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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. 5) January 1951
Year: 1951
Language: English
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Place of publication: Cebu
extracted text: /Jesus - , ~Jlu'ly - /fosep/1 _tjJ/,,ss w1d 11wtat mn /omifio. ITB 22 1951 v f '-..) \) 1111~11 i~a;;; No. 5 ~1fii:1Ui:1Ui:iU1ill:i:~"'Oi'~~~( ~I- - - - - - ------· Ii I! ~I/ Gtholic Student~ Pwye>s I ~ a ~ ; i;I ~~~· ~~~' EAREST Mother, with an invocation to the mystery of thy 5 1·! ~~ I~ ~~ q;: Immaculate Conception, I desire to place under thy l 1~1 ~ I ~~I ,- ·--~~. patronage my studies and all my written tasks. I declare l ~~i that I undertake them solely that I may better promote the honor l <ll of God and devohon to thee. I (~! I ~~'. Therefore, most loving Mother, Seat of Wisdom, look kindly l ~~I •Jpon my efforts. As is but just, I promise willingly and dutifully to ) <~I give the credit to thy intercession with God, for whatever good ~SI suits I may have. Amen. (l, i~: 11 {S1 .':'II <~! (jl ml (J ~ UNSPEAKABLY great Creator, Who didst order most '"' i ~~ ~f~JJ perfectly Thy whole creation, Thou Who art the true (l ,\~~ I g, fountain and highest source of light and wisdom, favor ~ <•' me with a ,ay of Thy brightness to enl;ghten the da,kness of I ~!: my intellect in which I was born, namely, sin and ignorance. 0 Thou .1~ ~! Who makes! little ones to speak d;vine wisdom, direct my tongue and I·'. ~~I pour out upon my lips the grace which flows from Thy blessing. Grant , \~ me a keen understanding, a good memory, system and ease in learning, ~S, exactness in explaining, and eloquence in speech. Enlighten the beginii (~. ~ n:ng of my efforts, direct my progress, perfect my completed work. {~! Thou Who art true God and man, Who livest and reignest forever :I ~ I @ and ever. Amen. ~ !3 I (' I t - - . . . - - i >i,;Jl,!(l.\/.!}.'J.U.v,o\!l)l.J,!J.l/.!J.\~l!JU!J.!~J.[IU!J.\!!}..t!!].ll!)..V.Q..<J.U.V.!}!_~U.Q..1..!!J._~<J.U.~J.O!l!JU(l...l..!!J._~~~,!(J.\l!J.'..;_ C-iROLINIAN r= * Published by the students of the University of San Carlos Cebu City PhilippineB January-February • 1951 EMILIO B. ALLER, editor; VICENTE N. LIM, associate; VICENTE RANUDO, literary; VICENTE F. DELFIN, feature; SALLY VALENTE, society; HECTOR ALCOSEBA, ERNESTO ELIZALDE, news; ALBERTO ?¥."ORALES, JESUS G, RAMA, military; RAMON TUPAS, sports; VICENTE FANILAG, art; JOSE PERALOSA, technical RUPERTO CASAS, DOMINA DOR SAY, photography; JOSEF! NA N. LIM, NAPOLEON G. RA MA, contributing editors. c. FAIGAO, AOV~SE'R Rev. LUISE. SCHONFELD, SVD MODERATOR In a Nutshell PAGE CAROLINIANA . . . . . . . . . 3 VITAL REAWAKENING, I 1 I INDIA PREVARICATES, I I rH~t~ka1181s OF· i;HE · · · · · 4 ' CHRISTIAN FAMILY IN~O~~~I~N.s~:~~el~; SVD ~I E. B. Aller ........ GI P~~~~i~~.0feaf~~~ 1 1 by Josefina N. Lim . . . . . . 7' BY CANDLELIGHT, II short story by Gloria N. Sanchez . . . . 8 PASSING THRU, by VNL .. 10 FRANCISCA, A PORTRAYAL I c:~T~NGu~1TCHED. CAN"T' · 11 I :YEJi~~;: F. Delfin ...... 12.1 1111 INbyT~~lvK~~;~-t~V~~ ....... 13 ~. ' SO YOU'RE TO GRADUATE , , by Alex ................. 141' ~bC,.Tr.01if~.f'~ER'PATTE'Ii' ~:-~~! 1[· ~~~R cr~~~liJNc~~~Jc~ .. 20 111:1: AND COMMUNISM ..... 21 \I I USC JN THF. NEWS .... 22-2l'i A CASTLE OR A DQGHOUSF. 2'1 1 SECCION CASTELLANA 28-30 I ~~;-second class ;;ii· I matter at the Post Office of Cebu City, March 20, 1960. Before we went to press, we were filled with misgivings that we might not be able to make it. There were a few niatcrials contributed nnd most of them did not make the grade. We had to scrape and scratch just to be ::ible to produce what little we needc:cl fo1· an issue. And, at long last, we are lucky that we made it, fol' here we are, Our initial remarks lead us to the lamentable fact of the dire dirth of Carolinian wt·iters who are obliging enc.ugh to use their already rusty pens and give chances to their urge to express themselves in print via our maga:i;ine. Time and again our mentors, not excluding our erudite Father Rector, have consistently advh•ed us to take our fling at writing for the Carolinian. Why, this here, our official organ, is purposely instituted by the henevolence of our University to accommodate the spa.rks of inspiration (whethc1· urged by the Muses or not) our minds and hearts may be pregnant with. For who know!<, thel'e might be geniuses in ou::' midst who are yet, as a mine is, to be prospected, found, struck and claimed as our very own in order to sup11ly us with rare nuggets of golden thoughts and noble emotions. We ought to he very thankful that as a good and prosperous University worthy of the name, San Carlos affol'ds us with the instruments and the opportunities to have our precious gems of thoughts come to the fore in order to be appreciated and :..dmired. And yet, where are the on<-omiIH: philos0plwrs, lhe developing litel'ati. and the budding poets? They must stm be inhibiting themselves from being understood, stifling themselves in unwarranted silence. Or can it be possible that they are merely shackling themselves with simple indolence? But always this t"ruth we hold: unless a beautiful or noble idea is brought into the open, no appreciation or admiration can give justice to its beauty or nobility. Sir Thomas Gray appropriately expressed our point when he said: Pac• 3 By LEO BELLO "Full many a gem with purest ray serene The dark unfathomed caves of the ocean bear, Full many a flower was born to blush unseen And waste its sweetness in the desert air." The times are such that we should need some introspection. The beloved Dean Rev. Fr. Luis E. Schonfeld, SVD, of the College of Liberal Arts takes the cue. In the true spirit of an astute moral crusader he makes a diagnosis of the shortcomings of any ordinary so-called Christian family, and the many dangers it is being beset with from all sides and from within, in his "Crisis in the Christian Family". The poem "Invocation" treats of the ails, not of the ordinary family, hut of the family of Nations. It is a prayer for Divine Guidance if human efforts to attain world peace seem to fail. The technique used is that of a new-fangled version of a sonnet, and may be described as a rimeless sonnet. When Time was younger than our Age, one of the most noble of professions was unduly caricatured by fictionists as sour-puss unlimited. Teachers must have been :!'O nasty, cranky and tyranical in those daysa far cry to c.ur primp, understanding iind kind (with very few exceptions) modern version. But read all about them in Jo Lim's "Personago: on the Platform". Mr. Vicente Ranudo's portrayal can be well-appreciated if his personal traits could be known as background. But we may infer from hi9 writings that he has the poet-anddreamer's streak in his blood. He must be descended from a poet. The only new-comer in this issue is a woman. With our one and only Mr. Faigao's compliments, we give vou "By Candlelight" by Miss Gloria Sanchez. Our sociey editor has been busy in her own right. Besides her regular (Continued on page 10) Page· 4 Editotia.t. '.ltld uniusfified fear m·e di.<;gusfing 8igns of civic <lefeCttism. They may not know it, but they huve <le11ie<l themselves the lu'<fUl?J of their own convictions. But why vuciUate on your own convictions when the right to peaceably <tssemble to petitio11. the Government for the 1·edress of ,qrievance.~ is Ct constitutional ~ nwndatel Guamnteed to all citi~ t'311s in. a <lemocmcy, it is a tool JJ ~ 1chich can lJe resorted to and a Vital Reawake .. i .. 9 The i1ulignafio11 rally staged fJy the students and civic orga11iz(/tions of C'ebu City last Jan1wry 20 against the immon1l city ordinance 1f'hich allows the opendion of jackpots in Cebu City is an eloquent indication of a much over-due reawake11ing of Cebu Citu's civic spirit. Such sizable rally did not only show how any group of citizens cau openly and freely give voice mu! shout to the four 1dnd,<; thefr opinions and sincere convictions reg<tnling m.<ttfern of 7wblic concern, but it also significantly nwrked (t decided revitalization of our city's civic consciousness. ~J1~t~~~f~l r~~~l1~:~;{hthi~/in1~U1~~~ opinion manifests itself, which should be one strong reason (8hould 1ce 11eed only one) why rallies ought to be resm·ted to as much as vossible to vublicly discus.<; 1·easonaMe objections to rm11 JW.blic issue. We tJ·ust, thCrefore, th<tt it urould not be 1n·e.mmvtumt.<; to declare that the right-thinking citizens of· Cebu have nothing but ])mise and gmtitude f01· the sincert? a1ul plucky in(lividu.als who joine<l the rally, It ha.<; also lieen 1wo1w1·l!J ex1wes,<;ed that there .<;hould be co11temvt for those who believed in principlr that which inspired the rnlly an<l could have joi1ied, but did not Join it, fo1· fear of extrnneous 1·epercussion.<; f1·om 1mprinciplC<l indivi<luals. Thrdr hesitatio11 should lJe re.<;01·ted to in the proJJCJ' way in a <lemocmtic way of life. In ·more _enlightened communitie,<; this right ha.<; come to fH'! i·egm·ded a.<; a moral oblir1atio11 for the citizem·y to perform whenever pnblic welfm·e dem<md.<; it. Thcit' this tool had vra.ctically liecome rustu with umrne in the past years of our 011"11 city is 110 m·gument that it is not 11ecessm·11, n01· that it can no longer lie used. Had public mllie.<; been t·P.s01·ted to everutime they we1·e nece.~sary in the vast, time could have shown 11s noui the many benefit.<; ou1· city and our counit'y coulcl have derived from thefr effective use. But let the )past alone. It is 11ow and the future u•hich should 1·eal1?1 count. Nou: that the 1·.eawa.kening of our civic spirit has been enhanced, wlwt is left for us to do is to live up as citizen.<; tJ·ue to fo1·m <ind spirit by never he.'litatin.q to use our 1·ights an<l privileges as citizens of our city and of our countru. The ;'su1weme law of the land" r1ives us a very imvortant instntment 11'hich, together with the other.<;, secure to ourselve."'I the libertie,.., 1chich m·e onrs in £f "land of the f1·ee". Nobo<lY cau take it away {?·om us, no matter how bitterly we may have to disagree among ourselve.<; 01· with the imprnper actmitions of comtifllte<l autho1·ities on any 1mblic issue. This particular 1·ight is one of the c01·ollm·ies of the freedom of sp.eech arul of ovinion which begets the freedom to <lisagree, as of necessity. And now that our civic co11sciou.me.<;.<; /urn been reawakene<l, we should suf!e1· it not to fal1 <f.'>l<'ep a.ga.in u·ith inaction in the mi<lM of our 11icis.<;itu<les, if 1ce w·e J'eall11 serioits (tfmut . loving our f1·ee<lom.<;. because; "etental 11igilance is the m·ice of libert1J''. 111 ,<;pite of the fact that Com .. mtmist China rejected the UN cease-ffre Jn'OJJOS<tls, bulfri would like to f.'<Pfe;- concessions in the wnmg way and to the wr01u1 varty a la the inf<imous Mirnich "sell-out" at the expense of 1J.t·inciples a.n<l the power, honor a1J(l prestige of the United. ;\lotions. She fa ,qoing to Uw ea·tent of trying to swallow eve1·ythi11g, hook, line an<l .<;inkei· <lished out by the Commm1.i . ..,ts to pollute the minds of the easily-gullible throughout the 11·orld. She is even trying to ea·m·t hei· p1·esumvtuous influence in trying to sum!! the tempernments of other nations to her <lange1·ous level of thinking, lndfrt and the othe1· 11ati011s she can mislead might belie1;e tlwt a(Jject appeasement may <lissuade the Communist.<; from their no-longer secret dete1·minu.tion to dominate the u·o1·ld. But judging from the obstinaC!J of thefr acts past lfnd present. the Reds won't stop at anythinr1 short of 1u·a.cticall11 dtJman<ling that the lusciously elong<tted Korean pie be vroffe1·ed to them on a silver vfotter with the trimming.<; an<l icin,qs. And ln<lia i.<; too ln«mm in het' vretentious that ,<;he is the champion Of world veace i11 spite of the fact thCft she <lid not hesitate to gmb Hy<lcrnbad and Kashmir. Should India succeed in her vrevmica.tions <tn<l confusiufj the issues at stake with the I<o1·eau debacl.e, the whole 1f'orl<1 ntul posteritu will ne11e1· fm·give hc1· f01· this ignominious attempt at selling the United Nations and democmcy down the 1'ive1". EMILIO B. AL/,ER 1Tte Cttisis o! tf1e Clittistiatt 1 amilt/ ,, "11 How far ii; the moral degeneration in our present-day famil)' and home? What arc th(.- dang-ci·s which have made themseives apparent due to wanton application of perniciou!' doctrines which only kcd to "mo1·e coffini; than cradl<'s"? This timely article diagnose the ails of the Chri~tbn family and prescribes spiritual remedies to cure these ails.-Ed.) Page !> By Luis E. Schonfeld, SVD Dean, College of Libeml A1·ts The desolation and misery in the p1'esent-day family which is confined in a home beset with materialism, socialism and impiety lie d1'eadfully be.forn our scrutiny T. THE FAMILY CRISIS Our present family is fraught with such moral perversity tlrnt ever:• upright person feds great apprch~:n~ion and concern. \Veil may we rcpedt the Biblic:il phrase: "Om11is c"r" coin<pco/ vfr<m suam''.-"No ci·calu1·.· on . earth but had lost its trnr direction." (Genesis VJ, 121. This disni;:] co;1Jition causes !!rcat fear nmong m':' ralists, statesmen. and rulrr~, as WPll as pcrsnns who ponder seriou~[y about it. The great centers of population. found(') be as conupt as Bah.den, C\'l";Jl,~, and Rome of old. ::ire in fear. Evrn in small vi!la!(CS, whC'l"P onl' might still find sonw tracC"s of Christian decorum, this stat{· i.~ rapi£1ly dC'teriorating due lo th{· J"ncilitr of eommunication which hrings thl'm into contaet with thr wieked wn!'ld In•mornlity is trulv :i Jll'Psrnt :<oci:il canreT. Our VCl'Y progress an1l refinement of life aC'centuatc the disease more :ind more. Sex rules supreme in family attractions, such :is movies, sta,e:C'-plays, fashions, dances, and burlcsriue. On bC'achcs feminine fJC>sh is dis11layC'Cl for Justfol C>yes and the human form impudently exhibited. This probh>m of corruption is univel'sal bC>cause inm1orality is like a waterspout that sweeps the who\;;o society into the estuary of dcstl·uction. Youth and the very fo;rntain of life is polluted, and the very foundation>< of social or(kr arc inc!1necd. Lust for-plra:mrC' hns become, as it were, n second nature to mC'd('l'n S!'lt'iety. This C!'lnrlition is ,e:ravely felt in the familv. ThC' fnmil~· is 11!'1 loni::er "prinripium orbi.~ et q1wsi semi1wri11m rcip11blirr1e". :i<: .CiC'('l'o put it, centuries ni:ro. 'Thiit i<:, "Thn fiil 111ily is no lnri1?el' the foundation of the world and thC' nurscr.v. n<: it were. of the State". The old familiar tra£1ition<: of familv lifC'. D>< handed down to llS lw our forelwar~. hr>vr cli<:annrnrrd from I midst. Nowadays the hl'>me Page C: THE t:R1SIS OF THJ:: •• · (Continued from 1mg.: 51 sumes the form of a hotel, a point of departure to which one repairs only to cat and to sleep. It is the victim of matel'ialism, socialism, and impie. ty. Inner corruption is its most formidable enemy. It is this corrilption that reduces the number of homes, of children. It leads to free love, to temporary civil nuu·l'iage, to nefarious divorce. The result is successive polygamy, onion without God, without love; without children; de· solate homes without number. Such modern life ejects spouses and chil· drcn from the sanctuary of the home end throws them into the street, the theatre, the cinema. the dance-hall. t.he cafes. Christian practices arc banned from family life; it is no longer Jesus who presides over weddinj.!'s, as He did at Cana. Man has !!hut the doors of heaven and only looks for material pleasures. II. DESOLATION The desolation and misery of the present-day family lie dreadfully be· fore our gaze. Men and women arc fleeing from matrimony. They prefel" a free union, without any moral law attached to it, unbridled, with n~ other sanction but their caprice, theil' lust. Viees and immoral environment increase steadily the number of the "homeless,'' fitting counterparts of the numberless "coontryless peo. ple". Not only does vice bring deso· lation to the home, but it leaves it anaemic. For, when man wal'tes his life in disorder, what strength can he still have to transmit to his chil· dren? What vigor, what vitality can he give them, after he exhausted himself in the mire of sensualism? Those poor offsprin!l' are often but a mimicry ·of life, who curse their pal'ents for having given them death instea'l of life, for vice has poisoned their biood and killed in them all life. If we add to these the superficial education, the reign of alcoholism, effeminacy. excitement to pleasure, luxury, erotic literature, movie& and all the other factors of corruption, them do we have a complete and accurate (licture of the desolation of modern homes. 