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Title: The Carolinian
Description: Official publication of the students of the University of San Carlos, Cebu City, Philippines.
Issue Date: Volume XV (Issue No. 8) August 1951
Publisher: University of San Carlos.
Year: 1951
Language: English
Subject: Catholic Church--Philippines--Periodicals.; Catholic Church—Societies, etc.--Periodicals.
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Place of publication: Cebu
extracted text: HERE COMES bottled Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. Of The P.I., Inc. Published by the students of the University of San Carlos Cebu City Philippines rfccyudt • 7 <75 7 EMILIO B. ALLER, editor; VICENTE N. LIM, associate; FIDELIZA F. GAR CIA, literary; JESUS VESTIL, LEONIZA LIANZA, feature; MANUEL S. GERONG, news; JESUS G. RAMA, military; BENJAMIN CABAILO, JR., art; JOSE DE LA RIARTE, reporter. C. FAIGAO, CARMEN O. GONZALEZ, Advisers • Sditotfal • What, No Diploma Mills? Rev. LUIS E. SCHONFELD, SVD Moderator (Photo by Cecil's Studio) Octt (Zoue.’t: The Rev. William Cre mers, SVD, is the new Treasurer at USC, since July 1, 1951. (See story on pege 3) It has always been announced in the newspapers that the Gorernment is all-out looking into private schools in search of the much-talked-about “diploma mills”. Our honorable Senators them selves were most sanctimoniously publicized by pronouncements and press releases to hare toured some parts of the country where prirate schools exist while conducting their own investigations. These efforts hare been exerted, apparently at least, these past many months, and any blue-blooded citizen who is interested in the public welfare would desire that they come to a head. He. ex pects that by this time, or before this time, the government officials concerned already shall have wounded up their investigations and come to some kind of a decision as to which schools are “diploma mills” so that they may be stopped from doing more harm than good. But, as it is now, in spite of the amount of talk, speculation and publicity they were made the subjects of these last several months, it seems that the investigations of private schools have fizzled out. A lot of people think that, perhaps, after all the fuss over these investigations, all private schools in this country have passed the tests and standards required by law of a private school. And yet others can’t help thinking otherwise, because the authorities concerned are mum as to their verdict. The welfare of the country demands that “commercialized” schools should not exist to ply their unholy trade in our midst. They sabotage our educational system, and hinder the cultural upliftment of our people. Their operation must stop at once before they may do more damage to our student youth. The Bureau of Private Schools and our educational leaders in Congress ought to know better than what we may be able to suggest for the good of the youth of the land who are the most seriously affected. Entered as second class mail matter at the Post Office of Cebu City, March 20, 1950. By Leo Bello • We cannot pat ourselves on the back (it is phys ically impossible) with the coming out of this de luxe issue. So, you better not ask us. If ever somebody thinks that there should be some back-patting, he can have all he may want of it. The Administration, who is mainly responsible for your present good fortune, in affording you with an official organ with stream lined looks, has undoubtedly the broadest back that you can ever pat. • But, kidding aside, gentle reader, we really have a brand-new party this time. In the editorial panel, for example, we shed off some old looks and put on some smiles and a lovely shade of rouge in the person of our now literary ed, Miss Fideliza Garcia. We also were a bit rejuvenated with the pep and dash of Mr. Manuel Gerong, our new news ed. And that is not to mention that we are now enlivened by the art istic temperament of Mr. Benjamin Cabilo. Jr., whose vanishing acts are more than amply compensated by the smooth perfection of his illustrations when submit ting them to us at reappearance. He is our art ed. But, of course, we still are banking on our old looks. We still have our inevitable "Herbie-boy", who may finally settle down at last (oh, if ever!) to se riously sticking to a course this year. You know what we mean, Mr. VNL, and sincerely. And yet, Jake Verle, alias Jess V still can't be bet at it. If you speak of persistence, he is the guy. And he really has stuck it out with us in spite of his tough schedule (Hey, is it?) with the radio folks, (not to mention by-lines). Right now, he plays a go-getter by roping ’em and their ideas — er — by getting their ideas into print. And he knows his ropes around VIP's of Campus Society. The "What Do You Think. . assignment fits him to a T. • The latest valuable acquisition of the Adminis tration of San Carlos is in the person of our new Father Treasurer who arrived recently from America. "Take It Fom Him", the writer of the article on page 3 as sures us, because "he is the right man in the right place in the right time" for the over-burdening and difficult job of university Treasurer. • Our columnists this time are really at it. And, of course, I know you will read them. There is no doubt that the fair sex are more conversational (I am not saying "gossipy," mind you!). And it is always a nice idea to give them a chance to dash out ounces of extra energy to maintain their trim figures. And VNL, while "Passing Thru", revives "Herbie" from the ashcans. We sure welcome "Herbie" back. Sure, we missed him a lot. Thousands — er — hun dreds - er I mean a lot will bear me out on this. • The Father Provincial spoke about Education in Catholic Schools on the occasion of the Blessing of the University Chapel. The points he made clear in his address give us enlightenment on Catholic educa tion. It is very rare, if ever, that we could hear a discourse as comprehensive and enlightening as the Father Provincial gave out in his speech we now re print in full. • We are running in this issue the first instalments of two prominent writings on subjects of current in terest. One deals with Communism and the other is giving us clarifications about current questions whose answers every good Catholic should know. But of course, Communism and a discourse on it is very timely and necessary. The reason why we hate Com munism should be well-grounded upon understanding basic things about Communism and its elementary evils. It is about time that we do this. The world's freedoms are at stake because Communism is on the rampage all over the world and trying its very best to dominate it by foul and deceptive means. And we don't like to fall easy prey to their pernicious propa ganda system nor be deceived by distorted facts. • A new find for the Carolinian is Mr. Gerong, as we have intimated already. He has his debut here with a feature article regarding the things that a Col lege of Law student should know about and what he is supposed to do in order to give full cooperation as a good student. Mr. Gerong makes a real go of the article in clear-cut languages worthy of a news ed. He used to be ed of "The Josephinian", St. Joseph's College, Maasin, Leyte. Speaking of debuts, we are made to remember that beginning this issue, we will have an alumni page plus. This has been realized through the cooperation of the USC Alumni President, Atty. Jesus P. Garcia. And we thank him roundly for his interest in the Alumni Section. Of course, another former ed of her own former College's official organ is our new literary ed. She used to edit "The Power" of St. Paul's College, Tacloban, Leyte. • It used to be said around that our C. Faigao is convinced that he is the most colorful figure in USC. More about him on that line can be had if you read Liza G's "Off The Record". But yet, there is more of CF's being colorful. You will bear me out if .you are good enough to be able to understand his "Com memoration Ode" in this issue which occupies two pages all by itself. To be colorful can't be got be cause of colors alone, you will be convinced after all. • Two more poems on the amateurish side are rear ing their heads in this number. But poems are indis pensable. If we must have to learn about them, who is going to stop us from applying the theories that we have learned about poetry-writing? You may reason out, but I'm sure you may be talking through your hat this time. (Continued on page 36) Pack 2 THE CAROLINIAN "TAKE IT FROM HIM" /O zO /O /O USC acquires the right man at the right time in the right place, and we are happy about it. It has been the rare good luck of the University of San Carlos to have gotten the right man at the right time in the right place. Such a man is the Reverend Father William Cremers, S.V.D., the new treasurer of the USC. For the first time after the war, the University of San Carlos has a full-time treasurer. The treasurer's job, as we know, was but a sideline of dear good Father E. Hoerdemcmn, while Father van Engelen was only a pinch-hitter. If the part-timers did not make bad at all, what must the full-timer be? And Father Cremers is no novice either. A German by birth, he has spent many years of study in the United States, and from there went to China as a missionary in 1928. When the Catholic University of Peking (Fu /en) was entrusted to the Society of the Divine Word, Father Cremers was one of the first SVD Fathers sent to Peking to receive the Univ ersity from the hands of the Bene dictines. From 1933 to 1946, Father Cremers held the post of treasurer of Fu Jen. The marked progress of the Fu Jen under the SVD was due to a large extent to the keymen of the administration. Among those concerned was the treasurer. Father Cremers. It is with this background that the new USC treasurer now sits in his office. Evidently, Father Cremers doesn't need much breaking in since he practically knows the rules of his business inside out. Granted that the conditions in Cebu are different, the principles of school administra tion and finance seen in actual prac tice in Fu Jen and in the United States, will find their proper ap plication in the University of San Carlos, or in any school for that matter. Therefore, for any move that the new USC treasurer may see fit to make, the best thing is to take it from him. He doesn't need to learn it from San Carlos; he knew before he came that the best way to be kind and just is to stick to the prin ciples of his job. That is also his medical prescription against head aches, heartaches, indigestion and insomnia. At this stage of the development of the University of San Carlos, a man of Father Cremers' caliber and experience is a guarantee for the future. Besides the problem of main tenance and improvement of the ex isting facilities, there has to be con sidered the coordination of plans for the continued expansion of the school plant, and the employment of a more technically trained staff, the acquisition of the right kind of equipment and supplies for the in creased efficiency of teaching in all the colleges of the university. In his opinion, the USC is still too crowded to allow untrammeled growth of scientific study and research. In the interest of higher education, the University of San Carlos is not lim iting itself to the bare minimum requirements, but will push its stand "Unless The Aim Be Single It Cannot Succeed" Dear Friends: You will not find my name placard on the office desk, but in its place I wish to write the above quotation from a Chinese philosopher. The aim of San Carlos was set long before my arrival, but the realization of that aim wants to inspire my work. If the aim is single, then also the work in attaining this aim must be single. The office of administration, though it endeavors to fulfill the material needs involved in the progress of an institution such as San Carlos, is bent upon the success of the single aim, the academic ideal of a higher Catholic edu cation. Single is the aim, because it is a noble aim. Who of the faculty members and students would not wish this aim to succeed? Single is the aim, because it is only one. If the aim is one, then only one united effort will make it succeed. Therefore, no other aims deserve consideration. Since we find ourselves in the throes of a material economy, we should strive to make the most with the least of the material at hand, in order to obtain the spiritual aim, free from the shackles of matter. Dear Friends: I rely upon your undivided help for the suc cess of the single aim. (Sdg.) William Cremers, S.V.D. July 23, 1951. ards to the highest that the circum stances will allow. For this reason, the knowledge which Father Cremers is bringing with him into his task is bound to put the USC another step in the right direction. Before coming to the Philippines, Father Cremers spent two years in the United States. He took up library science for two semesters in Chicago University, and three semesters in the University of Minnesota. It is a sideline which might still prove a great boon for the USC. With his technical eye he has sized up the USC library, and no doubt he will have a soft spot for any requisition that may come to him from that quarter. He thinks the USC library must be more than doubled of what it is now in order to meet the de mands of real research work. On the other hand, much depends on the professors and students. If they (Continued on page 16) August, 1951 Page 3 off the record - by Liza Garcia Hello! Consider yourself bowed to, myopic reader, — profoundly bowed you, since this here is our first bow. This strip is where you go after you've read all the literature in our magazine. We can't give you lite rature here (not in our department, you know.) but we promise you facts and fancies all ways, always Off the Record, These facts and fan cies recorded only in our ticker some times be cuise, (accidents happen) most of the time they will be other wise. Very soon, we predict, man will lose his powers of locomotion. Notice how much money the gasoline sta tions are making, notice how much exercise our noises get and listen to this conversation: . : Pretty girl: "I hear they are go ing to install an elevator here in USC. I hope that happens soon." . Not-so-pietiy-boy: "Yes, I get so fagged out acing up to my law classes in the second floor." Actually, the rheumatic lower appendages ci grandma and grand pa must have seen more action than ours do. Or are we young people simply conserving energy? The rugcutting certainly demands a good deal of it! Leg work brings to mind a tip we’ve been saving for the very re ligious plumpie who goes every morning to mass tc pray to her fa vorite saint, "Please, dear St. Cathe rine, make my slimness like unto thine". Young lady, hear mass every morning in the chape! and through out the day drop in there whenever you can. Its good for the soul and for the figure. Our first days here were some thing. It gave us an idea as to how ■aj Chinese tourist must feel when the first babble of diverse languages as sails his ears as he steps into the ldbby of a tourist hotel in Cosmopo litan Paris.' As we stepped into the lobby that first morning we were caught in an eddy of various longues. There were as many alien languages as there were groups of Boholanos, Cebuanos, Ilongos, Zamboanguenos, Ilocanos and Tagalogs congregated all over the lobby and along the corridors. It seemed the Leytehos stayed home that day so we felt terribly, terribly lost until we came across a few Filipinos who kindly talked to us in the King's English. After careful observation we feei safe in typing into three categories, the young men who litter the cor ridors before class time: 1. The type that stares 2. The type that does not stare because he is staring at some other skirt already 3. The type that does not stare - (?) From a bright young miss comes this tip: The best place to sit when sip ping a coke at the drugstore is on the stools in front of the big mirror. It's a strategic position because one can see which girls talk behind one's back and then, one can ob serve (unobserved) which Romeo stares interestedly at one's back. And most important of all, one can make sure one sips the coke grace fully without contorting the lips or smearing the lipstick. One Wednesday morning, at about a quarter after eight, as we stepped up into the 3rd floor, we caught sight of tall Mr. Gonzales with arms gracefully extended giv ing the class a genuine demonstra tion of the fundamental arm move ments in The Ballet! Ballet-inclined us stopped to look some more — there were so many new innovations in USC, this could be one of them. Nope, Mr. Gonzales had not turned ballet instructor. He was just show ing the speech class the tricks in hand gesticulations. The other day, we came upon a group of gorgeous girls in grave gabbing about R O T C doings. Which manifestation of interest led us to remark to our good friend John M............... (Continued on page 16.) Looku At... People, people, people everywhere. They’ve certainly come congratulating to USC. ....... That new migration for sister school, St. Paul’s College, Tacloban, Leyte. There are quite a number of girls in the group this year. ....... There’s LIZA GARCIA, the girl with the "if and a fairly big share of gray matter. Liza, by the way was Editor of St. Paul’s Power. How do you like it here, Liz? ....... LILY ANOVER who’s just about the shortest pretty girl on the campus. If you’ll look long and close enough, you’ll find a double for Ann Blyth in Lily's small person. ....... Another small fry who's here, fresh from St. Paul’s much quieter trimmings, that noisy, bouncy LETTY MARTILLO. Let’s cute and frisky and — well, "chatter, chatter" is her middle name. ....... The other Paulinians — NENA TOLIBAS (Nena was here once — she has returned — why, Nena?) TEYE LASTRILLA, INDAY ANOVER and PELAGIA VILLAMOR. What draws you here, girls? Is the San Carlos basketball team easier to root for than St. Paul's Quintet? ....... The R O T C people. FRANK BORROMEO, I’ve heard it said, is slated for the corps commandership. That's good, — hope you make it, fellow. By the bye, we wonder if Frank's as smooth with — as he is with those machine guns. ....... There are those other bigshofe in the ROTC world like PAEL AVANCENA, JESSE VESTIL, and sundry. How do they rate, gals-concerned? ....... R O T Cer JESS RAMA, who when introduced to a certain girl, didn't have the slightest idea he was meeting the mischievous and daring-over-the-phone Susan. Remember, Jess? ....... That contented and Tve-got-whatyou-haven't-got." Look