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COLLEGE DEPARTMENT TO BE TRANS­ SAW REAL FIGHTING THE HIGH SCHOOL PLAY Father Mortell Relates His Ex­ The play, 41 Sandy Dandy," which FERRED TO AVONDALE SITE periences. was pl'esented by the Seniors of the It is expected that the l'Ollegian3 High School, was a success beyond all expectations. Indeed, . t was such of St. Xavier'3 w .IJ next year b~ BACK FRO)! CAMP DODGE. A pleasant surprise awaited us located' in a new building to he erect­ Jast Friday, when Father John ·r. a success that th.:!l'e was an immedi­ ed on the Dana Avenue property Mortell, S. J., chaplain of the 82nd ate demand for its presentation purchased eight years ago where St. New England Division, and an old again, not only at the College, but Xavier' Academy :s now situated. St. Xavier professor, walked in upon also in Covington, for the '!nefit of St. Elizabeth Hospital. T l. is, how­ 'fhis property is situated in one of up unexpec tedly and treated us to ever, could not be done, beca•Jse it the finest resideiice districts of Cin­ a most interesting talk on his late was Rev. Fr. Rector's wish that the cinnati, and contains 26 acres, ideaJly experiences in France. He had just boys get back again to their books placed for an educational inRtitution. fin:shed ten months of active service as soon as pos3ible in order to 1t was formerly owned by the Avon­ with our victorious boys rn khaki prepare for the final examination. dale Athletic Club, the present Aca­ and had seen some of the most excit­ However, the requests to put the demy building being the old club­ ing battles in the Great War. play on aga:n indicate very clearly house re-modeled. His talk was not about himself. He had little to ~ ay on that head, the favor with which its first pre­ The athletic field has been well but could not say enough about the sentation was received. It was the called the 14 campus perfect/' full size young heroes of the 82nd Division. first attempt of the kind made in base-ball diamond, gridiron and ten­ "Whenever you 8ee 8. doughboy/' he years, and the enthusiasm which it nis courts being surrounded by slop­ said, "take off your hat to him. aroused opens the way to something ing hills to form a natural amphi­ 'fl.ere are no btittcr or braver men more elaborate in the years to come. theatre. On this field the athletes on this or on the other side of the And when we say this we do not will have an ideal and convenient ocean than our American boys wuo wish to depreciate in any way the place to play their games and to de­ hrour.-ht victory to the Allies." quality of the work done by those velop teams to keep up the reputa­ 4 ' Yuu have heard," he said, "that connected w:th this year's perform­ t :on which the College has always the Marines won the war-or per­ ance. The boys in Fourth Year may held as a leader in sports. haps the M. P.; but I maintain, and well be proud of their accomplish­ The new structure will be in the ment. Those who were in the play Lieut. Jose1>h A. Verkam1>. I think I can prove to you, that the salient formed by the intersection of 82nd Division was a bigger factor in worked hard to perfect their parts, und tho~e who were not in it did all Bloody Run Boulevard and Harold Joseph A. Verkamp, one of five turning the tide of the war than any A venue at Dana A venue, and will in their power to make it what it brothers, all St. Xavier boys, was other Division or department in v.ras.