St Fidelis Seminary - Skullcap Yearbook (Herman, PA)

Text from Pages 1 - 68 of the 1941 volume:

Uhr Eihvlian 1941 521 ifthrlui 'QJQITPYEIYU Svnrwtg 1-l IJ Ehitrh auh Buhlinhrh hg Ihv . 1 rrnlan, Ia. D , KA Ex v'f ' To the Sacred Heart To the Members of the Facullj and Io Our Dezoted Parents Bvhiratiun ggzcuffy IN MEMORIAM Wrth deep sympathy the Frdelran chronrcles the death of the Very Rev erend Srgmund Cratz Provrncral of the St Augustrne Provrnce of the Capuchrn Fathers and a lrfelong frrend of St Frdelrs Hrs next and rn many ways hrs most rmportant work was that centered around the Toner Instrtute a refuge for homeless boys He also led and organrzed a mrssron and retreat band among hrs fellow frrar Later he sparked the Natronal Retreat Movement that rs st1ll rushrng onwarcr occasrons to address drstrngurshed gatherrngs of clergy and laymen As provrncral he had completed one three year term and was rn the second of another when the Lord decrded to brrng hrm unto Hrmself Naturally these mayor dutres were supplemented by hundreds of smaller and unsung favors temporal and sprrrtual whrch he drd for those both needy and opulent who sought hrs assrstance and advrce Now after a lrfe of untrrrng self sacrrlrce and endless charrty we can all be assured that he rs thrs very day lookrng down upon us from hrs eternal home rn Heaven and rs obtarnrng from hrs almrghty Father even greater blessrng for hrs earthly frtends . . . . , S' . . . . , As a speaker, he often travelled hundreds of miles for festive or solemn MlQiM Rev Bertrand Brookman O F M Cap Dzrector Latm W af Rev Gerard Greenewald O F M Cap Rev Arnold Yanker O F M Cap Rev Armand Yeaglln O F M Cap Rev Harold Vogler O F M Cap Prefect Enghsh Mathematxcs Scxence SpIHfUaID1IGCfOl' Brology l ik V. l W , . ,... . ' . , . . . Prefed, English, Laiill Prefect, Religion, Latin, Science 5 K+ an - W 'ffl' ' , -f ' Q lQMM Rev Benno Haggenmdler O F M Cap Rev Austin Waldvogel O P M CEP German Astronomy Chemistry Greek Mathematics Rev Patrxck McGann O F M Cap Rev Vlctor Green O F M Cap Latm Englxsh Latm History 16 - 4' Rev AUIEIIUS Nlckel O F M Cap Rev Marlon Pagendarm O F M Cap Latm Mathematzcs Relzgron English Hxstory D I gp., f M . I ,,,, , . . , . 7.7 . . X , pe' ,1 ' 'O , -1 ff Rev Mark Lmnenberger O F M Cap Hlslory Relzgxon German -ur' Rev Maynard O F M Relxgxon English Mathematxcs Rev Vmceni Langguth O F M Cap German Rel1g1on Rev Glles Staab O F M Cap Latm English Rev Carol Warner O F M Cap Greek Malhematxcs Ven Bro Alphonse Vandenberg O F M Cap lnlzrmarxan Rev Guy Golden O F M Cap Religion Englzsh Greek 5 l Vf G W M A ,Ln 5' . if M we l P' g I if I - - - -I 16 y W , ,,. M ., . 'f ' all :., 8 13 MD lliilllltlmllllll 1 -if 7' 1 Colors - - - Cardinal and Silver Flower ----- Red Rosebud Motto - - - Quo virtus vocat' Prctures MITCHELL STUDIOS Butler Pa Engravrngs THE WOODLAND ENGRAVERS Washlngton D C Pnntrng THE CASLON Pmzss INC Prttsburgh Pa 'SDICLJIXZ3 OHN STPJDUHAR Prttsburgh P It s possrblel W1th a mere two words an rmage of our tall dark semor from Plttsburgh appears Yes everytlme Iohn Sta1duhar returned W1th the marl for he was our fa1thful and unsalarred post man he would be rushed by a 1'I11ll1I1g throng of anxlous semrnarlans shoutlng Any for me? It s possrblel W1th that 1nv1gorat1ng srnlle Stad always produced th1s same retort Stad Jolned our class thts year after spendmg some months as brother novrce to the Capuchm Order and seemed to mould rlght 1nto the group as so much wax or putty He IS a clever artlst and from hrs graduated qurll flowed the exqutsrte drawrngs wh1ch elaborate the Cover and head pages ot our yearbook In sports handball IS h1s forte In watchrng hrm play one wonders how he could lose a game Hrs long legs straddle the Court and hrs rangxng arms seem to touch the s1de walls as he swlngs away at the httle black pellet He lS happlness persomhed when readlng and every rdle moment fxnds hrm deep 1n some tnterestmg novel Stad Wlll depart to Cumberland to enter the novrtrate for the Holy Prresthood We are certam he Wlll make as good a novrce as he was a sennnarlan and senror here at St Frdehs Loads of luck Stad U 1 , . , . . - - I I , . r O C I . I CI. U 1 . H . . , . I I I - 1 . . . . .1 Ht- 1 I I - . H . . . . . .. .1 - 1 1 -..- A , . . , . , . 1 1 , . . , . lfillll fl MLM uf HERBERT SNYDER l A Arnold Pa Here IS the phys1ognomy of our Dean Herbert Snyder whtch manrfests the leadershrp the sound loglc and ass1duous tratts wh1ch though h1dden behmd a stern aspect mould h1m as a man of worthy repute Dean a notable c1t1zen from the renowned c1ty lthtrd class accordtng to last Cen sus quotes Deanl of Arnold 1S a student of the ltahan language and da1ly probes 1ts beautlful mus1cal sonants and 1d1omat1cal phrases As the head sacrrstan Dean fulf1lls hrs offlce capably and l1d19S the altars w1th maternal surverllance In the classroom Dean favors the study of Englrsh authors He 1S one of Newman s 1ntr1ns1c followers and de lrghts to delve mto h1s lrterary achrevements In basketball although playrng on a weak team Herb was voted the best guard ln the league accordlng to the All Star ballots and IS one of the best on the tenn1s turf ln f1ne Dean IS an all around student skllled for sundry enterpr1ses and f1t mentally phystcally and sprrrtually for h1s future studles ln Iuly Dean w1ll board for Cumberland where he w1ll contmue h1s studtes 1n the cradle of the Capuchm Order -QXJIV Xjl I ROBERT COX New Phllctdelphrcr Oh1o Gentle as a lamb vahant as a hon WISG as a Solomon and more useful than a Sears Roebuck catalog are a few characterlstrcs wh1ch rrghtfully belong to Robert Cox the Apollo llke gentleman who halls from New Phrladelphra Oh1o H1s w1n n1ng smlle and hrs wrllrngness to help rn every way have mtroduced many new frrends to h1m here at St F1dGl1S Although not an or1g1nal mem ber or the class of 41 Bob fltted tn perfectly when he jomed our class back tn 36 Hrs actrve mrnd placed h1m among the class leaders and h1s athletrc bend often made h1m the breadwrnner rn our class sports He was ever v1ctor1ous tn classroom and on the campus Because of h1s ab1l1ty to typewrrte Bob has been a member of the Echo staff for the last frve years He was a farthful member and because of h1s tested ab1l1t1es he 1S now Edrtor 1n ch1ef of our school paper Bob excels ln the make up art of whrch he IS ch1ef In th1s category h1s work has been rnspected and approved by many even professronal cr1t1cs' The qual1t1es of a true Amerrcan boy are found rn Bob In Iuly Bob w1ll enter the Capuchln nov1t1ate rn Cumberland where he w1ll contmue h1s work 1n the brown habrt of St Franc1s The best of luck to you Bob' I My H 'L . 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' 1 - , - I , ' 1 . , - I I - , K 't f' 'J at 1 , , , , I - I ' - . . .. - X , . . . , .. . , . . . . , .. ,, . . - , . . , . ltllllll li MMM FRANCIS SCHMITT P1ttsburgh Pa Francis Schmltt was just another carefree M1n1m way back 1n 35 One evemng he 1mpressed every one by his masterly presentation ot a cue from Calvary s1nce then he has been known to us all as the possessor of rare dramat1c 6b1l1l19S From that n1ght he has been stead1ly climbing upward on our Fidelian dramat1c ladder Now after six years he has reached the top rung ot the scale which IS marked Caiphas Spin always adm1red the play Calvary and it was through his efforts that it was lntroduced here at St F1del1s and adopted as our annual passion play He always cher1shed the fond hope that one day he could portray Caiphas of Calvary His favorite sport IS tenn1s but his yen tor smashing a killer across the net full of eyes does by no means hamper his activeness in other sports Tall of stature qu1ck witted 1ov1al and gifted with perseverance Spin IS always more than w1111ng to do his share of work Because of these sterling qual1t1es Franc1s has made tnends wherever he appeared In a iew short weeks has answered the call and w1ll enter that order 1n September C32-GX?-NZB WILLIAM YOUNG Dover Ohio ,.. To look at Dovers Hank Young one sometlmes wonders what he is but that IS only his appear ance He has a pair ot very long crescent shaped legs but on a basketball tloor they sh1ne Hank is a super colossal basketeer and as a matter of tact he is an all around athlete We have seen h1m in action 1n volleyball baseball mushball and tennis and he IS a past master rn all Al though Hank boasts of no beautiful vo1ce for sing ing he does have a gr1pp1ng power tor drarnatrcs as shown ID his rendition ot the wobbhng mocking drunken Btbulus a rollick 1ng tollower ot Bacchus god ot wine But Hank has a deep mterest 1n the classics He IS a close compamon ot CICGTO and Homer As an avocat1on he helps to take the boys to Butler where they visit a dentist or an optometrlst and is always our Man Friday tor any ot the needs here at school He can easily be dubbed the wit of the class for often do his puns and lokes provoke merry laughter from even the grapefruit type ot student His graduation will rob St Fidehs ot one of its popular hgures We fondly hope that his talents and good nature w1n tor h1m a welcome berth w1th the Capuch1n Fathers DI P7 I E . . . . . , . - , Francis will leave our ranks and 1o1n the ones of the Third Order Regulars. 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I I I I I I - , , I I I I - D ,, KA 'hr .H ARTHUR YOUNG Cumberland Maryland Arthur Young cla1ms that he was a caddy on one of Cumberlands Tom Thumb golf courses but we know he must have had a more arduous task to develop such a manly phys1que All 1ok1ng as1de Art s f1ne show1ng on the basketball floor really proves h1m a man bu1lt for endurance and speed as well HIS superb performance of the role of Peter mn our recent Pass1on Play has ranked h1m among the best actors tn the class Art IS a musxc lover Wllh lean1ngs toward the classtcal Slde 1n fact he was h1mself a worthy basso 1n our cho1r and a trumpeter 1n the band Cumberlands Pr1de has had a rather prol1f1c pen 1n late years for he has contr1buted more than h1s fa1r share of stor1es and poems to our Echo s a prtnter on the Echo staff Art has always been a Wllllng worker g1v1ng hrs best that our school publ1cat1on m1ght be the best A fast game o tenn1s was always h1s del ght and a Sunday afternoon mushball game usually found h1m an eager batter 1n the 11neup May hrs f1ne character truly adorned w1th Fran c1scan 1deals gutde h1m through calm and storm on h1s way to the pr1esthood 'Xjlf XJI .Z Tarentum Pa Here We have the Falstaff of the sem1nary the stout man from Tarentum Russell Myers W1th an exaggerated crrcumference Chub pounds the scales at 215 and to be meticulous ten grams Chub s corpulent frame IS more of an a1d 1n l1fe than a drawback for he employs every ounce of h1S we1ght 1n h1S stud1es and tn sundry extra currtcular aCl1V1l19S Whether 1t IS tn the class room on the campus tn the poolroom or beh1nd scenes Chub 1ndulges whole heartedly and assxd uously In the classroom h1s mrnd 1S constantly d1gest1ng knowledge Lattn IS h1s favor1te subyect and well do we know Wllh what v1m and zeal he prepares for Fr D1rectors subtle exammatrons Stagehound work IS Chubs forte and he IS never Sal1SllSd unless he 1S workmg w1th a hammer or constructmg a new scene Speakmg of the stage Chub makes h1s h1str1on1c debut 1n the operetta Captam Van der Hum HIS f1ne tenor vo1ce won h1m the p1lot1ng role He played the role to perfectron as the egorstxc coxswa1n Russ a student of many qual1t1es w1l1 undoubtedly mould h1mself 1nto a genu1ne apostle of Chrtst at St V1ncent s I , l xl ?' I V A I ,au Y , . ll Ill . . . , , , , ll I n ll .. . l . F A . .. A , , , . 1 . 5 , - , I I ' . Y' g px RUSSELL MYERS. I I , I y I 1 I I . V , I a - 1 . ' , I I. I . 1 I I 1 . - I g . I .... . I , . , D - -ir if Q JOSEPH MOFF ITT Q. Plttsburgh Pa Those who have wltnessed our holy drama Cal vary w1ll never erase from thelr memor1es the hgure ol the cunn1ng apostle ot Chf1Sl Iudas lscarrot Th1s same Iudas oft stage Ioseph Mothtt ol P1ttsburgh 1S one ot the versatlle members ot our graduatmg class Durmg the past s1x years the kld from de Slflp has l1ke a planet 1n the sky spread h1s warm feel1ng of fun and frollc xnto everyth1ng he has ever done Moe although a fun lov1ng son ol St F1del1S has nevertheless a deep touch ol s1ncer1ty 1n h1s heart wh1ch more than once has shone among us As an athlete Moe plays a mean game ot mushball and a wrcked game ol handball but most of h1s recreatron perrods are well ut1l1zed rn beautltylng Fr Benno s observatory or 1n concoctmg some new contrapt1on for the stage Moe has had a great hand 1n shlltlng scenery for our plays and constructmg some ot our new scenery but h1s greatest dehght 15 1n actmg and dlrectlng plays May h1s graduatron be not too severe a loss to St F1del1S but an 1nv1ta t1on to loads of success Wlth the Capuchln Fathers to whom he w1ll go thls summer for h1S nov1t1ate -GRI-xlnl THOMAS O CONNELL It ever there was a true son of St Patrrck a pug nac1ous product of Er1n 1f ever there was a s1newy pug1l1st1c Feman 1t 1S Thomas Oaks OConnell ol Donora Oaks sometlmes styled Izzy heads the enterta1nm nt commlttee of the Thlrd Order and conducts the d1scuss1ons and debates for our lrterary rendezvous As d1rector ot these paramount enterpr1ses Oaks lulhlls hrs othce farthtully and successfully He ranks h1ghly as a gamester rn the arena ot sports Fast and hery sprmgrng and agrle Oaks leads h1s teammates to vlctory whether 1t IS ln basketball volley ball or mushball A champ1on 1n athlet1cs and a leader 1n the llterary depart ment Oaks 1S also a leader ln the study of economlcs He IS the crlterxon or the Sextam on d1vers top1cs concernmg economlcs Oaks also llkes to argue the Iew1sh quest1on He has read many books about the Iews probed thelr hlstory and w1ll oppose any remarks 1n opposltlon to the Iewlsh race whence hrs second n1ckname Oaks has a llne tenor vo1ce and uses 1t to a good advantage ln chantmg dur1ng our Hrgh Masses Ettrcaclous Oaks yearns tor the secular envlronment and so 1n September wlll take the route to Latrobe where he wlll l11'11Sl'1 the second halt ol h1s Semmary campa1gn1ng , . r W I , . 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A , . . , - I I , . . , e , , Donora,Pa. 1 . , ' , ' I I ' e , . . , 1 , - I I - . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . 3 . , , , . - , , , l GEORGE STUPARITZ P1ttsburgh Pa One glance at the patrent angler seated on the bank of the brooklet nestled rn the quret Wood lands of Herman rs enough for any student to recognrze George Stuparrtz of Prttsburgh What surer proof can We demand that Prttsburgh does have a devoted follower of Isaac Walton Indeed Buck has been the class authorrty on all out doors questrons for srx long years As an ad mrrer of nature he loves to roam rn nature s won derland Wrth camera rn hand he rs ever vrgrlant to capture one of the mutable beautres of nature and hold rt for fond remrnrs Censes Numerous Saturday afternoons are marked up rn George s log as so many books rndexed and shelved or a frne garnrshrng of the lrbrary rtself When not engaged rn the dutres of lrbrarran George Wrelds a swrft and masterful stroke at the table tennrs and many an oncomer falls prey to hrs paddlrstrc onslaught Buck rs also qurte adept at brllrards and furnrshes plenty of keen competrtron rn the club room on many a Wrntry eve In the classroom Buck rs a quret lad dorng hrs duty rn hrs own calm and collected manner He rntends to contrnue hrs studres at St Vrncent s IOHN MARTIN Prttsburgh P ,. 