Page 7 - The Gonzaga Record 1988
P. 7
EDITORIAL
Most people can recall with profound gratitude some major influence on
their lives at school. For many in Gonzaga such a figure was Fr Bill White
SJ, Prefect of Studies for the School's first fifteen years and Rector for
a further six. His death in July 1988 is a milestone in our history. This
number of the Record pays special tribute to Fr White in the
appreciations of his life.
The 1988 Record is the fourth since its inauguration and the first not
edited by Fr Bill Lee SJ, who left Gonzaga for University Hall last year,
having spent over 30 years in the College. He leaves us and his many
pupils enormously in his debt and is sorely missed as editor. Fr Lee
pioneered the Gonzaga Record and in the first two numbers wrote a most
valuable history of the College.
The past year has seen, as every year does, a number of changes in the
School. The Board of Governors had completed their term of office and
the Provincial has appointed Fr Patrick Crowe SJ, former Chairman of
the Board, as Manager of the College, to succeed the Board. The
members of the Board very generously served Gonzaga in their years of
office for which the College is deeply grateful.
The School Secretary for the past eleven years, Mrs Kitty Evans, retired
this year. A number of presentations were made to her by students and
staff in appreciation of her great devotion to the College throughout that
time.
The new phenomenon of redeployment in Irish Education hit Gonzaga
this year, removing to Muckross from our staff at the late time of August
Mrs Kay O'Duill. We miss her and wish her well in the new school.
Among the notable events that happened in the College during the past
year was the achievement of the Senior Rugby Team, reported in the
section on sports. The Senior Rugby Team was defeated 26-21 by
Blackrock in the quarter-final - an outstanding achievement when the
school numbers, not to mention traditions, are compared.
The Fifth Year Project raised over £20,000 for Sunshine House and the
Irish Wheelchair Association. The Community Project is now
flourishing, involving students on a regular basis with traveller or autistic
children, or painting flats of some old people.
Also the second year's Urban Plunge brought over thirty Sixth Year
students to spend a period of time staying in homes and presbyteries in
the inner city.
In this Millennium Year we had an unusual visit to the College when
the Lord Mayor of Dublin at the time, Mrs Carmencita Hederman, who
had two sons in Gonzaga, brought the Mayor of Moscow, Mr Valerie
Saikin and the Russian Ambassador to visit us in May. Glasnost touched
Gonzaga!
In response to the challenge to all Jesuit past pupils of Fr Peter-Hans
Kolvenbach, General of the Society of Jesus, to address seriously the
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Most people can recall with profound gratitude some major influence on
their lives at school. For many in Gonzaga such a figure was Fr Bill White
SJ, Prefect of Studies for the School's first fifteen years and Rector for
a further six. His death in July 1988 is a milestone in our history. This
number of the Record pays special tribute to Fr White in the
appreciations of his life.
The 1988 Record is the fourth since its inauguration and the first not
edited by Fr Bill Lee SJ, who left Gonzaga for University Hall last year,
having spent over 30 years in the College. He leaves us and his many
pupils enormously in his debt and is sorely missed as editor. Fr Lee
pioneered the Gonzaga Record and in the first two numbers wrote a most
valuable history of the College.
The past year has seen, as every year does, a number of changes in the
School. The Board of Governors had completed their term of office and
the Provincial has appointed Fr Patrick Crowe SJ, former Chairman of
the Board, as Manager of the College, to succeed the Board. The
members of the Board very generously served Gonzaga in their years of
office for which the College is deeply grateful.
The School Secretary for the past eleven years, Mrs Kitty Evans, retired
this year. A number of presentations were made to her by students and
staff in appreciation of her great devotion to the College throughout that
time.
The new phenomenon of redeployment in Irish Education hit Gonzaga
this year, removing to Muckross from our staff at the late time of August
Mrs Kay O'Duill. We miss her and wish her well in the new school.
Among the notable events that happened in the College during the past
year was the achievement of the Senior Rugby Team, reported in the
section on sports. The Senior Rugby Team was defeated 26-21 by
Blackrock in the quarter-final - an outstanding achievement when the
school numbers, not to mention traditions, are compared.
The Fifth Year Project raised over £20,000 for Sunshine House and the
Irish Wheelchair Association. The Community Project is now
flourishing, involving students on a regular basis with traveller or autistic
children, or painting flats of some old people.
Also the second year's Urban Plunge brought over thirty Sixth Year
students to spend a period of time staying in homes and presbyteries in
the inner city.
In this Millennium Year we had an unusual visit to the College when
the Lord Mayor of Dublin at the time, Mrs Carmencita Hederman, who
had two sons in Gonzaga, brought the Mayor of Moscow, Mr Valerie
Saikin and the Russian Ambassador to visit us in May. Glasnost touched
Gonzaga!
In response to the challenge to all Jesuit past pupils of Fr Peter-Hans
Kolvenbach, General of the Society of Jesus, to address seriously the
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