Boston College - Sub Turri Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Rev. Stephen A. Mulcahy, S.J. Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Much has been given to you. It has been your singularly good fortune to finish your college career at a time when it has been denied entirely to or post- poned indefinitely for so many of your contemporaries. This brings added responsibilities. You have not been called to shoulder arms, or, if so, you have done your part and taken up your education after a brief absence. Your outstanding service to your country must come with the reconstruction. You are thoroughly prepared in a sound philosophy of life and a solid liberal education which will enable you to play a very important part in the rebuild- ing of a democracy which has suffered so much from the ravages of war. It is for you to make a distinct contribution to the glory of your country on the home front, to win further laurels for your Alma Mater, as your fellow classmates are doing on every field and sea-lane of battle throughout the world. Much has been given you. Much will be expected of you. Don ' t fail that trust! Stephen A. Mulcahy, S.J.

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PRESIDENT ' S MESSAGE The phrase that best sums up the forces which have been deployed during your years at college is, I think, unconditional surrender. It is far more than a mili- tary policy. It is the expression of the forces that have been locked in titanic struggle. The men who have been leading the divisions of the world have not been eminent for virtue or learning, but they have been men whose deep controlling purposes have been stronger than life itself. The impetus of war will carry the characteristics of these years over to the period of re- construction. For you men of Boston College, let your purposes be enlightened and strong; your challenge to all that is opposed to justice and charity — uncondi- tional surrender. Very Rev. William J. Murphy, S.J.

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Rev. James J. Kelley, S.J. Dean of the College of Business Administration You are leaving your Alma Mater vitally aware that you are the light brigade of the record-breaking class of six hundred Freshmen who enrolled at Boston College in September, 1942. Perhaps the most enduring memory of your student years on the Heights will be the call to arms that all but depleted your ranks. Let this memory be your inspiration in the important part which you and they must play in recreating the harmony of God ' s design. Your heritage is truth! The world needs your wealth! Give it away generously for your country and your fellow-men and you will have won a greater victory than the triumph of arms. May God ' s grace be with you that your dreams and ideals of youth may be the realities of tomorrow! James J. Kelley, tS.J lE-W