Bellarmine College Preparatory - Carillon Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

Page 12 text:

2 I 'H 1 X ,Y 1. I Y X 4 Q if . 1 I I ' o , ' F1 ' 1 9 J J 1'- -4

Page 11 text:

40- Ovvq. Q i E Lingering on the threshold of the new and fearful decade of the sixties, in wonder does its future spread itself before us. Yes, there are mountains to be conquered. The range seems endless. No longer is man challenged solely within the boundaries of his earth, since now unconquered peaks mysteriously plumb the universe's unknown depths. We seem to emerge from political and scientific infancy, only to plunge headlong into the abyss of development. Wfhere then shall we find the men to match their wits a ainst such unprecedented spectacle? Wfho will solve the equation o an age of space? Who will banish the uncertainties of a subtle and delicate peace? And who will probe that infinite profundity, that summit of Divine creation, man himself? Cry as we must, it is only man who answersg we: the scientists, the statesmen, and the churchmen of the future. The horrors of past blunders stagger our enthusiasm, and cause a scrupulous resolve to flee the errors of the past. But resolve not withstanding, we will only realize such goals by an immediate preparation, so that with God's help, we might be those men to match mountains.

Page 13 text:

f 7 AO Xlll1ff ' .Tw 7 Fast moving progress marks the contemporary world, as expan- sion and development keynote industry, politics and thought. At the same time many a hazard and pitfall accompanies such advances. So true is this that it now appears that man may be soon overrun by his own rapid advancement, and become buried in a materializ- ing mass of his own making. To forestall this danger society must summon her strength and provide our vastly needed leadership. It is on the shoulders of the educational system that this responsibility lies heaviest. This does not mean only scholastic achievement, but rather is there need for men of strong character, men whose speculations are true and whose judgments are sharp and decisive. The Bellarmine system of education, with its emphasis on the well-rounded man, strives to engender such character and to de- velop that keenness of mind so necessary to meet current problems. The effective training of man's greatest faculty, his intellect, in the ways of wisdom and truth will ever be the goal of the Bellarmine man. emn of th Int llect