St Francis College - Motus Yearbook (Biddeford, ME)

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DEDICATION In a society where the common philosophy Is one of self-fulfillment by the gratification of self-centered desire, where private vendettas are as numerous os those against whom they are perpetrated, it is extraordinary to meet one whose self-fulfillment is carried through by his fulfillment of others. The generosity with which Father Walter Bedard exercised the sincerity which is sim¬ plicity, the humility which breeds truth and charity which is love, has been, for the Class of 1964, not only awesome but humanly in¬ spiring. With a perception and intelligence which could have confounded and condemned, he never foiled to promote anything but pa¬ tience and understanding, largely because of their existence in him. To speak with this gentle, humble man was to be silenced with admiration and touched with hope. If we are, as we were so often told, the leaders of tomor¬ row, then we had need of the wisdom of today. And this wisdom spoke not only in him, but out from him in his actions as well as his words. In this college, this miniature universe, ugly pettiness and still uglier discord had two choices when confronted by his generosity and peace- loving nature, self-abandonment or annihilation. But since there were those who were getting ahead, or so they thought, by sole and self- indulgent dispositions, they did not dare to find Father Walter for fear of discovering themselves in the light of his personality. For, like few humans, he developed his own humanity to the point where we saw it as what we could be and were not. And even this reaction was only o testimony to him. Yet, this was not what he wanted. The reaction of fear or even of awe is repugnant to the great human being, to the great Christian, to use an almost trite phrase, Let me, said the Arabian merchant to the angel, be numbered as one who has loved his fellow men. Subsequently, his name led all the rest. Father Walter was a Christian in the truth of simplicity; he was an imitation of Christ. Christ loved and because He did. He spent His love in our salvation. But this was not the end. It was to be by our imita¬ tion of Him that we were to co-operate in our redemption. By his love, his generosity, by his unselfish devotion to us. Father Walter Bedard became for us an example, in spirit and in truth, of that love which perfects itself and claims others by its influence. Patience in the face of irascibility, humility in the face of self- indulgent pride, he was, to the Class of 1964 that which is great Christianity; great humanity!

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IS) W W- I AIM m O ' 1 ' Rev. Walter Bedard 4

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CONTENTS CLASS OF 1964 . 10 COLLEGE LIFE . 50 UNDERCLASS . 63 ACTIVITIES . 89 FACULTY . 119 ATHLETICS . 131 CAMPUS ORGANIZATIONS . 145 6