Vol. XII. No. 8. June, 1932 “ M I C K E Y " FOSTER, '3 2 _ _ _ OUR “APOLOGIA” “ED" QUINTON, '33 “PETE" GOBIS, ’35 LARGEST and BEST STOCK Those who are aware of the mo­ tives which prompted Cardinal Newman to write his “Apologia” TUXEDOS may well appreciate our present FULL DRESS position. We, who are entirely lack­ ing in that mastery of diction FOR HIRE which is synonymous with the name of Newman, wish to make amends for this failing by just You’ll feel such an apologia. We hope that our poor attempt will prove as effectual at ease and as his. look better When Newman abandoned the Anglican Church to embrace the in a Catholic faith, there were few who saw this action in its proper per­ Waldorf spective. Turncoat and Papist were emblazoned on the front pages of TUX’ every paper throughout the United Kingdom. The motivating prin­ ciples of the eminent churchman were completely ignored. Newman ENJOYABLE Waldorf Clothing Co. had proved inconstant where only constancy was expected. These HOSPITALITY R ED U C ED R A TE S T O P. C. MEN were the facts; and the facts were 212 UNION STREET interpreted literally with utter dis­ regard of the axiom that the let­ Guests of the Biltmore Dress Shirts, Collars, Ties, Shoes ter of the law killeth. And so for enjoy its smart hospitality, years Newman suffered in silence as he laboriously drew up his whether their stay is for a "Apologia Pro Sua Vita.” Herein he gave a thorough dissection of day, an evening or longer. his own life which left his very soul open to the public gaze. And Biltmore food is famous anyone who cared to look could not McCarthy’s but say, “I find no fault with the among travelers for its man.” Our case, then, resembles that deliciousness. Service is of Newman in that we have been swift, and every possible tried and found wanting. But here Woonsocket’s the analogy must stop short. For consideration is given to unlike Newman we have not been Greatest the victims of circumstances. We your comfort and pleas­ deliberately assumed the leader­ Department Store ship in the task of revamping the ure. format of the “Alembic.” Yet we did so with fear and trembling. Quite the perfect place to Our trepidation was expressed in Always More for Less an introductory editorial entitled stop. to entertain and “A New Broom Sweeps—” And Here now that we have come to the part­ be entertained. ing of the ways we deem it neces­ sary to offer this “Apologia” for our personal failings, with the hope that the future may profit by our errors. P r o v id e n c e McCarthy’s And so:— "Down the avenue of time we go, BILTMORE Muffled in our cloaks. Must I tear aside my mask to show My hoax?” TABLE OF CONTENTS St. Albert the Scientist— By Edward P. Ryan, ’32 4 Critique—By Walter J. Shunney, ’33................... 11 St. Albert the Philosopher— Checkerboard—By William D. Haylon, ’34.......... 12 By Joseph C. Meister, ’32............ ... 5 Athletics—Sullivan for Tebbetts........................... 14 St. Albert the Man of Public Affairs— By John J. Cleary, ’32..................... 6 Published monthly, from October to June, by the students Cap and Gown Day Exercises................................. 7 of Providence College, Providence, R. I. Entered as second- class matter at the Post Office, Providence, R . I., December Some Die Upon the Field— 18, 1920, under A ct of March 3, 1879. By Gordon F. Harrison, ’35.............. 8 Subscription, $ 2 .0 0 the year. I Like Gibbs—By James M. Hackett, ’32............ 9 “ Acceptance for mailing at special rale of postage pro­ vided for in Section 1103, A ct of October 3, 19 17; authorized Editorials ................................................................ 10 January 13, 1921.“ We Now Bring You — a marvelous reproduction of a fine H O M E S P U N S U I T from the famous New Haven Custom Tailor. — in texture and weave of the fabric; in the smart lines of the university model. It is COLLEGE HALL •S LOOMEDawyer By • • THE • AMERICAN • WO- Ospun LE N • COMPANY • • Lined with EARL-G LO • $29.50 TWO PANT SUITS Heather Browns and Greys, Navy Blue Nubbed Effects and Pin Checks Men’s Store F IR S T ROW S E C O N D ROW T H IR D ROW W illiam Haylon, '34, Francis P. Buckley, ’32, John H. O’Brien, '32, Chronicler Subscriptions Circulation Manager Gordon F. Harrison, ’35, Walter E. Burke, ’32, Edward P. Ryan, '32, Asst. Business Mgr. Subscriptions Editor Edward L. Carter, ’32, Austin Sullivan, '32, George Tebbetts, '32, Business Manager Subscriptions Sports Thomas F. Tierney, '32, Associate Editor By St. Albert— Scientist Edward P. Ryan, ’32 N Saturday, January 9th, even the humblest piece of