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Pllblishcd (II l\:(I:;an:lh Col/ege, Roche.>"Icr . • Vc--... ' York
VOL. V. DECEMBER, 1929 No. 3
Sodality Conference ~~l!!i!!!w.l!I'l!!~l!!l!I'l!!l!!'I!!l!!'l!!l!I'l!!l!I'l!!l!1iI!!!l!I'l!!~ Dr. Walsh Gives
Held at Buffalo ~ I. Lecture on Mexico
The invitation arrived on Tues- If! iif On FrIday, November 22. Naureth
day: Dorothy McKay. our secretary: ~ ftit. COllege was honored by the pre<;ence
maile<! our reply of acceptance ~ ~~ of the eminent Doctor JamelS Walsh.
Tuesday night: I da. Holmes. chair- 1R~ W. His lecture was most enterta.1nlng.
man of the MIssion Committee. be- \li ~ >!ince he po:ssesse$ 1n1mltable Wit,
gaIl to note Items of Interest suit- ii! ~. together with Wloounded historical
able for oral. presentatlon- this com- ! ~ knowl«ige.
prise<! our preparatlon tor the W~t- ~ ni "Mexico. from an Academic St.alld-ern
New York Student,s' Spiritual i! + + If. point" v,'1\S the topic of his lecture.
Conf~nce in Buflalo on Sunday. li !i Mexico is not a white country. Halt
November 17. "iff:: .. ;. the country are pure-blooded In-
The enthusiasm of us Na7.9.reth .. iII? d.1ans. Of the remaining Mty per
College delegate.;; was heightened \ii M cent., half are half-breds. A court
when we learned that, ~ause of a i! t.... decision would be necessary to prove
mnst opportune railroad excursion. ""tI!.: P-. that half the rest are white. and a
our r:.ll.'Ilber would be inc!"eMed t.l ~ !!\ doubtful decision It would be!
about t\l,enty -tlve. including Seniors. J@ if. Our treatment of the lndlo.m Is
J un!ors. Sophomores, and Fresh- \i fl an indelible dl.:!grace to our Natloll.
men. We had no ditnculty In tlnd- .~ m I1T i .... To stre!l$ the point. Dr. Walsh re-ing
Canlslus CoUege: many of u.s 7<.9. zurrry ~~ri.9tma.6 ~ mlnded WI of this quotation: "On
had the privUege of participating in lii ~~ the tint day the English fell upon
a May-day celebration there last i! if. their knees: on the secolld ctay they
yeu . The gymnasium. v!cowed from ~: M fell upon t he I ndian aborlgl.-nes."
our resenecl scats. lent a familiar ._ :Q.l A h13torlcal survey of SpanLsh-aspect
to our meetina. • if.: America brings to light ~ome liUT-The
coo m·entlon 0 Is well underway. "4'\~~. ili".-"';;'~.""1"1~(".""1i1i(.i !1f'i"i" "iII~(I'"i"''. ~I"'i"''. ~-)I"IiI"''IIiilIll~i.l "."..",".."~-~. p"IIi"'aS" "f,o,u nddoet>d., thAetr eU w"r rUe ranl,r eHad.yn eux-,
The opl'ning prayer. the words of bound to pay: Let uor cry be. 'Por_ Te stimon ial Dinner for IsUng In Spanish-America tiwee unJ -
:~~:~~ :~!n.~::;~n ~1~ae;: =~~h/~e~~a~~~e applause is Dr. Ge:lrge F. Kettell ~~~I~~~~~:n~~a:;e~~' \::
a nd means of honoring the Holy During the course of the afternoon three centuries ahead of EngUsh-
Eucha.:1st ]s 1ru;plring In aU present representatJves from the schools as- on Wednesday evening, November America." By the time ~ur first
a desJre to co-operate loyally with sociated with the Western New York 27, a dinner was held at the Powers book was published there had al­our
Eucharistic leader. Boys ami Organization addressed the students Hotel for Dr. Oeo~ P. Kettell. The ready been printed t"lli'O hundred for -
l
MisSes Helen Cronin and Betty
girls. you~ men and young wombl The sub ect of Catholic Action and. Randall of the senior cla.ss and ty books In Mexico. It Is Important
contributing Ideu in eloquel:t the relatiol'. existing between a to remember that we have the bookll.
'onls co:ulng from hearts that are Catholic and bl.s non-Catholic asso- Helen HowlAnd and Eleano: Cralg English propaganda pr~ented
sincere. clates occupied the major part of of the J unior Class were the Naza- Cortez as a barbarous conquerer.
To WI It liearns that the subject of the program. Many valuable reth COllege representatives. However the conquest of COrtez
'·Mlsslons·· wU] ne\'er be in o~(]l'%". thouahts were suggested which The speaker of the evening was meant more for the happiness of
t Is our critical moment. the clln:a~' needed only to be put into pnu:t1ce. Vice--COmmander of the Legion, MexiCO than the conquest of the
f the convention. The PreslC~llt Immediately preceding the close trom Cincinnati. In ans~"er. Dr. Romans meant for Gaul. In 1524
announces from the ~t(lie. ··MIs.; Ida of the meeting, Nazareth College Kettell gave a very splendid addre!l$ Cortez buUt a hospltill for the In-
Holmes. chairman of the ML .... lol: tormally extended to the ConferenCl! on the spiritual aspect of the Legion. diarui. It III sun In existence anrl Is
mmlttee of Nazareth COlleg ... wl!l :m invitation to hold the next con- During the program Dr. Kettell \\'as the most beautiful hospital bulldlllj{
pen the dl.scltssion in that tlelrl:' \'entlon In Rochester. The accept- pre5ented with a leather t:aveUng In this country.
··Mr. Pres:de!"\t. Re\erend Fathers. mce ~1I.lI unanimous. The necessary bag and brief case. In 1526 the organization ot edu-
Sisters. lind Fellow-SOdalists. . . ." molion was made and seconded and ~--- catJou wus begun In MexiCO. Charles
lidl. !s spenklr-t: •. ow. ner voice rln\tl> was followed by a motion ad}ournlng Doctor Kinsman's Lecture v sent bl.s brother, a Franciscan
b1t~ the meet\..ni". friar, to &ee that the ~aching of the
1t is easy to M:C thd she is I<"lr. - Father Eichhorn, the new Presl- On December 5. folloWing closel.)" Indians wa.s camed out. The Rule
ning ~cr audience. She Is pral.:;Jng dent of Canisuls COllege, addressed 3.rter Dr. Walsh·s lecture, but not was that wherever a Church wa.>
pur work at Collegc. SM tells or ~he !'Odallsts in St. Vincent·s Churc:: too closely to Interlere with our !n- built. there also should be a .!!Choo!.
rbU:I old ;;:old CamPlign, ou~ lIe\\~p(l- and gave Benediction. a titting ter- terest, Dr. KiDl!man spoke to us on It Is interesting to note that beside collecUn&". the ~Ior. mcetlnC!. minaUon of the afternoon·s activity. the ··Franclscan Spirit In Amedca:' a CatholIc Church, the first fre~
~ Mls$lons look to America III'lth We of Nazareth College returned That we enjOyed. it. we need not SChool ot any kind In New York
pxpectant eyes. America has the reo <'lome on the nllt"ht of the 17th with say. Many had heard him speak State was built with money collected
rmrces the natursl Chn:,,""H. the our mlnds set on a tuture Sunday before. and to u.s he was aU that from the Mexicans. The mlssion­k~
nermlty. the love ot !eadershlp. early In 1930. We are busUy prepar- could be desired as a lectw-er. aries developed the Indians' Innate
IIIhlch make for ~uccess 1r. the Mls- ing now for that next assembly of As a personality, Dr. Kinsman Is sense of beauty. Beautiful churches.
lior. Fields. Ame:1ca has thO! Fallh, Sodllll.sts. May our "IIi'ork be as suc- doubly inrerelitJng to us because of univen\tles and monasteries were
but It h:l.!- that i'"al~h a:; a lOIn fror.! cessful as that Of the Buftli]O stu- his conversion. He gave up a splen- . built by them In Mexico between the
(orelgn ml,~lonarles. with a conse- dents in spuri1ng on our common did position as Episcopal Bishop for years 1590-1600.
