Loyola University of Los Angeles - Lair Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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WSlg ' IN MEMORIAM He. Like a dauntless soldier, went Into Alaskan plains. He meant To Christianize the pagan bands That dwell upon these frozen lands. Within the land of the Midnight Sun That pious priest has worked and won The Heathen of that Land of Gold Unto the Christian Shepherd ' s fold. While mushing o ' er the ice-clad plain Amid.st the falling snow and rain To bring Christ ' s joys, and simple toys And gifts to orphaned girls and boys. He fell, a victim of the storm. For several days his lifeless form. Unmoved by Mink ' s most mournful cries. Did bide beneath auroral skies. Thus, snow-stormed during Christmas-tide This savior of Alaska died. In solemn sleep his soul doth sigh Its incensed prayer to God Most High. Oh! Glorious Martyr of Charity Now praising thy Lord eternally. Receive into thy memory This book we dedicate to thee. R. C L.

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FOREWORD Woven through the pages of this volume is the stoty of Father Ruppert, S. J., who died a martyr ' s death, while fighting his way through the heavy Alaskan snows on a mission of Christ- mas cheer to the loved ones in his fold. Faintly bordering its pages is the Totem Pole, the native monument of the Northland, erected by its peo- ple in honor of their dead And they painted on the grave posts Each his own ancestral Totem. Each the symbol of his household; Figures of the Bear and the Reindeer. Of the Turtle. Crane and Beaver. Each inverted as a token That the owner was departed. Thus does this volume serve a dual purpose, as a memento of Loyola ' s founder and as a written review of the college year. Verily, to some of its readers it is the closing page of a school career, and it is our hope that when, in future years, we turn its pages we may, in memory, walk again the halls of Loyola and re- awaken in our hearts this simple story of love and sacrifice. ■ Si-iwv