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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. 4) November 1950
Year: 1950
Language: English
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Place of publication: Cebu
extracted text: "WE SPECIALIZE IN SCHOOL ANNUALS" Cuts appearing in this issue are SAMPLES of our work TILES I Sfln CARLOS UnlVERSITY MAC::HUC::A TILE C::O., INC::. FAIRICA DE IALDOSAS .. !ESTABLISHED HOOi BALMES 21 TANDUAY MANILA Page 3 A lucid and an authoritative analysis in the scholarly b~t straightforward otyle of a Doctor of Theology. Editor's Note: We feel obit g11ilff1 fer huvillg high-/)ress11red Fr. Uector fo1· a contribution in th~ worst /)Ossiblc time for Mm to do it -~/ the sla1·t of <I semestel" when b11si11eEs at t//c Rector's office is at iU. ~1cak. But t/1is /)iecc is 11ot so 11mch t: creciit to 0111· re11oiu·cef11illeBS for wa11gli11g contributions as it is to FJ·. Rrctv1·'s versatility and fo11d iiiterest i11 tJie 1mit1c1:sity mayflzi11e. De/)arti119 fr(,m /lie 11s11a/ /o11g-fC1ced, k11itbrvwc'1 /l"cutuu:ill by most theologitrns, Fr. Recto1· Uflfll"Cachcs tire subject iii Ids freslr, rrnclnble 111a11ner that /,l"i11gs to tlic doctriuc a warm anci a viral significance even fvr the la11wa11. Fo.- t11is, th e CAROLINIAN ihr111~·e F1·. Recto'" a11Cl is spet"ial/iJ pnmrl to offer tlris iss11e·s cover1. THE DOGMA When in 1931 Cardinal Bella1·min was canonized, I was pre.!:ent in St. Peter's, and listened to the soleinn declarations of Pope Pius XI. Next to me stood a '':oman with a child about 6 years old, and when the Pope with a distinct and clear voice had finished his infallible pronouncement that the Cardinal enjoys the Beatific Vision of God, th~ child whispered to his mother "Adesso e Santo (Now he is a saint)!'' We smiled at th1~ child's reniark. Robert Bellar· min \\·a;; a saint long before that mcment. New was only the degree of certaintv with which we knew it. After several mi . racles, . after insistent prayers, the Pope made use of his prernrrative of infallibility, -and presented to the world a new moclel and guide on -0ur way to heavc11. Something similar happens at the proclamation of a new dogma. Tbe Blessed Virgin was taken into heaven with body and ;oul about 2,000 years ago. God Himself informed the Apo.!'tles atout it. and we learned it through the long chain of tradition. The fa·t was certain all the time, and ever since did e1~ faithful all over the world wilh great joy and love venerate the Bu VERY REV. FR. ALBERT VAN GANSEWINKEL, S.V.D. USC RECTOR Blessed Virgin as the Queen of Heaven. The truth is oltl; the dogma b 11ew. The dogma adds to th•! truth the infallili\e knowledge that the assumption of thl' Blessed Virgin \\"as not only :1 fact. but that this fact was revealed by God. H,ence we accept. the dogma, not only because it is true, not only because the church teaches it, but because Go:I Himself revealed it and because the church {the Pope) assures us of this revelation with in fallibility. 2. THE THEOLOGICAL BAS!3 OF THE NEW DOGMA It seems to be certain that Holy Scripture clues not offer anr argument for the new dogma. Neither d.oes written tradition offer a clear one, although some authorities have expressed their hope that a Patristi·~ argument may become possible with rro'{ress of historical research. A few fads, however, &re already certain and worthwhile considering, The first feast in honor of the Blessetl Virgin Mary was in honor of her death, dormitio B.M.V. This was celebrated in the Orient already in the 4th or 5th century, on January 18; it seems that quite soon on the 19th of Jan., a feast was added in honor of the assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary to heaven. At about 650 A.O. the feast was introduced into the Roman Liturgy anc\ spread soon to Milan, Spain, and France. The feast was found in Syria and Egypt, too. although there existed no lit u r g i c a 1 relations between Egypt and Syria on one sid~ and France and Spain on the other. The first clear and explicit statement of the assumption of the Blessed Virgin Marr fa found at about 580 A.D. by Gregory of Tours and another statement at about 600 AD. by Mode::itus of Jerusalem. It is to b-:> noted that these two bishops when speaking of this mystery in no way intended to propose something new, but they spoke of it as of something generally lrnown and long ago accepted in tra·lition. In the subsequent centuries many statements of Fathers and leading Theologians are found. There has been of course also opposition which, however, was quite negligible. Significant is the fact that nu. town ever claimed to possess the l)recious remains.of the Blessed Virgin. Another interesting instance is that in the 13th century for the lessons of the. second Nocturne of the Breviary a text was chosen which wa'> quite against the assumption, but PoPe Pius V changed t.he text and placed there a hom1\\· bv John of Damascus which clearlv teaches the assumption. At 'the Vatican Council about 200 bishops proposed anil postuluted the definition of 11u1· c!q:~· nrn and ever since their ~:aim and request have been inLH!:->ifiecl. In 1946 Pope Pius XII asked all Bishops and Theologi·· cal Schools to submit to him their opinion of the definabili_ty. The consensus of opinion which is practically a perfect one, th~ concord of pastors and flock in the willing acceptance of, and pious enthusiasm for:. th~ doctrine of the Assumpt10n is the basis for its definition. Since it (\out. 011 pa).!<' ~) Page:4 The Dogma ol the ... (Cont. from page 3) is not a matter of philosophical speculation, but a positive fact, general acceptance can satisfactorily be explained only by an act of positive revelation, which thus must have taken place at some time during the earliest years of the Church, although we do not know the date and circumstances. This indirect way of falling back to a revelation, not known in itself, but only in its effects, is used also ir. the case of othel' dogmas. The dogma e.g. that Jesus Christ instituted seven sacraments, not six, and not . eight or twelve, is based on the same kind of certainty of Revelation. If after knowing about th,~ fact of revelation, we search in the Bible for a doctrine in which our dogma may be contained "formaliter implicite", we are led by our theologians to the proto-evangelium. All theologians agree that it is a revealed trnth, that both the mother of the Redeemer an.cl the Redeemer Himself were absolutely and completely opposed to the devil and his reign, to such an extent that neither of the two ever were siding with the devil or under his command. The reign of the devil comprises sin and death. Therefore, as the proto· evangelium teaches perfect absence of sin (Immaculate Conception) so :ilso the absence of the penalty of sin which is death. If the Blessed Virgin, like her Divine Son, died, she nevertheless was not subdued by death. i.e. her body did not decay, but was soon after sepal'ation reunited with her soul. Another revealed truth in which the assumption may be found is the perfe.:!t virginity of the Blessed Virgin, which gave her body such an integrity, as would exclude its corruption in death. It is noteworthy that this thought is stressed in the Marian Liturgy; the choice of the Gospel for the feast of the Assumption 'vas the typical gospel on the feast of virgins, the gospel about Mary and Martha. Considering all this, theoluj.!ians long ago and quite unanimously have pronounced the definability of the assumption, whenever circumstances woulil make the definition opportune. 3. THE PURPOSE OF THE NEW DOGMA According to the practice of the church, dogmas are not proclaimed unless there is a rea· ~~~~i~ e~~-n an::~::i~~y, rsnds!~~: whenever there is an attack either against the revealed truth in particular or against th~ Church and her basic tenets in ,l!eneral. This was the case in 431 A.D. when by defining the Divine Motherhood of the Blessed ·Virgin the Church solemnly and powerfully rejected the attacks of Nestorius against the Divinity of Jesus Christ. This was more clearly the case in 1854 A.D. when by defining the Immaculate Conception the Church refuted the errors of liberal Rationalism which claimed that man by Hature is good, that he can work his salvation by the efforts of his will under the guidance of his ~~a~~:· c~hnaste::e~sce~o~f~~~ke;:~ of Adam and Eve, etc. Now-a-days nobody denies the assumption of the Blessed Virgin; nobody Wiside the Church: they all believe in it, nobody outside the Church: they do not care for it. Yet, now-a-day;; there is a concentrated and sy;;. tematic attack against the basic tenets of the Church in the dif· ferent forms of atheistic humanism. According to both Pit~s XI and Pius XII, this movement of atheistic humanism aims at a ·•world witliout God". God is being ignored and denied, man with hil'l dominant drives of power, pleasure, and poSsession reigns supreme, without religion, without law, and, as St. Paul says already, without merc.y. Man who has lost his respect for God, loses his respect for man. Man is often deprived of his inalienable rights, condemned to prison and slave work, his body is degraded to a breeding animal, tortured anJ killed at the whim and will of a few, for the sake of lflen who in lustful power enthrone themselves as gods. The dogma of the assumption of the Blessed Virgin into heaven is the efficient. concrete, personal refutation of all these errors which now trouble and endanger the world. It shows and emphasizes that there exists a God who takes an active part in the affairs of mankind and of the individual; it shows that CAROLINIAN * Published by the students of the University of San Carlos Cebu City Philippines I November • Hl51) NAPOLEON G. RAMA, editor, I Emilio B. Alle1-, managing-; Vicer.te N. Lim, O!.Ssociate; Vicente Ran,1do, feature; Hector Aleol:'ebn Vicente F. Delfin, news; Sally Valente, society; Vicente Fanilag, ar • tii>t; D0minndor Say, Guillermo Ang, photographers; Jose B. Peiialosa, technical; Josefir.a N. Lim, contributing editor. C. FAIGAO, ADVISER Rev. LUISE. SCHONFELD, SVD I Entered as second class mail matter at the Post Office of Cebv City, March 20, 1950. man on earth is not his own aim and goal; it shows that this earth of ours is not a paradise, not even for a few, but a preparatory place for the greater beyond. The new dogma stresses the greatness and kindness of God and the dignity of man. Even the body of man is something· so noble that it will be reunited to its soul which is destined to enjO}' the very love and beauty of God forever. In this way the. new dogma is put up against atheistic'· humanism: Great things are expected of the definition. It will increase solid piety and deepen the love for Christ and His blessed mother. Catholics all over the world will know that the fight against the powers of hell will be bitter, but that a merciful God will not suffer them to perish in misery. Mary will sfrve as a model and example, compelling the faithful to renounce the devil, to resist the diabolical efforts of :.t i:~od·les.s 20th century and embrace the doctrine of Christ.· Mary shows that personal inteJrrity and holiness are the shortest and safest way to happiness. Especially the women will re· discover that integrity and unselfish love will be crowned in heaven with eternal glory. LONf RANGfR WAS ~tRf --=-=----=- ~~ ,.,___ ~=---=-~ --==- - - - Pulling the "Lone Ranger" stunt, a kid of 7 years galloped up and down the use corridor one late afternoon as if it was a Texas trail. He was yelling Hi-yoo, Silver at the top of his tiny voice and tremendously e!1joying his rodeo antics. The dm ·'rew CAROLINIAN Moderator Fr. Luis Schonfeld out of hi!!' class to hunt for the carousing culprit. But just then he ran smack into our young cowboy. Jn a booming voice calculated to !:'lcare the boy off his short pants and the p rem i s es, Father Luis growled: "What are you doing here, young man?" But the kid stood his :tround and refu~d to be intimidated o'r chased out. He looked up at Fr. Luis. and in a teeny. weeny, high-pitched voice he chirped back with an air of importance and imnunity: "l km a Carolinian, Father!" That one stumped Fr. Lui;;. The boy belonged to the J?rade Rchool tribe at the use Primary School a street away. Here's one kid who realizes the privileges and fortur;e of being a Carolinian. He might not know exactly what rights a Carclinian is entitled to tut he certainly senses from what he h~a .. s and sees around him that. there's something special about being a Carolinian, and a lot tn t':e r-roud of. an:I feel important rbo:1f, belonging to the grea~ Carolinian Family. The kid reminds us, by the war, of the gone and glorious Roman age when to be a Romau citizen gets you the privileges o ~ present-day scmators. 'Ihe boy should furnish us thP. right frame of mind in evaluating our worth as citizens of USC. It would be good to remiud ourselves once in a while that we are part of the great school with a great tradition. We have had an ancient and a glorious history. and many of the illustrious men of the Philippines were here before us. Like the kid, we should wear our badge of Carolinian with a high pride and share in the responsibility of giving it all the time a high polish. rau Ike i Di!te'tei-tce The proclamation of the Dogma of the Assumption ha~ touched off some commotion a m on g Protestant quarters. From the Church of England it drew a sharp diJ?". ·•we must at once state Publidy," chorused the archbishops of Canterbury and York in .