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              VOL. IX.
CA THOLlc;' PRESS
I
MONTH ISSUE
PI/blishI'd. al Nosan:lh Col/rge, Rochrstrr. N. Y.
FEBRUARY, 1934 No.4
Sodality Symposium Draws Record Audience
Juniors Announce
Prom Committees
The time has come for the first
announcements of another Prom
_ t his time it is thc Prom of the
class of '35.
Every ycar Nazareth awaits the
announcements which once again
make Prom a rcality. Year after
year we listen enthusiastically to
such statements as "our prom will
be the best in the hi story of the
College." Whatever our personal
thoughts have been a~ we have
heard such promises, never do
they mean so /!luch to us as they do
when the project is our own and
so we repeat it sincerely.
Seniou, you who have just been
through the happiness of a Prom
in your succe ~slul Junior year, we
solicit your support Sophomores
a"ld Freshmen , to those of you
who ha"e ever attended a Naza­reth
College Prom, the glamor
will once again lure you to attend
this one. And to the others, come,
and see:ng, believe!
It is, then, with a feeling that all
of you will give us your whole­hearted
co·operation that we, the
J unior Class, are planning a big­ger
and better Prom.
We'll be seeing you on Tues­day
evening, April 3, 1934, at Oak
Hill Country Club!
Incidentally, we thought we'd
let you in on the price, it is to be
$7.50 and we're making it do the
most it possibly can . And wait
until you see t he favors ! They're
just what you've been wanting and
how they'll last! Next month
watch for the announcement of
the orchestra.
Miss Hilda Connor, General
Chairman, announces the follow­ing
committees:
Ballroom, Betsy J ones, chair­man;
Adelaide Brennan, Winifred
Murphy, Mary Sammons, Viola
Vrla, and Virginia Wimer.
Orchestra; Betty Doyle, chair­man;
Loretta Enright, Gertrude
(Continued on page 6)
College Will Have
Student Hand Book
~ "~:)'.I.·
The Student Council 'l:has;;' an­nounc~
d that Nazareth will 'have
a handbook this year for the first
time in the history of the college.
According to Mary Louise Ben_
nett, president of the Council, it
is expeded that the handbook will
be out by the end of Mareh.
Although plans al'e a s yet in­defini
tc, the Council has stated a
partial list of the handbook's con­tents.
It will open with a message
from the Dean to the students.
The Dean's message wi1\ be fol­lowed
by a shor t historyl i:Sf the (01-
lege. The purpose of t he various
clubs and the aims of the college
publications will be set forth, as
will the act ivities and traditions of
the foUl' classes. There will be a
section I'eserv~d for college and
class songs. . The handbook will
also contain a space for class pro­grams.
It is hoped that the stud ~ nts wil!
give the handbpok theil', whole_
hearted support. It ,1118 ·-a long­felt
need of the collcge a'nd is cer­tain
to prove very useful.
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Group Assists
City Workers
Scciology C lass Form s Club,
Aids ~& «; ro ss
St udents in .the ~ ,sN()iology d~­oartment
have been aSS1.stiXlG; the
Local Chapter of the American ,
_Red Cross in an effort W improve
the health of Rochester school
children. Many reports of the
organization show a large num­ber
ot children who are 10 per l
cent and· ~ome who are even 30
percent underwe'gh t . Th.rough t he
inte rest of the Red Cross, those
ch'ldren who cannot afford the l
necessary e.xp-a nourishment will
receive a mid-morning lunch at
I:chool so that they may reach
(Contin-ued on page 6)
College Delegates Speak
"'N On Human Side of Saints
"The Human Side of
was the title o( t ha
presented the
Catholic
Academy
Hochcster
BETTY NASH
Repre ae n h Na:ta reth
Sancitity did not blot out but
I'athcl' enriched the human side of
the Little Flower as Miss Nash
illu,trated from the writing, of
the Saint herself.
Mr. J. John McMahon of
Niagara University, ~poke on t he
life of St. Vincent De Paul,
"champion of charity," whose ac­tions
in aiding the unfortunate
and dioabled give such ' l\ _different
meaning to t he w(lrd "charity"
t han t hat with which it is today
a ~! ociated. "St. Vi ncent founded
hosp:tab and charitable insl(tu­tions
in France," ael'o"ding to AII-.
McMahon, " becau~ e in every dis­ea
-ed beggar he ~aw an(lthcr
nucificd Christ."
Miss Ma rcella Godfrey o[ D'·
Youville College adjudged St.
Catherine of Siena as being not "a
woman diplomat" but most cer·
la:nly "a diplomatic woman."
Her life, Miss Godfrey pointed
out, illustrates the words of Cardi­nal
Newman, "It is the rule of
God'~ providence that we should
.ucceed by fail ure."
The next speaker was Mr. Ed·
mund J. Dwyer of S1. Bonavenf­I.
I I·e College, who related the life
of St. FTnncis of A: ssi~ i'.' The
"We are not human enough to Saint'~ insistence on the pract ise
be saints," is the brief, seemingly of poverty, Mr. DwYer' attributed
paradoxical lesson drawn from the to his avowed purpose "to cllrrr
discussions of the ~~h;:';~"~;:~~:: Iow uaty .C" hrist's work in Christ'a" own
of Canisius, D'Youville,
Mer cyhul'st, St. Bonavent ure, That St. Teresa of Avila pos-
Nazareth. 'essed and retained througho",.~
Mr. Alb.:rt J. jife really charming human qua:!;-
earii ~iu s College, t ie3 was described by Miss Cos-
'jil-y ~e mark s in tella Ressler of Mercyhul'3t Col-t
he"fahity of some of lege. However, "the real Teresa,"
misconceptions of Mis$ Re3sler sa:d, "is t(l be found
duccd the speakers: only in her letters." "Saint
Miss Betty Nash, Teresll," she said, "was a saint
Nazareth- College, who r eally lived and walked on
"The Little FloweI', t he earth lind who after her
of Li sieux," whose eCl ta' ie3 looked back upon the
twety-four years is a perfect earth again to see what had hall-proof
of the blusterings pened in the meanwhile."
skeptics who insist that our Mr. Francis Burt Schlageter of I ern age and Cansius College, the last speaker,
ctity are (Continued on page 8)
Father Yves Goussard
Of French Missions
Gives Talk on Japan
On February 16, Father Yvell
Coullsard, npresentative of the
French Foreign Missionary S0-
ciety, who ia in RocheUer to eon­lult
Ar<:hbilhop Mooney, a former
Apostolic Delegate to Japan, spoke
on the Japanese minions to the
IItudents in the French department
of the College.
Father Couasard. who has served
lor lour years in Japan u Spir_
itual Director at the Seminary in
Tokio and iK now on his way back
after an eight months ICllve 01 II b­sence,
was introduced by Father
Patrick Cleary.
"The work ol St. Franela Xavier
in J apan," said Father Cou88ard,
"wu practically undone by a per­$
eeution which exceeded even that
of Nero in its cruelty. The Cath­olic
population or the country was
ex~rminated and lor many yean
Japan remained i!JOlated from the
influence of western civiliution.
Because of that extreme national­i,
tie policy of Japan the people
were deprived of millSionariu un­til
the United State. succeeded in
having one of the porn opened to
international commerce."
Father Coussard uid that the
lint church to be built there after
the miui()naries returned was {or
Europeana. The Japanese came to
see it because of curiOliity but the
building was always guarded by
polke. One day the priest in
chargi! of the church Raw wme
peasants walking around the
church and talking about the stat­uell.
After a few moments, the
peasants asked him if nne of the
statues was not that of the Blessed
Virgin. Surprised that they knew
anything about the Catholic faith,
the priest inquired who they were
and found that they were dellCend_
ant. of the lint Christians in Ja.
pan. In spite of the fact that
there had not been a missionary
in Japan in all those years they
had kept their faith and pasaed it
on from generation to generation.
The work of instruction was done
by catechistll. Although there had
been Protestant miu ionariea there,
those J apanese peaunts had rec­ognized
the Catholic Church by the
fad that it contained a atatue of
~he Bleued Virgin and beeause the
priut waa unmarried and aubordi.
nate to the Holy Father at Rome.
