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.■.MivtHSlTY OF THE JAN 1 3 195 ’** Carolinian Official Publication of the Students of the University of San Carlos Volume XX • Cebu City. Philippines • Number 2 October Issue THE OPENING CURTAIN • We touch our hats to Rev. Josef Jashick, S.V.D., our cover personal­ ity for this issue. Incidentally, we are secretly patting our own backs for having come out on top of a tough assignment and we mean the interview. Before we knocked on the door of his office, we had al­ ready assessed the rather wellstacked odds against us. For one thing, as Father Procurator and Director of the Girls' High School, he is as busy as. . . now, if you will not take umbrage. . . as a onearmed paper hanger. For another, the good Father, like all dedicated soldiers of God, has little sympathy for publicity. He has been in USC for many years but has managed to shy from interviews that would have otherwise made a big splash in this magazine. And yet he has done so much for this paper that he has been aptly, if secretly, named the "guardian of The Caro­ linian." Read the close-up of this wooldyed, 24-karat Carolinian personal­ ity. Just to keep that Carolinian spirit aflame! THIS BUSINESS OF WRITING • "How do you do it?" a friend ups and asks us how we go about setting our thoughts in print. Frank­ ly, there's just about everything to it. When the thinking cap goes on a strike and stops working, scroung­ ing for literary trivia is often as easy as, say, finding a needle in ten haystacks. And that's nothing yet for those who must find the "mood" which, if you are in the mood to read further, requires con­ centration plus. Never think about that drugstore date, Rollo, if you want to look forward to a fruitful literary career. Nothing so exaspe­ rates a man as to sit himself down, pen in hand, only to find that his nails are a little too unclean of that he has to dash off to his barber. For when things like these occur, the train of thought starts out on an unexcused excursion. And when the vagabond idea fails to come home for supper, the next best bet is to look around and about for other things to write about, such as love, nationalism, the first long pants and ... uh . . . a lot more. When the idea is pegged down, the thing is to start the Nobel Prize ma­ terial with something of a perkerupper such as.. . "a man's life is a many-sided gem. . ." something si­ milar to that. But then you begin to wonder if the line cannot be po­ lished to. . . "a human being's exist­ ence is one priceless gem with my­ riads of facets." That's a better line; or, at least, it is longer. Naturally, you find that it can stand a little rehashing. And why not? So you promptly change the line to . .. "it is a fact undeniable and unimpeach­ able that a man, without regard to his station in life, possesses an ex­ istence that—" By the time you have written that long, you realize it's time for your beauty nap. And any­ way, the trashcan's right beside you. At least the manuscript gets the be­ nefit of a decent literary burial. It's all so easy, huh? FOOTLOOSE AND FACULTY SPREE • From where we lean, we note with some gladness that many of the "folks" in the faculty ranks have taken time out of USC's classrooms for a quick sneak into the land that produced Grace Kelly and Bing Crosby. With travel grants and scholarships around, there's no tell­ ing how many more will pack off in a few days. That's the reason you see a couple of new faces for old. PERSONALIA • NGR (Napoleon G. Rama to freshmen and sophomores) is out there, too, mixing it out in printer's ink with the best in the Philadelphia Bulletin. Sort of a capping off for the splendid editorship of this paper some years ago. If you wonder why Mr. P. T. Uy has a big horde of clients asking for more snaps, won­ der no more. Friend of mine says a lot of students "pity Uy." Ross Escober did himself one better when he got listed among the physical education girls. Tom Echivarre and Nene Ranudo, home from the bar, are on the inside pages. So is Vi­ cente "Herbie" Lim. Speechless with gratitude is Cresencio Tajoda, a Law student who underwent a major operation and won out. His thanks go to Father Rector Herman Kondring, S.V.D., and Law Dean Fulvio C. Pelaez for the invaluable help extended him and also to all Carolinians who prayed for his speedy recovery. CURTAIN DOWN • We had our hands full of con­ tributions for this issue and it was tough deciding which article to send to the CTS printmen. If this kind of enthusiasm goes on, we'll be ready for the next number sooner than later. You may now proceed to the next page. Qtye Carolinian SdUMLai, Staty VOL. XX No. 2 Entered as Second Class Post Ollice on June 10. 1936. BUDDY B. QUITORIO Editor-in-Chief ADOLFO CABAILO FELIPE VERALLO, Jr. SAMUEL FABROZ ADELINO SITOY Senior Editors VICENTE N. LIM ROUSSEAU ESCOBER ELSIE-JANE VELOSO ANNIE RATCLIFFE Associate Editors LOURDES JARAMILLA ERNIE BATONGMALAQUE ROMULO ARTILLAGA GREGORIO ANDRES ANGELINA LABUCAY AMABLE TUIBEO SIXTO ARAO, Jr. Staff Writers ISMAEL SALA MANUEL OCAMPO Art Associates JOSE P. de la RIARTE Circulation Manager Member, College Editors Guild ol the Philippines. REV. JOHN VOGELGESANG, S.V.D. Moderator Anything You Say... ENTER "THE OTHER WOMAN" Between Covers Buddy Quitorio lie:v. Michael Richartz, S.V.B. . . by Benjamin L. Carrcdo I ....... by Joaguin Murillo . by Vicente Ranudo Jr. ....... by T. L. E chi car re . . . . by Elsie Jane Veloso ............. by Abe Tuibeo ....... by Rufina G. Cruz ........... by Ross Escober by Regalado C. de Vera ......... by Erasmo Biola . by Bcmetrio Maylalang ....... by June Cahizares by Marcelino N. Maccda ........................ by Teodoro Bay Conducted by Samuel B. Fabroz ........................... by V. N. Lim COVER FEATURE — The Great Anonymous Albertus Magnus, Teacher of His Time and Our Teacher............................... The Pragmatic Notion of Man ............. 1 Narciso Bacur’s Apology TRIOT — < Debut: Helen of Mabtlog > ... | Tiburcio’s Melbourne Dream | The Coming of Rain............................................ POEMS — Age of Oro ..................................... From Page 87................................. Lost Tomorrow................................. Two Poems .................................... Until the Moment Conies............... Serenade to a Loveless Soul ......... A Rose and A Dream .................. Singular .......................................... Not All of These........................... Immortal Moonlight ...................... Life in Exchange for Life ................................. Something About Our Non-Christian Brothers, The Mangyans ...................................... What Do You Think.................................... The Language of the Seats ........................ PICTORIAL ................................................. USC News ..................................................... SPORTS—The Warriors’ Account ............ INTERVIEW — New Link in the Chain . ROTC BRIEFS............................................ Alumni Chimes ............................................ Alumnotes ..................................................... Ramblings in Lower Case ........................... Coup de Grace ............................................ The Monkey Wrench .................................... Cross Currents.............................................. LITERARY NEWS .................................... GRADUATE SCHOOL — Indian Philosophers — 1. Yajnavalkya .......................................................... Filipino Folklore — The Origin of the Dulian .... by Snsana C. Mabatad SECCION CASTELLANA — ‘‘La Mies es Mucha Pcro los Operarios son Pocos (Editorial)................ Dos Poesias.............................................................................. por A. Tuibeo El Santo Rosario: Barometro de Nuestra Religion ....... por A. G. Tuibeo THE INTRAMURALS .......................................................... by Greg Andres GUEST EDITORIAL: “The Rosary and the Blessed Virgin” by Marcelo Bacalso 6 8-9 10 12 13 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 16 Dear Mr. B. Q., Been eagerly following the plight of Narciso Bacur... with pity and chagrin, with mounting interest and enthusiasm... It was... while re-reading the Triot to a close friend that an idea suddenly flashed into my mind: Helynn's ego has soared to heights unknown (just like any woman's) with the kind of attention that these two men are giving her... What would she feel and do upon the appear* ance of a potential rival? How would such (event) affect Bacur? And eager Tibur. Here's another angle for your triangle! Yours sincerely, E.L.H. • You’re in, Miss ELH, whatever those initials stand for. ......... by Ross Escober ........... by Ross Escober ............... by ROTC Ross by Jose P. de la Riarte by Lourdes V. Jaramilla . . . by Adelino B. Sitoy ............. by Ross Escober ......... by Sixto Abao, Jr. 42 43 44 44 45 46 49 Dear Mr. Editor: It is not every day that a drama of personal risk is seen on the court. The game last played by the University bas­ ketball team has shown to the public that our players are possessed of more than just courtwizardry; that personal sacri­ fices are made even in the face of im­ pending defeat. For such personal risk against possible bodily injury, with de­ termination showing on his face, I gladly give my small voice of praise to Mr. Isidoro Cahixares and thank him for the fine showing he made during the crucial game with CIT. Ed Rosello • IVc saw the game, too, and we have nothing but admiration for Mr. Caiii(Continued on next page) fail Say 1 INVITATION (Editor's Note: This is a rejoinder to Angelina Labucay’s, "My Lonely Inno­ cence" (Carolinian, August 1!)5<>) In life... in laughter in. pain . . . in death. . . Let me walk with you. Cor I can tell you. the thoughts of a little dove the meaning of unspoken words of a love born between unguarded glances I or of a feeling, real, tangible and big of loneliness swathed in smiles of pain the reason for a million other "please's." And I can tell you for instance, of a small world the deep sea that salts a million different shores or of a melody plucked from the silence of night to monumentalize the memory of one so far in reality. Do not explain the meaning of life laughter. . .pain. . .or death. Just walk with me. Claudio C. Ampalayo Commerce ’56 ELECTION POST-MORTEM? Dear Editor: We have entrusted the reins .of our Liberal Arts Students Council to the hands ot students whom we believe to be the best leaders in the whole Arts and Sciences Departments__ leaders to whom we gave our faith and confidence because of their fine personality and excellent scholastic records. The first semester is about to end and so far very little has been accomplished. Will these officers live up to the many promises they made before elections? Gregorio R. Andres • Mr. Abella, the President of the LA Students Council, should answer the question. CoueA, tyeaUtJie by BUDDY QUITORIO Seeing him turning every which way, answering questions and do­ ing a lot of paper work, we could not quite contain our surprise at the man's quiet competence, so we popped a question. . . our gambit to the interview. "Father," we asked, "how do you like your job as University Procurator?" "Oh!" he exclaimed in a deep rich voice, his right hand making a broad sweep across the table, "nobody likes this job." His answer did not in the least surprise us but we thought it was spoken to achieve a flippant note in what we had feared to be a very difficult interview. "Then, Father," we said more or less edgewise, "how explain your efficiency?" "I do not think I am efficient. I am not. And certainly, I could do better as Procurator were the Directorship of the Girls' High School not another full-time job." It was Father Josef Jashick, S.V.D., explaining to us what went with his key positions in the scheme of University affairs. The interview was irregularly conduct­ ed, not because we haa wanted it that way but because it couldn't have been helped. We had to put up with several interruptions dur­ ing the brief meeting. At one time, he had to say a lengthy line to the shop foreman on the bill of materials which the latter presented; at another point of the interview, he was closeted with Father Hoerdemann, S.V.D., and their talk drifted to a univer­ sity project. The interruptions were in themselves sufficient indiTHE a cations of the nature of his job but Father Jashick was gracious enough to go along and help us get a few facts. "It's a long, long story," he said about how it felt to 'be among the oldest Carolinians, "and to put it down in a couple of sen­ tences is impossible. Naturally, San Carlos has cultivated in me Page 2 THE CAROLINIAN (it was then exclusively for boys) brought about a spirit of oneness among the boys. Those were the times when the "Carolinian spir­ it" was a force to reckon with, when it was not only a force but a badge that was an article of pride. Father Josef typifies the old spirit that was the mark of pre­ war San Carlos. He is a serious worker but he is not above com­ mon in formality. He goes about his work with all the grit and the talent that he can turn to ac­ count; yet, we have not infre­ quently seen him whistling softly to himself, immensely enjoying a task to others would appear in­ finitely drab. His humility is cer­ tainly one of his greatest hall­ marks. For although he does not want to be identified with the on what he has accomplished here because his is not the kind of work that can be particularly singled out for the merits it bears. Only so much can be said of him, it is true, for the reason that he is the silent worker who finds his place behind the scenes. And that is why we have called him here "The Great Anonymous." This tall, be-spectacled man of God who spent the first eight years of his school life in the pub­ lic elementary schools of Upper Silicia, was born in Leobschutz, East Germany (now belonging to Poland). He finished his studies in Philosophy and Theology at St. Gabriel's (Vienna). From 1939 to 1941, he took up higher studies in Math & Physics at UST and came to San Carlos. His various as­ signments have brought him to ?EAT ANONYMOUS an attachment to it which I shall always feel even if, as happens to all missionaries, I shall be called to another assignment." However, much he tried to be indifferent during the interview, when he talked about the "Old San Carlos," he betrayed a hint of nostalgia. He recalled how the atmosphere of the old Colegio progress that San Carlos has made, anybody with, we are com­ pelled to say, half an eye will know how much he has contribut­ ed to USC's rise. The renovation of the Girls' High School and its unceasing improvement derives from the same flow of personal­ ity that actuates him. It is difficult to put our fingers the St. William's College in Laoag, llocos Norte, and to the Dumanjug Branch of this University. But as Father Jashick says, "When I left San Carlos for those places, I felt as never before that San Carlos was my home. And I can say again and again that San Carlos is the best place to come home to." OCTOBER, 1956 Page 3 and of many universities. Although the Middle Ages had not as many institutions of higher learning as our modern world, there existed a great preference before our age. The road to higher education was open to every quali­ fied young man. The Church at that time had the power and the means to render feasible the studies of capable men. We do not go too far when we say that in the Middle Ages most scholars made their studies at the Church's expenses. At the beginning of the 13th century, when our saint was still a child, the two great religious orders of the Dominicans (1215) and the Franciscans (1209) came into existence. And very soon we find their members as students and masters at the prominent University of Paris and at the flourishing University of Oxford in England. Eminent among the sons of St. Francis were the Englishman Alex­ ander of Hales (died 1245), the ALBERTUS MAGNUS by Rev. Michael Richartz, S.V.D. Teach SAINT ALBERT THE GREAT, scien­ tist, philosopher, and theologian, was born about 1206 and died at Cologne on November 15, 1280. He is called "the Great", and "Doctor Universalis" (Universal Doc­ tor), in recognition of his extraor­ dinary genius and extensive knowl­ edge. It may be justified to call him the teacher of his time, but how could he be our teacher? The Middle Ages did not even have Elementary Schools in the modern sense. Attendance at school was not compulsory and there was not even a body of teachers who de­ voted themselves exclusively to primary education. We may un­ derstand that there was in general no claim to education in our sense, because there was then no need of it in the struggle for existence. The modes of life were considerably simpler than today. Almost the entire population subsisted on farming, a tiny fraction on trade. This purely material viewpoint was closely bound up with the common idea that knowledge alone does not bring happiness. Much greater value was put on the education which corresponds to the natural and the divine law and which was entrusted to the parents and the priests. When however a certain profes­ sion required a special training, the Middle Ages used to establish the institutions needed for that purpose, for instance, the guilds with their strict organization and their strin­ gent rules of professional training. The same must be said of the aca­ demic professions which cried out for the establishment of schools. During the Middle Ages all school affairs were ruled and carried through by the Church. Her burden was the organization and support of elementary and higher schools. And founder of the Franciscan school; his countryman, the critical Roger Bacon (died about 1295); the great­ est theologian of the Franciscan Order, the Italian Bonaventure (1221-74); and Duns Scots (died 1308), head of the Franciscan school. Contemporary with the Fran­ ciscan Alexander of Hales, there labored our saint, the Dominican Albert the Great. St. Albert's Career Albert, eldest son of the Count of Bollstadt, was bom at Lauingen, Swabia. Nothing certain is known of his primary education. As a youth he was sent to pursue his studies at the University of Padua. Padua was famous for its culture. Page 4 THE CAROLINIAN of the liberal arts, for which the young Swabian had a special pre­ dilection. In the year 1223 he joined the Order of St. Dominic, being at­ tracted by the preaching of Blessed Jordan of Saxony, second Master General of the Order. After com­ pleting his studies he taught theo­ logy at different places in Germany. In 1245 he received the Doctor's degree at the University of Paris, which at that time was the center of theological study. In 1248 Al­ bert was appointed Regent of the new Studium Generale of Cologne. In 1254 he was elected Provincial of his Order in Germany which office he resigned in 1257 in order to devote himself to study and teach­ ing. In the year 1260 he was ap­ pointed Bishop of Ratisbon. Albert governed the diocese until 1262, when, upon the acceptance of his resignation, he voluntarily resumed the duties of a professor in the Studium at Cologne. Some time after 1278, in which year he drew up his testament, he suffered a lapse of memory; his strong mind gradually became clouded; his body sank under the weight of years. On a Friday, November 15, 1280, he rendered his soul to His Creator er of His Time Ur Teacher and Lord. In 1484, he was beati­ fied and since then his feast is cele­ brated on Nov. 15. When he was raised to sainthood on December 16, 1931, Pope Pius XI declared him a Doctor of the Church. St. Albert the Great—Teacher of His Time Every profound thinker strives to understand the problems of his time and to come to an agreement with them. Those who remain untouched by the problems may feel happy. It is, however, more perfect to see the problems and to reflect on them; to acknowledge the good ones and to help in gaining their victory; on the other hand, to reject the false ones and to seek their destruction. Thus acted Christ; thus worked His apostles, St. Paul in the first place. Paul will be all to all as Christ. And as Paul were Augustine, Dom­ inic, Francis of Assisi, Thomas Aqui­ nas, Bonaventure, Ignatius of Loyola, Francis de Sales, Don Bosco. As Paul, Albertus Magnus analyzed the problems of his time and tried to master them. There were many problems which puzzled his contemporaries. The political affairs were characterized by the struggle between imperial power and individual states. Dif­ ferent economic-social prospects brought dissension between sover­ eigns and the aspiring cities. The cultural aspect was biased; either there was a radical refusal of phi­ losophical tendencies or an over­ estimating of them. In ecclesiastical circles the con­ flict of opinions was inflamed be­ tween traditional customs and quite too radical reformatory efforts. Al­ bert got entangled in all these strug­ gles. Twice he was called to judge in political affairs. He observed the golden mean in his sentences.