Spring Hill College - Torch Yearbook (Mobile, AL)

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v ' 4 n l l l l. l . l l ls 5 .N l lx fc,---.-c,.,... ..-1-.ffc..cc,,,cs N-.nc ,xvn REV. MICHAEI, IQENNY, Sul. Senior Pflilomjvlly REV. G. J. PicKEL, SJ. Cfzfllzislry REV. T. BORTELI.. SJ. Spanish REV. G. RITTMEYER, SJ. Plzilosoplzy MR. H. CIAUDIN, SJ. ffflllvtir Dirvrfor MR. S. A. ZiEMAN, SJ. Biology The College Faculty Consonant with this view of the purpose of education, it is clear that only such means be chosen both in kind and amount, as will ef- fectively further the purpose of education it- self. A student cannot be forced, within the short period of his school course and with his immature faculties, to study a multiplicity of the languages and sciences into which the vast world of knowledge has been scientifically divided. It is evident, therefore, that the pur- pose of the mental training given is not prox- imately to fit the student for some special em- ployment or profession, but to give him such a general, vigorous and rounded development as will enable him to cope successfully even with the unforseen emergencies of life. VVhile affording mental stability, it tends to remove the insularity of thought and want of mental elasticity, which is one of the most hopeless and disheartening results of specialization on the part of students who have not brought to 24- cmriya-:-as e , ' scgiiix-ML'i'TN-zlx' ftif ..Dl 'al-'34, 'rl-:Ii Y , , AJK . ,-..,,,,-,

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The College Faculty eral allowance for the widely varying cir- cumstances of time and place. -While retain- ing, as far as possible, all that is unquestionably valuable in the older learning, it adopts and incorporates the best results of modern pro- gress. It is a noteworthy fact, however, that many of the recently devised methods of teaching, such as the Natural, and Inductive and similar methods, are admittedly in reality mere revivals of devices recommended long ago. in the Ratio Studorium. As understood by the Jesuits, education in its complete sense, is the full and harmonious development of all those faculties that are dis- tinctive of man. It is more than mere in- struction or the communication of knowledge. The acquirement of knowledge, though it nec- essarily pertains to any recognized system of education, is only a secondary result of educa- tion itself. Learning is an instrument of edu- cation which has for its end culture, and mental and moral development. . REV. ROBERT BRYANT, S.-I Dean ofDi5fiplir14' Rev. joHN MURPHY, SJ. Latin, Grrvk Rav. C. RUHLMAN, SJ. Physics Rev. CHARLES QUIRK, SJ. English REV. D. CRONIN, SJ. Mathvmatifs 23

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' 1 , . , K niirp 1..iIl,wxII,. t f A i The College Faculty their studies the uniform mental training given by a systematic college course. The studies, therefore, are so graded and classified as to be adapted to the mental growth of the stu- dent and to the scientific unfolding of knowl- edge. They are so chosen and communicated that the student will gradually and harmon- iously reach, as nearly as may be, that meas- ure of culture of which he is capable. Miich stress is also laid on mental and moral philosophy, as well for the influence such study has in mental development, as for its power in steadying the judgment of the stu- dent in his outlook on the world and on life. With such a definite system to defend against attack, the mind becomes more acute and plastic, the logical powers are strength- ened, the value of a proof is properly estimated, the vulnerable points of error are readily de- tected, and truth comes forth triumphant from every conflict of mind with mind. REV. JAMES DE POTTER, SJ. Dfan of M011 MR. P. H. TALLON, SJ. .-Inrimzt Classifs, History, Education Miz. VV. DALY, A.B. Efozzornicx, ,elxsisfant .-Iflzlrtic Dirrrlor MR. VV. S. REILLY, M.E., M.S. Erzgizzcrrizzg MR. A. J. SUFFICH, Mus.D. MR. A. J. STAUB, Mus.D. 25 l lff'ff ,,gN ,-ix f H51-4 bi- K V 4