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Title: The Carolinian
Issue Date: Volume XXI (Issue No. 1) June-July 1957
Year: 1957
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extracted text: s"" Carolinian Volume XXI Number 1 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS • June-July Issue 4 (ffddy Siiai/ MINUS THREE • Buddy is out; the last time we saw him was last March. We miss him. He was versatile. A writer at heart. He made good in the wilderness of slang. He made friends; enemies as well. There were people who hated him because he hit them first. Or, because they simply could not see eye to eye with his waray-waray. Or, because the "C" issues were al ways tardy. Etcetera. But all things being considered, Buddy was good. He was Buddy. Dick is out, too. He was a good artist. Imaginative. Modernist. His art was art. He told us he would be here—to help us. We did not see him again. We got lost scouting for him. Felipe Verallo, Jr. has retired. A sincere friend and conversational ist, Ipe is now a big man in a certain political organization. He enters politics; he does not play one. PLUS ONE • When Buddy disappeared Tommy appeared—last summer. Acting Editor, this was his contagious designation. He did act; he did edit; but he could not, forever. Already he had made his exit. He came back, no longer the humble eager, the frolicsome Tibur, but the fullfledged lawyer. The editorship is a burden to this new man. Being an editor is a property of his past; his present must tell of something new. Well, he got it—the adviser’s chair. From rags to riches, it seems. After suffering from a shortage of advice when he was yet wearing my shoes, he now stores plenty of it—the reason why he should give some to me. You know how this thing experience operates. It makes a man. And unmakes him too. Tommy is Tommy. OLD GUARD • The presence of Father John makes me more confident of living up to the expectation of these people around here. The truth is, it was his staying as the usual old guard, moderator, of this paper that made me accept irrevocably the editorship. I know I am the busiest ant on earth. I roam inside the City Hall the whole day—from Monday to Friday; I have radio broadcasts to tackle; I promise to campaign for a bunch of candidates; I attend classes every night except Sunday. All these are enough to make me cold over the editorship. But the smilingest. Father gave me a glow of inspiration. So, whether I like it or not I came to like it. ANYTHING NEW? • Three new faces now appear in the senior editors’ line-up: Lourdes ramblings’ Jaramillo, Sixto 'cross currents’ Abao, Jr. and Ross ‘by the way’ Escober. Samuel Fabroz is the only resident staffer in the rank. These are the big three of the present “C” staff. (Continued on back inside cover) BETUIEEn THE PAGES ★ ★ Editorials ............................................ 1 Retreat — Ry C. Faiyao................... 2 Cover Story — By L. Jaramillo .. 4 The College of Pharmacy — By M. Alonso ......................... 5 The Man Behind A Scene — By S. Abao, Jr........................... 6 Wanted: A Student Council — By S. B. Fabroz........................... 8 The Inside Story of the Triple Star — By H’. Gconzon 9 The Stranger — By Junne Caiiizares .......... 10-11 What Do You Think? — Conducted by S’. B. Fabroz ............... 12-13 Social Scientists Point the Way to Religious Acculturation — By Rev. R. Atcnas, S.V.D. . 14-15 By the Way — By Ross Escober 16 University Affairs in Pictures 17-20 Book Review ................................. 21 USC in the News ..................... 22-23 Cross Currents — By S'. A’bao, Jr. 24 Ramblings in Lower Case — By L. Jaramillo ..................... 25 Satan in the Bible and in Paradise Lost — By Rev. D. Djayom, S.V.D......................................... 26-27 Cry, The Last Enemy — By Rey Yap ......................... 28-29 Poems ........................................... 30-31 USC Honor Students ..................... 32 Scccion Castellana........................... 36 OUR COVER CAROLINIAN Official Publication of the Students of the University of San Carlos Vol. XXI We dedicate this issue to the College of Pharmacy on the tenth anniversary of its foundation. Its 1957 contribution to the glorious history of the University deserves more than a word of praise. It calls for a place in every Carol inian's memory; Its story... a precious heritage! No. 1 ADELINO B. SITOY Editor-in-Chief Samuel B. Fabroz Sixto LI. Abao, Jr. Ross Escober Lourdes Jaramillo Senior Editors Amable Tuibeo Marietta Alonso Angelina Labucav Associate Editors Junne Caiiizares Reynaldo Yap Manuel Go Israel Doronio Benigno Cabanatan Staff Writers Amorsolo Manligas Ismael Sala Manuel Ocampo .1rtists Atty. TOMAS L. ECHIVARRE Adviser Rev. JOHN VOGELGESANG, SVD Moderator Our Voters Are IF BY politicians we mean those who do a lot of politicking and blah-blahing, then our voters are politicians too. The Filipino voter is the number one politician; he is the manu facturer of politician-candidates and politician-public officials. The Filipino voter calls a candidate a miser if he does not shower him with money and tips; he complains about the candidate's aloofness if the latter does not mingle with the bakya crowd—shake hands with the kids and grown-ups, men and women; he calls a candidate insincere if he does not make promises; he dubs him a liar if he breaks or forgets his pledges; he turns disgusted if the elected official does not give him work despite the absence of any vacancy; he calls him weak if he does not follow the spoils system; and he says he is ungrateful if he kicks him out of office because of his faults. In short, the Filipino voter expects everything from his candidate; he even wants him to do miracles. The Filipino voter thinks he is always right; his candidate or public official Politicians Too the only one who can go wrong. In the Philippines today, one must become a politician first before he can become an elected public official. It is a qualification which has remained unwritten yet indispensable. A candidate possessed with the sincerest of desires to serve his countrymen must play politics in order to get elected. He has to please his electors; he has to impress everybody. This is humanly impossible. Nevertheless, he tries to. By this, he becomes a politician. The Filipino electorate must cease being politicians them selves if only to do away with politician-candidates and pol itician-public officials. Nothing must be expected of them except integrity, honesty, ability, and sincerity. Expenditures by candidates and public officials must be considered mere luxuries; those who can afford may spend; those who cannot must not be induced to; in either case, the electorate must not use this as a basis in deciding whom to vote for. True Greatness in Humility WHEN the news that the USC ROTC Corps did it again in the tactical inspection of all ROTC units under the Third Military Area command came off the press, many people were expecting a big show, some sort of victory celebration, from the University. But the same people got disappointed when the University remained taciturn about it all. Not a single firecracker exploded. Everything was quiet on the San Carlos front. When the news that three USC Pharmacy graduates cap tured the second, fifth, and tenth places, respectively, in the Board Examination came out, no longer were the people pre dicting a happy festivity; already, they were 100% sure of it. But, as usual, the University was calm’. Not even the clock of the University became egoistic in its tune as it rang the message of time. The people not only got embarrassed over their wrong speculation; they were shocked! Puzzled! The answer: To be humble is to be great! Adelino Si toy "The dream was rising... with the Christian spirit as base and the sky as the limit." OLL back the years. Retreat into time. It is January 1946. You are standing on the corner of Pelaez and P. del Rosario streets. Behind you is the charred, resisting con crete shell of the Colegio de San Carlos, bare, unroofed, grim re minder of the four-year holocaust. Above you the raw-boned skeleton threatens to fall. Scraggly weeds tear through the interstices. Before you a few paces away stands Sto. Rosario church, resist ant, spirit over substance, mind over matter. Silhoueted against it is the young duhat tree, pestridden, disconsolate. Nearer, where the engineering building now stands, is boggy grassland bisect ed by a footpath. The frogs still chorus there in the cold, rainy nights. In the Sto. Rosario dormitory (now the Girls' High School) the Colegio de San Carlos had strain ed on its haunches, to rise again in the painful task of educational rehabilitation and the first collegiate classes were being held there. American Gls of the American Division in their prim olive drab are still a daily sight on acaciafestooned Jones Avenue. In Iron! of Aling Monay's improvised eatery still gather bunches of America's armed manhood and the yankee sergeant still guzzles bottles of Silver Cup with cucumber and fried chicken. Japanese bombs, however, did not spare the San Carlos chapel at the back wing of the San Car los building where Father Baum gartner now stores his 40-thousand volumes treasure trove. The second floor of the wing is still intact, the rain seeping into the basement spaces which have been salvaged into classrooms to house the high school department. The upper concrete walls still stand straight and protesting, still hallow ed by the bombed saintliness. Sawali has been used to make the partitions, lumber picked up from the surroundings has been fash RETREAT ioned to make chairs, and around this little domain walks Father Hoerdemann, much younger, more spry, already the human dynamo that he would always be in the succeeding years. In these classrooms Pepe Rodriguez, in perennial khaki pants and "And on the shards the spires will rise again — Triumphant ever as man's dearest dream.. flying shirt, taught geometry; Inting Medalle once more picked up the threads of his mission; Father Hoerdemann himself once more took the helm to guide the wild and the wayward. Into these classrooms I sauntered one morning and talked the good Father to taking me into the same task to which I had al ready given ten good years of my life teaching in Cebu Public high schools with a dedication that was to overpower the attractions of a legal practice. Here I spent most trying days. Caught in the throes of a country’s rebirth, I met the challenge of the maladjusted flotsam of the years, the moral orphans of the post-war period who had seen the break down of moral values, the morally undernourished brats of the early forties who must be rehabilitated and wrested from the inertia of de cadence that had pulled at the unby C. Faigao happy, war-torn country. For the teachers it was a real ordeal. As the teacher comes in, the room is quiet as a graveyard. Then you know that something is Page 2 THE CAROLINIAN brewing. You plunge into the re citation, turn your back to write something on the board, and then Zzzzzip! ... a piece of paper crum pled into a balled pellet makes a bull's-eye of your ear or nose. You redden, that is your ears do and you ask, your voice sounding se pulchral, Who did that? Meanwhile, you feel your dignity slowly melt ing under you. There was the typewriter trick. You are explaining the causes of the Crusades and you hear a tick . . . tick ... tick ... It is the sound of a typewriter. You try to ignore it. You notice that they are watching you and waiting for your reaction. Unless somebody come clean, you say, you will not dismiss the class. The class stays. The siege con tinues. The innocent ones complain, — they are hungry. One must eat and so must you, and you dismiss them except the hard-boiled ones to whom your suspicion has nar rowed. The clock ticks and you surrender. The last straw has bro ken the camel's back. What a pesteferous gang they were, hollering, swearing, gang ing, the moral backwash of the years of war. The innocent ones, the smaller boys, went along with them like jelly-fish in the stream. These were the wards that were thrust upon us for educational and moral rehabilitation. We were to remould them into, good citizens, to break the spiritual inertia and rein force the weakening structure with whatever timber in us had not buckled in the adversities of the war. The weary time wore on and it is with a feeling of guilt and a sense of inadequacy that I remem ber how one morning I knocked at the door of the office of Father Dingman to tell him that I was giving up. In the hallowed silence of what is now Room 8 of the Girls' "A structure bright as the world's unborn dawn affording us a wider, surer view.. High School building, into the mo nastic retreat that reeked with the essence of Aquinas and the imper turbability that one associates with men of the cloth, I told him about my troubles and my decision to quit. What devious ways I would have taken after that, I cannot tell. After I had told him of my hu miliation, the man who must have known the significance of outraged dignity advised me to stay. Pa tience, he admonished, and for bearance, tolerance and under standing were the needs of the hour. How would I know then that behind these words of this quiet and intense man were the essence of the sufferings of St. Joan and Savonarola and later of Mindzenty? I stayed. As the sands seeped through the glass, and peace and order in the country was restored, things quieted down slowly at the Boys' High. Inting Medalle, Peping Rodriguez and I kept to our posts. Modestly, we made a good job of it. Some of these boys whom we thought would have been the helpless jetsam of the war, made good and have become respectful members of their professions. One of them, I am proud to record, is now press attache to the office of Ambassador Leon Ma. Guerrero in London. There was a boy in my second year classes, a moon-faced, plump boy of about twelve who always JUNE-JULY, 1957 Page 3 came to class with his father's t Scout hat on. It was with a feel ing of triumph when twelve years j later, while I was languishing in i illness in a Cebu City hospital, I : turned my head to see him jabbing a hypodermic needle into my left arm. My moon-faced student had ; become a doctor and was doing internship duty. He is now in the j United States pursuing further stu dies. Much water had passed under i the bridge and what lives, what ■ vicissitudes, what quality of days i and nights, of suffering or joy have j passed since then, only the record- i ing angel knew! Ah, how I felt ; very old then! As I write these ' lines and consider what little of the I material and the tangible a teacher accumulates at the end of the jour- i ney, I would look at the silent evid- | ence and with a sense of pride j that comes of work well done, I | feel I could say to all the world, j "The defense rests!" j The years wore on to the late ! forties and the middle of the cen- ! tury was here. The graduates of [ the first years went out of San i Carlos to spread the word of God, 1 each in his own way, to make them better Filipinos, better human beings. While the new buildings on both sides of Pelaez were assum ing. To this building with its fa culty room consisting of the long table in the basement came the members of the faculty some of whom are still with us for the sheer love of teaching. These were the boom years of the war when the classrooms were literally bursting at the seams, when nobody seemed too old to pore over a college textbook. New teachers had to be employed. Here, as the memory can yield, came Angel Anden, the "flying profes sor," whose waking hours were at the editorial desk of the ill-fated Pioneer Press or on his scooter on which we chug-chugged to his classes in other schools; his wife j Auring, who seemed eternally with child. Here came Leonor Borromeo, I fresh from Sto. Tomas, lovely and | still unhurt; the dominant Mrs. Em- ' ma Casals; Fred Osmena, still reek- I ing with the public schools; and the angel-faced Mr. Casals, drip ping with holiness and Catholicism, now a Jesuit priest, member of the faculty of Berchman's College. Here were given the polishing and finishing touches to our first graduates some of whom are now in our faculty. Under the picture (Continued on page 33.) Zinnia Celestial 2nd place COVER STORY • June 9 was a red letter day not only for a young girl named Zinnia Celestial and her classmates and instructors in the University of San Carlos but also for her host of girlhood chums and pals in her adopted hometown in Tacloban City. June 9 among other world events carried a hot news release of the successful candidates in the January Pharmacy Board Examina tions. Months of review in Centro EscoIot University in Manila, and at last here it was ... "2nd Place — Celestial, Zinnia, 86.42% (prac tical), USC"... the terse speck of a news item that was exclaimed Pureza Panares Sth place about, and caused incredulously lifted eyebrows in the student world. At nineteen our exacting world would crown her with what we materialistic clods would define.as "success". At her age boys and girls in Europe and America are just entering college and here she is with her "Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy" degree. And yet she considers herself far from a finished success. "Of course I was just very happy to hurdle the exams; copping the 2nd place was a happy incident but I'm not through with college yet and vice versa.' Zinnia is at present enrolled in B.S. Chem istry which she'll finish at around 21 when she'll finally qualify for the oath-taking in pharmacy. To the small circle who knew her in those early days of yester day's charmed remembrance, dur ing her high school years in St. Paul's College in Tacloban City, this honor was nothing new. I remember Zinnia, the girlhood chum of my sister, Norma... Zin nia, dreadfully thin, so frail and painfully shy. Gentle and mild of heart, a daily Mass devotee, she was a confirmed introvert. Class pictures of those years show a ti mid Zinnia in a short dress and bobby socks undistinguished from the great body of students. She was undistinguished except for her extraordinary timidness and her consummate knack for giving the correct answer when the class was petrified. Sheer talent, cujd Hou dini tricks about it, was respon sible for her classroom excellence manifest in her twin gifts of a photographic memory and an as tute skill for concentration. Zinnia was bom in Iloilo, her father's home province although she admits "I don't know anything about Iloilo except tinonto!” We believe her talent is due in some measure to her father, Alfredo Ce lestial, a faculty member of St. Page 4 THE CAROLINIAN Paul's College and Math wizard in his own right. Zinnia completed her first three years of primary in one year via acceleration in Surigao, her mother's (Pilar Fortich) home province. Later on she transferred to the Holy Infant Academy, a school owned by the Benedictine Sisters in Tacloban City and here begins the faint thread of our