Mount St Marys College - Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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After four years of saying Holy Mass, dropping plum- pcnchvtdarsf' ancl opening tus xnysuwious left uqn desk drawer to delighted students. Rm-vvrvnd .IEIIIIVS CTR:-illy has bCCOlNC a spimtuaL uvadrnlhg and very poptdar Hfathef' to Nlount Saint Mary's. The senior flass, who arrivvd with ourvhapkunzw hednnvn,hvn-pay Hunncto hm hm1KHy Charnk hm mum-and panrntvounm1,nnd hm pnutur,dnv by day. of tht- print-iplcs of Christian nmmlity. MOUNT SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN Dear Graduates, The sunlight breaking through the mists of the morning, bringing into view the hillsides and gardens the streets and homesteads of the city below, ravishes the eye and makes the heart stand tiptoe with delight. The pleasure of beholding this sight was often yours at Mount St. Mary's in the years now happily ending. Of a deeper kind and a greater in- tensity is the experience of the scholar who sees the complexities of nature and the confusion of human affairs resolved into order and harmony under the penetrating light of reasoned principles. This too, we feel, was given to you to behold more than once from the vantage point of the arts and sciences. But far transcending both of these in its power to fill the soul, is the vision unfolded as the light of faith rises upon the mystery of human destiny, lays bare the City of God, and illumines pathways that reach from earth to heaven. This above all, we dare hope, was not denied you. Years may pass before you open this book again, and turning through these pages, awaken the memory of days that are already slipping into the shadows. Perhaps your lot may then be cast in surroundings less beautiful. The cares and the confusion of life may long since have obscured the clear vision of the scholar, and lessened your interest in the quest for knowledge. Yet still may the light of your faith shine more brightly, and the fire of your love for God burn ever more fervently. God grant that you may always return to these pages in the happy conscious- ness that you have been true to the promise of this day. This is the earnest prayer of your teachers and fellow-students and of one who begs to remain Yours devotedly in Christ, Father O'Reilly

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, . algv S lx 4 Sf is .mga .E -' f ,wk ' On .january 12. 1953. His Erninvncc .Iaiilvs Francis Cardinal MC'IIltf'Yl' was clcvatcd to thc Savrvd College of Cardinals by His Holincss. Pope' Pius XII. The studvnts of Los Angvlvs ik-lt vsp:-cial joy at this honor to our be- lovvd Archbishop, who has dont- so much for thc causc of Catholic 1-duration. The studcnts of Blount St. iN1:1ry's Col- lvgm- oil!-r siiircir congratulations to His Eininvnce thc Cardinal, with thi- proniisv of carnvst prayvrs for siivu-ss in his high and sacrvd ofhvc. Q y J, ij. X .Z I'JX ARCHDIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES 1531 WEST NINTH STREET 1 55.313 Los ANGELES 15, CALIFORNIA 1 DUnkirk s-a1o1 February Eleventh 1 9 5 5 MOUNT ST. MARY'S COLLEGE L y THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE RULES THE WORLD This is an old and true expression. Thus if the i hand that rocks the cradle is well trained in the I basic principles of right living under God, and T cultured in the abiding conventions of Christian civilization, we may expect the world of the future to retain the blessings that have been so bountiful upon our United States. i As the students of' Mount St. Mary's College will 1 be rocking the cradle of future generations and imparting to them the love of God and His Blessed 1 Mother, we may be assured that their contribution to 1 our Country will be of the greatest value. .fzaaq Zu!

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IJKIIQI' Efglll MOUNT SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE 12001 CHALON ROAD Los ANGELES 49, CALIFORNIA Dear Seniors, Four years at the Mount have come to an end for you. During these years God has offered you many special gifts: gifts of grace for your supernatural life, gifts of guidance and enrichment for your intellect, gifts of peace and strength for your will. Through your sincerity in living up to the Mount's Hschool spiritu you have truly taken advantage of many of these gifts. May the holy and happy things which have been given you during these years take deep root and flourish in you during all the years to come. And may you carry the spirit of the Mount, the spirit of Christ's peace and faithfulness, into all the paths that the future may open up for you. We hope, too, that in the years to come you will keep close to your college in order that you may continue to receive good things from her, and also that you may help to pass on to the new generations the true spirit of Mount St. Mary s. Sister Agnes Marie, President Sister Rose de Lima, Dean