He congratulates McMaster on the fearless stand taken by his paper. Feeling that the columns of this paper are open to every subject which promotes the freedom of man he describes a visit to St. Bonaventure's College in Alleghany, New York. The young philosophers he met there, as trained by Father Michael Richoudi, will be able to easily refute the atheists who are so numerous in the States. The writer is English and is happy to find that at this school "cramming" is not tolerated. He feels that the spirit at this school is the same as that in Europe, where the teacher and student are friends. The relations between Father Pamfilo de Magleano, O.S.F. and the students is the relation of father and children. He does not describe the exercises at which Bishop John Timon was present in all his humility, in detail, but merely points out that certain men were outstanding, namely Messers, O'Brien, Connolly, Fleming, C. McManus, Bloomer, Scott, Driscoll, and a certain Mr. Barry from Boston who showed up well. They did justice to themselves and to their orations. Mr. J. P. Murphy endeavored to instruct in the secrets of the Irish language, fully convincing us that the old Celtic tongue has lost nothing of its power by its transposition to America. The Bishop closed the exercises with an address to the students and teachers. :: I-1-n A.L.S. initials 3pp. 4to.