The mlSllionary stated that the
aim of present day miuionary
work in Japan i, to Christianize
the old civili~ation, which hl\8 sur­vived,
!JO that the new civili~ation,
which I, being developed, can be
adopted aafely. "Miu ionariu in
Japan," .aid Father Cou.~ard,
"must . how the Japanese people
that they are there to help them to
Christianize their own culture ; to
(Continued on l!age 8)
TH E G L EANE R
Guild Presents Play
Excellent Caat Givea
"Skiddina"
The Catholic Theatre Guild pre��sented
"Skidding," a three-act
comedy by Aurania Rouverol, at
the Columbus Civic Center Audi­torium
on February 12.
The play was dir~ted by Amy
LeVigne Hutchin!lOn and was pre­sented
by the following capable
cast:
Marion Hardy ........ habelle Kimpal
Wayne Trenton 111 .. Thoma$Dwyer
Judge Hardy_ ... ....... Fritz Bonehill
Mrs. Hardy.. ..Lucy Sheridan
Estelle Hardy Campbell
............. . ___ .Arlene Fromen
Myra Hardy Wilcox_._.
..................... ... ... Dori$ Weber
Andy ............. .. William Malley
Aunt Milly __ .............. ........ .
...... ... Teresa Frank McCarrick
Mr. Stubbins ...... __ .. Robert Dwyer
Grandpa Hardy ... __ Bernard Donen
The theme of the play centell
about the Hardy family of Idaho
-Judge Hardy who is earnestly
hoping for the dist rict judge nomi­nation;
1'01111. Hardy, who cannot
understand the difference between
a nomination and an election;
Andy, the lively young 80n;
Estelle and Myra, the two un­happily
married daughters; Grand­pa
Hardy, a former cobbler, who
mourns the advance of the
machine age; Aunt Milly a school
teacher, who never found what sbe
wanted in li fe and Marion, the
brilliant youngelt daughter, who
hu just finished a course in politi­cal
science at an eastern college.
Judge Hardy's defeat is un­avo:
dable despite the efforts of
Mr. Stubbins, his campaign man­ager,
and of Marion, who makes a
flashing speed\ in her father's be_
half, entirely against the wishes
of her fiance, Wayne Trenton Il l.
Marion's desire for a career and
Stubbins' w:sh to nominate her for
state legislature cau!IC a break
between her and Wayne. How­ever,
the play comes to a happy
ending through t he J udge's nomi_
nation aa federal judge and the
reun.on of Marion and Wayne.
The cut wu perfectly chosen
Isabelle Kimpal, as Marion, wu
splendid She made the part glow.
ngly al ive by her excellent acting
and enthusiasm. William Malley
1/10. Andy. Lucy Sheridan gave a
fine performance as the perplexed
MI1I. Hardy. The rest of t he cau
were equally good. The appear.
ance of Arlene Fromen and Doria
Weber. as t he married sisters,
makes us wish to see them and
other Nazareth studenlll in later
productions of the Guild .
On the whole, "Skidding," in
d:rection, presentation and acting,
would do credit to a profeuional
company. The Catholic Theatre
Guild is succeeding in its effort to
give moral entertainment.
Student Interviews
Archbishop Mooney
Archbi'hop Givet View, on
Catholic College,
Sodality
Naturally it was one of the big
momenl!i of my life I was going
to interview the Bi,hop of the
Diocese _ Archbishop Edward
Mooney. The very thought had an
effect which was far f rom «assur_
ing. However-I waa ,till going
to interview t he Archbishop.
Archbishop Mooney's cordial
manner put me at ease immedi­ately,
and I was able to ask my
fint question with a hardly notice­able
quiver in my voice.
"Where were you born?" I
asked.
" In Mount Savage, Maryland,
on the ninth of May, 1882," he
answered. "That's getting to be
a long time, isn't it?"
Then I asked him about his
education, Archbishop Mooney is
a a raduate of St, Columba's School,
Younptown, Ohio, St. Charles'
CoII~, and St. Mary" Seminary
of Baltimore, and the North Amer_
ican Colleae, Rome.
"Will you tell me wmething
about your work in other ~oun·
triel," I inquired.
The Archbishop smiled aa he reo
plied that he has not a very good
memory for per!JOnal eXperiences
of news value, but that, during his
five yean in India, he had visited
every dioceM in that country, and
in hia two years in J apan, all but
two of the mi"ions the«. I actual­ly
gasped when he told me that the
dioeeM6 of India numbered lifty­six
and thoae of Japan twenty,
"And," he continued, "in making
t hose viaih I used every known
means of conveyance except a
bicycle!"
I next asked him what, in his
opinion, were the advantages of a
Catholic College as opposed to a
non-Catholic Collegi! with a New­man
Club.
"The Catholic Conege," he an­swered,
"meets the Church's ideal
for Catholic education, The New­man
Club in a non-Catholic Col­lege
represent. an attempt to off­ICt
lOme of the diudvantages
which the Catholic cannot but ex­perience
in a I5Chool that either ex­cludes
delinite religious teaching
or imparn instruction in rel igion
that ia not Catholic in character.
The Catholic in a non-Catholic col­lege
ia in an atmosphere that con­stitutes
a real danger to his faith
-at t he very least, the danger of
not having his relig ious develop­ment
keep pace with his develop­ment
In other respectJS."
As a last question, I asked
Archbishop Mooney what he
thought about the aodality in col·
lcges and academies as it has been
organized by Father Lord.
While dlllClalmlng detailed knowl-
Publications Join
Press Association
The Glea .. er and Verit,. Fair,
the college quarterly, have joined
the Associated Collegiate Prell of
the National Scholast ic Preas
Auociation.
The National Scholaatic PreIS
is an organi~tion which combinea
expert critical advice with a prac­tical
news service, The Collegiate
counts among ita memberl the
papers and maga:>;;nes of America',
leading coneges.
It sends to its memhen a peri­odical
service of college newa and
items of collegiate intereat,
It is hoped that the two publica­tions
of Naureth College will gain
a great deal from the criticisms
and suggcstions of the National
Scholastic Press AS$OCiation .
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Dean Will Attend
Cle'iJe/and Meeting
The Dean and one of the other
members of the faculty will attend
the meetinp of the National
Association of the Deanl of Col­leges
which will be peld at Cleve­land
from February 24 to March
3.
The meeting of the National
A!sociation of Deans will be fol­lowed
by a meeting of the Na_
tional Educational Convention.
Sisher Teresa Marie will be prell­ent
at both meetinp,
edge of the plan referred to, he
spoke with enthusiasm of college
sodality work-adding the expru­sion
of an earnest hope that the
student carry the resulh of her
college sodality training into par­ish
sodality work, The College
Sodality is a complete succeu only
when its «lIection can be seen in
the parish. "For college life," said
the Archbishop, "ia necessarily a
passing phase in one'. career,
while the parish «presents the
Ctltholic's fundamental and endur­ing
participation in the work of
the Church."
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TH E G LEAN ER
S.S.C. NEWS ! Graduate of College
Addresses Students
'-_______ ._. _____ -' I Miss Dorothy McGrath, an
The Sodality comes to the fore
thi~ month in the presentation of
its annual Sympo.ium to be held
in several cities during the next
few weeks. That is always a red­letter
day in the Sodality calendar.
The general topic for discussion is
"The Human Side of the Saints."
The Symposium is sponsored by the
College Unit of t he Western New
York Conference of the Students'
Spiritual Council and six colleges
will part~cipate_Niagara Univer_
, 'ty, Canisius. St. Bonaventure,
Nazareth, D'Youville and Mercy­hur5t
To Catholics. most of whom ad­mire
but rarely aspire to the holi­ness
of those who have been raised
to the altars of the Church, no
subject Ehould be more appealing.
Not often do we have the oppor·
tunity to see this side of sanctity
which we lowly beings can best
eoml'rehend, and such an exposi­[
on gives us a better understand­ing
and appreciation of the real
humanity of the saints. The dis­euss:
on is being conducted, more­over,
by students who have done
a grellt deal of research upon
their particular subject, are thor­oughly
acquainted with all its
phases, and assuredly will present
it in an interesting snd enjoyable
manner. Every college girl will
want to attehd and bring her
friend$. --- The Sodality inaugurated a new
series of Que,tion Box meeting!!
on February 8. On that afternoon,
in response to a Sodalist's query,
Father Norbert Wagner, spiritual
director, stated effectively the
Cahtolic position on the much dis­cussed
question of sterilization. --- At the same mp.eting, the Catho-
Ec Literature Committee spon·
sored a miniature symposium on
"The Catholic Pre!lS" in connec_
tion with the observance of Catho_
I:c Press Month. Miss Abbie
Mosey, chairman, presented the
speakers------Josephine Boyer, Jean
Reynolds, Ruth Kasper, and Mary
Rita Ferrick. We seem to be be­coming
"Symposium-conscious,"
but it is not unfortunate.
