University of San Francisco - USF Don Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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Church and Liberal Art Building ®ie (fredo OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO There is a world-wide struggle to capture the mind of youth. Through “youth movements” foreign dictatorships aim to perpetuate their pernicious doctrines. In our own country youth is exposed to these poisons which can destroy our hard-won liberties. Protection should come from the leading universities, but many of these universities will not or dare not take a stand. The University of San Francisco refuses to subscribe to the doctrine that academic freedom” may be used as a pretext to teach systems which destroy all freedom. We proudly boast that we have always taught and will continue to teach the following creed: We believe in God. We believe in the personal dignity of man. We believe that man has natural rights which come from God and not from the State. We are therefore opposed to all forms of dictatorship which are based on the philosophy that the “total man” (totalitarianism) belongs to the State. We believe in the sanctity of the home—the basic unit of civilization. We believe in the natural right of private property, but likewise that private property has its social obligations. We believe that Labor has not only rights but obligations. We believe that Capital has not only rights but obligations. We are vigorously opposed to all forms of “racism” —persecution or intolerance because of race. We believe that liberty is a sacred thing, but that law, which regulates liberty, is a sacred obligation. We believe in inculcating all the essential liberties of American Democracy and take open and frank issue with all brands of spurious “democracy.” We believe, briefly, in the teachings of Christ, who held that morality must regulate the personal, family, economic, political and international life of men if civilization is to endure.

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DEDICATION The dream is being realized. The new now rises from the old, as all around us the greater University of San Francisco becomes real. To the west the bright mass of a new Library stands, a token of the future campus; and in the minds of the Jesuit fathers and their friends, where the structures of today stand now, other newer buildings are taking on form. This is the dream, and with it in mind, the class leaving USF in 1952 dedicates its fulfillment to its patron, St. Francis. For ourselves, and our University; that our dreams and the dreams of USF may be fulfilled, we, San Francisco, dedicate this book to you, San Francisco.