ear liest recollection of her. For some reasons she went back to Surigao and there she graduated from the elementary grades. She finished high school in three years by taking summer classes but they were three wonderful years. Her graduation in 1952, when she was barely 14 planted doubts in the minds of her parents, teachers and classmates who were unanimous in their deci sion that Zinnia was ’still too much of a baby to tackle serious college work. By 1952, the "little girl” was on her way to USC to study pharmacy. Little did anybody realize then how eventful her coming would be. Asked if she remembers any out standing event in the almost 4 years she wore off pounding the corridors of USC, she impishly said: "Gosh, the main highlight was my senior year when I was nearing the finish line — why, that meant I'd be home soon and could hibernate to my heart's content." A scholar through college, she was no bookworm, (although she graduated Cum laude.) Like all normal teenagers who'd much rather skip a class than miss a Rock Hudson movie or read the comics rather than her text books, she knew the latest top tunes and the newest magnolia ice cream. Miss Madge Martin, her guardian, often had to run after her to get her to study for the exams. To our il(Continued on page 16) Gerarda Polancos 10th place | YEARS ago, on June 8, 1947 | to be exact, a group of students i enrolled in ’ the College of Liberal ■ Arts of the University of San Carlos I petitioned the administration to open a College of Pharmacy. The students' request was studied by Father Hoerdemann, S.V.D., who was then the Secretary-General of the University. He reported favor ably on the matter and so Father Arthur Dingman, S.V.D., the Rector of San Carlos, gave the go-ahead signal. The spade-work for the new college was actually done by Doctora Aranda, a pharmacist and physician, who had been recom mended by Archbishop Reyes. She organized the college and made it one of the most active units in San Carlos. In fact, the spirit in stilled into the College of Pharmacy from the very beginning has re mained characteristic of it to the present day. The Pharmacy stu dents are known for their close co operation and active participation in all school affairs — excursions, college day celebrations, raffles, etc., — a credit always to the drive and energy of Dra. Aranda. The blessing of heaven seemed to be upon the College of Pharmacy from the first, for in June of 1947 j Father Robert Hoeppener, S.V.D., i was assigned to San Carlos. Since 1 he was a chemistry major, he was College of Pharmacy by MARIETTA ALONSO considered a natural for the posi tion of Regent of the new college — a position he continues to fill with distinction to this day. Father Hoep pener found a competent staff of instructors already engaged in the College of Pharmacy — Miss Milagros Urgello for Botany; Dr. Protasio Solon for Zoology and allied subjects; Mr. German Embradura for Organic Chemistry Pharmacog nosy. When classes began in June, 1957, the facilities for the new colMiss Luz S. Catan Acting Dean, College of Pharmacy lege were simple, primitive and actually rather inadequate. The Chemistry Department consisted of one room built of galvanized iron sheets, chicken wire and a sawali ceiling. Equipment was incomplete and sufficient for only one or two groups of students. Chemicals were kept in one ounce bottles, alcohol lamps served as burners. The room that was the chemistry laboratory also doubled as the classroom for pharmaceutical subjects. The la boratory equipment for Botany, Zoology and Physics hardly filled the two small cabinets set aside for it. Indeed, the path that has lead to the present prominent posi tion of the College of Pharmacy was rugged and rough. But just because the beginning were so primitive, the courageous students who formed the nucleus of the new College were fired with the deter mination to achieve success in spite of every handicap. They also learned to appreciate more fully the improvements that were grad ually made in their department. (Continued on page 6) JUNE-JULY, 1957 Page 5 That first year, 1957, only about seventy five students were enrolled in Pharmacy. Gradually that num ber has swelled until today there are more than three hundred. Honors came early to the fledg ling College of Pharmacy. In Dec ember, 1947, the Pharmaceutical Association of the Philippines held its annual convention in Cebu. The college building of San Carlos — the present Girls' High School — was used for the meetings of the convention. San Carlos' new Col lege of Pharmacy was honored in deed and flattered to play host in this way to the Pharmaceutical As sociation but at the same time it made those in charge of the San Carlos College of Pharmacy realize how much still had to be done be fore their own colleges could meas ure up to the standards of longestablished schools. Perhaps it was this realization that was at least partially respon sible for the improvements made during the following year. In 1948 a new two-story Science Building was constructed and ready for oc cupancy in June of 1948. (The same building has now grown to a fourstory affair.) Equipment and sup plies came from the States and this shipment constituted the largest single purchase ever made by San Carlos University in behalf of the sciences and the school in general. Because of the huge increase in the enrolment in 1948 new teachers were added to the staff. These included Mrs. Rebecca Galeos who had copped second place in the board examination, and Mrs. Rosario Montecillo from UST. As a necessary adjunct of the College of Pharmacy, the University Drug Store was opened in 1949. Miss Milagros Urgello became the first resident pharmacist. A typical Stateside affair, the San Carlos Drug Store with its soda fountain, soon became the favorite rendezvous of the students from all the different colleges. The year 1949 brought sudden death to one of the pioneers of the College of Pharmacy — to Mr. Embradura. His place on the faculty was taken by over by Mr. Moises Soriaga who came from U.P. to handle Organic Chemistry. It was in this year that the College of Pharmacy joined the Philippines' Junior Pharmaceutical Organization. In 1950 the first graduates of the College of Pharmacy passed the board examination and one of them, Miss Luz Catan, promptly joined the faculty. In 1953 Miss Catan was sent as a scholar to Manila where she earned a Master's degree in Pharmacy, specializing in manufac turing. After Miss Catan rejoined the faculty San Carlos' College of Pharmacy began to specialize in pharmaceutical manufacturing. During the year 1953 the Col lege of Pharmacy began the pub lication of a weekly mimeographed paper called THE PHARMACIST. Its first editor was Miss Rosita Ty, now Mrs. Derecho. She is at present a scholar at the University of Mi chigan. Since its first time THE PHARMACIST has been a real harbinger of good will and fellow ship and has done more than its share to bind the pharmacy stu dents into the compact and united group that has so distinguished it self in University affairs. The USC College of Pharmacy really came of age in 1954 when the valedictorian of that year's graduating class. Miss Rosita Ty, went on to top the board examina tion. Miss Ty established a pre cedent that subsequent students have attempted to follow. Since 1954 there have always been CAROLINIANS among the top ten candidates in the Pharmacy Board Examination. Here is the honor roll as far back as 1952: 1952—Estrella Veloso Najarro— 2nd Place; 1954—Rosita Ty Dere cho — 1st Place; 1955—Perla Yu— 5th Place; Teresa Yu—8th Place; 1956—Remedios Redulla—5th Place; Ramona Dayak—7th Place; 1957— Zinnia Celestial—2nd Place; Pureza Panares—5th Place; Gerarda Polan cos—10 th Place. In 1956 the family of Dra. Aranda moved to Manila. It was hard to lose the Doctora who had worked so diligently to build up the College of Pharmacy but a worthy successor was found in the person of Miss Luz Catan who is currently the Acting Dean. The school year 1957 also saw the introduction of the latest im provements in the College of Phar macy. Three laboratory rooms for the exclusive use of the pharmacy students were opened — one room for prescriptions, galenical prepa rations and pharmaceutical manu facturing; a second for pharmaceu tical chemistry and a third for phar maceutical biology. That in brief is the history of the College of Pharmacy of the Univ ersity of San Carlos. As its Regent has said: "It is not our intention to produce topnotchers and to neglect the average student. Therefore it (Continued, on page 7, Col. 3) I 1^0 WRITE about a man who has devoted more than a quarter of his life to the propagation of the Faith, to the service of a university, and to the noble task of moulding the youth and shaping the destiny cl a nation is not an ordinary assign ment. On the contrary, it is one that requires energy and serious ness, for apart from being able to Rev. Fr. Robert Hoeppener, S.V.D. Regent, College of Pharmacy M/1 make a distinction between truth and mere exaggeration or compli ment, the writer must be factual in his reporting and sincere in praising this man for what he has already done. True, I have known this man for a long while — for quite a number of years now. And indeed know ing him has been a pleasure. His gay and vibrant smile awakens the dull and flagging spirit. Every word he says speaks of the warmth of his sincerity and his thoughts measure the depth of his personal ity. Humble as he always is, the humility of this man is natural. His philosophy of success is simple — "it is merely a transition from a dream to a realization." About his own accomplishments which make him known and ad mired, esteemed and loved, he is silent and does not sell himself via the tongue like an ordinary but professional politician. “Let my Page 6 THE CAROLINIAN work speak for me," I heard him remark and that is just the right word for him. It is perhaps for this reason that the story of his life never broke into print before although his life is not insignificant. Rather it can be stated that he is truly The Man Behind A Scene. This was my impression of the Reverend Father Robert Hoeppener after an intimate talk with him which began at sundown and ended just after the stomach called for re enforcement. Father Robert, as many simply call him, is the Regent of the Col lege of Pharmacy, while at the same time holding the positions of Assist ant Procurator and Head of the Re freshment Parlor and Drug Store Department. Aside from this, he is also a professor in his own right. He is handling higher chemistries. Because of his work, his duties and obligations are manifold. His time, therefore, is so occupied that he could hardly be contacted for this interview. Deeply concerned about his job, he has to go, every now and then, to his office at the Pharmacy De partment where he sees to it that N BEHIND A SCENE by SIXTO LI. ABAO, Jr. everything is in order and in its proper place. He has to sign every day quite a number of communica tions affecting his position, not to mention a number of diplomas waiting daily at his table for his signature. As Regent of a college with an average annual enrollment of 350 students, his responsibilities are great and varied. He sees to it that the welfare and interest of the students as well as the university are well looked into and taken care of. Any spare hours that he may have are profitably spent in regu larly visiting the pharmacy classes "to observe the progress of the students and the faculty." Besides, he visits the laboratory rooms and never leaves without checking on whatever is still, lacking and ne cessary to make the instruction smooth and efficient. This accounts for the fact that he is up-to-date in his recommendations and usually submits them personally to the University Council for implemen tation. Despite the fact that he has not earned a single unit in Business Administration or Office Manage ment, his department in the short span of ten years has become one of the most complete in the whole university, equipped with the most modern scientific facilities. Under his initiative and guidance, the phar macy students can now be proud of having beautiful, new and se parate laboratory rooms for Dispen sing, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuti cal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Biology which they did not have in the previous years. Really, his work speaks for him. Every year is another ribbon in a man's career. Therefore, the school year 1957-58 is just another milestone in the career of Reverend Father Robert Hoeppener, devoted missionary and dedicated educator. This year also marks the tenth an niversary of his stay in the USC and his Regency of the College of Pharmacy. Now in his early forties, his only comment on the success of his stu dents was, "I am proud of them." Under his supervision, the Col lege of Pharmacy has earned the distinction of being one of the top notch colleges in the whole archi pelago. The results of the Board Examinations can attest to this fact. Only recently, a young and good looking bespectacled lass, whose story is printed elsewhere in this issue, and two of her classmates, swept the government exams by romping off with the second, fifth and tenth places, respectively. Certainly an outstanding feat. All these successes could be attributed in one way or another to the fine and exemplary performance of Father Robert. Yet, notwithstanding the fruits of his exemplary service, he still exclaimed when I approach ed him for an interview: "This is an honor and a privilege. But such an interview must surely be un interesting since nothing extraordin ary about me can be written for the present." A humble man spoke. This tall and lanky priest hails from Stolberg, Germany, a small industrial town of 30,000 inhabitants. He saw the light of day on March 18, 1912 and entered St. Augustine Seminary in Rhineland, Germany, at the tender age of eleven. He was ordained priest in 1938 and came to the Philippines two years later. He took up Chemistry at Santo Tomas University and gra duated in 1942 with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Chemistry. While studying in the Dominican school, he took a special class in English which accounts for his fluency in the English language. Immediately after graduation, he taught sciences for a year at Binmaley Seminary in Pangasinan. Later on he was transferred to Vigan to teach for four years. His assign ment to the post of Regent came in 1947. Three years later, he was sent abroad to take up Graduate studies at St. Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri, where he finished his Master of Science in Chemistry. Kind-hearted, possessed of a willing heart and ready hand, you naturally feel at ease and comfort able whenever you come to speak with him. With a face always full of life and animation, he can look at anybody gaily without being in different or sarcastic. Now a permanent resident of the Philippines, he could only say: "I will therefore be with you as long as the hand of time does not change the course of history." # THE COLLEGE OF PHARMACY (Continued from page 6) is gratifying to know that the per centage of students from San Car los who pass the Board Examina tion has never been below the na tional average, but always from 80% to 100%. Furthermore, when one remembers that San Carlos usually contributes only 5% of the total number of candidates taking the Board Examination in any given year, the honor roll of San Carlos becomes all the more impressive. Still we do not intend to rest upon our past achievements. The suc cess of former students is just so much inspiration for us to continue doing the best we can to produce competent Catholic pharmacists for the Philippines." JUNE-JULY, 1957 Page 7 THE AUTHOR WANTED: FDR YEARS, students have asked why the University has no supreme student government or Student Council. They need it. To them, it is a facility in their study and training in leadership, an aid to their understanding of the demo cratic principle and processes ot government. But we will have it soon. Our good Father Rector has interposed no objection against its establish ment. He knows it to be unconscienable to deny the students the opportunity to learn the mechanics of government through it. Besides, to know about democracy is essen tial nowadays. Ignorance of its meaning is dangerous to our pro fessed Faith and to the safety of the entire nation. Our present diversified social structure seems to goad us into saying: "The understandings and skills involved in the practice of good citizenship cannot be ac quired from books alone." The abstract knowledge and theories gained in the classrooms must be applied within the school itself where democratic principles are taught. To adhere strictly to the theories of democracy without ap plying them is just one way of saying: "Follow what 1 say but don't follow what 1 do." The late President Ramon Magsaysay himself had urged the creation of student governments in the schools. He was convinced that student governments afford the students the opportunities to train themselves in the art of governing. However, he held the view that student governments, like other hu man institutions, cannot be perfect; but since the governed are intelli gent electorates and the advisers are scholars, they are expected to maintain a high standard of integ rity and honesty. Harry C. McKown, an author ity on the subject, said: "The ef fective school in a democracy must give its students an intelligent un derstanding of the issues of de mocracy, make them well disposed toward democracy as a way of life, and make them skillful in the co operative activities through demo cracy must function." It is admitted, however, that most student organizations at pre sent fail in the very objective for which they exist. They are going far from the true fundamental goal. They sprout in an election, then end in a party or a dance. The Fourth Regional Student A STUDENT COUNCIL by S. B. FABROZ Leadership Training Course, con ducted by the Philippine Associa tion of Colleges and Universities (PACU), which was held in Cebu last May 2-5, dealt principally with the true objective of student organi zations which is to train students The PACU Convention of which the author was a delegate drafted the resolution urging all schools to establish Student Councils. The tall man giving an Informal address Is Presidential Aspirant Manuel P. Manahan. in the fundamentals of good citi zenship. It was discovered that little attention was paid to such an objective. For instance, members of a Student Council merely con tent themselves with being called members. They do not actively and intelligently participate in the act ivities of the Council. Nevertheless, this problem is not entirely devoid of a solution. Efforts must be exerted to let every mem ber know, understand, and realize that he is as important as any other member of the organization. If this can be attained, he will con sider himself a part of the group. As