The Carolinian

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Title: The Carolinian
Description: Official publication of the students of the University of San Carlos
Issue Date: Volume XV (Issue No. 1) August 1950
Year: 1950
Language: English
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Place of publication: Cebu
extracted text: ·1 - .-. .• ' ' ' ' ;.a,:,_ .~.. ·~· ;-t ~ . . . ...______ - - --- - - _.... - - ~~-COMPLIMENTS 0 f HD TONG HARDWARE 'Dea(e'fa in * ELECTHICAL SUPPLIES *PAINTS * BlJILDING MATEHIALS * VAR~ISHES * PLUMBING SUPPLIES * SHIP CHANDLEHS * GOODYEAR TIRE-TUBES For Better Service and Satisfaction We Moved to New Building Located Just Across the Former Location COR'.'\ER COl\IEHCIO A'.'\ll F. GONZALEZ STREETS TELS.: 405 & 905 CEBt: ('(TY PHILIPPINES .,-----;;-P~~-;;~hed bu the .students of the U11ive1·sit11 of San Carlos Cebu City Atigust * 1950 11.APOLEON G. RAMA, editor; Emilio Aller, Vicente N. Lim, associates; R. von Barriga, literary: Hector Alcoseba, Aristoteles Briones, news; Jess Vestil, Alberto Mnrales, military; Vicente Fanilag, artist; Teodofo Cadungog, circulation; Jose Peiialosa, technical; Dominador Sy, Guillermo An~, Manuel Borromeo, photographers; Josefina N. Lim, contributing editor. PAGE KILLING THE GOOSE . . . . 7 Editorial " ... THAT Y'OU BE GREAT" JN Lim A PILGRIMAGE TO ROME ~~ND GLOBE-TROTTING R1.1on Baniga A YEAR IN GOOD OLE ALMA MATER 10 Lino Narvios THE WAY OF THE LUKEWARM ...... . ... II Vice11te M. Almirante J SHALL RETOIN .. 12 VNLh11 HOW NOT TO MARRY UNDFR. THE NEW CIVIL CODE .. . . . .. . . I~ Vi,.ente F. Delfin 'T'HE ROOT 01" THE MATTER ................ 14 /.,Pon Genzon F-OREVER A WONDER .... 15 Bit>m>enido S. OzatTr1ga RATTLE TlfOUGHTS .. 16 Timofeo R. '011impo. Jr. RO'T'C lIOTTER PATTER .. 17 IV/AM SPJCF.S AND SPIKES ..... 19 l?N 'T'ODAS PARTES SE CUECEN HA BAS ......... 25 Editorial LA EDUCACION DE LQS HUOS ............. .. 26 Mi1·p11 M. Tench111Je:: PERSTGAMOS UN IDEAL .. 26 Luis Eugenio Seeming to have conspired and 'oe in accord with the general spirit cf melancholy, the wea~her shed a gentle drizzle on the evening of Sunday, July the 23rd. The faculty of tho.! University of San Carlos m!'t at the new library promptly ;1t siJ: 0'clock. On the central wall, appro11riatcly, simply, and starkl~· awful likE: the handwriting cf doom. stared the words, "Good-bye, dear Fl'. Hoe:·demann." The ladies came attil'ed in sober colol's. There was nary a red note. Miss Milagros Urgello, fresh from hel' Ho!~· Year pilgrimage, was definitely ele).!"ant in so1nething re!lembling broc~de with a dark royal blue velvet deep collar, while the Misses lnday Borromeo and Loly Batto .vcre sumptuous in pronounced gray, th-:! later in a gown of flesh color with a plunging necklim•. Paz Noel, c\·cry ineh the proJier schoolmarm, was in whitE' with light green stripes, while Carmen Ca1nara and GP.rtiE' Ang were gracefully !lWePt in apple green lace and baby-pink organdie, respectively. Mrs. Caroline Hotchkiss Gonzalez was distinctive in printed green with a white lace collar, With a sleek hairdo, a big beautiful chignon and !loft brown gown, Mrs. Pilar Ortega made a fetching presence. 'I hE' bE>nedicts were very much in evidence. Dean Tecson of Commci cc gave his speech in Sp,:mish As :. salute to the occasion, it wa~ .1?rammatically correct. Mr. Ferreros kept constant company with a fragrant cigar. The professors Ordoiia and Bi).!"ornia reminded us of the adage about still watel'S runnil1'" deefJ. The h.:tchclors kept their line. Bing Borr:11neo citmc in· ecat and iii'. So did Na1' Rama and Jesus Page :~ Roa of the Art department; Eli Hubahib and Fabian Villoria botil with un-bachelor-ish spectacles. Queried about his status, Mr. Jesus Ce!·illes refused information with the 1·eply, "When the heart is full it eannot speak." The different heads of the univer~·ity's departments each delivc•·l.'d spl'ccht!s of 'arying length!', f~ll with the undercurrent of sil"Jcere l egret. Those by Dean Lawrence Bunzel of Education and Atty. Fulvio Pdarz of Law were nctably spellbinding. Rev. Fr. Rector's speech was !<pecially enlightening. His d10ice as a going-away present was a bt'autiful set ot colored slides about San Carlos. The lights were dimmed and machine-wise Fr. vau Engelen projeeted them on th~ Fr. Luis Eugenio Schoilfold narrated a running commentary flmidst admiring oh's and ah's at the brilliant pictures. The guest of honor, Fr. Hoerdemann, gave a last testamentmcssage - thank - you • sermon-advieelecture all rolled into one and producing a stirring yet vastly eonsoling effect on the faculty that indeed greatly miss this famed and favorite teacher-friend. But the most vainful seenc of all was at the airport the next day. A big crowd of the city residents, USC faculty and students missed thei!" lunch to see Fr. Hoerdemann off . Some earried placards that said: "\Ve miss U'', "Don't land in Korea," "Bon Voyage" (See cut on page 5. l And when Fr. Hoerdemann walked under the crossed swords of ROTC eadets to the the plane, nlmost everybody had moil•t eyes. To say good-byE', l'.cally was to die a little.-JNLim Page 4 HllllNG mt GOO~t rnAr lAY~ !Hf GOlGfN fGG The Government Exhibits A Solid Talent For Tapping Revenues For Ratholes The alacrity and talent exhi~ bitE:d by our government offidals for tapping sources of income are truly remarkable. '<fhe.>· throw into the job an exuberance equalled only by the spending splurge they have blithely indulged in during the heyday of U.S. surplus goods and goodwill at the expense of the people. This time they also discover that religious s-:hools are after 311 taxable. It took them 43 years - since 1907to make such an eJJiC discovery. No wonder they are making such a big splash of it - after all it is not e\•ery season they turn up bang-up things like that. The moth-eaten line they duck behind whenever the kicks start coming their direction is that national disaster is just around the corner. The government has to meet its expenses if it has to keep on operating. Like a desperate man, back to the wall, with no visible means of support, it is fighting for survival. All told, its one big dri\·e toda}' is to get the funds, no matter how-even if it has to pull a stick-up. The analogy is not without merits, and we submit, not th·.> roughly derogatory. After all, a fight for life can be justified in more ways than one. What has debased such gallantry is that the catastrophe had been stupidly and deliberately selfwilled. For years the government has been deliberately strangling itself, bleeding itself white. A ring of cloaked ::haracters, do-nothing incompetents and racket artists seem to have found their way up the high rerches of our government. On a binR"e in the pul;Jic office, they ran a government shut through with graft and corruption. Now these architects of our disaster whose bare.faced thievery has emptied our national coffers, would have us take the rap for their sins. In a time when our public educational set-up rocks on its heels, their move to levy tax on religious schoi;>ls may prov.e to be the blow that would knock cold the goose that lays the golden egg. And corning as it did on the heels of an unprecedented. tongue-in-cheek official ac'rnission that ·it was contemplating to slam the doors on 800,000 interinediate students and a like nurriber of grade tots, this kind of persecution unleashed on the schoo)s that have lightened the national educational burden, strains our sanity to the breaking point. The major role played b; Catholic schools in the education of our youth cannot be blinked at. Upwards of foui· hundred Catholic schools and colleges with 250,000 student population. are now operating all over the country, according to s.tatistics disclosed by tht:! Catholic Education Association. Some of them antedating our public schools by centul"ies, these Catholic schools <lit! not only make history for the Philippines but . have provided the main props for our educatiOnal system as far back a,,; we can remember to this day. A line shoui'I be drawn between privately-owned instit11tions that are run like business concerns and distribute dividends to stockholders an·l schools managed by the religious who don't receive dividends or even get paid. A quick survey of the schools all over the country will show that the religious schools are wav ahead in their rehabilitatioTI program of mn"'t Private] ... owned schools. The reason is that the proceeds of the relidous schools go right back into the ,school itself rather than into stockholder;;' nockets. The profits that pi1ed up in the. minds of tax.conscious officials are no more real than their fancy. The tremendous reconstruction program undertaken by the religious schools all over our war-battered country have driven most of them deep in debts. Our state-run institutions that drew whopping subsidies from the government but had to close shop just the ~ame should know about the hazards of running schools under postwar conditions. But to get to the legal aspect, our policymakers' one-eyed interpretation of a crystalclear statutory tax provision rates as one of the prizest official boners in years. Where the s ta t u t e states in un· mistakable terms that "religious, educational, cultural institutions are exempt from tax ... if no part of their income inures to the benefit of private stockholders"... anrl that "only activity conducted for profit should be taxed ... from any of its properties real or personal..." they jumped with a bright idea that tuition fQP-"Oll"\ction i.<>. per .<ie an activity for nrofi.t and f:he1•pfo•·e should be levied on. To follow this line of thinking one would conclude that the school's chief mission is to collect tuition .fee and only educate on the side. And that in order to benefit from this tax exemptiop. provision the religious must not in the first place collect tuition fees. Which of course leads to the question, whv t.his prov i s i on was ever made. If there's nothintr to levy tax on, what are we go;n.tr to exempt the sChools from'! But. this il'l too deep for our experts on statutory construction, maybe. Page 5 ~ EVEN THE HEAVENS GRIEVED. USC faculty, ..;;t1ule11t.~ <nui cif!J resi<f<>11ts sk1p l1111ch-to see Fr. Hoaclemc11111 off. Shoi-tly a/ta this pfrflllT was taken, it rained. .... for Srm Cado!ll, tliellt ltolJs, these toweri11q work& of mm1 1d/I bt go11e - 011 ( oj ea:iste11c1;-i1 ' yo11 co1·0 lo 11111 i1 t lioi 1t'flJ.I . 811! wlw! will 1 ·emr1i11 will be t/111 g1·euf11en of Ili c 111011. So tnl.:t cm·e - thal 11011 bt !Jl'COt. ~ - Theme of Fr. Hoerdt:· mann's Ja~t SJ;ef"!ch to th~· faculty of the Univ<!rsity of San Carlos. 0n<! n~ver r<!ali:r.l.'s how h8nl P"l'~ in11: coul•l b· ~ unti l the d.ay of deiia~· 1ur.;. To lc::.v<: just home woul:I not be l:nlf as hard as to ten r:wa~· from !l hnml' which you haw built wilh ~- our bcn· hands. 1'hat I f. wn:.' wl-,im he turnr.d to wn·Je good-il:;c to us r .. r 1hc ~us t time ill the door .>f th\! PAL plane that was to tak<' him llway in the fint k l! '>f hi~ tri1> to Nagoya, J apan, Fr. Hocrdeman n, no ;irntkr now he tried, couid net kc:1·p hack the gatherin~ mist in his eyes - an•! :ilmc>l't cveryon<! of the I.Jig gl'OUJl of s t ud(: nt ~ ancl faculty mem1 ;,,:;·s wlv1 waved brick to him, t·ried. He knew what he was leaving . ·ro him USC was more t han a horn>:'. He had work<!d and sweated and plan nccl a nd huilt l)Ostwar USC nl•110Fl ' in:?"h:har.de•I. The !-!tuction of USC is a minor miracl<' p<!l'IHllJS with no p11.n1lld in the whole count1·y. In a very hold v<!n· i.un with no visibl<! financial bac:kint" dt .111, he start<'d ri:-huildir,;1: USC close on th<' h<!cls of the America n lilK'l'ators of C<'bu. He fina\h· illlTo<!d USC the biggest SChO<J\ 0\Lt~if lc of i\lanila. Of th<! USC s tol'~' an.I Fr. Hoel'dcmann it can be sai1l: .. NC'vcr was so much built wi th little, !Kl soon -by one man. '' ~reat'' By JNLim ThC' year was 1937 when as u younµ: miss;ona!'y Fr Hocnkmann had come to teach at the Col<!gio d~ San C<..rlos . Thus il<'gan the wol'k that was to rise in a cre1«·endo of Ol'f:pmi:r.ation :rnd constrnct:on and that wns to cncicar the simple missionary-teach<'!' to numerous Jleopl<! from students lo l:tbcl'el'S. He went .:ibout his duties with a conscientious and quiet capability. Thos<' wel'e the colorl<!ss. unev<!ntful y<'ars. To be sUI'<', th<!re were school parades, 11ro~n1ms . and nthlHic nl('Cts, but he was primnrilr :1 t<'a(·h<'l' r!Ccu pi<!cl with the !.'<locational a1lvancclllcnt of his hors. Ill ,iournnlistic J)arlam·c. his was thr d!!SSJ'O<tlll beat; hmnclrnm, acndemk rout i11e. Y<!t dul'ing the 1 1erilous years of th<' Japanese occupation, h<' (Cn111i1111e•l na P~C:t' (>) Pap? f. tie man who did the hun1ble work. Of an aging man whose duties 'Were :n the refectory be could say that. he was greater man than many bec:>.U !'I' h.:? lived a life f.f f aithful :'lcr..icc; he recefwd Holy C<.nui1u· ~lion daily-. too. Old a nd young, officials, students, te2.o:heu, laborers, clc;·ks, prnfc.s· ~ioni.J's - aO' ~hese hart" each their !'.t;;1y to tell of the misafon~r)' tear.her who has become an unfot·gettably favori'te friend, mentor, and rov11sellor. J\fnny we1.e the young- Filipirios wh(• got their training o! logical thi:~king from attendi'ng his pliil~ sophy classes. Many were thos,, wh1 • were enlightened from attending his relig ion classes, . an<f :nin<!t·d lo a ttenrl the yearly retreats wh,, would' n')l h11.1•c: d'ont ~o other".Yet·ei· ·wr1s so '11;11clt done with 151' little wul s~ soon by one m< m." Fathl'r Hoerdcmann preached th<t !<•:l'mrm nn the first <lay of Ma1·ch';; l l !i50 ·1 rC'tr.?nt. The tJ1cm;? of his !'.er;non waf that m:m's stay on icoii.r tl• is t ransient. These werr. the very words, "And yet we who &l'f' here today in this churc'h wiil h;.> ~nc t omorrow. Other people Vl'ill be sitt:;1,cr on those pews; ;1nothr:!' priest will he prea::liing from thhpul1 iit. •· Oddi~· enough 11.lthoui,:h " .. that you be great" (Conlinm·•I iro1::1 !'';! ,· ~l ~mcng the ft;w who stay(•d on to ad- \\ l:r ing strudures of 19:JO am] the minister his missionary duties. He limitations of a few collc~es to unilxcame the ])arish priest of the San- ve1·~.ity status. to Rosa1·io church a position whieh h"td l>ecome one of taxing rcs1 )()11s ihilities bec:ansc the pal'ish carried Nl the added act ivities of the dl>' Ciithedral \\'hich had bt!NL dc~troy e:I. To anyone with eyes to S4:!~, ! ~e rema rkahle industry and service which were to charactl?1·ize the .. C!U':< to foaow were olready e~i d,.11t. Gone were the drab, quiet d:i~·~ of !he cbssrooni. The years of the wa1· bec11me ev1on ;;10 1·;- fe:.rsomc 11nd Jieriiou::. 'fhr<>;.1gh1ut the intensive Anrnriea:1 ;•h· 1·:iids prec<·ding liberatio?'I whkl1 ! in nlly razer\ the Cokfl:,'io dCJ San. c~l"l r:,., L he piliful l)()mb c asualti~.i.. thr rmnic ~nd disruptio11 of the dt~·: the m<ln who"'c n1hsi<'n hwl nr~t l>een L o leach bec•mw ont .-.f fow who st ay<·d anci endured. fldm;nish•rin,cr the s11craments, rcassuril'l~ lhCJ fe~rful with his JH·esence. Immediately after \ibe1·ation, with Rev. Fr. Arthur Dingman. he openl.J i.el1ool 11t San Carlos with t h:? bal'est minimum of assets. Ttir. fi.Jw<.l'ing of the pC'rsonality of th<' missionary who came to teach but f.tayed to organize and reconst1·uct had !frown in stature toe• ther with the gutt~d ruins (If 1945 to the tuIn the course of the eonstructfou cf t he buildings. often he could be found handlin.; the shovel, wielding t he hum1ne1·, t:if>Ul'd ng an(I cnlivc:nin,::: the dl'ab chores of the c11rpcnt~ rs with his exam1Jlc. thi~ is t1·ue. ~·l't nobody dreaml'~I how imnlinently closP time coultl JWe~~. He saw the greatness in t he litFor only three month~ later tw was to fill his new assignment in t he Universit~· of Nagoya. J a pa-n·. Fr. Hoerdemna Writes to the Faculty Manila, July 27, 10r;o .~fr. Prcside1it am/ all Membel's o.f the Faculty: ,Next T-uesd<ty, August s , the PRESIDENT WILSON 1<.