Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1946-1948

BISHOP BUDDY IN HOMECOMING It almost looked more like a homecoming for Bishop Charles F. Buddy of San Diego last night than the annual graduation exer. cises of the Convent of the Sacred Heart, as the former St. Joseph priest delivered the commence– ment address to an audl-ence which overflowed the assembly room of the school. Recalling he attended the school for boys which the re– ligious of the Sacred Heart op– erated a number of years ago, Bishop Buddy declared, "Indeed, the very ground on which we stand seems sacred. Down this little hill to the right of you stood one of the first parochial schools of St. Joseph. It was known as "The Little Convent.' Within its modest walls gathered children large and small, from families of German, Polish, Ital– ian, Mexican and Irish-American extraction- all to listen to the one true doctrine of Jesus Christ. "With our ABCs, we learned to have reverence and respect for the rights of God and man," asserted the speaker. Memories of the days when he and other students wended their way around the grounds in pro– cession singing hymns now con– vince him, he asserted, that no classic chant could ever take the place of the sacred songs sung there in childhood. Affection for St. Joseph "It is always a joy to return to St. Joseph-there's somethin~ in the atmosphere here that stim– ulates me. Over ten years of separation and 2,000 miles of space have not lessened the ties of affection forged here ·in the days that are gone. Through the medium of your splendid publica– tion, The News-Press, it has been interesting for me to keep in touch with your activities," said the visiting bishop. Turning to the graduates, 29 girls wearing white caps and gowns, Bishop Buddy said, "The graduates merit our esteem be– cause they have successfully met the requirements of high stand– ards and now advance to the fotellectual stature of Sacred Heart alumnae. Both their alma mater and friends honor them, 1 not just because they graduate, but because they had the sand to make the grade. "But it is even more fitting to felicitate the graduates' parents who were the first to evaluate the advantages of a well– balanced education. Somehow it has always occurred to me that the honors of high school grad– uation belong primarily to the parents who have prayed and sacrificed that they might live· to see this day." Science and Faith Defining education in the words of Pope Pius XI as "prepa– ration of what we ought to do and be in order to reach our eternal destiny," the speaker told the graduates, "You have been instructed to properly appraise both science and faith. twin sisters who never clash because they move in parallel lines.'' Praising the curriculum of the convent, Bisht>p Buddy stated: "What you have learned is in sharp contrast to those schools I that teach everything in the uni- · verse except about the Creator of the universe, whose professors stress great names of history but banish the name of the Teacher r of mankind. To such shallow systems your alma mater and your class are a challenge.

"The curriculum at the Con• vent of the Sacred Heart is as broad and deep and ennobling and comprehensive as any high school in the land. ·But add to this that there is no attempt to sidestep the main issues of. life– the fundamental reasons of your existence." I Such educational advantages, the bishop declared, also entail responsibilities. Nothing has ever been achieved by weak appease– ment, he continued, and the fact the graduates .,have had superior advantages only increases the obligation under which they have been placed. Bishop C. H. LeB!ond of St. Joseph presided at th-e com– ~encement and the greeting was given by Rosemary Byrne. Fol– lowi-ng the address and awarding of prizes and diplomas under the direction of Mother Celeste Thompson, principal Qf the school, the ceremonies were closed with benediction of the blessed sacrament in the en.ape] of the convent, Sc-holarships Awarded Barbara Borkowski valedic– torian, was awarded ~ scholar– ship to Duchesne College, Omaha, and--Patricia Bush was named as alternate. The salutatorian Mar– jorie Schoenfelder, receiv~d the scholarship offered by St. Joseph Junior College, and Beverly Mill– er was designated as alternate. The gold medal for Christian doctrine, presented by Bishop c. H. LeB!ond, was awarded to Mar– jorie Schoenfelder, with senior junior, sophomore and freshma~ prizes being presented Dorothy Cleary, Joyce Sherman and Con– nie Cates, Anne Delaney a nd Mary Terese Christ, and Virginia

~-~~ I - • 1.,. - %1/ --- 1P: That year 1914 brought The for ,vhen the European war broke out this newspaper at once de– nounced the German march through Belgium. The Middle West would have none of this European quarrel. But L. T. Golding, publisher, carried the atmosphere of the East about him. So nobly did he conduct that journalistic war against "the rape of Belgium" that he was officially decorated by Al– bert, King of the Belgians. Through the years The News– Press always led. Now that it is over we can say what many know, the hand of this news– paper was seen in the boulevard plan, and many, many hours Publisher Golding pored over maps with the late Milton Tootle and his colleagues. And the Civic Center and city hall. Ex– cept for The News-Press well might it have been west of the First National Bank building or north of the courthouse. And so with so much. Only those of I us who are left who were close ~ to the fight remember, and then only perhaps on such occasions as last night when a distin– guished visitor says a few words that we know come from th• heart and express the thought of so many others once St. Joseph residents. Washington Irving in "The Voyager" pays tribute to the traveler who wonders when he leaves home when he shall re– turn or whether it shall ever be his lot to revisit the scenes of his childhood. In recent months a st. Paul visitor, formerly in dry good business here, told us of his keen interest in every page of The News-Press. · · Last month a friend in exile high in New York, confided hi! love for the home town pape1 and turned us back in memory': lane by asking for journalisti• tit-bits of ten, 20 and 30 am more years ago. How many o these voyagers, not to return be cause of proscriptions not o their choice, find their heart kept warm for the old horn town , just as does Bisho Charles F rancis Buddy, by tha daily contact with the horn town . ,aper. That is the joy, th inner satisfaction, the suprerr. contentment of newspaper worl That is the genuine zest of newi paper living. Please God it sh never die. I News-P ress new enemies