a result, he will not hesitate to work religiously for the good of the organization. The PACU conference hinted that membership in a Student Council should not be limited to a selected few. The youngest, the poorest, the least articulate, and the least influential deserves a share in the Council's activities. And the PACU aptly warned: "Many have been so delighted for an opportunity to work with the ’cream' of the student body that they have tended to forget that the student council is not and (Continued on page ■15) Page 8 THE CAROLINIAN The LAST prayer offered by eight hundred cadets on that his toric Monday, March 11, 1957 was for a third star. Spic and span they stood against the blistering heat of a lenten high noon sun trying hard to conceal the fear that gripped their young hearts. This 1 knew for I was one of them. What were we doing? Where were we? Why were we afraid? We were not to die; nor were we to fight a prehistoric monster. Yet, ours was worse than facing a monster or death; for facing them, had we failed, eternal peace of mind at least would have been ours. Most of us were a bunch o' young and irresponsible boys. As a matter of fact, only the rifles jective — that of winning the Star (first place) the second time. Long before, it was held that it was as impossible to retain the Star as to win another first prize in the sweepstakes race. Because of the challenge posed, the year 1955-56 saw the Major and the cadet corps really rallying their forces and tightening their main line of defense. The Star came back to our folds and the "impossible" became a part of the shambles of past competition. Then the year 1956-57 came into the pages of our story. Com paratively, this year the Major was the most confident commandant. Aside from the fact that he had a good line-up, he had a system of training which really "clicked." Being the good commander that he Major Anacleto Garcia Gave USC Cadets a galaxy of stars on the breast. The Inside Story of The Triple Star by WINIFREDO C. GEONZON, Corps Ex-O, 1956-57 made us look like men. And we really proved we were men, at least, for unto us the prize has fallen, the third STARI THE SYSTEM The story of the triple Star is not only the story of the USC Cadet Corps of 1956-57 but also that of the two years before. The first part began with the turn-over of the ROTC hot-seat to Major Anacleto S. Garcia. I was in July of 1954 when 1 first met Major Garcia, then a cap tain. Though not a giant among the men in the service, his know how and experience rated him as one. Admittedly, Class 1957 (se cond year advance last year) had a lot of "whippings" coming so that at the mere sight of Major Garcia, the cadets' knees turned to water. He really was a strict disciplina rian. Being the new commandant, the Major had to do a lot of ex perimenting with the type of train ing he would conduct. So many were his "tests" that Class 1957 can be proud of being called his “guinea pigs." I said proud for at the end of that year, San Carlos catapulted from the fourth to the first place. The next year 1955-56, saw a new bunch of officers — hard boiled and in top shape. With these offi cers as his reenforcement, the Mayor trained his guns on his second ob is, he concentrated his efforts and time on strengthening the ROTC's weakest point — Field Artillery. So determined was he that most of the time, the infantry battalion got used to not seeing him on Sundays. THE STRENGTH Oftentimes this writer hears questions on what makes a unit strong. From experience, I would hazard the opinion that the strength of a unit is determined by the fol lowing factors: Commandant and Staff 30% School Administration . . . 20% Corps of Cadet Officers . . 25% Type of Cadets ............... 25% The commandant and staff are rated that much because of the system of training they introduce and prescribe. Major Garcia's system called for a rigid yet relaxed training. Sel dom would cadets stay under the heat of the sun. Nor would an observer see them always at at tention. Most of the time, instruc tions were conducted in the shade or in the lobby of the main build ing. More often cadets marched at ease. The system is very practical. While it sacrificed discipline, yet it drew the maximum cooperation from the men in the ranks. To top it all, the system bolstered the mo rale of the cadets to the end that the pain of rigid training became pleasurable. The school administration comes next. Their contribution is mani fested by the facilities offered the cadets; such as poopsheets, office and armory, and rifle slings. In the end the school's interest always determines the morale of the unit. Hence, if the administration is vocal in giving incentives to the com mandant, his staff, and the cadets, it always follows that the concerned will work hard to live up to the administration's expectations. In the last two years of Tactical Inspection, before the cadets board ed the trucks, Father Rector had always given them parting inspira tion. To the ordinary, the words are no different from any common encouragement. To us who were to undergo an ordeal, the words meant renewed confidence and spiritual strength. In that stiff com petition, this made the difference. The corps of cadet officers gets twenty-five percent rating for they implement the system. To be an officer here in San Carlos is no joke. It requires the courage of a man and the creative and instructional abilities of a sea soned teacher. While military bear ing and enthusiasm are requisites, an officer should have a carload of self-control. (Continued on page 35) JUNE-JULY, 1957 Page 9 • SltVii Stoup • Thunderclap. The old chico tree, which bends over the stone doorway of an old Spanish house, totters a little and stands pallidly before the dim light of the dooryard lamp. Another thunderclap, which seems to rip the ghastly heaven in twain, fades in the dis mal distance. The wind moans. Then the thunder-shower falls. The old Spanish house looks like an ogre. It's stooping. Its fence, which is of stone blocks, is already full of holes and a portion of it has even tumbled down. Mosses thrive in the crevices of the fence and tall weeds make the place look very uncanny. The way side near the gate is kept clean and is barred by two stone dogs. One has lost its head and the other half its body. The gate has an L-shaped ce mented baluster, but the balcony is wooden. Some rails of it are al ready broken. The wall has de cayed except the parts near the windows, for these have been re paired. And with the cheerless watercolor that the thunder-shower has given it, it appears like the skin of a man in his nineties. What was once a tiza roof has turned to zinc and even this has eroded. The folded edge of a sheet is constantly bing-banging the rafter as the wind blows. The white dog at the doorstep A dog howls, the night wind moans, and under the chico tree awaits . . STRANGER stands up, stretches his body and hops upstairs lazily, looms in the darkened balcony and lies down with its head touching the floor. He raises his head suddenly and Ay ^u-nne. (Lahizat.es sniffs in the darkness. He growls. He wags his tail. Barks, barks and barks. The ears perk up as he smells something. He gives a last growl, shakes his body and lies down again. A sinister figure is leaning on the old chico tree, al most invisible in the shadow. Yesterday night he had seen this stranger for the first time. He just appeared there. It must have been past midnight since the dozen rustic twangs of the wallclock had long mingled with the hush of the even ing, and the crescent moon had sailed far in the western sky. He just appeared there and stood there — silent, motionless, and waiting, waiting. . . The dog stared at him and barked to scare the stranger away, but the stranger never moved. The wind whistled through the leaves of the chico tree. The dog rushed downstairs. As he touched the ground he lunged into the shadow. The stranger vanished! Now, the dog stands up. He opens his mouth, shows his sharp Page 10 THE CAROLINIAN teeth. His tongue lolls. His body stiffens; his eyes are fixed some where beneath the chico tree. At his back the old door squeaks. The dog looks back. Kolasa, the old maid, comes out from the half open door. "Zorro. . . Zorro!" She says ab sent-mindedly while spreading her black umbrella. "Zorro!" She says again, this time with a tsuh-tsuh sound. The dog wags his tail. The maid goes downstairs briskly. The dog doesn't know what to do. His eyes expectantly follow the maid who is already nearing the chico tree. The dog holds his breath for a moment. Suddenly a flood of fear rivers in his whole being. He sees snakes — many, many snakes. Nothing but snakes! Even the stranger has transformed itself into a very big snake. And they are all crawling towards him. . . Yet he is ready to jump downstairs at any minute to help Kolasa if something happens. The maid only passes by. The stranger is still there, unseen. The rain slackens but the thun derclaps roar a crescendo. The wind is colder, and blasts into a climax. The baton of night beats and the wind gushes. A dead chico branch breaks and cracks on the ground. The dog is panting now, insen sate of the cold. The blood cir culates faster and faster through his veins. His heart pounds and kicks as if wanting to get out of his ribs. Restless. It is torn by two storms — fright and curiosity. The stranger is still there like a sallow statue — silent, motionless, and waiting. Tang! Tang! Tang! The dog feels like an anvil being frantically hammered. His bones loosen. His sinews give way. Somebody some where inside of him warns that no body can defy this stranger. Then... the stranger approaches him... draws a shining sword... he is panic-stricken. .. he melts... the sword is raised... then whizzes down. The dog shrinks as small as possible. Suddenly he barks, and lulls. The pang of illusion hangs for a while. Thunderclaps! So the stranger is after him. Kill or be killed! The dog takes a gamble. He thinks it wise to count seven thunderclaps first, before he runs to the stranger and tear him to pieces. Who is he? What is he waiting for? Whom does he want? Why does he not stay in the light? A robber? A bandit? A prowler? Thunderclap.’ One. Then the faint hooting of an owl is heard and dies out. In this weather, an owl cares to hoot? No, never. It must not be an owl, but it sounds just like one. Yes, it is an owl. Thunderclap. Two. The dog closes his mouth, gnashes his teeth. Then he hears a hair-raising, creep ing noise. It is like the one made by the ugly mello-pink-and-green snake he saw once crawling through the pile of dried hay. Then, snakes, snakes, snakes, thousand of snakes appear again. They come from all directions. From above, all around. Thunderclap — three, then four and five continuously, battering the roof of the old Spanish house. A trident of lightning flashes and in a split second, the dog sees the stranger clearly. The dog with draws a little. Another lightning. Then another, another and another shear the dark. The dog opens his eyes wide! The stranger is tall, taller than the post that supports the dooryard lamp. His habiliment is black all over. The dog is not sure whether the stranger is facing him or not. The raid is now falling in hogs heads, making countless blurring lines that shelter the stranger from sight. The creeping noise ceases. Thunderclaps — six! And the fear in the dog rises into devasta ting wrath clothed with boldness. The dog only waits for another thunderclap before the final spring. The rustic wall clock cling-clangs twelve times. Then the seventh thunderclap comes rolling from the gloomy skies and the tenpins of thunder explode again above the old Spanish house. Now! The dog cocks his head and — "Zorro... . Zorro.. .." Saturnina, the other maid calls his name. He does not know that she has slipped out of the decayed half-opened door standing at his back. He wags his tail in response. Saturnina puts on the raincoat, presses it to straighten the wrinkles, examines and unfurls her umbrella and goes downstairs shivering. The eyes of the dog follow her again up to the old chico tree. Another light ning shears the darkness. To the astonishment of the dog, the stranger is no longer there. The dog growls in disgust. But as the dark swallows up Saturnina, the stranger appears at the foot of the stairs. He motions to ascend. The dog waits in suspense, his heart throbbing and kicking faster than ever. Yes, it is better to wait so that the stranger cannot escape his fangs. The winding ce mented stairs of the old Spanish house this time act as a trap. But the stranger seems to step on the trap. He has already gained three steps. The dog expands his body. His claws are firm on the floor. The stranger stops and descends slowly. The dog feels like being mocked and leaps downstair in pur suit to catch the stranger, but. .. "Zorro! Zorro! Tsu-tsuh, su, Zorro!" Out of the half-opened door the head of a woman comes and beckons and calls him. The dog ascends hurriedly and kisses the feet of his mistress whose face is livid as death. The old mistress peers around the darkness for a while, pats the heads of Zorro and leaves the door. The dog sits down with his head up. He casts a sweeping look be fore him and discovers that the stranger had returned beneath theold chico tree. Two shafts of light strike the gate. Then fade out. A car makes a loud terminal roar. Moments make a little gap of silence. Three men in coats and hats, accompa nied by Kolasa and Saturnina, are seen walking along the peebled pathway. The dog feels happier, as if he has been isolated for so long and has not seen any familiar faces. The fat man carries a handy khaki bag. The smart one has a thin portfolio tucked in his arm, while the tallest one is only holding a little black book. The three men wipe their shoes hurriedly and go inside with the maids behind them. The dog rec ognizes the three men. They had been frequent visitors weeks ago. The dog yawns and lies down to take a wink of sleep. Then he smells something un pleasant like the odor of newlyplowed land. Like some ashes or burnt wood; like some bones newly excavated from the canal; like some... Maybe, the dog is already too tired to find out what it is, so he just makes some slfeepy glances. The stranger has calmly, silently and unconcernedly passed by him from inside the old Spanish house! The dog closes his eyes again, un willingly, to slumber. The rain slowly stops, but the cold wind is still freezing. The impact of silence wakes the dog. He stands up and strolls to and from the porch, stretching his body (Continued on page 29) JUNE-JULY, 1957 Page 11 'W&xzt “Da 'fyotc ~ ~ ~ Conducted by SAMMY B. FABROZ We are going to the polls this coming November to give a very important verdict. We are going Io decide who should be the man to be our next President. The matter is so important that we cannot just let it pass and take it for granted. This writer endeavored to gather at random personal opinions from the students, asking them what should be the kind of man that will make a good President of the Philippines. The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of this paper. Miss Erlinda Sievert MISS ERLINDA SIEVERT Secretarial Dept., says: "In general, all of them would want to be as great as the late President Magsaysay, or if they could, even much greater. Ob viously, the present presidential as pirants are trying as much as they can to show to the people how close they were with the late president when he was yet alive. They are making their physical re semblance to Magsaysay as an ef fective appeal that another RM is around. "It is not surprising therefore, that if the candidate who is claim ing to be the RM type wins, he Mr. Alfonso Alcuifas will do marvels at the start of his term as he will always strive to equal the late president. And it will not be the least surprising either if in the end he will be cor rupt after getting tired with his imi tation or after failing to imitate. He will come out then as a poor imi tator." MR. ALFONSO ALCUITAS College of Law, says: "This year's national election is the first national election that has attracted so many ambitious as OF OUR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES? pirants. But though the candidates are many, we still must not be mis led. We know what kind of man will make good as President of the Philippines. "He may not be too intelligent. So much the better if he is young, energetic, a truly good man, a lover ol his country and a real friend of the masses. He must know how to mix with people from all walks of life in order to know and under stand their problems. He must be a dedicated man who is ready to die for his country. Lastly, but not the least, he must be determined to conform to the policies and prin ciples adhered to by late President Ramon Magsaysay." MISS HERMIE PILPA College of Commerce, says: " 'Manahan is my man. .. Yulo for the masses. . . Vote Recto, the man of destiny.. . Choose Puyat. .. blah . blah . blah," . . . presidential campaign slogans nowadays, if you'll pardon my saying so, are getting cornier than ever. Campaign strategy seems shopworn and bor ing from overuse; each campaigner boots his own choice in super glow ing terms from 'the hope of the nation' to 'the man of the hour.' Judging from the hullabaloo, they're all the same tomatoes with different peelings.. . one candidate billed himself the best, the mostest, the only, to save the nation. That's o.k. except that 5 others have ex actly the same idea. If we have to swallow these gimmicks, heaven only knows where we'll end up. Each candidate no doubt has su perior qualifications but that's no guarantee he'll make a good pres ident. The presidency is the highest office in the land and is no joking matter; our candidates run for it by advertising themselves as public commodities like a new brand of soap or aspirin and is all the more lamentable. Yulo appeals to the unemployed by his economic prowess. .. Garcia promises every thing. .. Recto goes full blast on his intellectual appeal. . . and Ma nahan, . ..? He's obviously a man with a Magsaysay heart. . . unques tionably honest and dynamic and thus captures the young people's interest and they join him on the assumption that they have every thing to gain with a rising new party. . . but that is not enough. A good president must be a states man, a politician, an economist as well as a person with the so called Miss Hermie Pilpa Page 12 THE CAROLINIAN 'common touch. .either he must combine them all or he's lost.. . our present crop seems to have either one or two and none of the rest... What's wrong?” MISS ESTRATONICA TAN College of Commerce, says: "After the death of our beloved President Magsaysay, many would like to become President. Even the unheard ones think that they, too, could do good as President of the Philippines. They believe that their Miss Estratonlca Tan academic accomplishments or poli tical know-how are enough guaranty to make them an ideal President of the country. We, the voters, know what