\ joint statement;.. "that the Church of England does not and cannot hold this do~trine to be a nece:ssary part of the Catholic hQJiPf of which may be requirerl bv the members of the church .. . \Ve profoundly regret that the Roman Catholic Church has chosen by this act .to ._ increase dogmatic differences in Christenriom and has thereby gravely in· iured the .ctrowth of understand· inJ?" between Christians ... " The kindest that ca11 lte said of the er.ischopal gambit is that it is an utterly impertinent statement. In the first place it ii; not within competen<'Y of the archbishops of the Church of EnKlali(l to decide what doctrine is or is not a necessary part of Page 5 the Catholic belief. Whatever decision they make on this score has neither weight nor consequence and amounts to nothin~ more than an irrelevant gobbledegook. It is, if we have to be picturesque, a fine piece of a foot-in-mouth statement. As to their concern about th(' ·'increase of differences in Christendom" it is quite regrettable that the archbishops have~ chosen to scratch the surface of the rift between the Catholic Church and the Church of England rather than dredge up the root of the matter. For the real division between them lies on a more fundamental ground - which is the recognition of the infallibility of the Pope: If we do not see eye to eye on this doctrine, it is unlikely that we would agree on any other dogma. But if we could shake hands on this score, then there could not be any lli~agreement on the rest of the doJ?"mas. It is here that we meet or part. And having made our respective stanch• on the authority of the Pope tc declare dogmas, there could not be between us any further "increase or decrease of differenres" on subsequent do::trines The archbishops went on to .iustify their stand assertin;:? that while they "give honor am' reverence to the Mother of Gori" thev fincl nowhere in the Bibi!! tha·t refers to her being carded bodily to heaven. The obvioug implication is that no proof other than furnished by the Bible is admissible to them. If WC! toe \heir line of reasoning, there C'an be no truth or fact othe>' than those reco1·ded in the Bible. For the <1rchbi~hops it 'woulcl Le startling to hear that the Bible. like all recording of history, di<'. ?wt · and could recount every event in that period. IncidentalIv the feast of the Assumntio~·; cnn be traced tack to the dnwn of Christianity. But of courg ~ t.-.e Anglican theology does not ha"e room for tradition anr\ there isn't much Anglican tradition tv talk of, in the first pla~e. Page 6 The real mirth and miracle of Christmas are not there for those who take it for granted or as a mere excuse for a celebration By V. N. Lim 011C'i! rni,rc the air is alive with the id:i.d tidings of the Yuletide sca~;on." Ti1!.! air is gcttin,c: cooler, cal"ols a:1d soft songs arc bci;!;innin!! to permc:.te the airlines, slol"cs ancl .~hors ue sportitw hollies, hout:hs mul µ:rcerrn in their displa~· windows; next ~·car's ca!<'ndan; Ill"<' eominl! off printing presses and circulating·. Christmas gl"l'Cting cants - the L"a:<iest,eommonest,.mostconvenicnt.in."ll'Urnents of g:ood-will arc as \l>'U::ll'traininµ·cui<hrel!isterhcltsand nrnking· Christnw~; nwnier and more prnfitable for tiw store owners and shop pt·oprietors. The hc:<t thing-s >'cldom occur. Like Chrbtmas. It ronws 011ly once and at the ('lHI of the ~·car, stays for t\ few days and wh••n leaves, ieavini.: behind new memories. new thinl!s like cnnls and wr:ippers for the sentimcntals to p;\ste to their 1;crap hooks. In the scramhle l:nd flurry of the ~eason, in the .l!ay chase of g-ifts iind thm1k-~·ou's, in the ~oppy par( i<.'s where win~ and hanj!overs .~o hancl .in hand, in the whole twisted, stine1l, mixed-up business of Christcf .Julr 01· the Olympics. N"ohody ;:nd wrigide their way through a sa:;s Thank ~·ou, Lord, fo1· your bi1·th- mass of pious, sleepy, indifferent, soday. Kverrhody simply goes around bcr ;md drunken louts to a place expecting: to receive something: for wbt,J"e tht'Y can hear and follow the the occasion from a friend, others mass. Still, there arc those who arc go . around window shoppinl!, gift in for merely in the vicinity of the) hunting, luµ;ging bales of mcn·han- ehurch mainly to, shall we say, endise. und lhe majority of the people jo~' the scenery. Or just fo1·mality. who cannot expect fot· somethinl! just It's Christmas, one is suppose~ to stand at the curb and watch it ;1ll. go to church for midnight mass; n good number of people and one's At the sti·ob' of twelve of Chri~t friends ai·e there.. ~.o, one joins mas eve pvop\e flock to trw churches the crowd and trods, rides or totter;; \Vhy? They don't usu111l.v g·o to towanl a church. "'hen he reaches church in th•· middle l'f Uw ni."ht there what docs he do? He looks But because this is Christm'.!·• '~'1 : ;iround for a quiet, dark pla"cc to all the oth••rs are there, so they \!'.O. ;;it and do:i;e off. Fii1din:;:- one. he A hundred to one, not all the pl•oplc lii.:hts a cig:arettc. hlows smokc·rings, who (!'.O to chu1'ch hear mass. Sure. and fall into the arms of Morpheus. the older ones and ~ome younger onc.o; A few snores later, feclin!! cramped, ;'re up front on th!.!ir kne(·s, pruying- he awakes and rises, mooches anoand ;:-iving- the Lord :i"ii~ due. The thc1· fag, and spends the n~st of th~ abovc-udolc~cent~ arc near the exil~ e•:rl~· morning on the butt. And then of the ,.church or out~ide in the plaza he goes home ready to call it a real loungini.: against the hig acaciil trees nice Xmas. ma~ people forget its renl meaning. ot· dozing- in the e:1rs parked then•. The~· wrap thcmselVl'S up so con1pll'tely and wholehearted!~· in the bu~incss of having a marvelous time; thl'y take Ch1·istmas too for-granted. As if it were just like any other spedal event. Like Easte1· or the Fou1·th Of course henring- thl.' midni:;:-ht mass c,n Christma~ is not limited to thi· senill.' and the children. There arc the propedy schooled youni.: men and ~·ounj! ladies who courageously shoulder, elbow, nudge, excuse-me. push, Bu11dy, how rlo you spend you1· Christmas? Regarding that going to church pal"t of it, that Is. I wish you a me1·ry Christmas and hope you 're not one who thinks a papal bull is a holy cow. Short Story "Now, im't it /u11ny-I talking to you 1uithout k1101uing 11our 11am1l" '"' t1a11td. "l hope, 11011 didn't tht11k I wa.1 hid . •. " Lorna did not see a familiar "face 811 she strode down the tiled corridor <1f the Univ.crsity ground floor. But that was not so odd, she told hCl'!<Clf. After all, she ho.d been away for three years. People ch:\nge with the ~·co.rs, especially in a university whcM students come and go in a eontinunus, flowing stream. But the facultv members.. she felt a little nmu~d.. they att like permanent fixtures-they stay on and on. She lrn<.'w :ilmost all of them, at least the ones !<he left three years ago. Falhcr Ractor was still there-the same penetrating eyes, the same warm smile that had always greeted her. "The prodigal daughter comes home. . and with one more degree, I'm sure," he beamed. ly L. S. Bon1a11 Lorna blushed ·\prettily. "You make me feel like that Biblical character, Father," she said, "but unlike the prodigal son. I've come home with something useful. That la, if an M.A. degree is of much use to a woman like me.'' Father Rector's face broke into the old familiar smile . "That depends on how you intend to live the next ten or fifteen years. If you plan to grow old teaching, an M.A. degree provides some sort of guarantee, other things notwithstanding. Well, I suppose you will take up where you left o!f. See Mr. Libron for your program. The place has not changedyou'll find him in the old Faculty room." Lorna nodded briskly and thought 11bout Eli and Flora. Surely, they must be the same old pals. She thank<>d Fr. Reetor with a broad grin and wt>nt out into thf' corridor towards the corner. A few boys loitered outside the classrooms. They eyed her with frank curiosity. They were strange faces, so shn went past them feeling n little embarras~cd. She could hear a brave one send out a mischievous 111olf-whistle. In spite of herself, she wt1nted to take it as a compliment. She knew she WM good-looking and· thnt crisp Aliec blue pique casual she had on did wonders to her complexion. She was fond t'lf dresses-they were ::!most an obsf's!linn with her. This p:i~tel shade she hnd chosen wns onn cf her favorites. She half-smiled . Eli and Flora would break into exclamations, she knew. They had gone around often tQ£ether, wasted many an hour at the soda-fountain, gone on sprees to Miramar. It was jl'oing to be different now. She was three ~'ears older-and wiser. She could almost hear them. "L<lrna! You've chanaed marvelously. Eli. wateh out, don"t let the boy friend sen her or you are bound to have competition.'' And Eli would say, "Better start mending your own Page 7 I Oddly enough, after tli<I' years of absence it takes more than old friends and[· familiar surroundings to l feel really home again. j !:~~t~in:'~;·~o;~; •=~t, :~:~ .. you Lorna tried to suppress a chuckle· Absurd, that Ell and Flora should worry about boy friends. They nev~r gave men so much importanee or if they did, they had not been so open nbout it. But, of course, three years t'an make a lot of changes. She saw Letty coming up the steps. Letty had been one of those bculty members who kept aloof but nianaged to maintain cordial relations with her. "Hello, Letty,'' she called out. "Why, hello, Lorna!" said Letty .in her big hu1tky voice, "When did you get bt:ck?" She !miled broadly, show· ing two rows of beautiful teeth, and Lornn thought that nsset was the on· J\' redeeming feature in her-it held ~ Jot of promise for the future! Lett)-' wns looking at her sharply -::tnd hesitating. Lorna almost re· gretted that she had hailed her for now Letty n1ight want to take her all over the school. Then she would miss Eli and Flora. But Letty went right down the hall without stopping. It was not surprising, Loma thought. Letty was the same snob. The soda-fountain was packed-:-n bright, swirling pattern of confusion. The boys were yelling for coke and the i:r:irls' chatter rose above the noii::e .. Lorna took a high stool at the end of the counter near the door. A group of unfnmiliar _ fnces came in· 1tide and somebody exclaimed, "Hey, look who's here! Lorna!". She turned around but she couldn't tell who hod spoken. She flung :t hriJ?ht "hello" and turned back to her eoke. Eli nnd Flora hnd not !thawed up. Lorna felt lonely in that til;!' crowd . Her unensiness wn~ mountin:r every minute. She wished she hnd Wl'itten to tht' rirls about her return. But then sh1• wnntc!d to surpri!'e them, nnd .. Suddenly. her eres lighted up. From the fnrthe8t end of the corriril'lr she 1tnw them coming-Eli, the !:nme slender lithe figurc-Florn with her inevitable smile. Lo'rna took two (Continued on page 11) L11st night I lll'cnmt of a bii; and e:mpl)' church 0:1 a hill of shar1 >, live stones. It was an old church made of ~lasses held tol!ethe1 · by sticky mud hardened by the rays of the sun .. its transparenc~· blotted by the thiC kening dirt thnt found home on itssurfacc Inside.. there was silence .. dn111i:c, eerie silence-an enormous place of worship. hushed by the ghost of n fo1·g-otten prayer-in me, I felt a wavl' of reve1·cnce for the quiet I knew nothing of. Silent still were the things around it. The winds had suddenly stopped from its eternnl nliitht :is if in wonderment-and th~ iea\'es of the surroundinP.' tl'ees 1•:N?pcd in silence : we:ik and wea'"ry cf the soundlcssncss of its environment, hopelessly, nocdl<>ssly, clingin~ t(· its hr:mches.. the1·e wasn't a movin_cr thin:r in sight ... as if within. 11·as :m unwritten rule outlawing the co.using of sound that would distui·b the hollow, meaningless silence it hall :ilways known. There was silence- strong, undisputed blanket of silence. Then lt came .. it came silently There was ID Immense temple ol worship blown to bits by a laaghter 1 rnd settled ~cntly in front of the tiilapidated altar. A long, lean face •. thin und cold as blade-yet smiling, as if slightl~ :•mused. It came alone and with its drabness, it suggested nothing-ab· :solutely nothing. But slowly, I be~n to look up attentively ; I begun usin:t mr :i;~nse5 a net my can grew big. . . for there was laughter. There was :;!nw. C:oubtful lnughter. I saw the face growing 1:1~·er by la)·er; thicker and thicker until oil 007.ed out of its shining skin ... until it gave a slight quh•et• to the l('('l'eness of its fat. Cut its hiu~htcr was no longc1 · sr.ft, no lon~cr withheld. Its throat}· 1·oitc ca111e sJl\aJ>hin~ nnd te:1ring dmvn like one big blow and the church tif ~~l:iss came crashing down in vnc moment of intense fury .. and thc1 ·c was laui:htcr ; boisterous Jaughi:cr booming in its throat . • . sa• ~age, u11ta1ned ~aughtcr, s~rillin~ (!espite its i:igantlc volume hke on• big effol't of thunder carC<!ning thru lhe silent air- fierce and wild like the swift, deadly slash of a knife on a slee1 >ing flesh. There was wild laughter, mocking laughter; releasi11g all sounds !lored in that kin:::-1iom of silencc--wai!ing out the si· le~cew:~: ~;di:~:n o~h~s s:in;~; ;into my eyes and dressed up hastily and went to church. I looked at its thick ancient walls and heard the murmur of prayers from different lips. It did not have the vastness of silence i•s in my dream, but it had the scrcnitv that comes from peace that the ~hurch of glass did not have. I knew then that my church was ju!'t as right and strong as my faith. It is tough and unyielding to temptalion that is in the fascination of n laughter. I know that it would not break fol' my religion is resilient as steel to the point of perfection .. . ever ready to bounce bnck when crRshcd- e\'er ready to ~trike when l•owcd.. and inside me, it has left a deep sense of security for the coming years. They were descending the wide, C<Jrnfortabfo steps of the Library. She stole a glance sidewise at Nick. He looked perfectly unruffled. There was not the slightest indication of the anger that must have been surging through him. She likewise glanced at her cousin Ti ta. The poor girl was candidly troubled. Good gosh, she told herself silently, what a scream. Here she was the hel'<line, ond taking it juf:t like that. Nick was saying, "Lets have something," looking at the side-walk eafP, "to cool our heads off," he added. Well, so he really was angry! Then something happened to her, inside. She was !IUrprised at herself, headin!Z' towards the refreshment place for the lighting change of mood. It was one thing to suppose that he was angry. It was another-knowing- that he was angry. All right, she decided, I'm going to be angry, too. What was the matter with him, rr.yway? This was an eye.opening discovery. Isn't a girl entitled to !""