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A subscription to "The Catholic
Worker" has been presented to
the library by the Sodality. This
splendid news sheet, established
to combat Communism, to voice
Catholic standards in regard to
labour, and to espouse generally
the cause of the worker, is rapidly
eoming to the front under the
eompetent editorship of the now
famous Dorothy Day, convert and
former Communist.
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alumna of Nazareth College, gave
an in spiring lecture to the mem­bers
of the Child Welfare Class
recently. Miss McGrath is in the
office of the Intake Department of
the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children.
Her account of the work done
at the Shelter was complete and
very interesting. The S. P. C. C.
deals with the problems of the
dependent, neglected and handi­capped
c hi ld. In the case of the
del.nquent child, the S. P. C. C.
works in conjunction with the
Juvenile Court as it does in the
cale of an adoption.
The problems of children are
numerous in this present day. Due
to s:ckness, death. divorce or
' eparation or merely neglect,
i-omes are broken up and the
children of thcse broken homes
who are deserving of home life
nece3sarily become dependent up­on
society. These children are
brought to the attention of the S.
P. C. C. If possible, the social
worker strives to unite the family.
If this faib something else haa to
be done for the child. More and
more it is becoming the better de­cision
to place t he child in a foster
home or boarding home rather
than in an institution. The S. P.
C C. has a list of homes where
children will be welcomed and
cared for either permanently or
temporarily. Generally when chil­dren
are placed in these homes,
care is taken to send children to
familie! where circumstances are
as moderate as their own. This is
done especially when the arrange­ment
is a temporary one. Then if
thc child is sent back to his own
home he will not have to adjust
himself all over again to his home
Jife.
in all, the work done at the S.
P C C. is tremendous. Miss Mc_
Grath's own enthusiasm and atti­tude
showed us the great amount
of good that is done there.
in the penitential season of the
Church. Although t he former
rigorous Lenten practices have
been greatly modified and many
college students are dispensed
from their obligation to fast, no
one is exempt from making some
sacrifice in the s pirit of penance
This is the time to renew old
resol utions made at Retreats and
the beginning of new years, to
give up those trivial but pleasant
things which we consider so neces­~
ary and agreeable in non·peni­tential
times, and to brush up on
some of our pious practices-daily
Mass, Stations of the Cross,
Rosary, Wednesday evening ser-
Wednesday, February l 4, ushers mons.
Seniors Have
Annual Dance
In accordance with tradition, the
Seniors held a formal Valentine
Dance at school on Friday, Feb­ruary
9. The assembly was dec­ol'ated
with red and white balloons,
silhouettes, palms and an enor­mous
red heart behind the orches­tra.
The study was decorated as
a lounge and Fran Foster played
for dancing from 8:30 until 12:30.
Early in the evening we noted
Mr. and Mrs. Mourant talking to
Miss Fake and Dr. Eastham, Mrs.
Mourant in black with sequins
and Miss Fake in soft pink chiffon.
Miss O'Neil, who looked particu­larly
attractive in an off-the-shoul­der
black frock, was accompanied
by Don McNerney.
Later we observed Margal'et
Wegman, who had previously en­tertained
at dinner, dancing with
Edward Chenier; also Margaret
Meisenzahl in white cre]lf! trimmed
with brilliants; Catherine Fontana
in blue and Marion Leaty in
dusty pink. During intermission,
we admired Margaret Blumrick's
choice of white lace with corsage
of red rose! and gardenias. She
was chatting with Lucille Oden­bach
lind David Dean, the former
very smart in black velvet and
white fur .
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Soph. Hold Hop
Dancing to the music of Johnnie
Schwab and his Aristocrats, the
Sophomores held their annual Hop
in the Assembly on February 2.
For days before the Hop, no
Nazareth student was at all sur­prised
at being pounced upon and
asked any question from "What
color is taupe?" to "Which do you
prefer. tea-roses or talisman?"
She dismi ~sed the question and
questioner airily. knowing that
just before Hop no Sophomore
would hear Or heed the answer.
To the Sophomores no dance is
like the Hop ; it is their moment
of glory and the topic of their
conversation for weeks before and
after.
Of course the Hop was perfec­tion.
Any Sophomore will tell
you (and probably without any
provocation!) that the assembly,
hung in pastels, with the blue
drape behind the orchestra form­ing
the dom inant note, masquer­aded
beautilul1y as a ball-room.
The lounge, in taupe, with yellow
roses and spring flowers . did not
even hint of the study. The
favo rs, bracelets with the College
seal, were a great success. Every­one
was gay and the dance was
over all too soon for the Sopho·
mores.
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The enthusiasm of Nazareth's
first .c[.ass is to be commended. Of
the 9lk"members of the class, seven
attended the annual alumnae ban­quet,
which was held at the coHege
December 26. The three who were
not present were not there through
unavoidable circumstances.
Page Three
Mary Law drew a wedding ring
in a cake at a party recently.
There is a lot to the new "most
el igible bachelor."
it might be some consolation- '
the Statistics dellartment found no
correlation between L Q. lind
ability to type.
Did Mary Elizabeth have II
good time at the Senior dance?
You know they were chaperoned
t'll the wee small hours waiting
for a tow car.
Orchids to Mr. Robert Dwyer
for sending such a beaut'ful cen­ter
piece to the Senior Class for
their recent dance.
So popular are some boarders_
that they had to seek refuge in
other rooms during exam week.
Doctor Eastham as a medical
student! And you know how
popular thcy are. There were five
at a recent dance.
Best wishes to Betty Howard
who recently prefixed Mrs. to her
name.
What do you th ink of the new
hraids? I like Miss Reichenber­ger's
Miss O'Neil's and Eloise's.
Because of Eileen Hartigan's
ability to eat glass as a youngster
they are afraid she'll turn out to
be a tumbler.
In a word :
Smooth-Jo Suss on ice skates.
Ancient--Ad Brennan's jokes.
A la Garbo--Lucillc Odenbach
gowned in black velvet
Companionable - Kay Dailey's
dancing
Elegant--Betty Hartigan at tho
Soph Hop
Cute-K. Mannion's red evening
gown
Swank_E. O'Reilly and escort
at Soph Hop.
Eli'l-l don't think he is such a
good dancer. He just walks.
Mil- But I'd rather walk with
him than anyone else.
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Why Cath ;:>lic Pre 311 Month ?
Wc all hear a great deal about Catholic Action.
It is one of t he most discussed subjects in every
Catholic collegfl. Catholic Action is a result of
love of our faith. For love of OUI' faith brings an
unconquerablc desire to propagate it. The carrying
out Qf that desire is Catholic Action.
Perhaps therc is more efficacious way of further­ing
Catholic Action t han by means of thc Catholic
Pres!. The printed word has lllQre JXlwer than the
~ pokcn word, It is mQre powerful in that it reaches
more persons, per8Qns who, although di sinterested
at first, may find something about which tQ t bink
and make their Own decisions, unswayed by the per­sonality
Qf an ardent speaker.
It is of far-rcaching importance that February
has thi! year been set aside as Catholic Press Month
NinC'toon hundred and thirty-fQur ill :II year during
whi ~h great things are being aCCQmplished; a
g!'~ater knQwledge of t he Catholic Preas can have
mi ~h ty results. Our duty as Catholics is tQ make
thQsr results what they should be-no less than
~tllpcndous.
,-'" have behind Ull the authQl'ity and the JXlwer
"f th~ Catholic P ress. We should have in us a
desire to raise Catholic literature to the heights it
h ,,~ formerly known and may easily know again.
We must do a ll that is JXlssible to make Catholic
b"'Ok~ and publications more widely circulated, more
"nth "siastically read. And we ourselves must set
t h ~ c"nmple--we must knQW and enCQurage Catholic
wribrs. Have we by Qur indifference Qr by our
l"k"_warm approval turned CathQlic authors frQm a
t"uly Catholic tone? Have we not actually forced
thnm to seek more worldly and more lucrative
fi rld ~ ? Havc we not looked to immoral llQvelists
a.,d atheistic psuedo-philosophers fo r amusement!
