St Johns University - Yearbook (Queens, NY)

Page 14 text:

fi .J L, if if? n N ow X. Lf'

Page 13 text:

fi 213 145 if r Nl ...... l , mu , A Y -1 4 use - -' , - 5 , I 21:1-1:5 1151-E: 13.1, ' r , . E 5 Q l i ill' v , we R f'-VJ ei 55 at l l .Q -a If iv Gbur Igrnfennnrz HE feet of some of us are turned to go. We leave the echo- ing halls of youth, the scenes where all our memories linger. Trained for the vast unnumbered army of mankind, we now must muster into service. But let us shed a tear elre we pass on, and let us speak a fond word of good-bye. Well have ye sharpened the keen-edged swords of our intel- lect. Well have ye forged the weaponls of our souls. Ye Ystand as generals towering in your strength and glory. To us have ye given of that strength a'nd glory, and we thank ye for it. Ye have softened and refined us. Ye have wrapped about us a shining silvery coat of mail-our Faith-whereon the poisoned arrows of the world, the flesh and the devil, will shower and ri'ng and shriek in vain. Ere we dash forth from our guarded trench of love and safety, and go over the top , to fight awhile and die on the dull brown soil of No-Manis-Land, -we wish to thank ye for your labors. We beg ye to believe us when we say ye have our love. Even when our footsteps are heard no more upon the marble floors of old St. ,lohn's, even when our voice's no longeriwill ring outt amid the cheering crowds or echo among the rafters of the Gym -even then our hearts will warm, our eyes will moisten, our tense and careworn face will soften at the thought of you. VVe beg forgiveness for any mutiny in our ranks. We pray that health, and wealth, a'nd a peaceful, gladsome heart will crown the harvest of your labors, and' that one day all of us-the privates, the captains, the generals-will stand shoulder toshoulder in eter- nal blissful salute before the great white throne of God. 14

Page 15 text:

VERY REV, JOHN W. MOORE, C. M., LL. D PRESIDENT. 16