Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception - Annual Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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FIFTH YEAR - SECTION ONE

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A ' N N U A L I 9 3 6 0 ' Reams have been devoted to the recording of the Protestant Revolt and little need be said of it here. Its spread was not peaceful and its means were not honorable. The Chuch lost half of the former Catholic Germany, hundreds of churches, and millions of souls. In Sweden, Norway, and Denmark greedy rulers wholly confiscated church land and property while Catholics were driven from office and the clergy and religious were banished. The revolt spread to England, though it was not impelled by the same factors. The sensuality of Henry VIII brought on a disruption in the ranks of a people that had been once the proud carriers of the banner of Christ. From Henry's time with the exception of the reign of Mary Tudor, England underwent a thorough purging of Catholicism, which DEO GRATIAS was not entirely successful. These conditions lasted in England for about one hundred years after the death of Queen Elizabeth. In Scotland the rising against the Church was brought on first by the influence of Lutheranism and then through Knox via the doctrines of Calvin. Here the deserfion was unduly violent and a civil war broke out in which the Protestants were assisted by the English. One of the worst persecutions since the days when pagan Rome laid bloody hands on the Church was waged in Ireland. From the beginning of Henry's revolt, attack after attack was launched against the Faith of the Irish and with each incursion the roots of Faith penetrated more deeply into the hearts of lreland's Catholics. England's dogged determination to drive the Faith from Erin was a complete failure and it was only in our own day that the plaguing of Ireland came to an end. Finally, in this sweeping survey, we have in Germany of the late nineteenth century the counterpart of Hitler of present-day fame in the personage of Bismarck. He, like the emperors of old, took part in a movement to make the Church subservient to the state. By high-handed legislation, dig- nitaries of the Church as well as the clergy were incarcerated, but such tactics availed nothing. The Church triumphed in spite of the KULTURKAMPF and shook off the fetters of persecution. In this brief attempt we have tried to give a true picture of the presecu- tions suffered by Holy Mother Church since the time when she first shed her rays of salutary goodness over this flagrant world, The scenes are laid in Europe, where, today the fiercest attacks are raging against the Church. The story of these attacks are taken up in full in separate articles on Russia and Germany which will be found in later pages of the ANNUAL. From Europe also are emanating those accursed tenets of Atheism, Agnosticism, Skepticism, Realism, and Materialism which are being insidiously scattered throughout the civilized nations of the world. Mexico's persecution, which is commented upon in this book, is just a solitary example of the modern trend. But from them all the Church will arise intrepid, undaunted, ever glorious, and triumphant as she has in the past. And arising from the blood-splotched arena of Rome's magnificent Colesseum, arising from all the varied fields of slaughter we see a flickering, hovering vision of a powerful and great Church which has been reared and will continue to be reared from the seeds of Faith, watered and tended by the prolific streams of innocent martyred blood In Vitcxm Aterncrm. Because you are not of the world . . . Therefore the world hfliefh YOU-H ROBERT I. BARNWELL, '36 43

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A N N U A L l 9 3 6 0 0 Fifth Year- Section One MATEUB hours and contests have come to occupy an important place in the world ot amusement, especially on the radio. Do not be deceived into thinking that Major Bowes gets all the talent. We will match the Ama- teurs in our class with anybody's amateurs. First of all, we present Iohn Iatkowski of Bay Ridge, our Amateur Coin Collector. Testimonials of his diligence and industry can be obtained with scarcely any effort by writing to any member of this class and enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Next on the program is Thersites Hume, Amateur Artist, who also acts as the Cathedral tennis team on special occa- sions. As the wheel of fortune spins, we found ourselves listening to the melodious strains produced by Fritz Bubinoff Cosgrove, our Amateur Violinist, who is notorious for having fiddled while the students burned. Following him, as usual, is Tom Ryan, the Amateur Horse-Tamer from Omaha, who has con- quered many a pony in his five years with us. Hiding behind the huge bulk of our gay equestrian is Domne lnnocens Lubey, Amateur Villain, all around rogue, occasional scamp, Little Boy Blue and Latin Student. After this creature you will be entertained by no less a performer than lohn 'lGrumpy O'Connor, Amateur Spectacle Polisher and Twirler, the man who invented the whispering campaign. Act ll will be opened by Wally Missback, Amateur l-lead Splitter, who Will positively and without the least trickery crack two hardwood floors and a marble column with his bare, unaided cranium. Next in order comes Hugh Byrne, Amateur lce Walker and present holder of the world's record for the Two Foot Crash. Close behind Doctor Byrne is Quintus Fabius Heffernan, Amateur Name Gatherer, whose appellation it laid end to end would certainly clutter up the Latin class. Then we have Pete Altman, Amateur Masticator and Sandwich man, who will devour at one bite a loaf of bread in any class designated by the audience. Bringing this act to a close is George Staiger, Amateur Baden Baden Bad Man, the only man who can keep Lubey under control. As the final act begins we find the stage occupied Cliterallyl by Ernie Vohs, Amateur Floor-Duster, who specializes in worm's eye-views of basketball courts. The next performer is Charley Vogel, who will entertain you with marvelous tales of the Seven Seas. By now you are ready for Edgar Guest Dengel, Amateur Poet, and But Slinger, who thinks Homer is great, But-. After him comes little Charles Muggins Buby McGee, the Amateur Fuller Blush Man. Then comes another Charleyg this time one of the Girnius clan, our Amateur Ford Driver, whose chief occupation consists in avoiding Poles. Galloping behind Charley's Ford VZSU4 we see loe David, our Amateur Run- ner, who is training for a six-mile match race around Lake Killarney against Chris Haggerty. Next is Barney Molloy, Amateur Basketball Spectator and Library Magazine Collector. Last but not least, we present as a fitting finish to our show, Professor Albert Witterholt, Amateur Long Distance Food Con- sumer, holder ot all world's records for non-stop eating. lOSEPH F. DAVID, '37, 45