Boston College - Sub Turri Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Ifortmoxh DURING the four short years of college Hfe man} ' friendships are made, friendships more precious by far than riches and honors of the world can ever be, for we receive true friendship for what we are, not for what we can give, for what we wish and will, not for what we accomplish. And when, on leaving the watchful care of Alma Mater, we look forward into the hazy future of our lives, in which we wish to fulfill our destiny and accomplish the tasks set before us by the Master, then the hope and happiness of our future attainments is dimmed and saddened by the thought that henceforth our path- ways diverge, that henceforth, even though the golden cords of friendship be not broken, yet they lengthen with each passing year. Here, then, see the purpose of this book. It stands, not upon its own merits as a literary production, not upon its merits as a College Year Book, but the worthiness of its purpose rests in this, that it binds the hearts and minds of true friends by one additional cord. If it accomplish this end, no matter what its literary merits be, it shall have nobly fulfilled its purpose. The Editors