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Title: The Carolinian
Issue Date: Volume XXVI (Issue No.4) March 1963
Year: 1963
Language: English
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extracted text: THE (jMffliman POSE FOR POSTERITY In one of their rare breathing spells recently, The Carolinian penpushers came together for a souvenir picture, itting from left are Jo Famador, News; Praxedes P. Bulabog, The Editor; Father Luis E. Schonfeld, Moderator; /ilfredo Chica, Literary; and Aurora Orig, Pilipino. Standing at rear, from left: Roger Penalosa, Sports; Dodong elaez, ROTC; Emily Ratcliffe, typist; Lydia Ybanez, typist; Daniel Hernandez, Staff Writer; Joe Mabugat, and oy Barbaso, Artists. Not in photo are Vivien Ordona, Assistant Editor; Nick Vergara, Jess Pacuribot, and Lindy ^hica, Staff Writers. INDEX Out Cooe.1 Nick Vergara comes up with an en core in THE CAROLINIAN corer de sign. This time he leans toward the impressionistic. The design is a sub jective concept of the college student’s life from the time he registers for en rollment to the day he graduates—and up to the most possible and natural aftermath—career, marriage, and fa mily life. We hare given out the cen tral idea. For detailed interpretations of the maze of curves, lines, points, and shades, the reader’s imaginative crea tiveness is as good as ours. Editorials ................................................. 1 Npws .......................... 3 Features ....................... '13 Pictorial 27 Literary 31 Departments 44 Photos ............................. Cover design ................ ........................ Pete Uy .............. Nick Vergara £.2itclia(L StaJtfl • Editor BRAXEDES P. BULABOG Assistant Editor VIVIEN ORDONA Literary WILFREDO CHICA News JOSEFINA FAMADOR Sports ROGELIO PENALOSA Art JOSE MABUGAT RAMONITO BARBASO ROTC RODOLFO PELAEZ Spanish JOAQUIN UBAGO, JR. DANIEL RODRIGUEZ, JR. Pilipino AURORA ORIG Staff Writers NICK VERGARA DANIEL HERNANDEZ JESUS PACURIBOT ERLINDA CHICA Adviser. MRS. ESPERANZA V. MANUEL Moderator REV. LUIS E. SCHONFELD, S.V.D. MARCH, 1963 THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS MOST OUTSTANDING ALUMNUS OF 1962 The USC Most Outstanding Alum nus Award for 1962 was conferred upon Miss Amparo F. Rodil, B.S.C., M.A., C.P.A., by the USC Adminis tration. (By the way, alumnus is the accepted term, regardless of the honoree's sex. So, dear readers, you can erase that crease on your brow.) The presentation ceremony took place on Saturday, February 23, 1963, at the culmination program of the University Week celebration. To be chosen as an outstanding alumnus, one has to come up to the following criteria as set up by the University of San Carlos Adminis tration: 1. One must be an alumnus. 2. He must be of good moral character. 3. He must have rendered outstanding service to the University, the community, and the country. 4. He must be outstanding in his profession: To show how perfectly Miss Rodil has come up to these standards, we present here her remarkable ac hievements and qualifications. Miss Rodil received scholastic honors from the elementary level up to the university level. She gra duated valedictorian from the San Nicolas Elementary School and from the Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion for high school. She finished the degree of Bachelor of Science in Commerce, major in ac counting, summa cum laude, from the University of San Carlos in 1949. She successfully passed the board examinations for Certified Public Accountants in the same year. In 1955, she obtained her Master of Arts in Business Administration degree from the Far Eastern Uni versity in Manila. She taught in USC from 1951 to 1961, and was Head of the Accounting Department of the College of Commerce. At the same time she was the University's Auditor from 1954 to 1961. She left these posts when she was appointed member of the Board of Accountancy in 1961. At present, Miss Rodil distinguish es herself as the first lady member of the Board of Accountancy, and the first San Carlos alumnus to be so honored. She is also at present a Director of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA), and member of the Philippine Institute of Auditors. In addition to the many important positions she is holding at present. Miss Rodil is likewise an active and successful practitioner in the various fields of accounting. Miss Rodil excels not only in aca demic and professional endeavors, but also in socio-civic-cultural areas. She is the current regional Vice-Pres ident of the Young Ladies Associa tion of Charity (YLAC), and is a member of the Femina Club of Cebu. She held the presidency of the PICPA, the presidency of the YLAC, and was a member of the Daughters of Isabella in the city of Cebu. In spite of a tight schedule of pro fessional, cultural, and civic activi ties, Miss Rodil effectively finds? time to enjoy golf, tinkle the piano keys, have a martini and a hateaubrand and at Hotel Magellan, buy a con cert ticket, see Alec Guiness on the screen, and enjoy the sea breeze in Talisay. Although her various pro fessional and social duties take her out of the house most of the time, she feels most happy when at home in her comfortable jeans, listening to Lizt or Bach, reading short essays (Continued on page 56) Page 2 THE CAROLINIAN JOSEFINA FAMADOU News Editor ADMINISTRATION 1963 NSDB SCIENCE INSTITUTE The University of San Carlos enjoys a well-earned reputation for excellency in teaching natural sciences and math ematics. This reputation is based on the proficiency of its staff, its up-to-date equipment, and especially on the good performances of our students who have studied the natural sciences and ma thematics here either as pre-medical students, pre-nursing students, or Ba chelors or Masters majoring in one of these fields. In the later half of 1961 when the National Science Development Board was looking for a suitable University to conduct Summer Science Institutes in physics, chemistry, biology, and math ematics in the Visayas in April and May of 1962, the Board selected the University of San Carlos. Last April and May, 120 teachers in physics from the Visayas and Mindanao attended the Institute as a means of upgrading themselves professionally. In the later half of 1962, the National Science Development Board decided to sponsor another Summer Science Insti tute for the Visayas and again selected the University of San Carlos to con duct it this coming April and May. The Board made this selection because it was fully satisfied with the successful accomplishments of the University of San Carlos in the first Institute. On January 22, 1962, an agreement to conduct the Institute this summer was signed in the office of Dr. Paulino Garcia, Chairman of the National Science Development Board. The signa tories were Dr. Garcia and Father Rec tor. The Institute this year will be conducted in four fields, namely, phy sics, biology, general science, and ma thematics. One hundred teachers from public and private schools throughout the Visayas will be invited to attend; 25 teachers in each discipline. Each teacher selected to attend the Institute will receive P200.00 for travel, board, and room expenses as well as P45.00 to purchase teaching materials. These expenses as well as tuition fees will be defrayed by the National Science Development Board. The teachers will be selected from scattered localities throughout the Vi sayas and on the basis of fulfilling the maximum need of a particular locality. The teachers should have some train ing in the discipline they apply for in the Institute. SAN CARLOS SOCIAL CENTER BUILDS CHAPEL The “San Carlos Social Center,” a social welfare project of the University of San Carlos, is constructing a chapel for the residents of Ponce Compound, near Martires Street of this city. The center is one of the numerous charitable projects started by the Very Rev. Harold W. Rigney, Rector of San Carlos. It ori ginally served the people of the MurioMurio District, until this area was de vastated by a great fire in September Signing of the Memorandum of Agreement between the National Science Developmen Board and the University of San Carlos to condect a Sammer Science Institute thl coming April and May, 1963, at the University of San Carlos. Signatories are Dr Paulino Garcia, Chairman of the National Science Development Board (NSDB) an: Very Rev. Harold W. Rigney, SVD, Rector of the University of San Carlos. (Seated from left fo right!: Very Rev. Harold W. Rigney, USC Rector; Dr. Paulin: Garda, NSDB Chairman; Gregorio Y. Zara, NSDB Vice Chairman. Standing: Florencio Soilven, NSDB Chief Scientist and an unidentified person 1961, and the majority of its inhabitant: were transferred to the Ponce off-shor< land. The operation of the center is mad: possible through gifts contributed by th: USC faculty and student body, as wel as charitable people in the Unite: States and Germany. The work of th< center, however, is not limited to ma terial welfare alone, but it sees as it: main task the spiritual uplifting of th< people under its care. The central fi gure of the project is Mrs. Ampar: Dorotheo, of the Spanish Departmen of this University, who, with the helj of her family and a number of unselfi si student-volunteers is practically on ; 24-hour call to serve the needs of th. poor. The work performed by the center i not simply an outlet for personal char ity, but has great importance for so ciety, since the help it renders serve in many instances as the first step to ward rehabilitation of the destitutes ii the community. MARCH, 1963 Page 3 THE CAROLINIAN THEOLOGY DEPT. ANDARD UNFURLED At last, after an abortive issue way ?k in September, the Standard, ofial publication of the Carolinian SCA, 11 now come out regularly. In an reement with the University Bulletin iff, this paper will appear together th the Bulletin once a month. Edited by Ray Cabigon, USC-SCA THE STUDENT CATHOLIC ACTION CENTRAL COUNCIL:— fated from left are: Miss Guillermo Vlllorla, Adviser; Dionlslo Sy, President; Father argarlto Allngasa, Moderator; and Mariano Lerln, Vice-President. Standing, second >w: Cecile Motus, Treasurer; Elisabeth Yap, member; Josefina famador, Secretary; ctoria Llm, Teresita Gabuya, and Mlraluna Monteclllo, Sgt-at-Arms. Third row: Ray ablgon, PRO; Roy Gayo and Lucio Sanchez, Members. PRO, the Standard came off the press last January 28, 1963. Its maiden issue was a big and welcome surprise for the campus population. PAX ROMANA SURVEY San Carlos was host last January 21-23 to a two-man survey team of the Pax Romana. The team met SCA leaders and advisers of this city and discussed with them the activities and problems of this Catholic Action group, the only affiliate here of the Interna tional Movement of Catholic Students (IMCS) which is the student arm of the Pax Romana. Composing the team were: Rev. Harry Haas, a Dutch missionary from Ceylon; and Rev. Robert Davenport, SM, aii American priest assigned in Tokyo. They met SCA leaders from the dif ferent school of this city. They are compiling a systematic and detailed report of their survey and in vestigation to the Asian federation of the Pax Romana. This report will serve, as guide for the Pax Romana author ities in their approach to problems con cerning Catholic Action in Asia. SYMPOSIUM The missionary task was better un derstood and its nature promoted after the USC-SCAns sponsored a symposium on it last January 24th. The speakers included: Mr. Marciano Namocatcat, theology instructor, who spoke on “The Nature of the Lay Apostolate;” Miss Cecile Motus, SCA leader, who dealt Mr. Jose Teano, another SCA leader, whose topic was "Understanding the Missionary’s Task.” AID TO INDON MISSIONS Five Filipino SVD missionaries in Indonesia were recipients recently of. a cash donation from the SCA. On. amount of P200.00, part of the proceeds realized by this unit’s caroling group, was sent. The aid was a response to the call of Rev. Manuel Villaruz, SVD, who came here a few months ago to solicit help from the Cebuano laity for the Indon missions. NEW BLOOD, OLD DREAM The Carolinian SCA is now 72 mem bers more strong. This influx was the result of a rigid, two-month-long mem bership training course conducted by the original 43 leaders who had earlier passed the leadership training course at the beginning of the year. Distribution of the new members is as follows: Liberal Arts — 17; Com merce — 22; Education — 8; Pharm acy — 8; Secretarial — 6; Engineering — 10; and Law — 2. (Sodality Activities see page 56) GRADUATE SCHOOL PAGE CONVENTION The First National Convention of the Philippine Association for Graduate Education (PAGE) was held in Manila on December 28-29, 1962 attended by about 250 delegates, 148 observers, and 90 guests. The convention was highligted by the presence of well-known educators from all over the country, headed by Secre tary of Education Alejandro R. Roces, the keynote speaker at the opening plenary session, who expressed grati fication over the timeliness and pro priety of the convention’s theme, “Press ing Problems of Graduate Education”. Father Rahmann offered the Invoca tion. Through the foresight of the Director of Private Schools, Dr. Jesus E. Perpinan, a meeting was called of ail the Deans of the seventy-eight Graduate Schools of the different private Colleges and Universities of the country to dis cuss pressing problems concerning the improvement of graduate education. This was on May 30, 1962. Father Watzlawik represented the University \RCH, 1963 Page 4 THE CAROLINIAN Oath-Taking of the officers of the PAGE administered by Dr. Jesus Perplhdn, Director of the Bureau of Private Schools. of San Carlos. An offshoot of this meeting was the feeling among a num ber of those present for the need of a national organization for graduate education. Shortly after, another meet ing was called by Atty. Pablo T. Ma teo, Jr., of the Bureau of Private Schools. Twenty-six graduate educa tors, mostlyfrom Manila and its vicinity, attended the meeting. During the First National Conven tion, the University of San Carlos was represented by Rev. Robert Hoeppener, now Vice Rector of the University, Rev. Rudolf Rahmann, Dean of the Graduate School, and Mr. Alfredo Ordona, Assist ant Dean of the Teachers College. Father Rahmann was elected second Vice Pres ident, representing as such the Visayas. It was decided that PAGE will pu blish a periodical. The first issue will contain a detailed report on the Conven tion. With a stronghold backed by the superior quality of its membership the place of PAGE in the educational fir mament of the Philippines is promising. Specifically the task of PAGE should be to face the manifold challenges on matters related to the general improve ment of the different phases of gra duate education. The University of San Carlos being an institutional mem ber takes unto herself the task of sharing in the responsibility of bringing into fruition the aims for which PAGE has been organized. A. S. BUENAVENTURA MRS. TENAZAS, FIRST M.A. IN ANTHROPOLOGY Mrs. Rosa P. Tenazas, who is now studying anthropology and archeology at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, received her Special Order from the Bureau of Private Schools. Mrs. Tenazas is thereby the first fully recognized Master of Arts in Anthro pology of the University of San Carlos. Her thesis was on “The Santo Nino of Cebu in History and Legend in the Devotion of the People.” This folk loristic study comes in very timely ai in 1965 it will be the 400th year sine the statue of the Santo Nino was redis covered by soldiers of Legaspi. ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS Last year in the month of Novembei one of the members of the staff of th< Dept, of Anthropology was reported missing. Actually Dr. M. N. Maceda explained, with a smile, he was only delayed due to inclement weather and the great distance he and his party had to negotiate. However, his efforts were rewarded for he brought back with him to the University significant and valuable archaeological finds from a cave in Cotabato. Among the specimens he brought with him are a stone burial urn and two stone heads, one of which is complete. All of these are on dis play in the Graduate School office. Pre liminary studies reveal that these spe cimens probably belong to the neolithic age. Although no definite pronounce ments can be made as yet due to the lack of specimens for more detailed studies, Fr. Rudolf Rahmann, Dean of the Graduate School, believes that this discovery may yet prove to be another milestone in southern Philippine archaealogy. This type of stone burial-urnhas, as far as can be ascertained, not yet been reported in any archaelogical literature on the Philippines. In order to gather more specimens as well as to excavate the cave in which the spe cimens mentioned above were found, plans have already been made to send a larger expedition to Cotabato this coming summer. NEW MASTERS OF ARTS Heartiest congratulations to Mrs. Lydia M. Ybanez, a faculty member of the Department of Physics who re ceived her Special Order No. 6-0009 s. 1963 on January 22, 1963 from the Bureau of Private Schools, Manila. Likewise to Miss Constancia Rosales, also of the Department of Physics who received her S.O. (B) No. 6-0009 s. 1963 dated January 9, 1963. Mrs. Ybanez and Miss Rosales are holders of Masters of Science degree in Physics. We wish them Godspeed sa teachers and educators. Mrs. Rosa P. Tenaxas Mrs. Lydia M. Ybanez Page 5 Miss Constancia Rosales MARCH, 1963 THE CAROLINIAN FFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE SIGMA SIGMA FHI FRATERNITY OF THE COLLEGE OF LAW. >m left to right: Sergio Vendero, Manuel Go, Francisco Robles, lldefonso loberto Palmares, Teodoro Bay, Rodolfo Morelos, Gil Santos, and Proceso Jr. Sifting Is Atty. Arsenlo Villanueva. Adviser. LEGE OF LAW Ferrer, Pablo Lucero, Prosperidad Lumayag, Pedro Mendoza, Monina San chez, Prudencio Almagro, Jr., and Dominador Almirante. >FUL BARRISTERS ie Administration, Faculty, and )ody, congratulations to the new lawyers: Alonte, Kamon Blanco, Bienantilao, Delfin Decierdo, Eropol, Monico Gabales, Panfilo ctuoso Lagunzad, Lope Lendio, rdo Rosello, Aldrico Melicor, ubia, Nicasio Balaga, Tirso PORTIA CLUB INDUCTS OFFICERS Last September 1, 1962 the Portia Club of the College of Law of this University had their Induction of Of; ficers together with the Delta Etha Phi Fraternity and the Sigma Phi Frater nity of the same department at the Audio-Visual Center. Opening remarks were given by Miss Visminda Villaver PORTIA CLUB OFFICERS. COLLEGE OF LAW im left to right: Miss Carmen Aguirre, Vice-President; Atty. Adelaida Palo:er; and Miss Lourdes Tiro, President. Standing same order: Miss Carolina >, PRO; Miss Elma Salvador, Secretary; Miss Josefina Sene, Rep. to SSC; las S. Ybanex, Treasurer; and Miss Nenlta Bullecer; Rep. to SSC — not in who also acted as emcee. A piano se lection was rendered by Miss Carolina T. Ocampo. Club members Misses Nor ma Bajo and Heldritha Rublico sang a special duet, which added to the suc cess of the program. Rev. Fr. Joseph Watzlawik, S.V.D., Regent of the College of Law who in ducted and administered the pinning ceremony of the new members, gave the closing remarks which ended the short but enjoyable program. After the induction, everyone pro ceeded to the Law Library for refresh ments. Two of the officers of the Portia Club, Miss Lourdes Tiro and Miss Ni cetas Ybanez, represented the club in the ISA Leadership Training Course held last August in this university. LIBERAL ARTS USC CHEMISTRY GRAD TOPS NSDB EXAM Josefino Tapia, 21, a chemistry gra duate, magno. cum laude, from the University of San Carlos, successfully topped the examination for Graduate study in Chemistry at the University of the Philippines as given by the Na tional Science Development Board. Tapia is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Germiniano Tapia of Don Pedro Cui, Cebu City. He recently suspended his scholarship with the intention of work ing in the Pilot Plant of the University of San Carlos at Talamban. According to the Chemistry Head at U.P., he can continue his scholarship if he so desires. ATTY. BUGARIN RETURNS Atty. Expedito Bugarin recently re turned after a stay of one year and four months in the United States where he took up Master of Arts in Interna tional Relations at the Georgetown Univ ersity in Washington, D.C. on a Ful bright/Smith-Mundt grant. He left the Philippines last August, 1961, and first underwent an orientation course for grantees at Minneapolis, Minnesota, be fore he proceeded to Washington, D.C. Atty. Bugarin graduated from the USC College of Law in 1956, and started teaching here in 1958. He also holds an M.A. in Philosophy. He is married to the former Victoria Abad, a Com merce alumna from USC, and former faculty member in the Secretarial De partment. 1963 Page 6 THE CAROLINIAN TEACHERS COLLEGE BSE CHORISTERS TOP CHORAL CONTEST In a semi-final choral contest spon sored by the Office of Student Affairs, the BSE group won hands down with their rendition of "Cielito Lindo” and "Pandangguhan,” under the direction of Miss Balbuena of the same college. Second place went to the BSHE group under the direction of Miss Adelaida Luague. BSEED copped the third place. The Board of Judges was composed of Mrs. Corazon Pernea-Rodis, Chairman, and Father Baumgartner and Father Lehme.ier, members. RICAFORT TRIUMPHS IN ORATORICAL TILT Thelma Ricafort of Teachers College romped away with the Gold Medal at the 10th Annual Oratorical Contest sponsor ed by the AB-Ph.B. IV Organization. Thet contest was held on Sunday, December 2, 1962, at the Reyes Social Hall. The Silver Medal was won by Rogelio Pena losa of the College of Commerce, while the Bronze Medal went to Filipinas Tirad of the College of Liberal Arts. The theme of the contest was The Role of the Press in a Democracy. Chair man of the Board of Judges was the the Rev. Walter Aherne, S.J., of the Sacred Heart School, and members were Mr. Jose Logarta, Editor of the The Republic News, and Mrs. Maria Gu tierrez, Head of the USC English De partment. Donors of prizes were Mayor Carlos Cuizon for the Gold Medal, Very Rev. Harold W. Rigney, SVD, Rector of San Carlos, for the Silver Medal, and the Bronze Medal was from Nick Vergara. Photo shows the ten nursing students fr in Bethlehem Hospital in Stolberg, Geri Left to right, front row: Loreta Bardos Tocmo, Fr. Hoeppener, Frederlna Tab, Brother of Fr. Goertz, Alda Daan, Mai Back row: Fe Macachor, Mllagros Plei BSE girls. . . and a few boys. . . who won the choral contest held before Chrlstmi sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs. MARCH, 1963 Page 7 MANAGEMENT EDUCATION SEMINAR A seminar on “The Development of Management Education” was conducted by the Management Training Forum Services of the Industrial Development Center, in cooperation with the Cebu Jaycees, at the USC Audio-Visual Cen ter on January 12, 1963, at which were in attendance the deans and heads of local schools of commerce and business administration, business executives, teachers, and students of management. The seminar speakers were Dean San tiago F. de la Cruz of the University of the East Dean Belen Enrile-Gutierrez of the Far Eastern University, and Prof. Ricardo C. Galang of the University of the East. Dean de la Cruz and Dean Gutierrez were two members of the Philippine Schools of Management and Business Administra tion Study Team (Project 492-10138) who toured American universities, Corpo rations, and philanthropic foundations for the purpose of observing recent trends in management education. At noontime, the seminar participants tendered a complimentary luncheon in honor of the speakers at the Celebrity Steakhouse. In this affair, Rev. Law rence W. Bunzel, SVD, Secretary of Public Relations, was in attendance to represent the USC administration, while Dean Tecson, Asst. Prof. Gorre, and other teachers represented the USC College of Commerce. Asst. Prof. Ben Borromeo, representing the Cebu Jay cees, was master of ceremonies. College of Engineering & Architecture CAROLINIAN CANDIDATES HURDLE ENGINEERING BOARD EXAMS USC did it again! According to a report from the chem ical engineering Board of Examiners, fourteen candidates from the University of San Carlos passed the recent board exams. The national passing percen tage is 78.8%, while that of USC is 100%. This is a reaffirmation of the high academic standards of USC. To the successful new chemical en gineers we heartily extend our congra tulations. They are the following: Antonio S. Canon, Protasio A. Cavales, Lucita B. Estrera, Betty L. Garcia, Eli sa L. Isip, Emma A. Justo, Julius P. Ordona, Emilio S. Paylado, Rolando T. Plaza, Eufrocino G. Raffiiian, Alicia L. Rodriguez, Marietta G. Tan, Dominador B. Turno, and Eulalia B. Ytem. CONGRATULATIONS also to USC’s new civil engineers, Clemencia Sar miento and Vicente Rosales. MORE KUDOS — this time to the five USC candidates who recently passed the board examination for architects. National percentage for passing is 45%, while that of USC is 38%. Tough course, this architecture. The new ar chitects are: Rodulfo Cortez, Servillano Mapeso, Melva Rodriguez, Elena Sabillano and Romeo Salgado. FROM THE USCChES The USC Chemical Eng*g. Society (USCChES) held its elections last Jan uary 28 for the set of officers for the schoolyear 1963-64. Elected in secret balloting were: Roque Cervantes, pre sident; Napoleon Tumonong, vice-presi dent; Erlinda Garcia, secretary; Jasmin Dacian, treasurer; Fidelino Pilapil, au ditor; and Pacifico Manalastas, trea surer. Immediately after the elections, by appointments to the different bodies of the Planning Board, the Rule, and the Gear were issued out by the new set of officers. The USCChES, composed of a fra ternity and a sorority combined into one Society, plans to launch a series of activities for the next schoolyear. Among them are biweekly seminars, technical convocations, supplementary classes in Chemistry and Engineering, and others which would increase the efficiency of its members. On the hu man arts side, the USCChES plans to sponsor an annual Speech Festival which will be open to all colleges in the Univer sity. The Society congratulates all the new Chemical Engineers who made a 100% hurdle of the last board exams. The successful examinees were active former members of the USChES. KAPPA MU TRI-EPSILON FRATERNITY Engr. Lorenzo Sablllono Engr. Cayetano Intong, Jr. O F F I C E R S Most Exalted Brother__ .. Camilo Caiiete Junior Bro. Herald............ .. Romualdo Acedo Senior Exalted Brother .. .. Rolando Durano Senior Bros. Keeper of Junior Exalted Brother .. .. Casimiro Nadela . Domingo Manklkis, Jr. Senior Bros. Keeper of Samuel Purislma Reeords ....................... .. Manuel Cruz Junior Bros. Keeper of Eugenio Villacorta, Jr. Peace ............................. - Simon Noel Junior Bro. Keeper of Mars Pastor Records ....................... .. Lyle Paraz Fraternity Sweetheart__ . Miss Marla Paz Rodriguez Senior Bro. Exchequer .. .. Antonio Ong Regent, College of Junior Bro. Exchequer ... .. Evacueto S. Antone Engineering ................... . Rev. Fr. Philip Van Engelen Senior Bros. Herald _ ___ .. Alfredo Catarina, Jr. Dean, College of Celso Nunez Engineering ................... . Engr. Jose Rodriguez BOARD OF ADVISERS Engr. Alejandro Tantoco Engr. Arturo Ruslana Engr. Eugenio Corazo Engr. Eusperio Yap MARCH, 1963 Page 8 THE CAROLINIAN RAMONA BIBERA 11th Placer, Pharmacy Exams 13 USC CANDIDATES PASS PHARMACY BOARD EXAMS Thirteen out of seventeen USC can didates to the Pharmacy Board Ex aminations given last July, 1962, suc cessfully passed. All seventeen exam"I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. .." New USC pharmacists take their oath before Atty. Erasmus Diola. Left to righ are Marietta Micabalo, Aniceta Yu, Lorna Deleste, Prospero Bacayo, lluminada Esmc Ramona Bibera, Fllomena Go, Rosario Cenixa, Sandra Cablgon, Estrella Gesulga, an Belen Uyguangco. Not in picture were Aurora Cristino, Anacleta Roldan Corone and Fe Wong. inees passed the theoretical exam with high ratings, but four failed in the practical portion. Miss Ramona Bibera got the 11th place. The national passing percentage of successful candidates is 13G. The percentage for USC is 76'J. The new pharmacists are: Prospera Bacayo, Ramona Bibera, Sandra CabiDior was never like this. Nevertheless, these Pharmacy coeds could have cause European designers to make a run for their money at the Fashion Show during thei Christmas get-together. From left to right: Rosario Borromeo, Leticia Puray, Rosalita Ocsio, Mansueta Cinc« Estrellita Sanchez, Ma. Luisa Serina, and Cirila Consular. gon, Anacleta Roldan Coronel, Auroi Cristino, Lorna Deleste, lluminada E: ma, Estrella Gesulga, Filomena G Marietta Micabalo, Belen Uyehangc Fe Wong, and Aniceta Yu. The new pharmacists took their oat before Atty. Erasmus Diola last Jai uary 27, 1963, at the residence of D and Mrs. I’rotaeio Solon at Banawa. MARCH, 1963 Page 9 THE CAROLINIAI FACULTY CLUB 3RON 10 HEADS \THOLIC LAWYERS ANEW Atty. Catalino Doronio, assistant Dean USC’s College of Liberal Arts, and culty Club President, was unani>usly re-elected president of the Cebu tholic Lawyers Guild in a meeting Id Sunday evening January 27, 1963, the Law Library of the University San Carlos. Doronio’s re-election was preceded by annual report to the body for the ar 1962 regarding various activities tich covered the guild’s participation the fund drives for the Boys’ Con i', Friendship Home, and aid for the indanao flood victims. Reverend Joseph Watzlawik, S.V.D., tgent of the College of Law and conrrently acting Dean of the College Liberal Arts of USC, was the guest eaker of the evening. He emphaAnchors aweigh and off we go sailing, sailing over the bounding main. Picture shows a portion of the USC Working Students Association. Supervisor Father Alingasa is shown at center, in white. "Lovely to look of. . .enchanting to know..." aptly describes Miss Leticia Puray, of the College of Pharmacy, who was one of the models of the Fashion Show presented by Pharmacy students during their Christmas program last December. Miss Puray, charming young est daughter of the Mayor of San Juan, Southern Leyte, is sweet and unspoiled. Letty has been a Carolinian since high sized the duties of the Catholic lawyer in society. As its first project for the incoming year, the guild plans to sponsor either a debate or an open forum on constitu tional amendments. Upon the suggestion of Atty. Eddy Deen, law dean of the Colegio de San Jose, it was agreed that all law deans of the five law schools in the city be invited in a symposium on constitu tional amendments. Each dean will be requested to recommend two or three topics. The officers elected are: President, Atty. Catalino Doronio (USC); VicePresident, Atty. Expedito Bugarin (USC) ; Secretary-Treasurer, Atty. Ade laida Palomar (USC); PRO, Atty. To mas Echivarre (USC); Adviser, former Justice Fortunato Borromeo (USC); spiritual adviser, Rev. Joseph Watzlawik, S.V.D., and members of the Board of Directors: Attys. Mariano Najarro, Bella Sison, Caridad Trocino, Alma Deiparine, John Borromeo, Mauro Honoridcz, Vicen te Miranda (Clerk of Court), Eddy Deen and Judge Elena Causing. ORGANIZATIONS HUMAN RELATIONS CLUB HOLDS CONVOCATION The USC Human Relations Club sponsored a convocation in connection with the National Mental Health Week last Jan. 26, 1963 in the Social Hall at 4:00 p.m. The guest speaker was Dr. George Neri, Jr., a plastic surgeon. DR. G. NERI. JR. He was briefly introduced by the HRC president, Nicetas S. Ybanez’ Dr. Neri stressed the importance of plastic sur gery not only for the physical improve ment of one’s personality but also for the mental well-being of the individual. Among those who attended the affair were Rev. Fr. Lawrence Bunzel, SVD, the club adviser; heads of different de partments, teachers, and students. WORKING STUDENTS GO CRUISING OVER THE BOUNDING MAIN Fun and laughter were the orders of the day for the officers and members of the USC Working Students Associa 1ARCH, 1963 Page 10 THE CAROLINIAN tion last Sunday afternoon, January 20, 1963. Through arrangements made by Fa ther Alingasa, WSA supervisor, with the management of the MV "Tagbilaran”, the student workers momentarily forgot typewriters, IBM calculators, bookshelves, and brooms. It was an chors aweigh and all aboard for crew and passengers at exactly 2:00 o’clock. The little voyage took them around Mactan Island, passing the shorelines of Lapulapu City, Mandawe, and Naga. An amateur singing and modern dance contests provided fun for everyone, while snacks and soft drinks were passed around. The twist, watusi, and limbo rock gyrations reminded one of the “sinulog,” and since the occasion coincided with the Sto. Nino fiesta, the onlookers happily shouted “Pit Senor!” at the dancers, to the amusement of all. FR. BUNZEL, SANDIEGO RECEIVE PMHA AWARDS The Philippine Mental Health Asso ciation, Cebu Chapter, awarded certifi cates of merit to two USC faculty VEEP PELAEZ surrounded by bright young faces. Center of interest and cynosure o of masculine eyes is Miss Lydia Ybanez of the Publications Office. FR. BUNZEL, S.V.D. VICE-PRESIDENT PELAEZ: "We are not out to colonize North Borneo.. PEOPLE PELAEZ CONVOCATION SPEAKER AT USC Vice-President Emmanuel Pelaez was guest speaker at a convocation held on Saturday, January 12, 1963. The VicePresident was in Cebu at the special invitation of the Oriental Misamis Stu dents Association, who requested the Veep to induct their officers into office later that same evening. Pelaez was, to use his own word, '‘ambushed" at the Cebu airport by a welcoming delegation from San Carlos, with no less than Very Reverend Fa ther Rigney as chief “ambusher", again, to quote Pelaez. The convocation, sponsored by the Supreme Student Council, was not the usual run of stiff, serious talks and pompous exhortations. Contrary to usual convocations, the program was made lively by a witty exchange of cracks and bon mots between the dis tinguished guest, Father Rector, and the members last Sunday, January 20. The awardees were the Rev. Lawrence W. Bunzel, SVD, Secretary of Public Re lations and concurrently University Guidance Counselor, and Mrs. Luz M. Sandiego, of the Physical Education De partment. Father Bunzel was given the award in recognition of his per fect attendance in the PMHA Board of Directors’ monthly meetings. Mrs. Sandiego was honored for having suc cessfully headed a fund-raising cam paign for the mentally ill. The awarding ceremony was televised at the ABS Roof Garden, during which occasion the USC Rondalla was also featured. Emcee for the evening was Dr. Raoul Alonzo, PMHA psychiatrist, and Chairman, PMHA Management Board. smart, young vice-president of the Stu dent Council, that tall, bespectacled ar dilettante — Bataan Faigao. His in troduction of Pelaez was an introduc tion to end all introductions. Callin; the vice-presidentcy a useless post an Pelaez his “fellow useless official", Bat additionally declared that he was as signed the "useless task” of introduc cing the Vice-President, whose enormou popularity and prestige needed no in troduction. After a rather lengthy preliminar of jokes and wise-cracks, Pelaez gra dually but surely dug into the core o his speech — the Philippine claim t North Borneo. He stated that the Ad ministration’s aim in the claim to Nort Borneo was not for colonization as ir timidated by Senator Arturo Tolentim but for purposes of national security The Philippines, said Pelaez, is guarde only from the north, while the south i very wide open to attack or infiltratioi Should the Philippines be successful i its claim, then North Borneo woul serve as a strategic buffer against aj gression or Communist infiltration. The week following the convocatio: Pelaez left for London to confer wit Lord Home. MRS. LUZ M. SANDIEGO MARCH, 1963 Page 11 THE CAROLINL he Soviet Union is so big and yet so little.. Dr. Huke emphasizes the geographical intensify of the USSR. . HUKE LECTURES ON VIET UNION GEOGRAPHY )r. Robert E. Huke, visiting Fulbright fessor in geography at the Universiof the Philippines, gave a lecture at University of San Carlos on Friday, :ember 14, 1962, on the geographical nificance of the Soviet Union. ?he American professor’s trip to the ith is in connection with his re tch for a college textbook on the nomic geography of the Philippines ich will soon be published. He leced at USC at the invitation of the rv Rev. Harold W. Rigney, USC ?tor. Jr. Huke's audience shown In rapt attention. It was that interesting. Sitting In front ow from left: Father Baumgartner; Miss Adelina Sarthou, Father Rector's secretary; Ktty. Doronio; Father Schonfeld; Mrs. Huke; Mr. Irving Sablowsky of the USIS; and :ather Bunzel. Dr. Huke is chairman of the Depart ment of Geography of Dartmouth Col lege in Hanover, New Hampshire. He received his Ph.D. (Geography of Asia, China) from Syracuse University in 1953. The visiting geographer has written a number of articles on the Philippines which have appeared in scholarly publi cations. Among these are “Ifugao Rice Ten-aces’’ in Annuals of the Associa tion of American Geographers; “A Challenge to Philippine Agriculture” in Philippine Geography Journal; "Maloco: A Representative Aklan Barrio”, in the Philippine Sociological Review. He also contributed the article on "The Philippines” in the Encyclopedia Bri tannica and the article on “Manuel Quezon” in the Oxford Junior Encyclo pedia. Dr. Huke speaks French and Bur mese and can read Russian. MISCELLANEOUS LIBRARY NEWS Attentive clients of the library must have noticed the accelerated growth of its book collection in the course of the last three years. From January 1960 Father Baumgartner, USC Library Head, looks through some of the books donated by the Dutch Government, with Mr. T. W. Jurlka, then Acting Vice-Consul for the Dutch Government. to December 1962, the library register ed an increase of about twenty-thousand volumes. While the greater part of this growth was brought about at the expense of the university, an appre ciable number of volumes reached the library through the generosity of va rious donors. For several years past, it was the Austrian government which, through the S. V. D. Missionhouse of St. Ga briel’s, Vienna (Austria), has contribu ted a constant flow of books and ma gazines. For yet unexplained reasons, the flow dried up entierely with the end of 1961. Fortunately, other donors ap peared on the scene to continue the good work begun so auspiciously by the Austrian government. The first to tRCH, 1963 Page 12 THE CAROLINIAN USC top brass and quest pose during book donation ceremony. From left are: Father Schenfeld, Father van Engelen. Father Raats, Father Baumgartner, Mr. T. W. Jurlka, then Acting Dutch ViceConsul, Very Reverend Father Rigney, USC Rector, Father Rahmann, Father Vestraelen, and Father Watzlawik. be mentioned, because of the size and value of its donation, is the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Re search Society), which is a corporation of semi-official standing, mainly support ed by funds contributed by German In dustry (West Germany). They contri buted books and maps to the value of about P8,000.00. Moreover, this society has agreed to continue to supply, on a regular basis, a number of scientific ma gazines. There is good hope that further donations from this source will event ually reach the library. The man to whom the library primarily owes these gifts is the German ambassador to the Philippines, Freiherr Friedrich von Fiirstenberg, who has proved a very good friend of our university. Another sizable donation came from the Royal Netherlands government through the kindness of its Secretary of Education. Books worth about 500 guilders (about P600.00) were turned over to the library sometime in De cember 1962. The USIS, as is well known to all library clients, has been sending with great regularity a number of magazines, such as the FREE WORLD, the NEWS DIGEST, and the AMERICAN JOURN AL, not to mention the numerous pam phlets on matters of public interest. On top of this, they presented the library with a fine new set of the ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA — a most welcome addition to our reference shelves. Meanwhile many smaller donors, too numerous to mention, have been steadily A brand-new set and latest edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica was recently donated by the U.S. Government to the San Carlos library, through Mr. Irving Sablowsky of the USIS. Cebu City. In picture are Very Reverend Father Rigney, USC Rector; Mr. Sablowsky; Father Baumgartner, Librarian; and Mr. Charles William Bray, U.S. Vice Consul of Cebu. More book donations, this time from the German government. Knowledgehungry students examine titles. supplying both books and magazines t the library. But there is at least on group, the Theta Chapter of the Delt Kappa Gamma Society International i Orange, Texas, USA, which deserves t have its name recorded. After havinj previously supplied a considerable lo of back issues of magazines and som books, they have recently informed th' librarian that they intend both to sub scribe outright to a number of maga zines for the library, and to supply use< books that might be found useful. Here is a heartfelt “thank you” t< each and everyone of these benefactors great and small. MARCH, 1963 Page 13 THE CAROLINIAN A VISIT TO EL MONTE FLOTATION by DR. M. N. MACEDA ist year, in November, Fr. Rudolf nann. Dean of Graduate Studies, Fr. Flieger and the writer were invited en. Manuel Manahan to tour Mindanao rder to study and look Into the conins surrounding some of the cultural irities found there. At the same time were to serve as unofficial consultconcerning problems of acculturation ur less fortunate brothers. During the the party stopped for a few days at Del Monte plantation in Bukidnon. ce, they had the opportunity to see themselves this vast complex that is of the biggest dollar earning indust in southern Philippines. Furthermore enator Manahan, Fr. Rahmann and party look around in the plant breeding San Carlos alumni who are now teachers in the Mindanao Agricultural College, kt the back may be seen Fathers Rahmann and Flleger, and Dr. Maceda. Pineapple Cannery at Bogo. The they were able to see an actual example of scientific farming in large scale. A guided tour of the Del Monte farm was arranged for the party by Mr. Char les Hall, the plantation manager. The plantation is about 8,000 hectares in area and excepting the steep sides and some portions left out on purpose for other uses, the whole area is planted to pineapple. The variety that grows well in this farm is the Smooth Cayenne type which has been imported from Hawaii but has its original home in the Amaion Valley. It takes a period of twenty months before the pineapple fruits are ready for harvest. According to Mr. Hall, the first pioneer ing efforts to prepare the site for plant ing were made in 1920; and six years later the first crop was planted. Another four years elapsed before the first pack was produced at the cannery located in Bogo. There are 3,500 workers employed in both the plantation and the cannery. We were told that these workers enjoy liberal be nefits of which among other things are hospitalization, insurance, retirement, an nuity, transportation, housing and procur ing food stuff from non-profit retail stores run by the company. Besides the different pineapple fields, the party was also able to see the other parts of the farm that were being utilized for other purposes. Lately, we were told, the company has been ezploring the pos sibilities of related industries that would utilize the by-products of the pineapple canning process. Also they are trying to look for other possibilities in canning. For instance, we were brought to and shown a fifty-hectare tomato farm; this area, according to our guide, was rented by the company In order to be able to con duct experiments in the mass production of first class tomatoes. If successful, the Del Monte Company may be able to offer the public in the future different kinds of canned tomato products. The tour, furthermore. Included a visit to the other divisions of the company. We saw, for instance, the laboratory where every day soil samples coming from dif ferent parts of the farm are tested and analyzed in order to find ways and means to improve their yield. Studies were also being conducted on the environmental factors as well as the diseases that af fect the pineapple crop. Breeding of pine apple plants is being carried out in an effort to produce better yielding and hardier varieties. The party also sgw a milking station that supplies the company's employees with milk, and also a feeding silo where cattle were being fattened on pineapple pulp. The company is also con sidering the possibility of meat packing. Finally, they visited the cannery at Bogo. However, all the canninq machineries were shut down; they were either being cleaned or being repaired. However, the can and cardboard making units were in opera tion. Practically all the work in these divisions was done by machines—auto mation. In the evening prior to their departure the party was invited by Mr. and Mrs. (Continued on pai/c 55) lRCH, 1963 Page 14 THE CAROLINIAN "Ah’m Gonna Write Till Ah Die” by FRED CHICA WE DO not know if all native Kentuckians speak that way, but it seems a good guess that those who live in Greenup County where Jesse Stuart has his farm do drawl as he did when he spoke these words. Jesse, whose build per sonifies the land he has plowed and the hills he has lived in, was speaking to a group of college stu dents which gathered at the USIS little theatre. For Jesse, writing is as natural an enterprise as farming and teaching; the three are his loves and adventures, the expressions and outlets of his dreams. Yet, while Jesse the writer is acade mically distinct from Jesse the farmer, and Jesse the teacher, it is with the pen that he is best known and perhaps be best re membered. This was how he impressed us; first, when he lectured on the short story to a sizeable but rapt audience last January 4th, at the USC Audio-Visual Room, and later, at a bull session with stu dent writers at the USIS the fol lowing day. His visit to Cebu was part of a six-month tour of the Near East and Southeast Asia. Immediately before it, he had at tended the Asian Writers Con ference in Manila. The queries which characterized these two gatherings brought out things which his somewhat unex pected looks (he appeared more like a business tycoon, six feet and over, well-stocked — than a writer) almost hid. This was his “sense of story,” his aliveness to potential story materials. Real incidents, whether they happened to him or to others, are the the stuff out of which he weaves his stories. To him, one need not go far or innovate often to find materials for a story. One need only be aware of the things that happen around him, of people he has known or met. In fact, he told, us, since he came to this country, he had collected some 13 ideas for short stories. Though he already had some push in the writing direction, Jesse, it seems, got the biggest shove forward when his professor in writing class told him once, and rather smugly, that he would never make out in the writing business. Now Jesse was not one to be discouraged by such talk. He promptly set out to disprove the professor’s remark with an output of 26 books, some 300 short stories, 200 hundred articles and essays, and over 1,600 peoms. This voluminous achievement shows Jesse’s get-up’n-go drive. He is one who looks for oppor tunity rather than wait for it to come his way. Some call it his pioneer spirit, and they are right. From an obscure plowboy in a one-room log cabin, he has made giant strides. And nothing so symbolizes and embodies this drive and energy than his pledge in deep Kentucky drawl: “Ah’m gonna write till Ah die.” MARCH, 1963 Page 15 THE CAROLINIAN A good look at the pattern collection. Left to right: Fr. van Engelen (back to camera), Dr. Quarles, Dr. Johnson (face partly seen), Fr. Oster. “Do you know where the best-equipped physics department in the whole country is?... Your neigh bor, the University of San Carlos.. .” I)r. Paul Kirkpatrick in a conversation at Silliman University. instrument for our country’s progress, and in particular, to advance our knowledge and promote the use of ato mic energy for peaceful ends. We have secured the ser vices of Dr. Lawrence R. Quarles, Dean of the School spected the laboratories and equip ment of the Physics Department. They got what they asked for — our pledge of cooperation, and more. For they liked what they saw, and it was more than they had expected to find. Focus of interest was the radiation labora“ATOMIC” VISITORS SOMETIME in December, 1962, a letter came to Father Rector from the Philippine Atomic Energy Commission. It read in part: “As you may already know, our Commission is pre sently constructing the first nuclear research reactor in the country which will be the principal facility of the ato mic research center being built at the U.P. campus in Diliman, Quezon City. We expect this reactor to achieve criticality before the middle of 196.1, and within a few months of testing thereafter, to be brought to full poiver. This event will represent the attainment of a goal much sought after by the Commis sion, but more important, it will also mark an important phase in our efforts to utilize science and technology as an of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Vir ginia, to assist us in the de velopment of a scheme of co operation with educational research and industrial organ izations in the field of atomic energy, principally in the use of our reactor.” The letter went on to state that Dr. Quarles and companions were visiting the University of San Carlos on the third of January. They came as scheduled. Members of the visiting party were Mr. Cesar P. Nuguid, Chief, Division of Training, Plans and Policies, PAEC; Dr. Lawrence R. Quarles; and Dr. W. Reed Johnson, Project Director, PAEC — University of Virginia Atomic Energy Train ing Project. The visitors were taken around the campus. They saw the En gineering Department, and in tory. The reader might be sur prised to know that we have a radiation lab right here in San Carlos, as he sees no signs anyLeff to right: Dr. Johnson. Mr. Nuguid. Dr. Quarles. Fr. Oster, observe the ra diation counting equipment at work. MARCH, 1963 Page 16 THE CAROLINIAN where about it. Our radiation laboratory is Room 127, right along the corridor that leads from the drugstore to the bookstore. Is anybody curious? Just walk right in. Here lights blink from an in strument on the table called the scaler, and everytime a light comes up, it signals a pulse received and transmitted by a Geiger tube. We are continually counting back ground radiation, a routine proce dure since the onset of atomic testings in the Pacific. This little room serves the government. A monitoring team of the National Defense Department is at work here everyday testing rain water, dust and grass samples, for evi dence of fallout. There are only IN U.S.C. by Brigida Koppin Dr. Johnson peruses Hi-Vacuum litera MARCH, 1963 "SONG OF THE Oblation” bv Gemma Kacoma I If hat arms are more delightful than these that welcome the falling leaves, dregs of decay amass, these that are poised aloft with the strongest impregnable strength born of sleepless days and nights this brazen mute standing in eternal vigil to the silence of the moving spheres? II eyes are more delectable than these wearing no nameless rancor, pique, passion or spite, but only the desire to flesh alive only the longings that spring and are immured in a lifeless breast. from chlorophyll seeds, the deepest green assuaging fear and fright inevitable as one loses the glory of form the luster of the eyes? Ill This spiritless monument its upturned face holds daily communion with sky and sea. it has no voice but one to still the shadows that flee from clay no voice but one to utter a passion poesy of love that waits. THE CAROLINIAN Father SCHONFELD: The name of that profound man of science escapes me at the mo ment, who declared that the ul timate objective of all human en deavor is comfort. By this it is presumed that he meant physical and material ease and convenience. Doubtless that many would agree with him, for many are those who place comfort and ease above all. Yet, there was a time in history when those who subscribed to this philosophy were the pagans who had not yet known of Christ. At that time anyone who differed .vith the comfort and pleasure seeking majority were considered rebels and were put to a martyr’s death. Even today the hedonistic cult is in the ascendancy. Not only unbelievers but believers as well indulge in the pursuit of comfort. Some two thousand years ago, a Man appeared among men to give the lie to this