Breck School - Mustang Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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The Rev. James Jenkins, BA. I)D, Chaplain Macalexer 1952. Scabury-Western, 1955. Communion The Rev. John Hudson Communion Breakfast

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Student worship in the Breck chapel. RELIGION In a day when public education is being narrowed in scope and life is becoming more compartmentalized and specialized, Breck continues to emphasize the importance of the maturing boy as a whole person. Mental. physical, and emotional are all seen as vital, growing components of a single personality. The Judeo-Christian understanding of man as a special creation of God made in His image with the freedom to work out Mis values and purposes of life undergirds everything we do at Breck. Each boy is encouraged to grow in spirit as well as in mind and body. Wrestling with questions of faith and ethics in Sacred Studies helps a l oy expand the horizons of his faith and keep him apace with intellectual growth in other subjects. The Ota pel service gives him a chance for spiritual refreshment with the opportunity to gain new perspective and strength. Worship helps him look beyond his daily experience to the losing, continuing purposes of God. Chapel worship gives him an opportunity to offer himself to God in adoration and unselfishness. It lias been made painfully clear to us in the light of violent wickedness of national import this sear that it is not enough to educate a man's mind. For education must have moral and ethical guide lines and values which direct it to human good, not destruction: to set moral and ethical guidelines to help give life a Christian perspective, to start developing a discipline of worship, and put Breck in a unique position. There is no greater opportunity than this in our time. 24 Chaplain Jenkins read benediction.

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MR. VERNON SKARI Vpptt St hoot Social Sladiti B A. Concordia College. 1933; M.A. Macalestcr College, 1964 Sure, Mr. Skan HISTORY The chief aim of the Breck History Department is to teach the students to think critically regarding the history of their country and of the world. The courses are set up in such a way as to enable the boys to evaluate different view points and to select ideas which they believe are true. Breck students get an early start in becoming students of history. Geography and American History are taught in the seventh and eighth grades, rrsjjcctivcly. World History begins in the ninth grade with Ancient History, followed in the sophomore year by the History of Modern Europe. In either tlteir Junior or .Senior year a more comprehensive American Civilization course is required of all boys. An elective for Juniors is also offered, this year dealing with Asian History and Culture. Open to Seniors is a class in United State Government and Political Science. In this course the student achieves an understanding of the work and appreciation for the nature of his government. Hr leams his responsibilities to his country and develops a loyalty to its government. 26 MR C J HEASER Upper School Social Sludiei BS. M.A. U of Minn., 1938