labora­ turbance, so that sound waves 1932, Blessed Albert the tory equipment, the Bunsen Burn­ spread out from their source like O Great was enrolled among er, was not to appear on the scien­ ripples on the surface of the water the saints of the Church and at tist’s bench for some five centu­ when a stone is dropped into it. the same time proclaimed a Doctor ries. It was, therefore, no easy This illustration of sound waves of the Universal Church. In this task that confronted this pioneer is beautiful and the analogy is day, when science arouses enthusi­ of science 700 years ago. St. Al­ certainly modem. But this is not asm everywhere, Pope Pius has bert, however, was equal to the all. St. Albert must have per­ given to the scientific world a undertaking and by dint of sys­ formed experiments with waves in saintly patron in the person of tematic experimental effort col­ a ripple tank, or some such equiva­ Albert the Great, the very founder lected a body of scientific doctrine lent of the modem apparatus, for of modern science. which has never been equalled he noted that the waves are re­ The birth of what is called mod­ either in quantity or in logical pre­ flected or bent back upon them­ ern science usually dates from the cision. selves when they strike a solid time when the experimental meth­ Many of those doctrines are of object. From this fact he argued od was first systematically em­ particular interest when compared that the phenomenon of the echo ployed in laying bare the secrets with modern ideas on these sub­ is merely the reflection of the out­ of nature. Albertus Magnus, in jects, for they show how far in ad­ going sound wave. This explana­ that early day, stood strongly for vance of his time St. Albert really tion is exactly that given by mod­ observation, experimentation, and was and how close was his ap­ ern students of acoustics. induction. He had an inborn fac­ proach to modern views. It is in­ It was such observations as ulty for intimate communication deed a literal fact that in some these that led to the recognition with nature, and far from being of light as a form of wave motion, led astray by the magic and al­ and this discovery in turn fur­ chemy of his contemporaries, Al­ nished the stepping stones to the bert manifested a true knowledge EPILOGUE knowledge of X-rays, Gamma rays, of the principles of experimental N ot for the ears Cosmic rays, and Radio waves. science. It was by his careful and That heard these songs,— In the realm of chemistry the logical application of these prin­ But did not understand; work of St. Albert on lead and its ciples that he merited the title of N ot for the eyes compounds is worthy of praise. “The Great.” Thai read these lines,— Lead was known to the ancient Today physical science has A nd called them curious; Egyptians and to the Romans who eclipsed almost every other field But for the hearts used it in the construction of water of endeavor. The great universi­ That felt the sun and the dark, pipes. Cerussite or “white-lead” ties of the world are vieing with The drought and the flood, was also known and used as a pig­ That one lone soul had known. one another in the field of experi­ ment just as it is today. Most in­ mentation. Countless millions are John M cDonough, '34 teresting of all perhaps is the spent annually in financing re­ method which St. Albert gives for search work; expeditions are sent the preparation of artificial cerus­ to the ends of the earth to observe cases he actually anticipated by site or “white-lead.” The “Old the peculiarities of nature; the 500 years what are styled modern Dutch Process” which is still in highest mountains are scaled in discoveries. use is essentially the same as the the hope of adding some item, how­ In the domain of acoustics, for process elaborated by St. Albert. ever small, to the knowledge of the example, St. Albert certainly ante­ There is only one point of differ­ Cosmic ray; huge engines are con­ dated modern science. He said that ence. .. i.e., the “Old Dutch Pro­ structed for the purpose of unlock­ sound is a vibration of the air pro­ cess” for the manufacture of ing the secrets of the atom. All of duced by the percussion of two “white-lead” is carried out on a this bears eloquent testimony to hard bodies. Today it is well known much larger scale thereby contrib­ the importance of the movement that sound consists of a wave mo­ uting its share to overproduction, inaugurated by Albertus when he tion which originates at a point underconsumption, and business enunciated as his principle “Ex- where some disturbance causes an depression.