in PATSY SEPUL(Continued on page 14) Page 4 THE CAROLINIAN JatketKondtiffiJ on Catholic education All problems that beset human society (Address of Very Rev. Fr. Herman Kondring, Provincial Superior of the Society of the Divine Word in the Philippines on the occasion of the Solemn Blessing of the University Chapel of Son Carlos, Cebu) are, in the first place, or if you want, theological problems. When God's rights are denied, then also the rights of man are doomed. I ODAY’S / definite ment of solemnities mark a step in the developSan Carlos Univer sity. A University chapel has been built and today it has been solemnly blessed by His Grace, our beloved archbishop. There are a number of features characteristic of a Catholic college or university. There is a cross atop the building and crosses are hang ing on the walls of the classrooms. Courses in religion are required, a Catholic philosophy is taught and Interior View of the Chapel Catholic thought and a Catholic view-point permeate all the courses. More eloquently still does the ex istence of a university chapel testify to the religious character of the school. Religion is not accidental to education, it forms an essential part. This was well understood by the early Jesuit Fathers, Fr. Pedro Chi rino and Fr. Antonio Pereira who founded in the year 1595 the first Catholic school, the Colegio de San Ildefonso in this very city of Cebu. This was well understood by the pastors of the flock of Christ, the bishops of Cebu and the succeed ing generations of religious and se cular priests who throughout almost four centuries maintained this school, reopened and reconstructed it when it had been forced to close under adverse circumstances. When the last war had reduced the entire plant to rubbish and ashes the archbishop of Cebu and the Fathers of the Divine Word joined hands Very Rev. Herman Kondring, S.V.D. Provincial Superior for the early reconstruction lest to day's generation might be without the benefit of a Catholic education. There is no need to state or to explain before this audience that religion forms an essential part of man's life and personality, that every man is a creature of God, that as such he must recognize God as his maker and sovereign and that his education for life is not complete if it does not include relig ious education. However some might argue that the family takes care of that, that the child learns his prayers from his mother, that at the most, elementary and high school might supplement the relig ious education of the home; col lege and university would not need religion in its curriculum. The fact is that perhaps the majority of our adults and even of our professionals have not received any religious in struction worthy of that name after they outgrew their childhood. And what is the result? While in other branches of knowledge their horizon was widened and their convictions were deepened, in matters of relig ion their knowledge and their ideas remained those of a child. They know to say the Our Father and the Hail Mary; tradition and family (Continued on pnr/e 22) August, 1951 Page <Co STke JMosl ^Reverend Floris. Saliliel i3\l. Sieyes cJlrcbbisbop of Cebu O Poesy, of all the goddesses Adored of men since immemorial time, Most relegated of all deities, But still to me most sacred, most sublime, Be thou the quiet purveyor of my gifts, To chant in rime the narrative that lies In this old institution that now lifts Her hoary head to broader, ampler skies! Be thou the canvass to record the gleam, Be thou the marble to immortalize The final execution of the dream; Be thou the zithern-strings to symphonize The multitudinous voices that we raise, Chanted and reiterated in thy praise! 2. The story had beginning: On Sinai Primeval man lit the first spark of fire. Burned the Sahara, set aflame the Nile... Till alien picked it up and held it high To meet the opposition of the sky. The Flame became Man's passion and desire. Carried from age to age, from isle to isle, Forever brightening. The Flame did not die. So on some mountain of the intellect The parent spark of Wisdom's torch was lit, A spark to pierce, to atomize, diss^pt The solid Rock of Truth. And bit by bit The heritage was passed from land to land. Vast usufruct of mind and heart and hand. 3. I see that Light burning in every room Of this fair edifice, pale-yellow light Not of the earth, not of the day nor night. But seems to have affinity with gloom. Leave me in one of these rooms, alone To read the shadows on the plastered walls... Mosaics... arabesque designs. . . footfalls Come down the years shod in immemorial stone. . . They come: the men in cassock and in robe,— Iberians, Germans, Dutch, Americans— They come from far-flung chapels of the globe With one commitment—to tear down, advance The widening, blazing frontiers of the Lord Gommemoration By CORNELIO FAIGAO * *A Lawyer-poet, holder of a B.S.E. and M.A., he is presently teaching English in U.S.C. THE AUTHOR With blistering word and with unselfish deed, The silent, solemn sowers of the Word, Planting in arid human heart the Seed. And on the other side: the shapes of self-effacing men, the warriors of the first defense, who see beyond the years no recompense, save the happiness to see the Mind uplifted to the Truth, the Heart upwarding to God, the lovely, blossoming growth of the seedling in the sod. The figures vanish in the light of day, And I feel the weight of a debt I cannot hope to pay. in the holocaust of war in the red fury of bombs in the drumming of hell the vaunted work of our hands became shards and twisted steel. But there are depths the bombs cannot reach there are thicknesses impervious to hardest steel there are heights higher than rocket flights the heights and the depths in the Spirit of Man. Page THE CAROLINIAN Ode... And on lhe shards the spires will rise again, Triumphant ever as man's dearest dream, For Love is stronger than the Hate of men. Of Man's strivings this is the Diadem. On the same spot there shall arise anew A structure bright as the world's unborn dawn, Affording us a wider, surer view, Best for the spirit, workshop for brain and brawn. 5. A university is not built of stone And sand and gravel and slabs of wood, But of the spirit and an attitude. It is implanted in the mind alone And in the heart and in the human soul. It is a congregation of minds imbued— A kind of universal brotherhood— With what is true and good and beautiful. Our spires may rise to heaven's azure dome, But our foundation is the heart of man. And our design the universal plan That springs from God and in God finds a home. We build on these or we but build in vain And miss the horizon beyond the plain. We have raised a structure to the cause of Science, here we shall open the secrets 0/ man's relations to the universe, here we shall wrestle to explain electronics, fission, isotopes, telectactation, supersonics, electrons,— here the measure of our trust shall be the minima and the maxima of life, the mind will dare to make a stride from the amoeba to the universe. here shall be lifted the uncertain veils of these arcana from the mind of man. Of amoeba and mosasaur of genes and of chromosomes ot gametes and of zygospores inward to the inmost shores and outward to the satellites the pterodactyl and the dinosaur the beauty of Eucledian line between the earth and the farthest star and call the distance, the Divine. the energy of uranium the affinity between sun and clod on these let Science hold her sway and the uncertain, call it God. 7. Does the world move like an inevitable machine? Are Things again behind the wheel? Hear thou the infernal din? But a Higher Intelligence, All-Powerful, unseen, surveys the devious chart with wisdom keen. Take thou to the road with him Though the night be late, though the way be long, the Light gleams at the gate. 8. We pride ourselves with age We call it our heritage Our crown of tradition bears The cold imprint of the years. We are like the tuber earth-bound, The best part is underground. We must look ahead afar to a much farther star than what we see with blinded eyes a counterfeit paradise. Lord of all Learning, to Thee these halls we consecrate, these buildings, these equipments, these rooms where congregate the aristocracy of ages in silent, purple stale, but above all, our hearts strong for buffetings of fate, and the mind forever athirst, forever insatiate. And as we tread these pathways, we tread where others trod, the paths unwinding from where God first saw the clod and breathed Divinity into the flower-bearing sod, and whipped the soul, the flesh with the annointed Rod, to hurdle the barriers of earth to spirit-rest, to God. 10. When lhe days of our years are many, whether in darkness, in twilight, or in sunshine, our thoughts will stray back to you in unlipped commemoration; When Time like a gray hand is heavy upon us and we remember nothing but a door that opens and a door that closes, our thoughts will go back to you; For you will be like a whiff of sweetness, a silence between prayers, a strain of music, the wave of a hand, and the voice of a friend, and our thoughts like a tired child to his mother will hie to you again and sing our gratitude to you. 11. Let the heart be silent, let the heart be throbbing with prayer. Let the man-heart be the Christ-heart, let the lips not disturb the air. Open these portals to the heart, to the mind, to mankind everywhere. Heart, let fall from you all misgivings, God is here! God is here! August, 1951 Page 7 'IVhai RUSSIAN by Rev. M. D. Forrest, M.S.C. ITHIN the past quarter of a century the darkest and direct shadow that has ever fallen on this earth has been cast over mankind. The repulsive monster that has cast that shadow is known as Russian Communism. It may be compared to a colos sal octopus that has emerged from hell as the most diabolical agent that the powers of dark ness could produce. Already this frightful octopus has gathered with in its infernal, crushing tentacles whole nations from which it has ruthlessly pressed all liberty—free dom of religion, freedom of political life, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly to voice protests against tyranny, freedom of just trials, free dom of parents to claim and edu cate their own children according to their conscience, freedom of work men to strike when they have a just cause and no other effective means of redressing their substantial griev ance is available, freedom to cri ticize the government when it is flagrantly trampling on the most elementary human rights, and free dom to live the normal family life in the sacredness of the home. The hellish octopus known as Russian Communism, having squeez ed the life-blood out of so many hi therto free, independent nations, is still thirsting for the life-blood of other free nations. Not only has it cast its satanic shadow over the entire human race, but it is also inl+'s about time we know everything about it— this dark thing which has already "cast its satanic shadow over the entire human race, and which still is incessantly stretching forth its demoniacal tentacles throughout the world, insidiously striving to strangle the remainder of mankind"— a complete expose of Communism. cessantly stretching forth its de moniacal tentacles throughout the world, insidiously striving to strangle the remainder of mankind. Marx-Engels-Lenin Communism Plus Stalinism Communism, indeed, is not new in the world. Various forms of Com munism have long since manifested themselves, but it is only in com paratively recent times that the most frightful form has asserted itself, and in the most ruthless manner. We may designate this form as MarxEngels-Lenin Communism, which has in turn been colored and rendered even more venomous by the arch gangster, Joseph Stalin. And, with the cunning of Satan, this super despot has succeeded in getting agents, such as the iniquitous Tito, and "fifth columnists" throughout the world, to further his nefarious project of sovietizing all nations after the pattern of the unfortunate coun try over which he wields his satanic sceptre. As the devil at times "transforms himself into an angel of light" in order to seduce the unwary, so Rus sian Communism, while remaining essentially the same horrible system, insidiously seeks, by means of the most deceitful promises and the basest lying propaganda, to allure unthinking, unsuspecting, ignorant persons and even to corrupt persons holding high positions in the State, in educational institutions, on the press and the radio, and even in some of the "churches." I am willing to admit that many persons who read but little (or who iead but the lying propaganda that is served out to them by unscru pulous agents), who think but little (and who seem at times incapable of thinking), or who have practi cally abandoned all religion and (Continued on page 29) • This series is taken from a booklet written by the au thor which analizes Com munism for the common lay man to understand. PAGE 8 THE CAROLINIAN What Do You Think < c c Conducted by ■ ....__ _ -■= J. P. VESTIL ■■ College of Law NOTE: This is o new section we ore opening in this issue. YOU hove a lot to do with it because os you may note from our caption, we can't do lhe asking and answering all by ourselves. Here's what: we happen to have a "noser" who goes around picking up subject questions or what he thinks are the most currently interesting topics for discussion. We boil one of those down to a title question and YOU do the answering in essay form. We will post lhe query up in conspicuous places sometime far deadline. Simply open yourself up on it limiting your work Io five hunddred words, be sure Io typewrite it double spaced in ordinary size paper and see that we get if in time. Allow us to interest you with our first casts:.... About the Filipino Young Men of Today? Benjamin Ponce, Pre-Law II says: They haven't got enough guts. I say that whatever tire they have in their systems is directed more toward glamour and ro mance than the service to their country and people. There is an alarming percent age of our youth today walking the streets apparently without a worry in the world. Would they stop to think as to where they are heading for? Lads of ages be tween fifteen and well past twenty don't yet have a sense of know ing what they ought to do with their lives. Much less can they well tell what their every move can do them. They just push on headlong with the thrust and drive of a freed canary. They fol low their noses to where the re sistance isn't great and more often than not they land in the mire of lhe gripes and grumbles of an unwholesome society. They park themselves at street corners or settle down on drinks and vices in the most holy hours of the day when the rest of the honest world go about their business in the ef fort to straighten out their desti nies with the utmost care. The dirt and foils of presentday politics don't berate but amuse them. Instead of wearing out the day as they lie supinely on their backs, have they tried offering solutions to the problem atic crisis that afflicts our coun try? Have they thought of uniting into one courageous assembly of peace-seekers who would refuse with their lives to tolerate such in famies as corruption, lawlessness and mistrust? What about the uncooperative attitude of our so cieties? Seeing that that would more injure our Democracy than help it flourish, have they tried to remedy this laxity someways? They're practically contributing to it! Virgie Rodriguez, Jr. Normal, says: ... 1 think they belong to Hollywood. You don't need a psychoanalyst to tell you that they have successfully rigged out the bad habit of hiding a penu rious soul under a fashionable coat. Watch them,.if you would, as they go to school, to their of fices (if'any), or at ballrooms, snack parlors or the public plazas (where the oomphious sights fre quent), in fact you won’t miss them at the streets, then you'll know what I mean. They come in the latest craze, both in wear and in deeds. They flap their pants around, post their feet where their shoes will be conspicuous, don on printed shirts as il they prefer being camou flaged, while between their fin gers, the cigarette. No, nobody's kicking against that wanton display of elegance. First impressions count, you know. But. . . well, now, don't you feel like asking questions? For in stance, where did they get the money to spend for such fancy attires? (Of course, it's none of my business, but let's say I'm just curious.) Did they earn it? Oh, from dear aid Papa, no doubt! Oh, well this world is certainly go ing mode-crazy. .. at the expensd (Continued on parje •<’/) Virgie Rodrlguei Aquiline Cortejos Nieves Castillo August, 1951 Page !) Gentlemen Read Effedively if and Ibhen Simple Sincerity flloves ’Em by Manuel S. Gerong College of Lair ONE BY ONE and in groups of twos, threes and fours the USC lawyites were ushered into Room 133 by Dean Fulvio Pelaez. It was 6:30 o'clock p.m., July 20. The lawyites reported to that room in compliance with an announcement made in the classes to the effect that all students of the College of Law were to assemble there at that time. Seniors, Juniors, Sophomores, and Freshmen - they filed into the room. In the characteristic law students' manner they talked, some noisily, others in moderate tones, and a few in subdued voices. Now and then loud greetings resounded in the room; once an applause broke out as someone, undoubtedly a popular figure, sauntered into the room. One fellow asked of another: "You aspiring to be pre sident of the Lex Circle?" A Fresh man tugged at the sleeves of his companion and breathed, "What's this all about, anyway?" Dean Pelaez descended from topmost row of seats and faced the assembly to preside over the first meeting of the College of Law. The deah then spoke and what came out of his mouth was not highflown oratory but the simple, every day language of a father .giving counsel to his children. He spoke clearly and emphatically, his head moving in a familiar gesture down and from one side to the other. Three quarters of an hour later, lhe meeting was over. The students started moving out of the room. Again they talked; but this time there was a noticeable restraint in the voices of those who conversed noisily before. Enlightenment dawn ed on the faces of the Freshmen. Some advanced students were ob served to be silent and thoughtful. Aim: To Be a Good Lawyer About two weeks before that meeting, Atty. Pedro Yap declared in one of the first year classes in answer to a student's question as to whether the law