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              Pllbfislwd at Nazareth College, Rochester, N. Y.
VOL. IX. APRIL, 1933 No. 5
Juniors Complete Arrangements for Promenade
( City Library Head
Addresses Assembly
Discusses " Mcd ern Ve rse"
A new angle from which to
appreciate poetry was presented
and praise for college verse ]>ro­dUQtions
voiced by Mr. John
Adams Lowe, chief librarian of
the Rochester Public Libraries, in
a lecture on "Modern Verse,"
given before the student body in
the assembly of March 7.
"Unless we can approach poetry
with a child's mind we have lost
something very beautiful," said
Mr. Lowe. He illustrated this
point by r eading in his crisp New
England voice several poems
whose appeal is lost fOI' the mind
that has not retained a child's
attitude towards the music and
rhythmical beauty or ])oerty. In
Walter de la Mare's "Down at
Down Derry," he showed us esp~c­ially
the truth of his statement
that poetry is made to be sung
as well as to be read. The
singing quality of this fme poem
so delightful to the car gained by
his beautiful rendit ion.
De la Mare's anthology, "Come
Hither," Mr. Lowe recommende']
as a good book with which to be­gin
the reading and studying of
verse, because it contains many
rare and beautilul poems fo und
in no other collection and in ter­esting
notes. Many of the poet'!
represented in t his volume are his
personal friends . The interesting
bits of information regarding each
of them which he gave, despite
his expressed intention "not to
go off 011 a tangent," as he laugh"
ingly confessed he is so fond of
doing, added a pleasant note of
informality to his lecture. His
anecdotes about Christopher Mor­ley's
habit of philosophizing over
the washing of dishes were most
amusing, and M,·. Morley's poem
on the subject which he read with
just the r ight touch of humor met
with hearty applause.
Mr. Lowe had praise not only
for the well-known poets but for
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Gene Kardos, Noted
Broadcasting ftrtist,
Will Furnish Music
Or chestra Has P layed for
Many CQlle ge Func tions
The Junior Class has been
fortunate in securing for its Prom
Gene Kardos and his Orchestra,
famous masters of rhythm.
Gene Kardos has played for
nearly all the leading colleges in
t he East and Middle West includ­ing
Vassar, at Poughkeepsie, Cor­nell,
Syracuse, and Albany Law
School. He has been featured at
numerous Yale proms and house­parties.
He has also played for
seversl private organ izations. Dur­ing
the weekend of the Notre
Dame-Pittsburgh game at Pitts­burgh,
he played at the New Pitts­burgher
along with Wayne King.
For the past few months Kar­dos
has been engaged at the Rose­land
Ballroom in New York City
A special offer was made him to
play in Louisville , Kentucky, for
fo ur daya d uring the week of
March 25. From there he re­turned
to t he Roseland Ballroom
His orchestra is on the air several
nights a week over the Columbia
Brolldcasting System.
Kardos himself is quite young
-about thirty-two. He can play
the violin, piano, and saxophone,
although he seldom does, devot­ing
all his time to special orches­tration
and direction . He features
an original and fascinating style
of muaic, as well as the standard
waltz, lox-trot and Tiger Rag
tempos. His novel arrangemen~
have brought him into keen com­petition
with Casa Lorna. He is
a Victor Recording artist and has
also made records for Brunswick.
His theme song is "Till I Was
Introduced to You." All last
summer Kardos played at the Cot­ton
Club in New York.
He has never played in Roches­ter.
For the Prom engagement
cAnnual Easter Week Event To Be
Held at Oak Hill Country Club;
Patrons and Patronesses Listed
On Tuesday evening, April 18,
Oak Hill Country Club will be a
scene of festive gayety when the
class of 1934 holds its J unior
Promenade. All arrangements for
the gala event have been com­pleted.
Dinner will be ser ved at
seven, and dancing, to the music of
Gene Kardos, will begin at nine.
A special feature of t his year's
Prom is the lowered subscription;
six dollars. Reservations may be
made with Mildred Durnherr,
chairman of the Ballroom Com­mittee.
The patrons and patroness of
the Prom are:
Miss Rosemary White, Miss
Marcella Reichenber ger, Miss An­geline
Guzzetta, Dr. James N.
Eastham, Miss Elizabeth Fake,
Mr. and Mrs. John Mourant, Mr.
and Mrs. George McNei!!, Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Healey, Mr. Edward
J. Lintz.
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Abra­ham,
Mr. and Mrs. David Ben­nett,
Mrs. Gladys M. Blackmar,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Blum­rick,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F.
Boyer, Mrs. Theresa Bradley, Mr.
and Mrs. James G. Buckley, Mr.
and Mrs. John F. Carroll, Mr. a nd
Mrs. Dennis Carroll, Mr. a nd Mrs.
J ohn W. Dugan, Mr. and Mrs. John
W. Dunne, Mrs. Joseph J. Durn­herr,
Mr. and Mrs. William Edell,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas FitzMorris,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Fontana,
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight H. Framing­ton,
Mr. and Mrs. John Goetten,
Mr. and Mr s. Frank I. Groves,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry F. Hoock, Mr.
Emmett W. Leaty, Mr. and Mrs.
Patrick F. Mannion, Mr. and Mrs.
John McGhan, Mr. and Mrs. J os-eph
P. Mehan, Mr. and Mrs. Wil­liam
Meisenzahl, Mr. and Mrs.
George E. Nash, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank A. Norton, Mr. and Mr s.
Edward Nugent, Mr. and Mrs.
John H. Odenbach, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Owens, Mr. and Mrs. Val­entine
Portka, Mr. and Mrs. Mi_
chael J . Quinn, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
W. Rice, Mr. and Mrs. J . F. Mer­kel,
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory F.
