Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-07

/ lGUE. Inc LUKE VI OTHlOuuO,
the fleet. claimed the organ as ms ~
OF the prize money and presented ~
| the college. Many of the old pipes nay ~,
| been replaced, but the case remahs lug
same. Another interesting relic Is So "a
| chandelier which formerly hung III Inc
| house of commons when the irish pa ia "a
| ment occupied the building now useo iof
| the Bank Of Ireland. .
Beyond the chapel is a curious-iookinS
recumbent statue made of onyx. yWnIcn
has been crumbling so rapidly for years
| that 1t now bears very little resemoldnce
| to human form, and the features are en-.
| tirely effaced. The students claim 'idl
it was intended for Queen Elizanetn, tns
Luke Chaloner. one of the first promoters
| Of the institution.
The Grounds.
The grounds occupied by the collese
once belonged to All Hallows Monastery,
| which was suppressed by Henry VIII ana
the property conf1scated. 1t STOOD wen
| outside of the city walls and was I'M
occupied when, toward the end OF the
| reign Of Queen Elizabeth, numoer o OF
Dublin scholars raised fund OF t1oo
| to establish an institution for hlgner
| education. Queen Elizabeth gave the CON
| fscated estates of several rebel cnlels,
and James l increased the endowment
but it was not until the reign OF "llll I,il,
prosperous. They were very generous
| toward 1t, and the Irish parliament mace
liberal grants. But many time the lei
lows have been compelled to melt up tne
| college plate and resort to other oes
perate means to find money to pay LOT
| food and fuel.
During the entire history of the inst1-
tuition its faculty and students nave peen
loyal to the British government ana 10
| the Protestant church. 1t has refused
to receive Roman Catholics into the rae
ulty, and for centuries Roman Catholics
were prohibited from enjoying It's ao-
vantages in education. Therefore, IL Is
not strange that it is under the bann
of that church. and there has not been
a Catholic student upon the rolls LOT
| many years An Irish Roman Cathollc
| gentleman remarked one day to MEM
Der of the faculty:
eff / had wanted to send my son TO
Trinity l would have to fight first my
priest: second my bishop, and, third. my
| wife. Therefore 1 sent him to Oxford
Five Departments.
There are now five departments in the
university, the regular academic depart
ment and schools of law, medicine, the
ology and engineering.
There are in attendance today 1.241
| students, of whom 100 are women. Trinity
! is the first and only university outside of
Switzerland to give full education to wom-
| an students and grant them all degrees.
Only $50 students can be accommodated In
| the dormitories. The remainder have to
! live outside. No women are allowed In
the dormitories, but the trustees have
recently purchased an old-fashiOned spa
cious residence in the surburbs of the city
where about sixty can be accommodated.
The history of the admission Of women
Is quite interesting, but l shall have to
leave 1t until another letter.
Although the institution Is Familiarity
| known as Trinity College. that is the title
| of the academic department. and with its
affiliated schools it constitutes the Univer-
| sity Of Dublin. The charter bears date
| of March "a, 1891, under the title Of THE
College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity,
near Dublin Previous to 1873 the faculty,
| ships must be members of the Church Of
Ireland. Since then all restrictions and
disabilities have been removed, although
the history and traditions of the institu-
ton will not permit any self-respecting
Roman Catholic to send his son there.
Rank is strictly recognized among the
| students. Noblemen. sons of noblemen
and baronets are matriculated as such
under the titles of nobilis, filius noblis
and equaS; ordinary students are called
pensioners. Sizars are students of limited
means who must make oath that their
| fathers incomes are less than $500 a year,
| which exempts them from all fees and
gives them their commons or meals free
of expense. Pensioners pay els year,
fellow commoners ESQ and noblemen
EGO. When young man enters in either
| Of these classes he selects his tutor and
| makes application for room Which
| is assigned him as vacancies occur. and
he is recorded. A deposit of from $40 to
$1oO Is required as security against any
injury to the property. The room rent
varies from $50 to 500 year. All stu
| in the morning at half past eight and in
| the evening at nine o'clock and wear a
surplice. but upon certificates may be
allowed to attend one Of the Presbyterian
churches.
At half past ten o'clock every Saturday
morning the junior dean appears at the
hall and reads out the names Of all stu
dents who have violated the rules or
neglected their duties during the week, and
those who are present may offer excuses
which may or may not be accepted by the
dean. If they are not accepted the
student is fined a sum of money in lieu
| Of other punishment and these fines are
added to the commons fund which goes
to pay for the meals OF the students and
is controlled by the clerk Of the buttery
books
Fellow commoners pay seven shillings
and six pence week for board, PEN
nobility ten shillings. A fine Of five
shillings a week is imposed upon all
| students actually resident in college who
| do not take their meals at the commons
Zen students holding scholarships, called
walters, are annually appointed to say
grace before and after meat in the COM
mons hall. which must be repeated in
| Latin in a form prescribed by the stat
utes of the college All students are re-
quired to be in the college grounds be-
fore nine o'clock for roll call. After roll
call no one is permitted to pass the
gates without a written order from the
| dean. Those who do so are severely
| fined.
Col. Harris to Visit Potomac Forts.
The United States army tug Lieut..
Alonzo Gushing, which runs between this
city and the army posts on the Potomac.
will not lay up at Fort Washineton\ to-