profession is not yet crowded: "It cannot be denied that there are now many lawyers. But there are not enough GOOD lawyers. Your aim then should be not merely to become a lawyer, but to be a GOOD lawyer." From Dean Pelaez' talk before the College of Law students, it was made unmistakably clear that the University of San Carlos is pursuing the objective of turning out good lawyers in the widest sense of the word "good". For the dean an nounced to the new students during that meeting and repeated to the old ones the University's policies in regard to the law students' con duct both in personal behavior and in their studies. Discipline, Courtesy, and Morality Discussed first was discipline, courtesy, and morality. Whoso ever among the lawyites present during the meeting had the notion that he could do as he pleased without interference from the duly constituted university authorities found himself disillusioned. Law students, as such, the dean empha sized, are expected and should be the first to show obedience to the rules and regulations of the Uni versity. The students of the other colleges and departments look up to the College of Law for good example. Courtesy should be extended not only to the professors and Reverend Fathers but also to fellow students. Dean Pelaez pointed out to the la mentable fact that students do not observe the practice of greeting professors and Fathers whom they meet outside the classroom. The law students should lead the rest in the observance of this courteous gesture. He also reminded them to stand whenever a Father or any other prominent person should en ter the classroom. "Know and observe the Golden Rule," the dean urged, treating upon respect for the rights of others. As an example he told the assembly that when an instructor is absent the students in that class should not disturb other classes by making noise in the corridors. The ideal thing for them to do would be to go to the library and study. Even if the precepts of religion were to be disregarded, law students still have the obligation to be mo rally straight. "Your studies would be in vain if you commit a breach of morality," the dean asserted. He warned the lawyites that immorality is a cause for disqualifying a can didate for the bar. Class Attendance In no other department is class attendance so rigidly checked as in the College of Law. In each class a beadle is appointed to re port absences to the Law Dean's Office daily. A student who has been absent must secure a pink slip of paper from the dean for re-admission into the class. Ab sences amounting to 20% of the number of days allotted for each subject will automatically cause a student to be dropped. Tardiness in reporting to class is also checked. If late, a lawyite must obtain a yellow slip of paper from the dean before he may en ter the class. Frequent tardiness will be converted into an absence. Dean Pelaez explained the use ol the slips of paper and appointed beadles during the meeting. Accounting for the University's exacting demand in regard to class attendance, he declared that insist ence on discipline will help students to develop good habits. The rigor ous schedule is intended to deve lop physical fitness in the law'stu dents thus preparing them for the rigors of the Bar Examinations. Academic Standard Another measure taken by the University to weed out undesirable elements in the College of Law is the current ruling that any student obtaining two 5's or four 4's in his grades at the end of a semester will be disallowed to continue his studies of law in USC. His alter(Continued i»i page -10) Page 10 THE CAROLINIAN \\ \> Stou^ E>Y ^EDUaRDO GKHDIOKGCOj^ go -frCABAII-O r I' not rained for months. IT HAD f The world around Mang Sebio are dry, dull and bare. The brown earth no longer smelled sweet and fresh. The grass was dewless. There were no shiny black crows perched on the coconut palms because there was no grain for them in the fields. The soft earth had hardened and cracks could be seen on the ground here and there. The "bascikan" cf Mang Sebio had all been plowed long ago, and made ready lor the seeds, but there had been any rain, and so the planting could not take place. lya Pia, Mang Sebio's' good wife, and the children had worked on their field after every sundown when the sun was no longer in the sky to torment them with its heat. Iya Pia and the children had worked for weeks in the rice land, while deep in their hearts they longed for rain. Mang Sebio looked dull and fatigued. He seemed lifeless as he sat on a bamboo bench under the spreading “camansilis tree. Mang Sebio had lived many years on this God-begotten earth and during those long years he had toiled hard, he had earned his daily bread honestly with the sweat of his brow. He worked more than any other man in the village. For that reason the villagers admired him. His back stooped slightly as he sat there. His little world seem ed to him slowly crumbling at his bony leet. All seem ed hopeless, honest work futile, and riches unequally dis tributed. He remembered the unscrupulous and prosperous "hacendero", Don Segundo, who con trolled most of the rice lands of Cogon and the corn prices, and who lived in a big many-colored house. He also remembered the store that had many nice things lor sale, such as that pair of black boots he saw last time he was in town, and that lovely embroidered "saya" Pia would have loved to wear. There were a hundred things he wanted lor those he loved and had the solemn duty and obligation to support. He wanted rain to pour down upon the plowed ricefields, so his family and he could go out there on that land they owned, and plant rice to their heart's content. It would mean food, clothing, school ing for the children. A ray of hope went up from Mang Sebio's aging heart for rain. He was thinking most of all of his only son, Tiago, who wanted so much to go to college. Eighteenyear old Tiago, was a good, indus trious, and an obedient boy. He liked reading cultured books very much and Mang Sebio thought that the boy deserved a chance to go to college. Maybe the boy would someday become a "maestro" in Cogon. It would mean a sacrifice — a great one perhaps — to send him away. It would be like parting with his own right hand. Mang Sebio had sent Tiago to town, ten kilometers away, to sell some vegetables and dried caraxS bao meat. Iyo Basio, the good neighbor, had helped kill the ca rabao of Mang Sebio as it was ailing and dying. Iya Pia had salted and dried the meat well. She made good "kusahos." Tiago would be able to sell the dried meat at a good price in the tabo. They need ed money to buy themselves lood and kerosene for light. They needed a new "daro" and "sudlay" for the plowing, for the one they had was worn out use on that arid land. Tiago had to cross tall mountains and the dangerous Manipis path to reach the town. He would be home at sundown if he had made a prompt sale; otherwise, he would be home late. Nobody else in the . family but Tiago could have walk ed that far. Mang Sebio's leet could not carry him that far. Work ing on that rice land had made him healthy and strong, but one cannot keep the effects of the years away forever. Age had slowly crept upon him, bringing with it pains in his sides, crackling joints, wrinkles on his lace, and a pair of shaky knees. The musing old man looked up at the sky and the wrinkles in his forehead deepened as the sun shone on his face. He could see and feel that rain would not come that day, nor the day after. He could hear Pia while he mused. She was threshing the rice. For supper they would have dried meat, a stew with cabbage and some dried salted fish. But the food could not hold out long and the day would soon come when Iya Pia would not have anything left to cook. Ligaya, their second child, was up in their bamboo abode weaving some "pinokpok" out of some abaca (Conthiiu (I on pa.yc August, 1951 Page 11 The Choice of the Right Vocation or Course is Essential IT “JJOU CDUSE SE * RUE WEEC An intelligent analysis of problems confronting a high school graduate when trying to decide whether or not to study in college, what course to take, and the right choice of a school. / CONSIDER it a distinct privilege f to be with you this eventful morning of your graduation day, and I wish to thank very sin cerely those responsible for inviting me. As a schoolman, whose life is consecrated to the service of the youth, I always enjoy my time help ing boys and girls, preparing young men and women to become teachers of elementary and secondary stu dents and even in educating men and women to become instructors of college people. On this—your grad uation day—I want to congratulate you and your parents. For my topic, 1 have chosen one that you will understand and which can be of some value to you. In connection with this simple address, I requested one of the teachers to ask the candidates for graduation this morning to answer three simple questions. The ques tions are: 1. What do you plan to do next schoolyear? 2. If you plan to continue your studies, what course do you intend to take? 3. What is the occupation of your lather or guardian? The replies are most interesting and without going into details may be summarized briefly as follows: 98% of the members of this grad uating class will continue their stu dies, and do so in college. The most popular courses are (according to frequency of mention) (1) medi cine, (2) education, (3) nursing (4) commerce, (5) engineering, (6) law, (7) pharmacy, (8) den tistry. Only three graduates plan to follow the occupation of their parents. Now let me invite you to a brief analysis of these results. Whereas for the country as a whole only about Commencement address delivered by Mr. ALFREDO O. ORDOfiA, M.A. at the University of San Carlos High School on June 23, 1951 one-half of those who finish high school continue their studies, for this graduating class this summer the extremely astounding amount of 98% have indicated their intention to secure further formal education. However, here the question to ask is not, "Are too many going to col MR. ALFREDO O. ORDONA Assistant Dean, College of Education President, Faculty Club iege?" but rather, "Are those going to college the ones who should go?" In deciding intelligently whether or not you should persevere in your choice of going to college, you have to consider a few things, which au thorities on guidance recommend. First, take up the question of ability to do college work. Since college work is more difficult than high school work, greater mental ability is necessary. However, col leges differ in standards. They also vary in the treatment and care of students. One student might fail in one college of high requirements but succeed in some other college hav ing low requirements. A certain student went to a big institution of higher learning and after two years of successful work was advised by the proper school authority to stop. But he wanted to finish a college education. He transferred to a good small college. There he was referred to its guidance department and after a thorough psychological and scien tific study of his potentialities and limitations was found to possess the necessary ability to succeed in college but was wretchedly deficient in reading. Since college assign ments are long and require for their accomplishment the reading of a tremendous amount and variety of materials, his poor reading ability was a definite handicap. The guid(Cohtinned from paye 29) Page 12 THE CAROLINIAN Cdt. Col. FRANCISCO BORROMEO Corps Commander ment of Military Science and Tac tics comes this batch of current USC ROTC goings-on. As we know from last summer's issue of the CAROLI NIAN, our USCadets have a new Commandant. From him the boys can expect a sound training NEW FRATERNITY FORMED In a meeting last July 12th, the corps of Cadet Officers formed it self into a froternity called "The University Sword Fraternity." Its primary aim is to foster comrade ship among the cadet officers and enhance teamwork and "esprit de corps" for the welfare and progress Cdi. Li. Col. RAFAEL AVANCEAA 2nd Bn. Commander Cdt. Lt. Col. JESUS G. RAMA 1st Bn. Commander of the whole unit. The following cadet officers were elected: Cdt. Col. Francisco Borromeo, President; Cdt. Maj. Cesar Jamiro. VP; Cdt. Lt. Col. Rafael Avanceiia, Secretary; Cdt. Capt. Lugay, Treasurer; Cdt. Lt. Col. Jesus Rama, PRO; Sgts.-atArms, Cdt. Capt. Emilio Samson. Cdt. Capt. Calo, and Cdt. Capt. Solidum. COMMANDANT STRESSES DISCIPLINE IMPORTANCE Capt. Antonio Gonzalez, the present Commandant of this unit, in the Officers' Conference held last July 15th, stressed the importance of able leadership and correct dis cipline to be exercised by cveiy cadet officer. Injecting enthusiasm in this policy, he said, "I want that you should behave not only as Ca det Officers but also as gentlemen as well. 1 will not tolerate an un disciplined spirit to permeate your ranks and file. A spirit of this kind must be eliminated and never bo allowed to flourish." HEAVY WEEK FOR ROTC With registration of cadets run ning at a high pace, the DMST faces a heavy schedule for its first week. This semester's registration reached a high mark with 1000 ca dets enrolled, First Year Basic, Se cond Year Basic, First Year Ad vance and Second Year Advance inclusive. No doubt, this unit still breaks the record as the biaaost unit outside Manila. ADVANCED CLASSES AT III M.A. Classes for all Advanced cadets shall be held at the III Military Area. These classes are scheduled twice a week and will be participated in by all Advanced cadet? of the different ROTC units in Cebu August, 1951 Page 13 Reasonable Givinq-up by Exequiel Areopagita College ol Lav/ O happy Youth that makes o! hours the toys For careless gay abandon and gathers them Into a bunch ol Love and Joy with sighs Which, blended purely into one bouquet. Give beauty to ail your tender, subtle ways. Thus making Lite a glittering, dazzling dream! But ah, right now .... There is a thorn inside my heart; lor me, My happy days are gone and in their stead. What have they left me but the sighs ol woe And longing for the joys which never can Be had again? But, ah, this bitterness! My time had come and when it left, it's lost; I should not leel regrets. This world is round And 'ever rolls regardless ol ourselves. LEONIE LIANZA .... (Continued horn page 4) VIDA'S eyes....... if you want to know the reason for it, just take a peep into that blue billfold she carries around and you'll get the answer. ....... A gorgeous excuse for a man run ning loose in the campus and if you've looked around, girls — I mean really looked around — you can't possibly have missed him. ADRIAN MECIANO (that's his name, they say!) is the kind who can make any normal girl look twice in his direction. Ditto to CARLITOS ALVAREZ, JOSELING ESPINA, TONY MENDEZONA and TITO ESPELETA. But, mind you, Ca balleros, don't let this goad you to spatter chains of broken hearts everywhere. The Mountain Rose by E. B. Aller College of Law The mountain knows none but the clouds, And Irowns on hill and dale; He even glowers at the plain, Unclean, unwashed, and stale. The mountain gleams with granite pride, So lolly is his height That hill and dale and lowly plain Are never seen aright. ....... An importation (or are you a re fugee, Len?) from Adamson and Mapua in the very "Yum Yummy" person of HELEN ENAGE. She has shifted from chemical, to civil, but never out of. En gineering. There must be a catch to it. Do tell us, Len. We're extra-anxious to know! The mountain rose from hill and dale And plain whereon he grows But he targets his leet still stands On earth from where he rose. The long enumeration of a man prob ably love-bewitched giving his version of the Seven Wonders of the World, "Your smile that cheers me when I'm feeling low — elc.... etc......... " Well... if LUCERO. I got the surprise of my life when I saw him one day in our class in Political Science 4, looking like a kid who was just robbed of his first lollypop. I can hardly believe that guys like him take as serious a subject as Gov'ts of Europe. Page 11 THE CAROLINIAN There is no such thing as a callous heart, as tins strange story of hunters and hunted reveal. VIGIL IN 1 HE FOREST by Dionisio Ledres lr. Normal II our leading hunting home ward through that torrent rain was not blissful and easy. Even for Pio who was an old timer in the game found the going rather rough but the fellow actually seemed to be enjoying everything. As the rain fell continuously fiercer onslaughts, as the rain drops kept jabbing javelin-like thrusts on his bare skin, Pio gave one the impression of a man very much in his element. I felt miserable and cold. I - I was not in my elements. He forced me to hurry and go on a double "double lime". 