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

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done as regards his own training. University heads may also realize, some day, that any system which altogether ignores God or denies his existence will deprive the student of those supports of truth which he most needs. But, until this felicitous day arrives, the majority of American colleges will continue to turn out young men and women who, if they are not agnostic, will represent an unhealthy degree of skepticism. Nevertheless, through all this turmoil, the Jesuit colleges were upholding the theories of a liberal art s training by virtue of their formula for education, the Ratio Studiorum. This plan neglects none of the keystones of a true education, classical literature, philosophy, ethics and religion, yet is sufficiently flexible to easily adapt itself to worthwhile modern advancements in the arts and sciences without sacrificing its essential form, or its championship of the timeless fundamental truths. It is obvious that such a logical, all-embracing system of education is, indeed, a challenge to all other existing systems. Finally, we wish to express in our dedication a hope. This hope springs from the fact that there are many Catholic colleges in the present-day world which defend the liberal arts tradition, and from the increased respect which modern educators are giving to the liberal arts principles. We do not hope for a sudden and complete revision but for a gradual return to sane methods. Perhaps, religious training which is of the utmost necessity in any true scheme of education will receive its recognition along with the other members of the liberal arts curriculum. It is not beyond hope or crusade. Eight