The Carolinian

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Title: The Carolinian
Description: Official magazine of the students of the University of San Carlos
Issue Date: Volume XIII (Issue No. 2) September 1949
Year: 1949
Language: English
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Place of publication: Cebu
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LIM As befits a 11niverait11 maga#:ine, the Carolin'ia1• chotisee u:itl1 an andrly di11cern. ing eye whiit goes into its pag•a. Wr. earmark (with the best intentions) u;hat •i;e belifwe-and hope-01-e of merit and ialHe. In 'their own wa11 and fashion, th-, v:riters we publish on m1r 1mgH are persona of academic achievement (be it ever be so humble); ergo, the pieces these perB0716 write are of academic achievement (be it ever be so humble, 11ot1 remembe1·, and in their own way and fashion.) In this iaaue, we present with com. mendation more than one piecfl de riaiatance. T1ie SVD Story, wrlten bu Lily Kitttanar who knows whereof she writes, is one that evrry Carolinian ahotdd 11ot miss to read. He who hos eyes to read let him POt dep1iv11 him.self to know about the formidable background of the Society u11rler whose apo.tolic member• we imlride the true aftd real aim of education. Eaaa11ed b11 a Carolinian of long-sta11d-' ing, SNLim'• "For Whom the WheeZ. RoU" ma11 Bottftd like a 7HJTOd1/ on the f1\6taphpaieal post Jokn Donne but the similarify stops there, The pieee is hJI 110 meana didtutic, on the conh'at'JI it bespeah a ga11-ond-lightheat'ted spirit /uH of tuholesome humor. After reading it, riding on one of the jnnumerable jeepneys becomes an interesting adventure. An 11dventure into an understanding and B11tnpath11 for the common "tao", them of th~ democraey of tke hoi polloi, Another piiee de riaistanee we offer is "The Upreaching•• by D. los Sa11to1 erstwkile of the "Sillimanian". Written in ti wbjective vein, there is a. payehic vigor in the · protagoniat'• memOTJI baek to hi• early ideali1m then to hi• early 11outh's stTtJ.ggle on to the point when suecess is in sight but with it, too, that .idealism ia in jeopard11. Will he forfeit it or will h« forego that succe11 ao 11eo:r and 11et so dhically questionable? A eivic-CMtBciau.s young lady raises the highly Pertinent question of whether to vote Ot' not to vote. This being election vear and N011embn just arou'lld the corner, eveTJI citizen ahould follow suit in tkis question. Drdinaril11, a• a mattn of dut11, there ought not to be any 11egative dilemma. An avoirdupois--conscious yau.ng lady, on the othn hand, raises the age-old /e(Cont. 011 page 4) in THE NAPOLEON G. RAMA Editor-in-Chief Cebu City JOSEFINA LIM Page 3 Philippines Managing Editot' lll~~~~~~ij[/[i Emilio B, Aller Carolina Cavada ~ I . NA~~~'cia~e~no J~t~,J~•til "JI I Delia Abesamis CORNELIO FAIGAO Raf~et Guanzon ~ll F~a'::',!!do Advisu ~::i:h fs~~:i!i~:: I Aristoteles Briones Cesar Gonzaga ~ ' Newa MilitaTJI <fi\, Jose Pefialosa Florenti'la Borromeo Technieal Poett'fl ~ uts h,tll REV. FR LUIS :;.~;.i:.~NFELD, SVD ~~~~~~~· • THE SVD STORY .. . .. . . . . .. . . .. . . . 6 By Lily Kintanar • STORM OVER CHINA . . .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 By Fr. E. Norton, SVD as told to A ristetoles Briones • FR. RECTOR ON THE STUDY OF LAW 11 By Emilio Aller • • HOLD EVERYTHIN' ! . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . 10 By Ismael Leyva • FOR WHOM THE WHEELS ROLL . . . . 20· By Socorro Lim • PINK LACE . . . . . . .. .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . 8 By Carmen Rodil * THE UPREACHING .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 12 By Dolores de los Santos • WHAT'S CEASAR'S AND GOD'S . . . . . 5 ByNGR • LA COBARDIA ES EL MOVIL . . . . . . 24 Por Luis Eugenio • ENTRE EL ALUMNO SABIO Y EL PRACTICO-por NGR . . . . . . . . . . . 24 •LA PEDADOGIA NOBLE ... Y MAL COMPRENDIDA por Rafael Guanzon 25 • DE PROFUNDIS .................. , 25 Por Sentido A irado Departments • THIS SIDE OF THE ARTICULATE.. 3 ByJNLim • CAROLINIANA .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .. .. . . 4 • CAROLINIAN MOUTHFUL . . . . . . . . . 4 • CAMPUSCOOP ..................... 13-16 • POETRY . . .. . .. . . .. . .. . . . .. .. . . .. . 22 Page 4 It was as if Carolinians could not show enough of their affections. Parties and speeches followed hard upon each other· Father Ernest Hoerdemann was leaving for an educational tour of the United States but the constant demand for his pre· sence at the innumerable gatherings in his honor was a veritable tour de force. Crowded into three busy. fervor-.pervaded days were: A banquet tendered by the Faculty Club which was very well attended. A dinner given by the high.school teachers. A square affair sponsored by the .Lex Circle. Luncheon with the membll!rs of the Student Council. A special pass-in review of the University's ROTC, Prior to the review !he cadets turned out in full regalia and lined the street where Father Hoerdmann, the Reverend Rettor, and rr.embers of the tommunity, passed to enter the University grounds. A heart-warming program givtn by the student body, At the airport next da;;, never were there so many well.wishers as at this particular departure of Father Hoerdcmann. Even in his busy-ness in Manila, Father Hoerdemann did not forget us. (Follows the letter to the Faculty, Mr. Faigao has given permission to print it in full-) Septtmber 2, 1949 Dear illr. Faigao Deur Fac1dty Membei·s: 1 am rery aorry that the filial leavetaking fo Cebu Airport had to come so suddenly. I rlirl not even !!'-l1ake hands witli some who had beeii tl'aiting fo1· it. Wlu•11 the fil111l m11101111cemc11t cume to get HO<ly fol" 11 :30 7J/UM, I st11rlcd the final 1wnd-sl;aking, but I did not get far and niy eyes went black tlrnt I forgot every. tiring, aslwmed of my "eyes". May this serve as the final liandsliake for all who •missed it. Tomo1Tow, Su11day, I am going to see the N.C.A.A. openillg games. How I got a ticket is a sec'J·ei. My papers are all in orde~·. Only the 1ilc111es are all booked until September 14. Luckily I got a i·eservation in Cebit for Sept. 7, Wed. 5:00 P.M. I shall be flyiilg. Many thmiks to all once more and the fondest memories will accompany me on my trip until we meet again. Greetings and lave to all. Wa11 ever an honored one so worthy! THE CAROLINIAN CORNEJ..10 F AIGAO: (At a program, the dark. witty English instructor emceed) "Rumor has it that I am the most colorful man in USC. You can see that I am." REV. FR. RECTOR: (.\t the Lex Circle elections) "You are here to learn the law not to go around it." HON. MANUEL ZOSA: (Law dean after hearing Fr. Rector's sp_eech before the law students.) "Fr. Rector is a lawyer at heart." ALFONSO DALOPE: (After taking the second year law finals) "I am smelling the bar." REV. FR. LUIS E. SCHONFELD: (Arriving at USC to stay after long absence) "I'm home." REV. FR. E. NORTON: <An arrival from China) "The Reds hated most the Americans and Cathblics. We (SVD staff at Fu Jen University) were two enemies of Communism rolled foto one." LEOXOR EORHOlVIEO: (To a noisy student) "When you talk, shut your mouth up." JESUS GARCIA: (Law professor explaining trademark & patent) "Coca-Cola sued Pepsi-Cola for a<:suminJ! the name Cola but lost the case. That's why peo· ple are taking liberties with the Cola trademark such as the Zimba-Kola, apalachicola, etc." JUAN YAP: (Candidate for congressman and USC commercial law professor, when Dean Zosa, another candidate, took him by the arm) "I hope victory is contagious!' CARMEN ROD IL: (ln a campaign speech for Council Prexy Simeon Alvarez) "Last but not least, he is a good husband." "Carolini"an Mouthful" is !JOiil!J to be a rc!Jidur department. Coll!rib11tio11s arc welcome. THIS SIDE OF THE .. ( Continu(!d fl"om page a) minine question of whether to diet or not to .. In tlte process she whi,is 111i "' lot rd cluic/rles. Thei·e is writiHg ffilent bclii11d these 1mrodies of Hamlet's soliloquy., 011e camwt, must 1iot, afford to miss F'>·. Norton's ffrst-lwnd, eye-witness account of the present sweeping "Storm Ovel" Chi1111". The catastrophe that is befalling om· felfow lunna.n beings there is no small concern of om·s. Moi·e than ever the 1i·uth fi·om John.Donne!s fawo11s line~; "No man is a !land, entire of itselfe; .. cny man's death diminishes me, because I £Im i11v£1l111!d in MankiJ!de;.· .... cOmes home with 1·ealistic impact. 111 connection with the idea of death di1!'inisJ1i11g Jrnmankiiid, we note the loss for cd11cr1tio11 Und lite1·at10"e with the"1·ecen~ FISsfog away of Edward Lee Thorndyk~, p•1nt:iit in cd11catiom1l psychology, of the Catholic writer and Nobel Prizewinne1· the Norwegian Sigrid Undset: and of the rnlhor of the bestselling 'Go11e With the ll'i1•d" Marga1·et Mitchell whose deatll. has not 011ly deprived the world flf a po· we1·f11l wielder of won!s biit has also pro-.;it/tcl a s11cci11ct lesson for carefulness & safety in driving - she was struck dow11 by a motorist. A.11£1in · 1hc tr11th: " .. . a1111 1na?t's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde .. .'' 1'HE CAROLINIAN Page 3 t i t 0 r t p t WHAT'S CEASAR'S AND GOD'S Eve1• since Democracy struck 1·oots in this side of the earth, the fellow who comes along peddling ideas like religion in the classroom is bound to get a hot potato toss_; ed in his direction. Last time a bill was pushed through calling for religious inst1·uctions in the school curriculum, some quarters raised a whale of a rumpus the President had to write it off, hastily shelving tt for th,e dw1t and moths. Our m·udite policymake1·s in the educ(ttion depm·tment had since been given to chest-thumping, p1·oclaiming themselves champions of religious freedom. They celebrated the presidential stand as a victory not only of up-to-date educational frends but also of democracy, principally. Between that time and now, both congressnien and educators had _kept a safe distance from the explosive topic as they /l'ould from a live wire. But somewhere in the course of the contro'versy they picked up a rousing battle-c1·y-a bit too overu·o1 ked now it is wearing our ears mgged: Anti-constitutional. It seems that in the constitution th~y found a handy argument against all catechism in school. Enlm·(ling on the constitution provisiou that 1·11fes out est(tblishment of a. state religion, they went lengltts to ll'ind U/) with a momentous. conclusion that religion in public cla.-;sroom is a violation of the constitutional g11amnty and of the princivle of the state-church .-;eparation. From here on, all attempts to re"Jit>e the controversial i!mue u·ould send them scampering behind the impregualile constifotional rock from -1che1·e they carry -011 their counter-attack punctuated with solemn ini·occitions of democracy and constitutional rights. Now that the dust had setffed it is ]Jos.<;iblc to reriew the issues with a more 01· less clear, unclouded eye. Antl we choose not to pass up the chance. Last week the Costa Rican Congress voted Catholicism their stat!! religion. Earlier, in the United States Cardinal S7)ellman and Mrs. F. Roosevelt exchanged lii•ely language on a kindred issue that instantly touched off a 1iationwide commotion. But there really are m01·e e:i·cuses for openin!] anew this subject. "Om· difficulty is the difficulty of the human spi1·it," observed a European philosophe1'. That seems to be our difffoulty here too, in theu days lf'hen moral values are on the skid. There is no point at all in ripping up old wounds unless they «re of the malignant type that look beautiful and whole on the outside but full of pu.<; under a surf~tc-? of fkin. No good doctor ll"ill spare the scalpel, either. Let us take thefr first m·gument: religious freedom. Just what is religious f1·eedom and what would amount to an infringement of the .11am.e? If we have to captm·e the spirit and the intention of the f1ramers of the constitution, the religious f1·eedom clause was not meant to fosf:e1· multiplicity of religious beliefs. It me1·ely defines the individual's right to worship his own God, the way the chooses, free f1:om any interfe.,.ence. Certctinly, to bring religion to the masses is not to shackl_e religious thought or wo1·ship, much less an invasion on any constitutional guaranty. On the other hand to deny .9~0/o ~f our popu_lation the knowledge of their own_ 1·eligion. Just because the remaining 5% may not v1·ofit from it or may not be equally served would look Jno1·e !ike the violation they were looking for. An appropriate comeback for the invoker.<; of the constitution may be boiled down to this: "If making religion available to the people is not religious freedom, what is?" Ne.-rt there is the isolationists' hullabaloo about the hands-off policy between state and churCh. This doctrine is one of the relics of the original v.atchwork of democi·acy, handed d01i:n across centuries, so that by th.e time it reaches us it is already creaking with age. Ltke all other forms of isolationism, this se]10ration concept is a gone and exploded doctrine. It fell apart with the blasting of absolute nationalism. and the desintegration of the absolute separation theory of the three brnnches of government. In the postwar w01·ld, these theorie.