St Patricks Academy - Patrician Yearbook (Binghamton, NY)

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'I HE PATRILIAN munhnum nf Sri lgatruzk 5 lhe starned glass urndovr belongs exclusrvelw to the Clrrrstran farth fhe Pagans were acquarnted mth poetry sculpture musrc parntrnff and ar chrtecture but the prctorral wrndow belongs to the C rurch In the med rex al ages such wrndows were the work of prrests and bro hers After the heformatron the art fell rnto declrne and on rts revrval passed rnto the hands of craftsmc rr not alvuax s actuated by relrffrous motrx es Plrny tells of a merchant shrp vshrch coastrng along the shorts of I xrr cr t anchor rn he mouth of tne rrver belus The crux on reachrng I ore took some lumps from the car U0 of the slrrp to burld a fireplace on th rndr beach It chanced that these lumps were Natron for natural ffirum brcarbonatel 1 sed rn those davs for vsashrng The sarlors to therr surprrse drscovered that when the fires grew hot the fine vxhrte sand nelted To then greater surprrse vshen rt cooled ther found thex had preccs of glass Class was first used for beads and amulets later bottles cups and Vases by the Romans The first mentron of colored glass comes to us rn the s or v of the Church of Qt Paul burlt near Rome by Constantrne rn A D 337 The mndovus were of glass of varred colors as brrllrant as fields of flovsers rn sprrnfftrme Later we find mentron of mosarc wrndovns sm rll p rnes of glass fitted rnto a frame of stone O1 metal Some medreval craftsmen of Bavarra vshose name rs unknown to us drscover ed the art of makrng the prctorral starned glass prctures made of varr colored glass Some trme early rn the nrnth centurx the first starned fflass vrrndovs was placed rn a chapel Of thrs vxe are sure that earlv rn the nrnth century starned glass vsrndows adorned the vwrndows of many churches rn France Wrndows deprctrng the five prophets can strll be seen rn the crx pt of the Cathedral of Augsburg rn Bavarra datrng back to he crrlv eleventh century The tu elfth 'md thnteenth centurres were the hev dar of the starned gl rss rndustrx It vsas rn these he greatest of centurres that most of the brf cathedrals of Europe were burlt Pelrgrous zeal permeated the arr great cr usades were rn progress and thrs actrvrty we find reflected rn the adcrnment of the temples of God Some of the more famous of these temples 'ue S Dems Chartres Canterburg and Cologne In the Cathedral of Chartres rust outsrde Parrs there are one hundred fortx srx wrndous contarnrnfr about five thousand figures whrch are generally thought to be the finest examples of starned glass rn the vsorld It rs of course a long step from the methods of the early starned glass workers to the methods used today Each succeedrnfr year has seen rmprox ements rn the makrng of starned glass vsrndovss and rt rs safe to sax that er en yet the process rs not perfectron Come notable examples of s