The Carolinian

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Title: The Carolinian
Issue Date: Volume XI (Issue No. 3) November 1947
Year: 1947
Language: English
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extracted text: ' I 1 v. II, "-"') . < •' I I ' l ~ , ! J l , \'OJ.. XI ~bt C!Caroltntan NO. 3 Official Organ Of The Student Body Of The Colegio De San Carloa Valeriano Lozada BENJAMIN MARTINEZ EDITOR.IN.CHIEF Lourdes Varela Josefine Lim UTERARY .:m~IA~ 0 :JrrMs NAPOLEON G. RAMA SPAN/SU EDITOR Marlo lrrabagon Josefina Gaboya Jesus Go BUSINESS MANAGER Ramon B. Tupas Vicente Ranudo, Jr. FEATURES Meynardo Tiro NEWS Domin10 Miraflor CIRCULATION SPORTS Leonor D. Seno POETfW Vicente Uy MILITARY Rev. Law;~i~~r6':el,S.V.D. Napoleon Alcultas STAff ARTIST EDITOR I_~-~ INSTITUTION BUILT ON ROCK Tbe celebration of tbe 352nd anniversary of the founding of the Colegio de San Carlos gives nccasion to trot 01tf the chief merits tbat have set it apart from the common run of colleges today. Tbe Colegio de San Carlos is an institution built on rock. Tbrougb the centuries. it bas survived successive retwlutions in ubool curriculums and bas averaged up prett')' well with an enviable record. ft bas witbsto.?d the ravages of time and wars-today it can look out proudly on a record u•itbout parallel in the educational field of Cebu. If. anything, the alumni roll which San Carlos bas written gives the lie to tbe charge that Philippine schools are "diploma mills." For in its three and a balf centuries of existence, the Colegio de San C~r los bas rolled out a scroll of distinguisbed names that read like a page from history. For the u11cbaHging standard of tlie San Carlos curriculum bas always been the subordination of every course of studj' to religion. Development of a good moraJ character bas always bad priority over prOficiency in grammar or appreciation of the arts. But more, San Carlos bas bucked the onrush of so-called "progressive" metbods of education. For it believes in discipline, but tbat discipline must eventually be self-discipline. Undoubtedly, tbe difference in tbe form of external discipline among Catbolic ubools range from tbe progressive type to tbe ultra-coJJServative kind that borders on regimentation. )'et eVery Catholic school would admit that discipline is necessary. Discipline means right order. And San Carlos bas realited all along that its charges are not angels, It is San Carlos wbicb made the men who but very human beings with all the weaknesses of helped make the Philippines. True, these men bad. buman nature. Tb11s the discipline tbat San Carlos the ihberent stuff to rise aboi:e the crowd _ tbev bas wielded to wbip exuberant young minds iHto tb~ wrote ll~eir own ticket. But tbal it was San Carlo; line of uprigbt and clean 1;ving. wbicb tapped their resources and potentialities, there can hardly be a11y quarrel. What is the magic wand which San Carlos uses to bring out the best and the fi11est in men? It is ifs sound philosophy of Catholic education to which it bas held fast tbrougb all tbe years. Tbou are the cornerstone 011 :which is founded this i11stitutio11 built 011 rock. Arnold Lmm, the English convert, once said petulantly,. ''Tbe answer to tbe educational problem is a nionosyllableGod." The Colegio de San Carlos bas always bad that answer in her 3;2 years. 1!r:be 1!\ream @f ~ Wntber~it!' The man llt'ein! tbe mnss or ruins. ~h1.u1"d 111 °hca\·eu In slll'nce-1101 for ,·,uii:Pnnl'll, hut for hel11. Jt'r. pas! nu·. muries wouhl have been n little din1· mt'<l hutl Ille bulldiug bten blasted to 11o<hin11:ne!IS, but there remuinec1 tra(,• menls of wnlls and twlstt'd steel that Wl·re so 1ioiguaully eloquent in lls He 1IM not <'rr a11 brave men cry, Tns1ead or weepin11: and shedtllnt?: use Jess r .. ars. helaborlc'd anll heswea• l·~l. Till' I.on! onN.' said, "Ask, and it shall ht• 11:1\'eu thee.' ' But the Giver ru:\"t'r ~· (l! ld s 1rnlf'ss a man sweats on liis hrow. We mu!lt nsk 0.1111 We must :isk nud we 1n11111t also labGr. That Is Ille heanlf o( this uew Partulise .... we ,;u 11w 111 0111t 11Jea .. ure Jr we strive for some1h :ug !hat entails the most ll:ti!l . ~·1· •. m the ruin11 he hel!;:in I<"> hull() a <trr-r.m ... an(] 1he clre:im is now hf'· cc•mlu11: 11 rullty! Ir ill indeed romanrtr tn c\ream !111t l1 needs a superman w!th a i;uper hrnk arrounl to :irromplish 1<11ch an :.is1 r.111omkal tlream. The war pulverl:r:etl anti hnp:>\"erisl.· »J Ille c,;tel':lo de S:in Carin!'!. 11"1:1 mr. dern rh:ii<sroon1!< and college halls whloh were :a trc-~surc d1est or old memorle.~ anti uld f:·ieud" wen• !;!<>ne the heautUul d1~. Ill'! was f:"une .... 1he library was cone .. 1"ht're was !'lo mu1·h to rchulld a:1111 pr:ict• l·:tll~· no!hlnJ:" 1., lrnild it wlrh ll!!;nin. N'aw uo one ha!< til e power to MY, "rl~!ltroy tl(11 tt!mpl" :rnrl in thrP.e fla . n : I slrnll hulld I! lll!;al11." !'>:in Carlo~ l\'H!i< built by men anti has 11 he t t-buf't b~· men - :ind that requlrl's rnnnnou~ l<acrlfice!I and l!norrnous f:lrenglh It nsl!ed for coural!;e and not lo be over. luok1·t1 ot O'<>llr!le. wa11 1hP. nnanr'nl aspert or lh"' 1Jlrt111·e- wh!d1 ha11pe11ed to be the grimmer side. 1'he luwE'~t 1c"Sti111ale n~ade by the he!ll eugineE'rs of 1hl' c ty ])h•c:e1I tlu.,..c·i:!ft or a new bullcllnr; w:ir C;\"'!I" <he h11n1tn'd thou. 11and mai k. The· hooillntt man did n!>t know where '" ,::el !ht' tnone~· nr mstl!rlnl. The place "'as too iirnall 11.1111 the rtty wns undl'r n plannlnl!; proJ;"ram .. T~• ma!!" aml .i:-ci lhl' most 0111 or a hail s:tuati<111, h" h:id the 01,1 lmild:n.c:: cltmollsl• "" 10 .~ u,·•· lhti reinro:·ciul!; bar>< out o( 11\I! drnnkll ur conc:rete. Yes. he built the fr. ST. CHARLES BORRO~lEO lure rrom what rem:i:ued or th~ past. The ""hoer. wh1rh oncR re11ouncled only to the m(m:>ry ccuhl now he heard by 1he han• mcl"lnii; of the oh! and the buildl111t or th" new. Ever)'day. there was a chanite In the l)llllding. Then rollowell 1J1e lnyin<i: or rour. tlallun uones. the uement forms. and the rumble or hammer Flrok"~ mounted in vo hrme. day in and da>· out. Tbo1:1e who wenl to c:irly mass nt 810. Ro1<ario chur<'h nr. t'crd the remiiirkabl1• <'han11:e. 1he l!;rowln11: d stone!! lilnd conrrete. Just ii few weeks af1er the Flore:< de May0 the n"ew strll". lure stcod up-stately and serene. It Hok an I. !lllape and r"letnetl lo emhroce and proiert tl1e church of the Most Holy R • ~ary and hlde it in 11!1 wiug!I. Many !)hjrc. 11011!1 were raiHed. Tiie buihlin!l'. had ll<'> ~1>;u-E": ii wn!I too near 1he church. nut Ii; It unhecominit ('[a temple of learning to he next dotr 10 the templP of Tr11tl1! We sE>ek the tt11th lo knowled11:e and from that trutll w e :il"e n glimp11e or Goel. Tht're were so many nbJections and so many retl t11.11 e hul his rlu•·ni.:,\ ·.ncl fnith wa1:1 not only llJ'.~:>wlu.t; iria!de him-he ~as in fh1me11 and no one "ould have the power tu exllng11lsb. that burning soul. He knew be was trudg!ng: on tb.e rll!;ht road and tb.e rlg:lll road 11 not a b"d or roise11. It tis full of bumps and 8ometimP15 you don't even see the road at ali and only you a~d your cplrit and your reacon would urge you to co on. Weaker men would hive fallen In the W!lyislde and at•:Y contented nn(] happy behlD1 nn omce tle~k but he w1s born to work. aud he was working as a isoldler of God as soldiers of Cod alone could fli:ht and wol'k. St .. Jo!<eph was a carpen te1· anti he m11.lle things. Jn lhree m·. mths, the new bulldln!l'. 11•a11 Hnlshed and he did not atop at that. He la itolng to build another one-a blgii::er one! All hoi naeded wa~ our help, and your help. Ont of tho!!e ruins. he llullt a dream that !!I now :11 reality. He ts a dream · er :11nd unlike all dreamers who dream nf dreams. he Ii. a dreamer thnt Is a builder<">t reality. Anti tod11y, lltf' reallly that hu bePn spawuecl by thnt dream has been tlrawn up in blueprints awl <'n~·· necrs' plnn!I. The !lurface of the flre11m ha!' bern sc:11lched and rrom nnw on It l!I only a maner of huihlln~ up lo thnt 111:oaJ 011 whlrh his al11:hl !1 ha \'e been set Cron1 thl" beglnnlnl!;. The n1 .. 1 who looks out on lli11 past deed11 111111 thinks 01at he had d!)ne blr; thln.1t11 hi!! renlly done 11otl1ln11::_ Bui tl1e man who doe!! not lnok hl'hh1d. the man wh'J h.is no r·me to ror:st on paFt. acl.l!evement11-1t Is he "l\'hO wtll do - n1lrarle5. or the la" r,r kinrl Is the man wh'.1 bu rP. r.urrected ~ail C1i1rlo111 from rylns and Is grin!( on to bulld lt lnco a un!Vers'ty. He 111 that ldeall11t win Pffciled himself on an h·ory castle to dre:11m bill: dreams but at the "nme llmc> !h '\ rentt11t "'hn brour;ht hlmself dO"l\'n to earth lo (lo things, lu tllC' pa,.,.·ni:: paralleof men. helluatOl"ld a!l!de 10 if'I hon!lf's Rnd pralf:e" f!rop on men le~s dc11it'rvin11: or 1111~h. Fo~ once here i11 a man ·1 ·ho has placed hlm!<elr ·abO,.e the earlr 1evel "r brea11' ~'leatlng:- here J111 man who h3!< rlFen 10 the splrilu:il plane of s: • ti!lfactlon and pleasure In the knowledgl' of cl'.llnit Jil'.t'Od to his fellow.men. For that. no l!;reater teHt·monlal cnn lie J1:lve11 to the man behlocl tile drea1n or a San Carlos Unh«:rshy-Father Ernest H•"· erllemann. ·rHE CAROl~INIA.N LIFE, LUCE AND A PRAYER Lightly, Paul's ruu~h fingers strum•ul'd the old fiY•:-htri11gcd guitar as he sailed along with three companions. hall, Tony moved towards the stern As the music swelled mertily in the to take hold of the ru<lder for the morning hr'!eze, he began tQ give out meantime.. the "Guerilla Polka" in a vo:ce so The nin~ o'clock sunshine was glitdeeply in contrast to Sinatra's. tering on the sea like small golden "Ahunting. awalking, ashooting we marbles. Tony found a great pleasure will go in watching the beauty display'!d in Down from the mc...intains the sea that morning. He was too Through trails that we all know young but he had Vl.'hitter's eyes and We'll shoot them, we'll h<!at them Milton's heart. He gazed at th~ \Ve'JJ drive them from our homes sleeping mountains, the blue sky, the \Ve know we'll heat them thin horizon and all around. His eyes Because we're braYe and strong..... ~~a~i:r~drei~ch.gr~at delis·ht as far as In that little boat there were four Then as he scanned the glittering of them-all boys and in ages liable sea, something: happened. :\ sudd~n of kindling: Nipponese suspicion. Paul. paleness swept across his cheeks.\i\.'ith the sk'pp'!r, was 22, Cesar, the boat- ·the quickness of a fox h'! stood up. swain. was 20, Pedro, the steersman, He widened h's eyes. \i\'hat was it? was 19 and Tony. the cook, was 18. Could it be? His lips started to quiver. They all know the danger of ha\·in·g Y~s. it was! those ages. But that didn't both~r "Paul! ...... lookJ .. _:: he shouted with them much. Life was but a matter of a tremor in h·s voice. ~~~~\~hJ);f 1~~:1i;~·;~·w0~1~~rh~~; ;~~~ "\\'hat's the matder. Tony?" ~he for that, that was hecause their time , - - - - - - - - - - had come. That early morning. thC'y were maki:1g their war through the hlu'! waters of LeYte w :th th'! fa,·or of the northeaSt br~e~e. Th~\· were hound for Ipil. the mark~t - center of the t>ncuees in Bohol, to sell the thirty s::icks of palay they bought from Orn;oc. A nice prnfit was waiting ·for them there. So life went as usual w'th them and the\' didn't car':' much when the war wollM end "\V~ will go Jap hn~ting·." Paul \\1ent on gayly. "we will keep on ... " "Hey!"' the cook interrupted the ~kipper';; reci~al. "l"how is r<"ady hoys. C'mon e\"erybody," "'Report to the mess hall k'cls." Paul ye11ed putting his guitar as'de. "Cesar. you may lea\"e your post. Th'=" wind is soft., anyway. You need not counter-balance it." Cesar clid a~ be was told to do. H~ wa'tcd long for that sweet music. Hunger was within him for a oouple of minutes alreach-. "Good work T"om· ..... " Paul com11limented the cook.· '':\'ow. take Pedro's p11st for a wh'le." It was the regnlation of that boat that while the three 9enior off cers \\en· takini;: their meals th" cook was to rc~ieYe the s1ecrsma11. He was to tak<> his chow niter· the three were 1!1rn11gh. So. when the three elder hoys gathered in the middle portion of tt>e hnat which was th,.ir mess They sailed on forbidden waters for love <>! sea and adventure. A J ap patrol .boat and hot leads in their direction gave them enough of adventure to last them for life - plus a chill down their back<. boys asked. "Look!... there!...."' h" pointed what he saw, unable to .c;a\· more. The other three hoys- stood up, \\"ith a zomhie's eyes -each one (If them gazed at the thfng Tony pointed. Then. the same paleness that S\\"ept across Tony's ch,.eks swept across theirs. "The Japanese patr(ll hoat.!" Paul shouted in a tone half deed. S 'lence followed. Th"Y knew what was to come. They knew it! Speechless. they looked at on" another. Each one had· a million things t() say but no word could he said_ They had a full knu\\"IC'clge of whal: he-came of the sailors captur~d hy the Jap patrol hoat. They had seen many h~·adles:-. and disfigu.red bodies dr'fting in hlood-stain'!d seas. They had w'tnessf'd countless ships burning in the ocean while the unluck\" crews were tied to the mast.