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

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In September of this aca- demic year, the student body of St. Ignatius was forced to take a stand. Not more than a week after the bombing in Birmingham, Ignatians were faced with the challenge of committing themselves on the issue of racial justice in the United States. And they did, in large numbers, perhaps giving an example to other Catholics. For we have been accused of being rather tardy to assist the Negro in his fight for equality. St. Ignatius expressed its sympathy by showing up at the public demonstration downtown at the post office last September. A few days jater, more than three hundred fnatfcns ea?h e iey ecffctr tne rj ice of the “Mass for' ham. With these demonstrations, St. Ignatius High School had risen to the cause, taken a stand, and spoken for what it believes in. It was a beginning. The example of student leaders awakened many an S.I. boy, for the first time, to the urgency of a question that in- volves the teenager here in San Francisco, at S.I., as well as adults and children on the other side of the continent. America must work toward the solution to this serious question now. For the an- swer, we inevitably turn to the meaningful words of Christ. Because we feel that these events are of extreme importance to every student at S.J., we the editors and staff of the Ignatiau dedi- cate this book to the prin- ciple that ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL.