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

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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

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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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3th Eight 091111111 in 1111 warningii IT IS eight oielock in the morning. and everyone is at his seat. The prefeot. standing near his elevated platform. wears a troubled expression ehe is thinking. 111 the midst of his eoneentra- tion a disturbance is eai1sed in the rear of the hall. One 5.111111011771111 is quiet. Now is our chance to survey the faces in the hall. At the front of the room sits a group of young men. each with his little stack of dusty Latin books before, him. Here. and there is :1 1111111 explaining the, diflicult passages of Caesar to his less-tulented classmate. Everyone, how- ever, wears a happy expressionrehappy that the time for classes has arrived This attitude betrays the fact that it is Third Class at which we gaze. To the extreme rear of the hall we find a group of ttphilosophersii many of whom are looking over their Xenophon for the lifth or sixth time since yesterday. There is 1111 indisputable air of self-eontideuee. which fact betrays their grade of scholastic achieveme11ts-Fifth Class But alas! Between these two groups I behold a sad aspect. A spirit of gloom pervades that section of the hall. The faces of these men por- tray worry and loss of hope. As the hands of the clock approach hellrtime, these visages become more and more troubled. One 1111111 alone has that tttake-it-as-it-eonles attitudeihe is sleeve ing. All the rest. however. exvhzmge pitiful glances at the thought of what is to come. It is 1101' about a half minute before hell. The despoudency of that unhappy group in the cen- ter is at its height. As I said before. the pre- fectls face is distorted-evitleutly from deep thought. Slowly and with a dignity heeoluiug his exalted otliee, he steps onto the platform 111111 announces, ttThere will he 110 Latin 01' Greek for Fourth Class 1 My pen fails me. XVoI'ds cannot, express the sentiments which those tidings produced. I am forced to leave it to your imagination. You will find the realization of this joy very easily if you are ever in our tthoots. HFRANCIS J. BROWN. Evuprip N A SMALL country town church the organist Iis playing. The vhul'ch is beautifully deco- rated. as it always is for certain occasions. It is crowded to the doors With people who are anxiously waiting for the ceremony to conunem'e. Now 11 provession is entering the vhureh. The first are altar boys. and they are followed by several small girls who are strewing flowers along the way. These are followed by a 1111111- her of priests in surpliees. Finally comes the one who is to play the principal part in the cere- mony. He is a newly-ordained priest about to say his first Mass. Who is this young priest? Can it he possible that it is 111yself? Sure enough. As I walk down the aisle of the church. I see the faces of many of my boyhood friends. Most of these are now settled in life and have homes of their own. I cannot help but wonder if they are as happy as I am now. XVhile I was at the Seminary, they were in the midst of the world, and indulging in its pleasures. Are they any happier for having had them? These and many other thoughts puss swiftly through my mind. As I near the front of the church, I can see several of my distant relatives, my brothers and sister, and lastly my dear parentseall praying for me. Now I ascend the altar to say holy Mass for the first time. How thankful I 11111 to God for having chosen me to he a priest! My eyes are filled with tears as for the first time I change, bread and wine into the real body and blood of Jesus Christ. As I turn around to say ttDominus Vohiscum. I 01111 see the tearful eyes of 1113' mother raised in thanksgivingr to God for hav- ing given me the grace to he an uAlter Christus. Here! whats the matter with me? If I do not get at this Greek pretty soon I can never finish it in time for class. Gee! that was a won- derful dream! I surely hope that it comes true! -RAYMOND MCDERMOTT. 3m 1929 jm-aee-eea 5-- Page. Twenty-seven