1 had to do so even if my feet were numb and unwilling, be cause 1 knew that like these rain drop jabs, refusal would prick him. It had been raining since we arrived at the bivouac at Katubig jungle that early morning, so that, we could not go out to hunt. Fur thermore, we could not hold out for the next day, because our pro visions had short since noon. We were nearer the river now and Pio began to go slower. A din of surging waters assailed our ears. It seemed to hum an un wanted welcome. It was a grem ominous sound. And when we saw it, we almost sank to our knees in horror. "My God! the river is swollen bad. We're a bit late." "Is there no other passage be sides this one across this river?" "No other. Will just have starve," he said gravely. We looked at one another speechlessly. "We'll stick to our belts. To morrow at this same time the water will have run down. "All right, then, let's be back and go hunting during the rest of this day." The rain had stopped when we reached our bivouac. We were eager to have meat for tho night. We clambered a cliff which was overhanging with vines, below which, sprawled a few lauaan trees. On one of the trees Pio spotted two gray monkeys sitting on a branch with their backs to us. The bolt clicked. "Look! They are kissing each other!" I whispered. "No need telling me, man. I have seen monkeys do that". "Do monkeys have emotion?" I confronted him. "Oh, no, there's no such thing as emotion in them. What you see is just the instinctive action of an irrational animal. There's no rea son behind that. It's bad they haven't got a kid. Colonel Jackson promised us three hundred pesos for one of this kind." "That's money. And you will not forget to change that white un dershirt with a jungle suit, I sug gested. "Many things more for hunting equipment." "But why this delay?" "Not now. The hunter's job is to shoot only when his prey runs, jumps, or flies." just then a crow alighted on a lower branch. You know how mon keys take delight in chasing after that noisy black thing. Sure enough, the male monkey jumped towards it. An instant flash snuffed its life in mid-aii, and, without reaching the other branch, it plunged head long to the rocks. The distressed mate screeched wildly and, finally, jumped to the rescue. The missile caught her just before her abdomen brushed against a branch. Some thing flew off her body. "The prize! The prize!, Piux!" "Yes, the kid! Heavens!" Pio led the race, when all of a sudden he stopped and shrank back pale. August, 1951 Page 15 Friend AlexWell, here we are again, and for a starter let's indulge in some Petty Plaqiarisms ol some delightfully wacky choice bits 1 picked up from newspaper-bread wrappers and crossword puzzle cryptogram solutions. First off. I'll borrow from Columnist Earl Wilson's stuff. He writes, "It seems, according to comedian Alan King, there was a race between a bumble bee, a honey bee and a Vitamin B. The Vitamin B-l." From an old issue of a Dell crossword puzzle mag I ran into some zany odds-and-ends and, brother, why shouldn't 1 pass. it on to you? Samples: "While we were discussing our kith and kin, my boy friend asked: ‘May I kith you?' and I replied: ‘You kin.' * ' This one is heartily dedicated to a friend of mine who has a car and "drives as if rehearsing for an accident": Some motorists are in such a hurry to get into the next county that they go right on into the next world. Here's a tip to the femmes, and it's an old but doubtful one: Face and talcum powder's smart, their lovely essence brands him — Their use, no doubt, intrigues the man, but baking powder lands him. What do you think of the veracity of this one: Up to age sixteen a lad is a boy scout — after that he's a girl scout. Well, I don't know — 1 started skirt chasing at fourteen and a half, and by the time I was fifteen I had caught a few. Alex, Do you find it hard to meet expenses? Strange! I meet them everywhere! And il there's a slick trick you'd like to circulate with. Don't keep telling the lady you are unworthy of her. Let it be a complete surprise. Well, by now if you haven't suffered a cranial collapse, let these finish you! Note: Two things make a woman slow: first she must make up her mind then her face. Who knows which takes longer’ And Running people down is a bad habit whether you are a gossip or a motorist. Now, Alex my friend, there goes the chime. That's a pretty cute tune it's tolling. It rings every quarter hour, and that means our prof has to stop the lecture until the reverberation fades. So long for now, and if I don't get thrown in the clink for plagiarism I'll probably be back next issue. Unlax, friend! Hail to OFF THE RECORD (Continued from page 4) "They should institute a Girls' ROTC. I'm sure the ladies will go overboard for the idea". Says John, that wiseacre. "Won't work. You girls will al ways want to out-ribbon and out-lace each other in the important matter of hairdo and dress. Lady, the uni form and the regulation haircut are among the invariable items in this man's army." “TAKE IT FROM HIM" ((■oHtim'd from l>a!f show interest and appreciation for the facilities of the Library by mak ing use of il properly, the University will also find it worthwhile to invest money in it. Father Cremers was born on May 31, 1901, in Duesseldorf, Rhine land, Germany. He made his early studies in the Mother House of the Society in Steyl, Holland, and later in St. Wendel's. He made his novi tiate in St. Augustine's Mission House, near Bonn, after which he studied philosophy for one semester in St. Gabriel's Mission House, near Vienna. After one semester, he was sent to the United States where he finished the rest of his philosophical and all of his theological studies in St. Mary's Mission House, Techny, Illinois. He was ordained in 1928, and was sent to China, although he had applied for the Philippines in the first place. With his arrival in the Philippines at the beginning of June, this year, God had finally ful filled his youthful desire after some providential postponement in order to let him reach the Philippines at the right moment. He had to gain experience, and God had to pre pare San Carlos U for his coming. And so, today, we have the right man al the right moment in his right place, to the great advantage of the University of San Carlos. "We could be good at drills. We have enough rythm to get in gracefully into the marching ca dences". We continued refusing to be daunted. "Oh, sure," says John "A shesergeant (ugh!) gives the order Forward, march'; at least one pretty girl will pout charmingly and say T won't' The commandant cotnes over to ask 'why?' Pretty girl says ’Because', Sure you could drill." "And you know," we insisted on giving the brilliant idea, "we could ask you guys to be our sponsors." "Yipe" yipes John "Fancy us tripping on those high heels!" This takes the cake: Ramon Zosa to Atty. Faigao, "Hello, Shadow." Atty. Faigao to Zosa "Hello, Darkness.” Page 16 THE CAROLINIAN 'Pict&iiaC Section • Familiar views of the University of San Carlos and its imposing buildings as they appear against the sky from different angles. Vou look up from this corner of P. del Rosario St. and Pelaez St. and you can see the whole expanse of the main Collegiate Building with the Science building forming the right ex panse. The front facing P. del Rosario, occupies the whole extent of the block from Pelaex St. to Junguera St., and the fourth story of which forms the SVD Fathers' quarters. not complete minus this angle from the roof-garden of the Science building with the SVD Fathers' quarters as background and a part of the roof of the brand-new chapel. Notice the tower and the top of the staircase. Of afternoons, students shoot the breexe The central upper part of the fa cade of the main building is topped by a big clock which works with chimes striking every quarter of the hour. Its chimes are heard by all of Cebu City and have proven to be indispensable time-reminders. studies in classrooms below. T'taiuen&ify Sc • Far above the scenes of struggle, away from the din of scurrying feet, up, alone and closer to the Master, the student comes, for a visit, and in the school chapel he finds rest. (1) Up above, on the third story of the annex building, the USC Chapel stands serene, with an in vitation to prayer. (2) On dim early mornings and during fading twilights, the lighted interior of the chapel as viewed from the rear looks austere, but peaceful, inviting. (3) A view of the main altar. Aside from the Crucified Christ, the other images arc wall paintings. Around the Crucifix stand a host of Angels, heads bowed in reverent adoration. The good Sisters from Holy Ghost College designed and painted these with their own hands. (4) A close-up of one of the angels, done in modern impressionistic painting. (5) A closer look at the main altar. (6) The Dying Crucified, whose undying words seem ever through the hall, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." Ill' 111 The main Collegiate building fronting F. del Rosario Street taken from the corner of Junguera. The building at the dis tance is the USC Boys' High School, and still farther are buildings which cannot be clearly seen in this picture housing the Girls' High School and the Ele mentary department of the Uni versity. ROTC department of ficers are found at the base ment with its main door slightly left of the corner of the main Collegiate building facing us. This is an inferior view of the Audio-Visual Hall, more com monly called by Carolinians as their Little Theatre. Films are often shown here as aids to instruction. Convocations and classes are also being held here. Notice the three square holes on the walls at the back which are used for the projectors. At the other side of the wall is the pro jecting room. A class in Apologetics 1 conducted by the Col lege of Liberal Arts Dean, Rev. Fr. Luis Schonfeld, SVD, inside the same Audio-Visual Hall. Notice the place ment of the sets which are arranged in rows of different elevations conducive to better re ception by the students of the Professor's lecOfficers of the USC Alumni Association President: Atty. Jesus P. Garcia Vice-Pres : Dr. Osmundo Rama Sec.: Miss Fortunata Rodil Treasurer: Mr. Jose V. Arias Auditors: Mr. B. Bagano Mr. Francisco Delima Sgt -at-Arms: Mr. Paco del Villar Spiritual Adviser: Very Rev. Father Alberto V. Gansewinkel, SVD Debut After months of inaction, but waiting for a chance to take a bow to the Carolinian reading public, at long last, we made it. From now on, this page is assigned to the alumni. So they decided. But you might perhaps want to ask why it is only now that this privilege is granted to the alumni. Atty. Jesus P. Garcia, our live-wire alumni prexy is well-acquainted with the answer. And for the information of all and sundry, we have this to say about it: Time was when there was a lamentable dirth of printable matter regarding the alumni; ergo, what was there to print about them? Of course, way back in the past, a column or two appeared most irregularly. It seemed that the alumni were not so very regularly articulate in writing the Carolinian staff about themselves we had to forego the delicacy of the informa tive menu sparsely dished out about them now and then. Now, however, it will be a dif ferent thing (so, we hope!) This will be followed through in every issue. We have the assurance of the alumni association bosses to that effect. The alumni prexy con fided that letters were issued to contact the elusive, and hence, se cretive alumni to make them more gossipy about themselves and their doings. Such being the case, this debut will only be a debut, and the real thing is yet to come in suc ceeding issues of our mag. Faculty Vacancies Filled in by Alumni One of the many proofs of the solicitousness of USC to her alumni is the fact that vacancies in the fa OPEN LETTER: UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS CEBU CITY July 11, 1951 Dear Fellow Carolinian, As you are one of the alumni of the University of San Carlos /formerly; Seminorio de Son Carlos and Colegio' de San Corios) and, therefore, member of the U.S.C. Alumni Association, we are pleased to inform you that, beginning this year, our Alma Mater will publish an 'Alumni Section'' in her official publication, The Carolinian ". Il is hoped that through the columns of this publication we, alum ni, could establish closer relationship with our Alma Mater. Consequently, we in vite you Io communicate with us about your activities, your achievements and even your problems so that we may be able to have a direct contact with you. Show, once again, your spirit os a true and tried Carolinian by being an active member of our association. It might interest you to know that our organization has an asset of Pl,292.00 in cash in the possession of our Treasurer, Mr. Jose V. Arias. This amount repre sents the yearly membership fee of P2.00 paid in by the new graduates this year. Please suggest to us how or on what project we shall spend this amount. We are waiting for your constructive sug gestions and the wishes of the majority will, naturally, be given weight. We ore inviting you also to subscribe to the ' Coroliniana" at the nominal rale of 5.00 a year, the cost of mailing already included. If you hove not, as yet, paid the membership fee of P2.00, please re mit to our treasurer the amount. Address all letters and remittances Io Mr. Jose V. Arias, University of San Car los, Cebu City. Thanking you for this and post favors, we are Fraternally yours, By: JESUS P. GARCIA President UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Meet the Officers of the USC Alumni Association r Dr. Osmundo G. Rama, Vice-President J SALIENT: Graduated from the pre war Colegio de San Corios High School in 1934. During his fourth year high school he was elected os the President of the Student Council, the highest organization hectic and lively of the school after a election with Antonio ed Air Force Colonel and a ronking officer of the Philippine Air Lines, as his closest rival. One point of his platform was the publication of the Official Organ of the Student body to be known as the Carolinion which was realized with the publication of a four page tabloid of the Carolinian thruout the year. He finished his Pre-medicine in 1937. In Manila, while taking his regular medicine course, he organized the Junior Chapter of the San Carlos Alumni association be coming the Director of the said organiza tion until the outbreak of the war. This Organization held meeting-luncheons every month thus keeping the Spirit of San Corios burning among alumni studying in Manila at that time. He graduated from the Col lege of Medicine of the University of Sto. Tomas in the early part of January, 1942. During the board examinations given in 1944, he ronked third among 38 aspironts. He is now one of the most active in the City of Cebu and at present he is the VicePresident of the Cebu Medical Society. culty are filled in preferrably lor and by them. Result is that a lot of the members of the faculty are blue-blooded Carolinians and active members of our alumni group. The most recent new vacancies speci(Contbn'erl !„,</< .11) August, 1951 Page 21 ——------- by Araceli Kuan = Post Graduate School To attempt to analyze Shelley is to try some thing akin to the impos sible, not because the re nowned poet is too great for mere words, but be cause he is so elusive and paradoxical. Elusive, because it takes more than an ordinary effort to capture the mul tifarious moods of this profoundly and intensely passionate being, who found himself enmeshed in a society which did not understand nor even try to understand him. In Percy we find a crucible of various feelings and emotions. Now he is calm and meditative as the skylark whose haunting refrain he immortalized in a poem. Then he is sad and forlorn—" .. . our sweetest songs are those which tell of saddest thoughts...." But the most dominant feeling in him is that of restlessness—a wild, prac tical sort of restlessness which per haps, directly or indirectly, earned for him society's (scorn) finger of scorn. Thus, we find him identifying himself with the wild west wind, that breadth of Autumn's being, whom he asks to be the trumpet of a prophecy. And just as when winter comes then spring is not far behind, so after sporadic outburst of gloom, depression and morbid wildness Shelly is again carefree, mirthful and wistfully tame. Paradoxical, inasmuch as he is so tender, and yet so cruel: so weak fyni and . (Continued from page 2X) it was considered a crime so shock ing and abominable to the per ception to wear the kind of modern dresses that we have in vogue. And perchance you are an old maid, "morally shocked" by the unbut toned ideas of a society-page editoc you may have some ground to sue under the new law. Finally if you may wish to make something about it, you can start accusing your professor for "beand yet so strong. Shelley was a sentimentalist at heart like the aver age woman and could even cry over any separation from a dear friend. Yet he had the heart to forsake an elder Harriet Westbrook for the sake of a younger Mary Godwin. In school he often went home in tears because he could not withstand the bullyings of his tor mentors. Yet he had the guts to stick to what he believed was right no matter what others would think or say. In short, he was ever the tender, passionate, radical and mis understood Shelley. Here we have a strange mix ture of a man-elusive and para doxical. And I believe that it is precisely due to such characteristic that Shelley has written poems the world can never dare to forget. smearching your reputation". This is specially true when your profes sor is fond of insulting anyone (and you). Or perhaps when you get a grade lower than you think you deserve and consider it a gross in sult to your "genius" brand of a mind, you can file a suit against your teacher on the ground of "besmearched reputation" and "mental and emotional anguish". You can always tell the judge that so much is worth of your reputation at the current price of dignity and honor per kilo in the market. father kondring. . . (Continued from page 5) ties keep them within the church, they want to be Catholics; there is mostly even very much good inten tion, but they know pitifully little about their religion. They hear ac cusations and calumnies against re ligion and church and cannot an swer them. It is only natural that doubts will increase, that they be come lukewarm in the practice of their religion, that their religion is just a matter of form which they have not entirely discarded. The instruction they received at an early age was good and appropriate for that age, but it should have been i continued and supplemented. It re1 quires a more mature mind fully I to appreciate the beauty of Catholic doctrine, the idea of the personality of Christ, the advantage of an infal lible authority which Christ has given us in his Church. Only as we grow up we learn from experience in the battle of life about the necessity of prayer and the need of sanctifying and forti fying ourselves through the holy sacrament. This holds true for the personal life of the individual man. But the role of religion is not less important if we consider the prob lems of human society. All problems that beset human society are in the first place relig ious, or' if you want, theological problems. There is no double truth, there are not two different stand ards, one to be applied to one's own personal life and conscience j and another for the public or social ! relations of man. There is nothing from which God's authority could be excluded. The Gospel of Christ is the way of life for those of the right and for those of the left, for industrialists and farmers and la borers alike. The Christian dogmas I are sometimes compared to the stars ; in the heavens: yet, they are as un changeable as the stars that,, for ■ thousands and thousands of years i take their unerring course through I the heavens. But they are also stars in the sense that they shed their light on the problems of each gen eration. They are a living doctrine to be applied to the needs and struggles and hopes of today. When God's rights are denied then also the rights of man are doomed. By defending God's posi tion in the world we defend the safety and dignity of man as a creature of God. (Cont. on page 2') Page 22 THE CAROLINIAN Mr. Cari.os Forti'na CAROLINIAN