~ do not exist outside of political books, because they could not stand the twt of actuality. Between state and church, there cannot be any absolute independence anymo1·e than there can be between one nation a11d the rest of nations, or between legislature and supreme court_ The state is essentially composed of people and the people are essentially of body and soul. The state can no mo1·e exist without the people than the people apart from their souls. Even if we have to drag in the technicalities of lall', the teaching of the school-children's own religion cannot be an infringement on a law that merely prohibits the establishment of a state religion. Interpreting the provision against the historical backdrop of intense religious bigotry prevalent when it was formulated, its 01iginal framers eould not have contemplated. other than the p1·otection against the forcing of a religious creed do1rn one's th1 oat. It is a bit far/etched here, because what we contemplate noip-and ill fact was proposed once-involves no compulsion of any sort. It is unfortunate that om· enormous capacity to copy everything stateside is not tempe1·ed with a cor· responding sense of proportion. In a country like the U.S.A. where there m·e as many religious beliefs as there are chapels, a law or an interp1·etation of a law strictly eliminating religion from the classroom may be justified, or at least understandable. But in our country 9570... of whose inhabitants are of one belief, the same law, especially if borrowed from th~ Americans, would be a monumental stupidity. But the bitterest jest of all is that in ou1· public schools our school-children are taught about all things on earth-below and above it. except thP One Who ereated them. All told, we stuff their brains, fill their stomachs but starve their souls. Pace 6 THE CAROLINIAN By Lily KINTANAR The star-srndded story of a bustling missionary society that grows by leaps and bounds. THE S. V. D. STORY People who hiwc a yen for the drama· tic and the phenomenal will soon have to keep thP.ir eru peeled to a superbaby miM< ionary org:inization of the Church .. the worltl-wi<.j.c So~idy of thl' ])i,·im: \Vonl (S.V.D., f11lin its Latin title, Societas Verbi Divini.) This fast growing modern ir.ternational Catholic organization that h&s been carrying the Gospel of Christ to the most far-flung and barbarous pagan Ja11ds is barely seventy-five years young. Jt~ n1embers, some five thousand strong, f\re found wot·kin~ in twenty-one diflerent countries of the world. These soldiers or God who ha\•e !onaken all - h~me, fr.mily, and native land - have joined f<>rce5 to keep the irood f h:ht for the p re. servation of world peace and the cnth(<.rnement of the Eternal Truth in the hearts o! all men. On September, 8, 1875, the Sodety of the Divine Word was born. Amidst a t'ritical Churt'h crisis, it was founded by the- Servant of God, Fath<!r Arnold Jan~ ~cn, in the tiny hamlet of St<!yl, Hol· land. Seventy-five years ago, the Church d Christ suffered a bitt~r and system&· ti~ persecution. Things were on the brink of collapse. The spiritual sonll and dau11:hters of God r roan<!d under the lro:t fist of Bh•marck . Sev<!ral soldiers f)f Christ were removed f ron\ the outfits, imrn-i!oned. Playing his last trump · card with fim:ns croued, Father Arnold Jans. ~n girded himself up fol' a last dit<:h fit:ht against this crisis . In spite of ve. hement skepticism of the Archbishop of ()f Cologne on the nnfoldinJO!" of his mammoth plan, this Courageous shepherd shook the Catholic world on its feet with these three short words, "Found cne yot·rself!" These words which had been challenging. his soul for a year gnve r ise to a dream l'ome true. Coming out victorious thru his tireless efforlf, F ather Janssen dedicated a tiny inn on the banks of the Meuse for the high pur· -pose n! traininl!: priests for foreign mis!lions. The l>ii"thplace at Stcyl quickly i?N!W from a f ew rooms !<helterlng ·twent.v membl.'rs to one of the largest and busiest n1issio~ary cviters of the World. In later decades, floµrishing mission semina1-iei; spread to various parts of Europea nd t he rest of the world. Thirty years after the establishment of the first foundation at Steyl, the S.V .D. reachetl t-forth American shores. Even as early al' 1889 the first members of the newly established S.V.D. already set foot on Ar· i:enlinean lands, in South America. Hun· dreds, nay, thousands of hand-picked m<!n. properly p1'epared for fol'eij!;n mis· S1 . Al.:GVST/SE'S MISSION SEMINARY, uew· Drib11rg, Germany. The sccu;ul lc11·9<'St SVD center fol" vhilosophical cmd theological study. sions, were sent to forbidding missionary countries of Africa, China, and Japan, where they labor <!d with great u al and patience. Cominl" down to the balmy breezes at the tropical Islands of the S{,uth S<!as - the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies, and New Guinea - t he Society found rich and flourishing fields for the a<!complishment of their apostolic missions. The first members of the Society of the !>i•·inl' \\'ord calllC' to the Philippine~· in Hill. They came at the invitation of tho? Bishop of Vigan, !locos Sur, to work in Abra . Jn later years as more S.V.D . Fathers arrived from Europe, the United States, and Argentina, pari11hes were t aken by the zeal"us missionariH in Zambales, Mindoro, and Cagayan. The S . V . D . k<!pt its s_teady march as the dinction of various Diocesan seminaries, wherein are trained the future member'< of the secular clergy, was entrusted to the Society in Vigan, Binmaley, and T·anauan ( Leyte). The Sodety opene.:f About fifteen years ago, its own Seminaey, 'Christ t he K in~ Seminary at Quezon city in its . t~sire to share with Filipino youths t h!! work In t.he Lord's "lneyard. With the· main aim to develop health)". \'igorous. and zealous clergymen for the 1'rop11~ation of the faith in pagan l11nd11, the Society keeps a uowded program. The Society cares for poor and neglected par i!<hes, conducts parish missions, carries on i;cient ific research, <!onducts annual l'(!t reats for the laity, proinotes the apostolate of t he pres~. establishes and directs el:>mrntarv sl'hools, high schools, colleges, and universities. One of the staunchest defenden of th<: ('h:rc-11 of c;,.,,1 ;. th<: s.v.n. 1> ri111i11¢ 11r-·<• T he Societ~"s fin;t pl'<'SS was opcr'ated n f<,.;. wt>eks aftc1· its foun<lin!? throuirh t hC> i11it i;itive of ih found<'!' . In time the Stey1 Mission Pl'<!SS became on(' of the Jl:Ti!alCl~ puhli:<hing: houses of Europe. Simulfaneou~ lv a nr>ther was established at St. Gabriel'.,, ~t·ar Vienna, and others in Argentina, i11 th<! Fnitt>d Stat<"s. Brazil, P hilippines, a nd in nracticall? all th<! Mis~ions where th-:o S .V.D ap()stles labored. The S.V .D. mnnE:Jt<!S the Catholic Trade School. in Manil::i, which is one of the busiest publishing houses if, the P hilip1iines. It takes especial prill~ of having furnished the fiut paper to Genl'nl Mac.A1·thm· fo1· th<! sig:ning of J apan'l'I unconditional 1urrender. ThrOuc h the me'fHE CAROLINIAN dium of the prci;s, then, the Society has unfailingly upheld the i:ealous tradition of its Founder by taking a laricc share of th~ fo1cign missions and stirring the interest of millions of readers to all things Catholic. Lc·1minC' C'n th~ helid that rcli!!::ion is fae mother of knowledge and that all true knowledge leads to God. the Society has ventured forth in the educational fields. E\·erywhcre through.out the world, this gloriou11 band of noble-minded men has opened sthools, ranging all the way from tiny kinderguten schools to graduate studies. F.ager to offer the Catholic youths the op11nrtunity of a well-rounded Catholic edurr.tion. the Society is ever on the lookout for new educational sites. The Society cf th'! Divine Word hM established three great universities in the Far Far East: the Catholic University uf Pe'dnt!, the C111tholic University of Naj!'oya. i11 Jo.psn. und the University of San Carlos, Cebu City, Philippines. The presence of a l!.reat Catholic Univer.'lity in the heart of u.cient China ;s a great i<urprisc. Fu Jen, as the Chinese know it, was pioneered by the Benedictine Fathers and later on entrusted to the Society of the Divine Word h:v the Holy See in 1933. The Catholic U11iver~it:v of Peking is one uf the S<icictr's maiar re!'non1'ihi\itics. hecaul'\c of the important role it is playing in the conversion of war-tnrn Commnni!'tic C hina Tlw C;oth'>lic Univcrsitv of Nagoya. Japan, ii; the' newest and you~gest of the S. V. D. univer!'ities. It was originally established a!< ii hit!h !l;ChlOI. "'hnrtl:v before the war, and ricrht after the war it re-opened with a l!l'eat bang and grew so rapidly and in such ~r<>~t ;lrnportions that soon it was made into a colleire and in May, 1949, it Wal'\ alr1'••1v converted. into a University, after &. European style. It has won tren1endou; 11restigc and boasts of havinl!.' amonRSt it~ Jlrofessors some of the best of the old Impc1·ial University of Kyoto. The Unh-l:'l'sit.v .,f E!an C11rlos in Cehu has bE-en established in the sixteenth century, 1.nd it wu committed to the Societ~-'s care onl)' in recent yeari< (l93~-35) with only 300 studcr.ts. D<1ring the war, it wus blown t<1 !'mitherccns by American hombcr!i; hut the unt?ld efforts and the in11enuity for 11lanninl!.' of the S.V.n. Father!! have r1thah1litatcrl it and new it c.t;1.11dl'\ mor<! im1•rer!iive than ever with ll populatio11 of r.or.2 students. Elsewhere in the Philippines. in Japan, in Africa, in Argentina, Brazil, and in Chile, educational institutions arc 1•l•ccd in charge of the Divine Word Fathers. Seventy four years ago, the little seecl tl:11t. brouirht forth a great oak found its fertile berth in Holland. Sevcnly four years later, the spiritual, heroic sons ot Father Arnold Janssen are to be found on cverv continent and in many i11lands iri the Pacific. They have preachers, writers, sdentists, teachers. and always first Page 1 CHRIST THE KING MISSION SEMINARY, at QU<zon City, P.I., Headquarters of SYD in the Philippines. and foremost, the missmn;uics, and thl' Clerical Novices 14 Broth.-irs of the Society. Schola,;tks ~ They include men of everr color. culturr. Brothers 14 r>ncl tongue. Brother Xoviccs A f,rlance at the following ~encral SYD St11(il'llb 40 statistic!'\ reveals the power a11d assistance Scfioola: of the Holy Spirit in the growth of the So- Seminaries cicty: University 1 I Cardinal Colle;,:c.i ................... , 5 2 Archbishops 11 Bishops 5 Prefects Apostolic 2131 Priests !l46 Scholastici: 1174 Brothers 457 Novices 2431 Students SVD Stoliafica in rite PlliliJ111i11e1~ : Members: Prefect Apostolic . Priests 160 High Sdmol . ... _ . . . .... .. . . .. •i Elementary Schools 4 P(lritrht.i: Abra Mindoro Zmnbales . Cagayan Binmaley i\lanit? Quezon City Total 12 11 9 •• ST. MICHAEL'S MISSION HOUSE AT STEYL, HOLLA ND. The ffrst SVD home founded by Father A. JANSSEN. Page 8 THE CAROLINIAN She was a simpering, meddling fool of a nurse and Pilar wanted to scratch her eyes out when .. By Carmen F. Rodil I was .:rying when ;\I other lefl. It wa>< geuing <l;irk ;md ~o ~he h;i<l to hurry home to atten<l to my yoanger sisters· The operation was not rt'ally so p;iinful. But I just crie<l bec;inse somehow it eased me 1111. It has been a habit with me to cry and then kel goo<l an<l whole aftl'r it. "Yon don't have to cry now. Pilar"" my mother said· "Ifs all O\"er now. The <loctor said you will h<.' all right. I will come hack tomorrow an<l I will bring Dodong with me. If anything hurts an<l pains. jnst ring the bell and the nurse will come."" Thrn she left a kiss on my forehead and dosed the door silently behind her. "\Vas that your mo1hcr?"" the asked me. "Yt's," 1 answered weakly. '"Sht' is ~till young. How old is she?'" the nurse inquired· I really didn't know the age of my mother. But I knew she passed lier 4oth year already because 1 remembered the big birthday party she gave when I was in the fifth grade and I was allowed to in\"ite my teacher who gave me very good grades after that. "She must be over forty now." I told the nurse. "But she looks \"Cry young. She is pretty too. She must have been prettier when she was younger." I didn't continue with her because I didn't like to talk so much. Talking irritated my bleeding nose. The gauze on my nose was already soaked with blood and needed change. I wanted the nnrs.to see it, so she would stop her idle talk I wanted her to know I was not good to talk to. That I was lousy in conversation. "Docs your mother cook well?"' the nurse continued impertinently· I did not answer. I even turned my face towards the wall, What was it to her, if my mother cooks well or not, my mind answered in silent protest. My nose was bleeding profusely now and it wracked with pain. The pillow sheets were stained with blood. "You may leave me alone,'' I told the nurse and I kept my voice even and gentle so as not to betray my irritation. I wanted to spare her the knowledge of my de\"eloping temper. "But no. Your mother told me to stay with you. As near as possible." Then trying to c\"ade what I told her she continued-"Was it your mother who sewed that nice night gown you have on? I like the lace on the breast. Soft and pinkoh! just the pink I'd love.'' Then she bended over me and touched the lace and passed her fingers on its edges· She flapped it and turned it on its wrong side and then allowed her fingers to remain fo• sometime on the lace. toying with it. T was getting feverish and dizzy. The wi:id entering the open window was cold and chilly. I could feel my breath coming hot and fast. "I guess I have a fe,•er"', I told the "Oh, that's always the case after an operation. The patient develops fevers. Bnt that will pass." And there was a flat unconcerned tone in her voice that filled me with dislike for her. This darn nurse. I thought. What is she here for? If I were strong enough now, I'd like to give her a piece of any mind that will make her efficient. "You know I like your mother," she started up again. She must be good and gentle·" Then as ii talking to herself, her voice became soft ancl low. "Yes. I know your mother must be good. I can sec it in her face and her smile. in the gracious way she moves, in the delicate way she patted your head and passed her fingers through )"OllT hair.'' Blood was running from my nose now as the gauze over it was \•cry much soaked and conld no longer contain the flow. I extended my tired arms to reach a small towel a~d wiped the right corners of my mouth and neck which were wet with blood. I made the wiping look so hard on my part to make the talkati"" nurse aware J needed her help. '"Yo11r mother reminds me of somebody." And there was a S\tdden sadness in her voice. "Somebody who sewed me a dress with a soft pink lace just like the one you have on now." Good heavens, I thought, when will this nurse quit me? "I don't care if my mother reminds you of somebody or not. I don't care if you have a dress with a lace like mine." I shouted at the nurse. And there was a savage note in my voice and I knew that was the end of