Suffolk University - Beacon Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Suffolk and each of you can take pride in the splendid records of accom- plishment you have made here. Despite distractions caused by national and international chaos, you have earnestly and eagerly studied to better prepare for the future. Working under these handicaps has given you a greater power of concentration and the ability to swim up as well as down stream. Your training has developed in you fortitude, serenity, and perseverance so that you can face the future with con- fidence and with the knowledge that you have the essential qualities for a useful and happy future. Suffolk is proud to claim you as one of her alumni. Suffolk is proud to send you forth with her degree to attest to her faith in your knowledge , c har- acter, and loyalty. May your memories of the years spent here be as satisfying to you as Alma Mater s pride in you is to her. Waltesi M. Bntea President

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HOOD OF MANKIND War is one of the most paradoxical curses of mankind. No other situation in human affairs can spread hate as effectively as war. No situation in human affairs can leave such a strong and widespread legacy of hate as war does. Hate feeds upon hate, and war feeds upon war, until love and peace seem as aliens in the world they were meant to possess. Yet in spite of all this, war is a paradox. For out of the dark, boiling hate of war there rises, here and there, now and then, such visions of pure love that man- kind is roused from despair and given new faith and hope in itself. The act of the four chaplains was such a vision. In their sacrifice to love, these men of God gave solemn proof of the perfection of their love of God, their Father, and of the perfection of their love for their fellow man. The vision of their love and sacrifice will remain in the mind of man long after the searing nightmares of hate have been erased. Love feeds upon love just as hate feeds upon hate, but love is so much greater than hate that it can grow by feeding on hate. Hate is merely a twisted, overt ex- pression of love. The search for love is a natural characteristic of the soul, and all of mankind is in search for love. The example of the four chaplains is as a fern that will enter the soul of man, and gradually convert the hate that exists there into love. Without love the truth of the brotherhood of mankind is a mere propaganda slogan. A true sense of brotherhood will result in a fulfillment of the best character- istics of each individual personality. The individual is not submerged in the mass; instead he becomes a more vital part of the mass just as the heart is a vital part of the human body. Mankind is a living body enriched with the blood of love which courses through the whole organism feeding each constituent part; thus making the whole only as healthy as the parts. Mutual respect of men for man in spite of personal peculiarities is an ideal which needs no formulated program. If the love is in the heart of the individual he em- barks on a spontaneous program of his own. His words, his actions towards a fel- low man will have their reaction in that man. If he gives love, the man will react with love and pass it on to other men. The tiny fern can thus grow into a mighty tree whose roots and branches will spread through the whole of mankind. Thus it is at Suffolk University. Life at Suffolk has given us the greatest of op- portunities to find the meaning of brotherhood. We started out collegiate careers amongst fellow students of racial, religious, and national backgrounds not of our own. We met and we became friends. We worked, we studied, we relaxed in an atmos- phere of mutual respect and understanding. Brotherhood has become a reality to us. We have felt and nurtured the fern of love withing out University walls; and spread with us to all the lands and all the peoples of the earth. And so we who have come, by experience, to feel a sense of dedication to the essential oneness of man, feel it is fitting and proper that we should dedicate this year- book to the Brotherhood of Mankind.

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Farewell Seniors and may you always fare well. It is never pleasant to have friends depart from active associations and go into the realm of memory — ever a happy memory. But it is perfectly natural for the closest of friends, sooner or later, to travel divergent paths. Conse- quently, we must accept it and accommodate our thinking to it. While some take the high road and some take the low road our fond memories are constant traveling companions. These memories will be a source of strength and comfort during the quieter hours of reflection and recollection. One happy thought, though, is that you have attained a high degree of proficiency in your training and you are well qualifed to commence your life ' s work when the first opportunity presents itself. Be assured that the details of your course work — which you memorized for examinations — will be comparatively of little value to you. The real im- portant things are the broad principles and concepts which you unconsciously wrought into your character and philosophy of life. Ultimately this is the work- ing principle of university education. Your practical education commences with graduation — when you are freed from stereotype classroom procedures. Don ' t be hesitant in revealing your desirable personal characteristics to others. Learn to unfold yourself in the way that will best present your finest qualities — in the whole realm of living with people. You will be happier, more content, less restless, more successful. I shall ever remember that 1, — after a fashion — entered Suffolk along with members of the class of ' 52. You made it pleasant to travel along with you. Tare you well, after the departure at the fork of the roads. (loM it p. Muhcc Dean College Departments