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VOL UME VI

onor M otner o r g i atudents IW it h Entertainment O n Feast Day

Dean of College Pleasan tly A ffected by Stu dent 's Tribu te ofH Re s pe c t on A n n ive rs a ry !On the night of October 10, thestudents of Mercyhurst pre se nt e da n e nt e rt a i ning a nd hi g hl y di ve rsified program in honor of MotherBorgia ' s fe a st da y. E ve r y c l a sswa s we l l re pre se nt e d on t he progra m whi c h wa s, f rom be gi nni n gto end, a delightful an d co mm enda bl e pe rforma nc e . Pe rh a ps t hemost distinctive note of; th e ent e rt a i nme nt wa s t he si nc e re de si reon t he pa rt of t he e nt i re st ud e ntbody to pay tribute t o M o t h e rBorgia. ' i

T h e P r o g r a mWe lc ome A ddre ss - Ma rt ha Mye r.The Life of St. Francis Borgia An a ddre ss Ma ry L u c i l l eO'Donnel.T he Juggl e r Pi a no Se l e c t i on,Ernst Toch Marjorie A l g e."Rooshia n" T e a , F i sh Ba l l s a ndMa rble s Se l e c t e d R e a di ng ,Be t t y T a yl or.Dance of Sprin g -Tragedy in OneSeniors..To Our Dean Lou Burd.The Poor M a n ' s G a r d e n

Ri t a Re ssl e r .ActA S k i t -P o e m M a r y

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P a g e T w o T H E M E R C I A D PROBER. 19 3Publ i she d mont hl y by t he st ude nt s of Me rc yhurst Col l e geA ddre ss a l l c ommuni c a t i ons t o| |THE MERCIAD

Me rc yhurst Col l e ge . | | E ri e , Pe nnsyl va ni aSubsc ri pt i on Ra t e s l i KONE DOLLAR THE YEAR

MERCIAD STAFF IE di t or-i n-Chi e f . __ Be a t ri c e Ba nne rA s s i s ta n t Editor-in-Chief j . ; K a t h r y n H a r r i n g t o nBusi ne ss 'Manager K a t h a r i n e R e i s e r|Exchange Editor A n n a M c G r a thAS S OCI ATE EDI TORS *J a n e C o n ne r C a t h e r i n e E g a n M a r t h a M y e rs W i n n i e O'DellRut h E i c he nl a ub Ine z Be l l ot t i Iva K r e i d e r R u t h . Head leyM a r y L . B u r d R u t h G o r d o n M a r g e r y S t . L a w r e n c eS T A F F R E P O R T E R SE d i t h R e g a n M a r y M . L y n c h B e r t h a M c A l l is t e r

F I ELD CORRES P ONDENTSSusa n Ne i ne r Ma ry L . O' Donne l

C hrist The King"In Christ centres and is solved that supreme problem oflife the marriag e of the Unit with the Sum. In Him isperfectly shown forth* the A ll for one and Onejfor all,]whichis the justificatory essence of that substance we call Kingship." m& ; I | I 1 m [Christ , the King! How near to'" us do those words bring

Christ! Thoug h they do, indeed, take us beyond the sociallife around us, how nearly do they parallel the tendencies ofsociety: the child to his parent, the citizen to his king, theman to his God! Perhaps the poet, when he wrote of the kneebent in "rich obeisance," was thinking of something beyondthe mere outward sign of profound respect: it is not unlikely that he was thinking of some of its paradoxical implications. Perhaps he was thinking that an act of obeisance toproperly constituted authority is "rich" in union, "rich" inthe participation of kingship, yes, even "rich" in homage tothe very one who gives hom age; perhaps he was thinkingt h a t high ^authority, high Heaven fitself, infinitely broad indimension though it is , enter in, not by the tallest, but by thelowest-of.-4oora, th e xLoor of humility. Perhaps that is whythe poet called it "rich" obeisance.Howe ve r th a t ma y lb e , th e feasti of I Christ , the King, is

