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Official Newspaper of St. John's University and Organ of the Alumni
Volume 58
Collegeville, Minnesota, Thursday, April 12, 1945
Number 7
War Cancels St. John's Rural Life School
Rural Life Interest Develops Rapidly Despite Handicaps
' #Because of O.D.T. travel restrictions, St. John's will not hold its annual rural life school. It was the hope of Msgr. Luigi Ligutti,
executive secretary of the National Catholic Rural Life Conference, .that St. John's would be host to the Conference again this year. St. John's became the center Life Conference, sponsored by,
the bishops of the United States and at present under the leadership of Msgr. Ligutti, is not primarily a Back-to-the-Land problems movement! Its main purpose is then the to help Catholics already on the land, and to keep their children there.
The nearest Rural Life School to be conducted this summer will be sponsored by the Most Rev.
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for rural life schools when, in 1940, it held its first rural life school for priests, which had as its purpose to give clergymen information about rural and agencies. Since movement has made considerable progress throughout the country. Last summer fifty conferences were held in a total of twenty states. Present director of Rural Life Schools is Rev. Mar-
Aloisius J.
ca-
Muench in the
tin Schirber, O.S.B., dean of the thedral city of Fargo sometime University, whose job it is to during the summer. Dr. H. L.
of
coordinate and life planning. The National
centralize rural Walster, dean of North Dakota Agricultural College, will head Catholic Rural this convention.
Courtesy Grand Rapids Herald-Review
Lt. James T. Knight
Farley Attends Dumbarton Oaks Panel Discussion
#Mr. J. Arthur Farley, professor of education at
St. John's, will take part in a panel discussion to be held this evening in the Tech Hi &h School auditorium in St. Cloud under the auspices of the League of Women Voters. The J.|A. Farley
forum's subject will be "Dumbarton Oaks—Peace Plans in the Future."
Noted Singer Gives Recital For Students
#Hermanus Baer, distinguished baritone and instructor in voice
at Northwestern University, presented, last Wednesday evening, a program of choral music.
Mr. Baer studied at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago and also with famous instructors both in America and England.
Mr. Baer's program: E dove t'aggiri (from "II Porno
d'Oro")...................Cesti
Si, tra i ceppi (from "Berenice")
Haendel
O del mio amato ben... .Donaudy Che fiero costume.......Legrenzi
Du bist so jung.......Erich Wolff
Sonntag .................Brahms
Auf dem Kirchhof........Brahms
Sapphische Ode..........Brahms
Fruehlingsnacht.;.....Schumann
Eri tu che macchiavi (from "Un Ballo in Maschera")......Verdi
Old Mother Hubbard
Hely-Hutchinson Music When Soft Voices Die
Roger Quitter De 01' Ark's a-Moverin'
Arr. by David Guion
The Cave.........Edwin Schneider
Blow Me Eyes. .Albert Hay Malolte
Sagatagan Staff Sets May 15 As Distribution Date
#May 15 has been set as the distribution date for the 1946 Saga-lagan. The Staff of the yearbook has sent all material to the printers, and is awaiting arrival of the first copy.
Dick Sinner, who recently entered St. John's Seminary, headed the staff of the annual publication. Paul Lickteig, art editor, Tom Hunstiger, business manager, Jack Cassidy, sports editor, and Tom Reardon, organization manager, completed the staff. Three prep students, Frederick Templeman, Tom Hockert, and Anthony Thell took care of the high school section. Father Adel-ard was faculty advisor and was the "man behind the camera" in the majority of the pictures.
"U" Professors Visit St. John's Faculty Members
#Dr. Aubrey Castel, professor of philosophy, Dr. Huntington
Brown, professor of English, and Dr. Philips, professor of philosophy, all of the University of Minnesota, and Mr. Howard Chase, public relations officer of General Mills, visited St. John's University on April 7-8. The three professors discussed the Thomistic viewpoint on philosophical qustions with the faculty here.
H. LeMay Ordained, Given Faribault Parish
©Rev. Henry F. LeMay, former St. John's seminarian, was ordained April 3 by Archbishop Murray, of St. Paul. He said his first Mass on April 8 and has been assigned to the Faribault parish. Theologians, James Walsh from Dorchester, Mass., Paul Schumacher, from Green Bay, Wis., and Joseph Huebsch, a philosopher from Lake Lilian, have entered the seminary here.
#Lt. James T. Knight, '39, was killed in action in Italy, Feb. 18, bringing the Johnny Gold Star list up to 50.
Two years after leaving St. John's, Lt. Knight enlisted in the ground forces of the Army Air Corps. In this field he advanced to the rank of warrant officer. Being impatient from lack of action he entered pilot's training in Oct., 1943, and received his lieutenant's commission and wings as a fighter pilot in April 12, 1944.
He went into active combat in Italy the following November, and was flying a P-47 at the time of his death. He was a member of the famed "Black Scorpion" Squadron and had completed about 50 missions.
