University of Santa Clara - Redwood Yearbook (Santa Clara, CA)

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Zachciis J, Maher S. J. President of the I ' iik ' i-rsity The University of Santa Clara, even as anv human society, hears a close analogy to a human personality; hoth are composed of matter, suhject to continuous mod- ification, and of spirit, ever essentially the same. The changes which Santa Clara has undergone in material makeup since her foundation are the suhject matter of history; hut the spirit of Santa Clara is and must ever he changeless; her philosoi)hy of life, her code of ethics, her theory of economics, her exposition of the eternal truths, as these were taught by Nohili so must they he taught hy the last president of the Lhiiversity.. ' Jdie continuous preservation of this spirit is to he the difficult task of the men of the future, difficult because of the environment in si)ite of which it must he preserved. difficult too because of the op])osition against which it must he ])rotected. Nor is this an - one man ' s work. It is the work of the i ' acullx ' to impart it, of the Student Body to absorb it, of the . lunini lu Hye h - it, of all to contribute towards it, but above all it is the part of Cod to foster it. Faculty, Student Body, Alumni, b ' riends, .Ml ! Kneel and breathe a RiUjificiii for those who have gone before, a Mfiiiorarc for ourselves that God may guide us, a ' cni Crciitor for those who are to follow; and to God for His seventy-five years of fatherly providence a long and earnest Tc Dcmii. r,