Campion Jesuit High School - Knight Yearbook (Prairie du Chien, WI)

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O A vourse in history may lie 4-onsidered instrnrtion for the present lry demonstration of the errors of the past. For three years the Campion student follows this vourse. l ln his first year he sees the anvienl world. in his serond tht- f f 5 f history and government of his native land, in his third the 'I eventful history of Europe sinre the Middle ages. To le-arli Campion men how to serve Cod and country to lieth-r advantage is the prime purpose of the history de- partment. Tln- follies of the past afford a voign of vantage for the pri-sont. and. if they are directed. in particular. to per- sonal lu-tt:-rliivllt. tln- history course will have alvliivvnwl its oltjt-rt. C Not religion and eduration. hut religion in edu4'ation.' lpon this phrase is lnased all Catholir eduvation. and al Cam- pion its prinviples are deeply revealed. Not only in the regular religion rlasses are lllvwt' prin- . viple-s pra1'ti1'e-d. hut in every l'l1'lS5I'U0lll the Catholit' prinri- I ples and liao-l-tgrouml are expounded. Thus the religious training received hy the Campion student is of a highly pravtit-al nature. lls principles are applied to the modern world in which he must liw. and lu' gains muvh therefrom. No student leaves Campion without a thorough grounding in his Faith. the value ol which will ln- realized only when the years have revealed its true- eifvrl. The- lit-vs. Il. Alt'St'llt'IlIllOSvI', S..I., IC. ll. Hart, S I 1-ssrs. .I. I., Sll'iIlL1'l'I', N, l'. Lot-hr, S..I.. NY. ll, 0. I'. Sullivan, S..I,,'l'..X.S1'ln1ttt-,S..I., 'l' A. Fit I ilu-Hy, S..I , and .I .X, Zntnmat-It, SMI., rt-vi.-w paraflt- man. SUI., .I, AI. 'l':iintei'. S..I., and .I. .I, Hannan, S I ul' world history, dismiss the- front ot' Vatliolit- nvtion.

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up Q I'r4-siding' :tt tht- l t'llI'IItlI'j' I-Inglish tt-zu-In-rs' int-1-tinzri Mt-mtwrs nt' tht- I:uu:n:ug.u- cle-pnrtim-nt num-t in 'I'h1- lt:-v. .X. .l. Mnntsch, S,.l. .XI-stint: 'llltt' Ile-x'. t'. Ii. Iitvrary. Se-zttvttz Itcvs. .X. I . fit-ysvtx SMI., I X Nlallon, SUI. I'Ing:ugtsrI in discussion: Messrs. lt, H. X1-Irricli. S..I.. A. I-'. Sll'lI3ltIt'l', S..l.. .l. I'. Mel:-Itoirs N hlllllllltltll. S..l., .I. .I. Doyle, SJ- NY. IC, Ihmlcy, SHI., Standing? Messrs. 'l'. K. RIcK4-nm-y, S..I,, .I, .I. Qin .I. I . ,Xlwlvi4'Ii. SUI., Il. .I. Knanf, S..I.. .I. IC, Cust-y, SHI., SUI., Il. li. SOIIlll2lI't'l. SHI, .Xhse-nt: 'I'ht- lit-V. H. .l. Stcpziniztk. Iwitz. NJ. I I lfcw languages hoast a grcatcr store of ln-auty. pathos antl ltr-v. C. E. Malton, S..I. , , l ' f 1 ' 4 llvv 'I' I' I 'I-ltz, s..l. laughter than English. All this is loclsctl hctwccn the covers of tht- great hooks of the language. To cultixate in the Knights a taste for great works and to cnahle them to tap this reservoir is one of the foremost itlcals of the English tlepartment. To teach youth to put the most nclvulons thoughts into tlclinitc worals. written or spoken. is tht- other great ohject. This ycar the quatlriccntcnnial of the Society of ,lcstls was distinguishecl in the English ch-partment hy an essay con- test with the ,lesuits as the theme. in which all tht- stutlents participated to further their ability as writers of the vcr- nacular. I l.atin antl Creek. pursue-tl not for the knowlctlgc ol thosf' languages hut for the mental training they impart, are the age-ohl lmsis of the Jesuit educational system. At Campion this year the efforts of the stumlents were crownctl with high sllt't't'rs. culminating in a recurtl high place in the lntcrscho- lastic Latin contest. The moalcrn touch of thc language course is lurnishetl hy l r4-nch. one of the Illtlrl witlely uncle-rstootl of moth-rn tongues. lla-signt-tl for the students nnahlc to profit hy continuing the intcnsixc classical course. tht- stuely of l re-nch l'lll'IIlPlll's the tlouhla- lll0llt'l'll language crmlit new--sary for entrance- into college. The olrject ol' tht- entire language tleparttncnt is to train the stntlent to think and llltls to facilitate his college- work. YOUTH'S PREPARATION FOR A o205

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I The 1-lassic-al system of 1-duration puts little stress upon tht- pravtival sc-if-in-v voursos in vdurational vogue today, pre- , fe-rring to ground tln' student well and to lt-I him gain svien- tilim- knoislmlge- from exp:-riem-v or rontinued study. Cer- tainly Campion. as a modern school. can and does not neglert the' hl'lt'IIlili1' sidv. ln third ye-ar getwral svienve shows 1-ommon devives as but simple applit-ations of even simpler natural laws. Pltysivs, tht- fourth year adventure into sviellve, takes the student deeper into the mysteries of st-ieiwe. Classrooms and laboratory votnhine to give him working knowledge of hoth the theory and applit-ation of physivs. O Four hundred hoys, living log:-the-r. are re-rtain to pro- duct- a plentiful crop of avht-s and pains, slllllt' tninor. some requiring a pt-riod of hospitalization. The strvam of minor H I h vast-s and tht- aw-rage of hospital vases vonstitttie the reason ea t for the r-xistt-tire of the Campion infirmary. Two registered nurses and a regular oonsulting physiriztn, the favilitiers of the infirmary, a small flllllllivlt! hospital, vom- prist- the health department of Campion. The ease and efiivienry with whirl: it has at'1'ommodated itself to the infrequent epidemics of minor illnesses prove cont-lusiyely that the health of Campion is in good hands. arm .f' F f- , sz ., Mt. H. .l. Uonroy, S..l,, and tho Ill-V. .l. lf. 'Dl'n 0 N s nn V, tvst pt-rl'vn'tion ot' a In-wly av- ln-. 'l'. IG. I-'arrt-ll, vonsnlting' physivian. 'l'Iu- Misses .X. A. I-'envl a 1lllil't'4l ll!il'l'HS4'Ujlt', K. .X. NlIl.1t'lll lists-It lo :tn e-xpl:tn:ution by ltr. IC. H. lmvlltetlllt'