111. ITS DANGERS Other dangers pop up on the ho· rizon of our modern family, and one (If them is low "birth· rate". There is one fact, a clear and evident fact, proved and confirmed by eloquent statistics, namely, that the reign of immorality and divorce have eauaed a dreadfully decreasing birth rate. "We have more coffins than eral! I! INVOCATION Within the human family the1·e is No pear:e: our sp.irits g1·ovel in the mfre Of bitter woes; the evil forces, st1·ong, Which seek -to tmmple with impunity All that iB good and 1'ight in existence I i "Htive th1'ived," and hat1·eda and the shameless luats Fo1· gold and powe1· hC1ve now possessed our wo1•ld. In fervent pleas, u·e seek to clem·ly voice The desperateness of om· hopeless state; l We beg to be allo11-·ed to bend ou1· knees And 1·aise to God our hem·ts in common pmyeJ': Deat· Go•l of Justice, human e{fo1·ta failed; Har;ing 2·ecouJ'se to Thee, relief we beg. -E. B. Aller. dies'', said PinRl'd. The decrease of births bewilders statesmen. France loses twenty-eight thousand inhabitants every six months, said Bertillon, And Leroy Beaulieu has demonstrated that if this evil is no~ remedied, by the year 2012 FranC"'! will have no inhabitant of French origin. The cause of this dismal decrea11e is to be found, according to Bertillon, Mereier and others, in the perniciou11 doctrine of Malthus and in divorce. A decrease of population is noted in all the countries that have facilitated the grantinp: of divorce, which Is given with increasing ease. In the United States of America, records show, more than 200,000 divorces are granted per year; In France, more than 32,000. The vegetative increase of population in France is 2.4, the lowest in the world; and France ':; a "divorce-country" pnr excellrmce Jn the United States of America the inc1'Case is 9.2, inferior to that of Italy, which is 12.4, and _!o that o! Colombia which has a rate of 15.8, and that of Chile, which counts with 12.G. All statistics are consonant in thl!'il" proofs that divorce leads to hnmo1·ality, towards a diminishing of birth rate; that it increases criminality and illegitimate children; that it foments free love and pagan customs. It is an indisputable law of History that the life and greatness of a nation de. pends upon the number of its inhabitants and the morality of its customs. If a country is unable to occupy and defend its own territory, it will not be long before another nation will take possession 11f it. This is the law of History, and History re. reats itself. When the Roman women no longer desired to have children then came the day when the Mistress of the world had il.o soldiers to defend herself against the onslaughts of the barbarians. In our present times the Malthusian theol'ies prevail. They have invaded the sanctuary of the home. 'J'heae thories are prevalent even in count1·ies that have an excess of population. It was so in Germany before the war, Confronted with such a great evd which we bewail, we may well reP<'at those wrathful words of the great Bossuet in his De la Politique Sruwee: "Be accursed by God and men all unions whose fruits llre not wanted and who11e desires consist in being sterile". Nowadays there exists among women a growing horror towards maternity, which an author anathematized in the following terms: "When those words written about a nation become true, that nation is rottin to the core. When men fea1· work and a just war, and women are afraid of maternity, then they are tangling on the verge of condemna· tion, and it were better they disappeared from the face of the earth. where they are in all justice the object of contempt of all men and women endowed with souls, ·elevated, stronir, courageous." The cause of this evil Is to be sought in the utter lack of religtbur; principle, in egotism. in the "laissez-faire-attitude'' of family costomi; in the alarming progress of immol'ality, in divoree, in the daring ad· vances of modern feminism which preSBes more and more heavily on the already disintegrated socioreligious order, It lies in the nefarious contraceptive literature wbic'i expounds to all the sundry procedures . of Malthus which in truth may be called the corrupter of souls, the as!'assin e1f humanity. Morr coffins than. cradles! That's the situation of our modern family. And sr-takinl!" nf France, where the population is in constant decrease, an author said, "Finis .Galiae! That's the beirinninl!" M the end. And thus will disa11pear from the scene of the (Continued ,,n page 13) THE PERSONAGE ON THE PLATFORM Bitt 1 ·eally the .schoolmarm ancl her male counterpart can't anymore be that ogre as fiction madebelieve them to be In drcul:i.ticn is a 1ieren•:ial tali? about two persons introducc<l separately to an audience. One was a teach." Do we rush to do an~·thing .:it once, without being first guided and taught how to do it? How in i·eason can one read a book without first learning the alphabet; how h:arn sUi°· gcry and cui·c human ills without the guidance of a medical teacher; how lnrn which i'5 right and which is wrong, without an instructor? Surely not by a wa~tinc:: triakmdei·ror method. Paging the "Educational Forum", p~rhaps there is a clue in the fact that popular literature has consign· C'd the teacher into ridiculous types: cranky old-maids and stern spectacled spinsters, un(lersizcd fops and blockheaded simpletons, whose indispensable and ubiquitous symbol is the stinging rod. In one of Oliver Wendell Holmes' fascinating psychological novels, the t~acher is described as "a poor, overtaxe<l, n('rvous creature, we must 11ot think too much of her fancies." The teacher in Thomai; Wolfe'~ prize-winning "Look Homeward, Anr-el'' is an unangclic "gaunt redfac('d spinl'tcr. with ficrc<' glaring <>ves." Apparently not a 1n·ize-winr:·ing creature. A character iu one of Sherwood Andei·son's short stories is described as "silent, cold. and stern." Well, of cour~e. !'ihe \Va!'l a teacher. Yon !l'Ues!"ed it. Then there is Washington Irving's beloved, clussic, skinny Ichabod C1·ane of the ."huge cars, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that this head l looked like a wea· thcrcock perched UJ>on his spindle neck ... " Tom Sawyer's bald but bewigged school ma;tl'r was a diminutive t)•rant, "his rod and his ferul~ were seldom idle.,. Moreover, he was frustrated. "The darling of his de· sires was to be a (loctor, but poverty had decre<'d that he should be nothing higher than a villa1?c schoolmaster.'' In actual life, it iS common observation that mo!<t teachers vegetate into l!"l'ayinl!" and withered spinsters. Thcorc:tically, men teachers are observed to grow a bun oi· a topknot very much like that ·of lya Huli's. But" all is not lost. There is a bright, if i,mall, minority of teachers dcs.C'ribed as "sweet. young things" although \hC!y usually catch themselves just in time by manying or becoming secretari<>s before it is ton late. In fiction howeverj tcachcr-heroe<> 11rc not wanting. Edward Eg~leston's "Hoosier Schoolmaster" is "powerful smart ... " One of Louisa ?of. Al· cott's lovable "'Little 'Vomen" mar· ricd a professor. Although fiction dons the teacher in cap and bell~. actual life clothes her in toga and hood. OnC! has only to glance at the records to see how many intcllie:cnt young people arc enrolled to hC' t<>achC'rs. On<> has only Page 1 by JNLim to look around at the comely coeds studying to be teachers, at the pleasant instructors looking just like ~ny other pleasant 11e1·son; no less pretty thnn secretaries, no more human or normal than you or movie stars. And they are far more well-mannered 11nd 11101·c polite. The reasons go still deeper. Loula Grae(' Erdman, after winning a heavy JJrizc for a novel she wrote, was queried by a reporter, "Of course you'll give up teaching now." Her answer was. "Of course not. I'm going to stick t(l teachinl!"!" It made the headlines. Her reasons are just as valid for the Filipino teache1-. Her first reason is that "a teacher has the great privilege of constantly bein.:? able to /'('new her youth." Every semester we come in contact with new young people. 'Ve are forced "to clarify our thinking, to examine the basis of (ollrl l>eliefs, to makc sure of the validity of (our) opinions,'' to be alert :ind keep up with the progress of the times, to be a student and thus learn that there nre infinite!~· m:ir.y. thinl!"s we do not know, and no time to ever finish learning them, and thus ar· rive at a vast humility. The real teaC'hers arc the mo!<t humhlc. Make 110 mistake about it. They ?..re humhl<' not bccau!<e of a small salary hut bc<'ause they realize the little thn~ humanity knows. T<'achinir has its rewards. Th" Christmas greetinJ!s. the postcards from former students g-onc to other <Conf:'lued on O'.!~~ 10) lt was smnmertime in lifoy. Th~ rnn h11d just hidden behind th·~ mountains. The birds were twittcriug in the trees, calling for some "tr::1ying compmdon~, for sc.on thc>y w1,uld he flying· home. The ".-lama <le uochc>'' was beginning to s~nd its swl'et !'Cent to the air. 'l'h.i acasia tr<•l's were slowly folding- their lcavrs. inviting- all to rest. Sitting on c>nc of the benches ju:=:t hrhind the hibiscus hedge, Doiia Carmon Lope7. was watehinir the natural henuty around her. Sh'== m·eathed ;\ dePJI siAh ns she thou.c.ht tii:1t aft<'r an ahsenc<> of almost thirt~· years, !<h<' had nt last Mill<' homr·. Doiia Cm·mc•n or NiM1y as the other!< called hl'r, \\'US old. The parish rl'c::ist<>r in th<' church could testify to the number of h.-r y('ars. Yet there was '.ln n~ll'ss qunlity nbout her, as if in ~outh she had sipped from an Ely~inn fountiiin. The curling gray hair had a wind-hlown e;irlish swirl. Th~ shortrr stramls; fell forward and cnr('SS('d her cheek. The old woman was so <"lll?rossed in her thoughts 1hnt she did not notice Alicia, h('l' nnm; nround her neck. "It i!I irettine: late, Lola. Supper i~ already sl'rved", snid Alicia. "Oh, I nlmost fol'.f!ot. It had .heC'n ~tlC'h a lovely dny and the farling twi1 ight was so beautiful. ,Just like whnt it 11s€'d to he when 1 was hl're," Do· iia Cnrmen i::nirl ns sh€' walked with nhnted steps to the hous€'. Alicia tnrrierl for a while. She lookforl at the distant rond. She was f'XP<'rtini? a visitor that evening. Th€' pveninrr meal wns ovel'. Alicia mn1ll' he!' grandmother comfol'table in n low. cm:hioned chair. She lie:htNl n enndle. Tht>n sensing the other's 11ns1Jolwn wish to be lllone, the girl~ slipped out quietly into th<> deepenin~ twilight. Alicia seemed to be preoccupied with som1> new .care, 01• one not new hut hnd grown insistl'nt for a sohilinn. But her kimwoman. whose tho11irhts were with the past, saw no rhrinf"(' in the girl. noiin Cnrmt'n snt hy th" marbl"tnppcrl table. Th€' 1·001n WM lh:htl'd hy tht C":rndle ]'lut there hy Alicia. Thr old woman's clress was hlack, widow's mourning. She had wol'n no other sinre the death of her husban1 ten years ngo. The color of her dl'ess :>ccentuatcrl thl' thin white hands and lhe gleam of the pearl rosary sliJJ))ing through ht'r fingers. Ever nn'I nnon hel' lips moved in prayer. Doiia Cnrmtn hnd been hol'n in this house. In her care-free childhood sh<' had played in the old orl'hard and ronmed the nekhboring hills. But ~he hnd been shifted to r:n environment far from her childhood house, From that time, until a few hours previous to the opening of this last act in the drama of her life, Doiia Carmen· had never seen the home of her childhoorl. She had hl'cn a famous C"oncert pianist. Her cne:agements had brought hc>r to tvery place. She had tourcd cve1·y island of the country and later in i;earch for greater fame nnd fortune, she went abroad. Then she suddenly quit the stage, when, in an aceident !<he broke her left arm. Thnt was at the time wht!n she was; invited to hl' the soloist in one of the fmnous concert halls in Ncw York. But then her f:>ml' had hl'en known and music l1·•·1'1« still rl'call the graceful beauty r-r the woman. The critics said that niriE"il' music flowed from her fing<"rtips. Doiia CnrmC'n wns olcl now. All lhr pPOJllC' who hnd lived with her in thii; housr hnd pnSS<'d nwny. Al· By GLORIA C. SANCHEZ Fate has chosen f.o unfold the threads and write a sad finis to a Mi.fled love while pa1•ing a way to fulfillment for the life and lore of tile !Joung in heart in a sincere moment lJ!J randleliylif. most all thc nci,e:hl;ors about ft hnd long been dead. Some were lying in the churchyard, others in gravcs be· ) oncl the s'!as. Her pal'ent.s had died long ago in thcil' pl'imc. That wa11 when the scene in her life had just first shifted. She had had brothers. sisters, husband and daughters. All of thcm have 11assed to the next world. Sh€' was hoping to he with them soon. As she snid her pray('r!I, she paused fol' n while. Facei;, forms. 1tho11;ti! came hack and movcd the vision of the lovely woman sitting there. Sh<' snw once more her father with hii; pin<> sittln'! in th<! !<ame cl:air, lwr s;wcet-faced mother and her twin sistcl' singing as she, Doiia Carm<'n. playl'Cl the piano. Then n stalwart yo11n-:r man 11to'od befor€' her. He had <lnrk wnving hair, lofty brow and dePp-set eyes. l\lan11cl Ferraris hnd a strong body crowncd by a giant intellect. She> did not know where he was now lie. c>am:c likc h<"r, he hnd sought famC' abroad. When she was nt the height or her cnrecr nnrl all the world wa« :10~1n.e:, he ha<~ sou_e:ht hl'I' nut to lny his ~reat Jove nt her feet. But one month nreviot1s. ~he w!I~ married t" anothC'I': A!lc! in hc-r marric><l life thl" )>;tter mistake <1he lmcw she Jmd committed in her maniagl' kept on torturing her. She shivered there hy- the r.