Queut debt wh!ch i...1. bonor It Is spiritual endeavors. A.B .. ·30. the priceless e1!t of the Faith. (Continued on page 5)
Page T ..... o THE GLEAXER
Ul i) l' ~Il'anl'r Desecration
K"'ZARETH COLLEGE The world is forgetting the Christ·
mas Story. The first comment made
Vol. V. DECEMBER, 1929 No.3 on the approach of Christmas 15.-
Published monthly by the students
of Nazareth College, Rochester ,
New York
STAFF
"WIsh I had enough money to buy
all the pnsents I have to get:· Even
the giving of gifts 15 becoming a
burden, wht'n we feel that we must
gll'e at least as expensive gUts as
Edltor· ln·ChI.f ..... .. _ .. Gortr .. de Walt... we receive. Thil;!s so typical of the
A .. o<l.o t. £ dltor_Ka. bl.en O·Srl.n.
P aulin" Hennu.,.. FJ_u V.Uer present-day attitude. People no
Socle.,. MEdT.!'onn __ .. EIe.nor Cral .. longer ~ve from the heart. but from
A .. ""I.o •• Soclet,. Ecli • .,.. .. _MUd..a Bur,,", the pocketbook Christmas cards
!~:!:·~·u.~="M ....-. :!~c·t~'t=n:.:: are engraved so that rou may kno~
CI •• uIooUon M""....... ._M. r ... r •• Darc, that "ie paid to have our name put
A .. ', Clr. Mana ... r_A~:::.~.C!;d ..... on a piece of pnper Isn't It sad­HUIDOI"
Editor ". _ ._._M • .,. Le •• , deniIl,l!." a:'ld embittering that from
A .. •• Humor Edl.or ... .Mar,an. Enrl.b. the sweetest story ('ver told, and the
R~OO", .. Mar.b .. Clark, Glad,.
E ~.I •• t . El nor Zw . ... l., E ' ... ".,.. RuuRI" mOlit exquisltl' poem-that of the
SOnl .... R.pr ... n\;:!;:~ba~~·~':I~h Croft most beautiful Mother and the most
Alumnae Edl. or __ .. Mar . .. ,,1 Lnr, beautiful Babe--should be built up
T,plot_Ah". Louin e'n,>!t" Luoll. 'h' M"""~. fabrication of Christ- B •• d,. H.' . .. eunte". Anna E . .... ' ..... "' • ..,
MI:dred Pi .. nchin ,. mas tree. santa Claus. and exchange
of expensive presents? When all
For Advertising RateB Call Christ askll as It rem('mbrance or
NAZARETH.COLLEGE th ntgbt is to leave the door of
402 Auy;tlstine Street at dl
Phone, Glenwood 4014 our hearts open. and set a can e.
at love. in the window.
The First Christmas Gift
With infinite Fatherliness God
--. .--­Now
We're Grown Up
stooped down Bnd gave His Best- And claim the right to exploit
Beloved Son to the world. It Will! our theories now and then.
St. Anthony and
the Christ Child
St. Anthony'li universal appeal
I. partly due to the beautiful ~tory
told about him. of the Chri~t
Child's visit. One n;ght when St.
Anthony wa~ lodg;ng at the home
of Ti~o. It worthy burghcr of
Padua. the latter hnppened to pas~
by hi« room. He noticed brilliant
ray ... of light stream;ng- from be·
neath hi~ door. He lookt'd through
the keyhole and saw a marvelously
h"aut:ful child standing on a book.
with both arms clll'ped tight
around Anthony's neek. Anthony
wa. returning hi~ cares~e~ with
ardent tenderness. An inde<crib.
able radiance ~urrounded both the
Saint lind the child. Ti~o realized
that it was the Divine Babe at
Bethlehem who wu~ I'wishing on
Anthony the unutterablc Iweet­n
.. ~~ of His embrace~. Tiso saw
the Child point to the door lind
whi~per in the Saint'~ ear. He
real':!:ed that the Child knew his
.ecret ~urveilJance, but permitted
the good citizen to have a ~hare
in the Di"ine vi~itation.
K. O. B., '31. • Thanksgiving
EXCHANGE
"The Setoni .. n"
Seton Hill Colieao,
Gre en. bura, P ...
Any comment mllde on t il!
"Set onian" must of absoluu
necessity be in the superlative. It
is just that kind of pllper. It il
excellently "'Titten from start U:
finish and very well arranged. W(
are especially enthu~ia~tic OV(,I
the perfect balance of every pagt"
but particularly the first one. Thf
headinp to such columns ~
"Alumnae Xews," ;'Faculty
~otes," and "Cam Pu~s Says" art
verv clever and unusually attrae·
tin!. The scholarly tone of thf
paper is we!! set off and reliev~d
by a cleverly written humor
column and a whole page of
humorous class notes. But let U!
make just one Bugge~tion : WI
would like to see more poetry if ,
it is of the same quality as th(
little you display. To repeat \\"~
like the "Setonian" very much
and congratUlate its staff.
"The P eri scope"
the fiut Christmas Gift, and the T he other day the question Subi. .c :o Colleao,
t t Humanly ~peaking, came up: What are the limits to Have YOU ever stopped In the Subiaco, A~ka n" ".
grea es . man's mental eapatities? Are mld~t of your Thanksgiving dinner This is a college publil'!a t iot
what it must have cost the Father they limited to natural ability? to think of those to whom you owe every word of which, we wager
to make that gift! To send His Can a man extend his natural this holic:ay? If you hllvt. the PIl- ;$ read by the student!!. The con
only Son from the perfect bliss of abilih'? Are there any limits to grlms of Plymouth were probably tents are interesting and are writ
Paradi!e to the bitter cruelty of mental capacity? the tlrst to occur to vour mind as ten in an informal chatty mannel
an ignoble world! To ne Him There are different W8Y$ to an- pioneers in this act oi publicly giv- altogether charming. Even til
become the most helple!!!! of crea- swer the question. UsualJ~' it i~ Ing thanks to Almighty God. But I editor's page, that to·be·turned;
tures, and be unable to spare Him believed that an individual can· although these good people \\'e~ ~_ over part of e\'~ry paper, attra~t
the slightest discomfort! When' not accomplish anything more ~pOru;ible for the establishment at attention and mterest. We ilk
He looked down from the Great than his natural talents gi\'e him this custom In our country, and al- the title of it very much and enV}
White Throne on that blessed ~cope for. l! be i~ born a geniu!, though!t is to thnn Lhllt we owe Lhe the ease with which it is written
night, how He must have longed he v,;11 become a geniu~, and noth- celebratIng ot Thanksgiving Day We like the "Periscope" and wi
to hold the Baby Jesus in His, ing on earth can make a II' ,niu~ with .he tradltlonal turkey dlnnex. its editors continued success wit
arms ! His own Son-His first- out of a dullard, Thill answer these sturdy ancestors of aura werc it.
born-and Omnipotent God could secms quite reasonable, and ap· not th,. first to alTer thanks pub-not
know the clasp of His tiny' parently preclude!! any other IIcly. Even the early Orecks cele- "The vm .... o ..... "
hands! Through all the hardships solution. But is it true? brated their 11ctones by offering
and bitterness that fol!owed, what There are three things we do- :<acritl.ces of thanksgiving to the Vill .. nov .. Colioa",
shall we say of the Fat her's heart? what we want to, what we ought gods. The seed of our Thanksgtv- v ;U .... ov .. , p ...
Yet "God lIO loved the world __ !" to, and what we ha"e to. The lng. however. was sown in Biblical This is a well·organiz;ed, wei
But if God knew the price of g-reatest of these is the third, Umes ,,'hen thanks were alTered to written paper which gives amp!
the gift, He also, with Fatherly Few people would ever do any- Gnti b. return for benetlts recell'eel. I e"idence of the ,·.ried and widdj
undel"l!tanding of His children, thing they did not have to. ~ece5- And so down thrnua:h the &.ies this ~pread int~res~ of the stud,:nts
knew the appeal of the Babe in ~ity is one of the g-reatest (if not cu.~'.om has prevailed in one form To an outsider, It Beem~ essentlal!.c
the manger - the world's instant the g-reateat) force in the uni- or in a~ther, through the Han-est i a HU?ent production. At . ~nJj
response to helpless Omnipotence. vene. It begets all labor-aU Day of England to the Thanksgiving rate, It makes ,'cry entertamlnlj
He knew that hearts would be forms of effort. Who would work Day ot the Pre!ent age. reading-much more entertainin'f
broken by the Christmas atory if he did not have to~ Artists and A.L.G •• '31. than scholarly, of course. We ane
with pity or sorrow; that the geniuses would not be, without cherishing a deep and consumilll!