·m take me to Jap<m. My heart goe:.; out to you all in fond memo,.y of the dC1.ys Gotl's pmvidence brought "s together {01· ci. common trisk,· and m11 soul overflo11:s in ·grntitude for thP, Ullmist<tlatble signs of true {1-iendship you au showed me in the fost days of my stay in Cebu. May God bless you tdl c11ul keep you all in His service with uour knowledge and consent, since there is notliing 9nuder 1!01' more sa.tisfying than to do His Will with <t 1dlling hem·t. With best idshes and my vrayers for you all, (Sgd.) p,._ ERNEST HOERDEMANN, S.V.D. I Jassin' fo tl!e ROTC Fasl!.io11 Sltow, tf1e slips ai·e sl!owing REGARDING OUR TRAINING CAPS S•• now we're all offkl'r~. \Ye w»ar Pa~hing caps in our ROT C. 1.:o ~t .n·;ir ii w:u O\'l'T~l·a s caps; tlie y c ·. 1r before l;1 ~t it wa:< helmd liners. Thi~ yc;ir. Pershin!! c:1ps. Xc:ct year we'll p rob;ibly he sp•irting IO]l ha ( ~ in the drill grounds. ch. The y\·ar hefor-: la:<t the rookies \\'OH' hdn1e1 lim•rs, unvas kggin~, mid no 1H·l·k1ie' . l\lii.::ht)· hc-111a11 lonkin'. Last yea~ thl')' ll"OTe O\"Crseas caps. no kgj.l'.ins (ext·epl the :\!P's). 1wckties, a11tl whl1" i;fn\·es. Seemed likt· overclrcssc•.J Hoy Scouts. Also, a new uniform mnt1· ~ ialized, the olin• drah (aligut• con·r:- 11~-Cla s~ ··c·. :\ow we're 1lre;s: ol 111> in P ershing cap~ an1l ll<J kJ.ll!'ill• Turniug out geucrals thi~ yC"ar ? J)on·1 look 11ow, lml nn;t )'<·ar our ('l;i,:s '':\'. u niform will likely he khaki t:iils ;111<\ ~ilk top h:ils. I la,; 1h · New Yorker 1 11:iga;:inc that much ini11U11l'ncc ? " YOU ARE LISTENING TO . En•ry now ancl then r:111io 01o unccr,. prate •lnring their .•1in1 ;ahont payday heillg lll'<lr. I \\"I <;; ll1cr"t1 stop l.>katinl{ about their 1n:: •hy hrini::- two <lays 1war. Snm1•I" lik,· a child anticipatinl{ a h;rth,l·n· :1rt•1ent. O r the arriv:1t of n f:\\'orit" :iunt or izcnero11s 1111cli:-. Still corn ;;. :\Ir. Dis,· Jo{·kcy. wnn't yon 11ul•.T1'C" la· .. p your can·er'• returns lo you··· sd P I shoul<l think you're umk ~ · 1):ii<I o r ,;o nH•thing. the wny ) •O il w h1"\1) 11·hc11 your I'")" <'111·elope ;, "uly t11·0 ilays ;111·;1y (at lil.~t~). Yow· lisll·rw r_, •lon't. p:ir1k 11larly care' if y :11: ll:<'I ynnr shek1·I,, o n ti111(' or not. Till' fir"t time I h<.':of it I thought it was cuic; th(' ~en>n <l time I thnua.:h! it 11·:1s stale . . \f\t'r the (lo;:enlh till• - · I knew it "tunk. The hoss know~ h n1.· nmch you·n· g-lacl of it. < lon't ha\'l' to air your elation. Try looking aro1111d ior hctkr hlnh J.lah. huh. "SANDS OF KOREA" ... ? \ \ 0 h;1 t with tho: l"li1n"te in thC' F:or E;isL it look like I l'woocl will ha1·(· 111ore mat erial ~ in t he- fntur~· for w.ir films. \\1ould it b1· f:111tastil" to i111:0. ;.tim·-or ~hall r ~a r 'forctdr-film,; in rhe ,·at1·:;iory oi ·•Jlauki.:ro11ncl ... " 11 O'Clock lli:i;h", "Sa 11(] ~ of lw•• •1t1ees £fre or t<'n ye;irs frnm today:' EXCUSE ME, YOUR SLIPS ARE ALWAYS SHOWING.-\ml it s(·cm• nothini.: is <:ver do1w a l.0111 it. lu •·1·err i . .:~uC', mid a l mu~t in 1·1T ry t>:ii.:e. there i~ an error in 1lw prinls .<>f . mo~t .. 1mhlka liQ11s. \IC·W"· pa1-ers. or m:11-1:111:iues (l•1c:11l. \\'icn<"~· Page 'i By . VICENTE LIM ~··th · · polic1·nic11, wh('ther un· form~d or in plaindc)[h<·'t. · O tlu-:1 ·rrnrs an· more mi~~ 1wlli11 g~ an•'. jomhk<l words lik.- "wrok'" {or worlit, elc Oh, hut we ha,·e such ;m uno.krslau<liog n ·ading p11blk. :i11yw;1y J u~\ thong-ht I'd mention thi~. OCCUPATIONAi. HAZARD. Ac a cl;1ssroom •liscus;ini.: lht: iinah •lll<' nitwic a,;kcd tile pro f if i1 w:o~ ··po 't.<ihl,· tv i.:i•·c the 1·xan1s in ,·ro"'· 1 1 ·" r•I pn:;,:;,k ·fnrm:· O ne i11,;t r11<.:H•:,·,.m h'nrle1l 1h:11 it was bes\ (;l]l ld<l<~ini.: ;1~irk) 10 give lhc quia~1111i11:.· ti•m in e~>ay !}"[>~ . .-\no lh('r li<11f w:t 1•n •!"'"'"'l. "'Sir, why nnt jn~t make " " c•>1llJ"'~•· an ~1rtkk titled, ~ay. '"f'L \ \'omkrs aml Valu1· of Intro. Sc • Sir ?? ATOMIC ENROLMENT? Som<·lhiu:i; \\"hich 11J01lern sri•·lln: ;o11d 1u ed 1:inks ,;ho11lcl <10 ,;ome1hi11~ ;i,hon1 : " nH'<'h:H1ic;1l registrar. tk:•:•. ;1(1\"i,t:r. l'krk, 1 ·;1, hi<·r. aml rn·or.I•. ~ ~o th<' ~uuknt wo11·1 loll'\ ( allons<!<! wrtitini.: for th:i1 ~111111-( hilo( shot oi 1\i-· r<.'l{is1r:itinn r•min C'\'(•ry r<·~is1 ratio:1 Wl'<'k. ACADEMY AWARD TO AN OSCAR .. .. lns1>it•· o f their laknts ;1ml ~H'Oif a h ilicy. movie actn·s,;•·s Joan Cra11·fonl. ~I ari•· \·\'incisor, Cl:iutlctte Colh~rt. lktte [);1vis. ;md othns of tha! 1n 1e han' litth: following: from 1h.yo11111{ ·un•. But thnse who ha\'e l·r·: lll)IH'0 \1 aml rh<·c"crakc·! llh11h! J u~i i.:•ws t" show hnw t lw opti,·al ,:cu ~ ~ h;1s i:•\l h·11 <wer 1he ;n·stliC"tk S<:tbl· DREAM JUNKSI w:o_ , "·omlering wlwt would h:oa>J•(',; to 1hese hmulr<·tls of a11 t omobil'!~ way n ip to the scrap pile. proh;1hl;!. Cin p111 imai:in<' a jd fii:hi.·r m;1n11f:n·111n·d in d1rome. ol' a haltk~hi;• with 1h rc<' small. rn11n<!. clerora1i.-c •·s h:!u•ttll1ll's a1it,; ,;id<·.nran•ll\" 1·rtihl.- Sh(·rn'1an 1nnk with •·hr<>Ult' trinm1iu;::~ and ;1dju~lal·h· "l"'tli:dot ":lih pearl anil siker ha11<lk~? \ ( n nt. OU p ;tll'.l' Jl ) Page 8 • By R. B. B1rri1a A PILGRIMAGE TO ROME -Qi-i~ qtobe-11totfii-i9 USC Pharmacy Instructor "ttends'the Holy Year celebration at St. Peter's, sees the Holy Father and girdles the world h's pal't of everyone's drea m to gi1·dlc the c11nh in a pleasur.-: lookH'C, Anti if he haripcns to be a Cath· ·olil', top of hi:r; sche<tlulc of " must· i«.'i.'" citic:r; will be the Eternal CityRome, the Vatican and the Holr Ft1ther. To mo:r;t, the dream soon become~ a luxury they can ill-a!for<l but a lucky kw make their dream come true. One such fortu;w.te personality is :\liss Mihl){l'OS Urg-l•llo of the use Faculty of Phan11<1c~' who recently Ill'· rivc.1 from he1· first trip abroad an~I ;1 Holy Year pil)!rimagc to Rome. On April 5. HISO, :.;iJ;~ Uri.!"cll.., twt·lht'l" wJlh Mii<st•s Flnra Borro· moo, Ca1·men Cucnco, and Architect lmt>\d;1 Bor1·omco, tcft Manila ahonrd a P an Amcl'ican Ai rway~ luxury plane on their !iri;t leg t.:i Ro111e. On that same afternoon thry fondrrl in 1-Ioni:-konir. The next day the party enplane•! fm· Bangkok. Bangkok s completely u1·ict1tal atmosphere - its arch;tcct111·e, national costumes and customs - struck the vii;itors as unique. On the day of their arr:val the coro. nation of the new King ot Siam tOl'>k 1~lael.' . Aside from hnvlnJ!," witnessed this ceremony ou1· globe-:rotteors abfl rnw lhe late king's funeral pyre . The~· made only a short stop in Caleutta where n communal riot was in !.hooting stage. New Delhi and it~ famous Taj-Mah:'.11 were a relief. From there they hoppc(l on to Kara·. chi, Pakistan. Two hours later they were roaring on to Damaseus. Here they saw the ancient building where St. Paul the Apostle effected his escape in a. wicker bas~et from his former friends turned persecutors i:ftt•r his conv ... rsion. The next stop-over w11s btambul, Tu1·kcy . It was here t:ic pilgrims ft lt the biti: of ~urol)e's cold air des• 11ite its being ~pringtilne alre11dy. Turke)''s landsca11c was a brcath-takin)! white carpet of apple tree~ in fuil bloom . l\Iiss Urgello was su1·priS<'1I to diseover a general mlseoneeptio:• about the Turk people. She obJo:Ct·ved t hat they were blondes, bluel'Yl•d, a nd white·eomple:doncd, ~md not dark as e1·roneously reportl'<I. T he Turk wo111cn wc1·e the mf>4 l•l'autiful she had ever seen. T hey wcrt> then winged to Athcn,; and finally they scrunch<id wheels vii a Rome a irport. The Filipino g1 ·ou1• was !!wetl hy "the niai:-nifice11cc a 11.1 t remendous sizes o! the churches." T here is something in Italian churchCJ; which is nut apparcnt from lhc external view. 'One ha" to see tlw i11krio1· to appreciate the m~·sticd s1 1lendor. Museums invariably are traditional landmarks in Europc11n citit.'S. Louvre, France and Jo'lorence ano t he Vatican Citf boast of clc.c:ant aud commodious museums. Tn the Vatican Must•um Egypuun rdics - ;1 ~JX'Cimcn of the papyrus and th4.• mortar and pestle - datinir us for hack ai; 2000 B . C . afforded Mh• U1 ·.c:cl\o an1l her company no end t)f wonder. She was muc:1 imprcs~;) hy a study in contrast of two paintin.c:s o! Mary Ma11:dalenc in Italian churches. One showed her not :is i: saint but as a gorgeous half· nude woman, the other ai; an agcJ and too plain saint. The fir11t dcpected material .iispiratlons, the' latter the nobility of the soul triu1ni1hMISS MILAGROS URGELLO Pilyl"im globe-trotter in1t ovc1· all. in Rome thi: Pitti Palac<", a hu~Eo <.!!fair of some six hundred rooms, told a talc of the quarrel betwcc~ the P itti and the M<.>diei families in whieh t he latter emerged vi<':toriou'i. The highlight of the pilgl'ima~ co.>ntcrcd on the private audience the Filipino ladies had with His Holi nlss. Pope Pius XII. It was a r are: opportunity to have an «Uti'lence witil Chu1ch's highest dignitary. The privile~ed appointment wa,. arranged b~· Padre Pedro Dedicacion, Procur~tor General o! the Order or the Rcc(ljetos, who personally dellvcre<1 the lcttl.'1· of int roduction giv.:n to t he four by Monsignor Vagnozzi, Af)N!tolic Vek:.ratc to the Philippmes. to the secretary of the Pope. On the designated day Miss Ur· i.::cllo and her friends were ushered throui:rh winding staircil.ses and ca· paeious rooms into the waitin~ chamber some half-hour before the Pope entered. They composed on<? nf four groups numbering seventyfive persons. There ""8s the .-:rowd of members of the Ens:lish nobility ; another of South Americans; and the last of a combined aggregation. The traditional kissing of the Pa. p&I .ring followed. Wben the Pope came upon the small group from the Philipj)ines, he readily condescended to blsa hundreds of rosaries and other relig:iom tokens whicn ou:r travel· lers brought with them ror the pur. poAA upon the request of their many r•lat'-s and friends. The who!~ experience wa1 awe-inspiring, the Pope conducting the audience in the English language. Our tourlsts motored then to Florence, passing the town of Assissi, birthpla~ of St. Francrs. They mo•ed on to Venice, wbere :St. Mark's Cathedral impressed all. From the city of canals and goudo· las they proceeded to the industrial city of Milan, where an industrial fair was going on. ThP-y crotscd the Italian border into Switzerland by train. They found quarters in Lausanne iu the FN!nch distrkt. Du1·ing this bl'ief sojourn in the land of Swiss watches, trips were made to Geneva and l\lonCreaux . At this juncture the party took the bus to the French Riviel'a. French Riviera, sporting grounJ of European destitute aristoeuts :rnd American millionarres, fairly took the breath off the Cebuanas. In the city of Nice, they did not lorget to see the famous Monte Car· lo and Cannes in this French coast. In Grtu;se they visited the notad ~rlurneries whel'e Miss Urgello Uein&" a pharmacist, C"arefully noted the eompliC"ated extraction processes exhi~ited for t heir benefit. They did not fail to make a trip to Lourdes. th':.l shrine of our Lady of Lourdes. They crossed the Pyrenees to Spain from the French Riviera. In Barcelona an Exposition of Rose~ wa;; being held. They.continued to Zaragoza where they were swept by the grandeur of the Basilica of the Nuestra Senora del Pilar. Thtv pan.ed on to Madrid, then on to S~ villa where Miss Ur&"tllo missed a hull-fight alter having bought a tic· ket, and she Lllmed her ove1·-indulgence in chocolates. In Spain they soon felt like royalty, the way the Spanish peopl~ .cra ndly received them. In Granada they visited the exquisite Palace of the Alhambra. In Lisbon the three took the plane back to France, Paris. One visiting the Capital ought never to forget the splendid sight of the Are ti':! Triomphe, ol" the Eiffel Tower, or s c.lrivt.> along the Champs ElysHs. Miss Urgello .(f'Mrally nott:d that i:very European city has lovdy rarb. The chief advantage of the r.oor people of Eurr.pe over OU\' own poor lies in the consolation and luxury offered by its cities' large and be&utiful parks and gardens, The travelling druggist averred that Europeans as a whole are peoi;le of culture. They are all great lovers of the classics. Even the driven .:<1uld be better cultured than " num~r of our blustering hoity-toity men1be1·s of the so-called Elite. She, therefore. made It a point. like hel' other com1innlons. to dreu up properly especially dur ing dinnertime, not for her own sake, she 1;aid, but becouse i;he was aware that somehow she was representing the Philippine~ in a Europe whare only a sad few knew 01· had heard something, if at all. about our eounlry. Great was her dismaY when in AmsterJam, afln coming from Bru~ sels, an American friend referred to an article in the June issue of the Reader's Digest . She felt and saw all her magnificent endeavors to sell the P hilippines crush down with :i. loud bang when she heard this unfortunate report. However, she ended the discussion by reassuring him that t he predominance of Catholicism in the Islands would ultimately smash the inroad5 of Communism. They made a flying trip to Cof)Cnhagen and Stockholm, and thence to London. They ineluded Stratford-on-Avon and Oxford in their itin('rary. F rom En~land they sped on to New York. In America the world-eirelers went to see Ha rvard on the day Romulo was ronfl"l'l'ed an honorary degl'ee. It was also graduation day at Harvard. Boston and Washington made lasting impressions on the party. Guing home they passed Chieag,.,, Grand C:;nyon, Los 'Angeles, nnd San Fror:d~eo . In California lh<>y examined the cyclotron at the St ate University. I n Frisco they took the air (ID board a stratocruiser for the P hilippir.es; making short ~tnp-ovel's iu Honolulu and Wake. Finally on June 15th, 1950 "despite the breath-taking scenes of foreip:n countries it's still nice t0 oome home,'' so concluded :!\Tiss Ur. J!ello. HEV. LA WRENCR IY. BUNZEL (in lhe f1 rncl-of/ prfl't·u !endercd by tf1e frn:1•/ty for Fl' . H oerdt1111um): "I lmve 'iever klwwn a 111r111 iii 0111· So,•ety id.a work:; as hcrni 11s F'r. Hnenl,.mam1 . W" >1setl '" be •·o,•m-matr·s a1•d I know l./1is man wo/'/.:rrl eve11 fu r into tire night. His cfoy is JIO f1dl thut vei·y ufte1• he has fo st1y his Officr i11 the wee hmll'S of the t11on1i11g." RE1'. LUISE. SCHONFELD, (in hia farewell speech, brer:killy the 3-minute li1:1it impllsed bt: Toa~hw 1ster Doc So/011 ·with a 1icnafty of 3 Coca-Cola bottlu): "I do11't cai·e if Doctor So/011 f ines ·meG bott/tll!" ATTY. FULVIO PELAEZ: "Thtst1 walla, these chc 1in;, tlrtsc pillal't a11d we 0111·selvet wo1dd ""' hove been !ten:, if 11ot fo1· Fu· the1· lloerdemam1." a frc~-lnnrrn to you-who recounts the mmance, raw deal, ROTC and red marks in first year colle.i;e WhM the So]Jl:s clo to the Freshman FIRST SEMESTER l'or ll'"n month,; and two scmcsh·;,; l am going to hecomc wlwt i~ knowa :1:< 1h1: lowc,;t form of animal lifr-1 will be a colkg-c Freshman! 0 .1'. so I n1111h1c tlown from the lo ll y h~·ig-hts of high ,;chool s"nior to tlw lnuuhlc gul\er of co\ll·gc freshma.11. <;om· the pomp ancl gran1kur of gra1!. 11;1ti11i..:: from hii.:.h sd1onl. C:um: l!I•: humility a11<1 llll'<'k1H·,;,; of a c<1llq :· frosh tryin.i: I<' wangle him~l·lf a 11lacc in tin: hu ~ll.: :ind hu~ lk of 1\1<· ,·olln::<.' wurl<l. S<>vhomor,·:< jul,il:Lntly a nd triun!1•h:mtlr cal·klcd ;,ho11t their J,:"oi11;.: into "Q11ali"' a11d ·'Q11anti" aml I \.-<11111<-rccl what the ht·ck those wc:r•· I was ·th<.·n rna<k to 11ndcrs\a1d that tho~c 1' ere the hi g h - : r forms of C Ii e m i" try. and th,· "l"'aker w 011 Id a<ld. ·'Boy. w:1:1 fll r•m reach th<:>< · -11hjn·h!" Tl1at's wh:•I 1ht' Soph ,. did tu the Fr<::;h11u·11 Th··r ;1!w:1r~ r.·lt ~ll])L'rior. high..:r. :ond 1ln·r 111a(h~ nn I""'''" ah(')1H i1. tO'°·· Talk a bout a tt':1"h1.·r and th..:y\: mh'rrnpt ; ''U<m!1. l tl :\f. I sp<.-nt : . st·m<:"h·r 11111h:r him a ncl regre1te•I e1-ery m inntl' oi i'' H e'll drin Y"!l S i hi:.:-h-lahuin' some of the SQphs wel'e. you womlerccl ; j tlu:y 'll m;,ke th,· Frc,.hnwn w•·ar l'>l)>S or d=s:ing:ui-h:lol•· mark• that showe•I· thl' Fro~h·s stains. Th,· Juninrs were a ,.Jia1le diffrrt'OI. Th .. y were i11!1 of sngA'<:SLions :.nd atll'ic1.·•. ;111 the time freling like the;; were granddo uls $[)Caking l O tu ,..ra111l~1ms. "If I 1n·re ro11 I'd tak : this snhj1.·d first and take lhat !'