How Much Does, Time Weigh?
The momenta you spend i n fe rv e n t th a n k sg iv in g a f t e r Holy Communion w i l l
weigh a l o t more i n th e s c a le s of e t e r n i t y th an th e hours you spend in th e
Orpheum or th e P a la c e , I f you have c u t down on the tim e, d o n 't s t a r t w ith
your th a n k s g iv in g .
ThePortune T e l l e r ,
"To my mind th e re i s n o th in g more u n d ig n if ie d f o r a la rg e u n iv e r s ity than
a l l t h i s t a l k about r e l i g i o n . I have been a t Notre~Dame fo u r y e a rs now
and I f e e l th a t I am e x p re ssin g the o p in io n of th e average s e n io r when I
say t h a t i t i s an awful b o re . Get w ise to y o u r s e l f . This is jjt't a prep
sch o o l any lo n g e r, thank goodness, and i t i s n ' t a young la d ie s academy.
Y»e a re Men*"
— LONG SUFFERIKO.
DEAR LONG SUFFERING: God loves a generous so u l and God w o u ld n 't bore you
f o r th e world* Do you remember what God d id to th e Jews when th e y were
bored? He took away t h e i r p ro p h e t, Jonas and sent him to th e pagans of
Iflneveh*'"'And - c a n 't- y s u - imagine- how-, bored ,the_Ninevite_9_,wm_re_ whan.JihLt_.___....
d ism a l-lo o k in g person went through t h e i r s tr e e ts - c ry in g out one s in g le
se n te n c e : "Yet f o r ty days and Nineveh s h a l l be d estro y ed ?? They were n o t
b o re d . The pagan king proclaim ed a f a s t and h im se lf s a t in s a c k c lo th and
ash es to ask God to sp a re th e c ity * — I f you are bored now, p le a se re c o ­
l l e c t y o u r s e lf and d o n 't yawn a t th e l a s t judgem ent. A l i t t l e d e v il may
pop in to your mouth*
I s Gambeling a Sin?
I t i s a s in i f one of th e fo llo w in g circu m stan ces i s p re s e n t:
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I f i t i s fo rb id d e n by ones p a re n ts o r law fu l s u p e rio rs ;
I f th e amount in v o lv e d i s more th a n what i s o r d in a r ily allow ed
f o r o th e r forms of amusement;
I f th e re i s any c h e a tin g o r o th e r form of i n j u s t i c e ;
I f one has u n p aid d e b ts ;
I f one o f th e p a r ty i s commiting s i n by h is a c tio n s ;
I f th e re i s f e a r of c o n tra c tin g a dangerous h a b it o f p r o d ig a lity ;
I f i t i s fo rb id d e n under p e n a ltie s which in v o lv e d e trim e n t to o n e' i
s tu d ie s o r g r i e f to o n e 's p a r e n ts ;
I f one makes i t a p ro fe s s io n ;
I f by a s p e c ia l s k i l l one trim s h i s g u llib le playm ates;
I f a lamb i s b ro u g h t to be shorn.
Gambling among s tu d e n ts may very e a s ily become a m o rta l s i n .
A S ick r e l a t i v e of a stu d e n t
The G reat Thaw.
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Have you n o tic e d th e la k e betweek S o rin and Corby? The ic e was m elted by
a g r e a t flame of c h a r ity th a t swept over th e two h a l l s when th e b i l l rang
f o r a lequim Mass. Alphonse found th e c h a rre d rem ains of one s e n io r i n
b ed . His c h a r ity d id e v e ry th in g but overcome h is i n e r t i a ,
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Rev. John F . O 'H ara, 0 ,8 * 0 .,
P re fe c t of R elig io n *