Loyola Academy - Grad Prep Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Very Reverend Joseph M. Egan, SJ. President of Loyola University and Loyola Academy Very Reverend James M. Hussey, SJ. Acting President of Loyola University and Loyola Academy A MESSAGE TO THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1945 A certain writer in treating the troubles the world is experiencing today went to the core of the problem when he wrote: The world has in large part broken loose from its spiritual anchorage and is drifting aimlessly upon the troubled seas of materialism without compass and without rudder. Its only hope of salvation is in the restoration of faith in and allegiance to the one Leader Who knows the way, the one competent Navigator for a world adrift. Unquestionably, he concludes, unless man finds God again, all is lost. The Moderator and the editors of the 1945 Graduation Issue of the Loyola Prep had this in mind when they dedicated this volume to Our Blessed Mother, the Queen of Peace. lt was Mary who gave us the Prince of Peace in human form. lt was Mary who found Him when He was lost at the age of twelve. Today the world is crying, as of old, Peace, Peace. But there is no peace. There is no peace because contact has been lost with the source of true peace, Christ. Graduates of 1945 in your quest for peace in your own lives and in your prayers and efforts for world-wide peace let your motto be To Christ, the Prince of Peace through Mary, the Queen fmff 17W of Peace. Page 6

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FHEULTU War IS nothrng more than the externaluzatnon ofthe discord that exnsts rn men s souls Such selfish strute now rages In the world because men have closed thenr eyes on the bright Star of the Sea and have forbldden entrance to her savung laght As long as the world navngators keep thenr gaze from Mary Queen of Peace and Star of the Sea they can never expect to know the Prnnce of Peace and the Harbor of Peace to whlch the Star leads lt has been through the day by day efforts of our Faculty that we have been taught dnrectly and undnrectly that It we want peace rn our own souls and In the world we must keep our gaze focussed on the Mother of God and the Source of all true peace The self control that comes from the paternal strlctness of the classroom the courage to meet the dnftlcultues that are born of hard and monotonous studnes the trarnmg to tight the battle agaunst sun that far surpasses global war fare these and many other stepping stones to peace wlthln our Faculty taught us For the 405 years of their exlstence Jesults have looked to Chrrst and Mary for the rnsplratlon and hugh Ideals of llvung whuch they unceaslngly tried to plant In the souls of us youths who belong to Chnst and Mary Because of theur untrrung and patnent work In educatnng us to lustrce they shall shnne luke the stars of heaven for all eternuty They shall lzve In the eternal company of the great Jesuit sarnts and blesseds and under the never endnng smile ot the Queen of the Socnety ot Jesus and of Peace Page 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 I , 1 ' 1 ' 1

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Reverend Ara F. Walker, S.J. Principal of Loyola Academy FATHER WALKER'S MESSAGE TO THE SENIGR CLASS OF 1945 The students of Loyola Academy have seen fit to center this war-time issue of the Grad Prep around the theme of Peace. The selection of such a theme at such a time is an inspiration that can have been prompted only by a spirit that is both American and Catholic. It is American be- cause America even through the medium of war aims to construct, not destroy. lt is Catholic because it is in keeping with the spirit and words of our Holy Father, Pope Pius Xll, who, through- out the years of the war, has always sounded the keynote of the peace that is to follow. In the heat of conflict, men's minds are too apt to be blinded by such a hatred of their fellowmen that they forget the great issues for which the war is being fought. Their forgetfulness and hate can only breed iniustice and senseless vengeance, both of which are the seeds of future wars. To be at peace, men's hearts must be free from hatred and preiudice, men's minds must be enlightened by the Christian truth of the fellowship of nations and the brotherhood in Christ of all men, and men's actions must be tempered by the sobering principles of Christian iustice. It is our hope that the students of the class of 1945, who will play a definite part in the peace that is to come, will go forth from Loyola equipped with the sanity, the iudgment, the foresight and deeply-imbedded Christian Faith that will make them true followers of their Leader Christ and His Mother, the Queen of Peace. Page 7