sensual, materialistic con cept. In the midst of the bachannalian orgies and debauchery of pagan Rome, Christ came to show mankind an example of a comfortless existence in this world in order to merit a life of last ing comfort and happiness in the next. The change He brought about was slow "...HOC EST ENIM CORPUS MEUM. . Father Schonfeld offers thanksgiving in his Jubilee but sure. The silent revolution was k complete. fj Since that time many have followed Christ’s example. From the twelve that ,$ He started, the number grew to hun dreds, to thousands, until today, we find men and women who gladly leave the comforts of country, home, and • by PRAXEDES P. BLLABOG • MARCH, 1963 Page 19 Sch< Brat Lilli Father Schonfeld is the seventh of thirteen children, and that seven of these thirteen have dedicated their lives to the service of God. Like him, three of his brothers entered the S.V.D. Order, although unfortunately one died in the midst of his religious studies. Four of his sisters entered religious orders. How many big Filipino families can boast of having offered more than half of their children to God? Or even half. Ever since her Christianization by Spain, the Philippines has always been in need of priests. Today, with the high increase in population, the need is even more pressing. Yet, not Filipinos are recruiting for more semi narians from among our youth, but foreign missionaries. It is well for us to ponder on the matter. As a priest, Father Schonfeld is in tensely loyal. He shows his loyalty to his home country in his pride of its natural beauty, natural resources, and wealth. He is loyal to his Order and to the University in his zeal to keep both in the limelight of spiritual and academic excellence. Above all, he shows loyalty to God by offering the best that his mind can produce through mission ary zeal and his religious writings. As a man, Father Schonfeld is totally honest and devoid of all false pretenses. He is honest in admitting that he likes himself and takes justifiable pride in his writings, not out of conceit or ego tism, but as a sincere acknowledgement of his Creator’s deep love and goodness that gave him these. And such is not pride but humility. For true humility lies in knowing and accepting what you have, be it great or small, and thanking Him who gave it. Thus it was only quite proper and fitting that on the day of his Silver Jubilee, Father Schonfeld was accorded great honor in a special High Mass which he himself offered, assisted by his esteemed friends in the S.V.D. Or der, attended by his colleagues and the USC faculty and student body, to the sound of magnificent music as sung by a creditable choir. The occasion culminated in a sump tuous banquet and a literary-musical program, in which the honoree enjoyed himself thoroughly. For Father Schonfeld we offer our prayers that the years ahead may be as satisfying and fruitful in spiritual achievements as the years that had gone before. And may the Lord grant him more years in the sacred ministry and grant him another happy jubilee. KEYNOT FOR A COMMENCEMENT AD DRESS, we suggest that the honorable guest speaker read from the rostrum, with as stentorian a voice as he can manage, a comprehensive list of job opportunities i presently obtaining in the professional I world. Let him compile such a list to suit the various fields the graduates have cho sen so that each toga-clad candidate will really begin a new life by receiving not only a diploma but an employment offer as well. This way, graduation will no longer be a mere ceremony, however meaningful or impressive or memorable. It will become a practical transition from the world of study to that of application, from prepa ration to living it out. It will answer the cynic notion that graduation is but a mass transfer of sheep from one herd to another. Above all, it will rid the post graduation period of the usual floating and dislocation which plague graduates who cannot find their places in the new milieu. POETS DIE BETTER when they are old, not that age gives them better wisdom nor that time polishes their art. It is bet ter that they be around much so that we can witness what their poetry means to them, what imprint it has on their lives and person. Also, they are people we can turn to | for meaning and beauty in our rapidly depersonalized world. To them we can look for human breath amid today's mech anized air. They, among others, can teach us to feel, to awaken to the throb of the adventure which is life. NOBODY AS YET CAN GUESS when the tartanilia will go. Anyone who dares to might do well to recall that way back in 1938 they were saying that in ten years this rig would disappear. Now, 25 years later, the cochero and his contrap tion are still very much around like an old habit. We care little when or how it will go, if ever. We are rather interested in the peculiar manner with which it has stayed, managing to rub wheels with such modern cousins as the Taunus, the Yamaha and the Volkswagen. Of course, people here would adapt to any vehicle, riding be ing largely a thing of fashion as it is of need. Jeeps or buses could have quickly replaced the tartanilla. They might even tually do so in the future but the fact is, why hasn't the tartanilla been changed? Economic considerations aside, we think it is because the tartanilla peculiarly suits the mood and pace of Cebu City, the place, as many say, where the coun try meets the city. The tartanilla, whose speed is ordinarily between the fast and the leisurely but which can do one or the other with efficiency or grace, embodies the tempo of this conservative place. Its gait is the horse trot, moving with a pace which conserves tradition while at the same time acquainting itself with the new. Unless the Cebuanos of this city change their mood, habits and outlook overnight, we can expect the tartanilla to be around, trotting our streets like a familiar friend. PEOPLE SHY FROM morals as if it were a world of limits. Little do we realize that the hard fact of oughtness in morality not only curbs and redirects the will wildly rushing to nowhere but it also —and this is its richer meaning—opens us to a world of opportunity and choice, one which has definitely been rid of the caprice of blind desire. CHESTERTON, WHO SEEMS AL WAYS to turn things upside down (downside up, if you choose) first before he sees them right (by which he meant being seen originally), says somewhere that life is too serious to be taken serious ly. Whatever did he mean by that? Are we to be frivolous and take life in a twirl? Or, with a better ignorance, shall we float and let the current take us where it may? Neither, we believe. What then? Well, there's one way you can- find out. You go and ask a little boy why he likes to live. Then you go and see an old uncle what he thinks of the little one's philosophy. (If you aren't satisfied with your find ings, come to us. We'll invite you to Jenny's and talk about them old times.) IT MAY SURPRISE SOME to know that most of the things they think can't be done are already being accomplished or, at least, being planned to be accom(Continued on page 56) MARCH, 1963 Page 20 THE CAROLINIAN NUS Report When we. received the invitation from Ever Maca'tulad, President of the Na tional Union of Students (NUS), asking for a USC delegation to the NUS con ference in Baguio, SSC President Victor Dumon immediately listed down possible choices for members of the delegation. Chosen were Bataan Faigao, Council Vice-President; Leny Palermo, Trea surer; Yolando Monton, Auditor; Roque Cervantes, Majority Floor Leader; Ni colas Vergara, Representative from the College of Engineering and Architec ture; Antonio Escario, Representative, College of Commerce; Lucrecio Calo, Teachers College Representative; Proceso Bonotan from the College of Law; Jesus Osmena, Jr., College of Commerce; this writer, as Council Secretary, and as Representative of THE CAROLI NIAN ; and of course, Vic Dumon, as Head of the delegation. The sixth NUS Conference was scheduled from December 26 to 30, 1962. Those of us who had never been to USC delegates to NUS Conference at Baguio. Standing from left to right: Roque Cervantes; Lucrecio Calo; Jo Famador; Vic Dumon, USC-SSC President; Atty. Catalino Doronio, Adviser; Leny Palermo; Bataan Faigao; Nick Vergara; Alfonso Lao; and Proceso Bonotan. Kneeling are: Antonio Escario and Yolando Monton. City. Six enormous buses conveyed the delegates to their destination. It was fun meeting new faces from unfamiliar places. The delegates were all very friendly, quick to smile and to give a warm hello. What would otherwise have been a dull trip was made merry and men were given a separate place. Leny Palermo and myself shared a very cozy room with two very enchanting ladies from St. Joseph’s College. An acquaintance party ushered in the NUS activities. The party was held at The Baguio NUS Conference of 1962 by Josefina C. Famador Baguio considered this an opportunity to see the well-known City of the Pines, aside from the serious task of repre senting the University of San Carlos in this important conference of student leaders. The Ascent The USC delegates left for Manila in two batches. Most of the boys left be fore the 26th by boat, while Atty. Do ronio, Bataan Faigao, and myself left by plane. December 26. At exactly 9:15 a.m. all the delegates were assembled beneath the broad facade of the Far Eastern University main building. Campus figures from 30 different schools from all over the country were now on the what might be called “winning friends and influencing people” level. I never saw such a mixed group of varied per sonalities. There were small and cute types, the silent types behind scholarlylooking glasses, the extroverts, the book worms, the scholars, and what have you, all coming together to constitute one solid unit of student leaders eager to share their knowledge, their ideas, and solutions to student problems. At 9:35 the trek to Baguio started from the Pantranco terminal in Quezon jolly by singing campus songs and play ing games. Brr-rr-rr. Could we be nearing Baguio? It certainly was beginning to get cold. The delegates started reaching inside their bags for thick coats and sweaters. Did I say coats and sweaters? You bet. By golly, you should have seen the styles. And the colors. They were chic, they were smart, and they were eye catching. Gradually the trucks started the tor tuous ascent through the hairpin-like curves. The temperature? Well, it was only one degree below zero. We went higher and higher, each time seeing beautiful brooks and magnificent water falls cascading down gigantic rocks, with here and there a bunch of everlasting flowers. Then all of a sudden we found ourselves in a world of green. We were surrounded by pine trees, and everything about us were green. Pine branches swayed rythmically and gracefully in the mountain breeze. Finallv a sign met our eyes. WELCOME TO BAGUIO. I’ll never quite forget the thrill of it all. Baguio is simply magnificent, cool and beautiful and blue against the mountain sky. We arrived at 5:00 p.m., and were immediately shown to our respective quarters. The ladies were assigned to the Patria de Baguio, while the gentlethe St. Louis College gym at 8:35 that night. During the party every delegation was asked to contribute a part to the program. When the University of San Carlos was called, I gave my declama tion of “/’</ Make An Awful Wife,’’ which, if I may say so myself, made quite a hit with the audience. Other delegations contributed vocal solos, choruses, piano selections, and the like. The Conference Proper December 27. The conference was formally opened by the NUS President, Ever Macatulad of the Far Eastern University, with a speech on The Stu dent Council—A Dynamic Force in the Educational Community. The plenary sessions opened with an explanation oil the different workshop topics by four writers of the conference materials. This was followed by a grouping of the dele gates into several workshops. After supper that night the delegates had a free time till lights out at 10 o’clock. Many of them took the oppor tunity to see more of Baguio. A group of editors worked till the wee hours on the NUSETTE, official NUS organ. December 28. The NUS organizers conducted a 3-hour-long panel discus(Continued on next paye) MARCH, 1963 Page 21 THE CAROLINIAN The Baguio NUS •.. (Continued from page 21) sion on what the NUS, stands for, its aims, principles, and achievements. The conference was held at the St. Louis College. Atty. Artemio Panganiban, 195!) NUS President and currently Executive Secretary of the Institute of Student Affairs (ISA), headed the panel of speakers. Other speakers were Leonardo Tancuan, Jr., member of the NUS Con stitutional Committee, and President of the SCA Alumni Association; and Al fonso Aguirre, who had just arrived from Switzerland. After the discussion the delegates as sembled into workshop groups to discuss vital matters and to crystallize plans relative to topics presented in their workbooks. December 29. This day was set aside for workshop sessions. Tension filled the auditorium as resolutions were pre sented by the chairmen of the different workshops. Overall chairman of the session was Raul Roco, Acting SecretaryGeneral of the NUS. We understood that in previous ses sions, this part of the conference was the stormiest and the most riotous. This time, however, it was conducted in a peaceful and orderly manner. Ten minutes were allotted to the delibera tion on resolutions before they could be passed and approved by the body. How ever, the time had to be extended as questions were asked one after another by the delegates. The session ended after having 80% of the resolutions presented. December 30. Today being Sunday was a free time for delegates. We spent most of the day touring around the city, ad miring its exquisite beauty, and breath ing in its cool, balmy air. We visited Mines View Park, Wright Park, Burn ham Park, the Italian gardens, and the lovely residence of Vice-President Em manuel Pelaez, which faced the Execu tive Mansion. The Descent December 31. As the Law of Gravity decrees, what goes up must come down again. So it was with us. Once more, the delegates assembled, this time for the descent. Although we enjoyed the beauty of Baguio, in spite of the warm feeling of meeting new friends, and not withstanding the experience of meeting and exchanging ideas with distinguished student leaders, there is still no place like home. Just as we were eager to get to Baguio, now we were just as eager to get back home. The happy prospect of being home with the family for the New Year was just as thrilling as the expectation of going to Baguio a few days before. All things considered, the NUS con ference was a success. We would like to express our gratitude to the people of St. Louis College for their kindness to us, for the warm reception, and for making our stay pleasant and memor able. The same go to all those lovely people who made us feel at home with their pleasant friendliness. I end this report with a quotation from one of our fellow delegates who said: “You think that you are the brightest in your school, but after at tending this conference you find others who are even better." exchanges by Lindy Lhica What my alter ego once told me reveals this generation’s youth: “I feel old, old, old!” She’s 20 years old. Today’s young adult is, in truth, taking herself too, too seriously. She no longer feels light and gay, no longer foolish and carefree sometimes, no longer young. She should learn from the laughter and frivolity of rain. Whoever wrote that editorial on “Rain” in the Sept. 11, 1962 issue of the Philippine Collegian is not old. He said: "In man’s lexicon, it’s just another in convenience. Heady and precipitate, the rain thwarts our little schemes and turns awry our best laid out plans. And yet it persists as an example of the way nature can laugh off the triflings of men.” Ricardo Dino writes in the same issue of the same paper: "Re search refers to the function of actively advancing knozvledge: Whether it concerns the use of tested conclusions or the formulation of new ones by new findings. The dedicated man of arts and sciences does not stop whenever he arrives at a theory or law — he goes on, pitting his new-found knowledge against new proofs, nezv evidences. For knowledge is not a static business, it is dynamic.” That’s why term papers were invented. By youthful frivolity I don’t mean the absurdity of those 50 college boys who spent 504 long hours talking continuously over the phone, taking turns to provide “vital information” about the coeds in a neighboring dormitory, as reported in The Asian Student, dated Oct. 13, 1962. The Notredamer, Oct., 1962, quotes what one Father Louis McCue calls “the substitute for leadership.” He calls it “follozvships — the lazy art of doing what everybody else is doing, instead of doing what is right. Fellowship is the building up of important decisions and policies on the flabby shoulders of public opinion.” This is what leadership is not. What is leadership, then? It certainly is not doing everything your way. Your own shoulders may be just as flabby. Congratulations go to The Technician of the Cebu Institute of Technology for giving a lot of space to an important issue — the College Editors Guild. The same goes to The Quill of Southwestern University, Cebu City, for giving a lot of space to local and national contemporary events — items that have yet to be noticed by many school publications. From the editorial of the Atenews, organ of the Ateneo de Davao, dated November 30, 1962, comes the loud voice of angry youth: "We, the youth, who are filled zvith the hope and enthusiasm, can change the present state of the zvorld zve live in. We can still mold ourselves into men of principles — responsible and morally upright, not men who will lose the reason for being. And we must!... zve should put up a revolution of our ozvn. Let us go against these zvorldly trends. Let us revolt against the evils of the present generation and lay down a groundzvork for the coming of a nezv era zvherein the zvorld zvill blossom into a nezv bud, a nezv spring and a nezv life.” This voice is not a “voice in the wilderness,” such as to be heard only from the mingled shouts of two from the Atenews, and the Guidon. It has its echo from the student leaders of Chile who confronted the 10th International Student Conference held in Quebec, Canada last year with the painful realization "that the zvorld such as it is todazj is not a fit place foz' man, that the zvorld such as zve find it todazj is not the sort of zvorld to zvhich zve students and young men can conform.” Yet, where in our midst is this echo? The four walls of the classroom are silent. MARCH, 1963 Page 22 THE CAROLINIAN The USC Working Students Association A well-known Polack once said with candor that a man is a worker. He’s either that or he’s nothing. A funny man called Jerome claims that he likes work. It is very fascinating, he adds, so much so that he can sit down and look at work for hours. Somebody, presumably in a moment of aberration, requested me to do this — that is, write something about the USC Working Students Association, to Turning over the key of responsibility from Mr. Yolando Monton the outgoing president of the Working Students As sociation to Mr. Lucrecio T. Calo. Shown before the microphone is the out going president while the Incoming pres ident receives the handshake of res ponsibility. be presented as a maiden venture to The CAROLINIAN. At first I was reluctant to accept the job — perhaps because I am bit of an anti-worker myself. But I do not intend to give that Polack sufficient cause to declare that I am nothing. So I started pound ing the typewriter, scanning the sur faces of my intellect and my imagination (the latter, I fear, is infertile) in order to produce something readable. So now I can sit down and work (instead of look at work) for hours. Meanwhile a slogan comes into my mind — Workers of the University — Unite! You have nothing to lose but your sanity. (I think this has been said before, but never mind.) Groups and clubs are borne out of a sense of having something in common with the next guy. It could be ideas or interests. In our case it is both, plus a common aim — to acquire a college degree the hard way. There have been working students in San Carlos in years past, but there was no formal and compact organiza tion there of until two years ago when Father Margarito Alingasa took over as supervisor. At the time of its es tablishment, the membership was so large that the Very Reverend Father by T. D. Baire Rector once commented that the whole Ateneo de Manila population would get lost among us. The early birds who do the sweeping of classrooms; the young fellow who operates an abominable gizmo called the IBM machine, the guy who handles specimens in the science laboratories, the ladies who count the cash during tuition-paying time — these comprise the Working Students Association. And what are the qualifications for membership in the WSA? First, an aspirant must have at least one semester’s resid'r-c the Univ ersity of San Carlos. S-- on !, his grades must range from above average to ex cellent (if possible). Third, hut m.,; t important, he must not depend solely and completely upon his earnings as a ir Bon Voyage around Mactan Island. Working students’ fun and frolic at sea. working student to cover all his ex penses — that is, from board and lodging to clothes to tuition fees. The Univ ersity can only extend partial aid to hard-up but deserving students. A working student can be assured of free tuition at least. Grades are periodically examined, and in the event of failure in two subjects, a member automatically loses his working status. The working student is a busy stu dent. He not only works but he studies as well. He is not just a student. He must be a responsible student. His life entails a certain degree of ennui, con sidering the same routine he has to do day in and day out. His time is budgeted to the last second, to work and study and a little recreation, thus making his existence as rigidly regulated as the ticking of a grand-father clock. From these conditions arose the need for an organization that could give him a voice, develop his social and intellec tual capacities, and foster harmonious relations with his peers and with the oftentimes aristocratic and aloof pro fessional students, and finally break the monotony of his perfunctory world. The Association, 250 strong at pre sent, first felt the pulse of active leader ship during the incumbency as president of Mr. Yolando Monton, now audit-o of the Supreme Student Council, with Mai-ci-no Aparte, the great d-bxter, ■■ Vicc-l're. blent, and winsome ! , miid ’ Oliveros as Secretary-Treasurer. They were the first officers of the Associa tion. In the second year of the group’s existence the Association gained added strength with the (present) dy namic leadership of Lucrecio Calo as President, Gerardo Perez as Vice-Presi dent, and Andres Arreza as SecretaryTreasurer. The members hold monthly meetings during which Father Alingasa gives inspirational and spiritual pep talks. Under Monton, the Association held its first annual social activity in Miramar. This year under Calo, the group launched a unique form of re laxation — a boat cruise along the beautiful shoreline of Cebu. The As(Continued on page 55) MARCH, 1963 Page 23 THE CAROLINIAN nnnT IflCII Q THE BASIC pH|l0S0|>HY rnl11UnOlLn: OF state of the republic of inDontsifl by Herman Joseph Seran About the Author U. Herman Joseph Scran is a young Indonesian student, presently here at USC on a four-ycar scholarship granted by the SVD Fathers in Indonesia. He took his first year college in his home country, taking courses in political science al the University of Indonesia, a state uni versity. He is now taking AB, major in English. Mr. Seran hopes to graduate this March. IVr deem, it only fitting that we be informed on the political, social, and economic conditions of Indonesia, not only because the Philippines and Indonesia arc geographical neighbors and should know each other closely, but also because of the historical link that binds the two countries, a link that the passage of time has not severed. As Mr. Seran says, and as recorded history bears him out, Filipinos and In donesians are "brothers from some common ancestors." The vieius and opinions expressed in the article are entirely those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect those of the staff. EDITOR IF YOU happen to read the standard books of reference about the Republic of Indonesia, they will easily tell you of one hundred million people whom the golden-brown-skinned Filipinos north of the equator believe to be their brothers from some common ancestors. The books will tell you that these 100,000,000 people, who are mostly Mohammedans, live in hundreds of islands scattered over the area between the mainland of Asia and the mainland of Australia, between the Indian and Pacific Ocean. These books will tell you further, that some of these islands are very big, while others are very small. Some are highly developed, while some are still untouched by human hands. Some of these islands are highly populated, while others are hardly habit ed at all. Furthermore, you learn of the products, natural resources, and the wealth of the country both tapped and untapped. However, these books cannot explain a nation. They cannot tell you, for in stance, of the spirit of the Indonesian people. They cannot explain the aims, the ambitions, the hopes, the desires, the dreams, and the visions of these 100,000,000 people. As President Sukarno stated in a speech before the Council of World Af fairs in Los Angeles, California on April 21, 1961, "A nation consists of human beings; these human beings are the greatest wealth, the greatest raw material, the greatest strength of every nation. In fact, they are the nation, and the state is no more than an expression and a reflection of a nation. To be re vealed in all its strength and glory, a nation needs a vision, an ideal, a phi losophy.” For Indonesians this philosophy is called PANTJASILA (pronounced Panchasila), or the Five Pillars. Nobody can understand Indonesia fully if he does know the essence of Pantjasila because it is the nucleus of Indonesian philos ophy, the outcome of Indonesian foreign and domestic policy, the basis of Indo nesian socialism and guided democracy. These five principles or Pantjasila are incorporated in the preamble of our cons titution where they are generally ar ranged in this order: Belief in God, Nationalism, Internationalism, Demo cracy, and Social Justice. 