St Marys College California - Gael Yearbook (Moraga, CA)

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Like a sentinel, watching over the valley of the Moragas, the white finger of our chapel points upward to the blue California skies we love. The buildings of the college gleam red and white in morning sunlight, or are bathed in the white glow of a friendly moong there is an atmo- sphere peculiar to lVforaga's hills. lt is conducive to dreams-dreams of a golden past, a radiant diamond encrested present and a misty future. We know-for we, the students, are prone, during fragrant spring eve- nings, to lie by open window, and gaze out at the silvery radiance of our Hlma Mater. lt is at such times that we like to think of the earlier, and more arduous days, of the order of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. For the moment, our eyes are blind to the moonlight on the campus, and our hearts are lifted across mountains and seas to a province in France, where Saint de La Salle and his small band of followers vowed to dedicate themselves to the educa- tion of Christian youth. Braving the ridicule of friends and foes alike, lean Baptiste de la Salle cast aside worldly possessions and gave himself, body and soul, to that holy project. When the saintly eyes of the First Christian Brother closed in death, he little dreamt that the work which he had started would achieve the mighty proportions that we, the students of today, enjoy. We know, as we weave our dreams by the dormitory windows, that, beyond the starry meadow above, de La Salle is watching from his saintly throne, just as he watched upon and blessed the Brickpile and the Col- lege by the Mission Boad. But-after the dust of tomorrow has blanketed the writer's grave, and the last member of the present grad- uating class has answered to the Pllmighty-when the cities of the future raise mighty spires above Sierran snows-after all this has come to pass, Saint Mary's will live on-a mighty university, still dedicated to the task of educating California's youth. lt will still be blessed and sanctified by a Heavenly Love. Yes, as we dream, the evening breezes sigh, and from the moonlight-bathed chapel, the voices of the Student Brothers, coming standard-bearers of de La Salle, sing the Five Maria. Contentment fills our souls, and a warmth from beyond the stars permeates our being.

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BOOKI .HDMINISTRHTION Pl living presentation of the rnen, both teachers and students, who contribute the vital factor to Beautiful Saint lVlary's. BOOKII HTfHL ET ICS Q panorama in worcls and pic- tures of the Galloping Gaels, the Phoenix, and other athletic units that have brought athletic fame to our college. BCOKIH LQCTTIVIT IES H Verbal account of the campus life in the Moraga Valley, clern- onstrating to what varied use the talent of the Saint Marys man is put.