Loyola University - Wolf Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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PEUETOULTHE WORLD Is a distinct honor, a very great pleasure to show our appreciation to the most eminent man in the world today; who among linguists is remarkable for his fluency in all the great modern languages; who for his diplomatic achievements ranks among the greatest Secretaries of State the Papcy has ever had in its long roster of outstanding men; who during the last ten years of Concordat-making has enhanced mightily the initial fame he gained during the stormy days of the first World War as Nuncio in Munich; who in all his delicate negotiations has manifested in a superlative degree the keeness of mind, the far-sighted vision, the firmness of soul, the polish of manners that go to make a perfect diplomat; who has traveled more widely than any other man who has sat on the Throne of Peter; who is known and loved through personal contact by the peoples of such far-separated lands as Hungary, the Argentine, the United States of America; who is admired by the great and loved by the lowly; who attracts little children by his gentleness and affection, and astounds the scholars with h ' s wisdom and knowledge; who is recognized by even the secular press as one of the Salntliest of men; who has been given to the whole world by the Holy Ghost at a period when modern civilization seems to be rushing towards a state of chaos, that the Bark of St. Peter may be ruled by a delicate but strong and expert hand; who in his first address to the world made it clear he intends to follow his grand old predecessor and initimate friend by laboring without stint and, if need be, by dying without regret for the peace of the nations; who already has won golden opinions from the peoples of all ranks, all nationalities, all faiths. To our Holy Father, Pope Pius XII, the 262nd, to wear the Fisherman ' s Ring, our admirahion, our loyalty, our love.

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L Y L H OF THE SOUTH IS A CITY UNIVERSITY FOUNDED UPON A DIME AND A CAR RIDE L ut New Orleans ' historic St. Charles Avenue, an Azalea trail flanked with consular headquarters of nnany a foreign nation and mansion homes of the city ' s prominent personages, is Loyola University of the South — a tower of higher learning thriving in the heart of one of America ' s most interesting cities. A guiding light amid a darkened world, stricken by war and subver- sive philosophies which are today threatening the very foundation of higher learning and Christian education, Loyola University shares in a noble heritage of four eventful centuries In that it is an estab- lishment of the Jesuit Order which was founded by Ignatius of Loyola — a soldier who was born about the time that Columbus discovered America. Since the Jesuits came into the territory, now the United States, shortly after the middle of the Sixteenth Century, the work they have accomplished in colleges and universities constitutes an extremely important chapter in American history of education. Fact and not fiction has labeled them the world ' s greatest teachers. Jesuit ideals and teachings profoundly influenced the Founding Fathers of our Great Republic and their first student to come into prominence in this country was the colorful Charles Carroll of Car- rollton, the wealthiest man among those who financed the American Revolution, outstanding for the bold manner in which he signed the Declaration of Independence and the last survivor of the great colo- nial patriots. Inseparable are the early history of the United States and the chronicles of the Jesuit Order. It was the Jesuit Father Marquette who first sailed down the Mississippi river; the Jesuit Father Pedro Martinez who first carried civilization and Christianity to the Indians in Florida in the I560 ' s; the Jesuit Fathers Isaac Jogues and John Brebeuf and their companions who preached to the Iroquois in New York In the I640 ' s; the Jesuit Father Rene Menard who planted the Cross In the midst of the Sioux Indians in Michigan In the I660 ' s. The Jesuits were in Virginia In the I670 ' s, and the Jesuit Pierre Aulneau braved the Indians in Minnesota in 1763. The first Jesuit to establish himself in the Louisiana territory was Father Paul Du Ru who founded a mission in 1700, and in 1723 the Jesuits were estab- lished In New Orleans with Father Francois de Kereben as first superior. Jesuit theologians were prominent in the Council of Trent. Jesuit philosophers have led the world in their study of the ultimate causes of things u nder the light of human reason. In the arts and sciences. In human relations and understanding Jesuits have been a vivifying Influence, and the roster of Jesuit saints — from Ignatius of Loyola, Francis Xavier, Aloysius Gonzaga, John Berchmans, Francis Regis to the more recently canonized North American martyrs, has gained for them the name: Militia of FHeaven. Is it any wonder, then, that when Pope Paul III confirmed the Order in 1540, he exclaimed: The finger of God is here! From its earliest beginnings in February, 1849, as the College of the Immaculate Conception at Baronne and Common streets, Loyola has been a center of culture and educational activity. It has occu- pied its present site, opposite Audubon Park, since 1904 when the Reverend William Power, S. J., then superior of the Southern Prov- A popular resting place Is the arcade along- side Holy Name Church. Catholic education . . . . . . that In all things God may be known, loved, adored and glorified.