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Title: The Carolinian
Issue Date: Volume XIII (Issue No. 4) December 1949
Year: 1949
Language: English
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extracted text: Page 2 THE CAROLINIAN upon them. A low rumble, swelling tQ a roll of subterranean thunder. As Sister Clotilde screamed, Francis swung arouml to see the slender structure of his church in motion. Glistening, wetly luminous it swayed gracefully in the fading light; then, like a reluctant woman, yielded. His heart stood still in horror. With a rending crash, the undermined foundations At first he did nrJt fully under. broke. One side caved in. the roof's spii'c <rand f:napped, the rest w&s a blinding vision of "Before him on the rivcl'banK was an acre torn timbers and shattered glass. Then his of deserted earth, sun-scorched, gulJi:>d 11.vcly church, lay dissolved into nothing at !·~· 1hc rains, l'ncirci<'d by a tramped-down his feet. pieces of kaolin. At one end stood the "He stood rooted for an instant, in a daze of retnnanb of a mud-brick chap.:-!, the roof f>hock and pain. then ran towards tht• l;Jown off. one wall collapsctf, the othet\i wreckage. But the altar lay smai;hed ~" lrumbling. Alongside lay a mai:s of caved- rubble, the tabernacle crushed to splioir. nibble wilich rni)!ht have lll'en once a ters beneath a beam. He could not ev~n l:ouse. Tall foathery weeds were sproutinl! save the sacrccl species. And his vestlhl•rc. A single meager shell rcmninerl. namts, the precious relic, these were in : midst the ruins, leaning disconsolately· shreds. Standing there, hllreheaded in "For three minutes Francis stood in u the tcemiri<~ rain, he has conscloui\'. amidst kiwi of stu11or, then ever slowly th1·ougl'l the frightened bahble which now surth<' fog of his benumbed br.;110 the awf:il rounded him, of Sister C\otildc's lamcnta1 ruth came.. this was his mission!.. tio1'. "Af1er vears r,f dreary loneliness, near- "And tcmorrow the reverend cano11 s1n1·vat1on, and utter privation in China rrovincial administrator will be here to \"iten thousand miles away from his native sit us! Why.. why. why has thi<; Scotland, Fr. Francis Chrisholm had a l'<>nwonus:-·· She was wringin\:' her hand<;. floul'ishing, if TINY, settlement. "Dear Cod! What wors<' could you have "And then the rains came. And with it !he flood. 1''ig"u1·atively, thl' rain" an•I floods of China, are dire,·t descendants of the Grt•at Deluge, The skies, dull as tallow, wcr" qien sluices from which a steady delu1.w fell. The clroJlS were JargC'.. it seem~.~ everlasting.. great frozen slab of snow ... rivulets of rain.. ehannelio'!. 11111!erlUtmg.. The mission was a quagmirt' of siush.. fissured.. cratered .. "And still the rain continued. The mis"Fr,.nds muttered. despcrate~y sustainill;;! h;,.- own faith rather than hcrs:-Ten minutes sooner .. we should every on(' of 1·~ hrvc been killed. "Next mornine: Father Fr.::nc:s heavily survc:vcd the h~voc. St:mding hesidl' hin1 w:~s Fu. who. like most gardeners. was 110t a cheerful man. 'The great Shan·~ Foo who arrive:s form across the seas will t!•ink much ill of us. Ah! If only he h'.ld n•cn my bloon1 of lilies last spring!' " 'Let us be of gcod heart, Fu. The dasion roofs broke down at last.. 1·ame io cataracts from the eaves .. Th;, ma;-e is not irrepar;;:bl<". f'uil of the 01ii;sion garden swept dow11 i.lu· hill ... on which floated upturned ar.• la plants and oleander shrubs. For one pain ful day the lychees and catalJ1as sto(>,~ upright on thl'ir naked roots.. th!11 slowly toppled. The youug w'.Litc mulber1·ies followed next. then the lovely row 'f flowering plum, these on the ttay that tl'l • 11,W('I' wait was washed away. "The servke was over nnd Jo'r. Frnnc;s <':Hm' down the nisle. Revel'cnd Mothc1· ;,u,I SistPI' Clotilde wcrc still in pray-:-!' l•jJon the damp ln~rds. Ht' passed them i:1 silence; thcn suc.ldcnly sto11ped short. !fo stepped li:ack to them nod :>ai1I: 'f .1m . '·oi11:.: to clost' the churt·h now°. "This intrTfert·rwe was unlik<' hi111 hue h • hac! UI' Pxtraordina1·y innc1· coovictio11 ti1at oeither of them should be allowc1\ to remain. " 'My rJantingt ii.re Jos.;' F'u g~ucmed. \Ve shall have to begin oil over again. " 'Th~t is lite .. to bci(n :i.gain w~11.>n n'• i!> k~t!' " The 1ll'Ccedill3 C"pisode fa frnm the beMscllcr oj A. J. Cl'(111i11 "T/1c Keys aj O~c J>~11:,du11t'". It is litemturc, ~ut it :;erue.~ (;s (\ s"cciijcf e.rnmJJ/e af tire subtle 1"elutiu11 uf 1iternt11re ancl life. (Cro·o/i11fr111) 11 ha, Ilic t1mfwa1i <Jj Xui:embet' fir~• 1 .. 1"ech·1i U/1a11 us is life. A.· cvcryboci.11 /;wncs, it left ill its tva/;e, like 1"•·. Chfa· J,u/m's f/o(J(l, cu/amity (r1td clcstructiu1<. J:ut uf evcrytM11g, 1wtliing i.~ w/ially bad. . Fu· us it saved the tmub/e of co11tractin·1 (1 dcmolisliilly squad to remove tl1e roof fr,,. fl third story c.11 the Scie11ee l1uildi1111. u:!oicli u:e mc;·e 1JOi110 tu lw1•e crnywrii1: 7'/1c all that uns last was· t;,,, roof iml "He locke,I the• doors :rnd disappP:iN~! 1·.c11 (JICitlill!J 1''r, Clrr,"slwlm) lhut is Ii/•. into th!' night. Thl•n tl1e sound h!'Ot-•· ... lu Li 0:11 wh111 <11/ i.~ fod .' December, 1949 L lf/rn /H'S seen the wfod? Neitfie1· l 1101· yo11. But wlre11 the Science b11ildi11y shecl irs roof, Tire wi11d was passi11g fh1"011glr. 2. Weather foi1l or weather fafr, Sfl·ru November or i'..fc1y Rcdc1fe. Whate·vel' the weatlie1· The 11/!perclass 111e11 Will alWC1y8 e11rol Tafe. :1. ".Vo Smukfog i11 tire Classrooms!" Let iw st11cle11ts f/011t it. For wlw11 the Rector makes a rule Tlu·re are 110 b11tts abo11r ii. 4. Across Pelaez' 1wr1·ou· /(me. Automobile, jee11r1ey, jee11. If yo11 l'>ve yo111· JJrccioirn liidc. Look befol"e ycu leav. REPORT ON THE DEEP BLACK ROBES WE USED TO KNOW Somewhere in this isi:~c will bC' an ortk!,. <'n FR. EDWARD J. EDWARDS. Tho~ who knew Fr. Edwards wiil rcmembc1· tliat h<' was succeeded by auother yomn. o:tr{melv likeable and able Americao, REV. F:R. SMITH. F.-. Smith fr now th" c•uin of di~c'l)linc of Liceo Aleman ·n S'"ntingo, Chile in South America. Thi; i-c·hnrl will be reccivin•!" its universi~ ... c:i:·i-tcr soon. In mnny ways it is simil<1r h, our Sao C:.irlos. For one thing, it 's ro old ~chool. Another thin!!, it is tnc m·n~l ::-r ooe privatc i-e!i.ool of Chile an<I nirst high ranking j!Overnmcnt officiahnf the country are alumni of the Liceo. Rcccnllv when the Chileln go\·ernnwn~ l""clt• ~cw h•Jqdings a requi1ement, ~lllo lllumni, all of them prominent Chill':tlF. 1·espo11d•·d 11·i h :'.ll :•:;!'!{l'<g:it<· ·t:m 'f $2.000.oco. Of mellow memory, REV. FR. ARTHI.:'lt D:NGMAN, our former rector, is currcntl.v the chP;'laio of the exclusiv.e Holy Ghost College in Manila. He is als • Professor of Philosophy in the College. We state a fact; REV. FR. CHARLES GRIES is now professor in the SacrJd Heart Seminary in Tanauan, Leyte. Hf' 1s putting out a big little paper, U1e Stella Maris (Star of the Sea, a title of f:h.r Ladvl. But this is stating merely the ba~·e f~cts. Friends of Fr. Gries, and they arcinnumcr.::ble, and acquaintances (like .I!<. they may be few, but are fervent) know that he is Cebu's loss and Leyte's gain. (Continued on. page 19) Dccen1~r. 1949 1his ~ide ot ftie a'Lticulate If not ah·eatly UJ>on us. Christmns is ill>.t r.tound the- co1·nn. Once again the good ci1<er radiatc>s a1·ound, t he o~n hnn4l r 1d the open heort prevail making lit~ ... orth livin11: nftt>r all and as always aft~1· ' '.ll' season is ovl.'r wht>n tht> open hand b.:>1mes the tig-ht fist and open hl.'art closes its door:. leaving us to the cold winds with,,ut, one be1dns to wonde1· why for g-00<.lm•s!! .ake cannot the spirit of Christmas spread <Jvel" the rest of the t>leven months. Why indeed. Pl·rhaps one can glean an nnswer to why i?11lt:cd in "Chti11t flllfl Chl"islmtt8" by a writer who knows whe1·eof he speak~ . Trnl)' indl.W the need for Ch1·ist is di1"C. '.\I<'<!t ii. then perhaps Chri!ltmas will be a yearrounJ celebration. On the othe1· hancl, Emilio Aller heaves a ;;igh of r~lief with his "H1w!(rniry aml 1/1<: Chri8lma11 Spirit". Tht' sigh: "Thank """dness that the peace of Christnws ir still here with us." For man-of-goo<l-will Aller the second iiart of the anii;eis' 11a1?an NI the first Christmas eve is made mnnifest. .. and peace on enrtJ1 to men of .C.Md\Yill." This issue's most valuable: acquisition is Mr. Corni.>lio Faigao'!! CANTO VOICr. which has a vast audience in this pa1·t of 1>-e land. Formerly a front paf:l,'e feat ure d jl;i,• foinented "Pioneer Press", this popul:u 1ime is indeed something for the CAROLINIAN to crow over ap<l for the Canto \'niec fans to be happy about. There are many facets to peace. The violin-playinit Mariano Flordeliz in his thou~ht-provokini:i; "Tliis Ytat's Clltilllmfl.~·· p<ises th!'! saucy final qul'stion, "Which is xour peace'!" Readers will find this artide hi11::hl~· entertaining =ind a s11rinp:-boal'd for a hundred and one dip:reu;ion~ inta the ;1nswer of what is peace. It was jesting Pilate who once asked what is Truth and 'l'.'ould not stay for an answer. Pilate will find it no jest nnd he will have to stay for many -.nswrrs when Mr. Flordefrz:' many readers wil_!, speak up their answers f~ What ili peace? Mr, Flordeliz enjoys a solid litera1·y tackg:rourid. He wat onetimv associa!c f'ditor of the U. P. "Collegian" and literary editor of the "Philippinensian." Th~ U. P . Literary Guild which still exists ii; (Continued on page 18) THE CAROLINIAN J 1J E n Jlll n l J n J fl n OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE ST UDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS Published NAPOLEON G. RAMA Editor-in-Chief JOSEFINA LIM M1rnaging Editor ifl Ctbit Citu PhilippinH Emilio B. AllH ~~~~~iiii<lllli Narciso Alilio, Jr. Jesus Vest.ii Litfl1'fl1J( Rafael Guanson Carmen Achondoa Spcniish A ssociates Atsociatea ".o:.:rde:; Kabalinn Featuua Aristoteles Britmes News C. FAIGAO Adviser Cesar .Gonzaga Jlilitaf"!I Jose Pefialosa s .. corro Cermeiio jln J\1 ~utsfyell ~[I~~~~~~~~~·~=· Technical Circul111ion REV. F R. LUIS E, SCHONFELD. SVD .1/odernto1· 0 u R c 0 v E R PART AND PARCEL Luis Esmero THIS YEAR'S CHRISTMAS Mariano Flord~li?. EDWARD .J. EDWARDS J'osf'fin:i. N. Lim CHRIST Al'D CHRlSTMAS Luis Eugenio EARLY CHRISTMAS ................... JO C. F. Rodil CHRISTMAS CREAKINGS ............................................ ll Vicente N. Lim POSTCRIPT .................................................................... 12 H. N. Colo.nm C:HRISTMAS (REVISED VERSION) ........ 5 NGR PASCUA DE NAVIDAD ............................... ............... 25 ConcepciOn Roclil CRISTO EL REFORMADOR ......................................... 26 Luis Eugenio NAVIDAD ................... ..................................................... 24 DEPARTMENTS CAROLINIAN A CANTO VOICE ..................... . 2 2 READING TO REMEMBER SECCI(>N CASTELLANA ....... 18 ...... , .. 24 Futurcd on our cover this iSn1e is thr. USC Choir composed of high school s:u. dents recruited from the USC Tuinin ~ Department. Handpicked and tra ined Uy Rev. Con~tante Floresca. SVD, head o f • the USC T raining Department, the youn; -. .:.. singers put up admirably with the rudiments of music learning from note-reading to vocal control. After six months of music lessons under the baton ol Fr· Floresca, the amateur choir eraduated into lulllledecd and regular chanters at the hich m.s'u at Sto. Rosario Church, that co the air Sundays· Fai:re 4 Take It Or Leave It Ry narciso I. alifio, jr. Christmae ir. back, the seagon of good cheer and of goodwill. IroniC't:lly enou1rh, there is little "peace Qn eartti" nnd few "men of goo<\ will". The sleepin~ giant that was China ii: rubbing his eyes but his wakin_~ clays ahead are bl00<ly. The cold Will' in Europe rolls alonj?' merrily with no sil?'r.s of abating. International intrigue has never be4"1l so ,great as it is toda~·: there ii:i plot ancl cotmter-olot, charj?'e and counter-chartre. The posi:;.ibilitv or another global conflict, which. will make thP. Inst war seem like a Sm1t\av nicnic. is not so remote. An<l this boils down to the unhappy an<l unflattering realization that man's ~reatet";t enem~· is still man himself! With the world divided into tW•> P.rme<l camps b:v the two conflictilli! idenlo~:des-democracy on one hand :md rnmmunism on the other-the time for a shon·down looms ever biJ?ver in the horizon of the future. Yesterda\', it was rlemocrac:v with cnmmnnism as its side-kick :i.gainst Mussolini and Hitler's fascism. A!>. God would have it. justice and demO<'rac:v triumphed with the unholy twain sitting on a heap of debris. 