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. XVI SANTA CLARA, CAL., OCTOBER, 1916 No. 1 Jprontl in lago © J. CHARLES MURPHY OWN by tke sKore wkere the crested waves skiver and dance and gleam, Down wkere tke flasking, sunlit spray laugks like a ckild in a dream ; Have you ever keard tke roaring surge drone its monotony ? Have you ever peered beyond tke swell, and looked far out to sea ? Now I can kear tke swisk and tke roar and tke moan of tke surf below, Now I can kear tke breakers roll, steady and sure and slow ; But tke melanckoly groaning song is a noble sympkony, For I peer beyond tke keaving swell, and look far out to sea.

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TOP ROW: E. L. NICHOLSON, EXCHANGES R. C. HOWARD, UNIVERSITY NOTES ROW; C. K. CANELO. BUSINESS MGR. J. C. MURPHY. EDITOR L. A. BERGNA, ASST. BUS. MGR BOTTOM ROW: J. R. ENRIGHT, ALUMNI L. T. MILBURN, ATHLETICS

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The Paris Commune Leo Louis Gairaud HE affairs of the Com- mune of Paris are so closely interwoven with those of the French Revolution that to fully understand all the forces at play, it will be necessary to take a short survey of the causes of the Revolution itself; the manner of life, habits and customs of the people of the city; and the state of Paris at that period. The Commune of Paris was the name given to the insurrectionary govern- ment, which, through its commissioners elected by the Sections, usurped the supreme authority. It was the munici- pal government, or Council General, of the Sections of the city, of which there were originally sixty electing delegates to the Council. The Council General was elected by universal suffrage, and from its members, the Mayor of Paris was selected by the central govern- ment; or, if not selected by them, was appointed by those in authority. The Council General was responsible for the maintenance of order to the Direc- tory of the Department of the Seine. A portion of the time during which the Commune held sway is known as the Reign of Terror. In the administrative system of France the Commune is generally the lowest unit. It corresponds in the ru- ral districts to the English parish or township, and in towns to the English municipality. While Paris was always governed by a Commune, the name has been applied to those revolutionary dis- turbances with which Paris seemed to delight. Thus the Commune has come to denote those specific times only, as distinguished from the ordinary gov- ernment. Paris was, during the eighteenth cen- tury, the center of learning, not only of France, but of the whole of Europe. To Paris flocked all the youths of the country. All those who wished to become famous in their chosen field of work, went to Paris and studied. Lou- is XV encouraged and helped the arts. He did not disturb the free utterances of the people, feeling that, if the peo- ple were free to talk and write, they would not wish to put their thoughts into action. On this account, there issued from Paris all the important papers, or pamphlets, many of which, political in character, had to be printed in foreign countries because of a special censure, and were shipped to Paris for distribu- tion. Before the revolution, Paris was the