dear to the hearts and the instincts of all of us. We, whohave done courtesy to earthly kings have always felt the needand appropriateness of doing courtesy to that heavenly Kinginlani by and from Whom all nations, all worlds,fall th in gsdepend and|are; that King in Whom alliHis subjects are represented so completely that He died to save His people; thatKing of Kings^that Lord God of Hosts whose Kingship is unlimited and, by all opposing forces, inextinguisable. Nor Timenor Change nor all the powers of creation ^shalll ever shakeHimjfrom His th ron e .The last Sunday in October has been set aside^n a particular manner by the Catholic Church as presentation day at thecourt of the King of Kings. The ceremony will take place atMercyhurst College in the Chapel of Christ , the King. Theetiquette' of His court is very fsimple. Everyone should findit possible to observe it. It is just this: every one shall comewearing a white robe, the white robe of innocenceibaptismal

or penitential, just|as one has chosen. A nd Christ , the K ing,in His turn will do homage to you. HE WILL COME TO YOU!C a r p e D i e m

On the Mercyhurst College seal you will read the words:Carpe Diem. One knows that the selection of a motto of thiskind is not made lightly. One knows that it is> the| resu lt ofgrave thought, of serious consideration of the ideal to beaimed at, and of the best means of approaching that ideal.One knows also tha t the accumulated experience of manyy e a rs , the weight of inescapable first principles, the illumination of deep spiritual and material insight, and a profoundknowledge of human nature have|all contributed heavily oftheir counsel in this m atter of selecting one motto froma mon g mu lt i tu d e s . A n d A lma Ma te r s e eme d to k n ow w h a tshe was about when she decided upon "Carpe Diem."Man lives from day to day rather than from year to year.A nd to seize the day, to seize the present opportunity is , inreality, to seize the whole of life. He who seizes to-day,earnestly, eagerly, persistently, and with some modicum ofgood judgment, is he who "gets the most out of life," is hewho lives a full life the kind of a life so many desire, somany talk about, and so few know how to achieve 1 Yet here,

in these two words, is contained practically the whole secretof just how to live th at kind of a life. A saint once said: "th emoment is eternity"; and he, too, knew what he was talkingabout; and he meant the very same thing that Mercyhurstmeans when she says : "Carpe Diem." A nd Seneca, who desired above all to live well, said the sam e thin g: "The reforeought we to dispose of every day, in such sort as if it didlead up the rearward of our time, and should consummateour lives." A nd Thomas a Kempis, buried in his cell , farfrom the crowded thoroughfares of the world (how could heknow so much of life and living, say you?) dins it once againinto our ea rs: "Thou wilt always rejoice in the evening ifthou spend the day profitably."

Carpe Diem! What an inspiration for true growth andtru e development! What a guide to the rebuilding of an aim-less and shoddy life! |Carpe Diem! To-day is the acceptable time ! Seize the opportunity, seize the day, seize the moment! Extract from it allthe good that it can be made to yield: and there will cometo you "a beauty wrought out from within upon the flesh, thedeposit, little cell by cell" of the trifling moments and thesmall days of your lives a beauty more refined, more delectable, more enduring than the mere beauty of feature,than the mere easy persuasion of good manners B.Banner,\35

F R E S H M A N I N I T I A T I O NA n y o n e v i s i t in g M e r c y h u r s t o nT ue sda y, Oc t obe r 9 , t he da y of t heFre s hme n i ni t i a t i on, woul d ha vebe e n a t some l oss t o e xpl a i n t heout l a ndi sh mode i n c oi ffure s, e t c .t ha t pa ra de d so nonc ha l a nt l y upa nd down t he c ol l e ge ha l l s. T hosewho ha d de pa rt e d so dra st i c a l l yfrom c onve nt i ona l fa shi ons we re ,d e a r r e a d e r , F r e s h m e n F r e s h me n whose bra i de d ha i r , t i e d wi t hga y r i bbons, bobbe d up a nd downra t h e r r i di c ul ousl y i n a l l di re c t i ons, whose shoe s a nd st oc ki ngsd i d a n y t h i n g b u t harmonized F r o msunri se t o j sunse t t he ha l l s r a ngwi t h pe a l s of laughter: e a c h F r e s h ma n, some how or ot he r , l ooke dfunni e r t ha n t he l a st ; a nd si xt yor more suc h si ght s l e f t one we a k

from a n ove rdose of l a ught e r .A n i nvi t a t i on t o wi t ne s s t he ini -t i a t i on c e re mony wa s e xt e nde d byt h e S o p h o m o r e s t o t h e S i s t e r s ,m e m b e r ss of t he fa c ul t y a nd t hes t u d e n t b o d y . T h e F r e s h m e nope ne d t he i ni t i a t i on by pa ra di ngi n na i ve ( i s t ha t t he word ? ) c onsc i ousne ss a round t he a udi t ori um.T he pl e dge t o "l ove , honor , a ndo b e y " AlmajMater w a s t h e n a d mi ni st e re d t o t he Fre shi e s by Mi ss