arned glass w ork rn Amerrca are found rn tu grert Cathedrals of Nevs York and Vlashrngton the Ch rpel at West Pc mt and the Church of the Blessed Sacr rmerrt rn Detrort Wrthout par rllel rn the crtv of I rnffhamton the wrndovxs of St P ltr lf k s an tre work of Baxarran artrsts Many touchrng scenes from the lrfe of Chrrst are portraxed rn the beau rful srde vxrndovss of the church As rt rs tr ulx fittrng vre find our beloved St Patrrck rn numerous poses rr hrch shovs hrm fulhllrng hrs vrork of evangelrzrnfr our ancestral home Bex ond a doubt hon eur the wrndou vshrch lppeals most to all Vounf 1nd old both bee urse of rts be rutv and rts srf nrfrcance rs the grert urrrdou belrrnd the l f h rl 1 Thrs xsrndorx portraxs Clrrrst the Ixrng recerrrng the homage of hrs dex oted ones non rn glory Seated on a rarnboxr xx hrch represents lrrs throne hrs left hand surmountrnvr a globe representrng the xx orld and 48 V 0 V 1 O VV V V V V V V , V V V VV V V , V V V V V VV. 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THL PATRICIAN Himhnum nf S71 Hatrurk 5 hw ught h md 1 med m blesbmf xu find the lJ8B.lltlfLll exes of om lovmg SdX10l Ixmg gmno 11 us m IGIJIOICIULII tendelness Sulmountmg the globe IS the C1088 the Lmbkm of om sdlx mon At the feeu of ChllSt we fmd tha tuo Ulelt doctom oi tie Chluch Qt AYYIIJIOQG md Qt Augustme Llcee to St AIHIJIOSB ue find plctured 1 bee h1V6 SyITlb0l1ZlIl0 the W eetnew of the molds uhlch fell hom hls llps In the ught panel of the mndou Que ught fIglIl6,N of suntQ t1m1l1 ll to 1ll of us At the top of the pmel we End St Pltnnk mth hls umm for he 18 blbhop xx IS the Qhephud oi lub ficck next the IQ at St Joseph the fostel flthel of Chrls pltlon of thg bnnux 11 ChLllCh Lndu tha fwuu of St Joseph flOm left to ught ue St John tu Idptlst St Sghol 1st1c1 and 1 blbhop Just below S Fhomas St John the Fvmgdlst ind the glo11ouQ bt Plul complete the mnel The left I1 md p mel cr nt uns ewht addltlon xl f:lg'LllQ9 e xch poltl ls mfr om of the blessed A tht top of the g10l1p IS St Brlgld next to St Pltllck 6IlSl lllIlQd m the hefuts of 111 Iuwhmen balancmg thg figuu of St Joseph IS t1e blessed Xfllfflll M ux Duectlx below ue Qt Petex mth the kev of the DllIUdCX St Lose of Llmfz oul filst Amerlcan Sfunt Qt Annes modal of DUl1tX md St Celtlude In he foleglound ug the lmdniellst Matthew md the Ulelt St Clthume if Alexandlm She 18 holdmg hu h md on a splked wheel w h1Ch xx is to h we been he-1 lf1St1LlYY19Tlt 0 torture but mn iculomlx tell xput xt hu touch Thls sunt IS N p 1t10I1tSs of ulmelullghtb md Hl9ChdHlLS 81191111 thlough enhmunv md lnmgmg out the beautx oi its mxuvd c0l01s one cmno hdp I: It think 1 llttk xxlsifull hfu be llltlflll must be ful he LX enlw cltx 11,1 thls m ll mlous DIQCQ of XX0llxT!11IIS up x 1 muffht b humcm I1 mls IS 1 1 in fi sfind when compared ulth the Q1 mdeul of Heawn Iot U5 thg chlldlen of St P1t11ck s be grateful f01 tho oppol