* The golden mean also was his motto in mastering philosophical controversies. In the time before Albert, the Christian world was overscrupulously intent to avoid the penetra­ tion of the secular spirit into the Christian culture. All that did not spring from the supernatural reve­ lation was looked at as secular spirit. Albert, however, saw the evolution of the natural mode of living and he knew that it could not be stopped. This acknowledge­ ment led him to an extensive study of the natural world rather than to a complete refusal. Rev. D. J. Ken­ nedy writes in The Catholic Ency­ clopedia about Albertus Magnus: "It is remarkable that this friar of (Continued on page 31) ■ By the golden mean he was able in a des­ perate situation to work out a treaty of peace and to make it effective. Albertus Magnus and Experimental Sciences (A COMPILATION) Albert the great set out a theory of experimental science, in a commentary on Aristotle's "Posterior Analytics", which he put into practice in a series of studies written in the form of commentaries on Aristotle and other authors. He was the greatest student of Aristotle up to his time. In the course of his commentaries he described a large number of highly intelligent personal observations and used them to test the different theories advanced as explanations. Natural science, according to Al­ bertus, is not simply a description of facts, but an inquiry into causes. Since a given effect might have more than one possible cause, in natural sciences it is necessary to test theories by experiment. Albertus' Neoplatonism predis­ posed him to value mathematics as a means of explaining the world of experience, though he was not him­ self a mathematical cast of mind. He excelled rather in the observaI tional and experimental sciences. I In his discussion of comets, Albertus made use of simple observations to verify or prove false the various theories that had been put forward to explain them. Thus he showed how the occurrence of the tides was correlated with the movements of the moon round its deferent. His treatment of heat was an attempt to understand the nature of the heat j of the sun. Albertus' investigation ; of the form and colors of the rain­ bow was the first of four studies of this phenomenon. His treatment consisted largely of an elaboration and modification of Grosseteste's theory by means of simple experi­ ments. Meyer writes in Geschichte der Botanik: "No botanist who lived be­ fore Albert can be compared with him,...; and after him none has painted nature in such living colors, or studied it so profoundly, until the time of Conrad, Gesner, and Cesalpini. All honor, then, to the man who made such astonishing pro­ gress in the science of nature as to find no one, I will not say to sur­ pass, but even to equal him for the space of three centuries." Albert's works were published in 21 folio volumes by Jammy at Lyons in 1651, and reprinted in 36 volumes by Borguet (Paris, 1890). OCTOBER, 1956 Page 5 THE PRAGMATIC NOTION THE AMERICAN philosophy of pragmatism is an offspring of positivistic sciences. The prag­ matists take pride in their system as one that is able to explain the deep­ er problems of existence, namely: man, the universe, life. Explained biologically, man is just an animal evolved from a lower form. His pres­ ent appearance is considered the peak of evolution, the result of ad­ justments and adaptations in his continuous struggle for survival. This article aims to deal mainly with the broad aspect of the prob­ lem of man. Following the acclamations which attended the publication of Darwin's "Origin of the Species", the positiv­ ist inquirers who, from the rank of experimental scientists jumped into becoming the all-knowing philoso­ phers, proclaimed that the argument that the universe is a design of a Supreme Designer, has been cut down from under by the theory of evolution. Darwinism revolutionized the traditional concept of man and tagged him with a new label; an animal superior only in degree to the other organisms, a product of nature, is one with nature, whose life is to live. His mind was not something he possessed right at the moment of his birth and capable of realizing its potentialities in ma­ turity. The mind of man was some­ thing that arrived, that happened to him in the course of his interactions with his environment and resulted from his responses to certain illknown strains and tensions within the body. Mind becomes the result rather than the cause of man's acts.1 Now, granting that man is just a lower animal that has evolved to his present higher form, let us ask a few questions. Before that lower animal started to evolve, what was it? Monkey is the most plausible, morphologically. Whatever it must have been actually, let us just think of any apelike creature. Before it evolved where did it come from? What made it? Who placed it there or somewhere? Majority of the evo­ lutionists explained that the monkey appeared by chance. Now, if the beginning of everything happened by mere chance, how is it that we can observe certain regular patterns in the universe? The rising and set­ ting of the sun, the rotation of the earth on a fixed orbit, the regular­ ity of the periods of the moon, the rise and ebb of oceans. All these point definitely to a system of ar­ rangements and design. But the denial of design is precisely the con­ tention of the evolutionist. Now, whatever manifests arrangement and design can never be the product of chance. It is clear that the argum­ ent from chance is untenable. Be­ sides, nothing can be produced from nothing. If the evolutionist denies chance, he must implicitly admit a series of causes and effects. This principle ends in an uncaused cause, God. To admit the latter, is to accept the falsity of man's animal ancestry. True philosophy seeks the suffi­ cient reason and the ultimate cause of man. The theory of evolution as the biological basis of the American philosophy of pragmatism to explain the origin of man, does not explain his sufficient reason and ultimate cause. In a limited sense, it is but the reason available as gathered and presented by thinkers who suf­ fered from the shortness of their rea­ soning powers. The evolutionists maintain, and it is their basic doc­ trine, that man is the peak of evo­ lution or, that he has reached the peak of his own evolution. If a peak can be reached, then the socalled evolution was but a static. Evolution is of a cycloid nature, con­ tinuous. Even granting that this evo­ lution has been stopped, or has stopped, what made it stop? Why does it stop? What proof is there to show it has stopped? But then the evolutionist would run to his last point of escape. He can say that actually the peak of evolution is only temporary and this evolu­ tion will still go on. If so, then it is possible that a million years hence, man may not be any longer the superior animal on earth. If he that, still retains his superior­ ity, the evolutionary possibility is in the future, he will look like some­ thing else. The evolutionists must admit either one, or the whole theory of evolution will be turned to pieces by itself. Thus, we may observe: We fear, by the inexorable logic of evolution, that if our present form is the best possible, and that we are still in the process of evolution, we will someday reassume our previ­ ous lower crude form. Our aware­ ness of this possibility, if we are evolutionists, may be the reason why we look at monkeys as the ug­ liest of all animals. We despair over the thought that these smooth faces of ours will someday change into hideous, hairy ones. The pos­ sibility of man's multi-directional de­ formation or reformation in succeed1 General Introduction, Classic American PhiABOUT THE AUTHOR • Ben Carredo earned his Bachelor of Arts degree, major in Philosophy from U.S.C. in 1953, a pioneer in the philosophy course. He has been an active newspaperman since he first enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 1949 and is at present Correspondent of the Manila • • • Daily Bulletin and Director of the Cebu Press Club. He returned to San Carlos last June and en­ rolled for a Master's degree in Philosophy. He is the press relations officer of the Graduate School Club, and is executive secretary of one of the city's active civic organizations. Page 6 THE CAROLINIAN OF MAN ing years has multiplied the prob­ lem of man out of the solution of­ fered by the theory of evolution. Yet, we may delight in the as­ sumption that the evolution has stopped. Then we need no longer fear of reacquiring the bulky phy­ sic of an ape. But granting that by Beniamin L. Carredo there has been such evolution, can we definitely prove that it has stop­ ped? Certainly, we cannot. But we can only suppose. If the cessation of the so-called evolutionary pro­ cess can be supposed, then there is every reason to assume that the beginning of the evolution was but a supposition. Consequently, out of these suppositions we can further suppose man had never been and will never be a monkey just as he is not today. And this is the ex­ planation for our delight. But no; while we can point out the untenability of the supposition (the theory of evolution) by using another sup­ position, let us not think that man's non-animal origin can be deduced only by supposition. The verity of man's supernatural beginning tran­ scends all suppositions. It is a his­ torical fact, the essence of rational faith, vindicated by centuries of stu­ dies and scholarship. The evolu­ tionists must explain why some of the monkeys have not evolved and are still monkeys since evolution presumes that at a given time, the monkeys of the six continents started to evolve and stopped evolving at a certain time. And now we must choose our an­ cestry: Whether man was created by God in the likeness of His own image with the gift of intellect and will and destined for a supernatural life with Him; or, he developed from a monkey until he acquired his pres­ ent manlike figure. The first is faith that is not blind nor colored by beautiful sentimentalism but one built up by the natural light of hu­ man reason and ’ established histo­ rical facts. The other is fiction based The Author on facts built up not by evolution but by other sources. This view will have ardent defenders and pro­ pagators in men with a shorter range of reasoning power and who are helplessly ignorant of what the object of a true philosophy is. In­ voking our concepts to condemn the theory of evolution is not necessary. Evolution is rejected by its own absurdities, by the multiplication of problems out of what it offered as a solution. Our Christian concepts are so noble and encompassing that it need not stoop down to silence the enthusiasm of the rabble-rousing mischiefs of the evolutionists. As to the variety of attitudes on the true nature of man, I quote the Serbian essayist, Ljudevit Vulicevic.2 "I noticed a resemblance between genius and simple minds; it is to them that truth is revealed: the former attain it by the strength of their mind, the latter by their heart and love. Mediocre men are no men." Pragmatism concerns itself with the practical, verifiable and social aspects of existence. To them, only that which is useful is to be consi­ dered true. It denies any higher and absolute standard. It acknowl­ edges its dependence upon the em­ pirical methods of science and utili­ zes its discovered data to solve the problems of material things... the physical and sensible. It is a philo­ sophic system in the physical or na2 The World's Best Essays. Edited by F. H. tural order. It is ignorant of the fact that aside from the physical or­ der, there is the rational order and the moral order, interrelating -with one another and yet, the law of one order is supreme in its own sphere. Because of the thoroughness of the sciences in explaining the measur­ ability and observability of material things, pragmatism dares also to ap­ ply scientific facts and data to solve the problems of the rational and moral orders. It proposes to antiquate, if not demolish, the immu­ tability of the moral law and re­ duce morals into something that re­ sults from the ways and manners of man. Instead of a human act pro­ ceeding from and conforming to an eternal and unchanging moral law, morality is made the product of man. Man may breach the moral law, then moralize the act. In con­ trast, man's first parents by their vanity wanted to be in the same highest level with God. But their pragmatist offsprings want the laws of God to relax and lower down to suit their whims. Bishop Fulton J. Sheen writes: 3 Pragmatism begins with, as Goethe put it, "in the beginning was the Deed." First you act, then you rationalize; first you do something, then you justify it; first you create a practice, then you legalize it.. . When each man is his own determi­ nant right and wrong, and good­ ness is identified with what is use­ ful to one, there is bound to be con­ flict between one ego and another." 3 Manila Daily Bulletin, Sept. 8, 1956, p. 20. OCTOBER,. 1956 Page 7 Narciso Bacur’s APOLOGY narciso’s attempt on the life of sweet helynn, his future wife made him suspect that his marriage was bound to have a miscarriage though helynn zvasn’t really hurt when he tried to win her by threat he knezv for all his tears and sweat she zvould notv be harder to court in his long and protracted courtship he had encountered every hardship apart from helynn’s attitude and tibzir’s gross ingratitude what he needed was a nezv tactic something novel, also didactic for if she wasn’t cozved by force he had to choose a better course he tried despising tiburcio who got a flat “5” in socio he had tried calling him bad names in the ccaa ball games these did not do him any good his chances even got much worse since helynn zvas not in the mood nothing could move her, none of course narciso wailed: oh gods of love you mighty being up above help me stop this agony please hasten my matrimony! emboldened, from his cot he rose zvith (.censored) dripping from his nose he zviped the teardrops from his eyes so he would look a little nice he went up helynn’s boarding house as careful he zvas as a mouse ivhen he saw helynn on the seat reclining he knew it zvas time foz- apologizing helynn, znzj life, znzj love, znzj all lend me yozir eyes, zjouz- ears and all please understand, i realize that i znust nozv apologize i have committed many crimes zvhich i have done so many times but all these you must understand zvere zvith a viezv to zvin your hand T R I O T i knozv i’ve wronged you, helynn deazyou can teaz- me frozzz eaz- to ear but i znust tell you from znzj heart from you i’ll never, never part you znean so much to zne, znzj helynn you are to me both earth and heaven if i could onlzj be forgiven i’ll change zny zvays, i promise, helynn from helynn there was no respozzse in a blanket she zvas ensconced and when she made a little shiver narciso knezv she had a fever right there his chivalrzj took over he moved near her like a true lover he wanted hez- rid of her fever and all thoughts of tibur forever so she could breathe with better base he took the blanket from hez- face bzit zvhat he sazv filled him zvith fright so he ran out zvith all his might narciso cozziznitted an error that had him shivez-ing zvith horror and if you haven’t guessed alreadzj the ailing dame zvas the LANDLADY! ! ! — bq Page 8 THE CAROLINIAN Dear Narciso Bacur: With joy I read your "Ultimatum" The bliss I feel no one can fathom You see. . . (and am I blushing now!) I wish you could be mine somehow. I used to watch you from afar Anxiously eyeing your affair A secret dread my life did mar That Helynn loved you was my fear. DEBUT: Helen of Mabilog My hopes soared high each time I read Fair Helynn's heart was hard as stone, For as you are my life's lone Bread I want you to be mine alone! Your failure last I view with glee, Perchance your eyes may turn ito me! To triumph now have I much reason My hopes and joys are now in season. Narciso, dear, don't stand agape, Much less behave there like an ape! This is too sudden, I admit And sounds unorthodox a bit. But all I feel can't be suppressed I must perforce have them expressed; My love for you is potent poison Which I must pour sans rime and reason. Your ways have my heart magnetized My mind you've-blindly victimized, Your bashfulness I most adore Your lankiness I love the more! Your pallid lips, your sunken eyes Evoke in me incessant sighs Your bony frame, hiccups and all, Makes you the more desirable. (Continued on page 35) OCTOBER, 1956 Tiburcio’s Melbourne DREAm Dearest Helynn, It pains my corns and athlete’s foot to write this letter. I must admit that it is difficult for Pie to confess that the most important turn in my life, as a well-knoivn basketball hotshot, has come. I must avail of the gate receipts... er, the benefits that go with my acceptance of the challenge even if I must leave you, willy-nilly. My problem, if you will allow me to play rough, I mean, to be blunt, is this: The try-outs of basketball aspirants to the Melbourne Olympics has caught up ivith me. I have to go ivith the team on its exhibition tours over the country even if I am certain of a berth in that fabulous aggrupation of basketball stars. This opportunity, my dearest, I cannot refuse. .. or even try to. It means so much to me and probably to you. All my glorious years in the basketball world face a supreme test in the try­ outs. I have to make a name for myself; I must carve my own place in Hoophet’s Hall of Fame. There is little doubt that I will make it. With your constant inspiration, I will jumpshot, er, scale the heights and do you proud. I am writing you because I want to renew my pledge to so conduct myself as to fashion out, in the future, a happy conclusion to these, my long years of courtship. Your place in my heart awaits your coming... it is warm ivith loving thoughts and wishes for your continued happiness. By the time this letter reaches you, I shall be again in the limelight. Wish me good luck, dear­ est; I shall need it. And please do not let Narciso Bacur’s treachery ever touch you, my dearest. Always in love, Tibbie P.S.: I am reproducing verbatim the urgent wire I received this morning from our Coach. .. TIBURCIO CONGRATS KUDOS KID STOP REPORT RUSH RUN TO BASKETBALL GYM TODAY WITH ADMISSION TICKETS STOP UR AP­ POINTMENTS GATEKEEPER OK COACH ODI Page shower late in the afternoon. The rain started the morning of that day. Thunder roared like an angry lion and the enveloping fog crept through the small cogon huts that looked like brown mushrooms in the distance. It crept through tall grasses, trees and through the hills beyond the wide, green airstrip. The airstrip was about five kilometers from the heart of the town but despite the weather and the distance, people were there. Patiently waiting under the rain. Waiting for the arrival of someone close to their hearts. The plane taxied along the runway and stopped just in front of the people whose faces wore the mask of anxiety. The door of the plane opened and two men emerged bearing a stretcher. A thin woman, two nurses and a doctor followed them towards a waiting ambulance which was parked a few yards away from the plane. The ambulance roared and started towards the town. At first it moved slowly. Then it began to gain speed and it went faster and faster, till it was lost in the fog. Page 10 THE CAROLINIAN Illustrated by A. D. CABAILO "Manoy, what were those two persons carrying?" Lilia, a five-yearold girl, asked her big brother Romy. "A stretcher," he answered in a low voice. "And who was in the stretcher?" He did not answer her. There was a lump in his throat. He was silent. "Please Manoy Romy, tell me." He ignored her. His thoughts were turned to the figure on the stretcher. Virginia. His love. They had been sweethearts for four years. They were engaged when they were juniors in the high school. He was seventeen then and she was sixteen. They were two souls madly in love. He used to carry her books to school. During vacant periods they used to go to Tiya Minay's sari-sari store to sip cokes and eat rice cakes. They were always together when they attended jam sessions. Some­ times they would go to the banks of the Sawaga river, where they would catch butterflies and moths for their specimens in biology. On Saturdays, with their classmates, they rode bikes to the outskirts of the town. After graduation from the high school, Romy took up civil engi­ neering in Manila. Virginia took up the normal course in their town. After two years, Virginia was given a teaching assignment in the ele­ mentary school of the town. With­ out finishing the year as a teacher, she got the disease. Sometimes life is that cruel. Five months before, when she celebrated her twentieth birthday, she was healthy and happy. She was full of life and was a lovely sight to look at. She had many admirers. There was Dr. Tupas, a young dentist. There was Lt. Perez, a soldier and a gentleman. Men of different stations tried to win her. Men from good families. Students and professionals. But her heart belonged to one. After those five happy months, everything changed. Now she was home, perhaps to die. Doctors in Manila said that hers was a hope­ less case. Acute cancer of the bones! Yes, she was given only a few days to live. Only a miracle could save her. That was what the doctors said. From the airport she was brought to the provincial hospital. Friends and relatives followed her there, said hello, showed their sym­ pathy and some women visitors cried. Evening came. It was a cold evening without stars. Virginia was placed in one of the pay wards. She was motionless on her bed. Every once in a while the doctor would examine her pulse. Her features were so changed that at first sight, even an acquaintance could not have recognized her. Her once beautiful body was now a liv­ ing skeleton. Her eyes were buried deep in their sockets. Suddenly, a man in khaki pants and brown jacket entered the room. He was tall and strong and had a serious yet handsome face. Sadness was clearly etched on his face. Everybody in the room stared at him. He could not look straight into their eyes. "Romy is here." Virginia's mother whispered to her. She was silent. Her eyes were fixed on the new visitor. The tall figure came nearer and nearer. When he was about two meters from the bed he stopped. They stared at each other for a minute that, to them, was an eter­ nity. "Virginia!" he said half-crying. “I cannot believe it. No, no, it can­ not happen to you." She was silent. He was now hold­ ing her hands. "You cannot leave me now, Vir­ ginia. You must stay. Here, near me... where you belong. Do you hear me, Virginia?" Tears rolled down her cheeks. The words were soft but somehow harsh when she said: "It would hurt me to leave you, Romy. More