<11hi•·t'l i11 th<: ,111mner so I'd be ;1•!1·;,un ·d Just het11·l·en us. 1l1.1t t·e r1.1in proi is a tig:htw;1cl-you'!! l•a1·1: a hard tim<: t11Hkr him Father S(J-<111d-,;o gin•s you all 1 r.1~ lorc;,ks . "Them ;1111[ thdr ktum·it -a11. gra11cl-111e11-of-thc-~;im1111 ,; a irs' It's " c•>111·il·ti1>11 o f 1m1,.t Juni• •r.;. :·nd ,;0111 .. Sophs. tlwt Goel s1.·nt th!111 iuw t h.- ll'11rld 1 .. tcad1 .. \ 1 11ia1. what 1h1·r tell you i~11:1 int.-mlcd for p >111· 1:diii,·:uion a nd intm .. g'.(>o<l. It's j11-t a ""'Y n( au110111H.:iug 'I'm sm an :iml vo11'rc a lunklw:ul.' T he d;1ys dr;iggcd on. I md a frJ_ low who intr<><luCcd 11\(· to l'ool am! the n a n<l thn<: I kn<:w J wa~ ;, pu.-i•o,·u .. \ rq.rnl;u· fal! g:uy who fdl i" r 1hat ;ihsorl>ing. dhTrting pa>I lim . . a gttllihlc s;1p who,;c inh·rcst in ;1-,. i.::o o m .. inuL·a.•c<l until hl· mad<: 1h.m is wkc of gil'ini: the i:am<: jus1 " I.it 1 11o r1: a11,·11Lio11 than .•houlll ha,·c l>el'll ~:i(,. for him. Th:1t i•1lly <l<'<:vnnts for tlw few rnl m:JTks iu m y .;ard• i11 <:a.<'? :111yh,,1l)"s in11·n ·st. .. 1 ;ind wants to profit \ch) fr(1111 111)' mi ~1;' k". !~OTC I 111d th .. rill" f,.r the first t ink a nd lcarnnl t" t;1k" ··art:..,; him. to ctrry hinl in th" pr.,pcr w;iy•. ck;m ;md o:I hi111. s.-ruh him. 10 b;oh\· him . L<;ng periods oi lcd\ln'. :\ oh· ~ sc1 ·a wkd 011 pin·c,. ,.f sn:11> ]10l(>1·r. au<I ;iiterwanl~ di~l':irtkd. forgo1tc•1. By Lino Narvioa icals tha t hkw up in your fa<:e. lmr11vl your ii ngcr~. ate through )'OllT 11auts a nd put ;1 d;1rk, ugly hole whtrz a a isp l'rcasc sh..ould have been. Chemicals th;jt stink and hurn and .-xp!oth-. So thb is p;1rl o! coll1:ge fre shma n year. huh. T hen m id-term txam. followed J,y ~\'<:ral weekly qt:1izzaminations and 1oppc1I off hy the finals. \·Veil. th<: fir . .;1 h:d f i,; "1·er a nd I fi111l I don·: 11nih · dkk. O ne -1 :1111.\ 0111: 3-damu 1h:.it ~ Fim: way to ~tart, I 1ho111i:l1t Hut wh:~t the hel·k, whl·n we yd1,.;·1.! .. Gh·c us .1 or gil'c us death!'• l b · profs c!idn't1.·1·1:11 twitcha11c:1r. :\I ;· l'hiloso phy ],ardy madi.: the gr:uk. hm <lid a11yw;1y. Charity. we cra..:ke••. ?.la! l1 l. that nightmare! E11A"lish w;.~ ;i ;•:\'. hut Chemi~try was a hard nu~ wcro...:k. SECOND SEMESTER '.'\ow the >'eC(JllC\ h:,Jr cr:1ck !ht boob. burn the n1idni~IH (iil. '<Ii· impo~ct! curkwi;. lea1·c 1li1: boll'.<: a lo1 w . :d1a11dn11 Pnul. huy 11111re n<1tl'~ hook~ llad 1.·n(11ti.:h of that pro~; a\·oi1l him in the futme. :\\·11· s ui>. jcct~. the fidd'~ grttin;z hroacler ;in.! mor<: com plil'ate11. I never tho11~I:~ a s ingle thini,:- likt: a drop of walor co 11 1 ai n ed ~O- many confu~i":.: cl1:nu:nh ;111d power until I <:llt(>n~•I Clu· mi ~try 1h. Br thi" timl· I knew my wa ~· a ro un cl ;ind wa~ el'cn startin~ to de•·elo1 1 ;, su rt oi hum fcclinl;!' of ~u11c1iority 01·1:r hiA'h school kids. But (Cont. OU p:i;-c 21) Wa~ ot tlte .fukewa'tm IS STRAIGH1 TO THE ROCKS A decade ago if you ask any Filipino Jiving in the Christian regions l'f tne Phllippincs to what church he belongs you t:an be almost posi · tive his answer would be that he either belongs to the Catholic or one of the minor churches. But nowadays you need not go far to meet two new groups of Filipino Christians. One .group belongs to ALL churches, another does not belong to ANY church at all. The fatter is a product of the fol'mer. I am not a theologian but I venture to discuss these NEW Christian groups as far as ordinary reason could follow. Theologians call the first group INDIFFERENTISTS. Let us call the second group UNCHURCHED. Indiffcrentism says that one church is as good as another; that because all ehurches have God for their ultimate goal; because all churches teach people to discern hetwecn good and evil; therefore, :t does not matter to what church one belongs. In other words, /Jidifferentism claims that God does not care what doctrines you hold and believe as long as it has for its ultimate goal, HIMSELF. Let us examine closely these bold assertions and use our God.given reason to find out the rationality of this new religious philosophy. God is TRUTH. He hates deceit, lies, and untruth. Great is His dislike for FALSEHOOD that He sent His only Son to earth as a "fostimony to the truth''. Christ, in defending this h'uth, terribly suffcrc>d and most ignominously died for it. The> Only Son of God walked th<' earth and actually lived with man to show him the LIGHT. What does indifferentism say? It says GOD DOES NOT CARE WHETHER YOU BELIEVE JN TRUTH OR NOT. You may say that I am accusing indifferentists of blasphemy. They only believe that one church 1s not as i-rood as another. That does uot mean that God does not cm·e whet11er 011e believes i1I ti-11th or 1111t. I am not only accusing them of blasphemy but shall prove here their blasphemous act and also expose their contradictory reasonings. To say that one church is as good as another is the sa111e as sayinii; that one doctrine is as good as an,)ther: for each church has its own doctrine essentially different and contl'8dictory to each other in beliefs. One church teaches that baptism is an absolute necessity to salvation. Another church teaches that baptism is not an absolute ne. cessity. One church teaches that Mary is the mother of God. Another church teaches that Mary is not the mnthcr of God. Ont! church teache>s that Christ is really J)resent in the Sacrament. Another church teaches that He is not present, never will he present and that the contrary teaching- is idolatry. Man" more eontradictory teachings can be enumerated and may only cov!lr the whole space alloted for this writing. Now. in contradictory statements only one of· them cnuld be true. Nothin!? can be and not he at the same time For instance. if it is true that I am writing now it eould not be tru<' that I am not w1·itine: now. Onlv r.ne of thcs<' assE'rtions must be true> Similarly, if it is lrue that Marv ;~ ~ mother of God. then it is not true Page 11 By VICENTE M. ALMIRANTE. Law '53 that she is not a mother of God. What does indiffercntism say? It s:iys that God does not care whether you believe that Mary is a mother of God or not; whether you believe lhat ba1itism is an absolute necessity to salvation or not; whether yo11 believe that Christ is present in the Sacrament or not; He does not caic at all and never will care what yoa believe as long as it ends up in HIM. Is this not blasphemy? And i!< this in conformity with right reasoning! God Who is TRUTH and who hates untruth does not care whether you believe in a true doctrine or a false one! Yet, this is what indifferentism says! My dear readel's, God gave us re~ ~on. It is that faculty which clevatl?s man far above the animals. It is that faculty which makes us think and arrive at tl'uth. We must use it. Ask yourself. Why did G.:icl send His only Soo to show us "the way, the TRUTH, and the life"? Why was Christ Himself emphatic in His commands to His disciples "'T• observe all things whatsoever I havecommanded you". He did not say "teach what you think is right". He did not tell one disciple to teach that baptism is necessary to salvation and another disciple to teach that baptism is not necessary to salva· tion. He gave only one command anJ that was to "teach ALL things whatsoever I have commanded". Why? He is TRUTH and must have given only ONE teaching. If Christ walked with man to teach him the truth and wants him to follow what He has commanded, for what purpose were these teachings and commands for? Was His desire to spread HIS gospel (only ONE - that is HIS) necessary if only other gospel could do as long as it ends in GOD? Then why was He sent to us? For a big joke? If God sent Christ, His only Son, to us, to he crowned with thorns, to carrr 1 heavy cross to which He was later nailed and huni:r till He died, only \o tell us at the end that He was onlv joking, then God must be a brut~l fool. He is •leceit and untruth roll· td in one! What else shall we call a strong belief which was not intended for belief at all? My dear read1.'l's, you might be <;hocked at thC's~ accvsations against God. But tha~ is what inrlifferentism nctually calls (Cont. on page 22) Pap 12 .I ill the cfosses! In cve1·y class I Imel lwit s11mmer t ... ere was al~ ways one ..or maybe rwo dr tJu·ee 11,/ro stood out. amc:"lg thr other gil"ls. Lil~!.< II sailo1· with a girl in every por!, I wcmted to be a sport with n girl in -every clnss. But a jerk is a jerk and a drip is 110 bn/l of fire, so .. Qua vadis, Adonis?? Iii ~:i~;r;u;~u !,.:.:::;.rl~:;ar:11::::i:;;e 110~;; 1.:ii. 1 your class n11rl t111·11s it toose 01/. 1f01' ],,,...,. gui11en Jligs. LwH suinmer 0111· ,1i: i1rnt111ctor pu/lerl that srnnt on tis, :11 '.'.~;~d11~~m;~~;::::1.1i1:;,~~ P~;~c 1;~:~~~r:~ ::l':·I of ,,111· voices cret1ted a pamc in the :1 cfrt11s1·oom. You 011yl'd tO liear ri r;irt'.~ speec/1 on n tape recoi·d. Ifs 1·y cfoss! I 11111st leuve you now, Herbie my f)cd, to retuni to tlmt place c1illed colle{IC u:lrere t!1cre i$ a mixti,re of b1·aiiis, woi·k mid toil, ylamoitr, f.altylroo, shc11a11iya11s, lffodies, fnifores, co11cliiio11s, am! whatnot. At111 .col/eu,· Sopf1 wTto i:1 'blind to these concc;,,lmlio11 of v11riegated f1wmm1 e!i-· n:cfrristics fa cert7.il'l_'J /_1f:;:d! Fiue ,sclwfm• 1'111 tunifog oia be! Wltenevel' I see a te_st tu'.i:>, whether P111'e:i: or nor, i remember t1t1.1se .hectic Cf1emi!Jt1"Y sessions we lwd ... mid tiieii 1 renlize what i.i cnrn~b I've been. So lo119. Hei·b, keep those nu4lty pa11s 011 tlrn fire. Me~tally wrecked, ~le;i;. By VNLim With the principle of "lgnoranc11 -0f the law excuses no one from compliance therewith," law can be n good study for everyone. But t.1 know, however, some vital truths about rights and obligations which nre about the gcnenl subject ma~ ter of Law, .does not need its tho· rough study. Here. in an unautho1·itative analysis and synthesis of the different rights and obligations one may ruminate on the question of "'basty marriage and land in miscThere have been several discourses :md interesting books written on mar-riage, its harmony and nil othe1 sweet nothings; as well as about its evils and paradoxes. And along these Jines treatises on divorce followed suit .. - long ·before anyone of us felt the necessity of a timely advice for a better outlook on marriage. With the advent of the new Civil Code which took effect last July 1st, we are now in the position to invoke more ri1?hts granted to us than those which we had before - and none for divorce. This particular embodiment of laws governing our civil rights was a conglomeration of different coda! provisions of several lead· ing countries. The reason behind this is to build up a more adequate, moral and uniform set of rules for us and our generation to follow. However, the whole truth is "thine:s arc not always what they all seem.· Particularly interesting to all of us (unmarried or nei:rotiable) is thl' provisions on marriage. Before we dig deep into the intricacies of this :>lluring contract, let us consider Art 52, new coda! provision which 1)l'ovides among others that "Marriage is not a mere contract but a social institution". By institution is meant a "relationship for life by virtue of which the contract can not be rescinded or terminated in any shorter period." To put it in a layman's language, it is a lifetime relatfonship manifested formalh· in writing but really in other m~nnel's which only the married people ean tell. The contract provides not merely for an OBLIGATTON to last for a day, or for a year or till I get tired of you but for life-long gcneraUy stipulated "until death do· us part". Quite lonl!" fo1· an unha1>py, nagginj? life! And too short fol' n happy one. In passing we may state here th'lt anyone who has no le[!al impediments, with the age of 16 unwar<ls if male and 14 upwards if female can marry,. with the consent of th'! Page 11 ~~w ~m rn MARm ~~~fR rnf ~f w [IYll rn~f If you contemplate marriage-hold it, until you have read this. 111 arital ties may mean a berth behind bars these days if you don't know the law. The New Civil Code has some bad news for the ladies. By VICENTE DELFIN parents. Howevel' those who want the shol'tcl', less troublesome way marry without the parental consent at the age of 20 upwards if male; 18 upwards if female, It is shorter nnd less troublesome because the first law providing for the legal capacity of those below 20 and 18 upwards respectively, require the parental consent. But that is not all. The new code (art. 62) provides that males below 25 but above 20, female"' below 23 but above 18 shall be obliged to ask the advice of their pal'ents or gu1:1rdian. If such adviee is not obtained or favorable, the marriage shall not take place until after thr-~e months following the completion of the publication for the marriage license. This is primarily intendC!d to avert the evil of celebrating marriage without the knowledge, at least, of Pa and Ma. On the second thought isn't this a usurpation of our constitutional right of " ... pursuit of happiness''? Is it not unfair for a legally, capable son or daughter to manage his f'r her own affair? At least to be left free in matters of his or he1· own lot? However the lnw is very equitable to you and me on one side - your dad and mom on the other. The old folks have to know and give you their blessings or their whip. It can be possible that you can manage to get yourself into the mess, push throui:rh it, without the aid of your pa and ma. But the gencrall~, 1·espcctcd and ::tCCl'nted princinl" observed in our country today, is that you'll eventually :ind ultim:itelv return to you "Tatay" and "Nanay". You'll even come back in tears of ;·C!pentance as the biblical citation of a prodigal son is told. And if your parents want to make use of the new JH'ovisiou on damages, it could be possible that the court may issue a "writ of attachment" to your property comprising your last "threadbal'es··, unrepaired shoes and a broken tooth-bridge. Of course that i,o. far from being probable. Yet, who would ever know? It is never impossible to require you to reserve such property, even if they were the last things in this world. The law does uot give way. Dura lex sed lex. Regardless of how old you are. how eager you are and how attractive the partner is, you'll have to restrain yourself a while. Reflect en the bright side of life even if the law permits you to go thru it. The Church has always been the best. known preacher advocating the necessity of parental consent and knowledge. With the Jaw almost conforming to the teaching of the Church on this point of marriage, the law is kind, and equitable. As a general rule, therefore, marriage is not merely a bilateral contract of "~ive and take". But it fr.: you1· duty and obligation to make l!'Ood to the end of the contract which finds it<; exit in death alone. If ~rou thin!,< there is a loophole in thC' law, forget 1 1 1out what you think find take this bit of good-neighbor sidvice. You'll see no "moon" and "honeys" without beine: preparl'rl for. much more so, without the el:! folks' bein~ notified. about thl' Jl•'1Jular institution. But you'l'e boun,f to see stal's in your honeymoon. Peirc 14 The exhilarati111< adve11t11res of a Botany student into the tree kingdom where you don't call an acacia an acacia but mister . I llSl·cl to he the type who aims lo hre<'ZI.' through college, the t;1 ke-iiea,y. h;1ppy-.:-<>-h1l·ky way, \\"h:.·n they ,,·n·cd me tlw currintl<1r menu. I told my.<eli there won't h,, Jwrd fare for me. only liq11i1k :\n o!dtimn Carolini;111 who took pre-mctl nikrecl ml· hi~ extll'rt sen·kes, tleiinini.:- the subjects. while I liste1wd like the 1r;1diti<111:il freshm;m. \\'lw.1 we <»•mt· lo the ckctives I macle ~11r.: I pickl·•I- the one, with less memory work. k" re;•1li11g, and kss dig:l·~tinJ.', if I couldn't gel around it at ;111. The l;1h subjects I found thl· mo~l uniamiliar and therefore the most intriguing. Bm ;dtt·r my good fril'tl<! hatl unscr;unhlcd them for me J knew I w;1s going to make one of th· casie::t pickings, I di1ln't ha\·e !o think twice at all to del.'idc betwt•e!1 a suhjcq which teaches how to coucoct poison. chcmi<try to yon. ;in.I another that is only the stucly , f tree.;, [11,i<le_ of two week,. I cak•1. late·rl we'll co1•er· any .sizt· of tTl'l' from roots to ,hoots. :\ot much memor,· work ther<: oubi1le of ka1·es ancl th~ l;iwa.an \·;irictil·s. Prl'lty dull. )f l 0 ourse -hut tha1 snit_(!d me to a T . . \ncl ,inn· I don't enjoy hr<.'aking nl• ~i~~~ ~·1\tl~~,::or [0;1·;~.;0:;;~;~.