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J ' ' ) Voyage the Fourth ON September 15th, 1914, far away on the distant horizon we caught occasional glimpses of the goal which we had so long been striving to attain, where we were to receive the reward of four long years of self- sacrifice and untiring zeal and labor; where, in sight of God and man, we were to receive those degrees which were to designate us as graduates of a Catholic institution of learning; which were to be symbols of honor to us and to the world if we followed the precepts instilled by that education, marks of failure and disgrace if we disregarded them. Do you wonder that we entered upon our new duties of Senior with light hearts, and a joy tempered by sadness at the thought of parting from comrades tried and true, with whom we had voyaged so long? Yet we had still a year of labor before us and so we determined to make that year a memorable one. Although the largest Senior class in the his- tory of the college, through the consideration of our superiors we were allowed to remain undivided. Fr. Quirk was our instructor in morality, (from some of our daily repetitions you would say that we were inclined to be very unmoral; however, such tendencies were very quickly corrected). Fr. Fitzpatrick became our pi ' eceptor in matters pertaining to the soul, and from his flights of fiery oratory we gathered that we had souls, although rather unintelligent ones. Fr. Devlin in English, Mr. Hohman in Astronomy and Geology, and Frs. Quirk and Fitz- patrick in Evidences of Religion, History of Philosophy and Elements of Law, completed our corps of instructors. From the very first, our days as Seniors were days filled with activity. We had held our election of class officers in the latter part of Junior, with the result that Edward S. Farmer had been elected President; Frederick L. Shea, Vice- President; John A. Lahive, Secretary, and Rudolph A. Boudreau, Treasurer. With our officers already elected we immediately entered upon the business of the year. The selection of various committees, the Senior smoketalk, and the college play followed each other in rapid succession. In the play selected, Hamlet , the principal parts were taken by Wennerberg, Duffy, O ' Neill and Fleming. We scarcely had time to realize the fact before it was January and we were ap- proaching our last midyear exams . In the meantime Fr. Fitzpatrick had called for volunteers to teach in the night school conducted in the North End by the Catholic Union. The response to this call was instant and generous; too much praise cannot be given to those who, without any material recompense whatsoever, many of them coming long distances and at serious inconvenience to themselves, gave up two evenings each week to the instruction of the students in the night school. On January 11th the class held a successful dance in Cath- 29
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olic Union Hall for the benefit of the Year Book. Then, on February 5th we were the guests of the Juniors at the Prom , enjoying a most pleasant evening for which we give thanks to our hosts. Finally Lent came — with it, our last Retreat, a most impressive one, given by Frs. Fitzpatrick and Lyons. At last we reached our goal. Graduation, the laurel crown of our efforts, the fruit of our four years of toil. All is over. With sad hearts, with trembling footsteps, we have embarked. The old familiar scenes have faded from our blurred vision, the mists of worldly strife ha e gathered around us. But one gleaming beacon guides our wander- ing flight, the light of Faith that burns steadih ' within us, to guide us, by God ' s mercy, to Him. John B. FitzGerald 30
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