than you'll ever realize. But I have to go and I'm happy because I am prepared for my departure. The priest was here and I was able to have my confes­ sion and communion." "I want you to live! This is no time for those things. You mustn't give up what we have so tenderly built. Our love must not end here and now. It has a right live. . . just as you have every reason to." "Romy, please think. Be sensible. Everyone has to go to the Master. My time has come and I want you to pray for me. Pray that I will have the courage to face the Judge." "What else would you like me to do?" "Romy, please always be good. Continue your studies by hard work and prayer," her voice was now in­ distinguishable. ”1 will. But 1 won't be taking en­ gineering anymore. I will take up medicine. Instead of constructing gigantic buildings, I will help build strong and healthy bodies. I will not let Death cheat people of those they love." Virginia was silent. She lay on bed peacefully with her lips parted in a smile. It was as though she wished to tell him there was no need for him to be angry. God would make things all right. Yes, all right for both of them. The bell of the village church rang. It was eight o'clock. The dogs howled and a heavy rain came, f OCTOBER, 1956 Page 11 A G Funny, the telephone rings and no one speaks, I climb the stairs and no one calls my name behind me, I pause hy streets and no one no one walks hy Funny, candlelight holds lighted faces no longer, not any anymore. Sundays never rain, twilights never shower and streets, still and serious beneath my cane and shoes o R O Funny, nights in Singapore arc hut a lore and wine, hut the the hem of day, hut pressing sound of sea upon the shore, chords upon the familiar dress of melody of night Funny, I see no hand-painted tic. No mellow wind upon my naked nape, no carnival of pop corns nor old, dirty ships with rusty horns. Brown bowling alleys Brown bread-cakes Cigarettes at “Sallys’ ” Soft drinks at “Jakes’ ” Where are they all? Where have they gone to . . . does anybody know? Where have they gone, loo? No one knows ... no one knows. Funny, even the peso is unfamiliar and my pockets have grown long and thin. My socks need darning, my collar could use a little ironing. . . and the hole in needle isn’t as big as it used to he at all. Funny, even the clocks no longer tick, no longer lock . . . funny. I fear that I have measured too many streets, lighted too many smokes, lived too long in age of oro . . . never lend, always borrow. Funny, 1 still see them hanging around, staring at me from unlighted eyelids. But they flee each time I turn to look . . . they have lost the sound of their footsteps — lost their nearness, too, lost their voices somehow. Funny, I see them so clearly ... I see them, but, but where are they? Where have they gone too . . . funny. by Vicente Ranudo, fjr. Page 12 THE CAROLINIAN In the cathedral silence of Night, it came: —not of a maudlin whisper inspiring biologically lazy nerves; —not in a befuddled breath bestirring sleeping languages with icy verbs . . . He the skull-headed, the hairless nightmare, the laughing thing whose province, they used to say, was blue ruin and black destruction — he was not even there. Faceless Charon is only a mere fiction of the brain. There were no apples — whether of Adam's or of Edison's — only bulbs of broken-hearted stars. There were no probing fingers, no fingers of hairyscary fame, no claws nor blade-sharp nails, or wiry by V. £. Schivarre Illustrated by A. D. CABAILO thumbs of dead flesh . . . or even ignorant palms: those that know not of Reason's strength, those that know not of unbeatable, unbreakable and merciless dialectics. The somber squeeze knows no Thomas of Kempis. (A morbid mind can not even produce a morbid thought about the morbid thing that I felt and — saw? Not even my own way of looking at things ghoul, not even my own Btyle of dressing an object or thinkering with the grey little cells — not even my tireless pen could recreate a line from the thousands I fell and composed.) Before the altar of Night, it came: —Silent as the metabolic processes of Life, deep as prayer, earnest as the systole and diastole of the heart, punctual as true love; —it came, it came to me as friend. OCTOBER, 1956 Page 13 J-Lost C^otnoMtourt I dread the dawn for another day must be waited on — while shapeless forms of neveiystopping days flow~nn and on To blind the night with the violence of light. > oil bound me to a lonely hope — a gdtfzy dream; w you’re here. Yet your Clearness is\a distant reality. heart u changed \ u\a million light. Oh, Afiollo, why have why come at all l/o break the waiti I you filled with Why cArnc and drop hints good ... Uu ' J \ y°H I must leave . . . Leave me now­ while tears are far hile love is still a rosebud I /tain atiH a-ftttttre-Itttift .\. play among the stars re love is written \y in my eager search for i entered the cold nostalgia of the cave and climbed hills strewn ivith gumless teeth until i fell upon_ thorns and rocks. i bled. . . . .s/, “j" and you, unmoved, poured vinegar upon my bleeding [wounds and gall upon my parcnpd I lips i died • • • \ I yet you laughed from your ivoi^r tower ni^cc my burial, i laughed with you, yes, _ Jor t/je _________ womK^of'earth is but another life, i can break the seal of death Upon my tomb... to meet you in lightnings and thunders on that day then you who Jlfd from my voice who nailei; my flesh [ who sung my dirge \ sfaill weep for you have al ,’oreleis abide. Leave me now with a dying faith to prepare my heart for another lonely sun . . . Or, silence this heart with the finality of death . . . And let me forget — the Dawn. ed. k: earth’s transitory things, ance, its music and its joys; p^ay: a simple life that brings contentment and peace without alloy. : eatyh’s honor, wealth an I fame p<«ymT hnd ts. i long\to own: unblemished nan om mortal lu. n hold or gtte oul has lost? ways to live what dearer thipg can a when he the v te of his teach me lord to know that earthly thifigs are empty boafit. TJLntib the otne.nl domes V-. \ by Rufino G. Cruz Page 14 THE CAROLINIAN torn he irt, han $ing left the fingers I. tat } <luc of of memories, of sighs, thaf nejede notion isolate tusani. broken hearts; lent i ights if Ion jings that were fulfilled in th/nuUd. the song' rem lined unbroken^~tne si igers sighed, the melody ^well it told of s«*4r€ of the loved not had, but shared on d the unloved. ati2 ^A by Regalado C. de Vera The sea is calm, the waves move not, break nef^be silence of night. The cold breeze breathe^asr tender leaves to transport my heart to dreams. And dreaming, I pluck a rose sprung from the ferlilil while dingers, a hi of/7i eager \ro smite jrdened heart, were a fragmented train tope, and joy, andxlespair/ I kiss the pet and make o\ by Demetrio Maglalang — ........ /teavens out of famiitflr scents. I seek a power to hold on through _ and hold the I thrill of a resisting lii But. . . the morn moment Not all theglitt Rotting in' Not all the thouslii That vanish at tefing gems oj a hopjjded treasure ^Mmal dungion floom; delight of\earthly pleasure __ ___ _____ breeze disturbs the stillness of my repose; It moves the waves and steals from me the image of my lovely rose. 0mm0tta J¥e< all the fiery stl Searing their e spire Not J all of Can match the Translati heart, that streaks with glow the s ar monies of music’ every human mt y June Canizares etty Annie, i shall write no more, of summer rosi and summer rain, of waves dimpling u a shore, no more shall i write, no moi for you are gone who was music, life a laughter, whose smile was a rainbow s< through the mists of waterfalls, i shall I write no more, when last i did only ech, came, for hate has stepped to close thf> door, of yesterdays within and tomoJrows without, when you bade me “farewell!” my heart broke with every step you look, and i knew and i knew since then, thdt i shall never write again. I It consents to rise with the moon. To see/private miracles Is to speak of love. / a It is/folly to assess victory In evanescent smiles And fleeting anonymous roses; (Jr to descry defeat Indite lonely globule of a teardrop. To love you Is to hold immortal moonlight. Hi Tonight, I shall disembed A rock from the mountain of my loving fyeart And place it as aPbeautifid Cairn of affection — at the cliff of my mind. I shall adorn it with verdant verses But illumine it with immortal moonlight. OCTOBER, 1956 Page 15 Life in by Marcelino N. Maceda THE RAIN had just stopped when our party of twelve men emerged from the thick forest at the edge of a clearing. The sun was just going down in the west. From where we stood we could see the house on the other side of the clearing. Our Mangyan guide and porters had announced our arrival to the occupants of the house by shouting and calling while we were still far. The trail leading to the dwelling went down the clearing through the steep side of the mountain sloping at a forty-five de­ gree angle. It was a very slippery trail so that we had to utilize every available foothold. The sight of the house, however, lightened our bodies. It meant Mangyan hospi­ tality and a good night's rest. After descending for about an hour we arrived at a spring near the dwell­ ing. We finally were in Calpong. Some of us (I was one of them) stopped at the water hole while the others went ahead to the house to prepare our evening meal. While we were washing ourselves, we heard a woman chanting in the house. She was praying. Since I was cu­ rious and eager to hear such pray­ ers, I did not tarry. I went almost half-running to the house. Outside it was growing dark and there was barely enough light at the door of the house. The inte­ rior was lighted by the live indi­ vidual fireplaces of the five fam­ ilies living in the house. In one corner, near the entrance more to the eastern portion of the house, lay the sick Mangyan woman al­ ternately praying and moaning. She was visibly in pain. She lay on a filthy rattan mat. She had no blanket to cover herself. Only the heat from the open fire­ place near her kept out the cold evening air. Once in a while the fire died out and had to be rekindled. Ashes from the fire kept fall­ ing on her and smoke got into her eyes but she paid no attention to them for she was indeed in great pain. She was lying in the dirt, but nobody cared. The attending relations paid more attention to chanting. Exchange For Life In the effort to lessen the suf­ fering of the sick woman the other male relatives joined also in the chanting. One of them shot one hundred arrows into the forest in order to drive the evil spirits. Each arrow shot out was accompanied by a shout, instructing it to run after the evil spirits. Then all the women, relatives and non-relatives alike, joined in the prayers, but still the patient did not feel any better. (The members of the expedition— Fr. Martin, S.V.D., our leader, Fr. Joseph Werner, S.V.D., Fr. George Koschinski, S.V.D. and the writer— were informed that the woman was in the family way and that there was a possibility that she would have a miscarriage.) As the night grew deeper the monotonous chant continued. Sev­ eral formulas and rites were tried, but still the poor woman suf­ fered. Then the husband of the sick woman began to cry. We thought that the patient was about to die. And when finally one of the attending men shouted that the baby was born, we were relieved. Everybody was so excited that the baby was left lying in its after­ birth. The mother's moaning had subsided and her husband was comforting her. Strangely enough the newly born infant made no sound. Neither did it move. So it was left alone. The motionless baby was baptized by Fr. Spang; he named it Pablo. After a quarter of an hour, to the surprise of everybody who thought that the baby was still-born, the infant emitted a feeble cry. The fa­ ther came and was happy to see that his offspring was alive, al­ though it was emaciated. After the umbilical cord was cut, the baby was left alone again in one corner of the dirty rattan mat. Soon the baby began to cry for it was be­ ginning to feel the cold biting eve­ ning air inside the house in spite of the five fireplaces. The members of the expedition rummaged in their packs for something to wrap up (Continued on page 21) WANDERING in the wilder­ ness of Mindoro are our primitive non-Christian brothers—the Mangyans. They are brown-skinned, with snub noses and straight hair, although there are some with kinky hair. The Mangyans are still in the hunting and fishing stage. They build tem­ porary lean-to houses. The roofs of their houses are made either of banana or palm leaves or other available materials found in the forest. They usually plant camote, cassava or rice in their kaingin. After several harvests, they leave their homes and look for other suitable places for settlement. Also, they abandon their homes when death occurs in one of their families. These characteristics are common among those who live in the north­ Something Non-C by Teodoro Bay ern, that is to say in the interior, region of the Island. However, those Mangyans who live near their Christ­ ian brothers are higher in culture. Mangyan families in the lowlands have a much better way of living than those in the hinterlands. They either till the soil or trade with their Christian brothers. They gather a great amount of forest products es­ pecially rattan, which are taken to different parts of Luzon for furniture industries or used as materials for making typical Filipino homes. A very negligible number are engaged in gold mining. They have learned this occupation from their Christian brothers. They usually sell or barter their gold to Christian Filipino mer­ chants or to some European miners who prospect in the mountains. Mangyans of northern Mindoro are behind in civilization. The Page 16 THE CAROLINIAN The Puerto Galera Falls just a few kilometers from San Teodoro, Or. Mindoro About Our iristian Brothers... THE MANGYANS Looking down on the beautiful Lake Naujan, Naujan, Or. Mindoro majority of the northern population wear scanty clothing. Men wear the bahag or G-string, a small strip ol cloth hanging from the waist-line. Women have yakis usually made of rattan and with the rings coated with woven nito (a kind of fern). With the yakis. a kind of G-string made of bark cloth is also worn. Very often, they wear necklaces. These are made of tigbi, hard oval grains which are either black or white and with a hole in the middle. They also make earrings with this grain. In most cases, the man can hardly be distinguished from the woman at a distance because both sexes favor long hair. A waterfall in Saclag creek In San Teodoro, Or. Mindoro Like his counterpart in the typical Christian family, the head of a Mangyan family is the father, fol­ lowed in line of authority by the mother. The family circle includes distant relative. Mangyans who live in groups or settlements possess a tribal form of government headed by a puno or amo (both are Tagalog terms). Dis­ obedience to the head's orders will mean bodily punishment or expul­ sion from a group. The head has the power to transact business or enter into contracts with other (Continued on next page) OCTOBER, 1956 Page 17 Rev. Martin Spang. S.V.D., with his Mangyan parishioners in barrio Arangin, Naujan, Or. Mindoro Some curious Mangyan young men Mangyan groups or with the Tagalogs. With the exception of those who have been christianized by the dili­ gent SVD Fathers of Mindoro, most of the Mangyans are pagans who believe in malignant spirits. My father, who has gone to the moun­ tains for a census, has seen groups of Mangyans praying before the rising sun. Mangyans are a very superstitious people. They believe that sickness is caused by some malignant spirit entering the body of a person. Some of them refuse to receive treatment from govern­ ment physicians for they say that the malignant spirit must not be angered, otherwise, death will re­ sult. They have songs and dances like other non-Christian tribes living in the interior regions of many big islands in the Philippines. They dance during celebrations, espe­ cially when they are able to catch wild pigs or other wild animals. The hunters move around the fire dancing and chanting the marayaw. Mangyan youngsters are fond of playing on swings tied to tree branches. As they swing, they sing their native songs. Stealing and abduction of women are the most common offenses com­ mitted by these people against their fellow Mangyan. The head of the tribe has the power to impose pun­ ishment upon the offender who either gets tied for several days, given a scourging or expelled from the group. If the offender is at large, suspected persons have to pass a trial by ordeal. The most common trial given to offenders is the tigi whereby a suspect is told to touch a red-hot iron bar. It is believed- that innocent persons will not be hurt. Offenders usually refuse to touch the red-hot iron because they are afraid; hence, they get convicted. The government is trying its best to educate these people but up to this time little progress has been made. The Saclag Settlement Farm School in our town, San Teodoro, is a purely Mangyan school. It was established in 1926 and here the Mangyan children received free schooling, food and clothes. How­ ever, up to now there are no Mang­ yan professionals. Strong family so­ lidarity keeps them closely knit. Parents don't like to be separated from their children; thus, the Gov­ ernment finds it hard to educate (Continued on page 21) THE CAROLINIAN What Do You Think by SAMUEL B. FABROZ5=^«=5=«=5=!= Indignant voices have been raised to stop the hazing of neophytes in school fraternities and organizations all over the country. The itch of protest was felt when shocking incidents smeared the U.P. and the Philippine Military Academy. The following views were expressed in the opinion poll conducted by this department. Reactions from students re­ flect a general distate for initiations which in recent months have resulted in grave physical harm and even death. But this is getting ahead of the story. Here's the score.... About the Practice of Hazing? Florencio Tomarong • FLORENCIO L. TOMARONG. College of Commerce, says: "Hazing is an effective way of building up the moral and spiritual fiber of the individual. It is a practice that brings benefits to the members of the organization. Hazing must be constructive and aimed at fostering discipline and loyalty to the organ­ ization. It must not be done to the point of abuse, thus causing phys­ ical injuries on the neophyte. In other words, hazing must be de­ signed solely to break down the self-conceit and ego of a member as well as to teach him due respect and reverence for his superiors and loyalty to the organization. Hazing should be a way of testing the en­ thusiasm and hidden talents of the person subjected. It should bring out his finer qualities. Obviously, one cannot be a member of any organization or group if he is weakhearted or lacking in courage and determination. "It has been observed that asso­ ciations which adopt the practice of hazing are more successful than those which do not. The members are strongly attached to the organ­ ization. Love and respect are deve­ loped among co-members and the spirit of true camaraderie and bro­ therhood is present. "Let me say, therefore, that haz­ ing should be encouraged in any social group or organization.” Pacito Buenaventura • PACITO BUENAVENTURA, Col­ lege of Engineering, says: "Last year and early this year, hazing be­ came a national controversy. The newspapers had good cause to headline day after day examples of hazing brutalities. The truth is that we have carried initiations too far. We read often of innocent young men too eager to be accepted as frat members, blindly obeying the orders of another whose mind is probably irrational. I am very much against this kind of practice. The practice of coupling initiations with injuries to mind and body dis­ gusts me. It should be stopped or, if possible, outlawed. What is good and admirable in a hazing that winds up in a hospital or a morgue? "The only good thing about this is that we, young catholic boys, can stop it. We have too much of Christ in our school and our home to allow ourselves to continue hazing de­ pravities. "The practice of hazing in the old noble way elicits no objection from me. As long as we are boys, as long as people continue to congre­ gate, hazing will always be prac­ ticed. But let's keep it clean with no physical risk so as not to scare the neophytes away. Let's keep a minimum of risks and a maximum of enjoyment and good fun. After all, that's the end of it." • MIKE RANILLO, College of Law, says: "1 am against the practice of Mike Ranillo OCTOBER, 1956 Page 19 Esteban Tan, Jr. hazing. It is childish, if not im­ practical ... an unjust if not a com­ munistic way of inflicting physical and mental exhaustion in the guise of a condition precedent to mem­ bership in an organization. So many occasions and cases show that the benefits derived from it are not commensurate with the harm it does. Neophytes are not only sub­ jected to shocking tortures but they are exposed to ridicule just for fun. There's no chance given to the poor neophytes to complain whatsoever of the cruel torture given them. Membership is automatically lost to one who cannot endure the brutal task. And so, the aspirant resigns. For these reasons, I do not favor the practice of hazing." • ESTEBAN TAN, Jr., College oi Liberal Arts & Sciences, says: "I fa­ vor the imposition of "hazing" as a condition precedent to membership in an exclusive club or fraternity. The practice of hazing or "initiating" a neophyte is the first test of his sincerity. Hazing strips a man of his pomposity and so humbles him Eufrone Tobes that he forgets about his superior airs and treats his fraternity brothers as blood brothers. A man who does submit to an initiation is often a vain one, full of conceit but devoid of the