RESOLUTIONS xxv 



Xavier Alumni Society 

 Cor unum et anima una 



At a Regular Meeting of the 



Council of the 



Xavier Alumni Sodality 



of the City of New York 



held on the 28th day of November, 191 5, the following 



resolution offered by 



John B. Doyle 

 was unanimously adopted : 

 Whereas, 



ANDREW JACKSON SHIPMAN 



has passed away, and 



Whereas, during the years of his life's work he was con- 

 stant in his devotion to the 



Xavier Alumni Sodality 

 as Sodalist, as President and in its Council, and — 



Whereas, his passing is a loss not only to the Sodality but, 

 in its deepest significance, to the Church and to the State, for 

 in him was realized the noblest ideal of a Christian gentle- 

 man. With a personality of rare simplicity he combined the 

 choicest gifts of mind and heart; his remarkable talents and 

 attainments he used ungrudgingly for the benefit of others 

 and to make our Faith better understood; he pursued the 

 Law as a vocation of honor and of cherished traditions; he 

 served the State purely, turning from praise or emolument ; 

 he ever championed the Right and in particular the Eternal 

 Right of Christ's Teaching, and by his stainless character, 

 his respect for her authority, and his observance of her 

 ordinances, reflected in every day of his life the spirit of holy 

 Mother Church. Therefore, it is 



Resolved, that this be adopted as the unanimous sentiment 

 at our grief and that it be spread upon the minutes of the 

 Council of the Xavier Alumni Sodality. And it is 



Further Resolved, that a copy hereof be engrossed and 

 signed by the President and the Reverend Moderator and 

 presented to the wife of our late lamented member to express 

 in some measure our sorrow and sympathy. 



John A. Ryan, 



President. 

 T. J. Campbell, s.j. 



Moderator. 



