St Patricks Academy - Patrician Yearbook (Binghamton, NY)

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Munn rllvahrng We can all I dare say revert to he days when we sat at our mother s knee lrstenrng wrth rapture to the farry tales w hr h have been handed down from parent to chrld through countless generatrons Tell me another story has been rs and always wrll be a plea of clrrldhood fhere rs how ever no lrmrt to the story age The desrre to read contrnues on throufrh adoloscence rnto maturrty the Mother Goo e fables of our efr lx years yreld rn the lapse of trme to Alrce rn Wonderland and Ar rbr rn Nrghts and then to Tom brown s School Daxs Though xxe have outfwrown the folklore storres they are nevertheless the nredrunr between the age of chrldhood and that of xouth A stepprnff stone so to spe rl betxx een our farry daxs and those of realrtx Durrng our first year rn school we master ed th rsolrttd sentence type of readrng It opened a new xx orld From then on our fund of knowledge rncreased untrl books became almos rnsepfrrable comp rnrons Po us a book became A magrc sort of thrnfr that makes you sarlor chref or krng I our readrng xxe assumed the role of sarlors travelers on the w aterx paths adventure and Jewels of knowledge lurked rn e ery corner But the questron arrses What really constrtutes mol rc rdrn 7 There rs at the present trme much drscussron on thrs all rmpr rtrn toprc We find rnnumerable lrsts of recommended books comprled by self stxled lrter ateurs and crrtrcs Upon close observatron how ex er we rre confronted by a drversrtx of oprnron and we find ourselves drvrded rn chorce strrxrnfr to reason what course rs best to pursue The oft quoted lrnes of Frftncrs Bacon Some books are to be tasted others sw rllowcd urd some few chewed and drgested brd us use cautron rn our chorce of refrdrng On a xvrntry evenrng 01 on a summer afternoon rt rs conducrve to peace to open upon Rolvaag s Grants rn the Earth The charm of Pol vaags storv lres rn the authors power to make one feel the somberness of the lrmrtless prarrre at twrlrght the solemn hush of a world wrapped rn snow the sweep of a wrnd as rt rushes across xast fields of wavrng ffrarn It rs srmple vrvrd movrng Rolvaag hrmself rs a xery rnterestrng char acter At one trme rrr hrs boyhood he walked fourteen mrles to obtarn a copy of Ivanhoe Because we read wrth delrght the modern authors let us not rmagrne that they surpass or even equal the old masters If we enrox such bro graphres as Maurors Strachey and Morley we nrax xxrth equal delrght or even greater delrght turn to Dr Johnson and Edmund Burke Rostand Barrre and other excellent playwrrghts need not drm our rnterest rn Shakespeare who rs greater than all others combrned The modern poe ry of Edwrn Arlrngton Robrnson should not detract from the beautres of the poetry of Mrlton and wrth all therr charm and rnsrght the modern novels of the brrllrant Galsw orthy are not rndrspensablx necessary to the rntellec tual and sprrrtual readers who have access to Melxrlle s Nlobx Drck And to lose one s self occasronallx rn the works of the old mrsters frees one from the tyrannx of tryrng to keep up The rnsprratron whrch we recerve from the pen of famous men and women whose wrrtrrrgs lrft us rnto the land of mx strcs en rble us to burld up for ourselves rdeals wrthout whrch we mrffht be worthless or even dangerous to socrety these wrll be our Uurdes Marron Cullen A Iage 29 55 -5- 4- -5- 'I' 'G' M 1 . u 4- 1 v 1 17 9 y V ' . v. 1 I v f, v 'fa g r s, ' 1 1 ' 1 U e . e 1 77 ' 1 1' ' V 1 ' 9 v a - a ' 0 . . u I 1 u . 1 r - O 1 1: - ,S 1 I. . ci I1 , . I ' ' . ' ac ' ' , rv 41 ,I -6 Y- rs , 1 1 L' H 1 . , r , 77 . , ,, . , . ' rs 1 1-1 1 ' . I , 7 ! Z5 v I , v v u U . C, , .V r c x, u ' , , , u I - v . 1 1 . 9 I1 2 , I. ' ' -L ' . ' 1 ' 1 lf C C ns L.. H . . . I . . I . ,, III b 7 ' 1 ' 1 - . I .. I . v . v - . 1 V , . ' 'V 1 1 1 O x . . ' if 1 . 1 v 1 . 5 ', l ' , . ga 1 as g. . I . I . . . I . III I I . r - 1 c L . Y I, -I. I, .II ' ' 1 1 1 1 , . , 1 u y y I . I . I . . . . . . I I. I. . r L Cs 1 - . 1 I ' a ' 5 C st 1 I1 v1 v 1 '-' , - c J , 2 r . ,, . - . I . . I . c . 1 as ', ' , H r I ' D I L - , I . , v u Y 1 1 n t . I . . I . I. . . I I I I . Q v D . u u v w , Y . i . , 9 4: ' 1 ' ' ' - 1 1 - I . cc rx I I. . I . . ! ' ' Y . 7 . - . . L I I I I. I . 1 1 . ' 1 ' 9 I . I I I I. . . I . 9 . 1 ' . ' L , . 1, I. . . I I . f 1 . o y. ' u U . l 1 x a I. . I I . . I I I . I .1 ' ' ' ' 7 Cl ' Y! . 1 1 1 1 . I . r I . 7 ' r ' 1 f 14- 1 1 1 s. II C n L , , cc ' H . 1 v v n 1 1 I1 5 v r- v o Q' ' l D ' - 1 I 1 - 9 . ' ' v r o I . I. . I - O . Ar' J 7 r