spirit of fellowship and cama­ raderie. No organization desires to have uncooperative, unfriendly and stiff-necked members. Of course, I do not approve of ini­ tiations which are brutal. After all, it must be considered that the neo­ phytes must pass initiations in one complete piece. There are forms and forms of "hazings" from which to select the milder ones. Troubles which crop up during initiation rites are traceable to sadistic and merciless masters who delight in maiming neophytes. I am, therefore, in favor of initia­ tions. To a certain extent. • EUFRONE TOBES, College of Engineering, says: "The question of whether or not hazing should be put out of the picture as a pre-requisite to membership in fraternities yields to different answers. But as a member of one of the leading Frats in this city, I am for giving a sort of initiation to neophytes before they are admitted to exclusive clubs. Anyone admitted to any club with­ out the benefit of ever being ini­ tiated will not feel the camaraderie that exists among members. For fostering a closer congregation of men who will help one another in trying times, an organization must prescribe sacrifice before the in­ stallation of the right spirit. "Personally, I believe hazing is not bad. It only becomes obnoxious when disgruntled members try to shout their heads off about the sort of distasteful things that go on in­ side an organization. Actually, if those undisciplined members were only receptive to the mandates of the frat, nothing would happen. But it frequently happens that most as­ pirants are ambitious and subject to fits. That is where their tirades begin. "Harmony exists when everyone goes through the same sort of ini­ tiation. Esprit de corps is fostered in the members' early neophyte days." • GUILLERMO JUANICH, College of Education, says: "Hazing is nei­ ther an ideal nor a practical meas­ ure of one's fitness for membership in any organization or society. It is, on the contrary, a shameful practice and a semi-corporal punish­ ment upon an innocent person who has to obey thoughtless and tire­ some commands. Loyalty to an orGuillermo Juanich ganization implies love of it. That love need not be extracted by force. Hazing, therefore, in this sense is impractical and thoughtless. It is an artificial means of commanding loyalty for the nature and purpose of the fraternity itself can determine whether or not it can count upon loyal members. Hazing, instead of bringing out one's loyalty, only serves to show one's willingness to be the victim of abnormal practices. I ttherefore say that I'm not in­ clined nor will I ever be inclined to favor the practice of hazing." • ERNESTO R. UY, College oi Lib­ eral Arts & Sciences, says: "If haz­ ing must be required, it should be practised with the aim of developing courage and discipline among young men entering military life or taking up other careers, yet it would not attain its purpose if carried out to excess. "The recent sad incident which took place in the Philippine Military Academy has shown us how hazing (Continued on page 48) Ernesto R. Uy Page 20 THE CAROLINIAN LITTLE IS it realized, but these uncomfortable, posture-damag­ ing, dust-coated and sacroiliacspraining wooden seats in our class­ rooms serve a purpose other than as an efficient torture rack for the student's ligaments. The chairs in those lofty, fan-cooled rooms shared by the colleges of Law, Pharmacy, Commerce and about a zillion bugs, bear evidences of that remarkable phenomenon peculiar only to col­ lege students — the anonymous scribblings. These droll specimens of "litter-ature" which, by the way, are indicative of the author's bore­ dom and disinterest in the class, take the form of short notes scrawl­ ed on the armrest, or naughty mes­ sages scribbled on a ragged piece of scrap paper and wedged between the seat slats—there to repose un­ til the next person to occupy the seat discovers it. (Unless the jani­ tor chucks it into the can first.) These communications via class­ room chairs reflect the writer's opi­ nion of his or her... because, for some unknown reason coeds also indulge in this — schoolmates; they drip with saccharine pathos, or needle with provocative gibes. For example, witness this belligerent piece de resistance obviously con­ trived by a disgruntled Law student: "Wayward Pharmgs — listen, we. LIFE IN EXCHANGE FOR LIFE (Continued from page 16) the baby. Luckily one of them had a thick unused T-shirt. He handed it over to Fr. Spang who in turn gave it to the parents of the new­ born. The baby stopped crying as it was wrapped up in the warm clothing. The father of the newlyborn child chanted a prayer of thanksgiving deep into the night. In the morning we noticed that the mother was relatively weak, probably due to loss of blood and lack of proper nourishment and care. The greatest surprise of all came when the father of the infant made the announcement that the baby was a girl. In the excitement of the previous night, nobody tried to find out the sex of the infant. So the name Pablo was changed to Paula. After the masses we pre­ pared to- leave. Father Koschinski gave the father of Paula a small rosary with the instruction to give The Language of The Seats an observation by VNLim SIC lawyers don't need your irrelevant opinions especially from immaterial students." Which undoubtedly stem­ med from this tart remark scrawled on a chair's armrest: "Lawyers are liars." However, there are a few somewhat rosy commentaries, like: "Law studes love Pharma studes. .. I love Pharma stude too." This un­ abashed declaration of tenderness is tempered by the following syllogist: " 'Pharmacists are good,' said the Pharmacists. You cited Atty. Pablo Garcia as your authority. So you also consider a lawyer as your idol. BRAVO!!!" Hah. A lone but nonetheless spirited message proclaims: "Viva EngineSOMETHING ABOUT OUR NON-CHRISTIAN BROTHERS (Continued from page 18) these people. One interesting fact I have observed is that mothers take their young children wherever they go. Young children and babies are placed in baskets and carried on the back of their mothers. The difficulties met by these people, their slow progress in the march of civilization as well as the many social barriers they have to surmount, could be greatly lessen­ ed if we would but cooperate with other well-meaning people who have these unfortunate people's in­ terest at heart. The Government is doing its share. We must do ours, it to her as soon as she was old enough to use it. A day later we received the bad news that the young Mangyan mother had died. Her sacrifice was not in vain.; she died to bring an­ other life into this world. She ex­ changed her life for another life. J ers" and one concludes: "Pharmers like doctors." But the remarkable skirmish between the predominant­ ly male College of Law and the pre­ valently female College of Pharm­ acy continues with this caustic lemark: "Lawyers are pseudo people also GIDDY - Pharms." Which is in turn rebuffed by this retort: "Phar­ macy likes to have lawyers only they don't have the guts to say what they feel." Such are the be­ guiling, enchanting, amusing and delightfully zany antics cut by our exuberant and imaginative college folk. This probably started as an aim­ less, idle doodling performed by a listless student to fool away the hiatus between bells. Perhaps a pert little schoolmate, equally bored and bold, spotted it, took up the cue—and thus the dratted thing got on its way. Or maybe a melan­ choly swain with a journalistic bent scribbled a little pathetic note and hopefully left it for some sympathe­ tic eye to fall upon. Anyway, here is proof positive that all is not strict­ ly textbook up there in those third floor classrooms. Of all these insane, mischievous, blithering and indiscreet annota­ tions, perhaps the most galling and withering blast—to the College of Law—is this sneering crack: "Law basketball team wins in appeal." (Everybody knows that at the intra­ mural games the Law team got a tragic shellacking.) Undoubtedly, there must also be their own ver­ sions between the lower-floor deni­ zens. Perhaps the secretarial school has such messages inscribed in Gregg shorthand. No sir, these days the handwrit­ ing is not on the wall—it's on the classroom seat, jf Page 21 PORTRAIT of a HERO W E GROUP TODAY in fond salute to a good friend and returning hero. I say hero advisedly, for if there is anyone who labored hard to make San Carlos what it is today, that man is our honoree. In that sense, he is a hero — a Carolinian hero . . . Under his leadership, though literally starting from scratch, there rose from the debris and the ruins, the splendor and magnificence of one new building after another until at last San Carlos came — to be recognized as the worthy Catholic university that it is today. We value his return to our fold, because we noted that in the arduous task of restoring San Carlos to its pre­ war prominence, he did not just reconstruct a building; he also rekindled a cherished faith. He did not only rebuild a structure; he likewise revivified a spirit — that famous Carolinian spirit which has always served to unite the faculty and students of San Carlos into the wholesome solidarity of one big, happy family. It is this invincible Carolinian spirit which pervades the air today as we welcome the man who worked the hardest, fought best and sacrificed most for the glory of our Alma Mater. Cdtte. Col. Annie Ratcliffe , V. . 1^ Miss Concepcion Rodil Adviser, Corps of Sponsor Cdtte. Lt. Col. Purita Aseniero Sweetheart of the Corps Cdtte. Lt. Col. Ludivina Hamoy Corps Adjutant Cdtte. Lt. Col. Nelly McFarland Corps S-2 THE CORPS STAFF SjwnMs 1956------1957 K ________ Cdtte. Lt. Col. Gloria Ferraren Cdtte. Lt. Col. Carmen Crisologo Miss Aleli Alinabon /lsst. Advisor THE RECTOR FELIPE • The brave in heart and the punctual in spirit were at the University Chapel one Saturday morning, hands folded and knees bent in abject surrender — declaring personal emptiness before the Man nailed on the Cross. A Salve Regina Mass was offered with the enlarged USC Choristers under Rev. Buchcik lending a mystic of awe and majesty to the solemnity of the occasion. It was September 8 — Rector-Faculty Day! • Gone were the inhibitions imposed by professional dignity; gone were the measured gestures. In their place were the spontaneous actions of human beings, of teachers taking time out from their official • Father Herman was highly pleased at the many things done to honor him and the faculty members. The tumblings, ciownings and other undefined movements in the basketball "exhibition" between the CIT Faculty and USC's POWarriors sharply mirrored the extra calories our mentors lost. Lady faculty members laughed freely, almost boisteriously, having abandoned all attempts at formality. What was a delicately exclusive affair for the faculty in the morning turned out to be a free-for-all entertainment in the afternoon. A parade and review, the stuff of military show-off in color and precision, was held to honor the Fathers, faculty, and, what do you know, the sponsors! • A host of leaders, champions and benefactors were garlanded for their unselfish guidance and assistance to the Department of Military Science and Tactics. The honorees were Reverend Father FACULTY DAY VERALLO Rector Herman Kondring; Fathers Ernest Hocrdemann, SecretaryGeneral; Joseph Goertz, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Josef Jashick, Procurator; Cornelius van der Linden, Dean of the Graduate School; Bernard Wrocklage, Regent of the College of Law; John Vogelgesang, Dean of Religion; Philip van Engelen, Re­ gent of the College of Engineering; William Cremers, Regent of the College of Commerce; Robert Hoeppener, Regent of the College of Pharmacy; Anthony Buchcik, Dean of the Teachers College; Mrs. Rosario de Veyra, Dean of Women; Miss Concepcion Rodil, ROTC Sponsors' Adviser; Dean Fulvio Pelaez of the College of Law; Atty. Mario D. Ortiz, President of the Alumni Association; Mr. Jose Tecson, Dean of the College of Commerce; Engr. Jose Rodriguez, Dean of the College of Engineering; and Major Anacleto "first place" Garcia, FA, brain trust of the Department of Military Science and Tactics. • In the evening, the quadrangle was the scene of a typical barrio fiesta. Costumes varied from homegrown cloth to imported materials; laughter ranged from sarcasm to pure joy. Native dances, like the curacha executed by Mr. Mariano "Abay" Vale and Mrs. Sandiego, the abaruray by Miss Madge Martin and Mr. "Jess" Roa, and Doc Tacing Solon's seam splitting emceeing were the delights that had the good Fathers rocking in their seats. • Later, Father Rector received a life-sized oil painting of himself from the thoughtful Faculty Club — a token of unflinching coopera­ tion, confidence in his leadership, and a recognition of his capacity to interpret the reasonable yearnings of man. CLASSROOMS EX-CAROLINIAN EDITOR AWARDED TRAVEL GRANT Atty. Napoleon G. Rama, former Editor-in-Chief of the Carolinian and the Semper Fidelis (USC Yearbook), was recently awarded a SmithMundt Travel Grant by the USIS. He left sometime last August lor the United States where he will work, for the first three months, on the Philadelphia Bulletin, one of the biggest U.S. Newspapers. After his Bulletin stint, he will tour the United States. Before he left for Manila he edit­ ed the Lungsuranon, Cebu Catholic Atty. NAPOLEON G. RAMA Smith-Mundt Grantee weekly, and the Cebu Jaycees' Herald. He was once a pool cor­ respondent of the Editors Associa­ tion of the Philippines to the SEATO Conference; board member of the EDAP and member of the Cebu SWA Advisory council. He wrote guest editorials for Cebu's local dai­ lies and did two columns daily for the local papers and the EDAP newspapers in the Visayas and Mindanao. CAROLINIAN WINS U.S. SCHOLARSHIP Mr. Lorenzo Cesar, who obtained his M.A. in Education from the Univ­ ersity of San Cdrlos, recently won a three-year scholarship at the Univ­ ersity of Minnesota. Mr. Cesar will specialize in Psychology. During the past few years Mr. Cesar was on the faculty staff of St. Paul's College, Tacloban City. He is the husband of Mrs. Marina Cesar, currently a member of the English staff of the University of San Carlos. MISS ASENIERO CHOSEN FRATERNITY SWEETHEART Purita Aseniero, popular Com­ merce coed, was elected by the ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA members as their fraternity sweetheart for the school-year 1956-57. The Alpha Kappa Alpha is an exclusive fraternity of the College of Commerce of the University of San Carlos. The fraternity has set up certain standard qualifications which a coed must meet before she can be elected the sweetheart of the fraternity. Miss Aseniero ascend­ ed with ease to this much-coveted level. LIB. ARTS COUNCIL OFFICERS INDUCTED In a solemn ceremony held at the University chapel last August 27th, the elected officers of the first Stu­ dent Council of the College of Lib­ eral Arts and Sciences were formal­ ly inducted into office by the Very Rev. Fr. Rector, Herman Kondring, S.V.D. The Reverend Father Rector in a one-minute-and-a-half talk stressed the importance of building up lead­ ers with a cross in their hearts and a rosary on their hands. Leading the mass was Mr. Oscar N. Abella, the first elected President, followed by the other Council offi­ cers together with the officers of the different departmental organizations under the same College. Elected council officers follow: President, Oscar Abella; Vice-Pres­ ident, Sixto Abao, Jr.; Secretary, Marietta Alonso; Treasurer, Diana Suson; Auditor, Remedios Fradejas; Press Relations Officer, Cornelio Alpuerto. Abella, the elected president was formerly the Associate Editor of the Junior Carolinian, one-time Pres­ ident of the SCA (High School Unit) and Vice-President of the USC SCA (Collegiate Unit) and last year's president of the Pre-Med or­ ganization. USC SENDS A CAROLINIAN ABROAD The University of San Carlos will be sending Mr. Marcelino Maceda to Fribourg University in Switzer­ land to take up his doctorate degree in Ethnology (Ph.D.). He will most likely be studying under Rev. Fr. Rudolph Rahmann, S.V.D., former dean of the USC Graduate School and who is now a Professor in that University. He will leave Cebu for Manila in the second week of Octo­ ber and from there he will take a plane for Switzerland. Mr. Maceda is the Research AsMr. MARCELINO MACEDA Awarded Scholarship sistant to the Dean of the Graduate School. Before he was connected with San Carlos, he spent a number of years in the teaching field in public elementary and high schools. He got his Bachelor of Science de­ gree in 1952 in a local college in the City of Cebu and took up his master's degree in USC. He got his Master of Arts in Education de­ gree from this University in 1954. After graduation he taught in the Colegio de Santa Rita in San Car­ los, Negros Occidental, after which he was signed up by the University of San Carlos as Research Assistant to the Dean of the Graduate School. His research job in USC has taken him to places as far as northwest­ ern Mindanao, particularly Agusan OCTOBER, 1956 Page 27 QD@© and Surigao, Negros Occidental and Iloilo. During the visit of Rev. Fr. Martin Gusinde, S.V.D., Profes­ sor of Anthropology in the Catholic University of America, to the Negri­ toes in Iloilo, Surigao and Agusan, Mr. Maceda was with him and Fr. Rahmann. Mr. Marcelino Maceda will be staying in Switzerland for three years and will be back to USC as soon as he completes his studies. SIGMA PHI RHO OFFICERS AND MEMBERS INDUCTED New officers and members of the Sigma Phi Rho, exclusive Com­ merce sorority, were inducted at a SIGMA PHI RHO Officers and Members with Commerce Dean Jose Tecson. dinner party held in the Garden Room of the Capitol Hotel. With Miss Amparo Rodil officiating, the following ladies of the Greek letter society were inducted: Carmen Borromeo, most exalted sister; An­ nie Ratcliffe, exalted sister; Ange­ lina Labucay, most trusted exche­ quer; Indalecia Ando, trusted exche­ quer; Mr. Luisa Alvarez, keeper of records; Clomen Verallo, keeper of the keys; Lourdes Sequera, inform­ er; Melinda Villamor and Nimfo Villaluz, inner guards; Lourdes Dy Catingub, chaser, Acctg. major; Mag­ dalena Lim, chaser, Mgt. major. New members who had success­ fully passed the initiation rites ad­ ministered by the old guards were also invested with the colors of the sorority. Neophytes underwent a thorough mental and psychological test before they were admitted into the folds of the sorority. The Sigma Phi Rho counts with the membership of ranking lady student leaders. ROTC CADETS AWARDED MEDALS In an impressive ceremony at­ tended by the III MA officers and Administration officials of the Univ­ ersity of San Carlos, seven ROTC officers under the command of Major Garcia received medals for loyalty, efficiency and leadership in their respective fields of com­ mand. Recipients of the medals were the following cadet officers: Cdt. Lt. Cols. Felipe Labucay, Jose Deen, and Louie Batongmalaque, Cdt. Ma­ jors Dominador Turno, Manuel Lim, Jr., Jose Luis Ros and Cdt. Capt. Joel Trinidad. The administration officials pres­ ent were the Very Reverend Father Rector, Herman Kondring, S.V.D. and Fr. John Vogelgesang, S.V.D. The officers of the 1st and 2nd Battalions threw a shindig in recog­ nition of the honors earned for them by their officers. USC SPONSORS ADULT EDUCATION CLASS In line with the University Com­ munity Service Program of the Uni­ versity of San Carlos, the Funda­ mental and Adult Education Class of the B.S.E.Ed. Dept, recently con­ ducted free weekly literacy and vo­ cational classes for out-of-school youths and adults in one of Cebu City's suburban areas. Club Kawayan (Private Road), under the leadership of Jesus M. Roa, Asst. Professor in Fundamental and Adult Education. Working with Mr. Engracio Nacario, an active "Purok" leader, and Filemon Valle, princi­ pal teacher of the City Central School, the student-teachers con­ ducted free classes for sometime to the enjoyment of both students teachers and adult pupils. Dr. Isabelo Tupas, Chief of the In­ struction Division, and Dr. Osias del Rosario, Chief of the Audio-Visual section of the Bureau of Public Schools, who were here as Work­ shop Consultants, visited these classes last August 23rd and com­ mended the voluntary work done by the adult education students of the University of San Carlos. Dr. Santos, Adult Education Su­ pervisor of the city gave some point­ ers to the adult teachers. This pro­ ject was the result of long planning on the part of Miss Teopista Suico, Head of the Normal Dept, of USC, with the approval of Dean Fr. Anthony Buchcik. FACULTY CATHOLIC ACTIONIST RECEIVE AWARDS In a simple but impressive cere­ mony held in the University Chapel on the afternoon of Assumption Day, 15 members of the Faculty Ca­ tholic Action Club received the Missio Canonica from His Excellency Mons. Julio Rosales, Archbishop of Cebu. In his exhortation to the'Fa­ culty, His Excellency complimented the Club members for their achieve­ ments and expressed the wish that greater accomplishments would dis­ tinguish the Club in the future. Un­ der the direction of the Actionists' spiritual adviser. Rev. Cornelius van der Linden, S.V.D., the Club mem­ bers spent the feast of the Assump­ tion as a day of spiritual recollec­ tion. Page 28 THE CAROLINIAN FATHER HOERDEMANN USC JAYCEES APPOINTED SEC. GENERAL ELECT OFFICERS Father Ernest Hoerdemann, S.V.D., who returned to San Carlos last August 14, 1956, after a sixyear stay in Japan, has been ap­ pointed Secretary-General of the University. The appointment was announced by Very Reverend Fath­ er Rector during the banquet offer­ ed in Father Hoerdemann's honor by the USC Faculty Club and Alum­ ni Association. The return of Father Hoerdemann to the University of San Carlos oc­ casioned a series of heart-warming receptions and festivities in his hon­ or. Met at the Cebu airport by a huge delegation