Diamondback, Yearbook of St. Mary's University, 1956 Page: 31 of 184
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"The theological, philosophical, political and experiential
concepts of security are not the security with which men are
today concerned. To them security is economic security. That
is all.
"Economic security is found in the possession of material
things. It means a good job and a good pay check; it means
money in the bank, social security, retirement pay and insur-
ance for any kind of rainy day. This concept of security in
its essential notion is just as historical as that of political
security. Both are equally valid and wholesome. Perhaps, that
is one of the reasons that today they are often confused with
each other.
"It is a platitude of our theology that man needs a suf-
ficiency of material things in order to improve his spirit. One
can have no quarrel with that objective.
"But there are undertones associated with the word secur-
ity that we should not encourage to become dominant .
"Technology promises a dazzling and indefinite advance
in products and inventions which will make life more com-
fortable. It seems to offer the security of a world converted
into a feather bed whereupon men will pass their lives inI-
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and the spirit can be suffocated by overconcern for comfort.
"There is the danger that this concept of security will kill
that restlessness of mind and divine discontent that has been
responsible for every advance of the race.
This concept can prove hostile to our democratic form
of government. The shouldering of civic responsibility may
be regarded as a distraction from economic purpose. In our
own day men have embraced dictatorships for economic
reasons.
"As educators we cannot subscribe to the notion that
security is synonymous with repose. When man ceases to
work at his improvement, he is not secure; he is dead.
"I believe that the only security of an individual and of
a free society is found in their desire for growth.
"I fear that the model n concept of security is hostile to
growth.
"I know that it is expedient to yield to the pressure of
the moment; but expediency is not secure."
Excerpts from address of V. Rev. Walter
Buehler, S.M., to General Faculty Meet-
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St. Mary's University (San Antonio, Tex.). Diamondback, Yearbook of St. Mary's University, 1956, yearbook, 1956; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1210541/m1/31/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library.