~ fiTllll): .d~1 n my first day rn the· IJ<'lany c!a:; .. I J,r1>1,1ght ;dong dark gogi.de<-,oine·· thing h;mdy to cluck behind just i:1 ca.<e I decide to cloze off throug'1 the period. to protect myseli froni getting hon·cl to (kalh. ,\ 11e;1t-looki11;: lllilT!n with '' neat Engli,h trinl lllllJI"<·>:; us w1th tongll<'-t\\·i-ting, j;1w_ hn·akin:-r Latin wonk \\'hl·n J a<k~·l ::.;;]~(·~\';·:::~1clk·~«.\,;:~~~.1~i{7t:k. il:~-t,11;:~11~'.: at 111<· ancl ,;,id~ Just tn·e·s. Th<'ll till' pretly in-trtKt<•r clictotted two dozen· of the difforl'!ll kiudo of -hruh~ ai1ll ;motha two do7_e11s stnH -from :ilamlrak~ , . .,,·aliubr) "Ile Htre 1 • c;1!1 the ]ilanh hy their "·i,·utilk nam<:, tomorr<>w 1>'itho11t the h,·11, oi your note,;, da,~ ... · .;aid ,he '"el·tl·• Ri;.dll there. I kll('W I h;1d walh·<I into a tra11 Our little· instruqor had ;1 1ktp resiie<·t ior lree' and plm\t-;. She ne1·ci' calk1l ;m acada an ;kada. sht· ).!l'ls a digniiil·•l Latin nanw for Sh<" woulcl pronounce the latin n10ni.:kl·r ~o dearly aml rcnr<"lltly as i( ,[p: wa~ ;1ctu;11ly calling the tn·c mi-Her. \\'hen ;, cl;1,,mate of min,· ;ulmitk•l that hi,; fan>rilt· 11astimc w;1s burning "k:dng111g.", sl•c e;1lled ofi Ilk ph••t<1.-yntht·si< assignml·nt ;:11d "1'"11' 1\Je 11·ho1,. pt·ri<"l herati11g <he <:ll<m1<:,; of the tn·e~. using lia>ln·•l Ian guaµe·. c;1llini.: 1hcm rnwl. lirutc~. in!111111"~' .. \t the n1d shl· ~aid tlwt ther · C.i1;d11 to 1,.. an orga11izatio11 here for the pro1ectio11 of th\• pl:-nt kiw~ dr'•m and a Siug Sing- for the 11·oc,.l. \, days kngthencd inlo w<·eks an•l "-eeks ill!n mnnihly <Jlli%t•,, 1 know ! h;ttl pirke<l •~p a hot potato. _ The tree~ got mor.· ;oml mor,· t·on~plicate•1, I w;•, h<q>illf.(" "c won Id stop 'omewhnt· in ;he -lucly of plants. ah<•" ).!e1ti11g to 1ltt· root, oi th<: mallcr But the- root, didn't ~lup our tr,<·· :'doring marm. \Ve then took up th" bark. and aiter that. th<: lilycr hehi1d thl' hark and d<:eper ;md dc<:per 1111til "e readied the core. :\t this'poi111. I ll·;incd back and relax<:cl. .\t la~·. , By LEON GENSON we· h;11·e ;,rrfrccl at the core of it allancl th(· la~t thing in trees visible to the· human eye I was ht·a1·ing a sigh oi relief whe·1 I hcarcl my kachcr·s ,·oirc call for micro.-cope·s. '':\ow". ~Tte annolmcc.r exl'itingly. •·11 ,. will find just what the cor<: is ma<k llJI as we take l'l' the O'tmly of cell~." That one got on m}- nenTs_ I ""''" ;111 set to face the teacher and ~"llH iL <]nits. had I llOt n·rncmben:d that r pron1ised Perla. [ was going tr> r.._, ;1 1loctor thrn hell or high water. TJ,c botanical grind went on while f groaned. After pl·ering i1110 the insides of the core. we proc<:cde(f t.n the layer next and aeict mrttl wc got to where we started-·thc bark. Then we ,tudicd the guerrilla 1ilants, (beg your panf011) tT1e one~ that like to go tmde~mE. r.e. tfJ>?· c;unole. potato. etc . .-\"n<l tfwC'c is t\11: ~nlunari11c type that hreathe 11nd'c1~ the water. But the .mosr e.11tt'rprishw of them all was the fl}"-t:atd1i11;.r 1>lants. (:\o. I hav"Cn"t r1emi! yet ab(l"t the plants they could employ at th~ city dog pound). Th~e are the ml'1c that build their floweti Tikc a mvus~ trap. When a >illy fly alights on tl'rcrr petal,. it docsi1°t lnw~i to 'say, ·do.;<:~, -ame. It's fo111iy; the fty jlla:m5 don't hunt- (lies. like Ll1e Engfis'1 11111111 rs, for ihl:!. fun Or it. l1ut ny delicacies iii-<: strictly ·vn !heir' men11they frcd on thtm. Tl\(' ud1l ai1d ends beg;ui lo ·perk up the other\\'i~e unhc;1rnh1e study of vl;uit~. Fron1 the first tim..: my i11(crest got stirr<·cl. But still one thing puulccl Ill('. ! coul<\n't 11mkr.o.tancl our tcad1er's iri. .-;i~teuce in tagging the 11lants hy their latin nallll'S, .\nc! in the m(.'anwhilc I <le•'eloped hcaltl1y a1·t-rsio11 ot"gai1ht ll'•J1d; I couJ<ln't miclcr.o.tancl he,·ans" f t'O\lJdU't get lll_l"<l•lf tcr Tll1:nlOrizin({ 1l·e111. Just for th<· ln·ck ·nf· iti. I looked up in the dictionary ·the meanin:,r uf 1uimosa pudica. a high.<01111cliug IY<>r<l for a· thorny shrub .. thal sb~.i."k~ at t11\' least- touch of hu11rn11 han~l [ founcl pucli(·a,. (adj.) a. fl-J11inim· f1o~· pudic11s-111ea11it1g ~hy. timid l\lay • he it, thl· pod in me. hm that reali; J!ot me. Thel'c could nol be a. lll(•P· fclidtnu' 1rnme for a \Jlanl that 1n<:IL< ;oway otlHI hlu,h when in ,·nnt11ct with t! e hunrnn f'nger,, To 1111:. th<: lati~1 1conl. hithnto col<! attd fo.reign. touk on a w;1rm signific:rncc. \Vhen [ _11rn. ll<>lllleed It <igain.I felt llS if l \\',\; rcciliu1i. a !-(real poe11_1. The oth(·r day in t:!llr oral exalll.•. 11.lis.~ Benitez held up .;t tiny pla11t. (Cont. on _p~gc .!t) The campus is a stage where stmleuts play their best !lllfl most eu,ioy!lb/c roles in colle1<e life ... .l\'EARER Tiit.: STANS. Tltr' co('(/s d111i11g i11t1'rmi . .,.<;jo11 !JO llJ) ~ \ the USC Rou.f-.<J1!Hln1 fl.flt :rn much to e:u·ape the dust Cls to SIT·DOWN STRIKES on college ho1'seplo:y a?·e staged when the quizzes come arouud the corner. -Photo by Guillermo Ang 'TiiEPATTERN. The file-in~/i~;i ; ;,;;,_ tine and the co1-ridor traffic are so rmu:ll part of college life as textbooks. qet that "u:frl(/lJ!own look''. SUNDAY BREAK. USC office personnel get a breathi1111 spell from attending to ove1'flow enrolment backbrenki11g routine. In the picture: Registrar J. Arias, Ca.<;hier P.. Siervo and Recto1·'s sec1 ·etary Equipilag. IV/SHED WE}.'JU-:XD. 'fhis is the Ubno/ Ad.~ wul XM · nwl co<~d.<;' id1> 11 11{ '' ,,.,rJ.,:1.·1ul. F/01·, Jlilr1, l'iol, A1111clts P11kiug, f,uz (UHi .Yi,,1i11 wii;ltn l c·i·c,.ydr1,11 W(I.~ 11 W('('/;. 1 :11d i11 Tfi /i.•rny--(11 1'11 l 'S(' Sn111111CT l:< ·so1 ·f ;l/ir<w1111·. FF:ATHER FINGER TOUCH. At the Sec1·etarfol De}ll. the f)llddi11g sec1·efarie.<; fo11eh off the tic!; 1wi.'ic Oil tl1eir moth;"11e.o;. BOILED DO'W.N. Plumnacy coeds /everishl!f at worh on the f01·m11/o ol poi1w11. Lab 1Cork is ureat ft111, they THR BOOK GRIND iS ON. Ed1mdim111irls tock/I! tltefr fossrms iu tlu roomy, 11oise-p·oof 11ew USC' Library (If the Main Building. L to R : Lucrecfo H11Ueza, Fe Monfnyre, Ara.-:cli Kmm. SCHOOL DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN. Aud they are hap1>y days too. A familiar scene throughou.t. the country f1·om June to April: students trooping in and out of school . .. s: ay, until one of .those da1·n things blow up i11 yom face. TIME-OUT. Libernl coeds kill time on the 11:fod!1 1·oof-11r11·den~Photos on this page by Guillermo Ang, Cecil's Studio I US'C m tlie ?2ews use ACQUIRES use VALEDICTORIAN WIN'S STATESIDE COACH HARVARD SCHOLARSHIP Thl' ac1Jnisition of Coach Raymond F. John~on, onetime most va luabli: gual'd of topfli~ht Washington State U vursity puts tbe USC Five on top es the team to beat in 1.hi~ ~'ear's inlcr-colh!aiatc LHskL't· ball competitions among thl' C..:cbu lives , It was through the efforts of Father Bunzel that Mr. Johnson',; services were acquired. ;'\Jr. Johnson is a grv.duate o( the Washington State University, where be played guard in iU varsity team from 1!)44 to 1948. An all-around athlete he c<infesses more proficiency in basketball and golf. State-side basketball know-how is Applied by our new Coach in the training of our boys. With the brand of play he mentors the boy:t with, USC chances to win championship pennants look big. Mr. Johnson is currently connectcrl with Caltex (Phil.) Inc., Cebu branch, as Marketing Assistant. -B R. R.. Tupas F 1 ·cdl'rick Krickenhcck, a JivC' wire of hiJ!h 1>chonl huy, 1950 valedictori:.in or the USC High· School trainiw ; De1)t .. l)l"Ci;idcnt of, thc USC HSTD Calholic Action. caitor, Gret.>:1 ;m I Gold, student council pre.o;id<:'nt, 11:.-J:ionary of Mary t~pped off his rcmarkahl<:' achievements br winning a Harvanl !<cholarship. J ':;!:l"in~ the .-;tandard tntnmcc o :mnin•:.don requirer\ by th<' Harvtt.rd :1ut1".1•riti'!«, J\Ir. Kih~kenix'ck r£,c.,iv.....:I last week a letter from the Harvard re~istrar admittin)! him to that uni•·e1·!-il.~· a1> a i-i:holar. rt was also lt'u1oe1 I that Mr. Kriekenbeck o>1tair:ed cxctllcnt murks in Physics and Bioloiry in the college entrance test which he took under the auspices of the Amerii:an Consulate In ·c ebu. The examination covl'red ·the U.S. hiJrh school curriculum and prepared h~· the Educational Testing Service. Barkcley, .California. Mr. Kriekenbeck was enrollerl lasl J une in the USC Llberal Arts Col· MR. RAYMOND F. J OHNSON Varsity Coach i· ~=: =·~i C. ·a.· rolinian of thel;. ~ . . Month t • MR. F REDERIC KRIEKENBECK Harvard Scholar Jege, pre-law course. He finishl'd high school in three years at the USC High Training De1iartml'nt run by Principal-Director Rev. Constante F lo1·esca. SVD. (Story on Krieken· leek ·in September issue, CAROLINIAN). F ATHER OSTER EXPERIMENTS ON SUPERSOUNDS With the characte1·istic secretiveness of one who is on the verge of a 1t1 ·eat f ind, Father Oster, physicit:.t, coulfl not reveal detail~ of his ex· J)Cl'iml'nts wh~n interviewed in his !icicnt ific laboratory nt the USC Scienrl' Building. Hl' nmde a gen<:!ra\iz;cd statement that he is expel'imenting: on super!:ouncls. He explained that immcdintc ohjel't of his experiments is to dete1·min~ the velocity of propa):'atiun of SUJX'l'S()Unils in n1l'tal rod;: u1Hler srccbl ;;~::~!n(~~11~~:~~~~11~t~:~:;i11i11~· ~-~l~di-~; diffr l'cnt kinds l)f m..-tub. Hi~ CXJX'· r imrtiti< ma~· have 1<nme np11lkntir111 t;i the aceun1te study of t he stn1ctur~· and strenJ:!'.'th of ml'tallic matcri:i i ~. a ml he rx ricets tu find pr;1 cticnl :ip fllk:ition of SC'icntific faC'ts he mi::ht hl' a hll' to gather the1·efrom. Father Ostet's task will prove b••neficial for technical. C'n.Q:inecrini:r nnrl !'Cil'nlific purpose!:, althuu::h he m{ldestl ~' insists that it i.'< too early t-:l s::y much. But this much we under. stand from his attitudl': he is kf"C)lin~ to himself until hl' i~ J11u1·e of it, the knowled~e of somethin~ valuable to science. R<"v. GREGORY HAGEMANN, SYD Aslro11omcr FATHER HAGEMANN JOINS USC A Doctor of Science in Astronomy tUnivcrsity of Berlin), the Rev. Fr. Gn-gory Hagemann is now with the use faculty. f'ather Hagemann studied ,Priesthood in the College of the Divine Worrl in RomP.. Ordained in 1936, he then studied at the University of Vienn• for two years. Jn 1938, h@ was at the University of Bulin where he got his doetl'lrate's degne in 1940. A!lsigned to the field, he was sent to the University of Peking stayed there from 1940 to 1!148. But he was sent to Australia in 1948 for astronomical research l.rntil May, 1950, when he was assigned at USC. He is currently teaching Religion. M athf'matics and Philo!lophy of Law. Father Hagf'ma nn WAS born in o ~mall villngc or Hoeastel, \Vestpha· lia. Germany. RECTOR. ENGINEF.RlNG DEAN ARRlVE FROM TACLOBAN R< ·v. Fr. Rector Alben van Gansl'winkl'I SVD. and Dran Jose Ro.. dric-ue7. arrh•cd ree<?ntl~· from a vi· sit to St. Paul's Col\cgr. Ta(']oban, l,<'ytc. The E ne-inc('rinc- D(';1n, it WM lea rni;<l. wi11 :<Uf'C'l"vi~C' and con:<!rui:! thr hlue-nl'intcd 300.000-11e~ huildinJ! for St. P:llll'f. The e1lifiee will l>t a 3.:<triry riffoir and will cover th<' same length as th.- USC main Build· FACULTY DRAI<~ RESOLUTION OF GRATITUDF. 0 AND LOYALTY TO FR. RECTOR(.. In their last meeting hdd l;i>sl nvmth, the iac11lty i1rew up a resolution exp1·cssing i;:-ratitudc and reitcratinl!" thefr loyalty to Fl·. Rl.'ctor . The text reads: "RESOLUTION OF GRATITUDE AND LOYALTY TO OUR VERY REVEREND FATHER ALBERT VAN GANSEWINKEL. SVD WHEREAS, our Very Rev. Father Rector has shown much solicitude and interest in the welfare of all memhen1 of the faculty of this Uni•ersity ri.crht at the very 11tD.rt of his odministration, WHEREAS, he has initi11ted measure that would redound into our own bet· ter mcnt of living, WHEREAS, he has promulgated administrative measures for the social amelioration of the lot of teachers, WHEREAS, his dealings° with all faculty members have been always on the professional level, WHEREAS, he has been always fair and just in his policies in the .University, THEREF'ORE, be it resolved u it is hereby resolved that the Faculty Club expresses its heartfelt gratitude and reiterates its loyalty to the Very Reverend Father Rectw and that copies of this resolution be furnished the following persons and entities: The Very Reverend Father Rector The Superior General in Rome The FathPr Provindal in Manila The Carolinian - Official Or1tan or the Student Body of the University of San Carlos Dane this thirtieth day of July Jn the year of our Lord nineteen hun· dre(! and fifty." COLLEGE OF EDUCATION BOLSTERS FACULTY Recent addition to the College of li:duca.tion faculty is Dr. Lourd<"s :\l<'~qucda. Ph.D. and l\fis~ Gertru· des An.er, MA (UST). Dr. i\losquc· 1ia, hold!.'r of <. doctorate'~ dcl!"re:e in E1:ueation C UST), handle:< C'11l1('atio'1 ~uhjed'< in USC, whil<' Mi«'< Ang'!' i"ni·t.• is F::nglish. Two tripnotcht>1·~ of Teuch1•r1<' F.xami11atiri11:< g:i\·(·n in Cl•lm havcril~o joined r;uJ" fat uity. Th<'>" in t"' Mias Praxedes Salig umba who topped in the last Teachers' Exam· ination, and Miss Pai Noel who topped the s::.mc examinations two years ago. They arc tea.chin!.!" in our new Elementary School D<"pal"tmenl at Jones Avenue. Both finishc1I ETC at USC. A ballet dar:ee mal':<tra o! not: i\lrs. Luz Paz l\.lanr:10-Sandici;::o leacl,cs ;n our fast-growing Girls" ii i ~~. S<.:Oooi Department. She hPd just ricriuire:d her BSE from USC. Auothcr ~raduat<: of our CollC:tjc of Ednc:ition who t~aches in tn'! Gil'ls' Hii;h School is J\Ji:<~ Cora?.oro f:n n. She hi:ndles National L1 · nl!Ua:.:e. while a brainy young lady Mi:'~ Co~1cepcion Rodi! recently graduat1,d from the College of Education. summa cum laudc, now leach('!Sranish in th<' USC T1aining Dep:-.rtment . Misses Aurora Causing and Carmer. Camara also p.roducts of the USC C')llege of Education :mmma cun; lauc!e and magna cum laud'· respt>et ively, havi.i abo joinecl our ia('u/ty. Mii.s Camara leaches En· :?li!'h in the Girls" High Schcol, whih: Miss Causini;: teaLhes P}:iJ,,. !'Ophy. REV. JORGE KRIEGER TAKES OVER NEW CONSTRUCTION Oldtimer Fr. Jorge Kri<"ger, oM of the SVD pioneers in Cebu arrived to supervise the unfinished Luilding program of USC. Not new to t his job, he directed the construction of the prewar San Carlos annex housing the chapel, dining room and library. Also he was respon!llible of the SVD constructions at Vigan. One-time treasurer of the Colegio de San C:irlos. F r. Kriegn couldn't get ov<"r his surprise seeing the new USC and said. eon1ing- to use is "like coming home." REV. J'ORGE KRIEGER. SVD Pio11cer com11 home Essays are made /Jy foo's like me But only God Can make a t,.e,, By BIEN VENIDO S. OZARRAGA A lea( is not only an impressivr.:. pieec of Divine ingenuity. It is picturuque. It claims that it has iii. numerable gadgets which are al- . most synonymous with those foun:I in ~ rational aTi.imal - especially the female specie. The exact composition of a leaf is sometimes :i· ' motber of doubt that even the mo~t <iiligent biologists have been credit· ed for having given false thcorie11 about this wonderful masterpiece oi God - n leaf. Do you know that a leaf can ex-. prH-s thoughts and c1·yi:.talb:e cn10tions with deeper and more en<lul"ing understandinl'!'? To some persons, a leaf ma~· be small and meaningless - it may be nothing! To me a leaf is an old favorite that hu won a niche in ll!Y heart. There i~ nothin~ as nrnjc~tic ·as a gracotul foal that is lost in enchantment in the Whirl of n cool sull)inCr evenini.: breeze. OM can not help hut cmvy n leaf when it glides and eincsscs the c!Jrl)' mor ning air .pregnant with -the tenrler rays of· Aurora. R~"llv. a leaf is lJQrn with the blood of a · b.allroom dancer running -in its vein~ . No one can ri.Q:htl'ously as~l'l't that }::" is" the· sole praetitioncr of thi~ wl·I(· a rt o { lcitf-lovinir. Each a111l evcr \'onC: O f us - from the e11vc o» fron; lhe court - · has the riirht l.