St Josephs College - Footprints Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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QIOU05P Bana, thou guardian fair of the days of our youth. Like a mother so fond and so true ou have sheltered us, guided our footsteps aright And sweet hope you ve awakened anew. As the burst of a sunrise on waters disturbed You have scattered sweet, comforting rays, And with infinite tenderness, patience and care ou have led us past troublesome ways. All round us in mists of pure dazzling white. You have blended a spectrum of love; You lent friendship and pleasure, joy, hope and advice. And assurance, with clear skies above. And it seems that the sun on your walls shone more fair — Even clouds could not lessen its light: For that symbol of good midst your bowers found mate. And shed lustre in bliss at the sight. True to God, to our neighbor, to self and to you. Your fond daughters we ever will be; And our thoughts and our hopes, like sweet incense, will rise To give honor and blessing to thee. We shall pray that the future mav lovingly lay All its choicest of gifts at your feet; And that Ite ad Joseph in letters of gold Will blaze forth when in heaven we meet. Mildred Duffy. 21. Page nine

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OlltOt AN Extensive addilions lo llie caiu|jU!- that came witli tl)e year 1924 liave tuuii(i in 1925 their full jiislilication. The ni ' w huiidirifi;. considered so spacious by the luuuhed-odd students of a year ago, is daily taxed to its capacity for the con- eiiierice of a number that now exceeds two lumdred. Our increased registra- tion is probably the most obvious determinant of the year ' s chronicle. It has directed an internal growth as well as a steady expansion of influence and pres- tige in the outward contacts of our college. The International Federation of Catholic Alumnje has continued to devote much of its effort in Brooklvn to the general and material advancement of St. Joseph ' s. The highly successful course of lectures which its members conducted through the assistance of noted speakers, has been devoted, in its financial as- pect, to this purpose. A word of appreciation within these annual jjages is the least recognition the Federation can receive: yet its work is an important incident in the storv of our early development, as it will be in the annals of our ultimate success. On the campus, we note with pleasure the appointment of Sister M. Philomene as Superioress of the community constituted by the Sister-members of the faculty and the addition of Sister Dolores Maria to the department of science. Dr. Cyril Goddard has conducted the course in Formal Logic during the second semester, and Senora Raffelli at present holds the professorship of Spanisli. The regretted temporary absence of Mr. A. I. du Pont Coleman from the English stafif has resulted in the installation of a substitute professor, Mr. George N. Shuster. The student body has manifested a decided increase in the scope and intensity of its activities. Greater interest in the various clubs is the happy result of the impetus thev have felt both in independent pursuits and in co-operative arran ge- ments with the Undergraduate Association. The present large membership of the association has made possible a strict demarcation of the lines separating the various societies from one another in members and interests. Consequently each has been able to fulfill its purpose in a more representative manner, and to demand greater regularity in the arrangement of programs and meetings. The most significant mark of progress in student activity during the year is the extension of the Honor System ' s application to include points of conduct formerly directed by considerations less stringent than honor. It indicates a heightened conception of honor ' s place in ordinary living, and an approach to the consistency of the truly honorable in the application of honor to little things. Our chronicle is somewhat lacking in incident: it records our growing up to the stature appointed for us in 1924. But our physical growth is not the blind development of natural causes; it is the outward sign of mental and spiritual progress. We feel the march of this progress to be at once swift and steady, giving us ample opportunity to greet with joy what is new, and to part appre- ciatively, sympathetically, with what is passing. A. M. C. ' 25. Page ten