Chapter III: Front Matter (3)

With regard to the third question, it is well we should observe, in order to avoid any misunderstanding, that we are speaking of the _De profundis_ which is said after Mass at the end of the absolution, when the clergy are proceeding to the sacristy. The Rubrics are clear as to when the _De profundis_ is to be said at the end of Lauds: "Psalmus lauda anima mea in vesperis similiter et Psalmus _De profundis_ in fine laudum non dicuntur in die commemorationis omnium fidelium defunctorum, neque in die obitus seu depositionis defuncti". We think that much the same answer is to be given about the _De profundis_ at the end of the absolution, as was given above about the _Anima ejus et animae omnium_, etc. This opinion is held by the author above quoted, and it is only in case the corpse is present that the Ritual prescribes the _De profundis_. "Deinde a sepultura in ecclesiam vel in sacristiam revertentes dicant sine cantu antiphonam si iniquitates etc. cum Psalmo, De profundis, etc.", and there is a decree of the Sacred Congregation of Rites which appears to confirm our views.

"Dec. 4543. Antiphona et Psalmus De profundis nec non
versiculus animae eorum in die commemorationis omnium
fidelium defunctorum post absolutionem ad tumulum sunt
omittenda juxta. Decr. 2 Decembris, 1684".

"Die 28 Julii, 1832".

We must add that the practice in Rome is, even absente corpore, to say the _De profundis_, and hence our readers will perceive there is some difficulty in settling the question.

We wish, however, to state that, being pressed for time, we were not able to examine this question as fully as we would wish, and we hope soon to return to it; and if, in the mean time, any light were thrown on the subject by any of our learned readers who study such matters, we shall be very glad to receive any remarks or suggestions that may be forwarded to us.

CORRESPONDENCE.

_To the Reverend Editors of the Irish Ecclesiastical Record._

GENTLEMEN,

May I beg you to insert in your widely-circulating journal the following list. It may be useful to the clergy for the information of youths, in whose higher education they take an interest, and especially now, when we may hope that to have studied under a Catholic system will no longer be an obstacle to advancement.

I remain, Gentlemen, Your faithful servant, BARTH. WOODLOCK, _Rector_.

Catholic University, Dublin, 31st July, 1865.

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY EXHIBITIONS.

TO BE COMPETED FOR IN OCTOBER, 1865.

_General Regulations._

1. The following Exhibitions will be offered for competition in the University on Tuesday, October 10th, and following days.

2. The Examinations will commence each day at 10 A.M.

3. Candidates are required to send in their names and commendatory letters from their University or Collegiate Superior, to the Secretary of the University, on or before the day preceding the Examination at which they propose to present themselves.

4. They will not be awarded unless for distinguished answering.

5. The successful candidates, if not already matriculated, are required to matriculate within one week after the declaration of the award of the Examiners.

6. Every Exhibition is tenable for one year, unless where otherwise specified; but successful candidates are required to attend Lectures in the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, or of Science, according to their standing, and can hold the Exhibitions so long only as they observe the regulations of the University.

7. No one, however, can hold two Exhibitions in the same matter;--_e. g._, two Classical, or two Mathematical Exhibitions, or two Exhibitions in Physical Science, cannot be held by the same person.

EPISCOPAL EXHIBITIONS.

_Special Regulations for the Episcopal Exhibitions._

1. No Student above twenty-two years of age, or of more than one year's standing in any University, will be allowed to compete for the Episcopal Entrance Exhibitions.

2. The Examinations for the Classical Exhibitions will take place on Tuesday, October 10th, and Wednesday, October 11th; and for the Mathematical Exhibitions, on Thursday, October 12th, 1865.

3. The Episcopal Exhibitions will be distributed among Students from the Ecclesiastical Provinces of Armagh and Cashel, Dublin and Tuam respectively; provided competitors from these provinces offer themselves, and comply with the other conditions prescribed.

4. The successful Candidates must attend the lectures of the First or Second Year.

I.--FOR ENTRANCE.

