Gleaner_193101

              VOL. VI
ALUMNAE
HELD
BANQUET
AT COLLEGE
The annual banquet of the
Nazareth College Alumnae
sched uled for the Christmas sea­son
was held in the CollO)ge
cafeteria on the evening of Satur­day,
December 27. Many alumnae
wO)re present, "ellrO)senting the
threO) "chartO)r" classes, '28, '2il,
and '30.
Published at Nasareth College, Rochester, New York
JANUARY, 1931
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S~ Five )'ears <lgo I came to you, the child of yom thoughts, !:i
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~,~ a chapter in the book of )"ollr life. Yon gave me my name, ri
!" "The Cleaner," for in me )"011 would gather up your ;'1
~",~.J, thoug-hts. the fruit of your talents. labor , success, joys and t~,
activities. .
;:.} For five years I have reaped the harvest of yonr youth, ;~
~ have gleane(1 the days of their bou1Ity, the years of their ~~
l'~ yielding. Into the storehouse of memory I have gathered :'!
~1 yom wheat of spiritual thought. For you ! have preserved ii
,~,,~ your field of rippling song. I ha\'e guarde<1 safely the seeds ,h.:,:,'
~ of your hopes, trials. amI amhitions. to plant them and
ti watch them yield in future years the harvest o f your labor. ;,~
i:,l I have not forgotten to s tore away your bundles o f fUll, ~,~i
your overflowing merriment. J have looked well not to lose
Preceding the dinner, a shorL
business meeting of the Associa­tion
resulted in the election of the
following board members: Mar_
cella Heichenberger, '28, Marjorie
Garbus, '2il, Margaret Leary, '29,
Monica Toole, '29, Adelaide
Biesenbash, '30, Edith Croft, '30,
Edith Fischer. '30, and Alice
Foley, '30. Lois Foley was elected
Alumnae SecrO)tary. The meeting
convened in t he "long room" on
the second floor of the College
building. It savorO)d strongly of
educational questions and intelli_
gence tests! The Profe ~or alone
was absent.
~J a precious hit of your great wealth. ~
~~ I work 110t only for today, but for tomorrow. 'rime will ',~
:.\ come when the twilight of life falls and the shades of even- 'j fl ing deepen; then you will live again in me, the mo rning of ill
~:: life anew for the harvest is rich indct.'tl. :,;
~1 I pray that the Han-ester of the world will bless my ~~
i)' work in the years to come as He has in my carly days. i·;
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The merry hum and buzz of .
voices at the banquet tables drew I
smiles nOw and again from t hO)
waitreS!!es, a~ they ]Iassed up and I
down the aisles. It was a happy I
reunion, II bigger thrill for the
girls of '30, perhaps, than for thO)
others. New positions were dis- '
cussed from all anglO)s. Labora­tory
and schoolroom and Washing_
ton and Baltimore and automobile
wO)re the subject.'1 of comment.
So much engrossO)d was this one
group of banqueteu in their
newsy tale$ that they failed to
givO) more than passing notice to
the fact that unlucky thirteen
reigned at the table.
At the end of a delicious menu,
the Alumnae President, Miss
Dorothy McGrath, welcomed the
assembled graduates back to
NazarO)th's halls. Her words
were of double import to the Class
of '30, whose first banquet this
was. The newly-weds werO) given
due recognition, as well as the
"College baby," Constance Marie
Costich, whose fond mother takes
pride in her as being the "first
child, of the first graduate, of the
first graduating c!aS!!" oi Nazareth
College!
The Dean, Sister Teresa Marie,
then addressed the Alumnae mem­bers.
Sister expressed the bond
of union between the College nn'.!
GERMAN CLUB HOLDS
FIRST MEETING
The GO)rman Club of Nazal'eth
College wa3 organized and held
its first business meeting on
December 11, lil30. The grow_
ing interest in the study of Ger­man
among thO) studen ts taking
the various German coursO)s in the
college gave impetus to thO) organ_
ization or this society, which will
rO)present interest in t he cultural
value$ of the German langungc,
and of German music and liter-
Nazareth College Is
Admitted to Na tional
Council on Education
Nazareth CollegO) has recently
beO)n admitted to the National
Council on Education, thus identi­fying
itself with one more national
organization devoted to educa-t
ional intl'rests, and marking a
definite 5to)P in its progress.
On January 22, our Dean will
ature. attend thO) convention in Indian-
The second meeting will take apolis, at which it is expected
place in Janunry, at which new Nazareth College will become
members will be entertained. The affiliated with the Asso<:iation of
cl ub now inc\udO)s Louise Brown,
Corinne ClIl1nhan, Anne Egan, American Colleges.
Mary Geherin, Ruth Slavin, Flor­ence
Vetter, Gertrude Walters,
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and Elnor Zweigle. Sopb Hop Date Announced
The officers are: FlorencO) Vet-ter
and Elnor Zweigle. I Miss Mg,.gar~t Enright, Pre~i_ , I dcnt of the Sophomore Class, is
jt.~ gradnates-on affection which gt'nCl"al chairman of th~ Sophom(,re
is ju~t as strong as it was dU"ing I HClp to Ix' held at Nazal'eth College.
:\ctuill school days. FUrthO)!" than Friday enming, February 6. It is
this, the Collage takes a pO)l"sonal to be a forma l dinnCl" danee. and
interest in each a lum na and O)x- the ehail'men of the various com_
pO)cts in return that each alumna Imittees al'e as follows: Publicity,
will be loyal in her persona! con· Mary Moran and Cathnine Hock;
tact with life to thO) standards of decorations, J osephine Koeh; din-her
A!ma Mater. I ner, E~ther Gargano; and the 01'-
(Continued on page three) chestra, Betty G,·iffin.
No.4
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
REIGNS AT NAZARETH
On Thursday, December 16,
1!:I30, thO) college held its annual
Christmas party. It is always a
joyful occasion in the college
calO)ndar, made more precious by
the pleasant associations and the
real Christmas spirit among the
students.
The beautiful Christmas trO)e,
thO) pl"O)sentation of tableaux suited
to the occasion, and the singing of
carols by the GteO) Club added a
delightful note to the festivities.
The collection of discardO)d toys
and worn clothing was more than
a tokO)n of Nazareth generosity.
We wish we could have seen the
faces of t he neO)dy families who
received them !
The Christmas haskets, too,
fo und their welcome way into the
homes of the unfortunate and the
destitute, with their bright decor_
ations and messages of chem·.
We thank the committee who so
gO)nerously donatO)d their time and
services in preparing the baskets
for delivO)ry.
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CHARLES HOUSE HAS
INTERESTING SPEAKER
On Sunday, DO)cember fifteenth,
the staff of Charles House Settle­ment
hO)ld its first informal meet­ing.
Miss F'rance.~ tueLaughlin,
'Z!:I, who is in charge of the Settle.
ment, wO)lcomed the group and
introduced the gue3t of the after­noon,
Reverend Walter F~ry,
head of the Catholic Charities.
