Quigley Preparatory Seminary - La Petit Seminaire Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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QRS. FORMULATES A COURSE THROUGH MATH K - I K, 'Y f ff W

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The foundatron of hrs ltnowledge begrns rn the mrnor semrnary and grows wrth the courses of Phrlosophy and Theology rn the major semrnary Another classrcal language rn the currrculum rs Greelc Canon law states that Greek must be rncludedrn thesemrnarran s course Thrsstudywrth all rts exceptrons has as rts prrme motrve the development of the thrnlcrng process After the essentrals are learned Xenophen SarntMatthew Socrates Demosthenes and Homer are translated Bendrng the wrll to master the aorrst for the love of God rs as pleasrng to l'lrm as bendrng the lcnee rn fhapel proprrate rn a semrnarran s course yet there rs a good reason for these too Algebra and trrg onometry demand precrseness whrle geometry calls for orderly thrnlcrng Thrs rs a good basrs for the exactness of phrlosophy rn later years The perseverance wrth radrcals and obtuse trr angles condrtrons us forgreater problems strll to come General scrence rn frrst year and physrcs rn frfth year answer many questrons of the rn qursrtrve mrnd The wonders of nature unfold lrlce rose petals and reveal the beauty and glory of God The lrngual department rs rounded out rn thrrd year by the addrtron of a modern language French German ltalran Bohemran or Polrsh are offered to the student Another language always rs helpful especrally to a prrest A smrle and come sta or wre gehts mrght have more rnfluence than the greatest sermon Whatcom fort for a person from the old country to be able to go to confessron rn hrs natrve tongue' The hrstory course rn these days when hrstory rs becomrng so rmportant rs very complete From ancrent hrstory rn frrst year through Amerrcan to Modern European the story of crvrlrzatron rs studred and from rt are culled the strength of some men and the mrstalces of others Crvrcs for better crtrzenshrp rs talcen rn thrrd year lnterest rs added by a new drmensron rn thrrd and fourth year The former class goes to Sprrngfreld the latter to Washrngton DC and rts envrrons rn order to see the actual worlcrngs of our govern ment But lcnowrng these subjects rs not enough They must not remarn loclxed up rn the mrnd The prrest rs not merely a banlc vault of Ideas but he must lcnow how to share these treasures wrth hrs fellowman Srnce preachrng rs one of the great powers and prrvrleges by whrch the prrest brrngs the farth to men the student must begrn to prepare rn the semrnary for hrs future taslt of spealcrng A competent course culmrnated rn frfth year by a study of eftectrve preachrng starts the semrnarran on hrs way Thrs rs the currrculum at Qurgley The road to the prresthood rs burlt wrth these studres They may be consrdered as bloclcs ours to burld or to by drlrgently dorng the worlc day after day the semrnarran can reach new herghts both rn holr ness and learnrng The path of educatron rs not smooth Trudgrng rather than sprrntrng the stu dent mrght fall only to prclc hrmself up agarn Two steps forward one baclc learnrng from each fall the student must always lceep hrs eye on the goal Qurgley has met and exceeded all the re qurrements Professors courses and facrlrtres are selected wrth extreme care Yet there rs more to learnrng than the boolc and the teacher There must be a warmness and an atmosphere con ducrve to learnrng Qurgley surely has that The talks by the professors whether they be on the prresthood sports or polrtrcs the helpful obser vatrons of the students and the exchange of questrons and answers lead to fuller understand mg And so by study the semrnarran becomes educated but more than thrs alone he becomes closer to hrs model esus Chrrst 'I I , . , ' r 1 1 - . I 1 1 - ' ' . , . I I . I I 1 ' ' 1 . ' I I Mathematics and science may not seem ap- stumble On- BY Pl0Cln9 them 009 UPON the Other, 1 1 1 1 l - ' I ' , , l . . 1 . 1 1 1 l ' ' ' I - q - .- I I . 1 - 1 I ' 1 1 1 I ' ' I A ' ' I I ' I ' I . . , 1 ' .. . . .. .. . ,. . - - I . , J -

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RELATED TO MATHEMATICS IS TAUGHT BY 1 1-4, ,44 X, X I 9 --.h X NV