-a :mccess in (">'ery sense of the face the boulevard. It is to be of comm ssioned last fall at Ft. Benja­ France." He went on to outline the brick and concrete, two stories in term. N1..w sce ne~·y was purchased, min Harrison, Ind:anapolis. Later he history of the 82nd's work in the height. The dimensions are to be artistic program..; were got out, tick­ was transferred to Camp Dodge, Ia., war. 142 x 61 feet. The estimated cost ~t s and make-up mnterial were se­ where he was promoled to a firs t (Continued on page 4, column 2. ) of this first building will be $50,000. cured, and the entire expense for lieutenancy in the 14th Infantry. these things was met by the fa!th­ The structure is inte ncl ~ d primarily J oe is now with the Tenacity Manu­ FATHER HENRY mLE'l' WRITES f ul work and co-operation of the to be a science building, and wi ll fucturing Co. FROM LUXEMBURG. whole class. contain physical, chemical and bi o­ Not only wert:! expenses made, but logical laboratories. Provision will ST. LOUIS UNIYESITY STILL $50.00 was left over in clear money also be made for class and lectul'e I Daniel Shannon has received tue LEADS MEDICA L SCHOOLS. for the library. This achievment it­ rooms. following letter from Father Milet, self brings its own reward. The science building is to he the S.J., who is a chaplain in the Army first of a group to be erected in the The medical depal'tment of St. of Occupation. Father Milet is due The managers of the play wish to thank their generous patrons and near future. When the entire pro­ Louis Univers ty, a sister school of to sail for America some time in friends for the assistance they ren­ gram has been carried out, the build­ St. Xavier 's, has always, since it was Mny. ing now about to be put up wil1 be inaugurated some fifteen yeal'S ago A. P. 0. No. 250. dered in making the play a success. devoted purely to scientific purposes. under the direction of the J esuit Fa­ 132nd Inf., 133rd Div., Especially do they thank Mr. Albert thers, ranked with the very best Cansdorf, Luxemburg. Weimer for his fine work in printing school s in the country. The Journal Dear Dan; the prog1·ams, and John and Eugene FATHERS BLAKELY AND CLOUD. of the American Medical Association, Your letter was handed to me to­ Eckerle, Edwin Boeh, Leo Spaeth, in its issue of Apr:t 19th, shows that night at mess. I was certainly glad Robert and Fra ncis Kappes a nd Mur­ Among recent vi sitors at the Co l­ last year's recor d is us good us that to hear from you, although some of ray Paddock, for the songs and mu­ lege were Rev. Paul L. Blakely, S.J ., of other yeal'S, your news was sad. I was especially sic they so generously and so finely and Charles H. Cloud, S.J. The Journal devotes senmd pages sorry to hear of the death or my provided. Father Blakely has been on the to l'ecords made by gl'Ud uates of the young soldier friend. I have attend­ editorial staff of "America," the va1·ious medical sc hoo ls as tested by ed so many of the boys with the I'll. ANDEl!SON RETURNS FROM Catholic weekly review, and conse­ the results of their examinations for uflu.'' both in France and here, that ARMY. queritly is famiJ: a rly known to our li cense to practice their profession. I am getting used to it. Thank God, co llege students. Table F groups all the sc hool::i that it is abating; at least the boys I Rev. Edward P. Anderson, S. J., Father Cloud is Regent 01 the had as many as fifty graduates ex­ have now seem to stand it better A.B., 1893, chaplain U. S. A., has med ical department of St. Louis Uni­ amined. Jn this list are in scribed and comparatively few go into pneu­ been mustered out of the service. Fr. vesity. Four years ago he -.-.·as a the names of veneruble institutions monia, which we dread most. Anderson made a number of trips member of the faculty of Xavier and famous educational centers - Nearly all of them have been over across the ocean aboard a transport Academy. every one with at lenst one failure the top. One Greek, not yet 21, ship during the war. He has taken These Fathers w.ere classmates at noted-until the name of St. Louis claimed he killed ns many Germans up his new duties as chaplain at the St. Xavier College in the late '90's. (Continued on page 3, column 3. ) (Continued on page 2, column 4.) General Hospital of Cincinnati. 2 T H E XAVIE R ATHENAEUM

