La Salle University - Explorer Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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When day is done and shadows fall . . . empty corridors . . . rich in the sights and the sounds of the day . . . things they hove seen and heard . . . students rushing . . . others just shuffling along ... a group of faculty members making their way to classes . . . bull sessions . . . a happy whistle ... a lone crooner ... or the click, click, click of leather heels on marble floors . . . Then, the faculty house walk in the sun and snow . . . arches . . . symbols of strength and education . . . porch pillars draped with fine firs and clinging vines . . . the blending of these things, animate and inanimate make school surroundings pleasant and beautiful ... a definite aid to higher learning.

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c A M P U S Sunrise and alarmclocks . . . quick break- fast, if at all . . . automobile starters . . . trolley cars . . . late perhaps . . . Ethics, Sociology or even French for that awakening dip into the deep and sometimes cool waters of education . . . cheery goodmorning ' s . . . smiling professors, some, others yawning . . . roll call . . . here, here, present, here . . . and so down the list . . . class discussions . . . notes . . . assignments due . . . and overdue . . . bell ... A change of classes . . . sudden bustle of the corridors . . . crowded but pleasant alcove . . . bulletin board . . . club notices . . . cut warnings . . . lost and found . . . congratulations team . . . Locker room . . . combinations . . . lock trouble . . . books . . . slamming doors ... a quiet chat with a chum . . . smoke curling lazily from a briefly lighted cigarette . . . more classes . . . Lunch . . . choosing the proper spot . . . Back to drowsy afternoon labs . . . moments in the library . . . just reading or pursuing a classroom assign- ment . . . All of these ' taking place under the tower. 12

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Humble souls who come to kneel and pray . . . young men . . . students each . . . and children of God . . . Some just sit and talk with Him . . . others have their particular devotions . . . stations of the cross ... a prayer before the statue of the Blessed Virgin or Saint Joseph . . . each tenderly embracing the boy Jesus . . . inspiration to men of all ages ... a word with our patron, Saint John Baptist de La Salle . . . confessions too . . . before each first Friday . . . always bringing memories of Father Higgins . . . Then, the new murals ... a truely worthy addition to an already fine chapel . . . each of these six works of art depicting a moment in the life of Saint La Salle . . . a tall, kindly man . . . rich looking, yet truly humble in bearing . . . talking to little children . . . old men . . . beggars . . . fellow workers . . . surrounded by angels . . . These murals in memory of Bishop J. Shannon . . . Catherine and John McShain . . . Thomas F. Slatterty . . . Deceased Alumni of La Salle College . . . Mrs. Ignatius Horstmann . . . and every student of La Salle. 14