Marquette University - Hilltop Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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The soul communicates the be- ing in which it subsists to the mat- ter of the body, so that from the matter and the intellect-soul, only a single being results. Thus the be- ing of the entire man is the being of his soul. St. Thomas Aquinas Man ' s nervous and arterial or- ganization surpasses any artifici al communication or supply system. The complete perfection of op- eration as evidenced in the inte- grated workings of the human body has never been equaled by any purely human invention.

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Marquette attempts to improve the workings of the mind, knowing that the more perfect and full the activity of the intel- lectual virtues, the more perfect and complete will be man ' s happiness. AH— When the mind, using nature as a pat- tern, aims at production as well as knowledge, it can judge rightly concerning the making of things by exercising its virtue of art. Prudence— The virtue of prudence enables the mind to perfect its aim of judging correctly con- cerning the best course of free human action.

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Body The union of soul and matter, gives the body existence and mean-j ing and enal)les it to share in the soul ' s spirituahty. The body is not merely bones and nei-ves and meaningless twitch- ing—but, sharing in the life of rea- son, it is a consecrated clay image of God— dignified and holy, able to work and move and breathe— living in till- soul ' s spiritual cHmate and participating in its love of God. Because Marquette desires to mold the body as an instrument of the soul it realizes that the develop- ment of the body should not be neglected. With this objective in mind the University offers a sports program through which students can strengthen the physical being of the body and thus contribute to the perfection of the entire man. Man ' s bone structure embodies all principles of mechanical con- struction. JF1