'l'oda~·. the i:;cene changei:;; the two former aUies who were brought toJrether by a common enem:v are now at the O'Oposite sides of the fencP., waitin,1r for a chance to jump at each other's neck. Where once each had a kind word for the other now the:v have only rude, be1ligerent grunts. Where democracy is fast losing m~ny of its adherents, communism wins :ind gains ground. Hungry and crippled Europe and btoOd~p and THE CAROLINIAN ~EV. ~TEPH~N SZl\I~TK~ .. >. S\."J?• (To a stwJenl a1:g1ing ,or a better vww of his ne1ghbc1· s papel' during an exam I: Don't lean too fal· oct-. Joe, your head might fall off. PABLO GARCIA. L<tw 'bl: Nowadays, suffrage !s not a pri\•ilege but an ordeal. · j\JRS. LILIA TABOTABO, (Girls Hi Prindpal arfclressin~ ?; . Rector on his birthday.): May you live as. Jonq as yoU \\'ant. nEV. L'L'IS E. SCHONFELD, SVD (In an after-dinner ~!,el:!ch before the faculty on Father Rector's birthday): Our 1 epublic hal-i got to become better. · To achieve this. our .'·outh must be good youth and we ~re to bear the brunt of thC' job. ALFONSO DALOPE, Law ·51 (During a heated class clis.cu~ sion): We n~ay re pcrs'.:>r.a' friends hut we can he bitter ene~ mier. in principles. A PRE-MED STUDENT (Overheard in the corridor): We are living in a government of laws nnd in-laws. REV. FR. RECTOR ALBERT '"" GANSEWINKEL, SVD (In a response speccl: during Fr. Rector and Facult:v Dar 1-an~· uet): If everyone has to have his way, the result 1::1 ctaos. TED MADAi'dBA (Nl?wspaperman-.~tuclent recounting an unusual incident happened recently in the University lobby): It wns unbelievnble ! starving Asia, an aftermath of the last debacle, have turned into a good hunting grounds for communism. Like drowning rats flounde1·ing for something to hold to, desperate peoples are turning to communism for a change, any change. Sweet promises for a brighter and more secure future, for a chance to bye as dec.ent neople 1riven by communist detractors are almost irresistible to people who have become gullible preys because of utter misery and inhuman sufferings. ~ Such is the tragic scene today. ,All this arises from man's inhumanit}' to man ; he seeks and covets more of everything for himself alone. What the christian doctrine invokes: "Live and let live". in an has revised to: .' "L!3t me. Uv~ aa.d to hen :'vith you''. ' December, 1949 THE CAROLINIAN Page ;; The number of those whom Ch1-i.8tmas can stir into an extra-especial, festive mood has dwindled. More and more people have stopped believing in the essential mirth and miracle of Christmals seasons like adolescents discovering that Santa Claus was merely papa in pajamas. The disillusionment stems from our great penchant for new models combined with our cleve1·ness to devise them. People now never bothe1· to find out the significance of Christmas and more often than not, are too fascinated with the wrappings to remember about the substance. Whenever the question: What Christmas means? is popped up to a young b?·ight boy, he invm'iably comes up with a package all wrapped up in cellophane and red 1-ibbons with a tag that describes the contents: brittle. A lot of people now think and talk of Christ.mas in terms of the kind of excitement had, the number of shindigs thrown, the gallons and the kick of the whiskey consumed. Thanks to modern man's d1·ead for boredom, the new versions on the significance of Christmas had cropped 111) tailo1·ed to suit his tempe1-, taste and temptation. Ch1'istmas in the form and meaning handed down f1·om our fo1·efathers is, he has decided, too old-fa8hioned and stands a lot of overhauling. The Christmas of midnight mass, holy communion, family reunion and gift-giving (1l'ith no strings attached) has been catalogued next to the Model T Ford (which was a marvel to gmndpop because it ran). T.he modern celebrant demands a new, eyestunning model. The fende1·s must be diffe1·ent; the coat of paint of screaming color; the honi must whistle like a regular wolf; no headlights but searchlights and it must fool peovle ori which end is the radiator. The cult of the new and classy gives form to a brandne1?, thoroug~ly revised and warped concept of Christmas which has nothing in common at all with the original outside of the name. In jaded societies where the sprees hit the high point on Ch1-i.8tmas eve, Decembe1· 25th seems to be everybody's birthday but Christ's. These varied, high-voltage celebrations are crowding the Babe of Bethlehem out of the Ch1·istmas picture. In their tin-plated circles, 1·e· ligious thoughts on Ch1'istmas are as out-of-place and as anachronistic as an apple pie in a medieval painting. On top of this, the up-to-date, fo1·wa1·d looking, 20th century celebrant develops gastrie ulcer fussing over what his Christmas should 1'e like but never over what Christmas 1·eall11 is m· what he should be in the season. Christmas now does not go back to the stable and the big ,<;tm· but merely 1·evolves within a sphere rfrc>1msc1'ibed by the first person p1·onoun. Indeed, it is the 1crongest time to be selfish in. Altho December atmosphe1·e still tinr1le.'> 11'ith effc1·vescent "Merry Christmas" g1·eetings, one could note the strong stress on the "Merry". Some have onlu use of Ch.1istm.as when it pro1Jides them. a good time. All told, Christmas for this tri1JP 1"<~ nothing more than a good exC11.<;"' for celebmting. The 1·esult? Our UJJ-to-<ln.te ]tuletide celebrant ente1·s the lioly sea<;o11 with al)(mf <ts m11clr reverence as that of a wobbly American sailn" blundering into a Buddist temple. He tossP."' nvm board the esse11ce of Christmas. with it, its true and endw'ing joys and wonders and in the pmcess, modern society finds its head on the 1·ocks. Paae G THE .CAROLINIAN Deeeinbtr, 11>49 a ~ ( . I I Pa1tcel by luis a. esmero We took thnt ·one.kilometer trek from the widow'i:; house hl' the cemetery to vi~it the grave of a classmate who.>se life was violently snuffed out bv three carbine slugs during the last elections. His wid~w was with us -in mourning dress that accentuated the pallor of her foe'! which told of countless moments of soul-searing grief. She wore a brave smile for each and everyone of us and rme r.an not l'!ven trace a burden of tears behind that smile and that quiet calm voice. We arrived at the cemetery and at its portals we were a~~ailed by the smell of decaying fle~h that wHe exposed and washed away from their mounds by the recent flood which traversed the site. We identifier:l that which were wet a:nd drii?d aga!n Jil<o? coar~e 1·ement, ash-grar, anr:l if it were not for !"!Om(> repelling force we could not have suppressed poking a curious finger to discover how easily those anonymous structures could crumble like tiny dried grains of sand built up by busy ants. We lighted candles and the widow casuallv requested us to say the "Our Father". After we ha"<l said the prayer, we stood quietl~· with bowed heads under the noonday sun. The widow knelt slowlr and with fl suddenness that ripped our hearts open-cried aloud and <'alled hel' husband's name-the cement walls generously streaked with tears because she had pressed her white delical;e face so close that one side of it was red and raw and her eyes looked as if live coals \',[ere dipperl into waterr holes. My friends broke down and cried and besic lc me a cla~<;mate sbtrterl blowing his nose viirorou~l.L J dicl not look. I merely gritted my t eeth. clenched my fists, bow. eel clo:"€r to the ground and stared. I did not wish to cr.v. At my foot was a coil of black now fast becoming brownish hair but its strands were still long and un· broken which somehow strangely reminded me of rosary beads. Beside it a white fat worm kept wriggling under the blaze of the sun in its blind sea1·ch for moist places. He has been with us four, five years. He had a modest income from the bank where he worked as a clerk ancl his father who was in the States used to supplement the amount with substantial pensions now and then. : .: .: .. ! .:.:;.~.:: ::_ z .·: :r:i ·1 .•:i:::-!:: :r ~~~,r~/j rr:~::!:~:~::;t:~:~~:;1Lg:;/J:i~~t:: .. : A tnlmte to a classmate and pal whose vio· lent death was a shock to the Carolinians .. the Time Magazine and to all good people. :::::!:::::.::-::::.: -_::::rr-;:::-r:_:::::.::::::::::::r :::r.:r:i:::.::.::i:.t:n:r:r:izn:!:::I:Z.!l His mother ci.icd a long, long time ago. That was probai;>ly ~hy his father did not wish to return to the Ph1hp~mes anymore but lately he promised t_o return ;rnd die here when his son graduates the law course. Bu~ he ~as really never alone-even now beneath a white painted tablet of stone, we intend to keep him company and alive with our thoughts. He was graduating law, and throughout these years, we never saw him wear leather shoes - alwa:,-s rubber and not because he was head of our class ba:>~etball team. Neither do we believe he couldn't afforrt 1t. We knew how good a provider he was for his family of three small daughters and how lavish he was with gifts to his wife. He also had the most comnlete set of expensive law booh and he was seldom absent fro1n c~<t~s. He WM llt' ' ''cry bright but whah~v~1· difficult1e::; he encounh:•'Nl. he made it up with his diligencP and dl?votion to :aw. That was why he knew and un· derstooci law anti probably died for it. BecauM he alwa,\'l-1 had a i>leas<int attitude towards life which he r&.cliated to his friends and showered upon his"class. mates, he wus \!lected president of the graduating clas:.;. He, in the cour~e of many vears of intirran. conficled to us his failures and· inisglvings, his ~ -hopes and buoyant moods, his somedou which he souJ!ht t'l earn, his love and zest for life. He in turn became the fre~sure chest of our hidden arid finer emotkms: for frustrations, om· interpretation of life. He shared ft burden from us - the times we poured our grief to him because we had swallowed this kind of grief with bitterness anrl wit.h pricte Anrl shielded them from others who we know will fail to understand. He is gone. We will always miss him because part and parcel of each of us who knew him had also gone beneath that slab of stone where he now lies. By M. S. FLORDELIZ Law IV THE CARO~INIAN X!rqis ftar's <!tqristmas we The great less 'riti of Christma,shou/d lear• n. 1s that powe1· slwuld humble To many of us, the Nativity has be· ('omc I\ mere chronolog ical device with which to reckon historical events. It has become arbitrary like the prime mcridi:m ;is we lh?signatc the years with the suffoc A.O. 01· B.C .. and except for the ;;\iundatit material goods 1>f life we rcn!l from it, Christmas has been stripped nr a lot of its meaning. To real Christinn~. however, the glo1·)• of the Incarnation i!\ the ~nter of 1travity of all hum:in <!vents. Aside from the fact of its reo.li· ty and imperative importance os a chro. nological device (which is not accurate, anyway, Christ having been born four r:r five years before the year One, A. D. l the first Christmas was the be!tinnin·~ o! the New Lsw and the New Order that r:avc rise to present civilized ~ociety. It 1rrecipit3.ted the great socio-poiitical revolution frorn which we inherited the clements of tlemocrMy, frt>edom :ind justict. Since then, and until recently. whert men could not love each other u coin· m:indcd by Him, they could :ot lettst b(' fair, tolerant and chnritnble. The Church He founderl by virtue of His being Son of God has remained the lone survlvin•: nalwart C>f decency n;1d order, the or.ly n•al for('(? for j)t'ace end happiness. Where ti1c loci!l :-nd intern~tinnal .:ccne a!lsume n mo!"t chaotic condition. she has remained serene but militant along her cl·Of'Cn ,path . This doe!I not mf'.,n that she is aloof. We have seen from a number or contemporary events that where dc1nocra-:y gets a blr.ckeye, the Church comes to th.! (ore instead of folding hands. This is so beet.use J cmoeracy ;,, the 1rreat corollnry of Chri!liRnity. ·rhmt in Em·opc, !ncism the possessor found tht> Church a h:1rd nut to crack. Cvnimunif'm is b~~ng fom{ht by Her almost single-handed where gnvel'nm••nt.; J,ave acceded 01· COll1JJrolllisl'd. Jn thi!< e:cnNation. however, the Church whkh Christ founded i~ faced with painful embnrrassmef'ts. The naticm~ never l!l<Ve he!' n himd in peacP-mnking which if her foete. \\re h;wc, as a result. eal'n•!d " !<late 0 0{ "not w:n"' which is mtJ~e syn1:1· lnmatic of confln~ration than prospc~ t ive of 11cacc. Worid public opinion und !<! ~ t ernu1 nship is for CO<'lperatinn but tll': ~trong:cr and deeper trend is towards war because the minds of peoples nml race~ have not been disnmed 11.sycholo;::"ic!llly while the orscnals nrc l'C'if.i:l' filled. Th\.' ntom, fh•sion::ible an•I eriminal nr.d without any use to peaceful ;:iociety, is bein~ plr:ced at the dispoiinl of a humanlt~· '~ hoiic moral sense is still as that of a child: we have .thuii at our command ;. purely'-destruetive force of n'.lture th;i~ dnei; not tally with our collective senii!: of .i1ttl'"n1cnt. 