Buffalo Seminary - Seminaria Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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SEMINARIA 1948 d1rk bOLlI1ClI'lg curls 1nd 1 mouth lxke 1 flower when there wasn t 1 loll1pop stuck ID lf But she h1d the bold mI9tfUStfUl m1nd of 1 sc1ent1st who w1s not gomg to behexe 1nyth1ng unt1l he s1W It 111 1 test tube M1ybe howexer Su11d1y School w1s 1ust wh1t she needed A11d bes1des the 1de1 of OSIL 111 Su11d1y School couldn t ful to 1111press my Aunt S1r1h I mswered her letter lSSllI'1I1g her th1t I w1s most certunly gO1Dg to send JOS16 to Sund 1y School but not Ullfll f1ll bec1use ours w1s closed due to the Intense he1t W1s It hot IU Ch1c1go7 She replled how n1ce It w1s that jos1e w1s gomg to Sunday School Would I please keep her 1nformed concermng JOS16 s success or f111lure7 In September os1e st1rted to the cl1sses 1t the church I w1s strongly rem1nded of the Sundays when I was es orted to the church door myself The small tables 1nd chalrs 1n the begmners cl1ssro0m were set re1dy w1th p1per 1nd crayons I del1vered my scrubbed 1nd pol1shed OSIC 1nto the hands of the 111structor Everythmg should go well As It turned out thmgs went so well th It I begm to feel con hdent .IOSIE would be 1ble to handle even Le1 mcus 1nd Deuteronomy when they c1me along 0516 not only l1ked Sunday School but commltted to memory many plS5'lg6S storxes 1nd poe111s th It s11d she w1s 1 sunbe 1m 1nd flower Perhaps her f1xor1te 1cco111pl1sh111ent w1s the hymn she le 1rned ll3Ollt 1 hsh n M1ry b1nd I would l1ste11 to her Slllglllg 111d tr1ed to 1m 1g111e wh1t hsh n M1ry b1nd 111e1nt 1nd l could 11Ot but I w1s ple 1sed IIIYW 1y I wrote to Aunt S1r1h OSIL IS just wonderful 111 Sund 1y School For then I d1d not guess th1t JOSIB w IS gonng to be skept1c1l 1bout the Almlghty josle took 1 d1111e to Sund1y School every Sund 1y She brought It for God 111d God s work her te 1cher sud but you couldn t fool 0516 Who took the money home? she w1nted to know lfter they 1ll h1d put the1r n1ckels 1nd dlmes IH the blsket Whose flther7 osxe s Su11d1y School le1flet sud 1 ehlld 1eeepts God 111tur1lly Not OSIE 0516 dldn t 1 cept lllyfhlllg 111tur1lly unless she could e1t It E1ther the chxld c1re booklets 1nd the Su11d1y School le 1flets were wrong or OSIL was One Sund1y the Sund1y School le 1flets q11oted jos1e s hymn lbout the fish I1 M1ry b1nd only lf w1s 1 m1ss1o11 1ry bmd wh1 h vx Ib enlxghtenlng Yes Su11d1y School for JOSIC w1s 1 success She could smg the hymns md color the PICIUYLS 1nd tell the stones 1t was 1ll f1ne except th1t -IOSIC w1sn t sure wh 1t she beheyed She h1d trouble understmdxng God s CXISICDCB I wrote Aunt S1r1h guly w1th 1 he IVY he 1rt Sund 1y School IS 1 lug success for josle We h 1d been successful 111 th1s 1111n11er for 1 good SIX n1o11ths when l got the letter from Aunt Slflh postm1rked Detrolt She w1s commg to spend 1 mght w1th us on the w1y b1ck to ChlClgO I could feel the rlgor mortls settmg ID 1nd 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 , 1 1 1 lyf - I 'I . 1 1 1 . 1 v3 1 . A 1 5 A 1 , , 1 1. 1 . , , ' . ',' 1' ' 1. 1 1 1 11. I 3 I . i 51. . . 1 ,1 1 1 1 . ' . . , , , ' 1 , 1, 1 1 1. 1 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 1 . 1 A 1 1 - . 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 .I ' . . , 4 c ' ' ,. . ,' 1 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 .1 1 1,1 , 1 1 ,1 1. 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 5 , X , 1 1 1. 1 ,. . , 1 1 , . 11 , ., 1, , 1 . 1 ,1 1 1 1 1 1. 1 11 . 11 . 1 1 1 11 11.1 1 . . ,' ' '1 . ' . . 1,1 .' ' , ' , , , . . . ', 1 1 1 1 1 , . 1 1 , 11 1 1 1 , c '1 . 1 ' 1 . , ' 1 , 1 11 . ,1 1 ,1 1 1 1 . 1 1,1 1. 1 1. 1 . 1 11 . .. , .,, ,, . 1 .. , . 3 1 I I 1 3 1 U , 3 1 1 1 1 1 , 22 1 . 1 1 . Y I .V 3. .5. .V 1 1 1. ,1

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SEMINARIA 1948 LEVIIIIIIIS Deuteronomy UPPERCLASS PRIZE STORY My Aunt Sarah my godmother as the tall than member ofthe Ladaes Aad Chacago Unaon Church who always manages to wear her hat on the exact mathematacal maddle of her head so that she looks all strength of character and no faddle faddle She as an excellent woman Aunt Sarah staff as starch but devoted to the church For her entry anto heaven there wall he speca al harp arrangements decor ataons on the pearly gates and aflurry ofexcatement among the angels as her square set hat and resolute brow rase anto new It should appear understandable at hrst glan e therefore that ek en a letter from my admarable aunt gaves me a chall and that I haxe to shut my eyes untal the spots go away As a god hald I had turned out to be 1 rather batter loss When as a chald I vasated her she had to es ort me raght up to the door of Sunday School every Sunday mornang her hand taght around my elbow to make sure I went an I dadn t lake Sunday School Instead of tellang the teacher good mornang you were requared to draw a deep breath and run