De La Salle High School - Delta Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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I 9 X8 IftTTlHIKINIftSniftlN LA SALLE INSTITUTE GLENCOE, MO. AT Glencoe, Mo., about thirty miles to the southwest of St. Louis, is located La Salle Institute, the Novitiate, or house of entrance, of the Christian Brothers for the middle western province. Here resides the official head of the district, the Provincial-Visitor, who at the present time is Brother Leopold. F. S. C. La Salle Institute comprises three departments, namely, the Juniorate. the Novitiate, and the Scholasticate. or Normal School. The Juniorate is the home of the boys, recruited from all the schools of the District, who prepare by prayer and study to fit themselves for the religious life. The Director of this department and a capable staff of teachers give their best efforts to train and educate the young aspirants. Ample play grounds contribute much to the health and physical well-being of these boys. The suitability of Glencoe for this particular purpose is perhaps unsurpassed in its facilities. The Novitiate proper is the department where the religious formation of the postulants is undertaken after they have completed the course in the Juniorate. The Master of Novices has the direction of these young men. It is here that aspirants are clothed with the religious habit and are instructed in the duties and obligations of the state they have embraced. At the close of the Novitiate year they are admitted to vows. The Novices enjoy all the advantages that this secluded spot offers and in quiet and retreat they can acquire the spirit and virtues of the religious life. The purpose of the Scholasticate is to continue the religious formation, but much time is devoted to study that will fit them for the duties of the Christian teacher. The course they follow leads to an A. B. degree, the standard requirement now demanded for teachers in accredited high schools. La Salle Institute. Glencoe. Mo., is a quiet and peaceful place of abode, where youths with an ambition to serve God as Catholic educators spend their time of preparation for the spiritual life of the Christian Brother and are fitted for the arduous work of the teacher. The outward surroundings arc the best possible for those hours of thoughtfulness and intellectual work that are required of the students. The location is healthful, while the general equipment and facilities of the institution ensure the comforts of home, if comforts be the words to use in reference to a religious house, where prayer, unremitting work, and self abnegation so largely engage those who dwell therein. Page Nineteen