Toole, Mr. and Mrs. Martin M.
Trott, Mrs. William J. Wegman.
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Diocesan Sodalities v
To Convene May 14
The Sodality of Nazareth Col­lege
has been invited to ullite
with the Sodalities of the Diocese
of Rochester at a convention. This
event is to be held on Sunday,
May 14. The program is as fol­lows:
Mass at Cathedral at 8 ;30 A. M.
Breakfast at Cathedral Hall
Convelltion at Columbus Civic
Center
Benediction at the cloae of the
convention
Bishop O'Hern will say the Mass
at the Cathedra!. Father Daniel
A. Lord, S. J . and Miss Dorothy
Willman will be present for the
convention. A great crowd, a
great time and great business will
be on hand. It is the place for
every Sodalist to be. Remember
t he date--May fourteenth.
SYMPATH IES
EXTENDED
We wish to express our
sincere sympathy to Mr. Ed­ward
J . Lintz of the faculty;
to Marion Phillips, '33, and
to Eileen and Mary O'Reilly,
'36, on their recent bereave­ments.
he will be fresh from his Rose­land
Ballroom r un. His only en­gagement
after leaving New York
and before coming to Rochester
will be in Erie, Penasylvania, on
JAupnriiol r 1P7r,o mth. e night before the I L_ _____________. J
'IAZAA£lH COLLEGI
UBRA PI'
l"age Two
Poetry Society Hears
Blanche Thompson
j The Kilmer Poetry Society of
Naureth College waa favored with
t he presence of Min Blanche
Thompson, poet and teacher, at its
last meeting held March 9th, in the
Social Room.
Min ThompliOn began her talk
very appropriately by reciting
liOme of her own poems, "Benedic·
tion," "A Garment of Prai$(!" and
"It You Had a Golden Coin to
Spend". Each contained a gentle·
nen and a toueh of mysticism
characteristic of their author.
Literary reminillCences followed.
Miss Thompson pnssed around for
inspection letters from admirers of
her "Silver Penniea", a coUedion
of poetry for children, from Min·
nellOta, Tokio, Cuba and Alabama.
One writer addreSllCd her as "Dear
Sin"; another as "Respected
Min". Next were read several let­ters
from high !lehonl students beg·
ging her to tell thcm "how to
break into the writing racket" or
requesting her "life and works".
One lady informed Miss Thompson
of a talented daughter who at the
age of three recited the Gettys­burg
AddrellS. There was a blue
and black and lilver illustrated
booklet containing two of Sara
Teasdale's poems, "Return at
Night" and "Grace Before Sleep",
presented to MislI Thompson by
the author herself.
Then MiS!! Thompson spoke of
the concise pen pictures of Rosa
Marinini, and the haunting sweet.­neS!!
of the poetry of Langston
Hughes, who ranka second to
Countess Cullen, tile Roland Hayel
of poetry.
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Father Le Buffe, S.J.,
Conducts Alumnae's
Annual Retreat
The Nazareth Alumnae Ret reat
given by Rev. Francia P. Le Butre,
S. J., at Nazareth College, the
10th, 11th and 12th of March,
was well attended.
Those who were present at ona
or more of the conferenaes were
more than amply repaid for the
sacrifice they made. Father Le
Buffe gave an eminently practical
retreat. One of those bib! which
we should all take unto oUr!!elvC!l
is his definition of Ileraonal holi·
ness. " Personal hollnell!! is doing
what you ought, when you ought,
and how you ought, or doing the
right thing, at the right time in
the right way." The closing hour
was an innovation for many of
the retreatant&. It consisted of a
eontemplation of Christ Himself,
exposed on the altar, through
prayer and short talks, and finally
Benediction. It was "an hour
spent with Him."
THE GLEANER
Kappa Gamma Pi
Holds Undergraduate
Short Story Contest
Rules and Judges Have Been
Announced
The Buffalo Chapter of Kappa
Gamma Pi, National Honor Society
of Catholic Women's Colleges, on
March lat, launahed i1$ Second
Annual Short Story Contest, open
to undergraduates of collegu
affiliated wilh the Society. The
purpose of the contest is to bring
to light literary talent in Catholic
colleges, and to encourage in un·
dergraduates the exprll8sion of
Catholie thought and the neces·
sity for Catholic Action.
Tile rules of the aontest are:
1. The story must be original
and must never have been pub­lished
anywhere.
2. The story must not exceed
2500 words in length.
S. All manuscripts must be
typewritten, double spaaed.
4. The story must be sub­mitted
under a pen name with the
author'a real name and address,
her college affiliation and her
graduating year enclosed in a
sealed envelope, on which is typed
the title of the story Ilnd the
author's pen name.
5. No manuscript will be re­turned.
6. Manuscripts should be aent
folded or flat, not rolled.
7. Manuscripts submitted must
be postmarked on or before mid·
night April 19, 1933.
8. It is understood that the
~tories are to be Catholic in tone,
but of course no definite reference
to Catholiaism is required.
The judges of the contut will
be: Miss Katherine Bregy, Litt.
D., Officer d'Academie, Mr. John
Bunker, poet and critic; Rev.
James J . Daly, S. J ., poet and
editor; Mr. J ohn J. Donahue,
Editor-in·chief of "Columbia";
Dr. Henry A. Lappin, Professor
of Eng!ish Literature >It D'You·
ville College snd Lecturer on
English Literature at State Teach.
er!!' College, Buffalo, New York;
Dr. Theodore .Maynard, Profe!l5Or
of English Literature at George·
town University; Dr. Joseph J.
Reilly, Professor of Engliah Liter­ature
at Hunter College, New
York City; and MiS!! Dorothy Will_
man, Auoaiate Editor of "Queen'a
Work."
