La Salle University - Explorer Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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p. . and CONTRAST As the Class of 1963 nurtures thoughts of graduation and the entire College looks back upon numerous centenary celebrations, the contrasts that have marked La Salle ' s one hundred years are patent. Readily visible have been the facial changes; the securing of a campus, the growth of the student body, and, recently, the erection of modern buildings. Other innovations have less strikingly but more profoundly provided a regeneration. For these we need look no further back than our own class ' s four-year span here. In this time, the initiation of independent study under outstanding guest pro- fessors, the earning of national prestige fellowships by several students, and the recent announcing of steps to be taken to augment library facilities and to retain a qualified faculty, all reflect a renewed awareness of the School ' s commitment to academic excellence. Yet, all the past ten decades reveal a stream of continuity that flows deeper than the currents that mid-20th-century life has produced. Constantly with us has been the ancient tradition of the Church, which strives always to make our intellectual and cultural formation truly Christian. No less have we been imbued with the American heritage of a love for democracy and the ideals of Western civilization. Most directly, the Christian Brothers have personally infused La Salle, a liberal arts college, with their Institute ' s complementary goals of virtue and knowledge. Cognizant of the journey La Salle has made during one hundred years— and especially during our four years— we venture to present this book, knowing that no amount of typescript and photographs can adequately capture the events of the mind and heart which are the College ' s chief con- cern. At best, all we can offer here is a tangible record which, we hope, will at times in the future evoke recollections of things past.