TOPS UST ENTRANCE EXAMS AGAIN Carlos Fortuna, A.A. '51, led the list of Carolinians who success fully passed the UST entrance ex amination to the College of Medi cine this year by copping first place among all examinees coming from different colleges in the country. Mr. Fortuna's success marks another brilliant record for the USC pre-medicine graduates. Last year Carolinian Kasian Lim also topped the same entrance examination at UST. MISHAPS BEFALL USC PHARM BEST BETS Luck frowned upon two of USC's candidates to the pharmacy board examinations last April. Miss Estrella Veloso, summa cum faude of the Pharmacy Class of 1951, suffered from a nervous breakdown just before the board examinations. Not so strong in con stitution, her body gave in to the rigors of review for the board. On the other hand, Mrs. Benedicta Ceniza, magna cum faude of the same class, lost her husband, Dr. Guillermo Ceniza, who met sud den death while the board exami nations were already going on. Notwithstanding the intense grief which must have seized her, she was able to finish the examina tions. Mrs. Ceniza was president of the Pi Chapter, organization of the student body of the USC College of Pharmacy, last year. Members of the organization went to console her at her residence. LUZON DELEGATES TO PHARMACY CONVENTION IMPRESSED BY USC Delegates from Luzon to the na tional convention in pharmacy con vened in Davao last April dropped at Cebu and were entertained by the Cebu Pharmaceutical Associa tion. In behalf of USC and her pharmacy students, Reverend Fa ther Rector offered the use of Mi ramar for their entertainment. It was gathered from reliable sources that the delegates were well impressed by the modern buildings and fascilities of USC. This university was represented at that convention by Miss Milagros Urgello, energetic faculty member of the College of Pharmacy. LIBERAL ARTS STUDES GRANTED SCHOLARSHIPS Four students of the College of Liberal Arts of last year won schol arship for this semester, the Dean, Rev. Father Schonfeld, revealed. These students were granted the scholarship because of their excep tionally high average in their stu dies. The lucky "scholars" are: Miss Alma Valencia, Miss Molina Young, both of Cebu City, Mr. Lo renzo Dimataga, Jr., of Opon, Cebu, and Mr. Bonifacio Alvizo, from Ma rihatag, Lianga, Surigao. Miss Valencia and Mr. Dimataga, Jr. are now second year students in the College of Liberal Arts, while Mr. Alvizo is now a first year stu dent in the College of Law and Miss Young is now taking Chemical En gineering. ORDONA HEADS FACULTY CLUB THIS YEAR Mr. Alfredo O. Ordona, assitant dean of the College of Education, emerged victorious as president of the Lay Faculty Club during its an nual election of officers held in USC on July 29. The election was lively and hotly contested, presided Auguct, 1951 Page 23 over by outgoing president, Dr. Protasio J. Solon, who announced his desire not to be re-elected at the outset of the meeting. Mr. Honorio Garcia of the science department was elected vice-pres ident, while the post of secretary treasurer went to Mrs. Lilia Tabolabo, principal of the Girls' High School. The officers-elect delivered brief speeches of thanks after the elec tions. Mr. Ordona sketched before the members his program of acti vities for the club this year which includes the sponsoring of literarycultural programs in USC. He fur ther announced that he will work for the acquisition of a tennis court and a bowling alley for the use of the club. Atty. & Mrs. Prdspero Manuel The Cake was rich. CUPID STRIKES USC FACULTY MEMBER Miss Esperanza Velez, instruc tress of English in the College of Education of USC, exchanged mar riage vows with Carolinian alumnus Atty. Prospero Manuel last June 27. They were married by His Ex cellency the Archbishop of Cebu in the Palace Chapel. After the religious ceremonies, a sumptuous breakfast was served at the "La Suerte" hotel to which a great number of Carolinians and friends were invited. Atty. Manuel graduated from the Colegio de San Jose. COLLEGE OF COMMERCE EXPANDS The University of San Carlos College of Commerce now offers a business course leading to the deg-, ree of Bachelor of Science in Com merce major in Banking and Fi nance. This is in addition to the original courses with Accounting and Management as majors. USC New Instructors in College ot Commerce: Miss Cristina and Miss Lilia Cabatingan The USC College of Commerce has thus taken the lead with the distinction of being the only busi ness school in Cebu offering Bank ing and Finance as major. To the new acting dean of the college, Mr. Lolito Gil Gozum, who is also the university auditor, goes the credit for the inclusion of this new major. Before the first semester of the current schoolyear started, Mr. Gozum sought the approval of the USC Rector, Very Rev. Fr. Albert van Gansewinkel, to reorganize and expand the USC College of Com merce. The first semester has un folded a newly departmentalized college, an enlarged faculty, and an expanded curriculum for every department thus placing the college in the position of having the best rounded program of instruction for students interested in business ca reers, unequalled by any other business school in this area. On the recommendation of the acting dean, the Father Rector has appointed Mr. Rafael Ferreros head of the Department of Business Ma nagement; Miss Amparo Rodil head of the Accounting Department; and Mr. Elias Penano head of the Bank ing and Finance Department. With the backing of the Father Rector, the acting dean of Com merce has also set up an advisor ship system which makes desig nated faculty members available lor consultation by any student on his problems at any time during the school term. The following instructors have been appointed advisers. For female students: Miss Cris tina, Redona — 1st year, Miss Flora Causing — 2nd year, Miss Amparo Rodil — 3rd year, and Miss Lilia Cabatingan — 4 th year. For male students; Mr. Rafael Ferreros — 1st year; Mr. Benjamin Borromeo — 2nd year; Atty. Boni facio Yuson — 3rd year, and Mr. Atilano Gozum — 4 th year. NEW INSTRUCTORS IN THE COLLEGE OF COMMERCE Miss Cristina Redona, B.S.B.A., magna cum laude, University of the East; Miss Lilia Cabatingan, B.S.C., magna cum laude, University', of San Carlos, GPA, Mr. Sergio Men doza, B.S.B.A., State College of Washington; and Mr. Justo Remigio, B.S.E., B.S.C., National University, CPA, are the latest additions to the faculty of the USC College of Com merce. Miss Redona is handling eco nomics, finance, and management subjects, while Miss Cabatingan is teaching accounting exclusively. Mr. Mendoza, who is the auditor of the Price Stabilization Corporation in Cebu, is teaching economics and Page 24 THE CAROLINIAN Mr. Sergio Mendoza Frisco Auditor management courses. The wide professional experience of Mr. Remigio, who is a practicing public accountant, is being utilized by the accounting department. NEW INSTRUCTORS IN LIBERAL ARTS The College of Liberal Arts has added four new instructors to its faculty list. The new instructors are: Mrs. Carmen O. Gonzalez, Mrs. Remedios R. Sordo, Miss Hilda V. Diores. and Miss Concepcion Zosa. Mrs. Carmen O. Gonzalez grad uated as Bachelor of Arts, (Sum ina Cum laude) from the Centro Escolar University, journalism being her major Subject. Before the war, Mrs. Gonzalez was working with the "Sunday Tribune Magazine/-' now the "Sunday Times Magazine." After the war she was connected with the "Saturday Evening News Magazine." She is teaching Spanish I, Spanish 3 and Newswriting. She is concurrently one of the Advisers of the "Carolinian." Mrs. Remedios R. Sordo, grad uated from the Philippine Women's University as a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy. She is handling Chemistry, Botany and Spanish 3. Miss Hilda V. Diores graduated last May from the University of the Philippines as Bachelor of Science (Zoology). She is teaching in the Zoology Department of this Univer sity. Miss Concepcion Zosa comes from the Pontifical University of Santo Tomas. She is a holder of a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry degree. She is handling some Chemistry classes. MODERN PAINTINGS ADORN USC CHAPEL Carolinians back from summer vacation and new enrollees of USC were afforded a delightful surprise in discovering that the university chapel has been adorned with beau tiful paintings done in a modern impressionistic design. The chapel was painted by Holy Ghost Sisters from Manila, Sr. Andreasine and two companions, who came to U.S.C. soley for that pur pose. It is also disclosed that a "via crucis" is expected in the chapel within few months. ENTRANCE TO LIBRARY TO BE CONTROLLED Entrance to the USC library will be more strictly controlled begin ning this school year, Rev. Fr. Baumgartner, USC librarian, re vealed. This work will be entrusted to Mr. Vicente Espiritu, assistant librarian, with a staff of personnel. Special entrance personnel will be posted to check the identification cards of students entering the libra ry. Those leaving the library are also to be checked to prevent illegal taking out of library materials. Mr. Aristides Gonzalez English and more English NEW INSTRUCTORS JOIN EDUCATION FACULTY Three new instructors have been added to the faculty of the USC College of Education, the Education Dean's Office announced. Mr. Salustiano Violanda, B.S.E. major in physical education, handles physical education for boys and dancing for girls. He is a UP graduate and has taught there for many years. He is also connected with the National College of Phy sical Education and is the Cebu representative of the Philippines Amateur Athletic Federation (PAAF). Mr. Geronimo Llanto, M.A. (FEU), with history major, now teaches history subjects. He is a USC alumnus, having obtained his A.B. in this university. The other new addition to the Education faculty is Mr. Aristides Gonzalez. He is an M.A. graduate of Ateneo, with English major, and Miss Hilda V. Diores Zoology has been head of the English de partment of San Beda. He has also been a radio announcer and direc tor of dramatics. P. E. MAJOR OFFERED The College of Education offers for the first time Physical Education as a major subject this semester. Modern classical dancing and swimming for girls are added to the other P.E. subjects being of fered. In library science, advance subjects in classification and library organization and supervision have been added. ENCOURAGING INFORMATION ABOUT B.S.E. GRADUATES RECEIVED One hundred three out of the 111 B.S.E. graduates of USC last year are known to have secured employment, Mr. Alfredo Ordona, assistant dean of Education, informed”The Carolinian". Five are pursuing further studies and of the remaining three no definite report has been received yet. Of the 110 summer graduates, 85 have been employed; 5 have continued studying; and the rest has not been heard from. SEPARATE LAW LIBRARY OPENED A separate reading room and library for law students located at the first floor just behind the Deans' offices in the Administration annex building has been opened begin ning this school year. Besides law books, the newly opened library is furnished with local and Manila dailies. USC has presently about 4,000 volumes of law books. For students reference work, 2,782 volumes are on hand. There are only 4 universities ijn the Philippines having separate law libraries, one of the law professors declared. August, 1951 Page 25 CLASSROOMS AND FACILITIES IN GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL INCREASED In anticipation of an increased enrollment in the Girls High School, as a result ol the closing ol the Ihcjh School Training Department at Mabmi Street, classrooms and faci lities were increased during the summer vacation. The coop site has been convert ed into two classrooms and a pro visional building also accommoda ting two classrooms was construct ed in Iron! ol it. Instead ol having to go to the Boys' High School during physics periods, the girls now go up the second floor of the Girls' High School building where a physics laboratory has been opened. Meanwhile the athletic equip ment in the defunct High School Traininc Department at Mabini has been transferred to the GHS campus. Like that in the BHS, the GHS has now a faculty room. THREE-STORY SEPARATE ENGINEERING BUILDING TO BE CONSTRUCTED Plans are afoot lor the construc tion of a modern three-story build ing for the College of Engineering. This building will occupy the lot behind the Sto. Rosario Church where the power house is now and will extend as far as the basket ball court behind the Girls' High School building Blue-prints for the building have been completed and are presently being studied by Rev. Father van Engelen. The first floor will contain the machineries of the College of Engi neering, the second floor will be the workshop, and the third floor will be used for classrooms. 101 BRIGHT STUDENTS ENJOY PRIVILEGES Onc-hundred-one valedictorians, salutatorians, and honor students, enrolled in the college departments of USC, arc enjoying privileges ranging from free scholarships to rated discounts on tuition fees, the cashier's records revealed. Valedic torians are free from paying the tuition fee for one semester; salu tatorians, 50% of the tuition fee; and honor students, certain percen tage of the same. Of the 101 privileged students,two are granted free scholarships; 42 are enjoying free tuition; 50 are given a 50% discount; and 7 are given a 30% discount. Rev. Constante Floreses, S.V.D. AtMetlci and ... worries. Fr. FLORESCA TAKES OVER ATHLETIC DIRECTORSHIP Rev. Father Constante C. Floresca, SVD, former principal of the USC Training Department at Ma bini, has been appointed athleticdirector of USC in place of Rev. Father Lawrence Bunzel, who has been heavily burdened with respon sibilities as USC vice-rector and dean of the College of Education. Fr. Floresca's appointment as athletic director came following the closing of the USC Training De partment. Knowing how enthusias tic he is in athletics, expectation is held by Carolinians that athletic activities in USC will be boosted under his directorship. The new athletic director is the only Filipino SVD in USC. He fin ished his priesthood studies in the SVD Christ the King Seminary in Quezon City. He is also a BSE and M.A. graduate. NEW LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR BASKETBALL COURTS TO ARRIVE A new lighting system ordered from and designed by the General Electric Company, U.S.A., will be installed in the near future in the two basketbail courts within the compounds of the USC main build ing, Rev. Father Philip van Engel en, SVD, regent of the College of Engineering and former acting pro curator, revealed. Eight 1 l/2-kilowatt bulbs will fur nish the light for each court. A 1 >/2kilowatt bulb gives an illumination equal to 30 50-watt bulbs. ENROLMENT REACHES OVER 6-THOUSAND With her students coming from different places in the Visayas and Mindanao, USC records an enroll ment of 6,401 lor the school year 1951-1952. This number does not include the students who at press time had not yet submitted their enrolment forms. As before, the College of Edu cation claims the largest number of enrollees on the collegiate level, this year totalling 1093, with 75 over that of last year which was only 1018. Liberal Arts almost reached last year's number of 800. It has now 700. Other Departments which have increased in enrollment are the Col lege of Commerce, College of Phar macy, College of Engineering and Architecture, Jr. Normal H. E. De partment, Secretarial Course, and the high school and elementary de partments. Contrary to the expectations ol university authorities the enroll ment in the College of Pharmacy rose to 357 as against 299 last year. It was believed that because of in creased laboratory fees, the enroll ment in this department would either decrease or remain the same. A drastic slash of about one-half of its previous enrollment is record ed in the Junior Normal Depart ment. This decrease is attributed to the unemployment of many E.T.C. graduates observed this year, which discouraged many students from pursuing this course. THE USC VARSITY 1951-52 Considered as a team that is being built up for greater things, the USC Varsity of the year 195152 is merely preparing the ground for a future that is not far distant. With the coaching of Mr. Ray John son, the Varsity players are being drilled on certain fundamentals that don't seem to come natural in the beginning, but which are gradually becoming a part of their system. This is clearly evident when new members first join the "Old Timers", although practically not one of these is more than Grade II as far as Johnson basketball is concerned. Of last year's team the following are out: Antonio Bas (Capt.), Abel Salgado, Gerry O'keefe, Jose Espi na, and Pocholo Cui. Still in the fight are: Jose Espeleta (Capt.), Do mingo Tan, Rudy Jakosalem, Roy Morales, Carlos Alvarez, Fausto Archie, Tom Echivarre. New blood are: Francisco Arriola, and Martin EchivarTe, two USC High School graduates, Evaristo Sagardui and Rodolfo Macasero, from Colegio del Santo Nino, and Vicente Dionaldo from Silliman. Page 26 THE CAROLINIAN father Kondring. . . (Continued from pone 22) PASSING THRU . Il is impossible to deny tho au thority of God without at the same time denying all other authorities: that of the government within the slate and that of the father within the family. Where God and the influence of the Church are done away with a great vacuum is created. How can il be filled up? They will speak of patriotism and nationalism, but with out a divine foundation they bring about slate absolutism and the ex ercise of brutal force, which crushes the individual, enslaves man, tram ples under foot the dignity of God’s creatures. This is not a mere theory, and imaginary danger not supported by facts. 