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Title: The Carolinian
Issue Date: Volume X (Issue No. 4) December 1946
Year: 1946
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X THE CAROLI NIAN NO. 4 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE STUDENT BODY OF COLEGIO DE SAN CARLOS Associate EdUors Benjamin Martinez Mario Delgado Francis J. Militante Editor-in-Chief Literary Editors Alejandra Fernandez Pablo Suarez Jr. News Napoleon G. Rama Spanish Editor Poetry Virginia Peralta Leon Casi.ls Sports Ramon B. Tupas Business l\Janager Oscar Alconar Military Andrew Deen H. S. Reporters Jose Lugay Circulation MaruJger Domingo Mirarlor Feature Eulalia Causing Jr. :\lario R. Irrabagon Ray Pani:iilinan Jr. Angel C. Anden Adviser Rev. Fr. Lawrence Bunzel S. V.D. Moderator EDITORIAL THE REAL FOUNDATION OF PEA~E Upon the birth of our Lord in a lowly manger al Belhlehem,lhe angels were heard singing, "Glory be to God in the highest and on earth peace to men of goodwill." These words could not have been sang only for the men of fhal lime, but undoubtedly for all men of all limes. Every year al Christmas these phrases are repealed in song, sermon and prayer coupled with the hope that lhere shall be, once and for all, peace among all men on earth._ During the last war when Germany and Japan bowed in unconditional surrender we all thought that the way was clear al last for world peace. There was the proposal of peace between the Communists and Nationalists of China, and there was the British promise of independence to India and the Dutch's emancipation of Indonesia. Everything looked rosy on lhe path towards peace but benealh this rosy palh lay thorns of germinaling haired and selfish designs of one nation towards another. Hardly had the smoke of the first atomic bomb cleared the horizon, when there loomed again ominous clouds of varying magnitude; there was even a serious threat of an immediate war. Even the UN, supposedly the greatest exponent of world peace, h..,d rm several occasions been deadlocked in its sessions, evidenlly due to distrust of one nation towards the other. Every nation on earth wants peace; every decenl man abhors war. And yet why did we find ourselves flung into the greatest human carnage of history? Why have so much blood and so many tears been shed? The average American or Englishman or Russian soldier could easily say it was all for peace. Tu many, peace is whatever happiness and prosperity they can enjoy regardless of the goodness or badness of the means they use to get it. This is the very view which placed the world in a huge conflagration. It is founded in selfish motives and wanton disregard of the rights of others. resulling in the illwil/ of one towards another. If this ideo:ogy will continue to prevail we cannot hope for any world peaee, for the peace of the world can only be achieved when there shall be goodwill among all men. This Christmas we shall hear again the chantings of "Peace on earth lo men of goodwill" while deep in our hearts we know that that- peace will only be superficial unless we make its foundation, goodwill, real. How can we promote goodwill among all men? The Cfrrislian religion which is fo11nded on man's love of God and of his fellowman should pla11 a majnr role 1n the life of every man. It is not enough to know the tenets of the religion but it is necessary to practice its teachings and its virtues lo the end that man will love his fellowman, out of love of God. Then there shall be goodwill among all men .and peace to the four corners of the earth. THE CAROL~I~:'<~'-.:IA"'N~--------The Box On The Shelf A black coupe cru nchcd to a slop in front of Aling Dora's boarding house. As the ~cncrous prOporlions of l_hc landlady's face al the window broke into a relieved smile, a slim, \·01mg woman, dressed in sober black sl('ppcd down from thr car, glanced hcsilalingly al Lhc it umber scrawled Oil I he wall, then as if assured al wh:1t the slip of paper in hand ~old her, slowly ascended the nckcty flight of steps Lhrrt led lo the scCond floor of lhc building where Aling Dora kept her room. "Good morning," Aling Dora wheezed in cordinl greeting, "I pr~snmc YOU must be Mrs. Ricardo. I'm glncl vou cam<'. 1 was hoping ~'Oil \Votild get my note. You sec, I need his room very hadlv now, especially with the hoarckrs I lrnYc. ()[ course, il didn'L maller Yery mueh during lhe lasl four yenrs. There wns hardly a soul in lhe house Lhen. But now, well, il 's dif[crenl, so I jusl had lo wrilc you and .... " "Thal certainly was nice of you," -cul in the yonng woman in steady, cvc>n tones. in a voice with a strange husky timbre lo il. "May I have the key please?" Aling Dora celainly wns not of the.mind that social amenities should be as curl and pc>rfunclorv as lhal, but a look al lhp; slran~e woman'~ eves mollified her anxio11s social inslinds, as if the glance she give h<'r made anv more words bPlwc<'n tlwm sc<'m superfluous. \Vithoul a word, Aling Dora gave her the kC'y, cxeculcd a funny lwisl of her ponderous hips in her o w n v<>rsion of n French P. P.. s..,,.-, f•· how and molioncd the visitor along to a darkened corridor. "Ilcrc it is," Aling Dorn explained as Lhe)' slopped in front of one of the many identical doors. "I hope Lhe lock doesn't give you any trouble," she murmured obsequiously, wishing lo make her presence the least CYidenl ns possible. "Thank you," intoned the young lady wi!.11 finality lhat implied very strongly of her wi<>h lo be alone. p;iJc, shap<'l~· hands fumbled with lhc Jock, which, responding to lhc steady prrssurc of delicate fing<•rs, gave wav with a rusty ctid;. C<'lia leaned ori the door jamh for a mDmenl, hrr one hand rlutehed com·ulsivcly on the knob, as lhc slr~rnge, piquant mustihess or l he room assailed hN nostrils, engulfing her in the h~ller, noslnlgic flood of m(·m~ries that it brought with il. This is his room. - -, Fred's room, just as he had probably left it four years ago. Yes, lhere hunq his while coal on lhe wall. now giYcn a d:1rkN hue hv the Javers or dusl lhnl had sCltled ori it. The rnC"k on the threshold slill hrld his hats. It was funnv nbo11t PrNl's flair fo1 hats: He would no sooner lem·e lh<' hous<' without onr than he \\'0111d his shoC'S. Tlrnl coal of his loo. now like a sheeted sped re in the crcpuscular half - light of room, brought haC'k m1·morics of lighted slor<'S and attractive' window disp\;;y :. Fred had nlwa\'S wanlC'd lo do his Chrislmas shopping early and even hf'fore lhc first week of DecC'mbcr wns past, he had all his girts wrapped and ready lo be mailed. Thry had gone out together Chnslmas shopping then. That was when they had bought his new suit. Y cs, she remembered that afternoon very well. She had been parlieularly allrncted to a beautiful, s i 1 kc n, Spanish shawl in one of the stores. Yi\'idly bri.!..!hl and rathrr gaudy, she had stared at it f o r srvN:il minutes. To Fred's generous protests lo buy it for her, she had steadily rf'fusecl. for the price lag read an amount which would certainly have wroughl havoc to th<'ir carefully planned hudgd. They had had a lovely Christmas then .... midnight mass at lhc old church .... Chrislmas supper at h<'r mother's ..... Lhen them'.!lodious s! rains of carolers' \'Oiccs Lill the early hours of dawn in llwir own collage. I Icr searching look, her eves now accustomed lo the da.rkness took in everything- - - -, the ty11ewrillcr on 1 he table, haH buried in a Jilter of papers, his old family chesl in the one corner, the wash sland with its mirror .