!me tight minutes of tardiness? Couldn't he remember that afternoon when he kept them waiting for a l!Mri half hour? Besides, she had tried tn nrnke amends for the eight minutes. She had been extra nice and !lweet to him when they played "bingo", but he had glued his eyes on his game and never minded her. Then, she had snatched up the "binf!'O" things and drngged Tita some \Vay off, where they played by them~elves, leaving Nick leaning on the wide veranda, looking down at the strollers and the cars. "Ren, you should go and make up,'· Ti ta whispered during their game. "Huh, should I?" She countered laughingly. "Let him have his fill. He seems to be the very Devil himself, this :ifternoon." And they had gone on playing, growing misery slowly blotting out the bright pretense she put on, until finally Nick went to them and said rather coldly, "Let's better gt't going now, don't ~·ou think?" They had seated themselves, and Nick was ordering the drinks. She didn't try to catch his eyes, nor did she pay any attention to him and the waiter. She was J?oing to show him, ihe thoui?ht grimly. "Orange for us. coke for Tita,'" Nick told her. "Us?" shot Rena's eyebrows upwnrd. "I nm not having anything this time." Nick looked unens~· rind she added. "I'm not thirsty. And I don't have nn:,• bent to be conic:! .-.ff, she could not help the scorr showin)l'. in her voice while she ri\•eted her eyes on two new-comers - two smart mestizos who showed their interest, too, so she anchored her gaze there, knowing exact!~· its effect (•r. N'ick. Wh;!t is it now, his eyes demand· od. You s!wnldn 't ask me, aftC"r the way you've bc>hnvcci this afternoon, Rcnn's nnswercd defiantly. The drinks enme. Tita and Nick took up straws and started sipping th<>irg. Renn continued playing eyes ·.vith the tnl!C"r of the two mestizos. Bang! It wag Nick's bottle. Rena was now smiling with her eyes, and took up straws and started sipping "See here," Nick's voice was very C'!'Jiet, "shall I thrnw yours away?" "Why don't you?" her voiee sound(-d as if it was such a bright idea which she thoroughly approved, and letting her eyeg play 0n his hair for n !!pell, she tut"ned them back slowly, gracefully, to the table on her left. "Look. l 'm going if you aren •t,'' Nick was Ji_c:nalling t.he waiter. He had p11she<l away the half-consumed hottle. Rena looked at Tita who was miPage !l i::erably trying to fit into the situation. She, too, had put her drink away, altho' almost untouched and was preparing to stand up. What would happen now, she wondertd, if I were to link my arm through his and smile up at him rnftl~·, lovingly - the way he liked me to? He would weaken clown, she knew. He would become as helpless as a blind man and everything would 1Jc all right once more. But she had no need for a blind man. She wanted one who love her not because she nrnde him weak and helpless, but because she made him !ltrong aml sure. So ghC' k<>pt her eyes ahead and never nttercd a sinl!.'le word until they came to the Redemptorist i:rrounds. It was almost six and the Fathers hnd gone up, leaving the chapel open to <'Vening visitors. "\Ve're dropping in for a while, You can go ahead," Rena said to Nick and he knew what that meant. She was telling him that the afternoon was to be ended with(')ut explanntionf', fordveness. or the ecstacy of rnying, "Bless you, I love you so 'llUl'h!" with their eyes. "Let'i; f'tay hel'e, I've somethini:r to sa~,. Tit can go i11 if she likes,'' he indicat<>d the chapel. "Jt's too lnte," f'he i;hook her bend, "I want to go in, too." "All rie:ht,'' h(> vioced dC'feat, an(r his sho11klers drooped in a pained w~v ns h(' w<'nt on nhead. The~· wei·e not nlone. Somebody wns praving the Angelus and in a ri_e:ht loud voice. She dicl not stifle the temptation to turn her head to the se:it near the window from where il evidently came. He looked young. As youn!? as she was perhaps and very earnest. She ~ctudicd his lean face. He could be handsome. she thought. Only-only there was something too Intense and f;inatic about him. He had not taken notice of them. Rf'nn fnnnd hel'!ll'lf strnng-C'l~· nttriicterl, until Tita nudged nnd whispC"rNl. "Come on, let's iret out." and the urgency in bet· voice was ~tartling. "Why, what's the matter?" Rena whispered. "Tell you outside. C'mon,'" and Tita hurriedly made the sii:rn of the eroi;s anrl as swift!~· !?lided out and aw:iy pnst the holy water stand to th~ !!:ntherin_e: shadows ontsi<le. "Hey, Tit, wait for me! You're acting so funny, ~·ou know,'' Rena called in a semi-whisper. "Funny! I was afraid if we stayed a minute loni:rer he might decide to chase us." "Chase? That fellow, you mean?" (Continued on page 30) Page 10 A stoi·y that went up in smoke I am sitting on my rock:ng chair. Between t!le middle- and fore-fingers of my left hand is clipped a burning cigarette. A pen is in my right hand. Ten minutes have elapsed and nolhin"? comes into my head. Shall I write about mllsic, morals. politics, or modern dances? No. They are trite and much too common. The 1criding public is fed up of them. I want to scribble ahollt something <1n11sual. But I just ca!l't make up my mind because I can"t think of anything to make up my mind on. Deep meditation ... and ... "Ouch!!!"' The r;1!ddlc- and fore-fingers of my left hand are scorched. i\iy citrnrcttc has burneci up .halfway of its length and the lighted end got in contnct with bare skin, As I instinctively push the unlighted end to rC'licvc mc of the burning sensation (I held on to my remaining stub cf ll cigarette fm· ·:!car life and cannot afford to throw it away for spite, ci·~arcttcs bcini:r so costly nowadays.) I begin casually to notice a scemin?iy inconsequential thing as the ~mok(l continuously emitted from it in D swaying wrnith of white. Yes, the a ~moke By Vicente Almiraal• rises on account of its weight. Nor do I think that i~ · is on account or h·~at. I am now more inclined to thil;k that this frail-looking creature moves consistently upward because it has a rendezvous with someone somewhere. No doubt tha place is Ahovc, and probably the rendezvous is to bc with its Creator. And. who knows? I•'o1· why does this thin~ i"sist orl goi11g- up? See? It seems to m~ke haste in its ascent as if to e:scap:! from some breeze who might be envious of its jOlll'ney Ujlward anC wants to arrest its. hcavenh· journey. But sc<" how a;::-ile it is. H..,w it curls and c!ives and reshapes and rises r,::: agl'in ! Each time it rises, it becomes thinner and its color whiter. The wid~r it expands . .ithe thinner it becomes until it di~solves in thin air anti you sec it no more. Perhaps it wants to l:ie invisible like its rh•al, H1~ vihrr.nt hut Y:>t!nrnt. brcez('. Pr,,baMy it cloes nut want to reveal its st•rc path toward its 1 endezvous with some Power. c~mnkc. It e:ets my fancY. i\Iy cigarette ha~.· nearly consumed Smoke looks nimble to me._ A va- itself between m~· fingers. I put it g1·1rnt breeze passes and this frail cut a1:d tlu·ow it nway. I can no wisp of haze sways left, rig-ht, for- 1cn2"e!· sec that cletermin~d traveler WP.rel and rearward. It has been said b11t I rtill can ima_~inc that it is still lh2t -~mokl! is ligbt{'r than air, and i-ising, rising, and rising. The cool thr>t it is hot. Some book said so. br~eze blow!ng gently l':cems t, That is why, it aclrlecl, that it gees up !:hc.w that its intermittent rival has rn<l nnt down. But in niv currcnt 1?0nc upward to ,0¥capc from it~ fancifulnei:-s, I don't thi~k smoke clutches. - - -Swing it!-----------·--------·---,Hey, wait a minute! Did I say I want to write about something unusuai? Aw, pshaw! How could I when that evanescent cre:i.ture conjured by my liithterl ~igarette stole row:w ~he show frow my concentrati,,n? I can no longer think of something- else, and I have nothing to write obout. But, yes, the journey of '.'!smoke! HELLO, STRANGER! .. (Continued from page 7) more sips of her coke. hu1·riedl~· deposited a ten-centavtJ piece beside her half-empty bottle, and was almost running down the co1•ridor the next instant. Flora had grown slimmer, and EH had made her lips prominent with vivid lipstick. "He ... II ... oooo!'' Lorna sang out. "I'm back." The two girls stopped. ''Why, it's Lorna," exclaimed Eli, "You've been gone for aies.'' "Isn't it longer than that?" said Fl on>. "\Veil, here I am," Lorna said delightE:d!y. "Back and for !!'Ood, too.'' "You look different,'' said Eli. "For a minute, I didn't know you.'' "I am different." admitted Lorna proudly. "So different. And thne is sv much to tell both of you." Without thinking- about it, the three girls had begun to w:> k forward slC'wl~·. Loma l00ked at th<"m in surprise, as if somehow she ha•l made a startling discovery. She pursed her lips. "But I'm doing all the talking-I guess because I'm so glad to be back.'' "You know nothing happens in this dead end, Lorna," Eli sounded disgl1sted. They went up to the seCtJnd floor in si!E:nce. Lorna felt that silence bearing down on her, she foun1I something quickly to fill that tiny void. "How's the love life? Any new find?'' "Love is still a 'fata morgana' to us as it has always been," Eli mut· tered, "but we-" Eli broke off. "There's Father Rector," she said excitedly, "I have to see him about sonicthing awfully important." It was half explanation, half anxiet~·. Something icy crept through Lorna's heart as she saw Eli hurry down the corridor. Just like that. Hello-and goodbye. Her mouth tightened at the corners. "Have you ever taught Junior Nor· mal English, Lorna?" Flora's question melted the frost around Lorna'.;; heart. Three years ago Eli and she had shal'ed almost everything. But people change. Instinctively. she expected the same c.hange in Flora. "Yes," she answered. hiding the hurt beneath a smile. "It seems I'm :~oing to teach it again. I dread the fl!'dea.l. Ifs excruciating, to say the least." Lorna still smiled, and as the wannth melted away, she held her expression URtil she eould feel the (Continued on page 14) By Carl Sandburg I The dou:n drop of the blackbird, The wing catch of arrested flight, The stop midway and then off: off for triangles, circles, loor:~ of new hierogyphsThis is Ap1il's way: a woman: "O yes, I'm here again and your heart knows./ 1l'as coming." 2 White pigeons rush to the sun, A marathon of wing feats is on: "Who most loves danger? Who most loves tdngs? Who somersaults for God's sake t'age 11 in the '11.ame of wing ]lower in the sun and blue on an April Thtt1'Sday?" So ten winged heads, ten winged feet, race their white forms over Elmhurst. They go fast: once the ten togethe1· were a feather of foam bubble, ct (hrysanthemum whirl speaking to silver and az1we. 3 The child i8 on my shoulders. Jn the prairie moonlight the child's legs hang ovfJ' my shoulders. . She sits on my neck mid I hear her calling me (t good horse. She Slides down-and into the moon silver of a prai1ie stream She throws a stone and laughs at the clugclug. by Martin ~- Antepuesto Ye.~. a feeling akiu to gladness there is Out in the open ...... fo the country quiet At the approach of dm kness and twilight, A feelin.tJ of wo1·ship from within comes, When NatU1·e changes her face In the inextinguishable glow of he1· sunset. Then as the heart takes wings Among the yet unchartaed space, And soars to the heavens to gather dreams Among the un!lamed and forgotten stars lit again, A resurgence of juvenile tumult is in The heavinn breast as the heart beats faste1· With that language undeciphe1·able Yet understandably sweet •. Even1 vassing jeep below, in every rnoftop, Yes, 'ever,1 breadth, depth, height The heart can reach,· the1·e is a feeling Bo1·ne by every homing n·arbler 1cinging To it.'> noctm·nal 1·oost. Yes, all in a day at closing For such is the nugget of the Beauty Of God ..•.. . Eternal! Framed in the smile of each transient dau ••.. Page 12 ~R~M I IR~r [ ~tA1 rn rntNRf Pf~l~ I ___ _I Take the sweltering heat and the i<uffocatin.e: dust of our hot summer months. Add to these discomforts the maneuvers of flies and other un· classified insects that nosedive on you during your siesta. You can be driven into- that kind of frenzy and panicky sea1·ch for a haven where yOu can rest in peace. You would wistfully think of the park you saw in the movies. But that institution which the Americans are broad·minded o:>nou.e:h to provide for popular com· fort and o:>njoyment are lamentably unknown here. Then there is the USC roof.garden but the unending flight of stairs would discourage you and your weak heart. Yestel"day, I met a friend who said he had tho:! formula to bo:!at the heat and the dust. Why, in Manila, he used to doze off inside the theatre through two showings and see the picture on the third. That is, when. ever he fdt tho:! discomforts of that dty"s own atmosphere on sweltering afternoons intolerable. Manila's theah·es are swank, we don't doubt about it. But Cebu is not Manila. Our Ta· l!"alog friend failed to realize that at ihe outset. On that particulu instance, su1c ( f himself and confident ii; his for· m11la to successfully escape! the sum· ;11er bedcvilme?Lts, our friend bee-lined for tho:! nearest theatre whue an aetion picture \\'as showing. With ticket in hand, he crossed the nari·ow lobby for om• of the doors leading into the show-hall. The usual v.irl who should c~llect the tickets b<'fol'·~ anybody could l'.!nter was nut :it it. He had the diffidence to look :1roun<. Io1· her for fear of h<'ing mist~l!l'n Ly the management as a gat~ O":isher. Sudde~ly, 11 streak of b<'uncin(l' feminity ru5hcd from ir.sidi: rnd, m no time, his ticket was snatched fron1 him before he couM realize what happened. That rascal who was supposed to be the "porters'' rushed mside again, HS suddenly 1u ~he er.me. 