Alcala 1958

ALCALA —The New -T

N YE BEVAN,Br itis hLabor lead­ er, kicked off the British elec tion cam pai gn thre e years ag o by telli ng a larg e Ma y Da y crowd in industr ialNew cas tle- on- Tyn e noto sen d "a lot of mor ons" to the Ho use of Com­ mons. Ny e acc use d S irAntho nyEde n, then Pr ime Min ister , of "s tu ffi ng the Cab inet with Old Eto nians." So cia lis t Bev an, as usual, wa s inte nt on ke ep ing cla ss distinc­ tion s and antago nisms befor e the vote rs, but it wa s true (th ough not mo ronic )that 10 of Old Etonian Ede n's 18 Cab inet members were alumni of Eton , Bri tain 's most famous school , whose ful l title is "Th e Kin g's College of Our Lad y of Eton Bes ide Wi nds or." Mary is no lon ger rec ogn ized by Eton as the Mot her of God . Eton' s ful l titl e recalls the old stor y of wha t happen ed the da y the nea rby Jesu it Sch ool of Beaum ont chall enged Eton to cricket. Insulted at the ups tart cha llen ge, lordly Eton sc of fe d:"A nd what is Beau ­ mo nt? " Fas t came the re pl y: "Be aum ont is what Eton was— a sch oo l for Cath olic gentlem en. " Add lad ies, and that 's the Un ive rsi tyof San Di ego. Sp elling thi s out , the 19 58 -59 Bu llet in of the Co lleg efor Men says: "We l­ com ing eac h studen t wit hou t resp ect to hi s rel igi ous backgroun d, the Un iversi ty is, how ever , a Chr istian fou ndati on, Cat holi c in the ful l sen se of the wor d, embra cin gall that is goo d and true, whate ver its sou rce." Al so :"The gen era lob jec tiv eof the Un i­ ver sity is the form atio n of the complet e man ; spe cif ica lly ,the dev elopment of the N , rita r l - c i ig f i ial 1 ti -on-Tyne not ( - s. d ir ny , i e f i , ( f ing i i s. li t , l, i g - ni e , nic) ( ' s , ' I , J i e 's or." 1 iz . ' J i Lor 1 ed l t ged l ge, f d: - " ly: o t --a l li en." i , ' ity . H , -59 ll tin l e f l- i t t i iou d, ty , i i tion, lic l , cing rce. : l tive - ti n e ifically, t ent ;

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inte llec tua lan d moral vir tue swh ich sec ure the fou ndati onof a hap py persona l life and resp ons iblecit ize ns hip .Ph ilo sop hy , Scie nc e and the Ar ts are int egr ate d into a har­ mo nio us wh ole tha t off er s the stud ent the he rit ag e of the past and the ach iev emen t of the pre sen t as an inc ent ive an d gu ide for fut ure progre ss." Car dina l Newm an ,in hi s Th e Ide a of a Uni ve rs ity , sa ys :"A Un iversi tyis a pla ce of con cou rse , whi the r studen ts come from eve ry qua rte rfor eve ry kind of kn ow led ge. Yo u can not ha ve the bes t of ev er y kind ev ery wher e; yo u mus t go to some gre at cit y or empo riumfor it. Th ere you have all the choic est pro duc tion sof nat ure and art all tog eth er, wh ich you fin d ea ch in its own sep ara tepla ce else wh ere .All the ric hes of the land, and of the ear th, are carried up thi the r; the re are the best mar kets ,and the re the be st wor kme n. It is the cen tre of trade, the suprem e court of fas hio n, the umpir e of riv al tale nts, and the standar d of thi ngs rar e and precio us. It is the pla ce fo r see ing ga lle rie s of first -rat e pic tur es, and for he ar ing wonde rfu lvo cie sand per­ forme rsof transc end entski ll. It is the pla ce for gre at pre ach ers , gre at orat ors, gre at nob les , gr ea t stat esmen. In the nat ure of thi ngs, gre atn essand un ity go tog eth er; ex cel len ce impli es a cen tre . "A nd su ch is a Un ive rsity. It is the pla ce to which a thou sand sch ool s mak e contribu tio ns ;in whi ch the int elle ct ma y sa fel y ran ge and spe cul ate ,sur e to find its equa l in some ant ago nis tactivi ty, and its jud ge in the trib una lof truth . It is a pla ce t al ation l sible c hip. il hy, Science t ated - i u l s itage i e ent t ive . i l an, f iversity, : i ity i ( r e, r ts t r ledge. y ,c p~h r ; ri m e t tion o , i c te p ~ re. [ , ( , r; , . . n, i e l , d ( ce u . ci l ries I e e , i g rful \'O - r [ enclcnt , l . · ers, s, l , t cn. ( i "', grcatn , a r; l ce lic . r ity. L l i tion · l ct ly ate, l ~ ni t ty, . l

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