Villa Maria Academy - Frontenac Yearbook (Frontenac, MN)

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THE BALLAD OF FISH HOOK DAN a- if A .1-gg, Kaul, rs! I once knew '1 ww 1r5 l1ttle old man g!X-'O' Who went by the nlckname of Flsh Hook Dan He spent each spare moment he had to go flshmg And a lot of hls tlme was spent just lwlslnng He wlshed he were handsome and blue eyed and tall He WV1SllCd that hls shoulders vxere wlde stead of small He couldnt help hoplng that someday hed fmd Hls dream come true a boon of some kmd Now one d'1v old Dan strolled out through hls gate But l1ttle dld he know of the days flnal fate For down at the rner beneath the blue xmters Llxed one monstrous flsh and sw of lns dxughters Now hsten de mr lrls he sud as he swam Hell put IU lns hook 'md expect us to blte But uell prose whos the boss of thls rner all rlghtl Old Dan settled down by the cool rn ers edge He threw III hls llne and then snoozed on that ledge He proceeded to dream a f ntastlc dxeam VVhen all of 1 sudden he let out '1 scream' For l1ttle he knew that under the w xters That monstrous old flsh vs 1th slx of l'llS dlu hters Had assembled 1n hne 'md had pulled stead of bltten So about old Dms hte now no more can be Wflttfill We know that old Flsh Hook poor thm 19 gone non The only good tlllllb IS that posslbly somehow Somewhere the old fellow s happy at list For all of his daw dreams are thlngs of the past Jerl Helmbrecht 8 noccxtf-Df!i5fDC'5flfiDf ZX! , O ', Q A' ' ' ' U f ' V ee' I p L Y. Y . . . - - , o ,' . , - 'V 1 , 1 . . 7 , . O ! , . , . I u u' , s L L 3 , 1 g' , sz' 1. s f. , Here comes a uite sill da '-dreaming old man. 9 3 O , . . Y . x , C m , 1 7 . , 7 . ' ' Y ' ' C 1 O y 7 1 . V ,1 - 1 5 N ' a . ' 2 . 4. . 4 . g . 7. . 1 0 1 I . . , D . L C C n 6 . z ' ', . - . 7 . - . G . V ' 1 1-pa - 1 Y I ov . r I v ' 7 7 Y ' vvw 1 , . c L , v n . L n . ,, , U

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LFE To llve IS but the smallest part of llfe It IS to see but never to behold The beauty of a mother who ln strlfe Gave from her womb a chlld that she mlght mold It ls to hear llke one who knows not sound And so to mlss the thrlll of gentle raln That softly patters on the thlrsty ground Or so to hear a wlolln ID valn It IS to wear the softest velvet robe Yet not to reallze the wealth of touch It IS to stand before our mlghty globe Pretendlng that lts beauty IS not much The nourlshment of llfe IS beauty bold In mlsslng lt, we mlSS all llfe does hold Mary Margaret Glefer, 58 ADVENTURE he blg day had flnally arrlved I watched Wlth excltement as the crates of food and supplles were hauled aboard our Shlp Everyone was hustllng here and there but nobody seemed to know where they were ww golng A group f VVldC-eyed chlldren sat on a bench a short dlstance away starlng ln wonder not darlng to move Farther away a group of professors were chatterlng over a large PICCC of paper Suddenly a horn blew Wlthln mlnutes the fleld was cleared The people had become a mass of bobblng heads on the other Slde of the rope Several pollcemen were on duty to see that they stayed there As soon as we started walklng toward the blg Shlp whlch now looked almost fearsome the crowd be an shoutlng laughlng crylng and cheerlng or us all at once' The crew boarded flrst then the few speclal passengers llke myself Everyone was aware that thls was the blggest and maybe last ad xenture of our llves Wlth a Jolt that left us dlZZy, we were off on the flrst trlp to the moon Mary Ann Berktold 60 THE GIFT OF A CHILD The chllllng cold of wlnter had settled on the country Trees were heavy wlth sllent snow antlfreeze sales were golng full force, woolens were taken out of storage and all over the soft whlte beauty of Gods wlnter was VlSlblC It was also the season of Chrlstmas Thls was much ln evldence bv the fasclnatlng panor amas ln the store wlndows trees belng decora ted by happlly unlted famllles and all of the beautlful ceremonles that prepared for the com lng of the Infant Jesus Chrlstmas IS a happy tlme for chlldren They dream of Santa of stocklngs fllled Wlth toys of the wonderful food and of a brllllant Chrlstmas tree untll thelr llttle heads SPIH Wlth excltement That IS most chlldren Llttle Tommy was an exceptlon He sat on the steps of Old Jlms shack and poked the snow Wlth a stlck He vaguely remembered the lncldent that had completely changed hls young llfe four years ago Chrlstmas Eve, that four vears ago had been breathtaklng Tommy s motller and father had taken the chlld and hls baby slster out for a rlde to see all the beautlful llghts and to enjoy and absorb the beautlful Chrlstmas Splflt Under that gllstenlng snow lay tragedy The ICC was treacherously smooth and sllppery A Tommys father attempted to turn a corner at the deserted edge of town the car skldded rolled over, and smashed agalnst a telephone po e The old man taklng hls nlghtly walk would nex er hate known anythlng had happened lf he hadnt heard the tlny whlmper of a llttle chlld He peered through the darkness and he turned wlth terror at the slght he saw The only per son allve was a small boy about f1VC years old The old man carefully bundled the boy up and carrled hlm to hls shack at the edge of town As the chlld grew a deep attachment devel oped between the two Old Jlm had been a klnd bachelor a recluse who had never been lox ed by anyone untll a small boy tugged at hls heart strlngs that Chrlsmas Exe four years ago As for Tommv, he grew up to be a shy and qulet box lery small ID SIZC and extremely thln He coughed contlnually and was SlCk more than he was well He had a mop of curly brown halr and huge black eyes that seemed to cover half of hls face MD . . F O I Q . 1 . . . 9 . . . 7 . . . . . . , . . . . 9 I I l T I M I I ,U O - . . . . 7 7 4 - . . . . . . . . 7 Q u . . . . , A I o 9 7 . . - . . . . . . . . . . ,. . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . I D I I 0 . . V .4 . , ' 1 . . . . EEEEQEEZEQQEEQQEQZQEEEEZQIQIE:2:3:Etf12:ii5j3:EjE3E:ijljljigigigigigizi . ' ' l. s 3 3 . 7 . . . . . . ' 1 . 7 . . 7 ' , . . . . . . . - , . . , . . o ' I . . ' 7 . - 7 4 9 U l ' 1 , . . , . . . . . . 1 ' , . ur, V ' . . . . . . , ' I I l Q ' 7 9 . . . . EI 1 1 1 . - . , 7 . . . , U . . , - J . J C , f , - a 30