of faculty mem­ bers, students, old friends and wellwishers, Father Hoerdemann was escorted by a mammoth motorcade through the principal streets of Cebu to the main entrance of San Car­ los University and finally to the main quadrangle where a program was held. A speech by Atty. Ma­ rio D. Ortiz was followed by a brief message of Father Hoerdemann. A fireworks display climaxed the short program. Father Hoerdemann was the cele­ brant of the Solemn High Mass in the University Chapel when Cebu's faithful marked the Feast of the As­ sumption. The choristers of Father Buchcik made their official debut by singing a four-voice polyphonic Mass with orchestral accompani­ ment. The Faculty-Alumni dinner clos­ ed the initial round of festivities in Father Hoerdemann's honor—UB SIGMA PHI RHO ELECTS OFFICERS The Sigma Phi Rho Sorority, an exclusive organization of the Col­ lege of Commerce held its election sometime last July. The following were the officers elected: Most Ex­ alted Sister, Carmen Borromeo; Ex­ alted Sister, Annie Ratcliffe; Keep­ er of the Records, Nena Alvarez; Most Trusted Exchequer, Angelina Labucay; Trusted Exchequer, Indalecia Ando; Informer, Lourdes de Sequera; Keeper of the Keys, Clomen Verallo; Chasers, Magdalena Lim and Lourdes Dy; Outer Guards, Perla Goyeneche and Letty Orcullo; Inner Guards, Ninfa Villaluz and Melinda Villamor. The central organization of the USC College of Commerce, the JAYCEES, otherwise known as the Junior Chamber of Commerce, met for the first time this year to elect its officers. The following were elected officers: Winiiredo Geonzon, President; Bartolome Pozon, VicePresident; Florencia Dalocanog, Sec­ At the Excursion of the Library Science Club. retary; Purita Aseniero, Treasurer; Rosa Quijano, Auditor; Clomen Ve­ rallo, Press Relations Officer. LIBRARY SCIENCE CLUB HOLDS EXCURSION The University of San Carlos Lib­ rary Science Club held a lively and frolicsome excursion at Miramar in Talisay last August 26, 1956. The excursion was the first affair the club ever held this year. A sump­ tuous dinner climaxed the occasion. The Fathers present were: Rev. Fr. Josef Baumgartner, Rev. Fr. Corne­ lius van der Linden and Rev. Fr. An­ thony Buchick. The affair was ini­ tiated by Mrs. Nenita Sy and Mr. Victor Asubar, Library Science In­ structors. Officers of the Club: President, Restitute Bacalso, Vice-President, Rosario Taladua; Secretary, Restituta Ycong; Treasurer, Erlinda Ca­ ses; Asst. Secretary-Treasurer, Per­ la Tupalar; PRO, Jovito Du. The Club will present a series of motion pictures, on current trends in library science. OCTOBER, 1956 Page 29 SPORTS by ROSS ESCOBER “C” Sports Editor The Warriors’ Account When an underdog starts a series of victories that stops even inorc powerful teams, the opposite camps are hound Io respect it. They are driven to devise new tactics, maneuvers and set-plays to outgun the the underdog who gets in their way on account of what they label as “lucky shots.” Sports followers of USC’6 Warriors have been a disheartened lot since the give-away victory last year. They kept looking back to the days of unstinted victories the players had, of the game fights they made, of their victories. They remembered the Warriors’ arch rivals and how the Warriors won and also how the Cup was wrested by a new master. Manuel "Bashful" Bas THEN, this season, the hope was revived. Our boys began clicking and local seeded teams writhed in defeat under Ca­ rolinian heels. San Jose, South­ western Colleges and the Univer­ sity of Southern Philippines fell be­ fore the rampaging onslaught of the Warriors. Things couldn't be better. The team was up on its feet again. The players were a bunch of closely knit trigger-happy boys. With only one game to play for the first round clincher, Hoophet's grapevine was afire with the spe­ culation that our boys would tread an easy way to the Crown. But luck had other plans. A plan was made to tire the team by playing in Cagayan de Oro, where they won the first game, then came back sea-sick, exhausted and with a sad tale to tell. Came Sunday. The pennant for the first round was at stake. The topbilled teams of USC and the Cebu Institute of Technology were ready to settle an old score. The Warriors had to win the game so the first round honors would be ac­ corded to this University. Defeat meant, a long climb to the top. CIT also had to win if only to show the CCAA crowd that she was last year's champion. The Crown more than once showed an inclination to return to its old home, USC. The whistle blew for the first quarter. Carolinian coach Juan Aquino fielded Rogado, Deen, Canizares and Reynes with Borromeo. Within five minutes of play, the Warriors jumped to an 8-count lead, 10-2. CIT's coach retaliated by send­ ing in his veteran crack boys and quickly narrowed the score to 9-10. By the sound of the gong, CIT Wildcats led the way with two points in their favor, 10-12. With the lead changing hands every second of the second round, Epimaco "Hercules" Borromeo Page 30 THE CAROLINIAN the crowd was on edge. Baby Reynes was off his form with his at­ tempts all muffed. Only the help­ ing hands of Rogado and Borro­ meo saved the day for San Car­ los. Slim Deen, doing his tricky foul-baiting, managed to eke out points for his Alma Mater. The end of the second quarter had CIT still leading the way with two points, 30-28. The angry determined crowd that flocked to the 1,500-seat sta­ dium was twice the stadium's cap­ acity. Temperature was high and so were the prices and the temper. Soda bottles were banned and pa­ per cups came into play. The third quarter was a bedlam of coaches huddling, crowd refereeing, partisan fans throwing their clothes, shak­ ing fists and calling names. The referees were put on the defensive stand when the multitude question­ ed their calling of plays and fouls. Things got straightened out with CIT still leading by two points. The last set-to was a picture of desperation and tragedy to both teams. The scoring battle met all the ties mentionable Baby Reynes lured CIT's Fuentes into the show­ ers but at this juncture, Shorty Canizares, the mainstay of the War­ riors, silently slid to the floor. Crampsl! Just when luck was bend­ ing her face towards the Warriors some misbegotten son of the DAME barred her way. The score was tied at 55-55. The impatient clock moved on and sounded the death knell... the hope for a Carolinian victory all washed up. CIT won the game with only two points to wag. Even with their shooting arms out of condi­ tion, the Warriors lived up to their name. They cleaved, clawed, hack­ ed their way through a much-sea­ soned, much-older team. The War­ riors' never-say-die spirit, their will to continue a game even with Lady Luck making faces at them are a tribute to their fighting spirit. And sportsmanship. For the defense and offense stab, we have nothing but praise. The boys exhibited their wares with much ease, but they need more practice to attain perfection of ex­ ecution. The set plays in which they were trained rigorously, crum­ pled before their faces. Some left their post with the result that the ball passed into no man's land. But whatever the faults were, the boys put up a great fight, a testi­ mony to their name .. . WARRIORS. Albertus Magnus • • • • Teacher of his Time and our Teacher (Continued from page 5) the Middle Ages, in the midst of his many duties as a religious, as provincial ol his order, as bishop and papal legate, as preacher ol a crusade, and while making many laborious journeys from Cologne to Paris and Rome, and frequent ex­ cursions into different parts of Ger­ many, should have been able to compose a veritable encyclopedia, containing scientific treaties on al­ most every subject of theology which surprised his contemporaries and still excites the admiration of learn­ ed men in our own times. He was, in truth, a DOCTOR UNIVERSALIS." His universal knowledge in faith and science enabled him to a suc­ cessful and critical study of the Aristotelian physics and metaphys­ ics, whereby Albert became the founder of a Christian philosophy. Before his time philosophy was a pagan science which should be avoided by theologians. But as no science can avoid philosophical terms, theology must think in phi­ losophical thoughts. Albert was convinced that no contradiction can exist between philosophy and theo­ logy; for nature is not less a reve­ lation than the supernature and there cannot be twofold truth. Al­ bert adopted the Aristotelian me­ thods and principles for the defence of the Christian doctrine, thus giv­ ing to Christian philosophy and theology the form and method which, substantially, they retain to this day. St. Albert—Our Teacher When Pope Pius XII recently raised St. Albertus Magnus to the USC NEWS (Continued from, page 29) P. E. CLUB ORGANIZED The USC Physical Education Club was recently organized under the initiative of Mr. Geronimo Llanto and Miss Miguela Martin. The club aims to promote greater interest among students in physical educa­ tion activities and other school af­ fairs. There are upwards of three thousand members of the club. Each physical education class elected two representatives to represent the class in every meeting the club may hold. Officers elected follow: Pres­ ident, William Martin; Vice-Pres­ ident, Catalina Villanueva and Virgilio Alvor; Secretary, Lorna Delute; patron saint of the natural sciences, our Pope was thoroughly convinced that the scientists of today need the patronage and example of this me­ dieval expert. Albert the Great was an indefatigable student of Nature and applied himself ener­ getically to the experimental scien­ ces. His waitings emphasize the importance of experiment and in­ vestigation. His method of treating the sciences was historical and cri­ tical. He respected authority and traditions, was prudent in propos­ ing the results of his own investi­ gations. Albert was a universal scientist not only in the sense of that he was an authority on all branches of natural sciences, but much more in the sense ol not standing still on worth-knowing object and of re­ flecting on the ultimate cause.* He strived after directing all things to a unique end, to God, whether they belong to the natural or the super­ natural order. All natural pheno­ mena were to him a revelation of God; they should serve men to come to God in the same way as the supernatural revelation shows him the way to God. Albert the Great, guided by this unique harmony ol reason and faith, could master the problems of his time; he also may lead us to a peaceful understand­ ing of the complicated problems of the modern world. ’It is not sullicient lor the scientist to ob­ he the serve the physical manifestations ol nature; must also arrive at conclusions concerning the laws which variety. Treasurer, Patrocinio Miranda; Au­ ditor, Emmanuel Santillon; PROS, Lilian Cruel and Delano Tecson; Sgt.-at-Arms, Alexander Sanchez. and Anthony Sian. CHEM’L ENG’G SENIORS HOLD CLASS ELECTION The College of Chemical Engine­ ering Seniors of the University of San Carlos held an election last July, 1956. The following officers were elected: President, Calixto Cas­ tro, Vice-President, Iluminado Limbaga; Secretary-Treasurer, Encarnita Abellia; PRO, Agustin Jumawan, Jr.; Representatives, Diego Jacalan and Jesus Escario. (Continued on page //5) OCTOBER, 1956 Page 31 ★ I N T E R V I E W ★ Capt. LIBERATO ROMERO (QMS. Inactive) New Link in the Chain Every one follows his own path, his own way of endeavor through life. In an associated group of men, he who foils on the farthest corner of the organization is not a cog in the wheel but a distinct individual doing his own share of res­ ponsibility. The eye may not perceive this unobtrusive man; the men of importance may fail to see the worth of this man's work but he is there in silent toil. The happy consoling fact, though, is that not all eyes are blind, nor all ears deaf, to the merits of a good man. Hence, it comes as a natural con­ sequence that CAPT. LIBERATO ROMERO takes second lead in the fa­ shioning of USC's future soldiers. It is his privilege to serve arm-in-arm with Major Garcia, the Commandant this year. Running a thousand-man organization with every man possessing an unpre­ dictable mind and an independent thinking is not a job to be taken lightly. A single mistake can be magnified greatly, an honor earned can be lost in forgetful minds. A watchful man, ever on the go for that single moment when something might go wrong, guarding his way so that, if possible, when trouble crops up he is there, needs an alert body and mind. To insure order among cadets and officers, among the higher-ups and the brass, as well as to act as a sort of "feeler" between the DMST and the Administration, is the job of our liaison officer, Capt. Liberato Romero. The Administration of this school, in trying to maintain pleasant relations with the student-officers, is desirous in every respect of getting a capable man. He must be such a man as would perform a superb job in the main­ tenance of cordial relationship between the highest cadet officer and the merest cadet. In tying the knot of kinship between the cadets and the ad­ ministration, Capt. Romero had been chosen to carry a great deal of res­ ponsibility in this school. The man fits this job and it is to him that the school's responsible officials look up in matters of cadets' discipline or mischief. A liaison office is not a happy lot. The man having the burden of mediation on his hands can easily step on anybody's toe because the thread of res­ ponsibility of his office is a hairbreath line. He has to be careful of every­ thing he does; he must guard his actions and carefully analyze each situation before making a decision and must solely depend upon his own judgment, without the benefit of ever passing the buck. His is a one-man job. (Continued on page 48) MEDALS, 'MIRKS & 'MILES IDEA lor bringing up higher ratings and maximum efficiency from the ranks came to fruition with the distribution of "loyalty, efficien­ cy and leadership" medals to des­ erving cadets. The awardees were the Corps Commander; Cdt. Lt. Cols. Luie Batongmalaque, Jose Deen; Cdt. Majors Dominador Turno, Jr., Manuel Lim, Jr., Jose Luis Ros and Rufino Cruz; Cdt. Capts. Nilo Alazas and Joel Trinidad. Incidentally, during the presentation of spon­ sors, 2nd Lt. Dominador Teleron bagged one medal for himself. Congrats. After the decorations were done with, an evening party was thrown in for good measure. PRO'S HEYDAY Addy Sitoy and Peping Verallo were a picture of pure emotional contrast while Erasmus Diola stood impassively through all the pro­ ceedings. The gentlemen were for­ mer Pro's of the DMST and stood at the AVHS ground to receive their decoration. Their accomplish­ ments were read and nobody blush­ ed through all the praises heaped upon them. Of course, it is pre­ sumptuous to count the chick in the egg but a fellow can be hopeful, can't he? And, well. .. skip it. SPONSORS MERRY-GO-ROUND Amidst clicks of high heels and whiffs of aromatic bottles, the kay(Continued on page 33) I AWAR DE E S | Left to right: Felipe Verallo, Erasmus Diola, Major Garcia, Adelino Sitoy. Page 32 THE CAROLINIAN 19 R I E F S With ROTC Ross Cdt. Lt. Col. Louie Batongmalaque 1st Bn Commander detted and the kaydette came home to roost in their respective units. Bright, dewy-eyed girls with guaran­ teed perpetual pleasant dispositions are now a part of the ROTC's pulchritudinal gallery. Incidentally, girls, haven't you known that those found not wearing their unit pin will be fined? The long white line follows: Annie Ratcliffe, Corps Sponsor; Purita Aseniero, Corps Sweetheart, Ludivina Hamoy, Corps Adjutant & SI; Nellie McFarland, Corps S2; Gloria Ferraren, Corps S3; Carmen Crisologo, Corps S4; Linda Morante, 1st Battalion; Melinda Yap, 2nd Bat­ talion; Luella Lacson, 1st Bn Ex-O; Josefina Leano, 1st Bn Adj & SI; Cristina Cimafranca, 1st Bn S2 & S3; Lolita Pomar, 1st Bn S4, Norma Garrido, 2nd Bn Ex-O; Lucita Tan, 2nd Bn Adj & SI; Joy Frances Neri, 2nd Bn S2 <S S3; Shirley Gador, 2nd Bn S4; Patrocinio Miranda, 1st Bn Asst Ex-O; Wilhelmina Monterroyo, "ALPHA" Company; Milagros Hautea, "BRAVO" Company; Aurora Barriga, "CHARLIE" Company; He­ len Alfonso, "Delta" Company; Bienvenida Villano, COLOR OFFICER; Norma Dimataga, BAND Officer, Purisima Nazareno, "ECHO" Bat­ tery; Erlinda Sievert, "FOX-TROT" Battery; Monina Gerona, "GOLF" Company. The appointment of Miss Con­ cepcion F. Rodil and Miss Aleli Alihabon as Senior and Junior advisers respectively completes the line-up of the long white line. (Continued on page 36) Cdt. Major Jose Luis Ros Bn Executive Officer Cdt. Major Rufino Cruz Bn S-4 Cdt. Major Manuel Lim Jr. Bn S-2 & 3 Cdt. Major Dominador Turno Jr. Bn Adj. & S-1 OCTOBER, 1956 Page 33 October comes to swell the ranks of St. Charley's mammoth alumni parade. Graduates during this off-season cap and gown ceremonies will receive the sheepskin as a token of the mixture of joy and glad­ ness which were theirs during their college days. The happy memories will linger just as the sad ones will every once in a while give them a teeny-weeny bit of pain. Sometimes, though, even these will be forgotten when the Carolinian graduate enters a world removed from the “blue books" and the Sun­ day drill. For here, in this new world, he faces a reality which, USC, because of her profound tutelage, has made less threatening. Pick the gauntlet, brother Carolinian! IN LINE with its paternalistic policy, the Administration has employed a group of deserving alumni to meet the abrupt rise in enrolment this year. The Chemistry department comes out first with its contribution to the faculty roster. Our mister number one is Antonio Mabasa who got his B.S.Chem. de­ gree with banners allying. Tony came to USC in 1951. After he was awarded his A.B. degree, he swi­ velled his sights on Chemistry and got his reward last March. When he was sent to the U.S. as a gov­ ernment pensionado, Tony special­ ized in Meteorology — a course which dovetailed with his job in the local weather bureau. Another product of the Chemistry Depart­ ment is Miss Rizalinda Pato. a softspoken rather shy young lady who got her Bachelor's degree last March. Miss Zenaida Legaspi is the newest face in the Chemistry set-up. This department is indebted to Mrs. Nenita Po Sy, Katie Espiritu and Nena Arabia for the invaluable help they extended by furnishing your reporter choice tips on the whereabouts of our reticent Alumni. Heartening report from Bacolod City indicates that Mr. Jose Z. Belcena has been designated librarian of the ONI and for good reason. Joe was a prolicient student here. In the same line of business is Miss Rhesa Hipe, a svelte, fresh-looking lady from Oroquieta, Misamis Oc­ cidental. Miss Hipe is the new librarian of the Holy Rosary High School. She also teaches P.E. in the same school. Word from Lourdes College in Cagayan de Oro has it that the school librarian there is another Carolinian who was formerly one of USC's assistant librarians during her student days. After her grad­ uation a year ago, she was signed up as librarian of St. Joseph Col­ lege in Tagbilaran, Bohol, but ad­ venture sent her elsewhere. An­ other USC product who took a fling at library science is Zelda Bucoy, in charge of the books of the Fatima High School library, Lamitan, Basilan. Zelda is one girl who can be depended upon. . . you can take it from us! Miss Fructuosa P. Canas, the Graduate School's best bet las! year in the "French Minuet Dance" is now with the Cebu Chinese High School. She has probably junked the French curtsy in favor of Math which she teaches in that school. USC's new crop of teacher-alumni include Miss Lysia Resuena, teach­ ing the Shakesperean tongue; Mrs. Lourdes Lao, handling History sub­ jects and Mr. Emmanuel Fradejas, teaching the Filipino language. The St. Francis Academy in Balamban, Cebu, is a busy hive of USC products. Among those on the faculty staff of the SFA are Rebecca Fronteras, Juanita Mambaje, Mary and Concepcion Paulin, all true-blue Carolinians. Our success story concerns a couple who finished their courses here. Their names: Mr. Cresenciano A. Varona, A.B., '52, and his ami­ able wile, Mrs. Expectacion G. Va­ rona, B.S.E. '52. The couple opened an Aeronautical School down in Martires street, this City, with barely twenty enrolees. Luck rode with them and now they own one of the best flying schools outside Manila. Which goes to show that Carolinians are found in every field. From out there in Iligan City, we received news about Mr. Cervino Almaden, a former office-worker who runs a successful college in that city. This does not surprise us, however, for we know that Mr. Almaden's talent as an edu­ cator-businessman is hard to come by. He is a Management major whose scholastic record in USC speaks well of his person. Another item received comes from the Malayan Academy, this City. Among the teacher-alumni included on its faculty roster are Mr. Tereso Edo, Misses Claudia Montecillo and Aurora Vergara. In Holy Name College, Tagbila­ ran, Bohol, a heartening news has it that Miss Erlinda Bumaat heads the Home Economics department of that school. Her pharmacist sister, Angelina, is also with the Tojong Clinic as head ol the Pharmacy de­ partment. This winds up our tete-a-tete for this issue. See you next semester! Page 31 THE CAROLINIAN ALUMNOTES DEBUT: HELEN OF MABILOG (Continued from page 9) • It was a grand day in June when Julie+a Alfeche, amidst the traditional ceremonies of a simple Catholic wed­ ding, said "I do" to Mr. Diosdado B. Lagcao at the St. Michael's Church in lligan City. The affair was graced by the presence of prominent City resi­ dents who saw Mr. Mamerto Alfeche give away his lovely daughter. Members of the wedding entour­ age were Dr. Protasio Beltran of Cebu City and Dr. Luz B. Cuyogan of lligan City, sponsors for the groom and bride­ elect, respectively: Maid of Honor, Cora Alfeche; Best Man, Doroteo Lagcao; Bridesmaid, Waltrudes Beltran, Ursula Lagcao, Atty. Dodong Beltran and Dodong Jimenez; Veil sponsors, Sofia A. Gador and Engr. Tony Picardal; Cord sponsors, Tessie Permites and Francis Adeva. