Campuscrats

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Part of The Carolinian

Title: Campuscrats
Creator: Paras, Vic
Language: English
Year: 1953
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Fulltext: It's summer time folks, and here's a grand parade of U.S.C. s 1953 Summerians............. Gracing the corridors every summer is ENDRING ANOVER, ... a public school marm of Leyte. Endy hopes to finish her B.S.E. course by the end of I this term to brace up for the grind ahead. ROSETTA FERNANDEZ, VIC LEE, I and PAT KRIECKENBECK, armed with elevated I.Q.'s are rarin' for top honors. I Still at it, girls? Summer’s offensive y' know. I Bright-eyed PANCHING NUNEZ," is back again and for good measure. For i one semester she made her exit and matriculated in Ateneo de Cagayan. Why, I Ching? Can't make USC your alma mater? Even a post-grad student (whose supposed to peer absent-mindedly behind specs and to appear old as grandma) isn't safe from prowling wolves who give whines at every pretty lass they feast their eyes on. And Hildy Gocor is no exception. She's decidedly wolf-bait! LETTY REYES is a new addition to the Carolinian world but she's beginning to like it here. Sweet and companionable Letty has told us that she has been bitten by the Carolinian bug. (We wouldn’t know if the bug was a he or she). KEILAN PALACIOS. . . gunning after the 1953 Mr. Philippines trophy with ! his extensor femoris and such stuff, breezed thru to the finals but failed to land a berth. Too bad, huh? A walking hunk of masculine eye-catcher is RAMON | MECIANO whose gait is strictly PMA-ed. Planning to fight Huks, Ramon? Or wuzzit Korea. Tall, slim PORTIA BUNUAN, conspicuous in her inconspicuousness. I (How’s that again?) Portia is back from heaven knows where. Some drawing I card must have attracted her here. What's the low-down, Por? Morolandia's kind donation for this summer's parade are the twin glo ries—PADILLA and CARDONA. Glor Padilla intends to stay here only this summer. . . unless she changes her mind. Which is not unusual for a woman. FRUCTUOSO RODRIGUEZ, that handsome, curly-haired jam-session hai bitue. Fruc talks like an authority on women and their idiosyncracies or ■ whaddayacallit but at the end of every discourse on the obverse sex, he will i confess that he has no g.f. (grandfather?), and that he would to heaven like I one cute dream gal. Very nice companion certainly. . . Fruc, you need more I legwork. ANITA CLAVERIA, whose mild and engaging disposition is a rarity I hereabouts. Nice girl too, otherwise VENCIO (yak! yak!) wouldn't be hanker ing for her. Terribly in love, huh? Gosh, we never knew what was brewing all along. We need to poke our noses into more people's businesses. . . LO VARELA. . . the enigma in black who seems very inscrutable in her sim plicity. Highly intelligent and reads books avidly. We want to be in on who's the fortunate benedict-to-be. NGR. . . tall, fair and smart. Lawyer and editor of a local weekly is a very kind soul. (Ask Narciso Bacur. . . ). A hard-hitting ; penpusher who makes no bones and minces no words. ESTRING JAO comes i to bone up on summer classes. Combine beauty, brains, a bank note and an impeccable grace in dancing and you have in your mind. Quite a combinaj tion, we would say. PACHING BOLLOZOS will have her last stint in note-taking, this summer. Gosh, it was fun to have you in USC ching! For music lovers. Little Menuhin, DANILO CANETE, always has the wel come rug at his feet. One fling at his rendition of Massenet's "Thais" and you II swear it was a sure-fire weapon to disarm stubborn hearts. A group of would-be commerciantes find lots of headaches in their ac(Continued on page 22) Zke Necessity of... and girls of indigent families, of those who are in the slums of the big centers of population like Manila, and of those who have little or no notion of Divine Providence. Under this situation, youths easily fall prey to criminality and the vultures of communism. It seems that the sole purpose of our edu cational system is to cultivate only the mind of the pupil or student, to make him a wise man, a