world could not bring its evil to nccessity. The need 01 nn age envy of the skill with which thee
the cradle of a Child; and that caUs for inventions or a type of thl'ir ability was acqUired "Genius: front page is arranged and we ar
lives would be shaken back to literar)' expression O.r a form of 1$ I per cent mspiratlon, and 991 also enthUSIastIc over the colum
~implicity by the humility at a art,. and the call IS an~wered. per cent penpiration," or "an io. "Knocking about the Cam pu~. c
Babe. This the Father under· Gemuse~ are made, not born. finite capacity for taking pains." It is certainly very dC"er]y done
stood, and so on Christmas night But gr~nted. that, who can ~e-I So geniu~ i,; within the reach of La~tlr, but by no means least, w
.. the ineffable gesture. And come gCnl~S~S" Only those ':>Ith. en'ryone--it is not dependent up.: cong-ratulate Villanova on its sUon Chriatmu night, the world ~atural ablhty. Natural ablht.l" on natural abi!it~., but upon a ce!!!! in ha\'ing the Chri~tmas hoI1"
wise in sin and cunning in evil, IS a g-reat. ad"antage, ~ut the~~ IS I ~tate of mind. To expla;n-you daY6 extended.
falls upon its knees in utter ab- ~uch a thing .as acqUIred abl~'~y .. can do absoluteh' anything under
jectness, and with a great heart- i W,: flrr~ly beheve that any ablht~'1 the BUO, if you make up your
hunger, stretches forth its arms. wh.lch IS not natural can. be ac· mind to it!
qUlred. Were you ever In a fix
$ when you thought you couldn't do t
A merry heart goes all the day. something, and had to? Usually ®
A sad tlre6 in a mJle. you did it. Let the geniUlies A "om&n who wants fI Charitable
K. 0, B .. '31.
Shakespeare. themselves ten you how much of, heart. wants a pw-e mlnd.
CHARITY AT CHRISTMAS I
Old charIty prevail, the press w('u~
prove (
A "ehlcle of virtue, truth and love.
Cowper.
THJ::: GLEANER
Richard Crashaw
In Richard Crashaw were re­lived
the religious fervor and
mystici£m of the Middle Ages.
This is all the more remarkable
I because he waJ born in that age
in which the triumph of Protes­I
tnnt:sm was fully recognized in
England, and because his early
environment was of an ultra­Protestant
kind. The poet was
born in London, the only child of
William Crashaw by his first wife,
and was baptized by James Usher,
who was afterwards appointed
primate of Ireland. The death of
his mother, while Crashaw was
still a baby, although his step­mother
was unusually de"oted to
A COLLEGE GIRL'S LETTER the child thu~ orphaned, was
TO SANTA CLAUS doubtle3s keenly felt in after
years by so sensitive a nature as
Dear Santa Claus : his. Crashaw received his early
I am a college student almost education at the famous Charter­twenty
years old. I have 'been an I house school, where he inscribed
excellent girl during the past year. ! two early Latin poems to Robert
I ha\'e only sk:pped assembly S.rook, a maste.r to whom he felt
once; I've made no, or very little, h m.self deepl.y mde~te~. ~ragedy
noise in the halls· I've passed all aga n came mto hIS life In 1620
my exams at le~st on the first with the death of his father, a
"make-up!; staunch Puritan, In July of the
Now please, Santa, do you think year 1631, he was a.dmitted to
you cculd bring me these thing3: Pembr?k.e Hall, Ca.mbTld~e, where
. he exhlb:ted a speCIal aptItude and
(.1) Some summations for edu-
1
profic:ency in languagu, music,
catIon classes. and drawing. Crashaw's religious
. (2) A "let-up" in reading for I enthu3iam manifests itself even
hIstory classes. here, since in St. Mary's church
(3) A fur eoat. he spent whole hours at a time,
(4) A new "formal." I playing and composing his saered
poems. His tutors at Pembrook
(5) A lot of eramming for Hall proving to be congenial to
- exams aU completed. him, he eontinued his studies there
(6) And last but not least, until in 1634, he received his S.
please Santa: A man for the A. and published anonymously in
Prom? the University Ptess "Epigram_
Promising that I'll use these matum Sactorum Liber." a collee-
1 things to the best possible ad- lion of some two hundred Latin
\ vantage. epigrams. Considering that these
P. S.-You may send the bill to cp:grams wcre written by a youth
Dad! barely twenty, they denote a mar­•
An Old Prayer Still Good
Here Is an Interesting old prayer
In verse. whleh dates eenturles baek.
It Is of English origin but its author
Is wlknown. It Is as appropriate to­day
as when wrilten. as a petition
tor divine help In living a happy,
J;healthy and useful life here on
~arth.
!Glve me a good digestion, Lord.,
: And also something to digest.
-Give me a healthy body. Lord.
velous capacity. The one line
alone "Nympa pud:ca Deum vidit
et erubuit" describing the miracle
of changing water into wine would
have secured his fame as a poet.
Although whimsical conceits may
be :mputed to this work, many are
the evidences of a fine classical
taste; few of immaturity.
With the epigrams to his credit,
in 1636, he migrated to Peterhouse
receiving his M. A. in two years'
t·me. At this juncture, he eon_
3:dered taking Anglican orders,
but the growth of Puritan ten­~
Wit.h sense enough to keep it
its best.
at denc:es to which he was by his
very temperament antagonistic, in
the English church, and his in­t"
macy with friends who were
part:al to the Catholie Church,
Ive me a healthy mind. gcoc Lord.
To keep the good and pure in
sight.
hlch. seeing sin, Is not appalled
But tl.nds a way to set It right.
ive me a mind that Is not bound,
That does not whimper. whine or
sigh.
n't let me worry overmuch
About the tussy thing ealled I.
&
GIVe me a sense ot humor, LQrd;
Give me the grace to see a Joke.
o get some happiness out of life
And pass It on to the other fOlk.
disinclined him. On the other
hand. his reading in the works in
the early Fathers of the Church,
his participation in the religious
brotherhood which gathered
around Kicholas Ferrar, in reality
another step toward his ultimate
goal. and above all the attractively
hero:c career of the Spanish St.
Teresa confirmed hiB yearning3 to.
(Continued on page 6)
A Birthday
In nn ancient city In Palestine
called Bethlehem, the Baby Jesus
was born. over nineteen hundred
years ago. There In a tumble_down
stable he W8..5 cared for by His lov­Ing
mOther. Mary. and His toster ­father,
Joseph. Though born in
these humble circumstances, HIs
eoming was announeed by a bright
star In the heavens and angel choirs.
The former led the kings of the
East, but the latter gave the message
at joy to the humble shepherds on
the hillsides.
Would that we could have been
among those little shepherd boys
who. on that tl.rst Chrtstm8..5 night.
knelt beside the crib and looked into
the face of the !n!ant Savior. What
would have been our JOY, it whUe
!.bus looking at Him, He smiled at
us in His baby way. and stretched
out His little arms to us! Would not
we have looked at Mary and said:
'·0 lovely Lady may I hold your
Babe for a little while?" And Mary
In her kind mother way would have
placed her Son in our arms In order
that we might hold Him elose to our
heart,
Though we live In the twentieth
century, we. too. as the shepherds at
old can adore the Baby Jesus. our
hearts can be other Bethlehe:ns
where He can take up His abode .
And does not Mary entreat us to
take her DiVine Child not Into our
arms. but Into our very heart? What
q-reatel' bliss can earth afford?
Let us then prepare our hearts
Cor the coming of our Baby Love.
Let every ~at of our heart be a
love spark to keep Him warm, for
surely we do not want Him to suf­Cet
from the cold when He comes
to dwell beneath our humble roof.
Then if we earr..estly prepare the
manger of our heart, our little King
will bless us and. caress us on Christ­mas
Day, and smile upon us from
the dear Eyes that looked first of all
up into His mother's face: then dear
St. Joseph's. and. then upon the
slmple shf'pherds, who like ourselves.
brought all they had-their heart·s
best love. E. R .. '33.
CHRISTl\lAS I~:CT:CH"E--H---E:ART
It is Christmas In the mansion.
Yule-lop: fires and silken frook!; :
It is Christmas in the cottage.
Mother·s fllling litU£- sock:;.
tt Is ChrUtma.s on the highway.
In the thronging, busy mart;
But the dearest, truest Christmas
Is the Christmas in the heart.
Anonymous.
SNOwlLAKES
The drowsy Moon her plilow
smooths
When night-time comes around,
And. tiny tl.akes of soft, white tl.eece
Come tumbling to the ground.
A virgin robe of purest down
They weave as they alight.
To shelter poor dear Mother Earth
From cold at winter's night.
E.A.C .• '30.
Page Three
Saint Nicholas
Before the dawn of Protestantism.
St. NICholas was everywhere the
chlldren'S $aJnt. In Prance on the
6th of Decem~r he would bring bon
bons for the good Children and a
cane for the naughty. In Germany,
he acted. as an advanee messenger
Who examinEd the eOI!.duet of the
children and determined the further
reward which the Chrlst Ch11d sent
at Christm8..5. In the south of Italy
a peculiar celebration took plaee.
