Loras College - Purgold Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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NTIMATELY associated in tlie hearts of all true Columbians stands St Joseph Hall, the first building of learning and the nucleus from A which the surroundings grew to meet the demands of an active •md growing institution. Throughout the seasons its walls of faded , i k stand as in former days, welcoming youth and instilling into • heir minds high ideals that will aid them on the rugged path through me The chapel adjoining proclaims that Christian training must ' hand in hand with secular knowledge or there is no education. Lre the academic students daily pursue their studies with hopes and dreams of achievement. Here former students turn as to a shrine away from the varied walks of life and look upon then- old hall of learning with gratitude and love.

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“At his table lie liked friend or neighbor lo convert tion to what was good, just to have verse with. Hid DlMid.nt s often as he could some sensible • ' this means In turned our atten- S ITUATED on the plateau northeast or the chapel, where the cam¬ pus of St. Joseph Hall joins that of Loras Hall, a long, low, solid building with a French roof and a row of little dormer windows fringing the cornice,-that is St. Francis Hall. Not as spacious as St. Joseph Hall, and lacking the imposing splendor of Loras Hall, yet the building is alive with pleasant associations in the mind of every Coumbian. Thanksgiving dinner, the Christmas banquet, retreat, Easter,— all call hack lo mind the picture of the long dining rooms at meal-time, and the steady buzz of conversation as events of campus and classroom are discussed around the tables. Indeed, at Columbia it is very true that all roads lead lo St. Francis Ilall,

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urr-fUE old order changeth giving place to new”. But memory is X not the slave of change. To Columbia’s graduate sons there must always he a wealth of feeling for the old gymnasium, the scene of glorius victories and no less glorious defeats. Within its walls men wearing the Purple and Gold have borne themselves as became the defenders of those colors, winning well and losing well. Within its walls Columbia’s ideals have been forwarded, as they have been forwarded elsewhere, by staunch defenders who gave ihe best that they could give. While the memory of the deeds that were done there remain, the old gymnasium will ever be a call from the past to make Columbia greater and better in every activity.