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

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Zke d MR. C. SEVIllA, S.J. Greek 2,- Lotin 2; Frosh-Soph Foot- boll Contests Greek i ne creative energies be- hind great civilizations are essentially spiritual values whose continuing genius must rely on their redis- covery and implementation by each succeeding gener- ation. It is this fact more than any other that has made and must continue to make ancient Greece a fo- cal point for the interested study of all who would preserve and further the ideals of Western Civiliza- tion. The deepest significance of human life was hidden from the Greeks. History frequently re- veals their supernatural immaturity. But this handful of people inhabiting a mountainous peninsula 2500 years ago did have one idea, an idea so novel and profound that a whole new age dawned in its light. It was simply that man’s nature, even in its mortality, is the glory of creation, and that man has a noble purpose: the pursuit of excellence at every level of human performance — physical, moral, intel- lectual. There is a special value in studying the creative energies of the Greek genius at their source. The literature of ancient Greece, whether epic, dramatic, philosophical or poetic, is the tangible, polished expression of Greek thought. To read this literature in the original Greek is to experience the original impact of the head- long thrust that roused the human race to a new sense of purpose and launched it into history. MR. WM. MORLOCK Greek 3; Latin I

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I Silting (I to r): Jomes O'Neill, Eugene Payne, Alfred Rodrigues. Frank Gollop, Gregory Ryken, Sevenn Rizzo, Jean Jordan. Standing: Fr. Henry, $J.; Daniel Rodriguez, Louis Meunier, Robert le Roy, Mark Yost. Walter Rchdish. Standing (I to r): G. Horgon. A. Lopez, A r. Colemon, S.J.,- D. Miller, R. Christian. Seated: F. McDonogh, J. Farley. K. Kelly, R. McLeod. T. Keefe, P. Divine. Soph Oratorical Winner, Bob Leroy, is congratulated by Fr. President.

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languages come to life. Cat'm Latin still is, and always will remain one of the main subjects at S.l. The fact that the place of Latin has not diminished over the years is due not to some wrong-minded con- servatism in Jesuit Education, but to the realization of a very modern, contemporary need for a familiarty with man's great liter- ature and for mental and emotional training and discipline. For most, the greatest, and at the same time the least recognized benefits derived from this particular language study are the very worthwhile thinking habits fostered by the study of a classical language. The ideal, which is the reading and appreciation of what, in their language, the Romans thought and wrote, is sought after today by means unthought of even in the recent past. The Language Lab, and the more direct approach to learning the language easily place S.l. in the Vanguard of language in our time. FR. C. HENRY, S.J. Lotin 1.3; Forum MR. C. GAGAN. S.J. Latin 1.3; Sane. Tennis 25 MR, D. FOREE. SJ. Latin 2.4; Swimming, Choir. Oromotics Fr. Henry demonstrates How Sweet” Latin con be.