The sailors took the statue of St .
Nicholas out to sea. returning to
shore at nightfall. where a grand
bonfire welcomed them; there the
quaint people sung songs and car­ried
him to vt~t one shrine aCter
another . In Holland the ehlldren
are still remembered on the eve of
his titular day, believing that the
good saint still brings their gifts.
This ancient eusoom was introduced
to the New World through the
Dutch. But now the American ob­servanee
eenters around the Christ­mas
Tree. whieh eustom was intro­duced
by the German immigrants to
America. L.K.B .. '3l.
• THAT THANKSGIVING DAY
I was a poor, pOOr cobbler
On that Thanksgiving day,
When a fat turkey gobbler
Chanced to stroll my way.
He was so mighty b:g and proud,
I thought that I would try
To make a dinner for the crowd,
Of me, myself and 1.
1 threw a sack upon his head
He squawked and squawked and
squawked,
And though he really wasn't dead
Right home with him I walked.
sharpened up my little axe­Really
'twas not fair!
I took the feathers off his back,
Urn! He was choice and rare.
So I the poor, poor cobbler
On that Thanksgiving Day,
Cooked an that turkey gobbler,
And stowed him quite away.
M. E., '33.
Pa!l'e Four
1 Campus Closeups
There was a big surprise party
on the e\'ening of the 26th, in
honor or Margaret Darcy's birth­day,
We hear that Helen Wel\~
kept Margaret busy all day nnd
brought her home in the evening_
And WI! she surpriBed! Every­body
had a wonderful time.
G!ad~'s Englert had a bridge
party at her house on the 20th.
We hear that French, Spanish and
so forth were executed and the
prizes were adorable.
Mary Olive attended the Cor­nell-
Hobllrt game on the 15th_
She says that the ride lind the
game and the dance were jUllt
wonderful.
Did you ever see such a mix_up
u there W8$ that day before
Thanksgiving! When we were all
so anxiou~ to begin our vacation
and everything.
All the girls who attended the
Catholic Women's Club dance had
a gorgeou~ time. They can hard_
ly wait for the big dante over
there lit Christmas time.
Who was it said she wasn't
~tudying for exams that time?
The Alumnae card party wa~ a
great lIUCCC!.!I; almost e'-erybody
was there,
Dr. Kettell's dinner was just the
thrillingest! What with al! the
high official~ and the speeches and
e\'erything. It was nice, too, that
it came at Thanksgiving.
Albf!rta Magin entertained some
of the Senion; at her home on F'rt­day
e\-enlng. November 15.
MIss Marion Popp visited Beatrice
Welch at her home in Auburn dur­ing
t.he Thanksgh1ng vacation, at­tendlns
the Elks' Ball on Thanb­Jiving
E\'e,
Virginia Winkler spent Thanks­giving
vatation at Utica.
Marion Phillips lipent the week.
end at Syracuse.
Jane Naylon and Esther Gar­gano
entertained at a progressive
dinner party on Saturday,
Mary Moran entertained at
bridge on Friday afternoon. Jane
Naylon, Esther Gargano and
Mable Perdue ..... ere the College
girls present.
DECEMBER
Oh! holly branch and mistletoe
And Chrl'tmas chimes ..... here·er
we go.
And ~tockln£s pinned up In a ro~!
These are thy gifts. December'
Blodgett.
THE GLEANER
Why Not?
The b'ggest thrill in the Ih-c of
many of us who attended the t <ln­ference
at Buffalo wu just being
there lind listening, ju~t the mere
hearing of the opinions and glor­iou~
ideal~ expreHed by our tom­panion~
and then sitting back
~mi!ingly and thinking "wh)' not!'­It
wa. impOS'<ible to be there and
not reaEze the glory of Catholitit~·
and the power of Catholic youth
~o knight of King Arthur's time
wa~ more chh-alrou3, more sincere
than the boys and girls of West­ern
New York as the~' expre.<l<ed
their opinions on the mO$t vital
question of all time, our relation
Th'~~~~ ~~l~: :nerr .!. _B_ o_a_r_d_e_r_L_e_g_i_o_D._.I r
promi.se, They are very acuve thes~ -
days. "The i;l of Y." hn~ temporarily
u-pended ih se~~ions In order h t
~ecure a gruter proficiency in
to our Creator. It is amazing
when ~'ou stop to think that boy.
and g;rl~ of today, ~upposedly
hard and callou_<, planned a meet­ing
in which ther could con~ider
the mean~ of bringing home the
:mportance of reli&"ion to the
modern world. No orator wu
'l'hc Alh'. de Club Is cOl,t.!nulng to
haVE hikes and horse bat:k rldlug
The seniors are now gol!;!! out for
bll.'keLball practice. and ~ c t:ope th_'
Jun.or!' wm round up t ~ "h team
~n.
Tht GIN! Club and ('~h(!$tn
maa.e ~heir ftn;t publiC :.ppearance
oJn Fnday. NovE'mber 22. "'hen IhO­renden'd.
SChubert·s "SE'renadc" a\
an introductory number to Dr
Wo.!sh· .. lecture. They art' now p~c­plIrir.!!;
for the Chrl.stmu" celeb~a��Uon.
having begun work on "Otsu
Bumblno:
Tht Frl'nE'i1 Club at the next
meetln!!; Is ha\1ng a Bridge In honor
of the newly lI.CCepted mtmb~rs, AI:
procedures arc to be conducted ex­cll.;
S!\·cly In Frencll_
ThO' Oramat!e Club at the DecE-m­ber
meeUll,g plans :0 pr~nt I.he
one-att play which no~' ia under
construction
more eloquent or more peTllua~i\·e: "is:tn" Tau and fhet" Nu :.orori­than
the boy who set before the I t~e!I are planning !iOCial ('\-('nt3 dur­anembly
the necessity of Catholic in!: the Christmas holidays. probab!~
action. Never before had we Cuily a Bridge or the like.
conceived the idea that we werei , __ _
the ones on whom everythini de CHftlSTl\IAS B."-SKETS
pendcd. Hitherto, we thought that I
mental gymnastics. 'I
;\Iary O'Brien, Patricia Libera· c
tore. Eleanor Heick were "sing·
'ngo ;n the rain" after the conven· l
lion at Cani~u~ College. Nov·
they h:n-c one of tho~e "belien r
t or not_ I'm waiting Cor a street· (
tar" storie3.
While Alice ~eems to take tG
Xe:ling. Beatr:ce seems to take to
Bobbing. I
We're 3011 jUlt dying to kno~ 1
r Mary Gehrin's new purchnse i! I
effective. j
In case you all don't know it.
3eatrice i5 taking sing'ng lenom
along with a few other littl(
.h'ng5. Yes, ~he can almost sing
90 solo but not quite.
Fa:r Emelye hath a ~eautiful
:n~p:ring, lilting quotatIOn, on'
.hat would stir the depths of you
'nmo;t be:ng_ And what do YOI
.h'nk is the subject of this swee'
me ,age~ Ask her,
Betty enjoyed herself immense
'v at the Hobart-Roche~ter foot
ball game
Eleanor, what is the mo~t tad­fu!
th:ng to do when you meet I
ery dear_ old friend whom yOi
haven't seen in a long time!
we were doing man'elously, in NIll'.:a.reth College will again tu­fact
we were almost martyrs when dea\-or to bring a little of the joy
we arose each day, said a stilted and happiness of Chrinmas to ttl'
\fOod morning to God, perbap! home~ ot the needy and unfortu­paid
a vi~it to chapel and perhap~ nate. Arrangement.s have been Illlldr
did not. But help the ;\Iis~iom~ with the Catholic Charltie. of Roc:h- Mildred is _,ilently bearing
I should sar not! Talk God to ester to take care of a certain num- "treat lo;.~-the Editor of thl
our companions? Do you think ber of families. These have been '.yon~' paper ha~ committed fiui
we're crazy? What are the prie~t5 a5~ed to each class. Tht girls _' de His b:ography will be gi"er
and sister$ for anyway? Then h.,. wl'''--lu donated their auto-
....... ... J on request.
~uddenly the whole picture moblil'S, and will deUVEr Chr!.stmas '~~ _ -4'> __ _
thange~, A heroic someone comes ba!lket3 attractively tilled with both "Fundamentals of the
one duy and a~ks us to do som(l- food ane clothing to these famlll~
thing of our own free duire, to I a few days before Christmas. The Catholic Religion"
work for God because we want to. spirit of g,meros!ty and thoughtful- There hall ju,t been h.,ued b
Do we rC!po. nd? I'Bll •s ayI we do. n,'$S will enable the ""'~l.!I to pro,'e ",U the George P. Burns Press, Ine.
