St Vincent College - Tower Yearbook (Latrobe, PA)

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Reverend Quentin L. Schaut, O.S.B., M.A THE PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE T 29

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SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE LATROBE, PENNsvL.vANxA Gentlemen of the Class of 1962: There is a tinge of the sentimental in farewells, perhaps in- evitable, perhaps not entirely undesirable. But leavetakings are part of life. You men of the Class of 1962 follow in the footsteps of prede- cessors who, through more than a century, have gone forth from the gates of Saint Vincent with reluctant eagerness and wistful anticipation. You have rounded out a major experience in your lives, an experience that is unique. There are other ways of acquiring an education of sorts, but there is simply nothing to substitute for going to college. Traditionally and popularly academic life is thought of as serene and sheltered. People leave it to go out into the world. Whatever the illusion or the reality about the tranquillity of the groves of Academe, life in an institution of higher education can never be stat- ic. And if it is authentic, it must be intense. College is a place for wrestling with ideas old and new, for pondering unchanging values in a rapidly changing World. Perhaps as you look back over the past four years you smile at the callow youth who has developed into a man. You think of all that went into the process, and you realize that you leave with an accumu- lation of debt and a precious store of memories. All of it has become and will remain a part of you. Within the walls of Saint Vincent you have become familiar to the point of second nature with the motto: Pray and Work. For more than fourteen centuries it has summed up the well-balanced regime Saint Benedict set up for his monasteries and schools. It is a motto to hold fast to, particularly in the era of increasing leisure that is opening up before men of all classes. Fully practiced the motto will enable you to live a highly human life, a life Worthy of a Saint Vincent man. We bid you Godspeedg may His blessing go with you in allyour ways . votedly your s , -, .t.i Quentin L. Schautg O.S.B. ' ' ' President 28

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The Reverend Aelred J. Beck, O.S.B. Dean of Studies The Reverend Aidan F. Pfiester, The Reverend Fintcm R. Shoniker, O.S. B. O.S.B. Registrar Director of Libraries The Reverend Egbert H. Donovan, O.S.B. Dean of Men The Reverend Edmund R. Cuneo, The Reverend Roderick D. Boronner, O.S.B. O.S.B. Director of Public Relations Director of Athletics 30 I