St Francis Minor Seminary - Via Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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f L hi? 9-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-313Q261 ERC acne-ecze-cz-e-ee-cz-G-ca-c A Smh thriatmaa 111111121: tlltADIIA'l'th'. from graded sehool my friend Vineent and l deeided to beeome newshoys. Ile went to work and did this only as a means of ohtainim: a little extra money so that he eonld enjoy Sunday afternoons. My parents. on the contrary. wished that 1 should continue going to sehool. so there was no other way in whieh I could earn my spending money but by peddling papers. Vineent and I did not wish to llegin with a small route. so we derided to combine o111' routes and work in partnership. IVe were always very good friendsi in fact. he was my ltest pal. 0111' route was soon the largest one in the district. and we took great pride in talking over our lmsiness in the street ear while going to and from town every morning.r and evening. A year and a half passed. and our station manager thought that it would he our time to hold a party very soon. The parties are held every year. lmt due to some eirenmstanee we were a few months late. so we planned to eon- vert this into a Christmas party. It was to he held in South Milwaukee on the twentieth of December. The time for the festival arrived. The weather was very cold. ahnost too cold to go to school that morning. lmt we met at the usual time and boarded the street car. My friend was very happy that morning and did not even seem to notiee that I y 'as rather dmvn-heal'ted. When we arrived at the eorner where he left me. he rev minded me to he sure to 0:111 for him early that evening. for he was anxious to go. When I told him that my father forbade me to g'o. he was very sad. I wished him a happy time. though. and he left me. A strange feeling eame upon me at 0111' departure. but I tried to overcome it. That evening I could hardly manage to tinish my route. The queer feelingr had stayed with me all day. I thought it y'as probably due to the faet that I was all alone and missed my friend's company. The next morning was Saturday, and it was ttt-olleeting day. I went to eall for Vineent. lmt there was no reply. I thought maybe he did not hear me so I ealled again. The neighbor lady tinally heard my call and told me of the sad aeeident. She said that Vineent's mother was down at the morgue. where her two sons were ln'onght after being killed by a passenger train. Imagine how this news strnek me. Not only was my best friend killed. lmt his ln'other and four other boys whom I knew. had met their fate. It is now five years ago that the aeeident oeenrred. but those five years did not detrat-t a hit from the horror that the picture in my memory earries with it. alioMAN M. IIUEPPER. Elmer the szing nf 1h? ignnr T WAS the early part of the afternoon. and I I was alone in our groeery store. I was sitting eontentedly on a ehair. readingr a newspaper. when a man entered. lie was of medium height. and appeared to he a person who had worked hard. but who had met with many misfortunes. As I arose to wait upon him. he smiled and said, ttBnd, I'm hungry. Have you any old ln'ead you could give me? Please, '-anse you dont know how hungry I am. The tone of his Voiee. as he made that remark. eansed me to feel sorry for him. and I answered, hlill give you something to eat. lmt not old ln-ead. HHere 1 am. I thought to myself. hwell fed and not working so very hard. and he e perhaps a poor man who would do any kind of work to earn some money so that he might, not have to beg. He may have tried to earn his dinner. lmt no one, would give, him a ehanee. l unwrapped a fresh loaf of ln'ead. gave him some coffee. and made cheese, sandwiches. He had tears of gratitude in his eyes as he saw me preparing the lunch. and I could tell by the way he ate that he enjoyed it. After he had finished eating: .he offered me his hand. and said, ItThanks, Bad. and may God bless you 1', Many people have, said those same words to me. hat I do not believe anyone said them from a spot that was nearer the heart than he. w-RDIKERT ANTHONY. 3.13337me 2 9 jm;-e-E$' 1- G955 - Page thzmyefive

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x ?ZEOED-ED-E; '3-3-3 3: ED Ea 3Qi61 EEC EDchz-ca-cz-a-cz-ez-eca-cz-cz-cz-c Eh? Glrurifixinn IHIJI if is, but still 17w dark of night 1mm fill this irivlrml imrhl of rmrx, uml lnl-r 'l'lw gwm'ling, howling 'lliilltli-IHHF if doth blow! IImr fluxluw 11m lightning with its prony so bright! 'll'huf mumps the glorious mm to low its light. Whirl: duy by dull to mrfh fix mus div! throw? 0!: .' 'I'Imst' blusphcmmm mm the wry rmxmt Im mr. And like flu' irirkcd H'liruifm' turn in flight. 'I'lmrt' upon Hm hill of Fulmy'u IIIIHyN .lt'mlx. HIP Son of God. in 11mm. 'I'Iw Nulllit'r strikes i Hi3 hcurf doll: 01m: u-itlvs 'I'hv tlrnpx uf blond nmr issuv from is side. All .' Who has haw HIP muse of all His 1min? .me but we sinful .wrtfuufx urv to blame. sLmIIs F. SCHMIDT. 