University of Santa Clara - Redwood Yearbook (Santa Clara, CA)

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Entered Dec. 18, 1902, at Santa Clara. Cal., as second-class matter, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879 VOL. XV SANTA CLARA, CAL., OCTOBER, 1915 No. 1 TKe Most Reverend Edward J. Hanna, ArcKtisKop of San Francisco Prince of the Cnurcn, to tnee, all nail ! TKine apostolic reign be long. Ana, all triumphant over wrong, Thy banner of our faith prevail ! Thy gifts we cherish, prize thy fame, We know the tablets thou has wrought, Thy potent voice, thy master thought, The virtues that enwreathe thy name. Thy precepts make for war ' s surcease ; Aye, more— a Christ-like brotherhood, Where mortals vie in doing good, While world-wide rings the note of Peace. May Truth and Love Divine prevail, A climax of thy gracious sway ! Our hearts a loyal homage pay ! Prince of the Church, to thee, all hail ! CHAS. D. SOUTH

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MOST REVEREND EDWARD J 10SE SOLEM NSTALLATION AS ARCHBISHOP OF SA TOOK PLACE JULY 28. 1915 D D. N FRANCISCO

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ARE THE DARK AGES JUSTLY SO-CALLED? HE Middle, or Dark Ages are the most abused and least deserv- ing of the abuse of all periods of history. On ac- count of the great obstacles in the path of its ad- vancement, no other epoch merits more sympathy for its failures, and more ad- miration for its triumphs. It is not a doubtful assertion that the mediaeval times have received less sympathy and more intolerance, less admiration and more denunciation, than ages unworthy of a place beside them. Historians seem to delight immense- ly in roundly scoring this period. If they are not guilty of plain misstate- ments they minimize its good qualities, and its defects are proclaimed loud and long, thereby producing an unjust impression. A certain historian re- marks in the first pages of a volume of the Middle Ages, that the Church was in spite of her defects, a powerful force for the good during the mediaeval times, but he refrains from mentioning few things save her faults, which he himself acknowledged as unusual and exceptional. Her effects on the ad- vancement of civilization, a topic of great importance, is unnoticed. It has become so customary to ascribe almost any and every desirable quality to mediaeval times, that until recently little independent research to verify statements concerning them was con- sidered necessary. This continued slander against the Middle Ages has powerfully affected the popular con- ception concerning them. At present, they are very lowly esteemed by many people who know nothing definite about them, having adopted their opinion merely because it was the current one. But intelligent and sympathetic study of mediaeval times does and is bringing more favor upon them. The Dark Ages are Dark only to those who are igno- rant of them. In what way shall we proceed to judge the Middle Ages? Surely we shall not examine them and discover- ing them inferior in civilization to our age, declare them unenlightened? This is plainly unfair. The twentieth cen- tury has, over and above what it has achieved of itself, a rich legacy from all foregoing time. Yet we find many historians comparing modern and mediaeval times, apparently without realizing the injustice of such a com- parison. Rather we should consider the amount of progress an age has