SQme Qf us must answcr those questiQns in the
-m mr tive, and it is to the disgrace it) the Catho­lie't
.. of the world that we must. Catholic ideals
I' ~ d ir'~as have been too often ignored; sensational_
i~m ,, - d smut too often welCQmed.
1"~ stand alone. The standard hall been dropped
into Oar hands by an indifferent wQrld. Are we
"';lli ~ ~ to accept it! Is the literature of our era
t" b - beautiful and lasting Qr is it to be mc!oora­mati
~ and trashy? Will the generations of the
{utnre I"'I'I{\ ah{\ .. d'11irn th1 writings Qf our age or
will they ne th~m a s n target fo r their ridicule
ard ""'ntempt? Th ~ qllf'rtion is fQr us and its answer
"emain~ with 1\8. Catholic Action, the CathQlic
P l- S~, Cnthohclty itself belQng~ to lUI-and what 18
THE GLEANER
to b ~ dQne about it? Can we forget that life's most
precious gift is Qurs--an unerring, all_satisfying
faith? Let us answer no, We cannot feel, nor can
we expect, that one month will dQ everything; ou r
entire lives must be spent in seeking the best-and
the best in literature can be found only where the
spirit of the Church calla forth in clear words of
purity and immQrtality.
Let us stand, then, where Bellae and Chestcr ton
stand, whet'e stood Thompson and Kilmer, where we
can look back----()ur eyes proud and OUr hearh un_
afraid- to Chaucer and More and Southwell. Here
alone those heralds Qf Qur heritage, with Dryden
and Pop:! and Newman, can point the way to the
realization of a Ca tholic litersture which will be
glorious, which wil! knQW no taint of tawrdiness.
Lent
As Our Lord on His withdrawal from the worl{\
prayed and fasted for forty days, so the Church, in
preparatiQn for the feast of t he Resurrection, en­ters
upon a long retreat-a time marked by the
spirit Qf charity. prayer and meditation----eulminat­ing
in the Ea,ter Confession and Communion. Thc
Church, reali1.ing that the for ty days Qf penance
and mortification must signify inward penit ence,
un' tcs our mortifications with the sufferi ngs of Our
LQrd that they may partake of his infinite mcrit.
The faint-hearted may begin Lent with the certain
knowledge that t hey will be borne up by unfailing
grace, and the strong will learn to be humbly de­pendent
upon God's help in carrying Qut t heir reso­lutiQns.
Knowing that the road to the Mount Qf the
Transfiguration leads Qver the hill of Calvary, we
greet Lent a~ a special QPportunity to prQve that
our protestati on ~ of friendship for Christ are nQt
;dle word,. The Book Qf Proverbs reminds us that
"lie that is a fr'end loveth at all times." One of
ihe highe' t compJ"ments we can pay a friend is tQ
u e thc gifts he has given. There is nQ mQre fit­t:
ng way of showing our gratitude to Christ for
lI s Pa.sion and Death than by following t he Len_
ten liturgy of the Church which He died to estab­liih
and rQse aga:n to cQnfirm .
But just a'l Christ prayed and fas ted in the
desert and t hen resisted temptation, so must Qur
Lent be r'ghtly passive as well as activc. "Be still
nnd see that I am God," says t he psalm. Lent
shQuld be a time of praise as well as of SQrrow.
Like the truly ]lenitent child, who ceases to protest
hi! sorrQW for h's misdeeds that he may listen to
the admonitions Qf the offended one, let us accept
t hc invitation of I ' aias, "Come, and Ict us go up to
the n~Qunta n of the LQrd and to the house of the
God of Jacob: and He will tcach us His ways, and
we ,-,ill walk in His paths lct us walk in the
light of the Lord."
A FINGER NAIL'S LAM8NT
A matter of import
Has lately bothm'ed me.
A prQblem, 01 a sort,
01 my identity.
'Twa8 simple in past years:
I was a fingernail,
Q"ite "'ee I.wn 71l"esellt lear8,
A digit, constant, pale.
But now a change i. made,
I b!Ow not what tQ do-­One
day I am. deep jade,
The next day red or blue.
01 justice thm'6 ;8 'IIone,
Fo .. I can neve·)' know
What visage 1 ,nllst don,
What mien 1 mll8t shaw.
R . M.,'3~.
Me rely Musings
Wel!-here we are again, quite
composed after fluttering through
Qur mid-years, once again beating
the law Qf averages and amazing
everyone but ourselves. There
secmcd to bave been a skeptical
attitude concerning our ability to
we a t her anQther examination
tQrm However, never for a
minute did the CQnfidence in QUT
up:'eme ability fail us. Intelli­gence
will manifest itself!
And have you lICen the new
automobiles? When I think about
thcm, I almost cry! The boy
friend's is a 1930 FQrd and is as
Qut of place as an ice wagon in
Alaska. But speaking of new
cars, have YQU seen the college's!
A Lincoln. M_m_m_m . .
Don't you just lQve winter? Ice,
snow and slush ! We j ust adore
looking out the window, think:ng
how cold it is outside and how
wondcrful modern heating engi_
neering is. Snow looks SQ sol id,
too. Did yQU ever let :II snQwflake
drop on your hand? Squish, it'~
gQne! Just think how wonderful
nature is . Inside the frQzen
ground are daffQdiis, tulips and
weed I , just waiting for spring.
Thcy know that spring is here be­fore
we do, All the birds except
our canary and somc sparrows
knQw enough to go south with the
-leh during this time of year.
The holidays are but a memory
of gifts which did not CQme up to
our expectations, pine needles
which we could hardly get out of
the rug3, and fru itless hours spent
in radio dial manipulation, trying
to get a program on which a
whiny tenor wasn't wheezing
"Oh Little Town of Bethlehem!'
Our resolutions are broken, Dad
has all of the important dates
marked on the calendar and little
1934, now a lusty babe Qf several
weeks, is cutting his eye-teeth.
Father Time has pulled another
fast Qne on us.
All in all , we are in an cxpan­sive
mOQd. The new semcster
started off with a bang and the
printer faithfully prQmised never
again to put Jun ior prQm notices
(even though they were the QUt...
burHl Qf our disgusted editQr) in
the allegcd humor column.
In fact, we are bothered with
notbing other than trivialities such
a) still trying tQ locllte the Logic
in that subject and limiting this
column to the number of wQrds
wh ch this word makes. SI)--
We'll have to quit
Wc CQuid column tQ the infinite
Writing till we're withercd, old
and gray,
Our space is used,
And wc really must be Qn our
way-
He.gh-ho and lackaday!
CINA
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lI8R. AR Y M OuS e.
Oh, ob. what a time! What a
time! I scarcely have a (lOfTIer to
myself these dsy!l--between ex­sms
and Hops, the excitement is
terrific And those Sophomores-­they're
simply stup(lndous,-and
everywhere. Why, the other day
I was p(!ace{uliy chewing a nice
juicy dale from a history book
when who should interrupt my
ma ch"nat"onl but onc of the 36's.
And did I feel hurt at thus being
outdated!
However, I simply retired with
d"gnity-and betook myse1f to 1\
lovely road map which we've ac­qu'red
recenlly. Why did we ac­quire
it?- Maybe the libra rian
has a wandering mind. Anyway,
}"OU s:mply mu~t come up and see
it sometime (the map, not the
mind). !,a ~t night I visited my
cousin Mickey in Hollywood,
scampered down to Texas and saw
Huey (not a relative) and from
t here rlln up to Forty-second
Strcet. I went to sleep on Lake
Eric-in f"ct I could have ~taye d
there "days without end" but it
m'ght have proved embarrassing
the nut morning. You ue Lake
Erie is right between t he Phil­osophy
and the Religion section
and I understand that', a ve ry bad
spot j ust at present!
You know I'm worried about my
friend, the senior bookworm. Ye!!­terday
I caught him down among
the Kathleen Norris's. Yes, some
too generous 801,11 donated a Rock
_ nice bindings too. but my dears,
what perfeetly plebeian plots!
Speaking of the latter, have you
heard of the theft of the encyclo·
pedia from the third shelf back?
