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St. Mary’s Academy Notes
Normal Training Department
The Senior students of the Nor
mal Training classes began their
practice teaching Monday of this
W'iek in the elementary department
•of St. Mary’s The assignments are:
Mary Ann Winkler and Monica
Held in the Seventh and Eighth
grades; Virginia Nollette and Ther
esa Moler in the Fifth and Sixth
grades; Rose Marie Stuart and
Elaine Streeter in the Third and
Fourth grades; Inez Benson and
Mary Bruder in the Second grade;
Armella Pongratz and Theresa
O’Malley in the First grade and
Primary. The Normal Training
students will spend the week of
March 28 in the rural schools.
Commercial Department
On March 19, St. Mary’s acade
my participated in an inteersting
contest. This competition was held
at Orchard, Nebr., for the students
of commercial subjects in six dif
ferent schools. The schools par
ticipating were, Orchard, Ewing,
Bruswick, Royal, O’Neill public
high, and St. Mary’s academy. St.
Mary’s defended her reputation and
honor, by capturing second place
in the competition.
Edward Stein took first award in
the spelling contest with Edward
Quinn placing third. Genevieve
Morris advanced St. Mary’s final
score by ranking second in the one
minute accuracy test, with a rate
of 63 words a minute. To defend
the Junior honor, Sofia Sojka rank
ed first place in the novice typing
competition. It is interesting to
the friends of St. Mary's to note
that Sofia was the only student
from the six schools who qualified
in the test.
Sodality Notes
Very Reverend Monsignor Mc
Namara, Reverend Walter Flynn
and the members of the Faculty
were present Friday afternoon at
a general meeting held in St.
Mary’s assembly hall, for the pur
pose of discussing the various
spiritual and social angles of the
recent Sodality convention held at
Omaha. Margaret Hammond cap
ably presided as chairman of the
meeting. Reports were presented
on different convention activities
by members of the delegation.
The assembly proved very suc
cessful in the fact that it presented
the entire convention in condensed
form, making it doubly enjoyable
for this who did not attend this
convention.
Virginia Nollette reported on
Spiritual Leadership.
Mary Ann Meer outlined the Co
operative Plan on Economics.
Ruth Taylor reported on Crea- J
tive Writing.
William Miller gave a resume of
the discussions on Catholic litera
ture.
Jack Kersenbrock presented the
anticipated boycott of Indecent
magazines.
Several others in the assembly
reviewed spotlights of Economic
projects, Contemporaneous inter
est, Recreation and Social Life,
Atheistic Communism, etc.
Before the meeting adjourned.
Monsignor McNamara spoke a few
words to the student body, ex
pressing his satisfaction at their
large attendance at the convention.
Feast of the Annunciation
On Friday, March 25, the Feast
of the Annunciation the Sodality
will keep a double commemoration;
that is, of the Son of God becoming
incarnate, the actual union of
Christ with our poor flesh, and of
Mary becoming the Mother of God.
The Sodalists will hear Holy Mass
at eight o’clock Friday morning,
and receive Holy Communion at St.
Patrick’s church. A special "Ave
Maria Program’’ consisting of in
strumental and vocal selection with
recitations referring to the Feast
is scheduled for the afternoon ses
sion at 2:45.
Poster Contest
This week the Sodality is spon
soring a poster contest which de
mands creative artistic ability com
bined with keen appreciation of
forceful and expressive appeal in
advertising. The contest is moti
vated for the purpose of bringing
forth modest students with talent
jin art. An outlet will be given to
the authors of the best productions
by appointment for work on the
Sodality’s Publicity committee.
Creative Writing Club
In response to a resolution form
ed at the convention in Omaha, a
constitution has been drawn up for
the organization of a creative writ
ers club, to be known at the C.C.W.,
that is, "Christ’s Creative Writ
ers.’’ This is a factor of the Na
tional Sodality of which St. Mary's
is a unit. Eligibility for member
ship in the club is based on schol
arship. Membership is limited to
five students of the high school
English classes. Members are ap
pointed each year though the mem
bership from each school should not
exceed five. The following students
have been appointed from St.