'Vhcre ::i.re we hr,,ded to! How f· r removed nc we fro1n the plltlt t>ls•1:ed fnr us by our Saviour? \Ve tk1·ivc abundant Joy not only frn111 the huge import o( the evt>nt but als'l from the f act th!lt we arc st ill free l <) celebrate Christma!I. The other half .. r the world hros 110 n1ore Christmas. FroTll the geo1raphie.,l lonc:itudc of His birth <!own to the bread pt>riphcry of the l'<t· c:fic, the Scnon is not to be sC<'n or sun P. 'l'hey ha\'':' ~+ran~e i:ods bcfor.~ them there -mater, Mar)l' and countlus Pilate!! tvashinr their hand!! of tie addition:i.I b;ood that i11 to flnw. Strnnge, new Hl!rods stnlk th<' d ret·t ~, drivin'? Christ fro;u Ch<' hcort1: nr m t>ri . Ont>c mor<•, 1;od !hv Page 7 Son Is looking for the throne that is His alone. He does not get it; instud He is sent back to the st:!ble or nailed again or. t he cross. There the people are long~ ir.g for the •!'!gel who lifted Peter from his cell or him who moved the stone o( the Sepulchre. There are too many stones tn be moved, loo many little Peters to he liftt'd. Jn our own country thingi: have changed ro lot. Jn many homes and mansions the u~ual peace is not there. Conscience, thP. 1tilm1 of the soul or the "microphone of Gnd" refuses to work. Elementarv forms C ·f justice and fairplay nnd oth~r such requisites of peace al'(? blacl~outed uy l!'roup interests and the eR"o. There mav he peaC'C too, but of the blacker, world!~· type, TJ:ae colored lil:t'hts are there to srmbofo:c not the merriment but the multiple feelings of a bewildered society. But. es a true soldier of Christ said. '·W<' 11re not afraid." Our rear is that Christmas may become a farce in the yerm; t o romt'. We nre :ifraid lhat Christ, !:omewhat lost in the international horizon, may be Jost in the super11trueture :>f iioci<'ty. We are afrnid we are inadvertcntl)• tyin'?' a strin~ to. the Tron Curtain lw softeninir the ground on which we .~lnn<l thronith fratricidal connicts. It t~k<:s I.lit one !ITllbitious man, throu1?11 anotMr j\f<>rch tn Rome. and the r.urtnin falls. Then there will be many more strings ns we become marionettes in a great puppet rl.ow . This possibility becomes more l'<!<\I ~s we fear the fear . Humanity thus far removed frnm it.s moorinJ?s must look back 1950 veal'S to relocate the Guide and strcnt?ihcn til.'! with Him. rt has bccon1c n'cesnry now that w' g-ivc the Ine!ll'n~tion the histol'lcal importance it .lustly descrv<'s. Arounrt it should J?rnvitat<' all human cvt'nts, :Ill hunian actions and exertions of the fl'ee will . The di!ft>rcnt units of socktv ca:i· not possibly eforifv the Swiour mul 3t the same time con>e to blow<; or bret'd illwill. We c~nnot li1?ht on<' c.,ndle for G<)d nnd another for S<1tan. How wc wish d::1t th'! r1 1lcrs ol the W(rld today would see the Big St:>r :ond mnve alon)! wi~h the Three Kine:s in,,te11d of turnln.e: about.face. How we wish th~~ the~ 11to1> makinit false ~tins to mislc"'rl othe1·~ or quit thinking that a star :ohines llhove them ti.. J!Uidc the reoplc tn th<'i< pahices . Gocl':1 star led to n m11nger, not to n hotel suit<or n p11lac". The grc"t lcs~on of Chri.stmn11 which our i:rener r tion should learn is lhRt P" · wcr should humble the possessor. Not hy it:reed or f r 1·e, sh~•11d we wit'ld f'I' ;-cquirc power. Tt hP!I t o be admitted that Chrfat towers above all historical fi)!urcs in IMlint of power over men. No oo(' else·~ innuence evt'r continued two thousn!!:I ~·N~rs a.ftc1· hi" dtath except thtit of th" (Cnntinv,.,1 nr. fJ:l f!'<' 22) Pa,t· 8 H:IE CAROLlNIAN Edward J. Edwards-- r.n.-c:::ct:t:~ Joseliaa N. Li• ::i :z.'.!-::·:r.:::::1:r:::1:r1:!.1n:r..z:?..""I:::!":'.:n~ Many Carolinians will ren1ember him. Throu~h all the years of hts absence he might have been out of the mind, but never quite forgotten. For he was such 11 versatile pnsonality that his influen:e ruche<I every acti'vity in the life of the f)re.w•r Coleglo de San C11rlos. As prGfeasor, morlerabor of the "Carolinian" ath· letic coach and director, prefect of boarden, 11piritu1I adviser and religious mis11ionuy he won !<C<>rell or bst friends but today. as a :11ueeessful novelist who~e booka are not only read but are also filmed on the movies. his influence will reach millions and win friends for the cause for which he writes. Jmtan tn ~tmtmhtr Fr. Edwards was born in Brookly.1, New York, where, in the manner of city boy11, he joinell a 1:ang for whom there was some adventure around every corner, in every vacant lot, and on the sidewalks of that .e-reat and fascinatlnJ!' city, Nt'w York. Playing hookey culminated at the close cf a certain momentous day when a gentle-voiced Sister, his teacher in the pari~"n ~chool, called him to her desk and h11nded him his theme-notebook saying, I wouM likt' to speak to your n1other lo1r,orrow. There is a nott' for hcl' in ynur theme-notebook." Thi11 mi~ht have caused alarn1 hut ii was quickly allayed by the sim1)le mat· ter of removing the not(c)orioui; Jllll:'C from the theme-notebook . Howcvcl", th•! note waa written at the bottom of his lust composition, or what was suJJposed to have been a composition. It informed Ms mother that if she did not appear with Edward Joseph at school the next morninJ!', Edward would not be ndmitt'd '" t'lass! In the fact> of this Edward faN:I the mui;ic nnd tht' consequenct'!I. He hni; hecn facin,; them ever since. The next d•» In school with hill Moth..,.r wu comn1eneem1int day for the boy. F:ir cne thin(t, he bec-1111 to l.."fl straiC"ht home frnm school: fmd wh111 Wl\~ 111on~ of sit-· n:fican«, he hcl!··n t11 1·~111/11 writt' hh composition.~ until no~· hi~ latest book I.as hl't'n adapted fo1· tht' movie~ even !)'!fore tht> mnnu~cr[J)l~ were published . In 1917 (he wai; then thirteen yeus or aee) he entered St. Mary's Mission House at Techny, llliMis . The topograrhy or Techny is flat. The town ts not i'lcorporated. it belonJ!:s to and is part -.f the bownship of Northbrook. Schermerville, near Evanston and Chicago. Hel'(:. e"en as ita toporraphy, he underwent " flat. drury, long, lon(t line of composlt:ons and cxnmin:ition~ before " .... the~· \\Ould consider me fit for the work of tht: missions". Together \V ith him in St. Mary's at Techny were Fr .. Stoll, F r. LeSage, and t'ur own great and good friend, · Fr. La..v1·cncc Buniel . To them he was Stu by ( his original family name is Stubenrauch ; cl•ani;:-ed to Edwards upon ordination In 1930), tall and lean and having a finger in many extracurricular pies. He w::is a l!ood actor, an interested athlete, a readt'r of books and writer of co111positions (b.tl of course!). All these traits has bec11 n:anift'st to U!I, a!I everybody knows. But Above all he was a warm friend and com· 1utnion ns normal anti active RR any Ameriuo bo~,. Together with Fr. Stoll, Fr. LcSal!e, and Fr. Bunzel. he sang with the seminnry's choil'. On Thuri;day and ~atu1·d11)'1' he helped with the boys in the t>ig dairy farm belonginl! to St. Mary's . He also harvested hay. wheat, and grain with the boyi; on the fields also belonging tt St. Mary's. The seminarians spent their vacatio:1s in Lake Beulah, Wisconsin, 75 . miles from Tct·hny in the state of 7000 lakes. Hen~ t hey used to hunt nbbits, woodchuck!!, skunk!<, and raccoons . Here among the l!w<0np 1>ines and oaks which blazed into 11 l!lnry of color during fall they would ,,, i;ai!ing in a dummheit, a kind of sailboat similar to the ones found in the East In· dies. Hr ~aid his first Mass in Techny and was t hereupon assig-ncd to his first mission in the fall of the same year of his crdination, 1930. For th1·ee years ht !'fayed in Immaculate Conception Seminary. Vig1m, Ilocos Sui·. He taught English composition, Homilt'tin and Algebr11. Jtnd as a :i;ideline, orj!aoii.ed a Catholic Club among t he boys of the local public high school. There were some six hu~1· (!red boys in this Club and the care :if ttcm was an absorbing t111sk . Our own Fr. Constante Floresca w,u t'ne of his pupils in Vigan. Tile semina· rians, headed and organized by Fr. Edwards, became the ht'st basketball team or northern Lui.on. Fr. Floresca al:;o credits to him a firm foundation in EnJr?ish. The misi;ion field in Al,ra was about ,, f,..ur hours run into the interior. For F1·. F.dwards it was a relief antl a pleasurt· to be able to get up into the mountains nnd be cm• with the ru·ic.~t~ and Bl"other!I REV. EDWARD J. EDWARDS, SVD A 1·er1wtife, m1forgeltrible 1>er1onality laboring there. His summer v•cation~ wel'e always i;pcnt that way and the highlights of those wonderful weeks and month~ were incorporated in his first novel. "Thy People, My People'', a rcmark~ble book in that. inspite of its tragle cndin~ it will lift your spirit up and l.?t it ~ soaring with exhalation , His last vacation was spent in tht: small town of Subic, north of Bataan. It i!< a small fishing village located on the shores of beautiful Subic Bay. He W0.!1 :-:lone there, taking charge of things for the missionary who had become seriously sick anll he speedily learned to know the F"ilipinos and to love their simple life. The locale furnished the background for his second book, "These Two Hands". Thi!!. hook would have been adapted for the m..,vies had not Fr. Edwards refused •o change the prota,e-enist from the Catholic missiona ry that :t portnys to"' PrntPSt !l.nt minister . Y,, 1933. n cablegram from Rome sent him packing off to Pekint!' on short notice. There had been no chance to obtain tl1e needed clothing and the l!rdcnt yotm~ missionary shivered from ShanJr~ai to Peking in very tropical garme..;ts. Re helped organize the University of Peking from wherc our Fr. Baumgartner and Fi·. Norton last c~me. His duties began the next morning and were rather varie~: 1lirector of athletic!!, professor of rlleio. (Co11th1ue1! on pare 22) Dcctmbt1., 184B anb <!tqristmas By LUIS EUGENIO Never was man in more urgent need l'Jf knowing Christ, His teaching and His '~orks tha n now, In this kn<,wh•dge lies life cvc1·lnsting. "Who art Thou?" -To a society utteriy estranged from God \t'hieh has bani.shed all supernatural prinei11Jes, St. John the Bapti$t may well repeat, "In the midst of you has atood on3 whom you do not know." (John I, 26l . CHRIST!-From the vuy moment when •·he promise went forth t hat a Wl'Jman would <·rush thr:i scrpenl's head, all the prophc· sies pointtd to Him, High-Priest and Keyi-tont- of the universe; in tt:e sunlike centrality of His Inearnati-'m all cvllnt:;-past, JJresent, and to come-were to C(':nverge. Kings, patriarchs, and prophets longed to 1<ce His C::w; but not to Moseis or IsaiRs or Miehe~ or David or Solomon wai; it given to behold the blessed vision of God, made n1a nife1tt in the flesh. Christ i!ll thr center of huCT".lo:t hi't,,i·;·. No sooner was He bom lhnn H<' all"eady pell(!trated the hc:trt of history in such a r:ianner as to become its life and foun,1 - 1·tion. The intellectual ario;t",Cl:':1ls in Athens, the sE"nsual revelers in imP'Jl'ial Rome, thr pondcrons doct<Jr.:1 of t he Sun· hedrim. and all the worldly :,:fo:oi•.s thnt !'3W His birth are buried in the c,•l'll~ ,,f oblivion. ·But Chri!llt survives all CVl!lll!!, ar.J He still actuatt'S the individu:i.i 11.nd natioM. Hi~ [ntllrnatior, is ~till the l!'reat poem of time and eternity; the midnie'ht glory that l"ested upC"n Jesus, Mary and Joseph h3~ not fadtd; tht: or.eels' soni still enchan!9 1he world . THE CAROLINIAN Crist is more than the prophets ; He is lhe one lvho inspires them. He is the n;. vine Word that come~ to point out to men the paths of pc:aca. ''To giv1: to His peopl" t.:nowled,e:e of salvation through forgivenesi of thl!"ir •ins ; to !'thine on those who sit 1n darkneH and in the !'lhadow of death. h:i iwlde our feet Into the way oC peace" ( Luke l, ~7. 79). Pat ri;n·chs, p1·ophets, a ncl cv!'.!n the ve;-y same John the Ba1iti!'t, His forerunner, 9re toot worthy to loose t he st rap of His sandal Sages, philosophers, presidents, kings, and emperors are all but pale figures, withen.-d blades t.hat vanish into nothini:rncss. Christ rema ins for ever and ever. "We have hea1·3 from the Law that the Chri!'t 11bides for'!'