-JlOW half-oparp1c fwm long negled, i..n the other. That was Lhe room Prcd had t:1ken for himself, where he ilad lived artcl' that trivial incidcnl lhal h;1d prcciritalcd Lllf'ir separation. Crlia was hillc'r after :ill thesr. wars. Biller al Fred's asininily, his ~c\f-ecnleml rridf'. E Ye r ,. b o d v had lhoughl they 'were thC perfect mal<"h - - -, he a promising young attorney; she the only daughter of a well-lo-do family. There was nothing that could have barred lhrir (Continued Of/ prl(Jt' 12) DECEJ\:IBER Hl1G ____________ THE C:AROLI_N_l_A_N __________ ~ One "Women do go crny for a uni[orm, don't they?" Amadeo Villa said to his wifo Lenore as lhcv rode home from the Xmas Ball. ·'Meaning, I suppose, that I danced too much with Cap .. lain Solon. If you didn't like il, why didnt you cut in on him? All you did was Lo stand around and poul," she answered. \Vorse words followC'd bcfo1·c the couple reached home. When Lenore walked out of her house the ncxl morning, it was not a shopping bag she carried. Nor was she headed for her hometown to the sooth, in order lo visit her mother. Instead she took a new direction, one she had never traveled before. She landed in a small town to lhe far north of the island of Cebu. There she applied for work. The only job available was as clerk in a Chinese ticnda. lier boss was glad to have her help and even accomodated hC'r with a small room behind the storP. 1-1 e r presence there saved him a watchman. After lhc novelly wore off of her work in a few weeks, life became exceedingly monotonous. People eyed her with suspicion. She received no social invitations. She fell as if in exile. This was no place for a woman of her standing. Yet there was nothing she could do about it. After the second day away from home she had sent Amadeo a registered letter begging his forgivene~s for the harsh words she had spoken to him in their lillle quarrel, but he never answered. A year passed. Again it was the afternoon before Xmas Eve. Lenore was busy in the store wailing on the holiday shoppers when a messenger ~~J;~h~it~~r S1~~lc~~~cfJojt immediately and read: "Your husband hurt in auto accident. Come at once to city hospital. Cebu Police Dept." l:hrislmas Eve Lo! upon the air I hear, Glad musi.:, sweet and deep, The happy, holy Christmas brlls Awaken Love rrom sleep .. The moon smiles down on mc While wald1ing from the sky And I hear ll1osc happy songs Of love that cannot die .. Gently. sonly dance lhe wan~s. And lovingly the breeze Touches my rhceks wilh tend.,rness And so my heartaches cease, l;or 'Lis Chrislmas Eve. Nene Banfiles ... Lenore was bewildered for a moment. Did he really want her to come? Was he dying? Soon her mind was made up. She would go to him, for she still loved him. The aflern(.on bus was due to lei.ve in a few minutes for Cebu City. l\lrs. Villa climbed aboard afler taking quick leave of her kind employer. She took an end seat toward the righl side of the truck and a Jillie lo lhc front. She was troubled in mind nnd rcmnined silent. To add lo her gloom the min fell fast and lhc wind indicated that a depression was in the vicinity of the Visayas. "Whal a Xmas Eve I'll have this year," she said to herself, as the bus started for Cebu. Everything went well until the tenth kilometH from the city. Then another bus coming in the Qppositc dircrlion suddenly appeared on a curve in the road. The first driver tried to avert a collision, but in doi.ig so got off the shoulder or the highway and skidded into the ditch. 11rs. Villa, who was r:aught off balanc<>, fell out of the bus and hit her head against a stcne. She was taken in an nnconsl'ious state lo the city hospital hy the second bus. IL w<>s Xmas morning. The min still poured in torrents allhou!-lh it was ten o'clock. Lenore awoke from a deep sleep and found herself in strange surroundings. A nurse was at her side bathing her forehead. "Where am I?" the patient hegrm. "In the Cebu City hospilnl." "And who is in the bed next lo mine?" "Your husband," the nurse retorted with emphasis. "llow is he?" "Ilc's all right, except for a gocd bump on the head and a fow minor cuts." "And what's wrong with me?" "Nothing, except for a shaken-up brain and a wound on the head." Amadeo heard the whole conversation. He could restrain himself no longer. so he began to speak. "Lenore! Arc you there?" "Yes, dear." "I'm glad . .Thank God you're not hurt more. You had a (Continued on page 12) THE CAROLINIAN Jo mlj Si6ter "SISTER. listen! The Xmas 8'1 .l!OU411.e4 'Zf. VtUeia Sometimes we talked about bells arc ringing. Yes, . , . , , 1 fricn<ls----unforgcllablc. Al they ring cxpcclantly insis- kno\\ the lov!ng gaze you ~ · times, we discussed books--lcnlly, c'alting vou and me. ways lurncd,on he~, the w~tm light and serious, and when "Did I sav ·you? Ah, no! sofl_ness of }OU.r genll\ a1lms the moon shone o_ul o~ a they no longCr have the power as '~n lcm~crly he~d. he ' he starry sky and the sh1mmcrmg lo call you.' You C'UllllOl ht':U' SWC~ rcsS 7 yc~Jllr VOICC as you palm JcaVCS l:rnguidJy ruslJcd them. I sil alone in this soolh- sa'.~g lCr 0 5 c;P·, , we turned to poetry. t recall ing. darkn:ss which I love, t.. ·c~\~1:1r~~da~01 ~~~\\ inllP;raTc~ the "l-Ioun~ of l-Ic>avcn --how \vlurh remmds i:ne of you be- f(ilness 1 Joye~ ou ~ n d you love~ 1l, how ) our eyes ca~~Th~~·ut~llv~~\~~o~vcre ve- showeli.it. I ~oddle~ after y_ou f~~~\e~,!~~~·~ p~cl~~ir~r:hesY~} n· happy when i wa!> born. ~n_d as ~oon_.is 1, co~ilt~: 1 rven years'. And Keats. You loved '\"ou hovered over my crib JOmed Y?'~ m :i,o~u g.im~s--- him, too. and fussed over lhe lillle sb;- gam_es ."·hich_ I lo\ed h_ec.mse "But lislrn--- The bells--ter you \yerc s? happy _to.have. ~\~id wll~~ )i~~:J:~s 1 0<~i\'.1 ~l~~ they rinl..l for the rvti<lni~hl r~~\~~l11;lg~,~~~1{r~~~~1(\~~/1~~ sp~·a::1ed clb,ow ,.1 -~ot. w_hc_~· ~·~~~~~:b,Jh~c ("~l!;~-;_no, not a devoted slave .w.011~d lreal 1'.~\~\e~f 1~~r asro~~;:~1~~11\~tt~~.~~'. '_'Somewhere, in a lovely, ~h~ugJ~~~~o~· di~~!r1f(~~i: Y 1i\1l~ ~r~~1~1~~~'Wc~\~ A~:1:T>i~1i~li~l;ecl~~ ~~1~\~1°11\~1~,~;d-~~\~f,~·~d 1 in c~~ somcho\\_, ~he ~1d Ie_.1111 ~n l\i'nch less did 1 mind the pain doral•on hrforcyour n~w-!),orn know, sister mine. She did of hroki•n teclh wlwn 1 fcll, '.