~. i\nd -110\\",, .. their turn was to come. "\Vhat are we gofog t? do?" Tony's voice rung like a half-broken hell. \Vhat would they do? In silence they looked at one auothcr. There was no answer for that qu'!stion. They knew escape was a too-scarceword to b~ found in those moments. They knew how impossihl~ it was for a small weaponless boat fo fight against a launch full of ma.::hine guns, rifles, grenades and other deadly im~ plem-:nts of modern warfare .. Look!. .... the wind is blo,,;ing h3rd now." Cesar yelled. A h.int for the answer came. "Sailor!" Paul's hus.ky ''oice echoed like a lion's roar. "Get any direction where the wind can g.:ve a full blow on our sails." And so the\· decided to take the last chance-t;l run and fie,.! That was the last card the.r could deal in that gamble of death~ From their mess hall. each one ran to his post. P"'."dro \\'Cllt back to the stern. Tony joined Cl'Sar in counter-halanc"ng 1lie force oi the wind while Paul look hold of the sails. The little sailboat turn'!d and headed "uuth. As the hard wind blew the the sails, it started to whiz through the slightly rough waters. Seconds foter it was in a good sp~ed. Then ... Rat-a-tat-a-tat-tat.. Machine gun l•ullcts signalled them to stop. "Duck neryhody hut don "t leav·e your post." Paul shouted. Th" boys followed his command. Pedro made the boat rnn in a z'gzag manner. He was an expert in that. He was already a good steerc;man at th'! al{e nf fourteen. Hat-a-tat-a-tat-tat. ... Bullet-; whizzed again. Atop. at the rear, at the flank. hot lead seemed to he e\·~~y \\ hl'rc But the little sailhoat went nn cc;urag-:uusly. Its crew preferred to meet death with those bullets rather than suffer the torture of those merciles hrutes. With that decision, they used their senses right. To die under the Japanese tortur~ wa:s indeed a horrible death. The N<pponese patrol boat gave l)llt its ultimate sp,.ed. Tt went splashing through the low wa\·es, its engine roaring like the roar of a munster angered hy the stuhhornes,c; of ·its prey, It went faster anc\ fastel', In CYen• minute. it !lent through the air a rain of hull~ts. But the bov;; 1lid not give up. \Vith all they c"ould they st.iled onward. The blue ocean that morning hecamc the ar~na of the gladiators of the tl\'entieth centnry. Rat-a-tat-a-tat-tat... Anoth~r flock (Continued on page 7) Page 3 TBE BIGB DIVER Many talcS· ha\·c .been told of war nncl "disa~tcr. l ha,·c ""read and heard immy strange ·stories tolcl. but the strangest hy far \\·as that of my friend. Juan. Juan":1 story begins in San Carlos, Negros Occidental, in 194;1. 1 was litUdy_ing in the Catholic High school there. I used to go swimming on wC'ekC'nds with mv sC'hnohnates at one of the wharfs. There. the water was dC'ep and clear. One Saturday. while I was sitting nn the wharf. I saw a hoy standing on one of the piles. preparing to c\i,·c. There was nothing out of common with the hoy. M~·-attentiou wa"' attracted to him just heC"ause I had nothing else to fix my attention on. O.n :-iecnnd thought. 1 noticed. that he wai>. ahnut my age. height, and l111ilcl -- aud that lw was preparing to din!' from a height whkh, eYen to nn olclt>•" - a·ml mort" ~~:~!~~0~:~1.i\,J~~~~1~1l~~ e~:Cul1~f ~il~rl~~ I i1·ssiunal highcli\"C'r. hC' dfred off. dc;\\'ing thC' water clt·anh-, and, in a l!loment, 1 was staring (!own at an 1·,·cr-w!dening ripple where he had entered the water. I couldn't help noticing that it had been a ,·erv welll·11:ecuted full-twist-and-a-half. keither l·ould I help envying the hoy his dh·ing ahility. Sudctenl~·. my heart ~1n11d still-~II!\L"TES llAD PASS·ED .'\:.\'D TllE B<JY HAL> ?\OT COME l"P! ··DROWX.·EO !" My lip~ were hef!inning to form tlw wi::ml that I was ahnnt to shout. Hut, as I· \rntchell the 1·ippl<'!I of the sea. I saw air-hubbies hrelik on the surface and. after th<'~e. a chuk ma~s 1-1trnggled up. To ;~:;;1_n·l~~~<l it 'J~~.!~lt'a~mf;~. l\\~~~:r~~~~~~ <"<,m<' 1n he admitted ii1to om· group uf ..;wimming friends. On<" Saturday. we were playing hide and seek among the pi\1•s d the wharf. I was '"it"'. I had easily man;•ged 1l• catd1 en·n·one- that is. t'n~r,·unt· hut Imm. l\fon. hut lw sure w:is · a slip1)l·ry <"ns.tomer. Se,·eral timrs. I nearly had him, hut ht' always managt•d tn t·~cape. till. sucldl"nly. he •lisappenred. I swam around "looking for him, hnt uot a tracl· nf him 1·n11ld 1 finrl. ThC'n, turning a C"or11er. I l"ClllW upun n hole in the 1·11m·retc. h hod .a ral('l{l'd opcuinJr whid1 ·was imper1·ip1ihle i,· .. m a {J',.,tance. But now th:it I was Page 4. by OSCAR v. TRINIDAD up dose to it, I rnuld sec in its wits heCa11:\e' 1 just didti't ha\•e the depths. hiding out, my friend, Juan, energy to feel anything at all; maybe Jn the midst of the thl"!!.e· laughter-· it was becau!!.e I had expected that pregnant days. the darR news can~C, fate all along; or, maybe it was belike a holt frnin out the blue, that cause" .... an~ his \•oice dro.pped a war had been declared. Our merry note or two lower .... "I had prayeil group wa!!. dishandec\ and we each and prayed, and made my peace w:ith went our separate ways homeward. God.'' The next I heard 0£ him was froin A the· wharf. weights were attachlyo Nando. his father, Juan was dead, ed to the feet of the unfortunates. to Iyo NandQ told me. The J•panese make doubly sure, it seems, of their had suspected 'him of g11erilla acth-i- death. ties and they had arrested and killed "I was the first man prodded i~to ~:~~C .. l expres~ed my deepest condo~~~c~);v~~~em/~~.:.:r~~q t~h:a;:r:eoS:; One d:ly. sc,·eral month!!. later, I hi!!. !!.boulder, I could" see the town. happened to pass hy Iyo Nando's ~f c~l~~d~:~p;e~~yft:~lilgs;!~t et~~~~~ Truth is ·"/ranger than fiction! This true story proi1 es just that. C'\"ac11ati<111 home. I was· surprised to find ~o many people' there. I dete1·111ined to in\"e:>tigah·. I askecl the first n.an 1 met. "Juan has returned'", the fellow said. L"nahle to flay anything hettt"r when Juan and 1 <"amt• iace to face. I said. "Xew lift"", the cnfltnmary -Celmnno ~alutat:on to a fri<•nd who- has heen in dange:· of his liie. ":\'cw life. ,you are right" he c01111tered. I womlert"cl what he u1cant II\· that cryptiC' reply. htu l reirained · from asking him ahout it. i\·(y patience was rewarded fol" lw. later on. told me hi~ .,,tor\' nf his nwn al"curc\ I le hiid been taken by t1\e Japan<·se tu their garri.;nn in San Carlo:.. ThC'rt', h<' was thrown. hogtied. into :i rln.mp and putrid <"ell. wh<'re he wi1:1 kept for two uu>nlhs (lh sianation r~tiuns, with little ,o:· no watt•r. 111:1,emling upon lln· type •>f Japan<"H' sulr\i~·r who happt"1u·d to he the guard. One da~·. with th<' approach of ni~ht. he was taken out of his crll to jnin the nth(":· prisonel"~ who ''''"re hein~ ht"rrled in a dr1•\·e tnward:1. tlw wharf. The guards rnr;·"1·cl rifles with hayollC'ts fixed. Hy the fading light. hC' could !I.Ct' the insane glint in their l'\t"S In tlu:!!.e. he rr-ad his f:ite. · "f;:unn\'." he !laicl. "hut. in 111\· contrtiun. "i didn'l icd afraid. Mciybe it r couldn't help hut remember the ho~eful plans I made in early youth which were now to he extinguished hy the bayonet of tlie lunging J~ Then I struggled with my bond!!. and !!.hHted my hody n little, to meet th.r f<irce of the Nip's charge. The Jap finally got to me i.nd that was all I could remember. e:xcept that I felt 011 if J were falling down into a bottom le!!.!!. pit .... " "\\·'hen I 1.·ame to. 1 "not.ced that 1 wa~ hobbing up and down, and thdt my head was humping against something hard. J trie:d to touch it with mv right hand, but my right hand woul(t not ohey. It felt nttmh. I touched it with my left. There was a gap~ng hole clear through the arm. and into m,· !<ide. Then T heard a !'lf?lash hel,in(t me. T turnt>d my he:uJ. It was a hndy. r;1pidly sinking towa•ds the hottom ur the flea. THE JAPS WERE STILL ur THERE. AT THEIR GHAS"J:1.Y WORK" "\\·"hat_ n:a·s T to do? It must hne been the Hoh- Ghost which de!!cend· t"cl on me an;I rt'minded nte of the holC' iii the concrete. where we uied to hide. What hette& h 'cling-place: I swam as noiselessly as possible with my good arm, towards the hole .. Therr T rcmainC'd for what seemed like thr \\ ho!e night, In realih·. it must ha\·e been hut an hour. · \\'hen the splashing or corpses ceast·d. I lowered myself gingerly irrto the water - ging('rly now; for mv arm and side nehed .and .humed. :as· if a rt"dhot irnn were he1d to it . .'\s socnl as I wafl satisfied that there were. no more Japs on the wharf. I strnck ottt for shore. \Vith both arms, T co11ld ha''" made it in secm\ds. (Continued on pa~ 7) THE CAROLINIAN The present senaterial position of a woman gives occasion for more comment on woman's ''emancipation". The provisions of our laws make a sobering impression on those who cfaim equality of men and women. lt seems that our legislators helieve in ·the saying of Cato: "Su£fer W<Jmen once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors." Our laws restrict the civil rights of weir.en. These restrictions are imposed when the woman mnries. Before marriage a woman has almost the same ci\·il and pofit:cal rights as man. App.arently nur lawby J. MERCADER useless anyway - but there is a prohibition of the publishing of any writings or literary works without th{! consent of the husband. (Spanish Marriage Law, in force in the Philippine:.). And our "Rules of Court'' providt.'s that a married woman can11ot sue or be sued alone, without joining the husband, except in three specified casC'S. The limitations of a married \\'Oman extend also to her property rights. She has no freedom to do what she likes with the fruits of her own separate property or with her earnings or proiits during marriage. For these fruits and earnings belong to th(' conjugal partnership. of which the husband is the administrator. The makers think that as long as woman ; - - - - - - - - - - - remains single she can do little harm to man. except perhaps to cause some "injury to frelings" which om laws <lo not take cugnizance of. But at marriage. the woman incurs many set backs. Man d11es not 'lose am· of his prerogatives. On the contrary~ he acquir~s more. Manresa. the eminent Spanish Should lf'Ome11 stay free fl'om the fettel's that they hare broken loose? The ctnflwr U'flll(s flu, f(r,!ldrope o/ that fidilish ry11P-slio11, c"mmC'ntator of the Ci\·il ('oc\(', <>a\·s ' - - - - - thnt t.l'e civil capac;tr of a marri~d \\'OllHll_l suffer-=. great li!nitations. the Cllnjugal prop('rt.\· cannot he hel1l great.est among them heing the fre- Jiah!e for any uhligation contracte(\ quent necessity 1•f obtain:ng the con- hr tht" wifl· ex~·ept for those contractsent of her hushand. For a married eel fur householrl neces,,ities. To forewoman cannot give consent in the ~stnll nnneeess:uy expenses by the cases pnwid('<l hy law. (\rt. 1263. wif(• purchases of costly things made: Civil Code). without the penniss:on nf the husOther pro\·isions of our Civ;I Code are explicit in subjecting the \\Oman to rhe authority of the husL:.1111. The wih· must obev the husband. Shi.' follows his i1ationalitv. (Ai::fs. 57. 22 Civil Code). The hu~ hand ha,; the undoubted right tll.~ fix the domicile of the family and the wife is ohl;ged to follow him where('\•er he ma\' establish his residence. (Art. J"i8. Ci.Yi! Code). The wife whu ooes not follow the lmsband is not entitled to support hy the hushand. There is no law ahout the miking too much - it might THE CAROLINIAN wiie '" hand are valid conh· win'n thC' hush:ntd con~ents to. the use oi ,,,uch things. (Art. (if) Cidl Cnde). It can he set·n from the foregoing pn,,·ision,; nf our laws that ma1Tiage impa:rs impurtant pcr,;nnal and property rights of thl' woman. So grt"al are the limitation.; on a married \\'O· man that she can hanlh· he con,;idered a sui juris - a person possessing full cid capacity. Do our laws fa\'t>r the activities of married women outside the home?. A married woman does not ha,·e legal c.:pacitr to habitually engage in commerce. for one of it~ essential requisites is freedom from marital authority. (Art. 4. Code ~f Commerce). To ('llgage in commerce a married woman must han the authorizaton of the husband stated in a puhlic instrument. (Art. 6. Code of Commerce). And a married woman cannot a\'cept a ciYil or commercial agency without the pe1mission of the httshand. (:\rt. li16, Civil Code; Art .. 282. Code of Cmnmerce). It is clear from tl1e p1·ovisions of our laws that women are subject to the authority of their husbands and that their acti\·ities outside the home are not encouraged. b t!1is treating the women unfairly? h this depriving them of their rightful place in <;ociety? Jn answer to these questiq_ns "'~e c111o"te the following from the Encyclical on Christian Marriage: "Order in domestic socictv include.'