Central Catholic High School - Katholikon Yearbook (DuBois, PA)

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Uhr illlmtnr uimuq .nth llcaprnq ELL Son graduatlon IS almost here wlth all that It means I expect you to be valedlctorlan Any glft you wlsh IS to be yours What shall It be a new roadster or a coast to-coast tr1p'? I guess 1ts nelther for me Dad I m not gomg to come out first? Why Allen hovs IS th1s You know you always Sdld you would be valedlctorlan I know Dad but that was before I knew about J1m Carter He has h1s heart and soul set on studylng medicine and lf he comes out first he w1ll be awarded the Grayson scholarshlp In that way and 1n that way only can he attam th1S Why Dad what s a new car or a trlp compared to Jlm s M D degree? Rlght you are boy and I m celtalnly proud of you fol wx 1th drawlng from the lace After vou have been graduated we shall travel for a whlle and then you w1ll be able to start at Whltney College to study your electrlcal englneermg Th1s conversatlon took place between Mr F H Hardmg and h1s son Allen Mr Hard1ng was a promlnent lawyer and quxte wealthy Hls son was not the usual rlch boy 1nstead he was kind generous and thought ful Allens mother dxed when he was young Th1s left Allen and h1s father all and all to each other Hls one des1re was to take up electrlcal englneerlng and bulld rallroads 1n South Amerlca So w1th1n the course of the next few years Dr J M Carter was graduated from Marlon Medlcal College and Allen was graduated from Whltney Shortly after graduatlon wh1le Allen and h1s father were travel mg Mr Hardlng dled very suddenly A month later after the affalrs of the estate had been settled Allen salled for the blue troplcal waters to con quer fields and lead the vanguard of c1v1l1zat1on Beneath the torrld sky near the foot hllls of the Andes was a reglon of swamps almost unhabltated It was here that Allen now found hxmself blllldlflg hlS rallroad In thls desolate swamp beneath the scorchlng sun all was bustle and actlvlty Gangs of men were t01llIlg' steadlly and amxdst it all walked Allen g1v1ng orders here observlng the work and encouraglng the men to do thelr best 1n order to reach the hlgher ground However Just before the work was completed four of Allen s men were strlcken wlth Swamp fever and whlle endeavormg to allevlate thelr sufferlng Allen contracted the dlsease hlmself For weeks he hung between life and death Hls great Vltallty made a desperate fight agamst the grlm reaper but xt was only when he had been sent to the hlghlands of the Andes to convalesce that the Doctol declal ed h1m out of dangel Slowly he IGCOX e1ed trylng to regaln h1s fol mer strength Th1S seemed unable to do the dlsease had left h1m a phy slcal wreck pale and weak and what was worse w1th an un ouenchable yearn1ng for the drug the Doctor had glxen h1m durlng hls QC ' ' 0 77 ax , , s 15 x ,Q 9 9 , ' ' rr u - ' 99 xc n ' 9 9 sr H r 7 ' ' v f ' . . . . ,, cz - 1 . . . . . ' 9 as , , 9 - ' ! 1 ' 1 19 U ' Y 1 7 1 ' v Q y . v' . n 9 , - . . . ,, . . . , 9 9 9 ' , . . . . . , I . . . . . - , L - 1 , , . . u yr ' ' ' ' ' 9 , , a , ' Q' 7 1 1 1 v' . . . . , p Y u Y ' - , - n n . ' u Y .