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Italian Club Gives I" Entertainment To I
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S. S. C. NEWS
An hour of pleasure was the I Plans are beinj" made for the
result when the Italian Club of conference of the aodalities in the
Nazareth College once more be- Rochester diocese on Sunday, May
came imbued with the missionary 14, at the Columbua Civic Center
spirit, and presented "0. P. R. A.", a\lditorium. Mall!! and general
on March J6, for the beneflt of Communion followed by a Com·
the missions. Under the direction munion breakfast will open the
of Miu GU"lZetta, the members of day's program. Mias Helen Gunt·
the club made a succe!l!lful debut ert, president of the Parish
in comie opera. The characters Sodality Union, will pruide at
were interpreted as follows; the general meeting at which dele.
Manager-Minifred Murphy. gates will offer suggestions for
Soprano--Kathleen Whitefield the progress of sodality work.
Tenor-Rose Boehme Benediction will bring the confer-
Alto--Adelaide Brennan ence program to a close.
The cast was accompanied by >10 _ >10
Elinor Roche.
The play was supplemented by
the presentations of two vocal
soloists.. MiuJosephine Pianninoof
Avon, offered three selections. and
Mary Rita O'Connell added an
Irish novelty song. The program
was closed by an imper!!onation
given by Miss Helen Sullivan.
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Study Club Admits
New Members at
March Meeting
At i1$ March meeting the Study
Club welcomed seven new memo
ber!!. After two newspaper articles
on President noosevelt's policy
had been read by Catherine Hock,
the chsirman of the meeting, and
Hilda Connor, the meeting wal
thrown open to discussion.
Since the Bank Holiday had
been recently declared and the
illlluanee of "!lerip" wu being con·
templated by Rochester Clearing
House officials, the membeu were
chiefly interested in this phase of
the new Illan, and especially in it
as an attempt to achieve indi_
rectly the results of inflation.
Before -the meeting Willi ad­journed
Mary Moran, president
of the dub, appointed Eleanor
Heieck chairman of the committee
to report at the April meeting on
"Why ought there to be greater
cause in the future than in tile
past to justify wars?' and "Why
ought peace treaties be arbitrate..!
rsther than imposed or negoti·
ated?"
G. Vincent Walker
Artists Representative
126 L. ure lton Road
Roched e r, N. Y .
Cu lver 307
Booking Ame'ica'.
Foremost Radio and
Reco"ding iRnlce
AttJ"(l./ltio'.'
Just by way ot a little special
informstion we might sdd that we
hope to have Father Lord present
at the Sodality Cotlference.
0 - 0
Plans are under way for the
recognition of our Sodality at the
Prima Primaria, which is the in·
ternational Office of the S. S. C.
at Rome. We have been trying
for some time to become mem­bers
of this official society, and
are now taking the final steps.
0 - 0
The lir!!t of the series of skits
in our skit contest will be offered
soon after Easter. The prize of­fered
by the Sodality is worth
working for. What are you doing
to help make your club'. skit a
~ueces8? .-.
New in t he field of Catholic
Action is the work of sell!Cting
great Catholic women of our own
times. The twelve most fameus
of tllese will be chosen and reo
corded for future r eference.
Every little bit of information
will be considered in this selec·
tion. Do your bit, 80dalists, and
submit your "finds" to the officers
of your Sodality.
E. B. S., '34.
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THE GLEANER Page Tbree
JUNIOR PROM
featuring
GENE KARDOS
and his
Victor Recording Orchestra
Oak Hill
Country Club
Tuesday,
April 18th
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Resurrection
The seemingly harsh sentence of death in the
light of Resurre<:tion Day loses all its bitterness.
The mil'aculous victory of the God-Man over the
cold walls of the sepulchre is proof for all t ime that
death is not final. Mnn goes down into his grave,
into black oblivion as it we re, but his eternal destiny
provides tha~ one day he will rise from bis prison
of earth and be immortal with Christ.
The le8$On of resurrection is written indeli bly on
the face of nature. In the rebirth of plant life each
Springtime after the drear dcath of winter it is most
paten t. Every plant, every flower, every animal
bears witness to the fact that from death life ariscs,
iJlustl'ates again and again the universal application
of this law of life. The message of nature to the
human hea,·t is one of hope--hope, which, though
the range of man's understanding cannot compass,
his nature cannot stiflc .
Crowning this glorious message of hope which the
world about us breathes incessantly is the wonderful
promise of Christ's own resurrection. On Easter
Dny when the glad ti ding~ of the Galilean's con·
quest of death is once again re-echood the world over,
the heart of man which has followed its Savior to
Calvary and risen in spirit with Him on the tbird
day "glorious and immortal," fcels renewed joy in
the firm conviction that it will never die. For the
Risen Chri st has shared with it the predous secret
of life everlasting.
Cc n fidence Renewed
The patriotism of America has received a stim­ulus
that augurs such love and interest in the wel­fare
of the United States as had its ilIustriou~
founders. f.'or a long time patriotism has lain sn
uncharged dynamo. Now. under the leadership of
F"nnklin Delano Roosevelt, proper contact has boon
effe<:tcd and once more a glorions patriotism has
informed a la rge percentage of thinking citizens.
It is foolhardy, of course, to t hink that dishonest
PQlitician ~ have turned over a new leaf. It is ap­p"
opriate, however, to believe in the partial extirpa­tion
of crime in whatever form it assumes at p,'ea­ent
or may nssume in the future .
