XIV LETTER OF THE MASTER GENERAL 



tenth anniversary of the Decree In thesauris sapientiae by 

 which Pope Pius XI enjoined upon the universal Church the 

 veneration of Saint Albert the Great, Bishop and Confessor, 

 with the additional title of Doctor.^ 



We have watched with paternal concern the growth of The 

 Albertus Magnus Lyceum at the Pontifical Faculty of Phi- 

 losophy in River Forest, Illinois. Since its small beginnings in 

 the Autumn of 1950 under the inspiration of Father Kane and 

 the support of the Very Reverend Edward L. Hughes, at that 

 time Provincial of the Province of St. Albert the Great, it has 

 grown in wisdom and prestige. This growth has taken place to 

 a great extent under the care of the Very Reverend Edmund J. 

 Marr, Provincial of the Province of St. Albert the Great. We 

 have been particularly pleased to observe the devotion of its 

 members to the solid principles of St. Thomas and St. Albert, 

 and at the same time the concern of its members with vital 

 problems of modem science. Problems such as the relation of 

 Thomistic philosophy to modern science, the foundations and 

 nature of modern science, the true constitution of matter, the 

 biological problem of evolution as distinct from evolutionism, 

 the validity of depth psychology, the influence of physiological 

 and biochemical factors on mental diseases and many other 

 problems, cannot be solved without the mutual cooperation of 

 well trained minds. The Albertus Magnus Lyceum has grad- 

 ually enlisted the cooperation of Our sons in other Provinces, 

 the cooperation of Our Sisters of various communities, and most 

 important, perhaps, it has enlisted the cooperation of eminent 

 laymen. 



We are aware that the inspiration for the Lyceum was due 

 in large measure to the vision and zeal of its founder, Father 

 Humbert Kane. Despite many difficulties and obstacles, he 

 saw the need of cooperation within a specially recognized 

 institute, and he did not falter. It is indeed a happy coinci- 

 dence that the tenth anniversary of The Albertus Magnus 



«AAS, XXIV (1932), 5-17. 



