Christopher Columbus High School - Anchor Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

 - Class of 1944

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JOHN M. LOUGHRAN l Principal ', The harm fhaf has been done fo mankind fhrough 'lhe in-dusfrious peddling of a false concepf of scienfific aufhorify is incalculable. lf' has confribufed fo fhe disinfegrafion of sancfions, has replaced general agreemenf as 'lo responsibilify for conducf wifh individual will or whim, and, com- bined wifh fhe availabilify of scienfilic discoveries, has immeasurably exfended fhe capacify for evil fhaf bad men, greedy, selfish, brufal men have always had. Such men, armed by science, dis- posed fo evil, and wifh fheir .own definifions of righf, are dangers fo equify and happiness for all men. I Here you have whaf is perhaps fhe rnosf powerful reason why, affer one hundred and fiffy years of magnificenf achievemenf in science, we are sending our besf young men, in our besf machines, fo kill or be lrilled. Necessary? Yes. We musf survive. lf will be fough going, buf we will sficlr if fhrough and win. And fhen fhe Peacel Will if be a parfnership of force, with balances of power, log-rolling, bac'k- bifing, haggling over rubber and oil, wifh mandafes and spheres of influence? Will we once more hold up our hands in pious horror af fhe rape of anofher China, fhe while selling anofher Japan The equipmenf needed for invasion? Will we again boasf abouf fha highesf sfandard of living on earfh when we 'lrnow fhaf fhirfy million of our people have nof even a minimum of opporfunify for decenf living? Will we sing hymns in praise of our democracy while we lznow fhaf mosf of our fhirfeen million Negroes are fhe vicfims of shameful discriminafion? Or have we learned? Will we for once malre up our minds fo be honesf, fo live by our prin- ciples, and worl: for a square deal for everybody, here and in ofher counfries? There is only one infelligenf answer fo fhis quesfion. Lef us all fie fasf fo fhe only anchors we can depend on in froubled wafers. These are our ideals, our beliefs, fhe ancienf herifage of precepfs for righf acfion which broughf our American democracy info exisfence and on which if musf depend for preservafion. y JOHN M. LOUGHRAN 5