Mary’s: Jane Parkins, Dorothy
Jordan and George Hammond of
O’Neill; Mary Ann Meer and Doris
Bachelor of Valentine.
Home Talent Hasn't So
Much Appeal
Walter Chrysler, the big automo
bile man walked around a crowded
hotel lobby the other evening. So
did a Mr. Phillips who is head of
one of the big steel corporations.
So did several other “giants of
American industry.” They were
pointed out to a group of people
who were looking for somebody.
“Oh, is that so?” said one visitor,
“We came here to get a glimpse of
that Sultan.” The Sultan in ques
tion is the Sultan of Muscat and
Oman who is making a trip around
the world. He’s a little man with
a little moustache. He had taken
off his robes and turban and was in
the crowd but nobody recognized
him. He looked like an ordinary
waiter after a day’s job in the cafe.
Small Business May Get Aid Soon
Questions about loans to small
business are reaching this office.
There is a plan in the making now
to provide such loans to these small
business people. Just what the
plan is to be is not fully determined.
The RPC was organized early in
the depression to save banks, rail
roads and big industries generally
from bankruptcy. Some twelve
billion dollars were loaned, most
of which have been repaid. A de
partment was organized for small
business enterprises, but it never
functioned to save many of them.
A lumber corporation obtained a
loan of millions to build a paper
mill, but a small grocer couldn’t
even get a loan to pay his invoice
for paper sacks.
Now after all these years, credit
for small business men is to be
brought about. It will not be al
together according to the RPC plan.
It may be that the credit will be ex.
tended by the local banks, under
some form of government guaran
tee. The RFC is a very stern busi
ness organization and the officials
of that department make no bones
about it
Congress May Adjourn June 1
The House will *be caught up on
all work in a few weeks according
to a resume made by the House
parlimentarians. Then it will be a
case of waiting on the Senate,
which has plenty of unfinished
business. The best guess about
I adjournment now is June 1. Al
though efforts are being made to
revive the Wages-Hours bill, there
is some doubt now that this Con
gress will bring it up again.
G.O.P’s And liemos Unite
On Tax Bill
A very interesting debate de
veloped in the tax bill fight. Re
publicans and democrats joined to
gether to amend the section on
family corporations and they suc
ceeded. Under the original bill,
these family corporations and many
small business would be taxed 20
per cent of their profits without
assessment of a similar tax upon
great corporations controlled by
Wall street. The section was aim
ed directly at Henry Ford because
of his fight against the CIO. By
passing the amendment, the coali
tion of republicans and democrats
feel they have wiped out a dis
criminatory feature of the bill and
placed all corporations on the same
basis. The fight developed the fact
that the American Federation of
Labor boosters lined up with the
coalition to amend the bill while
those favoring the CIO were on the
losing side. What the Senate will
do with that section is problema
tical.
Lent Crowds Washington Churches
Lent again finds most of the
churches in Washington crowded.
From now until Easter the churches
here will again be popular. That is
the custom in the nation’s capitol.
During Lent, Easter and the Yule
tide the people turn to the churches.
Normally, however, the churches
are not so crowded and a lot of the
pastors here will admit that their
treasury is usually depleted.
Young People Urge More for NYA
Several thousand young people
are in the nation’s capitol to urge
the expenditure of more money for
the National Youth Movement.
Some of these young people calling
on members say they want an ap
propriation of half a billion dollars
to help get jobs and educate the
youth of the nation. Through the
NYA and CCC considerable help has
been given the youth of America.
Cotton Imports Startle Southern
House Members
The increased imports of foreign
cottonseed oil have startled some
of the southern democrats. They
were more startled the other day
when it was stated in the House
that Russian cotton is now being
offered in New Jersey at the pre
sent time at 2 cents below the price
of American cotton.
Inventory of Government
Property Made
The procurement division of the
Treasury Department which is
headed by Admiral Peoples, has
just completed an inventory of
property owned by our government.
It shows that Uncle Sam owns
387,436,000 acres of land and that
the fair market value today of that
land with all the government build
(Continued on page 8, column 4.)
