Loyola University Chicago - Loyolan Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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in a world of flux In these days when the rule of a Hitler and the job of a trades' man are equally uncertain and changeable, a proper philosophical attitude is the requif site for the individual's adaptability to changing circumstances. The comprehensive development of the average citizen is essenf tial for recognizing value. To distinguish right from wrong, truth from propaganda, the moral from the immoral, is the need of the present generation. Society's attitude toward divorce and birth control manifests confusion of right and wrong. The suscepf tibility of the American to halfftruths, such as are featured in many newspapers, exemf pliiies the need of discernment between truth and propaganda. The Hollywood ethics that are filtering through both mature and immature minds are dulling the Amer' ican conscience by condoning the immoral and ignoring or scoiiing at the moral. At the eradication of these evils Jesuit education aims its blow. To the Jesuit Mar' tyrs of North America, the forerunners of the present Jesuits, a debt of thanks is due not so much for their aid in the exploration and civilization of the country, as for their Christianization of the land and their intro' duction of the seeds of a culture based on scholastic philosophy. V If f L ff I ,Q- 41 J.. a r f f 'U w li Wi . iie . . ,. l Qi: its F f,,rT.f6. V N , .Z 1' in Ln-VF , 4' K V' 4: : x 1:1f.,1 : '1+...'j,.1. ,V 5 'S Qu--X-awgf S wi-,.,,N ii 'R yi

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