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A Message From Our Principal One hundred years ago fhe civilized world was in a glow of safisfacfion over ihe scienfific dis- coveries of lhe preceding lifly years. ln rapid succession had come lhe coflon gin, 'lhe sleamboaf, fhe iron plow, lhe screw propeller, lhe power loom, 'lhe high pressure sleam engine, machine-made paper, fhe rolary prinfing press, fhe elecfro-magnef, 'lhe mowing machine, lhe sewing machine, 'lhe eleclric felegraph, fhe reaper, fha harvesler, lhe -lurrel lafhe, galvanized rubber, lhe' pneumafic fire, pholography and lhe bicycle, 'logefher wifh basic discoveries in chemisfry. Danled by success, and infoxicafed by visions of new knowledge, new power, men affirmed fhaf Science' was fhe only reliable source of knowledge and fherefore of irufh, fhal no inlelligenl' person could believe anyfhing which could noi be scienfifically demonsfrafed or measured, and lhaf fherefore religious belief was supersfilion, fable, myfh, unworlhy of allenlion by anyone capable of fhinking. Science, if was said, held 'lhe keys 'ro fhe universe, Science was enlhrone-d as law-giver over fhe mind of man. Here began whaf we hope is now ending, a period of lragic delusion, a new Hundred Years War belween Things and lhe Soul, befween lhe measurable and fhe immeasurable, belween 'lheli infellecf and fhe Spirit- Here began fhe mad scramble for 'lhingsg lhe furious race for money, maferials, and markefsg fhe shameful deserlion of religious principles, lhe ignoring of 'lhe difference befween righl and wrong, fhaf have broughl' us lwo world wars in fwenfy-five years. Shall we blame Science for lhese errors? Clearly, no. Science as such has no morals, no concern wilh or power over human conducl. If is concerned wilh facls and has no confrol over fhe use of ifs invenlions for righf or wrong. The sfeam engine could nol, nor could ils invenfors, prevenl ifs use for lhe exploifalion of facloryiworkers. The colfon gin did nof make slaves of Negroes. Nobel's dynamife could be used 'lo help build a bridge or 'lo wreck one: 'lo desfroy lhe culfural inherilance of a fhousand years or lo esfablish a foundalion for peace. Chlorine can be used 'ro kill fyphus germs or men. No, we cannof blame science for our errors: nof fhe knowl- edge, buf ifs use was wrong. Buf, shall we blame fhose who confuse 'lhe relafion befween scienfific' knowledge and religious belief by encouraging people lo lhink lhere is a necessary' conflicf befween science and religion? Clearly, yes, because fha confusion lhey produce is based on error and is harmful 'lo mankind. ll is based on error because acfually ll'-ere is no such conflicl. The business of science, and 'lhe ulmosl of ils endeavor, is lo discover lhe properfies fhal' are in malfer. Science cannol' creafe anyfhing. ll' can make hilherfo unknown combinalions, buf if cannol' add anyihing lo fhe essenfial properlies of malfer placed fherein by lhe Crealor of all lhings. Science can never do more 'lhan discover 'lhese properfies and apply and employ fhem. ll regards as frufh any resull oblainable repeafedly lhrough 'lhe use of idenlical maferials and melhods. No believer in religion need feel any opposi- lion fo such frulhs because lhey have exisfed since lhe crealion of fhe universe. Therekis 'lhen no necessary conflicl befween science and religion. On lhe confrary, fha seeker for scienlific lru+h is searching oul' lhe wisdom of God, and each new discovery, if righfly used, brings anolher gifl lo mankind. If righlly used. Thal' is, if used for whaf is righl and nof for whaf is wrong. Here we enfer an area 'lhal' is nof fhe province of science, for fhe deferminafion of righf and wrong resls on fhe acceplance of a kind of frulh fhal' is complelely beyond fhe reach of science because if cannof be weighed on a laboralory scale, or measured in a fesl lube, or affecled by chemical reagenls or deall wilh by physical apparalus. The believer in religion derives his slandards for conducl, his principles of righf and wrong, from a sourceiof sanclions above man and above science. If was wilh respecl fo such sancfions lhaf l said above 'lhaf 'lhose who spread lhe nofion fhal fhere is a necessary conflicf belween science and religion produce a confusion fhaf is harmful 'lo mankind. The harm arises from lhe faclffhal fhey 'fry lo persuade people, and parlicularly young people, 'lo abandon someihing definife for nofhing definile. With respecl 'lo sanclions for conducf, 'lhal is, principles of righl and wrong, anyone who forsakes fhe aufhorify of religion for 'fhal' of science has abandoned a realily for somefhing 'lhaf does noi' exisl, because science has no sancfions 'for human conducl. Science does noi 'lry fo defermine which purposes are good and which are bad. Righl or wrong use or conducl are nol ils business: fhey are definifely 'lhe concern of religion. 4



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Administrative WALTER J. DEGNAN Tolerance sfands high in fhe lisf of problems concerning us as indi- viduals and as cifizens of a greal' counfry. Because of fhe verbal focus on fhis fopic, some of us may nof have seen ifs real significance. ,Acfually one cannof love his God and hafe his neighbor. Obedience fo fhe Firsf Commandmenf necessifafes fhaf we love our neighbor as we love our God. No one of us can consider himself a God-fearing person concerned wifh his Efernal Salvafion unless folerance, undersfanding, and regard for fhe well-being of his neighbor characferize his fhinking and re- lafions wifh ofhers. P An examinafion of fhe qualificafions for membership in a democracy direcfs us fo fhe conclusion fhaf one cannof hold frue membership in such a sfafe any more fhan he can hold frue membership in a religion unless his dealings wifh his fellow men are direcfed by fhe Golden Rule. Tolerance fherefore is basic fo fhe Good Life. Since human nafure is nof always able fo measure up fo fhe highesf ideals, lef us nof be dis- mayed or discouraged. We have no more reason fo expecf folerance fo characferize all our neighborly dealings fhan we have a righf fo expecf perfecf harmony wifhin a family group. Buf lef our reacfion be like fhaf of all members of a family when an oufsider inferferes in ifs problems. Lei' us resisf wifh all our sfrengfh any efforf fo divide fhe larger family called fhe Unifed Sfafes of America. WALTER J. DEGNAN 6 ,

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