St Patricks Academy - Patrician Yearbook (Binghamton, NY)

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llll' AC ADP Nll -XX Glurhmal illllvrrrvr C rrdrn rl Nlcrcrer stands out as one of the nrost notablc lrgures c f rc age 'lhc xx hole human race has reason to bc prorrd of srrcr e man ln thrs lrmrted space, rt xx ould be rnrpossrblc to pr rperlx con srder the man from all starrdpornts thereforc rt rs nrorc frttrng to drsc uss those qualrtres rn xx hrch our rrrterest rs naturallx most keen s a student Cardrn rl Mercrer has fexx rrxa s Ile rs a shrnrrr f lreacon, lrghtrng our xx ax , gerrtlx urgrng us to ox erconrc rll obstacles, an to arnr at the lrrghest rn the educatronal lrrre llrs paren s xxere not xxealthx, and rt meant corrsrderable effort for hrm to secure such a scholarlx educatron, as hc possessed Cardrnal Mer crer s common sense rn the matter of tact phases of lrfe enabled hrm to rnalxe practrcal use of ex erx adxantage grxerr hrm He nex er rdxocated xx aste of trnre, and adxrsed us to make exer V moment corrrrt We can be sure of malxrng no mrstalxes, rf xxe folloxx hrs counsel Nothrng daunted hrm Hrs actrxrtres rn the great Xl orld War' xx ere most commend rble, and hrs per serxerarrce xx r rndeed notable the resrrlt berng that from hrs labors a golden harxest xx as reaped Hoxxexer, rf rt xxere not for the fact that, rn hrs xouth he had dex eloped great perserxer ance, he xx oulcl not haxe been xble to per srst as he drd, and fearlesslx portrax the trrre xx ar corrdrtrorrs to the xx orld It rs not drtlrcult to xrsualme the catastrophe that mrght haxe been, rf there xxere no Fardrnal Nlercrer Hoxxexer, this re sourceful man xx as alert rt that trrne, as c xer , and he xx as not found xx antrng rn the cr rsrs tor med noxx lt rs superfluous to sav th rt hc drd rt xx ell Por us students, there rs a lesson to bc derrx ed from thrs man We should rx sr far as xxe are able to rmrt xte hrm rn our present rxes, namelx, to struggle gallarrtlx up the rough roads of knoxx ledge, and to rgrrore or elrnrrnatc all barrrers The men and xxomen of to rnorroxx are noxx rn thc process of rnalxrng llrex necd courage to contrnue then studres, and to achrcxe therr ambrtrons Whcre can xx e irnd 1 hrgher, a more un quenchable couragc than rn the same Cardrnal ' llrs braxerx xx as put to the supreme test, and rt conquered NK hen one s xerxf lrfe rs threatened bx r brtter, cruel foe, then rrrdeed, conres the proof of patrrotrsm and xalor Nl hen the Cardrnal s lrfe, hrs most prccrous possessrgn, xx as relentlesslv sought he drd not moxe an rnclr from the stand he had talxen and hrs famous pastorals xx ere pronrul gated desprte all drffrcultres and perrls When the Cardrrral xx as rn Icome, he rccerxed xx ord of the German rtrocrtres rn Belgrum He mrght haxe renrarrred rn home, and axorded rll the dangers and hardshrps of xx ar but hc obex ed the call of dutx, and returned to Belgrum Soon rfter hrs home Comrng he publrshed hrs hr st xx ar pastoral, xx hrch strrred the Belgrans to rrexx resrstarrce, and thus gaxe them more conlrdence lhe letter xx as read rn all churches under the Cardrnal s rurrsdrctron, and rt also reached the outsrde xx orld llrrs pastoral xxas read agarnst the xxrll of the Germans, and thex xx ere prox olxed to helpless rage After learnrng of such courage and determrnatron, xx ho could help adnrrrrrrg thc Cardrnal 7 Thus far, I haxe descrrbed the Cardrnal prrmarrlx as a student lloxxexer, rf xxe are to take hrm as an example, srme of hrs hne qualrtres nrust be corrsrdered rn order to obtarn a clearer rnsr fht of IA N Y 'W W 'Z v U 2 A 5 ws. 1 A- 4 Aw v 4 K1 xx 4 3 D n A1 ' . if l . . ' ' . ' e D fr I H ' 7 ' ' C' v 4 ' u 4 K1 4 l A1 1 I px, . .L1 mx ' A V 4 , l I n v4 lv If . ' . A1 ' I. 'kv 4 4 1 1 . v 4 7 4 ' V4 4 x1, -4 - . . , , . 1 . . 1 . . 1 1 . ' . 1 1 -1 1 1 1 . 1 ' . .- . .,' D V : 1 l- i .I I 't ' 4 . 2 f 4 v4 A I 4 4 I rl-1 K1 4 I v I n ' ' 1 - e 2 - . 1 1 .' 'ara' ' lg 1 1 u I I v u u 4 1 . .kv bv- Y 4 K1 .4 4 'Q 1 4 u 2 4 I 4 L1 v s 4 v4 kv His character' was molded in his school days, just as ours is being ' . 1. 'K1 A1 . K1 K . ' 2 , ' 1 . ' . 1 1 1 . '. . , , .' . '. '. . 7 1 1-.lv K1, . 1 .A1 1 . . 4 , ' ' 2 ' ' 1 .,k1 I' 1 1. . I u K. l ' 4 X 4 4. u -0 -1 I L . 1 - . . - . . 1 ' , . . 1 1 . . ', - ' - . ' ' A1. A . .. 1 ' E ' . . . - . . . -. 1 . ' 1. . . ' . ' ' 1 .. - . r 1. 1 4 1 4 ' , n V y1 1 . . . ' u 4 v 2 . n , n . L1 . n . .A ' . 1. . ' . 1 ' . ' ' ' 1 1 ., ' A1 4 1 1 ' 3 1 .L .4 1 4 A: .4 K1 v I 1 - . . 1 ' 1 1. .. 1 v .1 v . . . f ' ' . - . .' . . . 1 1. 1 ' , L1 ' . . 1 , '. L1 ' - k1'k1 . . . 1 . 'A I . 4 , 1 ' u. 1 ' . 4 ' 4 A1 I 1 n v' ' N I . . 1 . Y . V D . i. A I I . I K

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