Christian Brothers Academy - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Syracuse, NY)

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Page 32 PURPLE AND GOLD larity and snappy business methods became lead- ers in their adopted city, Sawtooth, Michigan. One evening Ben Weiss told us that he received a call from two gentlemen. VVhen Ben saw their names on their card, Gooley Sz Ryan, Under- takers, he danced a highland fling and lost no time in getting from his easy chair to the lobby of the theatre. Phil blushed redder than ever and Gooley in his most Winsome manner greeted their old pal. The rest of the evening was spent in speaking of school days and the years follow- ing. Gooley finished his college course at Man- hattan with Red and learning that over 100,000 people died every day he concluded that he and Phil should make capital of this wholesale dis- appearance and wax fat in purse on the attempts of such poor fools in getting away from life. Ask Gobley or Ryan why their choice of such a sad occupation and either will say he got the idea from Macbeth. By the way, said Phil to Ben, did you ever hear of Kortright since he graduated ? Kortright! You mean the chap from Ca- millus? Oh, he went to Africa. From his child- hood he felt that he would make aigood lion tamer because he found the farm mule so easy if 1 If 'ia X g..5l.z'ii9' to handle. He gave such a glowing account of the sport to a few of his pals, that Leo, Hunt and Burns decided to cast their lot with him and go abroadm and V-emulate the deeds of 'Teddy' Roosevelt, ,They contracted to supply a circus with maneatingilions. VVhile they were in Africa, a chief of the pigmy tribe took a fancy to 'Ritchie' and adopted him into his tribe, married him to his daughter and made him the medicine man. After a few years 'Boots' returned with his catch to the States. As none of the trio had ever seen a wild animal except in picture books or in the Burnet Park Zoo, they had captured a few tigers and did not know their mistake until they delivered them to the circus. Boots was broken-hearted and his two fellow hunters gave him the laugh. lk :if Pi? Tk PF W'ell, they are all anchored! Let us hope that Dame Fortune will treat them all kindly and when we all meet in 1951 we shall listen to stories and doings to outrival the dreams of the most opti- mistic of prophets. All for C. B. A. and C. B. A. for all. ROBERT C. PALTZ, Prophet. ni

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PURPLE AND GOLD Page 31 was well nigh groggy. At that critical point Matty, who was still a slave to the plug, turned his head to spit, since then Matty has eschewed the chew. Ye coming generations, take warning, when your basketball mentor tells you to cut out the smoke, don't hesitate, but don't hire a cuspi- dor as Artie has done UVhere did he get it?j but fall back upon the innocent pepsin or invest in a bag of peanuts. Enough satisfaction in that until le frere catches you and tells you not to chew during class except at examination times, then it will help the flow of thought and put you on easy street. Aye, Aye, quoth our next speaker, Mac, from Jordan. Mac was with us but a year, but he was a true C. B. A. boy from the start. In football, basketball, and baseball he did his bit. jordan is a little place but it begets big things. Mac is a sample. When Mac arose to speak we listened with interest to his story. He took an in- terest in flying QWho would not, who comes from Jordan Pj and attained a high position in the U. S. aviation corps. Against innumerable obstacles he had placed the U. S. in the lead in aviation. As a climax to his career he headed an expedition to the South Pole. After securing valuable in- formation for the U. S. Government he stood the stress of three winters in hitherto unknown lands in the Antarctic regions before his advent to civilization. My present plan, he told us, is to connect the world's great cities by airplane. Your ideas, Johnnie, are all enduring, may they be accomplished. Were Chief Cadin to know of the hidden gems in the C. B. A. he would be delighted. The elon- gated, attenuated figure of Long john Murphy was the cynosure for the next few moments. He told us how he, Zuke and Stapleton had founded a famous detective agency. The incident that brought this about was in- significant. One night when they were at Mur- phy's house the lights went out. On looking out of the window they discovered that the lights in the other houses were burning. After a lapse of a half hour, one of the three had a brilliant idea. Perhaps, said he, the fuse has blown. All three proceeded cautiously to the darkened cellar and replaced the blown fuse. Sure enough, the lights went on again. Concluding they were great sleuths as a result of this discovery, they launched out as private detectives. If they claim such powers as Sherlock Holmes, can theyferret out the one who ate the peanuts on the Brother's desk on the afternoon of january 12, 1926? Solve that and your fame is established. From the mystic realms of solving the mys- teries of the underworld we ascend to the sublime precincts of the professor's chair from which Spike Reddy spoke to us. Immaculately at- timed, he launched off into a dissertation on the present system of education. Hoppy and Fetch disagreed, but Del felt that a prophet had arisen. Spike argued for more music and sewing, but from the chorus of disapproval he felt his cause was lost, altho he quoted frequently from his latest work The XVhichness of NVhat and W'hy. When Spike had subsided, Bunny Hamel arose to tell, us of his life-struggle with corpulency. As a young man he had taken on avoirdupois to his discomfiture and decided to adopt means to remain gracefully slender. To aid others sim- ilarly afflicted with Hatulency, he started a beauty parlor with reducing as a specialty. Despite his strenuous advice to his patrons, he could not re- sist his noodle soup and sauerkraut. The result was that he became the corpulent specimen that he is. However, Ox is a happy character, bubbling over with good nature and optimism. He has given up being a beauty doctor. The remainder of our class could not come to our reunion g but tho absent, they were not for- gotten or unsung. jeff told us of joe Byrne who went into partnership with France Maloney in the huckster business and because of their popu-

