La Salle University - Explorer Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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E W D R D Cods we worship; feet of clay we love. This 1942 Explorer departs in several ways from the yearbook conven- tionalities observed by its predecessors. In common with them, it attempts to present a favorable picture of this college, La Salle, for we want you to like La Salle; but, unlike them, it attempts also to face frankly the obvious short- comings of La Salle, to poke a little fun at institutions too long sacrosanct, to laugh good-naturedly at the pretensions we sometimes indulge in. When we wax a trifle weighty, forgive us; if you think we ' re too flippant, we beg a similar tolerance for a failing which is essentially a reaction against the preach- ing so prevalent in our day. La Salle is a small college. Its faculty is not exceptionally brilliant, but it is most earnest and interested. The student body is like most student bodies; we boast the usual percentage of socialites, athletes, college bums, book- lovers, and plain guys. We have our class politicians, our grinds, our wits, our hypocrites, our genuine scholars. Our campus clubs are as farcical as such organizations usually are, and our athletic teams acquit themselves fairly well but are rarely top-notch. The Quadrangle sports no ivy, but the grass is green and the trees cast a pleasant shade, admirably suited for Spring loafing. But every college is more than the sum of its parts; its whole is an intan- gible quality impregnated with the beauty of youth at study and play. The sins of La Salle are venial and many; we would not have it otherwise. To love is to cherish the faults of the beloved; the moments of glad grace are property for common admiration, but the pilgrim soul remains for the more percipient. We know well this Foster Mother of ours; these feet of clay we love.

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I T E IV T S Foreword 7 Curricular Divider 8-9 College Section 11-16 Administration 17-25 Seniors 28-37 Classes and Clubs 38-49 Extra Curricular 50-51 Social Events 52-69 Sports 70-87

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