scientist in his own profession or calling, thus neglecting the other and most important part of the human being, his soul. Under such a system of instruction, it is not strange that a highly educated man, instead of being a worthy member of society, instead of using the knowledge ac quired by him for some worthy purpose, becomes a criminal or an enemy of society. The writer maintains that it is necessary that religion should be taught by compulsion in the public schools, for three main reasons. In the first place, from the viewpoint of the individual, religion should be taught, because it makes him feel secure in his relation with God. With this feeling of security, he can have peace of soul, and positively, as long as he is in good terms with God, he feels all right and is guided in the right path in life. In the second place, from the standpoint of the State, divine se curity is important. The individuals in the State, who have no feeling of kinship with God, as can be es tablished by the teaching of reli gion to them, will have no inhibi tions in themselves. Within this kind of State, one does not have respect for the rights and property of others, because nothing will in hibit him from trespassing over these rights and property not his. The result would be chaos and dis order in the State. In the third place, from the point of view of the Creator or Maker, religion should be taught. Religion is important because it IS so; it cannot be otherwise. There exists God; God must exist and this must is so strong that He insists on His honor. Therefore, we must give Him that honor, and to give Him that honor, we must have religion, which, to have adequately, must be taught in our public schools. Religion cannot be separated from education. Sectarianism must be kept out of the public schools, but it is neither possible nor desir(Continued on page 24) Page 14 THE CAROLINIAN ALUMNEWSETTES Elected recently as officers of the Philippine Institute of Accounts, Cebu Chapter, were several USCAA members, namely: Jesus Martinez, vice-president; Amparo Rodil (USC alumni veep), secretary; and Teotimo Abellana and Benjamin Bo rromeo, members of the board of directors. Be-dimpled Inday Vivera, after a 4-year absence from her alma mater, has finally come home to roost. She is teaching prospective librarians in this university the intricacies of Library Science. Younger sis, Ramona, an ex-USC sponsor, is a senior in the UST College of Pharmacy. June Dejaresco is one alumnus who is keeping the Green Cross of gampuscrats (Continued from page 14) THE UNKNOWN CAROLINIAN Parents of USC alumni who died in the battle for freedom In World War II are earnestly requested to communicate the names of such sol dier alumni, and other data thereof, to Atty. C. Faigao, president. USC Alumni Association, University of San Carlos, Cebu City. USC burning bright in the Bohol horizon. Aside from his newspaper work, he is a law professor of the Holy Name College in Tagbilaran and secretary of the Jaycee chapter in that province. Intern-physician at the National Orthopedic Hospital is Monching Borromeo, one of the new doctors who passed the November board exams. He plans to take up post graduate work in the U.S. in the near future. After toe-breaking days of whipping into shape her Students' Ballet Recital, Luz Mancao Sandiego put up a show last March 15 which packed the USC Quadrangle with ballet-lovers from Cebu's elite. Among the ballerinas featured were Campuscrat Delia Saguin and Sawatri Gurbuxani. Of 41 candidates who took the tough exams for cadetship to the PMA in Baguio, only two passed. One is a Carolinian, Gregorio Alenton, a Commerce I stude. Our condolence goes to Lily A. Escano and Betty A. Derecho for the death of their father, the late Jesus Alburo, last March. Also to Bingbing, Herminio, Jose, Demos thenes, Leonora, Nilo, Oliva, Ra mon, and Tita Valencia for the de mise of their father, Dr. Pio Valen cia, on the 8th of March. counting subjects. Debit that, credit this, and balance them. It's tough work and Miss LILIA CABATINGAN is ready on her grading sheet. One serious