Loyola High School - El Camino Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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L HS1956 8:20 AM. 4:30 PM. Noon-time caviar Now for practice. l AROUND THE CAMPUS, ll7 -i O.K. Let's get movingf MEMORYS A CURIOUS THING . . Strange, but often the very ordinary happenings in our life are more mem- orable than the seemingly great and eventful moments: a single tackle or a rebound in a particular game, the bull sessions during recess, racing to beat the first-period bell, a poem read in class, volleyball or a game ot hunch after school. But, after all, this is not so strange, the ordinary things are the stutt of which our lite is made.

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AA EL CANIINO We ihvite qou to view the STUDENTS cihd their life at Loqolci High School iN the qecir 1956 A. D.

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Everything in time has its beginning. The living spirit of a school will be found in its beginning as well as in the accumulated occurences which make up its history. Tradition gives the school its atmosphere. Loyola's tradition did not begin with the found- ing of the school almost a half century ago. Rather, it began when a nobleman from the family de Loyola in Aspeitia, Spain, found his way to the heart of Christ through prayer and suffering. The realizations upon which his close union with God developed he put down in writ- ing. These he called his Spiritual Exercises. ln them is contained everything that is most excellent than l can think of, feel and compre- hend in this life, to enable a man to make fruitful progress in his own soul, and be of benefit and stimulus to othersf' The truth of these words of Ignatius of Loyola has been well proved by history. Gathering a small band of men around him, Ignatius trained them accord- ing to his Exercises, and with them founded a new religious order in the Church, the Society of Jesus, known more popularly as the Jesuit Order. ln the service of the l-loly Father, lgna- DEDICATION tius and his followers sought to restore the total, integral concept of Catholicism which had grad- ually been lost by the European peoples. Chris- tianity was violently atomized with the coming of Protestantism. The Exercises of Ignatius con- tained an apt selection of those principles of Catholic tradition which could most effectively re-center Christ in European life and learning. A dynamic system of education based on these Exercises, the 'Ratio Studiorum' as it was called, was drawn up by the Jesuits. Within 8 years, 33 colleges were approved by St. Ignatius and opened before his death. The righ reputation of Jesuit schools was rapidly established throughout Europe. Today, throughout the world, the Society of Jesus, with its 32,899 members, directs 5,2il educational institutions. The 11OOth anniversary of the death of St. lg- natius has prompted the Superior General of the Jesuits to institute a world-wide celebration this year in honor of this saint. Joining in this cele- bration, in gratitude to Divine Providence for the work it has accomplished in St. Ignatius, we dedicate this book to his honor and beg his guidance and inspiration as our Patron.