-lowing light as if the eruel year1< that had followed had yet th(' power to crush her. She haio;tily closed thP portion of l1<"r hrain which housed those hateful memories. They were intruders and aliens that could not be guests dul'ing these precious hours. For a long time she sat very still. Through the half-opened door came the scent of the "dama de noche". Its fragrance brought with it long forgotten dreams. After what seemed a long time, a hand touched the door and pushed it open. A light gtep crossed the red· tiled floor. Alicia stood there in the j!.')ow of the candlelight. The girl's eyes were ~hining, her lips parted as if about to speak. Yet wordless, "She sank on her knees by her grandmothcr' s "Side. A long sigh quivered through the slender frame. After a time, Alicia lifted her face. With it's clustering black curl framing the finely sculptured features, Doiia Carmen saw herself, as she looked long ago. Alicia was an orphan, the only child of Doiia Carmen's daughter and the last link which tied her to earth. "Are you praying, Lola?" Alicia asked. "Always praying?" "What else can an old woman do, Alicia? She only wafts for her end, so there's no better way to spend her last moments on earth.'' Doiia Carmen answered. Alicia smiled m•Jsingly. She was silent for a time. Then she stood up and cfosping her breast, she gazed deeply into the candlelight. "Lola,'' she burst forth, as if some spring had released a tide that could no longer be suppressed. "Delfin is - is coming tonight to try - to • to - win you over to give your consent to - tc -" "HoW could you!" Doiia Carmen cried. The words and her scornful gesture were eloquent, "You've kept ·conununieating with him after all, he has followed us then!" She looked at the girl reproachfully. "A young n1an who does not know who his people al'e ... " "But, Lola," Alicia pleaded, "Delfi11 is such a decent sort. He has been fol'gint,t ahead in his profession. I think I told you before. I can·t understand why you have always refusel1 to s~e him. Delfin is a phrsician too." "Of course, he would be n success at something or other." Dofia Car· nicn's voice had a hint of scorn. "Yet even if he had not nny prospect and he had been well born, blood will tell, and I should be pleased to give my consent." "Lola, I love him so. Doesn't that count make up in some way for other things?" Doiia Carmen had ·been looking searchingly into the eyes that were a replica of what her own had been. She looked hastily at the hurt expression in Alicia's face as she plead· ed piteously. "Oh, it does count", she remarkect in mock-sympathy. Doiia Carmen's words had such fierce vindictiveness that Alicia turned to her grandmother in a!'tonished wonder. The old woman bent her head. She seemed to ha ·e forgotten the girl's presence. Alicia touched her hand gently to arouse her grandmother. "Delfin is coming to see you in a few minutes,'' she said. "Oh, Lola, please be kind to him. Do not, I be!!: you, hurt him." Down the road a youth hurried ii.long the way AliCia had trodded a D~f UlffJ!Jll~ Page 9 sl.01·t time before. His step was almost as light as the girl" s had been. His face was set in lines of anxious earnestness, and he passed haltingly before the open door. Then he lifted his head and stepped fol'ward at a word of invitation from Alicia. He drew near; standing before Dofia Cal'mcn. he said his greetings softly. To_ the fastidious eyes of Doiia Carmen, this handsome young man with clear candid eyes, left nothing to be desired. "Bring chairs," Doiia Carmen said, ''and both of you sit with me for a while,'1 Delfin and Alicia sat down, each ce.refully avoiding E'ach other's eyes. "Alicia is my only and last care or. earth.'' Doiia Carmen led the way sensing the difficulty of her visitor's position. "She is my only and last care''• the soft voice repeated. "I want to i'ee her happy, of course, but happiness is not the greate'St, the most ~mportant thing on earth.'' 1 Delfin smiled. He had been looking and interlacing his nerv0us fingers. "Mi's. Lopez, Ali<'ia of course had had to tell you that I am an orphan. I was given to understand that my rnothe1• died in the hospital when I was born. Then ~ kind ;:rentleman who was in the hospital took me to his home and gave me every advantage. He is the only man whom I can call my father because he does not know anything about my paternal sicie. My adopted father had never a wife or children. I was treated like a son. Later, when I was about to finish my high school his old profes( Continued on page 26) l. OratM·y: thP art are of making deep noise from the chest sound like important meH'a[!:es from the brain. ·-H. I. Phillips A flirt: a Wilm an who believes that it's every man 'for hersP-lf. . -Country Ge111/ert>oman Punctuality: the al't of guessing <"orrectly how late the other party is going to be. -P. C. F. ill The Saturday Eveuing Post Cost of livi11g index: list of numbel's proving high pl'iees al'e not expensive. -Richard M. Weiss in St. Louis Posf-Dispatelt An historical novel, liken bustle, is o. fictitious talc t"ovN·ing up a stel'n 1·eality. -Augusta Tucker, T/1e Main Miss Susie Lo1,ecl (Gt•osset & Dunlap) A b11dget: a method of worrying before you spend, as well as afterward. -Papy1·1•:~ A ld88: a contraction of the mouth due to enlargement of the heart. A boJ"e: a perton who has flat feats. -Joe Harington in Boston Po.~I Fislting: a delusion entil'ely sm·rounded by liars in old' clothes. -Don Marquis in Libert,, Page 10 by vnl The first semeste1· is over. Thl' b11ttlc is half won. For many, it ha,; been a complete victory. For some there are sears. These scars are tbe 4's and 5's in the finals. Or the 'incomplete' and the 'dropped' which are as good as flops." anyway. These flnnkers usually deserve the red mark but they can take it. They're young and ilble to take the !'ame subject all over agai.n in - the next semester or the next term. But who really gets the raw deal are their folks. The flops have the time and the energy to repeat. Some of them have the blindness not to feel compunction. Some of them really lack the brains to plow through that book in which the~' floundered and sunk. But I know of two boys who were forced to drop one subject at tlie e11d of U1e term, when the final exams began. At that time! This is their story. This is not a sob story. Those boys don't "cry over spilt milk." The)· have bui·ned their bridges behind them. They had to flop not because they lacked the brains to learn or understand the subject matter but 1-ei;ause their principles differed with the instructor's passe, bookil<h, opin· ionated, one tract, misunderstanding apprehension of a student. Other teachers tolerate contradictory discussions and set out to conect them. Others don't. They simply browbeat the student and sling maestral mud at him. In front of the class. Now. if there's anything a student _ any student, no matter how moronic or idiotic or sanctimonious or cynical he may be-resents his being hams· stringed and insulted and hurt in front of hi!< claSsmates. Some teach· ers resort to sarcasm and inadver. tcntly kill the student's interest and will to give the subject proper attention. The dogged stubbornness of these students at issue to adapt them. selves to the teacher's seeming unf,.irness and failure to understand them, coupled with sheer ennui, re· sult.ed in their frequent absences which in the end forced them ~o d1'0p the subject. Some students simply scratch the back of their necks and smile cmbal'· l'assedly when they make a bum recitation and meet with maestral mud~linging. Others expect t<> be set strail!:ht when they make a faulty recitation. Some teacher:s point out th1! defect of misconception regarding kssons and set the stuc~ent right. Others just goo to pieces and debase themselves by shaming and hurting the innocently errant students. Some teachers demand that the student recite his lessons verbatim from the book. Some students maintain that a!< long as the thought is understood he can give it in his own words. There is the conflict of ideas and principles. Who wins? The teacher, of course, because she's armed with a sensitive record book in one hand and an itchy pen in the other and a ve1·y short patience and almost no understanding at -all in the middle. This semester and hereafter a lot of students are going to be very careful in seeing whom they will studv under. Not in the pursuit of eas;, lax teachers but in the latent desir!' of human nature to seek one who will give re~pect for respect and understanding for the usual classroom re. citation faults. No, the student of today does not expect nor want to be handled with velvet gloves in th<> classroom. He has too much prid<' and good sense for that. All he asks for is a teacher who needs not go liack to her student days and take un Ethics, Loc;ic, or Psychology. Or nu,ybc read Dale Carnegie. Caroliniana ... (Continued from page 3) "In the Know-Who", she dabbles in info1·mal essay with "Your Fountain Pain". Before everything can be said and c\one. we might forget our lines are limited and spoil this issue with kilo:nctric monotones. We therefore decide to leave you alone to yourself to find your own way without the aid cf a borir.g guide such as we may be. But not before we shall proud!~· poi11t to you a literary structure of some eminence in "'The Catholic Church and Communism", anonymous in its authorship. - - - - 0 - - - - THE PERSONAGE .. (Cont. from ua"e 7) places; these are big little things. It has its heartaches too. Anonymous. caustic, blistering notes at· tacking the teacher's personality. teaching methods, appearance ma~· occur. If it could happen to the prize. winning Miss Erdman, it can happen to lesser lights. One realizes that back of any failure in dealing with others there are perhaps some perrom1l failure. This makes for thl' tcachers's patience, under!<tanding, self-control, broadmindedness, and best of all. humility. It is easy to appreciate a teacher once we have shorn ourselves of th!? mentality of the first-grader who piped out, "Miss X, I wish you were ~mart enough to be promoted to secrnd grade with me!" The Call to Worship It was inevitable, I suppose, that in the garden I should begin, at long last, to ask myself what lay behind all this beauty ... When guests were gone and I had the flowers to myself, I was so happy that I wondered why at the sanie time I was haunted by a sense of emptiness. It was as though 1 wanted to thank som.ebod11, but had nobody to thank: which is anothei· wa11 of saying that I felt the need for worship. That is, perhaps, the kindliest way in which a man rnay cr~'ne to his God. There fa an inte1·mina· hle lite1·ature on the orinins of the religious impulse, but to me it fa simpler than that. It is summed up in the imaqe r.I a man at sundown, watching the crimson flowering of the sky and saying - to somebody - "Thank you." -By Bevedev Nichols in his autobiography, All I Could Never Be No amonnt of poo·trayal can contain his exenipla1·y loyalty and attachment for "this wommi" Perhaps, there will never come a da)' when I shall see a woman as bc&utiful as Francisca. For in beauty there is frankness and truth and she had both - as a matter of fact, those are the very foundations on which he~· beauty grew and dependod. And, perhaps again, I will never come to love any other woman as I bad come to love Francisc<1 - for in her I .;;aw comfortable companionship and unselfish devotion. As a person and if in that sense alone, there isn't any reason why I should be wasting your time and mine over this woman .... for confined as such, she did not achieve anything beyond the ordinary; her deeds, no more glorious and colorful than yours and mine. hi:!r achievements and successes, not a fraction greater. She had her blunders and her moments of glory - but not one of these is the real reason that made me write and let you know about hei: -for as I said, as a person she was nothing to write about. Bl!t as a woman and the beauty behind a wo1nan ... The eternal question of woman and beauty - the sad i•bsence of it in some and the abundance of it in others - the kind that is so easily done away by ti'me - all these could be answered in the life of Francisca herself. Fo1· in F1·ancisca, I saw the birth of beauty that is still living though she has long been dead. Yet, strangely enough, Francisca was really no special attraction by herself. She was a little below the average height and her burnt-brown skin certainly did not make her obvious among many. Her hair was a little thin for a girl; though the cyebl"ows that slanted down to round, firm cheeks were thick and dark. He1· only special asset was the· way she walked. She had a sort of special way of swinging her body so gracefully to the sides that she arrested your eyes at once though she tread with many. I have never seen someone with so many friends as Francisca. They flocked her house every day each of them had given their friendship to Francisca because she earned it When I met her she was already a mother of two dead sons and Ont! living daughter - who was about 4 or 5 years older than I was. Hel" husband was already dead and the ~·ears that passed left its mark by the illusive lines that eris-crossed her face. Though without her husban.nd in financial difficulty, she always manaved to help her friends with their problems. She was at her work all day and still come out of it fresh and sparkling - ever ready to give a smile to a passing friend. To the poor, she was a saint; to the mediocre, an angel of perpetual help from heaven and to the rich, a symbol of a woman's eourae:e. It was among these group of friends that her beauty was born - for it was really bor?l among grateful and admiring hearts. If you worship someone so much for her kindness or courage or amiablePage 11 ness _ you just can't help but sec her as a model of perfection; and perfection is beauty - beauty that time can never touch and destroy. I have seen a lot of women mo1·e beautiful than Francisca - their faces replicas of godessess - but their beauty ended there; after that, nothing is left but a blank and meaningless face - an ornament you could hardly notice because it is so ordinary. But Francisca's beauty was born and made in the hearts of the people she had been graciously kind to, the people she had lent a helping handthe people who admired her for heL· genuine courage and understanding heart. And as long as things like courage, gratefulness, kindness, and truth shall live her beauty shall grow with the passing of time. When I was but a boy, I wL·ote a poem about her in tribute and ad· miration. I have never really found a name for it, but it runs thus:Oh, l1ow I would love to paint The po1·tmit of a Saint The Paradoxes of the akies The pichu-e of the bird that fliea. B11t with more intentimi and anxiet11 I hope to God, that theu be I would like to ble11d them into each othe1· A11d produce a portrait of my mother. Page 12 Love and the will to get married are not enough to qualify lovebirds to pronounce "I do" By VICENTE F. DELFIN College of Law ";i.Janiag:e·• according to one irresponsible cnnmcnt::ito1·, "is a woman's (or man's) perfect alibi for a free board and loda:ing". Of cour!;e, the writer does not hold himself responsible for this definition, in any manner. According to the New Civil Code "Marriage is not a mere contract but an inviolable social institution. Its nature, consequences and incidents are govercned by law and not subject to stipulation, except that the marriage settlements may, to a certain extent, fix the property 1·elation during the marriage." Another auth01· gives his definition as "~ignifying in the first instance that act which a 1nan and woman for li!e discharge toward society arid one an:ither those duties which result from their relation as husband an·d wife. The act of union having- once accomplished the word comes afterwards to denote the relation itself." l\Iarrial!"e is therefore a eontrnet and a social institution. It is a contract because there are the meeting of the minds (consentl, eonsideration lc:eneral!y love) and subject matter (to have and -to hold). But it is a p<"culiar kind of a contract because it drnrnnds an extrao1·dinarry obligation to support one another, as husband and wife, not merely for a llay, a year, but for always. Like most contracts, marriage prescribe<; many requisites. It· is difficult indeed to live together, uncomplainingly for a. life-time. It is as similarly difficult to obtain all the requisites of law. However, for purposes of general knowledge for those of you who may be interested, this is how to go about getting married without need for any legal assistance and extra charges. "No marriage shall be solemnized unless all these requisites are complied with:(1) legal capacity of the contracting parties; (2) their legal consent, freely given; (3) authority of the penon performing the marriage; and (4) a m11.rriage license, except in a marriage of exceptional character.'' With regards to the first requisite', the law requires that only those who have attained the age of 14 years upwards for female and 16 years upwards for male can marry - unless, of course, there are legal impeOiments such as relationship. bigamy, polygamy, and others which the Jaw expre!'sly provides. Moreover those ho:!low the age of 18 if female, an:I 20 if male should need parental consent, or ('!se tho:! marriage shall become voidable. By voidable is meant that the marriage stands valid in the eyes of the law, until it is proved otherwise and adjudl!ed by a competent court to be annuled. The second requirement of the law is that the consent must be freely given. As the terms "freely given., connote, the parties duly agree to be so united without mental reservalion.o, without necessity of pointing a gun tr. one's head or such factors n<; threat, force or the use of clubs and rther instruments of war. Neither 1nust the consent be obtained by misrepresentation of identity by any of the parties. But this rl~~ not me11n a simple case of one misrepr1~~1·11tin(.? himself to be n millionaire nnd the ether marries him for tha: r'onsideration. The term misrepresentntio;1 denotes those of a(!e, non-diselosur~· 0f previous conviction of crime involving moral turpitude with a per.alty of two ~'ears or more, or th1> immoral condition of a woman who refuses to disclose the fpct that she is on the family way. Any other form of misrepresentation Wl'r..ild not he within the meaning of the law. The third requirement is the authority of the person performing the marriage. Jn the Civil Code, the following are the authorized persons tu solemnize marriage:1) The Chief Justice and Associate Justicei; of the Supreme Court; '· (Continued on page 25) Mr. Vic~nte F. Delfin is oneo of tho:! husiest students in the c .... '.iege of Law wheil it comes W exira·curricular $Choo! activities. Presently h.; i!: Editorial Bval"d mr:mber of Carolinian, USC Law Review and USC ·1950-111 Annual. He specializes on w1·iting- al.i•mt legal odditie,o arid/or points boilin!! them rl•,wn to circumTHE AUTHOR .