Holy Names University - Excalibur Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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PRESIDENT 'S MESSAGE . .. EDUCATION IS AN ORNAMENT IN PROSPERJTY AND A REFUGE IN ADVERSITY -Aris'Io'I'Ie. These pages confain Ihe record of a year of your educaiion a+ Ihe CoIIege of 'Ihe Holy Names, a year in which you have acquired knowiedge 'I'ha+ has made you ofher 'I'han you were. For I'he mind, which is po'Ien+iaIIy all ihings, becomes whaf H' knows. In Ihe various fields of learning you have s+udied, you have found a manifesfaiion of AbsoIu'Ie Trufhg in Ihe cuI'l'uraI values you have learned +o apprecia+e, you have seen a refIec+ion of EI'ernaI Beauiyg in fhe spiri+uaI force and moral s+reng+h you have gained, you have experienced a parI'icipa+ion in 'rhe Divine Goodness. To Ihe ex+en+ 'Iha+ you have made 'I'he knowledge of fhese uI'I'imaIe realifies your own, have you made 'Ihis year of your educafion significant These Ihings +ranscend 'l'he more obvious ye+ evanesceni' reaIiI'ies of maferiaI possessions and I'he specific evenI's of which your Iives are composed. For possessions musi' be relinquished a+ 'Ihe Iasfg and occasions do noi' make you noble or base, fhey mereiy reveal you as such before men. Bur wha+ you are is yours for efernify. May The knowledge you have acquired give you 'Ihe spiri'ruaI 'Force I'ha+ makes your adherence Io Efernal Truih unassaiIabIe. Then only will your educaiion be an ornamen'l' Io wear proudly, and, if need be, an ever ready and adequa+e refuge. SISTER M. MADELEINE ROSE Presidenf

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FV R1-SWORD . .. KNOWLEDGE COMES, BUT WISDOM LINGERS -Tennyson. Colleges are beacons. They assemble knowledge and 1'l1e experience of years unif- ing 'I'l1em in 'Hue kindling of an ever-blazing +orcl1 of learning. As 'Phe brilliance of a 'Flame is defermined by ifs fire so a college's lighf is dependenl upon Hs leachings. Our col- lege holds oui' ils never-failing beacon fhal' from Hs embers, eagerly fanned in'lo glow- ing brilliance each of us, may be guided in flue way of Tru'll1. As knowledge comes so le+ if remain and ripen wi+h +he years info wisdom. S+and- ards of Goodness and Trulh illuminecl by fhe blazing beacon of wisdom will ever keep before us +l'1e goal of E'I'ernal Happiness awaiiing our grasp.

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1 ' V 4 wwf DEDICATIV N For rhe spirif of inieresf you showed and +he manner in which you cooper- afed in assuring fhe producfion of ihis yearbook we cledicafe 'ihis ninefeen hundred and fiffy-one edifion of 'lhe EXCALIBUR of 'lhe College of fhe Holy Names +o you, fhe S+uden'rs of 'lhe College, who expended so much +ime and energy in aiding 'rhe Sfaff members in puH'ing ou+ +his I3+h +radi+ional volume.