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THE GOLDEN DOOR - Katherine Burton Katherlne Burton has gnen us another notable blogra phy In th1s great story of achlesement she has preserved the vltallty of the character and has handled the material EVIISIC that sklll necessary to produce a partlcularly good oo Of unusual lnterest to many people wx as the astoundmg news that Katherlne Drexel grandaughter of Francls Drexel who had bullt up one of the largest flI'laDCl3l em PIYCS ln thls country had become a rel1g1ous However throughout the pages vue see the charitable Cathollc envlronment ln whlch she grew Very loglcal steps lead to the tlme when she would leave the luxury of her home and the SOClCty of Phlladelphla whlch she so lov ed to found a new SOClCty of poverty chastlty and obedlence dedlcated to help two of Amerlcas most forgotten mlnorltles the Indlan and Negro races Throughout her hfe Katherme Drexels accomphsh ments are offset by her humlllty She attalned success and sanctlty by refuslng to place herself above her fellow man Her abundant courage ln establlshlng schools for Negroes throughout the South ID face of vlolent prejudlce and lntense hatred for that race was phenomenal A network of rural elementary and high schools and the highly accredlted Xavler Unnerslty ln New Orleans are tanglble monuments to her renowned work and her new order the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indlans and Colored People After a long lllness Mother Katherlne dled ln 1955 at the age of nlnety slx but she continues to llve for all IH THE GOLDEN DOOR ID ltS wealth of experlences and lnsplratlons and ln ltS factual account of a trulv vallant woman Evangelme Faacks 59 TH Gertrud son le Fort THE WVIFE OF PILATE by Gertud son le Fort xs brlef and slmple yet lt relays a sxgnlflcant message to the reader In matrlmony husband and Wlfe are of splrltual and materlal asslstance to each other Pllate was certamly f materlal asslstance to Claudla for ln hrs pagan way he deeply loved her and gave her everythlng humanly posslble Claudla was also a pagan ln her bellefs unt11 '1 strangely real dream turned to an actuallty Claudla dreamed of an unnatural trlal and condemnatlon of a power and the utter wrong she felt at th1s overwhelmed her When the dream became a reallty she turned her asslstance to her husband 1nto a splrltual channel She knew not why but she felt the same compasslon for Pllate as she observed on the face of the VlCtlm as He gazed upon her husband and the Jews at Hxs trlal Th1s look changed her once secure and unruffled days Her hfe tottered her falth lH the ods weakened, and she started searchlng for somethmg to satlsfy her splrltual longlng and to fmd mercy for her loved one and all smners The gods could not flll thls 32 . .Y . - . . Y v .n u , u , . . v 1- . 1 a a, Q - v Y 1 I - .1 ' 7 1 u 1 , u , . . . . Y u ,n o , o 7 7 1 1 . , . .. . . , . , - g , u ,n . u , Y 1 . V1 ' 1 , 1 7 1 . ' 1 1 E - 1 7 . . . . .. 1 . . 7 . .. o 1 , u I . O . . . . . W 7 . 2 1 K . Y . ' ' sc 73. 9 0 I. 1 . .. 7 ' 1 . . . . . . . , S ' cc ' 1 . .. - -