Seattle University - Aegis Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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S E A T T L E C () L L E G E A X XU A L 0 We are glad to publish the photos of two of our former students, James Gill and Gerald Beezer, who have entered the Novitiate at Los Gatos, California. James Gill is the JAMK3 J. GILL son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Gill of this city. He received his early training at St. Rose’s Academy, which was then conducted by the Sisters of the Holy Names, on Broadway. He entered Seattle College, where, after the completion of his high school and college course, he received the degree of A. B. For several terms James held the office of prefect of the Junior Sodality and was later chosen to fill the same position bv his fellow students in the Senior Division. He is well remembered by the old students as the Valedictorian of the graduating class of 1913. He entered the Novitiate of the Society of Jesus, July 30. 1913. Gerald Beezer had been a student at Seattle College for five years when he answered the call of the Master to the vocation of the priesthood in the Jesuit order. He applied for admission at the Novitiate on July 17. 1914, being then in his seventeenth year and well advanced in his class studies. His long service as altar boy at the Carmelite Convent chapel and regular weekly reception of Holy Communion evidenced his love for the choice he was about to make. Gerald is the son of Mr., and Mrs. M. J. Beezer. It is our earnest wish that our divine Lord bless both of these Alumni of Seattle College with all the graces necessary to correspond to their true vocation. “Seattle College Day may be recorded as one of the eventful celebrations among the students of the college. It promises to promote a college spirit and to unite the students with a greater love and loyalty to their Alma Mater. 'Flic accounts we have received of similar celebrations in Holy Cross College and at Gonzaga University prompte 1 the students to attempt a like celebration. CKIt.M.I) KKXAI T HKKZKU Our program was modest in its scope, but all great things have a small beginning and we hope that in the future we will lx able to

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8 T II K P A L K S T R A means of expressing your thoughts on the various subjects which shall be interesting to your fellow students, to your friends and to the world at large. And inasmuch as it will be an incentive for the training of the mind we believe that we are entitled to give our Annual its new name. “Palestra. 1'he name, however, should be familiar to the old students who attended school as early as the year 1902, when it was customary for each class to collect in book form their best literary productions under such titles as “The Palestra,” “The College Journal.” etc. The appointment of Father J.Tomkin as Rector caused no surprise to those who have known him i:i the past years, has worked in Los Angeles College as vice-president for a number of years, in fact he has been associated with that southern institution since its foundation, taking a deep interest in its progress and trying to render college life agreeable and pleasant to the students in their new and humble surroundings. From what we have seen of him in tin-short space of time he has been with us we feel that our new Rector will win to himseif the love and affection of the boys. YVe extend our congratulations to our former Rector, Rev. C. Carroll, on his new appointment to the parish of the Immaculate on Eighteenth Avenue and East Marion Street. Seattle College owes him a debt of gratitude for his untiring energy in the work for a new college. It has been his ambition ever since he came to Seattle to sec a larger institution of learning for our Catholic youths in the city, and although it was r.ot realized under his regency, still, we feel gratified that his stay in our city means that we retain a friend whose help and assistance will be of great value in the work of building up a greater Seattle College. We wish him success in his new work. A few changes have been made in the College staff this year. Father Burke, who was prefect of discipline to the boys, has been appointed to the same office at Gonzaga University. Father Burkes place was taken by F a t h e r James Hayes, who taught philosophy last year. Father Forhan is our new professor of philosophy. Father E. Oliver, lately-from St. Louis University teaches freshman. Messrs. Halpin and Stack have gone to Wood-stock College. Maryland. to pursue their studies of theology. Messrs. L. Egan and I. Fabris came from California. the former teaches third high, the latter first high. Mr. Mark Dollivcr. a graduate of Gonzaga University, runs our preparatory department. In the absence of Father Hayes, who is at present in Los Gatos, Fr. J. McKenna is filling the position of prefect of discipline. Fr. Gabriel, owing to Mr. Ver-haaren’s illness, has taught higher mathematics to the Junior and Senior classes. KEY. JOSEPH TOMKIN. S. J. President of Soaulc Col Ipso

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10 T II K P A L E S T P A invite the Alumni of the College to participate in our entertainment. This traditional holiday is looked forward to by the students and alumni of those institutions as a fit occasion to form a closer bond of union between themselves and the faculty. Judging from the enthusiasm manifested by the boys of Seattle 1. Selections 2. Introductory Remarks - 3. Song with Words - - - 4. Recitation ----- 5. Canary Quartette - 6. Tlie All Star Trio from First High 7. “Vacation Army” - 8. “'I'lie Class’ Song 9. Greetings - 10 Selections ----- College we have reason to believe that they will keep up this day in years to come, and will be glad to return to the Seattle College celebration for the purpose of renewing the old spirit of their college life. The following is the program of the entertainment : College Orchestra - Wm. Mayer, Chairman Third High Year Lester Sc horn Monsieur Bartholet, Director - - McIver Lawrence Keating | Vance Moriarty The Sophomore Quintette Senior and Junior Classes John Dougherty College Orchestra Merry Christmas to All The Passing of Pius X recalls to mind the persecuted figure of the Master. Today the hard hearts of the impious instinctively attest the unique character of Christ and of His proxy. 'The world, that so often lies about the Holy Father, in the expression of its feeling at his death, despite itself, makes its heart contradict its tongue, and like the devils in the narrative of exorcism, gives testimony unwittingly but all the more strongly to the divine character of the Papacy. 'The death of Pius X recalls the death of the Master. The Master died broken hearted, as proved by the pericardium that the centurion’s lance pierced. The martyr of tin Vatican hill, midst the roar of maddening Europe thundering in his ears, gave out his soul in grief that finally broke the gentle heart that had been full of the tenderer feelings for human kind. Far from the din of conflict the vicar of the Prince of Peac has fallen with sweet blessings on his lips for foe as well as for friend. The work of Pius is done. He has laid down his triple crown. The preacher’s voice, the monarch’s command and the mighty legislator’s word arc mute, but his soul is royal in a land beyond earth’s sceptre. •» 'Those who find it difficult to believe in the miraculous and who pretend, like Renan and his followers of modern unbelief, that we can have the assurance of the accomplishment of such an event as is styled a “miracle,” on!. when it occurs in the open public, such as in an amphitheatre, where the astounding facts of such unexplainable character may be witnessed by the most efficient and eminent chemist, physicist or physician, those people, I say, would perhaps find a solution to their difficulty if they betook themselves to the little town of Lourdes in France. 'There is the sacred place whither pilgrims from all parts of the globe have journeyed, affected with diseases pronounced incurable by the medical world and have returned home in perfect health. And yet we know that such unbelievers have witnessed these miraculous