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. Perfecto Lagcao and Mrs. Crispina Banzon of Cebu City, while the bride­ elect is the daughter of Mr. Mamerto Alfeche and Mrs. Natividad Paradela of lligan City. Julieta Alfeche-Lagcao is a product of our Home Economics Department. Mr. and Mrs. Diosdado Lagcao . . . "till death" . . . Republic of the Philippines Department oi Public Works and Communications BUREAU OF POSTS Manila SWORN STATEMENT (Required by Act 2580) The undersigned. BUDDY B. QUITORIO. editor of THE CAROLINIAN, published 6 times a year in English and Spanish, at University of San Carlos, after having been duly sworn in accordance with law, hereby submits the following statement of ownership, management, circulation, etc., which is required by Act 2580, as amended by Commonwealth Act No. 201: Name Post-Office Address Editor. BUDDY B. QUITORIO ........... -...........................-............. Cebu City Owner, UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS ..................... -......................... Cebu City Publisher, UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS .......................................... Cebu City Printer, CATHOLIC TRADE SCHOOL .......................... 1916 Oroquieta, Manila OHico of Publication, UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS .........................-...................- Cebu City In case ol publication other than daily, total number ol copies printed and circulated at the last issue dated August, 1956: 1. Sent to paid subscribers 2. Sent to others than paid ................................................ 4500 subscribers ....... SOO TOTAL ..................................... 5000 (Sgd.) BUDDY B. QUITORIO Editor-inChief Subscribed and sworn the alfiant exhibiting his February 2, 1956. to before me this 26th day ol September, Residence Certilicate No. A-1601699 issued 1956. at Cebu City, at Cebu City, on (Sgd.) FULVIO C. PELAEZ Notary Public Until December 31st, 1957 (NOTE): — ThiB lorm, is exempt from the payment of documentary stamp tax. And when you speak with flaming passion Expressing your raging emotion Oft do I yearn t'were meant for me, My happiness would nearer be. For such strong feelings hurt the heart From earth hurries one to depart With your poor health, I've sure assurance I'll soon inherit your insurance. Now let me sell myself to you That you may learn to love me, too: By age I'm one who's past her prime While chasing men right all the time. Time was when I was cute and sweet T'was then my "hunted" stage, you bet! I turned to "hunting" — but that is o'er Now that I'm "haunted", then beware! I really didn't mean "Beware"! (I'd rather hook you unaware!) But then should you play hard-toget I warn you, you will sure regret. For I am used to have my way. I want you now. What do you say? I won't make promises somehow But this at least I can allow: I'll cheer you so when you are glad I'll cry for you when you are sad I'll tickle you when you are mad Three dozen kids shall call you Dad. But then again you may contend, Helynn's the name you would prefer; You like me then — there, don't pretend, I'm Helen, too, bless your heart, dear! Oh, Narsie dear, my love, my life Do say you'll take me for your wife For though I also love Tibur I'd rather be Mrs. Bacur. Eternally, Helen of Mabilog OCTOBER, 1956 Page t/. jarcuniila. 5 □ DO ©a©® ROTC BRIEFS... (Continued from page 33) THE BUSTERFEET The extent of footwork done plus the bell-crawling out there in Lahug amounts to miles in cuss words, weary talks and hungry sto­ machs. Still, the boys preparing for a merry mix-up with other compet­ ing units in the coming Tactical Inspections are all for the drudgery of the sad task. There is Cdt. Capt. Nilo Alazas, leading his footsore "Alpha" company, Cdt. Capt. Joel Trinidad of “Bravo" Company and Cdt. Capt. Ouano commanding "Charlie" Company. The homeward march is the longest, they say, but the retention of the symbol of su­ premacy is one that matters most and so they do not mind the trek home. The tradition established in this school, namely, the tradition of excellent performance and or­ ganizational harmony is the surest guarantee that the twin "stars" pinned upon Carolinian breasts may yet see the birth of a third one. WITH THE SECOND BATTALION Cdt. Capt. Antonio Bernardez leads his company with the en­ thusiasm of a German lieutenant going to war. He commands the "Echo" company. Immediately be­ hind him is Cdt. Capt. Vicente Bendanillo, of the "Foxtrot" Company assiduously follows all the precepts of accepted military commands. Cdt. Capt. Leonidas Arriola com­ mands the "Golf" Company. THOSE PICTURES The date which 1 made with the First and Second Battalions winds up here with the pictures of the commanding officers and their staffs. Grateful appreciation for the help extended me goes to 1st Battalion Commander Louie Batongmalaque. This department wishes to thank Cdt. Lt. Col. Vicente Belarmino, the guy who, probably on account of his charms, gave me the sponsors pixes on time. Thanks, sir!!! THE PHOTOGRAPHER Sporting a camera v/ith flash bulbs and a case for battery to power his "Canon" is Cdt. Sgt. Efren Alcoseba, designated person­ ally as the official snapshot machine for the whole corps. Helping hands do not always come in the form of a pen, but sometimes as a flash. When you see Efren smile, I, for one, hide; my feature does not warrant posterity's appreciation. Ex­ cept perhaps... by myself. Page 36 THE CAROLINIAN last time we chalked up more than a couple of scores for the i little student, that infinitesimal speck on the campus green ... a rol- ' licking ball of specks kick quite a lot of dust and dust is important if j one must have an "atmosphere", sure, in the last instance, the "little I ones" who blaze no lightning streaks on the scoreboard but provide I only the background scenery, are those who make san carlos. . . why, ] if everybody were campus big wheels, nobody would be left to cheer i on the sidelines. . . you are important. . . you. . . and you. . . and | you... : elsewhere in this issue you'll run smack into an opinion pulse ! about hazing hazards and this incidentally brings us. . . we who have I to learn everything the hard way. . . to remember our doggone naivette : in hurdling through the slippery baits mapped out for us by the boys during hazing weeks, for the crewcuts, the idea was simply the-speedierhe-gets-this-over-with-the-better. but wait a minute. . . why not shoot two birds with one stone and make the whole affair a lucky lucky break! the best alibi in the world to break the ice with that pretty what's-her-name that they've been simply dyin' to meet for ages, roughly for two weeks since the opening of june classes, so behold. . . the oldest lines in the world. . ." may i know your name miss?. . . may , i shine your shoes, miss? . . . where have you been all my life? • • • j please, will you write your name on my notebook?. . ." and in quite the ! same breath, criminally break the spell with "gee, i don't really like I to do this but our master requires this. . ." so! why blame the gals if I they retaliate with nasty stares or say "get lost, sonny", better still, "who're you kidding, you dope?" another standard squelch is "fresh, ! ain't you?" happily, this ungraciousness was balanced by the occa- | sionol exception of a newcomer who graciously obliged, after having j been sweetly ambushed, to sign her autograph through the willy tac­ tics employed by gallant akans both after the illustrious superiority , of an exclusive greek-letter fraternity and the bonanzas in how-di-dos. j bogus, fakes or pretenders to the lex circle, martinets, alpha kappa ! alpha, or sigma phi-chi or whatever you call their strictly-for-the-stags club but it sure fooled "we innocents abroad" and blew up the ire ■ fuses of misses naty ilao, thelma manalili, linda sievert and hermie pilpa. . . hazing may be tough on the boys but it isn't what you'd call a picnic for the girls, either. . . the good old days were sure easy days. . . all you had to do to be a scan was to grace a meeting with your pokerfaced mug and presto! i you're in! but these days, you've got to have more credentials to ! offer, more than an occasional drop-in at meetings and more than a passing fancy for its pretty sea executive secretary or "pretty boy" use j sea president to tag yourself a legal scan, nowadays you have to join i the ranks of the militant student apostolate and be completely "de- ! dicated" to weather its exacting demands and gruelling week-to-week i cycle from the moment the ink on your formal application form dries * 1 up. . . this year under the dynamic leadership of rafael lugay, jr., the ■ use scans are forging ahead with impetus. . . rafael, a boy to j remember. . . the dedicated scan with a vision in fulfillment and ; stardust in his eyes for the stirring potentialities of an organized sea ' to funnel the unbridled energies of so many drifting students unconsci- i ously fumbling about for a mooring, according to him, this year the emphasis is quality not quantity. . . to the scans who are "on earth but not of the earth," the completion of the sea library is an achieve­ ment. . . many Carolinians steer clear of the sea, no doubt conjur- j (Continued on page 38) I by ADELINO B. SITOY »Co u p de Groee THERE ARE a lot of things that happen around which, in one way or another, affect the uni­ versity population. These happen­ ings, if too small to be individually treated in headlines, are too big to be completely ignored and not to be treated at all. Hence, this at­ tempt to jot 'em down in a column which is to be inaugurated in this issue. BLOWING OF HORNS Let me start with this business of blowing horns. One might observe that signposts lining the roads or streets within the vicinity of hospi­ tals prohibit the honking of horns. Within these areas, blowing of horns is absolutely taboo. I sup­ pose the virtuous and praiseworthy purpose here is NOT to disturb the sick and the dying who are confin­ ed in our hospitals. A noble pur­ pose. Unobjectionably good. But this regulation only tempts me to fire this question: Should the good regulation be applicable only to hospitals and not to other insti­ tutions which require peaceful and silent environs? Or have the au­ thorities so failed to enforce the measure as to negative the purpose of its enactment? Surely, not only hospitals need be free from such nuisance as the unnecessary, careless, discourteous, and repeated blowing of horns. Our schools should be rid of these dis­ tractions. So many instances can be named professors and students get snarled in a classic pandemo­ nium which renders the teaching. . . and the learning .. . useless. Yet, these devil-may-care drivers continue their holiday under the very noses, beside the very ears of the traffic authorities! Add to this horn-honking madness the equally maddening wails of juke­ boxes surrounding the school and one has a faithful picture of July Fourth and New Year combined. ON GIVING GRADES Man is man. Man is, surely, not God. God is perfect. Man, who is not God, is not perfect. Because man is fallible, he is under obliga­ tion to exercise due care and dili­ gence, at least to minimize the ad­ verse effects of his fallibility, if not to eliminate them completely. Such care and diligence should be ob­ served in the administration of jus­ tice. . . the giving to one of what is rightly due him. And an example of this is the act of giving grades to students. "Am 1 justified in giving this grade to this student?" A teacher or professor is supposed to ask this question to himself time and again before he ever dares release the mark. For this is one thing which surely requires wise thinking and careful meditation on his part. To give a low grade to one who ac­ tually deserves a high mark, to give a high mark to a moron, or con­ versely, is unjust in either case. Apparent also is the injustice of giving credit on the basis of per­ sonal equation. Yet, how many teachers and pro­ fessors actually think even just once before releasing a grade? How many are actually exerting efforts to avoid injustice? Not many, I'm sure. I know of several students who are victims of this injustice. They keep murmuring because of the low mark given them by their careless, if not brutal, teachers and professors. They believe they should really get a higher mark. But, ac­ tually, this is the whole works. If some get low, others get a big, loud laugh when, for all their witless, speechless attendance in class, they receive a grade that would shame a pundit. Is this the way EDUCATION OF THE YOUTH is to be carried out by our modern THOMASITES? What a tragedy! FLAG CEREMONY Scene I The place is the university quad­ rangle; the time, between 7:30 and 7:45 in the morning. The univer­ sity population, in slow-drag tempo, expressive of a slow-drag, nay, pas­ sive patriotism, begins to move laz­ ily and unwillingly towards the heart of the quadrangle. The fifteenminute time alloted to the ceremony before the first period ticks off be­ fore the rite reaches its climax be­ cause the students have to be herd­ ed into the quadrangle. There are but a few minutes left before the whole thing begins because so many escapees have to be collared. The FLAG-RAISING CEREMONY starts. Two ROTC boys take charge of the flag-raising. The rest eat, sip, recite, and squander the wordings of the Philippine National Anthem (nobody sings, it seems). These so-called "Positive Nationalists" either yawn in extreme drowsiness or smirk. (Continued <»i page 38) OCTOBER, 1956 Page 37 ramblings... in lower case (Continued from page 36) ing up images of candlewax and mortifications. . if you think all the sea does is gad about dripping with holy holy holies, then you're one of those legions talking through their hats, if you can't be "up and doing", you can be a "dormant" scan by spirit. . . you don't have to kneel down. . . you don't have to pray stereotyped prayers. . you don't have to harangue the students on top of a soapbox in the cor­ ridors and scare them silly with your fancy preaching. . . why, you can only be yourself. . . here's a neat scheme of climbing higher by using your classmates as convenient rungs up the ladder, don't poke your nose into his business. . . don't step on his toes. . . keep your finger out of his pie. . . ball your mental fists rather than your mitts when provoked. . . give him a hand when he trips. . . let him borrow your goodwill if you haven't the dough or the notes to lend. . . after all, the smaller things are guaranteed surer passage through the needle­ head of the pearly gates. . . above and beyond the sea is the elite, the "avenue club" social actionists. something new and novel. . . to an or­ dinary mercenary like this none-too-fervent scant, joining that coterie was like being yanked into an almost unreal ream world of true dedi- j cation for "restoring all things in Christ" by pooling all the resources of mind heart and will to the greater glory of the Master of all Hearts, these handpicked few with fr. wrocklage as the nucleus, their rock of gibraltar, their pivot point, a star who whips and sharpens individual talents, these future social workers will be a force to reckon with a few years from now. . . and on its rushing tide bobs up such unforget­ table personalities as marietta alonso, lex matugina and lindy morrel. one cannot remain a stranger, apart and indifferent to the uplifting atmosphere of this magnificent obsession, their "social impact," once you share their dreams, their hopes for the active lay apostolate. The Patria is only one of their vehicles, good luck marietta, lex and lindy. . . you've a lot of unknown fans rooting for you . . . they also serve who only stand and pray . . . who among our ladies faculty members gets our unofficial recog­ nition as The Teacher? dahlia vargas and maria teresa rodriguez are only two of the many who swoon at the crystal-clear, tinkling voice of "ma'am," the one and only mrs. b. valenzuela all the cuter when the enunciations are deftly formulated by her unique cupid bow lips, she recently got her class a-titter with the juicy announcement of ex­ tra credits for anyone who writes an article for The Carolinian... this ought to fire the "running wild" imaginations of eduardo "eddie" rosello and his pack of co-spotlight grabbers in eng. 3, esteban tan, jr. leonardo rivero. boy, these trio can sure perk up an otherwise boring discussion of "the four kinds of exposition", gosh, the daffy antics of these screwballs could drive a less tolerant soul to hysterics but not our gamin of a ma'am, a gome little lady with an outsize sense of humor and the fresh vivacity of the ever young. . . . and while we're at it. . . i mean "gossiping" about the inside stuff of a classroom, how about a dose of culture from the dead? i rnean the living past. . . meaning such graveyard subjects as ancient history and, horror of horrors, deader'n a doornail latin! . . . the glorious past lives again in g-11 every TTS evening when mr. antonio syiangco weaves "arabian nights" tales of battles long ago by mummified heroes of greek and Persian lore, our illustrious ancestors were smart guys, too bad we rock'n'roll generation never learn anything from the lessons of the past when there is tomorrow to live for, forgetting that yesterdays were once tomorrows. . . we bury our dead and yet, while it is com­ mon knowledge that latin is a dead language, why for juana's sake I doesn't it stay buried? looking back at our five months progress of fumbling and stumbling on conjugations and declensions, it's a pure wonder our latin genuis of a "sir" doesn't flip his lid or go NUTS reeling off over and over again a few simple rules that obstinately refuse to stay put in unusually hard-cored noggins, definitely not a case of "veni, vidi, vici" but an exasperated "pessime." trouble is we would be latinists and our latin texts don't speak the same lan­ guage ... do i hit the nail right on the head, kiddies? senor cornelio alpuerto and senorita amy velez when do we begin telling ourselves superabimus. . . ? readers, if this sounds greek to you, remember it's latin to us and, ho-hum, as clear as MUD! miserabiles sumus. ora pro nobis. . . libera nos Domine. . . Amen! COUP DE GRACE (Continued from page 37) A few students take the pains of standing erect; the rest bend their knees, lean on each other or on anything that happens to be within their reach. Fewer still are those diligent enough to lift their right hands. The moment the Pledge of Allegiance is said, some hands land on stomachs, some on waistlines, some on the wrong side of the breast. Other "scholars” stand with hands akimbo. Only very few raise their hands in the proper manThe flag has been raised; the monotone dies out. And—alas! . .. the scene turns hysterical; turbu­ lence rends the air. Mouths go yapping unrestrained. Whistles, catcalls and shouts grab the scene at intervals. Everything is indescrib­ able turmoil. Meanwhile, the evaders who nev­ er entertain the idea of participat­ ing in any serious affair, start com­ ing out of their sanctuary where they, during the entire period of the flag ceremony, blew their puffs of Parrot or Philip Morris; rehearsed their Cha-Cha or Rock 'N' Roll; played last-minute card games; fix­ ed their hair or their pants(?) with the plunging hipline. Scene II The place is the usual USC quad­ rangle. The time is now 5:00 in the afternoon. The lousy scene is re­ peated. But this time, only about one third of the population goes to the quadrangle; the rest being al­ ready in the library, in their 4:00 to 5:00 classes, in the social hall, along the corridors. They are mere­ ly ordered to stand at their respec­ tive places and observe the RE­ TREAT. Suddenly, bugle call sounds out. Most of those who heard the call stand theoretically at attention, ir­ respective of where they are, and face the flag. The morning abnor­ malities are repeated in the after­ noon. There are the usual groups of evaders and lazybones. But-the latter ceremony has "improve­ ments.” First, we can boast of a bugler who has been often called a "bungler." No matter what may be said in his defense, this man with a hom can certainly stand a little training. Then there is the post­ ceremony uproar. The students howl, yelp, do anything that makes noise and the university campus gets transformed into a wonderful madhouse! J Page 38 THE CAROLINIAN c ___ u________ ACROSS R E N T S Despite the frequently-interrupted flight they have to take before reaching the Carolinian swap-tag, literary mags and student pubs still keep streaming into our not-toospacious "C" room. This is an en­ couraging sign, you know, although the bulk of exchanges sometimes gets to be disheartening to your CC editor who almost always gets thrown into the quandary of finding the right start. Poring over student mags and prospecting for mental nuggets that are worth reprinting is, I must now confess, an energy-con­ suming and stamina-wrecking task. It takes a lot of brow-beating. This is probably one of the reasons why our roving-eyed "Ledi" Philosopher lit out for less strenous pursuits. But now, to talk shop: From THE NATIONAL (National University): All educational institutions stand on the principle that knowledge is power. Everything that we do stems from our knowledge of things. We go to schools, we read novels and short stories, essays and poems, be­ cause we want to increase our knowledge, and, consequently, get a wider and clearer view of life. How­ ever, because of the over-emphasis on the material aspect of knowledge, students of our times lose sight of the fact that there is something much more important than mere material possession, that there are still higher things for which a man should aspire. Hence, knowl­ edge, as a result