Loyola College - Review Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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HE Loyola College Old Boys Associa- tion in the season that has just passed received an impetus which augurs well for its future. The Old Boys hope, through the Association, to serve the interests of their Alma Mater and, at the same time, to bring benefits to the individual members. To-day we are able to cite three concrete instances which illustrate the foundation upon which the Loyola College Old Boys Association might rest in order to insure its permanent success and usefulness. In the first place, the excellent results achieved by the Old Boys who worked in the college drive for funds in 1919 demon- strated one way whereby, as a unit, they could be of service to the College. The splendid record of Loyola students in the service of their country during the war has created a prestige for Loyola which can be perpetuated through the Old Boys Association. Lastly, anyone who attended the memor- able meeting held at the College on the evening of May 4th will bear testimony to the genuine pleasure, real goodfellowship and wholesome inspiration which comes from the gathering together of old classmates. There is nothing else just like it and, if all the real work that the Association could do would be to bring the boys together every once in a while, even then the Association would be doing a creditable work. At the Smoker and Grand Rally of May 4th held in the Recreation Hall, after a visit to the Chapel, everyone was perfectly at home, although to many of the old students the scenes were somewhat different to those they had witnessed in the old place either on the Loyola College Old Boys Association corner of Bleury and St. Catherine or on Drummond Street. Still there was an atmosphere which made us all feel that we had just stepped from the classroom into the recreation-hall and we were all school- boys again. The same peculiarities of character that characterized our schoolfellows were still quite evident. Time had not made many changes. Those who used to be quiet were still quiet; those who used to be mimics were still mimcs; those who used to have a lot to say still had a lot to say. The next day we were struck by the fact that at the meeting there was no disposition to inquire as to the varying successes in life of those who were present. Everyone was there as an Old Boy and under the spirit and influence of the meeting. The only standard of excellence required from any individual present was that he should have, at some time, attended Loyola College, that he was loyal to her and that he meant to do what he could to contribute to her progress and success. Arthur deLorimier from California, who was on his honeymoon, stopped over two days for the meeting and he found it well worth while. Donald Macdonald came down from Alexandria on one train, stopped over for the meeting and went back by the next. Letters were read from all parts of Canada and the United States from Old Boys pledging their support to the Association and to the College. No program had been planned, but talent selected from those present provided an impromptu entertainment of superior excel- lence. Perhaps the best contribution, how- ever, came from the Jazz Band of the

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30 LOYOLA COLLEGE REVIEW Training should be made compulsory for young men in Canada. “That the Mon- archical form of Government is preferable to the Republican, ‘‘That the Middle Ages were productive of more Real Progress than the Present Age, ‘‘ That the future Progress of the Catholic Church in Canada depends in great measure on the active co-operation of the Catholic layman,” “That more people lose the Faith between the ages of fifteen and twenty than between the ages of twenty and twenty-five. On March 6th, Rev. Father Drummond, S.J., gave an interesting talk on ‘‘ Accuracy in Thought and Speech, which was greatly appreciated by all and a vote of thanks was moved for the interesting talk. The Fourth Public Annual Debate, at which Rev. Father Rector presided, on May 3rd, 1920, was a pronounced success. The question was as follows: '' Resolved that the League of Nations has already failed to attain the end for which it was formed, namely, the Prevention of Wars and the Settling of Vexed Questions by an Inter- national Council. Messrs. A. Cotter, G. Plunkett and H. Phelan upheld the affirma- tive side, while Messrs. W. Scott, E. Brannen, and D. McNamee defended the negative side with J. Quinlan as Chairman. Rev. E. J. Devine, S.J., Mr. John J. Fitzgerald and Mr. C. F. McCaffrey who were the judges of the evening’s debate, announced the decision in favour of the negative side. The de- baters made a splendid showing and their long and painstaking labour in composition and delivery was amply rewarded by the fluent and occasionally fiery eloquence dis- played by them. The evening’s entertain- ment was given additional interest by vocal solos rendered by Chas. McCullough and Henry Leyendecker, and by a piano duet by V. Adams and M. Davis. At the close of the Debate, Professor Coleman kept the audience amused and astonished by a clever exhibition called “Twenty minutes Magic,” during which apparently empty hats were made to produce flags and other objects, bottomless boxes were filled with divers objects, living rabbits were suddenly pro- duced from nowhere, and watches, closed up within several boxes, were unexpectedly found somewhere else. A. LAVERTY, 725. English and Latin Sapphics Sweet is the song of rivulets descending, Sweet the light whisper of the breezy wood- land, Murmur of bees and melody of songsters Hid in the bushes. Dulcis est undae sonitus cadentis, Dulce per silvas zephyri susurrant Aut apis bombus volucrisque cantus Fronde recessae. Grant me, O fate, some covert in the forest Far from the strife and trouble of the city, Where my tired eyes and sorrow-laden spirit Peace may revisit. Sit latebrosa mihi tegmen umbra, Urbis amotum strepitu inquieto, Languidos quo pax oculos et aegra Corda revisat. P. BAILLARGEON, 722.

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32 LOYOLA COLLEGE REVIEW College whose music certainly put a lot of pep into the meeting. Dr. Conrad Wolf and Frank Houlahan brought repeated applause with their piano selections. Father Lessard gave us some Scotch compositions of his own. А fitting tribute to the Old Boys who had made the supreme sacrifice at the front was made when Father Flood asked that all should rise for one minute in silent tribute to the dead. Father Hingston, in his remarks to the Old Boys, expressed confidence in what they would be able to do for the College and he also told them of some of his future plans. He made a striking reference to the spirit of the Old Boys and to their war record. The crowning event of the evening was the linking together of the Old Boys with the new by initiating six members of the graduating class into the Old Boys Association. JOHN FITZGERALD, Sec. L.C.O.B. Association. OLD BOYS OUT FOR RUGBY Items of Interest N account of limited space, the Old Boys whose doings were mentioned in last year’s Review have been omitted in this issue. We regret too that the list is by no means complete. This is due in great part to the fact that not a few of our Alumni have failed to send us the little items which mean so much to a column especially dedi- cated to them, and we strongly urge upon all to keep us informed of their doings in the future. As a last word, on behalf of the Faculty and present students, we take this opportunity of issuing to all the Old Boys a cordial invitation to their Alma Mater, assuring them at all times of a sincere welcome at our new home. Rev. M. Malone, S.J., is, on account of ill health, stationed at Sacred Heart Church, Los Angeles, Cal., U.S.A. Very Rev. J. Milway-Filion, S.J., is Provincial of the Order. Rev. T. J. MacMahon, S.J., is Rector of Campion College, Regina. He is assisted by Rev. Leo Burns, S.J., and Rev. J. Carlin, S.J., former pupils at Loyola. Mr. Thos. Mullally, S.J., and Mr. Jos. Monaghan, S.J., are teaching at St. Boni- face College, in Manitoba. Their Reverend Rector is the genial Father Bourque, S.J., so well known to many Old Boys who made retreats at Sault-au-Récollet and at Guelph. Rev. J. Desjardins, S.J., is Rector of St. | Joseph's novitiate at Sault-au-Récollet. Rev. Fr. Doyle, S.J., Rev. А. Gagnieur, S.J., Rev. N. Quirk, S.J., and Rev. T. Gorman, S.J., are in charge of the parish of Our Lady at Guelph, Ont.