O'Sullivan, t he pre si d e nt of t h eSophomore c l a ss. T he Fre shi e st ook t he pl e dge wi t h e nt husi a st i ca n d u n a n i m o u s assenthow coulda F r e s h i e d o o t h e r w i s e ! -?MT h e F r e s h m e n w e r e t h e n m o v e di nt o t he l oc ke r room for "i nst ruc

t i o n " a n d t h e n " t h e f u n b e g a n . "One by one , t he y we re c a l l e d be fore t he a udi e nc e a nd, wi t h goodgra c e ( l e t no one t hi nk i t wa s unde r c ompul si on! , t urne d i n a pe rforma nc e unde r t he di re c t i on ofMi ss We l c h. T he t a l e nt i n t he c l a ssof '38 i s c onsi de ra bl e : i ni t i a t i ons,a s a ma t t e r of fa c t , bri ng out t hebe st t h a t i s i n us. T he re w e re di sc o v e re d s i n g e r s w h o , m a y h a p , m a yye t suc c e ed Ka t e Smi t h or t heBoswe l l si st e rs; a c t ors who, hi st r i oni c a l l y , a c t ve ry muc h a l aG a r b o , a l a ( s h a l l w e s a y i t ? )M a e W e s t ; d a n c e rs w h o s e g r a c el i e s moul de ri ng i n | t he rui ns ofa nc i e nt Gre e c e ; f i na l l y , ora t orsa n d b a r n y a r d i m i t a t o r s w e r e d i s c ove re d i n a l most unl i mi t e d numb e r s .T he i ni t i a t i on wa s a t l a st ove r;a nd t he Sophom ore s, by | way ofm a k i n g a m e n d s f o r t h e i r h a r r o w i ng de ma nd s, i nvi t e d t h e l on g-suffe ri ng Frosh c l a ss t o a pa rt ya n d t h a t ' s a n o t h e r s t o r y .

I Margie P o t t e r , '36

At F R E S H M A N ' S D I A R YSe pt e mb e r 18. Pa c ki n g . . .Fa re w e l l s . . . A n oc c a si ona l t e a rby t he wa ysi de . . . Re a dy, a tl a st , for Me rc yhurst a nd i t s "ope ndoor" pol i c y . . . A bi t t hri l l e d byw a y o f a n t i c i p a ti o n . . . A b i tfr i ght e ne d of t he dre a dful sophom o r e s : a l so by wa y of a nt i c i pa t i on . . . Rum ors of t h e i r pre da t ory na t ure s a re none t oo e nc oura g i n g .Se pt e mb e r 19. Fi r st da ys he c t i c da ys. Confuse d by t he c ha ngei n t i me . . . Wi l l hum a ns e ve rs t o p t a m p e r i n g w i t h H i s M a j e s t y ,t he Sun! . . . Re sul t : a rr i ve d l a t e. . . Se l f-c onsc ious e xpl a na t i onsa t t h e office . . . Si st e r Ma ryA l i c e ( love l y a na l ge si c ba l m, she )smoot he d t he t roubl e d wa t e rs a nd

pl a ye d port e r a l l t he wa y t o myroom a nd room ma t e . . . Fa m i l yadieu s ri gh t an d left . . . Still abi t f r i ght e ne d.Se pt e mbe r 20. Busy, ve ry . . .Class es . . . Schedu les . . . Ma ryso-a nd-so, E l i z a be t h so-a nd-so . . .Int roduc t i ons, l i ke t ha t , a t e ve ryt urn . . . Ne w fa c e s a re so vi vi d. . . so muc h sha rp ne ss of out l i ne t o t he m, l i ke c a me os . . .A f t e r a t i m e , h o w m u c h m o r e o n esees in a fa c e !. . . . Bi g Si st e r s ,t he Juni ors . . . Informa l pa rt y i nt h e d i n i n g r o o m h a l l : J u n i o r s ,h o s t s v s . F r e s h i e s , g u e s t s . D a n c e. . . c ha t t e r . . . e a t s: a t t he Juni or ' s e x pe nse a l l a ro und . . .Butt hi s won' t l a st : so I he a r.Se pt e m be r 22. Cl e a n-up da y . . .

