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              Published III NII::llrelh Col/ege, Roches/er, N. Y.
VOL. VIT. FEBRUARY, 1932 No.4
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1732
THERE is no express'on more sim­ple
and comprehensive than a
~ingle sentence w h i c h John
John! ton once uttered: "George Wash­ington
stands unique and apart, in
monumental solitude, the greatest world
patriot." With these few words we
raise a monument before which we
stand and pay homage, even after two
centuries, to the memory of the man
whom we so proudly point out as the
'"Father of our Country."
Wa.shington was born February 22,
1732, in a town of Virginia. He re­ceived
a fine education and entered his
first bus-ineas venture at the age of
sixteen. Hill. natural in~tinct for leader­ship
soon drew him into l)(Ilitics and
subsequently brought him before the
eyes of the whole world. When in 1775
the colonies entered upon thut bitter
struggle for independence, they turned
in!tinctively to Washington as their
leader. It was indeed a herculean task,
1IlII as4tugtnu
but patriotism and couruge remained
the constant watchtowera from which a
shining light was cast equally upon
success lind defeat. Can you really
imagine his position! Thousands o(
80ldieT$ were without food and cloth­ing;
the country Wall in desperate
straits; yet, he kept heart and patiently
awaited victory. Through the thick
and thin of the fight, through strife and
terror he WIIS ever II f'lIther and equal
to the brave men who followed him.
However, our independence as a
nution is not all that we owe to Wash.
ington. It remained for him also to
luunch that "Ship of State" and estab­lish
for all t:me the dignity and reserve
of II President, that gained the respect
of the whole world. Would that men
would strive to emulate 1111 that he
meant by dtizenship and putriotism
and that they co uld lea"n the virtue of
cairn patience which a Washington
pO:5llessed! How much easier it would
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be for the leaders of the nation's
destiny to cllrry us safely over this
crisis!
It i, udly true that we too often
think of this patriot merely in the light
of a statesman and warrior. Yet, it
WIIS the man and the strength of char­acter
in the man that made him a
$tate$man and general. that gave him
the power to surmount almost insur­mountable
obstacles. The voice of the
child who with disappointment cried,
" He'. only a man," lacked behind it the
intellect to think of the honesty of pur­pose
and unselfishness of spirit that
guided the President whom he had con­ceived
a$ II different man among men.
He Will in reality jU$t II man. He knew
pride and humility and as the yeaMl go
on muny will look upon that lonely
figure kneeling in silent prayer, remem­hering
ulways the sufferings of men
who depended upon his leadeMlhip.
M. R., '33.
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NAZARETH COLLEGE
Published monthly by the students of
Nazareth College, Rochester, N. Y.
Vol. VII. FEBUUA RY, 1932
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For Advertising Ratell, Call
NAZARETH COLLEGE
402 Augustine Street Phone, Glenwood 4014
Are College Girb Ambitio ulI ?
We rea1i:r.e that a vast number of boY3 and
girls are being sent to college during the present
years. We readily can see the advantages that a
college education gives to a )'oung man and we
take pride in our college·bred young women,­but
is the college girl necessllrily striving for a
gOlll? After all, thing~ done without aim are
rllt'ely done well.
Prnctielllly every boy from high school age
BeeB some definite lifework ahead of him lind his
college life will be an aid in attaining his aim.
Then again young men realize the pre~tige that a
degree carries with it into any field of work snd
that a college education is practically a neeu$ity
in any profe!lllion. But lIS for the girls at eol~
lege,-we can pick four type~ from them We
exdude the typ·e that is not at al! Buited for college
lind therefore does not stay very loltg-.
Fi rat, there is the girl who take3 her college
wO"k $eriously in so far liS she rCIlIi7.es that she
must elll'lt her own living when she gt'lIdulltes, or
hll5 some other lIim to which her education wi!1
prove II help. Then, there is the girl who has a
hazy idea of the future and because she has not
aB yet been made "to shift for heTllel!," she makes
no drastic endeavon. Nut, is the type that won­den
why she eVer came to college, yet wouldn't
think of leaving. This type of girl has indeed
made a very bad bargain. Thinking on a purely
mereenary basis, that girl would never think of
deliberately spending thirty dol1arll for a dren
when she could buy it for twenty,- but, as for
college tuition i_ We are ogliged to IIgree with
Puek when he said, ;'What fools these mortals
be!" The 1 .. 1 Iype realizes ~he has to work after
she gl'llduates. She does not elldeavor to study
very hard and is conseiouJ of the fact that she
is wasting time. Yet by some unforseen stroke
of Providence she also graduates. The trouble with
this type is thllt the future is too near the present
She is the kind that would just liS soon go to school
all her life because it would be the easie3t thing
to do.
The other day, I happened to come across a
newspaper i!lllued in 1861. called the "True Ameri·
clln," published at Steubenville, Ohio. In it was
a rather odd editorial,-odd, because it gave us
lin idea of a girl's ambitions at the time when our
g-reat-gnHldmothers were contemplllting their
futures. The editorial is entitled, "We Wrong Our
Daughterll." The author starts out by saying, "We
THE GLEANER
wrong them in that we compel them to marry." He
laments the fact that unlike II boy they have no
career!! open before them. fie says, " I cannot aee
why g:rls should be brought up to the idea tha~
marriage is t he 'one thing needful,' the 'summum
bonum,' the 'nothing more beyond.' The remedy
for thi~ wrong lies in giving your daughter ,orne
other aim in life except marriage, so t hat this may
become to her a matter of. will , not of necel!l!ity."
How far we have progressed since 1861! Cer­tainly
we feel sorry for the girls of t hat age, but
since our college education affords us ,ome aim
in life other than marriage, why not profit by it~
Because we are given a college education now,
does not mean that a career is preferred to
marriage but education furthers the suceesa we
may attain in either alternative. After all, which­ever
way we may choose requires some fo re­t
hought.
Christian Gauss wrote an article on the educa­tion
of Sinclair Lewis for "The Saturday Evening
Post," in which he sa id that after his Junior year
at college, Lewis became bored and left Yale to
work, for a year, liS a janitor. Returning to Yale,
he ~ pent a very !Irofitable Senior year.
Perhaps it would be a good idea for the bored
types of girls or those who wonder why they ever
came to college, to leave for a time lind come back
later, appreeisting its value. Unfortunately, this
would be a rather expensive and fa r-fetched
remedy for apurring on lagging ambition.. A more
practical remedy would be for college girls to ex­pend
a little more thought on the future and realize
the importance of the present.
C. H., '33.
More About Depression
From the recent eonversation of a young
luminary in the financial world, a Hllrvard gradu­ate
and a success both here and on the Street,
we learn that this devil, Depression, is at last on
the run.
That statement has been reiterated so often and
with so little real effect t hat it has ceased to
cause even a ripple of interest on the pool of
stagnant busineu and lethargic spirits.
Heretofore, periodic reports of the rising trend
of busineu and its attendant economic recovery
have been iu ued not only as a sop to a panic.
stricken public, but as a bolster for the persistent
optimism of the men at the helm. They re fused
to acknowledge the reality of t he thing; they
talked to convince t hemselves as well as us, that
t here was nothing to worry about.