of man's over­ sized propensity to acquire worldly goods, becomes power to do evil, "power to cheat and exploit others, pow­ er to commit crimes and go scot-free, power to follow the line of least resist­ ance In order to acquire things the easy way and live In ease and luxury, power b\’ SIXTO LI. ABAO, JR. to satiate one's material cupidity and concupiscence, and power even to chal­ lenge the authority of God vested on his ministers." Thus wrote Mr. Adriano C. Lagasca of The National. One writer has aptly said: "Knowledge is the power that builds nations; the same knowledge when wrongly used has the power to destroy nations." From THE CORPS (Philippine Military Academy) comes this bit of prose: "No man Is an island! This is to say that no one is self-sufficient. Those who have not tasted the dust of defeat would disagree with this Idea. But those who have experienced failure find his thought a truism. For when under stress, there is not a better consolation and relief than on leaning on somebody. From someone to whom one cherishes a deep and enduring love, or from God, one can always draw strength and peace. In leaning on a source of strength one finds acceptance of one's failure and in this acceptance one attains peace of heart and mind." THE TORCH (Colegio de San Jose, Jaro, Iloilo City): "If nationalism is forced It could not endure, if could not stand, because the string that binds the hearts and wills is weak and trembling, it will only decay and keel to the ground." Nobody would gratefully accept something which has been rammed down his throat. The very act of forcing someone to accept some­ thing rids it of whatever good it has. THE BEAM (Holy Name College): "Youth Is that quality of the heart which remains ever hopeful, ever happy. The physically old may be young at heart, but the physically young may not have youth In his heart. It does not matter then whether you are young or old, for youth is In the heart. Youth is not sad or lonely. It does not feel bur­ dened with life's cares. It is resigned to whatever comes Its way. Youth goes along with a Joyous heart, so glad of countenance It radiates to others." The lines above are credited to Miss Josefina Morala who wrote an essay on Youth. FOUNDATION TIME (Foundation College): Below are some hints on how to study effectively furnished us by the Foundation Time: The Author First, we must cultivate the spirit of research and study. We must not accept blindly what we read In textbooks un­ less It is corroborated by facts obtained elsewhere. That is why we have the lib­ rary and the laboratories. The former for further studies and the latter for Im­ portant researches. Second, we must develop the habit of Inquisitiveness. We must always try to find an answer to the question, "Why" Why is It like this? Why Is It like that? Once the habit is acquired lessons will be easier to understand. Lastly, we must apply what we learn In school to our everyday Ilves. This will not only relieve us of the tedious monotony of our everyday lives but will make for a better understandnlg of the people and the world we live In. One grave mistake that we have today is our over-dependence on the lectures of our professors. We do not care to make researches, not even to study the "whys" and "hows" of a problem. We still cleave to the let's-leave-all-to-ourteachers idea of study which is ab­ solutely objectionable because it in­ duces us to become "lecture-parasites." FEATI TECH NEWS (Feati Institute of Technology): Judging from the series of articles on the prevalence of teen-age delin­ quency, outlawry, rowdyism and vandalism appearing in leading periodicals of the country, we can fairly say that there is something wrong with the rearing of presentday youth. What have our three most im­ portant social agencies, the home, OCTOBER, 1956 Page 39 the school and the Church, done to mould our youth into the ideals of Rizal, Mabini, Bonifacio, Quezon and Osmena? Is their mission a failure? We are prompted to ask these questions. According to Father Kirsch in his HOME, SCHOOL & CO.: the school occupies only a small fraction of the pupil's time. Ninety six per cent of the 180,000 hours between birth ond the age of maturity the child spends at home or In the environment of the home and only four per cent of his time Is spent at school. Within this span, Father Kirsch ob­ serves, the child is under the pro­ tection and guidance of the parents for six or seven years before the school is ever given the opportun­ ity to influence him. Consequently, it is apparent that in moulding the lives of the young, the home has every opportunity over the school. The school has only four per cent of the child's time up to maturity while the home gets 96.% We do not want to be captious. All we ask is that responsible agen­ cies should be galvanized into pre­ venting youth from breaking off their moorings. Writes, Mr. V. San Pedro of the FEATI: "To remedy these malefactions, the root of ail this evil must be cut off. Since the family Is the closest society to these downtrodden ones the remedy must necessarily start from It and It must infuse In the hearts and minds of the youth their chief responsibilities. Parents must Instruct them properly In their relationship towards others. Reli­ gious societies ond educational Institu­ tions must work hand in hand with the family. Their teaching must stimulate the minds of the youth towards the noble ideas and higher aspirations. When this Is done they can fittingly claim they have never failed in their duties and ob­ ligations towards the hope of the fatherland. Latest jink to emerge from the teen-age alley is wall-writing. Our walls are never free from wall­ carvings of such non-sense as "Lovers Gang, Rioters, Crashout Gangs, Blue Boys, Green Boys (un­ til now I have not seen a blue or a green boy) and Rock'n'Rollers" (a by-product of Bill Haley's Co­ mets). Teen-agers might think it a lot of fun, but, frankly, we don't. Enough of this teener talk. We have to pack our baggage, too. It's vacation time. See you later, Allig— ah, but that's "Teenage." MON uirench by Ross The man's room got a new face­ lifting recently with the addition of a mirror. Some honest gentleman who couldn't help admiring his mein on the glass was heard to murmur, "You hand­ some you!" Lady teachers have ways of greet­ ing one another on their birthdays. They remind us that ages must be kept a secret among them although occa­ sionally something crops ud that shows some edges around milady's wrinkles. For example, Len Borromeo sweetly con­ soled Charing Rodil on the latter's birthday: "I don't have to ask you for your age, Chor. I am pretty sure it will never pass mine." ... An informant tells us that he wit­ nessed this drama and he swears that it is true. At a doctor's office, pa­ tients went out crying, holding their stomachs, covering their mouths and making general gestures of insufferable pains. An old man, waiting for his turn to be treated, stood up and went out of the clinic door. "I guess I'll just go home and die a natural death," he sighed. Then there was a man so dumb that when his brain was taken out, it was a minor operation. It seems that in a dance floor a man was heard to remark to his lady fair that if her grace was tired dancing would she care to sit down and indulge in some tete-a-tete? The rejoinder was, "Goodness, no, after what I've eaten I couldn't possibly have anything else." The University's mentors publish their own "Jottings" which are distributed among themselves. Doc Tacing Solon mised his and gravely asked for his copy of the "Faculty Jokings". Some seEscober rious teacher remarked that the Doc's pronunciation was not up to par. The school's photographer was heard once to say to a scowling woman: "Please, lady, look pleasant for a momenv, and then you can resume your natural looks afterwards." In a party given by one of the local coeds, one avid record collector ob­ served that a popular son is never popular after it is sung by any of the striving groan and grunt artists. An irate head of the family kindly informed us that his son had been beg­ ging him for a gun. To which the generous man replied: "As long as I'm head of this family, you won't have a gun." The son came unexpectedly with: "And if I have a gun, you won't be the head of this family." The reason given by one art lec­ turer for people's eagerness to hang pictures is their failure to find the artist. A mutual friend was with us one night, telling us of his success as a writer. "I have sold my watch, coat and ring to the editor," he wailed, "but I have never sold him my manu­ script." Conscience and reputation are two different things. Conscience is due to your­ self, reputation to your neighbor. —ST. AUGUSTINE Page 40 THE CAROLINIAN LIBRARY YEWS SEE RISE IN LIBRARY USERS Despite the transfer of engineer­ ing students to their new library in the former Boys' High School building, an increase in the num­ ber of students who are patroniz­ ing the main library has been no­ ticed. Library authorities take spe­ cial significance on this rise as a sign of growing interest among stu­ dents to make use of the facilities afforded them. More developments in the libra­ ry are the transfer of the law lib­ rary from the ground to the second floor and the enlargement of the reading room for faculty members, made possible by moving the bindery section to the ground floor. Meanwhile, library collections are keeping pace with the increase of library customers. Filipiniana collections keep pouring into the library shelves. Among the pre­ cious ones are "A Collection of Voyages and Travels" before the year 1700, printed in England in 1904, which took special mention of the Philippine Islands, and "Har­ per's History of the War in the Philippines" characterized by de­ tailed descriptions and page-sized illustrations. MICROPRINT READER NOW AT LIBRARY A modern invention in the art of reading has been acquired by the library just recently. It is the Micro­ print Reader used to read micro­ print editions. Now in the library is a set of microprint editions which is a collection of works and transla­ tions concerning the Philippines, edited by Blair and Robertson. The whole edition is equivalent to 55 volumes of an ordinary book edi­ tion. But it is all contained in a small tin box, 5L by 3A by 34 in­ ches in dimension, in this edition. The box is filled with small cards, 3 by 5 inches per card representing 60 to 104 pages of an ordinary book. • You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. — Chinese Proverb RECENT BOOKS 1. "WE DIE ALONE", by David Armine Howarth. The story of what happened to a Norwegian, Jan Baalsrud, who in the spring of 1943 was the only one of a group of twelve saboteurs to escape the Nazis. 2. "GRANDFATHER STORIES", by Samuel Hopkins Adams. Here is a social history spiced with character, incident, and humor. Here are stories to support Mr. Adam’s contention that while life today is easier than in the old days it isn’t half so much fun. Here, in short are both Mr. Adamses at their best. 3. AN EPISODE OF SPARROWS", by Rumer Godden. This is a deft, amusing, and touching story of a London neighbor­ hood where wealth adjoins poverty... It is a novel which results lightly on the yearnings of childhood and the dreams of the unworldly. 4. "HANNIBAL OF CARTHAGE", by Mary Dolan. A historical novel giving a first-person narrative of Hannibal’s career. The main events are from recorded history, but they are amplified with fiction and conjecture. An easy way to review some of the history you have learned — and forgotten! 5. "AFTER YOU, MARCO POLO", by Jean Bowie Shor. An engaging tale of travel to Central Asia written with sensitivity and humor. With illustrations. 6. "WORLDWIDE COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA ACTIVITIES", by Rank Bowen Evans. Based upon unpublished materials and eyewitnesses reports obtained from United States government representatives and correspondents abroad. An eye-opening book. 7. "TIGER OF THE SNOWS: the Autobiography of Tenzing of Everest", by Tenzing Norgay. “Tiger of the Snows” tells much more than how the highest mountain was conquered. It is the story of the man who brought his tribe to the attention of the world. 8. "THE SATURDAY EVENING POST TREASURY". An anthology of literary contributions that go back more than half a century in time. It is a generous, richly loaded slice of Americana... Includes many of the Post’s cover pages from 1899 to 1951. 9. "MODERN PRINTS AND DRAWINGS," by Paul Joseph Sachs. Covers the creative history of prints and drawings from the time of David, Goya, Delacroix... to that of the mid-twentieth century in Europe, the United States, and Mexico. For the lovers of art amongst us. 10. "THE CHALLENGE OF MAN’S FUTURE," by Harrison Scott Brown. An inquiry concerning the condition of man in the years that lie ahead. 11. "THE LIFE AND ART OF ALBRECHT DORER", by Erwin Panofsky. Here is the life, the times, the works of that extraordinary artist, whose genius bridged the difficult transition from medieval to Renaissance art. 12. "MEMOIRS OF HADRIAN," by Marguerite Yourcenar. A historical novel based on the life of the Emperor Hadrian, in the form of a letter to his adopted grandson, later Emperor Marcus Aurelius. A best seller in U.S.A. 13. "THE JUNGLE BOOKS," by Rudyard Kipling. Rudyard Kipling’s persuasive genius for describing realistically and sympathetically the jungle world, and the strange animals which live in it, is again revealed in these delightful stories. 14. "THE SCHOLAR ADVENTURERS", by Richard Daniel Altick. About literary forgeries and mystifications — findings from literary research. 15. "SIGNS AND SYMBOLS IN CHRISTIAN ART," by George Ferguson. There is no comparable guide in English to the profoundly beautiful symbolism of Christian Art. A knowledge of this symbolism, will enhance the appreciation and enjoyment of the great treasures of museums and churches. Beautifully illustrated from paintings by outstanding Renais­ sance artists. 16. "THE GOLDEN ARGOSY: the most celebrated short stories in the English language", edited by Van H. Cartmell & Charles Grayson. A magnificent assemblage of fiction masterpieces. OCTOBER, 1956 Page 41 IbidUcM SINCE JUNE a course in Indian Philosophy has been taught in the Graduate School and I am amazed not only at the interest the students show in it, but also at the amount of study they dedicate to it and the fruitful discussions that ori­ ginate from the clash of ideas. Moreover, we discover time and again a congruency or a similar­ ity both in concepts as well as in the way of reasoning between In­ dians and Filipinos. This may give us some thoughts for further study and the professors of Philosophy in general and of Indian Philosophy in particular may find a fruitful field for reseach concerning Oriental thinking. I want to present to you under the heading of "Indian Philo­ sophers" some prolific thinkers of the ancient times of Indian Philo­ sophy to acquaint us with the top­ men in this field just as we have be­ 1. YAJNAVALKYA come acquainted more or less with the lives and stories of Augustine and Thomas Aquinas, Suarez, and Duns Scotus, Kant and Heidegger, Sartre and Pere Gregoire, Gabriel Marcel and Raeymakers. Yajnavalkya was and is the greatest among Indian philosophers of the ancient times. The earliest period of Indian Thinking is called the Vedic period, and Yajnavalkya was living specifically in the Upanisadic section of this Vedic Age. He was Brahmin by birth and men­ tality, but not less an Aryan of those old pastoral nomadic days. The Indians had settled down al­ ready after their treks from South Russia via Kayber Pass and had conquered by that time the Indus Valley and great sections of the Ganges valley and the Madhya pradesh—the midlands—as it can be rightly translated. The first Ar­ yan kingdoms had come into being and their kings were interested in the problems of life and death. The wealth ol the kings and the people consisted largely of cattle by the thousands. Cattle was the richdom and the money by means of which they could buy whatever they wanted. Cattle was also the desired item of every one of those nomadic herders. We meet Yajnavalkya the first time at the royal court of Janaka of Videha where the king prom­ ises a thousand heads of cattle with horns covered with gold to him who solves the question he would put up. Yajnavalkya, intending to solve the problem and cocksure of his insight, says: "Servant, bring those thousand cattle to my house. This characterises the man: certain of his all-surpassing knowledge and his greed for wealth. But another trait of character we may detect in his personality, is that he is a thinker and a man who lives for knowledge and for truth. Though not for truth alone, his am­ bitions are first of all to know the truth and the background of prob­ lems and the solutions to them. Again, another trait of character in Yajnavalkya is his will and lust for power. He acquired such a ma­ gical power in his knowledge that the heads burst into a thousand pieces of those that opposed him and were not willing to give in; but always is stated about him: “he saw intuitively the highest and the deepest, the first and ultimate prin­ ciple of everything." This is man's mental picture I am able to give you from the texts of the Upanisads. What do we know about his life story? He was the son of a priest, as his name indicates: “the son of the man that wears a sacrificial garment made out of bark." He is mentioned as the greater teacher in the Brihad Aranyaka Upanishad and the satapathabrahmana and that implies that he lived around 800 B.C. in Kurusland that played GRADUATI SCHOOI a role in the Mahabharata. This epic poem narrates of the battle be­ tween the cousins: the Kurus and the Pandus. We know, moreover, from the texts that he was a cattle raiser and that he had two wives, Maitreyi and Katyayani. The first was learned and had interest in higher things; the second was only acquainted with the things that belong to the household. As far as the texts show, Yajna­ valkya was first a ritualist and be­ longed to that school of thought that believed all problems of this earth could be solved by means of rites and sacrifices. He believed that the world was governed by all kinds of powers, or some powerful personalities—the devas. But later on he taught that karman is not rite and sacrifice but the effect that has to follow man's deeds with dead-certainty. This effect of man's deeds forces us to be reborn again so that in this new life the effect may have its course. Still later he instructed his disci­ ples that not even karman is the sole solution of all this life's pro­ blems but the unity of atman-brahman, the unity of the soul of this microcosmos with the unity of brah­ man or soul of the macrocomos. Where the atman was united with the brahman all problems cease to exist and the absolute unity halts all different personalities. In this psychic and cosmic unity complete bliss and happiness is enjoyed by the only-one (ekam) that truly ex­ ists. Yajnavalkya is so important that his ideas will later be-.the leading thoughts of all Indian phi­ losophy. About his deeds and the happen­ ings of his life, about his children or even his death, nothing has come to us. He is the giant of thought and we know his mentality and trend of thinking. The rest is of no importance to the Indians where personal life disappears behind the mental stature of the man con­ cerned. # Page 42 THE CAROLINIAN Conducted byt THE ANCESTORS of the present Bagobo tribe, living in the jungles of Mindanao, were once ruled by Datu Duli. He got the name duli, meaning thorn, be­ cause he had always been a source of trouble to his enemies. Datu Duli's wife presented him with an heir after a few years of her husband's reign. His subjects rejoiced; and the infant son was named Dulia which meant little thorn. However, the people did not know that the Great Spirit had appeared before their datu telling him that his son On the ninth day a small mist appeared over the grave of Dulia. The mist grew larger and larger until the grave was entirely covevered. Then slowly the mist took the form of a tall and stately tree with a luxuriant foliage heavily la­ den with strange fruits. Datu Duli was the first one to taste a fruit; the people followed. They noticed that the skin was thin and that the seeds were small. The flesh, how­ ever, was milky in texture and very delicious. The people were very happy in the thought that the Great Rev. Cornelius van der Linden S.V.D. Dean, Graduate School to the dulian tree. When the light fade away, the attractive fruits were THE ORIGIN OF THE DULIAN by: SUSANA C. MABATAD would live only for nineteen years. As years went by Dulia grew to loved all his people. He treated The rich and the lowly alike. However, the time came when the words of the Great Spirit had to be fulfilled. So the young handsome and strap­ ping young man fell sick of a strange malady which puzzled all the learned native medicine men. His father just kept silent. He had no courage to tell the truth. At the verge of death Dulia called for his father. He asked him to bury his body under his mother's peephole and later on offer prayers to the Great Spirit. (It should be not­ ed that Bagobo houses have no windows. Instead, there are peep­ holes through which strangers may be watched from within.) Soon Dulia died. When the news of his death spread among his people, everybody wept. The loyal sub­ jects came to the datu's house to take a last look, at Dulia's face. Then the body was buried. Spirit had given them a remem­ brance of their beloved Dulia. By then Datu Duli was already old. At that time, a traitor, the wick­ ed Sankalan, rose from the ranks of the slaves. He secretly envied the datu's wealth and power. He plotted against Datu Duli and final­ ly overthrew him. As soon as San­ kalan was in power he raided and plundered the neighboring Bilaan and Manobo tribes. The