Loyola College - Review Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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ADMINIS AnwtZ On Rev. Gerald McDonough, S.J. NH DANRARN Rev. Cyril O’Keefe, S.J. MHROHnhHaete qr oleae Mr. Ed. Enos =O OeMmMmonHOr Rev. Gerald Tait, §.J.

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OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT My dear graduate of 1966: Because you have a degree, you merit congratulations. Because you have a degree, you will receive congratulations (sometimes phrased as scorn) from your many friends whose fundamental viewpoints are irreconciliably opposed to each other. A college degree is like that: it can mean different things to different people. For what it means to me, I offer you my personal congratulations. As I see it, you now have new knowledge, new insights, some new passion to widen your horizons of learning and deepen your understanding. Almost without knowing it, you have an unsuspected love of reflection: study, re- search, contemplation, perhaps, prayer are more welcome than they ever were. You will, I trust, feel impelled to grow in this love, because you will need it to sustain the intellectual courage for assessing the superficial craze, the passing fashion, the seemingly compelling novelty. There is no point in being where the action is'' unless you have already been where a little cerebral action took place. You say, oftener than an older generation might, that dialogue, co- operation, sincerity are vital for the future of mankind. I agree, and I hope that you will practise what you preach; there is plenty of room to exercise your idealism. Many young people have driven down to basic issues. Take for example, the Polish atheist who was trying to express what he wanted Jesus to represent for Christians: Love more than law; the idea of non-violence; the conviction that man does not live by bread alone; the abolition of any idea of a chosen race; and consciousness of the misery intrinsic to the human condition. College graduate, will your power of dialogue converse on fundamentals? Will it be as humanly sympathetic across as broad a reach as it is in our Polish friend? A Spanish poet may have an answer for us. He wrote: Money put in one's hand Should perhaps be saved; But the treasure in one's soul, If not given away, will be lost.!! I hope that your life as a college graduate will be growing proof of the truth of those lines. It is a question as St. John of the Cross put it, of ''being judged by love''. God bless you. Yours sincerely, JAS flbalore i LOYOLA COLLEGE, 7141 SHERBROOKE STREET WEST, MONTREAL 28, P.Q.

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