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VOL. 6 CHRISTMAS TERM 1948
Editorial Committee :- F. Murphy, J. McGlougblin, B. Kelly, L. Downes, G. Drumm.
; To Father Gilmore, Dean of the Junior School, on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of his ordin ation to the priesthood, we affectionately dedicate Ad Multos Annos this number of An Realt as a token of our regard and our gratinide.
Father Gilmore was ordained i ll tbe College chapel, 29th J uly, 1923. In the following year he was a ppointed to the Mission of K ilimanjaro, East Africa where he laboured until his return to Ireland in I 93·2. His outstanding ability as an educationalist was soon recognised by his super iors and he was made Director of Education for the entire Vicariate. The crownin,g achievement of his administration was the establishmen,t of St. Patrick's Training College, Singa Chini, which still flou rishes. a monument to his apostolic zeal and en,lightened direction. In 1933 Father Gilmore was appointed to St. Mary's and became Dean of 1he Junior School. During his fifteen years as Dean he has helped to create by his kindliness. patience and understand ing•that atmosphere of friendliness and homeliness which is such a remarkable feature of school life in St. M ary's. Nor is his interest in his Jun[ors corntined to the class-room. The College Library was built up by Father Gilmore, the Dramatic Society was started by him, and each year he detights both parents and pupils on Prize Day with his ever-successiful operettas presented by his beloved Juniors. No Junior School excursion is complete without Father Gilmore. and no Junior -enjoys these a 11Jruual ,outings more than Father Gilmore. Long may he be spared to contin1Ue the great work of forming Christ in the souls of the young. ST. MARY'S MISSIONARIES
tribe grew from 25,000 to 250,000. That rate of "!H'S 1oRCH oi: IH£ FA ,-rH increase continues, and will continue if we have the priests to cope with the numbers. If our ~"' Catholics are to increase tenfold, our priests must increase tenfold too. ---- We need good pries~s, we need qualified priests. It 1s harder nn TKE HOLY SEASON. Ohri1;tmas, \'he tmme ,of peace, The Lnne whe,,n hearts a re gay, Wben tr-oobles cease. The ti.me w~n people sa}· " Nodla ig Shona d'huil" or "G od Bless" When p eople pray. This season of the year Brings man a nd G od-made ma.n :so near T,hat he mus;t u,ndersta,nd that he should love, The one God, the true God, Who, looking from abo~e, Rules the U:rni'Verse . J. M-cGloughlin, Yea r V. :So m b Ronn-0:6 10s,0.5.& n Sot1,0.s ,0.5ur Se,0.n A R .&R l e15te61R1 t11te. CELEBRITY CONCERTS IN DUBLIN Fraz L iszt at the age of thirty gave three con certs in the Round Room, R otunda in 1840. Liszt was then at the zcr11ith o[ his power as a One often see posters advcrtisin·g Internat ional p iaill,ist. T ickers were seven shi l-lings each, a large Celebrity Concerts in Dublin, and indeed the sum for those days. An English singer. wbo artists are celebrities. T he latest of such concens accompanied Liszt on his Irish visit tells us tha t was that given by Sir T homas Beecham at the there were 1,200 people at least present at the T he atre R oyal. I wonder if Sir Thomas is aware fi rst concert. Liszt g.ave a superb transcription of of his i11ustrious predecessors in this form of R ossini's " WiU iam Tell" Overture. T he Lord entertainment? Lieutenant att-ended with a guard of ~1on-0ur. T here was an orchestra of seventy performers, the O n ApriJ 13, 1742 in Neals "Musick" H all, Duke of Leinster p1ayin.g .the principal bass, Sir Fishamble Street, there was performed for the Gore Booth the 'cello. first time the wor.ld-famous oratorio "The Messiah" by Handel. rn 1846 Logier, a German, famous for a system of Lea chill'g the piano to over a dozen p upils at John Field, the F ather of the Nocturne. (a once, died in Dublin,. His text book on haimony musical form perfected by Chopin), made bis bow was the one used by R ichard Wagner. in 1792 in the R otu11Jda. In 1831, N iccolo Paganini, the wizard of the viol in,, gave a publi.c Symphony Concerts and Celobrity Concerts. far perfornnance durin1g the "Grand M usical F estival" from being a new form ,of entertainn1ent, arc reaUy in aid of D ublin charities. In 1838 in the Supper carrying on the tradi Last Sunday I paid a visit to the Muse-um and, by a rernarka ble co incidence, I