Fathe,· F'ouy told of the excel·
100nt work that Nazareth college
students were doing in thO) field of
social sO) rvice, and briefly outlined
different branches of social work,
stressing particularly child work
and family case wor k.
Toward the conclusion of the
meO)ting, Miss McLaughlin sug­gO)
sted that a summer camp be
sO)cured where some of the nO)O)dy,
undernourished children in the
settlement district msy have the
opportunity to gain and to enjoy
SUmmer sunshine.
WholO)-hearted s up p 0 r t was
pledged by O)very mO)mber, and
plans made for a benefit dance, to
be held in the near fu ture, as a
means of raising funds for the
camp.
Agatha Young, '32.
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NAZARETH COLLEGE
Vol. VI. JANUARY, 193] No.4
Published monthly by the stud('nts of Nazal"i!th
Co!lege, Roche~ter, N~w York
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Fcr Advertising Rntc~, Call
NAZARETH COLLEGE
402 Augu~tine Street
Phone, Glenwood 4014
The New Year
Another year hIts been given UlI, another mile_
!lone "long the way or the centuries, "n exquisite,
inestimable gift-Time !
May thi$ com:ng ye"r be for you not an incident,
but a succe!Ulion of happy hours, crowded with
joY$, and with every bll!$$ing, We wi~ h you not
only every earthly joy, but the peace of the NeW_I
born King, the t"ngible, beautiful h"ppineM of all
the years.
To you, our beloved Dean, Sister Teresa Marie, I
lind to you, our Faculty, we wish success fOl" the
coming year. You lahor ~o splendidly, 110 untir­ingly
for our well-being. You know that you have
nur loyal supp<>rt, our enthulliasm, and our inle"est
May the new year, and all the $ueceeding years
bring you all the wonderful gifts which you
deserve!
To the student body, and to our alumnae, we
wish the continued ble~sings of $UCCeU and happi­neM.
We thank you for your genui,)e interest
lind continued support. If you feel that " The
Gleaner" is your p"per, we feel that you "re our
inspir ation, and ~ our gratitude findll expreMion
in the simplest of messages:
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Sc hool Spirit
School spirit is the one, essential, !lCe-giving,
cohesive principle of IIChool activity. It is vital to
the school not alone for mere existence, because
without it the number of pupils can never be hoped
to increase from year to year, but also for brilliant
scholarship, high standards of achievement, and
outstanding reputation among other inlltitutions.
School s pirit is particularly a deciding factor in the
choice of a Btudenl about to matriculate at a col­lege,
for it ill t his which advertize~ a particular
university to him and draws it to his special
attention.
Furthermore, II school's best, if not only, adver­tisement
is the "ttitdue of its pupils. Logic"lIy or
not, the prospective freshman chooses for his
Alma Mater thst which send$ forth the largest
number of srticulMely satisfied members.. Again,
schol"rship is in a few exceptional casea attained
because of an innate love of wisdom, but in the
main it is motivated by a IIChool s pirit which de­mands
much of il.!!eif in thi$ as in all other fields.
The average man or woman studies not I)rimarily
because of inclination or liking, but becausc of a
THt; GLEANER
desire to live up to the atandards of the group to
which he belongs.
Reputation "mong othcr Institutions depends,
thnugh indirectly, on school ~pirit, because in
scholarship, extra-curl"icular activities, and all thal
makes a college stand out befo"e the world, IIChool
~p irit ill the unl!een, but not unimportant, dynllmn.
School spirit has a wider a l)plication than at first
seem ~ pouible; it tranllCends the victorious $hout
of the cheer leaders and the glories of the footban
field. The tendency to emphasize IIChool spirit in
athletics serves to minimize it in other fields. This
should not be; it functions equally in student social
life and in the class room. It should succeed in freeing aocial life from anobbery and the class rOO'll I
from nll,'row intellectuality.
School api rit. like many other powerful soci,,1
facto rs, is elusive of definition. Definition I shall
not attempt. Suffice it to say it i~ that which
encourage~ the sacrifice of sel f·interest to the inter­e$
t of the BChool. and individual interl!"$t to the
interest of the IIChool. and individual preference
to the will of the majority. School ~\>irit unfltil ­inR:
ly $how8 itself in boostin~ one's !!Chool to out­siders
in order to persuade them to swell its ranks,
and lhi ft i. born of a desire to make one'll own
IIChool the best. School , p;rit make' for wide
intere!ta in many field$ precl uding narrow !!Cholastie
interest, and fO$ters an active co-operat;on among
$tudents. School spirit inaurel interested alumnae;
for ~t udent morale. not text-book matter. provides
precious memories and ~pecific facti!, with which it
is the buaine8/! of the school to deal. not the atmos­phere
in which they are taught and forgotten.
School spirit is capsble of great things, undoubt­edly
because it is one applic"tion of that cardinal
principle of loyalty. which expreMes itself also in
family relations "nd love of country.
Consequently, can we. priding ourselves on purity
of filial feeling and high patrioti$m be untrue to
school I Pirit, an application of loyalty removed b)'
only a little from thue two!
Forwa rd!
What a ring lind a challenge there is in the word
" Forward !" Down through the ages, in every
language. it has signified daring, courage, and
achievC'mcnt. Alexande.· said it a. he marched hi,
trool"' over the dusty hill" of India, toward the
distant Gangt'$. whieh lay like :l s ilver ribbon in the
valley. Charles Martel said it as he led his fore"
against the Moslem hordes at the memorable battle
of Tours. Godfrey of Bouillon cried "Forward!"
as he rode up to the gate" of Jerusalem followed by
the kn ights of the crusades. And la$t1y Columbus.
We all kno .... his answer to his terrified, imploring
crew"" thl" ship plunged through the $wirling, grar
WUI',",! of the Atlantic. It was: "Forward! For_
ward!"
The re i, in l l)iration in the word, and a thrill of
hope. We. tlY.l, "re progreu ing forward, onward
to a final goal. The years between are but events,
soon to grow dim and fade into memories. There
iB no lide in the currentls of time which f\OW$ back.
ward. It gou on and rm "Forward" to us aym,
boli2.1!1 progreu. We have been given another year
"s a priceleh link in that wonderful chain ... a
span, we might almost call it, from the past to the
future.
We shall go forward bravely, with heads up,
fearl_, unafraid. I,et our purpose be fixed,
determined- It compass by which to steer our
course. The harbor is ahead. With full sail we
follow our slar . forward!
NIGHT
The night is bright, th. skrl i. cierI>",
Tire _"'tow, aU JlIII". and g/i.t.ni"g.
Refled. Ih . Ught. of healll'" abo"e,­And
nou, Ihe wind, II quiet dove.
COlliet s/ow/I/, 80 ftl ll whi81ICri .. O,
A, if ,:,o'e8si"g Ime 'I!od de<II·.
A. 111. F., '32.
I EXCHANGE
"Fllb'"Ots",
St. Msry-of_the_Woods College,
South Bt>nd, Indiana.
The December 11th is!Sue of
" !-'agot!" contained three .. rtic\es
expreS!Sing ide"s and vieWpOints,
which were gathered from the Ns­tionn!
Scholastic Pres! Convention.