ian salute, which cons·sts of remov­ tithe of our spending money to pay eng .neering school a man learns en­ ing the hat and holding it over the the debt we have incurred. gineering; in a classical ·course a left breast. Let us not forget this E. H. WALTON. good student well taught will come simple mark of respect to the Stars nearer to learn what God and man and Stripes. NEMO. TWO OPINIONS AS TO CLAS­ are than by any other formal aca­ SICAL EDUCATION. demic study. In the last few years Published bi-weekb, during the 1chool year, bJ' the students of St. Xavier College, Cincin­ most members of the human race nati, Ohio. THE TRAGEDY OF A NATION. Has the war beaten a tattoo over have taken an active personal part the grave of the classics? Princeton in the making of modern history i Entered na eecond-clRSs matter November 25, The complete text of the Peace 1912, at the post office at Cincinnati, Ohio, has abolished Greek as an entrance and a man who tries to understand under the Act of March 3, 1879. Treaty has at last been published. requirement and will hereafter insist 'where he is going and where he It records the solemn penalty im­ on only a single year of Latin in the wants to go as a civic unit is as posed on Germany by the court of Editor C. H . Chamberlain Bachelor of Arts course. Yale has badly handicapped without knowing Allied and Associated Powers, for a W . A. Brnngs decided to drop Latin even as an en­ something of the origins of his civil­ crime similar to that which brougnt J. B. Hardig trance requ. rement. ization as is a physician ignorant of Caesar to his death-ambition. Associates E. A Freking What would the American college biology. Civilization did not begin J. B. Grause What more perfect theme for a up to 1870 have amounted to without with the Declaration of Independ­ C.H. Trame tragedy cau!cl be offered Shakespeare its Latin instruction? Yet in this ence, nor yet · with the Communist Sports l were he aLve today, than the exem­ Manifesto; and a man who expects H . B. Bunker country-if not equally in England­ plification, in the downfall of the to have something to say about Business Manager · J. Goodenough Latin has remained strangely alien once proud German Empire, of the where civilization is going w.11 have R. M. Buzek and unassimilable. It was taught Circulation proverb, "The mighty shall be hum­ a considerably better chance if he { L. H. Bushman generally not as a real language, bled"! but as a grammatical mystery. 1t kii.ows something of its history and Divine Providence, which plays so the characteristics of the races that Vol.Vil MAY 16, l919 No.14 never got into the brains or hearts conspicuous a part in the tragedies of the learners. Its Lterary quality have most strongly influenced it.­ of Shakespeare, controls likewu~e the evaporated in the hands of peaa­ New York Times. WILL NEW YORK BE DRY? working out of this modern tragedy. gogues who were interested on ly in A casual perusal of the text of its externalities. What American FATHER HENRY MI LET WRITES As the date set for national pro­ the treaty will be sufficient to im­ college student ever read Horace in F ROM LUXEMBURG. hibition approaches, many and wild press the reader w.th the terrible the spirit in which the generation (Continued from page 1.) are the rumors that are passed punishment which has been vis:ted of Augustus read him? as he has years. The officers bear around. A certain New York cot­ on the perpetrators of still more · Latin was done to dea th here by him out in his story. What ao you respondent to a local daily g-oes 1:10 terrible crimes. professorial textualists and task­ far as to say that prohibition wm Despite the fact that the pro­ masters. They made :t a desiccated think of Greek, now ? I talkeo ;;ome Greek with him on the march. never be enforced in New York. His tagonist in this huge drama is to and barren tongue. And what the I am writing this in my little K. enthusiasm for the subject evidently suffer the just consequences of the modern student longs fot· is not C. Hall, which I run myself, as most overcomes his better judgment. Pos­ most inhumane actions, yet Wlj H1·e scholasticism, but a living contact of the boys have gone. But a couple sibly at some future time the a mend­ not so hard-hearted or unsusceptible with living ideas-the broadening in­ ment may be recalledj it is conceiv­ to feeling as not to experience some spiration which comes from the mas­ of them are playing checkers. The phonograph is silent, and the piano, able that it may be declared a war degree of pity and sympathy for tery of an additional form of spech measure which is no longer neces­ those who are involved in the catas- and an understanding of other meth­ too. We have fought all our battJes over, and I am taking advantage of sary; but until such abolition of the trophe. 