St Ignatius College - Ignatian Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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A Single Bag By JOSEPH MCINERNEY The morn sings sweetly while the sunbeams light The free abandon of our boyhood's dream, And watch ambition soar on wings of white- That Hash a message as they pass each beam. The noon is bright,-oppressive more than morn- And youth with firmer voice more gravely singsg Ambition still is there-her wings are shorn- She shapes a course that leads to weighty thing A song youth sings of things in time to be- Of deeds illumined by an evening star- The sun sinks lower-youth has lied:-but see! The dreamed-of things that were to be now are! The star of evening at its zenith stands. The fuller manhood now begins to waneg The star has fled,-no light upon the sands Of age-dim eyes look back to morn again. ,f. FD . Finals?-xul'25l E all S

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10 THE IGNA TJAN every period, and a very large collection of miniatures by famous artists. In this room there is a solitary figure of Napoleon standing out alone. One may see here a chair used by the Little Emperor, a stirrup, a pair of field glasses, and a lock of his hair. The next place of interest is the California, or Pioneer's Room, displaying a series of paintings of all the old adobe Missions of California painted by Oriana Day. In this room are a great number of portraits of men that were instrumental in the upbuilding of California in the days of its infancy. Four types of pioneers are represented here, the Spanish, the Wanderlust, the Military and the Gold Seeking Pioneer. Here are pictures of San Francisco show- ing its commercial development from the year 1837 to the present day. These old lithographs bring vividly to one's mind the days of old, the days of gold, the days of '49. The student has in this museum a real friend, who an- nually assists thousands of pupils in their quest for knowl- edge. Prof. George Barron, the Curator of the Museum, has a wide experience in the collection of exhibits, and a request for information always meets with a ready response from hirn. We are glad to hear that within a short time the erection of the first unit of a magnificent museum, the gift of M. H. de Young, will be commenced on the present site, a museum which promises to be the finest of its kind in existence.

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Arr the Eililipinnz ilihurateh? By VINCENTE SALUMBIDES EK vi: HIS is the question which most Americans ZX' Z ask themselves when they discuss the ad- , ., ,, visability of giving to the Filipinos in the V 8 near' future their political independence. They seem, however, either to have misun- EK C El-K derstood or to be unfamiliar with the educa- tional status of their brown subjects. For the convenience of those interested, the writer has presented in the following paragraphs some reliable facts together with the opinions of some noted and well-informed Americans bearing upon this question. The Filipinos occupy a unique position among the peoples of the Orient. The centuries of western training they have had under the Spanish regime have made them a Christian people, the only Christian people in the Far Eastg and, have informed them upon western civilization and culture in all its branches. Mr. Taft, speaking of the Filipinos in his special report to the President of the United States in 1908, said: The friars left the people a Christian people--that is, a people with western ideals. They looked toward Rome, and Europe, and America ...... It is the only Malay or oriental race that is Christian. They were not like the Mohammedan or Buddhist, who despise western civilization as inferior ..... They learn easily. and the most striking fact in our whole experience in the Philippines is the eagerness with which the common Filipino agricultural laborer sends his children to school to learn English. There is no real difference be- tween the educated and ignorant Filipino that cannot be overcome by the education of one generation. They are a capable people in the sense that they can be given a normal