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to an the demands made on him.

leGtual power, and capacity FOR hard
work. He was born in 1849 near AK.
la Chapelle, In Rhenish russia. After
completing his academic course in his
native province. he entered the German
College in Rome IN 1867. He dist1n-
guished himself during his college
course and was called to the priesthood
in 1874. The May Laws forced him
to seek a foreign country for the exer-
cise of his ministry. He accepted call
from the Bishop of Liege. in BELGIUM,
and was appointed professor of Latin
and Greek literature in the Seminary Of
Sts .Trond. He was afterwards trans
.ferred to the chair of philosophy which
he filled till 1887. AT that time, the
MAY Laws" being in part repealed,
Or. Schroeder returned to his Father
land and was appointed pastor of the
Church Of st. John the Baptist at
Cologne. In 1883 Archbishop Krementz,
OF Cologne. selected DR.. Schroeder to fill
the chair of Dogmatic Theology in the
Cologne Seminary.
When Cardinal Lavigerie started his
antl.slaverv movement, it was taken up
by the Catholics of the Fatherland
DR. Schroeder threw himself into the
midst Of the movement, and much of
It's work rests on his shoulders. He is
the general secretary of the German
Catholic Anti Slavery Society. Aside
from his standing as theologian, our
professor Of dogma is man of marked
and manifold accomplishments. AS a
5linguist. he is not only master of the
classical tongues, but has ready and
perfect control of several modern Ian
guages. At the great national conyen-
tions of Catholic Germany. held at ak.
Ia ChapelIe, Boun. Dusseldorf, and
Munster. be shone as an orator along
side of such men as Heinrich, LieDer,
Won Heeremann, and Windthorst. AS
writer, too, he has worked vigorously
aud successfully. 70 these he joins a
personal character of singular att, act
iveness, prominent among his many
amlable qualities being an unselish,
self.sacrifclng charity. s-% q.
DR.. Hyyernat is professor Of Biblical
science. Like most OF the savans emi"
nent IN these studies he is comparatively
young man. But already he has AZ
tracted the attention of foreign oriental
lists; for not long ago the London
Academy, j,urnal making oriental
studies specially, published letter in
which he detailed some Of the results Of
the scientific 'urnev which he is Just
now making in Egypt, Arabia and
Syria. A native Of LYONS. in Southern
France. and pupil Of the Sulpiclans in
Paris, he continued in Rome the studies
to which he intends to devote his
life. If youth, vigor, and enthusiasm,
coupled with a quick and penetrating
mind, are a presAge Of success, the
University may be justly congratulated
on the acquisition OF DR.. Hyvernat.
Mr.. Chas. Warren Stoddard is to fill
the important chair of English liter
ature. He needs no Introduction to the
American public, for his name has a
good ring in American literature. Bora
at Rochester, N. Y, In the year l843,
he felt the divine lire of poetry from an
early age. for he was only 24 years old
when he published his first volume of
poems at San Francisco in 1867. His
education began in New York City.
and was completed in California, where
he went with his father in 1855. In
1873 he was commissioned by the San
Francisco Chronicle as its travelling
correspondent, and as such. he visited
many of the South Sea islands, besides
Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Pacific
slope from Alaska to Mexico, every
where studying the land and the people,
ever ywhere gathering stores of know :
ledge. This literary excursion lasted
Eve years. There are few branches Of
literature that Prof. Stoddard has not,
at some time, touched aud, we may add.
adorned. Hs has been a frequent con
CrlOuLUc bU III 1xhZtueS Ee4s0 0uN w COW
and his articles have always proved
attractive. In Prof. Stoddard the
Washington University has found q
teacher Of experience, accustomed to
set forth his views not only on paper,
but also on the platform; a man who
can both criticize and create; . student
not only Of many books, but Of many
men aud mauy cities. Prof. Stoddard
is a convert.
The disciplinary control Of the stu
dents Of the University will be in the
hands OF DE-. Hogan Dr.. Hogan is an
Irlshman. born in 1879. Having COM
pIeted his classical strides in his native
land. he was sent, in his fifteenth wear.
to Bordeaux aud Paris, to study philo-
sophy aud Lneolugy. In France, as In
ireland. hs became DISTINGUISHED by his
brilliant scholarship. When he finished
his theological cpurss at 81 Sulplcel ne
became i lnumberyo Of that order. and for.
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