\1:-islrr and yom Kmg. THE MISER L· Y. V. When I got out, leaning on my old bamboo can<', children-run after me, crying, "Scrooge, Scroo~c !" They make faces al me and sometimes the more daring ones throw mud at.my panls. "A miser," lhey call me. Y cs, a mean, calculating, old miser. But come and look long al this weary face and theSe sorrow-filled c y e s, Trare fl finger along these wrinkles. And now put your hand owr this old heart. Yes, all the weariness in this face, the sorrow in these eyes, these wrinkles-all should not haYe bl'en were it not for my shattered heart. "Tight-fisted," they say. Look at these clenched hands . .,strangc .... vcry slrangi:o .. bul they were once soft, and tenderly did they hold a lovely woman's hand. Genlly, loo,thev held a tiny br1be--a baby girl that was the idol of my heart. none Loo gcnlly, from lhe old mango tree in th~ lrnekvnrd. I did not mind brcausc I was with \"0\1. "Tilus we giew up togr.thcr, ~clling closer ;is the years sped by. Can I ever forget lhe ni~hts we spent talking---you in your bed and I in mine'? Ah, this babe was my dearest treasure. I \v;is hC'r mosl devolcd slave. Wilh her tiny fingers, she would pull me from my work lo the garden to pick the flowers She so loved, or lo listen lo the gay twiltering of the birds. Sh<', too, camr to me one morning, her sweC't face upturned, her eyes glowing with anticipation--- lhe wav lhev glowed whenever she \vanlcd something. I remember I put down the book I wns reading and look that little face in my hands n n ct said, ":\1y queen, I will do cvervlhinrt you bid me do."--- lJ1ifortu':: nat<', tragic won\s. "Then come, Father," she sa~d. Iler little fist in mine, (r:onlin11nl 011 rmqe 7) The Mountaineer L. D. Seno Ile was a rough figure ol the wild npcn space, untrained in the luxuries of civilization. A tenacious bond lwld him irrevocably lo the plow and thc field As mY fol her and I waited for him 'to inform us of the season's yiC'ld, I scrutinized him more closely. He was an old man, yet, jlulging by his appearance, he had the suppleness of youth He was of fl stolid nalure and the stern, immobile set of his face was carved, as if were, from the hills hrhind him. His roarsc home-woven shirt,fravcd at the dhows and at the colh1r, covered limp)~ the bulging flesh of his muscles. A shaggy mop of long Hnkempt hair was running with sweflt that strcakl'd down a square, deeply linl'd, unshaven facl'. A prominrnl, high-bridwd nose jullcd oul between two wcather-benlcn cheeks. His (r:nnlinurd on poqe 13) DECE.\1l3ER, HH!i THE CAROLINIAN Yuletide Sparks "IF you give a budding writer an inch, he will make a column out of it," is an old saying in news offices.I am no exception to the rule. When the editor approached me to try mv hand al an article for the XlnasCnrolinian I had an idea that he was sccrclly determined lo rm his magazine with trinkets until it bulges like a Christmas stocking. That thought set off the spark of inspiration which kindled my Yuletide spirit and rcmiP.dcd me th:;it Christmas will soon he h~re with all its childhood loveliness. Again the phrase "Peace on earth, goodwill to men," should not he just a byword. The grand old festival of Christmas stands for grace and holiness, joy and laughter, unblemished by pain and despair. We rejoice greatly in the expectation th'.lt -:vc shall be able to dress a maguey tree without feeling like a two-faced fool, or sing our own local versions of the Christmas carol without our tongues get. ting somehow entaniiled \Vjth The Miser (Continued from page Ill she led me down green fields, past lazy cows, across a rippling brook, and into a po.or hut. It w..1.s a miserable hut indeed, and inside were a thin woman and her six children. The woman I recognized as the widow of one of my former tenants. "Help them, fathe1", she said, simnly. And I did. That poor hut grew into a comfortable house. The mother's health improved with the care of the best doctors available. The children all went to school. Yes, I DECEMBER, 1946 B'I e . .I!. d/. our back teeth. After 5 years of rear and uncertainty, this will be quite an achievement. The past few-years of futile dreams and disheartening experiences have left us whh a biller taste in the mouth, [)nd forgive us if, now and then, we sound off-key and wary of a number of things. Too many bombs, carbines, and grenades have for some bewildered period of our existence changed the heavenly star of Bethlehem into a leaden flak ~vhich left corroding frngments m our he<1rts. We know that some of us have lost cur childlike faith and simple joy, because brutal reality has taken off scmc of Lhe shine from our little glittering world of make-believe. Rut let us rehabilitate our Xmas selves. We arc not cast so far down in the bottom of our last pair of shoes as tr. believe that there will be no more Christmas such as we have known before. [n fact, arc we not awaiting the Yuletide season with joyful anticipation of vari-colorcd window lanterns, of cottonladcn Christmas trees, of happy voices raised up and down the streets in their innocent exnberance of jov and goodwill? We have nO way of ascertaniing whether /echon, walnuts, f:rnpes, and other delectables will also be on hand for the festivities, but we have decided that a few well-meaning girts from our friends, and less undemi.inings and intrigues will suffice for aJI practical purposes. Also, we realize with a sudden paP.g of patriotic fervor that this will be our first Christmas as an independent people. Our sense of deslinv is greatly disturbed, and we are reminded of the kindly injunction never to call a people an independent one unless we arc sure of facts. Anyway, it still remains to be proven whether gods can learn to stand and "walk on brown legs" as has been foretold, or whether they will lotter and fall from lack of training and too much cod(Continued on page 16) spent much ~or that family · the anger that I fclt---that [ just so I could gel in return shook the hoy fiercely and the pleasure of s~cing my shouted hoarsely, "Out! Out daughter's affectionate and with you!" grateful eves. 1-fo went out; and out too, Baby eyCs slowly turned in- went the light in her eyes. lo a beautiful maiden's, -pure Frantically, [tried to bring it and innocent. And th1ough back, but I failed. all those long years, I spent One morning, [ knocked at and spenl---ycs, on that poor her door. I knccked once, ... family. twice .... and no answer came. One evcning----oh ! how I Oh, the billerness of that tremble when I think of il--- hour! She left me--lhe darling the eldest son came to me ti- of my heart left me. midly. Still more timidly he Everything within me was told me he came to ask for dead. My gray hairs turned my daughter's hand. He---a more gray still. The once gemere beggar,---and she--- the nerous hands slowly hardened. fairest, sweetest, dearest crea- And now, they call me the ture on earth. [ recall---Oh, Miser. God,havemercy on me! THE CAROLINIAN C. S. C. ·Fair Merry-Go-Round The 4-night San . Carl.as