Loyola College - Review Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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Address all communications lo LOYOLA COLLEGE REVIEW, SHERBROOKE STREET WEST, MONTREAL Price: ONE DOLLAR THE Copy, pipe bound. АП subscriptions will be gratefully received. 1947 MONTREAL, CANADA No. 33 Editorial The Review, if it is to be what its name implies, should contain a “review” of the events which have occurred during the period it is supposed to cover. In the busy life of an institution, comprising both High School and College depart- ments, and housing well-nigh a thousand students, events, incidents, happenings succeed each other in bewildering variety and rapidity. Apart from the routine activities of education and athletics, there are a thousand and one personal incidents which are the matter of everyday conversation, the cause of many a laugh, the little things which make up the everyday life of students and faculty. When they happen they are of interest to the participants in them, the spectators, and at times the interest may be absorbing. To set them down in a permanent record many months after their occurrence, robs them of their sparkle, they appear commonplace and drab. Therefore, the chronicler must pick and choose and in the official College Review emphasis must necessarily be placed on those events which have a more or less oficial character. This criterion will eliminate many an incident which some would judge deserving of permanent record. It is impossible that it be otherwise. In the pages of the Review the permanent organizations will each tell their story. These lines will record the major events which occurred since the last issue of the Review in June, 1946. Colden Jubilee Convocation “Now that the war is over and won, it is right and proper that we should think of peace and devote our lives to that purpose, but it is also wise and prudent to be prepared and trained against the evil day when we may again be called upon to take the field. “Т consider that it is the duty and the privilege of all men to be trained and ready when the call comes to take their place in defence of their country, its people and its ideals. It should not be forgotten that it is for the preservation of honoured institutions that we fought—because their elimination. was one of the many destructive agents of Nazi philosophy. These words were pronounced by Viscount Alexander of Tunis and of Errigal, Governor General of Canada, speaking at the Golden Jubilee Convocation of Loyola on Monday evening June 3, 1946. On that day ceremonies took place to commemorate the fiftieth year of . Loyola's existence. In the morning Solemn Pontifical High Mass was celebrated by His Excellency Joseph Charbonneau, Archbishop of Montreal, assisted by Very Reverend John L. Swain, S.J., Provincial of Upper Canada. The Baccalaureate sermon was preached by His Excellency Bishop Lawrence Whelan, Auxiliary Bishop of Montreal. Amongst others азы the Loyola ceremonies during the day were Reverend W. Н. Hingston, S.J. and Reverend Hugh McCarthy, S.J., former Rectors of Loyola.

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Page 2 In view of the large attendance, it was impossible to hold the ceremonies in either the Chapel or the Auditorium. The Stadium had been prepared by elaborate decoration, the many colours of which, under artificial light particularly, made a brilliant display and furnished a setting very appropriate for the impressive cere- monies of Convocation. We need not dwell, now, at length on the glories of that occasion, except to recall that all those who attended came away from the cere- monies fully convinced that they had witnessed a fitting climax to the most important period of Loyola's existence. To have been brought into being, to have survived the vicissitudes of youth and come unscathed through the “growing pains age, to have reached. the comparatively mature age of fifty, these certainly are achievements which the institution, in the normal course of events, should not be called upon to duplicate. Solidly established, healthy, having won the support of many devoted alumni and faithful friends, Loyola may now hope to face a tuture with no portents of storm or strife. The path should lie open to serene development and graceful ageing. As we begin this, the second half-century of our existence, we are justified, we believe, in formulating this wish and sincere hope. One cloud spoiled the complete serenity of the Jubilee celebrations. One of the graduating class was missing. Arthur Halley of Newfoundland died four days before he was to receive his degree, magna cum laude. At Convocation high tribute was paid him by both teachers and fellow students who had known him as a brilliant student and popular companion. In a gesture of magnificent generosity his family founded, in memory of their son, a Scholarship, to be awarded to a pre-medical student. This Scholarship will keep alive the memory of one whose untimely death saddened all who knew him. To commemorate the Golden Jubilee, Loyola offered, for open competition, eleven Scholarships. Two of these Scholarships, valued at approximately $900.00 each, entitled the winner to four years of High School and four years of College. The nine others, valued at $400.00 each, were for four years of High School. In former years, Loyola has offered Scholarships to High School for competition amongst the various Grade Schools of Montreal. Many of the outstanding students and successful alumni were enabled to obtain the education which made possible their success, through these Scholarships. The value to the community at large of such opportunities, opened for deserving young people, cannot be calculated in dollars and cents: the development of the mental wealth of the country is incom- parably more important than the development merely of material wealth. The examinations for the Jubilee Scholarships were written at the end of June and the successful candidates have, during this year, proved that open competition for such Scholarships, certainly brings into the institution offering them the very best type of student. While the College was closing the academic year with such pomp and solemnity, an innovation was introduced into the life of the High School: the closing of the High School was unadorned by any pomp or circumstance. Commencement exercises would be held in the Fall henceforth and this new form of “closing” actually took place on October 11, 1946. Тһе High School Diploma was granted to sixty-one successful pupils, two of whom attained the rare heights of First Honours. At the closing exercises the address to the graduates was given by Father W. Н. Hingston, S.J., former Rector of Loyola College and former Provincial of Upper Canada.