Loyola University - Wolf Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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FOREWORD TO THE STUDENTS OF LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH To join with you in celebrating this centennial year of the return of the Jesuits to New Orleans, to rejoice with you over the triumphs of these hundred years of steady progress and development, is a source of sincere hap- piness to me. Who can measure the generosity, the devotion, the sacrifices of faculty, students, alumni and friends during all these years? From the humble beginnings of the College of the Immaculate Conception, which received its charter on that momentous December day in 1847, has grown up the modern Loyola of the South, a nationally known university, with its beautiful campus and Tudor Gothic buildings and its enrollment running into thousands. To these pioneers who have gone before, to all those who have helped in the building of this great center of Catholic culture and learning, we of today owe a debt of gratitude, for it is because of their labors and liberality that you, the students of 1948, have the opportunity of a Catholic education. In a world atmosphere of hate and distrust, a world engulfed in the darkness of atheism, cynicism, materialism, a world that for ail its scientific progress knows so much of hunger and cold, of loneliness and tears and despair — the result of its erroneous philosophies and false education — you have the privilege of forming yourselves into the Christian ideal, of examining and evaluating the whole universe according to principles of Catholic philosophy, of living your life in the light of Catholic theology. Yours is a privilege, but it is also a serious responsibility, not only for yourselves but for the world of men and women among whom you will live in later years. Our Blessed Lord told His Apostles: You are the light of the world. . . So let your light shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father Who is in heaven. You, too, must bring light to your own little worlds. You must be leaders! Your responsibility is to impart to others the light of truth that you have received, God ' s truth, that alone can make them truly free. By your life, even more than by your words, you must disperse the darkness in minds and hearts and souls. This is the challenge that your Catholic education holds out to you. This is the sacred trust that Loyola delivers into your hands. Is is not without significance that the College from which Loyola has its beginning was dedicated to the Mother of God. She surely must look with particular love upon the students of a University which has its roots in the College of the Immaculate Conception. In this year of rejoicing and triumph, I commend you to her maternal care in a special way; I exhort you to turn to her with trust and confidence in every trial and every joy. I pray that she may help you to bring to life, to clothe, as it were, with your own flesh and blood, the high principles and noble ideals that Loyola gives to you. May her Divine Son fortify you with His richest graces and bless you with the light of His truth and the warmth of His love. (jirSAA ' t ' yyr General of the Society of Jesus.

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ZJne S eal oP cJLo ola Jesuit character is symbolized in the seal by the coaTo anoas of the a whose distinguished son, Ignatius, founded the Society of Jesus. We see a deep pot, symbolizing the hospitality of the House of Loyola, hanging from hook and chain, with two wolves about to rest their paws on the rim. Surmounting this is a monogram of the Society. The Pelican, feeding the young with its own blood, depicts Loyola as an institution of the State of Louisiana, whose French origin is recalled by the fJeur de-lis in the upper corner of the shield. The crest of the House of Loyola serves also as a symbol of influence in Louisiana ' s early history. The words Deo et Patriae, epitome of Christian aspirations, point to Loyola ' s objective in the educa- tion of youth — For God and Country.

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Biever Hall — facing St. Charles Ave. L O O L 4 L O Y A