> hath the primacy of the inlshand and the ready subjection (If the \\'?fe ... Thi11 subjection dot:s· not deny nr take <i.\\·av th~ libert\' which fullv belongs to the \\'Oman ·as a person ·and as a \\'ife; nor does it bid her to obey l)er husband's request if not in harmony \·:ith right reason or with the dignity clue to a ·wifC' .... But it forhids that in the fami\v, the heart he separated from the ·head. tn the !{real detriment nf the famih- F:o;· ii the man is the Pead. the \n;n·ian is the heart. and a5 ht: occupies tht" chief place in rnling. so she ma\· and ought to claim for her,:elf the. r:hief place in· lm·e.'' The la\\'~ of the land are not unfa;r to women. nor· do the la\\'S deny them their pn)per plan• in society. For b\· her nature woman lllll"'t he ~uhjeci: to man ;mt\ her pr•1per placC i'. the home and the famih'. The woman in the hollll' n·main:> {,.iumphantly a queen. the uhjcct of all afiectioJt. and in her shall he ,·erified the olJ saying: "The hand that rncb the crac;Je rules the world." Page 5 mbc mwo l\oscs· I I by .JOSEFJ:'\'A u~r Cay !Jon Antoni·.J t;l"<H1twcl 111m11 his a~· 1111011 her suddPn\Y" lhe other day? Stran• 1 il•al h1;mp oue e1·,,ning when he r-:roJ!• ~el" still. what wirn that \•olume. ·'Life Re· nizecl th'~ s•ngle lighl<!!l window us Till- gins at Forty." doing 011 her rPading h .. • ua·s. Tl:at mean•. his ~rlust.Jr ~Li;t<'r !1.lr! ble? uguin f;illed to l1a1·e dhrne1· ready fO'I' l1im. II WM• already S:ll~ J).m. Antonio began to think thnt a wlfP might be bettPr c·ompany than Tilina. But flron A1Wrnfo sliffPne1l with i111!:::1"11atinn hf' l1ad never been a woman's man. The ri;o. lw pPPkt>d F-111-repUtlons\y <hrnu.i.:h· the thought or leaving the paternal home and Wiuclr,11· of the front door. ThPa he took his sister h11d heretofore seemed impoas!. of( his shoes and tiptoed softly 111•:) lhe ble. for he was naturally shy and-- women kitchen to the refrigerator. II was no ;i~e dld not bother him. He finally decided to r·omplaiuh1g to Titina. She would u11I~· advertise for a life partner through the lo· d1lde him for gambling so Jong at Hie n''· cal press. 1·helors C'lub after hm1!ne11s h0\\1"!>. Days 11asi>ed. · Letlel"s began to reach As hf' sc-1·ulinizefl the frozen chicken. Antonio. There were seven of them. from Don Slt<l<lc-nly hccame aware of his twin the office of tile press ·One in pnrticular sister in the doorwa~·. gt;;~:;'.~: ... ~~:ci wr~~·:;~~lgin s::;~· ~~ere ~::~::e I Ing.;)>< hi'. clid !hC' 1Pi:- of the Pliicken behiu<l I An old maid, an old hi~ tiai·k bachelor, two roses and "0001\ evt>ning. Ji.an 8anllngo Antonio." D tryst a/I· tangled Up 'l'i1 in;i ("Oldly repliPcl. '"Dlnue1· will llt! dd , h '/ 1···:u\y in au hour.'" L t~ a up 1nto a I a. ·\ntonlo sighecl with all 111(' pt"!n'.·:1p re- ri.ous story . .C:l"('ts of YE"'11"H as be thought of ti:.., .rlclay. lie fir.~t fell like a burglar and now he had to change his c01nfortab1.., dof(I('" tor kept his mind wondering -··who knows. an aristocrat's dinner clre1<s s-' 'l"itlna she might ftll, at lea!it Jn part, the void Wonhl not lw shocked. During the meal not a W(lr,r w;is "llOlr. f'll, thous:h the food was >1fn·o1·~·. his mothe1;•s going hail left in his henrt He wonted freedom! He wanted a sml\• Ing face, full or intere9t nnd arrectlonate welcome, waiting for him arter a tedious clay at the ottlce. And it seemed to him The dew had scarcely been kl!laed away hy lhe morning suu when Tllina wae· · a:• ready on her way to the budre1111er who ralsecl qulz:i:ical b~ows at the earllneSB of her customer. From the beauty !\hop she went t() the town park. Alone on a bench Tillna cJ1·ew from lhe secret Inner Colds of her handbag a letter. and read [or the twentieth time the Invitation to a render. "Meet you on Frida}· morning, 8:00 A.M. on the bench near the fountain In· Zinnia Park. Ple-ase wear a re1l ros~ that I may rPcogni:i:e yon. I. too, will wear··one." This was Friday morning. The park was deserted at this ea1·Jy hour. With fear and trembling, Tit:na sat near "ihe foun• rain. She was ro{lsclons of the red rm1e 011 hPr heaving bren!i! ! In ''iew or the glorlou~ prospeC't ot the d:i,·. Antonio passed by the flower shop and sf'ieC'ted a red rose fo1• the lapel or his coal. He tipped the f'!~rk and lert In good i<piri!s . The church liell C'himell the eighth hour when he 1·eacbecl lhe park. Seeing a lnily !nil and Plegaut on a be-nch near the foun. taln. he approached quietly trom beblii.d. As hp clearM hh1 thro11t the lndv turn.ed around. She stood u11. and tmmeili~tely 'imt down· again wlrh a gasp. mumbling "Tony' .. "Titl ...... " Antonio gul11ed. Then gradun:ly burst Into laughter. Arter dinne-r · whfie Titina w,:,1:1 l1ack to that thla parllc"ular woman answering his hE-r sanl·tnm, tu shut her.:1<:f 1111 :iJ1e an ad might be just what his heart yearnad oyster, Antonio 11ad the iivin1; rcom to for. She had signed Jlerselt "TAne Star." 11imseU. The flower9 profusely banlto~d on He felt the aaine. two tables fllle'd the air with n pei fmne There are moments In eve.-yone'a life which made him feel unusually romantic The clock struck teii. BPfOre goinit lo when revelation flaRh 111mn the mind, ex• :/\'.:.ougll he had already 1·en~lu2•l :··wty• heel, however, Antonio reafl that last lellPr plaining e\•erythlng in no time, ns It werl'. His sister's ungl"aC'ions behaviom· tho:> las~ weeks, her s11·ange way of avl)lf1•1:g hi11 com11any and o( goi11g about in a drea. my ex"pectanry of be knew not what. mnde him reel his own -loneliness more than e\•er .. W"hy had Tillna given up her ki..it• ling after dinner and why had he found lier reading the newspaper advertls!'. ments?_ And why had he 11een her hiding a C'Opy. or "Romeo & Juliet." when hE> came Puge G again. He drew thE' missive from Its enve. and wltl1()ut worrl!!-. This was aurh a m1,• lope-a delicately scented. lilac•:intP!\ me11t ! ThPY lnughPd It off. sheet. She WBfi fortyJive, lone!}• aml shy; she could keep hous;e-ln fart she ilone The hr()ther and sister went home togP.. tllat fol' years. ther, arm in arm, with two roses, and tllerPafter refol'med tht:!ir way11. They still Q( course 'l'ltina wouM have to live ito back to -{ii.., benC'h frequently :ind 11~· elsewhere, perhaps with Aunt Ana. In Ma- ways wHil a hi>arty elmckle. nlla, who had always been n favorite with his sister, and who WM a Fop1nster herself Yes, ho would arrange to meet his l'orres~ pondent as soon as possible. in forty-eight ENO November, 194i Ah. who will say tl1at thel'e h; n:i <'ha1m In a candle as it flickers and wav1~1·,; In the darkness? Its soft glow shed01 on one and all present a ,·en of mystea·y, beauty, and romance. In its -presence the · ordin. ariness, the drabness, the ugliness that were revealed by the un1•elenting daylight, disappenr. The homely face is lit up and is transformed into au expres• sive, charming -pne. The old dress by LOURDES VARELA been one of constant wailhi.g. Yes, candles speak a language of their own. The language of the Candle-ah, how hauntlngly sail it ls at times. Howeve1·, candles are not always associated with sol'row. Candle.s also wear restive gar~ ments. The candles that light up a !Jeauti· ful church altar-do they not add to the merriness In the air, to the exaltation in the hearts o( the faithful, to tho melody loses its faded look. The old furnL , . - - - - - - - - - - - - • titre is no longer drab. Yes, all things, by the kindness ot a candle's soft flame, be· come things cif !Jeanty, and what is alrea. dy lovely becomes even more so. Especially the pretty girl's features arc softened. She looks hauntingly wistful and sweetly tender as the candle's beams play on he1· face. If are yon erer /Htu,,r:;nl fn think how the glow of caudleli!J.ld can run the lfamuf .of hu,nutn e1110fio11s? A ll~bted candle gleaming in the deeper. ~!gtho~ ~el~:Y::sth:~~~;1:1 f::rstth ~; ~~rr7n~;·; ciledly lose his breath and he puffs a11d puffs-ten heroic puffs to blow out :five tiny little candles. Ah, and there Is Christmas time-the time for holly wreaths and candles. It Is the time for the members of the family to sit beneath the same tree again and talk. of the past Christmases and of the Christ. mases that are to come. And as they talk, llrn candles steadily shine on even as the lovelight tn their eyes shines on. The Christmas picture is then cornPlete, ·per• (ect. J cannot make myself think of a world without candles, maybe, because I koow thel"e will never Ile sucil a world. As long as tiler~ are he-arts that appreciate the poetl'Y nnd the mngic in a candle, there will always he the candlelight that er.• hancl?s the beauty lllld the mystery of Night and transforms. as by a magic wand, tile dark. unromantic world into a glowing fairyland. END Ing shadows somet;mes makes me fe~I On Halloween night. wa see candles inside like a wide-eyed c!Jlld on the threshold of pumpkin heads and we know that child• fairlyland. Its pla) ful !Jeami:; seem to speak ren's hearts nil over the world are thumi• 01" a land where or blazing neon lights • ing with a wild joy that Is felt only on - - - - - - - - - - - - - there I~. none, but where are found armo1• this night. The si«ht of birthday candles ed knights on sih•er steeds and fairy prln- on a huge cake makes any little boy ex· ce~scs In goklen pa.laces, wliere wishing rings bring me my dearest desires. and magic c-arpets whl~k me from one wonder. I laud to another. There are times when candles i:peak ali_ so of Jove. of ~01·row, or fnlthfulness. The candle that burns 011, ·!~''!> Into the r,ight, I tells of a mother's love that unweariedly keeps watch at the bedside or a feverish ch'id. Only he can under11tnntl the meaning or a candle in a Sckroom, who has himself gone through the agony o[ long. anxieti· filled nights beside a sufferl11g lo,·eit one. A candle tells of a love so great that lt Is limitless, i.o unselfliih that It forl!:et11 self. ro deathless that It will live on forever. DREAM OF LIGHT by OSCAR V. TRINIDAD In the beginning was gloom, Gloom, gloom .. The wor-ld was a hp:i:e of.shadows And movement. The soul wandered in mistiness. Hungry, it sank to abysmal depths Dim-shadowed In th-ought. Then broke forth the ray lmpal"tlng To the lost soul an aura of tigt!t Bringing visions rare and bold Of life In all perfection-of the land shadowless, And when a dear one goes and leaves us behind. candles stand as symlo0ls of our grlet They speak o[ the tears that freely flow, of the hearts that break with eo1·row. of the u_nspcken II ope that a time w\11 ccmc when loving hearts will meet loved {1nes again. And the man who has feJt.tlle polguant ache In a heart that is left h~hlnd can better grasp the slgniflc· I Where cai:e llfts not her tired face to the eyeance of a funereal candle. The candle lh11t shines. from a window t(lls of !). loyal 'heart that nightly wuits for an erriug husband or son, of a heart that will always cling to the onl" hope that 11omeday tl1-! long, long wait will end. Tho many disappointments that the cal"I. die on the window speaks of can be under A land of sunlit ecatasy above the fog. But It was all a dream Of llght, And, with the waking, fled the ray That had dispelled the shadows .... In the beginning was gloom. And, in the end, was gloom, Gloom, gloom.'}"····· The world ls 1ights and shadows And movement. stootl only by that heart whose life has ~-----------' November, 1947 THE HIGH DIVER .. (Continued from page 4) As it was, it must have taken nearly an hour Thnnk God, there were no japs ar~und when I made shore. I made my way to a salt-boiler's hut, where I rested while the salt· boiler contacted the guerrillas, who came in the dead d the night to take me home to the hills." · ? "But how could vou ha\·e floated with the weight ar~uncl your feet?" frank\\' puzzled, I asked. "l\·e nt:ver been able to figure it out. \Vhen I came to, the weight was gone." COULD IT HAVE BEEN A Ml· RAC LE? LIFE, LUCK AND .... (Continued from page 3) of bullets rude th~ a:r. "Paul r· Tom· cried. '·our sails! The ],ullets bore n;anv holes in thei-11 ! The wind is just g~i°ng through!" "Don't mind that" Paul answer~d. '"\\·e still ba,·e a chance." Paul rl"d all he could to _gfr" his comrades a light of encouragement. But th~ words that sprung out of his lips were n'ot the words he had in his bcart Ile knew there was no hope to he. rcli,.d upon. The shore of the nearest island was yet a mile away ..... . Rat·a-tat-a-tat-tat... Another burst (Continued on page 20) Page 7 ~ Jjop, a @trl, anb tbe l\atnbobl The sight was hrca!h-taking. Ruhcii. thought. as he sat close beside Lina on the Jong wooden bench on the porch of the low nipa hut. The ;:iternoon was fast di:>appearing, and the sun was ahout to hide behind the distant blue mountains of Malindang. Refore the two yollng people. sway<:'d the tall flowering adclpha plants of Lina, giving forth the smell of perby A. C. FERRARIS. apr}ointrnent. He had expected her to say, "Because I was then thinking of you:' Lina continued to smile. "I'd give up millions, if I had them, just to know what's in that lovely head of yours," Ruben whispered. "\Vhy not a penny for my thoughts?" The girl mockingly ft:11H·; the growing avocado trees,-------------~ Here is a nPW am,tle to flu boy-ond-Jfirl stOry n8 two love•birds go strolling m•er the rrdnbow. rnstl("<l ;1<; if shaken by the hands of man; and the tall, healthy. green s1alk.