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     Emphasizes 
     
    
   
   
    
     to use your edwcatiu in In 
     
     of mankind. 
     
    
   
   
    
     but "truly 
     
     a ladder of learulnl. I-Dd "33 ul 
     
     waders, its ascent and develoiw 
     
     men! entailed and still entail toil 
     
     and sweat and even tears-. 1" 
     
     personal endowment in farm! 01 
     
     effort and sacrifice on the Dirt 
     
     of its -. ill - ""1 
     
     administrators. across the Y9”!- 
     
     cannot be SW9" I "h" 0' dnl' 
     
     lsrs and ccnlli it 9" W T” 
     
     measured in terms of molly or 
     
     any other material consideration- 
     
     As alumni-ofian institution with 
     
     such a splendid blckttoll-lid. 
     
     yours is now the task and proud 
     
     mission of continuinl "10 954130" 
     
     in the new aotti-III 04 OW VW""'l 
     
     ly changing world whose chal- 
     
     lenge you will accept in the spirit 
     
     of intellectual selflessness and 
     
     voluntary generosity of which :70" 
     
     are the fortunate heirs. 
     
    

    
     ”0ur modern world urgently 
     
     needs men and women of your 
     
     calibre - it needs generosity in 
     
     a bad way. It needs men and 
     
     women who are not intellectual 
     
     misers - who are not educated 
     
     for themselves alone or for their 
     
     own advantage. It needs those 
     
     who are willing and even zealous 
     
     to have others share in and 
     
     profit by the knowledge the: 
     
     have acquired 
     
     IMPARTING To OTHERS 
     
    

    
     ”'i'here are many in the world 
     
     today whose sole ambition I is 
     
     to amass wealth; there are those 
     
     who iinditsohardtopnrtwith 
     
     their material goods - who think 
     
     they can take their money with 
     
     them when they depart this llfe- 
     
     at least. they act as if they did. 
     
     The only point of a slightly en- 
     
     tenusiing charactn we can find 
     
     in favour of their attitude is that 
     
     they deprive themselves ncconi- 
     
     iug as they give; they are poorer 
     
     according as they contribute to 
     
    

    
     th There 
     
    
   
   
    
     .1 
     
    
   
   
    
     some cause or . h 
     
     nothing to justify the attitude of 
     
     the intellectual misc - the one 
     
     who has assimilated a mass of 
     
     knowledge. and keeps h to him- 
     
     self - who falls its share h with 
     
     others. ecu tlsoui by as doing 
     
     he does not have to put 
     
     any of I 
     
    

    
     "You. u-adnates ei today. have 
     
    
   
   
    
     of knowledge whilst here; you do 
     
     not have to part with it is order 
     
     to impart it to others. You who 
     
     have beu informed both intol- 
     
     lectually and morally lyxise toil 
     
     and sacrifice .of' your various 
     
     professors are now in a position 
     
     to inform others without depriv- 
     
     ing yourselves of a single lots of 
     
     your spiritual accomplishments. 
     
     In the whole natural order. there 
     
     is nothing. more like the creative 
     
     work of God Himself than the 
     
     production of knowledge in the 
     
     minds of others. for. evu as the 
     
     Almighty creates new beings 
     
     without any decrease h llis own 
     
    
   
   
    
     in material goods that constitutes 
     
     ihv proved! and misery 
     
    
   
   
    
     llrcss of modern technology, pro. 
     
     duction potential is now practig. 
     
