Loyola College - Review Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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LG Y Qd, А: оС ОТЕЛ OEOGIE. ROESOVONBOM — — pulpit, and on the lecture-platform, Father Gasson has never failed to uphold the highest ideals and the soundest principles; his eloquent words have carried message after message of enlightenment and consolation to thousands. In whatever sphere his lot has been cast һе has been quick to see the possibilities of every situation апа. eager to aid every undertaking that made for sound progress. | Loyola is fortunate in possessing at the head of her department of studies a man of such profound scholarship and commanding personality. The weight of his fifty years' labour in his Master's service rests lightly indeed upon his shoulders, and the Review is but giving public utterance to the sentiments of each individual student in congratulating Father Gasson upon his Golden Jubilee and expressing the wish that he may remain іп our midst for т пу a year to come exerting the same encouraging influence and continuing the same effective work. From the point of view of the State, the purpose of Education is to train good citizens. People disagree as to what is meant by true citizenship. But to say that a Religious Educa- Шап is a good citizen because he understands to perfection the laws of tion and electricity, or because he can write with authority on the struc- True Citizenship. ture of the human eye, or because he has mastered the problems of railways and trusts, is to speak nonsense. The study of physics, or of anatomy, or of economics does not make a man a good citizen. Another element is essential, and this is moral worth. It is the moral character of the individual which makes him a good citizen or an enemy of society. Knowledge, business capacity, literary attain- ment, military skill, are of secondary importance. “Point out to me the man whose moral character is above reproach, and I will show you the true citizen. For what do we expect of a good citizen? Uncompromising obedience to the law; inextinguish- able love for his country; in time of peace, honesty in his dealings with the com- munity; and, if necessary, the sacrifice of his life in time of war. The harmonious union of the qualities just mentioned makes up our idea of a citizen in the real sense of the word. But these essential requisites are found only in the man whose moral character has been developed thro ugh religion. It is a matter of experience. The exceptions are few. St. Augustine speaks truly when, rebuking the opponents of religious education, he says: Will they hesitate to own that this discipline, if duly acted up to, is the very mainstay of the Commonwealth? And why? Because no factor except religion is able to counteract the evil tendencies of human nature; and moral degradation is incompatible with true citizenship. ` With what eagerness, then, should the State encourage religious education, in order to produce men whose moral character will make them equal to the duties of citizenship! With what earnestness should it support religious institutions of learning, where the younger generations of the country are taught to respect the sanctity of the marriage-tie,—for after all, it is the family that constitutes the foundation of the State! With what zeal should the powers of society stand by religious education, because it is through religious education alone that the men of to-morrow are brought to admire and make their own, the sublime principles of charity and the love of one's neighbour,—the essence of true citizenship! 42}

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Address all communications to LOYOLA COLLEGE REVIEW, SHERBROOKE STREET West, MONTREAL Terms: ONE DOLLAR THE copy, paper bound—A Subscription for Five Years: Етув DoLLARS All subscriptions will be gratefully received 1926 MONTREAL, CANADA | No. r2 EDITORIAL On July 31st, 1925, a new Rector was appointed to guide the destinies of Loyola College. Though returning to us in a new official capacity, Rev. Father Bartlett was welcomed by us all as an old friend. Intimately connected with all that concerned Loyola even before the migration from Drummond Street, it seemed but natural that in the course of time the former Pro- fessor of Philosophy and Prefect of Studies and Discipline should assume general charge of the institution to which he had devoted so much effort and enthusiasm. Shortly after the return of the students, the new Rector voiced his policy in terms which may be summed up in the one word, ‘‘Co-operation.’’ “May we all strive to work together—Faculty, College Students, High School boys,—to make the Loyola of to-day—our Loyola—a school to remember and praise in the far-off future with keen pride and deep affection. Such was his message to the student body and it may safely be asserted that it was eagerly hearkened to and readily carried out. In its various stages of development Loyola has always been fortunate in possessing a guiding hand which has led it onward safely; the growth of the College is not yet complete, and we rejoice in the fact that this further chapter of Loyola's history will be written by the present Father Rector. Students of former years will surely unite with students of the present in tender- ing to one who has ever been to all a wise counsellor and a devoted friend, their sincerest wishes for a long and happy term of office, and the fulfilment of all his plans and desires for the extension of Loyola College. Loyola е New Rector. A record of fifty years of devoted service to any cause is something to evoke admiration, and when that cause is the highest and noblest to which any man's life-work can be devoted, an especial tribute of gratitude and felicita- tion should be forthcoming. Such is the case with our revered Dean of Studies, the Rev. Thomas I. Gasson, S.J., who in the course of the past scholastic year celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his entrance into the Society of Jesus. Those who have had the privilege of intimate contact with Fathér Gasson,— and who is there among us with whom he is not acquainted,—are unanimous in their esteem of his many qualities as a priest, a teacher and a friend. In the class-room, the Ч: Father Gasson' $ Jubilee.

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d LOYOLA COLLEGE REVIEW —+ — A few short years for many of us, a day or two for s ome of us, and we shall no longer be able to call ourselves students of Loyola. The scenes on our stage of life will shift, and we, its actors, shall find ourselves undertaking a new róle in the drama of existence. The question now arises, what is to be our attitude after this change of affairs? How then shall we regard Loyola, now an actual factor in our lives, soon to be only a memory, albeit a fond one? Ta For the present, the College is the focus of all our activities. Here we live, sleep, study, play, so much so that we and not the Faculty, nor the friends of the institution, nor the buildings and grounds, but we, the students, are the necessary elements of the College. True, the Faculty teaches, the friends provide, the build- ings shelter, but what is the purpose of all this enterprise if it be not the education of the student body. When prominence comes to Loyola in academic and intellectual circles it is through the students and the way in which they respond to their training. When Loyola triumphs on the gridiron, the track or in the arena, again it is through the efforts of the students. Loyola, then, is something very real in our lives, and it is so principally because we are the greatest factor in the life of Loyola. Thus it follows that, although we may sever academic and formal connection with the College by graduation or de- parture, yet we cannot dissociate ourselves entirely from it unless we are to undergo an almost radical change. Loyola Now and Afterwards. No! We are as the waters of Niagara, the falls of which always exist in the same place, far-famed and unmatched in splendor and magnificence, and yet are formed by the everchanging stream of water, here for a moment, then passing on- watd, to flow in many channels and between many shores, for the enrichment and benefit of the world through which it passes. But here the analogy ceascs, for Niagara's restless waters do not return to that majestic cataract, nor do they bear any imprint or distinguishing mark as a result of that glorious display for which they were the prime requisite. The students of the College, however, do bear a special stamp and characteris- tic, impressed upon them when they passed through Loyola, and formed an essential part of the College, while preparing to go forth into the world. Therefore, the answer to the question as to what our attitude towards the College is to be when we have left its immediate sphere is transparently clear. We, who were once an integral part of Loyola, cannot dissociate ourselves completely from it. The leopard would more easily change its spots. Long and intimate contact with Loyola will forbid a complete break. Gratitude for the innumerable benefits we received will demand some sort of return. A legiti- mate pride in the institution and our connection with it will cause us to spread its fair name to the four corners of the earth. And, over all, Memory will spread its sanctifying, ennobling mantle, and old Loyola, glorious as ever, shall continue to reign supreme in our hearts! 13