St Josephs College - Phase Yearbook (Rensselaer, IN)

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Yeo f xf f 2 :- -'fl fx fi 5 ,, 1 V, . 'N if 'i -. 1 YV Page ten Not with unhopeful spirit did the faculty and students of St. Joseph's reminisce over bygone days during the hectic period of World War II. The wheel of progress slackened, but it did not ceaseg though used less frequently, the portals of learning were left ajar. Dazed and reeling, the faculty and students prodded ever onward. Prayer, courage, and perseverance became the watch- Words. Learning was kept alive, and the home guard performed its task until better days came.

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Jimmy. 6'mn,5onm6'hanq.u.'171ada. .. ata, Si. 'nav plana, So that more of the leaders of tomorrow can attend the colleges of today, St. Joseph's also took a deep breath and made room for as many more students as it could comfortably accommodate. Greater enrollments, artificially created by government grants to war veterans for educational purposes, necessitated alterations which resulted in the construction of an ultra-modern cafeteria and kitchen, an enlarged library with a capacity well over one hundred twenty-five thousand volumes, and increased athletic facilities in the comparatively new fieldhouse, to note but a few of the more obvious changes. Of the men enrolled here this past school year over sixty-five per cent are war veterans. In this group are fifteen married men. Of these the large representation which knew St. Joe in the cloudy pre-war days no doubt harbored uncertain emotions at the thought of returning. It would be difficult, they thought, to accept un- grudgingly the stringent regulations which would now seem un- necessarily harsh after the necessary harshness so obviously needed to maintain millions of men in co-ordinated units and at peak fight- ing efficiency. Again St. Joseph's was there to quell these anxieties. With an administration made more flexible to assure compatibility with the broadened outlook of a group older and immensely more serious to- ward life, the emphasis was removed from adherence to letter-strict regulations and placed upon self-discipline and the man himself, Beating down the cry of the regimented who wail, Why don't they treat us like men ? the college has truly made , ..-. X X I each man the master of his p : A f A fate. 'W 5' is ' 9 .. .sf . lg 0 Q :mi , f f f I 1 -S. 5 . S 'llllllllz-Z' 'fm Page mile

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