~ oi corn dotted the country· !-ide around the hou..-e . .'\. little farther. just acr.1s:< th~ national higlnvay. rr.se th<" prominent hill of Pangi from •ht• \r1p of \\"hich Huhen once excitedly \'iC\\"C'd the panoramic Pangil Bay - - - - - - - - - - - - ' and tla• ,,.i(lc <'xpan:-e of :\lindanao SC'a Thy .. nd thC" hill and <li.;;tant were th(' 'mnui(tain-; "f h:arkum \\'ith th<'ir thick forc,-ts. possihlt' ha\·C'n and reim?.·c of 11utla\\" hand~. Thi:- \\'as the c<,!111tn· Ruh<'n Jo,·c<l he:-t. since the time· lie driittd into the area to ioin thr guerrilla" of Fertig and :\lor~an. It i11iectecl into him that .'>C'riottc-' ti·url{ of l"f<' \\"ilh its altrrnations of 1·~, ,e and privationi;. ThC' JlO!"Ch was in that part of the lJ,.11,r hidden from the ra,·;;. ol the sinking sun. \\'.IH·n Huhen ·shifted hi;; :11\rntirni irnm the pktttrC' unfolcling hl'\·ond the hou,.:e to that nearlw. he ,,,;,. thr outline oi the httt ancf th<" ."hadcnn: uf the plants ra;;t upon the gwuncl. The breeze iro111 the bav ,\·a.-. lil'roming colder. (;lancing u~. hC' ;;a\\" clark douc1" g.:thering. 11<' gatherecl the hands of J,;11a in hi,,. "!Ju you al\\"ays '"'e thi;; dew e\'en· afternoon: :\o wnnder vein were l'ioqUent in \niting that· theme ahc1ut tlw ,·;e,,· i ·om \·our window.·· Lonking deep int<> the. cn·s of the girl. \w imagined ;;parkles of ;;tar" at twilight Th<" girl smiled ''I \\"a" then in tlu• n1rmd \\hen I \\T<Jte that theme:· '•\\'hat put Y'"'l1 in the m(u"•d. Lin?" Ruben hantere<l mischiev<>n;,.1~. ·'Oh. just he<au;;e .. " "Bel·au:-:e \\"hat?" •· 1~e1·au:-:t• I \\·a . ..; in the 111ciod.'' T ,ina':-: ,.:nft laughter tinklt-d like di:-:ta1\t \,{'11~. ··rrnm .. !" The hov miil1ick<"d di~ plt•a,;nre, ~ucct~,;;;fnlly. hiding his di~ _Page & plied. "Or wh\" tn· at all? HaYe YOU forgotten youi- ·se~mon that a worTian i." the biggest question mark in the \\oriel~ Or that two young people would he happier were the boy to lo\'C' the girl more :ind not try to under"<tand her at all. and the girl w lm·e him Jes!'; nnd understand him more?"' Point one. Ruhen mcntall\' recorded thi<1 hoomernng. · OF BEAUTY The clouds vanish, The sunset fades, The songbirds die, And, like the passing of a aong, Beauty goes The stars twinkle, The moon shines, The bree:ros murmur, And, with a lilting croon, Beauty returns OSCAR V. TRINIDAD "Lina. \·ou realk are at your lo\'elitst tuda;· !'" The ·llOY ;::hift~·d to another mod~ of attack·. "Do \'OU knnw that I always congratulate myself for ht:ing the luckiest guy alive:-" '''i·~,u .... y()ll 111en. Et,·rnal flatterl'n:!!" .. Flatterers? If I give up !"iaying what i-; charming, then I .;;hall have to cease thinking and believing what is charming!" Ruben answered., "Let's see how you are itoing to get out of that .one," he thought with mischievous glee. "Look, Ben. There's an end of a rainbow just below the .hill!': Lina exclaimed. "And there's the other end over there;" Ruben pointed, excitedly. · The two watched their· ends of the growin~ rainbow. The distant blue mountains had disappeared behind the dark clouds which by now had gathered in. force. Lina's end was rapidly moving, in gradual cur\'es up the sky, Ruben followed the progress of his end, pointing with his index finger. ''Don't do that! Don't yott know that your finger!"; will he cut if you point them at the rainbow?" Lina exclaimed, grasping the boy's lifted finger. Each of their ends had grown longer and longer, arching higher am\ higher. over the P3.ngi Hill. The colors were now very clear. for the hun,an ens to behold. Ruben held his hreath · - this was the iirst time he had witnes:;ed this heavenly, multicolored phenomenon in mov('ment. Then in the twinkle of the eve the growing ends connected - aTI'd there ? complete. beautiful rainbow arched 1 efore them Ruben's free hand clasped the shoulder of Lina. Both \\"ere speech-: less for a moment. "Funny," the hoy mused aloud. "You and I. among the souls in the world. saw this rainbow from· its beginning to• its fulfillmei1t in the twinkle of an eye. You :;aw one end. I the 01her. And both mm·ed toward .each other forming this hea,·enly arch in the sky. \\'hat more can be expre-.:-j,·e ·of_ the love we prufess for c•ach other, Lina?" The girl did not answer. ''People say there'i; a pot of gold at the foot of the"rainhow," Ruhen whispered. looking intent!)' at l.iua. ··Don't vou wish that were true ~l) we couid go and fetch the pot for ourseh·es?" ··v,,.-e don't ha\·e to go that far, Ruben," the girl replied softly. THE CAROLINIAN DECIDl·NG MOMENTS Xe,·er hefore had I hcen in a critical instance \\"h{'n my life, like a penclulmn on a slim thread. was consciously dangling over a.n abyss. So preca riotis was. my s;tuation that something wise 3.nd feasible had to be done and by me alone - and that fast After sizing up the prevailing circ{unstances from e,·err conceivable angle, I st:·uggled within myself with two conflicting ideas. By CARLOS MANSEQUIAO wrinl the JH'rirc;;t thicket llnt I had hanlk cra\~·lcd \went\· yards when I heard in hrokcn Eni· lish the call to SU>Tender I wa;; shocked as if by a thunderh(~lt, and I suspected the m0Ye1rient uf the grass around .me might had betrayed my presence. In stern tone the Jap leader shouted, ··come out. officer... do nol hicle ... no u.-e .... come out."' I l is sharp cries ran thro11gh me At first thought. I decided to emerge from my hiding ground and walk ~~it~~/~~~i{(11~13e:~~11)~e~heh~~~~~~~,t~~ .JI 1fnen·illa finds his bark war has it that a voluntary surre• ·- flQainsf the u•a,ll 0· his nmder should entitle the C:apti,·e to ilv n/unition dml'n to fhp, lnsf ;:~-i~~~- po~11~j1,;~~~~l)~~11 !n;·a~~rtl:~r~ 1'0U1lrl. The ne:cf ''dt>rid;ng for the enemy had last see!1 me run- mmue11f.s" spell flu, rliff'rr~~i~1~ ~w~~1~'te:hn.}0 ~·i~?; ,~.·;se ~a~~~=~ I <'llf'P bPIWef'n Hfe 01 dmtfh. the only ambition ]cit to me. The blazing sun poured down torrents of heat tn the gras-; stalks in which I hid. Its splendor heralded the arrival of warm nights wllen impoYerishcd g·ucrrilla soldiers can sleep without blanket or even shirt un their back. Slowly I directed my pistol to the s?urce of an appro~ching sound, .to kill my would-be killers. I lay motionless. I know not J10w long; listening like a hunted deer. Only my eyes and head \\·ere then moving at 3 limited angle. I felt my heart throbbing. I recommended mvself to God. 1wt for safety httt to alJOw me to kill most of those fanatical plunderers. Ahout te11 feet from me I saw a bayonet 'held qu~te high abm·e the grass. The latter was so tall and luxuriant that it hid the searcher from my view. The untarnished blade was brandishing in the sun. I saw in mount to defia~ce whkh \\'ould con-;~itute adequate cause for my execution in their hands. like a chi!Fng touch of ice. l\Iy life ·it death, like a ghostly figure, apwas to he decided in a few fleeting proaching me. Uut the second and opposing seconds. It was too late for me to run. ··If he finds me here. I must strike thought prompted me to hold my Rround and to fight back at a propitious moment as every good soldier should do. I was trained to fight. J knew f ha,:e my name, honor and Count;·y to defe~d The wanton butchery "which the· enemy used had aroused me to peerless pugrlacity, I lay quiet and waited. him first," I told nwsclf I was a hunted -man whose onk I sighed .out my Su;p~nse when he crime was loyalty to the great Caus.c passed me by. of Democracv and to th0se who are The thick foliage of the gra~s must dear to me. i was a hunted man fac~ bave proYided shelter to hide mC ing an antagonist '"hose hayonc.t knew no charity or justice. All these thoughts inflammed me and encouraged me to take the deadly challenge. . The austere command which was I was a discomfited opponent after the hot skirmish with the Japanese patyol at early dawn. Due to their a1~ms and numerical superiority they so harsh to m~· ear!i, then came from ~ucceeded in overnmn.ing my fatigued .. 11 directions. I felt that mY hideout guerrilla detachment. after we harl had been encircled to preYelit my esinfi:cted considerable casualties on cripe, .. their .si.de. Their fanatical onslaught ~ow and then I heard a clominec:·had o\·erwh,elmed and destroyed my ing voice as if commanding the other.c; harassing force almost to ·the last o ad,·ance to the depth of the grass. man, when at the la.St moment I was Th~ comhati,·e tone \\'as suggestin~ tobogganing down the hillside \\'here · nf that of a gri.zzled \\'arrior itching the "cogon" grass had afforded me for more blood. I heard more shouting excellent concealment. iu a discordant \'oice ordering me to The grass was thick in its usual surrender. The shout;; onlY confirmed August growth. Its green blades \\'Cre me in my desire to fight. to the last a foot. taller than my head. \Vhile bullet. lying on the ground, I was panting 1\1,· .4;j-calihre was, as usual, tuckwith. excitem~nt and exhaustion.. I ed a·t my side. It was my only, weawa~ ·alone. ;\Jy men were gone and pon: with fourteen rounds of ammunowhere to be found. I had to iight nit;on rit my command. my foe single-handed. I decided on "Enry bullet must hit its mark." escape from the enem'y and to fight I mumliled to myself. To a guerrilla only as the situation m'ay demand. I ummunilion was a premium so that crawled to escape as cautiously as an e\·en· hullet was Yaluahle elush'e snake does without shaking Tl;c;_ salty sw<'at rolled. down my the grass around me. It was the <li,.hevelccl countenance. Thir.;t had mMt laborious task I had eYer ui'1- dried up my th1ioat like a dc,;ert zone; dertaken hut I knew it was worth hunger. had \\'eakened my. whole phythe price. l\,fy progress was slow to· s'c<i:I system. Tu kill my cnen~ was Xovember, 194i from mr assailant. I thought to mjrself then thrit an angel of God must had heen with me in that moment The searcher had barely gone pa~t « few feet when I heard another hissing noise in the grass. It was a second searcher. ).J v ear told me that he was at my left flank I instinctiYely directed my reYO\Yer in the ne\\. direction ready to exchange hot lead, just in case. Sudden]~· I heard fi,·e succcssiYe explosions coming from the woods in the di~ tance Their bursts. ,\·hich were as iamili.ar to me as mr alphabet, made me think that some of mv mel1 who might ha,·e s.uccecded ·in eScaping from the enemy ·must have ·fired an Infiehl rifle. The whisking 6f .-·the grass abruptly ceasecl. ).[any yards in front of me a bugle was sounded with resound~ ing blast. Its ha&ty cadence, though foreign to my hearing, suggested an alarming call. I could hear the scattered searchers turn sharply on thc-;r heel~. The trample of their spiked hoots died out in the <lirection,of the woods. I felt relien·d hut I was not con~ fidcnt in my apparent safety. The palpitation of my heart slowed do_wn (Continue~ to page 16) Pag~ 9 MID-SEMESTER 1947-1948 COLLEGE OF LAW First Year l. :Mr. Luansing. Alejandro·······- 1.57 2 Miss Rubia, Carolina ............ l.63 3. :..rr. Garcia, Pahlo ............... 1.67 4. Mr. Seno, Cecilio . ···············--· 1.85 fl. i\frs. i\Ionterroyo, Catalina .... 1,90 6, ~Ir. Doronio. Catalino ........ 1.91 1. ;\Ir_ Ferraris. An:ano ....... 1,92 Second Year l. Mr. :Mayol,. i\Iichael . 1.13 2. Mr. Albino. Brunito ] .l4 :i. ).frs. Pilapil, Bernard·i·t~·;· .... 1.26 1 ).fr Dakay, \'icente ..... 1.30 !'i i\Ir. Borromeo, Je~us >.rr. Veloso, Bustacio fi. Mr. i\lerino, Licerio t.34 1.34 1.87 7 .. Mr. ;\Iorada, Fernando ...... 138 Iii .'.\fr. Dt"jare;;co, Zoilo . ll Mr. O~mena, Ramon ,\fr. R11iz, Eufemio 10. l\fr. Capahi, Geronimo . Mr. Lazo. Guillermo Third Year 1 :Vfr. '.\.lercader. Juan 2. i\'fr. Sey'IJa, Brn :1. :\fr, Balhuena, Adalhertn 4. :\Ir \'anp1ez, Fran('isr:o Fourth Y1111ar . ... 1.40 1,43 1.4:l l.47 l.47 1.10 l}'iO 1.79 1,85 HONOR MID-SEMESTER 1947-1948 COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING First Year 1. Butalid, Jose (No Rel'gion) .. 1-96 2. Rito, Florenc:o ...... 2.00 3. Bajarias, Fortunato (No Religion) ....... 2.10 4. Lucero, Leon .. 2.14 Second Year l. Tan, Eduardo .. l.54 2. Gonzal~s. Victorino (No Relig'.on) .... . ................... 1.79 Third Year 1. Ruiz. Teodoro . . . 1.59 2. Limchiu. Lucia .................. l.6i COLLEGE OF J1HARMACY First v.ear 2. Pep:to. Caridad .... ·. . 1.50 3. ~asala, Priscilla . . 1.5S 4. Gantuangco, Aureliana . 1,69 5. Ruiz, Honoria ....... -.............. ,. 1.7P 6. Ruiz, Perla . . .................. 1.80 7. Padilla, Aida .......................... 1.80 8. Gabrino, Alicia ..... : ............... 1.93 COLLEGE OF COMMERCE First Year 1. Radii, Carmen .... 1.4 2. Rodil. Rosario ... . 