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Title: The Carolinian
Issue Date: Volume XI (Issue No. 5) February-March 1948
Year: 1948
Language: English
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extracted text: t I h..- [ r1:BPl' \){) .I. IWII. Jl)t~ ( MID· SEMESTER HONOR ROLL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION EDUCATION I 1. Rod"!. Concepcion ................................... 1.1;"1 2. Buenaventura,. Amparo :J. ll:no, Marina 4_ Enemecio Fornar:na !i. Patalinghug. Fe 6. Du~1qt1 e, Teusit:-, 1.21 1.3 ...... 131 1.3;) COMMERCE II 1. Rodil. :\mparo .................................... . ') Cahatin~Jan. Lydia . :J Hui\·ivar. Evenc:o _ 4. Bacus, is·dro oi. Amores, Rufo . 6. Cahanlit. Vicente 7. Puentcspina. Carlos · fl ).[artine7.. Teresita ....................... . ......... 1.12 .......... 1.16 1.hl .. l.:J.J. . I 4:! 1 '43 . 16 . . 1.63 .. Uia 7. Vivera. Karcisa 8_ Zosa, Vicente Jr. 9. :\h.rtine?., Jesus . 10' Cl'maco. Rosauro . ............................. Uii 9. Yap. Isabel 10. Coyuca,. Serg:o EDUCATION II 1. Cruz, Corazon ........ . 2. Albarracin. CaroJ:na !I. Hotchkiss. Senec:a 4. Bascun. Ga,·ina !i_ l\lar. Carolina clel 6. Alc1ui:wla. Anita 7. Jpanag. Clara 8. Tan. AnQel"na 9. Paran. R~qwrta EDUCATION 111 1, Ozarraga. Cua'la111••! 2. Kintanar, Jane · !l. Helkza,. Isiihel 4. Alcazaran. Pura fl. Hosa[. Jose 6 Gahrino, Beatriz 7. :Mirasol. Lucv ~. Dosdo.<;, Trin.idacl 9. 011ano Jn\·ita 10. Canh'nhin. ;..Jat<"rnidad EDUCATION IV I. l>t"jor:1:,, l.ourdes . 2. ].fonwngan. lnecenc<a :t lw;1y. Rupt'rta 4. Joaquino, Corazon ;I, )[arque;;, Purificat·ion (), Tan, Crispina ..... .. 7. Fortuna Otilia de la 8, Fernandt';;. Alejandra 9. Rosale!\. Constanc:a 10 \"illagonzalu. llionisia 1_;i8 ................... l 6;i 1. RamiTcz. Gloria 2 Kiere, Pedro :J: l.aspinas. Cesar COMMERCE III .......... 1.3 ........ 1.4:1 l.IH 4. Cahatingan. Josefina ;;_ Costanilla. Conrado ................................... If:i ..... 1.:1:1 l :1-1 1.:lfi 1.:-1 1,.i:{ 1.."1:l 1_:-1fi 1.(i ](ii 1.H COMMERCE IV 1. Limch\1, ).lilagros 2. Senador. Encarnacion :I. Ho.sal. Virgilio 4. Tan. Espiritu . COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING ENGINEERING 1 1_ .\lpu("rto. Ih-stituto ENGINEERING II 1. Tan Eduardo •... '' (;onzalc;;, \'ictcrino Jr. ENGINEERING Ill I, Ruiz. Teodoro COLLEGE OF PHARMACY PHARMACY I ~:~l 1. Ccn'.za. lknc~licta . 1 _;'),1 2. hwcian. He,.;t1tuta 1 ;)/ 1: .;:~irn'~~~:~"~arn~·~·n ~-~!) Hui?.. Carolina l_Gl ~: ~-,~~~~~~s. ~~~trella 1.62 1 7:! 1_8.) 1.~ti .. 18.) 1.2 . ] H! 2.1 11 1_:!:) i:a COLLEGE OF COMMERCE COMMERCE I fl ).languhat. Jo\<ta !l. (;erra. Luisa HI K;n1anar, L\'Clia 11: Yu. Conchita 1_3;1 1.:ll..1 1:"1:1 lfifi .. 1.72 1.77 l.~i 1_ Coloyan, ,\.dah 2. lfodil Rosario . :J. Tan. Luz .J.. Patal"nghug, Michelangelo ;'. Paulin. ).fo"sesa fi. ~laningq Cristino 7. "7\lario. \'icente . ~: r1011f;~::~ Alejandro Jr. 10. Asm;cion. T..ourcks .. 1.1:! 1_.i ... ]_.i 1.:):j .............. 15;) 16 1,64 .............. 1.6!i 1 6'1 1.74 PHARMACY II 1. Catan Ltt7. 2. Pepito. Caridad ::J. Lasala. Priscilla . 4 Gantuangco. Aureliana . :l Rui..:: Honor:R ll. Cortes Encarnacion 7. Rni?. Perla ..... 1 2 l 4:l ...... 1.J.!J I . ........ '~·~~ ! l!l:l' 1 94 I VOL.XI tlt:be ctearoUntan N0.5 _________ O_ffi_cia_l_O_rga_·n_<i_f _Th_•_Student Body Of Tlie Co_l•_111_·o_d_e_san __ c_ar_lo_• _______ _ Valeriano Lozada Oscar V. Trinidad ASSOCIATE EDITORS BENJAMIN MARTINEZ EOITOR-IN-Cl-llEF Lourdes Varela Josefina Lim LITERARY Mario lrrabagon NAPOLEON G. RAMA SPAN/SU EDITOR JoseJb~~u;/sboya Jesus Go BUSINESS MANAGER Ramon B. Tupas Vicente Ranudo, Jr, SPORTS Meynardo Tiro NEWS Domingo Miraflor CIR<'IULATION Leonor 0. Seno POETRY Vi~~m!R~y Rev. Lawrence Bunzel, S.V.D. Napoleon Alcuitas STAFF ART/ST MODERATOR EDITORIAL SPIRITUAL just as business establishments close down one day at the end of each calendar year for an inventory of tbeir books, so also this month we go into our annual retreat for an inventory of our spiritual books. A retreat is a period of meditation during which we make a searching examination of our batting a'L·erage in our spiritual life. During these times when the people's sense of morals is on the skids, there is nothing we stand in more desperate need of. Today our sense of values has been blunted to a point where virtue is "soft stuff" and the religious person is nothing but an "Amen-snorter." If that is putting the fin{!.er on what is wrong with us today, tben a spiritual retreat is indicated. It is time we started stoking our spiritual fires and turned to probing into the inner recesses of our conscience. Ha7/e I been a regular church-goer or just another nominal Catholic? Have I said m-v prayers devoutly or have I said them mechanically.? Have I been receiving the sacraments lately? Have I bun fallinf.! down on my many other duties as a baptir.ed Catholic? Those are the questions we should ask ourselves and take into !Jeart during our spiritual inventory. And tbey should be met with determined resolutions to make up for deficits in the ledger of our spiritual life. Otherwise, all the purposes of the retreat would have been defeated and all tbe exbortations of the retreat master u·ould !Jave amounted to not/Jing. INVENTORY On the debit side of the ledger is the loose conscience of modern youth. It does not any longer feel guilty about missing Sunday mass or, perhaps, the family prayers. Neither does it have any scruples about passing up the sermon at Sunday mass or failing in the obligation of the annual confession and holy communion. These are all elementary to the sufficiently indoctrinated Catholic youth. But it is unfortunate that very few feel any compunction about these failings. We trust the holy retreat will re-awaken and bring home the meaning of these spiritual duties, and many more, to consciences thrown out of gear today. It is a pity for one to meet with disaster after being warned against it. Nothing could be more pitiable than one falling into sin after be bas been u:arned against it. The red flag of danger against sin is waved in the retreat and the green ligbt is flashed for a clean, 'L1 irf11ous life-a life of prayer and religion. One who heeded those signals is a typiral veteran of the last world war who joined up with one n/ the strictest monastic orders in Amerira. Why he did thi\, be said: "! snugbt bappine;s /r0111 Grr'l'nland's barren mountains to the infested jungles of the South Seas .... in search of gold, gambling, drinking, and romance. But all in vain. I ·vowed if I came out of the war safe, I would dedicate my life to th.! service of God. /\/ow I'm happy." * * It was St. Valentine's Day! For me, not one of all the days in the calendar was as full of romantic surprises as this day. Chr".stmas got my warm applause but St. Valent'.ne's Day got me all on edge. As a child, I often wondered what St. Valentine"s Day stood for and why all my grown-up cousins and friends practically wasted the whole day gi;gling and talking in low voices whenever I was w:thin earshot. 01· rnsh"ng nois:ty in a group to the dr..1or when the ma"lman came. I 'noticed then that they excitedly opened large square envelopes, from wh'.ch were extracted with careful hands what seemed to rr.e a very intr"guing combinat'on o( paper lace, r:bbons and flowers all '.n wonderful coloring. I didn't get to know what it was hut T nnt."<'ed that some looked like mv own pretty p"cture cards which "1 Valentine by LUZ TRINIDAD extremely valuable for no sooner did the ink dry on them than the lines changed to gold.'' However, I preferred to take the I:ghter and more romantic side of the matter. I loved to think of St. Valenf11e's Day as th"e special day in the year set aside for the expression of that mysterious thing called love. I knew that all the giirls 1n our class were having such roseate dreams of receiv.ing, on that fateful day, those pretty bundles of sentiment commonly known as Valenfne cards. Of course. the expectation isn't all on one s~de for the boys are just as thrilled to th:nk of receiving them. Finally the Day of Days dawned bright and clear. I myself didn't feel a hit dull as I went through my work or rather as I tr:ed to work. For, ~t for my b:rthday. Rather than ,..------ · - - - - - - . take upon myself the imposs"ble task of asking a quest=on from a bunch of hlabbering-g",Tls. I sat's[=ed my curios"ty with -the self-made explanation that these unpredictable adults still found amusement in colored J>icture cards. after all. Years had passed and brought adolescence when c-hildish naivete g:J.ve way to a better under!'ltancl"ng of the i<l=<'syncrac=e!i nf the human ra<'e. AmonJr other th"n~. ;t gave · me a somewhat more tolerable idea of what St. Valentine's Day was ail about. serv·ng at the gnme fme to expla"·n the constant object of my <'h:ldish wonder. Wild-<'yed oh!iervat"on!'I plus hits of information gleaned from "talk-sessions" w"th m'· fri<'ncls ~rcath- au~ mented my knOwled~e on the si.1hjec-t. Of course. I knew it wa!in't all s"ll" romanticism for I rearl in the 1mners of a more !'IC'rious and authnr;tati,·c outlook of the whole affa"r. "Long a~·· so tile story goes. ·•a monk named Valentine had the yearly pracfce o! sending good-will letters to his friends. These letlers w<"re Page 2 It you think of Ji'"alentine ya1•d by ym·d, you'll fi11d it's diffi cz.Zt and ltm·d. If yon think of it inch by inch, it' . ., a. cinch! strangely, I seemed to have lost my concentrat".on. To make up for thi.Jack, however_. I seemed to have acqu;rcd an exqu:site feel"ng of joyfu! expectation. Indeed. I was already picturing myself as the happy and proud rec"p'.ent of a Valentine message. I could set it :n my m ml·· someth:ng sweet and beaut ful wjth s l1 ch i;.1!or:ously ronmnfc sentiments w h i ch would turn the other girls a n:ce shade of gl'een when I showed it to them. Bnt then .st1pJ>o,.e--(oh no. :t can ne\·er be!)--I don"t receive a card. I turned limp at the thought. What a gr·m poss"bility. Incle<'d. what n c-alamit\" ! \\'hy, I would be con!iidercd a wa!ih* * out by the girls for I know all g( rls do receive those cards. Sti11, beneath these gloomy prognost:cations, I had a strong feeling! that somebody was going to send me a card and in addifl"On, I felt pretty sure who it would be! It was ten o'clock. About time for the mailman to make his daily appearance. A knock on the door. The mailman? I rushed and opened it and nearly collided with my cous"'.n who stared at me queerly. I pretended to go downstairs in a hurry and I made up my m:nd to wait there. After an eternity, the familiar f gore appeared and I ran up the stairs with the mail and straight to my room. There. I hurriedly sorted my letters and after a feverish search, emerged triumphant w'.th the charac-terist'c envelooe in mv hand Well. well! so my VB.lcntine • d:dn't ·forget me after all And he'd better not ) I car,fully cut the flaps off and open~d the envelope. I drew an elaborately emhosl'led. perfume-scent<'cl card and my eyes immediat,Jy fell on the l"nes written a<'ros!i it. It said: Dear J11ana, All other fr:cndships may grow stale, Ours will always wow lusty and hale. On Valentine's Dav I renew my pledge;. • HerC"'s hop· ng you do not hedge. Sincerely. Gordap·a Shades of Shakespeare! And all along, I had been lookinm forward to something else from somebody else. something I could fairly well swoom over. Well, I d:"d swoon that time -- b11t not over the swain. THE CAROLINIAN A short story 1f 1f ~eptember Ron Mellind1> stared at the outside wdrld with an unseeing and nonchalant gaze at Cebu City eeenery. Then she drew her lip• into a thin hard line, mechanically drawing her coat closer around her youthful form aa ahe went to her writing table and sat clown to type. Her dainty lineera often paused over the key• and le1>n treacherously Clime to her light brown eyes u ehe closed the envelope wit!> her tongue. She could not oven:ome the etrong temp· , talion to peru10. certain old letten on her ilnk because they afforded the exceptional opportunity to relive the life ahe lo•·ed rnost. ' "Sisl Sial'" !king, her twelve-yeu old brother bunt in suddenly. "Why BTC you c:rying?" Ro1e, leaving her lettera untied, blinked angrily at the intrucling youngater. ··rm nolf J ••• I ... Why don°t you knock? Oon°t do it again. Now, ii anyone GSka for me, aay I'm not in. Undenta.ndl°' lking puckered hi• brow. 0 'You're not in? But if she looks around? "lt'1 not a. •he! lt'1 a hel°' Ro1e remarked definitely. "Go nowl" With the1e words the troubled leen·a.ger returned to the window, There waa a •light drizzle outside and vi1ion wa• poor. "That must be mother alrel'dy coming from church," shf" ... id, "and I haven't pre· pa.red dinner yet." She hurriedly ran to the kitchen, 'The lirewood. !kine. Quick! mother'• coming, The food was on the llre and still Ro1e heard no maternal voi<"e in the house. She Rung the kitchen door open. Then cfo~ed it again quickly but quietly. Her heart i:nlp~ated. She could not meet him now. lking rufhed downstnira with his hand1 full of little paper boats. "Sailing boats, eh? Well, well, this re· mind& me of the time when I was your a.ge, too. Your friends a.re waiting for you outoide. By the way, !king," Ju uked in on engaging voice likely to bewitch boys. "11 your sister at home?" 