'll:>.ybe to c&tch up with whatever was depicted on the screen at the momeP.t. He had no time to say what he ha(! in mind. For he was J-.imself in n hurry to get inside. In the darkJ•ess inside, he stumbled a~ain~t po:!<:iple. chairs, 11osts an~! wh.<it-had-the~·· '.Vh~·, th~r~ were nf' ushers. Our frien1l stifled ilis .:ussing under hio; breath. In his home-city, theatres have t>andy usherS guidinl!" moviefnns h- their stats \~ith their little !'ed torch-!i:~hls. But he was wran):'., I here was an usher all rkht; onl~-, she toe: mu~t have been engrossed iii the story on the screen to be aMe to attl'nd to what he was paid for. Our friend had to stay 1mt awhilt> to adapt his e~·es to the darkness be-·' fol'e bungling again for a scat. Soon~ he was used to the twilight and sight-. td a vacant seat at the exfreme rightl of a row. He sidled into it; and prop· ping himself up on his seat, he thought ho:! was set for a whole evening's recreation amidst good and Jleaceful surroundings as a haven OH YEAH!!! * The fellow who first advised rtgainst putting all your eggs in one basket probablJ! sol1 baskets. * Those who tell you they wouldn't think of stooping to gossip may be low enough afready. * l~~e:t ~i~~~~ h~?se~~;in!f,~Z I· to notice them. j His escape from summer heat to the local moviehouse was as memorable as from frying pan to fire should be. When he first looked up on the screen, the action picture was endin<;{. He did not mind concentratinJ? on the fragment so much. Next came the inevitable advertisements of thi~ thing and that, a bit of added attrac· tions; ,and then, the main picture :igain. Just behind our friend were seated an elderly couple with their boy. The husband could be either deaf or illiterate, for every time a character on the screen spoke, the obliging wifcy repeated or explained the words to him in the dialect. And their over~ize child used to squeal with glee and clap his hands with delight, or sit onto the 31'ms of his theatre seat to the great annoyance of the au<litnce around him. And there was th~t man who ni5hed our friends row of seats steppin!!:" on his pet corn in the process. In trepidation, he transferred to anothel" vacant seat about five rows away from the elderly couple and its llcion's antics. But, even there. too, our friend had to be amidst s(lme more rackets. There was that prodigy of a teenager who wanted to impress the others by \'oluntarily lelling aloud what was going to hap· pen next in the story, stealing a,.av the thrill and suspense from its plot. C'ccasional wolfish howls, cat-calls., pie1·cing whistles and lusty guffaws with loud nmarks got mixed up with the "talkies." Peanuts were cl"acking in three or more seats. Our pestered friend was about decided to call it quits and dve up to his milder persecutors outside of the theatre. But he noticed on tin1e si;ime vacant rows of sea,ts just in fr(!nt of the screen. He lost no time in exilin~ hin:self from the l"est of the audience by occupying a seat too near the screen even if he had to strain his eyes from looking up on the picture c he being no near-sighted friend). In his new location, he was sure he would no longer be bothered ex· <'"Pt for a little eye-strain which to him was a bit more bearable. About half-way of the action-picture story, however, he felt something cross his upper legs, and then another, all in a flash. He easily dismissed the vagrant thought that some theatre ghosts m'lst have been commuting r.ast him and lightly stepping over his thighs. In fact, he did not mind it. But the third time it happened, ry the reflex action of his quick hand, he was able to brush aside with his palm a dark hairy thing about a half-foot long which was thrown away a few paces from him. It bit the cement floor with a thud and it squeaked lustily, while rolling over iind scampering to the safety of the theatre's darkened reeesses. It was strnnj?C, our friend said, that even !'ats should have to see an action picture. And then, too he felt a seratchy sensation on the skin of his thighs which got in contact with his seat. He began to scratch with gusto. Before long. something stunk. He reeognized the unpleasant odor of bed· bugs (this time, seat-bugs) which he must have unwittingly crushed when he scratched his thighs. u. ~- e. By Vicente Ranudo, JI'. IJoLD answer to standards, Champion of the South, Symbol of centuries of crusade, A Christian King on an elevated highway, Tall, clean, anuular machine, chugging with constant enei·gy, rebuilt, remade, regrown beyond expectation, •• Make1· of Men, creato1· of a Faith, Fa1·-fl11ng outpost of the religion of a million cathedrals, A wish, a hope, come true . .. A monument tall and clean-browed, still, beneoth its thick concrete feet, conceols 1·ed blood of yellow invaderswas's wei·e's and would-have been's soaked in one big hunk of buried soil, And in its lreart, Along its high-wide halls and corridors, Rooms buzz, like some shiny home of honeybees, Grinding ceaselessly wit1~ mechanical precision, grim, determined, cocksure, While above, its clean-slated-shoulders form a permanent gesture of m'istocracy Rising 11p straight and over temples,., Bold answer to standards, Champion of the South, Symbol oj centuries oj cr11sacle, A Christian King on an elevated highway, Tall and momtmental, pro11d-browed and firm-chi1111ed.,. Page 18 But he had to earry on somehow nfter the pains he went through. By that time, he was convinced that the temperature inside the theatre was worse than that outside. Proof was that he was wet with sweat all over. No air-conditioning system he realized. Wh('n our friend thought that he had his fill of the brand of entertainment with its intidental coutroments he was martyred to go through, he was only too willing to get out of it a~;. He came in as a fu~itive from the discomforts availing outside but was dism11yed; and he went out haunted by the cxperience he had with theatre parts, hu· rr.an or otherwise. He was quick to reeount that he went inside to be en· tcrtained, only to be made to endllre an hour and a half of incidental tor· tu re. Are You Really in Love? When you say you fall for her or him like a ton of bricks, how would you know you aren't acting or thinking just like a brick, too? One Dr. Adams uses this test to indicate quickly whether a person is actualJy in love or just infatuated by good looks and sex appeal. 1. Do you have a great number of things that you like to do together? 2. Do you have a feeling of pride when you compare your friend with anyone else you know? 3. Do you suffer from a feeling of unrest when away from him or her? 4. Even when you quarrel, do you still enjoy being together'! 5. HaYe you a strong desire to please him, or her, and are you quitr~ glad to give way on your own preferences? 6. Do you actually want to marry this person? 7. Does he, or she, have the qualities.you would like to have in your children? 8. Do your friends and associates aclmire this person and think it wouhl be g9od match for you? 9. Do your parents think you are in love? (They're very di.c;ceming about such things.) 10. Have you started planning, at least in your own mind, what kind of \\·edding, children and home you will have? If you can truthfully answer Yes to at least 7 of the above, then Dr. Adams's diagnosis would be that you are in love. Page i.1 HELLO, STRANGER! . • . (Continued frl"m page 11) shape of the smile. She tried to swallow th(' tightnen in her throat be· fore it would become a lump. "Going nnywhere, Flora?" she asked weakly, as Flora looked at her watch nervously. "Oh, it's one of these Master's Classes. It's purgative to me. I'm sorrv I have to .run along now. Lorna .. See you latar. •· Flora left the words trailing behind her. Lorna suddenly felt a wave of frustration sweep over he1· like a mi1:thty flood. Something hot and moist gathered in her eyes. She had to do something to keep from feeling like a stray child-something dcfinit('. She opened her white bag and pretended to dig into it, She did not know what she wns looking for, but U.at bag was a wonderful ('Ompanion. It gave her a chance to recover her bearin1rs. She drew in her breath to fill up the emptiness inside her. "Hello," cut in a voic('. Lorna looked up and stared into ~ pair of almond-shaped eyes. She had seen those eyes before, she thoui?ht. And that smile! It radiated so much warmth. "Remember me?" he asked. "You tau!tht here bt?fore, didn't you?" "Yes, I-well, Jet me sec-you look fAmilir.r but I can't remember where I saw you last,'' Lorna fumbled for \\'l'lrds. "I've joined the Faculty," he said. "l was a Senior when you left." "Oh. no wond('r, yo\1 do not"look so "itran_e-('." Lorna felt the ice inside her had thawed. "We11 be toi;-ether again, I hope1 mean, in the Faculty," he grinned. "!'ow isn't it funny-I, talking to } 'OU without knowing your name!" i>hc tcr1sed. "Oh, I'm Roberto Can1pos. I should hav(' introduced myself in the first ~bee." He sounded npoloi?<itic. "That'~ all right. I was just cul'ious. •· "I hope you didn't think I wa~ bold but I saw you standin~ here, I thought there was something I could •lo to help yrm somehow. " "Yes. I need help badly at the sodafountain. I'm terribly thirsty," she said with a chuckle. "Great! I need the same kind of help, too." Both of them broke into laughter. Together they went down the long flight of stairs to the drugstore. alex my frie11d, luffc i run aitti11g before my por· tuble Umlcnuood with a deadliH e to bt11t cwd a bla11k mind. This lwp/lCUll 11/1 the time, csp,ccially w hen tflc boss sta1·ts screaming fer tflc 1iiccc:J to come i11. and then i go into tfle routi11e of sitti11g before my machine like a clie11t before a spccialift waiti11g for maybe r1 ltnmlo11t or 1011te dressing down. 1ullilc t.llc !Jr<11J 111(1tter work8 1111 i>ome choice 111qncla 11111 lland flils ovc1· the kc~ like nu vmis. ' """· tic pi'1to11s a11d what do 11011 /.:1 1,.,w! lwlf the 1ic.gc is filled (with a fr, lf81W/l1J). 11011 la1 01'), -thi• ve11 1 msl1i1111 tmdc crm be ilisill11aio11i110 some:,fo:~:i:,:,!:. ;;:;ci;:;'~a:~ :~se:~=~~ i11t1 oi· #w11tinq pt'lol. 1JQll e11iou it, and get damaged by it. i 1 11p1 1osc t/11tt',; the way the 1uorld 11•01·/i:.~, eh. 11•ith thi11 racket there's the dcrngt1· of talking out of turn .,. v. If. L. I or letting the soppy idea that 011• is a ,:egular pen push.Gr get into om1'a head. and then, budd11, 11our 11ame i1 mud. well, alex , thU is the second setnester. wkich m ea11a that in our ROTC we begin to oet the ra.10 d•al. last semester all we did on drill daya was trudge u11 to clua· r ooms in the third floor and pretend to li1ten in rapt attention to. om· instructors going into spiela abo11t S igntrl Communication and I machine guns. thi:t t111·m we flat'"" t 1te camp11s grass in gun c lrilfs, batte1'1/·Plaloo11-aqund drills trnd drilla on 1ctapo11a. all riqht, flrit feet, liori 011 fo it. if you dog/aces 1uo1 ·k like aloves maybe we'll ""'"1t11tf t11c Tactical Inspectors whe11 f1rnt time comes. a hot tip: rumors are crawling that 11cxt year t/1111-e'll be 110 more 111mmer terme and Saturda11 clasan. what took them so long to romc to that?/ yores respectfoolishl11, herbie. The MP 9un crew is given tit• !lte Science 111/Jding facade and part of tit• lloys' High School Department across it. The CAROLINIAN StCJH begting the deadline. The Ed-in-chili'f is tlank.ed by maderatar Luis E. Schonfeld, SVD, and LibrCJriCJn J. PeiiaJosCJ. L fo R. fsittin9J (Ire J. Vesfil, military; A. Briones, news; J. PeiiCJ/osCJ, te chnical; Napoleon G. RamCJ, editor; ll:ev. L. E. Schonfeld, moderCJtor; Emilio B. Aller, mano9in9. /Standing), D. Soy and G. Ang, photogrgphers; A. Morglo, miritgry; H. AlcosebCJ, news; R. Tupos, sports; V. Delfin, feature. Not in picture: Adviser C. Foigao; Y. N. Lim and V. Ranudo, associate s; Sg/ly Valente, society; Josefina N. Lim, contributing e ditor. It's croquet time for these Education coe ds on a wede nd at Miramar. With the mallet is Antonina Me ndo1a. Probably some:> fancy diver do· inq his stunt at Miramar. r 8/i//s Jo11 8oi111e111ils fourf/I YHr Clan of llSHE wit/I Deon Caroline Goniolu, Clan Manag er Felisa T. Gi<;o and Treasurer Pilar Vergara. fducotion coe ds 9iYi119 the le nsmon flte smile that cloulH . L. to R. ore Miss es Rosita luogas, fl.,isso Megollos, Conce pc/011 Justl11/011 i, Carolina C11brero and Ania Q11ir11111fe. Jl's a 7l4n/e11jitl Life Ccile9e Life. IAal is-Pre· Low Closs Office rs with libcm:il Arts De on ll ev. Luis The f119i11 eers wifh Oe on Jose Rodriguu and faculf)"· me mbe rs I . Yillomor, f . Yap, P. Beltran c111d P. Yap chute r around statue in 01111110/ lohol spree. 