Saint Ursula Academy - Scroll Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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6 lu 9 Blues USED to think good health was a wonder- ful gift. I remember I was in grade I envied every- one who never missed a day of school, be- cause I was home so uch with colds, mumps, chicken pox and all the rest of the so-called juvenile diseases. But I,ve changed my mind now -about being healthy. when About two or three weeks before Christmas vacation everyone was getting the flu. I was congratulating myself on not having it, when someone informed me that the afflicted would not have to make up the assignments they missed. Well, I began to think and I decided if I thought hard enough by the end of the day, I would have a sore throat. But I was not that lucky. Since the epidemic was becoming more prevalent, there were just a few of us in class. I thought this would be fun, and that we could persuade Sister to let us talk, play games, or tell jokes. But no, it was only worse, we couldnit get away with anything. It even caused me some embarrassment, for I was so used to hiding behind Barbara in English, that on one of these days I found myself trying to do that very thing-only Bar- bara wasnlt there. You see I wasn't as I was trying to remember the answer to the question Sister asked. As I couldn't, I unconsciously found myself sliding down in my seat. Of course Sister called on me, and I gave the dates of the Transition Period, only it wasn't the right answer, since the ques- tion was: f'In what century did the short story come into being? After that I thought something like a sore throat would come along, but again no such luck, We were going to have a Christmas party and because there were so few of us in school, those of us who were there had to stay after hours to decorate and practice for the play. I was hoping I would be sick so I wouldn't have to be in the play-but just as before, no such luck. In fact, on the day the play was to be given, the three leading characters were absentg so I found my- self playing the part of the hero, the villain, and the damsel in distress. First I was trying to grab myself away from myself-then I was trying to save my- self, and by that time I was so mixed up, I was praying and praying that 'I would faint. Not so, however. I had to see it through to the end, Finally the vacation I so ardently desired came. To bring this to its tragic end, before Christmas I went home with a sore throat-the sore throat I had worked so hard to acquire a few days before. paying so much attention to the vacancy -ROSEMARY GOUTTIERE ,46 General lIfacArthur Through the darkness a boat fame Do take him a-way, hle was sorrowful then for he wanted to stay, Yet leafve there he must, for supplies he did ldfk, But he whispered to his comrades, l'll be huh! Since that fatlal day, three long years have passed, Un the shores of the Phillipines troops now are massed, And they're led by no other than old grey-haired lllac, For he meant what he said when he said, I'll he hack. -IVIARGARET AFFOLTER ,45 THE SCROLL 27

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Measley F urlou h HERE is ia town in Arizona named Felici- dad, which acquired its name some years ago ,gr when a celebrated Spanish actress from Brooklyn was living there while waiting for her divorce decree. She was so delighted to dis- pose of her husband number three she called the town Felicid-ad-the city of happiness. This name is rather deceiving, for all is not always blissful in Felicidad. A most woeful scene was occurring in the bedroom of Jill Evans, a vivacious sixteen-year-old. Sprawled across her bed like a rag doll was dejected Jill. Sobs of sorrow coming from her racked body filled the room like black clouds fill the sky on a sunny day. Why should this lovable child be so depressed? Her mother was wondering the same thing. Thoughts of terror flashed through her mind until Jill shrieked, Johnny's got the measlesf' Nlrs, Evans soothed the terror of her harassed child, lVIy dear, you've had the measles. You don't need to worryfl I'm sure he'll be all right, continued Mrs. Evans, Jillls solemn eyes met her mother's as she proclaimed, S'It,s our dance! Our dance tomorrow night. I'm chairman and I have to go. Positively have to! ' Mrs. Evans tried not to let Jill see her relief. Don't fret, We'll think of something. Think of somethinglw, shouted Jill sarcastically. What do you mean? Thereis just simply nothing to think of. Every man old enough to shave is in the army. Every man left is already going. And now my only hope has come down with a juvenile disease like measles. ,Heavens! I wouldn't even want to go with a boy young enough to get measlesf' As Jill breathlessly - M., 3 fb Q, 5 -RUTH HILLEBRAND '45 ended her retort, her father Walked in. After hearing about Jill's malady, he quickly changed the subject and the mat- ter was forgotten for the evening. Courageously, Jill carried on through the next day. Her heart cared not to beat, for in the eyes of her friends she was