When at last their delibe rate blindnesa has led
them to the brink of personal dissllter, they have
deeided that maybe the whole world ... n' l wrong.
An invest!gation disclosed the unbelievable truth
that there wail trouble, serious trouble, and it be­hooved
them, if they would avert even wone mis­fo
rtune, to get busy and effect a cure.
Now that t hey admit its existence and know
what they have to COile with, a plan of re<:on­struction
can be worked out t hat will at least
check the downward trend of things. We won·
dered why this slump had been SO much longer
lived than any other on record; the an ~wer is that
it has been let run its own COUTlle, unbridled, gain.
ing momentum as it went. A car running down
hill acceleratel its Ipeed as it descends, and Just
as one esn't stop a run-away automobile by s tep-­ping
in front of it as it rolls, neither can a
deprell5ion be halted like that. It has to be brought
to a atop graduslly,-and then begins the work
of pushing it back UII the hill again.
And so, though the upward journey hasn't yet
begun, at leaat the brakes have been applied. The
ascent will seem longer a nd harder than the trip
down, but who of us wouldn't prefer to climb a
flight of s tairll than to fall down them?
B. G., '33.
THE COLLEGE
CRITIC
"The Tatler"
College of New n oehelle
New Rochelle. New York
Congratulations on t he New
l~oc h el1e Sod a lit y broadcast!
Speaking of the radio, the an­nouncement
of the coming radio
debate on Station WLWL in which
the student!! or New Rochelle and
Manhattan Colleges will partici­pate
has aroused our interesL
We'll be listening!
"The Villanovan"
ViJ1anova College
Villa nova, Pa.
In a r ecent issue of "The Vil_
Il\novan" the Honor SYlltem used
in examinations at John-Hopkins
was explained in detail by the
Editor. "In our Bylltem, we do
not have anyone who acts as a
monitor or policeman. when
a man entel"!J a Univenity he
should have enough year. on his
shoulden to be able to discrimin­ate
between what is right and
what is wrong. If a student is
clever enough to copy something
of!' another man's paper without
his actions being detected, he will
feel very probably thllt he hIlS put
one over on the professo,' and the
university. But, if the truth be
known, the only one injured has
been the student who did t he
copying. To be Bure he may feel
that he gained a better mark by
copying and thus he has gained.
However, if he would go rurther,
he would clearly see that he was
forming a habit that would some
day get him into a lleek of trouble
_ namely taking the wot'k of
others and turning it in liS. his
own. The more imllortant thing
is where such a prlletice and men­tal
attitude will lead one in future
years."
The article in COnclU3!On con­tains
a few valuable lIuggestions
pertaining to exams. For instance
if you become wearied from writ.­ing,
or worried from lack of it,
the remedy is, take a walk In the
fre3h air; then return physically
fit to continue the exam. Is the
Honor System, thus described,
practical or too idea1istict
"The Nazarene"
Nazareth College and Academy
Nazareth, Mich:gan.
"The Nazarene" is II splendid
quarterly; we thoroughly enjoyed
the 193 1 Winter iMue. The prose
articles especially commendable
were those entitled, "John Gals­worthy
and His Works," "Why
Read Biographies?", and "My
Love for the Sky." Limited space
does not permit UI to quote even
a small portion of the wealth of
poetry whieh we gleaned through­out
the pages of this Inllgazine.
M. M., '3S.
Seniors Hold
Valentine Dance
On Campus
Dance Is a Tradition
Artistic decorations,
quisite mu~ic of SItX
the ex­Sm;
th's
orchestra, and the gen!al ~ pirits
of those pre_ent destroyed any
trace of cla ssro~m atmosphere in
the assembly rQom of the College
on Friday evening, ~'ebruary the
fifth, when the Senior Cla:n held
their annual Valentine Dance It
was formlli find took pillce from
8:30 to 12:30.
The members of the c1au and
their esCOI'U were graciou <ly re­ceived
by Sister TereRa Mflr ~e,
dean.
Grace Murnly, pre .ident of the
class was general choit'mall and
the (allowing committee chairmen
were appointed: Helen MOrt'ill~ey,
on:hestra; Mary Lynch, d('(:ora_
tion$; Mory Feeney, l)rogram).
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JUNIORS GIVE TEA FOR
FORMER CLASSMATES
Shrove Tuesday alwoYB cans
fQr a celebration of BOme kind.
[n keeping with the ounion the
Juniors entertained at tea' in honor
of the two members of the class
who are soon to r~eive the habit
of the Sisters of St. Joseph. 1t
was the fint, and very pl'obably
the last reunion of its kind,
.nd the only damper on the party
"'as the knowledge that the part­ing
of the waYl ill so close upon ".
The Socinl !loom afforded com_
fortable and p~'h'ate accommoda_
t'onll for the gather:ng whose out­standing
characteri3tic W85 noise.
There was little tea·drink' ng and
n great deal of talking; we were
doing our best to make them feel
.t home. Betty and Frances both
expressed interest in Prom plan ~,
and the minute account to which
they were Bubjectcd met with
their unconditional It p P " 0 val.
They aho au ul'ed U J that they
would do their b;t toward mak:ng
the thing a success by enlisting
the aid of the cele$tia! powers,
with whom they are so much more
influential thnn we. With such II
reliable support we sre confident
that Prom will be bigger and bet­ter
than el'er this year.
Unfortunately the time allowed
us was mo,t inadequate for the
number of thi ng~ we had to rel lite
Ind the questions we wanted to
u k. When five o'clock rolled
IIround and the good-bye3 were
begun it Wa1 not without a sense
c{ panic thllt we renlized the
divergence of our paths and t he
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Junior Class Announces
Plans For Annual Prom
Father Willman
Appeals for Missions
COMMITTEES APPOINTED-OAK HILL IS PLACE T a lks on Philippinel
First news isn't alwayw the best
but then we all will admit that it
stal'h things going and stin inter­elt
which is whllt we want.
we, the J uniors, beg to bring to
your notice a few facts about­THE
PROM- .
TIME: Sometime befol'e June,
around Easter.
PLACE: Somewhere in t he U.
S., in the vieinity of Oak Hill.
Orchestra: The fight's on. Be
pt'epnred for either the NaZlireth
College Orchestl'a or ellle!??!??
Price: We promise not to take
more than '10.01 and not less
than $10.00.
Misll Belty Griffin, Clasa Presi­dent.
and general chairman has
aI/pointed the following commit­tees:
Ballroom: Miss Josephine Koch,
Chnirman. assisted by the Misses
Florence McCormick, Jane Nllylon,
Anne I,arkin, and Helen Whalen.
Orchestra: Min Virginia Wink­ler,
Chairman, aSllisted by the
Miues Anne Glover, Genevieve
Meisenzahl, ?obryan P hi I I i p ll,
Catherine McCarthy, Agnes Smith.
Fnvor~: Mabel Perdue, Chair­man,
aSllisted by the Misses ~;Iea-
SOPHOMORE HOP
HELD JANUARY 22;
SCENE OF GAYETY
MUllic, color, fragrance! Com­bined-
the Soph Hop! How dear
to the memory of t he clll ~s of '3 4!
Friday evening, J anullry 22,
was the great night for the Sopho­mores
of Nuareth College It
witnessed the culmination of many
weeks of eal'ne~t planning and
careful prepan,tion. And how
!/erfectly all our anticipations
were realized!