Akin to the feelings Francis Scott Key experienced
as he awaited the dnwn, following the writing of
"The Star-Spangled Bnnnel''', to see whether the
stars and strilJes still floated over Fort McHenry,
'l'HE GLEANER
Sl'e those felt today a s a "new deal" imbues Ameri­cans
with a spirit of confidence nnd righteous 7.eaL
Everywhere in the nation this spirit is evident.
Neve" before has the radio served as n medium
for overwhelming expressions of approval and sup­(
XIrt of presidential administrations. Almost every
program on the air int roduces a wng, a skit or a
speech to praise, to encourage, to show appreciation.
It is with high hope that we, destined one day to
serve our country's helmsman, look to the future
for the fulfillmen t of the democratic principles in
word nnd deed which our forefathers incor(XIrated
in the constitution of the United States .
Spring
And now another spring has come to us! Every
living being welcome$ it, The smell of the spring
air, the hint of rain-washed sunlight that is to
come, the tiny, fresh, green shoots that presage the
hour "when spring unlocks the flowers to paint the
laughing soil," the ' joy oua .chirp of the fi rst bold
robin, anil the newly ' softened ground bid uS lay
aside the cares, the discouragement of the past
winter and begin life anew.
We hea,· heartening scraps of conversation: ,.,
am going to Washington for Easter vacation,"
"Can't we spend several week-ends at the lake this
summe,·?". "Aren't the log-<:abins in that magazine
just perfect?", "We're going to have heliotropes and
sweet lJeas in our garden this Bummer."
The feverish glint in the passerby's eyes is noticed.
Smiles are broader: we walk with a lighter step.
Even the pouring rain which sometimes tu rns into
a wet, wet snow can not dampen that inner gaiety
that is bol'ne to us on the airy winds of spring.
We have unprc!-,edented ambition to do the things
we have put off again and again. We have hopes
and aspirations and desires to do great things. And
some of us have spring fever.
A Word About Prom
The outstanding social event in the history of
any class in college is its Junior Prom. For the
class of IlJ34 this event is just in the offing, and a
long cherished dream is nearing realization. It is
the fervent hope of the Juniors that the undel·tak­ing
this ycar be a success in every way. It certainly
should be, if the amount of individual and united
effort expended- is any critcrion of res ul ts.
However, the Prom will fall fa!' short of all our
expectations if a large numbe!' of students do not
attend. The subscri ption has purposely been low­ered,
in consideration of preru!nt conditions. There
has been, on the othel' hand, no lowering of the
trndi t ional standards of all Nazareth College Proms.
The featu res which we have provid~ for your en_
joyment, we feel, have not been surpassed in any
previous year. The prom of the class of '34 we are
sure will be as pleasurable and memorable an occa­s
ion a$ all preceding proms. We urge, therefore,
t hat the matter of attendance at the prom t his year
be considered seriously by all of you, Freshman,
Sophomores, and Seniors.
Freshmen, we would iuvite you, above all, to
assist us in making our dance a success. We are
counting On your wholehenrted support as mark of
the good will and spirit of co-operation which we
know exists between you, our Little Sisters and our­selves,
To the Seniors we bring a reminder of the re­sponsibil
ity which their own prom entailed: to the
Sophomores we refer the fact that it will be their
pleasant task in a not too distant future to plan and
manage a similar undertaking.
Need we say that support of the Junior Prom is
an evideuce of school spirit? The Junior Prom is
an important function in thc extra·curricular pro­gram
of this college. You can show your school
spirit and your willingness to co-operate with a
fellow class by attending it. We shall look for you
on the 18th.
THE COLLEGE
CRITIC
"Scriptorium"
St. Scholastic College,
Duluth, Minnesota.
A bit too late comes this SUr­l)
rising oITer to us Seniors, alias
practice teachers, r rom the
"Classified Ad" sedion in "Scrip­torium":
" Helen Graham will make out
lesson plans in exchange for
string heans."
There's an idea for someone to
keep in mind until next March:
the Class of 1934 ought to be
duly gratefu1.
Our generous nature is working
overtime today, so we promptly
forward t bis information gleaned
from "$otto Voice." Logis Class
take heed!
"A new angle on tbe connota_
tion-denotation confusion : Use a
word in its right sense and it does
not apply: use it in its wrong
sense and everyone will under_
stand."
From "Scriptorium" we learned
that the Librarians' theme ~ong
might aptly be termed: "St udent,
can you pny a fine!" Does n cer­tain
someone .ag-ree.? "The Watch Tower"
Murygrove College,
Detroit, Michigan.
In an article entitled, "We Read
Much But Think Little," Reverend
Francis P. LeBuffe, S. J., is quoted
f,.om his leeture to the Quill Club
of Marygrove.
"Father LeBuffe divided cur­rent
books into four cla$Ses: good
books. 'speckled' books, indiffer­ent
books, and bad."
"Speckled" books were defined
as " works which though well writ­ten
and good on the whole are
marred by some speck of false
philosophy or morals."
"Indifferent books, Father Le­Buffe
said, are usually a waste of
time. Every book we read should
raise us to a higher intellectual
plane. But this seldom happens
beca use, altbough we are a nntion
of readers, we are by no means a
nation of thinkers."
In his advice to the Quill Club,
Father Le Buffe said, "You must
",a n i to write firat . There must
be something you really w a n t to
say. Then you will hnve no diffi­culty-
or very little-in saying
it.
There certainly was a thorough
understanding of human psychol­ogy
behind the editorial, "You
Don't Need To Read This." Would
you read an article with that title!
That 's what w.e -did. to o. "The Villanovan"
Villanova College,
Villanova, Pa.
Under the caption, "Things
Literary," on the editorial page
we noticed some interesting ideas
and summarizations on ancient
(Continued on page eight)
"The Sheltered Life"
By Ellen Ctaogow
In reviewing, "The Sheltered
Life" it was necessary to separ­ate
the artistic ql.lalitie~ from the
ethical standards of a plot which
is carried out by eight principal
characters everyone of whom is
morslly weak and has a fa lse out­look
on life.
