Cathedral Preparatory School - Literulae Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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A Salute to the Bishop! Photographers, amateurs and professionals, beginners and experts have taken innumerable snapshots and portraits of the Bishop of Erie. Pictures in The Rambler have immortalized him at quarter sessions. Flanked by a kneeling, praying Prep School, his admirers have snapped him at Friday morning meditations. Other candid camera enthusiasts have pictured him walking through his Center or watching the Prep cage com' bines in action. But no one has ever clicked a shutter on the one picture we will always remember. The picture which we will always cherish as an outstanding feature of Prep days is simply--a man at a window. We will remember MESH, Viyifi a tall, stately man faultlessly groomed in black, edged with the royal purple of the hierarchy, standing, looking across the campus paternally to guide tomorrow's leaders. He does more than just watch, he sends a part of himself with each boy in the form of his inspiring words: Esto Viv, Vae Victis, Veritas, and a dozen other little gospels. We see this picture through rain and snow and sunshine and are sure that the haze of time will only serve to magnify that pleasing portrait. ' A . 1 , I On meeting him, a Prepster discovers an amiable, dynamic per' l sonality with a countenance of a judge, or a bank president, but above all, ofa l A A V Bishop. Cther people see clear eyes, a broad, responsible forehead, and a priestly glow. A Prepster sees be' yond, into the mind of a great educator. In that orderly, active mind, a legion of men work feverishly with drawing boards and protractors and lay the foundations of modern, better sancf 'twhat mfg you going I0 bg, Son? tuaries of Catholic instruction. There, l f v v v too, we see teachers, priests, nuns, and laymen with the Church's golden hooks of infallible knowledge and the steel volumes of material and scientific data. In that mind, the multi tudinous activities of pastor, nun, worker, and student are channeled into the final endfstalwart Ca the olic leadership. Kneeling to kiss his ring, we see hands which are the embodiment of countless other hands that he has directed to Gods service. We see the grimy, sweaty ones of a laborer working on Gannon Collegels new addition, the calloused but supple hands of a mason laying another stone in the Cathedral Center. More than this. we see the hopeful hands of a child in grade school hungrily reach' Quaytey Sessions ing out for the nourishment of Catholic

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BISHOP OF ERXE FOUNDER OF PREP JOHN MARK GANNGN, D.D., D.C.L., LL.D

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X principles. We see too, the expert hand of a Prep graduate confidently manipulating the throttle of America's destiny. Lastly, we envision the revf erent, meditative hands of his priests and nuns helping him to guide the men of tomorrow. A Bishop, by the very majesty of his title and responsibility, seems forbiddingly unapproachableg but even behind that window, our Bishop is singularly close to every Prepster. But down among his boys he is even nearer to a Prepster's heart. Day or night, ments ful chat never too rushed for a calm imparting of valued advice He doesn t use the term my boys for high sounding phraseology but wher ever he may travel he boasts of us as we do of him On returning he brings back to us the best of the latest improvements enabling us to rel eat his fond statement that Prep is the best little college in the nation For this all thanks and credit to him No. 1 Fan For twenty five years a quarter of a century through boom time depression recovery war time and up till now from the Pioneers of 21 to the Silver Seniors of 47 from the cellar to the tower from 100 to 700 from the Subterranean News and The Cryptic to The Rarnb ler through good seasons and bad seasons through victory and defeat past twenty five Glorious June milestones our Bishop has guided his faltering growing Prep school Prep has become under him not just an ultra modern building but the accomplishment of a life long ideal We will strive to make regardless of previous commit' he is never too busy for a help' I grant you a free day Mfr The M edzator -ll i 's Wifi 'lx 11 Q Z l VI' DILIGATI INVFFM I our Bishop as proud of his boys as they have always been of their Bishop and his work When we show a visitor around we point to the red house on the corner and say The Bishop lives there When we re alone we look up and say Thanks john Mark Gannon our Bishop William C Becker Editor in Chief