The dance began at nine o'clock.
Our assembly room wall trsns­fOI'med
for the occasion into a
beautiful ballroom. Gn:ly colored
balloons, strung acro.l.$ the ceiling
lind placed artiBt:cally in Ilirge
uncertainly of what the future
holds fol' us. A good many of us
envied them their calm ~ urety and
regulated li fe. Years from now,
the rest of us are still being
bumped and bruised out in the
wol'ld, they wi\! be just thst far
ahend of us on the road to heaven.
However, we do take courage
from the fact thllt we will have
at least two friend:> pulling for
us. It isn't in Fran and Betty to
forget their friends.
B. G., '33.
BETTY GRIFFIN
nor lI ei~k, Vir gin i a Kirch,
Angelo De Marco, Mary Clinnan,
Anna Ferrari.
Invitation: Mary Geherin, Chair­man,
assisted by the Misses Esther
Gargano, Leona Meyers, Marietta
Romano, Margaret Toombs, Mil·
dred Hosenfeld.
Publlcity: Catherine Hock and
Mary Moran.
A.G.,'SS.
After Father Willman's touch­ing
appeal to Ull on January 22,
we were all eager to visit the
Philippines to see and experience
for ourselves some of the horron
and JOYll of the missionary
worker. His talk centered on
whether or not our attitude
towards the missionll is Christ­like.
" Hatred of the white man," he
says, "is prevslent in the missions
today lind sl1 because we have not
t he proper attitude towards them,
but are inclined to think we are
somewhnt better t han the red man
01' the brown; beesuse he is differ­ent,
we judge him in ferior. Christ
docs not look at the color of the
skin, but at the color of the heart,
and He much prefel'!! a white_
hearted black mun to a blnck­hearted
white man. How is your
color .scheme!
Ireland is called the Emerald
Isle, the Philippinel!, the Isles of
Gold, but Africa is cs1led Dsrk
AIricll, not because of lack o[
civilization, but because it is black
with idolatry and witchcraft.
(Continued on page 5)
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NEW LIBRARY BOOKS
Connelly-Green Paslures.
Scudder-The Disciple of a Saint.
silver vases; soft lights, smber MacLean-Men and Books.
and blue; lovely ILpring flowers Conwsy- The Maken of Europe.
banked against graceful palms; Rand_Magical Art of Virgil.
rainbow reflections on t he smooth, Scudder-Ssint Cat her i n e o[
lIhining floor-what more could Sienna.
one desire! The orchestra, lta- Watkin- The Bow in the Clouds.
tioned in a corner of the room Daly_A Cheerful Ascetic.
enclosed by an attractive pieket
fence, knew indeed t he meaning Sawyer-Washington.
of harmony and furnished mUIl.ic Kel1ogg-.1adwiga.
whose rhythmical 5trsin! made Bell-Queen of the Sciences.
dancing a genuine pleasure. T here 1 :---------------:
were ten dance numbel'!! we
learned f rom our dninty white
leather progrnms, stamped in sil­ver
with the seal of our Alma
Mater.
During intermiU!on everyone
went for refreshments into the
lounge. The lounge? Oh, YelI l
T hat was what our study hall be­came
for one brief night-an in_
viting lounge fitted out with easy
IN MEMORIAM
The student body wishe3
10 extend the ,incerest sym­pathy
to ElnQr Zwiegle and
Mildred Durnherr on the
r~ent bereavement suffered
by each in the death of a
beloved father. Rochester is
poorer by the loss of two
~ uch representative men.
chairs snd davenports, and lighted 11.. ____________ -'
with mellow-toned lsmps. The
serving table covered with an
especially lovely lace spread and
holding a mammoth centerpiece
of rOlleS and ferns wall truly a de­light
to behold.
The hours sped by. All too
soon twelve o'clock arrived and
reluctantly we del)arled from the
scene of such great enjoyment.
Adieu Soph Hop ! You will not
soon be forgotten.
The class owes a special debt
01 gratitude to Miss Lucille Oden-hach,
president, and general ch"ir­mnn
of the dance who aided 60
appreciably in every phase of
preparation. To Sister Teresa
Marie, our dean, and gracioull
hostelS of the evening, we extend
our ~ince re thank1. Likewise
would we thank those membeTll
of the College hou!ehold who
gave 110 generously of their time
and assistance to help make our
dance an outstsnding success.
H. H., '34.
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Miss Marietta Romano enter­tained
the recently organized
Italian Club at her home on Sara­toga
Avenue.
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The Misaes Mildred Burke and
Anne Larkin attended the Glee
Club Concert of the University of
Rochester, sponsored by Theta
Eta Sorority and held in the K .
of C. ballroom, on January fif_
teenth.
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Miss M a I' g a I' e t Meisenzahl
motored to Geneva last weekend
to attend the Junior Prom at
Hobart College.
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Miss Mary Neary has spent two
enjoyable weekends with Mias
Mildred Burke at he,. home on
Lexington Avenue.
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Miss Dorothy Schifferli and her
family motored to the Adiron·
dacks for a brief s tay at their
camp on Fourth Lake.
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Miss Mary Rae was entertained
by friends at a surprise party at
her home in Wellsville on New
Year's Eve.
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Miss Mary Fraher attended the
Ballyhoo Ball given by the J unior
League at the Country Club of
Elmira, during her recent stay
there.
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The Misses Mable Perdue and
Virginia Kirch motored to Geneva,
Auburn and Montezuma to visit
friends there.
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Miss Grace Murray spent the
weekend recently with friends on
Canandaigua Lake.
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The Misses Mary Leary, Mary
Moran and Anne Fischette at­tended
the Sodality Convention
held at Sacred Heart Academy in
Buffalo on Sunday, Jan u a r y
thirty· first. Father Lord and Miss
Willman were the guests of honor.
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We understand that Nazareth
College was well represented at
the DeMolay Dance, Friday even·
ing, January twenty·ninth. Tho;!
Misses Margaret Smith, Mary
Fraher, Grace Murray, Elsie
Strebler, Rosemary Brick, Anne
Larkin, Agnes Smith, Betty Doyle,
Dolores Edell, and Dorothy Dunne
tripped to the music of Paul Tre·
maine and his orchestra.
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Miss Alice Dugan spent an en·
joyable weekend in New York.
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Tau Zeta Sorority is planning
a pre. Lenten dinner and theatre
party to be given for new memo
bers.
THE GLEANER
The Essay Corner
GEORGE WASHINGTON
When I think of George Wash·
ington, all that [ find before me
is the p:cture that was in the
front of our history books in
grammar school. To sum it all
up, George Washington stand, for
a nose and chin.
Noses and chins are my first
points of regard when I meet
people for the first time. Natur­ally'
remember them longest. So
it is with George Washington's
nose and chin. Let us take his
chin first.
Washington's chin is a very de­termined
one. It is the chin of a
gcneral-a fighter, a strategist, a
man who believes in his own
opinions. It curves very strongly,
and is very clear·cut. You could
imagine Washington snapping out
an order. Decidedly and finally
that order would be given, and it
would be carried out in the same
spirit, whether it meant bringing
his horse, or ordering an advance
in the face of great odds. It is
a chin that invite3 trust in the
beholder, becau,e the man it be·
longs to has trust in himself first
of alL The chin belongs also to
a sport sman, a clever winner and
a good lo ser. After all life can
be a game, and the way you play
it is more important than the
score, which no one remembers
long. "The play's the thing"­Washington
could take a good
licking and come up with energy
enough to try anything twice. His
chin is that kind of chin. It sticks
out emphatically, but not pom­pously.
