Loyola University Maryland - Evergreen / Green and Gray Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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the complete and harmonious development of man at an age when long years of service to his fellow-men, and opportunities for personal happiness and spiritual attainment lie before him. But this complete development is not, merely, the healthy mind ih the healthy body philosophy of Horace. The Roman poet, living according to his not-too-seriously-held pagan beliefs, probably only glimpsed the true ideal. Man ' s life is guided and judged by adherence to certain natural rules springing from fundamental, essential relationships. He is the creature of the God who made him, and the egual in nature, origin and destiny of all other men. Any system that offers to educate men must recognize these relationships. Failure to do this leads to a denial of man ' s inalienable rights, to the theory that Might is right, to atheism and to a falsi- fication of human nature itself. A liberal arts college, such as Loyola, acknowl- edges these axioms. In the light of them she strives for the full and truthful development of her sfudents so that they may be an honor to God and country. Utility is not the primary aim of a liberal education. Knowledge may be an end in itself and not merely a means to something else. It may subserve noble as well as practical achievement. A Catholic liberal arts college teaches man his own, individual dignity and the truth and beauty which the human mind is capable of attaining. Based on the impregnable fact that progress does not alter fundamentals but builds on them, a liberal education makes use of the classic works of ancient minds to enable the student to benefit from the kinship and sameness of human nature which has remained unchanged through Six

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In a period of transition, when novelty is made synonymous with correctness, and that which bears the mark of antiquity is also apt to bear the stamp of disapproval, institutions which have successfully withstood attack and change deserve special consideration. It is for this reason that we dedicate our Annual - to Loyola, a college of the liberal arts and to the principles which, in common with similar universities and colleges throughout the world, it has preserved inviolate. For centuries the especial tasks of a liberal education have been teaching men to think and training them in culture and refinement. To-day, despite the inroads made by modern, so-called practical theories there remain strongholds of learning engaged in this noble work. We salute these insti- tutions in our dedication. But it is impossible to mention any college or university either for praise or condemnation without considering the personalities of those teaching and of those taught. Cardinal Newman wrote that a university is a place of con- course. As such, the influence exercised by the character of the faculty cannot be over-estimated. Contact with a truly great mind is, more often, a greater source of inspiration to the student than score upon score of books. Since its founding Loyola has been gifted in having faculties unselfish and skilled in their work who, by their lives and activities demonstrated perfectly just what is. meant by an educated man. This Annual is as much a dedication to these Christian gentlemen and Catholic priests of the past and present as it is to the College and the principles which they represented. The spirit of these professors is shared by the alumni and the student body. If it is true that a university rivets fidelity by its associations, then the bond between those men who attended or who are attending Loyola is a strong one. Most Loyolans brought to their college careers a sincerity which has enabled them to secure the utmost profit from concourse with their fellow- students and with instructors who freely chose and loved their vocation. As Loyola men they bear witness to their Alma Mater ' s worth and have given credit to the efforts she has expended in their behalf. This book- offers a testi- monial of praise to all who are or have been known as Loyola students. Thus our dedication is threefold; to Loyola College and the principles of a liberal education, to the faculty of the present and of the past, and to the alumni and the students. We have been inspired to this unusual dedication not only because we believe the functioning of a liberal arts college to be an ideal, but because we believe it to be a challenge and a hope as well. The liberal arts plan of education is an ideal primarily for the reason that it has for its purpose Five

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countless generations. The system of Catholic learning makes the student familiar with culture, teaches him to think, instructs him in the clear perception of his position in life and the obligations which it entails and, lastly, fulfills the primary end of education as an aid to the salvation of his immortal soul. Such a system fulfills the highest of ideals. Further, we hold that the Catholic liberal arts college is a challenge. For example, the plan of education used in Jesuit schools has been practiced in Europe for four hundred years, and for at least one hundred and fifty years in America. During this time, many radical innovations in the field of pedagogy have had the spectacle of their introduction matched only by the completeness of their failure. Particularly, in America has condescension to materialism and so-called practicality reduced learning to a chaotic state which would be ludicrous were it not that the subjects for these experiments are human beings and not some species of guinea pig. Colleges of higher education have been turned into vocational schools, schools of domestic science and academies for the propounding of the unnecessary. There were men who even believed that the knell of the four-year college course had been sounded. Now, in some of the more authoritative guarters, the cry has arisen for a return to the old ways and methods. What is really meant is a return to a well- planned program of education which takes into consideration every side of man ' s complex nature. Educators may, again, realize that a student beginning his college career is hardly the one best-fitted to choose just what should be Seven