M o p , d u s t - p a n , w a x : e v e r y t h i n gbut ga sol i ne . . . P. M. e nt e rt a i nm e n t : J u n i o r s a g a i n ! . . . B r id g ei n t he Soc i a l Room, pl us c a ke s,plus coffee . . . Mo re like f riend st h a n s i s t e r s , t h e s e J u n i o r s , I 'mt h i n k i n g .Se pt e mb e r 28. Ca n f ind my w a ya round now . . . T he re ' s st i l l ase t of st a i rs t ha t de c e i ve s me . . .C l a s s e s a r e g a t h e r i n g s p e e d : h e a d i ng for t he wi de ope n pl a c e s, Ig u e s s .Oc t obe r 6. Conde sc e nsi on on t hepa r t of t h e S e ni ors . . . We me tt h e m t h i s m o r n i n g : b e c a u s e w eha d be e n good gi r l s . . . T hi nkwh a t we woul d ha ve mi sse d ha dwe j ust be e n o urse l ve s . . . L a t ebre a kfa st i n t he di ni ng room . . .T he Jun i ors se rve d, t he Se ni ors al a h o s t e s s e s , a n d t h e F r e s h m e nprofi t e e re d again . . . Mi ss L a uraL a C a v e r a , S e n i o r c l a s s p r e s i d e n t ,ga ve us we l c ome . . . Fre s hma nN a n c y D w y e r s p o k e h e r a p p r e c i a t i on i n t he na me of a l l of us,Oc t obe r 8. Ini t i a t i on not i c e spost e d e ve rywh e re , , , | I w o n ' t |

look in the mirror to-morrowwhe n I ' m dre sse d a s t he Sonhmor es comm and . . . its . *enou gh for the studen t body Llook on . . . Bu t the Sophs havepassed out complimentary ticketsa mon g t he fa c u l t y , t oo . . . M ea nt h i n g s ! %Oc t obe r 9. Wha t a da y!Wonde r i f t he Sophs a re a s goodi n t he i r c l a sse s a s t he y a re a tt hi nki n g up unp l e a sa nt j obs .T he onl y t hi ng we di dn' t have todo was to shovel the fog off thefro nt ste ps . . . I 'll be a soph myse l f ne xt ye a r , a nd t he me mory 0ft o - d a y will keep me from weakenin g . . . Refres hmen ts wereserved when the ceremonies ended: By w ay of amend s, I suppose . . . Eve n sophom ores cange t conscience s tricken .Mi ss Alge (Sop h) spoke comfor ting ly to us . . . Miss Reganre pl i e d for t he Fre shme n: a nswe re d ba c k, one mi ght sa y ,A l l roa d s le d a h, no; not t oRome t hi s t i me , but- to bed.

E di t h Re ga n, '38 - 0 - ;F A C U L T Y N E W S

Mi ss Rut h E . Wha l e n, Profe ssorof t he Home E c onomi c s De pa rt me nt , spe nt t he summe r va c a t i onwi t h he r pa re n t s i n Pe ori a , 111.She a l so ma de se ve ra l t r i ps t o t heCe nt ury of Progre ss E xposi t i on i nChi c a go.T he Re ve re nd Ja me s M. Powe rs,Cha pl a i n a nd Profe ssor of Phi l osophy, wa s t he gue st of t he Re ve re nd M a rk Ha nna a nd of Mr. E dwa rd H a nna of Ge neva a nd Roc he st e r , N. Y. a t t he c l ose of t heMe rc yhurst Summe r Sc hool .Fa t he r Pow e rs a l so vi si te d t heFa i r a t Ch i c a go l a t e i n t he sum-.mer.

