Boston College - Sub Turri Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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:. V --ii ' r y ■ ' • ..Uls iWVji wan HB 1 L m ' AJ- ' ' , % f; I i : k - i - .-:| | g-%A,-.. ■ 4 m Hfek ' ' ' ' , ' ■• ' S , 1 H R ' t ' - C m i ' J S BOSTON COLLEGE CHESTNUT HILL, MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT To the Centennial Class of 1963: It Is a pleasant duty to write a personal word of greeting and gratitude in this handsome book which gathers up the memories of your four years at Boston College. Though this venerable University has seen unnumbered changes in its hundred years of existence, it is fair to say that since you enrolled as freshmen the mills of God have turned faster than ever before. There are new perils and new hopes in the alignment of nations, a new flaming up of the Pentecostal fire on the brow of a great Pope, a new concern for the good estate of our sceptred City of Boston, a fresh and energetic rededication to excellence in the academic life of our University. In all of these strivings for the perfection and fulfillment of the human spirit, you will have your indispensable share. In this, my final address to you as your President and Rector, I charge you to use the leverage of your talents and strength for the upbuilding of the City of God and the City of Man. I pray that the years you have spent as apprentices in the company of learned men and women will issue in lives of self-sacrifice and compassion, inspired by the wisdom which begins with reverence for God and ends in your possession of God Himself. Each graduating class adds its portion to the heritage of Boston College. Yours has been a generous and enthusiastic participation in all the academic and social concerns that make up the fabric of University life. You have borne with honor and responsibility the title of Centennial Class. As we rejoice with you amid the festivities of our hundredth year, we thank you and bless you, and declare you worthy of Alma Mater ' s best hopes. Sincerely yours in Christ, Michael p. Walsh, S.J. President 19