A Carolinian is ordained priest

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Title: A Carolinian is ordained priest
Creator: Echivarre, J. L.
Language: English
Year: 1953
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Fulltext: ^chivarre 5. Rev. MANUEL SALVADOR f HE most an institution can do f for a student is to cultivate and polish his spirit, mind and body lor the bizarre and haz ardous excursions he will meet upon embarking on a new unrehearsed life from school. His alma mater can give only these to him... and nothing more. Diplomas, medals and scholarships... they are mere mirrors to reflect what the school grades the student. A diploma serves as an official record of what the learner has learned. Medals may signify one's achievements while doing schoolwork and extra curricular activities. Scholarships are given to him because the school feels that he should be rewarded and because the school is proud to have him. A student graduating with so many laudes to his name accentuates the fact that he was, after all, wide-awake in his classes. But all these boons are mere accessories to the principal. The basic bone of all these accessory achievements is, that the student terminated his studies fully pre pared, mentally and spiritually. He is ready to absorb Life's above or below-the-belt punches. His medals won t help him roll these wicked punches... it is his training in school that would ultimately come out to parry. On the other hand, the best a student can do for his alma mater is singular. Whatever he achieves with blaring trumpets and flying colors in his calling is always a great honor for the school. That is the only thing he can do to re compense what he received. The school is sensitive to whatever he does; if he makes good, it is an other feather added to its cap; if ’ he fails, the reputation of the school goes with his downfall. Of the past achievements in the fields of law, pharmacy, education, engineering, athletics, etc., of San Carlos, a new name had been added by one of its products, this time in the field of religion, on its roster of fame. This particular person's remarkable feat as a stu dent in topping his classes has al ways been the pride of every Ca rolinian who had known him well in his student days in San Carlos and even when he resumed his studies in the University of Santo Tomas during which he was also able to maintain his high scholastic standings. Not one to take school work lightly, he always topped every class where he happened to be in... valedictorian from primary to high school in the then Colegio de San Carlos, preserved his high scholastic record in the San Carlos Seminary and completed his Licen tiate in Philosophy and his Theology summa cum laude at the Pontifical U. This impressive record held by a true-blue USC alumnus is what every would-be scholar would give his right ear for. Such a kilometric string of achievements is rare for an individual to have these days. Reverend Father Manuel Salva dor was ordained on March 21 in Manila and subsequently held his first solemn mass in Dalaguete, his hometown, last April eighteenth. He comes from a pious family of in tellectuals. He is the younger brother of Reverend Father Veronico Salvador, parish priest of the Santo Rosario Church. Amidst a throng of well-wishers and indulgence getting crowd, he solemnly said his initial mass with soul-stirring profi ciency. Thereafter, as an honorarium to his scholarly achievements, he was given the sublime honor of preach ing the Seven Last Words of Christ at the Cebu Cathedral during the Lenten Week. The inspiring les sons he elucidated to the Lentobserving public cut deep into their very hearts. The way he stressed his points showed his brilliance as a one-time scholar. It revealed to the public the learned aspect in him as a man of rank. But he did not only unveiled himself in his sermon as a profound thinker and a well-grounded man of learning but, as well, a man of the people. His childhood ambition was always to become a priest. . . to serve the people through Christ's teachings. And apparently, he reached his zenith as a priest after he finished his eloquently delivered sermon. As an active sentinel of Christianity we can see that the Reverend Fa ther Manuel Salvador will be, in no less time, be one of our advo cates in Catholicism and a vigorous contender against Redism. We will not be surprised to find,him in his evil stints of Communism and glo rifying the spiritual truisms of Christ. We dare say that this good-forthe-soul preachings are just routine numbers for a priest in the dis charge of his duties. BUT it is not "just another priest" we will be facing... we would be opening our ears to welcome the words coming from that of a genuine Caroli nian. .. from the lips of a learned scholar we once knew... from the heart of one whom we knew so well as a classmate. That indeed, would make the difference! Father Salvador will be out of the Islands for at least four years to pursue his studies abroad. He plans to study further the intricacies of Canon Law in one of the leading universities of Rome by which he will enjoy a scholarship offered him. From the Vatican City he will proceed to the United States and take up English in one of the insti tutions of learning there. Such is the dynamic character of the man. After accumulating a wide span of knowledge and so (Continued on page 34) Page 16 THE CAROLINIAN --------------------------------She Comes Mack a Savant (Continued from page 3) bent for everything that is beautiful in thought and feeling. Faculty member Miss Leonor Borromeo of