We were imp"essed by their versa­tility.
"The Gleanm'" offers some of the
comments to you.
Mr. B. K. Hart, member of the
"lvvidence Journal Buff, saY$:
"The collegt> new~paper is the
cradle of our neW$papermen. By
all means, anyone expecting to go
into journalism should work on his
sehool newspaper. He gets an idl'a
of whnt work behind the scenes ia
Ii ...... "
Among th(' humorous conceptions
we found this definition of pOetry
by Mr. Carl Sandburg, who said:
" P""try is an achievement of syn­thl!$
i$ of hyacinths and biscuits.
Poetry is a puppet ~ how wherE.
ridelll on akyrockets go~~i p with
deep-sea diver$.. -., . "The Campus Record",
College of Mount St. Vine!:nt.
If the aim of "The Campus Rec­"
rd" is to get the greatest amount
of news into the smallut amount
of space, it certainly has succeeded.
However, tht' headings of the mos~
important items might be set in
larger tYIII!, and thereby lend II
true joul'nulistic allPearllnCe to the
IHlper liS a whole. This is said only
lIy way of suggestion lind not aa a
criticism.
The reviews entitled "On Pag.o;
and Stage" are original a nd up-to­date.
They have an a ppeal which
leads other~ to brow~e between the
covers of the w.o-rk.s r e,·iewed. "The Tatler"
College of Ne'w Rochelle,
New Rochelle, New York.
Congl"8tulation~ on your splendid
editorials in the iuue of December
9th! "The Tatler" speaks of "Dis­content".
It aay~, " Why l evel'
came to coUt'ge lifter all. "
"There art' two kinda of discon­tent
in this world; the di!!Content
that works, and the dillContent thst
wring!! its hads. The first g~tl
what it wants, lind the second 10!!l!ll
what it has. There'. no cure for
the first but ~ucceM; and there'B
no cure at ail for the l'CC(lnti,"
writes Gordon Grah.m.
The character and depenaabiJitJl
of college gi rls are upheld in an
article entitled "Our Attitude". It
reads: "Anyone who is capable of
earning a college diploma has thr
fundamental characteristics and es­sentials
proper to a serious and
high principled woman of cultre
lind refinement. In the main it i,
the collej:l! girl's honu t intention
to live up to the ideals inculcated
in her by her college and her par_
ents."
Mal'y Moran '33.
THE GLEANER
Annua l Christma . Dance
Is Enjoyable Affair
Thi ~ i ~ ~ tntion N-:\-Z-A-R-E-T-H
broadcuting from its tempornry
~ tudio, the Roof Garden of the
Sagamore Hotel. After Stlltion
announcements dancing will be re-
1931
Here we stand on the threshold
of 1931, looking into the future,
not mer~ly into the short year thnt
lies ju~t before us. We ~tand
here, siar ing into limitlellll time,
sumed. a'i did tho!e I):oneers of long ago,
It is certainly a a'ght that I who cr9ued the dry plains and
!hould like to picture to my un-seen
audience. The main ballroom climbed the wearying mountains
has been transformed into a fairy- and came at last to the pa!l!l in
land of color with blllloons, ban- I the grellt hills thllt looked out into
ners, and red and green Christ- fertile va~leys ~nd verdant Illains.
mas decorlltions. In the lounge, To that nch 8011 these sturdy fel­Christmas
trees promote the yule_ low~ looked for a happy future.
tide spirit and the air is delight- ! To this new ~ear we look .ror.1I
rully scented by the odor of pine. future that wdl be as fertIle m
May I indulge in ju~t a bit of endeavor and accomplishments all
Ilattery and say that everyone is theiri!.
looking her best! Just another l Out there in the ~ew Year, we
uide--it seems thllt the IInkle- · shllll make mllny mIstakes. We
length frock is due {or a long I shall lItruggle and fall, perhapll
period of popularity, grow weary, lo~e heart lind feel
I wish to congratulate MillS I courag,e slil~ping, but we shall
Glady~ Englert, general chairman, grasp Jt IIgam and, become ~trong
and her a!l!listanl.$ Mie~ Mildred once more, Anythmg may hallpen
Burke, Miu Josephine Koch, and in 1931., We lOllY not obtain the
Mi!lll Dolores Edell upon their goal which our restle!lll hearl.$
great l ucce!lll thi~ evening, reach toward, but we can be, if
I ahall now turn the microphone we 110 desire, all that our drellm­over
to 1'011', Hughie Barrett, who ing ~o u ls have imagined that we
i$ very anxious to pilly some re- , might become,
quut nu m ber~. In the ne>:t dance I With this purpose in mind, let
you will probably hear your us dose the portals of ]930, throw
fllvorite$, . the key into the future lind atart
Well, it i$ just one o'clock, and a new year--;-II hllPPY and proflt.­everyone
seems unwilling to leave. I able one--wlth true courage and
Here comes one of the girls. Wait firm endeavor.
just a minute, while I Il.8k her if Margaret L. Enright, '33.
ahe had a good time. There's no + _ + _ +
doubt left in my mind now. She
merely eaid: T o Our Academy Supportera
"I had a wonderful time!"
And $0 we sign off until another
year. Elsie Streb!er, '32.
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A lumna Banque t
In (11"(1cl" to etart the New Yea~
in the rlg-ht way we are offering a
few in~tructionl to you which will
tend to make your corner of the
Glelllter mueh more intere.ting for
(Continued from page one) every one of you.
There was general rejoicing at First of all. we'd like to have ALL
the forward step which Nazareth the girls read the G1Mn~ lind be_
Coll\!ge hll~ taken, ina4much u its come int('rcsted in it, llnd there i ~
I\~crrditing by the Associat ion of one way which can a rouse inter(' st
Collegee and Secondary S<:hools of better than any other. Why don't
the i\l iddle States lind Maryland, YOU contribute to the Gle""tr?
and also in the National Catholic When thel'e i~ IIOmething of inter­Educational
A!IIIociation, Depart- etlt oceul"Ting, why don't YOU write
ment of Colleges, has, In each it up? Make it brief lind IInappr
inltance, been granted. Likewise, - something to interest everyone.
a recent letter WIIS read which an- Give your artide to the gi rl in
nounced the granting to the CoI- your elll!lll who distributes the
lege of membership in the National Glecmen every month and she in
Council of Education. Every tum wit! give it to the Senior rep·
added mark of honor which Nazar- reaenlative. On the PIRST MONDAY
eth wins is and ought to be con_ of the month the A»istant Circula­sidered
an asset to iU alumnae. tion Manager will collect lIll the
The Dean spoke of her plans articles submitted, pre;;ent them to
concerning an agency to be organ- the GI~c"l~r lltatr, and make aelee_
iled by the College. Thi$ i. in- tion of the belIt articles which will
tended to be of a!l!listance to be publi.hed.
alumnae and future graduate., It B e~i(l ell the event.!J which take
will keep the College informed place lit .ehool, we also invited you
about the work of the nlumnae in the beginning of the, year to
and will lead to desirnl.lle place- write brief papers on any euhjec.:t
ment for graduates. whatever lind IlreBent them to 1,1$
Warm words of greeting inter- fOl" eon~ id era tion. Any article of
changed between fII culty and gt'nerlll interC!!t will be accepted by
alumnae, co11ege songs, and the the B08rd for consideration and if
lIeason's good cheer brought to a I passt-d will be published in the
cloee a decidedly enjoyable e\·en· GI<!llntr with the writer'lI name.
ing. Now here'. YOUR chance to get pub-
Adelaide Biesenbach, ·30. lidty!