Fait' was one of the big social affairs of the season. ll opened last N ovcmbcr 3rd on the CSC grounds. Mrs. Esperanza L. Osmef'ia and Mrs. Milagros Cucnco formally cut the ribbon of the San Carlos Fair. The two distinguished guest~ w e r c shown around the fair by_lhc Very Rev_ Fr. Arthur Dingman, Rector of the college, and by Fr. 1-Iocrdcmann and Fr. Bunzcl. Before the opcPing ceremonies. a big parade was h_cld with all the campus beauties, R.0.T.C. cadets and High School Students in atlenclance. A number of flo:ils presented the various colleges. The coveted first and second prizes for the best float~ went to the College of Education and the IIigh School_ Training Department respectively. The Fair grounds blazed with mulli-cofored lights, an.d offered a variety of colorful booths and displays, each sponsrred by the various departments ol the college. Green and Gnld electric lights hung over P. dcl Hosa1 io street just across the welcome arch al the main gate spelling in big bright letters "CSC". Afler the College Fair was opened, there was one reason less for students tO cnmpl:-iin of boredom. Hy this time everyone looked like he was enjoying himself immediately. People ·were seen with gay smile's as they made the round of the booths the various departments had nnt up. "" ...... "· The program for the inrmgural night featured the solid stringing of the guitar by Villarino of the CSC orchestra. Another highlight of the evening was a Spanish play presented by the GSC Alnmr:i Association participated in bv Carmen Moras, Trinidad A·lvarez and Apolinar Abella. \Ve don't know how people felt about it hut a lot of Carolinians were wet when due to rain the second night's progr:im had to be postpon<'d for the next evening. The third evening of the Fair presented a SpanishEng\ish program. Plays, songs, declamations, and dances were featured. l\.fr. Vicente Frias and Miss Dely Logarla dcpiclecl a scene mlitlvd "Betrnyal".As usual, :'.\1r. Friai;' acting was on par and '.\.Jiss Logarta carried the ~how. Th e audience pronounced it wholesome and stimulating. The last night of the 4ri~~h ~ ~'ll~~c~c~ff~~L 7~1ic~ i~h~ was climaxed bv a one-ad play, "Home to Mother'', depicting what happens when loo manv undt>rslanding women try to help a misunderstood husband. Mr. Eu\alio Causing played the 1--art of the misunderstood husband. The play was a bang. Another top perform"lnce of the evening was an impromptu comt>dysketch, "AI-1H", pl'eseutcd by top college crackpots under the sponsorship of the Barons Ch1b. Worthy of mention wcrC' such cock-eyed talents as Messrs. E. Causing, 0. Aleonar, y. Flias, F. Militante, W. Buquid and Moose Irrabagon, the perennial crowd-pleaser. The sketch was a riot. College bobby-soxers swooned when Guest Artist Jesus Concepcion slarlf'd stealing the show of the last night's program with his inimitable rendition of 'Tm Crying in the Inside". The audience roared for an encore and "Unling" followed up with "Madre" ..... and lopped it all with the ever-popular "Always in My Heart". By this lime everyone wa<; too hoarse to yell for some more. The Fair was the biggc>sl post-war social activity of the college. And lo the quote official slalislics, the place whe1e people got most and paid less. if they ever paid al all, was !he San Carlos Fair Canteen. R. O. T. C. ACTIV!'FJES Nov. 6-A Milita1y parade and review was held in honor of His Grae<', Mons. Gabriel Reyes and Very Rev. F1. Arthur Dingman S.V.D. Nov. 7-The Corps S~on sors revi~wcd th,-~ R.O.T.C. unit. Afler the review an -inter-company dose order drill competition was conducted with all the commnndants of other colleges acting asjudges. Company "D" under Cadet Captain Osc~n· V. Aleonar, its commander, copped first place after a close contC'st with other companies of the unit. Company '·C" commandt>d hy Cadet Captain Vicente Duka~ placed second. Both company commanders received encouraging letters or commendation from the Commandani.. THE CAROLINIAN NEWS Major Flores Visits C.S.C. Major Manuel Flores, Inf., PA, Superintendent of R. OTC Units in the Philippines visited CSC in the course of his tour of inspection of ROTC Units in Visayas and Mindanao. The major's visit brought back happy memories of the pre-war days when he was the first commandant cif the ROTC unit of San Carlos, and made a crack unit that brought Manila £lff its feet in the m<'morahlc ROTC competition in 1938. A welcome dinner was tendered in his honor bv the Rev. Father Rector and Faculty of the college on Novemhcl' 23rd. Among the guests were hit-:?h ranking Army officials and the Commandants of tl1c ROTC Units of Cebu. In an after dinner SJH>cch he said among other things, "This college is clear to me." Forensics Offered A class in Forensics is being conducted by Atty. Francisco Rqmualdez a famtu'I oralnr and,.formerly proft.>ssor of Forensics in the University of Santo Tomas and the Vicente Fraricisro Law School. This is the first time F O r r: n s i cs is offered at San Carlos. Several students from the different d~pmt ments have already enrolled in this class and it is foll that more students wilt enroll because of the unquestioned ability of the proft"ssor to teach the subject, which he "bowed durin~ the first meeting of the class. Christmas For The Poor The siudents of the High School Training Department ar(' busy prcparin~ various kinds d gifts which they will give to the poor children of DECE~IBER, 1946 the city sometime before Christmas Day. An appointed Santa Claus will distributethe ~ifls at thebaskelball court of lhe department. Oratorical Contest An oratorical contest will be held in the II.S. Training Department on December I GLh. There will be six contestants who will vie for the beautiful go Id medal donated by Governor Manuel Cnenco and the silver medal donated by Judge Felix l\·larlinez. New Grandstand Almost Finished The lall'sl improvement undertaken by the college is the construdion of a new {:lrandsland around the improved baskrthall court fo the college department. This is one of' the things that Carolinians like most because this is where they shout out hoarse for the team; this is wei:e they lrarn to accept dc(cat; this is wht'fe they feel the surge of Carolinian spirit. CSC Varsity Team Left for Manila The CSC Varsity Basketball team, clrdared champions in the NCl\A Lcngue in Cebu, left for Manila last Monday to represent San Cnrlos in the NCAA Bask(\tball National Championships. Rev. Fr. Bunzel. S.V.D., athletic director of the college, went with the team. The games will start on Dec. 18. To the ho.vs we sav,-Good Luck and Bring the Bacon Home. Enrollment lncreas~a Enrollment for the second semester in the collegiate deparlmeni showed an increase acrord_ing to information re_._9 Nill NAliS Accounting Class Teacher: What is the purpose of the balance sheet. Student: To make accounling harder. Marketing Class Teacher: Why are y o u noisy today? Student: (Shoulinu) today is market day! -oTeacher: Whnt is the differenc-e between speculation and gambling? Student: Spelling - Sir. English Class Teacher: Change this sentence into active voice Juan was bitten by the dog Student: Juan bit the dog. Physics Class Teacher: What is the best time savinp: devise vOu know? Student: Sir! Love al first sight. By KOMMERS STUDE -0Pco plc, have continually entertained fear of -what the peopl·: might say'- -for ages. This, is the primary cause of pretense a n d a breeder of hypocrites. --OWomen are presnmbly allergic lo flatters. But just the same, they secretly wish lo be flattered. -0Mtn with excellent penmanship arc men who write with a slow trend of thought and have plenty of lime to waste. By 0 Serap ;;cl°ved from the office of the Registrar. Last semester's recoi<l was 800 students in the collegiate department as compared to this semester's 861. 