'She0 a in .. aw, no! She's not, I mean, ohe told me that she0 s not going to be in." Jes hid an infeclk•us smile as he produced a new silver coin for the lad, 'Tll tell you," lking whispered. "Never mind," Jes patted him on the 1houlder. Je1us followed the boy lo the sala and n.I down to smoke impati~ntly. Unaccu•tomed !o inaction during inter· minable minutes, he at lut aaid loudly, "\Veil, some women prefer lo be my•te· February-March, 1948 Ro1e gritted her teeth in silent anger. So he'a taking her for granted! She'll show him. 1f he break. open that d<>or, she will scream. "'All is quiet on the human front," Jee muttered lo1:1dly. "Me-thinks I hear my lady breathing.'" Rose re•tless pacing WBI signilicant of mental tort1:1re. Under pressure of Jee' presence Rose rea· aoned quickly, .. Perhaps it is just my pride that has made me so unreaaonable 11nd inhuman 81 to prefer a. shattered love to an explanation. Perhaps he i1 repentant after all he ht•S done to kill my faith in him ... The image of that eurvaceou1 Ta gala who waa often with him in Manila, 88 her friend1 by LEONOR SENO had written her, was very vivid in her imaginotion. Oely had written that a cutain Luz (the seeond nan1e Dely did not know), who made a charming two·lome with Jes, looked strangely like him. And now she tho1:1ght of what her mother said, "Usually people who are deatined to marry are oomewhat alike." Then again he mi1ht h11ve come to realize the enormity of hie offen•e to her 11nd wished to beg her pardon. Whicoh wae it? She could not make up hn mind. Soon yo1:1ng frightened voice& shouted, "lkin(l' ia drowning in the seal" Ro•e, p1<le and frantic, forgot the aituation she waa in 11nd came out of the kitchen. She ran toward the shore at lop speed 1:1n· becoJT.ins her previous feminine dignity. She ha11ened through the mud of Spola· rium street toward the sea. Her thoughts coentered on saving !king. How, she never thought of, When she arrived on the be11ch there waa a small crowd in a circle within which Jes Old wives' fa/es come prelly close to breaking up a heauliful romance. Bui then, as the saying goes, utrufh will always out". * * ho.cl ihe unconscious boy on the sand face dowii and wa1 kneeling over the body, He was perspiring freely in hi1 underwear a• he administered artificial respiration. What will mother 1ay when •he eome1 home from church? Will Je1 be able to .ave her only brother? She felt like shrieking but did not do 10 for fear of tbe crowd. She looked at !king 1earehingly and then dared to look at Jes. The latter's face did not re• giater much concern aa he assured her the boy wu coming to, "Please, carry him home,•• Rose 1aid in a. quiet voice after the lad regained conaciou•· nen. Jes and Rooe returned home silently to• gether, From the warm covera of Rose' bed, !king stirred uneBBily, Slowly he opened hb eyes &nd saw his sister watching him, He closed them hostily again, then groaned 11nd ch11t• lered his teeth. A few minutes later Rose jerked him up gently. "Where did ynu get those p11pera you made int<> boats?" Jes, who until now was 11 mute spec.lator. stood beside the bed like a g1:1ardian angel. !king gulped and appealed to Jes, who was holding something white in his hand which he had picked from the Roor. ··1 thought those papers were waste," the pale lad eonfe•sed. ' 0 W1<ste ?0 ' she emphasized. "Thia is one of the papers yo1:1 are look· ing for, Rose:· Jes joined in, as he handed her a badly crumpled boat. Rose dared not look again into his expre$aive eyes. "What's the tro1:1ble?" Ju persisted, taking her hand into hi1. Finally Rose admitted in a sheepish manner, "I meant to return them to you and gel mine back. I cannot force myself on you, Jeo. That girl in Manila ..• " Jes laughed outright. Rose $lapped him half unwittingly. "All right, I deserve that. So you be· lieved all ;he buzz.buzz. Dearest, look :.t me." he said as he look her arm. The Rushed Mioa Mellinda could not still the pa\pitat:on of her heart, much le•• dull the pinkness of her checks. She 9aw lkin[:l' wink significantly to Jes but she was not an· gTy. Yet she remained speechless. "Luz is my half.sister! I didn't know her until my father introduced her to me in Manil;i.. It wa~ for my sake, he kepi the secret. Your laot hasty letter made me come now to el<plain. It's September, but I came. And nne thing more, you'Te the sweetest idiotl'vecverloved.' 0 Ros.., am.led back in lier usual •wee! man· ner. 'Tl\ forgive you this time." IJNIJER THE SCALPEL'S EIJGE==-It all 3lartcd when I felt Bomcthing in the lower right side of my abdomen as I laughed. I paosecl the news on to my Mo· ther with the intention to impress her thE!t at long last something happened to me. My s;ster had par~ia\ paralysis and my bro: ther's myopia and adolescent pimples seemed clra<r.ntically hopele"s. My mother's freckles were in,urable. (She kept the freckle-cream industry proaperous.) Papa's blood pr~ssure soared dangerously when copra prices sank. But I never had an nil· ment, before. So Mother lost no time in carrying me off to our do"tor. I was hostile, belligerent and reluctant but ~he was explosively insistent and boasy. So I modestly bared my belly to the doc· tor, the very oame belly the same family phy•ician had rubbed with olive oil when he thought, twenty yean before, that I was the reddest and noisiest infant he had ever ushered into this world. "Long·lime·no-see,'" my tummy said, as the wise old man lapped and kneaded, kneaded and tapped, while a slethosccope d<•ngling from his eo.u. He knocked on my clavicle, then on the sternum, the way one knocks on a jackfruic to tut it .. He seem· ed lo me lo be a traveling salesman. Apparently nobody w:-.s at home, so he mere· ly said, '"Uhmm .... " Just as I was beginning to resent him, the declar .. tio!l came. And what I thought happened, didn't. It was a mere "appendi· citis"' and I was utterly disgusted. By this time my imagination had 1oared to poetic: proportions, flt>ttering myself with the idea that it was a tumor of the pancreas, or •ome such awe-inspiring phenomenon. Yet the mere appendicitis created a considerable disturbance in the family circle. I thought it. WH about time I made the headlines, at \east to the family mcmben who always thought that nothing more ;erious than a common cold could ever happen t• E.ven I heol rei:arded myself healthier than a baby hippopotamu. I was quite i.npres•· ed with myeelf sprouting someth:ng that menthol and eucalyptus could not southe. I felt the tide of glory slowly rise up within me nnd before long I w:u feeling as import01nt 11s the president's daughter. I the11 politely declined an invitation to an immediate appendectomy using the handy excuse of the then approaching mid-term exams. Meanwhile I went on with my sincere but futile efforts to achieve a feminine 6.gure. I was aspiring for a 19-inch wai•tline in con· formity with lhe tn.dition• of the year"a chosen "bodie1 benutiful."" I worked like a cargador. I dieted and starved myself. Accompanied by another enthusiastic aspirant, I took long hikes to the Fuente. I penpired oceans of H20. I bended and twisted, panted and sweated in a steaming bnthlub. I chose non-fattening fruits like the August g1.1avas and, of co1.1rse, their brittle seeds. Likewise, I ran races with my dogs, then climaxed them by a somersault or two There must have been ominoulO warnings hut l was too bu6y alimming down my padding to notice them. Then it happenedju&t on time-for me to dodge the mid-term tests. But for once I was genuinely miserable, My right leg was numb and J"d have vomited something if I hadn't stuck stoically to my starvation diet. But I wasn't destined to die ju•l then. I lasted till morning. At five the doctor came. At six the blood-count report soid th:it it was a 'c1.1te" appendiciti1. At 6:01 peared next. And all the while I was growing more and more blue. 8 .. ckstage, Mother waa jittery; again at her beads. My aister WEIS serenely reading "Without Seeing The Dawn" which she had fo1.1nd on my bedaide table. What an eppro· pr:ate book for a paranoiac peHimi1t who didn't expect to see another dawn. Stella, my best cousin, was leu frightened than Mama and more interested than. Sis. She made • holiday of it and went into the operating room to watch the shew. My father was in the ofb.ce keeping an ear on the phone if his little girl should neerl him (.,r her last will and testament. Brother Rat waa in school, reciting no1.1n1 and pronuuns for Mr. Tolent:no. In the 09er.,ting room, Stella and the nuues look turns reminding me to keer my mouth OiJCn. The morphine had ,.]most lulled me to slcPp when a •uddcn stab of 11cute p<1in jerked .ne back to conscioumen. Four More thrilling than the spine-ting/in[!, /astminute rescue in the horse opera is, to the author, having an ailment. Result: the spine-tickling account of how she went under the knife. the verdict wu given: "J was lo be butcher· ed at 8:00."" I was too pain·racked to enjoy the gla· mour of it all. Even my father waa stern and di~nifiecl. He carried me tenderly from my bed to the car. 4.t e"actly eight the nurse ~ave me r shot of morphine, wheeled me into the operating room. clamped and strapped my wriat and feet, and heightened the macabre al· mosphere by 1hielding my head from the rest of my body. A tray of chromium and steel knives and hooks r«~tled into the room. In marched the doctors. in immaculate white gowns, with cap and mask; dressed to killl And to think that I u,ed to regard tl1em as the noblest creatures alive! They must have scrubbed themse\ve• thin for their odor of disinfectant and 1•nti1eptic became nauseating, lo ""Y the least. I had hardly any time for nausea for I heard l-he head-LH1tcher oann,,unce. ""Hija, this is :he O'Ug;•r·cane." Forty cc-. of no\'O• cain kept me from shock. Soon the first curtain must ha•:e open .. d -my, what a lot of adipo9e tissue•! Really, I should ha\'e hiked more. Th,. facias apwhite walls and four white-clad giants kept tailing round and ro.,nd me and at re~ubr intervals there W89 ti metallic dick and the dull sound of Ruh being uevered whilr. the pain inereued almost unbearably. My hike• and gym:i:.sties must have !Jughened my muscles. With classic dignity I closed my eyes tight and a~andoned poise. I wa• ready It w"s all ve•y solemn. The doctors were calm and matter-of fact. They paid no al· tenlion to my distorted look•. Stella whis· percd. "Be brave. det•r," and this clinched my demoralization. Then a hollow c..,Jd emp~ir.:ou came wht:reo my inkrnal organs should be.'"lt seemed as if the butchers were ytinking out metert and meten of my intestines. "D.:.lom:y," I thought. thi~ is like one of Dali's hrainc-h;J. dren. These doctors mu1t be searching for' something more precioul than<' pol of gold 11mong my entrails or maybe they dropped one of their forceps. Th.en another •nap and there it wa..-no prettier than a hen"s inte!• tine. Ho,., terribly disappointing! From the mirror overhead I could watch the perform11nce that brought me b::-ck In the dear old days of my s1mny kitchen and of chicken--slaughtering for •alarl. But how demoralizing! Imagine my appendix and in· testinea, no better than a poor hen's. The minor Wat :• fine thing, one o! 1hc·e 1 (Continued on pare 20) THE CAROLINIAN A short story -~ THE NINTH IJA1 ·-ttt~~-~ Rodolfo walked aimless'.y throug;1 t11c crowded Escolta of lVlan'.la. lht~er thou~hts pressed on h·s min•J with increasing fury. With hand,; 1.lu ust deeply into his pockets he kept on walking until finally afh'r dark he found h~mself ,jn the di:.trict of Paco. He was rest!ess, looking one way and then another. Occasional pa:o;ser~ hv scarcelv noticed him as he stooJ u;uler a -dimly t'ghted slreel lamp. Ilis strenuous stroll made !um only more exhausted in mind and body in!'ltead of gh"~ng him relief. Looking up he saw the frmament h'.az'ng Th"s nc\\";; d:o,·e him to Paco .. \~ he threw away the ~tuh of his last cig~rette a man pa~sed hy and rreete<l him. Rodolfo grunted an answer. It was only 7 :30 hy h:s watch as he crossed the street to a small drttg store adjoining a small lunch coun· ter. A chee!ful "Good evening, M;stcr" mac\e h:m look up ,into the face of a fair waitress. Rodolfo was c\"!'armec\ by her y.;,·acious and friendly attitude. 1-le had come across nq such sympathetic character s·nce his trouhl-e began two years hefore. · with countless stars and there was ============ one hr',r!hter than the rest; it was in the East. Echoes of laui:'hter reached him h~1t they di<! not mean anyth'ng to !um 1ww. They \HTC thipg-:' of the past. "Tonight it must ho:- tonight or ne\"er." he muttered as he stared hlank~y into space. Then one hr one like phantoms of the past th'.mp> came back to h;m .... "Yo~t Rodolfo. you will marn ~ha,t good-for-ncthing' g'.rl you picked ttp :n the street?"' lfis mother ask.