<('ribcd cxpositions.-Ed. -·----------------'1 I i I I[ I ·1 By Sally Valente I __ The shopping of the last Christmas season gave a lot of somebodies some trouble. A gift is to be picked out for a favorite friend, a favorite aunt, a favorite nephew, a favorite cousin. E'•cn a gift for the favol'ite peeve. Tita Espina, I guess, had a rough ride in her shopping spree last year. \Vhat with favorites springing from every corner. So did Chito Gaerlan. Don"t you know her? She's that p1·ospective pharmacist who sometimes keeps watch of the drugstore ir. front of our drug .. , Guess now that we have a brandnew year, Tillie (the toiler) Dunque has resolved to slow down on her ricar serious determination to stock her pig-tailed little head with tha fra,i::-mcnts of knowledge ... I wonder how Noah Ano, David dela Rosa, Caesar Carabuena, and Joe Padaihag, could have made a Christma~ lantern together. Noah asserts that Joe just relish to eat wooden steaks. If this were true, three cheers for Joe's digestive system! .. Would any friend, Roman or Lover lend his ear to Mr. Cum and Mr. Corpin? They sweated out memorizing the speech of Brutus after all, iind it's a pity if only the English 3 dass will hear it ... Jf any missus had a hard time sekctin,!.!.' a magi gift for her hubby last Christmas, she should have turned to Mrs. Priscy Orat Diores and Mrs. Carin:r Ybafiez Alom;o, the hrand-new wives of Esting Diores and Rudy Alonzo, respectively. Who's next on the list of to-be-married's? Hea1·d somebody is going to exchang"' "I do's" with somebody in . June. Both somebodies are prominent peonle in the USC. Here's hoping for thr>t h1cky June bride. Carmeling MaJ->zarte, Conchit Sevilla, and Medy Martinez, I .e:uess, wouldn't need any such luck whenever they decide to r.iv<' up the life of single-blessedness because they can cook their way into their man's heart (through his stomach, of course), Yes, girls, cook 'em with inspiration, Speaking of ins pintions, I really do believe in the 4syllabled magic. Poch Cu i's twin inspirations are his kids, Glad he don't see doubles evcrytime he bags the ball. And don't tell me Tito Espeleta can't use some bit of inspiration, too. For all you know, while he's ~ribbling a ball his heart is also being dribbled by some feminine hand and the owner of that hand might be his inspiration! The ROTC's inspiration is no other than Nimia Dorotheo. The cadets really do take off their caps to their corps sponsor. Who or what inspired Linda Zosa in her declamation and Nena Dorctheo in her radio programs? You can't get it out of me folks, that's this month's food for thought. Have you heard? Three little girls in gray are concocting some Macbeth kind of brew. This time test tubes, inste11d of kettle, are used and the "witches'' are not old and ugly but those three charming pharmacy students, Araceli Gonzalez, Lilia Cinco, and Elena Ouano. The most appronriate season 1!' greeting to them is Happy Brewin'! To commerce stu<lcnts like Fely Alonzo and Chripina 'T'olentino - Happy Balancin'! And to Leonie Llanza, Lilia Dorotheo ani Raul Borromeo (Pre-Jaws) I say Merry Arguing! 'Bye now, ti! next issue .. On Keeping Young MR. ALFONSO DALOPE: You know, I always feel young. I h&ve a secret elixir of youth. MR. FORTUNATO VAILOCES: Oh yeah? If you are a pupil of Mr. Guanzon, it must be "mo. !i:isses.". MR. ALFONSO DALO PE: Why, my laughter keeps young. (Lo11d guffaws) Page 13 1'HE CRISIS OF THE ... (Continued from page 6) world all nations that have torn to bits the fundamental laws of life". IV. REMEDIES In order to remedy the:;e gi·eat evils which beset the family, we must needs point out some moral "medicine". A) LIFE OF FAITH. - Faith re. veals to us an unknown world that fills us with holy fear and love of God. "Si cl"edideris videbis gloria11~ Dei" - "If thou hast faith, thou wilt see God glorified" (John XI, 40). The faith that shows us God eve1·ywhere, envelc>ps man in a supernatural atmosphl're that draws him nearer to God, to ask Him favours, to praise Him, to fear His just judgments and punishments. Faith makes Christ known to us, and in this knowledg'l lies life everlar.ting. Faith will bring Christ to us, to our home, to our loved ones, as it happened to the couple at Cana. When Christ rules in the home, peace, quietude, ttnd harmony will reign, too. But when faith will disappear, then materialism and a pagan way of life will set in. Then we may repeat: "They are corrupt, and are become abominable in their ways: there is none that doth good. no not one'' (Psalm XIII, 1). B) PRACTICE OF PIETY. - It is not sufficient to believe. "Fidel!! sine operib1rn, nwrt11a" _ "Faith separated from good deeds is a dead faith" (James II, 26). Christian life is a life of prayer, of religious practices which are long forgotten but which are the element that can restore our family. They are many. The fulfilment of our religious duties, the Fmnily Rosary, the devotion<; to th'l Blessed Virgin Mary, our morning and evening prayers, et.!. "Delilolatrt e:.t terl'a quia m1ll11s elilt que recogitef conle" - "With desolation is all the land made desolate; because there is none that considereth in the heart" (Jeremias XII, 11). These p·actices will enliven piety and will bring about Christian life, so necessary in the families. C) FLIGHT FROM DANGERS. - Christian life is sanctifying; everything in it tends towards purifyin~ i:ouls and preserving them from sin. St. Paul vividly describes how our family life, and life in general, should be "dressed up'' in good deeds. "And now, brethren, all that rings true, oil that commands reverence and all that makes for right; all that is pure, all that is lovely, all that is (Continued on page 20) Page U Frien<J Hel'b, I At the end of this tel'm I'm gonna graduate. Associate in Arts, su1iposed to be. So far the only I "art" I'm associated with is the nt of trnancy. Never Jet it be I said my college life hasn't been colorful. It has been n stinking se1·ies of !Junks and conditions and shifts - purely unmonotonous nnd non-dnb! j wh~~ It:i:ro~~c~;~n t~~: ~:~1:~/:; I Pl'(!·Mcdicinc. I was going to tote a i:mall block bag tcm yca1·s later. I But before the first round wns ove1· l was kayoed by Chemistry la. So before I blew myself u p over a test tubl' of nitric acid, bettet· judgment made me shift over to Commcree. Seeing as how my wcrkly allowanee disappel'rcd be. fore the wcl;!k was over, I knew l'J l'tfr1k in hui:inc~~. Thrift and E('(lnomies ;'ll'C not nn spc:i.ki:H!' terms witli 111c, Herbie old boy! WheTI the Summer t erm came around l rlecirled to fool u ound with Ent?"inecring. That wns the time when "The Fountainhead .. came tf) town. Rii:rht then and thc1·c ii tlasi:mate and I thought we'd dei:iJzn Cebu's future houses an.t iirmrtment buildings - maybe we mil':ht even dci:irm USC !lfter the Thil'cl World Riot - and so th~ rlerh in the Record Sectifln of the Rl',cdstru's Office had to make me " ncw rccnrd card. Thi.o: timl' un· <lcr Architecture I. You guessed it, I couldn't design a one-room windowless pig sty. And those hours spent hunch1;?cl over a drawing bond! Before the fint week of doddling around with a <lrawinJ!' pencil was ove1· 1 wa~ d1·oopinl!' forward like a stinking question mat,k. And you know how enraptul'ed I am with Math! I don't even know what the heck a polynomial is. By the time summer was over I was searching my muddled brain for a subject to conquc1·. I was seriously contemplating typewriting nnd steno. This wish was induced by several lecture hours under a fast-talking prof. I yearned to scribble as fast as the prof sc1·ecched and slammed the notes back at him, verbatim, afterwards. No soap. Only dames make proper sl'cr1;?t aries, it seems. The room was full of them, anyway, and if I'm not a misantrope at least I sometimes feel like a misogynist. Then a bright idea struck me How about being a teacher! If not for the lahor, then at ]east for spite?! I imagined myself standing before a swarm of pallid poker faces. 1 saw myself stt.nd before that leer inc:. 1?:laring mass of hlirnk cxprl'ssions. wide eyes and gaping mouths, at that scn11cless hm·de of iclioti:, nnd I saw mysl.'lf tr~· ing to talk some sense- some education!- into that sea of staring. open-mouthed masks - and 1 ·csolvcd I'll c:o nuts fiut. Having: romped .all over the university and trying mn~t of th01 courses, like nn undecided bu~·er ll'~'ing: on a <lozen pairs of shoo on a Christm11s shopph1::r ~prcc, T i:rritted what tceth I h~we and f irn1ly <lecided to settle down on some cour~e without abandnninf!'. i~ the nl'xt, semester. There was or.e he·msm cou1·se left untricrl, and I !'lrnmptly C'rahhecl it. I like th<> Mund of the word ba1Tist~r . Ah o, being a frequenter of Ima·~ ;rnd watl'rfront dive!!, I think it would be a l!.'ood idea to take the Bar cxami; some sunny day and amaz~ l the P hil . Bnr Assc>ciation, includ- 1• ini:r t he Cebu Lawyers League, / with a terrific s~'.1\1tional tJth~· • bition of legal knowled~c. So I [ : landed on P1·c-Law. An~ now. after nll those terms of booze, swe:'!I, 1 ~~~·~; ::cut~:o sl~~s~i~~d1.::a~~m: ' • j f'.l·aduale Associate in Henrts; i.e., I er, Associate in Artcs. On sccnnd thou11:ht. . r could be a pioncel' and be the first male to invade what has always been the feminines' domain. After all, they I <thc111 femmes) have stormed men's I !)rofcssions <medicine, hlw, cn. cd· nceri n~. and whatnot). Suppose I enroll in Home Economics ncx~ yc111 · . . . ? Grrrrr. what a life .. Alex . o fin9er pindr of Jforclut. o tiny bit of moon, o tlrimblef11I of s11n1et tainting o pint la9oon a wavelet clancl119 softly, Octobe r's 9.ntlo breHo, fire 1an9 of Maya's fllttln9 amo119 flro loofy frou er poe-t•s mo9lc phro1a, the res1dt may bo er rcrlnliow or o clroorn too swea t to know, It ntoy be O clay In oprll, or It lftoy be yo•. - ANONYMOUS Miss Anito Cob;ihuq, Libe rol Arts coed on he r recital os Bochelor af Music (Battig Piono Schaal, Cebu City) smiles with confidence ot her oudience in the Avenue Theotre , Cebu City. A third yeor Libcrol Aris coe d. Miss Solvocion Abotoyo. made he r groduotion recital recently os Associotc in Music {Bottig Piano School) ot \lision The atre, Ce bu City. Another Liberol Arts coed, Miss Lutqordo De lgado. 9rod11oted os As•ociote in Music (St. Cecilio's Piono School, Cebu City). Here she poses within o pause on her re citol. Anito, with fingers on the keys, lncidentolly,sheisfirstto groduotl a m11sic school outside of Manila. Modern Portio in-thcmoking, MiH Glorio Porejo is Steno-Typist in the Cebu Provinciol Auditor·s Office ot doytime ond tokes Low at USC e venings. )'o:omponied by the Ceb11 Oro:hestra. tth degree of Bachelor of Muio: in Accompanied by the famed Philip· pine Army Orchestra with Major B11enave11hlro on the baton, Miss Delgado gives a rendition of the music of the masten on her re<:ital. Atty. and Mrs. Gavina Melgar (nee Re· medias Echc:ivei), both USC alumni, n· <:hanged marriage vows last X'mas Day. Here they are shown <:arving their weddi119 o:ake . The bride and bridegroom ore pro· ducts of the USC College of Pharmacy and Colle<:ie of Low, respe ctively, Miss Louro Costillo, Commerce coed, poses for the camera. She is just another proof that even female working students con hove a little leisure in their studies. Here are some eye.fillers who groce the USC CC1mp11s. These are the Alfeche sisters of lligan, LanC10, with frie nds. Cora10n at the e xtre-me- left takes Liberal Arts; while Juliet and Filome na, first and second from the right, Cite tokirtg LiberCll Arh and Commerce, respe ctively. A souvenir Qf the ROTC familiariration trip Cit Danao, Ce bu, last Dec. I 0, this picture is pase d by USC's ROTC high·brass with the Danoo Mayar and daughters. Fram bottom right up are Lt. Javelosa (lnstructC1rl. Major Juan (CC1mmondant) and Cadet Major Aller !Corps S.2. S.]J. Cadet Col. Bongalos (Corps Commande r) is at e1treme i.tt. Appare ntly engrossed with the ir le ssons, cC1ed1 lnocenhis Yap and CatechistC1. while flanking an other, may hove bee n cC1nscious of the conieromCll' They ore Zoniboongueiios. 011 the occasion of the last Notio11ol Heroes Day ceremonies ot Cebu City Hall, two cadet s1tonsors representing USC are shown escorted by ROTC l'RO Morales ond the Corps Commander on way to lay o wre ath at the foat af a synibolic tomb of Cebu's Unhown Soldiers. Who was that bninhead o{ th<! ::ges who said: "Nihil est in intel· ll·du quot! non erat prius en sensibus"'! Well, that's simply a restatement o! the fact th:it nothintr makes your )!rny matter i:r1·ayer except that which first comes in via the senses . \\'hich is approximately the gist of this depnrtment'll fuss ancl fur01· exhibited these last few weeks. And to :m exceptionally g-ood end, too. As cur cmnmandant here l'ay.~, "i! we are to end right, we must start right." So the same traclitional hand that turn!' the wheel of military history in the hearts of i:i:rcat nations, also st:i1·teti the ::rrind on our unit here with a !l-hour nrganization and oriC'ntation period whi'h finally kept in 11lace every clement of a squad, d a platoon, of a compariy ... L::ist NovcmbC'r 26. the Corps wor!•<>fl out nn orientation pl'ogram with Cdt. Col. Boni::alos right lx:hind th':' microphone doing the emcee stuff. l.ig:hting the first beam, Majnr J uan, Commandant, among nther lhin.i-s, a~kecl for the unstinted cooperation of all mcmhers of thi!I unit h •C':ltlse with it the first berth in the TaC'licril lnllpection fdue early thi~ ~·eal"l wm1!d he "in the bag". He went further to M~' somethinJ? nbout Rn)' superior who would anytilne and J)Jace rcpl'imand :in infel'ior reasot1ohly. wt1uld tlo !iO for the eommori good anti, without e:q'!ecting that ill feelinits would be lncl:i::cd in t he cadet 's heart. Lt. J avelo!ia. took another tune out, <>mphai;izini: that hi~ imi~tent w:irninJ? to "slackers'' still boils stamina, and if anybody wants to !ltand the "Snd Sack" enjoying the eas:! and comfort of absences (unwarranted), he'd wind up in the cooler -which in military interpretation mNtn~ eleven months of !lweat and <lu!'t in a militny camp. Somewhere dowri the line, the batBY AM .:ilion cnn1manderi: made o\lt somcthine lo say. Cdt. Lt. Col. Jllacachor made it clear that in the seine of militn1·y aJ?encics, the ROTC has nn ever loud strlkinf;!' tone. It's import:mt, <'mincnt, vitnl and imli~pcnsa hle. Its cxi,c:en<"e equals the hazard of its lolls. Cdt. Lt. Col. A!on~o sini;:-lecl out tht· r~ct th<.it where there is n 11udd\,._ or mad doits there must be n whiplash. Thoul!h we nre the latter hy fa1·, yet discipline must ring out loud and dear in ever~· cad<>t'!' ear. And as for tourtes).', the l!:OlclC'n by-word in every !'treet or !'