rapadly through the books of the Bable There are saxty sax books an the Bable and I faaled to get on Lemtacus whach comes ex en before that Regularly every Sunday on eather Levatacus or Deuteronomy my mouth got full of shredded wheat my braan daed and went anto ragor mortas and my back bone went mto accordaon pleats I hoped that some day I would get beyond Deuteronomy everyone at Sunday School hoped I would but I never dad Instead I got worse I knew God was lookang at me just the way Aunt Sarah dad has mouth taght and the corners drawn down And to thas very day every tame I get 'a letter from Aunt Sarah I remember she thanks badly of me My mouth falls up wath shredded wheat I can even feel my backbone pleatang It as not comfortable to know someone thanks badly of you My aunt s feelang for me was my own fault of course I had grown up and I knew there was a wase and lovang God and yet somehow you never wrote an letters about your sparatual feelangs No lattle chald Aunt Sarah went on to say when I opened my eyes to the letter agaan as too young for Sunday S hool I consadered that last remark My lattle chald was too young Josae was too young for Sunday School My lattle chald was actave and noasy and dad not take to beang taught You could tell josae any ancontrox ertable truth at all and she would gave you ahaghly unbelaevang look out ofwade blue eyes and say anelegantly Aw She was perverse She was 1 born skeptac She was sexen years old wath 20 I I 1 s 9 I 1 v A A A 1 , . , r I . l 3 , K Q . 1 , 2 ' I 2 . , f Q i I f . , . A L ' S A Az ' 2 ' , 2 A AA . 2 S A',z 2 a ' ' 2 . 2 f 1 1 e A A 'Aa . ' e 2 ' ' Q c , a, 2 a f z A ' I A ' A , . . z ' A ' . ' : A ' 1 . A . , 2 ' . , 1 . , , beyond Deuteronomy, which is only number hve, and sometimes was stopped .. , . V E l 2 . . . , , 1 . . 2 , 1 1 f a z . . Q 5 1 , 5 ' I . . , . I 2 1 . , . . 1 . A 4 I V , . ' , . S 7 l . . , . F .. , e . A I n A L I Y - l I 5 ' 2 ' 1 F ' A e z L A ' , 'A 2 . e 1 2 A . 1 H 1 , '

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SEMINARIA 1948 my hack hone pleatlng all the whale I was cleaning the corners and shanxng the sllx er It was Thursday when Aunt Sarah arr1xed at our house I expected her on Tuesday wlth lamh chops on Wednesday wath roast heef and on Thursday had gn en her up for that week and was relaxang wlth cold cuts and a baker s cake when she arrax ed an a gust of cold wet a1r sh aklng the ram from her large umbrella on my rug Well Aunt Sarah I kept exclaammg all the tame I was tryang to pry her out of her ruhhers lsn t 1t lovely to see you? I kn w she consrdered my exuherance Hddle faddle hut I 1ust couldn t stop She wouldn t take her hat off and thas was a had omen Why wouldn t she take her hat off7 She stlll wort If tall and hlack on the exact mlddle of her head It was lake haxmg the hagh clergy lI'1 ecclesaastacal headgear ln for cold cuts and t akt when neather was yery good Iosae who hadn t done such a thlng lli a long tame turntd ox er her gl ass of malk all our tht tahlt Not that Aunt Sarah IIIUIHICI ated IOSIL On the contrary Aunt Sarah stnnu lattd her She hrought josae chocolates for dOlDg so well an Sunday School followlng me up to josle s room There w as a seraes of wlvld pactures .IOQIC hrushang her teeth Iosae tucked an hed Aunt Sarah openlng the wlndow Now dear Aunt Sarah hegan Now dear vxh at as It you say exery nlght after mother tucks you an? Iosae Clldll t seem to feel the Import of the Now de ar hut I dad It hung ox er the room lake a pall I found th at I had drawn a deep hre ath and forgot to expel at hut josae dldn t feel 111 the least at a dasadx antage Well 509167 IOSIC thought of the answer I say I m thlrsty Aunt Sarah pressed her l1ps together Don t you say Cur Father who art an heaven 7 We say Now I lay me I anterrupted apologetlcally After that we make our own prayer as we go along and thank God for all He s done for us I caught hold of JOSIC s hands hec ause she wasn t one to keep them folded the way Iattle chaldren always do an plctures and then hoth together we recated, Now I Iay me down After that wath a Iaghter heart I hegan the prayer thanking God for Has dally glfts It was my own fault I got a llttle too chatty I was just goang to say how terrlhly glad we were Aunt Sarah had come when -Iosae s hands wlggled urgently under mane I opened my eyes her eyes hadn t heen closed at all 7 K T I l s I I I l e I I 7 I - I I 9 - 3 , . , ,, , , 1 1 , , -, . e - . . 1 1 1 '1 1 1 . v I 1 I f 3 I 3 7 1. 1 ' a' 1 11 1 32 1 1 '1 ', ' ' 11 ' .. . , 1 e t 1 1 1 W x v s ' I ' YH 5 ' N 1 1 1 1 L . '. ' ' 1 , 1 1 1 f 1 a a . 1 1 1 Y' 1 . When at came tame to put josae to hed, Aunt Sarah saad, I ll hear her prayers , , , 1 1 . 5. Q 'S . 1 . tg . . I ' 1 3 I , , n n L . , m , I I -1 I . , , 1 . , . , 3 K 9 ' 1 a ' 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , x 1 1 1 It ' . ' 9 1 1 1 1 e e r . . . I' c , 4 34 , 4 3 . , I I 1 . 1 . . , ' Q , K f 1