St Patricks Academy - Patrician Yearbook (Binghamton, NY)

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THE PATRICIAN St iiatrrrk Down the corrrdor of fifteen hundred years Hrs gurdrng vorce to us strll maketh way Amrd celestral chorrs he bends hrs ear To hear the Irrsh pray' Srnce thrs has been a year of centennral celebratrons the Class of 1932 should consrder rtself verx fortunate to be graduated at thrs time Perhaps the rnnrversrr x xx hrch we should cherrsh most hrghlx rs the fifteenth cen tennr xl of Sfrrnt Prtrrck s landrng rn Ireland to teach the Farth The com rng of P rtrrck to Lrrn marks the greatest of Irrsh epochs Of rll the momentous happenrnffs rn Irrsh hrstory thrs seemrngly srmple one h rd the most extraordrnary most far reachrng effect It changed the face of the natron and utterly changed the natrons desrny The comrng of Patrrck may be sard to have a sublrme effect not on Ireland alone but upon the world It was a world event He was one of the grefrtest of Celts became one of the greatest of Irrshmen and one of the xery great among men In the xear 432 rust forty three years after he had first seen Ireland as 1 crptrxe Prtrrck returned o the land of hrs chorce as a consecrated Brshop of the one true Farth In the earlv perrod of Patrrcks second comrng the Orefrt Roman Emprre was cr umblrng whrle Ireland wrth fleets on the sea rnd armres rn forerfrn lands had reached the prnnacle of her polrtrc rl poxx er a trme that would seem the least proprtrous for wrnnrng men to the meek and abnefratorx doctrrnes of Chrrst Yet was rt rn hrs own mx sterrous xx ax God s chosen trme for sendrnff Hrs chosen man Durrng the fourth xear of the rergn of Laogharre son of Nrall the Hrfrh lxrng on the eve of Easter Patrrck s party encamped at Slarne on the left bank of the boye opposrte to and rn srght of Tara In front of hrs tent Patrrck lrghted a fire whrch xxas vrsrble at the krngs court A grert festrval xx rs begrnnrng at Tara corncrdent wrth he begrnnrng of Patrrck s I 'rster feast It was a gross vrolatron of royal and ancrent order that on thrs eve a fire should be lrffhted before the Drurds should lrght therr sfrcred fire upon the royal Path Accordrnorlv when Loagharres as ounded court beheld rn the drstance the blazrng of Patrrck s fire great xxas therr consternatron and hrgh and hot therr xxrath What audacrous person demanded the krng has dared to commrt thrs outrage'7 The Dr urds told hrm that rt was rndeed the Tarlcenn of the old prophecx come to supersede hrs rule and therr rule rn Errn More over hey sard unless the fire on that hrll be extrngurshed thrs verv nrvfht rt shall forever more blaze rn Ireland It wrll outshrne all fires that we lrght and he xx ho lrt rt wrll conquer us all he wrll overthrow you and hrs krngdom wrll overthrow your krngdom he wrll make your subjects hrs and rule over them all Then Krng Laogharre a splendrdly determrned old pagan angrrly de nranded that the tr ansgressor should be dragged before hrm wrth all the o her forerf n rntruders who were hrs suppor ters P xtrrck s c rmp w rs rarded bx the soldrers and he 'rnd hrs companrons xxere ordered to march to Tara As thex advanced to the Krngs palace the llrurds lax rn rmbush to rntercept and krll them but these evrl ones drd not see the lrttle band of mrssronarres pass They saw only a harmless herd of gen le deer a doe followed by her tw entx fawns VS hen Prtrrck refrched the court he found Krng Laogharre srttrng rloft rn state xx hrle hrs xx ar rrors rn srlence sat around rn a great crrcle xx rtlr the rrnrs of therr shrelds agarnst therr chrns The monarch evrdently apprehensrxe of the secret power of he stranger had warned hrs court that none of the marks of respect xx lrrch xx ere due to a forergner should 35 Q O H , . . ' !! V- - . . V . V V 1 V r . ' . ' V V L . ' ' r . . cy Z . 