found it open. I strayed towards the exh:iibit.s of Egyptian antiquity. The central feature in the room was a mummy, presumably of royal birth. I looked at the insc6pti.on : (P. J. Loughrey, Pharaoh of Upper and Lower Egypt). I .pulled out my passport and compared the features with those of the royal remains. Lo and beho1d !, the resemblance was sfartling, and confirmed t•he in:scription.. As a result of this amazing discovery, I The preseJ11t representatives of this most dis hastened home on one of those fast and speedy tinguished line are seven little Loughreys, all going C.I.E. vehicles. In due course T arrived, an The Annual Di11>11er was held in the Cen,tral Note Ollt Dramatic Society. Hotel on T1uescbay, 19th Oct-ober with an atten The otHstanding event o.f the last quarter was dance of 100. His Lordship, The Rt. Rev. J,oseph ~he rejuvenation of the Past Pupils Dramatic B. Whelan, C.S.Sp., D.D.. '.Bishop of T iddi and Vicar-Apostolic of Owerri was the guest od' honou~. Society. R ev. E . R. S. Farrell, C.C. ·presernted to H is Coooratulations to Gerry Boyd and Sean Lordship the Pectoral Cross and Chain, which O'Byrr~e on the occasion of their recen,t marr_iages. was the gift of tlle Past Stude.nits of St. Mary's College. Congra Most Rev. J. B. Whelan. C.S.S-p., V. Rev Fr. Maguire, C.S.Sp.. V. Rev. Dr. P. O'Carroll, C.S.Sp.. Provincial. Mr. C. M. Wilson, Presiden:t P. P. Union. R UGBY NOTES. T he Rugby Season is now in full swing and an The 3rd'A XV, led by Matt Gilsenan, have run indication of the strength of the Club is the fact up 204 points in 9 games and are undefeated. th:at we can field 7 teams each week-end with no There is talk of a competition for 3rdA XV's a, player getting more than one gam e ! the end of t he seasol11. This would certainly The 1st X V. has great possibilities Lhis year. stimulate int•erest in this gr.ade. The remaining Their results this season to-date have not done teams have ">hown by their results the wealth of them justice, bu1 under the capable leadership of Lalent in the club and this certainJy augurs well fo r Oliver Byrne they can be expected to show their lhe future. real worth before the season is much mOJ'e The 2nd XV are pla1ming a trip to Manchester advanced. They travelled to Garryowen last in Jall'uary while the 3rd XV travel to Cork to momh and defeated the Shan.nonsiders by 17 play Const itut ion. on December 18th. points to 6. Congratulations to Colm Clancy, who h~s been The Social side of the Club has not been honoured by Connaught for their three Jnter neglected. Two very enjoyable dances have been provincial matches, and Maurice Corrigan who held already with unprccedent success. travelled as substitute wi!h the Leinste.r team to Galway. The 2nd aod 3rd XV's, under the The nex.t big event will be our Annual Dance captaincies of Tommy Kearns and Bill Hogarty which will be held in the Metropole Ballroom on resipectively, are going great guns at the moment. 20th January, 1949, ,and a very pleasant re-union Both teams are undefeated and are at the head of of aJI our members and [riends is promised. their section in the Leagues. Scrum-Half. Chess. 71.b DUBLIN UNIT. C.B.S.I. This year chess is again among the college's most successful activities. An outstanding success The end of the camping season has come and all was scored by Francis Maher (popularly known four section have been under canvas. The clan as "Bill") in winn.ing the Oireachtas Chess broke new round by goirug to France. T hey Championsh i,ps. spent a week in Par.is with French scout . Then Urged on by this success and by the en-thu iasm they camped for another week at Vernon in of Fr. Kennedy an-d Mr. Farrell (whose work for Normandy. The newly formed Senior Section or: Chess in the college more than merits the trophies their first Summer Camp spent a most enjoyabk which we expect the tea!llls to win) the chess club fortnight at Ards Capuchin Friary in North has made a flying start. Both Se111ior and J u11.io r Donegal. teams have won 4 and drawn I of tbe 5 games The troop held their Annual Camp at Rath they have played so far in the Leinster Chess drum, Co. Wicklow and all were satisfied with League. their holiday. Newtown-Mount-Kernrncdy was F. Maher, who also won the School's the seen,~ of more camping activities when 11 Cubs Cbamionsl}ips, captains the senior section and D. accompanied by four officers spent a few