Buffalo Seminary - Seminaria Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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SEMINARIA1947 Iwson w1s the hrst to l 1p from our hlelmg pl 1ee COIDe on Bess1e do your stuff' he whnpered ghdmg Oll'lI1fO the d1rkness Chrls re 1ehed our lllel squee ed Andy s eold wet IWIITLI All rlght fellow et s see you wm the wx 1r' He tl wheel one ofhls usu 1l gI'Il1S 1nd vmnt out 1fter K Gos you Xe 1ll been sveell Andy sud qkllkfly 1nd so1ned1y lm gomg to p1y you 1ll h 1ck' Forget If k1d 1nd good luck I cr1ed 1hove the d1n Then we too set out xnto the w11r hlled mght We crept on ste 1d1ly for 1 few mmutes We were he 1LI1l1g for Plne Rldge to the south where We eould 1n1ke 1 hetter btlI1Cl Th hullets whvzed oxer o11r he 1ds hut We p11d them h1ck bullet for hullet Fm 1lly we re 1ched the rxd e There we were jomed by the rest of our company Our commindmg othcer vms there Hls n1me w1s C1pt111n Stew1rt He wws 11 wonderful 111111 who would f1ce 1ny dlllgel' He w1s 11 born leider and w1s respected and 1dm1red bv 1ll h1s men He looked p1le 1nd strmge when we sww hxm ln the frunt moonhght but when he spoke hxs xo1ee Wlb strong Well men th1s1s lf 1nd lf s pretty h 1d C1pt11n Stew lft s words rmv out got us surrounded ll1Ll 1re elosmg nn f1st Suddenly there w1s 1 s1lence The pl 1nes h1d flown 1w1y IIILI the shootlng stopped From somewhere ln the stormy nlght 1 Germ ID xolce r1ng out LIKIEYIIIQ one short sentence C1pt11n SttWlft mswered h1ck Then he turned to us tense Wlth mger 'md excltement They re telhng us to surrender he s11d They vull g1ve us hve mmutes to thmk rt over lI1Ll th n He stopped short md looked ll'OLll1d In th d1m hght he s1w the IH 111y de 1d hodxes 1nd those of our wounded on 1ll sldes Exen II1 the short tlme We h1d been flghung they h1d 1lmost got the hest of us I looked 1rou11d too BV some Inlfdcle J111 Andy 111d Chrls were 51111 unong those Slfe I thanked heuen for th1t Ciptun Stewwrt gl1nced It the grnn f1ces of the men grouped 1round hmm Well boys wh It do you th1nk7 There s 1 posslhle ch 1nce th1t we could m 1ke lf through the THOLIITIIIII p1ss It s 1 SlIITl Olle hut 1f we surprlse them md m 1Ke 1 hre11k for It we m1ght he ll3lz, to get through If We d1d It would he EISY to hght them off once they got hottled up ln there The rest of us 1greed 1nd We deelded to try If At the Slgll 1l w slxd qmetly down the hlll 1nd Illllilflg the le1st UOISL posnhle headed for the seemmngly 1mp1ss11hle mountuns The snow W15 comlng m SW11'lll1gINlSSCS now md IC xx 15 our hest 1lly The Germ 1ns eon1pletely un 1m 1re of vxh1t we h1d pl 1nned were 11, 11 1 1 C2 1 , 1, Q. s lv x 'v I W 1 v x I1 1 511 1 11 . 1 1: 1 1 5 fl Sl 11 1 1 QI11.. .. 1 1 1 . . - . , . , , 9 7 K Y K ' V 9 5 ' 3' I ' 3 I 3' D H S 51 I I 5 I 3 1 5 1 1 , - R 13 1 , .2 I 6 , M . 1, 1 x -' s - s 3 I 1 2 3' I g . 