Speech delivered at the 1944 Commencement of Courses and Graduation Ceremony

Authors

  • Lisardo Novillo Saravia Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

Keywords:

June Revolution, Revolutionary government, St. Augustine, collation of degrees

Abstract

This act is a reflection of the phenomenon of renewal that life offers in its constant evolution: Some arrive, ready for study and effort, longing for work that dignifies and knowledge that improves and elevates; and others leave, full of dreams and hopes, in pursuit of the ideal that encourages the steps of all human existence; but, if I owe the greeting of welcome to some, and to others, the expression of farewell, all have the right to expect from my investiture and my years, the meditated and serene word, which invites reflection and study.

Author Biography

  • Lisardo Novillo Saravia, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

    Lisardo Novillo Saravia was an Argentine conservative politician and lawyer (from Córdoba) who was born in 1882 and died in 1962. He was known for his Catholic faith and his dedication to teaching. He was a lawyer, politician, professor, dean of the National University of Cordoba and rector of the National University of Cordoba. He was not only attracted to the University Chair, but also to teaching at the tertiary and secondary level. His classes of History of Spanish Literature at the Escuela Normal de Profesores, and of Spanish in the classrooms of Monserrat, left lasting traces in the memory of his students. Director of the newspaper "Los Principios" (1912-1915). Member of the Constitutional Convention of the Reforming Convention of 1923. President of the Bar Association of Córdoba (1931-1933), and years later he would be appointed First President of the Argentine Merchant Air Fleet. As far as his spiritual activity is concerned, he was President and re-elected in several periods of the Diocesan and Archdiocesan Board of the Argentine Catholic Action. On the occasion of the International Eucharistic Congress of 1937, held in Asuncion, Paraguay, he would be appointed by His Holiness Pius XII, civil deputy of pontifical legate. A public space in Argüello, Córdoba, a few meters from where he had his summer residence, and a street in Iponá, Córdoba, bear his name. Lisardo Novillo Saravia belonged to the Catholic-Hispanic nationalist group that had an important influence in the Revolution of 1943. In 1943 he was interventor Rector of the National University of Córdoba appointed by Gustavo Martínez Zuviría when he was Minister of Justice and Public Instruction, under the de facto presidency of Pedro Pablo Ramírez (1943-1944).

    Reference

    Lisardo Novillo Saravia (September 29, 2023). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisardo_Novillo_Saravia

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Published

1944-03-01

Issue

Section

HUMANITIES SECTION

How to Cite

Speech delivered at the 1944 Commencement of Courses and Graduation Ceremony. (1944). Revista De La Universidad Nacional De Córdoba, 31(1), 9-17. https://revistas.psi.unc.edu.ar/index.php/REUNC/article/view/10805