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Title: The Carolinian
Issue Date: Volume XIX (Issue No. 3) Christmas
Language: English
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extracted text: “(Lie a ribbon aroitnb my ofun OFFICIAL PUBLICATION of the University of San Carlos Vol. XIX No. 3 QHjristniaa Sfifiuv December. Che frigliteneb sfyabofus of the zobiacs are bursting tuith peace. 41fy (Sob, blinb me £mtbj tlje massive sinebis of yonr mercy—cry nobi, cry (jjlje (Christmas tUear”. THE CHRISTMAS TEAR by Vicente Ranudo, Jr. TLE's caroliniana It is a welcome fact that we celebrate Christmas in December. More particularly do we find pleasure in celebrating it six days before the start of each year. In addition to pleasure, we might say, its celebration is very convenient for those who find in each turn of the year a time for making amends and resolutions, no matter how short-lived. Usually, people try to behave well during the Yuletide season; of course we should not be construed to be meaning that people do not at all try to behave well before or after the season. The fact that the season kindles in the hearts of men the spirit and will to do good cannot be gainsaid. It is a time when people would want to see others happy and full of goodwill. There are indeed some who really mean their busi ness when they try to make amendments to their souped-up lives. . . so that by the time the year pivots on a new day, at least they will have started it with a mind to do good, no matter how short-lived the deter mination. The celebration of Christmas on the 25th of December is therefore very convenient for those who really try to bless themselves by starting to live a good life at least on the day the New Year starts. But this habit of "reforming," at the start of each year is but a matter that should be placed in or relegated to the nooks of superstition. Just like the Chinese custom of driving away the "evil spirits" by noise and firecrackers during the New Year, the belief that one must do good on the very first day of the year so that the chances of one's falling into misfortune during the year are minimized, is of course untenable. Faith in God, love of God, and prayer to God are all what is needed. . . at least, basically, of one to do. .. if he must desire to live happily in any kind of year. In all truth, the celebration of the birth of Our Lord on the twenty-fifth of December is only our manifestation, our expression cf cognizance to Him, Our Redeemer, ... it is only a reminder that God deliberately made Himself Man, centuries ago, to give man a chance to see heaven; that He did it in order to open our eyes to the fact that no act of goodness or sacrifice, no amount of worship on our part could have been enough to atone for us when we sinned against God; that we needed a Divine Being to ask, in behalf of mankind, pardon from the Divine Being Whom we sinned against. What did Jesus Christ, therefore, want us to do? By His humble birth in a manger, by His coming into this world as Man, by His Sermon on the Mount, by His crucifixion. . . what did He want us to do? Aside from atonement for our sins. He wanted us to know God, to love and serve Him well while on earth. He wanted us to do these things because a passport to Heaven and Eternal Happiness is impossible for any human being to have unless these things be complied with. Now what has man done so far? What have YOU done? Were you able to know God in the sense that Jesus wanted you to know? Do you know enough of God that would entitle you to a passport to Eternal Glory? Secondly, did you love God in a manner Jesus wanted you to do? Wasn't that love just as fake as any other human love you pretended to give to another? Wasn't that love just as temporary as the love you gave to your wife whom you divorced? Do you not remember the time when you saw a pret ty girl across the street and, without knowing her, swore to yourself that you could love her forever. .. do you know how silly that kind of love would have been had that girl turned out to be your brother's wife? And the oath you did swear to that pretty girl. . . was it essentially similar to the bogus act of contri tion you once made before a priest? Did you not blasphemy God by loving Him with your head in stead of your heart? Did you not receive His Ser mon on the Mount with your right auricle but allow it to pass through your left ventricle? Did you not re ceive Holy Communion during a Sunday mass and see a Class C movie the afternoon after? In other words, were you ever sincere to Him? Thirdly, how did you serve Him? And did you serve Him well... in the sense that Jesus would have you serve Him? It is by asking yourself these questions day in and day out and living up to the canons of the Church that would entitle you the passport promised you by Jesus. Knowing God, loving Him and serving Him fully well on this world are the things that would really matter between now and then. The celebra tion of Christmas then, becomes only a matter of re assurance that the passport is there and free for the taking you only have to behave well in the perform ance of the three fundamental duties required of you by Christ and, even if you are a rich man, the passing through the needle's eye would be easy and effort less. CUR COVER uhe SdttMtat Staff TOMAS L.L. ECHIVARRE Editor-i ASSOCIATE EDITORS Vicente Ranudo, Jr. Adolfo Cabailo Buddy Quitorio SENIOR ASSOCIATES Ledinila Amigable A. Sitoy F. Verallo, Jr. G. Sison Samuel Fabroz Ignacio Salgado, Jr. Erasmus Diola ★ ★ ★ ★ t-Chief CIRCULATION MANAGER Jose P. de la Riarte EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Mariano Vale Annie Ratcliffe Mely Sala W. Filomeno Alice Curada R. Escober R. Bacol ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ The portrait of the Madonna and the Child crosses the path of every striving and accomplished artist alike. It has not become a barrier to more glorious works of art, but then, a Jeweler cannot help fondling a rare Jewel, nor can a man of high spirits resist the chal lenge of unclimbed mountains. Since the Madonna and the Child had never posed for any painting, there is, therefore, a wide variety of interpretations. The effect that most artists strive for is the sacred ness of both Holy Persons. ... and that is about as easy as, say, walk ing on water. Since there is no real object to judge it from, paintings of this kind, are, therefore, acclaimed according to the opinion of ex perts. ... it the opinion of experts are to be entirely relied upon in such cases. The particular portrait was done by Adolfo Cabailo, one of our As sociate Editors. Cabailo rose to pub lic notice during the Marian Con gress when, among the different ar chitectural students of the different schools, his design was accepted and he saw it stand before the Ca pitol building. His winning design was a glowing letter, M. We make no claim to whatever merit is due his own interpretation of the Madonna and the Child. . . . except, perhaps, that it is the work of a talented and acclaimed young artist. Few in the islands can match Cabailo's subtle artistry with the etching pen. But what makes one marvel is the way a conception of an image is born in him. For what ever escapes the eyes of a writer, is always caught in the miracle of his hands. — ranudo, Jr. Between CaueM. Page • EDITORIALS Peace — Quitorio ........................................................................... Back cover inside Humility — Echivarre ................................................................. ,, „ „ Life — Ranudo, Jr........................................................................... „ „ „ • SHORT STORIES The Green Parrot — Lina Bacorta ............................................................. 6 Windfall — Bellie Dolcllas ............................................................................. 7 • POETRY The Triot ............................................................................................................ 8-9 A Dunce Speaks Once — Batongmalaque.................................................. 20 That’s It — Jane Vis. Concepcion........... ................................................ 20 The Ugly Donkey — Josue de los Reyes .................................................. 20 Vignette — Potenciano Caiiizares ................................................................. 20 The Christmas Tear — Ranudo, Jr............................................................ 28-29 • ARTICLES "San Carlos, All Hail!” ............................................................................... 2 Solitude and You — Ledinila Amigable .................................................... 5 The Lesson of the Straw — Er. M. Richartz, S.V.D........................... 8 Two Ladies... Two Views on Christmas — A. Ratcliffe & A. Curada 12 How to Study Effectively — Andres Bigornia ...................................... 14 The Filipinos and the Dutch — Fr. Linden, S.V.D................................. 16 Melodrama of a Law Jerk — Fred Sison ................................................ 18 Meet USC’s Princelings of the Hardcourt — R. Escober..................... 21 What is in A Date? — Felipe Verallo........................................................ 27 • REGULAR FEATURES Caroliniana — Echivarre ......................... Front cover inside and page 48 The Moving Finger — Quitorio ................................................................... 4 The Science Corner — Rev. Richartz, S.V.D........................................ 10 SC A in the Limelight — A. Sitoy ........................................................ 13 Spot Comments — S. Fabroz ................................................................... 15 Folklore: “Legend of Sto. Nino” .............................................................. 17 Alumni Chimes — J. P. de la Riarte ........................................................ 19 Report from the Alumni — M. D. Ortiz .................................................. 19 Ross Covers — Escober ................................................................................. 21 Pictorials .......................................................................................................... 23-26 Anything You Say ......................................................................................... 27 ROTC Briefs — Sitoy-Verallo ..................................................................... 30 News .............................................................................................................. 31-33 What Do You Think? — Diola, Fabroz, Filomeno ............................... 34 Charlie’s Corn... er — June Salgado ...................................................... 36 Seccion Casteliana ........................................................................................... 47 'Ghey Say... that the mythical Diogenes was look ing In vain, lamp in hand, for an honest politician. But If Diogenes were alive today, he could have found the great exception from the ordinary run of politicians. This is one man who had always looked upon public offices as a public trust; who had religiously complied with his duties in all the of fices he had held; who was equally at home as a leader and as a fol lower; whose one great pride is his honesty and integrity. I like to think that our Alma Mater had something to do with the sterling qualities of this man who had in his brilliant career served in all the three branches of our government—legisla tive (because he had served as Re presentative of the second district of Cebu), executive (because he had been provincial governor of this province, Cabinet secretary and board member), and judicial, (because he was once a judge of the Court of First Instance) in Negros. Although his hair has turned to sil ver, he has the zeal and vigor of a teen-ager—when it comes to service for God and Country. Ladies and Gentlemen, I am proud to present our Guest Speaker, one ot our most distinguished alumni for all time, the Hon. Secretary of National Defense, Hon. Sotero B. Cabahug. Atty. MARIO ORTIZ President USC Alumni Association should condemn you for taxing their patience with such a poor speaker as I am, you would still reap the thanks of at least one person—me. My friends: Alumni gatherings like this are always pleasant. Me mories are exchanged, jokes are re told until boredom, friendships are renewed, and years long past are relived and remembered. Even the most insignificant details of a mis chievous incident are called back to mind. Informality dominates the occasion, so that one poet—compos ing a verse on an event like this— referred to his former classmates as "the boys", despite the fact that they, like him, were all in their late sixties and were occupying posi tions of honor and responsibility in society. I beg your permission, therefore, to speak in an informal manner, de void of the stiff-necked formality and “5HN CHRLO3 worked under President Osmefia be fore jestingly baptized a certain General, "General I" because of his propensity to saturate his talk and writings with the first person singu lar pronoun. If I follow his peculiar pattern now, it is not because I think that I have equalled the magnitude of his stature and fame, but rather because one cannot indulge in re miniscing without extensively using the pronoun alluded to. If I may be allowed a digression I would like to relate to you a me mory which I fondly keep because it has had a far-reaching effect on my life. At the start of this century, I was an interno in that old ColegioSeminario de San Carlos on Martires Street. Our academic schedule at that time was indeed tight and rigid. I remember that it was the one study period after another. And, Reverend Fathers and Colleagues: LiET MY FIRST words on this oc casion be sincere greetings to all of you, fellow alumni, and fervent prayers for the continued success of the present administrators of the affairs of the University of San Car los: the Reverend Fathers of the Society of the Divine Word. I am indeed happy and proud to be here with you tonight, to par ticipate in this year's reunion of former students of this venerable educational institution where I also spent many memorable years try ing to gather knowledge. Atty. Mario Ortiz, our incumbent President, should either be thanked or condemned for having chosen me as tonight's guest speaker. If I deliver a good speech thank him. If I make a poor speech, as I am afraid I might, then condemn him for a poor choice. At any rate, Ma rio, I should thank you for having bestowed upon me this honor. So that, even if our other colleagues USC Alumni Homecoming Banquet held at the spacious library hall. From left to right: Very Rev. Fr. H. Kondring, Defense Secretary Cabahug, His Excellency, Mons. Rosales, Mons. Eplfanio Surban, bishop-elect of Dumaguete City and Attorney Mario Ortix, toastmaster. protocol that ordinarily controls my present position. And in granting me this permission, I pray you not to dub me "Secretary I", as we who the Paules Fathers would, on one Thursday every month, bring us over to a country house, for a change of atmosphere intended to Page 2 THE CAROLINIAN The distinguished guests, together with Very Rev. H. Kondring, USC Rector, At far left Is Mr. Bernard Lavin, head of the USIS Cebu branch and Justice Fortunato Borromeo. and I answered that I went home to Mandawe. When asked why, I replied that I went home to eat bibingka, tagaktak, and masareal. Moreover, I stated that another pur pose was to see my father and kiss his hand as I had not seen him for a long time because he never came with my mother to visit me at school. My alibi could not prevent the imposition of the penally of three months sin visita, or isolation. But 1 was not expelled. The good Fath er Inspector, after consulting my case with the Father Rector, dec lared that if my sole purpose in go ing home was pure gluttony, I would have been thrown out. But since my motive was filial love, 1 got off on the light penalty abovementioned. It would not be possible for me to deny that my purpose in my es capade was to fill my empty sto mach. And yet, in answering the Father Inspector, I did not deviate from the truth. I did not lie nor prevaricate. I merely augmented the truth with another truth. by The Honorable Sotero B. Cabahug Secretary of National Defense prevent us from going insane from memorizing every single page of our textbooks, as we were required to do then. This country house was in Mabolo, where the present Pepsi-Cola Plant stands. I am, as you know, from Mandawe, just a few kilome ters north of that country house. All infernos are hungry most of the time. You who were also infer nos during your student days will bear me out on that. On one oc casion, while we were in that country house, I felt so hungry for my mother's bibingkang initlogan that I was led to do something desperate. With one other equal ly hungry but nonetheless intrepid companero, I scaled the high wall, tramped through the surrounding swamps, and an hour later we were in my home happily eating bibingka and masareal for which Man dawe is famous. We returned to the casa de campo that same afternoon, on time to join the other infernos in the hike back to the College on Martires Street. At the beginning, I believed that our escapade was not discov ered, because no one questioned us about our absence from the coun try house. We got back to the col lege and I was starting to feel smug and safe. But when we were in the study hall that night, the Father Inspector shot a sudden question at me. "Cabahug," he asked in a tone that did not allow me to hedge, "where were you the whole day today?" Truth came easily to my mind This incident, as I have said, has had a lasting effect on my life. In later years, when I was faced with similar problems, I never abandon ed the truth, but neither did I neg lect to consider all other related truthful facts. The formula I stum bled upon while I was a student still holds good up to this day. As a matter of fact, it saved my life during the Japanese Occupation. Captured by the enemy and asked if I was helping the resistance movement, I truthfully answered yes, but added that I gave supplies of rice and corn to the guerrillas because they came to me with guns and bolos. Of course, the guns and bolos were not part of the question, but it was another truth injected into the matter, and this saved me from possible death or bodily harm. The Japanese were not smart enough to question me further if I was forced to give rice and corn at the point of the guns and bolos, because if they did, the truthful answer would have been in the ne gative. On many occasions, my formula of sticking to the truth and aug(Continued on page 40) DECEMBER, 1955 Page 3 by BUDDY QUITORIO FINGER MOWING THE the moving finger... in this whirlwindy age of gina !O! Obrigida and marilyn mOnrOe... is a really busy finger, being frequently used to drop coins into slot machines, press selection buttons on jukeboxes, pick the teeth, get finger-printed, and some such thing or other. about the eighteenth century (how time flies), a verse-happy yokel called omar khayyam (no relation to omar bradley or elia kazan) once said that the moving finger writes... so, my gentle readers, i sit me down to write. all quiet on the faculty front now that our critics' tempers have gone down the ladder, this issue has all that it takes to be a dull drab number, our english reproof-essors, deciding to end all track with gram matical incorigibles like us, have finally delivered the coup de grace to what we had hoped would be a flourishing swap of communica tions. the spirit of yuletide must have compelled the moratorium, i guess, the absence of faculty mails isn't good for the nerves, though, we feel about as lonely and aban doned as a kraal of negritoes in times square. well, we just had no "fan mail" this month, i almost got to writing myself one. you know, popular guy stull like that. the ed did not warm to the idea. he said it would be ersatz hero-worship so we must of been a pretty sight, tom and nene (ranudo) tvere bent over typewriters, dick hovered over a drawing board, sam’s spine was arched over unedited news, joe rvas bent over another under wood and i. . . well... just bent! father jaschik surveyed the spectacle before him. as if to sum up the picture that we presented to him, he said: “ i was about to call the police.. we certainly miss father joseph. thinking about him makes us think of that silent tribe of Carolinian tvorkhorses which never stops working even long after deadline. from a flunker: confidential "there's no sense to removals, take my case. two weeks before R-D, the 'rushes were posted on the bulletin boards Page 4 he nixed me on that-a-one. well, i said, what's the use? oh, there were a lot more ideas which dropped calling cards into my thinking cabin but let me write about. .. the time the staffers were work ing on the first issue of this mat. we started the grind along about eight o'clock, post-meridian. by twelve and with jpr leading the drive, we had demolished two bucks worth of pansit and siopao Qk'tesy of tom), by two hours past Cinderella time, a man in white night garb peeped through tom's window and so surprised us all that we couldn't say anything lor approximately 1 minute and 2.3684 seconds, our visitor was fr. joseph jaschik. he told us about strange sounds he was hearing downstairs, that was why he decided to inves tigate. so i copied the schedules when no dame was looking at me. well, i had the sked all down pat. i rif fled through the same book i used the previous term, i was confident that i would breeze through the formality of removals, so,, at the appointed hour, i whistled into the room. suddenly, i realized the exam was not chicken feed, what burned me up was the fact that the removals were a lot harder than the finals, naturally, i got a big, fat 5. "we Hunkers just haven't any chances at all. .." about the campus is a guy who'd like to have his name appear in print as a writer but who does not try to write, as early as September, first semester, he made no bones about his desire to write an article for the carolinian. i fell in love with the guy so i told him to write. last week, tommy got visited by the same guy. . . armed this time. . . not with articles. . . but with a set of interrogations. this bambino cer tainly wanted. . . ah nertz, you’d better read tie's caroliniana for the lowdown. infamous last words • sir, i want to drop religion be cause it is complex with ano ther subject • change of subject closed; dropping continues • never take a woman at face value, she is often expensive when rated that way. i was thinking i'd have a lot of trips for this coo-lum. what with Christmas and new year and all that, but honept injun, i can’t think up any thing. . . my upstairs depart ment is so empty there isn't anything else for me to say except to wish us all a hap py new year alter a merry x'mas. and so it comes to pass that i stand me up to vamoose. .. THE CAROLINIAN IV1Y FRIEND HELEN is what some people might call a social butter fly. A rabid party-goer, she never turns down an invitation to a par ty or jam session, or some such thing like that. No sir, not Helen. Always "on the go," she is never missing at social gatherings, and a party is never complete without her in it. So when I heard her say the other day that she simply couldn't make it to a Saturday-night dance, I was completely nonplused. "Not going!" 