7 When the college truck pulls away from the Sem mary drrve you can be sure that Iohn Martrn rs at the wheel launchrng out on hrs regular Saturday afternoon busrness trrps to Butler I rs Worthy drrver for to thrs day he has never been accosted by an offrcer of the law But Iohns responsrbrlrtres do not end Wrth prlotrng the motor vehrcles He rs also manager of the Mrssron Store and carrres out hrs dutres precrsely and unerrrngly Through hrs effrcrent management many a dollar has reached the hands of a needy prrest rn some far off mrssron parrsh Iohn can also boast of berng the frrst presrdent of the Thrrd Order Entertarnment Commrttee In the classroom we frnd hrm a quret fellow always engrossed rn a textbook and not a mrnute to waste From earlrest years he has been an ardent admrrer of the stage and ha developed rnto one of the outstandrng actors of the class He has an ever present rnterest rn musrc and has played rn the percussron sectron of the band for several years For recreatron summer sports seem to attract Iug and an afternoon of mushball IS hrs real delrght He rs an effrcrent and responsrble youth who Wrll use hrs effrcrency best as he contrnues hrs lourney to the prresthood rn the Capuchrn Order I , tl 5 , , , . , - , . , - I . . . 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S . . . , i -'-is if-' 5 EDWARD GALLAGHEH A Prttsburgh Pa Edward S Gallagher Very many of you have seen that name several trmes on subscription blanks for the Echo and Frdelran We too have seen rt but to us 1t means Just plarn Ned Bus1ness Manager of these two lrterary works Ned IS the stockrly burlt Jovral second baby of the S1xth Class and harls from that peaceful llllle suburb of Overbrook Pa A true lrrshman at heart and a worthy frrend Ned has lrttle trouble rn nrakrng everyone hrs pal Baseball IS Neds favorrte sport and when not playing a game he rs reading about hrs favorite players rn the leagues He rs usually first on the daily sport page and lets no lrttle article go by unnoticed Mushball also falls into Ned s lrne of sport act1v1t1es and he IS really a terr1f1c hrtter Many trmes hrs hrts saved the day Ned rs active rn the classroom as well as on the campus for he rs by no means the baby rn mentalrty Ned rs a voracious reader and has a strrng of books many of them class1cs and novels totaling over fifty for the school to enter the Capuchrn Order GXJIGSQIQZD IOSEPH RAUTERKUS Pittsburgh Pa Coming along the end of the trail at St Fidelrs Ioseph Rauterkus frnds hrmself the baby of the Srxth Class Desprte hrs youthful appearance Ioe has all the qualities of a man both physically and mentally Ioe rs a true lover of sports and takes deep interest in them He rs ever watchful for an opportunrty to partrcrpate rn some game or at least to read about rt He possesses an uncanny abrlrty for rememberrng the stars of all sports and as a yogee he rs the best at St Frdelrs Besides keep1ng rn stride with all sport developments and devouring all sport stews Ioe finds ample trme to practrce hrs sweet sounding vrolrn and thereby follow the footsteps of hrs earthly father the wrdely known Doctor Rauterkus He loves hrs studres and as assrstant editor of the Echo and Frdelran he shows his capacrty for Englrsh Ioe showed much rnitratrve rn assembling h1S string ensemble an rmportant factor for all our dramatic presentat1ons Because of hrs love for musrc Ioe has been an actrve member of the St Frdelrs Seminary orchestra and choir He rs the proud possessor of a genurne second tenor vorce that rs an important part of that sectron Ioe has heard the call of St Francis and will enter the Capuchrn Order rn Iuly D I 14 fi- year of '40-'41, Ned has been preparing himself during the past six years T'-ez v-7 Requlescof ln pace' Now cracks a noble heart' Good nrght sweet prznce And tlxghts of angels smg thee to rest Shakespeare s Hamlet lt was just two years ago that a noble heart cracked and passed from our m1dst 1nto the company of angels That heart was Francts Cagnettl s On a brtght September day m 1935 the sunny rays beat a tattoo on the New Castle pavements to fanfare Cags departure for St Fxdehs Semmary However he was not accorded such an ovat1on here at school for he was Just another m1n1m But by the fall of 1938 h1s years at the semrnary were f1n1sh1ng na1ls tn the hardy t1mber of Cag s makeup for 1n that t1me he exh1b1ted h1s ab1l1t1es A sterl1ng character a strong w1ll and a splend1d const1tut1on placed h1m ln the front ranks of the class act1v1t1es Few students could v1e wtth h1m 1n Latxn Greek or German and even fewer could contend w1th h1m for a left f1eld berth on a mushball held or a center back pOS1l1OD on a volleyball court or a net man Job on the tennxs turf forward to h1s l1fe 1n the pr1esthood It was Cag s dearest dream to v1sual1ze h1mself1n the Whlte glrdled hablt of the Capuchms so that he could go among the s1ck and 1nf1rm eas1ng the1r pa1ns not only by sooth1ng words but also by tender l1ttle deeds and act1ons Ever d1d h1s eyes sparkle as he t1me after tune told of h1s future aCl1V1l19S as a hosp1tal chapla1n To h1m however was not to be gxven the 1oys of the pr1esthood God rather wxshed that th1s l1ly adorn h1s heavenly garden Cag fell 1ll 1n the wrnter of l938 Dur1ng a prolonged tllness of some l1V9 months a cancerous growth had stealth1ly worked tts way 1nto h1s vttal organs and crushed out the sweet young hte tn them But what a beauttful death h1s was' Iust before h1s pass1ng Cag ratsed tear dxmmed eyes to those around h1m and Wllh a tender vo1ce sand I have always prayed God to let me become a prrest but 1f He does not want me for that state then I prayed H1m to take me to H1m HIS prayer was heard and answered on that cr1msoned even1ng of May 27 l939 May h1s soul rest 1n peace' , , , . , , , 2 ' ' ' I - . . I Our class was then advancing farther to our goal-each looked eagerly . , . , - , . I . . I . Z .. , , . Mlllll 15 l CLASS HISTORY RUSSELL MYERS Gil .IH Trme marches on' As the world IS contrnually mak1ng hrstory some ot an elusrve type other more crucral and dramatrc so too the semxnarrans are mak1ng hrstory Yes as each class of young men turns onto the h1ghway ot tts long Journey to the prresthood rt 1Sl1k9 the begrnnmg ot the world No past 1ust a present and a future As rt sw1ngs 1nto trme 1t forms a hrstory a past to be remembered referred to and maybe loved or hated On September 3 1935 the seed ol a new tree was planted here on the semrnary grounds a seed embodred wxth srxty frve slender t1m1d boys And as a seed whrch at hrst shows no s1gn ol hte but IS 1n reahty a bedlam ot groW1ng cells the class destrned to be the class of 41 showed rn those early days no outward SIQHS of hte but were nevertheless branchrng out 1nto the1r respectrve modes of hte So the young saphng has broken ground and formed a small but bushy tree Smp' Snrpl The prun1ng shears are put to work And out of slxty hve thrrty remarn Thrs year too stems shot forth from the trunk of our small tree that were destrned to grow and prosper sports and dramatrcs In dramatlcs we staged the rmmortal drama Rrp Van Wrnkle Our great Thesp1an Francrs Schmrtt was brought to the hmehght 1n the role of Rrp In sports the mrghty Brum basketball team was 1n1t1ated We d1d not w1n the champronshrp but we were always a lormrdable opponent On return1ng we were 1n the honorary posrtron ot senrors ol the Iunror department W1th such a d1st1nct1on draprng our shoulders the tree of our class was well formed and branchrng boldly and dehnrtely 1nto several large extra currrcular aCl1V1I19S But' What s th1s' Greek and Latrn Classrcsl Here we met the languages of the togaed freaks I mean Greeks But we rolled down our sleeves and got to work We succeeded 1n unravell1ng the trrst mystery of Greek and rn Caesar we d1d more to Gaul than Hrtler But all work and no play makes lack a flat head So thrs year also was hlled wrth WW 'lvl Ms. The Szxth Class studymg lor Homer class ll D l I N t H G A , . , ' . 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D ,, A ' ' -i- i I ll ll Cl ll ll Milli!!! nu 9 Iliff R The mall must go through Gage cmd Deacon see to lt that xt does Iug Dean and Chub sports and dramat1cs In the outdoor sports we won all laurels In basketball th B e rurns had reached a playoff ser1es but fate was aga1nst us The n1ght before the f1nal game Wllh the count one up 1n a three game serres St Fld9llS burnt to a mere charred form Our school year ended abruptly but We con t1nued our studles at home We returned however t as members of the Sen1or department Th1s year there were the same old sub1ects exceptrng a new Latm Class1c Ov1d Prevzously rn dramatlcs the Lrterary Soc1ety was busy enact1ng small plays Wllh only a srngle product1on sometrmes 1f except1onally good an extra performance was staged But th1s year the SOC19ly after much dlscusslon dec1ded to present a Pass1on Pl ay All members of our class responded Whole heartedly to the call and several of he followlng year to the mvlgoratzng Herman cl1mate Rt the clubroom entrance, Schmltty and Hank agam as Schmltt d H y an cmk Calphas and Bxbulus DI D ' ,' X 17 l 2 14 1 ' 'i:1 'lf,l' fl I if rrir V A 4 ' 4 .Z f nf , y 1 f. if 7 Wll9E us had major roles Ioseph Moffrtt played Iudas and Iohn Martrn Gedeon We also had men on the stage s technxcal staff artlst staff and tn the orchestra p1t We were well represented 1n all departments To show the s1ng1ng ab1l1t1es of the student chorr an operetta someth1ng new to us was endeavored Here agaxn we were rn the tore strugghng to success Stxteen warblers wore the name 41 But the most rrnportant objechve 1n the eyes of our class was the new bu11d1ng our future home that was now be1ng constructed We exam 1ned every pxece of work thoroughly not under any spec1al 1ur1sd1ct1on but we d1d exam1ne and though we cr1t1c1zed at t1mes they worked on as they pleased The ded1cat1on of th1s bulldlng was the open1ng of the new school and the closrng of the old school year As we entered our f1fth year our tree had been formed All excess folrage had been tr1mmed and cleared away And we were now a sturdy work of nature no longer blown about by the w1nd but we knew our goal and strode drrectly forward We were advanced higher 1n d1fferent branches Vergrl and Crcero were added to our classrcs and Xenephon a Greek crossword puzzle was thrown 1n as a stde 1ssue But so far we had never had a more successful year In our Pass1on Play the 1ead1ng role was thrust 1nto the lap of Francrs Schm1tt who performed xt w1th the flnesse of a polxshed actor In sports we hnally tasted real vrctory We were unm1stakably the champlons As a matter of fact our basketball team worked w1th such prec1s1on that no At last rt has arrrved every m1n1m s dream the s1xth year We are members of the Sextam and we too w1ll follow the others The 1nk w1ll be dry on the last page of our hrstory here at St F1del1S and she w1ll close her doors upon us for the tlme Determ1ned to make th1s year our greatest we are stnvxng to reach a p1nnacle 1n our knowledge Our long1ng and heart deep desrre IS that those who follow may beneflt as fully from the advantages offered by our gemal and we1lequ1pped faculty whrch we are blessed to have And 1n partmg we shed no tears but raxse our chrns and just say so long t1ll we meet agarn lffll The sport fun Gage Chub the comer plate wxth sports sectxon cmd Oaks I , , , . 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I l Q1 ' L D ,, KA T-if i-47' HEAVEN S ROSE Bloommg lrttle rose bud larr Blushmg red Playmg wrth the breeze In your soft bed W1th your pure scent Frlled w1tl'1 tasty nectar By dewdrops bent Happy lrttle flower Natures treasured gem Herghts ot flower s glory Heaven s Dradem IOSEPH MOFFITT gba IZ erqraguafes ,J , ' x Filling the sweet air f V H' Back row lelt to nght Rxchard Endres Francls Gmocchr Stephen Kato Thrrd row Edward Curry Iohn Vendemra Bernard Schroeder Donald Gray Second row Regis Walters Wxlham Young loseph Kleber Richard Conway Front row Oscar Miller Ioseph Hellrng Gxalafe THE FIFTH CLASS RICHARD ENDRES Fxve tlmes have we thrown out our slender thread of trans1t1on hke Robert Bruce s legendary splder w1th ever broaden1ng radlus so that now we have succeeded 1n attammg a somewhat hrm foothold 1n our struggle to God s altar The thread though slender and delxcate 1n appearance IS a purssant rope each hbre ltself a tr1umph 1n strength Havmg chosen Paratus ad omma as our motto we have snatched each opportumty to weave our class xnto a golden strand truly worthy of sons of St Fxdehs From the cultural to the recreatlonal we have proved our worth and have stood wlth the best Love of culture and beauty whlch go together to make up true art and the full man lS not the least ol our legacmes from the Alma Mater We have taken a prom1nent part m the hterary held by contrxbutmg to oratory 1n the form ol debates and addresses and to dramatrcs Our mus1cal talent IS concretely demonstrated rn such groups as the chorr glee club the band and the strmg ensemble OI course we have always muted the cultural w1th the recreatlonal I can well assure you that there has been no lack of enthusxasm and sportsmanshlp among the hrst colleg1ate rn every held of athletxcs Havmg such tools of advantage rn our hands how can we fa1l to anchor our shlmmerlng thread rn the dxstant harbor ol the pnesthood whxch IS the llrst and best step on our walk to God? I 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 - I 1 1 1 - I 1 . 1 1 . . . . 1 . . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 . . , 1 . 1 1 1 - 1 . 1 1 lQlMM My Back row Ioseph Scherer Anthony Molzskz Frank Molxskz Robert Krmgs Mxddle row Iohn Shaughnessy I Crcng Martm Iohn Hanncm Front row Claude Raxble Bernard Deutzer GXJIQIO THE FOURTH CLASS IOSEPH SCHERER As New Year s Day IS set aS1de to ponder over the events successful or not of the prev1ous year l1keW1Se the end of a scholast1c term should be ut1l1zed to we1gh conslder and compare the students deeds of the year Just completed The fru1t1on of the f1rst three years of study IS the Semor Department That mxlestone of scholast1c rea11zat1on IS ever ln the m1nd of the Iumor loomlng larger as the months grow 1nto years It denotes that one half of the student s preparatory groundwork has been la1d Success IS at hand Success IS that lntanglble quallty whlch one thxnks he has safely acqu1red only to see 1t shp harmlessly through h1s over anxlous f1ngers Iust as a cake of shppery soap speeds by our hand when we try to grasp 1t so success seems to fade 1nto the dlstance Just as we th1nk we have cornered 1t After a long struggle we th1nk we have chmbed our lntellectual he1ghts only to see the rema1n1ng p1nnacles of scholastxc accomphshment leer upon our t1red m1nds from almost unattarnable he1ghts That we can call our fourth year successful IS eas1ly understood because of the fact that we are stepp1ng off yards along the path whlch ulnmately leads us to the altar Mlnor dlscouragements have been set aslde by fresh resolu t1ons httle successes have spurred us on toward greater achlevements 54 . if Q2 ' 1 tg, , v' I 1 ,, ww 41254: Q , ,U lqswwnfm I 1 1 1 1 I 1 . 1 . 