It 's the "A" volume too--hope
the "borrower" hasn't an alphabet
aoup complex or we'll have to be
minding our P'~ and Q's. Maybe
one of the omnivorous fre3hmen
handed it in with her theme, just
to give lome to the affair.
THE G LEA N E 'R Page Five
Dei AL I .. CLUBS "I "
UE
The Missel Winifred Murphy
and Kathleen Whitfield entertain­ed
a group of friends a t ~ a tea
and theater party recently.
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Mi!lll Elinor Roche entertained
IIOme friends at an informal din_
ner at her home recently.
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Mi!lll Betay J ones was enter­tained
at a surprise party in honor
of her birthday.
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Miss Ruth Hussey reeentiy en­te
rta ined t he Misses Margaret
Grimes. J ane F leming and iktty
Wegman at an informal dinner at
her home. .-. Miss Betty Cappellino e ntertain­ed
the Misses Kather ine Dailey,
Mary Rita O'Connell and Berdeane
Auchter at an informal dinner at
her home.
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Tau Delta Sorority of Nazareth
College will hold their annual in_
formal dinner dance on Mareh 17
at the Seneca HoteL
Make your reservations early
with any memb.e-r o.f th e sorority. Miss Betty Frank entertained a
group of friends Sunday at a to­boggan
party, followed by a din­!'
ler at her home.
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The Misses Anne Daly and
Elizabeth O'Donnell were ~uests at
J unior P rom at Bonaventur e. +- .
Miss Mary Nolan spent a week_
end recently as guest of Miu Helen
Bogardus.
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Would you ever believe that s
certain sophomore was, until re­cently,
under the impression that
t here are such things as rabbits'
eggll1
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" This liniment makes my .,m
smart!'
"Why "" ,.b Mm, '" your
head?"
STUDY CLUB
On Wednesday, February 7, the
Study Club met to discuss inter­nat
ional conditions during the past
month. Miss Margaret Blumrick
reviewed t he developments in Ger_
many. Miss Corcoran, who was
t he guest of the club, helped with
the discussion of the r eeent riots
in France and Austria. Miss Con­nor
was appo!nted to observe de­velopments
in France and Ger­many
during the coming month
and report on t hem at the Mar<:h
meeting. "
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LITERARY CLUB
The monthly supper meeting of
the Literary Club was held on
Wednesday, February 7, at six
o'clock. Miss Estelle Mehan gave
a report on t he life of Sigrid Und­set
and Miss Margaret Meisenzahl
reviewed Min Undset's latest
book, " Ida Elizabeth."
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DEBATE CLUB
During the coming weeks the
Debate Club will hold weekly
meetings with Mr. Robert Dwyer,
t he coach, in order to prepare for
the debate with Niagara Univer­l
ity which will be held on March
16, in Rochestcr. The topic which
has been cho!en is "Resolved that
the princi ple~ of the N R A. should
be made a permanent feature of
the government policy." Nazareth
College is debating the negative
side.
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FRENCH CLUB
The monthly meeting of La
Reunion Francaise was held on
Monday, February 12, at four
o'clock with Min Dolores Edell
presiding.
The club was honored by the
presence of Mr. Henry A. S. Pat­te
rson, who is at present teaching
at J efferson H i~h School. Mr.
Pattel'$On received his B.A. degree
at Princeton, his M.A. at Harvard
and spent a yellr of study in
Frllnce and italy.
The topic of Mr. Patteuon's
It seem, to me that I was talk- talk wu the French author,
i n~ of exams and Hops a while Leeonte de Lisle.
living God but a Divine E$sence
diffused throughout the universe
- a kind of pantheism.
To Leconte de Lisle, nature
3eems Indifferent or hostile He
was hOJXlleuly peu imistic and
thought that CJC istence itseU WaS
an evil and that the most man
could hope for was to sink into
nothingness after death.
As a painter of animals, Leconte
de Lisle is unequalled. He took
a certain delight in la _turs
.auoogs. He did not treat domestic
animal. but those of Africa and
other foreign countries. These
desc r iptions are famous for their
accuracy and beauty.
This poet, like many otheu, be­lieved
that the poet was ~et apart
from the crowd, t hat his po~ition
was higher than that of t he Qrdi_
nary man and that he WaS en·
trusted with a special mission.
At the close of Mr_ Pattenon's
speech, tea was served. Mias
Lucille Odenbach, chairman of the
meeting, and Miss Bernadette Rice
poured. D. E., '34.
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DRAMATIC CLUB
At t he January mC(;ting of the
Dramatic Club, plans were dis­cussed
for the remainder of the
year. Since the purpose of the
club is to foster talent and de·
velop new talent it wal deeidEd to
present three one.act plays during
the cou rse of the year before the
student body. Miss Kathleen Whit­field
wal appointed chairman of
the committee to seleet suitable
one-act plays.
Du rin~ the remainder of the
meeting, the memberl enjoyed t.he
preIWntation of the play, "Who:,
t he Lucky Man." ,.
The cast included the Miss=s Es-telle
Mehan, Dorothy Grovel, Har­riet
Hoock, Mary and Eile ~ n
O'Reilly, Marian Leaty, Viola
Stoughton, Lucille Odcnbach, Do­lOre!!
Edell and Margaret Blum­rick.
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back. Well, I have a suspicion Leconte de LissIe WII3 a Parnas_
that one of t hem is responsible sian poet of the nineteenth een­tor
the mixup of the books. Why tury who professed the doc trine of
"only yesterday" I saw a Calculus art for art's sake and the cult of
standing right next to a Typing the bea utifu l Unlike the Roman­Manual-
whether by accident or t:e poets before him, his work was
des'gn, I couldn't say-after ail, based on $Olid erudition. One of
I'm no Winchell (tho' I'm trying hi$" fav orite studies WaS that of re­hard,
little ones ). . , I'gion3 and 80 we find the gods of
Ho hum, this could go on for· many rllces-Hindo, Greek, Chris­e\'
er, but I promised to meet my t :on, Celtic and Scandinavian­girl
friend in "Green Pastures"- living again in his verse. He be­jl1lt
a ~Tj)3JI_fro m "The Ba rrells of lieved that every religion was true
W'rr:pole -Street" So hi de hi, in its day as an expression of
c.'erybody (ho de ho to you, you ' man's apprec:ntions and Idea ls.
old bookworm)_ For him, there was no perl onal
"Cradle Song," the screen adap­tation
of Sierra's well.known play
will be shown at the Little Theatre
beginning Saturday, February 17,
under the ~po n son hip of the
Roehester Diocesan Council, N. C.
C. W. The Motion Pictu re Bureau
of the J.F. C.A. says of the Crndle
Song," "Sympathetic acting and
clever, tasteful direetion make this
an extraordinarily lovely thing "
The Glea~ advi8e$ you to help
those who are trying to bring finer
moving pictures to the theatre! of
the country by seeing t his per­formance.
If t he box.office returns
are not high enough to warrant
'Jringing other Catholic p'ctures to
the theatres it will be the !Rult of
the Catholic theatre-goers, not
t hat ot the producers!
.............. , , .. ,
11 the pert i. mightier tlta>!
the _ont, .urt"l" Lh. pr ...
mu.t Ita". Lh. migllt 01 II
lull" eql<ip~d a",n". TIt.rt"­,
or., tit. GLEANEIl, workill"
ill til. roll'. 01 Clltholic Ac­lio'l
and .triving, in it. OWII
.mall waif, /l)r II grtat.r and
Itrong.r Catllo/ic Pr ... ,
taku plea'tlr. ill publi,lting
tke .. rwiew. alld ' :l:c.rpt.
lrom Catholic J~riodi(II/' alld
boola.
Bits '0 Things
Exurph fr om Th .. Qu .... n'. Work:
Under the coats of paint and
whitewash in the famou ll MOS(IUe
of St. Sophill in istanbul, fm·merly
Constantinople, are marvelous
Christian m05aic~. Formerly t he
church Will a Catholic cathedral.
Some of the paint has recently
been washed 01'1' and the result has
been a glorious exhibit of Catholic
"L .-. Watch Poland march on to i~
place in t he forefront of European
nation,. Its birth rate is three
times t hat of Germany, twice
Italy'., four times England's, and
eight times that of France.
Against that, lIt!l f-stifllng nationll
will inevitably. c-om.pe te in vain. The last of the Mohicans i.
actually dead . Their language
exists only in historic records. But
once they were part of the great
Algonquin tribe that gave u. our
American martyrs. Advancing
civiliution of the early Pilgrim
type toon wiped them out.