3 3 Y 3 I I 5 Y. 1 11 1 . 1 1 1' 1 ' 1 . 1 1 1 1 32 1 1. 11 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 . 1 1 1 52 1 1 L , , 1 , x , -1 2, ' 1 , 1 , 1 1 ,1 1 1 . 1 1 1 e 1 g . The snow wh1ch h11d lvegun to full flew faster 11nd drlfted wlth the wlnel. They ve 5 5 1 1 1 'P 3 3 7 ' X ' 1 ' ' 5 5 W 3 3 A x - 1 x ' Y 4 S 1 I , 1 1' ., . , ,, 1 . 1 1 .3 . 1, . , 1 , , 1 e f f f 1 1 1 1 . e I 1 , 1 ,. I-5 . -5 1 I V7 - I S V3 ' 55 Q A 1 f 3 4 1 , . 1 ' 1, 1., 1 1 11 1 , . ,, ,, . 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . , e-, , , 1 I , , f I W I 3' 8 3 3 I x I T , . 11 11 1 1 11 1 . 1 .1 1 , e1 1 I q I , ,is 11 ,x 1. 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 . 11 1 1 1 11 1 1 , 1 1, 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 11 1

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SEMINARIA 1047 Pme Pmlqe UNDERCLASS STORY That mght how c1n 1 tx tr forget It w1s dlfk 1nd cold Tht F1111 W IS L1I'1ZZ1ll1g and promlsed to t11rn to slttt or snow before I1lOI'l'llI'lg The four of us Andy Chf1S jaxson 1nd I wtre huddltd III our fox holt Wlltllig 1nd 11StCI1ll1g For somt tlmt thtrt w1s sxltnct txctpt for our tense brt1th1ng 1nd tht splashxng of tht run F1n1lly 1X9Ol'l sud ID 11 ho1rst vnhlsptr For the 1uvv1 Mlke why dont they m1ke up tht1r mlnds llld start S0IDLt1'1lI1g7 lm gOI1Dl go nuts Ill 1 m1nute' 1xson '1 se1sontd hghter h1d been dtcor1ted tvnce for brwery 111 1ct1on but ht Slld ht owed ex erythlng to Besslt hxs good luck ch1rm 1 he 1rd hun flllllblllig Ill hxs potktt for IT 1nd ht1xt 1 conttnttd slgh 19 ht p1tted lt Thost jerrlts 1r bllllff 111 rlght Chrns sud rn 1 low XOICL tryxng to wear us out wonderrng when they xx 111 1tt1ck Chrls 1 t1l1 good natured Engllsh lad was the optmnst 1nd humor1st of our bunch He could turn any sltuatlon by everyont Stlll ht COI'lUl1l1Ld tht longer we S11 here tht longer we ll llve' Thls see1ned to cheer exeryone up 1 blt 1nd fresh c1g1rtttes were p1ssed 1round S11ence 11g1m It was broken, however by 1 soft sxgh from Andy s corner Andy was the youngest of our group and had not yet gone xnto combat He was only exghteen 1 farm boy from Kms IS whose deslre w1s to return to hls flfm 1nd F1156 I1 l1rge htrd ofc1ttlt Cheer up llttle one JIXSOII c11pped 11 h1nd on 1118 shoulder Youll be the hero of the 67th yet' Aw I m O K Jax he sand l guess I m just sort of scared Then It happened' It seemed dS though the whole world w1s coll1ps1ng 1round us Shells burst ox er ht 1d guns b1rked the dromng of pl 1nes c1me mto ewrshot The Germm 1.uftw1ffe re11ly worked ovtrtxmt to gmt us 1 good show O K boys th1s 19 It 1 mumbled We checked over our rxflts 1nd p1cks 1nd prep1red to leaxe our shelttr Wt poked our heads Cdl1ClOLlS1Y over the top of the bank 1nd looked lI'OUI1d Here and there the bl1ckness of mght was shattered by bursts of llght from tht explodmg shells and 1n thls llght men could be seen creepmg 1long the ground guns ID h1nd 1nd e111erg1ng from trtnches 11nd fox holes crawlxng 1 lxttlt further dropplng when 1 shell burst 11'lC1 contlnulng to crawl 1f they were lucky These were our men AUICIICAIIS 1nd we were proud of them I glanced at my w1tch md by tht f11shes of hght I s1w that It was 2 A M What 1 t1mt to hght 1 w1r' Two oclock' I grumbled I I . ' . 