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

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Dedication The contemporary theme of this year’s annual is personified in the figure of Father James J. Conlin, SJ. Briefcase under arm, Fa- ther Conlin typifies the Jesuit of today, combining many roles for the cause of the apostolate. At Evergreen, Father Conlin is both priest and teacher, spiritual adviser and scholar; both souls and sociology are the separate objects of his interest. Moreover, there is still another role Father Conlin fills; the role of student working for his doctorate in the field of sociology. Like Jesuits everywhere in this jet age. Father Conlin takes to the airways to achieve his conversion from the role of teacher at Evergreen to the role of student in St. Louis. And wherever he travels, his gait is the assured stride of the modern man on the go. Father Conlin is Philadelphia-born and bred. After his Fresh- man year at Villanova College, he entered the Society of Jesus at the Novitiate of St. Isaac Jogues in Wernersville, Pa. Today, he holds three degrees from St. Louis University; baccalaureate, master’s, and licentiate in philosophy. Persuing his theological studies at Wood- stock College, he was ordained to the priesthood in 1953. Father Conlin taught the classics at Gonzaga High School in Washington, D.C., but since 1955 he has been on the faculty of Loyola College, teaching in both day and evening sessions. This past fall he was promoted to the rank of assistant professor of sociology. St. Francis Xavier, the greatest of the Jesuit missionaries, was known as the Apostle of the Indies, because of his great work in that area; Father Conlin should be awarded the title “Apostle of the Book Store’’ for his great work in converting the denizens of that region. The ease of relationship which Father has inspired there while dis- cussing the finer points of athletics has had far-reaching consequences. If the value of a thing is truly proportioned to the effort ex- pended in obtaining it, then Father’s doctorate will be worth a great deal, for this past year he contracted pneumonia and dysentery in pursuing heavy schedules of teaching and studies half a continent apart. Since his return to Loyola College after his long stay in a St. Louis hospital, his recuperative powers have matched the pace of his campus activities. The word “incapacitated” is not in the good pa- dre’s lexicon. With the roar of jets in his head. Father Conlin en- visions the day in the not-too-distant future when once again he will assume his dual role as teacher-student, when once again his gait is the assured stride of the modern Jesuit on the go. 7