1. Belief in God Indonesians are composed of people who embrace many different religions. Among them there are Mohammedans, Catholics, Protestants, Buddhists, and people of no religion at all. The Moslems compose 85% of the whole population. Considering the different beliefs and the unity of the people desp’te this differ ence, this first principle is placed in the first and highest rank. Even those who believe in no God, in their innate toler ance recognize that the belief in the Almighty is characteristic of their na tion, so they accept this First Pillar. There is, therefore, religious tolerance. Since this first principle is accepted as a national philosophy, a department of religion has been established. The func tion of this department is to provide for the needs and the support necessary for the development of spiritual values. It subsidizes the establishment of some mosques, churches, and seminaries. Re ligious instructors are paid by this de partment. 2. Nationalism Nationalism is a force which inspires the Indonesians to fight for freedom from slavery and oppression. Until to day this force still inflames the Indo nesian spirit. But this nationalism is not chauvinistic. Indonesians never con sider themselves superior over other nations. They do not impose their ideo logy nor their desires upon other-.na tions. "The term nationalism is something suspicious in the western world. That is because the West has prostituted and abused true nationalism. And yet, true nationalism still burns bright in the West. If it did not, then the West would not have used arms against the aggres sive chauvinism of Hitler. Does not na tionalism sustain all nations? Who dares to deny his own country, the nation that bore him? Nationalism is the main source MARCH, 1963 Page 24 THE CAROLINIAN and the mighty inspiration for freedom. There is a great difference between the nationalism in Asia, Africa, and Latin America and the nationalism in the West. Nationalism in the West means an aggressive force seeking national eco nomic expansion and advantage. It is the grandparent of imperialism whose father was capitalism. In Asia, Africa, and possibly in Latin America, Nationalism is a protest against Imperialism, colo nialism, and oppression. Mahatma Gandhi once said: “I am a nationalist, but my nationalism is human istic.” Indonesian nationalism has the same meaning. Again we quote Pres ident Sukarno: “We are nationalists be cause we are convinced that all nations are essential to the world in this age and we will continue to be so as far as the eye can see into the future.” Based upon this true nationalism, In donesia strives to establish a just and prosperous society where everybody will have enough food to eat daily, enough clothes to cover his body, enough shelter wherein he can rest, and a little money to support and educate his children. To establish a just and prosperous society is the domestic policy of Indonesia. 3. Internationalism Internationalism for Indonesians means coexistence among all nations, not the exploitation of one nation by another. Internationalism means equality among nations where every nation res pects and preserves the rights of an other. Enlightened by this concept of equality and harmonious coexistence among nations, Indonesia has no inten tion of siding with any of the present opposing blocs. Indonesia calls her foreign policy active and independent or a policy of non-alignment. There are people who call Indonesians opportu nists and neutralists. This statement is a misconception. Indonesians are neither opportunists nor neutralists because they have their own principles and they are not mere spectators with regard to the problems which threaten mankind today. For further clarification of In donesian foreign policy, let me refer you again to the speech of President Su karno: “We call our foreign policy indepen dent and active. Others call us neutra lists. Others call us uncommitted. Who can be neutral in this world today when the very future of mankind is threat ened? Who can be uncommitted when colonialism and imperialism still flourish and are still aggressive in the world? Who can be uncommitted when inter national Democracy is still just a dream and a vision? “We are not neutral, and we will never be neutral so long as colonialism and imperialism continue to exist in any manifestation anywhere in this world of ours. We will not be uncom mitted so long as certain states are un willing to accept the demand for inter national social justice and international democracy. “Indeed, we are independent in our foreign policy. We do not belong to either of the two great blocs in the world. We do not believe that total truth or total justice permanently resides in either bloc. More than this, we believe that the division of the world into blocs is itself a great danger, and one which this world cannot countenance. We work for international humanism, and that means that man is the brother of man the world over. We do not accept the idea that ideological considerations should divide man from man. We do not accept the idea that military pacts and military alliances and military blocs can assist in maintaining, stabilizing, and perpetuating peace.” 4. Democracy Democracy is not the invention of any one nation. It is inherent in the very nature of man. Since it is inherent, no body can change this reality. But we know that politics is an art of possibilities. Therefore the govern ment is an art of recognizing the pos sible. A possibility is something which can be changed and altered. On this premise, Indonesia changed her pattern of government and substituted it with the framework of those national reali ties, national forces and potentialities which can lead her towards the realiza tion of her aims. We have done away with parliamentary democracy and li beral economy because they failed to lead our nation to progress. They did not fulfill the needs of our people. We have established in their stead a new type of democracy which is fitting to our na tional traditions and ideals. From our experiences we have learned that an imported democracy is not sufficiently democratic for our needs. Parliamentary democracy produced only dissension, for it resulted in political partisanship, re bellion, corruption, and exploitation of the people’s votes by selfish politicians who sought only self-aggrandizement. For us Indonesians, the idea of an opposition does not quite fit our tradi tional society or traditional ideas be cause the essence of our government from time immemorial has been agree ment, not disagreement. For us the es sence of government has been the effort to reach a consensus of opinion and to act upon that opinion in a manner agree able to all. We have practiced democracy for cen turies. In practicing democracy our fore fathers philosophized about it. We have developed a type of democracy which fits our particular needs and our na tional pattern. Our form of democracy consists of the application of two prin ciples which we term Musawarah and Mufakat. Musawarak means consultation and Mufakat means reaching una nimous agreement. In application, the method of democratic procedure means deliberating upon a question until such time as it is resolved by unanimous agreement, with all views, opinions, and interests considered. The ideas, views, and opinions can give guidance in such deliberations, and the result is unani mous. Another device used in the application of our democracy is known as GotongRojong, which means common effort for a common goal. This form of Indonesian democracy is one that we call guided democracy. It is so-called because it conducts and directs our people towards their aim under the enlightment of Pan tjasila. The term guided democracy is much misunderstood outside Indonesia. There are people who misinterpret it and im mediately conclude that there is no free dom in Indonesia. It seems that they are scared by the term itself. Guided democracy and guided economy, to ex plain further, are a denial of liberal doctrines and an affirmation of our own ideology. Our democracy and our eco nomy are not guided by Sukarno nor by any other politician. These ideologies and their procedures are guided by Pan tjasila towards a certain goal, which is a just and prosperous society, both in the material and spiritual sense. 5. Social Justice Indonesian aim is socialism. But such must be based on our own realities and our own strength. Our aim is a just and prosperous society. To realize this we have rejected liberal economy and re placed it with guided economy. We re jected liberal economy because it made a bad situation worse. Liberal economy is an unfit system for our economic life. By it the rich grew richer, and poor grew poorer. How could we have reached our aim in such a situation? Under our present guided economy all goods and materials or enterprises which govern the fundamental life of the peo ple are controlled or supervised by the government and the rest are controlled by private firms, corporations, and en terprises. Those controlled by the govern ment are utilized for the improvement of the public. A just and prosperous society cannot be realized if the govern ment does not have the means. The plight of suffering people cannot be solved if the authorities do not have the proper and necessary means and ma terials. Our socialism is not European social ism. It is consciously designed to meet our own national demands. We call this Indonesian Socialism or Socialism a la Indonesia. This is a natural development and projection of Indonesian character istics and national identity. These char acteristics are Kerakjatan, Gotong-Rojong, Musawarah, and Mufakat — with the people as the source of collective offort for the attainment of a common goal through discussion, deliberation, (Continued on page 56) MARCH, 1963 Page 25 THE CAROLINIAN POEMS . by BOY LIM, JR A VISION OF EMILY ON A COLD JANUARY DAWN I stood before the campfires of a forgotten dawn: dream, dream, die a mournful death — said a dama de noche in the breeze. And the traffic in my heart rioted. I flung eager arms to the wind. There, teas You. You. You. Wind echoing — You. Five feet in a gown of stars, so young, so young, so lovely. I told myself: should I? She’s eighteen, she’s lively. I fell on my knees, seeking wordlessly a thread of moonbeam for a carpet. In the silence, in the gloom, in the dawn — there the dream grew. I love you. I love you. Do not let unmerciful day steal you away from me. VALENTINE'S DAY AND ME Waking up on a loveless day is a definition of agony. No warmth from birdsong, no greeting from you. I’ve sought you in the trailless wight, in the trellis of choking vine, in the careless haze of fog and rain. But I found you unseeing; I choked on the song that never came. My heart has defined what agony is, for it is waking up on a loveless day without you. EMILY Ride the rough wind on a cold February dawn: it is like seeking you in the brambles. My heart I bared; myself I abandoned to a fate i only hope is fed on loving. I shall ride the rough wind today. Pluck me tomorrow for your bouquet. A SAMPAGUITA FOR EMILY Loving you is like deep dawn dripping dew on the world’s aluminum: I fall; I feel; I touch with careful tendrils. You lie, oblivious of my delirium. Dream, then, a little dream of bluebells. Black beetles shall not harm you, nor centipedes affright you. I shall pluck a flower at daybreak. At daybreak, a sampaguita and a sad refrain. And in the hue of day, remember the dawn with its dew — and the love the stillness brought you. SENSES 3 by Amparito Rusiana 1. SEEING... I see you in the brilliance of city lights, And I see you in the greenness of country meadows. 2. HEARING... I hear your voice in the stillness of the empty night — And 1 hear your laughter mocking lifefs bitterness. 3. TOUCH... I feel your gentle touch daring inner madness in me — And I feel magic when you’re beside me. MARCH, 1963 Page 26 THE CAROLINIAN v. Superior General. JOHN SCHUTTE. S.V.D., greets Mr. UEL PELAEZ, Vice-President of the Philippines, when r visited the University of San Carlos on January 12, 1963. on is Atty. Fulvio Pelaez, Dean of the College of Law of the University of San Carlos. Very Rev. HAROLD W. RIGNEY, S.V.D., Rector of the University of San Carlos giving the Welcome Address The ‘ '•» Jan. ,2. teN ’2. 1963. HOSAKIQ BOUKOMEO DELIA CHVTEN PETE UY 13 Rg H to. I Pete Bermejo, Miss Leonor Borrome% end Atty. Doronio. ROTC Commandant Gertrudes Doronio, the toiu ii r \i:ade I ]HSF JME VanCei Q. Xeinandei May, the church bells were ringing, then when your eyes met, the flame of love was born but Diana refused to heed its call, but still you wouldn't accept defeat until you wrote her... "Love letters in May." You have enchanted and held my heart in captivity, you now hold my heart, my dreams, my fate—my love. You can destroy my unyielding heart, that unyielding love for you. You shall still be my inspiration but in dreams alone, for we are miles apart and I can dream, to heal the longing of my heart. I'll be longing for you every second, every minute, every hour, every beat of my heart 'till eternity. Time, they say, is the greatest of healers, time, work and prayer, will help me for get you, for a little while, forgetting for my own sake, not forever but temporarily for I shall not forget that beautiful face. A beautiful creation of my Master, a sparkling beauty,—a masterpiece. You are a rose surrounded by thorns, re move those thorns, that I may hold it in my hands. You refuse me until now, why? Am I unworthy before thine eyes? If not, what then? —I love you but it seems that your heart lingers, it hesitates. Fear me not, my dear, for boldness is my mark, without it I'll flounder in this uncertainty. The tune of the music is so melancholic. Why prick my heart with utter silence? O how could I express these poignant feelings except by the might of the pen. The pirouette of time increases my love, but Mother Time mocks me for being a devoted lover. Perchance this is all a dream — dreams they say are unpredictable, come now my love and consummate your trust in me. I could descry what you now feel—Pity? yes it's pity. Vanish the thought forever, for love cannot be born out of pity. The light begins to flicker, it unravels the image now, Bacchus comes, his wine so great, your fragile face begins to disappear amidst the clangoring bells of hypotism— slowly, silently, the music disappears like a light in a room. And there in the murkiness of the hour I knelt to offer my humble prayers to thank the Lord, to thank Diana for letting me see the right path of glory—and now the bells begin to ring... to signify sweet moments of yesteryears. You now crumple the paper because you have vowed to love only one ... God. Yes, after twelve years you are now in a priest's white robe, but still you couldn't figure it out how that poem which you wrote under the inspiration of Diana's beauty is now in your possession. Yes that's the girl who broke your heart, you loved her greatly then, you even dreamt of her as your future wife but she knew before hand that you were intending to be a priest, and that is what you are now, —a priest! Fr. Dennis J. Warren, S.V.D. (Societas Verbi Divini). It seems that Dia na opened your eyes to reality, she knew that serving God is something noble, something great, so with blearing eyes she told you: to forget everything. Your situation was hopeless. As the years went by, your broken heart was nurtured by God and finally you heard His heavenly call, that kept ringing in your ears. This time you found your true love—God. For God is love. In your deep reverie, a knock on your door broke those memorable thoughts, but still you seemed to have frozen on your seat until you heard the authorita tive voice of the law: "Father Warren, open up, this is the police!” As you open the door you find a familiar face. A face of a shrewd sleuth Lieutenant Jack Silvistre, Chief of the Homicide Division. "Good evening, my dear Father,” he greeted the priest mockingly. "Correction, good morning it is already 2:36 in the morning Lieutenant, and I think you have picked the right time." "Well, you see Father, we have a big surprise for you. I am afraid you’ll have to go down to headquarters to have a nice chat with us." "O-O-h, and just what kind of a nice chat do you mean?" Fr. Warren asked suspiciously. "I am not a Hitchcock, Father but I like to leave that to your imagination, call it..." "Suspense?" Fr. Warren added. "Yes, that's the right word, Father, but come, let us hurry. Your friends are now waiting for you." As Fr. Warren got inside the police patrol car, two husky uniformed police officers followed him, with guns drawn. MARCH, 1963 Page 31 THE CAROLINIAN "Say, what is the meaning of this, Lieutenant? I demand an explanation." "Patience Father, you'll get it when we arrive at headquarters. Meanwhile en joy yourself. Relax, Father. Just relax." "How could I when two guns are be ing pointed in my direction? This is an outrage!" The Lieutenant signaled his men to put down their service pistols. The police car was now in full speed with its siren echo ing, rousing many people from their deep slumber. The police car halted in front of the Manila Cathedral, a lot of people were surrounding the cathedral. Police officers were busy enforcing order. "You lied to me Lieutenant, this is not the police headquarters, this is the cathe dral!" "There is an insane man inside that church Father, he has killed five of my men and three Catholic priests. I want you to talk to him. Put some sense into that damned brain of his." "And you picked me as a human sac rifice, when you already knew that he has killed three Catholic priests. My, my, it is you who needs an overhauling." "To whom should I turn to? You are a renowned defender of the Church, and it is just fitting that we should turn to the most deserving man, please. Father, for the love of God, this is not the time to argue." The priest gave him a sizing up and with a smile he said: "Yes, for the love of God I’ll do it." At least he was gaining ground on a non-believer, a feared lawman who for many years he tried to convert to the Catholic faith, utter a striking phrase: "for the love of God." So with fingers crossed, holding his rosary as if in prayer the tall American priest entered the ca thedral, with Lieutenant Silvistre follow ing him furtively. Father Warren con tinued to walk, head high undaunted of what may happen to him, then, suddenly the roar of a thundering .45 broke the utter silence inside the cathedral. That's far enough Father, one more step and you will be a dead duck." The priest tried to trace where the firing and the squeaky voice came from, but he didn't need to bother; the trigger-happy desperado came out from his hiding place. He now stood in front of the ta bernacle disregarding the Holy presence of our Lord. Father Warren finally spoke up: "Son, you have brought a lot of blood into the house of God, doesn't your con science bother you? —Come, I am here as a friend, to help you in your troubles. Tell me what it is, that made you do these things?" "Uh-uh, no dice Father, you would not understand it. Do you know what it is to be in love and to lose that love, do you? Ha! what do priests like you know about love, you would not even know what it is, and besides that is none of your business. Do you hear me? —IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!" "It is, my son, because to save souls for God is my business. It seems that you made a slight mistake, when you said that priests like me don't understand the wonder word called love. You are all wrong, my son. St. John writes: ‘Be loved, let us love one another, for love is from God. And everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God. He who does not love does not know God; for God is love.’ Those verses reveal then that the source of all love is God, and everything we have comes from Him. Come now, my son, God does not want you to suffer. He wants you to come down from that altar and repent while you still can. I promise you that they won't hurt you. I am a friend, remember?" Fr. Warren was waiting for his reply, hoping that this man would end his fight with the law, with sorrowful eyes and pity encompassing his heart for this lost soul he remembered the words of Christ: "Father, if it be possible let this chalice pass from Me. Nevertheless, not as I will but as Thou wilt." So with patience and love for a lost sheep, the good priest waited with hopeful eyes, hoping for Divine intercession. The man was wear ing a stetson hat making it hard for the priest to scrutinize him well. T think I know you." The man finally spoke, in a squeaky voice. The years haven't changed you,... but I am glad you have finally made it... Dennis War ren. Come Dennis.. "Fr. Dennis Warren," corrected the priest. "Yes,... Dennis ... I mean Fr. Dennis Warren." He gave the priest a sardo nical smile. "I have two more bullets, Father, one for me and of course one for YOU! Tsk-tsk-too bad, now I’ll have to pull this trigger. As the desperado rush ed to Fr. Warren, the sharp-shooting Lieutenant Silvistre, shot him. He fell into the arms of the priest, his hat fall ing, revealing the real identity. "Hey, it is a woman. Father!" the Lieu tenant exclaimed in amazement. "Father...?" the dying woman whisper ed silently. "I am here," replied the priest. "I am sorry... for all the things... I have done ... I did this for you..." with these last words she died. Fr. Warren prayed for her, placing his rosary around her neck and with a last look he laid her gently on the floor, blessing her as he stood up saying audibly: "Benedicat te omnipotens Deus; Pater, et Filius, et Spiritus Sanctus, Amen." (May God almighty bless thee: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen.) After this he left the cathedral, with mournful and measur ed steps, and as he was about to board the waiting patrol car, Lt. Silvistre called him. "Father, you seem to know that wom an?" "She is Diana, my high school sweet heart, I heard that she got insane when I entered the seminary. It broke her heart. Her parents went even to the ex tent of begging me to abandon my vo cation, just for her sake, but my heart yearns and throbs for God alone. In this world. Lieutenant, every person must cross the inevitable vast ocean, wherein the waves of uncertainty awaits you, we are the pilots of our own destiny." "I understand now, what life really is, I would like to be converted to your faith Father... baptize me." With mix ed emotions, the priest answered: "You have uttered the words of salva tion, come follow me." As you walk back to the waiting patrol car the immortal poem of Carbonell begins to ring once more in your ears: “You went away be cause you mistook my silence for indif ference. But silence, my dear, is the lan guage of my heart. How could I essay the intensity of my love when silence speaks a more eloquent tone? But per haps you didn't understand ... Remem ber, I came, because the gnawing loneli ness is there and will not be lost until the music is sung, until the poem is hegrd, until the silence is understood... until you come to me again. For you alone can blend music and memory into one consuming ecstasy... you alone!" But now Diana rests forever, the song of her heart had been sung. The conflagration of love has now been buried. It is now a part of the past, wherein tomorrow lies awaiting, offering you the torch of life—God. "Gloria tibi Domini (Glory be to Thee O Lord.) MARCH, 1963 Page 32 THE CAROLINIAN THE WORLD TODAY: Ly LIN Dy CHICA "In the last 100 years we, in the West ern world, have created a greater ma terial wealth than any other society of the human race. Yet we have managed to kill off millions of our population in an arrangement which we call "war"... ... "In these outbursts of destructive ness and paranoid suspicion, however, we are not behaving differently from what the civilized part of mankind has done in the last 3,000 years of history. Accord ing to Cherbulliez, from 1500 B.C. to 1860 A.D. no less than about 8,000 peace trea ties were signed, each one supposed to secure permanent peace, and each one lasting on an average of 2 years." "Statistics in 1946 shows that the rate of homicide (whether suicide or fratricide) and alcoholism are highest in such highly developed countries like Denmark, Swit zerland, Finland, Sweden, and the U.S.'' In his book. The Sane Society, Euch Fromm asks the question, "Can a So ciety Be Sick?" He analyzes contempora ry Western Society with a view to tracing out a possible unadjustment of the cul ture itself or its inability to satisfy the needs of man. Such an investigation he calls the "pa thology of normalcy." The idea is not new. Freud in his Civilization and its Dis content contends that human nature and society can have conflicting demands, and that a whole society can be sick. This, he calls the "pathology of civilized com munities." The study is based on the idea that society functions for man's welfare and not man for society. It must fulfill man's needs as they arise from his nature. A society which fails to satisfy these objec tive needs of man cannot be said to be functioning the way it should be, sanely. It can only be sick, in the same way that a body is sick when its parts do not func tion harmoniously to make a person heal thy. What is man and what are his needs which society must fulfill? Fromm calls man an "anomaly", the "freak of the universe". Although part of nature, and subject to her laws which he cannot change, man transcends nature by his self-awareness, reason, and imagina tion. His birth marks that "unique break in animal evolution" comparable only to the first emergence of matter. When life became aware of itself, man was born... Because of the peculiarity of his birth, man is faced with a problem peculiar to him—that of living a life that is partly animal and partly divine, partly finite and partly infinite. He has been evicted from his prehuman state of harmony with na ture; he cannot go back to his original home. He can never return to nature, can never become an animal again. "There is only one way he can take: to emerge fully from his natural home to find a new