Loyola College - Review Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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TIMOTHY P. SLATTERY M.B.E., Q.C.

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TIhovoin College Montreal Canada OFFICE OF THE RECTOR My dear Graduates of 1963: The purpose of this message is to express Loyola's proud con- gratulations to the Class of '63. There is no need to tell you that you number almost twice as many graduates as in any previous year. Nor is there need to recall at length the exciting developments at the College during your undergraduate years, and the new educational op- portunities that they brought for you. Perhaps at the moment, our cramped scope and crowded facilities seem regrettable to you, but I believe, though I sought might and main to enlarge them both, that they too merit appreciation as a useful introduction to the disordered pro- gress of changing society. It would be foolish of me to attempt any warning against change, since youth gives its eternal commitment to innovation. Besides, the whole philosophy of education at Loyola is meant to evoke your powers of self-renewal and their action on society. Our task is to offer stimulus to the constructive innovating that would be impossible without some kinds of conserving But let me not seem to flatter youth. Innovation in the current year has come from maturity, indeed old age. I think of de Gaulle, and the European alliance, Kruschev and de-stalinization, Schweitzer and international welfare, Ben-Gurion and his land, John XXIII and the Ecumenical Council. Their impact is for youth to ponder. As I under- stand it, it implies that men who build, build on values tested in their society. They are men dedicated to values and principles which they themselves inherited: they are men of courageous conscience and self-sacrifice. I would hope that, with God's help, you might have similar character to make academic attainments meaningful to yourselves and others God bless you all. Yours sincerely, Very Rev. Patrick G. Malone, S.J Rector

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eae has been served outstandingly by a variety of in- dividuals in its quest for recognition as a university. There have been rectors, students, and alumni; families, local citizens and communities; faculty members, professional men and authors; and now as Loyola's charter seems imminent, it becomes increasingly clear that Timothy P. Slattery, M.B.E., Q.C., is one of the most prominent men in this struggle which has lasted some si xty years. Mr. Slattery has indeed had in illustrious career. Born on February 4th, 1911, he was educated at St. Leo's, Loyola High School and Loyola College. While at Loyola he captained the football team and graduated with highest honours in 1931. He obtained his legal degree at McGill University and subsequently became Gold Medalist and winner of the Macdonald Travelling Scholarship in 1934. After further study in Paris, Mr. Slattery served during World War II as Secretary of the Crown Company, Wartime Shipbuilding Limited. In addition to his active participation in Montreal's legal fraternity, he is Director of St. Mary's Hospital, and a Director and Legal Adviser of Loyola College. Perhaps his greatest single contribution came last year with the publication of his new book, ‘‘Loyola and Montreal ’, a volume which is much more than a history to any student of this college. The dust that he has risen by his walk through Loyola's past is not only his dust, but now it is ours. In a sense this book epitomizes the characteristics of Mr. Slattery’s contribution. It is of course a history and a valu- able introduction of Loyola to the country. But more important is its intangible benefit to the reader. Its full value cannot be registered in figures yet this fact does not belie its worth. And this is the same fashion in which Mr. Slattery has served Loyola since 1924. He has gone above and beyond the call that Loyola has lodged with him. His gratuitous dedication and persistence for the ratification of Bill III is ample indication. He has served not only his community but Loyola. Hence, it is to Mr. Timothy P. Slattery, lawyer, former graduate, alumnus, prominent citizen and author, that Loyola ‘63 is respectfully dedicated.