-:tl nim tauntingly. "Rut :r-..Jother, hear me first Sn..:: is not what \"OU think she is i know her ... :" Rocl..;lfo's \"oice died .. "I thought you had helter taste after spenct"ng so much time "n school. You are eas:Jy fopJe·! by a pretty face. Yott ought to belinc me for there is w:sclom in age I canno.t afford to lose you to that woman." Mrs. De Vera cr,"ed "If n .. 1 111arn· bC'r. don't let me. see ~-on agairi." were her last words. • ESMERALDA RESUENA '"\\ih".'re is the vo1111,g• man who used to sern• patrons.her~?'' Rodolfo askec\ of the young lady half-c\ecepti,·e\~-. "He ·sn't here now. May I help you?" Her vtj cc was soft and her eyes sparkled innocently as she faced the newcomCI". Rudy f~lt uneasy at her question one foot to the other as he stammerand sh'fted h:s hoch- nervonsh- from one foot to the of.her as he <;tammered "Ma~· I have a hox of sleeping tablets?"" Nora :ntuith·ely cliagnosecl the case hefnro:- her as she sa\\" heacl<; d cold persp'ration oozing from tlw l~row C'i tbe young man. ~he \\"'!S puzzled as to hC'r next nw,·e J ler ke"?n sense of justice and ~har1t,· soon prompted her dec's:on - "You look wrak and hun~n· ,. "!w sa.:d compass·hnatelv as ~he fi.-<;t invited the young m:\n to a seat at a. small rr.und tahle ll"ar IH". '"l\fay I ~ \·e yon a rnp nf warm C;)ffee t~ ri·· Two years of wander;ng in the c;ty found Rc:dolfo sti'11 \\":thout a pe,·manent jPh. He hecame clec;pe-rate and oftent;mes desperate men thini..: of <lc.spel"ate ih:ngs_ L ke a dr11wniH_s man who had only a hrr.ken raft to r-----------'--• cling to. he had clung to the hope that his sweetheart ,,·mild renrn!n 1a"thfnl to him. Tt was this last ray that had made him l°'·e J:fC' a1ul look for \\"ork. Rut like a mir:i.~'e. ,:t too c\i!'appe:urcl. /\ letter from a fo1end :n CC'lm tnld h"m that his swcethe·\Tl" had inund another man. F''"brua,y, 1948 There is nothing fhaf !hf power of prayer cannot fix. In this sfory, that cure-all is wrought on a man smillen with bitterness over a giri's infidelity. fresh -'uu:·· she quer:1·d a.;:. :-:.he offerr1l a cha:r to her 11e\\· patient. Roc\nlfu , ashamed to refuse the IC'mpting- offer, said in a soft Yo'.ce. "'\\"il\ you jo:n mC'. :f I do?" "I am Hudolfo De Vera", he said as sh"' seated herself oppo.!;4 te h:m. "I am from Ceh11." I left it two years ago_ Do I look like a tramp?" "You seem tu have come a long way ancl to carry a heavy burden." "You are right. Miss," Rodolfo answer-eel lamely as he shifted th•! burden of the conversation to Nor:i.. The clever waitress kept ey-eing the passers-by going to church as she (lrew out of the young- man his r~ cent d"sappointment. She soon learn· c-c\ that he was contemplat,:ng a desperate act from ,,·hich his m":1d must he <l\•erted. !\<; she was wondering how to acc-nmpl:sh her good deed a di.e11if" e•l lady approache(l her. The intntder \•:as s~:·ikingly famil"ar to Rodolfo, as slw ;:.pok · tn N"ora :n a suhdtte•l tone. "Are \"Oil reach· for the novena'?"' the won;an questioned as lwr eye fell on th"' young man across the table. For a secon<l the hYO exchan~e·i glances. "'\"es. I am_.'' cmphas:zed the waitress as she st<iod up from her sea1. in all ~':'r:onsness. "Hut filst I wish \flll to meet '.\Ir. Hn<lolfo De Vera <if l'clm.·· The elder woman hy th"s time ha-: 1 (·rog-nized her lom:1 lest son fc,r whom she bad he~n ma.kmg- one 11•' ,·ena after another. "'Rodolfo." sl•!.' ga~pNI as she unconsc:ously tlll"f'\\ Ppen her arms. ··~fy son!"' The young man struggled to his feet an<l lllt't the embrace of hi" ho•w"lderC'd mother sperchle:-:.sly. For the nwment '.\[r'i, De \"era kept mntterin~: '"It's the n,"nth day'. .lt's th" ninth day," ThC'n Rodolfo htlh· uncl<'rstanr'.ing" the s:toatirin sug.g-r;:.L('r\. "l.C't ns1i0 e~~e~11;1~~~\d~1:~0~~f~ arm to Xnra aml wh;spC'red. "It'., th"' f"rst clay nf a new n11Yena fur me '.\fay I i11,·it·· ,-.111'?"' · 7\ ora as.~ured him. "I'll Jo :11. ;r you ~lo." Pac:'" > ===BEAUTIFUL FROGS 480 Junquera Exten!l:on Cebu City. P\tilippines February 12.. 1948 Prof Aster Dula Rue· d~s Republique Paris. France My dear Professor, HaYl:ng heard of the d·m~u.lty you usually encounter in obtaining the frogs for the ~xper:ment and stud:es you make in your laboratory. which.. as a matter of fact has even taken you to such an out of the wa'! place as Zugambo~ in Darkest A!nca I, as a fr.:end_. am happy to brmg to your knowledge the existi:!nce of a new variety of fro~.- which, I a'll sure. w'l be of much interest and use to you as a man of science. Th's new variety of \eapsa1eeasy to obtain. They do not depei:id ~m the season of the year for their ex :itence, whether it is summ~r or the coldest rainy days for i'nstead of using water to r-efresh themse\ve~, they us'! another liquid called "perfume"; and ·instead of mud,. they utilize a pecul"ar kind of paint known as "lipst'..ck." And as a consequence of th:s, instead of inspir· ing a fee'.ing of loathing as is usually the case wi'1h the ord'nary ran,t vittegera.. this new species makes people s'!e beauty in them. Moreover, the habitat of the rana fem'.n:ma, as this new vari'!ty is known in zoological parlance, is ri~'ht h'!re in the heart of c"vir.zation. in a body of water called "the J,"hrarium." However, the original al:k>de of those queer creatures is a lake called "the soc;alum Hallium" where the gods ass'gned them because of the Cn'!rvating no"se they make, a characteristic exclu~:vely their own. Just why they m 'grat'! to such a sacr'!d place as the librarium, I do not know By fishing' these frogs out of th~ Hbrarium and utiJizing them in your sci~nt'fic studies, not to say extc•minating them, you would be doing a great service not only to the world of SQ:.enct;. but to the student world as well. I ·say a gr'!at service because these ranas femininas pester the peaceful people de&cated to study with their continuous "kala kala" especially dur.~ng thos'! holy hour~ from two t.:i f:ve in the afternoon Page 6 FOR SCIENCE when the students try to lose themselves in profoundest conc'!ntration. At these, 11 ime, these neophytes vf th'! amphibian k'ngdom wag their ext'!nslle tongues of such th"ngs as lov~. ice candy, young· men, true romance art::cles, weddings, toothpowder, Vicks Vatronot, nylons, toothpowd'!r, weight lifters. and other protant:es not supposed even to be whispered in the J'brarium. Wish:ng you success ~n your ex· pe11'.ments.. I end thi!i. expecting you to take ad,•antage of this inf.ormat"on for the b'!nefit of science as well a.;; that of people who love qu'et ani.1 tranquility. Au r.evoir. Yours s~ncerely, Ralf Guanz Ru<es des Mont Germa'.n Paris. France February Mr. Ralf Guanz 480 Junquera Ext. r-ebu City, Phil. My dear Mr. Guanz,. I read w:th great interest your most enlight-'!ning letter. Indeed .. 1 have carefully recorded all the pert - n~n.t data you gave conccrno:ng the rana fem;n·na. The whole world of science w 11, I am sure. be eternally grateful to you. Mons:cur, you will go down in the annals of scicnc'! as the first man who sat up and took not\.ce of this unique but very :ntercsting spec:es of frogs. You wri'1 te, my fr'.end, that this species- this rana ferq nina-'.s easr to obtain. Pardon m~, Monsieur, f I contradict your statement. The specimen - a very beauUul one-wh:ch I have in my home was anything but "!asy to obtain. For three years, yes, my friend, for three long years I tried to catch it without any success, Summer and winter, rain an<l Bhine. I laid s:ege but to no ava.'1. 1 used n'!ts-big ns well as small nets -but it always escaped. I used strategy and used all my knowled~'C of frog psychology but all these were fruitless. I spen,t almost a fortune trying to catch her. Are you cur"ous, my friend. as to how I finally caugJ>t this speo:men I would not tell anvone else in this world. But you, Mo~ s'.eur. have shown yourself to be ~ great lover of sct'ence and to you I shall impart my secre.t. Well, I simply gave up the chase and pret<ended loss of interest and well, one day I brought it home. Jus.t as easy as that. But, my dear Mr. Guanzon, just imag;:ne-thre'! long years, I therefore humbly suggest ( I hope I am not hurting your feelings but rememhc.... Mons'eur, "to err •is human") that you '!rase the words "easy to obta·in" in your descri'ption of the rana feminina. Your letter made me excced'.ngly curious as to what further inter<esting bds of information about these "queer creatures" I might g•ather in what you call their habitat. They abound, you say,. in the IJ~brarium. Thero'! is, fortunately. one such place a block away and thither I betook myeelf the very afternoon I receiv<ed your letter. You were r'.g'.ht, my f1•end, there were all types of ranas femininas in the rhrarium. Som-! were ex;tremely beautiful but I di"dn't care much for them. My own lovely specimen at home is by far the love!:est. I was more :nterestt"d in th'! kind of noise which you claimed they make. But •it was a d'fficult job-trying to locate the source of the noise. I mean. I saw male frogs :n some corn'!rs and the way the'r jaws move restlessly I concluded tha.t they also contributed to the racket. When I moved closer to the<>e male frogs, my suspic:ons w~r,. confirmed-that the squeaks of the ranas fcm.:nlnas W'!re nothing compared to the more guttural croaking of the males And so, my dear M. Guanz, my request No. 2 is to,. please. u;;c once again your eras'!r on yqur otherw"se commendable descnp,tion because the making of noise ls not the exclusive characteristic of the ranas femininas. I am very sorry. my friend. that I cannot do what you request me to do in the latter part of your lett'!r. Much as I would l "·ke to please you, I must Badly admit that there is no hook available with wh:ch to fish these very "queer" frogs out of h~ J'brarium. The ordinary fishing• hock would be of no use. If you could send me the 11'ght hook, I most w'lJ;11gly ,..,.,:11 do what you ask me to do. s nee I would certainly be honored (Continued on page 20) THE CAROLINIAN A short story By LILY KINTAHAR ~\Iiss Mania Borja leaned her buny elbows on the 11aWe edge and gazed anxiously ~hrough her thickg<raded glasses acrosa the Farolito dance floor. Her anxiety for Te;;sie and that new find of h~rs lef: ON IEER INIJ II.El ~rc~:c;~~!edst~~~~n a 0~·1:1~erja~:~e, p~~: You se~. :Miss Borja," as he turned can machineguns .... nice guns. Shake and it gave her a start. to face her again," I'm looking hands,. Miss Borja., 1 take you as a ~rip~~yi~~ir!~~=~r:s~:J b:~~in~~ ~~~I i:p~~~o~7nd you are the m~.~~~~!· a toast to your freedom of ~~e s~~~~~ ~~;. sh~:;d r!~;~~:m!::~~ fr~~~u~:~~a~~~e No: ~~:p 7ta:~~ ~~~a\?t~m ~ra;m y~~ t:~~~ ... ~e 5~~ smiled back w~1h indiffer~nce on ~ng off and move out fast." raising the glass of beer. sensing his strange familiarity. "Now whv do you women start "May you never come ~ack to She scanned the dancing faces turning yo.ur nos~ up in the air trouble me again." she sa1d as she once more and her anxiety turned when a man starts liking you. [ drank a glass of beer straight. to fear of respon'l\ib"Jity. A cha·r like the way you look at me, Mi"!> Ser~ant Ruiz blinked twice. sneaked pulled hack-P\1shect forth: Borja. It rem'nds me of a lovely "I'm no milk-drinker.. man and I there came hreath of beer, then a friend. Such beauty-" puff cigars like you do. so don't deep voluminous voice: "Whose beauty-my beauty or h\"nk l;ke a cat." "How about a dance. Baby?" someone else's beauty?" "I love your sp'.rit, Mary. I'm "I beg your pardon?" she asked "Of course it's your ethereal ofad to have met you before I s~cas she found the lig-ht-headed boy- beauty I'm talk.ing about. I'm ~umb to my fate, I'll surely mi~e ish face beside her "I'm sorr\· speaking of no one but you." you more than any thing else 111 I didn't hear. I'm ~o nnxious f~r "Look here. Mr. Ruiz. don't y01: thi!'. world. I'll never see those my niece." p1111 me down to your level." wi,de innocent eyes again:" "Will you !'.hake a le9• w:th Ill<' "Look here Miss Borja. I'm nf't "Don't be c:o seamy-sided. W~y on the next piece played Rahy?'' nnlli•1Er yon. I haven't even touched talk of trash when there's t,fe "I don't shake. man And don·t you." around you. Look at tho9 e laugh· you baby me, I am Miss Borja The wa'ter arrived with :i tray ing men and women. Can you not attorney-at-law, and sister to t•he of beer. laugh J:ke them? Look at the stars governor of 'he province. \Vill }'(lU "You women of illus·ons," he con- and the moon. They more pleas"! peddle your wares some- t'nued," why do you choose men's alive than you are." where else? Reall~· my niece profess:ons? \Vhy don't you stay "I can never take my eyes away ought to be here now." home-sweep your own hackyard from you.. Mary. You are the "Really. I'm so thrilled to m'!et and raise children? You'd he serv· first gfrl I've met whom I re~lly you Miss Borja--a-a Attorney i11~ the countrv a great deal hetter." like. You're the star '!f my l~fe. Borja. Now. wb'ch ."s wh"ch?" "Now. don't vou he11·u1~ nw de- Look at the moon. It 1s cursin;; "Aw, stop bothering me. \Vho r'ree Tuan Jt ·cost me mv f~ther·~ nature for having made you so do you think you are. wise guy? fnrtun.e. And another thing-.... wh\• lovely and beautiful. Could you Another Stalin? C'an't you place woman as vou~ care for me?" "Not a communist, M:ss Borja, equal. She can do a t>undre<l 1'.t- Mlss Borja lowered her eyes but Staff Sergeant Johnny Ruiz ti"! thlngs more than what ynn ca·1 and fixe.d her ha.ir unconsciou•ly, of the MP Battalion. chaser of the do. vnu dumb ox" "But, John I don't know what Huks. Really, I'm so sorry for "I. like the way your eyes g-litter. to say. It se~ms that I've lost faith bothering you I thought you were Miss Rorja. They remind me- ,.f in all men. They are the sam~ a fniend I know. You resemble her <:unset s1ar~ .... Anrl the wag-n-in'! 