very Judge who was runner-up is number two. pleasant days there (except for the rain). C. McCarthy is playing at number four and is A number of we.ck-end camps were held by the the ornly one to win all his games in the league Unit at various times, and all things considered so far. 1948 has been a most successful camping season. We shall be very surprised if the J uniors do not H. Byers, win the shield again as they have the same team Year V. this year as the one which won last year. D. Hussey, who did very well in the lightning SENIOR ENGLISH DEBATING SOCIETY. chess tournament, leads this section while his The Society held its inaugm·al meeting for twin brother Brian plays at number three. 1948-49 on l 6th Octobe.r. "Thal the uncontrolled T he c1ub hopes to show its gratitude to Mr. V. growth of the tourist trade in Ireland is inimical M aher (U.C.D. chess champion) for bis inlerest to the moral and economic life of the country" ing l~tures by bringing victory to St. Mary's in was the motion debated. Fr. Murray. C.S.Sp.• both leagues. presided. The debate proved very interesting, the Table Tennis. motion being carried by a majority of o,o-ly one T he Table Tennjs team is under the captaincy vote. Mr. G. Lynch was voted the best speaker of J. Horne again this year. It has entered for of the night. the School's Table Tennis League and the Collin's The second meeting of the Society was held on Cup, and from the fom1 displayed at the practises SBturday , 20th November. "That a Stalc T do not think I wou ld be over presumtive in Co111trolled Medical Service is undesirable" was expecting a St. Mary's victory. the motion for debate. lt was carried by 16 votes Boxing. to 7. Mr. F. Murphy was voled the b~t speaker The Boxin,g Club has just gone into training d the night. for the School Championships an.d some very exciting bouts are expected. With the boxing Officers of the Society for 1948-49. ctub we always associate the Corrigan brothers. Chairman,: Rev. P. J. Murray, C.S.Sp. Though we have lost Nicholas we still have John, D ean of Studies. cousin Jerry and Paul- three very good boxers , Auditor: M r. David Judge. indeed. Big thinigs are expected of J. Ho n Secretary: Mr. Richard Lewis. McGlougblin too. Committee : Messrs. F. M urphy, Francis Murphy, B. Kelly, Year VI. J. Byrne. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE minutes_ later, on. looking at my In,gersoll watch (you will 1,ever be late wi th an Ingersoll) I stop 0 dear ! T ime to get uip already !, or so my wc_rk. It is time to adjourn for coffee, so out I Gao.ter's ala~m-clock says (G~n tcr's give you stride and over to Grafton Street a nd thence to good vah1e of best g.oods). I raise ruv head from Roberts (the ca'fe wbere the best people have my air-filled, Switzer-bought. "Sleep-tioht" pillow coffee). l emtr a n.,d ord er coffee (did you ha ve (Switzer's stock only the best), and 1,;'p from my your Glob~ co fTee t~is mo~ning ?). A cigarette O'Dearest (buy one for a good night's rest) on goes well with the dnnk (Mme are always major). to the O'Deacork (with which the best tfoors arc Back to the office. answer the telephone, have floored) . . I walk over to the wa rdrobe (made of a lon@chat with a business friend and settle down purest In h mahoga ny and bought a t Todd-Burns to work again,. But five minutes lafer dear me ! which is Dublin's besi store for value) and extract !!'.s time to go home to lunch. Being tired out a Bea_u Brummel suit (this bran,d has conquered after the morning's work, J dedde t,o take a bus over time). Then I Lake a Ki ngs ton s,hirt l'rorn the ho~1e (CLE. will get you there on time) and drawer (the sh_in t hat makes aH the differcn-ce) arnvc home aboue one o'clock. and hav111g ~tscardcd my Cassidy's pure si lk pyJamas (C~ss1dy's are a lways pure silk). I put it l start off with K. ~ S tomato ketchup (K. & S. o n•.. My t ie (a guaranteed Irish poplin tie) is -makers o.f Surnsh rne p,rod:ucts). Next comes sure t•o makh, for it was bought at Lee's (who th_e se::ond cours~. one of meat (Tierney's butchers have a match for everything). N ext come my will supply you too, at a ll popular prices). The cut!ery on the Lable is of purest steel (buy your wool ,socks (of best Balbrigga n hosiery) a nd my 1 Clarks shoes (you know. Clark's are the best Stainless Stee, at McGivern's). Then comes the mG ncy can buy). I t:hen go to the mirror and pro