'Lai nIr v . Y s' ' lv . - '. ' r V' 7 ' ' . ' , C C C 5 0 . I I. I 1 . I I. . I A . . I. . . . I C c 1 V X 2 V V I V- . I C I . . , I 1 . I I. I . . r I L , . . I . I I. C 1 .5 1 V 1 . 1, . 1 . - 0 ' V 1 V V ' . ' 1 . K ' . ' V .- .' . . 4 ' ' c. c , c L , ' - ' .' V' 7 1 - , . I I I . I I . . . 1 r- 4 1 1 1 5 I l . 1 . Q . r , c Q., , c I I I I . I I .L. . . C , I V V V V V' ' V V ' ' ' 1-, ., - 1 V V . V' V V V 7 ' ' . ' ' I. . r I , . . ,., . V A V V ' V 1 7 7 . ,. I . V I . as 1 1 1 . I I . . . I , . . - V I I . I . II I . . . . I. II . . c -r cr , .. .' J I . ' ' ' V sr AC n . . I . - ' 1:1 . . - V r 1 t . C, , I4 I . . . I. , L C, , V ' . V V ' ' I ' V V r . sr I ' I 11 ' U ' 1 1 . I ,, I . . . I . . . . . . U . V . . . . 1. 7 Y ' I 11 4. ' cc , ' ' ' ' 1 L 1 . za 1 - V V V . . V 1 3 7 I V . V . . V V . .1 Y 7 1 v 1 Y, . . I . I I . . I 1 1 ' 1 t . . 'IIE ' . . V V ' . . I 4 U' , 1 1 'Q v . r I s - 1 ' C n I CA I C V V, - V . - I v ' 7 ' 1 Y I . I I I . I I . . I . . I c r . . I . . . . I I I I . . I - ' 4 1 V V V v V L , I . V . . . . . . V . V . . c c 1 , I . . I I I . . I I . I . . I . I . 4 ' 1 1 1 9 I. I I. I . . I . . . I . r . , . ' V V V V . L V . V . ' I L O , A . . . V V V ' 1

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lrrr, PATRILIAN Franz Ellnurph lllaghn lrvelrlrood Por ervht xe rrs he vxas oblrffed to grve musrc lessons He srys Manx a 1 enrus rs rurned bx hrs lrvelrhood for rt leaves no trme for studx Paul Anton Prrnce of Esterhazy xvas a man of enormous xx ealth H xx as verx fond of the fine arts especrally musrc In 1761 Hadyn xx as called to Ersenstadt to take a posrtron as one of Prrnce Esterlrazx s musrcrans Hrs posrtron vxas that of upper servant He xxas never rdle here as a long lrst of composrtrons slroxx He xx as oblrged to provrde tvxo cperatrc per formances and one or tvxo concerts a xxeek When drstrnvurshed xrsrtors came he had to furnrsh extra entertarnment In 1790 Johann Peter Solomon of London was startrng to grve con certs on hrs own account He heard of Haydn and came to take hrm to London As Hax dn had alvx ays xxrshed to travel thrs xxould offer the oppor trrnr x When hrs frrend Mozart heard that he was Uorng he exclarmed Oh Papa' you have no educatron for the wrde world and speak too fexv lrnguages Hax dn replred xxrth a smrle My lanouage rs understood all over the xxorld The Solomon concerts vxere very successful Wlrrle xxrth Solomon Haydn composed hrs Surprrse Symphonv When the novelty of Solo mons concerts xxore off the lrsteners vxould go to sleep durrng the slow movements as xxas therr custom Havdn took hrs as a roke and xxrote hrs Surprrse Symphony The sloxx moxement rntroduced bx onlx a fexv of the rnstruments moved along rn a xery subdued manner and xx hen everx one was nrcely settled for hrs nap Haxdn employed sudden fortrssrmo chord play ed by every rnstr ument of the orchestra whrch startled hrs arrdr ence to conscrousness Thrs and manx other pranks shoxxs Hax dn s sense of humor It rs even