0~ speaking the same lines to all girls c101ely. That da.:nty turn of your your tongue remind!;. me .of Am~d. they meet." . nose-those charming dimples. and "Not me. Mary, Mine is a d fferthose wid-e innocent eyes. Such - - - - - - - - - - - - ent line t~ a &:fferent girl like str\kin~ resemDlance, Ripley ought vou I'm telling you-you ar~ my to know this." Stiff neck or man-hater? ion~ star. Look at me. Am I like "And who is R.\piey? Your bat· Which of the two is this other men you have met? Ulfon commander?" strait-laced. career woman "How do I know? "A special friend with a tremen- f A ''J'm telling you the truth-noili· dous ta'lent Beli'eve oit or not." 0 a Miss Borja? smoq, ing but the truth." "I don't believe it. Now go away cocky Bok .. thaser loosaos "You're tell~ng me ... I think you and drown yourself." those tight laces on her are a bit diifferent from the others.'' he:!:m ~~;n:i~ter.~Y h;or;;~:ed i~ in the ptocess of findiol) '.'.£h:~in~0~ 1~. ~:~~:~:i.n:~e ask. chic boy. "bring me beers an1 out. eel as she looked at the boyi::th plenty of them tc drown ::i. I".lt. - - - - - - - - - - - - (Continued on page 10) F ebruHy-Mar1;b, 1941 Paa:e 7 by Estella R. · _Tevea· Few things are as novel or m.cmorable in my life than an insign· ificant chocolate bar. We had just returned, early in 1945 from th<? hills to the hometown after the Japs had deserted it, In the wake of the liber~tion forces, black markets flourished everywhere and one day, Mother .gave each of us a bar o:f chocolate she had bought at an exorbitant price. My brothers and sisters ·were gleetul. As for me, I could hardly analyze the mixed feelings of pardonable gre!!d and joy I experienced as I feasted my eyes on that bar. It was a hard, solid piece, square and thick as my two fing-'!rs and just as long. On it were grooves set apart to make it easy to break off But I d:d not immediately eat it. For a long time I contented myS'!H with merely examining the design and words on it~ w~apper. H<?rshey Chocolate! Made in United States of America! Whst a world of meaning those old famous words held for m'!! 1t sa· vored of more good things to come, of freedom from fear and want and hunger. I smelled its" rich oholocate flavor and suddeniy I realized w1th nostalgia how much I missed this dear, sweet candy for ~~;~~~:~i~hye::;~ ~~e;~e::d t::~:J h::illf-fam~shed and longing forl what was not there. My eyes then grew m:sty. th;i~:!1';n~ :~~k~ ogh~ th~eceth-:!I years' respite was .well pa'.d for !I The lovely brown chocolate ha.di just the same delicious, familiar. if not better and swei<?ter, taste as1 before! As I rolled the melting lump over in my mouth, I looked: at my brothers and my s:sters~ who were eating, too. They had the same looks of. contentment in their faces. Today, I cannot eat ice-cream or candy or any of God's without thinking of that da years ago when I ate that wonder1 ful chocolate bar. Pap 8 fte 4.0w -Undulating tcu:dscape is silent a.q.d s_erene, myst'!ril~usly awake in the holir ~ftersuns.et. Thereisnot a cloud .~1l th~ pa1e ~y, not a shadow along the cf m, pear1y fiel<•:>, hills a:!d woods. The mist .:S lUting from the valleys and hallows; the ai'r is cool. I picture you standing on a rock, overlooking the vast plaiins and the gray-hair out1ine of the little valley below. It is a beautiful and you too are beauti'ful. Your cheeks are pale yet radiant against the charm and splendor of that purple flinted sky. The moon rises from the cove of fleecy clouds, suffusi-ng the world beilc;>w with -its subtle ethereal l'.jght, whrile I am breathess aS I watched the enchanting spectacle of the even.ing, You are standing there, silhouethind a vast billowy cloud. You ar.e motionless, as if you are afraid something might break th'! stillness of that heavenly scene. Then the peal of th-e bells from the old belfry below ,tells you and me i"t is time for prayer. You are asking God to let the world stay as you see it, lest it change if you mov.e again. The moon gt.ides otit of the huge Billowy clouds illuminating! the stygian darkness and once more changing the earth iinto a veritable paradise. Once more I am held in v.ibrant rapture and my dark forbodings are forgotten amidst th:s ph'!nomenal phantasy.i which is again unfurled before my mortal eyes, The moon betakes iitse1f st=ll""' 11111111111111111111111111111 Ill II II II IUH 111ti11111111111111 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 ....... ted against the multicolored tapes- once again into ~ dark and forbod·ing try wh:ch is heaven itself and as you cloud, and is bidden from my •tand there, you reminJ me of the sight. Ev.entually,, those beautiful Bless'!d Statue of Our lady of hmna- things fade slowly before my eyes, culate Conception star1ding atop a and your beauti£u1 outline is l:itcebig mound amidst the convc:r=t g.u. wise dimmed before me, Nothing den iin the village from whence we is left except long shafts of light came. Even the trees seem to com- protruding from the distant horimand their green foUage to stop zon like golden pillars sinking' fast fluttering and 110 harken to you, the into the vast quicksand of the unmysterious lady with a golden known. glow. The gen~e breeze wafts to our nostrils the fr'!sh scent of the sea ne::irby. I sit wa•ching the tree, the moon, and everything, in all their nocturnal beauty. Words are unnecessary. They come. only to die unspoken. for I am afraid to break the magic spell cast upon me and upon our vibrant emotions, wh,ch arc united by the· silken cords of tenderness a.nd understanding. There are words which are never spoken, yet are P.'!rcefved. Y '!t. .in spite of the lonliness whtch lifts y ou to the lot of the unearthly, I can for a moment neither o,·erloolt: nor forgtet the fact that you are human like me, yOu. · hav-e ~ l;:~~\~dh'~:a~~~s~atue of· stone, Then again, the moon· hides · beI come to reaiity and awake from my beautiful dream. I reach for your hand to assure me that I am not dreaming, but as I nach it, some invisible spirit 5Cems to stop me. I let my hand drop to my lap. Like a dream 'it came. Uke a dream it soon goes, for dreams leave behind only a mem•lry, Now I am all alone, with nothing but the tenderes11: recollection• to ease the longing an.:i b:tternes3 the memories of that one December moonHght have engraved in my very 'Soul, But, I shall a1ways be waiting' and l shall be praying. In my privation I will dwell in th~ hope that someday, somewhere. 'Ve .... you and I,· shall be standing tHere, side by side on the top A that rock, together once more, gui.ng on our moonlight paradise. RiE CAROLINIAN a aludlj in Pandemonium Most Humorous Person I apparently, i had Bats in my 13e'fry. How else explain the heady. ea• - tingJ:ng, goggly-eyed feeling for that cer;Ja:n not-so-tall. nor-so-dark but Defmite~y oh-so-handsome ADO:-.l'.~S who liYed down our alley? we we:-e kincle•·garten and in the SAME class. for g!ett:ng a PERFECT score in Spelling (they were s"mple. common garden-variety words-the very spelling DE?l·IONS for me) AND for being- ahlc to stand on his J-:ead while turn:ng handsprings (no other in the class could do th:s_ I dec'ded he and j were the EXCEPTIONS .. i tr'ed i~ -and landed FLAT with an ANGRY behind.) i knew he was my hero. from then on. whenever his HIGHNESS passed." tousled and dirt-streaked from roughhous:ng it wi11h the gan§1. i HUNG out of the w"ndo~ the stricken Fancy fol~owed tll~ b"t of cleaning his spectacles the while h:s ,\Di\i\f"S apple pumped up and down so fascinated me i <lid not SEE his windsails EARS_ UNLOVABLE and prominently formidable now, they are. ? th"s Puny Pundit was elbowed out of the microcosm by a DRAVVNY Athletic HE Carried the girl's looks home. the Competition for his comp:i.ny was awful. i did not Know then whal happened to Jennifer jones, i wrote love letters begotten of Milking' dry what had always been arid in the First Place. Snappish Tempers manifested in the destructive displac:ng of hurlable objects at interfering souls enterprising enough to ASK what is Eating You, seeing very we!! your nihb"ng the nails.. mumbling the abracadalwa, star"ng at the Blank. I've Ever Met By LYDIA CUI One day latl year I went t<> one of our Cebu town fiestu, where houses were unpainted and ram1hackle, and where people made (utile attempt~ at cornfield• grown to weed~, I saw in a market place a character unique and unusual in per· sona\;ty and appearance but no less fun· ny and dartling. She wore a shapelen ~kirt of huge blue and white checkt., a crepe waist of burnt violent colored orange and over that, a 1weater too tia:ht j for her w:t!. the broadest a:reene•t stripe• !':~ :::r ;:~;· ::ic~ff:;::v~u~::::ditr.::1 f<.~•Jo·~O:•o!>+f<+++l"O:,~i+So*oI-+(.+.:0-!oo!t+++MooM«:••tuJ.+.:-J.<+•Jo+-'io~•o!i-o)+t+o!o+++++olo++++oM up to bottom witl1 111ucerlike hua:e violet buttons 1erved only to cover and warm her, but not· to conceal a peculiarity of fia:ure which bad a quaint resemblance to a water a;ourd. Sh.., wore a "buri" hat with a wide brim with a string tied under her chin, which was already black w:th dual and perspiration. She wu a woman of huge proportion, with an• /,,I /o4e/ina ./!;,,. ~!r::~::~~h~u~~~:~g:~::~~~:::~!7=~11 t++=-+++•++-:·++++H>-:•+++++++..._..~. t-+H++++++++++oz.+++++t++++ watchful Eyes albeit the Corpus stay~ ed a1 Home. A Fortnight of this & ENOUGH! i h!ed me off and just SAT on his doorstep. so to speak. until he consented to pay ATTENTION to me just to have a EtUie PEACE and QUIET. i rememb(.r he GRINNED AT ME.. Bew~tchingly with his Buckteeth. immediately, i was spirited to the EMPYREAN, that is in the sevenrh dimension this cooperative Swain presaged 'a coup'e of Crushes. they were the Sweeter for be:ng- Unshared-none of them were eYen REMOTELY concerned. He who could turn handsprings was abandoned for a romanticallv MYOPIC Scholar whose ha· leap year by 01car v. trinidad a toddling 1torm i1 a ruUling breeze and a baby Rood it a p11.tlerin11 ra'.ndrop and an infont ava\11.nche i1 a rolling pebble. you are a ;be-lnmb 1 the zephyr i1 a ragine cyclone and the rivulet ;, a ru1hi11a: Rood and the stone-slip it • roarinlJ lancl&lide. the year baa leaped. you are now a what? "February-March, 1948 I fl. · d 11unmercifully unmatched her preposter· pcrsp'.ring the Brow. t 1c 1tt•ng c~cendant of a Pterodactyl nested in . ~:: ::~:;:ncu~:~::t:~ ~::s::!:: a:8 .~! the Upper Story until there came :i. \ f lhad comparatively am11.ll black eyes, I f1~:rc~;n~a~l~\~:~~:i;~h~h;u~tii~ el~ea~~~1~ eroneyed a"d siwounded with a net-: Yendor, who. alas and alack;. was the work of deep wrinkles. Her feet were in-I sole peddler of same. we Missed him llcaaed in " mlln'~ cheap leather G.I. shoe.I hut we Missed more the peaNCTS. Beneath her tiny bonnet her hair in con· f trast with the current 1lyle Wat rolled I ~~Ci ~:'J' ~Odi·,71u·a~d ~hes~~~nl~:~ai;~,~lnto a hi~h pompadour. She wu of the LeaYe love to the songwriters. you ~::~1: ana~d ;anr~:~nt :~:: 1 °:e m:::~~~ ~~ingt~o t~V~,i~~eAa: e~:~~~;0\~~ ehUckle• of mockery and laughter. She" ARE GOING TO "'RITE .'\~ ES- looked ~o grotetque and ridiculous that SAY. ~Jtchoou~:h nho:r ~:l:e :::e~a;:"~:s:t:~uez~; you will suhmit it with a smile. anrl a PRAYER. IN MEMORY-~-! by CARLOS CREER RUSIANA Your arave i1 1till. Beneath thi1 sod your bones repo%e All that it left ol your fair form. When you parted thi1 life You left me 11lone To become a burden to myaelf and other1. Now thoughts of you are a• eolor£ul A1 the flower1 on your 11rave A1 the bird1 that aoar above As the rainbow in the tun. I I lauirhter. Upon seeing the attention 1he invited among the passersby slae was em· harassed and she hastily walked in a gait, rambling in manner and po11ible only to a person of her ih:e. She walked with arms akimbo and very fut. Although I knew it wa• wrong and unman· nerlik" lo laugh at a per1on's di.afiguremenl, I could not help myself until after she had walked away that my eonacience smote me and evoked a 1hrua:: of pity from me. But her 11.tupidity and ignorance, with no malicious intent in mind nonet/nelet.a pre:lented to anybody who taw her a fiirure one sees only in fonnyl movie filmt and freak show1. Page 9 SPORTS CS.C LIFTERS SWEEP TOUR!V The Colegio cle San Carlos \\"c"ghtlifting team won the first lntcr-Cul;eg1iate Tournament held in Cebn Th'! Green and Gold J;fters captured all. the hodywe'ght team champion· ships except the bantamwe'ght class. The Caroli!lian supermen showtd their sup~riority over the other teams by start'ng w;th poundages \\"e!l wit11 :n the'r limits and hav1~1g a s111·r total. In this tcnrnament. <;ix CC'htl Ti!'