Loras College - Purgold Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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AT BENEDICTION Oil V oiirse Columbia Academy sets before its students a plan of action wbicb is the result of much study and experience. The student knows definitely wbat he is expected to develop in the relij ion course. It is the aim of the institution to induce each student to acquire, under the guidance of the Church, a friendship with Christ; to conform his life to Christ’s principles; and to demonstrate to others the value of Christ’s plan of life. This thought runs through the entire four years of the Academy. The initial year is utilized in doing what is possible to make the hoy realize the truths which he has treasured in his memory. Advancing to the second year, the word that is stressed is iaterf refatiou. to aid the hoy to appreciate what is symbolized in nature, in the Liturgy and particularly in the Sacraments. The third year aims to answer the ((uestion : “Whom .shall I imitate . The life of Christ forms the content of this year, and imitation of His virtues is urged. The final year is spent in learning to (i ’ ’ y Christian f rineif les to the practical problems confronting the American hoy. JoiC McNam.y Page 150

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RECREATION HALL Tlie IB oy miA lias Attitaid es Jicsidcs the rcli|4:ioiis aim. Coliimhia Academy lays stress iip»»n five hal)its whicli are im- purtant in present-day life. Hiijh school education is not limited to mental development alone. Other actpiisitions must he had hy the hoy who is ready to meet the battles of life. High .school is not the time to accpiire a few isolated points of informati«»n: much less is it a dabbling in a dozen different subjects. In high school habit formati ui calls for serious attention. Thouiihtfulness is the first habit upon which there is insistence—thoughtfulness in the home, of those dependent upon us, of our friends, of Our Lord. (Juiei inifialkr comes next, the type that is steady and alert hut which avoids the vain boastfulness of the worldling. Per- sct ' erancc helps the boy to overcome the tendency to shift to something easier. The hoy must cling to the task in hand. In the fourth habit, self-control, we see an effort to stem the modern trend to self satisfaction, to indulgence. Only that self-control which is motivated by friendship with Christ will enable the . merican hoy to preserve his baptismal pledges. The final habit is the mastery of any present duty. This might he called tlu»roughness. the habit up »n which Theodore Ro sevelt insisted, the habit which alone brings perfection. Joe Wn.Dwnii.NG. Page 151