Evening star., 1898-06-22

John j. Kirby,
| a correlation of form, figure color, sound
and parts in harmony, as is pleasing to the
eye and ear of the beholder. This is the
material beauty of art, which. by appeal
ing to the senses, eXcites in the soul con-
cealed behind them the inexpressible senti-
| ment of the beautiful. Our ear is so deli-
cate that it is shocked by discord. Ger
tain colors, when combined and shaded
into one another, charm the eye; certain
laws and relations of parts give pleasure,
others pain. The true artist knows the Sc
cret of this. He feels that color is want
ed here, a chord there, pillar in one part
of the structure, cornfce in another; that
| there is an overlooking with ornament here,
a departure from simplicity there, and he
changes into one harmonious whole the dis
cordant elements of his creation. This is
| the lowest form of beauty, and as art is
nothing more than an imitation of nature,
yet it is most necessary, for nature itself
| is all harmonical, and the expression of her
| beauties must be of similar nature.
The Truly Beautiful.
''Yet is this all? Is art a mere minister
to the pleasures of sense? Can We believe
that the works like those of Fra Angelica,
of Phidias or of Mozart are exhausted in
series of lines or curves, surface FORMS
colors and sounds? No. The truly beauti-
full creauon of the artist is more than ,nis
1t is the mirror of what is divine disclos-
ing through the medium of matter the alb
solute or ideal beauty the artist has formed
in his own mind He says not what he
| Sees but what he feels. But the best of
beauty in art is a finer charm than any
rules teach. 1t is the radiation from the
work of human character-the expression
through stone or canvas or musical sounds
of the deepest and, simplest attributes of
our nature, of religion, nobility reverence
and DEVOTION
Turning from art to literature. the speak
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revelation of the beautiful.
What architect lever conceived such
domes as Milton has reared in imperishable
verse?' the speaker asked. "What painter
has given to his canvas such lines as shad-
ow Dantes 'Inferno?' What sculptor has
carved such exquisite ffferm Shakes
peare's Cleopatra? The'frue man of letters
is a witness for the beautiful, wherever he
may see it, and there is nothing that exists
except things ignob1e and mean, in which
he may not find himself a home. The beau
tiful is a powerful medium and is founded
on the proper choice and correlation of
words and sentences to- give tongue, tone
and rhythm to 1.-The authors thought
Among our English men of letters Milton
measure. Closely allied to the beauty of
expression in a poem is its beauty of i'm
agery. The Italian poet, Ariosto, was pre-
eminent in this kind of beauty, by which
we are soothed and charmed and wrapt in
pleasure.
Far above and beyond the beauties of
imagery Is the beauty of thought. This
weds the mind as beauty of expression the
ear of the reader. The poet has lost the
true spirit who sacrifices this to his read
er's mere entertainment, and gives US in
his work a mere body where the spirit of
life should be crimsoned and the beauty of
truth emblazoned.''
The speaker stated that in France there
is a school of writers who deadly sim
ners against this last requisite of the beau
tiful. These men of whom Zola and Rour-
get tEDpS claiming n ha raa1iStS
play only side of human nature and
that the most disgusting. In closing, the
speaker paid high tribute to the works of
Shakespeare.
Degrees Conferred.
The comforting of degrees came next in
order. The names of the several candi-
dates were read by Rev. Father Shandelle,
S. j., and as each was called he received
the honors at the hands of Mgr. Martinelli.
The degrees conferred were as follows:
Doctor OF laws (honorary)-Judge c.
Needham Collier, MA. associate justice
of the supreme court of the territory of
New Mexico.
Degrees in course-Doctor of philosophy,
Sylvester DE- judd BIS, MS, New Jersey.
Master Of arts-Francis Xavier Boden,
Abb, Wisconsin; John McAuliffe Carr,
ABB, Indiana; Joseph Francis Collins ABB,
Massachusetts; Maurice Francis Donegau,
ABB. Iowa; Joseph Patrick Donnelly, B.,
Iowa; Philip Joseph Dougherty, ABB, Penn-a
sylvania; William Brantner Finney ABB,
Missouri; Alphonse James Follens, ABB,
Missouri: John Joseph Kirby, B., Mas
sachusetts; Milton Byrne Lennon, ABB,
California; Stuart Mcnamara, ABB, Dis
trict of Columbia; Matthew James Miles.
ABB, Iowa; Joseph James Noeker, jr,
ABB, Michigan: Daniel William O'Dono-
ghue, ABB. District Of Columbia Nicholas
Albert Poland. ABB, Ohio; Louis Joseph
Potts, ABB, District Of Columbia; Ramon
Eduardo Renus, ABB, Mexico: Ambrose
Joseph Riley, ABB, Missouri; Mark Alloy
sus Staed, A. B., Missouri.
During the course of the ceremony Of
comforting the degrees, which took consid-
cradle time, there was liberal applause, as
the names of popular students were called
out. Flowers were quite plentiful. A Sc
lection, "Recoiiections From Scotland" by
Braham, was rendered by the orchestra.
The Valedict0rian.
The valedictory was delivered by Harry
R. Cover. 'On the return of this final
academic function, which presents a scene
familiar to us AiI," The said. there comes
return, likewise, Of all the thoughts and
feelings and associations which are con-
nected with these Impressive closing SER
vices. And among the, many thoughts
which present themselves there comes
naturally that of the significance of the
occasion which is made. the scene of sc
much ceremony and s9Iemnity; which is
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