to do. We need a man who has enough training in the government service, of good moral character and with unimpeachable integrity, whose interest and devotion is only for the good and welfare of the country." MR. ARTURO RABOY College of Law, says: "I understand that to date there are four presidential candidates: Manuel P. Manahan, Senator Claro M. Recto, the incumbent President Carlos P. Garcia, and Jose Yulo. "Take President Carlos P. Garcia. On the first day of the horrible out break of the "Flu" epidemic, he Mr. Artur* Raboy seemed to have done nothing. Hospitals clogged with flu victims, prices of medicine went up, and yet the President did nothing. This is a glaring indication of his unfit ness to continue in his present position. "Let's have Claro M. Recto. Recto is a genius. He speaks of abstract economic theories and principles which he himself can only understand. The people now want a man of action and not necessarily a genius. "Or Jose Yulo. I believe that Mr. Yulo is unfit to be the President of our country because of his age. What we need now is a vigorous man. His claim to be an economic expert is yet to be tested. The country cannot afford to go through another trial-and-error method of choice. "We want a man who can feel and understand the masses. And, certainly, we have him in Manuel P. Manahan." MISS DELIA GADOR College of Education, says: "To mention the qualities of a man that will make a good Pres ident of the Philippines is quite dif ficult. But I must say that he should be a man who is morally and re ligiously upright. He must be one that can understand the common masses, in responding to their needs and solving their problems. That man must know how to uphold democracy, for upholding demo cracy is one way of protecting our Christian Faith. We must size him up on his standing as a man and on his religious Faith as a Christian." MISS RITA PALMA College of Lib. Arts, says: "I am not an idealist but I say that our country cannot and can never have a kind of government we want if we go wrong in the qualities of the man that I think will make good as President of our It ___ Miss Rita Palma Country: He must have the intelli gence and experience in public service to solve the economic pro blems of the country. He must be God-fearing and should not use the presidential power as a means to his selfish ends. He should not be the talkative type who lures the dead to rise from their graves be cause of political promises." MR. MAXIMO E. MONTAYRE College of Commerce, says: "If we look at our political slant today and observe keenly the tides of political issues, one question would come into our mind: Who is the man best qualified to become President of the Philippines? "In my opinion, I prefer a man Mr. Maximo E. Monfayre who knows little about politics, but must be one who is honest and sincere. A President of the Philip pines need not necessarily be one who is experienced in politics. We only need a kind of man like the late Pres. Magsaysay who is de voted to service and duty to his country. There is no reason why we should not choose today a man who is of the same specie as The Guy whom we treasured with love and confidence. Now is the time to champion a cause for a man who has little knowledge of the art of politics but who knows how to keep his words." JUNE-JULY, 1957 Page 13 Arnold JANSSEN, the founder of the Society of the Divine Word, whose priests have contributed so much to the high standards of SAN CARLOS UNIVERSITY, acknowl edged the importance of science in modern times. He himself, trained at the University of Bonn in natural science, insisted that the fostering of science should be one of the aims of the Society of the Divine Word. That San Carlos University has been recognized time and time again as outstanding in the natural sciences is therefore explained by the aims of the Society of the Divine Word. As a natural outgrowth of the love for natural science, Arnold Janssen acknowledged also the im portance of social science, espe cially of anthropology and eth nology for missionary activities, be cause he had founded primarily a Mission Society. Out of this vision and encouragement the international magazine Anthropos developed, whose editor today is the former Dean of the San Carlos Graduate School, Reverend Fr. Rudolf Rahmann. The Anthropos is the lead ing Catholic anthropological maga zine with a yearly publication of 1000 pages. Contributions come from missionaries, anthropologists and folklorists the world over. In 1932 the SVD priests who were holders of degrees in anthro pology and ethnology, were form ally organized as the ANTHROPOS INSTITUTE with headquarters first in Vienna (Austria) and later, since 1938, in Posieux-Froidevill, Switzer land. Only a small staff remained at the headquarters. The rest held professorships at leading universi ties in Vienna, Fribourg, Washing ton, Chicago, Peking, Tokyo, Na goya and San Carlos University, Cebu City; others were engaged in field research on scientific expedi tions. San Carlos University had the privileges both to see and hear some of these leading anthropolo gists like the late, internationally famous Fr. W. Schmidt and Fr. M. Gusinde both members of the Soc iety of the Divine Word. Fr. Rudolf Rahmann was for years head of the Graduate School of San Car los; he laid down the pattern of re search which has been highly praised by foreign anthropologists and ethnologists who have come in contact with Philippine Research Work. The research done by Fr. Rah man and his Graduate School stu dents might be termed "basic re search" in Philippine customs and culture, a research which leads me direct to the topic: "SOCIAL SCIEN TISTS POINT THE WAY TO RELI GIOUS ACCULTURATION IN THE PHILIPPINES." The topic might at first sight be unfamiliar to you. Let me there fore explain what I mean by ac culturation. The Social Science Research Council Committee states: "Acculturation comprehends those phenomena which result when groups of individual having differ ent cultures come into continuous first-hand contact, with subsequent changes in the original cultural patSocial Scientists Religious A by Rev. Father Richard Arens S. V. D. terns of either or both groups." Expressed in simpler terms it means, we borrow what is wholesome and salutary from others and amal gamate or blend them with the good in our own culture in order to form the best culture for our own advancement. If this is applied to the field of Religion we speak of "Religious Acculturation". At the first this sounds heretical. Can we change the dogmas according to national de sires and preferences? Impossible! But this is not the point. In reli gious acculturation we are dealing with the field of liturgy and reli gious practices. In the field of re ligious acculturation and accommo dation the Catholic Church is an experienced hand, with St. Paul as leader, who said about himself: "For the Jews I became a Jew, for the Romans a Roman and for the Greeks a Greek." The Christian content or dogma was poured by St. Paul into new forms appropriate for the nation concerned. We here in the Philippines have to do just that. The Philippines has often been called "the show-window of democracy" for the nations of the East, but much more the Phil ippines is the show-window of Christianity. Here Christian con tent, which is universal and the same for all mankind, has to be dressed in Asiatic forms, appealing to Eastern taste and tradition. Failure to do so, might lead to a failure of Christianity in the Far East. Therefore, my dear friends, the University of San Carlos takes an interest in this task of Religious Acculturation; and the research work of its social scientists points the way. A few examples from the Phil ippines, where missionary work among the pagans and pastoral work among the Christian Filipinos is often combined, might illustrate the point. Social research studies among the Christian Filipinos showed that there are agricultural and social rituals widely in use which originated in animistic times. In barrios far away from the res ident priests and therefore with only sporadic priestly contact, these customs and rituals are practically entirely animistic in form and con tent, whereas in barrios with steady priestly contact the rituals have been partly Christianized. A kind of folk liturgy is thus developing. The agricultural and social rit uals of the early Filipino, still pre served in distant barrios, express a great religious need and sentiment. They show a penetration of daily life with religious motives. The misPAGE 14 THE CAROLINIAN siologisis who emphasizes accommo dation, acculturation and evaluation of the social research findings could point out to the missionary and parish priest that he has here an easy "avenue" to the soul of the Filipino, if this need is cultivated and educated in the Christian way. It is precisely the aim of the Catholic religion to penetrate and sanctify secular life through the sac raments. The sacraments are the core of Christian living. When now the primitive mountain people, and even their highly civilized Christian brothers in the lowlands, have such a need and desire to motivate all their doings religiously, would not Point The Way To tculturation the sacramental approach be the most successful to make them happy and good Christians? There is al ready a natural foundation on which to build. This should lead the mis sionaries to emphasize the meaning of the Sacraments in their instruc tions to the newly converted Mangyans in Mindoro, Tingians in Abra and Igorots in the mountain province. The missionary should make them understand that the sacraments are the fulfillment of the agricultural and social rituals in a far higher form. For some primitive mountain people the Sacraments might be the first bridge to Christianity. The history of Catholic liturgy shows that many of our present liturgical ceremonies were formerly pagan rituals. The Church in a wise ac commodation and acculturation pro cess gave the old forms a new Christian content. In the same way the Church should take the initiative in modern mission countries. In some instances the Christians have already taken the lead themselves, as for example in giving the Old Rice Ritual a Christian meaning and content. Another contribution the social scientist makes is giving deeper insight into and understanding of some of the common religious prac tices. It is well known that the out ward religious life of Filipino Christians in the barrios is widely "Saint-centered". Novenas, proces sions, devotions, pilgrimages mostly have as their objective the venera tion of the Blessed Mother Mary or one of the many saints of the Cath olic Church. Some forms of wor ship seem strange. In barrio Tinambacan on Samar island, for ex ample, the people have a Friday devotion to St. Vincent Ferrer. From all surrounding barrios people flock A Condensation of the Commencement Speech delivered at the Summer Commencement Exercises there on Fridays—although they do not come for the obligatory Sunday Mass—they offer a candle, they use a silver wing or silver sandal- of St. Vincent they dip it in the water and strike it over head, arms and back (patamak). They take or dinary water home in which they have let down a candle which was offered to St. Vincent. Women, hard laboring at childbirth, drink this water, others use the water exter nally. Promises (sa-ad) are made to St. Vincent which are sometimes strange, for example: to cut the hair in the Church; to let girls wear boys clothing up to the age of 14 to 15; not to let the child be baptized up to marriageable age, etc. The social scientist points out, that only a few generations ago the Filipino was pagan, but he had the idea that God was re-incarnated in certain human beings—the socalled "Dios-Dios" idea which is still prevalent today in certain dis tant barrios. The Tambalan or me dicine-man had, according to the Filipino, supernatural powers. For these powers he was esteemed and respected. Now the saint is be lieved to have similar powers. It is therefore easier for the ordinary Filipino mentality even of today to approach God through his saints who are not so abstract, but are God's special friends with great powers bestowed on them by God. This way to God, through His saints conforms more to centuries of old pagan tradition. Another puzzle is the fact that certain religious organizations, de votions and practices are cherished, stay for decades, even centuries, without special effort from the priest, whereas others drag along, but need steady encouragement and special effort. The family rosary can be traced through three cen turies of Christian history in the Philippines and it is still going strong today. The consecration of the Family to the Sacred Heart (enthronement) is a yearly cele brated affair and needs no encour agement. The Barangay movement is an organization which in a few years conquered the Philippine na tion to the most distant barrios. It is too early to give final judgment about the future of this organization, but it is accepted so enthusiastically and keeps on actively without much priestly assistance is amazing. Other devotions and organizations have their difficulties, they come and die. How often do priest complain that it is so difficult to get the members to the weekly and monthly meet ings? Parents make difficulties to send their grown-up children to Catholic action training course. Why this indifference? The sociolo gists point to the close family ties — all devotions and organizations which are based on family partici pation and are embedded in the family are a success if not there will be difficulties. Again to know this, to face this fact, to build or ganizations around the family and to. foster family devotions, might mean success or failure in the parish. I could go on citing examples but space does not permit. It is clear that social scientists—also from the institution—have made considerable contributions to ef fective religious acculturation as the few examples I have amply shown. # JUNE-JULY, 1957 Page 15 COVER STORY (Continued from page 5) lusion of her "long years of toil and effort" she laughed, "Don't be ridi culous, in my time the pharmacy course was not yet 5 years and not yet cluttered up with those que horror math subjects like cal culus, trigo etc. . 1 hate Math but now I’m God-help-me immersed in the mess again.” Our first request for an inter view met with a giggle. When we phoned her she was blissfully en joying "Bundle of Joy" inside a down-town moviehouse. Catching up with her the next day in the chem istry laboratory, she was in flat shoes conducting an experiment, some sort of analysis of iron ore which she was watching in 3 glass beakers over a burner. If you think our interview was formal questions and answers, why nothing could be more silly. . . we had to vamoose quickly as we ended our interview ing each other. . . and that's Zinnia for you. PUREZA PASARES (5lh Place) • Eza finished her primary grades in Naga Elementary School, her in- ( termediate schooling in Naga In- 1 termediate School, Naga, Cebu. Her first and second years in high school were happily spent in the Notre Dame High School, San Fernando, Cebu. When she reached the third year of her secondary education, she transferred to the Naga Provin cial High School. She stayed there until her graduation. She came out fourth in the honor list. Pureza never expected to romp off with the fifth place during that "thrilling" board exam. "However, , I did not forget to say my prayers," | she said. "It is always safe to be with God at all times." GERARDA POLANCOS (10th Place) • Gerarda was born on October 3, 1934 in Merida, Leyte. She fin- j ished her primary and intermediate ■ grades in Merida Elementary School. Her first year high school was spent j in Merida Junior High School. But : she transferred to the University of > San Carlos in the following year, , She remained a Carolinian until her graduation from the high school. , After her graduation from high school, she took up the Pharmacy course in this University and was fortunate enough to cop the tenth i place. I The basketball aggregation of Dodong Aquino has taken on the queerest, fightingest congregation of assorted basketball personalities. They come from as far as the land of 'juramentados' to the musically tinkling voices of the Negrenses. ★ ★ You'll find Cesar ‘Tot’ Frias, from the Don Felix Montinola Memorial College loopin' the basket for us these days. He formerly was a Gold Medalist from the college, an Athlete of the Year. On the court he is a cross between a leaping rubber man and a poet at loss for words. ★ * Cenizo ‘Casanova* (now look, I didn't tag him with the monicker) Modequillo staged a comeback and is out there again in the heat of arms and ball. Ben-hrl Reyes (lut as in balut) is an old hand at this game and a lot of others. Michael ‘Charlie Horse* also a "come-back-er". He joined the varsity way back a couple of years ago but then he dropped out to attend to his shipping biz. Julian ‘Carmen Jones’ Macoy is deceptive for his size and looks; but he sizzles all right. Cesar ‘Eskina’ Manalili is Cebu's own product coming from Northern Hi. Jose ‘Husky’ Mejia is a gradee from the Engineers intramurals team. ★ ★ Esmeraldo ‘Sabre Jet’ Abejo, the guy who guided USC to a hustling victory over San Jose in an exhibition game is a perfect double for Boy ‘Hotshot’ de la Cruz. ★ ★ Danny Deen is still the helmsman of the team. Beat Boy Cruz through the 'skin of my teeth". Eight-six in the team's skipper election. ★ ★ Has anybody heard of Coach Hi-Johnson lately? His handy work lives with Baring and all other coaches but he seems to have vanished from our view and news? Any volunteer informant? Tom Echivarre's set plays should not be called team plays, should be Tom-Plays. Echivarre's work is simply magnifique. How's me french there? ★ ★ Varsity players are more social of late .... La Cruz (Boy) is a Tri E member and Peping Rogado with Modequillo and Galdo (last minute Galdo) are Akans. Baby Vargas is selling his racket (tennis boy). Giving up tennis boy for your soccer? "The shrinking Giant", mascot of the team is Roberto Rosales, Jr. ★ ★ Page 16 THE CAROLINIAN UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS ... in Pictet Ride . .. THE FACULTY Hike .. . EXCURSION Chat. . . Relax! Photo Credit: MR. UY UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS ...» Pittaw* THE STUDENTS EXCURSION the beach. . . the sea • • • the waves . . . vs. the classroom . . . the homework . . . the tests I Photo Credit: MR. SIERVO July 4th Harvest: USC ROTC Is Best Marching Units T/i<» third Star. . . thr trophy. <> . thr pridr. . . thv glory . . . Father L. Bangel And Father J. Jaschik Leave For Home Photo Credit: MR. SIERVO use BASEBALL CHAMPIONS OF THE C.C.A.A. BASEBALL LEAGUE FOR 1956-57 Cap*. Angelino Coja OOK J^euiew • by George Guy • Graduate School A MID-CENTURY LANDMARK When commenting on the master work of an outstanding scientist, protocol dictates that one starts with a few words of self-effacement. If