tLlfl1tX IX en us md le 1111 to lIJ1J16Cldte the cut and beauty of 0111 Church I FORK F W-KSHINI TON S SMII F NI my people h we H0tlCLd and Lommented on the IJQCLIII 11 smile ID IIUIHGIOU5, plctules md busts of ft 119 NX ashmgton Thls smllg his an mtexestmg St01X l wk of 1 Aitu he Iexolutlon a sculptm went to Mount X 6111011 to m xl e 1 pl ISIQI of P111 bust cfXXaQh1ngton The sculptox stletched lum out rn 1 not diubed l11s te ltllleb mth 011 md dpplled the 111118161 of Puls -X iux momgnts I1 61 when the pl 18161 xx IS bt0'lI1I1lI1f to hxlrlen Nlulhn Xknxlnlrmfftorl Lntued the mom Seemg hu Illlsblllfl xmv on he wt mr Ilfnlllg the de 1th I1' Q 1111101 cf hls fxcg Nha, SCI6,lIT1t,f mth ixwht Hu xug un L lllNt'd XX uhmgton to QIHIIQ md xx 1en tha pl lSt6l vsdx IQINOX ed the IHIIHLSSIOII of the smlle h ld bun lecolded ID 1 Todu m ms of the IIUIO' ldphed 13111111638 of XX uhmgton XNIIICII IIL COIJIQN of this bust In ll thu p Lllll ll smile 49 . ' . k I 2 ua .hu t kv v' zz- v x x . v h n l I y' -- 1 ' - . v ' . . . ' - , - ' c . I, c . c ... , ,. K. , . V, J ' . ,Z ' . L .' , ' ' - - . - . ' I . . f v ' A I., c i T . - 2 x . . . W ff 1 1 - . . I l . . 1 v u ' . . c I., K . . ' ' V ' 'Q ' QQ' . 'Q ' 'Q ' 2 1 2 v I 2 .' , -' 'A. . . S' , .y ' . k K. ' v va K. K A . ' ' w V - - - . W 1 w - v -' V4 - F , , Q 'c - . . ' . Z . LT 2 ' , 7 ' 'VJ -N-Z . . f A . x 'h . , ' K' . Y ' - I .' - ' I 7. ' v 1 ' . 7' v 1 4 2 . . 1 1 , . , . ' 2. L ' z . . M. r - - w '., . ' u 2 - . z . . 2 . . 2 z 1 :Q 2 5 ,Q z ' ., 2 ' 'aj- ' , 1 , 4 1 - ' , -' ' Y 2 .' V K. .' ' , . . ' Q J ' 3 -, ' . ' 1 w . , V' . ' . . Y ' . Y . , . V . Y' n . A A .. c 1 . t c sx . V ' 1 , . . ' c, c , A . , ' .' Y . ' ' . . L . . . . 6 . . x x I c L . I . L c A ' g . ' f z ,, z . 2 1 mf A C. . ' A' z 1 '1 ' f ' 'z Q z ' : ' . . ' ., v ' . . . . ' 1. ' ' . 4 f , c K 1 c 2 c J . ' .c . Ll f 2 . , . , ' v I - .' 1 2 . ' . 1 . ' I .' -'. C . , d .' .' . ' , .' d Y Y , Seated IH St. I2ltllClx 5 hulch an XIGXXIIIU thu um ovs when the sun 1-1 H '2 ' . 2 ' ,ga ' . ' j .' , 2 1 X 1 ' ' z ' l ' A. if 2 ' 12 Q X w U 4 ' ' ' x n Q 1 A 1-v 1 . v u - v' ' v 1 1 v , xc 1 . . ' . . 1 . 2 .Q ', 1 ' .Q . Q .3 as at g' 'az Q s. ' ' ' , 'z ' ' 7 , 1 A . ' - L' 1 .' -7 , 1 . -- . , , , . ., - u, R. v K, Z 2 . 2 . . . . . . i Y 1 1 1 Y, Y '1 I .1 I J A A ,I A A L A J ya 2 - ' ' z ' J 1 ' ' ' ' Q a 3 ' 'I 141-'g '-.1 ' . ' ' 1 cf - ' . . ' . . v , Y ' ' ' . A 1 , ' v . V . . t 32, 1 . ' L u , J ' - . Y . 1 - - . v' . . .l ,' ' V - A C X C C x C D L I A . r. , . ' . - . . ' - ' . - V v' ' 1 1 ' , 1 c , c . ,C , C 4 Q - -I 4 I 1 , , A - o v I v 1 ' I f '. z .. . 1 1 . . L , z. 2. -I, ,Q z ,A2'2 U 1 . -' sz V' , 1 ' ' - A - -, ' . . . v . - In G I ' 4 I ' X 2 ' A ' c 1 . c ', . J . 'c xl ,, . A . 'c c - a . . , c A E 2- .. . . . ' . , . .' ' . ' , . , , . , . , ' '4 - f , , . . . c -- C , Z tv -4 D n kv Ek- ' , ' Z ' 1 lb' .' .' , lz ' .' 9' Q ' .' .