011 fest cloys, even tire stoirsteps moire 9ood seoh to crom in on. Coed Perlo Pon9Hinon rcolly doesn't mind tire '"seot-up", The po11•e thot perplexes. In tire picture 11re: Fe de Cet110, left: Rufino M11nlos11, ri9ht: coed Avcrnceiio, 11pper ri9ht. if/Jen IAe 8%am5 9el aJottntl de coJneu, ils all 1u1il al IAe <JI 8 C 8'Jonl .... By Sally Valente Ved<ly Santos and Leedee Reyes were quite alcne in the house, since Vcddy's mother went to her Grandma's for some secretive gabfest. Yes, the two cousins were alone-ii.lone, to tackle the g1·eat tragedies and great cnm('dics and otlJ('r "gr~ats" ot 8hakc~p('are. They were going i.o ha,·c their fin"! ~xttms next day, sc-, they took off their coats, so to speak, rolled up their sleeves, and gave old Shakc~peare the works. At the eruci~I mom<'11t of beginning the first verse. the doorb~ll rang, U1ion oper.inc: the dcor, the l!irls ran smack u1ion Aunt Concha and their twoycar-old niece, 'fo.,tsie. Veddy was to baby-sit Tootfie! '"Oh, no!" muttered Leedee under her breath with that famous oh-thatbrat-apin-look Lcedee had quite defin;tely severed all diplomatic relations with Tootsie ever since the latter, niakinp; a B-29 of a big fat lizard, maneuvered it to make a four-point lrm<linp; on Leedee's face. Now LeeclC'e, has ?. definite phobia against lizards, so none can blame her if she still carries a big chip on her shoulder, exclusively reserved for Tootsie. An ordinary child would have used paper for an airplane, but, you see, Tootsie is b;r no means ordinary. She has the decent number of legs, arms, eyes, etc., but her normalcy ends in her physical appearance. Her real name is Mary Elizabeth and why she came to be called Tootsie is the eighth wonder of the world. Anyway, bv any other name she is as sour! Her hobby is to hunt for such ferocious animals as mice and lizards (no, she's not a kitten, she's a baby). To make a long description short, you ciin just imagine Tootsie as a pocket-sized dynamite. Aunt Concha deposited the "TNT" into Verry's arms after a tirade of "'now remember's and toodle-dooed herself outside the gate to the place where she plays Mah-jong. If Veddy didn't like the idea of baby-sitting on the eve of their exams, she did not show it. After all, Aunt Concha always gave her allowance a boost if she needed it, didn't she? But Leedee ! Oh, no, she made no bones of her hell-bent arm's-length-holding of Tootsie. ''What great big teeth you have grandma.I" was her first volley. Veddy, smelling the reek of battle in the air, rushed to Tootsie's rescue saying, "Are you trying to allude by any chance to this child, Lecdee Reyes? Why, you should be !!shareed of yourself, letting you"t temper get the better of yot< towards this child as innocent as a lamb!" "No, I'm not hinting at Tootsie," Leedee retorted, "but to a certain wolf in Lamb's clothing' " And with the air of what could have been that of the "Noble 600" she marched up. stairs. Veddy's fil·st technique of babyl'itting was to let the baby loose and let her do what she wanted. One Lroken vase and two torn books late1·. however, she tlecided that that was not a solid idea after all. Method No. 2 was locking her in the i:tuest1 oom where nc vases were to be brok<.n and where !he onh' furniture were a big bed anri a small bookcase. Thc11 only, did Veddy proceed to do her rudely interrupted cramming, All was hunky-dory the following five minutes. Then, there issued a ~lam-bang crash in the emergency juilhoust?! Two heads buried in moth-eaten bcoks bobbed up lik~ jack-in-the boxes. The girls flew to the guestroom. A small mountain of hooks, apparently from the up-turned l•ookca&e, acted as the self-appointed welcome committee to them. Tootsie was nowhere to be found! "There are more things in this than m(.'ets the eye-because Tootsie is buried in it!" remarked Veddy as she made a nose-dive for the pile while Leedee momentarily forgetting her grudge (that was one of those moments for all good men to come to the aid of their pet peeves), racked her already battered gray matter tryine: to recall whatever her instructor in First-aid taught her on !-ow to give artificial respiration to people drown'!d in books. She was squatting on the floor facing the big bed, when a chubby arm thrust into her face something gray-and as history is known to repeat itself, Tootsie, again, was holding in her face a bitt fat lizard. Leedee's phobia zoomed straight to her head! She dashetl Page 19 How a coed tried to mix Shakespeare with babysitting and made a hilarious mess of it. to the window and was about to j~;p when she remembered that the window was two-story high. She then decided that it was "far nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" (through the lizard's stare) than to "shuffle off this mortal coil" (through the two-story window). Veddy, seizing the best opportunity to play the heroine, took the lizard and gave it the fate that would have been Leedee's had iohe jumped from the window. A minute later found Veddy lockin~ the door to the guest room, making .~ure that the key was inaccessible to Lecdce, since the latter seemed to mutter "revenge is sweet" to hc.rself. "Ah, peuc.'f' and quiet at last--" "Baw-w-w!" Before Veddy could reach the exclamation at the end of her sentence Tootsie began bawling i-0 loud. it made more din than a seven-alarm fire in Washington Square! That was the last straw for poor Leedce! "Veddy, do you have, by any chance, a good rope somewhere in your etoreroom?" shouted Leedee in between those of Tootsie's. "Why?'' asked Veddy in the same vocal volume. "I'm just in the sweet mood of strangling somebody." "Hey, wait a minute! I know ho\v we can use that rope!", snapped Veddy. With this, she dragged her C'Qusin to the storeroom. Later in the evening, Aunt Concha found Tootsie tied and gagged cow~ boy style! Her surprise certainlr begJ?ars description. At the head of the bed was pinned a note, explaining that Vedda and Leedee have gone to the latter's house to burn the midnight C'andle. " ... We could not posi;ibly study Shakespeare with Ophe· lia on the loose .. " the note further explained. But Aunt Concha's surprise couldn't beat that of Veddy's when, on Christmas, her mother presented her with a baby brother (so that's the subject of the mysterious gabfest with Grandma!) while her Aunt Concha gave her a book entitled "The Fine Arts of Baby-Sitting". "1Vell, say something dear!" said her aunt with cloying sweetness. What could the poor kid say but "Oh, brother!!!'' Page 20 As usual, Ed passed by the Carbon market. That is the shortest 1·oute between his office at the Gotiaoco building and his boarding house which is situated near the Visayan Electric Company power houSe. He was trying to cross the corners of Calderon and Progreso streets when he caught sight of people gathered about a passenger bus. Acting on in\pulse, he hurried to the scene .01 the C('lmmotion. It appeared kl htm that someone had met an accident. "Someone hu1·t," he thought. What Ed saw amused him, 110·.vt>v:Jr, A young woman, barely 21, was ha\•ing an argument with the conductor of the bus. He noticed the girl was well-dressed. Nobody in the crowd could have mistaken her worth. On bet' left dangled a white purse. Ed Eyed her again. She was not a perft'ct Filipina beauty, her fac(' showed some unmistakably exotic features. A whistle dispersed the crowd immediately. "Tana lang, Dong,'' the driver called his conductor to hurry as he saw a policeman approaching towards him in menacing long strides. The l;11s hvd gained gl'ound before the officer could reach it. Ed approached the girl with a hroad smile. He tried to tell her ~omethi ng. H2 wanted to HY something but his tongue got tangled. The r.irl caught sight. of his eyes and she :miled back. "Mind if I help." Ed finally stamniered. "No thanks. Incidentally, I need no more help," the beauteous. mestiza smiled again. "Bound some place?" Ed asked her. "Going home," her reply was as ~ hOrt. "Which way?" he became a littJe incjuisitive. Another bus skipped before the two. "Mandawe?" she inquired from the <ltiver. "T. Padilla, Carreta, Mabolo, Mandawc, Consolacion, Liloan;• the conductor shouted at the top of his voice: The J!'il"l con1nlandcd the conductor to loa<t her bundle in. She got inside the bus. She was in great hurry. She even forgot to say goodbye to the m:in with the broad grin. In the stampede for the noon-day rush for home the girl had not noticed Hi>.t the man she had talked with, had ~ho taken the same bus. A lnstrdnute decision had prompted Ed to take th! bus for Mandawe. He was hi.lnJ!'ry and that irritated him. But he wished to know more of her. He A yaaag man ia lave pals ap bravel:r willi liis impassible ia,laws nached for his pocket. He had still th1·ee pesos. "This would take care of the lunch,'' he thought. It did not lake long for the girl to take notice of Ed's presence. He was seated immediately behind her. "Why, I thought you weren't going to Mandawe,'' she twisted her face so that she could see the man's face again. "Ed is my name. Eduardo Castro," he introduced himself. "Well, Chocoleta ,,Kanaka. Choling for short, "she replied warmly. "Incidentally I have an appointment in Mandawc,'' Ed told her. "You mean an invitation, perhaps." She remembered that a neighbor of hers had a party and she thought that Ed was invited to that particular party, "No. An appointment. or shidl I say an engagement,'' Ed tried to be clear. ·~VitP whom?''. riu.eried Cholina-. "Well, with a client,'' he answered without revealing somcthin.~ unusual in his ph)•sical t>xpi:ession. He knew he h.ad no client in Mandawe. Cholinl!: kept, silen.t for awhile. She tried to . l"egroup her. thoughts, her hopes. Sh.e c.oulc! llJlt believe Ed was a · 1a~vycr. "He is young-still young to be an By Pedro Umpad /(anakas .attorney,'' she thought to herself. "Furthermore, he is too handsome to be a lawyer. She could have been in the movies. The fans would have been mad, espeeially the bobby-soxers, Cho. ling included. Jn fact she was getting awfully conscious of him. He had that wondel'ful, big, booming, oh r;o masculine voice that'd make her close her eyes when listening. She lal;.or.~d another ~lance backward. "He tnwcr~d over the rest of the passen· v;ers C\'en when seated. A bro11d i:mile is always handy in his small mouth." Ed had no client in Mandawe. He had just come from Manila to join the Cuare!;ma - Abriel - Custro law firm, which had its new branch P.ffices at the Gotiaoco building. He had expected quite foolishly. Choling to invite him after they were acquainted. In fact he hoped to be invited. "By the way, which did you say w1s your house?" Ed pushed an 01ienil1~ to break off her silence. "Oh, still far off from here. It's 1:hout one kilometer away,'' Choling ;-:n ~ w<' rc1\. tryi n~ to be aecurate. "You mean you'll give me the pler.rn1·e of knowinir your folks?" Ed realized the illogical connection of hi!! query. "I did not mean anything. You will be disappointed meeting n1y folks." "Indifferent, I guesf>,'' Ed twisted bi:'! timguc. "l\fore .th.an that. They don't seem to like anybody, especially people of you age. They are queer ducks. There was a noticnble change in her voice. .. Well, it's not hard to par1·y ini;ults if one has brains and a tongue,'' Ed a.Ssured her. "I know. ·But wh<'n wol'ds ran out, th<')' l'<'ally employ physical force.'' Choling c;mphasized the wol'd real111- .. It's in our -blood. We were born 1ike that." .. Thd's a commendable trait," Ed counterEd. "One ha11 to fight for his rie:ht." "Y<'s,'' Choling nodded ap11roving. Jy as ithe instJ'uc:tcd the driver t o stop. Choling wish<'d that th<' bus won't itto1>. She had wonderfully enjoyed Ed's company inspite of the nois<' fl"t'llt<'tl by thl' motor. But the bu it had already stopp<!d d<'itd. The other pa!tsen1ters be1tun to murmur over the eXccssi"re beat. Th°ey wanted Choling out of the bus immediately so that they themselves eouid pr<lcecd home. Ed did not sleep w<'ll that nic ht. Th<' thought of Ch'oling was bothering him. Choling wa!I Ed's first Juve. Since bis father's demise, Ed's mothe1· had repeatedly asked him to setUe down with a 1tirl. He had told his a1ted mother howev<'l', that women are not found in his dictionary. He was already twenty-seven but women ·haJ wo speeial appeal to him. On this nccount he went to Cebti to form a lnw partnership with ·the CuarcsmaAhricl law firm. But a few days after his arrival in Cebu he was snared by the charms and beauty of a native C<!buana. Perhaps he loved Choling by coincidenc<'. That first impression she made to him wai; <'nou1th. Re admired her impulsive trait, her ob!ltinacy, her fighting spirit. Choling was alone in her store ... hen Ed visited h<!r the followin~ da~ . It was about 12:00 noon. Her helpers had fll:One home for dinner and for a little ai<>sta before resuniing their job~ at two. Ed was ~eat&d in front of CholinJt. Between them was anxiety, hope. For the ~P.COncl time their eyes met - no foniter the eyes of suspicion. No lnnvt>r timid b'Ut re~olute, articulate \dth love. "Choling, I love you." A lump block~ l'd Ed's throat. He wiped his fore• hl!~d. He felt it with his finger. It was sweating cold. "Wow, love can he so powerful." he whispered to him~<'lf as he waited for a reply. "H.1n. .. do .you mean to propose £d?" A silly smile set on her li'ps. " Yu.,'' Ed answered seriously. A 1 ·augh froin Choling. "I hopo l i I P11.ge 2! 1 ',,ur.a. · ~ Mr. Mariano S. Flordeliz (011 1 ·emoval cxrtminations): In the removal exam, you are going to remove you.r condition or you are removed by your condt- · tion. Atty. Jose Briones (011.·scci11g a student qlan.cing at thf! clock dm·ing th~ 1ast }1e1'iod in the evening; Thars a usurpation of my 1:rerogative. Contributed by "Snooper" Mr. Alfonso Dalope, Law IV: (to ,, coed who n-as .iust date(I U1'): Are you working on Y'>Ur MRS degre~? Boys' Hir,h Teacher (to shtdents boiste,·ously enterin!' the rnom ) : Don't co~e into the room voic'l' first. Cecilio Seno, Law IV (about a cfos~m<de 11:/w always dis'ag1·ees 1vith him) He is my pest friend. Fifty pe1·cent of the wo1·ld arJ? women, but they always aeem a novelty. - CHRISTOPHER MORLEY vou will realize that when you mar~ me, you. marry my folkc; too." "I'll take you nway from your folks if that's what you like, so they won't bother us.