Nardin Academy - Rosarium Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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Foreword DUCATION consists essentially in preparing man for what he must he and for what he must do here be- low. In order to attain the perfect end for which man was created, it is clear that there can be no true ed- ucation which is not wholly directed to man's last end. This quotation has been taken from Pope Pius XI's Encyclical on CHRISTIAN EDUCATION OF YOUTH, which emphasizes the importance of instruc- tion in harmony with the teachings of the Church, the pillar and ground of truth. We have chosen this Encyclical as the theme for the ROSARIUM of nineteen hundred fifty-five, since we feel it a complete statement of the purpose and the work of our four years at Nardin Academy. The mission of educating us has been three-fold. We have been entrusted to the school by our fami- lies, who have an inalienable, inviolable right to educate offspring. Guided by our teachers, who cher- ish a pure and holy love for the youth confided to them, we have been encouraged to follow the path of an outstanding Christian woman. The State has also played its part in our education. It is the right and duty of the State to protect, according to the rules of right reason and faith, the moral and religious education of youth, by removing public impediments that stand in the way. Christian education, we have learned, must be four-fold: spiritual, mental, social, physical. Our school is most assuredly one in which all the teaching and the whole organization of the school and its teachers, syllabus and textbook in every branch have been regulated by the Christian Spirit, under the de- votion and matemal supervision of the Church, so that religion may be in truth the foundation and crown of youths ' entire training . Our school has so advanced our intellectual development year by year that we are prepared either to take our place in the business world or to enter a college of our own choosing. Besides guiding our spiritual and mental life, our teachers have taken into consideration the necessity of a well-balanced social and physical program. These activities they have encouraged in such a way as not only to increase the pleasure in our lives but also to increase, at the same time, our spiritual and mental development. We of the class of nineteen-fifty-five will be ever mindful of the motto of our Alma Mater: Pro Christi Ecclesia totus impendar. In later years, as we look through this ROSARIUM with its references to the En- cyclical, we know we will be spurred on to attain new heights spiritually, mentally, socially and physically because we will feel the ever-loving eyes of Alma Mater are still upon us. 2