sweet comprised of Grafton Custard (the sweet ceed to comb my hair (cf p ur::st peroxide blond~) that's a treat e ve ryday) a nd Bird's Jelly de-luxe anti _ to . rub in lavi.,;h supplies of "Brylcrecm" (after all, you do want the best, don't you ?). (w_h1ch 1s a bsolutely free from gum and imparts a . After ~oner I set out again fer town. The bus sp:endid gloss on the hair). And so much for JGurncy 1s shortened by the fragrant taste of 1he bedroom. Lemon's pure Sweets (Don't forget them on a T go out on the landing and descend to the Sar~rday-Lemon's-cstablisbed 1889), aoo I bath-room. Here, can be see.n Lux toilet soap a rnve at the office. But l do not stay there long (wh ic h ail clean people use) and a row c f best as I soon fi nd L am obliged to go out for after H~lex t-oothbrushes (made of pure p,las1ic and noon tea (Lip ton's tea is really tasty). So l stroll hair). I use the soup, and then, with the aid of ove:· to t-hc Palm Grov-~. (Dublin's nicest ices) and the brush put the Maclean shine on my den1u ls get tea and bis,::uil~ (Jaco,h's Marie biscuits wi ll (I m~clea11 ed my teeth to-day). I then have 01y s1.1it your sweet- tooth). after this I return to the mornmg shave (a Roll's Razor will give you a office fer more work. On my arrival, I find the chin like a billiard ball). flc.urescent conceale,d lights on (Taylor's artificial day-_l ight will suit your eyes too). I fill up my A nd so to th e breakfast. The first course con re::e1pts and sign thei111 with my pen, (.Oir-o Minor is sists of Kel.logg's Corn flakes (be sure vou get the 'the' pen of the present day). With that, I finish original, bea ring the signature W. K~ Kellogg). T hen come the egg and the sausages (wh ich are. "the toil of the long weary day" and once again pull out my al l-steel. Owing to the darkL1ess, l of course Donnelly's-the sausage that ring the am obliged to use my dynamo (witb a Millar, you be)!), followed by a hot cup of Fry's cocoa (all W ~t~nding: M. O'Dwyer, J. Fanaga.~ P. Mur,ray, B. KeJ-1:y, J, Duff. Sitttng: T. Harnnglon, J. Duff, J. Hu:ghes (Ca.pt.), R. :&u'!'-ke, J. Horne. Cup Matches. JUNIOR SCHOOL JOTTINGS. St. Mary's 117 for 6 V SUNDAY MORN St. CoLumba:'s 61 When I wake up •o,n S,un.day m orn St. Mary's 232 for 6 A,nd bea r the church-bell rin•gio,g V M'y first sialute «s lo my ,God Blackrock 29 For safely through the nigiht me brin:g,in.g . St. Mary's 97 I tha,nk our Blessed Lady too V Because she is God'is Mlother. King's Hospital 51 A•nd some day w ith their holy ·help .I hope t·o t·han!k them bener. Final. St. Mary's 94 and 150 Ainthony ConnolJy, V Junior I!V. Belvedere 78 and 38 Congratulations Seniors. Especially G. Duffy and R. Burke for their Interprovincial caps and . September 1st: Junior School opens. Hubbub Johrn Hughes who lee! the team so well to victory. m the Rall. What class am I in ? New boys Late in the season the Se.n:iors paid a visit to rather sh y. "Old Boys" renew acquain.tarrce. E nniskillen to pl'ay P ortora. They were but A pleasant air of "ioie de vivre" pervades the naJT-owly defea,ted. corridor and the Recreation. T he Under l 4's had a very good season. Led Mul.tJiplicaUon is a vexati,on, by Pat Fitzpatrick, they re:acbed the Final to be Division is twice as bad. beaten, by Belvedere. N . Farley ,and F . Kelly the The Rule of Three puzzles me opening bats served the te,a m well, and Cantwell, Bu t FTac~ons set me mad. Cogley and Farley were the best bowlers. Charlie Stuart, Hard lucls.:, ·under l 4's. Junfor V. LEINSTER JUNIOR CRICKET CHAMPIONS. Back 'Row : l Duff, C. McCarthy, B. K d ly, P. Murray, C. Fagan, L. G ibne,y. F ront Row: C. M'urrly. M. o·owycr. N. Geoghegan (Ca-pt.), T. Harrin-gto n, N. Fa11ley. Cu1> 1\ilatches. St. Mary's College Musical and Dramatic Society. St. Mary's 106 for 2 Members of the Past will be ilJJterestcd to know V that, after a lapse of a number of years, a Belvedere 77 Dramatic Society has again been: formed. At the bead of affairs this time are six of the younger St. Mary's 108 for 4 generation of Past Pupils, namely, D. Dempsey, V M. Gilsenan, P. F un.ge, J. Kenny, C. Keegan and Mountjoy 68 M . Cousins, who have formed themselves into a Founder Members Committee to run the Society. St. Mary's 113 V We hope to have our first production at the High School 38 College in January next, and rehearsats a-re under Final. way at the moment. The play we ha:ve selected St. Mary's 