The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-08

! ACI tHclI buCCCSS, OcClOoo 10 20 EOulc-
thing for the advancement of the arts.
| In pursuance of this idea the soldiers
raised the-for those times-lar9e sum
| of 81, 800 and presented it to Trinity for
the purchase of books. Then one James
| usher and DR.. Chaloner were in
trusted with the mission of proceeding
to London in the capacity of book buy
ers. There they met Sir Thomas Bod
ley, who was engaged III the same task
for Oxford university, and friendly In
tercourse was maintained between him
and the Irishmen. The foundation Of
both Trinity college and the Bodleian
libraries, 1.-The two most superb monu-
ments Of learning in the empire" thus
simultaneously occurred.
Some years ago, it may be mentioned,
the Dublin newspapers began an agita-
ton for the return to Trinity's library
of one of the greatest treasures-the
illuminated Celtic manuscripts known
as the Book of Kells-which had been
mysteriousIy deported to the south
Kensington museum at London ''as a
loan" 1t was claimed that this antiq-
uity was intended to be kept at South
kensington permanently, but the agi-
tation for its restoration to where it be-
longed resulted successfully.
In 1914 Trinity college began to send
two representatives to the Irish parlia-
ment, a scheme which originated in the
brain of James l., who thereby sought
to obtain borough interest in Irish
v,o1ifscc 4 L. a.,
tempt to make political capital out of
the university as an institution of learn
ing. This innovation was received at
the time with considerable hostile crit
icism, on the ground that a college
should not be invaded by the disturbing
elements of political jealousies and tur-
moil. At the present day Trinity con-
tinues to return two members to the
imperial house of commons, these be-
ing elected by the fellows and the schol-
ars in course of graduation, who hold
special voting franchise for the purpose.
From about this date up to the year
1857 the college board consisted of seven
fellows who nominated grade of asso-
ciate fellows to fill sudden vacancies.
The associate fellows began to create
constant disputes over their assumed
rights and privileges, until, at length,
the college charter was surrendered to
the king, who granted a new one, with
statutes framed by Archbishop Laud
and modelled on the code of Cambridge
university. The new charter reserved
the appointment of the provost to the
do
tional life tenure; while the board con-
sisted of sixteen fellows-seven of
senior and nine of junior grade. The
capacity of the senior fellows was to
govern the college and that of the
junior to act as instructors. Vacancies
in both grades were to be filed by the
provost and seven fellows. The king
was to make the laws, except in such
cases as the charter did not provide for,
when the provost and seniors might
act, their enactments being legal if APP
proved of by the board of visitors. The
latter was also reconstructed, the lord
mayor of Dublin being dropped from it's
personnel, course which was consid-
cred very ungrateful on the part of
the crown. considering that the very
lands ON which the college stood had
been donated by the Dublin corpora
ton.
During the time of Cromwell Arch
bishop usher was forced for political
causes to fee from Ireland, and his
splendid library of ten thousand vol
umes was added to the college collec-
eso,, %Io
deposed the Puritan nominees of the
commonwealth whom the lord pro-
tector, Cromwell, had placed on the
board, and their places were
filed by men from Oxford and Cam
bridge. DIR. Steele, a famous Dublin
savant, became provost
The good. humane and progressive
duke of Ormond was now lord lieutenant
Of Ireland, and he carried out his consist
ent policy of Ireland for the Irish by ap-
pointing jeremy Taylor vice chancellor
Of the university. 1t was of him that
Bishop Heber said that his first sermon
before the college was the finest be had
ever heard.
Dark days fell upon Trinity college
" hOl IL SsllilS W tue
The bigoted nature of the king made |
him regard the university with distrust,
for 1t always was and is to-day strong
~ Protestant institution. Lord Tyrcon- !
mel was viceroy and he made every ef- /
fort TO overthrow the university. He I
hrst withheld the payment of the grant, +
following this up by driving out the 1
provost and fellows and confscating
their property. The buildings were 1
turned into barracks and in the year 4
1855 the chapel was used as a powder
So great was the prevailing I
spirit OF vandalism that ii was even pro- /
posed to burn the library, as Omar de- 4
stroyed that of Alexandria This calam- 4
ity was averted by the efforts of two
Catholic priests, named respectively .
Moore and Mccarthy. who also induced .
the king TO refrain from acceding 70
the request preferred to him by Lord !.
Petre. that he confer the library on the
Jesuits as a gift Moore was atterwsrd
provost and the only Catholic who has
ever held tina; Office.
The manner in which Trinity college
the provisions Of the famous
bill of attainder of James IL is inter
esong- a Mr.. Coghlan, one of the par
liamentary representative Of the col
lege, was ordered TO prepare Z lis. O.
the members in order that they might
be prescribed under the act Of attainder
BE replied that he could not do 50 with
out first conSultinz tia ''butlAr's boolxA--