10 THE CAROLJN!Ai\ SPORTS C:. S. C:. C:ops C:. I\. I\. I\. C:hampionship The powerful San Carlos steamroller waded undefeated through the collegiate t.livision of the tough CAAA circuit and walked off with the championship and the right to represent Cebu in the National Collegiate Basketball Championship in Manila, December 18th. The San Carlos-Southwestern Game. Coach Baring's boys made their how in the CAAA tournament wilih an easy 45-28 win over the Soutliwcstcrn Colleges. Still heavy with the strenuous "College Day" celebration, the Caroliniansdullishly went through the routine motions of a basketball game and methodically cut the Southwcstcrncrs to ribbons. The shooting and passing on the San Carlos side was under par while the Southwestern team put on forty-minules of fumbled passes and erratic attempts at the basket. San Carlos took an early lead and coasted to victory during the lasl stages of the play. At the end of the first quarter, the score stood at 15-8 and at lemon time thr. Green and Gold had stretched il to 27-13. The second team took the field in the third quarter a n d Soullnvestern m::tdc a weak allcmpt at catching up before the regufars returned to put ll)e game on ice. Mumar put in 13 points for San Carlos while "one-man team" Dadoc Cortes was highest scorrr on the Southwestern line-up with 10 points. The individual score: FINAL STANDINGS Tc:irns Colcgio de San Carlos Cebu Inst. of Terh. Visayan Institute Southern College Southwestern Colleges SAN CARLOS Mumar Abella Cortes Bas Fernandez Solon Aquino Du Ch. Veloso Miolc SOUT!IWESTEHN Corles Cabanero Scmilla Cahaluna Taboada Tancingco Lia ban W. L. PTS. 4 0 1.000 3 I .750 I 3 .2.')0 :i .2!:o 3 .2:)0 45 13 8 0 10 8 2 0 2 2 0 28 IO 0 8 4 0 4 2 The San Carlos~C. I. T. Game, Nov. 16 Playing before a capacity crowd, I he San Cnrlos drihhlrrs out-maneuvered ancl on I-pointed the highly toulr.d C.I.T. hasketeers with a walkawav 60-34 count. It was a thrilling surprise to the big crowd lhal packed the stands to sec the "dream game" of t he season turned into a nightmare---for the Technicians! The fast-st<'pping Carolinians were al their shooting "best", threading the lcnther through the hoop al wild abandon while the Bas· Fernandrz cl<'fC'nse held down the enemv. The books rce:istercd a new mark for individual scoring as I an k y l\'Iumar looped in 28 poinls with his flawless one hand flips. Coach Earing's boys lurneJ on the heal full blast from the out-set, putting on the one-two in perfect dribblepass-and-shoot st vie. Al the close of the first <iuarter, the scoreboard showed 22 points for San Carlos while the Technicians were culling a scrry figure with a lone field goal. Intent on mayhem,,the Green and Gold showed no signs of letting up and kept peppering the basket with the same regularity through the next three quarters. The individual score: SAN CARLOS 60 Mum::tr 2X Abella Cortes Ras Fernandez 13 Solon 1 C.l.T. 34 Jaen 2 A. AIC"udia Ii B. Alcudia 11 Aranas 7 Ceniza '.,:! Iburan 2 Sta. Cruz 4 C.S.C.- VI GAME . The San Carles machine next ran head on into the a determined V. I. team and squeezed through a breathtaking 47-11 viclon'. Playing on the short end of the odds, the fighting V. I. a~grcgation start al a dizzy pace converting long-distance throws and undergoal tries into points with amazing nccuraey and good fortune. Meantim<', 1 he highly £avored Carolinians were lw.ving lhc time of their lives shaking off successive stretches of luckless shooting and then batlling through DECEMBER, 1946 THE CA!10L!NIA_N SPORTS lbc last states of play with a crippled defence wing coming frnm the disqualification of Bas and Fernandez. Second-stringer Chiong Velos?, substituting for Fernandez m the last qui:irtcr, played a hero's role in typical phlegmatic style coming to the rescue when the chips were down. The Visayan Institulc opened up with a bang and ran off with the first quarter, 11-5. San Carlos started hitting back in the second period but the V. I. spark was still there and the encmv led al half-lime 25-20. Cortes and Mumar finally located the mark in the third quarter and the Green and Gold forged lo a 34-30 lead. The sea.re took seesaw turns in the thrill-studded last period as Bas first was thrown onl on fouls and then Fernandez (with Cabahug of the \'.I.) went out on a double foul. With the outcome in the balance, Coach Baring ficldf"d Chiong Veloso, who promplly pulled the tcnm out of the fire coming across with a long shot and topping il orr with an under-basket goal. The individual score: San Carlos 17 Mumar 13 Abella 5 Corl es 12 Bas 8 Fernandez 2 Taylor 3 Ch. Veloso 1 Du () Visayan Instilutc 11 Se no 3 Ba tiller Regner Echavez 1!) Caba.hug 0 Lorenzo 0 Ouano 10 Tuico 0 DECEMilEH, 1916 CSC-SC Game Nov. 18 The Colegio de San Carlos nailed the CAAA flag fast to its staff in a fast encounter with the Southern College. The game was a replay of the rained-out battle of lhe previous night when the Southern College had the San Carlos strategy pegged with a man-to-m~m defence until the Carolinians broke away to a six-point lead when the rain fell in the ahird qunrter. The first quarter of the second day was a din!!dong affair as both sides hit the loop with unusl!~d regularity. San Cnrlos laktng the helter of the baq.,iain, 1 fl-1 G. The pace slowed down in the scco.Hl period with lhe Green and Gold widening its lead to 32-2,l. The second half was a repetition of the first nnd the gam<'. wrund up to the tunC' of G3-:1:l. Fcinanckz, Bas, and Abella divided scoring honors on the Snn Carlns Cilamrions w·lh 17, 1G and 16 noinls rcspcdive!y. Montecillo was highest pointer of the Southern College \enm with tG points. The in<lividunl sC'ore: San c~ulos ():1 Mumnr 1; Abella 1G Corl es r. nas lfi Fernandez 17 Taylor 2 Ch. Veloso () Southern Collct;e !);) Uy 10 Montecillo rn Nncua :i Cambonga JO Alesna 2 Hamoneda 9 Rarcenilln 0 Manubag 5 [ullegiale lnlramurals The strong commerce quintet came Out champion in the collegiate baskc;Lball inlramurnls for the first sem. ester The Law and Prel'vlcdics le<ims tied for serond place while the Pre-Law followed dose as third. The Engineers and the Genl'rnl Arls dribhll'rs allhouch trailing far lwhinrl con~o\Cci themselves wilh the thought that there is a second series in the second semester where Lhrv have a chnnce to make up. ror lhrir losses. The inlrnmmal baskclball oprning of the second scm('stcr was played on Decemh('r to, betwern the pre-medicos and the Law 51 centingent. ll w::is a hotly contested game. Doth teams insp_ired hy 1hc moral support given hv Carolinian Coeds present, plinclurcd lhP baskf"l al all an,t!