It is ateady, and strong,
and very manful.
Washington's nose is perfectly
suited to his chin. It is long and
set at an angle which makes more
for character than for good looks.
Nevertheless, it is a likeable nose.
It has wide, generous nostrils,
and strong, downward line$----a
good combination, that, strength
and generosity. It is the nose
of an investigative, but not in­quisitive
person. It shows pati­ence,
and dignity. The little
furrows at the bridge of the nose
show thought, and indeed George
Washington had all of these things
within him. He may have had
many other thing3 showing in his
face, but these were most promi.
nently shown in the features
where one would look last for
character. He was a gentleman
and a warrior. That has been the
ideal man, down through the ages
of knighthood.
It remained lor present day
. critics to seize upon little things
and drag them out to show that
idealism was very ghostly st ufT.
The same group of critics tried to
eradicate Galahad from the minds
of people. In days of knight­hood,
one who was unfaithful to
his vows was tried before his
peers, stripped of his armor, and
had the office for the dead sung
over him. So, you see it was a
very cowardly thing to do, to con·
demn a man when he could not
defend himself. Furthermore it
was not the peers who did it, but
ab ec rwohwadt oWf amsheinn gwtohno nweavse; r tchoeurled- I:h ;:e:Hr: ,':~I'~"\;:~'~I'['I:;'~~",'::.~;;·~:"il :·~t:tgaoI Ogtuhineg
fore, they were not able to strip Ameri-him
of his glory, because t hey
were not powerful enough.
Washington will always be a
hero to me, as much as any
knight, and his nose and chin
stand fo r all I would like in him,
whatever, at any time men may
find elsewhere in him .
.-C.. W illiamson. IN DEFENSE OF P ASHT
Carl Van Vechten, in his very
brilliant and painstaking work, "A
Tiger in the House," gives a de­tailed
and interesting account of
the psychological and historical
phases of the cat'a existence in the
world of man. In it we reeogni~
with painful clearness that if all
the indifference, dislike, and avers_
ion shown the cat were computed,
it would amount to a staggering
total. On the, other hand, if all
the devotion and love, shown this
most cryptic, most indifferent, most
enigmatic, and at the aame time
most lovable of beasts, were like·
wise conjectured it would in all
llrobability outweigh the unkind­ness
and misunderstanding a hun.
dredfold.
Beginning with the worship of
the cat in Egypt as the goddess
Pasht or Bast, and leading to the
supers titious association of the
cat with witchcraft, history and
mankind has done the eat constant
injustice. To those who cherish
him, he is not the stupid, ineffec·
tual animal of popular opinion, but
the companion of Richelieu, the be·
loved pet of Beaudelaire, the friend
in leisure hours of pooh and
princes.
To me there is nothing so noble
or 80 intelligent as a dog. But why
try to estimate the cat in terms of
the dog's qualities? Some people
say, "I don't like cats, I like dogs."
It is likc saying, "r can't read
Goethe, I like Schiller", or " I never
read Dickens; I prefer Scott."
Since we eat lovers have can·
ceded the point of intelligence, why
not grant the cat the consideration
of his good qualities which he de.
serves? There are, it is true, thou·
sands of dog stories in which Fido
rescues his master from burning
buildings, from runaway railway
trains, or front·line trenches.
There are a few good stories which
show the faithf ulness and devotion
of the cat. G. H. Powell's very
wonderful short story, "The Blue
Dryad," in which a cat battles to
the death a deadly reptile is as
thrilling as any of Mr. Terhune's
canine episodes. Yes, the cat is
faithful, but he demands faith in
"- ­Lynch
has definitely de·
she prefers teaching
decorating.
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Notice : Marshmal1ow3 given
generously. Apply- FloI"
Flynn .
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Reynolds wonders if the I O~;;"O" of her name from this
will be noticed. "- - We are very glad to report that
Mary Cannan is improving and
expects to be with us again soon. >{. _ +
For Jo Boyer, we propose or
maybe must ment:on, an exten·
5ion telephone.
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We wish Esther Martin's b:rth­day
came every week_and that
those wonderful angel·food cakes
came with it.
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We are happy to add to the list
of our boarders, "Bee" Malone.
We hope she enjoY3 her life with
". '1< _ +
The mid·night oil, (pardons us,
the eletcricity) burned low; but
Eleanor Heieck and Margaret
Blumerick came out ahead in the
end urance contest known as exam
week. +- .
It has been rumored that an
"R. N." awaits Marg TOQmb ~ on
application.
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Mary Geherin has revived a lost
art-that of studying " Perfect
Hours." For fm·ther information,
inquire of Mary Louise Bennett. --- Virginia Nugent spent the week.
end with Kath.ry-n -McCarthy. Mary Neary is spending the
week·end with Madon O'Neil and
are planning on "doing --- We regret that Helen Bogardus
:8 ill again. We hope she returns
to school soon. K. McC, '33 .
return. Is that too big a thing to
ask? Mary Wilkins Freeman, a
noted student and admire!" of the
cat has written a beautifully pa·
thetic tale of the cat who climbed
to a second story window of a de·
house to minister to a strick·
f'antastic, you say?
One cannot expect a raCfl of ani·
mals which has been relegated to
:ellars and back alleys, which has
(Continued on page 5)
S. S. S. NOTES
Once again the Sodalisu came
to the fore with a new recruit of
"Handma:ds" ready to take up
the armor of the Sacramenl!l and
the shield o( honor and fidelity to
our Lord in the Ble!Bed Sacra·
ment. Twelve girls pledged them­selves
to cllr ry on this individual
work at the ceremony which took
place on Janu.ar-y .19 , Lent is approaching. What are
you going to give up! In the
stonhou!le of heaven there is no
depre.'l!lion. Gain a few extra
graces during these to rty dllYs.
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Remember - "A sacrifice i!
worth a sacrifice-mass."
-1< - +
At the rally of the Sodalities o(
Auburn on Friday, January 29,
the Auburn girls heard and talked
to Father Lord lind Miss William
once more. They send their best
regards to all the students. At
the ·Conference Convention in
Buffalo, Helen Guntert, Mary
Leary, Anns Fil5Chette and Mary
Moran represented the College.
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Sodalisl!l: Let this term be the
" Year of Our Lord."
Another term is dawning,
Dea r Master let it be,
In working or in waiting
Another term with Tbee.
Another term is dawning,
Dear Muter let it be,
On earth or else in Heaven
Another term fo r Thee.
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Our new project this month to
spread Catholic Literllture! Each
Soda list is to bring 6v., magazines
to the next Sodality meet:ng_
this is not just II request for old
magazines ; it is a reminder o(
your duty in regllrd to Clitholie
Action.
