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Title: The Carolinian
Issue Date: Volume XX (Issue No. 1) July-August 1956
Year: 1956
Language: English
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extracted text: •*' (Carolinian VOLUME XX NUMBER 1 9Hue OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLO BUDDY QUITORIO feel like unwanted orphans. Form er Editor Tom Echivarre and ex associate editor Vic Ranudo, Jr., have decided, to the helplessness of Helynn and Tibur, to become lawyers, while the incomparable "Lady" Amigable, otherwise known as "The Ledi Philosopher," is in the big town on her first teaching stint. Even the most un-editor-like glance Carolinian menagerie has about made up for its losses. • This magazine's pictorial sec tion, which has very often touched off wide interest among picture bugs, should be credited to Fr. Joseph Jashick, S.V.D., without whom the spread would not look as interesting as it is now. Every BUDDY QUITORIO'S • Welcome home, Carolinian! We dedicate this issue and oiler the tribute of an unending grati tude to him who has performed the "miracle" that USC is today. The name ol the man: Father Ernest Hoerdemann, S.V.D., Ph.D., architect and builder extraordinary. In speaking about him, we are cer tain but that we cannot praise him too much. Our words, however spoken, pale before what he has done for all of us "that we be great." For, as Law Dean Fulvio Pelaez once said: "Without Father Hoerdemann, we would not be here at all." Again, our thanks. • If only lor the reason that we bested five deadlines to whip up an issue, we should deserve the glad hand. But that's not all. We also had to bear up with the bed lam created by USC's constructionhappy squad which furnished the worst journalistic atmosphere we've had in many years. At the time we were pecking hesitantly at our type writers, the carpenters were hav ing a high and mighty holiday pounding the walls around us and hammering away at every conceiv able thing in the vicinity. But no matter now. Even the staccato of hammer beats and the impersonal bites of chisels against stone prov ed no match for our underwoods. Here, then, is your copy of the Ca rolinian to show for all the aspirin pills that went down the drain. • New Names for Old The absence of three of last year's better-known byliners makes us at our renovated cubbyhole serves only to make us miss them more... they who made last year's issues something to point a finger at. But of course, the revamp rewarded us with new names. Lourdes "Inday" Jaramilla, the power behind The Power of St. Paul's College in Tacloban City, is one ol our prizest colleagues. Angelina Labucay, former editor of the Blue and White, the Inmaculadans' mouthpiece, avoided deadlines for three years (with fair success, too) before "ta lent scout" Felipe Verallo spotted her and signed her up. Inting "Herbie" Lim, the capitis diminutio punster whom we did not see for lo, these past years, is back in the fold and warns the readers to forti fy their collective duodenum when he explodes all he's worth in mirth. It was he,' by the way, who sug gested that USC's denizens be pro vided with metal admission slips and that a saucer-eyed cop be hir ed to direct the snarled traffic on the corridors. You'll all get a chance to read him in the next issue. Ma riano "Abay" Vale, former Spanish editor bolted from his rickety edi torial work bench in favor of Amable Tiubeo and Rommy Artillaga, two guys who, if you will not take umbrage at us for saying so, know their Spanish onions. Greg Andres, one-time sports editor of the Reflec tor and heavy-duty sports legman, comes in as Rousseau Escober's aide de sports. Greg has vowed to wear out his mocassins at the Eladio Villa Gym. With Manuel Ocampo in the art department, the once in a while, we get "outside" shots but those are rare moments because Fr. Jashick makes a pic torial coverage of almost all of USC's many festive events. • We are glad to know that those in charge of the intramural sportsfest are serious about the whole thing this year. Cheering squads are back in business again. Prizes have been assured the winning teams. Another reassuring develop ment hereabouts was the formation of the Liberal Arts Students Coun cil. Is a move afoot to organize the USC Supreme Students Council? • USC's Business Is Progress We got to thinking that after the completion of the Boys' High School edifice and the construction of the Engineering shop, USC's expansion spree would stop right there. We found out we were five offices wrong because no sooner had the last nail been driven to the "Home of the Engineers" than a bunch of workmen swarmed at the end 'of the Deans' Offices to build the quarters of the Dean of the College of Law, the Dean of Women, the Dean of Religion, the Bindery Room and the USC SCAns. USC never runs out of pleasant surprises. • This being our starter, we shan't attempt to take you along our usual labyrinthine ways. We have our hearts fearfully set for the next deadline. Page 2 THE CAROLINIAN Wfje (Carolinian SdUMLai, Sta^ BUDDY B. QUITORIO Editor-in-Chief ADOLFO CABAILO FELIPE VERALLO, Jr. SAMUEL FABROZ ADELINO SITOY Senior Editors VICENTE N. LIM CESARIO MELLA ROUSSEAU ESCOBER ANNIE RATCLIFFE ELSIE-JANE VELOSO Associate Editors LOURDES JARAMILLA ERNIE BATONGMALAQUE ROMULO ARTILLAGA GREGORIO ANDRES ANGELINA LABUCAY AMABLE TIUBEO Vol. XX No. 1 Entered as Second Class mail matter in the Cebu Post Office on lune 10, SIXTO ABAO, Jr. Staff Writers ISMAEL SALA MANUEL OCAMPO Art Associates JOSE P. de la RIARTE Circulation Manager Member. College Editors Guild of tho Philippines. REV. JOHN VOGELGESANG, S.V.D. Moderator Between Covers EDITORIAL COMMENT: Page Too Many Bad Eggs? ......................................................................... 50 ARTICLES: The Second Rendezvous ................................................ B. Quitorio 4 Father Philip: Sire of USC Engineers ............................. Verallo 5 State Authority Against Individual Constitutional Liberties ................................................. Hon. Miguel Cuenco 6 The USC Seal and a Tradition ................................. V. Espiritu 15 FEATURES: Of What Use is MS Physics to Me? .. Let’s Give the Masters a Chance . . Woman’s Age — An Open Secret .. Ramblings in Lower Case ............... Unitas and USC ............................... So You’re a Filipino ........................ My Fight Against Rejection Slips . Triot ................................................... Behind the "High” Lines .................. The Man Behind the “Stars” ......... The Lowdown on the Varsity Team The Monkey Wrench ...................... The Endless Search ........................ Interview ............................................ .............J. Kintanar ............. A. Labucay ................. I. Lagcao ........... L. Jaramilla Fr. Richartz, S.V.D. ............... S. Fabroz ......... B. Cabanatan S. Abao, Jr. . R. Escober . R. Escober . .. compiled A. Sitoy DEPARTMENTS: Caroliniana .................................................................... B. Quitorio 2 Anything You Say ............................................................................. 3 What Do You Think? ................................................... S. Fabroz 22 Pictorials ................................................................................ insert 25 - 28 News ................................................................................ S. Fabroz 32 Cross Currents ............................................................ S. Abao, Jr. 36 Alumni Chimes ................................................................ J. Riarte 40 Alumnotes ........................................................................... J-. Ria/rte 40 ROTC Briefs ................................................................ ROTC Ross 42 USC’s Honor Students .................................................................... 46 Filipino Folklore .......................... conducted by Fr. Linden, S.V.D. 47 Seccion Casteliana ............................................................................. 48-49 SHORT STORY: One Man’s Darkness R. Holganza 20 POETRY: Two Poems .. ............................................................... E. J. Veloso My Lonely Innocence ................................................... A. Labucay Resurrection ..................................................................... A. Sitoy Gloria ................................................................................ Ad. Mirer Death of a Lover ....................................................... D. Maglalang 17 17 19 Anything You Say... SPLITTING CLASSES: SPLITTING HEADACHES Dear Editor: I hope that through this magazine and with your help and kind considera tion, this small questioning voice would be audible enough for the Administration to hear. Can there be no other system where by enrolling here can be simplified, in order to make it easy for the students, especially the new ones, to get enrolled? Can the Administration not anticipate the number of students that should compose a section and the size of the room to accommodate them? I have experienced that during the first week of classes, there was always what is called "standing room." The usual recourse to ease up the bottleneck was to spilt the class and this deprived us of our choice In time and teachers during the enrolment period. Can a system not be formulated to solve the problems of congestion and splitting of classes? Very respectfully. MARIANO B. CAJOLES AH, "DARLING" BASKETBALL! The Editor: Are we not "babying" basketball too much? We hardly appreciate any other sport except basketball. How about suggesting the formation of a Student Tennis Club in USC? This Is only my two cents' worth but I am sure many of us would be right interested In It. ROSS PAREDES Oau&i tyeaiuAe * Rev. Ernest Hoerdemann, S.V.D., Ph.D. A new “date” with USC Fr. Hoerdemann has come home. The same Fate which took him away from us six years ago, in one of its happy moods, sent him back for a “second rendezvous” with the San Carlos University which he thought much about, blueprinted and built. The misty eyes he left six years ago “when even the heavens grieved” will recapture their happy twinkle and his numerous “fans” will smile again as they did when he walked and worked among them. His return is a Carolinian miracle. The Second Rendezvous IN OT MANY MEN have en deared themselves to others in the same way that Fr. Ernest Hoerde mann has warmed other people's hearts. It is not often, indeed, that one finds so many individuals, with temperament as divers as their station in life, so perfectly willing to bare their hearts and take com fort from a man born of a different race. People of all walks of life turned to him for counsel and for assistance. Fr. Hoerdemann hob nobbed with everyone who sought his guidance. He was a just and kindly master of the "little men" who helped him rebuild the Univ ersity of San Carlos from the debris left by the last War. He wielded the shovel and the hammer with a capability that amazed his fellow builders. He was no easy chair academician; he translated his thoughts into actions that became at once an example to others. As a teacher of logic and Religion, he polished the edges of an otherwise rough-hewn Carolinian freshmen or a stuttering upstart in Philosophy. He was a man of God who prac tised what he preached. His ser mons were down-to-earth and were addressed to folks who understood his language; his actions were even better appreciated for he set an ex ample which no missionary has ever by BUDDY QUITORIO shown here. During the reconstruction of this University, Fr. Hoerdemann faced odds which threatened his plans. The whole scheme of full-scale re construction teetered on a shoestring budget. Building a new institution from the ruins and rubbles of the old Colegio was a venture that tried his soul and exacted from him the maximum of his talents, his grit and his tenacity of purpose. He had no materials at hand saving only a will to do things and do them fast. He stuck to his task and what he did with "so little" is a special chapter in the history of San Car los. Every bit of stone and gravel which makes up the massive walls and pillars of this University carries the story of the sacrifice of a man and of his personal triumph over untold difficulties. Yet, in his last speech to the Faculty before he filled his position in the University of Nagoya, Japan, Fr. Hoerdemann spoke not of the "towering works" but of the simple, humble men who worked with him. "... for San Carlos, these halls, these towering works of man, will be gone — out of existence — if you care to put it that way. But what will remain will be the great ness of the man. So take care — that you be great." Fr. Hoerdemann was a young missionary with energy-plus and a Doctor's degree in Philosophy when he first passed through the door of the then Colegio de San Carlos in 1937. He was an inconspicuous classroom teacher who covered his "beat" in anonymous efficiency. From 1937 on, he spent a drab, routinary life as a teacher. He trained his students to become Christian gentlemen and inspired them with the goodness of his heart. He was a practical man who had no fondness for much theorizing. He was always a busy man — busy, indeed, even to his own hurt. As a classroom padre maestro, he found nothing that could break the monotony of a cut-and-dried tight schedule except occasional athletic competitions and school programs. Yet he loved his work because he put his heart and mind into every task before him. (Continued on page 21) Page 4 THE CAROLINIAN > Accent cn £n<pinee>iin(p FR. PHILIP: SIRE OF USC ENGINEERS by FELIPE M. VERALLO, JR. • Reverend Father Philip van Engelen personifies the College of Engineering on the strength of his record as its Regent. In the eight years of his Regency, he shaped USC’s Engineering Department from a veritable unknown common fraction to a neatly simplified case of a whole number in the overall frame-up of the University today. Before a write-up could be finally composed for publication, the writer had to play merry chase with Father Philip, not on account of his desire to shy away from an interview but because every frag ment of his being is so attached to work that had I waited for him to slow down, I would not have finish ed my assignment. He was too busy and unconcerned even for this interview; wherever he direct ed himself—along corridors or in side the modernized Engineering shop—a whale of work awaited him. It is hard to imagine Fr. Philip taking ease. He is restless and ever on the go. The rise of USC's College of Engineering is il lustrative of Fr. Engelen's moving, restless spirit. This is a quality en gineering students should have. ON THE RECORD Unlike their predecessors, engine ering students can now single out the fact with pride that they have ceased to act like nomads hunting for their rooms in the lower deck of the main building. The old Boys' High School has paved the way for the manufactory of future engineers. In 1948, when Father Engelen as sumed the post which he now holds, his advent was greeted with some thing of a schism because at the time the former Dean and Company had just staged a walk-out. Fr. Philip had to roll up his sleeves to salvage and repair whatever was left in the wake of the incident. He accomplished his homework in due time. The records of the Office of the Registrar reveal that way back in 1939 only thirty-nine students ma triculated in the first three years of Civil Engineering. Prior to 1949, only a complete Civil Engineering was listed in the prospectus. With a small but steady crowd, the Ad ministration added the Mechanical, Electrical Engineering and Archi tecture Departments in 1951. A year later, a powerhouse was con structed primarily to lower the bud get for the items on electricity and water which had been draining the university treasury in thousands of pesos and at the same time to serve as center for the application of classrooms theories. Answering the needs of some students the Chem ical Engineering department was in Rev. PHILIP van ENGELEN, S.V.D. Record Setter serted in the bulletin of information issued by the Registrar. Today, up wards of six hundred students crowd the new College of Engine ering edifice. During the past years, fruitful re sults have illuminated the skies of the University of San Carlos. For instance, in 1950, Engineer Victoriano Gonzalez topped the Board Exams for Civil Engineering, a re cord which was later made the ba sis for granting him a dual Ful bright and Smith-Mundt scholar ship for Advanced Studies in Hy draulics at Stanford University. Mr. Nicolas Lao Guico notched off ano ther "First" in the Board for Mech anical Engineering in 1954. Equal ling the record the following year was Mr. Eliseo Linog who topped the 1955 Board Exams for Mechan ical Plant Engineers. The slope of the curve describing the path of en gineering progress in the University of San Carlos is big and positive. According to an unimpeachable source, no Engineering graduate of San Carlos has been in want of a job. Today the College of Engineering has its exclusive library with vol umes of books and periodicals, a drafting room provided with flashy drafting tables and five large elec tric fans, modern mechanical and electrical instruments, airy and spa cious shops, complete Chemistry laboratory, up-to-date surveying de vices, an electronic shop reputed to (Continued on page 12) JULY-AUGUST, 1956 Page 5 • Speech of Congressman Miguel Cuenco opposing the Amendment by Substitution to H. B. No. 5561 delivered in the House of Representa tives on May 14, 1956 shall be included in the curricula of schools, college and universi ties, public or private: Provided, That in the collegiate courses, the original or unexpurgated editions of the Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo or their English translation shall be used as basic texts." Section 3 provides that the Board of National Education shall cause the translation of the Noli and the Fili as well as other writings of Jose Rizal into English, Tagalog and priation—P300,000, The Bill, there fore, violates the constitutional man date that “No bill which may be enacted into law shall embrace more than one subject which shall be expressed in the title of the bill." With regard to the reading and teaching of Rizal's novels, the Amendment by Substitution is even worse than the original House Gon zalez Bill which was also a copy of the original Senate Bill. The ori ginal Bill merely provides for com pulsory reading of Dr. Rizal's noThe Issue on the Rizal Bill: Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House: The constitutional liberties, the welfare and happiness of the Fili pino People, are placed under the special safeguard of the patriotism, honor, faith and wisdom of this Congress, the policy-determining body of the Republic. Conscious of my grave responsibilities, I rise to oppose the Amendment by Sub stitution to H.B. No. 5561, which is an exact copy of amended Senate Bill No. 438 passed last Saturday, and which seeks to "include in the curricula of all public and private schools, colleges and universities, courses on the life, works and writ ings of Jose Rizal, particularly his novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, authorizing the print ing and distribution thereof, and for other purposes." We contend that the said Amendment by Substitu tion is unconstitutional. We also challenge its wisdom. We do sin cerely believe that it is prejudicial to public interest as it will under mine and even destroy our national unity. The Amendment by Substitution to House Bill No. 5561 includes or covers two different matters. It pro vides: "Section 1. Courses on the life, works and writings of Jose Rizal, particularly his novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, State Autho INDIVIDUAL Cc other principal Philippine dialects, and cause them to be distributed, free of charge, to the people of the country, through the Purok organ izations and barrio councils. Section 5 of the Amendment by Substitution authorizes an appro priation of P300,000 for the printing and distribution of the English, Ta galog and other Filipino dialects versions of Dr. Rizal's novels and writings. It is crystal clear, therefore, that the Amendment by Substitution co vers two different subjects — the reading and teaching of Rizal's books and writings in our schools, and their printing and distribution, free of charge, to the public, for which purpose an appropriation of P300,000 is authorized. Both subject-matters which are different and independent are not stated in the title of the Bill as amended. Nothing in its title in dicates that it carries money appro ved. The Amendment by Substi tution provides for both the reading and teaching thereof. The language of the Amendment by Substitution has been purposely made dubious, ambiguous, and equivocal. It leaves everything to the Board of National Education, a body composed ol persons appointed by the President of the Republic for a certain number of years. The Board, with a transient membership, is more vulnerable to pressure from the warring groups than the Cqngress of the Republic, composed of a House of Representatives of more than one hundred members and a Senate of twenty-four members. The decisions of the Board cannot be reviewed by another executive body and, as such, are administratively final. A college student can ask for exemption, on ground of religious belief, from the course of the Noli and the Fili. However, under the broad, sweeping and undefined Page 6 THE CAROLINIAN Rizal, Like St. Joan of Arc, is a Symbol of National Unity . . powers of the Board, there is nothing that pre cludes the Board irom making compulsory the reading and teaching of the unexpurgated Noli and Fili in the high schools. There is nothing also that precludes the Board from including the book of Dr. Rafael Palma on the life and writings of Dr. Jose Rizal in the curricula of secondary and elementary grades. Dr. Palma's book contains more attacks against the Catholic Church, its dogmas, and practices than Dr. Rizal's novels. The Board is vested with the power to issue rules and regulations of a disciplinary nature. The i ty Against HON. MIGUEL CUENCO Representative 5th District of Cebu stitutional LIBERTIES About the Authoy: Hon. Miguel Cuenco, Congressman from the Fifth District of Cebu, is a firm and forceful champion of Catho licism. He has worn the badge of his Faith not only at home and in the Church but also in Congress. During the congressional wrangle on the Rizal Bill, he stood his ground against its passage. Two years ago, Congressman Cuen co was unanimously elected as "The Most Distinguished Alumnus of the Year" by the Tower Committee of USC’s Alumni Association. He was the first Dean of the USC College of Law, way back in 1937. He also ob tained his A.B. degree in the Univ ersity of San Carlos. Board can, therefore, require a pass ing rating for the promotion of the student to a higher grade. It can also dismiss the teacher who refuses to teach Dr. Rizal's novels or Dr. Pal ma's book, for conscience sake, in violation of a constitutional provi sion that no religious test shall be required for the exercise of political or civil rights. The issue, Mr. Speaker, on the present bill is not between the State and the Church, as alleged by the learned Majority Floor Leader, Con gressman Tolentino. The issue as aptly stated by the Supreme Court of the United States in the controlling case of West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnett, 319 U.S. 624, is a conflict between state au thority and individual constitutional rights. It is, therefore, our inesca pable duty as lawmakers to