Odds and ends
Media
Part of The Carolinian
- Title
- Odds and ends
- Creator
- Castro, Nilda Mildred M.
- Language
- English
- Year
- 1965
- Subject
- Mindanao.
- Rights
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- JPIA Holds Election H. CHAN WINS PRESIDENCY OFFICERS OF THE JPIA-USC CHAPTER L to R (seated) Elena Chiongbian, Treasurer; Amelia Abenoja, PRO; Lourdes Hermias, Vice President - Internal Affairs; Erlinda Rizarri, Secretary; Carmelita Cabatingan, Assistant Treasurer. L to R (Standing) Henrio Chan, President; Chay Ching Uy, Vice President - External Affairs; Vicente Colina, Peace Officer; Vicente Gorre, Ad viser; Paterno Sollano Jr., Executive Vice President; Honorato Uy, Auditor. The two-day room-to-room campaign culminated on Friday, August 20 when the JPIAns went to the polls to do their vital role as members of a campus organiza tion, next in strength to the SSC. The election this year was not as hectic and as chaotic as the other year since there were only two opposing parties, the Junior Accountants Amalgamated which had its slate ready weeks before election day, and the Confederation of Junior Accountants. Except for the auditorship which went to the candidate of the opposing party, the Junior Accountants Amalgamated had again made an almost complete victory. Henrio Chan, standard-bearer of the party, made a majority of 104 votes over that of Reynato Clavano, standard-bearer of the Confederation of Junior Accountants. The elected officers of the JPIA, USC Chapter for the schoolyear 1965-66, as shown in the official election returns submitted by the Committee on Election, are as follows: President .................................................................................. Henrio Chan Executive Vice-President ..................................... Paterno Sollano, Jr. Vice-President — Internal Affairs ................... Lourdes A. Hermias Vice-President — External Affairs ........................... Chay Ching Uy Secretary ...................................................................... Erlinda B. Rizarri Treasurer ...................................................................... Elena Chiongbian Assistant Treasurer ........................................... Carmelita Cabatingan Auditor .................................................................................. Honorato Uy Press Relations Officer ............................................... Amelia Abenoja Peace Officer ...................................................................... Vicente Colina In a spirit of sportsmanship and camaraderie, all the candidates spent a wonderful night at Cavan's Resort right after the ballot boxes were sealed. The JPIAns are looking forward to a well-coordinated, smooth-going, and successful JPIA with the leadership of the new set of officers this year. To the newly elected officers, congratulations and good luck! Odds and Ends by nilda mildred m. castro bsmath 3 MINDANAO: ON FOCUS Mindanao is a beautiful island. It is there where sparkling rivers and brooks ai-e tangible realities. It is there where the beauty of thick green foliage can be truly admired. Even soil fertility which most lion-agriculturists take for grant ed calls for attention. And it is there, in that beautiful island, where the heri tage of Mohammedanism can be fully understood — and appreciated. The Mohammedan culture has closely united the Moslems of the hinterlands of Mindanao. It has come to serve as that unifying force which makes this particular group of people feel a class consciousness. But are they not FilipiChristianity is that intangible some thing which has, for over four centuries now, bound together many independent states into one nation — the Filipino nation. Where do the Moslems come in ? Mindanao has been partly Christianized —well, at least quite a number have been baptized into the Catholic Church. If you go down there sometime and meet one of these converts, you can very well ask them: Do you pray to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit? And you would most probably encounter one who would say: Who are they? Lay apostolate is necessary. The laity should participate in the apostolate of the hierarchy. There are not enough priests — at least, not in the mission areas of Mindanao. Universities and colleges are vast mis sionary fields — more vast, perhaps, than the Moslem communities of Mindanao. At the rate things are going, what ac tion have Catholic Action groups done for the re-Christianization of their school environment ? Mindanao is a beautiful island. It is also a vast apostolic field. So are univer sities and colleges. It is there where the mystery of the Divine Plan must be perceived and unfolded. It is there where souls must be saved for the Divine Creator. But where are the workers? Aug.-Sept., 1965 THE CAROLINIAN Page Fifty-one