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Binghamton a Glentenmal Hear We cons1der It of spec1a1 s1gnflcance that one hundred years ago thlS month our Clty was 1ncorpo1ated as a v1llage It l1ke us had reached the first IHIIGS one t0W31d 1tS end and looked out on a futu1e that was prom1s mg and br1ght Olll onlx hope IS that we may succeed 1n shapmg our IIVQS as well as Bmghamton has moulded 1tS 1ndust11es and government From a few settlels a populatlon of over 75 O00 has sprung Blnghamton has been called the P31101 C1ty and Justly so Not only IS It s1tuated advan tageously for hose xx ho love the beautles of natule but today It 1S a c1ty where1n Cllme 1n a large measu1e 1S suppressed Parallel to the h1StO1y of the growth of the c1ty IS the h1story of the C2ltllO11C Chu1ch 1n Bmghamton From the beginmng the Catho11c Splflt ln ou1 commun1ty has been man1fest and has contr1bu ed ltS share toward bu1ld1ng the c1ty to 1tS present h1gh standald of mora11ty and beauty Al though the off1c1al reco1d of Cathol1c1sm 1n thlS v1c1n1ty begms 1n 1834 long before the Jesults had come mterested 1n promo 1ng the sp1r1tual welfare of the savages Befo1e 1650 these devoted men from the north had arr1ved As the Cathol1c populat1on of the surroundlng settlements 1ncreased the need of a church was felt A comm1ttee of five persons enacted the agree ment mth a contractor to bu1ld the church A Slte on Leroy Street was chosen Perhaps It may be mterestlng to know somethlng of these men and the1r lesources They we1e the only ac ual Cathohc res1dents of the Vlllage All were poor men who could scarcely support the1r fam1l1es The largest amount subsc11bed by them was S50 One was able to contr1bute only S1 37 F01 some 3 ears the llttle pa11Sh was attended by m1ss1onary prlests About that tlme he Er1e vxas lay1ng 1ts track f1om salt water to flesh Among the workers the usual d1S01 der and lawlessness p1 eva11ed The most potent 'md p1Ctl116SQl1e fl U19 1n suppress1ng the men was a stalwa1t young I1 1Sh1T1d.ll For keepmg peace the v1llage1s sald that he was worth th1rteen pohcemen CThe Vllla e HGVCI had that manyb He went looklng for t1Ollbl9 that he m1ght suppress It If exhortatlon and adInon1t1ons falled to allay the d1stu1be1s then he black tho1n heart1ly adm1n1ste1ed convmced the d1SOld91lX of the 81101 of the1r ways Wlth h1S black tho1n he shep herded many to thell own ood and that of the Commumty Such was one Slde of llfe of The Peverend James Franc1s Hourlgan founde1 of Salnt Patr1ck s Chu1ch and Convent It IS 1a1gely due to the f01es1ght and ablllty of Fathe1 Hourlgan that vse one ou1 p1esent state of Cathol1c1ty 1n thlS c1ty H1s congrega lon 1n eluded the Cathol1cs of the countles of B1 oome Chenango and Delaware It IS Sdld that he felt so1ely the loss of a reglon about thlrty mlles from here when h1S b1ShOp annexed It o another pa11sh He lOd9 h1S horse OX er narrow paths cut through v1rg1n forests and fo1 ded st1eams swollen vuth melted snow and ICS He was a man vsho 1nsp1red 1everence and awe All who knevu h1m lox ed 111m and adm11ed hlS courage and the hOllneSS of IHS llfe A 131011661 of tl1e Chu1ch 1n Bmghamton he converted many dur mg h1s pastolate of fo1ty five 5 ears Now that paush whlch he so capably shepherded IS d1V1d9d 1nto many congregat1ons but all al1ke remember h1m and honor h1S memory Jayne Sheehan 525, 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- tile . i Q , 4 ! .v 1- ' 7 7 1' . v '- 1. W. - , t 4 ' ., ' L . 7 1 9 ' U a I , 0 . . 1. U - no ,L . C . a gn! 4 1' I uv . ' n I 'U ' . -v 1-v. ' ' ' - v - v '- 0- 'v 4, . 1 N , ' , . . . 7 7. T ' I' . . . ,. f , - ' ' . 1- v 4' ' ' v 9 7 93 -:- 4- 4- 4- 4- gg Page28