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Back row left to nght Gerard Kelly Rxchard Rowe George Z1v1c Mxddle row Louxs Nemeth lrwm Stoecklem Roman Groszluewrcz Iohn Hobaugh Ioseph Farkas Front row Ioseph Fxnerty Leonard Weldner Iames Stuber GXDIQIB THE THIRD CLASS IOHN HOBAUGH What a motley crew we are tall and short stout and thm bolsterous and sedate off1c1ous and modest but w1th one xdeal 1ntent that we may one day be worthy of the greatest of honors to recelve the crown of the pr1esthood When hav1ng successfully completed two years of academrc study under the gurdance of the faculty of St F1del1s Semmary we entered our th1rd year eagerly antlcrpatmg the new obstacles of two languages German and Greek and determ1ned to take them 1n our strxde Now that we have hurtled the bugbears we feel confldent that the future years w1ll present no obstacle too d1ff1cu1t to contend w1th About to enter the semor department we pause to look back and see three markers that desxgnate the three fleet years of study that have passed 1n the w1nk of an eye Ahead we see many more markers but the closest target mterests us most for xt must be dealt wxth today At present when welrd and fantastlc tales of a strange and comphcated future complete w1th supermen rockets and drsmtegraters are belng lO1Sl6d upon the Amerrcan publrc the members of the th1rd class are not wont to shde 1nto th1s dream of fantasy wastmg prec1ous moments of th1s all too short l1fe but they rather turn to and fmd comfortmg solace 1n the class motto Hodxe non cras today not tomorrow know1ng full well that what we do today w1ll mould our future I 1 1 1 . 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I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , . - 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 n. . 11 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 tt . 11 u 11 . 1 1 1 IIE? llI1lIDllE'j , ll ,, gl KA QM 23 T1 3-ei Back row left to nght Augustme Laurenzx Iohn Pager Ioseph Nee Iulxan Wanda Damel Nee Raymond Wmebrenner Middle row Iohn Smith Charles Rectenwald Carl Pelmo Leonard Ostrowskx Gerald Hmterlang loseph Laconr Front row Ioseph Heath Iohn Walsh Davld Lawler Ioseph Schaller Iames Stalcem Iohn Tomasesln Anthony Pern GXJIQIO THE SECOND CLASS RAYMOND WINEBHENNEH The paths of lxfe lead humanlty surgmg into varlous and numerous lxelds scholastxc year of 1940 1941 wends 1ts way toward completlon we the second class feel as 1f we have walked another m1le toward our goal of the holy pr1esthood Th1s rndeed sounds very serrous but the second class has 1ts humorous s1de To be able to blend sense and nonsense 1nto a workable combxnatron IS truly our most cher1shed plan We are as proud of our class sp1r1t as we are of our success rn most sports Dont mlsconstrue thxs statement as relatmg that we are perlect Nay lar from 1t We are lust an average group of boys slncerely dolng our best to score rn the great game of hte Next year we shall be the sen1ors of the Iumor Department and ln that capacrty we shall endeavor to set an rrreproachable example We, by the grace of God, have chosen the sublimest of them all. As the at 'ff gr Back row- left to right Robert Momeau Raphael Bellendxr Paul Schmxtt Stanley Smxth Iohn Stenger Thxrd row Iames Launa Leo Roethlexn Iames Qumn Robert Mahoney Edward Kelly Stephen Cehelsky Second row Frank Nrckel Clarence Cypher Wlllxam Varley Edward Kroeger Francis Murar Alfred DePol1s Raymond Bottner Ierome Nledermexer Front row George Brllmgs Lawrence Garred Ioseph Valle Wlllram Quinn Iohn Ostrovecky Kenneth Grerner GXJIQZEJ THE FIRST CLASS STANLEY SMITH The brlght warm sun of September last shone down upon the Jov1al faces of forty seven m1n1ms as they arrxved to take up the ftrst stage of the1r preparatory studxes here at St Fldel1S The follow1ng day was a lonely one mdeed for the boys as they wandered about makmg new acqua1ntances playlng baseball and espec1ally wondermg what the future held 1n store for them The fxrst day of studles however was more exc1t1ng and novel when they met the1r new professors and dlscoverecl to the1r amusement that the studles werent as hard as they had seemed to be and 1t wasnt long before they were settled down to the da1ly rout1ne All went smoothly as the h1gher classmen looked exultantly toward ln1t1at1on Day October 4th What mental fears the m1n1ms exper1enced over th1s vexlng problem would be too hard to express but we can say however that the1r joys were boundless when Father D1rector announced the cancellatron of all 1n1t1at1on proceed1ngs 1ndef1n1tely' As the months rolled past the class slowly receded 1n number only twenty fxve now rema1n but the1r spmt of good cheer has not been affected by th1s lessenmg If .KM Y, .-- A 1 ,1 U 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 - u . 11 . . 1 n . . 11 . . . . . , 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 W!N!Nl LONELY BEACON Alone m a held an acorn lell Far from 1ts lorest home Whzle strollmg all alone Flom Jnlant stage 1t soon matuled A beacon on the land And all because an acorn fell From the palm ol a tmy hand WILLIAM YOUNG Eiferary ,I ,J l N ps X x lt fell lrom the hand of a farmer-boy 'gk -1' ri' - THOMAS CROMWELL IOHN STAJDUI-um 3x.,l 1 Cromwell' There have been several history famed Cromwells But there was only one Thomas Cromwell to whom Shakespeare rn hrs Henry The Erghth addressed these memorable words I charge thee flmg away ambrtron By that s1n fell the angels Love thyself last cherrsh those hearts that hate thee Corruptron wms not more than honesty Strll rn thy right hand carry gentle peace To silence envrous tongues Be just and fear not Let all the ends thou arms t at be thy country s Thy Gods and truths then rf thou tall st O Cromwell Thou fall st a blessed Martyr' Indeed these are becoming words for such a proud man as Cromwell who all hrs lrfe sought nothrng more than to attarn the greatest honors glorres and drstrnctrons These were the desires that rergned rn hrs heart and whrch lrnally crushed hrm Cromwell s earlrer years he rn obscurity and thereby there rs no certainty rn the date of hrs brrth l485 At frrst we read of hrm as being successrvely a common soldrer clerk and trader Yet hrs entrance 1nto the lrmelrght of hrstory began only rn 1514 when he entered the employ of Cardinal Wolsey as collector of revenues Here hrs great abrlrtres won for hrm the close wrth the most potential figure heads of England Wrth Wolseys rnfluence Cromwell steadrly rose rn power and drstrnctron In 1529 the startlmg charge of treason was made against Wolsey Cromwell now saw that all h1s dreams were scattered wrth the disgrace of hrs master Nevertheless he defended the Cardinal and won for hrm hrs release Cromwell now left the serv1ce of hrs master and rn one of hrs last letters to Wolsey for whom he no longer had any use he mockrngly wrote You are now at liberty to serve God and banish and exrle varn desrres of thrs unstable world The time was now rrpe and Cromwell saw hrs only chance to garn the favor of the krng Trusting to Henry s love for power and markrng well hrs mayesty s bitter rrrrtatron against the Pope he revealed to the krng hrs most daring and devastating preconceived rdeas They were such Abolish the author1ty of the papacy make yourself supreme head of the Church rn England then the matter of drvorce could easily be settled the clergy could be forced 1nto allegrance and the massive wealth of the Church would also be at hrs drsposal No doubt hrs malesty smrled and sighed wrth contentment at thrs daring yet novel proposal and he saw rn Cromwell the very man to perform thrs unusual task lt was not long untrl the krng found hrm to be a most flatterrng yet zealous and careful mrnrster Through hrs clever management the krng became supreme All temporal and sprrrtual power was centralized rn the krng s hands All opposrtron was crushed The tres wrth Rome were severed Henry ruled as the head of the Church of England Notable men such as I K 'f ,t I - . - .ll . , , : : ' J , . , , I , 1 , , I . I I I , , . . , friendship of Wolsey and also, as ambition prompted, put him in close touch - ' . . . I 1 , . . , , , : IH all M mfg' ll ,, M Ml 27 V -Q il? S1r Thomas More and B1shop Flsher W1th hundreds of others were martyred as non Conform1sts Why? Because h1s h1ghness had to have h1s drvorce' Because the means Justlhed the end for Cromwell as well as for the k1ng' Cromwell now began to reap the trutts or h1S labors he was hrst made pr1vy counc11lor then a host of other t1tles follow t1ll hnally he was created the Earl of Essex He d1d not hold one t1tle at at1me he held SIX seven and e1ght' Ah 1t IS amb1t1on' The means 1ust1f1ed the end lndeed but oh how oh Cromwell d1d you 9l1II111'1al9 all the hand1caps? It was slmple there was that l1ttle mventlon of rn1ne The B111 of Attamder That was my means I commanded of course 1n the klng s name I brlbed and lnvented all the testlrnony and who knew what else? W1th atta1nder there were no obstacle What has happened to the Countess of Sallsbury? Lord Montague? Abbotts Redyrng Glaston Gendon and hundreds of others? Success at any prlce that s what 1t was' But wart' D1d you not see my noble Cromwell what dangers you were rushlng 1nto? To confer and hold secret negotlatrons wxth Protestant pr1nces of a fore1gn nat1on w1thout the K1ng s knowledge was treason' But arnb1t1on 1S blmd suddenly Cromwell was S91Zed he staggered to h1s knees under the blow of h1s own amb1t1ons and crles out Mercy' Mercy' Mercy' What' Mercy' Banlsh and ex1le va1n des1res of th1s unstable world Do you remember? Mercy' D1d not the monks nuns nobles and people cry hkewlse? Mercy' How your m1nd must now run topsy turvy upon the sea of 9V1l and unlust deeds Yet' Although he cr1ed out for mercy and 1ust1ce the rnstrument of h1s own mach1nat1on The B1ll of Attaxnder caused h1s own death Iuly 28 1540 And as the we1ght ot consclence fell from h1s body w1th hrs head so also d1d the we1ght of h1s crushxng tyranny fall from the shoulders of the Engllsh people The Deacon making cz double bxlllcxrd ,, . . . 1 , . . 1 . . . . - . I 1 1 , . Q 1 1 - 1 - T 1 1 , l . . . 1 . - ' 1 1 - 1 1 1 - . 1 . , . - ' 1 1 . . . . 1 1 . I 1 . . . . n 11 u 11 U . . . . . 11 n 11 . -T - 1 1 1 . . u 11 . . 1 T 1 1 - 1 K , Jl wl w -4, so i u. 1 , , 1 lAiNt ? Q if W THE CITY AND THE WORLD Giilxii lFrom the short story of the same name by Franc1s C Kellyl Adapted by Iohn Marttn CAST FATHER DENPTLI FATHER PIETRO FATHER RAMONI ROMAN PRELATE FATHER TOMASSO Scene Garden ot the communrty ot San Ambrogzo Two benches beneath the trees lEnter Tomasso and blznd Denhlr l Tomasso We should soon hear the glad news from the cons1story Dentrlr You mean concern1ng the appo1ntment ot an archb1shop to South Amer1ca'? Tomasso Certa1nly Father the ent1re order IS wa1t1ng to hear that our hon ored Fr Ramom has been appo1nted Dentrlr Are they? Tomasso Yes No doubt your op1n1on w1ll be asked Dentrlz That 1S for the super1ors to dec1de Tomasso-But you founded the order Father and you were the last general Dentrlr I am w1thout authorrty now Tomasso Fr Ramom was a great preacher even here 1n Rome wasnt he? Denf1l1 tsadlyl Yes a great preacher Cszghsl the greatest Ive ever heard Tomasso Qu1te popular 1n Rome too I beheve He spent ten years 1n South Amer1ca yes ten tru1ttul years Dent1l1 Yes Tomasso tbrrngs out rosary and begzns to pray l Tomasso Well 1t I hear any news Ill come and tell you texrts l lDent111 prays tor a moment Fr Ramont and Roman Prelate enter talkmg to each other They notrce Dentzll but do not greet h1m l Ramonr Any news from the cons1story MOHSIQHOFQ MOHSIQHOI None of any 1mportance I hear there 1S qu1te a controversy ragmg lRamon1 shows srgns ot surprrse l Ah but do not m1sunderstand me No doubt they all th1nk you the only one deserv1ng ot the appomtrnent Ramonr Then why all the d1tt1culty 1n com1ng to the conclus1on7 Monsrgnor Perhaps some ot them feel as I do That you should rema1n 1n Rome Why d1d you ever leave? Ramonr My super1or fcasts a look at Denttlrl deemed 1t good Monszgnor But you do Well here your tame as a preacher 1S tar spread Ramonr Marqua 1S to be made a prov1nce and I teel the call Monsrgnor But you are r1ght It 1S best that you return You have made a prov1nce out of a m1ss1on Yes the Church needs you there But later on who knows? F1l1us urbls et orb1s son ot the c1ty and the world Ramonr Thank you But come 1t IS t1rne for ottrce IEXII L l Dentrlr tLook1ng longrngly and sadly after Ramonzl Yes F111us urbrs et orb1s Oh Lord save h1m save h1m and let me d1e contented lbows hrs head and Tomasso enters l Tomasso Father General would l1ke you to Come to hun Father lassrsts html texeuntl Dentrlz Very well I shall go lexeuntl 1- I 1 1 1 - . . 1 T . , , . . . . 1 -. 1. I I T I 1 1 - 1 1 - '- 1 , - . , . - , , . . . . , , . . , , 1 . 1 . 1 . . , . n . . . . 11 . 1 - , . . . . . . . 1. . . . T L I . 11 . . . - 1 1 1 1 - , . 1 I , , , I I , lFew seconds elapse Father Pzetro Ramon: s asszstant IH the mrssron enters readzng brevrary I-Is he reaches center of stage Tomasso enters l Tomasso Ah' Good even1ng Father I hope I am not d1sturb1ng you Pzetro-Not at all my son Is there any news from the consrstory? Tomasso Sorry They are st1ll 1n contrdence I 1ust took Fr Dent1l1 to them and was aClV1S6d to return rn a rew mtnutes No doubt they shall respect the old General s op1n1ons Ptetro Well we shall soon see Let us SII down Father Iam weary Tomasso It has been a busy t1me for you and our Fr Ramom all th1s preach 1ng 1n varxous places But ah the good that has been done by that srlvery tongue Wont you be happy when the appo1ntment IS made? Pzetro Yes Father IS anxrous to return to the people he loves Tomasso Well I must get back Good nxght Fr P1etro P1etro Good ntght my son lTomasso exzt Pzetro draws rosary from pocket and prays After a short t1me Tomasso returns 7 Tomasso-texc1tedlyl News at last or rather a cont1rmat1on ot rumor tor everyone knows that Fr Ramonr 15 the man here IS a letter Father General 1nstructed me to grve you Good nrght Father IGXIIS I Pzetro Thank you Father tNervously he opens the envelope and reads sllently a slgn of horror and fear mtermmgle on h1s face Loudl No no n ' It cant be true' It s all a m1stake' It must be' Oh Lord Ccovers face l tE.'nter Ramonl R Runs to PIGIIO I Ramonz Pxetro What does th1s mean? Pietro They have m1xed our names Th1s letter from the General tgrves letter of Marqua 1t s a m1stake a terr1ble m1stake lRamon1 leads htm offl Ramonr tDazedl It IS true You are archb1shop May God bless you lRamon1 returns to center stage and paces to and fro I How can I face them? tfurrouslyl How can I return to Marqua as a servant to my servant? What W1ll they th1nk? I am the1r rlghtful leader And here 1n Rome they w1ll po1nt at me wrth scorn and remark about the man that had been shelved for h1s servant Oh' God' I cant bear 1t F1l1us urb1s et orbrs thead m hands I I can t bear 1t l can t' ISIIGHCG then Ramom IS startled by the shutfl1ng feet of Denfrlt a look of anger comes to Hamonr s face I Denf1l1 Fr Ramonl? Ramon: tgrufflyl Yes Denfrlz Good even1ng tgropes hrs way to bench whrch Ramonr has just Iettl You are cl1sappo1nted my son? Ramom tangrrlyl Have you come here to tlnd out how well you have ttmshed the persecut1on you began ten years ago? IDGHIIII sadly bows hrs headl You may now be qu1te consoled It IS I11'11Sl'1Gd ton1ght lpausel Even as a nov1ce you hated me t1ron1cally l Denf1l1 That IS not true Ramonr True 1t IS When I had reached lame as a preacher you checked me and t1nally ban1shed me trom Rome Now now when I have returned v1ctor1ous th1s th1s crown1ng hum1l1at1on Denfzlz You drd not pray my son Ramont Pray' tlaughl How can I pray? My l1te IS rumed I am ashamed to meet my brethren 1n chapel Denfrlr It 1S God one meets 1n chapel God and God alone Ramonz God? What has He done to me? Do you th1nk I can thank H1m tor I . . I . W I ' ' I I 4 W I ' I . W I I ' 1 n ' - - I , U 2 . . , . ' I I I to Ramoni, who reads it silently.l says I have been made Archbishop - 1 , . I I ' - I ' - , . . . l ' I l ' T -Q v '7 ' th1s? I am a tool to ask you for It was not God who d1d 1t 1t was you Denf1I1 I hope my son that 1t was God who d1d 1t It He d1d then 1t IS r1ght for you As for me I was consulted and I adv1sed P1etro Ramonz lragmgl Dont call me your son' DGDIIII