Saint Edward's Echo (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 25, 1933 Page: 1 of 6
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VOL. XV, No. 3
ST. EDAW ABD’S ECHO, OCTOBER 25, 1933
Choir Starts Work
CORRECTION
On Four-Part Mass
Offer Musical Numbers
Brother Conrad Heiser, C.S.C.
JOE SCHUBERT MARRIES
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New President Promises Novel
Initiation; Eleven New Mem-
bers Listed.
SORIN CLUB NAMES
OFFICERS FOR YEAR
McLEMORE LEADS
DISCUSSION AT NEO-
SCHOLASTIC MEET
Does End Justify Means Topic
for Philosophers’ First Gather-
ing.
The more formal social amenities are
forgotten in one mad night’s gaiety,
and everyone comes back home with
at least one new friend. Each stranger
is accepted at his face value, although
that is usually covered by a mask.
It will be almost impossible to find
even “squashed” standing room on Con-
gress avenue after the evening .gets
under way, for milling mobs from pre-
vious years have decided on this thor-
oughfare as the best place in town to
stage their celebration. Empty pocket-
books this year promise an even more
exciting time on the “main drag,” so
if you are looking for anyone from
the Hilltop just start hunting on Con-
gress.
More Than 100 Follow Team;
Other Student Trips Beirg
Planned.
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The Rev. Peter P. Forrestal, C.S.C.,
professor of Spanish at St. Edward’s,
published his third historical transla-
tion in the Mid-America magazine of
October. The title of his translation
was “The Missions of Lower Califor-
nia,” from the work of Mariano Cuevas,
S.J., “Historia de la Iglesia en Mex-
ico.”
BROTHER CONRAD DEPARTS
AFTER 48 YEARS IN TEXAS
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COLUMBIANS HOLD
OPEN MEETING IN
HONOR OF PATRON
Spooks, goblins, and St. Edward’s
students will mingle next Tuesday
night in a gay celebration of that an-
nual scare, Hallowe’en. One night a
year books are lad aside and football
scores forgotten as everyone joins in
the frivolities of fun night in Austin.
Hallowe’en is the nearest thing to
a Mardi Gras that the Capital City
offers the collegians, and all that are
able, mingle with the crowds on Con-
gress avenue in welcoming the harvest
and cold weather.
“When the frost is on the punkin’ ”
will usher in all sorts of gay costumes,
long noses, and fake beards. Dignified
upperclassmen will forget their dignity
long enough to join in the festivities.
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In the last issue of the Echo there
appeared a schedule of Library
hours and regulations. By an over-
sight on the part of the editors the
schedule called for library service
from 1 to 4 P. M. on Saturday. The
librarian called our attention to the
error, and we wish to make the cor-
rection—no service on Saturday
afternoon or evening.
Under the direction of a member of
the faculty and the Students Activities
council, four busses filled to capacity
with cheering students left the St. Ed-
ward’s campus at 6:15 on the evening
of Friday, Oct. 13, to attend the St.
Edward’s-Southwestern football game
at Georgetown.
Each bus carried about 25 men, and
the cheering en route left the inhabi-
tants aware of the fact that the Tigers
were battling some adversary in the
neighborhood that evening.
The cheering of the group of more
than 100 students who made the trip
was effect’ve, and sent Chevigny’s team
to its second conference victory.
The lusty-voiced enthusiasts re-
turned to the University later that
night with but a whisper of their for-
mer lung" power. They were a tired
but happy group.
This was the first student trip of
the year and everything was planned
so well and executed so smoothly that
plans are now under way for one, or
possibly two, more similar trips.
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The Revs. F. J. Boland and James J.
O’Brien of St. Edward’s were guests
at the banquet and the civic and mili-
tary reception in honor of Vice-Presi-
dent Nance Garner and Postmaster
General James A. Farley at San An-
tonio, Friday, Oct. 20.
HALLOWE’EN FESTIVITIES CERTAIN TO
CROWD CONGRESS WITH GAY THRONG
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A very interesting and diversified
program was presented by the Knights
of Columbus during their first open
meeting of the year, Thursday night,
October 12. William M. Ryan, LL.D.,
of the class of ’25, and the first grand
knight of the St. Edward’s council, was
the speaker of the evening.
