St Patricks Academy - Patrician Yearbook (Binghamton, NY)

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THE PATRICIAN Jlnhunn mnlfgang Hun Cgnethr One hundred years ago Johann Wolfgang von Goethe called for more lrght and dred The centenary of thrs greatest of German poets rs berng observed Ill over the crvrlrzed world A peculrar flavor rs grven to these observances br the fact that Goethe one of he great lrterary hgures of all trme has an rmportant place rn the modern world In fields other than lrterature he rs harled as a con emporary As a statesman he foresaw present polrtrcal developments As an economist he was rn ad xance of the rndustrral revolutron As a screntrst he foreshadowed Darwrn rn orgrnrc evolutron Thus a century after hr death a new note enters rnto apprarsal of Goe he fr tw entreth century mrnd that was developed rn the eighteenth Goethe was born on the 28th of August 1749 as the clock sounded the hour of noon rn the busy town of Frankfurt on the Marne The busy town was qurte heedless of what was then passing rn a corner of that low heavy beamed room where an rnfan black and almost lrfeless was watched wrth agonrzrng anxrety an anxrety drssolvrnff rnto tears of Joy as the aged grandmother exclarmed to the pale mother He lrvesl We must seek rn Goethe s own pages for a prcture of hrs brrthplace He has parnted the crty of Frankfurt as one who loved rt No cr y rn Germany was better fitted for the birthplace of thrs cosmopolrtan poet It was rrch rn speakrng memorrals of the past remnants of old German lrfe lrngerrng echoes of the vorces whrch sounded through he Mrddles Ages such as a town wrthrn a town a fortress wrthrn a fortress the walled clorsters the varrous sxmbolrcal ceremonres strll preserved from feudal trmes and the Jew s quarter so prctur esque filthy and strrkrngly srgnrficant trve of the present The travelers brought there by the Rhrne and the northern roads made rt a representatrve of Europe and an Emporium of Commerce It was a centre for Ir dustrralrsm whrch began and must com plete the destructron of Feudalrsm Thrs two fold character Frankfurt retarns to the present day the storks perched upon the ancrent gables look down upon the varred bustle of the Farrs held by modern Commerce rn the ancrent streets The feelrng for antrqurtx md especrallx for old German lrfe whrch hrs na rve crty would thus cultrx ate was rrvalled by a feelrng for Italy and its splendors whrch was cultrvated under the paternal roof Hrs fathe lrved rn Italy and had retarned an rnextrngurshable delrght rn all rts beau tres He was cold stern formal somewhat pedantrc but truthlovrng upright mrrrded man He hunger ed for knowledge and although of a laconrc urn freely rmparted all he learned In hrs domestrc crrcle hrs word was law He rs characterrzed by Krause as a formal Frankfurt crtrzen From hrm the poet rnherrted the well burlt frame the cravrng for knowledge and delrght rn communrcatrng rt Hrs mother was more lrke what we conceive as a proper parent for a poet Her srmple hearty Jovous and affectronate nature endeared her o all She was but erghteen when the poet was born so the boy and mother were young together Goethe was precocrous hrs progress rn Greek was remarkable Italian he lear ned by lrstenrng to hrs father teachrng hrs srster Cornelra He pre tended to be occupred by hrs own lesson and caught up all that was sard French too he learned and thus before he was erght we find hrm wrrtrng German French Italian La rn and Greek He had acqurred from hrs mother a knack of storx telling and from a toy puppet show whrch hrs grandmother had grven hrm a taste for the stage and strmulus to rmagrna 29 1 1 I 1 U J Y I 1 4 ' . ' 1 L , . . . . l 2 . . ' Y, i . V .S l L , c ' V l Y ! 