The con'-entlon at u aT h0 was a: '.'.'.e. mselvcs true Na%8reth Coli... (If Roehe>ter, :\"ew York, a b • 0
part of the answer_ ere we I students and worthy partle1p:mts In of the Re\". Charles F. Sha!
were, eager, listenina: to one of ~'~h • ,--" cause.
Ull pleading for action on our part. ~~~ VV\.( Rector of St Patrick's Cathedra
Perhaps we didn-t realize at the I Its title is -'FC~DAME;\"TALS 01
time that our going to Buffalo' In Dceembt'r .. Ing THE CATHOLIC RELIGION." 1
that Sundar was an example, Every day the c!11mes: hBll the imprimatur of Bl~hop Joh
gloriou. enough, of Catholic .lie- Loud the i"le~ruen s'ng Franei5 O'Hern of Rochuter. !
tion. It was ju~t great to reaHze In the sheets their merr}- l"h~-mes; '~a translat:on [rom the ltalia
that here wa~ a field for Ull to Let us by the fire of the Ble:;sed Don John Bo~co'.
work in a~ sold:er3 of Christ. The Ev~r higher work, '-Fondamenti della Religion
thought came_ that we students of :"lng them till the night expire I Cattolica."
Catholic schools arc all monks in Longff'llow. Trant's Catholic Bookstore 0
one sense of the word_ "with the' ____________ ...:'--___ 1 Roche,ter is di~tributing the boo"
world u our monastery." We too and I;:":\"e an impetus to the eau~e Price. $1.2;)_
could be a Thomas_ a Xa,-ier, an of Catholic a~tion. • Ignatiu~, a Teresa, a Franci, of Picture ....i th me if rou can that I
_4.sissi. glor:ou, ~peetacle on the la.t day
And then we tame away, agalX' -the Knight. and Handmaid, of
with the wonder of it .lilt, and agog I We'tern ~ew York riding forth
with the excitement of really be- in tho,e same chariob they hit~hed
ing able to do something in our to that ~hining star, clad in the
own small way to help Jesu, and almor of Catholic action, ready to
to help the world itself. We had meet the King and Leader, Je,u~1
found our star and we all hitched Himself. Is it worth effoft! The
our wagon to it. We determined answer is self-evident.
to start out at once with a will A. E., '31.
In the sweet silence
Of a holy place,
lo~e myself
In God's embrace.
II
I feel the c\a~p
Of God's hand in mine,
He lead~ me safe
In His steps divine.
P_ L. '33
THE GLEANER Page Five
! The Cheerf~i Giver I
The reJUlRr monthly meeting of
tile S. S. S. lII'as held Tuesday. No­vember
3.
The Feast of the Immaculate Con­ception
was observed by the S, S. S
Senior Supper
On Tuesday evening, NO\'ember
26, the Senlors gathered 'round the
festiV1! board to enjoy the tlr$t
Senior supper of the year. Alice
Foley, the treasurer of the class of
1930 lut ~'ear, was a guest. Extern­PC))'
3nCOUll speeches by each member
members with a Trldlum of Masses of the class were the features of the
and COmmunions beginning Friday evming. Vocal solos were rendered
morning and ending lIIith Mass. Holy , by mtmbers of the class. Oa.nclna:
Communion and breakfast in the In the Social Room followed for the
colle&e on the Feast day. rest of the e\'enlna;.
Father Ryan said Mass for the
student body on the Feast of the
ImIlUlCulatc COllception. Father
Ryan's sermoIlll are an all too in­f\'
equent trellt.
Friday, December 6. was the ?irlIt
Friday of the month. It was ob-
5en'ed as usual by the college stu­dents,
It coIncided with the be­ginn!
ng of the Tr!duwn, The stll­dent
body .ttended Mass. received
Holy COmmunion, kept guard of
honor before the Eucharlstlc King
durlng EXposition and assisted at
BenedlctiO!l. In the afternoon, Truly
rt'd-Ietter days, these First F'!1days!
December Is certainly a holy
month. The Christmas Feas: would
be suft!cient. but In addition there
are the feasts 01 many famous
saints, and espeelally the Feast of
the Imm3.culate ConcepUon.
Do no~ forget to read. reme:nber.
and r.-peat as many times a day as
paWble, thc ejaculation pOSted on
the Chapel door.
This is tilC season of Advent. Let
us prepare ourselves so that we may
truly be able te> rejoice on Chrl.<;tmas
'''' •
Dr. Walsh Gives
Le:::ture on Mexico
(Cont:nued from page 1)
The go!den century of Spain was
between 15M-1650. Such great
names ruI Cervantes, St, Teresa, EI
Greco, Lope de Vega, Calderon,
Tellez. etc, belong to this age, It Is
0:11:; naturnl that Sp:lln should do
lr.Ql'e for her COlonies than England
dId for I":el'$.
In OU\· country ~here was graduate
work being accomplished In 1876. but
in Mexico at this time there were
already tllousands of PhD's. There
are tllready a hundred and ftfty
names "r Mexican painters knOll""
because they have produced oome­thing
lII·orth while. We cannot boas';
or nearly 110 many, The ChUl'ch and
Sp!lin wh'ch had the mOSt import­ant
UlIln"raities In the world In the
s!xtnnth cemury, were tho! cllu~e
of ~he Impol·tnnce attached to learn-
Ing In Mexico. A.J.P, '31.
®
"Tra-La-La"
A new Prima Donna has been dis­covered
In our midst, Miss Beatrice
Welch, accompanied by her violin­Ist.
has begun a tour 01 the country
In the Interests of her career. Miss
Welch W:!.5 requested to sing a solc
lit a recent Charity Dance. but be­cause
of a $('vere cold she was force<!
to deellne, to the great disappOInt­ment
of the large audience assem­bled,
--",~' --
Junior Ringa Arrive
"The rings are here!" WIth thesE'
""ordll many S(lmewhat sleepy Jun­ION
were thrUled Into wld~awake­ness
one morning early In Novem­ber,
Oreat was the rush to gel
them, a.nd many were the oh's and
nh'a of Cl;tat\(' admlratlc:n when they
were slipped. on trembling third 01
fOUl'th ftngel'$, And for a long time
-and nne yet ceased-t:.he Junlorf
began to make their words clearer
b~' ge!.t1culation.
• Soph:;more Novel Party
"Away with worries and care5,"
~eemed to be the Freshmen and
Sophomore motto on November 26
Why bother longer with the deer
question, "Old I make the grade, 0-
did I ftunk: It?" Such questions be­long
to the examiners' lot. On with
the fun!
And fun there was at the nove'
"Novelty Party" wt the SOphs gtwe
the Fresh. The nO"e] gam,es wen
the cause of a great many nove'
sounds, It was a novel sight to see
the Sophomores and Freshmen en­Joying
the fun so happily together
And were the eats novel? SOme­ho"",
to the dietitians' sorrow, It
seel1lll that they allll'8.YS are. We
found them so, E.Z., '32.
• Freshmen Elections
The Olenner wishes tc con&:ratule
the recently ele<:ted otll.cers o! tht
~hman Class, After a month of
probation during wh.leh Mlss Kocb
acted as general chairman, the class
w1l;ely ele<:ted these otll.cers:
Josephine Koch .... President
Esther Gargano ... ,. Vlce-preslden:
i1:lermor Russer ...... secretary
Margaret Mahoney .,.,' Treasurer
Richard Crashaw .. -j
(Continued from page 3) ! HIT and MISS
wards Catholicism. However, the .' .. ______________- '
date of Crashaw's Con\'ersion is ..
not definitely established. The
parliamf'ntary commiuion in 1634,
insisted on all Fellows in tbe Uni_
versity taking a solemn oath and
If you want to know
where and why to build
just ask Anne Ryan.
when,
a fire,
covenant. Due to his growing " .
conviction of Ihe truth of the There are many km~s of or-old(!
r Roman Church, he could not der. For exa~ple. mal! order,
conscientiously sign it, and was I For further particulars see Martha
consequently expelled, We know Clark.
from the WTitings of a contem- , Now we know why some of U!!
p-orary that he then lived for a are apparently mentally deficient.
time at OXford. from the publica_ We didn't walk until we were
:ion in 1646 of his first volume of more than two yearl old!
?Oems. "Step~ to the Temple with
Other Delights to the Muse~" that' .
lie must sub<equently ha"e gone I It certainly, IS queer. how we
;0 London. Moreover, it is clear hnve suddenly Improve? In French
irom the contents of this book 9. We know an the bIg word~. I
hat Crashaw had formerly be~ wonder why!
