Boston College - Sub Turri Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Eagles down hut far from out. An argument at West Point did not change the score. The Lewis Memorial Drill Team in a salute to John F. Kennedy. Our people and our milieu are in ferment. The peaceful self-assurance of the past has fled today and left uncertain tomorrows in its wake. Old tra- ditions lie decayed and impotent and need to he erected anew upon the rough-hewn pillars of principle. In times such as these, when man is pressed by hate and violence, great men emerge with lasting words that probe our lives for reason, love, and brotherhood. A quarter of a century ago the fearless voice of Winston Churchill buttressed such an age. This is what he said: When great causes are on the move in the world . . . we learn that we are spirits, not animals, and that something is going on in space and time, and beyond space and time, which, whether we like it or not, spells duty.

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Senior cheerleader Peggy Bianchi intently follows the closing minutes of play at the Air Force game. Moments later the victorious Eagles wrapped-up a 13-7 win over the Academy.

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We can no longer afford to live in suspended animation. Whether we like it or not it is our duty to commit our- selves, to join the ranks of a march- ing generation. For us, indifference is impossible. . . . if the only form of tradition, of handing down, consisted in following the ways of the immediate generation before us in a blind or timid adherence to its successes, tradition should posi- tively be discouraged. We have seen many such simple currents soon lost in the sand; and novelty is better than repe- tition. Tradition is a matter of much wider significance. It cannot he inher- ited, and if you want it you must obtain it by great labour. Tradition and Individual Talent T. S. Eliot ]ohn Fiore winds it up with the thirty-five pound weight. The Eagles ' first National Invitational Tournament — first All-American.