University of Detroit - Tower Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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rJ K () ((( ( J u e of ( ( (( ti ' ( e oj C)((((if Christian education has never been faced with a greater challenge then it is today. With more than half of the world in the control of those to whom religion is the opiate of the people, and with forces in our oivn country seeking to overthrow our way of life, education is faced with the responsibility of training citizens who will accept the challenge to fight to uphold these prin- ciples upon which our heritage is founded. Many of our educational institutions shoulder this burden well. The University is one of these. At the risk of criticism for repetition we, the editors of the 1949 Tower, wish to repeat the Credo of the University as a restatement of these principles which are so important in the world today. The University believes in God. It believes in the personal dignity of man. It believes that man has certain natural rights which come from God and not from the state. It therefore is opposed to all forms of dictatorship holding the philosophy that man belongs to the state. It believes in the sanctity of the home. It believes in the natural right of private property, but likewise that private property has its social obligations. It believes that labor has not only rights but obligations. It believes that capital also has rights but supported by obligations. It is vigorously opposed to all forms of intolerance and persecution because of race. It believes that liberty is a sacred right and that law, which regulates and protects liberty, is a sacred obligation. It believes in inculcating all the essential liberties of American Democracy and takes frank and open issue with all brands of spurious ' democracy. ' ' It believes, briefly, in the teachings of Christ, Who held that morality must regulate the personal, family, economic, political and inter- national life of men if civilization is to endure.

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Meet the Tower-Class of 1949 Who should know more about college liie than the graduating senior? And who should be more inexperienced in the ways of the Univer- sity than the beginning freshman? The theme of this, the 1949 Tower, is concerned with what a senior could tell a freshman about our school. We believe that the important aspects of college life may be grouped, roughly, imder four heads. Of primary importance, of course. are academics. The others are people, activities, and sports. A senior could tell a freshman many things about each of these. As you go, page by page, through this volume, we hope that you, Uke the freshman, will acquire a clearer understanding and appreciation of your University, as well as of the principles of Christian education, friend- ship, and citizenship for which it stands.