0. J·. ROTH. ods of Lterary expression. law occurs, we must realize tnat the The utilitarian aspect apart, the the quiet moments to have a little United States Government will back American boy finds in a working ac­ chat with one of my old boys. i WHY DO THEY DO IT? wish 1 had you here to pluy the up the ne\V law to the full extent of quaintance with French or Spamsh piano, as all my players just now its power. Needless to say, the or Italian something which he never arn either at school or on leave. United States Government is bigger The daily papers recently recorded found in his um·eal acquaintance You wish you were here, too; out it than New Yorkj so it is evident that the fact that petitions were being with Latin. He becomes the pl"O­ would not be long before you were the blase New Yorker will have to signed to demand that the war-tax prietor of a new experience-a new wishing you were back in the good bow to the new conditions, even us law on luxuries be repealed. The vision. Is old U. S. A., although we· are in his country cousin from Oskosh. chief objection to such legislation Latin will have its mourners. But the hea rt of what the Luxemburgers LA WREN CE H. KYTE. the fact that it makes the H . C. of they will be few. F or the study of L. still higher. Lntin in this co untry has been large­ themselves call 11 Little Switzerland.'' Are we to . depend on bona su1e s ly a conventional obeisance to tradi­ Talking of hikes, I waJkect nine ATTENTION!! alone to pay our huge war debt'! tion. It bus had no roots :n convic­ kilos today coming back f rom the Why not let everyone help ? Cer­ tion or emotion. Ami any other hospi tal at Eckternack, on the Ger­ We were standing along the curb tain ly not everyone purchased IJurio.s. roots are easil y pulled up.-New man border. It was uphill a nd pretty surrounded by the cager crowd, that Some co uld not spare the money, and York Tribune. ' warm. I regretted that I had not bright morning when the city of­ others would not. Now almost every Another View. taken my old war horse instead of ficially welcomed het· victorious sons human being uses luxuries to s u111 e · At Yale, stud ents of literary the train, goin g ove1\ especia ll y as I of the 147th Regiment home f rom extent. Is not the luxury-tux the courses do not need to know Latin, had none of my old hikers with me foreign shores. Heading the parade fair way to com p'el all to do the'r without whi ch they can hardly under­ to whi le away the tedium of the was the gold-starred caisson, a s:­ bit? stand the foundations and structure journey. lent, but oh, what a forceful re­ Shall we object because a soda of their own or the Romance lan­ minder of the price we had paid m is to cost a penny or two more? g uages, and sc ientific students cur. DI!. GIUEWE HONOl!ED. precious blood fo r victory. Every The soldiers who li e bu ri ed in get along without fo rms of mathe­ head was uncovered out of respect France's soi l gave their lives will­ matics wh .c h are very nearly as e:i · Dr. J ohn E . Griewe, A. B., 1886, and reverence for the honored dead. ingly. Shull we pl ace more va:ue sential to science ns is Latin to le::c­ was recently elected to the presi­ A li ttle later, at the head of the on a puny copper? ters. Literary men who know no rn· dency of the medical stuff of Good marching co lumn, can1cd by tne When, a short t im e ago, the price in g of the growth of modern h. i. Samaritan Hospital. same hands that upheld it at Mont­ of sundues advanced five cents1 d1d guages and letters, men of scienc.:l fa ucon, came the fl ag. For that fla g, anyone think of sending a protest