·' Ed meant just that. "Oh, you're wonderful Ed,'' Cholinl!: said. That was exactly what i,he wanted too; a lover who could t!lke her nway from home. Her folks wue just too c1·ucl to her, too impos. sible to ll'et involved with people of Ed's type. That evening Ed drov(! Cho!in~ to Mand11we. "Pa, this is Mr. Edu8l'do Castro, the one I told you about last night; • !he introduced Ed to her father who eyed him sharply in the face. "So this is the brute," he snapped lu.ek like a provoked bulldr>g. Ed's face became red. He w11.nted to jump at the throat of Choling·s fllther but he remembeN:!tf hi" mis!ion and Choling's caution to him to obser ve patience before her father and brothers. "What is your job, Mr. Castro," Ed \vas asked. " Me, well . .. I'm a la~yer, Mr. Konoka," Ed st ammered. He was not prepared for t he question. He had thou1tht Mr. Kanaka would ask hin: i:nother tougher one. "H0w much did you get in the bar exams," Choling's pa continued. Ed v1os embarrassed again but he 1·emem1· ered that he was one among the ten topnotchers so he quickly answere1i "Ot:, not very high Mr. Kanaka, bu~. I'm sure I got. . well, above thl'I r:veral!:(!." M<!anwhilll! Herbien a nd Julian who were within hearing distance eyed Ed as if he was a police chaucter. Ed was on the point of flying at the two brothers, but again he ma· negcd to bear the insult. On the other hand his mission to ask CholinJr's hancl f rom Mr. Kanaka was still far from accomplishments. A little mo1.,. patience was necessary. A b.-01.,1 !'mile emerged from his small mouth. He had never been treated like an r nim,.I since boyhood. He was a.resnec:bble man in his own rill'ht and a lawyer at that. Now he is standina before brutes, men who have (Continued on pagfl 24) Page 22Fordham Graduate Joins USC Faculty MR. HONORIO GARCIA B(tr/rdrop; Fordlwm Cltcrpel doo1·s The lat~st to join the USC faculty is a young, likable instt"l)_ctor, Mr. Honorio Garcia who finished his M.S. in Chemistry in Fordham University, New York. He majored in OL·ganic Chemistry. In pre-war days Mr. Garcia did a teaching stint at the Ateneo de Ma!li!:i. >'lherc ho:! had gradu:~tcd :'It th<' head of his class as a bachelor of Science in lndustl·irl Technolol?Y·. His excellent rccoi;d earned him a teaching position in the same school as instructor in Organic ;.rn<l Analytical ('!:cmistry. Pc:;~ liberation ·period fo:in<l him h<!ad of the Chemistry Dqn~rtmc<lt of C. I . (.; . at Vigan. During his stay at Vigan, he applied for a ·scholarship at Fordham Uni'lel·sity t'.nde< the Fulbright educational benefits given by the US Educational Foundation in the Philipr;in<'s. On the strength of his teaching l'Xperiencc and scho:astie r1>t.:orci~ ~e won th-:! sci'lolarship at the famed US university. In F<:rriham he took up M.S. in f;hcmi~h·y and on the shle taught r:~n. Chc1Tiistry an'l i;~sistl't! in !el': .;i1re dC>1:1on~tration. The head of the Chemistry Department at Fordhl'm gave him a SJ>ecial training in :-<lmini~tration of chemistry departl"C·nt. Imme<liately after his J!'l"aduation he sailed home and arrived in M"nila lai;t September. Dl'spite teniptinc: offers from diffrrcnt uniVl'l'~ities <tnd '.!<11leg:es in Manila, Mr. Garcia who came to pr-y a call on old friends at USC was persuaded by Rev. Fr. Rector Albert van Gansewinkel to join the USC faculty. ---· ----~~---·--------~---! RfADINbS rn RfMfMBrn Then a woman said, Speak to' us of Joy and Sorrow. And he ·answered: Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with :-·our tears. Anci how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven? And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives? When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which }J,as given you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart. and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. Some of you say, "Joy is greater than sorrow,'' anrl others say, "Nay, sorrow is the greater." But I say unto you. they are inseparable. Together they come, and when one sits alone with you at your board, remember that the other is asleep upon your bed. Verily you are suspended like scales between you1 sorrow and your joy. Only when you are empty are you at standstill and balanced. When the treasure-keeper lifts you to weigh his gold and his silver, needs must your joy or your sorrow rise or fall. And the weaver said, Speak to us of Clothes. And he answered: Your clothes conceal most of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful. And though you seek in garments the freedom of privacy you may find in them a harness and a chain. Would that you could meet the sun and the wind with more of your skin and less of your raiment, For the breath of life is in the sunlight and the hand of life is in the wind . Scrne of you say, "It ig the north wind who h!'l.s woven the clothes we wear." And I say, Ay, it was the 1lorth \dnd, But shame was his loom, and the softening of the sinews was his thread. And when his work was done he laughed in the fore!!.t. And forget not that the -earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. On 1Tte fSin9e Witli tlie By Tony Geronilla When our energetic Class President, Pedong Duran Jr. callerl a meeting, we knew that he had something- up hfo sleeves. That "somelhm~" turned out i., be an excursion. And, since we had but few occasions k hold it, we wanted to make this <.xcursion the best we could have and make the most out of it. B;• a unanimous v.::ite, we ·dccil!Pd to ho::iid our excursion in Bohol. It is a new place t<l most of us, and we wfohed to tee its famous anri b~auti ful sites. Our modern version d ·a "Rockefeller", Ben Lim by name, took rare d oul' transportation problems. We left Cebu City at midnight, all enthi;~iastic and eager. We had refreshments on the way because Eng"ir.cer B. Bli;ndo '>~W to it that w~ had some. The ship-ride was_ uneventful, and yet, we could not sleep with the unusual sensation caused by the throbbing of the ship'i:: marine enl":ine. W c hit Tubigon pier at dawn i a trurk took us to church where we her.rd mass. Fr. William Neuhofe'!' S. V .D. obligingly said a special mass fol' us upon knowing thRt we arc Carolinians. USC has quite a good name there. And Fr. Neuhofer flatteringly remarked, "I see, the San Cnrloi: Engincer::;-to-b•! are in1;adi11.i: Bolio!." Mis<s Andres<a Pasco could not be disappointed. She haO. st:'melhin!? for the bunch. She called it "painit" but it was something special. By the way, Miss Pasco is not an Engineerincr student. But this prctt~· coed takes Calculus with 11~. nnd she thinks thnt is reason e11ou1?h for her to nlily the role of a ven• cn~aging ht:'ftesi:; fo1· us at Tnbigon. Our !'ne and only Em:ineering coed. Miss Remedios Salazar also invited us to her home at Cnlape. All her folks entertained u<:.; nnd agnin, rnothcr chow for the whole company was served. The boys dug their forks into the fried chickens and, presto!, the delicacy became a "has-been". We went out for awhile to take a peek at the Parish church. Manila's San Sebastian architecture has features which are to be found in the Cal ape church. Thence, we were off again fol' the long way to Tagbilaran, a· hundred or more kilometers away. Enroute, we saw the beautiful, sites of Bohol. We imagined that the different structures we saw by the, roadside could in::;pire Archite<'t Piiulo H. Beltran to evolve architectural features which might serve wrll in supplementing what already must h:ivc been planned for the USC chapel. Engineers Pedro i\I. Yap ar;d Eusperio Yap could n<'l help but admit there is nothing in their homeh.wn Bogo to match what we have scc>n on the way in Bohol. We wanted to strike up some conversation with Engineer Dienvcnic.lc Villamor, om· Surveying instructor. but we felt he should not be bothc>red. He was concentrating on thf' :<cE'nes we passt>d b~,. Engineer Benjamin Blando trit>d to make use of Rarlio has a lot of first-grarT•' romedu in it. Ti·oulile fa mo.r;t nl the audience has gone beyond the first· grade. .FRANK LlrlURSE his 22-caliber rifle at one of the bit•ds vn the wny, but we were in a hurry. He had to reserve his bullets for the ~ame in 'Maambong, Garcia-Hernan· d<'z where birds and monkeys were siiiri to be abundant. At Tarbilaran, w~ met Nilo Penalosa :'.l.nd Godo Formileza, who told us that our basketball team had ia. date with the Holy Name College varsity. We drove to l\Iaambong whe1·e tho famous Roxas Park is located. Theil• ve1·sion o"' <t swimming pool has some· thing f) ccmparc with USC's Miranu1r at Talisay. One party seceded from the b11thin~ beauts by preferring hunting to ~wimming, In a few mir.utes, the~· were bnck and had something for us-not a bird nor a monkey, but a great, big bat. Our friends. Aris Tumanpos, Ben and Nil<. Pei'ialosa were missing for a moment. We thought they were hunting in their own wny, When they were back, however, they brought lechon, pansat, pansit and 110 many other gustatorial delights we could not help Page 23 ,:;ivinl!' justice to. We hurried up to keep the date with the HNC varsit'y five at 4:00 P. M. We left Roxas Park not before we took pictures of the place. However, 'we had to stop at Valencia where Fr. Agapito Apduhan invited us to t11ke some refreshments nt the convent. We were well entertained, and we admire his hospit&lity. We \Vere just on time when we hit Tal!'bilaran. Our Engineerin~ five gave a good showing in spite of the fatigue and sleepiness which were weighing inside of everyone in the Happy.Go-Lucky bunch which were us. Incidentally, the HNC had just started celebrating with their cnrnival fair. There were a few USC Girls High -students. who cheered for our team. Nilo Pe:iialosa brought us to his home for a merienda .. His mom was happy- to 1?r('et ns. We had to give in tn their hospitality. When it '!\•as Godo Formilleza' <; turn to enterhin us, he did not stop ~hOl·t of a dance to put on the spice :inri icinzs of the whole trip. The •.:iris W('re friendly, and we soon founrl ont that theJ• are students of the Holy Name College. We readil~· oVl'rcame our initial shyness and had .:i. swell time. Some tried "skippin~ t"opcs" or what others called Mambo. The foremost dancer of the night was our BO!!:J?ie Boy, Magencio Rojo. Enp:foeer P. M. Yap took the Physics part of it all-only the sound and mechanics of dancing. Our spirited wizard, Dodong ·Cadull!lOJ!' and the up-and-coming philiintrophist Ben Lim went ahead to the boat to arrange and prepare everythinJ? for our accommodations in the return sea-trip to Cebu. The success of this annual excuri:.ion to Bohol is attributed to the Enr:ineering Dean and Ii.is staff for their g-ay companionship The bo~·.:; did their part by their unselfish co0peration in sticking to the spfrit of 11nit? durinl!' the whole trip. And that is not to mention the· big Five~ Pedong Duran, Jr., Dodong Caduni:::o!l', Ben Lim, Nilo Pci'ialosa and Maestro Cesar Villareal, our foremost pianist, who furnished the best the~· could do to make everybody contented and happy. Our Bohol excursion must be the best outing ever had by any USC student group. We benefited by it both socially and educationally, We hope that the likes of it may hitppen &!?ain, And it certainly will happen f!.:?ain because our amiable Dean Rodriguez s11ys that the Bohol excursion for Engineering students, has Qecome a tradition which is observed yearly. Page 24 THE KANAKAS. (Continued from page 21) hearts, uncivilized men with no acouaintance at all with Emily Post'ii ~ieeties. But in later weeks his pat:ence and true Jove broke down the Jove harriers. He won Choling's father ove1· to his side who finally con~cnted on their marl'iac:e on eondiUon that the~· immedintely leave Cebu after wedlock. E<l brought Choling to Manila for the honeymoon and were very happy. Choling for!!"ot all about her father, Herbien and Julian, in her newlyfl und heaven. She found great relief and a new freedom outside of the family iron curtain. But on the thirtieth day of their honeymoon she suddenly became turbulent. It seemed that she had for.eotten all her happy moments with Ed. She even refused Ed to her "What's the matter, dear?", Ed m:ked her one morning. No reply. She kept on trashing her clothes inside her bag. "Choling, darling, I'm Ed, your Ed,' he pleaded, surprised. "Nonsense! I'm going home," she cried. She took the first airplane home. Ed fo!lowed her. He was lucky i:n011!!:h to have taken the same plane she was takinir. They re.nched the house of Choling without saying a iiini:de world. Ed was carrying her bag. She had insisted to carry it her~elf but Ed snatched it from her. They met Herbien and Julian in the gnrage. They laughed. "How's the honeymooners!" Julian ~neered. "None of your business," Ed thun· 1kred. "Tough, eh." joined Herbien at" the same time rolling his sleeve. He ~wung a heavy ri~ht to Ed's jaw. Ed was unprepared for it and he fell down. Julian joined in the fray, but Ed cxtl'icated himself from both of them. He answered them blow for blow. He had one advantage over his t>nemies. He was tall and his fists were hard. He was convinced that it was a fight for his life nnd thi~ thouc:ht gave hbn enough coura~e. Jn less than ten minutes he was able to stop his opponents. Herbiens' eyes were black. Julian's mouth was bleedHow's the old ~""'9 attd whe'°Le ~' We could lia1·dly believe ii., but we have just come to 1•ealize ·that this coltwm has a ricli source of mate1-ials nnd just within an anns' length f1·om us. Take fo1· instance those series of benefit shows sponsoi·ed by the diffe1·e11t classes in this Universitv last semeste1· (now don't say that by mentioning benefit shows, I'm makifig a detour). The College of Phar1Mcy 11po11so1·ed a be11cfit show at the Ave11ue Tlieatre, Dr. Faust that was -and this is where I really take off . w1i., of tlie .full-blooded Carolinians can't remember the pre-war San Cm·los ve1·sion of thi.s great Tragedy? No, lets' 11ot talk about the drama, let's talk about the cast in Di .. Faust when this was staged by the t11en ColegiO de San C111·los some· time in 1938. Now lets' see.,. Atty. Mario 01·tiz, pl'eBently adviser of thR FSC 1we-lmu organization played the title role. He was Faust and everi1 foch he waR! Then Hans, was perstmified by the now DYBU's annoimeer with