St Ignatius College Prepatory - Ignatian Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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Zhe Coin „Academics Ziie Other Side of The impression of St. Ignatius High School per- haps conveyed by past yearbooks is of a random mixture of faculty assisting a large group of stu- dents in their varied sports, activities and events. Yearbooks gone by have pictured an S. I. filled with teachers and pupils interested in all types of extra- curricular activities. One aspect, the primary one, has been sadly neglected. In the past we have given no hint that academic subjects are taught at our high school or of the close relation between activities and the academic courses. In an attempt to dispel this misconception in an interesting way, this year's Ignatian has instituted a a new section. You will find in this section both aca- demic departments and their related activities. The activities can be found with courses wjth which they are closely associated. By so graphically linking these two faces of S. I., the curricular and the extracurricular, we hope that the two major phases will be viewed as the two sides of the same coin. Curricular studies and co-cur- ricular activities are really the two prongs of the Jesuit effort to produce the whole Christian man, the education goal peculiar to the Western world. Each aids the other so that an artificial division is neither desirable nor appropriate. This then, is the purpose of the Academic Section. 6

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the Yearbook for this year is a most appropriate one as the are the first class to complete the four year course here High School was established as a completely independent unit It was on this day in July that St. Ignatius High School began Rev. Patrick Carroll S.J. FR. PRESIDENT FATHER PRESIDENT SALUTES YOU ST. IGNATIUS HIGH SCHOOL 222 Stanyan Street SAN FRANCISCO 18. CALIFORNIA its Challenging Era and it was this class that launched the New Era. Looking back over the 104 years that preceded this historic date, we see a long litany of successes for which we thank God most profusely. Looking back over the past four years and the last year in particular we see success, spir- itually, academically, socially, athletically, thank God. But in all this period from opening day, October 15, 1855 to the historic July 1, 1959, up to the present day, we see one thing that has never changed - the principles of the great St. Ignatius of Loyola whose name our school proudly bears and his tremendous driving spirit, the acquisition of which has always stamped the genuine St. Ignatius High School product. His was the spirit to strive for the best and to be the best, to despise satisfaction with mediocrity, to manifest burning loyalty and generosity to the cause of Christ and His Church. Only to the extent to which each makes his own the Principles and Spirit of St. Ignatius of Loyola can one claim to be a successful Ignatian. May God always bless and protect the graduates of 1963 and may you grad- uates, in all your undertakings, always reflect the greater glory of God. May God direct and protect during the months ahead the members of the Class of ’64, f65 and f66 and bring all back healthy and refreshed for the new School Year. One last caution: Soon the summer will be upon us and you will not have the ready accessibility of Confession and Holy Communion you had during the School Year. If you are to be a true Ignatian, determine now that you will receive the Sacraments of Penance and Holy Eucharist at least once a week and oftener if possible. My warmest good wishes to each one of yi (Rev. President, St. Ignatius High School 8