147 is Patrick Hamil.Lon's well-known thriller, "Rope", V which has recently been made into a film. Kin,g's Hospital 65 Congratulations Juniors. We knew yo11'd win After our firsl ,production, we expect to be in the Cup. Bernard Kel'ly was outstanding both as a position to accept new members. We earnestly a bat and as a bowler, while I. D uff's batting was hope that we will have the unsti11ted support of all excellent. Past P upils in building urp a really first-class A word of thanks is due to Fr. Barry. Fr. Dramatic Society of which both P ast and Present, Seagrave, and .Mr. Har-rison, whose unt iring efforts may be proud. in trainillg fully deserved the wonderful results obtained. Those interested in becoming members ·should J. McGloughlin, apply to the H on. Secretary, Matthew G. Gilse.nan, Year V. 122 R athgar Road. THE GHOST AND HA MLET (Which proves that r,n quite dislingue). But wb e.r~ore a rt thou Joo-king glum 7 by f, rarrk A. Pu'l'cel 1 Ha~ som e knave purloined thy bubble gll m ? A•h thy trouble l can d:ia grt0sc. Thou hast been inish>i og thy da il y do~e. To be or not ,to be ? Now that's the th-i n,g, that's What's that thou sayest, i-hou lov'st me rn>I ! troubling me. Go to! Thou 1alkest Thomas Rot Last night after a -h eavy tea, T s~ w a Grhost -on t he M y presents too thou would11l der:d.e, - balcony. The best that Wcolworth's oould provide. 'Twas the G host of my old man sure e:C1ough, Bewa,e false maid I do ad•vi~e And he seemed in a shocking a·IMfu1 huff. E re a poor prince's love thou dost despire. Said he : 'Tm your father's Ghost. old chap.'' B•ut 1 k,n,ow your sort, yo u're just a vamp. I said: " I tho,ught I knew y•our ,map. Go to ! Tho t1 givest me a cramp . But tell me., don,t you think it's f.ooi i~h Your father too, the old he-goat, After where you've been you m ust find ~t coolish Would I could dro'P bim in the moM; Wandering 10,und in that Littl'e short sh irt Or plunge my sword (pardo'" t,h.e a•ll usi Back Row: F. Sear&on, N. Banahan, M. Cullen, F. Kelliy, J. ·O'Brfon. Cent·re Row : J. Roche, P. T hornt•on , S. O'Brien, _.,\, RUbener, P. PrendeviUe, A. Heaney, W. Bolger, D. Gannon. Front Row: C. Ardiff, A. B-ushneU, D. Riordan, D. Geoghegan., F. Cotcsins, T. G arvey, F, Loughrey. Congratulations to the 3 uni or Verse-Speaking Choir and their teacher Miss M . Cranllly on winning the Cup for Junior Verse-Speaking Choics at Feis Caoimhighin. There were five other choirs in the compecition and the stan.dard was very high. And now Juniors, what about the Father Matthe-w Feis ? CUMANN DIASPOIREACHTA NA GAEILGE T hosnuigh an Cumaun go maith an b hlian seo, Na h-oifigf. i gc6mhair o:a bliana [948-'49. mar bhi dia&:,p6ir againn r,oimh lar tearmha "ls fearr m6in na gual mar adhhlrn ir teine." Ba Cathaoirle:ach : An t-Ath. 0 Muireadhaigh. mhaith an dias,p6ir e freisin, giodh nach raibh C.S.Sp. m6rao L 11thair. Ba chomhair go mbcadh nio8 Infhiuc6ir : s. 0 Beabhain. m6 ag an chea.d cruinniu eile a bheidh againn. ·Rurnaidhe: S. Mac Lochlainm Ta se reidh tighthe ag ao colsde ceann eile • a Coiooe: M . 0 h-Ea,eht,air, M. 0 Cocrain, bheith aca roimh na Nodlag. 'Se an run a bheidh B. 0 G6gaini. acu rni- "Gur fearr na busauna na. na tramanna S. Mac Lochlainn, ar thriall a chuig deag agus a cheathar deag.'' Runaidhe. h11Vaded -and that she was to evac.uate to the counitry. A policeman friend got us a truck, and we went to the couil!try where we remained, while my dad, who was in a m ilitary camp tried to get us berths for America. I didn't want to go, and neither did ma,mmy, so after some delays, we got tickets for a boat to Australia. We sailed, and we had done a:bont half the jomney when we were told a submarine was -on our track. O wing to the clever and q uick st•eering - ' of the captain we dodged the sub. and put in safely to Sydney. We stayed in AuS'tralia for three . u --=:ti years, moving from Sydney to Perbh, apd Perth to i:....-~t:--.9,~ -= ~ _ Melbourne. ,,-5.-::::, ~ ,:::;:-'? :_.:;:, 4...