The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-08-22
The bishop Of orleaas a. his college.

We take from the Dublin Nation the tolioW-
ing interesting account, furnished by corre-
spondent writing from Orleans, July 25th, of q
triennial reunion and entertainment which
| took place at the episcopal seat of the Illus
trious Bishop Dupanloup:
Every three years the former pupils of the
Bishop of Orleans College, petit Seminaire,)
Mt La Chapelle, Orleans, are invited by the IL
Iustrious Bishop to spend day in the school
where they received their education.
La Chapelle is about o league from Orleans,
and is situated ON high ground commanding
q view of the rich pasture and vine lands of
that part of the country, which has been Justly
q splendid old building, surrounded by lovely
park, studded with venerable onks and trees
and shrubs of every hue and description thc
Fairgrounds are vast and airy, and nothing
has been left undone to make it what 1T rs
one of the most healthy places in the world:
At an carly hour ON Sunday, 25th Juiy, the
park and gardens were crowded with the Tor
mer pupils and the few visitors who, ike the
present writer, were honored with an invita-
! tion to witness the interesting ceremony of the
day. At~a little after five all were ushered
into the NCour d'Honnenr," where tables We're
set FOR six hundred pupils, of whom about
three hundred arc at present prosecuting their
studies in the College. A long table, placed on
platform and commanding n view of the
entire assembly, reserved for the great
Bishop and the parties he had invited to din
ner Among the latter were high dignltar1es
of the Church, men eminent in literature, sci
ence and art brave soldiers, distinguished sea-
men, etc. In the centre, presiding over all,
sat in his purple robes one of the greatest men
| of modern times, the eminent divine, the great
! preacher, and the unriyalied writer Mgr. Du-
panloup, Bishop of Orleans. One would sup
I pose that the working of such vast and COM
/ prehensive intellect, which had to embrace
every religious, social and political question in
these stormy times, with mental labor perhaps
| greater than that of any man living, would
| have left deep burrows on his brow, and
| marked his features with those dark lines that
| taal comhats. Such, however, q not the case ;
the great Bishops face is fresh almost with the
bloom of youth and were it not for the silver
/ locks 4he eaUw or over sixty winters, no trace
I OF age or labor would be discovered on his no.
BILE countenaDce. With frame like OCon-
j nelrs, q light step, n manly bearing, and won
derfni activity, it is to be hoped he will be for
long years to come an honor to the Church and
At each side of Mgr. DupanToup were men of
note--M. Edgar, the greatest Creek scholar in
France, and N. Paten, of the Academy, the
! celebrated professor of Latin efoquence.
Ireland was represented by the learned DR.,
! Woodl0elr, of the Catholic University. There
were, in fact, divines, physicians, lawyers, no
| discount de Rambuteau, of the Council of
State; Viscount de Nicolay, Count de Bethtne;
G. JerniDghahl, Esq, distinguished English
| Catholics; Monsieur GaTciR, the eminent jour
i nalist; Rev Mr. O'Kelly, Professor at the Col
Elege and many others whose names have es-
capped my meu,ory.
| The tables in the centre of the "Grand Cour, .
at which some 500 puRils sat, some of whom
had left the College twenty years ago and
others still prosecuting their studies there, of
and equality. Their cheerful, fresh.faees were
beaming with joy and hope, and the enthusi-
assn it'll which they drank ths-healEh= OF the
| great prelnte was most touching. Many had
come from distant parts of the country, and a
| fewIrOm foreign lands, to join in this great
fFaternal meeting, which binds the links
of friendship, aud prevents that second death
sK'oa6H, from collaborating ali the cheering sou
yenirs of early life. Several eloquent speeches
were lnade-One by the learned director, Abbe
| cal Zouaye-an of which were applauded Wig
| onsly.'
When dinner was over, guests and pupils re.
1 turned to the lovely gardens and park, and en-,
Joyed III the pure soft air the pleasure of recall
ing past scenes, and sometimes of making sur.
misses on the future. The good Bishop spoke
4 to us of Ireland, and proved to US that he feels
| the deepest interest in her fate.
AZ o'clock the great event of the day began
/ in the charming theatre of the College, where
over eight hundred people were assembled, to
witness the representation in Greek of Sophie
cles's "Antigone." The costumes, the music,
the acting, were all perfect, and were loudly
/ applauded by the Intellectual audience. NJ.
! Eggar was perfectly delighted, and the best
] judges present. declared the pronunciation OF
| the language of Homer to be admirable. A
comedy in English, king Alfred" was repre-
! scented next day, and one in German also, both
Of which came off creditably. To the Rev. Mr..
| Kelly is due the honOrs of the former piece, in
which his pupils played with great talent.
In these material times, when money is al
most the only god worshiped-when chivalry;
poetry, fidelity and faith scoffed at and de-
spised, it is coDsoling to find, blooming in this
quiet little spot like flowers in che desert, all
| those ennobiiug sentiments, those precious
! gifts and pure doctrines that raise man to a
high fevet--nearer, in fact, to his Maker, be-
] fore whom, however, he is not here as named
| to bow down with respect. Education of the
I mind md heart combined have in this qnict
seat of learning and virtue prepared men bet
| ter for the battle of life than could be done in
the great cities, where the student is every day
| brought into contact with the present, and
| mixed up more or less with the scenes enacted
| on the stage of life. Happy those who pass the
days of their childhood in snch scenes, aud
! with such guides, and who return again (as we
( have seen today from the stormy scenes OF
real life to the hallowed spot where they were
/ taught to love truth and virtue, and where
! first dawned their aspirations, their hopes, and
| their ambitions.
When Beau Nash was. sick, DR.. cheyne wrote