Regis High School - Regian Yearbook (New York, NY)

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REVEREND JAMES M. KILROY, SJ. REVEREND HUGH J. MCNULTY, SJ. FR. KILROY, S.J. l9l4-l9l8 A structure is as strong as its foundation. In l9l4 when the doors of Regis were flung open, it had its foundation in the four hundred years of Jesuit Education and it possessed an excellent leader in Fr. Kilroy, S.J., the Prefect of Studies. The full classical course of studies called for by the Ratio Studiorum was immediately put into effect. Likewise such salutary customs of Jesuit schools as the Mass of the Holy Ghost, weekly com- munion, the Annual Retreat, and May Shrines swiftly be- came a part of school life. Many extra-curricular activi- ties were inaugurated. Although these labors absorbed his time, Father Kilroy never lost sight of personal contact and intimacy with the students. lt is for this especially that Fr. Kilroy has always been cherished in the memories of Regis Alumni. . FR. McNULTY, SJ. 1918-1920 After a vigorous life as army chaplin, Father Mc- Nulty, S.J. quietly assumed the duties of second Prefect of Studies at Regis in September, l9l8. Regis had just graduated its first class and in not a few respects it still needed shaping and molding. That discipline and a very high respect for authority might become a part of the character of every Regian was one of his principal ob- jectives. lt was during his term, also, that the Regis Magazine and the Annual were born and nurtured. To- day, after returning from the Culion Leper Colony where he held for six years the office of first American Chap- lain, Father is just as reserved as ever and modestly declines to speak of his accomplishments. Twenty

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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF LIBERAL EDUCATION T is with deep satisfaction that we, who have enjoyed the broadening educa- tional process that prevails at Regis, note in large group of modern educators the tendency back to a pedagogical system of large objectives and and wide horizons, the system which is known as liberal education. To our fellow American youths who are destined to benefit by this new trend to- wards an ancient view of man's development we extend hearty congratula- tions. If the parent of some lad about to enter upon his secondary education were to peruse these pages, he or she might be curious to know precisely what are the advantages to be derived from liberal education. A glance at the accomplishments of Regis High School during its brief twenty-five years of existence will cast light on this point. The curricular work at Regis must inevitably result in a marked im- provement of memory, judgement and the art of expression on the part of the student. There is an immense amount of fundamental grammar--forms and rules of the ancient and modern tongues-to be learned accurately and permanently. The memory, that faculty which Wordsworth prized so highly, feeling that she had eyes, is thus stengthened. Moreover, there is considerable memorization of succinct fruits from the lofty tree of classical literature, if a thing of beauty is a joy forever, this effort carries its own reward in the possession in our mental storehouses of the priceless gems that have been polished and faceted by the immortal workmen of the pen, By reading their works attentively we converse as it were with the great ones of antiquity, the result must be that we are infused with some of their vision, some of their judgement regarding human affairs. Another important training is acquired from the constant endeavor to render classical writings gracefully in our own idiom and the yet more dif- ficult work of expressing our thoughts in an ancient tongue-transferring freshets from one stream bed to another, as it were. Such tasks cultivate the ability of searching patiently until the right word or phrase be found, an ability which marks every accomplished master of expression. But, fully to appreciate the cultural value of the course at Regis, we must look beyond it to the years of college which will see the fruition of the promise early given, There, in his Freshman year the student drinks deep from the waters of the Hippocrene-the sacred stream fabled to give poetic inspiration-in holding converse with the minds of such great men as Milton, Shakespeare, Keats and Newman. In his Sophomore year he will be trained in the power which can be woven into words to influence others. A nation which has made a best seller of a modern book entitled How to Win Friends and Influence People may well reflect upon the importance of a course which seeks to ascertain and utilize the principles which have guided the greatest lContinued on Page 231 Twenty-one