Loyola College - Review Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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Along with the section on Old Loyola, the idea behind this yearbook was to present more than the campus and its events. It was meant to register on a more personal level. This year’s graduates, then, were asked to contribute their thoughts and arrange for an “‘informal’’ photo of themselves which would retain their individuality (compared to a rogues gallery of official gowned shots), as well as show something of Loyola. We only hope that the following pages are successful in that respect.

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If his demands are not met, he will naturally opt for speeches, demonstration s, sit-ins, and eventual occupation of the College. Over a period of years, Loyola students actually managed to work themselves up to the longest and most persistent siege and occupation of any university in the Montreal area. UNTIL: It is early January 1970, and the campus has been paralyzed for days by a sit-in which eventually becomes an occupation by hundreds of students. But the administration is not up against the wall. It serves soup to the protesters. Then Montreal riot police show up for the party. Crusading students and faculty must now choose between confrontation and violence or a peaceful exit. Deciding that they have sufficiently made their point, the dissidents march out to sub-zero weather, enveloped by the frosty strains of “We Shall Overcome”, and gather in front of the Administration Building to receive a little pep talk before journeying home. This is revolution ? Our activist has now discovered the progress of history according to Loyola. His own urgent sense of immediate issues has been neutralized by the conceptions of eternity and a mystical Higher Order which mark the early education of so many Loyola students. Innate belief in a universal order seems to leave politics and flowers — trees, the sun, society — all on about the same level. Few feel the need to become politically conscious or involved. “I’m all right, Jack ! ” can be said with little fear of reproach because it is assumed that the person lives according to values deemed equally as important as social involvement. It is hard to say whether Loyola students truly have an increased awareness of things other than the work ethic or political consciousness, but as far as Loyola’s morality goes, the prerogative is wide open to them. It may be that the availability of this prerogative has blunted political animosities and inhibited violent disrup- tions by reducing the issues to a personal level, thus disintegrating both the power of mob force and the cohesiveness of a besieged establishment. Symbolic objectives, expecially property, lose their offensive identities and are less likely to incur the wrath of demonstrators. Moreover, since Loyola is small and con- siderably charming, most students regard the campus as belonging to themselves as well as to the administration. In retrospect, Loyola’s student movement took up some important issues and effectively pursued them with remarkable obstinacy, but the good-naturedness and cour- tesy of the participants left many thinking of it as a Mickey Mouse exercise. It is inescapably true that the “local” revolution was a pop phenomena. Things have been dead for a long time. By now it is camp and Loyola may once again be behind the times or, for a change, onto something new. What is it ? I don’t know. We’ll have to wait and see — in case it’s fun.

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a IF YOU LIKE PUZZLES, DON’T READ THIS... LESLIE ADAMS (LEFEBVRE). B.A. ...On the other hand, reading it may confuse you more. First of all, most of Political Science (4) the graduates did not ensure that the yearbook received their pictures. Consequently, RITA AGUZZ1I, B.A., most of the graduates do not appear in this Review. The pictures of those who Psychology (2) submitted properly identified studio shots of the correct size can be found after page CHRISTOPHER J. ALLNUTT, B.A. (3) 63. The remaining photos of the graduates are in this informal section. Act. Volunteer Centre, Second problem: The original material for Review ‘72 was easily good for 150 L.M.S.A. Student Senate — 200 pages. Nobody could afford that, so much of it has been cut. Most of these NAZARETH AVEDISSIAN, B.A. (1) pages are straight forward reductions of two face to face 9” x 12” vertical pages on MARY BARRETT (5) to single 9’ x 12” horizontal sheets. (For instance: two pages, 42-43, become page 21, period. The switch to a horizontal format didn’t seem to bother our ad agency, though. They kept sending ads with vertical layouts.) Naturally, this wholesale change of format was meant to squeeze Our material into the available space with a minimum of fuss (i.e. as quickly and cheaply as possible.) We needn't have bothered; the typesetter changed it all anyway. College is: — a psychological experiment in which one The result is that pages 25 — 45 are mildly chaotic, so here are some guidelines: becomes subject to change from an idealist to 1- The names are listed alphabetically in the top left corner of each page. Most an individual with personal values and prin- names have a number (in parentheses, after the department the student ciples. graduated from) which refers to the photo, written text, or both on that page. — never to admit defeat when boredom and graffiti: Sally Connors, History (7). If there is no department listing, then: fatigue renders one’s motives meaningless. | wonder ...!wander... Sally Connors (7) — having a discussion with someone that Infinite boiling will melt the stone : : ‘ve i fj ey 2- If a person was photographed as part of a group, then the picture will be found yee never met before and becoming best of ee aad what it’s all about under the name of someone in that group. This individual is noted in italics after — looking out of a classroom wi Ww the names of fellow members. g fe) ndow and : t j history: wondering why life can’t be as serene as new To quote lines written four years ago: John Pelletier... see under Mickey Dellar. : fallen snow on leafless branches. ‘You are leaving Marymount. 3- The numbers that appear after “‘Activities’’ (Act.) have nothing to do with those — awareness that you are among many and This is the end of the beginning for you used for the photos, in spite of their similar appearance. They merely refer to yet everyone revolves around you. You have worked through high school ; the particular year(s) that a person was involved with those activities. — time to think, create, and become. to prepare for life. Brenda Marx was a member of the Ski Club during her 2nd year: — friends that you'll never forget. You are commencing a completely new phase Brenda Marx... Act. Ski Club (2) — goodbye to security and hello to... Are you ready ? lH 8 i ov es “ It makes you laugh does it not ? School is over now ! You're finished and you're starting ! That foolish freshman of four years ago — he is no more Those happy moments — those anxious moments — They are now only amemory — They can never come again. Life is beckoning you The empty paths await your treads... profanity: Ha! — Photo from 1969 4 25