Good Counsel College - Vestigia Yearbook (White Plains, NY)

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roamed the Campus searching-seeking for the sheepskin. Because of her former victorious battle with the invading army of the General Examination, she was per- mitted to go certain places which were denied her before. She was now permitted to use the front entrance of the camp, she could now stroll beneath the sacred pines and they smiled and nodded to her as she passed. Two tasks the oracles told her she would have to do in this, her final year, before she found the magic sheepskin: She must Write an account of her st1'uggles on the Campus Boni Consilii and once again she must conquer the army of Examination. With the glowing eloquence of Cicero and the living vividness of Homer, ,34 wrote an account of her four years of battle, with Herculean strength she once again de- feated the hostile army. And now-day of doom! The oracles had told her her four years were passed and she, too, must cease her searching for the sheepskin. On her last day there, while surrounded by her friends, the oracles, ,34 was sad. She not only had not found the sheepskin, but even the thought of leaving forever this beautiful Campus-her home for four years-was unbearable. When she knelt to say goodbye to the priest of God who had watched with loving care her desperate struggle, her tears were turned to joy for he was holding out to her the sheepskin for which she had searched all these years. With tears of joy and sadness, she heard him say: '34, you have done your work nobly. The wise oracles have told me that you above ALL others deserve this prize. I give you this magic sheepskin which will be your protection against all the evils which you will meet in this world. - -ALICE M. 0,ROURKE 65 VESTIGIA 1934

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hidden within the limits of this Campus. Oh, Oracle Dean, you who have been placed to help the seekers of this mysterious sheepskin have you any words of wisdom which will lead me to it? My sire has promised me half his kingdom if I obtain it within a space of four years. The oracle answered, '34 we are forbidden to give you the sheepskin for the mere asking. There are many others seeking the same thing. I will bring you to the other oracles and if you listen closely to their words of wisdom, by the time four years have passed you will have learned where to find the sacred sheepskin. And so for many months '34 dailylistened to the wise words of the oracles. They told her of the many conflicts in which she would take part. They prophesied what form such attacks would take and gave her various directions so that she might come forth victorious. Afterseveral months the first big battle began, just as the oracle predicted. The formidable, invisible army of Examination marched on to the Cam- pus. All was confusion among the seekers for the sheepskin. There were several divisions of this vast army, each part using different weapons, each more terrible than the other. One legion used for weapons sines, cosines and parallelepipeds, another phonetics, another enclitics and proclitics, and still a fourth zeugma and aposiopesis. Some of her companions were killed in the fray, but '34 with her ban- ners Hying succeeded in routing the enemy. i In order to make '34 as invulnerable as possible against the advancing enemy, the oracles provided her with a uniform-a long black tunic and a white shield so con- structed as to protect her neck for there was the enemy most likely to strike. Her helmet was also of black, from which hung a tassel. With this tassel she was to mark off her victories over the enemy, moving it after each great victory. The struggle which '34 had to wage was a hard and long one. Sometimes she seemed to despair of victory but the wise oracles-wise in many other ways than prophecy-made her take a rest. Sometimes they sent her back to her fatherlandg other times, instead of coaching her in the ways of the enemy, they would take her off on a campaign-not a warring campaign but one that would develop her powers of endurance. Such campaigns would end on a mount like unto Olympus where they would feed her the magic food called canis calidus. Thus would her powers be strengthened and refreshed. Each year during her search for the magic sheepskin '34 was the guest of the oracles at an ambrosial feast. A few days before the feast on which their King had come to earth in the form of a Babe, the oracles called all the searchers together and bid them feast in His honor. After such feasts '34 with other seekers of the sheepskin taking lighted tapers would form a victory line around the Campus praising and glorifying their King. After three years of battle and well-earned victory, a day dawned for '34 when the elements all laughed and cried. The battleield seemed deserted and even within the interior of her camp, Preston Hall-there was only quiet. '34 realized the terrible truth. She alone was left to look for the magic sheepskin. The older seekers had gone. Still clothed in her black armor, with her tassel now in the highest position, '34 64 VESTIGIA 1934

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GLOWING EMBERS Draw near to the fire! Gaze down into the embers. Come closer. Now look deep and listen to the tale I have to tell. I will disclose to you the future, ten years from now. Think of it, Puss, I will be one hundred twenty-five years old. VVe are getting a little old! Now watch closely, watch closely and you will see Thirty-two Shadowsi' rise out of the embers, and burst into glowing, living sparks of Fame and Fortune. See: from out of the calm and peace of Good Counsel we soar over the mighty Atlantic to the southern part of Dover, England. Here, on the sandy shores of the English Channel, we find a slim athletic figure cutting the waters. Newspaper men have referred to her as Miss O'Connor, but to you she is none other than Maureen. In ten hours we find her on the foggy coast of Calais, France, proclaiming her vic- torious record. Another Gertrude Ederle in our midst. The live coals are still hovering in France. Ah! What have We here?-We are engulfed in the whirlpool of Parisian life and we are suddenly within Montmartre. But look! Mademoiselle Helen Martin is causing a sensation with her revised inter- pretation of the ancient Bolero. Et plus encore, there is Mademoiselle Anne Potenza who acts as a foreign translator of the languages and customs of these people for the great dancer. Wait! The fire is not clear-ah! yes! The gigantic Alps loom before us,-behold Geneva! the seat of the International Peace Conference. And who is it you see taking an important part? Margaret 0'Neil, Ph.D. She has averted impending war by the adoption of a plan based on Pan-Americanism and the Monroe Doctrine. During her college days this was her favorite topic. While we are in Switzerland we will climb Mt. Zurich, and inspect the astronomical observatory of Professors Ecclesine and O'Rourke. Their startling discovery on the influence of the planet Pluto on Earth has changed the theories of many great scientists. For years they have been studying the heavens, and the world owes much to them. What is this we see now? The blue waters of the Rhine. We seem to land right in Heidelberg. Observe the pandemonium of people at this great center of learning. In the midst of that crowd notice that agile woman. Yes, Frances Tubridy. For the past three years she has been a familiar figure about the campus. Her recent work Compilation of Solid and Plane Geometryn has just been published, and she is at present giving a series of illustrated lectures on her famous publication. What irony of fate brings us to Russia? St. Petersburg is our next point of interest. Meet the famous writer Ruth Rogalin who has resided here in order to absorb the atmosphere and customs of the people, and thus transmit it into her writings. Listen to the crackle of the fire, what apparition shall we see now? The land of Romance and Sunshine, Italia. If you examine the ruins and antiques of ancient Rome you will find Alice Hogan, who through a personal interest in Good Counselfs 66 VESTIGIA 19