St Ignatius College Prepatory - Ignatian Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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Ft. John Owens S.J. Fr. Raymond Pallas S.J. Mr. John Schuster Fr. Richard Spohn S.J. nal, and with hearts and wills inclined to what is right, pure and just. In each gradu- ating class from St. Ignatius the faculty looks in particular for these characteristics: the fortitude to enter mature life with the purity of conscience so necessary to the sincere Christian; the firm mental discipline, so ex- cellently developed by classical studies, to approach life's problems confidently, care- fully and diligently. It is to these ends that the life of Chris- tian educator is directed, and it becomes us, the members of the student body, to ex- press our deep respect for their efforts on our behalf during our years here, and to do our part in the years to come to protect and encourage true Christian education, so ter- ribly necessary in an era unusually given to sin. Faculty members whose pictures are not reproduced: Major G. C. Francis, USA. Lt. Col. Ralph Watson Mr. Bernard Wchncr Mr. Warren White M Sgt. Burton Yount Mr. Philip Woolpcrf

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Mr. Bernard Murphy Mr. Edward MeFadden Rev. Ralph Tichenor, S.J. Principal Fr. Charles McKee Fr. Joseph O’Gara S.J. S.J. Mr. Howard Quinlivan SFC Howard Shipley The 1949-1950 school year marks the hundredth consecutive year of Jesuit apos- tolic work in San Francisco. The basic form that this work has taken has been that of education, both on the high school and the college level, and among many San Fran- ciscans St. Ignatius has become as integral a part of the San Francisco tradition , as the justly famed cable cars, the bridges, and Chinatown. As in the many years of the past, so in the turbulent days of the present the entire faculty at St. Ignatius is primarily interested in the moral formation of the boys entrusted to its care, secondarily to their advancement in the arts and sciences. They consider their job well done if graduates of St. Ignatius face a troubled world with clear ideas on the relative values of the temporal and the eter- Mr. James Sullivan S.J. SFC Wayne Tatum Mr. John Tsarnas Mr. Richard Vaccaro Mr. Robert Ward

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To train the mind to analyze rather than to memorize, so that it may dis- tinguish truth from error; to strengthen the will that it may have the grit to practice virtue and reject vice; to cultivate the heart that it may love the worthwhile things; This is the proud tradition, this is the aim and objective of the education imparted by the Jesuit Fathers and Lay Faculty at Saint Ignatius High School.