His parents survive him as do two sisters, Sgt. Janice Knight of the United States Marines Women's Reserve of Cherry Point, N. C, and Mrs. Arvid Burke, of Effie, and two brothers, Jere Knight, a Johnny and former teacher of mathematics and physics in the prep school, who is now in government research at Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Lt. William Knight, a fighter pilot, instructing advanced pilots at Aloe Army Air Field at Victoria, Texas.
St. John's sympathizes with the bereaved relatives and prays that God, in His infinite mercy, will not delay in admitting him to His heavenly hosts.
International Relations Club Sponsors Symposium
Discussions To Prelude Allied San Francisco Conference; Public Invited
#Preluding the San Francisco United Nations Conference, April 25, the International Relations Club of St. John's will present a faculty
symposium on the topic, "Backgrounds for the United Nations Conference: San Francisco," on Sunday evening, April 22, in the auditorium of the school at 8:15. The public is invited to attend and take part in the discussion. Each speaker will address the group for about 15 minutes and a short question period will follow. This symposium will be directed IV. The Enigma of Russia: A
Realistic Appraisal: Father Walter.
V. Observations: Lessons From Two Wars: Father Abbot. It is important that all Americans have an understanding of the principles and problems^ of
by Robert Hanlon, chairman of the I.R.O., who will also introduce the participants. The program is as follows:
I. Introduction: Mr. Hanlon.
II. Dumbarton Oaks: The Plan:
Mr. Hynes. III. Bretton Woods: Economic Cooperation: Father Martin.
post-war peace. This understanding can best be attained by intelligent discussion of the concepts involved.
Johnny Prep Players Prepare Moliere Classic The Miser"
r- ,| w/ i. French Comedy
hather Walter r . A .. nA
Coming April 24;
Speaker At Fargo Meet
#Rev. Walter Reger, O.S.B., was guest speaker at the joint Com- munion break- fast in Fargo, N. Dak., of the St. Anthony and the Cathedral's Holy Name So- cieties.
The subject of Father Walter's talk was "The values of Church History for Oa-
Rev. Walter Reger thollC laymen."
He told the men that a knowledge of Church history would contribute substantially toward acquiring a truly apostolic spirit, toward a fuller understanding of the contemporary Protestant mind, and a more competent evaluation of current problems involving the Holy See and the Church.
BASEBALL SCHEDULE
St. Olaf, April 24, there. St. Olaf, May 6, here. St. Thomas, May 8, here. St. Thomas, May 12, there. Gustavus, May 19, there. Gustavus, May 24, here.
linger Leads Cast
# Despite many difficulties encountered since pre-Easter practice began, the Johnny Prep Players will present on, April 24, the 17th century classic, "The Miser,'' by the French comedy writer Moliere. This drama will be the second production of the year by this Thespian group.
Rev. Cuthbert Soukup, O.S.B., directs the play. The play centers about Monsieur Harpagon, whose one passion is money, and who sees all things in this light. Fearful of others discovering the extent of his wealth, he attempts to conceal it, but the passion is so strong that it escapes through his every word and action. When one of his more intelligent servants succeeds in discovering one of his secret depositories for his wealth, the old man reluctantly changes his attitude.
The cast:
Monsieur Harpagon .James Unger Jacques, simple-minded servant
Anthony Thell
Lapierre, steward... Gerald Potter Sons of Harpagon. Robert Benson,
Douglas Thiel, George Hinger Anselm, rich notary
Thomas Sinner Orontes, neighbor to Harpagon
Patrick Ryan
Magistrate... .William Wenniger Servants. .Clemens Roehl, Alvin
Wichterman, Stanley Gove
Rodd
Maple Syrup Industry On Campus
#One of the minor industries around St. John's is a not so small maple syrup refinery. Few of us
know anything about it, except that we get it with cornbread. Your reporter's acquaintance with it dates back to Palm Sunday when, with a dozen other students, he helped gather the sap. All that he learned on that occasion, however, was that there was an immense number of trees, that it was raining, and that a bucket of sap is remarkably heavy.
A recent interview with Brother Phillip, the power behind the trees, revealed some more information.
Started in 1941, the refinery is now supplied by forty or so acres, with some nine hundred or more trees giving the sap, although seventeen hundred and fifty pails were hung on the trees this year.
The season, which began on the 16th of March and closed this week, gave a bumper yield of 8,600 gallons of sap, from which two hundred and forty-six gallons of syrup were obtained, all of which is
for local use.
On an average, each tree yields between ten and twenty gallons per season, although this varies widely for several causes.
Generally speaking, trees in a hollow produce more sap, as they are protected from the wind and get more moisture, a vital factor.
Temperature, too, is a determining factor of the yield. As a rule, during periods when the nights are frosty but the days are fairly warm (over 35°) the sap runs faster.
The recent cold snap caused an additional run of some 2,000 gallons of sap, a yield somewhat offset by the present warm spell, which caused the spoiling of over one thousand gallons due to bacterial action.
According to Brother Phillip, it is not expected that these operations will be extended next season, as none of the syrup is sent out, and the present yield is sufficient for the school's needs.
