Fenwick High School - Blackfriars Yearbook (Oak Park, IL)

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Education M ust Knowlcdgf' uf Ihe finger lips. 0 . 0 Rev. J. S. Kennedy, O.P., M.A. Latin and Religion Rev. L. E. Nugent, O.P., M.A. Director of Religious Activities Spanish and English Rev. E. A. McDermott, O.P., M.A Director of Drarnatics French and English

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In keeping With the admonition of Christ: Suf- fer the little children to come unto Me, the Domin- ican Order has placed at the disposal of west Chica- go and suburb residents a staff of teachers Well equipped to fulfill the mission of our Divine Lord. The Faculty, composed almost entirely of Dominican priests, repeats the tender invitation of Christ, and uses all its time and energies improving the children of the community. In doing this it is carrying out also the Wish of the late Holy Father Pope Pius XI. who expressed his ardent Wish in an encyclical letter that the Church would continue her rightful place in the scheme of education, and of the present Pope Pius XII., one of the greatest scholars of this day, who revealed his great interest in education both by his devotion to it and by choosing, on his reception into the Third Order of Saint Dominic, the name Brother Albert Thomas, thus selecting as patrons two of the greatest scholars of all time. The Catholic concept of education is not a mean- ingless or one sided system of developmentg but one Educatmg the Whole Man ENN... Bev. V. S. Feltrop, O.P., M.A. Rev. R. B. Connolly, O.P., M.A. Rev. C. B. Nlorrison OP NIA German and Latin General Science, Religion Chemistry Geometry

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that is clear, sound and thoroughly logical. It re- gards the development of the whole man as of prime importance, a development that is possible only when moral training is added to secular learning. Mere secular training is not sufficient for the for- mation of true character, for it gives no considera- tion to the things really important and Worth while. It leaves out God, the immortal soul, eternity, man's real mission on earth, consequently it leaves man but imperfectly prepared to solve life's problems. The Catholic High School exists for the pur- pose of giving this moral development. It approach- es the study of the arts and sciences with the proper mental attitudeg that is, recognizing the existence of God, our duties to Him, and our obligations to our fellow-men. It is this background that is so essen- tial and makes for true character formation. The formal teaching of religion occupies only a small portion of the daily schedule without interfering with or encroaching upon the time required for the other studies. But, the principles of Catholic phil- .VJ Hcv. J. A. Murtaugli, O.P., B.A. Latin RGV- R- I- TUCk9I', OP., B.S. Rev. J. P. McDermott, O.P., B.A. Rev. J. M. Nugent, 0.P., BLA. Physics and Mechanical Drawing Athletic Director Business Law and Economic Geography ,n