The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-06-15


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com monly called ole b since III
i foundation have been slccessively Ilrs
i Hussey Flood. Dunno, ByTne, EYerard.
j Mnrray 8, Crntty, slattery. Montague,
j Renehan, Russell, Walsh. Browne aud
theipreseIt incumbe bent of the Office Many
Of these dignitaries were vice presidents
j and professors before becoming the head
fof the college. az # .5S # 55 s /.
1 When the trustees accepted, the site
which the Duke OF Leinster rendered
them for the college, they agreed to pay
1 f32 600 for the land and buildings. The
i latter soon proved too small for the &C.
commodation Of the seminarians, alla
new bull dings were made necessary and
Ientailed additional expenses. The orig
inal grant to the college was IS, 900 a
year; but In 1907 an appli cati on~for an
increase secured an additional sum Of
500. For the following 81 years this
grant remained unchanged; but In 1874 /,
tation for repeal, endowed the college,
aud the annual parliamentary displays
Of bigotry, made whenever the annual
grant came up for consid eration, were
thus put an end to. The endowment
| yields the college something over f26, 600.
The new buildings cost ESQ 900, not in
Guiding those that were erected in DR..
Montagues time for the junior students.
These latter structures are called in
honor OF st. COLUMBIA and St. Brigid, and
| their erection dates from 1834-44; and to-
gether with their Junior, infirmary, bur-
sar's Office and other buildings, they form
a group that Is fully in keeping with the
ediices used by the senior students. A
fnely-worded description Of Maynooth, as
seen from the park, was penned years ago
by one who evidently loved the place
we'll, and who wrote Of its beauties thus:
"a verdant sward, decked with daisies,
bGttercups and cowslips, stretches far
kept walk. Tall elms lift their proud
heads above in majestic grandeur, and
sweep along in noble colonnades. Rows
of lime and beech trees afford a shade to
seeking students. the sycamore unfolds
it's leafy curtain above our heads, and the
spreading chestnut sends aloft its pyra-
mids of gay and beautiful bouquets. The
laburnum hangs its pendant clusters of
rich yellow while here and there the giant
oak turns the green foliage of the park
into darker shade. The blackbird and
thrush. which seem forever to love this
beautiful resort, make the echoes ring
with their sweet music, and the gentle
breeze Joins in harmonious cadences
through the tall trees.
Far away beyond the wooded valley,
where Liffey rolls it's silver waters to the
sea, rise the purple Wicklow mountains,
1ry1ao cS1 Id h -,
glistening streamlet, rushing madly on,
in childish impetuosity, to join its parent:
river in the shady vale. To our right the
ball courts seem to claim the greatest
share of attention from the students, and
many an athletic youth is there employed
to urge the flying ball. The cricket
creases, too, can boast of ardent patrons,
while those of the students, who are more
soberly inclined, join in innocent CONVEX
sation as they walk beneath the luxuriant
shade. All seems life and animation; but
as we observe the scene, the college bell.
tolls out its warning notes, and in an in
slant the games and conversation cease
and the students return in silence to their
rooms to devote themselves again to-
study A solemn stiffness seems to settle
down upon the whole picture; the ball
courts and the cricket fields look lonely;
er an inducenlent to pour forth their gold
en- strains, and the tall trees gaze mourn
fully upon their deserted walks and sigh
over their bereavement in the breezy
wind" ,e@ -.
The glory Of. iMaynooth does not lie
chiefly in the beauty of its surroundings,
splendid though these may be, however.
During the hundred years that have. pass
ed over its head, the great national ec-
clesiastical collegaof. Ire!andhas not alone
supplied: the Irish hierarchy with many
gifted prelates and the Irish priesthood
with thousands of learned and - jealous
clergyanen, but it has sent into other
lands, into every part of the world where
the English tongue is spoken, and to many
places where another is the common Ian
gllage of the people, successive supplies
Of devoted and self-sacrifloing missionar-
les, who, enulating the example Of the
early Irish apostles, have propogated the
faith and filled the whole civilized: world
with admiration and love for the Emerald
Isle and her faith, and that grand MUIR
sery of her priesthood, Maynooth has sent
across the seas, not a few have attained
the highest ecclesiastical honors in the
lands where they labored Cardinals and
Archbishops are some; Bishops and lesser
dignftaries others, and jealous and sue
cessful laborers in the priestly ranks
many more. And Whereevr he may be
in. the Lords vineyard today, or whatever
be the rank and position he holds, the
self-exiled son of Maynooth will be back
in spirit, if not in body, with his alma
mater when she celebrates her first CEN
tennial the present month. =