1. 1, ' . 1 1 , . ' . ' ' I , n . ' 1 Y ' ' ' 5 8 3 - , 5 - l l 1 I A , 1 , , 1 g 1 . 3 I 1 8 5 ' V 5 3 S W 3' A ' S ' A 11 , 1 1 1 . 1 '11 1 1 1 , 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 . , 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 ' 1 1 , 1 1 ' 11 1, 1 1 1 . 1 4 4 I I ' S I ' 'L' Y! ' 1 S ' 1 S ' . 1 1 1 e 1 1 , 1 , 11 1 ' ' 1, 1 1 ' ' 1 1 . , 1 1 1 , ' 1 . 1 mto 21 joke, was I1 marvellous storyfteller and was generally respected and llked , , , 1 , ' Y I Y ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 . , 1 . ,1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 - ' - s 1 s , , 1 1 1 . .1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 , ,. , ' . . ' ' ' ' ' 3 A 3 A V5 ' .. .... . . , , . . K ' Y 5 'Q K ' I 1 1 . 1 ' , 5 . . . . , 1 . 1 1 1 Z , 5 I f 1 1 , 1 , 1 1 ' 1 f ' 1 ' 1 2 . ' 1 1 1 1 1 '

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SEMINARIA 1947 taken by surprlst llkl thoroughly tonfused by tht blmdmg snow We moxed 11long qtnttlv ftthng our w1y dong the froztn ground Tht vund grtw stronger 1nd tht snow droxe Igl1I1St our f1tts II1 stmgmg bl1sts Cut h1nds grew numb ind the feehng left our fett, but st1ll wt plodded on through the deeptnmg dr1fts Ciptun Stew 1rt btckoned us on and polnted to the dxm outhnt ofthe mount 1111 loommg up 1h ad Tht wmd bl w h1rdtr llltl the bh 1rd 1ntrt1std xts fury Itxtlts formtd on tht guns llitl tlothts of tht drtnchtd mtn Ex n toldtr thlll tht 1ty g1lt w1s th f 1r 111 th ht 1rt of tvtry one of us th1t thost trrxts kntw tx1ctly whtrt wt wtrt 1l'lLI would tut us olffrom tht mount 1111 p 1ss C1pt11n Sttvnrt ktpt 1t our ht 1d I rtmtmbtr w1tth1ng llllll Tht snow 1llHO3f blotttd hlm from Xltw QOIHLUIHLN md ID 1d u 111 look hkt lgho tly trtw Somthovt If sttmt to tl t IOLIYS wt rt 1t It t 31 s s1f ly 1n st1tttrt1l unong tht ro k Wt Wllft or 1 tw ttnst momtnts 1nd thtn fl b1ttlt btgm IITLVN Wt nw d1rlt sh1pts mount' Ill through tht p1ss btlow us llxltl th n tht hrmg l3t2,flI1 lgllll We h1d N1 1dx 1nt1gt oxtr the Gtrrmns by btnng hldtitn 111 tht rotks whllt t 1ty vttrt htlpltss t1rgtts III the l11l'I'OW pus Now llitl th n I ht 1rd IXSOII s xo1tt Wt wot 1nothtr ont Btsslt' Chrls Vw 1s VUOL1I1L.lLLl1IlIlXL should r but h ktpt on hghtmg y lhng If ll1ttI'X 1ls Strlkt ont' strlkt tvto' IS h1 gun d1d lts dt1dly work But xt w1s not All our luck Tht Germms wtre pretty sm 1rt 1nd h1d plenty of tncks up tht1r slttxe