The St. Joseph’s College Magazine. Trichinopoly. Centenary Number. March 1945

The conspicuous palm tree in the middle is the emblem of the East It bears in fesse a bow and above it is the monogram of the Society of Jesus. [...] The motto Pro Bono et Vero " (for the Good arid the True) indicates the ideal which the teachers and the tatNitt should ever keep before their eyes as the goal of their efforin the field of education namely moral and intellectual formation" THE IDEAL PURSUED By THE RT. [...] The higher the end and the nearer the institution draws to the nobler the more serviceable and the more institution prove itself to be. [...] When we read the legends connected with the Quest of the Holy Grail or the accounts of the conquest of the Holy Land by the Crusaders we are impressed by the mighty hold the tremendous power of appeal which a righteous cause exercises on the minds and hearts of men of good-will. [...] On the other hand the Negapatamites were good people who loved their college ; and so who could have set fire to it except the devil the spirit of darkness ? When the extent of the disaster was fully realised the face of the procurator was a pitiful sight.