New Y ear'a R eaolutions
RESOLVED:
1<1 Iwnd i1\ f18signllttflta on tilut!
It might be better not to do it
~udd (mly-th e shock might be too
gNlat! Lead up to it gently, and
perhaps by December, HI31, lI!111ign­menu
handed in on time can bI!
recEive<! ~ toica11y.
t<l tnl;" luoywllm /ountuin pens!
Do not run out of ink in the mid.
dIe of the class, necessitating the
bankrupting of resel'vcs in neigh­boring
pens.
to (uhf! ull1\o/u neat/y.
Naturally this demands one's
rt'sig nation from the ' H yrogly ph ic~
Union'.
,.OOm.
A b"ight look (01,11' conception)
has not worked flO we11, a stupid
l0<.0k n,cei\'n too much attention,
flO how about trying a compromiac!
10 In'<!ak lloe e.lablillhed ,.<!co,.d and
ponua 0'11/1 one eold Il montll.
More spoils the technique, sus-­pidons
are aroused. It's 80 that
eve" our ehoral directors lack,
$ympathy.
to bf! more 0/ (In optilllist w/~ ....
atl"ut CIIr service is COllcerntd,
Give the cars a little en('()urllge­mcnl.
Cheerfulness accomplishes
wondel'S, you know. What if a car
ie late ! Smile, smite! What ir you
lire late fOI' cla!!ll! Smile, smile,
whil", you may!
to b" CIIrt/nl no/ 10 make too 1IIIIn1l
,·,uwlntiolls.
Because II goody_goody does not
have much fun. Moreover !lOme
rellOlutions should be lert for all
the New Yeal'S to «Ime.
tI"'l tllef/I! J'UOIUtiOllil be more du,'­/
lb/<! Ihan those o/la8t 1/eu,'.
Did the 1930 re~olutions hold out
fo)" a wrek? Do not all answer at
oneco
We hereby guarantee that any­one
following these re!lOlutions wit!
become a cla!lllroom model. WE
say nothing of popularity. It
should be remembered that resolu­t
ionll al'e unllccustomcd to mu~h
usnge, hence no guarant« is made
fO l" wear and teal".
01< _ + _ '"
At this time recognition is made
of the splendid work of the Assi ~t­ant
Circulation Manager in taking
~are of the Acad"lIlll Gleaner. ami
also of the keen intere,t shown by
the Senior (IS well liS the other rep­resentative~
of the individual class­e~.
We certainly do appreciate it!
We also wi~h to thank the girlll for
their ~ upport and hope that 1931
will bring the greal.e$t s uc<::eu to
each and every one--a.s well a.s to
the Gl~all{;J·.
CIRCUL\TION MANAGER.
Page Three
Here and There !'
Happy New Year! This ie just
a bit of optimism in the face of
the impending disaster, mid-years.
Nevertheleu we mean it sincerely,
and wish you all the hsppine!lll in
the world. .-. Hasn't the air ~eemed a bit
"springy" these day~? We felt
tempted to go out and see if the
c rocuses were coming 1,11', but our
exuberance was restrained by a
~aner member. o-f t.he ramily. The day after Chri1tmaB isn't
the zero hour we thought it was.
We round it rather enjoyable,
with long houu to read all the
books we wan.te-d t.o. We heard the other day about
a very intriguing college. You
take your exams when you feel
qualified to do so. But here comes
the drawbllck. What if you do not
feel able to ta.ke- a.ny at all? We feel guilty every
Yellr'~ because ~omehow or
Now
othel'
we never even get around to mak_
ing New Year.' s -re.sol utions. It is a horrible disappointment
when all your life you have en­joyed
feeling sorry that you were
an introvert to have it bluntly told
you that you a re decidedly extro­vert.
+- .
Burns 5IIid:
"Would ~ome god the giftie gie us
To lee ourselves all ithel'll see us.."
The Noble prize award was
given to Sinclair Lewis {or his
portrllyal of the typical American.
We have what Burns wanted. But
do we like it! I wonde r .
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We have talked much of late
about Catholic action. Certainly
we are proud when we can see this
action in practice liS in the case
of "'ather Coughlin or Detroit.
May the courage of their con­victions
animate more of our
people in the futu J·e.
'i' - + - 'i'
Nazareth Stude n ta in Print
Our IItudents are finding their
way into print. Recently, i\li!l!l
Alice Foley, '30, had a charming
aketch in the "Ave Maria." Now,
our Kathleen O' Brien finds herself
famous overnight, with a fine
poem in the Catholic College
Anthology, "This Light," Before
June, another anthology or gen_
eral ('()l1ege poetry i, to be iuued
in which we expect to Bee other
of our budding poets repre!lented.
We call attention to their contri.
butions in "The Gleaner," month
by month.
Page Four
Residents Row
The Christmas holidays, all the
country over seemed to be d('votcd
to shower the best cheer lind en_
tertainment to young people re­turning
from IIChaol and college,
And you will 8001'1 aee we have
proved to be n.o -uc.ep tion ! Mildred Pisanchin IIttended two
dinner parties at the Hotel Wllyne
in I,yons.
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lIIary O'Brien visited in Buffalo
during the vacation. but returned
to Rochester for the Christmas
dance, . -. Anne Eglin Wll$ entertained by
Helen GunteJ't., -. Anne Camille visited in Batavia
for ~ everal day.s,- . Mrs, Charles Meade entertained
for Frances Baehman at a dinner
party, .-. Eleanor Heick'! most acceptable
Christma! present wu II rapid
recovery from a very recent
operation for appendicitis. >- .
Margaret Blumerick'a holiday
was made e!!pecially gay in a whirl
of holidlly dancing, the New
Rochelle, Notre Dllme, and the
Niagara Club dance.,
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Patricill Liberatore played in a
Christmas dramatic presentation
at Elmira, "An Old_Fashioned
Mother." .-. Helen Morrissey SIlent II few
days with Mary Loui" Bennett at
Pittsford, .-. Kate McCarthy, Helen, lind
Dorothy McGhan were entertained
b)l Mary Louise Ben nett at din­ner
before OU.I' -Ch.ri stmll s Dance, lIIargaret Enright W!18 enter­tained
by Miss Claudia Wright at
II New Year'lI .P-art.y, Mary Louille Bennett was en­tertained
by lIIiss Mary Lack at
an evening bri.dg-e,. A dinner llarty wa~ held in
honor of J osephine Boyer lit her
home on New .Y-ea.r'l Eve, Virginill Nugent attended the
Alpha Zeta Be.ta- D.anc e at Hornell, Dorothy Abraham attended an
alumnae bllsketbal1 game at Can_
andaigua ACld.e-my., Mary Fotllhee entertained Mary
Lynch and Gaetana Ferlanda at
dinner during .th-e .hol idays, Mllry Neary spent one week of
the holida ys with Miss Mary
Louise Strong of Overbrook, Phila.
delphia.