Icompasslonatelyl Is 1t as bad as that w1th you? Yet must I say 1t my son W1th even more reason now than ever before I must say 1t Son of the Clly and the world fln sorrowl I heard MOHSIQHOF call you that and he was r1ght A son of the c1ty and of the world you are but alas less of the c1ty than you know and more of the world than you have realrzed Ramon: Ive heard enough of th1s fmakes start to exzt l Denfrh Hear me my son I am a very old man and so 1t IS that I may tell you why I have come to you ton1ght Ramonz fhaughtzlyl The pleasure 1S yours not m1ne Denfrlz I rece1ved you a l1ttle boy 1nto th1s commun1ty No one knows you as I do I saw 1n you before anyone else the g1fts that God had g1ven you Ramonr And you kxlled them Denfzlr fcontmues unabashed at Romam s remarks l I knew before anyone else that some day you would do great th1ngs though I knew not what I am a man w1th l1ttle but I could adm1re the man w1th much Ramonl And you can check the man w1th much Denfrlz Ihad no g1fts to lay before our Blessed Lord yet I too wanted to do a great work I wanted to make you my great work You are the Apostle of Marqua I am the apostle of Ramom For that I have l1ved always 1n the fear that I would be cheated ot my reward fHamon1 shows doubtl Ramon: Reward? I do not understand Denfrlz Yes my reward I watched over you I 1nstructed you I loved you I reallzed that there was ever a confl1ct w1th1n you between your duty to God and the world All unknown I watched and I saw that the world was w1nn1ng Then I sent you to Marqua fgravelyl I am afra1d my son that you never knew the c1ty well called the eternal My son th1s 15 the c1ty of the soul and you were born 1n 1t 1t l1ves only for souls The power of sav1ng thousands was g1ven to you I prayed only for the power of sav1ng one Alas I had to send you away my son for you were not a Ph1l1p Ner1 Ramom You prove yourself unlarr Father w1th such rash yudgment Denf1l1 I have not seen you for I am bllnd but I have heard you You th1nk your people are Wa1t1ng But are they yours? Not they Hamom What' Who converted them 1f 1t was not I? Dentrlh The people are not yours and the work 1S not yours What would you take back to Marqua? How could you who have forgotten to pray ln affl1ct1on teach them to pray 1n sorrow? No my son you have falled and not conquered God has g1ven the vxctory to another He has exalted the humble tDent1I1 rrses and gropes way to exrt Ramom stands deep 1n thought then calls to Denfzlr I Ramom Fatherl FOIQIVG me You were r1ght from the begrnnrng Yes 1t was P1etro not I How he longed for souls h1s ceaseless teachrng h1s zeal h1s sol1c1tude lor me the hardsh1ps he underwent I would have been lost w1thout htm tpausel Im not worthy to be called your son but bless me once more DQHIIII Uoyfullyl Yes my son IDGHIIII gropes for Ramom as he touches hrm the curtarn closesl . 1 1 - T 1 1 - 1 . 1 - . . 1 'T . , 1 , . . , . . L 1 - 1 T T I H T 1 1 - . . . .1 , . 1 . 1 - 1 1 , . , . . - 1 . , . , 1 T ' - 1 1 1 - - 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 - T I I - 1 1 - 1 1 , . T . T T I , l - 1 1 , T . . . 1 - 1 1 ' f IIE Ill UID IEQ, ll ,, QI A lllxyjl - ii' , - T YOUR LEISURE TIME HERBERT SNYDER lf- f To l1Ve to our fullest CapaC1ly IS to show our Maker our best by l1v1ng 1n all the facultres of our m1nd and body accord1ng to H1s laws C1cero the most 1llustr1ous orator of anclent Rome gave much of h1s t1me to defend1ng h1s frlends 1n publtc trlals But of h1s lelsure t1me he says that Whlle many men transacted some unnecessary bus1ness enyoyed part1es attended athlet1c events or Just rdled the t1me away he contented h1mself w1th books From h1s read1ng C1cero reaped a twofold harvest the one was knowledge that would help h1m 1n h1s oratory the other pleasure We of the twentxeth century can perhaps learn a lesson from th1s noted Roman by followrng h1s example to Just some degree S1nce worktng hours are now shorter 1t IS the workers real opportumty to en1oy more of l1fe and to develop especxally h1s latent powers of m1nd I mean that b9S1deS hrs regular bread earnmg occupat1on and bes1des h1s ordxnary and common amusements such as f1sh1ng huntlng sw1mm1ng sport1ng events and the hke he would be W1se to 1ncrease these amusements by add1ng to them for Vaflely IS the splce of l1fe By lett1ng the Shlp of our 1ntellect salt through new channels lt W1l1 be led are contacts wxth sub1ects upon wh1ch we have heard others dlscuss and upon wh1ch we ourselves could not speak or they are assoc1at1ons wxth sub1ects wh1ch we th1nk are 1ntended for the so called 1ntellectuals or educated The oceans 1nto wh1ch the sh1p of our xntellect m1ght sa1l may be a deeper apprec1at1on of the beauttes 1n nature our tower1ng trees and flower decked h1lls1des our yawn1ng valleys or g1gant1c mountatns 1f we are only a 11ttle more observant of the natural growths around us Many rad1o hsteners too after l1sten1ng to a sw1ng band m1ght broaden thelr mterests 1n mus1c by devot1ng a port1on of the1r rad1o t1me to a symphony a concert or an opera The sc1ences also can mer1t our appreclatlon not 1n burdensome study but 1n a httle read1ng 1n any of our popular sc1ent1f1c books wh1ch today are wrttten for the commonfolk Th1s w1ll 1ncrease our knowledge of phenomena that seem so myst1fy1ng but wh1ch IS really backed by 1nterest1ng and sound sc1ent1f1c proof The apprectatron of hterature other than the da1ly newspaper or d1me novel can eas1ly be acquxred by read1ng some of the famous authors and through our acquamtances w1th people who have already perused the best of our Engltsh and AIHGIICBH llterature A s1mp1e poem or two out of almost any current magaz1ne can send our m1nds off lHlO new realms and set to work our 1rnag1nat1on wh1ch 15 although 1t seems lost a faculty of the human mmd When We have set our m1nds mto new avenues of beauty such as these and many more m1ght be mentloned the more pleasures and ornaments of beauty w1ll we have added to our makeup thus fashromng the fuller man 7 I N , . F U , , , - J , into new oceans of beauty, enlightenment and pleasure. These new channels , . . . I . , - I I I - . . , , . , . , , . D ,, A fv-iw' 4 ln the convent garden Decm on the rustxc bndge whxch I built Strolling through the woods 'wfiif Buck life ln the raw Q,., Project No 57 Capably loafed The School through by Killer cmd Red Hobuugh the evergreens ' It .Q V A K 1 , Tiff-LIZ 1 it . ,i 0 f.. ,Q V. ,M , S fi R , W, I .4 , K - 1 K .J K I ,. ff ll fi-H up ff t .y , D, it Q K ' I ' w ,E RQ fnwssvf i f 5 in .XX , 9' .V W .1 D5 ,, , Hg l' . X, - ' H Q . YM P 'wi J X . H: fl: QQ S. x t .. ,. , , 5' ' 4- 3 .- ll- .,.,. - :,,5-:,:- tag? 5 Aj. f .,,. . ,W G 9 .A .. .. U, in ,V A N' ' af , ,I I 'Q-8 4 ' - v,' 2 , ai. ' , -, 'il ' ?- ' ,9'f'o CW ll n Q ll I I If I ,hh Q .K . ,I ' J - ' 4 if I - -ii' H ARE YOU HAVING ANY FUN? WILLIAM YOUNG Gxnlafo Are you havmg any fun? What are you gettmg out of IIVIDQ? Thrs IS the one trme popular lyrrc and bemg a song 1t naturally h1nts at enloyment The klnd of enjoyment so s1cken1ng to That Pessrmlstrc Character wrth the Crab apple Face But I dare you Mr Sour Puss to read th1s art1cle Perhaps you wrll not become an addrct to the cherry bowl but I dare say you wrll at least change from grapefrurts to lemons wrth sugar If man were to be placed rnto two categorres one srde would probably be optlmrsts the other pess1m1sts Concretely they would be slmllar to the two prrsoners who one clay were vrewrng the outs1de from therr cell wrndows The flrst an opt1m1st marvelled at the beauty of the brrght sun the other a pessrmlst grumbled at the far drstant gloomy clouds To wh1ch do you prefer to look the sunsh1ne or the gloom? If 1t IS the flrst youll have fun the second contrarrwrse We must keep 1n m1nd that th1s l1fe rs not a storm before a calm but rather a test to obtaln a l1cense a llcense to everlast1ng blrss It naturally evolves then that 1f eternrty IS to be everlast1ng happrness We must prepare now to l1ve happrly Thrs questron naturally follows Who can honestly say I am havmg fun I am gettmg somethmg out of l1v1ng7 A srnner cannot unless he repents and lrves wrthout s1n AQHOSIICS athersts pragmatrsts materrahsts can not they lack the essentral farth rn God But anyone who realrzes why he extsts most certa1nly can If St Francrs were hvrng today he would change th1s song to I am havrng fun I am enjoymg l1vmg All other sarnts would follow su1t for they reahzed th1s hfe was a test and they pract1ced hard to pass rt When thlngs went wrong they suppressed the frown and mamfested a srmle A hard thmg to do try 1t sometrme The prrce of the fun I am sell1ng IS cheap for 1t sells at the prrce of peace of m1nd Everyone has the securxty they have a m1nd Gam that peace by pleaslng God and you w1ll please yourself By sm one loses th1s cherlshed peace of m1nd Proof for th1s IS pla1n enough When a young tot steals cook1es from the cookre 1ar and mother mentrons 1t at table do not the youngsters ears crlmson and rf he IS drlnklng mrlk does he not choke on rt? All men have experlenced the gloomy throbbrng the dreadful unrest the s1cken1ng realrty of a gurlty consc1ence For one can evade state c1v1l and even parental author1ty but not that of hrs conscrence rt lrves wrth hrm he can not shake rt off Most men have l1kew1se felt the tranqurl pleasure the gentle freedom of an un tarnted conscrence They have felt the long sought for peace of m1nd We must prepare now rf we want to enjoy eternal happrness L1fe IS the test-death IS the m1d year exam and the General Iudgment w1ll be the frnal examrnatron Do not be mrddlrng or youll have to ma1or rn Purgatory before you recelve your degree Do not farl for then you recerve a perpetual d1st1nc tron rn Hell If you pass rt w1ll be because you prepared now and the angels wrll escort you to that bhssful beauty that nerther eye hath seen nor ear heard They w1ll lead you and don t say Idrdn t tell you 1f they begln slngxng The good you had you ut1I1zed And so you had some fun I 1 1 . . . . . u . . . . 11 . . ' . , - 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 . - 1 1 . , 1 1 . 1 I I I . . I u 1 . - 1 1 . . . . 1 11 . - 1 1 1 I - 1 1 u . . . . . 11 . , . . . . . 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 ' . . . . 1 - . . , - 1 1 1 . . n . 11 . 1 . 1 . . . . - 1 . 1 1 'lf l ,,., TODAY S CHILDREN IOSEPH Morrlrr Owlxfj No I am not conservatrve I do not wrsh to return to the hablts and customs of the now ant1quated n1net1es I am strrctly rn favor of the machrne age wrth tts numerous and helpful offsprrngs I lrke b1g CIIISS and love to mrngle wrth dense crowds on wrde streets But I have one complarnt As progress qurckens 1ts pace and hfe wxth tts work and pastimes IS systemxzed to clock work precrsxon as new ph1losoph1es of lxfe wrth the1r respectxve reform leaders sprlng up the Church along wrth all the hrgh rdeals whrch she teaches rs gradually berng lulled off rnto non exrstence Of course the Cathohc Church Wrll never be trodded under foot and stamped out by any antr Cathohc leader nor as hrstory reveals can she be cast rnto obl1v1on by the combrned forces of pagan natrons but because of the age wrth 1ts warped reforms and frenzred radrcals one rs apt to neglect hrs God thrs a deformatron of our Cathohc body Our Church wears many festerxng sores 1n th1s twentreth century and a goodly number of these wounds are caused by today s chrldren for rnstead of heedrng the command Suffer the llttle chlldren to come unto Me they run away Thrs fact may not be out standlng now but trme wrll tell There are many today who are frghtlng agarnst God and calhng Hrs httle chrldren away I say today s youths are tryrng to be too modern They are strrvxng to keep abreast of the txmes and rn so dolng they avord the1r God and bow to man and all hrs earthly purposes Because the trmes brrstle chrldren should not rgnore the teachrngs of the Church to keep up wrth them Success rn thrs lrfe IS thought by many as the one rdeal for whrch we should strrve a hereafter IS somethxng too vague and unreal On the contrary by strrvrng to lrve rn the fashrons of the world we awaken rn our l1ves new and stronger temptatrons that bear serrous effects In the l1fe of the average boy and g1rl there are many puzzlrng questlons or problems Possrbly three of the greatest ones are educatron relrglon and lrfe habxts Is 1t not shockxng to know that srxty percent of the parents rn the Unrted States do not care enough about God to g1ve the1r chrldren a rel1g1ous educat1on'? Thrs hrgh percentage however has not accumulated through the fault of parents alone A goodly number of chrldren refuse such educatton contrary to the wtsh of the1r parents For thts mrsdemeanor the chrldren have many excuses A publrc school graduate has more opportunltxes to secure employment Prxests and srsters because of the1r statrons rn lxfe are not so well adapted to teach youths as are men and women Non Cathohc schools offer a wlder socxal crrcle and a less restrtcted school lxfe that develops self depen dence These are some of the excuses These are the paltry reasons why many boys and gxrls forsake the trarnrng whrch they should be proud to possess that they may be judged by the dxploma that they hold rn the1r hand rather than by the vlrtue whrch they possess rn the1r hearts These excuses are made by the chlldren and stressed by our Church s rrval rntellegentra and because they revel rn new ph1losoph1es of l1fe they ensnare many unsuspectmg youths I 1 r- C , . - 1 . I - 1 1 1 ' 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . In , . . . 11 . 1 - ' , . 1 . .. 1 - 1 , . - 1 . . 1 I . 1 I . 1 . 1 1 - . 1 . . . 