1.4 3. Coloyan, Aida 1-5 4. Maningo, Cristino .. 1.5 5, Batulan. Milagros ............. 1.6 6. Sanchez, Socorro . . .. . 1.7 7. Cabanlit, v;centc ... 1.7 S. Aiillo, LUciano ............ 1.8 9. Tan, Luz . ..... 1.8 10. Sagi.tin, Clarissa .. 1.8 Second Year 1. Sy. Antonia . . ... 1.28 -. Vel(lso, Estrella ................. 1.32 l. Rodil, Amparo ...... 1-3 !-1. Inotian, Rcstituta . . ... 1.38 2. Cahat'.ngan, Lilia .. 1.4 4. Ceniza. Renedicta 1.4!l 3_ Puentespina. Carlos .. 1.6 • Kintanar, Lydia 1.44 4. Ong, Arlinda 1.6 fi. Yu. Conchita . 1.46 5. Escano, Pilar . .... .. ....... 1.7 ;~~~e;.:u;~ina · ·· ........ 1·54 6. Trinidad, Luz . .. 1.7 · 1·60 7. Bahena, Manuel . .. 1.8 . ~1~!:~:~0~e;!~~;:~;a ............... · :::: 8. Garce!', Resurreccion ......... 1.8 :\fangubat. ]Mita ... l.iO 9. Escano, V'centa .. - ................ :. 1.8 1-\ho. Nath'id:u:I . .. .. l.72 tO. Masecampo; Julita . . . .. 1.8 7. .. .. 10 11. 12, l.opecillo, Ahundia . l~. Yap. Pac:fica 1 72 .. 1.7:; Third Year 1. Mr. Palacio~. Eduardo .. 1.48 ~~: ~~l:r;.~;ia~·~;:~~~·~·~d~" ····.:·.:::: ~:~~ 2. Mr. Luspo, P('dro 1,60 16. Bollozos. Rosario ......... 18-l 1. Cabating-an, Josefina 2. Rcynes,. Juanita ........ l_l ....... 1.7 ...... 1.7 3· ~r. C\nvano, Pedro · ··· ·· 1.62 17 ).facaha.c::ag. Emiliana ......... J.92 r. Ln<;po. Roque ............. 1,62 HI: Paulin, Dolor<'s ................ 1.9:1 4· ~;: ~~~r3ob:,eoLt~7.~~l~n~to. ~::~ l!l. Diu, Carmen Mr. Tumulak. Dominador .. 1,66 :::O. ~-::~~;ia.E~:~~d ;,, · Mr. l\[aribao, G'l .. 1.70 IJ. Mr . .'\lfafara, Gerrardo . 1,74 Second Ytar 1. Mr. Solatan, llernardo . 1.78 8. i\lr. Jatko, F"rtunato 1,84 1, Catan. l.uz Page 10 .......... 1.95 19fi .......... 1,97 1.:l6 3. Solon, Juanita 4. ~fadamba, Teodoro ....... ... 1.8 5. Abellanosa, Pur'ficacion ..... 1.9 6. Ro.c::ello. )i.fanuela ._.,,...... .. .. 2 Fourth Year 1. Tan, Espiritu 2. Unahia, Eliseo . .. 1.7 ... 2 THE CAROLINIAS ROLL COLLEGE OF JUNIOR NORMAL First Year 1. Navarro, Librada .................... 1.6 2, Canete, Leon'.sa ···-······· ........ 1.8 Second Year 1. Somo~ot, Dukesima ........... 1.5~ 2. Roble, G_enoven .................... 1-6 3. Tum~lak, Rosario ................... 1.7 4. Pena, Casilda ........ 1.~ 5. Penascoza, Ana ..................... 1.88 6 Abadia, Carmen ....................... 1.93 7. Dobias, Elena ................... 1,97 COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS GENERAL COURSE First Year 1. Roa, Aurora .. . 1.5 2. Sol, Cesar .. . ............ 1.8 Second Year PREPARATORY LAW Second Year First Year 1. Ozanaga, Guadalupe 1.2 1, Espina, Rene .......................... 1.6 2. Ruiz, Narceso ........................... 1,66 3. Arreglo, Pedro ........... 1.78 4- Mendeza, Antonio 1.78 5. Estorco, Avelino ................... 1.9 *2, Hotchkiss, Senecia ............. 1.2 3. Mirasol, Lucy ............. 1,46 4. Tan, Angelina ....... . ......... 1-47 5. Yu, Genoveva .. 1.5 6. Ilarnido, Carolina ................ 1.52 *7. Bascon, Gavina . 1.52 Second Year 8. Alquizola, Anita . . ...... 1.57 9, Belleza, Isabel ..... 1.61 1. Santos. Fernando de las .... 1.4 JO. Crnz, Corazon . l.6S 2. Yap, Julian ............................. 1.5 3. Cenfaa, Antonio .................... 1-526 *No Religion 4. Abarque~. Leoncio ........... 1.525 5. Fuente, Josefna de la . 1.6 Third Year 1. Ouano, Jovita ............• 1.21 2. Ganhinhin, Maternidad ........ 1-43 PRl!.PARATORY MEDICINE 3. Fernandez, Alejandra . . ... 1.44 First Year 4. Gabrino, Beatr:z ......... 1.44 5. Kintanar, Jane ....... . 1,49 1. Gallofin, Jo:;:e ...................... 1.5 2. Ty, Mario ............................. 1.6 6. Castanares, Desideria ......... 1.56 7. Cabrera, Maria .... . ... 1.59 Second Year 8. Se no, Leonor . 9. Dejoras, Lourdes ..... . 1. Ma!has. Gabriel ................... 1.6 10. Rosales, Lourdes 2. Lim, Edward ....................... 1.68 .... 1.59 .... 1.63 . 1.63 3. Asenas, Primo ..................... 1.7 Fourth Year 4. Rl1hinos, Manuel ................. 1.8 1. Momongan, Inocencia 1-32 5. Enriquez, Alejandro 1_84 t. Causing. Aurora VJ 6. Veloso, Manuel . .. ............ 1.9 2. I way, Ruperta ............... 1.51 3. Espiritu, Tecla ................... 1,52 2. V3:rela, Lourde!i .. 1.4 3, Lapez, Ramon ............................ 1.5 4. Montebon, Mar:ano ................ l)i9 5. Tupas, Ramo~ ............. t.6 6. Garces, Teodora . 7. Jumamoy, flilario Third Year .. 1.7 ..... 1,9 1. !\titra, Corazon ... . .... 1.2 2. Alojipan. Carmencita ............ 1.4° 3. "Borromeo, An~eles .............. 1.5 Fourth Year 1. Cimene7., Fine7.a ................ Ull 2. Casal. Kena ........................ 1.3~ 3. Delg-ado. Leonor ..................... 16 November, 19f.7 COLLEGE OF EDUCATION First Year School Year 19'7-'8 First Semester 1. Rodi!, Concepcion ................ 1.31 2- Dineo, Marina ................... 1.5!1 3. Trinidad, Tere~ita ............... 1.65 ·4_ Dunque, Teres'ta ................... 1.67 5, E11emecio, Fornarina .... 1.71 6. Yap, Esther ................... 1-77 7. Vivera, Narci!'a ........................ 1_83 8. Urgello, Elena ................... 1,87 9. Yap, J..,ahel ..... 1.88 ]Q. Ybanez, Lourde~ l.9fl 4. Zosa, Evangel:na 1.56 5. Basalo, Gregorio . .. 1.57 6. Paraguya, Cesarea ........ 1.57· 7, Fortuna, Otilia de la ........... 1.68 8, Palacios, Fe ........................... 1.75 9. Mantilla, Marte . . ... 1-78 10. Guia, Rogelio de .................. 1,82 HOME ECONOMICS First Year 1. Seno, Luc:a 2. Suico, Cleofe . ............. 1.95 ... 2 Second Year 1. Perez, Hilaria . . .................. 185 2. Sevilla, Luz ............. 2.2 Pace 11 I Picked out of Life's own I inimitable incidents, this story tells disturbing/}' of the death of a bewildered child with a message to all lovers of war. I llA\"J•; . .\l,\\'AYS \\'..\XTJ•:ll lo wri1e 1his ~1 •:l"-of a hoy I kne11· and J saw die. The ?1·e11e lwd atwa~·s r'ome !lbnrp and i·il"'•I lo my mind ;u1d l felt that ii was 1hei.,, b1•1·a1isl' it wantf'd lo be !old. because it begg('d to he recorclt>d in more durable hrm. It is for th:s urgenty and ror my s<ruplE> lo tell the stor.I' ti·uly and as rnur. full)' m; 11 had l"eal!y ll"ans11irc11 that I ap· Jll'Oat-h lh<:l telling wi1h misgiving. lt happened five)·earsa.e;oin thls<'itvlo hE> delluhe. three blo<•ks norlh of ~he pr1>sent f'olegio _<le San C'arlos. It woulcl ~~, 1'.1 a 1'.-'ll.I:" lime ago and lhe story stripped <>I lnne_line.~r. It ls11•t really. As Jong as the \\oriel IS to1·11 with bickerinR"s as long as ti~<· lhoui:-ht of another wa•· could not be ',!tsmfso:;e_cl as thoi-oui;hly whimsical. thla stor)' w•H llol pas~ into unlimelh1ess e\'er. To me the boy <·ould no! he more than ~eVPll years of age. I was seelug him one :e11tember morning i·a<'e with his dog in ur llflcl1yat·tl, buslle ''lgoronsJy llfl and ~OWll ou_r i::arclen like a north wind. The'. clog was runo'.1s at the laughter uf the boy and the mo1·kmg fa('e the b~y flung at it as he bolted a1·ntuul, uncatchable. teeming with tbe exulwrane1?- and the lmmoi·talily or life. ·Yet the clay after. r tried hard to believe my e}·es as they fell UJJon a" limp forin gory with blood, writhing In agony In a 11talned heel I conlri not flt the pir'ture or the runnlu!f hoy, s1vift allCI howling with his dog Into that 0( an unmoving prostrate kid on the bed beforo me. All :tl'nlllld me fJCOJ)lc wrre rushing hark nnc\ forth ln theh· frantic efrorts to stop ..ffle hemorrage on the left arm or the boy. The wound was wicked. In· parts it was l'Cd nn<I blue and black. The steel. couhl ha1·e hrl'.'11 reel hot when lt cut it. Nobocly ever kucw whe1·e the ol11er end of the arm Page 12 · I WATCHED A BOY DIE N. G. RAMA Uut of !hP wound stocc\ bluish veins more tl~an any one or u!I In the room and il had looke<l to me like roots or a c1Jul<ln't bear it auy longer and broke ane\~ p"an( torn ~ml of the soil hy a brutal ha11d. But he was a llt'ave soul, that boy. He did int S<'ream 0111 Joml. nor kick as any hoy nuld have done. His race was wet with tf'a1·s hut I C(1Uld Sf'Q 11ta!nly his stru::.• gle to kee(J ,them back. Hl!I mother. who ba1i bPf!U wPPp'n~ mo!lt or the time, tried to sootl1e the J)Oy's Dahl She t-at by lits s'de. stroking the child's 11a·r. with one hand 11nd f)rylng her race "'Ith the other. One time, the boy llftf'cl his racf', seeking rf'lease 111 the race of his n10U1e1·. There was ~Om€tlllng that di(d 111 the upturned face of U1e hoy, something lrretreivably lost. f rould see it. And r ('ould see more than the deaih or something. r Could gather from the knitting of the brows. the f!esper.ate searching in his eyes. a hewild('rmC.nt, a conression of a confused df'si-re. I have not expe('tf•d it but the boy made a gesture I could nP\'Pr rori;:-et In my life. lie gra!:ped with hl11 only hand the han(i or her mother. His fingers clutched tightly upon his mother'!I. tole] almost aloud or thf' urgeocy ~f h!s nee<! or her, and his cl,• sire to talk to her. There seemed to be a lot or things he wanted to tell his mother whkh could not find rell?ase ou1 ot tile web of confused foelh1.e:s. His mother rC'arlwd out to to~l! the ft'. wrish fare !~or n m'1ment 1)1e ir-n~; smooth· ed out; the hOJ's (11C'e sortened. The motlier look at the boy f'n<'ourag-ln.i:-ly, flglitlng hack the tears,.u,at staug at ·the back or he1· eyes. The lips" of the child began to work nervously, -~·:iundlessly at flrRt. An instant later, a mutter rose from them. h - distiKuishable ·gylJahles stumbUng Into one anothel', wortls sudd<'!nly crowding In his momh. Then out or this incohel'ence came the iiouml. The lips or the boy !lteadlecl, his grip on her mothers Jrnnd tlghteued. "Mn." he sDid suddenly, \'ery ralnllY. "did I do !IOllll'thin,I! Wl'Ollg?" That WUR all he sah\. Pe1·hn11s there was a lot mvre he want. e1l to sa3· hut he <·ouM only say those and had found them ade<i'uate eno11J!:h. He said the word11 with great 11ilfleulty and It hnc\ seeme1l that every Inch or him had aehed to say them. The motlier who understood the boy in 'yee1iing. An undnstanding .came upo1: me. H!Hng me with uneasiness. Right that moment I knew that the ,boy ha~ been reared in upr ght ways, Her m·Jtber had taught him the hackneyed phllo~Opby of punishment for a w.Nnl!: and rewa1·d for goocl deed. which now al last b~ougbl u· • der the test -ot reality, the boy ·found wanting and therefore sought an explanrtlon. The boy was never punished but fo1· a reason. A.nil now, racked with pain, Im had asked his mother what a_wful mischief. was he ~ulity or. to n1e t a nameless pu nlshment. It was a very s:mple question tnte-red out or a mouth or a child yet It had seeme<I so unanswernb!e. The morher merely cl'ied because it was silly to exp!aln to tbe child the war, the rotten way11 ot this wc:irld which were u· terly beyond the grasp of his tcmler mind. How could he know about the ~·eed o( men the'r lust ftir dory, the b'ackneSs In tbeil: heartc-how C'Jttld he comprehend these things. I wanted to say somethhu::: to file boy, to ~oothe him, t-0 answe1· his question perhaps. but [ fouud myself sudde_nly berert of wo1·ds; I telt so sick and cl'Usbed to be there and to be so helpless. And he died without knowing the answer. A tenseness and an unhea:·al:le quietnei;s Jmd settled in Lile roo111. The blood ho.d ceased flowing. From the (listan<'e came th~ cJrouing of planes, hack again after a lull Of two hotns to accomp!1sli o. mission ot death. The echoes of the explO't-ions hucl mounted in volume aml viole1ice. Each mr. ment drew them nearel' and nearer over our heads But I didn't ca1·e anymor~ tQ rush back to ~Ile shelter. Now. 110\Jocli In the room cared to move out. This le what have been repe.iUng itseU iii my mtncl for ye1us: It doesn't tnke so much as a cltilds utterings to put tlte whole human race'° shume. A coward Is he who in a moment of er·~ sis, thinks with hia feet rather than with his bralns.-Chlnese Prove.rb THE CAROLl!\'IAN eSPORTS Pre-Medic Blue and White Copped Intramural Basketball Championship FINAL STANDINGS Teams Pre-:Medic Commerce Law Ene:in-:ering Frlucat'on General A. A. Prc-La\1' \Yon Lost Pct. 5 I .833 5 :> .833 4 .667 4 .667 1 .H5 1 .143 0 .000 The Pre-Medic Blue and \~'hite C'hange of tactics and as the minutes flew by .. th.e Commtrce boys gradually shoved mto th~ lead. The end of the third quarter saw the Commerce squad hack in the lead. 26-18. The Pre-Med team broke loose at the outset of the last period as O'keef.e started drilling the basket with spectacular one-hand flips from the center of the court. \.