Salesianum School - Salesian Yearbook (Wilmington, DE)

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OUR SHLESIHH A nalive Delawarean, Our Recror gracluafed from S+. Joseph s-on-rhe-Brandywine parochial school and rhe Saiesianum. He was a member of 'rhe lTrs+ class ro srudy ar the Oblare, Noviliare, Childs, Maryland, and was lhe fhird American fo malce his profession as an Oblare ol SY. Francis de Sales. He was ordained a priesl in Rome on December 20, ICPI3, and lhe following year rhe Ponlilical Universify ol lhe Apolinaris conferred on him lSumma Cum Laudel rhe Docforafe in Sacred Theology. Wirh 'rhe exception of a year spenr in France as an Army Chaplain during World War l, Falher Lawless laughr Mafhemarics in Oblale schools from l9l4 lo l928. Beginring in l922, he served .ll PRINCIPLES for more than fwenly years as 'rreasurer ol rhe American Oblare Province. During Ten of 'rhose years, he was also Superior and Recfor ol: fha Nor+heas+ Carholic High School, Philadelphia. In l932, LaSalle College made him an honorary Doclor ol: Laws. ln l937-38, he was a Faculfy member of College Urbain, Troyes, France. While in Philadelphia, Fafher Lawless served lor many years as presidenl of rhe Board ol Gov- ernors of rhe Philadelphia Calholic High School League. Ar preserr he is a member ol rhe Exec- ufive Commillee ol lhe Secordary School De- parfmenl of 'rhe Narional Carholic Educalional Associalion. He is also The currenl Chaplain of fhe Delaware American Legion. v 1,4 V ' i . ' 3 , A E . - 5 5 1 Q 41751372 Bflfffi

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HEPRESEH We,-fhe Class of Ninefeen Hun- dred and Forfy Eighf respecifully dedicafe fhis fourfh volume of +he Salesian +o our Reclor, lhe Very Reverend Thomas A. Lawless, O.S.F.S., S.T.D., LL.D. ln a very real sense, our forfunes have been associafed wilh his. We are 'rhe firsl class fo have spenf a full four years under his exclusive super- vision. I+ is our hope Thai we shall be an honor +0 him. TRTIUE 0F

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llli lillllll THE FIIIIDHIIIEIITIHS lil . 'T fig, -..4,'mi'qM ,Z V gg. 'WI-T-lE BOMBS ThaT bursf aT Hiroshima and Nagasaki represenfed, we are Told, The Terrible birfh of a New Age in The hisTory of mankind. From Those evenTful days unTil The presenT momenf a sTaggering quanTiTy of books, pamphlefs, professional and some noT so professional, have poured forfh from The press wiTh The obiecT of enlighfening The ignoranf common man concerning The mysferies of naTure and his probable dealing in ThaT fufure in which The aTom will be king. lncidenTally, The noT inconsider- able sums of The public money garnered by These missionaries and prophefs will leave The common man iusf ThaT much less To worry abouT on ThaT dread day when he desTroys himself by his own creafion and The world vanishes in a glorious chain reacfion like a sfring of Chinese firecrackers. To such a world hurfling down The ringing grooves of change The idea of religion is as ouf- moded as The crossrbow. Indeed, learned and un- learned alike are apT To know quife as much abouf The cross-bow as They know abouT religion. There is buf one insTiTuTion lefT among men which persisfs in Teaching as a maTTer of sober facf ThaT The des- Tiny of The human race is noT To be blown inTo iTs chemical componenfs by a parcel of mad dicTaTors and frenzied afomic physicisfs buT To inherif eTernal life wiTh God. However naive This docTrine may sound To The ear of modern man, The Church has no choice buT To confinue iTs preaching in accord- ance wiTh The insTrucTions of T-ler Divine Founder, and The Salesianum School feels, Therefore, in com- mon wifh all Cafholic schools, ThaT iT is consfrained To make no'apology for iTs emphasis upon The para- mounf imporfance of religion To man.