The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-12-28
interesting Lecture Last
Night Under the Auspices
of St. Peters College
Alumni By DR.. James ].
Walsh
RECEPTION FOLLOWED
ADDRESS BY ALEXANDER HAM
ILL JR. AND EXCELLENT MU-
SIC BY ORCHESTRA AND SOLO
IsTs-ALUMNI OFFICERS

IsTs-ALUAINI OFFICERS
The Alumni of ST. Peters College and
many friends of the Association and the
College last night enjoyed most inter
esting lecture on "The Rise of the Und-
yersities." delivered in ST. Refers Hall
by James ]. Walsh. Ph.D., d. d. L. A
reception followed the lecture and many
remained to enjoy an informal dance.
The programme opened with selection
bv an orchestra under the direction of
Prof Joseph F. Ferry. Iris was follow
cd by an address by Alexander S. Ham
i'll. Jr., President Of the Alumni Asso-
cation. Miss Lillian Barr contributed
two magnifcently rendered soprano so-os,
"The Magic Song" ERIK Meyer Hell
mund) and s'When Sinks the Sun So
Gently ernest r. Bald. Miss Barr
was heartily encored each time she ap-
peared.
DR.. Walsh's lecture was one of those
mastery expositions of the history OF
higher education that cannot be describ-
ed in an ordinary newspaper report with
out marring the charm. That he had
delved deep into his subject and had all
- Er,,-o. ~ bie 6noa,.S, or
tongues end. was apparent. The dec
ture was no oratorical effort. It was an
array of facts put forth In such manner
as to justify the expression, st is truth
that lends the charm of relia bility to the
speaker
DR. Walsh holds that the thirteenth
century was the principal one in the his
tory Of higher education and goes so far
as to say that the Reformation ruined
education. He cited the history of the
universities at Bologna. Paris. Oxford.
Cambridge and other cities during the
thirteenth century, two and half CEN
turies before the Reformation. and said
that before the middle of that century
seven universities had been founded and
the number reached eleven before the
end of the century. In most interest
ing manner DIR. Walsh traced the history
of universities from the founding of a
law school at Bologna in 1160 up to the
beginning of the thirteenth century. when
they embraced medical. theological, as
economical philosophical department
in fact, all the arts and sciences.
The speaker maintained and cited
facts to prove it, that what has been
newly discovered in the sciences were at
least prophesied and taught by some
of the teachers in the universities of the
thirteenth century-dwelling with en-
phasis on the teaching of st. Thomas
Aquinas.
He drew very interesting compari
that attended the universities of the
thirteenth century and the number thai
attends the universities of today in pro
portion to the increased population. He
cited figures to show that in countrie:
where universities were flourishing il
the thirteenth century and where thu
population was but in the hundreds o.
thousands, 10000 and $4,000 students
attended, whereas New York, with {
population of 100000 to draw from
has accommodation for but 5000 stu
dents in her higher universities.
The Alumni Association of st. Peter.
college intend to hold series of lee
tures and entertainments in an effor
to revive interest among the graduate
of their noble Alma Mater.
The officers of the association are
President, Alexander S. Hamill Jr.
vice president, Mark A. Sullivan; secon,
yiee president, NJ. Frank Mullins, treas
nrer, James A. Nngent; secretary
& Arthur j. W;ele.
Board of Directors. George e. Cut
ley, Stephen Flynn, Rev. John
Maher. DR.. Thomas Emmett Smith
Joseph P. Egan. Joseph II, Brandt.
Committee on Entertainment.-Ma
A. Sullivan. Joseph f. Brandt, Josep1
r. Egan. DR.. Thomas Emmett Smith
John +. Marion, John J. Treacy, Josepl
P. Tumu;ty. James A. Hamill, Thoma
r. Costello.
Committee on College Interests Alex
ander s Hamill Jr., Rev. John J. Maher
John J. Nevs, ]. Frank Finn, Rev. vii
liam J. CarIin. David B. Cahlll, Thoma
Il. a. Griffin, DR.. John J. Broderick.