~ome a Catholic, a step which of,
1eceuity sounded the knell of his I The Junior Class is almost
cholarly career in England. I frantic. A certain Profe~sor'B
Having ~o nobly sacrificed the sy~tem of marking is too much for
'IrilHant future that was his in it.
2ngland, he journeyed to Paris, .'.
,\'here he was discovered in pov-' Our energy IS sull a mmU!!
~rty by Abraham Cowley, a fel- quantity-although we are on t,he
ow-poet, with whom he had been road to recovery after our mId­.
lcquainted at Cambridge, Cowley terms, E\'en now we shu~der
ntroduced Crashaw into the serv- when we recall the lonely nlght­ce
of the exiled English queen" watches. ,the hours of mental
:ienrietta Maria, who together a&;lny whIch those two weeks con­,
vith some socially prominent tn:ned,
adie! made up a ~urse for ~im.1 Since thc boarden have organ­;
nd re.commended him ~o Cardmal ized the "Handmaids of Venus"
alottl. Cheered by UIlS help and we are expectantly watching for
'ncouragement, he. went to R~me the arrival of several more sylph­.0
en~er the servIce of Card!l~al I:ke figure3 in our midst,
?alottl, a5 a secretary. WhIle
~ ra ~haw commended the Cardin:
n the highest terms l'et he wu
,ot adapted to the politieal ac­t
ivity which seethed about him,
The Cardinal, vtisely recognizing
,his, appointed Cra~haw sub-canon
:If the basilica church of Loretto,
While traveling to his new ap­;>
ointment in 1649, he contracted
9. fever from which he 800n dieri.
tie was buried in Loretto. Ap,
aropriately he, who as a pilgrim,
went through life in search of the
,ublime and the sacred, as a pi!_
~m died.
With this background, we can
!:letter appreeiate the plln;ionate
:ervor and de,'otion, the richness
)f imagery, the sweetneu of
pirit, the artistry of treatment,
o characteristic of the poetry of
hiM belated bloom of Elizabethllll
England,
Swinburne speaks of "The
I am beginning to fear for aome
at least of our Roche~ter doctors.
The girls have been eating so
many apple~. At this rate we
won't require the services of a
doctor for at least six more years,
We have a rival of the great
Webster in the Sophomore Class,
who gave as follows a most com­prehensive
definition of the
sponge: "The sponge ill a mass
of holes."
Perhaps you have not:ced limp­ing
through our halls what you
mistakenly thought to be veterans
of some holy war. The exalted
expre;s'on appeared because they
have found a new rea~on for liv­ing,
namely, horseback-riding,
which a1.<o explains the limp.
lazzling intricacy and effluence in Have you heard that three of
refinemenl/s, the supple and cun· the Jun:ol'li have developed a new
ning implication, the choicene~s hobby? They're taking it seri­and
subtlety of Crashaw," phrase~ oudy, too, All the ~tudenu are
:e't;fying to a true gra~p of hi. invited to visit them in their new
poeti<: genius. When a nature a~ l apartment (1 ) , provided they
my.ilica!, a~ intense, as learned, bring their own refre~hment!l and
a~ sensitive expresses itself in parking-~pace. All donations
,·eue, that vene is almost sure gratefully received.
to be poetry, Since because of
hi ~ fallibility, he is the more
human and lovable, to pass over
the flaw~ of his poetry is an in­ju~
tice both to the poet and to his
audience. In many passag(!s we
(Continued on page 6)
We beg permiuion to inform
the ladies of the College that
when they oring their wardrobes
up to the present fashion, they
wont be ao afraid of fresh air­or
at least so we are told.
Page Six THE GLEANER
Richard Crashaw ! . V~ dR' . ~! (Continued from page 5) " .- lews an eVleWS.- find a diffu~eness which is in open
!..~ ______________ ._ •. _~ _______ •• ____ ....! conflict with the compactness and
P£RE MARQUETTE
ACn'" Reppl;"r
those to whom the reading
of hiography is a fascinating occu­pation.
"Pere Marquette" by
Agnes Repplier will open new and
delightful realms. The setting is
perhaps one of the most stirring
epochs of all history. The New
World had been discovered.
Europe was thrilled with the ad­venture
of it, with the fields of
opportunity which lay across the
pathless ocean. Agnes Repplier
says: "Here were seas for hardy
navigators, lands of promise for
intrepid exiles, freedom and space
for the rover, wealth for the
covetous, and souls to he saved
for the missionary."
It was to save those thousands
of souls, to hring to them the light
of Him Who died to save all men,
that Perc Jacques Marquette came
to New France. From the date of
his arrival to his death, his one
thought was for the Indians. His
life in Am{.lrica represents an un­dying
devotion to a cause, and an
ardent self-sacrifice rare in the
annals of history. No hardship
was too great, no sacrifice too
difficult for his cherished purpose.
Bitter months on the trail with
cold winds piercing his worn cas­sock,
long weary bours paddling
through streams which hurled
themselves along in treacherous
whirlpools, nights spent under the
stars, with the cry of wild animals
sounding through the eerie fore3t
stillness-all this Father Mar­quette
cheerfully endured, content
in knowing that he was doing
God's work, and that some day his
would he the reward of the faith ­ful
servant.
"UNDER COLLEGE TOWERS" conciseness of great poetry, when
too-intricate conceits, which bor-
By Michael Earh, S. J. del' on the grotesque. defeat their
This little book comprises ten own purpo~e in that, instead of
essays on various subjects, aU of piqueing. they weary. In this con­which
are extremely interesting- nection he followed as his master,
possessing a charm of thought and ~1arino, the Italian poet. His
of diction that is far superior to metrical effects are as unequal as
that of many contemporary essays. magnificent.
We like to read material that has )Jevertheless, his fertility of
as its underlying principle a deep imagination has made his work a
reverence and love for God and source of inspiration for other
for fellow-creatures, and after poets: Milton was indehted to him
this a love and appreciation of for his rendering of Marino which
nature and art. served as a founJation for the
The first essay is entitled "Oc- "Hymn to the Nativity"; Pope
toher PalimNests", and many found him rich in suggestion;
thoughts new to us are expressed Coleridge acknowledged that the
hy the author in these pages. "Hymn to St. 1'eresa" was re~pon­October
is likened to a "hrown- sible for the second part of
garhed monk in a mediaeval "Christabel." "The Flamin::;:
'scriptorium' who comes gently in Heart" and "The Hymn to St.
'on sandaled shoon'." The colors Teresa" are the most characteris­;
n which he diPl his paint-brush' tic of Crashaw's poems, since in
are yellow, orange and red. His them he sing3 the bliss of the _oul
numeroln combinations of these! knowing divine love as concretely
three colors are marvelous, dis- and as forcihly as other poets are
playing a deft and delicate artis- wont to sing of earthly passion
try. The celestial music which echoes
The third essay, "Poet's Poets", through and the lucid haze which
was for me vcry pleasant reading. hrood~ ovcr' Crashaw's poetry are
We find Francis Thompson calling reminiscent of Shelley. The sub­Edmund
Spenser the treasure ject matter, rel'g:on, divine ana
from whom many later poets have human love, birth and death, is
drawn; Spenser himsel.f is said to treatfod sometimes with the sim­have
derived m'.'ch fr?m The~_ plicity of a child. sometimes with
critus and Vergll; while Vergll the SUbtlety. This intellectual and
imitated Homer an? the poe.t~y of. sublime quality of his poetry does
earlier times It IS th.e. SPITlt or, not preclude feeling but is rather
the vital spark of the spmt of such infused with emotions deep and
great poets as Hom~r an~ Sopho- poignant. Precisely in this mingo
chis that .finds rebirth In later ling of concrete and abstract, of
poets and hves after them. Among ~en ~e and intellect, of human and
those who nppreciated Homer are divine. rests Crashaw'! most in­Vergil
and Horace, Dante and vincible claim and most glorious
Keats, whereas Seneca, Corneille title to fame-the poet of Cath­and
Matthew Arnold bow down olicism which his own trihute to
before Sophocles as their master. the :-I~tivity suhstantiates better
From Homer's Odyssey let us de- than any words of mine. Too long
duce this m!,xi~; "Have the cour- to quote entire, I select the fol-age
to be wise. lowing stanzas:
The style of all these essays is Th" Sh"ph"rd'. Hymn
clear and straight to the point, in \Ve saw Tbee in Thy halmy nest
fact, so much so that. it might Young dawn of our eternal Day;
almost he called pugnacIous. The We saw Thine eyes break from
author being a Jesuit, it is no won- their East
der that he has something import- And chase th~ trembling shade~
away;
We saw Thee: and we blessed the
! With the Harvester I
m
A Silver Tea was held on the ju
afternoon of Monday, December gl
2nd. Father Knable gave an iII us· u:
trated lecture, and music wa! 0\
rendered by the Glee Cluh. Helen hi
Guntert was general chairman, ()I
a~sisted hy Agnes Marron, chair. pi
man of the refreshment com·
mittee. Owing to everyone's co- ~l
operation, the tea was a success
socially and financially. A
Many girls who have an aver. m
sion to cider-and many who have !<C
not-showed the true mission
spirit hy attending the cider part)· tc
held in the caf eteria, Friday after·
noon, November 22nd. Nim bI
dollars was cleared which is to he ill
used for St. Theophane's Christ. C
mas gift. __ _
h' Two Franciscan Sisters of Mary tc
visited us in Assemhly Tuesday sl
morning, Novemher 26th. Siste~ hi
Louis Marcelle told us of the mis- 01
sion work in India, China anc
Afr:ca, among all classes of Ie
people. We realized in a sma!' h'
degree how tbe little we do helps
e3pecially the medicines. h
Forty dollars has heen sent to el
help Father Hilhert. n:
Ten dollars has heen sent to the a,
Catholic Medical Mission Board in B
payment on a twenty-five dollar ti
medical mission kit. b'
Ten dollars has also been
to China for Bishop Dunn's
House.