\('S like noborly's business. With hut four srroncls to go :rn<l Dor Solon's dribblers biding bv two points, H.osal of Lhe L;w' ;'11 baskctecrs made good his atle~pt at t hc basket tlwrcby lym,g the srore al gong time lo ;~3 all. The second game was played between the Commci-ce and the College of Law learn. At the blast of the whistle the Commerce bovs exhibited a fast play an(\ the Law contin{:lenls with their us11al zone defense and subllely rC'duce<l to absurdity the confidence of the Commerce learn at lemon time lo the tune of 31)-30. 12 DileJUrua f/l!1!J as my fllfJf/1/ is H'1thyo11 \V1/l there be this pain? /,rmg as mu world is \\"iflwut you H'1ll thm• hl' /his rain? +Twilighl Prayer Twilighf: \Vurm-glowi11g candles on A quid allar. Silence. l/cad in hands, anil Pra.11rr fur you at 1'wiliyht.,. -+Peace-Tide The tide rises and /11'ls \Vifh /he fu!f an<I !hr waning moun. The fide in me Ri.~es to meet the warmth Of a day br(lun, and Ebbs with ilsfinyrringfarcwcll. But with the night is peace and res/. And the tide rise:. and it fall,~ With the /11/l and /lie waning THE CAROL!N1AN Hope al Twiliqhl Snmc say hope rises fresh \\'i/h the rising dawn. Rut hope comes to me \\'ilh a q11icl prayer .Al dusk ... /ike water to a fawn. -+-Here Is The Hearl (o/ San Carlos) I/ere fs Ifie the heart of The school that I lo11e: In the cnmr(l(/ship <~f The library hall; Jn /hr. classroom lrclures, Thr prouers soid IJ1jore and after clasus. lfrre is the heart of The school I love: Jn /he brralhfess and swift /)/'seen/ of fwiligl1t from J\ still worm-glowing sky l ·'wm !hr campus am! the }(l'1wrml swging of the Angelm. /lrre is the heart of The .~clwol I love: In thr joyous outpouring From rooms at the last Evming period, and the Final backward look al The school liglit.~. Ilyre is the heart of The .~clwol I love. - Virginia V. P€'raltaOne [hrislmas ... (Confinw•r/ from pngr .5) close call. So did I when I lried to drown my sorrow in drink and did not. have enough sense to keep out of the driver's seal. Yes, dC'ar, I did have a hell of a time \Vhen you were away. I'm cured now. It look a good bump to wake me UJl. I want you bar:k home wilh me to begin the New Year right. :rvforry Xmas dear!" "The same lo you, dear." END The Box ... Conlinurd from page 1 happiness. Hut the realization that life, afler the <lissipalion of I hat glorious haze that had liflecl theirs from the Sol'did <md the ordinary clurin~ the ea.Iv davf: of wrcided life, had lo. l:e lived with more prnclical sense and less (Jf the fatuous idealism, had been too late. She had even now forgotten just what had been the cause of that nasly scene that afternoon - - - ., some trivial fault, perhnps, some pardonable omission; hut Fred had insisted lo move lo the city and lake a worn there. Her pride hu<l been irked and she had failed lo 1:aise a finger lo make him chan~e his dC'cision. She had thon~ht their separ,ilion for a tfme would have been good for bolh of them at firsl, yet she had never counled on the stubborn pride of Fred nor of her own desiie lo be the lasl to declare a truce. She had wailed daHy for Fred lo ~cl her from her mollwr's home or to receive a le Lter from him. Bul if she posed to be indifferent lo it all, Fred W?s doubly stubborn. (Continued on page 16) DECEMBER 1916 !\ Strange ... (CoR/inued from JlOQC 2) child; God will lake care of everything. Only pray for your daddy. I-le is slill in the prime of life and has a right lo marry again. Perhaps lhnl is lhc heller thing for him lo do. In any case I will be \'Ollr friend." Lily wenl home with a lighter heart that day, for she now saw the mattc1· in a more mature light. She had never thought that it might be the better thing for daddy at least, if not for her, and she began to feel that she might have had loo selfish an. out look on . the whole silualion. Anvwav Xmas was near and th-al was the season of forgiYc and forget." ll was Xmas Evr and Lily was worried, The clock struck 8 p.m. ::w.d dad was not yet home.He had been gone all afternoon, "on an impo1 lanl engagrmenl" as he lermcd il, nnd had !{'ft no word about llw lime of his return. Liiv was puzzled about what to do. Should she retire and gel some sleep before the midnight l\'luss? Or should she run over to Mrs. Yella's house or lo Ti:l Juana for the evening? \Vhilc olhcrs were making merry she had le slav al home alone with the ma.id. The blood seemed to course throu{..h her Vl'ins quicker than ever before. She fell hr-rself !'.!rowing desperate over her dilemma. Then she came lo a radical decision. She would run over to Rose's house just to spile dad for leaving her alone like this on Xmas Eve, after she had tried her best lo trim a tree and the parlor. Do!IC'd in a nr.w mcstiza rlrcss 'and with full make-up, Liiv ran down the stairs at H p:m. feelinp rnther triumphanl again that she THE CAHOLl1'L\N pulling one over her father. Jusl as she came lo the open front door of the house and looked down the dark street an auto was npproaching. She withdrew a bit into lhe dark stairway until the car would pass. To her surprise iL was daddv's Ford S<>dan which slopped in front of the house. She now saw lhe tables turned for hers('Jf. What explunalion could she give him for being all dressed up, when she should have been in bed? She stepped backward'> up a sli;p or Lwo lo go upstairs ngain, but curiosity got the heller of her and she wail<'d lo sec whn would alight from the car. A young man, Tio Jose, was the firsl to leave the auto. I-le slcpp<'d out of the front seal and quickly opened lhc rear dnor. Then Tia Juana, beaulifulh· dressed came oul of the hick scat. "What's this'!" Lily questioned herself, as she gazed more intently to the street. Next came a \\"Oman dr('ssed as a bride. The sight amazed Lih·. I lad the worst come to piss? Could there have been a worse Christmas? Wou Id she be eYer able to forget this night? Finalk, her darkly alighted from the car and look Lhe bride in stroll toward the house, preceded by the other couple. Who was that woman 1hat dared to come. into lhe Rayner hc·me to spoil l\Jiss Rnvner's Xmas and her whole lifr? Would there be a showdown this minute at the front door? These and similar thoui::hts rushed through Lily's mind as she stood pivoted lo the scC'ond skp. Two olhcr autos had by this 1 ime joir>_ed the first and sounds of mNrim<'nt and good cheer filled the nir. Tia Juana and Tio Jose upon seeing Lily wailing on the stairs called '"Surprise! 