the USC Col lege of Liberal Arts, Dr. Rodil's former teacher, when asked to comment on the subject of this interview, enthused: Look ing at her and thinking of the many things she has accom plished, I feel like one standing before a shop-window on a raw Christmas night and feeling empty-handed and poor!" And she had to admit Dr. Rodil’s efficiency as a student under her when she further said, "I wish I can have even just one-fourth of her diligence!" And that from her former mentor and dear friend. Dr. Rodil is likeable and friendly. Anybody in her presence feels at home with her contagious sense of humor and charming repartees. In the course of this interview, she had more than amply given evidences of her agile thinking powers. We could not pin her down into committing as to which institution she loves most out of the three which has nurtured her. But she was profuse in her averment when she enthused that she loves all of the three equally. And yet, a particular meaning can be deduced with her coming back to USC. . . that she loves this alma mater more. This summer has seen her doling out what she knows about Principles of Education and Ethics to undergraduates and Socio-Educational Situation of the Philippines to the students of the Graduate School. We did not need to fathom out the Doctor's impressions about USC. She was open about them. She believes that, generally speaking, USC compares very well with any insti tution in Manila. She likes the kind of environment we have at the USC campus which is conducive to study, and the high standards which the- University has safe-guarded and maintained. But finally, perhaps without intending it, she crowned San Carlos with her last words: "Of course I like San Carlos or I would not have come back." And her words are in themselves a pledge of love and respect for San Car los. . . an eloquent proof as to the reason why Carolinians are so acute in coming back to this home where precious me mories live, and whose hallowed walls evoke in every trueblue Carolinian heart sublime feelings of loyalty and devotion. WHAT DO YOU THINK . . . (Continued from page 27) "The Recto-Castelo light should be continued, even, I would say, to the bitter end.” Felix Eamiguel • FELIX EAMIGUEL, College of Law, says: "It is useless of Recto and Castelo to be hurling brick bats at each other when the country needs more constructive ellorts. People become so engrossed in in trigues and imbroglio that they forget about the more essential and delicate tasks they should render to their country. We are forced by internal and external dangers which need close and careful attention if we must protect our ideology. There is no time for puttering around pick ing quarrels. Right now, a big bully is trying to stub our corns. We ought to fight him and teach him a lesson in meekness. Besides, much as we would like to know the truth about the RectoA CAROLINIAN . . . (Continued from page 16) many degrees and doctorates, still, not satisfied of all these beads of achievements, he plowed further to delve on the mysteries of tomorrow and the unseen gyrations of yes terday. His unwavering thirst for more knowledge knew no bounds. To cultivate his mind fully, to en rich his spiritual capacities, to fur bish his moral endeavors... these are the true marks of a well cul tured man. .. Reverend Father MA NUEL SALVADOR. To all these we can meekly say that there is a seemingly perpetual attraction in this man to that pot of knowledge at the foot of the rainbow. To the layman, with all these bundle of learning tucked safely in him, it is time for him to settle down in a comfortable corner and rest. He has come to the point of earthly satisfaction, armed well enough to clash with the forces of hardships and virtuous sacrifices. For us, the preparation is met: now, for the real battle. For him, it isn't even the beginning of the prepa ration ... he is yet to step on the first rung of the ladder. We do not know how many honors are there yet for us to await by way of his restless strive for perfection. We do not know how Castelo battle, it usually never comes out. The combatants are not on even terms and it is very un likely that they will ever be. One is so low he can crawl under a lizard's belly." LETS BE HONEST , . ._________ (Continued on page 31) men and who could still with child like sincerity, even risking assasination, disclosed to the citizenry the hurting truth which caused so much misery and confusion of this once peaceful country, if you can be that other man, then let you also be our guiding light until all the forces within and without us shall have subsided. And then when you and I and every true and faithful son and daughter of our country shall be standing beside her and shall lift her chin in pride and confidence; when you and I can proudly present her to the noble and dignified society of free nations, then can we withdraw from this earthly stage bowing with joy and peace in our hearts, carrying the happy thought that we have left an everlasting souvenir to the world, that we have given our share in making a solid bastion in these beautiful islands of ours, a realiza tion of the only outpost of Christian Democracy in the PACIFIC. many laurels he will yet garner: and by these, San Carlos will re joice at the sight of a man once her child, and has came back once again to her laps with a ransom of knowledge. And we should await not only with fervor and admiration of the man but also with prayer and thanksgiving to the Almighty that as he had left us with honors, he came back to us with more honors. Page 34 THE CAROLINIAN