Dr. Ryan, in his address, urged all
the students to join the Knights of Co-
lumbus showing them the benefits to
be derived from the organization. He
discussed its patron, Columbus, not
from the point of view of a discoverer,
but from that of an ardent Christian.
That is, that Columbus on his voyage
sought not only a new trade route, but
as his prime purpose, a way of sending
Christian teachings to the heathens
of the far East. In conclusion he gave
Columbus as the model of determina-
tion and purpose, a man whom we
would do well to follow.
Prof. Elmore Borchers, grand knight
of the St. Edward’s council, welcomed
the large body of students and attend-
ing friends. He also introduced each
number on the program.
A tap dance by Miss Kathryn Nell
Rather, the first number on the pro-
gram, was liked so well that several
encores were needed. Prof. J. J. Van
Ackeren, head of the music depart-
ment, was next, rendering two violin
solos, “Stringin’ Along,” and “Fid-
dlin’ the Fiddle.” The Maestro, as he
was referred to by Prof. Borchers, won
the instant approval of the audience
with his version of the two popular
numbers by Rubinoff.
As the following day was St. Ed-
ward’s Day, Nap Lucero, versatile
debater, sketched the life of that il-
lustrious king and saint, Saint Edward.
He related the early life of the saint,
his reign as king, and the qualities,
that made him great.
A very interesting part of the pro-
gram was a reading by Miss Mary
Faulk, of St. Mary’s, entitled, “A Man
and His Keys.”
C. C. Beverly, a member of the uni-
versity choir, sang two solos, “Trees”
and “Give a Man a Horse He Can
Ride.”
The concluding number on the pro-
gram was the address by Dr. Ryan.
Officers were elected and plans for
the coming year were discussed at the
first meeting of the Sorin Scholarship
society which was held Tuesday night,
Oct. 17. Prof. Elmore Borchers, fac-
ulty advisor of the organization, called
the meeting to order and gave a short
talk outlining the aims of the club and
the qualifications for membership.
The society elected the following of-
ficers: president, John McLemore; vice
president, Nap Lucero; and secretary,
James Himel. McLemore appointed
Lucero, Ed Coleman, and Leo Dillon
on a committee to plan the club’s ac-
tivities for the coming year.
The new president promised a novel
idea for the initiation of the neophytes
which will take place next Tuesday
night.
No defnite arrangements have been
made, but the society had decided to
hold regular meetings and engage in
several activities this year.
Returning members of the organiza-
tion are: McLemore, Borchers, Cole-
man, Charles Schulze, John D. Raf-
faelli, Joe Harper, Clayton Harper, and
Eugene Toups.
Candidates eligible for membership
are: Marshall Condon, Leo Dillon, Dan-
iel Endom, Joseph Franzetti, James
Hayes, Dan Hickey, James Himel, Na-
poleon Lucero, William Lytle, Richard
Norris, and Harley Riley.
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FR. FORRESTAL PUBLISHES
SPANISH TRANSLATION
REGAINED HEALTH
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William M. Ryan, LL.D., Is
Honor Speaker of Evening.
Columbus and St. Edward
Praised in Joint Celebration of
Feast Days.
By Walter Beach
A little more than 48 years ago a
young brother of the Congregation of
Holy Cross, aged 25, stood at the rail-
road station in Austin and looking
about him, saw Congress avenue un-
paved and dusty, horse-drawn street
trams making slow but noisy prog-
ress, a ramshackle wooden bridge
spanning the Colorado river, and the
gigantic monument dedicated to Texas
Mj^urage and Texas industry, the beau-
• tiful state capitol, just under construc-
tion.
On Sunday, Oct. 15, as he awaited
the train that was to carry him away
from the city he watched g’row from
childhood to manhood, he stood in the
same place and marveled at the
changes that had been wrought in the
past half century.
Came Here to Die
It was in 1885 that Brother Conrad
flbHeiser, C.S.C., came here, afflicted with
—malady- that drives men to the
higher climates of the Southwest. His
condition had been pronounced hope-
less by physicians in the Middle West
and he was sent to Texas to spend his
last days.