1 exclaimed. "Why, what's the matter? You sick or something?" "Don't be silly," she retorted, shrugging away the half-credulous look on my face. "It's just that I've been to so many social sprees lately I've forgotten how it feels to home to soothe our keyed-up nerves somewhat. Then, again, it may be that we've got some studying to do for that exam tomorrow; or, what is even more likely is that we have nothing to do whatsoever except that we have come to a point where we are just plain bored of other people's company. But however varied the reasons may be the fact is that we, even in our gregariousness, have al ways experienced that desire to seek solace and comfort in solitude. This is because solitude is "that sole condition in life which gives full play to that feeling of exclu sive self-importance which every man has in his own eyes, as if he were the only person in the world!" Thus, it always gives a profound THE AUTHOR SOLITUDE spend an evening all by myself, constant going around with people can be boring at times, you know. One has got to be away from peo ple once in a while, to be alone every now and then." Knowing Helen as I do, I can't quite swallow that one. She, of all people, talking like that! She, who would never miss a jam session or any of the school social affairs for all the exams there are in the world! Trying to act sophisticated, eh? I said to myself. But then, who knows? Perhaps she was serious about what she said. Perhaps she really meant it. We know why she felt the way she did. We have felt that way ourselves. The wish to be alone. The im pulse to get away from people... away from the "madding crowd" of the world's humanity. The de sire to have a few tranquil hours all to oneself. All these arise out of a feeling which each one of us has experienced at one time or another. It happens when things don't go along so smoothly as usual, when our spirits seem hopelessly out of tune with everything else around us, and we feel as if our little world is crumbling beneath our feet. Or, it may be that coming home from school or from the office we are so "doggone" tired that our muscles ache all over. Then we eagerly look forward to a quiet evening at and YOU by LEDINILA AMIGABLE tranquility of soul to the many who seek it. "The first concrete thing likely to result from being alone," observed Charles Ferguson, "is the discovery that you are doing something you have always wanted to do." This you can never do when you are constantly with other people. But when you're alone, what a differ ence! Almost before you know it, you find you are now actually pouring over that mystery-thriller you've put off two years before; or actually scribbling that letter to a friend you haven't heard from for so long; or actually writing that poem you've been itching to write but never got around to it. And be cause you become totally absorb ed in what you like and enjoy do ing, you lose track of time; you lose track of your worries, too! But far more important than the feeling of solace and comfort and the sense of relief which solitude can give is the opportunity it af fords us to be ourselves, to be what we really are. "The will to be your self comes quite naturally," to quote Charles Ferguson again. Indeed, when you are alone, you can not help shaking off the shackles of inhibitions and be your real self. You can not help seeing your faults... and good points, as well. .. in their true light. It can be quite a pleasant experience to discover that what you really are is a world apart from what you think you are, or what people think you are. The latter is merely your shadow. What you are when no one is around.. . this is the real you. And nowhere can you experience "the real you" save in solitude. However, solitude gives you the (Continued on page 36) DECEMBER, 1955 Page 5 "Then do something, Mono Dikoy; I would promise you my only carabao if you could save my child. Please. . . please!". She broke into a sob. Hysterical. Iya Sela remembered the time - when Mario, together with a group of boys of his age, went into the forest to hunt birds. She saw them off with sling shots hanging mis chievously on their necks. When they returned from their hunting trip, she saw Mario fondling a bird —it was a green parrot. Mario built a cage and put the bird in it. Mario treasured it more than any thing else in his little world. For him, the parrot was a symbol of peace and love and contentment. His happiness over his feathered friend knew no bounds. THE Green Parrot Mario was running a high fev er. He was sweating profusely. He had been in bed for weeks now. The village herbolario had given up. "The evil spirit could not be appeased", he said dryly. "Please, Mano Dikoy, save my only son. We have still pigs and goats and chickens to appease the anitos. Intawon, Mano Dikoy", beg ged Iya Sela. Mano Dikoy was known far and wide for his incantation. (It was said that his occult knowledge was handed to him from his great-grand father who lived to the ripe old age of one hundred fifty). The village folks had faith in him. The engkantos living in a giant dakit tree overlooking the village well bowed low before his power. Ru mors had it, too, that Mano Dikoy fought and killed a capri. The news of his feat spread like cogon fire to distant villages. "Inay, Inay", gasped Mario la boriously. His face was pale and thin. Iya Sela could hold her tears no longer. There was anxiety written all over her face. The all-consuming fear of losing her only son gripped her heart like a vise. "Diyos ko have mercy on us," sighed Iya Se la. She knelt down before an old crucifix and closed her eyes in deep soulful prayer. Mano Dikoy felt the pulse of the child: it was weak and slow and irregular. Death would come any time he divined. Then his lips ut tered some unintelligible Latin. Ma rio stirred in bed. Mano Dikoy felt confident. His Latin had never fail ed him before—and it would not fail him now. "Sela I got it!" said Mano Dikoy in a low voice just above a whis per. Nevertheless, Iya Sela heard it, and in no time found herself beside her son's sickbed. "Is that so, Mano Dikoy? And — What is it?" Her face brightened up and a faint glow of happiness showed in her eyes. "The green parrot must be the cause of his illness. I know it—I know it," he said with confidence ringing in his voice. Mario taught the bird how to talk. After a year the bird spoke better than a child of four. There was even a Macabebe ped dler who offered a sharkskin terno for the talking bird—but Mario po litely declined the offer, not even for all the gold in the world, so it seemed. by LINA BACORTA "The parrot should be set free if you want your son to live to man hood", said Mano Dikoy. "The green parrot was the pet of an engkanto who is living in barrio Puti seven hills away. Your erring son has been the object of his anger. Let us take no chances—the parrot should be let out." "But. .. but. . ." the words melted in her throat. Iya Sela was posi tive that the release of the green parrot would only send her son earlier to his grave. (Continued on page J(i) Page 6 THE CAROLINIAN t.LMER!" Bella's eyebrow ach ed, showing hilarious surprise. She strode to the door and embraced her brother. "I knew it was you. I heard the old thunder of your jeepney." He pushed her gently and gazed down at her face. Bella was pretty at seventeen. "Bel, I'm beginning to suspect you can smell me kilometers away. What are you doing out of school? "It's Christmas vacation already," she protested. Elmer could always be pleasant and funny. Now he talked and he was more than funny—with his grease-spotted jacket. "Mer, I was worried. Where did you go?" Elmer's sole dream was to earn money and to send Bella to College. But it was quite a while before graduation and his old jeep ney could not last long. Could he earn enough to send Bella to col lege? "Mr. Elmer Campos." If you think you can disgrace yourself like that and yet away with it, you are wrong! Walking out with that ugly hole on the back of your shirt. Imagine!” She was right, regarded Elmer. With her hands akimbo, her chin up and looking sternly at him. . . , she's sweet, thought Elmer. "But Sister," protested Elmer, "This shirt is clean. Besides, what does it matter to a mere jeepney driver?" "Don't let me hear anymore of that. Take that shirt off while I look for a thread and needle." Elmer could not suppress his amusement. She was gone only a minute. While Elmer paced impa tiently, Bella was engrossed in mending his shirt. Then she tossed up her head. "Mer, what about your ambition?" "What ambition?" "To be a doctor." "Whoever put that into your head, you don't think your brother is that whimsical do you?" "But you said so yourself!" "I did not." He clicked his fin ger in perfect imitation of Costel lo's latest silly prose. "You once told mother." She smiled at his face. He remembered. Christmas eve, five years ago. They were so hap py then. Telling each other's sec ret dream. Father and Mother's dream was to build a chalet for him and Bella. Ramon was going to be a surgeon someday. All were happy when little Bella came and told them her dream. She was go ing to be a great congresswoman someday and they all laughed to gether. But that was their last Christmas together. When the Americans landed, the Japanese did not give them anymore Christmases together. Now that both his father and moth er were gone, he had to work to send Bella to school. They were left with some property but the bank confiscated everything except a small lot that Elmer sold to buy a jeepney. They lived with an un cle. Elmer sent her to a Catholic school. That was what his mother wanted. It took patience and sweat to earn for her. There were books, uniforms and other expenses. But Elmer was happy because she did pretty well in school. She topped VJi nclfa her class, but she could not be the valedictorian. Lack of residence, they said. So Elmer had to sacrifice to send her to college. "Look Sis, look what I have, twen ty pesos! With this, I'll buy you a graduation gift". She was Mama's pet and in times like this, she would have all what she likes. "If Pa and Ma were with us, I would not take your money. Be cause. . . because I would have re fused to look at the tears on her face." "What's the name of your club? Sister Mary told me you are the vice-president." Bella cried and said, they are dead! Elmer just stared at her with pity and Bella was first to speak. I do not wish for a dainty dress. (Continued on pat/e .',0) DECEMBER, 1955 Page 7 * * iri of the S traw ARRE • • RANUDOJR. The LEGEND according to which GALILEO, rising from his knees after renouncing the motion of the earth, stamped on the ground, and exclaimed, "EPPUR SI MUOVE" (and yet it moves) is an acknowledged fiction. No mention of this story can be found till more than a cen tury after Galileo's death. Yet there can be no doubt that this word expresses what must have been his innermost conviction. To understand clearly Galileo's trial and condemnation we must not consider Galileo's case from the 20th-century standpoint, but rather from the point of view of the time in which it happened. The Inquisition. The great apostasy of the 16th century, the filtration of heresy into Catholic lands, and the progress of heter odox teachings everywhere, prompt ed Pope Paul III to establish the "Sacra Congregatio Romanae et universalis Inquisitionis seu sancti officii", in 1542. This Congregation of the Holy Office, composed of six cardinals, is the supreme ecclesias tical body for safeguarding the purity of faith and morals. It also has charge of the ecclesiastical by Rev. M. RICHARTZ, S.V.D. censorship of books. It places books that militate against faith or Christian morals, or which appear dangerous in other ways, upon the Index, that is, the list of forbidden books. We moderns experience diffi culty in understanding this institu tion, because we have lost sight of two facts. We have ceased to grasp religious belief as something ob jective, as the gift of God, and therefore outside the domain of free private judgment. And we no longer see in the Church a society perfect and sovereign, based on an authentic Revelation, whose most important duty must naturally be tc retain undefiled this original depo sit of faith. Before the religious re volution of the 16th century these views were common to all Christians; that orthodoxy should be maintain ed at any cost seemed self-evident. The Inquisition, in its establish ment and procedure, pertained not to the sphere of belief, but to that of discipline. The dogmatic teaching of the Church is in no way affected by the question as to whether the Inquisition was justified in its scope, or wise in its methods, or extreme in its practice. The decisions of the Holy Office are not infallible, be cause in the decisions of a congre gation, even when confirmed by the pope, there is no question of a doctrinal pronouncement of the supreme shepherd and teacher of the Church, which binds all the faithful in conscience. It is histor ically certain that the Congregation of the Inquisition has in the course of its history often made mistakes. And there is no doubt that Galileo was prosecuted by the Roman In quisition on account of his astrono mical teachings. This was a deplor able mistake made by persons in ecclesiastical authority, who en deavored to make a Church tri bunal the judge of scientific truth, The blind Gnllleo with his pupils Torlcelll and Vlvlanl in Areetrl. In the background the censor watching their conversation. “find Yet a function altogether alien to its character. The New Science. What was the new science that brought Galilee before the tribunal of the Inquisi tion? We have to realize that during Galileo's time the Aristote lian view of the Universe was taught as the unique and sole truth. But it is not as you may often read that the theologians only did teach in the Aristotelian sense; no, the non-religious sciences too, medi cine, mathematics, astronomy, phy sics, and chemistry, were taught after Aristotle by laymen; among them Galileo himself taught'’this doctrine at the University at Padua for more than a decade. Galileo's new science was main ly based on his observations with the telescope. His discoveries re vealed the planets as finite, phy sical bodies, full of detail and "corruption" like the earth. He was able to trace, in about every part of the lunar disc, ranges of Page 10 THE CAROLINIAN D I A L O G O D I GALILEO GALILEI L1NCEO MATE MATICO SOPRAORDiNARiO PtLL«> STVoio OI FISA.' £ Fthfifi, t Matfuutko frimtrh Ail S«K.£MtS$>MO • GfUDVCA DI TOSCANA. Done dc i cungreili 4t fi diEc^re z ' bpindu MASSIMf SlSTEMl OEL MONDO TOUF.MAK.Q,g( OFtXNICAXO, k tt at tM iwuHm urwitwuu. ■——— 6£* '-tf (fai**#,. tfa", s Title-page of Galileo's Dialogue which resulted in his condemnation. It Moves..." mountains, deep hollows, and other inequalities. According to Aristo tle, the moon was perfectly spher ical and absolutely smooth; to cover it with mountains, and to dig val leys into it, was an act of impiety which defaced the regular form which Nature herself had imprint ed. Further telescopic observations — the satellites of the planet Ju piter, the phases of the planet Ve nus, and especially the sun-spots — these facts took the heart out of the old idea of incorruptible heavenly bodies. What Galileo saw through his telescopes convinced him of the truth of Copernicus' view that the eaFth rotates on its axis and revolves around the sun. This new doctrine made of the earth a tiny star, this earth which is the home of the human race, the home of God's images; this earth upon which our Savior walked; this earth, created for the king of creation. Our earth being an unimportant star at a remote corner of the Universe, re volving around an other brighter star — unbelievable, unimaginable. being against our daily impression. The deep-rooted idea of the Aristotelian-Ptolemaen world could not be rooted out over night. Mind has its inertia as well as matter. Its progress to truth can only be insured by the gradual and patient removal of the difficulties which embracess it. James J. Walsh, in his book "The Popes and Science", shows that there are many incidents of opposition to the progress of science on the part of scientists be cause of their conservatism. "There has scarcely ever been a really important advance made in science which has not met with such bitter opposition on the part of the men who were most prominent in the science concerned, as to make things very uncomfortable for the discoverer. On many occasions this opposition has taken on the character of real persecution." This very natural conservative mood of scientists is well illustrated in a letter which Galileo wrote to Kepler about the reception that his (Continued on page 37) Physics In USC The great scientific advance in recent decades has brought about a considerable metamorphosis in man's habits of living. The ma terial prosperity and the personal comforts, the structure of society and the way men think rest upon the development of our science. These changes for the better have been due very largely to advan ces in the physical science. Phy sics is the basis of progress in in dustry, in agriculture, and in health. The physicist provides the tools for the chemist, engine er, biologist, and others. Out standing Filipino physicists are the leaders to national prosperity. The University of San Carlos is proud of contributing to the edu cation of scientific experts. Two Fathers of the Society of the Di vine Word, onetime professors of physics at the Catholic Univer sity of Peking, China, are teach ing physics at USC. In their teaching, the experimental view point is strongly stressed. The student should not only "know" physics, but should become ac quainted with its methods and techniques. Classroom instruc tion is always accompanied by suitable demonstrations. Labora tory work has its particular feat ure. In the laboratory of General Physics the students work in groups of two or three, but they are obliged to perform each ex periment individually, and to write individual reports of every experiment performed. Practical oral examinations about the la boratory problems and the hand ling of instruments are given at the midterm and at the end of the semester. In the academic school year 1955-56 about 400 students enroll ed in General Physics. Recent ly the Bureau of Private Schools laid more emphasis on the study of physics in several departments. This resulted in an increased number of students in that course so that more rooms and instrum ents were needed lor laboratory work. Physical apparatusses are constantly arriving from abroad, especially from the United States and Germany. (Continued on page 37) DECEMBER, 1955 Page 11 Two Ladies . Two Views . ON CHRISTMAS by A. RATCLIFFE by ALICE CURADA If THERE ever was a man who showed such a piti ful picture of utter wretchedness and despair, that man was Peter as he lay abandoned in a dimlylighted room that was, more than anything else, a confusion of empty bottles, cigarette butts and dirty clothes. The pinkish rays of the setting sun and the sweet evening breeze failed to bring the least trace of life and joy into the foul room and brought no comfort to Peter as he lay sweating, turning left and right as though to ward off the devils that strove to plague him even in his sleep. A moan would pass now and then over his parched, quivering lips. It was the twenty-fourth day of December. In his piti able state of neglect, Peter had none of the happy, peaceful gaze of the Child Jesus Whose image was on the calendar hanging from the wall across him. His features had lost all semblance of tranquillity. His face, once his mother's pride, was contorted into such ugliness that only hatred for the world and his own self could have so disfigured him. Peter hated the world and despised himself with such madden ing intensity that brought him no peace. His oncepampered hair and shiny smooth chin had long ceased to feel a loving master's touch. His clothes had seen better days and was now sputtered here and there with a dull reddish color. His breath, smel ling of liquor like the room, was short and laboured. Laying thus he suddenly arose with a start and with clenched teeth and fists struck the nearby wall while his bloodshot feverish eyes kept roving here and there till they finally rested on a small bottle labelled "Poi son". With a devilish glint in his eyes, he staggered towards it and with great effort, unscrewed its cap and drunk its contents. The force of the tempest which raged within him was of such magnitude that he had to abandon all reason and resort to one of the vilest of crimes: Suicide! In that dark hour, he cowered, like a defeated animal, from the impend ing doom. His throat Was burning and his breast seemed as though it would burst. As he felt his life ebbing away, he was seized by a sudden longing for the two persons he had loved but greatly wronged. What loving parents they had been to him! How happy and carefree he was when he had them by his side. But bad company and a perverted sense of pride had severed him from the sweet haven that ^3hRISTMAS brings to the world its message of cheer, peace, and goodwill to men. It takes away from the human heart any blot of hatred, malice, and re sentment, and inspires men to live together in the solid spirit of humility and harmony. It gives men a new hope for the brilliance of life to come and that men who happen to be endowed with power should strive to use it for charity and construction. For Christ had He ever wished it, could have employed His Divine Might to destroy His enemies who insulted, tortured, and crucified Him to death but He set Himself as a paragon of love and virtue. He thus gave substance to the saying that whoever is on the side of love is on the side of God. Surely, His sacrifice is now happiness. It is for us to understand what the mean ing of His sacrifice. Furthermore, Christmas awakens the strongest and most heartfelt associations. It is a season for ex changing gifts not only materials but also spiritual. It brightens the path of our lives so that we may be prepared to encounter the intricacies athwart our goal. On Christmas, we feel more sensibly the charm of each other's society, and are brought closely to gether by dependence upon happiness it brings. Our thoughts are more ennobled; our friendly sympathies more aroused. Yes, happiness is reflective, and every counten ance brightens with smiles and glows with joy trans mit to others the rays of a supreme and ever-shining benevolence. . . a benevolence which lifts the spirit to a state of elevated enjoyment. Indeed, it is the season by lofty thoughts... the season for kindling not only Christmas candles but the genial flame of charity in the heart. Not until we believe that man lives to achieve virtue and hbnor through peace can we say that we know what Christ mas truly means.