Daemen University - Summit Yearbook (Amherst, NY)

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Hieme said to the man toho stood at the gate of the year grue me a fight that I may tread safety into the unknown...

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In luffiffment It was in this environment that we Rosarians began our life as college students. Here was a new and stimulating world for us. Throughout our four years, we have striven to reach that stage of spiritual and intellectual maturity which is a condition for our success in fulfilling our apostolate as Catholic women. We have recorded in a pictorial review, the most outstanding scholastic and social events of our life at Rosary Hill College. We cannot fully express all that our college has meant to us, but we have endeavored in the 1955 SUMMIT to convey to you, in some slight way, our appreciation of the people and events which are most dear to us. From the time we first donned the academic dress as Freshmen, until the day when we receive the hood that symbolizes our achievement, we are continually surrounded by an interested faculty and administration, the companionship of sincere friends, opportunities for spiritual growth, and a pattern of social activities keyed to our needs as college students. It is the integration of these factors which eventually lead us to the fulfillment of our aims in seeking an education at Rosary Hill College. When college days have drawn to a close, we will have reached one point of fulfillment. Our academic life at Rosary Hill will be completed, and with that background we venture into a world which, at times, may challenge our Christian principles and ideals; yet, then as now, we have an obligation to fulfill the intentions of our Creator. It is with this idea in mind that we chose the theme of the 1955 SUMMIT. The poem which serves as the theme for the book, as well as the various references to light in the text and pictures, suggest the inner light which gives meaning to any enrichment of our intellectual powers. Thinking in terms of the prevalent ignorance of Christian principles, social injustice, and moral apathy, the world is, indeed, a world of “dark- ness.” We have earnestly sought for a light to penetrate the darkness and, as we stand at the “gate of the year,” we plead for guidance from the ‘ 'Father of Lights, ’ ’ in order that ‘ ‘we may tread safely into the unknown. We realize that God is our ultimate fulfillment; whatever light we bear is a reflection of Him. He is the light and He is sufficient. We are young; confi- dently we are able to face a world that is ours—and “we shall go out into the darkness and put our hands into the Hand of God ... 9