La Salle University - Explorer Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Light is our bark, brothers . . . rest on your oars ... let us drift a moment . . . with the wind and the tide of education ... to enjoy a leisurely stroll about the campus ... to settle on the soft grass at the foot of a shady green ... or in the lounge ... to join a few friends in a game of pinochle . . . chess . . . checkers ... or just listen to the sounds which float from the game room . . . eight ball in the side pocket . . . the crack of a rack broken sharply by some anxious cue holder . . . bank the two in the corner . . . come on Ponzi, shoot one ... or the irregular yet rhythmical click of the table tennis ball . . . against the paddle, table, paddle, floor . . . your point . . . then, all too soon, back to class.

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A flame which burns eternally for men . . . the Sacred Heart . . . Author of all good ... of all grace ... in Whose keeping is placed the most heartfelt intentions of every La Salle man . . . pure white statue . . . with arms outstretched . . . spotlighted at the center of the quadrangle walk ... at times surrounded by the bursting blossoms of spring ... at others by the hot summer sun . . . the mellow gold shades of autumn . . . the smooth soft snow of long winter months ... in the midst of all these He blesses and protects ... At His feet glows the warm red lamp of devotion . . . perpetually . . . noon and night . . . the symbol of that devotion common to all La Salle . . . the youngest freshman knows of it and has already begun to cherish it . . . the oldest alumnus, long since departed from the campus, has made it a part of his life.

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The scene changes . . . and yet, somGhow, things seem to remain the same ... if we are continually with them ... so, at first glance a senior new sees La Salle just as he saw it the day of his matriculation . . . stopping a moment however ... to brush away the dull mist cf familiarity ... he realizes, for the first time perhaps, ths great changes which hove been wrought ... He no longer sees the tall majesty of a slumbering Wister woods . . . instead, the impressive massiveness cf a new high school meets his eye ... no longer is there a large bumpy field . . . marked off by three makeshift baseball diamonds . . . now there is a smooth, neatly fenced, all-purpcse athletic field . . . the quad- rangle now has a real fourth dimension . . . the gift of Mr. McShain . . . before, the space stood yawning . . . very vacant indeed . . . The walks .of the campus now stretch out in smooth white ribbons of cement . . . formerly, just gravel . . . Then, too, the evolution of the lounge forms an interesting picture ... at first . . . nothing . . . then ... a small crowded room . . . removed to larger quarters in the locker room . . . still, very obviously, inade- quate ... it had study and card tables . . . large comfortable benches . . . radio . . . yes ... all of these . . . and yet . . . well, then came a new setup in the new dormitory building ... it had everything . . . The growth of organizations about the campus . . . the Masque . . . from two-bit melodramas to first class hits from broadway ... the Radio Forum . . . larger stations and more time on the air ... the Mothers ' Club . . . added interest for all . . . their donation of a new and beautiful powder room for lady visitors . . . Changes in the Faculty ... a new Dean ... a new Librarian ... all departments get additions to their faculty membership . . . chemistry . . . languages . . . literature . . . education . . . accounting . . . law . . . economics . . . each division of this tree of learning has given us at least one new face . . . Great strides have been made in the field of religious endeavor . . . lively participation in Inter-racial Society . . . Archccnfraternity of Christian Doctrine . . . the Catholic Worker and Catholic youth move- ments . . . these things apparently La Salle ' s answer to appeal which rang so loudly in our ears when we first entered school . . . that call to Catholic Action.