sard he asked God xxrth characterrstrc narve to forgrve hrm rf he served Hrm too cheer fullx An rnterestrng meetrnfr took place at Frankfurt rn 1792 the band of xx hrch beethoven xxas a member gaxe a drnner for Haydn 1 eethoven sub mrtted a crntata to the uest of the exerrrnff and Haydn xxarmlx pr used lrter rrrrved rt Vrennr he took lessons from Haxdn The te re rer rnd the puprl belong to drtllerent een urres leethoven was a musrcal revolu tronrst Haydn vxas content to xxalk the old ways Haydn rounded lrfe xxrth tvxo oratorros The Creatron and the Seasons Thex xx ere the summrt of hrs achrevement He preferred the C16dt10I1 because he sard The angels speak and therr talk rs of God He xx as never so prous as xxhen he xxrote the Creatron He xx as a devout Catholrc When he fel hrs xx ork laggrnv' he xxould leave hrs rnstr ument and sax hrs rosarx Cheerfulness naturalness and spontanertx are char acterrstrcs of Haydn s work Goethe sard of hrm He max be superseded but he can never be surpassed It rs sard about Haydn Lrke Montargne he conceals nothrnof from you he shovxs vou hrs humble nature he chats xx rth xou he Jokes xx rtlr xou He rs free from morbrdness he accepts nature and lrfe and death xx rtlr he laughrng confidence of 1 chrld and does not bother hrs head about them In 1809 Vrenna xx rs bomb rrded by the Fr enclr The exertement proved too much for the composer Iour daxs before hrs death he xx rs crrrred to hrs cl rxrer rnd solemrrlx plrx ed the Emperor s Hx mn three trmes hrs 1 rrexx ell to nrusrc Certrrnlx such r Irie should be rn rnsprra ron to anx one no mrtter lroxx poor rnd humble he nrav be Marx Bxrne '3 34 V V . ' T 1 ' 1 1 , 1 v. . - . 1 1 1 1 . 6 I 4 6 1 1 1 c 1, HI I III. . I. I. . . I I. . II I,, .V ca 1 9 - ' 1 -' 1 , v Y , . e 1 1 1 Y D l 1. v, l I 1 V V I V . I . I I IL I . . .I I. . I . . C, I I . . I . I , I V c ' ' 1' - ' 7 ' '- 1t V rv 1 ' I 1 ' V, - I 5 Y IK I ' ' ' , . . I A In , I7 , ' ,' ' I cl , CI. ' .V , 1 , , ra . , I . I V . , V .V I . I ' n , ,' sr J V - . , 1 7 1 ' 1 Y 1' Y ' u , ,' yy , D , ' 1 V V ' ' , , V 1 Y- . 7 I ' v ,1 I ' 9 1, I . , . . . . - l ' 7 v I V Y 7 A ' ' v1 Pu Y V ' 1 V V . 7 ' . V 1 , - ' 2 1 ' gr 1 . II V. . IV -2 r hrm and encouraged hrm to contrnue hrs studres. When the young artrst 1 . ..' , ' , - V V 1 1 V 1 .I - . 2 C A C C Ax p t A 1 A I I 1 C X ' , ' . L .' I 3 V . IV' . . - ' ' 1 I 1 y1 y 7 I 1 . ' V' V ' , cc 1 ,JI ' va . II H - x H v ' - ' . ' ' 1 1 - aa , , ' xv 7 ' ac -, , -i yy , . V . ' V V , KK , ' 9 7 , I . I L Y C, 7 1 y y 1 - 1 ' V 1 1- 1, ' 7 1 .' ' v V . V ' I ' cc y , ' ' Y 1 , , H ' ' 11 ' , , ' ' 9 V ' Y . I 1 1 ta 7 1, 7 1 V' V - ' V V' V ' V 1 1 ' V 1 ! 1 1 ' 'ti ' 1 - . ' 1 1 f' t 1 ' , 2 ' , V 3 I I 1 1 I y, . . I ' 1 V2 2 1 1 I IV ,' , A, 1 , . . ' v 1 . 1 1 1 v 1 1, v 1 . 1 . 1 . r 1 . A 2, 1 ' : U J .-- . 2 ' ' . 1 ' V V 1 ' ' . ' ' 1. 4' . - , . 11 z I . 1 . z t , 1 1 C U 1 , . V V. fI rp ' 1 1 7