M, N" '82,
THE GLEANER
' .. THE EMPTY BOTTLE ' ..
"Come on, Anne," Steve Wood- Tht're f1et'med to be an everlasting
wOl,th ~houted to hill wife f rum streak of luck hovering about
t heir tiny kitchenette " 1'1\ help you 1St: ve, alwaYll bringing him out on
, top_ Anne t'e('alled how once dur-get
breakfast !!O I can ~t to the ing his college day •. he had jullt
office sometime this morning. "II 01,1 , struggled through. certain lubject
know I have to go pallt the big by a little cramming. and COl'll!('­oo$
ll'S desk and his greetingll quently had been allowed to restore
haven't been of the cheeriest kind to the footba ll team their only hop;!
of winning the game. Another
lately." time. after an unusually rough
" I've reali~ all that for a long ~ame, Ste\'e had emerged victorious
time, Steve," Anne answered as sh~
aJ.opcared in the doorway, " You'!]
be 10$ing your position ~ome of
thC$e days and you won't find an_
but with sevel'.1 broken riblJ. Hi.
condition had caused the attending
physicians some consternation, but
in a comparatively short time, the
main propel' of the team was back
other right away as good as the in the game fighting to maintain
one )lOU'rll holding," the athletic standard of hiK Alma
Mater .
Sudden ly Anne's remini!ICenees
of hm' en1'1y friend ship with her
Winton Chemical WOI'ks" know a husband were interrupted by a
good chemist whf n they find one shrill cry from the back-yard,
and the only way I'll get separated where four_yellr_old Nancy Wood­from
tnat place is to have the'" worth WIlS alrelldy making the
most of the carll' morning sun­rany
me out-as a corpse, for in- shine with Pepper, the young
" Don't worry, Anne," Steve re­plied,
patting her should('r, "Th ..
Scotch-tllrriel', The mother iMtinet
"O~, Steve," Anne exclaimed in a took Anne on winged feet to Nan_
griev~-d tonI', "I wish you wouldn't cy, who Willi just th rowing away a
ple.:e of broken glaD as her moth­$
J)(>ak of such things !IO lightly el' 81lpcared around the corner of
and especially" - but here hel' the attrllctive little Dutch colonial.
speech wns interrupted by a sharp As Anne bathed Nancy's injured
rasp fl'Om the corner where her fin(ter she reproached herself
wmewhl\t domesticated helpmate ~~~~Yt!°be:~~:i~~hhae:s:~p!ys~~
had been bU$y with the pl'epara_ reali:te(l that . erious results olter.
tion of a grapefruit for his belated follow Buch minor accidents and
bl'i!akfast. Anne wheeled about to ~"e Itlwnys tried to administer all
find hH husband nUl'sing a bleed, I the tl'eatment that her medicine
ing finger which had been given a "hest ol'fp- red,
,.tance."
hllsty thrust with the knife,
"Oh, Steve, I'm so sorry," Anne
sympathi~ed, "I'll I'Un and get some
iodine and )'01,1 hurry and eat. your
This lICcond mishap in one morn­ing
llrompted Anne immediately to
llhone Steve to request him to make
a few purchases lit the drug store
in town,
breakfast ."
But the bottle
"Nancy cut her fi nger quite bad­when
found ~WBS ly, Steve." Anne informed hel' hUll­empty,
"Never mind, Miss f'int-aid ,"
Steve interrupted hia wife's lamen­tations
and self-reproach, "I
haven't time anyway to even eltt a
mouthful now and I'll take care of
this wounded digit at the office,"
Anne h~a"ed II sigh as she ap_
peal'ed at the front doorway with
the empty bottle in her hand and
di>ICovered Steve already on hill
way down the ~treet. She kne .... he
would neglect to cllre for that cut
- he wtlS so heedless ~bout some
things and li!ted 50 much to be
waited on, Anne realized, ot course,
t hat ~he was a great deal to blame
for his helplessness, but her de­voted
husband showed !!O much ap­pre.:
iation at time& that it was It
hill' thrill for her to usume the
smaller respoMibilities of the
Woodworth household. She experi­enero
II little shock of pride as
she watched Steve's husky bulk
di sappear into the railway station,
How wonderful to be like Steve,
Anne mused, He did get so much
satisfaction out of things-things,
especially that had happened to
him in his experience with life,
band, "and it looks I'nther ugly, so
plcnse Ilon't forget the iodine."
"You"'e not worried, are you,
dea!'?" Steve asked, "You shouldn't
worry >'0 enily nbout ~uch thing'S,
"What do you think the knights
of old did for the !lCratches they
got in their !kirmi$hes!" and
::>tevt: I'IImbled on, informing Anne
in almo~ t the same breltth t hat he
wu bringing home to dinner 111'1 old
war buddy, Bob Saunders, who was
co nne.:ted with his dcpartment at
Winton's,
At Mven-thirty that evening
Anne's carefully prepared dinner
had been waIting IIOme minutes and
yet her husband and bia guest did
not anive. SteV(! always left their
little rOlld~ ter home for Anne, but
to-night they were driving out in
Bob', car-all the more reallOn for
111'1 earlier al'rival at home, Just
ail Anne was beginning to experi_
ence some anxious moments, Steve
and Bob drew up out in f ront in a
taxi, Steve wal all apologies and
excitement all he tried to explain
the cause of t he delay, From hi~
rapid explanation, supplemented by
(Continued on page sill; )
CHAPEL
In surveying the various nooks
and rooms which comprise the
buildings of our campus, we find
that t here ill one spot which ~ee ms
j ust a little bit dearer, and with
reason a little more sacred than
any other, This sanctuary is the
answer to a longing for quiet and
peace, "that peace which the world
cannot give." Let us step into
chapel during one of our free
hours.
As we enter, II mantle of quiet
and peace seems to envelope us,
Before our eyes, reposing on that
altar, Christ our King reigns in
all His glory, Here is the magnet
that attracU! our heal'u, Words
were u~eless to tell the secret of
that attraction,
Next we see the image of Mary
our Queen:
"Our tllinted natures solital'y
boast"
Unconsciously the words of her
Mem<lrare seem to fall from 01,11'
lips, His heart bleeding for the
sins of men, the Sacred lieart of
J esus stands next the altar, lIow
trivial are the hell rt aches of men
when considering the suffering lind
pain of that divine Heart! That
divine Heart was 110 often soothed
and ea&ed by the comforting word~
of that wi!IC and humble guide, St,
J oseph, whO$(> image draws us now.
