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

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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 . .

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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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. . . Various Authors North, South, East, West-all directions beckoned students this year. In these columns we have some interesting excerpts from stories of trips. Wisconsin Leo Cary 38 T was early autumn and the day was CFISD yet balmy enough to be one of the rare days yyhlch Helen Hunt Jackson wrote of ln her poem October I was maklng a trlp to Plam and stopped to v1s1t the shrlne From my place hlgh on the h1ll I could overlook a hxgh way wlth 1tS speedlng cars the meadows and the llttle vlllage b yond The leaves and 'tcorns vsere Just begmmng to fall The shrlne xtself was no magmtlcent basl l1ca wlth the CllltCh6Q'l near the door proclalm mg the mlracles wrought thele No It was a small httle structure but lts xe1y smallness ln real. d 1ts beauty There yyele only four pews '1 fev statues and a small com mumon rall The 1 ace and qu et there an ay from the nolsy populace was a e mspumg stone statlons and on to the quxet httle vxllfw was among the most wondelful and peaceful moments of my llfe New York Mary Marshall 39 To me the East lb a dellghtful place to ylslt During our trlp there recently we Xl ltcl the mu eum and capltol bulldmg at Albany gre tt c ntels of mterest to people all oy er the cout try As we left that c1ty we notel signs talllng of the fireworks near the Sche uect tdy In td fe We walted for hours for the blllplbl, Il tl we saw lt beautlful amber lnfhts reilected 1n the runmng' water After taklng' ln the hlgh lxffhts of The Clty of Flectrlclty we retraced our course to Albany then to New York to see the great Queen Mary dock I remember the crowds of people swarm mg the long docks and spacmus rooms Whlle we were Freeport, Rhode Island we saw the opera Rose Marle on an open alr stage ir N ebraskal I zrqzma, Vzncent 38 Whlle we l1v etl at Columbus Nebraska on an an field where my f ther was an a1r pxlot them yy ls hlllltlllf 1llGWS'1lltS I always we mt alor g wlth one of the men who was a verv good marksman Vv c yy ould drue across the spacmus ficli yhuh was coveled yy 1th grass tall enou h to lude 1 pheasant In mv ch1lr1 lm yy 'ly thought I most of the success of hlllltlll f yy as due to mc 90 I ocl et cd It to be my L utv to pct th pl e y 11918 tl e pheftsft ts t ll fl td UWIUHLO e twcbuds X 1 X y cu 0 s ed vt hen 11V o e offexel to help me 1C ntnmcd on lug 3 U y, . I Q . . . , j Q I L ,V-V s sl C -- 1 , ' I ' y ' l 9 . -. I .vi S v ' , I . , , . . , 1 . L W 3 2 ' v f w .' , ' , , . 1 r nb . 4 w y ' U 1 - . ' v ,, 2 If K ' : ' O t l - I 0 . . K x ,, . . . ,, . 1 9 . . . . ,, . ' ca ' ' ' ' n ! 4 y . ' - , Y 1 3 1 , . , l, .. e . , , - Y . . . u . 1 5 0 ' '- 1 9 ln - x l Y - . K ' . -w i I n Cl , . , . 7 L . 1 u l v 1 7 ' K - f ' S I C CC u 5 1 ' , , y ,V.' . . . , ' . 'Q , - XD V 7 ' f . ,- . , , , .A , Y w W-. U .i .Y 3 b . y. 1 The Journey down the h1ll, past the beaut1ful I had many lnterestlng experiences- Among , .ge . 'af g 1 . ' ' x . . ' . 1 : U , ' . . , L l r, . ' , Q ' s to v ' W' f n . ' . ,. ' .54 . . ., , at . K 1 s V , 1 f V 1 . A n , ,L , ... rf cs r L I I 2, , rg L' x K I '1 ' ' v I - - . , M , X. . SA I Q fllif' V. , ' I, 4 Q4 ll Ex cl . . u - sf- I V1 v v v 1' . 1 , ' c the.. gg lt ,lx ' .. I vas er, sout- ' - ' ' .3 ' S- ' ax n ' 1. . . .