who know no mathematics-thi s ii, SCHOLAl!S HIP EXAM INATION a nd for the nation and the ideals it to the druggists'! No. But as soon of course, not what Yale wants, per J UNE 4TH. represented, those valiant dead had as the Government asks for a penny, haps not what Yale expects, but given their li ves, in the maelstrom some people are busy fumbling for what Yale is likely to get. The annual scholarship examina­ of battle in a fur-off land. A line of their [ountuin pens, ready to "sign A man does not often make m vrc: tion, open to eighth-grade pupils of a long-forgotten verse flashed buck here." money by studying the Gref.!k and the parochial schools, wi ll Ue he ~d on in memory: As ·a Victory Loan speaker recent­ Latin languages and the civ:Ii'Zations \Yednesclay, June 4th. The subject­ "Hats off , the flag is passing by." ly asked u crowrl, wi ll we be the of the the peoples who spoke them i matter covers spelling, a rithmetic, We looked about. Unifo rmed men wish-bo ne, the crazy-bone, t he jaw­ he does make more money by learn­ grammar a nd com position. The wi n­ wel'e standing at salu te. A few, bone-or the back-bone? The first in g modern languages nnd eng:neer· ner of first place will be entitled to on ly a few, civilians rcmoveu their three a re insigni fi cant. We will be ing. He will study modern Ian· a free scholarship throug h the high hats. We saluted the dead, but not the back-bone of our Government. g uages for that very reason, though school and co llege. The next tou1 the fl ng for which they fought. 11 Rcmember, if ye break faith, we the teachers may be as in competent will receive a high-school education The conditions of war have taught will not rest, though poppies grow in these branches as in the classics; free. Besides, there are several us much about paying respect to our in Flanders F ields." he· will work to overcome the handi· scholarships of one yeur. A com­ national anthem. Let us apply tnese We will break faith most ig­ cap of bad teaching if hi s study plete expla nation of nil essential lessons also to our fl ag. When the nominiously, if we a re parties to promises a larger salary. points connected w:th the exami na­ colors are carried in procession, the such a co ntemptible movement as Nevertheless there are other things tion has been sent to the parochial proper mark of respect is the c1v1l - that which would refuse to g ive n in the world than salaries. At an schools of the vicinity. THE XAVIER ATHENAEUM 3

When You Leave College · GivethisGoodPipe ~T- He'n like it better than the old one ~ It is the old all-wood b_riar r:iade in a new PIECE-PIPE You will want enough to and b et~er way- · ~ pieces mstead of 2- Fo r Pipe Peace start in business for yourself. so that it can easily be taken apart and Save during your school yean thoroughl y cleaned. Write on yo ur business and you can easily realize stationery. Canada, $Z.OO Delivered your ambition. Start an ac:. dUl)'pll(d count today - we pay 3 % interest on savings .. ThtCalumtl Cinrinnaii, !tnd T!t ry art ~!i~~o u1~u;t1i;d, . ·~f!~: The Provident Btrt and Ruutl/ land• of Gtntraf C1ior Co., 1taio And thla on• from a satlafied cualom!'r · Sui.11 Bank• Tr .. t Co. 1 wfr!t :::t:~-%~~'t/vr:'::::.s £~,{;,~~;":tf;i 1: /,j.o;;uilify s•tufi1J and Sen•th aad Vine D. ] ntmy Dallis, Taylor Diswunt E!f DtpoJtt Bani, Ta ylor, Pn1n. A11eh Her $13, 000, 000 Dtaltr1 write for Sala Offa THE CALUMET COMPANY, 21 Wiggin• Block, Cincinnati, Ohio. Mall S.lea Division Branch In Canada m ;ATH OF G. HOADLEY RY AN. ~~{aC:,1:, have a n y Real Estate to Sell o r Trade, Amateur Photog,raphers' and Supplies of Every Supplies KODAKS Description u. Hoadley Ryan, son of General F. A. BIEN Michael Ryan, and a prominent 6~~ :?~s ~ ~~9 [~~.0r\Veei~~i~;~t~~~~~ne~dt11 ~~~a~r~nm: 11te~:J C~~~h~~c1 r f~~~11~t ~18~ up~ri~~ u J l~~~e~~hl~~~ Dealer In Real Estate certainty of getting best RESULTS by having us do your fini shing. Your films or plates can be alumnus of St. Xavier, died at Good N. W. Cor. Court ~1nd Main- 2d floor developed CORRECTLY BUT ONCE. \Ve do It that way. Samar itan Hospital from appendi­ Ho uses Sold o n [asy Paymenu citis, on May 10. R. I. P . Lota a nd Fnr m s Ta ke n In l?.xchanae SIMPKINSON & MILLER, - 433-435 Elm Street

