Seattle University - Aegis Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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an athletic award, but in this new era of a greater Seattle College she is able to bequeath to her letter winners wonderful white sweaters that have become the pride of every athlete’s heart. But though we arc deeply appreciative for the many material benefits they have conferred upon us, it is for their watchful vigilance and care that we thank them; that interest in our welfare that only a mother can have. Each deed is a pearl in an endless chain, and we wrap it around us that its folds may bind us forever in a clasp of loving devotion. •Their one aim has been to do anything for Seattle College that would make it a better school, and in the accomplishment of their object they have spared no pains. They have given card parties and plays, drives and contests, dances and entertainments, all to that one end that our Alma Mater might reap the harvest of their toil. We are as deeply indebted to them for what they will do as we are for what they have done. For to us their slightest intention will be as gratefully acknowledged as their greatest act. And it will be with the sweet memories of their watchful interest that we take our leave from the protecting shores of Alma Mater and set sail on the tempestuous sea of life. Their earnest efforts will be a beacon light in the darkness, and their unwearying affection a harbor in the storm. 'Theirs is one memory for the graduate to take with him and treasure up as one of the dearest reminiscences of College days. In consideration of all these things we dedicate to you, our mothers, this book, and with it our hearts. Could we but show a greater testimony of our love, we would do so. And we are glad to give this poor volume to our best friends, our mothers.

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The Mothers Club T S STUDENTS of Seattle College we are trying in our C'i humble way to give an inkling of the great depth of gratitude that wells up within us, and to express in a concrete fashion our sincere appreciation of the noble work accomplished by our Mothers Club. '1'hey have performed feats far beyond our rosiest contemplations. They have united in one solid body, laying aside all else, for the attainment of a common end. And they have overridden all those annoying difficulties with the dauntless courage of rn Arabian charger. We owe them much, so much in fact, that it is a debt that will have to go down in the books of time as impossible to pay. But though we cannot recompense them, we have dedicated this, our most treasured work, as a monument to the fidelity and inspiration of the Mothers Club. Before the organization of that loyal band of supporters, Seattle College had many friends. But friends, no matter how well meaning they may be, do not benefit a college unless they are united by some bond. And it was here that the keen foresight and the gift for organization of one faithful mother made possible for Seattle College the union of its best friends, our mothers. What they have done in this capacity is written in the immortal tablets of time, and the recipients of their favors have blessed the day of the Mothers Club formation. Were I to narrate the difficulties that beset the early members, I would weary you with the telling. And were I to set down here the list of their accomplishments, this volume would be all too small to contain them. Their deeds are great and their numbers many. In the days before the Mothers Club, new athletic outfits were few and far between. It took almost herculean, efforts to raise funds for the purchase of new equipment, and then we had to be content with apparel that hardly served the needs. Many a team of the old College has run on the field inferiority clothed and ill at ease as a consequence. But those days are no more. With the inception of the Mothers Club came a time of plenty, and with the time of plenty came success in our various seasons. bormerly Alma Mater could only give a simple monogram as rfimaiUHnnmin’1

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The Year 1914-192.5 CFRTAIN evening in the middle of June will see three young men receiving sheepskin diplomas upon which will he written that they have completed a liberal education at Seattle College and performed the work necessary to attain a Bachelor of Arts degree. The degrees thus conferred upon them will he the first awarded at this institution since 1018. 1'hesc three men can literally be said to have risen with Seattle College, risen from those trying days when the Great War took the young men of America from their desks and classrooms and placed them in the muddy trenches of stricken France. 'These same three were a part of the handful of students that attended the school during that upset post-war period when Seattle College was hut a dormant, litt’e-heard-of institution, in rank scarcely the equal of a small preparatory school. They have taken part in the long progressive strides that the school has made in the past few years, and when they receive their degrees this June they will feel proud in the knowledge that they have graduated from a now prominent, full-grown college that seems destined to play an important part in the future of the city. Just as this year marks for the three graduates the completion of an apprenticeship and their entrance into a new sphere of activity, so too it marks for the school a return to the full status of a college and the dawn of a new era. The opening of school in September found a substantial increase in the number of students. With the progress that has already been made and the improvements that arc to he added in the near future, next year and each succeeding year should find the increase even more pronounced. If the present rate of expansion continues, as it gives every indication of doing, new buildings will soon be erected and extra space utilized to meet the added requirements. But not only in numbers have we grown. Considerable prestige and a certain individuality have been acquired during this past year. Where formerly we were content with the backing of a small circle of loyal Catholics, we have now branched out and widened our scope to embrace the city as a whole. Persons who a few years ago had never heard of Seattle College, now show real interest in all our undertakings.