Manhattanville College - Tower Yearbook (Purchase, NY)

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FOREWORD I N the 1939 spirit of the future, Manhattanville too, looks at the world of tomorrow, and builds her towers high. Founded on faith and loyalty, the Copper Tower gleams in the sunlight of today and points to a shining tomorrow. Not isolated, our towers are deeply- rooted in the past, and strong in the present. It is the future toward which they are straining, a future of progress — not in the circle of the Perisphere hut in the circle of truth, not in the great simplicity of the Trylon, but in the grandeur of knowledge. I his hook, inspired by loyalty to the memory of Patrick Cardinal Hayes, attempts not to recount, but to foreshadow. In the reaching and soaring of our towers, we too desire to reach and to soar, not in power and glory, hut in gentleness and charity.

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c E C ICATlOh TO OUR HOLY FATHER PIUS XII ELECTED MARCH 2 , 1939 , CROWNED MARCH 12 , 1939 WE DEDICATE THIS BOOK RUT o U- cor loyalty ami reverence as Successor to the See of St. Peter. ' A o -;. ’fi pride In- v; it to ManHattanville as Papal Secretary of State, and d:re anew to liirn our respect and affection. Jr. an uneasy world, arnid tlitumult of totalitarianism, the faith of peoples of many ; ;r ,d rroed r plac ' d in him whom the Sacred College has so recently elected to •he exaUd dignity ol ' upreme Pontiff. ■,Vf oo p; in him our trust, and dedicate this hook as a symbol; that the lowers vd • ' rU o - h ' U l may oar high (lung and enduring under his protection.

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IN MEMORIAM Pope Pius XI T HE death of Pius XI. two hundred and sixty-first Pope in succession to St. Peter, stirred the entire world. Not only to millions of Catholics, hut to people of all faiths everywhere, irrespective of race and religion, the news of his passing brought sorrow and concern. In a period of history shahen by new creeds and philosophies, Pius XI stood firm against the forces of persecution and infidelity, raising his voice for tolerance and peace and justice when the standards of intolerence and war and injustice seemed triumphant throughout the world. Weary of the threat of war, the nations have directed their thoughts and prayers to the man whose last words were reported as, Let there be peace. Patrick Cardinal Hayes T HE death of our beloved “Cardinal of Charities” cannot be written of save with the profoundest regret and sorrow. He whom we came to love by reason of his work and spirit exerted an influence that was extraordinary in his own diocese and in even wider fields ' an influence which was, although intangible, none the less powerful. It will not soon be forgotten with what gentleness Patrick Cardinal Hayes guided and protected his flock, with what patience he pursued the arduous duties of Archbishop of the Diocese of New York, with what tolerance he preached the gospel of his faith, with what charity he lived and encircled the lives of those who shared his interest and devotion. Eigkt