home—one which he creates, by making the world a truly human one and by becoming truly human himself." Yet, he must forever find solutions to the ever-pressing contradictions in his exist ence. This is Man, born with the problem of Being Born—Human. He cannot run away from this problem, in the same way that he cannot deny the fact of his existence. He must look for the answers to his ques tions in that way of life which he has in common with others, in his culture. And the success or failure of his search can drive him to reach the heights of sanity or the depths of insanity or despair. How can man keep himself from insan ity? This would depend not primarily upon the individual person, but also upon the structure of his society, of its adjust ment to his needs. "A healthy society furthers man's cap acity to love his fellow men, to work creatively, to develop his reason and ob jectivity, to have a sense of self which is based on the experience of his own productive powers... An unhealthy so ciety is one which creates mutual hostil ity, distrust, which transforms man into an instrument of use and exploitation for others, which deprives him of a sense of self, except inasmuch as he submits to others or becomes an automaton." The structure of every society is de pendent upon several objective conditions which include methods of production and distribution. This is because man is pri marily concerned with the task of survi val, which means that he must work and produce in order to provide for himself food and shelter and other minimum ne cessities of his life. The method of production influences the relationships of people. In the ca pitalistic system of production, the market forms the basis for this relationship. The worker sells his labor to the owner of the capital who buys it as if it were a com modity just like any other sold on the market. And since it has been paid its proper price, the employer has no obli gation towards his employee other than that of paying his wages. So much hu man labor is equal to so much amount of money. The laborer in 20th century Capitalism, is an abstract entity, a figure on the balance sheet. His knowledge, training, education, his entire person is the embodiment of a certain exchange value on the personality market. In an advertisement published in the New York Times was placed: BSc. + Ph.D. = $40,000 The laborer works "in a machine-like fashion in activities for which no machine has yet been devised or which would be costlier than human work." He mani pulates machines and people with great speed in order to fulfill the consumer's demand to consume, consume, and con sume things which he does not need and for which he has no money to pay. He labors for the machine which will even think for him. How true what Adlai Stevenson said: "Indeed, we are no lon ger in danger of becoming slaves, but of becoming robots." "Men work together. Thousands stream into the industrial plants and the offices... The evening stream flows back: they read the same newspaper, they listen to the radio, they see the movies, the same for those on the top and for those at the bottom of the ladder, for the intel ligent and the stupid, for the educated. Produce, consume, enjoy together, in step, without asking questions. That is the rhythm of their lives." The profit-motive and competition on the market makes man in capitalistic so ciety confused and helpless before the very forces he was made to govern. He believes that as long as everybody stri ves for himself on the market, the com mon good will be insured. He considers his life an investment, his body, mind, and soul his capital that are intended to make a profit for himself. He no longer feels himself a man apart from the social machine, with love, fear, convictions, doubts. He is alienated from his real na ture, like Ibsen's Peer Gynt, a man who, chasing after material gain, discovers eventually that he has lost his self, that he is like an onion with layer after layer, but without a kernel. This discovery of the loss of self-identi ty can lead man to insanity and can make him desire to "land in hell, rather than, to be thrown back into the casting ladle of nothingness." The fundamental choice of mankind to day is not between Capitalism and Com munism, but between robotism, present in both systems, or Humanistic Communita rian Socialism. The decision is his alone to make whether to choose life or death, blessing or curse. MARCH, 1963 Page 33 THE CAROLINIAN t (AUTHOR'S NOTE: The story is o drama in modern baroque exploring the existential theme of man and his world. In order to understand the story, one must bear in mind the use of profuse symbols and the mechanical pattern of development. The writer is writing about absolutes and about a general concept mesmerized by a surrealistic atmosphere into a singular perfunctory situation. The reader should adjust himself surrealexistential mood in order to feel the story — BGF) -4 0 never fear, lad, naught’s dread, Look not left nor right; In all the endless roads you tread There’s nothing but the night. “What are you looking at?” “The night.” ‘What do you see?” “Nothing.’ ‘Then, why do you keep on looking?” “I don’t know.” r Pontius Pilate, a man who was for tunate enough to have faced the Light and yet he saw mostly darkness, once asked: “What is truth?” If Pilate were alive today and he would throw his question at the inhabi tants of the “pragmatic world,” he would surely get the following answers: “Truth is the workability of things. Things are true if they are workable. Beliefs are true if they would engender the practical consequences expected to follow from them. Because truth de pends upon the workability of things, it necessarily follows that it is change able, relative. Truth changes as situa tions change. What is true today may not be true tomorrow, for the situations of the former may not always be the circumstances of the latter. Truth, therefore, is only relative. There is no absolute truth, for things always change. Truth does not transcend experience but it is of the very nature of experience.” The foregoing replies to Pilate’s ques tion are really true — true that they are false. They are false because they do not conform to what truth really is. But insofar as their falsity is concerned, they are true. And their truth lies sole ly in being false! Nothing more. Be yond the truth of their falsity, nests the bird of falsehood. Truth is not rooted in the workabi lity of things. But it is the workability of things that is rooted in truth. Some thing works because it is true rather than something is true because it works. The pragmatic claim that something is true because it works implies experi mentation as their only method of ob taining truth. But there are realities which cannot be experimented, for they transcend the realm of matter. And yet these entities are true because they are. Experimentalists deny the being of these beings just because they lie outside their method of finding the truth of things. Hence, they will never find the truth of the existence of the human soul. Never will they discover the truth of God’s being. Never! Not even to the threshold of these truths will they be near! For the knowledge of these truths is attained not through the ex perimental procedure but via the infe rential process. And to hold that truth is changeable, relative, is just untenable. Truth can never change! If it is true that we are what we are today, it will forever re main true regardless of varying situa tions. What was true yesterday is true today and will still be true tomorrow. Things alter — they change — but the truth about them is immutable. If truth were relative, then the truth of the statement that truth is relative is like wise relative! To accept the relativity of truth is a sign of immaturity — of lack of reflective thinking. If the answers of the populace of WHAT IS TRUTH? by MERVYN G. ZAMUDIO Graduate School pragmatism to Pilate’s inquiry did not truly meet the “whatness” of truth, what then is truth? Perennial philosophy, the one and true philosophy, the "philosophical town,” where I was born, teaches that truth is the agreement of mind and reality. Truth is an attribute of the known, and the faculty that knows is the mind. Truth, therefore, can only be when mind and thing are present. That truth would not be if one or both are absent is obvious. This need not be stated. This is clear. But the mere presence of mind and thing would not beget truth! Truth depends upon the agreement of the two. Whether the mind conforms to the thing, or the thing accedes to the mind, truth is still possessed. In this instance, however, comes the distinction between truth and truth. In his “The Domain of Being,” Fr. Bittie, my initiator in metaphysics, enu merates three kinds of truth: logical, moral, and ontological truth. When the mind concurs with the real ity, logical truth is born. Thus, when I judge: “The cat is thin,” and this judgment of mine will coincide with what the cat really is, my judgment is logically true. Logical truth is the true knowledge of things. THE AUTHOR The unison of the thing with the in tellect results to ontological truth. In this case, there is an idea in the mind which serves as the norm, the standard, the type to which the thing must con form in order to be true. I, for exam ple, would like to buy a diamond ring. If I know what it is, I can form an idea of it. My idea then becomes the model, the pattern with which the ring I desire to buy must agree. If the ring I wish to buy corresponds to my ideal pattern, it is ontologically true. Here, truth dwells in the ring and is a proper ty of it. When speech harmonizes with thought, moral truth is effected. Moral truth is just the correspondence of the verbal ex pression to the mental judgment. It is not concerned with the objective reality about which the mind judges. So long as there is an accordance of the state ment with the mental judgment, there is moral truth even though the judgment does not suit the objective reality. Some body, for instance, would ask where Pedro is. And I would reply that he is in his room. If my answer agreed with my thought, there was moral truth even if Pedro was not really in his room. Moral truth can also be categorized as metaphysical truth. The preceding discussion on ontological or metaphysical truth showed that a thing, in order to be ontologically true, must conform to the mind’s type-idea — to the mind’s knowledge. Similarly, the mind’s knowl edge in the case of moral truth is the norm with which the verbal expression, as a reality, must agree in order that such a statement may be true. Whatever is, is true; and whatever is true, is. This simply means that truth and being are convertible, that they are one. Each thing is true, and every truth is a thing. Even the false is true in so far as it is. The false tooth is only false in relation to the real tooth. But is is true that it is a false tooth! As an entity, therefore, it is true. Things are what they are independent of any human mind. But things would not have been what they are had there been no mind at all. There would have been no truth at all if a mind did not exist. This mind is not the human mind, for it only knows truth but can not create it. This mind is the Divine Mind — God Himself. Beings are true because God created them to be trpe. They are true because they correspond to God’s eternal type-ideas of them. And their truth is unchangeable and eternal, for God’s knowledge of them transcends time and mutability. Things which now are would not have been what they are had God not created them. Because they are God’s creation, they are necessarily true. For is not God truth Himself? The ultimate foun dation of truth is He who is truth Him self. When He became man, He said: “I am the Way; I am Truth and Life.” MARCH, 1963 Page 36 THE CAROLINIAN )n June 29, 1923, in the Encyclical "Stu■um Ducem", Pius XI decreed that the st of St. Thomas should be celebrated 1 way worthy of the Patron of all Co lic Schools. The Holy Father wished t this day be school free, that it furr be distinguished by a solemn high ss and an academic program, a dispuon in philosophical matters or in some er important scientific field. 'homas had been declared Patron of Catholic schools by Pope Leo XIII, on gust 4, 1880, the first anniversary of the Plication of his encyclical "Aeterni Paon the restoration of Scholastic Phiophy. In raising St. Thomas to the digy of Patron of all Catholic Schools, the pe said in his brief, he acceded to the tit ions of many bishops, Academies, and irned societies. And so for the glory God almighty, in honor of the Angelic >ctor, to promote the progress of scice, and the common good of human defy Leo XIII, by power of his supreme thority, declared St. Thomas Aquinas, s Angelic Doctor, Patron of Universities, -.ademies, Lyceums, and all Catholic hools. A year before this event Leo published s Encyclical "Aeterni Patris" on the re oration of Scholastic, especially Thomis:, Philosophy "in an effort to turn the >man mind from the errors of pantheism, itionalism, ontologism, and extreme traitionalism against which the Vatican ouncil had already taken action". To chieve that purpose the Pope thought there was no better remedy than to deote all his powers to restore, nurture, rescribe, and urged the doctrine of the mgelic Master" (Santiago Ramirez, O.P., The Authority of St. Thomas Aquinas," he Thomist, 15.- 1-2, Jan., 1952). Pius X did the same when Modernism >ecame strong.- He insistently urged to re urn to the doctrine of St. Thomas. ST. THOMAS Zkc Zeackct By REV. JOSEPH WATZLAWIK, S.V.D. The late Pope Pius XII, in the Encyclical Humani Generis" of August 12, 1950 and in an allocution delivered September 17 of the same year and directed to the members of the Third International Thomistic Congress held in Rome seriously and repeatedly warned against the vaga ries of novel theology and philosophy in fected with materialism, historicism, immanentism, and existentialism. He, too, saw the remedy against those evils "in the safe and sound doctrine of St. Thomas Aquinas in which salvation and truth can be found" (loc. cit.) These few documents among many others bring out one fact: St. Thomas, by his life and teachings, his personality and profession, is a model teacher and hence a safe guide to follow. DOCTRINAL AUTHORITY OF ST. THOMAS The authority and influence and, conse quently, worth of a teacher is derive from his conviction which is revealed in his teachings; from his appreciation of, and interest in, the teaching profession which is shown by the attention, conscientious ness, and devotion employed by him in the exercise of the profession or discharge of duties,- from his ability to impart knowl edge and induce others to strive after the ends of all education; from the con sistency of his practical life with his theoretical convictions. Which was the doctrinal field of St. Thomas and what is his doctrinal author ity in that field? St. Thomas was philosopher and theo logian,- his interest, therefore, comprised both the order of truths which can be known by reason, and the order of truths exceeding the natural powers of reason. The authority in a science is twofold: one is intrinsic or scientific and is meas ured by the internal mental stature of the writer or teacher and the intrinsic doctri nal value of his works. The other is ex trinsic, depends on, and is measured by, the evaluation of learned men. In the field of philosophy and theology there is the additional factor of the approbation and and commendation by the Teaching Church; in this case the extrinsic authority is called canonical. Cfr. The Thomist, 15:3, Jan.., 1952. SCIENTIFIC AUTHORITY Two elements compose the intrinsic or scientific authority of any philosopher: his personal qualities which are partly natu ral endowment and partly acquired by his efforts; secondly his works, fruits of his talent and diligent effort, which explore, present, and explain the different fields of reality in such a way as to give insight and therefore constitute "perennially true and assailably valid teaching". PERSONAL QUALITIES Now Thomas possessed an abundance of all the personal qualities requisite for, and making, a good philosopher: A razor-keen mind, "a spirit at once humble and swift . . . and lover of truth for its own sake,-" a vivid, ready and tenacious memory, "a surpassing genius," tireless, purposeful, and unwearied diligence which readily paid the "cost of long labors and vigils" for the acquisition of new in sight; a "life spotless throughout," full of reverence for the ancient doctors of the Church and respectful toward any contri butor to the treasury of truth so that "he... in a certain way seems to have inherited the intellect of all. The doctrines of those illustrious men, like the scattered members of a body, Thomas collected together a cemented, distributed in wonderful order, and increased with important additions,” (Leo XIII, "Aeterni Patris"). Or as Pius XII phrased the same truth: "The angelic and universal doctor gathered all the rivulets of wisdom flowing down from the previous centuries and absorbed them like a sea,- whatever the human mind, in toilsome philosophical searched had reached and collected he, under the guid ing light of revelation, has arranged into a wonderful order with splendid clear ness." Like the sun he illumined the world "with the splendor of his teachings" and "heated it with the ardor of his virtues." TRUTH SUPREME Because truth was the great passion and dominating idea of his life he sought for it incessantly and accepted it wher ever it offered itself. He studied all philosophical schools known at that time and fully acquainted himself with their philosophy. It was providential that precisely at that time the Greek texts of Greek philosophy came via Constanti nople, to the West of which Thomas received accurate translation through his confrere William of Moerbecke and Robert Grosseteste. So he had at his disposal the Greek, the Latin, the Jewish, and the Arabic texts of Aristotle's works and the commentaries on them. It was not in a polemic spirit that he studied tAARCH, 1963 Page 37 THE CAROLINIAN other authors but with the unprejudiced mind of the seeker of truth. He himself laid down the principle for such study: In accepting or rejecting an opinion one should not be guided by his love or hatred for its author but rather by the certitude of truth, for it does not matter by whom something is said but what is said. The truth alone perfects the intellect. Its scope is as wide as reality itself. Therefore, in the words of Leo XIII, "phi losophy has no part which he did not touch finely and thoroughly; on the laws of reasoning, on God and incorporeal substances, on man and other sensible things, on human action and their prin ciples, he reasoned in such a manner that in him there is wanting neither a full array of questions, nor an apt disposal of the varying parts, nor the best method of proceeding, nor soundness of principles or strength of argument, nor clearness and elegance of style, nor a facility for explaining what is obstruse," ("Aeterni Patris"). He had a lofty conception of the teach ing profession to which he devoted himself with complete thoroughness. Originality, progressiveness, and inde pendence of old patterns distinguish his lectures. William of Tocco, one of his early students relates: "In his lectures he has new articles, a new and a clear method of scientific inquiry and decisions; in his reasonings he developed new argu ments. No student, hearing him thus teach new doctrine and solve doubts and ob jections with new reason, was left in doubt that God illumined this thinker with new light." Because he had such a high idea of, and clang with his whole soul and a generous predilection to, academic teach ing he declined repeatedly the archbi shopric of Naples offered to him by Cle mens IV. Growth of spiritual life kept pace with his growth in knowledge. We find in him a wonderful balance and pro portion between "learning and research, reading and meditation, experimentation and abstraction, inductive and deductive reasoning, speculative and practical ac tivity, as well as in the use of analyzing and synthesizing," (The Thomist, 15, Jan., 1952). WORKS The works of St. Thomas are astoundingly extensive and comprehensive, espe cially if we keep in mind that he lived scarcely fifty years, and much of this time was given to teaching and the exercises of religious life. His attitude of mind to ward his literary work is well expressed by Leo XIII who writes: He "never gave himself to reading or writing without first begging the blessing of God," and "mo destly confessed that whatever he knew he had acquired not so much by his own study and labor as by the divine gift." The aim of his academic-scientific life and endeavor Thomas saw in a deepest possible insight into the suprasensuous and supernatural truths, a comprehensive knowledge of the causes and principles, the forces and laws, the interdependence of phenomena in the natural and super natural cosmos. The order of the universe is in some way to reflect itself in the soul. Referring to Aristotle’s third book on the soul, Thomas says in his De veritate, II, 2 c: "the human soul is, in a way, all things, for it is naturally able to know all things. So, this is the ultimate perfection achievable by the soul, according to the philosophers, the order of the entire uni verse and its causes may be inscribed within it." For "the slenderest knowledge that may be obtained of the highest things is more desirable than the most certain knowledge obtained of the lowest things" (St. Th., I, I, 5, and 1.). "Even the most imperfect knowledge about the most noble realities brings the greatest REV. FR. WATZLAWIK, S.V.D. perfection to the soul" (S.c.g., I, 5.). Leo XIII says: “The angelic doctor pushed his philosophical conclusions into the reasons and principles of the things which are most comprehensive and contain in their bosom, so to say, the seeds of almost infinite truths to be unfolded in good time by later masters and with a goodly yield." METHOD In order to reach his aim Thomas com bined the historico-positive method with independent speculation whereby also ethico-religious viewpoints had some in fluence. The scientific individuality and originality of Thomas is, therefore, char acterized by an independently speculative, logico-metaphysical trait, blended with historico-positive view points and a mystico-religious touch. Thomas gave preference to logicomethodical, metaphysico-speculative think ing. His scientific activity is guided by strictly objective view points, and exclu sively determined by the idea and crite rion of truth. He weighs WHAT is said, not by WHOM it is said. The study of philosophy does not consist in the effort to know what other men have thought but what is true of things. Thomas, the researcher, follows the straight path of truth and tries to shed on the proposed problems as much light and clearness as possible. He accepts the achievements of previous thinkers, adds argument to argu ment, observation to observation, until the desired solution is found. He conscien tiously separates true from sham knowl edge, certainties from probabilities, defi nite results from hypotheses. His love, we might even say, obsession for truth was accompanied by an invisible courage of conviction. Whatever, accord ing to his conviction, was true, this he voiced and defended against any other position. No human authority, not even that of Aristotle, who was for him "The Philosopher", or Augustine, could deflect him. In his search for truth and clearness he evaded no difficulty. The scholastic me thod of arraying all pros and cons, then taking a definite decision and position, and solving the objections was for Tho mas not a means of hairsplitting and quibbles, but a means of objective meth odical doubt. In his Summa contra gen tiles and in the opuscula he puts the harness of scholastic method aside and proceeds according to entirely free move ments of thought and argument. Due to his disciplined thinking Thomas avoided all exageration. Hence his views are so moderate and sober. His love for truth and clearness made Thomas expend "the greatest effort and care upon his work, subjecting his manu script to the most exacting criticism three or four times. He used to revise words, phrases, arguments and whole chapters. He made corrections and changes and polished his work to produce it in the most accurate style and order." When on account of new researches and deeper re flection he found his previous views to be inadequate or even erroneous, he correct ed, completed or retracted them. In his scientific research Thomas mas terly combined observation and specula tion, analysis and synthesis, thus happily keeping the middle way between one sided emphasis on positive facts, at the expense of the idea, and onesided stress on the idea, at the expense of actual ex perience: between positivist empiricism and exaggerated idealism. A great amount of excellent psychological obser vation is laid down in his exposition of the human passions. It was the positive facts of experience that made him, in his epistemology, follow Aristotle rather than the Franciscan school with the Augusti nian views. His cosmological observations are less perfect and accurate than those of Albert the Great. But precious are his observations in his ethical, sociological, and political inquiries. Thomas never stops with observation and its facts. On the contrary, they are only the starting point for his investigation of the nature, causes, laws, and aims of the order of actual existence. Experience and observa tion serve metaphysical speculation. On his road of strictly logical and scientific thinking Thomas proceeds unswervingly. MARCH, 1963 Page 38 THE CAROLINIAN and consistently keeps his method; but he also excellently knows to propose his thoughts and arguments in a lucid and transparent form. His didactive skill is beautifully indicated in the prologue to his Summa Theologica which itself is a gem of didactive ability. STYLE His language corresponds to the sober objectivity of his method. His style is simple, precise, accurate, and distinct, without rhetorical pomp and poetical co lor, although warmth and depth of sen timent are not wanting in him as the office of the Holy Eucharist testifies. But he is not after brilliant pictures, impres sive, and