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U PURPLE AND GOLD Page 33 Where Will You Anchor? U The rising sun peeping over the purple horizon discloses a beautiful picture as we stand on the hill overlooking the bay. Thru the white morn- ing mists we can barely discern the quiet waters of the bay. The sun rises a little higher, the mists are scattered, and we see a ship Hoating on a bay of molten gold. The sun is above the horizon now, and we per- ceive signs of activity on board the anchored vessel. VVe hear a faint, faraway sound, the anchor is being raised. A light breeze rumples our hair playfully, and a moment later the sails of the vessel quiver, then fill out, and the ship begins to move. Quietly it sails thru the placid waters of the bay, past the headland and out into the alluring but treacherous waters of the deep. As the ship passed us, we marvelled at the graceful lines of the hull, the beauty of her sails, and the air of staunchness that bespoke a master builder. Thing of beauty tho she be, yet shoals, reefs and storms threaten her. All too soon, mayhap, she may become a derelict or gruesome wreck. Stop a moment, you who are embarking. You are sailing thru a peaceful bay, school life, to- wards the headland, commencement. Beyond the headland, What? Do not expect to sail straight from the head- land to the port of peace and success. You can- not do it. Furious gales of disappointment and disillusionment will strike your vessel and, per- chance, capsize it or drive it on the reef of des- pair. You may strike a calm of laziness, your ship may drift slowly but surely to the whirlpool of failure. Youmay lose your pilot, ambition, and drift hopelessly until your hull becomes a waterlogged derelict. There are many places to anchor,-ports, roadsteads, sheltered bays, beeches, reefs, the deep sea. Your destination is the thriving port of success, the capital of the country peace. You of '26 have been launched under the most happy auspices, the devoted care of parents and teachers has watched your upbuilding. Their hopes and fears are launched with you,-hopes of a bright, successful future, and the fears that the storms of life may find you too weak to weather them. XVith the solid Christian principles instilled into us for our chart, with our faith as our compass and hope for anchor, we cannot but defy any storm. lYith the Star of the Sea to look to, where else can we anchor but in the harbor of peace where all the storms of life will be forgot- ten in the thought that we have reached Home, welcomed by our Father, and assured of an eter- nal enjoyment with the dear companions of our schooldays, and with those whose love and soli- citude made easy and encouraging our journeys thru life. Let us of '26 be faithful and encouraging to one another thru life. Launched as we all have been with the most promising prospects, we shall surely anchor in our port of destination,- Heaven. ROBERT C. PALTZ '26 Class Motto: Nunc deducemus, ubi stabimus. Now we launch, where will we anchor?