"The Sheltered Life" has for
its setting the town of Queens­borough,
Va., which was also the
scene of "The Romantic Come­dians."
The story stretches from
about 1905 until the outbraak of
the World War, and thus Miss
Glasgow's characten bridge the
gap between the old and wel!­ordered
world and the beginning
of the new era with its altered
values and new aspirations. Old
General Archbald, although he is
one of the most completely drawn
characters delineations of Mias
Glasgow's many admirable por­traits
of old men, is in reality
merely a sombre background for
the multi-coloured lives of his
widowed daughter-in-law, two un­married
daughters, Etta and Isa.
bella, and his grandchild, J enny
Blair Archbald. At the opening
of the story the General is a man
of seventy-five whose youthrul
years had been blighted by a
tragic love-affair. Out of chiv­alry,
or weakness of will, he had
married a woman whom he did
not love and thereafter had de­voted
his life to practical pursuits.
He won a competence from the
law which keeps the Archibalds in
comfort. The death of his wifa
had brought freedom which was
snatched away by the filial tender­ness
and vigilance of his selfish
daughter-in-law.
On the same street with the
Archbalds live George and Eva
Birdsong. Mrs. Birdsong had
been a famous Southern beauty.
Considering the importance of
this character to the story
the reader is surprised to find
that her former beauty is her one
claim to attention if one excludes
an extraordinary lack of character
and judgment in dealing with her
husband. Many felt that Eva had
married foolishly . She simply
blinded herself to her husband's
fa ithlessness and lived a life of
illusions. George's attitude to­ward
her is summed up in the fol­lowing
remark of Mrs. Archbald
"I believe he would pour out
every drop of his blood for her if
she only needed it. Only that is
the last thing she is likely to
need."
In the chapter called "The Deep
Past," in which General Arch-
T HE "G L EANER Page Five
New Library Books MAGAZINE REVIEWS
Sister Mary Fidclis-A character
calender.
N"w Outlook_ March
','Democratic Leadership," by
Jackson,
Sicily.
Emily-A student
Lynch_ The Italian Riviera.
Cal·t wright, Julia- Beat Z"ice
d'Este.
in the editor, Alfred E. Smith, gives
an intelligent review of the prob­lems
to be faced by the new
government and oITers solutions
for them.
Marhurg, Emily-Sir William
Temple.
Colum, Padraic-Orpheus : myths
of the world.
Howell, C. F.-An Irish Ramble.
Rogers, Will- Letters of II self­made
diplomat.
Corckett, W. D.-Satchel guide
to Spain and Portugal.
Bucknill, J. C.-The mad folk of
Shakespeare.
Belloc, Hilaire-The postmaster-genera\.
Dimnet, Ernest--What we live by.
Wharton, Edith-The gQds arrive.
Cather, Willa- Obscure destinies.
Gibbs, Sir Philip--The golden
Have you noticed that the
articles a re never continued on
some page that can't be found;
they are complete.
Martin Sommers' "An Advent­tU
re in Dipiomania," a newspaper
man gives his ideas on the Japan­ese
and Chinese situation. Read
his description of the hardships of
a war correspandent.
Other articles of interest by
Ray Perkins, the humorist; the re­views
of the play and books of
t he month are worthy of your at­tention.
S",.ibn" ,.'.-March
"Karl Marx-the myth and the
Man," in which Max Nomad ex­plodes
the Marxan myth and gives
a new picture of t he man.
years. Read "As I Like It," of coune,
Norri s, Kathleen- Treehaven. William Lyon Phelps can always
Hallack, Cecily-Mirror for Toby. be depended upon for good r ead­Galsworthy,
John-Maid in wait- ing.
ing. 1--- --- -
Hubbard, B. H.- Mush, you male­mutes.
Harrison, Henry- American Col­lege
verse.
bald reviews his life, the reader
finds the exquisite beauty for
which t hose who have read "The
Forsyte Saga," will remember the
interlude called "Indian Summer
of a Forsyte." Many critics be_
lieve that there are passages in
that chapter which Miss Glasgow
has never equaled, and which one
must go far to match.
The tragedy is worked out in
the lives of Jenny Blair Arch­bald
and George and Eva Bird­song.
Jenny is a child of nine
year~ when the story begins and
has ju ~t reached eighteen when it
closes dramatically with life in
its tragic aspect sweeping relent­lessly
in upon her. Both Jenny
and Mrs. Birdsong grew up in the
"Sheltered Life." Because George
Birdsong had treated her as a
person J enny had, before she was
ten yean old, enshrined him in
her heart as an idol. The whole
theory of life which she has seen
expressed in the lives of t hosc
around her is expressed in her
own conception of life--"alivc,
alive, alive, and I'm Jenny Blair
Archibald." Before the memben
of her family, whose selfish lives
has influenced her, could revaal
to her what they had suffered be­cause
they believed that happi­ness
comes from having what one
wants, J enny had found herself
in love with George Birdsong and
settled the matter according to
the dictates of her own warped
judgment. It is true that both
she and George fight desperately
against what is pictured by t he
author as inexorable fate. Jenny
Blair Archibald's cry of "1 can't
help it," before each new step in
the wrong direction leaves the
reader only one ray of hope in the
final chapter which is told with
artistic repression,-Jenny's cry
of "Oh, Grandfather, I didn't mean
an ything. I didn't mean anything
in t he world." With this cry of
anguish and terror at the sight
of the desolation she has caused,
J enny leaves t he selfish confines
of the "Sheltered Life" and for
the first time thinks of others.
