Loyola University Chicago - Loyolan Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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t 01:1 niversit Tha- history of lhc- univc-rsily is an hislnry of lhv allainmc-nl of thc- iulvals uf lhc- -I1-suils N THE story ot' any institution that deep, ment. it' the university is to suit-4-et-tl it, pt-4, unwritten something to which we have pairing men like these, she herselt' must stand given the name ot' tradition plays an impor- l'll1'lll as one in touch with the past. one who tant part. Especially is this 'fact true ot' uni- eonseryes and honors the great and heantitnl yersities. The age of a huilding or a custom, the legends which have gath- ered about this tree, this spot. form an integral and well-nigh indispensable ' part of student life, and ot' that indetinahle hut highly emphasized quality school spirit. True it is that every student should have a cer- tain feeling of reyerential awe in the presence of oh- jects or habits ot' thought things ot' other days. who I-an arm her sons with weapons Tl'lI'lIPf'I't'll an-l prow-tl in long years ot use. ln this light. Loyola students can well read the ehronicles ot' their univer- sity. and well he proud ot' what they read, In her tliey can see the Q'll2ll'lll2tll ot' centuries ot' t'l11'ihTi21ll ellltllrez p:1l'ticula1'ly can they see lrehinfl her the tour liundred years ot' x -lesuit endeavor in educa- . . . l . , . . and action wlnch are lm- ' tion. I'hey can sce in their mortal or ancient in the uniyersity and the college. Only through a knowledge of the history ot' his institution. and of the multitudinous tales which cluster in the shadow of history, can the student come to that understanding. that love of his alma mfitrr which is among' the precious gifts of the university to the individual, If we sweep away the misty thought of adolescent fooleries and 1nycrenthusiasms, it' we clear away the purely athletic connota- tions which the average American gives to words like Uschool spirit, then the light can shine throughfrevealed will he the worth of tradition. If the university is to send out men with contidence hased on knowledge. courage hased on experience and the convic- tion ot' right, men who feel in hack of them the strength ot men 's achievements in past ages. the continuity of history. thc gradual accumulation of knowledge and accomplish- mother one who has at her disposal riches garnered throughout the years. a coin ever current. and untouched hy thett or lmy economic yieissitude. Focusing their attention on the tradition ot' the Jesuit order in Vliicag-o. they may lu-gin with the tirst settlement ot' t'hit-ago hy the frail hut valiant Marquette. and read the ree- ord of the years till the day-soon after the mitldle ot' the nineteenth centuryvwhen the idea ot' a -lesuit college in the growing city on Lake Michigan took tinal shape. What day that was we do not know. hut certainly it could not haye lteen long' after Father Arnold llamen completed the erection of his church at May and Eleventh streets. and may well have hecn earlier. Father llamen had chosen a location considered quite inadyisahlc by the wisea4-res ot' the day, but. in the space of a few years. he had huilt a thriving' parish with several Q'1'ItH1Ill1l1'