By hard work and plenty of exer-
cise in the open, he said he brought
himself back to the health which he
has enjoyed in and about Austin for
almost half a century. Pointing to an
old broken down shotgun in his room
at St. Edward’s he explained: “That
gun helped me to regain and keep my
health.”
Hunting Favorite Pastime
Hunting was one of his favorite
means of pastime in the open air, and
While he admitted never having gone
far and wide in search of big game,
he said that doves, ducks, geese, and
quail were plentiful in this neighbor-
hood when he came here. His desire
for the open fields was great and his
eye must have been keen, for he re-
counts having shot 250 doves in the
course of a single day’s hunting. He
admitted that to have been somewhat
^)f a slaughter, but reminded me that
"he incident took place long before leg-
islators found it necessary to make
regulations for the protection of wild
life and long before game wardens
could be found behind every tree and
bush.
Thinks Texas Great State
When asked what he thought of
Texas after spending the greater part
of his life here he said: “It is the finest
country in the world for people in ill
health, . . . and for those in good
health too.”
After' regaining his failing health
in Texas, and even before, he spent all
of his time in the education of youth.
* Brother Conrad joined the congrega-
tion of Holy Cross at Notre Dame 57
years ago when he was but a boy of
16 years. After spending several years
^tfiaking his novitiate, he was sent to
■*Port Wayne, Ind., where he taught for
five years in one of the schools con-
ducted by the Congregation. While
^teaching at Lafayette, Ind., for the
^lollowing two years, he was stricken
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Dr. Joseph A. Schubert, former stu-
dent here, was married to Miss Effie
Veselka of La Grange on Oct. 16, at a
Nuptual Mass celebrated by the Rev.
J. Zientak, pastor of Sacred Heart
Church.
Schubert attended St. Edward’s
Academy from 1925 to 1928, and after
completing one year of college work
here, he entered St. Louis dental school
where he graduated on June 6, this
year.
He is practicing dentistry in Alice,
Texas. The young couple passed
through here on Monday, Oct. 16.
A paper on “Does the End Justify
the Means?” by John McLemore was
the feature of the first meeting of the
Neo-Scholastic society which was held
last Wednesday night in the Knights
of Columbus room. The vice-president
of the organization, Leo Dillon, pre-
sided, as is the custom when the presi-
dent is the speaker.
McLemore’s paper stressed the fact
that the Catholic Church is often
falsely accussed of teaching the prin-
ciple that the end justifies the means.
“This principle,” he said, “is a mis-
representation of the true one—that a
morally good or indifferent act from
which two consequences flow, one good
and one evil, may be allowed with the
fulfillment of certain conditions, in
spite of the evil consequences to which
it leads.
“The three necessary conditions are:
(1) That the evil effect be merely per-
mitted, and not willed in itself; (2)
that the evil effect coordinate with the
good; and (3) that there be a suffi-
cient cause for permitting the evil ef-
fect. If any one of these conditions
be unfilled, the act is forbidden.”
The acceptance of the principle
would lead to the sanction of such prac-
tices as euthanasia and abortion, which
are directly opposed to the teaching of
the Church.
After the paper had been read, an
interesting discussion was held in
which all the members participated.
Talks were made by the Rev. Christo-
pher O’Toole, C.S.C., the new moder-
ator of the society, and Charles
Schulze, former president.
With a new four-part mass in view
the choir will start to work in earnest
on the regular rehearsal nights which
have been interfered with for the past
two weeks by football games. The new
mass is the “Salve Regina” by J. H. E.
Stehle.
The organization has presented “The
Mass of the Holy Angels” at high
mass for the past two Sundays and
will continue with it until the four-
part selection has been mastered.
Joseph Van Ackeren, professor of
music and director of the voice or-
ganization, has expressed himself as
being very well pleased with the prog-
ress made on his ideal choir of twenty-
four- voices. Only seventeen are regu-
lar members, but several ether stu-
dents have signified their desire to join.
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GEORGETOWN TRIP
IS BIG SUCCESS
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