disgr-aced. At dinner that night she was so lost in her melancholy she scarcely heard her father say to Mrs. Evans, Remember Charlie Ashley, my old fraternity brother? He has a son in the army now. He has -a weekend pass, so I told Charlie to have him come down here for the weekend. That okay with you, Alice? f'VVhy, of course it is, replied Mrs. Evans. A scheme was forming in the mind of lNIrs, Evans. Finally she said, Hjill, dear, go upstairs and get ready for the dance. After much explanation Jill dutifully, but not too agreeably, obeyed her mother. As she dashed about her room like a frisky puppy, she continually declared, He'll be a perfect goon. Friends of the family always are. I'll bet he can't even dance. I'd better not Wear my new shoes. He'll probably crush them. One hour later Jill was dancing in the arms of the impressive Private First Class Charles Ashley, Jr. That faraway look in her eyes wasn't there for noth- ing. Not only had Jill gotten to the dance but she had fallen completely in love with this magnetic swain. Her envious girl friends clamoured about her in the powder room. A suddenly sophisticated Jill told them how simply awful it must be for Johnny to have the measles. But then, of course Hhe is so youngfl The next morning as Jill sat at the breakfast table with animation written all over her face, out of a dream her mother spoke to her, 'fHoney, will you call Doctor Jamison? I'm afraid Chuck has broken out with the measlesf' 26 THE SCROLL

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What Are Co-Operatives? TRANGE, isn't it, that the phrase life, liberty, and the pursuit of happinessu never gets threadbare? In the pursuance of these God-given rights the things of the body go hand- in-hand with the things of the soul. So it is that in our modern economic life we are stressing the age-old Catholic doctrine of organizing for a common end. For what else is the Communion of Saints? The twentieth century economic ver- sion of the Communion of Saints is the co-operative with all its ramifications. According to the Rev, Edgar Schmied- ler, O.S.B., a cooperative society or or- ganization is a 'igroup of people who band themselves together to produce something, to sell something, to buy something, or to pool their Hnancial resources for credit or loan purposes. This unison of effort, which is one of the most important movements of our time, enables the wage earners to pro- tect their common interests by elimin- ating the excessive profit-makers in the intermediary economic activities, Early Beginnings The growth of the cooperative move- ment in Europe has been more highly developed than in America, where it did not make any too notable advance until after 1900. The hrst successful English adventure was as early as 1844. That year, in Rockdale, a small English town, twenty-eight peasant Weavers, dis- traught because of low wages, irregular employment, and high cost of living, banded together to do something to remedy their economic status. Finally, they conceived the idea of a co-operative grocery store, and the Rockdale Equit- able Pioneers, Society thus evolved. Twenty-eight members with a combined capital of S5140 was the small and in- -TESSIE BURNOR '45 -PATRICIA KENNEDY '45 -PATRICIA ROLLER '45 significant beginning of the seeming mustard-seed growth of the co-operative movement. Before the outbreak of the present Wo1'ld War, the Rockdale enter- prise had expanded to more than 43,000 members, with more than a correspond- ing increase in capital, Groups following the Rockdale prin- ciples soon developed in other countries, notably in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Belguim. The number of persons now affiliated with co-operatives is startling. Very significant in the Vvestern Hemi- sphere is the development of the move- ment in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, spon- sored by the Extension Department of St. Francis Xavier University. Begin- ning in 1921 with some 200,000 fisher- men, miners, steel workers, and farmers, from one of Canada's most economically unsound and socially backward areas, this movement, built on the ten-member study club idea, has succeeded in raising tremendously the cultural and economic level of the people. Credit unions, buy- ing clubs, saw mills, marketing associa- tions, on the one hand, bulletins, news- papers, recreational programs, debates, leadership college courses, libraries, on the other, have gone far providing a better life for both body and soul under circumstances exceptionally adverse. One of the first really successful co- operatives in the United States was the Central Co-operative Wholesale, found- ed in Superior, Wiscoimsiii, in 1917. Soon the Nlid-West farmers founded other co-operatives, especially in the fields of gasoline and oil distribution. Today there are in the United States alone about 2,000 gas and oil co-ops. Along with these came a whole gamut of or- ganizations: filling stations, grocery stores, department stores, bakeries, coal yards, dairies, groceries, agricultural 28 THE SCROLL