safe guard in this Bill the individual free dom of religion and God worship in the most clear and precise language, in black and white terms. We should have stated in the Bill in the most unmistakable language that the student on all scholastic levels — not only the college stu dent — can apply for exemption from any course on the life, works and writings of Dr. Jose Rizal, par ticularly his novels, on the ground of religious conscience. It is regret table, Mr. Speaker, that the propo nents of this measure are deter mined to reject an amendment along this line that this humble Member of the House will introduce. Every student on all scholastic levels — from the elementary to the univ ersity — is protected in his religious freedom by an iron clad and fool proof provision in the Philippine Bill of Rights, Subsection 7, Section 1, Article 3 of the Constitution. Yet this Chamber, instead of facing the issue squarely, has clothed the Board of National Education with so broad powers that put the Board in a position to transgress individual (Continued on page U) JULY-AUGUST, 1956 Page 7 THE AUTHOR Editor's Note: JANE KINTANAR, the well-known teacher of Physics In the Girls’ High School, recently joined the College Faculty In the Department of Physics. In 1949, she received the degree of B.S.E.; In 1952 that of M.A. In Education whereafter, In 1956, she added the degree of B.S. In Physics. Her next success will be the degree of Master of Sci ence In Physics, for which she Is preparing under the tutelage of Fr. M. Richartz, Head of Department of Physics In the Graduate Division. Science tyeatusie Three WEEKS AGO, at this writ ing, I had myself enrolled in the Postgraduate course leading to a Master's degree in Physics. On en tering the Registrar's office, I was met by an exclamation from one of my teacher-colleagues. "Oh.. . no. . . not you again? Are you taking this as a hobby. . . . col lecting degrees just like collecting old stamps? Now, look here, my dear girl. What you need now is a title before your name, not after it. You have titles enough to leave out the RIP in your in memoriam,” she laughingly concluded. I teasingly retorted, "It is easier to get another degree than to get a husband nowadays. As for that in memoriam piece, let it be. I will die busy." Later on, I reflected on the out burst of my friend. Did I really need further study to improve my teaching? Could I not manage well enough without further headaches, tests and exams? I think that, per haps, I could. But I have the ambi tion to grow with the growing sci ence. Every teacher should keep up with the goings-on in the modern scientific world, not only for the sake of his students but also in the interest of the country. My decision may be influenced by reason of personal interest. As long as the University of San Car los is graced by two Physics teach ers of distinction, Rev. Michael Richartz, Doctor in Physics, and Rev. Francis Oster, Master of Sci ence in Physics, I simply cannot let grass grow under my feet when there is still more to learn from these experts. You may take it as a private opinion, too, when I say that the study of Physics is in itself an art. Of What Use Is MS Physics To Me? by JANE KINTANAR I am not an artist, nor a mathema tical wizard who knows the answer to difficult problems by intuition. Once in an Advanced Physics class, Father Oster illustrated on the board a series of differential deri vations arriving at a certain equa tion. When he saw our perplexed questioning faces trying to grasp the solution within our understand ing, he remarked: "Oh, if you could only see the beauty of it." There and then did I know what he meant.. . the unfolding of the re cesses of the mind in its process of reasoning from a complicated pro blem, paving the way to a clear and simple answer. This training of the mind, so im portant in all respects, cannot be overemphasized. It is a deplorable fact that the study of Physics in high schools is made optional. Even in the elementary grades, physical science is not emphasized. There is so much truth in what Jose P. Laurel, in one of his Economic Series which appeared in the Manila Times, wrote: .... "the knowledge especially of the tech nical kind possessed by aliens and foreigners about many of our na tural resources is much ampler and more specific than that possessed even by an average Filipino col lege graduate." He further stated that a casual examination of the (Continued on page 35) Page 8 THE CAROLINIAN Taking issue against rabid followers of teener tunes, this Rock ’n’ Roll “againster” says-----music we want to have our cake and eat it, too. We crab a lot about the world not having an idea ol our kind of music. Foreign musicians get to play our compositions only when they are performing in Manila out of courtesy, of course, and noth ing but. Then, our own musical genuises go abroad. They play brilliantly in Spain, the United States and they get encores for those tinkling, refreshing pieces from our Philippine Islands (while some lorgnette-wearing lady whispers to her companion, "Maud, dear, where on earth is the Philippines?"). The audience likes our music; they ask for more and applaud so loud the player's heart gets to be that big. But after that, does the foreign public, or for that matter, our own musical public, go to a concert be cause Juan Cruz's immortal compo sition Concerto No. 5 in E mi nor, Op. 27, is to be played at the Metropolitan Opera House under the baton of the world-renowed Leo pold Stokowsky? Or that Lily Pons is singing Ricardo Mahilum's "The Maria Clara Opera?" We talk big and loud about "C" sugar and power politics but when the tete-a-tete shifts, by the sheerest miracle, to music, a lot of us palm it off as "strictly for the birds." Boy, we wouldn't be caught dead listen ing to Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. 2 in c minor (which is very beauti ful)! But to mambo—boogie—chacha—addicts like us, being caught listening to Chopin, Debussy or Tchaikowsky is just about as unpar donable as finding ourselves wear ing the much-maligned "high-waist" pants in a world of "low-waist" per sonality-plus hecklers. Let’s Give the Masters A CHANCE The Gospel says something about a bad tree not being able to bring forth good fruit. There's nothing bad about these be-bop, hot, rock and roll or what-haVe-you ditties. Only thing is the day is so full of "Now here's a dedication to Inday, Titing & Monet from Deling. . . Folks, here's the current craze, 'The Great Preten der'," that the great masters are pushed to oblivion. . . well, around (Continued on page 37) JULY-AUGUST, 1956 Page 9 It WAS AN UNBENDING rule with me sometime ago never to pass up the chance ol inquiring about the age ol every woman to whom I was introduced. This was my formula lor getting "solid" with her. I used to go on a gay and confident spiel with her alter that, believing the while that I had ap plied one of Dale Carnegie's univ ersal rules on human relationship. "Show your interest in others by asking questions." I realize now that, especially with the "children of larger growth" (women to you), I was committing a colossal mistake. And all because 1 happened to take hold of a friend's directory. I was surprised to learn that several of my class mates wrote down their age as twenty. I have first-hand knowledge that in our senior year in high school, they were already seventeen. Whatever happened to their three years in college? The answer, ob viously, is this: Women hate to re veal their true age. Five of my lady friends have confirmed this. As one of them puts it: "Women would have their age kept a secret with as much vigilance as the scientists in the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission use in guarding the formula of the Atom Bomb." An other has this to say: "If you want to win the admiration of women never ask them about their age, for women always consider it an insult especially if they are over twenty. If you ever get an answer at all, it is about as reliable as a weather forecast. To get the right age of woman, consult her birthday certificate or a photostatic copy thereof. If it is not available, ask a woman her age and add four or five years to what she will tell you. Only then can you be sure that you are free from error." The other three showed me the same dog although with different collars. But all of them ended up with an ad WOMAN’S AGE... An Open Secret V. tCaqaao. vice not much different from Lord Chesterfield's advice to his son: "Please keep this , secret inviolable if you would not like Orpheus to be torn to pieces by the whole sex." I suppose that women play this gimmick for the self-same reason that drives them to use eye-shades, twelve-inch-heeled shoes and many other retouching materials and such elements. To create illusions, that is. They want to appear and be believed much younger than they really are. That is why when a woman says goodbye to her twentieth birthday she begins to keep an air-tight secrecy of her age. Proof? Try to read society columns in any newspaper. Have you ever read of socialites celebrating their 25th or 23rd birthday? No selfrespecting socialite celebrates that kind of birthday. But, mind you, these women do not stop celebrat ing birthdays. They just throw in a birthday party while the matter of age is lost in the tinkle of cock tail glasses. The most tight-lipped women are those over twenty and espe cially those who are—.alas! — still single. Even at the point of a gun they would still be tight-lipped. The reason of course is obvious. Can you blame them if they would like to make the impression that they have not "missed the boat?" How about the full-fledged spinster? How are we to determine the height they have attained in the chronolo gical scale? Impossible! unless we are fortunate enough to hear them in their dreams muttering and counting the years of fruitless wait ing. It is really surprising and, frankly, quite amusing why women make a big hush-hush over their ages. They cannot cheat the ele ments even if they try all means at staying young. It is an impos sible venture. The wrinkles will show, come high water or Max Factor! Page 10 THE CAROLINIAN fourdeA u. jaramilla, J . a carolinian is a pretty spoiled baby, he gets the choice trap pings of a formidable university prestige to fall back on when his dignity is ruffled, he may not be vocal about that secret pride over its impressive science and laboratory equipment, buildings, high brow professor? and all that stuff but there is no question that it sure hooks up his self to know he's a part of the whole tidy scheme . . . part of a world he wants so much to belong to . . . a world where he must fight to achieve a place of his own . . . yes, a "world in his corner", ... a private paradise . . . but an apple-pie set-up is too good to be true, or am i wrong here? the perfect centralized smooth-running machine that is use does not spell the whole story, underneath the march of campus activities so precise on the surface rise the bubbly domes of fear and the feeling of being helplessly, but helplessly, lost that mark little furrows on the newcomer's innocent brow ... he is at once the picture of a small speck awed by the immensity of the university and its many, many students unconcernedly hurrying by . . . hurrying past him. lonely in anonymous crowds with strange faces, alone but for the winning smile of mrs. a. gil, the one reality in a sea of blank faces. the first kindness, this is not lost. 221, g-24, 306 . . . teachers, instructors, professors . . . why are they? do i mean anything to them? anything at all? are they human? have they ever felt as lost as i am now . . . ? my classmates, why don't they talk to me? is something wrong with me or are they just plain shy? or dumb? or even sophisticated? the boy in the printed shirt before me looks bewildered by everything and miss what's-her-name on my left is plain unhappy, but why don't they say something? anything, a bunch of lost and lonely people tena ciously refusing to reach out to one another, preferring the tight security of their private little worlds . . . we're all delirious! ! ! and afraid, but so is everybody at one time or another . . . july. the "long gray line", "the gray ladies." how smart appearing, how right the figure it fetches ... my i.d. picture, what a dope i look like! . . . the card shuffling is automatic now. who is that nameless lanky priest with the purposeful stride? what a thrill to be on hand when he opens his mouth (or his heart, maybe) and words, oh words such as you and i would never dream could possibly come from him . . . pouring like torrents of rushing waters to tease, weaken and inspire a sluggish mind of life, to wonder and think, as he mounts in eloquence, his eyes light up, hands gesticulate and sweep, his very countenance taut with the poignancy of an emotion or idea he wants conveyed ... he portrays all emotions, the gamut, the nuances . . . oblivious of everybody else watching and listening, entranced and bewitched . . . completely obssessed in his thesis . . . alien to us. he looks at me as though he knows me, fathoming me by my face (awrrk!) a psychologist here, also a rock in philosophy, the longer i stay in his class, the more i realize that i do not know anything at all! i have not yet learned his name (fr. wrocklage? ed.) . . . (Continued on page 12) * two poems * Mie-Jane VeLo Wind currents break into my heart Translating themselves mercilessly into frustrated agonies Filling my dark hours with stringless kites of belated remorse ...... Floating whispers . . . flying sighs Penetrating the silent unmoving air Disturbing resting molecules To fill a moment of regret . . . this is my April. Cold hands clasp the golden months — turned to dust Settling down on damped floors— to rise again. New clouds appear on mountain peaks to disappear again. New storms arise from silent hills to break again. A heart cries out: My love, my love! As hands reach out to hold—my own. . . While heaven smiles and angels glow Two doves hover to start — anew! JULY-AUGUST, 1956 Page 11 FATHER PHILIP: Sire of USC Engineers (Continued from page 5) be more furnished than any school in Manila according to the recent observations of Engineers Cavan and Laspinas of the Bureau, tools in quantity for the use of students who do not exceed twenty in each lab oratory class, instruments ranging from a simple screw to a geiger ramblings in lower case.......... (Continued from page 11) who was it who punned scathingly that there are more people in the limited space of the drugstore tile for tile than in our spacious chapel? did it ever occur to her that there are more hungry people than there are holy people? or does she not know that the drugstore is the most convenient and nearest point of jcontact for students shuttling from the main lobby to the girls' high? but no matter, believe it or not there are more people now in the chapel since the university bulletin carried a notice of the daily 5:00-5:30 confessions, with "counselling and guidance" implied, or why would so many boys, that disappearing rare species, also toe the line? arched eye brows greet him who stays too long in the box. too many sins? that's unkind . . . he's looking for a pal ... or a weeping wall . . . day classes . . . night classes, a charm all their own. a Carolinian now . . . wool-dyed, true-blue . . . rrriiinnggg! a shuffle of feet, by the time the buzzer ends, it's a case of the survival of the fittest and the exasperation of the fattest in the hour-to-hour rush for the stairways . . . one united movement of pushing, jostling, "excuse me's" and, "gad! can't you ever move?" and why can't a Carolinian have wings? strain an inch, slither out of the jam and . . . hurray! . . . i'm out. why, oh why, are so many epithets bom daily during the height of the traffic mess? "gangway . . . scat. . . blow . . . evaporate, my foot!" keep right, keep right, oh yeah, keep right, ah, but why com plain? it's a lot of fun, too. like window-shopping or milling with july 4th celebrants or being just plain carolinian-like. we are young and alive and anyway sliding down bannisters -is like old times . . . shove off, wiseguy, i'm in a hurry! counter, radios, almost all kinds ol meters and precision devices. UNWRITTEN HISTORY For the early training of Father Engelen, let us turn in restrospect to Utrich, Holland, on February 28, 1910. In a family of six boys and two girls, Philip was the eldest. While a Filipino of his age would be pasturing a carabao in the grass lands, Philip was already tinkering with wires, circuits and machines, so much so that at a tender age he could already assemble a radio by himself. He devoted his summers to studying the trade of his neigh bors in their sprawling shops; in winter, he was lost in the cloister of his shop, tinkering with wires and tubes and old machines. Be cause of the unavoidable call of re ligion, he registered in Saint Willebrod Seminary at Uden. Later he bolstered his knowledge with the rudiments of Philosophy at Saint Lambert Seminary in Helvoirt. Not satisfied with all these, he plugged himself on an M.S. degree in Saint Francis Saviour Seminary at Teteringen. In his early twenties he began his long excursion to the Philippines, and his first stop was at Claveria, Cagayan. It was the Cagayan cli mate that disturbed him most. He came here only to find out that Cebu was a lot hotter than Caga yan. His tour of duty in Abra, Ca gayan and Pangasinan as a parish priest was stopped when the last World War exploded. Since the Dutch at that time were teamed with the Allied powers, the amiable padre had to be interned in the Los Banos Concentration Camp. Imme diately after liberation, he was sent abroad to renew advanced studies in Modem Physics at Tulane Uni versity, New Orleans, Louisiana. THE CHANGE It is not surprising to make Father Engelen spearhead the timely shift of projecting the College of Engine ering to the forefront in the shap ing of the mind and mettle of young people. The Society of the Divine Word realizes the necessity of at tuning Catholic education to the temper of this age of atoms and cosmic rays. This marked change is heartening to note especially be cause our country is still in its kin dergarten stage of industrialization and has to go a long way towards mechanized production. MISCELLANY Father Engelen is a rabid hi-fi fan. When our talk shifted to the subject of radios, he intimated to me in his shop located in the sec ond floor of the Engineering build ing that "we could have our own radio station because we have the apparatus for the matter." How ever, as of this date, he strongly doubts the possibility because "aliens cannot put up a radio sta tion" although like Santo Tomas University, we could establish one in the name of the San Carlos Cor poration. The finances on manage ment and maintenance are still se rious thorns in carrying out this am bitious plan. Before I left his shop, he ad vanced the observation that "the Filipinos are serious students but are too conscious of prefixes to their names." Pointing to a maga zine and opening it before me, he continued, "Doctors of engineering studies in Europe seldom annex their titles to their names although dignitaries of the land sport kilo1 metric descriptions." This is a harsh fact which is too true to deny. This six-foot Dutch missionary with the lock of hair carelessly dangling on his forehead, his big German dog trailing him dutifully, this humble master with a restless appetite for work, is a constant re minder that we need more men of his caliber to light up the USC's skyline. Page 12 THE CAROLINIAN UNITAS and USC by REV. M. RICHARTZ, S.V.D. Alumnus of the Unitas-Frisia, Muenster In THE CAROLINIAN of February 1956 you have read a brief remark on the "Pact of Friendship" of our University with the Unitas-Verband. Here is the English translation of the German letter Very Rev. Father Rector wrote accepting the invitation to the Pact of Friendship. University of San Carlos Cebu City, Philippines October 10, 1955 Dear Mr. Rademacher, Your kind letter was a very pleasant surprise. One opens every letter from home with special interest. Usually such letters are from relatives and friends, with an occasional letter of an official nature. Your missive belongs in a class all its own. In the first place, then, permit me to thank you most heartily for your kind letter. It is a pleasant reminder that we are still remembered in our homeland. But your letter tells much more besides. I rejoiced to learn of the active interest in the missions — which is, indeed, one of the great concerns of Holy Church. It therefore affords us special satisfaction that you and the W. K. V. Hathumar, Paderborn should invite us to join with you in a close bond of friendship. Thanks be to God that since the end of the war we in the Philippines have once more been able to resume full-scale operations without let or hindrance. To the glory of our Catholic Philippines it must be admitted that even during the war we German missionaries were allowed to continue our work in every mission post and school. So we enter with pleasure into this proffered pact of friendship. We will gladly acquaint you with our work here and will inform you of the modest accomplishments we can point to. After all, much is still in the process of development. The possibility of eventually exchanging students is especially attractive. The majority of the Filipino students who continue or further their studies abroad go to the United States. For this purpose many study grants have been set up and the whole programme is greatly facilitated by the oneness of language in the two countries. The official medium of instruction in the Philippines is English. Here at San Carlos we offer German and so the language-problem for our students would be made somewhat easier. Sincerely yours, WHAT IS THE "UNITAS"? The Unitas-Verband is a federation of student organizations of German Catholic university students (Ver band der wissenschaftlichen katholischen Studentenvereine). It counts with some 55 organizations (cor porations, clubs) about 2500 stu dents, and 5000 alumni (Alte Her ren). Founded in 1847, it is the senior of all Catholic federations of German university students. The aim has always been to help develop in its members a high academic standard of thinking and Father Herman Kondring, S.V.D. Rector living. It upholds the principle that the supreme aim of a university is not just search for knowledge, but the making of the mind, not the memorizing of an entire encyclope dia, but the forming of a person ality. Virtus, scientia, amicitia — vir tue, knowledge, friendship, all are hearts across the oceans... important. The motto is: unity in principles, liberty in choice, charity in everything! The patrons of the Federation are the Blessed Virgin Mary; St. Boniface, the apostle of the Germans; and St. Thomas Aqui nas, the prince of philosophy. Each member club holds a scientific convocation weekly. The main event of the Federation's act ivities are the festivals, the so-called "Vereinsfeste", on which days be sides scientific .Lectures and social entertainment, the religious element is given great attention; all attend holy mass and receive holy com munion. Prerequisite for admission into the Federation is a truly Christian conduct and thorough scientific work. The more than 100-year history of the Unitas-Verband testifies to the great activity of the Federation and the ardent fervor of its mem bers. In every branch of natural and social science you may find some outstanding personalities who are members such as professors, Congressmen, famous leaders in church and state. Ludwig Windthorst, the genius and leader of the German Catho lics during the years 1871-87, be came the first honorable member of the Unitas. The