Loyola High School - El Camino Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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rincilaa it 856098 Little did the Fathers who built the pres- ent Loyola High School building ever think that one day the sirens which they installed would be used to warn of air-raids. Yet, that day is here. ln the wake of the war, too, have followed a restriction on amuse- ments and a curtailment of commodities and conveniences, even in school life. Along with it has come the sight of mem- bers of our alumni in the uniforms of the various branches of our armed forces, along with it has come the casualty lists bearing names quite familiar and dear to us. And to it, there has been an inspiring, yet, unobtrusive, determined acceptance of this 'strange challenge. The fact that our students have so quietly and courageously accepted the challenge, argues well for the education which they have received or are still in the process of receiving. Neither REV.JAMES E RANSFORD SJ panicky fear nor fanatic patriotism have been in evidence about the campus. Off the campus, statistics would show that our graduates are in the foreground as intelli- gent and valiant fighters in military serv- ice. And the same argument favors those who graduate this year. Surely, in their turn, they will not be found less intelligent nor less brave than their older brothers. May l, then, offer a word of congratula- tions to our graduates, old and new who, as scholarly gentlemen fashioned after Christ, have accepted the challenge ex- tended to them in their generation. To those who must remain behind, may you be as brave and generous in completing the task of training body, soul, intellect and will for the service of God, man and this newly given and ever-blessed duty towards country. at A li 1 .y, M Wg, ' - .- 1 X THIRTEEN