-7 . L-:. ;,.,, ~~- ~ Soon afterwards, we left for E ngland, and we bad been there about a year, whea1, news came of Rugby Starts. my d,ad's death. We tJ1en moved to America, and while trying to get a house, we stayed with d iffer G i.an1s fri.skin;g and preening tbemselve.s in ent relations of m ammy's. As we couldn't get a Qi:ight 'blue and white is an everyday scene in. St. house there, we came to Ir-eland by plan:e. Mc).ry's under the Se,ptember sun. A H oly Child hood "Koockout" League is started t0 - get the I ]jke Ireland veiry m uch, but of all the places I "ball" of inJe,rest in Rugby "rolli rng." Under Xl's was in, I liked Aust ralia the best, becaw,e it was and Under XII's too have thei r firnt fix tures of nice and wa rm a 11 the time. the se,ason. An account of th.e-ir activities is given ""\. below. Holy Childhood Rugby. ";:'·, Under Xi's. Trad ition goes by the board. We usually open the year's rugby with a leag ue, but as it was A distinctive mark of the Under XI team this found tha t interest in this usually waned very year was the k,_eeness shown by those going ~or quickly, we decided to begin this year with a their place. We.started with a hat-ta-ick, by beatmg Knock-out Competition t o make fit once again Willow Park (3-0), Belve4ere (12-0) and St. our 'veterans" and to initiate and interest our Michaels (3-0). ln our return- match with Willow newcomers. In all, five teams competed., and it Park we were beatell (8-3). We won the next 2 was not un,til. many exciting games had been matches .against Belvedere (11-5) and High School played, that St. John's (capt. J. F1avin) and St. (1 5-0), and beaten in the next by Belvedere (9-3). Gerard's (capt: J. C unn ingham) even,tually T. M ag-uire, T . C uDe,n, and E. Salmon were very emerged as finiah.sts. A box of sweets awaited the promi11ent backs, being also captains or~ and o_ff. win ner, a nid this coupled with tbe honour, spurred Jim Burke fielded very well on the wmg wlu le both teams to great effort. St. Johrn's deser vedly A. F uscia ndi and E . Salmon were great tack1 ers won by 6 points to 0. and score makers. In the forwards great energy was expended by N . Searson, I. P emberton and At the moment six matches are being played for D . McArdle- with great results especia11y in the valua? le league points, by six teams under their loose scrums. H erman R eynolds was a very good captams, J . Cunningham, D. O'Don,oghue, R . li1lik between the backs and forwards. So here's Doherty, R . J.ones, J. Flavin and J. Bagnall. wishing them luck for the rest of the season-. Pa trick McConigley, who was born in Malaya The Under ?(II's, u nder the ga11a nt leadership of J. Flav m, did no t open the season too well as tells how he and his family were affected by the they Jost t-o Willow Park and Belvedere. Hbw war in the East. ever, thi~ was pmved to be but a temporary lapse, as 111 later matches with H igh School, C.U .S. The morning the Japanese invaded Ma1aya, my hard working forwards and elusive backs mother was awakened early by a bomb falling o.n assured them victory. P rominent among the a. hotel opposit·e ou r house. At ffost when she saw forwards -are J. F lavin, J. Bagnall, D. O'Donoghue. soldiers wheeling guns th rough the streets, she A. Cmmolly an:d D. Dillane, and very useful thought it was just manoeuvers, but she soon backs are F. Kelly, M. B urns, G . O'Connor and heard later t-hat morning that Malaya had been R . Jones. lr lH IE ST. FRANCIS XAVIER many people. He also practised mortification and Apostle of the Indies - Feast day, 3rd) December. self-denial a great deal. In the Span,ish province of Navarre on the 7th He reached Japan in 1549. His incredible zeal April· 1506, St. Francis Xavier was born. H e was for the salvation of souls and the wonderful graees the youngest of a large family. From bis infancy of miracle-working and the gift of tongues with he was · taught to love and fear God. While all which Almighty God favoured him, led to the his brothers became soldiers, the pur.suit of learn co.111version by him of hundreds of thousands of ing was his one ambition. In bis eighteenth year pagans. he was sent to 1the University o( Paris to study He intended going to Chin.a but instead went Philosophy. At the end of his course he obtained lo the island of- Sa11ciat1. There on November bis degree as Master of Arts. 20th, 1552 he was again seized with fever and on Friday, 2nd December. 1552 St. Franois Xavier At the University he met S. Igna.frus of Loyola. died at the age of forty-six years. H e was finally H e entered the Jesuit o rder (founded by St. interred in Goa on the 16th March, 1553. I gnatius) and soon after was ordained priest. He was sen,t b y St. Ignatius to the Indies in 1540 and T he Apostle of the Indies was canonized by reached Goa, the capil.a l, ,on the 6th May 1542. Pope Urban VIII in 1623. P. Fitzpatrick, Here he looked after the sick especially' the Year III. lepers. He preached publicly and converted THE TRAGEDY OF CAESAR. 