Loyola University Maryland - Evergreen / Green and Gray Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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CEarJiinarB iSpaib ttrr, 40 B 5s. (Cliarlra S t. iBalttmnrr, May 15, 1918 To the Loyola College Young Men Serving in the Army and Navy I am greatly pleased with the hearty response of the Loyola College boys to the call of our Commander-in-Chief , Mr. Wilson, for soldiers and sailors to defend the honor and rights of America, and to battle for those ideals held dear by us, truth, justice and happiness for all men. I have every hope that your words and actions will bring honor and glory to your Alma Mater and your country. Faithfully yours in Christ, Archbishop of Baltimore

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®ur Patriot QlarJitnal anb (§ur Patriot loya Y a happy coincidence the golden jubilee in the episcopate of our great American patriot, His Eminence, James Cardinal Gibbons, occurs almost simultaneously with the issue of our Annual. It is an honor and a privilege that this valiant soldier of God and staunch defender of our country permits us to dedicate to him our “patriot annual,” which is mainly given over to the letters and photos from our boys, more than two hundred of whom are now serving their country in Army and Navy, at home and abroad. The devotion of our Cardinal to the tlag has been an inspiration to all Americans; it has meant all this and more to the boys of Loyola w hose ecclesiastical superior he is. Loyola’s soldier and sailor boj s in the camps at home and in the trenches abroad wall rejoice reading the cordial letter addressed to them by their Cardinal. They w ill feel a keen sense of gratification that they are among the first to offer fheir fealty of congratulation to His Eminence on the occasion of his jubilee. On August 16, 1868, Lather James Gibbons w as elevated to the dignity of the episcopate. Of all the bishops of the w orld consecrated since that day, he alone has survived. Of all the bishops present at the great Vatican council, he alone remains. Loyola’s boys are proud to claim him as their Bishop; Baltimore is proud to owm him as its Cardinal; America is jiroud to point to him as her patriot churchman; the world is proud of this man of God. SjnyDla ' jlopB in lltf prnir? The editors of The Annual feel honored that they are able to publish in this issue, letters and photographs of some of our boys in the Army and Navy. Lor this as w ell as for the list of former students wdio are now- in the service of our country, the editors are indebted to our Prefect of Studies, Bev. Richard A. Lleming, S.J. Every one of our hoys at the front re- ceived a Loyola home-letter from him and there w-as a Christmas greet- ing, as w ell, for each of our fighting hoys, from our President, Rev. Wil- liam J. Ennis, S.J. Our readers are not to look for a strict chronological order in the letters w hich follow, nor need they expect anything unusual in their contents. Most of the letters were not written for publication. We published them because they exjjress so sincerely the sympathetic greet- ings of students to their Alma Mater. L nless otherw ise stated, all of the letters are addressed to Lather Lleming.