· •er" (John xii. 34) . His name fills all hi!'ltory: His empire extenlls to nil the confines of the universe. He is eternally actual; He ir. the eontempora1·y of idc:i.s and sentim('nt.11., Ycl! Chr ist is ever present. there i!'I neither past nor future with Him. Page 9 "Christus heri, et hcdie; ipse et in saecul:i -.Tes us Christ is the same, ycsterllay Rnd. today, yes, and forever" (Hebrews xiii. 8 1. Christ bequeathed to the world a doctrinu which is theological: that teaches us truths which stand in relation to God; .1tnd that is philosophkal: that teaches us truth!! whio.'h are related to men, to ethical and social perfect ion. Hii; concepts are superhuman; He wants to possess the soul of humanity; He wishes to constitute Himself as the adc· quate object of the intelllect and as tha l!'Oal of the aspirations of the human heart. What no human genius could achieve, Christ did accomplish. He did establilh a.nd st ill exercises the intellectual and moral hegemony over the universe. "Go inltl the whole world and preach the ~011pel to e\•ery creaturco" (Mark xvi, 15). Christ. is the Iii ht, the way, and the tr uth; He Is the lilt. He is truth and the wellspring of all tru!h. His te11chin(!' Is P.d· mirable. It !!olvcs all que!ltillni; which are of interul k man : the bei:thmlng a nd tht end of his nature; the present and futurt' of his lifa. It reveals to us His heann· ly Father and His providence which gov· <'r ni; the world. It makes manife:st io \!S the beauties of the soul, the mysteries of God, the usefulness of life, the necessity - l f urrifice :incl. prayer. Christ's moral teaching is sublime. He 1>rcscnts to man .is an ideal th<! very pl'r· feel 1 on of God. Thi!' Sermon of the Mount is the most sublin1c doctrin~ humanity has t'\'l'r hf'nrd, or as Pe.pini puts It, •·r.ho Mile (Continued on page 22) THE CAROLINIAN EARLY CHRISTMAS By C. F. RODIL I was intent on landing a job at a big lo('al bank a yee1• ago this month. A dey before I digested a book from the USIS on how to Influence the boss and grab a job. I dressed up in a becoming cotton dress with a tailored collar to look decidedly businesslike. When I came in, from a distance I already bowed to the Manager and smiled sweetly. I made sure I didn't look like a displeased cat who shows the teeth after the mouse got away. That was one <>f the tips in the book I was readin~. Rrellk the ice with a sweet smile. "Good mo'l'nini;:-. Mr. Jig!!." f "mileJ f.l!ain. This time I was getting consciou!I f'f my smile .. The book said the smile 1nu,;t not be ove'l'donc, or it might he interpreted l'Y lbc bo~s a!:' weaknc!'s. I shifted my \•·eight on my !ight foot an~ then on. 11\Y left until I didn't know whethel' to keep I'll standing or to faint and be brought back home by an ambulance. "Ster1dy ymn- 1•oicc, <md y0111· body and look sti-aight into tlie eyes of yom· prospective boss"--eamc back lhe author's words. I was surprised I should ('Ver get nervous at all. It was all so easy that morning when I saw myself in the mirror in my room. Tall, confident, capahle-Jooking . . . . My sister even kidded nu.: saying the boss wouldn't both('r giving nw n try-out. anyway. "Sit down," the Manage!' told me eurtl~·. He fumbled through a pile of paper~. signed some of them and then nng a small bell on his tab)('. The messengcl' boy came nnd cleared his table of the papers. AftPr t.his, he looked UJl. "You are Miss Clelo?" he ask('() without twitching a muscle in his fnc<'. "Yes. I am," I answered. The messenger ho~· came back with som1; r.f the J)aµers in his hand. "I could not de· liver them all. !<ii".'' "Why?" the i\lanairel' a1<k1:d. Very rmlely. "You havt' been in this .iob fol" a loni::- timl' an~ until now you uc still silly. "His eyes darted from the mes11eng('r ho~' to the papers. He grabbed the pa11ers and wav.:od ·~n impatiC'nt gesture for t..,(' messenger to depart. This is not goin~ lo be easy with me, I was thinking. This Manager is lik1; one of the characters in a certain novel I read. Businessmen who hllve lost the hu. man quality in them and who treat all the workers like so many mechanical spare parts. "Miss Cicio, whiit do you know about slenography?" the Manager asked with the anger still evident in his voice. I was caught unaware by the question. The night previous, I wrote down all the possible q11estions the boss would ask me 11.nd also wrote down the 1nswers in a ver"\' polisheri English. I repeated them ovPr and over until I was n<1su1·ed I would b1· able to answer all questions spontaneous!~· flawlessly. I knew for example he would uk me about my age, my attainment, my qualifications, my references, my experience 111111 health. But I was not prepared for this first question hfl i<hot at me. I hesitate<! and thought hard. If it was the origin of stenography, the year it wa!l first started and the man who invented 1t, then I thought it must be a silly questio:1. On the other hand if his que11tion meant whether I could take..down a fas't dictation or not, I also thought the question was more than silly. It was. &11.insult as it presupposed that I did not know anythinl? l'hout stenography and that I was preten<ling to know. I looked straight into the Manager'i:; eyes. "That is a vel'y general question, Mt. Jigg," I protested, surprised at my sudden nudacit~·. "What do you mean?" with a vicious look in his eyes. "Well." I !mid toying with the handle of my baJ?, "because I happened not ~o know the history of the art of stenogra. phy. But I can assure you that I can take dictation at the rate of 90 wol'ds :a minute.·• "That is just what I w1rnt to know. Your fil'st statement wa!' unnl'cessary and uncalled for." HC' strahrhtened in !:.is chair and looked ai: me t1 iumphantly with a scarcastie smile on one corner of his mouth. "Have vou worked hefore somewhere?" "No:• I said. "How did you know yon could take a di1t~tion of 90 words P. minntf'?" Anc'I ther" was low mockinz ('huckk· at the end of hi~ voic,•. "T was thru•d h\•· my st('nograph"r tf'acher." I sai<l indiJ?nantlv. "An<I. if you want to know more. I am goinc: to tell vou that I was the be!lt =n i"Ur <'lass ~m<l that. - that-" •'Al1w111s R01111d cai11·fen1111. nml pn/ife. Cmrrles11 ii.< December, 1919 never 011t of place-" came back the wor:?s of the author of the book I was reading. "Oh, - Mr. Jigg, I am sorry," I said \\"CakJy. Outside the wind was cold and biting. I walked on and on along the sid~lh of Magallanes Street, peeping now and then at the show windows "When 1101t r>ppfy, 11011 11111.st be p1·epared frw tfle ni·eafest disapp-0ir.tmenf in yom· life-" again ca1ne back the last words of the nuthor. This is it now, 1 thought. Jh1t really I don't care, I said to myself. Anyway I still have a decent roof to come home to and can still have three square meals a day, I consoled my.!lelf. But that was sourgraping. I walked on and On. Aimost without dil'f!ction. In <>ne 111'owwindow I saw a pair of white America11 ~hoes. That's just the shoes I'd like to have. I thought. Matches perfectly with my white bag. Smart bow on its toiJ, Ion~ chic heels.. I looked at it again. Twenty five pesos, this price tag saut. Twenty five pesos, I repeated it to myseli". I looked at it again. Smart bow on it~ top, long chic heels .. It's simply "Class", 1 ·thoui?ht. I retl'aced my steps-b11ck to the ba11~ "You left somethini;:- Miss Cielo?" th(' Manager asked. "No, I .iust came back to tell you that on experienced stenographer first starte!I without experience. And that she gathered experience because she wa-s givc1: the chance." The Manager smiled at me knowingly. It must have heen the first occasion that made him smile in man\' years. For th·· smile was awkw<1rd Pnd didn't mate'i him. And yet it wai; there, sbowin'l? hi<1 uoper set of white teeth, and modifyin": his firm ehin. The cold obieetlve look in his eves was gone. He looked at me. J.ike I were a sm<1ll rhild that amuse-I him. When I went out, I looked baek ut his table, and s11w him i<till smilin~. Lookinl? vPr•· much pleased. Outside the air was nice 11nd warm. 1 walked briskly. It's wonderful to 'le dive, I thoue:ht. I J>P!'sed th(' i;how-window again where the white shoes were displayed. I went inside the store. "Do yo:.i have enoup:h !'tock of tho<1e white shoes there to last until the "nd of the month?" I asked the salesgirl-, A nrosvertive serretaru tackles . a hard-to-plen~e boss on the incentive of a vair nf shoes in a shoprviindow. 'Untied !J(itu B11 Fitz An·eza Geraldo There must be One that knows, an allpowertul Ont, who is behind all inexpli. c1oble wonders around us, on whose fini;:-erlip the whole world revolves. For is it possible that the immobile mountains and the &peec:hless roeks by the river's marg:e broug-ht themselves into being! And the meadows, where hoo{ecl beast~ pa.stun and gnze did make themstlvu, too all·i>ufficient to themselves to take Life'~ moving attributes? And the boundll!s~ :was? The countless stars? Everthing? Be you my own example: Did yC1u co"l"te into this earth of your own will? F ro:n where were you in the beginning? And thoi;e that came before you and they th"t cc me be lore them and before them. D11 you believe you would evolve lrom one partid<' to a mortal being? Ask your heart? Who hai; linked you from llpan tn spun! Cold ii the hean thot once woa warm for 11ou: Now it ea11ftel110 more q1dcl.:e11· fog flame, no nwi·e stin·ing 7ia111ion. What· t1>er yeoM1fog that 1tfr11 rT!t bromlltd b1·eo11t- ill co11cealed. It htJ11 foimd n ki"d part-11t r in it11 millffOblt state. (And 11ad· ueu i11not oil that the eyes mu•! see.) Yet the1·e we1·e moments when l co11/d 31etl ttlJI lieai-t against yo11. And pai1t 11un1 t d most r eal aTtd t1"11e mid ht1rd - moil- hard to 11wvive agony. Time is a great a11d most wiH conaoltr. Slow/11 it closed t.ht wo101ds of Love'• dark oxg11~h a11d taught t1M! how to m e(l.41urt yotff dit dai1i with 1maf!ecttd calto1111tu11. And vou have forevtr lost !lie power to move these eves that had once treinbltd ·:>t the 11ight of love. And you A theist, importune me no more. Your •ile mouth has become a frothin'!!' fountain of blasphemies which are more than I can bear now. Remember, there are still such beliefs that 1 endear sweetly. And truths of old that ever shall persist in me. tlcspitc yo;1r attempts to blur my vision with y'1ur rnind's filth and mud. The anr:els sing about 1.1s. God is nor. His hand still stec>r11 the way.ward llinnf't to Heovl'n. which i~ mrrc r<!al than your ~xistence. I need not tell you again an.I r.~ain the wonders that Mother Nahm.• shows: How the sun rises, how the firmament '"' l'lad with stars and moons, how the flower biooms and grows, how seas rock in the fury of the tempests, and how the rivers arc sent to surging anj!'.er in the fl•l!ing rain5. And how the light of beauty i:.> lent to this world. The trees, the grasse1". the animals and !owls on win«. And lirc·s oriirin. Really tht>tt must he a Ont that knows! THE CAROLINIAN P 01tsc'Lipt by r. n. coloyan Without, the wind was sending the stray leaves i_n the direct!on of the hills. Within, the charge of quarters was. typmg-The qmck brown fox-over and over, in order to dispel the tediousness of a twentyfour hour duty. Incantntions of negro ;;pirituals from the Transportation Corps, the blinking lighthouse of the harbor-craft people, t~e beacon fro~ the airfield, the petite mardi gras on top of the ~ock, ~hr1stmas carols i11: the Dependents' area and a host of others all jomed m on the gle~ as if to 1lf!fy the night that was always dete1·mined to subdue the laughter of the iorei1rners beneath. But there wao;: no reason to chide om:. Mario, th£· only MCO left in the first three graders· barrack,;; stayed to write a Jetter to his sister. Dear Sis, so he began. I was fascinated the other day with an old copy of "Ys.nk". It really blasted "Mail Call" during which eve:rybody neivously stands at attention every seventPen hundred hours in the afternoon. You see, I applied for overseas duty and the base post office handled your letter like my footlocker which is missing until now. Am ulready two months old in this tiny stretch of coral but I have some fun once in a while. The tall and lanky boys from the other side of the valley Yisit our camp most of the time. They banter, in a friendly way, calling us - flips - and we retaliate by dubbing them post-war babes. On my first day, I was terribly disappointed because I was hellbent on slapping somebody'.s face .:md letting them bow to me, too. T•> my .surpri.se, the oldtimers were doling out things to the womenfoi.Y. \';ho do errands for us as if they were some PX milliannaires. Factly, I had one. Since the first day she reported, I hated her so much. She always came in with the .same particular chant which was .