St Patricks High School - Shamrock Yearbook (Eau Claire, WI)

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THE SHAMROCK Some of my lmpresslons of England were very marked for lllstance the Chrls tlanlty of the people Whlch prevalls They are not at all as we lmaglne them bltter and prejudlced but they are truly rellglous peo ple I feel Justlfied ln saylng that the Catho llc Church IS better off ln England that ln any other European country The first country we VlSlt6d after leavlng England was Holland Contrary to the lm presslon glven by the many storles people read about Holland It IS not a country of wlndmllls and flowers We saw very few wlndmllls The people are lmmaculately clean ln fact one can find them out sweeplng thelr steps at SIX o clock ln the mornlng As regards to thelr dress th y have llo taste whatever they wear abomlnable clothes The Women especlally are of GYCGSSIVG welght The language of the people IS extlemely dlfii cult to undel stand Whlle ln Holland we also VlS1ted the art gallerles and saw many famous palntlngs by Van Dyke It IS surprlslng that the Dutch could have produced such plctures as those of Van Dyke and Rubens Swltzerland IS a country whlch IS dlvlded lnto German SWISS Itallan SWISS and the French SWISS The SWISS are thrlfty clean lnterestlng people They love rruslc art and llterature They are a w ery democratlc people even more democratlc than the people of the Unlted States In thls country there IS no dlstlnctlon made between soclal classes In polltlcs there IS both a Cathollc party and a Protestant party Absolute toleratlon IS glv en to both partles On our wax through Belglum I notlced partlcularly that the tralns were very dlrty People Slt SIX ID one compartment and there IS no alr condltlonlng system on the traln The people could almost be called slovenly They seem to have llttle use for manners When we Wellt to Italy the most outstand lng thlng that I notlced was the Itallan peo- ple the old Roman Splflt seemed to have been lost untll the tlme of MUSS0llHl They now have galned back thelr mllltarlsm the Splrlt of medleval Italy has dlsappeared The Itallan people call thls the Golden Age of Italy There IS a powerful struggle golng on be- tween the Pope and MUSSOIIHI The Church represents the Splflt of real Italy the splrlt of love laughter and muslc Mussollnl IS try lng to brlng back the Splrlt of anclent Rome and lead the people away from the thlngs they loxe the thlngs for WhlCh they are famous Durlng my stay ln Italy I had the good fortune or havlllg an HUJIBHCG Wlth both the Pope and Mussollnl There was a Stflklllg colltrast between the two We vlslted Musso- llnl first We were told that we would have to salute hlnl and not knowing what else to do we complled Wlth the ofliclal s command Wllen Premler NlJSS0llIll came ln everyone shouted After the H0136 had subslded a mes sage was read to lllm fWe had no knowledge of what the message contalned although It was supposed to have conle from usj The featul es of MUSS0l1H1 showed hlm to be a man Our meetlng Wlth the Holy Father was a great contrast to our meetlng Wlth the Preml er of Italy VVe traw eled along the well known Applan Way to the summer home of the Pope Castel Gondolfa The Applan Way w s bullt ln early Roman hlstory a part of lt IS stlll ln use by the Itallan people When we reached the summer home of the Pope we found a great many people from all natlons of the world waltlng to see the Holy Father We were led through many rooms and finally reached the receptlon room Before long the Holy Father entered preceded by HIS person al clerlcal attendants He was the most salntly l00lilIlg lelsoll I have ever seen or ex er hope to see on 831th VVhen I loo' ed at hlm lt seemed almost a lf I were seelgw' a salnt Because the Holy F ther was not well he staved only long enough to glxe us tle Papal blesslng and to bless any altlClCS we lCont1nued on Page 26 . ... , - , . . 1 1 ' ' , - . 1 i U 0 0 ' - ! Y 1 , - n n 7 . - , 1 . . u L. . 0 Q n ' ' Y . . . . . 9 7 - . , .V . r ' ' ' ' J 9 ' . . 0 ' 1 u , .. Q Q l l . 1 . . 9 'l u A . . . , ' - 0 , . . . , , . . .. , , - 5' 1 Q . ' Y . n ' I 5 c , , , , , , Vlflth strong character and wlthawlll of steel. . . 1 1' l - . . 0 I l - - 1 1 , - . . , , . . s 7 , ' . . . . . a . l 1 I , u 4 l o n 0 u A . a v f I . , , , .. N 4 Q . . I 1 D ' L' , 1 , ' .- l . L - , L 3 . . . - f ' . lc ' Q n a 0 ' , I l A . S To , - ' . ' f a 1' ' , v in r ll ! A 41 0 '1 V Y . ' I

