Holy Names University - Excalibur Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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MOST REVEREND EDXVARD J. HANNfX, D.D Arcbbixbo 11 of San Francisvo Lender in Catholic Education and Friend of Youth

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RIGHT REVEREND MONSIGNOR JOSEPH M. GLEASON The CutholicCollc9cWomun9sScnriuiicce HE small college, especially as a school of arts and letters, is recognized as an important factor in the great educa- tional program of the modern world. Under the inspir- ation of gifted leaders it offers unquestioned advantages for the individual student. And this is particularly con- ceded in the case of the small college for women. But why a distinctive Catholic college for women? Many answers might be given to this query but they may all be sum- marized in this one. The Catholic college for women establishes an en- vironment for the development of the Catholic philosophy of life, a priceless possession. Here the young woman's faith is nurtured and made the handmaid of her talent. The Catholic woman has something in her spiritual equipment that others not so endowed either lack entirely or acquire painfully bit by bit, and even then never in its fullness. Her view of life is the resultant of her faith. The ministry of womankind no matter how varied has always been potent. It may be for weal or for woe according to the presence or the absence of faith. The educated Catholic woman brings the wisdom born of her faith into applied action in every walk of life. Her faith is the real vision of the things unseen. With it the banner she carries through life reads Excelsior far more truly than in the case of Longfellow's Alpine youth.