tl
sent b
Rest Vi
" Two new magazines have been n
sub,crihed to-UThe Far East" tI
and the "Medical Missions." These tl
will he found on the tahle in the
lihrary. Read these and find out 0
what our missions are doing. a
-- b
The Monstrance which
donated has heen replated
sent away.
wa~ a
and 5
• How great must have heen his
delight and wonder on first seeing
the Mississippi, or the beautiful
"Rio del Espiritu Santo" of the
Spaniards. Friendly Indians dwelt
along the hanks of the mighty
river, and here Father Marquette
spent some time. The realization
soon came to him, however, that
for him life was speedily drawing
to a close; and with reluctance he
left the Indians on a last journey.
It was May and the waters
sparkled in the spring sunshine,
as Pere Marquette and his faith­ful
boatmen turned their canoe
into Lake Michigan. The priest
was now too ill to paddle, and his
ehhing strength indicated that he
would never reach his destiny.
He died on the shores of the lonely
lake. Above him the pines made
a green arch toward heaven,
before him was his beloved cruci­fix
with the image of the Saviour
in Whose service he had spent his
life. Thus ended a life of utmost
devotion, of constant following in
the footsteps of the Master, in
ant and something wise to say to
us and no wonder that he knows
jUst how to say it. On the whole
the hook is well worth careful
reading. for hesides heing enjoy­able
and pleasant pastime it holds
sight,
We saw Thee
light.
How much pep and enthusiasm c
have you girls? The drive this c
month is fo r newspapers and
magazines. Despite the lowering e
,r <h, m"",y "hid,. w, '"' \
raise it inside. And think how s
glad your mothers will be to have
all those "cluttering" papers re_ a
by Thine own sweet I:m:::'::"::':'. ___________ _ ,
t Love's architecture is hi.~ own. I
much that is of interest to us in Poor world, said I, what wilt The hahe whose birth emhraves s
the general field of knowledge. It thou do
puts forth views tbat are correct To entertain this starry Stranger?
and in accordance with reason. It 1$ this the best thou canst he­this
morn, t
Made His own hed ere He was
horn.
contains many short, pithy sen- stow­tences
and maxims and countless A cold and
heautiful thoughts that are bound ger!
not too cleanly man- I saw the curl'd drops, soft and
to settle themselves in our minds
to remain there and come to light
at most opportune moments.
A. W. '30.
obedience to tbat supreme com_
mand. "Going therefore teach ye
all nations. . . "
F. V. '32.
Contend, the powers of Heaven
and Earth,
To fit a hed for this huge birth.
Proud world. said 1. cease your
contest.
And let the mighty babe alone;
The phoenix builds the phoenix'
nest,
slow,
Come hovering o'er the place's
head; j
Offering their whitest sheets of ~
snow, I
To furnish tbe fair Infant's hed.
Forhear, said I, be not too bold;
Your fleece is white, but 'tis too
cold.
(Continued on page 8)
THE GLEANER Page Seven
,
" P RIDE GOETH-"
It 1I'lLS the last day before Christ- Id!::nt of his class and. he's pledged wantll me to come over," he said time you know,"
mas vacation and St, MarYs was to one of the best fraternities," tinally, and was off down the ~.reet When they arrived at the dance,
Just closing, Groups of chatte:lng Anne was saying I, .. hen Betty came Betty was glad she had not su;::- Freddy was not yet there, They
girls, h3PPY in the anticipation of out of her day dream, \;:e5ted a game of bridge for the eve- danced for a while and soon found
the coming holidays were coming How many times Betty had won- ning P..S she had Intended, Anne and BilL BUl was one of those
out, some witt. hats stm In their dered the same thing. It didn't seem Every Christmas Betty and Fred- dear, good, lovable chaps, but just a
rhan~ trying to fon:e their books possible that he could be quite the dy hlld e!<ehanged some $Illy IIltle little stupid. He could not under­!
ion one another so that they CJUlt1 same yet ~he hated to think that 'JIfl.ll, each trying to playa Joke on stllnd why Betty was not with Fred­put
on the aforementioned hats. her pal, Freddy. with whom she had the other, but this year he _med dy, and thlnk1ng she was merely
Suddenly, llbol'e the babble s~me alt,emll.tely quarreled and enjoyed to have fort;otten; so Betty dldn·t dancing With Bob at the time, In­ane
called out from the doorway. he111elf as long as she oould recall ~nd him the book of brldge nllo"ll sisted on knowing whet'1! Freddy was
"Has Betty Martin gone yet?" would change. She wondered If h .. that she and Anne had spent a Rnd why he hadn't seen him ~inee
After much th0U8ht Rnd to great '1o'Duid remember that they had whole afternoon giggling o\·er. ThIs he had oome home from SChool,
ny "1 na\'en't see her" sudden!)' planned. to go to the senior dance vear they didn't go to Midnight Anne ftru..lly silenced him. but with
mebody came to the rescue with; with Anne and Bill. she wondered ~~ \\ith Anne and Bill the way dlmculty.
"She'S In Sll.Y!ng Merry Christmas If he would remember the games of :,hey had for the past three years, Freddy arrived about eleven. (He
Sister Dolores, Anne." bridge they used to have on Sundll.Y :n fact it was getting dangerously had passed the stage when pee-
"Well for heaven's sakes! l'\'e n!.ghts when Bill and Anne and he 'lear to the sentor dance and Freddv pie anl\'e at dances at ten,) The
,n waiting for her for hours down were up to supper, and surely he ''1II.d said nothing about it. The last girl with him was a rather inSipld­'
n the cloakroom. Thanks! Merry oouldn't forget when he was trj'inp ,t.ra,w came when she heard he was loolCing blonde. Betty drew a llIllall
Christmas. everybody." to teach her to play tennis and lotng with a girl trom out at t:lwn sigh or relle! when she saw her. Stili
Anne Morgan hurrIed thl'ough the would mftke her so angry by laU8h- ?t"Obably one of the girls he met In she lI'as a little disappointed in
halls now practically deserted except ;l\g tit her faces when trying to h!1 Newton. she thought. Freddy, Sile wondered what she
or a few ~traggl,:rs till she came to the ball. Betty was not s~nt.imen- It was at Manon Smith's brldge should do It Freddy asked her for a
Su;t(>T Dolores' room. Sure enour,h tal and would ha\'e ltll!ed anyone that Betty heard about Freddy's go- dance, There was no reason for her
here was Betty and two or three I who sald ~he was. b\:t someholl' she ng with the llew ~1. to refuse him. He was not bound
thers saying, "Merry Christmas." hated to think that Freddy mighl "Certainly Freddy COnley has to ask her to the senior Ball, yet
"Oh ..... nne. have you been waiting oonslder those things as childish ;orne s'll'elled bead since he's been soml' perverse imp made her want
long? I'm so sorry but it took me now, lot St. John's. I met him on tile to refuse.