!um or kim:::dom, the nrmy nC<'rls it too sny!' Cdt. Lt. Col. Orbc I C:1l'n<'!"S of militnri!'m mu!'t inscrib':' it in thrir !'Ottis :i!I one virluC' nver 11ncl nhovc all th<~ r1·~t. A!' nn a fter· di;t::il, Cdt. Lt. Cr:I. Espina denominatC'd tet1mwnrk to be ti sij:!'.ni· fic:int fnctor without which an ~l'lll\" bns only the dust to hold on . The buck )Jl'ivatC's l<>t their ~ny. out throuzh Cdts. G<>1·011illa and Pengson who talker\ on the sin!!ular duties of rnrlet privates. Cadet. Lucero pou1·ed his hrnin out with none the least t rnin of thnu.zht and laid th<' t·nmic hot seat on the audien('C's bottom in lnl1C:htcr. And thnt was that. ~t1vr-mhe1· 30: X'Alionnl Herors· D11~·. The "hlnir t1[ bugles and the niffle of th·ums" rchocd in the strce~.~ hut the wol'h had to start out with s•)iritunl nl"knowledg:mcnts. The cad<'t!I t:eard n field mass at the Cebu Nor - mal School grounds. After which thev lined out in parnclc to Plaza Rizal in front n{ the new City Hall o[ thi~ C'ity where a p1·n:i::r:lm wa!I held in honor of our national heroes. Hii:!hli!!:ht wa!I the firinl!: of a 21-g1m snlut~ b}• nur unit. At the 50Jemn instAnC'e of the layinJ? of the wrenth~ nt the fnot. of the nbcli!ik which symboli?.ed the tomb t1f the Unknown Soldiers whn died for Pa;-e 19 the Cause, the USC ROTC l"nit \US r<'presented by Sponsors Nimia Do1·othco and Jane Pnreja. Sunday, December 10 was D-Day fo1· the ycnrl.1• familiuri?.ntiot1 tri1>0bjeet ivc : D11nao, ~cm~ 40 kilomet<>r!' to the north :iwny from the din ;\ml dust of the city. At 9 :00 that 1w1rninc:, a 29-11·11('], coli\'<•r with 1000 01· ''" catkt~. wormed i!•: wa}' out of ttw city and l'<'achec! its destination :1t about 11:00 A .!\I. F our kilometers from the town proper, the bo~·s debarked ancl fini:o.hcrl the tripon foot. It W:l!' sc111·chin•! hot but 1:0 srripes were he:ird. Ov<'rnight. DnP:io tl'emed with khaki.clMI C'add!ll, a sizht which would have remindc(] one of n military camp l'iizht. nfte1· Liheration Throught'!ut the " ole1'l'' pl"l'it'!c\, no untownrd incidents hap11en<'d, ilnd for ncquittintt themselves with honor, the Commni1dant and the Adjubnt ronm1<-'ndcd <"nch and cvcr~·one of the to~'" . " ' e would like to say hl'fe thrit l h<' hospitnlitr accorded 11lt by th<> D;inawnn~. pnrticularly Mayor Sl'p11lveda. will loniz he l'eml'mbcrl'd by u~. Jn rC'turn, we put up ti l>tl'eet 1 •;wiid<> in the nftrrnon which <"vincl':I ''tahs."' nncl "ohs" from the 11uhlic. It'~ not 1•\·eryda~· they !'ICC' such a !IJ)lendirl JlC'rform:'.nC~ . It walt ,t!'O('d, ell':rn fun while it llls!C'd hut wh_.11 it wM di nver. nil of 11 ~ WC'J'e so do{!{!l"IU<' tire1l w<> !llept lik<' loglt tht• 1liC"ht following. T:ilkinC' of morC' fun, the nizht of D<'C<'mhr r 17 founrl .•ornC' of nur rro.~lt :1t tbr colorful l\lar1 1i Gr;is :i~ l he Cluh Filipino ns Guard!' of Hnrml' to thr QUC'C'll !\T:itron of Cehu fo1· l !l50. who \l':l.~ ('rownl'cl in a fittinC' C'ert•mon~' . Th~ !ll!id: rond !llmart ::r11la "niform of tllll' hoys drew n thunderouli ovation from the sirlclinC'!;. (Continued on page 20) Page 20 By SALLY VALENTE Pen or pain, the thing either serves or molests lJOU. Our pct peeves come in various coiol's and sb:cs. Sometimes they're ~uch common things, as for instance. a fountain pen. Yes, a fountain pen -that fountain of cute little deviltries that may pen your peace of mind with black traces of some kinrl of trouble and disturbance. This otherwise swc~t little thing may have come first into your life on ycur 10th or 11th birthday when your mother bc.e:an to be convinced that her "dear little bov" wouldn't make it a substitute for chalk in writing on his bedroom walls. ·Or it might have had so unobtn1sive an entrance as your teacher's not understanding the merits of a pencil. So you have to havc this one evil, after all. There are several types of fountain pens that really get into anybod~,·s nerves: One could be the "it's-not-therewhen-you want-it" fountain pen. This peculiar type should remin'J you of the rnin~' weather. 'Vhen on picnic trips. smldcnly from off the blue comes rain. Or your long-lost-newlyfound uncle may have sent you a token of his regard in a b,·and-new raincoat or jacket (as the case ma~' be) . Regardless of you1· wishing for the 11th time that it may rain, the heavens just won't open to pour H20. So is this fountain pen typr. When there is something special you may want to scl'ibble, you feel it in your pocket or pul'se, and chances are that it's Mt there. Yet, only w1<it 'till you don· t need it, and it has a smart way of being noticed. A second type could be the "blackmailing"' kind. Not in the ordinary sense of the word though. You go a\•isiting a special somebody in your best snow-white suit. At first you seem to wonder why the lady has to l1eep looking at your breast pocket. Then, to ~·our dismay, you finrl out that your best suit has been "blackmailed" with a big blotch of black within the envil'ons of your breast pocket where your precious fountain is oozing its liquid out, in order. perhaps, to be noticed by all and sundry. The third kind of fountain pen could be the "look-Ma-no-ink" phenomenon. Worse than the first two types in that it just wouldn't write when you scribble it on paper whether you 11ress it down so hard or lightly. So handy, yet, so useless. You think it has no more ink, so you ask for that precious liquid. But the nerson .vou ask ink from must be >l dope. He is i;o ... so all-thumbs that hL: s1•urts the ink. all over your face, >1.nd worse, all over your clothes. (Yol· helieve that clothes and not the face m<1kcs the man, don't you?) The ink might have camouflaged you1· face so much that you can tell your mother, "Look Ma, no face''. The "love-me-love-my-ink" clas~ can be mentioned here as th<:! fourth. This is the kind which is very intimate and familiar to us all. Y 011 arc writing a very neat letfor on ~·our on!~· first class stationery fo1· n 1·: II R~!~;n~~!!~:;: 19) t.f Gut ~·ou should have seen some 'lf ~ them doing the intricate steps of the_ . "mambo" with swords dangling. Oh : brother· · . what an ordeal! U A discordant note, however. It f:j i.ccms the Grim Reaper didn't take 1 J.I holiday despite the festive Yuletide 1.i season. Our condolence to Cdt Lt. Col l:j Celso Macachor for the death of hi~ l'I father last Dec. 29. and to Cdt Maj. · Eustaquio Cabillo, Jr. for the loss of j:i a sister last Dec. 28. fj! And so that ends our hotter pat!:1 ter for now. Shivering in the other/:! wise lively tune, are you? No? J"I Thanks. r1' --<>----,_ f' ti !Ht LRISIS Of !Hf... rl (Continued from page 13) !"/ ~1~:~~~u;h;;ev!~e v~:~~:g:nt~t:r~t :~.~ i:j found - let this be the argument of n your thoughts" (Philippians IV, 8) ;.. There is nothing that characterize:. '. ~ better the follower of Christ than : ; flight from 0 th<! world in which th<! u ~:;;e 0~o~~:p::c:~~~: ~~l~~l~~in~s~:~ n ::~~~;;os~:) .. th~l~~~:~d;, it~r~!~e::~:~:: : : ~ 1Hl r1;velry. But the Christian way a ve1·y speci:ll somebod)'. (What'.; her name? l\Iind your own hu:oincs:o. 1 Then it blows out its ink all over the page in surrealistic n1·of,,sion And every time you use this type of pen. you always experience the glory of hflving rour fingers stained, not n1cntioniuir the paper. j j ~/ ~i:~s~:t:si~~s :~n~~:l~~;i::;; ~::: Thus, with the four representativ~ clasi;cs of our fountain pen famil\' rxemplificd ;is notoriot1s ilbovc, we OUl!ht to consider Mr. Fountain Pen :><>a comnetito1· for the hirrl1l:v nubli,..;!:'ed title of Public Enemv No. 1. Th<! public ought to be gu~rded always agriinst its silent, but very effective petty deviltries. If you have time, wash its innards as often as ! • :.ions with their vices and immilses /·! in order to follow Christ: "Qui Chris~ !:j ti s1mt C<ll'llCm stwm cr11cifixcnmt :.1 c1111~ 11itiis et concupiscentiis" - ::/ "Th?s: who belong to Christ have U ~;·~c;:~c~n~:~~s:~:.w~~a:~!i:~s p~.si:~;: I I Therefore, the true Christian subi.; dues his passions, he uses up his life · · in good deeds, in charity, in compassion. in alms, in zeal, in the Chris· 1. tian apostolate, etc. you can. Be meticulous with its bath . : If we lament the pagan way of in the same manner you bathe you\" · · life without God, without religious little brothel'. (Scrubbing well be- 1 : principle, without Christ. let's stop hind the cars and around the neck, ~; bewailing and start working in order remember?) Guarding ourselves ; : to sanctify our own homes so that against its dangers is as ~.l1nple as ::; Christ Jesus and Mary may reign that; but I wonder if we can have U and rule as on one throne in time to bathe it once a week. !:J hearts and in hour homes. Page 21 AN EYE-OPENING PORTRAYAL OF THE STAND OFTHECATHOLICCHURCH AGAINST COMMUNISM AND ITS EVILS, BACKED UP BY EXHAUSTIVE RESEARCH (lur Lord Jesus Christ, the Reci<?emer of mankind, bestowed upon Holy Mother Church the commissior, ~:nd the power to Jead all the faitl>ful tr) their ultimate i;:-oal: ever-lasting bliss in h'?nvrn. Thus, as n goo.:l mother, the Church appears before lier c.hildren to admonish them, to warn them, and if needs be, to punish them whenever godless doctrines and hostile heresies crop up from amongst he.• children. In our days, communism is definitely the wori;t doctrine r.nd hercisy the world has had to deal with for many a century. In order to safegunrd her faithful from th~ immediate dangers consequent upon this heresy. the Supreme Sac1·ed Conp:regation of I he Holy Office issuer!, on July l, 1949, with the consent of the Holy Father, a decree on excom. munieation of communists. (1) It is not lawful to enroll in 01· show favor to the communist party. (2) It is not lawful to publish, read or disseminate books, newspapers, periodicals, or leaflets in support of communist doctrine and practice or write in them any article inasmuch as this is prohibited by law itself (cf. Canon 1399, Co1·pus J'IH·is Canonici). (3) Catholics who knowingly and freely place actions, as specified in Nos. 1 and 2 above, may not he admitted to the Sacraments, in accordance with the common p1•inciples w::iverning refusal of the Sacraments to thoi;e not having the pro11c1· dispositions. (4) Catholics who profess and particularly tho!<e who defend and spread the materialistic and anti-Christian doctrine of the communists, ipso /aero, 11s apostates from the Catholic fnith, incur excommunication reserved especially to the Holy See. Philippine Catholics should study this document carefully, not only because of its immediate value as a i:>:uidc for their lives, but also in order that they may be in a position to an.!.wer the many questions and tu correct the many apptehensions the reports about the document did occasion. This decree is not a political manifesto of the Chul'ch to th.:i world. It is a religious document, an announcement of dispositions already £.et down in the law books of the Churc'h and a repetition of the condemnation of previous Popes of the doctrine of atheistic communism, a warning to the faithful of un anti" Christian doctrine which, under the mantle of social reform, more emphaticnlly than similnr movements in the past, poses as the savior of the poor. The Church condemns communism because the basic philosophy of the eommunist party is 1naterialistic and :inti-Christian. Although communist leaders sometimes verbally assert that they are not opposetl to religion they show nevertheless, by doctrine and by action, to be in reality ene1nies of God, of the true religion anri of the Church of Christ. Communistic doctrine is antiChristian. It professes materialism and consequently denies the existence cf a personal God. The origin of life is not a personal God but matter, the blind forces of which evolv<' into plant, animal, and man. Communism denies the existence of the soul and the survival of the soul after death; therefore also no hope of future lifa. Communism, moreover, strips man oi his liberty, robs human personality of all its dignity, and ~incc human personality is. so to sa:.r, a mere wheel in the machine of the universe, the natunl rights are denied to th~ individuals. In man's rellltions with other hi· dividuals, communism holds the prin· ciplc of absolute equality, rcjectin!!: ~II divinely-constituted hierarchy anti autho;.rity, 1T1cluding the auth<'l·ity of pnrents. What men cnll authorilY .'.llld ~11bordinalion :s derived from the cC'mmunity as its first ~ml onl~1 In this systfm thr' indiv1chnl i<> g1·antcd no property 1ights ovel' ma. lc1·ial goods 01· the means d produc\ icn. Communism makes c-f maniage and the family a purely artificial and civil institution. There exist~ no matl'imonial bend of juridico-moral nature. Naturally, therefore, the notion of an indissoluble marriage-tie is re1)Udiatcd. The doctrine of the communists proclaims the emancipation of woman as a basic principle. She is, thus, withdra\~n from the family and the earP of hl"r children, to be thrust instead ink public life and collectiv~ production under the same conditions as man. The care of home and children devolves upon civil society. (Encyclical Divini Redemptoris, Pius XI). This doctrine of the communiGts is shaking the very foundations of ou1· Catholic faith, and according to the great Pontiff Pius XI, "is a struggle cold-blooded in purpose and mapped out of the least detail be- . l1HT1J mar. and 'all that 1~ called God'". Wh<·rc ~ommunism has been abl<to assert it~ power it has sh'iven by every po~sible means to destroy Cl-ri~tlan civilization and the: Christinn l'('ligion by banishing c•1cry n·m<mbrance of them from the heart« of men, C'spccially the youne:. WhcreVC'l' CNmnuni~m has come to powe1·. bh,hops, priests, and nuns wen.' r-:i!