11 we look into history we shall see that it was always the Church and the doctrine of Chris tianity that by upholding the law of God defended the dignity and freedom of man. The emperor Theodosius had in a fit of anger massacred some thou sand people. He was an absolute ruler, there was no one in the realm who would defend the rights of sub jects against the brutality of an em peror. But there was the Church, there was Ambrose, bishop of Milan, who refused the emperor's entrance into the church until he had repented of his crime. Henry II of England could bring about the death of the archbishop of Canterbury, St. Tho mas a Becket; Henry VIII had car dinal Fischer killed and Thomas More; Napoleon emprisoned Pope Pius VII; but their victims had spoken up for the rights of God and the rights of men, and their cause was to triumph even after their death. We have today the case of the communistic government of Hun gary vs. Cardinal Midzenty: the man has been crushed, but future generations will speak of him as a man of God, who defended the rights of God and the rights and dignity of man. These are only a few examples illustrating the clashes of divine and human rights with brutal and tyran nical force. In other fields other ex amples could be shown how the Church by upholding the Christian doctrine is the guardian and pro tector of human society. The Church has equally condemned the excesses of capitalism as the unjustified de(Continucd on page 28) An item in the classified ads column of a local daily: "For immediate sale: 1 Pershing cap w/o rain cover; 1 nameplate; 1 set of shoulder patches, USC; I pr. slightly used white gloves; 2 cloth belts, brown and white; I overseas cap; and a fatigue coverall thrown in for good measure if purchased at wholesale." I suppose the owner is leaving the service. An ROTC basic graduate retires! Well, I say that's enterprise. Do I hear any bids? The CAROLINIAN staff is placed with its new acquisitions. First, it welcomes a new member Literary Editor Miss Fideliza Garcia who is not only a new member but also a new Carolinian as well. Then, the staff is also pleased and proud with its new staffroom and its new desks, shelves, cabinets, overhead lighting, and its private, exclusive telephone. What, no linoleum on the floor? THERE are different kinds or types of teachers. Right after enrolment, when classes are supposed to start but are actually only dragging, some profs immediately begin lecturing the subject matter. Others seem to wait for the others who are "extending their vacation" and lapse into an informal let's-getacquainted palaver with the class, throwing in chuckle-and-snickcr-provoking glib lines to boot. You find them everywhere. During registration day there's always that breed of seemingly goy young blades who use one of the pillars in the entrance hall for a conference spot. They start a verbal ruckus, all the time revolving their necks and roving their eyes in all directions. Just taking the scenery in. I ought to know. I was one of 'em. Some studes take all week to enroll, taking one whole morning to cover one step of the procedure, leaving the next step for the afternoon or tomorrow. Then, there's always the guy who can't get enrolled by himself. He MUST drag one of his cronies to the Dean's office and let him do the talking. The other type is the traveler. He makes frequent round trips to the Registrar's office to ask far prospectus. If it isn't that it's an enrolment form. One thinks the creep intends to start a bookstore or maybe he's the president of a scrap paper drive. Ask for or borrow his prospectus (or, to be more explicit. . . . one of his prospectuses) and he's shocked. ■ He thinks you're asking for one of his ears! And, of course, the mastermind who has to fix his time schedule so he con sleep in the afternoon, go to the movies, or maybe shoot pool. He hates first-period classes and avoids last-period dismissals. He has a class in every college, and goes a long way to prevent the calamity of taking a class under a certain instructor. More power to you, you baboon! That's all, brother. August, 1951 Page 27 By Vicente F. Delfin College of Law yv) 1/1 /HEN the decision on the y y leading case of Lilius vs. Manila Railroad Com pany hit the headlines a few years before the war; it become the pre cursor of the provisions of our New Civil Code regarding moral da mages. In this case it was decided by the Supreme Court that Pl0,000 for a permanent deformity on the face and left leg suffered by a young society woman is not exces sive. And yet, in many other cases where lives were lost due to col lision of automobiles, and street cars, the court awarded no more than P2.000 for each life wasted. From these it seems to logically fol low that the cost of beauty is much dearer than life itself. But other things have been considered, be sides. Thus our new civil code pro vides innovations in matters of da mages which may have been in fluenced by American Trends. In the old code only those actual or compensatory damages caused were the grounds for damages. Now, you can institute actions lor moral damages due to physical sufferings, mental anguish, fright, serious anxiety, besmearched repu tation, wounded feelings, moral shock, social humiliation and the like. Although incapable of pecu niary computation, moral damages may be recovered if they are the proximate result of the defendant's wrongful act or omission. In other words even if a com plainant did not actually suffer any loss rneasureable in terms of money, he still may recover damages. For the purpose of illustrating a kind of damage, there was that case of a husband beating his wife which resulted into her being hos pitalized. Mr. Husband paid Pl50.00 for medical fee and attendant ex penses by virtue of a judicial decree. This is a clear example of actual or compensatory damage. Never theless, Mrs. Wifey could have sued for moral damages had she choosen. Suppose you were promised a teaching job. But all of a sudden somebody more qualified than you are, got the job, and as a conse quence, you suffered mental an guish. Under the new law you may demand for damages in any amount corresponding to the approximate mental anguish you may have suf fered. In truth such anguish can not be "pecuniary computed", or cannot be valued in terms of money. For who in heaven's name can calcu late the worth of how you or I suf fered? But the law. says you can. Again, you may claim damages for wounded feelings. But wounded feeling can not be measured in terms of concrete quantity. One's feel ing is intangible and therefore cannot be determined by material standard of measurements. The wound in one's feelings may there fore be only approximated. There is no standard criterion. No one can say that so much has been spent for "plaster" or "tincture of iodine" Io relieve the pain in some body's wounded feelings. Never theless the legal provision states that "though incapable of pecuniary computation damages maybe re covered if they are the proximate result of the defendant's wrongful act or omission." In a similar way, a socialite it seems, may also demand damages for "social humiliation." Suppose she goes to a barrio fiesta and be cause the folks there did not know how to dance the modern "tom toms", she was left (literally) "to bloom by the wall". Of course this fantasy may not be possible. Yes, it probably may happen. Concur rently, an old-maid may also sue a society page editor for advocating sleeveless dresses and backless gowns. Old maids are used to the good old days of the 1899's when (Continued on page 22) 3atkcr koMdring • . • (Continued from page 27) mands and unjustifiable methods of communism. The Church as the religious teacher of mankind is charged with a tremendous responsibility Io teach all the nations and all the generations. She cannot excuse herself, it is a divine command which she must heed for the salvation ol mankind, and for the safety and rights, and the decent living of God's children upon earth. All great problems are at the bottom religious problems. It can not be otherwise as God cannot be excluded anywhere. Religion then is not an accidental feature in our lives, religion may not be merely admitted as a part of education, it must be the core of all education, — if education is to comply with its task making life for the individual and for mankind richer and safer. We have witnessed this afternoon the blessing of our university chapel. The chapel building stands as a symbol of the Catholic education this university is giving its students. But il must be more than a symbol. Let us enter the chapel, it is the house of God and the house of prayer. Un us est magister vester, Christus. (Matth. 23, 10). One is your master, Christ. In the chapel we are alone with our master and teacher. On the altar of the chapel the holy sacrifice will daily be of fered as our tribute to God and as our prayer to God. In the confes sional we shall kneel down in deep humility, waiting for the word that cleanses our souls. We shall ap proach the communion rail, we shall kneel to receive the bread of the strong. Dear students of San Carlos University, I congratulate you. You have your chapel and have your God with you. Unus est magister vester, Christus, one is your teacher, Christ. May all those that study in this university imbibe to the fullest the doctrine of Christ; may they all love Him as their Divine Master and Friend and carry Him out into the world. The world may seem indif ferent, may even be openly hostile and blasphemous and yet deep down in its God-given nature the world is waiting for Christ and hungry for Christ. Page 28 THE CAROLINIAN What is Russian Communism? (Continued from, page 8) IF YOU MUST SERVE. . (Continued from, page 12) are leading godless lives, have un thinkingly embraced Communism as il it were a panacea for all the social evils that undoubtedly press upon us. We may charitably sup pose that such persons are in good faith (though very stupidly so). But it is hard, if not impossible, to excuse supposedly educated per sons, and especially Russia's agents, who are spreading in our midst the foul disease known as Communism. Two Simple Examples To illustrate the appalling stu pidity of those workmen and others who wish to introduce into their own free countries the fifth of Russian Bolshevism or Communism, I shall choose two imaginary examples. Call them fables or parables if you will; they aptly illustrate the lesson I wish to convey. A certain schoolboy came home one evening. His mother had pre pared a nice supper (I do not say a sumptuous repast) for her child. The table was set, the meal was brought in, and the mother bade her boy be seated and partake of his supper. But suddenly the child glanced out the window and beheld a dirty bear entering the yard. The bear held up its paw, from which filth dripped. "Mother," exclaimed the boy, "I see something nicer than what you have prepared for me." Then, leav ing the table, the child rushed into the yard, went down on his knees, and licked the filth from the paw of the loathsome bear. Another boy was told that it was time for him to go to bed. The night was rather cold, but the mother had made his bedroom comfortable; the windows were closed, the shades drawn, the bedclothing warm, and the room nicely heated. As soon as the mother asked him to retire, the child answered: "But, mother, I found today a nicer place to sleep." And at once he went out and lay down to sleep in a pig-styl Those two examples seem far fetched and ridiculous. Yet those two imaginary boys acted no more foolishly than those persons are acting who wish to abandon the free institutions and the democratic systems of their own countries and to introduce in their place the awful system of Russian Communism or Sovietism. The Communist Vocabulary Amongst the many who are be guiled by the false propaganda poured forth from Soviet Russia, we find quite a number who accept at face value the terminology of Com munist agents, and who avidly swallow terms that are used by these emissaries in exactly the op posite sense to that which free na tions understand by them. Thus we hear Soviet agents talking of de mocracy in Russia and its satellite nations, whereas their idea of de mocracy is not the elective system in vogue in truly democratic coun tries, but a one-party government (the Communistic Party) in power and any other party in jail that would be so foolish as to contest an election. Why, there is no sem blance of democracy in Soviet coun tries; yet their agents have the brazen effrontery to emphasize the term democracy and to prate about it as if genuine democracy existed only in Soviet Russia and the coun tries groaning under its iron hell and screened off from the rest of the world by the iron curtain. The epithet Fascist is constantly employed by Communists in order to discredit and smear those who disagree with their infamous system. Certainly the Church is opposed to all totalitarian rule, be it Nazism, Fascism, or Communism. And all true democrats reject each of these "isms". Yet Communists, who can not spell the word democracy, and who have embraced the worst pos sible form of Fascism—Red Fascism —have the shamelessness to pose as democrats and to besmirch as Fascist genuine democrats who re pudiate Communism. For Com munists the world Fascist means anti-communist! Another term that obtrudes it self in communistic writings and is belched forth from communistic mouths is the word reactionary. One grows sick and tired of hearing the inane, stupid repetition of this term from communistic sources. Any nation that is averse to Communism is reactionary, and all who oppose the "advance" and "progress" of Communism are branded as reac tionaries. A well-known writer has wittily defined reactionary, taken in the sense, as one who reacts when he sees a Communist attacking him with a club! ance department put him through a one-month reading course designed to improve his reading ability. After this reading course, he found col lege work easy and fulfilled his am bition to finish college education in a reasonable time. So then, in general, one planning to go to college should have at least above-average general intelligence. Bear in mind the fact that less than one percent of the 19,000,000 Fili pinos is in college today. A college population is a highly selected group. One who is not at least above-average in general ability will find college study above one's head and therefore extremely dif ficult and unprofitable. Second, one's marks in the en tire high school should be fairly sa tisfactory. Satisfactory marks for an appreciable length of time are a good index of one's future success in college. College courses are si milar to secondary courses, only the former are more difficult. In this particular regard, you can be a good judge of your college aptitude or lack of it, since you know your high school and also your elementary marks. Third, the student intending to go to college should have a very strong desire to go to college. It is not enough that he goes there as a matter of course, or that he thinks he should go, just because (Continued on page S3) The word liberate is another fa vorite term on the lips of Communists in recent years. To "liberate" a coun try or nation simply means, in com munistic parlance, to destroy in that country every vestige of democracy and to enslave it in the iron clamp of Russian Communism. That is how Stalin and his henchmen have "li berated" so many countries that are now hidden behind the "iron cur tain". Now let us construct a typical communistic paragraph: Stalin and his gallant, altruistic crusaders li berated Poland from anti-democratic and reactionary forces and made of the nation a true democracy. Which means, when translated into civilized language; Stalin and his fellow-gangsters ruthlessly crushed the enlightened, democratic leaders of Poland, who were loyally backed up by that heroic nation, and im posed on the country Red Fascism. August 1951 Page 29 WHEN SIMPLE SINCERITY. . . . (Continued from, page 10) VIGIL IN THE FOREST (Continued from page 15) The mother had been groping painfully for her dear little one. When she caught it, she kissed and fondled it to her breast. Then she lay groaning beside her dead mate. For a long moment neither of us made a move to break. Pio ap proached her from the head cau tiously and reservedly. But as he bent to her hands, a violent swing of her right hand crashed a slap on his face. The slap must have been humiliating to him, it must have stung his pride, for, instantly he pointed his rifle to her breast. A spark that instantly hit my mind stirred me to push the barrel aside, "Stop! You're killing the kid! Bang! The right lower rib of her breast was ripped. My incessant plead ing stopped him from doing more damage to the thing. "Please listen, Piux. The kid is too young to live without a feeding mother. You've done a fatal shoot." He sighed. Silence followed. The tiny one upon whom depended a fortune twittered as if it feared the blast. Its life depended upon that of its mother. Two more round trips to the bi vouac that night wilted us haggard and worn. We had no thought, however, of saving ourselves from hunger. We were intent upon sav ing our patient. To stop the bleed ing of the wounds on her thigh and on her breast, warm water was poured over them. I emptied my sulfanillamide and used the re maining bandage for her wounds. Then we laid her secure on a make shift bench outside the bivouac. Having been assigned to keep watch over her till midnight, I de voted my time first to kindling a fire with the dry twigs, branches and logs which I gathered from under the rocks. There was much of them for the whole night. At midnight I examined the pa tient. Her eyes were closed; she was getting cold. A lump in my throat hindered me from breaking the news to Pio who had just show ed up. But even then, he ' said that he would feel her pulse. He had only taken a glance at the pa tient when he turned and cast a disdainful look at me. By dawn our patient was fast failing. The young, which lay cozily on the mother's breast a few hours ago, was now uneasy. It must have sensed the mounting coldness of its mother's breast, be cause its heart-plucking wail was ever increasing. In order to get a clearer view of the patient, I added more fuel to the fire. Pio came and mustered enough nerve to feel her pulse. I watched him for quite a long time. When he slowly turn ed to me I felt heavy throbs in my heart. His eyes were sad. Our patient had passed away. We sat for a long time with our eyes planted on the dead. The young one, which had been wail ing, stopped, and turned to suck its mother's fount. But it wailed again. Again it sucked, and again it wailed. The poor one must have been hungry. As yet it did not know that its lifeblood was sealed for ever. This must have been Pio's first experience of the kind since he succumbed to the lure of hunt, for he pinned his gaze on his vic tim and never drew it away until his eyes were wet. Yet he had avered that monkeys have no emo tion. And they should not be worth his tears. He appeared inconsol able. This was a mood alien to Pio—a mood I did not understand. No amount of future pleasure could drain it from his heart. This was defeat, total