5 1 Caesar came. out on the stroke of ten f ,m ma-ki rrg up this silly poem And Brntus riddfod h'm ,tl1epe and then, A1bout an Emperor of Rome, The Bn1pcror thudded to the lloor, This chap was not a bad okl geezer, Julius Caesar was no more I He weni by the ,name of Julius Caesar. 6 2 But speed-cops came tb r•oug,h the Palace gate But there was a man, Mark Anthony And roomed on the trail of the Ford V.8. \.Vho said. 'Tm fed-up with Caesar, see! Soon the speed-cops car drew near " L ·havie a ,pa l with a 11:ice st·en gun, And Brutus gr,oa.ned to himself, "Oh dear! So just stand by and watch the fun:" l'm sorry l shot t·hat •poor chap dea,d, 'Cos now they'll catch me and cut off my head." 3 IVl'ark Aintony went t·o the telephone, 7 And said to Brutus, ho:,s old cron, 'But now ~o end this poetic ,madness, "Old man, 1 want you lo do a job- Brutus was caught aird ihe paid for l1is badness, Get rid of Caesar. the stuck-up snob." The Roman Consul had him beheaded F or the Roman Emperor he had leaded. 4 With his sten gun oiled and his face set hard. Raymond O'Corunor, And the butle!S greased with black-market lard 0rutus drove off i,n his Ford V.8. Year l. A.n d parked the •c.a r by the Pa.lace gate. ST. MARY'S CHRONICLE September 2nd. Octob-er 25th. Here we are again ! AM the old familiar F r. Byrne, C.R.L. gives us a very interesting (aces, or nearly all. H ow many weeks till talk on the Canons Regular and on Catholic Christmas ? Never tboueht there were so ism jn Cornwall. many Juniors in D ublin. Poor Fr. Gilmore ! Octobe1• 291h and 30th. September 4th. Day an,cJ a Half-Day for the winning of the Inter. Cert. results out. Ano'ther record. Leinster Senior and Junior Cricket Cups. When is the Free Day? Better kite than never. It was worth waiting September 101h for. - Free Day for record results in Leaving and October 31st. foter. Cert. Exams. Who fears to speak of Junior and strengthened Senior team travel '48? Every year in every sphere we get to R ockwell. Cf. Rugger Notes. better and better! And so say all of us. November 2nd. Septembel' 21st. Mass for the Faithful Departed·. Singing class for Fi rst and Second years. November 18th. l n•troducing Miss Uhlemaon to St. Mary's. '98 Commemoration Youth Day. Si. Mary's 1 ow we can hope for hannony. march in force. September 22nd. October 19th, 20th ancl, 21st. Opening of Aruniual Retreat for Senior School. Mass each day, and Sermon and Benediction Conducted by Father Basil Keenan, 0.P. on Saturday to commemorate the Centenary All quiet on the R athmines front. of the union of the Congregation of the H oly September 23rd andi 24th. Ghost and the Congregation o•f the Immacu Retreat. Never thought some people could lae Heart of Mary. look so pious. Juniors on Retreat t-0-day. November 24th. T heir mothers wouldn't know them. The Junior Verse-Speaking Choir celebrate September 25th. thei r Fcis Caoimhgh in victory by visiting the Retreat closes with Mass and General Zoo. No, don•'t say it, p lease. We heard it Communion. We thank F r. Keenan sincerely before. for bis interesting and instructive lectures. a nd December. his spiritual help. A very successful Retreat. The Play. and then. E xams, Exams, Exams ! thank Go-d. G. Drumm, September 28. Year VI. Leslie Downes and Austin Healy elected captains of the S.C.T. and J.C.T. respectively. We. wish them every success in the comi ng THE LATE FR. SEXTON season,. How do you get to Lansdowne ? Train! Both Past and Present mourned the death of Fr. M. Sexton. From the re-opening of the October 2nd. College in 1926 until his retirement owing to ill Notes to-day. First pU!bl ic appearan.ce of health in 1943 Fr. Sexton was inrtimately associ Fr. Kennedy, our new Dean o.f Discipl111e. ated wit h every Colle.ge activity. H e spent himself What a cheer ! Notes good. and Dean of for St. Mary's, and did oot count the cost. As Studies in congratulatory form. Hope it Dean of Discipline for ren years he endeared him lasts. scff to all with whom he came in contact'. He October 12th. instilled into the teams he !