# was his home. He remembered his mother's repeated pleadings to leave his evil friends. But he let his friends lure him on further and further into sin. How clearly he remembered the day when, in a height of ingratitude, he stole his father's earnings, then aban doned God and parents to follow his friends who (Continued on next page) Page 12 THE CAROLINIAN On Christmas by A. RATCLIFFE (Continued from preceding page) liked him for his money. He lived a wild, indiscreet life until the time he found himself hungry and alone in a strange place. Yet, these things were as noth ing compared to the pangs of conscience which were hardest to bear. The memory of his father whose early death he had caused and the mocking laughter of his so-called friends were like hammers pounding upon his throbbing head, hounding him day and night, giving him no rest. He could always have gone home but to go through a thousand deaths would have been a lot easier than to face a mother's loving eyes. To him, at least, it was that way. Thinking of his mother now was torture. How right she was. But realization brought remorse that was too late. Then, in a vision of which dying persons are usually privileged to enjoy, he saw his mother walking falteringly with bowed head and loving hands folded in prayer be ing scoffed at and buffeted by men who lined along her way. But she bore it all with such self-effacing silence that the vision of his mother's misery wrung his heart. Peter's nature revolted at this ignominous treatment of his mother whom he loved more than life itself. How could they have dared lay their filthy hands on her? He longed to rush to her aid and shield her from the wickedness around her but the cold hands of death held him back and he felt him self falling farther from her. Like the soft moaning of the winds, he heard his mother's pitiful cry, "Peter, my son, come back, come back!" Her cry echoed and re-echoed in that vast void into which he seemed to be falling. With all his strength he struggled to free himself while he heard a voice saying "Too late, too late." No, it was not yet too late, he convinced himself. Though his strength was waning, still he struggled. Then, from afar, he heard somebody shout "Merry Christmas" which made his heart leap with joy. With great humility he prayed to the Child Jesus as he never had prayed till that hour to have his life restored to him as his Christmas gift. He vowed never again to fall into his sinful past but to spend his life serving his mother and making amends for all the wrongs he had done. His prayers and his vows were not felt unheard for with a joyful cry he broke loose. So sudden was his escape that he stag gered and fell knocking his head on something. Opening his eyes, he beheld the glory of the morn ing sun shining on his face. He lay on the floor (having fallen from his bed) and gave thanks to the Lord that it had been all a dreadful dream and vowed that henceforth he'd live a better life. From his window, he viewed the world with a new philosophy and he was overcome with such freshness of life as he had not known for years. Never had the world looked so lovelier as here and there people passed in their most festive moods. Never had Peter felt so gay and light in spirit. Was it the season? Was it the thought of going home at last and seeing his moth er after having been away for so long or was it because a new life had really been born in him again? Only one could have known the answer to that. The answer could have come only from the Child-Jesus with the knowing twinkle of his eyes. I * * * * * * CEBU SCR IN THE LIMELIGHT by ADDY SITOY * * * * * * * * ♦ ♦ * ♦ * * * * * ♦ * * * * Onward with the PATRIA 1 HE PATRIA was conceived in prayer; its con struction has begun and will end in prayer. For could there be a more beautiful conclusion than PRAYER? The truth is- that the PATRIA project does not have any reserved funds for its completion. Its realization as the reward of Christian charity hinges upon the support it can get from you — from all of us. It stands as a challenge to more char itable hearts. Before it materializes, it will need more prayers to sustain it and charity will be the final touch that will effect its transition from a dream to a reality. It is a happy fact that in the face of great odds, the construction has not been hindered by want of money. Faith attends to its construction. And faith, which is said to move mountains, can certainly move the human heart. There are so many Catholic hearts willing to back the PATRIA to completion. Day by day, donations from all over the globe are pouring into the SCA purse. Those who can not give money give energy, physical labor in cooperation with Student Actionists. Proof: As of this writing, 24,088 tiles were finished by the AVHS Actionists led by faculty member Alejo Camasura. At this writing, 30% of the first unit of the PATRIA building has already been constructed. (The PATRIA is divided into 3 units: the first unit is composed of the recreation section and admi nistrative officers; the second, of restraurant, swim ming pool, and tennis court; the third, of the li brary, auditorium, and dormitories.) By the time the Christmas issue of The Carolinian comes out, 80% of it will be finished. The PATRIA comple tion is set for February. It is not long to see then a recreational center for the youth — a youth which would otherwise be unguided and would stray into wrongful paths. And, at least, we can heave sighs of relief, thanking the present which thinks of the future, so that the future may not be a repetition of a gloomy and lamentable past. (For more PATRIA news, see Pictorial Section). Asian Conference The Asian Congress of the Lay Apostolate was held in Manila from December 3 to 8. Almost all Asian countries participated in that huge ga thering of Asian Catholic Actionists. Cebu was represented by 10 delegates. (Continued on page 4(i) DECEMBER, 1955 Page 13 EFFECTIVE learning resolves itself into the question of economy of time and effort in the mastery of material and the retention of what has been mastered. The rate of forgetting was investigated by Ebbighaus, a German Psychologist, in connection with his experimen tal work of memory. He employed the learning of a series of mean ingless syllables and sought to de termine how the process of forget ting would proceed when left merely to the influence of time. The re HOW TO STUDY EFFECTIVELY by ANDRES BIGORNIA tention was determined by the time saved in relearning the series after periods of twenty minutes, one hour, one day, one month had elapsed. He found that 41.8% of the me morized material had been forgot ten after twenty minutes, 55.8% after one hour, 66.3% after one day and 78.9% after one month. Other psychologists, some years later, ex perimented with meaningful mater ials and found that one third was forgotten in two days, one half in seven days, and three fourth in a month. Thus it seems that much of what is learned is lost through forgetting. For some kinds of ma terial and over a long period the loss is almost complete. At first the forgetting is rapid but after wards becomes slower. It may also be stated as a general principle that forgetting varies in amount and degree with different individ uals. The rate of forgetting depends on the first place on the degree to which the material has been learned before. Forgetting is made slower by overlearning, that is by a learning over and above that which is necessary to secure a correct reproduction. The rate of forgetting depends also upon the method of learning and memorizing, that is, upon the amount of effort expended. Review judiciously spaced constitutes a more superior method to concentrative learning; self-recitation is also better than merely reading the material. The rate of forgetting depends also upon the character of the materials to be learned. Where there is meaning and understanding, the material committed to memory, will be retained longer, will be re called more readily, and will be recognized with greater confidence. Again it may be stated as a general principle that while the rate of for getting varies with different indi viduals, it is always very fast at first and then becomes slower and slower. IMPROVING THE POWER OF MEMORY Most students like to have bet ter memories. The social advan tage that comes from remembering all of one's errands; the satisfaction of retaining stories from literature and the names of places visited, the grocery list, or the bills to be paid; the convenience of remembering the jokes one hears; the- mainten ance of scholarship by passing an examination; these and other values from good memory cannot be over estimated. The best way to improve me mory is to improve the methods of learning. The following rules, suggested by Hepner, may aid in improving the ability to remember: 1. Get the meaning of the ma terial to be remembered. Be sure that you clearly understand which you want to recall. Think of the new ideas from every angle and try to aoDly them to practical si tuations. 2. Always study with the intent to remember. Failing in this is the cause for more forgetting. Occa sionally, a student copies certain Conclusion lecture notes and then memorizes them mechanically. Later on he finds that he cannot repeat the notes because he simply copied them from somebody. Whenever you study, do so with the deter mination to remember the things studied and you will be surprised how easy it is to recall your past mental effort. 3. Make frequent intermissions during your studying and check up what you have learned. Compel yourself to recall what you have learned. Never do straightway reading but spend about 40% of your time reciting to yourself. If you cannot recall what you have read, turn back and read it again. By little practice along this line you will treble your ability to remember what you have read, turn back and read it again. By little practice along this line you will treble your abi lity to remember what you have covered. 4. Keep active mentally. Keep your mind in your work. Shun daydreaming. Let each depression be a reminder to get back to the job at hand. 5. Use repetition. You should not expect to recall everything un less you repeat the difficult parts over and over. In the case of de finition of technical terms, formu las, dates and outlines, which have few natural clues for recall, do not Page 14 THE CAROLINIAN hesitate to commit them to memory verbatim. Of course parrot-like recitation is wasteful, but do not consider yourself above mechani cal repetition of certain material. 6. In committing to memory it is better to read aloud than to your self. Attention is better sustained in this way because an appeal is made to the ear as well as to the eye, and some help is obtained by the exercise at the vocal organs in producing the words. 7. Attempt to remember only important materials. Confine your effort to the essentials and releaate the non-essentials to the dictionary, encyclopedia, and the textbooks. Some memory systems give ela borate suggestions for remember ing box cars numbers, foot ball statistics, or stock quotations. 8. Carry the learning of import ant items beyond the point neces sary for immediate recall. ExDeriments show that we forget 60% of the material barely learned within one day after learning. This means that information necessary in your life work must be studied more than is sufficient barely to recall it the next day. The fading of impres sion must be met by overlearning. Superficial learning of the spelling of a word may satisfy the imme diate need but it will not satisfy the immediate need of correct spell ing a year later. 9. Space your study. Exneriments have shown that it is better to memorize a certain amount of material at intervals than to try to complete the job in one sitting. Do not try to do seven hours on seven eveninas of each work. This al lows the syndptic connections to settle before mental energy is di rected elsewhere. 10. If necessary invent some artificial scheme for learning and recalling materials which may serve as a learning art. If you want to commit to memory the height of the Fugiyama volcano in Japan which is 12,365 feet, remember that we have 12 months and 365 days a year. 11. Avoid cramming. Cram ming is ineffectual, it results into superficial learning and quick for getting. Cramming may be defined as learning or trying to learn a great amount a material in a short period of time. The student who crams (Continued on page 40) ■ by SAMUEL B. FABROZ • To give accent to some disfran chised human tendencies, a review of their actual occurrences may be the best means to quench them. Here are doses of these eventualities in the way of tidbits which were noticed off-guard in the school campus. But before any one brands me of talking nonsense, allow me to say that I am just ex hausting undesirable manly affectations without any intention whatsoever of blowing smoke to get into their eyes. And so, here I go! Ladies are, as baptized, models of ! everything. Proof of this can be de1 duced from the fact that even our world is sung about as a woman's world. In no way, can I escape to say that they get the most of everything, be it good or bad. My recent encounter with these beings in petticoats was in the USC Drugstore. I was irritated to see that some of them gracefully resting on haunches against the Drugstore counter I stools exhibiting some kind of unatI tractive invasion to refreshment. Lip stick on straws, glasses and napkins! Our gentlemen don't behave any better, of course. I mean some of them. . . Take a scene not in the Drugstore — in the near-by restau rants, say, Sambang or Canton. Intead of lipstick on straws, glasses and napkins, they have before you cigaj rette butts on plates, swerving diaI grams on tablecloths, cut toothpicks and squeezed napkins on the floor and I ketchup flooding on the table. • If there is anything more unsavory than being peculiarly dull in the class, it's that of being sharply "showy." Almost every ambitious student lilces to feel and what's worse, show off that he knows everything; hence his desire to be just like that. Doubtless to sav that the feeling comes, not from now much he knows, but from how he be regarded as such. That's why even if he still buoys on the ranks of ordinary class members he tries to adorn himself with unadmitted make ups. Some are asking of unnecessary and impertinent questions and giving of "far-flung" or "by-luck" answers. And he would think that everybody regards him as somebody, even if he is not, no matter how much he tries to be. It's just too bad that people don't think sublime the way he does or believes they do. • The attempt to advertise oneself, this writer has observed, is to become an active student politician. It would only require some kind of extra-ability, extra-dignity, extra-courtesy, and above all — extra-money. Extra-ability is no uphill to reach. You can tell students that you can even contact people from Mars to act as Flying Voters. You can tell them also that you have that scholarly quality, having graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Kinder garten while yet two months old. That will not only be strange but also wonderful! Extra-dignity is no problem at all. You can be dignified, if you want to be, in a quick and easy way. Just borrow the stand of St. Charles Borromeo, the university's patron saint lo cated at the entrance of USC's main building. You can stand over it and begin to deliver froggy fire-brand speeches. I'm sure you will have an audience composed of snooping apostles. You can do extra-courtesy by ag gressively greeting students everytime they pass by the busiest corners of the school with a bottle of coke or with a glass of beer. A courtesy indeed! And what more ... it also counts a degree higher to your units of abili ties in turning the school into a free refreshment store. Extra-money plays an important part on the matter of throwing emer gency shindigs any time within the campaign weeks. It loosens your sak but in one way elevates you a number of notches above the ground, espe cially when the blondes and brunettes of the campus are acting as publicity posters! (Continued on page 41) DECEMBER, 1955 Page 15 The Filipinos and the Dutch /5 Cultural Historical Study with a View into the Future by Rev. C. van der LINDEN, S.V.D. I HE TITLE of this article sounds truly important yet it has not the ambition to be so. It would be impossible to treat on this subject in a "few column" way. Being a Dutchman with a great interest in history which belongs to my field of specialization "Indology" and be ing only a few months in my new fatherland, I am forced to make comparisons. These comparisons brought me a good number of sim ilarities in mentality, in history, and in political position. It gave me an idea that the task the Netherlands has to fulfill and fulfilled during centuries in the West might carry some suggestion for the future of the Philippines. Whereas the first part of this article comprises facts the later portion only comprises a personal view and standpoint. It occurred to me that a few yet very important traits of character are in common and shared by Dutch and Filipinos. The people of Holland are very religious and their entire public and political life is strongly denominational. The Dutchman has a staunch faith and is even stem in it and to a certain extent disliking compromise in this field. His faith is his pride and the Dutch Catholic has a great living belief and love for the Blessed Sac rament. "Amsterdam is the city of Miracle of the Blessed Sacraments." Because of the miraculous healing of Maximilian the Austrian Emperor, the coat of arms of the City of Am sterdam has the right to carry the Austrian Imperial crown. . Every year during nights around the 30th of April hundreds of thousands of men go the ancient procession way in silent prayers through the sleep ing city. Holland is rich in places of pil grimage in honour of our Lady and the Saints. So is Teteringen a place of pilgrimage for Saint Cornelius patron saint against fits, Boekel wor ships "Our Lady in the tree" and Heiloo "Our Lady Help in all Dis tress." The same attitude I found back in Manila and in other places where there are always people praying before the Blessed Sacra ment or the Statues of the Virgin Mother. Holland is strong in catholic ac tivities, they have a wonderful cath olic press and a catholic radio sta tion, a catholic university of some fame, catholic action in strongly or ganized units. A student body that knows how to fight for the welfare of the church. I cannot say that everything is the same, but the same trends I found back in one way or the other. The radio sta tions of Santo Tomas, the Student Catholic Action, the Holy Name So ciety, and above all the Barangay the permeates life and family everywhere in these islands. I say that the mentality has some similiarities. So we find in Holland the somewhat stiff and hardworking peo ple in the north. They are the trad ers and sailors, the colonists, and immigrants that founded a world empire for a short whistle, there you may find the businessmen and the entrepreneurs that cover the en tire world. That same characteris tic I discovered in the ambitious and hardworking Tagalog and Ilocano who as a matter of fact rule the country. But the south of Holland houses the largely catholic areas (90%) and there you have the jolly good and easy going people, somewhat lax in business, strong liking for a drink, desiring riches in an easy way and a grand way of living even with little money at hand. There you find our "kermissen" or town fiestas and carnivals of great splendour where the people spend more than they can afford. That are the people of good humour and easy laugh, where everybody feels at home and where hospital ity has turned out to be a supreme virtue. Considering these, I thought to find some likeness in the Visayan people, with their kindness and their ever ready laugh, good humour, but easy going as well. In Holland family life is strong and there is a great love ahd at tachment among parents and chil dren, and the relatives. They are known for happy marriages and lots of children and great affection to each other. As a whole the Dutch is active, keen of learning, alert for business. A wealthy coun try poor in natural resources ex cept water and water and water. They easily emigrate and make (Continued on page 1,1) Page 16 THE CAROLINIAN SCHOOL P RIOR to the coming of the Spaniards to the Philippines, there once lived a poor fisherman and his wife in the town of Opon, Cebu. The fisherman depended solely on his occupation for the family's live lihood. One evening, he went out to sea to fish. He saw a school of fish that glistened in the dark waters and wasted no time in casting his net in the direction from whence it came. When he retrieved his net, he discovered not a single fish in side. He saw instead, a charred chunk of wood (aguipo) half burn ed. He picked it up and threw it as far as he could into the sea. Not long after, he saw a thicker shoal and once more tried his luck. He was surprised to find the same piece of wood in his net. Infuriated, he threw it to the direction of the sea shore and exclaimed: "There, let me see if you can jump back to sea!" The fisherman continued fishing. He cast his net on a small school of fish he saw. Alas! he was gra tified to discover that he caught more than what he ever expected. Jubilant over his success, he went home happy. He told his wife about the incident and vowed to appease his anger by burning completely the wood in their hearth. On the morrow, he went to the seashore to look for the wood. He failed to find any sign and decided to forget it. By nightfall, he returned to sea to fish. Again, he saw a shoal of fish. But when he cast his net, the occurrence of the first night was repeated. Filled with rage, he took home the piece of wood. To be sure that he would not be both ered anymore, he placed it inside a basket, as though having the pre monition that it could find its way back to sea. He returned to fish. He had the biggest catch he ever had. In fact, he could not carry it alone. He took with him what F\ Legend of the Santo Nino of Cebu by FRANCISCO Ma. LABRADOR1 1 Francisco Ma. Labrador, Ang Santo Nino sa Sugbu. (Cebu City: Bacalso Press, 1947), translated into English by Mr. A. V. Siayngco. he could carry, and left the rest in a safe place by the seashore. On his return, his wife was along and they had with them the biggest con tainer they owned. It took them sev eral trips to bring home all the catch. That evening they salted the fish and took them until the wee hours of the morning to finish. The fisher man borrowed a big sail from a neighbor and on it spread the fish to dry under the sun. While he and his wife did their daily chores in the house, a flock of crows swarmed on the fish they were dry ing. When the crows had what they could take, a multitude of wild fowls feasted on what remained. The fisherman found later that there was nothing left of his catch the previous evening. The following night he decided not to fish, after the sad experience. Three days passed and on the fifth, after so much coaxing from his wife, he returned to fish. He had as much as last time, never theless, when he dried his catch, the crows and the fowls came. This happened several times; he thought of giving up fishing. All of a sud den, he remembered the charred wood and the terror it caused the fish. He said to himself, "If the fish feared it, chances are that the crows and the fowl will feel the same." To try this idea, once more he went to sea to fish. As usual he caught plenty. With the help of his wife, he salted his catch and bor rowed the sail of their neighbor. In the morning, they spread the fish they had salted, to dry. In the cen ter they placed the chunk of wood. The crows and the wild fowls came. They lingered around the sail for some time but dared not touch the fish. In the afternoon, the fisher man was exalted to find the fish he was drying untouched. In his jubilation he shouted, "At last I won!" The fisherman before long got rich. In fact, the populace of Opon say that he was the only fisher man who became rich with his oc cupation. The charred wood and its mystic powers circulated in the vil lage. People from far and near borrowed it. All of them bore wit ness to the verity of the wonderful powers it possessed. During the droughts, the villagers carried it in procession and dipped it in the sea, after. With this, they obtain rain. Almost all the wishes asked for by the people were granted, such that they endeared it as their pro tector. The charred lump of wood became their idol. The fisherman by virtue of his newly found wealth (Continued on page DECEMBER, 1955 Page 17 Melodrama of R LFMJ JERK LeT'S SAY you're a law student. You lumber across the auspicious library hall with thousands of curi ous eyes staring at you, not be cause you look like a replica of Rock Hudson but on account of the tomes gingerly clipped under your arms which give you a very scholarly appearance. Murmurs of approbation, like so many songs of praise, reach your ears and you turn your not-so-handsome face to acknowledge the compliments with the sordid ardor of a judge who has just lost a bout with his wife. A meter or two away from you is a table and a chair, ready to col laborate with you in your journey into the fastness of lawbooks which bristle with confusing, unexplained provisions and riddles. You reach your destination, and, with alacrity, deposit the voluminous books now wet with perspiration. You are ap palled by the kilometric assignments which you must finish despite the rationed hours. You begin to read, still aware of the envious eyes which know only one subject: You! "You know, I couldn't even fin ish reading a page of our English literature in an hour. But look at him, he's practically devouring that book like.. .." the girl in a red dress tells her friend. "Isn't he cute, Shirley? Boy! he must be a genius," the girl in white organdy with a pink ribbon in her hair swoons at the sight of you. You smile feebly, monstrously elated, and to make a really big balloon of your ego, you purse your thin lips as if to suppress your notso-humble pride. Two hours pass. The next moment, a bundle of wrinkles land on your brow and a kind of grief conspires against your desire to study. The reason: when the bell tolls. . . and, brother, it tolls for you!