_Open to all Students of not more than One Year's standing in the University._

_Classical._--One Exhibition of L20, one of L15, and three of L10 each, for proficiency in the Classical and Literary matter of the Entrance Examination.

Candidates for these Exhibitions will be examined in Latin and Greek Grammar, and Latin Composition; in the elements of Ancient Geography, or Roman History (from the beginning of the Republic to the Battle of Actium), and of Greek History (from the Legislation of Solon to the death of Philip); and in the following books:--

Homer, _Iliad_, i.-iii.;
Euripides, _Alcestis_;
Virgil, _Aeneid_, i.-iii.;
Cicero, _in Catilinam_, i.-iv.

Special marks will be given for Latin verses and Greek composition.

_Mathematical._--One Exhibition of L20, one of L15, and three of L10 each, for proficiency in the Mathematical matter of the Entrance Examination.

The Examination for these Exhibitions will not extend beyond the second book of Euclid, nor embrace matter which is not included in most Algebraical Treatises within the limits of Simple Equations.

II.--SECOND YEAR'S EXHIBITIONS.

_Open to Students of the University, of not more than Two Years' standing, who have passed the Annual Examination of the First Year._

_Classical._--One Exhibition of L25, one of L20, and one of L15.

Candidates for these Exhibitions will be examined in Latin and Greek Grammar and Composition; in the elements of Ancient Geography, of Roman History (from the beginning of the Republic to the battle of Actium) and of Greek History (from the Legislation of Solon to the death of Philip), and in the following books:--

Herodotus, vi.; Euripides, _Hippolytus_; and Sophocles, _Ajax_.

Horace, Epistles, including the Art of Poetry; Terence, _Heautontimoroumenos_; and Tacitus, Histories.

Special marks will be given for Greek and Latin verse.

_Mathematical._--One Exhibition of L25, one of L20, and one of L15, for proficiency in Euclid, i.-vi. (definitions of Book v.); Algebra, including the Theory of Equations; Plane Trigonometry; Cooerdinate Geometry and Conic Sections.

EXHIBITIONS FOR AFFILIATED STUDENTS.[31]

_Special Regulations._

1. These Exhibitions are open to all _Affiliated_ Students of the University, who will have passed the Entrance Examination since the 1st June, 1863.

2. The Examination will be held in the University Buildings, 86 Stephen's Green, commencing each day at 10 A.M., as follows:--

Classical Exhibitions, on Tuesday and Wednesday, 10th and 11th October, 1865.

Mathematical Exhibitions, on Thursday, 12th October, 1865.

3. These Exhibitions are subject to the General Regulations given above.

4. They are tenable for two years; but can be enjoyed so long only as the holders attend those Lectures of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, or of Science, which are prescribed, according to their standing, in the University course of Studies, and observe the rules and regulations of the University. In every case they will cease at the end of the Session 1866-7.

_Classical:_--One Exhibition of L30, and one of L25.

The subjects of the Examination will be Latin and Greek Grammar, and Latin Composition; the Elements of Ancient Geography, of Roman History (from the beginning of the Republic to the Battle of Actium), and of Greek History (from the legislation of Solon to the death of Philip); and in the following books:--

Homer, _Iliad_, i.-vi.; and Herodotus, vi.

Virgil, _Aeneid_, i.-vi.; Cicero, _in Catilinam_, _pro Milone_, _Archia_, and _Lege Manilia_.

Special consideration will be given to Latin Verses and Greek Composition.

_Mathematical:_--One Exhibition of L30, and one of L25, for proficiency in Elementary Mathematics, viz.:--

Algebra (except the Theory of Equations); first six books of Euclid; Elements of Plane Trigonometry.

HIGHER UNIVERSITY EXHIBITIONS.

_Regulations._

1. The following Exhibitions, tenable for one year, are open to all who present satisfactory testimonials of conduct.

2. Former successful competitors may again compete for them.

3. But the Candidates cannot be above twenty-six years of age, or of more than five years' standing in any University.

CLOYNE EXHIBITIONS.