~ acquire freely· the exquisite \eisu1·c, freedon1, and independence which a re the ellpital of a leaf-love1·. T hes<? come only by the grace of God - a direct dispensation from Heaven! A leaf, unlike a woman, belongs to the fifth race - the green or chlorophyl race, A leaf inhales carbon dioxide, and gives off oxygen; a woi'nan does the exact opposite thing. A leaf n1anufactures food; a woman consumes food. A leaf uses tut-Ins on itli Surface for ru·o· tection; a woman uses cream on her face for advertis12ment. However. a leaf and a Woman al'c born with· 'itreat Siinilarities - before the e)•es of man and God! A leaf mar ries either a branch or a stem that giv12s it -moral and physical support untii• death divorces them . A leaf i" m·ade up of million!\ of cells -- living and dead! It prartiees the conventional customs of respiration, t ra nspiration. and perspiration. It drinks, eats, crow11, lives, ltd sick. a nd dies as n101·tal~ do. It has for its" 111keletal system the midrib and netted-veins ; It ha!< for its flesh the flat a nd broad Made which may t ake an? conccivabll' shape. The cross-~ection of a leaf, as seen !)}rough a mic1·oseope, looks like anyttiinJ?: that I have not seen and U?l· (lf'rst()()(I before. It is like the world t.hat one u"uall~· hears the doctors talk about in the barber shops . Let us take, for l.'!l:amplc, the i;taten1ent that t her t' are two n1il\ions or more c:uard cells. 01· stomata, which a 1·~ the breathing or1tans of a leaf - n fantast ic number which when compa red with a woman's pair of nostrils would seem more absurd thlln real. The irregular epidermal cells of a leaf .re used to protect the delicate heart from mechanical injuries that mny be inflicted by any irresponsible intruder- such as a 1nan. Great verse can help to vitalize our thinking nbout the eommonplace a nd eh:mt-ntal in life, and can idealize and J!ive meaning to the simplest thioi:s in creation. Listen to Tenny" LC'of iu the crmrnied wt11/, I 11lud: you out of llit cni1111ie.~. I !told y ou hut', blade mul nfl, i>1 lll;J ht1llfl, Lilllr Leaf - but if I eo11/d H " - der slm1d Jrh" / 1/1'.lU m·e, blrtde and rill, rm.I al! hi all. I !lhould fm aw wlu1t Goel f/!1(! mf!ll I~ It i:o: written in tht? Commun.1llll'nts that thou shalt not kill. Killi11!! a leaf , therefore, for financi:>.I or sentimental reason, Is not justfiahlc . O nly God can take bat'.< what He has i:ivcn. Yl"R, a leaf is worthy of our love and care. It is the choicest i:ift th;•t Heaven has kindly lent to nU1~1kinjl. God has i:iven us C)'CS to sec. nnd lips to tell how !rl'eat God A!· "mh~hty is Who has macle t h12 ~k •rful leaf. •A Short Story Battle No word above a whisper was spoken ... his heart drummed against her picture in his breast·pocket. The mellow dusk deepened into ebon darknes.i. From the next hill the glimmer of firelight appeared, one after the othe1·, like fireflies on a tree. He knew as he gazed upon them, from where he was sitting, whn·~ they meant. No fool would dar~ show hi!! ramplights at a time lik.? this. Those on the other side, he thought. cnu\d not be friends. Tht:y could only I.le one thing - the er.o.:my. For a moment, he lost himself in in -a maze of memories. It was the only vi~ he occasionally indulged fo under the circumstances. To him h has bccoi11e a luxury. And he usually remembered with fondness "Lahn,..: Heights ." In his reflections, he could see onee morc:o the twinkle of ligh~s as he gazed on the City below. He admir<'d the beauty of that night long ago. with the !'tars and the milky way, with the moonlight whic~ Hl'm<.'d to hn·n the cogon grass int'l . g-old<.'n billowy waves as the wind blew upon lh<.'m, although the o;ilenlly breathing hills that sprawled around seemed threatening aJl(I Jrl·im . On that particular night of 1he past. he was lost to the beauty nound him while by his ;;ide was "Pk". !'wee-t little fi.r:urc who dn1nk with h' m the intoxicating magic of moonli~hl <ind its effect upon the !'l'll~!' . lfo J"e1m:mhered that night of all nights he spent at Lahug H<"i;:hls because it was their last nii:-ht together. He loved her and he felt that she would not belong to an~•one hut to him. H<.' was sur<.' of it heran.~r there wa!' something. in<.':'l"plicablf' in!'irk of him which tul1l him so. An1l thl'\' had g-mwn tor.:e· th<.'r t irlce childh<"101l. She \1·n~ l·Ss'i!lltially a 1 1nrt of him 11i:- he k• her. Tt wn,:: to him thr.t iihc r.!,,.,:P· • 1u1·nc1! tf) when she had tnH1l·11·A ..,f l·e-r own. He tx>caHed thot h~ J'l\w•·n ., to h<'r that night but she said simply that she was not ready, th<1t *ht: would ti.ink it ovel'. He knew that ahe was riJ!ht. When he took her home late1· that niJ!ht. he wantl.'d to tell her tJne thing more. He believed that sh'! would change hel' mind if only he ro11ld tell her about it. But he could not afford to tell her, because he knew that there would be teal"'S. He could never stand tears shed by a woman. Her father was at the door when they reached he-r home. TellinJ! her beca1ne mol'e diffi.cult, But he hope'I that he would have nerve and op· portunity to te-11 her the f0Jlowini;:day - th11t he was expecting orders to le-ave at once to report to some Anny unit. On the followii:ig day, the oppor- , tunity ·never came, because his special orders arrived marked "Confidential": a nd he left without even bidding his friends "Goodbye". He did not want to believe that he sailed, but he realized the pai.1 and St1ffer in1? it caused him, the lonelinns that ovnwhelmed hint wMn standin,q: against the railinr:s t1f his departing ship and staring blankly at the fast receding \anscape of his home island, the dark :m:-1:iety of not knowing his exact (f~tination . He remembered "Pie" .rnd t he photog1·aph of her he was not able to forget to include while paddnJ! up his things, but ju11t the same, the outlook appeared dark :uul l!'loomy. Da,•s of bitterness and hack·bl'l":ikinr~ l'ihel"ienc<.'s one bl' one crowdeil into his life after that. His sole con!lolatlon was to think of her .and of that n"ight he 111'1'.Spose:I to h<.'r, he1· lovelinus and the con. sciousness of t!l; fact that he had ahv&ys car r ied her picture on his brust·pocket next to his heart .. He reached automatically for th'! picture in his breast pocket, an::I wanted to look at it over again" aa he used to in spite of the envelopinir darkness. He wanted to see the se· rene f ace full of life and promise. But suddenly: '"Order for you, Sir", a sergeant approached him in lhl' J!'.loom and handed him a note. By t he light of his very carefully shaded one-celled flashliJ!ht he read it. He was ordered to report to Battalion Headquarters for comb:i.t orders. The "Old Man•· of the Battalion ~a"'e the officers a briefing. He talked for o while about valor 11.nd patriotisnl a nd the glory and honor one )!ets in the battlefield. After that. all the officers were given their respective combat orders . When hh; turn canie, he J<tood at attention hifore the map and the "Old Man·•. He was oriented on the situation of t he field of action. It was very necessary that they knew the deployments of the other companies to avoid J!('tting shot at ur shooting at t hem . "Lieutenant Villarin, you will take your Company to this point here, on the right of the current position t)f the enemy. Connect your left !lank with t he right o! "A'• Company. You will attack when you .hear the firing of "D" Company which will ~erve as center and key Company to our bRttle formation. You will take position at 2200 Hours and get as dose as you can to the enemy un· I ii the firing from "D" Company ~i .... nDls the s~·nchronized advance. > 11 other n1ovements are left to )'OU r <H~e"etion . ls that clear?" When he reached the Company, he fo~nd his junio1· 'offic~r~ excitedly waitini: for hlm. He transmitted <Cont . on pa.1tc Hl) ROTC U DI IE il Ever kicki11g "like a cog on a wheel 1·01/i11g .•. 1·olling .•. on." Eve1i San Codo1 U. has to. But let'• co1•.cern ou.1·1elvia witk this school'• niilitary orgm1. Hue's a11 asto1mding fact abo11t it. 011e 011t of th1·ae males you meet ill lhc co:n1p11a ia an ROTC cadet. Old 111(111 J11an de la Crwt ought to ti,1 his ~-omb1·cro for that. !',11 see, even d111·ilig the ffrst couple of 11Jeefr1 of ref;i.,tm tio11 a l1m1d1ome qmme of eager flat/ool!J hod beeli11ed to this depio·fme1•t to get their 1ia111es 011 tire ro31tl". B11t it was 11ot as ea&1f a.s tlwr. E-..:n11 g1mtlemr111 had to get himself p,.or.essed .i11 ti.at ·s111ic111 · mt1·;_ ltint "' "''eries that si:e<l liim 1111 for e/igib'.lity to the mimllcsl. detail. We c<m:t alftt·d slo/)piness i11 tliis 011tfil. Now the combiiied Artille111-lnfan· lry Cortis of Ort USC i1 1,739 strong -tire biggest yet 011 tside Manila. You remember it was anl11 an ar. tilltry coi·ps wt had last. year. B11t it wos rt111a1·kabl11 011tstanding. We t:doul dut rt1,,iectB to the me11 1ul10 ltrl it. Yo11 can't fo1·get Capt. A. Co11ce1)cion , FA. He w«s tht comm«ll(i«llt, a11d 11c did the job B11perb/y. Now !it's out as Hq S-3, Artillt l"Y Trainillg Gro11p, PGF, iii Fort Meki11lt11. And C«/)I. F. Romero ·'..v no1v Ex-0 of lht "8" Blry., Artilk,.,, Trainillg Gro111>, PGF . First L1. M . Go11z«ga took n to11gl1 · nssig11me11t. Ht wns 0111· Adjidant.. Now /.e" s hi tire 30:11·<1 JI/. P. C. in T1•· blllmo, Guiwfllr, Stm1a1·. The rtst of 111 old birds ill tliis Ctll"l'll (ll"t thm1ki'1g them.. IVt'I!'! l« 11·11tcl t1 fot. ll'hflt'll mort. we're "''""' we w1111't be gfoillg P il I IE il By JV/AM ltade1·g a lta1·d time1·making u1 look alive. I g11tH thi{I miit.cis bound to alway1 get the best. Now tkt11'vt picked 011t for 1111 the training of!icer:i who'll 111ake of this 011tfit gomethii13 to l'l!member. Theii'l't n biq-1•1mcl1· i11g, hard-kn11ckled,. commendable g1·01tJJ. We ctrtaillly are ,glad abo·il tlrat. We take 111ttllio11 of our 1rew Com. mt1•1dant. First Lic11t111m;1t A11acle. to Gai·cia, FA. Tlii1111c/l-b11ilt, clecw c11t. ge11t/c11wn of five feet seve11 1r <i.•;l:t iuches in liis_ .t_ hfrties 11wkt11 <1 click in every 11101"'(/ Ire says. "l 1m111t e11,,1 ·it de corps lllld discipliile ill the 1·m1ks," he dcc/ar4.'8. A11d wt'te lmildhlg om·se/ves 111' to •meet thot . There's sometl1iug iii him mid i;1 tllrrt well-<lefi11ed '' 71ast of l1ill t/111' s lrike~ 111: Pt,.,.iisttnce. A11d ht• didu't .. get thitt for notlring. Some eight yea1·a ago, with thou· sands of otl1e,. B"taa11 defe11dcrs, lu fo1111d liimself layi11g ·down his flltil at tlie ft.et of Ili c enemy. Eve11 b!I c111nrh11111m1 g11ts one could 1io~ l1m:e actccl o//ienviBt. U was t/1e "Kiis 11ow crnd blood latt•"' f)rinci11/t tltcy secmf11 111Jlrel<1. IJ!elf, lie got out of it: OUt of the f(lmous De«tlt M«rcli, <J!lf of the ca,,a1 COii· ce11fr(ltio11 ccm111 11nd 011 t of obscew.• con111ifio11s of" clil'ty war. fead /<1/tl", /!fa "fi1.-t l'l'i%t b(ISkt f 1V!tS liis stlectiou llS urmy pe11Bio1wdo lo Fm·/ Sill. Okfolwmll, USA, wlten• lie compleled his Advm1ce<l Co111·sc in Field Arliller11 . Back lo the Ph .:_/. New USC Commandant Pag" 17 CDT COL CIRIACO BONGALOS Corpi; Commander im1i11es Ilic Fto· Easttl"n U11iversity i11 Mmiifo look him ns lieud of i!s ROTC Artil/e,.y D~1m rt111ent. More yea1·s later, lie 10m1 a11igned g10mcry insfrnctor at Uu~ Arti/lel"y Sc/101;/ of lht f'hifi111Jine Gr~mml Fo1·ce. Now Ire ill Assist·• 11t Plmis am/ T1·ai11i119 Ol!ictt· in the Ill Militm·y Arca iii Cebu. He tt'<f.1 i11te91·ated into t1ut Reu11/ro· Armecl Forces wit.I• Ilic r<mk of Fil-st Lit11tc11<111t. Of t!wt r1wl,., he j_, tlie fom·t/1 lefldi11g o(ficc1· i11 /Ire wliole Pliilippints. From the1·e, you k110111 llie rest. Fellows, here's tt man w ho's re<1lly wortli on,. bestsnlute. Gui11g 011, allow 111 to i11f,.odnce lo 11011 0111· llCW Arlj1ita11t, Lt. Ricanlo Z. F11llo11. There's a llidclen ti11ge in thi1 ma11, let me hasu11 to soy. ::.:~mc th i11y foi· you to see by yo111·· t·e/f. He wwi a PMA cadet, this fincfet1forcd, well·1mcl.:ed yo1mg 1mm ··f n11 t:i:emplary calibre. H e's got ,, soft voice b11t he lws11't got <I l'J!"t 1vor~ wl1e11 tlti11gs are 11ot co11cer11fo.r1 co111111011 goo<l. 11'e guess it w.H tire iv111· that did it. At that tim~ lie tvtlB serving 111it/1 the GlBt Divisio11, PA, iii Pa1my. ll'e/I, as geririallu. luck clidn't ho-n to his dirrrtir.11 <111d tire Japs got him bcliiwl barbed wires ill Ca11as. Tirey, som ~ · how, did11't fi11d a11y 9ood will! him <!ll(l /hty se11t him out .. He wns 1<1kt11 i11to tl1c famed guerrilla 1111it i11 Pmw1i. There 1vas where lu• [lnfoed the mort t11crits. It taker more solid timb1·e to g~t st11ck with a g1111 ai1d Rtill lil.:c !t . Lt. Fulton didu't 11tcm to mi11d that. After libemtio11 he joi11td tire 41"-! Divisio11, PA, iii Leytc. He w"1's commissio11eci 2nd Lie11te11m1t i11. 1940. 111 1948 lie was assigned Aclj11ta11t at U.P., lloilo Cit11. Tlien U.S.C. took h.im i11 1950 fol' tl1c (Cont. on page 22) Page 18 11'4JJ <!tantt <!tat4nlirs By Roman Ruiz It is not seldom that an indigna11t young m:1n demands in fervent ion.:<.> why Catholics cannot join Masonr." and remuin ut the same time Cutholics or why C:itholics are forbidden to become i\lasons? l do not wi,;h to write about M.1sons as individm1ls nor against Masonry. I am going to write about ?.lasonry and the stand the Catholic Church takes in regards to Masonry and Catholics who join Masonry. ?.lasonry or Freemasonry came into existence on June 24, 1717 with the fou11dution of 1he Grand Lodge ,f Engl:111d. It is becau.~c :\lasonry is opposed to the Catholic Church, that the Catholic Church has to lake .'.l stand against it. In the words of 1111 illustrious :\la~on. Parkinson, ''The two systl'ms of Romanism (Catholic . Church) :111d Freema.~onry are not only IXCO:\IPATIBLE, hut they arr: R:\DIC:\LLY OPPOSED to each other." (Cfr. Freemason's Chronic!<', 1884.1 r,rj). This is so well understood that 1\lasonry cloes nol want Catholics in their ranks. Let me <JUOtc :igain: "We won't make a man a Freen1aso11 until we know that he isn't a Catholic". (Cfr. Freemason's Chronicle, 1!19o,11,347.) No one therefore will blame the Clmrch for disapproving of an organization which itself professes to be Her enemy, and which has ior its aim the destruction of the Ca1holic Church as we shall sc·c latl"r. lt is true that many Catholics an· misled hy the assurance of some Masons that there is nothing in the ma~onic organization which is in any way opposed to the Catholic Clmrd•. :\nd some :O.l;1son,; will tell Catholic;; that :0.lasonry is not a religious insttt11tion, but that it is a purely fratern.11 aml philanthropic organization. These· :0.1 a.,ons may he sincere in thdr prcwstations. This is 1lue to the fact that only some of the rank and file ()[ :\la:\cnry are acquainted with the reai, iimcr purpose of i\lasoury. Let m'.'· quote tlw great :iliasnn. Olfrer. I-le ~;~;:~ ·~~:C~lf:~ll~ ~~;~:[l:~lin:~~k \~lil:;: lhe elementary 1ni11eiples of th<.' science of Freemasonry . ]nitt JaltasnnrJJ '"i\lasonry may tw fifty years masters of the Chair and111yet not learn the secret of the Brotherhood''. (Cfr. Oliver. Theocratic Philosophy, 355, and Oli\'cr, Hist. Landmarks I, 11.21.) Xow what is the true purpose· of i\lasonry? .J~et l\lasonry iBe•f deelarc 1t throµgh the m 011t11 of ;mother great Mason, Senator Del11cch. President .of the Grand Orie11t, i11 his address. Sept. 20, 190.oi: ''The triumph of the Galikan (Jesus Christi has lasted twenty centuries. But now He dies in His turn. The mystcrio1n voice. announcing. the death of Pan to Julian the :\JlOstate today a'lnounces the death of thl" impostor God. Brother :\.lasons, we rejoice :c ~late that we are not without our ~hare in this 0 \'crthrow of the fal><1 1>rophets. The Romish Church fou11d . ed en the Galilean myth. bl'gan to <kcay rapi11ly from the very 1lay on which the Masonic association wa~ <·stahlishcd." (Cfr. Compte-rendu Gr Or. de France, '1902,381) :\lasonry, therc!o'rc, clairns: 1) that Je.;us Christ is an impostor God.) that the Catholic Church is founded on the Galilc:in mylh. 3) that it r<:joices in helping overthrow the C•lholic Religion, The ways and means that 'Masonry adopts to accomplish this aim and purpose: the death of 1he impostor God, Jesus Christ, ancl the destruction of lhc Catholic Church, may remain hidden ancl unknown 10 the rank a11<I file of Masons; the tactics may vary in certain localities ancl :1ccording to t!1e circumstances; but the Masonic 1mrposc remains the same all over the world. For "lasonry is unified the world O\'er, as the Grand "laster. Clifford, assures us: "The absolm.