St Francis College - Franciscan Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCES T HE objectives of the Department of History and Social Sciences of Saint Francis College is to acquaint the students with the development of the past in so far as it has contributed to the formation of his cultural heritage. Particular stress is laid upon these subjects as constituting a stream of man’s growing awareness of his position in the political, social and economic world and his relationship both to his fellowmen and to the state. REV. BROTHER CHRISTOPHER, M.A. Instructor in Social Science LOUIS J. GREGORY, M.A. Associate Professor of History JOHN C. LE CLAIR, M.A. Professor of History FRANK W. NAGGI, Ph.D. Professor of History

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PHILOSOPHY 1 PHILOSOPHER is a man humanly wise. He is a man who undertakes to express and act accord¬ ing to the sublimest views, at which man’s under¬ standing can arrive of the great problems which solicit the mind of the human race. Thus the philos¬ opher’s task is the acquisition of knowledge of all beings by their first principles; his tools, human reason. Consequently, the philosopher is particularly in¬ terested in determining the nature of man, his sub¬ mission to the Being above him. The philosopher completes his work with a practical study of human acts—the study of Ethics. . . . REV. THOMAS I. CONERTY, S.T.D. Professor of Philosophy REV. JOHN J. FLEMING, S.T.L. Instructor in Philosophy REV. BROTHER PASCAL. M.A. Instructor in Philosophy REV. THOMAS J. SUTHERLAND. B.A. Professor of Religion

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ENGLISH T HE English Department attempts to develop a capacity for clear thinking combined with skill in correct and effective expression; a broader and more intimate familiarity with truth, goodness and beauty; and, finally, finer sensibilities for apprecia¬ tion and interpretation. To promote the synchronous growth of right thinking and effective expression becomes the prac¬ tical function of the courses in composition. But it becomes more properly the cultural intent in teach¬ ing upper-class courses to stimulate high thinking, to arouse worthy emotions, and to purify conduct through a careful study of the lives and selected works of great writers in the English tongue. FRANCIS A. DELANEY, M.A. Instructor in Speech WARREN GIBBS, M.A. Instructor in English WILLIAM V. O ' CONNOR. M.A. Instructor in English WILLIAM E. SCHWENDEMAN, M.A. Professor of English