1 , . D ,, KA av-P-v v--Q' In develop1ng therr mrnds they neglect the1r v1rtues they want to be self suIf1c1entl If our young Amencans cont1nue to dr1nk th1s abomrnable knowl edge rf they mount to that desrrable crrcle of 1ntell1gent1a 1f they permrt and encourage themselves to be trarned 1n a school where rel1g1on and creed IS erther pushed as1de or r1d1culed what wrll be the outcome? Tomorrows parents are todays ch1ldren' The boys and grrls of th1s age are stepp1ng forward to f1ll the places now hlled by the1r parents Our young Amerrcans are dest1ned to be the leaders of th1s nat1on Because the phrlosophy of the world IS to go modern the youths l1fe habrts suffer the most for to be modern the1r actrons must be adyusted to step to a lrvely tune If we look at the daxly routme of many hrgh school pup1ls especlally the so called popular ones and compare therr day wrth a hrgh school puprl of 1900 we hnd a remarkable change remarkable for 1ts per n1c1ousness The lrvely heartbeat of today s nat1on offers l1ttle trme for thought to the ch1ldren who w1sh to keep rn step to 1ts beat The tendency 1S to become modern and our youths are 1ncl1ned to lean towards that tendency Along the road to modern1ty the world has gorged rtself Wllh v1ce and corruptron Not only IS the world d1seased w1th 1ts sms but unfortunately many of 1ts ch1ldren To dance to the tune of a godless nat1on the populace must hrst learn the tune then comes the dance That rs the reason why radrcal reformers and ph1losophers srnce they know that an old dog cannot be taught new tr1cks prey upon the more suspectlble and unwary ch1ldren of our nat1on In natlons torn by war and strrfe we hnd that rel1g1ous tra1n1ng has been of man rnstead of the word of God 1f they were educated accordlngly to the state s vrew wxth no rehgrous trarnrng to gulde them Fortunately relrgxon tn Catholac schools has not been banned but there are many who have sold themselves to the devrl that w1sh 1t would be forbrdden And slnce they cannot take rel1g1on from the nat1on s ch1ldren they use every possrble means to make the young boys and glrls forget about 1t Many youths have been ensnared and thexr pttrtul and wretched l1ves serve not as a hlndrance to some youths but rather as an encouragement Many of today s ch1ldren love the rmmodest shows obscene hterature and 1Il1C1l forms of entertamment They revel 1n the real1t1es of l1fe shun God laugh at the Church and rehgron sneer at caut1ons and admon1t1ons wh1le they encourage ev1l and applaud ev1l and v1ce and srn To many a weekly movle 1S more lmportant than Holy Mass They spend the t1me that should be used for sleepmg 1n revehng and merry mak1ng and sleep when they should be adorrng the1r God Playboys are nothtng new nerther are llappers There were playboys k1dd1ng Noah when he was bulldrng the ark Carn who drd not w1sh to be h1s brother s keeper was another of thetr lot Henry VIII was another of the1r krnd They have ever caused sufferlng on th1s earth Luckrly enough we st1ll have many good ch1ldren and although they appear old fash1oned they are the lrfe of a decadent nat1on They may show them selves unpopular but they also show the example that todays ch1ldren are urged to follow It has been justly sa1d that elderly people l1ve 1n yesterdays and youngsters l1ve 1n tomorrows May our ch1ldren look forward to tomorrow whrch means heaven for the Just and hell for the wrcked F1re tests true gold and temptatlons a just man May all our chzldren be lust D I stopped. The leaders knew that the children would readily fulfill the word LQiNl Erstwhxle busmess manager of the Fndellcm Oaks Bob and hxs shadow cr typewnier Chub with his wheels of lndustry Flash hxs dxchonary and Among the classlcs wxih Kxller an artxcle for the Echo and head hbranan Buck D 1 1 no P . g , M6iN' I AM A CHRISTIAN ROBERT Cox GXQIXIQ In the expertly ornamented xnner plaza of Drocletlans court recl1ned the trusted group of sp1es IH the emperor s serv1ce The even1ng meal was be1ng served whtle the speculatores orally paxnted scenes of the1r many catches T1ll1us the emperor s favorrte had put forth a glowrng account of h1s recent successes Th1rty prom1nent Chr1st1ans Your Grace w1ll not Agnella love me for that? Vertly T1ll1us I bel1eve you are protected by all the gods and for th1s I heartlly consent to your woomg my daughter He part1al1y d1rected these to the beautrful marden who sat rather than reco1led 1n a place of honor W1th the emperor Hear1ng her fathers words she lowered her head and a flow of color crept 1nto her ruddy cheeks All those present rnrstook the young lady s blushes as an assertron of her love for T1ll1US After they took the1r eyes from her she arose and qu1etly left the d1n1ng hall Once outsrde she hurr1ed to the room where the guards were stattoned not notrcrng the ever alert T1ll1us m1m1c her actxons W1th mnocent unwarlness she knocked three tunes at the portal T1ll1us retreated behrnd a huge whrte column and stra1ned h1s ears to catch the drscourse of the g1rl w1th whomever should appear Agnella IS there someth1ng wrong? T1ll1us started at the sound of Versus votce Versus most trusted of D1oclet1an s guard Yes Versus my father has g1ven T1ll1US consent to be my husband Noble Agnella assured the guard trust I shall be near to help you rn your trouble besrdes your Lover w1ll prov1de a way Agnella 1n love wtth Versus' T1ll1US wrath knew no bounds Thls under handed favorrte of DIOCIGIIBH was a trartor of the frrst degree and Agnella beauhful k1nd Agnella was bemg m1sled by h1s v1r1le charms He would expose the scoundrel He stepped from behrnd the p1llar and faced the two The usually rosy features of the g1rl were dramed of the1r color and there was left 1n the1r place a nervous gray mask Versus however drd not appear ag1tated You coward' Makrng love to a g1rl 1n such a clandestme manner' Versus your good looks have won many a g1rl s heart but they shall no more' Spare Agnella these harsh words Trllxus for the love of God The entreaty of a Chrrstlan' I have often heard 1t 1n the arena' Versus you are a Chr1st1an deny 1t' T1ll1us was confrdent of h1s pos1t1on No T1ll1us I w1ll not deny 1t I am a Chrlslran he Sald W1th an upward swrng of h1s ch1n and a gradual expansron of h1s vast chest Versus you have 1ust now placed yourself 1nto the grasp of fathers most treacherous spy You are doomed Agnellas sweet votce carrted on her peech of passron entrrely obl1v1ous to the hateful but astontshed look on her su1tor s face What of Monada Thura Sat1a and the Agnella T1ll1us broke 1n He IS a Chrrstran so what need you know or care for his do1ngs'? Defrantly the beautrful lady dropped the ve1l that covered her long black tresses and revealed a crudely plaxted crown of thorns pressed trghtly agarnst a bleedrng scalp Iust thls she Sald I too am a Chrlstlan' Versus who had marvelled at the g1rl s bravery stepped forth Yes T1ll1us gg ll A P . . . 1 . . . 1 . - - , . . u 11 . . 1 - - - 1 1 H . . . . . 11 1 1 - n , . . . - 1 1 1 . . 11 . . . 1 - 1 . . 1 1 . 1 1 - 1 u . . 11 . . 1 1 . - . . 1 1 . . . . 11 1 1 . at 11 11 . . 1 1 . . . 11 1 . H - - 11 . . 1 . I T I ' . 1 - 1 1 . n . . . . . , , - 1 11 1 . u . . 1, I I L. l. -. u . . . . . . 1 . . . 11 . . . . . . 1 . . u . . . . . . 11 . . 1 1 - 1 1, . . 1 1 11 1 . . :- J I I . 1 n . 11 . 1 1 1 ' u 11 . . . u . . . 1 1 1 . . 11 I 1 , 1, . 11 . u - 1 11 . 1 1 1 1 ' . 1 H - - I , . 1 1 l we are both Chrrstransl Come Agnella your father s feast rs not yet over and hrs guests wrll enter thrs room soon The two swept lrghtly out of the room wrthout the slrghtest protest from the dazed spy Why Trllrus the emperor had come rnto the room What s the matter? One would thrnk you had seen somethrng worse than a ghost Yes Your Grace I have seen someth1ng worse than a ghost Your guard Versus has just now told me that he rs a Chrrstran What? In an rnstant the qurck tempered emperor was whrte wrth rage One more accusatron lrke that and I shall have you thrown to my hons Not so fast Maresty I have proof Summon your guard and have hrm deny rt If he does so Ill toss myself to your hons Even rn hrs treachery Trllrus felt sure of the courage and stabrlrty of Versus Farr enough Trllrus but I shall make you keep to yor promrse al1hough rn erther case I shall lose one of my dearest frrends Serrus summon Versus to me rmmedrately The slave bowed low to carry out hrs master s brddrng As he vaulted from the chamber door he qurckened hrs pace Turmng one corner of the burldrng sharply he ran headlong rnto a parr of stalwart arms Versus he exclarmed as he recognrzed hrs frrend Trllrus has just now told the emperor of your farth He has sent me for you As he frnrshed he not1ced the Irttle frgure beh1nd Versus I arn sorry Mrstress to have sard thrs before you I shouldnt have That rs all rrght Serrus make haste for Versus departure No Agnella I w1ll not flee Long have I warted to meet my General and now that the trme rs come you would not have me turn away? You are rrght Versus Serrus has Trllrus told my father of me? God forbrd Mrstress does he know of your leanrngs? Yes Serrus and I pray that he w1ll tell my father but he loves me dearly and wrll not do me that favor Versus had departed A qurver of anxrety passed through the grrl s body Come Serrus we must go to Versus He wrll have confrdence rf we are near The two made therr way through the door I am a Chrrstran Your Grace and w1ll not sacrrfrce to any god save the true One Trllrus had woven hrs way to the srde of the emperor and wrth a leerrng smrle sard There Your Majesty havent I spoken the truth? The emperor could control hrmself no longer Hrs love of Versus was greater than that of the spy Wrth a qurck sweep of hrs hand he smote Trllrus across the face Your duty rs to report Chrrastrans not to make known my mrstakes If that rs my duty then I shall report another Chrrstran For the love of God Trllrus no' Versus pleaded For love of revenge yes Your Grace Agnella IS a Chrrstranl He drd not soften the blow wrshrng to cut the emperor as deeply as possrble The emperor turned abruptly toward hrs daughter and the srght of her made hrm rmmovable There stood hrs beautrful daughter the flower of hrs heart the verl dropped from her harr and the thorny nemesrs on her brow Yes father I am a Chrzstranf Her srmple confessxon was even more cuttrng than the spy s denuncratron Drocletran wrnced under the softness of rt Agnella I command you to sacrrfrce to the gods' Not even for you Father may I sacrrfrce Bah such stubbornness' Claudus summon the guards at once' The servant departed By the gods you two w1ll pay for thrs rnsolencel Men serze these two Chrrstrans tre them up and scourge them at rntervals of I5 rnrnutes untrl therr eyes see no more the splendor of the earth . . 1 . . 1 1 . . . 11 . 1 I 11 . . 11 . 11 1 , , . . . . 11 11 - 1 1 1 - 1 . . . . 11 , . 11 11 - - - - . , ' . 11 . . . 11 11 . . 1 1 - . 1 . 11 . . . . . , . . 11 . . . . t 1 1 1 - 1 . . 11 . 1 . . , . 1 . 11 11 . . . . 11 . . . 1 1 . 11 . . . . , . . . . 11 . . ' I I - 1 11 11 . . . , ,, 1 1 . 11 . . 1 1 . - - 11 1 . -1 . . . . 11 1 - 1 . 11 . . , ,, 1 1 . 11 . . 1 1 , - 11 . . - 1 11 . . ' I I 1 - - 11 . 11 . . , , , 1 1 11 . . . . . . . . I 11 . 1 ,, ' I I 1 ' I 1 11 . . . . 11 1 . 11 . . . 11 1 . 11 . . 11 1 1 - - 11 . . . 11 . 1 - 1 1 1 . I I 1 . 11 . . 11 . . . 1 1 - 1 . .... . .1 . . 11 , . .1 . . 11 1 1 - ll ll 'I , . 1 - ., . . . 11 . , . H an , . . . . , 1 . . . 11 , fb An hour later the two Chrrstrans were hangrng from the rafters Therr strong hearts remarned beatrng slower but wrth rncreased ardor Versus Agnella sard softly Ibelreve thrs trme wrll brrng me to Hlm RSIOICS wrth me Versus can you not see Hrs Sweet Face? Trllrus came toward them Dont you hate yourself for your folly? Look at me I shall have lrfe for many years yet He burst rnto a frt of vlolent laughter Soldrers rt rs past the quarter hour mark The soldrers came forward and beat therr thongs agarnst the bleedrng backs of the Chrrstrans The grrl gave a low cry of parn lrlted her eyes toward heaven then breathed a last Word of love to her Spouse Versus watched her wrth clouded eyes then as rf he had Warted to see her safely through the Journey passed also to Hrs General The soldrers ceased seemed as rn a trance Hrs eyes were glassy and held a crazed expressron The captarn startled hastrly regarned hrs posture and summoned hrs soldrers to follow hrrn from the room An hour Trllrus sat there alone nerther movrng nor speakrng Then as rf tormented by some frend he went up to Agnella s body and sank rn a heap upon the floor Agnella what have I done? Never have I felt remorse for my spyrng He began to move hrs frngers nervously across hrs breast At last hrs hand stopped and pulled a strletto from beneath hrs toga I shant lrve wrth your memory hauntrng me But would to your God I were go1ng and not to the devils of Hades but Beelzebub Wrll meet me at the crossroads Wrth a mrghty effort he sank the dagger rnto hrs heart and dred wrth a hrdeous self curse on hrs lrps The blood of the spy flowed rn a stream toward that of Agnella s but just as rt carne rnto Contact Wrth the martyrs rt ceased to flow and emrtted a drsagreeable odor Nrght has long srnce fallen on the bodres of the three but the shades of Eden have enveloped two of them and taken them to glorrfy therr God whom they served so farthfully upon earth The Students at Mecrltrme 1 X 7' as , . , , . , , . It is done, sir! said the captain as he bowed to Tillius. The latter, however, , . . , , . ltlllltlltitflstllfdglillltl FISHING DITTIVIERS CREEK Gsoncn SruPAm'rz Gxylclu Amtd the rolhng hrlls of Herman a httle cool stream meanders Through the woods across several pastures and under the road rt wrnds As We Ioe Oscar Bob and I clrmbed under the barbed w1re fence the currous cows eyed us and wrth reluctance they moved slowly up the slop1ng hxll Well where are you gomg to start Buck? Ioe asked me At my favorrte hole behmd the mulberry bushes We re gorng down to the blg wrllow saxd Bob and Oscar Okay I returned and turned down the cow path borderlng the stream Schools of frrghtened mrnnows scattered for shelter as my shadow fell upon the s1ng1ng water A brown water snake ghded across the stream and wr1g gled 1nto the grassy bank At a wxde bend a frog plopped 1nto the cool depths Soon I reached the mulberry thrcket Stoopxng low I entered one of the wrndmg passages made by the cows Dxrectly on the other s1de was Old Fa1thful my favorrte hole The murmur1ng raptds gurgled 1nto the calm waters ano became srlent untll they began the1r song agam on the rocks below the pool Several chubs and mrnnows scurr1ed under the submerged roots of a wtld cherry tree at the base of the eddy Carefully I threaded the wrlgglrng worm on my small hook I cast the balt towards the sunken roots Slowly 1t fell ageous mxnnow n1bbled at the worm Another darted grabbed the bart and swam upstream Soon a struggle ensued Mtnnows seemed to come from everywhere Th1s way and that the unfortunate Worm was dragged A bully of a chub came from under the roots and snatched the ba1t from the m1nn1es He hurr1ed back 1nto the shelter So far under drd he go that the t1p of my rod was touch1ng the roots The tell tale lerkmg vrbrated through the pole It ceased The l1ne went slack It grew taut I struck He was on Slowly I played h1m from under the roots Once 1n open water he fought doggedly 1h1s way and that he swrrled He danced on h1s tall tryrng to nd h1mself of the pr1ck1ng hook Soon he ttred and I slowly brought h1m 1nto the shallow water Proudly I l1fted the seven mch chub from the cool stream and 1nspected h1s sxze and beauty The sunbeams played on h1s orange grlded Sld9S and the scales shone hke crystals I carefully removed the hook and returned htm to h1s home W1th my rod tn my hand I proceeded down stream Round the curve through two more pastures I walked fo1low1ng the stream all the way I stopped at varlous places trytng my luck At last I caught up wrth the others They were 1n the large pasture through whlch the stream z1g zags w1th many bends and deep holes Every curve was a pool every stra1ght stretch a rap1d The three lads were f1sh1ng dlfferent turns One was stand1ng w1th h1s rod rn h1s hand porsed ready to stnke at the next tug Another was less fortunate He was lyrng on h1s belly chewmg at a prece of grass h1s rod stuck 1n the bank The last was busy rebartlng h1s hook Down the farthest corner I ,T ' F x to the bottom. The slight undercurrent carried it into the fish shelter. A cour- of the pasture a mare and her colt were feedmg As I stepped through the barbed wrre strands she eyed me curiously but soon returned to munching the grass How re they b1txng'? I called Okay returned one I stopped at the IIFSI curve A small school of f1sh swam unfrrghtened in the pool I cast my already battered worm towards them They fought and tussled over the free meal Soon the hook was bare and forsaken I retr1eved it and rebaltrng walked to the next curve Here a very large chub hurried 1nto the grassy bank Two or three smaller flsh followed h1m With many splashes the usual flock of m1nnows disappeared over the rapids into the banks and under rocks As accurately as possible I placed the worm near the entry of the large chub A smaller one immediately grabbed it Excrted I jerked the surprised fish completely out of the water onto shore I picked it up and returned rt to the pool Agam I cast the worm near the open1ng in the water grass Nothing happened Again and agarn I tried Then with a click I smacked the bait onto the water Quickly the big chub grabbed the worrn A flash of orange and he disappeared The flexible shoot bent and vibrated under his pull Carefully I drew him from Nervously I brought h1m to the surface Wrth a sw1rl he disappeared pulling the wound str1ng from the rod tip He fought his best but the pressure of the pole trred h1m I carefully beached h1m and excitedly ran down to my friends to show them my prize Wlde eyed w1th astonishment they said Thats the biggest one we ever seen pulled out of here a nine inch chub GENERAL MERCHANDISE Iug and Company gathering the mail The Shoe leather Express of Fr Gerard ll P7 ' 7' 41 the grass shelter. Back and forth he swarn splashing water with his tail. ts6SLLN1 I CAME AND I SAW FRANCIS SCHMITT SX?