hours to nnd Sister." By this time the tll'O girl$ had ;treet the other day and he pa.~ed While she was waiting for Bob to
"Think nothing of :t, 'Cet: but reached the not too pretentious 'Ile up like a thin dime." Marlon '11'811 bring her some punch and incident­hurry
because I have to meet moth- sect.lon of SnO'll'den. Suddenly Bet- Ulylng to one of the girl$ ally l'CIIting up from the strll.in of
er at foar. I'm going to pick out ty clutched Anne's arm tightly, "Why, yes, I guess he thlnk~ we his wittlcl~m, Freddy came for II
my dress for the senior ball:' "Is that Freddy?" she said. Itre ju~t Infants. I heard him s~y dance. Her better nature trlumphctl
SO afl,e~ many more "good-byes" "Why It certainly Is: He must '.he other day that he never real1~ed and she danced lIith him even
and "Merry Ohristmases." Anne and have arrived on the three- thirty," 'l.ow young we all were tm he got thoUih he had asked her in much
Belty nnally got started. From the "HtIS he grown taller? He lookll lwa~'." the other II.nswered. the same way that you ask the wall
time when their mother~ nrs~ dl.'Terent somehow." AS hM been mentioned before. ftower $\Ster, a very good trlend, to
brought them to St. Mary's to ~tart Sure enollgil. this weU-dressed Betty Wll$ not sentimental, but to dance.
the:n In school. Anne and Betty had man with a certain air Of sophlst1- hear hersei! referred to as an Infant "Well, little girl. how Is everything
been Inseparable. Their friendship cation 1/0'8.S Freddy, but what a t\'en by Freddy made her very an- up at the convent? Are you ~tlll
was :.he marvel of Snowden th~ changed Freddy! One could not put ~ry. Thus It was ~hat when Marlon running everyt!'Jng? Going to grad­~
ma11 town in which they lived. and on,:'s ftnger on what '11'8.3 dltrerent. asked her to go to the &.lnlor Ball uate this year. or is the geometry
noll' In th .. lr last year at st. Mary'S but he 1/o'as dUlerent. with Marlon's brother Bob, sh(' ac- .\tlll bothering?" he said as he smiled
the frlendshlp was just as ftnn as in When ht caught sight of Betty eeJlt~ gladly. down patronizingly.
the nrs~ and Anne he mll.de a $i.gn of recog- The night of the senior Bail came Betty's lnahllIty to master geome-
Elleh was an e!<celJent foil to the nltlon and hurried to meet Ulem. nt last and Betty was as thrilled and try was one of her 'll'eak spots, but
other. Bett~· with her ready laugh .setting down his bags he shook excited as a girl can be who Is to she refrained from making any re-a
nd nashlng white teeth and hel' hands with both of thtm. attend her first formal dance. She ply,
brlght red hair was a very active "Wen, :'hc old town is just as slow \\'as disappointed to be sure to think "Do you know I don't see any of
and well liked girl. Anne was quiet, il.lI ever. Isn't it?" was his ftnt re- Freddy had forgotten, hut what nor- the nt-w steps they were doing In
soft-spoken. and lovable and had mark after his greeting. mll.1 (flrl is not elated at the prospect New York here tonight. But I sup­endeared
herself to everyone hy her Betty choked; so he had outgrown of such an evening? Although Betty pose you Children don't get a chance
channing way as Betty had hy her his home-town all ready. Well, I •• as not a beautIful girl. she looked to learn many new steps. There's
compelling personality. suppose one does change one's Ideas almOlit pretty that night. Her dress no doubt about It. Snowden Is cer-
''Preday COnley gets home from wh!'n one gets away and Snowden a! shimmering green 11'85 especI:1l1y talnly behind the times."
St. John's today," 1/o'as Anne'S first I was II.wfu1ly quiet. Stili she dldn·t becomln; to her auburn ha1r which Freddy's seemln,g lack of humor
remark after they were saf~ly like his attitude. she wore m a youthful knot at the wns now as annoying If not more so
started toll"ard downtown. "Aren't you glad to h~ tome. Fred- Ilape of her neck. than Boh's "ery II.ctlve humor,
"Oh does he?" said Betty as If that dy?" Anne Sll.1d.. It 'II'as a little dIm- Bob arrlved while Betty 11-'&5 dress- "Why Freddy COnley, you OULke
f.)l('ught hM r.ot been In her mind cult for Betty to say anything_ lng, but ~he didn't keep him "'aIUng me tired. The way you talk, I
all the while. On~ does not always "Ot1 yea, but you see after a week- long. Betty greatly admired prompt_ guess evt'lj'one's rtght. You have
conftde thr Stll.te of one's heart eve:1 end in New York, It's a little hard ness In others and practiced it her- lost your head since you have been
to a good frlelld like Anne, espec~al- to settle down to Snowden:' self. away at school. YOU're no more like
Iy concerning Freddy with whom Anne wa~ frankly dls(fusted. but "Was this the face that launched the Freddy Conley I knew than
she had alwsys quarreled ever since Betty was hurt. It annoyed her :l thous:md canoes!" Bob greeted anything. Take me back over to
they were old enough to talk, Stili 'cspecl3.11y to see that that one truan_ hel·. Bob annoyed Betty Intensely Bob. I think he Is looking for me."
it was strange that she ::hould m!ss lock of hair thst he oould r.ever M he did neal'ly everyone In his at- On the way back there was not a
the way he used to whist!e \I.·hen h~ m:lnaa'e now 12.Y do'ilo'tl smoothly_ t<>mpts to be w!tty. Trying to ftnd word spoken. Freddy was apparent­went
by on his way to the "Broth- "I see YOU comh the bJck of your SO'llething laughahle in Bob's wlttl- Iy "hurt," and Betty was so angry
er's" school. Anne knew What was hair 0011' enn on week da~'S," she I cisms was like sep:vatlng the whent I she didn't dare to speak.
going on in her frlend's mind, In said ftnally In an attempt at joklni_ !Tom the chaff, Anne had often u.ld. liob made some stupid remark
fact Anne had a great deal more But Freddy's sense of humor seemed Betty could not help but rEcall it when they met him but Betty was
Intuition than "Bet", but ~Ing a to have deserted him and he didn't now. too angry to hear. She didn't r;ee
lIise fMend 11.$ weU as a good on!' f'yen delan to reply. ~Hello, Boh, I'm SOrry to have kept Freddy again that evening and only
she said nothing. "Well, I'll have to hurry along ~·ou waiting," once II.tt.er that on the ~treet, when
"r wonder If he has changed any now and bring my bags down home "That'! all right, Bet. Phil WM neither spoke. Then she heard that
since he went away, You know he and g~t ready to go over to Newton just coming alter Marlon as I left he had gone back to school.
has been very popular at school and tonight, 11 boy In my class nt S('hool nnd she WI\II Just starting to drelJll, Betty felt very hadly that she had
everyone says he's bound to be pl'es- is having a big party tonight and You're really a man'el at being on (Continued on page 8)
Pqe Eirht THE GLEANER
" Pride Goeth-"
(Continued from page 7)
lost such a good friend as Freddy
had been. stlll she was not sure she
liked this nello' Freddy as well as the I
old one. 80 being a very sensible I
and \'rell balanced girl she tried to
forget all about senlor Ball and to
think only of the coming exams up-
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like .... lIdftre throughout St. Mary's Re3tauranh and Boarding Hou~es
that Freddy had faUed In his ex- _
amlnntlons and was suspended. He
arrived home the next "'·eek. He
seemed to be qulte crushed and no
one saw anything of him for a week
or so. Then one day quite by acci­dent
Betty met him and remember­Ing
that It always takes two to make
a quarrel. she decided to speak.
'·Hello. Freddy. taktna a vaca­Uon?"
"Well. It's rather more or less en­forced
you Itnow. Betty:' was his
reply. but It WD..!I plain to see he was
glad that Betty had decided to bury
the hatchet
°Yes. Freddy. I was awfully sorry
to hear about It:·
~I guess you were right. Betty; I
did sort of lose my head when I tlrst
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"That·s great: I'm awfully ,lad Water Color Boards, lllu,tratior::
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Remember the fun 1I.·e used
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the street hatless she noticed. that
that lock or hair wu still as stub-
OR FOUXT AIN SPECIAl 1 :
born as ever. A. H .. '30.
®
Richard Crashaw
(Continued from page 6)
saw th' obsequious Seraphim
Their rosy fleece of fire bestow,
For well they now can spare their
wing,
Since Heaven itself lies here be­low.
Well done, !l8id I; but are you
sure
Your down, so warm. will pan for
pure?
No, no! Your King's not yet to
seek
Where to repose His royal head;
See, see, how 800n His new.
bloom'd cheek
'Twixt mother'! bres!ts is gone to
bed;
Sweet choice, said we! no way but "', Not to lie cold, yet sleep in 8now
Welcome, all wonders in one
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Summer in Winter, Day in Night!
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M. S., '32.
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