Cathedral Preparatory School - Literulae Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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.li The graduate of 1951 moves into a life where his decisions must be reached on the basis of an international order. The world is his concern, as it is for the millions who now combat the forces of aggression and error.. Young Americans are con- cerned for the survival of their way of life. We, who claim youth and confidence as our indispensible tools for bringing peace and unity among all nations, realize that international, discord stems from individual inadequacies. The panacea of universal education has failed to right the wrong in many instances, largely .because the so-called universal education was a numerical rather than a total or complete training of the student. The result has been a half-educated person, as incapable of grasping the significance behind the current struggle of free peoples for survival against numerically superior forces, as he was of learning that love of God antedates and overshadows even the most enlightening scientific advances of recent years. Today's youth seeks a sense of values which can help him to act in accordance with the demands of the moral order. Skills will never equip a man with the necessary means for right living. Know howf' while it most certainly 'must be acquired for any complete education, can never take the place of i'know why. The latter gives fullness and meaning to education, the former remains either a means to' an end or an unsatisfactory end in itself. The two together, however, constitute acomplete or total education. - The Prep .Education places Religion as the crown of scholastic training. All other 'subjects and activities are subordinate. The complete Prep education may be said to embrace those subjects and activities which aid in the acquisition of knowl- edge, skills, and attitudes for good Christian living here and eternal happiness hereafter. With Prep as a background, the theme of a Catholic X education is symbolized in Our Lady of Prep, the entrance f to the Church, and the stately spires of the Cathedral Devotion to Mary, prayer directed heavenward to God and angopen heart for good are the main qualifications fof ' the real Prep student.