colorful expressions and phrases; he is after clear and distinct concepts. Thomas not only did independent specu lation, developed the full energy of the logician and metaphysician, but also ju diciously utilized the scientific achieve ments of previous ages. The universal character of St. Thomas’ intellectual work can be compared, says Otto Willmann, to a vast sea that absorbs all streams, affluant from all sides, and lets sink what ever rubble they may carry along, and thus effects the calm, clear surface in which the serene blue of the sky is mir rored. Whenever Thomas consults the past, he completely absorbs and assimi lates the borrowed materials, arranges them in a new setting and incorporates them into an independent and original structure so that his philosophical doctrine, that is, the spirit of his system and its major propositions, cannot be called Pla tonic or Aristotelian or the offshot of any other school. Rather it is thoroughly Christian and human in that it gives evi dence of an organization of truths and principles towards which the human mind, naturally Christian, is inclined by nature. There is no system of philosophy which is so much part of, and conform able to, nature and at the same time so capable of perfecting the human mind as the philosophical system of Aquinas. To sum up: Simplicity, soundness, clear ness, objectivity, sobriety, succinctness, vastness of extension, depth of compre hension, systematical arrangement, com pact unity, harmony of the philosophical doctrines with the divinely revealed truths which gives the guaranty of truth, energetic manner of exposition and ex planation, and consistency of method of investigation give the philosophical sys tem of St. Thomas the greatest worth and efficacy and thus the highest scienti fic authority. It would take too far to elaborate still on the canonical and extrinsic authority of St. Thomas which derives from the ap probation and commendation of the Teaching Church and from the valuation and esteem of learned men. But I wish to add still a few remarks which shed some more light on the atti tude of St. Thomas toward the teaching profession. VIEW ON. AND DEVOTION TO, THE TEACHING PROFESSION The first source for the remarks is the prologue with which St. Thomas prefaces his matured work, the Summa Theologica It sets forth the purpose of the work, to gether with the ways and means whereby St. Thomas sought to realize his aim. Likewise the prologue takes into account the methodical faults and obstacles in the scientific life and work of that time. The Summa Theologica did not consti tute the subject of lectures in the class room, yet it was written for students of theology, for school. The aim of the Summa is didactive and as such it reveals the love of St. Thomas for students. The didactic aim is clearly About the Author Father Joseph Watzlawik is one man who can truly be consi dered outstanding in the field of Philosophy. He is a holder of a Ph.D. degree. At present he is holding several important posts. He is, first of all, the Secretary of Academic Affairs, Head of the Department of Philosophy, and Regent of the College of Law. At the same time, he is also the Acting Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. All these posts serve to indicate the mental and intellectual calibre of Father Watzlawik. The present, article is a by-pro duct of his numerous scholastic achievements. pointed out in the first paragraph of the prologue: "Because the master of Catho lic Truth ought not only to teach the pro ficient, but also to instruct beginners (ac cording to the Apostle: As unto little ones in Christ. I gave you milk to drink, not meat; 1 Cor. 3, 1-2), we purpose in this book to treat of whatever belongs to the Christian religion in such a way as may tend to the instruction of beginners." These words breathe the devoted love of St. Thomas for his students which urges him to take up his pen and write a ma nual for the novices of Sacred Theology. Thomas had, indeed, a high idea of the dignity of a professor of theology, and for the teaching profession as a whole. In his work on Truth, he devotes a whole question to “The Teacher" (De Veritate, qu. XI). With fine psychological insight he has investigated the laws of the in fluence exerted by the teacher on the unfoldment of the mental life of the student. Personal remarks in his opuscula evince his devotion to the professorial calling in his own amiable manner. Peter Calo, O.P., one of the earliest biographers of Thomas, portrays his activity as a profes sor as follows: "When Thomas had en tered upon his duties as teacher and had begun his disputations and lectures, stu dents flocked to his school in such num bers that the lecture-hall could hardly ac commodate all who were attracted and spurred on to progress in the pursuit of learning by the teaching of such an emi nent master. Under the light of his in struction many masters flourished, both the regular and of the secular clergy. The reason of this success was the terse, clear, and readily intelligible style of his lectures." A similar remark is made by William da Tocco, one of his students: Such was the learning imparted from his lips, that he seemed to outstrip all, even the masters themselves, and the lucidity of his teaching more than that of any other incited the students to a love of learning." His devotion to the mission of teach ing and to his students was not confined to the chair and the lecture-hall; it follow ed the Saint to his desk in his silent cell. From his attachment to his students, par ticularly to the newcomers who were wrestling with manifold difficulties, sprang his resolution to write the Summa Theolo gica. The works of his immediate and re mote students, in and outside his order, reveal their attachment to, and enthusiasm for, Thomas and what St. Thomas meant for them. St. Thomas devoted to his stu dents not only his deep and clear intel lect, but also his pure and noble heart. It is this mental attitude that sheds light on the words of the prologue: the teacher of advanced students, but also on beginners. Solicitude and effort are contained in the definition of teaching which Thomas gives: "To teach is nothing else than to cause knowledge in another in some way," (De Veritate, XI, a.1,4). Knowledge can be ac quired in two ways, just as health can be acquired in two ways. A sick person can be restored to health by the natural pow er within him, by the activity of unaided nature, or by nature with the aid of medicine. The doctor assists nature, which is the principal agent, by strengthening nature and prescribing medicine which nature uses as instruments for healing. So also there are two ways of acquiring knowledge. In one way, natural reason by itself reaches knowledge of unknown things, and this way is called discovery,in the other way, when some one else aids the learner’s natural reason, and this is called learning by instruction. It is the teacher's role to aid the learner, and the teacher’s effort to aid should not be less than the doctor's effort to heal. In article two he adds: The teacher or master must have the knowledge, which he causes in another, explicitly and per fectly. Therefore in another passage, S.Th. Il-Il, 181, 3 ad 3, he says that teaching is the outward expression of inward con templation. Thomas practised what he taught. He took his professorial appointment very serious. From the time he was appointed baccalarius at Paris in 1252—he was then (Continued on page 56) MARCH, 1963 Page 39 THE CAROLINIAN by JULIAN N. JUMALON Dr. Marcelino Maceda, USC Ethnologist, and his party of escorts and porters, in the wilds of Cotabato. Many persons are often involved in the effort to dig a few bits of Information from the mute past. OU ARE a wonderful child, if in sinn er, or vacation time, you can loaf the >urs away in useful pursuit which can intribute to your intellectual growth, • sow seeds ’neath the soil of memory, hich will be ready for harvest in the an years of the aging mind. Or, are >u that one whose mind is laden with ernal plans, each of which outshrieks le others in importance, such that ither than spoil some in the lot, leave icm all viable for more favorable time? ’ you are not willing to sacrifice some ■ your great plans such that only one lould shuffle through, then consider le reservation of a poet who puts it lis way: “One for the blackbird, And rof. J. N. Jumalon and Bilaan friends and helpers at Inabalan Plateau deep in suthern Davao. To chart the Mindanao range of the Graphlum Idaeoides, the reearcher has to invade the territories of colorful ethnic groups. one for the crow; One for the cutworm, and one to GROW”. At any rate, don’t spoil your vacation. Have a good time and plenty of funds. That’s your precious heritage from man kind. Yet, as part inheritor of the abund ant blessings of creation which you find scattered in every countryside, you are expected to sort them out carefully and pick one at a time those which you would like to make good use of, with the aim of benefiting mankind. As a college stu dent, your level of intellect is expected in your community to transcend the trivial concoctions of other teen-agers from the high schools. Yet you are not in a competition, rather, you are bound for a comparison. A judicious apportion ment, therefore, of your precious bundle of long, sunny days may yet end up in a rich harvest of experiences which no ordinary classroom can ever offer. Fortunate are those students who are close to nature ... wild nature where harvesting the unbriddled secrets here tofore unfolded to man will help us un derstand our environment and incident ally fill the numerous gaps of science. Since country people are observant and know many quaint things about nature, harvesting and recording these unwritten knowledge will culminate in mastery of a particular subject. In every country side there is always a local "philoso pher”, a “walking encyclopedia” and an “herbolario”. Moments spent with these persons by a resourceful Carolinian va cationist may surpass in educational importance what he or she had half heartedly gleaned from the whole term. Little suspecting that he is breaking the soil to claw at an untapped mine, later days may reveal to his unsus pecting self that he had added another authority on a particular subject, thus bringing to a climax his long search for a definite career. Don’t ever think that a scholar is an exclusive specimen closeted in a glass case and whose brain is cons tantly fed with golden thoughts by the Muses. You may be a dullard in sub jects repulsive to your taste or nature, yet in the outdoors, meeting odd people and making good use of pad and pencil may be your undisclosed forte. Each person, in some way, is born a genius in some particular interest in life. God is Fair, Generous and Equitable. Suc cess has never been the monopoly of a blessed few by predestination. Don’t fear your English. Your field note AARCH, 1963 Page 40 THE CAROLINIAN book is your bank, and such time will come when you'll master the technical language of your particular field of interest. What is important here is the habit of digging information and jotting these down. Readings in allied fields which will naturally come along, will polish your English. Summer (vacation time) in the woods, meadows and marshes is nesting time for many species of birds familiar to you. Observe and record their court ship, mating, nesting, feeding and other habits. Try to describe their nests, favorite vegetation, materials usually used in building nests, and such other things which help makes a particular bird unique. Naturalists are not born. As long as you have ears for the carols of birds, or eyes of the many interest ing moving forms cavorting under the brassy glare of an April sun, you are a naturalist and poet, and wherever you go to employ your eyes and pencil, you are wearing the golden mantle of Bryant and Linnaeus. If you have no taste for birds, per haps you’ll enjoy listing down the com mon edible seashells in your area. The scores of generations of your ancestors have used many species of mollusks as food, yet it’s a cinch that not a single person in your town knows the life history of the humble “mahong”, or “aninikad" or “susu”. Your town surely has professionals with two or three diplomas, or someone who had been abroad, yet search as you may, you’ll find it distressingly hard to find one who knows a dozen seashells by common names, even if these are litter ing the beaches where week-end picnics are held. Time will come when you too, as a university graduate, will be expected by an audience to know a bit about a barnacle, our cypraeas and conuses, our crabs and edible seaweeds. Learn these things now before that frightful moment of embarassment comes. Vacation is a good filler-in. It is the best time to fill that gap which our ancestors have left yawning to blue heavens. Simple as these things are, they have much to do with a university education and our cultural upliftment. Luckier are those students in whose hometowns are present one or more non Christian tribes. Seeing them every day is not knowing them. Not until one starts digging into their culture will he realize that he is misjudging his ethnic neighbors and what he thinks they are is superficial. Listing all their handicrafts or artifacts, their be liefs, social life, jungle tricks, and in fact anything which to you is unchris tian and uncivilized, may end up in your turning into an authority of that particular ethnic group. Did it ever occur to you that some foreigners cross oceans loaded with funds and special equipments just to 'be able to have a peek at your non-christian neighbors? Did you ever use your advantages in form of proximity, command of local dialect, economy in food and many others which a foreign researcher has to over come? All these colorful tribes, their beautiful traditions, customs and cos tumes will be swallowed in the mael strom of progress and modernism, per haps without even a waft of regret from the breasts of twenty thousand Caro linians, but such cultural studies form the vital ingredients which went into the formation of each diploma. So many returning vacationists often appear in college with blank, staring, The Graphlum idaeoides (A), a mimetic papilionid and its model, Hestia leuconoe (B), a danald which the former allegedly mimics because the latter enjoys immunity from the attacks by predators. Its study caused the writer four expeditions to Mindanao. dreamy eyes, just like a moonstruck cat. And for those who are not re turning, two months may not be enough in trying to make out the sig nificance of the diploma just earned. At least, that degree does not make an expert out of its holder. It only helps him realize the great possibilities now open to him in a particular course or field. He can start making an expert out of himself through persistent, honest endeavor. One who pokes nose into the affairs and nature of even a humble mite, shall in the long run, end up a master of the subject. Some educators and professionals, and especially most stu dents, belittle such humble concentration of one’s interest, thinking that impor tance lies only in “big” things. The fast-shrinking world and the steady advancement of science has proven that nothing on earth must escape the vigi lance and interest of man. God has created all and every single atom, mic robe and grain of sand, as well as every living form. Each and all fit into His Great Scheme. No man however great can ridicule His gifts. Don’t inhibit your self from focusing your attention upon a mud puddle because it is undignified in the eyes of your fellow-men as long as your interest dwells there. Study of the mud native Africans apply to their gap ing wounds led to the study of two mic robes which are now saving millions of lives. It is the study, not the “dirty” work that matters. Your friends and neighbors may not understand what you are doing with your summer vacation. Years may pass before the usefulness of what you are doing will receive public applause. At any rate, do with religious zeal what has already appealed to you, especially if it involves research. Picture to yourself the proverbial va cationist who returns home to plant camote, then leaves it to race upward and outward against the Imperata cylindrica and amor seco, a feat which may not need a college education. There is one Dayanan in Carcar who conquered this trait and profited by it. There’s a chal lenge in doing what others don’t do be cause they believe it can’t be done. But don’t try the impossible. Begin humbly with what fascinates you. Try it this vacation. MARCH, 1963 Page 41 THE CAROLINIAN sotiqs an Jfileiades to silvana— a star in the neapolitan sky i have seen your shadow in the immense structures of my dreams p the women dressed in tunics of sunlight came marching with dancer’s soiled shoes and their bodies were ravished like two daring fencers beside the river rhine in my dreams there is no country fl and we always talk in the hushed refrain of a poet’s silver breath between always a poem’s pause we always walk with the graceful sway of little songs from a heart’s melody i look at you not with the splendor of vast landscapes of heaven but with the silent wonder of an elegant spectrum of somber still life ■f pleiades bequeath the numbness of envious moons moons of many hushed faces as we walk along the narrow streets of a small twinkling place along the sleep of rivers fl y i have payed my homage to the passing stars the ecstacy of flowers plucked from the stream and the numbness of the reality of death ecstacy and numbness of death’s cold muzzle doing the minuet offering lipless roses the ecstacy and the numbness— Ours! Ours! night dwindles away like a little child alone now i feel the emptiness of blind skies (pleiades puckered on the cheek) how many dreams have i made this day fluttering like gay little butterflies and yet i could not grasp the scheme of love’s fruitless escapades and my heart would struggle with an immense sadness and the languages of being alone shall ravish me and make me feel the ignominy of a thousand rain-soaked butterflies O earth earth—i sleep now upon your warmth with the shadow of a rose falling upon my face and a dream of a kiss falling like dew upon my lips BATAAN FAIGAO hems fo f/ie ancient woman 1 TO THE ANCIENT WOMAN: there was a time when we blended in the silent rage of spellbound lovers; flamed forth in the faith-fury of full fire-flowers. now you come in Sunday clothes with a Sunday face a Sunday soul as closets heavy with mothballs betray the whisper whispering of eve-ghosts eating fleshy apples, rain’s broken hysterics shatter cathedrals of sleep as tvinds of seasons ripe with need tap a dirge with dead fingers as haunted hunger screams deep. you asked me for love: i laughed so hard in silence i cried. 2. BLACK JERUSALEM: now shattered: too soon my world lies behind me: scorched by a season of suns: a city black as Jerusalem the day the sun burned black and wept on a flowering cross old as the heart of hungry poets counting cigarette butts among the bloodless roses. then the heart becomes a graveyard blooming in the pain quickening with the remembrances of scattered bones weeping in open graves and the moon mourning for a nameless lover on a slab of stone. RESIL B. MO J ARES MARCH, 1963 Page 42 THE CAROLINIAN wa view i/ie eld man's faitn hands full of rhum while glasses danced at my fingertips i waited, waited, waited and the sea roared the rhum afraid of the sea slid into my mouth, my throat i became full of salt because the sea entered my feet i float, i float damn this stupid sea doesn’t know i’m a sea-horse waves rumbling in my heart goodbye to the safety of shores. ROGER V. L ACTAO the hell tolls to herald the early dusk and leaves the dormant day in doubt; while hunters haste home from the hills to take shelter from the hands of cold december, shouts now it is dark: a night when no stars are out and no shadows cast in the dark devouring the night, but the old man never yields he stands firm and defiant — restless and relentless as a fire though he stands in the nadir. EDITO ENEMECIO p I) £ I n am Hearsay — ? Yes, could be That love loves. So am here, because . . . I want to prove such hearsay. And 1 say that I have loved love Isn’t this proof enough? Am here, because . . . It makes a world of difference when I’m beside you . . . Am here, because . . . That difference urges me compels me to utter — I love you, Love. Thus, Love, Am here to refute — That love loves is no hearsay. ALLEN MORAN each hand i touch is a leaf of my green tcorld the trees are semblances of my own kind of tree i sing the greensong with the winds playing on my hair and each touch that pools with living prolongs my song the roots of my forest are aliens to the ground they rise and penetrate in space inverted in the sky in my dancing, i touch the green with tender fingers i dress in green and all around me are comforting birdsongs from lovely birdmouths there is no sun in this world there is only love, only love and from its twin lakes looks out my soul writing green poems. ROGER V. L ACTAO MARCH, 1963 Page 43 THE CAROLINIAN SPOUTS ---------By ROGELIO A. PENALOSA THE USC WARRIORS, the team voted most unlikely to finish among the top three finally romped away with the Runner-Up trophy after a hotly-con tested battle against the UV Lancers at the Aznar Coliseum on December 16, 1962. So surprising was the I’, del Rosario quintets’ triumph that basketball pro phets couldn’t believe it, considering that this year’s Warriors are a bunch of rookies. MAGNIFICENT YOUNGSTERS It must be accepted by all that last Year’s Squad was stronger than the current one. With the exception of Morales, Lock, Ocaba, and skipper Montalban, some are wild-eyed newcomers. So untenable was our team’s position before the start of the cagefest that even the new Coach did not expect any Bobby Boniel gives with a backhand, while Nick Warque looks an. miracle. Compared to the players of SWU, CIT, and UV, our boys look like a Junior team. They do not have the height and the shooting power of SWU’s Villaflor, nor a rebound like Bacolod, nor a scoring machine like Paran and Cao of the CIT Wildcats. Neither do we have a veteran like Rojas of the UV Lancers. Indeed we all lack these assets. What then was the Warriors’ weapon for such a marvelous triumph? It was neither luck nor miracle that defeated CIT and SWU — the two combos which could have made the two-three finish this season, but rather it was the working combination of teamwork and tenacity among the highly-spirited Warriors that beat their opponents. “It was teamwork and unity of the players that bolstered our boys to vic tory,” Coach Danny Deen declared dur ing an interview. "Individually our team is not composed of very talented players, but taken as a whole, they are well-knit and well-disciplined inside the Have racket, will tennis. USC racket wielders, from left to right: Rogelio Penalosa. I sport] writer I Nick Warque, Edgar Aicona, Bobby Baniel, Jr., Pete Robles, Totoy Dalgan, Ruben Paca, Eddie Tautjo, and kneeling. Max Paca, referee. USC WARRIORS1962 CCAA CAGE PRINCE court. Our defense and offense techni ques were not as devastating compared to the others. Our main weapon was teamwork and the fighting spirit of true Carolinians. Everybody just played equally well.” It was rather a tough grind for the new Coach all summer drilling and teaching his men the great value of teamwork and unity inside the court. With six holdovers from the old re liables as nucleus of his new collection, Danny began scouting for talents who could replace some veterans who are due to graduate. Among the tryouts, he picked up Cortez who is undoubtedly the Warriors’ leading asset; Libre Colina, a one-time Captain of the War riors; and Gonzales who is doing good as forward. Estenzo, Barria, Reyes, Ready for the first volley. In fore ground Is Edgar Azcona, with Pete Robles at far left. Renes and Canete, who are only in their second year in the CCAA,' are now among the list of the scoring ma chines that contributed much to our victory. TEAMWORK Danny Deen was aware of our team’s deficiencies. Aside from lack of height (Average is 5' 7”) our boys are young and are not seasoned enough to face veterans in the hardcourt. So Danny capitalized on teamwork. The practice scrimmages were supplemented by lectures on set plays and on team work. In every game, our boys were not fast but moved gracefully and scientifically, each counting on another. It was never "to each his own”! During the first encounter against CIT, the opponent suffered a 13-point deficit 84-71, and smashed the CSJR Jaguars to qualify for the final round, although we lost to SWU by 3 points. The second time our boys faced the Urgello Commandos, they lost the game, but later re-conquered them by a 2point margin 94-92, during the last 30 seconds of the tourney to set the stage for the pennant. Then came the tnost dramatic climax of our Warriors’ trial when they defeated the CIT Sluggers during their second title bout. This cleared the way for the championship diadem between the SVD boys and the Gullas men. On the day of the tussle, Dec. 16, 1962 before 2,000 spectators, the young un seasoned Warriors met the hardened Lancers — and naturally, the old was crowned King, while the young came out the Prince of the 1962 CCAA Bas ketball Tournament. Someday they might .... well .... you know. MARCH, 1963 Page 44 THE CAROLINIAN from the GAIgJLJblR/Y All EDUARDO MONTAUBAN ■ IW m • After 3 years of apprenticeship with the magnificent Warriors, Eduardo Montalban was awarded the top promotion of 1962, — that of Captain of the team. Eddie, as a former football star of the Southwestern University Junior Varsity, had the tough job of goalkeeper. Aside from football, however, ne plays basketball with much skill. So that, feeling perhaps that Football is not as glamourous as basketball, he decided to join the Mighty Warriors after his gradua tion from high school. The team was then hunting for fresh talent. After a heavy screening of sixteen tryouts, Eddie was the only candidate who passed. His life as a basketeer started as a bench warmer. But after Dodong Aquino's splendid tutoring, he became one of the most promising among the SVD dribblers, that eventually won the most coveted CCAA tiara in 1958 and finished second in the Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament of the same