-Q20 It IS the year 1961 the year durrng wh1ch I was granted a three months vacatron 1n Amerrca after hav1ng been devoted to mrssronary work 1n the forergn land of Ind1a And so durrng my so1ourn 1n Amerrca I took an auto mobrle to St Augustrne s Monastery hoprng to v1s1t some of my former class mates graduates of 41 now veteran members of the Capuchxn Order My 1n1t1al v1s1t at the monastery was somewhat a surprrse and too rather fortunate ForI met three of my former classmates Frs Ryan tArthurl Young Othmar Gallagher and Aloysrus Young Each fr1ar narrated an 1nterest1ng retrospect of h1s prrestly l1fe bestowrng a mutual and cur1ous rnspectron 1nto h1s darly enterpr1ses Both Fr Ryan and Fr Aloys1us are presently staff members of the St Franczs Weekly Fr Aloys1us IS the scrrbe of the comrc page and suppl1es the FIIS and Fanc1es of the week whereas Fr Ryan prepares the type and heads the pr1nt1ng department My next stop was at the Fr1ary 1n Brooklrne and as I drove towards the adm1n1strat1on burldxng I saw a fr1ar prun1ng a few naked trees Hello there Father I sa1d Is Fr Godfrey Moffrtt at home? Fr Godfrey smrled the prrest behmd a black bushy beard I am he Well 1f 1t 1snt Iudas hrmselfl cr1ed I Jubrlantly Well pra1se the Lord' he Cfled surprrsed If 1t rsnt Carphas school chum Fr Gery Mart1n He IS the c1cerone on the MISSIOH Band and IS drrector of the Th1rd Order Where are Frs Fulgence Snyder and Kenny Cox stat1oned? I querred Fr Fulgence 1S Work1ng at an Ital1an partsh 1n Roswell Ohro He has organrzed qurte a number of Ital1an clubs and SOCIGIISS H15 people 11ke the 1nterest1ng Ital1an talks he delrvers every Sunday He 1S also helprng to organ1ze an Ital1an paper rn that v1c1n1ty Kenny Cox IS back at the Alma Mater He has been there for some years I bel1eve he IS teachrng Greek Mathematrcs and Enghsh The stor1es he wr1tes for the St Francrs Weekly are 1nterest1ng and strrrxng He has become a very prodrgxous wrrter Fr Leon Rauterkus rs also at our Alma Mater teachrng Engl1sh and Latrn After school he rs xnstructor of calrsthentcs Sports were Fr Leon s forte back 1n our semlnary days Oh yes but say do you remember the fellow who 1o1ned us rn our s1xth year Fr Srgmund Sta1duhar7 He 1S now conductrng an art school 1n W1scons1n He has a small parrsh there and has an average of about 25 converts a year Where IS Fr O Connell? Oh he IS statroned rn Sugar Creek Would you l1ke to take a run over there Father? It would only take an hour or so Frs Gery Godfrey and I drove to Sugar Creek However on our way we stopped at a small Inn to refresh ourselves As we srpped our beverages we all remarked about the comehness and beautrful scenery that encompassed the Inn In fact we were all so enchanted by tts beauty and IIS hue that we absent mrndedly ambled through the forestry next to the Inn and manxfested our personal prarses and rnterpretatrons of Nature s wealth After we sauntered I 42 , , I I I I ' . , . : . , , . . ll ll n I! a I ll , ,,.. . , . . For about two hours, Fr. Godfrey and I conversed. We then visited another I - . . . . , , , , . . , . , - I I I fviiiqr vi-Y for a few paces we spied a sturdy gentleman fishing by a peaceful rrvulet We approached the brawny fisherman and queried about his fishing luck Oh the fish are Well if it isnt Fr Gery and Fr Godfrey' And I I I cannot recall your name but your face seems familiar Fr Blain Schmitt George now do you know? Well Schmltty quld ages and the Third Order Regulars'? Suaviter bene optime lanswered I hardly recognrzed you either George or rather Buck la few chuckles J You certainly put on some weight Yes I believe Work does me good I weigh about 250 now By the Way how 1SII1d1a Fr Blain? Fine and you? Fishermens Guild I say Mass every morning for our members This club seems to sustain a lot of interest every fishing season You are doing good work George Keep 1t up Would you like to v1s1t Fr O Connell? We are heading that Way now Oh Fr O Connell is vacatloning in Florida He and another priest left early yesterday in his big black Buick Fr Russell Myers assisted hlrn a few years but he has been made Monsignor Say Fr Blaln interrupted Fr Gery its f1ve thirty Oh here I am prating about things when I should be back at Loretto to meet my parents Well George I rn glad I saw you Well goodbye Father and God bless you all cried Fr Stuparrtz Irnrnedlately I hurried to Loretto v1s1ted my parents and then after a busy day Went to our Chapel and f1n1shed my office Flash, Ed Curry. and Hank before the play off hncxl , K l A , . The same, I have a small parish here, and just lately I organized a Catholic . I I I I I l6lNl HIS GREY EMINENCE T1-roMAs O CONNELL GXJIXZF Before a drstrngurshed gatherrng rn hrs fathers home a lad but four years old stood on a stool relatrng Our Lord s Passron At the crucrfrxron hrs ever rncreasrng fervor and vrvrd dramatrzatron elrcrted tears and sobs from hrs hearers But hrs emotrons chokrng the words rn hrs throat overcame h1m before he could frnrsh Such remarkable devotron so precocrously evrnced domrnated the entrre lrfe of Francors Le Clerc du Tremblay Later thrs lad enhanced the pages of hrstory rn the enrgmatrc personage of Father Ioseph the Capuchrn frrar and world renowned drplomat Thrs noble born youth was the eldest son of an accomplrshed father he was one of the krng s counsellors and an ever devoted mother Except for the shock of hrs father s early death the unrnterrupted atmosphere of h1s youth lent rtself well both to the growth of hrs relrgrous sentrment whrch later rrpened rnto a vow before a Capuchrn provrncral and to the development of hrs pre cocrous mrnd In addrtron hrs acquarntances were relrgrous and erud1te hrs schoolng was excellent hrs tutelage qualrfred and hrs travel extensrve These cuts of the frnest woods hrs efforts and ascetrcal ponderrngs unrted to form the exqursrte mosarc of hrs genrus In the year 1604 Francors was ordarned prrest rn the Capuchrn Order grvrng up the materral wealth hrs noble brrth had won for hrm Hrs work as a prrest of the Order was so effectrve that hrs brethren chose hrm as the leader of therr Order electrng h1m Provrncral Besrdes perforrnrng hrs dutres as provrn cral well he mapped out a program to Catholrcrze three contrnents But frrst France wrrthrng rn the protestant reformatron must be sprrrtually revrvrfred so that she could take the lead rn a crusade to regarn the Holy Land rn the re establrshment of Catholrc culture rn Europe and rn the extensron of forergn mrssrons He systemrzed and urbanrzed the counter reformatron of hrs cordral brethren arded the clergy preached gave mrssrons and spread the Forty Hours Devotrons throughout France He was recognrzed as the most zealous representatrve of thrs counter reformatron movement and of the spread of forergn mrssrons In acknowledg ment the Holy See appornted hrm prefect apostolrc of France The student of hrstory however knows Father Ioseph not as a Capuchrn frrar but as the colleague of Rrchelreu as the man who not only put the Cardrnal rn power but remarned the power behrnd h1m makrng many of hrs decrsrons These two great statesmen worked as one to accomplrsh a two pornt program Frrst they wrshed to unrfy France by rrddrng her of the Huguenots who formed a state wrthrn a state and second to enrrch her But Father Ioseph whose mrnd was on a hrgher relrgrous plane went further He would unrfy and elevate France so that she could take the lead both rn the reestablrshment of Catholrc culture rn Europe and rn a crusade to the Holy Land France s aggrandrzement was to h1m a means to an end For Rrchelreu rt was the end That was the rmportant drvergence rn therr outlooks We know they were successful but accordrng to Belloc the effects of therr accom plrshments although unpremedrtated permanently deflected Europe from therr trme to ours breakrng Chrrstendom rnto a patch qurlt of natronalrtres 1 f- .. . . . . 1 1 . 1 . ... . . 1 ' - 1 1 1 1 ' . 1 I1 . 1 . 1 . . 1 . , , 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 , . 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 ' - 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 1 . . . . 1 1 ' 1 1 1 . l In the unrfrcatron movement Father Ioseph had no small part From the begrnnrng he maxntarned the supremacy of the royal power and the rel1g1on of the stage It was he who persuaded the powerful Pr1nce de Conde and the Duc of Nevers besrdes numerous other 1nfluent1al nobles to denounce the Huguenots cause It was he who d1ssuaded R1chel1eu from abandonrng the s1eges on Laugedoc and Rochelle Wlth France strong they began 1ts aggrandrzement to the leadzng world power To accomplrsh th1s program the power of the1r Jealous nerghbors the Hapsburgs of Spam and Austua was to be broken and Germany was to rema1n drsunrted They began by wrnnrng back the Span1sh ruled Vattelhne a pass that connected Austrra and Spam Later when they feared that Austrra would unrfy Germany wh1ch was to a large extent Catholrc Father Ioseph brought rn a Protestant Swedrsh Army under Gustavus Adolphus to run Austrxa But Adolphus great garns were unexpected In a very short tlme he garned a seat at the European conference table though he was st1ll clad as a soldler He offered hrs employer the left s1de o the Rhlne 1n exchange for Germany wh1ch he had won from Austrla True such a plan would end the Thrrty Cardmal doubted but not the Capuchm Fr Ioseph persuaded Rrchelreu to re1ect the offer thereby savtng Cathohc culture 1n Central Europe Wrthrn a short trme fate took care of Adolphus In the meantune the Capuchrn keenly brought about the drsrmssal of Austna s powerful ally Wallensttne and pre vented the nornlnatton of Ferd1nand s son as he1r to the Emplre However Fr Ioseph dred a few days before the news of the cap1tulat1on of the strategrc crty Brrsach reached Europe He had accomplrshed h1s means Durrng the subsequent ages qurte an amount of lrterature has accumulated about the prrest drplomat both of degradrng and extollmg character To exten uate many clarms upon hrs actrons would be folly However the fact that many of hrs actrons were queshonable and that the1r results were often drsastrous ought not to preclude our memory of th1s strange complexrty of genrus a true Capuchrn the most eloquent w1se learned and energetrc clergyman of all France Whom the World knew as Hrs Grey Ernrnence Fr Benno performmg an expenment for the Sxxth Class I , . , , . , , n ' I 1 , , . . - 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' 1 I I I I I I I , .. . . ,. , . i -1' sv- L APOSTLES TO THE NEGROES EDWARD GALLAGHER '-XIII H Although Robert Lrvrngstone and Henry Stanley are famous rn hrstory as the frrst mrssronarres to carry the modern flag of a crvrlrzed natron rnto equatorral Afrrca they were not the frrst to do so Long before them Brshop Edward Barron had gone to the newly founded republrc of Lrberra as a Catholrc mrssronary Edward Barron was born rn Ireland rn 1801 After hrs ordrnatron he rmmr grated to Amerrca and began hrs prrestly career rn Phrladelphra Drocese as pastor of St Marys Church When the St Charles Borromeo Semrnary was opened rn 1832 he was elected Rector ancr later named vrcar general of the drocese Around thrs trme about thrrty years before the Crvrl War the Arnerrcan Colonrzatron Socrety was actrve rn lrberatrng slaves For thrs cause the Socrety had secured a terrrtory of 43 U00 square mrles rn Western Afrrca The slaves named the country Lrberra and rt rs the only country rn Afrrca whrch rs self governed For the freed slaves who wrshed to sarl to Lrberra the Socrety provrded transportatron Among these proneers were the Catholrcs for whom Father Barron gave up hrs trtle of vrcar general and sarled to Afrrca He was the frrst Catholrc Mrssronary to Afrrca srnce the srxth century From 1840 1843 Father Barron labored rn hrs Afrrcan frelds Hrs work was not confrned to Lrberra alone but hrs mrssron tours carrred hrm rnto the nergh borrng Srerra Leone and the Gurneas Then rn the sprrng of 1843 he sarled to Rome to secure permrssron to open mrssrons rn Srerra Leone and the Gurneas Not only drd Pope Gregory XVI grant hrs request but he also consecrated hrm vrcar apostolrc of Lrberra Srerra Leone and the Gurneas As vrcar apostolrc Brshop Barron now had mrllrons of souls to care for but not one mrssronary to assrst hrm Srnce he had a great devotron to the Blessed Vrrgrn he made a prlgrrmage to Lourdes to enlrst her ard Whole heartedly she responded and he met the Iewrsh convert Father Francrs Lrbermann C S Sp who had come to Lourdes for a far drfferent reason than Father Barron He was seekrng a mrssron freld for the prrests of hrs congregatron Father Lrbermann although only a prrest for two years was the organrzer of the Congregatron of the Holy Ghost and the Immaculate Heart of Mary and was rts Superror General He promrsed to send seven of hrs prrests wrth Brshop Barron to Afrrca Srnce that trme the mrssron frelds of thrs terrrtory have chrefly been staffed by the prrests of thrs congregatron In October 1843 Brshop Barron and hrs companrons arrrved rn Afrrca In less than two years only one of thrs group was strll laborrng rn Afrrca Malarra fever had clarmed srx and compelled Brshop Barron to resrgn and to return to Amerrca After regarnrng hrs health Brshop Barron contrnued hrs prrestly work rn the Savannah Drocese Here he was burred after he was struck down on September 18 1854 by the attacks of yellow fever he contracted whrle adrrrrnrsterrng to the srck Many people pass hrs grave and farl to realrze that there hes the man who opened Equatorral Afrrca for the Catholrc Church and the modern world and because of hrs zeal the flag of the Unrted States was wavrng rn the Afrrcan breezes whrle Lrvrngstone and Stanley were strll youths D D ,, KA L , iv-NW' CON VERTS WHY? ARTHUR YOUNG Gif. XZ Thy L1ght and Thy Truth they have led me and brought me unto Thy holy hrll and unto Thy Tabernacles Th1s text from the preparatory prayers for Mass embodres the converts sent1ments as he takes h1s f1nal steps toward Catholrcrsm Every convert not only Heckers Newmans Elhots Bakers and Conways but also the unheralded proselyte feels a glortous sense of awakenmg He feels as rf he IS commg 1nto the long forsaken house of h1s father As a lady convert of recent years says No other moment of my l1fe st1ll thr1lls me as d1d that when I walked down the darkened a1sle of a d1m church late 1n the nrght gorng at last toward the Sanctuary lrght fstrengthened by the knowledge that on the morrow I was to make my Fxrst Holy Commumonl and there kneel and make my professlon of Fa1th Another convert had come home to Holy Mother Church Are converts what they are because of the1r keen 1ns1ght7 Or IS lt perhaps through persuasron of a relat1ve or close fr1end'? Truly these and many others are acceptable reasons but there IS st1ll another v1ta1 and all rmportant stxmulus a much stronger motrve a prompt1ng from above and that IS the g1ft of Farth By th1s g1ft of fazth we mean that grace of God Whrch leads one to recogn1ze and accept the Catholrc Church as the one true church We drscover 1n our assoc1at1on w1th drfferent converts through read1ng the1r l1ves and through personal contact that they are usually 1ntell1gent and unpre1ud1ced thmkers We rrnght say then that God g1ves Farth to those who are rrghtly d1sposed to recerve 1t although th1s IS not necessarrly meant to detract from those countless souls outs1de the Church who have never entered because of the1r very envxronment and because they have never been afforded opportun1ty to learn the Truth And l1kew1se I do not mean merely that the uneducated are not nghtly dxsposed Contrarrly the lowly can more eas1ly obtam the hurnxhty that IS so necessary for the convert One rn her recent advent 1nto the Cathol1c Church used to kneel and say wh1le k1ss1ng the floor Out of a l1ttle dust I was made 1nto a l1ttle dust I must come aga1n Keep me humble always and afrard Holy God of bemg w1cked and unkrnd S1multaneously w1th the grft of Farth God 1nfuses a yearn1ng for Truth wh1ch 1S usually the ftrst lap of the converts lourney toward Cathohcrsm Once the prospectrve convert has th1s yearn1ng God provldes healthful nour 1shment and care as well as helpful guldance He arms the traveler w1th a lantern when the darkness of doubt and uncertarnty almost leads h1m awry And when almost lnsurmountable obstacles fatrgue hrm He provxdes buoyrng refreshments of sp1r1t to counter the dull tedrum But although the chref gu1dance 1S D1v1ne the man seek1ng and yearn1ng 1 I A 1- . 