The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-01-20
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY.

Correspondence IntermOuntain Catholic)
Washington, D. c., Jan. 16-The UNI
veIslty reOpened after the Christmas
holidays, Wednesday, Jan. 3, when
classes were resumed in all the de-
partments. 1t was observed that there
was an increase of students in the diff
ferent schools.
The anniversary Mass for living BEN
efactors is one of the events at the uni
veesity at the beginning of the New
Year Saturday, Jan. 6, was the day
selected for this occasion this year.
The Right Rev. Rector, Mgr, Conaty
was the celebrant at the solemn mass,
at which the professors and students
of the university assisted. The uni
vensity thus bears in grateful remem-
brance the living benefactors who, by
their repeated acts of generosity, en-
ables it to carry on its work success
fully. At the beginning of each school
year. in November, a solemn mass OF
REQUIEM is said for benefactors who
have passed to their eternal reward.
Besides this. there is felt, by every
professor and student of the university,
especially those who are priests, the
Obligation in gratitude of a monthly
remembrance in the holy sacrifice Tor
all those who in any way contribute
to the maintenance and development OF
the university.
The public lecture course was re-
sumed on Wednesday, Jan. 10, by Hon.
Carroll D. Wright with the one on the
Relation of Single Tax Doctrine, Ma
tionalism, Anarchism and Nihlllsm 10
Socialism. The lecturer did not I'M
dertake to discuss the merits or demeT-
it's of the single tax doctrine, the pur-
pose of which is to abolish all taxation
save that upon land values. AS the
essence of socialism is Ito each man
according to his needs from each az
cordine to his abilities" the doctrines
of Henry. George is a species of social
ism. although Mr.. George himself was
not a. socialist. tAnarchism is the an
tithe,sis of socialism. although the an
srchists and the socialists are aiming
ait the same end, in one sense; as IL
Iustrated by their combination in the
International WOrkingman' associa-
tions founded in 1864, when they
worked together in agitation with dla-
metrically opposite theories, the So
cialists wishing to avoid lnequallly ny
increa sing state interference, the an
archielts by abclishing it. Each was
irving to secure equality in conditions.
THE nihilists. representing on one side
the extreme of Russian reVolutlonlstS
and one the other those who be.leVe
that by doing away with particular
forms of objectional government they
ran secure universal equality, are er-
roneously supposed to be partlsa1lS OF
universal destruction, having no con-
str,1ctive elements in their programme,
but this is not correct OF a large SCI
tion of the nihilists. Nihilism has for
its immediate object the overthrow of
the autocracy, reckoning, however,
solely upon the power of the proletal'-
fans Nationalism, which grew up al
+eJ, the writings of Edward Bellamy, Is
einnly modified and mild state social
ism The adherents of the doctrine be
live that the state should gradually
take over to itself function after func-
ton. and industry after industry, uIstll
finally it should control all.
On Friday, Jan. II, Professor Egan
began his course of lectures with the
one on Literature and Life. He stat
Cd as his thesis Literature is so close
Nv the expression of life that we can
hardly limit it. except by life tell"
In support of this he showed very
clearly the failure of the important at
tennis to define it, particularly that OF
Professor Posnet as an example of the
n,ndern scientific process. I am not
CERTAIN he said, that the great and
oyerhanging subject it stands for can
he rieidly described. But it seems to
me that today literature is the ak
preston in writing of thought, obserV-
alton. experience, emotion, mood,
knowledge personally expressed. DR..
Egan.. speaking of the conflict between
science and literature, said: These mis-
understandings have led the most
methodical and scientific men of letters
ia assert that science is bankrupt.
Now. science is not bankrupt; 1t has
enormous assets-asset so great that II
need not apply to the men of letters Tor
tbe certification of its checks. Its bad
reputation is entirely due to the tact
that certain of its stockholders have
forged drafts on that great theological
establishments which it can neither
dominate nor destroy"
Archbishop Keane returned for MS
New England trip and spent the
Christmas holidays at the university
He preached at the Cathedral OF New
York on Sunday, Jan. IA, and is the
guest of Archbishop Corrigan during
his work in that city. During his stay
in New England he was successful IN
arousing enthusiasm for the establish
roent of chair in the name OF the