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whr illmlnr debts But there was newer enough for pleasure and she never tasted the Joys 1n whlch most gnls of he1 age revel One day she had an ot'fe1 a really splendid offer from the discerning but procrastmatlng firm fo1 whom she worked They had long seen that Marcia was lnvaluable to them and had at last evinced that knowledge Henceforth she was to hold a pos1t1on of trust and confidence and her salary was to be commensui ate with hel deserts It was a day of exciting eventfulness With thlq offei had come to Marcia s knowledge through an elderly man whom she had interested the opportunity to secure a llttle suburban house It cou d be bought on the installment plan the terms of Wh1Ch since her promotion were Wlthlli possibility for her Her elderly adviser was in the real estate business and could give M3FC1a special ad vantages lf she cared to purchase 1n the new suburb of which he had control Marcia almost ran to the boarding house which she and her mother called home and poured out hel stcry of that eventful day The latter could hardly realize that it was Malcla flushed laughing bright of eye glad as only they can be glad who have sacrificed evelything for a right eous end and see success within then grasp The fol owing day being Sunday after hearing Mass and entreatmg God s blessing on the prolect she was about to undertake Marcia and her mother went out to Fosterbrook to mspect the house It was a delightful day for such an excursion a beautiful October Sunday full of enough s umbel ous sunshine to have beautlfiecl a less attractlve llttle nest than the house at which they had come to ook Marcla returned 1n a rapture and the next day entered upon her new duties That week she recelved the deed subject to certain conditions now made easy for her to fulfill dolent of fresh plaster va1n1sh and hope When after a year s residence as a commuter of Fosterblook Marcia returned one evening Wlth the clear deed to the tiny house whlch was no longer a dream but a blissful reality for she had that day made the last payment on the house which was now he1 very own She said to her mothel Just think mother dear it IS our home the home I have been wo1 klng for pl aying for dreaming of all this time Needless to say two fervent acts of thanksgiving ascended that night betole God Malcia thanked Him for the help He had given hei in making success hens and the mother tor the daughter with which He had blessed hex h yh lif Leona l NIcDonald 94 il I Y ! 4, A . , . . K. . is ' . , , , 7 . . . . , . n 1 - 7 7 .. , . y . , Y . 1 Y ' a v y , 1 1 ' ' . - ' , l . , - v , The Lawrences moved almost immediately into the new house, re- . ' 9 ' , . . ' , 4- . . 9 7 V H l a ! . ' , , an ' H 4 H- - . , , , Y 1 . . . . , y 9 v ' 77 I 3 - . . The man who seeks one thing in life And ut u : Ma' ope to achieve it e ure life is dune. , 1 , V ' - A , .4 .

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wht Hlrntnr lllness As soon as he had legained strength enough he boarded the steamer fox home and set sail for the States After landing Allen hastened to his bankers office To hls sur prlse and dismay he found the place closed and upon inquiry learned the bank had tailed All his capltal was gone' His palents dead There was no one to we come him home He was a physical and mental wreck The wo1 d no longel possessed any att1 actions for the weakened dlsappomt ed youth He left New York for any place he could reach by his small stone of money The wretched llttle stieet looked dalk and dismal that late autumn night A few gas iets and dlmly lighted windows threw small rays of llght against the darkness Suddenly the dools of a saloon were thrown open and a black mass was hur ed upon the pavement This black heap was a man His face was worn and haggeled deep furrows were around hls mouth and a little blood oozed from a wound on his forehead and mixed Wlth the dlrt of the gutter Few would have recognlved Allen Haldlng the ambitious young engineer who had set out to COHQUQI new wor ds Broken by his physical suffering he had given hlmself up to despair and there he lay a dope fiend a drunkard and an outcast Two women hurrying home vsere moved by sudden pity and calling two passersby took Allen to thelr tenement home where a doctor was hurriedly summoned When Allen came to his senses a tall dark dis tlnguished man was bendlng over him Nothmg was said but the doctor injected something 1n Allen s aim and soon he was asleep The followlng day when the doctor arrn ed Allen was ab e to tell what had brought h1m to that condition I have not always been the wretch you found Once I was young lng but death would be welcome to me and w1th all my soul I wish for it Well suppose you tell me the whole story The doctor listened mutely to his tae of suffering and despair here and there durlng the narration a look of astonlshment and perplexlty would creep over the doc tor s face Final y he blurted out You can t be Allen Hardmg who was graduated from High 1n 03 I was then but I m not any longer I changed my name so as not to brmg disgrace to my old Dad Then surely you remember me Im J 1m Carter the boy to whom you gate the scholarship You were ambitious once why have you abon doned hope? I know you can win YOUI p ace among men Will 5 ou come to my sanitarium whele I can have you undel my C3197 I ll go muttered Al'en and I ll fight my way back lf It takes every ounce of strength I have Ill show the wor d a man can come back even from the lowest depths of degladatlon Allen s moral recox ery was slow but sule At last he found him self a cuied man puxified by suffellng and cleansed of his despair by the noble work of Jlm who on the dax of gladuatlon had promised Al'en he would make a fitting letuin some dax JOSGDIIIIIL Seallc 71 ' 51 . . , . 9 ' ' . 1 D . g . J A ' ' ' . . . . A - 1 I I ' A 1 1 1 v y 1 , 1 1 ' 1 A . 7 . D. . . . . ' . , , . - . . . . , 1 I . ' Y I 1 CS y and ambitiousg once I was rich and decentg but now I am an outcast. Noth- . I . 7 . ' . . ,, ll ,Y ' 3 . 7 ' I 66 Y ' - I A . 1 , , C6 3 KK 9 ' L . Y' uv . 1 I 1- ' , . ' ' 1 1 v v 1 1 ' 'Y CK ! I! K6 7 1 1 7 ' U , . . A ' H 1 , Y 7 Q ' A 1 ' , 1' - v 1' ' w - ' 9 1 .I i ' . ' A -' ' A x ' 1' 'L'