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

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A N N U A L l 9 3 6 0 ' Saint Marys Seminary Baltimore, Maryland ACK in the Hdiebus antiquisu that a former professor was so fond of recall- ing, we used to envy, as we read the alumni notes in the ANNUAL, the men who wrote them. The Romans would always mention the beautiful Primavera, and the alumni in the Washington Sulpician Seminary would invariably describe the cherry blossoms along the Potomac. We used to long for the days when we too would write back to Cathedral a description of the joys of Seminary life in the Springtime. But now that we are an alumnus, we wonder, sometimes, if we would not rather be undergraduates again. The mood does not last long because our hearts inevitably turn from the happy past to the happier future, and then from the golden realm of dreams to come true, our thoughts return to the present, and with Peter we whisper, Lord, it is good for us to be here. Lord, it is good for us to be here, Our dreams, our hopes, our ambi- tions, our life, is nearer now of fulfillment than it was in our Cathedral days, the days that made the present possible. And although our present is not completely without its shadows, the altar and its Glorious Light is daily draw- ing nearer to dispel those shadows. We are, those of us in St. Marys, already a year out of Cathedral. And we are already a year nearer the burning hope of our lives. Those of us in St. Marys Yes, Cathedral once again has sons in America's oldest seminary, sons who are proud to be here in the cradle of the American priesthood. There are four of us here in Baltimore, Frank Seeger, Dick Pfiefer, Nooky Leonard, and the writer. There faces us the tremendous task of realizing the high ideals, of fulfilling the standards set by our predecessors from our Alma Mater. We shall strive to vindicate the confidence of those responsible for our being here. None of us has yet known anything but joy in his seminary life, for seminary life with the good Sulpicians could not be anything but joy. We have felt, at times, that we are perhaps better off than our fellow graduates. For we have learned that the Church to whose priesthood we aspire, is deed a Catholic Church, something we knew, but never quite realized before we came here. Our friends back in Cathedral we would ask to pray for us. For we who aspire to such a high office need prayers, We have obstacles which we feel only prayer can overcome and we humbly beg your help in overcoming them. To the graduates, soon to be our fellow-alumni, we extend our sincerest congratulations. We hope and pray that your first year as seminarians soon to begin, will be as happy as was ours. And if it should fall to the lot of any of you to join us at Baltimore, we are certain that you will find St. Mary's an auspicious place to start your major seminary career. VINCENT T. EATON '35. 87

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A N N U A L l 9 3 E5 0 ' Literary Review of the Year LITERARY review of the year, such as this, must necessarily be of limited scope. lt cannot be too ambitious. lt cannot detailg it cannot describe. lt must be satisfied to narrate and in some small measure to evaluate. American life seems to reflect itself most accurately in fiction. The novel output each year is prodigious, but it always finds a gullible, carnivorous and, unfortunately, often indiscriminating market. Out ot the hundreds of novels that are read and widely publicized, it is difficult to find a half dozen that are of distinction. This year our most artistic novelist, Willa Cather, brought out her first effort in some time in Lucy Gayheartf' a restrained and dignified romance. Miss Cather is somewhat of the Emily Dickinson recluse type and her work bears the stamp of a detached and sympathetic observation of life. Sinclair Lewis, whose recent novels were definitely on the downward trend tif ever they were really good literaturel addresses a prophetic warning to the people of the United States against Fascism and Communism in lt Can't Hap- pen Here. The most picturesque novel of the year, however, came out of England from thelbusy pen of the Empire's Poet Laureate, lohn Masefield. His Victorious Troy is looked upon by some as the best story of the sea since Conrad wrote his immortals. Historical fiction, usually a fertile field for a facile pen, was rather scarce. One very fine piece of work did appear, how- ever. Helen C. White's Not Built With Hands is a well built narrative hung about an accurate report of historical facts of Medieval Europe. Pearl S. Buck, Nobel prize winner of recent years, had a novel in the form of a biography of her mother, The Exile. lt is a tragic account of what destruction a frigid and sterile Protestantism wrought in a fervid soul. Finally the most heralded work of the year was George Santayana's The Last Puritan. From all accounts it is a very perplexing book. Mr. Santayana is a sincere philosopher and he has set down here the paths of his odysseical ruminations. li is characterized by a silent and resigned frustration. One reviewer said that in his heart of hearts he longs for the substance of Rome. ln recent years the booksellers have noticed an increased interest in bio- graphical reading. These tastes were well taken care of in the past year. Stefan Zweig, whose Marie Antoinette achieved such renown a few years ago, set his hand to the precarious task of writing the life of Mary Stuart. The result, Mary Queen of Scotland and the lsles, although it has enjoyed a large sale, was a disappointment to many. His biography is hardly objective. Among other biographies of an historical and political nature, Mr. George Seldes' Sawdust Caesar, the story of ll Duce, was one of the most important and certainly the most controversial. Suffice it to say that it was banned in Italy and accorded a very Warm reception in England. Another no less re- nowned ltalian was the subject of a distinguished book. Atturo Toscanini by Paul Stefan is destined for a permanent success among the Italian genius' many admirers. ln the year of his canonization St. Thomas More was treated by William Chambers, a non-Catholic, in an authoritive and sympathetic book. The most notable work in hagiography, remarked of very highly in the book 89