This novel is another link in
the long chain of evidence that
no author can make his work rise
above the ethical standard which
he sets for his characters. Al_
though the artistry and dramatic
power which the author displays
in the last two scenes will prob­ably
make them memorable in
American Literature t he book as
a whole will suffer because its
author failed to take a more
definite attitude toward the moral
transgressions of her characters.
The story combined with Miss
Glasgow's tolerance of human
failings and quick insight into
human hearts could have reached
great he:ghts had the author
shown that it often takes more
courage which she calls "the only
virtue which has a lasting quality"
to forego what we want , than to
ruin the lives of others in order
to obtain it. Instead Miss Glas­gow
gives us a novel which at­tempts
to show that courage 13
required to take what you want
in this world, and that most people
are cowards because they respect
t he righh of t heir fellowmen.
E. N. R. , '35.
Farm problems, labor questions;
senate discussions and the new
gently discussed in this month's
members in the Houses are intelli­review.
Th" Catholic World- March
"The Nature of Poetry," by
Theodore Maynard will be especi.
ally interesting to those taking
"Appreciation. "
'r he review of Noel Cowards
"Design l or Living," is scathing
but intelligent.
Seumas MacManus gives us an
amusing bit in "An
tain School Master."
Truth-March
Irish Moun-
Read Miss
Mater," to get
other colleges
literary way.
Maxcy's, " Alma
a glimpse of what
are doing in the
Charles L. Cunningham writes
an interesting description of what
the Catholic doctor should be in
"The Catholic Doctor." us
Richard Wagner Year 1933
Fifty years ago on February
13, 1883, Richard Wagner, the
creator of the music drama, died
in Venice at the age of seventy.
He is buried in the town of Bay·
reuth, noted for itl! FelStival Per­formances.
During the course of
the coming summer this little vil­lage
will once more renew its
festive spirit and will again 100m
large as a place of pilgrimage,
especially for Wagner enthusi_
asts. The leading German opera
houses of Berlin, Leipzig and
Dresden, as well as those of other
music centers, will join in com­memorating
the anniversary of
Wagner's death. All will vie with
Bayreuth in giving the best pos_
sible performances of all the
master's works from "Lievesuer_
bot" and " Rienzi" to the "Ring"
a nd "Parsifal."
Bayreuth is particularly noted
for an opera house known as
Wagner's Festival Playhouse. For
many years the composer had en­tertained
the idea of a playhouse,
especially constructed in the
country, whose performances
would serve only for the satisfac­tion
of the public at its own ex_
pense. About 1871 Wagner in­augurated
a publ ic subscription
a nd at the end of five years, the
model stage was built. The enter­prise
was not a succe!!Sful one and
in 1882 Wagner was obliged to
turn it into a paying opera houae,
but with the condition that the
monetary returns would be re­served
to increase t he reserve
fund of the undertaking and
would never be diverted to other
uses.
Page Six
Literary Club Meets
Tuesday, March 7th
The Alice Meynell Literary
Club held its monthly supper
meeting on Tuesday, March 7, in
the college caCeteria.
Betty Griffin started a discus­Bion
oC Sigr id Undset with a r e­view
of "The Bridal Wreath." A
Bequel to "The Bridal Wreath,"
"The Mistress of Husaby," re­ceived
favorable comment from
Harriet Hoock who r~ommended
reading this novel Cor beauty or
d(!$Cription alone. Detail. of Miss
Undset', life were presented by
Hilda Connor. A discussion of
Sinclair Lewis by Mary Horan
closed the program.
THE GLEANER
HCat and the Fiddle"
- Review -
The witnesses arose, joined
hands around the judge, and forced
Targa~t to admit that she had
won the marathon for talking over
with t hei r play,
dropped off to Bleep,
tittte old woman knew what
next time.
even oonfiided in my ear
was .sending all her chit.
to the Junior Promt
"ALLY ALLTALK."
Del AL
.-. Mildred ltl ykin. entertained at
a supper .t h.er- ho.m e r~ent1y. Tau Delta held it!! annual for­mal
dance at the Odenbach on St.
Patrick's Nigh.t. -. Marion Bradley and Lucile
Buckley were present at the Un;­versity
of Roc.he-ste.r Junior Prom. Ruth HUllSey entertained her
friends at a s.up-pe.r a t her home.
I Members of the faculty recently
held a progressive dinner.
"Green Pastures"
_ Re view-costumeB
and colorful set­to
life and t he
deserve worthy
we have be­the
belief
negroes ;n the
simplicity they
content!! of the
of their
tho
aaa lof
to people
idea of
resembles a series of
holiday.. The Lawd'.
have an earthly fa miliar.
t he one who has come for
reward.
D. E., '34.
THE GLEANEK Page Seven
VSophs Defeat Frosh
in Basketball Games
Trophy Awarded Winning
Team In Assembly
on March 30
For some time there has been
II general desire for sports about
the college. To satisfy this, the
Athletic Association has presented
the playing of Winifred Bellinger
and Ruth Ehmann, and the splen­did
team work of the O'Reilly's
was outstanding. In the pr e­liminary
games, the sophomores
won the first, 34 to 29, and the
freshmen the second, 35 to 29.
The cup was presented to the
captain of the sophomore team by
Josephine Koch, president of the
Athletic Association of the college,
during Students' Hour on March
30.
two games between the sopbo- I--------------­more
and freshman classes on
two successive Saturday after­noons,
March 18 and 25. The
sophomores were victorious in
both of these games, with the
score 49 to 37 for the first and
41 . to 36 for the seeond. Both
teams played remarkably well.