<"rl, c011dcmned to forced labor, i;hot 11nd done to cleath in inhuman fa~hicin; laymen suspected of dcfondiui:>: their religion uncl the (Continued on page 2G) Page 22 1951 UNIVERSITY DAY SCHEDULED USC celebrates its traditional University Day on Febrnary 16-1718. Fanfare, exhibitions, parades, <ithletic competiw tions, literary aud musical programs and evenings of joy and merrymaki~g arc slated - fo1·theannualcelebration which makes anothe1· milestone for USC's scholastic existence. The educational exhibits will be formally opened in the morning of February 17. As was done last year, the Collegiate Building will be con\'ertcd into a veritable mui;eum ,,f scientific. artistic and biological exhibits. The grand parade is scheduled at 2 in the afternoon of Februuy 17. Each College and Department in the University will be represented. In the morning of the 18th, the high schools of the University will offer exhibitions in calisthenics wherein the cream of our teenager population will be seen in action .. A basketball tournament will be played on the 16th, 17th and the 18th. It will be participated in by the Notre Dame College of Cotabato, St. Paurs College of Tacloban, Holy Name College of Tagbilaran, and by local Catholic Colleges. The USC Alumni Homecoming Pa1·ty for this year will be held at noon on the 18th. Th!O!re will be elections of new alumni officc1·s in connection with this affair. The Executive Committee which handles this year's University Day p1·ogram of activities is headed am\ spark-plu.c:i:t"ed by Dean Fulvio Pelaez cf the College of Law. He is ably assisted with Dean Jose Tecson of the Colle11:-e of Commerce and the rimiable Dr. Protacio J. Solon as me1nbers. All paths will lead to the US.C c:unpus during the University Day Celebration. Carolinians, students and nc>n-students, citizens of Cebu and tho~e of the neighboring p1·ovinces arc expected to grace the occasion. USC FACULTY PARTY HELD The traditional faculty party of the University of San Carlos was held last January 6 at the USC Social-Library hall. This year's Affair was a cocktail party thrown by the USC Administration. High point of the celebration was the gift-giving whe1·e everyone of the faculty including the SYD staff received gifts. These gifts given away by the Administration consisted of hooks, leathe1·-bound prayerbooks, religious statuettes and silve1· rosaries A wholesome time was had by all. CAROLINIANS ON PROBATIONARY STRETCH Three Carolinians left last January 16 on the M. V. Boatswain's Hitch for Fort McKinley to undergo a stretch of probationary training for a period of six weeks. They are all Advance Course ROTC graduates slated for commissions with the Armed Forces of the Philippines af· tcr their probationary training. They al'e Messrs. Vicente M. Almirantc, Benjamin Rafols, and Quirino Ragay. Mr. Vicente Almirante belongs to the Infantry group, while Mcss'rs. Benjamin Rafols and Quirino Ragay belong to the Artillery bunch. The first and the second are second year students of the College of Law, while the last is a senior in the Collej!;'e of Commc1·ce. Other Carolinians called to the colors but who requested deferments of probationary training are Messrs. Vicente F. Delfin and Vicente Gochoco both of the College of Law. CELEBRITIES GRACED LAW X'MAS PROGRAM USC Rector Rev. Fr. Albert Gaoscwinkcl and College of Law Dean Emeritus Hoo. Manuel Zo.sa joinc1\ the law students on their X 'mas celebration and program last Dec. 16. Both emoted the ii· best and crn·dia 1 wishes for the season to the would be lawyers. The characll'ristie :Cun and mcl"l'Y· making was had together ;•,it\; th·.' resounding speeches and comic antic> of College characters. Parts of the program wen• ir•tcrsp1.;rsed with picture shows. The exchanging of gifts rounded up the affair. ELEVEN CAROLINIANS HURDLE 1950 BAR EXAMS Out of twe11ty-eight entries in thu 1950 Bar ~xams, th'! USC College oi Law scored eleven who succeeded i'1 passing. USC's percentage of pas:;ing is only a littJe more than 39 % with a mortality rate of about 60%Taking into consideration that onlY" 32 '7c passed of all those who took the Bar exams, the USC percentage of passing is reJatively above-average when compared to the mortality rates of other law schools in the country. use has the highest percentage of successful candidates in all Law schools outside of Manila. Atty. Michael Y. Mayol with the grnde of 84. 35 % is second only to UV's Quijano who got 84.75%, amoni:: candidates fl-om Cebu Law schools. The Carolinian new lawyers and respective ratings are as follows: 1. Atty. Michael Y. Mayol 84.35% 2. Atty. Vicente D. Dakay 83.25% 3. Atly. Guillc1·mo C. Lazo 83.05~'' 4. Atty. Lelah Chew ..... 81.80% 5. Atty. Eustacio Ch. Veloso ........ 79.90'/c 6. Atty. Prospero V. Manuel . 79.55o/r 7. Atty. Zoilo D. Dejaresco 77.20°/c 8. Atty. Bernardina T. Vda. de Pilapil .. 75.15'/~ 9. Atty~ Gerardo R. Alfafara ............ 75.10% 10. Atty. Benjamin C. Llanos ........ 75.05% 11. Atty. Vicente Uy .... 75.00% LAW REVIEW SECOND ISSUE OUT The second i~suc of the USC Law Review magazine, official organ of the College of Law is off the press and limited copies arc ,selling like hot-cakes. This quarterly magazine is edited by law students of USC and contains interesting legal articles, compila· tion of syllabi on recent decisions of the Philippine Supreme Court, resume of Republic Acts, reprints of established principles of law, and.le· .-.:al maxims used in the legal profession. This inn~vation for the up-andcon1ing lawyers in case-reporting was st,,rtcd through the inspired direction of Law Dean Fulvio Pelaez. Students from all classes in the College of Law arc represented in the Editorial Board of the Law Review. They are handling specific jobs in syllabi-reporting as follows: Th·. F. A. Sabellon and Emilio B. Aller on Remedial Law, Mr. Vicente F. Delfin and Avelino Estorco on Civil Law, M.S. Flordeliz and J. D. Palma on International Law, Pablo Garcia and J. P. Vestil on Commercial Law and Legal Ethics, and F. de los Santos and Napoleon Alifio on Criminal Law. The second issue of the. Review ofkn s~·llabi of decisions not yet reported on the Official Gazette. Thi~ mag-a?:ine is handy 1;ot only fu1· Jaw students W but also for law· yns who would Jikl· to k ee)l abre.-st of tleci. sions recently - enuneiat'!,l by the Philippi :i c Su· prcme Cciurt. It also sen cs as ruic!e to Repuhlic Acts passed by the Con<m:ss Qf the Philippines. !\I. E. COURSE COMPLETE BY JL"'LY The College of Engineering wil! offer the fourth-year in Mechanical E11~i11eering for the fint time in July, this yca1·. The first three years l:avc been opened at USC successively. The Ct'lmplction of the course would mc11n that by 1952, USC will have her first batch of candidates fn the Bo::n-d exams for Mechanical Engineers. The Engineering- department will also offer Architecture in July for the first time. This has been parti· cularly talked about these past months. It was further disclosed that new faculty members will join the impressive list of professors in the rapidly ~rowing- Uepartment. Dean Rodri-::uez expresses assunnce that the in· coming professors are men of some distinC'tion in the Enginecrini: profession. use PLACES THIRD IN CPA PERCENTAGE USC got third place in percentage of successful candidates among the universities and colleges in the Philippines whose g1·aduates in BSC took the latest CPA cxa1ns. Jn the individual rankings o! all successful candidates, Miss Gloria Ramirez of use took 8th place with the ratini: of 80.33%. Mr. F. T . Delima (whose picture appears on this page), also of USC, was 25th l))ace among a field of 224 success· ful examinees . with a grade of 77.83'k. The latter is currently puri;;uinlt' his first year law i;tudies at USC and is the first CPA of Toledo. Cebu. He is connect<?d with The Shell Co. of the Philippines, Ltd., C':Phu Branch. List of USC's latest CPA's with their respective ratings follows: Miss Gloria Ramirez .. 80.33% Mr. F. T. Delima ..... 77.83% Part 23 MR. F. T. DELIMA. CPA M1·. Carlos Puentt!spina ... 77 .33'1< Mr. Conrado Costanilla .. 75.00'/, Mr. Carlos Puentespina may be considered as a USC candidate in that h·e took his first three years of the BSC C'ourse in the university. COMMERCE X'MAS PARTY CELEBRATED A X ·mas get-together puty of the faculty and students of the Collcg.? of Commerce! was held l8$t Decem· bM· JG. A short program with im· promptu parts followed a very hearty supper which virtually thawed out any vestige of the usual stiff instructor-student relations. At the outsC?t of the program, Dean Jose G. Tecson started to roll the ball of wholesome fun by comiel\ll)' tryinlt' his best to enunciate " speech in Spanish. The rest of the Commerce instructors, Messrs. Jacin· to, Atilano and Gozum, Atty. Yuson, el ril, followed suit by attempting to !ling Visayan songs . Mr. F erreros wall toastmaster. The party wa!I capped with the exchl'lnfdng of gifts. USC COPPED 1950 SWIM CROWN USC again captured the Collegiate division swimming crown and placed second in the secondary division, by garnering 29 points and 12 points respectively, in the CCAA swimming tilt held at Miramar, Talisay boys' swimming pool. Angel Colmenares, the fol'midablc Carolinian natator, exhibited a seni;ntional feat b~, winning two first places with record time, one second 11lace a1?:ainst foul'. Help bY brothe1· Manut:l who contributed two second places hatl aided win the relay. An· gel was timed at 5:52 minutes and J :045 minutes in the 400 and 100 m~ ters freestyle respectively, a !rac· tion of a second Jess than the Na· tional record. Angel. Manuel Colme· . narcs and Guyotin splashed for the sensational winninJ: 3-m:m relay •l!:ainst CIT's four. In the Secondary division, the twoman team composed of Uy and Aliiio, gained 12 points to place second. BPS INSPECTOR PRAISES USC During the last week of classe» last December, an Inspector from the Bureau of Private Schools visited USC. His comments about our Univcnity arc very satisfactory. He was especially impl'essed by scientific, engineering and laboratorr instruments and equipment available r.t USC, more than what are officially r<,quired. The Inspeclo1· commentl!d very fa · vorably on our high discipline, dean· (iness and orderliness. He was als'l impressed by the fact that the r<'· quirements of all courses offered an1I the USC Library have all been con1· plied with to t.he fullest. In the USC Library alcn!, he noted that we hue Page 24 muc:h more books on some courses than are officially required. He also praised the organization of different offices in the UnivCl·sity, especially the Offices of the Deans, Directors of Schools, and the Registrar. He found that all records are properly filed and as complele as pos· .;:ible. He was convinced that San Culos is the best university South of Manila. USC CLOCK ARRIVING SOON A donation of USC friends in the States, the USC main dial is due to arrive on the February 28 shipment. The new USC clock is the only one of its kind outside of Manila. It is with chimes and carillon which are very pleasing to hear. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT GETS MORE EQUIPMENT Mol'<' scientific, engini<ierng an<l labon!tory equi1>mc:nl has arriv{·d from ~bro3d, &nd some mol'e is du~· lo Zl'l'ive in a few weeks. The Engineering Department's n~cd for this t"quipmcnt has been felt by n.~ University authorities so that they may realize p!ans to equal the stand· ards of Engineering- Colleges in the United States. One piece ()f equipment which arrived lately is the theodolite. It is z German precision instrument used by the Engineere in surveying; it is much better than the common outdated transit; and there are only a few of its kind in the Philippines. use CHAPEL UNDERGOES FINISHING TOQCHES Thr new USC Chapel is under~oi~g finishir.~ to11che.;:. It occupies the whole of the 3rcl and 4th floors of the eastern annex to the Collegiate Building. Th<' 'Jld USC Chapel b"· fore the war was located on the sec· ond floor of the same annex; and the new Chapel i.;: a rcsur1ccticn from the ru:ns of the olcl one, although of much higger dimensions. l\foclern facilities nnd gadg('ts arc being- install<>d without sacrificing the ~esthctic features enhanced by its simple architcdural design. The in· direct lighting system minimizes glaring effects inside. The acoustics or sound effects are well promoted by the contours and design of the inner walls and ceilings aided by electronic devices. All in all, the new USC Chapel, when finished, bids well for a distinction: it is simple, yet. very im· 1n·essh-e. Its completion will be a Hessing to the spiritual needs of the ttudcnt body. STUDENT BODY DONATION DUE TO ARRIVE END OF FEBRUARY The brand-new organ for the USC Chapel is due to arrive abont the end of February. Its total cost including freight charges and tax is $4,568. 48. It has been revealed that the amount of P4,000 has so far been raised by the- z£al and efficiency of the College of Pharmacy in ·sponsoring two benefit shows. The University has ;idvanced the difference in the cost price to facilitate the shipment of the order. use PHARMACY GRADUATES PASS 100'k IN BOARD EXAMS The USC College of Pharmacy whic:h presented ten candidates in the I !lSO Pharmacy Board exams made good with a perfect passinJ; percen· ta~e. Incidentally this bunch of ten USC College of Pharmacy graduates is the first ever to take the Pharma· cy Board exams for USC. The ten nc~ Carolinian pharma· dsts are the Misses Priscila Lasala, Caridad Pepito, Luz Catan, Juliana Gantuangco, Corazon Page, Eutropia U1sal. Honoria Ruiz, Remedios Echavez, and Nilda del Carmen; and Mr. Eugenio Villacorta. Dean Aranda of the College of (Continued on page 25) co~~Plm REUl m [[AA SUWIMMINli rnAMPmNSHIP Hm Al US[ MIRAMAA POOl January 21, 1951 SECONDARY DIVISION TOT AL POINTS: CIT- 31 400 meters Free style lst-Yuson 2nd-Babol, U. 200 meters Breastroke lst-Basanung 2nd-Uy 3rd-Babol, J 4th-Bas 100 meters Free style lst-Babol, U. 2nd-Aliiic 3rcl-Yuson 4th-Verst1les 10(1 llwters Rsckstrokc ht-Yuson 2nd-Cui no 3rd-Pinote 4 x 100 meters Relay ht-CIT (Bas Swim111el's (Basanung (Labrarlor (Babol, U Tl!\IE: 524 USC-12 CSJ·- 1 USP Cl'r CIT USC CIT CIT CIT USC USP CSJ USP CI'I' CIT 2nd-USC (Uy Swimmers (Alifio (Uy (Aliiio Tli\IE: 6:06 (Continued on page 25) USP-12 Time: 6:184 6:32[, Time: 3 :22:~ 3:3J.. 3:338 Time: 1:132 1:18 1:24 Time: 1:36 1:38P 1:48 GETTING HITCHED ... (Continued from page 12) 2) Presiding Justice and the Jus. tices of the Court of Appeals; 3) Judges of the Courts of First ln· stance: 4) Mayol's of cities and municipalities; 5) Municipal judg<>s and justice:< of the peace; 6) Priests, rabbis, ministers of thr gospel of any denomination, church, relir:ion or sect, du!~· registered, m· provided in article 92; and 7) Ship captains, airplane chiefs, military commanders and consuls and vice-consuls in spcrial caiics 1H'ovidcd in articles 74 and 76. Legally, not all nbbis, ministl'l'S and priests can solemnize 1narriagc> unless such persons have been du\~· authorized by the "directo1· of the proper government office", now thl• Director of the Nati0Pal Library. In an analogous manner. not nil shi1> 1:uptn1:-is. airplane chiefs, inilitan· commanders, ronsuls and vie<? consul n n solemnize marriaJl'e. •Only in spl'cial C3ses of niarriage "iu arlic11lo mortis." which mea:is "'at ~"no point d dPath'', cnn those first thl'I'<" pel'sons mentioned solemnize mal'ringC". Jn other worrds marriages p~l'form· l!d by ilny of thoi;P person"' outsi<k the realm of "in articulo mortis". ~hall not ~c valid. Th(: last requirement is t.ht.> ma>·riage licen~e. And 110 such licen:o1~ shall be issued until the c<.ompletion cf a ten-day publication of the o.rplication. In the manncl' prescribed by the law, rnch arplicatioa fo1· si marriage license shall he p'lstcd in prominent places. The reason for this mode of publishing is to notif~· any person who has any J<nowledgC' of any impediment to the marriage Rnd advise the person authorized to issue licenses of his knowled~e. This innovation in the new Civil Code 1s purposely to avert further trouble and litigations in court. Me>reovC'r. this same law on publiC'ation applic~ t.>ven if the parties are accompanied hy their parents or even if the mar· riaj:!'e to be performed will take plnce in thP church and proper hanns or "1'awog'' was duly made. Jn the cld law, with the presence of the :1a1·L!es and their parents, a marriaJte lit'ense could immediately be issued. Of gcne..-al interest. however, th<! t'ontl'C<'t aml institution of mnrriaJtC tire not subject to party-agreement, except those regarding the pr.opert~· l'elations and such agreement should be made before the marriage. You can rot, in other wol'ds, state in ycmr 111:,lTi!'g!! .:-ontrriet, thnt it :;hnll ·h,. Complete Results ... ~Continued from page 24) COLLE(iJATE DIVISION 400 meters Free style Ist-Colmenat"es, A use Tinw: r1:52 l!ml-Colmer.al'es, M USC G:3Gfl :11·d-Bondoc UV 7:3G 4th-Salazar CIT 200 meters Breastroke 1st-Sheng Su, K CIT. Time: :1:::2 2nd--Colmcnares, M USC 3:!'i!l'!) JOO meters Free style 1st-Colmenares, A USC Tilne: 1:045 2m!