1821? Math ALTHOUGH seminary lifo lacks many things whivh every studmtt has boon :lm'ustmned tn. it is surely nut lacking in :1 spirit of good- follmvship. A f'utornzll undm'tmw runs through everything. and. although thvrv is undoubtedly some grumblingr it is usually dissipated by :1 fortunately gmul-nuturml rvnuu'k. zuui the dark clouds puss. In the owning fi'oo-porimis whml the weather is not too inclement and the winter sports have not as yet started. tho grout mlt-dnor sport is walking. Someone says. mLot's x'zllk. and off they go down through tho woods. If the trees could speak. what they Hillld toll! Very likely, their stories would hold the listonor spellbound. Plans for the future. sud tales of discourage- ment, friendly words of advice and encourage- ment. heated disvnssimts 7-2111 those and mom It would be impossible to imagine some of these friendly talks. Lighted unly by the silvery sheen 0f the 111001! flouting overhead. or tho gluw of a x 'alkeris pipe, these valks continue. They are as old as the Seminary. and pruhuhiy thvy will last until the last hru'k vrumhlos in the foundations of 0111' Alma Mater. Svulling' footsteps shuttling: 2110115: in the dust and winders pounding them down to :1 hard-pm-lu-il path that almost defies omsiun. A low. continuous hum of Voices nungling with tho noises of :1 city far off in the distances and pruhlmns are solved. questimls are answered and friendly :ldvim- is pruti'm'ml. In this manner rough corners of varying nzl- tm'os :11'0 worn 011'. and :1 fovling uf COliSitit'l'tlv timl fur ntllors is fostered. Tho uthvr fellmv's ideas and manner of thinking: are brought home in :1 striking fashion. Students from many oinssvs of life mingle tugvlhor: the farm imy walks with his i-lnssnizltv from tho largo city. and both oniurgo their Vimvpoints. From :1 ilistnm-o tho hell in tho tower is ring:- ing'. and tlw path is smm deserted. The pulp lmmnlight glints through the tt'm-ory of leaves on the footprints in tlw dust, and probably the trees in tho silvnvc wonder dumhly what it is all about. -FCHARLES RYAN. Page Tu'enty-four

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f A Saa-s-awgswszowzogacjlg 1 E12CEEjCE-cz-e-cz-cz'cz-GGe-cz-ca-c; Elie lgaper 71-3111; WERE YUI' M'v ' :1 pmwr buy? If you were nut. ynn will onjny 2111 inmgimn'y trip around :1 lulpm' lmyis rontv. It' ytm wore a paper buy. it will bring hark sweet niomm-ivs of the days when tho position as paper lmy vns :1 very im- pm-tamt mm to you. Immmliutoly after St'hOOl is out tho paper lmy gums 11mm to the printing: office to secure his papers. Smnvtimos 110 must wait for :1 whnlo hour lwt'uro ho is ahlo to obtain them. On this purlivulur day. however. he gets his 11:11wrs very 11:11'13. and. hnvin;,r counted them to make surv 110 has sownty-twu vapors. ho lltlgillS his jour- ney :lrunml tho route. 111 one hand he carries tho 1111111110. and tho other hand ho uses to 111-- pnsit tho pnpor in the mail box or inside of Hlt' svrm-n lmrvh. lilwry 110w and thou the boy stops and roaches into his lxu-kot t0 tnko out 21 piece of '2111113' from the bug which lies therein. At some housvs along tho street he yells itl'aper! :lml tlwn pl'm'vvtls to tho next house. This mntv is seven Mocks long. and seventy- twu lwulllt' among the one hundred and twenty- livv pvtmlv 1m thv strwt take thv pupvi'. This lmy goes up 011v sirvot and down tho ulholz thus vnnmlvliu: his tlny's work. His wages :11'1- wry mmgrv. for in one tiny he revvivvs unly twenty- 1ivo Wilts. vam-thvlvss. ho is nut tli, Ulll'.lf., PlI. lwmnso he still lwlivvvs that twenty-Iiw vents is :m mmrmmis sum nf money. Finally. the 111111 of the strovt is 1'0211'hwl. and he stops 011 tho 1-01'1101'. sittingr down on :1 vm'lb- stone to enjoy the remaining: randy loft in 1111- 11:2; T111- l:1st piow is ontou, and mwo mow lw starts dawn the strovt to finish his day's wm'k. Nww and then 21s he proceeds. :1 110;: dushos out fmm lwhiml :1 llOllN9 31ml harks in 1111 attempt to frighten him. The boy pays no attention. how- ever. living very familiar with the actions of tho 110g: Two more houses are loft. 11ml thou he will be able to go home. The 121st house is finally l'tlzlt'llt'd, and 119 deposits tho remaining pzuwr in its usual place. Tho sun is slowly setting: in the west. It has finished its day's work 011 this side of 1110 glom- 111111 is nlmut m spread its rays nf glmlm-ss 1m minthvr wurltl. A small lmy is trm 34'ng humo- wm'd. 110 is the pulwr lmy. who also has 11mm- his days work and is going homo to vnjny the vvvning by tho lil'vsidP. --R.n' llmxu. GD mnthpr! O Moll: '7'. Mother. mm! 11 Il'llfrllflll I'JII' 0H mo. 41H Irllv NiIHHT hr'rt' ln'lmr, 0N mo. flu; sun. rm an In Iifv I go. Grunt uw murh grm'v HIIII I may I'W'r try To guin the sight of Ilim u'hvn I must div. 0 Iri u ffuuu? 0f strength iu-ithiu mo glow : Imf Nutrity Inul Inm' II'ifhiu mo ymu'. 'l'hui I may 1w III anf IrIu'u I muxf div. Haw short is iinw. how long v'h'ruify! U Allolhvr, Mother. plt'ml 11ml lwg fur mv, And zrlwu I fold rural; Hm mn'm uf life. in joy or .wl'rolr I shall mu! this xfrifc. Then. M01110: Mulhm'. plwul. 0 plrwrl for me! As I meet thy Son in tfvrnifu. sinALPII ILSNKES; Page Tzl'enty-s'ix