Harry J. Gilli~an, Class '12 TRIBUTE OF A "DOUGIUIUY ." Present Address Quality with Service The ver se printed here appeared in P.E.S. A.P.O. 702 41 The Stars a nd Stripes," tu~ of­ American Expeditionary Force ficial publication of the American The Queen City Coal Company Expeditionary Forces. Chaplain Ryan, to whom the lines And when the Argonne battle found We wilt appreciate your patronage are dedicated, is a Jesuit Father, a us native of Cincinnati, of the famous With the Germans all around us, clan of General Michael Ryan. He We were bit.n' hard our lips to is Rev. Charles M. Ryan, S.J., who, keep from cryin',- previous to his entrance into the And when we called a volunteer The Bachmeyer-Lutmer Preas **********•••············· army, was a member of the faculty To take a message to the rear, 1i,.co1t~ o1tAT•o ) of Campioi1 Co llege, Prairie du Chien, 'Vho says "I'll take it, boys!" TllE BEST l'RINTING OBTAINABLE Ramer Wis. 'Twas Chaplain Ryan. ANIJ A SERVIC1': JUST AS GOOD Father Ryan is chapla'n with the Can•I 4064 "WINONA" .lGSth Field Artillery, a contigent And we let him take it, too, 120 E. Eighth St. Cincinnati. Ohio which is now with the Army of Oc­ For we knew he'd get it through, Chocolates cupat'on in Germany. And soon the re-enforcements were a-nighin',- Agents, Cha1>Jain l?yan. And we forgot ull doubts and fears, \Vhen the shells were droppin' thick­ And we gave three mighty good cheers The George Ast Candy Co. The Queen City Confection est, For a better man than we WHOLESALI;; DISTRIBUTORS Co. And the duckin' was the quickest, Was Chapla in Ryan. 929 MAIN ST. Canal 4507 When the bombs were druppin' Written by Sergt. R. A. Lewis, from the planes low ft yin',­ 16th F ield Artillery, U. S. A., Kel­ WHOLESALE CON FECTIONERS brnthers in singing, and by 1\llurruy Was he hi cl in ' in his dugout? berg-, Germany, January 20, 1919. Paddock in playing the violin. Eu­ 'Frnid to stick h"s mug out? 644 MAIN ST.. CINC INNATI, OHIO Not he! The reason is, gene and John Eckerle and R. Edwin His name is Ryan. GLUECK WlNNEll HIGH SCHOOL Boeh pleased us usual with their m­ TEl.lil 'llON!; CA:.AL R. E LOCUTION. strumentnl select.ans. He went up to the front line trenches The judges of the co ntest were ************************** With thcil' filthiness and stenches, The public elocut on contest, held Rev. William J. Anthony, A. B., Wil­ Where he helped the wounded in Memol'ial Hall on the evening of liam A. Byrne, A.B., L.L.B., and hi s M.D. degree at St. Louis Univer­ uncl he eased the clyin',- April 30th, furnished a pleasant en­ Bl'Other John Wa ll , S. M. sity in a few days, has won an inw And the thunder of the guns tertainment to a crowded uud ience. ternship at the General Hospital, Cin­ 0 1' the chargin' hordes 0 1 Huns The speakers in the vurious classes ST. LOUIS UN IVEl{SJTY STILL cinnati. John J. Maloney, A. B., 1917, Never feased him - fear was of the high school a ll made a strong LEADS MEDICA L SCHOOLS. is in his second year in the same not bid for the prize. school. (Continued from page 1.) In Chaplain Ryan. In Fourth Year, Lou is Glueck won The advanl"uge which a Catholic the medal, rendering Kipling's fam­ Un iversity appears. That school with student finds in such a medical col­ J-l e was there at Chateau-'l'hierry, ous "Gunga Din." fifty-five g raduates in 1918 had no lege, besides the fact that it rates

