Bellarmine High School - Cage Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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St. Robert Bellarmine, S.J. H542-1621! St. illuhzrt zllarminz, 5. 3. This kindly Jesuit prelate, to whom we dedicate our yearbook, lived in a period of history which in one respect, at least, was a close parallel to our own. The church was beseiged by a flood of dangerous error and anti-clericalism. And even as a Rumanian cardinal of today dared lift his voice in the defense of truth, so did the Italian Cardinal Bellarmine, with a brilliance that has seldom been equalled in the annals of Catholicity. On the cover of this booklet are reproduced the armorial bearings of St. Robert Bellarmine. They consist of a red shield emblazoned with six golden pine cones and surmounted by the insignia proper to a prince of the church: a processional cross and the red hat of the cardinalate. A T llIlllllllllflllllllllllllllln iillllllllgl llllrllllll ilzizlzl. lllliilll .izizizi 3330? Kim-Html Btllai-minc.5J.

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Speaking of training young men, St. John Chrysostom, the golden tongued orator of the Church, asks us: What could be more important than to train the minds of youth and to shape their habits? ln truth, tar greater than any painter, tar more excellent than any sculptor or any artist ranks, in my esteem, the teachers who molds the character of Youth. And isn't that the very purpose for which you have come to us for an education? Mold- ing the character of youth according to the pattern of the youthful Christ is the Jesuit's task as he tries to follow faithfully the motto established for him by his founder, St, lgnat- ius, Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam - To the greater glory of God. That is again the reason why during your four years of training at Bellarmine we stress the development of your character along the lines of manly, Christian, Christlike char- acteristics. Be true' to them, for in being true to them you will be true to Christ and to us. God bless you. Father J. Goudie, S.J. Administration Dear Seniors, As you leave the halls of Bellarmine, you are leaving the last stage ot your preparation for manhood. From this point on you are men - you will be treated as men, accepted on equal terms with men, and you will be on your own to direct the courses of your lives. But, even more than this, you are Catholic men. During your four years at Bellarmine we tried to impress upon you the meaning and importance of that fact before all others. We desired to send you forth loving Christ and His Blessed Mother, to live lives that will be an example to an evil world. May the principles learned at Bellarmine aid you in becoming a credit to your Alma Mater, to your country, and, above all, to your Cod. lRev.l Leo T. Eckstein, S.J.