University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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THE CATHEDRAL OF LEARNING % :f A spearhead of truth and knowledge, the jutting Cathedral springs heavenward with the enthusiastic impetus of a people’s search for a more fulfilling life. These striving people representing many creeds and cultures, united with one another in the desire to improve themselves and to further the advantages of their children with the learning so vitally necessary to a city as rich in resource and as typical of world progress as Pittsburgh. Their dream over the last one hundred and sixty-eight years has grown in step with the great metropolis that it serves to advance. This towering forty-two story skyscraper in Gothic design—the tallest college building in the world epitomizes in its influence and prestige the world at Pitt. Technical research laboratories, clinics, hospitals, and the myriad schools and institutions are also an integral part of the University campus in the cultural and recreational center of Pittsburgh, the health and industrial capital of the world. Symbolizing our Alma Mater in the purpose of its existence and sweep of scope, the Cathedral, consecrated to the highest aspirations of reasoning man, remains a constant bulwark of international cooperation and understanding, an instrument of increasing benefit to the misfortunes of mankind, and a universal refuge for the freedom of thought and expression from which man reaches the fountainhead of eternal wisdom.

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