-Lopez CIT 1:13 :Jrd-Sable, L UV 1:15 4th-Enriquez CIT 100 meteti·s Backstroke I st-Lopez CIT Time: l:::.11 :!nd-Colmcnares, A. USC 1:371' 3rd-Sheng- s" CIT 1:40 4th-Bondoc UV ' x 100 meteri; Relay I st-USC 2nd-CIT (Colmenares, A (Lopez, J Swimmc•rs: IGuyotin. R Swinuncrs: (EnriqnC'Z, L <Colmenares, M ISalnr.r.r ,P (Colmenares, A (i.\Ieii.osa, R TIME: 5:17 TTMF.: 541 TOTAL POINTS: <COLLEGIATE! USC-29 CIT-23 UV-'i deemed extinguii;hed or ended when practicing her profession recently you ~et bored of him or her. Neithf'r i::-ot hitched with another Carolin;ar.. can y1•u stipulate 01· ai:!ree with Col'(' <See pictorial section). Sh~ is Mrs. ~·nothu that the marria~e i!' ter- Gavino Melgar. nee Remedios Echa111inr.tec! uno~ sta~ing your fir.st "Boxinll'. bout", because although th·• 1.uthor bcliC've~ thal such ~ymnast.ics may be inC'idl'nt to :i marriaJ!'t', yet it is hardly .:redible that it is 11. neec:o1sary means to maintain discipline. And htdly, it ci:..n not be ae<;uiescP.I C'r be r.n understimding b~hn·en thP · man and woman .tha~ the marriagl' shall be :\eemed "thi·ough" bPrause of inability tl'I buy her or him a new pail' of 11hoes upon demand or when cith<'r I-as used up the m<'ney ui' th•· olher: because that wi:~ n~~ only be Lolernting "1·acket-marria;?~s·• am! relfi:;h motive:: i,.1t the plede;o? of "t•) have nn-:1 t" hold ... for richer or :for poc.rer ... " will m<'an nothing and marriage would not be as saered as it should be if marl'iage i11 allowC>d to hit the rocks on ::uch flimsy excusc'< USC in the ... (Continued from page 24) Pharmacy rev<laled that ;ill but one of the new 11harmacists eithe1· have already secured emplo~·ments 01· hiw~ established their own dl'ugstorcs. It is the policy of the college to aid it<: successful gl'aduates in making au!'· pacious starts in thPir profession. ThP lone exception to the ten nPw phumnt'ists whl'I -is t'llrr<'ntly not THE MANILA HEART-BRJ<~AK Jn the National Open Ba::kcthiill Ch:in1nionshi11. USC suffcre(l n heart-breakin.l! defeat when ,,:he lost to the Baguio Colleges with the scort.> of 43-44. The game w:.:; hrancl· eel b~ a i\lnniln spoi·tswrit<'I· as orw r>f tl-r moHI hcdi<" evel' p\av,•d in th(· Rizal Mcmorinl Gym. Both side:: exerted ever~· madieum {•f effC'rt to 1nake :i. l'<.'al e:o or tho dosely-eontested game. l~rom the 0\ltset to the las! five second:. o{ lhc ;:-nmc. USC wa!> on th<' lcr.J. 'rh<' Baguio boys, however, ('Xertd nil C'fforts to n::rrow down the lead, until finnlly, in the 1:1;:.t quurter. lhe sr0re came to a tie. Early in the rc111aining ten f:Pcon•lfl to plr.y, EspC'lt'ta converted a fl'C'C' throw Parnin::o;· a sing:lP point. nllf'ml for U~C. It rould hav<' meant a 118C victory. But in the last two second::, an 1•rratic use pi:ss was intel'ce11tcrl h· a Ba11;uio guard whi('h i·csulted in USC's ArC'hl" con11,,ittini: a fnwl nn Baguio's Ausejo. The latlt'r m:ulP j!'OOd his fre<' throw ;incl m(' gamP wns lMI tn USC. Pa:!e 26 By Candlelight •.• (Continued from JHl.ge 9) sor took him to America and he had stayed there ever since. I was left to the care of the Jesuit fathers until I finished my course. My adoptd father has just returned and I came to Baguio to meet him. He will head i~ new mining com11any which will soon operate in Benguet. He has aercpted the offer because as he had told me, he is from this place too.·• During Delfin's monologue, Alieln had remained silent, her fingers interlocked. "This marriage business is serious my child." Doiia Carmen admonished. "It is forever and a day. Have you ever thought that when you enter into this, only death can let you out? Wait a little while and pray for guidanee. All right you may run along now. You have many things to sa~' to each other and I want to finisli my prayers. And Delfin, kindly tell ~·our adopte:l father to eall on me when he comes to Benguet." "He'll be here in an hour, Mrs. Lrlpez. He would have come along with me, but he had some papers to finish so I just rnme ahead," said Delfin. The pair moved slowly over the grent r>tretch of tiled floor and passed into the moonli.'!:ht. The soft murmur of their voices was wafted back to the woman, as they sauntered down thi;> graveled walk to the gate. After thei1· departure, Doiia Carmen sat motionless. An expression of !'elf-forgetfulness settled on her face. She had resumed her prayers; her thou~hts we!·c not of this world. She was recalled to enrth by the sound of footsteps. A 11 old man paused beforei the door. "Pardon me for intruding. They sai(l I'll find you here," begged a voit'I' that belonged to one long de::id to Dnfir, Carmen, dt'ad perha1is. but not forgotten. poiia Carmen remained motionless: hel' face, rnve the great wide eyes, had taken on rigid lines and colbr of marble. The old man eame forward, glancing 11huply, at the wo"Good evening," said the old man. Looking more sharply, a cry cama out of his lips, "My God! It is Nina~·! I didn't know!'' "I'm surprised too, Manuel. It has heen a long time since we lost each other," Doii'a Carmen !laid staring at the candle lhat was already half consumed. Tbe old man took his seat and bowed his head. Doiia Carmen looked away. It was the old man who interrupted the silence. "I always hoped and prayed that God would Jet me have one hour to talk with you before the end comes; ene hour, to tell you how much I'v'l always eared. When I found that you were the bride of another, I concealed my love for you as best 1 rculd." "Oh, Manuel.' you did not conceal it. I saw and knew then, as never before, that it was for you I cared." "Do you remember," his look was an invitation to journey back to the land of yesterday, "when yolll' , une!e took you off to Cebu? You1· 1iarents had died, your brothers and sisters were seattercd, the old home broken t•p. It was i\lay. This month always l,1ings back these memories. But I was poor then. How I toiled to ho. worthy of you. But success came too late. You hall made up your choice when we again met." "It is not proper to talk of what has gone before. But then I can't move on to the next woi·ld without telling you now that I found out almost at once, that I had made !I great mistake.'' the old lady spoke in Li1·oken words. "But then I always recalled the wedding ceremony and the promise I made to my husband. Marriage ii; sacred and so I tried to he faithful. I had begged Goel to !l'ive me grace to realize that my marriage promise could not be put aside lightly. God has been so kind." Eloquent silence followed. "I have wandered far from the Cl._ rand which h1·ings me here.'' He tried to smile. "It is all right about Delfin and Alicia, I hop('," he said. "I have searched long and succeeded in finding that Delfin's people did r.ot like his 1nother because i;he was poor. So she 1·an away. She was half-frantic. died a few hours after Delfin w:is born. Only a locket !'emained to hl'ing about her inclentity. It belonged to Delfin's father and so traced his paternal ancestors. He belongs to a fine family. You will no lonl!'E'I' st:ind in the way of wha~. might have been. 1 am ~lad it Ts your .e:r:ind daughtel' he met ancl loved." "Yes, Manuel," sighed Doii.a Car· men. "Delfin is every inch a gentleThe Catholic ... (Continued from page 21) Church were vexed, pel:seeuted, Crogged off to trial, and thrown into prison (Encyclical "Divini Red1nnp"1tis ... Pills XI). '"Such, Venerable Brethren, is the new gospel which bolshevistie an'\ atheistic communism offers the world as the glad tidings of deliverance and salvation! It is a system full of erro1·s and illusions, It is in 'ljlposition both to reason and to divine Revelation. It subverts the social order, be· cause it means the destruction of all its foundatim.s; Liecause it ignores the true origin, nature, and purpose of the State; because it denies the ri~hts, di~rnity, and liberty. oi human personality" (Pius XI) .' This is the sort of communism that is already knocking at our doors. Catholics!, can any one of you who has still a spark of faith left and is still concerned with his eternal salvation, be so foolish and so stupid as to sympathize and join forces with the comn1unists? Let us heed the warning of Holy Mother Church! man. Now I have realized that Alicia has found the man I should want for her as life-long partner. I shall not leave her unhappy." A silence. hushed and restful fell, the silence that comes when wordo;; are 110 lon~er capable of expressinl:l; thoughts. The candle. was burning ]ow. Their hours were over. The old man stood up. Do ii.a Carmen also rose. Their hands met and clasped for the last tinte. He turned slowly and her eyc!I. followed him to the dool'. She walchad him go into the deepenin!!' shadows Before they completely enfolded him, he turned and bowed his head and she knew it was "farewell". Dofia Carmen sank on he1· lmees. She looked searchinr.-IY into the candlelight in quest of a dream that had been lost there. She s~emed to ~hiver and grow olcl!'r, ::ind with !!'!'Oping hands and blinrfed c~·cs, sh" sought her rosary. W'hen Alicia came in, she saw her i"ra11dmother sprawled on the floor. She gave out a piercing cry, but the cold cars could no long<.>r hear. ::f IVHEN YOU START DREAMING, LOOK-OUT OR YOU MAY WIND UP INSIDE People weave sparkling drcan1s of being heroes or heroines, big names, damour gals or campus kings, and such Walter Mitty-like phantasics. In a way it's sort of mental recreation, the natural and probably normal tendency of the mind to stray from reality into self-styled Utopias. It needs very little or sometimes no provocation at all to lapse into one of these reveries. In its duration the dreamer is not a skinny sophomore or a spindly-legged coed hut a brawny he-man chunk of male dream-boat or ravishin11: sensational siren. Where in real life the dreamer is not the conqucrot· but ti1.:! victim, in hi.: dreams he is the mahatma, the idol. the re.irular heart throb. If the dreamer is a lady, she is, in the process, a cross betwet•n Venus and Jane Russell wit'1 blobs of Helena Carter, Elizabeth Taylor or maybe Joan Evans thrown in for good measure. What's about it? Is it a patho· logical disease or a perfectly normal and natural function, a mental peni· tence or subconscious aspiration, a silly frivolity or a sign that one's srnit~· is slill unimpail'ed? When th:! dream wears itself off and tht dzcamer wakes up into reality .. ma~·be mcntiilly refreshed or rested and satisfied, can he be said to be n1entally "tctched'' or emotionally unbalanced for indulging in such adventures? Who docs not partake of this ephemeral bliss? Who is not a "dreamer''? Who does not, at times, give in to flights of fancy? Every sane, normal person with average IQ proba· bly has at one time or another in hi:; life imagined himself to be somebody different from what he really is. Those Page 27 By.!. NmTios with ab.lve-:l\c1::ige Hi probabl~· did ~01ncthin):!' ;ibout their imaginations or dreamed up better, useful, pr'ldUC· tive, more practical thiiw:s :md thus passed on to the category of inventors or genimcs. Thol'!e with belownormal IQ probably live too much in their dreams and quite failed to return to sobriety, ilml thus made I ilrm~clves candidates for the straight . .i acket or the asylum. All the rest are those who neither created, procluced, or invented 1mmething- tangi. blc from an abstract idea nor fell thorou(!'hly for their imaginations So I gUC!<!< it all depends on how the cll'Cilmcr takes hi~ dreams; if he h:i~ "supcriol'" brain cells m:iybc he comes to milke sonwthin,c:: out of drenming: .. If he hick~ the sense to "slow down" Dnd instead loses himself completely in his dreams, he lu!'ns out to be a nut. So what started to be an innocent reverie ends up in a mess. A ppr~~::-Prove:.1-:: I * DON'T marr,· for money: j you can borrow' it cheaner. I -Scotch Proverb * THE SECRET of life is not to do what yon like, but t0 like what \'OU do. -A World Ti·easury of Proverb * IF SOMEONE betrays you cnce. ifs his fault. If he betra~·s you twice, it's yonr fault. -Rumanian Pl'overb *THERE IS a Hindu proverh which says, "You will onlr grow when you are alone" -Rumer Goddrn • HE WHO marries might he sorry. He 'who does not will be sorry. -Czeclioslovakian Proverb Pagina 28 I~ ecc1011 1_ Editorial <!Lon ~1 lflontifice En las inciet·tas horas de la persecuci6n, en los instantes deciBivos de la hi8to1'ia del mundo, !a humanidad vuelve sus ojoB hacia la ·colina del Vaticano, donde t'CBide el hombre puesto por la Pt·ovidencia pm·a sucede1· a San Ped1'0 y Bet· cabeza de la Iglesia. Pc.·rque es en el momenta del sufrimiento 11 · de la a1n11stia cuando am1 los indiferrmfes y fr",~ trfe1.s :·1 lo:; here.fes y los pc1ganos sienten /a twcesidficl ell' t.u.c.cm· la 01·ientaci6n de aq11el que habla vo~· boc11 tle los Pont.ifices. T .. 111~ ;.omb1·es tanto conio las naciones sdlo alcanzan su penlurabilidacl en la histo1·ia '!J s6lo cumplen acabadmnente sit destitto, cuando sujetan su voluntad a la voluntad del Pastor del mundo. Y es que desde la colina del Vaticano se frradia hacia todos los sendeJ"os y en todas las di1·ecciones, la doctrina de la V erdad, de la Justicia y del Bien. Y la escala ascendentc que ha seguido la civiliza~i6n y la culturn, ha sido fn~to de la constcmte pnJdica de los Ponti/ices y ob1·a de la dedicaci6n iguahnente constante de todos los cristianos. Y cuando mds altos han brillado los valo1wJ clel es11fritu y cle la conconlia humana y de la justicia en las relaciones enh"e los hombt·es, ent1·e las clitses sociales y ent1·e las naciones, ha sido cuando la palabra de los Ponti/ices se hacfa t·ealidad en las 1·ealizaciones de los gobernantes. I.a hist01'ia prueba que car:la vez que los homb1·es que han tenido a su C1iidado las comunidudes nacionales Be han apaTtado del faro de la Iglesia y han pret~ndido substitufr su luz con- el deslumbramiento de doctt-inas que aptwec{an con la insolencia luminosa del magnesia, han su/1-ido -,io s6lo a causa de la f1·agilidad y la poca dm-abilidwl de la' mismas, sino que, como el magnesia, s6lo servian pat-a deslumbra1· y no permitian ver. Y cm:mdo los homb1·es que han tenido a su cuidado las conrnnidades nacionales intentaron. c1·ea1· un mundo nuevo de donde se excluye el concepto de Dios y se niegan las conseCW!ncicu; suciales de la doct1·ina, s6lo logmron creco· un mundo donde la guena se hizo necesUiad y los homb1·es fue1·on lobos para los hombres. Y el hamb·,·.?, y la injusticia y la desolaci6n y la mue1-te canst ituye1·on la seg1·egaci6n l6gica de esas 1·ealizaciones alejadas de Dios. Es que el hombre, quiera o no quie1u 1 ec<>llO·· ce1·lo, es obra de Dios ya Dfos estd sujeto. Y como Dios ha .que1'ido que fuera la Jglesfo mrw:itm d<: doctt·ina y ·guia de gentes y sende1'0 para nuciones, el homb1·e que no constn.1.ye con Dios y con la Iglesia, s6lo consh·uye sobt·e bases endebUs que no habt·dn de perdura1· en el tiempo. La Iglesia, const1·ucci6n de Di.as sabre la 1·oca de Pedro, es la exp1·esi6n de esa pet·durabilidad a tt·aves de veinte siglos de viciBitudes, de luchas. de pet·secuciones y de triunfos. Nosot1·os eBtamos a los pies del Ponti/ice, en nuestra filial obediencia a la Jtn·arquia en las Filipinas, con la inqueln-antable adhesi6n de nuesh'a inteligencia, de nuestra voluntad y de tmestro coraz6n. Gl'avit:i.n sobi·c nul'stra cconomia las consccuenctas de un exccsivo y a 'C'ces abusivo conceptc- de la iibertad, derivrido dl'I cllisico liberat:amo ecor.Omicc., que ha crcido enc,mtrar h: s<lluciln para la convivcncia de factorcs de aparente oposiciCn, en de. j:irlos Jibrados :;. sus propws detei·minadones, dC' todo lo cual ha rcsultado €n :lefinitiva una luchn de intereses particulares que no pocas veces r>dquiri6 caractercs alarmantcs, pc10 por c11ya luchP. cl bien comUn quedU -------<J---PRUEBA Of tUfGD Pol' Jose Pefw Roca Lo que ern dable csperar sc ha producido. La peninsula de Corea ha servido cc.mo campo de experi1ncntaci6n, igual que hubicra podido serlo cualquiel' otl'O luj!al" de los tantos C(lllpromC'lidos 1101 la actual si\uaciC.n del mundo. No~ cxpresamos C'on estas palabns, dando al episodic eorcano un carBcter experimental, rorquc por debajo de las contingencias anecd6ticas que sil'ven para sci1alar las peculiaridades <lei hecho en ~-i, existe un alcance subyacente que da la verdadera pauta de los aeon· kcimientos. En una palabra, Rusia ha querido ve1•ificar el verdadcro Bnimo de los Esados Unidos mediantc una pl'uclin de fueJ!O capaz de rcvclarle hasta que grado Uega la voluntad de '4cci6n del gobierno de Washington. Desde la iniciaci6n de la guerrn fria, los gobernantes y altos jefes norteamcl'icanos han hablado sin ces11r sobre cl peligro comunista y la uecesidad de contenel'lo por todos lo!