13 The Mountaineer (Continued from page fi) mouth, sel into a thin hard line, <'Xcept where a pipe was clamped, flanked lwo rcws of teeth which astonishinglv flashed as he broke the e'm·barrnssing sil<'ncc. When he spoke he was a man of few wo1ds. Twice his eyes strayed lo my manicured nails and I sensed something of a veiled sarcasm behind the cynical glare of his eyes; but that look, as suddenly as it came, receded from the non-rommittul orbs like a candle blown out in a casement, restoring once more lhe wonted look of bleakness in his eyes. His brawny limbs sugf.(esled a laudable strength which compensn led for the dark obscurity of his intellect. No awkwardness encumbered his gait as he walked about the rnmsh:ickled hul. The feline grace of his movements, I surmised, he must have acquired while traveling through the thick foresl where caution was a great part of valor for every monntainecr. When I returned home I could take with me the imprint of a man trained ia the highland school of Nature, under the watchful eye of God's Providence. Surprise!" For a moment Li!v speechless. She pessed the h u l l on of the porch light rind was ribout lo say "0 Hello," when she got sight of the bride's face. \Vas it possible? Could that bc---Rose? At the second look she was convinced. It was Rose. Tears came Lo her eyes as she joined in saying, "Surprised! Surprised! A thousand lim<'s!" And she rushed into Rose's arms and kissC'd her and dad<lv, saying, "Whal a Xmas gift!" H THE L\HOLii\'I.\N ~=-=sE*ccioN"""c'Asi=-i"'L'L'.t\N"~~-1 t>*$~>W<~~:~~~:~>.W<:iw<~~~X:m::::>!BW<~~~~~~~~i ~DITO RIAL LO OUE VA DE AYER A HOY ---oo+oo- -Anlaiio, imcomplela seria la celehraci6n de la Navidad sin oir la misa de gallo 6 .~fisa de Aguinaldo. El cu/to divino cn las iglesias era lo esencial, lo cdificanle, el v·erdadero a11gurio pascual, la alegria de todos. Para nueslros ancianos, las pascuas evocan rec11erdos noslcilgicos u liernos porque se ha empapado en sus al mas el drama perennemenlchermoso 11 sinpardc~arrolla do en un establo h11milde y frio, prrsonifirado por rm Nino divino y salvador, y por ww nwdre cari11osa !J predilecla a q11ien Di6s q11iso llamar madre a1l11 antes de los siglos. Mas, para muchos de m1eslros joVcnes, las Pascuas lwclcn m(ls a lechdn q11e a olra cosa. Lo celcbran por crlebrar. impregnados por cl imperante malerialismo y por 4'c general drspreocupaci6n. La tendencia es alrjnr nuis !I rmis del verdadero cspiri/11 de las Pascuas /I prescindir def lcgitimo motivo de la feslividar!. No conlenlos con olvidar al Nino en .m san/o dia, lambien inslituuen usos IJ cost111nbres q11e desfi,quran la sagrwln lradicirJn: asi es queen ve: de "Bl'fm'', tenemos el "Christmas Tree"; rn vez de· fos Trrs Magos, tenemos cl Santa Chms (q11e ni es sanfa ni .rnnfito); el profano "chnslmas card", en ve: de esfampitas ff'liyiosas, y olras susliluciones jrfllufolrnfas cu.ua mencirJn rt'sulfarfa larguisima. No cs, p11rs. de exlraF1ar si hal!amos el afro dia rma rrvisla en que se prcgim!a, "Que as significan las Pasc1ws?", n lo que unos esludiantes dan riemla suelta a su entusiasmo sol!ando rrs1meslas tan e:rtrnflas, fan superjicioles, como plll'riles. Para una seliorifa, linda !J de lo al!n socir'dru/ (coma la de5rribe la revista cilarfo), las pasc1ws son !os juhilo.rns dias de bailrs, def "Christmas frees" y de/ lee/um. Otro mas candoroso confiesa que, sinulo una festi1,ir/ad q11c ocurre masque 11na sofa vez al ano, {.·{ halla o/ro molivo para beber !J gozar lo mcjor de la vida corla. Otra nir1q, mas Jina pero no menos exlravaganle, se a/egra sobremnnera del advenimienlo de las pascuas por la reunion de la Jamilia .If por ha fr/ices rnrpresa.~ en Jonna de "aguimtldos" que rspcra recibir. Ni por una ve: se hi:n la menor af11si6ri al nacimiento del Salvador .tJ su significado prof1111do para la humanidad, esprcialmenfe de la presente lwmanidad, q11r lanlo sufre, que camina fm<;/a ahora en/re somf>r,1s espantosm dr. la infranquilidad IJ de[ dofor. Rs fr isle leer las imprcsiones de wws j6venes para quienes las pascuas no si,qnijican mas que 1mos dim; de aiborolo, de "chrisfmos free" /J d~ "a,q11inaldos", !J q11irnes remmcn los fesfrjos dP la sanla fiesta en una orgia de bat/es, bebir/as 11 glotonctias. Al par qut sr percihe a la legua la ignorancia religiosa con esa aclitud,se re11ela q11e "' espirit1 1 pogano y mn'eriafista ha eclwdo fates rnices entre nosofros q11e lfrgard alg1ln dia en q11e las hamosas 'tradiciones de 1111eslro plleblo q11e hasla ahol(1 conslitunen et "ancora de saloacion" de n11eslra he1encia espiril11al .11 moral desr1pareceran.11 no quede mas q1u' d recuerdo de su pasado. La Navirlad es 11na f1e<:/a prof11ndm11enle reli9iosa .1/ r'.~piri/l/(il tJ el ofv/(lor o diminar al Nino def Belen I.'.<: romo si searranca dtl 1edimido t'f corazon de su Rrdentnr. La Novidad no solo es el aniven;ario dr~ la mani{rsl<1cion de! .1111or rlivino para con fos hombres en 1111 mitagro de Dios lwcho carnr, sinn que lambien conmemora el rrinado de! Di vino AI aes/ro quc sefunda en fo pa: .IJ en el arnor al pr6j11no. ·'Gloria a Dios en las olluras, fl po:: sobre la 1ierra a /os ho111 bres de buena volunlad." N.G.n DECE\InEB IUIG Era vo entonces nifio de ocho abriles, mas mi Unica ambicion y la Unic1 cosa quc en este mundo queria era: tcncr una flaula Y- tocarla a mi guslo. Me absorbia tan to csta obsesion de la flauta, que noches hubo en quc no d_ormia pcnsando en ella, en c6mo cc:nseguir una flauta. Por fin, _consegui una flauta que mi tio me di6 en las pascuas de aqucl afio coma aguinaldo. Pues hice quc me b prometiera y antes de la ~a vidad, mi lb ho podia cscaparsc y tcni:.i que tracrmc el aguinaldo. Entusiasmado sobremanera por la valiosa posesi6n, empece a sonarla, primcro Limido y vacilante, y dcspucs seguro y alenlado por cl sonido qne emilia la flauta, la soplaba con mas vehcmencia, todndola a pleno pulmon por cl resto del dia. Muy bien me acucrdo ahora como desdc quc era ducii.o dcl inslrumento prccioso, no paSaba dia sin que prorrompicse melodbs que para mis oidos cran Ticas, nlegres y bicn cnlonadas, sin sospcchar que para mis vecinos cran unas malracas. A mi no me importaba lo que dccian, o que sc enfadasen y me amenzasen fusilar, sinu caltaba con mi flauta. No me fijaba que clase de mtl.sica o c:-rnci6n tocaba mi flauta; solo creia entonces quc n'.td-i que no fuera hcrmo:>a melodia podia sonar mi flaula, sin q~e neccsitara prcocuparse de la manera o fuerza con quc la soplaba. Considero aquellus afios coma los m<?jores de mi vida. L'l mrhica que hacia con _mi flauta me l\evaba a rcg:iones clcvadas donde experimentaDECEMBER, 1946 THE CAROLINIAN 15 MI FL.A.UTA ba por primera vez en la vida, y quizas por ultima vez, la lnfinila dulzura de la inocencia y la pura alegria de lo que son las Pascuas de Navidad. Ahora me cxlraii.o y no me cxplico