—you are 40 articles be hind in Civil Law, twenty pages in Political Law and in Mercantile Law twenty sections. That's a genius for you! When you stop brooding over your misery, you find yourself in the gas chamber, the classroom, where the professor, who is lord and master, calls out, in accents clear, the names of prospective1 ca sualties. You fidget, squirm, get sick, choke (you should be an ac tor). You feel butterflies flutter ing in your stomach. You're itch ing for the grind to begin though you're anything but ready and able. You want to be a lawyer. The pro fessor, naturally appears to you as a terror but you are wise enough not to display any sign of fear. You envy his photographic memory of absences and assignments. After the roll call, the professor shuffles the deck of class cards. He holds out the cards in front of you to prove there's definitely no trick, no underhanded play when he calls out the next guinea pig. By this time you have, by the application of Em ergency calculus, an idea when you will be called. The prof, with his hypnotic stare, throws a glance at you but you don't bother to look back lest you catch his attention. Then he bolts from his chair and intones: "Class, I am here to flunk each and everyone of you, indiscrimin ately. In this room, I am the king. It is for you to prove the contrary," he smiles sarcastically. "I am here for the kill," he adds with an in sidious grin on his face. You are stunned by the strong language he uses since the subject happens to be "civil" law. You ob serve that the provisions weren't any too civil to your brain vault in by FRED SI50N the library; but then, you are struck by the realization that neither is the professor. You wait. .. a second or minute seems an eternal waiting. You wipe your face with the back of your hand nervously, at the same time hearing your heart holding jam session in your diaphragm. You begin to kick yourself for being such a stupid gringo you ought to have taken an easier and lousier course. You decide to call it quits, but you're five months to graduation time. Be sides, you have hoodwinked your parents long enough and you must have something to show for the al lowances you asked from them. So, you stay put. Five students, hav ing been so careless that they strayed into the prof's range of fire, have kicked the bucket already. And then the bald prof calls your name! He is smiling as he sizes you up. Helpless, you stand, nay, pull yourself up because your feet refuse to carry your weight. You scratch your neck for an imaginary itch caused by the mental vacuum. You swallow hard, shift your weight from one foot to the other (in case you have two feet). He asks a question answerable, in your opi nion, by God alone. Your answer with a staccato of "aaahhhhs," fol lowed by an interlude of silence. You simply don't know the answer even if you read the law because it is repealed by a repealing law which by itself is repealed and foot noted by a footnote which is foot noted by another footnote. Yours is a dead case, as lifeless as your grandmother's false teeth. You want to die, perhaps disappear... a possibility which is remote unless the class is dismissed. So you steal a glance at your watch. It's about time. But no! The prof insists that the question be answered. You cough a little, twiddle your thumb, and, this time, you elongate 'your "aaahhhhs." This makes the prof angry but before he can revile you with choice legal epithets, the bell rings. You sigh a relief. You pick up your fat books, place them under your arms and squeeze yourself amid the mad on-rush of students along the corridors. "Isn't he cute, Shirley? Boy! he must be a genius." Page 18 THE CAROLINIAN t On graduation day, a student does not completely depart from his Alma Mater. Every so often, he realizes, even when he is out of school, that part of him has been left behind — if his stay has been an exceptionally fruitful one, his achievements live in the memory of those who succeed him. His loyalty, of course, does not desert him. He is aware that his Alma Mater is a wonder ful object of affection. His school gave him much of the wisdom which steers his steps as he fends for himself in this work-a-day world. His school taught him courage and culture. It taught him his faith or strengthened it. His Alma Mater, even the re membering parent, calls his name again and again — to inflame today's drama with the sparks of yesterdays. . . FROCD THE ALUMNI By M. D. O. THE ALUMNI CHIMES a regular column devoted exclusively to USC Alumni, welcomes contribu tions from bonalide alumni every where. True, this column is a poor substitute for that happy, hilarious feeling of being in school, but this, we hope, would bridge the chasm which separates USC from her sons and daughters. Then and only then will we feel that the Chimes has its reason for being. To start the news of the month: Three of USC's most outstanding alumnae were signed up recently to do their teaching stint in the high school and elementary depart ments. PATRICIA KRIEKENBECK, BSE '53, Magna Cum Laude is cur rently teaching tenses and agree ment of subject and number to our One solemn morning on March 26, 1955, a Nightingale, lost in the strains of Lohengrin, treaded the aisles of the Archbishop's Palace and pledged be fore God her love for and faith in her benedict. When she said "I do," the man at her side answered to the name of Jorge Dosdos, a Pre-Med grad of USC's College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and now a full-fledged physician. The bride, (nee Erminia R. Reyes] was until recently a surgery nurse of the SIH and a two-year resident of USC's Lib eral Arts Department. The happy couple are now residing in Perth Amboy, (Continued on page 44) GHS students while FLORA OUA NO, with the aid of microscopes, leads her students in unraveling the mysteries of cells and microbes. The last of the trio, ANDREA PATIGAYON, she who topped the Teachers' Examinations given in Cebu last April, is retailing the 3 R's in our Elementary Department. Be lated kudos to you Andring! That USC is a huge reservoir of successful professionals, especially educators, is evidenced by the ga laxy of Carolinians around and about Cebu. Topping our roll for this issue are two pretty, lively alumnae, Misses NANCY DELANTAR who is teaching in Daan Bantayan and JUSTINA PACIFICO stationed in Bogo. Both Nanc and Jusi kid us about their hearing USC's chimes and seeing its green cross even though they are way out there where the Green Cross simply can't be visible and USC's chimes cannot be heard. Now, wait! Maybe it's no joke. Wed ding candles, wedding bells . . . yes, they mean that. Right'r'wrong? In the southern area CORNELIA ZAMORA seems to be in a tight spot way over at Boljoon. "Teach ing is no bed of roses" says Miss Zamora "especially when refrectory kids inhabit the classroom." Keep your chin up Nely and make them toe the mark . . . "We marms are looked down upon by a lot of professional kibitzers but it's the patience and stick-to-it-iveness which our profession demands from us that makes it noble," GLORIA (Continued on page 44) It wasn't easy to gather the alumni of Old San Carlos, (what with elections just round the bend) yet quite a good number of the "old reliables" came to USC for the San Carlos Alumni Day activities last November 4th. This was something special to pre-war Caro linians, because they had always cele brated San Carlos Day on the feast day of their patron, San Carlos Borromeo and they just couldn't resist re-celebrating this now that our Univ ersity Day has been moved up to February. It was, of course, a tribute to Father Rector that he had so gra ciously consented to grant us this spe cial date as our traditional (?) San Carlos Alumni Day. For a beginning of what promises to be an annual reunion, we had, if I may say so myself, quite a good start. The big day started with a solemn high mass celebrated by Rev. Father Lawrence Bunzel, Vice-Rector of USC. This was followed by a literarymusical program and a banquet with Hon. Sotero M. Cabahug as Guest Speaker. The one-hour program was a pleas ant surprise to the alumni. Once again they heard Dra. Pacing (Fortunatal Rodil, at her best as she declaimed Faigao's "Commemoration Ode." The singers got their encores — Mrs. Pining Tan, Phil Ruiz, and the S.V.D. Fathers' Quartette. (We didn't know they were that good). Our dis tinguished guest for the occasion, Mr. Bernard J. Lavin, USIS Officer in Cebu, readily contributed a number, and wowed everyone with his self-composed song (about Cebu) which immediately (Continued on page 43) DECEMBER, 1955 Page 19 The Ugly Donkey by JOSUE DE LOS REYES Was this the ugly donkey That carried Christ that glorious Sunday? A donkey that carried Christ triumphantly As a prelude to His suffering in Calvary? It was on that glorious Sunday That Christ was met with cheers on the way. The ugly donkey stoop so low, For its Great Load made him walk slow. Ugly donkey, thou art not like Simon of Cerene For against his will, he carried the great burden. But you, you carried Him beyond your strength That made your back and earth an inch in length. P Dunce Speaks Once by ERNIE BATONGMALAQUE dear sir: why is it that your examinations seem to be difficult when in fact your difficulted examinations are not examined difficultly? why cannot my cranium comprehend your cranium's comprehension? is my gray matter not grayed properly or is it not matteredly gray? or simply: is your comprehended cranium just comprehensible or merely simply vice-versa? \Jignette by P. S. CANIZARES, JR. The Curtain is slowly open'd: * Apollo will wake-up . . . soon! | His eyelashes of beams resplendent ; Will sweep the sky to mark the Birth Of another Dawn! !!.... Now, the flowers and the dews Bloom and glimmer with the air And sunshine. . . with them bringing The challenge of a new task . . . ! The Farmer stands with his plow Before the Virgin Purple Plain As the Poet scans Art's Blank Millions Rows With his Heart, and with his Pen!!! That’s It...! by JANE VIS. CONCEPCION If he buries himself in books, He is called a bookworm. If he reads for the girls to gawk at, He's called lover-boy. If he studies his lessons and gives the right answers even to wrong questions. . . . If he greets the teachers applauds speakers, goes on excursions, takes part in ball games, falls in love! He's a student. If he is a blend of these kinds — he is a gentleman; But, if he only sleeps and falls in love— (cover your face) he is the worst kind of idiot! Page 20 THE CAROLINIAN USC's PRINCELINGS RQ$S=== =caucus,.. of the HHRD COURT DANILO DEEN ★ DANILO DEEN When the Cebu Sportswriters As sociation selected Danny as a mem ber of the All-Cebu Selection, they picked him out of the entire CCAA kit and caboodle. Some say that he is the smoothest dribbler of them all; he can throw better than any one of them and as a feeder, he's tops in the business. It can not be said that those composing the All-Cebu Selection do not pos sess personality, but Danny is a standout. The instinct that flashes messages to his reflexes during fast plays, and the strength that sends the ball at flashing speed sets off an aura of color around his per son which is fascinating to watch. His value as a morale-sustainer can not be denied for it is his respon• by ROSS ESCOBER sibility as captain of the Varsity to inspire his team to fighting frenzy. When Danny works, he works full blast. . . baiting his opponents with invitations to fouls. A tricky play er he, Danny creates melees on the hard court and, when other play ers tumble over each other, he is often out looking in. His aggressive plays sent many players to the showers after an overdraft of their alloted fouls. Mr. Basketball him self, Bodong Mumar, taught Dan the tricks of the trade. His adept ball-handling, under-goal shots and foul-baiting fame had its root from Mr. Mumar himself. Mumar made his foul-baiting strategy pay off and he accomplished more with it than any other player ever did. Danny was selected to the Cebu Selection because of this. Danny broke into organized team plays when he played with the Torreros of the St. Nino. He played as forward with the Torreros for a year and tried his luck with Caloy (USC to the uninitiate). From the Torreros to the Warriors, he jour neyed to the top of local hoopdom. Possessed of the innate desire for victory, he learned all he could from his mentors and as it is now, he is more "at court" during games than any player. When Dan is on the court, varied consequences arise. He is a terror broadcasting confu sion to the opposition, making ene my players off-balance and con verting his own team mates' erra tic throws into point-makers. If a guard happens to chase him while he is handling the ball, the chances are better than even that the guard will foul out. There probably is noth ing better for the enemy to see than Danny away from the bucket area. Dan had for his coach a man who stands out all aglow in the coaching field — Mr. Baring. "He gave me the chance to ply my (Continued on page 22) VOLLEYBELLES and ROUGHCATS I have seen thrilling perform ances of strength and skill. You think guys exhibiting their skill, go-git and agility have any color to themselves? Nope. They are eclipsed by lady players. There is more color to ladies' game than a sky full of rainbows. If the current rivalry in sports between USC's game queens and SIH's nurses continues, the write up of their tangles might yet be come the most beautiful sports story ever written. For, believe it than not, there are more curves to the two teams there are to a bowl of spaghetti. And as for beauty, need I say more and spoil your imagination? Although USC girl athletes have lower caliber performance com pared to the standouts of other teams, the showing which the Ca rolinian belles have made has a rosy story to tell: Our amazons will be out to gain recognition and plenty of laurels to show for it in the next tourney. Sports is a compact drama, even when it involves man and fish. If the fish ain't biting, then it often becomes just the right time to dash off poetry. The blue skies, the rippling water, the caress of the ocean wind, deep throated rumble of the waves makes you philosophically indifferent to the contempt of the fish. DECEMBER, 1955 Page 21 Meet Princelings of the Hard Court AGAPITO ROGADO trade. As a coach, he is tops. As a friend, he's dependable." Some say a woman's heart is a home and a man's heart is an inn. Danny's? His is hard rubber. ★ AGAPITO ROGADO Personalities represent an inter esting gamut of character and idio syncrasies. Reading about them and recalling their exploits is like •losing oneself in a great classic ad venture. From among the many, one striking personality in local hoopdom is Agapito Rogado. Bold, brilliant, quick and powerful in ac tual battle settings, Rogado's is the kind of play which makes him the spectators' hero on the court. The Cebu Sportswriter Associa tion selected him as one of the first stringers to compose the Mythical Team of the CCAA. Such an honor belongs to him rightfully for he cop ped the highest individual scoring, thirty-five (35) to the count, rocked up during USC's tussle with the Normal School Maestros. A diplo ma of merit was awarded him for his performance. Sportswriters covering the CCAA turmoil were at a loss to ‘explain why USC ever keelhauled C1T, since CIT conquered San Jose, a stronger team than the Warriors. This hap pened Oct. 2. The score for some throbbing five minutes read 50-all, 54-all, and 56-all. It was Rogado who came out as the Great Equal izer. The boys held on to that point and made a two-point advance also made by Rogado. The boys wove a curtain around CIT and took a commanding lead before CIT inch ed her way nearer by two points, 56-58. Rogado stretched the way to the finish and smoothed the way for another USC victory. (Continued from- page 22) Agapito was spotted by Coach Baring in an intramurals game dur ing the USP Day. The venerable coach invited him to his camp and trained him the way he is now. A superb ballhandler, a magician with the ball, wonderfully observant and a great spot shooter. • He has chalked up a long and thrilling ex perience from rings pinned to walls and rings found in modern day gyms. "I used to watch the bigtime players romp around with the ball and I tried to picture myself as one of them. Now that I am in, I look at the side courts and wish I were out. A fellow can feel that way. But the thought of doing something worthwhile for your school and your self is a driving force greater than your own whims." An outspoken R. O. DE LA CRUZ guy Rogado is. Well, he is a talkie but not the kind who, when asked how he is, fortwith launches into a detailed explanation of his illness. No. He is a nice fella who answers your questions for the head. ★ R. 0. DE LA CRUZ The Warriors make a proud and daring team. Prouder still because in its rooster is the name Reynaldo de la Cruz, a hardcourt great who amazes his spectators with his speed, quick thinking, and field goal shots. Here is one star which twinkles with speed, control, nerve and a knack for sure, unerring marksmanship. VIRGILIO CAING As team member, Boy did him self and his school proud. While each member of the dribbling sect to which he belongs is a figure. Boy distinguished himself as the master of the two-handed push shot. He is a fighting ball player who has converted near-defeats to vic tory. You can sense Boy's presence in the court without looking at him. His mode of operation is unortho dox and enlivens an otherwise dreary game. He hustles, often plays in some sort of nervous fren zy that is almost savage. In recognition of his performance this year, Boy de la Cruz was cho sen as a member of the CCAA My thical Team. Amongst all the tall men that compose the Mythical Se lection, Boy is an interesting char acter. Only 5' 5” and 120 lbs., this Cotabato dazzler is an inspiration to his fellows. During the opening games of the last CCAA series he garnered 17 points and in the qual ifying round, when USC clashed with CIT, he made for himself twentythree markers. In his two years of commence with the best basketball players Cebu can offer. Boy has been rated among the CCAA top ten, a position for which many an aspiring basketball player would gladly give an eyeteeth. ★ VIRGILIO CAING Should Caing pass you in the gentleman's garb (which is impro bable) you wouldn't turn around. You would simply look at him, shrug your sheets and stroll away. But one minister did turn around. He was Fr. Szmutko, S.V.D., who recommended Caing's inclusion in (Continued on page S3) Page 22 THE CAROLINIAN Mrs. E. Labrado-Magallon, Magna Cum Laude, addressing the members of the Faculty and student body. The Big Moment Happy, hopeful and . . . hasta la vista. bruduation . . . or . . . Hou To Itvconiv An Alumna Miss Lilian Lagapa, delivering the address of thanks. J iciorial Jech o n What Is The Patria? The Emerging Realitg It is a community project, built by and for the community. And since you represent com munity organizations, we present to you the PATRIA project (see Photos) .... both as a plan and as a partial reality. Its purpose? To provide the young and the old with adequate recreational and dormitory facilities under a Christian atmosphere. The project follows Pope Pius XII's advice: "Cath olic leaders are responsible before God for the moral welfare of the people even during leisure time." What does it offer? As of now: bowling al leys, billiards, a chess and card room, a res taurant and bar, a pingpong set, gymnastic facilities, Catholic bookstore, office for Cath olic organizations. In the future, it wiil have a library, social and cultural hall or center lor music and dramatic productions, complete dormitory and hotel accommodations for stu dents, visitors, conventionists, and a swim ming pool. How does it operate? On a non-profit basis. The charge for its facilities shall not exceed the amount needed for its running expenses. Who owns it? Patria. It is sponsored by the Cebu Cath olic Action. . . owned and managed by the Archdiocese of Cebu over which the Arch bishop has full authority. What does it need? Your help and mine. This is the rear view of the Billiard Hall. Portions of the book store and the restaurant can also be seen, partially constructed. The Proposed Cafholic Reereafion Center. Shown is the partial construction of the corner, front part, lower section of the Administration Building, PATRIA. The Dream . . . Miss Carmencita Villamor. PE Instructress, pirouttes Sorry, no second serving Dances always end this way ALL’MXl HUMt.< 0)1 !\<> Story of Steel Steam Students Heat Treatment Electrical Furnace—12-kilowatt machine that can heat matter up to 1,000 degree Centigrade. This is operated by automatic control. Diesel Engine supplying the electrical powerhouse Engineering students are lucky to be in the University of San Car los, noted to be one of the best equipped schools outside of Manila. To top it all, this University has its own powerhouse, an electric plant sufficient ly producing electricity for its own use. To get first hand knowledge of the dif ferent phases of its ope ration in connection with their relative sub jects in Engineering. Electrical switch board students, from the civil, electrical and mechan ical departments of the College of Engineering, study and learn how to operate them on the spot. The pictures on this spread show the differ ent sections or parts of the powerhouse with the students making the rounds. It is significant to note that some of the students are actual ly members of the maintenance personnel of the plant. VJHRT IS IN n by FELIPE VERALLO, JR. What is in a date? Of course, figures. And the figure 25, whether written in Chinese character or in Arabic numerals may mean a lot even if they mean less to others. There is only one December 25 in the calendar to all Christians throughout the world whose at tachment to the occasion and de votion to the Christmas Spirit has increased more and more during these troubled years. Chroniclers are in accord that Christmas is derived from the me dieval Christe masse or mass of Christ which is the feast comme morating the birth of Jesus though much is still said pro and con as to whether Christmas has always been celebrated by the Christian world every December 25. The Encyclopedia Americana reveals that during the first centuries of the Christian church it was the gen eral usage to celebrate the death of remarkable persons rather than their birth. The death of the martyr Stephen and the massacre of the In nocents in Bethlehem had been al ready long celebrated perhaps in opposition to the doctrine of the Mani Chaens respecting the birth of the Saviour, a feast established in memory of this event, in the 4th century. Since there appears no certain knowledge of the day of the birth of Christ, the Western world held it on the old Roman feast of the birth of Sol. Among the German and Celtic tribes, the winter solstice was considered an important, point of the year and they held their chief festival of the Yule to commemorate the return of the burning wheel. The holly, the mistletoe, the Yule log, and the wassail bowl are relics of preChristian times. In the East, Christ mas was celebrated, on January 6. The feast of the martyrs Stephen and the evangelist, St. John, were united with Christmas and a feast of 3 days continuano was thus celebrated. In the eccle siastical year, this festival gives name to a period extending from the first Sunday of Advent to the feast of Epiphany, January 6. Most Christian churches celebrate this great festival in some way, and prac tically the entire community in Christian countries, including Jews and non-church-going people nomi nally classed with the Cnristian popu lation, join in its social observance. ^Anything &ay Deai Rev. Fr. Rector: I would like to suggest that the "CAROLINIAN" publish the honor roll of students who have been offered scholarships for the 2nd semester for class proficiency in the different college departments. With it the parents of the honor students would feel proud of and glad with their children. They would surely feel satisfied that their efforts, time, and money, spent to have their children sent to college, have not been in vain. For other students, it will serve as an incentive and inspiration to strive harder in their studies. It is strange that such a publication as the "CAROLINIAN" has not been devoting space for such an important item as the honor roll; instead it has sometimes given space to non-sensical things. Other university and college publications carry the honor roll on ap propriate issues. I think it is worthwhile doing the same. It is hoped, Father, that the Christmas issue of the "CAROLINIAN" will carry the honor roll as suggested in this letter. Thank you, Father. Sincerely yours, M. Durano Dear Sir: I agree with Mr. Ranudo when he said in his Prose of Poetry that no man on earth has the right to call another Godless. Only God has the sole authority to call a man such. It is indeed a very immoral and indecent thing to dub Ranudo as Godless, jztst be cause his interpretation of the world thru his poems differ from that of the critics. The critics might have been motivated by pre judice. They overlooked the fact that we have individual differ ences and because of these individzzal differences, we cannot expect everybody (or the critics with Mr. Ranudo) to feel the same and to have the same line of thinking. This justifies our concept that the world is of varied levels and cannot be made uniform. I have read Ranudo’s writings and found them to be good and highly intelligible—one which always portrays the link that bridges the relation betzveen man and God. So, more pozver to you Mr. Ranudo. SIXTO ABAO, JR. Pre-Law I NEW YEAR AND NEW ADMINISTRATION Another New Year has come: 1956. With its advent, a new adminis tration has come to the helm. The beginning of 1956 coincides with the start of a four-year term of an administration, a new one, a new trustee of the people's welfare and well-being, an administration from whom the people expect as much reform as that which God expects from people's hearts everywhere. Years change. God changes years to teach people to change their minds for the greater good. A new year must come, so that an old one may go. A new mind, like a new year, must come so that an old mind, like an old year, may go. Years always have to