outbreak of the Kulturkampf in Prussia gave him a splendid opportunity to show him self the Champion of the Church in Parliament. During this strug gle of the Church with the Prussian state Windthorst stated: "The Uni tas is the artillery of the Catholic student's corporation." Franz Hitze, the outstanding leader of the Catholic social reform movement in the 19th century wrote in 1892: "The Unitas has been sug gesting and directing the course of my life. It has given me life's con tents and happiness." In a letter recently received from Unitas-Hathumar we proudly read the following passage: "A few days ago we received THE CAROLINIAN, No. 4. This pu blication stimulated much interest among us; the variety in text and pictures especially pleased us. Rarely does one read such a stu dent publication that reflects so vividly and convincingly both the life of a foreign people and life at a university." JULY-AUGUST, 1956 Page 13 State Authority Against Individual Constitutional Liberties (Continued from page 7) conscience and constitutional liber ties. Congress in passing this Bill has committed a dereliction ol duty. It ignored this wise counsel ol the United States Supreme Court in the aforementioned case of West Vir ginia State Board of Education, v. Barnett: "The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw cer tain subjects from the vicissi tudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities and officials and to establish them as legal prin ciples to be applied by the courts. One's right to life, li berty, and property, to freespeech, a free press, freedom of worship and assembly, and other fundamental rights may not be submitted to vote; they depend on the outcome of no elections." Before we enter into a fuller dis cussion of the merits of the Amend ment by Substitution, we should have a broad idea of Dr. Rizal's novels. They contain teachings on patriotism, and nationalism as well as views, opinions and theories, attacking dogmas, beliefs and prac tices of the Church. The assertion that Rizal limited himself to casti gating undeserving priests and re frained from criticizing, ridiculing or putting in doubt dogmas of the Church, is absolutely gratuitous and misleading. The best evidence are the two novels themselves. It is an elementary rule of law that there is no better evidence of the terms of a document than the writing it self. In simple, clear and unmis takable language. Dr. Rizal made several attacks against religion, although in justice to Dr. Rizal him self shortly before his execution at Bagumbayan, let me say that he solemnly retracted and withdrew "whatever in his works, writings, publications, and conduct had been contrary to his status as a son of the Catholic Church." It is not within the limited scope of my speech to make a comprehensive and all-inclusive list of his opinions that ran counter to religion. To sum up, in Noli and Fili we find passages against Catholic dog mas and morals, where repeated attacks are made against the Ca tholic Religion, against the possi bility of miracle, against the doc trine of Purgatory, against the Sa crament of Baptism, against Con fession, Communion, Holy Mass, against the doctrine of Indulgences, Church prayers, the Catechism of Christian Doctrine, sermons, sacramentals and books of piety. It is, therefore, crystal clear that there are portions of the two novels of Dr. Rizal which are against the teachings and laws of the Catholic Church but which the Government may, nevertheless, under the Amendment by Substitution, com pel and coerce the Catholic student to read, and in so doing, the Gov ernment violates his religious cons cience. The Government is even discriminatory against the Catholic Church in the sense that it coerces the students to read Rizal's attacks against his Religion but it does not coerce the student to read the de fense of the Church against the said attacks. In the face of this, I wish to invite attention to subsection 7, section 1, Article III of the Constitu tion which solemnly proclaims that "the free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination of preference, shall forever be allowed." Yet un der the Amendment by Substitu tion, the Government gives prefer ence to Dr. Rizal's attacks against religious profession and worship. In forcing the students to read those attacks, the Government impliedly vouches for the validity of Rizal's religious opinion on the dogmas, teachings and practices of the Church. The Government, there fore, is expressing preference for Rizal's religious opinions over the doctrines and practices of the Ca tholic Church. The proponents of the Amend ment by Substitution support the compulsory reading of the two no vels of Rizal, including their attacks against the Catholic faith, as a means of inculcating patriotism and nationalism in our youth. The ar gument does not save the Bill from the fatal defect of unconstitution ality. The case of Board of Educa tion v. Barnett, 319 U.S. 624, is in point. The Supreme Court of the United States, reversing its previous decision in Minersville School Dis trict v. Gobitis (310 U.S. 586 1940), held in Board of Education v. Bar nett that a student in a public school cannot be expelled for refusal to salute the American flag, if such a refusal is based on conscientious grounds and specially on the be lief that the salute would violate the Commandment against graven images or idols. Before concluding, I wish to answer the stirring appeal for na tional unity of the distinguished Majority Floor Leader in his able sponsorship of the Amendment by Substitution. The issue, I repeat, Mr. Speaker, is between state authority and in dividual constitutional liberties. The issue, therefore, is essentially of the nature of an interpretation of the Constitution. Everybody in our country has the right to favor or oppose this Bill, but he should do so with calmness, with less passion, with less heat. We should discuss the merits of the Bill in the realm of principles and ideas, with so briety and moderation, and without any acrimony and ill-feeling. Our hearts, Mr. Speaker, bleed at the sad spectacle of Rizal's tower ing and dominant historical person ality being used to divide our un fortunate country into warring camps of nationalists and anti- na tionalists, Rizalists and anti-Rizalists, Catholics and anti-Catholics. The religious strife engulfing the country and revolving around Rizal's name has no reason to exist. It resem bles the sterile controversy in France about the French national heroine, St. Joan of Arc. The French con servatives claim the Maid of Or leans as their standard bearer be cause without military strength she succeeded in defeating the English in many battles in France during the Hundred Years War, paving the way for the expulsion of the English from French soil and to French na tional unity. Joan of Arc, the daughter of poor peasants, a shep herd girl of 15 years old, was or dered by God to liberate France from the English and to convince the Dauphin, Charles VII, to be crowned as a king at the famobs Cathedral of Rheims and to assume national leadership. The English, and even Napoleon, the Great, himself a military genius who can not be accused of being a religious fanatic, consider Joan of Arc's mili tary victories as miracles. St. Joan of Arc was condemned to the flames and burned alive at the City of Rouen at the age of 17, by an ec clesiastical court which was receiv ing orders from the English invaders. (Continued on page 37) Page 14 THE CAROLINIAN was informed that the freshie (I was just like him then) had stepped on the Seal of the University of Ore gon, which was inlaid, like the Seal of the University of San Carlos, di rectly in front of the steps of the Ad building. Either the greenhorn was not properly orientated or he did it purposely to find out the consequen ces of stepping on the University The Seal of the University of San Carlos bears significant symbols in side the circling letters — UNIVER SITY OF SAN CARLOS, CEBU CITY—. The coat of arms, that of a shield, is divided into three parts. The first at the bottom, contains a book and a torch. These two fig ures symbolize the knowledge and the wisdom of the ages to be hand ed down to succeeding Carolinians. As Truth shall set men free so shall knowledge and .light free men from THE USC SEAL and a Tradition The SEAL of the University of San Carlos is conspicuously inlaid on the floor of the lobby of the Administration Building, just a few feet from the steps of the middle door of the main entrance and di rectly in front of the statue of St. Charles Borromeo. Not very many, perhaps, wonder what the eye catching circle signifies. In my long stay in the University, I know of no one who has bothered to ask anything about that circle and the different figures in it. Or, perhaps, it is just being taken for granted, not being worth bothering about. Such an attitude would be strange among students in the universities in the United States where univer sity seals are not only respected but also revered. There, the seal of a university is esteemed as the university itself, just as the flag of a country is taken to stand for the country itself. One of my most memorable ex periences took place during my first year at the University of Oregon. I was passing by the Administra tion building one day after the Orientation Week. I noticed a dozen lettermen watching one of their com panions beating the buttocks ol a frosh for three times (though not so hard) with a small paddle made for the purpose. This incident took place on the steps of the building before a crowd of students. Curiousity got the better of me and so I edged my way into the crowd and asked from a student the cause of this violation of human dignity. I seal. No one ever found out why he did so. Now, why was this seem ingly unsocial practice of public beating tolerated by the University? Seals have been used by eccle siastical authorities, government functionaries, and persons of noble birth as early as the day of St. Augustine. A seal was used for authenticating or certifying docu ments, letters or other important pa pers. During the early period of by MR. VICENTE ESPIRITU its usage, the seal was first at tached to the letter; later, it was stamped or impressed on the docu ment. Thus, in general, a seal is representative of the authority, au thenticity and genuineness of a per son, institution or a body. Through out the years, the seal gradually came to be understood as an em blem, a badge or symbol represen tative of authority and as such, it demanded respect, devotion, loyal ty and even reverence for those that the seal represented. At present, the seal is popularly used by lawyers, educational insti tutions and the government. For example, a diploma granted to a graduate of the University of San Carlos, is not official unless it bears the official seal of the University. ignorance and darkness. Both the book and the torch are emblematic of Truth, the hierarchical summit of all wisdom and learning. The Cross above the book and torch, and right side of the shield, stands for death and life, suffering and happiness. It is symbolic of the trials, the agonies, sacrifices and death of the only One who loved us that we miserable mortals may find immortality. Were it not for the Cross, we may have to under go eternal punishment, and be shut off from eternal life. The Cross is the mark of Christian Faith and the promise of eternal life. The winged foot stands for the Missionaries of all nationalities who belong to the Society of Divine Word—they who gladly and will ingly deprived themselves of the ease and comforts of home for the sake of those lonely souls crying in the wilderness for deliverance and light. Members of the Society come from diverse nationalities be cause it is international in scope. They bring with them the torch, the book and the Cross — knowledge, light, and life. The foot, as shown, is unprotected and devoid of any covering which (Continued on page 38) JULY-AUGUST, 1956 Page 15 So You’re A Filipino ooo We do not expect other people to know what part of the world's longi tudinal intestine is dissected by the Palawan shoreline or when it would be profitable for an Aztec to plant corn in Tabunok. That would be ridiculous. But a Filipino should know where the Philippines is, or, at least, which province on this side of the meridian produces the most rice. It is not necessary, for cultural effect or otherwise, to memorize the birthdays of local movie stars. But honestly, how much does a Filipino know about his own country? Many of us talk about Manhattan and The Bronx or of The Stork and Tiffany's as though we were descended from the refugees aboard the "Mayflower." Let somebody mention Ambuklao or Maria Cristina and a lot of us would be plain stultified. We are strangers in our own country. Certainly, other nationals are not to blame if they know next to no thing about the Philippines. Apparently, they do not find anything worth knowing about us. To quote our own "Cone" Faigao, 1954 Smith-Mundt grantee: "I have come to accept the belief that the Philippines is not so well known in the United States as it should be. Whenever I scanned the pages of U.S. dailies for home news, I was always disappointed ..." Perhaps, in the U.S., we rate only a filler in the "Help Wanted' pages. There is no doubt that foreigners have queer notions about us. It was current thinking among foreigners, half a century ago, and maybe this still holds true today, that we are good only as taxi drivers, gardeners, apple pickers, fishermen and domestics and nothing more except, of course, that we get ample notice as biological exhibits. Most white people often mistake us for wild, barbarous, wandering people who wear G-strings and who do not deserve the graces of civilization and who, like wild boars, subsist on wild fruits and raw meat. This is an extreme case, I am sure, but not an improbable one. For a fact, the true Filipino, one who has had no pint of Spanish or Chinese blood in his veins, is not much different from the con ception just mentioned. In comparison with the Arabs, the Filipino is a poor third fiddler. While we have only excuses for noses, the Arabs have noses that can serve conveniently as hat racks. The workings of evolution or creation must have been veTy unfair to us. Personally, I believe this is past history. The fact that we are recog nized as a power in the concert of free nations, the fact alone that we are a free Republic, has more or less served to give us our right as a people. In international diplomatic relations, we stand on equal footing with other nations in respect of our national aspirations and ideals. If I have sounded somewhat apologetic at the start, blame it on inferiority or persecution BY complex or what you will. Everytime I think about how we have progressed, certain instances in the United States, — the very bastion of Democracy, make -batniUtlL Z5. ^f-abzoz !"e sA“irni- ln Topeka Kansas, Faigao * (again!) succumbed to a very un pleasant, because embarrassing expe rience. As he entered a coffee shop for a snack, he was stopped courteously but firmly by these words: "I'm sorry but we don't serve colored people." The color slip was showing. The color line should have disappeared when the Filipinos fought side by side with the Americans in defense of Democracy; it should have thinned out when the internationally-known, good-natured, English-speaking, pureblooded Filipino, Carlos P. Romulo, banged the gavel of the United Nations; it should have disappeared completely when the suave debonair and hand some Filipino, Virgilio Hilario, middle-aisled with the most beautiful creature on earth, vintage '54. But the line is still drawn and the Philippines has not yet measured up to the ethnic average imposed by long-entrenched pre judices. It must have to go a long and lonely way. Common is the plaint among the consulates we have in other countries that we are still an un known people. . . that what we must do is to wage an information campaign on an international scale. Indeed, many an Occidental brow will perforce be lifted to know that a brown man like me writes his primitive thoughts in the language that gave Shakespeare his immortality. In life .... in laughter in pain .... in death . . . 1 walk alone, For I cannot tell you ... the thoughts of a little lamb the meaning of gentle moans of friendship lost between smiles or of a feeling, vague, of “hunger”, “yellow”, “Aug. 4” or how a flower opens . .. the helplessness of being hurt the reason for a million other “why’s.” How can I tell you, for instance, of .. . the vast world.... the deep sea . .. the cry of millions .... ••or of ... the melody risen, intangible, from the memory of a face long since gone? How to explain the meaning of life.... laughter pain.... or death? I walk alone. Page 16 THE CAROLINIAN • Angelina Labucay $esu,rrection My Fight Against For thirty years he was dead. Today he will live— for the first time... to prepare for death. A chance to live and a chance to break peace with the gods. Mother, my fingers do not point to you! Yes, father, my first time in thirty years .. . No, father, she did not do it... she would not! Pm innocent and I have never left your church ... for I have never arrived. For thirty years he was dead. Today, he lives, for the first lime ... with immaculate beads of salt in his mouth to die forever. • Adelino Sitoy (jlona i write with trembling fingers as i break into the aura ... of your peace and your silence while the fibers of my being are strummed in heightened repetition .. .of your name my heart has built a thousand dreams since the loveliness .. .of your face has cushioned the wanting in my eyes and love has tiptoed with the tenderness of a kiss i beg of you then not to kindle the flames of ... hatred in your heart. • A. B. Mirer Words can be a power for good and a power for evil," dec lares James Keller, M.M., in his book. You Can Change the World. All my attempts at writing have consistently been prefaced by the thought of this phrase. .. to write for good. Bringing forth something good out of writing is an entirely different thing from the act of writing itself. Out of the struggle to make some thing worthy of my writing, diffi culties, disappointment and humi liation have been met. To me it is a sort of ordeal. In transmitting ideas to others through the printed word mere knowledge of sentence construction is inadequate. My rough and tum ble experience has taught me that zealous, persistent effort must be given to the study of writing for publication as a whole, to market ing the manuscript to the editor and conducting interviews. In high school, although we had no campus paper, the grades of my written themes somehow gave me the idea that I had a little knack for English. If the making of a writ er is shown in his themes,—it is not—then I must say, the price of my humility, that I have what it takes. Although I do not entertain the idea, I still hope 1 can write even on simple subjects. My hope of a future in writing was bolstered when a short item found space in a popular national weekly. I was so elated that I read it over and over to notice later, to my dismay, that my original copy, upon comparing it with the publish ed item, was mutilated, changed. Rejection SLIPS From my classmates who read the short item came the praises and encouragements which nerved my ambition to study writing. I decid ed firmly and in no time to take up writing. This, I thought, would bring me popularity. And so I moved over from my classroom beat and wrote about the administration of our town mayor. Although I won the appreciation of my classmates and the critical public, I regretted later that I incurred the ire of the mayor. It was published, yes, but my joy was not satisfactory, asses sing the painful effort in teaching myself how to ■write before the piece was published. Teaching myself was the hardest self-discipline. I was both the teach er and the learner. The classroom lesson in English was so inadequate that I purchased, aside from the textbook, other books on modern news reporting and grammar and enrolled in a correspondence course on journalism. I also acquired some inexpensive teach-yourself books on BY TSenigno Cabanatan journalism. Teaching myself and studying classroom lessons occupied my last two years in high school. If people said that I bit off more than I could chew, they were right because school work and my self imposed study did not go along well. The latter played havoc with my grades in class work and. my standing in extracurricular activities. Interviewing potential sources of materials made me tense and ner vous. On one occasion, when I interviewed a former governor who now runs a mining business, I staggered to a chair beside his ta ble. I was afraid of him! It is a (Continued, on page il) JULY-AUGUST, 1956 Page 17 I SEE THE purple haze beyond the mountains, The flaming glow of fleeing day! The streaks of fire, like spouts of rushing fountains, Are lighting now my weary way. Beloved — Beloved, Stretch thy lovely hands and hold me close And oh caress these wounds of yesteryears Dash the mound of futile dreams and hold the rose That bloomed’da^JSTassomed from nocturnal tears! Press me to thy heart And whisper, Ah, whisper to this aching breast The healing words! And yet 1 die! Oh hold me nigh, " hear my sigh, ■ jMy aching ci^^ I close iyy eyes and come they fleeting phantoms, FaSri^H a dying heart, ! I open my eqrs and come the That flood my way as I c Phantoms, Anthems! I see thy form a haze in the meadows Phantoms, Anthems! I heat thy voice a sigh in the shadows! Im—I D I shall/screarn defy the stars fn tne let You shall hear my cry above the din of deatl Come, rush to my arms, to my armstand tag< Far away, to the kingdoms beyond tne dark lhe spectre is goming! The spectre is c< His shrouded figure looms dim o'er t With the rush of the wind It sweeps me afar---- its I am weary and tired My limbs are weak My voice is hoars My eyes are dim . V . o/ a dead of the night, ith's shattering^VgW -gether we'i| ,rk clouds and the sea, >ming, oh haste, * Still I clearly remember The day when first we met That far-gone dusk of November Just after the sun had set! E A T H ★ £ over ★ And then I fooked into your eyes And probed their depths of ebony, I felt my heart of a sudden arise, Was it a lover's ecstacy? Ever since then I have loved you And I shall love you forever, Forever! I gazed and gazed but you never knew .... Now that you know Alas!---- the day is done! But I cried away my tortured nights And tried to shape the formless dreams With futile tears to tangible lights, To grasp with sighs the ephemeral streams Of earthly love! And now he comes, I hear his solemn tread \His sounding footfalls, footfalls of the dead ' I whisper__ my breast I grasp, Thy name----my dying gasp! And now beloved rise, oh rise! Come with me beyond the skies! Rise, my Elsa, rise! I One Man’s DARKNESS ^^\|hE BUS screeched to a stop in front of a dilapidated nipa shack that the elements had almost claimed. "This is your place, Mis ter," the bus conductor said without emotion. It was showering then so I put on my jacket, held my collap sible bag firmly and unsteadily stepped off the bus. 1 was struck by the awareness that I was not in the right place. 1 gazed at the surroundings but, for the life of me, 1 could not see a familiar sight. This must be a big mistake, I said more to strengthen my doubt, than erase it. The bus conductor must have mistaken me for our tenant. This hut would shame anyone even remotely connected with the Es trellas. Everybody here knows our family — one of the most respectable families in the province. The conductor must be a new hireling; 8fjV otherwise he would not have com mitted such an egregious blunder. 