_Founded by the Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese of Cloyne._

_Cloyne Exhibition in Mental Science_, L20:--Friday and Saturday, 13th and 14th October, viz.:--

Proficiency in Logic and the Elements of Mental Philosophy.

_Cloyne Classical Exhibitions:_--_One of_ L30, _and one of_ L20:--Monday and Tuesday, 16th and 17th October.

The subjects of Examination will be:--

Greek and Latin Grammar; Greek and Latin Composition, both prose and verse; Elements of Ancient Geography; History of the Peloponnesian War, from 431 to 404 B.C.; Roman History, from the outbreak of the Social War to the Death of Cicero; and the following books:--

Thucydides, i. ii.;
Aeschylus, _Agamemnon_;
Cicero, _de Oratore_, i. ii.;
Virgil, _Aeneid_, ix. xii.;

_Cloyne Exhibition in Irish History, Literature, etc._, L20:--Wednesday, 18th October:--

Irish History, from the English Invasion to the Plantation of Ulster; Elements of the Irish Language; Materials of Irish Literature.

LIMERICK EXHIBITIONS.

_Founded by the Laity of the City and County of Limerick._

_Limerick Mathematical Exhibition_, L30:--Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 19th, 20th, and 21st October.

For proficiency in the full University course of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Physics (vide _Calendar_, pages 42, 43).

_Two Limerick Modern Literature Exhibitions_, L20 _each_, viz.:--

(_a_) Wednesday, 25th October--English Language and Literature; and English History from the Accession of James I., 1603, to the Death of George II., 1760.

(_b_) Thursday, 26th October--The Language and Literature of France, Italy, or Germany, at the option of the candidate; and the History of the country, the Language and Literature of which he presents, viz.:--

French History, from the Accession of Francis I., 1515, to the Death of Louis XIV., 1715;

Italian History, from the Death of Lorenzo de Medici, 1492, to the re-conquest of Naples by the Spaniards, 1733; or

German History, from the Accession of Charles V., 1519, to the Treaty of Westphalia, 1648.

CONOLLY EXHIBITIONS, L20 EACH.

_Founded by John Conolly, Esq._

I. _Mathematics:_--Thursday and Friday, 19th and 20th October:--Cooerdinate Geometry, Differential and Integral Calculus.

II. _Mathematical Physics:_--Friday and Saturday, 20th and 21st October:--Mathematical Statics and Dynamics, and Elements of Mathematical Geography and Astronomy.

III. _Experimental and Kosmical Physics:_--Monday and Tuesday, 23rd and 24th October:--Heat, Light, Electricity, and Magnetism; Elements of Geology, Physical Geography and Climatology, and Astronomy.

IV. _Natural Sciences:_--Tuesday and Wednesday, 24th and 25th October:--Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Crystallology.

N.B.--Of these Exhibitions, Nos. I. and II. cannot be held by the same person; so also Nos. III. and IV. cannot be held simultaneously.

FOOTNOTES:

[31] Affiliated Students are such as, having passed the Entrance Examination, pursue their studies in an approved college or school, with the view of completing the higher studies in the University (_Calendar_, page 48). For the purposes of the Examination for the above Exhibitions, all Students who will have been examined for Entrance by the University Examiner in one of the seminaries, colleges, or schools, connected with the University (vide _Calendar_, page 81), between the 1st June, 1863, and the 10th October, 1865, will be eligible.

DOCUMENTS.

THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITIES OF BELGIUM AND OF IRELAND.

The Catholic University of Louvain has just been deprived by death of its first Rector, Mgr. Peter Francis Xavier de Ram. This illustrious prelate was called to the reward of his useful life on Sunday, the 14th of May, and his demise has caused a vacancy, not only in the University over which he presided with so much prudence and energy for over thirty years, but also in several other learned bodies, of which he was a most distinguished member. His death has been a severe loss to his native land and to the Catholic Church in Belgium. Let us hope the great work for which he lived will long continue to be a prolific source of every blessing to Catholic Belgium.