· c_0rds were broken by the San Carlos l1ft~rs. Ramon S<in f.!irt•nzo. tlu· prr!:cnt strcngcst we:ghtl fter in Cebu ;ind c:ipt;1in of the G· een aml C:01_rl, team. ""On in !he m'ddkwC'i:·ht c~i,··s;o1~ .handih-. ,,.;th h:.~ J?carest. r:',al t:·:-111 ng- hch'nd hy 100 pounds. San Lorcnzq s!n~tcred the Cebu m '11t!lcwig'ht record in the snatch wi:h 205. The old record was 165. He like\\"ise broke the old record of ~40 in the c'.ean and jerk by doing 265. D:s1>'.ay:ng pl'!nty of speed in his li'fts, Rudolfo Alonso won in the lightweight class with his high-calibre lifts. Elp·d:o Dorothea shed off A few pounds to lift in the feathe•_·1Ye~g·ht C'~asc; where h'! won with a toral of :i0:-1 pounds. I-I<' also bettered the Cehtt rerord in the clean and j"rk \\"ith 20ii. In the flnveiht diY:s.'.on, Ricardo Dorothea. Jr. won over his closest cnmpct"tor by 65 pounds. Alejandri• no. San Cai ]o<; hantam Efter, took tl,_ird p~ace i:1 this categorY. Other Ca,.olii:"an W('irJ1tlifter~ '~·ho made .c:-ood in the :nter-colleg-'.ate contests SUMMARY OF RESULTS Nnmcs FLYWEIGHT Units BWT Press Snatch Clean & je k Total I( s Durothco, Jc .. CSC 107 l:lii 135 190 440 L. Opura ................ S\VC 104 105 120 IGO 375 R. Rc\cntc ...... ~\rgao Inst. 109 105 115 140 360 ;{, AL no .................... SWC 111 90 105 150 3fi;) E. Dior cs .....• lJP 109 90 115 140 345 BANTAMWEIGHT I! lla10-ano ............... S\\'C 121 l:i5 l;i5 190 500 n'. Al--:sna -----------·----5\\'C 121 125 155 180 470 A. Ahatayo -------- ........ CSC 123 HO l:l;; 1"0 4;);) J Du ........................... CSC 116 12:) uo 150 415 FEATHERWEIGHT E s Dorothco .. CSC 130 14;) ];j;) 205* 50:) A: Bucnconscjo ............ SC rn1 1:10 HO 180 460 A. A lino . ........... SWC 130 1:10 13.) 180 44;i c. Huhahib 12:i mo 1:10 180 440 F. Real 124 J;iO 150 G l\·L'noza. ............ . ..... TP ]:32 120 120 LIGHTWEIGHT R .Alonso 140 l4;i J:iO 200 495 F. God"11cz JH ];\;) 140 190 46;j >J. :\Fno Tc .S\\"C 148 160 JG.) 32.i MIDDLEWEIGHT R s Lorenzo CSC' ].j() ]O;j 20.i'~ 2G:i'~ fiGO"' T iiaranga VI ];)9 li;i 1i0 220 1)60>'.1 TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS COLEC.10 11E S.1\:--J CARLOS -· ....... ...... rn Points SOl"TH\YESTERN COLLEGES ··················· " SOl'THF.R\" COLLEGE 4 ~·xew Cchu ReC'o~d Pai;~ 10 \\"C'fc J r.sc flu. Luis Kintanar and Ccrardo Alonso. Above photo i:; the San Carlos W ei Collegiate and th~ Regiona ON BEER AND .... (Continued from page 7)•. eyes wistfully while Sergeant Ruiz pccr'!d. "Johnny!" the gre'!t:ng of :1 girLish-form brought j\fo,s Borjn down to earth. Tes9ie had arrived w:th a bi-mustached stocky f~llow at her side. "Baby Tessie! Is it reully you." Sergeant Ruiz started liack at the Clltc thing- before h'm "Aunt Mary, you'v~ hc~n talk~nit to my hoy friend. Serge;mt Johnn1· Ruiz of the l\'f P nal:talion. 0~1. Aunt l\.fary,. w:ll you please take THE CAROLINL\N AMENTS The Carnlini-nn supcrm'!n sta~d a repeat pc; formance of their showing ~ifting Team which wen the Intethamp:onsh'ps held recently. care of iir. Pecson he.~c? I won"t he long. Come along, Johnny. 1 never expected to see you tonight." "So long for a while. Miss Borja .... a .... a Aunt 1'.fary/' Sergeant Ruiz gulped takiing off with Tessie at his heels. Miss Borja blinked thrice at th~ pair who were immediately lo,,;t in the crowd of dancing feet. "J\h, men , "she 9i~he<l.'' I'm really through with them." "Ah,. women", echoed Mr. Pe:::son seated at her side, " I'm heg"nn:ng to see them." Febru:uy, 1948 in the recently held Inter-Collegiate Tournament and went on to win the team championship in the 1948 R~~ gional Wei'ghtlifting contests with 9 points. The Gn=cn and Gold outf:t ran into stiffer competition this time with the Cebu Fitre Department and he Southwestern Colleges battling to a draw for second place w:th 7 1m'nts each. The Cebu Weightlifting Cluh. last year's champion, wound ttp in last place with only 3 potnts. Four of the San Carlos lifters cnten~d in the compet1t:on finished among the first three in their bodywe·ght classes. Ramon San Lorenzo, CSC middleweight lifter. :mproYcd h's press record by <lo:ng 200 pounds. Rudy Alonso. lightwei~ht hrcke h:s own records to total 520 pounds. Elpi-d "o Dorothea, feathcrw~ight, narrowly missct being ch.i.mp:on ·in his di,·is;ol\ by a mere ];") pounds Al Abataro d'splayed remarkable ficrhtin:::- sp;rit in the bantamweight c;;s,.;. R·cardo Doroth<eo.. fea thc;-,,·eight, lost the championshiv by J) pounds. ilDVICE TD ATHLETES To high-jumpers: Look before you leap. To weigbtlifters: Do not patronize the bars or else you'll cross the bar when you lift the bar-bell. To basketball players: A shot in t~me saves nine. To bench-warmers: rlowrrs from time to time. o.v.t. SUMMARY OF RESULTS Names Units BWT Press Snatch Clean & Je..k Total FLYWEIGHT DIVISION A, Tabar ...... CFll 112 120 135 ]90 445 R. s Dorothea, )• .... CSC 107 1::::i 12ii 180 440 L. :;..;r~varro ............. CFll Ill 130 140* 170 440 J. Du ......................... CSC 112 120 1:10 !GO 410 F . . '\lesna ............... S\\'C Ill 125 135 170 430 L. Opura ................. S\VC }();) ]l;i 120 ];)0 3fl5 R. Relente ........... VECO 109 110 110 140 360 R. Arno .. ................ .SWC Ill 100 105 l:JO 3ii5 BANTAMWEIGHT DIVISION v. A~illo ........ .......... CFD 1~2 180* 160 200 540* L. Alesna .. ............. S\VC ::21 130 160 200 490 c. Hubahib .............. SWC 123 mo HO 1!10 460 A. Aha ta yo csc 133 130 135 JR:) 4;;0 FEATHERWEIGHT DIVISION J. Alforque ................ CSC 130 160' 170 200 530* E. s. Dorothea . ........ CSC 130 };);) mo 200 515 R. Bagana .. .............. SWC 12:i ].:J:j 145 210* 500 A. ;\lino .. . .......... SWC i::JO 130 1:10 180 440 M. Caus."n .. ................ CSC 132 ]4;) ]2;) 270 E. Kibi'do 130 140 EIO 330 LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION ":\/, L. Alina, Jr .... ..S.\VC 148 16:"1 170 220 555 N. Alonso .................. CSC 144 150 160 210 520 MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION •{. San Lorenzo ........ CSC 156 200 205 260 665* T. :Maranga ............. .VT Jii9 170 lRO 230 580 TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP COLEGIO DE .SAN CAR LOS . . ............. 9 Points. CEBU FIRE DEPARTMENT . .. ........... 7 SOUTHWESTilRN COLLEGES . .. .. 7 CEBU WEIGHTLIFTING CLUB . 3 V. Atillo (Bantamwe'ght)-e!'tahEshecl a record snatch of 180* fo an cxtr:i attempt which is permitted for rccorc\-hrenkini? purposes hut is not included in h~s total. * New Cebu Record. P""g" 11 NEWS f.'r. Stcph-::n Szmutko. S. V. D. New Diredor For Boys' High Named ANOTHER AMERICAN pril·~t fell ln !ove with the Filipinos t:hroug-h the compl:mentary l~cture!i a~d book'I of fe'.low Americans and decided to do somcth'.ng practical about it. Father Stephen Szmntko, S.V.D. partir:ularly Eked what he read and heard irom Fr. Edwards Cncidentally a name revered by CaroEnians) and volunteered \'" -' come to the Phil· ippines. Nothing strikes anyone who meets him so much as his ct:sarm:n~ smile which has won the hearts t•i the High School boys. This 30-yc:i.rold priest was bnrn in Trenton. ).Jc··\' Jersey, H e studied for the pr'csthood in the Sacred Heart Coiic'°e.. Penn . sylvania and St. Mary's ·Semin<Jry. Techny, Illino:s. He had a taste of ho!'lp;t::l work from first aid to everything at th"! Ale:X::as Brothers' Hospital for males in Chka~o. Illino's. This was h's first a.!ls:gnment. In Ohio he was a Camp Summer:an in a summer camp frir hoys nhcr wh'ch he was transfrrrcd for p:irish work to n os1on H e reec:w~;t lhC' surprise of his J:fc ,~·hen he wns ordered to come to the Philippines. after hC'lp"n_e- out for on!,· six month.!I in n oston. Lnst Aui::u~t h~ .!\pent a joy(•\ls four weeks witil his famil~· in Trcntnn. ?\~cw Jcr;.:r\· f.'r. Philip V;m Engelen, S.V.D. C.S.C. Faculty Bolstered By Latest Addil:ion A strong and Jiv:ng argument that science ancl religion arc compatible is Fr. Philip Van Engel~1:. S.V.D .• who arrived in Cebu C:ty last January to teach in the Co~cg, J de San Carlos after a two-years sojourn :.n the Sta_tes. acq.uainting hi~n~ self w:th the mtr:cac1es of physic" pr.:or to his trip here. . A program was given fo~ h:m upon h's arrival in t~c Coleg10 <~<! San Carlos hy the H 1gh School cl~· partment of which he '.s the prese11t director. F r. Stephen S?.mutko dur.'.ng h:s first few weeks has i;;howtt great interest in the ho_ rs a~d ~1-.e boys In turn cooperate w th him. L·k.~ Fr. Edwards, Fr. Smith. and Fr. Bunzel whom he has known before. he likes hasketbal!. tennis. footha!I and hockey. S'nging appeals to him and he has br.ght plans for a glee club. Asked why he likes the Philippines. and the Filipinos. he said that "the climate ~s agreeable and the F :lipinos are v~ry lovable. There is som•!· thinU about them you l'ke. they're cheerful. smiling. happy. they c:m take poverty in a jo~ly spitit !" \Vh·~ can help but l"ke tb's "Gulding Star"· of the High School boys? and electronics at TULANE UN[V ERSlTY,. NE, ·V ORLEANS. Fr. \'an E ngelen is not a strangle:" to the Philipp nes for he was here since 1935 when he taught at the Colegio de Corazon de ] es us of Tuguegarao. Cagayan. He saw Fil-Amer:can baptism in blood during the war havingbeen himsel( a pr'.soner of war i:t Los Angeles. After liberation he was scM to the States to study Phys'.cs and E lectronics where among la\•· men he tinkered and wrestled w:ih radio tubes and probleriis of Physic~ During his stay there he had th~ sin~ular fortune to visit other •tngineering schools of note like the Massachusette Institute of Technology. 0£ Dutch stock and citizensh·p. F r. Van Engelen is the oldest of ten ch .. ldren. 6 brothers and 2 sisters •Jf w hom are still alive and present!.\• lit•ing in U trecht. Holland. Fat!1er visited his parents before com'ng hack to the Philippin~s. H's young'est brother is also .!ltudy·ng for the priesthocd and may come to the Philippines someday. At present Fathe~ F elipe :s teach· ing only Religion at the Colegio. He hopes that in a small way he may , contribute to the building of a fine THE CAROLINIAN Under The Microscope (Editor's Note:This is a condensation from an article in 1 '.'f'he Week" Magazine by the Pre-Meets) "See no ev·il, hear nO eV~I. Speak no ev,il.... is an old Oriental saying worth beaTing in mind, says our mentor. N:ot these days, we answer, whe'n being goody-goody and wishy-wash~· is no longer the fashion. As a rule we do not subscribe to th~ .dictale:i n£ fashion come what may, more conversed as we arc in our own work than in anything else. Nevertheless, in the vicinity oi our laboratory .. there are (mes when we have to assert ourselves to put medd!ers and people with delusion!'! of grandeur in their proper places. Various human species· p.ersistentlv t~p at our window panes, some-, :~~:~:, :~rpo~~~;ctdes~:~us8~:nti~:~ tactiing us from lucrative endeavor. Interesting specimen-many . of them -if only for laboratory purposes: although plenty;. too, are quite tire!lome, to say the least. This week, our venerable tutor picked at random a jabbering pa:r of these. Thi!, he told us is a pair of the monkey type, Humankind, he continued, explaining when he noted our puzzled expression being ·of the animal kingdom, displays natur.il ahmties similar to.. or worse than other animals. In some as in th:s one. the monkey trai:t ts more accentuated • in others that of other creatures ' So noisy was the female of the specie we had under study. we rued thr fact we were not member~ of th "Oher--our-Impul!le· Club," or we would happily visect either or both of the pair, previous to puttin~ them under the low power objective of our microscope. For details We were told. we should turn on the n:gh power objecphys"cs laboratory and electrical and. civil engineering shop for San Carlos where young men and women might study the mysteries of science, He has already ordered addit:onal equipment from the Sta!les for the college laborator:es. He will act as Regent and Spiritual D.rector for lhe College of Engineering in the ourn in the States ·acquainting himnew San Carlos Unf,·ersity. F•br11ary0 March, 1948 Law Freshies Elect Officers After •· spiri;ted· electioneering and speec:hq1aking, the ¥r.eshman class of ~he College of Law .elected ~ts officers ·on January 29. The following came out elected: Mr. Alfc:inso C. Dalope ...... Pr.esident Mr. Sergio· A. Bantiles .. Vicc-Pres. ~e:~;;il~e~:t~~t~~--&Sec.-Treas. Sgt. Bajarias .................... Sgt.