It WitS to him that the privilege of
guiding- and educating the Child
J esua was imparted, Blessed J oseph
guide us with the same parental
care that thou showered upon
J esus, they Son! Our home, too, is
Nazareth and we claim thy special
love, As our gaze wllnderll we
are gladdl!ned by the sight of that
powerful advocate of the poverty
stricken as wcll as those blelllled
with bettel' means-Suint An_
thony, At his feet gleam tiny
vigil lights, symbols of the heal'ts
burning with love and Il/feetion
for this favored one,
We are transported to our own
day at the sight of Saint Teresa
of the Child J e$us, Her life should
inspire us to imitate and suppli_
eate her that she may let fllll upon
us some of tho ~e heavenly r oses
which she hits pl"omised,
With regret we turn from the
chapel, since time has not pcr­mitted
that we satisfy our love
and affection for God's house, It
is here that we may come, whert
all ebe S('('ma futile , to siltisfy our
fe~iings, Our prayers offered here
at the feet of Christ surely will be
sn aid and conllOlation in later
yeaTS when time does not permit
our communing so intimately with
Him. Prayer is indispenSllble and
why not take advantage of our
ell;ceptional opportunity !
"For so the whole round world
is in every way
Bound by golden chaina about
the fect of God,"
Virginia Winkler, '33,
I C. S. M. C.- Fremin I Mission Unit
The latest bulletin f rom our
foreign relations is that our Christ_
ma~ card~ will be much appreci­ated.
You knew, of course, that
tho$1! with which you extended to
the faculty t he season's greeting!!
would be aent abroad to be used
as prizes and toys among the little
savages, but now we are asking
you to canvas your homes and
neighborhood.
Juat aboul t hia time every year,
the card s that have been lying
.bout aince the holidays begin to
annoy conscientious housekeepen
who object to the clutter they
cause in their otherwise IIpotless
domociles. Evcn now you mny re­turn
home to find them reposing
in t he nether regions of was te_
ba$ketll, rubbish-barreb and other
like receptacles to which such no­longer-
used articles are consigned.
What a Bhame thllt they should
come to such an ignominiou8 end.
-after the houn Bpent in concen­tration
on their selection and
decillion aa to their recipients.
Surely they deserve a kinder fllte
than t his.
Now what cause could be
worthier, what end loftier than to
send them to the harassed mission­aries.
who will usc them, as we
have mentioned, to 800the ruffled
feelings, (even the Chinese have
them, you know.) appease t heir
craving for playthings, award
them for merit with withal employ
them u aneducational lIid in
tbose lands where such thing3 are
ordinarily not known.
Ca.n't you just $ee some almond.
eyed baby, who a moment before
was c rying his heart out for 1I0me
one of the million rcasons which
I"'ompt children's tears, now grin­ning
through the mist nt the
pretty picture in his hand? 1 sup­pose
to them such curios answer
the purpose served by our f unny_
papers. Such queer people in
funny clothes! The older ones
who have learned a little English
will be vnstly amused with the
task of deciphering the wor<b of
greeting. Il takes such little
things to please them!
When t hose heroic men and
women devote t heir lives to the
salvation of othel'll, when they
leave the comforts of home and
country to work among people
who are unfriendly and suspicious,
when they brave t he pe ril of dis­ease
and hards hip, any little thing
which we can do to alleviate their
suffering and make things easier
should not hllve to be solicited
with any great veremence. You
will bring your old cards then,
won't yo u ~ You might, while
you're about it, stick in anything
else no longer needed and which
might bring them a little joy. They
mustn't t hink we have forgotten
hem. Betty Griffin, '33.
THE GLEANER Page Five
IN THE WE_E_K_ BETWEEN ORIGIN OF THE ANGELUS I !
Night-when the Christma.s "AJldtheWordw(l3f11adejle./. S. S. C. Notes
lights a.re being turned on down A'IId dll'e/t amoJlgd lUI." IL ______________ ,
the street, and you have read t he This buic and most important I'
Wasn't it just the meane.t thing
to rush up the hall ror !lOme
Christmas seals only to find that
the kind you had your heart $et
on was all gone !
book someone gave you. and an
the chOl:olate creams a re gone,
and there is not one show in town
that you really want to see, and
you turn on the 1'adio,-but your
favorite atation has hooked up on
a nation-wide broadcast tbat yon
don't want to hear. You turn it
off-and aillo the lights; perhaps
you can get lome Ileep if nobody
botheu you . You make youneU
very comfortable.
The telephone r ings!
You jump up. You hope Bome­thing
exciting has hllppi!ned! But
no. Your belt friend is going to
tout marshmallows, nnd you must
hel l). Sure--you' ll go, even though
you never toasted a marshmallow
in your life ! You put on your
thinS" and hurry over_ Why, aU
the crowd is there! At this point
you begin to work up some en·
thus iasm.
Presently your hosteu comes in
with IIOme long forks, and some
plates, and boxes of marshmal­Iowa,
a nd you watch t he girb $eize
the fo rlul, break opi!n tbl' boxea,
spear a maNlhmal10w and rush
over to the fireplace with it. You
try not to look too igoorant, so
you do the same. You turn the
fork carefully about ever two
$econds_ Finally you come to the
concl usion that there is something
wrong with your manhmallow.
It'~ just not toasting! P er ha ~
the lire ill going out-it looks that
way to you. You confide your
fears to your friend, but she tella
you tha.t the fire is just right fo r
toasting. T hen there must be
aomething wrong with your indi­vidual
maNlhmaliow, but of COUNle,
you can't very well say anything
about th.t. You examine it again_
Horrors! W» all black on one side
lind dri pping in to t he lire on the
other! You IInalch it from your
fork . Ouch ! The poor mal'l!h­mallow
ill abandoned to the llamCIJ
while you nurae burnt fingeu.
You are encouraged to try again_
You do--rather doubtfull y_ Toast­ing
ill better now_ Your mar!ih­mallow
turns II beautiful, golden
color! Carefully do you remove
it from your fork and place it
tenderly on your plate. You gaze
at it, thinking that itis too beauti­ful,
too wonderful, to eat. You
take another marshmallow and
achieve the /Inme triumph. You
cat the first. Delicious! You sud­denly
develop an a ppetite for
toasted mar!ihmallows.
The clock in the hall strikes.
You reali:.;e that in about ten
minutes t he family will begin to
wonder whether you have taken
your tooth brush with you. You
toast one more maNlhmallow, wrap
it carefully in your cleanest hand­kerchief,
and put it in your
pocket. That is for the family.
(Continued on pllge lIeven )
belief in our religion, the Inca rna·
tion of our Lord J esus Chri$t, ill
the principal theme emphasized in
the An,,'"I!iuII and is t he reason why
this prayer is a favorite sacra­mental
in the Church. Buidell, the
Angelus ill also a devotion in honor
of the Blessed Mother, and thOlle
who are under her ~ pecial protec­tion
of course recite her particular
devotions.
.-. The Thursday before Chrietma~
looked like bllrgain day at Nazar­eth,
with the heaps of clothing nnd
toy~ everybody brought, and the
red and green taga hanging from
every " hangable" place available
on a. modern miss'8 costume ! <- .
The Christmas novena went
over big. And it all started by
j ust a little reminder on the
Chapel door. .-.