Ne w me mbe rs a dde d t o t heFa cu lty CRTs 'year are Sister M.Vi c t ori ne , De p a rt m e nt of Soc iol ogy ; S i s t e r M . A g a t h a , h e a d oft he De p a rt m e nt of L a t i n ; Mi ssGe rt rude Forne ss, he a d of t he De pa r t me nt of Phy si c a l E duc a t ion,suc c e e di ng Mrs. Ge ra l di ne HeilS t u a r t , resigned; Mr. John A . Don-a t e l l i , De pa rt me nt of E ngl i sh.On Oc t obe r 9 , Dr. M. J. Re l i ha n,Head of the School of Education,we nt t o Ha rri sburg a s Me rc yh u r s t r e p r e s e n t a t i v e a t t h e a n n u a lfa l l me e t i n g of t he A ssoc i a t ion ofL i be ra l A rt s Col l e ge s of Pennsyl v a n i a .S i s t e r s M a r y A n n a , H e a d o f t h eH i s t o r y D e p a r t m e n t , a n d M . E u st a c e of t he E ngl i sh De pa rt me nta re spe ndi ng t hi s ye a r i n a dva nc e dst udy a nd re se a rc h a t Ca t hol i c Uni v e r s i t y , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . jgjMot he r M. Pi e rre a nd Si st e r M.Cl ot i l da re pre se nt e d Me rc yhurst a t

t he a nnua l c onve nt i on of t he Int e rna t i ona l Fe de ra t i on of Ca t hol i cA l umna e on Oc t obe r 12 a nd 13.Si st e r Ma ry E st he r , He a d of t heSe c re t a ri a l De pa rt me nt , a t t e nde dth e Tri-State Comme rc i a l E duc a t i on Conve nt i on he l d a t Pi t t sburgh,Oc t obe r 12 a nd 13. Si st e r Ma ryE st he r c ont ri but e d a n a rt i c l e e nt i t l e d "A W ort hwhi l e E xt ra -Cur-ri c ul a r A c t i vi t y" t o "T he Bul le t i n ," t he off i c ia l orga n of t heA ssoc i a t i on. T hi s bul l e t i n c ont a insde t a i l s of t he c onve nt i on a ndmuc h good re a di ng. I t ma y be se e ni n t he l i bra ry.On Sa t urda y, Oc t obe r 20, Mot he rM. Borgi a , De a n of Me rc yhurstCol l e ge , a t t e nde d t he c onvent ionof t he A ssoc i a t i on of De a ns of

N o r t h w e s t e r n P e n n s y l v an i a inP i t t s b u r g h , P a . >On Sunda y , Oc t obe r 2 1, Mi ssRut h Wha l e n spoke of "T he Ca t holic Wo man and the CatholicH o m e " a t t h e C o m m u n i o n Breakfa st of t he Young L a di e s' Sodalityo f S t . A n n ' s C h u r c h , E r i e , P a .t |' B. Banner, '85 J

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A DEPRESSION VIEW POINTIt must beconceded! This olddepression has played plenty ofhavoc! All things considered, perhaps a progressive tense of thefverb would still be a p p r o p r i a t e .But and the re isa lwa ys aninevitable but, you know also had its good points. For themoment, we are thinking not ofeconomic advantages pure andsimple but of some thing whic h

you may or may not have considered up to this t ime . J * |Suppose we look into one ofourmodern schools for gir ls. Suppose

we observe with some atten tionthe demeanor of the p r e s e n t daycollege girl in her sc hola stic surroundings. Does she seem tobe atall different from the college girlof three or four ye a rs a go? To alloutwa rd a ppe a ra nc e s, a ppa re ntlyno t The sa me m e rry la ughte rrings out; the sa me inc e ssa ntchatter of da te s and boy-fr ie ndsis heard everywhere; th e s a m e in terest1 in te a s and p r o m s and thelatest fashions is as visible toda yaS it ever was. The "best-seller*'of the month isrubbing shoulde rswith Madame So andSo's aid tobeauty a most touc hing sort ofhumility, a most unusua l re c ognition of its defects (tosay theleast) on thep a r t of the" b e s tseller!" The c urle r for t u r n i n g uploose ends of h a i r has, by s o m enot altogether accidental sense offitness, come to re st be side theradio dial which, for the-moment,has turned up .some ra the r looseends of m u s i c. A p p a r e n t l y , today's college girl is no diffe re ntfrom yester-y ear's. Outw ardly,everything still seems the s a m e .The class of '35 displa ys th e s a m eessential femininity and the s a m eessential manifestation} of t h a tfemininity as thec la sse s, let ussay, of '28 or '29. One m i g h t ,therefore, be ve ry e a sily led toconclude that thecollege girl ^oftoday is no different from th e college girl of f ive ye a rs ago. Onemight very easily, indeed, come tothat conclusion; but if one didcome to that conclusion, one wouldnevertheless be w r o n g . "Lookedyou so deep," t h e r e is a diffe re nc e .