my patience with the nurse. "Can't you see that open window? The cold wind that rushes in and makes me cold?" "Can't you see the blood flowing freely from my nose? The bandage already soaked? Can't yon feel the hot breath coming from my mouth and nose Then I paused for I felt choked and my breathing was no longer spaced. "Can't yo11 see I am sick-sick of you and your idle talking?'' Then everything became dark. And I saw nothing. I was only faintly aware that there were persons around for I heard light footsteps and low whispers. Somebody touched my forehead. "Are you better now?" "Yes", I said '.."eakly. I looked up an<l saw the same nurse .The impertinent one. The window was already closed. There was a new bandage over my nose. A clean towel was s11read over the stained pil1011 sheets. On my forehead was a cold compress. "Don't move so much· Your fever is high_" Then she paused and. took my hands in hers. '"You are no longer angry with me?" I did not answer. I was ashamed of myself. Of what I said to her when I lost my temper. "You know I was thinking of my own mother" she continued. "Because your mother resembled closely my mother. I am sorry I was careless and untho\1ghtful."' And she held my hands e~n more tightly in hers. "Your mother is coming tomorrow with your younger brother?"' she asked. "Yes". I did not look into her face because I was ashamed I was being rude to her· '"Can I come up and talk to your mother when she cOmes?" "Yes.'' Can't you say nothing - yo11 spoiled fool-I chided myself, except ""yes?"' So I pretended to be nice and curious to make up for my rudeness. "Do (Continued on page 20) THE CAROLINIAN OVER CHINA Page 9 llv Rev. Fr. EDWARD NORTON, S.V.D. · as told to Aristoteles Briones An on-the-spot report of what goes on inside Red-occu· pied China, her schools and her people in her hour of cr11.cifixion. Hardly had the curtains fallen o:i World War II than l was assigned to Fu Jen University, at Peiping, China, by the Superior General of the Society of tho? Divine World. Jn no time l found my· :o;elf in an Oriental atmosphere, trying to learn aml underHand Oriental hrnguage, culture and their customs. Most o~ my fellow fathers in the university had stay. ed there for quite a time before me so that there was little difficulty to fit ffi}'· ~u into the Catholic community. agitator-student made capital of this rO?· 4'"1 """"'""''"'""" _ _ _ _ _ _ "1' Things wt:re fine then until Communism began its big sweep from the north. Agitators, onportunists. propagandi _ ,1 '• the b11Jk of whom were ~\lit.Ieng sprouted like mush. rooms from among citizenry. The majority of them were from the state-financed Uni· versilv of Peking. Of course, lhere was ?. ioprinklinJ? of Fu .Jen University students in their number but they were beintt close· Jy watched and observed in their every movement. Severe rules and N.'J?Ulation1< were enforced, curtailing to some exten~ the spread of Comn1unist propai;randa in our school. You see, the people had a very hii:th reJ?ard for their students and scholars. The r,!ard and respect. He used and exploite'.l it to further his ends. The people in turn believed him, swallowed· his preachings hook, line and sinker. Many became con1· munist overnight or were converted only ht>eause of fear. Came the days -wh<m the people could not even say the word "Communist" or "Com· munism" because of fear. Distrust of ncx;: fellow was the rule. Fear hang like a pall over the stmosphere. The undercurrent of fear mounted among the inhabitants as the main force of the Communist army neared. Successfully and with expert precision the Communist played on the ireneral moral desintegration; mob violence was frequent, in every instant en1tincered by a Communist agitator. In other words the stage was ~~·t by the communists for their own arrival. The Nationalist Army couldn't do any. thing. They didn't offer any resistanc<! when the day came. But before the seiJ?e nf the city, they constructed all sorts of battlements. The vicinity around was <'!eared as to offer a irood vision of the en<?, •. ,. in case of attaek . Shots were fired. But that was before the coming of the Com· muni~t ar111C"d fnrces. On the aft<'r110011 of ENTRANCE OF FU .. JEN U.NIVERSITY Tlte Reds hon1e<l iii mi the SVD S111!f EDWARD NORTON, SVD Fr .. \'orion was " member of the SVD Staff in F11 Je11 Ui;it-trsity when the Reda brob down tl1e citu's defe11ses. He wit't.ts::ie<l tht tri1nnphol e11t1·y of the Co1111111111ista and re11wi11ed {01· the day before the Commies took over, the~ made an orderly exit, without having fircJ a single shot at any Communist soldier PrMtically, the Nationa.lists gave away th.? city to the enemy. The next day the Com· munist Army marehed in, in good order. The occupation was just as orderly as the exit of the Nationalist forees. The Chinese.Communist Army which had a liking for the dramatic. called itself th~ "Pt>0ple's Liberation Army." Liberation, they say, because they came to liberate the people from the tyrannical rule of thaNaliomili~ts ancl also at the same time frnm Amerkan imperii1lism. Many Japs wl'r<• .anionir the Communist soldiel"y. In thl• meanwhile. after the officials of the Nationalist l!OVernment left and vacated thtir offi.:cs and building~. moh-cli~· 1•rder ensued. Enraged trowds raided puhlic liuildinJ!S · and office~ and ripped the furnishinzs apal"t. They broke the furnirCont. on 1mze 26) Page 10 THE CAROLINIAN Hold i"eJt~lkin' ! (SECOND of a SERIES) By ISMAEL LEYVA This time our anthropologist catalogues the human male into dogs with fleas. fleas without dog, fresh guys who really are 3 months old cabbages and a cast of hitherto cloaked characters. Our task now is to present the allegedly better and stronger sex in it5 trnl· light. llomo S;1p, yon know. ha~ two br;1nch..,, which arc complemo:-mary although they be at odds many times. We have deiirieatt'd some characters of the female branch last issu,e and, in justice to them. Wl. shall present he1·e the seamy side of th< mab. Let's take the ci.se of the ordinary "fresh" ~uy. We are no expert in philolog-y ~o we can not, for the moment, dis(·1•~s the origin and derivation of ti•(' llrm. "fresh." \Vebster, the man who authort'd ·.;he dictionar~·. is in favor CJf using tliat adjective to modify vegetables, meat :!ml other pe1·ishables. Its application to tl;c male of the s1>ecies is a l!,"reat para rl<•x considerinl!," that an oppflsite term \l'<'Uld !Hive hc~n more appropriate, e.g., •·rotten." Fresh guys are a reelity, as real as the nuw on ~·our face. They are the type!! v. ho thirk eve1·y irirl they meet !all for thl'ir glitter, gold and glamour. \Vith thi~ dangcro11~ hallncination imhctled in their feeble minds, they take the license d accosting- l'ver:r leautiful girl thly chauce to se-?. An ordinary "fresh" guy ,gc·ts chummy faster than you can murmur ".Jackie Robinson" with a strang<: 1 :irl. Jn fact. he would be acting as if slw had bcl'll hi~ kindergarten pla\·ni:i1c ·TJ>.~n there is ihc sour-pussed Ronteo ~ho thinks he is a "swoon-idol" to eve1y ft.>male. He is not e),.actly fresh but he is more dan~crous and repulsive both to the feminine and masculine. Usual\~·. 11is intellil!encc quotient c.scilla!e~ between that of an ordinary rodl•nt and a ..-1.;1.: 111011•" He is the typa to whisper idle gossip .,.\.o;ch to our mind should never be the preoccupation of real men. Perhaps. it is a to•1ch of inferiority complex thut makes him monger in ba<"kbitin~ t11lk. From t.his type Jet us pass on to eonsider the society bug who has the personathe rotten branch. He would claim to every cynical female that he is an offshoot of the finest hard-wood clan whose roots are in royal soil. But the more he talks about his relations the more it becomes apparent he is no more a regal fifant than the common weed. He is ral:hel' :i tolP.l'able kin<l because by his own admission he is no good were it not for his relations and ascendants. Let us not also lose sight of the veritable fashion plate whose vascline plastHed hair shines like the midnight sun. He is one wh'om you should expect to be meticulous in .uanner of dress detail but who sometimes forgets to trim his nails. He is mindful that the creases of hii; pants are intact so that he seldom sits down and instead bea1·s the tortttre of standing throughout any function. Incidentally, he saves on laundry because hi.~ clothes do not need pressing even after enc month of wear and tear, And there is the Great Lover, who Hamlet-wise cannot decide between hi~ Incurable Having tried all other methods k cure his wealthy hypochondria<: patient, a doctor finally advised t.im to repeat each morning the following formula: "The Mediterranean sun is l1t·a1;11g down on nw a11d < 0 11ri11,• me." A week late:- the patient rel"'rted progress. "Good," replied the physicia11 . with a sigh of relief. "Go on with the treatment. Don't forgcl -the Mediterranean sun is beat· mg down on you." onlv once and no more. There is also that character who is About a week later, he calk:l r;r. his patient and was horrifieJ to find the blinds down. "What'.s happened to Mr. Rnhinson?" he inquired of the mai,\. "Please sir, he's very ill," was ~he reply. "Good heavens, what's wron;,l' with him now?" the doctor demanded. The maid sighed. "Sunstroke, &ir." litv of a flea on a spree. He ~ets drunk afier a round or two of diluted eokebrAndv. He then makes the rounds of the tr.hies convincing everybody he is the most soue:ht after male in the hall. Perhaps he believes himself after <:everal poI 1a,, !?iris in the ballroom consent to dance with an inebriated gigolo. Rut thrse girl~ I_ have the good sense to dance with him proud of his family tree of which he is ~.,,,,,,,,,.,,.,,,,.,,,,~,,,.,,,,,.,,.,,,,.,,,,,,.,,,~ two girl friends. He writes identical letters to his lady-loves and gets away with it until the girls compare their notes. H~ b. the pitiable kind who passes under the name of "wolf" but who is just a lonely 1u1llerrly knowing not where to settle. lklonging to his ilk arc the one, 1h;1\ heconi. the most eligible members of a fratet·· r.al society of Old Unmarried Bachelors who have been jilted once. And they well deserved to be jilted too. Continuing in our random pick-ups from the coterie of masculine spcci_ mens, we can sort out the loquacious Lothario whose exploits will make a lying!:ailor blush in envy. Naturally his adventures are strictly in the realm of fiction hut when he talks about them, SinhLd becomes a piker. He brings you t.:1 the land of fairieii and princesses who Hve in gilded palaces and travel in golden coaches. To these royal ladies. he is thr Prince Charming, the conqueror of their hearts and Jipii. He is known to every female from fourteen to forty and he is the adorabl~ Adonis of their dreams, so he says. They would primp at his approach and woul<l see if their coiffure has not been disarri.nged. And our Adonis is burdened by the consciousness that the ladies arc cl•ecking on their make-ups because he 1-s nound. \Vhich makes us wonder whn ever ut.tf're(t: ·'Vanity, thy namc i;; woAnd last but not least among the pc culiar breed of manhood is the impassive and cold snootie. He is a nebulou~ 1nystery to the pining fe1nare who final· h- casts him away in des(leration ii<: "impossible". The poor dope does not realize that women insist he· will makn '"nod b. f. material although he does no~ L-n"w wh'lt to SllY in th!' presence.of th•• I> dit"s. To us, he has ~imr.ily outgrown tt.e time when he was probably placed b Vinder1?arten with a rowdy bunch of gir? ... i.,ssm11tes. Till now, the little Lord Fauntlero)I' has not rellaired the psychological damage the bullying from the women.folk has done to him in e.11rly childhMd. This· pitiable Sl'mr.ile of Homo Sap still dreads the day when once again he will be woman-dominated. So ladies, there ~'OU are. We had the pleasure of presenting to you some outstandine- samples of the so-called better sex. Now, don't tell us we didn't warn you if you stumble across any of them! THE CAROLINIAN Page 11 7fie 1 alhe'r. Reclo'r. BY EMILIO B. ALLER Ott 7fie ~tud~ ot .i?aw "Ith 11ot e11011gh to memorize the provisions- a child can do that. A law stude11t must go down to the pl'inciples of each provision, its reasons and its historiral backgr01111<1." It j51 not often that we hear scholarly <tiscussioM of thin"s about which we v·ant to know, because we ought to. Our law 11tudents, for that matter, ean never Hay that evl'rytime t hey sit down in da!'s. they alway11 are a rapt audience to sio:11iricantly instructive lccturci; said in ~im11lc, undcrstamJablc everyday langu&ll<.' :llthough dealing with a learned account of a te<-hnic:al subjcct-matlcl'. And yet, like t he proverbial manna from heave.1, ar enlightening although impromptu dist<OUt'!lt' ahout law and its 10tudy was ineident;1lh• delivered hy our beloved Rector, the Very Rev. Fr. Albert van Ganse. winkel, a savant b)• his own right. That lcal'netl discussion WM appi:mdcd to supplement his stand on what he believes Y hould be preferential treatment!! to be <>>:tended to law stuclent!I. T he O('CllS!on was t he USC Lex Cirdi• l!ltttions ht>ld during the la!lt week of .luly at t he Univer!lit~ Collel!iate builcline-. The body convened compo.~ed ncnrh· all of the students of the Collc1re of Law. .