But t he Angelus wlla not alwsya
in the form lIa we know it today
and, although itls history ill veilcd
in unccrtainty and obscurity. ittl
gradua l development ill quitc inter­eating.
Of course the name itself
is taken h'om the first word of the
"An- Remember the "cribs" we u$ed
to make, that hlld slattl, and a
mattre!>!!, and a pillow, and other
things-made out of 110 many
prayera for each article! Well
we happen to know of a few this
year that had decorations ; and
one had a little robe for the In_
fant to wear, all lliid out on top!
Now that's what we call real
Chrilltmas preparation!
prnyer, which in Latin ill
gelus."
In the early dllYs the re were
many monallteries in tho; Catholic
countries and it was the custom.
lifter thl' monks had fini shed their
.lV!'ning prayer~ , to ring a !:Mo ll a nd
the people in the surrounding
neighborhood would recite th,'cc
Hail MOI1l's when they heard this
bell ring_ This pious custom grew .-. nnd ~ince the bell was 111110 I'ung The Crib in Chapel wu quite
for the ir morning praye rs. the PI''''- , popular when everybody came
pie soon began to say the~e pray. back aftel' the holidays. Doesn't
eu .at that time, and finally th~ it give y:ou a little thrilly feeling
hab1t de;c!oped to ~y th(l~e Hall - just the sight of it, and the
iIIa"Y'1I I.n the mOl'mng, nt noon. Chri$tmassy limen of the pine
and at mght. trees, and the Chapi!1 so s till that
It WJU not until 1307 that we you can actually h.,.r the lIilence?
have the first record of its being 0;. - +
recited in the PN:'SCnt form, and Rumor, which, we learned,
thi8 prayer became !O popullir that I flouri she~ by moving and acquires
"nally the people applied to the I strength in going, brought UII tales
Pope and he indulgenced it. F;very of a lIymposium to be sponsored
time the AlI!1duII is rll!Cited 100 by the S. S. C_ in the very near daYII indulgence may be gained, future. .-.
and if it ill said three timea daily,
maUling, noon, and night, n plen­Louise
Brown '31, hili! been
named chairman of the Press Com­mittee
of the S. S. C. which was
au igned to Nar.areth College.
Louise has made a record for r e­liability
and efficiency all during
her college couNle. With the abl"
assistance of Margsret Burke '3 1,
and Grace Murray '32, t his com­mittee
is going to be very success-ary
indulgence may be gained once
u month.
When one $tops to oon$ider serio
ously the comparatively small num_
ber of people who recite the Ange_
lus daily, to !ay nothing of thl'toe
times a day, it mllkes ua wonder
whl'ther we ourselves aN:' doing our
share to promote the honor of the
Blessed Mother and her Divine
Son. I t only takes a few minutCII
and yct-Sodalists, particularly­Think
it overl
ol< - '[< - oJ­EXAMS
I II 8/'1d ulld lveary llUgh~ I 8it,
I II d~llth. dU]I(li)' hRa m. '"­thl'alled.
To gri.ve - to weep - u:/mt good
" it?
I l'now timt mil e2:arn'. all balled.
'Twa. worth R lot to .it (Uld .ltu·c
A Rd .iNdy till the "tara were gOlle!
Mil knowledge has all 1Ianil/led-
. where?
Will. la8t night's stan " t.thillh
it's jlown.
A. M. £0'., '32.
ful. + - ol<
An informal discu5ll ion of the
different topics of the Question.
naire was held at the last S. S. C.
meeting. Ah_here W88 oppor­t
unity to extol our modern heroCII
of Catholicism ! And did we1-
well!
, .
Support
THE GLEANER
By
Getting Ad.
Page Six
1 The Book Shelf
"ROADS TO ROAM"
By Hoffman Birney
For those who like travel books
with the tang of the open ~paces,
of blue ,ky and s ... a, of wind swe.:p_
ing through fore,~ of pine,
"Roads to Hoam" will have an
i rr esi~tible appeal. As the author
says:
"From time to time books come
to my desk - bookl of travel !'Iy
land, sea, and air; opening up
fresh vbtas and awakening old
dreams. I've roamed with Amund­~
en-gentleman unafraid_round
both the Poles, trekked veldt and
jungle with Stewart Edward White
nnd Beebe, pursued white shadows
and sailed the Kawa and the
Snark through trOII:c seali where
the monllOon sing$ through the
swa ying palms and the league­tong
breakers c rash on the outer
reef. They're great books! I
r",vl'l in th!'m." Then Mr. Birney
apologizes for the thrlll-Ie$$, pro­!
aic tone of his own book.
Thrill-less? Perhfl!ls. But not
]Irosaic. The book fairly glows
with the glamour of the old West.
It takes us to the Grand Canyon,
t hat indescribable, in!ICrutable
marvel of natural beauty, then on
a glorious journey to the Land of
the Sky Blu ... Water1l; and on to
the mission country, to the Fran_
ciscan mission of San Xavier, " like
a rose in the desert." It takes us
into the mysterious Navajo coun­try
where we stand beneath the
Rainbow Bridge I nd watch a west­ern
sunset.
Bu~ our journey comes to an
end. We leave it reluctantly, for
we are leaving the charm of sage­grown
valleys, of purple moun­tains
lind flaming sunsel$, of
rivers and lakes and waterfalls,
of lands for those who like to
leave the beaten path and wander
beneath the st.ar-s. . "ELLA"
8,. Elizabeth. Wilkin. Th.oma.
This story which drellSes up t he
!eemingly unimportant things of
our lives, depicting them in deli­cate,
poctie lines, and makes them
occurrences of simple, lasting
memory, is the first novel written
by MillS Thomu. The fact that it
is a first novel immediately
attracts one, and we can scarcely
dispute the fact that the author
has a flowing. distinctive style.
Mi$$ Thomas writes her own
lire, commencing from the time
she was a little five-year old girl
wande,ing through the tall holly­hocks
of an old-fashioned garden.
We see her as the little girl, Ella
Breer, in a small private school.
There is her fi rst little girl party;
her various atages of IIChooling;
her amusing childish thoughts and
happenings. Ella grow! to be tI .-,.
THE GLEANER
Ma te r Gen e ria Huma ni
Early Christmas morning, after
Midnight Mass we knelt before the
Christmas Crib in silent medita­tion.
There the red votive lights
flickered. each tiny flame pointed
h eaven w ard; each flickering
tongue spoke a different prayer.
We gazed through misty eye. and
tried to com llrehend the lICene.
We saw the sheep and cattle,
the humble shepherds bowed in
adorntion. There stood the loving
Proteetor, Saint Joseph, and rest­ing
on a bed of straw was the tiny
InCant. Then our gaze turned to
Mary_the Virgin who became the
Mother oC the new born King of
Kings. Here was enacted t he
divine mystery of the Incarna_
tion!
In an instant Mary's multi. titles
flashed before us. Virgin of Vir­gin!
l-Refuge of Sinner!t-Help of
the Sick-Queen of Angell!­Mother
of the Word Incarnate­Mothel'--
how that name appealed
to us! Mother of Christ-Mother
of a ll Mankind--our Mother.
