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

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WHAT Foreword We have attempted in the following pages to cover as many memorable events in the school year as time and our own limitations will allow. It always happens somewhere in the creation of a school annual that somebody or something has to be left out in spite of our utmost efforts to put them in. For those who wish, vital statistics too late for publication may be written in on the end papers of the book or elsewhere at the owner's pleasure. The format of the EI Camino this year is in modern style. We have been interested in the success of the simple layouts found in the contemporary picture magazines such as Life. Without the use of ornamental cropping and placement of pictures and copy, these magazines create their popularity by the vivid and imaginative content of their photographs and the pithiness of their captions. These attractive qualities are heightened by the large spread of each picture. Contemporary annuals are also tending towards the symbolic, abstract, and impersonal type of photograph, making use of the photographic essay for strong effects. ln college annuals this approach, of course, is more appreciated. We have imitated these modern trends in this annual to some extent, although we have included much of the conventional which we think is good. Since a yearbook is a picture album, we strove to give the theme: What Makes Loyola, proper balance. If a theme is given too much prominence, the book may lose its purpose: to illustrate people and things at Loyola in 1956. On the other hand, if a theme is lacking, the book loses its unity. We strove to avoid monotony in the pages of faculty and senior portraits by inserting snap shots con- taining human interest. Montage pictures of varsity athletes seemed popular, therefore we put forth the extra effort needed to include them. We used much natural light photography thanks to the skill of our cameramen. We hope that our E! Camino will be enioyed by everyone and that it will provide many pleasant memories in those days when the arm chair replaces the driver's seat and the gear shift becomes a cane. A.M.D I .

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Everything in time has its beginning. The living spirit of a school will be found in its beginning as well as in the accumulated occurences which make up its history. Tradition gives the school its atmosphere. Loyola's tradition did not begin with the found- ing of the school almost a half century ago. Rather, it began when a nobleman from the family de Loyola in Aspeitia, Spain, found his way to the heart of Christ through prayer and suffering. The realizations upon which his close union with God developed he put down in writ- ing. These he called his Spiritual Exercises. ln them is contained everything that is most excellent than l can think of, feel and compre- hend in this life, to enable a man to make fruitful progress in his own soul, and be of benefit and stimulus to othersf' The truth of these words of Ignatius of Loyola has been well proved by history. Gathering a small band of men around him, Ignatius trained them accord- ing to his Exercises, and with them founded a new religious order in the Church, the Society of Jesus, known more popularly as the Jesuit Order. ln the service of the l-loly Father, lgna- DEDICATION tius and his followers sought to restore the total, integral concept of Catholicism which had grad- ually been lost by the European peoples. Chris- tianity was violently atomized with the coming of Protestantism. The Exercises of Ignatius con- tained an apt selection of those principles of Catholic tradition which could most effectively re-center Christ in European life and learning. A dynamic system of education based on these Exercises, the 'Ratio Studiorum' as it was called, was drawn up by the Jesuits. Within 8 years, 33 colleges were approved by St. Ignatius and opened before his death. The righ reputation of Jesuit schools was rapidly established throughout Europe. Today, throughout the world, the Society of Jesus, with its 32,899 members, directs 5,2il educational institutions. The 11OOth anniversary of the death of St. lg- natius has prompted the Superior General of the Jesuits to institute a world-wide celebration this year in honor of this saint. Joining in this cele- bration, in gratitude to Divine Providence for the work it has accomplished in St. Ignatius, we dedicate this book to his honor and beg his guidance and inspiration as our Patron.

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CONTENT ADMINISTRATION AND FACULTY DAD'S CLUB AND HENRY WELCH GUILD SPIRITUAL ACTIVITIES COMMUNION BREAKFAST ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES DRAMATICS ORATORY . SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS FOOTBALL . BASKETBALL BASEBALL . TRACK .... SWIMMING TENNIS .. RALLIES . . . RIFLE TEAM R.O.T.C. . . . BAND . . . CLASSES .. SENIORS .. I 5