$,O hard on the ear=; and her wooden samtals W("nt cluck-clucking all over the place. She was very attentive, to the de1ight of my comrades whose jokes were growing all the more irk.some, as polishh;g my shoes knci tidyirig our 1·0oril before ev~ry Saturclay inspec~ion. Certainly, I tlid not deserve nor like the attention that was placing me in an unrnmfortable· .situation. Yesterday, she brought some pieces of native handicrafts, a .shrine and a cei-tain god, after which she asked whethf"r 1 would give lwr a nice kiniono dress. The eoldbloodedness of the scheme got me heated up that I forgot to take hold of myself. I must have called her ~ schemer anJ so many names f1_,r she wa.s scurrying down the stair~. Th 1wxl moment I wn.s .staring at a picture which I found in her neckerchief lnmdle. For an hour I was standing on this table; laughing- like a rr:izy man; looking at a person who so closely resembled me. Have· f h:u\ slit t>Ye:.;, I swer.r I could have used it to .shave hy. Turnin~ to the back, I gatherecl that he was her brother, a member oi the lOOtii "Purple Heart" Battalion which was practically wiped out in the Italian acmpaign. I have the opportunity to .sail back home but Shall have to post.pone this I shall have> then \>ought the whole Po.st Exrhange tomorrow hP.1'ore going to the village. Gosh, this incident almost floored me - .shall nev"I' forget for all the Christmases and other seasons to com:?. Your Rrocl, Mario. December, 194~) Humanity and the Christmas Spirit By EMILIO B. ALLER When the Prince of Peace was born in a hunilile manger in Bethlehem, glad tidin;:s for a heathen humanity was clarioned hight and clear. The message of th.-it great event which was sang by the angels on that cold but blissful night was "Peac~ on Earth Towards Men of Good Will." The shepherds with their sheep and the Three Kings in meek adoration heard and felt th·• message finding its way into their souls into their ·hearts. The world W..IS seemingly at a standstill awed by the dramatic miracle of all miracles Ui redeem Humanity as manifested in the birth .,f the Saviour of Mankind. And the !.'pirit d that very first Christmas has ever sln.::e pervaded the lives of men. Each December, that kindly and generous spirit has comforted and enlivened the hu ma11 h<>art throughout the ages. ~Ot!l Christian ar.d heathen have recognized it und the good that it brings to one ana an. It has become an indispensable tradition in itself among humans. this Christm:i!l spirit; and December has long, ev~r since, become our Christmas Season. Yes, Christmas exudes peaC(> and gooi· will. But where is that peace on earth amt J!"OOdwill towards men at present? Histo'"Y t.as also taught us that thel'(> have been i;lways wars throughout the centuries born before a~d sftel' the first Christmas. Some of these imbroglios have been fough.t even during the Christmas Season. Ma?'I has been so war-like in some of the mo· ments of his life hE' did not stop at any. thin)!" in giving vent to his periodlc surg~ of inherent barbarism. But that is so, nf': because n:an is natl)rally so crude and "l.S hopelesly incapable of better deeds tha11 that but because. as long as rights are t1·11mpled upon, seeds of dissension, distru~t und h<'le are sown, Humn11ity usually reaps the whirlwind:. and the tempests of dlsa~ trous wars. And these horrors avail Holmanity nothing but tragedy. Yet Chriil~ m~s with its spirit comes in December. thun affording us comfort and su1·ecas.:o for tht> ail~ that usually beset poor Humanity. That is something to congrsatula,(' ourse\vt>s for and to thank God for th~t th., r.ituation of Humanity is not so black a11-I hopelesto u.fterall. And, in spite of th·~ disappointme11ts and the heartbreaks this Ch1·istmas, 011r !;enl'ts will join and sing and be happy. In :i!I Humunity ther~ might be plares whl'l'l' this Christmas Seas('n might not be mani· fe!lted in the same way we arc manifestin~ it here, but it is enough that the people in those plae:!s ue still capable o! feeling thr spirit of Christmas deep in their hearts, if (Continued on page 23) Th.e USC Science Bldg. unroofed by a 100 mtlc.<;-per-hom· wind SV D Fathers inspecting the ruined summer ho..,se in Talisay. c1/d11ali11f1 ttf ('oiJ(r('r1/)(li/fl. lt with Fathe1· Recto1' inside the USC EmtThe 1wrmalites of the Vocational departme11t u11de,. Mr. Jes11,<; Roa beam with sotisfacliou <1i:er their lmmpe1· crop school.gro1t·n cablmges. Dcc ... mber, 1949 THE CAROLINIAN LOOSE LEAF Darkling I Listen ... Our reprint in thi;; issue is from Ralph Hodgson (1871- .. ), · n En'!lish poet whose works indudc ''The Last Blackbird an•I Other Lines" (1917). Perhaps it is just as well that we hav'-' selected again traditional verse to balance the free verse thnt has 1nostly appeand in these pag:cs. Shall we say that the char•ll of measured lines is lost to ou1· poets, or arc they as usual followinl!' the point of least resistance? ::: "'This is t11e 1a·ieithood of Cll't - not to bestov1 11110/t the 1mi-ller~r fl 11ew aspect, but 11po11 the beholder a 1ww e11th11siasm. At ow· doo/'8 rl'f'l'Y wo1"11i·11g t11e ueotio11 is .~•mg. Tl1e day is 1t drama, the ·nig!.I iH an 1111/olding myst~ry, 1d/J,~11 whose shadowy m·cana finpet1w11s life slwl/ co11te11d wit/1 de11t.11. A world /ti ughs 11nd breeds for us 11/I flH' ti·me, lmt 011r r~spom1e i11 thi8 meteoric theati-e we s11°ffe1· to be 1!n1gt,·ed u•ith busiliess 1md rlecon11n. We are b111·,. siee11ing, w11 frw of 11s et>e1· awal.:e, ... Bur we could 011cn our eyes to ioy also. TIH' ]>oet cries "Awake!" a11rl si'llg'ii Oir song of the mon1i11g. He tho1I fl11th eyes let him 8ef!" - Jina· Enslnum We ha\oe not bee'\ able to contact Carlos C. Rusi.::na so he couhl tell us more abo'.lt him. And that reminds us. Next time yo~1 submit conlriLutions to this page, will you please include your college. your obstssions, ct cetera. And before we forget, we hnvc- bcn 1·crnindecl that there- has be-en very little response tu Mr. Paig.uo's invi1.atimi to form a Pol'ts Club. What, no poets in this 'country'? The Song Poetry Sang Hy Leon R. £e11so11 1 am 11ot tl1e singer, 1wt tlie song /!<JI' the string. ilfy throat is 11ot silver /01· 111m1ic where 1 should belong 1111d I hauc iw genius fur sweet notes, for limvi<I notes oi which 1 lwt>e let11 11se. Tim 1<illge1· J!OUl'S clelicate emutiol!s, the soJig /e11vs ·e«quisite to11/ sighs M tlie least sight of me for wlwin the sti-i11g will quiver tfl1tfly mu/ throb bi·e<dhless/y 11s if foreu~·· mid ever. I um 11eilhe1· 11011g 1101· t1i11ge1·, 1wr sh·i11g J du11'1 th,.ol nor tr.emble nor l'ing. lluf. I mily nm: 0, tits 011e aml 011/y to whM11 tire singer sings wl1en lo11ely f.'ol' t/1e so11g to lift love.songs to trnd fru tire sfl'i11g lo sll"um lo. Santa Claus His face framed i11 n white bea/'d J:11t aflnmr with tile g/co<.0 of d•.eer Like bubblrs o«t of a Clip of wiu-i 1'hi11 apostle of bliss comes But 011ce nt the end o/ the 11e11 ~ 7'o set the pare of fhe tl1rill Of gift.givi11g r(lf/ru tlw11 grabbing Page 17 ,., •'Co11wnrnfrut.fo11 is possibly the brisic /'e(l801l for arr. G1·e11t 1 r,i.~ls co111mm1icate widel-y mid completely while cesser a1•tist11 ,,_umble lo tJ1emse/V(S. Poetry is co11cen1ed with t1'1e communicatio11 of Jeeli11g, with the tel/i11g of experiences for which there ·is iw 11i11~ le wurd. It does s11111ething 11wre than tellillg. U thntBt8 11 1 ;,.C<' of lwnw11 e:t"µerie11ce into you1· ham.ls with the admo11itio11; "Here, feel this! TuMe it, fl?llelf it, tlr1nk it!" -Marie Gilchri.~t Gather Yoar Lost Lad While Yoa May The My.te1y By RalJJli Hodgson !If came 1111£1 took me by the ham/ L'/! fo u red l'ose tree, lie l.:eJJt His me1111i11g to Himself J:nt gw.1e n ,.,1.~e lo me. 1 tli1/ 110/ p1·ay Him to foy bnre The mystery to me, Em111gh the rose wus Hefl've11 to smell, And Hii. own face to see. To A Star Dy Gnr/os C. R11siant1 · .\'ow tlmt y1>11're yone, Lost in <01011ymo11s clust, Free to fly acrnss fields rn1d t11i"ret1J, Ar!'<i/rn muler ti new 81111 - l\"oit· thnt time has ceased, Aiu/ life 110 /011ger holds its spell, For Y""· blindly I reach - by 'T'.:J•' Eye8 llial rlo no/ muse but ?llCll'l'el at tire least hillt of me •rnto1w£1 iww tlris mhmte Mist dims my 111?/'fol visio11, divine I Cll"llOf wliat wo1·slliJJs you 1.:eev bel1iild. Womler ufoml today, befol'e t111me elt1e cnnditl idoluti-0118 gaze bl'n1!.:s /he spell, l'<'llds tl1e curloill Let go 11'1' >·ed flame, tlie liquid 11111sic decl<ire, cfe1111-c11I n1ul elem· beffJre it's "''" bc/un .~misel mu/ i·rgret. THIS SIDE OF THE ARTICULAT}; (Continued from page 3) his bra inchild. But the high point o! his liternrr career was the incl1.1Sion of his poem in Jose Garcia Villa's exclusive honor roll for the year 1939. "Eorly Chriat.tmu" by our missed and missing friend Carmen Rodi! will delight readers with its gentle and delicate humor. This little story is a triumph of style and technique, its humor as wistful and tender :\S the brectu of Christmas mornlnr. Luis V. Esmero, author of " Part & Parcel", is a familiar name to Carolinian readers . Ho was a pre-war associate editor of the "Carolinian" and now a fourth ~·<'ar law s1111kot. 111 "l'art & Parcel'", he rcfounts a trip to C.'.lrca.r, to pay his re.•· rttts to a dead classmate and pal, Dloscoro Nacua whose life was ended hy three lmllf"l's lro1t1 a fop's (':lrhine. :\ ,·w~1i:111N man E!'inll'ro is connected with a local daily. " ilfow to Reme111-btr" by someone you remember is another of those on persons "' no1:11Jlt- nl<"ri1 i11 1Jw Carolinian wo rM. Your will want to read this article agaln !llomdime next year when you will have seen the movie of a powerful and moving story written by the Man to Rememtier, A joyous Christma!! a nd blessed New Year, fellow Carolinians! -N. L. Lim $;,n Carlo> University mourn~ the death of Josefina Caballes, a frc~hni:in or the College or Education who died of leukemia last December 8, at the Velez Clinic She was born in Cebu City and finished her high school in Camotes High School. \ Ve ~utst all Carolinians to pr:iy for 1he ctcrn:il rrpose oi hrr ~0111THE CAROLINIAN Dcct'mbct, 1949 Reading to Remember 11lirth of a - ) St. Luke, Chaple!' 11 IT HAPPENED THAT ti dtcret 1111 mt out nt this lime from !A'! empe1·or A11111uhu, e11jo1'11iltl1 that the whole wol·ld sho11ld 1111 i·eqi:Jltred; this register wa.1 lhe one ffr1t 111adt d11ri1111 the time when C11· r i11111t wait go11~1·1101• of S'Jlria. All t1mlf go and give irt thefr ttame11, ,rich i 11 hia 0 11.m cit'JI; 011d Joieph, beitiq of David'• ck111 a11d fa111.it11, came 11p f1·om the toum of Nata,.eth, fo Ga lilee, lo David'• cit11 1'1 J11daea tht city called Bethlehem, lo give ill his 11ame lhert. Wilh ldm wns hi1 espo11atd wife MarJI', who wot then in her preqntrncu: m u1 -if wt111 whilt they were t.till the1·r that the lime came (01· her deli11er11. She b1"011ghl forth a 1011, he1· firat-born, w hom ehe wrapped in hie 11waddlinq-clothe1t, attd lnid in o ma1111e1·, because there teas >to room /or them iTI tht i1111. bl tht same count.ru thel"t were sheplr.e1·d1 awakt ill Ort fieldi, kttpi1111 11igllt-watchea over their flocks . And all at once a11 ang.il - n/ thl! Lord came and ato<1d by tlrt1n, and tht olo111 of the Lo1·d 1ho11e 11bo11t tht111, Do not be 1of1·aid: Inhold, lht lltW• I bd1111 you is good new11 of t11e great 1·ejoicfog for lhe whole people. Thia dny, in lh f"ily of Dn11id, fl Savio111' lr.ae bten born for you, no other /Ir.an t/ 111 /,01·d Chi·;'at. T hi11 is tire aign by which 11011 fll't to h1ow liiin; 1"!:1 u•i// fi11d fl child lltill i11 1waddllin11-clothta, l11iH11 in a "'a111111-. Theri, 1111 fl 111dd111, n n111Uil11dt of the htavt 11 armu apptm·ed fo them at the 11u{le1'1 Ridt. giving 111·niH to God, and SflJ/iflg, Glory lo G11d i11 high 1.,rn101, mid 11tr1ce 011 eai·th to men lhfll are God'a fl'ie11d1. When the angels had ltft them nnd 11011t back i11to heavt11, thl' 1d1t11hud11 sr1id to 011t a11oll1t1', Comt, ltt 11s make 0111' way to Beth/them, «11d Rte for 011r1tlvta this happt 11i11g which God haa tJtaile k11011m to 11s. A11d so they 1 ce11t witli all ho1ttt, a11d foimd Mary and Jo· se11h there, wilh the child lyi11g i 11 Oat 11HutQtl'. On aeei1111 him th'!I 1li1covued tlit tr11tlr. of what have bten told them abo11t th ii child· Alf thott who 11l'l11"d it w11·e /11U of anwie111tt1I al the 8!01'1f whida the d111hel"d1 told rht m; b111 M"'"Y 11·eaa1u·ed i.ip all thuc 1a11ill11a, and 1·eflected Ml tJ.em in her heort.. And the ahepht1·d w111t home 11illi11g 111·aiee 1n1d oloru to God, "' aui1111 1111d htnri1111 that 111/ woi as it had /1,t11 toll! Ortm . De~:t:mlwr. 190 SPREAD THE CHEER By JESUS V. ROSAL, Law III From time immemorial people in Chris tian countries have been mnry during ~he Christmas season. Chri& tmas Iii the d:ty which tt.ets you t ingling with anticipation. It is t.he day t.hat arouses within you :ill that is generou1 and kindly. It is Christ'~ <iay, a nd the only spirit in which it ".a:i t>e eelebrated is the spirit of Him whos:. l:irthJay we remember. There 'ore some who look upon Chl'il'ltmas as a social obligation or use it as :uatter of business policy. These persom; have not rightly understood the spirit of Christmas 11:nd to them it ha!ll hr.come !I burden. To brinr happiness to others ill. part of the spirit of Christmas. Tht:re will be ma11y children this year who will have lit· tie or nothin~ to make them huppy l•" Chrll'.tmas Day. People in more f<Jrtunatc <'ircumstances will brim~ joy to their own Jives as well as comfort and pleasure t•• rthers. if they will plan to do some dee•l l'f goodwill for some family whl'l'e th~ rinc:h of poverty will make plan!ll for Christmas cheer impossible. Thett r re undoubtedly some families in your own neighborhood, or of your .... CAROl.INJANA .. (~ntinueil fron• paa<1 21 MONS!G. ENRIQUE EDERLf. svn. our pre-war rector, b i<till prC"frct A po!t· tolk of Mimlo1·0. He is well 11>membcrc.;l for the great thinl!'s he did for San Carlos. Jn ~o.,.nition of his wcirks an<l ea1iabilities, the Holy See made him its renresentative in Mindoro. A!t Dittctor of Mindoro Junior Colleg.