\ r"'11r l!:"i!l:ix~· of law professor!! stayc1I i11 the background obviously a!! morale prop!!. Our energetic La w Dean, Honor:·hl1· Manud Zo:o;t\, injec-tctl the hy1mdcrrnk into thl' convened body stimulatin:? the initinl moves and enthusiastic r<'_ ioinder!I in the. course of prevoting delihcr:itiaM. That Sfll"Y and enil)hatic Law Dt•an did more than wh:it he must have imagined he would do at the outset when h·! virtually sani;t out hi!! key-note speech with enlivening tenor tone~ . For in th<.' hist part of his intcrlocution, he unwittingly declued (maybe with the onlv 1mrnose of trying to humour the cmh1·w1-lawyer:o; who are s;eeminr:rly harcl to .,Jcase and he b~init diplomatic about it), t hat he would do hi!! be!lt to reque!O.t the Univcl"!lity authoritie"' to give prefcr,..ntial treatments to the law stu~lent.!l . What prclerential treatments he mh!:ht have speeifieally meant was not define1\ in the course of hi!! speech. But he 1truck it rich when he subsequently in. t raduced the new Fathe1· Rector to speak. Fur in the answer of the Father Ree. tor to the Dean's implied ehallenc:c ( in his mentioning of prefc1·ential treatments fM law students ) thnt the University define its intentions and plans with rc11. rw·ct to the law student!! in partlculal' and lhe College of Law in general, the Father J\cctor gave out p1•edous nu:::c:ets of high principle"' donc in simpll' language in s;UjlJlort of his oeceptanct' that pl'cfc1·ential treatments will surclr he given them . P referential trealm<'nts, the Father fltttol' admitted, will hl• J!ranted to law i;tudents . He believrs that ft is but de!'H·ving of then1 to hr :?iv('n the xolid· lous regard by the University inasmu«h as the general view is that we look u11 on f ur <'mbr~•o-l awyer& as futu1·c leaders t}.at we mu.~t have. Hushe• J whispl'l'!I of ';((·nerul contC'nt ran throul!:'h the a udiene(• when he declared tt.i~. N>!~rly everybn<b• wM1 Iii? ht-hearted r:ml a hit flnttel"cd, for who won't be if you Wt'l"C a Jaw studC'110; on tha t O('Ca· ~ ion ? The con!O.ensus of opinion was that, with 1n·efcrcnti11I l rl•ntrncnt!O. 11!cdgcd to then1 hy the head of the institution, thl•.v loe:come pl'ivifoged irnlividuals - fo\'Ored with the god!<. The~· wc1·e due for a startling jolt. however, for in the I•'ather Rector's definition of prcforcntinl ti·catment!l for 1:-.w student!!, t hen• is nothinl!:' in it which can make a ha111,y.go.)ucky slacker h1 the study of law flattered or ()vcrjoy· l'd. For thi:o1 special l"<'!tard extended 1.loes r:ol mean the tolel'ation of the common a ttitude of slackers thnt the study of law is a leisurely picnic. Leniency of su1M:rvisio11 in the fulfillm<'nt of the law student's obligations in the pursuit of hi» Jr.w stu< lies arc not within the ;;cope of p1·cferC"ntial treatments. "A!O. fa1· ns you arc roncc1·11<'d, you arc· 1n·e11arin:.~: for 11 i1ii;rh p1·a!C's~ion thru sel'ious application to your !O.ludics," he 11ointed out. So that it is up to the law 1<tudent to make hhnSC'lf apply with .c:.tf<.'ct hy l'OOl_X'l':'ltin . ..i: - VERY REV. ALBERT VA N GANSEWlNI<EL, S. V .D. C"SC Nedur with thl' ~uidi.11.:: hand of the nnxious an.I c111·eful t<UJ)('l"Vision whk h th~ U niversity 1 ·l'sc1 ·vC's for the law student. With t he sti·aitt"htfonvarcl frankness of a real friend and mentor, the Father Rector st1·t'sllcd his point further. " Ano. ther phaJ1e of JJl"cfrre11t-c which t he Univcrllit~· will mo;;t decidedly e:o:tend to t he law students is strktnes!I." He also made :t und('rstood that it is a bfossing in dis,e-ui.~c for it i;; the only dfective W RY t-:i 1:';1ke the law student live up to the hig it lllondard"' require1I of them. "The strictn the hai·s P.re to a g iven ;oal. the b<.'tte1 · IH'e11;11'l'd will he the aspinnts, and the fo1er will he th(' pl"oducts." hi' e1n1 :.hasbml. 'ConsideratioM are usually n~kcd by !ltudcnts citing alibis and cx< ·uscs to lw able to .c:et 1norc lenient attit; de!! from the L'nivcr!O.ity authorit ies. Xo leniency can he extended i11 the study of law if we must mold our la w students into a hette1·hun('h of ('andidates forthr Bar." Jn this connection, he further an11oun('ed that the scale of grading will ho! diHcrcnt in the Jaw classes. "What is 83% \•.ith t he Liberal Arts students should only be 75r;,. in the scale applied to the i~:·ading l!y!O.ten1 of Jaw students." Supportinl? his stand on preferent ial ( Continued on pa~e 18) Page 12 BY ROMEO COLOY AN Dopenitions fll'ilh :1.1HJl09ies io C<Jl. SID01magle & Mr Li•uehi11) · J•,GGNOKANT-Insists th11t thr egg eomes fil'.i't MONSURE-French wolf )IOORDfD-Moslem'11 expr<•ssion nt the sivht of 11ork f;UPAOll'JCIAL-Chinese ddicacy w!ti1 01 lot .;if surface TENSIL-Pail- of five to>nsil11 VOX FLOP-Voice that failed DECIMAL PILE SYSTEM--Lat.e;it thin!!" which doesn't need a clerk BANANALITY-Triteness in the tropics QUIZLING-Materialistic school janitor FOURLOUGH-Next to a three-day pass OOMPHAH-As thC" Indians call it. A POC&YPHIAL-Most advertised medicines :i.re APROPOSTEROUS-Meet.ing; impossible ARTIFISHER-Modern enamoul'f!r ASHKANCE-Look of a jilted one A tTNTIEGENl'fOR-Skeptkal :mcestot" CHAUFFEURNll.)Cl-:11:.·\ llY ·-- Tl.C" •>ackseat driver CO!\IBOCATIONS-TMt11 D'b'~ ilnd L<>11is Jocl:i.n's recitah1 CONDOLENS-Glass ·.:rua•·1rnh•C":I to gini you t.111• "<;)'mphalh~t•c •·r1•" DOURMET-ConnoisM•;n· i•1 l':Ullr1. p11•11hccies EDECAYTION-When one dantes th1·11 college FRACASH-Dishevelled mom•)' bumll<> JNDOORSEMENT-Mnde in th•! im-fosure J\IEMORANDOM-Made with a p1·omising chan1te in the future MIMEEKCRY-So does the lion in the 1tarb of • sheep PEREMPTYTORY-Deir.e1·iption t.f' a chnllenge which cannot be understood PERFUMETORINESS-RoutinC" of a predatory female PHOTOGENERICS-Study of faces suited to names FOSTPONERISM-Round 1>iA" in a squatt pole QUAGMARE-Despondent mammal QUANDAIRY-A morninie's predicament during the war REPTILICA-9 tt"ue eopies of grief with all the crocodile tears SOLILOOKCOY-Rehearsal befo1'C a mir~• TE-A-TAILOR-Works: leavinit much to be desired both as to time and quality TRULSE-Neuter selection USUFFERUCT - Enjoyinp: 11omebody's property to the fullest extent ZOOMNAMBULIST-A flyinp: sleeper ISOTOPIA-That's where the scientists' road is iroing to (Continued on page 21) THE CAROLINIAN By nm.ORES DE LOS S.\XTOS Tiu· judge Start·d 11111 i11111 the e1•1·elo11i11;: twilight. The c;m• 1,,;1i;,.,ing hack :11111 forth on 1h,· 11·,·ll-ke1•t road beyond his wide green h1wn had lo"'t their phy~k:il featun•s. Tlwr•· w;1,. nothing re\·ogniimhlt• :i.1111111 tlu·m-thcy had hecomc iih\'r11t:1hle mas~ or mmin11 nm1ter heading "'onu·11hcrc. The)· 11t·t•mcd so cer1:1in ui thdr :-CllH' of .di_re..:1inn. ,.o ~11re·of !heir dei>tiny: and, like rational beings. arc pu,.hin~ 1lw1n~d1-eii 1hr1111~h :1 ma1.e to a JlllfJlOseful <•nd, lie wa" ont• of lhose car~ s11\•edi11g to\\'atd l:1r~er trimnphs. gn·attT glor)"· The Co1irt of Ap11tals was his m•xt sto11. Xothiu:: couhl 11top him from getting :1head· Xothiug e1·er had. lh·clrnnic;1lly lw ilil'ped hi,. ,·ig:1rclle ;iway. t0<1k :inothu one and lighted it· Iii~ foce. impenctrabla in 11ie d;1rk, cauglu in the s11dden flnre of light became discernahle for a mitinu- momclll. The high noble forehead litood out dearly againsl the 01her fcat11i-es. nm then the half-crooked sn1ile on his 1no1nh aml the ironic gli111 in hil': eyes "-which set·mcd to mock :it life J .. nt n 11rirhitive, almost savage signific;1tion to his cmmtenance. He leaned forward nearer the window, dittcled his gaY-t' 10 tlie talfhclir)· of 1he church a stone's throw.from where he stood and rememhered. Ou:t 40111 :1 di111 1>as1 he saw him~elf-a tall lanky )"OUlh trndgin;r wearil)" to e1·t·ning'·tlas~,·s af1er office ho11r11-. Filled with the lohy idealism of the ~·1111111( lrnd gone il1r1111i.:rh ,·ullei:" wi1h a kind oi unh•·at;ihlt· 01•timism ch:irnctu::~:~l';:'.d a 1~r;i:~~n:pltl~::··:~L :1i1;1i::~ ~:;:~;I gl~:;:: .. nt~11 r!11~;:: :=\:;;~,~!~~-1.1; i~::;kh~ 11~~a;~1~::~~ Imme from class\'" tirt·d and s1>eot. 8111 l;1w had had for him a sing11lar fa_,,•ina1i1111 1h:1t could not h,· hn1~h,·d off hc1·;111,.e i1 h:ul ;m inti111alt• cl(>M.:ness to his t·on,.nminl{ 11<1,.sion for truth :i11d d\'\'ency, ~clf-re1111ect and dil(nity. lh1t tlrnt was a long ti111c ago-so long that he had almost forgotten he had hn·n tlrnl young man. Th;1t !my whn had the tallel'\'d !<hrccb of courage like a f1:1g-1111fli11ching, pr11ud ;1111\ a lilllt• defim11-1night nt•\·er had heen· I-le w;1~ a tnt:1I !llr:1n1ter to the jmlgl' now. His 11cnst• of ri1tl11eo11111wss with its intcnsc"hatr\·d of dece11tio11. had ditd down to ashes. Tnmorro11· the jmlgt• would pen his decision, The oldish man with the soulful lnok will lose hi!< t•n:il mi11\'s to tht• go1·ernor .. \ week afit·r. t\1e go1·ernor as1111red him. he will hnYe a long hlack ]m·ely li111011sint·. Xt·xt year-perha11~-he will gc1 llis appointinent to the Conrt of Ap11e:1ls. I le had hn·n 11rnmi,.cd that. The tl1<1nght sent ;1 thrill thro11gh hi~ whole hody. lie ('Ollld ;i\n·ady l"i,;unliJte him,.cli :11111 hi~ family 11101·i11g ahout in a highly fa,.hionahk world of hi1d1 go\·ernmcnt oifida],. and their ,·han11i11J( \'Xl'\·11,.il·e win,.. She was gdting 011-f;1st, A slow ,.mil\· of s:1tisfa('lion ~\·1tk·d nn his lip .... Yes, life w:1s good to him hc.·,·;mse ht h:1d m:nlc it so.: .. · Iii,. plea,;ant nm,.ings w:is sto1111ed hy a iig11re that slClle :1cross his s11h,·nnM•iou,.. It was that nmn wi1b tlH· ~nulii11 lonk· .\ngrily he hrn,;ht·d a haml ;inns,. his eyes. The fignr!? diioa1111,·;1n·d ;i,. c1ukkly as it hnd comt. Tlw jmlgc wrenched himself irom lht· window-and from hi11 room. His l'Y<.'!' lii1gcrl'd •induhn·ntly 01·cr c1·ery liule ohh·ct. They w1·n• wori11 a for111nc. Thl')' wl're gift,._ e1·eryone of them-tokl'lls of ;1pprt·cilllion for l1is fine coo11cratinn. He walked tow:ird the hea\"y mas,.h·c 11iano at tht• <·nd of the room and touched it. 1t was hi~. cn·rything in llu· room wa~ hi,., lh· had m;uk· the '"hig-time" iu1d 1he ~lm11111\ oi ;1 1111111 who lrnrl :1 11n11lfol look in his eyl',. 1rn~ not going to 111011 him. :l.lusic f1n;1to:tl into ih· 1111m1lt1:11n• ,·l::imh,·r, oi l•i· 111i11d. Th'-' friends ni '1is •on n111s1 h:1n· ;1rrfred. The j11d~c h;ul :i \'011~1:1111 ,;u,.1·q11ihili1y 111 lifr. Tlwre w;1s ,.11nw:hi11g :ihu11t 1:111:.::hter and young 11en1•le tlu11 waio inl"igor:11-ing·m1d sooihing .. :111 e~::;e!~i~~7 ,:;\::1h'.~"~:::1t1;:1::::~ .. : 11::.:;:•::::::~~1~~~~·<:,~~is~~~e~s ,::; 1:1 i:;• ;:·~~: h1:11~10~:~ m·:11h Ill\' 1·om11l:1n·11t 1·xkrior the judge it'll ;1 11roommct•d desire to escape not from himself lmt from a y;1sl emptiness. ~1 THE CAROLINIAN SUNDAY IN MIRAMAR It's recess time for the USC faculty members who held a get-togelher party in USC summer resort and enjoyed the binge with a hang. ALL CARDS ON THE TABLE The l«d11 instructors relax in a g<rntc of rum.my. 80 llEJ.P ME GOD/,er Circle and class officers of the College of Law sworn in by Dnm Mmmef Zoso at the induction crremo11frs at PC Hall. Page 13 WHIZZ, HANG!!! Fr S:rn111f/,;o parla1 a wa/101>. THE YLACS- ·01:\'T CELEBRANTH Tl1P YI.ACS 11·rrf' l/iere too, {Pfi11y tltefr offfras fm 111 .llr111if11. SEARCH FOR THE BULLSEYE Manila YLAC'S President Luhi. Reyes tries hand at tlte Robillhood 11'<'«/JOll. GRAPPLE Mr. J . Tecson and Mr. A PORTION 01' THOSE WHO STEER THE ll THE MIND DUEL IN THE AIR i'aigno got locked in a chess battle. The vrofs got tlorrn to 1·enl u-ork. SHIP, UNDER WHOSE WINGS ARE 6062 STUDENTS. THE CAROLINIAN TOP-SEEDED TEAM & TIUM SPONSOR VS(' V111· team 1dth spousor Cnl'men Achondoa, Mmwger Lmc P1·ofes.w1· Luis Ladongn Playing Coach G11illen110 L<1:0 coul Captain Dioscoro :\'rtc1m. ki~l~~lu~:.-Aliiio, Ro.-sal, Ruuudo, Borromco-Ec1rnr1·::, Pnlus, Rui:::, Aliifo , Solon, Yl<t!Ja. GURGLE WRAPPED IN A SMILE Miss Elisa 01'/iz enjoys thr ·po.us1! tJwi nfre.~lle• THE TOSS: (FIRST OF A SERIES) Fi·. Rector opetts the intrnmurnl season in the first j11mp-ha/l, THE CAROLINIAN Page 17 u.s.c. IN THE NEWS a Jot l11<·se months until his return, bm mini.:- pool in 1hc Cnfr._,r,.ity grounds at tl•e .•1•irit aml 1ht· inspiration of ··our 11b11- Tali.~ay. ~ h<' L'11in~r,dty now oiiu" lhe free IH'I' 11.ml lmildcr·· will always I><~ wich 11~ . soor1·in· of two ~wimminj.:" 1 •ools 10 the .\ II han· joinctl in wbhinl! him Lo11 w>y- s t uclcn L hody. ave. hopins::'. th:it thi:< nmrh-m·('<l•d 1ti11 T he .i::r•·•LLl'"l allr:H·tiu11 oi t!1,· Coin·r. will gi1 ·e him happillC>:< iu " ~hnrt r•·· ,.i1r rn·reati1)n ,i::ro1111cl" :11 T;1li.·ar rou"i:<H 1111ion wit h his folks i11 lh1· t'11itc<I St;ue~. io 1hc fat•\ 1lo:u w·~m1·11 lo;11·1 · 1h1·ir o wa \\\· also h ope for F :11h.-r ll ocrcll'mann ;1 pri\'Hle 1·xcln,.in :<wi111rninj.:" pov l wherein ~UC<"•-""Ful mis:<io n ahr(')ad whic h will tlw y r:on swim an•I .-njoy tlo1· 1·oofness of mean l>c11dits for our Uni1·euity. r• fn·shin;; watn w itho nt hd11;:- dbturl>ed P.ei'. Ernest Hoe1·demann, SYD USC Exec11tive SecretCiry REV. FATHER HOERDEMANN ON FDUCATIONAL TOUR On the urgent im·itation of Re\•. Fr. R:il1)h, SVO, who visited USC recently, I{,·•·. Fr. Er1ws1 lln,·nkm;mn. l'SC Ex•·rmin· St·•·n ·tarr. i" pn.,«·ntly rm an •·tluc;11iunal tour or American Unh-crsilics. II.- ld1 h)· pl:ine fo1r :'llanil;o on the first 11:1}' of Sq l1<·mhcr 1 r :40 :\· ~I :uul c.'\IK<:"t:< to be hack with 11s by the he!finnini: or ~m·cmhrr, 19-19· F;i1l1t·r R:1lph will ~houlckr hi~ ex1 1cn'<'" :1nd l"'r:<011.1llr src t(') it tha t F;nli,·r ll o,·r<kmann will get :i chance to sec all the DISTINGUISHED VISITOR PROM AMERICA Last August 21st, the Unh·ersity was honored with the visit of Rev. Fr. Ralph, SVO, who came ·from the United Staces. Father Ralph has spent the last fifteen years of his life working in the Uuiced Slates for th• Catholic University of P<'king. At pre-sent. h'e inte nds to include lhe l'nil-cr~ity of Sin Carlo! under hi~ 'lloC<.'i.~f c:ir e. antl for thi~ p11qJOS<'. he co n· :<i•kr•d it c~~cntia l tn come per$Clllally 10 the P hi1ippin<'s to S{'(' the aclu;d (Ondi1ions in ·which the University find~ itso:lf. \\'ith hi~ C'xpcriencrd ('yes, he siud up all o ur nl•t·cls in a \'l·ry short lim1 ·. lie •·x 1•rt·~setl hi' g-reate<t 'ati,fa{'\ion wilh 1hc work which has l>cen accomplislwd. aod he· { 0 0 t1<id,-r,.cl ii a n·ry >afr an<I '"mhl fu11ml;1tio11 on which to 1·011ti11ue lhe fur1her cxpansinn of thi,.. l 'ni"'.r'ity. h is :al,..,. thtt• to hi' initiati\'t· that Fat1wr ll~r •km;rnu i.• 1uaking: hi$ e<lucati()n:il tour of :\ m<'rica11 uni1·crsitie~. Father lblph ha1·iui: 1'<•l11111ern-d to :<h.,uhler th• exP<"llSCS. THE use BUILDING PROGRAM by 11111n ·konw 1·isitor' . Thal i,. so h•:t·:i11se t he firs t pool ha, heen r.-lci.:01t<·•I to t he e xdn.<i1·c 11w of our women stu<le1ll' aher the completion of the ne\\' one of slandard size. The g rounds also present a lfrely picture of youthful life and leisurely enjoyment e\·l'r}' Sunday when hundreds indulge: in different sports and gamu besides the al· way~ highly appreciated opportunity to take a dip into th• crystal·c-kar wat<'fS o f the ~ wi mm i 11g pools· T h.