Jesuit High School - Flight Yearbook (Shreveport, LA)

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K, ff This year's edifion oT The FLIGHT, which summarizes The eTTorTs and accomplishmenTs oT JesuiT High School's sTudenTs, is dedicaTed To Two priesTs whose lives have been shining examples oT True dedicaTion. These remarkable JesuiTs are The Rev. Kevin A. Nowlan, S.J., and The Rev. Samuel Hill Ray, S.J., who This year celebraTed Their sevenTieTh and TiTTieTh anni- versaries, respecTively, in The SocieTy oT Jesus. TogeTher They represenT one hundred and TwenTy years oT cheerTul, unTiring devoTion To The duTies OT The way OT liTe To which They were called. FaTher Nowlan was born in Dublin, Ireland, AugusT I4, l873, and There enTered The JesuiT Order in l89O. ln I89l he came To The UniTed STaTes, and since Then has been associaTed wiTh The JesuiT sysTem oT educaTion in every one oT iTs schools in The SouTh. ATTer his ordinaTion To The priesThood on July 29, l904, he Took up duTies as a Teacher and preTecT oT discipline aT Spring Hill College. ExcepT Tor sTinTs as a miliTary chaplain in Tampa, Florida, in l9l8-l9I9, and aT Barlcsdale Air Force Base, Bossier CiTy, he has devoTed mosT oT his priesTly life To Teaching Greelq, LaTin, French, lvlaThemaTics, or Science aT Spring Hill College, lvlobile, Alabama: ST. Charles College, Grand CoTeau, Louisiana: JesuiT High School, Tampa, Florida: Loyola UniversiTy, New Orleans, Louisi- ana: and JesuiT High School, ShreveporT, Louisiana. JesuiT High School oT ShreveporT, Tormerly ST. John's High, has been parTicularly TorTunaTe in having This ouTsTanding educaTor on iTs TaculTy Tor ThirTy-Tive years. FaTher Nowlan has been described as a Twinkle-eyed gianT whose main inTeresTs, besides The educaTion oT boys, have been people, paral4eeTs, crossword puzzles, and The spiriTual and poliTical TuTure oT America. AT The age oT 88, The years have Torced FaTher Nowlan To reduce his worlc load. He has been chaplain aT ST. VincenT's Academy Tor eighTeen years, and is in charge OT The seminarians' public reading in The reTecTory oT The JesuiT residence. AlThough his physician will no longer allow him To spend long hours in The conTessional, he is sTill The conTessor oT many priesTs oT The ciTy. FaTher Nowlan is giTTed wiTh a delighTTul sense oT humor. When he Tools ouT

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