Headmaster's Message

This book pictures the activities, the ideas, the styles, and no doubt the values of the students who populate St. Martin's School in this school year 1969-1970. The SHIELD staff has succeeded in the unenviable task of fulfilling two responsibilities which in many respects are incompatible. It has illustrated faithfully the basic structure of the school's ]jfe and activities as reflected in such things as class pictures, athletic teams, the Homecoming Court and seniors' portraits. The miniskirts, long hair, rock music illustrated in the candid shots, on the other hand, more than likely reflect the students' own true feelings and values. In essence, then, the SHIELD this year points up that most of the Upper School students live in two worlds - the one established for them by their parents and teachers - the other, their own, with priorities and values at variance with that of their elders. We commend the editor and her staff for their successful efforts toward bridging "the generation gap."

ABOVE: The Reverend John B. Austin, Assistant Headmaster, B. A . , M.A., Tulane University; B. D. , University of the South; University of Pennsylvania, Louisiana State University in New Orleans, Loyola Universi ty. RlGHT TOP: The Reverend George F Wharton III, Chaplain , University o f the South , L.S. T , General Theological Seminary, B. A. , Oxford University, Louisiana State University in New Orleans. RIGHT BOTTOM: Th e Reverend Joseph R. Beckman , Assis tant C h ap lain, B. A . , Tulane University, L. Th. , Seabury - Western Theology Seminary.