~ oneness of the craft (;\fasonry) i'i a glorious thought. Neither houndaric.of States nor \'ast oceans separalc the Masonic fratcmity. Everywhere it is one. (Cfr. i\rcemason's Chronicle, 196o, 11, l,l.?.) lk~i1les :\.l;1sonry is not only a ira. terna! and phil~111~hropic < q.:.,nizatio11. hut it is also a religion of naturalism and denies the supernatural ord,·r; :\.·lackey's Lcxico.o. of Frc·en].ilsonry tells us that ":\II the cer<.'monies '11 our Order hegin and terminate with 1>raycrs, for :\fasonry is a RELIGIOUS 1:--.'STITliTIOX". Hcncr ?.lasonry aims at the destruction of Jesus Christ and His Rt'.ligion. thr Catholic Church. With these facts in 1nind, the C;1. tholic Church would he coward an,\ a traitor to Her trnst if She did no~ opvosc "lasonry an~\ punish any oi .her suhjccts who join the :\.loisonw ranks with excommunication. Just :·~ any go\•er1m1<.'nt who would tura their [)ack to their country, go ove~ lo the rank;; of their country's en('. my's cause. :O.·fasonry is 1hc profe~~c1l enemy of Jcs11• Christ and l-lis' Church and we hav<.' it on 1he'r own wort! and authority. A soldi<.'r obeys his superior officer. e\·c11 if he docs not vcrccive the reason or the wisdon1 of lhe order~ gi\'en. Citizens obey a1al trust tlu;•;r go1·cn1ment. \Ve, Catholics, shoul<i be at leas! as loyal to our Ch11rcil and trust Her, as we trt1s1 and arc loyal to our country. And for u.,. Catholics, it should be wholly surficient that an official pronouncement has come from Our Holy Father, the Pope, to accept and ohcy it unhl·~i tatingly, even if we may fail lo perceive all the implications and wisdom of the document. For the Cl111rci1. only after a Jong, tedious and careful study and investigation has come out with Her condemnation of Masonry, Po11c Clement XII ( 1jJ8), Benedict XlV (1751), Leo XII (183'j), Pius VII (18z1l, Leo Xll (1S:;Cl, Pius IX (1S84J haYC condemned i\lasonry anti prohihited all Catl:olics to join 1t. The prcscnl Jaw of the Church ·~~ contained in the C:mon Law: "Those who join a :\loiso11ic society. or other similar asrnciations which consvirc against the Church or tl1e legitimate cfril authority, incur by that very fa;t e.xccmmunicoition resened to the 1 lo'r ~c~ ... (Canon 2335) This excom· munication cuts • off the Catholic from his Church, deprfres him of th~ Sa(r;unents, of ;1ll shi1rc in the Church's puhlie prayers and· of Catolic burial. Our gon·rnment know3 who a1;r[ (Cont. on page 11) 11 Spices & Spikes * H ~~~--==- :~1 lly IVOD llaniga L1ke a shaky 11w1•dicant wh.o loses ~1t:0= ,t;·;:~dch!J::~·~l~~:=r~1.:;a:: ttll fo1wt to pro~e fmntically mucki.~h-d6ptl1a of 0111· minds for a coin of l'I Fi 11 1:1 r. r r u1t ftiea, 11nd like him we finally witl1draw slush-dripping hands 11nI[ ~~:~~.e~ to show a desperate empti- : The aftermath. - Remarks overheard from some optimists suddenly gone cynics: f' "A school is only as good as its j i;tudent body, despite its. marble pilI lars." w~~~'h:~er~~ic:~~:tru~tiv!h~:'>P::~t~:~ 1~1 by _a well-meaning student is jeer- l~i' ed at by not a few so-called colle- _ I:! gi&ns?" "Gross irresponsibility!" tntimately, this parting spike: "They. must all be cases and I don't mean legal, not at all!" Only the strrmg can 1·efuse adanumtly clay-self's clamoi· for release in moments when self-denial is mt i'lllpotcnt virtue. Prologue. Headline - .VARSITY STUDES STAGE WALK-OUT ALA GROMYKO. The provocation - A recent class election. Qualification or rectification, please Whether it was plain boredom or just a mild case of dissidence, some members of a L - class tramped out minus a "by yom· leave" in the midst of an election of a class candidate for the L-Circle presidency. Orchids to the class Prexy ! Reason? For his magnificent inability to treat th~ matter as a slap in a civilized face. .. . Limbless forCC'B of the Will battling vainly Self"s white-clad hordes. . knowing that in the end there's only the wreck of a fighti11g token to lower chastised eyes oj enough! enough!.. as foes victorious hoist ingloiious ban11el'S on higlt . . , then mttlually. . . p1tnctuates the field a cry of desvafr. * In line with the austerities of the times this coluinn is ushered into journalistic-life and flourishes perfluities. sans wonted ruffles of introductory su1:1 ll !i ll n n 1:1 q [1 I Ii ii Ii q r· 11 fl i.I 1:1 I:, 1 Page 19 rnf HfArn Ot rnf MIND sc~e~~~=t g~1~~a;a~:~~~·ei%~e0~ha~~~rci:.%~dt~t cZ1~~ ~:;u~~~ man min(L~xpan.d as it may, it will never go beyond the elevation and rnoml c.ultm·e of CMistianity as it ylisten:·: and shines in the Gosnel" -GOETHE BATTLE THOUGHTS ..• (Cont. from, page 16) orders without - delay. Extra rations were issued, canteens filled, and don-combat equipments secured and moved to the rear, The Company moved in ·single fil.? over the rough hilly terrain, They moved like wraiths in the darkness of a seemingly &t'eathless night. No word above a whisper was spoken Occasionally the dull thud of falling body ·was heard followed by 1nuffled curses. He knew that his men were in the right pitch. When they cursed, it meant that their fighting teniper was on. His scouts ri:ported that the camp of the enemy was only six hundred yards ahead. The position of "A'' Com1Jany was located and simultaneously i:. halt was ordered. A deployment followed systematicslly frotr. the extreme right of the "A·• Company. Each s:ildier glided noiselessly into assi!!;pec! positions. After tht:' cieployment, there w.ls silence complete and ominous, an unholy stillne!'s presaging violent :i.ction. The thriught of the grim real!tie~ of war made him sl1mlri<'r. He could not belfovc that there could be anybody who does not fear death even if life is not sweet. And even if deep in his heart he felt that dying \'•r,uld be sweet with the consciousness that you are 'lncrificing your life for others so that they may live to cherish the freedom which you arc fightin!? for, the thought of it rnadl~ him dizzy and sick. For he rememhl"red his loved .,nes at home rnd his lovely little "Pie"', the one dear girl he would wish to meet £1?a1r.. His memory l'lf them made him bitter again11t the business of killing and being killed, If only he could have his way .. Staccato sound11 of firing aroused him from his thoughts. From the direction of fire;· he knew that his first platoon committed itself into action, may be after having been sighted and sniped at by the enemy. Bullets whizzed ~. Rnt he crawled towards his first platoon to verify, But suddenly he felt something hit him. He fell. A numbness enveloped him, fogging his thoUghts, Faintly, he battled for consciousness. His hazy thoughts conjured an image of his "Pie" beckoning to him, He felt light and rising, rising, he walked on velvety clouds. On and on, he went until oblivion claimed him, When he awoke, he did not know where he was. An attendant spoke to him gently. "Please don't move, Sir. You are in s hospital." She' made him drink water which ·was a blessing to his parched throat. She told him his Company was outflanked when he was wounded. But his .Company held the enemy until re-enforcements arrived. The Battalion line was held intact, thanks to his Company. Gradually, everything became clear to him. He felt a faint elation in spite of the unfeeling numbness of his bandaged head. He was tired and he slowly rested back his head on his pillow, With half. closed eyes, he wanted to give up thinking because of the effort of it and lay back to unconsciousness, But unconscious again, he felt remote echoes, faint and distant throbbing in his sub-conscious mind. Staccato echoes of firing. When he reopened his eyes, the door suddenly opened. A familiar finure in white glided in. His eyes gradually cleared and from being dull, they became excited. She smiled th1·ough her tears. Could lt be "Pie" really? He asked himself. It must be a mirage or a mocking dream. The shock of reality was too much for his weakened brain. He fell back into a coma for sheer happiness. And he dreamed. He could see the i:dimmer of firelight as the~' appeared like fireflies on a tree. He saw the stars on the Milky Way, the moonlight which seemed to turn the cogon grass into billowy wav<'s trying to envelope him. And the hills, they have ceased to lnok ~rim Jind threatening. An unmistakable light of promise glowed from them as. reflected fr~m the golden beams of the rising moon, Page 20 "Rene deal'est," the letter began. !'lfirn's heal't beat iial'd agamst he!' brea!'t. She wished again and again that this moment was yestel'day, a yeal' ago, that this moment was over now and had become a blot in hel' memol'y and a hal'mless dream. She stopped wfiting to gathel' h~r thoughts. She had been thinkhig for days, for months. Even her ~leep had been one endless thought. She was thinking still. And yet, thoughts took her nowhere, leaving her nowhere, · leaving her more confused than ever. If she had only one thought. But her thoughts were many, too many that each one little thot•ght took her farther away from the thing to do. The drumming pain in her heart heightened, seemingly suffocating her. She opened the windows to be able to breath freely, to· assuage a little bit the silent agony thal was &ilEmtly eating her heart, And she almost cried. For there, outside, everything was calm and ·peaceful The silenl night seemed to mock the restless raging of hel' soul. The skies were clear and a million stars looked steadily upon .:m already slumbering world. Not a light from the neighbo1·ing houses flickered. All was ~ilence. Mira smothered a sob She stood for a long time by the window. She c0mposed herself, but the raging of a thousand furies inside her still remained. The letter must be written tonight. She had put if off for months. She could not go on putting it of forever. She looked down at the letter she had began. "Rene dearest", what !'hould she add to that? The words would not come. Always she would stop at that. But this time, she knew she must write on. She received a letter from Rene that morn. ing asking her for a definite answer. In seven years anybody's patience can be sorely tried. Others could not wait that long. Loving, loyal Rene. Her mind went back to the time she met him, at one of those party dances a girl of eighteen neve1· missed. It was not love at first sight. An interesting friendship; but after the enthusiastic discus~ions, the long arguments and witty repartees, it deepened into a mutual affection for each other. · They were not engaged at once. A disappointment in her first love affair made Mira wary of all men. But she never knew a more persistent man than Rene. He wrote .her lettel's, called her on the phone eveBy MARINA F. DlilO ryday, and occasionally went to see her. What woman's heart could not be moved? They had been engaged for two years when Rene . decided to go to Manila to look for a job. When he did not write for three months, Mira thought it was the end of their affair. She was re.ady to think that men can J1ever be trusted when a letter came which proved how wrong she was. Rene had at last found a job and was ready for anything, even marriage, That wus the first hint he gave of his true intentions. But Mira was troubled. She knew she was too young to get married, although she loved Rene very much. She told Rene so, and poor Rene answered he could wait. It was not easy for Rene. He could have married any other girl and been happy since then, But he chose to wait. He never botheNd her. He just wrote her faithfully and Mira saw now and then his longings and his dreams between his lines. Lately, however, his letters became less frequent. Was it because of the girl he wrote about once, the girl he met at a military ball? Mira never gave a thought to this before, but Rene's silence lately gave her a dread that something wa<; wrong. For the first time she was afraid. What if Rene should stop loving her? And suddenly this morning. his l(:tter came asking her for as frank (Ill answer as she could give to his proposal. Not th11t he was tired of :waiting, he said, but he wanted the truth. He said it was about time she give him a direct answer. And he did not explain about his silence. Jt was not like him. What should i;he do? She should not lose him, she could not bear the thought of losing him. Yes, she would write, she would write at once. She would tell him she. loved him, But she stopped short on her emotions when· she remembered her father. There was her poor father t.:i think of. Her love for Rene was' equalled only by the love she had for )\er father. Her fat-her loved her dearly and she could not help but love him as much. She had never known of any instance in her life when her father punished her, although she was as naughty and active as the other girls. She still could remember those times when her father would take her on his lap and tell her the nicest stories ever. When her mother scolded her for sOmething and whipped her, her father would usually comfort her and give her some coins without her mother's knowledge. Only there was one time when her father took to gambling and grew violent-tempered. That was the only time when she feared him. She was then in the priinary grades. There were frequent quarrels between her father and mother, and she always found her mother in tears. Mira wondered at the change in him, but it was not till she ·was in the high school that she found out why. . Her father was ambitious for his children. Though - he himself did not have much of a Schooling, he believed in giving a full education to his children. He sent his eldest daughter to college intending her to finish dentistry. But without even going through her first year, sh~ eloped with her classmate and sweetheart. Her father was terribly affected which accounted for the radical change in his temperament. He never entirely recovered from that blow when his second daughter married much against his wishes. He knew that the' man was a good-for-nothing and would give his daughter only much misery. When she found out to her great sorrow that her father was right, it was too late to repair the injul'y she did to herself. Mira's father seemed to have no more heart for his family after the second disappointment. But there was one exception. He had always been very "''"l<I to him in spite of evP.rything. rt. seemed that he has trusted her J"'ore than the others and has placed all his trust in his one remainin,% hope - hE!r loyalty- to him. The 111!lt drenm'I_ of hi!< ebbing youth were gradunliy revived at the (Cont. on page 22) THE LETTER .•. (Cont. from page 20) thought of Mira's approaching graduation from college. She knew that she could not let him down. She remembered what he said to her one day. "I hope you will' stay with us alWays.'' He did not.1 say more. But it told her all the '-J1guish there was in her father's heart at the thought · rf this two past disap9.ointm\'!11h<. near, dear father. She would try hN· hest to comfort him anci make l\im happy. And yet, Mira's seemingly impulsive heart rebelled. At 25, she had every right to live life the way she would want it. She hated to think rf her becoming an old maid. And Rene. She \VOuld become old and he would not love her anymore when she is faded. There would not always be a father to love her. And she wanted to love and be loved very much and alwnys. Hers was a passionate nature and she thought she would wilt away without affection 3.nd care. It was an outrage. She could not, and must not waste bet• life with lier folk.;. She stood u11. unable to aueH the •urblllence of her fast beuting heart. As she turned from th:i tnble sl.e was wriling on, ,;he saw the image of the Sacred Hearl" of Jesus on the wall. Praying for mar.y night.; past, could she pra~ more? But she prayed, pouring out her very soul into her prayer. And as she prayed, she heard her father's loud snorin~ in thP other rMm. He ~lwa;.