there is another
name I am extremely glad to have an opportunity of saying a
few words upon. It is the name of Sir James Graham. I knew
Sir James Graham intimately. I was much attached to Sir
James Graham. I hear with the greatest satisfaction
of any honour that has been bestowed upon him, because
I have always thought that Sir James Graham was one of
the very few public men who, both living and dying, received
lets than justice from the country which he served. Every man
knew the great administrative ability of Sir James Graham.
Every man knew his remarkable debating power and his inex-
haustible, indefatigable industry ; but few comparatively
are aware of the higher qualities of Sir James Graham.
Now, Sir James Graham was not only intensely patriotic,
because that is a quality which I think we are bound
in the absence of demonstrative proof to the con-
trail, to ascribe to all those engaged in the service of the
country. There were two characteristics of Sir James
Graham for which those who observed his manner and
those who followed him in debate could hardly have given
him full credit. My knowledge of him was a knowledge
which enables me to speak with great confidence with
regard to him. In the first place, Sir James Graham,
who was thought to have some haughtiness in his
manner, was undoubtedly one of the humblest men that I
have ever known in public life, or perhaps out of public
life. The other quality was one the mention of which
would excite, perhaps, more surprise among persons who
did not see his interior life. Ms Incisive power in speech
was such that, as if by an irresistible impulse, he dealt from
time to time in expressions that were thought to savour of
violence and bitterness- but I must say, having often and
often conversed with Sir James Graham in regard to those
from whom he had differed, I think that of all the public
men I have ever known, and it has been my good fortune to
know many whose names hre equally estimable—even more
estimable perhaps on account of their moral charatteristics
than of their intellectual eminence—of all those public men
I have iti,vor known one who was more distinguished than
air James Graham by the charitableness, and therefore in
the highest sense the Christian character, of his judgments
upon the motives and aot3 Of mall. .

, (Y.XDSIONWS RETURN ROUE.
]Nlr. li...t.,LuLte left Scotland on Monday forenoon
for Hawarden. The right hon. gentleman had been
tile oust shwa Saturday of Jr. J. G. O. litamiltou at
Dalziel thistle, sud t t4n oclock on Monday morning