•rained a spirjt oE Frank Murphy elected School Captain. manliness and sportsmanship which made them Con11rats. Frank, and don't forget the Free a force to be respected in any competition. In Days during the yen. 1934 he trained the wi nners of the Leini:;ter Junior October 22nd. Rugby Cup. The members of that team will Union Free Day. Thanks, Mr. President for oever forget Fr. Sexton and the hard-fought battles the kind thought. for the Cup.- Before the ope-ning of the College Fr. Sexton We were gri e.ved to learn of Lh e death of spent several years working as a m issioner in P addy Woods d uring the Summer. We Sierra Leone, West Africa. He was truly a who were his c-0mpanions will pray for missioner of whom Si. Mary's may be proud. the happy repose of his soul R.I.P. May he rest in peace. AEOLIAN AIRS THE GAMBLER. I "Po•p" Jacoos was a one-eyed man Who by his wits did 14ve, He wa§ a right good p oker '·fan'' A low-dCJ1wn son of a "sptv." hl In Mur:p,hy's bar his d ay he spent, With strangers he d•:•d "razzle" And then, to poker they d:id turn And Ile licked ,them to a " frat7-le". fill ·Tl,I bet two', " Fl:] ra.ise y,ou three", -- ~ .(Q - A,nd 0an the stakes did ramble Tlf.E AFTER-MATH OF SCHOOL. And man.y a "guy" did c uxse the day He'd ever 'learned to gamble. wa ndered a 11 a lone, Now and then l stopped a.nd pick,in,g up a stone lV Threw it from me. Yea, tb rew i,t with great effort into tJ, e sea. F u r "Pop" he wasn't a.rt ,honest m an For 1 was weak.. A$ you can guess by now, So thin a n d weak I scarce cvuld speak. And \~1hen the luck aga~n,'t him ran He'd often cheat- and •how 1 And as l wa lked a long the s,hore Dreaming n•ou-gbt, thinkrng no more V T ha n if I were aslee.p. He deal,; h 'mself the best of hands A:s!ee,p so v-ery deep A,nd slips "tbem" aces 'tween his k nees, That 1 ~houk! lrike to be awak ed 110 more, He shdes the cards from d own his arms Be glad itt aLl my life were ,o'er. Yet o,ae b~s cheatin.' never s,ees. I w.1•111dered an,d was sa.d, Vl Exams had turned my brain an.d l was mad. in .M ur-pby\ bar -he's• gamblin' no w J. M•cGJ,oughNn, He's ahea,t:in' at •hls very worst, Year V. He-'s " raki.n' in" tbe ",dou,g,h" q uite fast But c h ! at last, the bo,mb has bur.st. "SIX FORTY-F IVE." The ·' Spedai A,gent" as you' ll .see, VII ls brave Dick Bartc11 ,- one of ~hree; "He's che,1tin' pirrds, I seen him do it" \\'hc-n'ere there's tough work to be done, Yes, in hi-s -hands the cards a re six D ick, SIB:J look in his eye, so I shall say good-bye and good luck for the present. Your affectionate, Aunt Agatha. Dear Aunty Aggie, How is a fellow to make 2/6 last a full week ? T.he cost of living for the school boy is becoming initolerable. Impecunious Pupil. My dear I. P., .Circularize each Party-Leader in Dail E ireann offerin,g to use your influence at the next election on behalf of the party that grants a weekly allow an·ce to s'Choolboys, brings down the pri.ce of comics, enJ.arges the size of lolly~pops, and gives My dear, dear Nephews, at least -one pe:rformance free at the tbeatres and cinemas each week Till these reforms ,are I wish you .all a very haippy Christmas, and a introduced, save up. good Term R eport. They still issue Term Reports in. St. Mary's I su,ppose. They biave ,always been A.A the barne of the scholar's life-Te.rm Reports, I mean.. If there is one thing more than. another Dear Aunt Agatha, that tends to throw a damper on the Christmas Last week everything we-nit Wfong for me. To holidays J.t is that same Term Report. You are begin witb I was late for class because I was called in an agony of suspense until the postman deliv-ers back to polish my shoes. I missed .the poetry- the wretched thing; and .after its delivery you are Dick Barton put it out of my head. I was on the out of suspense, but still in ,agony ! Black List for the previous week, and you know I shall never forget my last school Report. Of what -chat means! My R epoI1t Book was not in! course it was too ~rue, . but I did think t he I forgot it. But not much use giving ,that excuse Mistress of Studies mi•ghrt have •o•vedooked my - it's worn out. My Irish professor noticed a marks in cookery and needlework. After aJl, striking similarity between the m istakes in my no-t every girl can b-oil an egg. . _And as for the exercise a nd my neighbour's. Of course it was homemade bread ! Well any-one 10 a moment of only a ooinicidence, but pmfessors seem to have excitement could ,misit' ACADEMIC SUCCESSES-1948 on his splendid peiiormance at the Games. 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