- 11t•w S\\'imminj.{ 1>00!. hr tl1<' way. i ~ 1he higg.~ t in :ill T;1lisay. It has bl'en liuih a.1-co r11ing to ~tandard s pecifications of 1h<· l':\:\F. REMINDER FOR THE USE OF SWIMMING POOLS S tmknt.< MC rrmimled to ;a l way~ I.ring their l .ihrnry ,·;irch for ide111ifin11i1o11 1>tlr· 110.~···" \\'hem'\'Cr they go to Talis;1y. \\'ith Che 6o62 student~ enrolled tl1is yc:a r, the facili1ics e;mnot be offered to outsiders ; and 1he w:111c-h111a11 c:11n1101 h<· 1·);fl'("ckd to t •<""Kllil':< · :ill Caroliniaw< l1y fa<"e.· Ther•fon>, t(') a1·oid 111111eeessarr cmharrassmcnt, ii is irnport;1nt tlwt yo u bring yO\lr libra ry 11111\·er~itie~ of importance in Anll'rka. Tl1t· pn· ~<·nt Colleg-iate huil<li11i.: w;n t·:<· card iur i1kntifi..:;1tion purpo.•e~. l:i:;.:-he;irted Fa1lwr Tblph l'011Si<krs thi· p:unl. h will 11<· lXlencl('cl to the 1 ·nrncr oi t."nr im1•<>rlant for San C:1rlos l'ni\-ersity J1·n•1t1t r." an<l f'. dd· ]{•.,:orin S!rir<"I:< ltehefort· lh< · 111·st group of building-~ \\'ill lie :.:iuniug 1l1i" llen·mb1-r. (',m,lnwti<"I will • lni.·11 "'' that "0111e of tlw 1a1l'~I k;i- bt· finish('d hy June. 1<J,;o tun·" iu :\1nrrk;111 uni\'{·rsity construrtious :'imu 't ancou ~ly, tlw pr1·-war l.ihr:orr oni;:"ht 1,.. iu.-o r·•ora1etl huo the m·"- h11ilcl· k ·i'diu::- will h<· re·•·Te<'l••! hut with ini n~·, ,,j th< · llni\·ersity of Sa11 (;irlo:<. Fa- ,· r " ~··•I •li111t·11sions. ·Tlw new f<llblr:1<·1io11 1l1t•r llo~r1lt-mau11's past cx\lerience~. as will lie fif1y n1C'ler," 11>11;:- and 1·ij.:htt"<·11 building $ll!)Crl'i~or of all our co11'1ru1·· 111eters 11.nd partly ·1 .. ·s nty llll't• r> wi1I<'. 1io11s (IUllliry hi111 < ·;perially for ~uch :o Tht· 1,;,;,·1 1w111 will 11"11~•· !he ROT(.' o i. fil'e' ;1111\ the 'l'C>Otlsho p of !Ii<• l·:nJ.:ill<"< 'I'· T h. l<'dmical a nd financial. :itdministra· inl:'. "11111.,ut>. Th< · fir;:1 il11or w ill 111os1ly he 1io11 o f :\meriun universities will al~<> n,·,·u1•i<·tl hy nth< ·r o lli< '< ·s. Tlot· 1lofrd <"•>111t· uml< ·r hi' d r,sc oh,.en·:1tio n in- iloor \\'ill 1 .._. :111 1·ig ht-111e1c r h i).!'h hall. Tin· ;• ~mnd• it-" h1· has ;1lway' hl'rn lhe Sn·- """'' m.-nt has alrea<ly l1<·e11 1 ·0111pld ..,\ an•I n t;i.ry-Treilsnre r of our UniYersit}• C\'er the re:<t of thl· 1·difkc will he in 11 ~ .. i<>r sim·.- ils reotM.·ning of classes in 10-1;;. '"'" ' ,.,·hoo l-y1·111·. lncidt•ntal 10 this t rip. Father Hoerck- Fnrtlu·r pl;ons fnr ·1loe futnn• 1·<11111<>1 yet 111;11111 i111ends to visit his brothers who 1 ... n·n ·aletl. ;1hho11gh we know from n·THE USC WATER SYSTEM S tml< •n l:< {'llrolled in San Carlos m ay safelr drink from any faucet in lhe Uni•·•·rsitr . T he water they get from the ta ps is not tak('ll from the City sup11I)· pipe~, whk h ha> hern <",alkd 11n ~anitary Ly hu ltlt authorities. Ii i~ drawn from our own ~ i.n. itary W•lls and p11111]led by our own pumps int() the watrr0 tank on top ol the four· ~torr hig ~tairra~• of the Co lk;:ial<' build· in f!. From thrre. it reliably :md d<'arly fluws to ;111 vuint, oi 11 ~,. i11 1lw \;11i•·e rsi1 r. lh· si d<·~ tl•i' ,i::r;,..·i1,- ~r,.1em. a 11r('<."urc t;111k syste111 hrin:,:-' che pi1oe" t•> all 1hc (k~ire<l 11<iint ~ oi till" l'n in·r~it y. WE H AVE IT ICE-COLD AT use Kot sat i~fied with gi\'ing ~t11denls sak li\·e in Illinois nnd his sister who i! teach- li;ilol,· ""Url'•.• that · they <11"\' aln·;uly in •lrinki11i.: w;1\<'r \\'i(h it• pri\·ate w nter i"<.: iu San C;.rlu•. \lontl"r<·r. C1lifornia. exi~t<·nre. "Y~h·m. 1h,· l'nin·r_..ily take-" paios 10 :<•·n·c all of them he ha~ not se('tl e1·•r ~in<"e his i1 ;,.,._,.,,1<1 l•r th1·. i11~tall;uio11 oi :1n d ectric J,.,~·liood d:.ys w ;1y hack in U)U·!•JJJ. ADDITIONAL SWIMMINO , . ..,,le i· in 1hc 11e1\· Coll•~i:.1<· lmilding in \ II thl' ~tnrknt ~ nn1l faculty me111IK·r~ POOL AT TALlSAY :.cMi1i" n tn 1lw n1w a1·ailalile iu llw Coop. of 1hC' Unh·er~i1y or San Carlo~ miss him \Vith th1· co111pk1io11 o ( the new ~wim- (Co11tim1t·d (111 v:1ii<! 181 Page 18 U.S.C. ia lhe News ..• ((011ti1111<d from p;1ge Ii) GIRLS OF H.S· TRAINING DE;eT, INTRODUCE UNIFORM The girls of th<· Cnin•rsity's lligh School Training Dqiartnwnt a1lo1>te1I a uniform a~ a ·<ign oi cli~tinction. The in:<istent 1lem:uuls oi stndenB themseh-es finally made the .-\dministration <'011S<'lll to their 1d~hes. REACTION: USC .GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL CLAMORS FOR UNIFORM Our exclusive Girls I ligh School which on·u11ies the whole .md floor of our former niain building went 11nanimo11sly on reconl {a,·oring a 11isti11,·ti<'l· girls' uniform for all the st111le111s ('nrolll•d in it. The Administration consitlers this one fa\'orahly and at pre•,·111. heads ;md J1am\s are husy designing the right kind which c;111 satisfy all l<iStt'S (yeah, girls, how c;in this he pos~ihle?) The training kitchen upP.tairs of the Girls High School has heell t'omplete\y equipped and 111mlerni?.e<I. Tl1is way. our girb Jial'e a chance not only to train the:r minds hut :d-n 1<> !c:or11 th<· pr:1c1it-al ways of <leli<·io11- am\ p;ilatahk <'onking ( ynmynm ~) as <I "fun<lamental" or life. HOME ECONOMICS BUILDING HOUSES ITS FIRST BOARDERS t:1111<>tir<·cl hy the great m:ijority of Cni,.,·r~ity s111tkn1.;, our llnllll' Economks l•11il<li11g clnring th<' pa<t 111n111h- ha<l quiet oct·upants wh" finisht·tl thl'ir 11w111h ,.j .. i111crn~hip'' hcfnre they may i.:ra•ln:o1e :1foll-fle<lgetl Bad1elors in llomc Economic~. '.\layhc• you <li1l not knn.1· that all can<liclatt·s ior gra•luation in tl·e llo111l' Economi,·s co~,r.;e must ~111·11d a whole month hy 1hem,.clw·< in a ~O·<·all<•cl "practic<'-hon•<' .. wherein 1ht·y do thdr cooking. buying, cleanini:i- an1l all the little a11cl hig d10r<'S that mak,· np tht' ru11ni11g oi tlw home. llnt cli1l \\'<' e\·er gi\·t' thl·m ;i d1a11n· to pra,·tic<' how to rect•i\'e dsitnr~ dming the la-;t momhs? li we mis~cd that . .Ja~t tinu-. he sme tn let th<·m pra<·ticc their hospitality <>11 11- next tin~<:. UNIVERSITY CLINIC OCCUPIES NEW QUARTERS \\'ith thl· increas1·•l ,·nrolment. for ha\'e now 606.i .;nuk11ts, the old <111arters of the l'11h·er~i1y clinic ]lTO\'Cd r:•ther ton cra1111wcl for an diicient service. The dinic was tln•reior<' transft-rrecl to the 11<'\\' C(•llegiate lrnil<ling wher<' it presently occupies Room .11.?· The room is suhdiYidc1l i111" lhree sections in order lo respc-rt the ~<'11sitiYities of Carolinian~ when lhey haw to ~uhmit to the t,:niversity 1loctor a111l l;idy.<loctor respecth·e]y for phy~ical examinations. ORA. TABOADA HEADS MEDICAL CLINIC FOR LADY STUDENTS Since the beginning of the school year. THE CAROLINIAN Dra. XatiYi1lad C. Tabo;nla heads tlie '.\le- far as the distant ~hores of the island of dical cli11ic for lady._Jlm.le111s of the .li'ni- Bolool. \'ersity. She is a graduate of the College of '.\ledidne of the Univer~ity of Sto. Tomas, MY PRESCRIPTION, PLEASE? and i~ ;it 11n·se11t co11neCt<·d with thl' Cehu '.\Jaternity !louse of the So11thern Isla1uls Hospi1al. BOTANICAL GARDEN ON THE ROOF-GARDEN Through the tireless efforts of '.\liss ;\fj. lagros L'rgello, the roof-garden of the Uni,·er,..i1y w;1s cOll\'erted into a botanical gar<l<'ll to grow ('xcl11sive ancl rar<' 11ta11ts for the taxonomy deparlment of the College of Phnrmacy. The ro"i-garden insures the safety of such plants against 011iside interference~. and ~01l\'ersely 1 the 11lan1s add beauty to our already beautiful roof-garden :1top the new Collegiate building. UNIVERSITY CROSS CROWNED WITH NEON LIGHTS .-\-ftel' a thorough preparation. the Cni· \'ersity dr11g<tore is about re:tdy to open iis doors to the public. Ideally located at the corner oi P. dcl Rosario and Pel;ie;r. Streets, it is \'CT)' accessible at tile rountll'cl corner of the gro1md floor. \Vith its wid<· show-windows. ii is \·ery inviting and it 1>romises to hl'co111e the meeting place nf the USC a11d City elite. CAROLINIAN TOPS TEACHERS EXAMS Ex-alun1na Antparo Maglasang who hails from Toboso, ){.cg. Occillent;il topped the eomµetitive examination for teachers g:iven at Bacolod with a grade of 87'/c. There were 700 examinees from diffe1 ent school and colleges. She finished her high school in the tlw night department of our University last m:dn entr;mce of t\ie L'ni1·<'rsity which April and has advance units in the Coltower; 111·enty-fi\'e "H'll'rs alJ01·e ~tre .. 1 lcge of Education. Th<' nwn11me11tal crn~s on top of le\".I ha- hl'cn · s11rro1111ded with neon She is at present teaching in the ToJighl~. Tli<·-e lights gin· li"nur 10 tlw ~)·m- boso Elemental'y School. nr•ity i- •lcdicate<!. The iig-ht~ :ol.;o CORRECTION REGARDING ~en·,. :.- a l><·<1con lil-!ht to all .-1ra11g<·r, USC LIBRARY and •traµ-g-kr• at sea· Tli,·y can he >Cen a.- Tn a\·0111 wrong impressions from th<' THE FATHER RECTOR .. (Continued from page 11) treatments fot· law st\1d~nts, he i111plie:l tlrnt the study of law is difficult. He 1.1.llped l'esolve the difficultil•s, m his clcal'cut and logical style for a very proper nr.d effective approach to the study of luw. "In the framing of conunon laws, the food of th~ community is the in·incipal consideration of the law-maker. How does any law contribute to the welfare uf gression done against it." Touching on what the aim should be <if ev<'r~· law pl'ofessor, he said. "Law is s:;ercd. Hence it is the duty of the law pl·ofossor to ch·ill into the students' mind<; the pl'oper respect fol' the law. He should not 1ne1·ely infu•w the irnowledge of lnw into their minds, but should also deve1011 in them the l'ight attitude to maintnin, defend and uphold the law, and n':!ver to defeat its I>Urpose." the community and the commoon good? He commented on the prevalent ruTliat is the question to ask of any law in mours about present law schools. "It c-rder to understand its cause and .:r!. has ;:,een said that the m.:idern law feets. The knowledge of the how-and- school is a human factory produein(t why is needed to fully grasp the real 1-.wyers like machines. That is not what meaning of the pl'ovisions of law." can be said about graduates of law if thC! Besides knowledge of the literal prov;. ri:rht J>l'ineiples conducive lo the pl'oper rions of the law, the ~tudent should als., :.11d effective study of law are not lost know the historical and philosophical sight of in the process. That 'is wh_.,., b:-ckgrounds of any particular law he n1emori:dng codes is not enough, bes1udicP.. This, the Father Rectol' also em- c-i1u!<e mEmorizing, any child <'an do. phasized. He made mention of the case \i,'hat is vitally needed is understanding ;;ystem as a very effective way to illu:i- the principles behind thent in order to b'? tl'ate the prnetical applications of the d•le to 1>11t them into effect with justic~ lrw because it delves deep into the philo- :·n(! fairness to all concerned." ~01it1~· iiehind the law. This intimate .i.c- He unt:ed the student£ of law to conduct 1'111,.intnncl' will de~elc.p in him love and th('mselves well in reeiproeatioll of th•· l'l'speet fol' the law. In his own words: high regard the Univeuity is extend•JlJ..I' "The historical and philosophical back- tc them. The students of the ot.he1· Colground of any law should be known or leges ~1"e fonkh1!'l' up tn the law stuc!ents looked into to be able to understand, ap- as modds, he said. "It is, therefo1·~. up preciate and love the law. So that th'! tc you law ~tmlents to conduct ~·om·iwlvcs sludent who is convinced to take this at- well and deserving of the high re~!lrd lhe titude will surely feel hurt by any trans. other eoll1·ge:; feel fol' you." THE CAROLINIAN 11ews item ;1bout thC University Library in the la~t issue of the Caroli11iiu1 we ~tale here that the University Lihrnry ha» not only ordered books for the masPage 19 ~~:·~ cr:~,:~i:e~le~~e h:~11d~l~~rh:l~e ~:~~ :~~:: i ye;1rs already. Xew book~ are const;mtly A :'.~~11~1::;~ •:~:1ich10isil~~~;:~r~::~ar;m~!'.:1: ,:! • a Manila nni\'ersity (37,000 \•Is.). hut to ..:-i,·e the students the latest hooks th;it hil\"C :llJIJCared in the different fields o( knowlcdgc. COLLB',GIATE ROOF GARDEN PROVES ATTRACTIVE The eighty-four meters of the Coll<'giate h•1ilcl '11i.: ;ire not to11pcd wiLh an o r<li1rnrr roof hut crowned with a concrelc rooi· ~ardcu which in its height and frcshne-~ ,,ron:s an ideal sightseeing and rcfn·shing ha\·en for hook-tired Carolinians. On ;•ftt·rnno11.-. lidore the e\·eniug d:i ssc.• h(·gin. the roof-garden tee111s with h1111dred~ enioying the fr<"sh air of the atmo,;plwr• and whiling aw;i.y the few idle mimltl'> in pl1·asa11t cnn\·ersations. FATHER HOERDEMANN HONORED AT BANQUET Fr. Ern<"st llo<"rdema1111. ex<."cu1i1·<" cretary and treasurer of the Uninrsity. was guest of honor at a farewell ban<1uct gi\'Cll by th<' University Faculty Cluh at the Time~ Kitchen on August 28. Fr. 1-loenlcman emplaned Thursday ,.,.,ming. Sept ht. for :\l:mila on the first lap of his tri11 to th<' L"nited States wln·r" ht· will s11ner th(' a1lministr:.tion of Catholic Colleges and Unin•rsities and ;il•n other 1111i1•ersiti('S. He will leave Manila 011 Sep1<·mhn jlh. Brief spcechc~ were 1leli\·cn:d hr 1lc1,~rtmc111 heath• Th<" honor•· cleli1·en·<I a hricf far<."\1·el1 sp,•ech. :\tty. C Faigao, Club president wai toasllnast<"r. MAIN ENTRANCE ACQUIRES NEW FLOORING The bc;1utiful floor pattern o::pressed in rubher-as11halt til<."s has ;ulded an <."x11uisi1e air of di~tinction to our :ilrcady imvosing main entrance. It is being hoped that all stmkllt:< will prove themseh•es worthy of such bea11tiru1 surroundings by keeping them cl1:an and i111act in their prest"lll condition" for the hencfit of present and future Carolinians. use ACQUAINTANCE BALL HELD AT CLUB FILIPINO Tl1e Student Council-sponsored ac11naintance hall of the Uni\'ersity of Sau Carlos. the only one for every ytar, was h1:M at the C1uh Filipino on August 28th STUDENT COUNCIL OFFICERS Sitting: Mrs. Ceniza, Treas.; Simeon Alvm·ez President· F1· E. Hoerdemann, Advis~1·; H. Adaza, Vice-Pus.; A. De1·echo, Secretary .. , · Standing.- Amo1·es, C. Rodil; Atty. B. Solatan; F. Aneza. at 9.:oo o'clock. A great number of Carolinians turned lip aml fille1I thl" s11aciou,; Club Filipino to capacity. Also prescn1. as l1onored guests for the program, were Very Rei·. :\lhl"rt \'all Gansewinkel, S.V.D .