La Salle University - Explorer Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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cJLa atle WW -1-1 years are devoted solely to the mastery of one subject or the intense preparation for some profession? Does a man have anything more than a grab-bag collection of subjects if each subject is given as an entity unrelated to anything else? Obviously not. To avoid the pitfalls of this pseudo-education, the Brothers at La Salle have alwayj sought to include all of those subjects which ' ilttnm n r«t«): »4 t a m, i, f |m | facets of th human personality. The litst of courses given can very neatly be summarized as thos which will teach meriTiow to live and how to make a living. The purpose of La Salle, the third integral of that trinity whence the spirit of a liberal education springs, is anbther manifestation of constancy. Whether you look to the charter issued in 1863 or to the 1947-48 handbook, you will tihd Catholic higher education as the avowed purpose of the college. .To bring about the combined develop- ment, of moral and intellectual powers, to cultivate intellectual excellence, to emphasize Christian morality as the vital force in character formation and sound citizenship — these are the purposes to which the educator ' s labors are applied. As long as they strive towafd these ends the spirit of a liberal education will survive at La Salle. It IS indeed remarkable that such an elusive thing as this spirit has become the .steadfast element at ' our college. This spirit must be inculcated in students even before it is understood by them, and they o tJgeeventually led to believe in it. The practical demands of the day seem to be acting again.st it continuously, and diverse philo.sophies discrediting it periodically. In seeking a reason for this changelessness we arrive at two things intimately connected with the colleges. The first is the teaching of the Church on the nature of rfiah incorporated into a philosophy of education. The secortd is the religious order tWHas labored at Xa Salle since its inception. As a reflection of the agelessness of the Church and the constancy of its Catholic educators, the prevailing spirit at La Salle c(mld «be nothmg |)ut perpetual. Wt w ' ld bd indeed vain wefe we to believe that La Salle was the perfect ihe faultless example of the Liberal Arts College. We are consciou of its shortcomings; we haje seffrt Row the real differs from the ideal. Such a realization is not discouraging, we are grotSl hat in a world where integrated education has often disintegrated, La •SalTe has come so close to the ideal. We hope that La Salle, on the eve of post-war expansioti and consolidation, will rededicate itself to the ideals and goals proper to the Liberal Arts College. S] »

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yP.-i rs. A - U I Co eaium 9 he phenomenon of the ever-changing and the changeless existing side by side in the same institution is nowhere more apparent than in schools. Through our univers- ities and colleges pass legions of students eir minds grasping new ideas, their hearts supporting new ideals; yet, here at La Salle, we can see the ever-changing and the changeless existing Together. Throughout Li Salle ' s eighty-n%e years, the growth of the student body jind the expansion of the plivMcal plant manifest the dynamic aspect of our college. Concnrrent with this is the unchangmg aspect: a Catholic Philosophy of a Liberal Education. The pictures on the following pages show how La Salle has expanded to fulfill its declared aim of providing to thp s wl - ifciire it, .1 .oilge for Catholic higher education. of the necessar)- facilities and buildings, i!i tl c storJB the a er-c4»anging t.icet of La Salle. Cameras, however isti wiTtin 3]OSG- ' 411!---.-tO ciptuft: the spirit of a iireraj education which has %M , .,.:, , — . |j g5 ei hty-3 iq y rs. To..record that aspect of our je mSnts N ' -hich leePas ' tfle static 5 rrvuyz seajCou -to mi h. end in view. We ; createithi spirit and sustained it e teacT tjie cur culum, and-th« dli ' « ' faftDTj KaveV V it possible to drop in on ' clas ' ses comduaed at the original site of La Sa s, we would be conscious of many similanties between the The Christian Brother «4;pnductine the class — 5ay ar?||inspired with tht;.saiiie.|mr ose, would J Pb t be the immediate predecessor or the Brother of today rather than separated i) %ia|i yeai o ' e a liberal education, a■ eache needs ntorc than excellence of specialist ifl.iu ' field. He must have a id arr integrated ucation himself. These ' clothed - ' p Thali yeats ffo ! e a liberal educatron, a- Ir ' ■•»« cbolafihip; m dto or rnB t efmore than a I ' ■% ton ptett»kno ledt, ' e ' ;6l? ie ?!%l ire of rnan .and h stress into an educatloi tions and duties hicl1«te.ue. lett out imrortant jBubjeas, that have put too much ve prc n all the subjects with no effort to integrate them e said tq be completely educated if Jie has no idJa ' of hn Cfeator. ' 6ai a man been educatea% his setlboP ' it A. 4»

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The hundred years of C hristian Brothers ' actiMtv in this city has been marked hv pro- ress in both spiritual and temporal worlds. In 1863, La Salle wa situated at Filbert and Juniper Streets, present site of the Philadelphia Eveninj Bulletin newspaper. The years to follow saw a ;radual movement toward the northern sections of the city and in 1877 La Salle took up residence in . . . 845 — THE CENTENARY OF THE ROTHERS OF 10