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Vol. XLVI

Saint Mary's College, N otre Dame, June, 1938

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The Leadership of the Pope Address by Carl W. Ackerman , LL.D. , Litt.D. , D ean of th e Grad1tate School of Jo1trnalism of Columbia Uni versity at th e Comm,encement Day Ceremonies of Saint nlary' s College, Notre Dame, Indiana , Safarday , Jitne 4, 1938, at 10 a. 1n.

institution. The academic degree confe rred is not a gift but a franchise to share the spiri- tual and the intellectual wealth of mankind. To free men and women this is a greater h e ri- tage than a share in any other form of wealth. Commencement day is also the beginning of a new course of study and of action in new surroundings. On this day we move from one environment to another. Within the span of a few brief hours we must adjust our minds and our lives to our new realities. One of the new realities today is the exten - sive destruction of the spiritual and the intel- lectual resources of the world. Wars by means of military and naval force destroy lives and property. But wars of ideas, such as those being fought today, are shattering the spiri- tual fortitude of millions of men and women. When we realize the impact of this situation on the church, the school and the home, we become aware of a new individual reality, namely, that it requires more personal cour- age to live in active support of an ideal than it does to proclaim a willingness to give one' s life in defense of a cause. What the world needs, I think, is more people who are willing to devote their lives to defend and to extend the spiritual and the intellectual resources of the world. That re- quires spiritual fortitude. As Catholics you are among the privileged people of the world to have Pope Pius XI as your leader because he personifies this world-wide need.

OISTINGUISHED GUESTS, SISTER MADELEVA AND MEM- BERS OF THE GRADUATING CLASS: L AST fall when the President of Saint Mary's College graciously invited me to share this Commencement Day with you, I felt as if I were to be admitted into a new circle of friends. Today that privilege is a reality. Your welcome has made a stranger feel as if he were surrounded by friends and I am deeply grateful. Friendship is one of the priceless privileges of human relation- ships. There is a phrase familiar to all of us which describes friendship in terms of a "circle of friends." I think it should be circles of friends because each one of_us has a circle of friends. When we bring others into our group we add another circle, not simply another friend. My presence here today is due to one of your de- voted alumnae and to her husband who is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame. For nearly a quarter of a century they have been multiplying the circles of friends of these two institutions, and it has been my good for- tune to have been included. To the members of this year's graduating class of Saint Mary's College, I think no one can extend a more enduring wish for your future happiness than that you, too, may have circles of friends. In the academic world Commencement is a day of double significance. It marks the completion of a course of study and action within the sheltered walls of an educational

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FATHER SCHUMACHER Chaplain of Saint "JJIIary' s College, Notre Danie, this iss1te of CHIJJiES is dedicated with gratitucle and admiration.