St Lawrence University - Gridiron Yearbook (Canton, NY)

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f. Lawrence niversffy N THE days of Ancient Rome there lived a blameless and meek servant of the Church who was known as St. Lawrence. This devout man was entrusted with the treasures of the Church during the bitter persecu- tions of the reign of Valerian. Fearing that the money and treasures in his care would fall into the hands of the oppressors, he distributed all these moneys to the poor. For this act he was pronounced by th: prefect to be burned to death on a huge gridiron. Almost with his last breath, it is said, he called to his tormentors: You may turn me nowg this side is quite done. From this adage of the Saint's righteous life the name for the yearbook-GRIDIRON-has been derived. K t. 'Vuml '-qw, 'N at nf ,1 f W Q . 'Xe