Marquette Tribune, September 30, 1937, Vol. 22, No. 2, p. 8

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Marquette Tribune, September 30, 1937, Vol. 22, No. 2, p. 8

Students of Marquette University

1937-09-30

Father Keegan Visits Western Jesuit Missions; Indian Lore Told By BETTI ANHEUSER Hunting gophers, witnessing a raging snowstorm in the Bitterroot mountains in mid-August and interesting hours spent among the Flat- head Indians were but a few of the pleasantries crowded into the three weeks vacation of the Rev. Donald J. Keegan, S.J. During August the assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts and director of the Mar-; quette Men's Sodality enjoyed a combined vacation and convalescence at the St. Ignatius Indian mission in Montana. The genial, brown-eyed priest journeyed to Missoula, Montana via Glacial National park where he spent a day viewing the beauteous glaciers and mountain peaks for which the park is noted. Then, crossing the Bitterroot mountains which border Montana, Father Keegan stopped at the Mount St. Michael Jesuit house in Spokane, Wash, in 1919 he spent three years of study in its philosophy department, and, since he hadn't been there for 15 years, he was especially happy to visit it again. He confessed that time had made the usual changes. "The house was not yet finished when I was there," he reminisced. "And now- the trees are all grown up," he added with a smile. Visits Ravali Region Father Keegan spent the greater part of his time visiting the historic sites around the mission, which is located 40 miles north of Missoula and is conducted by the Jesuit order. It was the famous Italian Jesuit, Father Ravali, who built the first church in Montana in 1840. Too, it was this same priest who acted as physician to the Flathead Indians. Some of the medicines which he prescribed for the Indians are still used by doctors today. "Father Ravali's knowledge of medicine and method of treatment were far in advance of his day," explained Father Keegan, "for it is prescribed by doctors even today. And too, his medicine case is preserved in the church he built." Father Keegan indicated a picture of Father Ravali's church. Father Ravali, talented in the field of art as well as architecture and medicine made a statue of St. Ignatius for his church. Buffalo Hide Statue "Evidently rock wasn't available because he molded the statue out of buffalo hide! No one can imagine how he did it," Father Keegan offered. "It's a remarkable piece of work. Even the cincture is made of buffalo hide. Father Keegan took all opportunities to study the every day life of the Indians. He recalled with a laugh the day he spent tramping through the paths of the mountains. In these secluded places the Indians live the life of modern Rileys. Several families of this type were well equipped with radios and the latest picture and story magazines. Others, rather than be limited by domesticity, live in tepees as their forefathers did. Many of these Indians, of which there are 3,000, cannot speak English. When it becomes necessary to talk to whites they employ a type of sign language. And contrary to popular belief the familiar 'ugh' of cow- Dr. Riedl Delves Into Renaissance Philosophical Works Spending three months of the summer at St. Michael's college of Toronto, Canada, Dr. John O. Riedl, professor of philosophy at Marquette university, has gathered considerable information on Renaissance philosophy. His research at the Institute of Medieval Study which is a part of St. Michael's college, included a review of an 11-volume edition written by Averroes, an Arabian philosopher, about the year 1524. The photographic copy of the Parisian "Avicin- nas" Medieval Latin translations was of special interest because it too belonged to the Renaissance period of printing. Dr. Riedl's work in Toronto netted him a photographic copy of Moses Maimonides. the Jewish philosopher. Dr. Riedl is comparing it with Maimonides' Medieval Latin text, Guide for the Perplexed, a rare Latin text from the Jewish Theological seminary. In the majority of cases he photographed the pages of the book in which he was interested. He has not as yet completed his study but believes Justinianus had both manuscripts at his disposal. boy-Indian movies is entirely lacking. Because of this language condition, priests give sermons in Indian for the benefit of those who do not understand English. Father Keegan had an occasion to go on a sick call with one of the Jesuits and after the last sacraments were given the priest recited prayers in Indian. He explained that whenever a priest is wanted on a sick call the Indians, having no telephones, relay the summons from one to another until the priest is reached. "Secluded as they are, the Indians have never become accustomed to the routine tasks of earning a living. The young boys however are taught manual trades," Father Keegan said. Although the surrounding forests were plentiful with deer and bear Father Keegan confined his hunting the last few days of his vacation to "small game" . . . his definition for such being gophers! Fr. Caralt Defies Spanish, Mexican Atheism in Speech Sees Danger for Church in Mexico, But Hopeful for People of Spain Speaking in defense of the priests in Spain and Mexico, the Rev. Michael de Sanctis Caralt, missionary apostolic, gave the eighty-sixth lecture of his nation-wide tour at the Marquette Science building, Tuesday, Sept. 28. He is serving the diocese of El Paso, Tex., as the founder of an Apostolic school for the persecuted church of Mexico and the dioceses of the United States where the majority of the Catholic people speak Spanish. His project of raising funds for the seminary will take him through the states, Canada and to South America, if necessary. After being introduced by Father Grace, Father Caralt defended Spain and the Catholics of Spain. A native of Barcelona, he found the names of his former friends and teachers in the lists of those massacred as tyrants. But he does not believe that