defeat in his game. And Pio was not a man who ad mitted defeat without putting the blame on somebody else. "You should have unbound her long before." "Unjust," I retorted. "You should not have shot her the second time." Oh, how I forgot his sensitiveness. He bit his lips. A tear dropped. He stood up and walked to the bi vouac. Then facing me, his eyes glowed, but it seemed to look be yond the flame by my side. "I didn't mean to hurt your feel ings, if you please." Unheeding, he paced back and came with his weapon levelled to wards me. The bolt clicked. I chilled. "Piux! No! You can't do that to me!" "Yes!" "But. . . No!" A bullet dropped. Another click. He was now beside me by the fire. Another bullet dropped. Before I could say another word, he had flung the rifle into the fire. A faint wailing accentuated the crackling of the flame, while all around, na ture was still, in fitting vigil over a dead mother and the ends fate of its little one. native would be to pursue another course or transfer to another insti tution if he would insist on con tinuing to study law. The dean revealed that present ly there are certain students en rolled in the College of Law on probation because of low ratings during the last school year. They were accepted with the promise that they would work harder this semester. Should they obtain a single 4 at the end of this term, they would be asked to step out of the College of Law. On Gripes Complaints against any member of the Law Faculty or any protest against the policies laid down in the College of Law should be pro perly and formally brought to his attention. Dean Pelaez announced. He would not tolerate the malicious circulation of complaints, no mat ter how well-founded they are. Students should bear in mind that the Faculty has their welfare at heart, he said. He believes that no professor would deliberately flunk a student without due cause and this belief was satisfactorily substantiated by the students' re cords in past years. For it was ma nifested by those records that a student who received a 5 in one subject invariably obtained similar rating in the others. "There are no sadists in the Fa culty," he added. Something to Boast Of The operation of a separate li brary and reading room for the College of Law is an accomplish ment of which USC can justly be proud. There are only three or four universities in the Philippines operating separate law libraries. The dean promised that if the law students continue to show enthu siasm in the use of the library, he would ask for a larger room for it. Extra-Curricular Activities Holding of weekly seminars, the publication of the "Law Retriew Journal", and the law students' class organizations, and the "Lex Circle", will continue as before. Atty. Pedro Yap and Atty. Arsenio Villanueva have been designated advisers in the publication of the Law Review Journal. The Lex Circle has Atty. Wenceslao Feman as its adviser. Class advisers and counsellors are: Atty. Juan Yap for the Seniors; Atty. Antonio de Pio, Juniors; Atty. Jesus Garcia, Sophomores; and Atty. Bonifacio Yuson, Freshmen. Page 30 THE CAROLINIAN WHAT DO YOU THINK. . . (Continued from page 9) of the alarming number of aged peo ple digging their ploughshares into the mud and marsh of their farms, toiling still, their laboured brows drenched with sweat, their wrinkled hands caloused by the constancy of work—all these so that they can have enough with which to see their children in school. And what is at the other side of the picture? Equal diligence and equal strife? Don't make me laugh! Aquilino Cort ej os. College of Commerce, says: Personally, 1 have nothing against the Filipino youth of today. Whatever maybe their shortcomings and deficiencies, I can not blame them. Our youth have been the subject of mad criticism and biased conceptions coming from those whose wish, apparently, is to become members of a solid com munity pregnant with security, peace and progress. Much as any one may admire the boldness of their aspirations, yet one can point out a defective point in the core of their understanding. Let us take the young man in school. He has been, time and again, featured in the papers. He was pictured there not as the brainy scholar that Rizal was, but as a blind coper of chance who has more reasons in being in school than eating his books. That is one sarcasm that ought not be directed to him but to those under whose influence he became so: his pa rents, his relations, and associations, his«school and his government. True it is that steps have been taken to minimize the moral degeneration of our youth. We have heard of the government's plans for the indus trialization of our country. But how much of our youth have been in spired towards this awakening? Their number certainly hasn't emerged to a degree of recognition. The officials concerned seem to have been hammering on this course for a time now, but exactly how far beyond their noses have they gone? And what stand is taken upon by the parents? Obviously, the filial relation of father and son is bank ing more on love than discipline. It is a fact that the ordinary Fili pino parents leave the initiative ab solutely to their children to know when to start the ball rolling, when to start working for life, that is. They seem to have forgotten that youth ought to be taken by the hand and shown where the hammer is to strike the iron while hot. Be cause by being there, the young mind is forced to be awake and learn that life is a challenge, not a joke, and that the pains and des pairs by which he shall be con stantly buffeted are but seeds to the growth of the ideal. That is why I don't blame the young man. I may only suggest that he should waste no second to grab his hat and coat and go get busy somewhere and (for a change) try to be an honest, lawabiding and deserving citizen. Nieves Castillo, College ol Edu cation, says: I have known them to be irresponsible, showy and su perficial. Why can't they live their own lives rather than fabricate the role of a dashing caballero who thinks he is already capable of grabbing a wife and raising a fam ily? I wonder if, as they are now, they can stand the impact of the modern times and its exigencies. Their feet appear weak enough to carry them on their own. We have been reading and hear ing a lot about America and her people. From what that great coun try is now, it would be safe to de duce that her youth has played a great role. It is said that in that country, the young man who has grown old enough to carry his pants around without a fidget doesn't wait a day to force himself into the responsi bilities and fire of a self-made man who won't have to look into his father's bank account but digs the dirt for his own. That is where the unhappy difference defines itself loudly. Our own young men, able and potential as they appear to be, simply don't have that calibre in them. It seems that they prefer to fold their arms and let the rest of the world go by, and now and then embrace hopes and dreams as they hug the delusive phantom of hope. The retributive aftermath is grim and eminent. I hope that is clear enough for them to see and act upon. I hope somebody starts kicking and gives the gas to our rising gen eration. _______ ED NOTE: We regret not being able | to publish other materials of similar note I which have reached us rather late for lack of space. ALUMNI CHIMES (Continued from page 21) fically were filled in by new grad uates from the USC folds, except those which need title-holders and prominent names in the technical and prominent fields which could be more amply filled in by the latter. New USC Chapel Open for Alumni It has also been announced that the alumni are welcome to the stream-lined modemistically con structed new USC Chapel located at the third story of the adminis tration-annex building to hear mass. Views of the new chapel may be seen at the pictorial insert of this issue. One of the ways of revitalizing our ties with USC is by joining with the student population of our alma mater during mass and in other moments of prayer. This is not to mention the fact that during every University Day each year we have our Alumni Homecoming Celebra tion traditionally on schedule. Alumni Invited to Subscribe The high brass of the Alumni Association are of the belief that all alumni should be very interested to keep in touch with the goings-on and the developments concerning the alma mater. To give effect to this belief, they are inviting the alumni to subscribe to the official organ of the University of San Car los, otherwise known as the Caro linian. More especially now that we are alloted this alumni section which we call Alumni Chimes, the alumni will also be able to take notice of alumni news, doings and goings-on. The alumni officers, therefore rec ommend strongly that each alum nus subscribe to this mag by writ ing to the prexy his desire to do so. New Graduates Swell Alumni Ranks Every graduation day at San Carlos sees the alumni rank and file swelled all the more. The USC Administration has shown its inte rest and paternalistic attitude to wards the Alumni Association by making the induction of new grathe associain all comAt the rate it's done, new members are induct duates to the folds of tion a regular feature mencemenl programs. ed by thousands annually. August, 1951 Page 31 ■Cain (Continued from page 11) fibers. Maybe they could get some money from them. Ligaya was two years younger than Tiago. She had the beauty and wistfulness of Carmen Rosales. Someday Ligaya would be married to a fine man. She would make a good wife for she was very much like her mother. Maybe, the son of Iyo Basio, Torio, would make a good pro vider for her. Ligaya and Torio would make a fine couple, Mang Sebio thought, and a smile crossed his wrinkled face. Pia and he knew that Torio was courting Li gaya. They approved of the match. Mang Sebio liked Torio for his sonin-law. Mang Sebio had noticed at the "katapusan" of the death of Iyo Carpo, their neighbor, that Torio had looked at Ligaya once in a while, and once Ligaya caught him, and she had blushed profusely under his searching gaze. It was obvious that Pia did not dislike Torio. She once saved him from dying when he was striken ill in his house. When she heard of his illness from the boys who called for help in the village, she was the first to come to save him. The boys told her that they disco vered Torio writing in his bed when they came to his house. "You should not stay alone", she said. "It is not good to be alone. You need someone whom you could call in case you get sick in the middle of the night". Doria, the youngest child, had gone to the well to fetch some wa ter, with her "sag-ob." The water level was going down every day, as the sun kept on shining and the rains kept away. The long hollow bamboo container would be heavy on her shoulder, Mang Se bio thought. He wished she did not have to do it, but life among the poor was like that — everyone, no matter what age, had his bur den to carry. The sun was nearing its resting place. The huge mountains of Co gon were beginning to cast their shadows on the ricefields. A ray of hope crossed Mang Sebio's old face as he gazed toward the south where the mountains of Binaliw loomed high. For covering .the peaks of those heights were sk’ies. They looked like clouds of rain! YeS, they were clouds of rain! Mang Sebio rose from his seat and stood peering at the tree tops. The thick, masses of condensed vapor were slowly approaching like a theif in the night; they were coming to wards the valley where Mang Se bio's ricefields lay. It was now evident that abundant rain would fall, as gradually silver raindrops, pearly and lustrous, fell one by one upon the thirsty earth. Mang Se bio called out Iya Pia in the house and she answered back with the timbre of happiness in her mellow voice. Doria came running from the well with her "sag-ob", to shel ter herself from the rain that would give them life. Mang Sebio was a happy man. The world that seemed to be fall ing to pieces at his bony feet in • the morning was slowly taking form again. He smelled the earth — that sweet odor of brown, moist soil mixed with the smell of the resurrecting "bogang." Tiago could go to school this year! All Mang Sebio needed was rain pouring down from heaven in torrents. Tiago would be glad. It would be a nice surprise for his only son when he got back from the "tabo" in town. Tiago would at first refuse to go, and he would reason with his father that it was foolish to send him away when he was so much needed at home in helping his father till the land. Mang Sebio knew the goodness of his son's heart. Sebio smiled hap pily as he thought of it. • Ligaya was preparing the light of the "lamparilya." Iya Pia was cooking the rice, and cooking the dried carabao meat over the burn ing embers. One could smell it from the room which was dining room, bed-room and living room in one. Doria was playing "siklot" on the corner. Sebio sat by the window, looking out for Tiago. He should be home any minute now. He would bring money with him and some other things Sebio had told him to get if he made a good sale. The sky was starless outside. It was pitch dark. The rain poured on, faster and heavier. Pools of water were gathering on the once baked ground. Sebio became wor ried and for a brief while, a fear crossed his old heart. He stood up, but fear seized him. His heart beat hard. It seemed like a foun tain whose water came out in a spout when opened. His knees seemed to give way under him. He cast the worry and fear aside. Stretching himself, he leaned for ward and gazed outside. No, there was no danger. Tiago knew his way across Manipis path very well. Carabaos had fallen down into the deep bottomless ravine while crossROTCIiatter (Continued from page 13) NEW CORPS COMMANDER Cdt. Col. Francisco Borromeo, of the College of Law, has been ap pointed Corps Commander of this unit. An erstwhile PMT Corps Com mander in the Boys' High School Department, he is an old hand at the job. He won this appointment by sheer merit as a medalist and an honor cadet in the last Tactical Inspection. REGIMENTAL LINE-UP The following is a list of cadet officers tentatively assigned and appointed accordingly as indicated: CORPS STAFF Cdt. Col. Borromeo, Francisco, Corps Commander. Cdt. Lt. Col. Samson, Emilio, Corps Ex-O Cdt. Major Jamiro, Cesar, Corps Adj. and S-l Cdt. Major Villanueva, Jaime, Corps S-3 1st BN Cdt. Lt. Col. Avancena, Rafael, CO "A" COMPANY Cdt. Capt. Mabaquiao, Napoleon, CO “B" COMPANY Cdt. Capt. Patalinghug, Pedro... CO "C" COMPANY Cdt. Capt. Vergara, Gil ............CO 2nd BN Cdt. Lt. Col. Rama, Jesus ........ CO **E" COMPANY Cdt. Capt. Lugay, Manuel .... CO •T" COMPANY Cdt. Capt. Gonzales, Jose........CO "G" COMPANY Cdt. Capt. Mirabueno, Cosme..CO 3rd BN Cdt. Lt. Col. Alino, Arturo........CO “A" BTRY Cdt. Capt. Calo, Federico........CO "B" BTRY Cdt. Capt. Roa, Simplicio ........CO "C" BTRY Cdt. Capt. Roa, Petronilo..........CO “SV" BTRY Cdt. Capt. Lucero, Teofilo........CO Cdt. Capt. Dondoyano, Rafael, BAND OFFICER.____________________ ing the narrow path on such a night like this, but carabaos were heavy and clumsy. Tiago was not a dumb boy, he was bright. No thing could happen to Tiago, his only son. Iya Pia and the children sat beside Mang Sebio, their faces gloomy. No harm would come to the boy; he was a good boy and his guardian angel would look (Continued from page 3(i) Page 32 THE CAROLINIAN IF YOU MUST SERVE. .. (Continued from page 29) some friends or classmates, or be cause some nice girl or handsome boy is going there. A college dean was once asked by a visitor what the enrolment in his college was and he said it was 5,000. "And how many students do you have?" con tinued the visitor. "To be truthful,” responded the dean, "of the 5,000 enrolled only 500 are students. The rest of 4,500 are not students and they should be somewhere else." And fourth, one thinking of pur suing a higher formal education should have money. A college edu cation is costly. Whereas it is true that a few ambitious boys and girls with practically nothing have earned college degrees, passed difficult examinations, risen to prominence and served their families, country and God with unparallelled dis tinction and honor, those, it appears, are the exceptions. For the rank and file of college students a rea sonable assurance of financial stab ility during their stay in an insti tution of higher learning is impera tive, for the boarding house must be carefully selected, the company to keep must be chosen, a fair amount of amusements secured, and the curricular and extracurricular fees have to be met, and books and school supplies must be bought. Also students frequently embar rassed financially cannot have the serenity of mind so desirable for con tinued mental exertion. So you see, the financial ability of the student or his parents can be an important deciding factor as to whether or not one should persevere in his choice of further formal study. Whereas these bases for deci sion are not infallible, for such fac tors as industry, health, and habits of study are also important, I ven ture to state here that boys and girls whose general intelligence is not at least above-average, 'whose high school marks are low, who show no particular interest in further study, and who manifest no high degree or persistence will surely be dis appointed in their college en deavors. Now, granting that one is a good college risk, what should govern the choice of the institution of higher learning? In America, high school graduates ordinarily enter the col leges attended, by their parents— the girls go to their mothers' alma maters and the boys go to the col leges from which their fathers grad uated. Or else they select the schools attended by some members of the high school faculty. For us here reasons of proximity, low tui tion fees, social life, reputation, and lax requirements may be added. Ladies and gentlemen, none of these reasons are valid. The choice of a college, like the choice of one's life partner, is extremely vital to the individual. The name of the college in your diploma is your trade mark. Therefore the choice must be made wisely. Dr. Jones, a rec ognized authority on the subject, tells us that only the needs of the individual and the ability of the in stitution to meet them would be the very factors to be considered in making the final selection. For tunately for you and, with all hum bleness and sincerity on my part, I can say that you are on the right campus. An enlightened adminis tration, a