On hearing of the death of Mgr. de Ram, our Catholic University, which, in obedience to the advice of the Sovereign Pontiff, has ever looked on that of Louvain as its model and elder sister, hastened to hold a meeting of the Academic Senate, at which the following letter of condolence was unanimously agreed to:--

Illustrissimo et adm. Rdo. Dno. Vice Rectori; Illmis. D.D.
Facultatum Decanis; et perillustribus D.D. in Universitate
Cath. Lovaniensi Professoribus ornatissimis,

Universitas in Hibernia Catholica S. D.

Paucis abhinc diebus pervenit ad nos tristissima notitia
mortis Illmi. et Rmi. D.D. Francisci Xaverii de Ram, istius
Universitatis in Belgio Catholicae Magnifici Rectoris. Haud
certe sine maximo cordium nostrorum dolore nuntium istum
accepimus. Siquidem et inclytam Universitatem Vestram
praecipuo lumine et ornamento destitutam conspicimus, et
Supremo Capite et primo Rectore orbatam, qui res nascentis,
imo potius renascentis Academiae summa humanitate,
ornatissimus homo, est moderatus: qui miro ordine ita omnia
paravit et instituit, ut antiquae illius in vestra civitate
Universitatis decus et in scientiis laudem nova aemularetur,
imo et superaret.

Ad consolandum igitur vos in casu isto, quo est gravissime
afflicta Academia Vestra, Universitatem hanc nostram urget
et communis fides, et praecipua dilectio qua nos complecti
dignati estis, et nomen ipsum Universitatis Catholicae. Nam
et inclytam vestram Academiam haec nostra haud passibus
aequis insequi conatur, et vester proinde dolor, aerumnae
vestrae nobis vobiscum sunt communes. Itaque et inter hos
dies nostrum erit clarissimi viri, vestri quondam Rectoris
Magnifici animae piaculari Sacrificio opitulari, publicisque
Ecclesiae officiis, et illi requiem et ipsius Operi,
Universitati scilicet Vestrae incolumitatem et in dies
provectus adprecari.

Ex aedib. Univers. in Hib. Cath.

Datum Dublinii V. Kal. Junias, 1865.

BARTH. WOODLOCK, Rector Univer. Cath.

THOMAS SCRATTON, A.B. a Secretis Universit.

The Vice-Rector of the University of Louvain has returned the following answer:--

Louvain, de l'Universite Catholique, le 9 Juin, 1865.

MAGNIFICE RECTOR,

Perquam gratae nobis fuere literae tuae plenissimae illa
humanitate, proximis hisce diebus ad nos datae, in quibus
Dublinensis Academiae nomine moerorem nostrum de obitu Viri
illustrissimi Petri Francisci Xaverii de Ram, tuae doloris
participatione levare voluisti, unaque significasti
Dublinensem Academiam jam nunc hoc quoque curare, ut brevi,
in suo coetu, oblato peculiari Sacrificio, publicis votis
precibusque aeterna requies animae illustrissimi Viri a Deo
expectatur.

Itaque facere non possum, Magnifice Rector, quin nostrae
Academiae nomine tibi gratias quam maximas agam tam ob hoc
germanae caritatis indicium quam ob illam doloris officiosam
significationem.

Immanem profecto jacturam facimus in amissione Viri qui, ut
recte dicis, Magnifice Rector, renascentis Lovaniensis
Academiae quodam modo pater fuit, et diuturno tempore
gubernator prudentissimus, et praecipuum ejus lumen et decus
et ornamentum; quem nos quidem eodem desiderio lugemus quo
filii parentem.

Reliquum est, ut Dublinensi Academiae, quam tu, Magnifice
Rector, sapientissime moderaris et nos praecipuo quodam
amore complectimur, prospera quaevis exoptemus; quod magnam
certe partem praestiterimus, si, quod enixe facimus, Deum
precamur ut te illi Academiae quam diutissime servet.

VICE RECTOR UNIVERSITATIS.

T. A. NAMECHE.

_Viro Eximio ac Reverendissimo Bartholomaeo Woodlock,
Magnifico Rectori Universitatis Catholicae in Hibernia._

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