Fairfield University - Manor Yearbook (Fairfield, CT)

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'QQ f pn- Q Q J 1-1. Rev. Augustine J. Caffrey. Rev. William F Carr. S.J. Rev. William G. Devine. Rev. John D. Donoghue S.J. .4.s.visml1t Professor of S.J. S.J. .4ssisIunI Pl'Uff'.NXUI' of Pllilosopliv A.ssi.sIur1I Professor of .4ssm'iuIz' l'l'nfz'.s.xor of Theology Plzilosopliy Pliilosopli-v Q35 ,hi X Rev. John L. Gallagher. S.J. Rev. Laurence S. Mullin. Rev, Joseph W. Murphy. .4.ssisIur1l P1'ofe'.ssor' of S.J. S.J. Tlieologv Associulz' Professor of .-1.S.50L'lzIIc' Professor of Pliilosoplzv Theology C ' 'Vr- .S hyg-:J ,f Rev. John A. O'Brien, S.J. Rev. Mr. Neil P. O'Keefe. Rev. Richard L. Rooney. Professor of Pliilosoplzy S.J. S.J. ll1.s'trHc'Ior of Pliilosopliy Assofiulv Profvs.s'or of Tlle'o1ogAv X , I 2 ,gi sr- to Rev. Cornelius F. Shea. Rev. J. Christopher Rev. James A. Walsh. S.J. S.J. Sullivan, S.J. Profvssor of Tlieology Assistant Professor of Asxsociale Professor of pl1flnrnnl1xv DJ-iflncnnhu

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surf T el Rev. Edmund J. Hogan. SJ. Cwlltlffllltlll, Dvprzrrmvnt of Theology Associate Professor of Theology .21 ' tai X YQ:-ef! Rev. John L. Clancy. S.J. CifIlllil'HlflH. IJt'f7lll'IIIl!'lI1 of Philosophy Professor of Philosophy It is a strange, enchanting melody for man: the call to truth. In time's first light we find him etching reality on the walls of his cave-home. We follow him: plotting the course of the sun, speculating on the nature of his world, carving his gods in deathless, lifeless stone. For a time he is a Greek, drawing his uni- verse in the sand of the agora. Then he is a Roman, surveying a calm and tranquil world pacified by his legions, from his tranquil stoa. Suddenly he becomes another Man, suffer- ing in the eyes of a hostile world, on a cross of suffering, his own choosing, this Man: the Way, the Life, the Truth. From his lips we hear a promise that gives birth to hope and banishes despair. Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Speculating man will never change. His questions are the same today. They will be the same tomorrow. Amid denial and reproof, assurance and concurrence, each man takes up his search, carries it a bit further, then lays it down, a bit farther from its origin, a bit nearer the goal. Fairfield presents the Aristotelian-Thomis- tic synthesis as its method, logic as a criterion, for gaining a knowledge of God, man, and the universe. It teaches respect for the thoughts of other men. Its students are given ample time to learn and to speculate in the world of ideas, a distinguishing feature of the Jesuit university. Life presents a choice: that men neglect the pursuit, bind shut their minds and see fit to content themselves with dwelling on the world's veneer, or that they give themselves to seeking the difficult, all-but-unattainable knowledge of things as they are. For there alone is peace granted, and the freedom that is human. Edward Rizy

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0 Vx Richard Cunningham, President Donald Buckley, Moder- ator Fr. Donoghue, Anthony Sarlo. and Paul Ziegler. lnntggmy linizunnui irimmiimna l 'Uv ,.,,.. X . Er 1 1 - Q 3 I A Z' Standing: P. Pestillo, J. Monahan, R. Cunningham, D. Buckley, J. Moylan, A. Catalano, A. Sarlo, R. Brunner, D. Genga. Seated: R. Martin, T. Ryan, Fr. Donoghue, P. Ziegler. The Aquinas Academy was founded on campus in October, 1953. as a philosophical research and discussion group. The Academy, primarily concerned with augmenting the student's knowledge of Scholastic Philosophy, is founded on the principle of student participation and inquiry in the pursuit of philosophical tenets. In view of the Academy's purpose as an active research group, membership is restricted by invitation ofthe moderator, Father John D. Donoghue, S.J., in consultation with the dean of studies, to those students who have proven ability and have shown particular proficiency and interest in philosophy. Invitations which were formerly restricted to seniors have been extended this year to juniors, sophomores, and some freshmen, because of recent changes in the philosophy curriculum. The Academy, from its emergence on the University scene, has traditionally given record of the year's philosophical inquiry in a public dissertation on some aspect of Scholastic Philosophy. Its efforts were displayed on March 7, the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas. This year the results of the Academy's research in Scholastic Psychology found public discussion in a symposium which treated the basic distinction between Cartesian and Scholastic Psychology. Earlier in the year. Academy president Donald Buckley officiated with the members at an informal panel discussion on the principles of Scholastic Philosophical Psychology given for the Aquinas Club of Danbury state Teacher's College. The remainder of the Academy's agenda was taken by informal discussions on certain principles of Scholastic Metaphysics. -i H --.ne-4