-s 5nti1:'1:d like thnt whenevE'r his sleep was peaceful. The thought of it scemeQ to rim? a bell in her heart. ·The Ct>ck crr>~·cd for it was already very late at night, but she felt at last the peace of mnny torturing moments, At last, she could finish the letter now. She had found the definite answer. "Rene dearest'', he would always be dear , to her. That mu<"h she would hold ~ven if her nodding head shall have birned grey and her loving father !=!hall ha,•e long been deod. ----<>-----THE ROOT OF THE ... Co1it. from page 14) with' tiny, folded leaves dasped like hands in prayer ;ind called my name. 1 stood up. hrc~thcd deeply and said: ;\limo~a Pmlic't, in clear ~oft. reverent tonl's as if, T was really "Miss"-ing it. Miss Ilj!nitez looked UI) at me, knitted a starlled brow, then scratched my grade cn her record. "Next", she said to the student behind me. A YEAR IN GOOD ... (Cont. fr.on~ .Dage IO) ~1l;e•;ir:t ::::~~~r,d i1~~ ~~~\~ers th~:: kindergarten! The Tactical lnslkdion i!t ahom to round the corner. So. you low!y stinking rookies. git lmsy! Brush 11p on weapons, close order drill, gun rlrill, sqnad drijl batt.ery drill, manual of arms:-." :f..eam to disassemble and re.a~c11Jblc the arms and name ~the parts as you take 'em a1>art. Poke at that dusty boro.. with a cleaning rod, swab th;i.t breech with a rag a~1·d make it shi11c. Q,·crtimc in the field as we learned Interior Gm1rd Duty, First Aid, Scouting and Patro\1ing. Map rea<ling. lecture~. pop ~h<."ets, dclincinency reports. make up tours in the Ar· mory. Chanii:l· that bushy haircut ~Llld adopt the military or crew cut. (If I were a dame it'd be the 11ewfanglcc1 "shingle bob" or whatever it is that hait(lo whic:h the girls are now cra7:r about is callc1l.l Yol1r head looks lik.c a tire with white sidewall. someone quips. Sha\'e off that tickler on your kisser: "T won't hu·e no gorrillas and hairy a1Jes in this man':< st111le11t army. Targ~t shooting on the firing range. You wonder if in actual combat you'll have tile nen'(' and sense to ai111 that carcf111\y, or whether you'll just cut loose with e\'crything you go1 when you face the euemy. Another mid-term, and you get the shh·ers all over you. ·-Get in there ancl r{tch. Buh. It'~ funny how other fellows take this husiness. \\'hen th~ mid term exam hovers abo\·e them like the Sword of Damocles. ;h:r c:ram night ;•fter night. as if tomorrow were The Day, memorize, study. pore. crnck their heads. Then, on the night before the hlow. everything is re:~died. Books. note books, paper. pc:11ci!s and pen. notes, blue hook~. all arc stacked neatly on the table for a 11uick grah on the morrow. Then '">ff, eager an<l anticipating. to schooland what<ldaya kn~w? the adimi~sion slip is left home. fO'rgotte11! University Day, the one bright day of the year. Parade. gaycty, glamo:·. Nights of revelry. when all the girlr. are sohl'r and most of the men are high. Contribmion~. which make income-tax evaders of boys and girk The affair drags uti t11rougl1 tlire.: nights, and then all tl1at's left. are cn1mbs. \Veil, the cycle 1s almost comJlletc. and then Freshmen tl1rn Sophon1ores. Sophomores become Juniors; fledglings entet'-·regular courses. some go to other places to continue PASSIN' THROUGH •.. (Cont. from page j) WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH ALMA MATERPage 21 Fr. Rector said so few students writ.: for 1his CAROLl:-\IAJ\' of our~. We.JI, either: (1) with the exception of the staff members and frequent co;1irilmtors, the students of use are so i11fcrnally wrapped up in th~1r studies: (l) there could be the spirit but no brains (eh!); (J) they Jlay one buck fihy cents a semester hr' thr 11uhlication and it can go wrap up some bread for all they care: or. (4) they"rr afraid to try .. This is a ca\1 fo• all '"Carolinians"' to chip in their tw·1 bits worth of schmalz. ANY OTHER RADICAL READFR? .. I a!'t th' ad\·ber one:!.' about whut l10:1hot1j.l:ht of lhe corn in this mag. He sed ... (;u1yw;1y.) there arc corny readers!" Now look who'~ talking about Jlap orncl pulp! Mehbc r should ha1·~· headlined thi~ PAP CORX. Yak yak. FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLSA 11111 cracked. He said the hell in our roof garden tower is for la1~· s.tudents who cannot get uv carlr enough for the first perio11. Any ringing, buzzing ;darm too? CONCLUSION (CONCUSSION): Okay. okay. so I talk too much. Ca·1 ~ ou concoct such balmy ideas all by yourself? \\'ithout a straight jacket, that is .. WHY CAN'T CATHOLICS ... (Cont. from page 18) what her l"nemies are. So does the Church know and sho11ld know who a11d what her enemies are. Shall we cl'iticize and condemn any government for 1.aking stand against the country'" enemy and for 11unisliing her citiztns turned traitors? VVhcn Maso11ry itself has openly proclaimed "to be radically OJlposcd to the Catholic Church .. and codls her Founder, Jesus Christ. ·•an im1)0sfor God. a Galilean myth,'' there is hardly any reason t) criticize or condemn the Catholic Church's stern and u11compromisi11A" stand against her enemy. their slu<lies. To- Manila. usuallf. So it is one step 11p the lad<lcr, rung higher. Page 22 THE WAY .. (Cont. from pag<' 11) Him - a big deceit! As I stated in the beginning, a consequence of inJiffcrentism is the group we call the UNCHURCHED. This group has all the reasons :n the world to belong to NO CHURCH at all. Basing their philosophy up_on the indifferentists' theory that one church is as good as another they have indeed a very reasonable conclusion. If one church is as good as another, as indifferentism holds, then religion is just a matter of choicewhichever suits your taste best, g.:.i to it: whichever touches and moves your heart most, go to it; whichever offers the the least resistance to your worldly desires, go to it. In other words, religion is merely a matter of opinion. You are free to choose which church you like as you are free to choose your hobby or social group. In opinion there is no certainty. It follows then that in religion there is ·-no certainty. This i<s what indiffcrentism means when it says that one churl'h is as good as another. With these premises in mind many people began to doubt whether religion is necessary to man or just a pastime. They began to doubt whe·ther there is truth in religion at all. Not a few Filipinos who at one time belonged to ALL churches now belong to NO church at all. Yes, they ar~ baptized Christians but do not belong to any church. We call them the UNCHURCHED. And God forbid that day to come when many Fi· lipinos do not get baptized at allwhcn religion becomes a matter of fancy: he who thinks it a "waste of time" keeps out of it. And t think this is an inevitable consequence of the UNCHURCHED group. Our belief DOES make a diffe1•. ence to God. One Church is not as good as another. You must ·believe in only ONE church. Reject the others. God is truth. He wants us to know the truth and cling to it. There is only one true church. That church is the one which Christ Himself established. . But how do you know that you belong to the true church? If the church you are in can satisfy the following questions the'l it is the true church. 1. Does the church have only one teaching? Are the members of that HOTTER PATTER .... (Cont. from page 17) same post. Say, fellows, have you ever seen a small man wit4 a big hca1·t aT1d a determined, ox-ha1·d push in his fist that would-;:ate liini clauy ™I an army old man? Thar: sort doesn't 1111mber much he1·eabouts, but we'v• got one with Yur1 Cadet Colonel Ci. 1·iaco B1mgalos. Corps Commander. Five feet five indtes of real Filipino flip1w.s, i;11e thottwand amr one burks of stel'/itig stamiaa.. 011t there )e'r; j11st anothe1· cla8smate, but tail him abov.t - you'll k11ow moi·e to your surprise. He didn't have e11ough to recount when we met him, but what we've got is more than enough. Back in 1941 he enlU.ted in the USAFFE, got assigned with the 30Srd Inf. Reg., Bogo, Misamis 01·iental. To hU. dism'lil he saw no much fighting there whe11 war came on. The great drive in that sho1·t-lived bloody career of his i::attul whc11 11t tol'k active participatfon ill the resistance movement in Misamts Occidental. He was a "bo!J i;hunt the brass" of an Americi i, Captr•iP. IJil, idw nmst have 1'ee1, in 1dm a self-for,Jetting belligeJ·ent. He recalls of tlwt ·enco1111ter in the Bucagan church united in only one faith, on~ sacrifice and sacraments, and united in one head? ONE truth means one doctrine. A doctrine which is the same throughout the world and doe<; not vary from century to century. 2. Is the ch~rch holy? Jesus is holy and must have founded a holy organization. A.nd the church's saints are legion. "By their fruitlo thou shalt know· them ... '' 3. Is the church Universal? God i!: the sole Creator and Supreme Ruler of the universe so that His Laws must be imposed upon all people of all places and of all times. 4. Can the hl!ad of the church rightfully claim real authority fronl Christ in leading the organization He founded and left to be carried on forever? Christ said He was building a church that would live forever. To realize this He must have appointed a head of His church to carry on the;-$adership after He was to leave th1: earth and who was to be succefded if the church must live till the-\end of the world. If you belona. 'to the church that could satisfactorily answer these m1cstions. then :vou are in the" ONE TRUE CHURCH, brother, and you are safe. Hill field by the enentv who numbe1·ed close to a company. With five · othern, he stofo 'tip tliere, found a likely spot, lifted himself up and raised hell with, a 30 calibre ma.chinegin~ out of its tripod. Twelve lwm·s and t100 dinners missed later they Went home in - Jap unifon1'.'I: What was left of the enemy walked aht<ad of them, denuded and hands in the air. "I cannot forpet that," he said solemnly. Neither i::ould we. . Speaking of our own kind, key positio11s have now been occupied by key men of this outfit, Some of them may not be theJ·e /01• long because of favo1·able 1·easons or otherwise (the latte1· most p1·edominantly). So, no ha1-d feelings, boys, Here's the smackstack line-up: Regimental C01nma11de1·-Cdt. Col. B. Bongalos S-1 & Adj11tani.-· Cdt. Maj. C. Jamfro Ist Battalion Comma11de1·Cdt. Lt. Col. C. Macaclior "A" Bt1·y -Conu11ande1'Cdt. Cavt. F. Bon·omeo '"8" Bfry Commtuider...:.... Cdt. Cpl. R. Avancena "C" Bh"y Commandei·Cdt. Ca1>t. J. l' estil 2nd Barta/ion Com111anderCdt. Lt. Col. R. Alonso "D" Bh"y CommanderCdt. Capt. J. Solidum "E" Btry CommanderCdt. Ca1>t. C. Lla11os "F" Btry Co1nmanderCdt. Capt. F. Calo 31·d Battalion Comniande1·Cdt. Lt. Col. R. Espina "A'' Battery Commtmdei·-Cdt. Capt. E. Samson "B'- Batten/ CommattderCdt. Ca1>t. L. Espeleta "C" Battei"ll Co1mnande1·-·· Cdt. Capt. A. Aliffo As said, these m·e tentative assignments. The Office of the Commandant hasn't conclmtea this rOk-ter even after much seriolt8 and careful delibemtions wTlich was 1mdeJ·taken in the elimfnation of unfit aspirants. Which j11st goes to s1tow that the ideals of this organizatron a1·e high; but 11ot high eno11gh to deny posrihilit11 of attt1inment. fJow1, that 1,-01dd mean 1ve need ro aive them nwre--shoto tl1em whai we're 1nade of. If we fail them it's clear tTl.at we also have failed in our sense of nationalism w11ick we a'twaus claim we have. Page 23 this season is assured. l u~e Iii rite flews Father Schonfeld announcC!i that all those who arc inter~sted to joi11 the club may apply to him for memlx.or11hip, as soon as possible. L.lst year Fr . Hoerdemann competently handle:! the dramatics club. REV. EDGAP. T. OEHLER, S\'f) Ge,,fouist FATHER EDGAR T. OEHLER IS <.:"HEMJSTRY DEPT. HEAD Rev. F1·. Edg-ar T. Oehler, Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and l\last1:r of Scicnc<.! in Geology (Univcrs!tr cf Chic<1g-,1l now heads lhc USC r,h{mistl)' Department. H<' hails from Barmwbur,!.·, Ohio, r.cin Cincinnati; went to China in !935 to teach in the University of . ::ddn1::: until l!'J42 when he wi1s r1 ·!:1 1sf<:rn:d to St. M;1r.\•'s Missio11 Scmin;ir~· at Tcchny, Jllinois whnn fie 'lid a sti:H t•mchin;{ Scicn(·cs. Tht• l'nivcrsitr of Pl'ki11g- got hirn 1,M•k ir; l!:MG. H e was .(.!"ranted his M.S in Geology b~· the Universit~· Of Chicago in Hl47. But Father Ochlcr's odyssey which eventually !eel him to San Carlo.'< H•ftll~· stal'ted in July, 1948, whm he Wl'ls sent on a mission by the UrdV(' l'Sit .\• of Peking: to Yunan Provine~ l"(;'\terl in southwestern China with -, two-fold J'llll'll-O~e. The first wal' to <'r>lfo<:t a S/x.'c:iul h'pe of fos!<iL ~den. Hticall~· termed B IENOTHERtu;t, >'nd to sec dino~aul' beds llt Lufcn<r. lou ted on thC' Burma Roa<\. H<> Snt':it four monlhs in Lufon~ ('olk'<·timr the t·an • spceinieni< ahovc-mC"nfionC'd a nd other fo!'si\s. H1• then i<f:trlert the r.colorrv De1>artmc11t <1t the Universitv of Pekinc-. At t he enrl of Hl48, he was order,.,, lo p1·oceed to HonC!'kon.,. to wa:t for further instructions. At Hong knn ... , hC' w:i.s informed b:v a message " ' lh .. FathC'r Superior of the Univeuih• of Pl'kinl!' that he was wanted back in the Universitv, but that he had yet , to a1·range with the Communist11 who look over contl'ol of Peklni: fo1· his 1·eent1·y permit. He waited at Hongkong for ehrh'. months Jcsini;: hOf'lC of l'i>~·nterin~ China . By instruction from the Su· •:el'il'r General of the SVD, he came to the Philippines to join t he U11ivc1·sity of San Carlos. FR. SCHONFELD COMPLETES :~stt-. YEAR L'n;t Aug-ust Bt~ marked t hi> :i8th bfrthdrw of ~ .... ,.. F1·. Luis E . Schonfeld, SVD, dean of Libcrnl .'\,.hi :iml modenttor of the CAROLINIAN. Conl(Cllial nml t)'picall~· Lati-1 Amnkan. F1·. Scboflfc!l1I was r<>ei· pient r>f manr ha ppy-returns-of-Ch.:>day greetin~s from a irreat numlK'r o( students nnd friend11. ORAMATICS CLUB ORGAJ\"IZED UN DER F ATHER SCHONFELD T ht• R(;v. Fr. Luis Sd1onfold will tlirt. 't't the Dramatics Club this year . He ill ;ihl~· assisted by th': Rc.-v . Fr. Erl ward Norton in ex1 •lnit ii1g C11rolinian talimtll in tht:ill uf makc-hclievc . With their ex rw1 ·t 1 n1i4lnncc :ind su11~r\'i~ir:11. lh; :<Ut'(1:S:< c> f tht• t:SC Dnrnwt' (·~ Ch1i1 E NGI NEERING DEPT. ENROLMENT INCREASES With a total of 1'18 students enrdlctl, t he E ni:incerlng Department this yc:ar bids anew for pop11larit~· - Ten valedictorians from different hi: h schools . have cnroilcd 011 fl'e~ !'.Cholarship. Students enrolled for each bl'anch (I( PnJ?ineering are as follow11: Civil E'nJ?incer ing-92; Mechanical Engi•1eer in1?- 73; Chemical Engineerin~ - 9. The recent succes!<CS in the Roarcl Examinations of products of ot11 · Eng:ineerinir Department account for the nrnrkerl increase in enrol· ment. SAN CARtoSUI:'Ex CIRCLE ELECTS OFFICE RS The iollowinir officers were el(?(:t. C'tl in the illlt\U!l[ elt•ction of the Lex Cirdc of the University of Sa•' C:irlos hcl1I at its Roof-Garden on the e\·cning of Jul~· 28: !\Ir . Pablo Garcia. Prcsid1>11t : i\fajor Villarosa, Vicc-Prc~ident ; l\l i~s Co1 ·azon Snc-uin, SecrC'ta r~·; ~l is1< Gluria Pareja, Trcao:urer; ?.fc1<srs . ?\apoleon Rama and Vicf!nIC' Drlfin. Rcp:<. to Student Cour •. d i; i\lr. Cesar Alconur, Si!'t.·at· A1·m~ : arid Mr. F,mi\io D. All<>r. Pr~~~ Jk hitiom: Officer. DR. PR'OTASIO J. SOLON Two e,\'ec11tive job1 i1t I! row Page 2-1 US<.: POPULATION HITS l\EW HIGH , This yen's enrollment reaches the ~.J!ume hi)!"I': of ll,IS50 !<lnd<mtl, no! (·otmtinl! the 31!>2 Summer enrollees The college 1!eparlment alone ha~ 4,43j J>tmlc11ts from all over Visayas 1oi.nd Minda nao. The 1irescnt population bcttcrctf last year's mark by some 850 students. Over 2,000 have enrolled at t he 4 USC high schools and lhc rest arc distributed among 1,:rade :1nd intermediate schools. Enrollments in the different coll•'J.:t ' department~ arc: Graduate School, 102; Colle1tc of Law, 298; CommerC<!, 6!18; Education, 1018 ; En1tint·crin.cr l Civil. Mech1.1nieal, Chemical, ;ind Elcct1·ical), 178; Pharmacy, 2!)9; Liberal Arts {GcM ral Coui'l!el, :~21; Prc-Mcdicin~. :1-10; Pre-Law, 18!!: Junior Normul, li'il ; Junior Nol'mal tHomc Econo· mit-sl, 15:1; D.S. in Home Economics, 169; Secretarinl, 6!); and VaLAW CLASS ORGAN!ZATIO.NS CHOOSE OFFICERS lt1 !