     Elly unlimited. The earth's re- 
     
    
   
   
    
      " ll your peculiar 
     
     ( I8 common-man" gudu. 
     
     es of a "common-mam. umvun 
     
    
   
   
    
     "Y to use k 
     
     deuute mgfurot nowledle in the 
     
    
   
   
    
     mm 1 
     
     he "El: :f'- Your knowledge in 
     
    
   
   
    
     "" "is ignorant 1- 
     
     rjnle had the false” 
     
    
   
   
    
     only 
     
     aiirm lg, ligrpon d 
     
    
   
   
    
     2'5 
     
     5 
     
    
   
   
    
            
     
       
     
       
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     scan; 
     
     it?! El 
     
     Eggfl 
     
    
   
   
    
     nnlongchasany 
     
    
   
   
    
     cal. humanistic or whatever else 
     
     itmaybe.snustbesharedwith 
     
     ths many who have not had the 
     
     -chance you have had. The gradu- 
     
     ateoitodaymustaeetoitthst 
     
     the man of tomorrow possesses 
     
     the truth - not the shadow of 
     
     knowledge or half-truths. but the 
     
     real substance.-He must combat 
     
     the ” L of the d ' ii-t 
     
     as well as the rantings of the 
     
     agitator of false social and eco- 
     
     nomic reform. 
     
    

    
     Today, we salute you as gradu- 
     
     ates of a Christian university. 
     
     but. we also salute you as Christ- 
     
     ian graduates. i wonder if we 
     
     really appreciate what it is to be 
     
     a Christian. We are Christians. 
     
     not because we are merely fol- 
     
     lowers of Christ, or what we 
     
     might call fellow-travellers toget- 
     
     her with Hlm. or even because 
     
     we merely believe Bis Gospel, or. 
     
     because we may be well-versed 
     
     in His teachings. To be a mem- 
     
     beroiChrlst'sChin-chlsnotan 
     
     accidental reality; it is not a 
     
     chsnce event; it is not something 
     
     that is consequent upon the fact 
     
     that we are not alone in our be- 
     
     lief in Christ. The very essence 
     
     of Christianity entails community. 
     
     Faith in our Holy Church cannot 
     
     be divorced from faith in God 
     
     and Christ our Savious. It is in 
     
     he community of the Church that 
     
     .ve adhere to God. As Christian 
     
     gr d t your ' ' then is 
     
     identical with that oi the Church. 
     
     You will give of you time and 
     
     energy what is necessary 'to sanc- 
     
     gfzg 'the world and lead men to 
     
    
   
   
    
     FORTTTUDI NEEDED 
     
    

    
     "Our ' i changing world 
     
     has struck terror into many 
     
     hearh. loans have become pes- 
     
     simistic over the whole situation. 
     
     They say that the world has be- 
     
     come a mass oi corruption and 
     
     sin. and that there is not much 
     
     we can do about it. They snug: 
     
    
   
   
    
     we have in some miraculous 
     
     manner. if we are fortunate en- 
     
     ough to be in a position h which 
     
     we can exercise a policy of splen- 
     
     did isointion. They chant the old 
     
     refrain ii 'tse little and too late.' 
     
     'l'heChns-iiasusuaihteelste. 
     
     and Christianity has failed. md 
     
     they surrender to abject fear, 
     
     iaiutheartedness. cowardice. 
     
     "You. as' Christian graduates. 
     
     wll. an the contrary. play your 
     
     part with courage and fortitude. 
     
     The 'rcbellion' which I suggest 
     
     in you is a return to the true 
     
     spirit of the Gospel - a return 
     
     to the original interpretations of 
     
     St. Paul and the Acts of the 
     
     Apostles. The vigor and strength 
     
     of the New Testament inspired 
     
     the triumphs oi the Church in 
     
     "'0 "T1! days of Christianity in 
     
     the midst of overwhelming odds. 
     
     That same strength and vigour 
     
     are still available. It is your task 
     
     to help men re-discover God and 
     
     to become witnesses unto 
     
    
   
   
    
     FEBTEBING All.hll:N'l'l 
     
    

    
     "It is unfortunate that our 
     
     Western civilisation. for the 3:... 
     
     ter Dart. coincides with Christian- 
     
     ity-that is. from a geographical 
     
     and historical point of view. Cor- 
     
     roded as it is by materialism. 
     
     capitalistic tyranny and greed, 
     
     we often feel like hanging our 
     
     heads in shame. We readily un. 
     