the reason for such a practice is merely a matter of form, and a sub terfuge for possible limitations, then the reviewer will do better to eli minate altogether such discourtesy — even if clothed in words of ut most felicity. One approaches (the choice of the word is intentional) Schumpe ter's History of Economic Analysis (New York: Oxford University Press, 1955. Pp. xxv, 1260) feeling more like a questioning student than a cool impersonal critic. No scien tific study, however, should be slavishly pursued along the lines of one or the other outstanding authority in the field — however truly they may be mental giants. To undertake serious study requires a questioning mind as well as an open mind. Only after this heady fortification dare one continue with the following remarks. The History took Schumpeter nine years to write, and was not completed then in all respects. This book was intended by the author to be a revision of his earlier essay Epochen der Dogmen — und Methodengeschichte, which was pu blished in 1914. At his death in .early 1950, Schumpeter was in the midst of revising parts of the History and in completing other sections. However one may regret that the final revisions were not completed, careful editing present the History in the best conceivable final form, considering the situation. It is easy to perceive that Mrs. Eli zabeth Schumpeter treated the MS with more than just scholarly com petence of a very high degree — it was a work of love. The History actually was the last work for both writer and editor' — sad, but also beautiful because there can be little doubt that this book will be read with the same, if not more, keen ness as Smith's Wealth of Nations, or Marshall's Principles — or, for that matter, any book on economics. The profuse footnotes of supple mentary material, though perhaps a little too profuse, should not be overlooked. When read diligently in conjunction with each section of the text, the footnotes are equiva lent to the occasional digressions, or explanations of minor difficulties, which lecturers are prone to indulge in during the course of their eluci dation. Thus the reader has the happy feeling of being a listener to some lively discourse — the footnotes transforming the book into an ex professore series of superb lectures. An example of the "too" profuse nature of the footnotes is the reference to Leibniz' metaphy sical speculations on monadology (p. 28), further enriched with Joule's principles of thermodynamics and Leucippus' materialism. The ency clopedic treatment of the sciences in this chapter (the third) is to the credit of Schumpeter's wide inter ests, a mind that ranges comfortably from Jacques Bernoulli's Ars conjectandi to Aristotle's Chrematistics — certainly something that can not be said of the present reviewer. The section on Wissenssoziologie and Wissenschaftslehre, though also a digression, proved beauti ful reading. The book comprise five parts, of which the first part of four chap ters explains the scope and method of the study. Of particular impor tance is the differentiation between economic analysis and economic thought or systems of political eco nomy: ". . . By a system of political economy I mean an exposition of a comprehensive set of economic policies that its author advocates on the strength of certain unifying (normative) principles such as the principles of economic liberalism, of socialism, and so on ... Economic thought (we define as) the sum to tal of all the opinions and desires concerning economic subjects, es pecially concerning public policy bearing upon these subjects that, at any given time and place, float in the public mind ... The develop ment of analytic work . . . displays a characteristic property which is completely absent from the histo rical succession of systems of po litical economy." And this charac teristic property is the progress of the tools of analysis, or the analytic apparatus. Part II traces the history of eco nomic analysis from the beginnings to about 1790. This period covers the development of economics intc the full status of an independent branch of human knowledge, and corresponds to the first and second chapters of the Epochen: "Die En twicklung der Sozialoekonomik zur Wissenschaft" and "Die Entdeckung des wirtschaftlichen Kreislaufs." Part II covers the years 1790 to 1870, and Part IV from 1870 to 1914, and later. These two parts parallel caps, three and four of the Epochen. The concluding part sketches con temporary endeavors. In the presentation of the de velopment of economics, a chronolo gical sequence was generally fol lowed. But starting with Part III the presentation is topical. This is a happy arrangement, and avoids the difficulty which some other his tories fall into by following a strict ly chronological arrangement. The Faculty Excursion (See page 17, Pictorial Section) USC's Faculty Club held a frolicsome excursion Sunday, July 7, 1957, at the hacienda of Mayor Sergio Osmena, Jr. From the Mayor's place, the group pro ceeded to the Atlas Consolidated Mining Company. Heading the excursion was energetic Atty. Mario D. Ortiz, the reelected pres ident of the Club. Eight SVD Fathers, including Father Rector, joined the excursion. Speaking in the meeting dur ing the election of officers of the Faculty few days before the ex cursion the Father Rector prom ised to consider the regulations embodied in the Social Security Act as would give added benefits to the Faculty Members. Dean Pelaez of the College of Law heads a committee of six to study the law. JUNE-JULY, 1957 Page 21 USC's Adelino Sitoy was elected student Chairman of the PACU Convention participated in by students from different schools In the Visayas. use COPS THREE MAJOR PLACES IN PHARM BOARD EXAMS The University of San Carlos romped away with the 2nd, 5th and 10th places in the Pharmacy Board Examinations given January of this year by the Board of Pharmaceuti cal Examiners. According to offi cial reports, there were 426 can didates of the country who took the board exams; only 322 passed. USC topped three major places — 2nd, 5th, and 10th places. San Carlos' topnotchers in said exams were: Miss Zinnia F. Celestial (2nd place). Miss Pureza Panares (5th place) and Miss Gerarda Polancos (10th place). San Carlos' candidates got a passing percentage of 96%; 33 out of 35 passed successfully. Miss Rosie Sanchez President, Portia Club USC REPRESENTS STUDENTS TO PACU CONVENTION The University of San Carlos was represented by six students at the Fourth Regional Student Leader ship Training held in Cebu City May 2 to 5, 1957. The offical dele gates representing USC were Messrs. Adelino Sitoy, Samuel B. Fabroz, Willie Cabanilla, Estelito Alvia, Si meon Ancheta and Elsie Antonio. The training was sponsored by the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities (PACU). USC's Adelino Sitoy was elected chairman of the convention during the final day. The Guest Speaker during the first day of the convention was Un dersecretary of Defense Jose Crisol. Manny Manahan was the guest speaker of the last day of the con vention. FORMER CAROLINIAN ED TEACHES Tomas Echivarre, former Caro linian Editor, was taken in by the University as college instructor. He was also appointed Coach of the High School Basketball Team. "Tommy" passed the Bar Exams last year following his graduation. Before he took the Bar he was em ployed by the Catholic Trade School as Salesman. After taking the Bar, but before its result, he worked in the Law Office of late Congressman Pedro Lopez in Manila as Legal Researcher. The untimely death of Cdt Lt Col Jacinto Gador, Jr. Corps Adjutant b SI, Class 1956-57 USC ROTC ADJUDGED BEST MARCHING UNIT The University of San Carlos ROTC Unit was adjudged the Best Marching Unit in the July Fourth parade. It might be remembered that it was also San Carlos that was recognized as such in last year's July Fourth parade march ing competition. Many said that this showing is an indication of a possible capture of the Fourth Star during this coming Tactical Inspec tion. The Unit was awarded a trophy which was donated by the Shell Co. of the Philippines, Ltd. and was presented to Father Rector on behalf of the Cadet Corps. USC ROTC TOPS AGAIN The USC ROTC Unit copped the first place in this year's Tactical Inspection. This is the third time in three years that San Carlos got away with the distinctive banner. The inspection was participated in by all ROTC Units of the different schools comprising the 3rd Military Area. San Carlos led the list in both Artillery and Infantry Units. USC is the first school that has ever held the honor of topping the competition three times without in terruption. For all these'-honors. Major Anacleto Garcia can claim the credit. Major Garcia is still with the USC ROTC Unit, and there is every possibility that the Fourth Star will be in the bag. the Congressman brought him the opportunity to teach in San Carlos. He is now teaching Political Science subjects. At the same time he Page 22 THE CAROLINIAN Cdt Col Felipe Lobucay Probationary 2nd Lt. MORE ON ROTC NEWS By Geronimo Creer Felipe Labucay topped the pro bationary training course recently held at Fort McKinley. His class mates included ROTC graduates (advance) all over the Philippines and graduates from the Philippine Military Academy. JAGO USC unit had been or ganized under Major Garcia to try offenses made by cadets. Those composing the JAGO are: Cdt. Ma jor Geronimo Creer; chairman, Cdt. Lt. Col. Cesar Ursal, Cdt. Major Flaviano Centino, Cdt. Capt. Andro Ochotorena and Cdt. Capt. Eduardo Rosello. Chief of Investigations Section is Hummabad Jacquez, that of defense Cdt. Lt. Col. Angel. The Sword Fraternity elected the following officers for this year: Commander Col. Louie Batongmalaque; 1st. vice-commander Capt. Roska Ramon, adjutant, Col. Anto nio Angel, Finance Col. Teresito Escario, Comptroller Major Otelio Yap, PRO, Major Geronimo Creer. The following were elected olficers of the Junior Sword Frater nity: Commander Capt. Ramon Ros ka, 1st. vice commander Capt. An thony Sian, 2nd vice commander Lt. Romeo Solon, Adjutant Capt. Andro Ochotorena, finance Lt. Eulogio Bonsukan, provost marshall Capt. Emiliano Macapaz, Capt. Laurito Malinao & Leopoldo Merca do Sgt. at Arms... Lt. Julius Baugh and Dominador Teleron. assumes the job of coaching the USC High School Basketball Team. He is also the Carolinian's faculty adviser. Mr. Jose Llm, Jr. AKA Grand Altin LIM HEADS THIS YEAR'S AKA FRAT Jose Lim, Jr., a senior student of the College of Commerce, was unanimously elected Grand Akan of the USC Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) fraternity lor the school year 1957-58 in an election held recent ly at the university campus. The following were other elected officers: Eufemio Darunday, deputy Grand Akan; Teresito Escario, Scroller; Leon Ra. Cahigas, Exchequer; Wilfredo Mendoza, Deputy Exchequer; Ernesto Geneston, Comptroller; Wencey Gonzales, Business Manager; Edilberto Rivera, Informer; Joaquin Chua, Informer; Jose Oliva, Chaser, Rafael Alonso, Chaser; Juan Aquino, Jr„ Adviser; Esteban L. Chua, De puty Adviser; Dean Jose G. Tecson. FATHER BUNZEL LEAVES FOR U.S. Rev. Fr. Lawrence Bunzel, SVD, Vice-Rector of the University and Director of the Boys' High School Dept, left for the United States June 1957 for medical treatment and va cation. Fr. Bunzel will be coming back to USC but it is not known when. (From University Bulletin) Honorary Grand Akan. The induction ceremonies for the newly-elected officers will be held after the initiation rites of the or ganization. Mr. Franklin Clarln USC Baton Twlrler B.S.E.Ed. FRESHMEN HOLD ELECTION In a meeting held on Saturday, July 6, 1957, members of the B.S.E.Ed. first year class elected their officers for the current school year. The officers elected were: President, Maria Ferrater; Vice-Pre sident, Rizalina Sotto; Sec.-Treasurer, Redilliza Requilme; PRO, Ma. Estrella Luna. The adviser is Mrs. Crispina Tan. (From University Bul letin) Rev. Fr. Josef Jaschlk, S.V.D. FATHER JASCHICK ON LEAVE... Rev. Fr. Josef Jaschik, SVD, former Director of the Girls' High School and Procurator of the Univ ersity, left last summer for his na tive Germany. He is going to have vacation for one year. Father Jas chik had spent some nineteen years in the Philippines. (Cont’d oh p. 35) JUNE-JULY, 1957 Page 23 THE AUTHOR There is no reason why people should not express pessimism over the success of the Carolinian this year. The staff is crippled by the absence of its three reliable stal warts who "stowed away" for less strenuous pursuits. Last year's CROSS C U R R E M T S by Sixto LI. Abac, Jr. Editor-in-Chief, Buddy "Triot" Quitorio decided to end up his quite amorous adventures with Helen of Malingin in Wonderland. A reliable source tipped us that B.Q. is now pursuing his Law studies very seriously in our Bustling Metropolis. Dick Cabailo, the master "Beat-theDeadline Strategist," together with Ipeng Verallo, Jr. alias "ROTC BRIEF"' also slipped away unno ticed. We were told that Ipeng has hitched his political future to a powerful bandwagon. And, therefore, he's too busy with the campaign plans. It is said that a quitter never wins and a winner never quits. Notwithstanding all the foreseeable cobblestones that might block our way, we are fearlessly taking this challenge "to go and carry the torch burning." Perhaps, we might fail. Nevertheless, we must go on for as one author said in the midst of his troubled thoughts "tomorrow or today, there shall be defeat, di saster and death — it matters but little. For we know life must move on . . . no matter what mischances may happen." These thoughts have inspired us "to make the best out of the least" for the Carolinian. Glory comes after defeat; a poet said that after the night comes the morn. After a failure, is it not suc cess? Speaking, therefore, of suc cess, the JOSEPHENIAN, St. Jo seph College says: "Success, a word which embraces all our dreams, our longings and our desires, does net come to us at our bidding nor In a silver platter. We cannot go in It In a limousine of care freeness and good time. We have to sweat on our way to It, taste the bitterness of defeat, and experience the bludgeonings of sneers and gibIngs of our unreasoning and unsym pathetic fellowmen." What is good in our world is that every man has the chance to rise and succeed despite his limita tions or shortcomings. It is true failure may be inevitable but it can be overcome by meeting defeat with a smile. Every smile that you throw is a perfume to the heart of a receiver. And talking of smiles, the NIGHTINGALE’S ECHO, SIH School of Nursing, writes: "Smile costs nothing, but creates much. It enriches those who receive, without breaking those who give, if happens in a flash, but the memory of It, sometimes lasts forever. None are so rich that they can get along without It, and none so poor, but are richer for Its benefits. It creates happiness in the home and fosters good will In business. Yet it cannot be good to anybody till It is given away." A good and bright idea. But how many of us think and ponder about the future? Of its roses and thorns? At any rate, this one from the SILLIMANIAN MAGAZINE, Silliman University, can help us: "Your future Ilves will be joyous and abundant only If you are willing to render service to others, service to your nation that has given you freedom and opportunity. You can repay your parents and your school only by giving what you can in ser vice to others and In loyalty to the highest Ideals with which you have been endowed. Kes, the measure of your success in life will depend upon your willingness to pay rather than In your trying to collect all you can for yourself, in living lives of service and in generous giving to others." The political pot is again boil ing. All the political morsels —sophisticated smiles, fake hand waving, polished speeches, and all vote-getting tactics —• will be the main attractions of the day. It is barely three months to election time and every candidate appears to be in a mad rush for the highest post of our land. There never was an election in the history of our country so hotly contested as the forthcoming one. It seems as though Magsaysay made everybody think he can be President. As of this writing, five protagonists are in the ring: Garcia, Puyat, Recto, Manahan, and Yulo. The issues are mixed and varied. Our voters are getting puzzled, confused and perplexed. One person says Mana han is good, because Magsaysay said he is. The Guy never told a lie. Another claims that in order to save our country from economic ruin we must vote for Yulo; still another maintains Puyat should be elected to unburden ourselves of heavy taxes. And a fellow cautions us not to vote for Recto to save the Philippines from a puppet regime of an imperialistic state, etcetera, The electorate must not turn panicky on what kind of leaders our country needs. Here are some tips from the POWER, St. Paul's College: "Our country needs people who ore guided by Industry In their dally activities, people who are willing to till the soil and know that to live by the sweat of their own brows Is best. "Our country needs people who fear God who look up to Him as their master; who Implore Him for help and guidance and who can think, act and speak In accordance with His holy teachings characterized chief ly by love, goodwill and brotherhood to all." Now and then our library issues warnings against the stealing and mutilating of library materials. Now, no student is allowed to enter the library hall unless he presents his Identification Card. Students now(Continued on page 32) Page 24 THE CAROLINIAN our very own anniversary issue .... one year ago b.b.q. christened this column with its present monicker, somebody asked us to substitute "scramblings in upper case" now but we're preserving our name for let's say . . . "sentimental reasons", speaking of our benefactor, grape vine hearsay, reports our erstwhile editor is now making his own way very well outside university doors—to our utter envy, for all our smug ness we do miss that irrepressible "old goat." it irritates our ears to hear all over again a recital of the timeworn woes of a freshman .... the obscure hT speck eclipsed by the size of everything and everybody who're too busy to notice his occupancy of a definite area of space ... a solitary one bewildered at the formidable wall of indifference that blocks dead his fumbling efforts to cut the ice. strictly off the record, we'll pass on a random tip to the host of friend less souls: lay off those sophisticated nuts before you get contaminated with their abject notoriety, one cold shoulder is one snob too many; later on you'll be shocked as we have been to discover that none of ramblings in lower case -----------------------• h make it. by a poetic twist you only accomplish this when you're totally unconscious of your gift. to ramble on ... . there's this nasty business of being palmed the painful "i-don't-know-you" look . . a la carte to the high and the mighty specie .... actually it takes a lot of nerve to deliberately snob a person in puris naturalibus. for all you know the poor guy may not have recognized you at once or worse he didn't see you at all. or he may be unsure of himself, un able to think fast of a proper thing to say, he is rendered speechless when you have within greeting dis tance. my, you must be pretty im portant if he has to grope in the dark for a nice thing to say: that he's tongue-tied is the supreme tribute, there's nothing romantic about his "silence that speaks louder than words" .... man, he feels like a fool at being caught with his defenses down, that's all. tourdei jaratnUla • them is worth the trouble anyway, incidentally most people you mis take as stuffed shirts are in reality not so stuck up. the mutual fear of being rebuffed is why they are as timid to approach you as you are to touch them, but sometimes the reason for your classmates' lack of interest when they ignore you is your own fault, you may be a dull colorless sort of person and may repel people by your lack of life or any personality as gauged by your inability to stand shoulder to shoulder in witty repartee because you are bereft of any rapier wit, are sensitive or your mental slug gishness is simply too much. or you may be unconscious of your own general slovenliness in untidy clothes, disgusting giggles, or dirty jokes in which case people won't care a hoot for you and you call them snobbish! of course in some cases they are pre-occupied with big problems, they seem cold to your grievances, or they feel so big they can't see their feet anymore, but why bother a hang about them? there are a multitude of approach able people whose generosity and open heartedness will surprise you who're more or less inclined to overlook the inherent nobility of your fellow beings, experienced in the school of hard knocks never to expect too much from other peo ple, it comes like a whiff of sum mer air to meet nice people who haven't lost their charm of candid manners. . . . melinda borinaga. (sect'l 1) who lent us her book without even ask ing our name . . . linda layno (civil engr' 4) who goes out of her way to tutor trigo to lazy dumbies who capitalize on her brains and her amazing patience for nothing .... linda sievert (sect'l 2) who was ab solutely tickled at our woebegone wilted orchids on her birthday july 12 . . . margarita bollozos (pharm. 