• rector of the Universi1y; Rei-. Erne:'! Hn•·rtl<>mann. S.V.D.. <."XeClHil'e Sl0 t"rc1ary: and Rev. Fathtr Luis E. Schonfrld. s. V. P .. Dean of Liberal Arts: Rei', Lawrence Bu11z<"I. S.V.D., Vice-rector. and :I host of 01hers. l-lighlights of the affair were the ins1~1'i.tion of the uni"ersity Student CounSecretary .................. Benilde S. Benedicto Treasurer ............................ :\delina Derecho PRO . . ............. Lnisa M. Dosdos J,ady Commissioners: Celia Chavarria Annie Jimeno All the women treasurers and secretaries or e:ieh Commerc<" Class organization are suh.offlcers of 1hc \\"omen·s Club. :\dl'iser of the Club is Prof. Flora Causing. use "JAYCEES" ORGANIZED cil ofiicers for 1949-1950 by Re\·. Ernt"st Officers from different class organi· Hot"rdemann. moderator of the or~~niz~ tion, and the inaugural address of the Council president, Mr. Simeon Alvarez, who called for closer student-administra. tion coo11eratio11· .. If we c;111 ahsorh the spirit of sacrifice in our relations witl• one another and with the administration. then we shall h:tl'e sen•ed ef(ecti\·ely the purpo~e for which )\'e exis1:· He went on. WOMEN'S CLUB, COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & BUS. ADM. CHAPTER The women of the College of Commerce & Business Administration met and formally organized last Aug . .21. 19J<l their chapter of Unh·ersity Women's Club. The following were elected offPreside11t . Vic e -Pre~. Rosario F. Rodil Perfecta G11angco 7.'ltions of the College of Commerce & Business Administration held a conven· tion and revived the Junior Chamber of Commerce. This org;i11izatio11 is a traditional organization of the College and has for its main p11qmse the promotion of closer relationship among the smdc11ts of the college and the furthera11ce of their ron1nion welfare. f'l..e,,i111: re111arks :>t the co111·cntion w:i;: delil·ered hy Afr. Crispin Villaro;;a. pa~t president of the USC "Jaycees." The de. leq;•tes elected as officer~ of the board of directors the following: Simeon Ah·arez. President: Atty. Ber. nardo Solatan. Vice-President: Ben/Ide S. Benedicto, Secretar)': Moisesa Paulin. Treasurer; Efigenio Doro1he<1. Auditor; F.,·encio ''· R11fri1·ar. PRO. Beauteous T.ni~a i\l. Dosdos is thl" mu;.c of the or· ganization. Page 20 THE CAROLINIAN A peek into the contents of a jampacked morning bus and incidentally a ringside, scintillating study of the hurried beautiful people that keep the wheels rolling in this bustling city FOR WHOM~ ~=THE WHEELS =i -ROLL~,~~ It was a mistake from thr \·er;. start. I should have taken a rickety tarta11i:ltt i11 the first place even if it would hav:? t.aken me all year to get to school. I was bless~rl with exactly four bare minutes to dash to l'n examination. The day had begun pleasantly. That is, our wagon had left me flat at the dressing table still pleasantly admiring the make-up job I had done on my face. So I jumped into the very first thing that came alonJr. One minute had i:ron,. intn my catching that jeepney. I knew the remaining four just had to stand betwee.1 me and perdition. That was the very first time I ever go\, on one of tho~e jeepneys. I used to dread tt.e way crates rattle down the streets threatenini:r to fail apart any minute. Besides they were too fast for me, standin~ baffled on a curb tryinf? to decide wheth<>:1 ou1?ht to j!'amhle my one life on these contraptions or not. Before any decision, th'? thing had already dackety-dacked awaysnobs these pocket-size busses ! First thing 1 noticed, right in front of my pumps, was a pair of the largest brown feet I had ever seen. These were crowded into a pair of bakyas painted a gaudy red and strapped with orange plastic strips. The apparition almost shocked me unconscious. -I had thought the feet were brown puppies with orange collars. The legs that belonp:ed to the feet were stout and milk-bottle-like with all sorts of relief maps imprinted around .Jt. The knees were interestinp;. They were dimpled, with two centavo-like things on the dimples. I was lookinii: at piety in its p:rotesque-most version, I ii:uessed. Evidently the woman had (lone a Jot of kneeling. The wonderful kne<>s insist<'d on heing beheld. The wonlfln's inadcquat<' jersey dress kept creeping up hcl' knees and then she did nothinl! nbnut it. She was occupying the plaee af two p<'r!<ons and her large proportions ~hook lik<' ,iclly when<'vcr the bus hit a rut 0n the stl'<'et. The man next to her was less monstrous than she. He was a cadaverous anemiclookini;:- seal'<'erow who became friendly at 011rc. I must have stued impolitely at hi~ sick-yellow skin because he smiled, now more like srar<'crow than ever, and explai11ecl, "l 1'.?'0t this in Capas. I got shot at a million times and I came home only for a litol mosquito bite." This was no ord!nar~· man. I thought. His English was commendable and his neat fatigue suit harmoBy SOCORRO LIM nized good-tastefully with his yellow skin. In fact, he turned out to be a lawyer. "I am an ahogado, you se-" then he stopped, for a head came gently down on his shoulder. It belonged to an old woman with a basket of patolas on her knees. She was now dozinl!' blissfully, restfully, and immodest!.)" on the <'onfused lawyer's unwilling shoulder. Her head nodded then fell now and then, tl1en went back to lean on the unfortunate shoulder. She must have loosed her grip en the basket because suddenly all the patolas came tumbling all over the jeepney floor. Some escaped from the sides and some wel'e squashed un1lcr the tires of the 6 x 6 thii.t was following us. Then the best sight of all spread before us-a banana leaf pack of salted bolinao that apparently used to nestle snugly among the patolas. Each of the tiny holinao stunk and two of them prouclly perched on the bow of my suede pumps! The flies that hitherto were feasting on the sores on "the milk-ho:tfe~ huzzcd on·r the more appetizing attraction. Then the jeepney jumped dangerously once and the old woman awoke to a crowninl!' insult of finding herself among her patolas and bolinaos on the floor. She p:l'umblingly slid back to her seat 11nd muttered her opinion about stonl's on lhl' str<>"t and reckless driving. Heck. how did she know it was a »tone and not one of ii<'I' darned patolas? Beside the driver, the pla<'e of most con\'<'nicnee ;ind hon\'.11', sat a garrulous man whos<> lmwhter began rmnb\ine: from th~ ca\'erns of his stomach. out up his throa~, finally h<'llowinii: into a roar. He was ap1wrrntlr a dentist he<'ause he was tell. in!! tht• dri\'el' a stor~· which ended in hi~ t<'lling a woman to !<hut up without hi'< l!"C'ttin~ a black <'~'e. Right 1wxt lo me was a young man wh.~ was. of all thin~!'. <':1rryinii: a bahy. Tl1·· b:1],~· w~~n't a mere baby. It was a en·· in.!! bah~·. It shouted nlH\ scream<'d for no reason at all - the man was kidn:q1pir.!! it prohalo]y. It was just a tin~· bundle hut tlw noi~c it m;:1lc was g:igantic. Thl'n from my sid(' came the unnJi:;. takablc fragrance of Ya1·dle~"~ "Chanel" The girl usiOI!: it was neat and expensively dress<'d. I was still breathing a sigli of relief at sitting next to a clean passenger when she said, 'That is all the picture is about, Velyn'. Fernando Poe is wooondedrful - ahay! You'll see - uy, stop uy! Here only!" Then she and Vel~·n alighted. It was at Park Theatre and the picture shown was a Rogelio de la Rosa picture. For all her Yardlev" the dame couldn't read Yes from Nol "Mary Antoniette" (poor Mrs. Marie Antoniette Louis XVI! how they're mur· de red - oh no, not her - her name!) stopped and I got out. Four minutes was up - how time flie~! I lonml myself the richer by experience and at Sto. Rosario Church. In those four crowded minutes (crowded in more ways than one. That i~. I was crowded between the man with the extraordinary baby and the dusty railing of the bus) I had seen a crosssection of the humanity existing in Cebu City. I had absorbed in those four short and rattling minutes the lesson to be learned in a lifetime. Seen the diverse people, their foibles, tragedies, judgment<;, creeds and hopes, - glimpsed at the elusive poetry of their shallow and dumb human mind - the leit-motif and the schemes of the rhythm of the lives of the few peo. pie who represent all the 1nany for whom the wheels of time roll. PINK LACE .. (Continued from page 8) you come from Cebl! City?" "No, I come from Samar. But I have ~tayed l1crc for two years already." ,.Ant yon are goinii: ho,111c one day." I so1111d<'d hopcfttl. "Of course." Tht·re was a tir<'d ~mil<> on her fac<'. "But it wmi!d I><' different there now, that mother i~ :1lr('ady ckatl '" There wa~ a catch in her 1·.,ic,· and -1" 1nuche<1 the pink l:oc(' on m." hre<t'lt, a:win "Go to sleep now, Pilar. I heard ~·our 111u1ln·r call yon 1hat. 11'• ,, nin· nanll' ~lH· put 011 my lll""'lllitn net. ··If y(111r nn~,. hnrt~ again. do11·t cry. You hav<' ~ lllHlher enming h .. rt• ior ynn tomorrow·· \110[ when r looked llp into h('r face 10 -ay a ~\\'CCI g-oodni;.:111. it \\'a" iloodc1l with EXD CONSCIENCE: The still small voice that makes you feel still smaller. THE CAROLINIAN READING TO R£3:£MiER By THOMAS MERTON qo~' s Commenla'z.~ ~~ ~f W Y~RH'~ Hb~ ~~[!HY Excerpts from "SEVEN STOREY MOUNTAIN" a miracle of a book on a monk's life that heads off the best seller list in U.S. It is written by a convert and a trappist monk, Thomas Merton. 11'/rnt has not been devo11red, fa your dark fw'"11ace, Hm·lem, by marilwmm, by gi11, by i118(111ity, hyste1·fo, sy11Mlis? Those tvho m111111ge so111elwu; to swiin to tire top of the seething cu11/<lrn11 flmf renwin 1!1! its s1ufoce, thi-01•gl1 i10111e special spiritual quality 01· othn·, or becamie tliey have bec11 able to g'!t away front. Harlem, and go to some colleg.: or school, these are not «ll at once a1111ihilated: but they m·e left witli the d11bfo11s vrivilege of Irving out tlie 01:/y tlling Hm·lem posseB1Jes ill the way of m• ide<d. T1iey ai·e left with the sorry tusk of co11templuti11g mid i111itutiuy Wh(1I IJ(t8se11 for culhn-e in the world of the white people. Now tire tenifying parudw.· of tl•e whole thing is tl1i11: H6rlem itself, 1wcl etJery il1divid11fll Negro in it, i8 a living condemnation of 011/' so-c61/ed "n1/t11re;" Harff!m i11 the1·e by way of a divi11e indichn.ent agaillst New York City u11d the people who live downtown uml make their mo11ey <low11town. Tiie brothels of Harlem, 1111d all its prostitution, mid its dope-rings, aml <tll the 1·e~I are tl1e mirror of the polite divorces and the manifold cullHrell udultel"ies of Park Avenue: they are God's co1mne11tury on the whole of 011r society. Harlem is, i11 a se11se, what God tl1i11ks of Hollywood. Ami Hol/yti.:oo<l is <di H<o·lelll ha8, in its desp6fr, to g1·as11 (II, by W6Y of a 1111brog<1/e fol" lieuven. The most terrible tl•ilig about it all is tllat thel'e is 110t u Negro in tl1e whole pfoce wlw d11es nQf realize, somewhere in the devths of his m1tltre, tlmt the cu/111re of the white nwn is not wm·t11 the dirt in ffflrlem's gurtel"S. Tl1e11 sense that the whole thing is rotten, that it is a fake, tl1at it is sp11rio11s, empty, i u slwdow of 1wthingness. And yet they are condemned to reacl• 011t for it, rt11d to seem lo desire it, and to pl'etend tlrey like i!, as if they were th11s being forced to w11rk 011t, in thefr own lives, a elem· rep1·esentutio11 of the 111ise1·11 whicf1 has c.,n·uptl'll the ontological rnllfs of the wf1ite ma11's llWll 1vii<:lr.11ce. The little childl'en of Harlem ure growing 11p, crowcled togetl1et like surdi11e8 in tl•e 1·001118 of tenements f11/l of vice, where evil takes pfoce f1011rly and i11escapably before thefr eyes, so llwt thei·e is 1wt an excess of /1«ssio11, not a pe1·version of natural apvetite witl• which t11ey u1·e not f11111iliar before the age of six or seve11: u11d tliis by WflY of u11 acc11satio11 of the /JO/ire u11d expensive mid f1o·tive sensualities and lust8 of t11e rich w1iose si11s J1ave tliis flbomi1iable s1rn1. Tl•e e.ffec~ resembles a11<l eve11 magni/ie8 the ca11se, told Hm·lem i8 tire vortrait of those through whose fault such thiJlgs come into ea·istence. Wlwt wu11 heflrd in secret in the bed1·00111JJ a11d a11a1·tments of Oie ric/1 a11d of tfle white is preached from the luJ11setops of Ha1'lem, an<l tl•e1·e clec/ared, fol' u·lwt it is in al/ it8 hon·or, somewhut us if seen in the eyes llf God, 1wked fl1ld fl'igl!tf11/. No, t11ere is 11ot fl Negro in t11e whole place who can /<iii to !.:now, i11 the 11w1Tow of his own bones, that the white man's culture is not worth the jetsa1,~ in t/oe Ha1lem Rivu. Page 21 DOPENITIONS ... (Continued from page 12) SARGENT MAJOR-Has three zebras and an ox left PLUSTICS-Complete surgel'y HYDRAWLICS-A calesa's brakes AMBIDEXTROSE- Holding a baby ruth and a cigar with equal zest SAR CAUSTIC-Surly answel's of a soda jerker ENDOCRINATION-Taking castor oil PRIMATURE-Early beard catches early norm NAIVEYOUPHYTE-A swashbuckling saprophyte NOISIC-Unfinishcd samephonies SOMERSALT-As a result of Ptoe-maim poisoning SEMPER FIDDLELESS- Always havin~ nothing to play with (Don't you think "second fiddling" will arise?) . ALLURGIC-Dislike for sounds caused by rubhin:r metals ASSAUSAG"E-To console a man's torso BAZZARRE-The lowest extremity of a taste COQUIETRIES-Silent Flirtation COUP'ERATION-·How the communists got holcl of Czeehoslovakia ERUDICTION-Knowlecl~e acquii;-ed by a parrot IDIOSYNCRAZIES-Milk, four fifths of which is water II . :~:~hr~~!E:;~~~:;::::, '::'.'.:.:,:: refrain STATUS CROW-Future outlook still dark SYMBIASIS-Mutual prejudice OPJUMLENCE-Wealth of a Chinaman ~ EAVg~~~!