Catholicity might have saved
t hem. .- " China is worried about the sud·
den influx of sex writing from the
West and is instituting a careful
censorship. Intereating, isn't it,
t hat Christian Europe, that should
be converting China is sending it
lIlufl' that must be censored in
self·protection.? - . Add theft: From the church of
SL. Nicholas in Paria wu recent·
ly lItolen t he relic foot of SL. Vic_
tor, who died in the year 303.
What in the world would robbel'll
do with that! >-. When you plan your vacation,
don't forget that t here will be a
Eucharistic Congreu in Manila in
1936. . - " Th. diocese of Reno has choaen
the Holy Family a, ittl patron.
What a beauti!ul thought on the
part of the Catholi CIl of a city made
malodorous by. ~-can.da lous divorce. Delightfully biblical wa~ the
sale by which Mr. Noah of Greg·
ory, S D, sold his stol·e, called
The Ark, to Mr. Moses. No, it
Wa3 not a !Iet Rhop.
THE OL.I!:ANJ!:K
PR[SS EXHIBIT
WILL BE HELD
AT CIVIC CENTER
Dr. Guilday Reviews iLetter Criticizes
Catholic 'Who's Who' Schoo_l Magazines
TO BE 'N BALLROOM
Catholic Booka on Diaplay
for Five DaYIl
The diocese of Rochester, a, a
part of its observance of Catholic
Pre!13 Month, will have a Pre!13
Exhibit at the ballroom of the
Columbus Civic Center , from
February 22 to February 26.
The Exhibit is under the super·
vision of Rev. Leo C. Mooney,
director of the Diocesan Office of
the Propagation of the Faith. Ac·
cording to Father Mooney, the Ex­hibit
will consist of the best Catho·
lic books of the past five yeata and
of oulJ!tanding Catholic magazines
and papers. Many of the magazines
have been aent to the Exhibit
from foreign countries.
Several studenlJ! of Na~areth
College have vol unteered to aaist
at the Exhibit. They will en·
deavor to show the merits of con_
temporary Catholic literature and
to point out the articles of great.­est
interest in current Catholic
per iodicalll.
Miss White Speaks
On Catholic Books
Miss Rosemary White was guest
speaker at a re<:ent meeting of St.
Peter and Paul Parish Sodality.
"Two outstanding reasons," said
Miss White, "why we should read
Catholic literature are ftnt, to
keep abreast or the happeninga in
the Catholic world; secondly, to
know the Catholic viewpoint on
world·wide questions and eventtl."
Peter Guilday, writing for The
CaLllolic Hi.torirol R • .,i.w, calls
Til. American Catkolic 11'110" II'II~
"the volume thousands of Catho­liea
both in the United Statell and
abroad have been waiting for."'
There would indeed lleem to be a
great deal of truth in Dr. Guil.
day's statement. The fact that a
11'11.0" 11'110 for American Catho·
lic. flll. an important and long·
felt need cannot be denied.
Tke A"I''''·eall. Catholic IVho'.
IVko containB information about
six thousand prOminent living
Catholics of the United States.
That information can hardly fail
to be of great practical value to
many Americant, whether they be
Catholics or non_Catholic!. Buai­neal
men, studcnts, newspaper men
are among those who will fre­quently
have cause to refer to the
vloume for pertinent facts about
the outatanding Catholics of Amer.
ica.
"There are many lIurpriaea in
the book," tal'S Dr. Guilday.
"Names appear of t holle that the
generality of Catholics had not
realized .. belonging to the house­hold
of the Faith." Theile men and
women, however, in belonging to
the Faith, have one thing in com·
mono Although. all George Her­man
Derry points out in his pre·
face to the volume, they may have
the mo.t widely difl'e ring view.
points and ideas on art, politics,
literature, busine" and science,
the salient feature of all their lives
i. the 8IIme. They are as one in
their religion, they are a part of
tha Chu rch-they are, first and
above all, Catholics.
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Juniors Announce
Prom Committees
Mi8ll White said that a thinking (Continued from page 1)
and intellectual Catholic should be Hogan, Helen Sullivan, and Cath.
able to give a reason for his faith. e rine Won.ala .
She quoted this statement from a Favors: Mary Thaney and Kath_
well·known English Jesuit: " It ill leen Whitfield, co-chairmen; Rose
our duty to know our own side Boehme, Beatrice Malone. Molly
very very well in order that we Hartmann, Jean Reynoldll, and
may c ros. the bridge half_way to Florence Smith.
meet those who are struggling to Publicity: Mary Doyle and
come across." In proving that Betty Frank, eo-chairmen; Ruth
t here are representative Catholic I McNamara, and Elinor Roche.
authors in every branch of litera· Programs: Florence Flynn,
ture, Mia White cited Sigrid chairman ; Anne Daly, Lucia Vet.­Undset,
Philip Gibbs., Enid Dinnis, ' ter, and Ma ry Nolan.
Eugene O'Neill's new play, "Days Invitations: Dorothy Schifl'erli,
Without End," and current Catho· chairman; Bernice Ginnity, Lucille
lie periodicalll. Kun~, and Rolle Piuaferrato.
of< - of< - of<
Phone, Main 1390
Naomi B. Larkin, A.B., literary
critic for the New. Lett .. ·, a pub­lication
of the International Fed·
e ration of Catholic Alumnae, ex·
plains in the January Letter thM
her criticism of school magazines
is based entirely on the literary
viewpoint.
Miss Larkin'lI comment, which
appeared in the December issue of
the I.F.C.A . publication, waf that
many school magazines are "110
'dated' and local as scarcely to out.­Jive
the paper on which thcy are
printed."
It must be admitted that there
is much truth in Misa Larkin'.
c riticism. A college newapal)er
can hardly have an appeal which
is universal; but, as MislI Larkin
says, a purely local interest must
be distinctly avoided.
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The Annual Nazareth Academy
Alumnae Retreat is to be given by
Father David Cronin, S. J., of
Caniaiull College Faculty, Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday. February
23 to 25, at Nazareth College. The
Alumnae of both the Academy and
the College and their friends a re
invited to attend. Reservations
f()r supper on Saturday and break.
fast and dinner on Svnday should
be made as soon as possible with
Mi!<S Anne Dodge, Main 1636-R.
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At a sodality meeting on Thun·
day . February 15, it was decided
to have Mass on the Tuesday
mornings of Lent.
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Grcup Asaisb City Workerl
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normal weight. The work of the
tudents hll~ been to canvas. the
city in order to ascertain those
who are in need of usiatance from
the Red Cross.
Members of the social work
c\as!el have formed a dudy club
under the direction of Sister M.
Paulette. The club', purpose is
to seek and study more efl'ective
way3 of aiding t hose who are in
need of help.
The Soc:al Work Study Club is
to be re3t ricted to members of the
\oc·al work classes with occasional
visiton; and speakei'll prominent in
the field of weial lICrviee.
Officen; were elected at a meet.­ir.
g of the club on February 13,
with the following results: Presi·
dent, Dorothea Quinn; Vice·preai_
dent, Jean Reynolds; Secretary­Treasurer,
Jane Fleming.
M. N., '35.
~t'. hope you did not miSlI the
opening of the Holy Father'. new
Pontificial Hall of Science, the
award of $8,000 by the Pope to
Professor mrkholf of Harvard for
mathemati('al a('hievement, and
the Pope's address at the opening
when he reaffirmed the Church's
Ant1)01l!J ~. 11I1lUl1'u "011
intere,t in science.
Joseph E. Ryan
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
196 Main Street Wellt Roch ester, N. Y.
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THE GL£AN£1(
Catholic Press Shows Power of Printed Word
rAMrHlET GUilD
rHE~ENT~ 'fRIDA'
BY NnED AUTH~H
The February offering of the
Pamphlet-a-Month Guild, a subsid­iary
of the QUell." Work, ill
" Frida" by Thomaa B. Chetwood,
S.J.
The purpose of the pamphlet, as
it is s tated in the introduction, is
"to set forth imaginatively the in­fluence
of Christ '. human pres­ence
a mongst us." "Frida", through
ita interesting story and its prin­cipal
character, Elfrida Bank
strom, fulfills the avowed inten­tion
of its autbor.