1 stood there bewildered and shiv ered with the rattling of leaves. Of , a sudden, the door of the shanty fronting me swung wide open and out came a silver-haired woman \ with a flickering oil lamp held by her left hand above her head. We ' .stared at each other. I studied her features closely while the question iff £. Page 20 THE CAROLINIAN of her identity kept stabbing me at the back of my mind. She sized me up, too. She wanted to be sure. I was a broken-down figure, weak and seized by coughing fits. "Is that you Pepito?” the woman spoke. I recognized the voice at once. She was calling our man-servant. With unchecked impulse, I run toward her, threw myself weakly at her feet, and the whole world went black. That was all I remember of my homecoming. For when I opened my eyes the next day, I was at the emergency charity ward of the hospital. From the entrance of the small room, a poster marked "con tagious!” hung lifelessly. I over heard the nurses repeating, with professional indifference, the doc tor's pronouncement. My condition was critical. Were all things around me not so hopelessly grim, I could have laughed. Or even shouted. I want ed to know why I was fenced-in by strange walls, with the smell of drugs and the rustle of starched clothing beating upon my snatches at consciousness. “Danny, your leaving pains me but the thought of your future hap piness makes me want to forget my own sorrows. 1 will not stand in the way of your success. The city awaits you. It is yours for all the good it can do to you. There you will get all the things to complete yourself. All the accoutrements of culture and art are yours for the asking..." It was my mother's heart speaking. Tender. Like all mothers. She was even doting. "What is it, son?" She always used to inquire after my wants. "Oh, that..." she used to say and I had what I wanted. I still remember the earnest, almost hopeful, advice she gave me before the boat pulled away from the shore. I knew I was committing a betrayal of faith but I had my mind set upon the gaudier things of life. For did I not always show my small-town friends that the city's smarty-pants had no thing on me? That I was at heart a cosmopolite and that going to the city was just like going to familiar surroundings? Did my pa rents not teach me, or at least, ac quiesce in my city-bred ways? Alone in the boat, I started build ing air castles. I busied myself with fanciful dreams about the metropolis. I entertained my youthful fancy with the hope that, upon my return, I would be a comTHE SECOND RENDEZVOUS (Continued from page 4) Then, the War broke out and brought with it mass hysteria and desperation. Unlike others who fled in the night, Fr. Hoerdemann stayed behind. He became the parish priest of the Santo Rosario Church and carried with him the respon sibilities of a man who had to re assure people suffering under an atmosphere of pure despair; who had to comfort souls caught in the cruelty of a war they had nothing to do with, or so they thought at first. Father Ernest had to stay behind and administer the sacra ments at a time when they needed them as they never did before. He went about his duties and fulfilled his wartime mission without the thought of personal safety. It is not hard to imagine, there fore, why he was well loved by the people he met. He had done something good for them and they were not slow to appreciate the services that he had rendered. Fr. Ernest Hoerdemann got his rewards in terms of the gratitude, love and respect, he earned from his flock. Carolinians and non-Carolinians who had known him, and that is to say admired him, bade him godspeed in 1950. The same happy people and others eager to cultivate his friendship welcome him home. He is here with us now — to teach us, to lead us on. . . "that we be great." pletely changed man, with all the sophistications of the twentieth cen tury. Ellen was young, tender, beau tiful, and nineteen. As young and tender as an early-morning dew drop. My acquaintance with her started when she requested me to accompany her on an excursion. Both of us knew from that moment, that love was playing footsie some where in our hearts — that it was going to change her life and mine. The taxicab stopped in front of a white house. I made the motions of going up but I stopped in my tracks when I saw Ellen descend ing the stairs. We greeted each other warmly. We talked about old times. I told her about her folks and her friends, about the home town. Oh, everything. "Say, Dan, how about going with me to church to say thanks on your arrival?" Ellen suggested. "No objection," I said happily. From her I got a rough idea ol how Bert and Fred were faring in the city. Bert was doing well, she said, but Fred was, as usual, the mysterious, elusive guy. Happy-go-lucky, dare devil, Freddy-boy. The silence of the church gave me a chance to rearrange my pers pectives but I .did not take it. We came out of that silent asylum with my mind leaping from one wild thought to another. I was going to be like Fred. Only better, or worse. I had money and my looks were farm ladies' talk at home. I was a regular, custom-built Don fuan. I did not have difficulty collect ing a bunch of friends upon whom I lavished everything I had. I got into their own circle of intimates, had my indiscretions and my pri vate wrongs. And always, after the madcap things I did, I asked for more and more money from home. Ellen and I soon became estranged. The feeling, whatever it was, was still there. But it was cold and remote. I was in a beer joint. It was like all the rest of the city's nu merous dives. Fred and I were whooping it up. At the back of my mind, an uneasiness kept lurk ing. It was a new feeling — a strange thing. I always felt at home in noisy places. Like this one. But this time, something kept gnawing at the pit of my stomach which, for all of Fred's hilarity and basso profound witticisms, did not seem to desert me. “Come on, upside-down, rock and roll!" Fred egged me on, pointing at my glass which I promptly grabbed. We spent the whole night there, laughing at our own stories and dishing out snide remarks at the barkeep whom Fred said would have been a perfect undertaker because of his weepy eyes and his forlorn lips. It was like that with us. Nightly. I used to talk about what the folks were thinking of me but when Fred started deriding me for it and call ing me "Danny Grassroots," I stopped even thinking about my folks unless I needed another roll of money. But soon, even that had to stop. For after that night, no money ever came from home. What I did not know was that our little possessions were dwindling; (Continued on page 47) JULY-AUGUST, 1956 Page 21 What Do You Think Conducted by SAM B. FABROZ Gloria Jatico Time was when the wife was a mere chattel in the home, subject to the control and mercy of the husband. She had no idea about what she could do aside from being a wife. Then a transition took place. She became conscious of the fact that what a man could do in any field could be done by her equally as well. She simply saw no reason why she had to remain homebred forever. With the coming of the Atomic Age, women could no longer be restrained in their desire to be level with men. They demanded to be free from the clutches of restraints and taboos. Buoying their spirits was the recognition of the right of women’s suffrage. That was the beginning. Now we see women engaged side by side with men in every kind of human endeavor. Here and there women rub elbows with men in business, in the professions or anywhere. This is due to the fact that they have succeeded in their campaign for women’s rights and, consequently, for freeing themselves from control by their husbands. While it is true that a wife should work for financial reason, it is not true to say that a wife should stay at home because she has already enough. If we say and admit that the ideal wife is she who switches her primary attention to "home business,” there’s likely to be an inconsistency if a wife is allowed to work outside the confines of the home. Thus, the query is posed: WHAT DO YOU THINK................................. GLORIA JATICO, College ol Com merce says: "Married women should work. What kind ol work? In my opinion, olfice work is preferable because a working wife can help the family financially. We cannot be sure of a hus band's health. Suppose he becomes incapacitated to work? The wife must pick up where the husband fails as the bread-earner. A wife who has work will surely save the family from sudden financial break down. She, too, will have the means to spend for the husband's recovery. The working wife can help maintain a stable family income. And this results in a happier life, nicer home, and less problems. Moreover, a working wife auto matically levels herself with her husband in every phase of life. So cially, she cannot be left behind; she has her office friends. Physi cally, she is on the level for she knows that she should always be in good health because of her work. She strives to appear neat everyday to maintain her dignity. Mentally, she is better off. Her work condi tions her to mental exertion and urges her to improve her knowl edge in the work in which she is engaged. And morally, she is safe. She will not be inclined to engage in gossip-broadcasting, gambling, and other vices because she is ab sorbed in her work. Whatever free IS THE: PROPER: PLACE time she has can surely be devoted to her children and husband. So I say, married women should work for a better living and for a happier life." Romulo Artillaga ROMULO ARTILLAGA, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences says: "After God created the first man He found out that he was lonely. Pitying him. He created woman to complete man but never to compete with him. Therefore, wherever man is, wher ever he lives and works, woman should be there, not to teach or nag him but to continue where he leaves off because 'the work of the woman begins where man's work ends.' Generally, women are affection ate, devoted, tender, sympathetic and kind-hearted — qualities which most men lack. Women could be and are, in fact, ideal teachers, nurses but they never can be ideal lawyers and Senators." GENORA ALIGUAY, College of Pharmacy, says: "In the light of modern ways of life, married wo men today are found actively par ticipating in all forms of activities in the fields of business, politics, Page 22 THE CAROLINIAN Genora Aliguay social work and other professions where their qualifications and train ing are best availed of. Confining married women to the home is, however, more expedient. It makes use of her affectionate and tender nature and gives her the op portunity to teach her children the LEONARDO RIVERA, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, says: "It is not objectionable for married women, young or old, to engage in the professions or business. But at the same time they should not lose their motherly virtues. After all, there is nowadays an intense competition between men and wo men in almost every profession. The question is: Would it be bene ficial to the general society if mo thers do jobs which fathers are supposed to do and have usually been doing? Would it not be con sidered negligence of duty on the mother's part to be away from home and thus allow her children to be denied the motherly care which every child ought to have? We usually conceptualize mar riage as a basic starting point of family organization. Home goes hand in hand with the family. Each is useless without the other. The home is like the state; it is a perfect society. Almost everything seems to begin at home. Why? Because it's complete in itself. Emma Egay the home would deprive her child ren of due care of which they stand very much in need. It goes without saying, therefore, that the pro per place for a married woman is the home. I say, therefore, that the proper FOR A MARRIED WOMAN? good things in life. In the first place, she has that sole responsibi lity of rearing her children and at tending to other household chores, leaving other tasks to her husband." Leonardo Rivera I don't think a married woman engaged in a profession or career can be as good a homekeeper as a wife who stays at home almost all the time. It does not mean that if a young married woman happens to be engaged in a profession she would not be equipped with a work ing knowledge of homekeeping principles and practices. Knowl edge of homekeeping will come to a girl most naturally when she gets married. She will be forced to learn, anyway." EMMA EGAY, College of Engineer ing, says: “A married woman has more important things to do in the home than in any other place no matter where she may be likely to gravitate. Married women are ex pected to have children. It's not enough, however, that they have them. Their offspring must be worth calling the "fair hope of the fatherland." Mothers have the duty to give their children moral training and good physical development. A mother engaging in affairs outside place for a married woman is the home because national solidarity springs from the solidarity of “home sweet home." ESTRELLA DATOR, College of Edu cation, says: "I believe that the proper place for married women (Con tin tied on page -10) Estrella Dator JULY-AUGUST, 1956 Page. 23 BEHIND THE "HIGH” LINES The END OF TOM Echivarre's two-year stint with Carolinian paper work opened the door to so much speculation that even those familiar with the inner workings of this magazine could not say with ccrSAMUEL FABROZ tainty who was to follow in the editorial succession. The "C" edi torship remained, until mid-July, a lively topic among student circles; in fact, even staff writers of other college magazine in Cebu joined in the guessing game. This, to be sure, is indicative of the dignity and importance which attaches to the editorial chair of the Carolinian, which is altogether surprising be cause the Carolinian is one of the country's most popular college pu blications. There had to be an end to the potpourri of choices, sugges tions and surmises. And end it did with the appointment of BUDDY ADELINO SITOY Siato- j?l. A baa, BUDDY QUITORIO QUITORIO as the incoming editorin-chief of the Carolinian. The decision made by the Rev erend Father Rector could not have been wiser. It was based on justice and fair-play for it took into ac count the elements of seniority and capability. Having rounded off five years of prolific, even if controver sial, ablution in printer's ink in col lege papers and street-sold dailies. Buddy has the kind of seniority that is not to be sneezed at. It would be -thoroughly trite for us to say that he is capable. He writes with a will and, in the fashion of the late hero-villain H. W. Mencken, he writes without disguise. He has been attacked, praised and even snubbed but he has taken all these in stride. Buddy has a sense of humor that devastates the funnybone. His co mic verse in the "Triot," as he chronicles the miss-adventures of Narciso Bacur, is proof of his ca pacity for provoking laughter. His "slanguage" has marked him more often for the pillory (because he treaded on grammatical corns), than for a place of distinction but the small circle of friends who stuck to his side always made the mo ments light even when the chips were down. A man who can bear all things with composure, who can speak of his mistakes as happily as he thinks of the good things he has done, de serves his day. And it has arrived with this issue of the Carolinian. FELIPE VERALLO SAMUEL FABROZ... if there's a man with a silent song on his lips and magic in his smiles, he's Samuel. Sammy as we call him here (he's Toto at home), has made himself a glamorized moral crusader because of his somewhat captious yet, in teresting, column, “Spot Comments." In this column, Sammy has un masked himself. Here, he has shown evidence of the type of man he is. He has the heart of a tiger, yet, he is capable of much tender ness and sympathy. This promising, handsome, fair-complexioned guy, with a scintillating personality, hails (Continued on page 45) Page 24 THE CAROLINIAN PICTORIAL SECTION J or the USC Engineers— A New Jiome New gadgets New Innovations. Zke glorious fourth... A Nation Rejoices... ... and Honors Her Heroes Hew Roys’ High RHiding... ...the Camera’s Version Major Anacleto S. Garcia, FA The “Man” Behind the “Stars” Few MEN GET a taste of the dis tinction that goes to a gifted milita ry trainer. There are, indeed, few officers who can be classed as the foot soldier's guardian and mentor, partly because the rise in rank re moves a good man from his buddies and also because there are few who can hobnob with rookies and carry the dignity of a commission. The University can be proud of the fact that it counts with the talent of Major Anacleto S. Garcia, the man who, without question, made a high mark in USC ROTO annals by win ning the "Star" twice in a row. This is an unduplicated feat and it re flects the competence of the man di recting the Corps. Like any other man who has had his chance of directing a unit, Major Garcia has his gruelling moments and his moments of ease. The writ er can only imagine that this hardy mentor found life more of a gruel ling match because he has to main tain an unprecedented honor. And he has two "Stars" to prove that he can do it again. In a training ground overrun by freshies and tenderfeet, it takes a man to command respect and to transform these neophytes into the regular conception of a soldier. The Lt. Edmundo Gandiongco, INF “Good Luck, Warrior” The laughter was hollow that day; the "au revoir", sad and pathetic. Every one was straining to present a brave face by bearing up with manly grins and sadly smiling. The lines etched on everyone's face were bare and grave. Then Fr. Rector proffered a toast of "bon voyage" to the man who came to stay awhile. For us who had had the luck of being an observer during the one year that Lt. Edmundo Gandiongco was here we can say that the things he accomplished in that period were many and well done — a credit to the army for picking ef ficient and loyal men. Most of the cadets remember the tall, erect man who came to sit one day on the Assistant Commandant's seat. And most of them will tell you that the best possession they ever had, taken from the heart of an army man, was the souvenir of friendship that existed between the commander and the commanded. Per sonable with |ust the right touch for old army discipline has to be im posed. The methodical lectures, practices and tongue-lashings have to be repeated. A good military man must know how to inspire his men, impose his ‘ authority upon thousands of independent minds. It is a difficult thing, for those who have no familiarity with army meth ods, to exact unquestioned obe dience and be loved. But the good Major has done both with rewards. Sundays find him on the drill ground, directing, correcting pos tures and positions, hugging the microphone, talking to his units, sometimes disconcerting his new team of cadet officers. The whole Corps feel what it is to be a Caro linian and they pay tribute to ano ther of their kind when they say of Major Garcia: "a man is here with us today." Major Garcia laughingly side stepped the question on his secret of making the men and officers click together. "Reveal a secret?" He was incredulous. "That would be giving away a military secret." He intimated, more or less, that co operation and ample knowledge in military training were two ingre dients that spelled out the S-T-A-R. His responsibility is even greater easy-going camaraderie with cadets, gentle yet firm, his personality was a cheerful sight on the campus. Although never vocal about It, his claim to merit Is high. During his ROTC days, he copped two medals of the highest order In this province. One was Ex Governor Cuenco's Medal of Honor and the other was the Board of Trustee's Trophy given by the USP Association. We can be proud of the fact that the retention of the "Star", Lt. Gan diongco (olned in the formulation of the drive that clinched the honor for us. His claim to this merit Is one that can never be lightly shrugged off. His task of link ing the administrative personnel with the cadets and Imparting to them the importance of sound basic training was one |ob he did with the grace and suavity of a born diplomat. All of us know that every military man Is subject to call and recall at a moment's notice. And though the person concerned may not like these inconveMajor GARCIA He Collects “Stars" now. Two years of uncontested mil itary superiority over colleges and universities comprising the Third Military Area are enough to become an article of pride. Unit pride is stronger and the men owe their un divided faith to their superior offi cers and to the binding spirit of a man, a tactician and a drill mas ter. . . Major Anacleto S. Garcia. Ross Escober Ad|t. EDMUNDO GANDIONGCO now Comdt., Aklan College niences, he Is, nevertheless, powerless to do anything about them. The parting may come as a sharp stab of pain — an excruciating, painful thing. Nevertheless, orders are orders and are meant to be obeyed. We who have been fortunate to have him for a year thank the Army for lending us the services of an able officer. Yet, the sadness Is In our heart. We can only wish Lt. Gandiongco, as we wish him now, the best of luck. Ross Escober JULY-AUGUST, 1956 Page 29 The UNIVERSITY'S STAKES in Hoophet's gambling tables are high and hefty; her winnings and defeats are tacked upon the kind ol performance her cassaba boys show in defending or capturing the crowns which the sportsworld puts on the auctioning block. This is a truth which, to the men given the responsibility of giving USC her emblem of cage superiority, necessitates no retelling. The by standers and coin-customers are. interested only in caliber play for their money. They offer their love to a team which promptly gets mudslung when it loses. A team composed of bumsteads usually takes two to three years to mature before it can do any good. And the grades of coaches are not measured in terms of the number of games they lose. The very fact that this school was for years champ, nobody was quite AGAPITO ROGADO "The Jumpshot Hotshot” REYNALDO DE LA CRUZ co-captaln “Two hands on fire .. The Lowdown on THE VAR by ROUSSEAU ESCOBER willing to take the idea that one day we would be like this. And when it came to pass, it hurt. This is our re-assessment of the USC team and we think we have been, in so many paragraphs, rather very stingy with our praise. On the staff of the first stringers are last year's stars. DANNY "Slim" DEEN, effective as guard last year, now deadlier with his foul-baiting technique and shooting eye. BOY “Bombsight" DE LA CRUZ, whose Norden bombsight sometimes gets so crossed, the ball he delivers jumps out of the goal, shoots into midair and dives over again. "Old Reliable" AGAPITO ROGADO, the highest CCAA scoring individual, promises to do better this year with his jumpshots per formed with the agility of a moongoose. EDDIE "Lofty" GALDO and BOBBY "Baby" REYNES, the smiling sweet problem of the team. The "Mogambo" guy of the team, GERARDO DEL ROSARIO, takes you back to the subject of Abe Supertein's Harlems. The first fodders are composed mostly of last year's meat. These fraternizing boys are a team within themselves. How they behave is an open question. The practices which they did on the court showed the erratic defense of a crumbling team. They need more teamwork and this has been stressed more than often enough though nobody seems to mind. There are guys who think they are the savior of the whole cabbodle of the University. They carry the ball alone and sink it alone which is not in line with the canons of team play. The game of basketball is a highly organized game of skill in defense and offense. The game