ITimely Observations BISHOP CHARLES F. BUDDY, speaking to the 1947 gradu– ation class of the Convent of the Sacred Heart last night, said something that struck a respon– sive chord in the hearts of many. And if these observa– tions, conceived by something he said, may have a too personal journalistic note, forgive. One cannot be wed to a job 34 years without having intense devo– tion. This column conductor a week from today will have spent 34 years on thi,s News-Press. He has seen its prestige and its effectiveness as a news and edi– torial medium through three publishers. Bishop Buddy last night was expressing nostalgic words for the town of his birth, St. Joseph. He commented that neither ten I years in time nor 2,000 of miles could tear his affection for St. Joseph. And then he said what many persons have told us, but which the prelate from San Diego sald in his prepared ad– dress how highly he regarded "our fine newspaper, the St. Joseph News-Press." He said, as we had known, that he ls a daily reader of The News-Press. His compliment to the paper was all the more appreciated for the bishop is familiar with and a reader of the big Los An– geles newspapers including the Los Angeles Times, probably the most influential newspaper on the West coast. And we sat there amid all that purple of Catholic eccle– siastical beauty, bishops and monsignor!, all the graduates in white caps and gown~, the under– graduates in white, pretty con– trast to the conventional and traditional black of the nuns who taught them. But we must apologize to his excellency, the bishop of San Diego. For while he was speaking on the greater education, the education that in– cludes not only the knowing of the world's great, but even more the knowing and loving of Him Who created the world's great, we thought of St. Joseph and The News-Press. When we first knew the pre– late, now so important a figure in southern California, he had just come from the North Amer– ican College in Rome. He was the new curate of Bishop Mau– rice F. Burke, third in line at the cathedral. And we got think– ing of how St. Joseph was moulding itself in those days to the new city charter, then only four or five years old. That charter was not yet tried in all 1 its goodness, but time was to show it a model of excellence. Romulus E. Culver, Gallus L. j Zwick and maybe only a handful of others are left of that historic fight for the 1909 code. The News-Press in those days, , as always, fought for what It l considered the right, fought hard and without cessation. Ask those who tried to recall that mayor in 1913. Some of our closes t friends of old are alive today. They were on the op– posite side in that fight. But time has healed wounds and only we who love to reminisce re– member their names and their roles. Pet Clayton had passed from the official picture but was St. Joseph's No. 1 citizen, as he had been since John Donovan passed on.

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-Strathmann CONVENT'S HONOR GRADUATES ... Marjorie Schoen– felder (left) and Barbara Borkowski are the high ranking stu– dents of this year's graduating class of the Convent of the Sacred Heart. Miss Schoenfelder, who attained the second highest average, was awarded the Junior College sch?larship and Miss Borkowsl<.i, the highest ranking student, received the scholarship offered py Duchesne College of Omaha, Neb. The honors were announced at last night's graduation exercises. Individuality Urged Upon Convent Class by Bishop 1 The auditorium of the Convent of the Sacred Heart was filled I to overflowing last night when diplomas and prizes were conferred upon 29 graduates. To them Bishop Charles F. Buddy of the diocese of San Diego said: "For the past few years you have acted as a group; now you must act as individuals. Your training has been excellent. What you have learned is in sharp con- ~- - tra.st to those schools that teach Recalled School Days everything in the universe except Bishop Buddy formerly -0f St about the Creator of the universe, Joseph, express~d his joy at re~ whose professors stress great turning to the scenes of his child– names of history but banish the hood as )J.e recalled his school name of the Teacher of man- days at the building which was kind.'' affectionately known as "the llt- '·To such shallow systemi:_ your tle convent.'' alma mater and your class are Bishop c. H. LeBlond presided a challenge," the bishop told them at the commencement which was and added that while only a_ fe~ I\ scheduled for out of doors but are marked for greatness, it 1s wai, forced inside bv the rain. the responsibility of_ all_ to follow ! The senior's g1;eeting, "The the precepts of Chn'st m the or- Queen's Highway," was presented ihnarv walks of life. hv R n•"-="" l'ly~- ft

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