A s a ma tte r of fa c t , the de pre ss ion has not been without its effects ^upon th e c olle ge gir l . The|pressure of ne c e ssity , the'pinch ofeconomy, the^ some wha t dubiousbelief that finances will last theyear thru have all c ontr ibute d to achange of vie wpoint as r e g a r d sthe,main ingre die nt of)a c olle geeducation. All the outwa rd a ppe a rances of levity discussed in a n o t h e rparagraph are not, as it m i g h tseem, enshrined in the c olle ge|girl's mind as thebe-all and | th e' end-all of college life. They arenly, one m i g h t say, a n a t i v e s o r tof camouflage! masking th e " h i g h e r se r iousne ss" tha t l ie stbe n e a th.

I^be la st c ha pte r of Sinc la ir Lew-18 newest no longe r ta ke s pre c e dence over the completion of t h a tI so-nearly-due the sis. TheF r e n c hlesson no longe r me a ns nothing|more tha n a nothe r hour of b o r e dom that one m u s t will-nilly livethrough. The c olle ge gir l 's a tti tudeitowa rd study is,inde e d, unde rgo-mg|a c ha nge tha t is e ve rywhe renafciceable to the se a rc hing ey e.College is no longe r me re ly asheltered rendezvous for choice p in ts ; no longer merely a s u c cession of a dora ble proms and t e a sand social events highly seasonedW l t h "such da rling wise c ra c ks";Jjc longer merely four year s ofT*' t h e sum and f substa nc e of^hose stre nuous a c hie ve me nt is(in a gre a t ma ny insta nc e s) thecollection of a utogra phs, c olle ge

Jneew, and the c a mpus " a m p h o r a "* beauty or popula r ity , as theCM*|ftight be. On the c o n t r a r y ,

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ALUMNAE LETTERpSXp^I - ' Mercyhurst College

n _ A1 J l l l i 3 B & October, 1934De a r A lumna e , m pWe the class of '35, L o w soclose to tha t mome nt whic h willta ke f rom a round us thesheltering a r m s of , Me rc yhurst , are, bytha t ve ry thought, ma de one with

yourse lve s who have gone beforeus and who are now a p a r t of t h a tworld which seems such a tangledwhir lpool of lives tous as we lookout upon it from our college wind o ws. Andyou, though you arese pa ra te d f rom us by gre a t dista nc e s and l o n g y e a r s : you are notso far away from us , a fte r allMost things at Me rc yhurst sti l lspe a k of you: thefra gra nc e andt h e | i m p r e s s of your own collegedays 1 still linger memorably inth ecommon places, in unsuspectednooks and c ra nnie s, in* theve rya p p e a r a n c e of our c ome ly A lmaM a t e r . In the se c la ss room c ha irs ,you ha ve satbefore us ; in the seh alls , you still speak to us : "likec olore d le a ve s tha t whispe r inthes t r e e t " ; in these >rooms, them el-owne ss of your own selves, inresidence before us, is c ha ra c te re d;in the se traditions? also, one findsyo u as th e r ive r f inds its source.W e, who are now he re , ar e c a rryin g on inthe mold, inth e fashionbegun!by you: though'you mayknow us not, none th e le ss , we area p a r t of you as all succeedingc la sse s must be a p a r t ofus. Andw e, who know our de bt to you,wh o so soon shall find ourselvesa m o n g you, who know our ownw e a k n e s s and th e ' s t r e n g t h weshall find inyou: we, your younge r siste rs , would ma ke monthlyc onve rsa tion with you in t h i sletter inth e hope tha t our siste rly re la tionship will be more fixedly bonded, in the hope tha t we willall^be dra wn more c lose ly toge the rwithin the swe e t hoop, not ofste e l , but of ge ntle me mory.