At St. Mihiel he looked weary, The award .n Third Year went to failu re. No other sc hool of medicine with the begt in the land1 is that But to do h's bit Hanis Peet, who gave a fervid ren­ in Amel'ica had so many men of lust since the supervision of teaching is 11 he never quit u-tryin',­ dition of Sparticus' Speech tu i.11\:! year's graduutes examined and came under the dn·ection of the University And when our barrage wou ld stop, Gladin tors." through without a casualty. authorities, no medical theory or 'Vith the boys, "Over the Top!" "Seven Ages," a's interpl'eted by During the last ten yea rs these or practice can be advocated there Never went a braver heart J . Hany Moore, was one of the big s '. mil ar results, have become so cus­ which is at variance with Catholic Than Chaplain Rynn. hits of the night, and merited first tomary that mention of them hus morals. Considering the wide di­ place in Second Year. been forgotten. vergence in these mutters allowed in When the wounded needed dressm· Thomas Manion was judged t he For years t:he Alumni of St. Xav­ other schoo ls, this point is of the He didn't stand 'round guessin',­ winne 1· in F' irst: Year. His selection ier's have been represented among greatest importance, and is rightly He didn't measlll'e out was "Just F :shin'." the students of St. Louis Uni versity esteemed so by Catholic students and As if he were a'buyin'.­ The musical interludes were of a Medical. Dr. George Mehan, now a parents. But he gave up to his limi t, high class. In fact, it gave great Captain in the American Army of Oc­ Re\', Charles H. Cloud, S.J., an And he put out every n11nu1..ti, pleasure to a ll to learn that the High cupat ion, is one of t:he t•ecent gradu­ aluminus of St. Xaxier, is regent of And the hearts ot' a ll were won School possesses such musical talent ates of St. Louis University. Karl A. St. Louis University Medical Depart­ By Chaplain Ryan. as was displayed by the Kappes Brnun, A. B., 1914, who wi ll receive ment. THE XAVIER ATHENAEUM THE ANGELUS. Enter a customer. Patrick Q. got For You--Youn11 Man busy. But in tryit1g to shave the No dream come1 true by dreamina - only by action comes itt real fulfilmenl. In the early morning light, vis.tor, Barber Ossa became so en­ The battie of life ii won by doina: -it i1 the pat thina. Are you puttina: When the earth is fresh and br:ght, raged at the patient's continual alide rqularly a portion of what you earn} And the dew on lily white, squirming (our hero never did have The "Climbera" Save There sounds the Angelus. anything on his mind but his hair), You can reach the he;ght by doing right. for right meam micht. Money i1 all that he tried to cut the victim's powerful. Therefore, dart to Nve by depolitina: a little in thi1 drong Banlt­ In the heat of noon-day sun, throat. atart to "make hay while the 1un 1hine1." dart now when you have the power Half the course of day is run, The plot sickens. The person in to do, dare. and accomplUhl And our morning's work is done: the chair had a rubber neck. So says the Angelus. Angered at his failure, the tonsor The Cosmopolitan Bank &Trust Company deftly tucked his customer under his FIFTH and WALNUT Wnt Ead Office: Freeman An. ud O.•ler St. And when evening is nigh, arm, and leaping up 21 flights of TOTAL RESOURCES OVER $4.250,000.00 Twilight shadows in the sky, steps, proposed to finish him oy the One more day has passed us by: humane method of jumping off the Rings out the Angulus. roof in his company. ED. A. McCARTHY The C. EBERLE SONS Co. PAUL GELDREICH. CARPENTER AND BUILDER Part TI. WEATHER STRIPPING Supply Hotels and Institutions He did. A "COLORFUL" ESSAY UN The End. 705 BROADWAY BOLSHEVISTS. Fresh Butter, Eggs and Moral: Don't pick your teeth with S tore Fbturea and Remodellnt a Specialty. a razor. It ruins the blade. Farm Products Bolshevists are queer people. They C. A. ROMER. look green, but when their ire is up, Corner Sl:rth, Plum and Georae Sts. they see red. RIELAG KARL BRAUN WINS INTERNSHIP Men's, Boys' and Children's One of these persons, sacHy lack­ Phone Canal 4Slt. E•tubll1hed 1864. ing in gray matter, was feeling blue. AT GENERAL HOSPITAL. HEADGEAR (United State& Food Administration License The truth is, he had a dark brown Telephone Canal 659 Number G-0688R) taste in his mouth. Karl A. Braun, A.B., 1914, who is 1120 MAIN ST. CINCINNATI With a black look he attempted to in his senior year in medicine at St. pass me by, and when I accidentally Louis University, was one of the ... The ... bumped into him, he turned purple, successful students who took the YOUNG & CARL then white with rage. He threatened competitive exam nation for the po­ French Bros.