crumbles the moment one shows Page 30 THE CAROLINIAN ROBERTO REYNES “The befuddling feint.. ISIDORO CAAiZARES “Man Mountain” DANILO DEEN. Captain “Dig that carazzy hook shot.. SITY TEAM a streak of egotism. The game requires ability to knit closely and yet not to let the individual player's identity get lost. The whole team clicks under the baton of its Maestro: Dodong Aquino. On practice rallies, the boys are good-natured men, yet ready to pounce upon their victim. Their penetration of defenses is good. The set plays are admirable. All things considered, they are well abovethe point of mediocrity. One thing woefully lacking in them is the ability to shoot. Some boys have to pass the net three times below the basket before they can put the ball right through the net. (Continued on page 45) WARRIORS ON THE WARPATH Standing, left to right: Emeraldo Abejo, Gerardo del Rosario, Epimaco Borromco, Jr., Agapito Rogado, Isidoro Cahizares, Dionisio Jakosalem, Maximo Pizarras, Raul Valdehuesa, and Manuel Suson. Seated, left to right: Edgardo Galdo, Reynaldo de la Cruz (co-Capt.), Danilo Deen (Capt.l, Father Raymond Kolk, SVD, Juan Aquino, Jr. (Coach), Roberto Reynes. and Manuel Bas. 9 The pairings of combatants are over with, the trumpets have sounded ... the CCAA is in town!! The University war riors will flash the green and gold in a rather crucial game with the Colegio de San Jose Jaguars. Crucial because the outcome of the game will be the basis upon which people will place the team's ability. Whether the pro nouncement be favorable or otherwise, Carolinians have nothing to worry about. SHOOT-SHOUT WITH ROSS We always have been lucky people. From the outbreak of the war, USC has romped away with numerous tro phies including the National Collegiate. How the team will fare with the people outside is anybody's guess. But one thing is sure: whatever the outcome, the game will be a "good fight." Judging from the showing our team has made during exhibition matches and team practices, ours is a team to reckon with. The boys have sting in the initial rounds and they have as much deadlines as a fistful of arsenic. The boys, though, have to build up stamina and that power never to get discour aged or demoralized when they are on the losing side. From the way I look at it, lots of things do crack up during the crucial period of the game. Some members commit foul so erratically that after taking the full total they are ready to retire for life. The boys may be hasty in their decisions, eager to win at any cost, but there is no reason why the leading man should foul his temper up. USC COPPED 5th AND 7th PLACES IN JANUARY PHARM BOARD EXAMS Another banner lor the USC Pharmacy Department was added when Remedios Redulla and Romana Dayak copped the 5th and 7th places, respectively, in the Pharm acist Examinations given by the Board of Pharmaceutical Exam iners last January, 1956. All ol FR. RECTOR PLAYS HOST TO USC ROTC AWARDEES Shown above with Rev. Fr. Herman Kondring. SVD, USC Rector, Rev. Fr. Bernard Wrocklage, SVD, and Ma|or Anacleto Garda, FA, ROTC Commandant are the Cadet Officers who were recipients of medals and awards at special the USC candidates for the Board exams scored a hundred per cent passing average. USC's successful candidates and their respective ratings follow: Remedios Redulla - - 87.67,84 Romana Dayak - - - 86.92,83 Elsa B. Regis - - - - 84.67,87 Rogaciana D. Balance - 84.92,77.5 Adelaida M. Tan - - 81.08,79 Helen R. Cue - - - - 81.87 Carmelita U. Orcullo - 80.08,80.5 Manuela Q. Lantuka - 80.5,84 Adelaida A. Vailoces Flores.......................... 80.63,73.5 Clarita C. Diana - - - 79.17,70 Fedelina A. Tura - - 79.17,82.5 Luz R. Esmas - - - - 79.5,82.5 Clara V. Gimarino - - 79.83,76 Enrique Alcaraz - - - 81.86 Guadalupe A. Bacatan - 80.92,70 Lucila M. Baguio - - 81.58,77 Lucia R. Jayme - - - 79.25,79.5 Aniceta G. Lianas - - 73.92,80 Crispina C. Maamo - - 78.33,82 Areofagita T. Mirabueno 79.83,80.5 Consolacion T. Ngo - 75.08,77 Lucia P. Tiu - - - - 77.33,81 USC ROTC CORPS FETED The Very Rev. Father Herman Kondring, SVD, USC Rector, feted the USC ROTC Corps with a ban quet at the Capitol Hotel last June 8, 1956. The affair was in recognition and appreciation of the singular honor won by the University of San Carlos ROTC Unit when it topped this year's Tactical Inspection (top ping it for two consecutive years) conducted by the Third Military Area. The USC ROTC Corps is the first unit in the whole Visayas and Mindanao area to win the "STAR." Among those present were: Rev. Fr. Herman Kondring, SVD; Rev. Fr. Bernard Wrocklage, SVD; Fr. Philip van Engelen, SVD; Major Anacleto Garcia; Lt. Edmund Gandionko; Sgt. Sofio Herrera; Sgt. Pedro Carabana, Conrado Ajeo; Felipe Labucay; Louie Batongmalaque; Dominador Turno, Jr.; Manuel Lim, Jr.; Erasmo Diola; Gavino Palacio, Jr. and Joel Trinidad. ENROLMENT SHOOTS UP Enrolment this year indicate a sizeable increase compared to last year's. Posting the greatest num ber of students enrolled is the Col lege of Liberal Arts and Sciences with a total of 1,512 registered stu dents. The College of Commerce ranks second, having a total of 1,227 students. Following the Col lege of Commerce is the College of Pharmacy with 376 students. The Elementary Department including the Kindergarten sum up a total of 101. In spite of the transfer of the Boys' High School to its new building, San Carlos' secondary department still got a gratifying total enrolment of 1,434. This is to include the Girls' High School. The grand total is 6,867. FR. RECTOR'S SUCCESSOR PASSES AWAY Very Rev. Jose Klekamp, S.V.D., Father Kondring's successor as Pro vincial Superior of the Fathers of the Society of the Divine Word, died in Manila on Wednesday night, July 25, 1956, after a lingering illness. Father Klekamp was born in Germany in 1900. He entered the Society of the Divine Word in 1912 and immediately after his ordina tion to the Holy Priesthood in 1926, he was sent to the Philippines. Like Rev. Father Kondring, he was a naturalized Filipino citizen. Before his election as Provincial Superior, he held various respon sible positions in the Society of the Divine Word. He was appointed Rector of the Baguio and Binmaley Seminaries. He held the position of Provincial Procurator of the Society. Finally, in 1955, he was elected Provincial Superior to succeed Very Rev. Herman Kondring, S.V.D. who is now the Rector of this University. A solemn Requiem High Mass was offered for the deceased in the University Chapel, July 30, 1956. NEW DIVINE WORD SEMINARY OPENS The Fathers of the Society of the Divine Word, who are in charge of the University of San Carlos, opened a new Minor Seminary in Cebu City recently. The new SemPAGE 32 THE CAROLINIAN QD©© inary will train future priests and missionaries for the Society of the Divine Word. Temporarily located on the third floor of the new Boys' High School building, the Seminary will eventually move to its own spacious site at Talamban. CORRESPONDENTS WANTED UNITAS, an association of Ger man University students, which has recently concluded a pact of friend ship with San Carlos, requests to be informed of students who would like to enter into correspondence with students in Germany. The correspondence may be carried on either in English or in German. Interested parties should contact Father Richartz who will give them the names and addresses of students in Germany to whom letters may be sent. It is worth remarking here that the UNITAS hopes that eventually an exchange can take place be tween German students and some representatives from San Carlos. Students who are interested in going abroad to continue their stu dies should take advantage of this opportunity. LIB. ARTS DEAN APPROVES COUNCIL FORMATION The Dean of the College of Li beral Arts & Sciences stamped his approval on the proposed plan of creating a Student Council for the whole College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Said plan is to replace the prac tice of electing officers for the va rious departments and, instead, to give equal representation for each department in the Council. Coun cil officers and members are to be elected through the Secret Ballot System. This plan is the result of the steps taken recently by a group of student leaders who considered it more advantageous to solidify the interest of all students in the Col lege of Liberal Arts <S Sciences into one governing body rather than to scatter them in petty organizations, which in the end fail to serve ef fectively the welfare of the students. MORE EQUIPMENT FOR THE ZOOLOGY & BOTANY DEPT. The Zoology and Botany De partments showed immediate res ponse to the increase of enrolment this year. New scientific equip ment for Botany and Zoology classes have been purchased abroad and have just arrived recently. They are now being used in the Science Department. The shipment con sisted of twenty-four Magnifying They're getting better and bigger.... Apparatus and a number of Models. The magnifying apparatus include Microscopes, Stereoscopes and Dissestoscopes. Under the group of Models are the Human Circulatory System, Nerve System, Meiosis or Reduction Division or Germ Cell and Bacteria. Said Magnifying Apparatus and Models are in ad dition to those which the depart ments already possessed. The Botany Department has a big collection of medical plants (Hortarium) which were acquired alter a number of field trips spon sored yearly by the Science De partment and from collections of students taking higher Botany sub jects. USC RECTOR PLAYS VITAL ROLE IN CINCINNATI GIFT The city of Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A., has donated, through the University of San Carlos, a traffic signal light now installed on the center island of Lions Square at the intersection of Juan Luna, Colon and Carmelo streets. The donation was made possible after representations were made with the Very’ ‘Rev. Fr. Herman Kondring, S.V.D., Rector of the Univ ersity of San Carlos, by Capt. N. R. Villamor and Mr. Francis Lim, Pres ident and Vice President respec tively of the Cebu Lions Club, and by Assistant Traffic Chief Lt. Cipria no Babao of the city police depart ment. Installation was made by Rev. Fr. Philip van Engelen, S.V.D. engineering wizard of San Carlos and the university's Regent of the College of Engineering. USC ROTC CORPS TAKE COMMAND ANEW FROM MAJOR GARCIA The University of the San Carlos ROTC Corps takes its command again from "the best Visayan star hunter," Major Anacleto Garcia. His assistants are Sgt. Sofio Herrera and Sgt. Pedro Carabana. Major Gar cia was the Commandant of the ROTC Corps of the University of San Carlos last year and the year before last. He raised the USC ROTC record by maintaining the "Star" for two consecutive years. JULY-AUGUST, 1956 Page 33 Mr. Blenvenldo Marapao USC LADIES SPORT NEW UNIFORMS The lady students of the Univ ersity of San Carlos appear this year in new uniforms. While the uniform is basically the same for all departments, the students of the different departments can be iden tified by the ties they wear. Tie colors and the College or Depart ment they represent are as follows: Law........................Red Commerce - - - Dark Green Education - - - Light Blue Home Economics - Dark Pink B.S.E.Ed. - - - - Light Pink Pharmacy - - - Violet Eng'g & Arch. - - Maroon Liberal Arts - - - Light Green Secretarial - - - Gold The following regulations re garding the wearing of the uniform are to be followed: (1) Uniforms should be worn the whole week. (2) All students except those issued exemption cards should be in uni form within the premises of the school. (3) Penalties will be im posed on: a) Those wearing any belt not of the same material as the uniform, b) Those with no neck ties. (c) Those with uniforms not of the same shade as the prescribed cloth. FOUR USC FACULTY MEMBERS TO U.S. Reports have it that the Univ ersity of San Carlos will send three faculty members to the United States to take up advanced studies in their specialized lines. They are Mr. Bienvenido Marapao of the Zoology Department, Mr. Gervasio Riconalla of the Chemistry Depart ment and Miss Gertrudes Ang of the English Department. Mr. Marapao will take up Post graduate studies in Zoology at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. The course will lead to the degree of Doctorate in Philosophy. Mr. Riconalla will work for a Master's degree in Chemistry at the Notre Dame University, Indiana. Miss Ang will pursue studies to wards a Doctorate degree in Eng lish at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. On the other hand, Atty. Augusto Derecho, faculty member of the Commerce Department, is also leav ing for the U.S. on a Fulbright travel grant. At press time, the four are still preparing for the trip—waiting for their passport and other pertinent papers. Miss Gertrudes R. Ang GRADUATE SCHOOL OFFICERS ELECTED The Graduate School students got off to a fine start when, at Mi ramar last Sunday, they elected their officers and immediately plan ned the schedule of activities for this school year. Atty. Catalino Doronio, a prac tising lawyer and USC faculty Mr. Gervasio Riconalla member, was unanimously elected Praeses, while Mr. Lindy Morell was chosen Gerens. Both are taking M.A. in English. Miss Amparo Buenaventura, an other faculty member and likewise pursuing her M.A. in English de gree, was elected Ab Actis. A fa culty member of the Cebu Normal School who is at present finishing her M.A. in Education degree, Mrs. Amelia Oraiz, was chosen Fiscus. To complete his working team, Praeses Doronio appointed Mr. Ben jamin L. Carredo (Manila Bulletin correspondent and Cebu Press Club Director), who is working for his M.A. in Philosophy degree, press relations officer. Mr. Teodoro Madamba (M.S.B.A.), Miss Jane Kintanar (M.S. in Physics), Mr. Gernando Lacaba (M.A, in Education), and Miss Azucena Derecho (M.A. in Philosophy) compose the Board of Directors. The election was graced by the presence of Rev. Fr. Dr. Cornelius van der Linden, Dean of the Gra duate School. The next affair of the organization has been scheduled for July 22. This will be followed by a series of seminars, meetings and discussions on current and world problems aimed at enriching the cultural and scholastic background of the graduate students. Praeses Doronio appealed to all members to gear themselves for the projected activities of the Graduate School. Page 34 THE CAROLINIAN QD©@__ MR. LOLITO GOZUM Ex-Dean, College of Commerce See "The Endless Search", (page 45) USC PORTIA CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS Members of the Portia Club of the University of San Carlos held an annual election on July 13, 1956. The following officers were elected: President, Miss Esperanza Abellanosa; Vice-President, Miss Catalina Borromeo; Secretary, Miss Glenda Sia; Treasurer, Miss Bellie Dolalas and Press Relations Officer, Miss Elsie Jane Veloso. USC EDUC. SENIORS ELECTS OFFICERS The Seniors of the College of Education of the University of San Carlos held a meeting on July 10, 1956. The following officers were elected: Miss Aleli Alinaban, Pre sident; Miss Estrella Dator, VicePresident; Miss Josefina Lumain, Secretary; Miss Teresita Alcarez, Treasurer; Miss Virginia Aparte, PRO. The adviser is Mr. Alfredo Ordona. The organization is going to sponsor the 10th Annual Declama tion Contest to be held sometime in the latter part of September. All college departments are invited to participate in the contest. Medals will be awarded to prize-winners. B.S.E.ED. AND B.S.E.ED.-H.E. SENIORS ELECT OFFICERS The B.S.E.Ed. and B.S.E.Ed.-H.E. Senior students of the Normal DeOF WHAT USE IS MS PHYSICS TO ME? (Continued from page 8) textbooks and contents of our cour ses in our schools, from the elemen tary, through the secondary, and to the college levels shows that they fail to inculcate in the minds of the young a genuine and realistic com prehension of the nature of the modern world in which perforce all of us, the educated as well as the illiterate, must live. The nature of this world is one of rapid changes, brought about as well as dominated by the developments, discoveries, and inventions of technology and science. A suggestion made by Lewis L. Strauss, chairman of the Atomic Commission, is of greater use for our country than for the States; namely, that colleges raise their minimum entrance requirements in Physics and Chemistry, thus forcing secondary schools to correct what he terms the "sad" level of scienti fic study in the high schools. It may not be an easy task, es pecially if we Physics teachers do not see the need, do not correct ourselves to set up a higher stan dard. We are so easily discouraged because we know Physics is tough. But the reward of our effort should be clear in our mind: those who can master the physical science will get the best jobs in tomorrow's world. Do you see the bright future for physicists in our country? With the establishment of the nuclear re search center in the Philippines as a center for studies in the peaceful uses of atomic energy in all Asia (to be completed by the end of 1960), I cannot be far from right by saying "It's in the bag." partment. University of San Carlos held a meeting last July 3rd for the purpose of electing officers. Officers elected follow: President, Mr. Ben jamin E. Santos; Vice-President, Mr. Maximilian A. Cempron; Treasurer, Miss Bella Bello; Assistant Treasurer, Miss Daylinda Gonzaga; Press Re lations Officer, Miss Kintanar and Liaison Officer and Social Manager, Miss Beatriz Calungsod. USC BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL HAS NEW EDIFICE The University of San Carlos Boys' High School boasts of its new ideal location and modern facilities. The new building which is another of the expansion program of the greater San Carlos University, is situated on a 2.6 hectare lot, ideally located in the residential area of the city and accommodating conven iently more than eight hundred stu dents. The architect o( the new building is an S.V.D. Father, the Rev. Fred Lynn, a graduate of the architect ural college of the Catholic Univ ersity in Washington, D.C. Engineer Jose A. Rodriguez is the builder of the new edifice. To him goes the credit for erecting the beautiful building in record time and with great efficiency. The new structure is composed of two parts: the main wing for classrooms and a side wing for of fices, library and chapel. The faculty of the school is headed by Rev. Lawrence Bunzel, SVD, M.A., Vice Rector and former Dean of Education. His assistant is Rev. Raymond Kolk, SVD, M.A. from the Holy Name College, Tagbilaran, Bohol. The principal is Atty. Au relio Fernandez. Experienced in structors make up the teaching staff. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING EXPANDS The old Boys' High School was completely renovated during the summer and transformed into im pressive quarters for the College of Engineering and Architecture. A vast quantity of new equipment ar rived from Italy and is now being installed in the new home of the Engineers. Present plans call for the blessing of the renovated build ing towards the end of June or the beginning of July. USC EXPEDITION TO MINDANAO RETURNS The recent four-man expedition by faculty members of the University of San Carlos has returned after a month and a half of exploration and field work in central, northern and southern Mindanao. A rich haul of exotic ethnological and ethnic specimens were collect ed by the team, headed by Fr. En rique Shoenig, SVD, Head of the USC Biology Department. (Continued on page 41) JULY-AUGUST, 1956 Page 35 c RENTS • SIXTO ABAO, JR. • From the PAULINIAN, Manila: "Ours is an age of placid conform ity. Ours is an age when sweeping rhetoric can plunge the blinded masses into the furnace of passions unbridled. Ours is an age when to be principled is to be silly and Don Quixotic, for the glitter of gold, and the gauntlet of power have become the measuring stick of human great ness." • The editorial comes to us like a thunderbolt and strikes us right between the eyes. Dean Garcia, of the UM College of Liberal Arts (CAMPUS LEADER): "We unconsciously put more pre mium on LIES than on TRUTHS. We discourage lies, it is true, but we do not encourage telling truth sufficiently, and perhaps, we do not even bother about it. We punish the liars but we fail very often to reward those who tell the truth. The most that they can get is NOTHING — just a passing silence. If we do something when someone tells a lie, why won't we do some thing when someone tells the truth. The only thing we often do is DO NOTHING. This confuses even the person who tells the truth. RESULT: Telling a lie becomes a prosperous and paying enterprise." • Every so often, we hear people say: “sometimes, it takes a lie to tell the truth.” Dean Garcia’s com mentary carries a lot of ruthless truth; In fact, many liars have been rewarded. Take the case of these “blah-blah” politicians. Ma ny of them were catapulted to vic tory because of lies. Those who tell the truth are often forgotten and neglected. “A. O. Ancheta" ON the Role of the Student Council (CAMPUS LEADER): "It provides a medium through which student opinion may be heard and a forum for the consideration of common school problems. It is a training ground for leaders and fol lowers. It provides students with an opportunity to act in a real situa tion, not one which is "made up" just for practice. The Student Coun cil is involved in the real problems of the school and it can certainly offer many suggestions for improve ment. "The Student Council teaches good citizenship. It encourages stu dents to become interested in civic matters and to take significant steps to alleviate situation or to suggest ways and means of improvement. It provides a clearing house for many school activities." • Yet, how many of us realise the importance of the student council. Student participation in campus politics, if properly guided, is a potent force in real citizenship training and in the social, spiritual and mental uplift of the youth. Fr. Leen (LA SALLITE) On Uniforms and Emblems: "Uniforms and em blems stand for something more sublime than a comedian's jest or cynic's gripe. They are the outward symbol of a devotedness to certain ideals. They manifest a loyalty to the institution whose emblems they are. They are honored because generations of wearers have proved worthy of the way of life they so profess, and the student who proves careless about the school regula tions governing them betrays an at titude that is indicative of disloyal ty." • There are still many of us, par ticularly among the lady students, who entertain the idea that uni form is nothing but a distraction to their personality. Father Leen is subjectively right in telling us that a uniform or an emblem is an outward sign of our loyalty to the institution, our unselfish de dication to the ideals of the Univ ersity. Alice Guerrero (ACTION): "A woman's life is properly one of de dication—in the home, to attend to her family's temporal and spiritual needs; in the world, to teach her THE ROVING EYE fellowmen the lessons of love and truth." • Many of our petticoats still re fuse to concede the idea that their greatest fault is the desire to com pete with men; and, because of this prevailing desire, they often lose themselves in an avalanche of ultra-modernistic ideals which are impractical. G. Sibayan (CAMPUS LEADER): "Encouragement of campus writers to submit articles that move with life and warmth is one of the peren nial headaches of college editors. For, most often literary materials submitted by a few contributors could not keep up with the standard writing of a college student. More often than not, the contributor sends in an article half-baked and without finesse, just to feel how much chan ces he has of getting into print. The Editors