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I - 1 1 3 fi' 7' - for Truth must naturally SOl1C1l the rnstructrons of a prrest the man best quahhed for such a1d And lust as the manager trams the pr1ze flghter not only 1n skxll and tact but also rn courage so must the prrest not only undertake to tell the possrble convert of the 1nd1v1dual strange doctr1nes and dogmas that he must belreve but also burld a strong network of courage to snatch and hold the bel1ef Th1s courage to confront truth to turn a cold shoulder to the rel1g1ous sect from whxch he came to face farmly oppos1t1on IS one of the most necessary factors 1n the great ma1or1ty of convers1ons Many are the bafflmg facts about rellgxon that converts face Many are the new doctrxnes and problems that need explanatron Iust as rn many enterprlses one need courage to delve mto the unknown to face the facts and w1th the help of a prlest to reason out the truth But agam the courage that must be so strong rn converts IS a glft grven along wrth the g1ft of Farth Therefore we may lustly say that God s grft to converts 1S threefold He glves them the deslre for truth the glft of faxth and at the same trme the courage to accept the new relxgron To lay asrde the soft and padded way 1n order to toe the flgld path of Cathohclsm IS truly an arduous step There should be then only sympathy for those who remarn outsrde of our ranks Sympathy IS an obvlous fulfrllment of the Apostles norm of act1on to be all thrngs to all men The ab111ty to set asrde our own personal feehngs and thereby enter 1nto the Joys and sorrows of others IS a form of Chrrsttan charrty frurtful rn untold good As a concludlng thought let us turn to the D1v1ne Example and str1ve to do our parts by bexng good examples thus workmg wonders for God by the 1nfluence of our lrves The Dramatic Hull 1 . 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C . , .- 1 1 1 1 . 1 - 1 - 1 . . . . 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 . n . 11 . . 1 1 . 1 ML I ,Ll THE SIX O CLOCK HANDICAP IOSEPH RAUTERKUS oXflQ.I4-J If the 5 15 11ngle of a rosary shuffle of sandals and rustle of Father Drrector s habrt dont rouse me from my slumbers every A M you can wager your last molar that the bang of doors squeak of hrnges the rebelllous squeals of water prpes and the crash of a tm soap case on the terrazzo floor tby those who are to serve early Masses? 1nvar1ably 1angle my aurrcular nerves to conscrous ness Though 1rr1tat1ng at ftrst the 1nterrupt1on does vaunt one compensatrng feature a hfteen mrnute warn1ng for the r1s1ng srgnal Complacently I drg down under the covers agarn and as Im sl1pp1ng back 1nto my dreams the heatrng system comes on wheezmg whrnrng stra1n1ng as the steam gurgles 1nto the radrators But after a few clmks I cuddle back 1nto the soft arms of death s gentle srster Unt1l suddenly I reco1l from her warm embrace That bell agatn' Oh but IIS a clang1ng monster probably the mach1nat1on of some ancrent peda gogrc frend or tyrant It echoes and resounds 1nto the deepest corner of the dormttory and even shakes loose the caps of the ha1r tomc 1od1ne shampoo ant1sept1c and l1ver prll bottles h1dden away rn the drawers No matter how gently the gractous Prefect were to handle 1t Ive found that an ear stuffed w1th any less than three bales of cotton doesnt have a chance to m1ss 1t You know 1ts funny about me and twenty three out of twenty four other merely by hearsay of course that the Prefect doesnt approve of th1s tnnate destre that he w1ll certamly rush to every room whose wmdow doesnt emtt a ray of l1ght and that he m1ght be so tnconsrderate as to exact a few pages of pen1tent1al penmanshrp from some unlucky youth tn a persuasrve effort to erad1cate the propens1ty up I 1ump as refreshed as a bunch of chrysan themums after a Forty Hours Adoratlon touch one foot to the rcy floor stretch to the frxtures on the oppostte wall and sw1tch on a l1ght Now to sneak those last precrous moments Two mrnutes of complete Joy and reluctantly I wrrnkle back the woolen blankets and hang my legs over the srde Then shtvermg l1ke the skater who laughed at the thm 1ce srgn I dress wtth a rap1d1ty engendered as well of the atmosphere as of the scruple that the Prefect mtght wonder about my well bemg In nxnety seconds Im tear1ng out to the wash room and lust as I slrde up to the door some early brrd hurls 1t open catchmg me flush on the forehead and poltrng the sleep out of my eyes Well before I have my basm full the half trme bell r1ngs I splash soap suds over my face up my nose etc towel myself comb my harr fpompadourl and tr1p back to my room choose a sh1rt and am 1ust workmg through the second sleeve when the all out stgnal peals forth I grab a t1e and swrng a sweater over my left shoulder On my dash down the hall and scurry down the starrs I hook my collar button and shp my t1e under the collar Here I stop momentarrly to tuck rn my sh1rtta1l and knot my t1e am away on the last lap groprng my left arm through the sleeve and spurt past the Prefect I hold the door open for Father then tramp to my pew genuflect and just as the gong strrkes SIX am qurte composed for morn1ng prayer ll 77 I 3' 49 I , , I I I - , - . 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MID El1l,, gm M -i ir-v ST ANTHONYS SACRISTY IOHN SHAUGHNESSY GSP-QK5 To the ordlnary church attender the sacrlsty IS a place ot wh1ch lrttle IS known A 1ust1f1able curxostty often arouses wtthrn h1rn a desxre to rnvestrgate the secret chamber The sacrrsty may be lrkened to the dressmg room of a theater Here the prlest and altar boy vest 1n preparat1on to makmg therr entrance to the stage Usually ln the sacrxsty there 1S a vestmg table upon whrch the prrest s attlre IS lard out ln the order he puts 1t on The sacred vessels mxssals and l1nens hnd a sultable restxng place on thrs cornrnodlous table Three sacrlstans are appornted to keep the sanctuary and vestry m a t1dy lookmg condltlon The clrmax of the1r year comes wlth the Forty Hours Devo trons when the flowery atmosphere of beautxtul chrysanthemurns and bloom 1ng roses on the mam altar embrace the Sacred Host elevated 1n the golden monstrance Am1d a fervor of love and devotron numerous candles lllcker from shmmg Candelabra hke stars rn the fxrrnament Rrch srlks and l1nens adorn the altars the bells rxng out therr rnost solemn peals and rn the sanctuary a Chant ascends to heaven Praxse to Chrrst the Kmg' I n , . . . . . . . 1 . 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IE 111 MIME, 411 , MMM 741' fini REQUEST Go thou ullen fathered sky Shackle us no mole And nevez back to shore Come thou mellow mantled sky Come and ransom us W1th thy bulgmg purse of gold And rlches fabulous IOHN HANNAN cflvifies D x Sail, thou pauper, out to sea 4 '?'q' v'f 7' AN ECHO OF ST FRANCIS FRANCIS GINOCCHI fail I Grasprng the burn1ng torch of the prevrous school year the Thxrd Order of St Francrs moved ahead another lap rn the marathon of semrnary hte The humble brown garbed son of Il Poverello Fr Harold keeps the members at a steady pace 1n spmtual hte Worthy leaders of the Order cooperate wrth Fr Harold as do the four com mrttees ln charge of aCl1V1lleS The Eucharrstlc Commxttee keeps the flame of prayer and good works burn1ng farthfully from month to month through the Apostleshrp of Prayer Volunteers take the1r turns rn replen1sh1ng the holy water fonts Thelr charrman 1S your scr1be Brother Romuald A very enterprrslng commrttee 1S that an charge of entertamments Brother Anthony OConnell and h1s pleasant Francrscan 1oy makers always produce worthwh1le treats rn the1r plays contests and wrener roasts One need srmply observe the Thrrd Order Bulletm Board to reahze the splend1d work done by Brother Hannan and h1s colleagues of the Publrcrty Commlttee Energetrc 1n every move IS the M1ss1on Commlttee The scope of aCl1Vlly for thrs band extends from the v1l1age of Herman to governmental Washmgton through stamp collectlons to sunny Puerto Rrca Brother Conrad Deutzer holds sway over these up and comlng m1ss1onar1es In the name of all the Tertrarres the members of the Archconfratermty of thrs councrl Brothers Grles Cox prefect Thomas Gallagher master of nov1ces and Rene Conway secretary and above all to Fr Harold GRJIGRJIQZU KNIGHTS OF THE ALTAR ANTHONY MOLISKI GXQIXZD On December 8 of each year a large class of newcomers experrence one of the most Joyful moments rn 1ts l1fe at the semmary By a few s1mple prayers the member rs adm1tted to the St Iohn Berchman s Altar Socrety and are dubbed knrghts of the altar lust as knrghts of old were elated as they were pro nounced knlghts of the1r lung so much more must these future prrests ex per1ence when they are consecrated to the knrghthood of the1r Kmg The St Iohn Berchman s Sanctuary Socrety was founded rn 1865 and 1t so pleased the Soverergn Pontxff Pope Prus IX that he sanctroned 1t endowed rt wrth many lndulgences and permrtted any pr1est to establrsh 1t rn h1s church Fr Vrncent Bassxle a Iesurt Mrssonary orgamzed the soc1ety and chose for rts patron St Iohn Berchman a man who ed1f1ed all by h1s modesty and purrty and reverence rn church before the Blessed Sacrament Indeed thls IS a prarseworthy soc1ety and one wh1ch wrll avatl every student who observes the rules the weapons of modesty chastrty and reverence for the Blessed Sacrament rnvaluable to the Catholrc prrest D l ' l l f' Fx the Cord Bearers, l Wish to extend heartfelt gratitude to the grand officers of P D t THE CHOIR IOHN VENDEMIA GV-Qfcl Musrc rs found everywhere If one walks through the traffrc streets ot the crty he hears the musrc of radros of nrckleodrans of the tour prece orchestra rn Charlres Restaurant not to cotton our ears to the shrrll cry of factory whrstles and the harmonrous blendrngs of automobrle horns the pol1ceman s whrstle and the chant of the medrcrne man If he strolls down quret country lanes the gay chatterrngs of the quarl the sweet warblrng of the whrppoorwrll or the croak of a frog attracts hrs attentron If he prays rn chapel where peace and love permeate the soul the sonorous chords of the organ drape the adorrng heart Durrng the hrst semester the Semrnary chorr lost rts master besrdes hrs charr on the faculty Father Aurelrus who was chorr master for eleven and a halt years was appornted an assrstant for parrsh work We owe much to Fr Aurelrus for hrs zeal and patrence burned rn trarnrng hrs chorr almost to the trck of a metronome However through therr own rnrtratrve and therr already acqurred knowledge of srngrng they succeeded moderately well for themselves In the irrst semester Fr Ralph an experrenced master of musrc came from Prttsburgh once a week and taught the whole student body several new masses Durrng the second halt however Fr Ralph reahzrng the necessrty of a semrnary chorr resumed the work ot Fr Aurelrus as Chorr Master We sm cerely hope that Fr Ralph w1ll contrnue to accomplrsh the same results wrth hrs choral rnstrtutrons rn the succeedrng years 1 1 ' . u . 1 11 . 1 . . . . . 1 1 . u . . 11 . 1 - 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 I , 1 1 ' , . - 1 1 1 - 1 1 . 1 1 - 1 , . . 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OUR STRING ENSEMBLE REGIS WALTERS six- Z t Practrce for the frrst dramatrc performance of the year had progressed but the need of a lrttle musrc was felt A tr1o of v1ol1n1sts Ioseph Rauterkus Iohn Shaughnessy and R6g1S Walter w1th a capable accompan1st Robert Krrngs clarmed that they could supply the lackrng element Each member of the group produced h1s favorrte selectrons and a brref but d1l1gent rehearsal followed When the aud1tor1um l1ghts d1mmed the gentle harmony of blendrng v1ol1ns floated to the audlence s1nce then the task of supplymg the requested numbers usually fell to th1s group When Lent drew near the ensemble cloaked the stra1ns of 1ts musrc wrth a shadow of sombreness and concentrated 1ts efforts toward the pass1on play So versat1le 1S th1s ensemble that one can expect to hear any prece rmagrn able The restful harmony of The Old Refraln the sweet stra1ns of Nevlns Rosary the gracefulness of a Strauss waltz all flow W1th the same ease to thrtll the hearts of our l1steners At ttmes our musrcrans w1ll even drvert the1r attent1on from the classrcal crrcle to grat1fy the admrrers of the latest radlo hrts The preva1l1ng bond of untty 1n our ensemble 15 the mutual love for musrc Nurtured by rnterest cooperatron and perseverance rt has thr1ved and bloomed amrd the general apprec1at1on of 1ts many oblrgmg aud1tors GRQIGXJIQID OUR BAND WILLIAM YOUNG QXJI .ln After two years 1n almost total obscur1ty the band has once agarn found 1ts Way 1nto our Sem1nary A melodrous march can be heard every Saturday afternoon as Professor Chellr capably d1rects hts baton 1n the two fourth rhythm There was a mere group of anx1ous students who knew nerther musrcal notes nor what made those h1gh toned squeaks of the prccolo or clar1net but the able Professor taught these boys why three frngers up and three down send forth pleaslng sounds to an rnterested ear When Father Trmothy was transferred to Kansas the band began to declrne Father L1nus strove to hold the fellows together and succeeded 1n keeprng the rnterest ahve On several occasxons the band played remarkably well On the n1ght of the annual Chrlstmas play the new band members shyly took the1r places for the1r fxrst performance and wa1ted W1th fast beatmg hearts for the Professors f1rst down beat then the notes rang out The audxence sat up and took notrce well why shouldnt they? Muslc had been barred from the p1t for such a long trme that the very sound of those Chrxstmas hymns frlled the spectators wrth Joy Good luck to you Professor Chellr and band members and we hope next year to see our new band proudly marchlng down the Herman boulevard' 1 -, 5- s Q' 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 u 11 . 1 1 . u . 11 . . 1 - 1 u 11 . 1 1 - 1 . . . . . . U . ,, 1 1 1 Q' f r- ' 1 , . 1 1 . . I . . 