Great Spirit was a silent wit­ ness to Sankalan's evil deeds. Finally the Great Spirit was so an­ gered that he unleased lightning all over the earth. A deafening rum­ bling sound followed by an explo­ sion rent the atmosphere. When the disturbance terminated, a bright light enveloped the tree that grew over Dulia's grave—the people had at time called it the dulian tree in honor of Dulia. The people, including Sankalan, went to investigate what happened gone. They had been replaced with thorny ones. The thorns were bigger and longer than the thorns of the rimas (breadfruit). Sankalan who beheld the transformation be­ came angry. He put up and shook his two balled fists in protest and defiance. He cursed and finally ut­ tered a blood-curdling battle cry. Sankalan's challenge was answered by a hail of dulian fruits over his body. And when the fruits stopped falling Sankalan was dead. His skull was cracked and his body was badly mutilated. Then the peo­ ple knew that the Great Spirit had punished Sankalan. The people were curious, so they opened one of the fruits. They saw that skin had become thick and the seeds were much larger, but the flesh was as delicious as ever. They also noticed that the fruit smelled like decaying matter. Thus originated the first dulian tree. # OCTOBER, 1956 Page 43 • Editorial "La Mies Es Mucha Pero Los Operarios ; Son Pocos” IDEAS acudieron a nites- I tra mettle al leer eslas palabras del Seiior: “la mies es miicha pero los operarios son pocos.” La primera idea fue: muchas son las almas que todavia caminan ( por las sentlas del error sin cottocer a Cristo, y fuera de. los aus- > picios de la Iglesia Catolica. Por lo tanto, hacen falta misioneros que las instruyan y sacerdotes que ! las dirijan. Y, jcomo remediar : esta falta de operarios en la vina ! del Seiior? Rogando a Dios para que con su dulce llamada aumente el numero de nuestros sacerdotes. j La segunda idea fue: nada hay mejor que la buena prensa para I llevar la verdad a la mente; y por j consiguiente la necesidad de bue- i nos escritores para lienor las co- ' lumnas de nuestra section Caste­ liana es tambien inminente. El campo es grande, la semilla es mucha, pero jdonde estdn los ope- ' ratios que contribuyen con su trabajo a llenar estas columnas? Pedimos pues encareddamente a todos que se animen, no solo los j estudiantes de Casteliana sino | tambien a todos aquellos que estu- | dian en San Carlos y que sientan j algo de interes por la lengua de I Cervantes, que fue la lengua en , que escribio nuestro heroe: “Rizal!” Animense, repetimos, a | escribir pequehos articulos y cuentos en Castellano para nuestra Revista, y haciendolo asi, guiados los estudiantes por sits profesores e inslructores progresardn en el arte de escribir bien. Estas dos ideas que hemos expuesto han confirmado nuestros deseos de que aumente el numero de escritores catolicos y el numero de escritores para la section Cas- I tellana de nuestra Revista. ' • Por ABE TUIBEO • SECCION de ^Idn Perecjrino Oh Madre de los cielos, estrella matutina Que recreas las noches, mis noches de dolor, Escucha esta plegaria, mi cancion peregrina Que vibra con los ritmicos acentos de mi amor. Acude a esta barquilla, errante de mi alma Que ya casi vacila en un mar de amargura; Las fuertes tempestades de las pasiones calma Y aligerame el peso de tanta desventura. Dirige el barco fragil hacia el puerto dichoso, A lo siento me llama la corona inmortal; Se tu de mi existencia el faro luminoso Para hollar esplendente la mansion celestial. Mas cuando en el abismo me vieres naufragar, Cual viajero perdido sin puerto, sin sosten, Acude presurosa mi barca a remediar, Y llevame en tus brazos hasta el sonado Eden. Si Tu eres el alivio de todos los dolores De los que en el naufragio oyense gemir; Madre querida . . . amor de mis amores Dejame ya en tu pecho recostado dormir! No te marches, Musa, porque en tu canto Todavia bebo la inspiracion; A tu voz, aunque ya he padecido tanto Despertara vivo mi triste corazon! No se que encanto de dulce tormento Pusiste tu en la copa de mi vida; Pur ti yo vivo y siento, Y canta mi alma, por tu amor herida. Seguire dondequiera que vayas Tus pasos, cual siervo fiel y fuerte; Quiero murar en tus divinas playas Y contigo gozar hasta la muerte. Mas, joh! que desfallezco entre las espinas De esta vida de continuo llorar! Llevame pues en tus alas divinas A tu cielo donde pueda cantar. Page 44 THE CAROLINIAN USTEILANA El Santo Rosario: Baromefro de Nuestra Religion o Por AMABLE G. TUIBEO 0 HAY devotion mas uni­ versal y popular en la Iglesia Catolica que el rczo del Santo Rosario. En todas par­ tes del mundo y dondequiera que la Madre Iglesia ha extendido su sumbra protectora se encuentra dicha devotion. Los poderosos y los humildes, los sabios y los rusticos, en las ciudades y en los pueblos en los barrios y en las aldeas se rcza con devotion el Santo Rosa­ rio, porque en la meditation de sus misterios los creyentes encuentran alivio a sus pesares y fuerza espiritual. La tradition atribuye a Santo Domingo la introduction de esta devotion. Cuando los albiguenses amenazaban al Iglesia Santo Do­ mingo fue encargado por el Papa de la predication contra los errores de la herejia naciente; mas convencido de la debilidad de los esfuerzos humanos, apeld a la Vir­ gen Santisima. La Reina Celes­ tial se le aparecid y le dio el Santo Rosario, como el unico instrumento para contrarestrar el avance de los albiguenses. Desde entonces comenzo a propagarse esta devotion que consiguio la conversion de muchos herejes. Mas tarde cuando la espada musulmana pendia sobre la Cristiandad se recurrio tambion al Santo Rosario. La victoria de Lepanto, como muchos dicen, se debio a esta devotion. Para commemorar esta victoria de los Cristianos con­ tra los turcos se declaro Octobre el mes del Santo Rosario. La Virgen Santisima se ha complacido con la institucion de esta de­ votion en toda la Iglesia y esto se pruebe con el hecho de que en muchas de sus apariciones la Santisima Virgen tenia en Sus manos el Santo Rosario. Los Romanos Pontifices en sus Enciclicas han insistido sobre el rezo del Santo Rosario en los momentos de peligro para la Cristiandad. Nuestra Era no es menos peligrosa y amenzadora para la Iglesia que lo era el tiempo de Sto. Domingo y del poderio musulman. Hoy, mas que nunca Satanas y sus sequidoras vagan por el mundo para arruinar a las almas con los conocidos ismos, modernismo, materiah'smo, comunismo y ateismo. Todos ellos estan en guerra abierta contra la Iglesia. Si, tanta es ya la Osadia del mun­ do moderno, tanto el furor de estos impios que combaten los dog­ mas, procurando suprimir y borrar toda idea de Dios. Y asi como el Santo Rosario contrarestro la herejia y libro a toda Europa de los fanaticos tur­ cos en la edad pasada, asi tam­ bien en nuestros dias, la Virgen de Fatima reveld en Sus aparicionas, que el rezo del Santo Rosa­ rio es y sera el unico medio para combatir la actual tendencia satanica de materializar y paganizar la civilization moderna. Durante este mes de Octubre especialmente debemos rezar el Santo Rosario con devotion ferviente, porque no debemos ulvidar lo que acabamos de probar en esta columna y que la Santisima Virgen dijo que la paz y conversion del mundo dependen del Santo Rosario, arma poderosa contra el poderio satanico y por ello, repito que el Santo Ro­ sario es el Bardmetro de Nuestra Religion. Todo buen catolico debe practical’ diariamente la devocion del Santo Rosario. # (Continued from page 31) USC NEWS Rev. Rudolph Rahman, S.V.D. Professor at the Fribourg EX-DEAN OF GRAD. SCHOOL NOW PROF. AT FRIBOURG U. Rev. Fr. Rudolph Rahmann, S.V.D., former Dean of the USC Graduate School, is now main pro­ fessor in Ethnology at the Fribourg University in Switzerland. Besides being a Professor, he is also the Editor of the Anthropos, an Inter­ national Review of Ethnology and Linguistics. PORTIA CLUB OFFICERS INDUCTED The Portia Club of the College of Law, University of San Carlos, held its induction and pinning ceremony on the evening of September 14, 1956, at the University's Audio Vi­ sual Room. The officers inducted were: Miss Esperanza A. Abellanosa, President; Miss Catalina Borro­ meo, Vice-President; Miss Glenda Sia, Secretary; Miss Bellie Dolalas, Treasurer, and Miss Elsie Jane Veloso, PRO. The members are: Tere­ sita Carreon, Bosa Castillo, Amelia Cimalranca, Conchita Limbaga, Prosperidad Lumayag, Jesusa Montejo, Maria Monina Sanchez, Cata­ lina Sayson, Mamerta Valderrama. The induction and pinning cere­ mony was presided over by Rev. Fr. Ernest Hoerdemann, Guest of Honor of the Club. He made a short inspiring speech which was follow­ ed by Atty. Jesus P. Garcia's fiery one. Atty. Garcia is the Adviser of the Club. OCTOBER, 1956 Page 45 FOCUS ON THE CHAMPS . . . A SPLENDID performance was displayed by the Engineering Marauders when they cop­ ped the much-coveted First Round title via four straight wins as the in­ tramural curtain rang down at the nevz USC hardcourt. While the Engineering boys were celebrating their complete victory, the hard-driving Liberal Arts White Shirts spearheaded by Genobatin, satisfied themselves with the second berth after meet­ ing their lone but fatal setback at the hands of the Engineers. The powerful and star-studded Marauders fought like true lords of the court; they fought like they vzere a bunch of die-hard warriors who preferred to conquer than be con­ quered. This made them a real team, a formidable one. Singa Go's mentorship paid off when his Marauders gave the stub­ born Commerce team a 55-27 drub­ bing in one of the twinbill offerings during the grand opening. The Comerciantcs made a fine showing at • The Intramurals • • • Engineering-Architecture Hopmen Capture First Round Gonfalon LIBERAL ARTS WHITE SHIRTS GRAB 2nd LEAD the start and it was not until the second half that they saw the sign ol defeat. The Engineering quintet played under inspired cheering from the bleachers and proved to be a red-hot team. Fans which jampacked the bleachers to capacity during the opening saw the Quo Warranto eagers, the Barristers, making a first half avalanche but later bowing to the highly-spirited LA White Shirts in what was considered the most thrilling game of the day. The Bar­ risters, who were pre-game favorites, lacked stamina against the aggres­ sive White Shirts. The score was 43-39 at whistle time. In their second encounter, the Engineering team powered by Mejia and the combined razzle-dazzle of Jakosalem, Labitan and Nemez, won a hard-earned victory against the Barristers, 44-40. Showing accurate shooting busi­ ness, the Engineers established the highest team score in the whole tournament with 93 points against the darkhorse Education hoopsters who scored 51 points. This broke the 82-point binge of the Liberal Arts team when it collided with the Education hoopsters. The rejuvenated Law eagers, paced by Canton, trounced the Comerciantes by a hairline margin, 42-41, strengthening their bid for third place. Piloted by Codina, the Commerce team which was in a re­ vengeful mood, subdued the piti­ ful Education Maestros by a 1 fl­ point gap at buzzer time, 63-53. A real game of champions en­ sued between the two undefeated teams, the Liberal Arts and the En­ gineering. The strongly-favored Marauders composed of Mejia, La­ bitan, Nemez, Jakosalem and Pacio blasted the White Shirts, 43-35, to topple the strong combination of Genobatin, Mah, Paciencia, Pabroa and Yap. The White Shirts took the first lead with Mah breaking the ice with a jump shot from the foul area. A red-hot Paciencia flipped from the side, and Pacio registered with a lay-up, followed by Serena whose jumpshot lengthened the Marauders' lead to 6 points, 8-2, early in the first setto. At the end of the first half, the scoreboard gave a 24-10 reading for the Whites. A combination of Mejia, Longakit and Jakosalem, ruined the White Shirts' aim for the cup. Several field conversions by Jakosalem and Longakit gave the Marauders the upperhand in the final canto. After Labitan converted a charity throw to knot the count at 30 all, there en­ sued three deadlocks before Nemez pushed the Engineering team ahead by two points, 33-35. A series of interceptions, backboard work and superb guarding rang the death knell of the Liberal Arts team dur­ ing the closing minutes. A backtwisting double-decker sawed up the game for the Engineers, 45-35. Second-round supremacy will be the bone of contention next semester when the four teams meet to fight out the cup. What Do You Think About The Practice of Hazing? (Continued from page 20) can turn young prospective soldiers into semi-invalids. This is the hor­ rible effect of hazing. And what would the poor parents feel when, instead of expecting to see their son succeed, they should find him a helpless and hopeless invalid? "If hazing is indispensable for im­ posing discipline, courage, patience, perseverance and other desirable qualities expected of a neophyte, it must be so conducted that no harm should be inflicted upon him." • FROILAN V. QUIJANO, College oi Liberal Arts, says: "Hazing is not bad, but I am of the opinion that it should not be tolerated. If the aim of hazing is to test the loyalty and enduring spirit of a neophyte, then hazing has a noble purpose and, as such, it should be encouraged. But is this the case nowadays? No, sir, certainly not. If you seek mem­ bership in a fraternity nowadays, you are hazed—and brutally at that —not because your loyalty and sin­ cerity are being tested, but because your "master" was once upon a time also brutally hazed. Your "master" is a vengeful sadist. Froilan V. Quijano " T once got a sockin' on my stomach so why shouldn't I sock you?' This seems to be the ’battle­ cry' of the masters (especially the new ones). And the poor neophyte has to offer an ’open city' on his supposed-to-be-delicate stomach. And if a neophyte survives the or­ deal of physical torture, he has but one thing in his mind: revenge! Consequently, when he becomes a master, too, he'll do the same. "Such is the twist of hazing these days. Its noble aim of promoting and testing the loyalty and initiative of would-be members is now gone with the wind. In its stead comes a new and distorted aim: hazing for revenge and hazing for fun! "Hazing is not bad if its proper aim and spirit should be carried out. There's nothing wrong with it if it should not be associated with phys­ ical and brutal torture. But this can never be avoided now since this has become a habit and a tradition. That is why I am of the opinion that hazing should be discouraged if not totally stopped." Milagros V. Broce • MILAGROS V. BROCE, College ol Liberal Arts & Sciences, says: "I do not favor the practice of hazing. A neophyte cannot derive anything beneficial to himself or to the or­ ganization from such a practice. To undergo hazing is to admit in­ feriority which has no place to exist in any group of right-thinking per­ sons. Past incidents show the ter­ rible consequences of hazing. If I may say so, it should be stopped because it only inflames individual differences and fails to achieve the harmony that should bind the members." NEW LINK IN THE CHAIN (Continued from page 32) Capt. Romero, when interviewed, expressed profuse appreciation for Major Garcia, “without whom our continuous success would not have been possible. The cooperation of the cadet corps and the ever-active interest of the ad­ ministration in all activities of the cadets have also greatly insured the success of this school.*’ He says he just “plays his bit in the development of concerns which help the Commandment and the Administration.” The Captain has been through a lot of jobs. His past accomplishments are worth crowing about but this man modestly shies from mentioning any of them. Yet, looking at the man himself, his work and his standing with the administration and the officers of his own Department, there is no doubt but that he is equal to the work at hand and endeavors to solve trying matters to the satisfaction of al) concerned. The Carolinian is proud to present Capt. Liberato Romero, USC ROTC’s new Liaison Officer, and Assistant Com­ mandant of this school. Rosenda M. Baguio • ROSENDA M. BAGUIO, College of Commerce, says: "Hazing and initiation are good if they are con­ structive. By constructive I mean that something tangible, something good, should come out of them. The benefit must far outweigh the harm that is after inflicted. "My personal observation of this practice has rewarded me with the conclusion that our type of initiation does not do anybody any good. What, for instance, is to be gained by having the neophyte serenade a designated lady or drink three or more bottles of soft drinks of varied kinds at a time, or commanding him to roll over the pavement repeat­ edly. These do not do any good to anybody, much less to the organ­ ization itself. "Instead, it would be better if the applicant is made to clean a definite portion of a city street, or sweep the university premises, or plant camotes and useful trees over our barren hills and mountain tops, or clean our dirty and clogged canals, our public market place, or assign them to help watch the traffic. These, I think, should be the proper tests of one's fitness to be a member of a sorority or fraternity." Page 48 THE CAROLINIAN • Quest Editorial by Marcelo Bacalso THE ROSARY is the most special and most salutary devotion to the Blessed Virgin. It honors her relation to Christ whose life is the subject of the meditations. The term rosary (from the Latin rosarium) means wreath of flowers. As a special devotion the rosary is a spiritual wreath each prayer of which is offered to the Blessed Vir­ gin. A powerful prayer to obtain the grace of God, the Rosary has been the means by which miraculous aid has been obtained through the inforce planned to set up a Protestant monarchy in the Islands. Field Mar­ shall Lorenzo de Ugalde Orellana and Admiral Sebastian Lopez com­ manded the fleet whose Patroness was Nuestra Sefiora del Rosario (Our Lady of the Holy Rosary), and met the enemy fleet of five ships off the coast of Bolinao. Fighting gallantly and trusting in the inter­ cessory power of the Blessed Vir­ gin, the Filipino-Spanish force, de­ spite the Dutch's numerical super­ iority, emerged triumphant. Hence, the Philippines was saved from the clutches of a Protestant monarchy. The Rosary and the Blessed Virgin tercession of God's mother. In the thirteenth century heresy raged fiercely in southern France and northern Italy. The Pope then charged St. Dominic with the task of refuting the heretical doctrines. Even after exerting a great deal of effort, St. Dominic saw very little results so he prayed to the Blessed Virgin and used the rosary as a method. His campaign became a complete success. From that time on this manner of prayer was met wonderfully, published abroad and developed by St. Dominic whom different Supreme Pontiffs have in their apostolic letters declared to be the author of the same devotion. A summary of the most important parts of the Gospels, the rosary is the most useful and powerful prayer which spelled the Catholics' victory over the Mohammedan Turks in the decisive battle at Lepanto in 1571 and in the deliverance of Vienna from these barbarians in 1683. It was in thanksgiving for these vic­ tories over these enemies of the Catholic Faith that the Pope insti­ tuted the feast of the Holy Rosary on the first Sunday of October. In 1646, the Dutch marauders prowled in Philippine waters. The Philippines' fate was at stake for the heretics of a far more superior The saint of all saints, the Blessed Virgin is our most powerful inter­ cessor. Thus Edgar Allan Poe, though not of the Catholic fold, did not disdain to invoke the Blessed Virgin's intercession, and to ac­ knowledge the influence of her patronage in heaven. In these touch­ ing lines the great poet says: “At morn — at noon — at twilight dim — In joy and woe—good and ill— Mother of God, be with me still! When the hours flew brightly by. And not a cloud obscured the sky, My soul, lest it should truant be, Thy grace did guide to thine and thee; Now, when storms of fate o'ercast Darkly my present and my past, Let my future radiant shine, With sweet hopes of thee and thine.” Christian should honor the Bles­ sed Virgin and reecho her prophecy: . . . ecce enim ax hoc beatam me dicent omnes generationes. . . (for behold from henceforth all genera­ tions shall call me blessed). So William Wordsworth, though not reared in the bosom of the Catho­ lic Church, proclaims the Blessed Virgin's incomparable blessedness in the following beautiful lines: Mother! whose virgin bosom was uncrossed With the least shade of thought to sin allied; Woman! above all women glorified, Our tainted nature's solitary boast; Purer than foam- on central ocean toast; Brighter than eastern skies at daybreak strewn With fancied roses, than the unblemished Before her wane begins on heaven’s blue coast, Thy image falls to earth. Yet some, Not unforgiven, the suppliant knee might bend All that was missed and reconciled in thee Of mother’s love with maiden purity, Of high with low, celestial with serene.” October is the month of the Holy Rosary and every sincere lover of our Lord Jesus Christ looks with reverence and affection for his Blessed Mother Virgin Mary, the Christians' most powerful interces­ sor, the saint of all saints. True Christians honor her with the "wreath of spiritual flowers", and reecho the ever-living prophecy," "... ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent omnes generationes. . ." OCTOBER, 1956 Page -19 PLACE your order NOW ENERO 1957 FOR THE 1957 ARTISTIC SACRED HEART WALL CALENDAR The Catholic Calendar for your Home — Office — School — Rectory — Convent A Most Welcome GIFT To Your Loved Ones. Features that make the Sacred Heart Wall Calendar distinct and outstanding: 1. It lists Saints’ names for every day 2. It makes dates discernible from afar :1. 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