Loyola College - Review Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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LOYOLA COLLEGE REVIEW May, 1937 E sons of England, loyal scions all, Hark! Comrades! Stand fast! Hear the clarion’s call. Hail noble prince, King George, receive this crown Thy nation’s pledge. Our emblem of renown. Let bugles, trumpets, blow throughout the lands. Let patriotic love and joy with bands United, sing in measures unforeseen Their regal praises to our King and Queen. Remain fair Peace, Betroth our happy Isle Where with thy blessings countless thousands smile. How many nations hear thy pleading tones But which of them their heinous crimes bemoans? When shall ambition’s passion cease to rage? When men will only favour thee, Sweet Sage? Not till the tyrants all have ceased to reign Will nature see thine olive branch again. See England, how around thee foams the sea In raging hunger for true liberty, Thow land of freedom, Neptune’s stalwart son Dismay these Tyrants. Do as thou hast done. Look out upon the world. Mark how thy foes Do reel beneath the tyrants deadly blows. See how fair Spain in bloody conflicts fell? Behold the Moscovites in fetters dwell. Hail, stately England, truest land of peace! Be strong. Be mighty. Маузі thou never cease To wield the Trident. We, thy sons, around Thy banner, all relentless foes confound. Elizabeth and George, accept this sword And bravely banish every plot untoward. Embrace Sweet Peace. Beware the Tyrant’s call, Let Freedom dwell within thy Castle Wall. LAWRENCE CHESLY. Freshman {з}

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LOYOLA COLLEGE REVIEW —- ب The Death During the past year we note with sorrow the death of Gilbert GG RC Keith Chesterton. Because of this death humanity has lost a great friend, and Catholicism an outstanding champion. Chesterton, unlike his friend and colleague Belloc, whom the English call a “cradle Catholic,” was a convert and he brought to the Faith the fire and zeal in the service of the Church which so characterizes men like Newman and himself. Various and adequate epistles have been written of him and it remains for us to add a few drops in the swelling tides of praise. That Chesterton was an artist no one will deny. That he was a consummate artist is indicated by the fact that he could write on the ordinary fare of everyday life and scale the heights of mysticism or probe the depths of religious thought with the same facility and with an equally convincing and entertaining manner. Their was scarcely a field of literary endeavour that the pen of Chesterton did not encompass, and we, together with posterity are to reap the fruit of his labours. He was a man of deep poetic sense, and even in his prose he was consistently the poet; yet unlike many poets who remain enraptured in the ethereal realms, Chesterton had his feet firmly planted in the problems of this earth and these he attempted to answer to the best of his ability. Even in his most serious works we perceive the humour of the man and it is in effect like warm sunshine spilling over the verdant countryside. The great thesis pervading Chesterton’s work is the plea for the revival of Catholic culture, for the realization of a fuller life and this he joins to his solutions of the problems confronting the human race. А great void has been left in the ranks of great men and of the champions of Catholicism by the demise of Chesterton. May we express the hope and the desire that this void will be filled adequately and in the near future. Debating In surveying the field of human activity let us now come closer to. at Loyola home. Loyola during the past year has continued to uphold the high standards for which she is noted in every phase of practical education. Once again the Dominion Championship of the Inter-University Debating League was won by the Loyola team, for the second year in succession. Loyola Debaters reached the semi-finals of the Montreal Debating League in the Senior division and in the Junior division they won the Championship. Those who represented the College in the Public Speaking contest in the Junior division won the silver and the bronze medals. The representative in the Senior division won the silver medal. These achievements have been going on year after year until finally they have been taken for granted. | Military This spring the Loyola College Contingent of the C.O.T.C. staged ; а Military Tournament that was held in honour of the Coronation of His Majesty King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. This was the first event of its kind at Loyola and it is hoped that it will become an annual affair. Its success was complete and so much so that favourable comments are still being received. The tournament showed clearly what Loyola could do in that sphere of activity and it reflected nothing but the greatest of credit upon the Instructors, the Officers and all the gentlemen of the Battalion. Tournamen 42}

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Т. McGOVERN Vice President E. BRONSTETTER President