change. For every year strives to be the best... at least better than the last. And every year must come and pass to enable men to judge which is the best of them all. In other words, the advent of a new year spells a new hope for better things to come. And since God changes years to change people's minds, then, every coming of a new year means a new hope by God for a better human mind, for an improved people. To err, however, is human. People err the whole year through. But God gives people a new chance every year. If we have been erroneous this year, another chance for improvement is to come. It is a great challenge for us to mend our ways by searching into our heart and conscience and succeed this time where we failed before. That is what God expects us to do. Every year. (Continued on page 4~>) Page 27 THE CHRI5TMH5 "Tie a ribbon around my own December. The frightened shadows of the zodiacs are bursting with peace. My God, blind me with the massive sinews of your mercy—cry now, cry The Christmas Tear" Because I have sinned in Hills and Cities, I prayed that my sins be the lumber cut from the forest of my knowledge. Then my eyes could survey and my tears be the tools to build it into a house to tell me that I should not sin to build a house again The waters falling upon the strength of rocks flows further away into the softer sea and corn stalks growing by the seashore moves on toward the firmaments of Heaven. For everything is hidden in the deep sea and each stalk, cloaked with the smell of the sea that is "forgiven" and comes out as a shining star. My home should be a dark, unlighted cave and my sin, a ray of Sun. For when my sins begin to show ugly stones about me, one by one, then I shall know That I belong where I am. I wish my love song could be a hand touching the brown land, then there shall be music beneath His walking feet. For hands of love songs are grasses and trees that make my lonely home. For home is Heaven and Heaven is His. I have painted myself among each peal of laughter and watted for him on unlighted streets with keen courage. If He shall come at all, I will be so human and He will be so God. Page 28 THE CAROLINIAN TERR by VICENTE REINUDQ, lr. Illustrated by DICK CHBHILO For, The Christmas Tear is cried when petals of the heart is laid bare to the warm footsteps of a friend—when the eyes is an invitation to share whatever there is to share. When the cold comes and the stove is piping-hot; when nights are lighted with joy and goodwill is a tree laden with silver-tinseled. happiness and giving takes the place of taking. ...tie a ribbon around my own December—swing wide the wings of voices... a tear from Heaven is upon us all. DECEMBER, 1955 Page 29 M Y FIRST salute goes to our commandant, Maj. Anacleto S. Garcia, FA, 1st Lt. E. V. GANDIONKO, Ini., Sgt. S. HERRERA, Sgt. P. CARABANA, and the cadet officers who compose the ROTC staff in this university. All of them de serve the gesture, if only for the fact that I am a rookie in the ranks and a newcomer to this column. Perhaps, a lot of questions will be pin-pointed at me, asking me why I ever dared to invade this column since Cdt. Maj. FELIPE M. VERALLO, JR. has been handling it for years. Still a little change won't hurt. Why should we not write this up from the viewpoint of a private who bears the brunt of the drills, lectures and the thousand and one things a ilat-foot (like me) has to undergo? What the inconspicuous, silently-suffer ing cadet feels is also important because he is a member of the team. Since the cadets need a sound ing board of their own, I have been pushed by F.M.V., Jr. to speak for the cadets. But one may be tempted to ask: "Since you are just a mere cadet and you share the sentiment of your comrades, what do you feel towards or against your officers?" I must be honest. Really, the cadets are proud of their officers. They are thanking high heavens that they have such officers as these that compose the USC ROTC Of ficers' Staff. Frankly speaking, the honor they now have could not have been achieved were it not for the officers' outstanding leadership. The star would not have been theirs had not the officers led them to wards the right path leading to the star. But if our success can be at tributed to the officers, certainly part of that credit should go to the cadets themselves to bring honor and glory to USC and to emblazon the name of USC's corps of cadets. But who is directly responsible for the training of cadets? The answer: The Commandant. And our Commandant? Oh! yes. He's no other than Maj. Anacleto S. Garcia. To this man can be attributed the honor San Carlos has achieved, the glory the officers have owned, and the fame the cadets have shared with their Alma Mater. Meanwhile, Maj. A. S. Garcia does not confine his activities to the school alone. Even in the Leyte Landing anniversary, he command ed the Saluting Battery of the III MA that gave Pres. Ramon Magsaysay a 31-gun salute during the latter's arrival and departure. And during the last elections. he was selected as observer of the PC chief in Antique in conjunction with the Army's policy of insuring clean, honest, and free elections throughout the country. Conse quently, the elections in Antique were clean, honest, and free. Maj. Garcia deserves praise for that. CADET OFFICERS ON THE MARCH As I have said, the cadets are really proud to have such cadet officers as they have now. Leading the roll of our ROTC luminous top brass Cdt. Col. Melecio Ajero. He can lead the boys in laughter and in tears, in anger and in hunger, in jokes and in serious matter. Following our Corps Commander are the men most whom were al ready mentioned by F.M.V., Jr. in his previous write-ups. I need not by ADELINO B. SITOY mention their names again. Any way, they deserve the same warm congratulations. Let me just con tinue to name those men in their line-up, those whom the former writer of this column failed to mention. The Easy Battery is proud to present its commander, Cdt. Capt. Gregorio Alenton. Fox Battery has for its top man that bold, chivalrous, daring Cdt. Capt. Vicente Belarmi no. "Where are the wise guys here?" Capt. Belarmino likes it tough, too, when the going gets irregular. Next in line is Cdt. Capt. Manuel Tomboc of the Service Battery. Capt. Tomboc usually en counters trouble with the George Platoon of Cdt. Capt. Benjamin Ferraren during parade and re view. Since the latter is composed of fewer men, usually the order is to combine the two units. But the Infantry die-hards want to maintain their George. "They should not be merged with anybody!" the,y in sist. Want to meet the Special Staff? Here comes the tall (six-footer) and lanky Cdt. Maj. Jesus Medellin (coincidentally, he hails from the town of Medellin, too). Cdt. Maj. Felipe Tajoda is from the Instructor Staff, Maj. Tajoda is the master on weapons. He is seconded by Cdt. Maj. Antonio Ybanez, an I.S. man (Continued on page ki) Page 30 THE CAROLINIAN llf’QI itt tljr Ni'iiw Skrip Limerick Contest Award Goes to USC. Shown in picture above is the USC Rector receiving typewriter award (foreground) from Mr. Seidenfadden, Atkins Kroll & Co. representative. Witnessing the affair Is Reverend Fr. Bernard Wrochlage, S.V.D. SAN CARLOS RECEIVES AWARD A surprising delivery of one Remington-Rand typewriter to the University of San Carlos was re ceived by the Rector, Rev. Hermann Kondring, SVD, last November 18, 1955. It was an Award given to San Carlos for being the school which submitted the most number of entries to the 1955 SKRIP Lime rick Contest sponsored by the Tay lor-Pacific (Phil.), Inc. Mr. Seiden fadden, representative of the Atkins Kroll & Company in Cebu City, personally delivered the award to San Carlos University. NEW ROOMS FOR THE SECRETARIAL DEPT. The Secretarial Department has now new concentrated rooms of its own at the first floor of the main building. The Home Economics and Accounting rooms including the two adjoining ones are now made as Steno, Typing, Reception and Office Practice rooms. This new arrangement will be more convenient for Secretarial Science students. ADDITION TO THE LAW LIBRARY A cherished addition to out standing books in the Law Library are the newly-purchased sixty-two volumes of the American Jurispru dence and an additional set of Philippine Reports, (eighty vo A send-off party in honor of Miss Rebecca Martin, a faculty member who left recently for Spain to take up higher studies In Madrid. lumes). The American Jurispru dence mentioned cost San Carlos one thousand five hundred pesos These important law books cover only a part of the school's huge permanent collection and exchanges of books with the world's known universities, as Harvard, Yale, Chi cago, etc. USC FACULTY STUDIES IN MADRID, SPAIN Miss Rebecca Martin, a faculty member and an alumni of USC, en planed for Madrid, Spain, last Oc tober 12, 1955 to take up Doctorate studies in Spanish at the Universidad Central de Madrid. Before proceeding directly to Madrid she will pass by Rome and stay there for two days. According to her sister. Miss Miguela Martin, the Physical Education Directress, she will stay abroad for two years. A B.S.E. and M.A. graduate from U.S.C., Miss R. Martin taught Span ish, her major subject, in the col lege department of this university for three years. Her good grades and high efficiency ratings under pillowed her chances for getting a scholarship award by the school. USC HOLDS SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS An approach to scientific cons ciousness among students of San Carlos in connection with the Na tional Science Week was made DECEMBER, 1955 Page 31 possible by the school through a series of scientific programs spon sored by the Departments of Science, Biology, Chemistry, Mathe matics and Physics, the Colleges of Engineering and Pharmacy. The first of the series (November 20) was a scientific excursion to Ludo Corn Starch & Oil Refinery Fac tories, Weather Bureau, Soil Con servation Projects and Eggeling Farm. The 2nd series (November 21) was a convocation held at the Girls' High School Auditorium sponsored by the departments of Chemistry and Physics. . The afore mentioned departments tooked turns in sponsoring the programs. Two days were exclusively assigned for the showing of interesting scientific movies. This was made possible through the cooperation of the USIS and Rev. Philip van Engelen, SVD. The convocation centered on the role of each branch of science to human welfare and progress. He did it again! Atty, and Mrs. Pablo Garcia obligingly posed for the lensman. Mrs. Garda Is currently a fourth year student in the College of Law. ATTY. PABLO GARCIA COPS 1ST PLACE—GOV’T. EXAMS. Atty. Pablo Garcia added an other name for U.S.C. when he copped 1st place in the Competitive Examinations for mediation attor neys held in Cebu City last Sep tember 10. Of the 800 examinees who took the tests only 12 success fully passed. For his copping 1st place, he was appointed Regional Officer in the Central Visayas, the jurisdiction of which covers Negros Oriental, Bohol and Cebu. This job is under the Department of Jus tice, particularly the Agricultural Tenancy Commission. Atty. Garcia, as it may be re called, was the Carolinian who placed 3rd in the 1951 Bar Exams. THE TRADITIONAL USC ALUMNI DAY The traditional celebration of the good Old San Carlos Alumni Day rejoiced on the feast day of the university's patron saint, St. Charles Borromeo, November 4, 1955. A scheduled special Alumni Mass was held in the USC Chapel at 6:00 o'clock in the morning. The affair was highlighted by the liter ary-musical program. It was fol lowed immediately by the banquet with Hon. Sotero Cabahug, Secreretary of National Defense, as its special guest speaker. The program and the banquet was held in the afternoon at about 6:00 o'clock. This celebration of the Alumni Day was the first meeting of the San Carlos Alumni by the new Rector, Rev. Fr. Hermann Kondring, SVD. RELEASES FROM THE GRAD SCHOOL The Graduate School's total En rollment this 2nd semester, 1955, hikes up to 70 students. It's an in creased showing in comparison with the previous enrolment. Mr. Marcelino Maceda, new Academic & Research Assistant to the Dean of the Graduate School, is on an expedition tour to Panay Islands and Mindanao conducting further researches on the Negritos and Aetas in preparation for his Doctorate Studies (AnthroDology). Track and Field Athlete of the Century, Jesse Owens, was a recent visitor of USC last November. Mr. Owens Is sitting fifth from left. Assuming temporarily his position is Mr. Antonio Siayngco, - the for mer occupant of Mr. Maceda's po sition. JESSE OWENS VISITS USC Jesse Owens, the greatest TrackAthlete of the 20th century, visited San Carlos University last Novem ber. The towering cinderpath artist, together with Atty. Escolastico Duterte, current president of the Cebu Athletic Associations (CCAA) and Mr. Bernard Lavin, head of the United States Information Service (Cebu Branch), called on the Very Reverend Father Rector in his of fice. In sports circles, Jesse Owens is considered as the fastest human being after winning three individual titles in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes and the broad jump. Traveling under the sponsor ship of the U.S. Department of State, Mr. Owens is the second Olympic champion to visit Cebu under the Specialists' Exchange program of the U.S. Dept, of State. Major Sammy Lee, Helsinki Olym pic diving champion, came to Cebu on a similar goodwill visit. Mr. Owens' World Record: 100 yards....... 9.5 seconds 100 meters .... 10.2 200 meters .... 20.01 220 yards .... 20.3 Broad Jump 26' 8 1/4" Page 32 THE CAROLINIAN Teachers of the recently established Department of Mathematics. NEW DEPARTMENT ORGANIZED IN USC In line with the policy of the University to coordinate the teach ing of mathematics as well as to bring about closer and more effec tive student-teacher relations, the Department of Mathematics was organized recently in a meeting attended by mathematics teachers and presided over by Rev. Fr. Michael Richartz, SVD, Ph.D., head of the new department. Under this set-up, uniformity of teaching methods is expected to give better results because concerted efforts will then be exerted to heip students who are weak and to en courage those who display a pro ficiency in the subject. Ways , and means towards achieving (he purposes of this new department will be threshed out in the monthly meetings which will be held in the University. 1955 SEMPER FIDELIS READY FOR DISTRIBUTION The University of San Carlos 1955 Semper Fidelis (Annual) is now ready for distribution at the Registrar's Office. Graduates con cerned may get their copies per sonally or through somebody duly authorized. For those who cannot come or have somebody get it for them, they can get their copies by mail provided that they inform or write the Registrar that it shall be so mailed, and enclosing with the necessary amount for mailing ex penses. USC ANNOUNCES TO OFFER ADDITIONAL MASTER COURSES The University of San Carlos announced that next school year new Master courses will be offered. Among these are Master of Philo sophy, Master of Science in Phy sics, Master of Science in Pharmacy and Master of Science in addition to what the school is now offering, such as: M.A. in Education, M.A. in English and M.S. in Business Administration. Enough highly qualified professors that are pro bable to teach are Father Dr. Cor nells van der Linden, Father Dr. Joseph Goertz, Dr. Wilhelm Bruell, Dra. Concepcion Aranda and others with different Masters degrees. For particulars, the university has these Admission Requirements: (1) A Bachelor's degree in Educa tion, Liberal Arts, Philosophy, Phar macy, Commerce, etc. (2) An ave rage of 80% or "2.5" or all grades earned in the undergraduate stu dies (3) In case of Public School Teachers, the permission to study signed by their Division Superin tendent (4) Ability to do superior work in the field of specialization (5) Ability to do independent re search (6) Ability to speak and to write good English (7) Ability to read a Foreign Language. The maximum load in formal courses is 12 units, plus 1 unit in research and work on the thesis and students who are employed on full time, i.e., five hours a day, may carry a load of only 6 or 7 units. Meet USC's Princelings... (Continued from page 26) the Varsity Team. There were skep tics who doubted his ability even to pass the ball, but these same skeptics were convinced afterwards that for his unobtrusiveness he was a guy who did all-right-plus. Ver is a diminutive dreadnaught. A short, bright-eyed twenty-some rookie. To those who are close to him he is a midget who forgot him self and overgrew a few inches. Physically, he is lots of muscles. He speaks in a slow, hearty way. . . the kind only possessed by Leytenos. Before his Cebu sojourn, he served as pilot of the Junior Basket ball champion of Samar and Leyte, St. Paul's College. 1955 found him with the USC Varsity in the open ing games with USP. His star shone that night and he made for himself 21 points. One incident brought Ver to USC. Last year Coach Baring brought his squad to Leyte for an exhibition play. In the opening round the Cebu hardcourt champs were beaten black and blue by a much smaller team, mainly on the performance of Ver Caing. Coach Baring didn't bat an eye at Caing's work but Fr. Szmutko did and that's how he happens to be here. His election as member of the Mythical CCAA Team is a testimo ny to his prowess in the sport he loves. He is ranked as one of the CCAA's highest scorers for this season. Ver specializes in no style of shooting. He is deadly at jump shots, lay ups and field goals. Much of his success he attributes to his lefthandedness. "The players ex pect me to shot with my right hand, but I burn the hoop with my left. I've been shooting with my left hand since." When Ver makes a shot, every one is tense. He makes his shots with the utter simplicity of a fellow passing the hours of the day in backfence chat. Virgilio Caing is one guy cash customers just love. He is the picture of the little man running rings around the big man. His every motion is poetry in mus cle and we love him for it. DECEMBER, 1955 Page 33 What do you Think... ------------------------ ERASMUS DIOLA Conducted by sam fabroz ______________ W. FILOMENO The Philippine calendar is crisscrossed with so many national holidays and Catholic holydays of obli gation that, with fiestas added to it, one would think that Filipinos are an indolent people. It is perhaps for this reason that a certain legislator introduced a bill in Congress to ban fiestas. One of the strong reasons advanced by those who advocated the banning of fiestas is the grim fact that the Philippines faces today an economic crisis and an acute unemployment problem. The proponents of the move also Invoked Art. 25 of the Revised Civil Code on Human Relations which pertinently provides: “Thoughtless extravagance in expenses for pleasure or display during a period of acute public want or emergency may be stopped by order of the courts at the instance of any government or private charitable institution." They cried “autre temps autres moeurs." Customs change with the times. On the other hand, equally strong objections to the proposed measure were presented and a ruckus was raised on this subject. They also countered that to stop the practice in a jiffy would be un-Filipino since fiestas form a part and parcel of our treasured past and have, in fact, been woven into the fabric of our national pattern. There is truth, we agree, to the claim that Filipinos from immemorial times have practically lived their lives in an age of fiestas and gala days. Fortunately or otherwise, the bill was never enacted into a law. And the saints be thanked for that. We decided to poll the students on this subject because we are fully conscious of the fact that fiestas in no small way affect them. It has come to our knowledge that some students in a desperate effort to go home to attend their town fiestas would feign illness of various sorts and, what’s worse, present fake tel egrams just so they could be excused from classes. Thus . . . mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers have sometimes died more than once in telegrams and air-mailed letters. But let’s oblige them with an eyestrain on what they have to say on the subject. — E. N. DIOLA GLORIA RANILLO GLORIA RANILLO. College of Pharmacy, says: That the world has gone too materialistic — to the extent that not a lew have schemed to change and undo an ageless tradition, is well manifested in their recent ad vocation to abolish the practice ol our people to celebrate barrio and town fiestas. Materialistic, in the sense that they base their argument upon the premise that fiestas are unreasonably a waste of time and money. But then, life does not mainly Fbout Fiestas? consist in the hoarding of wealth, the endless struggle to accumulate gold, and to devote every minute of the day to matters of wealth and money. Life loses its purpose and meaning if such be the case. We must not forget that life, in its simple philosophy, is a continuous cycle of human endeavor; and towards the success of everyone's lot, he needs the aesthetic to feed his weary soul. Man by instinct is gregarious. He cannot live alone, much more alone in his daily chores. He enjoys life with the company of his friends. He changes his ideas; and broad ens his experience from the mu tual interchange of these ideas. For this reason he prepares his daily schedules and marks his calendar for holidays. Hence, we celebrate fiestas. If we gauge the benefits derived from celebrating town or barrio fiestas by the amount of food or quantity of drinks one can take in, or by the false vanity of the hosts, then there can be no reason why one should contradict the reasons advanced by those who advocate its abolition. But then, this should not be. Fiestas are not celebra ted with this measure. Food, drinks, and all the other things pre pared by the hosts, are merely in cidental to it. The Philippines emerged from her glorious history as a bulwark of Catholicism in this part of the globe. The Filipinos are nurtured by this great religion. And to ce lebrate the feasts of patron saints is an ageless gesture and custom — an integral part of that great belief. One can therefore see that he who advocates the abolition of this custom borders upon dictator ship. He is paving a way for Com munism. As long as faith and religion re main as guiding lights of man's endeavor, it will be the greatest folly of the self-styled ultra modern to advocate for its abolition. If he ever succeeds (God forbids!) he becomes the devil's tool to make this land a Godless country. Page 34 THE CAROLINIAN FLORENTINO SUICO. JR. FLORENTINO SUICO, JR. College of Commerce, says: It's burning time we cease to regard fiestas as gastro-intestinal affairs and take them for their real meaning, namely, that fiestas are celebrated for their religious value and as occasions for family re unions. Definitely, fiestas are not held, or should not be held, as some kind of a build-up for that Filipino hospitality with which we pride ourselves. We can be per fectly hospitable without having to spend like Oriental potentates. Hos pitality is a state of mind, not a financial statement. The old but seemingly obsoles cent idea of fiestas was the intrin sic one, rooted in old Christian traditions. But modern fiesta ceANTONIO AQUINO lebrations seem to center upon the Ferris Wheel or the Coronation Ball and very often upon the basketball exhibitions. This may be the mo dern mode but I certainly long for the once-familiar scene of a stoop ed old woman, tampipi in arm, lighting a candle and entering the Church, her trembling hand mak ing the sign of the cross. ANTONIO AQUINO, College of Commerce, says: That's a ticklish question you've got there, I mean, at least, consi dering that I am a bachelor. Now, let me see. . . oh, yes. For one thing, I like fiestas just as any other guy or gal would. On the other hand, I think fiestas are a luxury. I mean the kind we are wont to celebrate. It is a truth worthy of mention that there are families who spend a good portion of the year trying to pay off whatever debts they had incurred during the fiestas. Frankly, the only thing I really like about fiestas is the fact, taking any typical town as an example, that whenever feast days are just around the corner, streets are all of a sudden cleaned of the thick undergrowth, stray pigs are mini mized, the church is extraordinarily ornamented, etcetera. If better times come, I would wish everyday would be a fiesta! ELENA OUANO, Chemistry Department, says: Fiestas to many a Filipino are occasions of great rejoicing and the much-awaited time to display their traditional hospitality. However, nine chances out of ten, fiestas