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fllllarglanh rr Evrrentennarq Three hundreds years ago the lrttle town of Cowes found an eager group of Ca holrcs and other persecuted Chrrstrans They were embarkrng for Maryland the future cradle of relrgrous lrberty rn Amerrca The vorce of Cecrl Calvert rang out rn commandrng tone that they be very careful to preserve unity and peace amongst all the passengers on slrrpboard and that they suffer no scandal rn offense to be grven to any of the Pro estants whereby any Just complarnt may hereafter be made by them rn Vrrgrnra or rn England and that for that end they cause all acts of the Roman Catho lrc relrgron to be done as prrva ely as may be and that they rnstr uct all the Roman Catholrcs to be srlent upon all occasrons of drscourses concern rng matters of relrgron and that the sard Governor and Commrssroners treat the Protestants vsrth as much mrldness and favor as Justrce wrll per mr Wrth Cecrl s rdea fixed deeply rn therr mrnds the colonrsts put therr sarls to the gentle northern wrnd Four months on a cold dreary and stormy sea drd not seem to drscourage these enthusrastrc settlers for the of the country They then made a cross from two mne trees and carrred two shrps bearrng the noble founders appeared upon the shores of St Clement s Island In Massachusetts lax Colony and Plymouth Colony Purrtan Narrovx mrndedness marrrfested rtself John Cotton a Purrtan drvrne declared Democracy I do not concerve tha God drd ever ordarn as a fit government for erther Church or commonwealth Quakers were banrshed from the colony because they drd not conform to the Purrtan belref In the colony of Vrrgrnra relrgrous lrberty was found wantrng for rn to leave the proyrnce We must therefore turn elsewhere for he begrnnrng of relrgrous freedom rn Amerrca And so let us look rnto Maryland as the colonrsts drsembark upon Qt Clement s Island he rsland over whrch hrstorv passes so lrghtly Here the Catholics erected an altar upon vshrch Father Whrte a Jesurt offered the Holy Sacrrfice the first to be sard rn that part of the country They then made a cross from tvso prne trees and carrred rt rn processron whrle they recrted he Lrtany of the Holy Cross Bancroft a Neva England Purrtan clergy man wrrtes The Catholrcs took quret possessron of the lrttle place and relrgrous lrberty obtarned a home rts only home rn the wrde world at the humble vrllage whrch bore the name of S Marv s It rs eternally true that Maryland rs the home of relr rous freedom The Calvert founders brought rt here and establr hed rt here and here rt lrved unchallenged as long as therr power remarned Po er Wrllrams can not recerve the credrt because Rhode Island albert vsrth a charter lrberal rn rts terms drd not welcome or harbor as crtrzens erther Catholrcs or Jews The Calverts vselcomed and har bored all both rn relrgrous and rn poll trcal rrghts They gave to the world the vrsron and the exampl whrch once rmplanted rn the human heart wrll quench the dangerous consequences of relrgrous anta onrsm and pregudrce whose embers and smoulderrnfr fires lllllrapplly Stlll abOLlI1d Lucy Krrvrny N L -ir I 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- M 9 - ' I , 1 U . ' ' . . ' ' H 3 . , , , H . v . L , 1, , ' r - , ' , - u 1 L , Y . - D , U . . . . 't 77 I - Y ' - ,' . - ' i Y 7 Y I ' l I . 3 lv , . ,Y ' .. ,- ' r ' 9 I 1 ,, . L . ' I . ' , yr 1643, its Assembly passed a law against non-conformists and directed them . I 1 1 L 1 1 ' . I 1 9 y L U a I ' , . , t . i . . . be . TL V . Y I . Q V . . . , . 7 3 I ! n . . I V . ' A AL n L. .V . . . , ' , v .' . H ' 7 ! ' l , . 3 Y ' L 7 !7 L. y . ' 1 - , ' . 1 Ig' w I . 1 4 D .S . Q y - . . D . . t g - ! 7 3 , , . ,. . 'L 7 A . ' . . . .- Y a . , ' '8 , 7 . Q 2 - ' e ' . . ,, . . Q2 'S' 'I' 'G' Q- 'G' QQ Page 30