FATHER WILLMAN
APPEALS FOR MISSIONS
(Continued (rom page 3)
Here and there are " lighthouses"
of Cbristianity, and though some
of them lire clOlled, we can all help
to keep t hem going by our prayer
snd monetary support. The Philip­pines
have as many Christians u
1111 of Asia and Africa together;
they have modest little affain for
Churehe.s, but, the gold of Chris_
tianity- the gold of Chris t's sacri.
fice, His love.
Thirty·three years have elap!ed
s:nce the Philippinu became an
Amerielin eolony and yet there
are not ten Amer:can priesu or
sisters there; we have done noth_
ing, and leI!!! than three per cent
o( Catholic children are in
Catholic schools.
THE GLEANER Page Five
us
Two large silver tablets with
letters engraved in bronze have
been placed on the walls flanking
each side of one o( the new con­cert
halls of New York City. The
tablet on the right side of the
Itage contains the following
names in this order:
Taylor Sousa
Cadman . Hadley
Spaulding PonseUe
SlImaroff Gowdowsky
McCormlick Schelling
The second tablet has these
the$e names engraved on it :
Homer
Keney
Grainger
Damroteh
Werrenrath
Bauer
Farrar
Carpenter
We wonder if these vacancies
were left pur posely or accident­ally.
Also, we cannot figure out
why these names were selected
for the tablets. Many great nam ~
were certainly omitted but the
only conclusion we can arrive at
for this selection was that these
artist! have done the most for
American musie. Whatever the
reason, they are aU great names..
. - "
The question has often been
asked, "Why does Italy produce
much mon than her proportion of
world famous singers!" Some
have attributed this condition to
the climate, some to diet, some to
the open~lIi r life. We think it is
the Italian language whiCh is mu­sic
in itself. The Italian Isnguage
plus the love of Italians for beauty
in natUr(l and a rt and the Italian
tempel'ament produce the Italian
opera singer.
"- "
A famo us diva walked with
3plendor and majesty into a small
l tudio in the N. B. C. building.
She was to be photographed.
Dre!llled in regal black velvet and
diamond ornaments, a large
bouquet of orchids held nonchal·
antly, she was every inch a queen
of song. With her were music
teacher, pianist, secretar y, pre311
agent, maid, and several othen.
She placed herself before the arc
light! and the photographers pre·
pared their cameras for the pict-
Therefore the need is great.
The children are growing up with
!is little knowledge of their God
!is a dog or cat. We are all little
brothers and si!!ter!! of Christ, and
we must remember this one t hing
always-He lovel the prayer of
white·heart!! praying for His
missions."
Eleanor Heieck, 'S3.
Philharmonic With
Harrison Conducting
Among t he outstanding musical
offering!! of the Rochester Phil.
harmon ic Orchestra for t his !lea-son
WIIS the very fine program
presented at the F ifth Matinee
Concert on FridliY, January 15,
with Guy }o'raser Harrison con·
ducting. The program:
Overture, Ocr Freischutz .... Weber
Suite, "Scheheratade" ........... .
.................... Rimsky.Korsllkoff
Eine Kleine Nachtmusic .... Motart
The Three·Cornered HaLDeFalla
The various selection, were
pillyed by the orchestra with un·
usual s kill lind with a sincere ap·
precilltion of the scope of the
music, which ranged from the
oriental splendor of the sym.
phonic suite "Scheherazade" to
the delightful light romance of
Mazort's "Nachtmusic." The qual­ity
of Mr. Harrison's work tearcely
needs comment in Rochester, and
one could feel t he admiration for
t his conductor, which manifested
itsel! in an unusually receptive
and appreciative audience.
The ever·popular overture to
Weber's opera "Der Frei.schutz"
WIIS played with marked ability.
The highlight of the program was
the symphonic suite, "Schehera.
zade" by the famous Ru~ ian
composer, Nicholas Rim ~ky- Korsa­koff.
The entire suile was played,
consisting of four movement!:
The Sea lind Sin bad's Ship, The
Story of the Kalendar Prince, The
Young Prince and Princess, and
the Festival of Bagdad. The solo
violinist, Mr. Gustave Tinlot, gave
a performance which showed un·
usual artistry; and the entire
orchestnl during the tone·poem,
the Prince lind Princess-as well
as during the fourth movement
VALENTINE
See C"pid bold is king toollll_
How b,ight the lotOerl' IU11 doth
shine!
"0 ladll 1MI', give me '/lour heart­And
will '/1011 be mll Valentine?"
"01 eouru I'll be your Valentin e,
BId telt '/IOU_""er, lir!" IIl­stead;
"I wrapped "IV heart in cotton wool
And laid it on the tlllell," tlhe
said.
HlUlrriet Hooek, 'S4.
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THE ESSAY CORNER
(Continued from page 4)
been kicked from doorsteps, and
pelted with stones by small boys to
suddcnly become a race o( noble
beasts endowed with a consuming
love of man. Yet the cat has love
and appr(leiation~a love too subtle
fo)' the person who desires the
demonstrative affection of the dog.
But to have my big Maltel!C meet
me at night with a glow of happi·
ness in his amber eyes and to have
him walk sedately beside me into
the house is a compen!llltion worth
waiting for . The cat is the eom­panion
of the fireside, and of the
home and no hearth is complete
without him.
with its suggestion of 1I shipwreck F. V., '32.
- proved to be of Il calibre not 1--------------­Perhaps
I have not taught you
to think a little kinder of the cat.
Perhaps I have. In any event, the
next time pussy arches her back
and look!! at you with that pene­trating,
emerald gaze of a philoso­pher,
remember that his ancestors
once trode the earth as masters of
the jungle, and that in ancient
Egypt ruined temples s till stand
beside the wandering Nile--tem­pies
to Pasht, the companion of the
Pharaoh!!. That alone, of course,
will not nlake you love Agnes Rcp.
plier's "Fireside Sphinx" the mOI'e.
but given time, his own indefinable
charm will work its way into your
friendship lind love.
inferior to our best concert
orchestras.
The Mozart selections were
played with a charming whims i­cality
remin iteent of Viennese
music; while the concluding num­ber
by the Spanish composer,
ure. The singer began to talk.
"Hush!" whispered her cortege,
"she ia go;ng to speak." The regal
lady spoke thu$,-
"Make it snappy, boy.. I've
got to sing a concert tonight."
A new audition .y~te m has been
adopted by the N. 8. C. In the
past alm03t anyone could secure
lin audition, now it i. quite a dif­ferent
story. Only persons with
experience and supported by en­dOrllements
of recognized authori·
ties are the (avored ones. Thus,
the large and vllried mob of wait­ing
hopefuls i8 eliminated. This
plan was adopted in view of the
lact that out of thou~ands of
Manuel de Falla, written in the
traditional style of the ballet, con­tained
some of the spirit and
vigor we associate with Spanish
music.
Florence Vetter, '32.
auditions only 17% were put on
the air and these were in the main
persons with w me training and
experience. The exception ~ were
50 few a~ to be negligible. To
~ecure an audition one must apply
in writing, answering questions in
regard to training, experience,
style and if a vocalist, quality and
strength of voice. Test perform·
ances before 8. microphone, audio
tion ~ta ff judg:ng merely by
sound, follow. Then if the candi.
date is s ucce~(ul a second audi­tion
held for a group of program
heads is nece!!sary. If they ap·
prove, a new star appears on the
ail'. A. D., '33.