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THE SHAMROCK W8StmlDSter School bu11t behlnd the Ab bey IS a church school that at one t1me was Cathol1c Some of the most famous people of London have gone to th1S school We saw the school boys 1n their Norfolk Jackets and hlgh silk hats The Changll' of the Guam ds at Buckmg ham Palace was the next thlnff we saw This IS a ceremony that should not be mlssed by any forelgner who v1s1ts England When one sees th1s ceremony one begins to realize Just what the DOHIIHIOD of England stands for and what holds It together The people of England love pomp and ceremony and they show It As we traveled about the c1ty of London we saw Buckmgham Palace and St James Palace the present home of the new king of England and we pa1d a v1s1t to the Tower of London In the Tower of London I felt as if the walls of the building were closing ln around me All those horrible years of perse cutlon seemed to come marching back and in my lmaglnatlon I saw the cells of the tower filled with many people who were condemned to death by the many klllgS Here it was that Walter Raleigh were beheaded It IS in the Tower that the crovsn Jewels are on dlsplay The crown has a dlamond so large th t the klng cannot wear xt for any length of tlme In going from modern London 1 into wh t looked llke medieval London we passed through many suburbs and w1nd1ng passages which finally brought us into old London It seems very much as lf modem London had been built in fzont of old London Old London IS much the same as it was years ago In one of the old sections of Lo ndon they still have an old town cr1er who dre ses 1n lns ancient clothes and goes up and down the streets calling the hour and all IS well In splte of the fact that England IS P10 testant it he1 ever one goes one can see Sl ns of its folmer Catholicism One evidence lS the many crosses that may be seen even, where The country slde of England 1s much the same as the Wlsconsxn country slde exceut that the grass and trees are a much rxcn r green We passed many beautiful estates ore of whlch had a flagstone walk Frgush Country houses are bu1lt close to the road wlth SDRCIOUS gal dens Ill the back Beautiful roses are found almost anywhere VVe vlslted the very beautiful estate of the House of Warwlck It was bullt ln the twelfth century Each Earl that llved in the estate changed the arrangement of the house so now it has a comblnatlon of fifteenth SIX teenth seventeenth and eighteenth century f llIllSlllYlg'S Beautiful tapestr1es hang fx om the walls The estate IS filled vxxth many old and famous portraits 'lhele IS a beautiful Chanel whlch co italn m ny of Van Dyke s D3.ll'llZlll0'b Tle Eall of Warwick IS dea ly lox ed by the people of hxs x lllage In the h arts of these English people the Ball of W rwick ranks nefzt to the Kina YVh1le Ildlll about the countly slde of England we stopped at a small town wnere X e vlslted the cottages of Shake yeare and Anne Hatllau ay There lb a great contrast between cottages Shakespeares cottage ls x 615 small vu nh low cexlmgs rock hewn floors and an old time 'ire place Call h1s works ale there ln tl e1r or1g1nal forml Anne Hatha way s 1 x IX lox elx with 1 large g1I'tl8ll sulloundlng It Orford College is the Intellectual cenfer of E lgland We wx xtecl lt and sau the scvelal colleges of winch it 15 composed Each coll ge has 1ts own name and tne CI est of a klng on xt Most ot the great men of England and many renouned men of other countries have stud xed there The people have large features and soft vol es In England one finds gl eat wealtn and splendor and then again the cllrest pox erty but in that respect It 1S no dxfferent fl om any other country The Fng l1sl1 people use many amusing express1ons A dle s IS alwax s a mock any l1ttle trouble or Cl1Sl,Ll1b'iYlC6 IS a bit of bothei a hat IS al ways a bo my top knot everything IS ughto and Jolho and rawther , - - L , I , . . - . , . . ' S . 0 . 1 I . . . , s . - Q ' - 1'- - x -0 .J A s ' I n u n , ' .- O ' s . . , . 7 r - -1 . . , . . . . . 9 r ' . , ' , . 9 I . s 1 K . . s'p . 7 C ' s . 1 . . I 7 A L . i ' ' - I ' 1 ' qw n v 7 - -1 1 1 0 1 . Y , . . Y 1 ' K , . V .Q . . . . 1 1 ' . . ' ' j' . .I 6' W l Q I Q s L L D V' . g. ' -1 . - . ,. . G . - . , . . o 9 - r 1 . l . I V a 1 v : f ' a is: vs . ' 1 - V - C 1 - . such famous people as Anne Boleyn and Sir , . , - - 1 , , . . 7 ' f - ' i - ' s - . 9 7 . 1 A - u Q 1 , - ., KL v V '. - . .' , . . u . s e ' z 1 . . - 0 - 1 f a l - A . I 1 n 0 s f 1 . L f ,, 1 ' .t A . ,1 ' ' ' , N G, . ' ' Cl !9 . . 1 c I s ' ' 1 ' . ' l I L ' f - l ' .. nl 0 . , - . c s. ' , s 1 I . l c - , A , ' 1 y va I ' ' , . - u - n . a v - A - . , . e . . . . ' ' Klf ?D ' , . ,, . Qs , . . . , . Q , .. . K . , . , . . . . . , . H . .,,. , ' Q 1 R r . , ll - r- . H 1 .. H' ' ' ' 9 ll ,' 7? 66' ' I! ll !l ' I

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THE SHAMROCK 'Hi'- QR O 1811 Winter Ziirtxstxfy Gerry Eldndge 38 chzld some years ago Rubbzng clear the mzsted pane I watched the fall of snow The glzstenlnq drop? fell softly do ln lzke fmefed streaks zn 'maze Of zntermz 1glzng crwtals fo blend in snony haze The crystals dfzfted slowly untzl dusk fell mto night I asked 'lf stars had fallen to paznt the pane hee u hzfe . 'X x Q e x e ef, . I M Y MR ' ' ba .. Q. , -- 0 I pressed my face to the window as a 1 1 'f 1. ' f , ,A 1' . .4 . .