Our Lady of Lourdes High School - Knight Yearbook (Marinette, WI)

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l l W . N -'3 6 ' 1 ' - , , I 0 , M-, , .f 'B -A LOURDES Eff n - ' 'Ss fi ,X ' 'if f 'N xl' O O O rt 'V ,i wwm 4D, QA o 0iiOr A C ' Q 0lUIlpdl'llS0lUl J N the story of The Merchant of Venice the Jew who takes part is represented as a Q money-grasping and revengeful man who gets his money by lending it out at a high rate Q of interest. Shylock is a tall, skinny, scrawny-faced man, having a long black beard, tapering to a point. He was a selfish man who never did any good with his money. Isaac of York, the Jew in Ivanhoe , is of an entirely different type. He was short, 4 stoop-shouldered, and feeble. His features were keen, with an acquiline nose, and piercing 0 black eyes. His long grey hair and beard and wrinkled forehead would have made him hand- .L , some had they not been marks of his race. He used his money wisely by helping others when , in distress, as shown when he fit out the Palmer with a. charger and suit of armor for the l tournament. When he lent money to people, he sometimes lent it without interest if they b were only able to pay the amount they borrowed. Shylock, on the contrary, would not lend his 8 money unless he was sure of being paid back with interest. ,V 3' Shylock's treatment of his daughter cannot be compared with the treatment of the daughter of Isaac of York. Shylock did not provide his daughter'with any pleasures or with 1 the little lineries becoming a, young girl. He did not do anything to gain her affection, until 'V X at last she stole some of his money and jewels and eloped with Lorenzo. Isaac of York treated Q A his daughter like a queen. He bought her clothes to match her beauty and gave her money 47 5' wherewith to buy little favors. She is able to pay back to Ivanhoe's messenger the money l that he had brought in payment for the charger and suit of armor.. Unlike Jessica, she is the X constant companion of her father. , 4 l Shylock, in The Merchant of Venice is very cruel, even to the point of cutting a pound 9 ' 3 of flesh from Antonio because he failed to pay' the money he owed him. Isaac of York was 4 of a milder nature, when in the tournament Ivanhoe was wounded, he took care 'of him as if he had been his son. Isaac of York is clearly the better and nobler man. ' BERNARD Mizvlans, '31. . EDMOND BREAULT, '31, 0 l 1 l l l 0 i l I l 0 I o F 1 l 5 1 v 0 O O4 l'5Ot'115 ot?1929r-io,-igy cel., O -l Sixty-one I- 1

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,I my Z v 'W lIfRllES Vi A lv ,. fp7f TQ ttf- ' , W .Nix r .1 'Q ,rf . N 0c.::iO ,NFL Mw hl 42 'XA o O vC The Little Magi UTSIDE the city of Troy stood a large beautiful home. Although it was Sunday evening, just a small light was seen in the servants' quarters in the rear part of the house. It was the home of the Browns, the wealthiest people in the city. They had been Catholics at one time, but after Mr. Brown had obtained the position of president in a large firm in that city, they had gradually drifted away from the Church, and now their faith was least of all things in their thoughts. ln a bedroom upstairs, two little children were in their beds. Billy, a boy of eight, and his little sister, Sue, six. They were alone, for a short time before mother had kissed them goodnight. She was, of course, at a party. Father was, as usual, at his club. So they were quite alone and could talk as long and as loud as they wished. Billy, who ws an unusually bright boy for his age, was trying his utmost to explain to Sue the story which little Tommy O'Brien, the gardener's twleve-year-old son, who lived in the little cottage on the Brown estate, had told them that morning, after he had come home from Mass at the nearby Catholic Church, where he had gone with his staunch Irish parents. Tommy thought it was very queer that Billy and Sue lcnew nothing of the Child Jesus, His holy Mother Mary, and Saint Joseph, so as he had the opportunity that morning he told them in his childish fashion the story of the birth of the Infant Jesus in the city of Bethlehem. Suddenly, after they had remained quiet for about five minutes, Sue said: I think I'll bring Him my doll and you can bring Him your wooly bear. Tommy said He lives in the Church,-in Tommy's church. You can't, don't be silly, said Billy, for He lives behind a small locked door. But, Billy, He'1l open the door for us if He knows 'we are bringing Him something to play with. Tommy said He would. I'm going to ask Him why our mother and father don't take us to church like Tommy's do. Maybe He won't open the door for us. Oh, you are afraid, said Sue. Yon daren't. 'I dare, too, said Billy. Then let's l said Sue. You can help dress me and I'll help you. There was no one in the front hall when the children went downstairs. So hand in hand they went down the front sidewalk and were nearly three blocks 'from home before anyone passed. It was a clear pleasant night and not very cold, but as it grew darker along the way, Sue hung on to Billy's arm more tightly. When they were a block from the Church, a policeman on his beat said to them, You two better hurry along home. Before he had a chance to ask their names, they had disappeared. Upon reaching the church which they knew was Tommy's church, as they called it, Sue said, 'fBilly, you are the oldest. You go in first and see if the little door is locked. .... Where were the children? The maids ran from one room to another, from basement to attic, but they were nowhere to be found. Their absence was discovered when Nancie, their governess, went to their room to see if they were properly covered. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were frantic when phoned for, they feared they had been kidnapped. Soon in all parts of the great city, telephones and radios were telling the news of the two lost children. Mr. and Mrs. Brown searched all parts of the city, but at last they gave up and returned home. When they reached home a message awaited them saying that an old lady had seen two children in the Catholic Church at about eight o'clock that evening. The parents hurried to the church, aroused the sexton, and told him their story. Neither one wished to enter the church, but for the sake of finding their children, they did. They were too suprised to say a word, for at the foot of the altar lay Billy and Sue, sleeping, but holding tight in their arms the wooly bear and doll. After being awakened, Billy said, We came here to see the Child Jesus. Tommy told us He lives behind that little door. We rapped but He did not come, so we sat down here to wait for Him. I dared Billy to come and bring Him: our woolly bear and doll, confessed Sue. A twinge of pain touched their parents' hearts and a lump rose in their throats. After bringing Billy and Sue home and putting them to bed, Mr. and Mrs. Brown talked the incident over. They said it was the Child Jesus Who inspired Tommy O'Brien to tell the children the story of His birth, and that it was He VVho encouraged Billy and Sue to seek Him. They resolved to live up to their faith and henceforth to be fervent Catholics. Mr. O'Brien was given a better position, but he was not told the reason why until later, and he lwas overjoyed to think that his son at so early an age was bringing lost sheep to the true fold. GERTRUDE KLAVER, '3r. O 41-s or---s girl-5 5 'lSixtyl-

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