The suecess of the class of '35
was due to the playing of Winnie
Murphy, Betsy Jones and Ade­laide
Bren·nan. For the freshmen
E5
~
Officer: "Are you driving your
caf with last year's license!"
Mary Louise: "No sir, with
gasoline." .-. Virginia B: "I've lost my dog,"
Mary E; "Why don't you ad­vertise
for him!"
Virginia: "H.e- c.an 't read." Ruth E, "How many make ,
dozen!"
Jane F; "Twelve,"
Ruth E, "How many make • million?"
Jane F : "V.er-y f.ew ." Miss Fake: "Why were you
Library Head Speak,
(Continued from page one)
the modern undergraduate writers
in whose verse he finds "frank­ness
of expression and whole­!
Omeness of thought." He com­mended
the verse content of
"Verily Fair," quarterly of this
college, and congratulated the
students upon the fact that their
literary publication represented
high standards of prose and
poetry.
The student body evinced great
pleasure in Mr. Lowe's lecture
and extended to him a hearty
invitation "to resume and continue
on"- to borrow his own quaint
phraSe-<ln a day in the near
future. He accepted immediately,
and we are looking forward now
to his next vis.it.- . Betsy: " How do you like my
rose·colored handkerchief!"
Mary: "That isn't rose, it's
white?"
Betsy: "Well didn't you ever
see a white ro.se-?". Mary O'Reilly (in Economic
Geography during a discussion on
cattle): "Did you ever see a cow
hide?" .-. Sr. J. M: "We should control
our faculties."
Marion B: "Our teachers are
our faculties."
Lucille: "Tberefore we should
control our teachers."
Pholze COlZlltcti(1IZ
late for class this morning!" Official Jewelers
Mil Mykins: "Why the bell
rang before I got there." NAI.Alu:nl COLLeGE ]eWi,;LRY
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"Ting.a-Iing," went t he tele. W1C(II:l\=O·Lo ~s
phone; "Brr·Bn" went the door. I Il:=.L:::J.~:::JI[=:Jl:=.j
bell; "Iceman! Iceman 1" called a II
voice from the rear of the house. Basketball seems to have had
bad results this year.. . Helen
Sullivan walked away with bits
of the gym floor. . and Doris
Weber and Winnie Murphy en­joyed
a biting match dUring one
of the games.
Young Mrs. Baine threw her
hands into t he air with a gesture
of utter dispair and ran to the
telephone which, as can easily be
imagined was making the most
noise. She lifted the re.::eiver from
it! hook and shouted, "Hello! Yes,
this is Poil y. Oh hello, Don, dar·
ling. What? What did you say?
wait, I can't hear you."
Impatiently Polly ran to the
front door, the bell on which was
ringing incessantly. She flung it
open to perceive the town's biggest
gossip, Mrs. Reynolds Livingston
White. Without besitation the lat­ter
stepped into the room and said,
"Good morning dear Mrs. Baine.
I've come to see if you care to con­tribute
anything toward our Char­ity
Banquet. It needn't be much
you know." Involuntarily with but
one thought in her mind, to get rid
of this odious woman and get back
to the phone, Polly's right hand
slipped into her pocket and draw­ing
out a bill, thrust it into Mrs.
White's outstretched hand. She
pushed that same troublesome
creature throught the open door,
slamming the same behind ber.
Polly fairly flew back to the
phone and resumed her conversa.
tion with her husband. "Hello,
Don. That was Mrs. White at the
door. She wanted a contribution
to some kind of Charity Function
they're having next week. What
did I give her? Oh yes-well, oh,
Don, I gave her that ten dollar bill
you gave me this morning! I didn't
.-. Imagine our surprise when we
saw Betty Wegman racing down
Clinton Avenue in pursuit of her
red sailor (hat).
'1< - +
Sister Phillippa must have 'time
on her hands' .... We saw her
the other day carrying a clock to
class .. or maybe she just
doesn't trust t.he- b.ells . We seem to be able to find a
flaw in everything_even in our
new waste baskets .. The ob·
jection now is that we can't get
our foot in the.m- ... . Our history professor received
this answer to a modern history
quiz and kindly contributed it to
this column ....
" I do not know just what to say
Nor how to say it anyway
So here's my paper almost blank
And surely me you ought to thank
For saving you the work
Of giving me .a -g.rea t big mark." Now Miss Gu~zetta contributes
a bright saying.
" Beatrice, then, you will come
in in two parU."
mean to, Don, but I just noticed 1 ______________ _
my mistake. I was so excited."
" Iceman! Iceman !" came the call
from the rear of the house. Polly,
excited, and on the verge of tears
said wearily, "Just a second, Don,
until I let the iceman in!" I n a
(Continued on page eight)
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Page Eight THE GLEANER
That Telephone Call
(Continued from page seven)
second Polly was back on her chair
at the phone. "Hello, Don, now
what were you saying? What? I
can't hear you. The baby's crying!
·What did you say! You want­what?
Oh wait 'till I get the baby
something to play with."
Her face flushed and feverish
Polly ran two steps at a time up
t he stairs to the nursery, where .a
chubby baby sat in bed sucking his
fa t little thumb. Nervously, she
thr~st a comb and brush into the
baby's hands for amusement and
fairly jumped down the stairs to
her former place at the phone.
"Hello, Don. What were you say·
ing! You can't come home for
dinner? Why, Don, this is our
anniversary. Why can't you
come?"
Just at that instant a strong
odor of burning food came through
the doorway. Polly sniffed and
sniffed. Suddenly with a cry of
dismay she ran to the kitchen.
