Boston College - Sub Turri Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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PROLOGUE For nr any centuries men have attempted to find ome adjective, some phrase, which could ac equately represent the grandeur of Gothic architecture. It is an irresistible thing, this sear :h, and yet a futile one; irresistible since men is made for beauty, futile because no word, no group of words, can capture all of the restless magnificence which constitutes that forr i. Distance, shadow, the hour of day, the seas in of year — these are but a few of the vari ibles which make any concrete de- scription of a Gothic building at best a relative ne. For this reason, while the external beauty of the r. uildings of Boston College remains impresseJ upon our minds, we, the class of 1956, he ve sought to complement that image with son ething even more enduring, a con- cept. V ' hat, we asked, is the essence of splendor so ineffable? . And slowly, almost impercef tibly, the answer came back: it is the mea lingful harmony of three elements: stone.

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PRESE ON BY B E JOHN F Editor-in- hief RAYMOND 1 H Associate JOHN 7 HARNEY in-chief OURQUE ciate Editor .CH Associate Editor si II

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and glass