nowadays are no longer observed for their religious significance. There has most often been keen competition among places, towns barrios to outdo each other in the matter of celebrating their fiestas. Each place or town tries to put one over on the other as to which town can offer the best drama, or, per haps, the most-atten,ded dance. Many do not attend a novena in preparation for the big day, but as soon as the prayers are said and the dance follows, one readily notices a multiplied multitude of young people filling every square inch of the dance hall. Sure, everybody likes good music and good food. But I would suggest that we practice a sort of moderation in our indulgences. Too much of anything is vice. We ELENA OUANO should avoid useless extravagance and, for heaven's sake, let's go to church during fiestas. MA. MILA G. DE LOS REYES, Secretarial Department, says: Are fiestas really necessary? I mean, fiestas with all their accom panying extravagance — fiestas as most of us Filipinos celebrate them? Fiestas usually leave most, if not all, of the celebrants with empty pockets, for they require a lot of useless attention in most cases and entail waste of time, effort and money. It is high time we Filipinos have a "fiesta re-orientation." I think fiestas should be ob served with simplicity, with solemn ity and should no longer be ob served with the usual extravagance (Continued on page J>2) MILA DE LOS REYES DECEMBER, 1955 Page 35 Solitude and You (Continued from, page 5) (fat, .. et by JUNE SALGADO Merry Christmas folks! Nice cozy feeling, this Yuletide spirit, isn’t it? Oh, by the tvay......... sent your greeting cards already ? For your money, there are just oodles of X’mas cards in town and that does not include last year’s left-overs! Hey, Ed! Here’s another fivecent X’mas card? Aw, be a sport, will you, and accept it! Christmas, and with it. . . vacation! Wondering where to go? Why not try Manila . . . bright lights, crowd ed streets, heavy traffic, tough cops, mean characters, Rafael Yabut, and . . . just like any other big-town USA, except for the unescapable jeepneys, crawling and snarling, and the fighting gnarling Mayor Lacson da Great. He makes life tough for un desirable elements. He's such a K-J, but he's a blessing in disguise for your soul! Lacson did wonders and a lot of good for Manila, and Manilans duly rewarded him . . . with a re-election. If you haven't been to Manila for quite a time, go there and see for yourself the Great Metropolis, in its bustling, grinding westernized ways. It's a real show window of democracy at work and you don't have to be ashamed saying it. For, unlike Cebu, Manila doesn't experience election terrorism openly. Of course gangsterism is there, as in any other big city, but goons are goons and they can be made scarce by police patrol cars, Manila's tough cops on wheels, prowling into their territories. Manila Television: You tvould ordinarily hear commercials on your radio sets. With TV, you’ll have to hear and see. Imagine a kind of toothpaste (.............. and toothbrush being waved before your eyes telling you to use them. . . Ugh! We’d had enough hearing gab-infested Jackals. . . oh, all right. . . jockeys, but notv we have to look at their ugly faces, too. They'll practically ram yakitty yak commercials down your throat and then probably (Continued on page 45) chance not only to be yourself but also to be what God intended you to be in the first place: a thinking being. Goodness knows how real thinking is possible when the cease less chatter and babble of other people's voices is all around you. But where the din and the’ hurlyburly clatter die down to melt into an unruffled quiet, you will be sur prised at the wonders your mind can do. You begin to reflect, to contemplate, to think. And before you know it, a new world opens up before you. You begin to notice things you never noticed before al though they had been there all the time. You begin to see beauty in things which formerly seemed ut terly drab and colorless. You find meaning in things where you found none before. And all at once you find your thoughts lose themselves in the eternal rhythm of the cosmos. Your mind is spinning fantasies about every flower, cloud, or star; your imagination is weaving poet ry over each pebble, weed or fall ing leaf. Somehow, seated there alone in your room, you cannot help feeling the presence of the Creator of these things Himself. Somehow, you are carried away with the overwhelming nearness of that "passionless passion and wild tranquillity" which is God... a near ness which seems almost palpable. Perhaps this is why solitude never fails to give such a profound tran| quillity of soul to the many who seek it. Only when one is all alone with only his thoughts to keep him company will he ever come to know that perfect piece of mind which he can never find anywhere else. Now, there is nothing anti-social about this. On the contrary, soli tude prepares us for society. As the Abbe Dimnet once remarked, "our first duty to society is to be somebody, that is, to be ourselves; and we can only be ourselves if we are often enough by ourselves." A look at Nature's list will show us that the men who stand high in it have always been lovers of solitude. Winslow Homer was one. Wordsworth was another. Then there was Kant, Thoreau, Petrarch, Giordano Bruno, and a host of others. The interesting thing about it is that these men, most of them noted philosophers and authors, have produced their best works after they have shut themselves in seclusion. America's own Natha niel Hawthorne demonstrated this when, after having shut himself up from society for seventeen long years, he emerged to become one of the most powerful literary figures of his time. We see then that solitude is not really the unbearably dreadful thing some people think it is, as fit only for invalids, hermits, the aged, the shut-ins, or the recluse. Only the shallow and the superficial will shun it almost as if being alone by themselves is the most terrible thing that could happen to them. If need be, they must be surrounded by other people's company all the time. And they seek it in parties, dances, balls, picnics, and the like. Such people are like "the woman Arnold Bennet spoke of... alive only in public. Their whole time is spent in being in public, in pre paring to be in public, and in re(Continued on page 42) The Green Parrot (Continued from page 6) "Well" said Mano Dikoy with fi nality, "You can have your way,' and went to the door unceremoni ously. The bamboo floor creaked under his enormous weight. "Mano Dikoy..." Iya Sela called him frantically, but the meriko was now lost among the tall cogon grass growing thick along the way. The rural doctor and his assistant came to the village as had been promised by t he good President. However the reception of the doc tor by the villager was cold and suspicious. If it were a (ambalan they would have given him a lous ing welcome — the whole barrio would literally meet him dragging along the sick, the invalid. Their faith in Mano Dikoy had not waned; it grew firmer with the years. For every death in the barrio, Ma no Dikoy was not to blame, for did they not have an unshakable faith in him? When one bright morning the barrio woke up to find Mario talk ing to his green parrot. The rural doctor was his audience. Mario offered his parrot to the good doc tor, (For was he not his savior?) but the latter refused; he perceived it deep in his heart that the boy treasured the green parrot more than anything else in his little world; to him it was a symbol of love, peace and contentment. # Page 36 THE CAROLINIAN “And Yet It Moves .. ." telescope met with from distinguish ed men of science. "What will you say", he wrote, “of the first teach ers of the University at Padua, who when I offered to them the oppor tunity, would look neither at the planets nor the moon through the telescope? How would you have laughed, when at Pisa the leading professor of the University there endeavored, in the presence of the Grand Duke, to tear away the new planets from heaven with logical arguments." — On the other hand, it is undeniable that the proofs which Galileo adduced in support of the heliocentric sys tem of Copernicus, as against the geocentric of Ptolemy, were far from conclusive, and failed to con vince such men as Tycho Brahe, and Lord Bacon, who to the end remained an unbeliever. Galileo's Fate. Prior to his te lescopic discoveries, Galileo had already abandoned the Ptolemaic astronomy for the Copernican, as he confessed in a letter to Kepler in 1597, he had refrained from making himself its advocate, lest like Copernicus himself he should be overwhelmed with ridicule. In 1611 he visited the metropolis of Italy for the first time, where he was received with that distinction which was due to his great talents and his extended reputation. Prin ces, cardinals, and prelates hasten ed to do him honor. Galileo took with him his best telescope and erected it in the Quirinal garden belonging to Cardinal Bandini; and in April 1611, he showed the spots of the sun's, surface to his friends. Thus the eyes of man were fairly turned towards the skies, and to wards the Copernican question which they raised. The support that his discoveries gave the Co pernican theory, but much more his ardent support of this view was the cause of the difficulties with the Inquisition. The Aristotelian universities moved the Church to action. Galileo, hearing that some had denounced his doctrine as anti-scriptural, presented himself at Rome in 1615. He was courteously received. When interrogated be fore the Inquisition, the system he upheld was declared to be scienti fically false, and heretical, and he had to renounce it. This he obe diently did, promising to teach it no more. Then followed a decree (Continued from page 11) of the Congregation of the Index dated March 1616, prohibiting va rious heretical works to which were added any advocating the Coper nican system. It is obvious that the ecclesias tical authorities committed a grave and deplorable error, and sanction ed a false principle as to the pro per use of Scripture. Galileo rightly urged that Holy Writ is intended to teach men to go to heaven, not how the heavens go. It is sure, however, that the authors of the judgment themselves did not con sider it to be absolutely final and irreversible. For Cardinal Bellarmine, the most influential member of the Sacred College, wrote to Galileo, urging that he should be content to show that his system explains all celestial phenomena but should not categorically assert what seemed to contradict the Bible. Then he continued: "I say that if a real proof be found that the sun is fixed and does not re volve round the earth, but the earth round the sun, then it will be ne cessary, very carefully, to proceed to the explanation of the passages of Scripture which appear to be contrary, and we should rather say that we have misunderstood these than pronounce that to be false which is demonstrated." Then in 1624 Galileo again visited Rome, he met with a noble and generous reception. The pope now reigning, Urban VIII, had, as Cardinal, been his friend and had opposed his condemnation in 1616; but to Galileo's disappointment Urban would not annul the former judgment of the Inquisition. After his return to Florence, Galileo set himself to compose the work which revived and aggravated all for mer animosities, namely a dialogue in which a Ptolemist is utterly routed and confounded by two Copernicans. The "Dialogue" is conducted by three persons — Salviati, a Coper nican; Simplicio, an Aristotelian; and Sagredo, a witty, impartial, good-natured chairman. It covers four "days", during which the ar guments for and against each sys tem are set forth with apparent impartiality, and without reaching any stated conclusion. But the general effect of the book was a powerful plea for Copernicanism. Since the publication in 1632 was plainly inconsistent with Galileo's former promise, it was taken by the Roman authorities as a direct challenge. Galileo was therefore again cited before the Inquisition and condemned as "vehemently suspected of heresy." The sentence was signed by seven cardinals, but did not receive the customary papal ratification. Under the sentence of imprisonment Galileo remained till his death in 1642. He spent alto gether twenty-two days in the buildings of the Inquisition, not in a prison cell with barred windows, but in the handsome apartment of an official of the Inquisition. Then he lived several months in the house of the archbishop Ascanio Piccolomini, one of his numerous and trusty friends. The remaining eight years of his life were spent in his villa at Arcetri, Florence. "The Crime of Galileo" is the title of a new book, written by Giorgio de Santillana, published by the University of Chicago Press. A short review given in Scientific American, September 1955, reads: "Galileo's trial for heresy has had many reporters and commentators, but the account given in this vo lume, based upon a careful re examination of the documents and a review of the glosses, is un doubtedly the best. . . Neither Ga lileo nor the Church were in all respects admirable. Galileo wanted to have it both ways: to preach Copernicanism but to maintain his standing as an orthodox, faithful Catholic;. . . The Church had plen ty of political troubles of its own at the time, and had more import ant things to do than to concern itself over complex astronomical theories. It would have let Galileo alone if he had been discreet or had propagated his learned here sies unobtrusively." Physics In USC (Continued from page 11) Since 1952 advanced physics classes have been offered and at the end of this school year the physics department will turn out its first crop—two budding phy sicists will receive their degree of Bachelor of Science (Major in Physics). Next school year San Carlos Graduate School will be extended to three more courses; among them the Master of Sci ence will be offered in Physics. DECEMBER, 1955 Page 37 USC's SCHOLARS 1| FIRST SEMESTER 1955 - 55 Average 1st. Marbella, Josephine ................ 1.32 2nd. Mascarihas, Fe ......................... 1.33 3rd. Manalili, Thelma ....................... 1.45 Second Year 1st. Lebumfacil, Clara ................... 1.38 2nd. Garcia, Lourdes ......................... 1.51 3rd. Gerona, Monina ....................... 1.53 Third Year 1st. Chew, Remedios ....................... 1.54 2nd. Gador, Shirley ........................... 1.67 3rd. Manzanares, Phea ..................... 1.73 Fourth Year 1st. Gomez, Leticia ........................ 1.35 2nd. Quintana, Estrella ................... 1.38 3rd. Celestial, Zinnia ....................... 1.41 COLLEGE OF PHARMACY First Year CRISTOBAL PLATEROS B.S. Zool. IV COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCES SCIENCE TYPE First Year Average 1st. Azcona, Amparo (Pre-Med).. 1.27 2nd. Ordoiia, Alfredo. Jr. (Pre-Med) 1.36 3rd. Cabinian, Rosario (Pre-Dent).. 1.45 Second Year 1st. Verallo, Vermen (Pre-Med) ... 1.35 2nd. Cemine, Fe (Pre-Med) ............. 1.36 3rd. Camomot, Teodoro ................... 1.40 Third Year 1st. Yap, Leding (Pre-Med) ........... 1.27 2nd. Yu. Renato (Pre-Med) ........... 1.29 3rd. Kiamko, Rosario (Pre-Med) .. 1.34 Fourth Year 1st. Plateros. Cristobal (RS Zool).. 1.50 ARTS-PHILOSOPHY TYPE First Year A rerage 1st. Fernandez, Filemon (Pre-Law).. 1.19 2nd. Abao, Sixto (Pre-Law)............. 1.23 3rd. Ceniza, Lourdes (Pre-Law) ____1.24 Second Year 1st. Valenzuela. Manuel (Pre-Law).. 1.11 2nd. Bacol. Romulo (Pre-Law) _ ___1.12 3rd. Creer, Geronimo (Pre-Law) .. 1.22 Third Year 1st. Lim, Betty (Gen) ..................... 1.20 2nd. Yap. Elsa (Gen) ..................... 1.23 3rd. Sala, Lourdes (Gen) ............... 1.84 Fourth Year 1st. Amigable, Ledinila (Gen).........1.03 Page 38 A verage 1st. Ilago, Emilio .............................. 1.15 2nd. Villarino, Cresencla .................. 1.40 3rd. Fernandez, Luciana ................... 1.54 Second Year 1st. Bacorta, Lina ............................... 1.21 2nd. Bello, Bella ................................. 1.25 3rd. Carbonllla, Amparo ....................1.50 Third Year 1st. Cempron, Maximiliano .............. 1.43 2nd. Calungsod, Beatrix .................. 1.55 3rd. Garcia, Anania ........................ 1.80 3rd. Vasquez, Aniceta ...................... 1.80 1st. Pepino, Ma. Luz ......................... 1.16 2nd. Ceballos, Susana ....................... 1.21 3rd. Quijano, Amparo ....................... 1.44 First Year Fourth Year LETICIA GOMEZ 4th Yr. Pharmacy COLLEGE OF COMMERCE First Year A verage 1st. Uy, Angelina ............................... 1.22 2nd. Cambonga, Catalina ................. 1.26 2nd. Quijada, Clavel ......................... 1.26 3rd. Dequina, Remedios ................... 1.34 Second Year 1st. Pozon, Bartolome ..................... 1.10 2nd. Alcantara, Benedicto ............. 1.12 3rd. Yee, Luz ..................................... 1.13 Third Year (Pure Accounting) 1st. Geonson, Wlnifredo ................ 1.15 (All Others) 1st. Ratcliffe, Annie ....................... 1.04 2nd. Quijano, Rosa ............................ 1.06 3rd. Yap, Angellta ............................ 1.20 Fourth Year (Pure Accounting) Average 1st. Navarro, Natividad ......................1.31 2nd. Espenilla, Noe .................... 1.38 3rd. Campos, Delfin, Jr...................... 1.40 (All Others) 1st. Fong, Lucio ................................. 1.40 SECRETARIAL COURSE Average 1st. Ang, Joaqulna ........................... 1.08 2nd. Vivar, Bella ............................... 1.21 3rd. Zapanta, Celina ......................... 1.25 COLLEGE OF EDUCATION NORMAL DEPARTMENT (B.S.E.Ed.) FE LOZADA Education IV THE CAROLINIAN HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT (B.S.E.Ed.-H.E.) First Year A verage 1st. Felicidad, Engracia ..................... 1.77 Second Year 1st. Astillo, Lolita ........................... 159 2nd. Ang, Prospera .................. 1.73 3rd. Trinidad, Manuela ..................... 1.75 Third Year 1st. Durano, Monica ......................... 1.65 Fourth Year None HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT (B.S.H.E.) First Year Average 1st. Cruz, Felicula ............................. 1.22 2nd. Omega, Josephine ..................... 1.31 Second Year 1st. Villamor, Milagros ..................... 1.16 2nd. Tesoro, Leticia ........................... 1.49 Third Year 1st. Noval, Gertrudes ....................... 1.34 2nd. Gabuya, Antonietta ................. 1.62 LUZ MA. PEPINO BSEED IV BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION (B.S.E.) First Year A verage 1st. Ongtawco, Julieta ................... 1.422 2nd. Yap, Rosario ........................... 1.427 3rd. Alonso, Marietta ..................... 1.60 Second Year 1st. Saludo, Salvacion ..................... 1.14 2nd. Dakay, Concepcion ................... 1.18 3rd. Vergara, Magdalena ....................1.26 Third Year 1st. Dakay, Venus ............................ 1.35 2nd. Alcares, Teresita ...................... 1.55 3rd. Abellar, Gloria ......................... 1.61 Fourth Year 1st. Lozada, Fe .................................... 1.08 2nd. Escasliias, Filomena ................... 1.21 3rd. Marllao, Amparo ..................... 1.33 SOFRONIO CAPAO Law IV COLLEGE OF LAW First Year A verage 1st. Zosa, Francis .......................... 1.53 2nd. Balbuena, Vicente ..................... 1.55 3rd. Quilicot, Diosdado .................. 1.59 Second Year 1st. Alvarado, Eugenio, Jr..................1.19 2nd Fua, Orlando ............. 1.53 3rd. Draper, Felix .............................. 1.64 Third Year 1st. Cerllles, Jose ............................ 1.90 Fourth Year 1st. Gapao, Sofronlo ...................... 1.42 2nd. Inting, Resurrecdon.................. 1.60 3rd. Perez, Jose ................................ 1.66 FRANCISCO G. HO Mechanical Engineering IV COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING CHEMICAL ENGINEERING (B.S.Ch.E.) First Year Average 1st. Serrato, Jesus ......................... 1.43 2nd. Espina, Raul ............................ 1.67 3rd. Cabatingan, Danilo ................ 1.85 Second Year 1st. Bendanillo, Vicente ................... 1.44 2nd. Mayol, Lydia ............................. 1.48 3rd. Pllapil, Elsa ............... 1.64 Third Year 1st. Castro, Calixto ........................... 1.44 2nd. Limbaga, lluminado ................. 1.91 Fourth Year 1st. Campos, Prudencio ................... 1.91 CIVIL ENGINEERING (B.S.C.E.) First Year Average 1st. Salgado, Ligaya ...................... 1.55 2nd. Mondilla, Natalia ..................... 1.74 3rd. Briones, Democrito .................... 1.91 Second Year 1st. Melia, Hipolito ........................ 1.48 2nd. Comiling, Camilo ..................... 1.63 3rd. Oppus, Democrito .................... 1.90 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (B.S.E.E.) First Year Average 1st. Alvor, Virgilio ........................... 1.56 2nd. Abunda, Marcelino ................... 1.88 Second Year 1st. Rabe, Horacleo .......................... 1.95 PRUDENCIO CAMPOS. JR. Chemical Eng'g IV MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (B.S.M.E.) First Year .4 rerage 1st. Codera, Isidro .......................... 1.53 2nd. Mongcada, Carlos ................... 1.71 3rd. Javier, Diosdado ...................... 1.81 Second Year 1st. Lipardo, Gerardo ..................... 2nd. Mar, lldefonso ........................... 3rd. Corazo, Eugenio ....................... Third Year 1st. Intong, Cayetano ..................... 2nd. Bajarias, Jose ........................... 3rd. Labucay, Felipe ......................... Fourth Year 1st. Ho, Francisco ........................... 2nd. Labro, Salvador ....................... 1.41 1.57 1.62 DECEMBER, 1955 Page 39 5FIN CRRL05, FILL HFVL! menting it with other facts when ever necessary has served me well. In public life, specially, I have found it very useful. "Veritas vos liberabit", a Latin motto says. Truth makes you free, and indeed I have been free from qualms of consci ence, free from remorse, and free from fear. One thing stands out in this life I have led, and it is this: here in this school, I learned my basic prin ciples in Ethics. In a manner of speaking, here my conscience was moulded and steeped with the ways of Catholicism and Christianity. And all throughout these past years, on many occasions, I have looked back with gratitude to that old priest who kept pounding on us with a concept of right and wrong, to that good Father Inspector who isolated me for three months, to all the others in the old Colegio-Seminario de San Carlos who helped to train me, because the lessons they taught me are still the guide-posts of my life. Here in this school I learned the arts and science.. . philosophy and letters, languages, culture, mathema tics, and others. I entered the por tals of San Carlos a young boy eager to learn, and emerged a young man adequately prepared to pursue superior studies in the Uni versity of Santo Tomas and later to meet the problems of life as they came to me. (Continued from, page 3) The only failure my tutors had was in the field of mathematics. Today, even at this age, I still use HOW TO STUDY... (Continued from page 15) may be able to repeat but is not able to apply what he has learned. Such information is so rapidly and temporarily acquired, that results so obtained cannot be permanent. The best preparation is achieved by systematic and reaular study dis tributed throughout the schoolyear alonq with occasional reviews. 12. Vivid, definite, and exact impression of the material promotes good memory. The more vivid andintense the initial experience, the more certain will be the later re call. The student must clearly apprehend and understand what is taught in order to remember it later. 13. Reviews are most effective when the first one comes soon after the original learning, because it prevents that large initial loss. Subsequent reviews can be spaced increasingly farther apart. 