carefully selected group of competent instructors, varied cur ricula, well equipped laboratories, an adequate library, an excellent school plant, healthful recreational facilities assure you a well-rounded education. Only those, then, who want to take courses not offered by your high school alma mater need to go to other institutions. Next, comes the all-important problem of choosing one's career or course. What course should one pursue? On your selection will de pend your future—on the one hand, a wise selection can mean happi ness for yourself, your ’family and maximum service to your country and to your God; but a poor choice, on the other hand, can spell un happiness, dissipated energies, and a barren life. We are conscious witnesses to the grim facts that around us are literally hundreds of lawyers a very significant number of whom are dis mal failures and still a large army of flunkers wishing to become abogados through the door of the re duced passing grade. Many prac ticing physicians are healing the sick and mitigating physical suffer ings but many others are aggra vating physical sufferings and send ing their patients prematurely to their graves. There are hundreds of efficient teachers but for every proficient teacher there are hundreds of incompetent ones. Look at the half-baked products of our diploma factories. Friends, these failures, be they in the law profession, in engineer ing, in medicine, in the army, in teaching, in commerce, or in gov ernmental work — these failures could have been avoided. How? As we look closely around us we will discover that there is a big shortage of sisters and priests. Churches are too few and those that we have are overcrowded. Boys and girls in many public and private schools go without religious educa tion. Do we wonder why the state of morality has never been so low in our long history as it is now?. We lack experts in agriculture and farmers' cooperatives. Is it any wonder why the means of food pro duction are still antiquated, and the production is low and its distribu tion inefficient? Our farmers realize very little for their crops, for they are under the mercy of unscrupulous middlemen. We lack social workers. Anybody, irrespective of prepara tion, is appointed as a social worker. Are we surprised if the aid in the forms of food and medicine are dis tributed indiscriminately in times of pestilence and disaster? We lack trained retail and whole sale merchants. Are the retail trade and the wholesale business in your fellow nationals' hands? We are short of medical special ists and laboratory technicians. We need trained governmental person nel and career diplomats. Which course should one take? One should consider one's abilities, aptitudes, and the demands of the course. The student must, of course, not disregard the opportunities for advancement and service and the needs of his family, country, and God. Lastly, we come to the replies to the last question. Only five per cent of the graduates today plan to follow the careers of their parents. Definitely this is not a reflection on the parents. The selections are higher than the occupations of the parents. A closer study of the choices indicated reveals unmistak ably that our graduates have the strong determination and ambition to have ampler educational and professional preparations for life. Since the parents certainly may have had a hand in the choices, these choices also mean that the overwhelming majority of the pa rents want their sons and daughters to be better-equipped than they for service to their families, their pa rents, their community, their coun try, and their God. August, 1951 Page 33 ANO XII • No. 1 1951 '&QXXWM/ 'faMJbcwva/ APOLOG ETICA *httotetfWte7 por LUIS EUGENIO (Colegio de Artes Liberates) A IGLESIA se deliende, escuda su doctrina, sus principios, sus obras. <j,Diremos que hace mal al usar de un derecho comun a todos? i,La condenaremos si defiende su tesoro que es la verdad, cuya depositaria es, y rechaza a los villanos que quieren arrebatarselo? Digo rods: no tiene derecho de mostrarse debil, porque es embajadora de Dios ante la humanidad, y haria traicion a su ministerio si no defendiese palmo a palmo los verdaderos objetos de su mision, con las decisiones y anatemas de sus Pontifices y mas aun con la sangre de sus martires. No tiene tai de recho, porque defiende el patriotismo comun de los Cristianos, y al abandonarlo cobardemente cometeria un crimen contra nosotros. Es intolerante, pero debe serlo, porque si cejara en un solo punto, bien pronto irian sus enemigos sacondole pedazo por pedazo lo que le quedara de verdad; y ^no es un hermosisimo espectaculo de valor y entereza moral el que presenta ella, resistiendo a todas las ofertas, amenazas y compromises del error y manteniendose firme como el eje sin ningun cambio en su fe, en su moral, ni aun en su esencial discip line, en medio de la rotacion espantosa de sistemas y teorias humanas? S6lo la verdad divina es capaz de tener tanta confianza en si misma. EDITORIAL l_a Educacion Hemos vuelto a abrir las closes. De nuevo concurren los estudiantes a las aulas para saciar la sed de su inteligencia, para adquirir una edticacitin adecuada que los habilite, mas tarde, a ganarse la vida. La educacion es una operation importantisima, cuya funcion es desarrollar las potencias latentes de la mentalidad humana. El educador se vale de los sentidos, para hacer llegar a la inteligencia, conocimientos del mundo exterior. Esas potencias para el saber sin inmensas; abarcan conocimientos del mundo fisico y del mundo espiritual. Es de suma importancia que los conocimientos asi transmitidos y adquiridos, sean verdades fundamentales, basados en principios sanos. El hombre como ser rational, cuando ha pasado los ahos de su nihez, comienza a conocer las cosas, quiere saber y debe saber el porque de su existencia, ve las facultades con que la naturaleza le ha dotado; son inmensas sus posibilidades, desea tambien saber el porque de los demos seres que le rodean. Su mente le permite penetrar en las entrahas de la tierra, en los abismos de los mares, y trascender mas alia del espacio en sue investigaciones. Como ser rational le preocupa la razon de ser todas estas cosas y cual las responsabilidades que le incumben en el empleo de estas potencias y facultades de que estd dotado. Al niho, recien abierta su inteligenca al uso de la razon, le faltan los elementos y co nocimientos que podrian ddrle respuesta satisfactoria a los interrogantes que sugieren ese panorama. He aqui que empieza la tarea de su educacion y en esta importantisima tarea los primeros, mas interesados.y mas eficaces educadores son los padres; el hogar Cristiano es la mejor escuela donde se le sehala al niho el camino que se abre ante sus ojos, le ensehan las verdades inmutables y eternas — Dios Creador — Dios Redentor; cuando comienza a balbucear las primeras palabras le ensehan a pronunciar el venerando nombre de Maria Santisima, Madre del Redentor. Aqui en el segrado recinto del hogar paterno comienza el programa de la education cristiana: programa que abarca toda la vida del hombre, le enseha el porque de su existencia y la razon de que en su vida se encuentran dos corrientes que se oponen mutuamente: las aspiraciones al bien y la inclination al mal; esa contradiction de que nos habla San Pablo en su epistola a los Galatas, cuando dice que al complacerse en la ley de su Dios, encuentra en sus miembros otra ley que resiste la ley de sit espiritu. Esa resistencia de que nos habla el Apostol, se encuentra en la naturaleza humana, despues de la caida de nuestros primeros padres Adan y Eva; esa caida fue obra y sugestion del diablo, que valiendose de la ambition de Adan y Eva — ambition de saberlo todo — desobedecieron el mandato de su Dios y Sehor. En consecuencia de esa caida la voluntad quedo debilitada y obscurecida la vision para apreciar las cosas del espiritu, y esa debilidad y ese obscurecimiento quedan despues del Bautismo, solo que el espiritu viene fortificado por la gratia del Sacramento que suplementa la debilidad y el obscurecimiento resultantes de esa caida. Luego y a medida que se desarrolla la mente del niho, se le ensehan los demas medios y gracias que su Dios le proporciona para vivir vida de hombre bueno y sano; hombre avisado por sus conocimientos de esa ley contraria que le inclina hacia el mal que trae aparejada funestas consecuencias; a la rez fortalecido e iluminado por esa misma gratia vive la vida del buen cristiano, agradecido a su Dios y deseoso de ver a sus vecinos disfrutar de los mismos bene.ficios y con el dando gracias a su Dios. j>Que Tnran £os Cfjarlatanes? AY UNA categoria de per sonas que no pueden controlar ese afanarse hasta la sociedad en dar su primera o ul tima palabra en cuanto suceda en el circulo de sus actividades. Y en los otros tambien. Y si cabe en el mundo puesto que para ellas siempre hay una opinion en el comentario infalible. Del menudo topico casero hasta la tragedia mundial. De la conveniencia de curar un dolor de garganta con sullamidas hasta la oportunidad de evitar un conflicto mundial con determinados proyectos de paz. En todo encuentran campo propicio para tamizar los hechos a su paladar y luego volcarlos en la esfera de su influencia segun el color del cristal de su apreciacion indi vidual. Las mas de las veces se los tiene como dilusores de rumores lalsos o apresurados, mientras en otras se los califica como vulgares charlatanes. No falta, tampoco, quienes vean en esto un derecho natural, la libertad de pensamiento por medios de la libre emision de las ideas. Pero es el caso que llamese como se quiera, existe un aspecto fun damental ante el cual no se que diran los charlatanes. Un criterio de valorizacion de las cosas frente al que no cabe sino una sola actitud: recta conducta. El hombre se vale de la palabra para expresar sus pensamientos, y escrita u oral, esta debe ser fiel rellejo de lo que obra en la mente. El admitir lo contrario lleva derechamente a preconizar la mentira ya que equivale a ir contra la mente segun la etimologia del ter ming (del latin, mentiri). Asi, pues, lo que se dice es necesario que responda a lo que se piensa o lo que se cree sin anadiduras ni mutilaciones. Hay deber inexcusable de no engahar por una sencilia razon de dignidad. La palabra es la vestidura de la idea y el testigo de que el hombre es un ser racional. Es arma para defender nuestros derechos y es juez de nuestras obligaciones. Por sobre todo es el Por H. C. C. (Artes Liberales) medio logico y natural de comunicacion. Utilizarla con malicia cul pable es aprovecharse de la imperfeccion del ser humano, que por su caida original perdio dones pre ternaturales, y no puede ver en el interior de su projimo las verdaderas intenciones. Por ello la mentira es un ataque artero que menoscaba el derecho de la sociedad a confiar en el instrumento corriente de convivencia local o universal. Cuando no se respetan las normas morales acerca de la verdad, es comun encontrarse con la simulacion y la hipocresia que tanto mal hacen en el desenvolvimiento social de los pueblos. El que cree mal o sabe defectuosamente incurrira muy probablemente en falta aun cuando no mienta a sabiendas. La ignorancia o el error no siempre son disculpables porque es raro el que no pueda ser vencida por el conocimiento o la advertencia. El deber de la verdad es tributo de Dios que condensa la "suma verdad" y es patrimonio de los hombres que edifican sus instituciones y pactan sus esfuerzos de bien comun sobre la base fiel y segura que les ofrece. En el punto no cabe otra excepcion que la de collar la verdad en ciertos casos, pero jamas decir con error. Aquello seria permitido para evitar un mal mayor, pero esto otro no tiene atenuante alguno, no es honesto dar cambiado lo que honradamente se debe entregar. El problema de la verdad es asunto de honradez. No solo roba el que ataca para desposeer violentamente a otro de sus bienes, sino tambien el que viola la fidelidad en la sociedad como medida de las relacior.es reciprocas; estd robando la tran quilidad social con grave peligro para la discordia. Sin verdad reina el engano que engendra el Iraude y quiebra la union y concordia entre los seres. No interesa que se falte en pequeno — digainos asi — al igual que poco importa que se lesionc voluntariamente a un tercero con una u otra close de arma; el hecho delictuoso exisle y la eleccion solo influira en la mayor o menor culpa emergente de la responsabilidad. La sinceridad juega en todos los actos de la existencia humana, en los importantes por serlos, y en los aparentemente triviales "charles de cafe o sobremesa hogarena" por la fealdad viciosa de la mentira. La sinceridad no puede ser sino veraz. Y esta encuentra en la identidad del pensamiento con la (Continna en la papina l(i) August, 1951 Page 35 El Comunismo Tiende La Mano A La Clase Media // / O ESCAPA a la simple obf v servacion de cualquiera que el movimiento obrero, en todas partes, ha alcanzado un grado tai de desarrollo y ha constituido una fuerza de tai naturaleza, que paulatinamente ha ido logrando una serie de mejoras sociales que lo ha elevado del nivel economico en que se encontraba. Desgraciadamente, no ha ocurrido lo mismo con las closes medias que hasta hace poco tiempo constituian la pequena burguesia o, por lo menos, las closes que por tener una cierta estabilidad economica y una cierta suliciencia de bienes, representaban el elemento estabilizador en la sociedad. Actualmente estas closes medias sulren todas las incidencias del aumento del costo de la vida y de los bienes, sin te ner una correlativa mejora en cuanto a los ingresos que, en muchos casos, se han visto disminuidos al perder valor adquisitivo la moneda de algunos de los paises. Ante esta situacion no seria raro que el comunismo, por razones de tactica, comenzara una campana mundial para acaparar a la clase media y presentarse como el unico Salvador de la misma. A esta posible campana, no seria extraha en nuestro pais una serie de organizaciones de los mas diversos caracteres que se han ido formando en los barrios y que aglutinan a los pequenos comerciantes, a los empleados de cierta jerarquia y a todos cuantos representan a la clase media. Se ha utilizado como ele mento. de aglutinacion la defensa de intereses edilicios en algunos casos, de intereses sociales en otros y en muchos ha asumido la modalidad de reuniones de protesta por el encarecimiento de los artlculos de primera necesidad. Pero lo cierto es que en casi todos los ca sos esos movimientos tienden, mas que a buscar una solucion real al problema, a crear un clima de efervescencia y descontento que pueda ser aprovechado para ulteriores realizaciones de los planes cornunistas. Es necesario considerar seriamente este problema. Y es necesa rio contemplarlo desde el punto de Por JOSE MA. LASPEfiAS (Colegio de Aries Liberales) mira apostolico. A los catolicos sociales compete, en este momento, abordar con mayor empeno la rea lization de una tarea de conquista y organizacion de las closes medias para evitar, en primer lugar, que las mismas sean aprovechadas por las fuerzas del comunismo y, en segundo lugar, para ir creando las fuerzas de las closes medias que puedan ejercer su influencia en miras a la solucion de sus propios problemas y, sobre todo, en miras a constituir organismos que pueden, de alguna manera, estabilizar nuevamente a las closes medias, tan necesarias para la constitution de un recto orden social. No se nos escapa que es arduo el problema. Y, sobre todo, que no es de facil solucidn el encontrar los elementos de union entre closes medias que, per su misma consti tution, muchas veces tienen pequenos intereses encontrados entre ellas mismas. Pero la dificultad no puede ser motivo de abandono o de despreocupacion del problema. Por el contrario, debe constituir el acicate que lleve, a quienes tienen inquietudes sociales, a dedicarse de lleno al estudio y solucion de esta cuestion tan importante para el futuro de la sociedad nacional. iQUE DIRAN . . . (Continuacidn <le la pdgina 35) cosa, objeto del pensar. A esta altura podemos asegurar que, tai vez, no cometan falta los que siempre tienen a flor de labio una opinion; un dictamen o una aseveracion categorica, pero es cierto que son los mds propensos a caer por la ligereza en analizar los temas y cuestiones, fruto de. querer atender al magisterio docente de la Iglesia. El ser charlatan o charlista que puede ser una variedad del primero y resulta mds elegante, trae aparejado el conformarse a la mo ral que en esto, como en todo lo restante de la vida, ilumina y senala la ruta del bien obrar. Yo no se que dirdn los charlistas por las lineas precedentes. De todos modos que se las entiendan con San Agustin y Santo Tomds que tienen la paternidad de cuanto recorde aqui. CAROLINIANA . . . (Continued from page 2) • We said in last issue's "Caroliniana” that the coeds have been more prolific than the coods. But that is post. This time, the coods are making a thing of if by putting in two short stories which are quite good too. One is ' Rain” by a newcomer to the pages of our mag. The other is by another newcomer who hails from the Junior Normal Department. His piece is "Vigil in the Forest". Incidentally, the fact that we get or approve of con tributions from any department as long as they make the grade should discourage those students who seem to harbor pre judices that we are only printing the writings of those that we know personally. It is always assured that this mag is the official organ of the student body of the University of San Carlos. We always ask contributions ahead of deadline date, and yet we only get a few. But of course, in this issue, it has happened for the first time that there are more materials prin table than what we could actually print for lack of space. We are reserving the materials unprinted now for next issue. These facts should encourage any blueblooded Carolinian to do what he can by getting his pen and write. After all, there is everything to gain if we train ourselves to be able to express our thoughts and/or emotions in the most effective manner we can. • The pictorials this number are in teresting in that it offers views which were taken from new angles. The Father Rector furnished us some of the photos, and we are very thankful to have made it. And more, because we even have extra pictures we could no longer use this issue. We also give thanks to the in structors and professors who were cooper ative in giving us materials to illustrate the news items with. • Miss Araceli Kuan is again with us. 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