St Augustine High School - Saintsman Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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Dedication In a world that is overshadowed by the violence of a bloody and merciless conflict, one figure shines forth as a guiding light to lead an enmeshed humanity into a sanctuary of peace. No other leader is so international in character as Our l-loly Father the Pope. His pontificate originated under the shadow of war and until the outbreak of war all his efforts were devoted to warding off the impending disaster. When the hour struck, he immediately set himself to the taslc of easing the cruel hardships of global war without lessening persistent efforts for an early and just peace. To Our l-loly Father, then, Pope Pius XII. the Vicar of Christ and the voice of peace in a world at war, we humbly dedicate the fifth edition of Tl-IE PURPLE AND Tl-IE GOLD.

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Theme At the time ot this writing our own nation as well as the rest ot the world is in the midst ot its greatest contlict. Although many ot our alumni are now daily risking their lives in the war, and many more Saintsmen will yet enter the armed services, we wish, in dedicating this book to look beyond the trying events ot the present and vision in the tuture atter the war, a Peace with Justice. Probably since the start ot the senior year or at least since the seco-nd semester, the war has been the paramount interest in the lives ot the seniors. Shortly atter graduation most ot them will be in some branch ot the armed torces serving Uncle Sam as best they can. For these reasons it would seem to the casual reader that we should build our book around the idea ot victory or at least a victorious peace. l-lere at Saint Augustine we have been taught to view this terrible conflict as beyond human power to avert or end. Peace-to be worthy ot the name-must be based on justice to all peoples. l-learkening to the voice ot Pope Pius Xll to whom we have dedicated our annual, we stress in this book the spiritual values. These must possess the hearts ot men it there is ever to be a peace which is the work ot justice. This record ot our tinal year at Saint Augustine High School begins and ends with the thought ot the day tor which the world waits, when justice will dictate the terms ot a lasting peace.