St George High School - Georgian Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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INTELLECTUAL EDUCATION Christian Education takes in the whole aggregate of human life, physical and spiritual, intellectual and moral, individual, domestic and social, not with a view of reducing it in any way, but in order to elevate, regulate and perfect it, in accordance with the example and teaching of Christ. It is therefore as important to make no mistake in education, as it is to make no mistake in the pursuit of the last end. -POPE PIUS XI. Human knowledge is a large fieldg the ways intersect and cross, and reach out in large distances, truths, social, historical, and religious are scattered in a big world of facts, thoughts and experiences. If we would have youth tread safely the expanses of knowledge, appeal must not be to the intellect alone, but chiefly and primarily to faith, else they will sure- ly be lost in byways and highways of human existenceg the life of their soul will be dark, narrow and cramped. Since the student is endowed with physical, intellectual, and moral capacities, all these must be developed harmoniously. An education that quickens the intelli- gence and enriches the mind with knowledge, but fails to develop the will and direct it to the practice of virtue, may produce scholars, but it cannot produce good men. i i ,lljjl Vi Catholic education unites intellectual, moral, and religious elements, thus giving the best training for citizenship. It inculcates a sense of responsibility, a respect for authority, and a considerateness for the rights of others which are the necessary foundations of civic virtues. With this in mind, the educational leaders train the students, leaders of to- morrow, according to the sound doctrines of Faith and the unassailable principles of Catholic Education, to accept their responsibilities as patriotic Christian gentlemen and leaders.

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THAT THE UNITED STATES JOIN IH Debating Public Speaking Above Our debztters, mencil in hand, are read to take notes which . 1 Y . . 1111 ht van Ll1Sl1 their o Jonents. The have been ver active this ear, havin S fl . Pl Y . Y Y g particlpated ln tournaments at Pitt University and at Mclieesport Hlgh School. They also scheduled debates with St. XVendelin, St. Augustine, and Central Catholic High Scl1ools in order to getpractice for the big tournament on March 14.