<ep:n·atc se<tingg-, the fo11r. dasi< orsrn1)izations .. oj the Colkge of Law held ;.•lcctions- o! ufficcn fo1· tht• o:urn>nt yc-a1· last July 21. The followin~ wi,rc elected .nftci' the l>Uil'tcro\rn outburst of campaigu q1N•c·ht!s dif>d down: Fo111·th Ye11r Law Class Orf,?ani:ioalion - Mr. Fernando cie kw Sa.11lr.t-, Presidl'nt: Capt. Anastacio Acch. ·d~. Vic£-P rcsident; Miss Rosario C:1iwlt', Scc.-T1·ca~ .. Mr. L:'.lznn, J1honero, i\I r . Cecilio Sl'no, Rep. to Student Council; ,Ml". Nnpoleon Ra ma, P1·ess Relations Officer; Ml". Ser~io L<inao, S1rt.•at·arms. Thinl Yc1n· Law Class 01·.i:ani:rntion - Mr. Saturnina Villcl!:as. Prt>Sidcut. i\lr. Hermilanclro Tncmo. \-'it'<?-Pre!>i1lenl; Miss Corazon Sa~uin. Sec.-Trca:<.; ]\fr. Rafael 8;>horminn, Rcp. to Student Council: llon, Stc1·et1 :u-y ; :\1ajor Enoveja, Tn•asurer; l'.Ir. Emilio. B. Aller, l\lr. B_ enjamin Rafols, Rep .to Student Council; Mr. Cesar V, Al~o112r, P1"1!ss Relations Officer; Mr. Antonio Mendez, i\Ir. Rene Espinfl, s~t-at-arms . First Yea1· L~w Class Organiz2_tion- Mr. J esus Vcstil, President; ·Mr. Emilio Samson, Viee"Pre~ident; Mrs. Eleuteria Alfcche, Secretary; Mr. Jesus Cui, Trcilsurer; i\fr. Felipe Alkuino. Mr. C1 m1r Ve1·gan1, Press Relations Officer; Mr. F f'liic Oppus, Mr. Nicolas Lopez, Rep. to Student Council: Mr. l"lorentino Teves, Mr . Manolo Alcoriza, Sgt~.-at .. THIRT Y-NINERS FETE FR. HOERDEMANN Grti.duates of the 193il class tendert'd a farewell dinner for Nago. ya-hountl Fr . Hor1·tlemann at ., downtown restaurant. The a ffair was a Jiv11ly. full of p:ood-old-day,i reminiscene!ls of the high school dasi< which F r. Hoerdemann handled during his first dars at San Ca1ios. Most of them now profe5. sionals, the :19'crs 1·ememhered Fr. •·ational. 5. Mr. Na1 1 nloo11 Aliii.o, Press Relation" HnerdEmann as the !{ood-naturcd, USC, the biggest school outsid" Offkc-r. erudite tt'achcr who moulded their i\lanifa, is still .c:rowing. Src.,n•I Yellr Law Class Org~llliza- younit lives into the pattems of :: DR. P. SQLO~ ELECTEO FACULTY CLUB P RESIDENT Ke)•noted by Fr. Rector's s11ccch, the Fueulty Clul.l o! t he University went throui;h its annu11\ electiun of offken, and chose Or. Protnsio J . S('lun Jll"t!sident. Dr. Solon is current!)' ;•lso Cebu i\Iedical Association Prc•sident. The other officers are: Atty. l\lario 0l"tiz, vice-president: ))rs. Gil. secretar~'; Mr. Jose Tecrnn, treasurer; Messrs. Ben Bono11wo anti C. Villarosa, auditol"s; Cornelio Faigao, PRO; ?.-Ir. I>.Iauro Tobes amt Atty. Jm~e L. Bl'ioncs, l'gts.·al·anns USC PRE-MEDIC CLASS ORGANIZES After hectic rlay~ of campaignin;!" tht' Pre-i\lcdics elected the following r-fficcrs: Salvador Petilos, presidcnj: Alipio Ruiz and Nol~' Cort al, viec-presidt'nts: Angeles Adolfo, sl"Cl"( la ry; Fk.n'ntin::t Borl"omeo. Trea~- · ul'er: Franci.<:r:I Estanislao, Asst. t1·ca>'t11" el"; and Bt'nito Liu, athletic )f.,n,,--:·1·, assillt:tnts to the h·ca$U1"~ !· Wt're a ppointed for thl' differc1:t t C'clions of fre:>;hmcn nnd soph:. tion _ }.fajnl" Pedro Villaros:t, Pres- i:noi:! Christinn j!"entleman. (.Hor" i1 k!nl ; :\lajor U1·ba.:no Francisco, Vice· 011 Fr. H (let·rlcmf/1111 1111 1wgc11 3 11ml Pref'.idcnt ~ iilisi< Mnnuc\a S. Biu·< E- 6) LAST SUl'l 'ER: 'fl1irly-11iiien ft ts11 •hti>- /ormei· Iii sclrool 1cacl1u Fr. H Qtrdtma1111. : _____________ ----~ _-_ -=----La Educacion De Los Hijos Par Mirea Ill. Teacbavez El h-:igar cs la mcjor escuela y la mlis excclente univcl'sidad para los hijos. En cl hogar los hijos cncucntran los mejores profeso1·es JJar:i. ~er in'itruidos moralmente )" guiados _ por la scnd:i. de la virtud. Digo que el hogar es la mejo1· escuela y universidad para los hijos, porque desde que cl niiio abre los ojos a la luz, hasta alcanzar su uso de i·azt5n, recibe de su madre sus primeras lecciones. Ella, mientras ~-ela con ternura a su hijo, le enseiin a balbucir sus primeras palabras; ella es la quc acompaiiando sus ticrnas manecit.as le: cnse1ia ct5mo hacer la scfial de hi. cruz, ella c~ quicn corrigc sus pequeiios defectos quc podrian llcg&r a ser grandcs si i:;c dcjaran p:isar de~epercibidos. Ella, en fin, es la qui: despierta en la imaginacit5n cl dcseo de saber, eont811ciole cuentos sencillos que poco :'I poco fijan en la mente de! niiio el discernimiento entre cl Dien y cl mal. con los hijos y la sociedad en aras de las vanid&des mundanas. Los padres por medio de! cariii.c y de! ejcmplo, debcn obtener la confianza y fe de· sus hijos. El cariii-:i es la luz y el calol' de un hogar cristiano, es lo que unc al esposo con su csposa, y a los padrC's a sus hijos, r no pucde haber en rcalidad un hogar fcliz sin el. La madre cumple en cl hogar una funci6n cscncial, ella es el punto cle enlacc, a ella afluycn todos y con afecto y comprensiOn se cstablece por su mediaciOn la concordia domestica. Quizii.s no existe una influencia miis pod<'rm;a quc cl c11riflo de los p~dr~s piu·u despcrtar 11fcctos ya r!pa:::-1'!.ios en col'azOn humano. Pocos hay, aun en las naturalczas miis rudas en quicnes no influ)•a. Encicrra en si mucho mas poder quc la fucrza bruta. Una palabra, una mirada cariiiosa, tiene efectos sorprcndentes sobrc hijo3 Pagina 15 <lescarriados en quienes la foerza ha sido probada en vano. La dulzura de! carifio paternal invita al amor y a la obedicncia, el castigo corpol'al provoca resistcncia, temor y aversion, porquc la fuerza carece de! poder pcrsuasivo de la dulzura. La cducaciOn de los hijos en la univei-sidad de! hogar, cs el comple· mento nccesario de la educacit5n escoliistica que sc recibe en colegios y universidades. Lo quc los hijos aprendcn debe ser pulimentado en cl hogar, no basta para una complete. educaciOn los conocimientos adquiridos en las aulas; los padres con su couocimiento de la vida y con su ejemplo debcn formar el canicter moral de los hijos y hacerlos aptos para luchar en la gran batalla .Jc la vida, porque no hasta predicar, -es necesario practicar tambien lo que se predica. Dice un refrin es1Jaiiol: 'De tal palo, tal astiila." Este refriin aplicado a la cducacit5n de los hijos en el hogar, quicre decir, quc los hijus sc formarltn intelcctual y moralnlcntc de acuerdo con los cjcmplos vivicntcs de sus padres. Si los padres se encuentran impotcntes pal'a llevar a cabo la misiOn educativa quc la naturalcza Jes im· puso al cn_(l'.endrar a sus hijos dcben eseo~er para la educaciOn de los mismos aquellas cscuelas en las que se da educacit5n cristiana, que es la base moral de la sociedad constituida y; por ende, de la familia, base clc la misma. Al alcanzar cl niiio cl uso de l'atO», principia a darse cuent:i de las accioncs de sus mayorcs y es entonces cuando los padres han de empezar a cumplir su debcr ante Dios y la humanidad. Es entonccs cuanJo dirigiendoles en sus estudios, los padres deben con su ejemplo y sus consejos encauzarlos por los camiuos do:> la virtud y la 1noral. En cl hogar aprende el niiio lo quo:> vale y i.ignifica para la sociedad la fam!lia constituida bajo la doctrina de Cristo. En la iutimidad de la familia es dondc cl niiio aprende cl amor a la patria y en donde sc forman los bucnos ciudadanos. Par Luis Eugenio l\-his, ;ay! Culintos desgraciacios nacen y crecen bajo un techo donde J>l'edomina la indiferencia en lugar <lei intcrl?s; el odio eu v~z del amor; la hcrcjja en lugar de las enseii.anzas de Cristo; la discordia en vez de la paz, todo ello regido por pa0.rcs que olvidan sus deberes para En todas las almas dormita algunr. inquictud ideal .. En cl fondo de todas las conciencias pali>itan aspirncioneS nobles, y ~e agitau cnsucfios de elevaci6n ~· rle actividad. En los pllegues de todos los corazones se esconden blancuras de nlas, que nunca tal vcz sc agital'on, porquc el ambientc frio de! mundo, y la innata cobardia de los egoistas, las oblig6 a ocultarse. Siempre ha parccido miis fiicil ) c6modo segui:r: la malsana corriente materialista que nos sofoca, que agitar 81 viento y "al sol la sublime rebeldia del cspirittr. Por eso, en d fondo de las almas, continUan aletargados los cnsueii_os de · muchos idealcs. Pero ha llegado la hora de las ;-:antas rebeldias. Un soplo ric primavera espil'itual agita las conciencias. A brc tu corazt5n al sol esplendoroso de la fe y sacude cl letargo de tu cspiritu. Todo ideal tiene un encanto especial, porque tiende a elcvar cl nivel moral o espiritual de la vida huPero cxiste uno que en dos pafa· bras condcnsa todo un programa de elcvaciOn individual y de indiscutible repereusiOn social. Ideal que sobrepasa la belleza de todos los idcalcs y que sc sintetiza en esta frase: scr un santo apOstol .. Ser santo: o sea, llenarse de una cxquisita y divina bondad basada sobrc la perfecei6n de todas las virtudcs. ;Nada mis hermoso! Pagina 26 fN TOOAS PARTf~ Sf CUfCfN ~AHAS 'Editorial Es simplemente estupendo y asombroso el ve1 250.000 estudiantes, funcionan in toda la 1·epUblica, c6mo y con que alacridad y talento proceden nues- segUn nos lo muestran las estadisticas presentadas tl'os empleados del gobierno cuando se trata de por la "Catholic Educational Association". Muchn.OJ h.omdar las fuentes de rentas. En esa su empres11 de estas escuelas cat6licas le ganan en vida a las despliegan una exube1'ancia fabulosa de celo 11 escuelas del Estado no s6lo por decadas sino po1 energia que halla su parang6n tan s6lo en aquello.~ centurias. Estus escuelas no s6lo han forjado nue!Jdias de apogeo de vitalidad, o sea, en los dias ve11- ti·a historia patria, sino que han servido de puntales turosos del "U.S. Surplus" y cuando gozaban aUn, principales a nuestro sistema de educaci6n desdr si bien aparentemente, de la buena disposici6n 'iJ tiempo inmemorial. voluntad del pueblo. Y aho1·a su cabeza de cho1·lito Es necesario demm·car la diferencia substanles balbubea en los oidos que las escuelas dirigi- cial que vige entre los institutos privadas laicos, redas p01· Ordenes religiosas tambien se p1·estard.n a gentados a bate comercial con Los con·espondientes hinchar los bolsillas en haci6ndolas pagm· impues- dividendos que se vuelcan en los bolsillos de los actos. Pam dar en este 6pico descubrimiento kan teni- cionistas, y las escuelas dirigidas por Ordenes re <lo que devanai·se los sesos por espacio de unos 4:-1 ligiosas, que no reciben emolumentos ni dividendo:>. mios. De ahi que se entreguen a una desmedida cho.- Echese una somera mirada en todas direcciones cota; pues no es hecho de poca manta el dar en tat1 del pais y se podrci constata1· a todas luces de c6mo "lucmtivas" fuentes. las escuelas cat6licas llevan decididamente la dcEl manuseado subterfugio de que se valen tantem a las escuelas privadas neutras en la gran cuando se ven victimas de la justa ira del pueblo, obra de 1·ehabilitaci6n. La raz6n es obvia. Las. "euhastiado de farsas, es la cantilena de que el pais se tradas" que las escuelas cat6licas aperciben son vol~ halla frente a un desastre financiero. En realidad cadas inmed¥ttamente en las escuelas mismas, para <le verdad el gobierno tiene que saldar gastos y deu- introducir mejoras de g1·andes proporciones, todo das y estar en condiciones de seguir funcionando. eso en beneficio directo y exclusivo de los miles de En un<t palabra, el gran cometido del gobierno, po.· estudiantes. Nada de ese dinero·encuentra el camiel momento, es recau·dar fondos po1· todos los me no al bolsillo de algUn accionista. dios posibles, aUn a costa de at1·acos. La tremenda obra de 1·econstrucci6n emprenEsta a.nalogia tiene sus meritos, y protestamoi; dida por las escuelas 1·eligiosas, ha llevado a m1•.sin pestmiar que es en manera alguna de1·ogato1iu. chas de ellas a contrae1· grandes deudas. Mucha.~ Porque despues de todo la lucha por sob1·eviv1· pue- escuelas del Estado, que perciben del gobiernQ de justificarse en mds de un modo de actuaci6n. Lo millones de subsidios para su funcionamiento hap. que degenem tan galante lucha es el hecho de que tenido, no obstante, que cerrar, debido a las inmi· esta cat6.strofe ha sido permitida y conjurada estU. merables trabas y dificultades de toda indole que pida y deliberadamente. Por aiios sin cuento el go- debieron encarar. Esos millones que las escuela.<: bierno ha venido estrangulcindose por su propiu religiosas recogen aiio tras aiio existen s6lo en la cuenta y desangnindose sin piedad. Una pandilla de mente febril de algUn diputado de mala carci. vseudo-peritos, bajo la cansabida ·capa de "p1'0ter.- Enfrentemos aho1•a el aspecto legal. La inteJ·cionismo'' ha logmdo encaramarse y sentar sus p1·etaci6n mal intencionada y to1·cida, vm· parte de 1·eales en los altos tronos del gobierno. Mientra1:1 nuestros pe1itos legalistas, de una p1·ovision acerca viven a sus anchas, manejan las 1·iendas del mismo, de quilin ha de pagar tasa, provisi6n de po1· si ta11 haeilindole rodm· por los suelos: Y ahom esos at·- clara y limpida, representa un bochorno mayUscuquitectos de nuestra den·ota financiera, cuyos man .. lo, un bochorno modelo para muchos aiios. Tal profiestos robos han dejado vacias las cajas de la teso· visi6n dice en tfrminos inequivocos: "Quedan exi. reria nacional, quisieran que nosotros satisfacifra. midos de pagm· tasa instituciones religiosas, edumos por sus pecados. cacionales y culturales ... siemp1·e que ningun re En estos tiempos, cuando nuestro sistema de dito pase a beneficio de accionistas ptivados" y que cducaci6n bal<mcea y se agita en convulsivos ester- "sOlo actividades dfrigidas para adqufrir ganancias fores de agonia, este movimiento de 1·ecaudm· debercin se1· tasadas en su propiedad, ya sea 1·eal o reditos de las escuelas 1· el i g i o s as puede bie11 personal". De aht que esos "peritos" saUan a la 1ler1ar a asestar el golpe de muerte a ese oasis · de conclusi6n de que el exigir a los estudiantes el pago paz, orden 11 momlidad que aUn nos queda en esfl' de derechos de mat1icula es per se u:1~t acci6n ten.;, misero erial. Como que esta acciOn drdstica sig1u diente a hacer ganancias, y 110r tanto, "tasable". A de inmediato a un hecho sin precedentes, o sea, Ia juzgar por csa mentalidarl mezquina, se ha de con· declaraci6n oficial de parte del gobierno de ce1-rar clufr que la misi6n principal y r-rimera de la escuelrJ las puertas ante las narices de unos 800,000 niiios es recaudar los derechos de mati foula, y lue{lo, de de las escuelas primarias e intermedias, por falto. paso, educar a los estudia.ntes. For lo mismo deberia de fondos ,esta clase de 1Je1 secu~i6n de las escuelw; de conclufrse de que tii los reliftiosos quie1·en exi· reli.qicso.!J, que por de-::adas y centurias han aliviado mirse de pagw· tasa. deberfan cesm de recoger deY alig(') ado d peso que gravita'w sobre el e1'a1·io ·1·echos de matricul•r. Eso. naturol y l6gicamente nQS p·Ublico en el campo edu-::a-::ional, _nos hace cavila!' tme la p1·egunta de ;.por oui se ha vromulga1o tal rle "si somos o no somos". disposid6n? Si no ha11 objeto que pucdn "tasarse", El vapel que hem desemp21ia'10 fo.s escuela.~ ;,por oue entonces exin;i;- de la ta.o;a? Pe1'0, eso es cat6licas en la educ:a~i6n de nu~stm nWez y iuven- demasiado "profundo y abstracto" para nUestros tud, no puede echarse en saco roto. Meis de 400 e.o;. e:rpertos en construcciones legales. ;,No.<; las tenemos cuelas y colegios cat6licos, con un total de mds dtJ que ve1· con desbm·ajustes mentales???ROYAl lUmBER CO. DEALER • MANUFACTURER & RECEIVES ORDER Mun (jJl<ee: B1z,,,..cl. & Mill: 556 MARTIRES STREET ERMITA BEACH TEL.: 228 TEL.: 803 CEBU CITY PHILIPPINES • DEALER in any specie of native lumber and receives planing or resawing jobs. • MANUFACTURER of balusters, fancy boards (dibujos) & mouldings, of any specie and design. • SPECIALIZING in Made-to-order DOOR & WINDOW SHUTTERS with GUARANTEED WORK at REASONABLE RATES. • For further particulars, drop in at any of our above-mentioned offices or contact us by phone. 1916 () .. 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