1 . D Y . . Y Y I l L 1 ' - 1 1 ,1 s L, . ,1 1 1 , 1 v ,- , D . , , , ' , I4 ' I9 , . 1 s I 1 .L 1 . a lf 1 1 1 1 L , l , . Y . . l , . v ' , 2 . i ' I . . . . , . But if Frankfurt was representative of the past, rt was equally representa- ' . 1 ' ' , - l . I . . v ' 1 ' V ' . L ' . . , . ' n , . , 1 , , t ' , ' , , v .' l, . . 1 . . . . .D . . - . I . L . I' i 1 1 1 1 ' . 1 L - 1 . ' 1 ' 1 - ' . u , . . , . I -,, G - . . ,, v - . , ' . . . , , tv, . LY . L V ' ' r . . , bu . 1 1 1 , . . . .y i - , , N t V . , V . . . . Y 1, . . , . ,

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THE PATRICIAN Qllann will Bernadet e Hahn vsllls he1 b6VSltCh1I1g pe1sonal1ty to Josephlne Muccl To Elleen Woods Eleano1 Hax nes w1lls he1 extleme reserve and 1mpe urbable d1gn1t5 That envy of some two sco1e students the back seat IS left by El1za beth Murphy to any demu1e l1ttle b1t who may be t1ustvs o1thx enough o occupy lt One hundred packa es of Wngleys Best Double M1Ht IS left to Joe Hlckey by Ann Gou hary no pe1m1ss1on being made for fines A volume entltled A Peckless V1ew on Llfe 1n Genel al 1S to be pub llshed thls summe1 by Paul1ne Keogh ThlS w1ll be left to posterlty 1n general L1ll1an Kumpon has taken to vs11t1ng also but We recommend any one putt1ng 1n practlce he1 D11lls ln Vocal EXQFCISQS to take to the woods A case of halr dye IS hereby left to Harold Shea by Ellzabeth Lawlor He may be at Wlll a perox1de 01 a T1t1an blonde That school g1rl complexlon the cha1m1ng possesslon of Ann McMahon IS bequeathed to Allce Saxe Accompanymg lt IS the 1nJunct1on to be spa11ng of It from Monday unt1l F11day Alma Norton leaves to Malguellte Bowden he1 und1sputed clalm to be1ng perfect 1n all o1al 1ec1tat1ons Margaret Phalen wllls he1 fem1n1ne chalms and attractlveness to Lllzabeth D1llon task well done ale glven to Malgalet Burnett by Helen O Brlen Jane Purdy leaves a pelfectly good bundle of excuses for be1ng taldy to be d1str1buted hroughout the year to anyone appearmg IH school after 8 30 Iuleanor Walsh w1lls to Dorothy G11ff1n the most 21St0H1Sh1Hg astoundlng and amaz1n solutlons 1n geometly not that she Wlll eve1 need them havlng plenty of mathematlcal ablllty helself James Burnett leaves h1s pe1manent wave to John H11b Th1s Wlll save much tlme and ene1 y for sald gentleman 1n futule W1tnesses Abraham Hoove1 Grant Theodo1e Lincoln Johnson George Wash1ngton Lee Slgned IH Byrdland The SSHIOI Class 32 By MlChael Lesko CLASS SONNET W1th calm ploud m1en on old Oak Stleet There stands the school we SQHIOIS hold so dear She may well be p1oud fO1 eve1y yeal Forth flom her portals chlldren go to meet The1r work 1n mart and hall They have learned to g1eet The1r hardsh1ps W1th a sm1le EV91 1n cheer Th1S mother of lea1n1ng ne 61 w1ll feal That he1 pup1ls Wlll mee W 1th defeat So novs the class of th11t5 tvso 1tS pa1t Wlll gladly do to 1nc1 ease St Patllck s fame And make ou1 Alma Mate1 p1oude1 st1ll Each membel 1n hlS haxd alld well ealned .nt W11l use hlS knovs led e to obtaln h1S a1m And to complete hlS vs 01k xx 1th 1eady vs1l1 Mau Byrne 3 28 L ,' . .' ' . . ' ' ' L ' 1 t . . 7. ' 1 1 - A 7 A - ! 9 V 1 ' ' V v . y 1 v 4 v U L . -. ,T . , .' 1 - ' ' . C, 1 1 . . U , , G 7 ' . ,, . l . . , ,, . x - 1 . 1 Y I. 1 9 . . . J, I. . . ,, . . 4 . . . y 1 . . 1, . . 0 Pleasant hours and dreams that come from the consciousness of a 1 ' J 1 . 7 ' . . i . . L . . .1 v to 1 1 n 1 1 v 1 , 0- Y 1 7 ' 1 . C, 1 1 1 y , . . 'O' l . . - . . o . . , , ! 1 U I I . , . . . . . I . , .1 . I ' . . L v. L ' V, v 1 ' - 1, Y- J 1 1' -7 1 1 7 ' . . y 0, . . . 1 3 1 1 1.1 - , 7 2.

