Benedictine College - Raven Yearbook (Atchison, KS)

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MeN'roRs Father julian Father Paschal Father Hubert Chemistry Physics Biology Ph.D., Chicago M Sc , Iowa Ph D , Michigan operate under the leadership of the Pope of Peace, Pius XII, in the work of salvaging the human personality, regaining for man the right to think, to choose, to love and to worship. The Father of the monastery sends the ablest of his monks to the outstanding universities of Europe and Ameri- ca that, as St. Benedict prescribes, they 'may know whence to bring forth new things and old' for the instruction of their students. The lofty ideals of American Democracy are thus combined with the great Western cultural heritage. The character of St. Benedict's College owes much to the virile, large-minded spirit of its dean of studies, the Rev. Sylvester Schmitz, O.S.B., Ph.D. An enthusiastic sportsman as well as a deep scholar, he realizes the importance of a balanced program in order to fulfill the spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical needs of his students. A sense of balance and proportion which gives to all things their proper place and function, is characteristic of the Benedictine point of view. Looking upon the World of nature the monk sees a marvelous order guided by a Divine Intelligence. In the beauties of the arts, in the truths of science,

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t l Father Victor History Ph.D., Munich Father Gilbert Sociology Ph.D., Catholic Univ. Father Florian History A.M., Notre Dame Father joseph Music B.Mus., St. Benedict's Page 9 Father Charles Accounting A.M., Illinois Father Sylvester Education Ph.D., Catholic Univ. Father Jerome Sociology A.M., Catholic Univ. Father Angelus Art A.B., St. Benedict's MGNTO RS Father Louis Ecu nomics Ph.D., Catholic Univ. and in the good things of this world, he discovers the absolute Beauty, Truth and Goodness of their Creator. God is still in His heaven, and it is 1'r:an's glorious destiny to be united with Him. All the powers of the natural man must be co- ordinated With the supernatural aids that have keen granted for attaining this goal. The study of religion thus takes first place at St. Benedict's as the integrating force in the truly Catholic edu- cation, under the supervision of the Rev. Henry Courtney, O.S.B., A.M., and the Rev. Marian Kotinek, O.S.B., A.M., student chaplain. The training of the will, a necessary complement to mental development, receives careful considera- tion by the board of discipline headed by the Rev. Florian Demmer, O.S.B., A.M., dean of men. A fundament upon which facts and ideas can he tested and organized is provided for the stu- dent in the practicable scholastic philosophy which is constructively interpreted by the Rev. Malachy Sullivan, O.S.B., Ph.D., and the Rev. Bernard Sause, O.S.B., Ph.D., J.C.D. The dean of studies, Rev. Sylvester Schmitz, O.S.B., Ph.D., conducts the departments of education and psychology. wma UWUI . '?'oB ii+ K .w POWDER