-at-arms Before the above officers w.ere elected, Major Mercado, the then incumbent pt~~ent, presided over the meeting, The flrst nomination was that of he can~ Jates for President. ~;~t~~lope came out unanimously After hi.s · electllon President Da· lope took the chair. He ·received nominations for the other offices. Both t'he new Presidt!nt and the V:ce-President delivered inaugural .speeches. I DREA..,.M ON I CARLOS CREER RUSIANA Sleep. m,. lcwe. dream -· ~ ~:::~:. ·~~=!:. ~=· I While canulq Lnen1 Llow, ! ::.;;:: :::.:~~:;. true Yet deep, m' love, ~m oa Your •a1el w•tche. O'n "JOU. tive · But there was no need for that. every detail howev.er minute was so clearly defined., we could right away' describe ·our subjects. There were what found out an impartial hamin.ation of our subjects: These female 0£ th"4 species will die unless she is allowed to tattle endlessly. Her gabbings, though usually revolve about peQple she is fully aware are her superiors iin intellect or jn other matters. Her theme is invariably the same--concocted "ba~ness'" of "ii-repute" of those people whose high standard of Jiving or superiM ability she tries to ape hut could ·never" attain considering her lim.:ta·.tions. Her greatest happinel'l!i "1 when she could go . the round of (Continued on page. 20). ..eettsu ~o. ~lie EDITOR Dear. Editor: I have been reading the pages of the Carolin'.an religiously and I am glad to say that I have enjoyed· it thoroughly. I l~e especially the iaformal and the humorous write-ups. This is the reason that I have come forward with a suggestion to improve trhe contents of the Carolinian. I think ft would be a glood idea. to put up a gou:p column. In that column, you can gAve an account of the activities of famous personalities or the college. I am sure that such a column will !ltlr the interest of the students because, as the sayfmgi goes. "It is the names that make news." I hope that you wiU like the suggestion and gi.ve a little thought to the matter. :M. z:. Bajarias We have to hand it to Reader Bajarias for the nice -but not novelsuggelition. In Tact, nothing can fill the pages of the magazine more quickly· than a goss:p column. There really is no trick to writing a column. Ho~er, the policy of the magazine is to keep as impersonal as possible for certain reasons. Henre, a goseip column hiis been· left out delib<>..rately at the exp~r.se of reader appeal. Reader Bajarias will be happy to -find however that we are runuing a column this issue - not the "goss'p" k:nd, though,__;ED. Mr. Editor: This is~ going. to be a gripe, pure and sin1pl~. and I .dare you to publish -it in thf' next issue. I have no\ed that the Carolinian always comes out weeks or month:-.. late. For e:xample, the November 4ssue came out in December and the January issue came out >in February. Furthf;rmo~. I ·am under the impression tha.t· the college organ 1s supposed to come out monthly. Why iJs it that there were two monthi;, 1{ I rememhf'r exactly, that the Carolinian did not come out at 11.ll What (Co111in11ed an P••• 14) · ·p.,.·13 L£TTERS TO THE ... (C-linued fr•Ull pqe 13) was.1he staff been doing all the time. Alfonso Dalopc Readers Dalope's grip~ is understandable so we have taken up the challeng;~ to publish his letter. Half of the bllame can be laid to the staff made up of students, after all, and not of prof~ss:onal writers. The other half can be laid to mechanical d'.fficulties, paper shortages and varied other deta;ls attendant at the printers. The magazin.-:! is not a monthly. The quota is 6 issues for a schoolyear or 3 a semester.-ED. Dear Mr. Editor, I would like to add my vo;ce to the chorus of praises that I have heard ~1~~n1:a~~~~7~n o.n our college orgau. 11-1'-m Yeu are J'O• u ,.nn Ppr-'- by rue•, ..w. Yoa 1till ou, lib hllen MN.. 1w-dp .... If wb- amidd life~• .tron1.a bafflln1 hunic-•, You •till can, witb confidence from alHwe, .. c11rel1 llland. If when conhnted L,. Ille'• ua:liMt .,.ua., Still ,._ can admin -d bold up F•nr claia. If when cha.ted co.tlJ' b1 •tranre bepile, You .till c- Leam and clraw a bon.,.ed 1mile. And when left far Lebind in life"• race, You. tlill can Lope ancl make cadence at cue. If loll: -• int.o U.di:neN FOU 10 ...tRF, You 1till ha•e courase to find Four wa7. If when enticed by tWa •weelneM of Un, y 011 itill can boldlJ' not bJ' tn.n1ient jOJ' forfeit J'OUr 1oul U when cn11elly hurt by betra,.al1 of frieaclt, You tlill can lo•• and pray for them. U when uttel'IJ' fa11ed bJ' life'• tediou••- to the brhM \'ou .till c- clOM your.,. .. and fall to pleuant dnam1. .......•........... .......................... then 7ou are you I think that it !s the best ed:tec1 mag;azine among all college publications in the dty of Cebu and may , ___________ _ ~;=~ila~tac~teg~~=pa~sa~zi~es.se~e;~~ 1 TEARS THAT FLOW noteworthy are the running comment's a~tached to the short stor:ies and article~. They are so well written that I m··~ht say one is even disappointed to find that the p:eces they are supposed to ballyhoo do not sometimes ~~~~.out as good as they are adverltomi• cannot br.U It. i'hey onlJ' pu.t it to::. the tffl And ,trenirthen it for '"' The teau that dow .bow - Tbat you c•re, for which I appreciate J'OU the more. Lastly, the Span.ish section which U we 1t-d. to1et.ber a good many part of the student body No earthly force ~ ....-er ;::~. 7t:v~ ~::~~e~h~a:~i:~~;I I :;ft~ j Our mutual Ion. ten m ve'y fine 'tyle-so good, ;ndeed - - - - - - - - - - - - that somet~mes I find it hard to be-1 ~;e f~ht~~:~~nau;;c~: ~~~es ~~~!:::1~: ETERNAL PEACE the same opinfon. May J'O'll' ihunber ne•ermore As a whole, the magaz!ne is of Be broken bJ' 6re1 of eun• high quality and I am proud of it. Ma,. your peace he la1tina Jose Gall of in The &uquets thrown our way are very flattering-but definitely. However, the idea of a ghost behind the Span:sh editorials is a bugaboo. The Spanish editor is as good as his Editorials. Again, the incri~ulity can be considered actually as a backslap -it is a measure of how good the Spanish, editor - ·and his works. -ED. Pap 14 Fore•en:aore. We 1hall be reminde-d. Of all the thins• J'Ou've done, Of your YiLrant J'O&.:th and Ramin1 eourap. We'll k-p them in our heart. un.tinted. Y-you're 1-e, fu- away I To that peace of eleroal life But memoriH ol J'OU wnl haunt u1 F•om .ray W. da,_ -Jo.c;EflNA MONTEBON I -------------DREAMER'S LAMENT .... DITO P. BUGARlM 0 may then be no •U111mer moon To lengthen 111y dnory day• And aiock me witli a &r..kle face That oool.d a flame too 1001'1. No more •hall come the zephyr. of morn Brin1ine the fraa:rance of a ro ... The decrepit 1un at •Un .. t bu Iott lb iold; tlic 1ky, it. blue. A• .dreamer forlorn Like me •hall walk the lon1 .Wai,:ht road, With darkne11 and uncertainty to weaken My foot1tep1 that totter now -d then; Benumbed, weakenctl L,. the heavy t .. cl. Now I know that in ••me WaJ'I I .hall not ice once .._ore I:: =~~~.::.~:.:~:~·:::::~:~ clad oook1. I :~.~::.ah;~!: 1 t~i:.:-:~r the mo' Within a c.,Jd 1round &leep hlo_ •oon 1 I TH£ CAROLINIAN MILITARY CROSS CANNON FRATERNITY ELECTS NEW OFFICERS The cadet officers of the C.S.C. artillery corps elected a new set of officers to run the Cross Cannon Fraternity th"'S semester. The following were elected: pres"dent;,. Cdt. Col. Eduardo J avelosa; vlce-pres:dent, Cdt L'l'ut Col. Anton:o Tumulak; secretary. Cdt. Capt. Napoleon G. Rama \reasurer, Cdt. Major Jaime Jimeno reporters, Cdt. L"cut Vicente Uy and Cdt. L'eut. Ramon B. Tupas sgts-a.t-arms Cdt. Capt Teodoro Ruiz and Cdt. Ca1>t. Floren- I cio Rita, Adviser of the organization is Capt. Pedro GonzalC,Zt commandant of the ROTC unit. ROTC SPONSORS CHOSEN AFTER KEEN COMPETITION An election of sponsors for the d'fferent units in the ROTC corps this semester was held recently. After a close ballot;ng, the following were declared elected: Regimental sponsor. ARTILLERY SONG O"er Hilb O'er Daiei We have hit the du.•ly tu.ii A• th<>se CaiHon• go rollin1 along Cou.nter Marcil Riaht About Hear tho1e waron• Soldier• •hout A• tho•e Cai110n1 10 rolling along CHORUS For it'1 Hi Hi Hee In the Fie~d ArtillerJ Sound off your number. Loud ond .tronir One, two, three, four Ev"ry body 'II know Ev"ry where we 10 'J'ha.t tho•e Cai111ona Are rolling along Teresita Marf·nez; Regimental staff'------------~ sponsor, Milagros Lucero. 1st bat- ~----------~ talion sponsor, Chari to Pelaez; 2nd battalion sponsor, Milagros Lope?.; 1st battal:on staff &ponsor., Andron!ca Torrefranca; 2nd battaHon staff sor, ]. Cosito; Hq_ battery. sponsor, Marina Javelosa; "A'' battery sponsor, Cand.da Esti!lore; "B" battery sponsor, L Asuncion: "C" battery sponsor;, Mabel Varian; Serv'cp battery sponsor Teres'.ta Valenc'a; Color sponsor. N. Kho.: Band spo•1Sor, Julita Tagalog. COUNTRY LIFE .. A. C. A.BAT.A.YO The earl1 mornin1 brene ruda1 To the nipa doon and window. For ev...,-one to b.-.1th in fall. At noon the t.reea hum their tone• A• chan1in1 wbula pu1 tbrouah. The evenin1 leaftl the dar Lehi .. And all ma•'• worriu ceue, SPONSORS BA:LL HELD l\a'ain the moon ucenih the Py The cadet o!f 'Cers of the Cross To watch o'er thole who nit; Cannon f~atcr~1ty held a b~ll and pro- The day• ancl •ishk an made for ... r~=~ea!'.~he e~!:ere~;~~:~:s h~;ort~! I With all .... thins• uound, organ"zation and tJ:ie new off cers of And all t~ b9'."ut,. 0- can•the Cross Cannon fratern'.ty. The af· In ever,th••s .. planned. fair was graced w"th the presence of Lieut. Col Manuel T. Flores. past commandant of the San Carlos ROTC un·1: and now superintendent of alt ROTC units. C.S.C ROTC AWARDED HIGH RATING The ofifice of the super'ntendcnt of ROTC units p'cked out the Colegio d~ San Car!os ROTC unlt as the organization with the most eff'Cient record here last year. In recogn;tion of th's record, the artiUery branch of the service was glven the unit. The San Canlas art '-llery corps is Febru.ry-Mo.rch, 1948 the only unit in that branch of the service in the whole Visayas and M "ndanao. In Luzon, this distinction :s enjoyed by the three leading univers'.t'es of Manila: the University of the Ph"lippines. the University of Santo Tomas and the Far Eastern un:vers":ty. CS C. CADETS BEARING UP WITH COMBIN.ED ARTILLERY. INFANTRY T:(MINING The Carol'n"an cadets are undergo:ng•. tra'.n:ng in two branches of the military ,service this semester-t~e artillery and the infantry. Desptte the weight and hardship this involves, the instructors and the ~a dels have managed (o come through w;th a fairly good average. MILITARY BALL HELD FOR LIEUT. COLONEL FLORES A m Ttary ball was tendered on March 14 by all R.0.T.C. units in the city in honor of LieuC. Col. Manu~l T. Flores and his party who came here to conduct the annual tac1ical inspect:on of RO.TC. 1m:ts here. · 94 CADETS TO TRAIN IN FLORIDABLANCA Ninety-four cadets who took the second year basic and the advanced course .n the R 0.T,C. department this year were selected to undergo two months of summer cadre training at the Ptf:lip1>ine army training camp in Flor;dablanca; Pampanga. Graduates of the second year basic course last year were previously scheduled to make the Floridablanca trip also. The order to this effect however was revoked after the quota of 94 given to the Colegi.o de San Carlos was filled. Anothef rea~ son g:ven was that last year's crop were trained in the infantry course while this year's cadets were given trlfining in the arfllery branch The first batch of Carotfnians going to Floridablanca will emplane on Apr:-1 1. The rest will follow later. either by boat or by plane. The training will start Apr:l 7 and will close in the last week of May, it was announced. C,C.S, UNIT MAKES GOOD IN TACTICAL INSPECTION The Colegio de San Carlos R.0.T.C, un:t passed the g;rade with flying colors at the annual tact:cal inspection held on March 15, draw·'Dg the biggest crowd -'n the series of inspect'oi1s of all R.O.T.C. outfits in the c:ty. The fact of the Colegio de San Carlos being the only R.O.T C. un"t in the city desiginatcd to the areUlery branch added glamor to the show put on by the Carolinians at the tactical inspection. The tactical inspect"on was conducted by I.fceut. Col. Manuel T. Flores. superin·tendent of all R.0.T.C. units in the PhiFpp"ne!i\. and h:s party of tactical off.'ters. * * * NIK NAKS * * '*• A STCDY lX PRACTlCA LITY :\:ck: Mr brother's in jail charged with murde.r. Xap: Say. that's serious. How d'.d it happen !\id;: My father was s"ck and the Joctor told my hrothcr t" gfre him a shot in the arm t J relieYe h"s pain -- and my hrother thought if one shot wouJJ help -- why not empty the six shooter :nto h'm. BIG FEAT PC'te:You're always talking- about my ti:g ieet -- welt. let me te-11 you I'm glad I've got big· feet. Paul: Why I'cte: \Veil, \Yhen I was hunting lions in Africa. I ran out of ammunition 'llld there was a lion following me. It started to rain and l started to nm s:> the !"on \\"Ouldn't kill me -well. 't rained and rained and the lion kept fo'.lowing nw. hut he finally fe],\ in~o one d Ill)" footprints and hcforc Iv: could srramhlc nut. he \\·a:-. drowned. THE SCOTS DO IT AGAIN! T11·0 S~~:i·~z;~~;i~d 1::~~~~ta~:~:e~:;17he;:: fell ~nto a crevasse. The oth•;t JH"crmg- oYer the edge saw hi,: companion hole] no;: "11 almo:< hr his f ngcrnails. '.\fad>ou.t•al: .\re re a"right. Mac Pherson? '.\facPh~rsr,n: Xot exactly that, hm if ,Y<l~l nm down to the 1·i~lag(. an git rope J"tl ll:\" to han•r on here 1:11 you come- hack J-i~lr\"\' for hea1·t·n sake. ' '.\lacDr:ugal clisappeared and 11·af. gone ncar'.y ;111 hour. Sudden]\' h:.~ :~~e c~m~earn! aga·n 01·er :he ccfge oi :\lac Dougal: Are yon still there. i\rarPherson? '.\lacPhcr~on; /\yc ! Ha1·e ye got t\1~ rope. :\lac Doug-al: K.ay - the d:rty dogs i.1 the 1·illage · wamed 2 pomids for it. Paee 16 PL \YI'iG HOOKY '.