dis crepancy means bankruptcy and kerplunk! You enrol in the same subject. So, there it is in a nutshell. Heartaches, head-acher and backaches are ex pected. That must be why. . . ALMA ESCARIO, PURA CIMAFRANCA, CON SUELO GO, and FLORIT DELGADO are sweating it out with all seriousness. Love to taste samples of native delicacies? MILA SOL, CELING BULADO and CHINGEH JAKOSALEM from the H.E. department will make you perk up with their preparations of tasty native meals. Only proves the truism that "the best way to win a man's heart is through the stomach. ..." From the Villegas clan, we have Norma and Nena. By the by, Nena has already add prefix to her name. . . Mrs. Ramirez. Fast becoming a model among young men JOHNNY MERCADO, tall and deeply religious prefers to be in the chapel during free times rather than loiter around. Atta boy, Johnny! Show'em how to be hard-hitting and at the same time humble. Scion of a moneyed family of Dumanjug and acclaimed one of the best dressed and well-groomed gentlemen of USC, FLORO RICAMORA proudly pre sents his varieties of nylon shirts as his daily wear. He is not only fond of nylon shirts, but of classical music just as well. When asked to play Buencamino's "Luha" he refused saying that he wanted to prevent tears from being wasted. (Sigh and double sigh! ! ) CONCHING BAWASANTA keeps her body slim. How d’ya do it Suel? No matter how puzzling schoolwork becomes, Suel or Conching never winces a bit. Guess that pretty head is chock-full of gray matter! Mind giving us some Ching? Speaking of curves and figures. . . MERCING GANTUANGCO, TERESING MIRAFUENTES, CARDING TANGAN, AMPARING ROSOS, LILY MAHINAY, NENA CONCEPCION, and ROSE DAIG are taking slimnastics under Miss CARMENCITA VILLAMOR. Purpose: to obtain and or maintain the figure that ticks. Right? We incidentally bumped into a die hard “Magsaysay-for-President" gal. . . ELIZABETH BELCINA. Proudly wears the "Magsaysay is my guy" pin, and superbly dances the Magsaysay mambo. How about the Magsaysay poodle Liz? Lovely sisters Linda and Lilia CINCO always sport smiling eyes. Mind you, it's no optical illusion. It is down-to-heart honest-to-goodness reality. LINDA and LILIA are simply adorable in their friendliness and companionship. The college of Pharmacy has a trio of happy-go-lovelies. . . There's PERLA TORRES who is simply buzzing with everything that can be spoken about on the face of this globe. She's a bit childish too. Some guy is planning to tug at her apron strings. What sez you, PERLA? There's HELEN CUE who is the perfect antithesis of PERLA. Wonder how they get along fine and dandy? EVA ESTORCO, being dress-conscious makes people (mostly men of course) goggle-eyed at her. Regular Library-browser is CHARLES VANAUSDAL, tall, blue-eyed and serious. Enigmatic as a problem in math. Easy to befriend, though. He's merely reticent. We would like to know what's in his mind. Must be interesting. As I live and breath. . . cute and incandescent ALMIRA PEREZ with her come-and-get-in smiles whirled into USC classrooms after a riotous four-year rump session at CIC. So this time its USC, eh, AL? When CIONY "CHOY" MUNA flashes a Kuuselaic smile on some lucky stiff misters in da' campus start to let out quizzers that kindles midnight candles such as who could that be?" "Where's the Jaguar?"- Yeah, where is it CHOY? Juniors are presented to be spoiled brats. . . at home, in school, in public places, in billiard halls, or even in politics (know what I mean?). But here's a Junior whos tryin to prove the fallacy of the presumption. Anyway, he could be an exception to the rule. Joe Lucero, Junior, that debonair chunk of masculinity is the guy. He asserts that he doesn't take a second look at entic ing coeds just so that he won't be disturbed in his review. The guy means business with mind and heart all set to becoming a lawyer. But whew, it s too hot in the City of Cebu. Now we go to cooler spots by vicarious experience if we can. If our locale were a desert, we would like to dream of a Hammerfest or a Northpole. Anyway, the parades over and dnn#> with Rval Page 22 THE CAROLINIAN