do not have time to rehash the articles, for to them time is gold; and time is a fast runner from dead line to deadline." • This is also the headache of our Ed and his staff. Most often, con tributions waltz one by one, then, fall one by one. How to help re surrect these unressurectible sen(Continued on page 46) Page 36 THE CAROLINIAN (Continued from page H) The English thought that by burn ing Joan of Arc as a witch, she would be discredited before the eyes of the pious French. The French Left ists also claimed St. Joan of Arc as their standard bearer because she was a daughter of the common peo ple. The controversy in France over St. Joan of Arc is being re peated now in the Philippines. There are Filipinos who claim that Rizal was anti-Catholic because of his two novels. There are also Fi lipinos who exploit Rizal's Catho licism because he was a product of the Ateneo de Manila, the famous Jesuit school, and especially be cause he died as a Catholic, re conciled with the Church and after receiving the holy sacraments. And there is, Mr. Speaker, a striking similarity between the martyrdom of St. Joan of Arc and the martyr dom of Dr. Rizal. The English put St. Joan of Arc to death in the be lief that French resistance to foreign rule could be definitely suppressed. It is a distortion, Mr. Speaker, of history to say that the Church had killed Rizal. According to President Quezon in his book My Good Fight, Rizal was killed by a narrow colon ial government, represented by a cruel Spanish Governor General, Polavieja, in the vain hope that the Philippine Revolution that had already been started by Bonifacio LET'S GIVE THE MASTERS A CHANCE (Continued from page 9) 10:00 at night. Can't we request Debussy's "Arabesque" or "Nuages" or Chopin's "Etudes" and "Balla des" for our friends? Or can't we have two record drawers in our radio-phonos. . . one containing cur rent hits (we have to dance, too) and the other, records of Concertos, classical pieces, et al? Fifty-fifty, you know. How can we possibly bring forth into this world great composers who will put the Philippines on the world map of music? We hum and sing top tunes. We entertain with top tunes. We gab about top tunes. No, we can't dance to the music of Mendelssohnn, Mozart, Beethoven & Co. because, in the first place, it's impossible and, in the second, it would be a form of blasphemy. Their music is designed for relaxa tion, for studying with and even eating with. We are no champions of "long hair" music even if we feel that it deserves a better break than it is getting now. The way things are, we have a lot to learn before we get riled at the world for not sit ting up and listening to Philippine airs. It has nothing to sit up to. tyrdom, without which men have established nothing great or useful in the world. Cities, empires, republics, rest upon sacrifice. Thus it was not un reasonable or unjust that Joan should have become the sym bol of the fatherland in arms." Religious strife, internecine strug gles, internal hatreds are fatal to the Philippines. They put our be loved country at the mercy of our true enemies. Our enemies are not the so-called Filipino Rizalists or Filipino anti-Rizalists. Our enemies are those powerful interests that are bent on perpetuating in our country a colonial type of economy. We consider also our enemies those elements who are fighting for the perpetuation of restrictions to our national territorial integrity and those that hamper the free exercise of our political independence. Let us put an end to the religious strife that is raging throughout the length and breadth of this country. Rizal himself will bless all efforts at conciliation and good will, for unity was one of the tenets of his sublime patriotism. To achieve unity, he voluntarily gave way to Marcelo H. Del Pilar as the leader of the Filipino community in Madrid. The first redemption — political and economic — of our country was the everlasting message of Rizal before he shed his blood for the Fatherland. At the hour of his suState Authority Against Individual Constitutional Liberties several months earlier, could be put to an end. In this, the Spaniards, like the English, were sadly mis taken. Rizal's execution gave a new impetus to the Philippine Re volution against Spain, which prac tically was also the cause of the Philippine Revolution against Ame rica. Our present political indepen dence is nothing but the glorious crowning achievement of the mar tyrdom of Rizal and of our Revo lutions against Spain and against America. Rizal's martyrdom at Bagumbayan is a symbol of Filipino patriot ism and national unity. The tribute that Anatole France, an anti-Catho lic French freethinker, rendered to St. Joan of Arc is also applicable to Rizal. All Filipinos, Catholics or anti-Catholics, the partisans of com pulsory reading of Rizal's books as well as those who advocate their optional reading, can properly pay homage to Dr. Rizal, by making their own this eloquent tribute of Anatole France to St. Joan of Arc: "The thought came to her to restore the Dauphin to his Heri tage. For this thought she gave her life. Thus it was that she survived her cause and that her devotion remains an everlast ing example. Here was a mar"Deja que el sol ardiendo las lluvias evapore, y al cielo tomen puras con mi clamor en pos; deja que un ser amigo mi fin temprano llore, y en las serenas tardes, cuando por mi alguien ore, ora tambien, joh patria! por mi descanso a Dios. "Ora por todos cuantos murieron sin ventura, por cuantos padecieron tormentos sin igual, por nuestros pobres madres que gimen su amargura, por huerfanos y viudas, por presos en tortura, y ora por ti, que veas tu rendencion final. "Entonces nada importa me pongas en olvido. Tu atmosfera, tu espacio, tus valles cruzare. Vibrante y limpia nota sere para tu oido; Aroma, luz, colores, rumor, canto, gemido, constante repitiendo la esencia de mi fe." I THANK YOU. preme sacrifice, Rizal promised to give forever to our country the in spirations of his ideology, included in which is national unity. Rizal's ideas of the Fatherland's redemption and national unity are expressed in his Ultimo Adios, which, being his last will and testament, is sa cred: JULY-AUGUST, 1956 Page 37 The USC Seal and a Tradition (Continued from, page 15) shows that the missionary is al ways ready to suffer, obedient to all constituted authority, chaste and unspoiled by worldly affairs. The members of the Society may as well be taken figuratively and literally as fleeting from one pagan world to another bringing the Word of God to those who are in dire need. The desire to bring more souls to Him who gave His life that we may live is the primary motive of those missionaries who are found in our Philippine shores. For more rea sons than one, the members of this Congregation have made it easier for us teachers to live, but more important is the fact that they have offered greater and more expansive opportunities for students and others to learn and embrace the Catholic Faith. Finally, the shield, on which the group of symbolical figures is embosed, represents the sterling and genuine quality of a true Catholic institution of learning. It is emble matic of her power, of her solid foundation, always ready to defend the Cross. The University is the ex ponent of Christian ideals, defender of Christian virtues, propagator of the Christian way of life. It is, perhaps, clear by now why the punishment was meted out to the freshie at the University of Ore gon. For to step on the seal and trample upon the name which it represents is a gross violation of all that the University stands for. The Seal of the University of San Carlos is a history of noble ideals, the triumph of a Christian way of life. These ideals, this Christian way of life, must be handed down to suc ceeding Carolinians. It would be something of a noble tradition also, to show our respect and devotion to the Seal, not so much for the figure itself but for all that the Seal signi fies, and for all that it means to us. My consternation was, therefore, not mild when I noticed for the first time, that on the seal itself is a chair and a table used as information desk. While the information table is ideally located for its purpose, yet, in my humble estimate, to sit or step on the seal would not only be improper but also highly disres pectful to the institution it repres ents. I wish to suggest, then, that some thing be done to show or indicate a sign of respect and even reverence for the Seal. As the students of the University of Oregon were made to go around the seal instead of pass ing or stepping over it, Carolinians would be practicing a noble tradi tion if they do likewise. Perhaps, some would laugh at the suggestion. I will even grant that others would simply smile in a sar castic manner. To some, the idea would seem funny because they would say: "Why was it not ob served soon after the seal was placed on its present site? Now it would be difficult to observe it. It is too late." Let us give it a lit tle thought. Is it worth the bother? I know that every Carolinian worthy of his name would think twice about the idea before discard ing it. I am certain that all those who love San Carlos University, all her loyal and faithful sons and daughters, would be glad and will ing to show their respect and devo tion for their Alma Mater. I am also positive, that all of us belong ing to this great institution are all for a greater San Carlos. We can start now. It will not take a few seconds to go around the seal when passing through. To make it easier for us to remember, I would even suggest that a chain, half a foot or less in height, be placed around it. It would then always re mind us that we should not trample on the name of the University of San Carlos. To start the practice is admittedly difficult for most of us who have been accustomed to step on it when passing through. But, once the ha bit of going around it has been root ed in us, it will become second na ture for us. Then a noble tradition will have been begun, observed and prac ticed. I can even foresee the signi ficant effects of this symbolical tra dition. We shall have developed in us a sense of belongingness to this great Institution, a sense of pride. We shall always be conscious of the imprint of San Carlos in us. .. the Carolinian spirit. And then, we shall so act that wherever we go people will readily single us out from the crowd and exclaim with respectful admiration — "There goes a CAROLINIAN". THE CAROLINIAN A doctor smiled fondly at his pa tient and remarked: "You look much better today." "Yes, doc, I followed your direc tions." "What were they?" "Keep this bottle tightly corked." I started with the idea that the world has an opening for me. I found it rather true because I am in a hole A puppy love is the beginning of a dog's life. A clock is like a vain lady's face. It's all face and figure with no face to speak of, very hard to stop after it’s wound up, and has a striking way of calling attention to itself every hour of the day. Man is a funny creature. Tell him the number of stars there are and he will believe you. But if a sign says "fresh paint" that same jeerk will make a personal investigation. "Your dog howled all night." "That's a sign of death. Whose? I wonder!" "Your dog if it howls again to night." A tennis player once lamented over his poor sort of play. "Dear, dear, there cannot be a worse player than myself." "Well, there may be a worse player than yourself, old boy, but he did not play-" It's a sin to play golf during Sun days but the way some play, it is a crime. "Have you the firmness of character that enables a person to go on and do his duty in the face of ingratitude, criticism and ridicule?" "I ought to. I cooked for a camp ing trip last summer." "Hello old man. Any luck hunting?" "Quite. I shot thirteen ducks in one day." "Were they wild?" Page 38 ******************************* WRENCH t****************************** "No, not exactly, but the farmer who owned them certainly was." The heavyweight aspirant recoiled dazedly as his opponent hammered him mercilessly. His second entreated the aspirant to hit back but in the process the latter was punched in the jaw with the result that the aspirant had to cling to the ring post. "Not with that you fool!" cried the second. "You'll be disqualified!" Drunk (looking down at the moon's reflection on the water): "Wash dat I seesh down there?" Cop: "It's the moon." Drunk: "Well, how did I get up there?" A cop figuring to be helpful went on to inquire if the man needed some help to enter his house. Cop: "Need any help?" Drunk: "Thash alrigh ol man jus hoi the house still and I can manage." Curious ideas about the anatomy exist in the press. It was stated the other day that a man had been shot "in the ticket office." Another paper said a man had been shot "in the su burbs". He kissed her passionately "upon her reappearance." He kissed "her back." Mr. Jones walked in "upon her invitation." She seated herself upon "his entering". We thought she sat down upon "her being asked". She fainted upon "his departure." Man reading statistics: "Do you know that everytime I breathe someone * dies?" Bystander: "Why don't you steril ize your mouth?" "What do you take for your in somnia?" "A glass of wine." "Does that make you sleep?" "No, but it keeps me satisfied to stay awake." "It must have taken a lot of cour age to rescue me as you did." "Yeah, I had to knock down three other guys to do it." What Do You Think Should Be . . . (Continued from page 23) is not merely the home but places outside the home. Women should engage in activities outside the home. Since married women gen erally have children, I say that teaching is one ol the appropriate fields lor them to be in. Il married women teach in school, they im part knowledge and skills, not only to the youth in whom they have great concern because it's where the purpose of the profession ends, but also to their own children. This is so because what they teach in school can also be taught to their own children at home. With this view, I should say that the proper place lor married women should not only be the home. They should, if possible, engage in the profession they have selected and studied." Potenciano de los Reyes POTENCIANO DE LOS REYES, Col lege of Law, says: "In our country, where tradition has appointed the woman as the core of family unity and the queen of the home, it is her first duty to keep that love-nest which she and her husband have established intact, solid and firm against the onslaught of vice and gossips. She's the moulder of her children who are the fair hope of the fa therland. From her, the children of her race are expected to imbibe culture, education and fine charac ter. Upon her shoulders lies the responsibility of making them assets rather than liabilities to society. God-fearing rather than secularistic, law-abiding rather than rebellious. To make them .such, an education based on the laws of God is what they need, and since education al ways begins at home, it, therefore, has to make a good start in the home where she, as the mother and directress, guides and thoroughly directs. God made her the inspiration of her husband while tradition has appointed her the custodian of his beloved's wallet. Thus, while he earns the family bread, she, on the other hand, tends the flowers and keeps the home pleasant for him. With the breakdown of morality slowly creeping into our civilized society today, without even ex empting from its grasp the most educated married women in public life, the home is her only refuge to keep faithfully her vow of loyalty which she promised to him before the altar. It's only in the home where she can prove to him that she’s worthy of his love. Politics, therefore, and public life are not her proper desserts; not even the learned profession them selves at the pretext of adding to the family income, for the first and the most important thing that counts is not money or wealth, but har mony, peace, and love in that very home where she, together with her husband, reigns." HERMINIO F. MANONGAS, College of Commerce, says "Married women today have strayed too far from the home. During elections, they go out and make campaign speeches for their candidates. If, instead of going out, they were to stay at home and take care of their children, and teach them the proper ways of life, they would be more useful to the home and, therefore, to the country. Married women must see to it, therefore, that they manage the home. God gave them the respon sibility ol motherhood not to pay attention to affairs outside the home, but to give the home the utmost attention, if possible, as real mothers." (Continued on page ii) Compiled by Ross Escober JULY-AUGUST, 1956 Page 39 • • To keep all Carolinians intact and well-informed of the whereabouts of USC’s old faithfuls, we are marking off, via the Alumni Chimes, the activities of our Alumni. This medium is a poor substitute for the personal touch but if we can minimize our nostalgic feelings, this will be good enough for the nonce. It cannot be denied that the alumni, especially those who, during their student days, enjoyed St. Charles’ friendly air, look back with misty eyes at those happy days. Let us start the count. .. First tip we received comes from MISS RUSSIE CHAGAS of Dipolog, Zamboanga del Norte. According to her report, Carolinian alumni in her province are very successful because of USC's popularity. Mrs. ARACELI BAEL, the former Miss Araceli Kuan, BSE '51, now holds a big stick in the Katipunan High School as its principal. A writer and a declaimer in her student days, Mrs. Bael certainly deserves the honor. We remember her touch ing story. Even the Trees... which appeared in this mag five years ago. It was one of the best short stories to appear in the Carolinian. Toeing the same pedagogic line is the former PURIFICACION L. CHA GAS, BSE '51, now teaching the Spanish lingo at the Andres Boni facio Institute in Dipolog, Zamboan ga. An old reliable of the USC Spanish department, she now hands down her lore to college and high school students of the ABI. Purie's hubby is Mr. Julian Legara. The numerous fans of OFELIA GARROVILLO, also of class '51, will be happy to know that she is a faculty member of St. Vincent's College in Dipolog, Zamboanga. Our Home Economics Dept, also contributes a lot of its graduates to different institutions all over the Philippines. Those assigned to mould future housekeepers are AMPARO TAN and RUSSIE CHAGAS, class '54. Amparing is imparting the intricacies of housekeeping to the pupils of Katipunan Elementary School while Russie is busy dem onstrating the art of cooking and sewing to her wards at Manukan Central Elementary School, down in Manukan, Zamboanga. Last item from Zamboanga province states that two pleasing commerciantes are making use of their know-how in facts and figures. They are GLOR1FICAC1ON SUMA, BSC '55 and ANGELITA MAUSISA BSC '54. These two damsels were the belles of the campus during their student days. Both figured in ROTC circles as sponsors and in student social circles as well. Lita is connected with the local chapter of the Red Cross in that province. She is also teaching Commerce subjects at St. Vincent's College. Glory is mana ging their store in Dipolog. With her arranging things around, we bet the shekels keep ringing the til. To Glory and Lita we doff our hats! We swivel the periscope now to the land that flies the old Glory. We have BEN DONA and INOCEN CIO GABUNILAS, both serving in Uncle Sam's Navy at Key West, Florida. , USC is the password be tween them in their quarter for the reason that they left their hearts and some other girls' hearts behind. They confided that they are more than proud to be Carolinians. In their cruise to Mexico, they realized the privilege of being a Carolinian and of having been taught the twists of the Spanish tongue. To their Spanish professors in USC, they convey their thanks. If you happen to set foot in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, you'll most likely bump into a Carolinian. In a certain hospital of that city, a Ca rolinian couple are happily employ ed. They are Dr. & Mrs. JORGE DOSDOS (nee Erminia Reyes). Both are graduates of our College of Liberal Arts. DELING DIOLA is also in that big wonderful country called the United States, as a nurse of a certain hospital. Deling was a ward nurse of the SIH and was an active student in the USC College of Liberal Arts. Last foreign tip we received was on the Camara family, true-blue descendants of USC. Mameng and a sister are still taking postgraduate work in Home Econo mics in one of the famous univer sities of USA; while their brother Doctors, JESUS and PRUDENCIO, are intensifying their medical know how in one of the progressive hos pitals. From Manila comes the hearten ing news that LEDINILA AMIGABLE, former "C." Associate editor, is a faculty member of the Immacu late Heart of Mary College. We are not in the least surprised at her performance. She was a versatile lady in her college days here. Aside from Miss Amigable, a group of alumni are also making their own adventures. News via the alumni grapevine reveals that Miss JOSEFINA SANCHEZ is serving as ward nurse of the V. Luna Hospital after having been commissioned a Second Lieutenant. Before she left Cebu, she was connected with the Southern Islands Hospital as social service nurse. Another Carolinian Nightingale in Manila is ELIZABETH GIL, now connected with the Vete rans' Memorial Hospital as Head Nurse. Although shy and unas suming, Betty has proved her met tle more than once in USC and the SIH. NICK LIMBACO, BSE '51, did USC proud when he was signed up as a History teacher of the Ateneo de Manila. He is one proof we have of USC's fine and capable products. A tree can be known by its fruits, so the saying goesl Before we put the clamp on this issue's personalia, Page 40 THE CAROLINIAN * A L U M N O T E S * Wedding bells, full-toned and me lodious, rang for Mr. CRISPIN CAS TILLO and Miss EDITHA SENO when they tied the knot last July 29, 1956. The Sto. Rosario Church was the scene of the rites officiated by Msgr. Es teban Montecillo. Both of them marked their last fling at bachelor days when these words were intoned: "May this ring be the sign between you of the mutual vows you have made . . . the symbol of an endless love." The little golden band slipped on the bride's finger after which, some moments later, friends and acquaintances hurried on to offer their wishes of good luck. With the wedding entourage were Mr. Conrado Castanilla and Mrs. Jovita P. Alidon, sponsors for the bride groom and bride respectively; Billy Castillo and Pering Seno, veil sponsors; Lasco Famador and Berte Vidal, Cord sponsors; Loding Rodriguez, bride of honor and Ben Castillo, best man. Bride's maids and escorts were Bebing Castillo and Manuel Azcona, and Tita Pardillo and Terry Ursal. Tita Alidon was the flower girl and Ely Briones was the ring bearer. After the wedding ceremony a catch-as-catch-can dinner was served in the groom's residence. Two Carolinians who also treaded the middle aisle two months ago were ATTY. AUGUSTO DERECHO and let us mention the latest alumni to be tracked down. First on the list is Miss PACITA GENERALAO, BSHE '54, who has cast her lot with St. Michael's College in Iligan City. Her task is to train young ladies to become good housekeepers. We are betting our Saturday lunch for any old thing that in a year or two Pacing will be walking down the aisle. And not as a bridesmaid, either! Wanna bet? Other Home Econo mists who prefer to be in the field rather than in the classrooms are WILHELMINA DE LA RIARTE, LY DIA MORAN, and CAROLINA ORBE. Instead of sampling cookies and bunny rolls, these alumnae are Mr. & Mrs. Crispin Castillo ROSITA S. TY. They became husband