Evening star., 1909-07-12


sents noble front to the passengers
on the steamers, who invariably inquire
what il is.
Where Novitates Are Taught.
St. Andrews is a Jesuit college for the
education of novitiates from other insti-
tutions. and was removed here from Fred
erck, Md. in 1908. 1t occupies the old
Stuyvesant estate, and the new building
Of brick, five stories high and 800 by 1J0
feet on the ground, stands where the fine
old mansion of that famous family stood.
The park includes $50 acres. which has
been embellished with the highest art:
across the road is a farm and a dairy to
furnish vegetables. milk and butter for
the table. while W in the mountains is
a tract of 200 acres of woodland, which
protects the water supply.
There are 1876 students at st. Andrew 8,
the largest community of Jesuits in the
country except that at ST. Louis Uni
versity, and they are under the instruc-
tion Of a faculty Of six professors. with
Father Petit. an eminent scholar, as su-
perior. The institution was removed here
from Frederick because more room was
needed, and this location is much more
convenient. AS at all other Jesuit insti-
tutions. the standard of scholarship is
very high the discipline is very severe,
but the equipment is costly and perfect
Mrs Thomas F. Ran of Washington
is a generous benefactor of the order, as
she is of all other branches of the Ro-
man Catholic Church. She built the
chapel, which is an architectural gem
Young men who aspire to enter the So
ciety of Jesus must spend two years here
in the practice of practical asceticism
in learning the habit and custom of the
order: in training themselves to medita-
ton and to the discipline that is required
of the members of that brotherhood. This
must be done before they take the vows.
After they have taken the vows they
spend two more years here in the study of
the classics: they then spend three years
in the study of theology. philosophy, sci
| ences and other branches of learning at
| Woodstock, Md. The next step is to
serve as instructors or scholastics in the
various colleges of the order for four
years Then they return to Woodstock to
complete their theological studies, and
after three years they are ordained into
the priesthood That makes eleven years,
which, with four years of preparation
makes a total of fifteen years which is
required for educational training and dis
cipiine for the members of the Society of
Jesus.
Tertianship Requirement.
After serving as a priest attached to
some parish for a time and getting a
practical experience in pastoral work, a
brother must come back TO ST. Andrews
for what is called tertianship, or third
year of novitiate, in which he repeats
the same exercises and discipline that he
went through In his first year OF novitiate.
The students of that grade do the most
menfal labor in the stables, in the gar
den: they serve as solutions in the ktch-
en-: they sweep the halls, make the beds
and sweep the foors-these men who have
spent fifteen years in study-and the OBJ
ject is to accuStom them to the practice
of humility and obedience: to teach them
10 do whatever is to be done without in
quiry or explanations: to renew the fervor
and zeal which are the virtues of the Jes-
uitS.
ST. Andrews is a model institution. 1t
is entirely modern. and Is fitted with all
the conveniences of an up-to-date hotel.
Few institutions have SO beautiful To-
cation and such lovely surroundings and
ii is altogether a most attractive place.
And it is difficult to believe that the
men we saw working on the farm. in the
dairy, digging trenches for water pipes
and doing other hard work about the
place were scholars of eminent ability
and learning.
Episcopal Monastery.
From the steps OF st. Andrews you can
see across the Hudson. in the center of
a wide lawn, encircled by a grove, an
English looking building of red brick
| which was erected few years ago as a
sort of monastery or retreat for clergy
men of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
| and it is usually filled with high church.
men from New York city, who come there
for prayer and meditation.
| 1t was established and is under the di-
rection of a brother of Bishop Hunting
ton. and is conducted after the same man
ner as similar institutions under the Ro-
man Church
On the opposite side of the old stage
road from st. Andrews. and little farther
along, is the state hospital for the in
sane, one of the five which are found
necessary for the population of New
York 1t is an enormous institution and
has more than 1900 inmates. of whom
400 belong to the Roman Catholic
Church and are under the spiritual care
of the Jesuit fathers of St. Andrews.
Historic Graveyard.
A few miles farther north is st. James
Episcopal Church of Hyde Park. one of
the oldest houses Of worship in this coun-
try and one of the most famous. 1t is
precisely like the many parish churches in
rural England, even to the Ivy on the
walls. and is surrounded by a cemetery
conta lining the burial vaults of famous
families.
There are three branches of the Liv-
insstons, three branches of the Roose-
velts, the Pendletons, the Hoyts, the
Langdons, the Dinsmores, the Gerrys and
other Knickerbocker stock which first
settled this part of the country and laid
their dead to rest under these beautiful
elms for several generations.
Great uncles and great-gra andfathers of
| our late President are buried here and
they must have been proud of their name
because they repeated it so often at the
baptismal font Roosevelt Roosevelt
sounds rather pretentious to the ears of
strangers, but has a satisfactory tone
to the members of that family. I am
told that member of the present genera
tion is authorized by the usual ecclesfas-
teal formalities TO sign himself 'Roose-
welt Roosevelt Roosevelt
In this old cemetery are the ancestors
of Matthew Astor Wilkes who recently
married the daughter of Hetty Green. and
beside their family vault is that of
Thomas Howard Howard descendant
of Gov. Peter Stuyvesant, who married
into the Vanderbilt family. The Lang
dons and the Hoyts and Elbridge Gerry
married LiviEgstons, who were the most
arstocratic, while others married Astors,
who were the richest denizens in this part
of the country.
But all have found their level here
And / am reminded of an epitaph | saw
on a tombstone at Waltham Abbey. Eng
land, last summer. 1t was inscribed upon
the headstone at the grave of a poor
shoemaker
Here lie at the chancel door,
Here lie / because l poor
The farther in, the more you pay;
But here l lie, as rich they
Memorial Tablets.
Within the church the walls are orna-