Loyola College - Review Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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Раде 6 New Central Building All during the summer months, the new Central Building was gradually assuming definite shape. Prac- tically obscured by a veritable forest of scaffolding, the building could be glimpsed from certain points of view and, with a bit of scrambling, the classrooms and study- halls-to-be, could be dimly visualized through the props upholding the forms for the cement. As we approach the end of the scholastic year, the progress made by the contractors and their men, is becoming more clearly discernible day by day. Construction has now reached the stage where our hope is firm that, barring unfore- seen stoppages of work or shortage of material, the greater part of the building will be ready for occupancy for early September. What can be seen now of the finished brick and stone work, makes possible the judgment that the new Central Building will be, not only of incalcuable use to College activities, but also one of the most beautiful, from the architectural point of view. The New General of the On September 15, 1947 took place an event, which, Society of Jesus though seemingly only remotely connected with Loyola, nevertheless had a profound significance for the institu- tion. The former General of the Society of Jesus, Very Reverend Wladimir Ledöchowski, died on the 13th December, 1942. In normal circumstances his successor would have been elected by a General Congregation, called soon after; the war interfered with this regular procedure. It was not until the beginning of September, 1946, that the various electors from the far-flung Provinces of the Society of Jesus, could be gathered in Rome. When the General Congregation was actually convened and opened, much speculation arose throughout the world con- cerning the new head-to-be of the Society of Jesus. The task of choosing the man who was to preside over the destiny and activities of 26,000 members of a religious organization scattered throughout the whole world, was indeed one to tax the wisdom and prudence of those whose function it was. The electors had come from the four corners of the earth. That they should come, early in the ballotting, to agree on a candidate and give him the necessary majority, was something few inside or outside the Society dared to hope, and, yet, on the very first ballot, one man was chosen by a vast majority of votes. He is Very Reverend John Janssens, S.J., who becomes the. twenty-seventh General of the Society of Jesus, an office which he will hold for life. Тһе new General was born in Mechlin in Belgium on the 22nd December, 1889. He entered the Society on the 23га December, 1907, and after the usual studies was ordained priest on the 7th December, 1919. He took his Doctorate in Civil Law at the University of Louvain and that in Canon Law at the Gregorian University. He was for a time Master of Novices at Tronchiennes and then taught Canon Law at Louvain. From 1929 to 1935 he was Rector of the Scholasticate at Louvain and from 1936 to 1938 he was Tertian Master. In 1938 he was named Provincial of North Belgium and during the war was Visitor of Belgium and Holland. To his Paternity, whose portrait forms the frontispiece of this Review, and to whom it is respectfully dedicated, we, at Loyola, offer our filial allegiance and sincerest wishes for a long and successful career. Ad multos et faustissimos! Registration Оһ September Sth, under а new system, registration opened in the High School and on September 12th in the College. On September 10th classes resumed in the High School and on the 17th in the College. When the registration cards and pupils had been duly checked and counted, it was found that Loyola had again increased its enrollment and reached the all-time high mark of one thousand and sixty students. This total included five hundred and eighty-three in the High School, one hundred and sixty-seven in the Veterans' Courses and three hundred and ten in the College. Needless to say, the buildings, the various classrooms, lecture halls and facilities were crowded to overflowing, a condition to which Loyola has been gradually

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Page 8 growing accustomed, if not reconciled, since, for the last four years, the growth in numbers has been really phenomenal. This can best be judged from the fact that in 1942 a whole holiday was granted to celebrate the coming of the five hundredth pupil. Not the least worry of the College authorities is to plan for a future in which no one at present, can foresee whether this tremendous influx of students is to con- tinue, There is the obvious danger of over-expansion with the possibility of large, empty buildings to be paid for out of diminishing revenues. With confidence in Divine Providence and counting on the support of Loyola's friends, the College has committed itself to the construction of the new Central Building. The next few years will tell whether that confidence was solidly based. If the choice has been the right one, the prospect of a greatly enlarged sphere of activity for Loyola is bright indeed. On October 8th further concrete proof of Loyola's growth was given at the Faculty Dinner which brought together all the members of the College and Hizh School Faculties. Sixty-one assembled and spent the evening getting acquainted and, by their numbers, gave proof of the multiplying activities housed under Loyola's roof. Loyola to India On December 9th there took place in the College Chapel a ceremony which inaugurated a new era for the Upper Canadian Province. Hitherto, the field of missionary activity assigned to the Province was in the Homeland: our missioners exercised their zeal among the Canadian aborigines. A new field of endeavour has now been thrown open to the members of the Province. Тһе ceremony of December 9th marked the departure of the first missioners to the new mission field, which is situated in Darjeeling in Northern Bengal, an area of seven hundred thousand square miles inhabited by Hindus and Mohammedans. Four graduates of Loyola College, Fathers William Daly, S.J., William Mackey, S.J., John Prendergast, S.J. and Maurice Stanford, S.]. were given the solemn missionary mandate by Very Reverend John L. Swain, S.J., Provincial of Upper Canada. Along with them, to share in their labours, went Brother Paul Robin, S.J. Father Martin Reid, pastor of St. Augustine's Church, delivered the sermon and His Excellency Bishop Whelan gave solemn Benediction and bade the missionaries “God-speed, in the name of the Archbishop of Montreal, in his own name and in the name of the clergy and laity of Montreal. The missionaries sailed from Halifax to England on December 12th, then to Bomba y whence they still had a two thousand mile journey to Calcutta before starting on the last lap to Darjeeling. It is a coincidence worth recording, that while Loyola was thus entering the religious life of India, it was also entering into the diplomatic life of the country. Mr. John D. Kearney, K.C., Loyola 716, who had been Canadian High Commis- sioner to Eire and then Canadian Minister to Norway and Denmark, was recently appointed Canada's High Commissioner to India. Loyola fondly hopes, that, in their respective fields of endeavour, her sons may attain outstanding success. It is to be expected that in the normal development of our missionary endeavour, many future graduates of Loyola will follow in the footsteps of these pioneers. It is not beyond reasonable possibility that in the future the diplomatic life of India may likewise witness the activity of some Loyola successor to Mr. Kearney. To both him and them, Loyola wishes all possible measure of success. Ап old friend leaves us On April 10th as he was elevating the chalice at the Offer- tory of the Mass, Father John Cox, S.J. suffered a heart attack and a few moments later ended a long career in the Society of Jesus. On August 4th next, he was to have celebrated his Diamond Jubilee as a Jesuit. For the last two years Father Cox had been at Loyola where he had come back to spend his declining years. Partially blinded and much enfeebled,.he was practically confined