3) a redeeming feature in our painin-the-neck math class . . . sweet ethel ratcliffe (pre-nursing) one of our newest rote sponsors so thrilled with college . . . it's one of the fun niest tragedies in life how you who are innately weak in character ad vertise your achilles' heel by trying to make a big splash ... if you're dynamic, if you've got "it", you'll rise or steal the show in whatever you do with no scheming from your own corner, free from the burden of proving to yourself how big you are, your personality will glow and emphasize you more sharply in the shadows of your other classmates who try too hard and never quite THE AUTHOR although it's quite beyond us how anyone could be so awkward that he couldn't possibly harness the vibrant semper idem "Hi." manuel ocampo (mech. engr. 2) and luis dy (mech. engr. 2) are al ways spontaneous in their breezy "hi's" during brisk classroom traf fics . . . pretty teresita mabugat (commerce 2) arches her roman eyebrows in recognition .... it seems too much to expect our busy classmates to smile benignly to us during hectic room transfers .... of course if you're one of these la dies who wouldn't be caught dead in an undignified scramble like (Continued on pa</e •?•?) JUNE-JULY, 1957 Page 25 School When reading "Paradise Lost" we encounter words like Satan, dragon, devil, Beelzebub and Luci fer, words that remind us of the Bible. The purpose of this short paper is to point out the relation ship of the usage of these words in the Bible and in "Paradise Lost", the immortal masterpiece of John Milton. It is, of course, contrary to our Catholic Faith to believe that God created Satan in his present situa tion. The devil is a fallen angel and his satanic character is due to his own evil will. We know from the Bible the reasons for the damnation of the evil angels (Apoc. 12, 7-9). We shall hear more about the per son of Satan. Let it suffice for the present, as mentioned above, that this evil character is a fallen angel, originally created in happiness and meant to share with many other angels, the eternal blessedness of heaven. In "Paradise Lost", John Milton makes mention of a fallen Cherub (B. I, II, III, VI) and Seraph, Archan gel and angels and the other orders of the angelic choirs. We may con clude from this that angels of all orders took part in the revolt against God and consequently were cast out into the everlasting fires of a hell especially created for their punishment. As we are supposed to know more about the angels and their orders, I will not go into fur ther detail to describe them, their natures, their attributes. The Holy Bible, if consulted, will give the reader a deeper familiarity with the angels. (Cf. Hebr. 12, 22; I Thess. 4, 15; Eph. 1, 21; Coloss. 1, 16; Gen. 3, 24; Is. 6, 1-2). Original sin had been instigated by a "moving spirit". This sin, which contaminated human nature, found its cause in the intrigues of a seducer. The lies which Holy Scripture narrates had a father in this evil spirit who proved to be an adversary of God. The entry of sin into the world, or better, into creation, took place in a heavenly setting among the spiritual powers that God had created. The evil spirits were in existence before the fall of man, and the seducer is given a name, the name of satan or devil. The word has its own particular meaning as "accuser ol men" or "adversary of God." After his revolt against the al mighty Power that created him, this satan, this devil, this evil spirit, was immediately driven from heaven together with his followers, to be damned in a hell of eternal tor ment. There is no recall for those confined to the fires of this infer nal place, neither for the fallen an gels nor for man. The beautiful name which the leader of the fallen angels once bore with honor and distinction he now bears with dis grace and damnation. Lucifer, the light bringer, the bearer of light, no longer brings the light ol God's love and grace, but illumines the path, the wide path, that so many seek to follow on the road to per dition. Many names of contempt have since been heaped upon the head or the person of this evil spir it; he has been called dragon, sa tan, devil, the old serpent, the slan derer and evil spirit. All these names denote the devil in his rela tion to God and to mankind in some way or other. Satan, steeped in hatred for God, his Creator, makes constant effort to bring more creatures to express hatred for God. Knowing that man is destined to take over his place in heaven, the tempter seeks to prevent this by leading men to hate God and to bring about their per dition. Satan in every way attempts to mislead mankind. In the devil there is no place for thought or wili of love for he can do nothing but hate God and work evil against Him. SATAN IN THE BIB 1. SATAN We encounter this name in every book of "Paradise Lost" except in Book 8. The poet shows us Satan as the chief of all spirits. He led the battle against God in heaven (Apocalypse), he undertook the daring enterprise and the tempta tion of Adam and Eve (Book 1, 2, 4, 9). In Hebrew this name means "adversary, accuser". It is just this role that Satan plays in the Old Testament and in the subsequent Jewish apocalyptic literature. Re markable it is that he was men tioned only three times in the Old Testament, namely in Zach. 3, 1-2; Job 1, 6; I Chron. 21, 1, wherein he made his appearance as accuser. In the pre-exilic period the figure of Satan was entirely unknown. The reason for it was the absolute monotheism of Judaism which held that there was only one divine power, one God. The explanation of this belief was to refute the do minant Persian dualism, a false re ligion of that day, that Satan was the creator of light and darkness, the source ol evil as well as of Good (Isaias 45, 6-7). The three above mentioned passages were written much later than 539 B.C., that is, after the exile. It is an evid ence of the influence of Zoroastrian doctrine of dualism upon the Ju daism of that period in history. When Christ appeared in the world, Satan began to be riotous. All sorts of evils were visited upon the chosen people of Christ's time. Recall the brazenness ol the de vils who asked not to be sent back to hell when driven from the pos sessed boy, but to be sent into a herd of swine, which they drove over a precipice. The satanic "legion" shouted aloud, "What have we to do with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? Art thou come to des troy us?" (Mark 1, 24; Luke 4, 34; Mark 5, 7; Matth. 8, 29). Jesus saw that Judas allowed satan to enter his heart (Luke 22, 3). Jesus warned Peter of satan (Luke 22, 31; Mark 4, 15; John 8, 44; Matth. 13, 39). Satan is thus the adversary of God and man. He seeks to frustrate God's purposes of good and to se duce men to defy God, to do that which is evil and thus destroy their chances of eternal happiness with him. He accuses man before God and brings about their punishment as well as their destruction for eternity. Both in Jewish thought as well as in legend, Satan was never more than a figure of secondary rank and power, always subordinate to God and subject to discipline by Him (e.g. Job). In Christianity, Satan is regarded as a powerful being, very hostile to God, yet dependent Page 26 THE CAROLINIAN upon Him, the malevolent worker ol evil in the world and thus to be identified with the devil. 2. DEVIL This word is not used very often by Milton. We find it mentioned only six times in Books 1, 2, 4 and 9, 10. The poet identifies this word with Satan. This statement is brought out more clearly by the singular form which is used and the descriptions in B. IV & IX. Only in Book 1 does he employ the plu ral form as opposed to rhe term deities. (Book I, line 373 "And De vils to adore for Deities"). In this text the author takes all devils and names them together. We can come to the conclusion that the devil in "Paradise Lost" is the chief of the evil demons, and in this sense, the same as Satan himself, (cf descrip tion B IV and B IX). In later Jewish and early Chris tian usage he was identified with the deceiver, Satan. He was point ed out at great length as the source of all evil and was accused of being bent upon enslaving mankind to the service of evil. He tempted Jesus at the beginning of His pu blic ministry; (Matth. 4, 1-10); he was at the head of the demonic powers in conflict with our Blessed Lord; he was the prince of the "power of the air" (Eph. 2, 2) to whom Paul would want no alle giance given; the inciter to immor ality (I Cor. 5, 5) and the author of the bloody persecution feared by St. John in the Apocalypse. (Ap. c. 12, 1-18). Although his power was broken and undermined by Christ, we ex perience that he continues to do 3. BEELZEBUB This name was employed by the poet only four times in Books I and II. Beelzebub probably means "Lord of flies", or "the God of Flies." This god was worshipped by the Philistines at Accaron. Ochozias, king of Israel, sent to consult this god when he was wounded. In the New Testament the name of Beelzebub is used for the devil, though only in an applied sense. In Milton's "Paradise Lost" Beel zebub ranks just below Satan, is one of the fallen angels. This is shown by these lines: One next himself in power, and next in crime. Long after known in Palestine and named Beelzebub. (Book I, 80) And that Beelzebub is not the same as Satan, we can infer from these lines of "Paradise Lost": So Satan spoke and him Beel zebub thus answered. (Book I, 271) We shall come to the same con clusion when we read these lines in Book II: Which when Beelzebub perceived, than whom Satan except, none higher sat... .... Thus Beelzebub ... Pleaded his devilish counsel, first devised By Satan, and in part proposed... In the Old Testament Beelzebub (Baal Zebub) occurs only once (4 Kings 1, 2) as the name of the god of the Philistines as mentioned above. In the New Testament, Bee! zebub is a name for the chief of the devils and is therefore synonywickedness, depravity. (Judges 19, 22; 1 Kings 2, 12). A new usage seems to have started in Nahum 1, 15, where Belial may be a person alized designation of the Assyrian conqueror. In the New Testament, the word "belial" is found once (II Cor. 6, 15), where it probably is used as a name for Satan. More than likely it is used as referring to the prince of the devils and therefore a var iant of the name Beelzebub. In pseudepigrapha, it is a name ap plied to Satan, the anti-Christ or an emissary of Rome. Milton added to the figure men tioned above by describing him as the lewdest of the spirits that fell from heaven. We find in Book I, Books 2 and 6 the following verses: Belial came last, them ivhom a spirit more lewd .. . Belial, but as was false and hollow . .. Thus Belial with words cloath’d in reason’s garb ... Belial is thus in A.L. one of the fallen angels, not the same as sa tan as the descriptions in Bk. I, 493 and B. VI p 230 and 239 testify. 5. DRAGON This name for the Prince of Evil is used the least by Milton in his work "Paradise Lost". Only once does it appear in Book 10. He mean! by that name Satan based on his knowledge of the mythology, be cause dragon is the common de signation for the mythological ser pent that appears in various early cultures. Although all demons, as satan himself, were transformed into serpents, the singular form of (Continued on page ■!!,) LE AND IN ’PARADISE LOST’ his evil work, to catch and to drag the unwary into the pit of hell. St. Peter warned us, "Be sober and watch, because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goes about seeking whom he may devour." (I Peter 5, 8). The same warning was preached by St. Paul in his letter to the Ephesians 6, 10-11. With the Church we pray: "St. Michael Archangel, defend us in the day of battle; be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil. . ." mous with Satan. (Matt. 10, 25; 12, 24-27; Mark 3, 22; Luke 11, 15-19). 4. BELIAL The word in Hebrew means worthless, hence, wicked. In the Old Testament it is used almost always in connection with such words as son, daughter, children, man, etc. and means a very wicked person. The term also refers to a base man and covers a variety of types of character as found among men, indicative of worthlessness. Rev. F r. Donatus Djagom S.V. D. JUNE-JULY, 1957 Page 27 when her fingers touched the doorknob, her hand shook perceptibly. She hesitated for a moment and then, with a final gesture, twisted the doorknob. The door creaked open. The room was in semi-darkness. The smell of liquor strong in the air. “Itay! Itay! For heaven's sake... why, you are at it again!" she cried. "You promised . . . you promised that you would not touch a drop of that stuff again." The passive personality leaning against the wall had no whitening hair, no coarsening skin, but only the stoop of age, the defused state of weariness — that had become a part of him before their time. "Margie, I must have forgotten... I keep forgetting things and the promises 1 made!" came the banal remark. And when he had spoken, only his voice came to her, not his eyes. Heaven knows when all this began, and why. A few months back? A year? Two years perhaps. It seemed like a thousand breakfasts ago. Ah, a wMk of time! And damn if he had not lost track of the hours. Yet he /could still see her clearly now, with his mind's eyes, lying there in (that low, leather couch with a covering over her body, her face as pale as ivory, her hands stiff and cold as an icicle. The doctor came. He felt her pulse and used his stethoscope on her, and listened for the beating of an atom of hope that might still have been lingering in her breast. Then the doctor went out of the room, and he heard Margie's voice hanging in mid-air: "Doctor, my Ma . . . she is . .. she is all right, isn't she?" The doctor looked down at the girl whose countenance was red with the rosy glow of youth. He placed his hand upon her shoulder, his face as grim as the Grim Reaper's, and said with exaggerated politeness and sympathy so common to his profession, "Child, your Ma, she is at peace with the world . . ." And then a cry that turned into a world of sobs and a sea of tears. His had been a life of action, not of introspection, but the mind of man is a strange and intricate mechanism, it cannot all at once accept and believe so great and sudden a loss. Heart attack — the words seemed so alien. But it was the doctor's verdict. Cruel, this terrible essence of truth! And the sun grew and waned and died, and new suns were born and still he sat there staring at the empty couch with unfocused and unblinking eyes. A week later, coming home from school, Margie looked into the room and saw it empty. She found him later in the kitchen drunk as a sailor on liberty leave. It was then that he began to drink like mad, without restraint whatsoever. It seemed as if he had delivered himself into another mode of life, a queer new world of strange laws and unknown demands. A world perhaps, in his morbid illusion, more real than reality. That was the beginning. Now the months and the array of days, bore no name. They were insignificant. They were only measured by the empty bottles lying there mutely in the corners of the room. A labyrinth of bottles. A world made of glass. And that's that. "If Roberto should see you like this, he will be frightened! You will make him cry again. You know how he idolizes you —" she said. For months she could not help being aware of the anxiety in the household. For months she had held her peace which was no peace at all. She caught the fume of his rancid breath, its smell and the sight of his swollen cheeks shim mering like blisters had so revolted her that the curves in her face froze into cold, pale angles. A stab of revulsion traversed her heart. If he could only realize! Oh, God — "What does it matter?" he al most shouted at her; and for a mo ment, he was ashamed of himself. He said only that, but they were hard and bitter words. He seated himself across from her, and placed CRY, JL dh(M dtMy, his elbow on the table. "I'm sorry, Margie," he said, looking down at the floor, each note separate and painful, "I should not have said that —" She sensed then that he was not really drunk. Margie was only eighteen, while Roberto was nine. Margie — how could she evaluate his subjective experience and intimate pains with her calm and serene objectivity? And how could he describe to her a subjective state, a feeling which pervaded his mind and soul? He was at a loss for words. Two sun dered existences. No bridge to span the gaping abyss separating them. And yet if he had only Page 28 THE CAROLINIAN reached out his hands, he could have touched her. So near. So lar. Raising her face to his prolile, she slowly unveiled