Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-02

might be nght1nS among tHeiisei'eS.
Not to say thay we don't do a good bit
of that on the side it is he added.
Fin Barre, Cork's Patron Saint.
One of the goddess colleges" is here
Oueen,s College-which occupies a beau
tiful situation or bluff in the outskirts
of the city. entirely hidden among vener-
able trees and lowering plants, with a
swift flowing brook at its feet 1t was
the site of a monastery established mere
by Fin Barre. the patron saint OF CORK
who came here about the year .oo, Dulit
a chapel and started monastlc school
that became famous and attracted hldhy
students from the continent or Europe.
The CITY grew up around that monastery
and was first composed of students VINO
lived in huts and cabins of their own CON
struction while they carried on their
studies Then business men and Farmers
began to come III and Cork became
place Of sufficient Importance to attract
the attention of the Danish sea roVers,
who after plundering it again and again.
took a fancy to the place and settled down
here themselves ST Fin Barre was
buried in his own church and his dust was
afterward taken out of the tomb and en-
shrined in silver reliquary winch was
carried away by one OF the y brlahs "heh
he drove the McCarthys, who happened TO
be in power in 1889. out of his stronghold
and looted the place. The McCarthys
were the kings of the country and blar-
ney castle, which is five miles from town, |
was their headquarters until the FANNY |
went to pieces.
Queens College.
But l started to tell you about Queens
College, which has over the arched en- |
trance the significant words:
Where Fin Barre taught, let Munster !
Learn
1t is a modern college. founded by
Queen Victoria in 1S49, together with TWO
others of the same sort at Belfast ana
Galway and the three are affiliated UNI
der the title of The Royal University OF
Ireland" That gives the degrees bestow-
ed upon their graduates higher charac-
ter and a greater value according 10 'le
notions of the people here.
The buildings are pretentious and OF the
Tudor order of architecture. They look
very mu III like those of the washington
University at st. Louis ana are arranged
in a similar manner, only the damp at
mosphere here gives the stone maturity
of color that no college in the United
States is old enough to acquire Ihere
are no dormitories. The students room
ana board where they like. There are
only lecture rooms, examination halls. a
library and a museum. Ihere is no
chapel, no religious service. and no Dish
ops or other clersymen are upon the
board of trustees. That Is why the insti-
tuition is under the bann of the Catholic
Church and is not patronized by the peo-
pie of the Church OF Ireland.
The Curriculum.
There are departments Of art, science,
engineering. law and medicine. but no
theology There is school of science
and art, at which the applied sciences
ana the trades are taught. occupying the
old building of the Royal Cork Institute
NV, NH
men and women. 1t is sort of Cooper
Institute founded by brewer named
Crawford, who made his money here.
The is also an agricultural and dairy
school, with an experimental farm of
$50 acres, on the hills about mile from
the city where instruction is given in
butter and cheese making and in general
agricultural science. Cork is the center
of the dairy trade of Ireland and exports
a great deal of butter to London.
An Educational Center.
There are several Catholic seminaries
and converts and Protestant boarding
school for boys and girls and preparatory
institutions of various grades attended by
children from all parts of southern Ire
laai which make Cork a sort of educa-
tional center.
There is a handsome library, presented
by Mr.. Carnegie, adjoining the city hall
holders. who, according to the report of
the librarian. borrowed So, 4Oi books last
year of which 63.902 were works of fic-
ton There is another library belonging
to a chartered association that is available
only to its members.
Various Attractions.
There is opera house and several
heaters and all the advantages and at
fractions that one would expect in city
of this size There is course of
$40 acres on the banks of the river Just
outside the city limits.
There is fine promenade. a mile long
called the Mardyke. sheltered by splendid
old trees, which form natural arch over
head 1t was a fashionable place for
gossip aid Irritation as long ago as 1870,
but is now given up chiefly to servant
girls and their lovers and to nurses and
children.
The Birds Sing More Sweetly.
The birds sing more sweetly in Cork
than any place we have been, or perhaps
we have noticed them more readily than
we have done elsewhere Irish birds are
as cheerful and happy as Irish people.
The other day when we were wandering
through the campus of Queens Collage