~. ~ ~hool unde1· the direction or the Society or the Divine Word, REV. FR. BERNARD ROOS is doin)? excellently. REV . EUGENE L . STOLL. svn formerly English in:itti·uctN' at USC and moderator or "The Carolinian .. before the w:ir was appointed recently di1·ector of Aklan Colllege in Kalibo, Capiz. F r. ~toll was onetime director of St . Paul's Cfllle~(·. SYD institutioT' at Tacloban, INyte ond h1te1· dil'ec:tor or Chri!llt th>: 11'.ing Hi a~ Quezon City. Artother, pre-wllr "Carolinian" moderato,., REV. ALFONSO G. LESAGE is now in T.agbilaran, in charge of "Holy Nam~ College". Earlier, he pioneered in the establishment of "The Tubigon Catholie Hi~h" which Is now a flou1•ishin1: sc:ho...•I. - JLin1 THE r,ARO l.INIAN Aqe Before Sobdet11 i.! 11 It was Tewberries' 104th birthday nnd the reporters were inter· r: viewing him, "What ,v<>uld you say is the main reason for your longevity?" fi "The reason I hav"? lived so long," Tewberrie; ~aid briskly "is " " that l never took a drop of liquor in my whol<' life." •i f~ Just then there was a terrible crugh from t he next room . "What'a that? asked the reporters. "Oh. thot's 1ny Cathn," Tewbe1 ·1·ii.- ani;werC'd . "He always mako>s n lot ilf noisr wh1•n he .1t1 ·l!I dl"Unk. " Bm1 w y II. I . P. ,., p " q n Two guys were at the bar discussing the prize fights on the tt'ln·i~ion screen. .., l'ould fight better than that pug. I was a fightel' once rnd traded punch~s with the hr!lt of them. Why in "nr fhrht I even lasted two rounds." P "That's nothing," sai<I th<' other l?UY. "My brot her punched Joe ·. ;.:, · p I.oui!t riS?ht in the nose." i.; fl "No kiddini.d Grir.h I'tl like to sh11kr hnnd11 with th(' i;:uy \ik;: 1 .. q that;:~eah, he wa!I pretty brave," ~Htid the second guy. "But we ain't :. ji l!'Onna dk him un iust •a shake haniJs with you. " :-• :_rrrr::r:rr::::r?::?:!':·::T.::"::-r::::::~-:-::::-r:z.7r:-:::::r:-t-=r:m·r-r::-·~trr!:::-r:.rr!:::::-!1'"!:.i •:uaintance. which need to feel the kin I :.nd loving touch of the Christmas s11iri'.. To hring them this blessing whkh will mean so much to relieve heartaches an.t dilc:i>Ur&gement, need not call for la11tc r~penditure or elaborate gift!I. It i~ th:: Uioue-ht :ind the act. rather than th·· abu11~lance of ~ivin~. th:it will win ap1>re· ciation and typify the Christmas !deal . Durinrr the next few weeks our shop.• and stores will be brilliant with the array of Chri~tmns offeri n~s. Crowds .. r l!•Y !!hoppers will be r ushintt hcrt an1I lhere selecting their i.:-ifts. m1king their purchases. for the 1nC'n1bers nf their fo.· milies, for those close to their hearh and fnr t heir frienrls. It will be a pleasant. ehe:ery seene . But in the rush ""d hul'r'lf, each of us may well 11top to thin1< or th~ less f avored, and set a11ide S'lmC .11mall J'(lrtion of thtc Chrlstm:i:oi mone)f to aom~ •'lher home where no plans for holidnv ft'Stivily will be possible, where our JC .. _ nHousity and thoul!"htfulne!lls will do much to hearten tho~e who feel that th<' \'IOr!<I ll;is been too harsh with them. ExpeMive aiftit :ond h1vishness do nnt t?Xp1 ·e11.11 the t rue Chrlstmat= spirit. T h:1~101lest remembrances hdnglnl? with th<>;•, the love a nd thouJChtfulness that are a part of our Christmas faith, are the on~!' ,·:hic:h are more likely to C'heer the lonely nnd disc:ouragl.'d hearts for whom Christ· mas. m111v seem a mockery unll'!llS you nr scme other good fellow, make it othe1 ·\,·ise. Pla n then, this Christmas. That extra J?ift.. that additional effort to spread Christmas cheer, which will mah your own Christm.s happier and more enjov· l":hle because you have put into practict the Jp.111ons of iroodwill. l'•ce 20 SYD PROVINCIAL SUPERIOR ON OFFICIAL TOUR Very Rev, Father Herm•n Kondring, SVD ProvinciaJ Superior is presently on •n official tour of SVD jnstitutions. The F•ther Superior came to USC weeks ago to survey the daraage wrought by the tcicent typhoon. After hie retum to Mar.:Ja, he left again for this official tour ot SV D institutions in Tacloban, Leyte :..nC Kalibo, Capiz. From the last, he will be back at USC in a few deys in the course of his routine annual inspection of SVD institutions under his supervision. CAROLINIANS TO K OF C CONVENTION Father Philipp Van Engelcn, in his capacity as Chaplain of the Knights of Columb\ls, Cebu Council, and Mr. Vicente Mcdalle left for Manila to attend the national convention of the Knights of Columbu!I. They left on November 29 by plane to be present at the first gathering of its I.ind for the Knights of Columbus in the Philippines, it being a convention with representatives of the K of C councils in the wholt' country. In passim~·. we are glad to nnnounce th..it there ne a good number of Carolinian~ who 111re bona fide members of the Knigh~s of Columbus . J<ATHER HOERDEMANN ON WAY TO EUROPE An unexpected turn of events added to an extenston of Fathe1• Hoerdemann's educ:itional tour. lnfownation has it that Fath<!r Hoerden1ann is Dyinf from America to London . But London will not ~ve as much joy to him as when he resumes his trip and be ln Gcnnany to sec his m O'st beloved aged mo. thcr. He will he back in Manila, JanuarY' 6, according to the SVD FRther Provincial. FATH ER RECTOR BACK FROM KALIBO The Futhe-r Rectoi· arrived recently from Kalibo, Capiz where he was invited to atten<i t he inauguration of t.he new huildingof Aklan Colle!!'e which is one of the late,o.t institutiOll!I tsken over by the sv n . Ak!!'ln College wu placed unde1 · t h<' win:t of tht• SVD onl~· last year . THE CAJtOLINIAN Circ11lo Cllltural Eapaiiol at Capitol Hotel Pa11i/io11. 111 the picfllre: M1·. /, Abad. E. Dol'otheo, vice-president; N. Rama, prnident, Rev. L. E. ·Schonfeld, SVD. 11dvi1e1-, C. Rodil, Secretary, B. Al61 1ro, freu1n1n1·, A. Dolope, PRO, Rev . Fi'. Rector, f lint of honur. MASS HELD FOR THE SOUL (II" DfOSCORO NACUA At six in the morning of November 30 ~ requiem man was held for t he soul ., f Mr. Dioscoro Nacua who died during the lai>l elections. He was a senior student b tt-.e College of Law and was President :'.If his class or1tanization. A mass was said :ind attended by the bere:i.ved law students and faculty members of USC. Mrs. Dioi;co1 ·0 Nacua, in deep 1nourning, wa!I al!lo present to receive the condolences ;>f friends and acquaintances to a bereav~.1 family. A breakfast tendered !Jy the USC Lex Circle was served after the mass. The late Dioscoro Nacun is survrvcd by his wife and two children . TWO FA0THERS J OIN use F ACULTY Reverend Father Schoenig arrived lately to join t he feculty in the USC. A biologist, Father Schoenig was Dean of the lmm:i.culate Concepcion College at Vigen, llocas Sur where he tRnght. ~<'iences. Fathc1· Oster also of the SVD FatheM in Pekin1t is expected to 51.rrive l'!Ometimi: ilt>fo1 ·c Christmas . He: is 3 phyi.icist a nd wa:: with Father Baumirartner at Pekin.; U11i· \.<'rllit y , China. NEW SWIM POOL AT MIRAMAR FINISHED The ne\1 stnml:ud-sir:e swimming pool at Miramar, Talisay, is now open to Carolinians. It is r rovi<fed with a row of dressing rooms constructe-d at its sidewalll'I. !t has t wo diving board!!, one for the eonvc· r•ience of beginners and the other. fairlv high, fol' would-be experts at diving. A bat h house for girls is also having its finii:.hin~ to11chcs. It is equipped with special fixtures modern in every way. Constructed of all- cement it is located near the smaller swimming pMI which Is now exclusively for gfrl's use. UNTVF:RSJTY DRUG STORE OPENS SHOP The S11n Carlos Uuiversity Drug Stol"'! Joc:ited at cornc1 · P . del Rosario and Pela"?. Streets opened shop two weeks ago. Quiti:. a sizable capital is set aside by the administration for its maintenance. It is open from 7 :30 in the morning to 8:30 in tbP. e,·ening. It is provided with the up-to-dati: f::.cilities of a modern drug store. Alrc.?.dy R l?Oin-: business concern, its services are not confined to the student po· pul::cc but to the public in J;"eneral. M3na~n1cnt cf tl1 e store is handled by t he nrN'mhe:r, 194~ dte ?1ews MISS LUCIA R . LIMCHIU Ceb11'1f Fini/ L1ul11 E11gi11 ttr Pharmacy Department. Th<' stutll'nts of Pharmacy will unrll'r!l:n tht-ir np11rf'nl ir> i:hip in this stnre. FORMER CAROLINIANS HUROLE BOARD Four ex-ra1·olinio.ns hurdled the last co•· ernmcnt board exams for Civil E~ginecrlnc held in Mnnila . The successful exnmineei; were Alfrt>do Asuncion who placed third with a rating of 85.09 per cent, Lucia R. Limchiu, Carmelo R . Limci1 fu, and Ant>r:io Mansueto who placed tenth. The new engineers finished 1111 ther 1nath subjects in this university . To EnJ:ineer Lucia Limchiu goes the credit of bl'ing the first lady engineer of Cebu. Alfredo Asuncion and Antonio Mansueto after leaving San Carlos topped their cluses in MIT and CIT respectively. Co.rmelo Limchiu, older b1 ·othcr of Lucia, is a pre-war· carolinian whose studie1< wC'r<' interriupted by militar y !lervice. 1t Wa!-1 Jciir11ed from En!!'in<'::r ing Dean Jose Rodriguci that the lowest roting obtained by th<' Cal'olinian examinees in tll<? math boa1 d exams was 85 ]ll'l' 1•1mt, wi~!i N. Ruh; gettin:; 92 per cent, thC' highr.st 1:rade ... bta;ned in this i;ulJject. FR. HOERDEMANN SENDS MICROSCOPES It wu \'!arne:d from nuthoritative sourcea that Rev. F r. El'nel!ll lloerdemnrtn, SYD, wh·> ia on officio) t'lur ubroad la 11endTHE CAIWLJNIA!': ing sevc1·0.I modern miscroscopes ond a brand new movie i:roje.:tor for U!'le ..,f the students cf the university. They have a•_ready been shipped and now on its way here. Its arrival would rehabilitate in a g-re»t way the damage wrought on the laboratory ('(!Uipments and apparatus of our Scienci. Building by the typhoon that unexpectcdlt struck Cebu City last n1onth. THIRD STORY FOR SCIENCE BLDG. Construclion for the rehabilitation of the Sdence Building of the University of San Cal'los is in full swing. Because its second flool' walls and partilions, gl!lvanized roorings, and joist!' wert! r111pcd apart by the f reak t)•phoon that hit Cehu City a morith ngo, the ndministr:i.tion has decided to add an all-concrete noor 11ncl a roof garden ENGINEER CARMELO R. LIM~HIU Among the 1ucceas/ld examinu1 nver the 1·emainin!t' concrete portinn of the buildin1t. Jn this way, the F11thers s:aid, both tht> problems for n1()re rooms for the :.aniversity's increasing population of students and the danger fn•m an:v future typhoon that may hit Cebu, are !lnlved . At"<"o1·dir.g to plans, the roof garden of the Srience BuilclinJ will connect with thKt of t he Administratinn's . Its 11peCiul fell• ture11 will br di scl o~C'd later. CAROLINIANS TO PARTTCTPATF. IN K OF C ORATOHICAL TILT The annual oratoric~J tilt sponi;oreiJ •iy the Knil!ht!'I of Columbus will be held Satu rday night, December 10. 1949, at th1,, P>lge 21 REV . F.NRIQUE SCHOENIG. SVD L11/e11t 11ddilion to USC Fac11U11 Cebu Institute of Technology Social Halls. 1''er nando de los Santos will represent San Carlos University for the Collegiate Division of contestants and Leo Ortiz of the USC Boys Hi to compete for the Secondnry Division. Snn Carlos has high hopes of winning this ye11.r's honon. Last yeti.r, Vicente Uy, rt!prcsenting San Carlos run away with (Continued on page 22) ENGINEER ALFREDO ASU NCION Ht plac•d third Page 22 CHRIST AND CHRISTMAS .. (Continued from page 9) ray of light that is left to us amidst our rottenness. . . . studdC"d with diamonds and sapphires". This divine doctrine of His teaches us our duties to God, to our neigh· bor, and to our~clves. Christ'tt S9C'ial doctrine surpasses all marvels. He preach~ fraternity in a world of hatred e.nd tyranny: H• commands cha· rity; to overthrow enthroned despotism He c•rdains o\,edienC'e to superlon. Re fashionl humanity out of enemy nations. He uplifts the stamiard of the poor, sanctifies la1'our, rehabilitates woman and crowns her with the triple diadem of virgin, spouse, and mother. He teacl-.es to love our enemi~. He expounds such truths as to cause the admi· ration of the multitudes. He is the teacho!r vrir excellence. This doctrine lives on and on. And so :ifter centuries that have overthrown all ~y!ltrm!I, all philosophies, humamty still keeps in its intellect Christ... Truth, and in iti. heart, Christ-Sanctity. Thi:oi Christ is the same little Babe Whom we contemplate durin~ this Christmas sea· ~on wrnpp<?d in sw~ddlint? clothes and laid in n manc:C"r. Over hill and dale from th ~ rilvcry altitutles of heaven a song rolls down from that white choir and flood!'