St Johns High School - Flight Yearbook (Shreveport, LA)

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SST JOHN S M1611 ffocuom, 923 .JORDAN STREET bllkl-IVEPORT L01 ISI QNX My dear Senlors The Fl1ght', your yearbook of l955 l956, carrles a most SlgHlf1C3Ht theme the Ignatlan Year It lo a year commemoratlng the hOOth annlversary of the death of St Ignatlus of Loyola, the founder of the Soclety of Jesus and the father of Jesult educatlon It 15 lnstltuted to pay homage to a great Salnt and slgnallze the tremendous lnfluence for the glory of God and the salvatlon of souls that resulted fron hls holy llfe The Jesults today number some 52 899 members, organlzed lhto 58 Provlnces and laborlng ln 7h natlons In the Unlted country In the Amerlcan educatlonal fleld, they are presently COHdUCt1Hg 28 colleges or unlversltles wlth 97,183 students, and bl hlgh schools w1th a student enrollment of 25,235 You, the class of l956 of St John's Hlgh School, wlll form part of the hundreds graduatlng from these hlgh schools throughout the country As they, so you have had speclal op portunlty to develop lnto young men of clear thought, sound Judgment, and Chrlst llke heart, prepared to pursue hlgher educatlon or to enter the flelds of llvellhood, understandlng the true meanlng of llfe and reallzlng the supreme lmportance of pralslng, reverenclng, and servlng Almlghty God, your Creator and Lord Our congratulatlons to you' We are proud of you, and we pray that you may always be proud to honor ln your l1ves the ldeals and prlnclples of your Alma Mater, so strlklngly typlfled ln the llfe of St Ignatlus May God bless you now and forever Slncerely ln Chrlst, QM Efifaalf' Robert E Walet, S J Presldent ' . ' V' Wvnj X , . - . States there are 7,751 Jesuits, the largest contingent in any