that honeyed Mexican accent. That's 1·ight, Roque Aviles. Jose Casfro, Class 1948, College of Gommei·ct Ji1&1/(!d thee 1ia1·t of G1·ettcl. But, we could have done it bet· ter, San Carlos then was an exclutiive "C,,legio" for niiios" and "muchac11os," thc1·cfore, sans women (oh/ fliem duy.,!). Ricm·do Trebol who is now iff Spt1in, finishing his co11rse in MediciJle depicted Mephistophelis co1111iete11t/11, Rolando Tan (Tunic to 11011) SMB ro11te salesman sprouted win,qs and appeaT6d as an angel. Tke de1•ils we1·e well portra11ed b11 Benedicto cle la Cerna, now a big-time fm·m owner in Mindanao: Angel Dorothea, at vresent witk the Philippine Airlines' Offiee in Manila, a.nd ing. Choling by this time had taken refuge in her room. She hnd witnessed the whole fight. A smile of approval and satisfaction was painted on her white lips. Ed bolted open the door. He grabbed her by the hand. By Nillo Norberto Tan, deeeased. See? that's a lo11g string of alumni already, but those are not enough. With our career women, we have tl1e following to c1·ow ove1·,· all from the College of Commerce: Nany Cabatiflgan is with the Standard l'ac111mi Oil Co., Nena Garcea with tlie RFC Caltex, Luisa Dosdoa and Plfring A. Avila with the East Asiatic r:o. Shi SM Oh, well, yo11 can pass this a1·ound if you care to bnt do yot( still i·emember a Ca1·olinian couple, both Co1nme1·ce graduates of this Univei·sity? Hrmnmm, that's right, tliere are too many couples but not mmiy Mr. a11d Mrs. Crispin Villaro· sa (nee Niting Solon). Well, there's really nothing to it. It i8 ;ust the missus is expecting the d01·k sometime in December. Would that mean the wming of a prospective Cm·olinianl The UST College of Medicine this 11c<11· will tiffn in a ttew bunch of Docfort to-be, some of whom are membel's of Class '46~ Leon Casals, cm• tlien Cfoss Valedictorian is expected to gnuluate this 11ear with hottors; Antonio Lozada, Jorge Dosdos, Graciano Du, Tenoy clel Rosario, and Monching Borromeo. Celso Veloso r111d Jes11s Gabuyu are still br1'Bhing tip their law studies 1·11 Ateneo de lltanila, College of L(fw, will l111l'dle the next Bar. Don't yo1t think it is /1111 knowing obuat jormo· Caroliniam.? Walch for this colum11 we'll have a fruckload, 11ext time. "You follow me, or else,"' his voice w.1;; l'ough and commanding. "Where to, Ed?" she asked sweetly. "Back to our honeymoon!" She followed him down the stairs into the open where a car was waiting. scREENlNG THE CADET OFFICERSA!l ('X('('l'tive can never competent\',· size un his m~n from just the ,~·ay they 0 look and later taking <lou1,k G.spio·ins at two-hour intervals \•;hen the fn·sh, cultured \coking gen~h·m"ln l'c plnced behind a top desk i;1,c·•: no rnore than bitinp: his thumb I. ~·fore a hanMome heap of unfinished business that he will never get to finbhin;:; at di. Sa, for better mcR':;;-e~, :'lln5or Victor ,Juan. Ccmmaml:·nt, :>.nd Lt. Eduardo .Javclosa, Adjutant, j'lined hands in getting Uesks lined up fit ~rnd rc1'.dy for what is :n b_, n Troop School. This srhoo[ w•'~ I") lil:sr the next few months ~~etlin:c: rir\ of applicants for the ca,:e~ nfficcl"ship who don't have the ncce~sarr ~ilv('r-plattcr qualifications. Reshuffling of assignments is comin.c: up which will result in pl:>cinc: dc,,crving: cadet officers where tht~· lK•st. fit. ~onrn PAHfH By A. ill. THE J'OINT ROTC ACQUAINTANCE BALLWhen one thinks a flatfoot is at the same time a stiff-back who won't knuw a Latin-American dance cnize when he gets tangled up in one, th:1t joint acquaintance ball last Octobl·r 21 at the Club Filipino where the c;ifforcnt ROTC units of this city got t~g-cthcr from the call of Hq, III l\IA, s!1ould have been open and public dtu· a!l. III)' dear friend, you could have felt your c~·cballs jumping wild ~t the slick, W\·!l-trimmed gala uni1 r:;;; (JJl"l·fezTal>l~· that of our boys\ ··f..lkrin~" lou~e and easy to the g11y strain:-; oI Latin cumbanchas. T'r.:;e 25 Bow ;;u\i,;ficJ ea11 yo<1 get, secini;: that Militarism and society get along fine. ON' CHRIST-THE-KING PflOCESSIONLast October 29 the wll()le Col'll3 -from the Commandant down to the ;1iHiest Sad Sack turned religious •;;hc•1 they g-ot to road-marching will: the kilometric Chrbt the King proces!'ion. They were in such a sainth· turn-out candles at the left of thl·m. Pershing caps at the right. Incidentally "colcgialas" lined up their left and right flanks. DOWN WITH SLOPPY JOESDy the way, in an exclusive intervkw, Major Junn discloser\ the l'E"::c~iving- of reports that some cadets ::re crripino:; against his insistence on tht' proper use of the uniform. He wants the cadets to understand that l::g dcmr-nd for the strict compliance pf this order is for the good of the C0rps. According to him, the unifrm1 !'tands for the unit to whicb the nrlctg belong and, as such, must be worn properly. The Commandant further said that Slopp~' .Toes nrt' defi"itt'ly taboo in this outfit nnd that ncatnegs must absolutely be n "mu,.t". i:oNDOLENCESwitching ~o a ::-foomier vein of doleful sympathy, WE' express our condoknrc to Ccit. Col. Ciriat'o Bon,,.~Jn", Corps Commander, for the •knth of his helov1:d father; and to Crlt. Lt. Col. Vicente Fortuna, Corps Ex-0, for the l'<ame lo~s. Page 26 FINISHING TOUCHES ON AUDIO· NEW DRAFTING ROOM FOR VISUAL LECTURE HALL THE ENGINEERS Latest feature in the recently constructed right wing of the Main Building is the audio-visual Lecture Hall. Spacious and well-ventilated, the hall will seat 250 pel'sons on modern, collapsible chairs designed and made in US. A public - address system and screen-projector facilities have also been installed. Keeping abreast of the modern trend of instl'uction, USC Administration is facilitr;,ting and encouraging holding of classes thru ·combined lecture and demonstration methods with educational and scientific films. FR. OSTER'S SCIENTIFIC RE. SEARCH LAB MOVES 1'0 NEW LOCATION Physicist Fr. Francis Oste1"s scientific l'escal'ch laboratory at the Science Building where he is doing r..n important research work on supersonics, has been transfened to the basement of the right wing of \he colleg:iate building, next-door to the :n1dio-visunl Lecture Hall. A big urdcr nf scientific equipments and :n·(ci~ion instruments have recently r.niv(•d to complete Fr. Oster's la1;::.nitory. Between his research wol'k, Fr. Oster teaches physics in the Enpinccrin~ and Liberal Arts departA well-lighted and well-furnished drafting room for the Engineering Dep:.1·tment is readied for classes. Housed in the newly-constructed wing of the Main Building it occupies the first floor in the extreme right. Unbl'oken lines of flourescent lamps furnish the room ample and excellent li::-hting system. It is also provided with comfortable collapsible chairs. ENGINEERING GRADUATE TAN LANDS BIG. JOB Last yellr graduate from the Engineering Department Eduardo Tan has been llPpointed by Engineering A1eccli Kuan, Education placed tllird Delfin Pe11gso11, Commei·ce First in declamation Tilt Dean Jose A. Rodriguez project engineer in the one-half million construction project of St. Paul's collegiate building in Tacloban, Leyte. Mr. Tan gTaduated last year summa cum laude from the College of Engineering and took the last July's board examination for Civil Engineering. use TURNS OUT OVER 200 GRADUATES LAST SEMESTER At the close of last semester, over 200 Carolinians trooped into the USC i!illll]lllS to receive thdr degree.~ ~ml titles from Rev. Fr. Rector Al· lwrt van GanH:winkel, SVD. Hig-hlight in the commencement rites was the speech of Secretary of Justice Jose Bengzon who was the commencement speaker. The other features of the USC ------------l."SC FOOTflALL TEAM. Standing: Jrilliam C/1iu11r1bia11 (mmwger) R. Lufiez, M. Del M<1r, J. Pom,11·, A. De .l<'Sll8, E. l'aldh.,fo, F. Diaz, Gmulionco. /(11eelilig· 1 1• E 8piur1, Alex Chio11gbia11 (Capt(lin) R. Zosa, Quiiio, S . .l/m1drngo11, C. De Jesus. commencement exercises Wl're the address of petition by Amparo Buenavcntun1, , introductory s1>cech on th~ l!Uest speaker Sc,·retur~· B('nj!;:i.:on by L:~w Dean Fulvio Pclac:i.:, and invcsliturc of graduates hy the Deans. The pledge of Wlo~•alty was administered by ViceRector Rev. Fr. Law1·enec W. Bunzcl, SVD. The· - masterofCl'remonies was Collel!:C of Commerce Instl'uctor Rafael Ferr('ros. The hulk of the J:"raduates came llfln\ the Normal Dl'partml'nt which had 125. Two l!:l'aduated fron1 the Collc:r<' of Law; the Colle)!,'c of Liberal Arts offered 14 )!.'raduates; 13 frcm the College of Commerce, fir:i,.hin~ thl' Bachelor in Business Administration <BSBA) and 14 finished the Bachelor of Science in Commerce <BSCl. The Col!c)!.'c of Education had :15 successful candidates while the Horne Economics prc~cnt ed 10. f:Ol\ll\fERCE WINNING TEAM FETED The USC Colle~c of Commerce facultr headed by Dean Jo ~e Tecson and the officers of the USC Junior Chamber of Commerce horiorcd the l'll1u1nc1·ciantcs' public s11eaki11g team ~nd the coaching staff at a dinner l:cld at the Times Kitchen last Oc· \:ober 24. Thl' fll"l"Usiori 11·;1s in celchl'8tion or liw commerciantl's' triumphant par· tidpntion in the rcecnt USC Intt'r· Co\lc.c:iah.• Dcclnmntion Contest, an :-nnual event SJ>onso1·ed by the Education Senior Cla~,; Organization, in which Delfin Pem<on fi1·st year Com. 111crce, won the fil'st prize and was awarded the Governor Manuel Cuenca Gold Ml'dal. Penson's 11rize-winning piece was :~ toast entitlcd "To The Ladies." •\nothel' prize-winner from the Collei:re of Commerce was Amparo Gogo who was given the fourth pri:r.c. The HJ50 declamation contest was the first public speakinf;:' affair in which the Collci:rc of Com1nerce was rcprel<entcd and it pl'ovecl to be a pleasant s•'l"pl'ii<c to thC' :..:11.r;~11C•! wlwn the C.0111mcrce dcc\aimei·:; ,-:.:-~oriously accnunted for them:;clves. The prizl'-Winning College of Commerce cntl·il's were coached ana >:H111a.c:ctl b~· Rnfaei Ferrl'ros. faculty memhcl' and ho:dcl' ,.f :; ;,mch coveted Civil Lilwrlit ~ Union ,.r the Philippines ·Aw:u·,I fo1· exc,.lrcnce in orator~', assistNI h~· Att~·. Bernardo Solatan. 11l'liatC'r and student !('ade1· 1·:ho is Vicl'-Pl'l·~idcnt of the Commel'C'C student O'T;Hlization. l\'EW sun.JF.CTS OFFERF.D RY COLLEGE OF JWUCATfON Tht• C::illt•J!'t• of .1-:ducation offor~ Page 27 Esmen1lirna Lcpmmna, Lib. Art.1 Srem1d be11I 1/ec/aimcr this semester Dance 2 (PhiliJ>pine Folk-dancinJ:", advanced course), nnd 1•.1·uu11 .c:;1mcs for Physical Educatio11 minol'S. i\fo~s l\fortin will teach Dance 2. It has been announced that Libra· Q' St"iem·c 2 (Classification of Books) is also offe1·cd undc1· Mrs. Franciso:o l\"tmcnzo. Formerly of the Uni· vu·sit~· uf the Philippines (Cebu Collei.:-t'J faculty, Mrs. Ncn1enzo joined Lh1· USC fal•ulty very recently. E1lucfllim1 Se11io1·s 11nde1' whose 0111qifoes !lie Aul/Im/ Decln11wtiou lilt wr11I on sclredu/e. L to Ri. Mr. Sati1m. Misses Cabiyo11, l'ov, lnmt111rers, Mr. 1Uora/es, 11reside11t; llliss He1H/a/, repre.~rutatiue to Council; Mr. Pt/0111w, vice-presi<l1mt. StMiding: Mr. Fe1"1·are11, pence office,., llfr. Cabiyou, PRO; N11iiez, 11eaee officer. Pagina 28 'Editorial La sociedad ha sido conmovida con harta jrecuencia por las J'epetidas noticias de suceso-: delictuosos, en los cuales los peores y mtis tenebrosos protagoni8tas eran menores de edad. Hechos de la mds ingrnta resonancia fue1·on cometidos por j6venes, poi· adolescentes, y aun poi· niiios. En todos estos casos qued6 evidencimlr1 mia predisposici6n verdadernmente· asombrosn para las mds perversa.'l activi1ades. Estamos frente ct un problema de drnmdtica significaci6n. El ambiente en que se 1·ecogen las pesimas ense1'ianzas que se aplican en la villa cotidia11u debe ser objeto de una acciOn vrofilc'ictica que destruya los gfrmenes ([IW corroen el orgauismo r;ocial y lo debilitan moralmente. Hay una tarea responsable ((Signada a todos los integrantes de la sociedad que t·ienen la noci6n e:racta de la trascendenda extraordincoia cle esfr vroblema, cuya subsistencia comprnmeteria nuestro porvenir. Es menester, vor consiguiente, mwlizar cuidados(tlnente fci l1testi6n y vromove1· 1'1 · adopci6n de aquell((s normas saludctbles que sii'11cm para contener, zn imcro, el imvulso expansivo de esta delincuencia semiinfantil, semijuveni! y extirpm· de inme-liato, con niedidades previsoms y p1'0fundas un mal que hoy avanza. El impresionante espectdculo de esos mozcilbetes aue se habfrm espedalizculo en las turbia.