-Bauer to tan my hide, but he didn't do it­ sition of intern at the General Hos­ for he was yellow. pital, Cincinnati. TIFFANYTONE Co. C. A. ROMER. PHOTOS Ill SAW REAL FIGHTING. THE ANNUNCIATION. fQl (Continued from page 1.) Milk and Cream 1. They were t he first American draft SPECIAL RATE TO Ice Cream A Virgin knelt in her chamber, division to engage the enemy. Ger­ ST. XAVIER STUDENTS Butter and Eggs Breathing a silent prayer; many had little fear of our draft PHONE CANAL 2277 When lo! there came an angel army. 'l'he Marines and the other Bakery Goods And stood beside her there. voluteers caused her some anxiety, but the National or Draft Army, 2. coming over ship by ship, was, to BRIGHTON An angel from God Almighty, the German way of thinking, only a 1 Sent to announce that she, rabble of untra:ned soldiers. Ger­ BANK & 'l RUST A Virgin pure in mind and heart, many had yet to Jearn that America The Mother of Christ should be. does things right, even in a hurry. co. 3. Drawn up at Argonne, the situa­ The Angel Gabriel told her tion of the 82nd was indeed a haz­ PAINTS and VARNISHES Commercial and Savings Deposits The message from God which he ardous one. Should they succeed in - ARE- Bond, Safe Deposit Boxes broughti their drive, it meant the trapping of Q UAL!TY GOODS Loans on Real Estate And Mary humbly consented the German army and of practically •'.\lanufactur cll by That the will of God be wrought. all her resources. Germany knew the difficulty of such a drive, and CHAS. J. HARDIG HARRISON AND CLOERAIN 4. relying on her knowledge that the 1109-1113 HARRISON AVE.. CINCINNATI AVENUES And then the angel departed, 82nd was only a draft army, saw Vanishing into a'.r; little cause for perturbat'. on. 'fhe And Mary in fervent thanksgiving, Germans said "They won't," and the POPULAR PRAYER BOOKS Continued her silent prayer. French said "They can't." But the PAUL GELDREICH. 82nd said "We will," and they did. THE PRISONER OF LOVE Every attack was successful; every MANNA OF THE SOUL THE STRANGE CASE OF BARBER movement drove the Germans back MY PRAYER BOOK OSSA. further into the trap. CATHOLIC GIRL'S GUIDE In this drive, inauspicious as it Part I. looked at first, the 82nd sustained To be had in various bindings and at all prices, at Our story covers a period - or two but few casualties. It was then tnat months. We wiH slip over t he first I they were ordered to withdraw and month and 29 days, merely remark­ were replaced by the 89th. This di­ FREDERICK PUSTET CO., Inc. ing that they passed in the time in I vision bore all the brunt of the 436 MAIN STRllET CINCINNATI, OHIO which a month and 29 days usually enemy's new fury, and in the gas pass. attacks that foll owed, the 89th was The clock on the wall should have more than decimated. struck six. But it had struck last It was now the Americans' turn ' week-for shorter hours-and quit. to be roused to anger. From that JAMES J. DOUD \ Barber Patrick Q. Ossa, born 29 time on, they knew the enemy they years previously, was very young. were contending with, and acted ac­ Although a well-known character at cordingly. Plumbing and the time of which we write, he had This was but the beginning fo r the been unheard of 30 years before. 82nd Division. Sim'. lar victories were Gas Fitting Mr. Ossa was a bachelor-had been in store for them in the Taul sector since the death of his wife. He lived and at Chateau Thierry, with more in a boarding house kept by a spicy hardships and greater losses. 313;E.1Fourth St. ORTIZ BLDG. Cincinnati, Ohio landlady, Miss Anna Seed. But that's We would have enjoyed ttnother another story. such talk from Fr. Mortell, but he P. Q. was in his shop. Glancing departed the same day for Atlanta, casually at the clock, he yawned and leaving us with a greater apprecia­ remarked, 11 My, how early it gets tion of the heroic work of the boys ~ PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS -- late!" who won the war.