! tlll! ~'IV('lling !lides of the world with the rPttonancc of angelic trunipeh, "Gloria in Fxcelsis Deo - Glory to God in the highest ,..nd peoce on earth to men of good will". Over the wide enrth and the wide water\\ wHlions are answerinc: the music that pour!! like Of!m..- from tl".i'.! bo.1som of God, proclaimin<? that Christ lives and reigns :_ a cry d l"\'e "'"d et·:itiludc that stream!'! b:iek npo~ U1e throne or God bcca11Se to us this day Is hc>rn n Saviour who is Christ the Lord. THlS YF:AR'S CHRISTMAS .. (Continut'd frem page 7) S:"'iour. And yet in His whole life Ht never raised His voice nor lifted a hand rc:aimt His enemies. Is shrewdness an,1 frr<'•'. .. fter all, a sign of weakness'!' Is ii: n<'t. a sign of consciousness of one's tuortality and meanness? As we celebrate Christmas this year, ~"me little fcal'!I prkk our fondest fooui.rhts. We sinl!" the hymns louder as peace in the heart and home disharmo-nizc with the pence in the streets. For peace is of many kinds. There is that of Jlataan where our youth arc huddled close to each other in one great peace. There is the peace of children at plnv. There :s the peace of the murderer after the kill. There is the peace of the monk and the religious. There is thci !)e::ice after a elun victory or honest labor. There is thc reaee of the scientist after some gre11t discovery. Which is }"our peace? THE CAROLINIAN EDWARDS J, EDWARDS .. (Continued from page 8) 1 ;c, director of the University Press, and editor, circulation manager, proof reader and contributor to the magazine "Fu Jen". After two years in the Celestial King dom he was recalled to the Philippints for the opening of the Colegio de San Carlos (now the University of San Carlo!'!) in the city of Cebu. For five eventful busy years he was J'll'('fl'ct of boarders, mo:lerator of the ('OI· lec:e maf:!;azine, director of athletics and coach of the basketball tea111, director of dramalic~. profossor of r..:oli~ion, college E•?· glish, discussion and debate. He also rlayed the organ for ehurch services. Once a week he would spend a miniona~y's day at the Jeprosarium in Consoladon and the experiences and friendships he formed there furnished the nucleu~ for his third novel, "White Fire''. a no,·el des('ribing the Filipino people and F'hilippine sCt"nes so accu rately and symr.athetically that one senses this foreign ~·riter indeed is among us as a friend. Fr. Schonfeld relates: "He was a first class gentleman. He had an aptitude for handling bo~·s. He eompiled our college songs and cheers. ()n · 1'1.ls departut•<: s<"Jme boys were crying. till went to tht ship voluntarily, he was well liked by di." In 1940 after ten years or missionary work his health gavt' out and he was packed home to the U.S. THE CAROLINIAN dev~ted a whole pa~e on leavetaking, an expression of their regret on their loss. Fr. Edwards writes of his homecoming: "\\'hen the Golden Gate hovci into \ iew I really knew what the poet felt when he said: "B1·eothes tlitre the man 10 dead IV/rn 11tt1er lo himself h611 said 1Vhe11 r'1l11r11ing from some fo1·eig11 sh·a.wl TM., is my own my mrtive land?" "One rC"ally learns tC1 11ppreclatc thing~ by losing them, and distance does not O'lly lenci ench:i.ntment to thC' view, it al~o give~ one perspective. "I stepped ashore and went directly to n drue: store and got a hie:, n very bigmalted milk! It was a lonir cheri!lhed desire and nft('r ten year:oi of abstinence l had 11Jmost forgott~u how 1o maltecl mil:< t:-"ted. I nttd not tell ~·ou that this w:-.s pluperfttt. "My first week nt hrmc in New York J traveled r~ r uptown. :ilone, to visit the halls of my Ahr.a Mnt('l'. the ~idew:olks of December, 19-19 use IN THE NEWS.' (Continued fr.nm page 21) first award. F'ATHER RECTOR AND FACULTY DAY HELD A banquet and d11nce was held at the University roof garden by the faculty club in honor of Rev. Father Rector on his feast day Nove:mber 15. The affair was high. lighted by fine speeches expressing felicita· lions for the Rev, Father Rector. l'h" tll'ans, professors, and instructors from the differ<'nt c!epartn1ents of use pledged th'!ir whole-hearted support to the FathctRectcr's new policies. On this special c:eeasion annnnneement was made by USC Leial Adviser Fulvio Pelaez that the group insurance policy be· nefit for the members of the faculty will take effect on January of 1950. the Bronx. Things had changed a great 1IN1l, but somt' of the old landmarks wer1: "till there. I went into the parish church rnd sat down in n pew, Ti1ere was still t!:t same dark shiny wood of the pulpit and pews, the same altar rail where I na•I rc<!Cived my first communion, the large stained glass windows mellowing the ha.rd Iii:; ht of day. My gaze sought out and found one particular window that always used to arouse my boyi!lh wonder at Sundav afternoon vespers. It was of tht r.l~sscrl Trinit)', and the Heavenly Fa· th('r, a patriar('hally bearded f ic:ure was r MI !lt"•ted on a prismatic rainbow son of seat. "It was strangely satisfying to l>e 1-:ick in these old familiar surroundin·~ :-.ml produced in one a definite !et'ling of home-coming." In New York, Fr. Edwards' health sU:l went on the down-J!rade so that he w.\s ne-ain ordered to a milder climate by the doctors. He stayed in Tucson, Arizo:ii. rnd there wrote his fourth novel, "This I\ ;ght Called Day". He is still in Tucson, having s,tayc~. however, for a while 'in Hollywoo?, ·~ah fornia, during the filming of his !1fth r.ovel, "The Chosen"· December, 1949 THE CAROLlN.IAN R01e B1tiets use PARTICIPATES IN HEROES DAY RADIO PROGRAM The R'OT~ department of . USC parti<:ipated in the radio 1>ro.i;-r11.1n jointly !<ponsored by the III military area and East Visayan Zone (PC) on the occ:ision of the National Heroes Day. USC's C'Ontribution was a vocal solo l'Y a well-known udio star and C11.roli· nian, Nora Florendo and a. recitation entitled Voiee From the Grave by Jesus G. Ramn. Other features were speeches by Vice-Mayor Arsenio Villanueva anJ Major V. Velasco, solo by Mrs. V. Flores and renditions of the PC Band. t-OTC HONORS DESTROYER DIVISION 32 The ROTC units in Cebu City, gave " ;_;->int parade and review last month in honor of Capt." Lynn G. Quiggle, commander of 32nd Destroyer Division, U. S. Navy, anrl his staff, at the Cebu Normal Parade G1't>unds, who were here ;n itood-will tour mission throughout the Philippines. r.-c>TC Unit of this university. Other loca] units were also inspected by him. Col. E. Abay headed the team. In an interv.iew with the Commandant, Major Lino Ancheta revealed that all advanced c1Hlcls should be trained to cope an~· ndministrative problem!< that might be r,iven by theh· superior officers in the fu· tun• should they be called to active senlee. H<' fu1·thcr emphasized that these eadets should be given extra houn to work as ad· jutant in the Office of the Commandant t" gain u:perience. ·nvo GRADUATES COMPLETE PROBATIONARY TRAINING Lts. Jesus Ceniza and Jose Villarosa, two of the several ROTC l!'raduates of the class '49, recently com1>leted their six1nonths probationary tuinlng at Camp Floridablanca, Pampanga. They will be intc·i::rated into the Reserve Force of the Army of the Philippines as soon as they re. C'eive thci1 · official serial numbers from the Adjutant General Office, HNDF, Ma· 11!1-.• Bot.h are now continuing their respe;?t· ive courses in this institution. CDT. SGT. CRESENCIO LASTIMADO l:ILLED IN RIFLE ACCIDENT The famed 2nd Army Band under Majvr r.arino assisted the parade and review. Hh:h !!:OvernmC'nt offi<'iali; together with t"ie locr.I bra!<s of the Am1y and Philippin~ ConstabulilTl' were present to witne~s th<= affair. Cadet sponsors ft'Om the diftc. Cdt. Sirt. Cresencio Lastimado, a first renl univ~r!tities and colleires were Al!!u year eommerce student, dir.d last month at present. Tangil, Dumanjug, in rifle accident, whilt! going hon1c 11ftcr a hunting tri11. PGF RANKING OFFICER INSPECTS Jnternment took 1>lnc:c at the cC'metery fJf USC ROTC UNIT G1.::1elalupe. 1'he USC cnclet corps, heade•J Major Lino Ancheta of the Inspector t.y Capt. Antonio N, Concepcion and Lt. General Service, Camp Murphy, recenUy Flol"cncio Romero, gave the deceased a ntlCl'mpleted t he annual inspection of thelitary funeral. Pace ~3 CADETS 'I() HOLD MIL11'ARY BALL The Cadet Corps will hold their annual military ball before the Christmas vacation at the Club Filipino, Lahug. Programs and presentation of the sponsfJrs to the eadet corps will be th:? .>rder of the evening. High n1ilitary and civil officials and facultY members of this university will be invited to the affair. TARGET PRACTICE TO BEGIN SOON With the aim of makin!! every cadet :i yood n1arksman. the Department of Military Science and Tactic,., will ::itart this week tar~t practice at the former target range located at the USC Param! Grounds. This will be the first time that the USC cadets will utilize this rallf!"e ever since the wa1·. W~th the DMST'S Pian!' and schedule, every cadet is allotted 100 22-caliber ammu· nitinns for all firinir 11ositions. FORTY NlNERS TO HOLD REUNION In a meeting held at the USC Coop, the 111embeu of the Forty Nine1·s who grad1,1.i\led last Summe1· at Camp Floridablanc:i, Pampanga, decided to hold a reunion parw at Capitol HotE'l befC're ChrisfmM. Sponsors and ROTC top bl'ass of thi:1 institution will be invited to the affair. HUMANITY AND THE (Continued from page 12) only they would try to. For the over-all conditions obtaining today in thi11 hectic world of ours ~eem to be in direct contrast to the song we sing in ou1· hearts. It is be· cause man is by nature such an im~rfcct rr.ortal creature, he Is sometimes subjected tc. his misleading whims :.nd caprices, hi'I "ersonal bias and prejudices. Throughout the ages, he celebrates Christmas, and h·,bctween his Christmas Sea!lons. l'le forgets or suppresses within his own heart an.i mind the nobility of the holr message :;it 11eace and goodwill he ought not to forgat rvcn for a moment only if he so scrious::.r (!t"!!lires to live in a world practically and really fit to live In . He knows that GOO loves him so much, he being created after hi!' own i111age. God gives man the freedo!'l1 to choose between rir:ht and wrong and to earve out for hin1self his own destiny. If 11wn chooses to forget. or deliberately 1lo1·~cs out with the colcl, fetid waters of ill· 1!iffercmcc. hatred and prejudice fol" his fellow1ncn this l'emarkable spark of the spirit of Christmas peace which the Prince cC Peace h11s always tried to bring to us . cvl"rV Christmas and evet")' moment aft'!r Chri~tmas, then, it is probable that we will onlv have to write "finis" to Humanity un<l its eivilization in the few years a head of us. Tht Comm<rndant ltcllires the carve For ourselves, we shall have to pray and thank God that we still can enjoy in the ~ecurity of our homes a holy Christmas in the spirit of our Lord. Page 24 ?Zacimienfo de gesus POR LUCAS EVANGEUSTA Por aquellos dias se p1 omulg6 un edicto de Cesar Augusto, que mandaba empadronar a todo el munao. Este primer empadronamiento Iue hecho por Cirino, gobernador de la Siria; todos iban a empadronars-:, cada cual a su ciudad. Jose, pues, corno era de la casa y familia de David, subi6 desde Nazaret, ciudad de Galilea, a la ciudad de David, Hamada Belen, en Judea, para empadronarse con Maria, la cual estaba en cin!a. Y sucedi6 que, estando alli. le lleg6 la hora de su alumbramiento y di6 a luz a su hijo primogenito, '.\' envolvi61e en pefiales y re:ost61e en un pese.bre, porque no habia lugar para ellos en la posada. Estaban velando en aquellos contornos unos pastores, haciendo centinela de noche sobre su grey, cuando un angel del Sefior apareci6 junto a ellos, y cerc61os con su resplandol' una luz divina, lo cual los llen6 de sumo temor. Dijoles entonces el angel: N'o temais, pues vengo a da ros una nueva de grandisimo gozo para todo el pueblo: Y es que os ha nacido en la ciudad de David el Salvador, que es el Cristo, el Sefior. Sirvaos de sefial que hallareis al nii'io en vuelto en pafiales y reclinado en un pesebre. En este instante se dej6 ve1· con el angel un ~jercito numeroso de la milicia celestial, alabando a Dios y diciendo: Gloi·ia a Dios en mds alto de los cielos, y paz en la tierra a lo.~ hombre.