University of St Joseph - Epilogue Yearbook (West Hartford, CT)

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co ljfis Q Pxcvffvzzqv THE Mosr REV!-,RIQNU HENRY JOSEPH UQBRIEN, D.D. AUX11.miu' iaisifiov or HARTFORD Bishop O'Brien's interest in the college has heen encouraging to us. A true SCl1OlllI'llllll un energetic tezleher, he is ll eonerete example of ll reully ealueutetl person. The zeal with whieh he pursues his cluties :intl the energy with which he axeecnnplislies his Work ure inileetl inspiring. To hini we express our grilli- tulle for the line example of his true Christianity which is so helpful ll guide to us.

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C . Q DNC'0!!0lll:l7 FIQHE Mosr REVLRLND Mfxtuueu FRANcz1s MCAlJLlP'Ifli, DD. BISHOP or HAR'r1foRn During the ten years of its existence Saint Ioseph College has henefitetl hy the guidance of a true friend. Bishop McAuliffe has endeared himself to us not only for his vigilant concern for our Welfare, hut also for his warm under- standing of all our prohlenis. His nohle character, his true huniility, and his spiritual leadership are an inspiration to us, an inspiration for which we will always he indehted.

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fi. Jorewo' . 8 In the fall of 1941 forty-six girls returned to fill their places as seniors at Saint Ioseph College. Happy to return, but sad in the knowledge that this was to be their last year here, they took up their appointed tasks calmly, conn- dently, secure in their ivory tower. As they drew nearer to Commencement, they came more and more rapidly to a fuller realization of the deeply solemn significance of the word. This was to be the end of their college career, but more important, the beginning of their lives as responsible citizens of the world. As such, they must face the necessity of accepting and ad- justing themselves to a world situation which they had hitherto refused to acknowledge. They now share the re- sponsibilities of the immediate problems of a world at war with those who have so far guided their lives, their parents, their teachers, their priests. It is they and they alone, how- ever, who must make of the peace that follows 'Ka new birth of freedom.