Fordham University - Maroon Yearbook (New York, NY)

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jfurhham Mnihzrsitp May it be your pride to lay to the credit of :Xlma Mater whatever of good for tiod and country the coming five and twenty years may bring forth as the fruit of your labors in your chosen spheres of action. Three quarters of a century is a small space to make ado about in the world's history. But the evolution of the mustard-seed that was St. .lolm's College in 18-ll, with its humble surroundings, to its present protid place in our national educational system may fairly challenge comparison with the history of its sister universities of riper age and larger growth. From the little college at Rose Hill, the first Catholic institution for higher education in the State, founded by the first and great Archbishop of this See, and first governed by the cultured. gentle, and saintly priest, who was destined to become the first .Xmerican Cardinal. the advance to its present splendid cluster of noble buildings, its numerous staff of learned professors, its sixteen hundred students, its schools of arts, law, medicine and science. may well be regarded as one of the many miracles wrought under our own eyes through the Church's undying devotion to the cause of edu- cation, which she has made the greatest factor in the history of civilization throughout the Christian ages. You, gentlemen of the Class of l9lfi, share that civilization, and you are, l repeat. the heirs of all who have labored to make Fordhain great. Yours is the duty then to make your lives and your influence for good in the world com- mensurate with the larger opportunities with which you have been blessed, in being sons of .Xlma Mater in these days of her prosperity. and graduates of het year of Diamond -lubilee. 1916. Xlishing you. gentlemen. every blessing and success in life. I am, Faithfully yours in Christ, U ' 1 Y U

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iBre5ihent'5 letter My limi: C r..xss oi-' l916:-- ln thc nznnu ot ,xllllil Xlzttcr l lml you tioml-spcccl, :is you walk flown tht clin-lincfl rozul than lczuls from thc hztlls that liztyc so long t'l1crislicfl you. to the lmusy, throhhing worlcl heyonfl. Xlhztt tht' future holcls for you is himltlcn in tht designs of tiocl. Hut we hziyc cycry contitlcncc in your success: for you fro 1 N forth zirinctl with rt ltnowlctlgc that piciwcs the hollow sophistry of thc worlcl :intl clowcrctl with il niorztlity than trznisccnmls the lll1llCl'lZll :tnrl thc yisihlc. l .Xhnzi Mater will wzttch your footstcps from nfztr, :tncl will glory in youi success: hc glzul in your joy. :intl sorrow in your grit-f, luiowwng lull wcll thru 1 you will zilwztys hczn' hcr nznnc with honor. She will wclcoino you hack in tht clzty of your triumph, :incl with opcn zirnis will comfort you in thc hour of yoin fziilurc. l l ll '1l1-'-'i'l l''loXl i n ttnn you ui gut mu your ttttty .nn youi oxt. . inntlon nmy stnrl , you to fur-otl' ticlcls of lzihorg tht- lnrozul strctchcs of thc scfi inzty scpztrztte you y . . . l troin licrg zigc with its wlntc rztcliznwc inzty crown your hrowg hut whcrcycr yoiu stcps lczicl. .Xlnin AIUIGI' lcnows that tinic will not cliin nor nge wcrtlwn thc strong nmnly low wliich to-rlzty lills your hcztrts forclL':1I'olcl lfortlhznn. Siiicuivsly yours, Wit M iff ll