Loyola College - Review Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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2 ILO-YOLA4 COLLEGE REVIEW THE LOYOLA ARMS Heraldic devices such as the degign on the cover of THE LOYOLA COLLEGE REVIEW are not uncommonly referred to as crests. This, of course, is inaccurate. The crest in armoury is an abbreviated symbol, usually placed above the arms proper, representing some distinctive mark or ornament which was worn upon the helmet, while the arms, generally far more elaborate, were emblazoned on the knight’s shield. Our College has adopted as its coat-of-arms that of the Loyola family at the time of St. Ignatius. It is fully described in an authentic contemporary document, which guarantees the accuracy of the blazonry as we have it. St. Ignatius elder brother, Don Martin Garcia of Oñaz and Loyola, who held the inheritance at that time, makes the following provision in his will: “ Апа whoever shall inherit this, my entailed estate, shall be bound to be called by my surname and ancestry of Ofiaz and Loyola, and to wear and carry my arms and insignia in camp and wherever he may go. Which said arms of my said house and ancestry of Ofiaz are seven red bars on a field of gold. And those of the house of Loyola, black pot-hangers and two grey wolves, with a kettle hung from said pot-hangers, which wolves aforesaid hold the kettle between them, and are attached on either side, each with their paws resting on the handle of said kettle; the whole to be placed on a white field, keeping the one and the other apart; those of my said house of Oñaz, my entailed estate, at the right, as at the head of this writing. The meaning of the charges is not a matter of fanciful conjecture, so frequent in the interpretation of ancient armoury. The seven red bars on a gold field were granted to the Oñaz family by the king of Spain, as a special mark of honour for the bravery shown by seven brothers of the family at the battle of Beotibar in the year 1321. In the Loyola shield we have an example of punning or “ canting ” arms. The name Loyola is symbolized by ‘ Lobo-y-olla, the Spanish for ' wolf and pot. А wolf stood for the nobility—the “ Ricos homines —and the design was taken to represent the generosity of the Loyola family. “ For, says Father Raphael Perez, S.J., in his book “ La Santa Casa de Loyola, “ the country people, still full of remembrance of Ignatius and his ancestry, relate that this name was given in those feudal times when great lords made war upon one another with a band of followers whom they were bound to maintain; and this the family of Loyola used to do with such liberality that the wolves always found something in the kettle to feast on after the soldiers were supplied.” There has been some divergence in the practice of “ marshalling these arms. Not to speak of the utterly unheraldic grouping sometimes adopted to combine them conveniently with College emblems, there is some uncertainty as to the relative positions of the two family shields themselves. In Spain the custom is to retain both the paternal and the maternal name. Hence

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(e (2) чы Loyola College [Г | ш Renien 1916. MONTREAL, CANADA No. STAFF | EDETORSIBCCEHIER- 2: eere ree JOHN D. KEARNEY, '16. ASSIGTANT EDDEORS ЕАС У ERE J. EDWARD DUCKETT, '17. BUSINESS MANAGER 55-ы т JOHN M. COUGHLIN, 716. ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER ....... SOMERLED McDONALD, '16. CIRCULATION MANAGER ............... JOHN A. DIXON, '18. ASSOCIATE EDITORS [JOHN M. CUDDY, ’17. ALUMNI короо t$ 9 ео Ө ӨЛӨ, à 9» 5 v » 9 оа 5» à 9 ӨТӨ €$ 8$ JOSEPH J: RYAN, '18. CHARLES E. POIRIER, '16. AWHUENICS4O o b up MEUS CHARLES C. PHELAN. 15. COLL ECGEINOTES „аа E STANLEY SUTCLIFFE, '18. HIGH SCHOOL МОТЕЗ................... MARCUS DOHERTY, '19. Address all communications to LOYOLA COLLEGE REVIEW, Montreal. Terms: Fifty Cents the Copy; by mail, Sixty Cents. EDITORIAL Encouraged by the hearty welcome accorded the first appearance of the LOYOLA COLLEGE REVIEW and by the many sincere and favourable criticisms received from competent sources, we feel greater confidence in sending forth this, our second number. It has been most gratifying to those connected with the production and publication of the REVIEW to know that even in the first year of its existence it has realized its aim. Not only has it called forth among the present student body of Loyola a keener zest for literary effort, but it has brought the Alumni into closer touch with their College, and has been instrumental in reviving and fostering that spirit of mutual interest which is so beneficent to both. Many pages of this year's REVIEW are devoted to the Loyola Boys at the front. We are proud of the fact that Loyola—by no means an old college— is so well represented in the ranks of the Empire’s defenders. We publish in this issue a list of former students who are on active service. Any information that will enable us to correct and complete our list will be gratefully received. Some of the Old Boys have helped us considerably with the REVIEW this year by sending us several very interesting letters and articles. Аз we said in the Editorial of our first number, we wish to make the REVIEW representative of Loyola in all its departments. For this, the co-operation of past students of the College is needed. We hope that from year to year the Old Boys will take а greater and greater part in our work.

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LOVOLA COLLEGE AVE VIEW | 3 the family of St. Ignatius was known as the house of Onaz and Loyola. If we go back to the year 1261, we find that Don Lope de Onaz espoused the heiress of the Loyola family, Dona Ines de Loyola. Now it is usual in com- bining shields to give the paternal arms the position of honour, that is, the right of the wearer, and it seems clear that the Oñaz arms, with their seven bars, should occupy this position. The words of Don Garcia which end the extract quoted above can hardly bear any other meaning. But as the lords of | lili м. JI s HIS Sh nae M “5- ү т) i р S ) w S: Ailing |? м, Fig. 2 the united house of Onaz and Loyola always occupied the castle of Loyola, that name eventually prevailed and the shields are generally found transposed as on the cover of this REVIEW. Our own representation of the arms has not been altogether uniform. On the back of the College Catalogue, what appears to be the strictly accurate position of the two shields has been adopted (Fig. 1), and the same example is followed in the College pin (Fig. 2). In the latter, however, the College colours—maroon olive-green and white—are substituted for the original tinctures of the Loyola family. The cover design of the REVIEW reverts to the more common arrange- ment, as found in many Jesuit College emblems. For the whole figure we Fig. 4 are indebted to a cut which appeared some years ago in the “ Belvederian,”’ an annual published by Belvedere College, S.J., Dublin. The drawing is artistically pleasing, but we may gently protest that the maned anima ls favour lions more than wolves—heraldic or otherwise. A large replica of this device appears over the entrance to the Junior Building of the New College. On the Refectory Building, facing the Campus, both coats are com-