in her eyes beneath their dropping lashes the eternally enigmatic nature of a fe minine personality. The lids lifted like curtains over those dark eyes, moist and gentle, the depths of their eloquence was as deep as the pupil. It sought in his eyes the memory of a fugitive reverie. And for all she saw of him, he might have lived in another world. "Itav! You know what it did to your health. You cannot go on like this forever. You have got to understand. Ma ma would not want it to be this way." There was a strange urgency in her voice. The languid and apa thetic figure who had built a pat tern of Suppressed hostility could not help being stirred. The com plex world — it demands of a com plex man that he deal with it in qn aggressive manner, but he was no longer young — he thought — and only youth is resilient. Only youth can endure. For him the more vigorous half of life was gone for ever. However, as a final contradiction, there remains the ever-persistent truth that a man grows old, not by years, but by his internal adjust ment and emotional reaction- to fiascoes. "Itay, you are being unfair to Roberto and to yourself! For the LAST ENEMY • by REY YAP • rest of his natural life he will have to burden himself with a tortured memory you arbitrarily impose upon him. For the rest of his life he will never be sure of himself. Why won't you give him a chance? — give yourself a chance? Running away from oneself won't do anyone any good. For one thing, you are killing yourself outright! Why? Why could you not face reality even only for once?" She spoke to him in the half-light.. And here and there a myriad of shadows danced on the walls. He felt that he was the child and she the grown-up. However, his was but an obstinacy of a man, hard as stone, stiff as bent wire. He looked at her finely chiselled and eloquent little face, with its round forehead and little straight nose, fragile chin and cheeks framed in her soft, wavy and jetblack hair. She had spoken the truth. His was obviously an overt evidence of self-destructive trend. His was an outspoken wish to es cape from reality. O God! Which is reality and which is nightmare0 And what is reality? Is reality the inner experience or the objective sensory? Or is reality personified by the half-empty bottle which bridges the transition to an illusion? And for all there was to it, he had swam out too far, almost into the deep, uneven waters. The crucial moment had come to him. He would either be swallowed by its turbulently tempestuous torrents or swim against it and be himself. "Margie, you can go to your room now. It is late," he said, and shot her a sideways glance from beneath the grayish tufts of his eyebrows. She tossed back the flood of her hair and went out with out a word, and there was a heav iness in her movement. Her foot steps clicked in the unlit passage way. And she was gone. Outside, the crescent moon poised like a scimitar veiled by patches of drifting clouds. From where the tall window looked out a lonely star pierced the world of darkness. And out of the west c gust of wind came surging into the room. The curtains fluttered, and he reached out to them with both hands, only to feel the wind drifting through his fingers, sensing with an overpowering sorrow a life wasted away. Like a dream; like a thousand • dreams!.. . As he sur veyed the infinite space he found himself as another lonely spark in the endless sparkling canopy of the night, an infinitesimal atom in the eternal womb and order of nature. Perhaps — yes! — perhaps if he were to cease to live for himself and start to live for his posterity! For Margie. For Roberto. . . He stood there, that piece of stubborn clay, alone with himself, staring across a lifetime, considering. . Observe: drops of sweat -;,huny from his temple and the pale, pen dulous lips framed against a stony profile. A man wages but two wars, one against others and the other against himself. Suddenly — He raised the half-empty -bottle, held it poised, and staring probingly at it, he ran his fingers around its edge. This was his answer: He dashed it outside the window upon the gray asphalt pavement. The shattering impact. The long, loud silence. The end of a delusion. THE STRANGER .(Continued from page 11) now and then to gain spirit. He trembles to drive away the numb ness and stands still. He views his surroundings keenly. Through the dim light of of the dooryard lamp he sees the grass drowned in the rainwater. The two rose plants at each side of the doorstep are tottering. The flowers have fallen on the ground. He shifts his sight toward the old chico tree that stands ghastly be fore him. And then he remembers the stranger. He faces about and... He sees the bony feet of the stranger and then the feet of his old master whom he hasn't seen for a long time now. The dog is petrified. "I have waited for you since yesterday night..." The stranger says in a deep voice, while they descended. The voice sounds as if spoken through a large hollow tube. "Oh.. . . you know. . . I had to settle with my children first. Now, their, shares are already arranged." His master lets out a hollow sigh. The two blend with the darkness and suddenly, wailing, crying, and sobbing burst forth from the old Spanish house and hover in the darkness, cold, hair-raising! Neigh bors come and huddle around the doorstep, each murmuring a ques tion to the other. In the garden, in the semi-dark ness, the dog utters a loud, unbroken horrifying howl. # JUNE-JULY, 1957 Page 29 -Answer Your And here I am Wanting you What could You touched understand and feel—the current in my heart...? Amidst the angelic voices of midnight serenaders, Amidst the rolling waves of the vast blue ocean. I found you not. I search for you Amidst the turmoil of a guilty conscience; Amidst the pitter-patter of an April shower, i often wonder [why a flower\|ias to bloom in the beautiful Jmorning sun \ only to die some afternoon later on. what must be the purpose of perhaps i will find the answer if only i can understand why a young leaf must sometimes rose? I Elsie Jane Veloso f a I I even without a wind! long to meet you When the its silvery When thei. its melancholy When the dr to rob the m< When the en sends forth its d re A my rays But I met you ngt. I / find you \ ' Amidst the current., of f|owmgt^rs of deep repentance; Amidst the chilly wihds '-tfj of cold December nights x that herald the birth of the Lord; Amidst the deep silence of the night when the fairies wave their magic wand drifting me to slumberland; Amidst the infinitesimal quietness of the grave ... at last! —emdiola— Sylvia A. Alinsug ------------ Jke 2)a When gray crawls over the land and casts shadows And deadens the bitter panting of day And turns the world to a drowsy sleeping ball— Then bitter memories speak from the silent past. Has come and gone a day— an old day if Will call itself: tomorrow's Yesterday. z Its final|waves of rest^ine^ dying breath Move eerie breeze, frornA land to sea Ends the day the morn had given birth to— A day of life, of love, of joy, of death again; Sunset is eternal for those named this day to die— A promise of another glorious morn for those who still must live... ! A. R. Manligas Page 30 THE CAROLINIAN proceMtona t by "Demetrio efflaglalang Lord of our minds, Lord of these halls, The might and strength of yesteryears, Hear thou our prayers, our plaintive calls, Heed thou our childlike suppliant tears! Behold we throb with thousand fears While eyes are raised anew on high; We march again these rushing years; What will be: is our dubious cry! The months are looming dark ahead; False beacons rise alluringly; The path with trembling steps we tread, And Lo! we fall on pride-worn knee: Be with us now, oh Lord on high, Lest failing thee we fall and die! Our aspirations fade away On false foundations build we dreams, We learn not from our yesterday And stubborn sing on futile themes. Oft times the learning of the ages Bedazzle dim our searching eyes, We know not far beyond the pages The truth of ageless wisdom lies! While pride of kings and empire’s might Relive once more these learned tongues, Unfold the earth’s primeval night, We pray as march we countless throngs: Oh Lord of Learning, be our guide, Lest we by thee do not abide! We move our wills for empty fame And honors, gold and medalry; The war is keen for proud acclaim, Goals of' a worn-out chivalry With flaming passions dissipate Our hearts oft burn in hate-filled fire, For those we ought to love, we hate For futile, jealous, vain desire! Behold us gropers of the night As hope we for yon downing day; We fear the year-long dubious fight We fear but yet we march and pray: Be with us now, oh Lord on high Lest failing thee we fall and die! JUNE-JULY, 1957 Page 31 HONOR ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ SECOND SEMESTER. 1956-1957 ★ COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCES First Year 1st ESTANISLAO, Jesus (Philosophy) ....................... 1.009 2nd DINOPOL, Ernesto (Pre-Law) ........................... 1.22 Miss Lourdes Ceniia 1st place — Liberal Arts Second Year 1st CENIZA, Ma. Lourdes (Pre-Law) ........................... 1.0 2nd FERNANDEZ, Filemon (Pre-Law) ........................... 1.01 Third Year 1st TALISAYSAY, Gil (General) ............................. 1.23 2nd LAGCAO, Ildefonso (Philosophy) ....................... 1.27 Fourth Year 1st LIM, Betty (General) ........... 1.08 2nd YAP, Elsa (General .......... 1.15 COLLEGE OF COMMERCE First Year 1st TAN, Mary Glenda............... 1.14 2nd GO, Carlos ............................... 1.18 Mr. Bartolome Pozon 1st place — Commerce III Second Year 1st ANG, Joaquina ....................... 1.1 2nd DEQUINA, Remedios ........ 1.11 Third Year 1st POZON, Bartolome ............... 1.15 2nd KANG, Lourdes ..................... 1.16 Fourth Year 1st ZAMORA, Jose ....................... 1.7 SECRETARIAL DEPARTMENT First Year 1st NGO, Anita ................... 1.1 2nd CANCEKO, Cora ................... 1.5 Second Year 1st LAO, Redempcion ................. 1.2 2nd REGIS, Paz ................... 1.23 TEACHERS COLLEGE First Year 1st GORDUIZ, Juanita ............... 1.17 2nd TAN, Dolores ......................... 1.26 Miss Lina Bacorta 1st place — B.S.E.Ed. IV Second Year 1st FUENTES, Margarita ........ 1.20 2nd YAP, Rosario ......................... 1.27 Third Year 1st BACORTA, Lina ..................... 1.03 2nd CARBONILLA, Amparo ... 1.11 Fourth Year 1st DAKAY, Venus ..................... 1.41 2nd VARQUEZ, Eden ................. 1.45 COLLEGE OF PHARMACY First Year 1st VILLALUZ, Perla ................. 1.32 2nd YU, Rosita ............................... 1.42 **'Second Year 1st MASCARIRAS, Fe ............... 1.30 2nd MARBELLA, Josephine ... 1.39 2nd PATALINGHUG, Carmen . 1.39 (Continued on page 34) Cross Currents (Continued from page 24) adays have forgotten the virtues that made their ancestors great and the Filipino traits that gained world wide respect and admiration. That looting and vandalism of library materials are happening through out the islands is borne out by the editorial of the Musuan Agricultu ral School's MUSUAN TORCH which said: "We are sent here at a tremen dous cost of blood, sweat and money ot our elders to become better and useful citizens but we have miserably overlooked our duties and responsi bilities towards our school, our guard ians, and our country. If, despite our attainment, we still are more of a liability than an asset to society, then we might |ust as well quit school and join those uneducated. It Is more shameful and degrading to stay in school and then act as If we were not educated at all than to live among the Ignorant and uncultured." The problem of unemployment is not so serious as that espoused by our so-called economists. For according to the PHILIPPINE COLLEGIAN, University of the Philippines: "If we look at the facts of our economic history and situation the high percentage of unemployment need not give rise to panic, need not be treated as an Infallible sign of Im pending disaster. The changes In the material culture and ways of earning a living among Filipinos since the coming of Magellan hove been uphill and not downward. Some people are in the habit of bringing up this pro blem as If we had suddenly fallen from some economic paradise where every one who wanted work got work and ail who worked got paid. They speak as if our economy rested yes terday upon a soft-bed of roses but now Iles In some barren ditch." You see, politicians are always politicians. Forever? J “You’re a dirty shyster,” snarled I one of the lawyers to the other, "and before this case is through I’ll show you up for the crooked ape that you are." "Sez you,” snapped the other. "You are a cheat and a liar.” “Come, come,” broke in the Judge. “Let the case proceed now that learned counsels have identified each other.” Page 32 THE CAROLINIAN Retreat... (Continued from page J,) of St. Therese, in what is now Room 9 of the Girls' High, Lourdes Varela chatted with Consuelo Bacaltos in their class in English 5 because they already knew the lesson too j well. Here came Maria Gutierrez, j tired from her classes in Cebu j Normal School, her arms full of books and aids, to relate to an enrap tured class the misadventures of Byron's Childe Harold. Here in the class in English 3 Andang Fernan dez, of the Girls' High School, wrote her first disconsolate essays. Here too, on the second floor, in the early fifties Ernie Rosales, Lelah Chew and Nap Rama split hairs in the class in English 4 while Sehor Alfonso Dalope haranged his fellow-loiterers in candent Spanish which to the "12-unit possessors" must have seemed more sound than sense. What speeches they could write then, what oral themes compared with the tortured gram mar of the present. Ah, them were the days! These, too, were the days of Inting Frias, Esp. who would swoon at the sight of the legs of one of the Saguin girls — O dream come true! Of Jo Gaboya of the darling essays and the exquisite imitations of Charles Lamb; of the harrassed Juanito Abao, full of work; of Amparo Buenaventura, sweet and full of ambition; of Inday Vivera, young and very much girl and the charm ing, slender Anita Alquizola; of Gerry Llanto, Marina Dino, Aurora Aleonar, Lily Zosa and the writer Jo Lim of infinite variety! This was also the minor age of campus dramatics, even if Father Hoerdemann, adviser, specialized in skits and the one-act plays of Guerrero. There were also minor stars of the stage, — Rufino Kho, Vicente Frias, Laling Causin of dear memory, Grace Silao and that master declaimer, Virginia Peralta, Trining Morelos and the incompar able Lita Logarta, — whatever hap pened to her? Where on the basement, in the years of the educational boom, the Cebu Private School Teachers As sociation bargained four pesos an hour and lost. In 1948 the Colegio became a full-pledged university, the first outside Manila, a landmark in the educational history of "La Ciudad del Santisimo Nombre de Jesus." “And on the shards the spires will rise again ramblings in lower case (Continued from page 25) marietta egay (law 3) and linda | abais (sect'l 2) who'll spare you ■ that opening-the-heart smile even if you don't rate it as long as it makes you happier . . . then you're I just lucky . . . boys smile too, only they end up in confusion of shy ness and embarrassment; at most they manage a wave of the hand, a lame “hi!" (more often than not the person being greeted has round ed the corner and is beyond ear shot ... or resort to a snappy sa lute like amorsolo manligas (arch. 3) or a friendly wink like tony sian (mech. engr. 3) the stumbling greet ing of alfonso alcuitas (law iv) the halting one of romeo lavin (a.b. 3) circa 1957 bon gre are amusing too. . . . i something's in the air ... . with l the current wave of juvenile delinI quency outbreaks our guess is—our i professors are clamping down at i last on our running wild half-baked 1 students, library rules are speci fic in obligatory presentation of i.d.'s upon entering—in a precau tionary measure to preserve the valuable books from being filched by non-carolinians not always eas ily recognized as such, last sum mer's inventory knocked the libra' ry staff cold—more than 1,000 J books missing! and yet it's going I too far to say our students are goI ing to the dogs; that's a downright slur on the legions of conscientious ■ students who swing in and out of the library doors, day in and day I out, .... enduring the boredom I and headache in writing experi| ments, borrowing reserved books Triumphant ever as man’s dearest dream... A structure bright as the world’s unborn dawn, Affording us a wider, surer view, Best for the spirit, workshop for brain and brawn.” Meanwhile, on the other side ol Pelaez street, the dream was rising that was later to burgeon with the years, to increase rooms and labor atories and scientific equipment, with the Christian spirit as base and the sky as the limit. It was to raise its twin edifices so it would have the Sto. Rosario Church be tween, on the very heart of it, we might say. Of evenings from the spire of the main building glowed the Green Cross, visible like a jewel slipped into the gown of night, symbol of what San Carlos has stood for in the past, what it would overnight, poking around special ized reference sections for just the right book .... among our serious students are jose amador, jr. (pre med. 3) and irineo clapano (law 3), our idea of 2 young men who're going to go places; how could they miss with those long diligent hours crammed in their busy lives? and there is benjamin alonte (law 3), a dead rigger for actor "george nader"—who studies so hard and still remains happy-go-plucky with that gadawful howl of his. a big factor in making college "the best years of our lives" is the thrill of reckless non-conformism, the lure of rugged individualism in living extemporaneously, the danger of flunking ever eminent everytime we cut classes "for the heck of it" would be remote if we could keep our heads balanced to tip the scale evenly between study and horseplay. some students shock instructors with audaciously stupid answers besides annoying them with a va riety of shenanigans that includes wiggling movements in their chairs, whistling low under their breaths, sneezing, coughing, whistling pssst . . . . , filing their claws, laugh ing over nothing, daydreaming, writing letters, doodling outrageous cartoons of his blah-blahing prof, tossing paper balls, watching the passing scenery, listening to the "see ya' later alligator" top tune across the street, staring fixedly at the walls, the floor, the windows, the ceiling, the fly hovering dan(Continued on page 34) stand for in the years to come. The years recede. Every year the graduates go out of its portals, each one radiant with a fire and intent with a sword. They are out there now, in various places of the country, engaged in various en deavors, making bridges, exploring in the laboratories the secrets of God's universe, making life easier, fighting diseases, guiding minds towards the light, and above all, spreading man's divine heritage without which man is only as a worm in the soil, only as a blade o' grass. The graduates are legion. Each name flashes its own little light, then is forgotten. The Fathers come and go. They too are forgotten. From element to element — except one thing that is, that will be ever, that is God. # JUNE-JULY, 1957 Page 33 Satan in the Bible . • • (Continued from page 27) "Dragon" and the description on p. 333 B X seem to convince me, that the poet meant by that "Satan", a name given to Satan. 