St Francis de Sales High School - Accolade Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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elueez tion: Primezril ez Privilege Education is ultimately limited to those who are intent upon learning. In a society which has decided upon a governmental process of self-determination, the values to be preserved are too precious, the dangers in- herent in the system are too imminent, and the well- being of the structure is too precarious to entrust the heritage to anyone whose values are relative only to him- self. If the privilege of possessing this heritage is to remain,'it is necessary that the educational process dis- pose the student to accept the pursuit of truth as a worthy endeavor, and to demand that nothing less than total values be offered to him. Every generation has had the immense burden of improving itself, ours is the first generation with the unique privilege of. saving itself from annihilation. Curs is the generation that finds itself enmeshed in a com- plexity of social, political, and economic problems for which we see no solution. Ours is the generation that must pay for the mistakes off the past . . . our fathers ate sour grapes and our teeth are on edge. And yet, they left us one thing, one glorious dignity that cannot be usurped unless we relinquish it, and that is the gift of freedom. It is a freedom freely granted to the world two thousand years ago. It was faith in this freedom that founded our nation, but it is a freedoms we compromise at every turn. If we, in the scientific pursuit of the mysteries of the universe, equate success with conveni- ltimez teh ez N eeerrit ence and gadgetry, if progress means streamlining, if achievement becomes worship of the test tube and the calculator, or if well-being is conceived of in terms of longer lasting butane lighters and more effective de- odorants, then we will be forced to accept the conse- quences of our materialism, the witness of history is too emphatic to think otherwise. Cr if, in the arts, we create only what is pleasing to the senses, or if our values are limited only to the entertaining, then we will become a prey to the eloquence of every speaker, and a slave to every passing emotion. We will lose every vestige of freedom, it will be freely relinquished. What preserves the freedom we cherish? The answer was contained in the veryslast words penned by Francis de Sales: I-lumility! I-lumility! I-lumilitylv I-lumility be- fore God, in the recognition of the immutability and objectivity of truth. As no man in his right mind would hold that two and two are more than four, so no man who is in love with truth would hold that good can come from evil. Truth, justice, and respect for God's sovereignty must be recognized and proclaimed. This is the foundation for the permanence of freedom. Then, humility towards neighbor, in the recognition of his dignity and right to be accounted for by us. Finally, humility towards oneself, in the recognition of a constant need to renovate and adapt, this disposes us for openness towards God and man. And it is in this openness that we find authentic freedom. 0

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