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V1 HE PATRICIAY St ljatrxrk be how n to thrs bold agffressor But so rmpressrve w rs P xtrrck s rppe rr urce that the Krngs poet rrose rn respect for hrm then 1 young noble lollow ed hrs ex rmple by matchrng hrs mrracles agarnst the magrc of he Drurds he drspl ryed to all that hrs pow ers far transcended therrs He drs le' ed the darkness w rrch they yy ere powerless to drssrpate They brrng d rrl1ness he srgnrfrcantly sard but cannot br rng llffht He then preached the farth to he assembly and won the queen and several promrnent mem bers of the court to Chrrstranrty The Krng was so far overwhelemed by the man Patrrck that he gaye hrm the freedom of hrs realm to preach the new iartlr where and to whom he would Hrs farth strong enough to work mrracles br ought hrnr success rn hrs struggle rn behalf of Chrrstranrty An unquenchable desrre to brrng souls to Chrrst was the passron of Patrrck s lrfe And he pursued hrs passron wrth 'rn unremrttrng zeal wrth a greatness of mrnd and a grandeur of soul th rt has rarely been parallel rn mrssron-rry annals and seldom rf ever surp rssed It rs of rnterest to note that the tradrtrons of Prtrrck no longer represent hrm only as a sarnt law grver statesman and a brother of he common people but evcr also as an admrr er of the lrterary men scholars and poets of the natron and an ardent lover of therr profane lrterature XX ner ever our Irrsh forefathers have wandered they have sung ever lrstrng hymns rn prarse and Ulory for therr patron sarnt Churches rnd chools h rve been named for hrm And as we the Class of 1932 find ourselves rn a posrtron srmrlar to that rn yy lrrch Sarnt Patrrck stood hfteen hundred years ago ready to begrn hte s w orl1 we earnestly hope that we may rn some measure lrve up to the great rdeals of thrs lroly man We have been rnstrlled wrth hrs vrrtues rnsprred wrth hrs zeal and have esteemed hrs srmplrcrty We have been placed under hrs patronage through chrldhood and through youth Now as we stand on the threshold of lrfe as young men and women ready to ffo nobler patron could we desrre than Sarnt Patrrcl1'7 As he had hrs struggles so yye shall h rve ours as he had hrs drsapporntments we shall experrence our s rnd as he succeeded we hope that we may accomplrsh our arm VS e nrust brd Good bye to happy school days They now belong to the 1 t Although we can not rctually experrence hem agarn we shall very olten recall them to e rr mrrrds We shall hold them as somethrnv pre erous of yy hrch no one can deprrve us The frrendshrps we have formed rn S unt Patrrck s we shall alwavs remember No matter where destrny lt rds us we shall often look back upon our four Joy ous years spent rn hrgh sc rool Now that the trnre for par rno rs here rt seems almost rmpossrble that we are no longer Senrors of Sarnt Patrrck s Academy but the voungest ot rts alumnr But we are not too young to realrze the great debt of f ratrtude that we owe our teachers VS rthout them we would not be w here we ue todry wrthout therr teachmvs yye would not haye the necessary strenfwth to sou re herghts of success rn later lrfe To our p rstor rnd hrs rssrstants we know not where to begrn to express our hanl1s for the rnterest the trme and the ard they have grven us As the y ears go bv we sh rll prove that none of thrs was rn varn And rn the years to come other classes find tlremsely es rn our posrtron they wrll pornt wrth prrde let us hope to the acconrplrshments of the members of the Class of 39 I et us eyer bear rn mrnd the words of the poet Ah' know yyhrt true success rs' Young hearts mherm Dream nobly and plan loftrly no deem That length of vears rs length of lrvrng See' A whole lrfe s labor rn an hour rs done Not by world tests the heayenly crown rs won To God the man rs what he means to be Helen C O Brren 32 06 ' L . 1 ' 1 1 1 . 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