Boston College - Sub Turri Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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REV. LOUIS J. GALLAGHER, S.J ES I DENT During the last four years, many steps forward have been taken by Boston College. Most of these can be directly attributed to the ambition and untiring zeal of one man, the Rev. Louis J. Gallagher, S.J., who, in 1931, took over the presidency of Boston College. Without seeming to detract in any way from the work of his predecessors, we can truly say that, to Father Gallagher, this college of ours owes a great debt, and we of 1935 are proud to be the first class to have been under his guidance through- out our stay here at the Heights. H U B R R

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TLatt mean of Jgogton CoUegc, 1920=1935 mi)en a man bctomes tf)c bcrp csiScncc of college life, io Hjat to Speak of tlje institution connotes a necessarp tbougtt of tjim, ftis absence leabes a beep, unfatljomablc boib tljat no buman can fill. IJlje beatt of jfattcr iflca?ugf) makes uS realise among otljer things Ijoto ineffectual toe are toljcn toe toisl) to express our innermost feelings of tfje sorroto toe experience. + ISeSibeS occupping an cnbiablc position among tfje foremost of jBleto Cnglanb ebucatorS i)e toas to tfje college stubcnt, as tocll as tfje tljousanbs of aiumni, a Qean, anb more tban tf)at, a true fricnb. ii)is bcparture IcabcS a bacancp ttjat is too great, too matchless for a substitution in tf)e circle of tljosc tofjo ijabe enbearcb tljcmsclbes to us. jfor tlje fifteen pears tfjat be Scrbeb asJQcan of tfje College be toaS altoaps toilling to receibe bis stubcnts into bis confibencc, to abbise tbem in tobat be kncto to be tbeir best interests. Jf rom tbis bas flotorb bis bistinct influence in moulbing our cbaracter anb Stirring us to tbe butp anb leabersbip tobicb baS al- toaps been tbe attribute of IL oston College men. + iioto it seems to us tbe berp essence of tbe life tbat toas ours as stubcnts bas bepartcb from us. Cbe college seems to babe lost a silent, motibating force tbat bistinguisbeb it from its contemporarp bigber institutions of learning. Mc knoto anb toe arc proub tbat no matter tobere as inbibibuals toe finb ourselbcS on grabuation. tbe constant picture of a man anb a priest, firm but spmpatbetic, steabfast pet consibcrate, a frienb anb counsellor, a noto absent guibmg ligbt to Catbolic trutb anb Catbolic action, toill be a unifping Spirit to all of uS. fflc can onlp sap, toitb tbe peculiar mixture of feelings conconiitant toitb tbe bcparture of a lobeb one, iReguieScat in pace.

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The task of stepping in to fill a vacancy left by tfie death of another, is not always of the easiest. Yet this was the task assigned to Father Friary when he was appointed Dean of the College to succeed Father Mchlugh. FHis new work called for a diversity of talents and a special ability for plunging into strange work and carrying it on successfully. How well he has accomplished this we know, for we, as the graduating class, have been especially under his guidance. FHis zeal in this new field was paralleled only by his ardor in his work as Freshman Dean. To him was assigned a task, he completed it; to him was given more honor, he showed himself deserving of it; to him belonged the duty of keeping the Boston College standards high, he carried out this duty, but more than that, he strove to raise them higher, and succeeded. Well could this honor serve as a fitting climax to the career of a Jesuit, both friend and educator. REV. WALTER F. FRIARY, S.J. Dean of the College o o N O wncfzuBmBuiM