Campion Jesuit High School - Knight Yearbook (Prairie du Chien, WI)

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GC 99 ur Lady only for his personal life but es- pecially his poetry. In all, he Wrote six poems about her: The Singing Girl, about which one critic said In all the realm of literature there is no sweeter tribute to Our Lady 9 Annunciation, Visitation, The Rosary, A Blue Valentine, and For a Birthday, and made men- tion of her in nine others. One can only regret that he did not live longer that he might have enrich- ed literature With many more beautiful tributes to the peerless Virgin who so attracted and cap- tivated his manly love. There is one harp that any hand can play, And from its strings what harmonies arise. There is one song that any mouth ran say, A sung that lingers when all singing dies. Wihen on their beads our .Vother's children pray, Immortal music charms the grateful skies. from THE ROSARY Campus shrine to Mary built by Campion priest and student socialists. It is the scene of October daily Rosary and May devotions. 'L Late afternoon sun inflames multi-colored stained glass of choir window in the Chapel. it rf Q mr if gg. A miie., f. Ah. be , 'lik

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f Q. 3 Ulmer and I can honestly offer Trees and Main Street to GUI' Lady, and ask her to present them, as the faithful work of her poor unskilled crafts- man. to her Son. I hope to be able to do it with everything I write hereafter - and to be able to do this is to be a good poet. So wrote Kilmer to his wife about his two most famous volumes of poetry and the grateful dedication of his poetic accomplishments to the Blessed Virgin. For, once Kil- mer became a Catholic, he discov- ered in Mary the pure Mother of God, the shining inspiration not There was II little maiden In blue and silver drest, She sang to Cod in Heaven, ylllll flful iritlzin her breast. It flmulerl me with pleasure, ll pierrefl me like ll sirnrrl, llilii-u this VYUIIIUI nulirleu sung: Hy ,wul cloth magnify the Lord. So all tlze uwrlrl kneels flown to you, glllll all tliings are your tllfllj ,Voir let Il llululile rliymer sue lfefnre your IT-VSffll Ilirnue. lfrur Qiieeu. ul your ruse-petal f Iiifl me tu lure mul fliel Ant all your irnrld of lovers, Sl Cruz lore so Illllfll as I. About thy head celestial legions hover, Chanting the praise of thy humility. Kil- mer's poem aptly describes this scene from rose window of Students Chapel picturing Marys coronntion as Queen of the Angels. E-:--vi. ,.l,f-A V i '.'AlN YWEET ee! et, Aw : o g v. ,, 3, r A -V f ini' ' H l TP As i-5: :gpm f - 11' K -.iso qs ,Cuff f, Jew F 1 i fs, Aim- K V--ci Pr-in i -lo, LC: iv-f 10

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ilmer, the soldier Just 17 days after war was declared on Germany on Aprll 23 1917 Joyce Kllmer though over the first draft age and havmg a Wlfe and four small chlldren volunteered for the Army Frlends and prlests trled to dlssuade him but Kllmer felt he had a call from God a true vocatlon hence God would take better care of my wlfe and chlldren than I should ever hope to do Close frlends later recognlzed somethmg almost mystlcal 1n h1s dec1s1on a deslre a pre destlnatlon clearly felt for somethmg hlgher more noble more satlsfymg than anythlng the world could glV6 In add1t1on to his desire to serve h1S country and follow Chrlst 1n sufferlng by natural d1spos1t1on he was a fighter Th1s fighters Splflt led hlm first to transfer to the famous Flghlllllg 69th Reglment because It was Irlsh and Cathol and would go to France sooner then 1n Apr1l 1918 to transfer from h1s safe statlstlcs work to Reg1mental Intelllgence so he could be up Front scoutmg enemy pos1t1ons, and finally at the height of the great battle of the Marne to volunteer for the first battallon because h1s own would not go up that day Here It was as leader of a patrol to locate a machlne gun nest, that Kllmer dled a bullet 1n h1s forehead th -Yxov4A,g,,,,., lqlq dgS..v9-J 'V'Y, Lqpsnobu-Wax rw.,J,,,.,.-Au- 'avJn-I wQb,,,.,9..l E !,,..,-J-4 Lu'- LVD -u-aL In five days of fightmg Sgt Kxlmer was w1th me throughout durlng these five days I not only came to see his fine qual1t1es as an mtelllgent and 8Ct1Ve soldier but h1s real courage and gallantry Col William Donovan then Major of the Fnght ng 69th of New York whlch became the 165th Reg ment of the Rainbow Du s on Azw'-0-fvt obhsg-9.1-.50 tx I,,,9.a-o-'D -weft'-2 GA Al Q,-v'-vb wp O-0x 'l 6B v-saufyol ,T o,l,bL,,-lvhxo 'G new H+-4 'l ,Mawf1'f'f'MN 990V-9'cY0AAN He was absolutely the coolest and most lndlffer ent man 1n the face of danger I have ever seen It was not for lack of love of l1fe It was partly from h1s mborn courage and devot1on he would not stmt h1S sacrlfice partly hxs deep and real bellef that what God wxlls IS best Father F ancs Duffy famous chaplam f the Rainbow Dv 0 He would always be domg more than h1s orders called for 1 e gettmg much nearer to the enemy s pos1t1ons than any officer would be 1ncl1ned to send h1m Nlght after mght he would l1e out 1n No Mans Land crawlmg through barbed wlres ln an effort to locate enemy pos1t1ons and enemy guns and tearmg h1s clothes to shreds Yn-if Sgt Major Esler Knlmers comrade at the front Sal-'j'M 'N-MJ-Daz'-1-1qfex 'L .T-QM,,,,.,n1,w:fbvG lu 9 1 y 9 7 ' 7 , T H . . u ' ' . . . . . . . H . ' 7 y Q . . . . ,, . . . . l , - X n , l U n 4 ll ' - H ' u' ' ic u, ' ' , 7 7 ' ss u ' ' ' . . . . . 7 f if n ' - ' 1 . . . . . , . M- 'rr' 3 - , 1 I . H . . . , v - . . . ,Y u Y ' . . I V , , 1 ' - - ' p I. i .. - ' ' I 'vi I . , V . ' u - - - 7 . l . , . hwy- - , , , D - . . . ,, . Q r I , ' Q ' isi . g, vw and , ' n ' u ' - . ' ' v ?, Y ' 'Y , . . 7 Y 5. ' ' v . , , . U ' ' ' .I . . L I . . - A,-,,,'1 ' 2