of Governor Herbert R. O'Conor 703

cause the student must look beyond the material universe, as truly educated
men have always done, for his answers to the eternal questions "What am I?"
"Why was I born?"

Men who have been trained in the proven traditions of this curriculum have
much to contribute, both to the war effort of today, and later on to that re-
building of civilization and of the humanities that will be the first requisite of
a return to Christian values. Your immediate contribution to the war effort
will consist not only intelligent, wholehearted service in the things you can do,
but it will also come from the moral stamina developed from your training. The
Government cannot police people into morality. It can prevent the spread of
crimes through police vigilance and the application of penalties, but it cannot
make the heart and mind of man submissive to the moral law.

Yes, the graduates of that wartime Commencement 25 years ago faced
similar mental and spiritual hazards with which graduates of today are con-
fronted. It was a soul-stirring emergency, but the emergency passed, as emer-
gencies always do. Then there came a depression, followed by a marked swing
to prosperity, then further depression, a depression of terrifying depths. Dur-
ing all these trends of economic prosperity and recession there was need of
leadership to be assumed by those capable of assuming it. And so it will be
henceforth when your opportunity will be presented.

Admittedly, your world will offer problems, and will require decisions that
many times may well test the fibre of your souls. If you go forth, however,
with the faith and the principles absorbed in this fine institution you will be
equipped to meet those problems and to help, through leadership, those not so
privileged who must look to you for help and guidance.

Keep ever in mind the fact that especial advantages entail like responsi-
bilities. The very fact that you have been permitted to absorb the mental in-
spiration and the spiritual helps that have come to you at Loyola, makes it
incumbent upon you to give such example in your daily lives that others may
be encouraged to follow similar paths.

It is a time when there is opportunity unmatched 'for service to God, to
Country and to all mankind. If that service calls for great sacrifice, make
that sacrifice with full appreciation of the opportunities that have been yours
to prepare for it. As you say goodbye to your college days, take one last look
at the pennant fluttering from the college flag staff, in memory of the gallant
lads of Loyola who now are in the Armed Forces of our Country, giving of
their abilities in the service of America and of humanity.

To the credit of Loyola, its sons throughout the years, and in all emer-
gencies, have been quick to respond to any call to duty. Its sons in the past
make the supreme sacrifice, just as. two of Loyola's sons in this war, Harry
Rogers and Frank Brown, will be honored everlastingly for their noble con-
tribution "to their own, their native land".

Such loyal action on the part of men trained in the Loyola tradition is
consistent. Loyola will cherish through the years the memory of their gen-
erous sacrifice and enshrine them among the list of her revered heroes.