~i~=JNG-Stooping so low as to I<OTC BRIEFS. (Continued from page 23) C:\DET OFFICERS ORGANIZE FRATERNITY The cadet officers of the USC ROTC Unit, in a formal meeting held last Sunday morning, A11g11st 7 '49, formed "The Cannons Fraternity" and elected the following cadets as officers: President ..... Cdt. Col. Alejandrino Abatayo Vice-Pres ..... Cdt· Lt. Col. Ricardo Dorotheo Secretary ...... Cdt. Major Ciriaco Bongalos Treasurer ..... Cdt. Lt. Col. Rene Espina PRO .............. Cdt. Major Edilberto Isleta Sgt-at-Arms-Cdt· Capt. Celso Macachor Sentry: "Halt! Who goes there?" A.W.O.L. returning: "Friend, with bottle." Sentry: "Pass friend, halt bottle." Page 22 With a nod to Hamlet 1o Diet o~ ?2ot to Diet By Delm Abesamis To diet, or not to diet: that is the question! Whether 'tis noble1· in a fat lady's miJid to s11/fe1· with envy Tl1e graceful swinfJS of othe,-s figures, Or tJ take 1111 arms agafost IJOUnda of fat A11d by will-power melt them. To diet: 1wt to sleev; No more .aweets; and by frustration end the heartache, and the thousat1d natural shocks tl1e quivering of her flesh is heir to, 'Ti8 a ca11summatian 1111devoutly to be wish'd. To diet: Not to slee1>; She sleeps. There she gets a chance to dream: aye there's the catch For in that sleev beautiful drea1ns may come Dreams wherei11 she h<UJ shuffled off the mortal fat A11d has given her labfl111"B a pau11e: there's the O.SJlect that makes all this dieting worth doing! Far who would, with fat, bea1· the whips and scor11B of ot11ers Hei· warm. seat during dances and the dl"ead of diubete11? The pan.gs of desvised love and love's delay? For who wo1ild, with fat, bea1· to grunt, To gnmt and sweat under a heavy, heaving 1>lod tiu·o11gl1 life? A11d yet she still can dream of that 101discove1·ed ccnmtry Whei·ein. her shapely, q11"eenly form reigns over all, And makes he1· bear those ills she has Tllaii fly to others who11i she knows haven't A11 extJ-a pom1d of what she J)()S8esses? Thus conscience makes cowards of everyone, And thus the native hue of resolution is sicklied Over with the 11ale cast of thougl1t, And enterprises of great pitch and nwment With tl1is regards t11eir cm·re11ts t1u-n auwy And lose the name of action "Pass the custard". 1o Vote Oi ?2ot to Vote By Nenita Socrates Ta vote or not to 1:11te-tlwt is the. question! Whethei· t'is rest/11l in the mind to keep from The glib and gift of candidates insfocere, 01· lo take a pell agdinst the mire of greed A11d by proclaiming end them; To vote, to select No more; mid by !{ vote to say we end The co1-rllptio11 and the thousand offens~ve grafts That democi·acy is heir to; t'is a perfection Too huge to be aspir'd to, to i:ote, to select, Ta select! perchance ta win: ay, there's the rub! Fo1· it's that hai·d wan lam·el what rust may show When we have r11bbed off the lllsti·ous paint And see within there's the grating That scoms the 71olish off election day. For who could beai· the f1·auds an.d tricks of late, The abuse of power, costly exhibitio11s, The scor11s of corru1>t sway, the law's delay The insolence of office, and the splf1'11$ The patient multitude and underdogs take While th.e victor piles his gold and nwke Heaven /01· his kins? Who would misuse, bear THE CAROLINIAN ~uppliaaticn (A Sequel to "Ode to My Alma Mater") By Emilio B. Alle>" Kind 11wther of my so11l, wilt thou look down And hearken to these lines that may 1wt well Reveal the pe11t-11p feelings of my heart Tiud sobs atonemen~ at thy holy feet? Jl"unn tears I ca1111ot shed, theH eyes are dry A ml lwt with 1nmge11ce born of shanw and fear TlrM my at011eme11t may not measure fldl 'To the fargive11ess I now beg of thee. Tu re111ini11ce on what have 7mssed before: We came ta tl1ee in adolescence wild H'ith wildest idiosy11cracies and traits That only boyish whims can cause to show; H"e've caused thee worries in. our childish past, 8111 tho11, 0 doting mother, sweet with love Did 11ever once deprive our youth with cai·e, 0, yes, matenial care that never fails. Aiul th1m, as 111·od'gal sam1, we left thy fol<48: H"e saw the wo1·ld all right, its good, its b~d, II.~ high and low,· u:e seemingly skimnwd the seas Of mythical d,-eanr.s and seemingly felt the fears A 11<l joys, despairs and thrills of Ulysse11 Of old whe11 011e-eyed CyClo1>B, quee1· Sirens Confronted him ill Odyssey wanderings. (A11d yet, how fake is seeming, dJ·eaming drearms!) Fnr the years that passed were one dark Stygian night Sn morally dal"k mrd cold, and the biting windJJ Did nem·ly freeze 011r com1cience in.to ice; We gravelled in the dark of miseJ"y and tnidged Along the q11icksm1d mire11 of mud a,nd si11. B11t last, whe11 lw71e was seemingly go11e f1"011~ 113 Amidst. that fearful d01·kness of despair, There suddcnl11 gfeamed a gentle beam of hope Tliat beaconed 118 afal"f The beam then glowed l.:/)on a1>proo«ch and we all knew at once "That holy light that nevel' dims", thy light, A11d we, lost 8011/s fi·om painful wanderings Are n11icled back to thee. Right now, om· hem·ts A1·e knocking at tliey gflte. Pm11 let us in? 0 may thy ki1rd1•e8s gr<rnt that we be ble8sed A11d welcome by thy fn1•i11y arms again! To slave and 811•eftl 11n.de1· u. tynmt's will? Bu/, with the ffre nf sometl1i1ig like Tm11cs' The densely covel"ed 11to1111tain from whose scree11, No favorite <lecree8; Freely, fo shti1·e And make them rfltfu.•r bear tholi<' ills they hm•e Thm! to ofh'!n; llMy know 11wth of. 1'lt11s our 11ff1te be'!et8 11tnck ant1rcl1ists And thus the worthy m·dm· of coale1Jce /11 sicklied o'rr with fhe 1rnsof.is(ied, A ml 1mtei-1>ri:r1e8 of {il"eat. villi and 111111nc11t With thi' spfrit their co11ntry turn awry And lose the 11a111e of decency. THE CAROLINIAN Lt. Florencio Romero - 0 - - - NEW ADJUTANT By l'irtue uf Sp<:dal Or<lcr Xu. 26, of 18 August '49, Lt. Florencio Romero was officially designated as ROTC Adjutant ' 'ice Lt. Guillermo ;\loreno w lH> is pre~cntly assigned to Hq. III MA, Cebu City. Lt. Romero gradtiatcd from the school of Rcser\'C Orfic~rs in July 1941, al Camp de! Pilar, Dau, Pampanga· His first as. signment was on 28 August 1941 with th<' 31st FA, 31st Div, as Junior Officer. At the outbreak of World \11/ar II he was transferred to · "D" Btry, rst Pro Bn (SPM) as Ex-0 at Fort Stotscnburg and·saw action when his unit repulsed the first wave of Japanese ad\'ancc at the :\gno Rh·er. He joined the liberation troops and w;is asi>ig11cd Liaison Officer of the 21st FA BN (PA). I 11 HJ.J6 he was transferred to Southern C0lkge as ROTC Adjutant. In June 194S he ca me to this institution and took po~ition as Plans and Operations Officer "I the ROTC D<'pnrtment. And now, 1"kin;.:" 01·er the post \'acated by Lt. Gui. ll<:rmo :\lorC'110. the corp5 wdcume.• n 11e\\' promise of a mor<' pr0ficie111 s011rcC' carry on its military program. COMMONDANT APPOINTS CORPS CO Capt. .\. Concepcion, ROTC Commandant, recently appointed Cdt. Col. .\Jejandrino Abatayo as Corps Commander dee Cdt· Col. :Moises . Ducin who n:;;i~ned Inst Julr. _.\ sli~ht change wn• m:u!e in the rcgimentnl .otaff :llld in the t,.,11;olio11s due to this effect. COURT MARTIAL ORGANIZED In view of many flagrant violations of r~gt1lations by cadets who themsel\'e• Edited by Cesar Gonzaga BRIEFS .:resent rrmedial mea;nrC's carrie1l nn to th:it dkct. nn ROTC Courl :\larti;oJ w ;1" cn·:tte<l with 1he :dm of admir.i~ terin;.: milit ary law procedure_ < on miscream •. Th i• n•un j, l' OllllJ"'~•! ,.f on,· 1 •rn•idini.: of ricer and ten as9ociatc memLers. The organization is closely paternerl after .that of the n·gn!ar ninrt 111artial of the .-\rrnl'd Forces: the only irnlO\'atiOn is th<.' numhl·r of mem,;hq1. This ho1ly also aims lo imple111ent n bcth'r uOcler~tandiL:g .of the 1iro,·i;ions of tho.! Articles o f \Var upon tlw coqJs. NEW CORPS SPONSOR ELECTED Corazon $(1guin CORPS SPONSOR - o - Page 23 Tl:e rar<· com hinatiun of Beauty ancl Uni\'crsity who gr:icc~ with her inspiring Hr:1in ~ hcc0mcs a re;1lity in .\Ii,;,; Cora ~cq1 Jircsencc nur Colll'J.;e of ],aw halls and Sa_~uin. this y,·;IJ'·s Corp< Spon_.;or o f ih~ lend~ color to the otherwise m:ik-dominal'rack USC ROTC. T\·tite and dl·m11re ~l·· ted roll oi honor stmlcnb of said College nita i~ one of the \'cry icw eocd~ in th•• (Co11ti11ncd en page 21) CADET' CAPT. NEMESIO PARAS KILLED IN MISHAP IN MEMORIAM ) On the fu11eral rite11 of Cdt. Copt. Ne- I meaio Paras, for whom use mourna, thia I tiirge was written as a final tribute of a On the fateful night of Sept. the buddy to his loat cadet officer friend. ~!i~te!~eo ~~ve: ;::~it s~ff!etu~u~c:i~ There was the muffled rolling of druma, dent at Tuya?,. Naga in which a few Ther;a w:a the lo.nely, poignant .trains oi others were IDJured. One of those There = ' th who died was Cadet Capt. Nemesio a~ ~ mournful toll of the bell.6, Paras, CO of Service Battery and a :::r~a ;~1:1 wmd ~i.th an occa1iona-l light. fourth year commerce student. Cdt. . e the rigid, aet facetJ Capt. Eduardo Pafiares, 3rd Bn. Sten1, Stlent, rrn111ovi11g, ~alm: Adj. was one of those injured. Cadet There were subd11ed sobbmg1 and tearful! Paras expired shortly after admit- R .ua~~· tance into the Cepoc Hospital of e11gne ' humbled, nnd bewildered. Tina-an, Naga. USC grieves the loss .fher~t;aas Oie tJono1·011• incantation of the Of a beloved son. 1 lrei·e 1i:ue 11u11po.h11 c"mlofeuces, I A full military funeral with hon- T!!l'rr 11·e;·e t11ief mid sM•'(IW, q11ifl·a11d ' ors was accorded two clays later to pence: the deceased by the ROTC cadets T/l(m: n·ns denlfr. headed by. the USC Commandant Irith f11e lnM echoes fl'om Ur e rifles' Capt. Antonio N. Concepcion and 1•()/fey, his staff officer, Lt. Florencio Ro- ll'ith liis cm1 m1des fixe<l M ntlenlion, mero. A eulogy was also presented ll'i01 !tis fellow-officer.~ n111l sclroolmntes to the deceased by Mr. Vicente Uy . . C>1muli11.Q b11 fo silC11ce' nud 1 ·e11pcct, a senior law student and a former Tl1e11 lnicl him lo f'lermrl i·e11t I cadet officer. Ill h111 nmnofh he1u1 bnmd ct1f/m The firing of rifle volleys, fol- Ge11lll1, ~lo11ll1 lo11e1cd 11110 1/re ca1t11, lowed by the sounding of taps ended He iws sciit to iesl /Mct·ei th Ete11wl iest y1a11I 111110 111111 0 L"1d e ceremony. I And let ve1petuol b/cs11111u 11J1111e 11pt1n j B) virtue of a special memoran- hmi, 1 dum of the DMST, Cdt. Capt Ne- r:" r llm1e rs llre /;111gdom, mrd file g/oiy ' mesio Paras is 11osthumously pro-1 And the 1wne1 /01e11 er and e1oe1 1 Amcu 1 . mated to the rank of cadet maJor. VICENTE N LIM Page 24 Tllll CAROLINIAN EDITOR/A /,ES LA COBARDIA ES EL MOVIL Es harto triste y desgarrador observar c6mo ENTRE EL ALUMNO SABIO Y EL ALUMNO PRACTICO tantos j6venes, por de mds apuestos y simpdticos, Es c6modo concebir sd.bias teorias, llegar a lle11 an una t•ida espfritualmente raquitica, con conclusiones l6gicas e irrefutables y saber lo buelas alas del esvfritu atrofiadas y la conciencia. no y la verdad cuando lo aprendido no se aplica a amordazada. Meis deplorable ailn es el hedw de la actualidad .. De la misma manera uno puede que se dicen hijos de familias cat6licas de raiga-rn- confiar a la memoria toda la Biblia, mas estas exbre. gC6mo es que puedan llevar vida tan insulsa, celentes prendas ·intelectuales no le hanin un sanimbuidos hasta la medula de los lmesos del espiri- to. Para muchos no es dificil aprender pero el po~~ 1~0~:,.~~s? p1«icticas de nuestro nefando mun- ner lo adquirido en la prdtica-eso es otra cosa. Ciertam.ente, no se debe suponer en los qui 11 iren de acuerdo a la moderna de un complet<1 desenfreno, una acabada rnalicia, sino en la mayoria de los casos la cobard,ia es el m6vil de este fdcil modo de pasar la vida. Muchos j6venes son dem,asiado cobardes para ser t•irtuosos. Es increible, cudnto bien no se hace por faltar el dnimo de hacerlo. A causa de esto, much.as caDesde luego la diferencia que media entre el alum.no listo en la clase pero un fracaso en la vida actual y otro de med.iarws alcances con respecto a .'iUS lecciones pero Un exito en SU Vida projesional es que aquel no habia sabido poner en prdctica lo que absorbia en la escuela mientras que el otro se habia valido de los medios que aprendi6 en la escuela. racteres no llegan a formarse, y hay tanta abun- El u1w estudia la lecci6n para p"asar loS exddancia de hombres sin cardcter. Se teme el es- menes y el otro la estudia para poder aprovechar fuerzo; se- teme el seguir su mejor convicci6n; se cuanto ha aprendido. Mientras que el primero teme el "tque dirtin?"; se temen las sonrisas bur- aprende por aprende1·, por decirlo asi, el Ultimo se lonas, la nota de "beatuco", de "sacristan", y de propane a un fin determinado. En resumidas cuen"santul6n"; y el joven capitula cobardemente tas. el 1nds prdctfco .de los dos recoge los triunjo~ 11 rinde las armas ante la primera embestida de en la vida. las pasiones, renunciando a sus derechos de so- , berano senor a trueque de una esclavitud que ell . Loque paso el mes.pasado. demuestr?- muy falsamente juzya libertad. bien la verdad de lo que henios dicho. Abriose en · . e:.ta ciudad una famosisima f<ibrica americana. TriBte asp,ecto: iT./n rep ,esclavo! jUn sob~r.a· Anunci6 que necesitaba unos obreros para trano en cadenas. jSanson prisionero de los filis- bajo manual y pesado de carga y descarga. Ejecteos!-para no tene,1' que romper est~s cadenas- tivamente, el dia siouiente acudieron a la fdbrica pues falta 10; e'(tergia-se las llama libertad y de- nrupos de j6venes p<;ira presentar sus solicitudes. recho a la t'tda. En el plazo de dos 111 eses, se supo que el nUmero de tC6mo podrernos salvar a esta juventud tan los suplicantes m1!ltivlic6se a un mil. L? que esdescarriada? Racer que se de cuenta cabal de su panta es que la mita.d de ellos eran estudian'tes de dignidad de hombre, dotado de raz6n y libre al- lri escuela secu):l,dana y algunos de estos graduabedrio facultades htas que le distinguen del bru- dos. Pero lo que era verdade1·amente alarmante y to. ' triste es que entre ellos habia algmios que cursaban ya en los colegios. jEchense a mil demonios todas esas pusilanimidades y cobardias! Joven cat6lico, se hombre Esta occurencia nos. deber<i proporcionar de valor, de coraje e integ1·0, y librate de ese espi- algo sobre que reflexionar. La escuela no es el ritu estitpido de cobardia en hacer el bien y en fin aue nos hpnoS de p1·oponer, sino que es el practica1· la virtud. Tente por dichoso de servir a medio de que hemos de valernos para Uegar a un Dios, porque se1·vir a Dios es reinar. fin. -LUIS EUGENIO -N. G. RAMA THE CAROLINIAN Por SENTIDO AIRADO ..Alzo mis clamores de las profundidades de mi alma angustiada. Oyeme tU, pues para ti son estos clamores. Cuando mi cristalina voz, pero a la vez resonante, haya llegado a los oidos de la juventud filipina, y cuando esa misma voz haya reorient.ado a Ios "Mayores" dentro de b 6rbita que el buen Dios les ha deparado, s6lo entonces callari y s6lo entonces entonare un '4Requiem aeternam dona mihi, Domine!" 