year. A few years later some old reliables had to say goodbye. During the early months of 1962, the Warriors underwent a complete reorganization. This time ex-Warrior Danny Deen handled the team. It must be noted also that Deen was Eddie's former chief during his rookie days. After a thorough study Eddie was selected to lead our young quintet. The 1962 CCAA Basketball Tournament opened and Eddie and the boys fought like Spartan Warriors of old against Cebu's leading teams. His dream was to preserve the Warriors' tradition in the field of sports, if not as champion but at least the second place. Needless to say, our players are proud to have Eddie as their Captain. As a student in the College of Engineering, he will soon receive a diploma in Surveying "if things all go right", is his humble comment. He reads magazines and detective stories and occasionally goes to movies. To Eduardo Montalban our congratulations for leading our boys to another remarkable achievement in basketball. Hold-up man: “Hands up! Mo ney or life?” Victim (a celebrity): “No com ment.” Romeo: “Dr. Quack is an eye specialist.” Julie: “Which eye?” Little boy tourist on seeing Gstringed Igorots in Baguio: “Mommy, why do they wear their neckties down so low?" Heard during a kindergarten school graduation: Mother: “And how did my little Bobby fare in your class?” Teacher: “Oh, he’s graduating summa cum loudest." • Jose "Joe" Reynes is a hand some diminutive daredevil, a slick thief in the mahogany and a terri fic ballhandler. Standing 5 feet and 5 inches and weighing 125 pounds, he can stand 6 feet tall under the goal. This amazing athlete from T. Pa dilla played guard under Tommy Echivarre s Warriorites. After his graduation from high school, the Warriors took him as a reserve and nourished him with all the funda mentals of basketball. A year after, he became a full-pledged member of the team. Coach Danny Deen considers him one of our best players. He can penetrate a phalanx of six footers in spite of his small build, and is terrific in the rebound even against giants. When he poses to shoot, you can count it as a 2-point certainty. Joe is a contribution from the College of Engineering. A good looking shy-guy with a small dimple on the right cheek, Joe hopes to graduate in 1965. JOSE REYNES Two men, one speaking with a lisp, found themselves on a sink ing boat during a storm. Man with a lisp: “Friend, I’m afraid we’ll either have to think or thwim." Second man: Well, friend, you can do all the thinking you like. Me, I’m swimming.” Sign in a local restaurant: THIS PLACE OFF LIMITS TO: BEGGARS VENDORS TICKET SELLERS THE MANAGEMENT. MARCH, 1963 Page 45 THE CAROLINIAN hmen cadets face the weapons-dismantling ordeal under the eagle eye of inspector. miro Nadela and his staff, waiting the crucial test to begin. ' exactly 2:00 p.m., from a distance, sound of a lone trumpet sounded the ial call for the Battalion to stand at ntion. Five seconds later, the band ed Sousa's popular martial piece. Inf Bn, Alfa, Bravo and Charlie com es, under the command of Cdt Lt Ernesto Estrerra, marched down the mbly area to the line of troops, ing behind were the Alfa, Bravo and lie Batteries under the command of n Commander Cdt. Lt. Col. Benjamin le. Thunderous applause echoed in parade grounds, as the "Oiehards" and span in their uniforms marched beautiful precision. Superb was the I for the parade and review cerees, that no one could resist but clap cry out with admiration. Of this ire proud, while all the time, deep in hearts, the constant and fervent aim stain the Star always prevailed. But the second phase of the practical and the theoretical test had yet to be gin. Directly after the Corps Inspection, the tactical Officers headed by Capt. Chavez proceeded immediately to the different tests. Taken for Company drill was Alfa Bat tery under the command of Cdt. Capt. Rock Dizon with Platoon Leader Cdt. 1st Lt. Jun Garcia and Cdt. 1st Lt. Max Alesna. Although the problems were quite tough, still our boys did all right. In the Platoon drill the MP Platoon under Cdt. Capt. Lyle Paraz displayed excel lent performance, making the test seem like a child's game. First to get a perfect score in the practical military side was the machine gun grew drill commanded by Cdt. 1st Lt. Rodolfo S. Pelaez. Composing the crew were Cdt. Capt. Michael Villagonzalo. Gunner; Cdt. 1st Lt. Benefredo Samson, assistant gunner; Cdt. Capt. DaUSC-ROTC Ranger Team. From left are: Ruben Paca, Rolando Samson, Antonio smonte, Romeo Delarmente, Alexis Tan, Ramiro Cadag, Gideon Villaflor, Dionlslo isera, Raymundo Rabosa, Jesus Trocino, and Julieto Villanueva. Page 46 THE CAROLINIAN BERMEJO GETS PROMOTION The Search... for crickets?) First Year basic cadets undergoing one phase of the tactical inspection. ilo Lao, Ammo bearer and Cdt. 1st Lt. ergio Mantiza, Ammo bearer. The team which was selected the best i the 1st year advance infantry cadet Fficers displayed such excellent manueers and tactics that won thunderous aplause from the audience. Cdt. Capt. E. Pascua and Cdt. 1st Lt. . Tampus were tested in dismantling and ssembllng the US Cal 45 pistols. First ear advance cadets took up compass eurse tests while the second year basic ■dets from Alfa Company under Cdt. apt. Billy Baylosls were engaged in the leoretical and practical tests for the mabine gun. The pride of the Corps "The ROTC anger Team" under the command of dt. Major Ruben Paca impressed the ictical inspectors with their correct soition of all the practical and theoretical uestions. Pressed for the reasons of be Corps Commander and Staff in action ... Shown at iro Nadela. Behind him from left to right are Lyle adag, and Michael Villagonzalo. their success, Mr. Paca replied, "We simply did our best." Truly, Mr. Paca is a good potential for Army officership. The ROTC Ranger team consists of Cdt. Major Ruben Paca, team leader; Cdt. Lt. Rolando Samson, guide; Cdt. Lt. An tonio Trasmonte, lead scout; Cdt. Lt. Renee Relarmente, pacer; Cdt. Lt. Alexis Tan, Medical aid man; Cdt. Lt. Ramiro Cadag, signal man; Cdt. Lt. Gideon Vi llaflor, asst, signal man; Cdt. Lt. Dionlsio Mancera, asst, demolition man; Cdt. Lt. Jesus Trocino Jr., contact man; and Cdt. Lt. Jullto Villanueva, asst, team leader. Representing the test for informal guard mounting was "C" Btry., headed by the new OD Cdt. Capt. Lao and Cdt. Lt. Ybaiiez. Crouching low, crawling and running fast in combat formation in the midst of popping machine-gun like firecrackers, the CTIS squad under Cdt. Sinugbuhan of center is Commander CasiParaz, Danilo Lao, Ramiro COL. BERMEJO Major Pedro Bermejo, Commandant of the USC-ROTC, was promoted re cently to the rank of Lieutenant Colo nel. It was under the able command of Lt. Col. Bermejo last semester when the USC-ROTC won the Star. Warm congratulations, from the DMST in particular, and from the whole Univ ersity in general, to our active and po pular Commandant. DUNQUE TO AUSTRALIA The USC ROTC Unit proudly an nounces Cdt. Lt. Col. SAMUEL DUNQUE’s selection as one of two Philip pine representatives to the Australian Cadet Officers’ Course. Together with the DMST, we wish him good luck and bon voyage. Alfa Company almost got a perfect score in the test for combat training for indi vidual soldiers. Our firing headed by dashing Cdt. 1st Lt. Jun Garcia sweated it out in the blistering noonday sun and finished out with also a nearly perfect As a whole our boys showed the best that their ability and training allowed. All these can be attributed to the earnest efforts of Lt. Col. Pedro Bermejo, inf commandant; 1st Lt. Cacanando, asst, commandant; Master Sgt. Fetellaga; and Staff Sgt. Ando. All these officers gave to the cadets the best in their ability and training. Credit also goes to the Dynamic cadet officers, for without their unselfish effort and cooperation, the Corps would not have been as good as it was. Above all the "Diehards" deserve the highest praises, for without their te nacious spirit, their valiant effort and determination, the task might certainly have been a failure. AARCH, 1963 Page 47 THE CAROLINIAN ECCIOH Castellana -4iio 26 ~/Vo. 4 M A R Z O 19 6 3 Editorial IllOS ia C^za2aacion ; El esclavo de la conciencia! i Sera el titulo de alguna estupenda novela policiaca! — piensas tu. Te equivocas. El elogio mas hermoso que puede hacerse de un joven es decir de el: Es dueiio de su voluntad, es esclavo de su conciencia. Permanecer inquebrantablemente fiel a todo cuanto manda la concien cia! Si eres capaz de eso eres un joven de caracter. En el carro hay un pequeno clavo; casi no se ve; pero de gran importancia: el clavo del eje. Si se pierde, el carro sigue andando un mo menta; pero de pronto se cae la rueda y el carro vuelca. Tambien por la senda del caracter encontraras un diminuto instrumento; insignificante al parecer. Es la sumision sin reserva a la voz de tu conciencia. Se, pues, siervo sumiso, manso cordero de tu conciencia. Hay dos enemigos que luchan contra ella. En primer termino la denigra a tu alrededor el mundo entero; des pues te instigan a la rebeldia tus inclinaciones desordenadas, tus instintos que des piertan. Acaso tienes momentos de tantos entusiasmo que abandonas casi la tierra y te lan(Coiitinwi en la ptigina 50) Jovenes graduandos, terminals vuestra carrera de estudiantes y vais a entrar en la vida activa del hombre. Os hallais en toda la plenitud de la es per ansa y de la ilusidn. Os despedis de estas aulas para emprendar el camino de la montaha. La Vniversidad, vuestra madre intelectual, ha provisto vuestro bagaje, y con carihoso cuidado ha puesto en el todo lo que la lection y el consejo pueden dar de util, para fortalecer el espiritu y salvor las asperezas del camino. Ella os conduce hasta la puerta del hogar comun, y alii, besandoos la frente, y estrechandoos la mono, os indica la senda; y partis. La amistad nacida en la vida comun de las aulas, entre jovenes que compartieron los primeros afanes y las primeras ilusiones, que juntos velaron en las horas dedicadas al estudio, y que unidos se lanzaron en las primeras aventuras juveniles, es el vinculo mas grande que une a los hombres; es el sentimiento mas resistente a las vicisitudes de la vida. A medida que los ahos avancen, ese sentimiento fraternal os servird para salvar muchos abismos, suavizar muchas asperezas, y os ofrecera aliento y apoyo en esas horas dificiles en que ti dnimo mas firme se siente desfallecer. No permitais jamas que las pationes de la vida publica destruyan esas amistades, que no serdn reemplazadas; conservadlas como tesoro de vuestra vida intima y defendedlas contra la action destructora de la lucha de ideas, aspiraciones y propositos antagonicos, que es condition de la vida democrdtica. Lo que se os deja dicho no tiene otro merito que la sinceridad de un deseo de que vedis colmadas todas las nobles y altas ambitidnes que hoy agitan vuestra alma; vuestro porvenir es el gran anhelo del patriotismo, porque llevdis en vuestro corazon y en vuestro cerebro el secreto del porvenir de vuestra patria. En este dia, uno de los mas hermosos en la hermana primavera de vuestra vida, vais a despediros de las aulas y emprender el camino de la montaha. Llevdis la palabra de estimulo y de aprobacion y las plegarias fervientes de vuestros prof esores; sobre la frente, como bendicidn divina, el heso de la madre que ve colmados todos sus afanes. Entonad el himno de todas las alegrias. Adelante y sed felices. La sociedad y la patria os esperan. AARCH, T963 Page 48 THE CAROLINIAN vuestra Vagina, jovenes Pooetieita, Ou due. Duenas . . . El coraz6n es el motor de la vida y el papel tan importante que desempena en la vida ffsica, lo desempeiia tambidn en cierto modo, en la vida moral. El corazon es el centro, o al menos el simbolo de afectos y odios; en el se desarrollan las luchas, se engendran los esfuerzos y las actividades buenas o malas. Es el factor de las emociones que nos elevan a las cimas mas bellas o nos impulsan a las peores decadencias. Hablar del corazon es hablar del Jesucristo, asi lo afirma, cuando abriendo su pecho descubre su co razon— a la vez humano y divino — y nos dice: "Hi aqui este cora zon que tanto ami a los hombres.” Sin embargo, ni el corazdn, ni el amor, deben confundirse con el instinto, la pasion, el egofsmo la sensualidad. Del corazdn salen los celos y los adulterios, asi como en el se consuman las traiciones y las angustias. Seremos juzgados sobre el amore de nuestro corazdn y nuestra vida se apreciara segun lo que valga esta. Vida humana y temporal, vida eterna y sobrenatural, ambas estan encerradas en el fr&gil vaso del corazon. El corazon es, pues, algo sublime y no puede divertirse uno con dl, ya que del corazdn dependen tantas dichas o desgracias presentes y futuras, es menester que, desde tus mas tiernos anos, prepares tu corazdn y lo formes para su noble mision en la vida. —MIRTO £stoq KzJdecka Paia ^4mal El clamor de Antigona en la antigua Grecia "estoy hecha para ama/r”, es el clamor eterno del ser humano, clamor mas vibrante en la juventud. Es la natural respuesta de la ley de la vida impuesta por el Creador; el coEDMUNDO Y CAROLINA razon, fuente de amor, es fuente de vida. Pero esta ansia de amoi- corresponde quiza a otra mas fuerte y mas exigente que sale tambien del corazon: “necesito ser amada" ... y en tus pupilas luminosas, que miran a todas partes, en busca de emociones se lee este intenso deseo iqueredmei, que bien pronto se particulizara en iquiireme! Amar y ser amada es el deseo uni versal y supremo del corazdn humano, ya se trate de amores humanos o de amores divino6, y el Creador asi lo quiso. Cuando, pues, en tus ensuenos juveni les, en tus ilusiones doradas, escudrinas el horizonte en busca del pajaro azul de la felicidad, entra en tu corazdn y veras que en dl debes preparar esa felici dad a que aspiras... Mas, £que es el amor? Amor es don y entrega; amor es sa crifice, amor es belleza, es pasion, es emocidn, embriaguez de ilusiones y de ensuenos. Pero en el amor, el corazdn no debe lanzarse a una aventura, a primera vista y bajo la primera impresidn... El amor se basa sobre la estima y para estimar hay que conocer... El amor no debe ser s61o una atraccion de sexos, sino tambien una atraccion de almas. Cuando en el amor no intervienen la razon y el alma, cuando el amor es solo un instinto, no puede vivir mucho tiempo y se marchita como una flor. No confundas, pues, el verdadero amor con el instinto, ni siquiera con la emocion sentimental en el amor debe haber algo de es piritual, mucho de ideal y un poquito de ilusion. MIRTO JLltegai . . . Ruskin, el escritor que creara "Sesamo y lirios", dijo cierta vez: "Eclucar a un joven no es hacerle aprender algo que no sabia, sino hacer de el alguien que no existia." Se llega a la meta de la juventud no cuando se termina una carrera o cuando se adquiere cierta autonomfa familiar, sino en el mo menta en el cual el chico inconsciente y egoista da lugar a un •nuevo ser, social, equilibrado, responsable, lleno aun de la frescura y la simplicidad esenciales de los primeros anos. La meta esta distante, el camino es largo, pero las horas se hacen minutos durante la marcha. Por ello, no pode mos perder tiempo. Nuestra formacidn debe empezar ya mismo. Somos sensibles a la verdad y hemos de buscarla denodadamente; anhelamos la justicia y, por lo tanto, debemos formentarla; como el bien y la belleza nos atraen, para encontrarlos nada mejor que marchar en su busqueda; nuestro corazdn estd sediento de amor y hay hermanos, amigos y parientes que lo reclaman. Nuestra "education" es tarea para toda la vida y no podemos malgastarla. Verdad, Justicia, Bien, Belleza, Amor tienen una fuente infinita: Dios. A el, pues, dirigiremos nuestros pasos para realizarnos plenamente en una vida sinple, que se hara infinita porque infinite es el manantial que alimenta. MARIELLA Y DANIEL MARCH, 1963 Page 49 THE CAROLINIAN FORJEMOS NUESTRO . . . zas a las alturas. Haces el firme proposito de seguir siempre la voz de tu concien cia, de jamas desviarte del camino del honor. No diras, no pensaras, no haras nada que sea pecado. ;Te sientes tan feliz en esos momentos! Pero, ique ves en el momen to inmediato? Que ni este ni aquel de tus companeros cumple los mandamientos de Dios. Aquel libro, aquella pieza de teatro, o sea cinta, son escarnios de tus nobles principios. Y ahora te llega la prueba ardua: aunque todo el mundo sea malo, <, sabras conservarte tu en el deber? Si en la escuela los mucha chos fuesen sin caracter, podrias tu mantenerte fir me en tus nobles ideales? Si todos mien ten, jtu ja mas! Si los demas son groseros en el hablar, jtu permanece reservado! Si los demas infringen el precepto grave de la misa dominical, jtu no los imites! Despues viene otra prueba. Tu constancia no tiene solo enemigos exteriores; tambien los tiene interiores, en tu propio corazdn. La conciencia suele llamarse voz de Dios, y con razon. oQuien no ha oido alguna vez en su interior esta palabra? Cuando el muchacho ya estaba a punto de pecar, oyo en su interior una voz que le amonestaba, como campanita argentina que hubiese empezado su repiqueteo: “jNo hagas eso, no lo hagas!” (Continuation de la pdgina 48) Cuando puso la mano en cosa ajena, la campanilla empezo a repicar de nuevo. Y cuando se sentia presa de una tentacion mas seria, pareciale que hasta varias campanas tocaban a rebato: tan fuerte gritaba en su al ma la conciencia: “jNo ha gas eso, no lo hagas!” Te repito, joven mia, acostumbrate en la juventud a seguir incondicionalmente la voz de tu conciencia. Ahora es cuando se decide si mas tarde seras o no un hombre escrupuloso en el cumplimiento del deber. Y ten en cuenta que el hombre de con ciencia tiene identico valor para la sociedad que una columna, en que descansa todo el edificio. —LUIS EUGENIO w I K A N G ORGANIZACION DE LA SOCIEDAD Por LUIS DE LA CALZADA Gravitan sobre nuestra economia las conseeuencias de un excesivo y a veces abusivo concepto de la libertad, derivado del clasico liberalismo economico, que ha creido encontrar la solucion pa ra la convivencia de factores de aparente oposicion, en dejarlos librados a sus propias determinaciones, de todo lo cual ha resultado en definitiva una lucha de intereses particulares que no posas veces adquirio caracteres alarinantes, pero por cuya lucha el bien comun quedo siempre relegado, en ra zon de los egoismos propios de esta parte. A este respecto cabe recordar que es principio fundamental de la doctrina social de la Iglesia proclamada, para no citar sino uno de los mas importantes documentos oficiales que la condensan, en la “Quadragesimo Anno,” el de la or ganization de la sociedad, sobre la cual dicese textualmente: “Como la unidad del cuerpo social no “puede basarse en la lucha de dases “de, tampoco la recta organization “del mundo economico puede entregar“se al libre juego de la competencia. “De este punto, como de fuente em“pozohada, nacicron todos los errores “de la ciencia economica individua lists; la cual, suprimido por olvido “o ignorancia el caracter social y “moral del mundo economico, sos“tuvo que este debiaser juzgado y “tratado como totalmente indepen“diente de la autoridad publics, por “la razon de que su principio direc“tivo se hallaba en el mercado o li“bre competencia, y con este princi“pio habria de regirse mejor que con “cualquier entendimiento creado. Pe“ro la libre competencia aun cuando, “encerrada dentro de ciertos limites, “es justa y sin duda util, no puede “ser en modo alguno la norma regu“ladora de la vida economica; y lo “probo demasiado la experiencia cuan“do se llevo a la prdctica la orienta tion del viciado espiritu individualis ts.” (Pio XI, Quadragesimo Anno, “Nro. 36). Surge claramente de las transcriptas ensenanzas del Papa Pio XI la necesidad de organizar la sociedad de tai suerte y manera que el bien comun sea la resultancia de este ordenamiento. Por esto ha de empenar su action el Estado mediante una funcion reguladora que, si no debe clear una economia dirigida en el sentido integral del concepto, tampoco puede desentenderse de su fundamental caracter y finalidad de agente y defen sor de su necesario bien comun de la colectividad, que nace de) cquilibrio de las partes. Tanto el trabajo como el capital, en la diversidad de sus representaciones, deben organizarse. Sindicatos, asociaciones profcsionales, camaras gremiales y demas formas organizativas, que, partiendo de unidades basicas, lleguen a la tiispide representando la totalidad de las actividades en juego, constituyen la meta a alcanzar en materia de que se trata. No omitimos, para colocarnos en nues tro propio terreno doctrinario, la necesidadde hacer concordat' esa reforma con la valoracion de los factores morales de la solidaridad cristiana, que hacen mas conducente a su finalidad eminent? la organizacidn que se propugna. Y debe ser asi, atendida la realidad del hombre quien ha de ser el factor primero de toda organization social. Sin esa organization se tendr&n Estados capitalistas o comunistas sin estabilidad que la razdn de la fuerza que los sostiene, o sea, por el poder de la riqueza o por el imperio de la masa, y siempre, sliendose tai Estado de su funcidn especifica para transformarse en un poder avasallador de la justicia y de la liber tad. jt MARCH, 1963 Page 50 THE CAROLINIAN IGULONG TUDLING ^4/w nga. JCatia^ Maaaring magtaka kayo kung bakit muli na naman akong naakil sa pagsulat ukol sa ating wikang pambansa — ang ating wikang Filipino. Kung naging madalas ang pagsubaybay ninyo sa mga lathalain ngayong mga nakaraang araw, ay hindi maikakaila sa inyo ang pagkakaroon ng gulo ukol sa mga wikang ginagamit nating mga Filipino. Sa dami ay tila nga naman hindi katakatakang maguluhan ang lahat kung alin nga ang tunay na wikang dapat angkining pag-aari at minamahal ng lahat. Ano nga ba ang ating wikang pambansa? Mayroon tayong Ingles, may Castillano, may Cebuano, may Ilocano, may Tagalog, may Hiligaynon at marami pang iba. Mahaba-haba na ring panahon mula nang magkaroon ang Pilipinas ng Surian ng Wi kang Pambansa. Nabuo ito matapos matanto ang kahalagahan ng wika sa isang bansang malaya. Halos kasabay ng pagkabuo ng suriang ito ay ipinahayag ang pagpili ng wikang Pilipino bilang wika ng lahat ng mamamayang Filipino. Dalawampung taong mahigit na ang nakararaan nang maganap ang mahalagang pangyayaring ito. Ang paghahanda upang maging laganap ang pagpapairal ng wikang Pilipino sa buong bansa ay sinikap ng Suriang maging matagumpay. Puspusang pananaliksik ang ginawa, nagpalathala ng mga aklat na magagamit, mga talatinigan at mga talasalitaan at lahat ng mga kagamitang mahalaga sa pagtuturo ng wika. Subalit... Kung gaano katagal ang ginawang pagpupunyagi ng Surian at gayundin naman ng pamahalaan sa pagpapalaganap nito ay siya namang tindi ng pagkabigong tinamo. Bigo, sapagkat sila na rin ang gumagawa ng dahilan upang hindi makamit ang tagumpay sa hakbang na kanila nang sinimulan. Oo, sinabi kong bigo pagkat iyan ang katotohanang nababakas. Ngayon ay patuloy pa rin ang pagtutol ng iba riyang hindi Tagalog; hanggang ngayon ay patuloy pa rin ang kakulangan at maling mga kaga mitang mahalaga sa pagpapalaganap ng wika; hanggang ngayon ay Ingles pa rin ang ginagamit sa lahat ng mahalagang pagpupulong na dinadaluhan ng mga Pilipino sa bansang Pilipinas, sa lahat ng aralin at lahat ng pangyayaring nagpapatunay ng buhay Pilipino. Hindi ko ipagkakailang mahalaga ang Ingles pagkat ito ang susi ng tagumpay ng isang bansa sa kasalukuyan subalit ang isa pang wikang banyaga na iginigiit sa atin upang pagaralan at mahalin ay kalabisan na. Maaaring ito’y naging mahalaga sa atin noon subalit ang buhay at pangangailangan ngayon at ibang-iba na. Kung kailan pa ito matatanto ng nakatataas ng namumuno ay hindi ko batid — subalit hindi pa nga kaya nila batid ang katotohanang nakadilat sa kanilang harapan, Ang isa pang mabisang kaaway ng kilusang ito ng Surian ay ang mga Tagalog na rin. Nadadala sila sa maling paniniwala na ang wikang Tagalog ang siya ring wi kang pambansa. Dahil dito’y nilalabag nila ang batas. .Hindi Tagalog ang wikang pam bansa kundi ang wikang Pilipino. Ang Tagalog ay ginagamit lamang na saligan ng ating napiling wika. Ang wikang Pilipino ay yaong wikang nabubuo ng iba’t ibang wikang palasak at gamit ng nakararami. Sa pitak na ito, ay sasamantalahin ko ang pagkakataong makahingi ng despensa. Dinaramdam ko ng labis ang pagkukulang ko noong nakaraang mga labas ng ating babasahin. Nasabi kong Tagalog ang napiling wikang pambansa. Ngayo’y binabawi ko ito. Katunayan ay ngayon lamang ako naliwanagan sa kaguluhang ito. Ang wikang pam bansa ay hindi kailanman naging Tagalog pagkat ang wikang Pilipino ay yaong para sa ating lahat — nating mga mamamayang Pilipino. Ngayo’y wala ng dahilan upang magmalaki ang mga Tagalog; wala ng dahilan upang maghinanakit ang mga Bisaya, Pampanggo, Ilokano, Bikolano at mga Hiligaynon kaya. Inuulit kong ang wikang Pilipino’y para sa ating lahat. Kaya, kung anuman sana ang pagkukulang natin ay hayaang matumbasan ng pagsisikap at pagpupunyaging makatulong ng kahit papaano sa pagpapala ganap ng ating napiling wika. Bilang samo sa ating mga namumuno, kaunting katinuan ng pagiisip at kaunting pagpapakasakit. Batid na natin ang kahalagahan ng wika. Sana’y maging sinliwanag ng araw ang katotohanang ito sa lahat — sana’y makamit ko ang pagsang-ayon ng ilan pa riyang Pilipino na naging mistulang “KANO” na at sa ilan pa riyang nalalabuan ng isip dahil sa inggit at pagkukunwari. — Aurora L. Ori'i MARCH, 1963 Page 51 THE CAROLINIAN NAGLAHONG KALIGAYAHAN ni BEBS PASTERA Commerce I ANG PAGLUBOG ng araw ay maitutulad natin sa isang taong malapit nang buhay. Unti-unti itong maglalaho sa ating paningin at ang maghahari’y ang kadiliman. Subali’t, higit na mapalad ang araw kaysa sa tao pagka’t kinabukasa’y muli itong sisikat, magbibigay ng sigla sa sangkapuluan at ang ipamamalas nito’y pawang kagandahan, kagandahang kung malasin natin ay waring walang katapusan, walang kamatayan. Ang halimbawang ito’y maitutulad sa buhay ni Gina, ang babaing nangarap at nagtagumpay naman, subali’t sa dakong huli’y naglaho ring lahat. Siya ngayon ay nakaratay dahilan sa isang karamdamang wala nang lunas. Dapithapon na’y nasa tabi pa rin siya ng bintana. Pinagmasdan niya ang untiunting paglubog ng araw. Para sa kanya’y maganda ang tanawing ito subali’t kung minsan nama’y kinaiinisan niya pagka’t ito’y waring nagpapahiwatig ng isang pangyayaring naging sanhi ng kanyang kasawian. Sa kanyang gunita’y nanumbalik ang napakasayang kahapon na sa buong akala niya ay wala nang katapusan. Isa siya sa matatalinong