Thty knew how to l'l1lliC 1 shot count For hour- tht b1ttlt contmut d Tht snow ftll hghttr 1nd XlS1l3lllty WIS 1 httlt bttttr Andy sttmttl to h1xt lost hxs fe1r llkl fought hltt 1 xtttr1n I looktd II my w1tch lgllli Fmt A M C1pt 11n Sttw1rt rtlo1dtd hxs plstol I.1ttle by httle wt tlostd IU on tht trrlts 1nd, Stiylllg bthlnd cover made tx try l11st shot count unt1l hn1lly the shootmg stopped Th1s could bt 1 trlck the C11pt11n sn1pped We pttrtd cautlously from bthmd the rock Dt 1d Q1lLI1CL Thtn wt s1w thost s1mt d1rk sh1pts mowng llOl'lQ btlow us W prtp1rtd to fire lgllll but somethmg stopptd us A rumbhng JDCI then 1 ro 1r struck our e11rs A hugt bank of snow sl1d from the mount 1111511.16 1nd crwshed down on tht mtn below us Theft was one scre 1m and th1t was 111 We stood up slowly Not 1 shot was hrtd We had been swed' Afttr a qtuck but thorough seirth 111 tht wreckige vxe st 1rttd out for our he11dqu'1rters SIIICC Nltllft h 1d burltd our tntm1ts for us Although wt vttrt dt 1d txrtd, wt st1rttd tow 1rd our b1st, k11OWll1g only tht dxrtctlon 111 whxth If l1y Afttr m my hours of lT11fCl'llI'lg vuth C11pt111n Sttvt art 3' i 1 . K 3 ' 1 ' D 33 1 . , 3 ,' 3 I, 1 1 . - 1 1 1 1 1' , -,-' . ' ' 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 K 3 1 1 1. 1 1 Il 3 , . , 1 1 t1 . 3 ' 1 1 t 1 '..... ' 1 ,. 1 ' 1'. 1 t 1 1 ..-1 11 1 . I ' 3 1 - 11 -. 3 1 1 1 11 3 3 1 3 A- 1 1 - 1 - 1 . t 1 1 1 3 3' I 3 31 3 1 I 1 31 L U L K 1 x K 111 tx 1 L 1 1 3 3 3- 1 1 , .' . 4 L L 1 ' ' 3 v1 3 1 31 3 3 3 1 - A A 3 5 4- A I A 1 t . ' ' 3 y'1, 1' ,1 . 1 1 1 1 I 3 . Q - 1 1 1 1 1 t 5 1 1 A 1 - 1 1 1 -.1 1 1 .1 1 1 1.1 1 1 .1 1 1 1 1 1 tl 1lx l 1 1 l tl he L13 11 t 1 Ll ' 3 31 1 3 1 1 3 1' 3 1 3, 3 13 3 1 - 3 3 1 1 1 t s. 1 tif . f 1 1. lt ' 3 3 1 . 1 , 1, 1. 1 r 1 1 5 vv I 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 . 11 1 1 1 1 U x 11 ' 3 3 I ,1 . 1' - x K M1 1 1 . ' ' 1 V1 1 3 V3 3 34 I 13 ' 3 A 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1. 1. I1 11 1 1 1.. . 1 .' , 11 1 1 1 111. 1 1 . .1 . 11 1 1 1, 1 . 1 1, 1.1t 1. 1 1 1 . J. 1 1 , 1, 1 , 1 . ' V' ' 3 I 31 3 3 3 A 3 I 1 I 3 v1 - 1 1 t t t 1 1 1 0 1 .. . 3 . .1 1 . . 1 1 1 . - . ,. .1 , 1 s Y 1 . , , , , 1 1 . . L 1 1 C s 1 3' 1- 331 3 ' ' 1 . 1 1 . Q X I i , i xg W . 5 4 V.. .. ' I . y 1. 1 . 1 1 1 1 H 1 -11 1 1 11 ' - 1 33- 13 11 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 . , . ' ',, , .' 1 . , . , 1 1 1 1 . . . 1 1 1 1 . 3 ' 3 I 3 3 V3 f I 3 ' 1 1 , 513 1 ' I . I 5 L S , ' .1 . , ,, , . ,. , , . ,, , 1 , 1 1 . 5 31 -3 3 3 3 1 3 1 3 1 1 3 ' . 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 ' 3 - 3 3 1 3 - 14 A 3 I 1 A . t 1 1 1 , K . 1 1 . 1 . , , . . . A A 7 3 I . K L . - , ,,. , 1 . , K - . 1 . 1 1 , 11 ' . , . 1 t t 5 1 , I tt t , 1 3 2 '3 3 3 '31 -. 3 3 3 1 '1 3 1 1 3 ' 3 I I xg I L A '1 ' I V1 ' . X . 1 . ' Y' 1 1' 311 4 1 C 4 1 K