Old Mexico As Seen By
Holt County Travelers
(Continued from page 1.)
towering peaks above us. And the
picture above and below is one of
such grandeur it is impossible to
describe.
The highest point on the road is
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over 9000 feet, and is reached about
75 miles from Mexico City. From
there on the road descends imper
ceptibly and levels off on a huge
mesa at about 7500 feet. It is on
this mesa that Mexico City is
built.
Mexico City—how can words de
scribe it—like the country it is a
study in contrast. Here you wil>
find a magnificent climate pler.s
antly warm in the daytime but de
liciously cool at night the ./ear
’round. The rarified atmosphere
and the cool fresh breeze blowing
down from the snow capped vol
canoes mock disease and make the
city a paradise. Nowhere in the
world is there a more beautiful
city drive than the Paseo de la Re
forma, and Chapultepc Park, a
natural park in the heart of the
city, has no equal in size or beauty.
It was laid out and cherished by
the Aztecs, and modern civilization
cannot improve on it.
Mexico City has been called the
“Paris of the Western Hemi
sphere,” and truly it is a cosmo
politan city. Here one will rub
elbows with people from all over
the world; here is every opportun
ity for idle pleasure or serious
study; here are traces of a culture
older than Europe, and of a fron
tier that has barely been scratched.
It has been said there is nothing
in the old world that Mexico can
not offer the tourist. May I cite
just a few examples? Would you
ride a gondola in Venice? Ah, let
me take you to the Xoehimilco, the
“Floating Gardens.” It will take
eleven days to traverse all the
canals there but one afternoon will
suffice to impress upon you in
delibly the wonder and beauty of
it. One steps into a comfortable
canopied boat, the boatman shoves
off and one floats thru a network of
canals surrounding the most beau
tiful gardens imaginable. Stately
cypress trees are sentinels on the
islands, but in between any flower
one might desire is available. These
gardens are ultilitarian as well as
beautiful for back of the flowers
grow the vegetables which pro
vide the city of Mexico with food.
No, these gardens are not naturel.
Centuries ago they were created by
the ingenious Aztec. At that time
Mexico City which is built on a
filled lake was surrounded entirely
by water. Montezuma, emperor
of the Aztecs, conceived the idea
from the motives of public defense
and utility of building gardens on
rafts in the lake. In this way the
farms would be more accessible to
the farmers who lived in the city,
and in case of public danger the
food supply might be towed into
the city. For many years the gar
dens floated, but down thru the
centuries as more and more water
was drained from the lake they
have found a bottom; now all that
remains of the old lake are the
canals thru the gardens. In addi
tion to the passenger gondolas
there are the boats of the musici
ans and the flower vendors. For
a dime one can be smothered in
violets, and of you like Mexican
music, the musicians will pace you
thruout the waterways providing
tunes for your every whim.
Egypt has large pyramids of
which to boast but none more won
derful than those a few miles from
Mexico City. They were built three
to seven thousand years ago by
what tribe of Indians the archae
ologists have not yet determined.
It is assumed they were built by
hand with only the crudest of im
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plements, but the sheer simplicity
and beauty of their design, and
their perfect symmetry would put
to shame many a middle age and
modern cathedral.
Would you hunt big game ? Some
miles from the metropolitan center
is a hunter’s paradise. True there
are no Indian and African ele
phants or lions, but there is prac
tically everything else — equally
dangerous and quite as sporting.
Perhaps it is modern entertain
ment you seek. Mexico City can
provide that as well, and New York
need offer her no handicap.
(To be continued.)
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Combination Sale
Saturday, April 2
beginning at 2 p. m.
WE HAVE:
1 new John Deere 4-horse
lister; ' *
1 set low hame harness;
1 polled Shorthorn bull; ].
1 cream separator;
Some stoves, a brooder stove,
a lot of furnitnre, seed corn,
seed cane, and everything
else one wants.
COME TO THIS SALE! !
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John L. Quig, Mgr. |
JIM MOORE, GEORGE CALKINS ind
GEORGE COLMAN, Auctioneers
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