Loyola College - Review Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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Loyola College Review Address all communications to: Loyota CoLtece Review, SHERBROOKE STREET WeEsT, MONTREAL Price: Turee Doxiars THE Copy. All subscriptions will be gratefully received. 1953 MONTREAL, CANADA No. 39 Che Editor’s Page We think that the past year at Loyola was an outstanding one. In the first place, the celebration of the four hundreth anniversary of the death of St. Francis Xavier, the Apostle of the Indies, was an unforgettable event. The solemn tridum of devotions, and the special issue of the “News” impressed upon all the almost unbelievable energy of the great Jesuit missionary who embraced three continents as the field of his activity. Then, the Sodality had a banner year. Meetings were conducted on a very efficient basis, with the result that all work sponsored was well done. Membership jumped 75%, and attendance at the weekly Communion breakfasts was better than hoped for. Early in February the Sodality was voted “The Most Active Organization on the Campus”. Some misgivings were expressed to the effect that we might not be able to do the job as effeciently or ex- pertly as would some of the other member Universities when the Inter-Varsity Drama League decided to hold its annual festival at Loyola. The “Review” invites its readers to turn to page 43, where the story of the result is reported. Suffice it to say here that the students who organized this festival did it about 200% better than it has ever been done before. Our feature article entitled “Thirty-nine” Years of Debating” is published with the intent of spurring on Loyola’s debating teams, and also to give recognition to an activity which has never received the amount of publicity which it deserves. Our particular thanks go out to the young man who contributed the article, and to the photographers who supplied the pictures, some of which are over twenty-five years old. This year’s “end sheets” (the sheets of paper pasted to the inside front and back covers) depict scenes from two of the College’s most popular activities — football and dramatics. Since space is at a premium on this page, we have taken the liberty of penning editorial comment on the end sheets themselves. Here we will mer- ely note that our football players did excellently, while the Dramatic Society’s presentation of “Julius Caeser” was in the very best of Loyola tradition. Some of our readers will wonder why we did not give coverage or mention to the very important event of Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation as ruler of the British Empire. We refer these readers to the 1952 issue of the “Review”, which is not only dedicated to Queen Elizabeth, but also includes in its dedication the best poem written in her honour that we have ever read. In an attempt to give coverage to every event that has taken place during this year of truly great student activity, this year’s “Review” staff has worked many long and arduous hours at a seemingly endless task. The artists, photographers, layout men, copyreaders and editors are, we feel, to be heartily congratulated for a successful culmination of their efforts. For anything that the reader likes about the book, these men are to be praised. For anything that the reader dislikes, we assume the entire blame.

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Reverend J. F. McCaffrey, S.J. — RECTOR — Loyola Graduate 1927

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WE SO PLEDGE... The Class of ’53 A Dedication .. . Let us not speak of wars — ’tis not the time for fighting. What, would you have us set a new charge on without a short respite? Give place awhile, we bear no enmity to man. Ideals are of a different ilk but men are all the same. One word of warning, though — seek not to obliterate our God, urge us not unto the point where we shall have to fight. Loathe we are to do so, but on our campus, in our hall, well have we learned to wield the leaden mace, yet resolve the specious thought. You may despise Him if you will, you court your own damnation. We stand but by, and patiently await your single supplication. Till then, we coexist, for you the first will fall. But enough of words to ungodly men, we turn to those we love. To you our heartfelt gratitude for all you’ve done — words emptied of sincerity through constant common usage, but well meant all the same. You have given, we have taken, we owe much in return. Our hope, then, if not too proud, is one of a debt repaid; a day when we, receivers now, shall give in such full measure of time and money, patience, love to those who come behind. With any less, we could not be content. How we are to accomplish this lies in our dedication — to bring God to man, so man to God. Each according to his powers, whether by the clean, strong strokes of the athlete’s bodv, the perceptive grasp of the debator’s mind, the winsome voice and the actor’s grace, the mighty pen of the opinion moulder, the proximity to omnipotence of sanctifving grace, we must lead all to God. All have flowered under the double shield of Loyola to do Ignatius’ work. The Class of ’53 so pledge. LORNE E. O’BRIEN 53.