6. LUCIFER John Milton mentioned this name only three times, namely in Books 5, 7 and 10. In all three passages, the poet meant the rebel Archangel whom he identified with Satan be fore his fall. The place of great Lucifer .. . affecting all equality with God. (B. V) Know then that after Lucifer from heaven’s ... fell with his flaming Legions through the deep. (B. VII) Of Lucifer, so by allusion called, of that bright Star to Satan paragon (B X) In the Old Testament (Job 11, 17; Job 38, 32), this word means the "light of the morning", the "aurora", the "daystar". In Isaias 14, 12, it is applied metaphorically to the King of Babylon as pre-emi nent among the princess of his time. In Ecclus. 50, 6, to the high priest Simon, son of Onias, for his sur passing virtue. "He shone in his days as the morning star in the midst of a cloud and as the moon at the full." (Ecclus. 50. 6). In the New Testament (Apoc. 2, 28) this name refers to the glory of heaven for its excellency is re ferred to Jesus Christ Himself as we see in (II Peter 1, 19), because He is the true light of our Spiritual life. St. Jerome tells us that Lucifer was the name of the principal fallen angel who must lament the loss ol his original glory bright as the morning star. Hence it is that the great saint believes the word Lu cifer (in Hebrew helel, coming from the word yalal, meaning to lament) has this reference of lamentation. Some hold that the word is applied symbolically to Satan, the prince of the devils, in that he was once an archangel of exceeding beauty, but now has fallen from his former glory (Luke 10, 18). Among Chris tians this meaning of Lucifer has prevailed. The fathers maintain that Lucifer is not the proper name of the devil, but it denotes only the state from which he has fallen. 7. SERPENT The word "Serpent" was em ployed by the poet in the mean ing of Satan. Firstly the singular form with the definite article "the", as "the infernal serpent" (Bk. I), Honor Roll ... (Continued from, page 32) Third Year 1st LEBUMFACIL, Clara ......... 1.35 2nd GARCIA, Lourdes ................. 1.47 COLLEGE OF LAW First Year 1st VALENZUELA, Manuel .... 1.2 2nd SITOY, Adelino ..................... 1.26 Second Year 1st PAULIN, Antonio ................. 1.52 2nd CLAPANO, Ireneo ............... 1.62 Third Year 1st ALVARADO, Eugenio ........ 1.781 2nd DRAPER, Feliz ..................... 1.787 Fourth Year 1st BACOL, Dario ....................... 1.7 I 2nd CERELLES, Jose ................... 1.8 2nd VILLAMOR, Benito ............... 1.8 Eugenio J. Alvarado, Jr. 1st place — Law IV COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE First Year 1st AMORES, Alfredo (ChE)... 1.59 2nd OPPUS, Oscar (Arch) .... 1.76 Second Year 1st ALVOR, Virgilio (EE) .... 1.218 2nd MALICAY, Norberto (ME) . 1.47 Third Year 1st LIPARDO, Gerardo, Jr. (ME) 1.468 2nd CORAZO, Eugenio (EE) ... 1.83 "the serpent suttlest beast of all the field" (Bk. IX), "profaned first by the serpent" (Book IX), "Conviction to the serpent none belongs" (Bk. X), and in other places in Books X, XI, XII. Secondly, the preposition “in" is used in connection with the singular, as "So spake the enemies Mankind, in serpent, inmate bad ... enclosed." (Book IX), "Fraud in the Serpent, speaking as he spoke of Satan done in Paradise and how ... In the serpent had perverted Eve." (Bk. X) Serpent — Satan, better satan in serpent. “To serpents all as accessories” (Bk. X) “Of ugly serpents" (Bk. X) | ramblings in lower case | (Continued from page 33) ' gerously close over the bald pate i of the prof, or delightfully watch: ing the antics of his classmates' | histrionics. when called he often | bolts out of his seat like an esl caping jet stream, plops down like j a ton of bricks or he may take ages j to elevate his torso, you'd think he i is sitting down on some pasted | chewing gum or duco cement. ! these ill-mannered pirates are the same intelligent group who read ' avidly the news of the day, solve | crossword puzzles, lead group dis• cussions in seminars, win declamai tions, join radio contests, contribI ute to the school organ, take ac• tive part in the SCA, join a politic: al youth club, besides being rote I or class officers .... in truth they're "normal" students; proving that cur youth is the same incor rigible bunch of problem students with their characteristic appetite for adventure and thrills, open de fiance of authority and convention but tempered and enchanced by that innate dash of the dynamic intellectual force which promises a healthy outlook for our citizens of tomorrow . . . could their versatil ity be a greater wisdom? ask your| self. . . In Genesis Chapter 3, we read the role of the serpent in the fall of mankind. It was very clear that by that word. Serpent, is meant Satan. Christianity regards the ser pent as satan on account of its aid for satan in performing his goal. In the Apocalypse there is no doubt about this meaning. "And that great dragon was cast out, that old Serpent who is called the devil and satan, who seduceth the whole world.' (Apoc. 12, 9). Conclusion: I divide these names into three groups and reach the following conclusions: 1st group: Satan, devil, Luci fer are synonymous terms. They refer to the chief of the rebel angels. 2nd group: dragon, serpent are names given to Satan. 3rd group: Belial and Beelzebub on the proper name of other fallen angels who are not equal in rank to Satan. The plural form of devils and serpent refer to all the fallen angels. These conclusions hold good for Milton's Paradise Lost. In the Sacred Scriptures all these names have the same meaning — that is, they all refer to Satan. Page 34 THE CAROLINIAN WANTED: STUDENT .., (Continued from page 8) never should be a super-group of only the outstanding students in school. The student council is for everybody in the school, including the youngest, poorest, least arti culate, and least influential students. The student council should include the poor student, the unsocial and the anti-social, the one who is ha bitually late, the one who gives the teachers the most trouble, and the one who, according to some, 'cannot pass the wastebasket around the room without getting lost'. "The council will have to admit all students of all ages, character istics, abilities, attitudes, social standing, and with all kinds of re cords. We have to admit faith in the democratic process; we don't have to write all kinds of safe guards to make certain that only the select, the elite, can serve on the council; in fact, we will simply have to admit that if the Student Council is to teach the principles of good citizenship, we will have to operate the council along more democratic lines." What activities on citizenship training may a Student Council indulge in? The PACU conference suggested a number of them name ly, (1) to learn to share the re sponsibilities of a democracy, (2) to develop a proper attitude to ward law and order and toward duly-constituted authority, (3) to live in a democratic way — not just read about it, (4) to evaluate candidates and their platforms, (5) to take part in election campaigns, (6) to exercise the right to vote, (7) to present issues to elected repre sentatives, (8) to serve on a student council committee, (9) to discuss election issues, (10) to develop an awareness of conditions which need changing, (11) and to learn to abide by decisions of the majority. But the school must cooperate with the student government in or der to realize these ends. It must act as the promoter of all these things. The University, however, has not yet decided when to es tablish its Student Council. But here are pertinent questions: Who will make the first call to organize the body? The student leaders themselves or the school adminis tration? The author believes that the right party to call for the formation of the Student Council is the school itself. # THE INSIDE STORY ... (Continued from page 9) Sell-control enables an officer to be demanding in discipline yet forgiving; industrious yet patient; competitive yet friendly; above all ambitious yet humble. These are the hallmarks of the USC Corps of Officers that copped the three Stars. The type of cadets are alloted that rating because we have to ac count for the mentality, self-dis cipline, and sense of responsibility of the men in the line. Based on the results of the theo retical examinations conducted by the Third Military Area, USC ca dets ranked within the first three. Although mischievous in the field, they carry a deep sense of respon sibility. The tangible proof of this is the fact that they took the whole limelight in all of the last three years of ROTC competitions. A TRIBUTE Last year San Carlos barely edged Colegio de San Jose. The I margin was 12 points! Most likely j if San Carlos take it easy this year, San Jose will for sure beat us. For one thing, the two units are not of the same size. While San Carlos has a corps of more than a thousand, San Jose has barely 200. So that in a competition where cadets are picked at random, San Carlos has a bare chance of win ning. Actually one in a thousand In spite of the odds, the corps of cadets 1956—57 stood its own. Right on the top of their class! USC Cadets have made a lasting contri bution to the history of their beloved Alma Mater; for what they have attained is itself an accomplishment, not a mere distinction. Above all, deep in their young hearts, the Cadet Corps 1956-57, cherish a fond memory of the man who spear headed the system — Major Anacletto S. Garcia. Last year marked the turn cl another page in the story of one Star and the beginning of a new page yet unwritten. Whatever the future may bring, the-, three Stars remain; in our school's history and deep in our hearts; like the sweet refrain of a song that lingers on — Forever! USC NEWS (Continued from page 23) CAROLINIANS TO THE STATES Miss Silveria Sescon, chief ol the USC Drugstore, enplaned for the United States sometime last June. Miss Sescon will specialize in me dical technology in Providence Hos pital in Kansas City, Kansas. Mr. Manuel Isaac of the College of Engineering left June 12, 1957, for Pasadena, California, where he ' will specialize in the study of elec' Ironies. Miss Sescon and Mr. Isaac wiil be away for a couple of years. (From University Bulletin). USC BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY ELECTS OFFICERS The USC Biological Society held its annual election Friday, June 21, 1957. The following officers were elected: President, Mr. Saul Ochoto| rena; Vice-President, Mr. Ariel Ju malon; Secretary-Treasurer, Miss Marina Estrella; Asst. Secretary, Miss Nenita Escalona,- PRO, Miss Nieva Tan. The association aims to sponsor series of familiarization field trips for the purpose of collecting spe cimens for the U.S.C. Biological collection. To date, two field trips were undertaken. The first trip was headed by Mr. Saul Ochotorena and the second was led by Mrs. Paulina Pages. (From University Bulletin) FIREBEE CHEVRON FRATERNITY ORGANIZED The non-commissioned officers of the ROTC Unit of the University ol San Carlos organized the Firebee Chevron Fraternity last July 7, 1957. ! The organization aims to promote ' closer ties among the members. After a hectic and hotly-contested election, the following NCO's were chosen as officers: Commander, Cdt. 1st Sgt. Manuel Villarosa; 1st Vice Commander, Cdt. 1st Sgt. Vicente Espiritu, Jr.; 2nd Vice-Commander, Cdt. Sgt. Gilberto Ysmael; Adju tant, Cdt. Staff Sgt. Edilberto Ri vera; Finance Officer, Cdt. 1st Sgt. Francisco Miranda; Comptroller, Cdt. Staff Sgt. Leandro Ocampo; PRO, Cdt. Staff Sgt. Delano Tecson; Sgt-at-Arms, Cdt. Sgt. Eugene Gi berson and Cdt. Sgt. Archibald Crusio. Batallion Commander Cdt. Lt. Col. Vicente Bendanillo, Jr. was elected the adviser of the Fraternity. (From University Bulletin) JUNE-JULY, 1957 Page 35 SeCCfotl ANA < Amable Tuibeo * * Comentarios del Editor: Ml INVITACION Me place editar otra vez esta section casteliana del Carolinian durante este ano escolar. Pero me entristece decir que el ano pasado muy pocos se preocupan de contribuir articulos para llenar esta pagina designada para el cultivo de la lengua cervantina. Si recuerdo bien solo mi companero, el Sr. R. Artillaga, que por razones honestas no esta mas en la Universidad, se digno de vez en cuando escribir algo. En una palabra pues, se puede decir que esta seccion se manejaba por solo dos estudiantes. Ahora me queda solo y mas que nunca el labor sera muy grande. En el silencio pues de mi soledad literaria yo invito a todos a que escriban, recordandoles que esta seccion casteliana no es solamente para pocos sino para todos quienes sienten anhelos de escri bir en espanol. Con esta invita tion yo suplico tambien a los profesores e instructores que inspiren a los estudiantes a contribuir algo para esta seccion. EL DESEO DEL PADRE RECTOR En una junta de los miembros de la Facultad de esta Universidad, el Padre Rector siempre con su celo apostolico de mejor la ad ministration, dijo entre muchas cosas que algunos estudiantes no se portan bien en el modo de sentarse en las clases. Aunque esto parece muy trivial, sin embargo no se puede pasar en silencio porque tai actitud de los estudiantes implica algun desorden y por lo tanto contra la buena disciplina. Y otra cosa mas es que el, como el Buen Pastor, desea sobre todo que los estudiantes se eduquen muy bien como catolicos y productos de una universidad catolica. Por eso, a los profesores y demas instruc tores incumbe la grave responsibilidad de inculcar los principios catolicos al lado de las asignaturas academicas. Pero como esto nunca se puede realizar sin la cooperation de los estudiantes, es necesario pues que todos nosotros tanto estudiantes como maestros debemos poner mano a la obra. Solo en la mutua cooperation se puede realizar este ardiente deseo del Padre Rector. SALUS POPULI LEX ESTO Aunque no queremos entrar en el campo politico, sin embargo no podemos menos de decir algo. La razon es que muchos son los que ya por razones honestas, ya por ambiciones materiales aspiran a la presidencia de Nuestra Republica. En esta turbulencia politica de la nacion la gente filipina esta muy agitada y dividida en diversas facciones. Y porque estamos muy divididos somos debiles aun ante la amenaza comunistica. To dos sabemos muy bien que el “bonum publicum” debe procurarse ante todo. Mas como el procurar este “bonum” depende mucho de los gobernantes, que guian la nacion, y como los gobernantes dependen de los votos del pueblo, asi conviene que los que van a votar durante la eleccion venidera deben estudiar bien a los candidatos elegibles. Quien es quien de los candidatos debe ser el Presidente de Filipinas no decimos. Cada uno elija bien a su candidato pero des pues de estudiar sus cualidades tanto intelectuales como morales porque hoy mas que nunca nues tra Republica en medio de la cri sis economica y moral necesita de Un Lider capaz de guiar la nacion a la felicidad; AMOR CON AMOR SE PAGA El verdadero amor es sacrifi ce. La administration en haber convertido el “Roof-Garden” donde solian recrease los Padres S.V.D. en cuarto piso para que los estudiantes tengan mejor y amplio ambiente para los estudios probo literalmente la verdad de este dicho. En verdad no habia otro movil en el corazon de los Padres administradores para hacerlo, sino el amor para con los que buscan educacion cristiana bajo el manto de San Carlos. Pero otro dicho corre: Amor con amor se paga. Luego este amor de los padres debe pagarse. Y el mejor pago que nosotros podemos dar los estudiantes sera el estudiar mucho y vivir los principios de esta Uni versidad Catolica. Debemos ser gratos. LA OCIOSIDAD, MADRE DEL VICIO Nos duele observar que muchos estudiantes no obstante los repetidos anuncios suelen estar todavia en los pasillos hablando en voz alta para destraer a los demas es tudiantes en las clases. Tai si tuation debe remediarse no solo por anuncios sino que debe usarse una disciplina positiva, porque esta ociosidad encarnada en conversaciones frivolas e inutiles pueden causar o crear mal habito aun mal vicio. iQUIEN ES QUIEN? Correii algunas quejas de los estudiantes sobre algunos instruc tores e instructoras. Dichos estu diantes alegan que el metodo de algunos y algunas no es tan bueno, que ellos pierden interes y at,encion. Por consecuencia la asigiiatura que no es deficil se hacen complicada y algo repugnante a los estudiantes. Quien es quien de los instructores e instructoras no conviene mencionarlos aqui. Lo que importa es que los que tienen tales defectos sin bordar en el perfeccionismo deben mejorarse para el bien de la Universidad y estu diantes. # Page 36 THE CAROLINIAN Caroliniana (Continued from froi Newcomers are Manuel Go, Benigno Cabanatan, and Israel Doronio. Amorsolo Manligas is a new addition to our group of artists. He has the ability and diligence which he demonstrated during the preparation of this issue. THE STUFF • In order to know how San Carlos looked in the past, it is im perative that we read Atty. Cornelio Faigao's "Retreat". It is a lucid retrospect of San Car los' humble beginning, of its resur rection amidst the debris left by the last war, and of its post-war rise skyward both in height and in fame. • It is not much of o story if a promise is broken but if a broken promise is mended by a new one with a pledge never to break it again, then something can be told. This is Rey Yap's "Cry, The Last Enemy". • An ideal Student Council run by ideal student leaders and member ed by ideal student followers is what Sammy Fabroz wants. Sammy feels the need for an inspired leadership in the school campus as a noble step toward a modern re volution in national leadership. • What made the USC ROTC Corps click? Winifredo Geonzon's "The Inside Story of the Triple Star" will tell you the secrets of everything military. A POSE • Somewhere under this column are tiro pictures of the staff. One, rereals a pose, with Father Rec tor. This was taken when the staffers paid a. courtesy call on him. will try our best. Fath er,” chorused the staffers. The yood Father smiled. We responded. Our smiles paused. Mr. Uy, the photographer, push ed himself. Everybody posed. The bunch posing for a better light. 1’0.25; 1*0.30 p.>. u 1’0.25; 1*0.30 pp. READ THESE INTERESTING TEENAGERS’ SERIES! Problems and questions which every young lady invariably meets one time or another at the cross roads of life are discussed in these pamphlets and proper guidance suggested. Orth, I Kin, Catholic Trade School 1916 OROQUIETA 99 P. DEL ROSARIO MANILA CEBU CITY « 1’0.25; 1’0.30 pp. 1’0.30; 1’0.40 pp.