1ESOS MAESTROS! Page 25 La Pedagogia Noble, Util y-Mal Comprendida Uno de Ios contrasentidos mas l&Lmentables de nuestra epoca es el concepto equivoco que se tiene hacia Por RAFAEL V. GUA~ :a~:tr8!~gii-;a ~·~u~~. h:s~:ci:.~ las artes. mente para aque1Ios que viven en La utilidad del pedagogo vi m6s las ciudades, la pedagogia es Ia ca- al1a-m8s lejos del mero acto de inrrera mas ordinaria, que no merece culcar la aritm~tica, la· lectura, · el ser puesta al nivel de tales profesio· deletreo, la historia y las demi& nes como Ia abogacia, ingenieria, 0 asignaturas. Toca la fase m8s imrnedicina. Pero, sin embargo, por de portante· del trabajo de moldear moda que este este concepto err6- la .iuventud hacia la perfeccic>n: el neo que se le abriga, Ia pedagogia moldear el car8.cter del individuo en no ha dejado de ser lo que realmen- la horm8. de lo recto, de lo honrado, te es: un cam po de labor noble y Util. de lo noble Y eristiano. Los mae• Los maestros siguen siendo los tros son los primeros, despues de Hay maestros (desgraciadamente eseultores de - "esa bella esperanza nuestros padres, en haeernoS ver 1os los hay muehos), tanto en escue- -de la patria", que es la juventud. primeros destellos de la honradez, las privadas como tambien en pU.bli- En sus manos se ha puesto la labor del patriotismo, o en sintesis, de tocas, que hacen de la noble profesi6n magna de moldear no tan s61o Ia in- do Jo ·noble y sublime. a que se dedican un objeto abyecto teligeneia de los futuros ciudadanos Pero & que premio reciben los sade mercantilismo. Deshonran esta i:dno tambien su 1iase mas importan- r.erdotes de la pedagogia por su Iabendita vocaei6n. Son falsos ap6sto- te, 0 sea el earicter. En otras pala- bor tan meritoria, tan magninima? les, y, a semejanza de aquellos mer- bras, a los maestros se les ha caido Se los considera como personas orcaderes que se empeii.aran en hacer Ir>. tarea de preparar los s61idos fun- dinarias, y su trabajo como una fa~us negocios nefastos en el Sa· mentos de toda naci6n fuerte e ideal, t:ie de la labor humana desprovista grado Templo de Jerusalen, se dedi- esto es, una buena ciudadania. rlel brillo de las que se Jlaman can dentro de su sagrado minist.e- Desde la mocedad de un individuo "learned professions", o sea, profe1-io de maestro a aetividades ·qui:! hasta que et se convierta en· to que siones eruditas, una oeupaei6n Gue desdicen completamente de su alta se Uama "hombre hecho y derecho", ni ::i:iquiera se considera aqui en Fivocaci6n. No preparan sus leccio· el se vale de los servicios de tos ma- lipinas como profesi6n. nes. Si debido a circunstancias apre- estros que le amamantan eon la le- Sin embargo, suprimid el trabajo miantes se ven forzados a prepa- che del saber humano. y la necesi- de] maestro, L que veriamos? Tenrarse, lo hacen no por afa\n de ense-: rls1.d rle trabajo de los pedagogos no driamos una sociedad salvaje en iiar mas efectivamente, sino para termina alli. Poraue aun cuando el p]eno siglo veinte. Se nos presenta?n?"ender ellos mismos lo que deben individuo haya Ilegado ya a ser ria un nanorama oscuro por falta de Pnsefiar a los estudiantes. SOio que hombre de familia, seguira valien- aquella luz que solamente los pedagoellos tienen la gran ventaja de que rln11e rle Jos maestros para la instrue- gos son C'&paces de dar; aquella que ellos pueden hacerlo con Ios libros ci6n de sus proles en las ciencias y (Pasa a la pAgina 26) r.biertos, mientras que el pobrecito -----'-------·------,-~---,--,-----,--, rie alumno los tiene que cerrar al rn't. de la revisti:i carolina. Permite- fleranza de la patria, como los Uatener que recitar la lecci6n. mP que me dedique a asuntos aU.n rnaba Rizal. imiten su ejemplo. Es Si es reah:nente cierto todo Jo que ni='1s verJronzosos. necenrio que nos entremetamoS en 11e oye en nuestrns circulos soeia- i HERMAN OS NUESTROS SON! ~~.unvteoms oys eanuoeb"1o"s" dequineterpodes cn~ammQon•. Jes, nuestra amada Filipinas tiene l sobrados motivos de sollozar. Cu-en- En un nU.mero del Philippines llamar "viejos" no trabajan siempre tase que cierto Director de escueia. Free Press, nuestro joven Y apues- movidos por ideales sanos ~ patri6di6 un dia ex&menes por eSfjrito ::i. to redactor revel6 al mundo entero ticns. Su m6vil es muchas veees, su estudiantes e instructores. Los estu- los crimenes que eomiten impune- P.mbici6n personal y egoista. De diantes alcanzaron mejores notas mente ciertos lideres de obreros a ahi oue hariamos muy bien en que nue los maestros. z Que significa Jc 18.rgo del muelle. i Vaya si era ar- nosotros, la juventud de hoy, nos estn? tfculo magnifico! Aunque aquellas oraanicemos eJl un movimiento de Cuentase, asfmismo, (i ojal.i fue- revelaciones no eran nada de nuevo, cruzada para defender los derechos 11en tan s6lo cuentos !) que hoy dia pues aquello siempre ha sido sofo- de nue11tros hermanos contra abu~a 1:8e a~~nifa~:1J: .~~it~~. "~:d~:: ~d:r=rv:~e:d:am:~:z:~:crl~t~~~a3; sos sociales que Haman al cielo por nocos Jos que se dedican a este ne- va1fa quiere ofr. jVaya si tenia osa- venganza. Es un crimen jpero muy Jrocio con benditas ganas. i Ay de dfa nuestro redactor! Quiero dejar grave! de lesa patria el abusar los rni .natria ! & Que serA de esta flori- asentado en estas cuartillas quc servicios de nuestros hermanos.. me. da RepUblica dentro de un par de aquel articula fue muy bien aco· · nos afortunados. Unemonos, plies. afios? . "°ido y muy aplaudido. Mostra- j6venes todos, y tuchemos contra ha~~~ m~~ho re=~t~e a:e n~'!:= ~=jec~:n e~t;a:t:.c1!fi) .. i~:ti:~:;~; todo aquello que huela a corrupci6n maestros de este bend Ito siglo XX; tle la vida jun to a los muelles. O.ia- y abusos politico-social es. i Asi hareJo hare, einpero, en la tinda proxi- 18. que nuestros j6venes, la bella es- mos la patria ! Page 26 STORM OVER CHINA ... (Continued from page 9) ture and stripped the rooms of equipment. But when they took over the reins of government of the city the ComnlUnists didn't touch anything until later. Then slyly, surreptitiously they began to put to O'Jctual practice the principles and 1heories of Communism. In the University, men and women students, who befol'e they came w.,rl! s1::gregated, were allowed and were made to eat ar.d drink and sleep together, in total disregard of common human decency and the moral sense, While the students before could afford to do their hair and wear their clothes in any manner each wished or chose, under the new regime they were subjected to definite common rules and restricted even in their most routine chores. They were given and made to wear a garb of one kind: overalls, be it man or woman. The young ladies of the University cut their hair in the same fashion, short and alike, stressing the theory of Communistic1 equality. A court of justice, was established by the authorities. They called it "The People's Court", the judges being selected from among the common mass. But invariably, the judge that get the appointment was also a Communist, or if he was not, he was forced to be a Communist. Sure, he waB -picked from the crowd, but that is just to create the impression that he is a representative of the masses. But in reality, there is no representation at all. The court tried cases from 7 o'clock i,1 the morning until 7 in the evening. There was a case of a student, who slapped th\l doorkeeper of the Uni\l'ersity. The door. keeper had made cracks at the student as he passed along the corridor. The student ~ot hot and slapped the doorkeeper. Do you know what the Communists did? They turned this little incident into a bang-up affair, the doorkeeper ha\l'ing reported to the military 8.uthorities. A trial was had at the People's Court, made to order. The l.'tudent was found guilty. He was convicted of a string of charges filed against hlm. I cannot say whether he was kil1ed or executed after that, but nothing was heard of him agai~. Fu Jen University now is having a great struggle to survive. The Reds retained some of the fathers of the SVD staff ta tliscipline the student body anc!. perhaps to finance the institution. I haven't bend from them since I left. But I am sure that Ir, the kn,:: run thf'>" will have to leave. There is no use of staying. The o<lc1s agair.st us are so great that there is na other alternative but to go. Communism is being taught in the school. What could be hoped for? There are two great enemies of C:>mmunism. The Americans and the Catholics. We are A~ericans and Catholics at the same time or two enemies of Communism rolled into one. To stay would ha\l'e been fatal. Not that we were afraid to die, but that at least we could be still of some se1.:vice elsewhere. 'Ve were a group of six that started from Peiping. We left the city about the middle of November. We. touched Shanghai, then Tsingtao, went to Nanking, and then back to Shanghai again. It was from there that we embarked for the Philippines. On our way we saw millions of refugees from North China, all moving south. It was cne big mass of humanity driven from their homes; trying fC! escape the scourge o( Red advance, fear-stricken, rugged and frost-bitten in the inescapable cold of China. Hundreds died frozen i~ the snow. Oh, but you would not know how it is to tread on the snow hungry, with only scant clothinl!"S to keep you warm. Men, women, children, they were a horribly pitiful sight I do not want to remember. Transportation was very difficult OnP has got to possess a license from the an· thorities before he can get an automobile. And every poMible excuse was made to THE CAROLINIAN LA PEDAGOGIA ..... . (Continuacion de la pagina 25) faltaba durante los siglos siguientes a la caida del imperio romano y que por .su ausencia result6 la "edad oscura'.', aquella etapa de la his4>ria humana caracterizada por la ignorancia, la superstici6n y el retroceso. Mas despues de todo, no obstante la humilde reputaci6n que tiene su carrera, los maestros gozan de un placer espiritual raro en . otras lineas del esfuerzo humano, fuera del tlel sacerdocio: la satisfa:cci6n de haber contribuido mucho en el moldear 13 juventud del pais, la verdadera riqueza del cualquiera naci6n. Esa es la pedagogia, ta carrera que muchos que no la conocen consideran la mis ordinaria, pero que SUS - conocedores 11aman, y muy acerta'd&mente, "la primera linea de d<!f ensa de cualquier pais", una carrera noble, Uti1 y sublime. " make the use of vehicles impossible just to there.-first, second and third class acineonvenience foreigners. More so if he comodations. When the Communist forces were an American. Even the United States took over, everybody rode in the same class Embassy couldn't get a license for their of passages, fourth class. The theory o! cars. equality Sgain, All was fourth passage, Passenger trains were all jampacked with where freight and passengers, the high an:I the refugees. Even on the regular freight the low class, smoke, sweat, and every kind carriers you could see them either hanging of odor mix and abound in the train at· or clinfl,"ing to the bars and grillihgs of the mosphere, Expertly the Communists extrain, the men, the children, e\l'en the wo- ploited the ignorance and po~erty of the men. E\1'£ry moring vehicle carried more common mass, fanned every possible hatre:I than its limit of passengers and freight. and bittemess that the laboring class had China is a great nation of a great peo- against the moneyed group In order to stir pie. But she is very much a di\l'ided-one. up strife, hatred of pri\l'ilege, and class This accounts much why a systematie and warfare, so that there was little left to b.:i unified armed resistance or a solid front done, if anything, save an orderly taking l1f moral strength among the Chinese to over. And the Chinese realized too late, combat Red propaganda could not be had.• that the glamour of Communism was onh• The Chinese indi\l'idual as long as he could in its coming and not after it. had arrived. attend to his own ends, doesn't eare what But that same indifferent attitude of the happens around him. The everyday Chinese, it is hoped, will one day destroy changes, the government processes, which Communism itself, just as it did every other to a country like the Philippines or the e.ggressor before that had wanted to sub. United States or any democracy for that jugate C.hina. Different races of people, matter, would be part and parcel of the the history of China tells us, overran the citizen, were wanting. What matters. to country, maimed and subdued its''armed the individual Chinese is only the pursuit power, and tried to implant their culture of his own ends. His duty is towards his and their ideas. but never succeeded in family, discounting the rest of the commu- really conquering them. China was the nity. Government revolves only in the fa- same old giant that it was before they mily. Beyond that is a question. There is came, with its own ideas, its own langua!!.'e, that "attitude of total indiffereTI.ce," dis· its own culture. tinct in the Chinese, towards the happen- I cannot say much· of what goes on beings in his immediate surroundings that hind the Iron Curt~in now. I would Jjke before he knew it he was in Communism. very much to hear from the fathers of the Poverty and igno:ranee contributed their SVD that we left behind, but there are no shares. Why Communism got much of letters. However, I am very grateful thPt China is thus explained. I am now in the Philipph:aes. It is much At Tientzen, before the Commies occu- relief to feel again the Cat'ioli~ 11.tmos• pied the city, they had three class trains phere &round people. STUDENTS I 1 Have you realized how precious your eyes are? You have only a pair of eyes which you cannot afford to impair by reading your lessons with poor light. Insist for electric ,light, the modern efficient lighting. It gives you better light, protects your eyesight and gives you keener knowledge. Vlsoyon Electtlc Co., Inc. 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