     4039 ' VII the peoples of Asia, 
     
     wlh their highly gpirltuguug 
     
     traditions. look linen us with sea- 
     
     plcion and concern. and dread 
     
     tlieJlmpact which the progress or 
     
    

    
     - technology wil have upon 
     
     them. Ifwearetehaveabettsr 
     
     world we must remove the fester- 
     
     IIU ailment at Western 
     
    
   
   
    
     tioi. 
     
     "nisneeaqtamliuquires 
     
    
   
   
    
     l7l'0- sacrifice and good-will. We must 
     
    
   
   
    
     develops a spirit of detachmt 
     
     -we assist acquire a living 3. 
     
     lhfhnce of the valuo of detach- 
     
     ment. and see that it truly makes 
     
     for freedom. wisdom. happiness, 
     
     deliverance from anguish and the 
     
     various preoccupations oi a dis- 
     
     Wllfllllll nature such as our 
     
     llresent-dI.Y inordinate concern for 
     
     lwllflb. Security -. yea - iii. 
     
     modern man must have security. 
     
     I Illlooet that some even go so 
     
     W"!-'80 90 be assured of security 
     
     -for their old age G for their 
     
     Dleasures - even for the sake of 
     
     "MT Tum" lrlnd-children. Gone 
     
     is faith in the H-evidence oi God 
     
     -gone is love oi God and neieli 
     
     50? - lone is responsibility be 
     
     fore God - all swallowed in the 
     
     mi" 01 I 'I1'00d' "II! Ioes undev 
     
     the name oi 'sccurity.' We can- 
     
     not help but think oi the young 
     
     man' in the Gospel who could 
     
     not accept the Master's call; he 
     
     could not stand the thought .1 
     
     separation from his material 
     
     wealth. and we read that 'he 
     
     went away sad.' 
     
    

    
     "The earthly mission of Christ- 
     
     ianity and. accordingly. of the 
     
     Christian graduate, is essentially 
     
     a layman's task. The religious 
     
     and moral side of life has not 
     
     kept pace with our material do 
     
     Vtlollenientt it has even lagged 
     
     behind our intellectual and col- 
     
    
   
   
    
     'axpoeed' to a morality 
     
    

    
     a religion which. he thinks. 
     
     nothing but outfeshioned moral- 
     
     eaternal authority. Life 
     
    
   
   
    
     vsnced civilization is a far more 
     
     difficult task than the conversion 
     
     of nations in the first place. The 
     
     modern man scoffs at the 'empty 
     
     formulu.' ipious platitudes.” lacu- 
     
     tlmentalltyf 'l3le in the sli:y.' and 
     
     what have you - elements which 
     
     for many constitute religion and 
     
     morality. ' 
     
    

    
     SOCIAL ACTIVITY . 
     
     "It is particularly in the gen- 
     
     eral field oi social activity that 
     
     your Apostolnte is required and 
     
     that the strength and vitality of 
     
     the New Testament can be ac- 
     
     commodated to the modern and 
     
     future facets of historical devel- 
     
     opement. 
     
    

    
     "The education that you have 
     
     received here at the cost of so 
     
     much sacrifice on the part of 
     
     yourselves. your parents and your 
     
     teachers. has. without doubt. pre- 
     
     pared you fer a world that will 
     
     be yours - not a world of the 
     
     past. or even of the present. but. 
     
     oi the future - your future. and. 
     
     facing the future always demands 
     
     vision and courage fortitude and 
     
     stamina. In the world of tomor- 
     
     row, the labor problem which is 
     
     the problem of the masses is 
     
     bound to become more acute. 
     
     The advances made in technolo- 
     
    
   
   
    
     tent of almost universal automa- 
     
     tion, make it imperative on the 
     
     part of th 
     
    
   
   
    
     I 
     
     clsmoar for a guaranteed annual 
     
    
   
   
    
     part of ithe Christian scholar. 
     