Page Six
In My End Is My Beginning
By Mauri.,e Barine
The title of Maurice Baring'.
lateat book is extraordinarily sig­nificant.
"In My End Is My Be­ginning,"
is not a pa!l8ing glimpse
of the physical distre.'!!! attending
the life of Mary Stuart, a distreu
which was infinitely greater in
terms of mental anguish; it is an
undel'$tanding portrayal of t he
characters most concerned in her
life. An amazing wealth of de·
tail is woven so skillfully into tho
intricate pattern 0{ her life thllt
each character seems essential to
the whole and the result is a
series of sc:ene" so vivid that the
reader lives therein. Some shrink
from reading the four stories for,
moving tale that it is, it contains
much of disappointment and Bor·
row; but the interest is still broad
and human. A tragedy is in the
making. Numberle!18 trying, tell~
ing circumstances develop, but
throughout it aU Mary, the mag­net,
although her charitable mind
Dnd tender heart do not always
correctly intl!l"pret situations,
soothes and attract!!.
Maurice Baring has felt very
strongly the plight of Mary
Stuart. He has undenstood 10
well how unbearable conditions
were for her that he shrinks from
disclosing promisc:uously the ex­periences
of her sensitive mind.
Likewise, it would appear that in
writing this book he has Icorned
much of the dramatic quality of
situations in which Mary was in­volved;
as a crusader might 1IC0rn
the t hrms in exploration which is
undertaken in II great cause, lest
the reader ~ay to himself, " It was
not rea11y as bad as thllt; this is
only a good story."
However, the fact!! and deeds
ot the interesting life ot the
Queen of Scots are threaded to­gether
by the author with a charm
of narrative and a vensatility of
style that bseinate. It i, a rare
tale, weaving into delightful nar·
rative, the spiritual and the high
ideal, the sweet wholesomeness of
tho simple thing8 of life with the
SOt"TOW lind suffering that are
orton the pllrt of great souls.
The book ends with an account
of lIlary', death and burlal which
reminds us of the words later
written by Lionel Johnson about
her grandson, Charle, I of Eng­land.
"Vanquished in life, his death
By beauty made amends,"
E. R., '36.
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How did you find things in
India!
Just fine and Ghandi.
TilE: GLEANER
"Football Is No More Dangerous Than
Any Other Sport," Says Marchie Schwartz
YARR, COACH OF CENTERS FOR 1932
¥'ortullately we were able to
meet the All_Americall halfback,
Mr. lI1archmont Schwartz, and the
All_American Center, Mr. Thomas
Yarr. Incidentally, Mr. Yarr ad·
mitted that be was soon to marry
Millll Rosemary Killen, of Ch:e.go,
gradulile of Northweltern Uni­vel"$
ily. Before this comCII from
the press the marriage ceremony
will have taken place, and thus
we take thi~ opportUnity to con­grlltulate
II1r. Yarr, lind to wish
him every success and hllppiness.
When asked about plans fOI' h'l
immediate future , Mr. Schwllrh,
was very reticent. He sliid he had
no plan for any position in 1932,
other thlln pursuing hi~ studie3 in
the Nolre Dame College of Lnw,
in whicb he is now a Jun:or. But
the announcement has jUlt been
illllued from Notre Dame that
"Marchie" will be the backfield
coach next year under Hunk An­del"$
on. Good luck "Marehie"!
Characteristically he would make
no predictions for the 1932 team.
With all the commenh circulating
about the danger of footbnll, we
asked hi! Ollinion . Footbull, ac·
cording to him, is no more dtmger.
ous than any other sport lIaving
read of the traged:e~ occurring lit
the Olympics at I,ake Plucid, we
are inclined to agree with him.
Before proceeding any further
may we say that Mr. Thomll3
Yarr is again in line for congratu.
lations; for the caplllin of the
ID3 1 Notre Dame tootblill team
wi11 act liS coach of the centers
for 1932. Not being an authority
on football we refrain from mak­ing
uny commenh, but with n
Hlle-up of Coache ~ including An_
denon, Schwartz, Yarr, Hoffman,
and VoedillCh, we cannol help
thinking, (theres' no law against
that), how rosy everything looks
for the 1932 Notre Dame team.
Now to return to the informa­tion
we received from "Marchie."
After learning that each football
game i, dedicated to a particular
Saint, and e~peeially to the
Ble!l8ed Virgin, the Patrone'. of
Notfe Dame, we imju'red under
whose patronage the 1931 Nolre
Oame_Army game was played
The an ~wel' wa 'l "Joan of Arc,"
the Patrone.'!!! of the Army. What
a pleasant $Urpri3e! The l\[a'd of
Orleans led the French army to
victory but to the world her death
spelled only defeat. Ye3 we grant
that the Ramblers went down to a
bitter defeat at the hand. of the
WesL Point cadets, but they won
a great victory in being able to
face the world with a ~mile, admit
they had lost, praise the:r oppon­enUl,
blame themselve3. and in the
Book of Life they wrote their
names in gold.
Incidentally the two members
of thllt Team who came to Roch.
ester are men who~e names will
live in the history of football.
They are representative Notre
Dame men, and they imllre~sed
everyone with their loyal s pirit,
the;r modesty and their IIbility to
live up to the high idelils which
they imbibed within the portals
of the University.
M.M.,'33.
>1< - >1< - +
FATHERS'-SONS' BAN­QUET
HELD AT K. of C.
Schwa r tz, Yarr, Che vi gny,
Presen t
Enthusill$tic sing:ng, whole­hearted
applauding, spirited talks,
distinguished gue~b, interesting
entertainment,-thuj the Fathel'$'
and Sons' Banquet at the Colum­bus
Civic Center proceeded_
Mr. John Doyle, the toast­master,
introduced many well­known
honored guests, among
whom were: Walter MIIl"lInvllle,
Charle] Wilson, "Ril)" Collins,
Coach John Sullivan, and Coach
Tom Davies. Each WIlS IIccordcd
a warm I·eception.
All the clock ticked 8:45 the
Banquet became publ'c property,
that is, it went on the air over
Station WHEC. Mayor Charles
Owen, the fif$t ~peaker, highly
lauded Mr. Knute Roekne, the
late renowned football mentor of
Notre Dame Univer~ity. The
audience immediately rose to pay
tribute to the memory of a ster­ling
Catholic.
The footba ll playcrs of Notre
Oame were welcomed with thun_
derous applause, particularly by
the Orphan- Boys pre!ent from St.
Joseph's and St. Mary's Asylum.
It was touching to see their eager
face.! unmistakably thrm at every
word spoken by Mr. Marchmont
Schwarb and Mr. Thomas Yarr,
their heroes on the gridiron. Mr.
Jack Chevigny, who recently reo
signed as backfield Coach at Notre
Dame, and who worked for many
~'ears side by side with the great
Rockne, impressed the listeners
with his forcefulness, his sincer.
Ity, and his praise of the other
fellow. His appearance stllmped
him u a coach, and somchow his
mannerism reminded us of Knute.
It was not difficult to p:clure Jack
Chevigny between the halve! of a
footban game, firing the boy! with
the spirit to fight to the end, to
brlng victory to the:r Alma Mater
no matter what the oddl against
them.