\'ith nen·es strained hy he see-sawing. turns of the game in the dosing- minutes of play, O'Keefe we~t out on fi1·e fouls. '(Wonder Boy" Zaragosa went in for O'f<ede and started out on a shoot:ng spree of his own. clribblcrs copped the C.S.C. Coll-;:giate Intramural Basketball championship after scoring an impress\·c 3il-32 win <•Ycr the Comrne:-cc Green and (;old quint~t. The Pre-Meds and the Com111c:ciantes put on championship calibre shoot ng and floor generality \\'ith only four minut~s more to tliat had the huge crowd that pal.'ked play. the Commerciantes wert· ::-till the !'tands to capac"ty on ·edge l~a.di'ng by two points. \\"hereupon throughout th(' forty minutes of l•nas of the Pre-Meds was fouled and ~pine-tingling play. promptly conYert~d the f\\'o free thro\\"S awarded him. tying the score The fir!'t quarter opened up w'th at 3~-a\I and sending" the stancb the Commerce outfit starting at full nia~ \\'ith ~ ('oncerted roar. Fighting throttle. Ben Solon scored the first against tnne. Ahodies of the Prel1lond for the Commerciantes with i\J~ds played the hero·.~ role "·hen he .1 n<'at spot shot. The Commerce hovs streaked through the t'ght Commerce pu!led a\\'ar to a comfMtahle ]('ad ~s c:efensc \\'ith the dccidint doublel~1lclil a'nc\ r•,ffr1Je fllllnwed SU If. \\'lth d('Cke1·-pJus a foul shot. to hootfo \'<>lle_1· of dnuble-<ll'ckers whi!(' the an~\ thus wrapped up the championPre-:\-[cds \1·ere haYin~ difficult 1· lo- .,'=l"=P='='"=P=h;:,,y,,:f;nc==hi;',;";;";;;m~===i ('a\ing tl.1e hoop. The fi1st 1;er·.oc1 If dl•"e1l with the Commerce team leading, 10-2. The opening of the second quarter touched off a Pre-Med aya\anche of haskets starting. \\'ith a h~autiiul spot shot hy Zt>;:a. Frias next broke l!IJ a. Commerce play. intercepting a h<'aut1ful pass, and then threaded the leader through the basket. The CommerC'e t~am fl-red back with a field 1roal hut there was nu stopping the ~re-~Ied shooting rampa~e. S~1cces· .~ \e fouls called on th"' Comm('rce hov~· further helped the Pre-:'lledg acd at lemon time. l>oC' Solon's diar~es·,,·'!rC' ~itting on top. TO A LOST ONE Dedicated to Mila By F. de Leon You took away From me, 0 lost one, Mv heart, my liie - This very soul ! ! ! From you I now part, With feelings gone, I'll walk my way alone. Songs would bleed, I know, In time. that hurts again :\<; tbe whi~tle sounded for th<' re- For dear remembered days !>l!mptio11 of host",lities in the third Shall haunt you still. ~:~~~1n;1~~ 1f';;h;·:~~::~c~ci~~~~~lt~~ r:i~~ Yet, I do not mind; tt·gy. this t~me-a withering long- Yours is important... ran!:!l' "hootmg assa11h. The Pre- :\feds I no longer exist!!! i,>ldccl up undl'r the Commerce 'l============11 Xovember, 1947 SC Green aad Gold Swamped Bohol's Rafael Palma College The San Carlos Green and Gold on No1·. 28, swa111ped Bohol's Rafael Palma College dribblers, 63-42. and went on to win the Inter-Regional play-off s('ries and the right to represent the Visayas in the National Collegiate Basketball Championship opening in Manila on Dec. 9. Earli-:r,. the Caro\'nians had toppled the <>ther two competing teams 111 the Inter-Regional tilts. On Kov. 27, Coach Baring's outfit handed Du1~1aguete·.~ Silliman cn·\·er~ity cagers a neat ii.J-.18 lacin£ and c>ll the following night. overwhelmed the I\oil\1 basketers, H-!iO. Ahella starred for the winner.;; \\'ith 18 point:-; to his credit \\'hile Mat·-!!,_ <• who 11·as good for J:l points l~d the scoring parade for the Yisiting l~afa('\ Palma team. The game was a L~tless affair :as Ct1ach Haring played h s second·stringers most oi the time against the weak Rohola1ms. Tht Green and Goldie.;; pulled away to an early lead a1H\ coast-:d to Yict(l'ry during the closing moments of play. San CarlM 11·011 all dl(' quarters, l.i-10: 2.J-2B: .Jii-31; ':J-42. Tlw indi\·idual sC"<ires :~an Carl ... ~ 6ii Rafael Palma 42 Ras 12 :'lfat'r;:-a :\Tnmar 11 Yap· :\hella 18 Fahiosa Ch. \'etosO 0 .\ln111a1lora l'ara,; " Kutamnra :\fagalang 10 Inting Horrc,me11 011p11~ :\link Carra-an Tiu Frias 6 l!i 11 2 l 7 3 ] 4 ++++++++++++++o!-+++"t+++.r.+ ... ~···-...... CSC Team Off For Manila The ColO:'gio cle Sim Carlo11 ba!lkPthall tt>am left Dec. 6 for Manila where il will make n dPft'nse of Hs Na1loua\ Inter-Co\l(• gi:ite basketball trophy against the "1·ean1 nf Philippine hasketballtlom. A heavy scheclule lies ahead ror the Carolinians as the}' will take on the AJl.Cnnaclian cage team which is expec1ecl in Manila late in December. The memhers of th,.. Sau Cal'lo;; tlelega (Continued on page 20) Pae;e 13 coeds' echoes Carol~ IDEAL by Lourdes Varela E\·ery woman needs an Ideal to look u11 w, nn idc>nl after which to pattern hrrself. ThE:re is In <n•ery woman a rest. ll'ss desire for self-"mprovement. Out of this longing is horn her wmnanly idealthe woman she dreams to be. The lady Carollnian is no PXC'eption 11.11d .tc.- her thereisalstJ1111 icleal ThC! Carolinian g[I·] sJ10111d be easy on the eyes. No. she is nol neressarily strlk lngly benutiful. but there i~. a sparkle In bet· eyes and a wumth Jn her smile that J•Pople lo1•e to see. Rhe uses make•up with lh<! finP and delkale ta11te of a well-bred lady, without ovc1·doi11g- It, wilh?ut chear· cnfng her~C'I{ to vulgarity. '.\'eithc>r sloven till(·!'.!'. nor awkwnrdnesll nre found In her slrr:tmllnf'"rl rorm. November Reflections By Josefina Lim Thanksgiving . There is a day In November that is set aside ror a purpose-Thanksgiving. Outside of the United States, we, Filipino women are perhaps the best red in tltfl world. Ouf' purses are well (a(1en with varlou~ 1h!ngs o( p1•e-war standard. Out or the ushe-s. our homes are rebuilt finer, sturtller, more'\ mC'. cleru In 1leslgn and convenleI1ca. Our brothe1·s and sisters attend schools stuffed by teachers aware o( tbe important role they play in shaping the p?:t::tle n:inds or the young. Best o( all. our ch1ud1es are open again, ever mindful or our dire nee.d THE CATHOLIC PRESS AND THE FILIPINAS by Lourdes Varela Cat11ollc newspapers and magazines are not getting the support they should get from the women of the Philippines. There should he a Catholic periodical In every home. But Is there? ' There is a certain diabolical prejudice among the ladles against Catholic p!'riodl cals. Many associate the I!ame "Cathc•llc" with dull, lifeless, uninterest1ng, and plons reading. They do not reallie that Catholic for spiritual retreat and pray<:'r. writers also have much life in them. 11nd Yes Indeed, our cup of Joy overflows. \Ve can produce !'Cal, vital, gripping artlclc!1> have all the reason to be thankful--ff only with the Catholic Interpretation or tlte tor being allve. ~e::~e8~1111)~:'·0~:1Pm~~ew~l~:'.1~~~;1CIH:; ;:~~!~~: The Modern Materialism fo~::t~~~I:~ ~: ::ar~e~n1~11~8n~~:r:~:n;11~:1~ 11 1 1• She ~<!f's about hPr i::todl<:'s serioush•. But Jest we forget-we are far from ppr portant to be cautious about whnt Pnters hut shp is far from bPing a "kill joy> [ed. Let us not be perfectly r!>n~ci;i "'Ith our minds. C'athollc food for tllougbt Is nou• r'heerf11l1u>s 1 if. l1l"r strikhlJI." trait. Clas~- onrselves. Since the liberation m.lny wo. rlslling to the soul as oil is to a lamp. Somemates know tlwy c·an apJ)roarh her easily men ha"e lost their fine sense ot valm?.; girls still preru to waste U1eir time on without anr fear or a c·01d re('eplion or a and have donned all the trappmgs Qr cheap magazines. \Vhy not develop a taste <lhidainful snub. A11other achnirable fea• wealth, pleasure and honor. tor the supernatural for something eleva1• IUr(' about he1· Is h1>r lac·k of <'El!tinesi;. Womeu al"e fast becoming llabll:!l~s J"atli Ing and worthwhile? Certalnly. it takes Sh" clot's not inrlnli:-•• in ~o11idp. Other er than asf.ets; tbey are a druili 011 the initiative to begin. Let's go! A Catholic wn•\~"':! !'":::.:.- r .. :,,.s;t>~s he-rter looks than she po!>ketbooks or thell" helples11 parenl.s, Im!!· periodical In every home! or mar have more money in their purses. band!! or sweethearts. Moreover, In Iler aurl yet sht> ill not en\·ious. She dot's not matPrialism the Fllipina bas cast asl<te hu most becoming adornment which is 1nm\C:'~rri;ort f:"l low means in orcler to steal the tY. spotlight from cle11en·ln;>, women whose Ank the modern girl what sbe wouifl euly rrimc. in the eye11 or jealous women. tl1e-tlf>. more understanding. Hel' busy bring with her were slle to be stranded on Is their tremc>rulous popularity. No she is lurntls are everywhere-patting a weeping au island. It would be a crate or cosmetics. f:11· ll'.Jhlt>r '•lid hrr genl'teness does. nothing lltlle hrother's head. mending clothes a trunk or frocks even moonlight, per that Will wound apother"s sensili"<:' heart. torn by a<'th·e little limbs. putte~lng witl1 haps. tr it becomes.her-anything e!Se lh11.I Wlle!hC'r i;hC' hr :tt honw or -in school. the pots and kettles in the kitchen. mak. becomes her. The thought or modesty never her modr•1)' ls not:il 1.-. in drrs11• in i;peech. in!!: the hetls. Towards her parents. she occurs to lier. and In 3<'tion. Fashion the follows. but ~hows a clevotPd love lllld a l'espectrul Ful'thermore, she jeopardizes her m••· 011ly wl.ien fo!low1n!l'. it doei; not imperil <'bed!ence. She is patle11t and gentle with tlesty when she cater:: to a "good time'' b~· he-r modesty. Otherwise. she stkks to th!! tl1e o"et<mergPtlc young11ters who Jump Indiscriminate and unchaperoned tlatlng. trul' J1tn11dar11 or cle<"f'nrr P."en at the risk on l"lenn she1>ts. hohl pillow fights night• Not Jong ago, a young lady wept out •)II of bf'lng termed '"olt"•'ashionec\." She is ly. and In short. make a horrible mess of a date accompanied by a chaperon. She pure and <'h11ne without being a prude. the whole h:>use. Lire In her home Is pier.• returned with a peaceful conscience. Thr.t She ~cei; to clan~s. meeli; boyp ancl er. ~aut and happy. night In lier home. she burned to death and joys talking with tlwm. Rut everywhere. Thf' real flei;l·.,nd-'>lood CaroU11lan glrl was called to her Judgment. She knew wJ\at her purity sh'nes 01rn11gh her eyes. r;lows knows she lies not yet attained her ideal. se1•.-especl Is; since she never put her vi•·· on her )"JUUg <'heC'ks. 11ud gives her a But in that knowledge la the hope that tue 111 danger. She surely never regret1e1l lightness of heart aud a l•uoyanry of step someday she might. The Ideal Is the1•e. er,• It. -admirable and enviabl<:'. One does not C'cura!!:lng her. lifting her up when she What sol't of perverse sen11e or achievl'. loug wonde~· lnw ~hfl keeps berseU th::i.t stumbles during her brave ascent. Tiler& ment drives ,;iris to draw two or more bo~·· way. Dee[) down. she Is plou!I and God- lt Ir. l!eemlngly unattainable. Put so worth friends on n atr:ng? I do not kn·JW. foaring and from this mainspring or piety striving for. I.et hel' take heart and rt· At a party, a socialite was asked by a i;prlug up all tho~e lovely. sterling quali• mtmher lhat glory lies not Jn the 3ttair.. waiter wilat drink she wari"ted. "Wblske;""? lies thal make h"r what she is. mcnt or the goaJ but in the heroic st~lving, Gin? A Cocktail?" itkal. t; uly au iclP:il. In thP unfllnchlng courage. In the ur. ..Milk," she answe1•ed. lier womauly lw11rt Is eveu more !JOH waverrng c]elerminat"cu to cllmb on and If only some of our m:idern women would wlwn in lhc• ml<lst of her f11mlly. There 011 towards the shining inspiring, h:npC"' ask fer milk when 1hey have bad rhe bf'romei; more teuder, mol'e sympa• rlshal.tle ideal. {Continued o·n page 16) Page H THE CAROLINIAN AJ~UMNI NOTES November 4, 1947 Judge Fortunato Borromeo PrE:sident San Ca.rlos College Alumni Association Cebti City, Cebu Greetiil'gs to our Atma Mater on our C6llege Day: Saipan, Marianas Is. October 18, 1947 San Carlos College Cebu City, P.1. Dear Father Rector: It is with both pride and joy that I write -this letter, because the mighty San Carles still stands, a symbol of culture, justi~e - a guiding hand in the dark. All Carolinians in the Philippines, and we abroad, will al_ways remember the. San Carlos that On this yearly anniversary of the oldest existing college of the Philippines, allow me to extend our sincerest congratulations and best wishes to the Reverend Fathers of the Divine Word, the Faculty, the Alumni Association and _ the student body of San Carlos College, in behalf of the Alumni memlrers of the City of Manila we have learried to love and respect. CARLOS DE SILVA In a few days from now you will - -- - - -- - - -- - This day should be a day dedicated to a spiritual thanksgiving not only for us all, but for all Cebuanos or for that matter, the Filipino people _in general. For out of the portals of our ancient and venerable gates of our Alma Mater, have emanated the true celebrate San Carlos Day. Rest agsured that those of us who cannot be present will rej~ice within our hearts and whisper a silent prayer to God for the success and prosperity of San Carlos College. Siqc~~ely yours, T ·Sgt. Carlos de la Rosa Catholic spirit and moral values that 1;============;-i are so basically essential for that intellectual, cultural, and scientific standing ,;.,hich our culture and our pecple have accomplished and enjoyed to this very day. Be thanMful and be proud of such heritage and such accomplishments Let t!i.is shining record of moral and intellectual .achievements be our guide and source of inspiration, so that we, who follow the footsteps of our pre. decessors may be better ·prepared in our grave task of rehabilitating and reconstructing not only our physical and material elements of our civilization, but also, our spiritual and aesthetic values which are just as essential to our people. No greater task and no greater honor rests upon your lj.earts and upon your shoulders. Be worthy of that sacred trust and that singular honor. History has revealed the Cebuanos to possess that will power and that determination to surpass unsurmountable obstacles Let there be mQte Lapulapus and Sikatunas. Let us be more worthy of that civic and moral missicn, so that out of the ashes of war, may tr~ly rise a worthy people possessed wit~ the blessings of Order, Peace, Beauty and Happin~ss. CARLOS E. DA SILVA (Class '28) Secretary Philippine Institute of Architects Xov~mloer, lH'i THE PRISONER'S PRAYER by Carlos Rusiana Release these fetters Lord, and cease the ache Of life's bitters; her fill my soul does bear; Yonder is th.at treacherous hand I fear. Will atoms smash this borrowed faith again? Young, my yearS; but look! lurid lines are seen; Still with candor I yearn for life to share The Jo_y1 of youthful splendour that Lament the hours when woes triurr,• phant reign. My pleas hear. sagacious Lord. Thou Most High; Help spend dull fortune's sombre hours for me. Steer.to·yonder realm: my ugly "trail do screen; Disclose a beaute.;ius spot where none may sigh; Where Philomel's melodies sung will be: To slumber !ull my woes down Lethe's stream. DECIDING MOMENTS . (Continued from pag~ 9) danger. I again lungccl for any kind of water to quench my Imming thirst. l\Iy limbs shook for want of control I raised my eyes at the scorching su1; beautifying the day. I tried to single ~~-~u~~t 'J!