\lax :Yo11 can go on playing hooky here. but r bet you can't d::i 1hat ·n a correspondence school. Koykoy: Betcha I can. :\lax: !low? l\oykoy. I send an empt~· envelop'!. PL.\STIC SURGERY She :\\'hat will the operation of l:ftin_g- mr face cos~. cloctor? Doc: Fil'e thousand dollars madame. She: Thats rohhery Isn·t there someth"ng kss expensive· i can try? Doc: Yott m:g-h~. try ;\'Car·~1g_ a veil. c1-11c1..:: E:\I nt 'TC HER "[ario: I'm a lady-k"ller. O~k~e: Yeah. they take one look at you and drop d~ad. 1:ADl.-KILJ.ER ~ap :They say he's. a reg-ular lad:,·kif'er Ben: 1'11 Say he is. lic stan·es them to death. J'LL BE HANGED! Jn:in: \\'ere any of your ancesto-s on the stage or screen? Pcilru: }!y cous:n was the princ'pa1 charactC'r at a pnhFc fnnct"on 011ce hut !he platform fell. Juan: Did "he fa'] to the rloor? l'C'd1·1,: :\u--thr rope stopped h'm. BOBBY-SOX ~l:ic: \\'hat is the d fferencc be{•ween the so-calkd o\d-fash:oried 1\·oman and the so-called nMclern woman? Jol': The old-fash"oned woman use<l nu darn her husband·,; socks wh~!e the modern woman socks her hu~band. GRAMl\!AR TC'achcr; G;vc me a SC"ntence us'ng the word "miniature:'' Student: The miniature asleep yon begin t.o snore, ANGEL \Valt: From what I hear, yottr wife is a bit of an angel. Pete: Oh, rather. She's always gain;{ up in the air and harping c.n something or ~her. LIARS Professor: I will lecture today on rars. How many of you ha1·e read the twenty-filth chapter. Nearly all raised tbe:l'r hands. Professor: That's fine. You'r~ the group t'o wh.om I wish !O speak. There is no twenty-f;fth chapter. • LUNATICS He talks to h:mself-tha:tt shows he's insane. Rid"culous. You wonllln't be insiu1e ju.st because you talked to yourself. No? Of course not. I talk to myself. Do you th:nk I'm insane. I wouldn't say you're insane if you . talked to yourseH. llut you would be if you listened. -oOo-A doctm· was sht,w·n~ a fr:cncl around a hmat:c asy:mn. "See tha;· man O\'Cr there:·· he sa cl, "Yes." "\Ve'I. he's the fel.Jow who went mad on the 111ght of his wrc\d ngwhen his g:rl jilted him." "Too bad." They passed on. Com;ng to a ste~·t cell ·n wh'.ch a man was hang"ng h s heac\ against the bars, the doctcr said "Do you know who that is?'-" "No." "\Vel!, that's the fellow who ·mar· ried the other fel'.ow's girl." -oOo-The last scene is laid ;n an insan<! asylum. They arc serv:ng soup, to nuls! THE CAROLINIAN The "Guy" who boasts of his doz.. en sweethearts today hut losses them all on the morrow,-M-iss Pr:scilla Dosdo~. HiEih Schoo.I Training Dep't. The irrhated and irritating :n-laws who cut each others throat and bite each others nose but still remain intact and sound under one roof. - Ma. Ray Pangilinan Jr .. Liberal Arts II. Students who pretend to be ignorant about thei-r ass·gnments when they have burnt their midnight can· dies digesting them. - Miss Fe Pat.al:nghug, Education I, The woman who enjoys irossiping stories 0£ her chums more than di~ cussingl her studies. - Miss Nieves Castillo, Education I. People who think that riding on a camel ois fun but are oMivious to the danger of a fall. - M'.ss Tita Valen· cia.. General Course I. The student who after copying th<:! work of others in the examination. th'.nks the achievement to ·be his <"!Wn. - M·ss Rosar:o F. Radii, Commerce I. Pr.ople who get the idea they are worth a lot o( money just beeaust they poss<:":ss it. - Miss Fe Pata~ing hng Education I. The man who has an eye for beauty hut a mind that is good for only one th'.ng at one time. The family wWch boasts of a wellp~anned hudi:,'et that usually ~nds up in a malnutrition hospital. The re:low who insists on reminding you of the descendants of Ron'.faoiq. Mab;ni and Rizal at the time ~·ou · are in one or your "surplus" deals. The voun~ hdde who has to adiust fro;n a honeymoon trip to her ;nlaws. The girl who walks in a manner that makes.people make way for her. The lady who immediately drops a hoy like a hot potato after she learns h~ has no jeep and is not "Yarrow" minded. The girl who immed:ately wears a wounded look w·thout your knowing you had hurt her in any way. February, 1948 Prom Bead To l'oot Notes by J.R.G. The Carnlinian would hnvc been n better school org~111 if the student body coopi.:rate~ and contributed more. The feature column specially, hares ohv1om: hmts of ueglect. Hinb? .... huh! The awful ttuth is more Eke it. . . . The anticipation of graduation .... determination to succeed. Flushed, eager fac~s.... anxious glances.... expectant hearts.... visions of the sweetgirl graduate, ecsta~c in her flimsy, white organdie .... nightmares of the martyred-boy graduate, choking in his coat and ti,,. ... The eternal controversy .... the battle of the sexes will go on and on as long as women insist on the war paint, as long as men how.I their war-whistle. 'Vomen giggle .... men oggi!e. \Vomen have cinematical illusions that they ha.Ye ~Jamour and oomph-appeal plus. Men have telescopic notions that they are the impregnable unh•erse. Still, useless each without the other. The best-selling Book-of-'th-!-ages-the Ego and I, by Every Egoi.n. There is not a more typically human characterization than Ego this .... Ego that.. .. a mQTe satisfying eulogy of sincere praises that I was .... I am .... I will. * * $ The Constitution expHcitly grants "freedom of the press." \Ye heartily applaud, "Let Freedom Ring." ... * "' The Way of All Beicgs is canned up in the nutshell of a radio request program. Prisoners of Love wax Sentimental and plead Guilty to the Temptation of Jealcusy and the Full Moon and Empty Arms, and awa~t th"?ir sentence to be Near You Till the End of Time. My! Ain't love grand! . .. What priee cooperaHon? I copy from you .... you get hundred. So clo I? When you get zerQ. I i<'Ct a hundred pC'r cent. \Vhy? I do not let you copy what I copied from a th;Td person. . • * ::: The trouble with womo;n is that they exert too much effort to attract the attention of men and exert no e&fort at all when they say, "No." Th-, trouble with men is that they are too self-confident. When a woman says, "No," they think that he is pretend;ng. They never think that there must be sc.m"?thlng wrone; with their love-mak·ng. ... Can't we clo !l.omething ahont the inctensing list of m·erclue hooks in the J:obrary? • ., ;:i Posting a deadline creates as much promising prophecy as did the writing on the wall. Thtte is a slight var:ation, however ...... there is indeed writ"ng, but wheD"? on earth is the wall? ... Leap Year call!l. for an :nno\·afon .... gir!!l. a!l.k lm~·<:. for rfal<'!l.. !l.prnrl for thc-m and chase them. R11t hacl it not heen !l.o all thc!l.e years? S.-1 !!uhth· .... !lo inl?'cniouslv clone that nil alPn~ '.·t !ookC'cl like conYC'n~ionarty p:i.r e"xcellence? · . * * $ Why are there cynics? It isn't b'!cause people have los';: the"r faith and trust in some other people-not because hearts hav~ been broken by carelr.<:.s prom:ses-not because th'! illus•ru1 of pink clouds and blue sk!es have hr.come the black shadows of d!sillus'onment. Rather, peopb become cynical because tbel'I'! is such my&tery and intr~gue in being a cynicr.ynlcism is out of the ordinary .... there is allure .... there is som.~thirig different .... there .is such a U!'o~Iess word as a cvnic £or people to make use of....a justif!cat;on for the originality :ind ncvelty o~ be!ng called cynlcal. . . . P:irdon. hut m\· soHp :s !l.howini;r hehvC"cn 'the· r11f"s. I could he s11C'cl for plagiari~m yet nncl some people would lol;e to run artcr my scalp. eh wot~ P111£e 17 Mfl It 11111tItttt++tttlIl11111IIIIIltS111111111111111 f i'++tl I I I I I I I I I l I I I I I I ti 1111111111111 i E41t I ' ~eccfo~'°'~~,~~~ttllana I VICENTA ESCANO JESUS A MARTINEZ EDffOeA ASOCIADA REPORrERO +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++H+l JI I I I I I I I I l++++t+ll I I I I I t+tHH I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I It I EDITORIAL EL HOMBRE PROFUNDO /:,"ra mt guason incorregible que informado de que un tal fulano es muy pro/undo, observo con finisimo sarcasmo: Deberia serlo, pues el es todo una cavidad. !.a erudicion para algunos consiste en embeber todo el libro: todas Slts proposiciones, ideas, letras y signos ortograficos. Acepta, con !a religiosa credulidad de un secuaz de Ma/Joma, todo lo que ve alli impreso. Apoyados sobre la /alsa premisa de que deberia ser un sabio quien llega a escr.ibir un libro, abrigan la idea de que todo lo que un libro encierra dentro de sus paginas no puede ser otro que una obra acabada y erudita, cuyas teorias y conclusiones son dignas de ciega y fervorosa creencia cual un dogma de fe. ) Su amor a los libros pronto se trueca en un culto feticbista, y en este .m idolo literario. como en todos los dioses jalsos, encon.traran la perdirion y la disilusion. /lay dos clases de estudiantes que estudian sin aprender. Pasa/l por profundos, merced a su disfraz grave y estudioso, cuando en realidad son unos mentecatos. Se dedican a los estudios con mas entusiasmo que aptitud. Cuando poseen mediana inteligencia pero mucba pretension al aplicarse a los estudios fuera de su alcance intelectual, HIS bondas ambiciones re sultan fatales. T anto mas indagan en Ins misterios de la vida y del nmndo, cuanto mas confuso se quedan. Por olra parie, bay quienes estan dotados de sobresalientes cualidades pero estas estan mal aplicadas. J>roclaman prematuramente su independencia intelectual, y luego, henchidos de vanagloria y egoismo, ya no cabe en ellos ninguna otra inteligencia superior. Poco a poco les arruina su presuncion temeraria. Mentira parece, pero los mas solemnes y monumentales errores en este mundo los ban enunciado hombres de esta categoria. Hay algunos estudiantes que por /Jaber leido a Kant, a Marx o a Neiztscbe ya se creen unos sabios. Nuevas y ntrevidas ideas halagan su fantasia y excitan su imaginacion. Guiados por su pueril a/an de lucirse. desarrollan y ponen en practica las teorias malsanas recien aprendidas. Se valen de ellas para contradecir y refutar vanamente doctrinas que ban sobrevivido a siglos de contradiccion y vicisitudes mil veces mas abrumadoras. En verdad. la ciencia puesfa en manos de fanaticos e incautos huede converlirse en un arma de dnble filo que hiere 11 desfruye al mi.~mo que la posee. El hombre erudilo no es aquel que auiere abrender sin el menor esfuerzo por su parte, ni aquel que, sin reflexionar". acepta todas las lecrin11P~ 11 ensenanras. solo 1>0rque magister dixit, ergo ita est. La er11rl1dnn ronsi~te Mincinalmente en hoder sef)arar ln falso de lo genuino. la menfira de la i·erdad. la fantasia de la realidad. P11gc 18 Un "Bluff" Historico por rafael v. guanzon Cual pokeristas modemos., los revolucionarios de la provincia donde respire las pr:meras auras ue la vida tamb:.en han empleado el "bluff" .... , pero lo emplearon historicamente. No porque ellos fuesen blufistas par temperamento sino porque la neces:dad y el patriotismo lo emperaron. Eran las pr'.meros d·as del Noviemhre de 1895. Casi todos los pueblos cle Negros Occidental estaban ya en manos filipinas. Solo quedaba por conquistar el mas importante-Bacolod, la capital. Qu"sieran los revolucionar:os o no .. tenian que tomarlo en segulda ante!l de que lle.~ara la ayuda que hacia dias esperaban los espanoles. Pero coma hacerlo cuando el enemigo. aun con la ausencia de la ayucla esperada, estaba mejor a;mada? Este prob~ema habia costaclo mucha preocupac'.on a las Generales Aniceto Lacson y Juan Araneta .. caudillos de\ gob'.crno cantonal revolucionario de Negros. Pero cual po'I milagro de un poder divine que un pueblo oprim'do se librase del t:ran(\ los dos caudillos no tardaron en llegar a la solucion. Y coma resultado cle ella. par la tarde de\ 5 de Noviembre de\ mism0 ano. las fuerzas revo~ucionarias procedentes del norte bajo el mando dd Grat Lacson y las clel sur encabezadas por el Gral. Araneta. mircharo"'l s·mu'.taneamente hacia Bacolod. Cuando estaban ya a eso de un k'lometro de la poblacion. se pararon Uno de las generates envio un em". sario al gobernador espanol demandando la capitulacion de la cahecera. porqtte si no. la iban a tomar por asalto antes de la madrngada. Aunqne el gohernador ,,e·a desde la torre de la '.glesia de San Seha'itian lo bien "armadas" que estaban las batallones revolucionarios "e nego. Mas t:irde. s:n embargo. ah· \andado qu:7.a por las llantos de sn esposa )' sus hijos y comorend'en~Q (Pasa a la pagina 20) THE CAROLINIAN EL HUMOR DE UN MUERTO .fa M~"' 'I La JH4p~ Por R. V. G. .. Por ALFONSO C. DALOPE La vista de una nmjc1'.. ;uJc1uas de cs, de! nork de Luzon. Era las once de la noche de! Dia de haber sido s'cmpre mi fllente de .im- Su cuello. si es corto, recuerda dt-1 las Di•funtos. Juancho, en vez de com- pi-racion, tambien me hacc acordar d'? emperador Neron, si es largo de la" par(r el regocijo de sus companercis distintas cosas que entre ~· son tam- be\dades de Cambod·a. en gracia a la ocasfon. -encuartelabase bicn d·:si.1ntas. Si la parte superior de las pantoen el sillindo del Qtro extrema de Ia Una mujer retegorda me trae a J::i fl:llas fent ninas son mas grandes que casa. Repasaba las lecd"ones pasadas mente recueidos de epocas de bonan- las inferiores me acuerdo de mi juen anatomia ~n que habia de tener za y prospcridad; una que sea de!