St Ignatius High School - Ignatian Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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page 6 Rev. Thoma F. Murray, S. J., Principal

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Ili!ilir.iitiiiu....................... Ii l!li;iritv............................. II l.i!iiriiini|.......................... Hi l!i)iir;ii|i!........................ lilt lintliiisiiisin.......................1112 The Fire of St. Francis Xavier Fire is an age-old symbol. It lias always been a figure of love’s ceaseless activity and resistless power. Flame’s light has long been likened to the illumination which learning gives to men’s minds. Courage and fortitude, too, have always been symbolized by fire and the flaming torch, ever since the days of ancient Greece and the battle of Marathon. Fire, finally, with its unquenchable energy, is symbolic of enthusiasm, that attribute of a leader, which helps him level every obstacle and conquer every enemy. Fire, then, and the flaming torch are aptly symbolic of the man whose death we commemorate this year. Four hundred years ago he died on the forsaken island of Sancian. Yet he lives today in the minds and hearts of thousands who have never journeyed to the shores of Asia or the Indies. St. Francis Xavier was one of the world’s great lovers. But the only object of his love was God and the souls beloved by God, and that is why the Church has cannonized him a Saint. Xavier was a learned lover, who served God with both his mind and his heart, and whose first task as an apostle was to bring pagan minds to the knowledge of the true God who made them and loved them. St. Francis was a hero: no one who but reads the list of his journeys and labors can doubt his courage. And, finally, St. Francis Xavier’s love of God and conversion of souls was sparked by a holy enthusiasm which brooked no defeat and likewise inspired others to follow him in the love and service of God. And so we have chosen the ardent spirit of St. Francis Xavier as the theme of our yearbook. On the cover and on the page opposite this we have combined the seal of our school with the torch of St. Francis and with the apostolic injunction: “Go forth and set the whole world on fire.” In the following pages we shall show how the four outstanding characteristics of the Apostle of the Indies also find their counterparts in our school life. We shall show how, by means of our teachers, our classes, our athletics, and our activities, we too are formed into learned lovers, courageous and enthusiastic apostles.

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DEDICATION Because he truly embodies the spirit of supernatural charity which compels our teacl ers to undertake their arduous task of forming other Christs out of the students who at tend St. Ignatius... Because during the past eight years he has been primarily responsible for the higl educational ideals and practice which have made Ignatius students respected throughout th city and in colleges all over the country . . . Because as principal he has always supported the athletic teams which give us the op portunity of competing with students from other schools, and which in recent years hav brought the school many city championships . . . Because he has demonstrated many times by word and action his belief that extra curricular activities play an essential part in forming the well-rounded, social-minded Ig natius student... Because, in a word, we find in him a present day counterpart of his older Jesui brother, St. Francis Xavier ... We humbly and sincerely dedicate this volume of the gnation yearbook to our principal, our adviser, and our friend, Father Thomas F. Murray, S. J. Father Murray cii lribule Communion at the Father ami Son Communion Ma . P«K 7