and wife on May 12th at the Arch bishop's Palace with Msgr. Julio Ro sales officiating. The groom was, until very recently, a faculty member of the College of Commerce while the bride is a Pharmacist who made honors for her Alma Mater by topping the Phar macy Board exam last year. assigned to special cases. Mina and Eddie are connected with the Dept, of Agriculture and Natural Re sources as Home Economics dem onstrators in Agusan province while Carol is with the Davao sector. Our last item swings the focus on MARIA NAPISA and AHL1LI ARIAS, both BSE grads. Mary is taking charge of the Library of the Agusan Institute. She's hard to beat at it! Library paraphernalia have been her playthings here and she knows the ALZ's of Library work. Ahlili is a mentor at one of the Schools of Toboso, Negros Occiden tal. To those we have mentioned, we extend our sincerest kudos! USC NEWS (Cootinued from, page 35) Julian N. Jumalon was the artist and butterfly collector of the group aided by Samuel Ochotorena. Mar celino Maceda, who concentrated on ethnological studies involving the life of Mangyans, said that the ex pedition aimed at paving the way for more detailed study next year by world-famed ethnologist and an thropologist, Rev. Dr. Martin Gusinde. OLD FACES BACK AND NEW FACES IN The campus has been brighten ed by the return ol some well-known faces. Father Edgar Oehler, SVD, is back from the United States after a year's leave of absence. He has resumed his duties in the Chemistry Department. Fresh from a vacation is genial Dr. Bruell, also of the Chemistry Department. New additions to the Carolinian faculty include Father Raymond Kolk, SVD, of Chicago, and Father John Vogelgescmg, SVD, of St. Paul, Minnesota. Father Kolk is the assist ant of Father Bunzel in the new Boys' High School, while Fr. John is the acting Dean of Religion and Head of the English Department. MY FIGHT AGAINST REJECTION SLIPS (Continued from page 17) familiar practice for the interviewer to tell the purpose of the visit, but as I could not begin the conversa tion, the businessman asked me what my purpose was. I mumbled guttural monosyllables to the effect that I was in to ask for information about his business, the forthcoming opening of which had news value. I asked him questions and took down what he said. The interview was intended to be a question-andanswer affair but I could not put in a word edgewise because I could hardly speak save when reading the notes I had prepared. All the time I was thinking about what my books on journalism said: a good inter view must be carried on in the way of a conversation. In another inter view with our town executive, I had the same tense feeling, All I could show for my efforts were a pale and sweating face, a clamped mouth and an illegible handwriting because of nervousness and fright. In my visit with the son-in-law of the recipient of the papal Pro Eccle(Continued on page 44) JULY-AUGUST, 1956 Page 41 Cdt. Col. Felipe Lobucoy, F.A. Corps Commander ★ Cdt. Lt. Col. Wlnifredo Geonion, Inf. Corps Ei-O, 1st Bn. Inst. ★ Cdt. Lt. Col. Jacinto Gador, Jr., F.A. Corps Adjutant and S-1 THE ARMY An ordinary layman looks at the army with a mischievous eye. This stems from the fact that in the aver age man's point of view the army is nothing more than a bunch of misfits put together end to end to outdo each other. The man who holds that view cannot be con vinced otherwise. The newspaper articles, jokes and cracks attributed to the army have as their butt the Armed Forces. Actually, the army is an efficient group of organized men run by leaders with great capacities for making a thousand-man organiza tion tick. Moreover, the foibles at tributed to the army are spoken of as reverently as a mother cooing her babe to sleep. The digs that write-up men do for the army are a sign that the Armed Forces rank in popularity with other organizations. THE SARGES We have with us T/Sgt. Solio He rrera a sarge with a pronounced clerical look. He is broad of stature and has the pugnacity of a foot ball linesman. His smiles are sun shine that erase the cadets' smiles as fast as they come to the cadets faces. Some bloke of a cadet was one day trying to absorb the de tailed explanation of the sarge on an MG cal. 30. After detailed what nots of the weapon, the sarge as sembled the parts again and pulled 0 R I E F S by ROTC ROSS the trigger back to see if his assem bly was right. The gun bucked. He wanly grinned. "The gun won't just cooperate with us today, I know," he said by way of a part ing shot. Sgt. Pedro Carabana is another member of the hardworking staff as signed by the regular army to this school to help explain the intrica cies of modern warfare. His office is a haven for cadets who are de linquents, who have been absent, de-merited or wish to be absent be cause of some acute bundle of curves. THE CORPS STAFF The Corps of Cadets in this Univ ersity has a new lineup composed of men chosen for their outstanding Sgt. P. C< Page 42 THE CAROLINIAN Cdt. Lt. Col. Jose Deen, Inf. Corps S-2 performances during the last years. Taking a bow on the ROTC front is CDT. COL. FELIPE LABUCAY, FA, the Corps Commander. He is a man you simply don't make mistakes about. To see him is to know him always. CDT. LT. COL. WINIFREDO GEONZON, INF, is the quietest among the cadets. His silence drowns the wail of an air-raid siren gone berserk. CDT. LT. JACINTO GADOR, JR., FA, the Corps Adj. and S-l, is handy as the man to teach the manipulation of the aiming cir cle. He twirls a knob here, closes a clamp there, moves the thingamajig there, and the first thing you know he has located the only blond in town. He is as equally handy with his finger as with his tongue. CDT. LT. COL. JOSE DEEN, INF, gets his premiere in this col umn. Straight as a ramrod, serious of mien though punctuated occa sionally by laughs. CDT. LT. COL. FRANCISCO LITERATUS, FA, the Corps S-3 is the man about the field during Sundays. CDT. LT. COL. VICENTE BELARMINO, FA, Corps S-4, is the man you'd take to if you ever met him. Personable and easy to get along with, he at taches himself easily with the pri vates. The only distinguishing mark between him and the privates is his ever present sword. CDT. LT. COL. ROLAND LEYSON, FA, Second Bat talion instructor, about completes the line-up of the Corps Staff. These men, who have taken unto them selves the task of shaping the Cadet Corps, are themselves soldiers in their own rights while some got their bearing . through inheritance (some are sons of ,Cols.). Few cadets are ever bracketed with this order. The choice is made only after a man is recognized for his talent and tenacity... his capacity for learning in his formative years. THE 1ST BN. STAFF The command of the First Batta lion falls upon LT. COL. LOUIE BATONGMALAQUE, INF. His staff is composed of CDT. MAJOR DOMINADOR TURNO, JR., INF, Bn. Adjutant and S-l; CDT. MAJOR MANUEL LIM, JR„ INF, S-l and S-3; CDT. MAJOR RUFINO CRUZ, Inf, Bn. S-4; CDT. MAJOR JOSE LOIS ROS, FA, Bn. Executive Officer. This Batta lion chalked up the biggest attend ance and showed the best coopera tive spirit during the Fourth of July parade mainly because of the men who led it... men who are dedicat ed to their task and who stick to the time-tested army code of loyalty, in tegrity and espirit de corps. WITH THE 2ND BATTALION High on the Second Battalion Roster is CDT. LT. COL. CESAR URSAL, FA, the Battalion Comman der. CDT. MAJOR CESAR LUMAPAS, FA, Bn. Adjutant and S-l; CDT. MAJOR TERESITO ESCARIO, FA, BN. Executive Officer; CDT. MAJOR GAVINO PALACIO FA, BN. S-2 and S-3 and CDT. MAJOR ANTONIO ANGEL, FA, Bn. S-4, fol low in order. The second battalion is made up of the locally-termed "diehards". The cadets in this unit have given up some of their best Sundays but the officers have seen to it that ROTC should not be a poor substitute for a dip in Taliscry. ABOUT THE OFFICERS There is some glamour connect ed with being an ROTC officer. May be there are ambitious few who got theirs because they are motivated by the bright future reserved for them by the government or because they believe the world situation is still shaky. An officer and an easy life do not go together because of the fact that nothing is rosy in the reality of soldiering. The facts do not tally with the expectation. It is not to be denied that the army takes care of its men but only the good can claim his place. Viewed in a purely practical way, the officers of the ROTC Corps are men who laid aside the easy way and followed the line of most resistance. Not all of us can be officers. For officers are a class of men by themselves. The motive of heroism is far from their minds. (Continued on page 44) Cdt. Lt. Col. Francisco Literatus, F.A. Corps S-3 ★ Cdt. Lt. Col. Vicente Belarmino, F.A. Corps S-4 ★ Cdt. Lt. Col. Rolando Leyson, F.A. 2nd Bn. Instructor JULY-AUGUST, 1956 Page 43 WHAT DO YOU THINK (Continued from page 39) Manuel Villarosa MANUEL VILLAROSA, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, says: "In my opinion, the proper place for a married woman is the home. The primary duty of a married woman is to take good care of her children, not only physically but also morally. Aside from giving her children atten tion regarding their state of health, she should develop her children's moral character in the home be cause the basic foundation of moral education begins in the home. A married woman also sees to it that the home is kept clean and orderly. On her part, she must try to be tidy all the time. A tired husband finds pleasure and com fort upon reaching home when he is met by his wife who is dressed in proper and habitual neatness with her happy children at her side. A husband is always proud when he sees that everything runs smoothly and orderly in his home." ROTC BRIEFS (Continued from page 43) Leadership comes naturally to some of them. Woe to the officer who lacks a commanding presence, voice and personality! ROTC lead ership in this University entails more study than an average person usually takes to mind. The weeks of preparing the lessons for the day, study of the various phases on the delicate machineries of war are in themselves a separate course which can drive a lazy man batty. To the officers, for their unselfish devotion in bringing more men of caliber for upholding what they deem right and virtuous and passing them on to their ranks, and for the sacrifice they made in formulating upon the minds of the cadets the techniques they have to learn, we, who are being taught, doff our hats! My Fight Against Rejection Slips (Continued from page 41) sia et Pontifice award (I could not meet the awardee personally since he is bedridden), I was a search ing reporter equipped with insist ence to see for myself the medal and the certificate from Pope Pius XII. It was only after I had fought an uphill battle against fright that I developed my natural way of act ing. What do publicity seekers, and even your friends, think of you when your piece ends its life in the edi tor's wastebasket? They look at you with scorn. They become sus picious. It is as disheartening to an inexperienced writer to lose his friends' confidence as it is to receive his manuscript with a rejection slip attached. When a manuscript is mailed to the editor, the writer thinks of see ing it appear in print, never of hav ing it rejected. Thus the writer keeps in touch with every issue to see if it appears. If it does not, he assures from the flourishing sugar cane re gion, Negros Occidental. He is enrolled in the College of Law. Politically inclined, he dreams to be a thousand-peso-lawyer — a profession he will eventually use as a springboard to political wonder lands. ADOLFO (Dick) CABAILO... To Dick, no devotion, no love is too much for art. Art is Dick's bedfellow and they have gone places toge ther. This man, who loves painting more than, I say without fear, bread itself, rose to public notice during the Marian Congress, two years ago, when, among the architectural entries submitted by different stu dents in the city, his glowing letter “M" design was accepted and dis played in front of the Cebu Capitol building. Our famed V. Ranudo, Jr., has this to say of Dick: "Few in the islands can match Cabailo's subtle artistry with the etching pen. But what makes one marvel is the way a conception of an image is born in him. For whatever escapes the eyes of a writer, is always caught in the miracle of his hands." Truly a great artist in the Carolinian Family, his hands spell might and wonder. Dick's pencil sketches of the portraits of Osmena Sr., Cabahug, and Baring, which appeared on himself that it will be printed in the next issue. But before the next is sue comes out the manuscript re turns with a note: "We are sorry we could not make use of the arti cle as the English used is below standard," or "We are sorry the item does not fit editorial needs. Please send us something we could use in the future issues." Appar ently there is hope in the latter and you send other manuscripts only to have them sent back to you. If you still have hope you ask your self: "What does the editor need?" On one occasion when I submit ted to a student-editor a set of ques tions from which to get the mate rials, he bluntly humiliated me by calling my writing "redundant" and "senseless." These are the results, I said to myself. . . rejection slips, humilia tion and disappointment. Despite all these, I still have that irresponsible urge to write. Behind The (Continued frot front covers of the previous issues of the "Carolinian" and his various imaginative illustrations which, also, appeared in the same magazine, have always met with popular ap probation and acclaim. FELIPE VERALLO, JR... this swell guy with an effervescent counte nance, hails from Bogo, Cebu. As a man, he is silent. He sel dom speaks. His being taciturn, but sensible, has earned for him the love and respect of his friends and his fellow Carolinians. He once headed USC's Debating Club. He has always consistently participated in various tilts in oratory and debate. He is an active member of the YOL (Youth for Osmena Leadership). In the recent election campaigns, Verallo, Jr., proved that he could, equally with others, speak with power and fire. One of the proud recipients of the Osmena, Jr., Scho larship grant for deserving YOL students, he is taking up Law to equip himself with ample legal know-how and to prepare himself for future political battles. He in tends to throw his hat into the pol itical arena. Page 44 THE CAROLINIAN THE ENDLESS SEARCH THE LETTER carried nothing on its face to make itself conspicuous. Because it partook of the simplicity of its author, it did not mean much at first blush. It was simply a "leave of absence," no thing more. The motive that lay be hind the "leave" of our former Com merce Dean Lolito Gil Gozum was what prompted us to write about him. It is to be confessed here that Mr. Gozum himself was most vehement against play ing him up in any way. Yet, we know how his enthusiasm for further study can buoy up other people’s spirits, how it can infect others with a desire to learn and learn seriously. This is an age, truth to tell, when most of us do not think much about formal education. How frequently do we see people who "finished only sixth grade" occupying high and influential positions in tne government service and in private businesses? The unemploy ment howl is loudest today when diplo mas are a common commodity, when High” Lines ADELINO B. SITOY... One of the Carolinian's versatile writers, he has already made a name on and off the campus. Last year's best Actor in the University Day celebration, Addy has won quite a number of prizes. While yet a freshman in the high school, he won first prize in an Essay Contest sponsored by the lo cal USIS center. And again, he romped off with four prizes in four different essay contests during his Senior year. He won first prize in an Essay tilt with "Aviation Week" as the theme, sponsored by the Na tional Aviation Week Committee, and was awarded a free PAL roundtrip ticket to any place in the Philippines. He copped third place in the contest sponsored by the local Aviation Committee, with a Webster International Dictionary as his prize. Then, he ran off with the top prize in the essay contest on “What America Means to Me", to become the first Carolinian whose essay was included in a compilation intended for American high school reading. And in the same year, he won , again in an other essay contest on the biogra phy of a successful businessman JULY-AUGUST, 1956 sheepskins are more and more becom ing a badge of frustration than a token of achievement. Mr. Gozum, however, does not think along this line. "The professions are crowded, it is true," he says, "but culture and the broadening of knowledge know no crowd. I have chosen to take up Law because it goes hand in hand with Com merce. It will give me one of the rich est cultural backgrounds that a man can have. I had to give up my Deanship for this devotion. I do not want to do it half way. . . either I take up the study of Law seriously, devote my time and effort to it, or I should not think of it at all. I aim to further my stu dies with the weapons I have: my neart, my will and my determination." If all of us could have the same at titude, what benefits we would derive from the wisdom of the present and the past! What happiness we would get if we would but join, like our well-liked Mr. Gozum, the "endless search!" in the Philippines. He was given a one-year scholarship in any college or university in the Philippines as his prize. In the same year, he was designated as Editor of the LIGHT OF LAPULAPU, official publication of the students of the ABELLANA HIGH SCHOOL. Sitoy was adjudged the Best Debater among Pre-Law students last year. He was last year's Editor of the SCA NEWSLETTER, the SCANS mouthpiece and was also the Editor of the LOWER CASE, a publication among Journalism students in the University. He was one of the Senior Editors of the Carolinian last year. At 19, this reserved and unas suming man intends to finish Law as his profession. A thousand-and-one things about them we have intentionally left un said. We are only singling out the salient ones — the details that typi fy them. Other staff-members de serve to be mentioned but the rather disconcerting limitation of space stands in the way. One thing, how ever that can be said about the whole Carolinian kit and caboodle is this: They're a great team! Our new Moderator, Fr. John Vogelgesang, rates a collective tip of the hat for his sincere interest and his. . . . oh, but this is getting ahead of Addy Sitoy's interview with him! Page 45 THE LOWDOWN ON THE VARSITY TEAM (Continued from page 31) This year's acquisitions come from various sources. Two were redeemed from the intramurals: MANOLET "Tubby" SUSON and EPIMACO "Hercules" BORROMEO. From way down under the Pro mised Land, RAUL "Raulistic" (Fla vor of the Month) VALDEHUESA directed his magnetic compass over here. The guy'is a slimdown ver sion of a Moro about to go to heaven. The "Republican Max" coming from Bohol is a descendant of a society hawk. MAXIMO PEZARAS is the name. Nice meetin' ya! Roman numerals come after the name of DIONISIO "Pee Wee" JAKOSALEM, the university edition of a bantam-sized banter. Hi sstyle of play is clumsy and there is yet some doubt on his ability to handle the ball during tense moments but we are banking on the coach to give him more seasoning to make him more effective on offensive and defensive stabs. ISIDORO "Shorty" CAfilZARES is a picture of pure struggle in the spheroid world. Slim and tall he comes in handy as triggerman. But on the rebound, he is entirely useless. MANUEL “Bashful" BAS has no claims to the fame of the Bas' in Cebu but he will yet make a niche for himself. Jakosalem and Canizares are men-mountain who can be depend ed upon to carry the game were they but seasoned players. As it is, the University has to train them in every conceivable art of basket ball wizardry. The team also maintains re served materials for the next tour ney. On the line are ESMERO ABEJO, lately of the Sta. Rita H.S., playing as the college captain ball; EVARISTO SAGARDUI, 1954 skipper of the USC Team; BENIGNO REYES from Santo Tomas U and ERNEST MICHAEL an old standby. Here is your team and its set up. It has defects because it is all too human. Also, it has strength and the possibility of its coronation as CCAA champs cannot be dis counted. Its triumphs and defeats will be yours, too. But whether it sinks or swims, you will be proud of USC's boys. If they lose, they'll go down fighting; and if they win, can anything be sweeter? COLLEGE OF LAW FOURTH YEAR Delfin Campos, Jr. Ofelio Clutario Average Units Taken FIRST YEAR Average Units Taken 1.16 1.22 15 17 Vicente Balbuena 1.44 15 Ernesto Alinsonorin 1.28 IS Erasmo Diola 1.90 16.5 SECOND YEAR COLLEGE OF PHARMACY Felix Draper 1.57 15 FIRST YEAR Average Units Taken Cesar Dakay 1.58 15 Josephine Marbella 1.60 21 Eugenio Alvarado 1.62 15 Fe Mascarinas 1.675 20 THIRD YEAR Carmen Patalinghug 1.70 21 Anka Du 1.93 16 SECOND YEAR Faustina Llesis 1.97 16 Lourdes Garcia 1.20 16 Clara Lebumfacil 1.33 16 FOURTH YEAR Monina Gerona 1.45 16 Jose Perez 1.58 17 THIRD YEAR Noli Cortel 1.68 17 Remedios Chew 1.583 18 Gerarda Galenzoga 1.84 17 Eleodora Lasaca 1.595 21 Sofronio Capao 1.97 17 Engracia Lu 1.63 20 COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Course—Yr. Average Raul Espina, Che.E.-l ................... 1.88 Danilo Cabatingan, Ch.E.-l .... 1.97 Vicente Bendanillo Ch.E.-ll ......... 1.31 Lydia Mayo!, Ch.E.-ll ................... 1.6 Elsa Pilapil, Ch.E.-ll ................... 1.627 lluminado Limbago, Ch.E.-Ill ... 1.48 Calixto Castro, Ch.E.-lll ........... 1.58 Natalia Mondilla, CE-I ............. 1.75 Ligaya Salgado, CE-I ................. 1.83 Camilo Comiling, CE-II ............. 1.68 Hipolito Melia, CE-II ................. 1.80 Virgilio Alvor, EE-I ..................... 1.50 Eugenio Corazo, EE-II ............... 1.447 Isidro Codera, ME-I ................... 1.60 Norberto Malicay, ME-I............... 1.835 Mateo Tapao, ME-I ..................... 1.91 Gerardo Lipardo, ME-II............... 1.29 lldefonso Mar, ME-II ................. 1.70 Cayetano Intong. ME-III ............. 1.673 Felipe Labucay, ME-III ............... 1.735 Ray Floreto, ME-III ..................... 1.764 COLLEGE OF COMMERCE FIRST YEAR Average Units Taken Angelina Uy 1.02 22 Clavel Quijada 1.06 22 Cleofe Siao 1.06 22 Catalina Cambonga 1.08 25 SECOND YEAR Bartolome Pozon 1.03 22.5 Benedicto Alcantara 1.15 19.5 Luz Yee 1.19 22 THIRD YEAR Norma Fradejas 1.01 18 Annie Ratcliffe 1.18 15 Cecilia Paz 1.20 21 HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT FIRST YEAR Average Units Taken Felicula Cruz 1.30 20 SECOND YEAR Milagros Villamor 1.32 22 Engracia Felicilda 1.38 21 Manuela Trinidad 1.520 24 COLLEGE OF EDUCATION FIRST YEAR Average Units Taken Rosario Yap 1.44 19 Julieta Ongtawco 1.68 21 SECOND YEAR Ma. Salvacion Saludo 1.37 21 Concepcion Dakay 1.38 23 Magdalena Vergara 1.56 22 THIRD YEAR Teresita Alcares 1.36 18 Rosario Taladua 1.55 15 Venus Dakay 1.64 19 NORMAL COLLEGE FIRST YEAR Average Units Taken Emilio llago 1.37 26 Margarita Fuentes 1.38 23 Luciana Fernandez 1.41 23 SECOND YEAR Bella Bello 1.18 21 Priscila Mayol 1.21 20 Lina Bacorta 1.31 18 THIRD YEAR Maximiliano Cempron 1.36 16 Daylinda Gonzaga 1.56 24 Aniceta Vasquez 1.58 15 SECRETARIAL COURSE Average Units Taken Joaquina Ang 1.17 20 Celina Zapanta 1.37 26 Myrna de los Reyes 1.48 18 NARCISO BACUR'S ULTIMATUM (Continued from, page 18) For three minutes the lovers sat there Looking intently at each c+her Then from her seat pert Helynn bounced The winner would now be announced I have come now to my decision Based on the norms of rime and reason To him who cannot pick the winnings Accept defeat without hard feelings Narciso I think you are good When you are in a dancing mood And Titur is not bad at all When he is playing basketball I have weighed both your qualities Your opposite abilities I'm Tibur's fan in basketball While I'm your date in Rock 'n' Roll Since you must know who between you Can claim me as his sweetie pie I'll tell you now straight and true I choose neither, I'd rather die Narciso knew it was the time To forget love and think of crime After himself he'd kill Helynn And hope they'd still meet in heaven He dived across sweet Helynn's table As though to imitate Clark Gable He held the dark and deadly weapon To do a crime much worse than treason He drove it into Helynn's heart And hacked himself so they would part What amazed him was Helynn laugning And him standing 'stead of dying He realized he was not wounded And Helynn... by gad!... didn't bleed At last he knew what saved her life He'd used a choc'late CANDY KNIFE!!! ------- bbq CROSS CURRENTS (Continued from page 36) tences is the principal problem that confronts Editors of any stu dent publication today. Elizabeth Porter (ACTION): "Mod ern society faces a crisis. Our time is a period of stress and strain where men try to overpower one another. Chaos is everywhere. In this state of unrest it becomes the task of education to form-.women who can come to bring relief and to quiet the tenseness. "Woman was made by God as the pacifier of man in his passionate outbursts, the strength of man in his weakness, the hope of man in his despair." • This could have been a very wonderful idea if women acted this way. Because women have acted otherwise, many homes and kingdoms have been broken. Ah! but women will be women! Page 46 THE CAROLINIAN HELYNN'S PEACE OVERTURE (Continued from page 18) You simply just have to reform Your ways of paying court to me Your modes need not be uniform As long as they appeal to me. And just in case at last I know The better man between you two It does not mean I don't love both 11 only means I can't have both. I hope from now on I shan't hear Threats of suicide or of murder Tiburcio of course still can play And Isoy can dance the boogie. After you learn to be sports In competitions of all sorts I shall decide come guns or mortar Who shall take me right to the altar. So until then my lover boys Shake hands ana don't make any noise I'll close this letter right away I might be seen by my landlady. Your ever-lovin' HELYNN of MALINGIN ------- bbq Conducted by REV. CORNELIUS van Dean, Graduate School der LINDEN, S. V. D. IM ANTICAW, a town of Misamis Oriental, was formerly a small set tlement surrounded by wilderness when the Spanish missionaries, ac companied by the guardias civiles, came. They (the missionaries) be gan to preach Christianity. At first the inhabitants were suspicious, but later on they were converted to Ca tholicism. Then, the missionaries left, leaving the guardias civiles to supervise the natives. The people had a chapel where they said their prayers and lighted candles for their dead. At the door of the chapel, candles were sold by a very beautiful maiden named Maria. She was the belle of the place. Every afternoon some of the frightening look that could not be hidden by their beauty. Yet the peo ple still continued to buy candles from her. One day, while the guardias ci viles were hunting, they shot Ma ria's bird. A sad and terrible sound came from the dying bird. The sky became dark and a heavy rain be gan to fall. A Christian convert, who was present when the bird was shot, told the hunters that the bird belonged to a sorceress, the beau tiful Maria. He further asserted that its owner would surely seek re venge. The native advised the hunt ers to burn the bird and bury the ashes. His instructions were follow ed immediately, since the hunters TIBUR GOES BACK TO SCHOOL (Continued from page 18) When their bald prof read the results Tibur and Helynn were aglow They knew their papers had no faults So both of them would not get low Then suddenly Tiburcio was afire Helynn blamed him with all her ire For cute Helynn and Tiburcio Chalked up a big and flat ZERO! ------- abs ONE MAN'S DARKNESS (Continued from page 21) that mother had sold our lands and she had long left the comfort of our home. When I was taken ill in the city, I wrote harsh, bitter letters blaming my mother for her heart lessness. My landlady had to ship me home like unwanted rubbish. And in those moments of torment, I was alone. Fred and the rest of the wise-cracking friends I had did not bother to see me. Not even to berate me, laugh at me. Sad ness is a one-man affair. I felt a sharp, indefinable twinge of pain in my breast and I struggled in my bed to drive it away. Some thing warm came over my hand and my forehead. There was a voice, calculated to soothe me....... to give me the peace I wanted. "Through this holy anointing and His own most tender mercy, may the Lord forgive you..-.." The Witch of Manticaw by ROSARIO TEVES guardias civiles, who were off duty, used to go to her house and pay court to her. Expectant mothers would gaze at her intently and at the same time hope that their un born baby would be as beautiful as she was. Young men looked up to her as their ideal of womanhood. The people were so engrossed in their admiration of her unusual beauty that they did not even care to find out who she was and where she came from. The appearance of the beautiful maiden of Manticaw also ushered in an odd-looking blue-black bird, which was often seen alighting on the trees near the settlement. Most of the people regarded it as the pet of a witch. The shrill and mourn ful cries of the bird could always be heard in the middle of the night. The inhabitants were both frighten ed and puzzled by the presence of the bird. And one day, they were even more surprised to see the bird perched on the right shoulder of Maria, while she was selling can dles. When the bird was with her, she had a mysterious, gloomy and did not want to be the victim of the witch. That same day, when the bird was killed, Maria fell violently ill. She kept asking for her bird but nobody paid attention to her. Fi nally, after two days of delirium she died. Even on her death bed, the people still praised her unsur passed beauty. Old people of Manticaw say that Maria died because she could not contact her pet which carried her soul. Today the mournful cry of the bird can still be heard and the younger generation say that it is Maria's pet calling its mistress. GRADUATE SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENT The research assistant of the Graduate School, Marcelino N. Maceda, has been awarded a scholar ship by the University of San Carlos. He is going to take up further studies in Anthropology In Fribourg University Switzerland; and later on in the Univ ersity of Vienna, Austria. He is sched uled to leave for Europe in the early part of September in time for the fall enrollment. JULY-AUGUST, 1956 Page 47 * SECCION La Education Catolica de la Juventud por l^omulo ^^-rtiKa^a Esperanza da al alma la musica, Satia el rocio a la rosa sedienta; Al horizonte, el sol con oro pinta, Del Creador pinta el amor la cara. El sol se pone en el horizonte, Se marchitard la rosa fragrante; El pajaro cesa su canto alegre, Pero el amor dura para siempre. No en los palacios y Castillos grandes, No en el vislumbre del oro y diamantes, No en las alas de famas y honores, Sino reposa el amor en la sencillez. Algunos tienen muchas alhajas, Pocos aprenden lenguajes extranjeras; Otros reciben el don de los genios Solo el amor anhelan todos. Gran conquistador de Peru, Pizzaro, Colon, descubridor del nuevo mundo; Marconi, inventor de la radio, Amor, conquistador del corazon humano. La riqueza construye muchas ciudades, Los heroes ganan muchas victorias, Los genios descubren muchas invenciones Al mundo cred el Amor de los amoves. Bdlsamo para el corazon herido, Medicina de un ser dolorido, Consuelo en el momento oscuro, Antorcha de la vida en el camino. Del estudio saca conocimiento, Del esfuerzo, el premio merecido; La prdctica le hace un maestro, Solo el amor le lleva al cielo. por Womufo s4rtifla<}a JEl HOMBRE SE compone de cuerpo y alma; un cuerpo material y un alma espiritual. Un bruto 6 animal inferior se compone tambien de cuerpo y alma pero su alma en solamente material como su cuerpo y no espi ritual. Por lo tanto, cuando su cuerpo muere, su alma muere con el cuerpo. En cambio, cuando el cuerpo del hombre muere su alma vive porque es espiritual. Por esoi no debemos procurar solamente el bienestar del cuerpo sino tambien el bienestar del alma inmortal. Como dice la Sagrada Escritura, "No solo de pan vive el hombre sino de toda palabra que viene de Dios.” Por eso, a la par que ejercitamos el cuerpo debemos ejercitar tambien el alma por medio de una educacion perfecta para tener "Mens sana en corpore sano.” La hombria consiste no solamente en tener brazos de "hietro” 6 fuerzas de elefante sino tambien en tener fuerzas morales. El hombre es el mas debit de todos los animales. No tiene los ojos agudos del aguila, ni la fuerza del elefante ni los dientes del leon ni la rapidcz de los caballos ni las alas de los pajaros, etc. Sin embargo, el hombre es rey de los animales por su racionalidad, por su fuerza moral. La verdadera hombria consiste en cul tivar las fuerzas morales del hombre. La cultura de las fuerzas morales del hombre se encuentra en una educacion buena, en una educacion cristiana. cspecialmente, en una educacion catolica. La educacion que no desarrolla las facultades morales del hombre, no es educacion. El hombre cuya potencia mental o intelectual esta desarrollada pero no su fuerza moral, no es un hombre educado sino solamente instruido. La educacion supone el desarrollo de las fuerzas tanto morales como intelectuales. La mejor educacion es la educacion catolica porque en la religion catolica, la mente puede descansar porque esta religion esta bien fundada historica, cientifica y logicamente. Historicamentc, la religion catolica sobrepasa a otras religiones en su antigiiedad. Si la religion catolica no fuera la linica religion verdadera, no padria existir hasta ahora despues de los muchos y fueres ataques de sus enemigos. Cientificamente, la religion catolica es verdadera por que no es contra la ciencia como dicen los cientificos ateistas sino que es la guardiana de la ciencia. De hecho, los gigantes de la ciencia, como San Agustin, Sto. Tomas, Mercier, y otros muchos. Ho hay filosofos que. pueden sobrepasar a estos dos. No hay argumentos de los cientificos ateistas contra la iglesia catolica que no esten refutados por la misma. La base fundamental en que se esta religion es mas firme que "La Roca de Gibraltar.” Logicamente. la religion catolica es la verdadera por que, como hay solamente un Dios, asi tambien hay una sola y verdadera religion. De todas las religiones que hoy existen, fuera de la religion catolica, ninguna puede decirse que este unida. La religion portestante por ejemplo, esta dividida en muchas sectas y cada una de ellas distinta de la otra y por lo tanto sus doctrinas son tambien distintas lo que hace dudar de la veracidad de sus ensenanzas que estan sujetas a cambios segun el 48 La Evolution de la Filosofia CASTELLANA HAY tema mas digno de nuestra investigacion que le filosofia. Desde los albores de la historia, el hombre filosofaba ya para explicarse las cosas, que le rodeaban y sondear los ocultos misterios del universo. Pero la mente humana debilitada por el pecado original, se extravio de la senda de la verdad y cayo en el abismo de la duda y del error. Cual enfermo que no puede levantarse solo, la razon humana se sentia impotente para salir de este estado tenebroso. Por siglos estuvo el hombre andando a tientas buscando luz. A su lado el escepticismo y el dogmatismo habian arrastrado en pos de si las mejores inteligencias de la antiquedad. Sin embargo el hombre no se resignaba para siempre vivir en este estado de duda y error. Por fin volvio sus ojos en busca de una chispa luminosa de verdad. En este naufragio universal del entendimiento humano, Jesucristo vino, cual sol matutino para alumbrar a quienes gemian por la verdad y rescatar al mundo entero. El era la misma verdad, que habia buscado los helenos en la cumbre de sus excelsos visiones. Y por eso sobre El gira el conocimiento humano. Con su venida pues nacio una epoca, en la que los hombres a traves de los siglos filosofaran bajo la luz de la revelacion divina. Durante este cido las doctrinas filosoficas poseian un tinte religioso de suerte que se ha compondiado en la famosa frase: "Crede ut intelligas”. Pero la filosofia no podia quedarse para siempre confundida con la teologia, y asi logro purificarse y al mismo tiempo elevarse al cenit de su esplendor por las lumbreras del periodo esdastico. Desde entonces la filosofia se cultivaba independiente de la sagrada teologia para explicar el “por que” de las cosas con sus piopias fuerzas. Mas como no todas las cosas estan al aleance de la intelicion humana, la filosofia. cual niho que acude a su madre porque no puede explicar todo, necesita la ayuda de la llamo: "Ancilla est Philosopia Theologiae.” Hoy dia el mundo esta Ueno de diversas opiniones. Bajo la toga de sabiduria muchos hay que predican que el hombre vino del mono; que la religion es una ilusion fantastical que Dios es un mito. Estas son las nuevas ideas filosoficas que pervierten hoy la moralidad, que trastornan la verdad y afligen a la humanidad. En esta babel de confusion de ideas, sola la Iglesia se mantiene firme, cual roca contra la que baten las olas. pero batiran en vano. Como Ella fue la que salvo la civilizacion antigua de la invasion de los barbaros, asi hoy dia sola ella tiene la filosofia inquebrantable para luchar contra la agudeza y contra las alas de los nefandas idealogias, que buscan la ruina de nuestra civilizacion cristiana. juicio o interpretation de cada uno. En cambio, la religion catolica puede llamarse la unica verdadera sin temor porque puede ser probada. La religion catolica es universal; tiene una Cabeza, y un fin. Cuando ensena a sus fieles. esta segura de su ensenanza y puede probaria desde varios puntos de vista y el hombre puede creerlo sin resarva y sin temor de ser enganado. Por lo tanto, la ensenanza catolica o educacion ca tolica, es la mejor educacion para la juventud. Que No Muera Cervantes Una DE las mejores, que nos legaron nuestros antepasados ademas de la religion catolica. es el idioma Castellano. Pues, como la religion era la que nos libro de las tinieblas del paganismo y supersticion, asi el idioma Castellano era el factor principal, que contribuyo mucho a nuestra formacion cultural. Esto se prueba por el hecho de Ique muchos de nuestros hombres en toda clase de profesion tuvieron su educacion en esta lengua de Cervantes. Tambien nuestras producciones literarias, que hoy dia se leen y se usan en nuestras escuelas tanto obras en prosa como en poesia, debieron su exito bajo la inspiracion casteliana. Pero hoy dia causa verdadero dolor oir por doquier los suspiros de muchos lamentando el estado actual del idioma civilizador en nuestro suelo. Lo cual arguye que nosotros, los herederos de nuestros padres, hemos descuidado de preservar este tesoro. Pero como un moribundo que puede salvarse todavia de su muerte, asi el castellano ahora en su estado decadente puede salvarse y hacerse rescatar su vigor primitivo. Conviene pues, que hagamos algo, que levantemonos de nuestra apatia y tibieza, poniendo nuestras manos a la obra para que no sean tardios nuestros esfuezos para hacer resuscitar el idioma castellano de las cinezas del olvido. Nuestro intento pues, es llamar a todos los estudiantes de esta venerable Universidad no solamente a balbucear algunas palabras sino tambien a poderlas escribir. Porque. como dice un adagio, “verba volant, scripta enim ma nent” asi es preciso que aprendan nuestros estudiantes a escribir para que sus escritos sean una piedra para el porvenir. Y de esta manera se conservara la musica, la melodia del castellano en nuestra patria oriental. Por eso, no obstante la dificultad en trasmitir en escritos nuestros pensamientos. es nuestro ruego que no se desanimen los demas sino que deban aprovecharse de la ocasion que se les presenta en nuestra revista: La Caroliniana. Ademas se les asegura que sus articulos de cualquier genero literario sean considerados con toda imparcialidad como benefica contribucion al feliz exito de nuestra simpatica revista. Realicese pues este ardiente deseo, que los profesoies en general se animen y trabajen bien para hacer el cas tellano en Nuestra Universidad; que los estudiantes en particular se dediquen al cultivo de este idioma espanol; y en fin, que todos hagan algo para que no muera Cer vantes en esta Perla del Oriente. por ama Lie tuiLeo 49 They Do Not Tally • • • 59 children awaiting parents ■ &dJJt&uxd to claim them at Weifareville hill v-nine child) C-n ranging from six io IK are waiting lor llwir p.^ent- ra nlaii'i them_at Weifareville. Dr. Jose J. Vergara, Administration . d>\ bion of* parents or relatives of tL get in town with hint as Vergara said many of? children were picked up s hack as 1949 by the policy '■anile bureau and turnetre_ office. They were? • ; fGWUrtreeV- * " 1 Hunt 3 Youths Who Stoned Party The San Juan (Rizal) police launched a hunt yesterday for three youngsters who were among a group of six youths involved in *,le stoni'-w and ww"*' of ’!->• >, col. .1, . , p. 2, col. i«t i 1 Groups band to stop teenage menace, but proposals clash other, theu indicate a start toward By RODRIGO L. VILLA, Jr. the menace,” the nation’s lawenforcement agencies, sociologists, psychiatrists and-1 ’T -i *, religious organizations are banding together to THE HEADLINES THE CHURCH TOO MANY BAD EGGS? No society should fear or be ashamed of its own children. Unless, of course, there is something with it, or its children. Society's normal and natural obligation is to treat its young with love and tenderness, not to hound them with sirens and all and then clap them into reformatories and welfare institutions. The home, the Church and the school are, and should be, designed to train the young in the ways of goodliness. And Godliness. They should strive to give what, in the end, will be of benefit to society. Surely, these three agen cies can do a great deal of good for our present bumper crop of low-waisted delinquents; also, it can let youth suffer much by its inaction and indifference. Let us look at some stray facts: Cases of teen-age vandalism and outlawry have often eclipsed the capers of older, hard bitten criminals in point of daring and cleverness. Instances of stonings, mutilations, even killings, have been reported in certain sections of the press. These, of course, do not include such sundry forms of vandalism as writing on walls, breaking glass windows and other types of rowdyism. Frequently, the leaders of these juvenile gangs are scions of prominent families who can afford to give the best education and training to their children. Why, for instance, should a young man with the means to acquire a decent education, prefer the life of a rough neck or a goon? Why? Has the Church been remiss in its mission? Have the schools so deviated from their noble purpose that they have now become a labor atory of vandals? Or have our homes become unfit for the purpose of character training? The Church, for one, has never been found wanting in its desire to do good. The schools, for another, have consistently aimed at training the youth for good citizenship, among others . . . . And our homes . . . could the rub be here? The blaming finger, it has been suggested, should be pointed at all of them and at the teen-ager himself. We are aware of the solutions offered to stop what has been termed euphemistically as "the teen-age menace." But apparently, as we see by the papers, eruptions of teensters' violence are still a common episode. Until something concrete is done, we cannot but ex pect more distasteful things to come. Buddy ★ INTERVIEW ★ REV. JOHN VOGELGESANG. S.V.D. Moderation with a smile Carolinians and outsiders alike will notice that the Carolinian has a new moderator in the person of our very likeable Fr. John Vogelgesang, SVD, whose coming prefaces a new and sturdy chain of develop ments in the University. As moderator, he is the staff's guardian and policy-maker. He directs the course which the Caro linian takes and, so directing, what ever accomplishment the magazine will achieve cannot but be a ref lection on his directorial ability. Incidentally, Fr. John is our new Dean of Religion, as well as the new head of the English Depart ment. He also edits the University Bulletin, a weekly publication of the University which is distributed free to all Carolinians. He came to USC just this year, last year, he was the Director of the Holy Name College at Tagbilaran, Bohol. Bom on June 8, 1915, at St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, Fr. John hails from a family of six boys. His early ambition was to become a teach ing brother. But as God would have it — "You have not chosen Me but I have chosen you!" — he entered a mission seminary after his eighth grade in the elementary. That was in 1929. In 1939, with four more years towards ordination he came to the Philippines as a Seminarian. He stayed at Christ the King Mission Seminary until 1942 when finally, he was ordained priest in the Chapel of the Carmelite Monastery. When the last war broke out, he was in the Catholic Trade School doing editorial work. Later on, the Japs sent him to Los Banos intern ment camp where he was confined for eight months. After the war, he went to the United States. His return to the Philippines, a year later, brought him to Laoag, llocos Norte, There he was designated procurator, then Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, later, principal of the high school, and finally the Director ol St. Wil liam College. In 1952, he was sent to the U.S. to take up graduate studies in Eng lish at a Jesuit University, St. Louis. Two years later, he returned to St. William. Fr. John has contributed several articles to various U.S. magazines. He wrote a booklet about the Ca tholic Missions in Indonesia. He also wrote articles on the Catholic School system in the Philippines. ky Adeline Sitoq, Writing is not Fr. John's only forte. He can" 'hold his own in sports, particularly tennis. His se cond love is baseball. He has only a spectator's interest in basketball. "As Dean of Religion, Head of the English Department, and Moder ator of the Carolinian, what plans do you have in mind?" this writer asked him. Fr. John answered that he would try to stimulate religious and spirit ual activities among the students after the manner of his predecessors and that he would strive to improve the English standard of the Univ ersity. Finally, he said he would try to equal, the standard set by former moderators of the Carolinian so that the paper would continue to be truly representative of student opinion and thought. As a preli minary step, a University English Club will be organized with mem bership open to all interested stu dents, especially those who have English as their major or minor sub ject. This club will discuss various aspects of English literature along with original compositions of stu dents during its periodic meetings. When asked about his impres sion of USC students and faculty members, Fr. John replied: "The students are friendly; the faculty members are sincere and in terested in their work." Our impression of the subject of this interview is: Fr. John is the smilingest and the most fatherly Father we have ever met! JULY-AUGUST, 1956 Page 51 ev«ry Sho*"* Re«° IDEAL FOR ★ ★ ★ c ii eddim; gift Available in Two Bindings: — FAMILY---• FRB-1— Bound in laminated cover .... 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