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

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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?

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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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Page 34 PURPLE AND GOLD P Class Will YVe, the class of 1926, of the Christian Brothers Academy, City of Syracuse, County of Onon- daga, State of New York, United States of America, being of unsound mind, as a result of overstudy during the past four years, in irlucid interval, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be our last will and testament, in manner and form following: First: We leave to the faculty at large the following suggestions which we think would meet with the approval of the student body: 1. A smoking room on every floor. Let the Camels and Yara be included in the tuition. 2. Short class periods and a much longer noon hour. 3. Cards and bones would help to relieve the boredom at the senior tables and perhaps the aforesaid bones and dice would be handled with delight by our successors of the class of 1927. Second: To the school in general and at large, we be- queath the following trifling gifts as tokens of our esteem: l. Our photographs for the art gallery in the lower hall that you may look at and admire the class that has set the pace in all school activities and imitate their good example. Heed ye of '27. 2. Most important of all, the space we are va- cating too soon and regretfully for all of us of '26. Third: To the class of 1927-B we will and bequeath: 1. The corner room, If only walls could speak! 2. The history books in the school library with our advice to follow each page with a glass of water sipped at leisure and with pity for those who have to con so much of what is past and gone. 3. The privilege of giving the football team their annual banquet. 4. Our technique in basketball and our Stop, Look, Listen yell and Choo, Choo, Rah, Rah! etc. 5. The well-thumbed dictionary. Be kind to it. lmitate us who have treated this work of the ages with awe and trembling. Fourth : lVe bequeath to the school at large the inter- ests and upkeep of the Purple and Gold, that the doings and glories of C. B. A. may be known and broadcasted. Hark Ye, our successors: the Purple and Gold means much to ye all and the Year Book an untold wealth of reminiscence to '27 4 Fifth 1 The subjoined specialties: 1. Our Arthur Cleary has agreed to bequeath his antique cuspidor to any deserving Pinch Hit boy of the basketball team of 1927, the same cuspidor by the terms of this will to be duly burnished for use near the desk facing the Brother. 2. Don Gorman has willed, with no malice pretense, his comb and brush, both perfectly shaped and fumigated to Fecny of the second year. Sixth: Tothe library we bequeath a new cabinet, to have and to hold the trophies won in the field of athletics by our class. Seventh : To the next Senior Treasurer, Spike Reddy, famous for his success at gold digging, bequeaths his spirit of '49 and his old treasury register, thumbed daily by him for the gouging of a five cent fine from luckless wayfarers who could' not impress the hardhearted Tin Lizzie drivers with the urgent need of their C26 spendthriftsj getting to C. B. A. before 8:45. To their suc- cessors of '27 is bequeathed the dolorous sighs at the parting with the nickel to invest in C. B. A. currency so needed in our matchless cafeteria.