14. Finally, an effective way of retaining of what has been learned is to be so alive as a student and scholar that you encounter old ma terial in various relationships, and thus retain your grasp of much that otherwise would be forgotten. my fingers in adding figures. But then, I am naturally dull in mathe matics and my former tutors, rest their souls should not be blamed. I wonder how many of us here, if at all, would refuse to acknowl edge the debt of gratitude that we owe to San Carlos. Who of us can bear to behold these buildings and still deny the pride in his heart in being a Carolinian? I believe I am speaking for each and everyone of us here when I say that it is an honor indeed to circulate among our fellowmen with an indelible im print of the seal of the Green and Gold in our hearts. San Carlos gave me two very important things, two things which, in the final analysis, are the only things that count in life — religion and conscience. These two have made me strong in times of stress and trial, rich even while I lacked material possessions, proud even in defeat and disappointment, and humble and properly grateful in moments of triumph and victory. I offer my heart to our Alma Ma ter in gratitude, and I ask you all to join me in this offering. And, as we celebrate this year's college day, let us join the chorus of young er voices in singing, with all fer vour: "SAN CARLOS, ALL HAIL!" I wish that God will give me the means to get ahead in the world. A college education. "Don't worry, someday you'll be great. You'll be a congresswoman. I... I will send you to college. Bel, I promise. Honest I will sell the jeepney. About that club you are vice president of, tell me about it? "I wish I had a room of- my own where. . .." "Bel, I'm asking about your club." "What.. . oh, the club. I really should not have joined it. It is only for rich girls." "Don't talk like that." Bella told him that her club's aim was to help the poor in their studies. The members usually con tributed large sums of money. Right now, they had quite a big sum. "It was Terry who made me join. She pays my dues. They made me vice-president. Isn't it funny?" WINDFALL (Continued from page 7) "Is Terry your president?" "Yes she is. She will be the one to announce what is to be done with the money on graduation day." Graduation Day. The happy glow on Bella's face flickered as she marched through the chapel for their Baccalaureate Mass. Every body's parents were present and Bella could not keep crying when she witnessed the happy and proud parents. She whispered to herself, "If only Pa and Ma were alive!" She saw Elmer on the corner. He approached her and embraced her. Graduation night. The graduates were in their festive gowns. The valedictorian delivered. Bella was next. Elmer could not help shed ding his tears when he saw his sister, pretty and competent, deliv ering her speech. He thought of how he was going to send her to college. Bella finished. Terry was to speak then. She glided towards the stage to announce what the club had decided to do with the money. . .. This club has done all things. But tonight it will do something no ble. The club decided that the mo ney it has will go for the scholar ship in this school of a girl who need and deserves it very miich. I am sure that someday we will be glad and proud of her, Miss Bella Campos. Tears rolled down on Bella's face. Her emotion was so confus ed that she was oblivious of every thing around her. She allowed her eyes to wander further and saw her brother. "Mer!" ... They embraced again. She went up and kissed Terry. # Page 40 THE CAROLINIAN The Filipinos and The Dutch (Continued from page 16) good citizens who assimilate them selves in their new environments. All these traits I detected in some way or the other among our Fili pino people. I read that the Ilocanos are highly respected in Hawaii in every enterprise and that they are known for their tireless work j and industry. Dutch captains told me that in the Philippines the dock ers are the best in the Far East and they have no fear for labour trouble. They like to trade with them as they are reliable and fair without the usual chicanes of the east. What about the history of both countries? Holland had always a longing of being its own and it fought a bitter fight against every neighbor that liked to occupy it: the Germans and the Franks, the Spa niards for 80 long years. It is there fore that just like the Filipinos we express our ill feelings in the word "Spaniard". The Dutch fought the Spaniards everywhere in the world in the British channel (The Arma da) in the Mediterranean, and even in the Philippines: "the battle of Naval". In later years we fought in the open and on the sligh the Frenchmen and the English in long, long and frequent wars. We like everybody, but our freedom most. We love to receive people as our guests, but we fight the intruder who wants to bring us "Culture or Freedom". We want to be our own. I think there is no need for making comparisons. You know the histo ry of the Philippines and its battles against the "Spaniards" and against the Americans. Though once ene mies, there is no reason for continu ing the enmity. Who were once our foes, are now our dearest friends. If only they leave us alone. The struggle for freedom against the Spaniards aroused even here tic feelings and it was in those years that Holland turned a nation. Is there not a curious identity in the origin of the Aglipayan Church and the Iglesia ni Cristo? Another trait is the high respect for foreign countries and foreign goods, mingled with a certain de spise for home products. Sharp criticism on own politics and seeing paradise elsewhere. No need for further .comparisons with the Fili pinos. A last note: We Dutchmen like and love our fatherland, but scarcely know the national anthem SPOT COMMENTS (Continued from page 15) In no less time, these maneuvers are satisfactory recommendations that can best contribute to your chance of hitching your wagon to a political star and consequently making you the "Guy" of the univ's political arena! • For purposes of identification with in the school premises, our new Iden tification Cards can serve well. Major ity of the students, however, are in the complaining mood. The common murmur is that, the photo is roughly done as if there was no desire on the part of the photographers to satisfy and please the students who are ex pecting to get their money's worth. For them to know, these pictures were done in the dark! • Speaking of something new in USC... we have our new Enrollment Procedure to boast of. Personally, I like it. It's a novelty, and improve ment, shall I say. Getting a little fur ther, I shall say, I seem not to agree with that of the Originator's taste. That is, the way the Slip is worded out. It came to my notice that students, collegiate as they are, find it hard to understand and follow the provided directions, much less to fill the items due to too much use of technical terms. Somehow, that could be an insult to a college student. But considering that it is not an examination paper to be answered, why let them have a long in terval of worry for it? That's precisely the reason why a student wastes four or five Enrollment Slips before he is finally enrolled. In consequence, it's all a waste of time and money. And why should we be *so technical? We I can be plain and be understood! and dislike official flag-parades. I do not approve of it, but at 7:45 a.m. I feel quite at home seeing the attitude of my Filipino students. What is and has been the political position of Holland. Lying in the I midst of the spheres of influence of | England, Germany, and France, we I always had a policy of neutrality I and safeguarding the political equi librium. The Dutch stad holders were famous for their peace policy and they even aroused wars to keep this political balance in ex istence. If Holland would not have done it, we would have been a land of ruins and the battlefield of all nations. Is the position of the P. I. different from those big empires as Japan, China, Indonesia, and India? Culturally influenced and lying within the sphere of political desires of all of them. A land of a few millions just like the 10 millions of Holland among the 200 million of our neighbours. A last idea to com pare: Holland is largely an agri cultural country. No natural re sources of any importance: some coal, and oil, salt and earth gass. Water is our greatest enemy and our greatest ally. They say that the Dutchman is born with the ca nals and with a boat under his arms. Would you dare to deny the sim ilarity between Holland and the Country of 7000 islands. What lesson can be drawn for the Philippines? Holland is a wealthy country, prosperous again after a devastat ing war by brutal enemies. We have not much to offer to the world at large in natural re sources and riches. But what we offer in high quality in agricultural products and high quality of the newest agricultural methods. En gineering in every branch especial ly constructing waterworks, road and electricity is highly developed through our world famous technical college at Delft. To be "Delft en gineer" is a certificate for acceptance everywhere in the world. Our ship building wharfs are truly famous (Continued on page 45) DECEMBER, 1955 Page 41 What Do You Think About Fiestas? (Continued from page 35) LOUELLA LACSON that most of us Filipinos have always been doing, and still do. Attendance at mass (with commun ion, if possible) should be a must item. Of course, it does not mean that we should not invite our re latives and friends to celebrate with us and partake of whatever re past we can prepare. When I say that fiestas should be celebrated with simplicity, 1 mean that fiestas should be stripped of too much color and fanfare. Simple trimmings, a few banners, a few streamers would be enough and proper. We must think of the poor street cleaners, too. Above all, if we must celebrate fiestas, we had better make sure there would be something left in our coffers. We must think, too, of the coming of the rains. LOUELLA G. LACSON, College of Architecture, says: I have been invited to several fiestas already and, frankly, I don't think I ever attended a fiesta which I didn't enjoy. It is really fascina ting to watch our people celebrate fiestas to show their gratitude to the saints. But it is also high time that we come to a realization of the impracticability of our age-old practices. One doesn't have to reach for the moon to manifest gratitude. The thing that really counts is sincerity, and no amount of money can take its place. Instead of being extra vagant during fiestas, why not spend our money for such nobler cause as, for instance, helping im prove our community? LUISA CASTANEDA, College of Law, says: Town fiestas were all right ten years or so ago. But I would be the first to argue against anyone who will assert to the effect that LUISA CASTANEDA fiestas would still be all right during these times on a number of reasons: First, the Philippines faces today a critical economic problem. Second, the practice is not in keeping with the modern trend of things for, as a matter of fact, it echoes far back into the ages of savages and pa gans. Third, it is costly fun, if it is any fun at all. Abolish fiestas for the sake of an economically progressive and stable Philippines! ROTC BRIEFS (Continued from page 30) too. Maj. Ybanez is active both in army work and in politics. Soldier politician, Major? With the band is an imposing figure, Goliath-like Cdt. Capt. Eduardo (Eddy) Quirante. The cadets are even afraid of his shadow. Our assistant PRO is Cdt. 1st Lt. Erasmus Diola. Other heavy figures are 1st Lts. Cesar Ursal and Teresito Escario. Both are tall, big and handsome; both are sons of town mayors, too. Strange coin cidence! CADETS AT ATTENTION I spoke of officers earlier. Now, let me speak of the birds of my feather. Cadets, they are. May 1 begin with the proud, turbulent, foolosophical, George Platoon? The moment Maj. Garcia announced that honor medals would be award ed to deserving cadets who would make good in the tactical inspec tion and in the drill days, these people from George were itching to have the medals all to them selves. Most of the academic scholars, however, are from this platoon. So, competition is quite keen. In the first semester. Cadet Ben Alonte topped the theoretical exams given by Sgt. Herrera. Ca det Bartolome Pozon is closely following up. While Cadets Romulo Bacol, Manuel Valenzuela, Gerardo Lipardo, Jr., and Jesus Fernandez are always eyeing the top position. Hitch your wagon, fellows! RED-LETTERED FEBRUARY The USC ROTC unit will be ins pected ahead of the other units. Tactical inspection will take place in the first week of February. An other challenge is at hand, boys. "If this is another star to be bagged, we'll get it!" Maj,. Garcia told his men. Sure! If we did it the last time, why can't we make a repeat performance? Remember the last tactical inspection! It's a slogan worth remembering out these days.# SOLITUDE FIND YOU (Continued from page Sti) covering from the effects of being in public." But those who are deep, those who "stand high in Nature's list," always prefer solitude to society because they alone know the bles sings which solitude can give. They alone know that only solitude can offer that perfect peace of mind which we have earlier alluded to... that peace of mind which enables us to probe deeper into our inmost consciousness and know what our purpose in living really is. Only solitude can fill up that barrenness, that utter vacinity of soul, which each one of us experiences at times. Thus, in solitude, you can be alone. . . but never lonely. Page 42 THE CAROLINIAN /I Legend of the Santo Nino of Cebu (Continued from page 17) was given the name Dato Mangal. - Dato Mangal had a beautiful daughter named Marangmarang. She was the fairest in Opon and in the prime of her youth, she be came the bride of Prince Tupas, son of Hamabad (Humabon), king of Sugbu (Cebu). One day King Hamabad bor rowed the idol of Dato Mangal. He satisfied his curiousity with the su pernatural feats* wrought by it. At last he decided to possess the idol all for himself. To consummate this evil design, he ordered a wood carver, Balakhoy, to carve the re plica of a picture he found in a book. To change the color of the wood, he had it soaked in water with the bark of sibukaw.3 He thought that after its form and shape had been altered, the rightful own er won't recognize it any longer. The image was finished and Hama bad was greatly pleased by the face of a beautiful child. It was reddish-yellow, very much different from that which he borrowed. Ma rangmarang, however, knew of the secret. She was urged by her father-in-law to refrain from telling her father, Dato Mangal, of what she knew. This she promised the king. It did not take long for the new image to gain popularity in the kingdom of Sugbu. It was the object of adoration and King Ha mabad decided to name it Bala hala. •* By this time, in Opon, Dato Ma ngal and the villagers were stirred by the loss of their idol. They could not, however, recollect the unscru pulous borrower to whom it was lent. Even King Lapulapu of Mactan was concerned over the predi cament of his people. He ordered all houses in Opon searched tho roughly. No trace of it could be found. Lapulapu sent three of his ablest soldiers to look for it in the kingdom of Sugbu. They had heard much about the child-image called 4 Mr. Labrador thinks that Balahala is de rived from the Cebuano words, Bal-Ah-Ala. According to him, Bal was the Sun-god. Ah, the Earth-god, and Ala, the God ot the winds. believes that this has something to do with the Christian belie! in the Holy Trinity. Mr. Labrador's etymological explanation ol Bala hala must be strongly doubted. The name may rather be a local form o! Bathala, one ol the old Philippine words lor God. Balahala. The soldiers returned and informed Lapulapu that Balahala, in spite of its altered form, was ac tually their lost idol. This they de duced from the unmistakable sea odor it had. Dato Mangal, in order to prevent trouble, went personally in the pretext of visiting her daughter, Marangmarang. He was well re ceived by Hamabad. Gently, he asked Hamabad to help him locate his charred chunk that they adored as their idol. The latter, pretended to be surprised when told of the idol's disappearance. The king of Sugbu told Dato Mangal he knew of nobody who owned such a thing. However, he said he had Balahala; that the people worshipped him in his kingdom. He went inside his room and returned with the image of a child. He handed it to Dato Mangal. Mangal was moved by its very familiar odor. He immediately remembered the time when he was in the sea fishing. . . the time when he found the charred piece of wood. Without a moment's hesitation he told Hamabad that it was his idol, no matter if its shape was altered. Hamabad replied that if he based his claim on the smell of the wood, then, he could have the biggest trunk of sibukaw found in his king dom. The wood from which the Report from the Rtumni (Continued from page 19) became a hit among the appreciative Cebuano crowd. And of course, there was a wellexecuted group dance offered by the Alumni in the Girls' High Faculty, and a solo by Menchit Villamor. A perfect gesture of camaraderie was the oneact (Comedy) Skit, "If Gentlemen Shoula Play Cards as Ladies Play," performed by the Major Seminary artists of San Carlos Seminary. Thiis proved to be marvelous entertainment for all. Climax of the festivities was a ban quet attended by His Excellency, Arch bishop Rosales and new Bishop Surban of Dumaguete. To sum up the com ments, "The food was good, the crowd just right, the speeches were quite in teresting." Among those seen at the banquet were old alumni Capt. Manuel Borromeo and Asst. Warden Melquiades Gonzales, Attys. Francing Alonso, Cone Faigao, Jesus Borromeo, Mon(Continued on page 4<i) image was carved being sibukaw. This angered Dato Mangal. He threw the Balahala outside the win dow, at the same time told Hama bad it was the end of their friend ship. He said further that a day would come when he and his men should return to claim the idol at the point of their spears and lances. On the other hand, Hamabad was mad when his child-image was thrown. He told Dato Mangal that he was ready anytime he chose to take it by force. Upon the return of Dato Mangal to Opon, he informed King Lapu lapu that he was sure the Balahala of King Hamabad was their idol in its altered form. The Mactan king sent an ultimatum demanding the immediate return of the idol. The king of Sugbu was not to be easily threatened. In reply, he sent a piece of wood, the size of a jar. With it was the following message: "King Lapulapu, I am sending you that which you asked." This reply was interpreted by the king of Mactan as an insult on his person, thus started the ill feelings that prevailed until the coming of the Spaniards. The unexpected death of Magellan in the hands of Lapulapu's men, came as a culmi nation of this conflict. 5 Dato Mangal, in order to drown his worries over his lost idol, raised some pets. He had a dog, a cat, and a monkey. He trained them to dance before him. He used to be amused by their dancing. One afternoon, Dato Mangal dressed his pets and brought them to the seashore. He made the three animals dance. He laughed and shouted, when all of a sudden, the skies began to gloom. Clouds ga thered, and before long, there was rain. Lightning and thunder struck the laughing form of Dato Mangal. He became petrified. Today, the old people of Opon will tell you that the big stone at the extreme point of Punta Enganyo, was the pe trified form of Dato Mangal, the fisherman who according to legend, found the chunk of wood now called the Santo Nino of Cebu. G # 5 This is the opinion ol Mr. Labrador. making them light, etc., is rather wide-spread in the Visayas and Mindanao. It is even held by many Negrito groups ol Southeast Asia, as DECEMBER, 1955 Page 43 LOZADA (Tuburan Elementary School) once voiced out. The latest grapevine bulletin on Miss HILDEGARDA GUCOR: She is having fine time with the pupils of Pardo Ele mentary School. In more or less the same happy state is NARCISA SEPULVEDA who confided that "not only is teaching lots of fun but it, really, is also labor of love." Narcing is stationed in Danao Elemen tary School. Included in the same roster is Mrs. CELER1NA MACACHOR. Keep the USC banners waving ma'am! "Many are called but few are chosen" and among the chosen few are Misses Juanita Ruelo and Praxides Saligumba who have decided to part ways with mundane pleasure and dedicate their lives to the pursuit of spiritual good. Before they made the big decision, both were members of USC's faculty staff. This classroom-to-convent transition is fresh proof that ours is not a totally materialistic age. From good authority, we have it that other vocationists followed the suit of Misses Ruelo and Saligumba. Among them are AVELINA ALMENDRAS, BSC '55, who, after gra duation, jettisoned her sheepskin and left her folks. We are sure that Veling does not love her pa rents less now that she has decided to enter the nunnery. Noble work Veling! And there's DELIA TABOTABO, too, who's rumored now to be one of the daughters of St. Paul. AMPARO VISITACION stashed away her BSE sheepskin and took the same step. Faithful and aboveboard, Miss Visitacion will surely make her goal. And, as if the enumeration is not already lengthy as it is. Miss PAZ VIVERA also New Jersey, U.S.A. Both are intensi fying their knowledge in their special ized fields. They are stationed at Perth Amboy General Hospital, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, U.S.A. Next to follow suit were ERNESTO PINEDA and NECITAS GRAFE. The two became man and wife last July 26 at the Cebu Pro- Cathedral. Botn principals are blue-blooded Carolinians, the groom being a pre-med grad, while the bride-elect was formerly a Liberal Arts coed. Ernie is now a junior medical student in UST while wifey is head nurse of SIH. Not to be forgotten was the simple but impressive wedding of Mr. & Mrs. GERVASIO RICONALLA (nee Fe Ceniza) solemnized at the Catholic Church of Oroquieta, .Mis. Occ. on Aug. 14, 1955. Both are Carolinians! The bene dict is presently applying his Chemistry RLUMN! CHIMES (Continued from page 19) decided to spend her remaining years in search of Christ. Fortitude and diligence are her major assets to become a good Samaritan. The globe-trotters: One of two Carolinians who have just left for the land of the Pilgrims' Pride is Miss CARMEN CAMARA our H.E. specialist. Mameng will definitely be a lovely Oriental sight in one of the universities of Chicago, Illinois, where she takes advanced HE courses. She will be away for a year or two. Miss NARCISA VI VERA, the other half of USC's tra veling duo and the University's assistant Librarian, will take up Graduate studies in library science at Columbia U, New York, U.S.A. A whoop and a holler to them! From Placer, Masbate, word has reached us that LOURDES CAfJARES, BSE '53, has joined the ranks of the teaching profession. Conching Botilla happily informed us that Lourding is resuscitating Shakespeare for the benefit of a bunch of wide-eyed students. SEVERINA CUIZON, another dyed-inthe-wool Carolinian, is now making use of her library "inheritance" in a local college. Our deputy scout for Opon has reported that ANASTACIA REBACA is doing wonders with the youth of Opon Elementary School, while ALMA SOLIS is con nected with the St. Alphonsus Ca tholic School as one of the office personnel. Alma is a product of our Secretarial Department which is headed by our amiable Registrar, Mr. Jose V. Arias. She is a HLUMNOTES (Continued from page 19) know-how by leaching our Pre-Med studes. The happy bride is a bonafide alumna of our Pharmacy Department. Fe is the only daughter of Judge Ceniza of the CFI of Oroquieta, Misamis Oc cidental. Word has reached us that ISOBEL MARTIN, campus glamour girl in her time, treaded the aisles with Engr. GREGORIO FRANCISCO, JR., on Sept. 3, 1955. Ozamiz Catholic Church was the scene of their Red Letter day. The Guihulngan folks turned out en masse last May 24, 1955, to witness Judge Trinidad gave away her daughter ALICE (INDAY) TRINIDAD to Engr. PAUL RODRIGUEZ of Cebu City. The eventful ceremony took place at the member of class '55. Whatever success the graduates of this De partment may have achieved, much of the credit should go to JVA and his associates Miss PERFECTA GUANGCO and Mrs. Jo Colina. This department has turned out the best secretaries that can be found hereabouts. From Misamis Occidental comes the news that a former employee of our Registrar's Office, Cirilo R. Sario, BSC '54 is now a faculty member of the Misamis Junior Col lege. Aside from teaching facts and figures (Accounting), he is also assigned as Tactical Officer of the school's ROTC Department. Mr. Sario, we remember, was one of the livewires of our DMST. In the same faculty roster the name of VISMINDA CAGAANAN, A.B. '55 is also included. She now teaches History. Minda was once our re sourceful informant on alumni doings in her home province. Now she's trapped! Wait a minnit! This one's siz zling news! After a prolonged blackout, word has at last creeped in that unforgettable ROSARIO (Inday) TEVES is now glamouriz ing Shakespeare at San Nicholas College in Surigao, Surigao. Inday, who was a former staff-member of the Carolinian, is one girl who knows her salt and teaching Eng lish should be a natural to her. She served Carolinian for three years as literary editor. A little birdie piped in the info that Inday's liter ary stint with the Carolinian was one of the major assets which won for her the coveted job. For you Inday, our bouquet of roses. Until next edition — Merry X'mas to all!!