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

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Rev. Charles Dullea, S.J. My Dear Graduates: You who have chosen the University of San Francisco as your Alma Mater have done so because this is a Catholic University. This implies that we are different from other universities. First, a Catholic university teaches positively and definitely; not arrogantly, but confidently, with a serenity rooted in reason as well as in faith. Here you learn truths, not hypotheses; principles, not tentative opinions; facts, not fancy. These are the fundamentals of our civilization, the building blocks of our Christian culture. Second, a Catholic university does not stop with truths and principles. A principle that is not put into practice is a barren thing; and education is essentially fruitful. After you master the principle, the idea, the ideal, you must ask yourself: How does this apply to my life? How can I carry it out? And carry it out you must, for that is your mission in life. If you know the e things, blessed shall you be if you do them ! John, 13-17) The Credo of the University must become incarnate in your day-to-day life—and in all its facets and phases, not just some. If you face up to this challenge successfully, we of the faculty have not labored in vain. God bless and keep you all. CHARLES DULLEA, S.J.