- ventud cuando jugaba "bowling." Peexamen Ia manana s:guiente. gada, de epocas de norma!:dad; pero ro '!n caso que las superlo:es sean de Pero apenas huDo traspasado un la \"ista de una ch/ca flaca m'! re- i~•ual tamana qne las in•eriores. me cuarto de hara en que nuestro estu- trotrae a los anos helicos cuando mu- acuerdo c\e mi diversion de pintar ~J diante hallabase en la mesa de estudio, chos perecieron de hambre. d'bujar los vacios de las balas del ca~ empezo a turbarse el silencio que rei- Los ojos azules de una mujer, sea non. naba en el recfnto. Detras de '!1. vc- ~Ila afr.cana o china. me 1ect1crdan Los pies si son venosos me nia un ruido de algo que se arrastra- del ciclo de \'erano o dcl mar en c\'a.- acu'!rclo de una verengena frita con ba. s:,n embargo, preocupadi'5imo que de sol; si c\la posee ojos negros me huevo; si por casualidad no lo son, sc estaba de lo serio que seiiia el exn- acu'!rdo de agua de un rio revueJt.y me v;:ene contemplar los p<'es de la esmen, no lo h"zo caso; cre!a que era oor una manada de carabaos. .tatua de marmot de Venus '!n la bino mas '!I cruji'do de las tablas de3- Sus lab:os rojos me hacen recorda;· blioteca nuestra. pues de un dia de severo sol. No ha- de los petalos de rosa. Pero sns la Los talones pletoricos son reminihia nada fuera de lo natural. penso. b"os pal.'dos me .traen a la memor!a Ci centes de la yema de! huevo. Pero Un ra.tito despues. ceso el ruido so- "atalwin'!" y la malari-a. los anemicos, recuerdan de la clara dd lamente para resumi·rse despues de Al ver yo su nariz, si· es alta y JJ."en mismo huevo de gall:na. unos' segundos como si se burlase de formada, rP.cuerclo el \·olcan de Po- Y las unas de los pies? Si son pinalgu'.en, El sigu'o atento a su [br11, pocatip:tol de Mejico; s~ es cha ta. se tados. en seguicla siento hambre porpero el ru'do.persi'stia, y se hacia mas me v:-ene el retrato de una colina que me recuerdan de Jos "cookies" de audible. Aquello '!ra ya intolerable. sembrada de ma'z. color del T•imes Kitchen; si no son Para averiguar que era lo que le mo- Si su cabello es rubio. se me ocurrc pintadas me acuerdo de las mujeres en lestaha Y para darlo fin,. el joven penMr de \os rayos de! sol una hora el Noli Me Tangere y tamb'.en cle la volv'o la nfrada en pos de si. Solo antes de ponerse; sii es negro, mi: crema de la leche que es responsah!e par~ quedarse abobado y gu:za pa:-a acuerdo <lei humo que ven·a de los por el presente estado de mi salud. oh1 darse de cuanto hahfa revisto. templos de la antigua Roma. En sentis:s. no estara de mas clecir Un espectaculo no comun y poco La ba1h Ha puntiaguda de mujer que la mttjer s"'!mpre ha sido la fuenagradab'e encontro su mirada. Ln me hace r<:'cordar de la geogiraf:a y ck te de -inspirac/,on de toda ohra mag<na. calavera que hahia trai'do de su puc- la ptmta de Cehu en el sur: s: no lo tanto en Jo espirftual como en lo fi's"c•'. hlo para el lahoratoriti zor,log"l."n --'-----....;..-'-'.....;...;..;;c..:.c-'-C_;__=.;;;...;;.;.;.cc..:..:;_;_.=....;.._;_....c. _ _ _, d•I ooJ,glo andaha. Mov"• """ pul- Los Maestros - Seres Abnegados gada~ paraba. andaha, paraha. Aquel por Crescenciano Dayanan resto lnonano mov:a la·~ralmcnte-. m:randole con las cuencas tapada<; con alg-odon. El espectaculo no solo le cnnvencio de la ex;stencia en su cuarto de al~o fu~ra cle lo ord"nar:o sino que le h."zo el corazon oalpita~ con estripitosa \~·olenoia a la v~z que un intolerable deseo d'! g-r:tar se apodero de el. Pt'ro stt scr f"s'cc1 r_arec"o oestar paralizado y se requ·rio el lapso de un0s momentos an1es de que el ptid,.era clesneg-ar la len~ua para pN\ r ayuda. Sin emhar£1n. ~u l"'r'to no ftH• respuesto rn seiru rla Ttwo <rue reit'rarlo y en \'oz que pare6a clamar al e:"elo Los soror··"ntes forzaron la ouerta.' A.I ~:~t~~::~:erf1~nr~;;!e. le largaron dos Seguncl0s mas tarcle en medi,.., del montonc'to cl'! nuesos rotas c\e la que era cala,·cra. se Yio otro d:wcr-1111 1 a ton nmerto. Frbru11ry·March, 1948 Estos maestros son conid.dos como los humildis·mos entre los hum·ldes; son los qu<:' pasan s:n glori'a y i.s:•norados de los qu'! trabajan pa-a el gobicrno. Sus responsahi~ daclcs son innum'!rables por razon de :·n comet:clo y porque ellos son los qne forman el caracter de la ju,·entud de la nacion. pero apesar de su eEc"enc·a y lea\tad no son apreo'ados por algunos altos oficiales <lei goh erno. que no cons'deran el h'!cho de que los maestros en todo tiempo <'_stan nmy cargados de trabajo, Su t·empo de rccreo v c\escanso ec; muy lim'tado. Las f:~stas ofic'ales s0n gem~ralmente los c\'as en que lo~ m;:~~c;t_ros van a gozar, y se alegran y d1v;er.ten separados de sus alumno.~ \" de la monnton:a de Jn "cla diarin. Todo esto impele a los maestros a p~dir just:c'a pero sus Yores se P erc\cn en '!1 dcs·e to de la esccna gtthernamental. La v'da de los maestros no es un camino sembraclo de rosas. Tr1h•1lac'.ones y confl'ctos turban la f'!licidacl y las sensib1\idacles de los m::1estros en la actual'dad, debido a ia insufio'ienc'.a de\ salario. Pero a pasar de toc\o .Jo hecho por ohtener mejor cons:deracion de un gob"er110 a que el maestro sirve con lealtacl nacla se ha obteniclo para remP.cliar la !\ tuadon critica de \os mac<:tros Y cl ttn1co orgullo y rnnsu~ln de 1111 maes~ro es que el ensenar cst<1 cons:derado como tma profcsion nohle y honracla. Estos inct".vi:duos \lamados a ~n cenclar la antorcha <lei saber ded·can todas las horas de] c\ia al metodo \" a la mejor manera par11 que Slt trahajo sea frnctuoso ~' quC' sus prohlemas sean resueltos, Page 19 UNDER THE SCALPEL'S .. (Continued from page 4) 1tainle&1 sf<'el and aparkling cry1tab I'd have felt benevolent toward1 at a time when I wa! dreasini: up for a date. But at the mo· ment my mind wa1 Ear from d11tea or dan· dng. I was thinking of all the heroic dead who had died before me: tome by a Roman soldier'• spear, some by an Indian's ar· row, ~ome by a Jap's bayonet, 1ome by a Frenchman"• blade, some by a Bluebeard'• dagger, 'ome by a Venelian's poniard, 1ome by a Bat11ngueno'1 bali1ong, 1ome by a sni· p<:!r'1 knife, and I, most glorious of martyre, (for no ca\ue at all)-by a humanitarian'• 1calpel. I atoroped eountin1r the nail1 on tl1e beam• above me and meditated on thing1 deeper, I am too young, to make my exit now, I thought. I have a new dreu, 1till with the modiste. And 1hoe• were being made lo order. My 1ize is 2.5, 10 who would utilize them after I am gone? Ah, Mama would cherish them dearly, in memory of me. That'a th<1t. Then too, I have an over-due book from the USIS; and would Stella pleaae stop murmuring "Pray, darling, pray." It came lo me in a Hash that I've had no real happy momenta in life yet-not even the time when my profeuor, whom I had idolized secretly, called me by my full name. He is the indifferent type, you know~ The pain carried on. ""What a racket," I thought, "what a bloody racket." Poor Papa ia paying hundreda just for the privilege of having me slir.ed to piece•. At last the doclon found the proud awollen appendiK and darned the darn thing, with catgut, I presume. And very soon J was 1ewed up in pain. Well, the palm of martyrdom isn't for me yet, Funny whatl For Gandhi, but not for me. They wheeled me back into the room and dumped me into the bed, a contraption of levers and bars. Then the big thing was brought to me in a tiny air-tight jar. It was red, large, and awollen, pregnant with maliciou• juice. Later I heart! that my brother brought it to clau and presented it 81 a apecimen of a nemahelminthea to hi1 Bi(),U·· RY teacher. Outtide, the •un •hone bright on a world at peace-without me. I could hear the 1que11.k and acreech of roller akatee and of children talking liciuid and melodioua Chinese. If I had perished under the knife, I would have gone without even having learned to roller-skate, not to mention my delinquency in Chinue. It wa1 8:30 and the telegrams, nolea, and condolences alarted coming. I had fortyeight hours of bliss-no viaiton for two day1. The memory of a col111p1ed abdomen et cetera put me lo .. Jeep till evening. Then came the tantalizing recollecliona of adobo and 1teak, cake1 and rich pudding1. At midnight, I had a nightmare of bubbling fountaina of ice·cold Coca-Cola, and a moun• lain of lemon ice-cream. )nBtead the nurae Pnge 20 BEAUTIFUL FROG'S .... (Coiitii\ued frOm pag'e 6) UNDER THE.... . (Continued from pace ~3) ,to have done a "great service to the the neigibborhood, or far out its cir. world of science.:" cumference, dn a campaign against By the way~ Mr. Guanz, since you the "pet peeves" among people have shown so much interest in more or less of her calibre. Ten to science, I bel;evc you would b~ in- one. however, this kind of female interes,ted to know about another spl!- lead a life which stinks so badly, cimen of phylum Chordata, clat;s you could smell it a mile away, Amphibia. I am search\ng for. Thi..; The male is no better; at time:i, time I am looking for a ma\~ frog he is worse. especially if he i~ which I am told has been known to of rhe namby-pamby~ somewhat ef.prodnce a low sound very like a wh·s- fcmina~e sort Us':'ally, he echoes tie everytime its extraordfoarily large, what. h~s ~ate says. ~ncapable as he jS: protrudi.ng eyes alight on a rana fe- of d1scernmg anyth:ng beyond hiii. minina. This frog, I am fur.ther told, nose. But when he takes the initiative, prefers to chase rather than to be rou maybe sure the fiction he mouths chased. But it chases only ranas fe· m bad taste to a!' audience hungering mininas. And tha.t rather srnmps me for such thrash 's much more dirty. because I would no~, for the worl<l, Subjected to acid stimuH, this pair have any one of these frogs chase mv reacts strangely. Cringing' to the exown feminina. I therefore appeal t~ te~t. of slavishness,. both would be you to help me find a solufon to my willing to trade their own parents or diHiculty. If you know of a place bret~ren to save the!r. skins_. .. where this species abounds. please, Our mentor classifies this species let me know. And I'm warning you-. thusly: . this frog s?metimes looks very harm· Phylum-l\l~a~enosu1i. less, hut f.rt can be Yery dangerous. CJass-Env1~10sum But definitely! I hope y don't have Orde_r-Go~s1perum to. go to Zugambiqtte aga'.t\ hut 1 Spec·es-S1meanus \\'ltll evC'n go to Timhuctoo just to gd UN "BLUFF __ ., his specimen. (Continuacion de la pagina 18) _Any help from you, Mr. Guanz. will ~e highly appreci'ated Your place ! n the history of science wiil then be doubly secure. And your name will go down as one to whom ~~~et:~:l. \Ylill be for endless ages Yours very sincerely. Astere Dula la inutilidad de ofrecer resistencia a tal fuerza mayor, el gobernador hi· zo la rendicion por la media noche Sohre aquella Tendicion, muchos h:istoriadorcs lugarenos creen que si el gobernador hubiese pedido plaw de siquiera doce horas para decidir si iba a capiu?ar 0 no. la historia negrense hubiera tornado un aspecto. <liferente. Porque a las cuatro de la kept offering tiny, tea1poonfols of warm madrugada sigi,uiente a lg rendicion, tea. I reeolved to drink 11 pool-fol 0 ( Tali- llego el huque de guerra espanol La &ay'• clear cool water, aa 100n 81 I could Re:na Cristina. llcno de so1da<los ~· get out of thi1 bed-"a lo 'till a' the poo]1 armas. gan dry". El remord:miento <lei gobernador A little pa1t midnight, rny back wu a por la capitulacion que acababa de atiff board equipped mith a nerva111 ayetem. hacer era indudablemente•. amargis.iln the morning the lethargy was pasaed. Jn mo cuando vio a los fitipinos hacer the afternoon I awoke to a pleaaont glaae- la parada de vi.ctor:a con sus r:f\es fol of ot'ange-juice, all for me. It wa1 no de tallos de nipa. media docena de mirage, thia time; no Fata Morgana. I sipped rifles viejos, algunos revoh·eres. v· ;0~it:~:;nd I fell over-I had abatained for canones de petates arrollados. Cue1;When I looked into a mirror I pronounced ~:;i~·oa .. ~:~;.~uec~ci;o~:n:::~:l ~~~;~ lhe operation a iucceu. It was a whooping cle un ataque cardiaco poco despucs :::;:t;~ f::n~:~:~'. ~: 0L:~.:h;=:i:!!~a b::~ _de"""".".a_ltr_d_e _F_il_.ip_in;;;;•;o•·----es of candie1, ice cream, comic book., poc· ttayed loo briefly. ketbook., maga:z:ine1. The moot welcome wa1 !he nune when· Then the lint vieitora came, the butcher• ever the bathed me with after-1having lo· who diuected me. I changed my mind about tion or talcum. For ten day1 I amelled like them and we were friend• again. Then more a bar of Reuten. And I wae enjoying it. "isiton came. Some 1tayed too long for me Afler all I had al laat the coveted 19-inch .tnd otheu borrowed my magazines. Some waistline. THE CAROLINIAN MID · SEMESTER HONOR ROLL COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS PRE-LAW I ]. Ruiz. Narciso 2. Espina, Rene 3. Polancos. Frederico 4. Rafols Benjamin ri. ).frndez. Anton',o ..... ].;)3 1)'"17 1.74 ........... 1.77 ...... 1.82 6. Sant'ago, Alfredo .......... ., .............. 1.83 7. n:e-z Temi::;tocles 8. Borrornt>o. Francisco PRE-LAW II 1. 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