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'I HE PATRICIAN Jlnhzmn llinlfgang Hun tlinethv tloll on w lllch hls dl1t0blOgl'1DllX lax s much stless He nel 61 w ent to school legulalll as l chlld but showed slgns of supellollty He s udled men lnd bor ks lt Flankfult untll he was slxteen and then went to L6lp71g to study law it was ln Octobel 176l that Goethe al rlved at Ielpzlg to commence hls colleglate llfe and to lax a solld founda lon f01 a futllll? D10f6SSO1Shlp Lelpzlg ln 1765 was a llttle Palls ln 1tS soclal and lltelaly ldeals Goethe qulckll caught a Splflt Vll'11Cll accolded wlth h1S Ili-111116 He studled llttle H1016 love songs lntelested hlmself C11t1C3llX 111 alt lealned mole about hte h ln about law and lost hlS health It was hls luthol s lnstlnct w hlch caused lllm to put QVSIQ GXDCIIEHCQ lnto llteldly f0lTl'l All hls wolk he slls ale confesslons of llfe Goethe was an ldeahst but he ldeallved llelthel the world nol lndlvldual characters At the age of twenty he went to Stlasbulg to contlnue hls legal studles A mole magnlflcent youth nevel pelhaps enteled the S rasbulg gates He was llkened to an Apollo P1CtU1 es and busts 0 1VG but a feeble lndlcatlon of that Wh1Ch IS most stllklnv ln hls appearance Hls features wele lalge and llberallx cut w lth the fine sweeplllf llnes of Greek alt Hls blow was lofty and masslve and from beneflth lt shone lalge lustlous brown ex es of mal velous beauty tllell puplls seenllll of almost un LX1Il'lDl6d b1Z6 The sllffhtll aqulhne nose w ls lllge and well cut The mouth was fllll wlth a sholt alched uppel hp vely sensltlve and ex 1 IGQSIVL The chln and Jaw were boldly D1C,1J01tl0I'1C.d lnd the head lested on a handsome and musculal neck In statule he was rathel above the mlddle slae but al hough not vely tall he had the aspect of a tall man and lb usuallx so descllbed Hls llame was stlong musculal let sensltlye Goethe set hlmself to passlng hls prellmlnary examlnatlons and lealn lll to dance He also studled alt muslc anateml alld Cllemlb ry At Stlasbulo ln StDt6mb61 1770 he met Herdel Heldel w IS five vears hls selllol and lad already made a name 101 hlmselt Coethe chal med wltll llllS new xlgolous lntellect attended hlm durlng ln 013913111011 and dllllng hls IQCOX ell llstenlnff to the wlsdonl VSl11Ch tell 1.10111 hls llps as a pupll hstens to a much loved mas 61 Fhele w 'ls contlast enough between the two ln age chalactel lll tellect and knowledge to have plevented any V8ly close SXIT1p2itl1X yet the dlffelence dld not sepal ate them Thev lead lltelaly masterpleces and cll lCll6d tllem Heldel s lnfluence on Coethe was manltold He taught lllm to appre L1 lte Shakespeale and the VICHF of Wakeneld lnd to 162lllZe that all poetle development IS based on natlonal chalactel It was Heldel too who bloug lt lllm Lllldel the lnfluence of Rousseau Heldel s lnfluence was IH 517111110 101 Goethe was alreadx at VSO1h on Cotz and elen on hls Faus Goethe w ent back to Flankfurt ln 1771 wlth hls llcentlates deglee lnd began to plactlce law contllbutlng C1 ltlclsms to the D1 ess and wolklng on Gotz It appealed ln 11711 much modlfied but made l let unnamed llltllfll the lltelaly leadel of lllS tlme In 1775 he was stlmmoned by Karl August to be one of hls coult lt Vlelmal Hls Ctlllllllg' to Vtelm 11 w IS a tllllllll 13011112 ln the lltkl IIN hfe of telmalll lt w IS beglnnlnv to be l lt,Sld6IlCe fol the cultuled He made 1 the Athens ot Celmanl I' l tlme he lnd the 11111108 led the 1101105 of coult hte but he plesentlx settled dow ll to SG1l0llSI16bb Thele ale tew noblel spectacles than the tllendshlp of two Oleat men lnd the Hlstoly of Lltelatule plesen s llothlng colllp 11 able to the fllelld Shlp of Goethe and Sclllllel Rlx als they V616 alld ale Both w ele con 30 1 ' 1 . .K1 1 I uc v 5 v 1 1 1 v n - 1 l , 1 1 1. - , 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 1' 1' 111 ' I ' 2 1 1 1, . 1 e 2 Z. -S 2 -1 1 1 1. 1 1 1 A 1 l ' A 1 1 -1 . .1 . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1, , K J K 1 1 . 1 ' , 2' 1 , 1 1 1 ' . . . 1 7 H . 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