College of the Holy Cross - Purple Patcher Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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VERY REVEREND JOHN A. O ' BRIEN, S.J., Ph.D. PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE The Rector of a Jesuit college, as St. Ignatius ' present day delegate, must manifest those educational principles of the Society of Jesus as enunciated in the Ratio Studiorum. As the guardian for both the students and faculty alike, he is the synthesizing force of the various departments which compose the teaching curriculum here at Holy Cross. All subj ects, whether they be Greek, Philosophy or the modernized sciences of Physics and Sociology, must be chan- neled to achieve that unity of education which will produce the whole man. The President of our college, Very Reverend John A. O ' Brien, S.J., has a three-fold position as Administrator, Friend and Spiritual Leader of our campus. In the day to day problems which confront him, as chief executive of an out- standing educational institution, Father O ' Brien ' s personality and ability are ideally suited for these tasks.