__________________ Catholic Church of Guihulngan. Miss Trinidad is an alumna of the College of Education while the groom is a Marine Engineer. CONGRATULATIONS! The Carolinian Staff wishes to ex tend its heartfelt congratulations to the Carolinian alumni who won the political fight last November 8. Kudos are in line for Acting Mayor Pedro Clavano who was voted to the city council; Atty. Heber Catalan, 'elected Mayor of Duenas, Iloilo; Atty. Sergio Lacta, elected Mayor of Mambajao, Misamis Oriental; Mr. Jose Sarmiento, elected Mayor of Alcantara, Cebu; Dr. Osmundo G. Rama, for the City Council; Atty. Prudencio Densing as elected councilor of Lugait, Mis. Or.: Conrado M. Mercado as elected Coun cilor of Pintuyan, Leyte, and those vic torious Carolinians whose names are not yet known to us. Page 44 THE CAROLINIAN Charlie’s Corn.. .er (Continued from page 36) suggest baloney cough drops for your sore throat! Anyway, if you really want to enjoy in Manila, you’ve got to have money, money and more mo ney. That’s xvhat makes all the difference. And don’t get lost! Now let's go back to USC and face reality. The way some teachers run things around, you'd think they own the University. They've come to be overzealous and overbearing. These teachers can really band, too, and with the Fathers backing, you're a cooked goose if you go on the loose. Brother, you can't win and it's a smart thing to give in. After all, we can't blame them. They're only trying to protect the good name of the school. My gang used to come around wear ing low-waisted pants. Now, it's. . . "Look Ma'am, no waist!" It is only an outshirt, of course. We used to "slang" our way into print in this ma gazine, now we re tamed down. Well, for crying out loud—uh, uh. . . no complaint! ♦ ♦ * * ABR (of last issues’ "Do You Know That. . .” must be Annie B. Ratcliffe): I guess you’re right about the drugstore being the most congested part of the Univ ersity, and the chapel, the least. Quote “. . . male and female spe cies . . . one trying to look as im portant as the other. . . suppos ing themselves as being bracketed among people belonging to higher society, flutter about the center like professional barflies... do ing nothing but indulge in silly conversation. . .” Unquote. Oh, ivell, it’s true but it’s mostly girls (your social butterflies) who flut ter around the drugstore and do a lot of chatter. Be informed that some boys who are always there ("standby’s”) are actually out siders, that’s right, outsiders. We are always there too, but we only eat and we can eat anywhere zve want as long as we have money to pay for it. Anyhow, that was a pretty courageous thing to say, Annie. Love: It is a many-splendored thing for one hour and twenty minutes only. In the movies, that is! Professor (looking at cha-cha session) comments on modern dancers: "... you spend so much effort and you're far apart!" That will be all folks. HAPPY NEW YEAR! t Anything You Say (Continued from page 27) | People change. People change minds sometimes as fast as the clock ticks off the minutes. A new mind must come, so, an old one may go. In a democratic government such as ours, administrations change in harmony ■ with the change of the people's minds. Every administration, it may be l honestly said, strives to be the best. And people are the sole judge whether [ or not an administration deserves their support. If the last administration I has fallen short of the people's expectations, the new year strikes a new hope for a better one. The coming of a new administration is a fresher ! hope by the people for an improved administrator. That is what the people expect of their new government officials. Every ; change of administration, that is. Whereas God expects the people to grow better every year, the people in turn expect an administration to do better in every change. But if the people really want their new administration to do better, can they, too, make better of themselves every year? If the people cannot live up to ' God's expectation of them every advent of a new year, then, neither can the I people expect of their new administratioin to be true to their own expectation. ' The people must, therefore, improve first. Then theirs is the right to demand improvement from the administration, afterwards. It is for the people to please God if they want the administration to please them. Give the New Year to God. The new administration will then be given to you. ADDY B. SITOY Dear Sir: There are plenty of students who tell their parents at the end of the semester that they pass their subjects when, in truth, they have a hard time in college. Let us take the instance of a student who was always telling his parents that he was doing fine in his studies. He was taking a four-year course. But when the 6th year came, he was still far from graduation so his parents demanded an explanation. The boy ansu'ered bravely and, this time truth fully, that he was not having an easy time in class. This is only a hypothetical case, however. But, definitely, there are many students tcho are alluded to in this case. My suggestion, therefore, is that the administration should send the grades of student at the end of every term. In order not to be misunderstood, I must confess that I am one of those who have 4’s and 5’s. Therefore, I should not be accused of grinding an axe against failing students. I only wish to help poor parents like my own. Galo Alvor, Jr. College of Law The Filipinos and The and the harbours are frequented on account of the wonderful harbour facilities and the fast working dock ers. Any ship is laden within 72 hours. Our Physicists have world fame, like Zeeman, van t'Hoff, Lorentz and Zernicke, DebyeKeesom and Kamerlingh Onnes. What about religious life? Hol land has the highest number of missionaries — relatively — in the world, our press and social legis lation (the corporative state") is exemplary to the world, our catho lic radio, musicians and artists in the fine crafts are renowned the world over. In short in high culture, in high quality "policy" and great religious fervour, this tiny country on earth uutcn (Continued from page jl) has to fulfill a mission and it does so. This could be a pointer for our Philippines! High culture in any branch, in learning and technique, in handicrafts and fine arts, and above all in active love for God's kingdom on earth. Not the Dutch but our brother Flemish who have the same culture and the same language and the same qualities, good and bad, have a slogan that I would like to give in changed form to my Philippine brothers: All for Flan ders, Flanders for Christ. May be here lies our greatest future in the Far East, to be the bulwark of Christian culture and the outpost for the kingdom of Christ on earth: All for the Philippines, the Philippines for Christ.} DECEMBER, 1955 Page 45 The Knight of the Round . . . (Continued from page .9) At last I was called by our Coach who forgot That in between his fingers was lighted-out butt. I ripped off my jacket, I limbered my arms, I gritted my teeth and my thoughts flew in swarms. "I'll show you, dear rival, Tricks you've not seen before . . . I'll pile points up to twenty and four She'll then want me as her lover regale." "Tiburcio, come here!" said dear Coach once again In my ears it was music with a lovely refrain; There were thoughts that I can't utter............. "Fetch me a glass, full of water!" The Maiden of Maiingin (Continued from page .9) But Sunday is a day for courtin' Down in old, old Maiingin And Narciso, the brave and winning lad Has let himself in . . . come good, come bad "Pray be seated, Narciso, Comfort thyself and let yourself go The day is fine, don't you think so? The weather not too warm and sky so blue." (There is a sudden, fearful silence now As Narciso gets set to make a vow There is a crunch, a shrill, a thud Narciso has fallen over the floor with face so sad) "Mother, Mother come to my help Mr. Bacur has fainted by his own self He wanted me to answer a question of his And all I said was, 'HOW', to his face. Narciso Bacur's Second {Jis it (Continued from page 9) "and now, my dove, i'll hide it not, that to my heart you mean a lot. . . i love you lynn, it's you i worship for you i'd ditch my- bachelorship." "i offer you my heart and soul my hopes, my dreams, my very all . . i'll give you everything divine if you would only say yo're mine." convinced by his smooth eloquence he waited for the consequence he knew that if she answered him his chances would not be so dim. "... answer me now, helynn, my dear it's your voice that i want to hear." when from his palms his face he lifted, to reap the fruits of what he'd done, his eyes dilated, he then fainted for he found out helynn was. . . GONE! + Cebu SCR in the Limelight (Continued from page Id) SCA Crusaders Cebu City was divided into different zones to be covered by the different SCA school units in the fun-collection campaign among the masses. This was done to give the people a chance to help the PATRIA. Last semestral vacation, two groups were as signed to comb the northern and southern parts of Cebu in order to stimulate Catholic Action activity, to organize new units, and to sell the PATRIA idea. Now, every Catholic school has at least an SCA organization. Leadership Conference A leadership conference (advanced course) was held sometime last month by the SCA top brass. The following subjects with the corres ponding lecturers were discussed: (1) How to tap the potentialities of your members by Azucena Derecho, (2) How to handle members by Leon Gonzaga; 3) How to develop the Eucharistic inter est of members, by Adolfo Batuigas; (4) How to conduct meetings, by Bart de Castro; (5) How to convey ideas, by Fr. Wrocklage, (6) The qualities of a leader by Herminia Florida. I Every lecturer spoke on his topic for ten minutes and the rest of the time, which lasted i two to three hours, were devoted to discussions. I The course was climaxed by the members sub| mitting themselves to analysis. The series of | conferences was held at the residence of Lindy 1 C. Morrell and Azucena Derecho, respectively. Report from the Alumni (Continued from page id) | ching Osmena and Victorio Perez, Doctors Bartolome Picornell, Tacing Solon and Mundo Rama, Juaning Garriga and Carlos De la Rosa. Banquet speakers were Archbishop Rosales, Hon. Sotero M. Cabahug, Secretary of National Defense, Rev. Father Herman Kondring, Rector of USC, Ex Justice Fortunato V. Borromeo, Father Alvaro Santa maria representing the old Seminario-Colegio de San Carlos, and Atty. Mario D. Ortiz, San Carlos Alumni President. Mons. Rosales took the opportunity to define the I Catholic view on the proper exercise of one's right to I vote in accordance with Catholic principles as enun ciated by Holy Mother the Church. Sec. Cabahug waxed nostalgic about his youthful experiences in the old Seminario-Colegio, and under scored the fact that he owed much of his training for leadership from Old San Carlos. Ex-Justice Borromeo deplored the fact that not too many of the old alumni these days take active part in reunions with their alma mater, and expressed the hope that the new administration will continue to adopt its laudable policy of rekindling alumni interest in this great Catholic University. All told, at least the alumni had more than just an "eat-and-run affair" this time. But they should do everything to keep alumni fires burning from now on. The San Carlos Alumni Day, November 4th, should be a permanent institution. Page 46 THE CAROLINIAN SECCOON £ag(e/['ana CfalLetia 2c Has fDoctets FIN de que los estudiantes de Castellano tengan la oportunidad de conocer a los autores filipinos que escribieron en la lengua de Cer vantes, y tambien conozcan a varios de los muchos autores que en los paises llamados Hispanicos (por conservar el idioma espanol como su lengua olicial) hemos inaugurado en la Revista Escolar "El Caro linian" lo que titulamos Galena Literaria en la Seccion Casteliana. En esta Columna desfilaran los dilerentes autores, filipinos espanoles y sud americanos. Daremos principio a esta Columna presentando a Nuestro Amado Heroe Jose Rizal. Jose Rizal lue sin duda uno de los lilipinos que mejor manejo el idioma Castellano en prosa y poesia en siglo XIX. Como prueba de lo afirmado anteriormente vamos a transcribe en estas pdginas — La Oda titulada A La Juventud Filipina, que obtuvo el primer premio en el Certamen poetico promovido por el Liceo Artistico — Literario de Manila en 1879, y el ultimo parralo de su composicidn en prosa. — El Consejo de los Dioses que obtuvo tambien el primer premio en otro certamen Literario que el mismo Liceo Artistico de Manila ofrecio el ano 1880 en Honor de Cervantes. Ha ^uoentu^ ^-idi^ina. /Alza tu tersa frente juventud filipina, en esta dial lluce resplandeciente tu rica gallardla, Bella esperanza de la p&tria mia! Vuela, ger\io grandioso, y les infunde noble pensamiento, que lance vigoroso mis r&pido que el viento su mente vlrgen al glorioso asiento. Baja con la luz grata de las artes y ciencias 6 la arena, juventud, y desata la pesada cadena que tu genio poetico encadena. Ve que en la ardiente zona do moraron las sombras, el hispano esplendente corona con pfa y sabia mano ofrece al hijo de este suelo indiano. Tu, que buscando subes en £las de tu rica fantasia del olimpo en las nubes tiernisima poesia, m&s sabrosa que nectar y ambrosia; TG, de celeste acento, melodioso rival de filomena, Lerna.—'Crece, oh, timida flor’ (De un natural) que en variado concento en la noche serena disipas del mortal la amarga pena; Tu, que la pena dura animas al impulso de tu mente. y la memoria pura del genio refulgente eternizas con mano prepotente. Y tu, que el v&rio encanto de Febo, amado del divino Apeles, y de natura el manto, con m&gicos pinceles trasladar al sencillo lienzo suelos; ICorredl, que sacra llama del genio el lauro coronar espera, esparciendo la Fama con trompa pregonera el nombre del mortal por la ancha esfera. !Dia, dia felice, Filipinas gentil, para tu suelo! al Potente bendice, que con amante anhelo la ventura te envia y el consuelo. JOSE RIZAL Manila, 1879. N OTICI AS UNIVERSITARIAS ARTES LIBERALES Aparentemente ha aumentado el nu[ mero de alumnos que se matriculan en el curso de espanol este semestre pues parece ser que faltan cuartos para estos estudiantes. Ademas, tres nuevas maestras han sido incorporadas al colegio de artes liberales con el fin de ensenar en las clases que no tienen maestros. Aunque nuevas estas en el colegio de artes liberales son ya expertas en la profesion. Merecen mencion aqui para presentarias al mundo universitario la Srta. Conching Rodil. la Srta. Miguela Martin y la Sra. Belen Japzon. Pero lo que me extrana es .' que ningun estudiante, a pesar del aumento mencionado, se atreve enviar para esta seccion del Carolinian articulos. Por medio de esta columna de nuestra revista se ruega que procuren los estudiantes escribir articulitos para poder practicar el espanol pues creo que es el unico medio para enriquecer su i vocabulario. Uno pueda en verdad I aprender porque como se dice "la practice hace el maestro". No hacien’ do nada por practicarlo uno no puede | dominarlo. | "GRADUATE SCHOOL"— [ Tambien se registra un progreso en I punto de numero en el "Graduate I School" segun se ha anunciado por su I decano el Padre van der Linden. Eso I es porque hay algunos maestros que I se interesan ahora en continuer y ana> dir unidades para su enriquecimiento profesional. Se ven nuevas caras ahora en esta escuela. Hay extrangeras no se si son americanas o europeas que entran en el aula donde se celebran las clases de la "Graduate School' . Se supone que estudian aqui mientras sus maridos estan asignados para ejercer sus profesiones en Cebu. j OTROS DEPARTAMENTOS— ! En los otros departamentos existe : un status quo, aunque se puede decir i que en general sufren una insignificante disminucion en su numero. Pero la ; perdida de los alumnos de alia esta compensada por el aumento en los ’ otros departamentos. Esta es la vida de la universidad en todo aspecto. DECEMBER, 1955 Page 17 TLE s carql|niana RE OCTOBER ISSUE, WHAT DO YOU THINK SECTION In our Editorial Comment, a few typographical errors (they could be grammatical infractions) appeared in the second paragraph thereof. The mistake: ".... (We are able ............. Of course, they were complimentary. ..." It should have read thus: "... (We were able. . . . Of course, they were uncomplimen tary........") Our apologies, gentle reader. OUR FOREIGN MAILS Every Carolinian should know this: Every time copies of the Carolinian hit the streets, eighty-one of them go to foreign soil. Italy, Switzer land, Ireland, Japan, some states of the United States of America, Ger many, Holland, England, Spain, Chile, India, Argentina, Indonesia, Africa, Australia, Austria and Ha waii are the countries that shelter our forty pages or so of "Carolinianing." THIS IS YOUR PAPER The Carolinian is the official pub lication of the students of the Univ ersity of San Carlos. This organ is run by the students of the Univer sity — and certainly not by the College ol Law. It welcomes all kinds of articles written and sub mitted by USC students regardless of whether the contributor has gra duated from a certain course or just a college freshman. Contri butions from the members of the Faculty are also welcomed. Any thing about human experience may be used as subjects for an article to be acceptable except when such subject is offensive to Christian morals and precepts, or the article itself contains libelous matters. It is indeed a pity that most of the students have failed to see the importance of using the Caro linian as an outlet for their literary talents. During deadlines, contri butions do not visit us in swarms— they waltz in, one by one. We know that curiosity once killed a nosy cat. But we must pause, ponder and wonder over the mystery that had enveloped our English department lately. Seldom, if at all, do we find contributions coming from our English majors. Their response is rather weak and disappointing. We would like to be very particular about this since our impression of a typical English major is one who is particularly interested in the Anglish language — a language that is not of foreign, use in this paper. We have re ferred this matter to some English instructors together with the kind request that they encourage their students to prove their literary mettle by writing for this organ. Of course there are those students who are too shy or simply indif ferent about writing. But we do not think that these people are many in this institution. We are very grateful to Mrs. Maria Gutier rez who obliged us in this issue with two short stories (Windfall, by Miss Bellie Dolalas and The Green Parrot, by Miss Lina Bacorta).... these stories were class projects initiated by English instructor, Mrs. Gutierrez. We wish that the other English marms and sires would kindly be as helpful as what Mrs. Gutierrez had been to us. As re gards the English majors, we hope that by our next issue they will have stopped sitting on their brains and honor us with some of their brain-children. (The Christmas va cation ought to give them the ins piration they need.) YOU HAVE JUST READ The Christmas Tear — a moving poem woven by the heart, hand and dithyrambic soul of V. Ranudo, Jr. Tying his December ribbon with our ever-fragile, ever-delicate artist, Dick Cabailo, the poem — ’abstruse" as it may sound — easily became our choice for this month's cover theme. San Carlos, All Hail! — an in formal speech delivered by the Honorable Secretary of National Defense, Sotero B. Cabahug, during the Alumni Day last November. Secretary Cabahug is also one of USC's distinguished alumni — as a matter of fact, he was the guest speaker of the traditional homecoming banquet. Just like any other soldier, he gives us samples of typical sad sack humor but after asking permission to do so. Sir, permission granted! The TRIOT is up to something naughty this time. They've decided to concentrate all the RIOT on a personality, Helynn — a damsel who "breathes gas" (Golly!) and who is the object of N. Bacur's (and lately, Tiburcio's) affections. We don't know yet whether their meeting was one case of love at first sight but we don't think this requires much thinking or surmis ing. You see, when a goose meets a gander it usually is; and when boy meets girl, nowadays, it's usually, "slaved at first sight." Ha, ha. Melodrama of a Law Jerk — a Fred-Sison serio-comedy, "stream of conceitedness" piece of litera ture. Here is another fellow who has arched our eyebrows lately. He used to write poems — and boy, were they good! But like the TRIOT, he must also be up to something nasty. Well anyway, we can tell by his “melodrama" (this tickles us pink!) that he has a legal sense of humor. For your information, Fred usually gets the jerks during his Remediql Law classes. AND SO, ....... since the brrrrr of Christmas is fast approaching, we of the staff will now lay our pens aside and say: Merry Christmas, gentle Christian! and let your New Year be as happy as the last one!........ We will now behave like angels. Page 48 THE CAROLINIAN • • • • • • Ranudo, Jr. It is said that life is a circle. . . it starts and ends nowhere; that love is a gem. . . for its beauty can only be held by pure surrender. That it can be bought and owned, but can never be made to belong; that it can be powdered and blown, but can never be lost and forgotten. If a gem had life, its name would be Jesus. . . for it was only He, since the beginning of Time, who glittered among the human race, penetrating the centuries with His indestructible light. Jesus, therefore, is as endless as a circle, as unforgettable as a gem. . . and that is what makes a God. He moved in mysterious ways, yet the path that He travelled was clearer than the lane of the Moon or the Sun. In the night of His life, the world shone with such Godly brilliance, for then was the giving of the Perfect Gift by the Perfect Giver. . . in His death, He bequeathed to the world a spirit with the meaning of Christmas. lUntlitq Echivarre Man, in the beginning, was round and had four feet and four hands. He had one head and two faces looking at opposite ways. He was powerful and strong; but he was also con ceited. He was so proud ot himself that one day, according to the words of Homer, "he scaled the heavens and defied the gods." For this insolence, he and his kin were punished by the king of the gods, Zeus. Man was split in two "as an egg cut with a strand of hair." His head was given a half twist so that he could see the cross-section of his body. . . to remind him of his shameful act and the omnipotence of the gods above him. Zeus warned him that should he continue to be insolent, he will still be cut into two so that he could no longer walk but hop; and unless, he learns to love his Creator, he can never hope to be with Him in His kingdom. Thus man learned his first lesson on humility and love. peace Quitorio The world has survived another Christmas. It will outlive more Christmas seasons if its leaders would really and honestly learn to love the blessings of peace. If our warlords would only learn to knock off from their engrossment over war charts and decide to put away their many books on warfare, this world, to use an overworked phrase, would be a better place to live in. The Geneva and Bandung Conferences are indications of man's growing dislike for the mi series visited upon the world. And if we must act as votaries of peace, it is well to take a les son from Monsignor Fulton Sheen who said that "nothing ever happens in the world that does not first happen in the heart of man." Ours, then, is the task of soul searching and cultivating a taste for neighborliness. No peace of mind or of conscience is ever achieved by making pretences at politesse or by being treaty-wise when all the while we go to great lengths in studying the easiest way of snuffing out the lives of men. World peace can proceed only from peace within each of us and another Christmas is here to give us both a chance and a warning. One Christmas down, how many more to go? The answer: only God can tell us in certain terms. Thinking of her, GIVE HER the gift that she will ever admire! ’'"I™;" Ever Admired when you choose the ever helpful and faithful . . . CATHOLIC GIRL'S TREASURY AND ... to make your gift still more lastingly cherished and admired WE OFFER to engrave in gold ABSOLUTELY FREE her name on the front cover of the hook. Grasp this unusual opportunity NOW as the offer will he good only for the Christmas Season. 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