Gonzaga High School - Aetonian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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The Prefect in his office Order is the foundation of every organization, for it is the atmos- phere necessary for true advancement. In the sphere of education this fact is all the more true, since without order many things are at- tempted, nothing is accomplished. But, with order harmoniously sub- ordinating the parts to the whole, honest endeavor finds a clear path to higher intellectual attainments. In passing from Gonzaga to a world of disorder and chaos, we shall always remember the Well ordered routine effected by our Pre- fect of Discipline, Father Herlihy. To him and the idea of order for which he stands, we, the Seniors of 1944, humbly dedicate this record of our last year as students of Gonzaga. We hope that our book will be a fitting tribute to him and, as our story unfolds itself before you, may it help you to appreciate the benefits of the sense of order which we have inherited in our years at Gonzaga, thanks in great part to the untiring efforts of our devoted friend, Father Herlihy. Fr. Herlihy referees one of the important intra-class struggles Fr. Herlihy looks into the cafeteria

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206' WY' With Christ as our ideal, we the class of forty-four are about to plunge into a world of chaos and war. We now begin the task of ac- complishing our mission as educated Christian citizens, no longer the hesitating boys of our freshman days, but approved products of cz Catholic, Christian education. The proper and intimate meaning of the words Christian Educa- tion is too often lost in technicalities. The big thing to remember is that a Christian education strives primarily at fashoning a man after the fascinating stature of Christ. An education so founded on Christ, far from diminishing human life and its beauty, rather enriches it and elevates by drawing it gradually to the ideal of Christian and human perfection. Its finished product should be a second Christ in his spirit- ual and temporal strivings, a devout intelligent and practical man. To form, then, a man of harmoniously developed Christlike personality was the ultimate aim of our education. In Christ Iesus, and in I-Iim alone we discover all the qualities of the ideal personality. Being God, I-le is all just, all holy, all knowing, and particularly, all merciful, being man he is the delightfully human expression of all these qualities. We have received myriad benefits from the true Christian educa- tion which was offered to us during our student days at Gonzaga. It is up to us in the future to demonstrate by word and deed how closely we have approached the perfection of Christ Iesus the Ideal Personality.

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