Frida is a waitrels in a busy
restau rsnt. Her good nature makes
her feeling for other waitressell
one of kindliness but she has ahso_
lutely no respect for them. She
believes their lives to be e ntirely
superficial and she cannot under­stand
how t hey can lead an exist­ence
110 futile and lIO removed from
that which ill the mainstay of her
own life---the Bible. Frida knows
no religion as religion. She lives
by the Bible---to her it il religion,
life, and liter ature. The other
girls at the resta urant are, like
Mu. Mullen" the cashier, Catho­lics,
but t heir Catholicity means
10 little to them that Frida is
ahocked-as well ahe might be.
Bep.use-ortheinfluence of her vig­ofOusly
anti-Catholic .~ It is
with some reluctance th_~t~ida
goes to a Catholic church in a~
ceptance of Mrs. Mullen's invita­tion.
Once there, however, she
finds a beauty that ahe has not
known before, and when ahe real­ize.
t he true presence of Christ
in Hi. Church, she know. t hat a
Book is but a poor and weak sub­.
titute for a true and living God.
Her lovelineu of character and
her desire for that which is real
in religion and life can have but
one effect: she makes her great
decision and becomes a true daugh­ter
of Christ and a devoted Cath­oUc.
" Frida" will be a stimulus to
every Catholic. We cannot but
realize the greatneu of our re­ligion
and the truth which we bave
always found in the Church. But
we will also be led t.o another
thought : the effect that a CathoUc
girl'. actions and example can have
on a non-Catholic. The contrast
between the goodness of Frida 's
life and the futility of the lives of
her Catholic companions will make
1.1, uk ouraelvel several earnest
questions. of< _ . _ ..
"During the past few weeks,
the Catholic Courier haa been en­sbled
to furnish to i13 readers the
Church'. position on birth-control,
steri lization and church unity, to
cite t hree outstanding consider-l
ations of t he day. If we serve no Miss Bregy" treatment of men
other purpose t han the giving of Elk with whom we are slightly ac-our
readen! the correct attitude of I' qU14inted is so startlingly different
the Church on current problems thllt when we have finished her
we t hink t he newspaper il not 1:>o0k we feel that we know two
published in vain." side. of the person_hers, the
_Catholic Courier. human and the univel'llRl, the com-
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"A pamphlet wel! worth reading Strange Victory Teasdale. "When Romance Met Religion"
is t hat prepared by Rev. George Three Novel&-Ward. uniquely presents the idea, which
John$on, Ph. D , for the N. C. W. This Our Day- Gillil . WIIS realized in a measure in the
C, entitled, Fede ral Aid to Ed"ca_ Soul of the War-Gibbs. middle ages, that "i f we would
ti .. .. i .. t h. Emer."ncy. Without Training for Secretflrial Practice !ave that persistent human hunger
going into any discussion of the - Taintor. for Romance from debasement and
argumenta proposed for one side Breaking Into Print-Bond. triviality we must not divorce H.
or the other, the author gives a Broadcast Minda-KnoL utterly from spiritual ideals."
clear, luccinct and precise state- '" - '" The spiritual asp;ration of the
ment of some of the many prob· FROM DANTE TO middle ages seems to have reached
lems facing t he educatol'll of the J EANNE O'ARC-BRECY ih two highest peaks in Gothic
nation today. It makes very in- Miss Bregy rather startles us architecture and the legend of the
teresting reading. out of our compo!Ure by giving us Holy Grail. MiS!! Bre'gy teUs us
-Catholic Couri e r. a new idea of the Middle Ages. of the influence of many writers
• - • - .. She opens her book witb an e$IW.y on tbe "Quest" and she gives
"No thestre_goer can afford to Ion Dante-a remarkable elI$8.y Malory's Morte D'Arthur as the
min tbe new O'Neill play. Least wbicb won the in ternational Leahy crY.lta11izing of the legend into
of all can Catholics afford to misa price--which carries 1.15 along with one of the masterpieces of English
:t. Every Catholic will find in it the emotion, of the "fo'lo rentine." lite rature. She e:<plaina the con­a
deep joy and a lasting inspira. "For Dante loved tbe beauty or nectlon of the different phsses of
tion. It is sa fe to predict, too, holineS!! and knew the price which this Legend with thc MilS! lind the
t hat the amount of theological talk in our bruised world must be paid Real Presence. One fact Miss
in the play itself will be greatly for a ll beauty" leems entirely dil - Bregy particularly wishe. to im­e:<
ceeded by the amount of talk rerent from saying Dante, writer pres. upon us is thst "through the
concerning it that will be heard of the Divine Comedy. A Middle HreS! and struggle of semi-bar­around
New York's luncheon snd Age beginning then with Dante baric life, the middle ages re­dinner
table. t his season. To be and ending with Jeanne D'Arc tained the most intimate of in­diseun
ing their souls, and the re- should after all not seem so queer geniou~ familiarity with heavenly
lation or those soul. to t heir Mias Bregy haa not stopped things."
Creator, will be a new snd uplift- merely with a 8uperficial account Mias Bregy's desc rilltions are
ing e:<pcrience to our so_called of these yeau but has tried to $ympathetic and oftentimn vividly
intelligentia!" - America. prove that in sll ages human pa thetic. Her intuitive powers are
'10 _ >I< nllture is alike. She claims that Astonishing. The men and women
" In attempting to describe the Jeanne D'Arc i. a modern- then of whom $he writea are not just
overwhelming truth that God ha. she goes on to prove it by saying ancient characters, but human
come to earth in t he pen!on of that the goal of the modern beingl. Father Joseph Huulein
Jesus Chrin we us ually Il8Y t bat woman at ita soundest, Il8nest and has lummed up this Inte resting
the Son of God became man. It sweetest is to have the $islen work quite compactly when he
is my opinion that, at least In our valiant as well a. virtuou$, the says: "We lee thd ' men snd
(Jay, we ought to explain t he In_ brothers virtuous as well as vali- women, noble knights lind fllirest
carnatio{l by proclsiming that the ant. This is prec isely the ideal llldies, with an the pageantry and
Son of God became a Workinr. which Jeanne D'Arc so simply and plISIiol) of their day, until we
man. It' il almost unbelievllble, wholeheartedly fulfilled. Jeanne come to the close of 1111, the fierce,
nevertheless it is true, that many D'Arc,according to Ber nard Shaw, red glare of burning fagots, out
people have never heard this, and was the first naturalist, for almost of which soan! upward- pure, in­countless
others have completely alone of her century she seems to domitable and sUblime--the he roic
forgotten this phase of the char- have perceived tbat the old feudal 801.11 of Jeanne O'Are It i. in­acter
of Christ." ardor was definitely passed, t hat deed the sunset of the Middle
)o'r. John T. McGinn, C.S.P., the nation. of Europe bad become Ages."
in the Catholic Worker. separate entitie', that each country
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The Catholic Book of the Month and to their legitimate rule rs.
Club announces that "The Cron Miss Bregy impresses her char_
of Peace," by Sir Philip Gibbs, i~ actefll upon us by auociationa.
ita cho:ce for February. Double- She believes in linking circum­day,
Doran and Company are the stances. Neither is she content
publi.hefll. j ust to give us her opinion but in_
"A contemporary document of directly placel before us the
".lajor !mportance," is the d.eserip- opinions of others whom she real-tlon
gIven of the book 1f1 t he izes we know and in whom we
Newsletter sent out by the Club. have placed utmost confidence.
"While it is a. novel and a Her manner of treatment shows
romance," it continues, "as dra- that she has truly inter pretative
matic and thri1ling u any Sir powen!.
Philip Gibbs hu ever written, it Eleanor of Aquitaine, a Medie­is
also an investigation and a val Worlding-"a typical world­treatise
as important u t he many ing, tbe individual born several
vol ume. of facts and conclusions centuries too late or too early, she
which Sir Philip has written on was of those who believe chiefly
in ternational relations." A re- in themselve. "- it is she whom
view of "The Cro S!! of Peace" will the author choose. because of her
be given lit t he March meeting of Romantic reputatIon- to prove
t he Literary Club by Miu Betty that lome medieval men and
Doyle. women also h.d vice •.
A. M., '36.
"Mul !lfr at /11 .. MI.)'!,,;r"
Mayf a ir Coffee Sh oppe
Next to Formall' ~
1.UNCHES. DINNERS.