this persecution will result in the breakdown of the Church in Spain. However Father Caralt finds conditions in Mexico worse than in Spain. Through the atheistic and immoral schools in Mexico, the people's minds are being poisoned against the Church, until finally it will cease to exist, said Father Caralt. THE CHANGING EXCHANGE Faced with the housing shortage problem, two enterprising collegians of the University oi Michigan acquired a "house on wheels," squipped it with all the conveniences of a home except steam heat and parked it in a lot near the university. Should the winter bring extreme cold they will move to a rooming house until it blows over. Asked how they liked the arrangement one answered: "It's a bit cramped, but there are no landladies to argue with." The Daily Californian, student publication of the University of California, reports the same method was employed by one of their students. However the Berkeley Bureau of Building and Construction, fearing the city would be overrun by trailers, dug into the archives of the law and brought up a statute forbidding a person to eat, cook, and sleep in the same room. Whereupon the trailer enthusiast declared that he would eat out. And still no solution. Hold Cord Day From the Purdue Exponent comes news that the university celebrated Cord Day on Saturday, Sept. 25. Cord Day is the annual senior affair at which all true seniors adorn themselves with a mustache, a black derby, and a pair of cords. After this auspicious preparation the entire group marched to Ross-Ade Stadium where they were given the choicest seats for the annual Purdue-Butler football game. More startling news from the Purdue campus ... a class in knitting has been organized to assist the coeds in ravelling their way through college. Professor Answered In the Kansas State Collegian, one of the deans answers an accusation made by a University of Illinois faculty member that "a healthy puppy probably does more different things in five minutes than a dean would do in a week . . . wear glasses, sit quietly in a chair for hours on end, and merely turn a page in a book occasionally." Here is confidence with a capital "C" as appearing in the St. Mary's Collegian, student publication of St. Mary's College, California. A story appeared in the issue preceding the game between the Gaels and Bears of the University of California optimistically reporting that "A win over the Bears may mean a bid to the Sugar Bowl." Madigan's boys would only have had to defeat such teams as Fordham, Santa Clara, California, Gonzaga, and the University of San Francisco, after their skirmish with the Bears. And as it happens, the Bears won, 32 to 6! The nine best critical essays written by students in summer universities and colleges throughout the United States on the subject of Columbia's recent Shakespeare Cycle are now before the board of award for final judgment. The winner, whose name is to be announced on or about Oct. 15, will receive a prize of $250. WRIGHT DENTAL SUPPLY CO. A. RE IS WEBER, President Founded 1858 COLLEGE BRANCH at 563 N. 16th Street R. J. Schroeder, Mgr. We have supplied the wants of the dental profession for the last 80 years. FOUNTAIN PENS MADE BY M PARKER - WATERMAN - WAHL CONKLIN AND SHEAFFER $1.00 to $10.00 BUY YOURS AT BEHAN'S Corner Eighth and Wisconsin Debaters . . . (Continued from Page 1) it b-b-but d-d-don't want to ad-admit it." Strawberries proved to be a nemesis for Margaret Jax, Speech senior. Commissioned to teach a group of children the art of dramatic expression, Miss Jax hoped to make the city aware of the ability of her charges at the Y. W. C. A. by presenting a play. Every effort was made to secure the correct properties and only real trees and bushes were used. But not even Miss Jax had hoped for such acclaim as her play received when it was presented and her young hopefuls ran hither and yon picking strawberries off of trees and bushes instead of the usual plant. The final touch to carry the story down to posterity was added when, at a Zeta Phi Delta sorority outing, her sorority sisters gave her a book titled, Successful Farming. Clerking in a downtown department store requires the ability of a dead-pan comedian, according to Ruth Johnson, Law junior. She could not trust herself to speak and restricted a three-minute laugh to a smile when, on showing a purse of intricate design to a customer, the lady said in her haughtiest manner, "It certainly is extinguished looking isn't it?" It took all the tact that she possessed to ascertain what the woman wanted who asked for a "collar with sleeves in if'^and another who want ed nine initials put on a dollat Clerking in the grocery dep* SS of a department store calljl jack-of-all trades, Alene Koehn** to her chagrin. She lost a deci a shabbily dressed man who for a loaf of sliced bread. Alt I plained that they did not -V sliced bread. Jj "Well, slice a loaf that yc; then," he replied. So She Slices! - Alene wonderingly asked l perior if they ever sliced br was told that they did not h -i haps they might be able to d the meat department. Aleni asked the butcher who sc<^ told her that his meat cuttii chines were for meat, not brei the customer would not be [ he wanted sliced bread, i Alene took a large meat kni set to work. The bread was. the knife was to cut meat, t spongy tissue of bread, and the of the cutting was very diski. ing. The slices ranged from a and a half on one side to one of an inch on the other. Holdi mutilated loaf up for ins; Alene very nearly dropped it the customer unperturbedlj "O. K. Wrap it up." Only Madeline Leu, Liberal Arts senior, was able to come thros i summer without any unusual ence. As secretary to the ' Raphael N. Hamilton, S.J., si . no customers or situations to t 4 patience or humor. Short stories, poems and s ^ will be gladly accepted by edit r; the Marquette Journal. Get Your Parker Quink and Free Dictionary at America's Finest Exclusive Pen Shop DALYS Pen Shop

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