de donde vcnia mi entusiasmo, aquel ardienle quercr de la mtisica. Sin noci6n del arte de la musica, ignorante de la csteticu, un nifio simple y sin ninguna cxpericncia de la vida, he lleg:ado a apreciar lo que cs la musica. Era quc la flaula hacia milagros en mi. Era mi mcjor Paz Pecadora Mevale P-aciencia, alma pecadora, Porquc la juslir.ia humnna, No es scgura ni pcrfocla; En estc muodn no hay justicia vcrdadcra. A-lalrn a Dios, alma mia. Hallar!ts en cl ciclo cl premio, 1rahaja. pobrc alma, tn1baja. No gan,1r5.s all:'t cl dincro. La Juslici:a Divina rcina, sobcrana. Z-ozobrada csths por opresi6n, Ganas la vida de un \abrador; lmitesclo en la pcrfeccion, PorquC! alJ(1 no hay mas oprcsor. solo hay Ama•Jor. m-iestra. Sin la flauta, mi niiicz sc me tornah:i ll!l etcrno grmido, un Jloriqueo atroz. La flauta era mi mas qucrido juguete. La guardaba en mi pcqueii.o baul cual oro en pafio. Pur las mafianas abria el baulilo solamente para vcr si mi fl;juta no me la habian ro~ bado. Y pcnsar que con aquella fl:rnta mis vecinilos Taran y Minggoy aprendieron a bilar el jitterbug. Muchas veces evoco midias infantiles con envidia. Cu{rn tranquila y alcgre me parecia aquella vid:l ! Yo sacaba a relucir la flauta no por otra cosa, sino para hacerla sonar como si fuese el sonido de toda mi felicidad. Deciu a mis amiguitos: ••Yo tengo mi flauta que canta, quc grita, quc hacc ruido; vosotros no leneis flau ta; por cso, sois pohres e ignorantes," Pero mi pobrc rlauta va no cxislc. Sc sepult6 con los aiios idos. He dcjado de ser niiio. Ya no oigo aquellas armonias de la inocencia. Sain recucrdo las p'llabras dcl Gran Macs1 ro. "De estos niiios es el reino de /os cie/os." Ahora me clicen, ya adolescente, que los sucflos de una humanidad honrada, parifica y feliz no hubicran rcsullado tan vanos si los hombres hubicsen aprendido a vivir como nifios. Dicen que este mundo no <;e salva por lo~ sabios, sino por los nifios de corazon. Solamentc los nifios son los que est:J.n cercn de Dios y de! cielo. jOh, quien fuera como niii.o ! Con que dicha sintiria yo si pudicse volvermc a ser nifio, y volver a tener aquella dich'lsa flauta, a tocarla a mi gnsto, a hacerla sonar coma Dios manda, con toda fuerza de mis pu lmones de nilio travieso y destrozon I Aqurlla f\aurn me ensefi6 a amar algo de aquclla vida que sc me ha clavado en mi men· te hasta ahor·1. Aquclla flauta, cuando sonaba, atraia a· los otros nifios de la vccindad y les hacia alei:ircs, rcidores y animosos. Aquella flauta era mi ensuefio pascual. 16 The Box ... (Continm~d from page 12) "Kind of dark and gloomy, isn'l it ma'am?" Aling Dora's rasping voice jarred, her back Lo rcnlity. She had been leaning on the door for some Lime and Aling Dora had stolen back lo Lake a look at her. "Herc, I'll open the windows for you," she o£fcrcd, sheepishly, as if. she fell guilty al l1cr intrusion. Light spilled swiflly into the room, bringing with il the fresh, clean air of the outdoors. Everywhere there was a layer of dusl---on the floor, on the papers, on the bed. Cobwebs, their strands thickened and hoary with the dust or four years gave the scene a hnunling look. Weird and eerie, the room seemed like a fleeting moment from the hour-glass of the past. "I'll help you fix things up, shall I ma'am?" Aling Dora anxiously volunleered. Celia, seeminglv undecided as what to do "first, tactfully refosed, "Oh, I'll do il myself, thank you," she said. On whatever she touched, the table, the chairs, she left streaks where her fingers had wiped the dust off, le.wing trll-tale smudi:ies on her hands, on her arms. It seemed as if she was reopening old wounds long healed, their pain subdued· and anesthetized by the grayish manlle or dust. Long ago she had known h('r impo.liencc giving way to bitterness and soon that too had been reduced to nothing more than apathy and indifference. ~he knew loo that early December morning when Fred left to report lo his unit when the wrir broke oul, without {'Ven ·his suggesting a reconciliation. She was sure of the day when she received that THE CAROLINIAN message telling her that Fred had died in the concentration camp, a victim of some lingering malady. She had clutched al the last strands of pity for him whom she had vowed lo love hoping they would tell her she still loved him. But strangely enough, she took the news without shedding a single tear. Calmly, swiftly, she put everything in order. Binding the papers together, slacking l~e n~wspapers and magazmcs m one corner, folding the clothes hung out on thC wall. She was sending everylh~ng to Fred's brother, for Ahng Dora had written her The Star Of Bethlehem 'Twas years ago in Bethlehem Ben7~~dhe chilly skies of When all the world in darkness sltpt That Christ the Lord appeared rm earth. Loi a glorious star, the fairest sight Tha~i~vef;gfi~eamtd in mysArose abor.e the faint horizon And rested where the Savior dwell Where shepherds worshipAn/~~~i 11~a:::"~o offer gifts. 'Twas I/tars ago and again tonight So let the bells of midnight ring And "}OI/ the angel choirs sing Thr. birth nf Jesus Christ the /(ing. By LEONOR D. SENO Yuletide Sparks · (Continued from page 7) dling. This, however is no cause for cynicism and despair. Surely, we are not incapable ol greatness. And as long as the star of Bethlehem will continue lo shine, there will always be one who who will guide us. that she needed the room for her new boarders. She was sure, methodical in her emotions, but above all, she was apathetic to all those small reminders of him. A box was on the topmost rung of the shelf that hung from the wall. She had almost missed seeing it, so perfectly had it blended with the begrimed surface on which il lay. Hastily, she look it down, giving the top of the ~rxh:r qu:i~.i"Jfh~sib~:w:~~ wrappe/ neatly. with gay Christmas tissue paper. It had briRhl pictures of silver bells, h011y wreaths and of Santa in his sled. Slowly she broke open the· seal and removed the cover. A white slip of paper fluttered out. There was writing on it .... , Fred's handwriting. It read: Dearest Celia, Here is my peace offering. I declare a truce. We have been so foolish .... very foolish. I'm laking this lo you w..myself on Christmas morninp-. Makes il more significant, I suppose. Merry Christmas to you my darling. Lovingly, Fred . He h·ad counted on his be. mg_ home for the Christmas holidays, and had set his heart to it, for in the box was the lovely Spanish shawl, exactly like the one she had go!le shopping together. Very bright and launtiE~bgaudy ... DECEMBER, 1946 r~=~lF;;::=i U l:ompliments U c_ l!C- U n OF n n n U U U Christmas Sale LI ~ 00 ~ For every purchase of !>5.00 or ~ ~ Go Deco &. l:ompany ~ ~ more you get something free from ~ EVE beginning December 20 to December 31, 1946. ~- General Importers ~· N~ ~ Don't miss this opportunity. Buy POND & DEEN BUILDING al n P. o. BOX 53 n n f71J 1 f7 ~. 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