Pulling open the oven door, she
uttered a despairing sound _ a
sound of disgust mingled with dis·
couragement. There was her beau·
tiful angel food cake, which she
had baked for their wedding anni­versary,
burned to a crisp. After
she had drawn the burned mass
from the oven Polly went back to
the phone. This time there were
beads of perspiration on her brow
and big tears of sheer exhaustion
were streaming down her flushed
face. Her pace was slower too.
Wearily she continued her conver­sation:
"Hello, Don, oh I have the
worst luck! My beautiful cake is
burned to a crisp! Don, why can't
you come home to dinner-an im·
])Qrtant deal at the office!"
"Crash! Bang!" came from the
kitchen. Too frightened either to
move or sigh, Polly bit her lower
lip and prepared to face the worst.
There was a click at the other end
of the line. She suddenly nalized
her husbsnd had hung up. This
irritated and hurt her more than
all the other things put together.
Slowly she ntraced her footsteps
to the kitchen. There a sorry mess
met her eyes. Fluffy, the big tom
cat was contentedly sitting on the
kitchen floor amid a mixture of
cabbage salad and creamed pota·
toes. The two dishes in which the
victuals had been put were in bits.
Now tears flowed down Polly's
cheeks.
An hour later she made her way
up the stairs, tired. discouraged
and heal"1·bl·oken. All her plans
fOI' a happy day were shattered.
Hcr thought were interrllptetl by
a voice ealling "Polly, oh Polly!"
With a heavy sigh little Mrs.
Baine turned ahrllptly and went
down stairs to the pal"lor. Hen
she encountered her husband, his
hair ruffled, his brow wet with per·
spiration, his eyes like glowing
coals. "WeB," he shouted at her,
"I'm sure you're glatl I lost a per·
fedly good eustomer! If it hadn't
been for that phone can that lasted
an hOllr or two I'd have 1l1ad~ the
deal. As it is, customers don't
wait all day, you know!"
Poor Polly ! Not a word coultl
sh<) utter. Sinking into the nearest
chair she sobbed as if her heart
would break. Al1 tenderness, Don
knelt down beside he!" and said
soothingly, "Don't cry, darling. I'm
sorry I was so hasty. After all,
it was my fau lt for calling you in
the tirst place. Let's forget about
it and go eat that delicious m<)al
you've prepared. I'm as hungry as
a bear."
Pol1y sobbed, "We-w<) can't,
Don. The cake is burned; the po·
tatoea are gone and the cat jumped
into the cabbage salad." Don
laughed, "That's O. K., hon<)y. Get
your coat on and we'll go out
somewhere for a nice dinner."
This time th<) tears streamed
down her face. "I'm_ I'm too tind
to get dressed or--(lr to do any­thing.
Besides, Don, we cant afford
to eat out when I just gave oUl·last
ten dollar bill to that Mrs. White.
Don nodded gravely. "Aw, that's
O. K. Forget about it. Come on.
we'll raid the ice box. Oh before
I forget it, look at these!" Dis·
playing a bouquet of roses, Don
pinned them on Polly's dirty. torn
apron, wiping away her tears as he
did so.
Together they slipped into the
kitchen. Half an hour later, found
them arm in arm perched on the
kitchen table nibbling cheese santi·
wiches and dill pickles. Don was
saying, "This tastes better than
any big dinner in a nstaurant
wOllld." Polly added, "Uh-huh!
Besides all we lost was a ten dol­lar
bill, a cake, a bowl of creamed
potatoes, a dish of salad and a
good customer." "8 u r e," Don
added, "that's all!" But under his
breath he murmured, "And all be·
cause of that infernal telephone
call !"
Sister Anna. '36.
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The annual Academy Retreat
will be held during Holy Week,
April 10·13.
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Na7!areth Seniors in Play
Th<) senior class of Nazareth
Academy will present the comedy,
"Once in a Palace" in the Academy
Auditorium, Thllrstlay evening,
April 27. The cast follows: Isa­bell<)
Kimpal, Marjorie Taggart,
Z<)lda Lyons, Mary Tobin, Mar.
garet Mary Morrow, Rosem~ry
Smelt Corinne Belle·Isle, RIta
Haye;, Mary {uppa, Adelaide
Hoepfl, Dolores Himes, Agnes R,:,s·
ser. Doris Seidel, Jean Hunt, Allce
Buckley, Edna Bruckel, Margaret
Gillis, Evelyn Ross and Eleanor
Weinman.
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Big Sisters Organi;z:ed
-( Recently at College
Nazareth College has recently
formed a Big Sister group. The
aim of a Big Sister is to help an·
other girl, usually somewhat
younger, with her problem~ of
life, how to becom<) acquamted
with other girls of her age, to
give her the ideals of right living
and make her progressive and
happy. However, as Mrs. Stein­hausen
who addressed the group
on Tu ~sday , Mareh 14, said, Big
Sister work is not some vague,
future calling. Perhaps in our
very school are shy girls who need
the advice and encouragement
and appreciation of other more
confident and competent girls.
The gir l sitting next to you may
be waiting for jUst such a Big
Sister as you.
The College Critic At this point the Nazareth Col·
lege Greek Class may step up and
(Continued from page four) take a bow.
and contemporary authors, or 011 I~~~~~~~~",,,,,,,,,,,,,:,. literatur<) in gene!"al.
With a cry of tlespair over the
apparent non· existent knowledge
and interest in Greek language
and literature, the writer com­ments:
"Most of us know Homer only
through Chapman and Pope. The
beautiful story of Prometheus
Bauntl is restl today practically
only through the translation of
Elizabeth Barrett Browning."
"It seems a pity that Aeschylus,
Sophocles and Euripides, those
masters of old Greek drama, lie
unread, merely because of the
lack of men that understand
Greek. It would be a fine thing
if this language "Was once again
studied because its literary mas­terpieces
are among the finest the
world has ever produced."
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