Cretin High School - Cretinite Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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IlIlllIlllllllll Strength and vitality in education do not lie in the size or form of the building in which it is taught. Strength and vitality in education do lie in the teaching and development of a sound way of life. Likewise the teaching and development must come from a strong and intel- lectual faculty which thinks and acts as a unit. Cretin proudly claims just such a teaching staff : A unit, which during the past four years, has constantly led us towards a common and definite goal. This goal can well be expressed as the development of our character-a spiritual, intel- lectual, moral, and physical growth. Each brother and lay professor has sacrificed his time unselfishly in our interests. His is much more than just a job between 8:15 in the morning and 3:00 in the afternoon. His work among the students begins the moment he enters the building and ceases only when the last stu- dents leave his class, satisfied that their problems are solved and their questions answered. During oneis stay at Cretin, several mental pictures of our faculty may be formed. To freshmen, a member of the faculty is a collosus with the yardstick in one hand and a drab pictureless three-hundred page textbook in the other. To the sophomore, he is an adversary to be outplayed and outwitted. It is a challenge to the sophomore to see if he can leave in the spring knowing less than he did when he came in the fall. To the junior, a member of the faculty is an open book on whose every page are two thousand quadratic equations, not to be solved but only to be wondered at. The senior, on the day of graduation, sees at last that each of his teachers has been a friend and adviser, whose endless hammering and yammering had behind it a pur- pose previously too deep to comprehend. Cretin's faculty has given us an education which far surpasses that given at any other school in the state. They have succeeded in imparting to us a portion of their boundless knowl- edge and wisdom. Indeed, to know a member of the faculty is an experience and to be taught by one is a blessing. 13

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' ly.. ff' if .- 1-,251 - eff! BROTHER J. MATTHEW Principal Director In every type of organization no matter how large or small, the responsibil- ity of directing it will fall eventually upon the shoulders of one small group. In a school, that group is the administration. Going even farther, among that small group, one must be the final leader, the principal. His is the ultimate decision. Consider the problems that face Brother Matthew, our principal. First there are 850 problems that enter the halls of school every day. Add the financial burden of running a large school nine months a year. We might also consider the vast amount of time and energy spent on the purely functional duties that arise every day. Yet Brother Matthew meets all such things in such an unobtrusive and efficient manner that many never realize what a responsibility is his. Brother Lawrence Walter holds another important administrative position. His office in 101 is now enclosed by glass partitions. Fortunately the influence of our Vocational Guidance Director is not enclosed by these partitions but ex- tends eventually to .every cadet. School is after all a small part of life which leads to a larger part. The graduating senior is made more sure of his venture into that larger part of life by Brotheris advice. The new member of Cretin's administrative field is Brother L. Thomas. Succeeding Brother Mark as assistant principal this year, Brother Thomas has shown a ready adaptation .to that position. His duties include serving as the at- tendance officer and visiting classes during certain periods of the day. Brother's busy schedule keeps him from forgetting 'the feel of chalk on blackboard too. For he also teaches journalism and Sophomore religion. A school is only as good as its faculty, and the faculty is only as good as its administration. We feel that Cretin is an excellent school. 14