~eet;:)~~~~~ sil~:1l~~~l ~o~t t;;~1i~~ gle soul .~('emed to he there. Apparent ly _J \\'as h·ft tn my (0\\ n pean." a nd ,.;,,J;tude l s111;porkd my:::.df 1111 my . righ knees, then in my f•:et. to observe ~l~·1:.\'~;tl:Ji;~~et:~ .. ct\~·, 'a;~n:·11 \n ei~~= i1~~~:~~ 1lia-te \·irinity to trail nw, P erhaps tlie pttr,.;m•r,.; ll"ft the gras,.; \\';th the thought th;1t I \\'a" the runaway in the woods, I ha\·e lo get out from here to seek inr \\'atl"r. was 111y m•xt thought . But I tarrie<l my action. for my pnrsner,.; might ha\'C pretended to depart, leaYing some of them to lurk around me. So I paused further and listened to C\·ery audible sound suggesti\·e of their presence. Moments dragged 1ilo11g· like an eternity of un<:"ertaint\· In splt'e uf all these doubts, I commenced to extricate mvself frcnn that tight spot and began tr; crawl my wa'y to\\'ard the thi5'kets. ~0011 I hc;1rd cracking: soun(ls like prip corn in the o\'Cll, Then I .c:.aw to the rear dense rnwkc rapidly spreading like a l1i:'eemher ing· all o\·er the g-ra,:.s)and. The enemy had set the gra,.;s on iire. I \\'a,; alarmed hy the new ~(an ger . .So I stnod np and accelerated my steps away from the conilagration. The crackling i::om1cl of the fire and the wic\1",:.pn«HJ :rnwke afforded me excellent concC"alment for m\' frantic dash to freerlom. ' Pa.g~ 15 INSP/1111 TION NOVEMBER REFLECTIONS (Co_ntinu·ecf from page 14) By 1'. r . • II. enough. Tiu.• heroine lak~ the perreet way. We rulllble da11gbterti or Kve have Just n wee bit or mnrglu to move In. That small maa•gln allows us mode1·ate drh1klng, But n1oderat1on h1 the golden mean. "Thank you for the in!'lp:ration." That was all that was written on till' hali-sheet of linen stationery that fell from the Fre'! .Press Linda was hurr'edly thumbing through. Coming up her room, a few moments ago. she was surprised to· see "" h'.!r tal>le a r111led periodiCal which 111rned out to be that Saturday's i!'!sttc. On th!' front co\·er she learned it hnd come from Eduardo. l-la\"ingcome from office and ieeling rather t"1·!'d and -hungry and a bit irritable, ;;he c-ould onl~· peek through the rnnlt·nts 'of the weekly. She was going to read it the nex da''• SundaL when she wuuld have a ·whole 'cta,- for leisure. · Her initial surprise, however. giwe way lo wunder upon reacl'ng the l:lt'unic contents of the pieC'C of paper 1lrnt had fall!:'n from the 1wriodical. \\'hat did the sentence mean? \\"hat :t did. Sh~ pal'ised up the editorial page. She m~\·er tuuk interest r.eading edito1 :al' which she considered highbrow. She was not th~ i:;cholarly, studious type of student who 'rould be concerned wih what the Un·t~d ~a ions was doing or wheher there was Are you one of tbose mlsg11lded coeds who think It Is sniart to dr,lnk and smoke to the amazing poin1? Dlsab11se yourselr. You're not creating the rlgbt kln'.d of se1.• satlon. If we ar& to be 1mart. let ue be so at• cording to tbe wisdom of Solomon. "Be not wise In th)' own conceit; fear G4d and deart from evil." t;u;~~1st:~cl)~le t:~~~~;r b~:~d tl~~a~agc, - - - - - - - - - - - - Linda's attention was attracted t'> an :llusiration 11{ a sailboat under whose full-hlown sail a man and woman, hoth young ancl about her age, were standing he!=>icl~ each othC'r looking out into the horizon. From el<pla·ned th~_ meaning of it all. . There in unmi!>takahle hold prmt wrre the words: By Eduardo de\ Castillo. Cebu City. th~ :llustration her eyes wandered on _ to thr title of the Free Press' second ,....1 11111111411+11111111111111 short i;.tnry offe?·ing for the Wf'ek and a Jo:uclcl~n realb:atiun dawned on he1·. Lll\ll:OLN ON THE The lint' 1u:xt to the title of the story PHOLETA.Hll\T h1sp'ration was Eddie talking aholll? ;;============;, She was going: to ask him in cla~s Seeing that President Lincoln hod arrived, the crowd of people thinned out 'to make way for the prinCiple spe~ker of the occasion. As the President went his way thru the a·s&embly, a curious head thrust itself co'1s;. picuously out of. line and registered disappointment. 1haL t"\'ening. "Did voll r~ceh·e the Free Press I !>l'llt vui.1," Eduardo. two seats awav fn,111 -her in clas!'> ukecl Linda dnring a pause in the instructor's lecture. "Yrs, I got it this morning;· Linda \la,.. going to ask h'm about th~ pil'Cl' ni paper hut thr in"t ·m·to·r h;ul Ll·gan to rl's\11111.• the l"ClllH' ani\ she had alrea(h- missed a sentcnl·e. Iler n~xt" l·lass was in the new high school hni\d'ng anc\ slw had to hurry wlwn thC' Jlell ran a" he:· inl'lrllc\or :Llwavs called thf' roll a minute or two· after the hell rang. She had to gu to the ladies' room yet. She was not going to he in tlw same class with Eduardo anymore that e1·~11ing. J:nda, arter dinner the following d4y, l4ok the Free Press rrom Iler room and settling down in on~ of the hig comfortahle cushioned rattan chairs in the sala. hegan to pt'ruse the paper. Hf'r atLentinn was drawn to th~ smil'ng pirture nn pa,E:e 4 of Evangelim• de Castro. the winner of the P.'\Lspummred :Wiss Philippin~s coniest. Siu.• beg-an reading the art'cles ahout her. ? She passed up the n~xt article which was ahout some ~candal in Aome government offl.ce, aml ·began to rt'ad instead the i:;hort story on page B. She came to the encl of the story Willi a wish It bad not ended wbere Page Jl'i. DEATH OF A TOWN ., Vergotrln The town was •flame .. a m•ze or twisting, turning, licking tongues of Raine. A pink cloud was over the town, reflecting its struggle-tc.-~he-de.th with flame, The townsfolk .bucketed water, vainly trying to halt the fierce onslaught of fl•me. All other nolsea were loat In the dry crackling of flame. Some fiery tongues were quashed; but )'Cit mora numerous griw the "tongues · of flame. Till none could stay the holoc.ult, and all was engulfed In a ro•ring, seething sea of flame. In the morning, the flames had died down. Left of flame wera dying coals And plumes of smoke curling In the air. The town was a burnt corpse. The town was dead. "He is only common-looking fellow," said the owner of the head, It was a hit too loud and Lincoln overheard it but was unruffled. He turned his head toward the comentolor and answered good-naturedly: "The Lord likes the common-looking fellow, He made so many , of them." !!===========:!! 111111111111111111111111111111'1 ·rnE CAROl.IN[.AN II/It .. NINI REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES Department Of Public \Vorks And Communication:S MANILA "'He makes money l•il election day. Tourist: Pardon, sir,· but what do SWORN STATEMENT (Required by Act 2580) He is sort of a taxidermist,'' yott do with all that corn? "Wbat is that?"' "He stuffs the ballot boxes." "Where I come from they do things in a hurry. Why. they put up buildings quicker than in any other c'.ty. They start a 20-story building one day and in a week it's finished." "That's nothin~you should come down to OJ.Ir town. I was going to work one morning ancl they were laying the cornerstone of a bu:Jding. \Yhert I c-ame home from work that e\•ening. the landlord was putting tenants out for not paying theit. rent." Farmer: Well, we eat what we can and what we can't we can. The undersigned, Benjamin Mart'.nez, .editor of THE CAROLINIAN. published monthly in English and Spanish, in Cebu C:ty,_ having beerr Tourist: Oh, I see. duly sworn in accordance with Law', hereby subm,its the followini state-· c1Jro?Urist's w:fe: ~'hat did he say, ·ci~~~la~~on,~~:~~;:t\~h i:lr~~~'f::'~i Tourist: He said, they ate what they could, and ·what the\' couldn't they could. · \Vhat are you looking so ai:; about? I just got thinking-fleas always know that their ch:ldren always go to the dogs. Act 2580 as amended ll\· Commonwealth Act No. 201: • Editor: Benjamin Martinez Colegio de San Carlos, Cebu City Manag:ng Editor: Benjamin Marti"°' Col~gio de San Carlos, Cebu City Business Manager: Jesus Go . Colcgio de San Carlos, Cebu City Q,'\'ner: Coleg'.0 de San Carlos, Cebu City Publisher: Colegio de S!Ln Carlos, Cebu City If you stand alongside of a jackal'\!! Office of Puhlicat'.on: Colegio de what fruit·would you look like? · San Carlos, Cebu City Printer: Pioneer Press '"He came here to see if he ... ·,)uldn't If I stood alongside of a jacka~s 25 Jones Avenue, Cehu,_ Cty cure his absent- mindeclness_'' what fruit would I look I:ke ?...... If puhlication is owned by a corpo"And how is he getting along-'.s \Veil. I don't know. What could I ~:~~n-,0~.,t~~~~old:;sto~~~n:~~:;,~t pe~i he impro,·ing any?" look liike? stock: None "H"s wife took him downtown in a taxicab and he ki'!;secl the l'trh-er and gave his wife 80 centavos.'' "lmprO\·ing, huh?'' "I don't know. At breakfast h"s hack mui:;.t ha\"C J.;tarted itching_ He poured the molasses down hii:;. back anri scratched hii:;. pancakes.'' "A "n"ut was sitting ·in his cell, playing solitaire .. Another nut was w-atcming. Finally the k'hitzer spoke up: "\Vait a minute. I just caught ) •111 cheating rour!!.elf." ·:·SM1hh ! Don't tell nnyh~dy -hut. fnr -~"t"ar!!. -T"ve ·been .cheating mySeH at solita"re." "You don't say! Dnn't you ever catth yourself cheating?" ":-\a\\··! I'm too clever.'' NQ\·ember, 1947 A beauti(ul pair .. __ "I can't eat this chicken." "Why not?" "It's an incubator chicken." "\\'hat makes ,-ou th:nk it's nn incubator c-hicken ?'' ''l\"o chicken with a mother could he this toug~1." "Herc's your dinner". '·You may lay the table.'' "Yes sia-." "Say what's wrong w:th this egg;:" "Don't blam~ me-I only laid the table." Bondholders, mortgages or other · security holclers owning one per cent nr more uf total of secur'.ties: (Tf there are no outstanding- i:;,ecuritil's. i:;.tale so hf.'rl'umle-r. If there are. gi,·e nature of each); None ln ca~e of publication other than riaih·. total number of cop"es pririted and. -circulated. of the hl!!t ii:;.sue dated September 1947: ~ent to subscriheri:;, . . ·······- 2900 Srnt to peri:;,ons other than subscl"ibers ... 100 3000 BENJAMIN MARTINEZ Editor Suhscrihcd and !'worn to hl'fore me 1h's 2nd day of Octoher. at Cehu Citv. :\ffiant exhihited to me his Re~idence Certificate !\'o A0.1194 issued at Cebu City on Oct. 2. 1947. FULVIO C. PELAEZ Notary Puhl:c Until Dec, :11, 1947. Pace 17 ...................................... +++++++++++++++++++++++++i, t+t+M+++++++++++++H+++H++++++++++++++H 111114 11 i f+ ~rcctoN~-oL~,~~'N'"~~~!dlana I L JESUS MARTINEZ + VICENTE ESCANO REPORl'ERO i EDJ1UR'i flOUUJ-1 ABAD f IS~.~~~~EJERO :t *++++++++++++++++++++! tltl I I I II I I l+ttl 111111111+++ 1111111111111111111111111111111I111 l++r~ •• EDITORIAL FL 4 DF NOV!EMBRF DE ESTE ANO marcara el 352 aniversario de esta ·i:eneranda e ilustrisima institucion. Al celebrar este bistorico acontecimiento, 111as que conmemorar tan fausto dia, saludamos el glorio.rn pa.~ado de nuestro colegio; ratificamos de nuevo 11uesfra /e en Jos idea/es que ba mantenido incolumes a !raves de mas de trn centurias y que le disting.uen de enfre las otras institucione~ rnlturales cual 1111 Andes en/re colinas; acariciamos a una madre que con svlicito a/an nos amamanta con la savia de la sabiduria y ciencia y nos ampara en esta peregri11a epoca contra las oscura.~ fuerzas de la n11piedad e ignorancia. Fl Colegio de San Carlo.