1 - 1 1 - , 1 . Vxkmgs League Champs Back Row George Zxvxc Ioseph Rcxuterkus Cccrptl Stephen Kato Front How Augustme Lcxurenzt Iohn Shaughnessy Iohn Pager Iohn Hcmnan SPORTS IOHN HANNAN oxf- ft At St Frdehs sports are the llavormg 1n the academ1c beverage the JUICY red Cherry atop the academ1c sundae Alter a sedentary sk1rm1sh w1th the class1cs a mad dash 1nto the outdoors IS a st1mulant W1thout equal ThlS IS why at the three oclock bell denotmg end ot afternoon classes human1ty overflows 1nto the second floor corrtdors gl1des to the dorm1tory for a qulck the rolhng waves of sports M .fl COME AUTUMN MUSHBALL Our mushball held whrch 1S east of the w1ng 1S a rough surfaced d1amond whose bepebbled mfreld wh1tens the ha1r of us poor 1nt1elders Last autumn the bru1s1ng graduates swept the rest of the school otf 1lS mushball bear1ngs wlth a ser1es of v1ctor1es as long as a telephone call The Second Class alone succeeded 1n cross1ng the w1res and that but once Classes FIVE Four and Three took turns beat1ng each other TENNIS The sem1nary s Tom Dewey 1S the gangl1ng graduate Ioe Rauterkus For h1s deput1es Ioe has several classmates Herb Snyder Bob Cox Fran Schmltt and Art and B111 Young W1th these cohorts Mr Rauterkus IS able to keep the other classes 1n good order on the courts The Iumors have an alert crop ot tenn1s followers who Wlll be able to blossom on the proposed courts Wh1le l 1 f 5 P c change of clothes, and sails into the sea of afternoon freshness. delighting in , . . 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COME WINTER bewalllng the absence of tenn1s courts those havrng leather hands may cross the hxghway bounce down the observatory steps and make ready tor a fast game of HANDBALL Except1ng mushball and basketball handball probably has more devotees than any other SF S sport Both students and faculty lI!.16Sl the courts the students w1th an eye on compet1t1ve play the faculty W1th an eye on the wa1st l1ne Handball IS en1oyed from degreed scholars down to decreed students To mentron a few Fathers Harold Grles and Maynard Iohn Stajduhar Ioseph Moflxtt D1ck Conway Ben Deutzer Iohn Shaughnessy and Iohn Hobaugh The howls and moans of wtnter call a halt to these autumnal pasttrmes and brmg to the lront l1ne the snow cycle Foremost sport of the overcoat and galoshes c1rcu1t IS BASKETBALL W1th a hull and a puff basketball bounds rnto our m1dst 1n November and stays unt1l late March Th1s year as 1n several years past an lntramural league was formed wrth no respect pard to classes F1ve captams were elected and they chose the1r teams Expectatxon cracked on the rocks ot arr1val the of the schedule followed by Ioe Rauterkus s V1k1ngs and B111 Young s Zephyrs Ed Currys Huskres got the1r share ot v1ctor1es wh1le Herb Snyders Comets turned 1nto falhng stars The league waxed hotter after the Chrrstmas 1nterlude At a late stage of the half a three way t1e was qu1te poss1ble but alter the last two torrld games the Green Hornets and V1k1ngs were tred The play off game ended V1k1ngs 34 Green Hornets 25 The second half got a late start necess1tat1ng dally games down the Easter vacatlon stretch B111 Youngs Zephyrs 1umped to an early lead Wllh the HUSk1eS on the1r ta1l but soon they had outlasted all opponents smash1ng through lor seven stra1ght conquests and a second halt t1tle The V1k1ngS 1n the meantlme were dropp1ng four out of s1x But rn the play oft ser1es they came back to the vrctory path Wllh two out of three w1ns 31 24 16 25 and 29 24 B9S1deS Capta1n Rauterkus Steve Kato Iohnny Hannan Iohnny .. lla. .4434 I I , . . . . 5 I - . I ' I I ' . I . I . I . . , . I . . I season was on. Iulian Wenda's Green Hornets sucked clover the early part I - . . . I . I 1 - I . . . I - I - I ' . I ' I I I I . . I I q'-A :ny ' I . I 1 l I I I t6iNt Shaughnessy, George Zivic, Iohnny Pager, and Augie Laurenzi carried the Viking colors throughout the championship race. The irregular league Kan S.F.S. idiornl, whose members are the less expe- rienced boys, was formed much the same as its older brother. Captains were elected, teams chosen, and the launch was christened in sweat. Iim Stuber's Indians copped the first half from Iames Quinn's Basketeers and Ioseph Laconi's Plutocrats. Claude Raible's murdering Homicides Richard Rowe's sly Lynxes and Ioseph Laconi s Plutocrats were in the thick of the second hall fight which after some hectic games was annexed by the Plutocrats When they trimmed the Indians by a score of 14 IZ in the play off game basketball was over for the year Second only to basketball in our winter sports carnival IS ICE SKATING Father Vlctors crew ot workers whipped our ice skating pond into shape in the days of last autumn The pond was lengthened and broadened to better accommodate the growing girth of S F S skating A wall ot China dam was built that promised to hold come hail high water or deluge The first freeze came soon after Christmas vacation and the students carved out many an hour of enyoyable exerclse with their shrnmg steel blades The hockey puck took 1ts usual beating along with some ot the players Staunch hockeyites like Oscar Miller usually carried some memento of a rough game The Third Class features on the ice with such performers as Iohn Hobaugh Irwin Stoecklern and Len Weidner A pretectorial touch is added to the hockey game with the presence ot Father Arnold GXJICZ 1 COME SPRING Come spring and we have the tall cycle of sports anew Its baseball mushball handball and the rest all over again The balls are cracked with the new vigor engendered in wlnters doldrums When in free time crowds again go outside to work and play when there IS the natural 1oy of spring in the air when there s the spark of competitive play aglow we then know that pleasant weather sports have again come to St Fidelis in Awww. Awww ...fd D 58 ll 4 r 'sqr ir' ' 5 000000523371 Q Qlffffll ? ar THE ECHO Iosr:PH HELLING GXDILIQ As I sat here ponder1ng over th1s year s Echo the real1zat1on of what a successful season 1t has been struck me and w1th that real1zat1on came qurte naturally the query What has made th1s season the success 1t was? I hasnt been one man 1t hasnt been a small group 1t hasnt been the ent1re student body Cooperatlon the cooperatxon among staff students faculty and subscrlbers 1S the secret The harnmerlng touch of the setup man the 1nked and gr1my hands of the pr1nters the del1cate stroke of the art1sts qu1l1 the furrowed brow of a proof reader the prompt and excellent work of the features wnters the klnd and helpful a1d of an xnterested Moderator the Wllllng support of our many sub scrmbers and the patlent laborlng to1l of four actlve ed1tors have been th1s year s key to success However let us not forget the humble begxnmng of the Echo when 1n e1ghteen nlnety one a slngle sheet of paper wrxtten tn German started the wheels of sp1nn1ng Around n1neteen hundred and f1ve the Echo had ga1ned enough momentum to demand the use of Engl1sh and a bulletln board On and on faster and faster xt sped unt1l tn nxneteen hundred and thxrty three a bulletln board could no longer conta1n th1s whlrhng sphere of l1terary culture and the Echo burst mto covers and also 1nto hfe outsxde the college A change rn the s1ze and shape 1n n1neteen hundred and thrrty mne along wxth a subscr1pt1on boom was another step forward and I know that W1th thxs year s cont1nued support xt w1ll not have been the last Thank you everyone who has helped to make th1s year s Echo a br1ll1ant success . . 1 n 11 . . 1 1 11 . . 11 t 1 1 - 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 -f 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 . . . 1 . 1 1 ' 1 1 I - . . n 11 . 1 1 1 ' ' 1 . . . - 11 11 . ' . - - I 1 1 ' ' ' ' 1 ' 1 11 11 . . . , - - - - I . . . . 1 1 ' 1 . 1 11 11 . . lQ!llM5 BEYOND THE FOOTLIGHTS OSCAR MILLER GXQI ,In O wad some Power the gzftze gre us To see oursels as rthers see us Bobby Burns surely knew what he was talklng about when h1s frultful pen let flow these l1nes of To a Louse No actor gets ahead t1ll after years of practlce and stage culture he beg1ns to know just what he does look l1ke up there under tlre camouflage of pa1nt and costume Every man 1S a born actor for 1n the blood of all lurks that germ whlch W1ll at some t1me mature and cause the hearer to act a scene pantomrne a frrend or even m1m1c a superlor As Thesp1ans we endeavor to 1m1tate one of h1story s tamed l1ke the Barry mores or the presents own Maur1ce Evans or Walter Hampden To have mutated one of these successfully IS of ltself a return for our labor but to know that dur1ng th1s past year we have succeeded as a body 1n presentmg two The leadmg product1on of th1s year was Calvary It was a success 1n many respects Ch1ef of these was of course that we belleve the audlence took some of 1ts lessons to heart Secondly It brought to llght some of the latent talent among the students Beyond th1s rt gave us a feehng that we too can do our small part 1n extendtng the doctr1ne of Chr1st The Chlel character ot th1s drama was Ca1phas acted by FFBHCIS Schm1tt Tall and austere of m1en he looked l1ke the real art1cle and exh1b1ted extra ord1nary prowess Ioseph Mothtt as Iudas capt1vated the aud1ence from the hrst word of h1s powerfully dramat1c role The act1ng of these two Sextam made the younger ones among us teel that we w1ll sorely mlss the1r hgures on our stage 1n comrng years Second 1n the years performances ranks R1p Van Wmkle Th1s was a thoroughly worthwhtle play presented for the publxc by th1s year s graduatlng ' A . , - I . . . 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I I . , - . , I . . major plays and numerous lesser ones is a greater achievement yet. - , . . , . lU class and 1t added a lastmg gem to thexr laurels It co starred our character man Robert Cox who 1n true Ethel Barrymore style w1elded the slashlng tongue and etfectlve broom of Rlp s hecklxng spouse Gretchen The drunken R1p was farthfully portrayed by Franc1s Schmxtt The Qu1ntan1 attarned the hmehght only once thxs year rn the tarce The Drama The rantmg ot Francls Glnocchl and Wrlham Young branded them as true comedrans as 1t rmmersed the audtence 1n gales of laughter A short German sk1t by the Slxth Class and Cnme Conscrous by the Fourth aug mented the program and the Semors had entertarned for another evenrng It was left upon the shoulders of the Thxrd and F1rst Classes to uphold the dramatlc morale of the Iunlors We found these shoulders broad enough to stand the straln The Third Class gave thelr verslon ot The Freedom ot the Press rn whrch Ioseph Farkas starred The F1rst Class presented rn the course whrpped these tyros 1nto semblances of actors and they d1d well rn pleasmg a cr1t1ca1 and caust1c group of Semors Most worthy of mentlon among the actors of the F1rst Class are Iames Laurra Francrs Nrckel and Iames Qulnn These boys wlll undoubtedly develop rnto dramatrc brrllrancy before many years have passed Rather more than men behlnd the scenes are our stage technrcxans mar shalled by Robert Cox and Russell Myers Thrs small but stalwart group took an act1ve part rn the dramatlc year and gave an admrrable lnterpretatxon of A Nlght at Valley Forge Ioseph Moihtt was master ot ceremonles and Roundre Russ Myers showed us how Washmgton should have conducted hxmselt Looklng back over those evemngs of fun and frohc and knowmg to whom we owe 1t all we tender heartfelt apprecratron to the patlent and generous hand of our dramatlc drrector Father Arnold who made possrble everythmg beyond the toothghts l Moe as Iudas And as Moe I of the first semester, two plays. The' gentle yet lirm hand ot Francis Schmitt , l l 'lL LL DEBATES AND DISCUSSIONS RICHARD CONWAY Gijllfcb In response to the appeal two years ago that the St Frdehs L1terary Socxety should have a reb1rth all efforts th1s past year were exerted to further that cause And s1nce every organxzatron needs a capable leader Thomas O Con nell of the srxth class was unan1mous1y elected the presrdent Hrs selected ardes were Wllham Young of the s1xth Francrs G1nocch1 ofthe frfth and Frank Mohskr of the fourth class The marn sldebranch of the socrety IS the Debates and Dscuss1ons Comm1t tee Thrs commrttee comprrses three gentlemen of the three Senror classes whose duty rt IS to arrange the programs Much apprec1at1on 1S due Messrs Ioseph Rauterkus Rrchard Conway and Ioseph Scherer for the educatlonal and enjoyable programs for each gave hrs full cooperatron to foster the love of debatrng and dlscussrng In the l1ne of debates the s1xth and fourth classes prevarled wrth the s1xth 1n turn over the fourth The best debate of the year was one by the s1xth class Resolved That we should have Sunday movres I say best not only because tt was an appeahng subject but because of the dramatrc eloquent and rhetoncal effect whlch rt gave Messrs Arthur and W11l1am Young of the affrrmatrve defeated Messrs Ioseph Moff1tt and Herbert Snyder of the negat1ve The fourth class lrkewrse gave a good debate Resolved That the Amerrcan Negro should be rarsed to the same standard as the modern Amencan Wh1te Messrs Robert Krmgs and Anthony Mol1sk1 of the aff1rmat1ve defeated Mes rs Bernard Deutzer and Iohn Shaughnessy of the negat1ve The frfth class gave as thelr contrrbutron a serres of formal 11terary IOp1CS deplctlng the Oxford Movement The serres centered about Card1nal Newman and four other consplctous leaders Card1nal Manmng Father Faber Card1nal Wrseman and Iohn Lrnguard Thrs program furmshed us wrth a very emoyable and rntellectual number of evemngs That s nght' Monsignor Sheen rs specxkmg 1 . . . 1 . 1 ' 1 1 . . . . 11 . . 11 . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 , . . 1 1 , . - S . 1 1 1 , . -33,7 vii' PATRONS TO PATRONIZE -IXJI ,Iv AMERICAN ROLLING MILLS Butler Pa IOHN SEXTON Wholesale Grocers Ch1CagO Ill1no1s DIXON DRUGS Butler Pa A GROSS CANDLE CO INC BUTL HEATING Baltlmore Maryland TURGEON AND MCCARREN Butler Pa LARKIN AND COMPANY Packers and Sand Pumps Butler Pa DILLON MEAT MARKET Butler Pa C STOCK AND SONS Hardware Butler Pa WALTER AND HAAS Excavators and Graders Sarver Pa SECUNDA MEAT MARKET Butler Pa ER COUNTY NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY Butler Pa TROUTMAN REIBER Butler Pa BAUDER MOTOR CO Dodge and Plymouth Dealer Ellwood Crty P KEYSTONE PIPE AND SUPPLY Butler Pa MILLER SHOE STORE Butler Pa KOCH S HARDWARE Butler Pa EICHENLAUB S Better Furniture Prttsburgh Pa THOMPSON S ICE CREAM Butler Pa Butler Pa HOT DOG SHOP East Iefferson St Butler Pa RAYMONDI VIADUCT MARKET Butler Pa METZGER RICHARDSON CO Englneers Plttsburgh P NIKON HOTEL STEPHEN I GEIBEL FUNERAL HOME Butler Pa GROHMAN DRUGS Butler Pa BUTLER HARDWARE Mam Street Butler Pa AND ENGINEERING COMPANY Pxttsburgh Pa Butler UNION TRUST COMPANY Butler Pa BUTLER MOTOR COACH Edward E McDonald Lmes I' F Wmters Butler Pa SCHWARZENBACH AND SON Cumberland Maryland I 62 f 'f r . I . .I . I al ' ' DIEHI.. BAKING CO., S. , ' ' ' , a. . I ,Pa. lIEfIlltlIMf,lI,,MM1XtI1 'HV fri? WILL AND BAUMER CANDLE CO Syracuse N Y MARTIN HEIM AND SON Butler Pa MANNAS TYPEWRITER OIIICG Eqmpment Butler S P GREEN Butler EISLER HOCH Dodge and Butler GARAGE AUTO CO Plymouth PURVIS LUMBER CO Butler Pa SILVERMAN S S Bottlmg Works Butler Pa KIRKPATRICK SPORT SHOP Butler Pa BUTLER LUMBER CO Butler Pa CHARLES HORAWITZ SONS Butler P MARDORF CO General Merchandtse Butler P WALCO ELECIRICAL SUPPLIES Ptttsburgh P IOHN MCQUIRE Beer Dxstrxbutor Plttsburgh P WALTER HILLIS Butler Pa 601 Ftlty second Street Prttsburgh P ANTON KRUT Butler Pa IHX7- 2 STAFF OF THE FIDELIAN 1941 ROBERT COX 41 S I 2 EDITORS IOSEPH RAUTERKUS MANAGING EDITORS THOMAS OCONNEL1. 41 FRANCIS SCHMITT 41 HERBERT SNYDER, 41 RussELL MYERS, '41 ARTIST IOHN STAJDUHAR EDWARD GALLAGHER PHOTOGRAPHERS GEORGE STUPARITZ FRANK MOLISKI 43 TYPIST STANLEY SMITH 4b SUBSCRIPTIONS , Q K x , , , a. , Pa, , a, , Pa, ' , a, , Pa. ' , a. 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