In every devotion to Mary we
perhaps think of Her mOBt fre­quently
as Mother. It is our
natlll'al instinct. From childhood
we daily turn to our own earthly
mother. We teU her our troubles,
our good fortune. She Bhares our
heart-aches and our joyS, our
gladnellS and our sadnellS.
I, it not perfectly natural then
that we should turn to our
Heavenly Mother in prayer~ We
recall the words of the Crucified
Christ, "Son, behold thy Mother!"
What a precious gift t he Saviour
bestowed on mankind when He
gave us His own Mother!
Once more we have an oppor­tunity
to give our hear~ to Mary,
a brand new year in which we can
turn our thoughts more often to
our Bleued Mother. Let \LS often
say, Matel' g('n(>ris humnni, ora pro
nobis! Mary Eva Henner, '32.
young girl and attends her first
dance. At last college days become
a reality, and finally we see her a.a
a teacher in a private aehool.
Through every stage of her life
she carefully sets fo rth her ideas
and thoughts at the time of their
occurrence.
The story is limited in subject
and l ubstance and iu readers will
Ilerhaps be few ; yet it will be
appealing to some because the
Itory is woven together by delicate
strands of beauty. In the last
chapter, we see Ella contemplating
the falling rain, and Miss Thomas
writes:
"Between and between and be­tween
the leaves and stems come
the line bal'S, the delicate rods, the
long, slim line$ of rain."
People will enjoy this book
when they have become tired of
the usual stereotyped novel of the
present day.
Catherine Hock, '33.
The Empty Bottle
(Continued from page four)
confused remarks from Bob Saund·
ers, Anne finally made out that
when the)' were crossing Ea~t
River bridge, the heavy mist from
the falls had not only made the
bridge very s lipllery, but had im.
peded Bob'lI clear vision. A "We!Ve
of the back wheels had ~ent the car
crashin.!\' through the partition sep­arating
the ~idewalk from the main
highway, to the iron-railing which
l:nd stopped them in time to prc_
vent a drop of !!Orne two hundred
feet.
"I really think that it wa ~
Steve's auspicious prt'Ccnce thut
kept me from my doom that time,"
Bob offered rather shakily, still
tOl'mcnted with t houghts of what
might hllve happened. "I can never
forget how Steve always gGt by in
the trenches," he continued 118 he
seated Ann!' at the table while
Stev~ attended to young Nanc),.
"You know, Mrs. Woodworth, thl":
boys used to light for places n ~.r
Stev!' during the attacks, for th ~ y
s(emed to thi nk he was blessed with
some kind of uncanny protection.
The sky could be black with ~ h elJs
but they always managed to fall a
safe distance from him."
"I think my narrowest escnpe
was the time I almost fell behind
the Germlln linl'!," Steve began,
thoroughly enjoying the trend of
the conversation. It was not that
Steve delighted in relating long­monotonous
stories about himself.
but he did derive much satisfac_
tion in recalling his narrOW e~capcs
and this war incident was one of
his favorites. Anne had listened
many times to the repetition of
these stories and IIlways enjoyed
th(:m, but to-night they seemed to
sugge!lt to her a. foreboding. She
relouked herself inwardly (or in.
dulging in such silly supentition
and then found comfort in the
t hought that perhnps her nerves
were s\Lffcl'ing from the terrifying
cnta~trophe that had threatened
Steve's life earlier in the evening.
At this thought Anne quickly
looked in his direction to aaeure
her~ell of his absolute prnenee.
Hcr glance wal instantly attrach'd
to his hand reaching for ~' ne of
Bob'~ cigarettes. It was looking
rathe,' inlillmed ft'Om the cut thllt
he had gi\"l'n it thllt morning. Her
eyes immedintely sought Nancy's
chubby little hand.
She did want to put some
iodine on it jn!t the same, and sh"
wondered if Steve had remembered
to do the efl'lInds she had request­ed.
She wall tempted to ask him
at that very moment, but she didn't
dare interrupt the conversation
that had now shifted to their work
at Winton',. Her attention s ud­denly
reverted to their talk when
$he heard Bob lIay, "We ll, I would
not care to work on that experi­ment
that you're attempting now.
Of course, I'm not to well ac·
quainted with the work yoU'rt do­ing,
but it seems pretty risky to
me."
" I t'~ just a matter of knowing
cxactly what you're doing and holV
you're making use of the ch('m_
iClll s," Steve answered. "The com­Jlnny
couldn't !lllow IIny risk in
thnt dh-ection, but I would like it
if they'd get r id of the young chall
working with me--one of thne
smart younpter1l who can't be told
a. thing."
A"ne, listening very intently now
to all remarks, fel t a queer littie
lump in her throat. lI er thoughts
had turned so much to Steve that
dllY that ahe realized mare and
more just how much hel" husban,1
meant to her hllppine&s. It wa~
with II !l(!n$e of relief that she
flnllily $..'lW Bob rise to gel.
" You'll have to pardon the left
hand, old man," Stev(' slIid to BOI)
nt the door liS he st"etched forth
his left a"m, "but I gave myself ..
nasty Cllt with a knife and it fC(!l ~
rather &o,'e to-night."
"Say, Woodworth, I wouldn't let
that go if I wert you," Bob ad_
vi!ed.
"By the way, Steve." Anne in_
terrupted glndy of the opportunity
to qaC!ltion her husband, '-did you
do those e"ramls?"
"No_ .jear, I'm SOITY, but aftel'
the big cxcitem~nt. we couldn't
think of much of anythi ng, could
w ... , Saunders?" Steve chuckled.
enjoying again the thrill of that
event.
After Bob had gone, Anne said:
"You w<ln't have to bother to stop
for those things to-morrow, Steve.
be<:au~e I'll havil time to do them
after bridge-club. You ought to
put something on your hand,
though , at the office to-morrow."
"Oh, that'll clear up," Steve an­swered,
half hearing Anne's re_
marks u he inrlulged in his dail~'
frolic with the Scotch-terrier be.
fore going to bed. "You know,
Anne, I'd like to work Saundl'rs
right into my office beca u ~e he'd be
a big help on my new work. Be­lievo
me, Mrs. Woodworth, we'rp.
going to be living on easy s treet
when I finish this experiment of
mine."
The next evening Anne was lale
in arriving home as it had taken
time to stop at the drug s~ re. She
had eXPl'cted to find Steve alr«ad}
home, wondering where she was.
As Jllney, her young maid, had the
dinncr ready, Anne had nothing to
do but sit down and look at the
evening papt'r until Steve shoulrl
arriv". The picture of an exploBion
on the front page merely caught
her eye for a second but then t he
linn - "Explosion at Winton'l
Chemical Works reBul1$ in im.
mense damage and destroys many
live$"-caused Anne to experience
a ucer chill. It flashed through
he .. mind in an instant-that WIiS
why Steve had not yet come home.
She was trembling ao violently
that she could $Careely hold the l"C­ceiver
to her ear as she called the
Winton Chemical Company. Th ..
voice on the other end of the wire
informed Anne that rur. Wood-
(Continued on pag .. seven)