< medios. Se ha creado, ademiis, por C'onducto de la prensa y los J"estantes vehiculos publicitarios, la conciencia de que una tercera J!UCl'ra mundial ern y ei:. probable. En suma, los Esta<los Unidos, como ningUn otro pais, han realizado todos los preparatives y objetivos requiridos, para inculcar en !P. opini6n pUblica la idea de la gucrrn posible, aunque no inevitahle. Ahora Corea es el hecho que obliga a Washington a demo~tral' hast a que pur:to aquel cstado de cosas l"('spondia o no, al prop6sito de obrar a fonclo c instantlineamente si el caso Ile· gaha a prescntarsc. Y en verdad qul' Mi hn quedaclo probado. sir.inprc rele~ado, en raz6n de Jes eg'oismos propios de esta pa.rte. A estc resr.ccto cabe recc.rdar que t:~ princiJJio fundamental de la doclrina sncia! Ce la Iglesia vroclamadf •. para no cilar si!IO uno d11 Ins mas importnntcs doeumentos t•Iiciales CJU~ la eor.deni::an, en la "Q:111draj?csimo Anno" el de la organizaci6n de la sociedad, sobre el eual dicc.;;c tcxtualmente: "Como la 1111idad de/ r.uei·po no vuede 6«8«r8e en la oposiciOn de "clases'', tampoco la n1ctc1 1 1·u<mi:utciOn di'/ m1rnrfo cc,JnOmi'.'Q p11ede entragarse rd lib1·e juego de !rt conc111Tencia. De es/c punto, cnmo la fre11tc em11011zoiiada, nacie,·un todoll lo.~ crrore.~ de Irr cie11citt <'Co116mic11 "iwlitJidmtlistu·', la cuol, 811Jn'imiet>clo J'Or olvido o ig110nmcia el 1·<irdcteY socfrtf y m01·c1f de/ 11wndo rct nOmicn. sosluvo q<or rRfe rlebfri ser j,1zgudo 11 f,n1tado co11w totu/mente indf'pe11 dienlf' di' fo u11IM-i1/ncl pUblica, p01• la razJn de q11e 81• 7n·incipio dfreclivn sc lralluba en I.'/· 1111•1·cado o lib1·e ronc111Te11cia cle los competidorc8 y q111, cr.11 este Princivio hab1·fo de 1·egir11e 1111'101· q11e 1w1· la inlervenriOn 1le cua1q11for e11lrmlimie•1l1' t'Teado." Surge claramentc de las transcriptas ense1ianzas de Pio XI la necesi· dad de or1rnnizar la sociedad de ta! suertc y manera quc el bien comlin sea la resultancia de este ordena:11ientu. Per tsto ha de empeiiar su acci6n el Estadc, meriiante una funci6n l"eguladora que, si no dl?be crear una economia dil'igida en el sentido inteJ!l"al dcl conccpto, tampoco puede dcscntenderse de su fundamental carUctcr y fir.alidad de agence y dl'fensor -Uc su neccsario bien comUn d<' la coleetividnd, quc nace de! cquili·. brio de las Jlal'tes. Tanto el trabajo como el capital, en la dive1·sidad de sus represcntaciones, dcben organizarsc. Sindicatos, asociaciones profesionales, cilmaras grcmiales y dcmils farinas organizativos, que, partiendo de unidades bU· sicas, lleguen a la cUspide representando la totalidad de las activida,les en juego, eonstituyen la meta a nlcanzar en materia de que se trata. No omitimos, para CQ)ocarnos en nuestro propio terrcno doctrinario, la neecsidad de hacer concol'dar esa reforn1a con la" valoraci6n de los factores 1noralcs clc la solidaridad cristinna. quc haccn mils cfeetiva y mas Piit:"ina 29 conduccnte a su finalidad cminente la organizaci6n que se propugna. Y <lebc scr asi, atendida la reaiidad de! t1ombre, pues cs ese mismo hombre quiCn ha de scr el factor prinwro de \oda c.r~i>r>iznri611 social Sin esa organizaci6n se tendr8.n Estados capitalistas o comunistas sin estabilidad que la raz6n de la fuerza que los sostiene, o Sea, por el po. der de la riqucza o por el imperi<l de la masa, y siemprc. sali.?n<lose tnl E.~t:,,lo de !<'.I funci6n csn 1~dfi-;a parto tr:111sformar;;e en 11n pCI!<''" nn1salla,(or de la justicia y de in liberta<l HARA~ lA.S CltRAS Por Luis Cal'msco Ai1nogni (Colegio de Arles Liberales) · Siempre sc rceiben notieias entris tc.<:el!on1s proccdentes d,il ~ect t0r roj-l. Alli donde domina el extrem.smo comunista a los cat6licos sufren JlCl'seeucion~s intcrminaliles. Sc It:~ "-"lrnct<' a procesos originados en .~111iuestas c imal!"inarias actividadcs subcl'sivas, en cuya inveneiUn trabajan febr1l' mcntc los dirigcntcs bolcheviques; sc los condena a toda clase de penas, dcsdc la de mucrte y reclusi6n perpctua a la de confinamicnl;), deportaci6n, traba.io!! forzados. No falta la tortura en todo esto. Tol'tur!l mental, moral, fisica, agotamicnto .. La radiof6ni<'a del Vaticano ha proporcionado n11evas cifras sobre esta acci6n persecutoria de los comunistas, ejecutada con toda sangre fl'ia, implacablementc, detr8.s de la famosa "cortina de hicrro''. quc separa a occidente del mundo impt>nctrablc clonde domina cl emblema s:ovietieo. Son nlimcros muy clcvados los de Ins victimas de las cammpaiias "depuradoras" realizadas por cl comunismo. NUmeros que im]lresionan. NUmero;; quc convenceriin sobre cl sistcmiitico ~, pcrsistente sentido destn1ctivo de la "revoluci6n eomunista". SOio en Ucrania fueron rnuertos 3.600 sacerdotes, y 1.000 iglesias quedaron des:·· fruidas. En los paises blllticos, en Polonia, cn Chccoslovaquia. en Hun irria, en Rumania, en Bulgal'ia, en Yue:oslavia - informa la nulio d<'l Vaticano - fucron cjeeutados o aprl'sados "mementos en quc los cmisarios 1lel comunismo haccn rampniia rn C'I mun1lo 1rnr lo pa:". Pflgina 80 INVENCION RIDICULA PERO TRAJICA LEn Que Consiste el Espaiiol 8? Por JAIME JOSE DE LA CALZADA En un mensaje que el Padre Santo dirigi6 a los catolicos de! mundo, advirti6 claramente que en muchos paises, abrumados por la opresi6n mis deSpiadada deben esperarse "nuevos ataques" contra la Iglesia de Cristo, La expatriaci6n, la prisi6n, la dispersi6n, las trabas a la Divina Adoraci6n, la perseeuci6n mis jmplacable se ha desatado sobre los fieles "en esta epoca que consideramos civilizada". Estamos, ciertamente, como lo ha dicho el Papa, frente a "la barbaric mlis violenta que recuerdd. la historia'', Tras la "cortina de hierro" se fabrican las causas mis. antojadizas e inverosimiles, pero las mis crueles y perversas tambien, para llevar, bajo la apariencia de una lcgalidad que retucrce y violcnta la rcalidad, al patibulo o a la c!rcel a quienes profesan libre y sercnamentc 0 la doctrina impereccdera que csparcc por el mundo a la luz Je la verdad etc ma. • Los cat61icos de la Europa central, l!n modo principal, ban sido objeto er. Joi; Ultimos aiios de las mas encarnizadas :i· cnsaiiuda., agresivid2.des. El Cominform qui ere dcstruir esa fuerza moral profundamente enraizada en las poblaciones de esos paises donde la fe ha levantado sccculares monumentos a Dios. Templos que elevan al cielo sus cU.pulas y campanarios en demanda de la protecci6n divina, acogieron a lo largo de los siglos genel'aciones y generaciones de creyentes que s'abian elevar sus preces al Divino Rcdentor, cuya presencia espiritual mantenia la cohcsi6n de pueblos azotados por los huracanas de conflagracioncs que detenninaban reinos y conglomerados, se modificaban las denominaciones g-eogrificas, pero siempre ~e mantenia en pie, sin tambalear, resistiendo todos los embates, la Cruz redentora. En torno ella se congregaban constantemente las multitudes agobiadas por las m!s sufridas experien. cias. Cristo triunfaba. Cristo uftia. Otl'os tiempos y otros sistemas son los de ahora. Dcsde la estepa hacia occidente, sopla un vicnto frio que azota las obras del espiritu. El soguzgamiento en que yaccn muchos pueblos de Europa - podria mirarse kualmente el mapa torturado del Asia - es cada dfa m:i.s duro. El padecimiento de los cat61icos que tras la "cortina de hicrro" resisteri los ataques de los poderes terrena!es manejados desde la capital roja, aumenta sin cesar, Las fuerza anticristianas de! mundo no se detienen ya. Los planes destructivos est6n en pleno dcsarrollo. Quieren avasallar la libertad espiritual. y, para Iograrlo, promulgan toda clase de acusaciones, sin detenerse mucho a con. frontarlas con la 16gica, la sensatez, la revosimilitud. Son, en realidad, s6lo pretextos para infundir en esas sociedades el terror. Objctivo destinado al fracaso. El catolicismo - lo dicen los sig!Os-es imbatible. Lo deberinn cc>mprendcr asi quicnes ahora han iniciado en Praga una nucva causa contra altos dignatarios de la Iglesia Cat61ica. Se los v.cusa de traici6n y espionaje a estos dignos sacerdotcs encabezados por cl Al'zobispo de Sacramento, doctor StanilaV Zela, Pero el acta de acusaci6n contiene una maxima incon~ruencia, fruto del cinismo o de la torpeza, ivaya a saberse!, pues hace el cargo a los dirigentes cat6licos involucrados en la misma de colaborar con cl Vaticano, como si colaborar con el Vaticano constituyera un delito. Asi, la justicia de estas "demoeracias populares'', incoa al Arzobispo Zeis y otros cclcsilisticos, en Praga, en sintcsis, "por haber sido agentes del Vaticano para realizar actividades subvel'sivas y cspionaje". La inconsistencia de este nuevo ataque a In Iglesia cat61ica es ta! que no necesita siquiera ser analizada. Hacer la imputaci6n :ii Vatieano, como ahora sucede en Praga, "de apoyar a los elementos capitalistas, Por Jose S. Ruiz, B.S.E. '51 El espafiol 8, propiamente llamado ElocuciOn 11 Estilo es una de las asignaturas avanzadas de espaiiol ofrecida en la Universidad de San Carlos. Esta asignatura da mucha y gran ayuda. a los estudiantes que · estin ahora especializiindose en el espaiiol. Tiene por objcto principal suministral' vocabulario en general porque la eilocuci6n sirve como matcrialcs de Construci6n - materiales que necesitamos para exprcsar precisa, clara y 16J!icamente nuestras ideas. Uno sin duda, no puede expresar su idea propia sin vocabulario. El estilo que es otra parte de la asignatura, sirve para dar val'iedad a la mancra de presentar nuestras ideas. El cs ti lo es exclusivmente personal, mientras que, la elocuci6n e.; universal. fa~cistas y nazis, en contra del puehlo" y de haber entrado en una "vasta conspiraci6n urdida por las potencias imperialistas y por las bandas fascistas y los criminalcs de Tito, contra los paises gobernados por de· mocraC'ias populares'' estan burdo Y tan ahsurdo, a la vez, que no requie re cl ei;fucrzo de u11a replie'iL y m€· nos cl recurso de serias argumentacioncs. En si mis ma la acusaci6n lleva implicita su desmentido. La in· vocaci6n es ridicula, Pero es trD.gica. Tristemente trigica. Porque ell a cnvuelve a un nU.cleo de dignos sacerdotes que la impiedad roja-planificada desde MoscU-ha eonducido al camino del martirio. ~~~~~--~~~~~~~~~'Jfoi di!. cl/-mo~e.i -Dulce flm', orgullo del ver.ael malfl11n. ;Oh mistf,.a flm· rle lindo.~ rolores! f,n.~fimrzs c011 hi P.~pino rual 1·a110. Obrando que diga el vate iOh dolores! Rondando mi jardin el 1•ate vi.<wyo, Encontr6 una flor: tU, la flor de amores. SufriO 11 dejO de ser un joven gayo; Bast6le una flor, odiando otras /lores. Aun allende el mar, el vofe te adora. Noche y manana su coraz6n llora, Anorando tu dulzo1', su vida y aleg1·ia. Suefta en antano, cuando niii.o eraCuando en paz, tranquilo y feliz viviera -1 gnoto que una flor dolerle podria. -Rafael V. GUANZON Printed by B~JiESS-Cebu City The famous Dr. L , dean of the Medical College, was appointed private physician to the king Whereupon he proudly wrote the following notice on the blackboard of his classes: "Professor L. informs his students that he has been appointed Honorary Physician lo His Majesty the King" When he returned to his classroom in the afternoon, he found written under his notice this line ""God save the King!"' Family Physician: I congratulate you, M. BonJils. Patient (excitedly): Will I recover? Family Physician: No, I'm afraid not. But you're dying of a new disease, and we are going to name the disease after you. Professor Munro, of Harvard, relates an illuminating incident in a Harvard Law School classroom The students were discussing a point of law, when one of the young men stood up and said, "But, Professor, this point may be legal, but it is not just." "'My dear young man," said the professor "If you are looking for justice, go across the s1reet to the Divinity School. This is the Law School" This was one ol O'Henry's favorites: ··1 couldn't serve as a juror. your Honor. One look at that fellow convinces me he's guilty." "Sh-h!. . . That's the district attorney!" When the sick lawyer asked the doctor which side it is best to lie on, the doctor, with a knowmg smile, said, "The side which pays you the biggest lee." "Tell me, Bishop Berkeley. is there a lile alter death?" "There certainly is. When we die, we enter upon a lile ol eternal bliss. But let's talk about something pleasant. instead." Have A Good Mark Twain occasionally attended the services of his good friend, the Reverend Mr Doane One Sunday he decided to play a joke on the minister "Dr Doane," he said, "I enjoyed your sermon this morning. I welcomed 11 like an old friend I have, you know, a book at home containing every word of it." "You have not, Mr. Twain!" "I certainly have" "Send the book to me! I'd like to see it!" "I will" The next morning Mark Twain sent the rector a r:opy of Webster"s Dictionary On Tuesday. the colored maid asked her mistress for permission to attend her liance's funeral on Friday. "But you're not wearing mourning," remarked her mistress. .. 'Tain't time yet. They're hangin' him on Thursday.'' The following inscription is to be found in an o!d Irish cemetery: "This monument is erected to the memory of fames O'Brien, who was accidentally shot by his brother as a mark of affection'" The Irish sailor was telling the inquisitive old lady about his adventures: "An' one loine day. ma'am. I lell into the ocean, an' along came a shark an' grabbed me leg.'' "Merciful heavens!" cried the olc;I lady. "And what did you do?" "Let 'im have me leg, ma' am. I niver argue with a shark." Sandy Ferguson went to London for his honeymoon. When he was asked where his wile was, he explained that he had lei! her at home, because it was too expensive to take her along. During the sermon a baby be· gan to cry at the top of its voice. The mother rose from her seat and began to carry the baby toward the door. "Don't go," said the minister. "The baby isn't disturbing me in the least.'' '"The baby may not be disturbing you," said the mother. '"but you're disturbing the baby." An Englishman, an Irishman, and a Scotchman each owed live dollars to a certain man. When the man died, the three decided to pay their debt at once. The Englishman put a $5 bill into the coffin. The Irishman did likewise. The Scotchman put into the coffin a check for fifteen dollars and took the ten dollars in change Professor Brun, ol Harvard. used to tell this one to his class: Frenchman: We've got a remarkable sausage machine in Paris. We put in a live pig at one end, and we tum and tum the handle until the sausages come out at the other end. Yankee: That's nothing. We've got an even better machine in Boston. We put in a live pig at one end, and we tum and tum the handle until the sausages come out at the other end. Then we taste one ol the sausages; if we don't like it, we put them all back into the machine and we tum and tum the handle backward until the pig comes out alive again. Mark Twam was listening to a famous violinist at a private reception. The piece contained some parhcularly long rests Durmg one of these intervals, Mork Twain said to the soloist: Young man, why don"t you play some!hing you can remcm· ber?" 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