Rt. Rev. John F. O'Hern,
Bishop of Rocl:ester, the la5t
~peaker of the e"ening, opened his
address with the words: "Notre
OK E5
She: Is that a druy horse over
there?
He: No, it's a brown hone, and
$top your silly. b-ab.y talk . AI: I graduate this June.
Pha: Really! T hat's quite a
surprise.
AI: Surprise nothing. I've been
expecting it f.or- ye.al"$ . Book Agent: Is your husband
a book worm, Madam?
Madam: Of course not! He's
jU$t an ordina.ry- on.e. He: Fashions may come and
fashions may go but there's
always a demand for cosmetic, ...
She: Naturally. Women can't
go wan forever. . - +
Student: I've worked thi, prob­lem
ten time~.
Prof: That's fine. YOII see it
pays to persevere.
Student : It certainly does­here
are t he ten answers. +- .
Graduate: Well, I'm through
with lIChool. From now on I in­tend
to earn a living by my wi ts.
Frosh: That's the spi rit Ha!f
a living is better than none.
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Little Willie: Why, my father',
!IO tall he has to have" bed over
lIeven teet long.
M.ke: Aw, that's a lot of bunk.
0 - +
Nextdor: Do you know tl]at
confounded dog of yours barked
all night?
Naybor : Don't let that worry
you! He'll sleep an day. . - +
Proud Mother : J unior's a year
old now and he's been walking for
the past two week!lo
Guest: The poor little darling!
How tired he must be!
Dame belongs to A mer:ca, North,
South, East and West . Thi, Uni_
venity," he said, "has a very high
place in the Acadeln;c world of
America tor her ~cholarship, as
well a~ in the World of Sport fo r
her football fame." T he Bishop
also praised the former Coach;
" Rockne led Notre Dame to the
forefront in Sport; he taught them
to play the game of l.fe: to play
the game of football."
An enjoyable entertainment
closed the program. The O"phan
Boys were hustled into wailing
automobile~; the boy~ from Notre
Dame were rUihed to the Saga·
more Hotel, and thence to the
New York Central to catch a mid­n:
ght train back to South Bend;
the rest of 1,1$ just went home.
M. Moran, 33.
TRUE STORIES
They tell us that
the morbid Guy de
Maupauant had
very keen IlOweu
of observation. In
f>lct, he was the
typ~ of man who en­joyed
walking in
the forest where he
would gaze keenly
upon an expanse of
IIr, elms, and che$t­nuu;
and then upon
his return he'd Bit
down and de.cribe that vigorous
pine opposite the uprooted elm in
~ uch a manner that it dilfered in
a hundred way, from every other
pine in the woods.
I have concluded that t he
faculty of Na1.a'·eth College pos­~
e~se . power. much akin to those
of M. de Maupauant. As yet
however, they have produced no
material or substantial proof of
thiB statement. Lest you be easily
mistaken, J do not mean that t hey
are morbid people. Heaven for_
bid! They weren't even the leut
bit morose during the past week.
In very truth, I think some of
tbem had the t ime of their lives.
They weren't observing chestnut!!,
not even nutl-merely the stu­dent
body.
elln you imag;ne anyone mak_
ing the . up,.eme sacrifice to get
to college at 7 :30 on exam morn­ing.
Thi. is what happens.­You
rush to the chapel and on
your way back you encounter the
Dean, radiant with smilu. You
try to reciprocate a bit.
" I'm II wreck, »03itively a
wreck. AblIolutely all unstrung,
"a certain underd assman con­felllled
U she grabbed a sandwich.
"Such a teat! Can be a3k ques­tions!
Wond er if he t hinks thi,
is a clUB at St. Bernard's."
(Father Ehman should have got­ten
in on t hllt.)
The Senior Class ineludeJ a
little lady with auburn hair. She
(I'm not divulg:ng IInything-it's
the truth and everybody knows
it'a the truth; moreo"er, a3 Sir
Ha rry Lauder $aYS. 'you know I
would n't tell a lie'), well, she'll
all at Ilea on exam'S. Doesn't
know a thing! They say she only
wrote 11 pages in the Chaucer
exam, 12 in Milton, 13 in Soci­ology,
and I haven't heard about
the rest. She should be rellOrted
to the Dean. They tell me that
she did venture out of her room
to see if everything was quiet on
the "Boarder Front." She got as
far as Helen Tereu's room, took
one look and turned away. She
rushed back. Frantically she
waved aside her room-mate's
notes, "Mllry, do you know what
Helen Morillsey is doing! Now I
ask you ! With Physiolog;clll
chemistry lind Math tomorrow,
she's flat on her back reading
"Shadows on the Rock." I
never-."
Speaking of people who take
things seriously reminds me of a
THE GLEANER
Lincoln
February twelf th arrive. and once more dawn
breaks and casts its light upon the tomb which
har·bon !l patriot who . till livell in our mindl and
hearts. As we stllnd in admirntion lind marvel at
the greatness of a Uncoln we perhaps think mo,'e
dceply to-day than we thought yesterday. Strife
and hllrdship, political upheaval lind ih conse­social
unrest urge us to lIeek encouragement in the
live$ of patriots who taught the world that the
will to do is the accomplshment of the deed.
It was in a little county of Kcntucky in 1890,
that a child destined to become the Prellident and
pre$erver of hi ll union became a member of the
va, t rllnk of living souls. He soon grew into man­hood
lind began the study of IlIw with the hope
that it might be a stepping stone to political life.
He gained the Presidency at a time when the
government was shaken with uncertainty and inde­cillion
and at the very brink of a l)recil);Ce from
wh:ch he would Bafely lead it--slavery. Through
days and nights of turmoil. through oppo ~ition and
rivalry. his fair and accurate thinking, his bold­neSl
and unswerving loyalty curied h:m to the
central purpO!e of hi3 career, the pre~ervation of
the union. Is it any wonder thllt he still speah
to t he people of all nations! b it strange thllt
we should say, "What a blessing it would be if
the pOliticians of to-day IlOMe3l!ed the virtue of
IlOlitical un!ell'ishness which was Lincoln's."
M. R., '33.
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rule human interest !\Cene that
took p~ace beyond the IlOrta\s of
that sacred temple never yet de­faced
by a loud voice. Yel there
lire whis peTll, plenty of whisper.!
as in many a well ordered library.
Well, III I was saying, three
Juniors upiring to receive MajoTi
in Latin were grouped around a
table. They were debating as to
the but method of attack by
wh:ch to conquer that demon,
Latin Prose. Would it be best to
memorize the Latin sentences or
would it be the proper t hing to
study the rule~ and learn to apply
them. Finally, the more hopeful
of t he disconsolate group offe red
a lIolution to the problem. To her
complete ama~ement there wss an
unexpecled $ucce.ssion of stifled
g iggles. You realize how a per­lion
in extreme earne~t hates to
be tr:fled with. An appearance
l.ke the pallor of cold ma rble cov­ered
her haggard countenance,
, he lowered her dark eyes and
w_th n henrt rending sigh, ~ he
:!.II'd, "Girls, I don't see how you
elln laugh!" Straightforwnrd she
denounced them and their frivol­OUl
attitude.
Dear liu!e wise girl's comment
on a very much dreaded exam was
, ummed up briefly, " Anyway it
pay~ to pMy sttention in hi3 class.