<J llrtes del robo, con sobrada pctulancia profesioual, tiene que llamar a honda reflexi6n. De algwrn varte han deflido e::i:trncr ellos esta perniciosa indinaci6n. Alguna influencia debe harse ejerc1· do sobre su tierno espfritu para que su1·gieran como sm·m·endentes y consumados maestros e11 actividades que reclaman eapacidad de orgcmizaci6n y de ejecuci6n. No seria dificil, desde luego, descubrfr enfre todas las que pueden contribuir a jormar un in· salubl'e clima moral, algunas de esas fuentes. El exceso de deplorables ejemplos que se presentan ante el inexpe1·to e ingenuo espectado1· o lector inf(tntil. incapaz de discernir sobre sus valores 1 1 de despreciar o apartm· lo inconveniente, WJ liwe poca inge1·encia en la prepm·aci6n de una mentalidad en que se da excepcional importancia ct la violtmcia, a las framas truculentas, al uso de J ecursos mtigicos, de ardides y de maniobms ho. bifidosa.'l en las que a menudo se sfrve s6lo un objetivo materialista y sensual. No es el momento de examinar todos los aspectos del gmve 1woblema. Este tenw pide la (tmplia cde11ci611 de los estudiosos. Pero C(lbe seiialar, porque es muy importante decirlo, que hay ww misi6n improrrogable que puede exigirse, que debe exigfrse, ante la realidad circmulante, a todos y cada uno de los jefes de familia. de los padres, de los que voseen algim (ISccndiente en la ·es/era hogm·eiia y se percaten de la gravedad quc nviste. Y esta misi6n es la de velctr, directai. !.' permancntemente, vor la educacion de los hijos, 1101· la orient(tci6n de los i6venes, pant desvim'les de todo camino equivocado 11 rese1·varlos de los peligros que los acechan, muchc1s veces disimulados en b1·illantes 1·opajes. P01 que, indiscutiblemente, la J'esponsabilidad primem corresponde, en esta mc1te1·fo, a los padres. Son ellos que deben evitar que los hijos recojan todos esos i11flu.ios embriagadores aue enervan la voluntad para el bien y conducen, ir1sensiblemeute, a los abismos de la delincuencia. de donde no siemp1·e es fdcil rescatarlos. Hay que establear, esta es fo consigna de la hora, nwrnllas infnmquables, come11za11do desdP. el hogar y siguiendo en la vida socictl, completal'la con todct otra acci6n, preventfra y rem·esiva que delJe desarrollarse, intensamente. pa1·a dest1 uir cualquier agente pernicioso que conspire confra la salud m01·al de la juventud. Pll.gina 29 .fa Unioe'tsidad de ~att Ca'tlo-j: Balua1tte de Ciencia ~ Q't.t.es Con el Congresista Miguel Cuenco, como orador pl'i11cipal, el banquete de los ex-alumnos de la Uttivcr.9ided de Sai1 C11r/o11, el 4 de Noviemb1·e, /11C Jl!lllJ conc11rrido. Hubo mli.9 de 200 co111eusa/es, entre los cua/es eatabatt el Alcalde Ralfi1ian, Ex-Se?wdol' Softo, Ex-Repre!le11ta1ites Urge/lo, Alo11so (T) y Alon.so (J) y 11rnclws prominentes vecinos de los p11~b1os· ccrcmws. Hablaron el Ma.gistrado Borromeo, q11e actuO de prescntodor, Don FilemOn Sotto, el Rector de la Universidad, los abogados JesUs P. Garcia ti Mario Ortiz 11 el Crmgresista C11enco. Asi como de las sulas rle Oxford y Cambridge, en Inglaterra, han saiido los lideres nacionales de Gran Bretana, y de Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology y de las universidades de Chicago. California y Cornell, en Estac:ios Unidos, han venido los grandes capitanes del comercio, las lumbreras de la judicatura y del foro, los cientificos que han impreso una nueva y vigorosa orientaci6n en las ciendas aplicadas y un ritmo acelerado en cl progrcso industrial y tecnico dcl ntaravilloso pueblo norteameriea110, cstoy confiado en que en los moldcs de la Univcrsidad de San Carlos, nucstra qucrida Alma Mater, se formanin riudadanos modelos, con aptitudes quc respondan a las neee~idades impel'antes de la epoca. Como ha observado atinadamcntc la :\lii:;i6n Bell, cl dcfccto biisico de la Economia del pais es la poca producci6n. Nucstra poblaci6n aument6 en mti~ de! 25'/, en los Ultimos dicz vilos; pcro proporcionalmente pro(lucimc·s menos que hace u·ecc ailo~. Filipinas es muy rica en recursos 1°aturales. Ticnc la reserva de mader.'ls de primer grupo la mils grande en el mundo. En ninguna otra parte crece el abacP. mcjo1· que en nues· tro suclo. Es cl Unico pais civilizado en cl Extremo Orientc que no tienc cxceso de pnblaei6n. SegUn un banquero local quc ha vivido muchos f.liios rn las lndias Holandesas y Malaya Inglesa, Filipinas ticnc mayor riqucza, mils mineralcs y miis varicdad dr productos agricolas que cualquiera de estas naciones. Pero como bucnos malayos, a quiencs Jog portugueses colonizndorcs del Oricnte, han calificado de caballeros de la naturaleza, hay mucha indolencia entre nucstra gente. Trabajamos poco y pl'oducimos escasam1mtc. Por nucstra inacei6n y falta dt> iniciativas, vivimos sufriendo las estrcchcccs de la vida, si no arrastramos una lXistcneia haraposa. Por una cxtraiia paradoja, el sistcma cducaci'lnal nucstro es obstiieulo grandc al dcsarrollo de la agricultura. El graduado de high school cs. pQI' lo ii;cncral, un hombre inUti' y es gravamen de su familia y de la comui,;dad. Mira con dcsder. las faenas dcl campo ~· cs la raz6n porque E:s dificil cneontrnr a j6ver,e£ de mcnns d•! CU.'lrcntn ailos de cdad cntre nu('stros labrndorcs. Faltan brazol' ~· nmchos terreno!' pcrmaneceil incultos. El iirea '!u!tivada en todo cl pais r'!!•''<'ser.la 11na proporci6n insignifieante. Scgtin la Mision Bell, hay cuatro millonrs de hectUreas de te1•renos cultivahl<"s que yacen baldfos. El programa de los festcjos de la fiesta patronal de Dumanjug. CebU. (k•I me·~ de octubtc pasado, contier.E d;itos intcrl'sanks. Informa que de !iUS diecinucve mil habibtantes, cualro mil egtmlian <'ll lai. csc\1elas. Dumanjug cs un pueblo rcprcscntativo Je los municipioi> <le todo cl Archilliela,l!o, Hay muchii>;ma gcnte joven quc pic1·dc lo~ mejores aiios de su cxistcndn ndicsi.r;\ndo~c en estE!rile!l disciplinas academicas, comprometiendo gravem<'ntc su porvcnir y el de sus fnmilias. Hay ntimero <'xcesivo de escuelas; sohrc todo colc.dos y univcrsidaClcs c·n Filipinas. 8<',l!tin me dijo mi cxcelcnte amigo, cl Decano Conrado Benitez, el mayo pasado, en Filipinas hay n-.as colc;:dos que en ln,l!laterra, Escocia c Irlanda juntos. Y en Cel,U hay miis univcrsidades quc en Madrid, una de las ciudadcs 1mis cultas en el mur:do. La Uhivcrsidad de San Carlos no pcrmanece estacionaria. Vive y prog1·esa y se acomoda a las exigencias Por el Hon. Miouel Cuenco Representante del SQ Distrito de Cebu y ncccsidades de los ailos. Ha respondido, con actos positivos, al reto de ofl'ccer a la juvcntud cursos vocacionales. Race un aiio y medio estableci6 una escucla de ingenieria mecinica. No cscatima esfucrzos ni gastos para nropulsar esta escuela y po.terla en buenas condiciones. Ha aumentado sus equipos y reforzado su profcsorado con nucvos maestros id6ncos, uno de ellos rccientementevenido de Alcmania. La Univcrsidad ticnc el plan de levantar un edificio especial para csta escuela. Las cscuclas de jngeniria meciinica de San Carlos y de Cchti ln!<tiutc of Technology son las quc suministra1·1in personal tecnico a las fabricas quc irlln cstablccill.ndose en Cebu. Estimulados por las restriccioncs a la importaci6n, capitalistas filipinos lcvantal';in fUbricas en CebU empezando cl aiio prOximo. De hucnas fucntcs sc ha sabido qt1c San Carlos cstablccera una cscucla agricola en i\Iindanao. Quicra Dios quc se traduzca tan loablc proyccto en hcrmosa realidad. No dudamos de su i!xito, una vez cstablecida. En Estados Unidc:s hay buenas cscuclas agricolas dil'igidas por rcligiosos. cntrc ellas la de Minnesota, cle los Pad1·cs Bencdictinos. La ma\•or parte de los sacerdotes de la Or;len d<'l Verbo Divino, que con gran acicl'to dirige San Carlos, viene de Alc1nania. No seria dificil tracr a Filipinas rcligiosos ale111ancs de cstn orclen cntendidos en agricultura. Esta muy adclantada la al!'riculturn en Aleniania. Uno de los rccuerdos mas ,1?ratos de mi viaje a Holanda y 1\lemania en Hl26 fue la vista d<" <'Xtensos campos de trigo liicn cuidados. Un ma! social nrny cxtcndido, que rrquicre un in1nediato corrcctivo. cs la carencia de urbanidad de nuestra gente jovcn. Falta de respcto a pcrsonas ma:vores en cdad y dignidad, la ~roscria de no cxprcsar aj?racleeimicnto por favorcs y atcnciones 1·ccibidos y otros varios actos de descortesia son escenas que a diario pre(ContinUa en la pligina 30) Pil.gina ~n LA UNIVERSIDAD ... (Continuaci6n de la pligina 29) senciamos. Asi como el hombre no s6lo del pan vive, tampoco se completa su p~l'sonalidad si al cultivo de su inteligencia no le acompafia el enriquecimiento de su i:oraz6ri cc>n n(lbies sentimi<mtos. Por eso, hombres hay que son en el mundo social, los primeros pol' su poder y riqueza, pero los 111timos:, por sus conciencias, turbias y ~us eorazones petrificados por la maldad, la ambici6n y el egoisn10. Y no es grato tener trato con personas ingratas, desleales y sin formas social es. La escuela cat61ica, y particula1·mente, la Universidad de San Car· Jos. est& mejor preparada que cualquiel'a instituci6n para formar el col'az6n de! escolar. La escuela cat6· lica no se ha fundado par"a fines de \ucro. Muchos de sus fundadores, directores y profesores son extranjeros que han abandonado su hogar y sel'Es queridos, riquezas y buena posici6n social para venir a Filipinas. no como mercaderes, sino para ganar almas para el cielo y ayudarnos a fol'mar ciudadanos instruidos y buenos, educados en las tradiciones de la hi· dalguia y caballel'osidad. De seguro que el ccntl'o docente cat61ico se consideral'ia fracasado en su misi6n cultural en cada estudiante que, por des!!,'l"acia y como hay del todo en la vi1ia de! S~5or. saJicse de SUS aulas ignorante de l:>.s normas de la buena crianza o sin sentido de honor, sin natriotismo o sin lealtad a Dios, a la -naci6n y al pr6jimo. Antes de terminar, quisicra nten· ciona1· un asunto de actualidad. Mc i·efiero a la enseilanza de! castcllano 1!n San Carlos. Creo interpreter bien sus sentimicntos, mi l'espetado Pa· dre Rector y queridos Sres. Profeso· 1·es, si dijc:;c que el pueblo de Ceb•1, de Visayas y Mindanao, en general. ~, nosotros, los ex-alumnos de San Carlos, en particular, qucdarian muy felices si se ensailase el castellano en nuestra vencrada universidad en todos los cuatro ailos "e high scto·iol y dos de pl'eparatorio, por lo on~11r:·'." No encaja en el reducido mar.•·) de cstc discurso una larga def"nl·'<' <lei castcllano. Bbtame decir que cl castcllano, por mandato de la Con'<titu· ci6n de Filipinas, es una cl<' l•Js Jen· ,l!'uajes oficiales del pais. No se puede concebir que nuestra Un\vct·sidad querria colocar ~ sus es:·.·_,ar1•s "?n condicioncs clcsventajosas. pol' no 'ha· blal' el castellano, cuando ya tern•i· nados sus estudios, ejerciesen la vrofcsi6n de abogado o fuesen horn· bns p-Ublicos. Los nombres propios de los filipi· nos cstiin en castellano. Por desconocel' el alfabcto espailol, nuestros jOvencs de hoy no saben escribir Filem6n, Porfirio, Felipe, Filomena, Anastasio, Elpidio, Felisa, Remigio, Miguel y otros nombres que seria prolijo enumcrar. La ortografia espafiola es similal' a la de los lenguajes nativos filipincs. Por no saber ortogrilfia espa· iiola, que es muy sencilla y flicil, nucstros j6vcnes inelusivc no saben escribir co1-rcctamcnte el bisaya. Las !eyes substantivas nuestras tienen sus antl'redentes en la legislaci6n espailola. Es imposible que el abogado filipino pueda .compnnder d C6digo Civil y el C6d_igo Penal sin leer los Comentarios de Mannsa y de Viada en su tcxto original espaiiol .. El castellano cs un lenguaje uni· versal. Filipinas perderia el prestigio que ha ganado en la Sociedad de Naciones Unidas y en el campo de la diplomacia i;i sus futuros prohom· bres y caudillos no supiesen el castellano. El castcllano es un lenguaje cabal v hermoso. Es capaz de expnsar los mlis dulces y ticrnos sentires y los mis profundos pcnsares. El fil6sofo alemiin Hegel lo ha calificado cle "collar de perlas". Es un lenguaje eler.'11ntc y claro. Por otra parte, cl ingles cs breve, dirccto y aunque no tan cxacto como el £ranees, es bas. t"nte nreciso. Los escritorcs y oradcrcs filipinos que conocen bien Jos dos idiomas, han producido un estilo que sintetiza las mlis elevadas cualidades de las ricas fablas de Cervan· tes y de Shakes11care, un estilo hello y conciso, flexible, conceptuoso y vi.r:oroso. El progrcso de! ingles y dcl castellano en las escuelas de loS" religiosos en Filipinas ha dependido, en cicrto modo, de la buena o mala voluntad de sus di1'c(;tores. En los primeros ailos de la dominaci6n amerieana. no se han hecho serios ·esfuerzos Jlara ensci'iar el ingles <'n lo!' colep:ios regentados por . saccrdotci: espa~oles, . algunos de los cualcs calific11ban cl inglCs como lenguajc de .r>c1·rcs. Hoy, en pleno 1950, y no obstantc In Ley Sotto· QUC hacc obligato1~ia la enseilanza del castcllano, hay high schools de sacerdotes amcricanos quc por cualquier pretexto no han incluido cl cspailol en su cu1·riculo. Ab<'gamos. como filipinos, por la cnsefianza eficaz dcl castellano tant~ en las escurlas pUblicas como en IRS privadas. No qucremos ser partes en las rivalidadcs y prejuicios entre espailoles y sajoncs, que Son sedimentos de odio engendrado por pasadas guer'ras y, como observa el historiador norteamericano Carlton Hayes, tamhien son legado de la oposici6n herOica de l~ cat6lica Espaila a la Rcforma Protcstante. Quenmos solamente que nuestras futuras gencri::ciones hablen el Castellano, ademis do::\ ingles, para conocer la historia y cultura patrias. La causa de! castellano t:n Filipinas es causa de cultura. Y en la Universidad de San Carlos, su defensa est& encomendada a sus distinguidos Rector y Profeso· res pertenecientes a la benemerita Orden del Verbo Divino, hombres de vasta erud!ci6n, cuya universidad de conocimientos rebasa lindes racia· !es y territoriales y se sobrepone a cstrecheces de criterio y muchos de JQs cuales son hijos de la cultisima Alemania, representantes de la Mi11crva Germlinica, cuyos preclaros hijos ·Humboldt, Schmidt, Jaeger y otros, en el ejercicio de generosa investigaci6n cientific.9., esclarecieron la historia y geografia de diversos nueblos en el mundo, inclu:fendo nuestra propia Filipinas. AS BUTTERFLY .. (Continued from page 9) Rena had to laugh her bewilderment. "That was the Velez boy," Tit tu1•ncd to her. "Haven't you evei• heard of him?" Then went on as Rena shook her head "He's insane.,. "Tit-you clon't say? Theil why do they let hi1n loose?" and befol'e Tit could say anything, she added, "So that .was why that was something so wild and. frightenning about him. And the way he pt·ayed!" "He does not always bother people. They say he's dan1?C1·ous c-nly when he secs anyone whom he thinks I'll· sembles somebody he seems to have known before. They say, he calls ,-.11t "Taling!" and then rushes at the ~irl or woman concerned. So you see. I was afraid he might find a rerr1.,..M:>nce of his lost Taling in either of ns. There's no telling," Tit teased. "It was a girl then?" Rena asked. "So it seems. He comes from a ~"d familv, too. The Velezes, as I ~old you. I wonder what mvst have happened. Poor fellow! It's most often 11 trirl. isn't it? I mean," she Pmended, "there always is a i;omebody. somewhere." Six o'clock prayel'S in a chapel - nlone-so incomplete and pitiable. All H111t he had been and no longer is. 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