     "Long before the appearance of 
     
    
   
   
    
     sonage. Karl Mars, the Church 
     
    
   
   
    
     ofn1an.andthe..re-emineaoeof 
     
     hisworkoverwhatwenowcall 
     
    
   
   
    
     the Church - through st. Am- 
     
     brose. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Guardian, Tues. May 24. 1955 Rage 13 
     
    
   
   
    
     gical processes evus to the ex- 
     
    
   
   
    
     s mssses to defend 
     
     At the moment the 
     
     first expression h In 
     
    
   
   
    
     wage. Those who an displaced 
     
     by the various automatic gadgets 
     
     must still live. Before this prob- 
     
     lentofouragmtherecanbeno 
     
     compromise of p.' ciples-there 
     
     can be no room for timidity - 
     
     there can he no betrayal on In 
     
    
   
   
    
     that sinister and historical par- 
     
     had already affirmed the dignity 
     
    
   
   
    
     capital. Through the Fathers of 
     
    
   
   
    
     St. Jerome. and through 
     
     St. Thomas Aquinas. she did not 
     
    
   
   
    
     re- 
     
     sources -- she taught that the 
     
     material world was made for the 
     
     benefit of lie whole of humanity, 
     
     and not for the use in abuse oi 
     
    
   
   
    
     I 
     
     "The world-wide 'social tenslon' 
     
     should make us all conscious of 
     
     our C ' vocation. The eradi- 
     
     cation of the currently rampant 
     
     social and economic evils which 
     
     are such an obstacle to the well- 
     
     being of Christ's Mysterical Body 
     
     here on earth, is the challemle 
     
     that confronts the talents and 
     
     zeal of today's Christian lll'HfliI- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ates. Yours is primarly the task 
     
     of making all people aware iii 
     
     the power and remedial clients 
     
     of our great truths. That. in it- 
     
     self, would already be a iiix.-I and 
     
     decisive step towards the snlillion 
     
     of our social problems. T mas- 
     
     mes in both the East and the 
     
     West are now on the march; 
     
     their development is inevitable. 
     
     and don, ta tliemselve. and to 
     
     the world lurks at every corner 
     
     along the route. 
     
    

    
     "Each step musf be Christian- 
     
    
   
   
    
     sponsiblllty must be aroused and 
     
     'eve1oped ii democracy is In sur- 
     
     vive. They must be aided to un- 
     
     derstand that democracy is not a 
     
     matter of numerical superiority 
     
     in which the mentality of the 
     
     common man is allowed to be 
     
     dominated by passion and blind 
     
     instinct. brutality and, gross mn- 
     
     terialism. factors in our weak 
     
     human nature upon which Com- 
     
     munism has capitalized in recent 
     
     years and not without a measure 
     
     of success. You eagerness and 
     
     readiness. young men and wo- 
     
     men. wil, please God. save de- 
     
     mocracy from degenerating into 
     
     a mob spirit and a mockery. You 
     
     will contribute your brains vilsi 
     
     still- living to the glorious Ia "; of 
     
     building a new economic and 
     
     cultural structure in line with our 
     
     new atomic ad tliermoiiwlear 
     
     era - a structure that will ai- 
     
     wsys be surmounted by the Cross 
     
     of Christ, the model reinrmer-s 
     
     system in which men will always 
     
     respect the othc man's property. 
     
     and in which every one, every 
     
     one without exception will he the 
     
     subject of private property The 
     
     formation whim you have re- 
     
     ceived will enable ynu in take 
     
     yo: plsoe H the great work of 
     
     hurnanlahg the earth. defying 
     
     inn and . May 
     
     you happiness today. in which 
     
     we all share. be a forerunner of 
     
     happier days us come for all 
     
     upon earth. and a first install- 
     
     ment of the eternal bliss which 
     
     is our destiny." 
     
    
   
   
    
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