~ es mas q11e una institucion docentees un 11101111111enfo de amor. de cultura y progreso yes una leyenda sin par que es/a inlimamente ligada con la historia de Cebu y Filipinas. I mposib/e es borrarla de los anales de nueslra bistoria como lo es pasar por alto el nombre de Sergio Osmena, el mas ilustre y famoso de sus alumnos. S'eria interminable· recorrer la lista de rns ex-alumnos esclarecidos~dignos funcionarios de! gobierno, .{antos dig11itarios de la /glesta, hombres de profesion, prosperos comercia11tes, ciudadanos ejemplares y mi/tares masque bemitcen ei nombre de/ Colegio de San Carlos por deber su fortuna, HI exito y todo t~ que son hoy a esta afa.mada instilucion. Nunca ha babido en esta region del pais otra institucion docente que tanto ha;·a contribuido a mndelar las almas, ensancbar la mentalidad, formar el taracter y hermosear los sentimientos de los ciudadano~ como el Ce!egio de San Carlos. N. Rama Pagiua 18 GACETILLA FESTEJOS DEL DIA DE SAN CARLOS F u e r o n esplendorosos los festejos de! Dia de San Carlos de este ano, a juzgar por las actividades que se Jle,·aron a cabo y que consistian .en una misa de campana, comu11101~ general, veladas, feri~s, rep!es~n~a ciones de abras dramat1cas, eJerc1c1as mi1itares y una parada par las calles de esta ciudad. Como es de tradicion, las fiest~s duraron tres dias. o sea, ~\cscle el ch.a 4 hasta el 6 de\ mes cornente. Partlciparon los ex-alunmos en lus festejos con su reunion anual y banquete en los salones de este coleg·o <lurantc los dias citaclos. CLUB DRAMATICA DEL CSC PRESENTO UNA VELADA Bajo direccion de\ P. ~~ne:-t IIoer~ demann, el club de los af1c1onaclos clc1 drama ofrecio el mes pasado un:i '"~ Jada en que se repres~nto la ohra ck \\.ilfredo Ma Guerrero titulada ··~fo vic Artist." Mm· concurrida fue la \'elacla cuyos numefos in\'adahlemente arranc-aron aplausos de\ publico. La ).10,·ic, ·:\~ tist Ctt\"a c1:rcctora era la Sra. 1 rm:<lad c\e ·:\forelos. acahada protagonista. hie hahil y plausiblemcnte .inle,.pr~· tacla por las senoritas !ere~1t~ Pd. ?\'filagros Lucero. :\del~1da , ~T1_ranc\a. Trinidad Borromeo ,. Sm. 1 nnmg cl: )[orek's a qu'en sc debio gr;mdementC' el rotundo exito. Cno <lc- lus mas cli\·erticlos nu1111•ros fue la comedia "He Kno\\'S All the Answers·· didgida por el Sr. Franci,o;.co Romualclez. profesor <le est".." colegio Lo,o;. artb.tas .que dt><:empt>1iaron ins papeles de radio announcer v entrantc,- cle un acertijo c•an: 'Francisco Borromeo. Al Paras Roque A ,·ila y Pablo J awlosa. COXCl'RSO !\IIUTAI< EX EL DIA DE S:\X CARLOS Entrc las actividades que emprendio el departamento mili~ar clel c~c las fiesta-; de San Carlos huhn Bat(Pasa a la paglna 19) THE C."-ROLIXIA:\ OSCAR V. TRINIDAD EQUIPO DEL CSC APLASTO VI, CIT. SC ::\fostrando una ,·ez ma.-; :rn sup;,:riori<lad y destreza en el juego de baloncesto, f'l equipo sancarlino. campeon de! NICAA y de! C:\AA, 1946, <lerroto con facilidad a 1os teams de Visavan Institute., ·Cehu -Institute of Tech~ology y Southern College, en sus recientes encuentros que htYiercn Jugar hace un mes hajo los auspicios de la asociacion C..\AA. En el primer encuentro que tuvo con VI. el team nuestro domino por completo la cancha casi todo el tiemro. confundiendo a sus contrincantes con su rapidcz al igua\ quc aguerjeaha el cesto con la pelota con nsomhrosa frecuencia y 1)recision. El recuento final marcaha una ahrmnadora mayoria a fa\·or de los jugadores de.I CSC. 63 contra 35. Luchando en su segundo .juego con el team de\ CIT. los del CSC. a pe· sar de Ins admirable':::- esfuerzos de ~us ad\·ersarios, no Jes dieron oportun 'dad a desquitarse. :\\ silbato final. los sancarlinos lograron h11millarl1•..; a ra;.:011 de la cue11ta 29-2·2. l.ucharon con mas feruciclad los ck\ CSC y ]us de\ Southern College. Durante· todo el tiempo de la partida mantu\'ieron a los espectadores. En frente de una determinada y dura oposicion. cl team sancarlino no se desespero ni por un momento. Solo despues de una acerrima lucha. pudieron suhjugar al equipo de Southern College a razon de ;>3 contra 52. En los circulos deportivos de esta ciudad ya se concede el campeonato del corriente CAAA al equipo sancarlino. Todavia faltan dos encuentros en que tendran que triunfar para sarrse Campeones. Son los teams <lei Cehu College y del Southwestern Colleges. En cuanto ganen estas ultimas luchas los jugadores sancarlinos contendran con los mejores teams de i\lanila para defe·ndtr su copa de! NICAA que el ano pasado logro arrebatar a los equipos manilcnos. Como antes. nuestro estimado P. Lawrence -Bunzcl y el coach Manuel lla .. ing lcs acompanaran a i\[anila. i OefiNEl:lOn RAYO DE MUERTE: La mirada que echa una mujer a otra con ·el micmo vestido. SOL TERON., ESQUELETO NIN.O HAMLET OPERETTA OPTIMISTA Noviembre, 19-17 : Ella que sabe todas las respuestas rero que no ha sido preguntado. : Un hombre cuy0 interior esta en el exterior y cuyo exterior no esta en ningun lugar. : Aquel peti'azo de humanldad cuyo un extre• mo hace mucho ru•do y el otro es muy irres· ponsable. : Ea la preparacion lnglesa de "ham-:inC-~gg." : La nina que trabaja en una compania de te. lefono. : El que se va a u'n resturaii y piensa pagar la cuenta con la pcrla que l"Jpt:ra encontrar en el ostra en su plato. Por ALFONSO DALOPE C0;\·10 PRECIOS. harometros y cojos, las faldas del Yestido femenlno se \·an ''ya arriha ya abajo". No cs de extranar esto en nuestra edad de incons:stencia. Antes, en los anos pudorosos de sayas de Maria Clara. se guardaba escrupulosa atenc•on de cubrir hasta las puntas de \os zapatos. /\l advento de la era que se llamab:i moderna, las faldas subian con asombrosa rapidez. Mas, hoy dia, - fenomeno interesante - se va bajanclo d ribete. Mucha razon tenia el senor Shakespeare en gemir Jleno de dc!'e<;peracion: :\fojer. tu nombre ei inconsistencia. No pretendo ser profrta ni un sahio que interpreta ienomenos expertamente. 'i.\o se si esta rebaja de ;ibete es un portento feliz de una reforma moral en nuestros ticmpos o si no -es mas que una moda efimera - y .'•OSpecho ft1(·rteme11te lo es -que me· jor sera no hacer casu de ello. Lo que si. yo se es que esta moda in\'uel\·e kilometros de tclas ,. costara unos millones de pesos a I~,; bolsill!)s de los varones. Despues de la guerra, ~e ha de temer las andanzas de la mo· cla f".'menina. Cuanto se pierde al me· nor caprichu de la \'ani<la<l de la mu· jer! Si me perdonais la ohservacion Y la alegoria, e-.o de ir "subiendo ~· hajando" no esta fuera (le ordinario en nuest1·l!s <lias. pues. hay la mar de cosas que suben y bajan. Cna especie de c.stas son las vehiculos por las carreteras de nublra ciudad, Por las malas carreteras que knemos.. ya no ts p1:sible, ni es currecto !'olamente decir "andar por las calles." sino "\r arriba :v abajo" por ellas. Si saliesies algun dia de paseo preferil:itemente en tm jeep. me explicaria mejor eso de ir "arriha y ahajo". ~~~~~~~~ GACETILLA. (Continuacion de la pagina 18) tcry });·il! Competition, juegos de ba· loncesto \' YolleYhall Rirnlizaron en e,;tcs jueios los -dos i)a\allones. mien· ::·:; ... CJ;~<; en 1:~1~;~~-n~.~~<·~. ~~;{~".~ .:·2~1~ "D". inclnso el grnpo domingue:-o se disputaron. Preo;cnciaron a este concurso los comandantes del ROTC de los crimandantes <kl ROTC como jueces. El Battery "B" fue juzgado cl mejo'i'. Pagiua 19 LIFE, ·LUCK AND ..... . (Continu'!d from page 7) of bullets was heard. "\Vhafs that?" Pedro ask'!d "I 'hear a .!'!range sound below the de.ck ... "Cesar. take hold of the sails while I take a fook what's g'Oing on below." Paul handed Cesar the rope that was fastened to the sails. He took off the liox:·like cov-:r of the small opening of the deck. Then h'! stooped down and made an eye of the bottom of the hoat. But th'!n... he paused for <! moment and refused to believe what he ~aw. There, a great blow of water cam'! ntshing in through the holes of the shattered keel. They were holes hared lH' machine gun bull.,.ts. "(jiye- me a piece oi doth, quick!'' CSC TEAM OFF .•• (Continued from page 13) tlon are Fr. Lawrence Bunzel. S.P.D atl.• Jetic director; Manuel Baring; coach; Antonio Bas, captain; Lauro Mumar, Marcelino Abella, Vicente Cortes. Alvin P..araz. Jose Magnla.ng, Eustaqulo Chlr:-farrVeloso, Francisco Borromeo, Amado Du, Ramon Mlole, Ruben Frias and Aquino. Batlller and Ramoneda did not make the trip on account of the one year residence rule whiclrwill be enforced In the coming Jnte1•~0Jleglate meet. The absence of Bu.· tiller will be felt by t11e Green aild Gold 11s he hae time anU again proved himself 11andy in the pinehee. However, Mlole nnd Frias will bid fair to plug tbe gap lelt by the absence or Bntlller. he shouted. "\\'e\·e got to plug these ~~~~~~ holes.'' Through the small opening ti n ~:~ :h1~c1~(;~1~1ided down to the bottom u APOLOGY ~ 'It':< nn u~e Paul"Cesar answered. I tt ~:!::t';\·:11~~\} fading. They ar~ coming "' For the unpardonable U •. ,·;r:orget ihem" Pa.ul argued ane:ri.ly. 1 delay in the relea.'ie of the i 11;~: \'J~ie~·~t 0 t? er,~~\~. t~=~e ~~~!~s. Give "CAROLINIAN," an apnTony han<l'.'d Paul an old towel logy is in order. It wa:. the on\_I' piece a\'ailable. Paul i I tore the tow"! apart and :.tartC'd l!:dll<ll' plugging tht> hnlc-.. Reim\· the <leek he C'Ottld now hear the <lrune of the ~~~~~ bunch. snnnding like a music- of a night when .vampir"s roam the strert:<. l.ou<i<:r and louder it g:·e\\. :\nd Hat-a-tat-a-tat-lat. .•\not her fire was gi\·en to them. ~carer and nrarcr the Japs came. Paul's lip;; start~<] to qt1i\·e" Hi" hand;; hee:ttn to tremhlc. llis heal'\ hca•ed faster. l"nC"oncirons],· a prayer was horn in him. That w;\s th" la:'t thing he rnuld do, ":\1y l.nnl" hC' ,.,ili<l in a trembling whi:<pe·« "\'ou'rr th<' (111]\· one to whnm I can a..;k fnr hC'lp. Pl~ase- don't let 11:< <lie in th'f'ir hands De\h:('r us. my Loni" Ile \\·as not us~d to prayer:' hciore. He on\e had that strange llC'lief that prayers art' onl~· for wnme-n an<\ not for men. But at that moment he came to pray. And he said with his hea,.t. ''Plant's~ /\medrnn plane-s !" he hennl Pedl'o slwntin.£. in a thund"rholt. Thl· Lord's an:'wer? Xo! He didn't heli('\'e it. Ped,·o must hn,·e g-one cJ .. lirinu;i, he thought. His comr<t<lt' llltht ha\'e mistaken the drOne ,,j the patrcl boat to that of a plane. Hut .. "Paut ! Com{' up quick!" Ce.;ar and Tony call .. {] him, ":\merican plane;:;: TJur:·) !" . \111(•rica11 planes~ Could it he? He diwht"d up lmC'k to the deck. He w.\'i ju.,\ in time to <.e<> the h 'g ..;p\ashe~ of ;;ea wall'I'. Machine g-un hullet.;; Page 20 s11unde<l more fiercer than h-:fore. The :<ea bccanw a field uf foam an'l sputtt:-. .. \ ft-w seconds later the :<on.; of the ri"ing sun \\ C'nt {lnwn to the d{'pth;;, :\miclst the hO\\·\ing cll'·ers of hi;; rn111rac\es, Paul rema ned silent for a moment. He sa\\· tbe Lord's answer. tbe nr~'t'nt willing help ~i\·en hy Him in 1·cturn fur a prayer he ,;'ncerely nHerC'd. An<] a ne\\' light do::scentled upon him .. Se\'eral hours TIO\\' had passed ,;incc 1hat unhclie,·ahle mil'a(·l'f'. Beneath !ht· Jovel\' sundown. the little- sailhoat ,,·<·11t ~!'~lb~~ peaC'efully in th"' sleepmg sea. Lightly. Panl',; rough fin_g-er,; •.trnmmcd hi:;; guitar. ··Paul." Cesar interrupted him. "isn't l'fe a matt"r of luck?" "It i-:.n't." he an.~wered. "L.ife i~ a maltcr of prayers.·· The three yottng"'r hoy,, looked at one anotht:r Tn them. Paul \\·as talk· ing in a ri<idlc. .. Prayers?" they asked. "Ycs."was th" skipper'" short reply \\'.thout taking pain in explaining \\'hat he sai<L He clidn't care if the hroys di<I not get \\'hat he meant . So;11ctla\' the\' '\\'oulrl ("01110:to unc\er>.taml. · · -THE ENDHUMAN NATURE By C. RODIL The girl whose ideas are as queer ~s the shapes of her bags and· shoes. The teacher who starts howling· and stmnptng his foot which may also start you to thiiiking whether his wif.e is a little bit too nagging 01· whether his morning' coffee was done rather rt:oo sweet. The boy who puts on the right c.lothes, goes to the right places, meets the .right people, does practtcally the right things except give the right answers '.TI the c~assroom. The debutante whose evening dress is so adequate to co\'e;· the wholf' floor but lea\·es her poor back to 1meumonia. The hov who hangs around juke hnx joint~. so girls would think well oi him although he can never call the tune he likes until a good rr·iend happens to drop in . The girl who would rather lose weight than fail ta set her hair. ? The guerrillero who ~·ikes to recount the close sha,·e he- had with the Japs at the ti'me you aren't in the mood to hear him. just to conYince \'OU every cent oi his backpay was r~ htly due him. The teacher who cannot excuse ahserces and late peop~e other than hi;; own self. Men who ea;;ily fall poor. helpless v··clims of the treacherous disguise o;' lipstick and rouge. The .sort t'f gir~· wl'O makes rough determined men turn i:entle and lose <lirection. People who borrow :your thin~s and keeps them. think'hg you wert ~0 generous as not to ask them hack until finall" YOU wil~· he force'.d to borrow ro~r 'own things. to g·et them Lack. 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