~ de fwena vnl1•11tad. Luego que los 8.ngeles se aparta. ron de ellos al cielo, los pastores se decian unos a otros: Vamos hasta Belen. y veamos este suceso que ha ocurrido, y que el Sefior nos ha manifestado. Vinieron, pues, a toda prisa, y hallaron a Maria y a Jose y al nifio reclinado en el pesebre. Y vienrlole, se certificaron de cuanto se Jes habia dicho de este nifio. Todos los que supieron el suceso. se maravillaron igualmente de lo que los pastoreil Jes habian contado. Maria. empero, conservaba todas estas palabras ponder<lndolas en su coraz6n. En fin, los pastores se volvieron, nr cesando de alabar y glorificar a Dias por todas las cosas que habian ofdo y visto, seg(m se Jes habi? anunciadc. THE ·CAROLINIAN December, 1949 ~ecciott Castellana NAVIDAD Estamos en la vispera de rememorar la realizaci6n de la esperanza de los siglos. El espiritu que hasta ese entonces estuvo sumido en las sombras aguardando anhelante el cumplimiento de la profesia magnifica, despert6 a las claridades maravillosas del hetho cierto. El gran misterio se develaba en la noche de Belen y el Salvador del mundo, el Cristo prometUio, puntuaba la inicial de su vida con el misero establo que compartian las bestias, mds generosas en dar lo que los hombres le negaban en su ceguedad. Nosotros que a traves de los siglos vamos todos los aiios celebrando el advenimiento del Mesias, no incurramos en igual torpeza. Preparemos desde ya nuestros corazones con la o·raci6n constante y nuestros espiritus con la mortijicaci6n de manera que en ellos vuelt'an a nacer y encuentre abrigo el sublime Ni1io para que esta Navidad nos apriete aUn mcis en el ajecto y el cariJlo y para que asi seamos mcis dignos al llamado de la grµcia. Ha llegado el dia glorioso, pronto "nos ha de nace1· el Sefior". Que los aleluyas y los hfJsannas, los cantos y los villancicos, sean el producto de n:uestras ansiedades volcadas en un incesante florecer de fe y de vida santificada. Sea tambien un anticipo de paz, esa paz hogareiia que ha de ser trasunto de paz entre pueblos y que la hemos perdido po1· satisfacer ambiciones, por rnantener egoismos y por alejarnos de los dulces mandatos de JesUs. JJ'ecembe1'. 1949 Po;: RAFAEL V. GUANZO~ Encima de! portal de! edificio ma:'-'Or de la Univer~idad <le San Carlos se hv Ila un escudo de armas, r en contraste ai del Estado, dond~ hay un le6n agarrando una espada -simbok de authoridad ~' poderio -en este tres figuras: un pie con dos ala::i. una cruz clavada en una coUna, y un libro alumbrado con una antorcha. Estas tres figuras no se hallan en el escudo por mera casualidarl sino a prnp6sito, porque simbolizan Jos fines e ideales a los cuales susoclicho centro docente est:i consagra· do. Pues, que quieren decir? El primero, el pie alado, que es de! dios Mercurio, simboliza salucl fisica. Pues mi alma mater, al igual que la Atenas de la :mtiquedad, cree en la maxima Mens sana in corpore sane. Aqui en esta instituci6n sc se cultivan las facultades espirituale!'l :'.' mentales sin que se abandona lo qm'! los antiguos filOsofos paganM consicleraban como el "hogar" rle las anterlichas facultades: la salurl fbicn., el bienestar del cuerpo. La cruz, racliante de luz y levant~da maiestuosamente sabre la colina, habla de .la importancia de cultivar el car<icter, de que el espiritu (lebe predominar sabre la carne, ql<e pl hombre no debe clar rienda suel1 f' a sus impulsos malsanos. Porque 1'1. cruz es el Cristianismo, y el Cri»· tianismo simboliza todo lo noble, Jo sublime. lo divino. Antes que S•! l~vant.ara la cruz no habia mas quz la colina, y la colina sin la cruz si~ nifica el predominio en ·el mundo de lo animal en el hombre. Per eso la Universidad de San Carlos se ha tornado la tarea de desarraigar todo !o mundane. todo lo que sea de animal en el hombre, y fomenta todo lo que es elevado y sublime en el. En noc~s palabras, esta instituci6n edu<·!>r:ional no da tan s61o titulos aca<'.einicos sino una perf.ecta disciplinn mental escolistica, y siendo asi, mol<lea el car8.cter del alumno en la horma del Cristianismo. THE CAROLINIAN Page 25 Pascua de ?1aoidad Por CONCEPCION F. RODIL "Gloria a Dios en las alturas y paz a leis hombres de buena voluntad"Cuando la temperatura es b~ja ~, sop Ian los vientos frios; cuando contemplamos por las calles una animaci6n inusitada, viendn en los semblanff.s de los transelmtero; retratada la aleg-ria ~' jovialidad, caminando con ligcreza, entrando y saliendo de las tienrlas, comprando nguinaldos y .iuguetes; cuando enrojean las hojas cle las poensetias, cuando todo cuanto nos rodea parece estar· saturado de alegria :'.' felicidad, no necesitamos nensar mucho para adivinar que J::1 Navidad esta cerca. Toda esa c·fervescencia del movimiento nei·vioso no es mlis que el principio de esa celebraci6n que es la mas hermosa y alegre del afio. Todos sin !"::xcepci6n, pobres y ricos, grandes ~· pequefios, todos sienten alegria al ~cercarse esa fecha oue nos trae a la memoria el nacimiento de nuestro Dios hecho hombre; de ese DiosI\'ifio que fue adorado :'.' ai:rnsa.iado nor ]os pasto1·es de Belen con clones i-encillos y rUsticos. nero llenos cle amor; ese divine Niiio, el Mesias :>nunciado v esperado, hecho manifie::;to por la Pstrella a los reye::; del Oriente, oue junto!'l acudieron, busl'fmrlole sin desranso hasta .encontrarle entre las humildes pa ia::;. Am Je adoraron ofreciendole los ricos donero; del oro, emblema, de la caridaJ.; del incienso, simbolo de la oraci6n; Y en la parte baja de este escudo escolar est8. el libro con la antorcha (Jue hace visible el contenido de sus r·Aginas. Mediante este libro alumbrado, esta Universidad dice en sa lenguaje interpretativo que ella tis r.rcano de la ·sabiduria de los siglos, no solamente de las artes liberales sine· tambien de las profesiones que preparan al individuo a ganarse dey de la mirra, de la mortificaci6n, Esa gran fecha es la fecha mas :-;impcltica de la Cristiandad }' la Naddml es la mas alegre de Ios asuetos del ai1o para todos. En ese dia la fiesta tiene un sello especial; el de! fervor, ese sentimiento piodoso qllc nos lleva a !'lentirnos en el moniento de la Santa Mi!'la de media n0c-h<'. hora bendita en que se cumpli6 hace 1949 ai1os la promesa de "'tiestra redencibn, como aquellos M'Stnrritoro; que se acercaron al Nifio Jes6!'l llenos de humildacl y confllsi6n, pero con su coraz6n rebosando de amor y carifio. Al acercarse, pues, esta fecha memorable que ai1o tras aiio se viene r.elebrando y que seguirA celebrandose haRta el fin de los tiempos; nre11aremonos con alegria, con jUbilo. Busquemos regalos para las nifios, para amigos y bienhechores, sin olvidarnos de los pobres }' necesitados. Preparemonos para agasajai· f! JesUs en esa fiesta bendita de Navidad acercandonos a la Sagrada l\il~ ro;a con un alma pura y un coraz6n repleto de amor. Desoues . .iuntos, familia y amigo3, relebremos la fiesta con pavos, turrrinero;, vinos }' champagne, ese vino dP. las .l!l':mrles celebraciones, y al te1·l"l"linar el clia esperemos gozosos que Dins nos oermita celebrar las pr6xtmas Navidades gozando de la paz mundial. centemente el pan de cada dla. Tal es el escudo de armas de est:J. universidad cat61ica del sur del ar.~hipi€!lago magall<inico, el escudo d~I taller de escultura donde tanto lo!i iovenes come los de edad Ya, se haC.en. hombres y mujeres debidamente formados . tanto en lo fisico Y · mental como tambien en fo moral Y (:!Spiritual. Page 26 Tres son los elementos de toda civilizaci6n verdadera: el individuo, la familia, la sociedad. S6lo Cristo ~a cleterminado la naturaleza, relacwnes y fin de estos elementos. Cristo tue un reformador social; el verdadero agente de la civilizaci6n del mundo. El m~mdo antiguo no con'Jci6 lo quc era la sociedacl ni tuvo concepto rla1~0 ~, exacto ~e lo 9ue, ~s patdn, nacion, personahdarl JUr1d1ca. El Estadu e1·a la (mica personalidad el que absorbia todo.:i los organismo~ de fo. sociedad. Reinaba la tirania que se sentaba en el trono. , Cristo fue el primero que enserio que el vercladero valor de un hombi"e no debia fijarse con arreglo a sus bienes o a su categoria social, sino (micamente con arreglo a lo que em en si mismo, en su espiritu, en su coraz6n v que existian ciertos derechos absolutos e imprescriptibles. Fue Cristo quien ensei"'i6 la fraternidad universal, diciendonos que teniamos un Padre comUn; los hombres antes no lo sabian; los sabios lo ignoraban. Para el cristiano no hay fronteras, ni razas ni regiones, ni latitudes. Del m'ismo modo El revel6 la igualdad v libertad humana. A los o.ios de JesU~. todos los hombres sin distinci6n de razas participan de la misma naturaleza; participan del mismo tronco, que es Adan; tienen un mismo Padre, que es Dias; un mismo Redentor que es Cristo; ban sido creados ua;a gozar de un mismo fin, que t!S la bienaventuranza. De la igualdad de medias prescrita por Cristo para alcanzar aquel; de esa comunidad de fin v medias nace en los hombres iden'tidad de deberes y de derechos que el Evangelia formula y la Iglesia defiende. Para JesUs no hay acepci6n de uersonas. El orisren de nuestra libertad es la verdad. "Si permaneceis fieles a mi palabra, sereis realmente discipulos mios, conocereis la verdad y la verdad os hara libres" (Juan, viii, 30, 31.) "Donde esta el espiritu de Dias rihi esta la libertad" (II Cor., 3, 18). Cristo proclam6 la libertad, la igualdad, la fraternidad, brotadas a Jos ecos de su voz; el cOdigo de las legislaciones, ese triple lema de regeneraci6n de que tanto ha abusado la. THE CAROLINIAN cscuela revolucionaria. Estas doctrinas ~jercieron una poclerosa influencia en el mundo social. Fueron un golpe de muerte para la esclavitud y para la tirania. Todas f'stas doctrinas transformaron las ideas y las costumbres, fueron el sepukro de los abusos ~- til'anias, cor<;tituyeron sobre s61idas bases la familia y la sociedad y restauraron las grandes instituciones sociales. El cri.stianismo derl'iba al cesarismo. sefiala el verdaclel'o rol clel EsDecember, 1949 tado, divide los dos poderes de la sodedad, diviniza la ohediencia y todo ln L ,•-.;ta·1ra al sonlo del Evangelia civilizaclor. El Evangelio es la Cultura, es la civilizaci6n porque restaura, fija la naturaleza y el objeto de los tres elemcntos que la constituyen: el indidduo, la familia, la sociedad. Cristo ha dado dogmas a la Teologia, axiomas a In Filosofia, principios a la Etica y en Politica y Sociologia el Evangelia ha renovado las almas. Con motivo de las Pascuas de Navidad aclamemos la benignidad dcl Salvador que nos ha aportaclo esos infinitos beneficios de que gozamo,-; hoy y cantemos con el alma plet6rica de santa unci6n: "Gloria a Dios en lo mas alto de los cielos." - LUIS EUGENIO Rehabilitacion Moral Par JUAN SIN<~SON Por dondequiera que se vaya estos clias nose habla masque de la rehabilitaciOn de los edificios, de las fabricas, de los barcos, de la vida ecor,6mica de! pais y de otras cosas muteriales arrasadas por la Ultima guerra. l\fas de la rehabilitaci6n de los que es mas importante que toclos los edificios y fcibricas del munclo v que se (lestruy6 sobremanera, como pfccto de Ia segunda guerra munclial, pocos se 3fanan. iAcaso se ban olvidado ya los hombres de los preceptos morales f'nsefiados por Aquel que muri6 clavmlo en la cruz por el bien de la humanidad? Raro es el dia en que la prensa no tl"aiga noticias de robos al par mayor, de asesinatos, de incendios, de adulterios, de separaciones de c6nyugues, de engafias en sus m(Jltiples fcrmas, de nuevos inventos para la matanza del hombre, de sobornos, de suicidios y de miles de asuntas que hablan bien claro del bajo nivel moral de nuestros dias, inmoralidad que viene a ser una malcliciOn para el genera humano. Tengase presente la lluvia de fue~W y piedra que cayera sabre los castigados pueblos de S6doma y Gomorra como queda consiR"nado en las p<iginas de la Biblia. Que los "feligreses" de Baal y Satanas derivan la lecci6n que Jes diera la Roma imperial, "el ama del mundo", "la cindad de las siete colinas" que cay6 de la cumbre de su grandeza 'material en cuanto la engolfaba el vicio y ln licencia, cuando la indecencia y el libertinaje reinaban supremos en ella. Si S6crates, que di.io que es la m<Jialidad mas que la inteligencia la que lt! diferencia al hombre de la bestia. pudiera ver el mundo de hoy con ~ moralidad por las suelos, se apresuraria a retirarse a su tumba, lejos de Ju podredumbre moral. Hagamos alga mientras nos quede tiempo para de remediar la situaci6n. . !2!!!! 1'o Carolinians and Fellow Cebuanos: 1 1'he University of San Carlos takes Pleasure In Announring the Opening of San Carlos Drug Store AND Refreshment Counter - ii; (Corne!' P. de! Rosado and Pelaez Sts,. Cebu City) 1:-We Assure You Of: -I ! • HIGH QUALITY GOODS AT MODERATE PRICES ,_• COMPLETE AND MODERN EQUIPMENT * PROMPT AND COURTEOUS SERVICE • PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED BY TWO REGISTERED _ 1 PHARMACISTS ,. __ COME AND SEE OUR BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY OF: I 11 1 '(_ Perfumes Creams Baby Food 1 :: Lotions D1 uq8 Fancy Articles i II I: Lip~ticks Spectfics Pomades v: I Powde1'.<; l'itamim. 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