mag-aaral ng isang tanyag na pamantasan kaya di kataka-taka kung siya ma’y kilala ng karamihan. Hinangaan siya, di lamang sa angkin niyang talino, kundi pati na rin ang kanyang pagkatao pagka’t siya’y isang babaing mabait, di mapagmataas at mahinhin. Dahil dito ay nagkaroon siya ng maraming talisuyo. Subali’t di niya pinansin ang mga ito pagka’t ang pawang nasa-isip niya’y ang kanyang pag-aaral. Nais niyang matapos muna ito bago ang pansariling kaligayahan. Ang makatapos ng pag-aaral ang siyang magiging pinakamasayang sandali sa kanyang buhay. Sa puspusan niyang pagsisikap ay di siya nabigo pagka’t laging siya ang nanguna sa mga pagsusulit. Isang araw, nagmamadaling lumabas ng silid-aklatan ang dalaga. Halos di na niya tiningnan ang kanyang dinaraanan. Di sinasadya’y nabangga niya ang isang binata. “Ipagpaumanhin ninyo binibini. Di ko kayo sinasadya,” ang pagpaun ng binata. “Di bale na, ako pa nga ang humingi ng pagpaumanhin pagka1 di ako nakatingin sa aking dinara; anang dalaga. Pagkatapos ay naghiwalay na a: lawa. Habang nasa klase si Gina man pa rin ng kanyang isipan a nata. Wari bagang nadarama niy isang damdaming noon lamang ni; ranasan. Inasam-asam niya ang sandaling makatagpong muli ang ta. Gayon na lamang ang pagkam ni Gina nang sa sumunod na klas< eskuwela niya ito. Ang binata’ mangha rin nang makita niya ai laga. Nang maglabasan sila’y d aksaya ng panahon ang binata. MARCH, 1963 Page 52 THE CAROLII pagkilala siya sa dalaga. “Freddie Teves ang aking pangalan,” anang binata. “Ako nama’y si Gina Roldan,” sukli ng dalaga. Ang pangyayaring iyon ang naging Simula ng kanilang pagiging magkaibigan. Sa pagdaraan ng mga araw ay lalong nagpatuloy ang paghihirap ng kalooban ni Freddie. Naisipan niyang ipagtapat na ang lahat sa dalaga. Ka ya, isang araw nang sila’y magkaniig ay sapilitang naipagtapat ng binata ang kanyang niloloob sa dalaga. Nabigla si Gina nang marinig niya ang mga pangungusap ni Freddie. “Nais ko munang matiyak kung ano ang damdamin ko para sa ’yo, Freddie.” “Ako’y nakalaang maghintay, Gina, at nawa’y di mo ako bibiguin.” "Titingnan ko Freddie, titingnan ko.” At nagkahiwalay ang dalawa. Malapit na ang panghuling eksamin nila kaya walang tigil sila sa pagbabalik-aral. Wari bagang nakalimutan na hg dalawa ang tungkol sa pag-ibig. Laldllg nagsumikap si Freddie pagka’t ayaw niyang mapintasan siya ni Gina. Si Gina nama’y ganoon din. Isang araw sa kanilang pagsasama... “Bakit, Gin, anong nangyari’t namumutla ka?” tanong ng binata. “Walang anuman ito. Bigla ha lang sumakit ang ulo ko eh, pero pagkaraan ng ilang saglit ay mawawala rin ito.” Habang nagdaraan ang mga araw ay iagi itong nararamdaman ni Gina at di naman niya nakuhang magpatingin sa manggagamot pagka’t abalang-abala siya sa pagbabalik-aral. Dumating ang araw ng eksamin at di na nakuha ng dalawang magkatagpo pa pagka’t abaiang-abala sila. Nang matapos ang eksamin ay nagkita sila. Dito muling binanggit ni Freddie ang tung kol sa pag-ibig. “Marahil naman ay di mo na ako bi biguin sa pagkakataong ito, Gina, pag ka’t tapos na ang mga problema natin.” “Di ko pa rin matiyak ang aking sarili pagka’t...” “Pagka’t ano, Gin?” “Maari bang huwag muna nating pagusapan ang bagay na ito? Maari bang umuwi na tayo?” “Eh, tayo na.” Habang tumatagal ay lalong lumubha ang karamdaman ni Gina. Kaya isang araw ay sinamahan siya ng kan yang Mama sa isang dalubhasang rnanggagamot. At... “Ikinalulungkot kong sabihin ito sa inyo subali’t ang totoo’y kanser ang sakit ng inyong anak, Ginang.” “Doktor! ! "’ “Opo, Misis at ito’y malubha na. Ayaw kong magsinungaling sa inyo. Sa malao’t madali ay mababatid din ninyo ang katotohanang nasa panganib ang inyong anak.” Namutla si Gina nang marinig niya ang mga pangungusap ng manggaga mot. Diyata’t siya’y di na magtatagal sa mundong ito? Sa pisngi ng dalaga’y dumaloy ang mga luhat. Anhin man niya’y tiyak na wala na siyang pagasang mamalagi sa mundong ito. Wala na! Kinagabihan ay lungkot ang naghari sa kanya. Ngayon pa namang matatapos na niya ang kanyang pag-aaral. Kinabukasa’y dinalaw siya ni Freddie. Ang lungkot niya’y ayaw niyang ipabatid sa binata kaya pinilit niya ang kan yang sariling ngumiti. Subali’t sadyang ang katotohana’y di kailanman maikukubli. “Bakit ka malungkot, Gin?” tanong ng binata. "Malungkot ba ako, maligaya ako ah,” pabiglang sagot ng dalaga. Subali’t luhaan ang kanyang mga mata. “May problema ka ba?” “Walft, hapuwing lang ako eh.” Magtatanong pa sana si Freddie su bali’t pinigil na niya ang kanyang sarili. Iniba niya ang usapan. “Alam mo, Gin, bukas na pala natin malalaman kung sino-sino ang may matataas na antas sa ating eksamin.” “Mabuti naman, pakitingnan mo lang ang akin ha? Kasi di ako makakapunta bukas, masakit pa ang ulo ko.” Nang makaalis ang binata’y nasok ang dalaga sa kanyang silid at napahagulgol siya ng iyak. "Sayang ang lahat Freddie, ngayon pa namang natitiyak ko na sa aking sariling iniibig kita.” Pagkaraan ng mga ilang araw ay dinalaw uli siya ng binata. “Alam mo, Gin, il.aw pala ang nakakuha ng mataas na marka. Binabati kita.” “Salamat, subali’t para sa aki’y wa la nang kabuluhan ang lahat pagka’t... pagka’t...” at napahagulgol ang dalaga. “Alam kong may bumabagabag sa iyong damdamin Gina, ayaw mo la mang ipagtapat sa akin, bakit?” "Sapbgka’t ito’y pansarili ko lamang. Ayav kong may maging karamay ako sa aking kalungkutan.” Iyon na ang huling pagkikita nilang dalawa pagka’t si Gina’y umuwi sa ka nilang probinsiya. Nais niyang doon na niya hintayin ang huling sandali ng kanyang buhay. Ni ang pagpaparangal ng mga nakakuha ng matataas na marka’y binali-wala na niya. Dito naputol ang paggugunita ni Gi na. Ngayon ay dilim na ang naghahari sa magandang tanawing kangi-kangina lamang ay napakaganda. Wala na si Freddie, wala na ang tangi niyang ka ligayahan. Ang nalalabi sa kanya’ buhay na kung kailan man babawiin hindi niya tiyak subali’t batid niy hindi na magtatagal... hindi na tatagal. NANGARAP NA NAMAN! Tahimik ang gabl, lahat ay tulog na, Sa bahay na pawid aka'y nag-lisa; Hindi malllihlm ang pagdarallta, Kahlt itago ma’y malllt ring dampa. Mnkha'y napaangat, tumlngln sa langit, Kay ganda ng buwan sa ulap sumillp; Kay sarap tumula kay sarap umawit, Lalo na’t ang puso’y puno ng pag-ibig. Nagtimpalakan rin ang mga bltuln, Sa llwanag nilang kay gandang malasin; Kaya Itong pusong mapangarapin, Kahit plglll'y ma’y nangangarap pa rin. Dito nagslmulang lumipad ang dlwa, Iniwan kong sukat hirap at pagluha; 01 ko papanslnln aking mapapala, Lahat na pagllbak sa ahlng paglaya. "Kung aho'y yayaman,” ahing nailsip. "Ako’y maglllibot sa buong daigdig, Makakamtan ko na ang lahat kong ibig, Mapalt na buhay di na magbaballk.” 01 na magtitils itong abang buhay. Pagka’t mayaman na’t wala nang kapantay; Ang dusa't hllahll na aking karamay. Di na matltlkman hanggang sa mamatay. Lahat ng yaman ko'y aking gugugu1’ Sa nais kong kamtan pati na par 01 ko nailsip dapat ring suriln. Kung magdudulot ba sa buhc-. Ang slkat ng araw sa silid Narita pa ako matamang in Yaong pangarap ko habang Nangangambang baka hind Itong pangarap ko di m Ako’y natutuwa sa na! Buhay ma’y mahirap s Walang kailangan kun MARCH, 1963 Page 53 RANDOM • Memo for March. This month, on the 25th, we celebrate the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It would seem that in our preoccupation with daily affairs, in our day-today struggle for existence, we have forgotten the significance of that moment in Nazareth, when man’s salvation hung by the slen der thread of a maiden’s answer. Picture to yourself that tensionfilled scene when the Angel ac corded Mary the highest praises ever givn to any mortal: “Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among wo men ...” (Luke 1.28-29). And then the crucial message, the Di vine request whose answer would determine man’s eternal fate. Was Mary willing to shoulder the enormous responsibility of bear ing and rearing the Savior of mankind? Would she take the risk and all the pain, the anguish and suffering that it involved? True, God had preserved her for this great purpose and for this precise moment. But He had left intact her freedom of will. The decision must be hers to make, and hers alone. Except for one vital practical question — “How shall this be done because I know not man?” (V. 34), Mary did not he sitate. Her reply of acceptance has gone down the centuries as the acme of humility, faith, and love. “Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done unto me ac cording to thy word ..." (V. 38). And with these words, God’s promisexof redemption began to take actual and definite shape in Mary’s womb. Very few would stop to ponder: What if Mary had more of pride and less of humility and obedience? What if she had told the Angel that she “needed time to think it over” as seems to be the trend today when requests, for help are made? Of course, thanks to Our Lady, these queries are out of the question ... now. Still, would it not have been simply terrible for us had Mary said no? PRAXEDES P. BULABOG • Have you ever stopped to con sider that life with its purpose and meaning is a perennial dilem ma? Not that we discredit or even doubt what we learned in our pre-school catechetics on why we were created. We can still rattle off the answer as easily as water gliding off a gabi leaf’s top side, and with our conviction re maining as firm as the Rock of Gibraltar. It’s simply that a stray thought now and then steals into our consciousness and starts us off on a tangent of baffled questions. A case in point: In the parable of the talents (Matt. 25. 14-30), it is implied that we must develop and put to profitable use whatever gift or talent the Creator gave us. To do otherwise would be dis pleasing to Him, as witness the conclusion (V. 30): “And the un profitable servant, cast ye into the exterior darkness. There, shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” On the other hand, here’s Tho mas Gray, a mortal to whom the Almighty richly endowed the gift of letters. In Gray’s famous “Elegy,” he expresses the idea that from among the departed poor there must have been poten tial greats whose talents poverty brought to naught... “Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands that the rod of empire might have sway’d, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.” Gray’s message is clear. What ever talents and geniuses are found among the poor are quench ed by penury, by lack of money, of connections. How then can such God-given gifts be nurtured into glorious fulfillment and ap plication? How relate the two schools of thought, one divine, the other human? Are we then to conclude that the gifted but un accomplished poor die in the Lord’s disfavor? It is conflicting questions like these which now and then come unbidden to our mind and awaken us to curious seeking, furnishing us with food for thought, the di gesting of which would be a men tal challenge. But we have to caution ourself. (Remember St. Augustine and the mysterious child digging in the sand?) It is said that the more you learn the more you know, and the more you know the more you know that you know very little. So you strive to learn more, and the more-.you learn, the more you... So there you are, right back to where you started. Meandering into pro fundities of thought almost always creates a vicious circle in itself. MARCH, 1963 Page 54 THE CAROLINIAN We can only hope that in this ran dom reflection of ours, we are not trespassing into forbidden philo sophical or theological territory. • Now and then in our random readings, we come across some gem of thought, some jewel of an idea, and at once welcome it like a longlost friend or a hometown acquain tance who has made good abroad and come home for a visit. We read, reread, or even commit it to memory. With sudden clarity we realize that it is wisdom and truth. And beauty. Yet, the irony of it is that we encounter and practice such bits of wisdom in our daily lives, only we fail to crystallize them into a definite philosophy for want of the innate gift of expression perhaps, or from just plain laziness. So re gretfully we bewail: why, I could have said this myself, had I known it would look so thought-provoking in print... • Are we Filipinos dirty? Provo cative query, isn’t it? An Ame rican lady who once lived in this Pearl of the Orient but who has since moved to another southeast Asian country (we shall deliberate ly omit this country’s identity for obvious reasons), wrote to a com patriot of hers in Manila to this effect: “The people here in X are even dirtier than the Filipinos.” Well. At least it’s a comfort to know that some people are dirtier than we are, granting that we are dirty, which to many Westerners is a fact. Let’s face it: Whether we like it or not, we Filipinos are dirty. Proof: Some of our people still choose to discharge their pri vate obligations behind a post or at the back of buildings or even on roadsides. Even in this august university of ours, we still have to develop the habit of flushing the W.C. after each use, in spite of the notice on the door. We still leave wet and smelly seats and floors, and spit on them, too. And dirty writings on the walls. Which just goes to prove how de plorably ignorant some of us still are, even after ten years or so of formal education. It beats us, for instance, how some of our girls can get so emo tionally involved over the Susan Roces-Amalia Fuentes popularity rivalry. Right now, we can find on the walls of our ladies’ rooms such entries as: “Amalia is the most beautiful girl in Philippine movies.” Below this someone counters with: “No! Susan is the one!” Then follows a rapid ex change of acrid diatribes for and against both actresses, figuratively ranging from the quality of their ancestry down to the size and shape of their little toes. Further on it is the writers themselves who claw at each other via written insults and calumnies. Some neutral ob server, in the self-styled role of arbitr, writes on the opposite wall: “What are your relations to these actresses, anyway? They are both beautiful, so what? You are just being foolish as they are good friends,... etc... . etc. ...” This third person’s intentions may be noble, but her means only smear the wall further. These wall-scribblings among our young ladies are not confined to the Susan-Amalia popularity tussle. Some unkind wall-writer occasionally puts in a catty item maliciously designed to discredit and malign some particular stu dent or other. You can be sure that the person attacked is a po pular and gifted personality and well-known in the campus. Even a certain teacher was not spared. It might be safe to say that the scribbler was motivated by envy or inferiority complex. Or both. Perhaps some psychiatrist might diagnose these childish scribblings as outlet for emotional insecurity. You know, just unstable personal ities giving vent to pent-up per verse emotions. But personality maladjustment does not give anyone sanction to smear our university’s private walls with malicious writings. We might expect such behavior from street urchins or slum dwel lers or waterfront habitues, but certainly not from university stu dents. It would be a futile waste of time, money, and energy to en ter a university in order to be intellectually, socially, morally, and spiritually refined, only to spend the time being “unrefined.” Pro posed solution: Why not convert these usless scribblings into wellThe USC Working ... (Continued from page 23) sociation has sponsored a symposium on two aspects of leadership — entitled respectively — Unity and Cooperation in Student Organizations, and Structures of Organizational Techniques. The speakers were SSC Vice-President Ba taan Faigao, and SSC President Victor Dumon, respectively. The symposium was designed to inject into the members the basic elements of leadership and organizational concepts, directed towards the awakening of members towards the many aspects of students life. On the whole, the symposium was a success. A happy event marked this year’s Administration of the WSA. All four of its members from the College of Law hurdled the recent bar examinations, which was considered the toughest in bar history. Also, the Association has spawned worthy scholars and student leaders. Since its establishment, the WSA of San Carlos has graduated 56 members in the various colleges, 13 of them with honors. Unlike many an organiztion, the As sociation has no money problem. Under the able and diligent supervision of Father Alingasa, with the help of its dynamic leaders, the WSA has proved, and will continue to prove itself worthy of the expectations placed upon them by the Administration, their parents, and their beloved supervisor. And according to our crystal ball, visibility to future progress is perfect. A Visit to del Monte ... (Continued from page 14) Charles Hall to dinner. Next day the party left Del Monte for Malaybalay with their minds filled with first hand knowledge of how science can help in large scale farm ing. From Malaybalay they proceeded to Cotabato. On the way, they stopped at the Mlndanano Agricultural College where they were warmly welcomed by the facul ty members. Fr. Rahmann, Fr. Flleger and the writer were given special attention by their former students now teaching in that particular school. From Cotabato City the party proceeded to General Santos, and thence the writer himself went into the Interior of southwestern Cotabato. organized, constructive, and read able essays and send them to na tional publications? Chances are they’ll pay — in cash and/or in emotional and mental satisfaction. MARCH, 1963 Page 55 THE CAROLINIAN PANTJASILA . . . (Continued, from page 2b) and consensus of opinion. This is our philosophy. To this basic ingredient we add all other useful ideas as culled from other countries. We have drawn our concept of the equality of men from the Declaration of Independence of Thomas Jefferson, our spiritual socialism from Islam and Christianity, and our scienti fic socialism from Karl Marx. The mix ture of the basic ingredients or national identities and the useful ideas of al) kinds of isms make a national ideology which binds our people together and free their energies for the tremendous task of construction. To establish Indonesian socialism, that is, a just and prosperous society based on Pantjasila, and overcome the long suffering of the people, the govern ment has adopted an 8-year plan known as the Overall Development Plan since 1960. In the execution of this plan In donesia needs foreign aid or foreign credit. Although the country needs foreign currency for its development, Indonesia will not allow foreign capital investment. She prefers loans and tech nical as well as economic cooperation with other countries without any strings attached. Indonesia wants cooperation in mutual respect, because she needs the help of foreign countries just as foreign countries need the help of In donesia. Because of this mutual need for respect and cooperation with other na tions, Indonesia has received loans and technical cooperation from the United States of America, Russia, Japan, West Germany, Great Britain, Australia, Po land, Canada, and others, in the execu tion of this Overall Development Plan. This is PANTJASILA, the five prin ciples of the philosophy of state of In donesia. It is a national philosophy which serves as a guide in political, economic, and social activities of the Republic of Indonesia. It is our firm belief that in Pantjasila lies the salva tion and national progress of Indonesia. ST. THOMAS THE . . . (Continued from page 39) look his professorial appointment very serious. From the time he was appointed baccalarius at Paris in 1252—he was then 27 years old—he so arranged his life that his entire energy was devoted to his pub lic lectures. By his astounding application to the work at hand, by the profundity of his thought, and the clarity of his exposi tion he showed himself a model of the university lecturer. Exemplary life and profound learning, extraordinary clarity of insight and brilliant ability to impart, wonderful personal conviction and devo tion in the matter of truth, a lofty concep tion of the mission of teaching and per fect unsparing dedication to the calling make St. Thomas the perfect teacher and worthy of being Patron of all Catholic Schools. The USC Sodality performing apostolic work for children in the slums. The pictures show Father Flieger giving First Communion to little tots, while Miss Nellie Patalinghug, Sodality Adviser, (lady in white dress at center of pictures), directs proceedings. KEYNOTES . . . (Continued from page 20) plished. When you say it can't be done, you'd probably be interrupted by some one doing it, so goes a wit. Which only shows that a thing's im possible because I won't do it. TO FATHER VILLALONGA, late Culion chaplain, we dedicate these lines: Warrior of the Lord dies he. Mighty in youth he came To empty his vessel of rage And place therein a flame Which burnt in this our age To heal the lesions of the maim. Happy lies he Leper no more as we. ONE ENTERPRISING CHEMIST among us should concoct a mixture, a sort of cream which would prove handy to our politicians of today. This is one cream which they need for its will make their faces shine with one color at an instance and with another color at an other. That way they wouldn't worry about face-saving when they throw party labels "when they have to" or "when the national welfare demands it." ^alamigim ng hang "Dalaga" Tuwing magunita yaong kamusmusan; Ako'y matatawa di ko maplgllan; Kay sarap maglaro ng bahay-bahayan, Magsaing-sainga't magkakatuwaan. Akin mang ibigln dl na magbabalik, Yaong mga araw parang panaglnlp; Kahlt sa pagtulog laging Inllslp, Naging alaala nlreng aking dibdlb. Lahat na Ibigln aking nakakamtan, Ngunl't Ito nama'y pawang kabutihan; Laging Inllslp na ang karangalan. Tanging kayamanang dapat pag-lngatan. MISS AMPARO RODIL (Continued from page 2) or accounting journals, admiring the daisies and banana blossoms in the garden, and sampling home-made cooking. Looking at Miss Rodil so favored academically, financially, culturally, spiritually, and socially, one cannot help but say, "She is a perfect justi fication of the state of single bless edness.” Miss Rodil is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugenio Rodil of Cebu City, and is one of the brilliant Rodil sisters who have shown distinction in their respective fields. The Administration, the Faculty Staff, and the student body of the University of San Carlos, take their hats off to Miss Amparo F. Rodil, alumna par excellence. We hope that her lofty achievements may serve as an inspiration and example to the many gifted students of this University. Ang buhay dalaga walang kaslng-sarap. Kung laging masaya't walang paghlhlrap; Lalo na kung lahat ay may pagllngap. Parang nasa Edeng busog sa pangarap. DI ko malillmot ang payo nl Ina, No'ng sa aking sllid ako'y nag-ilsa; Sa ligaya't allw huwag padadala; Nang hindi kumupas ang tangl mong ganda. MARCH, 1963 Page 56 THE CAROLINIAN • The Moderator s Dear Graduates: You have reached the end of your student life. You are now step ping into man's active life. You have reached the plenitude of all your fond hopes, of all your illusions. You are bidding good-bye to the classrooms and setting out to climb the heights over thorny paths, strewn with difficulties. The University, your intellectual mother, has replenished your baggage, and she has tucked into it with affectionate solicitude what ever the lesson and the advice are able to give you in what is truly useful for you. This she does to strengthen your spirit on the one hand, and on the other to smooth the sharp edges of the road you are to tread. Your University leads you now to the august portals of what used to be our common home, and there, stamping a kiss on your forehead, and clasping your hands, she shows you the path to follow. Thus you depart! The friendship hewed out of the common life in the classrooms, between teacher and stu dent; among classmates who shared the first toils and illusions; who together kept vigil during hours, seriously dedicated to study; who together launched into the first juvenile ad ventures — constitutes the greatest nexus that links men. This is the most effective sentiment to enable you to face the realities and all the vicissitudes of life. As the years pass by, this fraternal sentiment will help you to overcome many an abyss, to mellow many a ruggedness, and will offer you encouragement and give you support in the trying hours during which even the stoutest spirit is liable to succumb. There may be a world of handicaps that besets you, threatening to thwart and frustrate you in the attainment of your high purposes. But, dear Graduates, convert all the liabilities of handicaps into assets of spiritual achievement. Don't face them in a rebellious or self-pitying manner, but calmly, realis tically and courageously. In the midst of them all remain undisturbed, your faith in God un shaken. Transform all these trials, deceptions and sorrows into a wellspring of power and fly wheel of activity. Visualize them rightly, changing them from obstacles into stepping stones, transforming them into sources of power, converting them into rungs of a ladder by which you may scale the heights. Would to God that you never allowed the passions of public life to destroy that friend ship, which once lost, can never be reconstituted. Preserve that friendship as a real treasure of your intimate life, and defend it against the destructive action of the daily struggle of ideas, of aspirations and antagonistic purposes — all of which are part and parcel of a democ ratic life. What I endeavor to convey to you bears no other merit than the sincerity of a wish that you may see filled to the brim all your noble and lofty ambitions which stir your spirit and soul today. Behold, you bear in your heart and mind the secret of the future of your young nation. On this day, certainly one of the prettiest in the springtime of your life, you bid adieu to your Alma Mater. You start today the uphill road in your professional life. Don't falter! You carry with you the word of stimulus and approval, and the fervent prayers of your professors. You feel on your forehead, as a divine blessing, the warmth of the Mother's kiss who sees, finally, her toils richly compensated. Therefore, burst forth into a hymn of joy! Sally forth and be happy! The nation and society are awaiting you! LUIS E. SCHONFELD. S.V.I). THE CAROLINIAN March, 1963