St Ignatius College Prepatory - Ignatian Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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THE Classes—those whose graduation is com- memorated in this volume—those who, year hy year, in ever-growing numbers, are steadily pressing forward to their first scholastic goal.

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THE HEIGHTS of 1930 Office of the President St. Ignatius College 2130 Fulton Street San Francisco, Calif. I Mv Dear Students: The years slip by and scarcely do we notice it. But yesterday, it seems, you young men began your high school course; and today you arc facing the problem of the next step you arc to take in order to fit yourselves for your life’s work. The battle of life, of which we hear so much, does not begin when one steps from the portals of a college or university, the proud possessor of an academic degree. The battle of life began when the dawn of reason first awakened in one’s soul. One does not become a successful business man only after one has finished college and has spent some years in the work he has chosen. One may become a successful man while he is yet in high school. Success is not measured in dollars and cents; rather is it measured in terms of goodness and virtue. Success is not to be determined by the standards of the world, but by the standards of God. The only really successful man is the man who saves his soul. And it is to attain this ultimate success, while preparing you to take your place in the world along with the best, that your training in St. Ignatius High School has been directed. May you ever live up to the highest ideals of that training. That you may be successful now and that you may attain final success hereafter is my humble yet persevering prayer for you, my dear boys. May God bless you. Edward J. Whelan, S. J.