SODAS. CANDIES
54 C LISroS Av(s UI SoUT)!
Rochestcr. N. Y.
TOWN TALK
BAKERY
Inc.
PhO'ne Conl/u tion
Pat . Eltht
Sr. Philippa: I, it "le coeur"
or "Ia coeur," Jane!
J ane W.: Liqueur, Sister.
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Junior (to Little Sister;) Al_
way3 think before you speak.
Freshman: But when I do that
the girls have changed the sub-­ject.
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Visitor: Can you tell me if
Anna Portka is up in her room!
fo'rosh: Sorry, there's nobody
home on the to]) story.
Visito r : Oh, excuse me, I'll ask
ftomeone ebe.
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Kay Dailey: Dad, your office i$
a, hot as an oven.
Father: It ought to be, I make
my dough bere.
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Sr. J oseph Mary: What obsta­cle
do we have to overcome in be­coming
educated that Adam and
Eve did not have?
Bernice G Knowledge of the
past.
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A certain profe!lllor in our fair
college has a fabe nickname.
We've always thought that rab­bits
had big c a l'~. Maybe there is
a difference between II "abbit and
a "Bunnie."
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Ruth L.: I'm like Washington .
Margaret Mary; Why?
Ruth: I went down i" his.tory.
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Mr. Mourant: When did Rome
fall?
Eleanor A.: Is that what
heard? I thoughl something
dropped .
Parking was lin iu ue even in
Noah's time--
When Noak sailed the walen blue,
He had his troubles same as you.
t'or forty days he drove his Ark,
Hefore he fou.nd- a. p lace to park. Sr. M. Tereaa: What is a mor·
tar board?
Marion B.: If a maiOn carries
it, it has cement on it. and if a
college profeunr weaT! it, it haa
cement under .it-. . ::ir. D. Agnu: I" what case do
we put the chllir?
I~itll B.: It would have to be
a big case
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Mr. Mourllnt: Name two spor~
of ancient time.
Fran. Fischer: Antony and
Cleopatra.
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Kay W.: Do you like to ride in
an airplane!
Winnie: No, prefer terra
flrma. The more firma, the leu
terril.
_ 't..J-LE' GLEANER
Fa ther Yves Coussard
Of French Mission .
Wanted: Romance
(Continued from last i8~ ue)
The young girl who opened the
Gives T alk on Japan
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door to the tall, grey-eyed
make them better Japanese, not to stranger a short time afterward,
deprive them of their individual- how'lver, was far from res'lrved.
ity."
"If the convcrsion of Japan de- He looked .~ American, that
pended upon th'l women. the mis- was it. Oh, but he looked good.
sionaries would have a ve ry easy " He-hello, I'm Penny, Penelope,
ta8k," said Father CoulIsllrd. you know, Lang."
"Without the nuns who maintain "Yes, I knew, Penny, Pen'llop(l.
large schools in which the daugh- I'm Ruu Me rcer. May I come
teTS of the socially .prominent Jap- in1"
anese are educated, the work of 1· "Oh, I am sorry. It must be
~he miuionaries ~ould be greatly becaulle it', been so long since,_
Increased. The g,rls are not al- won't you sit down?"
ways baptised ChristiaOll, but t heir "You were saying " 0 long
knowledge of th~ Catholic fai.th ~i nce'-yo u're awfu\1y lonesome,
makes them an ,mportant C h rr~- a"en'l you! Which would you
tianitinl!: influence boca.use th~ J ap· preter to do, stay here and talk
anese gIrls are marl'led w,thout gently in lowered tones of all the
their con!lent and live with the people 'back home' or-go out and
bridegroo,,\'s family. In Christ, 'do' Madrid?" \
the Japaneae women see the sym­bol
of their own lives of devotion
and submiuion."
Father Coussard believes, he
uid, that the missionary al¥l¥e al1
others has obeyed the ' adnw.nition
to become as little , children. - He
must begin life over IIgain in a
new country, learn a new lan_
guage, practice new customs, and
acquire an understanding of a for­eign
viewpoint.
Father Coussard closed his talk
by asking the prayen of the stu­dent
body for "Japan, the joy and
hope of the missionary."
Sod a lity Sympoaium Held
at Nazare tll Academy
(Cont inued fl'{lm page 1)
easily disproved the lIuthenticity
of the conventional pictures of St.
Aloysius GonUlga' which depict
him as II weak effeminate youth,
holding a lily in hill hand. "St.
Aloysius," Mr. Schlageter said,
"has been so misrepresented a! to
have become dehumani:l::ed where­as
the saint's description of him.
~el f as 'a piece of twisted il'{ln
that had to be twisted ,traight,'
shows him to have been thor-
;'Oh," laid Pennyi' " ' Do' M.d-rid,
please." " ....
In the early pirt of the even_
ing, Penny found herself telling
Russ everything, h'lr 10nelineM,
her diaillusionment, her dejection.
However, later, she forgot the
past few weeks, realizing only that
she was having such 8 glorious
time; t he Casino was " keen," the
music, superb, the food, divine. and
Russ-perfect.
Late that evening when Ruu
left Penny at the door, he said,
"Pen ny, what do you really think
of Spain'"
"Oh, T adO"e it. It's just liS I've
1l1ways dreamed it, romllntic, my !I­teriou8,_
Oh, Russ Mercer, you­,,"--"
Rus. laughed gently. "See you
tomorrow, and tomorrow-and to­morrow,"
he dared.
"And alt the tomorrows to
come," whi~pered Penny to her.
self liS' she closed the door. Mov­ing
softly she crossed the room
to the window and looked up at
the moon. It wasn't mocking now,
this Spanish Moon. It was smiling
upon Penny Lang of Portville.
H. 0 .. '37.
During the cold weather t he
boarder legion felt exceedingl~'
lucky as they wntched day hops
puffing nnd blowing into school.
Last week-end when it seemed im·
probable thllt they would be able
to go home be<:ause of that very
same weather. al1 feeling of
uper:ority !led. Fortunately the
weather man WIIS accommodating,
th'l m'lrcury rose and disaster was
averted.
Ma"jory fo'rO$l ~pe "t the week­e"
d in Auburn a, the guest of
Mary Catherine Maguire. With
Eileen Burns they attended the
Cornell· Penn basketball game.
Margaret Blumrick attended the
Valentine dance at Brockport Nor-mal
recently. ._.
Margaret Conroy spent a week­end
lit Eleanor Andrew&' home.
We're very much excited about
the latent talent "ecently discov­ered
in our midst when Abby
Mo~e y and Dorothy nankin were
a mong the people who displayed
their vigorous sUlge personalitiei
'n the la, t Student Jiour.
The mystery of the artist reo
! ponsible for the clever drawing
of Eugene O'Neill which is to ap­pear
in the QUarterly, hu been
solved. Clue--She lives in Room
,I.
Miss Alice Corcoran of Penn
Van and Paris recently took a trip
to New York and Waahington.
We're glad that exams provide the
more fortunate with pleasure.
Helen Bilker wu surprised' last
week_end by II vi sit from her
fllmily.
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Miu Hilda Connor visited her
brother, who is studying at the
Passionist Seminllry at Dunkirk.
oughly humlln." St. Aloysius r'----'·'·'-'·'·'·'-'----....... ------....... --'-'----1 Gonzaga," he attested, "fought as ,I.
II t rue son of the soldier Ignatius
and is the Cyrano of the slIints."
These delegates will repellt
their discuSIIions six times in the
next few weeks lit Detroit, Cleve­land,
Lockport, Niagara Falls,
Buffalo and Erie.
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Articles in Next
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issue of Ve rity Fair
A Review of "Days Without
~:nd"-E$telle Mehlln.
Gerard Manly Hopkins-Elinor
N. Roche.
We're just unwrapping
Copies of the Hats
that Paris is Mad About
Each one is an adaptation of a famous Pari. model
.. at a low price beyond your fondel t dream. Brims
that spread like enormous cartwheels or curl u]) like
overgrown saucers. Angelic hlll03 off-the-face
" Dutch CaP'!" .. Russian coroneh. Do (!ome in to
see them! J
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A Play-Dorothy Rankin.
'I Article on the Catholic Evi_
dence Library-Dorothy Schif­ferli.
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I A Questionnaire Answered­Hlll'riet
lind Dorothy Hoock.
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