I found that out in thi3 elCam."
D:d you hear a ny such wholesome
advice? Then take heed. Save
It.
[ sa id the faculty observed the
eITeCl3 of the mental strllin to
(Continued on page 8)
Catholic Indian Bureau
Feature Service To
"The Gleaner"
THE LIGHT ON CAVE
MOUNTAIN
Indians and white1 had tried in
vain to wale Cave Mountllin ncar
Family, Montana, until a secret
passnge was di~cove red in a way
t hat we have IIlways regllrded as
lin answer to prllyer. High UIJ on
the aide of the mountllin there
appeared at n:ght a br ight light
which wall invisible by day. A
portion of t he mountain is known
to the India nl 113 Skull Butte. One
day t he Indian children and sev­eral
Si. terl went to the mountain
for a p:cn·c. We decided to ex­plore
Skull Butte It took u~ an
hour to cl imb to the top. There
we found a stone wall some ten
feet in hcight alm03t across t he
mountain on the esst side rising
from n Inrge tablcland of rock
with tnve_l ke opening" in which
we found !kulls and bones of
human be·ng .. I recalled having
heard that the Blackfeet and
Blood Ind'anl had had s flerte
b.ttle on top of this mountain.
Hence the Ind·an name. Skull
Bulte.
A fter a bricf re,t we de$cended
and were turn:ng toward home
when, to my horror, I found t hat
one of the novices wa~ not with
Page Seven
CONNIE
OLLEGE
FRIVOLITIES
The flowers that bloom in t he
spring, on buh, have something
to do wi th the CIISe, us 6tated by
milliners. All winter we hal'e put
quills or t ufU of bright fellthers,
red. white, green, orange, or gold,
on our .somber hend gear. The
milliner wants us to say it with
"owers again this spring.
The most popular of the . pring
"chapeaulC" are in the form of
"cachepeigne!l" in which we notice
the back of the hat is turned up
shMrply, and the turn-up covered
with flowers . The elC pression
"cachepeignes" is n survival of
former centuries, when curls 0"
ribbons were worn >I~ the back of
the head to hide t he comb.
Next in popularity, we notice
the particular style in which a
little IlOsy is dashed on the lum­mit
of a shallow, rounded crown,
or eurves a wreath of blO$$Oms
around or across the head.
For glliety, little bunches of
flowers with red poppies and
cherries in t he foreground.
For t hose who are not in a
flowery mood thi3 spring, mny [
suggest a new material, a sort of
cellophano in irl"ide3Cent mother­of-
pearl, transparent li nd becom­ing,
with no trimming, save a
negligible touch of violet.
D. McG., 34.
us. Taking a quick glance around,
my eye3 were riveted on Cave
Mountain. There in the llirge
Ol)ening ninety feet above the
ground where at night the light
aplleared [ now perceived a white
light which I recogni!ed as the
veil of the missing Sister. I
sigJllld to her to come down, She
shook her bead hopeless ly. We
knelt and prayed. I sent II
me!lllenger to a settlement of
Blackfeet Indians living at the
foot of the mountains.. Men came
with ropes. Meantime, Sister had
disappeared. Some of the larger
g:rls, holding onto the young
tree3. manllged to climp up twenty
feet. There, to their grent joy,
they found Sister creeping 6ide­ways
between rocks. Si$ter told
me afterwards that while ahe
stood wondering how she was
going to get down she saw a stone
thnt extended out "bout twclve
fe c\" She made an act of con­trition
and asked Our Lady to let
her reach that stone Then she
j umped but sprained her foot.
However, she saw whnt appeared
to be a narrow passage. Not hav­ing
noticed t hat opening on her
way up 10 the cave, it seemed to
her lhat our Blessed Mother had
seen fi t to answer her prayer. As
belt she could, Sister crept over
to the passage and followed it
painfully until the girl~ found
her. Since then we h"ve found
(Continued 011 l)age 8)
Page Eight
TRUE STORIES
(Continued from page 7)
which they had justly or unju~t1y
(according to your own private
interpretation) subjeded the IItu­denU.
[can pro ... e this by just
one inslance. I gather that on
the whole, the faculty hn seen
much, profited thereby and said
nothing. It so happened that two
of the fre,hmen staggered out of
the Chemistry exam They met
another innocent victim outside
the door. Immediately; "Did you
know anything! I didn't know a
thing. It was the wout-."
Freahie No.2 th rew up her hands
in despair, " I couldn't answer a
t hing. When I saw t[,,,1 paper I
forgot e ... erything."
Then in nn effort to offer con­~
ol>l.tion Freshie No I replied,
"Well, yo u were lucky. At least
you knew something to forget."
Belie"'e" it or not! Anyway, figure
it out for yoursel f. You can't
appreciate t his one unless you
hear a certain Latin profeuor ( I
won't di ... ulge her name) chuckle
n ahe relates this as a part of the
"seen and heard" around Nu.a_
reth.
I m atill inclined to think that
Edna Ferber was, for t he most
part, right in her comment on col­lege
p('ople and their jan music.
Nor was I totally unobservin&"
when I tried to study my Church
History opposite the radio in the
control of a daughter of Nanreth.
I Celt that a little 110ft music
would mix well with my atudy and
would be likely to ease the mind.
It didn't work. Hardly was I com­fortably
seated when an intrepid
crooner kept pleading "where
were you- " you know the rest.
Then the "tin-panny" orchestras
from evel'ywhere jarred me IW
with what the announcer called
music t hat 1 almost lo~t my teeth.
Finally relief come-"We ha ... e
t he pleR~ure of presenting the
United States Marine Blind in its
regular Mondny afternoon con_
cert with the Hon. Captain Taylor
B,--(blub bl ub)." To my utter
dismay she had shifted the dial
o ... er to Boston where more di.­cord
greeted us. How long would
this last! I w&! on the point of
lea ... ing when I heard, "the
National Broadcasting Compllny
and twenty-eight broadcasting
stations present as a special
feature the Eastman School of
ll usic Symphony Orchestra brOlld­casting
from-(blub blub)." An­other
shift! That ..... a. enough for
me. Anyway the telephone was
ringing. Ueluetantly, I repeat,
r eluctantly, I depllrted.
If I were to expreu my per­Bonal
reaction to exam week I
leAr the attempt would be to no
lI ... ai1. Had I a poetic strain in my
veins I'd expreu my sentiment.
in lines like these, "Those nights
thllt I toued on my pillow_."
Within t hose lines I'd incorporllte
a few of the ~leepless ones and
the ones when I committed mur_
ders. But more of pllrody Illter.
T HE GLEANE R
A HE, A SHE OR AN IT?
An Eskimo woman comes to
pay a visit to t he Sistera at Holy
Crou Mission. In her arms she
holds a chubby little girl. The
first greetings over, Sister asks,
"Mary, do you like your nice little
baby girl!" And Mary an3wers,
"Yes, Sister, I like him very
much. I like it so much I never
want to be separated from her."
If there hlld been another pro­noun
no doubt she would ha ... e
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best oC t hem generally mix t heir
pronouns in a most amusing
fashion.-(Very Re .... ) Francis M.
Menager, S. J ., Alaska.
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F eature Service to
"The Glean er"
(Continued from page 7)
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